The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 1, 1929, Page 2

er Ca U5. REPORT SHOWS Department of Commerce Says Entire Expenditures Ran to $17,534,404 Last Year WET DEBT ONLY $4,627,170 Funded Obligations, Howev j Are $34,857,500; Bank, Mill and Loans Basis Washington, April 1—The Depart- fment of Commerce announces a sum- Of the financia! statistics of the ite of North Dakota for the fiscal Year ending June 30, 1928. The per Capita figures for 1928 are based on a See or of 641,192, as of the state of 1925. Expenditures The payments for operation and | Maintenance of the general depart- _ ments of North Dakota amounted to 468,192, of $13.21 per capita, This $1,497,149, apportionments education to the minor civil di- of the state. In 1927 the com- ive per capita for operation and tenance of general departments $13.14, and in 1918, $5.78. The its for operation and mainten- of public service enterprises in {928 amounted to $4,084,330, which it was largely for the Grand ' Forts mill and elevator; interest on $1,875,152; and outlays for per- manent improvements, $3,115,730. The 4 payments, therefore, for opera- and maintenance of general de- and public service enter- ‘prises, for interest and outlays were $17,543,404. The totals include all 4 for the year, whether made its current revenues or from the : of bond issues. "Of the governmental costs reported ‘wbove, $3,657,707 was for highways, ; 61,004,682 being for maintenance and 193,873,025. for construction. NER Revenues ‘The total revenue receipts were 722,234, or $29.20 per capita. This $4,294,560 more than the total ts of the year, exclusive of the for permanent improve- and $1,178,830 more than the { purchase of investments and in- cash 24.1 per cent of the revenue for 1928, 23.3 per cent br 1927, and 31.7 per cent for 1918. ‘The increase in the amount of prop- : ‘and special taxes collected was it from 1918 to 1927, but decrease of 0.5 per cent 1928. The per capita special taxes were $7.03 $7.07 in 1927, and $2.54 in “Just think, Daddy, when I get this raise I'll be making more than you and I haven't had nearly as much experience.” was $4,627,170, or $7.22 per capita. In 1927 the per capita net debt was $7.05, and in 1918, $0.69. The entire amount of the outstand- ing funded debt in 1928 was for the Grand Forks Mill and Elevator asso- ciation, real estate loans, and the Bank of North Dakota. Assessed Valuations and Tax Levics The assessed valyation of property in North Dakota subject to ad val- orem taxation was $995,509,739; the amount of state taxes levied was $3,932,263; and the per capita levy, $6.13. In 1927 the n~~ -apita levy was $5.99, and in 1918, $2.18 cx ao l AT THE MOVIES | ¢ ° ELTINGE THEATRE “Children of the Ritz,” the unusual drama fashioned from the ten thou- sand dollar prize winning story by Cornell Woolrich with Jack Mulhall and Dorothy Mackaill in the leading roles is the screen feature at the El- tinge for today and Tuesday. It is a story of money and lots of it. Don’t you like to spend money? ‘Wouldn't you like to spend a barrel of 4 right now for all those things you've always wanted and never quite had the courage to buy? If your answer is “no” you will have little symapthy with the “Children of the Ritz,” but your answer can't be “no”—not if you are an average ered | American with an average American 7 aggad for 1927, and 23.4 per cent Business and nonbusiness licenses fonstituted 17.9 per cent of the total for 1928, 13.7 per cent for , and 12.5 per cent for 1918. 4 from business chiefly taxes vehicles and amounts paid Sat pl aoe) total funded or fixed debt out- standing June 30, 1928, was $34,857,500. if indebtedness (funded or Jess sinking fund assets) ¢ | o 26 31 family which loves to spend money. “Children of the Ritz” is a picture wherein the hero and heroine Titerally! “take the fifty thousand dollars” and do things with it. Money is valuable chiefly for the things it will buy. Most of us can’t afford four thousand dollar fur coats, nor live at the Ritz Carlton hotel at @ thousand dollars a week, nor waste fifty thousand dollars yearly on pin money but inwardly most of us would like to do it. That being impossible, most of us like to see how it is done and figure out ways in whieh the technique of spending could be im- Proved. ‘ Commencing today the Eltinge in- troduces orchestral accompaniment to the pictures in a new and novel manner with Auditone. Through the use of this instrument the world’s best orchestras will be heard accompany- ing screen entertainments at the El- tinge. —- CAPITOL THEATRE “The Lone Wolf's Daughter,” a Columbia production coming to the $$ est of the Lone Wolf stories by Louis Joseph Vance. Once more Bert Lytell, who created the role in pictures comes to the screen as the famous cracks- man. This time he is presented in entirely new surroundings. The colorful and luxurious appoint- ments of antique auction rooms, pa- latial residences and country estates made gay by week-end parties fur- nish ideal back-grounds for the mys- tery, action, intrigue and plotting of a pair of international crooks, who use the “Lone Wolf's” daughter as a decoy. Her love affairs prove a snare for the cracksman, who is taxed to the limit of his skill and ingenuity in sliding out from under the arm of the law. A television apparatus provides a new means securing thrills and dra- matic situations. The production was made under the directioh of Albert S. Rogell. The cast in support of Lytell includes such well-known play- ers as Gertrude Olmstead, Charles Gerrard, Lilyan Tashman, Donald Keith, Florence Allen, Robert Elliott and Ruth Cherrington. Hazelton Conducts Initial Market Day Hazelton, N. Dak. April 1.—More than 500 persons attended Hazelton’s first Community Sales Day, sponsored by the local community -club here Thursda: Activities cf the day were begun with an auction sale at 10:30 a, m. conducted by D. C. Crimmins, Em- mons county corn king. More than 400 country guests were entertained at a.noon-day luncheon served by Mrs. E. Diedrich, Mrs. Earl Hendrickson, Mrs. Tillie Kurtz, and Mrs. E. Steiner, community club members. ss Dr. Frank R. Weber, national com- munity service expert, lectured on “Community Pride” in the afternoon and the day was ended with a vol- leyball tournament in the evening. DRESSES BATHING GIRL Albany, N. Y., April 1.—(4#)—Ed- ward Meyers, who has ambitions to be one of the fellows who get the situation in hand, hopes that some beautiful Easter raiment will help him. Accepted here by a marine re- cruiting sergeant, he came back from Parris Island, rejected, he said, be- cause of a tattooed bathing girl on one arm. The sergeant sent him to the tattooer’s again with orders for the young lady to have smart street 3s. Capitol Theatre tonight is the great- | tog: pita Revenue of State [ie Nc = By ower Ge] PAST MASTER GH THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE GATHERING MASONS Annual Event Starts at 4:30 at Temple; Will Include Banquet, Degrees The annual past masters’ night of Bismarck lodge, No. 5, will be held lat> this afternoon and evening at the temple. The meeting begins with the Master Mason degree at 4:30. The opening and first section will be conducted by the regular officers of Bismarck lodge. At 6: dinner will be served in the dining room. The toastmaster will be A. M. Christianson and the speakers are to be W. J. Hutcheson, A. G. Burr, and Grand Master Herbert A. Merrifield, Hankinson. The program for the second section, at 8:15, is: A. J. Arnot, worthy mas- ter, assisted by W. E. Parsons; G. F. Dullam, senior warden; H. L. Reade, junior warden; John Parkinson, sen- jor deacon; L. V. Miller, junior dea- con; R. M. Bergeson, senior steward; A. P. Lenhart, junior steward; Oliver Lundquist, tyler; Worth Lumry, A.; C. F. Moody, O.; F. E. Diehl, M.; John Graham, Lament K.. Thompson, historical lecturer; John Parkinson, emblematic lecturer; W. S. Cassel- man, charge. The roll of past masters of Bis+ marck lodge includes: C. A. Louns- berry, 1876; W. M. Falconer, 1877; John Davidson, 1878; Joseph Hare, 1879-80; John Davidson, 1881-83; Or- lando 8. Goff, 1884; Frank Donnelly, 1885; Joseph Hare, 1886-87; Harry V. Wetherby, 1888; John Davidson, 1889; Wm. A. Bentley, 1890; W. H. Winches- ter, 1891-92; W. T. Perkins, 1893-95; Emery 8. Beardsley, 1896-97; Frank Reed, 1898; James W. Foley, 1899- 1900; Asa T. Patterson, 1901; Henry L. Reade, 1902; Maurice M. Cook, 1903; Henry L. Reade, 1904; Wm, F. Coch- rane, 1905; George F. Dullam, 1906; Wm. A. Dillon, 1907; Hans R. Berndt, 1908-09; Amil P. Lenhart, 1910-11; ‘Wm. O'Hara, 1912; W. S. Casselman, 1913; John A. Graham, 1914; Lewis K. Thompson, 1915-1916; Theodore Kof- fel, 1917; Paris R. Fields, 1918; R. M. Bergeson, 1919; W. E. Parsons, 1920; Robt. W. Dutton, 1921; R. W. Lumry, 1922; O. Lundquist, 19: . J. Grady, 1924; B. M. Dunn, 1925; John Parkin- son, 1926; A. J. Arnot, 1927; L. V. Mil- ler, 1928. Past masters of other lodges resid- ing in Bismarck, include: F. E. Diehl, C. A. Fisher, Valley icKane, Chancellor D. Seumper, Mac- . Wenzel, Rugby No. 65; A. G. Burr, Tuscan No. 44; F. W. Cathro, Tuscan No. 44; L. R.: Baird, Dickinson No, 32; R. O. Baird, Okla- homa; C. F. Moody, Anchor No. 25 and Shell No. 184, Minnesota; H. F. O'Hare, Garrison No. 90; Thomas Hall, Shiloh No. 1; T. G. Plomasen, Sunset ‘No. 88; Scott Cameron, Linton No. 98. A.'C. Seed Specialist Plans Speech Series In Hazelton District Hazelton, N. Dak. April 1— Through the efforts of Earl Herdrick- son, chairman of Emmons county community extension development, G. Booth, seed and -soil expert of the North Dakota Agricultural college, will deliver a series of lectures in the Hazelton district April 3 and 4. Booth will give discussions on seeds, varieties, and treatment. The sched- ule follows; Moffit, 4 p.m. Wednes- day; Hazelton, 8 p. m. Wednesda: Temvick, 9 a. m. Thursday; Linton P.'m.. Thursday; Strasburg 3 p. m. Tasaeaay:; and Braddock 8 p. m. The associated community clubs of Emmons county in the future will make efforts to bring other instruc- tive speakers here for lectures. FIND GOLD-LADEN SKELETON Lohdon, April 1.—()—A gold-laden skeleton of @ man who lived about 2650 B. C. has been unearthed on the site of Ur of the Chaldees by the joint expedition of the British museum and the University of Pennsylvania. Six gold fillets crowned the head, around tha neck were three strings of gold beads, ‘and ‘there were bangles on the wrists and rings on the fingers. *|{ OUT OUR WAY By Williams | Siacacecedeacccs tips eiaaiteiiiliitintliehicsls a State of lweather oe 'Precipi- tation RBULeResseaseseeseey tt eBeococcoscco kB oRoBec q ERR i LOOMIT MA! IM TRAININT IM T' UNORESS ALL LT HAFTA ME. 0 16 UNBUTION UM — TLL EVEN HAVE Him DOIN! \ ar Too, FORE LONG. WELL, YouY HAVEN'T! “T-williang, @ 1000. ev wes senves. wl, $29.20, Departm ©1929 By NEA Seevice Inc. THIS HAS HAPPENED MILDRED LAWRENCE, sten- ographer in the Judson Hotel, has her fox fur snatched from her in a crowd but STEPHEN ARMI- TAGE catches the thief and re- turns the scarf. He asks to take her home, and not wishing to seem Ungrateful, she invites him to din- “ner. He praises her mother’s home cooking and gains favor with the flapper sister, CONNIE, who secretly hopes that the old- fashioned Mildred will mix enough pep with her usual quiet manner to hold his interest. The evening is spoiled when PAMELA JUDSON, daughter of Mildred’s employer, phones and insists on her returning to the hotel for duty. Stephen escorts her to the hotel where Pamela recognizes him as the salesman who has sold her a car. She snubs Mildred as a menial and asks him to dance with her, She continucs to lure Stephen, pretending she intends to buy another car. But she becomes jealous at a dance and drives home without him. A near wreck brings a meeting with HUCK CONNOR, who tells her he is a broker from Chicago. Connor moves to the Judson hotel and Pamela introduces him to her brother, HAROLD, who loves Mildred: and is warned against him by her, after Huck set bait to trap him in a “deal.” * oe NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VI Harold eyed Mildred sheepishly. “It does sound a little off, doesn't it?” he agrecd, referring to the letter Huck Connor had dictated. “Who is he?” Mildred asked quickly. “Some victim of Pamela's,” Harold explained. “He's moved in here be- cause he’s fallen for her, I suppose, But I really think I'd better play up to him, Mildred. Pam won't drop him because I tell her to, and I've got to See that she doesn’t get in too deep with the wrong people while Dad's away.” “When do you expect your father to return?” “Whenever his bride gets tired of Europe and her honeymoon,” Harold answered, and Mildred noticed a trace of strain in his voice. “The last kept him over there nearly a yea! he added. “Well, anyway, do be careful,” Mil- dred warned him. “You know we have all kinds of people here, Harold, even if it is a first class hotel.” “T’ll_ make a few inquiries about this bird before lunch,” Harold prom- ised. “But before I go, I want, to know when you're going to have din- ner with me. I’ve got second row tickets for an opening tonight. Can you resist that?” “I can and do,” Mildred smiled. “And don’t waste time telling me how many girls you know who would be glad to accept. Just go and get one.” “My day will come,” Harold said E.] darkly, and departed. * * * After what Harold had told her that morning Pamela lost no time in seeking Stephen and dragging a promise out of him to lunch with her. Other salesmen had stood by, look- ing envious while she talked to him, and Mr. Mettle had passed just in time to‘overhear her invitation to luncheon, Stephen realized that Pamela ap- peared as a good “prospect” to his employer. Should he refuse to lunch with her he'd have to explain his action. And wild horses couldn't have dragged out the story of his walk last night back to the club in search of @ taxicab, i Anyhow, he didn’t want to refuse. ‘This little girl needed a big wise man to look after her. Pamela had apologized very pret- tily, and then was instantly her own assertive self. “I’m not my grandmother,” she said. “No girl can take what I-want without a fight, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.” “But you ought to listen to people before you’ make them get out and Stephen replied sternly. “! my dancing shoes.” “They both laughed together. “Tl buy you @ new pair. I’mgoing shopping now.. Back some time be- tween 12 and one. Pick you up then.” She was gone, with a backward wave of a doeskin glove and a flash of pearly teeth, has this gal faded completely,” he ‘sald. “None of your mama dolls, An honest-to-God gir! i til ge Tt had been an easy sale. Had Pamela been 10 minutes later in arriving he would have been credited with, the transaction. As it was, the other salesman shared the commission with which is admittedly the toughest part of selling: ‘When Stephen learned of his fellow salesman’s success he was compelled to smile over an incident that had taken place at-luncheon. Pamela had handed him:a small leather box with the remark that she'd bought him something else in: place of dancing shoes. Curious, Stephen opened it, and discovered an expensive cigaret case within. He snapped the case shut, put it down on the table and with the tip of a finger slid it over toward Pamela's plate. “Nothing doing,” he said, and there was no humor then in his voice. “So far your reversal of the usual order of things has been merefy funny, Miss Judson, but this is too thick. I don't take presents from girls.’ Pamela gazed at him a moment in silence. Stephen saw that she was making an effort to hold her tongue. Speech, and plenty of it, seemed fairly bursting from her tightened lips and blazing eyes. Then suddenly she smiled, and Stephen had an impression that she was weighing him. She picked up the box and put it in her bag. “I didn’t buy it for you,” she said. “It’s for Harold, but I thought you might like it. But since you have such quaint ideas...” “If you want to make me a gift,” Stephen declared frankly, “buy a new car. “If I don't need it? That would be a gift. I’m surprised you would accept it. But I do promise to buy my next one from you.” She smiled lazily, but her thoughts were agile. “Just for that I'll string you good and plenty,” she was saying to herself angrily. “So I’m only a Prospect! Well, you'll find me a hard one to land.” are The luncheon might have been a flop, considering how it began, but Pamela saw that it wasn’t. She ex- erted herself to be pleasant, and when they left the dining room she was hanging on Stephen's arm, laughing = ea) while he looked happily down. at her. More than quite happily, it seemed to Mildred, who was crossing the lobby with a dozen letters in short- hand to be transcribed immediately. She hurried on, but before she Passed out of sight she looked back and saw that Pamela and Stephen had been joined by Harold and Huck and that Pamela was introducing Huck to Stephen. Mildred bit her lip in a troubled manner. She did not like the friendly way in which Pamela and Harold had taken up this stranger. He was suave and good mannered, well dressed and pleasant, but there was some! else, something-Mildred could not de- fine, She felt, simply, that she would not trust the man, He slipped from her mind soon, in the press of work she had to do, but a dull feeling remained. She felt de- jected, blue. The picture of Stephen and Pamela together would not leave her. It. spread itself over the sheet of paper in her typewriter. Presently she put a hand to her eyes and Pressed hard. When she put it down again she saw Stephen coming toward her, and hadn't time to think. Stephen was quite near now, looking directly ly composed. And then the smile vanished. Her face became a blank, betraying not @ sign of the shock she had just re- ceived. i (To Be Continued) Products that are imported into the United States. "Phis, of course, would be a great ben- efit to agriculture where it would ap- | that are imported into Hale an i uf Hi HG a Bes [ i I u Es i a 5 au & E if Hi 3 é i i E é | Z ppbeeee aelbitee g a iH df the price of flour was cost in any household. ges MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1929 ent Costs, $13.21 used on the bread. The American people should be in harmony with a plan that would in- by the flour manufacturers in the form of stamps affixed to the pack- ages of flour when sold by them. All amounts collected to be forwarded to take care of all funds collected until such a time as the funds would be distributed back to the wheat grower, which distribution would be made according to information gathered in the following manner: Each seller of wheat would receive from the pur- chaser an affidavit of the amount sold, to be filed with the county of- ficials of each county. The county of- ficials would procure a complete statement of all wheat raised in their county, deducting any amount that the farmers may have bought for seed, which would be filed with the wheat agricultural relief corporation, which, in turn, on the first day of June or July of each year would for- ward to each county its portion of all funds collected, and the county of- ficials would redistribute these funds to the farmers of their counties. The amount refunded would be approxi- mately 50 cents per bushel on all wheat sold, which woyld be in ad- dition to the amount received at the time of the actual sale, and by re- funding this amount to the American wheat farmer the purchasing power of the wheat dollar would be par- £3 8 tor. Ruebin Krause hauled a load of bce from the Fosburg mine Thurs- Miss Mary Doyle was # Regan caller ‘Wednesday evening. - Mr. lednesday also attended revival meetings. [ Steiber chants, terminal elevators and export- | Steiber ers would operate the same as they are at the present time, and the ex- Portable surplus, wheat or flour, would be handled as it is at the pres- ent time. Under this plan of operation it would not be necessary for the gov- ernment to make large extensions of income of approximately one million dollars per day, and the interest from the money collected would more than ag BEEE. ries Glen Oder is spending a few days at the home of his parents. George and 67 High Schools Will _ Enter Judging Test Maddock, Mandan, Mott, Neche, New England, New Salem, Park River, Ray, weather, » ‘Towner, Upham, gn Wahpeton, Watford City, Wile