The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1929, Page 11

* ‘ a > (> \. ‘THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929 follows: The report of the state bar board) all of the figures to be itemized as mately $10,000.00 if protest, wa in which F. E. McCurdy, former Bur- leigh county state's attorney, was ex- = Onerated of charges filed before the board by Edmond A. Hughes, Bis- marck capitalist, is published in full! below: IN THE SUPREME COURT, State of North Dakota. In ‘the Matter of the Revocation of the License of F, E. McCurdy Practice as an Attorney at Law in the State. To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakot: The writer, to whom was referred for investigation the charges of E. A. Hughes of Bismarck. a inst ¥. E. McCurdy of Bismarck, > has the following to repor! The writer has given very careful consideration to this matter: has taken testimony at Bismarck on Separate dates, a transcript of-which evidence accompanies this report; and received in connection with that tes- timony a large number of exhibits, all of which are also marked and af- fixed hereto, Generally, the charges against Mr. ip ven | involve two things: bandonment of or misconduct | in relation to his clients’ interests in te! involving the on Gaal es in Burleigh county, N. D. That he entered into a corrupt reement with FE. G. Patterson i volving Patterson's support of M Curdy for the office of state's atto ney of Burleigh cout in the ele tion held on Nov. 6, 192 History of Proceedings This charge involves proceedings which have been pending in Bur- leigh county for several years and a brief history of it, as shown by th evidence obtained by the writer, is follow: Ed d G. Patterson is the owner of a large amount of improved real estate in the central vert of the busi- ness portion the city of Bismarck and there apparently a feeling tone he was not pa ‘ee bie amoant ot xes that he shou Tt. felt that he was Masia Than his proportion of the taxes said should be assessed for, ur years Mr. McCurdy has attorney of Burleigh county. the litigation involving the taxes was first commenced by Mr. McCurdy not an attorney but tax payer, that action got n where. Then an action was com menced by Mr. McCurdy, state's attorney, to foreclose the lien of taxes upon the Patterson real cs' and when this proceeding was about to be tried on questions of board of county commissioners, which Patterson was a membe the time, allowed an application for relief abating the taxes levi t his pit te 8 which total t $82,944.40 and for which Patterson offered to pay afid the board agreed to accept $35,327.15. It would appear that the board of county commissioners at that time was dominated and controlled by Pat terson who had been for many: year: and doubtless still is a political fe tor. to be reckoned with in Bismare: and Burleigh county. The action of the county commissioners was then submitted to wi state tax commis- sioner for app! and on October 1, 5, the tax commissioner ap- proved and allowed the compromise. Immediately thereafter paid into Burleigh county the amount offered in compromise. ‘Tax Payers Petitio Thereafter, on October 2, "i925, nine taxpayers of Burleig' “county pe- titioned the state's attorney of said county, McCurdy, 4 take an ap) a from pale Real mise, as provide Sect! L. 1913, and an Has was cordingiy made, notice thereof given and in the office of the fierk on Octoher 3, 1925. The matter came on for pees January 22, ld before Hon. . J. Kneesha: en ee oye for ¥ erson appeared : ad for a dismissal of the appeal wing wa: tH nted by his order dated Apri From | ¢ order McCurdy, as state's attorney and representing said taxpayers, appealed to the supreme court and that court, on January 22, 1927, reversed Judge Kneesha der, holding the matter appealable cheers qeocian 2165, as amended by Chap! 7 of the wee ee hee 8 (Bee. Sx D. 919; 212 N. ‘An affidavit of onal aglen ee Pitter filed eee Judge Kneeshaw and Grimson of the second dis- as designated to preside at the trial of the matter, and this trial was had in Sept., 1927, and a memorandum order made’ by Judge Grimson on or about April 1928, in which he found,’ among ether things, that the of ‘county commissioners in the said Patterson com- abused its discretion and Rndings that the least amount which the commissioners could accept from Patterson would be .$45, , with interest at 6 per cent upon the re- spective items entering into said to- tal’ from the date of the respective tax sales, and which interest, added to the principal, would aggre- Bate some $8,000.00 to $19,000.00 more and, hence, that the total minimum amount ‘that, the board could accept, under Judge.Grimson's order, based upon said memorandum opinion ‘of Judge Grimson were not immediately prepared. that he ing the should ‘have becau: f of court in Burleigh county in June. and July, 1928, the trial of an important case lasting a week at Jamestown, a vacation in Mlingis until the middle of August, and a Possibility of a com- promise of the liti apy bitter election in the fait of 1 didate, r. > McCurdy .admitting nenligent in not prepar- McCurdy a rand jury in’ Burleigh county involv- ing important matters needing .the attention of the state's attorney, and finally .the petual negotiation of. a compromise to which attention is not directed and about’ and concerning which the :present charge under con- sideration re ttorneys ig Th Messrs. bese dan ‘Patterson, wealled anti- ae gon faction and one, Geory ‘Will.and another were sleived | to. suc- cI Patterson and another; Will his preeets -making their cam- largely, if not entirely, upon ral ed by the the petiersos tax an map! orga tion of the board of “county commis | made. signers. who bad been one + testi hi “t Nov. is net the|a majority of the sir. ie Ot te nce. et the Betore. le, ara ne, ‘he aad fn a jury -b adv! efore by Taye, that hi ould pre sent tothe eounty commissioners, next‘day, a tax matter at which time ‘wanted McCurdy present, and a) parently McCurdy knew or felt thi t star to Be taken up was thé Patter: cn although he had no : ikling ae that time of the form and batance of the compromise that might be: offered. He is of the o1 ion that when ‘he got before the bourd |t mmissioners they had about their mind to accept the tigentte ge ranger H which in thin a bie 5 and Peads as. ‘tolows! i Comminstoners’ Rese! shereby authorized, "a er ‘hto a stipulation rimson ‘tothe previous thout interest .there- . ; to} Total n Total paymits $35.45 1,119. 936,576.23 Balance due . This action is mi approval and direction Grimson. Koll cal Swanson, Moynier, ay: $45,521.24 $356,576.23 aye; Soder, ay Fricke, aye; Will, ' arf selation to what was done und said comes from all the ‘ommissioners, from Sullivan, from tterson, and from McCurdy himself, appears that at the time McCurdy came before the boa proposed draft of a resolution ting the compromise offer had bi drawa up and that McCurdy stated to the board that he would not sign any stipula- tion unless the county commissioners ordered him to; that they would ha’ to put Into the resolution that he was not only authorized but directed to sign it and would not sign it unless they put into ee same the exact figures from Judge Grimson’s memorandum opin- ial and also a notation that whatever did must be subject to the ap- neoval and direction of Judge Grim- son. Thereupon the changes, as required by McCurdy were made as shown by Exhibit 5 and the resolution was i ae 4 passed. He states fur- ther that he did not talk with a single member of the board about the compromise. Mr, McCurdy was then faced with the proposition of determining what to do in view of the fact that not only was he state’s-attorney and subject, as he felt, to the order and direction of the board of ecient Wei fis agents of the county, but h attorney for the protesting. ind ap- pealing taxpayers, and he seems to have recognized at all times the em- vas the is | barrassing situation in which he was Pace by the passage of the resolu- Patterson | 192 ange as promptly as he|® 1d | hi “One of the protesting taxpayers | ci was Fred Peterson, one of the own- ers of the Grand Pacific hotel, a competitor of Patterson, and one of the parties who had been most ac- Lo) in fighting to compel Patterson aed in full the amount of his taxes He to defeat the compromise made in 1925. Mr. McCurdy called Peter- son's attention to the resolution and te | Suggested to him that he see Mesers Zuger & Tillotson who had appeared with Mr. McCurdy in the trial of the action before Judge Grimson and who had also been retained and paid by the new board of county commission- ers to protect the county's interest. Explained Situation It seems he also called Mr. Hughes’ attention to the new developments and on November 28th, as appears from Exhibit 7, he wrote at length to Judge Grimson telling’ him of. the complication that had arisen and in- dicating to the court the delicate position in which he was placed by the resolution of the commissioners. It appears also that George F. Will, chairman of the board of county com- missioners, also wrote to Judge Grimson calling his attention to the compromise proposition. Thereafter, and on December 11, 28, appears from Exhibit 3, Judge Grimson wrote all the par- ites advising that Ne could not sive an advance opinion as to the legal situation that would develop if a stip- ulation were signed and presented. by Mr. McCurdy as state's attorney, but asked that briefs for and against it be submitted, Meantime Mr. MeCurdy had been hearing from Mr. Hugh and other partie and the attorney for Mr. Hughes, O'Hare, Cox & Cox, on Novernber as appears trom Exhibit 6, wrote McCurdy their views ‘in the matter, G id pearly that h y for the joners, the pecullar and ai stance or condition ia which Me- Curdy would be placed if he signed the proposed stipulation, and indicat- ing that in their opinion it would constitute a gfave breach of duty were he to enter into the stipulation, his first and. primary duty heing to protect the interest of the protesting taxpayers, Bonrd Caused Situation The difficulty in this matter grew gut of the fact, of course, that-atter McCurdy had appeared’ for the pro- testing taxpayérs’ the complexion’ of the. board of ‘county commissioners changed and the anti-Patterson fa: tion, ‘as ‘heretofore stated, came into control and it was this faction, whi supported and helped ‘make unani- mous oe: aeepinn of the resolution fof Nov. 16, 1928, above set out. socurdy’ sete bat at Jength.hi sons for finally deciding to stipulation’ which was draw: livap, of counsel for Patterson, and mary changes made therein by Mc- Curdy to: protect ‘the “interests of Burleigh county. the same until the latter:part of D cember, 1928, just before he went o} of office-to be succeeded by Mr, Reg- ister; the present state's attorney, and the stipulation was ‘immediately pré- sented to Judge Grimson, who. on Dec. 31, 1928, as-appears from #xitihit 2, wrote the attorneys for all parties king for enlightenment on two The authority of ‘the board ot gounty commissioners to bind the pealing taxpayers: who did -not -join in the stipulation, . either. hy them- selves or by counsel, and whether the board had any ‘ps Promise at all -different. from whi the court had found to. he a:reason- able compromise without*the’ consent of the appealing taxpayers, and sug- gesting (B) That. the court's ‘approval and discretion in the ‘matter here con- tained his original ‘Sete and that he did not see t = bad d signed mind. as to th ‘autho! tity ‘the board of county ‘commii he tax! freer uae ri pret and. fret site hold the atter i red she Jude dee card, fram r Sc ueturdy ny ct a consci jentlous in hts | 2 nm Ja 8, as from Esnibie 10, Frea Pet ter apnsess {20s tat xpa; tranamitied to judge Grimson petition signed ack in tl axpa: appellants in the original matter, prs against. the action "taken the county ‘com! ers on Noy. aha the setio of the state's sticreey ‘of Burleigh coun Ms ‘urd: 5 ie signing. Before Mr. McCurdy submitted to Judge Grimson: Conclusions of Law den f° Judgment in strict accoruaive conformity to the Judge's fremoranasin decision,’ and, ree ymber. it, it appears somewhere in ite evidence that Mes: itivan. & & Hanley had also submitte Findings phat ‘Pal the st palation abil by indinen nd Ore ‘his: sti See the new: developm: mee aoe Sacco : bees jecurdy: ge ime (ten Eested Mas Ke cit f RMS en‘! a On .ofy' 1} plexion of the boar ti for state's attorney in Maea: fot attics he H je ti titles: also, that Peterson told ‘him ¢ that McCurdy had said to get Zuger to protest, Indicating that McCurdy had notified the protesting taxpayers of He osition tn which he was placed e order of the county commis: | Slonets, nd suggesting to them t! they employ counsel and make a formal protest, which waa thereafter made and mailed by Peterson as aforesaid, Peterson also testified thatehe had id that imm: signing phe stipulation McCurdy came {and told him and suggested that he isee Zuger and obtain a protest against {the proposed compromise send the same to Judge Grimson} ing also that Mecurdy told him thai f he, McCurdy, signed it and Zuger did not it (the stipulation) prob- would be no good. foregoing embodies all the and pertinent testimony ‘abl eels phi f the case, that the arKe From Secs fi charge against Mecuray is not sue- tained by a preronee:: ‘ance of the evi- dence. After ‘esolution furthermore that he {i actually signed by McCurdy; meantime he had advised Peterson and Hughes, two of the protesting taxpayers, of the situation, of the embarrassing p¢ in which he was placed, and ested a prote: to Judge Grimson; ‘ en the stipula- tion was signed he immediately noti- fied Peterson again; he called Judge Grimson by telephone telling him what had been done and confirming his previous correspondence with the judge; protests were filed, the judge refused to act on the lution or stipulation until the question was briefed, and the matter is still pend- ing. It should be borne in mind all the time that after McCurdy made the appeal for the taxpayers the com- of county coi missioners changed, and one of t protesting taxpayers himself became chairman of the board and voted with all the other mémbers of the board for the proposed compromise. Un- der these circumstances it cannot be that McCurdy abandoned the of his clients or misconducted himeelf in relation to his client's in- terest. Attorneys might differ ability or propriety of signing a stipul: der similar circumstances Or, whether, being about to leave office, he should have refused to sign the stipulation, but I do not think that is the test to be applied here, Rather, the test would be whether McCurdy acted in good faith and in the exercise of good judgment, taking into consideration all of the facts in the case, and a plying that test and consideration a the testimony, including his own, he ae attorneys to his delay and negisct in not pre- paring earlier an order for judg- ment based upon the memorandum opinion of Judge Grimson, but the writer is convinced that even if that kad been done more promptly ‘he question of compromise would have arisen and probably followed about the same course that it did eventu- ally, The other charge, and far more se ious, is that McCurdy entered into a COreubt (se rezment with E.G. wat: tersqn, ihe y he, McCurdy, wa ansi in bringing about ac a Promise of. the tax litigation in ex- change for Patterson's support of MeCur for the office of state's a the election held Nov. in, suppert Oo} is copieians in the t . Hughes himself, Poole, Mr. James Ma: Mr. Fred Peterson, and the ex! introduced in connec on aaa be St Teeny. Jegation of tests: jons his ‘knowledge. ry stance, by the vote inthe 4th and Sth of corre rek ere Hi sie that a bypported im “so he motive 3 Bipuiation:” nd from his tteraon if and his ovhelulion partis there was some kind of .2 deal between’ Pat- terson_and McCurdy grows out of what Fred Peterson and other peo- ple told rim, andthe fact shown ‘by the election returns: in those wards. “When I saw the returns. I knew there ‘was no ‘mistake about Patter- son having supperted McCurdy from experience of over 30 years here knowing these .w of no fact oftitself tablish: the fact sna MeCurdy agreed to sign the Bipulety because of axteement ,with; Patterson except te conclusions he drew from nces and: facts. ‘ote for lak follows as in 0 wards pears from Exhibit A ‘ath Warg— McCurdy . ‘i Pagiaten . MeCurdy +i: Registe r., Poolé; kn sary Cnoihing, about the ing Wetections he was not in Burléigh county, from October until, January. He. didnot even: khow. what the vote lish McCurdy's attitu to- the Pattenson tax Jimetion n he, McCurdy, was a candidate Batt hada eee erspn ha ot het h ‘and sth wards jousryears, he stated ‘thea: absent ‘voters it through the efforts teatify Cee fluence in b where, i ny ballots a were atterson, James’ Manming gavé the only = testimony as to Patterson’s support of, McCyrdy for torney jn 1928, EY he & few .days . prior the No: pabee election ~ Patterson ai ked him who he t or and. Manning a "ome in. fram Lake cape tk a he mii aut. h Hughes, aithoush he thought knew nothing ‘about any deat heiee nm yo Ca payers who were | mary 1 voted 1oF ott het in ‘the Ne id some work for y's opponent, and to several ople about voting ae the r names of” io jes De a i of any ‘vei to the 1928 el to. ripe nie ecord the ns ee he had nection, and he fiat he made any with peecuee are ston BL. wi way "in ‘@ modification ot Judge Grimson’s fecision with refer- ence to th as. igation: then pend- ings that he had -been unfriendly and posed to McCurdy for years, and that his only convei taatign! w with Me- Curdy prior to the 1928 election was in ‘connection. -with criminal matters Liayehig out of ‘his jb) prietor-of the orks ter, and that tal& politics Zak or vaca or sittee y other mat- | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Heflin Cottons to There won't be a surplus of cotton crop this year if Thomas Heflin can avoid it. The Alabama senator here is pictured as he officially open- ed the summer clothes season in Washington by appearing on the street in an all-cotton suit, cotton hat and cotton shoes. He said he hopes the rest of the nation will cotton to this new style. and also that he was against him, McCurdy; and he xoes into detail showing ‘his connection with Patter- aon in relation to criminal matters about the Patterson hotel. That is the sum and substance of complainant's case on this charge. I find that the charge is wh sustained by competent evidence. though Patterson may have been sup- porting McCurdy for stat that fact does not support an infer- ence and does not establish a basis for a conclusion that McCurdy was to help Patterson get a reduction of his taxes from the figures established by on. There is not an iota of evidence to sustain the charge of any corrupt po- litical or other agreement between McCurdy and Patterson whereby Mc- Curdy was to sign the stipulation in controversy or to aid Patterson in any way whatsoever in saving some money on his past due taxes. There is no circumstance in the case supporting any such conclusion Hughes’ part, and except t fact that McCurdy signed the stipulation. McCurdy’s actions, how ever, in connection therewith nena ah entirely the Fone un an that corruptly or for the ereone of carrying out a “deal” with Patter- son. I recommend that the charges be dismissed and M McCurdy exoner- ated of any misconduct or wrong in the matter. Respectfully submitte: 8. D, AD. The above report is ae made the report of the Bar Boar Dated, April aise 29. . KNAUF, Chairman. Cc. L. YOu! ne. 5 75, D. ADAMS. IN THE SUPREME COURT, State of North Dakota. : the Matter of the Revocation of the of F. E. McCurdy to Prac- in Attorney at Law in the To the Honorable Justices of the Su- reme Court of the State of North kota: I have carefully read and consid- ered the findings, conclusions and Benton, of Mr. 8. D. Adams in the ove entitled matter, and concur in the same except that under the facts as stated and as shown by the evi- dence it does not appear to me that Mr. McCurdy was negligent in the following up or. prosecution of the so- called Patterson tax case. I heartily join in the recommenda- tion that the charges against Mr. Mc e of miscon- duct or wrong on his behalf is any of the matters alleged in the charges | filed against him. Dated this 6th day of April. 1929. JOHN KNAU Chairman of State Bar Board. Spetz Post Will Be On Air This Evening eee ate Spetz post i is putting on a radio program from 7 to 7:30 this evening, in connection with the Legion. mander J. K. Kennelly was to have broadcast but will be unable to do so, and A. L. Fosteson, commander of Spetz post, will take his place. : Included in the post’s numbers will be selections by Sam Kontos, Henry Halverson and. Mrs. Arthur Bauer. HIGH SHRINERS HERE ON EL ZAGAL VISIT Fargo Temple Will Make Trip to Coincide With Fall Scot- tish Rite Al T. Severs, director of El Zagal temple, Fargo, and Howard Ells- worth, chief rabban of the Fargo Shrine, were in the city, today, con- ferring with Imperial Representative Wm. T. Kraft and other members of this organization ‘concerning the big ceremonial and pageant to be held in the Capital city some time in Sep- tember or October. There will be a special train from Fargo with all the uniformed bodies, which include the big El Zagal band, crack patrol, drum and bugle corps, chanters, Lisbon saxophone band and the oriental guides, plus several hun- dred Shriners. The date will be def- initely set later to match up with the Scottish Rite reunion to be upon by the leading Masons in Man- dan and Bismarck. Committees will be named shortly by Potentate Frank I. Darrow. The Shriners will hold a big spring ceremonial at Fargo, May 24, when @ special train will bring down a delegation from Grand Forks. Shriners from the entire Slope country will attend. The day will be capped off with a big fireworks dis- ‘play at EF) Zagal park, giving the public the benefit of the entertain- ment which, otherwise, will be con- {fined to members of the fraternity. GEORGE EBERT WINS TRAPSHOOT TROPHY Holds Silverware for Breaking 19 of 25 Clay Pigeons at Weekly Matches George Ebert this week is in pos- session of the French and Welch trap- shooting trophy, after winning the week's leg at the Bismarck gun club range last Sunday. He broke 19 of 25 pigeons in the slide handicap event. The 16-yard singles and slide handi- cap. events again are on the pro- gram for the local club at 9 o'clock next Sunday. Some members of the club are planning to attend a regis- ‘tered shoot at Aberdeen, it is re- ported, though none has made def- inite plans for the trip yet. Although no contestant broke 25 j consecutive pigeons last Sunday, O. he) T. Ragen set a mark of 24, Ray V. | Stair scored 23 twice, and several scored 22. Last Sunday scores in the two events follow: 16-Yard Slide Singles Handicap 109 of 125 . 15 of 25 1110f125 10 of 25 8L0f125 170f 25 59 of 14 0f 25 68 of 16 of 25 41of 11 of 25 560f 140f 25 35 of 9o0f 25 21 of ll of 25 liot 40f25 1Sof 120f llof 1Tot Ray V. Stair . George Ebert .. D. W. Withnell. Tom McCann.. O. T. Raaen Dave Anderson. Kenneth Stoakes. H. Cunningham, W. Steadman F. A. Galloway. Uncle Sam’s Newest Cruiser Is Launched New York, April 25.—(#)—Uncle Sam's newest cruiser, the Pensacola, was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard today. As the war craft glided gracefully down the ways from the forest of scaffolding which had engulfed her, Mrs. Josephine Knowles Seligman of Long Island, a native of Pen- 'sacola, broke a bottle of spring water over her bows, exclaiming: “I christen thee Pensacola.” The Pensacola, 10,000 tons, is the largest ship to be launched at the navy yard since the war. Her ulti- mate cost will be $11,000,000. Perfume Factory Is Target for Bombers St. Paul, April 25.—(7)—An ex- plosion rocked the vicinity about:378 Grand avenue last night when & bomb burst in the rear of the Belco company’s perfume plant. Little damage was done although buildings three blocks away were jarred by the concussion. W. B. Cohen, president of the Belco company, could assign no reason for the bombing. WORLD'S FAMOUS tables; that on peay first prizes at county and state fairs, are leavened with Calumet. You can make Sta | Tagore Warns | Within a few generations the human race will be akin to animals living and pleasure, declares Sir Rabindranath Tagore, We are living too fast, he says, living in the only for comfort Indian poet-philosopher. Roe rather than ee MAY APPEAL TUCKER’ CASE TO HIGH COURT Fargo, N. D., April 25.—()—M. A. | Hildreth, attorney for Francis Tucker, convicted of slaying Banker Hans Bjone at Verona, La Moure county, may appeal Tucker's case to the su- preme court of the United States. Hildreth said today that such move was under consideration. taken, he said. Delegation of Lions Going to Steele for Organization of Club He will confer with F. 8. Thomas, Lisbon, to decide what further moves shall be SCHOOL NET COURTS PLAN RECOMMENDED Roosevelt and Richholt Schools Get Windbreaks and Lawn Improvement Plans for construction of five tennis courts on school grounds in Bismarck this spring and summer will be rec- ommended to the city school board for acceptance by the grounds im- provement committee of the board. Reni Finney is chairman of the The proposed courts would be con- structed at the William Moore school and two each at the high school and Richholt school. Planting of smal) windbreak groves at the Roosevelt and Richholt schools is being completed this week, mem- bers of the board announce. Seedlings furnished by the Northern Great Plains experiment. station, Mandan, have been planted and are now being fenced. The trees are elm. Four rows of trees were planted on the north and west borders of the | Roosevelt” school grounds and two rows were planted on the west, south and east sides of the property. of the Richholt school. Grass will be planted jon the lawn and boulevards at Roose- yelt school and a cement curb will be built along the street in front of the building, it is announced. HUGHES BACKS ROOT FORMULA FOR COURT | Recognizes Ratification of Kel- logg Treaty as Outstand- ing Event of Year Evans Hughes today stood publicly aligned with those who would bring the United States into the world court through the medium of the formula worked out at Geneva by Elihu Root and tentatively accepted by other world powers. In his address as president opening the 23rd annual meeting of the Amer- tean Society of International Law last night Mr. Hughes emphasized that judicial action is the indispensable a | sented comprehensive ‘arguments | sauneing American adherence to the court. He spoke on “Institutions of Peace” A delegation of the Lions club will, and recognized the negotiation and assembl cific at the den in the Grand Pa- | this afternoon and leave for Steele, to discuss with a pro- spective Lions club there the steps for instituting the organization. Dr. F. B. Strauss, the district deputy gov- ernor for North Dakota, will head the delegation. Schwantes Funeral Service Held Today in Evangelical Church Funeral services for J. F. Schwan- died Tuesday at the tes, 74, who In What Month Is Your Birthday? home of his son, H. G. Schwantes, 417 First street, were held at the Evangelical church at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Place at Big Stone City, 8. D. The interment will take The services were conducted by the Rev. Ira_Hergberg, pastor of the church. The pallbearers were A. C. Baulke, William Schwartz, Art Small, John Bewers, John Schuler Harry Newbaur. On Sale at Last—Lehigh Lignite Briquettes for furnace, undry The Wachter Transfer} fireplace, stove. 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