The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1929, Page 2

| i -PAGETWO _ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE / SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1929 ISSUEINTAXATION _ OF GAS’ TS RAISED Motorists’ Organization Is Un- friendly to 50 per Cent Jump for Washington Parks DEMAND ROADS USE ONLY Legislatures Declared to Be Led Into Abuse of Revenue Source by Easiness Washington, April 27.— Vigorous _ Opposition to the- growing tendency on the part of state legislatures to increase gasoline taxes beyond rea- sonable limits was expressed by the ¢ American Motorists’ association in a warning issued here this week. “Motorists do not object to paying a reasonable gasoline tax when the funds are used for the construction and maintenance of roads,” the asso- ciation declared, “but they do object to the payment of unreasonable, un- just and inequitable gasoline taxes ‘and particularly where a portion of the tax fund is diverted to general , Public uses.” The privilege of taxing gasoline is being abused in some states simply ‘because it is a convenient method of raising revenue and because the - money is available for use immediate- ly upon collection, the association's statement charges. Motorists now pay gasoline taxes in ‘each of the 48 states of the union. “Fifteen states, and the District of Columbia, charge a rate of two cents per gallon, 14 states charge three ,cents, 12 states four cents, six states five cents, and one state six cents. | usy,: Mave Paid Billion in Tax *Since the first gasoline tax was imposed in Oregon, ten years ago, motorists have paid more than a bil- lion dollars in‘gasoline taxes. Ninety per cent of this sum was paid during the last four years. The U. S. bureau of public funds has estimated that the nation’s gasoline tax bill last year was $300,000,000, and it is conserva- tively predicted that about $450,000,- 000 will be collected this year. “The average gasoline tax rate paid last year was about 25 per cent of the filling station price. This ds in real- ity a sales tax and is an: unreason- able rate. Unless motorists take prompt steps to curb the prevailing tendency of state legislatures gaso- line taxes are bound to be increased. Moreover, not all of the money de- rived from gasoline taxes is being used for road work in some states, This is a violation of the principle under which gasoline taxes were originally levied,” the Association's statement declares. ‘ Diverting Usp Is Charge “The motorist is willing to pay a reasonable tax on gasoline because he feels that construction and main- tenance of good roads can be expe- dited from this revenue,” said J. Bor- ton Weeks, president of the associa- tion, in commenting. on the present trend of gasoline taxes. “Two evils, however, have now sprung up. First: ‘The ease with which the tax is col- lected, which has led some state leg- islatures to impose rates out of all “Don't be scared of your wife, Ed; do like I did and tell her you're working at the office.” by @ proposal in the nation’s capital to increase the gasoline tax in the District of Columbia by 50 per cent and use the proceeds to beautify pub- lic parks.” $+ ‘ | AT THE MOVIES | —_——— 2 CAPITOL THEATRE Due to the success of the combina- tion of Jack Holt as the star and Frank R. Capra as the director of “Submarine,” the two were reunited in the filming of “The Donovan Af- fair,” the Columbia 100% dialogue production featuring Jack Holt, which will be the attraction at the Capitol theatre on Monday. Frank R. Capra, one of the young- est of the successful directors in Hol- lywood, started his screen career as a gag man. When Harry Langdon was making short comedies for Mack Sen- nett Frank R. Capra was his “gag man” and created many of the dis. tinctive comedy antics performed b: timate of a wealthy theatrical pro- ducer, and it is around this circum- stance that this absorbing screen ro- mance revolves. The film story of “My Man” intro- duces the sketch of the same name, which has long been recognized as Miss Brice’s most sensational success. The love story that follows is tender and wistful, though at times intensely amusing. In the story Edna Murphy plays the role of the younger sister, and other important parts are enacted by Guinn ‘Williams, Andre de Seguralo, Richard Tucker, Billy Seavy, Arthur Hoyt, Ann Brody, and Clarissa Selwynne. CHICK PRODUCERS TOHOLD CONVENTION Association 15 Years Old to Langdon. Later he directed Langdon in “Long Pants” and “The Strong Man.” Columbia Productions then en- gaged him to direct two comedy- dramas, “That Certain Thing” and “Bo This Is Love.” The outstanding success of “Submarine,” also a Colum- bla production, proved Capra to be a splendid dramatic director. Other suc- cesses designated him as the wise choice for this special Columbia pro- duction, “The Donovan Affair.” Jack Holt rose to stardom under the Paramount-Lasky banner. He has been a popular star of western pic- tures for over ten years, and has por- trayed the leading roles in such no- table successes as “Sea Horst ‘For- lorn River,” “North of 36,” “Ava- proportion to the sales price of gaso- line; and second, money derived from gasoline taxation is being divert- ed for uses other than highway pur- “It must be remembered that the gasoline tax is a consumer's tax. It is a tax per mile upon the operation of motor vehicles. In many states the gasoline tax is now unreasonable and motorists themselves must take prompt steps to prevent legislatures from further abusing the gasoline taxing privilege,” President Weeks declares. “The present trend to tax the mo- torists is typified at the present time | OUT OUR WAY By Williams | AHEM SHEIKS HAS eccecesceseocooocooeoSooSoOeO EERE: ( a lanche,” and others. Recently he has been given an opportunity by Colum- bia to show his ability as a dramatic actor and has proved himself to be & great star. He was highly com- mended by fans for his new type of characterization in Columbia's “Sub- marin “The Warning,” and “The “The Donovan Affair” is a screen adaptation of the play of that name by Owen Davis, which was a Broad- way success. ELTINGE THEATRE Fannie Brice, the inimitable come- dienne, makes her motion picture de- but in Warner Bros.’ special produc- tion, “My Man,” which comes to the Eltinge for Monday, Tucsday and Wednesday. In the story Miss Brice bears the stunning revelation that her younger sister has left home to become the in- Meet in Minneapolis July 29 to August 2 Producers of baby chicks from 40 states, including the northwest group, and seven Canadian provinces will meet in Minneapolis, July 29 to August 2, for the convention of the International Baby Chick association. It is expected that delegates will also be present from Cuba, Mexico and one or two other foreign countries. Reduced round trip rates to this j convention from: points in Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin |and ‘Montana have been anounced by E. E. Nelson, passenger traffic | manager of the Northern Pacific rail- way. The special rate will bea fare and one half on the certificate plan. Tickets will be on sale July 23 to 29 in Montana and July 25 to 31 in Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. They will be honored for return to and including August 6. Organized 15 years ago with 12 members, the association has grown to 1,600 active members who operate hatcheries. Its purpose is to stimulate poultry raising and the demand for baby chicks and to assist members in making their business more enjoy- able and profitable. Increased poul- try raising throughout the Northwest has expanded the association in that area. Problems of transportation, adver- tising, designing of chick containers, improvement of quality of chicks and like matters engage the attention of the organization. 3 PRIGES OF GASOLINE SHOWED 77 FIGURES ON FEB, 49 CHECK-UP A. A. A. Had 1,065 Motor Clubs Report Simultaneously on Rates in Local Areas OIL PROXIMITY NO FACTOR Nor Did Atlantic Tidewater Show Any Reduction From Inland Localities Washington, April 27.—There were 71 different prices for gasoline pre- vailing in the United States on Feb- tuary 19, 1929. The price range was all the way from 12 cents a gallon to 24.5 cents a gallon for straight run, and from 15 cents to 27.5 cents a gallon for high test gasoline, exclusive of the gas tax, which varies in almost every state. These and ottier startling figures on the divergence of gasoline prices in the country were ascertained through a simultaneous nation-wide check-up by 1,065 motor clubs affili- ated with the American.Automobile association and reported to national headquarters here. In order to secure an accurate pic- ture of the gasoline price range on a given day, identical forms were sent to every A. A. A. club throughout the country; the local clubs in turn checked the prices in their respective areas and returned the forms to Washington. Lowest in Oklahoma _ The lowest price on the date of the check-up was 12 cents for straight run and 15 cents for high test gaso- line at Muskogee, Okla., and the highest was 24.5-for-straight run and 27.5 for high test at Wallace, Idaho. As in previous check-ups, proximity to source of supply appeared to be a/. negligible factor in determining cur- rent prices, says the A. A. A., since prices were in many instances as high close to the oil fields as they were at points to which a long haul was necessary. Prices at tidewater were on the whole as high as those charged at inland points. The average price at points along the Atlantic seaboard on February 19 was 17.9 cents a gallon for straight, run gasoline and 21 cents for high test. The average in the Mississippi valley region was 16.5 cents for straight run and 19.5 cents for high test. On the Pacific coast the average was 18.1 cents for straight run and 21.8 cents a gallon for high test gaso- line. Prices Change Rapidly One of the most striking features of the A. A. A. survey is its disclosure of the rapidity with which prices change within small areas when basic con- ditions such as rentals, supply and demand are the same, says the A. A. A. statefnent. The widest divergence in price was 9 cents in Colorado, where the price of gasoline ranged from 15 to 24 cents a gallon for straight run gasoline and from 18 cents to 27 cents a gallon for high test. West Virginia ranked next with a variation of 8 cents, ranging from 14 cents a gallon to 21 cents for straight run gasoline and from 17 cents to 24 cents a gallon for high test gasoline. The A. A. A. statement includes a synopsis as follows: “West north central states (Minne- sota, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota and Nebraska)—Gasoline prices varied 54 cents for straight rtin, ranging from 14.6 cents a gallon to 19 cents, and 4.7 cents for high. test, ‘ranging from 11.6 cents to 21.3 cents a gallon. \ ©.1929..By NEA Seavicg inc. THIS HAS HAPPENED MILDRED LAWRENCE meets STEPHEN ARMITAGE when he rescues her fox fur from a thief. Their friendship grows until PAMELA JUDSON, daughter of her employer, tries to lure him away from her. HUCK CONNOR becomes infatuated with Pamela and she plays both men. Her brother, Harold, is in love with Mildred, who tries to keep him from gambling with Huck’s crowd. When Stephen continues seeing Mildred, Pamela has her dis- charged and also turns Stephen against her by saying that she is trying to marry Harold for his money. Bitter at Mildred, Ste- phen permits Pamela to maneu- ver him into an engagement when she tells him that is the only way she can break with Huck. Huck commands Harold to pre- vent Pamela’s marriage under fear of exposure concerning a forged check. Harold says he can’t force Pamela so Huck plans to dispose of Stephen. He has one of his gang frame him for stealing: a firm demonstration car, and the detective thinks him guilty when he shadows Stephen and finds him apparently giving a big party that night to an- sae his engagement to Pam- ela, & Harold confesses enough to Mildred to reveal that Stephen is in danger of Huck’s schem- ing. Heartbroken and out of a job, she tries to think of some way to save him, but in vain’ for Stephen is arrested when a gun, roll of bills and the auto keys are found in his room. RH - = NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIX Harold came to Stephen as soon as he received that trouble-swampcd. young man’s message. He didn't need any words from Stephen to convince him that his fu- ture brother-in-law was innocent. The handiwork of Huck Connor was plainly visible to him. But he listened without comment. while Stephen told about the incrim- inating evidence that had been found, in his room. Stephen was too much taken up with the mystery to notice Harold’s extreme nervousness, his evasive, shifting glances. “That evidence was planted there,” Stephen declared excitedly, stopping in the restricted pacing he had set up again as his agitation increased. “Someone was out to hang the theft, of the car on me.” “Perhaps,” Harold gulped, “they planned to tHrow suspicion on you so the fellow frgm the insurance com- pany wouldn't look any farther.” Stephen regarded him with a new thought. “You don’t seem to suspect me,” he said quietly. “Why?” Harold started. “Why?” he’ re- Peated in conspicuous confusion; “why, it never occurred to me,” he added lamely. “I wonder if it will ever occur to Pamela,” Stepheri said, and there was doubt in his voice. “That's what I wanted to see you about, Harold. You've got to tell her that I'm... here. Tell her I want to see her. Harold seemed to shrink. “You don’t- want me to ask Pam to come here—to the police station?” he asked incredulously. Stephen stared down at him where he sat uneasily on the cot. “Why not?” he retorted, trying to speak in & matter-of-fact’ tone. “You know I'm~going to marty her, don’t you?” (No reports received from North Da- kota and Kansas.) A Massachusetts trapper sometimes. finds a gun superfluous. Recently he brought in two fox skins, one slain by a wildcat and one a victim of starva- tion. . . : ——— More -than- 300 Qhio- setttements in: accessible by rallroad may be reached by boat from Gincinnati,;. + .- | NES -YES~ Good BYE ~ OR~MES ~ SO LONG~ NO~NoT MAD~—suST— WELL SO L~ NO-TNIGHT.” YES —-WELL A mae NAWFLOL TIME \/ves ey CALL UP HERE:)| Bor OF \T— TH WiMMIN | ano Notice . (Ther Time IS. CALLIN' EM UP HERE] A BiG CHANGE \PHONIN IN’ AT WORK. “THEY | HAS SUDDENIY [THERE 1S LIKE DASSENT SAY MUCH AN' CANT LIG6SEN LONG WOH TH BULL VNo-3usT SOME. GORY, he went on without giving Harold time to answer. “I'm not a thief. I want, to tell Pamela that.” “I can tell he she has any doubts about it,” Harold offered. * eR Stephen shook his head. “No,” he said stubbornly. “If Pam doesn’t care enough for me to come and tell me she‘doesn’t believe I'm guilty, I'll not need anyone carrying messages between us.’ “Byt Pam's never....” “I - know,”-Stephen interrupted bruskly; “she’s never seen anything of the seamy side of life. Well, if she really loves me she won't require any urging to get acquainted with it ‘when I need her.” Suddenly a thought that carried a move swiftly.to make Pamela his own now that Stephen was out of the way. | But if their engagement ‘could be broken up it might act as a stay to Huck’s plans. ‘ way as he said: “Aren’t you pretty skeptical about the girl you're engaged to marry?” Stephen nodded before he realized _ Automobile Associations Make Protests on Gas Charges and Taxes. “That's all there is to it,” Stephen innocent, Us, O Father, Lead but I don't Us ibaltvan), PrecyirianSvening —Miss Ruth Rowley. Anthem, “Still, Still With Thee” , RUTH DEWEY GROVES “Is that the way it looks to you?” ), % a ee Anthem, “Come, Ye Blessed of My * Father” (Wilson). Harold squirmed. “I’m how it will look to dad,” he an- swered uneasily. Stephen noted his \ evasion. “I don’t give a damn what you or your dad think,” he retorted hotly. “I wouldn't care if Pamela hadn't a cent... .” Archdeacon “You can bet’ she would,” Harold communion . cut in, “and I’m. warning you—she| 10:30—Morning service and sermon. may not have if dad takes an unfav-| 11:30—Church school. orable view of ‘he way you became engaged to her. And there's this,” bed mae waving his hand to indicate e cell, “Tell Pamela that,” Stephen said, “and tell her I’m waiting for her. We'll both find out what she thinks.” Harold got up to go. Stephen had given him & good idea. forship. Prelude (Flavell). . Anthem, “Jesus, Thou Joy of Lov- Hearts” (Heyser). school. i 11—Morning worship; subject, “The| Prayer service Wednesda: f Spirit of Christ.” Special music. p. iA aa ded m. 3 p.m.—Service in Naughton school- ———_—__ house No. 1. i 6:80—Senior B. Y. B. U. 7:30—1 “eter ues. (BARLEY THA URGED» rar cszrer cme | ASEMERGENGY FEED SSeS | FOR SUKLIN PAS Corner Fourth street and Avenue C A reading room is open in the| European Practice Where Sow Sunday service at 11:00 a. m. Subject: “Probation After Death.” Sunday school at 9:45 aon opt iegei| '8 Defective Nurser Is Set Out by College Expert isn't, thanks,” Stephen said curtly and turned: away. He didn’t see Harold again, for that night Huck warned the boy to keep away from him.and Harold dared not disobey. Neither did he see Pamela that day, though he waited and watched for her with feverish expectancy. Harold had gone straight to her with a plea that she have nothing further to do with him. “Dad will cut -you off without. a cent, Pam,” he told her. “You were foolish to become engaged without his consent. Wait until he gets back, then you can fix it with Stephen if you want to.” Pamela looked at him from under haughtily lifted eyebrows. “Don’t get so fussed, dear,” she said quietly. “I have no intention of fixing up any- thing with a man who's been ar- rested.” Harold was taken aback. Even hé, who knew her so well, had not been prepared for this display of callow | lish. heartlessness. “You mean,” he stammered, “that you aren't going to see him?” “Certainly not. Who wants to see the inside of a jail?” Harold almost sobbed with relief. “God, I'm glad to hear you say that,” he told her. “I was afraid you would do it to spite me if I told you to stay away. But I had to warn you, Pam. I know dad wouldn’t stand for it. And you would be a grand flop as @ poor man’s wife.” “Oh, get out,” Pamela exclaimed impatiently. “I’ve got to get Mar- gola and some of the crowd together and tell them about this. I'd rather have them laugh in my face than behind my back.” ** & Loss of pigs due to the failure of the sow to give milk can be greatly 9:30 s.m—Sunday school. Bible |"educed or completely eliminated by . C, | feeding the pigs barley tea, accord! Class and classes for all grades. C. ©. | , Ie tiio ie ing church choir will sing at this service. 10:00 Morning worship. “The Guide of Youth.” 11:00 Sunday school for all depart- a ry = 3 3 E i : ‘ i " Harold left her and went to his own rooms. He felt like a hound, but told himself that anything he did to protect Pamela was justified. And . if she didn’t care any more about Fourth Street at Avenue A Armitage than she seemed to, the fel- J. V. Richert, Pastor low was lucky not tp marry her. Sunday services as follows: Stephen did not feel that way] 9:30 m. Sunday school, Miss E. about it. He couldn't see any lick behind the disappointment that Pa- mela’s indifference caused him, took it pretty hard, though he tried to convince himself that Harold had not given her fils.message. But whatever comfort he derived out of that possibility faded the next day when the newspapers carried the story of his arrest and still she not come to him. Perhaps she had not seen the item buried as it was among the ad- vertisements on a back page, he himself. Well, she was certain to hear of it from some source. He would noha for her again. uaF it E i f E F : aE 5 & ae 5 8 i é t i Hi Be i! uy ae : z BLE a HF i Efe a way to free himself. : He was loathe to appeal to his fam- ily, though he'd learned already that it was possible for a crook with un- derworld connections to secure bail, while a man without a police remained under lock and key if he could not meet the requirements of professional bondsmen and lacked a irene to put. a sours ity for him. le. was completely unprepared for the one visitor who came to him. ‘Mildred had:.come. downtown to carry on her search for work and when she left the train she bought @ paper at a subway stand and start- ed. to open it at the help-wanted col- umns. Her eyé was ati advertisement..of a spring HL ape ee Fock Ee EEE z She read. it h, though at iiss it was chip a raddentne oon fusion of words. Srphen's nase Aid an Ht t He looked at Stephen im a guilty | accomplice ft Hi aie iz { ? i i 5 e F is : i i g | : : : atte i i ESE if E E ad ay Morris, Hughes, piano. Special music: Offertory—The Rosary (Nevin).