The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1929, Page 6

4 PAGE SIX GLAMOUR OF MAIL SERVICE ON TRAINS PICTURED BY BELK Clerk of Railroad Branch of! Postoffice Tells Rotary of Holdups and Wrecks The glamour of the railway mail service, in which the clerks stand 10 Aours in a swaying car, sometimes get injured and even killed, in wrecks, and at other times are held up by train bandits, then if lucky, retire at $2 on $85 a month pension, was pic- tured to the Rotary club luncheon, at noon today, by Ben Belk, one of the skippers of the service. He made an intensely interesting story of the life of the clerk in this branch of the Postal service. Incidentally, conditions are such, said Mr. Belk, that Bismarck is at some disadvantage in the matter of the mails as related to business. The towns along the south tier, he said, are more readily served through Abcr- deen than from St. Paul by way of Bismarck. He mentioned Mott as an example. Some merchandise ordered by a Mott farmer gets to him quicker by way of Aberdeen than through here. The same concitions apply to the branch lines leaving the main trunk of the N. P., he said. Train service would have to be considerably changed to put Bismarck on like ac- commodations as Minot and Aber- deen now enjoy. Missed Wreck That Kilied Seven Mr. Belk said he has been in three minor wrecks. Once he missed a big wreck. Seven mail clerks coming from the other direction were killed in that crash. He missed two hold- ups. In the one a bandit got drunk at Terry and talked. The result was that the chief of police at Miles City shot one of the cang dead. On one run, he said, he had 55 “bars” to pro- tect. That meant gold. He got them safely through scattered through the ordinary mail end there was no hold- up. There are 18,000 men in the rail- way mails service, he said. He usually works 500 packages of mail daily on a ten-hour run. There are an average of 20 letters to the package. so that means 10.000 pieces of letter mail. The same mail will mc2n handling of 100 to 4€0 pieces of registered matter also. The clerk works in a car 30 fect Jong and nine feet wide. This is cut in half, 15 feet for distribution and 15 feet for storage. In the letter sec- tion bulkhead there are 291 pigeon holes for sorting the letters. Smell Where They Arc Tilustrating a run out of here on a blizzardy night, Mr. Belk said the clerks keep contact with location as the train speeds through the dark night by the sensations of the car movement, by the blasts of the whistle and by the smells. A mine near New Salem used to be one of the distinguishing odor landmarks. In his 24 years of service, Mr. Belk said, he has traveled 1,500,000 miles on his feet in ten-hour shifts. This often so benumbs a clerk that he will walk several blocks at the terminus of his run before he regains the sen- sation of possessing feet and legs. Speaking of the deficits of the mail service, Mr. Belk said theoretically there is no deficit, as the franked mail of the various governmental de- partments more than absorbs such deficits as revenues and expenditures show. Alice Slater Sings ‘The luncheon was attended by a number of guests. Alice Slater, of the girls Indian school, sang the “Indian Love Call” and the “Skyblue Water Land,” Mme. Hermann Scheffer, accompanying. Gets Scholarship Prize Thelma Amundsen was present to receive the Rotary scholarship award to a high school student. It was Walter Hines Page's book, “The Trainin: of an American.” Anoth:. guest, introduced by E. J. Taylor; wes Paul Register. lieutenant in the U. 8. Navy, who left the High school graduation of 1917 to at once enter Annapolis naval academy. Other guests included Nels Bystrom, Miss Elizabeth Jones, Mrs. Grace Morris, Otto Bauer. Mandan. Victor Moynier, Pred Traynor, Devils Lake, William Fricke. Leonard Bell read a letter from Thorn Dickinson, written on the liner Majestic. He met some of the for- eign Rotary delegates on the way to Dallas, and L. K. Thompson an- nounced that one of these delegates, Count Roberto Simon, of Italy, reached the international convention two hours before closing, and was at ‘once put on the stage to speak. | Dr. G. A. Rewlings was chairman of the day. McClusky Youth Dies After Horse Crushes His Skull With Hoof D., June 5.--Andrew | par with the southern routes to Cal- Late News Bulletin Washington, June 5.—(7)}—The calling of a Democratic party dinner here next week for Jouctt Shouse, newly appointed licuten- ant of Chairman Raskob of the national committce, has brought to the surface party differences and resulted today in a demand by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, for the “unhorsing” of Raskob “in the interests of har- mony.” TO SHUT OIL DRILLIN Washington, June 5:—(7")—Sec- retary Wilbur announced today that an agreement had been | Yeached between the interior de- partment and six oil companies operating on the middle dome of | the Kettleman hills oil field in | California, which will shut off the | bringing in of oil in that area. { DENY BON OFFER Chicago, June 5.—(?)}—Harry Grabiner, business manager of the Chicago White Sox, said to- day no bonus of $20,000 has been offered Frank Nekola, sensational left handed pitcher with Holy Cross, to join the White Sox. SUDGE: Les An, OUTER GUARD Sune 5.—(P)— Walter S. Sudgen, Osiris Temple, Wheeling, W. Va. today was elected to the post of the outer guard by the imperial council, governing body of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine in convention here. It was the only contested office. BANK CUTS MELON New York, June 5.—(?)—Direc- tors of the Guaranty Trust com- | Pany of New York today proposed an offer of 200,000 additional shares of stock to stockholders at $500 a share, which, on the basis of present market quotations, is equivalent to cutting a melon of nearly $90,000,000. ‘CANADIANS MAKE VISIT 10 MINOT A. D. McKinnon and H. J. Tay- lor, Bismarck, Meet Cana- dian Delegation Minot. N. D.. June 5.—(—Bring- | ing the best wishes of two Canadian cities to Minot, a delegation of ap- Proximately 70 prominent citizens of Delorainc and Brandon. Manitoba, arrived in Minot shorily after noon today. The visit to Minot is in the nature of a good will trip, to afford an op- Portunity for Minoters to become bet- ter acquainted with residents of De- loraine and Brandon, and also to dis- | cuss highway construction. Residents of the two Canadian cities are anxious that steps be taken in North Dakota to build and improve a short stretch of highway north from Carbury to the Canadian line, which would pro- vide a gravelled highway the entire distance from Minot to Brandon. A. D. McKinnon, project enginecr of the state highway commission, and H. J. Taylor, associate highway en- gineer of the bureau of public roads, both of Bismarck, are in meet the Canadian delegation. Great Northern Will Reduce Coast Fares If Merger Is Okayed St. Paul, June 5.—()—Approval by the interstate commerce commission of the Great Northern said today. fares routes between the east and the coast. This fare is from $18 to $24 lower than from Chicago to California through the twin cities and Seattle or Portland. If such a reduction is put into ef- fect by the Great Northern, railroad men said, other lines will follow suit, thus placing the northern route on a ifornia. and bringing a vast amount of tourist .:avel through this territory with stop-over privileges. Wahpeton Bank Pays Another Dividend A dividend of 10 per cent is being Paid to the depositors of the Wahpe- ton State bank, making total divi- dends of 30 per cent paid by this bank, payment being made through A. E. Jones, district manager at Lis- bon, it is announced by L. R. Baird, receiver. Fire Destroys Port On Sea of Marmora Minot to| of the Great Northern railway's plan to build an extension into California to connect with the Western Pacific would bring an immediate applica- tion for reduction of passenger fares to California, Ralph Budd, president If successful in their plan to estab- lish connections the Great Northern and Western Pacific, Mr. Budd said, would seek the regular California prevailing for the southern MRS, SCOTT SPEAKS H Represented at Opening Session Today {the P. E. O. sisterhood, and Mrs. H j ¥hen the convention opencd. for girls maintained by the sister- hood. Mrs. Simpson's topic was “P. E. O. and the New Day.” Delegates registered yesterday after- noon, and a meeting of the executive board followed. Ninety women attend- ed a dinner last night, at which chap- ter G of Minot entertained, and an | assembly program followed. |__Mrs. H. W. Reed of Dickinson, state |president, called the convention to order this morning. of the convention will be held at the Presbyterian church, when Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Reed will give addresses. This program is to follow a dinner at which the “B. I. L. S.," husbands and brothers of members, will be hosts. The convention will continue through Thursday afternoon. Miller Scores Plan For Freight Boosts Washington, June 5.—()—Main- tenance of the present relationship in freight rates on grain and grain pro- ducts was urged before the interstate commerce commission today by C. T. Vandenover, representing southern Minnesota mills. “Business necds stability,” he de- clared, “and when rates are changed there is always a loss to somebody. This loss will come either from pro- ducer or consumer. I think the re- lationship now existing should not be disturbed.” He said 43 per cent of the wheat receipts at the Minneapolis market goes to southern Minnesota mills to be made into flour and if the present rate relationship was disturbed it would injure those mills. Opposing the mileage scale for fixing rates, he said this would be adverse to the in- terests of railroads and to agricultural interests dependent upon obtaining as many markets as possible for their products. Vandenover opposed reducing the revenue of railroads and declared if any rate reduction is made it should be slight. Scranton Boasts of New Juvenile Band Scranton. N. Dak., June 5.—Scran- ton is proud of its 32-piece juvenile band. The band. organized last November. now is giving an open-air concert each Wednesday evening. The band is sponsored by local business men. A. E. Shephard is director of the band. ? “Additional Society ° ¢ Strawn Makes Novel Flower Containers and artistic flower Four novel holders in use this week at the First National bank testify to the fact that Alfred E. Strawn, janitor there for many years, is not only a skilled Sret ED, but versed in woodlore as weil. The unique holders have square bases fashioned of alternating strips ;of red and green willow, while the container part of two are made of hollowed out pieces of ash gnawed off by beavers. The others have con- tainers made of a part of a birch log. and each is ornamented with Strips of the willow. Mr. Strawn, who spends a great part of his time in th woods near Bismarck. has made many articles from wood. *“* * George Jundt arrived this morning from Atchison, Kansas, where he has been attending St. Benedict's college, to spend the summer vacation at the home of his sister, Miss Christine dJundt, 323 Tenth street. eke Mrs. R. H. Thistlethwaite has re- turned to the city after a week-end visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Solberg, in Naughton township. ad The regular meeting of the Trinity Lutheran church Ladies Aid society will be held Friday afternoon at 3 O'clock in the church parlors. Mem- bers and their friends are invited. SAWS WAY INTO JAIL Lebanon, Ind., June 5.—()—Having sawed his way in, Emmett Scott is hoosegow. The sheriff couldn't find his keys when he started to jail Scott for three months, so he Sixteen Chapters of Sisterhood | '2.,2%, together again. Minot, N. D., June 5.—()—Mrs. Al- ice H. Scott of Wichita, Kan., past President of the supreme chapter of E. Simpson of Grand Forks, member VESUVIUS ERU ON of the board of trustees for the P. E. O. Record, were the speakers this morning at the opening session of the IN convention of North Dakota chapters. Sixteen of the 17 chapters of the P. E. O. in the state were represented Mrs. Scott told of the memorial library at Iowa Wesleyan college, Mount Pleasant, Ia., which was built and dedicated during her term as supreme president, and of Cottey col- lege at Nevada, Mo., a junior college This evening the only open session | ! THE BISMARCK @ Greater Love Hath No Man Than This p &—__., Scraggly Airedale dog, and his mas- iter, the late William “Dad” Pendlc- “Tuff” was found dead on his mas- | ter’s grave last Saturday. Sensing that jhis death was near because of old |age, “Tuff” spent several days near the grave of his deceased master, citi- Pendleton died at his Den- hoff home several months ago. Smoke-Laden Atmosphere Fogs Naples; Peasants Invoke Divine Aid at Shrines Napies, Italy, June 9—(a)—Lava waves which have been threatening to engulf villages around Mt. Vesu- vius were stated by the Vesuvian ob- servatory late today to have begun diminishing. The traces left by the strong erup- tion of the past two days became vis- ible. It was said that the eruptive cone, already partially reconstructed, was still bombarding the “Valley of Hell,” with great hot stones and liquid ire. Huge clouds of smoke, laden with ashes, from the belching throat of Mount Vesuvius hung over Naples and turned the brightness of-noon into a SWS Te RESINOUS eo. TRIBUNE TAYLOR ELEVATORS SHIP 400 CARLOADS ° | i i | * Plan Co-op Creamery; Im- plement Sales Good | Taylor, N. Dak., June 5.—Up until June 1 Taylor clevators had shipped | {crop, dairymen had made a substan- tal increase in cream production and considered plans for the organization of a cooperative creamery, and imple- Ment dealers had received 21 carloads of new implements. te T. H. Zeck. station agent here, says there is nearly 50 cars of 1928 grain stored in local elevators yct. Four hundred cars make up cight average trains. Sentiment is said to be strong in favor of a cooperative creamery here though no definite move has been made for the organization of one. Thirty new tractors had been sold here by June 1 and four carloads of horses had been sold and shipped out. This was revealed at a recent meeting of the 20 official members and board of directors of the Taylor community club, who met with Dr. Frank R. Weber, national community service expert, to lay plans for fur- ther community development. Clinics Will Feature N. D. Medical Meeting Fargo, N. D., June 5.—(4)—Clinical demonstrations will feature the open- ing of the forty-second annual meet- sort of twilight. Neapolitans were unable to see their familiar landmark which was clouded by smoke issuing from its crater. The Associated Press correspondent visited Terzigno this morning and found conditions desperate. Families were withdrawing with all their be- longings and cattle. They flocked into the churches on the line of re- treat invoking Saint Gennaro and praying before shrines. Troops took possession of villages to prevent marauding after the inhab- itants had departed. Train service to Terzigno has been discontinued. The trains run only as far as Boscotrecase. The inhabitants believe that the cruption has reached the importance of that of 1906. 3 65 Applications for Clemency Are Denied Sixty-five applications for clemency were denied by the state pardon board which.met Monday and Tues- day at the state prison, a check of the records showed today. Thirty-five prisoners were granted commutations of sentences or paroles, effective cither -immediately or at some time in the future. Two were made cligible to parole and two tases were held for further consideration by members of the emergency pardon board. Action on seven applications for clemency was deferred. Sixteen applications for restoration of citizenship and pardons were re- viewed by the board, these being pre- sented by former prisoners who now are free on parole. In many cases the commutations granted made only short reductions in the terms to which the prisoners were sentenced. AIM AT GANGSTERS Washington, June 5.—()—A bill di- rected at gangster warfare, making it unlawful to transport machine guns and automatic rifles in interstate commerce, has been introduced by Representative Fish, Republican, New York. The 10th is the last day of discount on Gas bills. Famous Beauty Expert Tells Secret Of Levely Hands ea " ‘MRS. PEARL ECKER HUBBELL NEW YORK, N. Y.—Mrs. Pearl Ecker Hubbell, dean of the Na- tional School of Cosmeticians, ad- S * it s f 4 3s gs 3 HERE i Hs i eS i Hy pe “Therefore I can't finer ing of the North Dakota Medical as- sociation here tomorrow. The entertainment feature of the two-day session will be a banquet Thursday evening at which Dr. George B. Euterman, Rochester, Minn., and Dr. W. A. Jones, Minne- apolis, will be the speakers. The convention will close with a golf tournament Friday afternoon. MINOT WOMAN SUCCUMBS | ~ McClusky, N. D., June 5.—Adam Cream Production Increases; ' Lesmeister, Harvey, still can claim; the world’s coyote hunting champion- ship. 400 carloads of grain from the 1928 | broods, Lesmeister visited Christian Essig, Sheridan county auditor, here Mon- day to collect his bounty. Illinois Congressman Backs 9-Foot Channel Minneapolis, June 5.—()—The up- per Mississippi river eventually should have a nine foot channel, Congress- man William E. Hull of Illinois today told city officials, shippers and barge line officials of the twin cities. Congressman Hull and a group of men prominent in ‘river projects WE ESDAY, JUNE 5, 192¢ S | stopped in the twin cities while on an ae Sr aalines “ae cee enter i inment lay, June 8. Adam Lesmeister || airplane tour of the upper Mississippi eggs nee Clings to Honor | preliminary to preparation of a re- the nérthwest states are expected t Port on the river for presentation to gather here for the day. As a Wolf Hunter | | congress, Airplane maneuvers include stun ° and locate dens having young Mr. Hull urged stronger support of the barge line in this section to make it financially successful and so as- sure future traffic expansion suffi- cient to warrant a deeper channel. Ryder, N. D., June 5.—Ryder will keep up with the times by dedicating its new O. J. Bye airport and athletic field with a full-day program. of air- flying, races, and parachute jumpin; by professionals and also those wh never before have dropped from + plane. Rev. A. C. Hill, Bottineau, will b the main speaker on the program Mare * Music will be furnished by the hig! In five days last week Lesmeister/ Ryder Will Dedicate | school giee gute en tary, ne Me caught 10 old coyotes and 56 pups. ® 5 The Ryder Home Economics. clul He uses wolf hounds to catch old coy. Airport, Sport Field |,, ho, 2yce" fiome Boonomics. ey cial moving picture will be showr during the day. —_ Sponges are being sold for flower: aX a , ia jude’ I. 7 ¥ \e tt aaa America’s Favorite Household Package Three years ago, Budweiser Malt Syrup was put on the market. ‘Foday millions useit. And say there is nothing like it for quality, satisfaction, results. ANHEUSER-BUSCH — ST. LOUIS Budweiser Guaranteed Pure Use KC for finetexture and large volumo in your bakings Minot, N. Dak., June SP Mire < Max F. Gross, Minot, a resident here — B Mal since 1904, died carly today. Death Mi ar. ley- t ip was due to bronchial pneumonia. 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