The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 2

moaecmorssc® Tare en me o—_—s THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929 Adjutant Tells of Act VETERANS SERVICE COMMISSIONER HAS HELPED 10 ADJUST Jack Williams Reviews Poppy Sales, Legislation and Other Forms of Financing URGES JUNIOR BASEBALL Also Would Set Aside $500 An- nually as Reserve; Member- ship Trophies Awarded Activities of the American Legion of North Dakota mean very largely aid to the disabled veterans of the World war and the nature of this is described by the report of Jack Wil- liams, the department adjutant, made to the state convention at Minot. In part the report says: “North Dakota has had no phenom- enal increase or decrease in member- ship, but each year we have gained upon the year that has passed. 1929 bids fair to be an important year where membership is concerned. At the close of the last year we had 8,007 members in this department. We have enrolled, so far this year, 8,190 with five months left to gain even more. We have today the high- est. membership we have had in the Jast_seven years. “The Mack V. Traynor member- ship trophy will be awarded to the Paul Farup post No. 147, Park River, this year, because it was successful in signing up two hundred fifty per “cent of their last year's membership. »Berthold and McClusky receive hon- “orable mention for their work. There are seventy-cight posts which will re- ceive the honor citation in recogni- tion of the work they hvea done. North Dakota finished in eleventh plece in the national membership derby in which 56 departments par- ticipated. At this time we need but 114 more memberships to reach the quota assigned to us by national — for this year, which is 8,304. Service Work “The first pledge of our organiza- “tion is that nothing be left undone to - lessen the suffering of those who still bear the wounds of war. “Fen years ago we had no veterans ‘buréau in North Dakota or anywhere in the nation, there were no laws de- signed especially to help the disabled man, there was no provision at all for the disabled man. Today, ten years later, we are able to care for our own men entirely within the boundaries of our own state. His compensation claim is held at the office of the Vet- erans bureau at Fargo, he is called there for the rating of his claim, for his examinations and for his hospi- talization. He sees and talks with the men who handle his claim. That is called decentralization and the Amer- ican Legion has been successful in se- curing the decentralization of all claims of the disabled men. Being responsible for the creation of the Veterans bureau, the American Le- gion works hand in hand with this agency designed to care for the dis- abled, both nationally and in the state. In Washington we have the central office of the Veterans bu- reau. The American Legion has estab- lished at this same point, its national rehabilitation committee and its na- tional legislative committee. Through the rehabilitation committee the Le- gion maintains a constant vigil on all matters affecting the welfare of the disabled man. Through the national legislative committee a campaign is conducted to bring about the legisla- tion necessary to his welfare. ‘That is the structure nationally. In f Weather Report he | ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. + 63) Highest yesterday » 85! Lowest last night . 61) Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity Temperature | OUT OUR WAY By Williams Ce a ; memorial building under this plan. | SIDE GLANCES - - By George Clark of food since yesterday. the state we have the state headquar- ters of the American Legion and the office of veterans service commission- er. Every ex-service man, whether | or not he belongs to the American Le- gion, can bring his troubles to the | state headquarters office and to the | office of the veterans service commis- sioner. The laws which have been enacted for the benefit of the disabled man are explained to them, papers are made out, claims filed, advice giv- en as to what further steps it will be necessary for him to take. “It is our aim to render assistance wherever we can. Your department adjutant has appeared before the courts on behalf of these men, we have supplied food and coal to fami- lies who are destitute, we have given men lodging and meals, we have fur- nished hospitalization. More than $400 has been spent this last year merely in loans to men, in meals, in lodging and such assistance. “Original claims for compensation are still filed, loans are made on ad- justed service certificates, applications for the adjusted compensation are still being made, affidavits written, hospitalization secured almost every day. Seventy-five per cent of the work at your department headquar- ters would come under the head of “Service Work’ and 75 per cent of our income is spent for that same | thing. Legislation “Having been appointed chairman of the legislative committee, it was my) duty to prepare and have introduced | bills containing the proposed legisla- | tion endorsed by our convention at Grand Forks last year. The bill| creating the office of vetcrans service | commissioner became a law and it has worked out most successfully. This | year the appropriation for this office | was increased from $11,000 to $12,000 | and the office continued for another | two years. | “A bill giving authority to the coun- | ty commissioners of the various coun- | ties to make a tax levy of one mill| over a period of four years for the Purpose of building a county memor- jal was successfully passed and many counties of the state are now taking | advantage of it. A companion bill, allowing cities to join with the coun- | ties in building this memorial was | passed and the county commissioners | of Burleigh county in the city of Bis- marck are now preparing to build a “We found quite a number of bonus claims in the adjutant general's of- fice of men who had failed to file their claims within the limit set. Men “Don't be so stingy with the ice | mander, J. K. Kennelly, | General G. A. Fraser, Veterans Serv- | Auxiliary. | agreed upon by officers of the Amer- cream, Jimmy; I haven't had a bite Retiring Chief Of State Legion ° | | ° on the committee who investigated these claims were your state com- Adjutant, ice Commissioner T. O. Kraabel and myself, and it was decided that these men were entitled to the state bonus. We had the necessary bill introduced, authorizing the adjutant general to pay these claims. The bill was en- acted into law and these men have now received their money. Poppy Sale “Nine years ago at the convention held in this city of Minot, we created the service department but made no provision for the funds with which to maintain it. Consequently, at the next convention, which was held at | Jamestown, in the fall of 1921, we found ourselves with a deficit of $3,000. That convention voted an as- Sessment upon the membership of North Dakota of 50 cents per member and discontinued the service depart- ment, adding those duties to the of- fice of the department adjutant. “This year the flower sale has been turned over to the American Legion The plan for the sale, as ican Legion Auxiliary and the Ameri- can Legion is as follows: The sale is to be handled by the Auxiliary. Twen- o-—_0 | sale is to be retained by the local or- | ganization conducting the sale, 75 per | cent to be sent to the department poppy chairman of the American Le- gion Auxiliary. Out of this amount will be deducted all expenses of the sale, which includes the cost of the flowers, the balance to be divided be- tween the state departments of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary. This arrangement has worked out very satisfactorily. Just before the convention opened the American Legion Auxiliary forwarded @ check in the amount of $2790.91 to our department finance officer, Finances “We have ‘money in the bank’ to the extent of $6981.89. Our net worth has increased $1476.61 over last year. I believe that this department has acquitted itself admirably in the last eight years. In 1921 we had a def- icit of $3000. This year we have a | net worth of $9419.34. In other words, | We are $12,419.34 richer in money and | property than we were cight years |ago. Every economy has been prac- jticed at your department headquarters {commensurate with good service to the posts, to the department officers and to the membership in general in this state. Recommendations “I recommend to this departrient ; convention that a sum of at least $500 be set aside each year for the purpose ; Of building up a reserve for the fu- ture, recommend to this department. convention that a sufficient appro- priation be made to more suitably carry on the work of junior baseball. ‘MINNESOTA CROPS AND BUSINESS GOOD SHIPPERS ARE TOLD Banks Report Less Building but Vastly Increased Volume of Tractor Sales Good crop prospects and improve- ment in financial conditions was re- ported from Minnesota, today, at the midsummer meeting of the Northwest Shippers Advisory board here by W. H. Perry, of Minneapolis, vice chair- man for Minnesota. After reviewing the federal -state crop report for the state issued last week, Mr. Perry presented a number of reports of bankers from various sections of the state, reading in part as follows: The American State bank, Fergus Falls—Merchandising and machinery 1 has been fair in this territory. The automobile and building industry is very good and the automobile prob- ably exceeding last year for the same Period. Bank deposits are down somewhat. Generally speaking, our territory has been very dry, the terri- “I would recommend to this con- vention that the post officers confer- | ence be continued each year, as they | Prove very helpful to the department | in its membership work.” ) Bills Allowed by | City Commission _| > The following claims against the city were allowed by the city commis- sion Monday evening: | Standard Oil Company. | Edward Brych .. T. R. Atkinson .. Quanrud, Brink & Reibold.. Standard Oil of Louisiana ° Garbage Department ‘M. Wildes, dump ... | Street Department, payroll ... | North Dakota Power and Light | Wachter Transfer Co. 5 Yellow Cab Co. i John Kelle . 1.95 Humphreys & Moule 2.75 | Red Trail Oil Co. ..... 10.00 Finney Drug Store . 1.50 | Graves & Atkinson 1.53 Police Department ... +» 313.50 Burroughs Adding Machint Company Filtration Plant payroll Waterworks irtment . Quanrud, Brink &-Reibold. N. P. Railway Co. Bismarck Welding Works Swimming poo! Quanrud, Brink é& Reibold.. 0 N, P. Railway Co. ...... sf ‘Waterworks Department ..... 180.00 French & Welch, coffee pot... 1.75 Copelin Motor Co. ....... 3.29 ‘Webb Bros., table 5.25 Brown é& Tiedman . +» 15.00 Burleigh County Abstract Co. 5.00 | A. J. Arnot .... +» 10.00 | Gussner’s, relief . . 80.70 | Wachter Transfer Co. | Gussner’s . ASSOCIATION ELECTS Grand Forks, N. D., July 23—(®)— |Mrs. W. T. West, Fargo, was reelected lent of the Missionary Associa- 'tion of Catholic Women, diocese of Fargo. Other officers reelected are: Mrs. P. Murray, Wahpeton, vice pres- lident; Julia O'Gorman, Grand Forks, |secretary; Margaret Gese, Grand Forks, treasurer; Mrs. C. P. Trepa- nier, Sr., and Mrs. C. F. Peterson, | 1928. ty-five per cent of the proceeds of the [both of Grand Forks, consulters. tory south of town not having any rain from the middle of May until July 7. How this is going to affect present. Corn is very good and al- falfa generally is good although wild hay is short. It is going to take an- other two weeks before we can say how things are going to turn out. Big Sale of Farm Machinery The First National Bank, Albert Lea—Conditions in this section have) been somewhat slow during the past two or three months, but I am under the impression that the merchandise sales will average about the same as last year. There has been a fairly good sale of farm machinery, per- haps, on the average, equal to that of last year. There has been quite a decided falling-off in the sale of building materials and in this vicinity there seems to be very little new con- struction. Perhaps building material sales are off from 10 to 20 per cent from that of @ year ago. “Automobile sales from January 1 to July 1, we believe, are off a trifle as compared with a year ago and the dealers report that it is harder to make sales than formerly. Bank de- posits for the county, taking the de- Posits of all banks, would be up about 2 or 3 per cent, as compared: with those of a year ago. There is a very strong call for funds and many banks are low in reserves. General prosper- ity seems to be poorer than that of a year ago. Work is scarce for com- mon labor and there is more or less general complaint about not being alle to get work. Are Good “Our crops are good, and corn we would estimate to be from a week to ten days ahead of that of a year ago. 00 Small grain crops on the whole are looking good. There seems to be a 80 | good supply of hay and weather has been ideal for gathering our tame crops, “Collections seem to be slow and our merchants are inclined because of conditions to be considerably close $9 lin granting credits, On the whole my impression is that conditions are maybe 2 to 3 per cent worse than a year ago with a better prospect by from 5 to 10 per cent for crops.” “The First National Bank, Man- kato—Inquiry among our merchants brings forth the information that business here is a trifle better than a year ago, which is to be expected, in view of the fact that the 1928 crop was much better than that of 1927. line business the difficulty in getting cars a ago. Automobile supply people re- port very satisfactory increase over Crop prospects are just about perfect in this immediate territory, in fact all through southern Minnesota, The rye and winter wheat harvest will be- gin within s week. “In addition to the above I want to report that I have just returned from 8 trip to the southern of state and find crop good to excellent, many farmers ing that the prospects better they have ever had before. are a few bad spots they are found in good crops are not anyway.” tg Bb SER ES SPER FF: if i ils the small grain is hard to say at/ qj he SAINI THIS HAS HAPPENED MOLLY BURNHAM, graduating from college, falls head over heels in love with young JACK WELLS, « Harvard man, handsome, and poor as a church mouse. On commence- ment day the dean sends for her, to| hai discuss her future. Molly has a decided talent for writing. But she wants to marry Jack, and that will be a whole lot sweeter than trying to be a novelist or a poet. Waiting in the dean's office, she idly picks up the morning paper, and there on the editorial page, she sees a bit of verse about a girl whose ambition was thwarted by marriage. Molly tears the verse from the Paper, and sticks it in her vanity. for the period of January 14 to July! Th en, confusedly, she discusses her fature with the dean. First the dean offers her a splendid ition in the literary world. Molly says that she means to be ma: short- ly, but she supposes she could also try her hand at writing. The dean smiles. “Oh, no,” she says. “You cannot mix love & career.” Then the dean rather abruptly jismisses her. k arrives to take her to the president's tea. That evening they iddle about on College Lake, and jack makes love maddeningly. “Oh, Jack,” begs Molly, “iet’s get married now. I love you so. And I don’t care how poor we are!” NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER II “Molly, darling,” Juck protested “don’t you know, dear, that I want to take care of my little girl? I want to have money to buy you pretty things. Fur coats, and dresses, and, and ...... things + .. all kinds of things. I couldn’t let you scrimp and save, and worry about bills. I want to do things tor oe And bags = eaten i want ve you just e in the world fi Ws He kissed her forehead. “You see, dear,” he told her sim- ply, “I love you so.” She freed herself from his arms, and py jist herself on her elbow. “But, Jack,” she cried, “that’s just it, Stupid! You love me so. And T love you so. And then you go and talk about things. Stupid old things + «+ Crazy old fur coats, and dresses +. «and things! What do I care about things? I want you!” Suddenly she was crying. “It’s no good,” she sobbed, “talk- ing like that. Waiting, and wait- ing, and waiting. If you loved me, Jack Wells, half as much as I love you, you wouldn't think so much about things. You'd me. You know would!” He drew her closer, muffling her voice on his shoulder. “Sweetheart! That's not fair. You know it isn’t. It's you. You know that, don’t you dear?” He turned her face, and kissed her streaming eyes. “Look at me, Molly Burnham.” She wiped her tears away, child- ishly, with the back of her hand. “Yes sir,” answered meekly. “And Jack ... I'm an awful liar, dear. I know you love me more than anything.” “A million times more than any- thing,” he supplemented. “More 1| faltered, “ ‘Premonition’!” he scoffed. “N than anybody ever loved anybody before.” “And I love you,” she told him, “a million times more than that. “You're a wonderful little sweet- ee he approved, stroking her ir. “Then why won't you marry me?” “Oh, Molly!” His voice was hurt. “Don’t let's start that again.” “All right. I won't.” She found a button on his coat, and twisted it between her fingers. “Only .. . Listen, Jack... I’ve the dreadfulest feeling. Like a Can't help lovin’ dat man of mine.’ She was sitting up now, with her arms crossed on the pillow beneath her head, and her head flung back, so that her neck gleamed slender and white in the moonlight. Jack had in to paddia, “You're the beautifulest girl It the world,” he whis; 5 “And you're the stubbornest man!” she flashed. She trailed her fingers in the water, and shaking them free of the drops that sparkled like pearls in the starlight, spoke softly. “Maybe I’m awfully silly, Jack. But I tell you, dear, I feel very seriously about this. And I’m warn- ing you that you'd better marry me quick as the will let you. Or maybe, by and by, He won't let_ you.” Jack laughed. “Oh, I'll have a raise pretty soon,” he predicted. “And I don't believe the Lord does much messing round with marriages, honey.” her shoulders Molly shrugged remonition, sort of. Do you ever le el Rave premonitions, Jack? I do. I oveu ye tell.” sh +i feel thi in my bones, and up ‘ou can never tell,” she prophe~ around my heart.” Sort of pulsing mene fe eee anything and breathing round my heart. Like I was frightened, or choking, or something. It’s funny. I can’ describe it very well. Only I do. I feel things. Oh, you needn’t laugh. Lots of people do. Mussolini, for stance. ony the other day I was reading about how he feels things in his bones. Anyhow. he says he does. It's like a sixth sense, he says. “Anyhow, Jack Wells, something tells me that we ought to get mar- ried. / Right straight off, I mean. Something's going to happen if we don’t. I’m absolutely sure of it, Jack. You'll sorry if you insist upon waiting.” She stopped speaking, and Jack regarded her intently. “It's thinking and believing that make things happen,” he said. “If get thinking things like that, ‘ou Moly" maybe’ something will hap- pen. Don’t you know that you can think yourself into almost any state? For instance, if you should start wondering if you actually loved me, pretty soon you'd be liable not to love me. But while you're sure you, love me, Molly, there’s nothing in heaven or earth can keep us apart.” “But I've a premonition,” she body has those things but old maid and nervous wrecks.” “That isn’t so.” Molly defended leokeaee eee f ont “ mental ypes do. Psychic people, sn. Jack picked up the peaties, “See here!” he admonished. “Don’t go psychic on me, Molly. And stop thinking that we're goi to be sorry if we don’t get ma right away. Because we can’t, dear. We simply have to wait. That’s all there is to it.” “But I’ve the unhappiest feeling,” she persisted. “Psych yourself out of it,” he counseled. “Start thinking about how much we love each other. And darn | how wonderful it’s going to be. If you make up your mind you'll never stop loving me, why nothing can » dear.” ae . “Well, if that’s all there is to T| it,” she conceded, “we'll be all right, | ¥' love you, Molly, that I can’t marry | beca use you know, honey, what my favorite little prayer is? I say it all the time, I mean I sing it.” And, sitting up, Molly began to sing. Her voice was throaty, and she sang with a sort of dusky ten- derness: “Fish got to swim and birds got to fly, I got to love one man till I die, Can’t help lovin’ dat man of mine. Tell me he’s lazy, tell me he’s slow, ‘Tell me crazy, maybe, I know, a Tope . 2 Em if Eieter tty a0 G08 OOD be it een? [elwlo[sMMolelolelammele] fs, At The carts os 0 [AIM [WIE FAT@ [A] *% Genes of tue . Every tne g000 oOnORS oe For fear that ‘_* $e: Yast: poet 98, Prepared 86. Young horse ’ 8 Brings forth ‘disease a1. 5 - © Torauaioms OOOO OBO OogoRe & = Ghe ooo Aon iH “< a S FEBS 55: ey it F ae85 F i Th it of trial by J ofthe demental rigs ui ie mn.’ What?’ he demanded. “What could happen, Molly? “Oh, I don’t know.” her hands vaguely. thing.” The canoe traveled swiftly down the silver road that the moon had made. And the paddle cleft the waters like a burnished blade. Jack sat very straight. “Don’t talk like that, darling!” he, pleaded. “If anything ever hap- pened that you didn’t want to marry me _ “But I do!” she cried. “I'm giv: ing you your chance... . now.” “And you know I can’t take it,” he groaned. “It’s not enough—Molly— this wanting you. I’ve got to be able to take care of you.” “But I’m not one who must have everything,” she told him gently, “It's only you I want, dear.” “4 the canoe savagely She spread “Most rte He shot the water. “You know I haven't a cent.” ~- “Neither has Dick Godfrey,” ex ulted Molly. “And he’s not. tryi to make Claudia wait until she’s an old woman.” “But Claudia Cabot’s worth = fortune in her own right. You! know there’s no comparison,” maine tained Jack. “Incidentally, God- frey’s working with a bond house where the Cabot connections will assure his vege od the vl man’s givii em ir tr abroad ia i “To say nothing of a house on Beacon street,” added Molly. “, Rolls for Claudia to run round in, It’s not fair, is it, Jack?” “You're darn right, it isn’t,” he | agreed. j “Well, when do you think we cay; be married?” persisted Molly. “Next 3 4 “Oh, but that’s ages off!” she tested. “Listen, Jack—I'll get 3 ob, and then we'll both save. And wa! can get married lots —— * * He laughed then, as though she; were a child, and he was humoring| er. What could do?” he de«/ manded, cout - A Yd have pretty tough sled. | ding, besides. seu “Anyhow, dear, know ir mother and father expect you go! home. Why, se heartbroken if you didn’t. se you a car. time. | And we'll write each rend A Header such a ioney. How'd you like to have diamond fore you go beck? T arr I've got enough to buy my, ittle girl a pretty Tittle 8) re vgn ‘What do you say, ngaged girls always have time, dont they? going to buy Showers just never lived in that’ all. You simply couldnt understand . | Why, honey, it’s the miserablist lite’ tle prairie town you ever laid your? two eyes on. Talk about times for e1 girls! maybe you think towels is having a time. j going to horrible itchen showers, | And playing bridge. And di tea. My dear, I give you my , my. Deed runs cold every time thi cabo Fe 2 «ae »” she | concluded plaintively, “you'd marry, me, and rescue me, Listen, Jack!” } She put her fit his Bag er peernee ) 1 Zi : *B ce E te E oa f if EE dish ; ivities of N.D. Legion in Aid of Disabled ‘|: £ ¥ > ‘ 4 ‘ou told me your.’ ¥