The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1929, Page 8

CAPITAL CHEVROLET NOW SETTLED DOWN | IN MODERN GARAGE Handsome Building at First and Broadway Equipped for In- creasing Business 7 Four years expansion has moved the | Capital Chevrolet company into one | of the handsomest and best equipped | sales and service garages in the state. Since Monday, the company has been fully quartered in its new home on; FRIDAY, AUGUST the northwest corner of First and | Broadway and business is proceeding | there with a smoothness as though | the company had always been located ; there. ‘The garage is the third location oc cupied by the company. Starting in| BY U.S. OFFICE HERE was 210 Main strect. The company then had three men on its rolls. In/ November, 1925, a change was made | to the old armory on the northwest | corner of Second and Broadway, | where the bulk of the business was built up during the years since then. When the latest change of location was made, the company had 20 men on its staff. Well Apportioned Interior The present quarters were started | in the latter part of May, when Con- | tractor John A. Larson broke ground | on the property of E. A. Hughes and began the erection of the new sales and service garage. Since then there | has arisen on the site a one-story building 75 by 100 fect, of rough red brick laid on graceful garage type lines, set with large displ plate glass windows and of system- atized apportionment of floor space into a main sales and show room, a parts room, a shop and paint room, a repair department and offices. The well-lighted interior is painted in cream and light green, the work being done by’ H. H. Engen. Agamst this background the stock of cars shows to artistic advantage. The di- mensions of the showing floor are 75 by 55 feet. The remaining floor space is apportioned to the other depart- ments. In the showing space are the large stock of new cars and trucks and sales, service and repairs. is equipped with thc latest, up-to-date Chevrolet tools and machinery for Chevrolet cars. Factory-traincd men who have mastered every Chevrolet operation make up the repair staff. Big Year in 1928 The service department handles Sinclair gasoline. Dunlop tires and Kari-Keen trunks. General Chevro- ize | 3 Farm Laber Service Places Special Distributing Agent With Miesen | in Bismarck has been made a control | tation on the route of the annual jtrek of farm labor. The employ- iment service of the federal Depart- ment of Agriculture has established | tone of its farm labor division offi- cers here in the quarter: ALR. esen, county agent, sec | jot the p office building. | j, A. M. jing, of Cmaha. who has been serving at “berdeen, S. D., in ‘a similicr capacity, has arrived and |taken charge of the task of divert- ling itinerant farm labor to the points where it is most needed as the northwest grain harvest pro- ceeds, | Meanwhile George E. Tucker has Jepened an office for the area of North Dakota and Montana at Far- |go, with 16 local agencies scattered jthrough that territory. The local cub-ofzice reports daily to the Far- |go headquarters. By this system of cooperation the movement of har- vest field labor is kept distributed {on the far-flung line where the hum lard whirr and rattle of the combine jand the header on the binder fill the jday. Another office to be opered at not shortly will join in this | distribution. 75 A Day Coming In About laborers arrive here a Marmarth Boy’s Leg Crushed Under Engine Marmarth, N. D., Aug. 2—Robert Streible will probably suffer amputa- tion of the left leg in a Miles City hospital, the result of having the leg crushed bencath the wheels of a loco- motive in the Marmarth yards. Streible, a graduate of the local high school, had been working on the ; section here in order to get funds to attend the North Dakota Agricultural | college at Fargo this fall. { Streible was rushed to Miles City on a special train immediately after the accident. ‘BUILDING DEDICATION *naizn Waits Hearing, ‘HONORS MAY, FORMER DICKINSON EDUCATOR Barn Little Bear, Fort Yetes Indian, waiting in the Morton county jail for arraignment in just- lice court on a charge of theft of two {horses and a saddle from Henry Conica, Indian exhibitor and racer ‘in the recent Missouri Slope fair. 2, 1929 | NEW HOME OF CAPITAL CHEVROLET COMPANY AT FIRST AND BROADWAY LAND UTILIZATION TO OCCUPY BOARD IN AlD OF FARMER Reforestation Will Be Subject of Study as Soon as First Tasks Are Done Washington, Aug. 2.—(#)—As soon as some pressing tasks have been dis- Posed of, the federal farm board in- tends to inquire carefully into the whole problem of land utilization, condemnation and reforestation. This field of study is regarded by the board as holding an important key to the solution of agriculture’s diffi- culties, but just what will result from its inquiry can hardly be forecast. ‘The board realizes that, despite dili- gent study already given by experts, the questions involved are still un- settled a great many of the scientists of the department of agriculture, up- on whose knowledge the board is ex- pected to lean, believe, however, that the problem will resolve itself into a Plan for specialized growing of ccr- { Rev. G. W. Stewart Will Conduct J. McGowan Funeral Services Owing to the absence of Rev. Paul Wright, the funeral services for John McGowan, 95, Dickinson's last Civil war veteran, at the First Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock Saturday after- noon will be conducted by Rev. G. W. | Stewart, Mandan. ‘There will be special music under the direction of Mrs. Grace Morris. The body arrives here at 7:45 this evening from Dickinson. ‘PREMIER AND DAWES REACH AGREEMENT ON NAVY FORMULA London Evening Standard An- nounces a Tentative Accord on Plan of Disarmament London, Aug. 2—(#)—The Evening Charles H. Starke, L. F. Craw- ford and J. A. Kitchen Laud Late President | Dickinson, N. D.. Aug. 2—“Samuel | T. May was a sacrifice to his interest | | Little Bear was brcught to Man- dan by Sheriff H. R. Handtmann after he had been found on_ the Standing Rock reservation. Com- plaint charging Little Bcar with the theft had been filed by Conica shortly after he discovered his ra ing horses were missing. No time for Little Bear's hear- in this building. and if he had not | ing had been set, Sheriff Handtmann | been such a spendthrift of his energy | in this service he might still be here | today,” declared Attorney Charles H. | BOY INHALES FUMES GET ON BIG DRUNK Lad Is Classed as Drug Addict Following Discovery of Stange Habit president. The ceremonies took place on the campus in front of the main building | with a number of persons present. The | (climax of the program was the un- | | veiling of the bronze tablet to the left of the main entrance, bearing the in- scription, “Samuel T. May Hall”. The re school orchestra opened the service with a musical selection. Willmar, Minn., Aug. 2. S| ‘A brief history of ‘he, “Normal case of a 14-yt ld boy who be-! school was related by L. F. Crawford, | came addicted to inhaling gasoline | Bismarck, superintendent of the State fumes, from which he became intoxi-| Historical society. He told of the cated. was revealed today by medical vigorous campaign conducted before | experts of the state hospital for in-| the institution was finally assured cbriates. ein residents of the Slope country. Dr. B. F. Smith, superintendent of 7 the Wilimar state asylum. of which | ,_ Meep Normal School the hospital is a part. said the boy| “Keep this a Normal school.” he contracted thehabit two years ago | jrecd. It would be a serious mistake while working at a gasoline filling oe ange it to a degree-granting col- station, and since that time became | !¢8¢. You can take the Normal to the an addict to the “drug. | People, as in this case, but you must ‘aid this morning. Mrs. Conica, her infant daughter, Marceline, and Josephine Brave Bull, are convalescing in a Mandan hos- tain crops on the soils best suited to |Standard says today it is able to an- them and the setting aside of the|nounce that Prime Minister Mac- Poorer acreage for the more casily |Donald and Ambassador Dawes have adaptable branches of farming and|reached a tentative agreement or horticulture. formula with regard to naval dis- Almost any program the board jarmament. might adopt, if it reaches any deci-]| Authoritative quarters in London STATE DELINEATES THREE-YEAR AFFAIR IN DR. SNOOK'S TRIAL Prosecution Declares Dismissed Professor Killed When Ad- vances Were Refused Columbus, O., Aug. 2.—(?)— The state was prepared today to delineate from the witness stand the three-year love affair between Dr. James H. Snook, dismissed Ohio state professor and Theora Hix, with the announced intention of proving that the girl was killed when she repulsed the advances of her 49-year-old lover. Prosecutor John J. Chester Jr. ir his opening statement yesterday told the jury that the state would show that on the night of last June 13 when Miss Hix was killed, she refused to go with Dr. Snook to a room they sometimes shared, and that Dr. Snook then drove her in his automobile to a secluded rifle range on the edge of the city. He said the testimony would show that en route Snook gave her an emo- tional stimulant in a sandwich, and when the girl objected to his sugges- tions he flew into a rage and beat her on the head with a hammer. punctured her inner ear with his sion at all, will require many years to} Were inclined to minimize the import- put into effect. ance of the Evening Standard’s story. Reclamation and irrigation projects | It was said no decisions have been are likely to be affected vitally by the | reached as yet between London and board's study. Washington although the conversa- One important phase of the study | tions were proceeding satisfactorily. will concern itself with reforestation.| The Standard said the following pital from serious injuries sustained ing the main building of the State /when a racing car driven by Dewey| a small decline in the u-c of wood Normal school in memory of the first ' Baumgartner at the Missouri Slope] products, but two or thre: years ago | fair crashed through the fence strik-| the United States was using wood at | restricted. ing persons and razing a tepee. Conica’s horses and saddle were stolen last Saturday morning while he was at the hospital visiting his wife and daughter. od | Additional Markets | —_______—__-¢ BISMARCK GRAIN (Furnished by Russell-Miller Co.) Bismarck, Aug. 2 No. 1 dark northern .. No. No. Speltz. per cwt. =| DRASTIC CONDITIONS At present, government fizures show | proposals were included in the re- agreement or formula: 1) The battleship programs to be a rate which was tl the (2) The size of future battleships forests. Many students of the farm | to be decreased. Problem have advocated turning the (3) The life of battleships now in less desirable land into new forests | commission to be prolonged. and congress specifically charged the} (4) A declaration by both coun- farm board with the job of inquiring | tries of their willingness to cease into this subject. PISSIANSLAYDOWN estat Gro Potato Growers Plan Trip About McKenzie County in Two Weeks (Tribune Special Service) Watford City, N. Dak., Aug. 2— Growers of certified Triumph seed Potatoes in McKenzie county will hold their fifth annual potato tour, Saturday, Aug. 17, it is announced by H. J. Siemens, McKenzie county agricultural agent. FOR EASTERN PEAG Soviet Demands Her Own Ap- let parts are kept in stock and used! ay and as the location of the em- in repairs, as they give better satis-| nlovment — office ‘omes better faction. Charges are based on a flat inown these are likely all to apply rate schedule, so that every patron| ty Special Agent Gooding in the knows in advance just what his job tederal building. About 49 saw is going to cost him. These methods | )- 4 Thursd: iumaa niche livectnd have won public confidence and ac- \cctward toward Beach, in which count for the big expansion of the | sreq Agent Gooding hezrs there busitiess. The new building. in fact. 5 gine harvest under way. He say: eee! te the contemuet and the best w'.cat crops of the state 5 pe eps itemonaecs land Montana are spread across the During 1928, for instance. the com- \houndary line between the two states. pany sold 634 new cars and trucks and | used cars. The change of Chevrolet | type from four to six has been a big; stimulus in the business this year,/ which is in keeping with the nation- wide results of the improvement. | Four-cylinder cars built last year by | those manufacturrig that type totaled | 2,098,000 cars, while six-cylinders to- | taled 1,617,000. In the first six months of this year, 1,900,000 sixes have been! built. compared with 1,265.000 fours. It is believed the year will show 3.000,- | 000 six production, with 2,250,000; fours. Staff of New Home ‘The new Chevrolet establishment has at the head F. M. Davis, president | end manager; John S. Kelly. sales manager; R. A. Mason, credit mana- ger; J. D. Reid, parts manager, and ‘William Gierke, service foreman. ‘The plumbing of the new building was installed by Frank G. Grambs and the electric lighting fixtures by Ralph W. Sanders. REPUBLICAN PARTY TO HAVE NEW HEAD Washington. Aug. 2——Word reached Washington today that Hu- bert’ Work. retiring chairman of the Republican national committee. prob- ably would call the committee to- gether here during the second week of September to select a new chairman. FACES EMBEZZLING CHARGE ‘Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2—John P. Wal- ters, Davenport, N. D., is held in the | * Cass county jail in default of $2,000 tond following his arrest Thursday en a charge of cmbezzlement. Wal- is alleged to have taken an order paint accepted a check for $67 which it is claimed he diverted to his! . The paint was not received by the school district. FARGO MAN DIES Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2.—George Gil- lesby, 82 years old, resident here for about six years, died in his home ‘Thursday night of complications in- old age. Funeral services conducted Saturday at 2 p. Funeral from Durbin school district | Yields around 25 bushels to the acre are the average out there and plenty of men will be needed in the cutting, threshing and handling of the grain. None of the men are assigned to any particular farmer by the lozal office. The duty of the special agent is to move the general cur- rent toward the points requiring farm hands. There they can find jobs themselves. Agent Gooding. of course, gets some cails from farmers who need men. He had six Thurs- lay. When the incoming bands of bluc- denimed men have been assigned a destination, they move on. They are coming in old, tin flivvers and on freight trai The roads usually a:> lax at this time ¢’ the year and there isn’t much cbjection to the laborers riding free 2s long as they do not cause trouble ir. the form of crime or interfere with trainmen. Will Need 30,000 in Two States The employment service expects to handle 30,000 laborers in the har- vest fields of North Dakota and Montana. It diverted 15,000 to Kan- sas alone in the harvest just closed, or closing, there. From Kansas it turned the tide northward for Ne- braska and South Dakota. Nebras- ka, Special Agent Gooding says, has grown some of the finest yields of wheat of any midwest or northwest- ern state, but it is not a vast wheat state, as are Kan: first in the production of grain, or North Da- kota, second. South Dakota's best crop in years is in the southeastern corner, he The farm labor offices are a de- velopr:ent of the Wor'd war. The system was set up then and has been ained ever since. x The daily renort which the special agents make to their headquarters, ich for this state is Fargo, cor sists of filline in blank spaces with the appropriate data on forms as follows: Binder harvest w Header. Combine Per cent of wheat to be harvested with combines in this _ territor: Number of men needcd- Short- age- Surplus——— Per cent of crews filled- Releases will start——— Wages for shockers—— Bargemen. Stackers. Threshers——— Weather condition Number of men in town this Number of men directed to employment this district today Number of men given infor- mation and directed to other sections start. LATE TO CLASSIFY —Two large comfortable plano. Call at 522 Sec- today- Remarks———. PREPARE COUNTY BUDGET Williston, N. D., Aug. The youth told officials his reac- tion to the fumes was similar to that | following several drinks of whisky. Dr. Smith stated it was the first time such a case had come to his tention during his eight years with the state hospital. and. he believes, there is no previous record of such a case. Medical experts learned from the boy he first tried inhaling the fumes for a “thrill.” Since that time he had inhaled fumes three or four times each week. No specific treatment is available for the habit, doctors at the hospital said. “The only way we have of cur- ing the boy is to convince him that he {is morally wrong in doing such a thing and that it will ruin health,” Dr. Smith said. The boy. who resides at Brooten, Minn., is confined to bed for observa. tion, EMMONS PROPERTY VALUATION PLACED | NEAR 17 MILLIONS; Diversification Is Shown by the County Auditor’s Figures From Assessments Linton, N. D., Aug. 2.—Real and Personal property in Emmons county is assessed at $16,962,724, according to figures compiled by E. T. Atha, county auditor, from assessment books. Taxes are assessed on a basis of 75 per cent of the valuation, amounting to $12 714.543, If land could be purchased for its assessed valuation, $13.56 would buy ‘one acre of it. Assessed valuation this year 1s lower than in 1928. The valuation last year was $15,114,049. There are 941,960.83 acres of farm land in the county, valued at $12,050.- 496, the largest item of real estate Property, the records show. Business structures are valued at $415,485, resi- | | dences at $771,350, and lots at $443,253. In the personal property list there \are 25,546 head of cattle, valued at $611.570; 5,113 head of sheep, valued at $30,553; 11,102 head of horses and mules, valued at $405,857; 25 hives of bees, at $629; poultry to the number of 76,907, valued at $18,243; and 7,928 head of hogs, valued at $58,494. | Other items listed in the personal | property column and their valuation are: Farm machinery, $234,285, threshing machines (37), | tractors “and gas engines, $149.575; stock of retail merchants, $315,782; | household goods, $196,019. | The Emmons county board of com- missioners passed on their budget for ; the coming year at their meeting on duly 9. |Geod Quality Grain Is ; Found in Linton Crops Linten, N. | ere will harvest onty approximately 300,000 bushels, EB. Kruger and Anton Politski, lecal ele- a half crop or | vator men, have predicted. . Rye, whieh is already being stored in the elevators, has been running on Ls average hy ay bushels to cellent color, the elevator say. F + | Hatch of the Normal school. Attorney ‘take the people to the university.” | . Following a violin solo by Mrs. T. | A. Langley. daughter of Prof. E. S. Hard winter wheat . Dark hard winter wheat DIES ON GALLOWS San Quentin, Calif. Aug. 2.— (AP)—Russell St. Clair Beitzel died on the gallows today for the mur- der in Los Angeles of Miss Barbara; Mauger of Philadelphia, his 19 year old common law wife. The trap was [sprung at 10:04 a. m. He was pro- nounced dead 14 minutes later. Starke delivered his address. He | showed that it has always been the ; custom to dedicate buildings to fam- ous men or causes. The main build- ing of the school has remained un- named. He asked whether Samuel T. May was worthy of the honor con- ferred on him. | The speaker traced the life of the {late president, pointing out that he | pointment of Managers for the Disputed Railroad Moscow, Aug. 2.—(#)— The soviet union government, taking its first Public notice of quasi-official efforts to reach a peaceable settlement of the Chinese Eastern versy with China, today announced three drastic conditions as a solution by Chinese Announcements and programs of the tour have been mailed to many of theprominent potatogrowers in North Dakota and the southern states and large attendance is expected, Sie- mens says. ‘The average stand and freedom from disease of McKenzie county po- tatoes is better this year than ever before, according to reports received so far. A banquet will be served by Northwestern Potato Exchange in D. [end ; was a man of simple faith, cheerful | {optimism and abundant courage, | ; Manly, more kindly than most men | and of great gentleness and purity of mind. His character as a pioneer | | Showed up in his work as a great | | builder, never tearing down unless to | build something better. | The late president planned the | | building and worked night and day to | {secure the school. He showed busi- ‘ness men the vast possibilities and | | after its completion continued to | work night and day. the speaker said. ; While President May had a vision, it was a practical one which he made come true. He had no selfish ends to secure, seid Attorney Starke. His ideal was to bring to the people of the Slope country the same opportunities for education offered in the rest of the state. Lives In Building “He lives in this building.” con- cluded the speaker. “The institution is young and others will carry on the | Work, but, no matter how long. no one | will have so great an influence on its | future as Samuel T. May. He was | President at a formative period. His | principles and ideas have governed it is today. It is fitting that the build- ing be dedicated to Samuel T. May, | its first president.” Representing the state board of ad- ministration, J. A. Kitchen unveiled the repiica of the bronze tablet to be Placed on the building later. He as- | Sured Mrs. May and others of the | high appreciation of the board and | of the state for the splendid achieve- ment of Samuel T. May. He closed | with the quotation from Shakespeare, | “His life was gentle and the elements 50 mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man.’” After the unveiling the Normal | School orchestra closed the program with a musical selection. President C. L. Kjerstad presided ‘NORTHWEST D-BALL Minnéapolis, Aug. 2.— (/?)— Cham- | pion diamondball teams from various sections of North and South Dakota, Tilinois and Minnesota, will in the first annual northwest invita- tion tourney here Sept. 1 and 2, it was announced today by Tom Hast- ings, president of the local associa- tion, which’ is sponsoring the event. The entry field is being limited only to sectional champions and al- teams for ly entered D., Aug. 2—Linten farm- | include Wahpeton, Fargo and Grand) Forks from North Dakota. Sioux Falls Dupree from South Dakota: beats of the foe yl dacs lly 3 ate c Leanemaye at Faribault Aug. 23 and Applications for entries also have received from Davenport and pocket of that] ing in America. Bhockbalm. | erected in 1886, | American Locomotive | American Sugar .... | Anaconda thus far, and he has made it what it | TOURNEY ARRANGED compete pate Service Corporation pot Studebaker ———————— | New York Stocks | Af losing Prices - Allied Chemical and Dye 316 American Can . American Internal . 129% 11435 85% 201 172 1s 58 262: 135% 35% 123% Am. Smelting and Refining. Am. Telephone and Telegrapl American Tobacco “B” . Andes Cop. Atchison . Baltimore & Barnsdall “A” .. Bethlehem Steel .. Briggs Mfg. .. Calumet and Hecle . Canadian Pacific .. Chesapeake & Ohio - | Chicago, St. Paul é Pacific pfd. Chicago & Northwestern ...... Columbus Gas and Electric... Curtiss Aero. ..... Du Pont de Nemours . Erie | Fleischmann . General Electric General Motors 167'3 | Arnegard at the conclusion of the tour. Speakers on the program are Governor George F. Shafer; E. M. The were: (1) Liberation of soviet workers and civil service men held in Man- churia. Gillig, state seed commissioner; R. (2) Appointment by the sovict|H. Points, president of the North Da. government of both manager and as-|kota Crop Improvement association; sistant manager of the disputed rail-|Dan Willard, of the Great Northern road. Railway company; and W. G. Couey, (3) A conference to be called im-|state field inspector. mediately for negotiating questions} Farms to be visited on the tour arising out of the conflict. follow: Weber Brothers, Pete David- In addition it was said both China|son, Oscar Hagen, Pete Stenehjam, and Russia would have to agree tojand G. A. Stenecjham. A noonday admit that the status of the railway |luncheon is planned at Watford City. has been changed as a result of its seizure and subject to further change Doeg Beats Williams Modten tqreemenect ac "| In Seabright Tourney Seabright, N. J., Aug. 2—(P)— Youthful Johnny Doeg of Santa Mon- ica, California, won the Seabright in- fine tiroe today ‘gete coogaee ya Washington, Aug. 2.—(AP)—Aus- y, defeat veter- tin H. MacCormick, assistant su-|8" Richard N. Williams, 2nd, of sinthadent of dedesal , was| Philadelphia, in the final by the de- Ke fal prisons, was | Cisive scores of 6-3, 1-5, 8-6. Mandell Weighs 135; Opponent Hits 1321, Chicago, Aug. 2. Mandell weighed c: the lightweight li when hed in before the Illinois State Commission today for hi ‘ight against Tony Canzoneri. The challenger weighed 132° 1-2 some of the candy, Ray Pennibaker, | pounds. | National Cash Register . | New York Central asia Phillips Petroleum . _ N. J. 2 ssesesses glgegelsz5s832 -four years ago not a single stetl framed office build ‘The first one was|ct IS BRIMFUL OF NEW STRENGTH “I was badly in need of a good lh Cdahi QUALITY wl tell Missouri Valley Grocery Branch of Stone, Ordean and Wells Co. Exclusive Distributers pocket knife, and finally cut her throat. Stock Exchange Loans Come to Record Total New York, Aug. 2.—(AP)—The New York stock exchange announced today that member borrowings against security collateral increased $402,573,019 during July to a new high record total of $7,473,794,294 on July 31. This is an increase of more than $2,600,000,000 since July 31, 1928, NEEDLESS NOW “Oh, Peach, didja sew that button on the ol’ pyjamas?” “No, Plum; I couldn't find a but- ton, so I sewed up the hole.”—Sydney Bulletin. Asoirig ig the trade mark of Barer Mancieotare NICOLLET “HOTEL Positions are not scarce for grad- uates of Dakota Business College, Fargo. Employers welcome worke ers who are accustomed to 8-hour days and 6-day weeks, who have BUSINESS train- Before finishing their courses, OL. Wold was placed with the Rural Credits Dept., State of Min- nesota, L. H. Moon with the N. W. Telephone Co. Nellie Strick- ler went direct to Ist Nat'l Bank, Minot. ¢ ‘*Follow the eSSful” Aug. 1-6. Write F. L. i Pres., 806 Front &., Fargo. b