The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1929, Page 6

VALENTINE LAHR, 79, DEAD AT WATERLOO Father of Prominent Bismarck Business Men Succumbs to Illness Funeral services for Valentine Lahr, ; 19, father of three prominent business | ™men here, who died Tuesday after- noon at Watcrloo, Iowa, will be held at the Congregational church of | Parkersburg, Iowa, at 3 p. m. Friday, according to word received here. Burial will be made in the Parkers- burg cemetery. A pioneer and resident of Parkers- burg, Iowa, since Civil war days, Val- entine Lahr was well known in Bis- marck having visited his thrce sons here, F. A, W. E. and E. V., many times. Mr. Lahr, who was a retired har- ness merchant, was taken sick in Bis- marck more than a year ago ona vis- | it here. Due to his advanced age he ; gradually weakened and died at the, home of his daughter, Mrs. R. A Doty, in Waterloo. None of his sons was at the bedside. Valentine Lahr was born in Unben- heim, Rheinhessan, Germany, on De- cember 4, 1849. He was brought to{ the United States as a six-weeks'-old baby. He grew to manhood and was educated in the schools of Parkers- | burg where his parents settled. On April 22, 1874, he was marricd | at Parkersburg to Miss Eva B. Man- zer. Mrs. Lahr died two years ago. | Besides his sons in Bismarck and | Mrs. Doty, he leaves another caugh- | ter, Mrs. E. L. Whitson, Minneapolis, | eight grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Mr. Lahr was a lifelong member of the Congregational church. Fra- | ternally he was a Mason. Will and E. V. Lahr left to attend their father's funeral Tuesday night. | F. A. Lahr left for Parkersburg last night. ‘ | During the funeral services tle Lahr Motor Sales and the First Guaranty bank will close out of re- spect to the memory of the deceased. | ‘The Motor Sales office will close at) 2 p. m. and the bank at 3 p. m. TWOMEN ASSAULT, ROB ESMOND WOMAN | Mrs. Michael Klein, 35, Is Vic-| tim; Posses Search Dis- | trict for Pair Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 2 ({AP)—Police and citizens of Pierce | and neighboring counties today were | continuing search for two men who} attacked Mrs. Michael Klein, 35, in| her farm home cight miles west of Esmond Monday afternoon. | The men, believed to be Walter| 29. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE _THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929 | Lindy Inspects Oil-Burning Plane Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is shown. right. as he insprcied a plane pow- ered by one of the new oil-burning Di Motor Car company at Detroit. He sp: and flying the plane. With Lindy, above. is Alvan Macaul ese! motors per’ vy the Packard ent a whole day inspecting the motor Y, president of the Packard company. CITIZENS AT BORDER | CHECK PRAIRIE FIRE’ Battalion of 300 Men Win Vic- tory Over Blaze at Portal After Long Fight North Portal. Sask., Aug. 22—(Pn-/ After a five-hour fight. Canadian and American citizens Wednesday ; checked a prairie fire which threat- ened heavy destruction on the Cana-! dian side of the international border. A battalion of 300 mon, including | immigration and customs officers, farmers and businessmen from the twin towns of Portal and North Portal joined in the battle against the blaze which is believed to have started Tuesday night in a straw stack on the | farm of J. Alomond, seven miles | northwest of this town. | The fire spread through the dry, grass and menaced crops and build- | ings on the Alomond and neighbor- | ing farms but was subdued by a corps | of volunteers after a hard fight. Wednesday morning the fire broke out with renewed vigor and a general | alarm was sounded by telephone and by blowing the fire siren at Portal. Each town was almost deserted == citizens of both countries rallied to meet the threat Fire guards were plowed and back end William Holt, transient labor- fires built and the fire fighters man- ers, arrived at the Klein home about! aged to save all builk 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. | except a barn on the Frank in and all the other men in the geighborhood were threshing at a fistant farm. “Socing’ Mrs. Klein alone with her iss Gummingcer, and a three- year-old child, the men ordered them to produce all the money in the place. Miss Gumminger escaped from the building but the pair broke most of the furniture in the house in an at- tempt to uncover loot. Then each attacked Mrs. Klein while the other threatencd her with @ revolver. Mrs. Klein's sister ran to a neigh- boring farmhouse to spread the alarm but by the time a posse had been gathered and had reached the house the men had left. | The men being sought are Walter | Holt, 35, 150 pounds, light complex- ion and 5 feet 10 inches tall, and William Holt, 23, 155 pounds, dark complexion. They were driving a Model T Ford bearing Minnesota li- cense No. 204679 for 1929. Two Plead Not Guilty To Driving Car Under Influence of Liquor} Minot, N. D., Aug. 22.—A. J. Board-| man and Fred Dubay, both of Overly, N. D., arrested Tuesday night on a charge of driving a car while under the influence of liquor. pleaded not guilty before Judge William Murray in county court Wednesday morning | and were committed to the Ward county jail in default of $500 bonds. { The two men narrowly missed striking a woman on Second street | northwest and their car, going out of control, knocked part of a cement | block foundation from under the Porch of the J. C. Riebe residence. The car was slightly damaged. The defendants were arrested by the Minot police but the case was transferred to county court when a complaint was filed by State's Attor- ney B. A. Dickinson, who was an eye- witness to the crash. First N. D. Seed Grain, Potato Show Planned Minot this year are to be perfected ®. @ meeting of seed growers and | peri jing to adjoining buildings ‘TURNER TO TRY FOR ~ FAST TME 0 WEST ug. 22.—P—Cap- | st and his three | Pp ers prepared today for a re- ; turn trip to the Pacific coast in their | flight to demonstrate the feasibility | Of one-day transcontinental air pas- senger service. They arrived last night from Glen- dale. Calif., having made the cross light in 19 hours and 23 min- 's, with three refueling stops. The return flight will be made tomor- row. The passengers wers Fred G. Tros- Per and Russell Pecht of Los Angeles | and D. R. Lane of Berkeley, Calif. H. { C. Gatty of Los Angeles was navi- | gator. The plane left Glendale at 12:45 a. m.. (Pacific time) yesterday with stops for fuel at Albuquerque, N. M., Tulsa, Okla., and Cincinnati, Ohio. A stop also was made at Louisville, Ky., to send telegrams. Horses, Calves Burn On Farm; at Stanley Stanley, N. D., Aug. taneous combustion i= be have been the cause of a fire which destroyed a barn on the Geox Bakke farm six miles southwest of Stanley. Two valuable horses and 11 calves ed in the flames, and one war-! on beside the barn was burned. The barn was well filled with now hay at the time of the fire. | Timely aid on the part of the neighbors kept the fire from spread- and to nearby grain fields. Mr. Bakke was sitting in the house reading, when one of his children informed him of the fire. Rushing| out, he found the inside of the struc- ture all aflame. | Farm Labor Shortage | Imminent Near Minot Minot, N. D., ane sae is an actual shortage farm la- borers in the Minot territory today, | poutine to Lae fenrlls, eoesial | ni in charge ie fed- eral employment office bee | i Pi tf ant 2 i i $ § eI i r Briton Provides For ‘Darling Dog’ @ | e London, Aug. 22.—(AP)}—Says the will of Colonel Claude Lowther, M. P., “I wish my darling dog, Miss Mischief, to be taken immediately after my death to my old friend, Frederick Charles Bishop, who shall receive £4 monthly while she is un- der his care.” ° ‘TWO MEN ARE SLAIN BY CHIEF OF POLICE West Frankfort. Il., Aug. 22—(7— Earl Kreicer and Albert McDonald Were shot to death by Police Chief Leroy Fisk about 10:30 o'clock last night after the chief patrolman, George Nipper. stopped their motor car in the downtown district to search it for liquor. Former Bank Cashier At Steele Will Face Fund Shortage Count Steele, N. D—A keen eye and a memory for faces, possessed by a resi- dent of the Lake Williams country in Northern Kidder county, may cause Elmer Nelson, former bank cashier, some trouble. In May, 1926, Nelson disappeared from his home community and ex- amination of the affairs cf the Lake Williams State Bank showed a short- age of $32.995.44. Nelson left during the night. His automobile was found shortly after- ward near Edgcley. but no further trace of him was obtained until re- cently. A neighbor and a former depositor of the bank, which closed when the shortage was discovered, was visiting in Spokane, Wash., recently and saw Nelson on the st: It wasn't long until Nelson was arrested, according to State's Attorney Arne Vinje of Kidder county, and he now is en route to North Dakota to face charges in connection with the bank looting. Vinje expects him to arrive late to- night or tomorrow. The state's attorney refused to divulge the name of the neighbor who recognized Nelson. 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An: other tract there, 25 acres, yielded an average of 10 bushels. Parshal ‘reports that wheat esti- mated two weeks ago to give a mere yield of eight bushels to the acre now is showing nine to thirteen bush- els average. This point reports har- vesting of a 160-acre tract with an average yicld of 12 bushels; 14 acres of wheat, 14 bushels; 145 acres of rye, 7 bushels. Makota_ wheat yields also have jumped. Tracts that were cstimated to give five to cight bushels are run- ning from 10 to 15 bushels. Benedict reports two fields of rye | running 20 to 29': bushels, and crops averaging 25 per cent better than esti- mated two weeks ago. Max and San- ish reports are that wheat is going better than expected by 7 to 12 bush- ;els at Max, and cutting 10 to 12 bush- els at Sanish, Rye at Sanish is of good quality and running 10 to 15 ' bushels. Ashley wheat is testing 57 pounds and averaging six bushels, while Pol- lock tests have shown 59 pounds weight. Highest yields are: Kulm, 25 acres barley, 37 bushels; Fullerton, 30 acres wheat, 28 bushels, 80 acres, 23 bush- els; Fullerton, 50 acres rye, .13, 50 acres, 12; Underwood, 90 acres flax, 5 busNels. |__Light yields reported are: Pollock, 57 acres wheat, 5 bushels, 160 acres, 6; jan Hook, 70 acres wheat, 4 bushels, 120 acres, 8, 80 acres rye, 7; Kief, 140 acres rye, 4 bushels; Butte, 60 acres | wheat, 72 bushels. Lidgerwood reports wheat running 9 to 14 bushels; Forman, 8 to 15; Dan- zig, 50 acres bushels. COMMITTEE IS CALLED Washington, Aug. 22.—()—The sen- ate patronage investigating commit- tee was called today by Chairman Brookhart to reconvene here Monday for the consideration of additional evidence touching conditions in the southern states. In What Month Is Your Birthday? Op your Birthday send your Mother Flowers Hoskins-Meyer Gome of KYIR behind each DUNLOP 'HEN you buy tires, bu: Wi the world’s mere building experience can give you! 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The customers, hands over their heads, looked on in} isurprise. His breathing became reg-) jular and noisy. ‘The pistols clattcred | to the floor. The bandit was sound! asleep. H Someone called police. They ar-* ived and shook the sleeper with) They told him he was under | arrest. “All right,” said the man, whose jname he later revealed is Chester Ko si, “but come back in the g, will you? I’m sleepy.” 3 morni EXPERTS CONSIDER FREIGHT INCREASE Consideration of the policy to be followed in opposing class freight rate increases proposed by an exam- iner for the interstate commerce com- mission in a recent report was had at a meeting of North Dakota traffic experts here yesterday. Those attending the ‘meeting were T. A. Durrant, Grand Forks; Neil Williams, Fargo; G. M. Springer, Jamestown; J. A. Little, Lincoln, Neb., commerce counsel for the state rail- road board, and E. M. Hendricks, the board's traffic expert. The best manner for attacking the Proposal to increase North Dakota rates was discussed but no decision was reached and another conference will be held, probably within the next three weeks, before a definite decision is reached on the policy to be fol- lowed. 1 ‘Miss Toneta Johnson, Of Near Almont, Dies; Native of Norway, 74 Miss Toncta Johnson, 74, a dress- maker of near Almont, died Wednes- ; j day night, in this city. She had been residing with her brother, Amund M. Johnson, 12 miies south of Almont, ever since coming from Norway, 38 years ago. She was born in that country, June 23, 1855. Arrangements for the funeral are for services at Sims Lutheran church at 12, noon, Sunday. Rev. I. G. Mon- | ’ he services. Inter- | Johnson, with whom she lived, and pore pier Sims. Nicolai Johnson, at Belgrade, Minn, Miss Johnson leaves two brothers |The sister is Mrs. Otto Iverson, and a sister. The brothers are Amund | Georgetown, Minn. 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