The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1929, Page 2

Des Pur ERMATINGER CLAIMS ROAD PUBLICATION WAS HIS ENTERPRISE Highway Commission Charnes He Appropriated $1,644.89 to His Own Use “ONLY POLITICAL CLAPTRAP’ Governor Says Real Purpose of Action Is to Force Account- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929 =, Road Board Seeks Return of Books, Records of Highw ay Bulletin | i ! ing of Bulletin The state highway commission to- | day instructed its secret to de- mand of J. J. Exmaiinger, who re- tired as secretary last April, that he; return to the highway department} the baoks and records of the Highway | president, James O'Shea, Roberts, , truck and two in the Flinn car that Mont., national secretary, and Milo | were other than bruised and slightly Reno, president of the Iowa Farmers | union, will make addresses. | Other speakers who will appear on the Bismarck program are: A. W. Rick- | er, secretary of the Corn Belt Federa- tion and editor of The Farmers Union | Herald of St. Paul; M. W. Thatcher, | general manager of the Farmers | “THE OLD RELIABLE HARDWARE INSURANCE” An Old Line—Legal Reserve Mateal Insurance Asoots $16.446,852.90 Sarplac 96,019,¢26.75 Offers you complete Inserance Protection on preferred risks only. 50% Insurance THE FEDERAL HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT MUTUALS | , | oe ee cut. Both vehicles were badly dam. { mmission <t €outh St: Paul. aged. | PROPOSED NEW CHURCH FOR BISMARCK NATIONAL OFFICERS cooseibility of 4 holdover session of | The story of the accident seems to | the North Dakota Union on November /be that Flinn was driving toward 9 was expressed by Secretary Greene. | Dickinson and coming up hill on the ‘ Wee : a Te ee ae ’ ara y Plans for the convention are rapidly [right side of the road. As he came hile ge ee es : 4 rounding into shape, Greene said, over the hill he saw the truck ap. 3 ae ee ee ‘ i ; and one of the most interesting and |proaching on the wrong side, or left, 4 f educational meetings in many years /of the road and made a quick turn to is in prospect. the left in an endeavor to avoid a bil at he was on the left atic of ine, | UDP —_—__ tl e was on le of the ; Huff, O'Shea and Reno Will! yee ames vd back quickly to Address the North Dakota pears Union Convention Dickinson, N. D., Oct. 26—Several jmen were hurt, but Lesion any ie ously, when an auto driven . saeeen hk Dee ache Flinn of Bismarck and a truck driven national officers of the Farmers | bY Joe Hagg of New Hradec commin= Union of America have accepted in-|!t¥ crashed reg Ph a. iter! vitations to address the state meet- |OUt on the New ao ing of the organization to be held} With Mr. Flinn was J. J. Cav- in Bismarck on November 6,7 and 8, |@naugh of Fargo. He received a cut ’ according to E. E. Greene, secretary ‘over the right eye and Hege got a! . of the North Dakota division. |bad scalp wound. These were the aT C. E. Huff, Salina, Kan., national |Only ones of the four in the Hage KLEIN’S Medici Miles Cit Modena, Bulletin, department publication, and to repay $1,644.89 which it he appropriated to his own use Secretary H. C. Frahm also was in- structed to make demand for this amount on Ermatinger’s bond as sec- retar commission's action, issued a state. ment in which he said the Highway Bulletin was operated as a private ea- and that he owes the state Tie resolution adopted by the high- way commission, on motion of Com- missioner I. J. Moe, is based on the report of the state examiner, who filed an audit report on the affair: of the highway department last Se; tember 30. The report stated that Ermatinger had removed the books of the Bulletin from the department, that he had re- tained all money credited to it, and had withdrawn from a local bank the cash balance credited to the fund. Reciting the financial history of the Bulletin, the report said it appeared that the publication made the same profit during the nine months pre- ceding April 1 as it had in the same proportionate time in previous years. Because there were no books to audit, the examiners found it impos- | sible to arrive at the amount of any funds which may have been taken when Ermatinger left the department. The figure of $1,644.89, however, ts arrived at by going back to the es preceding audit report, and a process of deduction. The last preceding audit showed & balance of $691.96, and to this was added $775 which Ermatinger was al- leged to have unlawfully drawn in salary as Bulletin editor. The profits during the nine months prior to April 1 was estimated at $177.93, and this was added to make up the total. In a statement following the high- way commission meeting pose of the action is to force an ac- counting of the Highway Bulletin’s affairs. He is not disposed to press the charge that Ermatinger illegally drew salary as Bulletin editor, he said, | since it was mentioned in preceding audit reports, and apparently was ap- proved by the preceding highway ad- ministration, and was common know!- | edge in the state capitol. The governor said Ermatinger was asked by his successor to turn over the H books and records of the Bulletin \ when he left office, but refused to on so on the ground that the Bulletin | ‘was a private publication. He was not disposed to make an issue of the mat- ter, he said, but since it appears from the report of the state examiner that large sum of money may have been misappropriated he feels that the matter is worthy of investigation. In his statement Ermatinger said the Bulletin was started in 1925 at ' Weather Report ° Temperature at 7 a.m. Highent yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation to 7 Highest wind veloc GENERAL RE nr mprtrs. Pre. ww High last tC oyen- 24 STATIONS— i ck, N. Idaho, Alt UL., eb ¢; s claimed | Ermatinger, when informed of the | Governor | George F. Shafer said the real pur- | ; @-.-@ |lery. rear, | he new Trinity Lutheran church will face Fourth street at the corner of Avenue A, covering the corner lot. Designed in Gothic architecture, the | new building will be a structure of great beauty. constructed of brick, and will cmphasize strength, clevation, simplicity, and beauty of lines, the essentials of Gothic. It will be of fireproof construction. Thorwald Thorson, Forest City, Iowa, one of America’s leading church architects, has designed the plans. capacity of 380; the two transepts will accommodate 164 and the choir loft 39. The chancel arrangement is of traditional church design, pulpit and lectern at each side, altar in the middle center, organ console and choir loft to the In the center of the west wall behind the altar and above the choir loft is to be a large stained glass window, the focal point. { corner is the choir room, and in the southwest corner the pastor's study with antercom. A classroom is in the second story of the tower. magnitude and beauty arc the feature of the interior. Union Terminal association and member of the executive committee of the National Grain corporation, ‘St. Paul; and Charles D. Egely, man- | J. F. Griffin, state agent Phone 1241 P. O. Boz 52 Biomarek, N. Dak, | Don’t Buy An Obsolete Radio On May Ist, 1929, Atwater-Kent introduced the first ' successful screen grid radio set, giving tremendously in- creased volume, selective to a hair, and tone clear as a _ The tower will stand as a sentinel at the southwest corner, visible from afar. The building is to be Floor plans call for a nave with a seating In the balcony 79 can be seated, bringing the total seating capacity to 662. In the northwest Dignity, In the basement is a large auditorium-dining room, accommodating 500 people,-with kitchen, 12 classrooms, boiler room, coal room. toilets and storage space. the demand of Mor, a cornmissioner | then as now, and that he was appoint- | jed to edit it. When the department | | head recommended an increase of sal- | jary for Ermatinger, the statement | said, Moe suggested that he be paid $25 a month addition from the pro- ceeds of the publication and that, un- | Jess he made the Bulletin pay, he get no increase. Later this amount was in- creased to $50 a month, although tho records show that this amount was not always paid. When the Bulletin was started, Er- matinger said, there was opposition to using public moneys for that purpose and he was instructed to make it pay by getting advertising. No public money was used by the Bulletin, he said, but it paid for department pub- |Meity material furnished to the pre: He contends that the Bulletin was at all times treated as a private publi- cation and that O. B. Lund, auditor for the state board of auditors, was Permitted to examine its books “simply to avoid a political row.” He says there are no profits from the publication but an cutstanding bill of $170 which may have to be paid, and | that he has the moncy to pay it. If) this claim is unpaid there will be as balance the amount of the claim and | no more, Ermatinger said. He denied that a formal demand for the books had been made on him and said that if such a demand had been made he would have regarded them as Personal property, and not state prop- erty, which would have raised the question as to whether the Bulletin was a state or a private publication. Facts alleged, other than those admit- ted by him, Ermatinger branded as “political claptrap.” DRAWINGS WORTH 825,000 New York, Oct. 26.—(4%—Once upon a time Miss George O'Keefe was a_ teacher of drawing in the public schools of Amarillo, Texas. She sent charcoal drawings of flowers to a friend, who took them to an art gal- Now her output is such a rage that she was paid $25,000 for five drawings of lilies. And she is now Mrs. Alfred Stieglitz, the wife of her discoverer. r su Services at 10:30 in the ‘Swedish | Wednesday— language. Ev the p meet crder to call a minister. mem! FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST Pe | Evening service at 7:30. Marguerite Corner Fourth St. and Ave. © | 10:20 Morning services (Englis Kennedy, pianist. Prelude, Venetian Sunda: ‘vice at 11:00 a. m. Sermon: “Luther's Small Catc-: Love Sons (Nevin). Offertory, Water- Subject: “Probation After Death.” chism—A Gem of the Reformation.” lilies (St. Clair). Anthem, The Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. | 2:30 p.m. The pastor will preach at Strength of My Life (John D. Cres- Wednesiay evening testimonial gaidwin. well), ” ceting at 8 o'clock. | 6:45 p. m. Bible Hour in charge of ; Sermon, The Power of Example, Mr. A reading room is open in the | the Walther League. | Jackson. church — building ery Tuesday,’ 7:30 Evening services (English). | Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. the midweck Thursda: dl Saturday. except le-' Sermon: “Martin Luthcr—The meeting of the church. Topic, Jesus ar pelle rom 2 to 4 p. m. | Confessor of Christ.” the Great Teacher. services and to visit the reading room. | of Reformation and the 400th anni The confirmation class meets in; Friday—Choir praciice at 7 bell from their new dynamic speaker. Since that date practically all radio manufacturers have brought out screen grid circuits, Several large producers have been unable to announce their new models because their deal- ers are heavily loaded with old style sets. To purchase a radio this fall that is not screen grid equipped is bound to prove an unfortunate investment. Any Atwater- Kent dealer will welcome an opportunity to show his merchandise in competition with other makes. Corwin-Churchill Motors, Inc. Pioneer Radio Dealers Phone 700 7 cess. The next two weeks will tell | Church School—9:30 a, m. and 12:00 | the story. : noon. BESO | 6:30 Christian Endeavor. FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH | 7:30—Evening service. Seventh and Rosser Ave. Organ Prelude, Romance Ira_E. Herzberg, Pastor | Grace Duryee Morris. 10:00 Morning worship—Theme, Offertory—Pastorale (Rogers). “The Ideal Christian.” | Special Music—King Jesus Is A-Lis- 11:00 Sunday School for all de-' tening, choru: partments. -Sermon—"Pray Paul S. Wright. 5:30—Christian Endeavor. Harold Organ Postlude—Postlude (Hopkins). Singer, midwest field section of the | Wednesday, 7:30, Mid-weck service. | International sectary of Christian | Endeavor, will speak to the young people. This will be a union meeting ogg chur Endeavor society Pewee cine. | Phone 1322-LW gee rship—Theme,| rhe church school meets at 10 a. | “Unmasking a Deadly Sham. m. Mrs. Howard McNutt, superin- tendent. Classes for all ages. Morning worship at 10. Esther Wil- j5o2, pianist. Prelude, “At the Cradle,” ; (Jensen). Offertory, “Album Leaf” ; (Schumann). Solo, selected, Miss Marion Sandin. Sermon, The Up- (Haye:) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Fourth Street and Avenue B. A. Westlund, Acting Pastor Ellis L. Jackson, pastor, Sunday, Oct. 27 IRST LUTHERAN CKURCH inday school at 9:30. Prayer service at 7:30. i ing worship at 7:30 in Bnglish.' ‘Teachers’ training class at 8:30. parsonage Fridays at 4p. m. ay, the 29th, at 8 p.m. a} be held in the chureh in | All voting | bers are asked to attend. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Fourth Strect at Avenue A J. V. Richer:, Pastor. | ward Path, Mr. Jackson. . 27,|_B. ¥. P. U. at 6:30. The Young Chureh services for Sunday, Oct. 27. 9:30 a. m. Sunday School, ali, People's Group in charge. Topic: The classes, Miss Ella Brelji, superintend- | Value of Worship. ing elcome to attend these; These services will be in observance — McCABE METHODIST EPISCOPAL . CHURCH versary of Luther's Smail Cate FOR WOMEN TRINITY ENGLISH LUTHERAN pos Avenue © ai Seventh PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Nx ce Opie S. Rindahl, pastor Second and Thayer Onn eae cemaber Gelli Church scheol (all departments), Paul 8. Wright, Pastor. Mine a poet * 9:45 a. m. Sunday morning service at 10:30} Aine = oe en Morning worship, 11:00. ‘broadcast by KFYR). Onan hare ad posed There will be no evening services| Organ Prelude—Allegro Con Brio| , 07840 Offertory, “Morning Offer- this week. tory” (Lawrence). The choir rehearses every Thurs- | Solo, selected, Henry Halverson. day evening at 7:30. The confirmation class meets every Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Every member and friend of Trin- ity make our new church project a suc- (Roberts), Grace Duryee Mot Solo, selected, Bruce Wallace. Sermon, “The Positives of Faith,” Walter E. Vater. Organ Postlude, “Victory March” (Mallard). Sunday school 12 noon. (Classes for | all_ages.) Epworth league 6:30 p. m. Offertory—Shepherd’s itty. Duet—Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Bavendick. Sermon—“The Mystery of Christ, Paul 8. Wright. Organ Postlude—Finale (Sheppard). ullaby (Hew- il do all that is possible to OUT OUR WAY OUT ALL NicHT AGIN! iTS Hat At. cids: Mont., clear tah, clear joorhead, Minn., cid. tte, Neb., c! FoREecasT vieinity: Partly Sunday. Cooler Partly cloudy Sunday. Cooler tonight ion, and east and south por- y. «souay, Pitaten, while fair west the central and sou! stage at 7 a.m., 1.7 feet; 24- shout the state are oo A GOOD THING: 4 FER Him THAT OL HORSE KNOWS TH DRILLS BETTER Evening worship, 7:30. Opening service of World Mission conference. 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