The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1929, Page 3

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MANDAN Mandan Postal For Coming Christmas Rush ! More Than Score of Men Await: | ing Deluge of Parcels, Letters and Cards MAIL HANDLED IN CIRCUIT General System Described, but Details Too Many to Men- tion, Welch Says | Anticipating the Christmas rush of incoming and outgoing mail “in earn- est” shortly, Mandan's postoffice is prepared for the deluge of letters, packages, and cards. As system is the key to the efficient. handling of mails, the plan for the Mandan institution is assembled and yeady for motion, according to Major Alfred B. Welch, postmaster. A crew of more than a score of men is taking care of the outgoing parcels and will handle all incoming mail. Each member of the postal staff his duties for every hour of the day until Christmas outlined on a chart; Lack of sustained activity on the| another by a Miss Because of the nature of postal work, the postoffice is divided rough- | ly into two divisions, one for the in- coming, and the other for the outgo-/ nights have succeeded in blocking|the young woman has been in Ken- ing bundles. Starts at Window i NEWS :-: System Set —_ | Harvey Man’s Auto , | Buried Under Huge | Snowbank in Mandan; ' \ eo e Morton county city until the sun beams melt snow or somebody gets busy with a shovel. The automobile belonged to J. N. O'Keefe, Harvey. Lack of Sustained Activity Indicates Many Roads Blocked business! fares in Mandan this morning was mute evidence that the heavy snowstorms the last two many Morton county side-roads and preventing many Christmas shoppers Outgoing mail starts at the mailing | trom visiting Mandan. windows, where three men are en duty. Packages are accepted, weighed, classified, insured, and stamped here. ‘The bundles are separated according to the nature of the packages at the window by the window clerks and are hauled on a truck to the dispatch men at the back of the department. ‘The dispatch men here again separ. ate the mail according to its destina: tion. All letters and cards are then run through the electric canceling machine, which insures against use of stamps for the second time, and tossed by the dispatchers into thelr proper open mail bags, which are held open and suspended in a special rack. ‘When the tossing into the bags 1s completed, the bags are tied, locked, and loaded onto the postoffice mes- senger truck at the rear of the bulld- ing, and taken to the trains. The tossing is a laborious task which takes great amount of time. ‘This is evinced by the fact that 32,000 cards| and letters left the Mandan postof- fice in one day during the Christmas rush last year, Mr. Welch explains. Pacl Circuit Separate Y a iee chrough = earoult alone cars on the highway was made diffi- cult by snowdrifts most of the morn- ing but heavy traffic was beginning to pack down the snow and make passage easier at noon. Mandan Vicinity 3 o H. M. Leonhard has returned from @ business =“ ey Forks, ‘Miss Cecelia Kicin was a guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Klein, en route to Kansas City, Mo. ee * Mrs, Charles Keidel, south of Man- dan will be hostess to the Mandan Homemaker's club Saturday after- noon. BRUSED BODY FOUND IN PATCH OF BISHES NOT YET DENTIRED Proves Corpse Is Not That of Memphis Woman ST - | Pola Negri Decides | Friday, 13th, Lucky | Paris, Wec. 17.—(P)—Pola Negri. American. movie star, has decided a the thirteenth is her lucky lay. “We were separated eight months but never separated in our hearts,” \ she said her recon- cillation with her husband, Prince Serge Mdvani, of Russia. “We couldn't get along without one another until we met in a divorce reconciliation court Friday the thir- ora ey a a ba siege ged but it Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 17.—()—| Was @ lu rls Sart Segall Having abandoned the long, long j ee Ga ue be yee ity tnd trail they followed from Chicago's; her?’ I answered, ‘Yes’.” gangland to Arkansas and back again! Pola added: answered exactly in search of 8 woman-killer, vexed | the same.” police today were exactly where they} “After eight months separation my started in the Clutts mystery, so| husband decided to let me follow my named by them although apparently | career. I do about two pictures a it has no connection with that family. | year and ,will devote the rest of my The ised body found near| time to my family life. We are going Marked Tree, Ark., last Thursday ts | to celebrate our second honeymoon at not that of Mrs. Beatrice Clutts, 23,/ St. Morits and live happily ever Siena = = = EAD WANOTIANCEE BAGH SU ON WILL 1 Davis Elkins, Former Senator, Charged With Attempting to Delay Probate New York, Dec. 17.—(7)—Suit to compel the probating of the will of Stephen B. Elkins, son of the late Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, here has been begun by the testator’s fiancee, Mrs. Evelyn I. Martin. Under the will she is to receive A letter biel in Chicago, and still Clutts’ mother Mrs, Potts Camp, 5 tucky since the murder. Another letter received by her husband and posted at Christopher, Ill, a few ¥ $1,000 a month for life, @ 4,000 acre hunting camp in Northampton coun- ty, Va., and the contents of the testa- tor's apartment on Park avenue. Her action is brought against Davis Elkins, former senator from West Virginia, a brother of the decedant, who is chief beneficiary and execu- tor. In a@ petition for a temporary administrator and an order for cause why the will should not be probated here, Mrs. Martin Davis El- kins with intent to “hinder and de- lay for probate this will in order to foment a contest and deprive the pe- The children received the presents yesterday. ‘The letters present an interesting but perhaps unimportant angle. The Christopher letter, in which Mrs. same person who posted the Blue Diamond letter which brought the Chicago lead to the fore. Mrs. Clutts went to at two aes ago where was known as Juanita inder ee Larue and kept company with Bill! ttioner of her rights under the wit” If 4 Thomas. @ figure in gangland. _ ir jestate valued. in excess Of $3,000,000, police are right, she left Chicago With | was taken from a safety deposit box Thomas last week. (here and transferred to Washington Police belicve he mailed the Chris- | by attorneys for the estate with per- Mrs. Martin denies Stephen B. El- kins had his residence in Washing- ton as represented by attorneys for the estate and declares the testator lived in New York 28 years. Stephen Elkins died while celebrat- ing his fifty-second birthday, a few his wife was living with him under an assumed name. Identification of the body as Mrs. Clutts was accepted as final when Clutts, his brothers and many friends “identified” it at first Packages ‘They cannot be run through the can- celing machine because they are of uneven sizes and the machine runs on the running belt plan. Stamps on packages must be canceled by hand, and then the parcels go through the same circuit as did the lgpters and e ards. Outgoing mail is taken to the trains Mr. and Mrs. B. L.. Heath were J. F. Servy. se & Mrs. Ralph Newcomer went to Far- 30 minutes before the arrival of the door, separate the parcels according am in order of deli Hi e587 i | E ait i inti i : 3 i i ; i aa ea Sa.yesterday te join Mr, Newcomer who is attending the state conference of county agents. iss i : i | ; g U summoned to Logan, Mont., yesterday | ¢; by the death of Mrs. Heath's father, days before he was to have been mar- . Martin. BANK WIRES D.B.C. identification incorrect. ' | Mexican Government | Evens Calles Affront | “+p. Firs Guaranty Bank, Bis ——- wine | Marck, recently wired Dakota Bus- Mexican government today struck! iness College for a capable assist- at Laredo, Tae border oe. tor ant. Tena Toftner was sent, the the attitude taken by John Valls, dis- | second “‘Dakotan’”” for this bank. D.C. Aulenbacher recently went | tothe State, Merricourt; Ruth |Glesner to the First National, t0| whomover22 become: | * Watch results of D.B.C, AC- TUAL BUSINESS raining (coms- 1 spelipraie vous 7 elsewhere). ‘ollow the SucceS$ful’’ Jan. 2-6. | Write F. L. Watkin, Pres., 806 Front S., Fargo. ‘ IN FLOWERS "3.7 Nature expresses her joy in no unmistakable manner in these cheery floral creations. You'll find them an absolute necessity if Christmas is to . look as festive as it should. Early orders assure prompt delivery at any desired time. ANOTHER AIRPORT OFFER GIVEN CITY Lincoln Tract Holders Willing to Lease Eighty Aces as Temporary Field Another way to get around obstacles and enable the city to provide an air- port immediately upon the expiration of the lease on the present field was presented to the city commission Monday evening in a communication from Col. Frayne Baker. The com- munication off @ portion of the Lincoln tract, ously offered the city in full or to the extent of 160 acres at $110 an acre, either by pur- chase or lease at 6 per cent annually. The new proposal was that the city lease the 230 acres on a three-year time limit at an annual rental of $2.50 an acre; or take 100 acres on a 20-year lease at an annual rental of 6 per cent on the set valuation of $1.10 an acre; or add to this form of lease 6 per cent payment on such improvement costs as the holders might sustain in grading the field ‘and installing runways. The leases carried the option of purchase. An optional offer was for the city to temporarily lease 80 acres, in which event the holders of the tract were willing to give options on osher por- tions and make any sale or transfer of the land subject to such options for three to five years. This would provide for acquiring additional acre- ‘age to the amount of 40 or 80 acres, as the proposal was worded, This offer called attention to the fact that the financial difficulty would be over- come, as the rental would be $528, easily within present means of the | city. The proposal was referred to the municipal airport committee. Gold-Diamond Cross Is Presented to Pope Vatican City, Dec. 17.—(—The College of Cardinals’ own jubilee gifts to Pope Pius, a rich pectoral cross in gold and diamonds and an emerald studded ring, were presented the pontiff thts afternoon. Among those present were Cardinals Dough- erty and Hayes of the United States. MEXICAN ATTACHE FLIES Mexico City—The Mexican com-| mercial attache, Sr. Bejerano, is leav- ing by plane today for El Paso, en route to New York after a business visit here. 1,000 Ties Packing 402 Main Ave. Sliced Pork Liver, lb. Lean Pork Chops, Ib. Mincemeat, Ib. ...... Primus Butter, Ib. ... A BOX OF AF Neckwear by Dobbs ‘. Beautiful exclusive creations in ‘y Heavy Imported Silks }. $3:00 te $5.00 Dobbs’ neckwear is being shown for the first time in western North Dakota by “Bergeson’s” f Sevenfold Neckwear - $2.50 from at $1.00 and $1.50. BERGESON’S Opposite Postoffice on Broadway TITTLE BROS. Bismarck, N. D. ALWAYS BUSY — THERE’S A REASON Wednesday Specials Pure Pork Link Sausage, Ib. .........15¢ such as bill folds, portfolios, traveling bags, etc. gives them that finished and individual touch of THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929 Former President of Monroe, Mich., Dec. 17.—(?)—Vic- tor M. Johnson of Monroe, former President of Kiwanis international, died at an Ann Arbor hospital yesterday after an operation. Mr. ‘was president of Kiwanis in 1925. NYE RESOLUTION ON GRUNDY IS DEFERRED poner eae North Dakota Senator Will De- mand Senate Vote on Ex- pert's Qualifications Washington, Dec. 17.—(4)—Con- sideration of the Nye resolution to unseat Senator Grundy of Pennsyl- vania was deferred today by the sen- ate elections committee until after the Christmas recess when a quorum was unobtainable. | Chairman Shortridge of the elec- tions committee also announced that consideration of the credentials of Senator Patrick Sullivan, Republican of Wyoming, would be deferred until after the holidays. The committee chairman an- nounced that it was his opinion that both Grundy and Sullivan were legal- ly appointed by the governors of their respective states to fill vacancies. However, Senator Nye, Republican, North Dakota, gave notice that he to Choose ait Co., Inc. Phone 332 PILES ra which one can be justly proud whether giving or receiving. Prices reasonable. Prompt attention, senate vote the qualifications of Grundy. 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