The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1929, Page 2

REVIEW OF UTILITY PROGRESS IN 1929 [8 MADE BY M'DONNELL | small towns like door-to-door delivery | is | by truck and truck service usually ‘on a daily basis instead of tri-weekly | such as the railroads frequently fur- nish. Truck lines accept and safely deliver perishable commodities at | mes when railroads refuse them be- cause of weather conditions. Orders issued by the commission | authorized the establishment of 11 new freight lines and five new pas- senger lines and the extension of ‘three existing freight lines and four , existing passenger lines. Applications to operate three freight and four pas- || SIDE GLANCES - - - By George Clark mber of Railroad Board De-| me | senger lines were denied. I clares Demand for Truck Service Is Growing Some Sharp Practices on Part of Elevator Companies Promptly Curbed Motor transportation of freight in increasingly large quantities is the outstanding development in North Dakota's public utilities during 1929, accordinz to C. W. McDonnell, chair- man of the state railroad board. ‘The board has supervision of all public utilities, grain and other ware- houses and aviatt McDonnell’s review of the year vities fol- lows: xk OK By C. W. McDONNELL Presentation of evidence relating to freight-rate cases before the Inter- state Commerce commission was one of the important jobs of the State i 19: of 15 board took part, only one was decided. That one gave users of newsprint paper a substantial reduction in freight costs. Cases pending involve rates on grain and its products, livestock. hay and potatoes. Ali are important since, in the agsregate. any increasc in freight tates means the collections of large j sums from the people of the state. Re-tere Practices To Aid Farmers An order by the state commission, required railroads to establish reduced Joitit-line class rates between points in North Dakota and jobbing rates 10 per cent lower than the class rates. ‘The latter would have benefited mer- chants in many cities. The carriers established the class rates ordered, ‘but appealed to the courts from our erder fixing jobbine raies and the case now is before the United States court, ‘Throuth the efforts of the commis- sion, the railroads restored the rule permiiting farmers and persons other than elevator operators or licensed ; grain dealers to put bulkheads in cars to permit shipment of more than one Kind of grain in the same car. Few complaints were recived re- | garding railroad service and most of &. these were settled informally. if At six or eight points slight in- creases in teiephone rates were al- lowed without objection by tie sub- scribers afiected. Most of these in- creases were due to the necessity for plant improvements without which | the service was unsatisiactory. Larger ; companies steadily ars ac- quiring property in the smaller towns ‘and rural communities. Country peo- pie are demanding better service and appear willing to pay rates which will justify it. A poor constructed, | Poorly maintained. poorly cquipped _ telephone system will no longer sat isfactorily serve the rurai communi- | ties. Motor Service Growing for ceriificates to were unusually rv, particularly with regard to trunk lines. From 1923 to 1923 the major development | Was in passenger lines, but in the summer of 1923 sharp increase was _ shown in the number of applications + for establishment of new truck lines * and extension of old ones. ‘This is due to tine increased demand | for common-carrier truck service \ from cities in which wholesale house: are located. Retail merchants in Highest y ty Lowest last night SD Precipitation to 7 Highest wind 10 too, 00 ELECTRIC RATES FALLING; | to these regular town-to-t | ices, 84 permits were issued authoriz- | inz operation of cal side the limities of cities and villages. } Of these 57 were for trucks and 27 for passenger vehicles. j Now Control! Aviation | ‘The 1929 legislature gave the com- {mission control of aviation. Four- { authorized to carry passengers and property for hire. Three pilots were given limited commercial licenses, | permitting them to carry passengers jin persons were authorized to pilot air- | planes but not to carry passengers or freight for hire. Seven aviation mechanics were li- airplanes, certified as proper to use for carrying passengers and property for hire. Four planes were listed as having identification marks only. Grain warehouses licensed totalled 1619, a reduction from last year due to consolidations. Two elevators were taken over un- der the “insolvent warehouseman’s | ect” and several which were in finan- cial difficulties have recovered or have adjusted their affains satisfac- torily, all storage receipts being re- deemed in full. Two or three grain commission firms caused considerable trouble by inducing elevator managers, through various pretexts and verbal agrec- ments, to ship stored grain to reduce the balances due the commission companies. In several such instances it was necessary to call upon bonds- men to protect outstanding storage receipts. Electric and Gas Transmission The state board will take such steps as will put a stop to such prac- tices on the part of grain commission firms. All the larger companies operating the 3.900 miles of electro-transmission line in the state have reduced rates during the year. Towns on such lines have 24-hour service. Heavy sleet i storms in the porthwest and south- central sections caused interruptions of service during October and No- vember. Extension of transmission lines has reduced the cost of service. At rates in effect four or five years ago, elec- tric consumers of the state would e paid more than $1,000,000 above the amounts charged in 1929, For 1930 the difference will be about $1,250,000. Large generating plants are being built adjacent to coal mines and generating stations are connected to prevent break-downs in service. We look for wonderful de- velopment of the electric industry within the state during the next few j Years. | Construction of natural gas lines from Beach to Fargo and from the | Montana line to Williston have been | authorized. Application to construct {a line from Williston to Minot is j Pending. Lines already authorized ; Will serve communities along their {route and is expected that they will ' be completed in 1930. ‘Freight Rates on Oil | Products Attacked by | North Dakota Dealers Existing freight rates on gasoline, | kerosene and other petroleum prod- ucts from the southwest to North | Dakota will be attacked by Independ- ent Oil Dealers of North Dakota at January 13. As the result of a complaint filed several years ago, reduced rates were | made effective June 14, 1928. Be- | and Minot in the | got lower rates than available routes and the ralroad board will support their position. with $37,000 money and ‘se- ere. THER FORE 4: rek and vicinit to cloudy tonight and now ea ly tonight. 0 uy el Past nea Pinte ‘central portion, tonight. ‘y mountali area coast. Ex. res in St. Pi for ef or Uy theatrical lite connected with t y | the Twin Cities, - Hot ings, 8. De Oil wes struck in the Barker well of the Black Hi Petro! company, 27 Ge cironk nort! Een deethae ised tect 'sas well about the: ‘s ses ton, s and trucks out- ‘teen licensed transport pilots were certain restricted areas and two | censed and 14 licenses were issued to being | work of the extension service carried the | together very neat! | FEATUREDBY Agent Miesen Reviews Work Accomplished in Sheep, Clubs and Sires Organized agriculture in Burleigh county, in the domain of the extension service centering locally in the county agent’s office here, had one of biggest years in 1929. Its activities ‘were organized on a wider scale than ever and there was more energy ex- pended in each of its activities than heretofore. This was due to the ac- celeration carried over from former years. Burleigh farmers have become accustomed in the few years since the county agency was established here to step together in team work. This been especially true of the on among the young ple—the farmers and farmers’ wives of to- morrow—in Burleigh county during the year. Clubs have been multiplied and new life injected into old ones during the summer and fall by exten- sion workers from the agricultural college. For that reason it was pos- sible to send 12 boys and girls to the achievement day ses: i. cultural college at Fargo and to make two project exhibits of calves there— one taking first place in yearlings and the other second, A girls’ clothing demonstration team also went along. In fact home economics demonstra- jtion work, mainly in clothing making, has held the stage of girls’ activities in the county this year, with meetings: ib the several communities where! {onstration meetings under Inez La | Bossier here, wherein farm women ing by the statc extension specialist, these demonstrations being repeated by them in their home clubs, thus carrying the instructions down the | line to the very last member of the organizations. Burleigh Cooperation Good ‘These facts are codified in an in- teresting volume that exists in type- j written form only-a bulky volume put by actual photogra; eee iby act . is the an- nual report of A. R Miesen, it. The text is his and the neat ‘BURLEIGH AGRICULTURE IN 1929 ORGANIZED PLANS clubs are located and in several dem- | 55. were shown methods of making cloth- | 9d THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1929 NS Motor Transportation of Freight Feature of Year in N penses and salaries of the extension agent for a ycar, Flax and Wheat Increased use of Bison flax seed ‘was one of the aims of the extension service during the year, and Agent ‘Miesen comments on the fact that there was such an increase that the available supply was quickly absorbed and dealers towards the last had to fill orders with common seed. Ceres wheat, which has become the principal type in the ity, is re- ported outyielding Marquis, especially in dry, hot seasons. Some elevators were reported discriminating against Ceres as a milling wheat. Some farm- {ers are largely growing Ceres and Marquis half and half. Ceres has made a reputation as a combine wheat. It stands up well, shatters little and does not settle into the stubble ily when out for the pickup. Gopher poisoning was conducted on a large scale during the year. In this 37 townships used 575 bushels of oats as poisoned food for the rodents. Will Continue Program The 1980 program of agricultral extension, says Agent Miesen, in con- clusion, will follow the trend of the last three years, with special emphasis ‘on junior club work. The major pro! jects will include alfalfa, sweet clover and grain crops campaigns in the early spring, immediately following, if not before, the county economic conference here February 8. The wool pool will be continued and the pure sire campaign, if conditions warrant, will be extended into bring- ing in more purebred breeding stock. It is hoped to promote a sire sale in the spring, a ram sale in the fall and a boar and gilt sale also as a means of distributing good breeding stock. A junior 4-H camp is expected to materialize, to be held at the Scouts, camp early in June. ——$ ____, | AT THE MOVIES ° Full Beauty. of ‘Rio Rita’ in Film Play | As Florenz Ziegfeld has “glorified” 1930 is to follow the same linc of de- | velopment, says the report. Increasing Sheep Goal H The October ram tale at the Man-|coming to the Capitol Theatre Jan. dan fair grounds, in which four coun. |!- 2. 3. 4. in “Rio Rita. | ties—Burleigh, Morton, McLean and|_ ll the rich qualities which drew Kidder—cooperated, is treated as one | Broadway crowds for 62 consecutive ‘of the outstanding events in the sheep weeks to the Ziegfeld Theatre have | program of the county. By that sale | been retained in the film production 150 rams were placed in flocks in this | to these have been added mobil- and the other adjoining counties. According to the report, 25 more Burleigh county farmers started in with a small flock of this year, through the efforts of the county ex- tension veredcny op Hageertere Credit corporation elopment agents of the Soo Line and Northern Pacific railroad. Approximately 1500 to 2500 ewes were placed on farms where there had been no sheep before. Two cars of these ewes were yearlings imported from Montana and Wash- ington, while the remainder were pur- chased locally. About half the ewes were financed thi the Agricul- tural Credjt on a three- year payment plan. No special effort was made this year to sell ewes, as they were high- | + feld, could not hope to attain. Against the most lavish sets yet on the screen is played and sung in the Rio Grande. “Rio Rita,” “Follo ing the Sun Around,” “The Kinkajou” ind other of the lovely melodies from 1 show, two new songs are These, also composed by| Tierney and Joe McCarthy, ure “Sweetheart, We Need Each Other,” jand “You're Always in My Arms.” the market breaks, the small band owner will net suffer much. Agent Miesen looks for an increase in the placing of ewes in 1980 if a fav- orable crop is harvested. Wool Pool Solves Marketing ‘The operations of the wool pool, which were on a more extensive scale are reviewed as one of the outstand- ing steps of the year. The 40 grower the consigned their 35,000 fleeces of 12 cars to the Na- tion Wool Warehouse at Bos! through taxes, for future sale. PARAMOUNT THEATRE One of the best known romances of fiction, “The Virginian,” the Owen succeeds in imbuing his role with ne life, making of it a vitally alive, pM teresting characterization. ity and magnitude which the stege, | even under the direction of a Zieg- | general's office made 79 appearances before disrict courts in the state, 12 before the state supreme court and SCHOOLS AND TAXES BRING NORTH DAKOTA MANY LEGAL SNARLS Questions Received and An- swered by Attorney Genc-2! in 1929 Total 400 TAXES RUN CLOSE SECOND Court Cases Handled by State Legal Department in All Branches in Hundreds . board of railroad reduce class rates cipal cities of North Dakota and to and from such cities and all other Points in the state, In connection with the Workmen's Compensation bureau the office handled @9 actions in justice courts and collected 204 claims for pre- miums, |, Opinions issued numbered 77 and three special investigations were con- ducted. One claim was handled for the Guaranty Fund commission. In connection with the state land department, 2,514 examinations were Schools and taxes cause North Da- kota public officials more legal prob- Jems than any other subjects, a mem- oranda of sctivities of the attorney general's office for 1929 reveals. Queries received and answered relat- ing to school matters during the year totalled 400, outnumbering those on any other subject. Questions involv- ing taxes ran a close second. Representative; of the attorney | sity and school lands, Attorney Gen- in their respective communities, and the- satisfaction work well done is ours to enjoy. proof again that only quality can survive. fidence in the United States, permitting us to continue our slogan 4 bodies at our - ing the year, ia the statement that the peo; Burleigh county ly aswell as collectively, are able toward extension work. 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