The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1929, Page 8

ee wee OD AD A A wee t € ec s 8 7 t 8 t t 8 t ce h Bt t i t ann Pen eeeere » city can thrive needs should combine to start a nor- © mal buying movement, perhaps more than a normal movement because of p that establishment has 8 BUSINESS IN CITY IS SURE T0 BE GOOD IN | VIEW OF STABILITY Here Assure! j Fixed Payrolls Steady Trade at Home, Say Optimistic Merchants not Business in Bi talks with mer Kipling would the year 1929 me ness was very good on How could it be o arugment with w met. There is a s @ good railroad pa steady sources of in plies steady busi ner tory adjacent to the wholesale area, and » Ness here rolled up a t mately $12,000,000 in ‘@ good retail terri! cently, when winter rath strenuously and rendered roi im- | passible, the retail trade was in good; ‘volume, according to merchants. \ In other words, business in Bis- marck has not yet been able to cr ate pessimists. The totals of 19: would make any man an optimitst nd keep him that Looking Forward to Spring Merchants are looking forwar:| to spring trade. They admit there may be a recession immediately after : ‘ew! Year. There always is. It is the} same the country over. In the East it is the time when the big stores be- gin to put on their seasonal special sales, The papers fill with ads of the “big white sales” and so on, one aft- ef the other, until the spring opening season set in. So a Tribune representative found i variety of statements when he can- vassed the stores of the city, but in ‘one feature there was no deviation, and that was that 1929 had been a good year and there was no reason to fear 1930 would in the end prove otherwise, perhaps even a better year. Favorable Factors It was simply a case of waiting for the tide to turn, when improving Toad conditions and accumulating recent abstinence of buying. There will be such favorable factors, for in- stance as the North Dakota Power ‘and Light company spending $1,.008,- 000 on improvements and the erec- tion of the community building. A. W. Mundy of the Lucas store, is hopeful that trade will be thoroughly normal by spring. The bad spots, he commented, have been when winter closed the roads and made farmers’ visits to the city a hardship. Some also did not frise good crops. He was especially optimistic because his friend Colonel C, B. Little on return- ing from the East brought an optim- istic message. This was that there Was not really going to be a let up in business. It was recovering its swing, and soon a reservior of capital is to be let loose when the utility corporations, the railroads and the automobile plants start on their big industria! programs. Where Trade Is Steady G. A. Foster, of the Burg store, said a good Sear, a better one than and the Outlook still is good. He said his Place was not even hit by the Christ- mas slump which reduced “T compsriscn with previous some establishments. He the uniform charact the nature of the merchandise hand- Jed by the store. He was very optim- istic for the new year. Ray Bergeson said the Berge: Store derives its main patron city sources. of the city, therefore. tend to create @ uniform state of business. a 2 of the sales -to} The censiant pay rolls| * is in a healthy condition and that there is no reason in sight why the upward trend should not be maintained. Automobile distributors soon will be exhibiting their 1930 models. Each will have some improvement and the outlook is for attractive types of cars. They believe that there will spring up a good demand for these as soon as the spring season opens. Anyhow there are now so many cars owned and used that the accessory business is sure to be of big volume in itself. BANK ROBBERS AND been | ress RESIDENTS OF GITY rf ; this year comes to the point of clos- STAGE GUN BATTLE 5 Kidnaped Cashier Escapes in Hail of Lead; Youngster Warns Town on, Ohio, Dec. 31—(.)—Five robbers engaged in a wild gun e with citizens and officers at Phillipsburg, Ohio, near here, today, after they had kidnaped Ralph Dav- nport, cashier, in a fruitless effort to loot the Phillipsburg State bank. Davenport escaped from the rob- bers in the confusion. A posse of deputy sheriffs and 20 armed citizens at once pursued two of the bandts in- to a woods near the town. Davenport was slugged at his home last night. While several members of the gang stood as lookouts, two of them bound and held him prisoner. Mrs. Davenport fainted when they brought the cashier inside. They prepared coffee for her and remained until six a, m. Davenport had told them, when he recovered, that the bank's time lock would not open until then. At 5:50 a. m., Floyd Davenport, the cashier's 14-year-old son, returned home after spending the night with friends. He turned a flashlight on a rear door and saw one of the robbers pointing a machine gun at him. The boy fled before the gunman could shoot or capture him. Floyd gave the alarm at a filling station but meanwhile two of the robbers had entered the bank with Davenport. The filling station em- ployes set the town's fire siren screaming, and at once bullets com- menced to fly thick and fast. Scores of armed citizens collected in the streets exchanging fusillades with the bandit’s cars as the driver endeavored to cgllect his partners and escape. Once he turned a machine gun on the siren but was unable to silence it. ‘Three bandits finally got in the car and escaped, though pursued hotly for many miles by citizens and of- ficers in another car. The other two members of the gang fled into woods and fields on the environs of the town where search for them was started. BSWARCK BRT I (92) TREBLE DEATHS 1215 Children Are Born to Capi- | tal City Residents, and 82 Persons Die | Two hundred fifteen children were born to Bismarck parents during the last month of 1928 and the first 11 months of 1929. vital statistics at the | office of City Auditor Myron H, At- kinson reveal. | Children born in Bismarck to non- ‘resident parents numbered 297, Of | the total 512 children born in the | Capital City during the year, 266 were | boys and 246 girls. ‘ing the same period, 215 per- died in the city. Of this total were residents of Bismarck and 133 | Were non-residents. Figures showing the number of consequence the past year fine one, Christmas being no excep- ton. He had no reason to expect a There will be no let up, he said he felt. At the Penney store, where Man- ager Refvem earlier part of the year. has been such more floor pace has become a necessity that is| % to be accommodated in the spring with the building of the new three- story building for it on the old site) of Harris and Woodmansec. All See Average Year W. H. Webb, of Webb Brothers, looks for an average year when the! books are closed on the business of | look for | A! be better | » 1930. He does not, how asteady volume. There w: periods and some slack ones. fact must be noted,” he said,| ‘that nobody has lost his job. People buy, if not today, then tomorrow. will probably see full restora. ‘i of business. As to the holiday we did better this year than . Nast.” «Jd. C. Taylor, district manager of International Harvester company, also looks for the year to average up ‘when the cycle of 12 months has been completed. Likewise he looks for a revival in the spring. There are just sufficient farmers who have ad left the city for a\ | boys and girls born each month in | the city, the rambers born to Bis- | marck parents, and the number of = change after the new year opens.| deaths, both resident and non-resi- | dent, for each i mt | pranennne 1 \MOUNT. Discharge Fireworks to Greet New Year gare il, seven m: Peak, expect morn. é the new 5 3 A i : ON PIKE'S PEAK TOP t| 14 Members of Club Prepare to eon ot Tierra del Fuego and the Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 31.— Goren ee aire in a s in iles from the summit of of Antarctica. 9 to leave this the hazardous climb to the top famous mountain, where they IPOSTOFFIGE AHEAD | $5,267 IN RECEIPTS OVER 1928 FIGURES Slump in Latter Part of Decem- ber Reduced Margin c* $10,663 in October 1 Bismarck postoffice is running nearly $6,000 over 1928 receipts as ‘ing. A recapitulation by Postmaster | Lundquist and Assistant Harry Lar- son shows receipts from January 1, | 1929, to December 29, inclusive, to be | $210,064.82, Sales for Monday and | Tuesday are estimated to be about $1,000. This would give a total of receipts | for the year of $211,064.82. The total | for 1928 was $205,397.64. The excess |} for 1929 would be approximately $5267. For the three quarters of the year up to the present quarter of October, November and December, the receipts were $172,147.36, while last year for the same period they were $161,483.50. This showed an increase of $10,663.86 over 1928. The increase was not maintained, however, as December receipts last year were more than $16,000 and this jear they are nor expected to go above $11,000. That, however still leaves the year more than $5,000 ahead of last year. Assistant Postmaster Larson said the drop had occurred in the latter half of December. There was not as much Christmas mail coming in or going out this year. This indicates a slump in business at this time of year. Easier delivery also indicated less mail to handle. ‘The office will not have exact fig- ures on the year until all the figures have been checked up and balanced, which will be by the latter part of the week. SPEAKEASY PATRONS BEAT YBGG 10 DEATH Second Seriously Injured as Vic- tims of Holdup Turn on Bluffing Bandits New York, Dec. 31.—(7)—Eight men jin an establishment in West 53rd street, described by the police as a speakeasy, turned on two holdup men early today, beating one of them to death and seriously injuring the other. The victim was identified by the police from his fingerprints as Wil- liam Rogers, 24, of this city. His record showed an arrest for robbery last month. The other said he was | Timothy Shine, 18, of Brooklyn. He denied that a holdup had been at- tempted. James Kelly, the proprietor, said he and his bartender, James Gavin, were behind the bar when the two men entered. There were four patrons in a rar room and two at the bar. He said Rogers and Shine ordered two drinks apiece and then putting their hands in their overcoat pockets as if holding pistols, ordered the barten- der, himself and the two patrons to place their hands on the bar. All four men complied, but hearing voices in the rear room the holdup men ordered the four to the rear room also. As they started for the rear, one of the intended victims expressed doubt that the holdup men had guns, and picking up a baseball bat hurled it. The bat struck Rogers on the head, felling him. The others then Joined in an attack on them. When the police arrived the two men were lying on the floor, one of them dead. The patrons had disappeared. Shine, who suffered severe lacera- tions and bruises of the head and a fracture of the right wrist was held jon a charge of attempted robbery, Kelly and Gavin were charged with suspicion of homicide. WILKINS DISCOVERS NEW UNKNOWN LAND ‘Flight Over South Pole Ice Cap Reveals Country Hitherto Unknown to Man Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 31.—(?) —The first fruits of Captain Sir |George Hubert Wilkins’ exploration flights over Antarctica were revealed here today with advices he had dis- overed previously unknown land in his last venture over the polar ice cap. | The government radio service an- ‘nounced receipt of a message to tis effect from the steamer Melville, |which carrid the explorer to Decep- jtion island, which he uses as a base. Details were not given. Since Deception isle, one of the south Shetland group, is in the so- called Weddell Quadrant of Antarc- tica it is believed probable the new territory is somewhere in the vicinity, About a third of the way round the world in nearly the same latitude >|14 Fly from C! To Cleveland in Hour i E E i ty a Soke tele Te 1929 IMPROVEMENTS | COST $124,774 TOTAL | Mandan Went for Street | Construction Public improvements exacted a to- tal of $121,771.52 from the Mandan | city treasury during the year just ending, it was announced this morn- ing by W. H. Scitz, Mandan city au- ditor. Of the total, $115,969.49 was spent for improvement of city ‘streets, in- ciuding paving, graveling, construc- tion of street intersections, and patching of paving. Improvements required by the waterworks depart- ment demanded $4,652.20 while it cost $1,149.83 to move the city scales to a new location. A detailed list of expenditures made by the city during the 12- month period follows: Paving district No. 4 Graveling district No. Paving district No. 5 Paving district No. 6 . Paving district’ No. 7 Paving district No. 8 Syndicate intersection Patching paving . Moving city scales Waterworks impr + + $121,771.52 Total ... $192,495 SPENT FOR BUILDING LAST YEAR Cost of New Northern Pacific Structures ‘in Mandan Brought Total Up Mandan residents and business in- stitutions spent $192,495 for construc- tion in 1929, it was disclosed today by the totaling of building permits is- MANDAN NEWS :-: ley, Mandan, daughter; Mr. and Mrs, Harry Hunke, Mandan, daughter. Dec. 24—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sucky, Jr, Mandan, son. Mandan, son. Dec. 26—Mr. and Mrs. Newton R. Hyde, Mandan, ‘cane | ths | Bulk of Expenditures by City of] Dec. ¢—Bernard E. Ford, 72, Man-| nove’ in Dec. 18—Joseph A. ‘Timmer, MANDAN HAS IN ALUMNI CONTEST High School Youths Lose 26 to 13 but Outscore in Second Sound, Tacoma, Wash. ese ® Breiner, 43,| Dr. L. Erickson. POWER |e" Veterans Half Athletic Director Leonard C. Mc- Mahan’s Mandan ball team rie to the hearts of its followers by a half rally in @ contest alumni aggregation at the gymnast high school lum last The alumni won the game school basket- great second with a strong Mi night. but only after being outscored in the closing two Lloyd McDonald and sued by City Auditor W. H. Seitz and | The Building Inspector E. R. Griffin. Expenditures made by the Northern Pacific Railway company in Mandan on the construction of the new pas- senger depot, lunch room, and ice house, and extension. of the round- house totaled more than $150,000 the Permits show. Popularity of the automobile was shown with the construction of 24 new private garages. Fifteen new dwelling structures were built. Building permits were issued the first eight months by the auditor and thereafter by Mr. Griffin, county surveyor and engineer, following his appointment as city building inspec- tor. Only two building permits, one for the erection of a $2,000 dwelling by Frank Knoil, and another for con- struction of a garage by John P. Van Eyk at a cost of $110, were issued during November and none was issued the twelfth month. i Mandan construction, other than that of the Northern Pacific, during 1929 was as follows: ‘Garages 24; dwellings 15; porches 3; additions to dwellings and business structures business buildings 2; electric sign driveway 1; moving of building alteration 3; basement 1; barn 2; gasoline pump and filling station 1; coal shed 1; and grainary 1. ‘29 BIRTHS, DEATHS Children Born in Mandan Dur- ing Last Year Number 141; Deaths Total 80 Births and deaths recorded in Man- dan during 1929 were fewer than in the preceding year, a glance at the vital statistics in the office of City Auditor W. H. Seitz reveals. Children born in the Morton county city during’ the last year numbered 141 while deaths totaled 80 in the same period as compared to 159 births and 93 deaths in 1928. A table showing the number of births and deaths for each month of the year just ending follows: . ee z Ht Totals...... 141 2 Deaths, 9 Births Reported in Month To Mandan Auditor REWER THAN IN 1928 quarters, Erickson has returned Minneapolis after in Mandan with: his has Dec. 25—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kidd, ioe gue one ioe woeee dent Todd of the College wies’ records Phil Helbling, guards. Russel, who is attending St. oo sl Sal wwwecccocce fi [ - : i i i if | | rere i! cf ! bevel Z aes : TA a i i 4 ¢ z 4 5 f if i i i i i Mrs. J.-P. Hi 4 f cel stil [ | if F Ht ik i E i: Hl 3 iE ; ti sk i af St ta... POULTRY SHOW SET to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stuts- man. Court House Statistics of Year Show 9,757 Taxes Paid So Far; 393 Cases 10 !The Underwood show will be held i 8 cy i [ El the world, however. Mrs. Veronica Z: im, re- sehr sh FOR JANUARY 20-24 home of her daught Me A Jd. Sinkuls. — IN VACATED STORE To Be Held in Former Harris & Woodmansee Room; Tully Chosen to Judge The Missouri Slope poultry show has selected the period of January 20-24 for its annual exhibit of birds here. This year the truck room of the International Harvester company will not be available. In its place the storeroom vacated by Harris and Woodmansee, 113 Fourth street, has been obtained for the show. At a meeting of A. R. Miesen, sec- retary-treasurer, President Wilbert Fields and Carl Nelson, of the Ar- mour creamery, the men who will handle the arrangements for th iow, Mr. Nelson was selected as = anit Ite jialist at ~ Cc. y, specialist at the ‘Agricultural college, was se- lected will begin his january 21. Entries close January 20. Owing to the reduced showing space this year, entries will be confined to single displays—no pens. mium books now are going to the ae and copies will be sent to all last year’s exhibitors. These fk dl ia eon ede to the expectations of enterin; numerous displays. Premiums wil negrenste 3500. nall, Beulah, srmvancing, thet’ abost 4 My at al 50 birds will be sent from there. January 6-10 and the pick of its winners will be entered tee Lit has had its show and ipsig will be big the best in their communities. : same time the local show the big show ai Frocks is turkey Grand Forks, January 27-31, and this will permit local turkey winners to enter their birds in that exhibition. Competition here will be open to — ead the local npcrbioeid = over to a program. annual inner will be held January 24. Gov- ernor Shafer and others will be speakers. Two fine ured th show. Through the Finney drug > fated by the Chansberla mi in compan which manufactures feeds, ‘and this will _be presented through the Sta- cey-Bismarck company. DALE MOREASE FLO ENGLAND Series of Great Lakes Block- ing Highway Traffic Lanes od tpree'd a é i ei FF i iF F : z $ L i : Hil fH Hi fal hi and yoemanettes, must before Thursday riens for it te Actress Favorite of King Edward Is Dead Edward VI ai she had sung “Sally in Out Alley,” for him, was dead here today. King Edward presented the actress with a Led bar pin in which the first . notes of ee ati irs. Titus, the daughter of Anni Yeamans, of "Australia, who also ‘was ents, was the fast ents, was a celebrated fam. ily of actors. Shi tl area Sei 4, Titus. dalgeucnty! uring the last weeks of her life, Mrs. Titus was cared for at a hospital by the Motion Picture Actors Reliet association, to which she had donated $5,000 when she retired from the stage. She died of paralysis. New York Hotels Set To Entertain Throngs New York, Dec. 31.—()—Predicting @ noisier, more boisterous welceme for 1930 than has been enjoyed by any of its recent predecessors, hotel and restaurant managements today Brepared to entertain thousands of New Year eve celebrants. the song were shown in dia- lew will drown out the blare of jazs, tin horns and other noise makers in night clubs Promptly at 3 a. m. Wednesday. Ho- tels, which os immune from curfew vert! reo ised “dancing until high as $20 a person. Cover charges will run as Radio listeners may hear the New rebroadcast tiroughout thie coment Mayville Teachers to Open New Gymnasium Mayville, N. D., Dec. 31.—(?)—Dedi- cation of the new gymnasium at the Mayville state teachers college is CARDINAL GASPARRI BETTER — ‘ity, Dec. 31.— (AP) Cardi parri, retiring 1] retary of state who is ill with influ- enza, felt much better today although he ran a temperature during the night. He received the under secretary o' state, Monsignor Pizzardo, and his as- istant, Monsignor Otaviani, in a rou- ine audience on current affairs. Famous Preseri Gi ation ives aye coughs, or coughs caused or by an irritated throat ay = saat medici do ni ines But the very first swallow an env! of stomach Bto! a S nts share the mon cabical stock ot he pane payed! Jani gn rs at the a