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“North Dakota Highway Expenditures in 12 Years Total $29,753872 MORTON COUNTY LEADS STATE |; . WITH $1,609, a0 | PUT ON ROADS| ‘Only Riaki OF Come Of Counties Pass $1,000,000; Burleigh Second; U.S. Gave $13,572,078 Expenditures for state highway construction in North Dakota totalled | $29.715,872.89 during the 12-year pe- riod from 1918 to 1929, inclusive, ac- cording to data prepared by the State Highway department. Of the total spent, the federal gcv- ernment contributed $13.572,078.61, the state, $6,813,853.09. the counties, $3.- 798.227.12, and $532,213.07 came from other sources. The latter were large- ly contributions by railroads for the ot at of underpasses and via- Bs ah ‘seven of the state’s 53 counties, more than $1,000,000 was spent dur- ling the period covered by the report. Morton county led with $1,609,910.91 and was followed in order by Bur- leigh, Ward, Mountrail, Barnes, Cass and Statsman. In only Slope and Oliver counties road construction expenditures were less than $100,000 during the period. Amounts spent in various counties for state highway construction and {the sources from which the money |came are shown in the following ‘table: County Federal State County Other Aid Total Adams $ 77876.54 $ 6136308 $ 40508.59 $ 4295.25 $ 184043.46 Barnes 499664.06 173138.99 464819.42 74500.76 = 1212123.23 Benson 35112444 113844.20 247616.37 12000.00 7124584.95 Billings 102672.04 102852.89 12124.70 217650.56 itineau 255411.04 114178.25 207377.35 576966.64 Bowman 86352.59 94489.82 34880.44 17305.44 233019.29 Burke 234022.89 £2923.81 178055.49 502002.19 Burleigh . 634409.91 463155.93 278497.01 9873.24 1385936.14 Cass .. 489168.14 363937.87 235309.73 71637.53 — 1210053.27 Cavalier 142632.65 150802.56 80478.12 353913.33 Dickey 197536.23 193886.19 436300.28 Divide 223792.61 170994.81 415232.74 Dunn . 67303.16 4 34664.03 146641.06 Eddy . 125534. 53 47385.70 36172.60 259082.83 Emmons 80760.34 170378.31 452023.38 58037.99 188262.41 434796.82 97311.34 67264.03 293071.81 214742.10 305304.84 26466.02 977831.94 17526.60 92665.24 301976.20 76491.73 191942.85 49862253 65334.25 125417.46 315670.69 85202.93 66095.15 280402.56 113453.18 8623.71 615303.38 64119.81 1610.04 579.84 570653.02 138163.29 106124.91 438666.97 . 55608.54 168648.89 424061.22 417649.13 aoe 51 154306.32 839002.96 339787.15 A’ 190346.59 692385.01 94612.95 49394.69 215243.07 . 748531.86 320749.59 25269.65 1609910.91 Mountrail oes) 72.69 286704.16 17680.00 — 1228677.73 Nelson 25! ‘ 197911.91 568974.58 Oliver .. . 14220.10 60002.96 Pembina 265021 83 143353.12 75000.00 701104.99 Pieree 223564.92 2 Ni tes 32 477928.36 Ravwey . 377893.34 136244.33 A 812570.75 , Ransom 170048.36 69300.16 388350.01 Renville 72952.71 5. 167839.51 . Richland . 286534.00 2651) 261467. 38 59777.08 973941.08 Rolette . 162504.20 62691. 94541.09 319736.52 | Sargent 135738.43, 74308. 106158.22 366205.00 Sheridan . 100175.34 72385.94 74133. 27 246694.55 3 252501.04 31628.53 297407.78 18101.53 11261.81 38140.97 222836.37 1582: 26782.14 530396.52 89576.79 205151.16 503357.67 22350: 40959.85 1122246.49 235079.43 80019.66 95 510317.44 155421.56 95719.45 137899: 29 389040.50 194848.47 143810.07 104007.23 442665.77 577283.83 222907.09 . 432299.20 20198.12 1261669.24 304913.33 102971.03 278770.20 6705.00 693359.56 ~ 337840.19 159701.15, 1960214.53 17877.19 711243.11 Total .. $13572070.61 $ 6313353.09 $ §798227.12 $ 532214.07 $29715872.89 a A [_ Weather Report —/ SOUTH DAKOTA MEET | yesterday . % Lowest last night . Fe aie tation to 7 a. m. st wind velociiy GUNERAL REPORT Temprtrs. Low High last last yes- 24 night t'day hi Bismarck, N. D., clear . -10 Amarillo, Tex., cloudy STATIONS— Boise, Idaho, clear 32 Chicago, Tll., cloudy 50 Denver, Colo., clear 30 Des Moines, Ia., clear 2 42 Devils Lake, N. D., clear.-24 -12 Dodge City, Kans. clear 4 38 Edmonton, Alta, clear. .-20 Havre, Mont., clear. . 8 Helena, Mont., snow . Huron, 8S. D., clear Kamloops. B. C., clear ..-14 Kansas City, Mo. clear. 6 52 Lander, Wyo, clear ....- 4 30 Medicine Hat, Al., clear.-16 Miles City, Mont., clear.-22 -10 Modena, Utah, clear ... 16 28 Moorhead, Minn., clear.-12 2 . No. Platte, Neb., cloudy.- 2 14 Oklahoma City, O., sleet 20 60 Pierre, 8. D., clear ...... 12 (0 Qu’Appelle, Sask, clear .-28 Rapid City, S. D., clear.-14 - 4 Roseburg, Ore., cloudy .. 28 36 St. Louis, Mo., cloudy .. 22 54 .64 St. Paul, Minn, clear ..- 8 18 01 Salt Lake City, clear S. 8. Marie, M., cldy. Seattle, Wash., clear Sheridan, Wyo.. cld; Sioux City, Ia. clear ... Spokane, Wash., snow .. Swift Cur‘nt, Sas., clear. 20 00 | ‘1 WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gener- ally King tonight and Wednesday. Not 0 cold. WEATHER CONDITIONS An extensive high pressure area, is centered over the northern Plains ‘States this morning and cold weather | states. Highways throughout the State are mostly in fair to poor condition. ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. WEATHER AND ROADS Devils Lake, -22, clear, roads fair. 17, clear, poade gets. 90 | pants to this contest. The regional ; and district basketball meets will be | PEEL ELEEEt DATES ARE SETTLED: \ Hickory. Stick aii tagtaiaiion Held: Annual Meeting In Mo- bridge Last Week Mobridge, S. D., Jan. 7—Hickory | Sticks from towns surrounding Mo- ; bridge and three representatives from | the Capital City met in Mobridge last | week for the annual meeting of the Hickory Stick organization. Sessions were held in the morning, at noon with the Mobridge Rotary club, and in the afternoon, It was decided to hold the regional | declamatory contest in Morristown in , the spring with Supt. John Castek of Morristown as chairman. The an- | nual debate tourrament will be held in Selby with the following commit- tee: Supt. S. Smith, Selby, chair- man; Supt. D. W. Davis, Timber Lake; Supt. Freeman, Mobridge. A music contest will be held in Mo- bridge in the spring outside of the state contest. Schools from the sur- | rounding country will send partici- | held in Mobridge in the spring. Dr. Lundquist, Leola, member of the school board and president of the as- 02 | sociated school boards department of |the Ctate Educ-tional association, | talked to the group at the afternoon | meeting, after which they enjoyed a social time. Those present at the meeting were: A. G. Smith, McIntosh; “Big ”" Superintendents Ray Hough, Wakpala; E. A. Poole, McLaughlin; C. L. Eskelson of McIntosh; John j Castek, Morristown; S. Smith, Selby: F. Hochhalter, Eurcka; K. H. Chress- man, Herried; R. M. Walweth, Leola; D. W. Davis, Timber Lake; H. 8S. | Freeman, Mobridge; Dr. Lundquist, Wisi state aperintentie of public | instruction, Pierre; D. C. Mills, state secretary Young Citizens’ league, | Pierre; Coach Oscar Elster, Eureka N. P. $900,000 Plan to Prevent Repetition of * (mean —__poenaek SMALL LOSSES ate $3 per acre. ‘The number re Muelle, Sumestown, got 190 [SIDE GLANCES - - - By George Clark | HAIL demi datas as th. (GOVERNOR FORGOES [23% « ssaran mimter sore bu) the low rate he became registrar, tossed his appli- of 22 cents an acre; 12 in the second cation into the hopper along with the district, paying 27 cents premium; early arrivals and got No. 30. In the seven in the third district, paying 3i + 2 | printing business, “thirty” is the sig- cents and seven in the fourth district, : nal for quitting work. YEAR IN INSURANCE iti coca o 411] odannnzns ste arma scorngaeed aphesd de- | Wide Demand For Nos. 7 ani Greham said. Prescaet tos. tart ae Ag oe generally is re Ends With Assignment to {the routine of issuing motor vehicle Thirty Per Cent Of Cropped| were heaviest in the geumrer partis Forks Applicants pats Land Of State Under In. - |P% ‘he state, The heaviest loss oe oe ak ae | aoe ee . 4 are, Superstition may a , N. D,, Jan, 7.—(P)—Dra- demnity Last Year 16 per cenit "Tore, ant iecenO*Y, | nounced attribute of the average matic suudenta at the State Teachers — per cen North Dakotan, but the fact remains|college here have chosen “The Lucky Thirty per cent of the’ cropped | . that scores of persons sought num-| Break.” & wich to display ‘nein ars lands in North Dakota were insured! Doug-Mary: Production |ter 7 and 11 when it came time to ictfe valent during the second semes- issue automobile licenses for 1930. | ter of the school year. It will be pre- Booked: for Paramount "2" wy. sonnson, crand Forks, got|cncat un Feneusty. ,,|No. 7 and Tom MoGoey, &lso of erie, mee of Str Sa et, from Fargo with the announcement |,“ the first time in years the gov- NEURALGIA? cense No. 1. Heretofore it has been pert tere and Mary Plck- |the eustom to reserve this number for it production will be Ata mere bt ha Governor | A throbbing head will never shown here within the next fortnight. Bota ak he saw no reason a od make you suffer very long, once Mr. Simon attended a meeting of Lig aha ence over any oth) you learn to rely on the prompt, division ‘and district officers of the| tt went to another state ofticehold-| Complete relief that comes with Pul er, however, State Bayer Aspirin. It is a blessing to er W. E. Byerly got his order in early} women who suffer from regular, and was awarded the num-| systemic pain; to men who must eral. Lieutenant Governor John W.| work on, in spite of eye-strain or Carr, Jamestown, got No. 2. headache. Genuine Aspirin tablets Senator Lynn J. Frasier got No. 111) with the Bayer cross, like this: as he has done for years, He also got his order in early and it was no rgd to give him what he asked, ® , 8. Graham, motor vehicle regis- 4 Requests for the license number e ree the same as bd pal in which ‘was issued, were few year. In oferty insurance of $7 an acre and {0088 netes were insured fOr bebe owed ogg hhai Rh eindmnnetad “Second floor, please.” iby the department of journalism, leer of North Dakota and the TWO SILVER TROPHY execs oui e AWARDS TOFEATURE 2c the contest sponser. ‘Newspapers entered in the greatest STATE PRESS MEBTkssxzrsnencscs department of journalism, Uni- | versity of Minnesota, and the trophy, Notable “Speakers to to Appear 'a four-piece silver serving set, will be On Program Of Annual Con- | pregented by Secretary Forkner, the . ionor. vention at Grand Forks Other features of the program will be an hour with the journalism class Langdon, N. i oS Jan. TP) — | of the University of North Dakota, Awarding of two silver trophies for! and discussions on topics such as néwspaper development and commun- | needed legislation, 50-50 advertising, ity service. a symposium on newspa-jcirculation audits, free publicity, per production, addresses by promi-|eroup meetings and the effects of speakers, discussions on timely Tadio advertising. topics, a banquet and two luncheons! N. B. Black, past president of the will be high lights of the program. for | State association, will pay a special the annual meeting of the North Da- |tribute of respect to the memory of kota Press association, at Grand |the late Walter C. Taylor, past presi- | Forks, January 24 and 25. ;dent of the association, and the late Meeting in November, members of | Mrs. M. J. Connolly, New England, the executive committee of the asso- |Prominent newspaper woman, histor- jciation vowed to make the 1930 win- |!an and leader in women’s club work. ter, meeting program the most con- | A luncheon for the past presidents, structive in: the history of the organ- | at which M. M. Oppegard, publisher . ication end ‘have since worked to that of the Grand Forks Herald wil! be : : ay end with satisfactory results, accord- | host, and a general luncheon for all i ling to M. I. Forkner, Langdon, secre- convention guests, sponsored by the tary. | Wheat Grower, arc additional fea- Great satisfaction is expressed over | tures of the 1930 meeting, | the success of the program committee | ee in securing as speakers George A. Ri- Mobridge’s Building Cost $293,000 in 1929). y, vice president of the . American | Press association, New York City: | Mobridge, 8. D., Jan. 7.—New con- James Morris, attorney general for North Dakota; H. Z. Mitchell. Be- imidji, past president of the Minne- struction in Mobridge during 1929 ag- jsota Editorial association; and Sam. gregated approximately $293,000, with ,Haislet, Minneapolis, field manager.jan additional $15,000 spent for re- ;Forkner said. The response was) | pairs. \hearty from the seven North Dakota| The three largest buildings opened publishers who were asked to prepare recently for use are the Baptist @ symposium on the making of the church, Dr. .C E. Lowe hospital, and country weekly, he- said. hee post office building. Other large Papers To Be Read uildings are the library, under con- The morning session of the first day | |struction; two store buildings on | will. as usual, be given over to organ- | |Main street; Texaco oil station; Tu- ization matters, after which the reg- | lin’s Tire Service, and Tribune office. ular convention business will be taken |The building program of the North- up, including the appointment of | western Lutheran academy is also a committees and reports of officers. feature of the year’s building pro- The afternoon session will be given | gram, also the new city jail and wire over to one or more addresses and hall. the newspaper symposium as follows: ——— SOLEN HEARING POSTPONED “Cooperation in Securing Com- (munity News,” E. D. Lum, Wahpeton] Hearing on the application of John Farmer-Globe. Martin for permission to operate a “What the Reader Expects in His| motor freight service between Solen and Mandan-Bismarck, Home Town Newspaper.” a R. 8. originally \set by the state railroad board for Diesem, La Moure “The Best News Source in the Small January 8, has been postponed to Town,” C. J. Carlson, Watford City | January 20. Farmer-Guide. “The Newspaper With an Appeal,” es Fred Roble, Granville Herald. | , ngre: “The Newspaper as a Public Service ,_Today’s Congress _| Institution,” Reinhart Gilbertson, Glenburn Advance. “What Constitutes News in the Country Weekly,” L. A. Stefonewicz, | Lakota American. ‘There will be the traditional ban-| juet at 6:30 in the evening, with a will be made of the two beautiful | trophies which have been offered for | community service and newspaper AVOID THAT FUTURE SHADOW* By refraining from over- indulgence, if you would TUESDAY mittee on committees ratl- fien mew committee assignments. jouse Bexins xeneral debate lands committee con- westionn affecting the Adults, Too, Prefer “No Dosing” For Colds Millions Adopt External Remedy Made Famous As Treatment for Children’s Colds girdles, fake reducing tab- the Medical’ hernel ecing ply fe roacag nb dangerous nostrums, ee ee eat fot represent that smok- will brin, ig modern figures or cause the reduction of flesh. We do declare that when too well, if you will “Reach for a Bas Suge cade excess weight and, by avoiding maintain a modern, graceful to « " Ls oY) a 1) X, b * i oh