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“(TES AND TOWNS ~WILPREPARE FOR ARTICLE No. 6 By WM. E. McKENNEY STATE LAWMAKING| sist be combined with clever play The/ance of diamonds by his partner, Subjects Affecting Municipal) tract. Welfare Will Be Taken Up as in Discussions west H—10-96-3 Kat DINNER SESSION FEATURE| #-"08 Mls __ C—K-0-8- M7 42 C110 Relations With Public Utilities GOUTH—DEALER 97 and State Highway Com- S—Kl-7-6 ee ‘ | Had mission Are Topics 0—A-8-6-4 C—A-3 tone Problems of municipal administra- The Bidding ‘Maximum bidding in contract must|the deuce, discouraging the continu- declarer in today’s hand 1s forced to|while the declarer plays the three, use the strip play to make his con- he would score 500 the declarer plays the four of dia- monds from dummy on the first trick, refusing to win. West follows with East must row select a new lead. is either to continue with the dia- the jack-ten-nine sequence. with the ace, West signals with the eight spot, declarer dropping the five. A small spade should now be led from dummy rather’ than the king so. that the declarer would have a possible finesse if either hand showed out. Declarer wins with the ace. Declarer’s next lead is the three ‘of spades, which is won in dumfny . His City Commission the (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) 1 Auditor Atkinson said DRAINAGE CONTRACT ESS ELLE FOR RVER BOMUMS| eee eae ne eart sult, he could defeat de- o clarer’s contract, but the oblyous lead istrict Noni a “9 toned The HIGH COST — of Not Knowing One property owner in ten, satisfied to remain poor- monds or lead the jack of clubs from | william Barneck Objects to Res- approved. He leads the club, Dummy wins ervoir Plan Adopted by ‘ i ‘ i ti tion, state legislation affecting them, poor relief and the relationship which good roads policies create between municipalities and the state highway commission will be outstanding sub- jects to be considered at the annual meeting of the North Dakota League of Municipalities at its sessions here Monday and Tuesday, October 6 and 4% The program for the convention has just been completed and is being sent out by M. H. Atkinson, city audi- tor, who’ is the executive secretary of the organization. ‘The convention will be held at the Masonic temple and A. V. Haig, mayor of Devils Lake, who is presi- dent, will preside. The meeting will be divided into open general sessions of the league and of group conferences by the various classes of officers in the membership, at which their own special problems will be considered. or at Patterson Mond ming the league will hold a a at the Patterson hotel. Governor Shafer will be the speaker. This meeting will be important as it’ precedes another session of the legislature. Since organized, just prior to the last legislative session, the league has played a considerable part in municipal legislation before the state lawmakers. The coming session is expected to be a still more important one for the cities of the state and the organization will set itself in shape to give its own inter- ests adequate attention when they come up in legislative committees. Membership in the league now is held by Belfield, Beulah, Bistharck, Bowman, Casselton, Devils Lake, , Edgeley, Enderlin, Fargo, Dickinson, Glen Ullin, Grand Forks, Harvey, | ings. Jamestown, , Garrison, Kenmare, Man- dan, Mohall, New Rockford, New Salem, Minot, Northwood, Oakes, Richardton, Rugby, Valley City, Wah- Walhalla and Washburn. Fees are $4 a year for each 1000 of popu- lation, with a minimum of $5. Program of Convention M. H. Atkinson, executive secretary, has brought up the matter of a periodical bulletin, dealing with the matters of interest that concern cities and towns in the state. Four card suits headed by less than |the king-queen are not good biddable jsuits. South’s hand today, with a count of 17 and four suits stopped, should open the bidding with two no |trump, West passes, North bids three it to four spades. At auction, the bidding would be South one no trump, North two spades. The Play East's proper opening is the king of diamonds, The declarer can now ‘The opponents are now helpless. If East leads the queen of diamonds, de- clarer will trump with the nine of spades and then finesse the ten of hearts which West will win with the Queen. West will then be helpless— if he plays a:club, declarer will trump see a losing club, a losing diamond, and if the king aiid queen of hearts two heart tricks. There is a possible retary League of Minnesota Munici- palities. Relations between Public Utilities and Municipalities, T. T. Parker, president Northwest Public Service Co., Huron, 8. D. Poor Re- lief Administration, Mary Cashel, di- rector of social service, Burleigh county. Talk on governmental prob- lems of the smaller municipalities. Local Taxation Problems, L. H. Con- nolly, city attorney, Mandan. 4:30—Continuation of group meet- 7—Dinner session, Patterson hotel, A. V. Haig, mayor Devils Lake, presi- dent North Dakota League of Munici- palities, presiding. Address, George F. Shafer, governor. , October 7 Morning session: 9:30—Relations between the State Highway commission, and Municipal- issuing | ities, A. D. McKinnon, project engi- neer, state highway commission, Bis- 10—Report of legislative committee, is the program for the | J. G. Kneeland, city attorney, James- convention: Monday, October 6 Morning session: 9—Registration. 10—Address of welcome, Mayor A. P. Lenhart, Bismarck. Response, A. V. Haig, mayor of Devils Lake; pres- ident North Dakota League of Munic- ipalities.. Report of executive secre- tary, M. H. Atkinson, Bismarck. Ap- pointment of committees. Announce- ments, 11—Adjournment for group meet- ings. Afternoon session: 2—Morris B. Lambie, executive sec- town, chairman of League of North Dakota Municipalities legislative com- mittee. Discussion of legislative needs. 11:30—Reports of committees, elec- tion of officers, selection of time and place of 1931 meeting.- Adjournment. MAKES BIG. SALE Jersey City, N. J., Bept. 23.—(P)— ‘The Sinclair Consolidated Oil cor- poration has sold to the Standard Oil company of Indiana for $72,500,000 its half interest in the Sinclair Pipe Line company and the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company. with the queen of spades ant discard are on the wrong side, he may lose|the losing jack of hearts in dummy. By stripping the hand, declarer has chance, though, of stripping the hand|made his contract of four spades, and forcing an advantageous lead, so|scoring 120 for tricks, ” with the king, picking up all of the| proximate! , but the commis- opponents’ trump. Dummy’s next lead Hy Maat tee is the ace of diamonds, followed with| much above $14,000. the six which the declarer trumps with the five of spades. Declarer now leads the six of clubs, East plays spades, East passes and South takes 'the seven, dummy the three and West for’ INTEREST IN FIRE PREVENTION ~ WEEK | wo © f VERY week should be a fire preven: tion week, even though only one is officially so observed. - This Year—- October 5-11 The activities of Fire Prevention Week fepresent a concentration of effort within a short period.’ That the results sion feels that the work will not go|°4 -% z HORLICKS MALTED MILK dell. Kill fatigue with one deep drink When you are “too tired to eat”—try Horlick’s. 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