The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1930, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1930 ' County and Township Roads Better Financed Than State System — 900,000,000 IS SPENT ON MINOR ROUTES 10 $28,000,000 ON MAJOR Engineer Roherty Analyzes Fig- ures of Federal Aid and Tax Levies ARTERIAL TRAFFIC LEADS About Three Times as Much Use Made of Main Lines as of Local County and township roads are be- ing provided for better than Sate highways, according to a compilation of figures on road building made by J, N. Roherty, research engineer for the state highway department. From 1917 to 1929, inclusive, there was levied for highway purposes a total of more than $58,000,000, over which the highway department had no jurisdiction, according to Mr. Roherty. “Nearly $50,000,000 of this,’ he said, “was levied by the various local sub- divisions as direct taxes on property. During the same period there was a little more than $28,000,000 spent in the consiruction of state and federal highways. “The money spent in the construc- tion of federal-aid and state high- ways was derived as follows: “Federal aid, $12,798,392.59; county funds, $8,416,314.57; state highway fund, $6,380,550.07; and $412,198.84 was paid by other states on joint Projects, railway companies, cities, etc., a total of $28,007,392.59. “The total amount collected from auto license fees over the above pe- riod is $14,608,627.17. by $1,810,235.58 the total amount of federal aid received, so it is reason- THE VERY MAM WHY mM { U.S. PAT. OFF. | OUT OUR WAY '\OEEUH! WARMING HIS BED With MY ELECTRIC APPUANCES OF ALL THiINGs! By Williams WELL MY GOSH, PA GOES T BEO FIRST AN’ ALLERS | HAS TH’ BED NICEN waRmM FER YOU SEY) Yu Yj — Ln ELH TAL Le nt ta OTHERS GET GRAY. and connected to the state highway system in an orderly manner. Some counties have done very well in this This exceeds|regard, but more should follow their; example. “The state highway department able to assume that at last $50,000,000 |carries the burden of providing snit- has been spent by the various subdi-|able roads for the largest part of the visions for machinery, maintenance| traveling public. They must build and construction of county and town-/and maintain a higher type of road ship roads not on the state highway|than the counties need, but their ex-| ‘system. Suggested Paved Idea “Of course that is a lot of money and critics will be inclined to figure out how many miles of paved roads it would build. Such an attitude is unfair. “The construction of light grades and bridges over a large mileage is as essential as a higher type of. road where travel is heavy. Probably the reason why the county and township work does not show up in comparison with the state highway expenditures is because it is not spent on so defi- nite a system or in so connected a manner. If any criticism were to be offered it would be on the lack of spending according to a well consid- ered plan. Penditures show definitely in many completed graded and surfaced routes. It is doubtful that many states can show as large a proportion of total highway revenues devoted to county and township roads, and it is just this thought that we want to convey to dispel the idea that the state high- way department spends the most of our road money. Gas Tax Aids Counties “The gasoline tax law was first enacted in 1919 and all the net rev- jenue went into the general fund of ythe state. At the beginning of the fisoal year 1925-26, of the total net amount collected from motor fuel taxes, $200,000 went into the general fund of the state and the balance went into the state highway fund. “Some of the older states have con- |From that time up to July 1, 1929, the ducted very extensive traffic surveys|total mhotor fuel tax collected, less and it has been their finding that|cost of collection, went to the state about three-fourths of all traffic is)highway fund. On July 1, 1929, the carried on the state highways,|three-cent gasoline tax went into ef- Whether this proportion ts true in|fect and since that time one-third of North Dakota, of course, cannot be|all net motor fuel tax revenue goes be said, but it is probably very near|back to the various counties in the to the facts, Backbone of Farm-to-Market “There has been much said in the past in regard to farm-to-market roads. Thomas McDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads, very ably pointed out that the backbone of any system of farm-to-market roads is the state highway system. The construc- same proportion as the auto license tax is distributed. “Under this arrangement it is es- timated that the various counties will receive more than $1,500,000 annually from the gas tax and auto licenses, which is to be spent on ‘other than state highways’ and not under the jurisdiction of the state highway de- tion of the balance of farm-to-market |Partment. Toads is up to the counties and townships. It only remains to get Federal Aid Tightens “Federal aid has. been a wonderful the moat important ones imoroved|boon to North Dakota, as any one measures and of the persons whose names have PEEPUL WHO HAG EVEYTHIN' NICE OonT UKE T SEE NOBODY ELScE HAVE ORNLLaAMs 3 will realize when they ride over our state highways and consider the small proportien of state and county money that has been spent on them out of the total that -has been collected for highway purposes, Federal aid has made them possible, but we are going to lose some of our federal aid unless more revenue is provided for the state highway fund or a larger percentage of what is now raised is made avail- able for matching federal aid. i “Maintenance ‘takes a large per- centage of our funds and the heavy traffic on some of our routes necessi- tates reconstruction. “The state highway department does not have enough funds to match federal aid and maintain the roads already built. There was a time! when excess federal aid could be used more or less advantageously in con- |structing bridges or roads on Indian land, but that time is past. On such! projects more than 50 per cent federal | aid could be used. Where a project Jay wholly on Indian land, 100 per cent federal aid could be used, but a recent ruling has done away with this provision. Department Not Guilty “Federal aid must aow be matched with a like amount of state funds: and those we do not have. It appears that county and township roads are being provided for much. better than our state highways, and still -he peo- ple think that the highway depart- ment is spending most of the money.” Mr. Roherty traced highway legis- lation bearing on funds provided for highway purposes from 1917, when the highway department was created, to 1929. From the records in the tax commissioners’ office a list was ob- tained of taxes levied over the years in which the highway department has existed. The assessed valuation of all thi real estate in New York city is $18,- | 362,061,510. N. P. to Discontinue Sweetbriar Agency Due Business Drop The state railroad commission has issued an order authorizing the North- ern Pacific Railway company to dis- continue its agency at Sweetbrier and to substitute custodian service | |from January 1 to July 31 of each year. Regular agency service will be maintained during the rest of the year. The railway company contended that the business at Sweet Friar de- clined to such an extent that it was no longer profitable to maintain its agency. A decrease in earnings at Sweetbrier during the last three years was shown by the company, which introduced testimony t for the fiscal year ending in June, 1929, earn- ings totaled $27,368; for 1929 $17,390, and 1930, $11,276. “The decline has been uniform on all classes of traffic, with the excep- tion of received business in 1929, which was $166 greater than for the previous year,” the commission order said. “The record does not indicate whether decrease is due to crop fail- ure in the territory or to business going to other points. Superintend- ent Driscoll estimated that the pro- posed change of service would result in a saving of approximately $2,500 per year. Sweetbrier is on the main line of the Yellowstone division of the North- ern Pacific, 15.4 miles west of Man- dan. TWO GANGSTERS KILLED Chicago, Nov. 3.—(#)—Two more |hoodlums, Frank Smurlo, 21, and Wil- iliam “Smooth” Sierza, 35, have fallen before enemy bullets. The pair, de- seribed by police as minor figures in| hicago’s underworld, were shot to, {death early yesterday in a speakeasy jon the northwest side. j Illinois barges to take care of traffic | handle,” the protest continued. RAILWAY PROTESTS | BARGE LINE SCHEME} Files Objeetion to Illinois River | Proposal With Interstate Commerce Body Washington, Nov. 3.—(P)—/. pro- | test against extension of government | waterway operations has been filed by the Southern railway today with the interstate commerce commission. The complaint was aimed directly at a project of the Inland Waterways corporation, which operates govern- ment-owned barge lines, to open a water service on the Illinois river and | require railroads to make rail and water rates on a basis lower than all- rail charges in cooperation with the river line, The Southern complaint argued the present “di ficulties under which rail carriers labor have to do with lack of traffic.” It added that if a new rail line were to be projected in the same territory the government would dis- allow its consiruction and would treat it as a waste of capital. The complaint said the water line would ask permission to make rates on the basis of 80 per cent of all-rail charges for like distances and that such @ differential was not justified by the water operating costs. The Inland Waterways corporation proposed that joint rates be offered the water line over a large portion of southern, eastern and western terri- tory. The object was to allow the for @ part of its haul distance wher- ever this was at all possible. { “It is impossible for the rail car- riers to successfully compete with the government-owned and subsidized barge line for traffic which the barge | line desires and has the Smee to “The rail carriers must maintain at great expense their road beds and pay thereon enormous federal and local taxes, while the federal-owned and operated barge line pays no taxes and the waterways on which it oper- ates are dredged and maintained without any expense whatever to the | barge line.” In view of public policy designed to prevent the duplication of trans- portation facilities, the protest said there was not the “slightest doubt that this commission would promptly deny an application for a certificate. of public convenience and necessity to construct a new all-rail line de- signed to reach the territory: which the Inland Waterways corporation now proposes to invade.” Football Men Lead At Science School Wahpeton, N. D., Nov. 3.—For the first time in the history of the school, student cabinet fall elections at. the State School of Science at Wahpeton resulted in the choice of four football | men. Clinton Winlaw of Cavalier was chosen by the Junior College group and is president of the Cabinet. Gus Franke of Jamestown was elected by the lcng-term Trades students; Bernard Hammerschmidt of Hankin- son, Commercial; Ivan Rustad of Kindred, high school. The contest was close in the Trades group, Franke winning over Wesley Rupp, aviation student, by taree votes. In the Jun-) for College elections the contest was especially close and the balloting pro- tracted. Winlaw finally emerged as choice, distancing Tommy McIntyre of Campbell, Minn., and Vernon Petty of Williston. President Riley is ex- officio member of the Cabinet which is the governing body controlling stu- dent affairs, A representative from jthe declarer in today’s hand were to Article No. 42 By WM. E. MCKENNEY _ (Secretary American Bridge League) ‘When holding massed strength in the trump suit, it generally pays to pick up the’ opponents’ trump before attempting to set another suit, but there are exceptions to this rule, an example of which is given below. If attempt to pick up the trump before setting his long suit in dummy, his opponents could easily defeat his con- tract. NORTH tose west HI east x o—7-2 S—7-5-3- S—K-9 2 ears. H-10-7- H—9-2 6 D—A. 0—I-10- c—2-5- 9-5-4 1 SOUTH==DEALER 9C—9-4-3 S—10-6 H—A-K-0-8-4 O—K-6-3 C—A-K-2 a The Bidding At contract, South, the dealer, opened with one heart as the hand is not powerful enough to make a forcing two bid and he knows part- ner will keep the bidding open with one and one-half tricks. West passed—although the hand has the required one and one-half tricks, it does not have enough color to put in| an overcall bid. North bids one! spade. You will notice this is one} over one—one heart, one spade by it requires partner to keep the bid- ding open. East passes, South goes After the cut, the dealer dis- tributes the cards one at a time face down. The first card goes to the player on the dealer's left. If any player except the dealer touches a card during the deal and thereby causes a card to be turned over or faced, making a new dea] necessary, the side op- Posed to the offender may add 50 points to its honor score. takes the contract to four hearts. The Play headed by queen, jack, ten, the queen the ace. If the declarer were to make game could not be made as the oppo- spades and then run off three dia- mond tricks. The declarer’s proper lead is the ten of spades, taking the spade finesse immediately. East wins with the king. East leads the jack of diamonds, declarer covers with the king, West winning with the ace, and cashing his queen of diamonds, but regardless of what his next lead is the declarer is assured of going game as he can discard his losing diamond and his losing club on the good spades in dummy as the jack of hearts will |be conserved as an entry. partner, and when using this system BIELSON MEMORIAL DISTRICTS FORMED * G. W. Stewart to Direct Collec- tion of Funds in Bismarck- Mandan Area Fargo, N. D., Nov. 3—()}—Com- j pletion of eight district organizations | in connection with a proposed one- day drive for a $200,000 endowment for a Carl Ben Eielson memorial at Hatton was announced here today by George Keniston, Bismarck, execu- tive secretary of the Elelson Memor- jal association with headquarters here. Plans have been made to also or- ganize the state by counties and com- munities before the campaign for funds is undertaken. i The state has been divided into; cight districts, each headed by a di- rector. The districts are: Fargo district, comprising the counties of Steele, Traill, Cass, Ran- som, Sargent, Richland. Norman B. Black, Fargo, director. Jamestown-Valley City district: counties of Foster, Griggs, Wells, Stutsman, Barnes, La Moure, Dickey. | T. Melvin Lee, Valley City, director. | Mandan-Bismarck district: Coun- | ties of Mercer, Oliver, Morton, Grant, Sioux, McLean, Sheridan, Burleigh, Kidder, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh. | G._W. Stewart, Mandan, director. Dickinson district: Counties of {short-term Trades will be chosen in November. | Dunn, Billings, Golden Valley, Stark, Hettinger, Adams, Slope, Bowman. ' lette, Pierce, (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) Mrs. pee NN. Robinson, Dickinson, di "Wilson ai district: Counties of Di- Williams, Mountrail, McKenzie. Tan V. Metzger, Williston, director. Devils Lake district: Counties of Towner, Benson, Ramsey, Nelson, Ro- Eddy. R. J. Downey, Devils Lake, director. Minot district: Counties of Renville, Bottineau, Ward, McHenry, Burke. R. A. Nestos, Minot, director. Grand Forks district: Counties of Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks, director. Royal Order of Peanut Comes Into Existence The Royal Order of the Peanut was organized here, Friday night, by members of the Scottish Rite at a social gathering after the fall re- unton closed. Walter F. Cushing, of Beach was elected grand double nut; A. B. Welch, Mandan, grand shell opener; Casey Jones, Mott, grand chaser, ‘The fraternal insignia is a jumbo Peanut. A hailing sign was adopted, this being the raising of the hand toward the mouth, with the index and little finger extended. The answering sign is the same, with the head tossed back at an angle of 45 degrees. ‘The new order will meet in state session here in the spring. whem the next reunion of the Scottish Rite takes place. | BABE HUNT ANOTHER DEMPSEY Babe Hunt, 21-year-old heavy- weight boxer from Ponca City, Okla., ! is the nearest thing to another Jack | Dempsey in the prize ring today. Their similarity, however, is only in blood, ise being @ strain of Irish and In- to three hearts, showing more massed strength than the original bid. North When the opening leader’s suit is is led, declarer falsecards and wins| the mistake of picking up the trump, sition would get in with the king of! 9,308 365 BU, SPACE LEFT IN ELEVATORS Shippers’ Advisory Chairman Makes Inventory; Satis- i factory, He Says Minneapolis, Nov. 3.—(#)—Unfilled space in Minneapolis and St. Paul public grain elevators today was re- ported to be 458,846 bushels by the joint transportation committee of the northwest shippers’ advisory board, , based on an inventory made Tuesday. | Available space in private Twin City elevators is capable of housing 4,260,- 746 bushels, while at the head of the lakes, Duluth and Superior, unfilled space totaled 5,047,619 bushels. This provides a grand total of available 'space in the four terminal cities of | 9,308,356 bushels, the report said. At Minneapolis and St. Paul total public elevator capacity is. 58,817,000 bushels. Stocks represent 50,397,454 bushels of the space taken; 10 per cent of the space, or 5,881,700, is de- ducted for working space, while space totaling 2,079,000 was deducted to care for 1,386 cars of grain on tracks. Minneapolis and St. Paul private elevator capacity totals 24,035,000 bushels, of which 17,829,600 was de- ducted for stocks on hand and 10 per cent, or 2,403,500, for working space. Working capacity of elevators at the head of the lakes totals 24,035,000 bushels, of which 17,829,600 was de- ducted for stocks on hand and 10 per cent, or 2,403,500, for working space. Working capacity of elevators at the head of the lakes totals 47,920.000, of which space totaling 41,495,381 is jtaken up by stocks on hand, while 918 cars cn track were reported to require 1,377 bushels space. P. J. Coleman, chairman of the committee, said that “the committee considers the space situation satis- factory at present.” Motor Freight Line Meets Opposition Application for a certificate to operate motor freight service between Jamestown and Ellendale and inter- mediate points, has been filed with the state railroad commission by Wahl and Stucker, of Ellendale. A hearing has been set for Wednesday at Ellendale. The applicants propose to operate ® service daily, except Sunday. Pro- tests against granting the certificate have been made to the railroad com- | mission, and will be considered at the New Medicine Cabinet Bottle WEEN-A-MINT vaiue 5O¢ DILLARD’S ASPERGUM ‘The Right ond Easy Wa: towake Agpirin Value Dib¢ Total Value ane Feen-a-mint is America’ ea/pmnoet P Laxative. Pleasant, safe, de} cb, non-habit forming. ‘Keep it this attractive economical Aspergum is the new and better way iin. No bitter tablet to fective in smaller doses for every aspirin use. At your druggist or HEALTR PRODUCTS CORPORATION 113 North 13th Street Newark. N. J. CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION In accordance with the provisions of Section 975 of the Compiled Laws of 1913, I, A. C. Isaminger. County Auditor of Burleigh County, North Dakota, do hereby certify that the within aud following is a true and correct list of initiated to be voted for on Tuesday, the fourth day of November, 1930. Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, this 15th day of October, 1930. (SEAL) been certified to me, by: the Secretary of State, and the County Canvassing Board, together with their post office addresses, all of whom have complied with the provisions of law, as the Nominees A. C. ISAMINGER, Auditor Burleigh County. Name of Office REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC INDIVIDUAL NOMINATIONS Representative in Congress— Names of Candidates Address Names of Candidates Address Names of Candidates Address 2nd District THOMAS HALL P. W. LANIER | Jamestown es {ALFRED KNUTSON ; Bismarck Governor |__ GEORGE F. SHAFER is TT PIERCE BLEWETT r eee ame AE P. J. BARRETT | Sanish as Lieutenant Governor JOHN CARR Nee L. A. SWANSON ‘ ~ Carrington CHARLES HILL t Belden Secretary of State | ROBERT BYRNE | Arnegard “{ “LAURA T. WABL Minot K. P. LO! Montpelier State Auditor JOHN STEEN | Rugby Dickinson State jurer ERTA E. BAKER Glenburn wie ROBERT 'T W. ALLEN Forman T 1 mes Attorney General |___ JAMES MORRIS _ Carrington __ “(HARRY LASHKOWITZ | _Fargo I I Commissioner of Insurance —| 8 ‘A. OLSNESS _ Sheyenne I Bes | Commissioner of Agricul of Agriculture JOSEPH A. KITCHEN | Sentinel Butte | . COOK | rvex J {0) White Earth R. R. Commissioner — C.W. McDONNELL | __ Kensal oem KACHELHOFFER i abe ee 2 | Representatives—27th District CORDON COX Bismarck er | | | MARTIN J. OLSON, JR. Driscoll | J. M. THOMPSON Wilton | | “i | NO-PARTY NOMINATIONS Name of Office Name of Candidate ~ Address Name of Office Name of Candidate Address Name of Office ~*~ Name of Candidate Address e. of the Supreme Court JOHN BURKE Bismarck Register of Deeds | NORMAN FLOW | Bismarck unty Commissioner— CHRIST BERG | Wing M. C. FREERKS Jamestown |_ FRED SWENSON | Bismarck | Fourth District |_ AXEL SODER |_ Wing Superintendent of Public Instruction |_BERTHA R. PALMER | Bismarck iState’s Attorney |. GEORGE S. REGISTER | Bismarck ‘\Assessor—First District | _|_A. B. THOMPSON Washburn | | | i | County Superintendent of Schools | MARIE HUBER marck (County Judge | 1. G, DAVIES Bismarck eamatnineriod h-District MADGE RUNEY _|_ Bismarck | | J..W. RILEY | Bismarck Sheriff | ALBIN HEDSTROM | Bismarck County Surveyor T. R, ATKINSON | Bismarck a) District | pviacenid JOSEPH KELLY |_ Bismarck | 3 | I Auditor ; ae B. HERMAN | Bismarck \County Coroner | §. J. 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