The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1931, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1981 i 8 i _ SMALLER PAPERSIN FAVOR OF DRY LAW, NEA POLL INDICATES 389 Publications, With Circula- tion of 3,932,041, Favor 18th Amendment BALLOTS ARE SENT TO 1,500 345 Newspapers, With Circula- tion of 12,520,911, Would Repeal Dry Act By BRUCE CATTON (NEA Service Writer) Eleven years after national prohi- bition became effective a nation-wide Poll of approximately 1,500 daily newspapers in the United States with circulations totaling far into the mil- lions shows: Three hundred and eighty- nine newspapers with a total cir- culation of 3,932,041 favor the Prohibition amendment as it now stands, ‘Three hundred and forty-tive newspapers with a total circula- tion of 12,520,911 are opposed to the prohibition amendment as it now stands. ‘Thirty-eight newspapers with a circulation of 263,869 favor modi- fication of the Volstead act. Eighty-seven newspapers witn @ circulation of 616,404 are neu- tral on the subject of prohibition. Six hundred and forty-nine newspapers or thereabouts appar- ently did not choose to express an opinion as they made no reply to questionnaires, Replies were received from a total of 859 newspapers having a combined circulation of 17,333,225. On stand- ard newspaper estimate that there are four readers for each subscriber or newspaper buyer, these replies are those of newspapers that are read by 69,332,900 persons in the United States. ‘That sums up the result of a na- tion-wide poll of newspapers just conducted by NEA Service, Inc., the world’s largest newspaper feature service, which also serves the Bis- marck Tribune. Carried Bureau Idea It was a poll designed to do the work of the poll which the U. S. pro- hibition bureau started last fall and then suddenly canceled. The prohibition bureau sent ques- tionnaires to editors throughout the country. Before replies could be re- ceived, however, the survey was can- celed by Colonel Amos W. Woodcock, federal prohibition enforcement di- rector. He said he feared the pur- pose of the questionnaire might be misunderstood. Solely as a matter of public infor- mation, and with no desire to prove anything either for or against pro- hibition, NEA Service took up this survey which the bureau abandoned. Woodcock Questions Asked The original letter sent out by the bureau asked these four questions: 1—Are you in favor of the 18th amendment and the Volstead act? 2—Are you opposed to these enactments? 3—Are you neutral? 4—Will you state briefly your reasons for adopting the policy you are advocating? The questionnaire sent out by NEA Service contained those same four questions, Also, it was pointed out that the editorial attitude of the newspapers was being sought, and not the personal opinions of the editors. Questionnaires were mailed to 1,500 daily newspapers, listed in the yearbook issued by Editor and Pub- lisher, a leading newspaper trade journal. They were sent to all these, regardless of geographical location, leanings or previously expressed po- sitions on prohibition. The results of this survey are pre- sented here impartially. No attempt is made to draw any conclusions from them. NEA Service does not pretend to know what the significance of the figures it has obtained may be—or, indeed, whether the figures have any significance at all. It is offering the figures simply in the belief that they will be of widespread public interest, and prohibitionists, anti-prohibition- ists and neutrals can construe them according to their individual prefer- ences. Drys Greatest in Number The totals reveal that papers fol- Jowing an outright prohibition policy outnumber the papers which advo- cate repeal of the dry laws, and make up approximately 45 per cent of the number reporting. Papers which favor repeal consti- tute, roughly, 40 per cent of the total. Papers which uphold the 18th amendment but want to see the Vol- stead act modified so as to provide for light wines and beers number about 4.5 per cent. Papers which have adopted a neu- STICKERS 59 Ne ewspapers Give O tral policy in regard to proliibition make up nearly 10.5 per cent. Thus, to sum up: as indicated by this poll, 45 per cent of the country’s dailies are editorially dry, 40 per cent are for repeal, 4.5 per cent want modification and 10.5 per cent are expressing no opinion. The theory that prohibition senti- ment is stronger in rural districts and small cities than in the big met- Topolitan centers is apparently borne out by th? poll, Smaller Papers ‘The 389 newspapers which uphold Prohibition have a total daily circu- lation of 3,932,041. The 345 newspapers which demand complete repeal have a total daily circulation of 12,520,911. The papers which want modifica- tion reach 263,869 subscribers or buy- ers daily, and the neutral papers have a total circulation of 616,404. In studying the figures obtained in this poll, and in attempting to draw | conclusions from them,.the discrep- ancy between these two figures must be kept in mind; for if one assays the results solely on the basis of the total newspaper circulation involved, one will reach entirely different conclu- sions than will be obtained by us- ing solely the number of papers listed. For example, if one feels that the size of the group reached by the newspapers is the important thing, one would write down such a state as Pennsylvania as wet—for the wet newspapers in that state show 931,698 circulation, while the dry papers show only 616,652. But if one feels that the number of newspapers listed is a better gauge, one must put Pennsyl- vania down as dry—for the state has 35 dry newspapers and only 20 wet ones, Consequently, it is an open ques- tion whether any hard-and-fast con- clusions can be drawn from this sur- vey. In some cases, of course, where both figures as to newspapers and circulation are in agreement, an in- dication is given of the prevailing sentiment among the citizens of that region. In traditionally dry Kansas, for example, 24 newspapers answered the questionnaire. Of these, 22 were dry. Their total circulation was 182,- 959, as compared with the 5,615 cir- culation of the two wet papers, New Jersey Wettest Likewise the traditionally wet state of New Jersey shows 13 wet papers, having a combined circulation of 458,315, as opposed to three dry papers with a total circulation of j 45,743. Those cases, however, are excep- tional. Sully’s Park as Game Reserve Okay to House 15.—(#)—The | Hall bill to transfer jurisdiction over Washington, Jan. Sully’s Hill national park, in North Dakota, from the interior to the agri- culture department to be maintained as a big game preserve was passed Wednesday by the house and sent to the senate. The area of 780 acres is near Devils | Lake and will be known as the Sully’s Hill national game preserve. ‘The secretary of agriculture would be authorized to acquire 3,000 addi- tional acres at a cost not exceeding | the true an average of $10 an acre. The pur- chase of the land is to be made after July 1, 1932. STATE SHOULD PAVE QUICKLY, ASSERTS MOE I road requires paving immediately, but requires immediate paving owing to the tremendous cost of mainten- ance. Highway Commissioner Says Figures of State Depart- ment Are Misleading Editor's Note: The following ar- ticle on highways and headed “Econ- omy Demands Paving” was submitted to The Tribune by I. J..Moe of Valley City, state highway commissioner. It is printed in full, By I. J. MOE In_ the November issue of the North Dakota Highway Bulletin we find the following in an article writ- ten by H. C. Frahm, chief engineer and secretary of the North Dakota Highway department, the same also appearing in many of the papers of the state. First. “Beyond a traffic of 1,000 vehicles a day we have only the high- way between Fargo and Mapleton to be considered, and here in 1929 we had an average of nearly 2,000, though slightly less in 1930. This re- quires paving immediately.” That is a plain statement anyone can un- derstand. Next we read, “Now the argument has been advanced that paving gen- erally will reduce the maintenance costs and be a saving financially. This it will not accomplish. Paving re- quires maintenance. There is the joint filling, roadside maintenance structures, snow removal, etc. on which other states having consider- able paving are spending approxi- mately as much as we are on the gravel maintenance — slightly under $300 per mile per year.” That also is a plain statement and! anyone should be able to read and understand it. These statements are made by the chief engineer and sec-/ retary of the North Dakota Highway | department and people of the state reading the same will say, well, the chief engineer and secretary of the highway department says so. It must be so. He should know. Reviews Frahm Statement I admit he should know, but let us see. Let me call your attention again to part of his statement. He says. “Now the argument has been ad- vanced that paving generally. will re- duce the maintenance costs and be a| This it will not! accomplish.” This is plain, is it not? | saving financially. In the same paragraph we read. |“Other states having considerable | serine are spending approximately; much as we are’on the gravel maintenance—slightly under $300 per mile per year.” Now that also is plain, jis it not? Any taxpayer in North Dakota reading his article will believe that ow maintenance cost of the gravel road between Fargo and Mapicton is slightly under $300 per mile per year. It was the gravel road between Fargo! and Mapleton he was referring to | economy when he wrote, “This requires paving immediately.” First. I wish to make the statement | |that any road not costing over $300 ;Per mile per year to maintain does |not need paving and it would be false to do so. Let us see what facts are about the Fargo to Mapleton road and see what the ac- tual costs of maintenance are. I agree with Mr. Frahm that this cluding reshaping, bituminous surface, but does not in- clude any regraveling. cludes betterments, structures and snow fences, includes prorated items, so that the entire cost of maintenance is included and his statement shown for the year 1929, for No. 10 through Cass county, costs per mile of $816.21. This is cost for routine maintenance only and does not include any re- grading or regraveling. Oi... Application of oil. ‘Demurrage ... jRegraveling .. Before giving you the figures of the cost of maintaining the Fargo-Maple- ton road in 1930, I wish to give you the cost of maintaining all of No. 10 in Cass county from Barnes county line in 1927. Port was made to me at my request by Jos. J. Ermatinger, then of the North Dakota Highway com- mission and it shows the cost of maintaining No, 10 from Fargo to the Barnes county line the sum of $1,182.58 per mile per year. That was for the year 1927. This was not sub- divided into sections so I can not give you the cost for the Fargo-Mapleton Piece for that year. However, you will note that $1,182.58 is nearly four Per cent interest on $30,000 the ap- proximate cost of paving. That was for the year 1927, Fargo to the This re- Cites 1929 Costs Now let us see what the figures show relative to costs of maintenance during the year 1929. The figures as herewith submitted have been fur- nished me, part of them from the jmain maintenance office at Bismarck, part of them from the division office at Valley City and part of them from the division maintenance office at Fargo. From H. E. Fowler, assistant main- tenance engineer, of the central of- fice at Bismarck, I received the fol- lowing statement relative to the ocsts of maintaining U. S. Highway No. 10 Cass county. routine-maintenance items. This statement covers “Repair and replacement, this in- guard rail and It also in- which includes Last it When this was given to me, Mr. Fowler was unable to give the 1930 costs of same work which we will pre- sume, for the sake of argument, is the same, even though it probably is somewhat higher. take the average cost of routine main- tenance for ‘1930, to be $816.21 per mile. Therefore we will Adds Other Costs To the 12 miles under discussion we must now add the cost of regrav- eling, oiling, etc., which was neces- sary in 1930 in order to keep the road in were furnished by D. C. Hollipeter, division superintendent of mainten- ance of the Fargo division, who has had personal supervision of the road from Fargo to Mapleton. is as follows: passable’ shape. These figures His report 1930 U. S. No. 10, Fargo to Mapleton. «$2,775.22 Total...5.0.. 0202000000 $ 24,133.63 This sum divided by 12, there being 12 miles in this stretch, makes per MIE ..sesecseeseeeesees Q0ULME Routine maintenance cost, as given above .......... 816.21 Makes a total of........$ 2,827.35 i i ‘saving from the maint eling and reshaping which is sary in order to keep this road in sable shape will not pay terest on the cost of paving but in 20 i this road should be paved. There is @ saving to the’ driving public that should also be considered. Mr. Frahm ‘says, referring to the Fargo-Mapleton road: “Here, in 1929, we had an av- erage of nearly 2,000, though slightly less in 1930.” In order to make it easy to figure Jet us say the traffic on this road is 2,000 cars per day. Anybody that knows anything about roads in North Dakota knows of C. M. Babcock, com- missioner of highways of Minnesota, and recognize him as one with knowl- edge when it comes to the road gdme. Well what does he say? Read this: “It costs one cent a mile less to run @ Car on a paved road than on a good gravel road, and it costs two cents 8/made by congress to aid in road con- mile less to drive this car on pave- , ment than on a poorly gravelai or|*Tuction and give employment to the unemployed. dirt road.” Frank T. Sheets, chief highway en- gineer of Illinois, makes the following |ent, legislature statement: @ conservative figure on this saving Bonds Certainly. Bonds can be issued undef the county ae Urges Can it be done? poor gravel road.” Sheets know whereof they speak. If|time would not vote for a bond issue|same. it is true in their states, it is likewise | for paving. true in North Dakota. the Fargo-Mapleton road. Two thou-| northern Part will not vote for it. Sands cars per day, each making 12} However, we have a county bonding miles, would make a total of 24,000]act under which money can be raised miles per day. Saving to Motorists We will take their figures of the|which the county bonds can be taken |be taken care of. saving of one cent per mile, the dif-|care of. “The first paving must come ference given by them as a saving in]on No. 10 from Fargo west and should their control of Proposition. would be $240 per day and with 365/soon demand such Paving. this road. will save the fine sum of $1,764,000,|the Canadian line; No. 83 from Bis- ing will increase. question is can it be paved? Certain-|No. 10 west to the Montana line, No. ly and many more miles. First, this|2 from Minot to the Montana line, road should be paved out of the|No. 9, No. 1 and No, 4 for a good part emergency appropriation recently|of the same. | at $267,000,000. > i] is progressive and |state refunding act, Pass an addition- “Two cents a mile js held| willing to look into the future and al one cent gas tax act, place the rev- build for the future. You have heard}enue from the additional one cent to the average motor véhicle traveling | some say we should have a state bond|gas tax in the state refunding fund on pavement as compared to a dirt or|issue for paving. It cannot be- done|to be used in the paying of the inter- Babcock and |Thespeople of the state at the present/est on bonds and for retiring the The counties of Cass, Barnes, They realize the first|/Richland, Trail and Grand Forks Let us see| paving must come in the eastern Part | would soon vote bonds and the ad- what this means to the drivers over|of the state and the western and/ joining counties soon would follow suit if it was handled under this ‘This also would place the state in a for paving, providing the present leg- Position to take on all of the federal islature will enact a refunding law by|aid offered, which must by all means The Shafer adherents boast of 1 both — houses driving over a paved road and a good|be Pushed as fast as possible as far as|of the legislature and that peace graveled road. The saving of this one|Jamestown. The cost of maintenance|and harmony prevails. Let them cent per mile for each mile driven|at the present time, to say nothing of|show their intérest in North Over this road, 24,000 miles per day,|the saving to the driving public, will! Dakota and the road program by In fact] passing some real constructive legis- days in a year, it will mean @ saving|North Dakota should start out with a lation. We cannot duplicate Minne- of $88,200 per year to the drivers over|paving program of not less than 40|sota’s Program of about 500 miles per miles, then increase the mileage each|year, nor Iowa's program of more Over a period of 20 years, in which|year until No. 10 is paved to Bis-|than 1,000 miles, but we can start time the saving in the maintenance|marck; No. 81 from Wahpeton to} with a program of from 40 to 50 miles cost will pay for the same, the drivers !Grand Forks, soon to be completed to| and increase it. as the years go by. d There is much more that can be and as the traffic increases the sav-|marck to Minot, and No. 2 from Mi-|and should be said of the North Da- not to Grand Forks, via Devils Lake. | kota road program and their highway Should this road be paved? Why]When this has been completed there | department and articles on the same certainly, it is economy, The next] will be plenty of demand for Paving | will follow from time to time. Shipments of bottled beverages in| 1929 in the United States were valued, the match, and sends Pearl follows, and after at Hong Kong. lantic, is ready with a sea! SYNOPSIS:—Jack Stone, an airmail the movies, is in love with Pearl Dare. around the world in a Zeppelin. Bert Hill "whom Jack race Chis a mi Jac! il met while cross S—they cannot attract ilot, who made ler father disa) the three start off. Ui y are caught T, and onl seaplane is pai of the Zeppelin overhead—wi the captain’s attention. 7WWHE QUEEN OF THE SKIES had passed directly overhead! Even her powerful searchlights had not been able to Pierce the dense fog and discover us. Our wireless was dead! “Charley Downs can call till BoSTDIy, doomsday, for all the good that will do,” said Bert Will. “That’s the best and also the worst of it,” I said, “His galls will reach every damn steamship in these lanes. We'll be searched for high and low. Isteamer picks us up—good! Bros A gine 80 good!’” 't be that way,” I growled. “We're net f the first tiyere to loaf around way ito Pearl’s soothing eyes with the comes along with a lifeline. How heartrending expression of a mor- about those chaps on Los An- tally stricken young deer. geles to Honolulu Might? How et, in that look was the un- many days were they ed speakable gratitude of a dog. It And didn’t have @ Yellow got under our skins. Gull, either. We're _ float ‘She's got to be saved,” Bert When this devilish high sea sub- muttered, hoarsely. sides, I'll Sent 8 take-off It I tees x fee any one me, I'd 5a! x ‘not so bad.” i A [tag eo, ana F sae f=] “Yor extra ly. “Get and see if we Sot ane a an can’t have some it and look yee ag who is apt to die on our ands if she can’t have medical treatment pretty soun,” he minded. ae The rescued sea captain’s wife, back in. ie whom he referred, was e cabin with Pearl. was doing her best in trying to administer first aid. « hauled shi {t was no easy task. Fog swirled about the Yellow Gull thicker than ever. The sea was still in a wrathful mood. It beat, lashed and pitched us about like a help- less Our cabin and cockpit were glass-enclosed, each paulgpee with seseiatore. ‘Through these ures, the malicious ocean stream in reality, ‘she wi i very pretty, her trim’ figure’ a har nails, with a face which she possessed a world lickers rt, and her whole make- air-a} up indicated that she had been @ constant of leading 8 man’s life along with brine which kept the whole in- - her husband on boara shir. terior sloppy and interte with " gavitar blank winexTmmment wae gue llores: We had to mock wi dng, but her features “were: peded iH fi ony conjecture. If she reasoned at all, she rostrate in Pearl's arms, | ‘he motor.’ said Bert, workin; t “It’s probably ‘! with a vim. call her that, anyhow.” WHILE PEARL played nurse, Bert and I, stripped to our undershirts and ip. in roves of Jack with Pearl junate- ly, they meet at a bank owned by Pearl's father, and his ent gives out the alarm. An S O S from an American shi ihe the caused the three y 2 typhoon while disal I~ rene ee If an American A Pearl and I will throw a j wedding party and then let Homer T. Dare squirm.” | “If we don’t croak from sea- @——— jsickness, in the meantime,” said \Bert, “Or, from’ thirst ‘or starvation. If any one should ask me what our situation is I'd to sutvive the typhoon we could ie had no idea where she was. ably thought she was in a lifeboat. Her corn had ceased. She lay in over your dead wireless again. ree ia going to try our ignition and “We don’t even know her name,” rig Marble,’ ”., said, and so it turned out. “We'll bare’ feet, over- the time motor Hood was : submerged. ot didn’t dare open it in that weather. The ht swells would have ‘completely wrecked hope of tuning up. The hood was supposed to be water- eae The propellers stood unusu- ally high. But they were receiv- ing. @ tireless punishment which mi re eventually do damage. ‘oward morning we quit in dis- SeWe've simply got. to wait ti Wi thes sun bales us diy.” a said. fe on the board were trustworthy. We were lost and helpless, some- where south of Hong K Mj Mary ed in Marble, now stret the narrow cabin aisle, moaned “I'm afraid she received injuries,” wl Pearl, gee “For her sake. I hope Relief came—from + expected source, Gudcatnal Over night the Tae le fo¥ ad di \- pated. Dawn hr fit a overcast, and, finally, wers. E4 Uy, hear e until a stiff breeze arose, For hours we were at the mercy of @ torrential squall which drove the Yellow Gull straight before it. repowns the run of the tide. nu e new thrummed. ries They sounded like the beating of @ tom-tom in an African jungle. S Not a“ship was in sight, The sky, with its wet, tow- hung ceiling, offered no immedi- ate explanation. Nevertheless, the tom-tomming came from those clouds. Presently the curtain The nose of the Queen of Hes ‘Skies peared it. ereafter happen wie a on prose e were sighted at once. Good- master stecred straight for us, dipping at a sharper angle than 1 had ever before seen him attempt end descending so low that he / was almost showered by the fly- ing spray. A line was tossed out. I caught it on the fourth throw. We tied fast and were in tow. Goodmaster reversed his en- gines. Yellow Gull, serving a5 an.enchor to the Queen of the Skies, checked its backward speed and came to a near standstill. The line checked our movements. Both dirigible and flying voat drifted slowly, the wormer hover- at about fifty feet. cred nines the windo' among ther Richards Frank Thornton, Pearl had not Ae cel herself. Mary Marble and was claiming her undivided attention. : C4er. GOODMASTER. bawled through 9 mega iwhone from his. + al “Is Pearl Dare with you?” : & cent by and dispatched ® boat along- life for you. Here’s an American sea captain we could get to marry, us. And Pearl’s om the Queen of the Skies.” Bert only shrugged. He was studying the expression of the of- ficer in the boat, which I now saw was anything but friendly, As they drew their ee aA and made them fast. Bert pressed to the fore. I leaned over his shoulder. Cupping my hands, Tse sNos itt Yast tions to be ve positive iructions take her on board. I mean to do mow "A" opped short. fi fevered . ler exes scintillated with fright. she op of her ries ee low Gull?” the officer x it. I am sending down for her.” it f voice. 1) who heard, called to me fried Ro extricate herself and to Very offictally, staring almost va- defiantly: “I won't go, but Mrs. soothe her. Her efforts were fu, cantly at Beri, Marble must—it’s her only chance.” tile. Mary le had deter- I was about to speak out. Bert T hailed Goodmaster. “We have mined, in a ved and danger- ped on my foot, “What if a sick and possibly a dying pas- ous state of hysteria, that she am?” he said. senger—wife of the skipper of the an ‘l were not to com. officer exhitited some em- oaeager Mary Marble—sole sur- Pay. i ba _ iis ae ‘re & “Til take her. too, but I must anticipated, ne We DAG DOE Soe, See Tae lighted heenasiy ET Cy a ma Te “"Water-clogged . ._. no lights bes a sad te setBayd have 8 warrant {or § + ue see ss.” Bert. moored baske' see, iy aaemience?” front of the cabin door which I tuned Opened my mouth. This “Gas and oil?” | rest?” he drawled. “What, for? “No.” Marble insisted on Pearl ie assault on an Amerie T flew into fury. So they meant . Craftily, can state official without provoca= to try to force me to give up one Jeg over the basket’s tion, In fact, I tinge toe one | Pearl, T glanced at Bert, fils tace edge. At the same time, rants.” He could tot, restrain a 3 4 id, Uifted and dumped’ Mary gly “ Ai bee ee ee depend ce him. inside, ‘unce: she fo, . second is for ate! ec on . “ s % i SNe 20t, two bullets left in the Faved and kicked, frantically. still ‘Tksaed Gn Tequent of Homer T, rajah’s revolver.” I muttered to jusanely yelling, hold. waz ‘Date, I reckon,” sald Bert, drily, Pleos of lend AN Bis Hence ceaiteme | sofrensied that her nails dug into. «Oreck ‘warrant, mise right down. This interference Pearl's flesh. ter. 1 didn't assault any’ state business must stop some time. and 2 ppacten out, te en official, I socked @ little bank eee cain flew clear of the Yellow Gull and ISR 8¢ Hong Kone.” for you!” agreed Bert. swung 1 fou en?” I caught Pearl’s expression. It ‘The n of the Skies was ‘The officer ve. “Henry was ching. How my heart puliing it in, Mary Marble haa ETO®R. soars farmed. She meant to fight it collapsed. Pearl was half over one in Hong out with me. side, han; rilous) The Zeppelin dropped a large, Was’ clutching Whe ed deep canvas basket dangling in the air. two persons could squeeze in a : standing position. It contained It was a terrible predicament a supply of rations for Bert and for me. I didn’t dare desert Bert, poet | fend A oe fa Pee fetes who was too ad er rag to irs. Richards, her chaperon, to et, how which was pinned a radiogram. could I lose Pearl? - from her father. : To The note read: “YOU ARE Saad YOUR FATHER’S “IF YOU MARRY THAT AC- ROBATIC NO-GOOD, ILLCUT YOU OFF IN MY .” Homer T. Dare had . “RETURN TO THE QUEEN OF THE SKIES AND iN 1” said Pearl, “Tm not going.” doggedly, “I don’t care whether you nave to your name or not, Pearl!” I assured her. “I wish he would disinherit you.’ That would put your future solidly up to me. and that’s what I want! Her eyes sparkled. “No one can me from you!” she de- Seared: and I thrilled with rap- re. We tossed the messages over- board. indifferently, and I stooped and lifted Mary Marble. and I frame. : my “You must come. too!” I said to Bert, with a sickly grin, before the boat arrived: “There's | “Are you Jack Stone of the Yel- - pinions On Prohibition On Its 11th Birthday Buelette, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lee, Match Ac- cident Victim Minot, N. D., Jan. 15.—(P}—Buel- ette Lee, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lee, Minot, died at @ local hospital as the result of burns received when her clothing caught fire while playing with matches at her home Tuesday afternoon. Alone in an upstairs room, the child’s dress became ignited when she attempted to light a candle. Mar- jorie Nan Simmons, who was staving with the three Lee children while Mrs. Lee was away, ran upstairs when she heard the girl scream and found the child envgloped in flames. Miss Simmons attempted to beat out the flames with her hands, but was unsuccessful. George McLaughlin, who was passing by the Lee home, answered the Simmons girl's call for help and. smothered the flames by throwing his overcoat about the burn- ing girl. The child lived about five hours after the tragedy. Miss Simmons sustained burns on the palm of her hands. The Lee family came here four years ago from Devils Lake. Mr. Lee is a Great Northern railroad en- gineer. i At the Movies CAPITOL THEATRE To the Pathe organization belongs the distinction of sending, for the first time in history, a motion picture company into the little known terri- tory of Dinosaur Canyon in Arizona. Aside from this, the Pathe location company was the first. to find the enormous foot-prints of the pre-his- toric animal after which the region is named. Gilbert Gable and Professor ‘Brown of the American Museum in Washington discovered the rarity. “The Painted Desert,” a Pathe super-production starring ‘Bill Boyd, which comes to the Capitol Theatre tonight, was filmed in the collossal Mmagnificance of Dinosaur Canyon, Howard Higgin directed. An idea of the hardships suffered by the cast and crew can be gleaned from the knowedge that twenty miles of road had to be built from the nearest highway to the canyon for the Howmoria i Hetty: cars and cl) longing the company. “The Painted Desert” company made its headquarters at the Cam- eron Trading Post in Arizona, mid- way between Tuba City and Dino- saur Canyon, the two points where most of the action in the story takes Place. Besides Bill Boyd, the cast in “The Painted Desert” includes Helen ‘Twelvetrées, Willtam Farnum, J. Far- rell Macdonald, Clark Gable, Charles ‘Sellon and many others. PARAMOUNT THEATRE Will Rogers, friend and adviser of Presidents, who has been entertained by the kings and queens of Europe, admired by millions of readers and radio listeners, a democratic, kindly, Plain, modest and human personality who outdraws any star in all talking pictures, came to the Paramount Theater today in “Lightnin’,” his third Fox Movietone success, Rogers was great in “They Had To See Paris,” he was greater in “So This Is London,” but he is said to be greatest in “Lightnin’,” adapted from {John Golden’s most successful stage Play which has been brought up to date by the famous wit and humorist, who portrays the character of “Lightnin’ Bill Jones,” the whimsical old tippler and picturesque liar. Supporting the star is a cast of rare excellence, most prominent in which ate the beloved Louise Dresser, Helen Cohan, youngest daughter of George M. Cohan, Joel McCrea, J. M. 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