The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1932, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUN nsrentencerencn mee toun tte enn re seae bomen = Or Three-Year County Highway DEBATE SYSTRM IN ‘Programs Recommended By M’Kinnon State Road Department Chief- tain Speaks Before Com- missioners Convention Minot, N. D.. Jan. 13.—()—Adop- tion of a two or three-year highway Construction program by each county ‘was advocated by A. D. McKinnon, | chief highway commissioner for the state highway department, in an ad- dress here Wednesday before the state convention of county commissioners. Such a program, McKinnon said, would enable completion of the state and federal highway system in an or- Gerly manner, and would make it pos- sible to prepare surveys and plans for approval by the U. S. Bureau of pub- lic roads in advance of the date con- tracts are to be awarded. “Many counties have planned a sys- tem of county trunk highways and/ have made considerable progress in their construction,” McKinnon. said. “Permit me to suggest that more at- tention be paid to the investigation of | \cover the state’s share of the obliga- | tions contracted for of this year's revenues and without obligating fu- ture revenues. “This emergency appropriation en- | abled us to advance the construction | of our state and federal highway sys- | tem at the present time just where it would have been Jan. 1, 1934, had we not received emergency federal aid j funds.” Large Program Possible Through use of emergency federal aid funds this year if lieu of state funds, McKinnon continued, there was made’ possible a considerably larger program for 1932 than would ordin-; arily have been possible without the emergency aid. “Unless additional revenues are pro- vided, however,” he said, “at the end of 1932, our financial condition will be} {such that practically very little new; construction can be attempted or car- ried out during 1933.” During the last year, McKinnon said, there were surveyed by the de- partment 734 miles at a total cost of Proposed routes and the preliminary ; $34,271.25, or an average of $46.69 a survey of them. jmile, with the usual standard for “Only by making preliminary sur-}North Dakota followed. The capitol | veys of proposed projects can neces-'fire, he added, destroyed 244 miles ot ! sary drainage be assured and unless ‘field notes of which all but 23 miles any highway has adequate drainage it | were re-surveyed. is not worth constructing. Many coun- ties have competent county engineers and you should make use of their en- gineering ability and training. You will find that this will be money well spent. Should any county be unable to secure the services of a competent! engineer, the state highway depart- | ment will be willing to extend the services of its engineers if they can spare the time and will charge you actual cost.” Outlined Changes Made McKinnon outlined changes inau- gurated by the commission in an ef- fort to conserve funds. “All division engineers,” he said, “have been notified that they will be held responsible for all highway ac- tivities within their divisions. This Places both construction and mainten- ‘ance under their control and means centralizing authority as well as re- sponsibility and will tend to eliminate all possibility of buck passing. “Instead of two or more superin- tendents or general foremen located at each division point supervising main- tenance work within the division, it is planned to have the general fore- man stationed at different points in| each division. This will do away with; @ large amount of unnecessary travel expense and place the individual pa- trolman under close supervision. “A plan has been devised whereby the department will check on the time the various em- Ployes actually work and it will be Just too bad for anyone caught ‘pad- ding’ his time sheet.” North Dakota's share of $1,298,532 of emergency federal aid, McKinnon said, was used in full. “Certain Provisions of the emer- gency federal aid act,” he added, “pro- vided among other things that the emergency federal aid would partici- pate only in construction work actual- ly done by Sept. 1, 1931. As all pre- liminary preparations, prior to the latter part of December, had been only on a basis of a small anticipated Program in 1931, and further handi- capped by the capitol fire which des- troyed practically all the department, it Avill be reallzed what a task confronted the department in completing all necessary preliminary procedure, placing under contract and | completing approximately $3,000,000 worth of emergency federal aid by) Sept. 1, 1931. Should Be Returned “Another provision of the gency federal aid act provided that the allotment of emergency federal aid to the state should be returned to the federal government in five an- nual installments, without interest, be | deducted from regular federal aid al- lotted to the state beginning with the bd apportionment available July 1, vas the state’s annual apportion- ment of regular federal aid is ap- proximately $1,970,643 ordinarily and the emergency repayment reduces the state’s annual regular federal aid by approximately $259,706.40, there re- mains $1,710,936.50 regular federal aid for 1932 and subsequent years. “As this reduced amount of regular federal aid is in itself more than the state can match in any one year with Present state revenues, no great hard- ship will result to this state in this annual reduction of regular federal aid funds under present conditions. “On the other hand the advantages that have accrued to the state by rea- son of the emergency federal aid al- lotment cannot be overestimated. Coming as it did at an extremely low ebb in highway revenues, it not only Permitted the largest construction Program in any one year that the highway department ever attempted but left the highway department at the end of this period in fair finan- cial shape. Further it permitted a large volume of work to be contracted for completion in 1932 and with more have a closer, ans of the | emer- | Must Correct Treaty, Winnipeg Mayor Says: Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 13—(#)— Mayor Ralph Webb of Winnipeg told members of the Grand Forks post of the American Legion Tuesday night that until the mistakes of the treaty of Versailles, that closed the World war, are corrected, it is impossible to end the world business depression. The Canadian was the principal speaker at the officer installation meeting of the post, which was ad- dressed by Department Adjutant Jack Williams and other prominent North Dakota Legionnaires. Mayor Webb said that disarmament, {settlement of war debts, reparations jand tariff adjustments were necessary \for the settlement of world difficul- jties, but all were useless until the boundary mistakes of the Versailles! served in France with the Canadian | army during the war. Offer Reduced Rates For Newsmen Meeting, | Minot, N. D., Jan. 13.—(AP)—Both | the Great Northern and Soo railways | are offering a rate of a fare and one- ; third for a round trip to Minot to| attend the annual winter’ meeting of | the North Dakota Press association, | Secretary Mark I. Forkner announc- | ed Wednesday. | The convention is to be held on | | Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29 and 30, | Governor George F. Shafer is to be | the principal speaker at the annual | banquet Friday evening. There will be several out-of-state | speakers and several well-known | North Dakota editors and publishers on the program. RUPTURED? | Free Demonstration on Friday, | at the Patterson Hotel, Jan. 15th. By Mr. R. D. 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Yoder, director of the exten-/ sion division at the University of North Dakota, when he handed out| re. the pairings for the first of a series jot debates which must be completed ; by Feb. 5. Yoder, in charge of the debate con- tests, said the division system has | been abandoned at least for this year, because of the very small number of teams entering from the western; part of the state. Last year cham- pions were named in each of the four districts, and these met later to decide the state championship. Schools which entered two teams have been paired twice except in in-! stances where dual debates are sched- uled. The first team listed in each nair has the right to choose either | side of the question, “Resolved: That | the several states should enact legis- lation providing for compulsory un- employment insurance,” Yoder said, or to name the place where the de-} baté will be held. The teams as they; are paired: | Velva-Rugby, Rugby-Willow City, Cando-Bishee (dual), Maddock-Leeds (dual), Walhalla-Larimore, Walhal- Fargo-En- Forman-Lecnard, Forman- Lidgerwood, Hazelton-Steele, Hazel- ton-Bismarck, Mandan-Wash burn (dual), Valley City-Jamestown. | Cando and Bisbee, Maddock and will conduct exchange debates, one team from each school going to the other school with which it is paired. Winners of these debates will be paired for the second series sched- uled to be held about Feb. 22, The third elimination will be conducted March 21, the fourth April 11, the | nigeh Apent a8, a the May 9, tulmingting with competition between the finalists during fon: at the University May State Sheriffs Will Expand Organization| Minot, N. D., Jan. 13.—(AP)—North Dakota sheriffs will reorganize their association, expanding it to include all peace enforcement officers in the state, it was decided Tuesday at the clésing session of the special two-day convention here. Believing more efficient law en- forcement will result from expansion of the membership to include police chiefs, constables, justices of the peace and others, the sheriffs ordered reorganization of their group bar. ré-writing of their by-laws, are expected to be adopted ante the next regular meeting. The sheriffs also voted to sponsor @ state publication, devoted to the interests of peace officers. Its first issue is expected to appear within a few months, Warden C. C. Turner, of the state penitentiary, president of the Sheriff's Association, and P. C, Balkan, Hillsboro, Traill county sher- iff, secretary of the group, are to let contracts soon for the magazine. Round table discussions featured the two-day meeting, the first half of which was given to a closed ses- sion on individual problems. Fargo Contractor Is Loser in Court Case| Fargo, N. D., Jan. 13.—(AP)—J. L. Plaistad, Minneapolis, was awarded a verdict for $8,200 in his $15,000 suit against W. E. Kennedy, Fargo, by a jury in federal court Tuesday. Plais- tad sued for personal injuries claim- ed to have been received by him as his automobile crashed into a dan- gerous place left in a street at North- wood, Minn., which Kennedy was grading. With the case disposed, only one; of nine cases which were scheduled | Leeds, and Mandan and Washburn to be tried by a jury remains to be disposed of. All others have either been settled and dismissed, continued over the term or will be decided by Judge Andrew Miller. Rent the Spare. Room Thru The Tribune Want Ads If Baby Bill or Baby Jane Came tightly wrapped in Cellophane, Dust- and moisture-proof at birth, Would that affect the baby’s worth? You know your pleasure and your pride Depend upon the thing inside, And Cellophane has never yet Made up for lack in cigarette! Tho’ OLD GOLDS come in Cellophane It isn’t that which makes us vain... It’s prime tobacco, sun-caressed That gives their smooth and honeyed zest. DOWN IN SUBMARINE | Hollander Believes One Believes One of Three Main Earth ‘Cracks’ , Cuts Mexico Washington, Jan. 13.—(#)—Track- ing down earthquakes in a submarine, a scientist has decided they originate jin giant submerged “cracks” thou- jsands of miles long, where the earth’s ‘crust is buckling inward. maint upfolding of mountain ranges .are only puny symptoms of far more Powerful forces deep in the earth that have split open these “cracks.” He! the annual Fede of the Wi ue ne oe fashing- miles under the seven. seas in sub- marines, locating with delicate instru- ments, that measure changes in the force of gravity, the’ places’ where the earth is buckling. One “crack” winds through the long. Another runs neat the Pacific Islands of Guam and Yap. A third passes north of Haiti and Porto Rico. This winter, on board a U. 8. navy ‘submarine, he and other scientists intend to trace this third “crack” westward. They believe it may cross through Mexico, per! California coast. The inward buckling of the earth’s crust may result from the cooling and shrinking of the éarth’s interior, causing the “skin” to wrinkle like that of a. shriveled apple, he said, or it may be caused by gradual “drifting” of the continents across the surface ee the globe with resulting changes lin pressure at differtn points. VOTERS REFUSE TO SELL Marshall, Minn., Jan. 13—(#)—Sale steam plant to the Northern States Power company was rejected by vot- ers of the city at a special election. 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She refuses to give them up without a real fight. /Husband's Holiday” was directed by Robert Milton, maker of Ann Hardings’ “Devotion” and the early Ruth Chatterton success, “Charm- Sinners.” “Husband's | Holiday” Wednesday and Thursday to the it theatre. Buy or Sell Through The Tribune Want Ads SMOKE PURE-TOBACCO OLD GOLDS {1No “artificial flavors” to scratch the throat or taint the breath ... Not a cough in a carload!) STUDENTS PREPARE FOR FOUNDER'S DAY |"s= Four Classes at State Univer- sity Practice Sifiging For - Carney:Contest Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 13.—()— tions ‘for Founder’s Day ac-| tivities at the University’ of North bresngges got under way at the school here Wednesday with four classes of the university participating in re- hearsals for the annual Carney Song contest to be held-on Founder's Day, Feb. 22, « , Under the direction of their respec- tive choregi these rehearsals were held during the noon hour. Carney Song contest has become tra- ditional at the university. 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