The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1932, Page 2

1931 Was Biggest Year in History _ OfNorth Dakota Road Department 7 ‘otal Contract Cost of Highway Work For Year Reached $3,500,661 | The state highway department dur- ing. 1931 was called on to handle more tect our investment in the original {graded project.” { Maintenance Amount Less The amount set aside for mainten- ance during 1932 is $100,897 less haa} that set aside for the same ‘pir-! Pose in 1931, taking into consideration that the mileage to be maintained | during 1932 will be 5,633 miles, an in- construction projects than in any|crease of 769 miles over the mileage Previous year in the history of the | maintained department, according to the annual! report of the highway commission filed with Governor George F. Shafer | by Chief Highway Commissioner A.j} D. McKinnon. The total contrac: cost of the work was $3,500,661. | This resulted, the report states,: from the emergency federal aid avail- | able together with the increased fed-| eral aid. At the close of 1930 there were un- completed projects carried over into 1931 for 352 miles grading; 45.8 miles} regarding; 190 miles surfacing; one! mile re-graveling, and 10 miles oil} mix surfacing. The total cost of the work under contract at that time was $1,699,173.- 72, Work done and money expended covered $536,068.16, leaving the actual money carried over, $1,163,105.56. During the last year the depart- ment let to contract, up to Dec. 1, 474 miles of grading, 98.6 miles re- grading, 773 miles: of gravel surfacing, 96 miles resurfacing, 132 miles re-oi! sud-grade, 93 miles oil mix surfacing, and 11‘: miles concrete paving. All the work under contract Jan. 1, 1930, arvi also a large portion of the work let to contract this year was complete, the report says. Completed work consists of 807 miles gravel sur- facing, 83 miles gravel resurfacing, 132 miles oil subgrade resurfacing, 573 miles grading, 114 miles regrading, 53 miles oil mix surfacing and 111% miles concrete pavement. The final payments covering this completed work amounted to $500,020.65. Lists Uncompleted hie < Uncompleted work as of 2 1831, included 253 miles grading, 30 miles regrading, 160 miles gravel sur- facing. and 50 miles oil mix surfac- ing. The present contract cost of this work is $1,262,084.83, of which $477,564.61 has been paid for, leaving @ balance due of $784,520.22 of which the state's portion is $183,657.59. It is estimated in the report that highway construction work furnished employment for 3,500 men per month, the men being employed on the aver- age of 30 days a month. at “The year 1931 saw North Dakota's | first paving project of any size,” Mc- Kinnon comments in the report. “This ‘was an 11% ‘miles project on U. S. the previous year, accord- ; jing to the report. The amount set aside for engi: neering is $89,220 less than the sams item in the 1931 budget. i “This makes a total reduction ot ; $190,117 and means we can increase our 1932 construction program by $960,468,”” the commissioner explained | He called attention that every dollar saved in maintenance and engineer- | |ing means four dollars more for new construction, since the state dollar. matches the county dollar and thesc two dollars are equally matched by federal aid. —————_—_—_—_—____, > aad AT THE MOVIES *-— PARAMOUNT THEATRE In “The Spider” a girl and her uncle, an unscrupulous man, go to the theatre. On the stage is a magician with his assistant, a young boy. The girl recognizes the boy as her brother who disappeared mysteriously some time before. The uncle, who, for fi- nancial gain, has attempted to keep the brother and sister apart, makes | i | | an effort to forstall their reunion. Suddenly, in the darkened theatre, a shot rings out. The uncle seated in the audience crumbles to the floor with a bullet through his heart. The powerful suspense created by this scene is maintained throughout the entire length of the picture, gath- ering dramatic emphasis when the magician, at the risk of his own life, takes it upon himself to solve the murder. And remember, every mem-! ber of the audience, as well as the People on the \stage, is a logical suspect! There is a climax of power and strength which brings “The Spid- er” to a convincing conclusion. The leading roles are played by Ed- mund Lowe as the magician, and Lois! Moran as the woman in the case. Both | of these players are excellent in roles! that do justice to their talents. j “The Spider,” which William Menzies and Kenneth MacKenna di- rected, appears at the Paramount Theatre on Friday and Saturday of} this week. i CAPITOL THEATRE | The story of a girl who thought momentary bliss could last forever is told in “Men In Her Life.” the Co-; a ere veeeaiccansetnane tem wort me dB N! N THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932 | OUT OUR WAY HEY, WORRY WART! CMON SQUEEZE ( IN HERE SOMMERS CLOSE T' TH' FIRE. } THE Suspect Foul Play In Death of Nurse Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 14—(®)— County Attorney A. L, Joseph said he would order an inquest next week into the death of Miss Lydia Ehr- mann, Leola, 8. D., nurse who died here of poison. “There are just two possibilities— suicide or foul play,” he said. He denied “stalling” on the case as charged by a South Dakota in- vestigator and revealed he is await- ing a supplementary report from the South Dakota state chemist. The chemist had reported already that Miss Ehrmann died of poison, but Joseph wants to know how much Poison was in her body. He reiterated the note found in By Williams OH, THIS. 165 AWRIGHT, HE SIG TURNED AROUND FROM WARMIN' THis Sipe PARASITE.. Mrs. Allen leaves her husband and | three children here and two brothers and two sisters, Gymnasium Accident Fatal to U Student Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 14—(P}— Burton Nugent, 18-year-old sopho- more student at the University of North Dakota, died Thursday morn- ing in a Grand Forks hospital from effects of a broken spinal column suf- fered in a gymnasium fall. Nugent, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Nugent, was hurt Tuesday while practicing a tumbling act in the university gymnasium. His father is superintendent o the university model high school. \ TRWILUAMS, me, (1 CHILDRE Feb..13 Is Decided } ‘Petitions Deadline The ‘final date for filing petitions for entering presidential candidates in the North Dakota presidential preference primary March 15 was set Wednesday by the secretary of state as Feb. 13. -This date was decided on by Setre- Robert of state, in-an election scheduled re- cently printed set the finat date for filing presidential nominating peti- tions as March 1, This was questioned and he con- ferred with Attorney General James Morris. Morris, following an examin- ation of the statutes, advised the secretary of state to set the final date as 30 days prior to the primary elec- tion as protection against raising ‘any a questions against the petitions led. In previous years, March 1 was -sét as the final filing day, and has never been questioned. Attorney General Morris said that he was unable to un- cover any decisions which rule on filing date. i FORMER KAISER BETTER Doorn, Holland, Jan. 14—(®)—The condition of former Kaiser Wilhelm, who is suffering from an attack of bronchitis, is giving no reason for anxiety, it was authoritatively stated Thursday. After suffering from & cold about 10 days ago, it was said, Wilhelm left his sick bed last Mon- The honor of serv- ing you at a time when expert and efficient service is so badly need- ed obligates us to do everything as nearly perfect as possible. You can rely upon us. WEBB BROS. Faneral Directors Phone 50 ! Heads Fargo Group | F. B. McANENEY F. B. McAneney, former Bismarck man, has been elected president of the Gate City Building and Loan As- soclation at Fargo, of which he fori erly was secretary. During his resi- dence in Bismarck McAneney was chief deputy bank examiner. 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From the tests it was found that the strength averaged 4,200 pounds. “The testing department tests all Ymaterials such as sand, gravel, ce- ment, road oils, concrete and corru- gated culverts, guard rails. etc., enter- William Beaudine directed, Robert Riskin wrote the dialogue and adap-j tation from a novel by Warner Fa- bian, and Dorothy Howell wrote the continuity. Lois Moran turns sophisticated in the role of a debutante who thinks} love should carry a dash of adventure. To stay at home and marry the boy \who has loved her since he carried | her boaks:to school for her, isn’t near- jly romantic enough. She must go out jand seek it. She meets a Count in ing in the construction of our high-|France and thinks he has all the ways. These tests are passed on and| qualities of a white knight of ro- accepted by the Bureau of Public! mance—to find him a deceiver of the Roads. The Bureau of Public Roads/piackest hue. He steals her money recently passed a ruling requiring all/and her jewels and leaves her with state testing laboratories to have their cement testing equipment checked. This was done and the laboratory is being equipped to con- form to their requirements. t Purchased Gravel Land . Since the highway commission in} the first part of 1929 inaugurated the policy of the state purchasing gravei by the acre, instead of by the yard as done previously, the department has purchased 1,039 acres of gravel land, distributed through the state, the re- port says. The average acreage in a pit is given as approximately 5.8 acres ana the average cost per acre, including right of way to and from the pit is the hotel bill to pay. As she has just learned that the Cavanaugh fortune jmo longer exists, she is in as bad a predicament as a girl can possibly be, in a foreign country. | | 3 things to | “Pape's” do not have it. ‘iincattintlnieaniiatiiaiiaas Wife of Educator at Minot Dies Tuesday Minot, N. 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