The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1932, Page 6

» ditional release Friday of Charley THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1982 American Legion Will Sponsor Fight Card in Bismarck Jan. 11 HEAVYWEIGHTS 1) BISMARCK HIGH SCHOOL SETS TRADE WALLOPS IN MAIN ATTRACTION, | Louie Ledtke, Aberdeen, S. D.,| Matched With Vern Glodry, | Britton, S. D. | TUFFY MASSETT IS ON CARD} Mike O'Day, Veteran Middle-| weight, Billed to Meet | Young Minnesotan | | Boxing will make its 1933 debut in| Bismarck under the sponsorship of| the American Legion on a fight card | at the World War Memorial build: Jan. 11, it was announced Satur by Fred Thimmesch, matchmaker. The feature bout of the program | will be an eight-round setto between | Louis Ledtke, Aberdeen, S, D., heavy- | weight, and Vern Glodry, Britton, S. | D. Ledtke, who tips the beam at 185} pounds, has just returned from thi Pacific coast, where he fought in 3 bouts, winning nine by knockouts, 16} by decision, and getting’ an even) break in the remaining eight. The | Aberdeen lad won two starts in Fargo | last season and during his three years | of professional ring work has been} defeated only once, when he lost Gecision to Tony Brown. He bea | Jack Carroll in Minneapolis a year} ago and holds a decision over Big Boy | Steinmerman. Packs Hefty Wallop Glodry is a young fighter, who has been in the game only a short time. | ut who packs a sleep producer in both hands. He has met Tony Brown three times, winning once, losing once, and getting a draw in the third | engagement. He will have an eight-/ pound weight advantage when he} fights Ledtke here and the bout is/ expected to prove sensational as | any staged here in recent ye Heading the six-round semi-' will be Tuffy Massett, stormy petrel of local ring circles, who will swap punches with Howard Ledtke, 160- pound Fargoan. rier, Ledtke never has lost an en- gagement to a middlweight, his only defeats being at the nds of light heavies. Matchm expect Ledtke to be the most dangerous fighter Herr on to meet since breaking into the ht gi Four preliminary bouts hi support the main attraction | jons are under sign two more men for another sctto to round out the card Si Sask., fighter who has fo on Capital City fight c Mel Engles, Medina, popt 128-pounder, who sco} ven knock: outs in a row last season, will fi Chick Devee, Miles City, Mont. De- with the en- a in Billing and Glendive, hhas plenty of ability. | Regan, whose bat-| tles here last ar never failed to please the crowd, has been matched with Pete Kane of St. Cloud, Minn. Kane is a flashy fighter, who has de- feated Dixie Miller and Kid Zipp of Dickinson, and he promises to ¢! the Regan with severa’ | ive for a} fifth preliminary and are expected to announce their names within the next | few days. Nodaks Nose Out Superior Cagers Superior, Wis.. Dec. 31—(4)—The North Dakota University basketball quintet was pressed to the limit here | Friday night in defeating the Su- perior State Tea rs College, 28 to 27. ‘The visitors stepped out at a fast clip to grab a 20 to 13 lead at the | halfway mark but the Yellow} t spurted in the final half to come in one point of tying the Dakotans. | Meinhover, the visiting center, and} Ole Haugen, Superior center, were | the mainstays in their teams’ aa | tacks. | Lineups: North Dakota (28) Jacobson, f ‘Mullen, f .- Meinhover, c . ‘Tait. c .... Smith, g ... G. Dablow, g - 3 af 8 y " soem RG rw cme Zeleanick, g - Totals Charlie Jamieson Is_ | Released by Indians) Cleveland, Dec. 31—(?}—Manager | Billy Evans announced the uncon-| Urcomenptwoconcs 4 MOMOOM ET cm Om Bon Jamieson, star Indian outfielder and/ one of the highest salaried players Jeagues since 1915, and was a mem- of the pennant-winning Indians An experienced war- | 4 jing f {short tim | “MY WORD“NEW YEAR'S EVE AGAIN “UM~ EGAD, MDEAR, WHEN THE MIDNIGHT BELLS AND WHISTLES PROCLAIM THE NEW YEAR, WE WILL HAVE TEA AND TARTS“ THEN YOU CAN RETIRE, AND L WILL PUT ON MY LOUNGING ROBE, FILL UP MY PIPE, AND VOLUME OF THACKERAY-) HAW—~ WHAT PEACE AEG. U. S. PAT. OFF. © 1902 oy WEA SERVICE, INC! OUR BOARDING HOUSE FREAD A HMF~THE OLD FOX SeWITH HIS OVERCOAT, MUFFLER, PLUG HAT, GLOVES AND CANE HID IN THE FRONT HALL CLOSET, BACK. OF CARD TABLES! “THE MOMENT LD GET IN MY Room, HED PULL A GYPSY SNEAK To THE OWLS CLUB /ue BUT I'VE By Ahern ALREADY CROSSED HIM UP! Extend Piit’s Bad Luck in Annual Classic 31.—(?)—The and successful ional football a » bivou- hot of the Rose to begin the burden- some ta ing its game with Pittsbur : Sat were to set foot on the sod which their and many non- partisans expect t will trample the hopes of Pitt's Panthers. Here they will earse for the last time the play: fat the un! east. , Troy’s mighty men, in 19 consecutive return to the business of The brief workout is intended to|port’ appeals for a suspension of} Californians ions. a won its first n Penn State, ‘The classic, has been noth- s to Pitt. The rd 7 to 6 in 1 Jock Suther- familiar Rose Souther Rose the with ed in the most | ward pass to a point where new rules; written into annals, 47 to 14 Trojan coaches con in the best conditic rep! Pitt sider the team n California here. y morn- raining quarters Captain Paul Reider still s from an early eason injury to the extent that he probably will be able to play only a all 's will be outweighed n except when little ) Warburton goes in . and then probably at Tucson, The Pi in every Irvine vp Both elevens boast} ations but the | ‘Southern California Hopes « FOOTBALL FATALITIES THIS | YEAR WERE ‘DISCONCERTING’ Football Coaches Convinced Battle For Safety Has Made Ground, However New York, Dec, 31.—(?)—Football, |faced with a “disconcerting” number |of serious and fatal injuries in 1932, |for the second straight year must grapple for a solution of the problem ef supplying greater safeguards for the bcys who play the game, accord- ing to the annual report of the na- ; tional rules committee. | Presented Friday to the convention lof the National Collegiate Athletic |association by the committee secre- | tary, William S. Langford, the re- judgment while the rules-makers of the game combine with coaches, of- |ficials and other college leaders in , their continued efforts to locate re- |medies for new-found hazards and |make the sport as safe as is hu- manly possible. The report also decried the con- ‘tinued indiscriminate use of the for- ;may be needed to check it, dwelt on jthe accomplishments made under |the rules changes of 1932, pointed of any that has/ out the lessons learned from eco-| {nomic deflation and paid glowing | tribute to the achievements of Ed- ward K. Hall, long-time chairman, whose death this year was described jas an “irreparable loss tc football.” | Although noting the impossibility jin a game involving so much physical ‘contact of eliminating accidents and | injuries entirely, or by the modifica- ition of the rules alone, the report says? | “The number of serious and fatal injuries which have been reported by the press as occurring during the eon the basis | season of 1932 is disconcerting at the opponents to moment, as it was confidently ex- ated Press) Wee Ja Fort Wayne, Ind., Grove, Pitt. Ss: i p avel pected that the changes in rules ;Which were effected last February would bring about a much lower rage and, although there has been a material decrease from last sea- json, the casualty list as reported | must be regarded as a problem of se- | {rious import, | “From the preliminary informa- {tion at hand it appears that by far ;the larger percentage of these acci- jdents occurred in high school and sandlot games—in direct ratio to the lack of supervision exercised—and \/ DONT You Trin OH, THEY | THEY DONT CARE, DONT CARE | JUST BECAUSE THEY DONT SAY NOTHIN"! I Kwow!-1Ve BEEN HERE FoR YEARS— 5 I Know RUNNIN’, wrt | THINK ITS HARD ENOUGH ON. AG To HAVE A DOZEN Bosses WATHIN, HIM, WITHOUT HaNiIN' WHAT THey | HIS OU MAN 1 Know A CUT GOIN'/ WHO THEY WEEP WHEN! ] (ao, bes wa SY ad p YE en if RR OX OK RRS ms Oe 4 RS By Williams | WORKIN IN THD that but three cases resulting fatally occurred in colleges holding member- ship in this association.” The report by Langford was pre- pared in advance of publication this week of the detailed analysis of 1932 football accidents, showing at least |32 deaths attributable directly to football on the sandlots, in the high schools and colleges. This compared with over 40 deaths in 1931. The report says: “It has been esti- mated that at least 750,000 played the game in 1931 and if this be accurate it means that the mortality rate was Jess than three one-hundredths of one per cent. While the death of even a single player is most regrettable, it is felt that the arraignment of football on this score has been too severely drawn in some quarters.” ‘ Discussing the season's effects generally, the report says: “Lowered incomes have forced a healthy reduction in the price of ad-) mission tickets, which the imposition of taxes by the government has par- tially offset. Expense budgets have had to be pared by the elimination of unnecessary and luxurious prac- tices some of which had had a de- moralizing effect upon the players and followers of the game. It is to be hoped that football will have| learned its lesson. Fargo Pro Among Leaders at Miami Miami Springs, Fla., Dec. 31—(?)~ A sparkling 66, two strokes under the | old course record enabled John Re-| volta, 21-year-old pro from Menom- \inee, Mich., to lead the field into the second round of the $2,000 Miami open golf tournament Saturday. Denny Shute and John Rouse of Chicago were tied behind the Mich- igan youngster. Each beat the pre- vious course record with 67s before |Revolta braced his 33s. Among those who trailed were J. R. Stonehouse of Indianapolis with 71, and Walter Hagen with 74. Roland Hancock, Stoneham, Mass., scored a dazzling 69. Scores of 72 were registered by Bob Barnett, Washington, D. C., and Frane cis Schwartz, St. Louis. 5 Other i8-hole scores included: Ralph Kingsrud, Fargo, N. D., 37-36 —73. WELL ITS NO FON FER ETHER OF THEM ~ OU CANT BLAME AYOONG Guy FER WANTIN To LIVE HIS OWN LIFE — BUT You CANT BLAME, TH’ Of MAN, FER WANTIN’ O LIVE HIS OWN >, WITHOUT TOO Illinois Defeats DEMON CONTINGENT WALKS AWAY FROM RIVAL DELEGATION Finnegan and Lee Carry Heavy Scoring Guns For Win- ning Aggregation JOHNNY SPRIGGS STARS Defenders Pick Up Lead Early in Contest; Pace Foemen For Four Quarters Bismarck high school won its fourth straight basketball game of the sea- son to set down an ail-star alumni quint, 35 to 22, at the high school gymnasium Friday night. The Demons got away to a lead early in the first quarter and stayed out in front all during the remainder of the skirmish. The high school contingent led, 12 to 6, at the end of the first period and were leading 17 to 9 at the half. They picked up 10 points in the third quarter to lead, 27 to 17, and coasted home with a 13 Point margin. Finnegan and Lee,‘Demon forwards, proved to be the heavy artillery for the high school aggregation, picking up a total of 12 points apiece. Lee scored six times from the floor while Finnegan picked up five field goals and tallied twice on gift shots. Johnny Spriggs was the only mem- ber of the alumni contingent able to score more than once from the floor. Playing forward, the former Demon captain contributed eight of his teams points, all of which were tallied on field goals, Schlickenmeyer placed a heads-up defensive game at guard for the De- mons and scored four times, twice from the charity line and twice on field goals. Both clubs made frequent substitu- tions, the high school outfit using nine men and the alumni eight. The team play of the Demons was largely responsible for their victory and their more polished offensive more than offset the individual per- formances of members of the all-star contingent. The summary: Demons (35) Finnegan, f . Lee, f Olgierson, c Schlickenmeyer, g¢ Green, g .. Owens, f Engen, g .. Schneider, g N. Agre, g . Totals .... Alumni (22) E. Agre, f . J. Spriggs, H. Brown, ¢ E. Spriggs, g . F: Brown, g . Manney, g Potter, c Shepard, f Totals a 4 3 SHroncomnaRooonowoan aunconcoofacccconwon @ONoOHnHwooNPonooomNnon N. D. State 26-24 Superior Shooting of Big Ten Team Counts; Kentucky Swamps Chicago Chicago, Dec. 31.—(?)—Northwest+ ern and Notre Dame will play their return engagement at Evanston, and Purdue will meet Pittsburgh at Pitts- burgh Saturday night in the windup of the Big Ten’s basketball business for 1932. ‘Western conference teams won two out of three games Friday night, but the walloping the University of Ken- tucky gave Chicago just about bal- anced things. The southerners, led by Johnny De Moisey, who scored 24 points, rolled over the Maroons, 58 to 26. Wisconsin showed surprising strength in defeating Michigan State, 26 to 16, while Illinois just managed to-down North Dakota State college, 26 to 24. The Badgers outplayed Michigan State throughout, holding the Spartans to six field goals. Illi- nois’ victory over North Dakota State was due to superior shooting. North Dakota State worked in for plenty of shots, but except for a brief flurry that developed a 20 to 18 mar- gin, was badly off form on shooting. The Bison had 54 shots at the basket while Illinois was able to work in for 40. Field goals by G.. Mickelson and Olson in the second period put the Bison in front, but Huddie Hellmich and Cas Bennett connected in swift succession to give Illinois the lead SS GAN tue. wer Gianver again. Hellmich, huge Illini center, racked up five field goals to lead the scorers, with G. Mickelson contribut- ing nine points for North Dakota State. Summary: N. D. State (24) FG FT TP WRooanne arvnowrnYaowwwos ~ WeSa08 Srnanwndoownmune 26 Dakota State, Score at : 10; Dlinois, 14. Personal fouls: Bennett 3, Frosch- quer 2, Hellmich 2, Beynon, Theo- bald 3, Arthur, Marquardt, Weir, Mickelson, McKay. CONCORDIA PROFESSOR DIES Fazz Ae D., Dec. 31.—(7)—Prof. jathletic rulers have closed their an- {nual meetings here and voted the Get Into East-West Game Later, However , San Francisco, Dec. 31.—(#)—East- ern and western football stars of 1932, ready for their chirity contest in San Francisco Monday, take it easy as the year which brought them gridiron fame passes. Washington State for the west; Andy Kerr of Colgate and Dick Hanley of Northwestern for the east. Hard workouts the last 10 days have brought the squads to the pink of condition, the coaches said. At the University of California, the western squad came back from a sightseeing tour of the San Francisco Bay region to iron out the kinks in their plays. The backfield starting lineup an- nounced for the west combined speed with hard-hitting ability. George Sander of Washington State was Placed at quarterback; Hank Schal- dach, University of California, at left half; Max Krause of Gonzaga and Angel Brovelli of St. Mary at fullback and right half respectively. A tentative eastern starting lineup did not include the all-American New- man but coaches indicated he would be pressed into service early in the contest. ,The starting backfield quar- tet was listed as Bart Viviano of Cor- nell at quarterback; Gil Berry of Llli- nois at left half; Pug Rentner of Northwestern at right half, and Roy Horstmann of Purdue at fullback. The probable lineups: East Paul Moss, Purdue, le. | Marshall Wells, Minnesota, It. Bob Smith, Colgate, lg. Tom Gilbane, Brown, c. Joe Hill, Colgate, rg. Joe Kurth, Notre Dame, rt. Dick Fencl, Northwestern, re. Bart Vivinao, Cornell, qb. Gil Berry, Illinois, lh. Pug Rentner, Northwestern, rh. DOWN ALUMNI QUINT, 35 TO 22 Newman Will Not Start in Classic Al-Amercan Quarterback wit] PRO-AMATEUR GOLF TEAMS HIT PAR WITH BUT LITTLE MERCY Two Pairs Come in With Scores} the commission entered into negotia- Eight Strokes Under Per- fect Figures Santa Monica, Calif., Dec, 31—(7)— j Moniva $2,000 tournament Saturday. better, with 73 two-somes battling for the 32 qualifying places which would put them into the final round Sunday. This figure was posted by two teams Friday, eight strokes under par, in a savage assault on standard num- erals which saw teams turning in even 71s unable to qualify. Al Zimmerman and his amateur team-mate, Dr. Cliff Baker, both of Portland, Ore., ended the first round in a tie with Wifty Cox, Brooklyn, and an amateur form- erly of Timber Point, N. ¥., Bob To- bin, now of Los Angeles. A stroke behind came Archie Ham- brick, young Zanesville, Ohio, pro stylist and Jim Ross, Santa Monica Simon-pure. Two other teams came in with 65s, two strokes in the rear, and half a dozen more wound up with cards of 66. cluded Olin Dutra, National P. G. A. champion and Chuck Ward, both of Santa Monica; Craig Wood, Deal, N. J., pro, who already has won two Cal- ifornia tournaments and Fred Gordon, Los Angeles amateur, and Harry Coop- er, Chicago pro, teamed with Les Bolsted, Los Angeles. $——— | Old Man Jinx Hits | Iowa Team Again Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 31.—(7) —He’s back again—John J. (Old Man) Jinx, whom Unviersity of Iowa students consider an all too Roy Horstmann, Purdue, fb. West Ralph Stone, Olympic Club, le. Bill Morgan, Oregon, It. Clem Senn, Washington State, Ig. Lawrence Ely, Nebraska, c. Charles Molinari, Santa Clara, rg. Jack Johnson, Utah, rt. Steve Hokuf, Nebraska, re. George Sander, Washington State, ‘Hank Schaldach, California, Ih. Angel Brovelli, St. Marys, rh, Max Krause, Gonzaga, fb. Name Chicagoan As President of Athletic Order Major John L. Griffith Elected At Coaches’ Closing,Ses- sion Friday New York, Dec. 31—(#)—College chief official “plums” to the East, Midwest and South. ‘The presidency of the National College Athletic association went to the midwest as Maj. John L. Griffita of Chicago, commissioner of the Big Ten, was chosen to succeed Dr. Charles W. Kennedy of Princeton. Selection of Walter R. Okeson of Le- high. University to succeed the late Edward K. Hall gave the East the chairmanship of the football rules committee again, while to the South fell the presidency of the American Football Coaches’ association, Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt succeeding Dr. Marvin A. Stevens of Yale. Major developments of the final session of the N. C. A. A. revolved about the powerful football rules com- mittee. In addition to choosing Oke- son as chairman of that body, the N. C. A. A. renamed William 8. Langford of New York, secretary, increased the committee membership from 10 to 11, and extended the advisory member- ships to provide for three represent- atives of the National Federation of State High Schools as well as three from the Coaches’ association. The number of members holding voting power on the committee was increased in order that Amos Alonz> Stagg, retiring coach at Chicago, might be made a life member. Field- ing H. Yost of Michigan was named to replace Stagg as the fourth district’a representative. H. J. Stegeman of Georgia was reelected for a four-year The coaches’ advisory committee, which sits with the rules committee but has no actual vote in the proceed- ings, was named to include Howard Jones of Southern California, ‘Lou Little of Columbia, and Noble Kizer of Purdue. The representatives of the National Federation of State High Schools have not yet been selected. ‘The rules committee's annual report, made by Langford, recommended no immediate changes in the playing ‘code but stressed the necessity of making the game safer and criticized the “indiscriminate use” of the for- ward pass. The N. C. A. A’s 1933 meeting wil: be held in Chicago Dec. 29-30, The coaches’ will convene there at the same time. PLAN 17 PRACTICE GAMES Tampa, Fla., Dec. 31.—(P)—The Cincinnati Reds will play 17 training season games this spring, it was learned here from representatives of the National League club. The squad will arrive in camp about March ‘6 and leave April 2. The schedule in- cludes a game with St. Paul at Cin- cinnati April 10. GOPHER HAS INFECTION frequent visitor during the bas- ketball seasons, This time Mr. Jinx snatched away Ivan Blackmer, Iowa City forward, and Edward Break of Chicago, guard. ‘The two were ruled out of com- Petition by the eligibility com- mittee of the Towa athletic board. Dean C. C. Williams, chairman of the board and of the committee, announced the players had been barred because of violation of a conference rul- ing. The ruling invoked is that “a student who after matriculation in any college engages in any athletic contest as a representa- tive of any organization prim- arily athletic in character, shall thereafter be ineligible to rep- resent a conference institution.” A complaint alleged that Blackmer and Break played with the Albert Cleaners basketball team of Cedar Rapids, an ama- teur organization which charges admission for its games. | Babe Didrikson | Breaks Up Party Nm eS RE TTR 2 White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Dec. 31.—(#)—Mildred Babe Did- rikson, the “one-girl-track-team,” broke up a dance Friday night. Here for a short rest before starting her “pro” career, Babe appeared for the formal affair in informal attire. So she gracefully withdrew and went swimming. A few minutes later the ball Toom was deserted. Even the or- chestra followed the dancers to the hotel natatorium, where they watched Babe perform for half an hour. ° STAR HAS OPERATION St. Paul, Dec. 31.—(?)—Herman Mielke, Macalester college basketball captain and leading guard, was in satisfactory condition Friday follow- ing an appendectomy. He is expect- ed to be out of play for the season. CONTINUED) - from page one- Shrinkage in Tax Receipts Caused By Initiated Law and $1,800,000 to the construction of the building. “This determination,” the report adds, “has been steadfastly adhered to.” “At the time, the funds available, the report says, appeared to be as fol- lows: Unexpended proceeds of land grants, $637,000; cash, including insurance money and other items, $473,265.27; to be realized from tax levies, after de- ducting for uncollected taxes, $895,- 626; other sources including rents on lands, etc., $65,000, These items to- taled $2,070,891.27. Adoption of the initiated measure, the largest increase in tax defaults, lack of bidders at tax sales and other similar factors compelled a material reduction of the amount to be real- ized from tax levies, the report states, while interest accumulations and oth- er increment somewhat altered the other amounts, so that when the board on July 25, 1932, took up for consid- eration the matter of the acceptance of the bids for the different portions of work and the entering into con- tracts, the financial structure appear- ed as follows: payments deducted), amount probably realizable in ded » tee total $2,000,000. Balance of team may open the Big Ten confer- ence season without Virgil Licht, all- conference guard and a leading scor- is at his home infected foot and arm. Saturday's leading contenders in-| Cash and convertible securities (no $1,266,460; cash by issuing anticipation certificates after providing for interest, $375,000; un- balance, $358,540. These tions with the successful bidders as the result of which work was divided into three budgets, as follows: Budget “A” $1,041,345; budget “B”, $375,000; and budget “C” $358,540. ‘The work included in budgets “A* Only light signal drills for Saturday | Given a host of par-plundering scores | and “B”, the report continues, will and Sunday were prescribed by the | to shoot at, the remainder of a field] complete the administrative portion opposing coaches—Dana X. Bible of |Of 146 amateur-pro golf teams turned | and completely enclose and roof the Nebraska and Orin Hollingbery of 'to the second round of the Santa | legislative portion. Under this plan a contract would be entered into for ‘There were two best cards of 63 to {the work included in budget “A” and the successful contractor would al- low the commission 4 limited time in which to adopt budgets “B” and “C” at the present low prices used as the basis of the bids submitted and this would insure a ipt start on the construction of the building, and not undertaking contracts be- yond the funds available. “This plan also would provide im- mediate employment for many of the unemployed laboring men of the state of North Dakota,” the report says. “This plan was finally adopted. The su ful low bidders agreed to the plan and contracts were drawn with them, under which they pro- ceed with the building in three sec- tions and giving the commission an option of 60 days on budget ‘B’ and 90 days on budget ‘C’. The com- mission has exercised the option on budget ‘B’ and has instructed the contractor to proceed with its com- pletion. “Negotiations now are under way to obtain from all of the contractors and sub-contractors an extension of the option on budget ‘C’ until March 1, 1933. Would Be Sufficient “This would afford sufficient time for the legislature to meet and pro- vide the balance of the $2,000,000 as originally intended in the capitol commission act, and necessary funds for the completion of the legislative portion of the building without call- ing for new bids and on present low prices,” the report states. “In the meantime,” it continues, “the work included under budgets ‘A’ and ‘B’ would provide a complete workable permanent administrative unit in which all of the departments would be located in their permanent place in the building. “Later computations justified the board in issuing and selling $400,000 of anticipation certificates, thereby increasing to a total of $400,000 the amount available under budget ‘B’.” As a relief measure, construction of the new’ capitol constitutes effi- cient relief for unemployment and as such justified itself, the report says. Approximately 60 per cent of the cost of the building is derived from the land grants and from in- surance on the old building and from other sources not involved in taxa- tion; these funds, approximating $1,- 250,000, in the aggregate, are trust funds which can be devoted to no other purpose and “no time could be chosen when their disbursement would be of greater benefit than the present,” according to the report. “We are passing through an unpre- cedented financial depression accen- tuated in our state by an almost com- plete destruction of crop values, coup- led with severe and persistent crop failures,” the report continues. “The construction of public buildings at such a time is widely justified and the Justification is the more comptele where the major portion of the funds devoted to such construction are of @ trust character already accumulat- ed and not to be devoted or expended for any other purpose as is here the case, “With this thought in mind the board has given much consideration to measures haying for their purpose the protection of North Dakota labor.” Point To Contract Attention is called to the general contract giving preference to residents of the state wherever practical in all work, The commission pointed out it had no authority to impose a minimum Wage schedule, but believes that the incorporation of such a schedule in the proposal and contract acts as a guard for laboring men “almost, if not quite, as efficiently as though the board had power under the law to fix a pum ‘wage schedule.” carry out the policy of the state in giving preference to North Dakota material as provided by the capitol ‘commission act, the general contract requires contractors to submit all bids received for any portion of the work, as well as all bids for materials, for the approval of the board. No contract can be entered into without such approval and similar provisions are found in the mechanical con- igi “In practice,” the board requires that where conditions so justify. “the report adds,” North Dakota contrac- tors or material men shall have the opportunity to take over the low bid Plus the statutory preference.” Attention is called by the commis- sion that the capitol construction law makes no provision for furnishing the building or for landscaping the grounds. It is pointed out that of the $736,000 received by the state from insurance, $430,000 was placed in the capitol building fund and $306,000 in the fire replacement fund to be dis- tributed by the emergency commis- sion on application received from the various state departments. The emergency commission has allotted $157,212.20 of this fund, leaving a bal- ance of $148,787.80. $307,125 Disbursed A statement of disbursements from the capitol building fund as of Dec, 1, 1932, shows a total of $307,125.55 dis- bursed. This includes administration expenses, expense of the commission, including the secretary, clerks, phers, travel expense, office supplies, etc., $22,412.40; archi- , tectural paid to architects 4 construction purposes is $1,066,460, to which probably could be/|pletion of the capitol building, as per from contract paymenis pending com- added $375,000 to be realized from the |contract agreements Dec. 1, 1932, are anticipation warrants, leaving a bal- | $21,424.21 from Lundoff- 1, these figures as a basis, the Adopting Bicknell, gen- eral contractor, 10 per cent; and $14,- 940 from DeRemer, Kurke, Holabird and Root, architects, {5 per cent.