The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1933, Page 7

START PROGRAM 10 EDUCATE SLOPE ON PUBLIC WORKS PLAN Committees Will Inform Com- munities About Steps Which Must Be Taken First steps in an educational cam- paign to acquaint counties, cities and communities in southwestern North Dakota with steps they must take to secure federal funds to finance-build- ing projects under the public works Program were taken at a meeting in the World War Memorial building here Tuesday evening. Attending the meeting were more than 50 contractors, architects, me- chanics, laborers and businessmen. Two committees were appointed to draw up information on the public works bill and steps which must be taken to secure advances. One committee, which will send its material to counties and cities throughout the Missouri Slope area, includes R. A. Ritterbush, chairman, A. J. Weinberger, J. A. Larson, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture and La- bor Roy G. Arntson and J. W. Larson, all of Bismarck; and E. E. Salzman and J. D. Simons of Mandan. Committee For Bismarck The other committee, which will look after the program in the city of Bismarck, includes B. K. Skeels, chairman, A. C, Harke, M. H. Atkin- son, James Guthrie and R. A. Mid- daugh. J. E. Davis presided at the meet- ing and Ritterbush served as tem- porary chairman. When committees complete their work and broadcast their information, @ general mass meeting will be held in Bismarck, at which time final plans will be discussed. This mass meeting will be held probably some time next week. Bismarck’s school board already has Placed a request for an advance of! $350,000 for erection of a new high| school building. Must Pay For Plan Under the plan, the government will advance the full amount for the con- struction project, if the project is| approved as to feasibility and the community or district shows that it can pay for it. Of the advance, the government makes a gift to the district of 30 per cent. The remaining 70 per cent, however, together with interest, must be paid back to the government over a Period of years. In most cases this would necessitate the floating of bond issues by the district in which the pro- ject is contemplated before the gov- ernment makes the advance. The government will make no ad- vances for projects which it feels the community or district cannot pay for. At the meeting Tuesday evening, speakers brought out the fact that it is expected about $30,000,000 of public Works funds will be available to North Dakota for construction projects. APPLICATION BLANKS FOR LOANS ARE READY Washington, June 28.—(P\—Applica- tion blanks for loans from the federal public works administration were ready Wednesday to’aid cities, coun- ties, and private agencies eager for a share in the $3,300,000,000 fund: Secretary Ickes, chairman of the cabinet board in charge of the con- struction fund, hopes nominees for state administratorships can be put on President Roosevelt's desk on his return from his vacation and things Kee be set underway immediately after. Grand Forks to Get $166,500 Postoffice treasury Wednesday invited bids for construction of a postoffice at Grand Forks, N. D., the bids to be opened here July 27. The cost limit was Placed at $166,500. Bring Results Tribune Want Ads Washington, June nvied ae for| READY THURSDAY MORNING AT 9 A.M. SILK is UP 82%. Every one of these Dresses was bought before the rise; this fact accounts for the low, low price! They are $6.95 Thursday Friday Saturday Half Robertson’s For Women’s Wear Sale of Vacation Dresses White and Pastels ~ Washable Every White Hat Now Goes at Franklin, Morse, Bell and Edi- son Are Great Names in Electrical History Editor’s Note: This is the sec- ond of six stories on Power, its rise and its meaning as a na- tional issue to every citizen. ** © BY WILLIS THORNTON Washington, June 28.—()—America and electricity have developed so| closely hand-in-hand that they seem fated to go forward together. ‘Though electricity had been known for hundreds of years, the first use- ful electrical invention was that of | Benjamin Franklin when he devised the lightning-rod just 20 years before our revolution. Morse, Bell, Edison are great names in electrical history, and the development of the arc light, the dynamo, the electric motor, alternat- ing current, the transformer, the storage battery, hydroelectric genera- tion, and popular use of electricity, all run a close parallel to the develop- ment of the country. Thus it is fit- ting that America should work to maintain its lead in providing electric! power for all. While the incandescent lamp was invented by Edison in 1879, the use of lighting ‘and power did not become general until the turn of the cen- tury. And it was not until the World ; War that the modern era of high- {Pewer transmission really dawned. |_ Electricity is a perishable product. It must be used immediately on gen- eration, and thus it had, in early days, to be produced close to the users. The building up of “pressure” on a power line to enable it to “flow” to a great distance without too great loss, was not at first understood. Even today this is one of the great Problems of the industry, and the | average distance power is transported is less than 30 miles, | Superpower Is Born But by 1914 Ontario was sending | 220,000 volts over a 250-mile line with success. This revolutionized the whole conception of electric power, and brought in the “superpower era.” Now superpower, while intricate in its technique, is simple in principle. Say you have 10 cities within a cir- cular area, each served by a small generating plant. One city has its “peak load” of highest demand for current at one time, another at an- other. One city has a hydro plant, and its power varies with the water supply. Another generates its pow- er from coal. i Now if you link all these small systems together, and regulate through a central switchboard the amount each city receives at any } time, each city gets better, cheaper, more reliable power all the time. Jonesville calls up and says, “There's a thunderstorm coming. ‘We'll need 10,000 extra kilowatts for a couple of hours.” A power dis- Patcher twists a dial, diverts extra power from cities which do not then need it, and sends it to Jonesville. That is superpower in simple form. Interconnection of systems in this way dces not necessarily mean put- ting them all under one manage- ment. It means cooperating in the engineering problem, just as neigh- bors borrow eggs and flour over the back fence. But if proper accounts be kept, and each unit balances its accounts @%h the general system, there need ‘be no merger or forma- tion of “trusts” to get the advan-! tages of superpower. Hoover and Superpower Ten years ago, agitation for su- perpower grew strong, and Gen. Guy E. Tripp of Westinghouse was pro- posing a single superpower system for the entire North American con-| {tinent. Herbert Hoover, then secre- tary of commerce, saw possibilities in | it and urged its further development. It is the efficient way, from the engineer's point of view, the inevit- able tendency of a highly-organized age. But American power systems tend- | ed to combine, not only from the en- gineering standpoint for efficiency,| but from an operating and even more from a financial standpoint. Like le $5.95 and values THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1938 America and Electricity Seem Negro Indicted for other businesses, the power business drifted into fewer and fewer hands. The cry of “Power Trust” began to be heard, faintly at first, then louder and louder. Regulation, municipal and state, was found necessary, for the power business, for efficiency, must be a monopoly. And where there is mono- Poly there must be either public ownership or some degree of public control. Power companies themselves agree to this—but the degree and manner of control is still a bitter and continual battle, Insull, the “Informer” i It was over the National Electric Light association that the battle raged most fiercely. This was, it an- nounced, “a voluntary organization of companies engaged in, and in- | dividuals affiliated with or interested | in the electric light and power in- dustry; organized to advance the art and science of the production, dis- tribution and use of electtical energy tor light, heat, and power for public service.” | That sounded all right, but the N. E. L. A. was soon hub-deep in other! activities. Samuel Insull founded the first public-utility information committee in Illinois in 1919, and his idea of “informing” the public on his indus-' try was promptly turned by the N. E. L. A. into what Editor and Publisher later was to call “one of the greatest Propaganda machines in the history of the country.” By 1921 it had al- lied itself with the “Joint Committee” representing the gas, street railway and other utility organizations, and the machine was complete. Local committees, state committees, Speeches before schools, churches, commercial, social, and civic clubs, were organized. Printed literature favorable to the utilities was dis- tributed in millions of copies. School Textbooks Textbooks for school and college were influenced; professors well paid for “surveys.” if Speakers were subsidized, and a general campaign carried on to “sell” the American people on privately- owned and managed utilities with as little public regulation as possible. Public ownership organizations fought back, propaganda for prop- aganda. The senate and federal trade commission investigated. Insull ana his “power empire” crashed to earth, discredited. Suddenly the N. E. L. A. decided to dissolve, form a new organization, repudiate all its former propaganda works and the Insull influence. Only @ little more than a month ago it did so, and it is now being liquidated. Its successor, the Edison Electric Institute, gives as its purposes the usual objectives of trade associa- tions—advancement of methods and Practices, and also “making available factual information, data, and sta- tistics” on the power industry. “Guilty,” Says Norris ‘ Business practices imposed on members include regular indepen- dent audits, “reasonable” charges by} finance or management companies for services, and that all publicly-| disseminated information shall| “clearly indicate the source.” { More than 85 per cent of the N. E.; L. A. membership joined the new or-/{ ganization. George B. Cortelyou of | New York's Consolidated Gas Co. is| president, i Senator Norris, persistent foe of! the “Power Trust,” declares this “re- | formation” is simply a confession of | guilt of all the charges of propaganda | and lobbying made against the N. E.! L, A. and remains skeptical of any | real change in the organization. As) the new institute has only been in! existence a few months, it is too early + + ‘Wins Nursing Honor| + > MISS CLARA DUTTON NOYES Chicago. — Clara Dutton Noyes, R. N., has just been honored by the award of the Saunders Medal for “distinguished service in the cause of nursing.” She is the fourth woman ever to receive it. Miss Noyes is national director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service, Washington, D. C., editor of the Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumnae | Magazine, of the Department of Red Cross Nursing of the American Jour- nal of Nursing and of the Depart- ment of Nursing of the Red Cross Courier. During the World war, Miss Noyes organized the nursing staffs of the base hospitals and other military units and standardized the produc- tion of surgical dressings. She has 58,000 Red Cross nurses enlisted un- der her direction. She holds five other distinguished service decorations, including medals from the French and Bulgarian gov- ernments and the International Red Cross. Recent astronomical announce- ments state that the solar system is| moving southward in the direction of the Great Magellanic Cloud of stars at the velocity of 450,000 miles an hour. Ancients believed that a small artery ran directly to the heart from the fourth finger of the left hand; the custom of placing the wedding ring on that finger grew from this be! The United States has 3,800,000 Jews within its boundaries ;this is; Price more than contained in any other country. Manx cats have bobbed tails. ed before senate hearings on bills affecting the electric industry. \ Come! Share in the Death of Fargo Man way district the night of June 22. James Johnson, negro, was indicted for first-degree assault. It-is charged | he is the man who stabbed John| * | | 1 4 | y th er Minneapolis, June 28—(P—wilbur| Rothires during a disturbance tn the @ Oo a C oO 4 \Hardiman, negro, was named in a! ia ' {second degree murder indictment re- turned late Tuesday by the Hennepin to say, though it has already appear-| county grand jury following an inves-| P0sts, 650,000 shingles and 100 cords tigation of the fatal shooting of Clar- Jence Nelson, Fargo, N. D., in the gate- of firewood; the upper one-third and | the branches were not used. | university. z 7 =aaaannanEEE EERE my |Name St. Paul Bishop As Head of Hamline St. Paul, June 28—(#)—Bishop J. Ralph Magee of the nay Fase of jthe Methodist church, Wednesday | A giant Sequoia tree yielded 5.000 | ras appointed president of Hamline He succeeds Dr. Alfred \F. Hughes who resigned a year ago, | Since that time a faculty committee, | King Henry I, by royal decree. headed by Dean H. L. Osborn, has supervised the school. Dr. Magee, a native of Iowa, is an alumnus of Iowa state teachers cole lege and Morningside college. He came to St. Paul two years ago from Seattle, The British yard was originally de- fined as the length of the arm of Nation’s Greatest Savings Not idle words—but facts! for long! .. . they’ve alread: tunately Penney’s bought ” history of retail merchandising behind ‘way ahead on Blankets This year blanket prices hit all time low levels . .. but not ly snapped back and higher prices are on the way. But for- ... and with the greatest buying power in the You ALWAYS need blankets! us! NOW ... while you can have them MOST economically ! Prices Are Going Up! Buy Now and Save! Beat the Rise in Prices ... stock up on serviceable Plaid Blankets Blanket prices are already up—we couldn't duplicate these. values right now! So be wise in time—buy for years to come at these prices! The improved “deep-nap” pro- cess (for greater warmth) Bives this-blanket a soft, fluffy teeling. 66x80 inches, in rich block plaids! The Longer You Wait—the More You Pay for this Fine PLAID BLANKET That's really true! Because when oar present supply of these blankets is exhausted, we can't get any more to sell so low! So better stock up now, and save your money! + Real 334-Ib. weight, 66x80 size, of finest quality, a1! pure NEW materials!, The improved “deep nap” pro- cess gives greater warmth and longer wear! Cosy Plaid BLANKET Warm, and oh so handsome! 72 x 80 inches, with deep nap The “WIZARD” BLANKET White Cotton Sheet Blanket You're sure of a good “tuck-in” with this fine quality white cot- ton sheet blanket. 70 x 99 i Striped Border COTTON Single Cotton Plaid Blankets Extra large—full 72 x 84 inches, and heavy weight. Buy plenty — grand bargains! Reversible! Delightful range of color com- ‘binations! Boxed for gifts! 4-Ib, weight, single, 4-inch lovely silk satin iunding!| So why not Warmth--Quality--Wear | and’“Early-Bird” savings, too! DEEP NAP BLANKET $1.98 We bought these ahead of tising prices—so that you ‘might be able to stock your shelves, and save! Full double bed size, 70 x 80, with inch sateen bind- ‘ing. Get yours to- day without fail! Only*While:This shipment lasts! NUNN OO OVER.SIZED — UNDER-PRICED! Fine Deep Nap These were bought before ” the rising market — that’s why they're so inexpen- sive! A “deep nap”, full 72 x 8 site, heavy weight, sateen bound. Double Woven‘in-Lovely Boudoir.Colors —‘Pure Wool These prices won't last! The loveliest of reversible blankets! Full double bea size, 70 x 80, handsomely silk bound, full 3-Ib. weight! This low price ‘will soon go up! Buy Now! Prices Going Higher! “Bismarck’s Busiest Department Store” Bismarck North Dakota