The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1933, Page 2

Power Regulation Faces New Tests Keeountant Is Key Man in Ef- "fort to Tighten Control of Situation ‘Washington, July 31—Thirty years ‘®f experience have left no doubt what- ever that the development of electric power must go forward under care- ful federal and state regulation. Even leaders of the utility world have come to admit this. They have found a certain stability in having a monopoly of their fields, even under | regulation. Vice President William J. Hagensh of the Edison Institute put it this way recently to a Senate committee: “... our business is pri- vately owned, but it is dedicated to a public service, which fact the state} recognizes, and for that reason regu- | Jates us...” Utility men have not always had this attitude. The struggle to get any regulation at all has been a long one, but today all states but seven hhave commissions controlling the electric business. Uncle Sam Takes a Hand It was the opening up of long-dis- tance transmission that let the fed- eral government in on the game. As water power sites opened up, most of them were far from population cen- ters, and thus power had to be sent. long distances, often across state lines. Many were on federal land, and many involved other questions, such as interference with navigation of rivers. Thus water power brought regulation to the door of the federal government. Back in 1902 Gifford Pinchot, Theo- dore Roosevelt and the “‘conservation- ists” began their fight to preserve public resources to the public. This long campaign produced the Water Power Act of 1920, which set up a Federal Power Commission to grant licenses to develop power sites on navigable waters, on non-navigable waters where there would be an effect on interstate or foreign com- merce, on public lands, or at govern- ment dams. In these cases Uncle and Reforms — Oo | Weather Report | ein =. FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy and slightly cooler tonight; COOLER ‘Tuesday fair, with ., moderate temper- ature. For North Da- kota: Partly cloudy, slightly cooler west and south portions to- ane Tuesday fair, with moder- ate temperature. South Dakota: kota: Partly cloudy and some- what cooler to- pint Tuesday air. For Minnesota: Cloudy, cooler in south and extreme west portions to- night; Tuesday peony fair, with moderate temperature. For Montana: Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler extreme east tonight, warmer west portion Tuesday. GENERAL CONDITIONS A high pressure area is centered over the northern Rocky Mountain region this morning and cooler weath- er prevails from the Plains States westward to the Pacific coast. Tem- peratures continue high over the Mis- sissippi Valley and Great Lakes re- gion. Scattered showers, mostly light, occurred from the eastern Rocky Mountain slope eastward to the Great Lakes region. Generally fair weather prevails over the Far West. Missouri river stage at 7 a. m. 0.8 ft. 24 hour change, -0.1 ft. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.23. Reduced to sea level, 29.98, PRECIPITATION REPORT For Bismarck station: Normal, this month to date .... Total this month to date . Total, January ist to date . Normal, January 1st to date .... Accumulated deficiency to date | NORTH DAKOTA ictal Sam was to have jurisdiction. It might seem a small sphere, but it covers 25 per cent of all water power developments now existing, and a higher percentage of the potential Power of the future. When the government granted per- Mission to develop a site it controlled, it thought best to grant it for a term of years only, with the right to buy the plants or release them to another lessee at the end of the term. That 4s recapture, and the method of de- terming the figure at which the gov- ernment could recapture a plant in this way has been one of the knottiest | W! Problems of the Power Commission. It has also had to face continual ap- Peals to the courts from its decisions and even an eight-year fight on con- stitutionality of the Water Power Act itself. < Commission Handicapped Under Harding, Coolidge and Hoo- ver, the charge was repeatedly made in Congress that the commission was being throttled by unsympathetic Personnel and lack of funds. Senator Couzens cried, “Conditions in the commission have become so in- tolerable that it presents one of the rottenest exhibitions of government I have ever heard of!” But the commission now consists of five full-time appointees instead of three cabinet members serving ex- officio. State regulation has become a mass of complications, with little uni- formity among the 41 states which regulate electric rates. One magazine writer recently referred to this state esis as “Public Putility Regula- ion.” Reform proposals are now ringing in the legislatures of 15 states. Min- nesota and Vermont are considering fixing rates by legislative action in hope of avoiding tiresome and ex- Pensive court appeals from commis- sion decisions. North Carolina and Oregon have appointed one-man con-| © trollers of utility affairs. In West Virginia the House of Delegates has actually adopted a resolution look- ing toward state ownership and op- eration of all utilities “in the name and on behalf of the people of West Virginia.” Accountant Now King In all these intricate negotiations, the accountant is king. Only he can hope to penetrate the mysteries of the books of great corporations and determine whether a utility is making @ fair return on a fair valuation. Everything hinges on this calculation of valuation. Conflict here between two theories of valuation has been incessant. In Past years, utilities have usually main- tained they should be valued at cost of reproduction new. Thus during the years of inflation in the '20s, their value, on which rates were based, ‘was continuall y rising. Now that costs are declining, they lean toward the “prudent investment theory,” which would value companies for Yate-making purposes at the amount actually and prudently invested in them. ‘The U. S. supreme court has re- Peatedly held that the cost of repro- duction new should be a dominant element. But there is no definite Standard, and each case presents a different problem, New York, for instance, has just launched into a plan of basing rates, temporarily at least, on the earnings of the companies, disregarding valu- ation, Chairman Milo Haltby of the Public Service Commission calls it “frankly a shortcut” to lower rates, Seeking by- co-operation with the companies to avoid long court pro- cedure in setting valuations. Meanwhile Senator Costigan has Proposed that the Power Commission report on the cost of distributing elec- tric power, admittedly the largest factor in cost of the consumer, but a field in which few figures exist. Am- bassador Sackett two years ago de- Plored the fact that electric compan- jes are the only ones which can sell their product at 15 times the cost of Production, PLAN HEARING AUG. 8 Hearings on a net tariff filed by the ®nyder Dray and Transfer company ot and subsequently approv- ed by the state railroad commission hhas been set for Bismarck August 8 on the protest of the Interstate Trans- Portation company of Bismarck. —— Great Britain, the Netherlands, Ar- Bentina, the United States, Canada, China and India are the most im- Huron, cldy. .... Rapid City, cldy. 100 58 = .00 MINNESOTA eae Minneapolis, clear Moorhead, cldy. ...... Above record for 48 hours. “Kenmare record for 24 hours. OUT OF STATE POINTS High- Low- est est Pet. Amarillo, Tex., peldy... 96 64 .08 Boise, Idaho, clear 88 52 «00 Calgary, Alta., clear. 62 40 «00 Chicago, Ill, elc 4 «78 «00 Denver, Colo., cl 88 68 «(01 Des Moines, Ia., cldy... 94 74 .00 Dodge City, Kan., clear 92 66 .00 Edmonton, Alta., cldy. 60 44 .20 Havre, Mont., clear .. 76 46 .00 Helena, Mont 78 50 .00 Kamloops, B. 72 48 «6.00 Kansas City, Mo. cldy. 90 72 .18 Lander, Wyo., clear .. 90 54 .00 Medicine Hat, A., clear 70 42 .00 Miles eek Mont., cldy. 82 60 .02 Modena, Utah, peldy... 90 58 .00 No. Platte, Neb. pcldy. 98 70 .00 Okla. City, O.,, rain.... 80 70 .70 a Albert Lp eldy. 62 4 a u’Appelle, S., pel 5 oseburg, Ore., clear 58.00 't. Louis, Mo., 7% .00 Salt Lake C., U., 66 «02 8. S. Marie, 66.00 Seattle, W: 58.00 Sheridan, 50.00 Sioux City, 12 00 Spokane, 50.00 Swift Current, 40.00 The Pas, Man., ri 46 20 Toledo, Ohio, 76 = .00 Winnemucca, N., cldy. 94 66 .06 Winnipeg, Man., ny . 1% 52 OL Above record for 24 hours. 69 Motor Carriers Respondents in Case Sixty-nine motor freight carriers in North Dakota have been named res- Pondents in the state railroad com- mission’s general investigation of all such carriers except “A” class for the purpose of establishing non-discrim- inatory and non-preferentia] freight rates, charges, rules, regulations and practices, Hearings in the investigation will be heard in courthouses at Minot Aug. 2, Grand Forks Aug. 4, Fargo Aug. 5, and Bismarck Aug. 8. The commission desires to obtain from the shipping public and mo- tor carriers information which will aid in interpreting the phrase “size or capacity” in a manner that will best facilitate the motor operation suit- able to the public need. It also wants to determine the tariff to be applied on “special” motor freight transport- ation service. CONTINUE from page one- Dickinson Youth Is Martin Everson, Fargo—41-44-37- 42—164, 159. Jack Zuger, Bismarck—45-47-47-41 —180, —168, Dr. Kent Darrow, Fargo—46-49-47- 48—190. 45-45-178. 167. -56— -45—182, 3 Paul Greving, Jr., Fargo—48-47-48- Portant markets for German watches and clocks, 50—193, [ae Brann, Fargo—40-48-53-47— 97. Medalist at Fargo Bata Acheson, Fargo—37-39-44-39— Walter Hagen, Fargo—42-39-43-44 Dr. V. A. Bosquet, Maddock—42-46- Ed Cox, Bismarck—43-40-43-41— A. ©. Rausch, Dickinson—41-55-51 $B, O'Brien, Devils Lake—49-43-45 | Maine Shafer, Fargo—41~45-44-43— THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1933 The New Deal in Pictures—No. 4 Text by John M. Gleissner—Sketches by Don Lavin The inflation section authorized issuance of $3,000,000,000 in treasury notes if the president deems it necessary, backed ‘solely by the credit of the U.S. These treasury notes were The administration’s farm relief program provided for rats- ing farm prices by allocating production, or by leasing lands and retiring them .from production, the program to be Mnanced by imposing “processing” taxes on millers, meat- packers and other firms handling raw farm products. The president also was authorized to reduce the gold con- tent of the dollar by as much as half, to order.free coinage of silver, and to accept as much as $200,000,000 in silver’ at 50 cents an ounce in payment of foreign debts. Provision also was made for refinancing farm mortgages at 4% per cent interest through issuance of $2,000,000,000 in government bonds, the government guaranteeing interest but not principal. The farmers’ interest rates were lowered, and time for paying extended. <Covyrignt, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.) WEXT: Putting Men to Workin Forests, Beach, rain ... 100 5312 printed in the U. S. Bureau of Engraving. Carrington, cldy. 9 49 ‘00 Bevis ‘take claji' stl 82 ol vil ake, cldy. A Dickinson, cldy. 100 53 .04| Eddie Powers, Fargo—46-45-45-46— Drake, cldy. a1 $4 05/182, unn Center, cl 1-41-42: Grand Forks, cldy, 91 55 ee ee ee Hankinson, cldy. 102 62 —165, Jamestown, eldy. 94 53 Dr. L. G. Power, Minot—49-45-42- Kenmare, cldy. “81 52 45—181. Lisbon, peldy. oo 8 M. W. Ricker, Fargo—41-43-45-49— inot, cl . 4 Napoleon, ay: 100. 50 R. A. Patterson, Rugby—81-49-53- Oakes, peldy. .. 97 52 06|47—200. Parshal, peldy. 91 54 00] W. C. Wright, Devils Lake—49-44- ani , cldy. A = Jas illiston, peldy. WSs Oo sates Wishek, cldy. . 95 52 00 . F. H. Gilliland, Devils Lake—49-43- 42-45—179. t Paul Sitz, Marion—48-46-46-45—185. John Whaley, Fargo—40-44-43-46— 178. Chuck Cool, Fargo—46-46-51-48— 91, Rudy Marks, Fargo—51-48-43-48— 190. Billy Sundahl, Jamestown—41-40- 31-45—163. Dr. A. Oftedal, Fargo—48-44-45-43 —180. Bill Kneeland, Jamestown—48-47-46 -50—191. Ray Lavelle, Fargo—49-47-43-47— 186. G, A. Steinbruck, Dickinson—47-46- 46-47—186. Ralph Butterwick, Fargo—45-48-45- 47—195. E, H. Krogh, Portland—51-53-47-49 R.. F, Thompson, Fargo—46-52-51- 57206, Cc. 8. Buck, Jr., Jamestown—40-44- 43-44—171, . A. “Chesterfields do just about | everything but - light themselves_ , Sister: Chesterfield Leg Salis the cigarellle ati mupEr « the cigarelle Uhal tastes BETTER (@ 1995, Lecenrr & Stvans Toascca Ca, Paul Adams, Jr., La Moure—42-44- -43—173, Oscar Martinson, Fargo—41-43-46- 43-173. Neil Croonquist, Bismarck—41-44- 39-40—164, Dr. R. W. Pote, Fargo—39-38-42-42 —161. J. E. Gaffaney, Fargo—44-48-42-43 —1T1, ie C. Wattam, Fargo—50-47-44-51 —192, Phil Meyer, Bistharck—47-51-48-49 —195. H. H. Wooledge, Fargo—44-41-47-43 115. Father P. Ramsbottom, Fargo—46- 47-42-47—184, William Kostelecky, Sr., Dickinson— 42-49-41-46—178, H. D. Paulson, Fargo—43-44-47-45— 9. Dr. B. V. Nierling, Jamestown—45- 41-46-48—180, 190, George Moses, Bismarck—41-47-48- 45—181. H. H. Bond, Fargo—43-42-45-50— 180. Dr. M. L. Redman, Fargo—41-44-43 ~41—169, ‘ William Nimmo, Devils Lake—41-46 ~44-42—173, Frank Talcott, Fargo—43-42-45-46 —176. Paul Cook, Bismarck—43-42-41-41— T. William Kostelecky, Jr., Dickinson— 36-39-38-42—155, Jim Barrett, Minot—38-42-37-48— 165. Jack Danstrom, Fargo—42-38-42-42 —164, Tom Hull, Fargo—38-44-45-45—172. W. A. Peters, Fargo—49-48-49-49— 195. James Cleveland, Maddock—48-47- 47-43—185, Fred Cummer, Fargo—38-43-43-38— 162. Charles M. Pollock, Jr., Fargo—43- 47-40-37—167, R. T. Barnard, Fargo—44-41-45-42 —172. Lloyd Koppen, Jamestown—45-46-44 42-171. Ben Anderson, Maddock—46-41-47- 45—179. L. A, Ujka, Wahpeton—47-43-45-47 | —182. Jack Hilber, Fargo—42-36-40-42— 162, ; Pere May, Fargo—40-43-41-42— Bob Gaffaney, Fargo—45-47-46-52— L. U, Stambaugh, Fargo—44-45~49- 45—183, W. P. Chesnut, Fargo—48-43-44-44 —179, J. I, Hegge, Hillsboro—43-49-43-48— William Gallagher, Fargo—40-46-42 39—167. A. L, Lanta, Casselton—41-50-49-43 —183. Walter Clemens, Fargo—45-50-48-47 Fargo—44-46-48-49— 'W. W. Nelson, Cooperstown—41-46- Farm Relief and Inflation Additional Sports | piicietrcem hota —_—* Bismarck Net Star Defeated at Fargo Fargo, N.D., July 31—()—8. G. Mason, unseeded Fargo veteran, toss- ed the first surprise into the North Dakota State Tennis tournament singles here Sunday as he advanced with three of the four seeded stars into the semi-final round. Mason eliminated Bill Fuller of Fargo, seeded No, 2, in a marathon match, 13-11, 7-5. He will meet Mar- vin Doherty, seeded No. §, for the right to face George McHose of Far- 80, the defending champion and seed- ed No. 1, or Read Wooledge of Minot, seeded No. 3, who also went into the semi-final round following Sunday victories. McHose defeated Johnny Myron, youthful Fargoan, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, while Read Wooledge ended the bid of Les McLean of Bismarck, 8-1, 7-5. Doherty was carried three sets, all deuce, before eliminating Harold James of Grand Forks, McHose and Hans Tronnes of Far- go and Doherty and Myron, also of Fargo, are in the semi-final bracket of the doubles, Doherty and Myron defeating Dr. George Foster and C. P. Tenneson, veteran Fargo combina- tion, 6-3, 6-4, to advance into the Tough —_—y— Old Dad Neptune is proud of these two young daughters of his. Scorning water wings and other childish. play- things, Peggy Rawls, left, and Helen Hoerger, both four-year-olds, entertained the crowd at the recent na- tional. women’s A. A. U. swim championships at New York by their swim- fours, while McHose and Tronnes are in the bracket as the result of a bye and a default. Classy Beulah Nine Wallops All-Nations (Tribune Special Service) Beulah, N. D., July 31—Beulah’s Classy baseball team plastered the Cleveland All-Nations with another defeat here when the Miners slugged out @ 12-to-8 victory. Beulah’s long-range clouting was a feature of the fracas, Pitcher O'Connor of the traveling team was knocked unconscious in the fourth inning when struck on the head by a line drive off the bat of J. Stewart, and was replaced by Se- vere. Frank Stewart kept the hits Well scattered. ‘The box score: Beulah (12)— ABH POA Kerbs, cf . -6200 Wier, rf .. 4100 J. Stewart, ss . 4322 Thronson, 2b . $328 F. Stewart, p . -6§312 G. Wessels, ¢ . -43 81 3 51140 4200 5001 42:17 27 14 24224 -5 212 -5 122 -5 280 5030 5001 56230 6251 1001 2000 R + 013 023 03x—12 All-Nations ...., 101 022 002— 8 Summary—Errors, Kerbs 1, J, Stew- art 2, Thronson 3, Massmann 1, De- siderato 2, Moorehead 1; stolen bases, ‘Wier, G. Wessels, C. Wessels; sacri- tices, Wier; two-base hits, Kerbs, J. Stewart, F. Stewart, Ringhofer, Moorehead; three-base hits, J. Stew- art, F. Stewart, G. Wessels; runs, J. Stewart, F. Stewart, G. Wes- sels, Viestenz; double plays, Mass- mann to Desiderato; hits, off O’Con- nor 7 in 3 2-3 innings, off Severe 10 in 4 1-3 innings, off F. Stewart 11 in 9 innings; struck out, by F. Stewart 8, by O'Connor 1, by Severe 3; bases on balls, off F. Stewart 2, off O’Con- nor 1, off Severe 1; earned~ runs, ming and diving. They’re alone in their class. a Beulah 11, All-Nations 2; passed balls, Moorehead 2; time of game, two hours 5 minutes. Umpires Ed Sailer and R. Sailer. Grand Forks Grabs D-Ball Championship Jamestown, N. D., July 31.—(P)— The Grand Forks diamondball team won the annual Jamestown mer- chants’ diamondball tournament here Sunday afternoon by defeating Far- go, an old rival, 7 to 2 in the finals. The new champions displayed a brilliant array of pitching power, backed By almost errorless support as they turned the Fargoans back. Previously the Forkers had trounc- ed Grafton 9 to 2, held the state highway team of Bismarck to one tally to their six, and had deluged Mose in the semi-finals with an 18- hit attack. ‘To Mose went the sportsmanship trophy, Johnny Enzminger, Flannery Bak- ery catcher, was judged the best in- dividual player of ‘the meet and re- ceived a loving cup. The one dollar offer for first home run of the day went to E. Johnson of Mose. Fifteen teams were entered in the tournament, which started Sunday Babies to_ Be = and continued through the Major Leaders (By The Associated Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting—Kilein, Phillies, .380; Davis, Phillies, .345. Hits—Klein, Phillies, 145; Fullis, Phillies, 140. Home runs—Berger, Braves, 19; Klein, Phillies, 18. Pitching—Hubbell, Giants, 16-6; Tinning, Cubs, 8-3, AMERICAN LEAGUE - Batting—Simmons, White Sox, .367; Foxx, Athletics, .359. Hits—Simmons, White Sox, 1499 Manush, Senators, 141, H Athletios, 204 Home runs—Foxx, Ruth, Yankees, 25. Pitching—Van Atta and Allen, Yane kees, 9-3, SCHOLARLY, TOO Phi Betta Kappa scholastic honors at Purdue University belted ‘went to Roy Horstmann, pile-driving back of the Boilermakers’ teothall squad, CUBS RELEASE GRIMES St. Louis, July 31—@—Bi Grimes, veteran spitball pitcher, has been released unconditionally by the Chicago Cubs, it was learned Mon- day. 22 Witnesses Called In Narcotics Episode Chicago, July 31—(4)—Twenty-two witnesses, including officials of both Hawthorne and Arlington park race tracks and owners and trainers horses, appeared before a federal grand jury Monday in connection with the government investigation of ale leged “doping” of race horses. Leslie E. Walter, special attorney general in charge of the ine vestigation, said that all the would be 49 the hands of the jury by nightfall and that for indictments within the or two, ‘Witnesses included four of the Rg ACCEPT COMMITTEE JOBS Washington, July 31.—(?)—Definitg acceptances by members of state incl Iowa, Montana, and North Dakota, er Heeeraty teH j © c x o © x