The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1933, Page 1

"regulations, hours of work and wages North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Okay Huge N. D. Road Program gainst Industrial Strikes | B. P.O. E. Deputy | HH ~ COAL STRIKE TRUCE Senator Wagner Heads Board _ Of Seven Named to Admin- ister Peace Effort MAKES APPEAL -TO NATION Status Quo of All Existing _ Working Conditions Will Be i Maintained Hyde Park, N.Y. Aug 5—(P)— Fresident Roosevelt Saturday ap- proved a joint declaration for indus- trial peace proposed to him by lead- ers of industry and labor in an un- precedented effort to end disputes. The president promptly appointed @ board of seven, headed by Senator ‘Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), & labor au- thority, to administer the national peace effort. Other members of the board are: William Green, president of the ‘American Federation of Labor; Dr. Leo Wolman; John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine workers; Walter C. Teagle, president of the 6tandard Oil of New Jersey; Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Co.; and Louis Kirstein, Bos- ton merchant. a ‘The proposal was sent to the sum- mer white house by the advisory board of the industrial recovery ad- ministration which includes the spokesmen of industry and labor. Roosevelt issued the following state- ment: Is. ‘Compelling’ J “Ot importance to. the recovery ogram is the appeal to manage- fant and labor for industrial peace, which has just been rain Lethe an approval. With compe! og! calls upon every individual in both groups to avoid strikes, lockouts. Of}oras and: obtain -vatuable scientific any aggressive action during the: re- eovery. program. . “It isa document on a par with Samuel Gompers’ memorable wur- time demand to preserve status quo in labor disputes—and in addition to the signature of the president of the American Federation of Labor it car- ries the signature of every great la- bor leader and every great industrial Jeader on the two advisory boards of the recovery administration.. It is an act of economic statesmanship. I earnestly commend it to the public | termine the exact extent of the dam- conscience. “This joint appeal proposes thecre- ation of a distinguished tribunal to pass promptly on any case of hard- ship or dispute that may arise from interpretation or application of the president’s reemployment agreement. ‘The advantages of this recommenda- tion are plain and I accept it and hereby appoint the men it proposes whose names will carry their own commendation to the country.” The president appointed the na- tional labor tribunal a few hours after he had won an agreement to ead the strike in the Pennsylvania coal fields, involving 70,000 workers end threatening to affect’ 200,000 men. Approved During Night Hugh 8. Johnson, industrial ad- ministrator, brought the history- making offer of labor and manage- ment to adjust their differences through the national tribunal to the summer white house by airplane late Friday night. ‘The president, in conference with Sohnson early Saturday morning, settled the coal strike problem. Just ‘before noon he issued the statement putting into force the nation-wide strike moratorium. As in the case in the Pennsylvania trike settlement, it is expected the status quo of all existing working agreements shall be maintained dur- ing adjustment of differences. Senator Wagner, who is chairman of the labor tribunal, has been & in congress on labor legisla- . He is serving his second term in the senate and is a former New wope together with George Berry, presi- @ent of the Pressmen’s union, as members of the board of three to ar- bitrate the Pennsylvania coal prob- Jem. The strike was called off to per- mit the establishment of the codes, for the coal industry. Hearings will start before General Johnson on Aug. 9. The president did not give out the complete details of plans for the na- tional labor tribunal which were sent to him by the advisory board of the industrial recovery administration. It is obvious he is relying again on vol- untary cooperation for enforcement. ‘Abandon Search for Bodies in Big Muddy Search for the bodies of two girls and a young woman who were drown- ed in the Missouri river near Sanish July 19 has been given up, it was re- Ported at division offices of the Soo Line in Bismarck Saturday. a Arthur Green, who left Sanish Fri- day morning by motor boat in a search for the bodies, cruised the river us far as Washburn without result end the effort to find the bodies has been abandoned. Joint funeral serv- ices will be held at Sanish Sunday, August 13. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1933 Roosevelt Moves A } SUES MORATORIUM ARTER NEGOTIATING Killed ‘Kisser’ Miss Stella Christof, 17, of Edwardsville, Il., has fessed: to police that she “got mad” and shot and killed Nelson Voss, a rural mail carrier, whep he tried to kiss her. FAULTY EQUIPMENT | HALTS PROJECTED STRATOSPHERE HOP Lieutenant Commander T. G. W. Settle Had Reached 5,000-Foot Level Chicago, Aug. 5.—(#)—Man’s latest attempt to pierce the earth’s atmos- phere at a greater height than ever before ended abruptly early Saturday morning when Lieutenant Comman- der T. G. W. Settle came to earth in a Chicago railroad yards. A leaky top valve was blamed. The. huge balloon, “The Century of Progress” in which the commander hoped to break existing altitude rec- data heretofore unknown to man, de-} scended within about 10 minutes af- ter the hop-off at Soldier Field, Lieut. Commander Settle was not injured and the balloon, which had risen to a height of approximately 5,- 200 feet, apparently was not seriously damaged when it landed in the yards of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Commander Settle said a further inspection would be necessary to de- Trouble With Valve “I arose to an altitude of about 5,- 900 feet” the commander said, “and opened a valve to level off. I wished to stay at that height for a while. The valve, however, stuck, and the balloon started down. .I started to ballast out, but the balloon continued its descent and could not be righted.” Hundreds hurried to the spot where the balloon came down. An unidenti- fied man was badly injured in the melee. Raymond Thomas, yardman of the Burlington, had not known of the flight until. the big balloon almost landed on top of him. He said: “I didn’t know whether the world was coming to an end or not—but I stopped all trains anyway.” An Acre of Rubber The huge hydrogen bag, made up virtually of an acre of rubber, was only a little more than half inflated when it rose from Soldier Field. ‘The gas filled the top, which tower- ed a height equal to 15 stories, The envelope folds hung from this inflat- ed position to the bottom of the bag which was 25 feet above the gondola. The envelope darted into the air as soon as its moorings were cut, but it nad gone only a’little more than 5,000 feet when it began gliding westward on a level. Settle’s departure from the field was spectacular. Thousands who had waited six hours and more during the tedious inflation process cheered as the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack were unfurled atop the gondola by Admiral Wat T. Cluverius. Beer Legalized by S. D. Legislature Pierre, 8. D., Aug. 5.—(?)—Final legislative approval was given Friday night to a bill legalizing 3.2 per cent beer and wine in South Dakota. The. state senate completed action on the bill by concurring in amend- ments passed by the house earlier in the day. The measure now goes to Gov..Tom Berry, who called a special session of the legislature last Monday to pass on such a bill. The measure provides that revenue from licenses and tax will go for state poor relief. The gov- ernor’s signature will make 3.2 per cent beer and wine legal in the state as soon as stamps and licenses are available. The house voted, 62 to 33, to set Dec. 12 as the date for a special elec- tion for voting on the question of re- Pealing the 18th amendment. Speak- er George Abild ruled, however, that the proposal had been defeated be- Satse it lacked a two-thirds majority FARMER KILLS SELF Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 5.—(P)— Michael Gannon,’ 23, farmer of Strong township, near Woodworth, took his life Friday night by shoct- ing himself through the heart with FRENCH AVIATORS OFF ON DISTANCE HOP “TO NOWHERE" Leave New York on Trip Which May Take Them as Far As India EQUIPMENT IS ELABORATE Weather May Force Them to Land in Persia, Russia Or Africa Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 5—(?}—A lrans-Atlantic flight “to nowhere” be- gan Saturday when Lieut. Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos, French avia- tors, took off from Floyd Bennett Field at 4:41 a. m. (ES8.T.) In an attempt to set a distance record. They planned to cross the ocean by way of Cape Sable, N. 8. and the great circle route and then “just keep going.” Persia, Africa, or Rudsia may be their landing place, they in- dicated, but they would prefer to land in Karachi, India. Their -direction after reaching the Scilly Islands, off the English coast, will be determined ay weather, The record they seek to smash is 5,340 miles, set last February by Squadron Leader Oswald R. Gayford and Flight Lieutenant Gilbert E. Nicholetts of the British Royal Air force. They flew from Cranwell, Eng- land; to Walfish Bay, Southwest Af- rica, The monoplane of Rossi and Codos 4s called the “Joseph Le Brix” in hon- or of the famous French flier who was killed in 1931 and it carried 1,770 gal- lons of gasoline, The takeoff was perfect and a small crowd cheered as the plane soared away over Jamaica Bay. The Frenchmen carried an elabor- ate food supply, prepared by a French chef. It included five boned chickens, two quarts of chicken con- somme, 36 oranges, 24 bananas, 24 lemon, eight bottles of water and sev- en quarts of black coffee. Their ship—a $100,000 craft with a four-bladed propeller—has a 34-meter snort wave set, ¢all F-ALCC, with which they planned to maintain wire- less communication with Paris and other points, Rossi is an officer of the French aviation corps. He is 32 years old, married, and lives in Paris. | Codos is a commercial flier station- ed at Le Bourget Field and also is married with a home in Paris. He is 37 years old. Physicians Attempt to Revive Boy Employing a pulmotor, two doctors Saturday afternoon were endeavoring to revive Harry G. Webber, 10-year- old Bismarck youngster who was} taken unconscious from the pond im- mediately west of the vehicular un- derpass at the western end of Main avenue. ‘The youngster was taken from the pond by Wade Green and Harold Smith, it was reported. The boy, with his brother, Law- rence, had been fishing for minnows. They were standing on a log and both toppled into the water when the log rolled, it was said. Green and Smith made several dives before they recovered the boy, who was wedged in a hole at the bot- tom. Lawrence saved himself by cling- ing to the log. How long the boy had been in the water was not immediately known. The doctors completed their first hour of work without being able to revive the youngster, but a stetho- scope was said to have revealed a pulse. The boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Webber of 323 Front St. Their father is employed by the North Da- kota Power and Light company. Mrs. Webber was called to the pond as soon as the boy was brought from the water. Betty Nuthall Nips American Net Star Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 5.—(?)}— Betty Nuthall, British girl and former holder of the American singles cham- pionship, scored Great Britain's first point in the Wightman Cup tennis matches Saturday by rallying to de- feat Carolin Babcock, another mem- ber of the United States “junior var- sity” 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. This left the United States leading 3 matches to 1, with only one victory needed to clinch the series and keep the international cup. Californian Leading In Tournament Final Portland, Ore., Aug. 5.—()—Charles Ferrera of San Francisco pushed into the lead for the national public links WHY SENATOR NYE IS CONCERNE! Out of the welter which marks North Dakota politics comes more than a hint that Gerald P. Nye, junior senator and fair-haired boy at the last election, is beginning to worry about the “Leader,” Governor Langer’s new newspaper. This because Gerald is a canny soul and scans the political horizon for the cloud which may grow into a storm. He sees one there now in the fund which is being rolled up by Langer as a result of those five-per-cent assess- ments on employes who owe their jobs to the governor or his appointees. If Nye and his friends were sure the money will be used for the news- paper they would have no cause for worry, but they aren't. It isn't supposed to be mentioned out loud but the fact is that a com- mittee of Nonpartisans investigated the newspaper’s bank - account and didn’t find much money there. They wondered where the thousands had gone; where the other thousands to be collected would go. It apparently wasn’t being spent on the newspaper. # Nye’s friends scent a “slush” fund to be used'in the next campaign— and few things would be more embarrassing to the junior senator than the lavish use of money by his own party in a North Dakota election. Tomain- tain his reputation as an advocate of honest elections, an enemy of the un- fair use of money, Senator Nye would have to adopt one Of two courses. He could ignore such a situation or do something about it. Either course would be embarrassing. THAT DEAL AT NAPOLEON Most significant of the political developments this week was the ac- tion of the Nonpartisan executive committee in McHenry county in coupling such terms as “extortion” and “loot” with the name of Governor William Langer. Coming from his own people, it hurts. But the funniest development was the meeting in Napoleon two weeks ago at which Dan Slick was ousted as Republican state central committee- man from the 36th district and J. B. Goll was elected in his place. Having done that, the committee passed pious resolutions consoling the governor about “unfair attacks” upon him by newspapers and commending his “economy” actions. The humor comes in the fact that Slick was Langer’s man and that the men who drew the resolutions chuckled over them as they wrote, One who peers into the background finds that the anti-Langer folks unloaded Slick, have their knives all sharpened for use on Langer and Prank Vogel unless they are good. It all started when Vogel, presumably at Slick’s suggestion, fired a lot of men who were working on the roads in the Logan-McIntosh district. A number of them were Nonpartisans or had good Nonpartisan connec- tions. So they campaigned the two counties and arranged for the meeting of district committeemen at which Slick’s head fell into the basket, with Vogel the behind-the-scenes victim. The resolutions were merely a gesture to wipe the blood off the knife. And even at that they were not over-enthusiastic, Things like that are what give a politician the jitters. Also, the incident serves notice that in attempting to build a political machine of their own Vogel and his cohorts are building an opposition one which may prove even more powerful. NO SPECIAL SESSION BECAUSE— It may be just as well to explain why there is no talk about a special session to legalize beer, as théy are doing in South Dakota. The answer is too many representatives and senators on the state pay- roll and the fact that someone might be mean enough to read the consti- tution out loud at some time or other. It really may not amount to much but every so often someone finds the constitution useful and, after all, it was approved by the people. © Section 37 of that document reads: “No judge, or clerk of any court, secretary of state, attorney general, register of deeds, sheriff or any person holding any office of profit under this state, except in the militia or the office of at- torney at law, notary public or justice of the peace, and no person holding any office of profit under any foreign government, or un- der the government of the United States, except postmasters whose annual compensation does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars, shall hold any office in either branch of the legislative as- sembly or become a member thereof.” Add to that section 39, which follows: “No member of the legislative assembly shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during the term for which he was elected; nor shall any member receive any civil appointment from the governor, or governor and senate, during the term for which he shall have been elected” Then what do you have? Lawyers say you have a situation wherein every legislator who is hold- ing a pay job under the state government is ineligible for service in the legislature until he quits his job. Some even say that the posts become vacant as soon as a legislator accepts a job and that the courts would so hold. We are liable to have a ruling on that point about next year when someone assumes there are va- cancies in the ranks of holdover senators because several are on the pay- roll. If a special session were called the eligibility question certainly would 2 raised and anything done by it would be challenged in the courts on constitutional grounds. Yes, there will be no special session. GETTING NEXT TO NIRA The response to the president's appeal for signatures to his temporary ¢ “2 is surprising but many businessmen are waiting for the codes for their own occupations. The reason is clear enough. They don’t want to get themselves into a jam from which they cannot back out if emergency de- mands. When the code for their own industry comes out they will know definitely that it was devised for them; be able to look it over. An example is the hotel business. The hotel, as was related at the meeting of businessmen in Bismarck Thursday night, must operate 24 hours a day. This is 168 hours a week as compared with an average of 60 hours for most other businesses. Cutting working time to 40 hours would mean four shifts of employes in some jobs with a relief man to work the extra eight hours. A good many of those hours there is little work to be done but the man must be there “in readi- ness to serve.” That and a lot of other reasons is why the hotelmen’s asso- ciation is asking its members to delay signing; to wait for the code. The same thing is true of several other industries. Associations to which they belong are asking them not to sign the blanket agreement, even though they are in harmony with the time-shortening, pay-raising idea. Lack of an influx of signatures helps an association in dealing with the re- covery administration and getting concessions it really may need. Proof lies in the experience of the newspapers. Few of them signed the first day. The American Newspaper Publishers association asked them not to do s0. Meantime certain items were taken up with Administrator Johnson. In the end the newspapers won the point that they could not be expected to shorten hours of union laborers and at the same time raise their wages. Many of these employes were getting far more than workers in other in- dustries because they were protected by union contracts. Some have had practically no reductions in pay despite the depression because of long- term agreements. The making of a daily newspaper is a continuous process and the man who is “putting the rag to bed” at 3 p. m. must know what. went on at 8 a. m. if he is to do his job well. It isn’t like digging potatoes. The newspaper association won its point. Nira makes no changes in contracts with union labor. The newspapers are signing now. Other industries may fare as well but none will fare better. The gov- ernment needs the support of the newspapers in selling the idea to the people, WHEN THE FUR WILL FLY One of the battles going on in connection with the new work agree- ment is the length of business hours. The government fixes the maximum hours of work at 40 and the minimum of hours for business at 52 to force employment of more workers. Someone will have to work those extra'12 hours weekly. But in some localities an attempt is being made to cut business hours down to 40. That is not in line with the interpretation the government is putting on the agreement. Those who do it may be deprived of the blue eagle in their windows. When that happens the real storm will break. The public will know who really likes Nira. And General Johnson will begin to see those dead cats he expects to be hurled at him before the business of adjusting the na- tion’s business is completed. PLAN NURSES’ CONVENTION plans of the convention entertain- Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 5.—(?)—|ment will be announced with the The North Dakota Nurses’ associa-| naming of a convention chairman. tion will conduct its annual conven- golf championship Saturday, gaining 2 2-up margin en Robert Lee Miller lof Jacksonville. Fla. defending titlist. | @ 88 caliber revolver. match. ‘on the first nine holes cf their 28-hole oe tion in Rugby Oct. 3, 4 and 5, ac-| A cat's eyes are sensitive to ultra- cording to an announcement from) violet rays. enabling the cat to see Mrs. Mildred L. Isakson of Dunseith,| better in the dusk than a human, Josephine Osland of Cav-|but a cat cannot see by night as aller is secretary. More detailed| well as by day. “ LOOK TO PRESIDENT TO AVERT CRISIS IN CROP-CUTTING PLAN Wheat and Cotton Farmers Owe Government Half of Fall Bonus Available 1875 LAW PROVES STICKLER Administrators Hope to Have Growers Exempted from Gov- ment Claims Washington, Aug. 5.—(#)—Farm administrators Saturday hoped that President Roosevelt would bring} them safely past a crisis in their Plans for cutting the production of cotton and wheat. From him they sought an early ruling through which payments of- fered farmers to join in reduction Programs could be definitely exempt- ed from claims the goverment al ready has against many of them. The number of debtors among wheat and cotton growers was re- ported as so large that if sums due the government were deducted they would reduce substantially, probably 50 per cent, the $200,000,000 which administrators plan to distribute among them in the next 60 days. Interpretations of a law enacted in 1875 were made by some officials to the effect that the government must withhold amounts due to it in mak- ing payments. Administrators asked Attorney General Cummings for a tuling. He, in turn, presented the matter to the president for final de- cision. ‘Until the policy of the adminis- tration is made clear on this point, the bulk of checks to cotton growers are being withheld. If offsets are necessary, it will mean that the pay- ments due those obligated to the gov- ernment will have to be separated from those without obligations, ne- cessitating further delays. Farmers owe $139,335,742 in seed, feed and crop production loans, a majority to cotton and wheat grow- ers.@ It is estimated that in some states at least half of them have unpaid loans of this type, that the payments to these two groups of farmers may be subject to offsets of nearly $100,000,000 for all debts owed the government. The regional agricultural credit: corporations and the intermediate credit banks are other government agencies besides seed loan offices with sums due. Of $70,982,175 in seed and feed loans made from 1921 to 1931, in- clusive, the unpaid balance now amounts to $39,813,553, all in de- fault. In 1932, $64,204,300 was ad- vanced to farmers and $42,740,721 remains in default. This year $56,- 781,468 was Joaned to 627,294 farm- ers, the Icans being due this fall. More than $100,000,000 is scheduled for distribution among cotton farm- ers in return for their agreements to Plow up from 25 to 50 per cent of their growing crop. Many already have completed their plowing. EDUCATOR DIES OF ACCIDENT INJURIES John R. Dyer, Dean of Univer- sity of Idaho, Succumbs At Rhame Rhame, N. D., Aug. 5.—()—John R. Dyer, about 40, dean of the Uni- versity of Idaho, southern branch, d.ed here, Friday night from injuries received in an automobile accident be- tween Marmarth and Rhame earlier in the day. Mrs, Dyer and the couple's two sons also were injured but are recovering in _a local hospital. Dyer suffered a fractured skull and collarbone when his wife lost control ot their car after a grasshopper struck | her in the eye. The machine went into a ditch. Other motorists brought the victims | to a hospital. Mrs. Dyer was cut and bruised and several ribs were broken. A physician said she was “getting along as well as could be expected.” 4 The two sons, George and John, re- covered consciousness at the hospital, where they will be confined for at) least a week. John has a fractured | leg, while George was bruised and shaken. The body of Dyer was sent to his home Friday night. West Has Scheme to Get Federal Money President John C. West of the Uni- versity of North Dakota has suggest- ed to Governor William Langer that it may be possible for institutions of higher learning in the state to obtain loans from the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation for new buildings. West cited a loan granted by the R. F. C. to the University of North Carolina for construction of a con- crete stadium. The R. F. C., West said, arranged to purchase $40,000 of 5% per cent revenue bonds of the North Carolina institution at par, with the loan to be secured by a first Raymond C. Dobson of Minot has been appointed district deputy grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for North Dakota, by Grand Exalted Ruler Walter F. Meier, Seattle, Wash. Dobson, a past exalted ruler of the Minot Elks lodge, and who is city editor of the Minot Daily News, suc- ceeds A. C. Pagenkopf, Dickinson, as district deputy. CORDELL HULL HAS NO INTENTIONS OF QUITTING HIS POST Secretary of State Declares He Is Not Pessimistic Over Developments New York, Aug. 5—(?)—Secretary of State Cordell Hull returned from London Saturday and went immedi- ately to Hyde Park to see President Roosevelt, with no intention of re- signing “now or hereafter.” i The secretary, who is chairman of the American delegation to the world monetary and economic conference now in recess, arrived on the steamer President Harding. Hull met reporters at quarantine with a prepared statement in which he said that “to preach the failure and futility of the world economic conference at this premature stage, would be to preach a gospel of des- pair.” Later, he answered questions. “The confereince, despite any con- fused reports about its status,” he said, is still alive and has a thorough- ly virile and comprehensive organi- zation to direct its affairs during the recess period. “The conference, despite any con-! upon to go forward with such progress as the nature and extent of the diffi- culties would permit. They have been piling up in every part of the world for 12 years, with the natural result that correspondingly more time is necessary to consider and solve them.” The secretary said he planned to spend the day and Saturday night with the president at Hyde Park, and to go to Washington Sunday. When he was told there had been many published reports forecasting bis imminent resignation, Hull said. “I imagine that comes from oppon- ents of the d :trines and policies that many of us are trying to advance. I have no intention of resigning now or hereafter, nor am I in a specula- tive state of mind. I have no thought of resigning.” Discussing that part of the Henry Morgenth2u’s Sr., interview Friday in which he said Europe was on the brink of war, Hull asserted: “I am not quite so pessimistic. The purpose of the conference is to meet and constructively and resolutely deal with both economic and military problems. I am trying to say there is a more optimistic view that can be taken, though I say that with a great deal of respect for Mr. Morgan- thau, who is a more capable judge than I. “There is no question that if we leave off peaceful conferences and Peaceful understanding there will be both economic and military chaos.” Innoculated Rabbits, Guinea Pigs Stolen Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 5.—(?)—Thirty rabbits and six guinea pigs inoculated with dangerous infectious diseases were stolen from pens at the Lincoln General hospital early Saturday, Mrs. Gladys Smits, superintendent, report- ed. Mrs. Smits asked newspapers to publish a warning of the danger of handling or eating the animals. She urged that the thief be requested to quickly get in touch with hospital authorities so the health menace may be ended. ‘The guinea pigs had been subjected to injections for tuberculosis and meningitis. Most of the rabbits were used in arthritis experiments. Hospital attendants said that un- less the animals were returned promptly, the value of tests made over a period of one to two years would be destroyed. ‘WISCONSIN CHEESE Plymouth, Wis., Aug. 5.—(P)—Wis- consin cheese exchange for the week: Twins 12; Daisies 12%; farmers call board: Twins 12%; Daisies 12%; Weather Report Possibly thunder showers tonight or Sunday; cooler Sunday. PRICE FIVE CENTS INVOLVES BUILDING OF 1,240 MILES AT COST OF $3,000,000 Part of State’s Emergency Con- struction in Business Re- covery Drive FOUR LETTINGS PLANNEb Includes 542 Miles Gravel Sur- facing, 600 Grading and 99 Oil-Mix Program maps as submitted by the state highway department have been approved by federal officials, setting in motion the preliminary machinery for about 1,240 miles of road con- struction in North Dakota to be completed in 1933-34 at an estimated cost of $3,000,000. The road program is part of North Dakota’s emergency construction in connection with na- tional economic recovery plans. This work includes 542.1 miles gravel surfacing; 600.7 miles earth grading; and 99.8 miles oil-mix sur- facing. It constitutes about half the federal appropriation, the remainder to be divided between feeder roads and roads for municipalities whose program has not been completed. Engineers Make Inspection H. C. Frahm, chief engineer of the state highway department, and H. J. Taylor, highway engineer for the bu- reau of public works, this week con- ducted an inspection tour of feeder roads in preparation for drawing plans for these projects. Present plans call for the first proj- ect letting to be held Sept. 8, with the possibility of a second letting the same month. Other lettings are pianned for October of this year and March and May of next year. The dates are tentative, however, and re- vision will be necessary if delay is ex- Perienced in obtaining title to right of way or gravel pits. County commis- Sioners are charged with the duty of obtaining title to right of way. Federal regulations require road contractors to select labor from lists submitted by employment agencies Gesignated by the federal employ+ iment service, Preference must be given to ex-servicemen with depend- ents, and next to residents of the county and state, respectively, im which the work is to be performed. An outright grant from the federal government, the money is apportioned to the various counties on the same basis as the federal government ap- portions it to the states—according to Population and highway miles. Amount of work to be done at each letting as now planned: Sept. 8, $827,710; second September letting, $630,900; October, $610,190; March, 1934, $824,390; May, 1934, hs il Mi Grand Forks—10.5 miles, Arvilla east. Earth Grading Adams county—16.2 miles, earth grading, Haynes north. Benson—4.5 miles, York north. Burke—8 miles on county line, east cf 8. R. 8. Burleigh—13 miles, Wilton east. Cass—10.1 miles, Garner west. Cavalier—8.9 miles, Calio east and west. Griggs—1 mile, from 8. R. 1 east. Griggs—7 miles, Coopertown west. LaMoure—13.1 miles on Stutsman county line. Morton—10 miles, New Salem south, Morton—6.5 miles, Glenn Ullin south. Nelson—13.4 miles, between Peters- burg and Aneta. Pierce—5.6 miles, Barton northwest. Renville—9 miles, through Glen- burn, Rolette—13.7 miles, Rolla. south. Slope—16.5 miles, county line north on U.S. 85, Gravel Surfacing Bottineau — 13.5 miles, north and south. Burke—12 miles, Columbus south, Cavalier—10 miles, Langdon north. aaa miles on SR 56, north of Grant—6.9 miles on SR 31, south of Raleigh. La Moure—7.5 miles on Stutsman county line. McHenry—12.8 miles on SR 14, Rangeley north and south. McLean—11.5 miles, Mercer south. McLean—11 miles, Turtle Lake north. eaile=1s miles, Mayville to Blan- ard. Walsh—10 miles, Grafton east. Sheridan—15.3 miles on SR 14, south of Anamoose. Sioux—10 miles, Cannon Ball river south SR 31. Grade Separation and se east of Valley ye Ransom—Bridge over Maple river. Earth and Gravel McLean—0.8 mile earth and gravel, changing curve east of Underwood. McLean—0.8 mile earth and gravel, changing curve west of Turtle Lake. Proposed second September letting: Oil-Mix Surfacing Barnes—5.5 miles, Sanborn east. Ramsey — 12 miles, Devils Lake north. Stark—9.7 miles, Taylor to Rich- ardton. Earth Grading Barnes—9.1 miles on SR 26, west of SR 32. Barnes—19 miles, road to under- pass, Dunn—8.5 miles, Marshall south. Golden Valley—8 miles on SR 16, Arvid south, Hettinger—12 miles on SR 8, couns ty line north. Logan—9.1 miles, Streeter south. McLean—12.6 miles, Ruso south, Carbury Yen on the gross receipts from ath- Hetic events. Americas 12%; Horns 12%. Standard Brands %e less. Mercer—11.2 miles, Beulsh. (Continued on Page Three)