The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1933, Page 1

. ‘Set Special Vote for Se Mill Selling Flour Chea “ . North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Be a nc ECE Es THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933 PRE APR 8 OEE ~ The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; little change in temperature, PRICE FIVE CENTS Find TUND’S REPORT ON STATE ENTERPRISE _ GIVES NEW FIGURES Shows Out-of-State Consumers Get 25 to 65 Cent Edge on North Dakotans PRODUCTION STEPPED UP Two of Three Units Now Being Operated At Capacity, Auditor Declares Showing a loss of $244,222.77 if bond | interest and depreciation charges are included and an operating profit of $41,176.40 if bond interest and depre- ciation are eliminated, a report of an audit of the state mill and elevator for the year July 1, 1932 to July 8, 1933 has been filed with the state ““poard of sutlitors by O. B. Lund, au- ditor and accountant for the state. Separate statements show the oper- ations from July 1, 1932, to April 13, 1933, the date on which the new mill and elevator association management took over the institution, and from April 14 to July 8, the period over which the new management has oper- 4 ated the mill. For the more than nine months period from July 1, 1932 to April 13, the mill and elevator departments, considered as a whole, show an oper- ating profit of $37,795.13, while for the three-month period April 14, 1933 to July 8, the profit is $3,381.37. Bond interest and depreciation are elimin- ated in both instances. Net Loss Is $244,222.77 ‘With bond interest and depreciation charges included, the total loss of the plant as a whole for the year is plac- ed at $244,222.77. ‘The flour manufactured by the mill totalled 304,698 barrels from July 1, 1932, to April 13, and 183,419 barrels from April 14 to July 8. Beginning ‘April 26, 1933, the mill operated two ‘units, or two-thirds capacity, six days: a week continuously to July 8. With a larger percentage of plant operation, the mill department shows « a reduction in operating cost for the period from April to July 8, Lund re- Financial results of the operations of the mill department, when separ- ated from the elevator show, from July 1, 1932, to April 13, 1933, an oper- ating profit of $16,682.55 before con- sidering interest and depreciation, while for the following three months period there is an operating loss of $17,984.63 before considering interest and depreciation. ‘Belling Cheaper in East The loss for the latter is due to the reduction of: flour prices at the be- ginning of the period, Lund comment- ed. Flour, he said, was quoted for North Dakota at a price netting the mill from 75 to 80 cents for conver- sion over material costs, and sales to eastern buyers were made at prices netting the mill from 25 to 65 cents Jess than the North Dakota quoted sales, The flour prices in North Da- kota, Lund said, have been raised gradually until they now yield the same profit to the mill as before the price reduction was announced. The flour sales in the eastern mar- kets have been continued on approxi- J mately the same price basis as form- « erly, which do not net the mill its operating costs, Lund’s report stated. Before considering bond interest and depreciation, the elevator depart- ment shows an operating profit of $21,089.02 from July 1, 1932 to April 13, 1933, and an operating profit of * $16,823.75 for the next three months period. Seventy-three per cent of the revenue of the elevator department during the last year has been from the mill department for storage and handling of mill wheat, Lund report- ed. The local elevator shows a net profit from July 1, 1932 to April 13 of $23.56 and from April 14 to July 8,’a net Profit of $4,542.24. Gambled On Market The reason the local elevator shows the small profit for the first period and the large profit for the last per- iod, Lund explained, is due to handl- ing grain during the first period on a falling market and on a rising mar- ket in the later period without hedg- ing. Funds of all departments on deposit with the closed First National Bank of Grand Forks in the amount of $102,735.80, are carried in the audit at full value, pending final settlement in the re-organization of the bank, the report says. The mill and eleva- tor officers contend, Lund commented, these deposits are preferred claims and a decision of the courts may be required before the amount of recov- ery will be determinted. Flour gales for 1932 totaled 418,648 barrels, with 257,397 sold in eastern markets, 106,697 in North Dakota, 53,- 229 in Minnesota, and 1,325 in South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. From January 1, to July 8, 1933, sales totaled 378,406 barrels, with 280,- 665 barrels sold in eastern markets, 70,151 in North Dakota, 26,848 in Min- nesota, and 742 in South Dakota, Towa, and MACHADO IS GUARDED Nassau, N. P., Aug. 24—(?)—Re- ports that an airplane carrying men determined to assassinate Gerardo Machado, deposed and exiled presi- dent of Cuba, had left Cuba for this eity, Thursday caused placing of Miss New York a N. Y., a Cornell University co-ed, contest at A Century of Progress i: What? Miss New York winning a milkmaid contest! prised western-competitors, too, wh Milking Champion! 0 Well, it sur- en Miss Viola Henry, of Norwick, captured top honors at the milking in Chicago. Here she’s shown with the champion’s cup after she had filled her pail with 16 pounds and six ounces of milk at the end of the three minutes allowed in the contest. SLEEPING SICKNESS DEATH TOLL BREAKS ALL FORMER MARKS Four More Die in. St. Louis as Outbreaks Are Reported in Nearby States” 4 seine St. Louis, Aug. 24—(#)—As the toll from the epidemic of “sleeping sick- ness” reached 27 in this city and its suburban communities, the puzzling disease was reported in another bor- dering state—Illinois. Previously cases in Oklahoma and Kansas, as well as other Missouri towns, had been diagnosed as encep- halitis, as the disease is known in medical circles, but the ones reported during the last 24 hours at Pekin and | Pleasant Hill, Ill., are the first known in that state during the current out- break. The deaths of four persons here to succumb to the disease in one day during the epidemic which took its first victim July 30. Three more died Thursday. It also surpassed the number of fatalities from the dis- ease in the Spokane, Wash., outbreak ct 1918-21 when nineteen lost their lives. : Nine new cases have been reported in St. Louis county and four in the city of St. Louis, bringing the total 197. Federal, state and city medical ex- |Perts are concentrating their investi- gation in an attempt to find a cause and cure on the possibility that in- sects are suspected as-being possible carriers of the infection. To Start Allotment Work Here Next Week Work of organizing Burleigh county farmers for participation in the wheat allotment plan will begin next week, County Agent H.O. Putnam said Thursday. Putnam said he expects to call a meeting of the county advisory com- mittee for 8 p. m., Saturday and a schedule of township mectings may be arranged at that time. At these meetings the allotment plan will be explained and farmers will be given an opportunity to sign up for it. Putnam is pre to send out complete sets of blanks to each farm- er in the county. These consist of an application for contract, the con- tract itself, a map of the farm for which the allotment is asked, thresh- ermen’s certificates for each of the three years in the base period and re- ports of production and disposal for each of the three years. These are necessary to compute the allotment for each farm, he said. Since considerable research of his records will be necessary.on the part of each farmer, the committee is ex- pected to ask that they do this in ad- vance of the township meetings. Family Is Missing In Nebraska Flood Trenton, Neb., Aug. 24.—(?)—A wide area south of here was under water early today, one family was forced from its home and another was iso- lated, after a six inch rain west of here sent the Republican river over its banks. Two and one half miles of Burling- ton track were washed out and under- mined. The Grover Seybold family living ‘Wednesday was the greatest number | tumber since the epidemic started to/ ‘TWO ENGINEMEN ARE KILLED WHEN TRAIN (GOES INTO STREAM Flood Blamed For Mishap on Southern Railway Line | Near Washington ‘Washington, Aug. 24.—(4)—Two en- ‘ginemen went to their deaths, two other persons were said by police to have been killed, and at least 13 were injured early Thursday when the Crescent Limited. crack Southern rail- ;Way train bound from New York to New Orleans, went through a bridge just outside the capital at 3:45 a. m. The train was crossing a bridge over the eastern branch of the Anacostia ytiver when the accident, apparently caused by terrific rains and the swol- len stream, occurred. The engine dropped into the river. |The mail car and a coach hurtled over onto the far bank. A deadhead car was entirely submerged and five lother cars toppled from the track jand trestle, some partially into the water. | The last car on the train remained {upright on the far side of the stream. | The terrific force of the impact threw the engine onto its right side burying it in the mud and submerg- ing the operating cab. A squad of ambulances and a rescue ,tiain were rushed to the scene and brought the injured to emergency | hospital here. All of the cars were badly smashed. | All Passengers Removed | Dr, Martin J. Keane, Riverdale, Md., who took charge of the rescue work, said all the passengers had been removed. i After going over the wreck, the doc- tor kicked in the window of the mail car and there found two clerks calmly sorting mail, even though badly shak- en up by the wreck. One man, whose name was not as- certained, told the doctor after he had been pulled from his berth that he nad slept through the wreck and Faew nothing of it until awakened by the rescuers. Eastern. Branch and all other Streams in Prince George county, Md., were out of their banks all night. Rescue squads throughout the entire county worked frantically getting peo- ple out of their homes. The derailment occurred along a cesolate stretch of track where water poured along both sides of the Penn- svlvania railroad’s double-track right of way. The Eastern Branch, which has blocked the highways leading into Washington from the northeast, was tumbling along under the tracks at an unusually high gauge as the limit- ed came onto the weakened struc- ture. One theory advanced as to the cause of the wreck was that dredging, @ hundred yards or so below the bridge, had permitted gravel around the pilings to wash away and let them go out. Winnipeg Lops Two Games Off Brandon St. Paul, Aug. 24—()—Two full games were lopped off Brandon's mar- gin over Winnipeg Wednesday when the Maroons won both ends of a doubleheader. - The hard-hitting Brandon team, now only 1%4 games in the lead, lost the first tilt 8 to 5 and then dropped the nightcap, 4 to 1. The two teams will meet at Bran- don again Thursday while Superior |plays a pair’ of games at Moorhead armed with rifles ebout the|neer the river was unreported. There | and Crookston will be at East Grand hotel where Machado is living. ke [were five children in the family. Forks. JOHNSON AND AIDES RULE OUT PHRASING OF OPEN SHOP MEN Union Vs. Non-Union Issue to Be Ignored By Recovery Administration OFFICIAL STATEMENT MADE Employers Expected to Accept Decision and Work Out Policies At Home Washington, Aug. 24—(2)}—Two dominant industries, coal and auto- mobiles, Thursday faced the necessity of accepting NRA fair-practice codes stripped of phrasing designed to keep their workers non-union, or of trying to battle their way out of the indus- trial control fold. Official opinion, supported by first trade reactions, leaned to the view that both industries, like steel before them, would take the codes readily enough and then seek to work out their “open shop” policies with. the employes at home. But the phrase “open shop” had been ejected by the NRA together with the companion “closed shop” as words which “can- not be written into the law.” This was done in an official state- ment, signed jointly by Administra- tor Hugh S. Johnson and his General Counsel Donald Richberg, which stated that the industrial law's grant to la- bor of the “right to organize and bar- gain collectively through representa- tives of their own choosing” cannot be “circumscribed, affected or foreclosed |by anyone writing his own interpre- tation into any code or agreement.” ‘This statement was said to have the official approval of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Dr. Leo Wolman, chair- man of NRA’s labor advisory board of which Green also is a member. Some Employers Satisfied ‘The interpretation brought express- fons of satisfaction also from some employers, although there was no im- m@ilate promise that it would clear the road to immediate acceptance of codes. In coal, particularly, the min- imum wage question remained acute; so was the demand of the United Mine Workers for insertion of “check off” Provisions by which union dues are deducted from pay envelopes when the workers get them. For automobiles the situation ap- peared smoother. There was a pos- sibility that once the industrialists were reconciled to scrapping their de- mand for an open shop the agreement could be hastened to President Roose- velt for promulgation. In an address to the nation Wednes- day night, Johnson mainly appealed to confidence as the one sure restorer of prosperity. He reported more than a million and a half voluntary Blue Eagle agreements have been signed, that they continue to pour in at a mil- lion a month rate, while “practically the whole of American industry and commerce have submitted codes for public hearings.” |Dry North Dakota | Swells Beer Total Fargo, N. D., Aug. 24.—()—Funds nthe federal coffers have been |federal beer and wine licenses in | North Dakota for the 1933-1934 fiscal jvear which began July 1, it was an- nounced Wednesday at the office of H. H. Perry, collector of internal rev- enue for the state. To date approximately 1,000 retail beer licenses, 60 wholesalers’ licenses lend 20 licenses to retail wines have |been issued it was said. The retail beer licenses cost $20 |per year; the beer wholesalers’ licen- ses $50 a year and the wine permits $25 per year, St. Paul Is Staging Giant Demonstration St. Paul, Aug. 24—(7)—St. Paul planned the largest parade in its his- tory Thursday as part of NRA day. Officials in charge of the affair said they expected 40,000 persons to march, including Gov. Floyd B. Olson; Joseph C. O'Mahoney, of Washing- ton, first assistant United States Post- master General; Mayor William Ma- honey, St. Paul, and Brig. Gen. David L. Stone, Commandant at Fort Snell- ing. Virtually all of the city’s industries and business establishments were to close for the afternoon parade through the downtown streets. Four Cows Die From Eating Sorghum Cane Four head of cows belonging to C. L. Cotner, four miles south of Flash- er died Monday from eating sorghum cane, according to word received here Thursday, One cow died within 30 minutes af- ter being driven from the field and the other three were dead within three. hours. Several other cows showed symptoms of acute distress for some time. It is believed that the death of the cattle was caused by prussic acid poisoning, the poison be- ing found in drouth stricken cane which in few places has had a normal growth, i elled $37,000 through the sale of | Elevator at Butte Destroyed by Fire Butte, N. D., Aug. 24.—Fire destroy- ed the Minnekota elevator here at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. The elevator, which had a capacity of 20,- 000 bushels and which was filled at the time, was destroyed. A carload of wheat containing 14,000 bushels which was standing on a sidetrack by the elevator also was destroyed. The fire leaves Butte with three elevators. PLAN T0 ENCOURAGE GUT IN ACREAGE OF / COTTON SUGGESTED Permanent Program For South.! ern Staple Considered By Farm Leaders | Washington, Aug. 24—(7)—A long- time program combining acreage re- duction and a form of price guarantee to the cotton growers is before Secre- tary Wallace with prospects that its principles will be accepted and the plan announced about September 1. ‘The program contemplates a reduc- ion of next year’s acreage to around 25,000,000. One of its most important features would be an assurance of parity price for that portion of the average crop consumed in this coun- try. | The parity price for cotton is the price at which it must sell to have the purchasing power it had from 1909 to 1914. At present, this is estimated at around 13 cents, approximately five cents above current farm prices. Final approval of the plan, extend- ing this year’s emergency program, de- pends upon the secretary of agricul- ture and President Roosevelt, and it may be radically revised. Its central features have the approval of farm administration cotton experts and many growers, so revisions to any great extent are regarded as extreme- ly unlikely. Already Wallace has tentatively ap- proved the reduction to 25,000,000 acres, In return for this, the grower Would receive benefit payments on an acreage basis as he did this year. 14 ARE INDICTED IN URSCHEL KIDNAPING Government Moves to Extradite Gangsters After Grand Jury Acts Swiftly Oklahoma City, Aug. 24.—(R— Daring gangdom to interfere, the government's quick-acting prosecu- tors sought Thursday to hurry Charles F, Urschel’s accused kid- napers to Oklahoma for a speedy trial and, they hope, a sweep of ex- treme sentences. | Hurrying to Texas on the heels of @ grand jury’s indictment of 14 per- sons for conspiracy to kidnap the oi millicnaire for $200,000 ransom— a ransom that was paid—Joseph B.| Keenan, special assistant attorney general; District Attorney Herbert K. Hyde and D. H. Colvin, in charge, of the case for the United States bureau of investigation, sought re- moval orders for Harvey Bailey and the four members of the Shannon jfamily, jailed at Dallas for the kid- | naping. Likewise, airplanes speeded certi- | tied copies of the indictment to Den- ver, where Albert Bates, accused of the “strong arm” end of the abduc- tion, is held, and to Minneapolis, where at least five of those indicted are either held or hunted. | “We are ready to meet the chal- lenge of these gangsters and outlaws fearlessly and with their own weap- ons,” said Keenan, in a dramatic statement at the close of the five- hour grand jury session Wednesday, during which Urschel and a score of other witnesses were protected by sub-machine guns in the hands of federal operatives. Still at large and regarded as one of the most dangerous of the accused gang, is George (Machine Gun) Kelly, named with Bates in the in- dictment as having actually abducted Urschel. TWIN CITIES MEN HAD BEEN QUESTIONED BEFORE St. Paul, Aug. 24.—(7)—L. L. Drill. federal district attorney, said he had word from Qklahoma’ City that five Twin Cities men were among the per- sons indicted there in connection with thé Charles F. Urschel kidnaping. He said the five were indicted on conspiracy charges. All had been questioned by federal agents in connection with appearance of Ursche) ransom money in the Twin Cities. Drill named the five as Sam Koz- berg, official of a local drug company; Sam J. Kronick, proprietor of a Min- neapolis barber supply company; Pete Hackett, Minneapolis, known also as) William Nelson, Peter Miller and Pete| Arnold; Charles Wolk, official of a {Minneapolis transfer ‘company and| | Barney Berman, who had told agents the Urschel ransom money that ap-| STORM DEATH TOLL MOUNTS 10:29 AND MANY ARE INJURED Another Large Vessel Is Miss- ing and Fears For Its Weather Disturbance CRIPPLED SHIP IN PORT Two Other Large Vessels Miss- ing and Fears For Their Fate Are Held (By the Associated Press) An entire village of 800 lying be- low the dam of an overflowing moun- tain lake in upstate New York was endangered Thursday as the Atlantic seaboard’s raging storm swept inland, leaving in its trail at least 29 dead, many injured and millions in damage. Inhabitants of Fleischmann’s awoke to find their town half flooded and the emergency flood gates of Switzer- land lake already three feet under the rushing waters. Frantic efforts were started to reach the machinery. Additional deaths were added to the swelling list of those who per- ished at sea, in train and automobile accidents and freak mishaps as the count went forward in affected areas in New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania, Delaware, Maryland and Vir- ginia. The New Jersey toll reached eight} in the five days of the storm. Pennsylvania counted at three. least Seven Die in Maryland Maryland recorded seven with re- ports from some sections still meager because of faulty communication. Two of these—an engineer and a fireman—were killed in the derail- ment Thursday morning near Tux- edo of the Southern Railway's Cre- scent Limited. Virginia had 10 dead, two of them victims of the storm as it beat upon the coastal liner Madison attempt- ing to reach Norfolk. The second mate and the quarter- master were swept overboard when they went on deck to investigate damage done by the first huge wave which struck the ship as she encoun- tered the hurricane. New York had at least one dead. The injured included 13 in the} Crescent crash and two aboard the Madison. 1n addition, anumber were reported missing on small craft un- accounted for. From upstate New York to Mary- land reports came of marooned va- cationists and of efforts by coast guardsmen and others to effect’ res- cues. Washington streets were littered with the debris of Wednesday night's terrific blow; summer cottages in Virginia were swamped, and in other cases cottages along the coast were washed away. One Liner Is Overdue ‘The City of Norfolk, a Chesapeake Bay line steamer carrying 40 passen- gers from Baltimore, was more than 24 hours overdue at Norfolk. Fear the death list might mount swiftly grew as calls for aid came from communities beset by raging waves or floods resulting from record-breaking rains. The hurricane—racing far out of the usual path of such storms—flailed the coast from the Carolinas northward, but Virginia was perhaps hardest hit. Eight persons. are known to have died Thursday in Virginia alone. Waterfronts. were inundated, hun- dreds of miles of highways flooded, communities cut off by floods or com- munications failure, traffic paralyzed and crops ruined. = Early Thursday the storm, still sweeping north, whipped parts of New England with. gales that crippled ship- ping and menaced shore communities. Large numbers of men in Salisbury, Md., a city of 11,000 were called upon, a witness said, to dig a ditch to divert the Wicomico river and save the bus- iness section from floods. Many oth- er towns on the lower Demava penin- (Continued on page two) 600 Trapshooters in Big Handicap Event Vandalia, O.,. Aug. 24.—(4)—More than 600 faced the firing line Thurs- day for the world’s second richest trapshooting event, the preliminary handicap fired annually before the blue ribbon classic of the year, the Grand American. Shooters from every state in the union, 12 from the Canal Zone andj four from Canada sought the $4,000 cash offered the high guns on 100 single targets at 16 to 12 yards rise. H. C. Krout of Maryland Line, Md., ‘Wednesday won the class A title with @ score of 198, Better Business Is Shown by Railroads New York, Aug. 24.—(#)—Aggregate net operating income for July of the first eleven railroads to report was 220 per cent ahead of the July, 1932, show- ing of these carriers and nearly 2 per cent above the June figure. Their rise in June ‘net, as against the same month last year, was 230 per cent. peared in the Twin Cities had come through him and that he received it in a Hquor deal. i Drill seid Kozberg and Kronick in custedy and agents were bunting | ithe others. ’ VANDERPOOL RETIRED Vanderpool, that great thorough- Leaves Films to Wed in Britain Hollywood doesn’t feel so cheer- ful about her departure, but Ben- ita Hume, English actress, was in high spirits when, as shown here, she sailed from New York. That’s because she was on her way to England to wed Jack Dunfee, English sportsman. NORTH DAKOTA GIRL DROPS PROSECUTION ON ASSAULT CHARGE Expects to Be Married and Dis- likes Publicity Attending Sensational Case Chicago, Aug. 24—(7)—Polo again claimed the attention of its second ranking ace, Cecil Smith, San An- tonio, Tex., Thursday after an Evans- criminal assau!t against him. last night by her father, Dr. R. T. Rose, dentist of Cooperstown, N. D., Miss Eugenia Rose, 23, the complain- ant, said: “I do not wish to prosecute Mr. expect to be married and I do not want any more publicity. appear against Mr. Smith and I wish you would therefore dismiss the case at once.” The $5,000 bond of the polo star vas cancelled and he left at once for New York to practice for a tourney the “claim was preposterous” and that he was “ready to meet it in court at any time.” Father Brings Note daughter, Dr. Rose handed to Magis- trate Willis B. Brightmire of Evanston an identification card and said: “I am Miss Rose’s father. My daughter is much distressed by this affair and the publicity. She wants to drop it.” At Evanston it was reported that Miss Rose planned to return to live with her father in Cooperstown. Her father is a past president of the North Dakota Dental association, a director in a bank there and the owner of a large ranch. The possibility that a perjury charge might be brought against Miss prosecution of the polo player. Wachowski said: “Miss Rose still has until 1 p. m. Friday to appear against Smith, but if she is not present we shall start an inquiry to determine whether perjury or defamation of character has been committed. Since she swore to an af- fidavit and signed a complaint she has persistently avoided this office, which must prosecute her case.” Magistrate Brightmire issued a subpoena Thursday for Miss Rose to assure her presence when the case is called Friday. He said the state must determine whether the charges will be dropped. Hedberg Faces Jail In St. Paul Mystery St. Paul, Aug. 24.—(?)—Only a physician’s approval was needed Thursday for removal of Dr. W. Hedberg, St. Paul chiropractor charg- ed with kidnaping and assault, to the city jail from his hospital room where he lies suffering from minor injuries and effects of a drug. He was acoused in warrants served Wednesday of kidnaping and assauit- ing Dr. E. J. Engberg, St. Paul physic- jan. The assault on Dr. Engberg, au- thorities asserted, resulted when Hed- Engberg was drugged when he re- fused to perform a mutilating opera- bred of W. M. Moore who won 15 consecutive turf victors retired to the’U. 8. army's stud. ton nurse had dropped charges of | In a letter delivered to authorities Cecil Smith on the charge of rape. I I will not. next month. He issued a statement reiterating previous declaration that As he brought the letter from ‘his | Rose was voiced by Arsistant State's Attorney Eugene Wachoski, whom the nurse had consulted concerning the berg fancied he had been wronged by the state medical examining board, of which Dr, Engberg is secretary. Dr. tion and was left in an automobile) West has been |Parked on a railroad crossing where) took one lock at the rain-soaked afi iit was sideswiped by 2 train. His in- courts and postponed the semi-final + juries were not serious. pt. 14 per in East PROPOSAL 10 ISSUE | $203,000 IN BONDS | [SUP FOR DECISION Money Would Be Used to Fi- nance Construction of New High School Building TOTAL COST IS $383,000 Government Would Stand Part 6f Outlay; $75,000 Fund Already on Hand Bismarck voters will ballot at a special election on September 14 on a Proposal to issue $203,000 in bonds to finance construction of a new high school building here. Decision to present the issue to capital citizens was announced Thurs- day by the city school board which recently decided to urge construction of the school building as a part of the national public works program. The total cost of the project, equip- ped and ready for use, was placed at approximately $383,000 of which $278,- 000 would be borne by the city and $105,000 by the federal government under the public works act. The school board has $75,000 in a Separate building fund, free from all encumbrance, and this would be added to the proceeds of the proposed bond issue to make up the city’s share. To this the government would add 30 per cent of the total cost of the building as an outright gift. _ The cost of the building alone is es- timated at $350,000 and this is the figure on which the government would. donate 30 per cent or $105,000. The rest of the total cost, or approximate- i sr eat be needed to equip le building for school School officials said. bai Four Per Cent Interest The bonds would bear four per cent interest and would be sold to the federal government. They would be retired in 20 years. The state law limits school bond issues to that ma~- turity, although the government is willing to accept longer term bonds. The school board plans to use the |Present high school building as a jun- jor high school and to use the Will Junior high school for a grade school if the bond issue is approved, Super- intendent H. O. Saxvik said. It is estimated that this rearrange- ment of school facilities would take care of Bismarck’s needs for the next 10 years and possibly longer, depend- ing on the increase in the city's school Population. | He said the operating cost of the city school system naturally would be higher if another building is con | Structed since janitor service, lighting, heating and similar items would have to be met from the regular tax budget. Provision also would have to be made for paying the interest and retiring the bonds. The school board already owns a site north of the present high school on which the proposed building would be constructed. Tentative plans for the building were drawn several years ago when @ new high school building first was Proposed and it is expected that these would be used as the basis for the new structure. Velva Voting Thursday |__Velva was voting Thursday in the jfirst of @ series of elections which will be held in many cities and vil- lages in the effort to take part in the public works program. | Other local special elections already ordered include those at Dickinson | (Continued on Page Two) Two Forest Workers Perish in Montana Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 24—(>)}~ Two members of a civilian conserva: tion corps unit, Lt. Robert Gilmore of New York state and Harry Halverson, about 40, of Canyon Ferry, Mont., died in a sudden storm that swept the Belt mountains near here, Monday. Their bodies were recovered Wednesday night. A third member of the party named Funk, from Long Island, is recover- ing. The men, Funk said, started to walk in the cold rain of Sunday, from one fire camp to another. Halverson, he said, became ill and, unable to con tinue, was left under a tree. The others reached a cave where, Funk said, Gilmore died Monday. Funk remanied in the cave until Tues- day morning when he continued on to the camp where a search party ; Was organized. A coroner's jury decided the two men came to their death from ex- posure and hunger. Farmers Asked to Hold Pigs Few Days Fargo, N. D., Aug. 24.—(?)—North Dakota farmers are advised to delay | | | H./ marketing piggy sows and pigs until Aug. 28 by A. G. Black, chief of the corn and hog section of the agricul- tural administration, who telegraphed that advice to C. F. Monroe, director of the North Dakota extension di- vision. It is expected that interior packing plants, including the plant at West Fargo, will begin buying these classes of stock under the government bonus plan on Aug. 28. . RACQUETS STILL SILENT Forest Hills, N. Y., Aug. 24—(P)— Officials in charge of the women’s )national tennis championships at the Side Tennis club Thursday | matehes until Friday,