The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1934, Page 7

‘ ' 5 “ SHUT-NS 10 GET ~-RLORAL PRESENTS R. W. Lumry Announces Com- mittee to Aid in Distribut- ing Flowers on Sunday Bismarck’s shut-ins will be remem- bered with gifts of’ flowers trom local florists on Sunday, the second annual National Flower Shut-in day spon- sored by the Florists’ Telegraph De- livery association, with 6,000 members throughout the world. June sunshine and fragrance, in the form of beautiful spring flowers, wil} be delivered to every shut-in who can be lecated,- according to R. W. Lum- ry, Who has been appointed chair- man, Lumry. Wednesday announced formation of the local committee which will compile the names and addresses of all shut-ins who can be reached in this community. Mayor A. P. Lenhart has consented to act as honorary chairman and will \ssue a proclamation in honor of the day. Other members of the commit- Garden club, which has promised its tooperation. Girl Scouts of the city will assist by listributing the flowers in the Bis-| lot. marck and St. Alexius hospitals. In the first observance last year, blooms were taken into more than 180,000 sickrooms throughout the United, States and Canada, Lumry @nnounced. This year, he said, the goal of the movement is to send flow- ers to 250,000 people confined to their homes or in hospitals. “We want to make it plain that this is an entirely generous movement. on the part of the florists,” Lumry said. “No florist taking part in the day will accept money for flowers deliv- ered to bona fide shut-ins — those Permanently sick or disabled. We want the cooperation of the public in obtaining the names and addresses of local shut-ins, which may be turned in to any flower shop displaying the Mercury emblem of the Florists’ Telegraph Delivery association. It is our hope that every person who knows a shut-in immediately will take the name and address to some member of the committee.” MORTON PIONEER DIES Carl William Hofknecht, 89, farmer near Mandan for 50 years, died Wed- nesday from heart disease and com- plications incident to old age. Pu- neral services will be conducted from the Mandan Presbyterian church at 2 Pi m. Thursday with Rev. C. PF. FPylling officiating. HOT RACE AT MANDAN Dr. George F. Wirtz, Mandan den- tist, and Rev. ©. O. Andvik, pastor of the Butheran church, were elected to the Mandan school board Tuesday as the city voters cast a record bal- , WARNING to EXPECTANT MOTHERS “If you have ever been a patient in any hospital, you are probably familiar with the gdvantages of a liquid laxative. Doctors know the value of the laxative whose dose can be mea- sured, and Whose action can be thus regulated to suit your individual need. The public, too, is fast returning to the use of liquid laxatives. People have now learned that a properly prepared liquid laxative brings a perfect movement without dis- comfort at the time, or after. Dr. Caldwell’s long experience with mothers and babies, and his re- markable record of nearly three thousand births without the loss of one mother or child, should give A Greater WORLD FAIR anybody complete confidence in any prescription which he wrote! But most important of all, a gentle liquid laxative does not cause bowel strain to the most delicate system, and this is of the utmost importance to expectant mothers and to every child. Expectant mothers are urged to try gentle regulation of bowels with Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It is a delightful tasting laxative of delightful action, made of fresh herbs, pure pepsin and active senna. Not a single mineral drug; nothing to cause strain, or irritate the kidneys. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is an approved preparation and kept steady for use by all druggists. | Here’s W hat Runaway Auto Does The china shop bull has a worthy rival In the auto that crashes into your house while you're peacefully slumbering. Cc. L. Bemis of Hermosa Beach, Calif., vouches for this and offers as evidence the ruin pictured above, wrought by a plunged through the outer wall of his how crashed through the opposite wall, People’s Forum eo a Ne | —The Tribune wel- on subjects of inter. i with contro- jects, which unfairly, oF taste and fair titers de: religtou: individu attack which offend goo play will be returned to the writ- spect Such requests. the right to délete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy and to re- quire publication of a writers name where justice and fair play ™ it ad ble. RAIN AND RADIO WAVES Baldwin, N. Dak. June 1, 1934 Editor, Tribune: I read the letter of Mr. Redington of May 23, also the letier of Martin Bootten of May 24th in your daily. ‘We pray in the Lord’s Prayer, “And lead us not into temptation.” Now it; may be possible that men now are going as far or further than men did when they visited the tower at Baby- lon, and the way God handled man was that he changed their languages and made them halt that way. Let us worship God first. last and all the time, but never forget that He lets rain and the sun shine over the good as well as over the bad. He has given mother earth its course and long as I can remember it is the same, but it is also true that when go again. The best tion remains and there's new attractions. Fair free Northern Pacific S 516 0-day return Go this Summer! | ‘Through the telephone you establish end hold your place in the world of in the home with « telephone. Which is more likely to have _ _ these pleasures? ‘people. You call fiends... or they the frightened to call for aid. the gey call you... friendly chats brighten to share thelr gayety. Te meet your up the dey or night... good times. varying needs, it is our policy to pro- : q@#e planned .. . news exchanged. vide the best possible service at the “ Leneliness and iselation do not exist lowest cost consistent with the face ‘VEN if you went to Chi in Ep esen. of last opens May 26. Ask Pair booklet. Round Trip from Coaches only 0a sale every week-end. Also low-cost All-Expense tours. See Your Northern Pacific Agent I first started up farming here, about 40 years ago, I can well remember that we never had it as dry before those powerful broadcasting stations were installed by men upon our Mother Earth. Countries that had too much rain then are drying up now. God did not ereate those broadcasting stations and “33, to a laictaie array ot for Bismarck ry car that skidded frem the street, zipped past bis bed, then parked itself in his back yard. the radios. Men did this. He made men and beasts and every being with ® natural life, and it is reasonable jto believe that those broadcasting (waves are interfering with Mother rth ag to rain. I do not wish to |Judge men and I believe nature be- longs to God, and whosoever inter- teres with natures tempts the Lord. Yours truly, Julius Meyer ON TAX REDUCTION Dickinson, N. Dak. May 28th, 1934 Editor, Tribune: In your daily paper of May 2ist, on the editorial page, second column, you have an article under the heading “Dollars or Sense,” taken from, or written by, a “North Dakota Teacher” —I don’t know which. The article would leave the impression that the cut in the state tax levy really amounts to & on the average quarter section of land valued at $2000. Rais- ing the figure on the difference in the mill levy of 1932 for state purposes which was 6.83 mills, or .04 mills more than the 1933 levy, the party who wrote the article said it was only a matter of simple arithmetic, which is true; but, in the first place, the writer ignored entirely the fact that valua- tions have been changed Instead of assessing real estate the same for 1933 as it was assessed in 1932, the’ state board of equalization reduced the val- ues 10 per cent on real estate. that a farm valued in 1932 at $2000 was valued at only $1800 in 1933. The Cifference is $200 in assessed value. The 1932 and 1933 levies were figured upon only 50 per cent of the assessed value. So, if taxes were figured upen a mildest leaves throat protection. And dition”—do not dry o always in all-ways kind Luckies are all-ways kind to your throat Asyoucan see from this pieture—Luckies’ fine, smooth quality doesn’t just happen —for we use only the clean center leaves! Only the clean center leaves—for which farmers are paid higher prices—for the center leaves are the mildest leaves—they taste better. Then—‘‘It’s toasted” —for - fully packed with these choiee tobaccos — made round and firm—free from loose ends—that’s why Luckies “It’s toasted” + Luckies are all-ways kind to your throat real estate valuation of that would mean that the assessed valuation for 1932 was $4000 and for | 1933 it was $3600. In 1933 taxes would be figured upon only $1600. There- fore, the farmer would pay $2,- 000x.00683 or 13.66 in 1982 for all state Purposes. For 1933 the same farmer would pay $1800x.00679 or 12.22, a dif- ference of $1.44 instead of a differ- ence of 8 cents. But, what is a small matter of $1.36 as between friends! It is of tremendous importance, how- ever, to the taxpayer. My friend the Professor calculates without knowing all of the material facts. If he will drop a line to the state tax commis- sioner asking for a copy of the board of equalisation report, he may secure the missing data. When he gets that report I ask him to turn to page 58 and read as follows: “It was moved by Mr. Weeks and seconded by Mr. Dale, that assessment of farm lands be re- duced approximately 10 per cent below the 1931 assessment as rec- ommended by the tax commis- sioner to the state board of equal- ization, and that real estate tn the various counties be equalized and certified to the var‘ous county auditors as shown in the following schedule. Members voting “aye” were Mrs. Baker, Mr. Weeks, Mr. Dale and Mr. Husby. Governor Langer wished to go on record as favoring a 20 per cent reduction on farm lands.” It must be remembered that real estate is assessed only once in two years, The 1031 and 1932 assessments were therefore the same, while the 1933 assessment was 10 per cent less. The tax figures show that the coun- ty auditors returned a taxable value Of $338,537,832 on farm lands for the year 1932. For the year 1933 the fig- ure was $301,333,941. The difference is $37,203,891, or a little more than 10 per cent reduction. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. The amount saved is the pudding in this case. It amounts to $266,155.93 less ong en farm lands for 1933 than for This is not all theré is to it, how- ever. The general fund levy in dol- lars for state purposes is where we must look to find the reductions made by the legislature and the gov- ernor. That levy in 1932 was $2,220,- 254.72. The same in 1933 was $1,- 532,364.81 or a difference of $687,- 889.91 in the general fund levy for the year 1933, and on top of that the Present administration had to begin jwith a large deficit. The deficit was |Iergely in unpaid bills of the Shafer administration and had to be met by ‘the Langer administration. It amount- ed to more than $500,000.00. On ac- ‘count of the deficit and on account of the taxes not being paid as expected, |the board had to make the levy much jlarger than it otherwise would have | been. | Then, too, a large part of the total state levy was for old debts. The new administration did not make the debts, but it must pay them just the same. For debts, tht Shafer admin- istration levied $1,611,082.72 in 1932. For the same purpose, the Langer ad- ministration had to levy $1,839.156.16 in 1933. There was no choice in the matter if the credit of the state was ,to be maintained. It is too bad that @ part of the sav- ing in the general fund levies of the tate had tobe wiped out by an in- crease in debt levies. Anyhow, it is poor sportsmanship to blame the Langer administration for those things lit could not help doing. If my friend ‘can in five minutes figure @ saving of 8c per family for 125,000 families, I |wonder just what the results would be if he were to spend an ‘hour? Respectfully, E. D. CULVER. Editor's note—The article chal- lenged by Mr. Culver was an edi- torial which first appeared in the North Dakota Teacher, a maga- zine published by the North Da- kota Education Association and circulated to its membership in this state. The article states specificatly that the valuation of the property taken for illustra- tion was identical on the tax roll for the two years. It may have been city property. Mr. Culver is wrong when he says real estate is assessed “only . once in two years.” Taxes are levied against it every year It is revalued for assess- ment only once in two years. The way for any property own- er to find how much he was saved —or not saved—is to check this year's tax bill with that for last year, The amount shows there in dollars. This figure Is the net. result. It obviates all juggling of tax rates and valuations. THE FARMERS VIEW Baldwin, N. Dek. May 29, 193¢ Editor, Tribune: While riding among our cattle the last week or so I have been struck by the effects of this drought on pas- ture, range and cattle. T have tried to put it In verse or poem form. I know it applies to me here as qT) have & small bunch of cattle and my feed is almost gone. I think it will apply to other farm- ers and cattle men so if you can use it, do 80. Drought I'm a ridin’ o'er the prairie That the sun is burnin’ brown, And it seems as tho ‘tis half a year Since any rain came down. ‘The grass has turned to powder, The cows are gettin’ ‘kind a weak. They bog down in the stinkin’ mud We used to call the creek. The little calves are bawlin’ And are gettin’ kinda thin, Tho their mothers try to feed them, And it really seems a sin. That those big, gaunt bawlin' mothers That should have a lot of feed, Try to feed those little fellows Where there hardly is a weed. Some folks can stay within the shade And sip their coolin’ drinks, While we hardly have a drink at all, And what we have, it stinks. But we'll keep tendin’ to the cattle, While they can stagger o'er the plain; Certain that our Boss in heaven Will surely bring us rain. Bert Hendershott Editor's note: The Tribune has a rule against printing poetry, but it is being violated in this case because Mr. Hendershott's effort. while hardly rivalling our major Poets, does typify the splendid he clean Center Leaves are the every Lucky is “keep in con- ut. Luckies are to your throat. Only the Center Leaves—these are the M: Taile Beller / : ildest Leaves {spirit ‘of North Dakota in the present emergency. rmers THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE Fargo, N. Dak., May 31, 1934. Editor, Tribune? Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman of the Central Congregational church, Brooklyn, was quoted as saying: “A glass of beer never hurt a man or light wine either, or even a shot of whiskey in a glass of milk if you have a severe cold, but Just let them advertise over the ether and it will be a terrible calamity for everybody concerned.” The first part did not sound just like Dr. Cadman so I took the Hberty of addressing a letter to him, asking him if he were correctly quoted, and In_a recent issue of “Radio Stars”| things, dubious cause. “With kindest regards, believe me—Yours ever—S, Parkes Oad- man.” Evidently this was another piece of wet propaganda and proves that it is best to investigate some of the things we read. MAKE EVERY BEDROOM A BX SLEEPING PORCH . S.zer in a room that’s coo! as all pet leery Gls feeling rested and sefreshed — enj forts of an airccoolad | hoi an operating cost of only a few cents a day. Note how the Ilgattic S: movesthe blanket of Ait betes air from yoursun-baked attic and creates a ion of fresh air — upetairs and down. Just a few feet of attic teeny 3 stallation in any hi store, club, dance hall, etc. Come in—see an actual demon stration or phone for fects now! BARBARA H. WYLIE. | LGATTIC SYSTEM . com me for re positive ci isall for a simple in- See Your Electric Contractor or North Dakota Power and Light Ca. 4.