The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1935, Page 2

era Os me) [ene egg HEAVIEST IN DEBT SAYS BAKER REPORT Statistician Finds Population Centers Carry 58.54 Per Cent of Load North Dakota cities and villages are responsible for 58.54 per cent of the total net public debt of the state, Lyman A. Baker, director of the FERA debt and financial survey, an- nounced Friday. Four cities, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot and Bismarck have obligations of $8,163,819 or 25.16 per cent of the total net governmental debt—state, county and local. With 7.5 per cent of the taxable value of the state these cities are responsible for 25.16 per cent of the public debt, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Valley City, Williston, Mandan and Dick- inson with 2.91 per cent of the tax- able value of the state are charged with 10.09 per cent of the total state, county and local debt. In the aggregate, North Dakota’s cities and villages have a taxable value of $101,020,331 or 20.21 per cent of the taxable value of the state. Consequently, Baker points out, 58.54 per cent of the total public debt is resting on 20.21 per cent of the tax- able value located in municipalities. Rural Burden Lighter ‘The public debt burden resting on rural property is $13,442,193, This is 3.37 per cent of the taxable value of rural property, which was $398,824,- 970 in 1934, Baker declared, This compares with an ageregate direct and overlapping debt against urban property of 18.81 per cent of the tax- able value. “The ratio of public debt to tax- able value on an average is 5% times as high in the municipalities of the state as in rural territory,” Baker said. He classified as public debt for this survey all outstanding bonds, certificates of indebtedness, war- rants, special assessments, unpaid bills and judgments. Bonded debt of North Dakota cities and villages, less sinking fund assets on June 30, 1934, amounted to $3,- 826,808. Other municipal debt con- sisting of unpaid warrants, certifi- cates of indebtedness and unpaid bills Jess general fund cash was $445,645. This adds up to a total net debt of $4,272,453. This total net debt was only 4.23 per cent of the total tax- wble value of city and village prop- erty in 1934. Debts Are Overlapping PAL OF, “I don’t care wha BILL T0 BAR GOLD SUITS INTRODUCED Action Follows Request of Pres- ident in Special Message to Congress Washington, June 28.—(?)—An ad- ministration bill to deny holders of government securities the right to claim di in court actions as a result of dollar devaluation was in- troduced Friday by Chairman Stea- gall of the house banking commit- “Direct debt of city and viilage gov- | tee. ernments, however, gives a very in- complete picture of the public debt obligations resting on municipal property,” Baker declared. “The over- lapping debt of counties, school dis- tricts, park districts, special assess- ment districts and of the state gov- ernment bring the grand total net debt obligations resting directly or indirectly on municipal property to $19,022,200.” ‘The municipalities? share of net county debt was $826,468; of school districts $4,588,579; of park <districts $146,518. Special assessment debts against city and village property was $8,390,773. The municipalities’ share of the net debt of the state govern- ment was $777,412. Total taxable value of city and vil- lage property for 1934 was $101,020,- 331. Public debt obligations resting on this valyation were $19,002,200 or 18.81 per cent of the taxable value of such. property. “Assuming the taxable value of city and village property is 50 per cent of its market value,” Baker said, “these figures mean that on an average there is a governmental first mortgage of 9.4 per cent of market value resting Om property in municipalities in ad- dition to any and all private mortgage tions.” Explains Meaning of Term ‘The term “net debt” as used in the foregoing statements, Baker explains, means gross bonded debt less sinking funds plus other debt in excess of “With reference to state debt, no debt is reported in connection with tural credit bonds as such debt is offset by first mortgages on farm properties and by cash in sinking funds,” Baker declared. “There is, of course, a possibility that a part of such debt will become a direct obliga- tion which must be met by tax levy vr other governmental revenue.” The FERA’s debt and financial survey has nearly been completed, Baker announced. Additional in- formation will be released sometime in July. Special bulletins will be ¢nimeographed on “Municipal Indebt- edness,” “Public Debt in North Da- kota” and “Cost of Government in North Dakota,” with tie latter bul- letin dealing with all divisions of government. Game Chief Comes to Defense of Pheasants Complaints from farmers that The legislation was requested Thursday by President Roosevelt in &® special message to congress. Steagall said the measure would be taken up by the banking committee on Monday and reported to the house “after possibly a couple of days hearings.” “There won't be any trouble in the committee or house either, I'm sure,” he added. e His bill would take from holders of bonds, notes, certificates of indebt- edness, treasury bills, and other gov- ernment securities which contain the “gold clause” the privilege of suing the government on the ground that devaluation of the gold dollar had harmed them. It also would give holders of se- curities which contain the gold clause until September 1, 1935, to exchange them for other securities which do not have the gold clause. The gold clause is a promise to pay off in gold. The bill declares that “no holder of any of the money or securities of the United States has suffered any damage because of measures hereto- fore taken” by the government in its Monetary program. ce orn merce ke Wi Today’s Recipe | Frozen Strawberries Georgette One quart strawberries,.1% cups Sugar, % cup boiling water, 1 pint whipping cream, % cup powdered sugar, %4 teaspoon fanilla, 1 tea- spoon granulated gelatin, 2 table- spoons cold water. Wash and hull berries. Combine granulated sugar and water and bring to the boiling point. Add ber- ries and remove at once from the fire. Let stand two hours. Soften gelatin in cold water and dissolve over hot water. Whip cream until firm. Stir in powdered sugar, dissolved gelatin and vanilla and beat a few seconds. Put prepared berries in freezing trays and cover with whipped cream. This amount will fill two trays. Freeze two hours or longer until firm, pheasants were destroying young cern crops, Friday brought an in- vestigation by state Game and Fish Commissioner Art Peterson. Peterson said his men had watched. number of pheasants in the corn fields, digging and scratching at corn. The birds were killed and their trops opened, to discover the birds, while eating forage had also de- stroyed cut worms infesting the corn. “As a result, it is our opinion that the good the pheasants do more than offsets whatever damage they may have done. While they may destroy the plants in some instances, yet the Plants attacked were already infested with cutworms, and would have been destroyed by the worms.” -Peterson said he felt damage done by pheasants had been overestimated, and that for the most part crops of the birds showed only a small per- centage of corn, with the greater ma- jority of their diet consisting of harmful insect larvae, Crows and gophers, Peterson ex- Plained, have been digging out planted He said he planned extermin- measures orgy agi? two caused by them could be reduced to 5 19%; No, 8 northern 74%. ot ents, No. 2 white, 41%; No. 3 hee e 1 aaitden eaeneereeemeeenmmenieenennamee TT t the hospital rules are, try to tell me how to bathe a Se Pee eee SS ee een ee Tuis Curious Wortp € Foune, lady. Don’t iby!” Unmold and garnish with fine large berries to serve. To unmold a frozen dessert of this type, run a spatula around the sides of the mold. Then put the platter or serving dish, which has been chilled, over the mold and invert. Put @ hot towel over the bottom of the mold for a minute and the mold lifts off easily. Later in the season try peaches in place of strawberries. The only thing to remember about using fruits in frozen mixtures is the ne- cessity of saturating them with sugar, otherwise they will be frozen hard. Deviled Ham Rolls These surprise rolls with deviled ham hidden in each one are suggest- ed for the picnic meal. Ingredients are 2 cups sifted flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, % tea- spoon salt, 4 tablespoons butter or other shortening, % cup milk (about), 1 cup deviled ham. Sift flour once, measure, add bak- ing powder and salt, and sift again. ‘Cut in shortening. Add milk gradu- ally, stirring until soft dough ts formed. Turn out on slightly floured board and knead 30 seconds, or enough to shape. Roll % inch thick and cut in 2-inch squares. Place about 1 teaspoon of deviled ham in the center of each square. Fold dough over ham, pinch edges to- gether, and shape into roll; then seal ends. Place seam-side down on un- greased baking sheet; bake in hot oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit) 12 to 15 minutes. Make 36 rolls. Four Fruit Jelly ‘This is a delicious combination of fruits that was much .prized by our grandmothers, sharing honors with their famous “rose geranium” jelly. One quart strawberries, 1 quart red raspberries, 1 quart currants, 1 quart cherries measured after ston- ing, sugar. Wash and hull berries. Save juice from cherries that escapes while stoning. Pick currants from stems and wash. Wash and pick over rasp- berries. Combine fruit, add cherry juice and bring to the boiling point. Simmer until currents look white. Turn into jelly bag and let drip. Press out.as much juice as possible. Mea- sure juice and use three cups sugar to four cups juice. Bring juice-to the boiling point and add sugar. Boil rapidly until syrup sheets from spoon, Since no water was used in cooking it will take a very short time to cook the jelly. Remove from fire, skim and turn into sterilized jelly glasses, Cover with a thin layer of Paraffin. When cold cover with a second layer of paraffin, Freryting ee xs not right, wheth- er & new deal or else. —Senator Glass, ead By William Ferguson PROGRAM IS GIVEN Larson's Musicians Will Give Second Entertainment at William Moore Grounds Clarion E. Larson, director, has an- nounced the program for the sec- ond open air concert of the season which will be played at 8:30 o'clock Friday evening at the William Moore school grounds. The featured number will be the Sextette from “Lucia” in which solo parts will be taken bx Warren Jen- kins, Melvin Thorson, A Neil York, Robert Mueller, Robert Kling and Valdis Knudtson, This sextette is taken from the famous opera by Donizetti, namely “Lucia di Lam- mermoor.” The arrangement to be performed tonight is the only band ARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. 1935 ——— | Home from Hospital | FRANK E. SHEPARD Mr. Shepard, who is vice presi- dent and cashier of the First Na- arrangement written in the original key. For an overture, Larson has chosen the shortened version of the famous “William Tell” by Rossini. The mel- odies of this composition are familiar to all people interested in band and orchestra music. “Coronation March” from “The Prophet,” Meyerbeer, will be another of the concert numbers. This march is written in grand style with heavy passages for the brass section well supported by the drums and tympani. Among the lighter selections will be Southwell’s arrangement of mel- odies from “Old Ireland.” The remainder of the program takes in a number of military marches and in particular one of the last marches composed by Sousa, entitled “Northern Pines.” It was dedicated to the National Band. and Orchestra camp at Interlochen, Mich., and the receipts from. the sale of it are given over to the support of the camp. CAMP SCOUTS PLAN JULY 4TH PROGRAM Entire Day Will Be Turned Over to Entertainment of Parents at Chan Owapi An elaborate Fourth of July pro- gram is being prepared for parents and friends of Boy Scouts, who are encamped at Chan Owapi on Wild- wood lake. Thursday night of each of the three scheduled camp periods is set aside as parents’ night, but on Independence Day the entire day will be turned over to the entertainment of the vis- itors. Displays of scoutgraft, completed during the stay at camp, will be shown. Stunts and songs will be put on by scouts during the evening’s camp fire program. Organization of a Sea Scout Patrol was completed during the second per- fod of the camp, now in session. Members of the patrol are Warren Kraft, Hugo Renden, Arnold Ander- son, Rufus Lumry, Leonard Kositsky and Walter Brophy. The patrol has laid out a land ship, done consider- able sailing and carried on additional waterfront activities. Installation of the Order of the Arrow, honorary camp society, will be completed Friday night. Officers of the day and orderiies during/the second period, which comes to a close Sunday, were: Leonard Kositzky, Rufus Lumry, Norman Kamins and Arnold Anderson; Sid- ney Sloven, Bruce Plomasen, Peter Culbertson and Harold Lewis. : Registrations for the final period may be made with Kelly Simonson at the Shoe Mart. The third period opens Sunday. , Jamestown May Build New City Auditorium Jamestown, N. D., June 28.—(7)—A special citizens meeting to consider a pproposal of a city auditorium will be held here Friday night. Under the project, the building would be built through the works progress administration which in- cludes a 45 per cent grant for such work, Rioting Breaks Out In Missouri Strike Joplin, Mo., June 28.—(/)—Rioting broke out Friday between striking miners and workers in the tri-state lead and zinc field 24 hours after na- tional guardsmen were withdrawn. ‘The sheriff's office said the miners, reportedly armed with guns, clubs and rocks, attacked men going to work at the Galena, Kas., smelter of the Eagle Picher Lead company which was to reopen Friday. tional bank, was removed to his home, 226 Avenue B, Friday noon from St. Alexius hospital, where he had been a patient since June 18, receiving treatment for a serious heart condition, He now is considerably improved and is able to have visitors. Additional octety Steele to Be Host to N. P. Federation Board] voters Soon Will Get Womer Sales Tax Pamphlets Voters of the state soon will receive Publicity pamphlets on the two per cent sales tax, which will be voted on an. 15 in special referendum elec- The pamphlets—189,234 of them— will be distributed directly to the vot- ers from the printers office at Fargo, ae D. Gronna, secretary of state,| after ‘Appearing in the pamphlets are statements opposing and supporting the measure. Officials of Women’s Nonpartisan Club No. 1 have been notified that state board meeting of the North Da- kota Federation of Women’s Nonpar- tisan clubs will be held at Steele, July 9-11. vy Gold Star Mothers Are Feted at Party Five Bismarck Gold Star mothers and Mrs. Clara Spare, mother of J. C. Spare who is visiting in the city, shared honors at a lawn party given Thursday afternoon at the Peter Reid residence, 811 Twelfth St., with Mrs. were the diversion for the afternoon, which was closed with a service of refreshments in the garden, which now is in profuse bloom. Some time also was spent in viewing the gar- den and each honor guest was pre- sented with a bouquet. The enter- tainment for the Gold Star Moth- ers of the city is one of the traditions of the Fort-Lincoln chapter, Ameri- can War Mothers, the sponsoring or- ganization. e Kenneth and Robert Allen are vis- iting at the home of their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur J. Hol- lensworth, 311 Thayer avenue. The children are the sons of Mr. and Mra, Kenneth J. Allen, formerly of Bis- Patterson Funeral to Be Held Here Sunday Set Hearing Sept. 3 For Great Northern Half a hundred workers, who re-| railroad began reopel by International Union May 9 seeking recognition and better working con- ditions, were reported congregated at @ house near the Kansas-Missouri state line, armed, and ready to battle the strikers. TISRCRETARIES OF 49 CITIES AT the two-day convention of the North Dakota Secretaries asso- ciation, which opened here Friday morning. H. C. Fulton, secretary of the Jamestown chamber of com- merce, and John W. Griest of South Dakota association are in general charge of the program. from the two states will discuss mu- $nd South tual problems. ‘Opening the 11 o'clock was H. P. Goddard of Bis- marck, who conducted ® memorial service for C. E. Eastgate of Dickin- son, recently deceased. nut of Fargo assisted by Frank Augh- Nay of Minot, gave a discussion on traffic problems. son, assistant director aspects of his work. A. D. McKinnon of Oscar Johnson of Brookings, 8. D., will discuss the conservation program at the afternoon’s sessions. The group will leave for Spiritwood lake for a six o'clock dinner following the formal program. Election of officers by both groups will be held at the conclusion of the Joint sessions. Scheduled to speak program are: W. W. Blain of Grand Forks, Paul Meyers of Huron, 8. D., M. O. Ryan, secretary of the North Planning board, Dr. Ruggsly, President of the South Dakota plan- ning board, Ben Lawshe of Sioux Falls, 8. D, and Roy xmery of Dakota “=.Drake Will Vote on Local Issues July 15 Drake, N. ston 283—(7)—A. M. Haykel, city auditor has announced that Drake voters will ballot on two the city shall establish a liquor store if the state liquor law is ap- proved by the voters and becomes ef- fective, Haykel stated. John Keller, 73, Dies Friday from Old Age John Keller, inventor of the Keller Goddard Conducts Memorial Service for C. E. Deceased Member At the noon luncheon, A. W. Emer- shelterbelt project, spoke on _the MEETING Eastgate, Speaxers 8 session at "Ce He W. P. Ches- of the plains’ Bisinarck and say Given Second Term MERGENS On the theory that “one good term deserves another,” the state orgauiza- tion of the Knights of Columbus lodge recently re-elected C. H. Mergens of Bismarck as state deputy. He is a former state secretary and former grand knight of the Bismarck K. of C. @ | ° Fargo Boys Hunt ‘Cannon Reports’ ; oo Medora, N. D., June 28—They slickers in baptism of CCC life here this week hunting for “cannon re- ports” and keys to the flagpole. They also learned that maverick stakes were not good to eat. The new recruits are attached to Com- pany 2767. 3 Jurors Return Civil Damage Suit Verdicts th, Mrs. Ellen Schuh was awarded $85 civil damages for personal injuries in a verdict brought in Thursday by @ district court jury against Stanley Lucas, defendant, assault and battery charge. In @ suit brought by Emil Schuh, the outgrowth of the same accident in which Mrs. Schuh was injured, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Lucas and the action was dismissed, Anton Oberg was awarded $250 in his personal damage action against Henry Jessen. Jessen had previously been convicted in justice court on an Surors hearing the case were Vic- on Saturday’s in Rouge park. his money. Springs. from complications inci- ELA T ved of 25%! 216 Main Ave, He was 73, VOLD TIRE SERVICE Bismarck, N. Dak. PPI TL TALL daqg (lag aeae Phones 356 - 805 Year’s Business Lows Reached, Says Review New York, June 28—()—Dun & Bradstreet in its weekly trade review declared Friday there would be little regret at the passing of the second quarter’ and that evidence indicated the year’s lows had been reached in many divisions of trade and industry. “The \passing of the second quarter will bring few zegrets, as vagaries of the weather, accompanied by restric- tive extraneous influences bore heav- ily on most trade branches, and much of the advantage acquired during the first quarter was lost Chief of Detectives Fred W. Frahm and a corps of crime experts admit- ted they were looking for a woman who deposited Dickinson’s brief case in a hotel checkroom 10 hours after the finding of the body, but they attached no significance to this angle publicly. They clung to their first theory that Dickinson was the victim of a “ride,” lured away and killed for LEFOR APPOINTS TWO Appointment of two new deputy state examiners was made Friday by {Adam Lefor, state bank examiner. The two new members of the staff are J. M. Shirek, Fargo, former dep- uty, and Bevis Kennelly, it was stated. Judge Hughes’ Nephew Is Slain in Detroit Detroit, June 28—(®)—Quick s0-) will be held here July 9 to 12. lution of the killing of Howard Car- ter Dickinson, 52-year-old New York| The African Guereza monkey has attorney and nephew of Chief Jus-/a collie-like brush tail and can well tice Charles Evans Hughes, remained outside the reach of the best detec- tive talent of Detroit Friday, 24 hours his body, pierced with bullets, was found dumped beside a driveway tor Moynier, Mrs, Illinois Glass company Thomas, W. Asbridge, ‘afternoon. Arguments in the ase of the Owens- Jurymen in this case are H. G. 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