The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1935, Page 2

MIDDLE WEST RURAL RELIEF ROLLS DOWN AS CROPS INCREASE {Thousands of Farm Families Once Again Becoming Self Supporting Kansas City, July 31.—(?)—Rural middle America is going off relief. By thousands, farm families are becoming self-supporting, aided by better crop conditions, resettlement loans and their own efforts, an Asso- tiated Press survey showed Wednes- day. ‘Since a year ago approximately 10,000 Kansas farm families have worked themselves off the relief rolls and 9,600 families are beating back with the aid of rehabilitation loans, Carl Howard, supervisor of farm man- agement of the federal resettlement ‘administration for ine state, reported. Only 500 in Kansas Kansas farmers were taken off re- lief last month and not more than 600 families are still getting this ald, Social (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) abandoned tract of swampy marsh bright, modern little homes with some is an inspiring example of what im- agination and work government backing can really do. Arkansas Colony Renews Hopes of Mountaineers hospital with 30 beds in it, And we got our own home demonstration club, Mrs. Salyers, who's the head of it, is a wonderful woman. And we got a farm agent who's a fine man, too, and we got a 4-H club for the boys and girls. It’s jest about like heaven to folks like us who was Experiment Seen as Symbol of New America in the Making The reaction to a great social down and out.” experiment of those persons most Then Granny broke in. She directly affected by it is described | couldn't wait any longer. “I kin tell below by Frazier Hunt after a visit to the Dyess colony in Ar- kansas. This is the ninth of 12 articles which Hunt, who traveled from coast to coast to sound out Popular sentiment on public questions has written for The Bismarck Tribune. you we jes’ love this Mr. Roosevelt,” she exclaimed. ‘“He’s the only pres- ident we ever had who was really fer the poor folks. We jes’ love him.” Pioneers of 1935 I visited a half dozen other homes and heard the same tale of high hope and promise. No pioneers of old ever embarked on a search for the Golden Fleece of the good life and freedom with more earnest en- thusiasm than these broken home- steaders of the Dyess colony. Each day brings new families to the set- tlement in 1935 covered wagons. In these government trucks they are hauled in from every corner of the state. Most of them are so poor that By FRAZIER HUNT A little over a year ago it was an land and cut-over cypress forests. Today it is a thrilling colony of 250 1,500 acres cleared and in crops. It coupled with|hold furniture and possibly a single cow and a few chickens. They have e ! Weather Report FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: erally fair tonight and Thursday; hog ng ti E | kote Generally Thursday; much cl temperature, For Thurs d a y; temperature, Thursday; tion tonight. continued warm day. GENERAL CON pein) ist A low pressure ai gion (Roseburg 30.08). Scat in the Gi ‘Howard said. Of 17,000 Minnesota families on re- lief in 1934, almost half—8,000—again are on their feet through government Joans to buy horses, cattle and seed and because of better crops. In July, 1934, there were 28,484 Wis- consin farmers on drouth relief. In June, 1935, the number had dropped to 550. Relief Statistician Herman Somers said this reversal was due to “splendid weather conditions and im- proved farm prices.” Towa Rolls Reduced Towa farm relief authorities said 8578 rural families were receiving drouth aid on March 1, 1935, but the number had been reduced to 1,619 late 4n July. North croppers war in northeastern Arkan- mining hell in Scott’s Run. I sat in the living room of House wife and mother-in-law. tric Hghts, with bathroom and mod- went 30 acres of land. h of Pride “We only been here two months but we're purty near settled now,” Price told me with real pride. He Dakota, heavily hit by drouth last year, had 32,102 farmers|/had come originally from Kentucky, on relief, but the number has been|but for a number of years had been reduced to 22,337. Of these, many|farming in Lawrence county. Poor “are receiving only partial aid,”|crops and low prices had finally put ERA Statistician F. C. Hauser said.|him on the relief rolls. In the west, Utah and Nevada re-| “Looks like we'd make out here ported increases in relief cases this/fine,” he went on. “The house'll cost year. us $1,150, and by the time we get the GRAND FORKS MAN iciectetisee asa HELD AFTER FIRE $2,500, We don’t have to pay any- R. W. Lazier Arrested Follow- can do it easy. We'll grow everything we eat right here, and we should have 10 bales of cotton and sell eggs and chickens and some hogs. We've already got a community canning factory where we can put up all our own vegetables, and sell some besides. This Dyess colony lies only a few miles from the heart of the share- sas. But it is separated as far in diftance and time and thought as the Reedsville homesteads in West Vir- ginia are separated from the coal No. 211 and chatted for an hour and more with Bennett Price and his It was a neat five-room house, wired for elec- ern convenienc.s. With the house tims of a system over which had no control. Howard Eichenbaum, 20,000 acre project. Started in March 1934 perimental project of small home- steads for rural southern workers to delta cut-over land was purchased at saw-mills were installed and road machinery brought in. Actual work on home building was started on Friday, July 13th, of last year. roads have been built and 48-miles of right-of-way cleared; 40 miles of road-draining ditches finished. The three-room houses have averaged! j, lavatory and are wired for electricity. It is hoped the central plant will be built from funds allotted by the rural been carefully chosen by case-work- ers in the different county relief agencies. They are all innocent vic- re they leary It was started in March, 1934, he explained, when W. R. Dyess, state relief administrator, and successful gout business man and planter in his own right, sold the idea of a great ex- Harry L. Hopkins. The vast tract ot |N around $2.50 an acre; six portable| accumulated excess to date To date there are 250 homes com- Death pleted, out of a total of 700 that are|¢; planned. Fifteen miles of graveled ets clear . $890; the four-room houses $1,075, ane peldy, . and the five-room houses $1,150. The|Minot, clear barns average $100. All the houses|Parshall, cldy. are equipped with bathtub, toilet and|Sanish, cldy. thing for three or four years, and then we get 25 years to settle up. We ing Blaze That Damaged His Willow City Property Bottineau, N. D., July 31—(7)—R. ‘W. Lazier, Grand ‘Forks, is held in the Bottineau county jail here Wed- nesday without charge pending an investigation of a fire which dam- aged a house at Willow City early Wednesday morning. Lazier, who is owner of the house and a resident of Willow City about 10 years ago, was picked up by Clif- ford Johnson, Bottineau county sher- iff, at Rugby, at 3:30 a.m. He was allegedly seen leaving the scene of the fire at 1 @. m. The house was not occupied but had been rented until May of this year, Damage to the house was estimated at between $400 and $500, a total loss having been prevented by the Willow City fire department, which received an early alarm. William Diepolder, whose residence is across the street from the house which caught fire, reported hearing an explosion and! ten seeing the structure ablaze. A check with Willow City insur- snce agencies revealed that no in- surance on the dwelling was carried there, but insurance is believed to be in force with a Grand Forks agency. State's Attorney O. B. Benson is in- vestigating the case. Women Diamondball Stars to Play Wing An all-star team of diamondball players picked from all the women’s and girls’ teams in the city will play the Wing girls’ team Sunday, Aug. 4. Stiff competition is expected since the Wing team has been defeated only once this season while in their game with Dawson, Olive Jacobson, Wing pitcher, fanned 20 batters. ‘The women’s team will play the southsiders Wednesday evening on Wachter Field at 7 o'clock. The southside girls have defeated the ‘women’s team once this season. In Tuesday’s game Ann Dolan’s team won from Nita Wilman’s, 20 to 16. The Thursday morning practice a eeth Field is scheduled for 10 o'clock. Van Wyk Plans Bigger Life-Saving Program Setting aside August as “live-saving month,” Arnold Van Wyk, director of the municipal swimming pool, Wed- nesday announced an intensive pro- gram of life-saving instruction which will be carried cut during the regular class periods. A new senior life-saving class will be organized and will hold regular and diving during the classes for girls And we're going to have a commun- ity shop to make mountaineer fur- niture and things like that. We'll get our living and around $600 or more from our cash crops. We'll pay the government around $150 a year, and most of the rest will be clear.” woman leaned forward and took over the conversation. well imagine just what all means to us,” seven children and Maw there and we was right down to bed rock. for Bennett to clear off the land and get his crop help. We got something to work for here. We got a home and we'll have World War Memorial building Thurs- on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and during the boys classes on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Edgar LaRue, Pioneer At Devils ils Lake, Dies|i Devils Lake, N. D, duly 31—P)— LaRue, co-organizer of the association for 32 years and resident of Lakewood and Devils Lake for over ® century, died at his ‘after ey ‘| electrification program, Ex of Hope The homesteads are in 20, 30 and 40-acre plots, according to the qual- ity of the land and the size and|y; ability of the family. Each house is Set in an acre or more of woods that is not allowed to be cut down. ‘When you leave Dyess colony and drive southward you soon get into jthe country of old-time plantations, weighed down and handicapped by a vicious system for which the owners are personally no more to blame than the abused share-cropper himself. Here in this homestead project may be the answer that will not only be fair for all but will help build a new and beautiful southland. Thursday: What South thinks of Huey Long. NEW GNC OFFICERS’ GROUP TAKES CHARGE Citizen-Soldiers Complete Range Firing in Machine and Rifle Companies Something to Work For ‘The black-eyed, capable young “You can’t very this she said. “We got ’Course there'll be a lot of hard work in, but we'll all @ fine school, and there's already a Additional Women’s Nonpartisan |_ ts: of three groups of infantry- Club Meets Thursday ‘The Women’s Nonpartisan club No. 1 will meet in the dining room of the tion at the Citizens’ Military Train- ing camp at Fort Lincoln, have taken over their duties, according to Lieut. Colonel Joseph 8. Leonard, post com- mandant. Officers that received their com- Pany assignments Monday are: day evening at 8 o'clock. There will reserve officers, assigned to instruc-| Phoenix, Ariz. weather Prevails over over the Far West. they have nothing but a little house-| worth Dakota Corn and Wheat Re- July 30, 1935. Generally hot and é ion Yor the Werk en Rye army worm dai lent crop. Lag good, rain needed some locali- Bismarck station barometer, ae Reduced to sea level, 29.76, river a ft 1 change, 0. .0 ft. For Bismarck oa this month to date . |, this month to date . Total, January ist to date Normal, January ist to dat WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Low- est Pet est t. eee ae OL 59 OO eee 93 64 00 fe Ls Ad August program committee. in, a 95 54 .00| Guests of the club were M. O. ae 88 58 .00|Ryan, Fargo; V. L. Turgeson, Chicago Boney pela. $1 55 .00land 8. E. Bergeson, Fergus Falls, and jamestown, clear bar ep amy ee Wembiote: saees 88 54 «00 8 © SIC ONTINUEDP 95 55 = .00 from page one imiston, peldy. ..--.- 92 54 00/Great Britain and SATEEN HORT, leh La Italy Clash Over Devils Lake, clear ....°68 G0 0 Geneva Procedure Grand Forks, clear ... 90 57 00 —— Hankinson, eae 90 62 .00/ Associated Press before the conversa- a cr pers 90 60 .00/tions began that Italian “police” Re Peeler oe ar 38 £0 measures seemed inevitable. MINNESOTA | POINTS High- Low- crux of the Italo-Ethiopian problem, est oF ee he said “the world seems to forget hears eee tre gal 90 72 00/rtaly is literally suffocating.” Grows 500,000 Yearly SOUTH DAKOTA POINTS “Our population is increasing year- 1 High-Low-_ lly by 500,000,” he asserted. “Italy Huron, 4 bv ain must expand or perish. Rapid’ 92 70 .00| “Ethiopia, with its undeveloped re- ae Amarillo, Tex., clear 94 «672 Boise, Idaho, pcldy. 94 «58 Calgary, Alb., ‘tidy, 74 46 Chicago, Ill, rai 7” Denver, iy 64 Dean anes Towa, cid: 3 ‘Ys Edmont 46 58 be @ good program, it is announced, and lunch will be served. Battalion staff—Lieut. Colonel E. L. Welder, Sioux Falls, executive officer; Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Waldschmidt, 411|p,,_ bi Avene " and Dr. re P. Quain, 518 aay pea a, Getwabury, &.D-|Win enue A, returned Tuesday night/plans and training officer, and First from Lake of the Woods where they| Lieut. Walter N. Parmeter, Canton, had spent a week cruising on the!s. D., supply and athletic officer. “Swirl” Se ‘Company K—First Hlentensnts ayo E. Wetterbert, Arlingion, B,D. ton 8. Tor Langford, Tain na Mite, Walter, J. Brandt,|p.; Charles F. Falck, Sioux Falls, and A. J. Seott, 61 sixth St, retumed Second aa Fe Sie lay nig! a day’ vacation pany —, tenant trip. They spent three days in Min- Richard Tour Take Norden, 8. Dt Reapolis and the rest of the time|Gienn W. Wahler, Watertown, 8. D: Were at & cottage on Lake Datling, Gerald J. Gill, Rapid City, and Sec: . ee ond Lieut. Albert M. Ruemmle, ley, N. D. Mr. and Mrs, R. E, Middaugh, 302| “3,6 a ae Griffin, with their sons, Richard Jr.|pget BR” You Ceektow ee and Roger, returned late henge night from a vacation on Pelican lak Minn. They were accompanied by Mrs. Middaugh’s mother, Mrs. George e1 Lampson of Parsons, Kan. who is Norby, Brookings, and Second Lem Arvold A. Thompson, Agar, 8. D. Monday and Tuesday the ©. M. T. C. nrollees completed the rifle and ma- chine gun instruction and record fir- Mrs. E. T. Stockebrand of Milwau- kee, Wis., is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bremer, 1002 Avenue C, for several days. Mrs, Stockebrand is the former Miss Alice Bremer. ** 4% Senator and Mrs. W. D. Lynch of LaMoure arrived Tuesday to spend several days in the city. Mrs. Lynch will return to her home Wednesday | >: while the senator remains on business until ee * Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Anderson have left for their home in Minneapolis several days here at and Mrs. J. A. Kohler, 518 Rosser W. They stopped here en route to their home Ailes & two weeks’ were kept for rating qualifications, forter, Lincoln, Neb., in command; First Lieut. Duncan P, Frissell, Fort Lincoln, and Sergeant George Lud- loo, Ii Lieut. ight Yost, Yankton, gun range officer. I Additional Markets ie ~ BISMARCK GRASS . A northern ,.., 1. amber durum . 1 mixed durum . Fs le was a week-end |\' Se sister, Mrs. jay night for where she is employed in highway department. Sun- at the Kohler home also Mrs. O'Brien and fam- Wilton. O'Brien remaining for a week's visit. E E ie 7 INVESTMENT TRUSTS (By the Associated Press) (Over the counter in N. Y.) Inc. Sb. 198: 1.50. F &e ag Captain Everett H. Mann, Canova, 8.| Swift Girrent , Gettysburg, 8. D., Winnericos, N., peldy. ae ess Winnipeg, Man’ ‘clear’ 88 Officers in charge of the range ac- ” tivities were Col. Clarence Frank- ioe wt ppoiarty eee, pee Benefit payments will be made in es contr: are and the sec- wig, Fort Lincoln, rifle range officers; First Lieutenants Erick Pfeiffer, Wile pod cdg valle Cah geben payment ber, oe and Paul O'Keefe, Water-| mately two-thirds of the difference medical officers, and First | between the average farm price and machine/ parity price on a representative date! trom 68 ‘es | Zt 88) 3 No! much change in North Da- fair tonight ‘and no in South Da- kota: Partly clou- dy tonight and not { much change in and cooler ao and southeast. por- For Minnesota: Generally fair and tonight and Thurs- rea_extends from Wyoming eastward to ¢ Ontario (Moor- head 29.74) while somewhat higher pressure overlies the Pacific coast re- tered showers fell over the Far West and Great Lakes region, nies else- where the weather is ly fair. tures are aie through- central tes, it cooler jumid weather peeeee Cah rapid development cent to in all A ve arene ni is who has/ly needs rain f 5. Sean served as architect for all the com- Bern munity buildings and homes and been in on the development since tassel its inception, showed me about thelerally excel and comple- tion, flax resting Re in boll, some weyers mage ted. led, much a silk, stake Pastures and | necessary to occupy certain districts.” ‘90 | anced no such proposal. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1935 {/SHELTERBELT PLANS OUTLINED AT ROTARY Prevention of Soil Erosion Is One of Primary Purposes, Hutchinson Says t Eradication of weeds and insects and the prevention of soil erosion . {are primary aims of between 75 and {100 forestry service experts stationed in North Dakota, T. C. Hutchinson, in charge of the tree nurseries here, told members of the local Rotary club at their regular noon luncheon Wed- nesday. Included in the program of the forestry service is the Plains shelter- belt project, one of the largest soll and water conservation programs ever attempted. Planted to grow in pyramid form, the trees of the shelterbelt plantings will be placed at convenient intervals where soil and other conditions per- mit. The shelterbelt plantings will be around 10 rods wide and running all the way from one to five miles in length, Hutchinson said. The pyramid shape of each plant- heights 20 times greater than the windbreak itself and reduce soil ero- sion by wind for large areas around the wooded sections he stated, Included in each shelterbelt plant- ing starting at the bottom of the pyramid will be blue spruce, eeene Russian olive, green ash, elm, Chinese elm, burr oak, cotton- wood, hackberry, chokecherry, plum, buckthorn, buffalo berry, sumac, wil- low, red cedar, ponderosa, pine, lilac and honeysuckle. in the cultivation of the land required under the provisions of the shelter- belt contracts. Hutchinson encouraged farmers that are not within the area of the shelterbelt to come to the nur- series here for advice on how to secure seeds and young trees for planting. He was introduced by George Duemeland, program chairman. John P, French, presiding in the absence of President George F. Dul- Admitting the settlement of the frontier clashes would not solve the sources, offers the solution. We have no intention of destroying or trying to destroy Ethiopia, but it may be A British spokesman said England has made no suggestions to Emperor Haile Selassie for an international protectorate over Ethiopia, — said he understood France also had ad- League circles said the meeting might not be held unless some prog- ress was achieved in private conver- sations, notably between the French and English on the one hand and the Italians and Ethiopians on the other. 10 ‘06 ‘00 ‘00 #3 Erie aia k 8 B/C ONTINUE J) Non Batie: wneb. vee im i 0 aw Okia. City, O., ‘clear “St 18 90 Utility Made 300 y cldy. .. 2 Br Albert, 8, algy, “eB 0 Per Cent Profit by , &., clear .. dl , 4 Rooesure, c,clay. 218 888 Engineering Deal it, Louis, Mo., clear .. 100 82 .00 —_—_ Sait Lake ake City, Uv. clear 98 70 100 Received Fees gente Fe. N. Mex. peldy. 84 52 08] tees of $25,000 each from the AGE . , Mich, 72 58 106 lage i suries'a A Seattle, Wash, peldy. . 70 86 00|Company for legal work, Hurley's Sheridan, Wyo. 54 .00] connection with the campaign against Bioux City, lowa, cldy. 98 “4 i te pellty. a s : ‘ onnor ® brother of Rep. ad 48 %lorconnor (Dem., N. ¥.) chairman of N 58 0 the house rules committee which also 58 Co NTINUE from page one: &.|Government Will Pay Contracts If is investigating epering, on the util- 9 ities bill. Fred: Burroughs, vice president of the ace company, was uncertain whether Attorney O'Connor was hired in connection with the AGE’s fight against the Roosevelt bill. It was his impression, he indi- ¢ated, that the services involved rr of some companies in upstate Court Is Adverse] New Las ® recapitalization plan. ments by landowners must be ap- Lieutenants! proved by county allotment commit- A provision that contract signers may designate a beneficiary to re- ceive adjustment payments in event of death of the gree Permits A it will be approxi- tor Tibson (Rep. Vt.) asked if O’Connor had “any kin in'the government service” Burroughs an- swered: “We knew he was related to some- body down here. We knew too that he was @ member of the president's law firm but we didn’t expect to obtain any influence that way.” Mandan Golf Tourney Scheduled for Sunday An exceptional field of golfers will participate at Mandan Sunday in the invitational golf tournament, with nine-hole qualifying rounds to be played in the morning and 18 hole championship flights of eight in the afternoon. Among those expected to play are Paul Cook, Tom Lawless and Neil Croonquist of Bismarck, William Kos- telecky, Jr., of Dickinson, and others Fargo, Grand Forks, Devils | Before Suly 4 of the year for which Tate Gene janetoen, and aro two from South Dakota. aepend-| Early Arrest of Bank 1'38| Mayville, N. D., July 31.—(@—val- 18 ley City defeated Page 7-1 in an ex- bition baseball game here Tuesday aes BECHTEL RITES HELD Cavalier, N. D., July 31.—()}—The funeral of Levi Bechtel, 74, member of the first family to settle here, took place Tuesday at the Catholic church with burial in the church cemetery. Raider Suspect Seen Predicting an early arrest, police Wednesday sought Jerome Boes- pflug, formerly of Mandan, as an al- leged ipant in the $2,000 holdup of the Wishek State Bank. C. A. Miller, head of the state bus reau of identification, said Boespflug, ex-convict, drove the car in which three men escaped after the bank raid July 17. A McIntosh county sarmee, Miller said, identified Boes- Pflug. Bureau records show Boespflug served s term in the Wisconsin state _ |penitentiary for forgery, ing will cause the wind to rise to|- Michigan Convicts ] Must Pay for Food | Lansing, Mich., July 31.—()— Michigan’s 10,000 prison inmates purple gangsters. “con-men,” killers, and swindlers—are going to have to pay for their daily ra- tions in the “big house.” Nest eggs they laid away against the day when they might be free again, will be ferreted out by the state and a portion taken for their daily board bill. Auditor General John O’Hara fired the first shot in Michigan’s experiment to force prisoners to pay for their food as well as for their crimes, when he filed a claim in Flint, Mich., against the estate of Balfe McDonald, youth- ful matricide for $464 at the rate of 70 cents a day. 73 WILLIAMS WORK PROJECTS CLOSING Allow Gold Clause Suits Limited Time Washington, July 31—(#)—Admin- istering a sharp setback to the ad- ministration, the senate bi com- mittee Wednesday reported out the gold clause bill revised to permit, suits ba Kea ata a obligations for six ter the enactment of the ARRANGE TOUR FOR MAGK’S ALL - STAR Bismarck Man Routing Base- ball Greats Through Cen- tral and South America sabre, The amendment, by Senator Mc- Adoo (Dem., Calif.), would permit suits either on. government “gold clause” obligations now matured, or upon interest coupons, but would re- oe the bondholder to show he had been injured by the action of the government in refusing payment of gold on its obligations, Evangelist Tells of Biblical Interview Ten points covered by Moses in his interviews with King Pharaoh are ‘being discussed by Evangelist A, J. Lamm in a series of revival talks at the World War Memorial beginning at 8 p. m., nightly. ‘The Ei hie series in the Mexican capi-|subject for Wednesday night is “The Off on a flying trip to Mexico City, Herbert Hester will leave Bismarck by plane Wednesday night directed by Connie Mack, Philadelphia Ameri- can League manager, to complete ar- rangements for appearances in Mex- ico and Venezuela of Earl Mack’s all- star baseball team after the close of ed regular major league playing sea- oie, well known baseball player, manager and promoter, will arrive in Mexico City Thursday evening, and) while there will sign contracts for a Hope Epping-Springbrook Dam Will Be Approved as Emer- ‘gency and Continued ican | by District Engineer A, L. Bavone. progress administration, den, cannery and mattress factory. approximately $100,000. Press | L BRIEFS2+| TO ANSWER PROTEST Washington.—The United States is expected to send to the German em- bassy Thursday a formal answer to the German government's protest on alleged mistreatment of the Nazi flag on the steamship Bremen. DYSENTERY HITS TROOPS Geneva—League of Nations sources were informed that dysentery had broken out among the Italian troops massed in East Africa. The number of cases at present was said to total 5,000. 1,000 DIE IN FLOOD Hsinking, Manchukuo—Rengo (Jap- nese) news agency Wednesday un- officially estimated at more than 1,- 000 the deaths in floods ravaging the Antung area of Manchukuo. TO PROBE MACON CRASH ‘Washington.—A special inquiry into charges that neglected repairs caused | the loss of the dirigible Macon last February was ordered Wednesday by Secretary Swanson. SAAR JEWS CHASED Forbach, France, July 31.—(#)—The first anti-Semitic manifestation in the Saar Basin since it was returned to Germany broke out Wednesday in the public baths at Saarbruecken. Thirty ye Nazis chased Jewish bathers into cabins. DWARF SHOOTS GIRL Osage, Iowa, July 31.—(4)—Mar- shall Bascombe, three and one-half foot dwarf, was held in jail here Wed- nesday after he allegedly confessed to Sheriff Charles Kathan he had shot and seriously wounded Miss Marie Meggitt, 23. SIGNS PROMOTION BILL Washington—The army promotion bill affecting almost 5,000 officers was signed Wednesday by President Roosevelt, By signing the bill, Roose- velt made it possible for the officers to receive promotions August 1. RESTORE PENSION BENEFITS Washington—By a vote of 71 to 1, the senate passed the house bill re- Williston, N. D., July 31.—(#)—The works division of the Williams coun- ty FERA office Thursday will close 73 county projects, removing approxi- mately 900 men from federal govern- ment employment, it was announced Only four projects have been classed as “emergency” and will re- main in operation when the works FERA re- covery successor, takes charge Aug- Weed eradication will be furthered | ust 2. “Emergency” projects which will not close are: Tannery, relief gar- It is hoped the Epping-Springbrook dam project will be approved as “emergency” under the new setup and allowed to operate. ‘For the past year 90 men have been working on the dam which when completed will cost FERA, taking over here in the win- lam, announced that Carl Nelson,| ter months of 1934, succeeding CWA, Clyde E. Bonham, E. M. Hendricks and| spent approximately $1,005,358, in- Jack Hintgen were members of the | cluding CWA monies, but not includ- ing that spent “in direct human re- ELETYPE a Lincoln tonight. p. m., in the post gymnasium. cost of $3,000 each are being con- structed at Mandan. Joe Weber is|im building a home near the White Rose Oil station on East Main 8t., and Adolph Slavick is constructing his house in the same district, near the East End grocery. lation of the 30th annual Red River Valley tennis tournament was an- nounced Wednesday. Lack of inter- est, with only two entries from out- side Fargo, was given as the reason for the action. from the northeast corner of the Rock Gibraltar. storing about $45,000,000 of pension benefits to Spanish-American war a It now goes to the White louse. Barnes County Wheat Runs 5 Bu. Per Acre Valley City, N. D., July 31.—(P)— first threshed in this vicinity, weighed 44 pounds to the bushel and will run about five bushels to the acre. Much of the wheat is being plowed under in Barnes county as the yield will not pay for harvesting expenses. Engineer of Wrecked Empire Builder Dies Havre, Mont. July 31—()—1 Funeral services were held here for Walter L. Schroeder, 62-year-old Great North- railroad body died at ‘Yakima, ‘Wash., on Tuesday, will be brought to Minot for burial. Valker was stricken by @ heart at- tack Sunday. He was a pioneer of Richland county. tal. , @ three-game series will be|Great Command.” Arthur M. Long played in Toren. Saas. And an eaclis Mada tbe aiding al thie Fevirek hibition will be played in Caracas, | services. Venezuela. U. S. Plans to Fortify The Minot man will return here More Pacific Islands August 8 and after the world series will make the trip through “sone Washington, July 31.— (%) — The navy was disclosed Wi to be latitudes with the all-stars, * Hester predicts the Earl Mack ar- ednesday considering fortification of additional possessions in the Pacific after Dec. ray this year will be one of the 31, 1936, and construction of addi- strongest aggregations ever ss- sembled, and says it probably will tional battleships and cruisers to meet naval inereases by other pow- include such stars as Tex Lyons, Chi- ers, cago White Sox; Earl Whitehill, Washington Senators, and Johnny Allen, New York Yankees, as pitch- ers; Bill Dickey, Yankees, and ey Sewell, ‘White Sox, catchers; Greenberg, Detroit Tigers, gal oo THANKS SWIMMERS Charley Gehringer, Appreciation of the water carnival ‘Tigers, base; Eric McNair, ‘pniliepia Ath- Ath-| staged by Bismarck swimmers under letics, shortstop; Pinky Higgins, Ath-|the direction of Arnold Van Wyk at letics, third base; Roger Cramer, Ath-/the dedication program for Moffit’s leties, and Heinie Manush, Senators,| new pool was expressed outfield, Other stars of equally) Wednesday by Mrs. Alfred Faust, o ee ened are being considered! chairman of the citizens’ committec or ie )e Al Germany” Schacht, famed baseball comedian, will be a member of the party. Hester is connected with the baths event. PETER SHARPE DIES Ada, Minn. July 31.—()— Pete Sharpe, 73, former Minnesota state senator and one of the University o/ North Dakota's first students, is dead. Sharpe, a Red river valley pioneer. succumbed to a heart attack. Dakota Brewing company at marck. CMTC Members Will Hear Black Tonight Richard Black, a member of Byrd's: antarctic expedition, will speak at the program to be given by members of the Bismarck Rotary club for mem- bers of the C.M.T.C. camp at Fort MUSKIE MANAGER QUITS Brainerd, Minn., July 31.—(#)~ Charles Patton, manager of th Brainerd Muskies of the Northern ‘League, resigned Wednesday. Marvin Nutting, business manager and form- is feel was named to succeed Pat- The program scheduled to get underway at 7:30 EXAMINATION BUILDING NEW HOMES Two new homes at an estimated any and Friday, August 8 and ‘Those who wish to take the ex- aminations must be present prompt- ly at 9 a. m. MARIE HUBER, ity Superintendent of Schools, County, Bismarck, N. Dak CANCEL TENNIS TOURNEY Fargo, N. D., July 31.—(?)—Cancel- John, that’s a grand idea —You can buy two Road- gripper Tires and Tubes at Gamble’s for the Nat. Adv. List Price of One Tire and Tube—4.40-21, 2 Tires & Tubes, $10.30 — 4.75-19, $11.30. GIBRALTAR DISINTEGRATING Gilbraltar, July 31—(4)—About 600 tons of rock and sand fell Tuesday No one was hurt. Used Truck 2 ton Eaterneitins oi Bargains! 29 CHEVROLET—1% ton, chassis, me and box... °34 CHEVROLET—Long wheel base . °29 FORD—Extra transmission, grain box 29 INTERNATIONAL—1% ton, grain tank, dual wheel . "28 CHEVROLET—1% ton, chassis and cab, four speed trans- 6 %-ton PANEL DELIVERY TRUCKS—'31 to 34 m Several older Ford and Chevrolet trucks A few used pick-ups at reduced prices 0. R. Mitchell Chevrolet Co. 820 N. P. Ave., Fargo, N. D. 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