The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1935, Page 3

SUBSTANTIAL? GUT IN VALUATION ASKED BY CREAT NORTHERN Northern Pacific Also Seeks Tax Reduction Before Equalization Board A “substant 4” reduction this year in the $70,000,000 valuation of 1934 Placed on the Great Northern rail- road for taxation purposes in North Dakota, was requested Tuesday by Officials and representatives of the road appearing before the state board of equalization at the capitol. Fred Doherty of St. Paul, vice president and general counsel of the Great Northern road, charged the railroad was being “discriminated against” in assessment in North Da- kota as compared with taxation of other railroads. Altohugh he did not request such reduction, Doherty said a “fair” val- uation would be $30,000,000 instead of the $70,000,000 figure of last year. He claimed that at least $17,000,000 when earnings drop.” the Great Northern was taxed. paid in North Dakota. fix the assessments Nov. 30. commissioner, is secretary. thern was Horace Young of Fargo. from page one Bismarck’s Police Lowered valuation also was request- ed for the Northern Pacific railway by E. A. McCrarry of St. Paul, tax com- missioner for the line. In 1034 the|city waterworks department road’s valuation was fixed at $47,-| opened board of city commis- 000,000 on which a tax of $906,000 was | pened Py the ‘f Members of the board in addition to Governor Welford and Gray are| Churchill, International; M. H. Gil- Theodore Martell, commissioner of|man Co., Dodge; Fleck Motor, G. M. agriculture and labor, and Berta/C.; Universal Motors, Ford V-8; and Baker, state auditor. Lee Nichols, tax| Capital Chevrolet, Chevrolet. CONTINUED THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935 ber of the board, asked Doherty. In Ratio to Earnings “Tt might be a good thing,” Do- herty replied, “for while railroads pay more taxes in Minnesota in a prosperous year than they would on an ad valorem basis, the tax is lower BIDS ARE OPENED Doherty contended that North Da- one ee MN” OE Sultioane = waa] Concerns Ordered to C higher than any other state in which nect Storm Water Sewers With Proper Mains Five bids on a new truck for the it were sioners at their regular meeting Monday night. Acceptance was de- The board will hold other sessions| ferred until the board has had time during the next few weeks and will|to review each bid and compare spe- cifications, Bids were submitted by Corwin- The board instructed Myron Atkin- Also representing the Great Nor-|son, city auditor, to notify 11 business concerns in the city that have con- nected their storm water sewers with the main sanitary sewer that these connections must be changed to the Proper drainage line. The -concerns were given 30 days in which to con- nect the storm sewers to the proper water main, censes approved were for Mrs. Dan Tarbox at Riggs Place, Thomas As- bridge at the West Cafe and Art a at the Schlits Palm Gar- jens, Let Offers Too Low Ofters for lots, deeded to the county for unpaid taxes, were received from ©. R. Anderson, J. E. Samuelson and E. H. Smith. All of the lots were con- sidered worth more than was offered and Atkinson was instructed to make counter offers. F. E. Young, acting for the Presby- terian Home of Evanston, Ill,, offered to compromise on property taxes. Having no jurisdiction the board re- ferred the matter to the county board. Dedicate U. S. Camp At Peace Gardens Dedication of the U. 8S. Park Ser- vice camp with its 17 permanent buildings will be held Sunday, Aug- ‘ust 18, on the international boundary within the International Peace Gar- dens in Rolette county. The general public, as well as religious bodies and fraternal organizations, is invited not only to attend but to take part. The afternoon program will include a speaker from each side of the line and voluntary contributions of music. The dedication service proper will be Od OFFICERS BEGIN TRAINING AT FORT Reserve Regiment Staff Under Command of Capt. William Hazelrigg of Fargo Fifty-five officers of the 352nd in- fantry, North Dakota reserve regi- ment, began a 14-day course of train- ing Tuesday at Fort Lincoln under the direction of Captain William Havelrigg, Fargo, regular army in- structor. Courses and tests will be given in map-reading, combat prin- ciples and other problems which would be encountered by officers in the field. Officially the unit is designated as the General Unit Training camp (GUTC) and is organized to train the officers who would be called upon to take charge of the reserve regiment in the event of an emergency. Officers in attendance at the camp are: Lt. Col. Dana Wright, St. John, N. D.; Majors Harold Schaub, St. Paul, and Morris Blish, Lincoln, Neb.; Captain Clair Schumacher, Minneap- W. Hill avr: Melvin Johnson, Mc-| Bismarck Leaders to Forks; ‘Dale ‘Taylor, Fargo: Wilien |Get Tid-bit of CCC Life Franta, Lidgerwood; Henry, Volga, 8. D.; Harold Leslie, Gregory, S. D.; Robert Bartlett, Brookings, S. seith; Elmer Bothun, McVille; Charlies Brown, Vincent Buck and Joseph Coleman, Fargo; Roderick Danielson, Wilton; Kenneth Ellison, {|mandant, announces that in addition Bismarck; Henry Frank, Mandan; |to acting Gov. Walter Welford and other state officials, Mayor A. P, Len- hart, John A. Larson, president of the 5 association of commerce, that the ete cerita cad Ken-| presidents of Bismarck service clubs, neth Lauster, Bismarck; Ane, the commander of Lloyd Spetz post, | ur Plate, ; Philip nie, Kenneth W. Simons, and 8. W. Cor- Grand Forks; Jerome Svare, Alexan- vin, vied of the park board, also John Adam Gabe, Taylor; Hubert Hanson, Sanborn; Max Hughes, Far- go; John Judge, Grand Forks; ‘Thomas Napoleon; Chris Onsum, der; William Tharp, Medora; Ramon Thomas, Egeland; Fargo; Selma Espelund, Fargo; Eari staff at Fort Lincoln also have been “4 invited to participate in the cere- Kitchen, Grand Forks; Dana Wright, | monies beginning at 4p. m, terville, Ie.;' Melvin Berdahl, Hills- boro; Kenneth William Olson, Minneapolis. Two Accident Victims Bismarck and state officials, civic D.; Robert Adam, Ashley; Archie Sol- leaders and others will be given a tid- is bit of CCC camp life Thursday when berg, Fargo; “William Borland, Dun-|state Parks camp No. 2 entertains them at a dinner at the camp located in Riverside park. Turner and Harris| Excess Wheat Acreage Contracts Must Stand Make Speedy R epuny ein Py |county extension agent, has beem ad- ake peedy ecovery Seat: Hie ae ee headquarters at. all farmers who intentionally eichle Pye eich unt ett signed W-59 contracts for the express tae wite and infant son were in- | Purpose of increasing wheat acreages 3 Capt. William Baily, camp com- All officers attached to the official Contrary to a statement issued Henry O. Putnam, the initial AAA contracts must live up to the new contracts. Putnam was previously under the im. pression that farmers who had mad< Provision to increase wheat acreage: might cut those extra acres for hay where rust damage was heavy enough to warrant it. Putnam added that slight excesses in acreage, not included under W-59 contracts, should be cut immediately, regardless of the extent of the rust damage. 8-OUNCE GIRL BORN Brooklyn, Aug. 6—(?)—An 8-ounc. girl was born four-and-a-half months prematurely Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs Terrence Borelli, of Long Island, at the Van Wyck hospital in Jamaica Physicians said mother and child were in excellent condition. Home-made cake with ice cream will be served at M. E. church parlors, beginning at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, Aug. 7, by Ladies’ Aid of 4th Division. HEAR N. C.B. I. MALE QUARTET Flayed at Hearing in Music and Song, accompanied ‘Quiet’ Signs Ordered at the camp at 3 o'clock. olis; should be cut off the valuation of the + Toad. Contested 40 Per Cent Last year the Great Northern road would have paid $1,500,000 on its valuation fixed by the board, but contested 40 per cent of the tax in federal court with the suit to be tried Sept. 3 at Fargo. Doherty also claimed the board was “unfairly” taking into consideration the valuation of its subsidiary road, the Duluth, Mesabe & Northern rail- toad operating on the Northern Min- nesota iron range and into Wisconsin, in arriving at valuation of the road operating in North Dakota. to the formula used by the state the valuation in 1934 should have been $53,000,000, the Great Northern road contends. “Why not get together and put across @ gross earnings tax in North Dakota, the same as in Minnesota?”, John Gray, state treasurer and mem- i Weather Report! e FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy and baled unsettled to- For South Da- kota: Generally fair tonight and ‘Wednesday; some what warmer cLoupy ele ioe poesien eo and south- ednesday. ry; wal north- wane and north-central portions to- tht. ™ for Minnesota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, except un- settled Wednesday in northwest por- tion; somewhat warmer in south por- tion Wednesday. GENERAL CONDITIONS Soe Oe Tay and” from foines: . an Anes Torthward to Alberta (prince a Alert, 20.58) ‘while a Righ pressure has occurred in the reat Lakes region and at scattered laces in Minnesota North Da- bots. Elsewhere the weather is gen- ‘Missouri river stage at 7 a. m., 5.6 ft. 24 hour change, -0.3 ft. PRECIEITATION Bismarc! ion: rotel this month to date ... Normal, this month to date poral eyauary tet to date .. 1133 si ae Kecumulated excess to date .. 3.86 NORTH DAKOTA WESTERN ‘alghe tows er SSSSELLSRSS: Seeenesseease® 45 58 DAKOTA EASTERN NORTH DAY on est est Pci sereeeageasses t. 3 | Said. Over Beer License At the conclusion of the hearing the commissioners withheld a decision on the revocation until a later date. Denying that‘ there was any | Srounds for cancellation of the license and asserting that conditions were no worse there than anywhere else, Mc- Curdy in his final plea charged the | Police with neglecting their duty in not making more frequent stops at of the four corners around the two local hospitals were ordered pur- chased from the sign plant at’ the state penitentiary. the south side tavern. ‘Responsibility ef Police’ “The major part of the testimony given here tonight points to the fact’ that a majority of the disturbances occurred in the streets and not in the beer parlor itself and for this reason is the responsibility of the police de- partment and no reflection on the management or ground for cancella- tion of the license,” McCurdy stated. Summing up the findings, Foster said it became the duty of the com- @j mission to cancel the license on the ground of immoral influence. Foster @ | pointed out that it had not been nec- essary for the board to hold the hearing and it was done in the inter- ests of fairness to the. partics con- cerned. He minimized McCurdy’s statements with regard to “whims or the board’s attitude on the personnel of the patrons” stating that this could not be considered as “weighty evidence” in the revocation proceed- Testify on Roudiness Hanson testified that he had been knocked down during a row at the beer tavern which started when he went to the aid of a girl who had screamed for help. He said he had seen other fights in the near vicinity. On cross-examination by McCurdy, Manson stated that Finlayson had in- tervened immediately and helped to quiet the disturbance. Mrs. Solem, Mrs. Meyers and Mrs. Seitz all testified that they were.jept awake on’ many occasions by the cursing and other noises which came from the vicinity of the tavern. Each, when cross examined, admitted that they could not be certain whether any of the noise came from inside. Shimek and Schultz told of the times they were called to quiet dis- turbances at the beer parlor stating that the one tavern gave the depart- ment “more trouble than all of those on the north side put together.” Questioned by McCurdy they de- scribed the particular instances ana stated they drove past the south side tavern at frequent intervals during the night but never stopped unless called for a specific purpose. ‘Strictly Within Law’ Finlayson, first witness called by McCurdy, stated that the place was always run strictly in accordance with the law, that no children un- der 18 years of age were allowed in the building and that no hard liquor. was sold on the premises. He stated he had never had any difficulty in quieting clients when they became noisy but didn’t feel it was his duty to take care of them after they had been ejected from his place. Cross- examined by Foster he said that arguments occurred once or twice a month. He also stated that he had received no complaints from the neighbors, Conditions were worse on the south side several years ago than they are since the beer parlor was opened, Brown asserted after reite- rating Finlayson’s statements that the place was kept strictly in ac- cordance with the law. “The whole trouble originates with the hard liquor vendors in the near vicinity of the beer tavern,” Brown “The offenders get drunk in other places and come to the beer (00 | Parlor to dance.” Minneapolis, cldy. . Moorhesd, clear . TA POINTS SOUTH DAKO’ High- Low- ae cits cisst 8 & MONTANA POINTS POINTS ‘WEATHER AT OTHE Paint est est os SSLSSALSSSRaLSSSssssesausaaass Beseeseseeesssssssssssessenss Mrs. Bertsch stated tna! the beer parlor closed promptly at 1 a. m., the night of the Dohn-transient fight and had been closed for nearly an hour when the disturbance occurred on the sidewalk in front of she build- .| ing. a Miss Rausch, who tesiified she worked at the parlor six nights a week, stated she had seen several arguments but no fights since she has been employed there. f Meetings of Clubs i BANDITS GET $46,250 New York—Bandits held up two messengers of the Krasne Brothers, wholesale grocers, enroute to a bank in an automobile and robbed them of $46,250 in cash and checks., Green Lantern (Mandan) DANCING Every Night to Eddie Junkert and His Music Refreshments “Quiet” signs to be placed at each season. New Section of Women’s Fine Shoes Our new footwear sec- tion features highly styled women’s and misses’ fine shoes at popular prices. Shoes, the names of which are familiar to readers of Vogue, Har- per’s and other lead- ing women’s maga- zines, will be here in considerable variety. Such approved shoes as Jacqueline Connie Creations Marquise You'll like our shoes. Trained fitters in at- tendance, 2 HURT AT CROSSING ‘Willmar, Minn.—The empire build. er, crack coast train of the Three applications for dance hall|Northern Railway, struck a small licenses made to the state regulatory department were approved by the board and will be returned to the state department for issuance. Li- at a highway intersection near Sunday, injuring two persons. and Mrs. James Knipp of Clara City|ton; and Hilbert Selfe, Des Moines, were hurt, the latter seriously. Hogan, Penn; Elliott R. Watkins, Dunseith; Isaiah Hagen, Huron, 8. D.; Walter Tracy, Belle Fourche, 8. 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However, Mrs. McGregor, who suf- fered & compound fracture of her Jaw and broke her right arm, and her son, Leslie, who received very bad lacerations, will be confined for some time yet, Doctor Stackhouse said. OBERTSON’S New and Larger Store Wednesday Night New Beauty Salon A refined feminine service in a refined feminine atmosphere. The most modern equipment available. Everything new. Under the able direc- tion of. Mrs. Polly Schott. Mrs. Schott has here- tofore operated the Grand DeLuxe Beauty Shop under the Grand Pacific hotel. Her creditable record and reputation justifies our confidence in her management of this important new added service. An accomplished wom- en’s hair cutter will be in attendance. A $5 Meal Ticket and a Case of Beer FOR A NAME For Our New Restaurant Mail suggestions to 119 Third St. Fred H. Peterson and Charles Hawley by Lloyd Christiansen, pianist and MARVIN C. 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