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a A ra FARGO ‘RIOT TRIAL’ EXHIBITS CLUTTER UP SUPREME COURT y Appeal from Judgment of Cass County Court Taken by 16 Defendants One of the “heaviest” cases on rec- ord thumped resoundingly to the floor in North Dakota's state supreme court Saturday. Struggling and persipiring, ex- pressmen staggered in with a huge box, dumped in to the floor in the office of J. H. Newton, clerk of court. “Where dy’e want it?” they asked. “What is it?” Newton, somewhat bewildered, asked the men curiously. “Dunno—stuff for here,” came the reply. ~They stomped out. Newton opened the box, to discover there had been officially filed more than 200 pounds of exhibits, with the court—a motley array of varied weap- Part of Fargo's ‘Riot’ ‘The exhibits were part of the of- Fargo men, assertedly involved in the Fargo men, assertely involved in the icemen’s strike in the border city early this year. Out of the box, carefully labeled, came axes, iron bars, rubber hose, polished and unpolished sticks, police- ‘men’s clubs, hoses filled wtih iron, a Pitchfork handle, axe handles, a box of stones and sacks of sand, a box of. nails, knives, butcher and other- wise; an automobile connecting rod, and a “hose made into a club.” The defendants, convicted of riot- ing, and sentenced to various terms of 6 and 2 months in the county jail, have appealed from the judgment of the Cass county court. Charge Judge Erred Defense attorneys maintain in their brief that District Judge P. M. Paul- son erred in denying their motion for @ directed verdict of dismissal, and in refusing to grant a new trial. ‘Twenty-four specifications of error are listed in the defense brief, citing among other assertions, that the court erred in overruling defense ob- jections to testimony regarding un- jon activities; “in admitting prejud- ical matter”; in instructions to the jury; and in ordering “certain de- fendants to testify against them- selves.” The appeal is the aftermath of a strike which reached into the legis- lative halls with reverberating effect last spring. Solons Investigated With the strike ended, and trial of the defendants in February, the state house of representatives ordered an investigation into the strike. A spe- cial committee investigated the af- fair. Defendants and appellants in the ection are James Russell, R. J. Die- mert, Hugh Grieve, Melvin Jarnson, Arvid Johnson, Adam McLaughlin, Carl Pilcher, Errol Peterson, A. G. Lattin, Austin Swalde, Roy Lattin, Leo Kakuschke, Hugh Hughes, Jack Eastman, William Cruden and Tru- man C, Peterson. Attorneys for the defense are Fran- tis Heisler of Chicago, Lee F. Brooks and Quentin N. Burdick, both of Fargo. A. R. Bergesen, state’s attor- ney of Cass county, and his aide, Roy \. Redetzke, prosecuted the case. Mercer Will Be Host For Aug. 25 Tourney Garrison, N. D., Aug. 17.—The first ‘annual women’s kittenball tourna- ment in McLean county will be held at Brush lake Sunday, Aug. 25, Mrs. Lois Schempp, FERA county recrea- Yional supervisor, announces. All teams organized under the FERA are Invited to enter and must make en- tries by August 21 so that drawings can be made. First games of the meet will start at 9:30 a.m. The tournament will be sponsored by the town of Mercer with Mrs. Golda Gates acting as chairman of a7range- ments. Hettinger Is Canning Tons of Relief Food THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1935 fIBS, fACTS and fANCTES JOY ON CAPITOL HILL There are smiles and satisfaction on Capitol Hill these days as a result of the new highway program's approval by the federal government. Con- tractors, finishing old jobs and with no new ones to occupy them or their men, were getting worried. Most of those operating in North Dakota bid on work elsewhere, but their primary interest is in this state. While the program was being arranged there was some ‘talk that North ergy rg being made the victim of political reprisal, but there was noth- Other states were in exactly the same position as this one. Montana has Lae Lod apres of hggscien oe North Dakota but the other com- Tae rors Geese a. uble getting approval for their programs Announcement that everything is set for more road building than North Dakota has ever had before in a similar period cl oe eee, pe eared the atmosphere of a eee LOT OF MONEY IN THE ‘KICK’ Never before has North Dakota had so much money available for new construction. The new appropriation from emergency funds is $6,000,000. In addition there remains approximately $2,500,000 from funds previously granted and which will now be applied on the unified program. Eight and @ half million dollars is a lot of money. It will go far toward improving North Dakota roads, giving employment to North Dakota people. eee td SURPRISED ere may be more money for the high department if ee quietly are carried out. Eoetind bniailast government allotments make new construction possible but there remains the problem of maintenance—which is one of money. There used to be enough to keep the roads in shape but the 1933 legisla- ture diverted receipts from auto licenses to the state bond payment fund. Contractors feel that this will do them injury, if not this year then in 1936. Next year, according to present plans, the government will return to the system whereby the state must bear part of the cost of new construction. If and when that happens there will be little activity in North Dakota. The state doesn’t get enough to maintain the roads it already has. As a result it will have nothing to put into new roads, One way out would be to get the license money back into the road fund. It looks now as though an effort would be made to do it. If it comes—and it probably will—it will take the form of a court action challenging the con- stitutionality of the law whereby the license money was transferred from the highway to the bond payment fnnd. The latter, by the way, is in better: shape now than it has been for years. , ee BOHEMIAN One of the world’s more famous and exclusive clubs is The Bohemians of San Francisco. You have to be somebody to belong. Wealth holds no key. But outstanding ability does. ‘i When The Bohemians recently produced their annual play before 1,000 visitors and several internationally famous guests, William C. Bacon, a na- tive North Dakotan, played one of the leading roles in “The Quest.” Twenty-five years ago Bacon set out to make a name for himself as an amateur actor as one of the charter members of the University of North Dakota's famous Playmakers, founded, guided and directed by Prof. Fred- erick H. Koch, now director of the famous Carolina Playmakers of the Uni- versity of North Carolina. Bacon graduated from the college of law in 1913, immediately went west to San Francisco where today he is one of the outstanding members of the California bar. eee HIGH COST OF DYING The supply exceeded the demand so Warden Dell Patterson of the North Dakota penitentiary decided to keep his workers in the prison coffin factory away from the coffin nails for a few weeks. Be it known that 174 state-made coffins are on hand despite a recent purchase by McLean county of 23 of them. And more than 200 boxes have been manufactured since the plant was opened early in the year. For your information the coffins sell for $23.50 each. Connoisseurs in- form us they are neat looking, trimmed with a good grade of cloth and have non aluminum handles on each side. And they’re not wrapped in cello- ane. eee A NEW MARCH 4 University of North Dakota students and alumni, tired these many years of bellowing a so-called university pep song to the tune of the popular “On Wisconsin,” will have a new march to cheer to this autumn. Karl L. King of Fort Dodge, Iowa, one of the nation’s outstanding band march writers and directors, has composed “The University of North Da- kota March,” dedicated to Prof. John Howard, director of the Nodak bands- men. “The music is very fine,” portly Professor Howard says. “It should prove @ popular one.” Howard will introduce the new number at the first football game of the season. North Dakota is the sixth university King has recognized by writing marches. The official marches of Northwestern, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho and South Dakota are from King’s facile pen. Among his more popular band numbers are “Sunny Spain,” “The Wanderer” and “Royal Palm.” While North Dakotans welcome the new march, many wish that some university student, past ar present, had composed a song that would be more indigenous to their alma mater. eee NOT QUINS fs Bill Freeman of Linton recently announced twins had arrived at his house, not the cradle variety but the more common garden variety of cu- cumbers. Both Freeman's cucumbers were Siamese twins—that is, they were joined together at one end. ONE FOR MR. BURBANK And while we're recording the antics of nature, Upton C. Bion, rancher living along the Missouri river north of Bismarck, brought a freak into the office recently. It was a cross between a cucumber and a tomato. Bion discovered it in a corner of his big garden where his tomato and cucumber plots adjoined. The freak grew on @ separate plant of the vine type, the stalk and leaves crawling along the ground for some two feet and then abruptly climbing about eight inches. From the upturned stalk, Bion picked the vegetable or fruit. Which is it? Cucumbers are vegetables, tomatoes are fruits, Bion says. The vegetable-fruit has a tough brown outer skin with the warts of a cucumber. Bencath the skin was a layer of solid meat with a pinkish tinge. The small core had small seeds resembling cucumbers. The flavor is distinct and palatable. The “thing” is about the size of a tomato. Bion declared he probably would have had more of the queer plants but examination indicated that had found the plants delicious and con- Mott, N. D., Aug. 17.—(?)—Approx- {mately 1,200,000 gallons of water have been piped this season from the Cannonball river to an FERA relief garden which is expected to supply most of the winter needs of Hettinger sounty relief clients. ‘Under direction of Mrs. Laura Hos- tettler of Elgin, an FERA canning factory already is in operation, can- ning the first of the many tons of food to be harvested from the 40- xcre garden in the next few weeks. S— — | Additional Churches | —— FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Fourth Street and Avenue B Ellis L. Jackson, Pastor Sunday, August the 18th, 1935 10:00 a. m.—The church school. Ed- ward Cole, supt. A cordial welcome to study with us. 11:00—Morning worship. Pianist-—Miss Esther Wilson. Prelude: selected. Offertory: selected. Special music, ‘ Sermon: “Touching. the Master,” Luke 8-45. The Rev. H. G. Bens will be our guest preacher for the next two weeks during the pastor's vaca- tion, 8:00—The evening service Fianist—Ruth Rand. é Sermon: “The Runaway”—Phile- mon 1-11, by Rev. H. G. Bens. ‘We invite you to the spiritual min- 4stry of our church. 9:00 p. m.—The Senior B. Y. P. U. Miss Cora Gorney, the leader. A live discussion of worth-while topics. You are invited to meet with the = young people. Gospel Trio to Sing In Bismarck Aug. 27 The Ev women’s 4 rangelical Gospel trio of the Moodie Bible bcdatira ———— TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY MLEAVING for Billings August 27th. ‘Would like passenger. Share ex- penses. References. Write Ad. 11261. sumed all but the one exhibit he brought into Bismarck. ees SO YOU LIKE COMMUNISM! Mr. and Mrs, Peter A. Kraft of Winona recently received a smuggled let- ter from their grandmother in Russia. Eighty-eight years old, the grand- mother wrote that her family was starving, that their neighbors were starving. All they have to eat 1s a little corn meal twice each day. The government in Russia takes, not gives. eee SHACK Gazing at Bismarck’s beautiful new high school, it is hard to believe there still are tar-paper shack schoolhouses in North Dakota. But the pupils of Riverside School No. 4 a few miles west of Sanish in McKenzie county will tell you differently. i Last year five pupils learned their three Rs in the Riverside tar-paper shack school, taught by Miss Tina Arends of Watford City. The shack was built on a claim in 1908 by Godfrey Nelson and later sold to Perry Goodall who loaned it to the school district. eee IT’S A SMALL WORLD Alice Palmer of Williston, teacher in Alaska schools, addressed the Wil- ston Rotary club recently on “Lomen, the King.” Reindeer Herman Monson of the Moorhead State Teachers college was a guest. | sia. Asked to say a few words, he said, “Lomen is a first cousin of mine.” Then he disgressed on their relationship. Also a guest at the meeting was John Brandt of Virginia, Minn. He also was asked to speak. Said he, “Lomen is a second cousin of mine.” Monson and Brandt compared family trees, found themselves related, had never heard of the other before. eee AIDE TO AIMEE Trust North Dakota to find some local angle to news of famous per- sonages. Now comes word that J. W. Arthur, pioneer merchant of St. Thomas and Glasston, is a first lieutenant of Aimee Semple McPherson in her much- ballyhooed Angelus temple at Los Angeles. years ago, entered the ministry, Aimee. Arthur left North Dakota a number of took up evangelistic work under the aegis of eee OUT OF THE PAST Back on June 28, 1918, Cecil McMurray was bathing in the Pembina river near Waihalla. From the bank of the river he dug out a corked bottle. Party surrounded by enemy Indians. If no word is received from us soon we will likely be in their hands. : Goodbye friends, COMMODORE KITTSON. No gag, the note was genuine as investigation by the late Charles H. Lee, long-time editor of the Walhalla Mountaineer, proved. News of its finding in 1918 was overshadowed by the World war. The original now is in the possession of Lee’s widow, Mrs. C. Naomi Lee, a resident of Washing- ton, D. C. Norman W. Kittson was one of North Dakota's first permanemt white residents. He located at Pembina in 1843 as @ trader and trapper for the American Fur company. He became a member of the Minnesota territorial legislature representing Pembina county which at that time included most of what is now North Dakota. Kittson was not slain that time for he lived a good many years after. But, wise in the ways of the frontier, he had taken a precautionary step should he and his men be wiped out by the unfriendly Chippewas then over- running that territory, © adi aT FRANCE AND BRITAIN'} DEMAND SHOWDOWN IN AFRICAN DISPUTE Duce Intends to Dominate Ethiopia by Force If Nec- essary, Italians Say Paris, Aug. 17.—()—Premier Mus- solini of Italy held up the three- power conference Saturday seeking & way out of his dispute with Ethiopia while he pondered a Franco-British demand for a showdown. A forenoon meeting of the Italian, French and British conferees was postponed while Baron Pompeo Aloisi waited beside the telephone for Il Duce’s answer. ‘War or peace remained as much a problem as ever since the British and French said they were not certain just what Italy wants. Italian quarters said Mussolini’s po- sition is clear: He intends to domi- nate Ethiopia and is preparing to do 80 by force; that it is up to France and Great Britain to suggest an alter- native if they object to his methods. Put Question to Duce Premier Laval of France and An- thony Eden of Great Britain never- theless induced Aloisi to put the ques- tion of showing Italy’s full hand up to his chief Friday night. ‘They awaited Il Duce’s reply before talking further. On another front of the struggle to avert war in Ethiopia, the Italo- Ethiopian conciliation commission, revived by League of Nations decree, decided to meet Monday, when it was expected Nicholas Politis of Greece would be named as the fifth arbi- trator. As for Haile Selassie, spokesmen for the conferees said he was withholding his maximum concessions until he hears Mussolini’s minimum demands. Stipulates Concessions Through his minister in Paris, the Ethiopian ruler laid the following Proposals before the three powers as their conversations were opened for- mally yesterday. Guarantees of security for Italy’s two colonies bordering on Ethiopia and for Italians living in Ethiopia. Grant of economic facilities to Italy | no; for mining, road building and railway operations in Ethiopia, Possibly even more extensive agri- cultural concessions. But, he emphasized, he wants no au control by the men of Mus- solini, C ONTINUE D from page one- Joe Crosson Flies Bodies From Crash Scene to Fairbanks Eskimo Runs 15 Miles An Eskimo, breathless from 15 miles of running across the Tundra, brought the first word of the wreck to Bar- Tow. “Red plane blow up. Two men dead,” the Eskimo mumbled to Staff Sergeant Stanley R. Morgan, United States Signal Corps wireless operator. Hastily mustering a party, Morgan engaged a fast motor boat and set out in the gathering darkness for Walak- Pi, a tiny native settlement at Refuge Inlet where the tragedy occurred. Eskimos already had removed Rogers’ body from the wreckage, but the sergeant had to use ropes to pull the shattered plane apart before Post's body could be lifted from be- ays the motor in two feet of icy wat Placed In Native Boat The bodies and personal effects taken from the plane were placed in @ native skin boat and towed to Barrow. Sergeant Morgan flashed the word by wireless to Col. George E. Kumpe, in charge of the Alaska Telegraph System headquarters, operated by the signal corps, in Seattle. ‘The signal corps notified Mrs. Post in Ponca City, Okla, and the Rogers family in Showhegan, Me. “I wish to God I had been witn| Des him when he crashed,” Mrs. Post| Edmonton, cried when she learned of her hus- band’s death, It was only through a last minute decision, prompted by the jesting of Rogers and her husband, who said the trip was not one for a woman to take, that Mrs, Post stood by the|Pr. Albert, 8. Plane and waved goodbye to the travelers when they took off Aug. 1 from Benton airport on Lake Wash- ington for Juneau. Rogers’ Family Stunned The Rogers family was stunned. Mrs. Rogers said she would start Mary Rogers, 19. Rogers’ son, James, was in California. At Oklahoma City Harry Frederick- son, oil man friend of Post, disclosed the two were planning to fly over much of the world in a carefree two months trip. From Alaska they had intended to fly across to Siberia, down the China coast and into Rus- News of the tragedy shocked tne President Roosevelt, Vice Presi- dent Garner, Gov. John W. Troy of Alaska, celebrities, friends and neigh- bors of Rogers and of Post joined in expressions or sorrow over the deaths of the spectacular flier and the hu- morist-actor. Americans “T was shocked to hear of the tragedy which has taken Will Rogers and Wiley Post from us,” the pres!- dent said. “Will was an old friend of mine, a humorist and philosopher ved by all. I had the pleasure of on his return from ld flight. He leaves contribution to the 8 science of aviation. Both were out- standing Americans and will be greatly missed.” others, all sounding a note of sorrow and of loss. her plans to fly to Seattle to meet the body of her flier husband, killed with Will Rogers in an Alaskan crash. Instead, the widow of the intrepid flyer will rest here, going to the farm home of Post's parents near Mays- ville Sunday, there to await the body Weather Report | FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; showers and not so cool es Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; showers west por- tion Sunday; not s0_cool Sunday. For South Da- kota: Partly cloudy northeast, showers obable west and south tonight and Sun- day; cooler south- east tonight; not so cool west por- tion Sunday. For Montana: and Sunday; Unsettled tonight warmer tonight and east portion Sunday. Minnesota: Unsettled, showers probable in east and south tonight and Sunday; cooler in east and south tonight and in southeast Sunday; ne quite so cool in northwest Sun- lay. The Weather outlook for the Period August 19 to 24: For the region of the Great Lakes: Showers first of week, mostly fair middle, showers again near close; temperatures mostly near or below normal. For the upper Mississippi and low- er Missouri valleys: Frequent show- ers most of week; temperatures most- ly_near or below normal. For the northern and central Great Plains: Showers first half, mostly fair latter half of week; temperature mostly near or below normal except above normal south portion first half of week. GENERAL CONDITIONS A low pressure area, attended by high temperature, overlies the Mis- sissippi Valley (Kansas City 29.90) while a high pressure area, accom- panied by much cooler weather, is centered over the northern Great Plains (The Pas 30.24). The pressure is somewhat lower over the western fell in the Dakotas and along the eastern Rocky Mountain slope, with over an inch of rain at places in the eastern part of the Dakotas. lets Station barometer, inch- es: 28.38. Reduced to sea level, 30.18. Missouri river stage at 7a. m.: 3.5 ft. 24-hour change, -0.1 ft. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: Total this month to date Accumulated excess to date . WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Low- est est Pct. BISMARCK, clear aT 08 Beach, cldy . 48 12 Carrington, cl 46 «00 ‘Crosby, cldy . 4 00 Dickinson, cld; 4 21 Drake, clear . 44 63 Dunn Center, cldy 43 00 Garrison, Bee wee 55 4310 Jamestown, picldy ..... 60 48 11 Max, clear .. eons 520 40014 Minot, clear . wees ST 48 Parshall, clear 56 41 «(OL Sanish, cldy .. 48 «00 Williston, ptcldy 5210 EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Low- est est Pct Devils Lake, cldy .. 48 48 Grand Forks, cldy . 51 2,02 Hankinson, cldy . 4 30 Lisbon, cldy . 5258 Napoleon, cld; 45 02 es, rain 52 1.28 Wishek, cldy Cae MINNESOTA PGYTS High- Low- est est Pct. Minneapolis, cldy ..... 92 72 .00 Moorhead, cldy .. + 16 54 32 SOUTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est est Pct. Huron, cldy . +oe-100 56 1.38 Rapid City, rai 58 4801 MONTANA POINTS : High- Low- est est Pet. 42 Havre, cldy .......++0+ 64 ‘ Helena, cldy 10 48 .00 Miles City, cldy - 60 52 04 WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS High- Low- est Pct. m : est 94 ut) Amarillo, Tex., ptcldy.. Boise, Idaho, clear SSASSRSRSSSVSE SSSSSSSTRSSRSSS ASST pteldy. 8. 8. Marie, lich peldy 88 Sheridan, Wys., cldy .. 78 for California with her daughter,|§! i Santa Fe, N. e, Wash, cldy .. 74 Bpitt Current, 8., ptcldy 54 The Pas, Man., ptcld; Winnemucca, N., ptc RBBSSBERSBLESSSRSsesssessnsRsy Winnipeg, Man., c FERRY BLOOMS WIN HONORS AT MANDAN Wilton Gardener Captures Sweepstakes Prize in Gladio- lus Society Show R. H. Ferry of Wilton carried off sweepstakes honors in the colorful combined flower shows of the Mis- ‘souri Slope Gladiolus society and the Mandan Civic League here Saturday. John H. Lewis of Minot, former president of the American Gladiolus society, judged the approximately 400 entries in the gladiolus division, most ‘of them from growers at Wilton, Ha- zen, Harvey, Bismarck and Mandan. Ferry won the sweepstakes even! with a total of 87 points. Runner-up was H. G. Schwartz of Hazen with 86 points, and R. A. Walbum of Har- vey, 36 points, third place. A Commander Koehl exhibited by Mrs. E. W. Reed of Harvey captured the grand championship for the out- standing spike at the show. A Dr. F. E. Bennett, grown by Ferry, was grand championship runner-up. Ferry also won a loving cup for the collection of single while Schwartz took the Class B cup for the best single spike. The Wilton gardener also won of the man she married-after an|sweepstakes honors at the Bismarck elopement, flower show last week. County AAA Officers Re-elected on Friday All officers of the Burleigh County Production Control association with the exception of John Benz of Moffit were re-elected at the organization meeting of district supervisors here Priday. Benz's place on the county execu- tive committee was taken by Tebbo Harms of Menoken because of the Moffit man’s illness which confined him to the hospital. Present officers are Axel Soder, Wing, chairmen, GO. B. Swanson, Braddock, vice-chadrman; Harms and the executive committee; E. W. An- derson, McKenzie, treasurer; County Agent Henry Putnam, secretary, and Robert Montgomery, assistant sec- retary. Putnam outlined the provisions of the new AAA contracts and explained the duties of the county chairmen, who were named recently in a coun- ty-wide election. ELETYPE BRIEFS “¥::" REVOLT SUPPRESSED Tirana, Albania.— The government announced today that Albania’s latest “revolution,” an abortive uprising at- tempted by 35 police and a few civil- ians, had been completely suppressed. CASTEEL IN COMA Williston, N. D.—George Casteel, one of two workers on the Epping- Springbrook dam, federal project here, in a cave-in Thursday, was still unconscious in a hospital here Satur- day. His recovery is doubtful. SIOUX COUNCIL CALLED Fort Yates, N. D—The General Council of the Sioux Indians on the Standing Rock reservation will meet here Aug. 24, James Bullhead, vice president of the tribe, announced Saturday. ORDERS JEWS ARRESTED Henchmen of Julius Streicher, the Reih’s No, 1 Jew hater, were ordered |Saturday to arrest on the spot all Jews seen in public with “German” 96 | iris, 24 WELLS CONTAMINATED Minneapolis. — Twenty-four wells in various parts of Minneapolis have been found contaminated by city wa- ter department chemists and have been ordered closed by F. E. Harring- ton, health commissioner. DEDICATE COURTHOUSE OCT. 1 Mott, N. D.—County officials and members of civic organizations are making plans for dedication of the 00|new Hettinger county courthouse which will be completed before Oct. 1. Washington, Aug. 17.—(?)—Howard C. Hopson, millionaire utilities opera- tor, was granted a brief respite Sat- t-lurday from the questioning he has undergone in senate and house lobby investigations. GAS KILLED 1,221 Washington—Official war depart- 0! ment figures show that 1,221 United States soldiers died in hospitals as a result of gas poisoning during the World War. In addition, it was esti- mated 200 died on the battlefield as the result of gas. PASS N. D. SCHOOL ACT Washington—The senate passed and sent to the house a bill to au- thorize an appropriation of $7,000 for co-operating with the White Bird school district, Sioux county, N. D., for public school improvements to 00|care for Indian children. ITALY'S ARMY STRONGEST Rome. — Premier Mussolini’s news- paper Saturday claimed for Italy an army of a million men, the strongest in Europe. SIX SAILORS SAVED Norfolk, Va.—Cape Hatteras coast through the raging waters, rescued the six members of the crew of the schooner Nomis, grounded on a reef four miles west of Hatteras inlet. Carl Laemmle, the movie magnate, clerked in a store in Oshkosh, Wis., in his pre-movie days. Batter ‘Housing Praga MAKE IMPROVEMENTS NOW while you are able to borrow money with which to pay for them in accordance with the gov- ernment’s Better Housing Pro- gram. Under terms which you'll find easy to meet, you can, for example, obtain an Improvement Loan for buying a complete new bathroom outfit from us and take up to five years to repay. Call for full details. H. A. Thompson & Sons Plumbing, Heating, Gas Appli- ance, Air Conditioning, Radiant- fire Heaters, Fire Extinguishers, Sewer Tile Requirements. 205 Seventh St. Phone 64 Wanted Bismarck LOANS. t_Bene ON Price Owens HOMES Phone 278 Payments Monthly Low Rate of Interest O. W. Brostrom, Wilton, members of | Will’s Jokes and | Chery Gibes Live Washignton, Aug. 17.—(7)—A cap- ital saddened by the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post still could not help smiling as it recalled the jokes and cheery gibes with which the cow- boy philosopher was wont to enter- tain high officialdom. Speaker Byrns smiled sadly as he recalled Rogers’ “last gibe” at the Democrats. Rogers told Byrns that on arriving in Alaska, he intended to organize a polo team for the gov- that was the only thing the Demo- crats had not done for the colonists. The capital heard that Post’s old world-girdling plane, Winnie Mae, which congress is going to buy for the Smithsonian institu- tion, will serve as a memorial to Rogers as well as Post. Dr. C. G. Abbott, secretary of the Smith- sonian, said the beloved humor- ist’s name “undoubtedly” would be linked with that of Post when the exhibit is arranged. Senator Barbour (Rep. N. J.), a tall, heavy-built man, recalled that when he first came to the senate, Rogers greeted him with “well, Bar- bour, I never realized it before, but certainly you are too big for a man, and too small for a horse.” Irving S. Cobb, now an actor in Hollywood, recalled the time he made a bet with Rogers that he couldn’t make the late Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge smile. Rogers and the president were introduced. Rogers said: “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” Coolidge said: “I'm Calvin Coolidge,” and laughed out loud. Once Rogers gave Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree association, a tip on how to handle his educational campaign for tree planting. ¥ “Pack,” he said, “you go down to Washington and get congress to pass a law prohibiting tree planting and you'll have everybody doing it in a week.” War-torn Europe had a chance to chuckle in 1914 when Rogers, then in the Midnight Follies in New York, commented on Henry Ford’s peace ship to Europe. “If he'll take these girls we got right here in this show and let ’em wear the same costumes and march ’em down between the trenches, believe me, the boys will be out of the trenches by Christ- mas.” Of the peace covenant, he wrote: “It says in there, ‘there is to be no more war.’ And there is a paragraph further down telling you where to get your ammunition in case there was one.” ernment’s colony at Matanuska, for: CONTINUE from page one $400,000 in Road Contracts Let to Improve 135 Miles and west, Summit Construction Co., ; Summit, 8. D., $71,565.66, Williams—11.320 miles, bituminous surfacing, Temple west, Summit Con- struction Co., $38,298.40. Collins Lands Job Grand Forks-Treill—5.885 miles, grading and incidental, east of Reyn- bree Wiliam Collins, Fargo, $16,- LaMoure—6.258 miles, grading and incidntal, William Collins, $13,142.21. Sargent—7.013 miles, grading, struc- tural and incidental, east of Ludden, William Collins, $21,232.78, Richland—6.163 miles, grading and incidental, south of Colfax, William Collins, Fargo, $19,899.52, Rolette—4.515 miles, grading, struc- tural and incidental, west of St. John, John Coghlan, Rolla, $22,727.35, Burleigh—3.938 miles, grading and incidental, Still south, Regan south, Will'am Collins, $8,659.60, Bottineau—5.140 miles, grading. structural and incidental, east of Metigoshe, Archie Campbell, War- wick, N. D., $26,872.78. Benson—4.064 miles, grading and incidental, south of Fillmor, Schultz Construction Co., Towner, $9,370.16, Rue Brothers Get Work Dunn—0.311 miles, grading, struc- tural and incidental, Halliday north, Rue Brothers, Bismarck, $13,610.48, Walsh—9.232 miles, graveling, grad- ing and incidental, Lankin west, W. H. Noel Co., Jamestown, $14,434.18. Towner—11.462 miles gravel surfac- ing, Sarles west, Lyle Sloan, Ellen- dale, Minn., $10,391.00. Pierce—3.213 miles, gravel surfac- ing, northwest of Wolford, W. H. Noel Co., $2,665.20. Divide—4.099 miles, gravel surfac- ing, south of Noonan, M. B. Monson, Bismarck, $3,672.32. Ransom—4.154 miles, gravel surfac- ing, north of Milnor, Advance Con- struction Co., Fargo, $3,217.01. Steele—2.989 miles, gravel surfac- ing and incidental, Finley west, Lyle Sloan, $5,696.17. Burleigh—6.589 miles, earth grad- ing, east of Bismarck, Northwest Con- struction Co., $17,913.44. Grant—3.4 miles, grading, north of Leith, Northwest Construction Co., $11,345.04, ip calle ence tical | Girls! Beware of | Painted Toenails arc e D o | | Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 17.—() —The large right toe of Miss Zena Brown, a vacationist, was bitten off while she was swimming. Col- onel Elmer E. Johnson who rushed her 14 miles to medical aid, said he believed a bass, pick- erel or a snapping turtle was at- tracted by red paint on the toe- nail. The Capitol in Washington required 70 years to complete. SHOE REPAIRING DIVERSITY The variety of shoe repairing jobs that comes to us constantly chal- lenges our skill and craftsmanship. Shoes for men; shoes for women; shoes for children—all are rebuilt here to give enduring satisfaction “as well as welcome foot ease and comfort—at prices that promote real guardsmen, forcing their small boat |] thrift. Capital Shoe Hospital Jack Gartner, Prop. the Wife And We'll All Go Over to the Patterson She loves to eat there, and I know you'll enjoy it, too. They have such wonderful electrically-cooked food . . . and if you'll forgive me for mentioning it, the prices are so sensible. THE PATTERSON Just W. ( fonderful Food) ONLY FIRE-PROOF HOTEL IN BISMARCK CAPT. TERRELL AND HIS JUNGLE BRED Lt Bismarck 2 PERFORMANCES—2 P. M. & 8 P. M. TENTS EAST BROADWAY AT 20TH ST. Individual Numbered Grandstand Chairs and Admission Tickets on Sale Circus Day at WOODMANSEE STATIONERY WED. AUG. 8