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) * John Tester, 76, Settled in Area PLAN AMENDMENT FOR NEW TAX BILL 99 Per Cent Levy on incomes Over $10,000 During War Period Is Sought Washington, March 23.—(P)}—A de- termined effort to add legislation curbing war profits to the adminis- tration tax bill when it reaches the senate was planned Monday by muni- tions committee members. Chairman Nye (Rep.N.D.) said the committee’s proposal for “taking the Profit out of war” by taxing 99 per cent of individual income in excess of $10,000 a year during war time would be offered as an amendment to the revenue bill now being con- sidered by a house committee. He forecast approval of the meas- ure by the senate. The munitions committee’s plan, as drafted some time ago, also carries authority for mobilizing industry through a virtual draft in wartime. However, this por- tion of the plan may be dropped temporarily to present the single is- sue of war taxation. Nye’s announcement further com- plicated the legislative situation ahead bf the tax bill, which administration leaders now consider the key to con- Qressional adjournment. Prolonged senate debate on the tax bill is in prospect, with moves under way to expand its scope into the field vf income taxes in addition to deep veated differences of opinion over the, administration proposal to tax un- distributed corporation profits. PIONEER RESIDENT OF BILLINGS DIES in 1906; Was Father of Local Man John Tester, 76, pioneer resident of Billings county, died last Thursday at his home in Belfield and was buried Saturday from the Lutheran church at that place, Rev. Weseloh of Dick- inson officiating. Mr. Tester came to Billings county in 1906 and played a prominent part in its development. At various times he was county commissioner and county treasurer. For 17 years he was @ school teacher and he frequently served on the school and township boards in his community. He came to Billings county in 1906 from Cameron, Wis., where he had been a contractor and lumber dealer. After teaching school for several’ years he organized the Tester Mer- cantile company at Medora, dealing in lumber and general goods, with his sons, Walter and John as partners. Later he engaged in farming but in recent years had been in retirement. In addition to his widow he leaves two sons and one daughter by a for- mer marriage. They are Walter Test- er, 314 Mandan St., Bismarck, and John Tester of Medora, auditor of Billings county, and Mrs. J. W. Quin- jon, East Chatham, N. Y. He also leaves three brothers, Christ of Marble, Minn.; Felix of Chelan, Wash.; and W. E. Tester of El Paso, ‘Tex., and one sister, Mrs. Christine Kreuger of Fairfield, N. D. Death was caused by heart disease fot which he had suffered only a time. Hybrid Chicks Offer Producer Problems Crossing of two breeds of poultry with the idea that the progeny will Possess all the good qualities of both ancestors and possess what is called “hybrid vigor” does not always work out. The mere fact that two breeds have been crossed does not prove that the tesults will be satisfactory from any angle, according to O. A. Barton of the NDAC poultry department. The successful crossing of breeds requires @ working knowledge of the laws of breeding which control the trans- mission of characteristics from one generation to the next. There is no consistent or well es- tablished reason for the belief that the crossbred is superior to standard bred poultry. In fact, production and market evidence points to the reverse, and the avenues for income from the flock are curtailed to market pro- ducts exclusively with crossbred poul- try while the producer, of standard bred poultry has the additional mar- ket of hatching eggs, chicks and breeding stock. Idleness of Brood Mare Bad for Colt In information which has been sup- Plied to North Dakota 4-H club mem- bers interested in the production of horses, attention is being called to the danger of allowing the brood mare to be idle too much before foaling. On this point George J. Baker, ex- tension service livestock representa | 9! U. 8S. soil erosion country, without a hill, a tree, or After a grueling 1500-mile trip through the Dust Bowl of the southwest, Reporter Frank Hous- ton and Cameraman Ennis Helm experts dig inte the THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MARCH 23,1936 PEACEADVOCATES | Jncle Sam Fights Both Nature and Old. (DEATH RODE FL000S blade of fine silt near Dalhart, Tex., to measure the depth of a recent dust blow. grass to halt the havoc of the March winds, Note the sweep of the flat April, which we seldom do, and we don’t get any wind, which we ways do, we might make half a crop tell their story of the grim fight |—on some ft against the desert-creating dust One is glad to get out of the Dust Bowl. It is like being sent back to a demons, This is the last of three stories. xe & By FRANK HOUSTON it zone from the front-line trenches. It is hard enough to get the dust out of your ears, your throat, and your Dalhart, Tex., March 23—The front- |1ungs. line trenches in the war against the dust demon are on @ 40,000-acre tract northeast of here. This is the chief of a dozen such plots where govern- ment experts are trying out ways of fighting dust storms and warding off the ruin they leave behind them. On a 50-mile tour of this project you can actually see the results. The farm of @ “co-operator” lies on one side of the road, with the soil holding tight, protected by terracing and con- tour plowing. On the other side of the road, not 100 feet away, you can see where the terrific Panhandle winds have scooped away the top soil and piled it in huge hummocks only a ret keg from the sand dunes of a worthless desert. The government soil experts have to fight not only the negligence of the past generation and the ruthless force of nature, but the set minds of the “old-timers.” These men declare, “We've always plowed straight rows and we always got good crops until a couple of years ago. All we need is a little rain.” They don’t like to be told how to run their farms by the young college graduates of the U. 8. Soil Conserva- tion service. State Takes Hand But gradually they are coming around to it. And those who won't be persuaded b> federal experts to try scientific means to preserve their own and others’ land may meet more stringent measures from the state of Texas. By a new law passed this year, Tex- as has given power to county judges and county commissioners of nine Panhandle counties to move in and protect land against wind erosion, and to charge the expense to the land- owner, ‘This- Jaw’ is-aimed mainly at the non-resident land-owner who doesn’t realize what is happening to his land. Judge Wilson Cowen, of Dallam coun- ty, estimates that 3 per cent of the 800 farms are owned by non-residents. “We have sent letters to 20 of these owners,” Judge Cowen said, “explain- ing that their land is not being farmed and that it is suffering from wind ero- sion. We are tel them, too, that the dust from their fields is blowing over on adjoining farms, causing dam- age to land and crops there. Absentee Owners Pay “We are advising such owners to take immediate steps themselves after getting information from the county agent. If they do not follow our ad- vice, we will do the work and charge the expense to them. It will run from 25 to 50 cents an acre.” More than 500 Texas farmowners are getting that kind of notice this (year. But, of course, most of the work is done by cooperation with owner-! on the ground. J. C. Wilcox, young federal soil en- gineer, showed us the methods being used here. Chief among them is con- tour plowing. That means simply that, instead of plowing straight furrows east and west or north and south, the furrow is run across the slopes, following the con- tour of the earth in such way that the entire length of each furrow is at the same level. Thus, each furrow is a gort of min- jature dam, and runoff water from a sudden rain has to fill and slop over each of the furrows in turn. Each furrow, accordingly, absorbs the max- imum of moisture, but runoff is checked. When it does rain here, it usually is a downpour. ‘Rain!’ Is Piteous Cry Many farmers hold back from any such plowing, feeling that it is harder work, But the county agents will run contours on any farm, and they main- tain it is not much harder once you are used to it. “All we want is @ little rain!” cry these farmers, but since January 1 only 38 inch has fallen. The average for that period is. 58. 80 conditions are ripe for more damage unless more rain comes. On a@ 10,000-acre tract four miles north of here, Wilcox showed us land tive of the North Dakota Agricultural college, is emphatic in urging that brood mares receive sufficient ex- ercise. “Usually mares that are at work bring forth better foals than idle ones, but overwork and idleness are equally dangerous,” Baker said. “Pull- ing too hard, wading through deep mud and over-exertion of all kinds should be avoided.” Thhe north’s best Civil War eal “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written by Willidm Steffe, who bag born in the south. J.S. FEVOLD Investment, Real Estate, Insur- ance, Bonds, Aute and Truck Loans. Sales and Rentals, City and Farm Property Over Cowan’s Drug Store Bismarck, N. D. But it is harder to get out of your mind the picture of once-fertile acres that are in such imminent danger of becoming a desolate desert. TME END American’s Plane Is Held at Strasbourg Strasbourg, France, March 23—(?)— The private airplane of Henry J. White, American, was under guard Monday in ‘Strasbourg airport while military authorities investigated charges that he had flown over French frontier fortifications. White, European aviation manager for the Socony-Vacuum company, flew his British plane from Strasbourg to Vienna, returning to Strasbourg Saturday where military police met him at the airport. ‘The American was released on “pro- visional liberty” while authorities in- vestigated charges that White had flown too close to France's frontier “pill boxes” instead of taking the usual “flying corridor” across Ger- many into Austria. 2 Japanese Generals Removed From Posts Tokyo, March 23.—(#)—Lieut. Gen. Toranosuke Hashimoto and Lieut. Gen. Taked Hori, some of whose troops participated in the Feb. 26 uprising, were relieved of their com- mands Monday and placed on the waiting list. These were the out- standing changes in a list of sweep- ing reassignments of high Japanese army commands in the aftermath of the February rebellion and assassina- tions. Politics’ in Relief Investigation Seen Washington, March 23.—(?)—A senatorial investigation of charges of “politics” in relief appeared assured Monday. New Deal leaders in the senate were reported to be planning no serious opposition to Republican moves for an inquiry. SK STATES DUSTED BY SEVERE STORNS Worst ‘Blow’ of Year Is Felt . Over Wide Area of Ameri- can Southwest Dodge City, Kas. March 23—(?)— Many southwestern wheat farmers brushed away a mantle of dust: Mon- day to learn the damage of another big blow, “the worst of the year” in extensive parts of the land it struck. Some of the grimy haze was re- ported far from the usual paths, and when the wind died down Sunday night six states had been affected. Reports came from California and New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska. Southwestern Kansas and north- western Oklahoma regarded the storm the most severe of the year but still short of 1935's hardest. Church services were cancelled at Hugoton, Kas., and dirt darkened the sky over more than one-fourth of the state. From the Oklahoma panhandle the dust moved eastward. Highway traf- fic was virtually halted at Guyman, and Buffalo. Amarillo and El Paso, Texas, were in the storm’s path. Los Angeles re- ported a dust haze over the city, anf strong winds carried silt clouds above the Imperial Valley. Old Age Pension Plan Is Rapidly Spreading Washington, March 23.—(?)—Social {security board figures showed Monday the New Deal's system of old age pensions for the needy is rapidly spreading through the nation. The federal government is now passing out about $2,000,000 a month for grants to almost a quarter of a million people in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Plans for ex- tending the pensions to an even larger number in eight additional states are awaiting approval of the board. These figures indicate that as soon as all states have come into the sys- tem, the government will be ap- propriating more than $100,000,000 an- nually—matched by equal state funds —for pensions to more than 1,000,000 people over 65 years of age. City Water Is OK Says Health Head Persons who have wondered whether the city water supply is fit to drink because of flood con- ditions in the Missouri river can quiet their fears, Dr. A. M. Fisher, city health director, said Mon- day. He explained that the water is examined frequently by the bac- steriologist at the state laboratory here and has been consistently good, Several persons had asked him about it, however, he ex- plained. William Yegen, engineer at the city pumping plant, said the high water caused no trouble but that one of the machines used for treating the water with lime and aluminum sulphate clogged last Friday and it was almost an hour before the spare machine could be brought into operation. The lime and sulphate treat- ment is used, he said, to preci- ipitate solid matter in the water ‘and it was possible that some of the water which was not ade- quately treated by this process got into the mains. This treatment has nothing to do with making the water safe to drink, he said, since bacteria in the water are re- moved by a chlorinating process. Milwaukee Hearing For Broun Delayed Milwaukee, March 23.—(?)—Hear- ing of charges that Heywood Broun, New York newspaper columnist, in- terfered with a police officer during @ street demonstration in behalf of striking editorial workers of the Wis- consin News was adjourned Monday for three weeks. Broun, president of the American Newspaper Guild, and six others were arrested last Saturday when demon- strators surged against the doors of the Wisconsin News plant. Protesting the arrest of a striking copyboy, ‘Broun insisted “a responsible officer of the guild,” be taken in custody in- stead. CHIEFTAINS SURRENDER Rome, March 23.—(#)—Chieftains of 53 villages in the Tzellemti zone be- yond the Takazze river have submit- ted to Italian arms, General Pietro Badoglio said Monday. In eating, the human jaws an electric current of .005 volt. Ideas in Battle With Southwest’s Dust)" TRFIING AND BIZARRE DISGUISES Drowning, Disease, Fire and Fear Took Lives of Scores in Eastern U. S. Pittsburgh, March 23.—(7)—Death struck in bizarre and terrifying ways to those whose lives were lost in the Great flood. Some of those who died were brave men breasting mighty currents with frail craft trying to bring flood-bound Persons to safety. Others burned to death in fires which broke out in the wake of the inundation, Shock and exposure claimed still more. Physicians said one man died of heart trouble which was aggravated one reading of the horrors of the Heroic but futile were the efforts to save Marko Markovich, who weighed 625 pounds. The 28-year-old Northside resident ‘was ill of pneumonia on the second floor of his home when the water rose. Rescuers lashed three boats to- gether, broke out a wall of the house and lowered Markovich to the giant raft. He was ferried to a hospital but died of pneumonia soon afterward. Markovich was buried yesterday. ‘Twenty pall bearers carried his body. Mrs, Mary Vulakovich, 22, her baby daughter and four other children were in a house on Union street, Etna, when the nut and bolt factory exploded. Water filled the lower floors and they could not leave. They remained and burned to death. 500 Farms Will Get Tree Grove This Year Fargo, N. D., March 23.—(?)—Trees are to be planted on more than 500 North Dakota farms this year under the federal government’s tree plant- ing program it was reported to B. E. Groom of the Greater North Dakota association Saturday by John B. Jones, assistant director of this region with| _ headquarters at Lincoln, Neb. Howard M. Gowin, 26, Dies in Fargo Hospital Fargo, N. D., March 23.—(?)—How- ard M. Kowin, 26, Glenburn, N. D., senior in the North Dakota Agricul- tural college school, died Saturday in @ Fargo hospital from meningitis. He was @ former University of North Da- kota student. The boy's body will be taken to Minot. TOUHY DEFENSE RESTS Minneapolis, March 23.—(?)—The defense rested Monday in the federal court trial of Tommy Touhy, Chicago, charged with participating in the $78,000 mail robbery here Jan. 3, 1933. STETSON HATS for men at Alex Rosen & Bro. Mothers ! In treating children’s cKs ial eee VICK ICKS Quarter Million Dollars Spent Just to Remove Snow From State Highways Old Man Winter presented his’ esti- mated bill Monday to the state high- way department for snow, ice, drifts and expanded sub-surfaces to the amount of $750,000. This was the cost S. M. Brown, state highway maintenance engineer, fig- ured for replacement of damaged sur- faces by seepage of water, freezing and expanding sub-surfaces, and loss of gravel through the spring runoff of water, together with the expense oi removing the lavish deliveries of snow from highways during the win- ‘ter_months, Brown estimated it had cost the State $250,000 to battle the constant encroachment of snows in the high- ways this year—and the end is not yet in sight. Computes Other Damage In addition, Brown computed $500,- 000 damage to the highways would be revealed when the last bit of snow had gone. “Counting an expected necessary expenditure of $500,000 for regraveling 1,000 miles of unsatisfactory roads which were in that condition last fall, it will cost us at least $1,000,000 to put the highways in shape this year as result of this severe winter,” Brown said. Softening of highways resulting Old Man Winter Took $750,000 in Road Toll from melting snow may bring a gene eral order of restruction of roads to lighter tonnage limits through the eastern part of the state, Brown ex- pected. In some severely damaged places, it may be necessary to declare @ load limit of one and one-half tons, gross weight, he said. Brown appealed for cooperation of truckers in connection with the pro gram of limitation, Appeals to Truckers “Our roads damage will be even greater, if we cannot obtain this co- operation,” he said. “Our gravel loss- es cost $1 per yard. Damages can be avoided to ‘some extent if heavily- laden trucks will refrain from moving over the bad portions, grinding the subsurface into ruts and resulting in the gravel being carried away.” Brown pointed out that North Da- kota has 7,000 miles of highways with only 30 snow-units to combat roads blocking in the winter. “This is one-tenth the equipment and two-thirds of the roads mileage of our neighboring state—Minnesota —which has 300 snow units and 10,000 miles of highways.” PLOTTER SENTENCED Manchester, Eng., March 23.—(P)— Alfred Molyneux, 31, of Lancashire, was sentenced to four months im- prisonment Monday on a charge of attempting to extort £200 (about $1,000) from Countess Barbara’ Hut- ton Haugwitz-Reventlow, Patterson Hotel We do not and will not serve hard liquor. We want to assist the Attorney General’s office to keep down crime, but we do serve a stimulant— A perfect cup of Coffee. Always the same, day or night—piping hot. When you want a bracer drop in and try a cup. 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