The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1936, Page 4

in Chicago, is placed im operation. 4 In the ‘Day’ s Photo News The life of a condemned man will be shortened approximately a halt minute when this electric chair, just completed in the Cook county jail The time will be saved through the aid of new grip-type buckizs, which, through a mechanical process, tight- en straps and make the arm and headpiece adjustments in one opera- tion. (Associated Press Photo) Following California’s example, Colorado has' put up its bars against wandering workers from other states. National guardsmen here are shown as they turned back a motoring family of Texans, sugar beet workers, at the Oklahoma Panhandle border. Gov. E. C. Johnson, declaring that Colorado jobs were for Coloradoans, or- dered the militiamen to border posts, to enforce his ruling. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1936 SALE OF STORE BY ORAL AGREEMENT UPHELD BY COURT — Lincoln Valley Property Sold Legally Sale of a general store and three lots at Lincoln Valley in Sheridan county under terms of an oral agree- ment, followed by receipts for monies received was upheld Monday by the jstate supreme court. The court affirmed action of the Sheridan county district court which held there had been a valid sale of property under an agreement to G. A. Hubbell by A. J. Goetz, the store operator. The court found Goetz discussed use of the buildings and lots with Hubbell in May, 1934, and agreed on & monthly rental of $40 for six months lor purchase of the property for $2,000 in monthly payments of $50. Goetz Sued Goetz sued to determine adverse claims to the property. The supreme court held the lower court's action in giving judgment to Hubbell to be correct; the district court found an unpaid balance of $1,530.50 remained, and determined a valid contract existed. Determining the law involved in the appeal by Goetz, the supreme court said: “Under the statute of frauds an ‘agreement for the sale of real prop- erty is invalid unless the same, or some note or memorandum thereof, is Supreme Bench s Bench Affirms re Burleigh County AAA Work Begins HARRY A. KNEESHAW,! Wagner Named to Head WELL, KNOWN MINOT Bismarck Baseball Club BUSINESSMAN, DIES} cave _P. Choice Series of 10 Sign-Up Meetings as ‘Gavel Man’ in writing and subscribed by the party against whom the agreement is sought to be enforced. Signature Unnecessary To render such memorandum suf- ficient, it is not necessary it be signed ‘by the other party to the agreement. “Such memorandum need not be & complete contract in itself. It is the written evidence of the contract.” ‘The supreme court found a valid contract existed betwéen the two men, and ordered that unless Goets was willing to accept cash payment in full, he could not be compelled to do s0, ‘but that if he accepted full payment, the lower court would be affirmed, otherwise the judgment would be modified to provide for monthly pay- ments of $50 with 6 per cent interest. Representative Bertrand Snell, above, New York, again has been chosen to wield the gavel as permanent chairman of the Republican national convene tion, his selection by the ar- rangements committee being Began Monday at Bald- win and Wilton County Agent Henry O. Putnam, Veteran Spernien a and fnsur- ance Agent Succumbs to Heart Ailment and members of his staff, Monday opened a series of 10 sign-up meet- ings under the new soil conservation program in Burleigh county. being made to of 1936. Putnam said. First Classification each ownership of land during 1935. conserving crops. These include: brome grass, and summer fallow has also been definite announcement concerning this has not been made from Wash- ington. About $6 Per Acre Putnam said in predicting the new program will pay as well or better than the old AAA. Third classification is a soil build- ing payment. Benefits here will be made for growing sweet clover and alfalfa and will be a dollar an acre equivalent to final appointment by the convention as a whole. Snell, minority leader in the House, was permanent chair- man at the 1932 conclave. REPUBLICAN LEADER under ordinary circumstances, Where producers have additional acreages of legumes on their farms, the payments may run higher, Putnam said. The fourth type of payments will be on what is termed neutral classifi- cations. This refers to pasture land, hay land, summer fallow and idle land which were not contracted acres in 1935, and includes the land not fig- ured as soil depleting or soll building The first classification is soil de- pleting crops. This includes all small grain crops, whether harvested or cut|after her death on Jan. 3, 1935. for hay, cane, corn and potatoes. The agreement asks for a 15 per cent re-|sons, Rae of Minot, duction of these soil depleting crops|technician at the OCC camp at Fox- in 1936 based on the crops grown On/holm, and E. L., work supervisor of crested wheat grass, slender wheat grass, alfalfa and sweet! minot Country club, in which he held clover. Farmers may also qualify in/a life membership. this division by plowing under rye, , April 27.—(#)—Harry A, Kneeshaw, 63, Minot insurance Minot, N. D., Putnam intimated the program was agent and well known sportsman, who expected to become permanent, butjhad been ill of heart trouble and said that at present worksheets are complications since last January, died cover only the year|sunday night in a Minot hospital to which he had been taken after being Four land or crop classifications are}stricken at his home earlier in, the being made available to the farmers for eligibility in the benefit payments, evening. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Burial will be at the family plot in Rosehill cemetery, Minot, where the body of Mrs, Kneeshaw was laid Immediate survivors here are two who is senior the federal transient service, and & The second classification is spill/granddaughter, Patsy Jean, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Rae Kneeshaw. Kneeshaw was secretary of the Kneeshaw’s interest in athletics, particularly in outdoor sports, dated recommended for payments but &/back to his childhood. As a young man he played lacrosse and hockey pro- fessionally in Canada. It was as a professional hockey player that he first came to North Dakota from the The payment for soil conservation | Dominion in 1899. In his.youth too he will be approximately $6 per acre,/won medals in track events. Years after he gave up more strenuous pur- suits, he retained his ability to play golf, Before coming to Minot in 1928, the Kneeshaws lived for many years at Devils Lake. Kneeshaw became ill Jan. 16 soon after his return from Toronto, Can- ada, where he spent the Christmas holidays with his only sister, Mrs. King. He suffered a heart at- tack at that time and went t8 a hos- pital, staying there until Feb. 2. Thereafter he was confined to his bed in his home. A week or more ago he had recovered his strength suffi- ciently to leave his bed. Mohn Chosen Manager by Board; Season Box Tickets on Sale J. P. Wagner was elected president of the Bismarck Baseball Club., Inc., at the organization meeting of the board of directors held here Saturday. Other officers named were George Shafer, vice president and John A. Larson, secretary-treasurer. Walter “Babe” Mohn, who has been acting as manager pending a formal decision by the board, was chosen to pilot the 1936 team. His duties will consist of signing all players, ar- ranging the schedule of games and handling all other managerial details. His salary is to be fixed by the board. Decision to begin at once the sale of season tickets for the boxes at the ball park was announced. The season ducats will be sold for $25 with the assurance that at least 40 home games will be played during the season. Richard Middaugh was named to have charge of the ticket sales for all home games. Mohn announced that the first for- mal practice session will be held May 15 and the first game would be played May 24 at Valley City. The board authorized the purchase of all of last year’s equipment, in- cluding uniforms and bats, from Neil Churchill, who piloted the club to a national semipro championship at the Wichita tournament in 1935 and later announced his decision to retire from active management of the club. Leo D. Osman of Fargo, authorized state commissioner for the 1936 na- tional tournament, appeared before the board in regards to the selection of a site for the tournament from which will be picked North Dakota’s representative in the national. | The board declined to bring the tournament here and it will probably be held at Valley City, only other city to bid for the elimination event. Present at the meeting were Wag- ner, Schafer, Mohn, Churchill, and W. 8. Ayres and Fred Peterson, other members of the board of directors, and H. P. Goddard, secretary of the Association of Commerce. The Japanese alphabet possesses two sets of characters—katanaka for the use of men, and hiranage for Sets Amphibian Altitude Marks 7 “Sigman Two world altitude records were broken over Stratford. Conn., by Capt Boris Sergievsky, Russian war ace. American by adoption. shown here seated in an §-43 Si- korsky Clipper ship, the type in which he soared 27.950 feet For mer marks broken were 500 kilo- grams. for Class C-3 amphibians, without load. 18,641 feet, and 500 kilograms, same class, with pay- load. 17.877 feet. Henry A. Wallace Becomes Democrat Des Moines, Ia., April 27.—(>)— Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agri- culture, formally changed his politi- SNELL, IN FOREFRONT acres, Tt has been estimated that Brit- re cal party from Republican to Demo- FR Flax Payment’ ons expend an annual total of $2,-| 1¢ the foot is removed slowl: cratic Monday. Notice of the secre- Mrs. Michael Flaig ectith, special payment, covers the {000000000 on, clothes, with women | he accelerator, oll may be prevented {1807s change of allelanee and that uae ° ing of flax, a complete explana-| cont 000, of of his wife's, was filed with the Polk Of New Leipzig Dies tion of which is being made to the|/ amount. Cun ee ee = Mrs. John Delzer and John Fiaig, hoth of 506 Third St., returned Sun- day from New Leipzig where they were summoned last Monday by the death of their mother, Mrs. Michael Fiaig, 57. ‘The funeral services were held Sat- urday afternoon in the German Con- gregational church of New Leipzig. Burial was made in that place. Besides her husband and the two children living in Bismarck, she leaves two daughters, Mrs, Harold Gutman of East St. Louis, Ill., and Mrs. Harold Dawson of Los Angeles, Calif., and a son, Edward Fiaig of Watauga, S. D. Mrs. Dawson and her small daugh- ter, Donna Mae, and all of the chil- dren except Mrs. Gutman attended the services. The latter, who was Miss Alma Flaig before her marriage, is a bride of only a few weeks. Mrs. Flaig was born in South Rus- sia, and it was there that her mi riage occurred Dec. 19, 1898. A few months after their wedding, Mr, and Mrs. Flaig came to Kulm and home- steaded near there. In 1912, the family settled at New Leipzig. OF ATTACK ON TAX LaFollette Favors Lowering Ex- emptions in Income Tax, He Declares Washington, April 27.—(#)—Repub- lican Leader Snell plunged into the house controversy over the $803,000,- 000 tax bill Monday with the asser- tion that “no sober minded man should vote for new taxes on our people to further encourage this shameful extravagance of political boondoggling.” Snell, who earlier had called his party members to meet Monday night to map strategy to pursue when the measure reaches the amendment stage Tuesday, said he believed the bill-would “destroy many small and struggling business organizations.” “It will create monopolies and place additional hardships on small organizations which have depleted their reserves during the depression,” he contended. farmers at the time of the sign-up meetings. First sign-up meetings were held at Baldwin and Wilton Monday to be followed with one at Regan Tuesday, starting at 10 p. m. The rest of the meetings will be at Arena and Wing, Wednesday; Driscoll and Sterling, Thursday; Moffit and McKenzie, Friday, and Bismarck, Sat- urday. All meetings start at 10 a. m. Plan Program for Townsend Members The Bonny Briar Bush trio com- posed of three young Scotchmen, the Neugebauer children of rural Bis- marck and Wilmar Martineson, son of Chris Martineson, headline the enter- tainment for the Bismarck Townsend club meeting at 8 p, m., Tuesday in the Burleigh county court room, The Neugebauer children sing and recite. Young Martineson will give several tap numbers. There also will be a speaker, according to J. W. Riley, who has made the entertainment arrange- ments, ‘ * Difficulties confronting the bulky| ni has a right to ex it good Chief Justice Burke + tax measure were emphasized further patincaa papserteiact Die thie is Files for Re-election| when senator LaFollette (Prog., Wis.) |dancing.—Julian Street, author. Chief Justice John Burke of the North Dakota supreme court filed for re-election Monday with the secre- tary of state. Burke, first Democratic governor of North Dakota, and who served under the late President Wilson as United States treasurer, was the first to file for office this year. He was elected in 1924 to a six year term, re-elect- ed in 1930, and if again returned to office, will obtain a ten-year term un- der the new tenure for the court. told newsmen he would fight for a boost in individual income and sur- taxes when the bill reaches the sen- ate. The Wisconsin Progressive said he would propose a lowering of persona] exemptions from income tax—prob- ably from $2,500 to $1,500 for married and from $1,000 to $800 for single per: sons; an increase in surtaxes on ae incomes up to $50,000, and a boost from 4 to 6 per cent in the normal in- come levy. In the house the bill is scheduled Make Your Correspondence STAND OUT! cylinders. 1 county auditor. Get Yours Now! It would be an unworthy newspaper that would not lend its aid toward encourag- ing Bible reading, and now that the movement is well under way, everybody real- jzes that it is an overwhelming success. The present offer includes two different volumes—Style A, which is illustrated below, and Style B, which is fully as useful but less elaborately bound. This Bible The illustration, of which is greatly reduced in size, shows STYLE A me Coupons say $1.98 (Plus sales tax—see coupon) STYLE B More than 1,100 signatures from|to reach the amendment stage tomor- various sections of the state appeared |tOw, as only 5 hours and 36 minutes Let us nan hi ch tai all of on Justice Burke's petition, Time for |f general debate remained when the Lett h ad I di as ! Wi con' ains filings opened Saturday and close |house convened today for a third erne eds. the Ss May 25, day's discussion of the measure. unique fore Snell spoke, Rep. Vinson Fi 5 : *. (Dem, Ky, member of the house! 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