The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1936, Page 2

2 = ee SENATE DEBATE ON TAX ACT IS OPENED Some GOP Senators Declare They Will Vote Against Any Levy Bill “Washington, June 2.—()—Asserting that the house version of the tax bill would have “a detrimental effect on the stability of revenue and industry as a whole.” Acting Chairman King (Dem.-Utah) of the finance commit- tee Tuesday opened senate debate on the tax measure. A determination to vote against passage of any tax bill was expressed by some senate Republicans attending @ party conference. Senators said their strategy prob- ably would be to support the finance committee compromise tax plan in preference to the house bill or any other proposal, and then vote against it ultimately. They said their opposition to final approval, even of the compromise, was based on a belief that a tax bill is un- necessary, especially if a greater ef- fort were made to curtail government expenditures. They also expre: a conviction that insufficient time had been allowed to work out details of a sound measure. Earlier, the finance committee in a) majority report estimated its com- promise measure would produce $829,- 000,000 of permanent and temporary revenue in a year. ee B Marmarth Shaking Lethargy of Dying Town of Old West that the prospective oil field, desig- nated by the government as a min- eral reserve in 1916, would come in and bring new wealth. Many had invested in royalties and leases. That gas existed in the area there was no doubt, because the people were using it and the Milwaukee shops had used it commercially for fuel, but no one could find oil. Several small fortunes were sunk in the gas field. The people put in all they had but after they had the gas they couldn't sell it to anyone for it takes money in large quantities to build distributing lines. Gas brought no inflation to Marmarth. The town kept going down hill. That was the situation until several weeks ago when the news flashed forth that oil had been struck in the vicin- ity. It brought new hope and some new money to Marmarth, though not a great deal. Resurrect Shares Citizens dug among their papers and resurrected shares of stock in the Lit- tle Beaver, Antelope Butte and other companies which had been organized to exploit acreage in the oil and gas fields. Until oil was struck these shares were of little value. Now they at least have a speculative value because some of the holdings of these and other firms are in the area which pre- sumably is underlaid with black gold. Prosperity hasn't come to. Marmarth yet but there isa distinct possibility that it has touched the bottom of its vale of sorrow. From now on history may lead it upward. Opposing Marmarth for the position of chief city in the new oil field—and facing a much better condition in some respects—is Baker, Mont. This also is served by the Milwaukee railroad and lies less than 30 miles to the northwest of Marmarth. The rail- road has built a beautiful artificial lake there whose shores come to within a block of the main business street. It is a town of 1,600 persons with a bank and two weekly newspapers, one of the latter having been moved to Baker from Marmarth several years ago. It already is enjoying a mild busi- ness boom as a result of the oil dis- covery. The hotel has been filled nightly with oil men come to look over the situation and its restaurants are doing a londoffice business. But there has been no building as yet, no zeal capitalization of the boom spirit. Only Dream Castles Investors in oil properties have to be a little reckless with their money but they try to be as canny as they can. ‘The developments in each town, to date, consist of dream castles. Any- thing more tangible will come later. In Baker, as in Marmarth, the people long have been interested in the oil development. In the windows of res- taurants, tailors and pool hall oper- ators one sees little signs offering oil “royalties” for sale. These folks feel their holdings may some day amount tc something but they want to cash in now—at least a little. Baker has been benefited by the location there of the offices of the Montana-Dakota Utilities company ‘well was a natural outgrowth of this activity, although it is not the first deep well in the area. The first was the so-called Absaroka well, which went to a depth of 4,200 feet before it was abandoned. This is approximately 2,500 feet less than the depth at which oil was struck some 20 years later. The Absaroka well was drilled under the sponsorship of the Northern Pacific railroad company which has large holdings in the area. ‘The reason for this is that in Montana the Northern Pacific was granted every section for 40 miles on either aide of the right of way, instead of 30 miles as in North Dakota, and much of the land which may overlie the oil unfit for sale to homesteaders. LETTER FROM AND SWEENEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW? EGAD/ SOME NEWS OF A | | | pa sais A REGISTERED ZA 7 A RUSTY NUT, THAN {IT \S TO TWIST MONEY OUT CFANUT LIKE You / SO HE'S TAKING A DETOUR AND SUMMONING YOU INTO A HUDDLE WITH THE LAW! THEY'LL HAVE YOu SQUAWKING FOR AN ARMISTICE, WHEN THEY @ TURN ON THE |it to the nearest convenient rail head. If the discovery well alone were to be considered that place probably would be Marmarth. Another advan- tage held by the North Dakota city is that it is on the eastern edge of the field and would be an apt location for either a refinery or for the ware- houses and tool supply stores which elways mark an oil field, since trains carrying such materials would have to pass through Marmarth to get to Baker. Battle Over Roads Already the two places are battling over the road situation. Montana has promised Baker a good road into the oil field and Marmarth has a similar promise from the North Dakota high- {way department. The road from Marmarth to the field would avoid a {rather difficult place known as the | Devil's Hole but would pass across ‘another called the Devil's Elbow, The topography of the country seemed to early residents to justify such names. But one thing the oil strike already has done is to revive hope in Mar- marth. It is shedding the chrysalis of if ghost town and once more ts actfyely seeking a place in the sun. The best evidence is the recent or- ganization of a Commercial club with Adoph Michelson as president and W. L. Striebel as secretary. It has ago it would have been difficult to muster six. This is the tale of two cities and it is important to North Dakota for oil means money in circulation and money in circulation means that nearly everyone has a chance to get from page one: some of it. Study of Bills on C ONTINUE June Ballot Urged counter regardless of those debts. An- other objection to the income tax law, he said, is that it represents merely additional money going into the gen- eral fund and contains no provision for a commensurate s2duction in prop- erty taxes. Another iniquitous proposal. he said, is thet to allow the state school land board to compromise debts owed to it. Under the terms of the land grant from the federal government, he explained, the state is obligated to keep the school land funds up to par at all times and any reduction in the amount to be collected would mean merely that the people would have to make up the deficit in additional taxes. In addition, he said, the grant- ing of such power would threaten the revenue which the schools now are re- ceiving in interest from these funds. Would Live Within Income The position of the Taxpayers as- sociation, he said, is that the people of North Dakota should have roads, schools and other facilities as good as they can afford but they should not mortgage the future to live be- yond their public income. J. E. Davis, Bismarck, supplement- ed Conrad's remarks with an appeal to those present to vote against the proposed changes and to ask their friends to vote against them. The proposal to take the taxing authority out of the hands of the people and Place it in the legislature makes it seem as though the legislature felt that the people were no longer capable of self government, he said. nearly 60 members, whereas a month | in the one good year he might en-| Father Kills Five | Weather Report Of Family and Self! Worry Over Sufficient Funds to ‘Keep the Home Going’ Is Cause Dayton, Ohio, June 2. by members of his family, including four of his seven children. Five times he looked at the clock, recorded death in its turn, then killed himself, author- ities said Monday as they studied a note recording the tragedy. | He couldn’t “take” discord over his ; work, he wrote, and the testimony of Horace, 18, and Wilbur, 16, two of three surviving children indicated, Coroner H. W. Harris said, that the ikillings resulted from worry over in- sufficient funds to “keep the home going.” Johnson's victims were His wife, Louetta, 41; daughters, Rose Marie, 15; Elsie May, 10, and Marietta, 8. and a son, Walter, 12. Meets Boys With Gun Meeting Horace and Wilbur with a shotgun at the door to their home late Monday, the father shouted to ithem that he had “just killed your mother, your three sisters and your brother,” and asked to live, or do you them?” The pair told Coroner Harris they expressed their desire to live. “You'll hear a shot,” he was quoted, “then you can call the police.” Summoning aid, the boys found five bodies on three beds in the single bedchamber of the house. On one, lay the mother, who re- {cently had been ill. She had been choked and beaten on the head. Marietta, Elsie May and Walter, their throats slashed, lay on another bed, and Rose Marie, choked to death, was on the third. Johnson’s | body was nearby. i Police Find Note | Police found this note: “This family, all but two boys, is wiped out and I intend to get them and then take my own (life) because ++. "—and here Johnson asserted he could not “take” the discord that {marked his work “and all the rest.” Signing it “W. F. Johnson,” he add- ed a postscript: “Wife died at 4 a. m. Sunday,” it read. “Rose Marie, 10:45 a. m., Mon- day; Walter at 11:45 a. m., Monday, Elsie May, 12 noon, Monday; Mariet- j ta, 12:15. . . Goodbye.” It was 3:30 p. m., when Horace and Wilbur returned from school. Arthur, 21, who does not live at home, arrived a short time later. it On NTINUE from page one Public Will View New High School Wednesday Night Herbert Asselstine. They are pre- pared to answer questions. General arrangements for the open ‘house have been under direction of the Misses Mildred E. Huff and Eliza- beth Jones and George Schaumberg. To Give Seuvenirs A souvenir booklet of 40 pages edited by Miss Rita Murphy will be given to each adult visitor. Among dedicatory poems by James W. Foley of Pasadena, Cal., and Susie Abbey of Chicago, both members of the class ()—One t one, Walter Johnson, 42, killed five interesting features are | F nt| Deficiency Bill Is George F. Dullam, president of the ‘of 1888, newly written for the oc- Rotary club, opened the meeting and |casion. There also are reminscences introduced Charles E. Robertson who|of = member of each class between Led se tahtid ae oitareg by |the years 1888 to 1900, as wel] as & . E. E. Logee and Henry Dueme- list of alumni from ear land led the group singing. fedgne wee CoONTINGE Passed by Senate With 62 to 14 Vote Monday added $57,- zations express. their felicitations on other 5 ‘The senate heard a hot debate be- tween Senator Hastings (Rep.-Del.) and (Dem.-Ind.). 1887 through 1936. Various organi-| Th WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair and continued coo] to- night and Wednesday; possibly local light frost tonight. ‘or North Dakota: Generally fair and continued cool tonight and Wed- nesday; possibly local light frost to- night. For South Dakota: Cloudy to part- ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler extreme southwest to- night; possibly local light frost to- night. For atonte: Generally fair north- est and south portions t, cooler; Wednesday generally air. Frost east of Divide tonight. For Minnesota: Generally fair to- night and Wednesday; continued cool with cooler in extreme southeast to- night: local frost tonight, especially in north portion. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is low over the lower Great Lakes region, Chi- cago, 29.36 while a high pressure area is centered over Alberta, Edmonton, 30.14. Scattered precipitation has oc- curred throughout the northern dis- tricts, with moderate to heavy amounts in Iowa, Wyoming and the immediate surrounding territory. The weather is generally fair over the South. Temperatures dropped con- siderably throughout the northern and central districts. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.02, Reduced to sea level 29.78. Missouri river stage at 7 a. m. 8.4 ft. 24 hour change +0.1 ft. Sunrise 4:51 Sunset 8:31 p. m. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: Total this month to date Normal, this month to date... Total, January ist to date .... 2.3 Normal, January ist to date .. 5.78 Accumulated deficiency to date 3.42 WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Low- BISMARCK, eld: 2 45 «(Ol each, clay. : Carrington, cl y Crosby, city 5 Dickinson, peidy. 42 ‘00 Drake, clay. .. 37.00 Dunn Center, p 42.00 Garrison, clear 38 108 Jamestown, pel 49.00 Max, peldy. 34.00 Minot, peldy. 35 100 Parshall, pcidy. 34 100 Sanish, cldy. 38 08 Williston, cle: 38.08 EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Low- est Pct. Devils Lake, cldy 36.00 Grand Forks, clea 37 00 Hankinson, clear . 41 ‘00 Lisbon, cldy. 41 00 Sapoleon, cid 38 101 Oakes. cidy. 49 ‘00 Wishek, cidy. 40 00 MINNESOTA POINT! High- Low- Minneaolis, cldy Moorhead, cldy. sOLTH DANOTA LOIN, Huron, cldy. Rapid City, rain . MONTANA POINTS High- Low- est est Pct. clear 76 5 fiayre. elena, cldy Miles City, clear WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS High- Lo} fog ct, Amarillo, Tex., clear pes Jaane. ae ‘algary, Alta.. peldy. Chicago, Ill, paay. Denver, Colo. peldy. Des Moines, Iowa, cldy. Dodge City, Kans., clear Edmonton, ‘Alta., clear 6 Kamloops, B. C., peldy. Mo., cldy. 9 e, Rosebu: Ore., cld: St. Louis, Mo., clear Salt Lake City, U., rain Santa Fe, N. Mex., clear & & Marie, ‘Mich, cldy. 36 32 «00 217 Veterans Register At Harvey Conventio Harvey, N. D., June 2—()—A brile ; {Young Democrats will be held at 8 CITY DADS SUSPEND PENALTY, INTEREST Taxayers Given Two Months in Which to Pay Taxes With- out Added Burden Suspension of pengity and inter- est on all 1935 general property and special assessment taxes paid by Bis- marck residents before Sept. 1, 1936, was ordered here Tuesday by the board of city commissioners. At their regular meeting Monday night, the board passed the resolu- tion which instructs County Treasurer Ernest Elness to accept the payment of the 1935 taxes without the interest and tle for the next two-month period. Application for a WPA project to install water and sewer mains in the new Park Hill addition will be made providing the owner agrees to pay all of the costs, in excess of that con- tributed by the WPA, or gives colla- teral to insure the payment of spe- cial assessment taxes, the board de- cided. The board rejected a petition of Loujs A. LaRue for permission to construct a frame building within the fire zone. John Hoffman appeared the ing company building in the construc- tion of the sewer main to the state penitentiary. City Engineer T. R. At- kinson was instructed to take all pre- cautionary measures deemed neces- sary to the safety of the structure. The board recommended to the county commissioners the sale of lots 3 and 4, block 19, Sturgis addition to Betty Marques for $50 and approved the May reports of Chief of Police W. R. Ebeling and City Magistrate E. 8. Allen. Nes = NEXS Births Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Rosenberg, 1022% Ninth S8t., at 6:50 Pp. m., Monday, St. Alexius hospital. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Milton Rué, 309 Avenue B, at 1:03 p. m., Monday, Bismarck hospital. Lucille Milman of Valley City was acaller at the office of County Super- intendent Marie Huber Tuesday. Firemen were called Monday after- noon to extinguish a burning rubbish pile at the corner of Twelfth St. and Front Ave. No damage was done. A luncheon of Bismarck and Man- dan jobbers who are members of the Northwest Petroleum Association was held Tuesday noon at the Patterson hotel. J. A. Coulter of Dawson, N. D., and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. deVries were business call- ers in the Capital City Monday. Mr. deVries travels for a Chicago publish- ing house. pardon board was meet- ing this afternoon to consider 169 Pleas for pardon, parole, commutation of sentence or restoration of citizen- ship. Only part of the calendar may be taken up at this time. Mrs. Paul Frederick, listed as from Bismarck, suffered a “bad bump” Sunday, Moorhead, Minn., police re- | Ported when the parked car in which she and her husband were sitting was struck in the rear by a car driven by Ed McBain of Moorhead on a Moor- head street. Resignation of Charles Hughes as director of the Fargo district, Works Progress administration, was an- nounced Tuesday by Thomas H. Moo- die, state director. Appointed as suc- cessor to Hughes is Alvin Arneson, who has been director of the Minot district. M. L, Backland, chief engi- neer of the Minot district, will be elevated to director. Young Democrats to Hold Meeting Friday Announcement that an organiza- tion meeting of Burleigh county ‘Shocking “The Prin: LETYPE Gy the Associated Prese BRIE. 30 SOLDIERS SLAIN Rome—Italian military authorities said Tuesday night that 30 airforce soldiers on their way to Addis Ababa PASS FLOOD BILL Secs bagged senate Tuesday approved by voice vote the conference report on the $320,000,000 omnibus flood control bill, sending it to the house for final congressional action. LAG MEETING SET a Devils Lake, N. D.—An international meeting of Te Sigdalslaget will be held at Lakewood park, near here, June 10, 11, and 12, it was announced here by P. B. Rognile, Esmond, pro- gram chairmgn. JAMBOREE ENDS Valley City, N. D—Over 300 Boy Scouts from 34 troops in the western half of the Red River Valley Council concluded their annual two-day jam- boree in Chautauqua park here Tues- day. MILLER TO PACKERS Brookings, 8. D. — Paul Miller, Platte, 8. D., outs! football star at South Dakota State college for two years, will receive a trial with the Green Bay Packers, professional team, next fall. ITALY LOST 4,359 Rome.—Official Italy counted her African war cost in blood at 4,359 lives Tuesday—White officers and men, 2,318 dead; 1,304 in combat, 1,009 by illness or accident; native troopers, 1,593; workmen, 453. ODD FELLOWS GATHER Minot, N. D.—Hundreds of North Dakota Odd Fellows and Rebekahs came to Minot Tuesday afternoon to attend sessions of the IOOF grand lodge and of the Rebekah assembly which will be held Wednesday and ‘Thursday. CHARGE 770 WITH TREASON Budapest, Hungaty—Hungary, at- tempting to smash revolutionary Nazism, charged’ 770 persons with high treason Tuesday. Those ace cused in the mass warrant were charged with attempting a May Day putsch, BRIDE VISITS ‘ZIONY’ Washington—Mrs Marion A. Zion- check, 21-year-old bride who left her husband of a month last Saturday, spent a half hour with him Tuesday at Gallinger hospital, where the Wash- ington state representative was lodged by police for mental observation. VETOES DEATH MONEY —A senate bill directing the treasury to pay $50 a month, but not to exceed $5,000 to Zelma Halver- son to compensate her for the death of her husband, Harry Halverson, who lost his life in 1933 fighting a forest fire in Montana, was vetoed Tuesday by President Roosevelt. JUDGE CRITICIZES SELF Oklahoma City—Declaring his own remarks concerning New Deal relief policies were “unjustified and preju- dicial,” Federal Judge Edgar 8. Vaught. declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of Carl Giles, former state relief administrator, and three co-defend- ants charged with conspiracy to de- fraud the government. ON DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Dickinson, N. D.—For the second consecutive summer, Dickinson is op- erating under daylight saving time which went into effect at 12:01 a. m., Monday. Business men of the city ap- proved the plan, althdugh communi- ties surrounding are continuing on Mountain Standard time. STORM HITS OMAHA Omaha, Neb.—Injuries to two per- sons and several smashed windows, broken wires, partial destruction of a few small buildings, flooded base- ments and debris-clogged sewers Tuesday appeared to be the extent of Vitaphone Screen 6 ony 99 “Vaudeville “Dave Apollon and Band” WEDNESDAY WOW WE’S FIGHTING FOR UNCLE SAM! To carry the Store ond Stripes TREACHERY RIDES THE RANGE DICK FoRAN Investigation into the death of Paul €. Every (above), prison guard at Jackson, Mich., was reopened when his widow told police he had been flogged by members of a secret 80- elety. (Associated Press Photo) the damage caused by a wind and rain storm which struck Omaha ahd Council Bluffs, Iowa, Monday night. HEART DISEASE FATAL Churchs Ferry, N. D.—Louis Myren, 83, Churchs Ferry farmer, died Mon- day of heart disease. FOUR ARE SENTENCED Valley City, N. D.—Twelve criminal and 22 civil cases are included on the calendar of the Barnes county district court which opened here Monday, with Judge Daniel B. Holt of Fargo presiding. Orr Olson and William Fagerstrom pleaded guilty to engag- ing in the liquor traffic and were fined $200. Ole Hagen and William Cook pleaded guilty to theft of flax and were given six months in jail. All four are from Valley City. ALLEN CHIDES CHURCH Syracuse, N. Y.—The 148th assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U. 8. A. called Tuesday upon Chris- tian men and women “to promote the peace of the world” after adopting a report terming war “immoral, uneco- Rev. Samuel J. Allen of Carson, N. D., charged the Presbyterian board of national nomical and inhuman.” tack fnich offend good play will be returned to ‘igned. Cray All letters MUST be s1g0T Tf you wish to use 2 pseudoeyin. sign the pseudonym first ang Voy, own name beneath it. We reser) the right to delete such DSI tg tters as may “4 tentorm to this policy and toate Quire. publication of 2 writers fame where justice and fal Poy make it . trers Imited to not more must be Iimety words. MEMORIAL DAY AT CENTER Bismarck, N. D. June 1, 1996. , Tribune: gag was my privilege to attend @ very impressive cemetery service “A Memorial day and I thought it mig) interest you and your readers. The service was on a bleak prairie hill cemetery west of Center, nN. D After the town hall service, the popu- lation of the town and country for some miles around, moved out to the ceeterY ‘these people laid out thelr cemetery, they left a central space where there are no graves, for just such services. In this space, they had arranged a large grass green cross of heavy cloth which was kept from blowing by placing small stones around the edges. The school chil- dren were lined up on each side of the cross and about 20 feet away from it. Each child carried = wreath and when al! were in order, the president of the Auxiliary called the roll of the soldier dead. As each name was called, the child who carried that soldier's wreath, stepped forward and holding the wreath high in front of him said, “This wreath is In honor of John Jones or Walter Pierce” as the name might be, and placed the wreath on the green background. The soldiers of the Civil War came first, then the Spanish-American and last, the World War. When the roll was finished, the E was completely covered with wreaths—then the last boy stepped forward with his wreath and said, “This wreath is in honor of the Un- known Soldier” and placed it on the cross. A member of the Junior band stood the head of the cross and recited ‘The Blue and the Gray.” The bugler sounded taps; the firing squad fired the salute; and the band played “Nearer My God to Thee.” John’s mother knows that every year her boy is to have a place of missions with modernism. He charged| honor on the cross, and for this rea- the church with sponsoring teachings contrary to the Bible and church con- long as she lives she will at- the service. stitutions. child who was honored by ——_—_—_ & wreath that day will never Crystal Jail Breaker why it is a legal holiday in North Is Nabbed in Montana | pitets. Helena, Mont., June 2.—(?)—Extra- dition papers were honored here Tuesday for the return of Leo Hoben, in custody at Virginia City, Mont., to , N. D., on charges of jail break, Hoben was charged with third degree burglary on March 23. In April he escaped from the county jail at Crystal. Archie B. O'Connor, sheriff of Pembina county, N. D., will return Crystal, Hoben to Crystal. STETSON HATS for Men at Alex Rosen & Bro. simple service impressed me mueh and I feel that the world know the significance of Me- Day to the small community. Yours truly, Fannie Dunn ve Quain. DEPOSES SCHWARZKOPF Trenton, N. J., June 2—(?)—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman capped his crit- icism of the Lindbergh kidnap-mur- der investigation Monday by deposing Col. Norman Schwarzkopf as super- intendent of the New Jersey state police—a force he organized and led { carrying forget what Memorial Day means and is rE 15 years. Until 2:30 | PARAMOUNT, A Laugh and a Thrill for Every Tick of the Clock! Today and Wed. Unguarde Hour with LEWIS STONE LOVE! FUN! EXCITEMENT GALORE! The Bismarck Tribune Bible Distribution ROLAND YOUNG cuir Soars A or Style B, with gispete onan ft Za SS Ae Re oR Tea eT ee Sou Soar O@O8bw aeatensee sex