The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 2, 1936, Page 3

a} * Bates, ad R000 ACRES COU) [Retail BE MADE FERTILE BY BOWMAN RESERVOIR 4,400 Foot Dam Would Open New Lands to Settlement in Southwest Area rary te peal aw levelopmen: the Bowman irrigation project which has been submitted to the federal bureau of reclamation along with 29 other po- tential irrigation projects in North Dakota, State Engineer E. J. Thomas said Tuesday. The bureau was requested to com- plete studies for the proposal and de- sign the dam with its own funds to speed up the work. Continued efforts to obtain $10,000 ear-marked by the North Dakota re- habilitation ‘corporation for a study of this’ project was promised by ‘Thomas. Asked to Complete Studies “Meanwhile, we are asking that the bureau complete the studies, and if | da} such funds are obtained from another source they will be placed to the credit of the bureau of reclamation,” he said. It is proposed to construct a dam 4400 feet long and 51 feet high at the confluence of Spring creek and Grand river at Haley in Bowman county, he pointed out. The drainage area above the dam site is about 500 square miles and the storage capacity of the reservoir would be 19,500 acre-feet, making it possible to ite 8,000 acres in the county, Thomas stated. He explained the project can be further extended to include additional irrigable lands in Adams county and lands in South Dakota. Land Not Settled “The land required for a reservoir. site was withdrawn from settlement some 30 ago by the bureau of reclamation, but will be released for the purpose of a reservoir,” the engi- neer reported. Estimated cost of the dam by the corps of engineers, U. 8S. army, was 907,000, but following test borings at the dam site, Former State Engi- neer Robert Kennedy estimated the cost at $400,000. Engineer Thomas said the resettle- ment administration has advised that if irrigation is feasible from a physical and economic standpoint, it is interested in the project as a pos- sible location for families which they wish to move from their purchased projects in the state. THOMAS DISCLOSED Open Conventions North Dakota Taxes Mulled Over; Elimination of Personal Property Levy to Be Considered; Powell Is Optimistic Over Outlook Dickinson, N. D., June 2—(AP)—A resume of the year’s activities together with various recommendations was submit- ted by Walter D. Powell of Fargo, secretary, to the state con- vention of the North Dakota Retail Merchants’ association and North Dakota food dealers which opened here Tuesday. His report followed the president’s opening talk given by Ernest H. Johnston of Center, head of the retailers’ unit. Powell called attention to the organization of state associa- tions already approved by the association’s board, and stated approval of the affiliation must be considered by the conven- He declared the federation “has done excellent work in spreading information relative to the referred income tax law, and the constitutional amendment,” asserting the tax law, if continued, “will greatly handicap future development of our state, and the constitutional amendment is another exceptionally tion. ngerous movement.” Praise of the North Dakota Tax- payers association also was given by the secretary. “Such associations are now becom- ing national in scope and influence, ‘and it is believed that these organ- isations will develop the power to bring order out of chaos in the pres- ee oe of tax money spending,” e said. Among other things, the convention will consider and should take action on several major matters, legislative and otherwise, he said, including: To Study Sales Tax The sales tax law which will come up for re-enactment at the next leg- islative session. Elimination of a purely personal tax, such as on household goods and apparel, on which a sales tax association concluded the morning BUDGET FOR PRIVATE |<: GAIN, BOARD SAYS Two Other Britons Held as Guilty as Resigned Cab- inet Officer London, June 2—()—The budget tribunal announced Tuesday it found J. H. Thomas, resigned colonial sec- retary, had disclosed the secrets of the British budget previous to pub- cation in the house of commons. The tribunal report stated there was an unauthorized disclosure of the budget information by Thomas and that use was made of this informa- tion by two’ men for the purpose of private gain. The two men named were Alfred vertising agency executive, and Sir Alfred Butt, a member of pe aaa horse racing enthu- last. The tribunals, headed by Justice Porter, cleared all civil employes and printers and all cabinet ministers save Thomas of 1,500 Persons Attend Fargo Music Festival Stamp Buyer Chosen, Constitution Ratified i E gees. zi i Fil Joseph A. Patera of Bismarck, pres- ident, opened the North Dakota Food Dealers meeting. Schedueld speakers included representatives of wholesal- ers and distributors. A tour conclud- ed the afternoon meeting. Reports on N. D. Walter D. Powell, Fargo, secretary of the North Dakota Retail Mer- chants association, reported on association affairs at the conven- tion in progress in Dickinson. FIVE BOYS DROWN IN NORTH DAKOTA Youths All 16 or Less Are Claimed by Waters in Less Than Week Five North Dakota boys, all 16 years food situation in North |of age or less, have drowned in less Dabota!will be reviewed by Culver 8. than a week, a tabulation of water Ladd, state food commissioner and day's session. sessions of the retailers and food dealers will be held Thursday. BANK MESSENGERS ROBBED OF $50,000 Holdup at New York Stoplight Swiftly Executed by Three Men New York, June 2—()—Fifty thous- Federation | Horse Theft Charges Facing 4 Montanans Wolf Point, Mont. June 2—(P}— An arrest in Janesville, Wis., F ay Bg Officers there identified Radons as @ horse buyer at. Outlook, Mont. fatalities shows. ‘The dead are: Jerome Johnson, 14, Courtenay. Clarence 9, Kramer. beyond his depth in Spiritwood lake, northeast of Jamestown, while at- tending a school picnic Monday. Fish sank in the deep waters near the spillway of a dam in the Mouse river when he ventured too far from shore Memorial day. Young Kulass was wading in a pond left by a rain and stepped into an abandoned well hole Memorial Day. Larson was seized with cramps while swimming in the Goose river near Mayville last Friday. Cuddigan also succumbed to cramps while swimming in a railroad reser- voir at Tagus last Thursday. Johnson, Fish and Kulass could not such strenuous @xercise, it is reported. Eleven other drownings were re- ported in the northwest over the Me- morial day week-end, six in South in Minnesota Dakota, three and two in pass June Court Calendar Merchants /MINOTMANNANED MAXIMUS BY TOWNSENDERS National Organization Asked to List Hopton as One of Paid Speakers Paul Campbell, Minot, was elected Citizen Maximus for North Dakota’s Townsend clubs at the state Town- send convention here Sunday with 175 delegates and visitors in attend- ance. Campbell, who also is area manager for the Townsend organization, will be this state's member on the national advisory council as a result of his election. At the convention, held in the city auditorium, a resolution was adopted asking the national Townsend organ- ization to list Harold Hopton, state insurance commissioner and Town- send pension plan advocate, as one of its paid speakers to explain its pro- gram until such time as the plan is enacted into law. Hopton recently has been advocating the Townsend Plan in speeches throughout the state. ‘Welcoming the delegates were Gov. Walter Welford and Mayor A. P. Len- hard. Rev. Jacob G. Rott of Odessa, Wash., a brother of John Rott, 210 Second St., gave the invocation. Following the convention a ban- quet was held in the evening in the lower gymnasium of the World War Memorial building. Harold Hopton was toastmaster and three-minute talks were given by A. C. Townley, L. M. Briggle of Hazelton, C. M. Hunn of New England, I. J. Moe of Valley City, Paul Campbell, Dr. L. M. Elli- thorpe and D. D. Riley, all of Minot. Entertainment was provided by songs by the Elks quartet, a Scotch quartet composed of Townsend club members and a tap dance by Wilmer Martineson. ‘The banquet and program were sponsored by the women of the Bis- marck Townsend club organization, CYRUS H. M'CORMICK, HARVESTER TYCOON, DIES IN 77TH YEAR Son of Reaper Inventor Built One of World’s Great Industries Chicago, June 2—(7)—Cyrus Hall ‘McCormick, 77, former chairman of the board of the International Har- vester company, died Tuesday after a short illness. McCormick was stricken with & heart attack Saturday at his Lake Forest estate. Emergency efforts to save him had been under way since then, including placing the capitalist under an oxygen tent. McCormick’s death occurred at 10:30 a. m. His wife, Mrs. Alice Hoit McCormick, and his eldest son, Cyrus, Jr., were at McCormick's bedside. The capitalist and philanthropist was the son of the inventor of the reaper. About that invention, the McCor- mick family developed the world’s ¢ concern manufacturing farm implements. When the inventor's son and retired as chairman of “Harvester” in 1935, it was one of the country’s principal manufacturing concerns, with 18 plants in the United States and abroad. ‘The concern’s success won for the family one of the country’s great for- t unes. 4 Harold F. McCormick, the invent- or’s younger son, succeeded Cyrus as president in 1918, and as chairman in 1935. Larson! Frank Lawellin, 65, Buried Here Tuesday Friends and relatives paid last re- urday. Rev. Walter Vater, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated Lists Six Civil Cases]: the services, Interment was mede Bix civil cases, all of which will be carried over until the next regular mons. Barymore’s Former in Fairview cemetery. Paul Raber and Harold Smith sang two numbers, “Face to Face” and “Abide With Me,” Bridge Construction Time Limits Extended Washington, June 2— (?) —The and sent to the THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1936 Zioncheck Undergoes Mental Test Willingly ‘Either I'm Crazy or a Lot of Windbags in Congress Are,’ He Says Washington, June 2.—(?)—Quiet for the first time in many days, Rep. Marion Zioncheck of Washington | - state began Tuesday to undergo psy- chiatrists’ tests designed to show whether his mind is sound. As Zioncheck reclined in a room at Gallinger Municipal hospital, Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent, said the physicians may require one day or several to complete their observations. Hurried to the institution after Dis- trict of Columbia authorities ordered his arrest “on sight,” the congress- man was admitted to the hospital on @ commitment sworn to by E. P. Stump, a sanitary officer, charging him with being of “unsound mind.” Readily submitting to the observa- tion, Zioncheck asked only that he be ar @ “fair and thorough examina- ion.” He was still without knowledge as to the whereabouts of his bride, the former Rubye Louise Nix, a WPA stenographer who came to the capital from Texarkana, Tex. Asked point blank if he thought he was crazy, Zioncheck smiled and said: “Well, either I’m crazy or a lot of those windbags down in congress are.” MR. AND MRS. NCARAGUA'S GUARD CENTERS ATTACK ON MILITARY FORTRESS President Sacasa Still Holds Out in Palace; Envoys Seek Peace Managua, Nicaragua, June 2—(#)— Nicaragua's national guard, rising in arms against the administration of —— President Juan B. Sacasa, centered its attack Tuesday on a final military objective, Acosado Fort, key to the | strategic west city of Leon. The guard is- sued a bulletin de- claring peace pre- vailed elsewhere throughout the 14 departments of this Central Amer- ican republic and Juan Sacass = former authorities were being removed “due to the wish of the republic.” William P. Zahn Ill At Fort Yates Home Fort Yates, N. D. June 2—()— William P. Zahn, one of the few men now living who once served under command of Gen. George A. Custer in North Dakota, is ill at the home of ®@ daughter here from infirmities of old age. Zahn, who in 1873 with a detachment of soldiers aided in estab- lishing Fort Yates, was a prominent Indian fighter but later became their staunch friend and interpreter. He is 87 years old. MISSING BOY FOUND Chicago, June 2.— (?) —William Webster Theile, 15, son of a New York financier, who has been missing from his home since May 3, was lo- cated here Tuesday, the Daily Times said in a copyrighted story. The boy was in good health and making his living by selling magazine subscrip- tions. | PRESBYTERIAN ASKS FELLOW CHURCHMEN TO STOP QUARRELS Assembly Applauds Admonition to ‘Make God Known to the Children’ Syracuse, N. Y., June 2—(#)—The 1,000 clergymen and laymen attending the 148th assembly of the Presbyter- jan church in the U. 8. A. heard an appeal Monday to quit “quarreling about how you interpret the Bible and make God known to the children.” Offered in the form of a floor mo- tion, the appeal came from David Bogue of Portage, Wis., an elder, after several hours’ discussion on various subjects, participated in by funda- mentalists and modernists. The as- sembly applauded. The motion was referred to the gen- eral council for consideration. Only a few moments before the as- sembly heard the Rev. Robert L. Vining, of Mifflinburg, Pa., criticize the board of Christian education for distributing literature “saturated with modernism, and typical of much of the literature published by the board of Christian education.” The assembly ordered disciplinary {action Monday against a New York |City acting elder for his participa- tion on the Independent Board of Foreign Missions, a fundamental group. The assembly instructed the synod of New York to instigate action against James E. Bennett, New York lawyer, for his refusal to resign from the independent organization. Previ- ously the Presbytery of New York had refused to act. Formation .of the independent board in 1924 by the Rev. Dr. J. Gres- ham Machen of Philadelphia, Pa., rivaling the officially recognized group, precipitated a fight between fundamentalists and modernists. Dr. Machen and several associates already have been tried on charges of refusing to resign from the board, decisions in which are expected to be handed down by the judicial commit- tee either Tuesday or Wednesday. FLOOD IS CRIPPLING Vancouver, B. C., June 2.—(#)— Flooded rivers crippled communica- tions lines in widely separated sec- tions of British Columbia Tuesday as mountain torrents poured a heavy run-off of melting snow into the low- lands. 2 x ei North Dakota Power Line Plans Approved Washington, June 2—(?)—Sixteen additional loans, totaling $1,061,500 were approved Monday by the Rural Electrification administration. They were among the last to he made be- fore the $410,000,000 ol orig line program gets under way le Loans included: North Dakota Co- operative Electric Service company, $96,000 for 51 miles of line in Benson ‘and Pierce counties and a generating plant to serve 265 families. CONSOLIDATIONS OF FRANCE WAR FORCE PLANNED BY BLUM Nationalization of Munitions Industry to Affect Some Arms Plants Paris, June 2.—(?)—Consolidation of France’s war forces under one min- ister of national defense was projected Tuesday by Leon Blum, prospective and president of the radical Socialist party, was selected to head the new ministry with three assistants, auth- oritative sources declared. Marc Fucart, a member of the cham- ber of deputies, was placed in con- trol of the army, the navy post went to Caesar Campinchi, diminutive radical Socialist equally famed in the law courts and on the dueling field. Pierre Cot, who headed the air minis- try in Daladier's 1934 cabinet, re- ceived the same post in the merged defense program. Informed sources said Daladier has mapped a program which includes: 1. Nationalization of the munitions industry providing for government ownership of some factories manufac- turing war materials. 2. Strict control of all plants not owned by the government, Shocking “The Princess Comes Across” President Sacasa, with his own bodyguard, still held out.in the presi- dential palace atop Tiscacpa Hill, but an armistice persisted in the capital while the diplomatic corps searched for a practical settlement between the government and the national guard. The commander of the guard, Gen. Anastacio Somoza, remained in Leon, declaring he would maintain his siege of the fort there until the defenders obeyed an order to yield their arms. The fort commanders insisted they should take orders only from the president, thereby violating the na- tional guard rule that the guard should be the republic’s sole armed body. G. N. Refunding Bonds Without Help of RFC 8t. Paul, June 2—(7)—W. P. Ken- ney, president of the Great Northern railway, announced Monday the road will refund $100,000,000 in bonds ma- turing July 1 without utilizing aid pledged by the Reconstruction Fi- nance comporation. 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