The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1936, Page 6

6 The Bismarck Tribune Ap independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and @atered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher W. Simons and Editor Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Sec'y-Trei Subscription Rates Payable in Advance year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press te tien of th die or ye Ai rlante of exclusively entitled to the use for republica- credited to it or not otherw: redited in thie 0 the local news of spontaneous origin ed herein, publication of all other matter herein are also reserved. A Duty to the Future If statisticians are correct the United States will have a population of approximately 141,000,000 people by 1960, and with that in view it becomes a matter of national importance that the productivity of our soil be maintained. That many persons will require more meat, bread, potatoes and vegetables than the United States now is producing and certainly more than it could produce under present conditions and methods of farm management, for the average yield is steadily decreasing in all parts of the country. On this basis it becomes a duty which we owe to future generations to so manage our national resources that there will be enough—and more than enough—for all when this genera- tion is dead and gone. It becomes a crime against citizens yet unborn to mine our soil and reduce its fertility in the interests of today alone. At the same time it directs the attention of forward-look- ing citizens to the possibilities of irrigation and better land management, to the duty of making two blades of grass grow where one grew before and of maintaining the soil in condition to continue production at that rate. One of the best exponents of this theory in the northwest is John W. Haw, agricultural development director for the Northern Pacific railroad. In an address prepared for delivery today to the annual convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers meeting at Portland, Ore., Haw said: “Irrigation development, although of direct and primary impor- tance to the 11 western states comprising 40 per cent of the land area of this country, is of concern also to the rest of the United States. Irrigated agriculture is the chief reliance of the nation for supplies of fresh vegetables, fresh and*canned deciduous and citrus fruits, nuts, berries, melons, sugar, certain varieties of cot- ton, wines and grass seeds. Not only present dietary trends, but also @ steadily growing population will make increasing demands for supplies of these products. “It is estimated that by 1960 our population will reach 141 mil- lion. To feed this increased population will require 2 million addi- tional acres in vegetables, 800,000 additional acres of fruit, 300,000 additional acres of sugar beets—all of which are products largely produced on the irrigated lands of the west. “These figures take no account of trends in diet. Sugar con- sumption has increased from 78 pounds per capita 20 years ago to 95 to 100 pounds per capita today. The average person in this country consumed 6 pounds of lettuce in 1920 and 13 pounds in 1931. In the same period carrot consumption increased from 2 pounds to 7 pounds, tomatoes from 34 pounds to 46 pounds, celery from 4 pounds to 8 pounds and asparagus from 1.4 pounds to 2.5 pounds per capita per year. “Regional as well as national considerations should have weight in a decision as to whether irrigated land should be expanded. The west is isolated by the Great Plains and the Continental Divide and to the limited extent its possibilities permit it should be allowed to Produce its own bulky staple food requirements. Regional self- sufficiency is, in geographically isolated areas of a country, as de- sirable as national self-sufficiency. “Irrigated land expansion is necessary to the full use of western range lands. On western ranges 75 per cent of the wool and mohair supplies of the nation are produced; 55 per cent of the sheep and lambs, and 33 per cent of the cattle and calves. These ranges are now inadequately reinforced by irrigated land upon which livestock feed supplies are produced for drouthy periods and for winter.” Thus Mr. Haw points out the same story which this news- paper has been trying to tell its readers in recent weeks. He is neither a New Dealer, an alarmist, nor an irrational man with an idea. He is merely looking at the facts and basing a judg- ment upon them dispassionately and without prejudice. One thing he fails to mention is that the productivity of the plains states has been greatly reduced by over-grazing of the land and by putting to the plow land which never should have been broken at all. Neither does he take note of the fact that irigation in this area—if we had it now—would enable us to keep our cattle and raise food for our population which will have to be shipped in this winter. He merely hints at this condition when he men- tions the need for irrigation support for our range lands. In the present emergency the value of such a system, ap- plied to North Dakota, cannot be over-emphasized. A Thrill for Youth America’s railroads, awake and fighting for business after a Rip Van Winkle sleep, find their efforts to get people back on the rails aided by an entirely unexpected turn of public psy- chology. The middle-aged person or one approaching middle age can remember when, if he went anywhere, he went by train. But during ‘the last 15 years a new generation has grown up which is unfamiliar with the pleasures of travel by rail. The automotive age moved in rapidly and the railroads did little to oppose its advance. Asa result many young folks have traveled thousands of miles by automobile who have never stepped foot on a train. The new vitality shown by America’s oldest form of trans- portation has now brought many of these youngsters into the streamline speed trains or the air-conditioned coaches—and has given them a thrill. Lower fares have made it seem reasonable to give the railroad an opportunity to show what it can do. - *. The result, according to traffic men, has been favorable. They are wishing they had inaugurated this movement long ago. _ It begins with advertisements and other forms of invita- tion asking the public to try travel by rail. Comfort and econ- omy are doing the rest. It is a good combination and the effect s -be good for both the railroads and the motor makers. cars as ‘87-year-old resident of Richmond, Va.. LINKS PEIFER WITH BARKER-KARPIS MOB Mrs. Frank Nash Describes Meeting St. Paul Man in Gang’s Hideout St. Paul, July 16—(#)—The widow of Frank Nash, who was slain in the Kansas City depot massacre in 1933, took the stand as a government wit- ness Thursday in the trial of John (Jack) Peifer on a charge of. par- ticlpating in the William Hamm kid- naping, and told of the defendant's association with Barker-Karpis mob- sters. Mrs. Frances Miller, also known as Mrs. Frances Nash of Aurora, Minn., described how she, her late husband, and her young daughter visited Pel- fer’s night club in St. Paul and Harry} Sawyer's farm six miles north of St. Paul and there met Peifer and many |. members of, the Barker-Karpis mob, | including Alvin Karpis, Arthur (Doc) Barker and Freddie Barker. Edmund C. Bartholmey, ex-post- master at Bensenville, Ill., who pleaded guilty Wednesday, took the stand after Mrs, Nash, and recited details leading to use of his home as the “hideout.” The prosecution will lean heavily on the testimony of Byron Bolton, confessed kidnaper, to convict Pfeifer under the Lingbergh act, said George F. Sullivan, United States district at- torney. William W. Dunn, “contact man,” recited on the witness stand late Wednesday how he tossed a grip con- taining $100,000 from an automobile onto the pavement the day Hamm was released. The “split-up” of the ransom money, according to Sullivan, was made at, Long Lake, Ill, and $10,000 set aside | for Pfeifer. An additional $30,000 was | counted out “to be spread around to three twin cities persons,” Sullivan ‘said, but he did not name the men. He indicated the details would be dis- closed in the testimony’ of government witnesses. Besides Batholmey, Alvin Karpis, one-time notorious public enemy, Charles (Big Fitz) Fitzgerald, and Bolton await sentence, to be imposed at the end of Peifer’s trial. Churchill’s Mother Dies at Osceola, Wis. Mrs. Rebecca Churchill, 75, mother of N. O. Churchill, 619 Mandan St., died at 6:15 p. m. Wednesday at her home in Osceola, Wis. She had been ill.for the last four years and for the last four months Mr. Churchill had made a monthly trip to his old home to see her. Death was caused by heart disease. In 1919 and 1920 Mrs. Churchill made her home with her son here and was known by a number of Bis- marck residents. With this excep- tion she had lived most of her life in Osceola and vicinity. With her when she died was her daughter, Mrs. L. W. Olson, formerly of Bismarck, who was called home four years ago by her mother's ill- ness. Mrs. Olson and Mr. Churchill are the only near surviving relatives. Puneral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Methodist Episcopal church in Osceola. Mr. Churchill will leave here Thursday night or Friday morning to attend the rites. MINOTER LOSES ARM Minot, N. D., July 16.—Injuries re- ceived in an automobile accident Tues- Gay made necessary the amputation of the left arm of John Lochtowe, elderly resident of rural Minot, at &1. Joseph's hospital. He was riding alone in a light truck which over- turned after striking loose gravel. RETIRED FARMER DIES Minot, N. D., July 16—(4)—Anton Solberg, 59, retired farmer, died Wed- nesday in a Minot hospital of can- cer. Funeral services will be hel@ here Saturday. Two brothers and two sis- ters survive. FLAG MAKING CHAMP Vernona, N. J., July 16.—()—Mrs. Mary Sperber of West Orange could tell Betsy Ross a thing or two about flag-making. This 72-year-old grand- mother, still employed in a local flag factory, has completed her sixteen millionth flag. CALLS GIRL’S TALE FALSE Washington, July 16.—(?)—Detec- tive Chief Bernard W. Thompson Thursday termed “absolutely ground- less” the story of red-haired Jean Bell that she was mutilated and left to die York gangsters. ee ? So They Say ° After 100, a man is too old to marry. —Charles Jeannette, Old Forge, N. Y., 99-year-old Civil War veteran, before his bride jilted him. ** * The fate of our civilization rests on the outcome of a race between catastrophe and education.—Sir Al- fred Zimmer, professor of interna- tional relations, Oxford University. see No institution of our country should be above discussion and riticism.— U. 8, Senator William E. Borah, Idaho. se * There still are todey many Eng- pre. that they sincerely believe State for War. s*e * lin D. Roosevelt. * * hand see. ep var 0 beep toon growiti ol, It the people who ie’ below | boxer in a gas-filled apartment by New 5 lishmen who are so blind in their Judices Britain entered the war from sheer kindness of heart, solely in order to aid her friends, the French.—Alfred Duff Cooper, British Secretary of Emergencies and decisions in our individual ‘and community and na- tional lives are the stuff out of which national character is made.—Frank- Looking at the Campaign (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) Chicago, Ill, July 16.—There is something manifestly different about; this national political cam; something that even in its early stages begins to show signs of an| aggressive and intense activity scarce- ly comparable with any other cam- paign than possibly 1896. But one of the most interesting as- pects is the part that the candidat for the vice presidency, Colonel Frank Knox, is going to play and the prob- able effect this may have on the of- fice of the vice presidency if he is elected. Colonel Knox is a different type than is usually chosen for the vice presidential nomination. For one thing he has never held public of- fice and yet is as much if not more familiar with the problems of govern- ment than almost any man who has run for the vice presidency in many years. As a newspaper publisher both in New Hampshire and in Illinois, Mr. Knox has had to familiarize him- self with national questions and in his preconvention campaign he cov- ered more territory than any other] candidate and thus became acquaint- ed with conditions in various parts of the country. Colonel Knox has called himself the “first mate,” ready to do what- ever the “skipper,” Governor Landon, wants him to do in the development, of the party strategy. But the col-| onel is not likely to be the obscure running mate that Vice President Garner was in 1932 and is likely to be in the 1936 campaign. The vice president nowadays sits at the cabinet table. He can make him- self as useful or as useless to the president as he chooses, Governor Landon is the kind of man who, if “David Lawrence sist on making use of the administra- tive and executive background which Colonel Knox has developed in his business done by Mr. Garner on behalf of Mr. Roosevelt. So in selecting a vice president who is capable of team-play with the pres- ident there are possibilities for good government. It may well happen that Colonel Knox will, if elected, change the entire character of the vice pres- idency so that it will cease to be thought of in cynical vein by political folk or by the public generally. The Throttlebottom version of the vice train. Not content to remain behind the lines and supervise the shipment of ammunition to the battlefront, he persuaded the regular line officers that it was better for him to com- mand from the front lines where he could judge the requirements of the artillery regiments he was supplying. He made his headquarters at the front and was thereafter given larger responsibility by reason of his aggres- siveness than any other commander of ammunition trains in his area, ‘The colonel is a vigorous campaign- er, @ fluent speaker and is likely to carry the brunt of much of the tack in the present contest. His ac: tivities will be well worth watching in this campaign for, to all intents and purposes, it is really a Landon-Knox ticket, a two-man fight that will be waged this time. The two leaders are in frequent conference and thorough- ly understand each others plans for the campaign. Out of this harmony of operation in the pre-election bat- tle may come valuable cooperation in the event that Governor Landon and Colonel Knox are next January in- augurated as president and vice pres- ident respectively. elected, would in all probability in- ai. Emergency Needs Broken Down Into 3 Classifications tate reduction in numbers of livestock through sale on the market, shipping feed into affected areas and shipping animals to available feed supplies. “2. It is essential that these re- medial measures be applied without unwarranted increase in feed prices. “3. The federal government through the agency of the Agricul- tural Adjustment administration stands ready to purchase livestock at reasonable prices to prevent, as far as possible, gluts in the market. “4. The feed information service established in Kansas City under the auspices of the United States depart- ment of agriculture will disseminate jcurrent information on sources, kinds, quality and prices of roughage and concentrates available for stock feed in territory adjacent to drouth areas. Unwarranted price advances will thus be quickly revealed.” To Grade Seed “5. A special federal feed grading and inspection service will also be in- stituted by the United States depart- ment of agricylture so that pur- chases of fe in the drouth area may be on the basis of known quality. “6. An cffice for purchasing live- stock feed will be established under the auspices of Resettlement Admin- istration with branch offices in Omaha and Minneapolis. Requisitions for the purchase of feed, received from county Rural Rehabilitation super- visors, shall be consolidated by re- gional directors and forwarded to a purchasing office. “1, The distribution of feed to farmers and stock men in the drouth area shall be through existing local feed distributing agencies, preferably cooperative agencies, in so far as such agencies are equipped to render such service and willing to render it on reasonable terms. To Save Working Stock “8. Since funds available or likely to be available for meeting the live- stock problem in the drouth area are ‘inadequate for all needs, preference jshall be given to maintaining the work stock, milk cows, poultry, hogs and sheep actually required for farm work and for consumption on the farm. The number of units of such subsistence livestock should be held to the minimum consistent with efficient operation of the farm and economical maintenance of the family. In gen- eral from seven to nine animal units should be sufficient on the typical farm in the drouth area. (One horse, one cow, two heed of young stock, the category of maintaining subsist- ence livestock as herein defined. “9. Within the limit of funds avail- {cution of additional loan agreements production credit loans from the Farm, Credit Administration and that the orily source of crop loans will be the Resettlement Administration. “2. It has been the practice in the past to delay developing the program for financing farming operations un- tii it has to be done on an emergency basis under pressure. Since it is clear that this problem must be faced in the drouth area we should work out the plans well in advance. “3. Within the limit of funds avail- able the Resettlement Administration will make emergency rehabilitation loans to drouth victims for crop pro- duction purposes. Such loans shall be made only when there appears to be reasonable expectation of .a crop that will justify the outlay for seed and labor incident to planting, harvesting and marketing the crop. Rules For Loaning “4, Farmers receiving such emer- gency rehabilitation loans who are not already standard rehabilitation clients of the RA shall be classed as emergency rehabilitation clients. Al- though complete farm plans need not be developed as a basis for a loan, Form RA-RR-122, used for listing as- sets and liabilities and anticipated in-! come and expenses, shall be used as @ basis for determining the soundness ot emergency crop loans. Standard rehabilitation clients requiring ad tional leans for crop production “puf- poses shall retain their classification as standard clients and shall obtain such loans upon the revision of the farm plan when desirable and the exe- according to procedures authorized. “5. Preparation of land for fall seeding of wheat and rye will start immediately in certain states and emergency rehabilitation loans should be made available immediately in such areas. “Extending loans in areas designated as submarginal, shall be conditioned ico and ‘Wyoming, however, will be Howard Drew, who is setting up of- fices here as regional director. He has been assdaiated with the WPA headquarters in Chicago. In addition to Tugwell, Hunter, and Governors Welford and Berry, those taking part in the conferences inclided Joseph L. Daily, assistant resettlement administrator; Cal. A. Ward, regional resettlement director; ‘Howard Wood, state ent di- rector; Thomas H. Moodie, M. A. Kennedy and Victor Christgau, WPA administrators in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota; Dr. John A. Kingsbury, special repre- sentative of Harry Hopkins, WPA chief; George Field, chief regional ‘WPA engineer; Martin Uhlmann and Rayhond 8. Olson, WPA regional ex- aminers; Miss Alice Yongman, WPA regional social worker; Linius C. Glotzbach, general field representa. tive, St. Paul; Judge A. M. Christian- ison of the state rural rehabilitation corporation and John Kennedy and Paul 8. Bliss of the North Dakota ‘WPA executive staff. NTINUE from page one Loaded Revolver Is Knocked From Hand Of Newspaperman to the station: “It's all the fault of Sir John iSmon, (the home secre- tary). “I wrote him last night and phoned him this morning. “The king wasn’t hurt in any way, was he? “I didn’t want to hurt him in any way. “I only did it as @ protest.” ° His remarks were not immediately upon the agreement of recipients to cooperate in carrying forward such long-time remedial program as may be evolved by the residents of such areas in cooperation with agencies of the State and Federal Government concerned with formulating such remedial program. Grants will be made to drouth sufferers regardless of ‘any long-time progress.” Get More Authority At Thursday morning's conference it was agreed to cut “red tape” and to give state directors more author: ity to meet conditions as they de- velop. Tugwell ordered that relief be ad- vanced to applicants without wait- spite of the waiving of ini tion.” Hunter, for the wea proved this stand and said farmers should receive immediate grants ‘without any merry-go-round.” By com- repayment. In such cases recipients would be given opportunity to work out payment of the loans later. Begulations Elastic It was made plain that state ministrators will have authority to deal with the situation as it may de- feed Jvelop and that enough money will be finance ESe8 explained. Describes Capture Sands, describing how the man was taken into custody by constables, said: “I was handed this five-chambered revolver (he produced the weapon) which was loaded with ball and gm- munition in four chambers but not in the top chamber which gave im- mediate access to the barrel. poorer our Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Bra@y will answer rons peraibioa * health but not t or diagnosis. Write letters briefly and in ink. Adérese Dr. im care of peeed cava All queries must be accompanied by stamped. self-add: envelope. SALT PREVENTS HEAT EXHAUSTION authorities to ind heat exhaustion. In industrial endure extreme heat, 5-grain tablets of common salts are dispensed along: side the water founts. ° QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Oh, G 1 saw an article by a food scientist in which he recommended vitamin G. Please tell me what foods contain it... . (M. T.) Answer—Beef liver, egg yolk, lean meats, dried peas, malted milk, spinach, watercress, beet tops (beet greens), carrot tops, turnip tops, lettuce, cauliflower, orange, pear, banana, apple. Yeast contains more than natural food of man. Vitamin G prevents pellagra, promotes better- i McCollum and Simmonds phrased it, “preservation of the characteristics of youth.” More about vitamins in “Building Vitality.” For copy send dime and stamped envelope bearing your address. Water in Nose I am bothered with complete nose clog after each entry into the water. So far as I know I do not get any water in my nose but at night after a swim I am unable to breath through the nose and there is a watery discharge. (B. 8.) Answer—You need examination and treatment by a nose and throat Physician. Evidently you have some chronic abnormality. Many swimmers use a spring clip to keep water out of the nose. Lung Spots Is there anything you can suggest for so-called “liver spots’? I am 48 and these spots have appeared since I was 35 or so. I have tried many remedies . .. (Mrs. A. M. W.) Answer—It would be more appropriate to call them lung spots. Not that inactive lungs cause them, but perhaps slow metabolism does. Any kind of work, play, game, sport, exercise or activity that makes you breathe harder is good for such trouble. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) brat Someries cs LOYD OLSON MAY HAVE CANCER, SAY HAO SURGEON any particular project. When one! attempts to get down to cases he be- | Tube Inserted in His Small in- | testine by Doctors to Aid — comes vague, not skillfully so, but painfully and obviously. He learned that Tugwell has pretty well aban- doned any thoughts of making the world over. He has a job to do and) is trying to do it. | FDR Is Policy Maker j Most important, he learned that | Tugwell lays no claims to policy-mak- ing powers as they are applied to the government’s agricultural pro- gram. Those, one infers, are strictly lt Ei hee eahaemes| «His Feadng branch of the gov it is con- Rochester, Minn. July 16—()— cerned. Resettlement may—or may not—j Goy, Floyd B. Olson was operated on hing irrigat in! cooperate In entabshing tignon I uaraaay by Mayo cic. ree, and local assistance, a plan which! who inserted a tube in his stomach in @ Bismarck group is trying to effect. an effort to eliminate the nausea he If it does, President vscorcgroag will He stated there was no evidence | higher the weapon had been fired for a con- siderable time. The oe pushed Peters, through ranks of spectators a bies as the king, in uniform, clat- tered down Constitution hill on his way to the palace after presenting Taken Police took into custody e man who had made a photograph of the in- cident so promptly that his picture through showed the revolver flying ithe air. the whole affair. The Duke of York, who was riding e disturbance. At first police announced his load- led revolver “fell in the roadway be- King Remains Calm The king retained his calm dignity although several wit- nesses said they believed he saw the armed mah in the crowd before the throughout, i F calitiee immediately behind the king, saw the tween the king and the troops fol- lowing him.” ect in the near future. FORMER LEGISLATOR SUCCUMBS AT FAR A. L. Peart, Father of Mrs. Wil- . liam X. Taylor and Former Resident Here, Dies i i . & | Ht FER i} g 5 Zz i : E § fe g z ¥ = é ey Ff i Ff + F é E : E ei i | i : E E i g i i sERk ui : if 2 i 5 Hs é s g' z Ee 5 EE € ‘WINNIPEG CASH GRAIN Winnii uly 1 wheat: nor nort! . 2