The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1936, Page 3

# 4 4 MILLION DOLLAR ” a HIGHWAY PROGRAM PLANNED FOR N. D. 46 Counties Agree Not to Divert Taxes in Meeting U. S. Regulations to meet federal regulations under which nearly $4,000,000 has been al- lotted to North Dakota for road pure poses, State Highway Commissioner he J. Flannigan announced Mon- lay. Forty-six counties have signed agreements they will not divert any road taxes to any other purpose and efforts are being made to get similar agreements from the remaining seven counties, he said. Under provisions of the Hayden- Cartwright act, the monies were allotted to North Dakota some time ago, without matching, if all funds obtained from special roads taxes in- cluding the drivers’ license, gas tax, and motor vehicle licenses are used only for highway purposes. Counties which have not yet signed the agreement are Morton, Sioux, Bottineau, Pierce, Stutsman, Cass and Ward. Additional federal aid ear-marked for this state includes $3,200,000 com- ing available January 1, 1937 of which $1,600,000 must be matched and iden- tical amounts probably available January 1, 1938, which has been authorized under the same restric- tions but for which funds have not yet been provided. $2,261,496 Not Obligated Also available for road work is $2,261,498 in funds programmed but as yet unobligated, Flannigan pointed out. Of these monies $694,874.41 is national recovery funds which must be used mostly for oiling and $1,- 566,622 of works program highways and grade crossing projects. Projects sufficient to take up all these unobligated monies have already been approved and no new projects can be considered for this money, the department reported. While other regulations tied to the monies which became available if, all counties agree not to divert road taxes, are not definitely known, high- way Officials believed they will be for reconstruction of worn ott por- tions on heaviest-traveled highways. If this is the case reconstruction must be of a higher type, with oiling being done on stretches now grav- sled and paving being laid over sec- jions now oil-mixed, it was explained. $3,200,000 Available Jan 1 The $3,200,000 coming available next January 1 involves $2,400,000 We feature the famous - LAND 0’ NOD MATTRESS Stop in and see them. They’re so restful. Bismarck Furniture Arrangements are being = | Landon on Tour | Upstretched hands, hundreds of them at each stop, welcomed Gov. Alf Landon as he traveled through the midwest for his eastern campaign appearances as Republican _ presidential nominee. Seeming to enjoy the informality of the situation, Landon leaned ftom the rear platform of his railway car to return as many handclasps as bossible before the train pulled out. which must be matched and $800,000 for grade separation projects which money does not have to be matched. The portion required to be matched is to be used: $2,000,000 for state highways and $400,009 for feeder roads, the latter probably to, be matched by the counties since the law does not allow the state to put money into feeder roads. For the $3,200,000 which probably will be available January 1, 1936, the distribution is the same. This money has been authorized for expenditure by the Hayden-Cartwright act but funds for the purpose must be pro- vided by congress. —— \Heat Sets Off Alarm, | Brings Police on Run pe er ee * Richmond, Va., Aug. 24—()}— . It wasn’t a prowling thief that set off the burglar alarm in a sporting goods store. It was the heat. Twice the shrill bell pealed, bringing police on the run. The THE BISMARCK ‘TRIBUNE. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1936 Undecided Fifth Hold |COOKING SCHOOL Fate of Presidential | OPENS WEDNESDAY Election in Midwest)n. o. rower ana uign ating Hunt Finds Landon Doubters N umerous in Trip Through Kansas; States Westward to Coast | ’ Reported Strong for Administration By FRAZIER HUNT (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) Kansas may be only a “typical prairie state” but it knows a lot about life. It has seen wheat drop from $38.25 a bushel in 1916 to 26 cents a bushel in 1982—and then bounce back to a round dollar in 1986. For the past three consecutive years most of the state has suffered from drouth; and for five years straight running the southwest portion of the state—the famous “dust bowl”—has had no crops. This year most of the eastern half harvested a good. wheat crop, but pastures are burned out, and hundreds of thousands of acres of early corn are worthless.. And the grasshoppers have come again—and the state has a favorite son running for president. Farmers Riding With Landon I drove straight down from Nebraska to Oklahoma. My Kansas notebook is full of conversations I had with people of all kinds and descriptions. I shall quote a number of them eactly as I wrote them down, hot off the griddle. Farmer, 40 miles below the Nebras- ka line, whom I stopped to ask direc- tions: “Most of the farmers around here will vote for Landon. We got the AAA payments all right but somebody has got to pay for them. We'll have to pay our share our- selves, City people get higher prices for the goods they sell us. Course we get higher prices, too. It’s alla case of which came first—the hen or the egg.” Young farmer at, an oil station north of Manhattan: “Most of us will vote for Landon. I suppose state pride has a good deal to do with it.” Eight men loafing in a soft drink and beer parlor behind a gas station at the edge of Harrington. All were workers; two were farm hands and the rest worked in the town. One talkative fellow around 50‘years old: “Any working man who votes for Landon is a fool.” Sturdy young man in clean overalls: “You know who's behind Landon? Oil.” Third fellow: “Say, 149 people in Harring- ton have changed their registrations from Republican to Democratic. Why, Landon can’t even carry his own state. He air’t experienced enough to be president, anyway.” All eight were strong for Roosevelt, but they were all Democrats. Traditions Aid Landon At the State Agricultural school at; Manhattan I spent several hours with @ well known professor. and farm authority. “Our Kansas farmers,” he began, “look upon most of the farm programs as non-political now. Take the soil conservation program or the AAA or the Farm Administra- tion—farmers accept all of them more I don’t see how the drouth is going to have any deep political signifi- cance. You know already this year our farmers in Kansas have received more money for their crops than they did for all the crops they har- sted in the whole of 1932. I'd say about 50,000 of our 170,000 farmers are hard hit this year. Most of the rest will suffer, but they'll get along. They're nominally Republican and although Roosevelt did carry the state by 75,000 in 1932—when Lan- don was first elected governor—I think most of these will swing back in the national election and give Landon a comfortable majority.” Landon’s Handicap South of Manhattan, at the little tuwn of Marion, I stopped at a Main street cafe for lunch on a boiling hot Sunday. Two country boys were buy- ing a gallon of beer. They said they were for Landon. ' Soon two young ladies came in forgce cream cones. Both of them announced that they |. were strong for Roosevelt. When they had all gone I asked the proprietor how he felt about things. “I don’t think Landon really has had enough experience,” he aswered. “And he don’t fool many people here about this budget-bal- ancing that you read so much about. The federal government poured mil- lions of dollars in here for work re- lief and AAA payments. And one other thing that bothers a lot of us little fellows who are in business; we appreciate the fact that there is money coming in from the WPA and government projects of all kinds. ‘It keeps us going. I'd say Landon will or less for granted. They don’t give|have a tough time carrying the Roosevelt credit for them. But they , State.” ¢o hold him responsible for increased Driving southward through the texes and all the great expenditures.|central part of the state you pass And then there is this important ele-|through what might be called the ment of state pride that comes into|grasshopper country. Thousands of this campaign. “I think Kansas acres of what was once green-blue will be fairly}corn are now nothing but ghost ciose, but I don’t believe that Lan-|fields of leafless stalks. In a way Nationally-Known Expert for 2-Day Session Homemakers attending the modern electric kitchen school Wednesday and Thursday at 2:15 p. m. in the au- ditorium over the North Dakota Pow- er and Light company offices, under the sponsorship of the North Dakota Power and Light company, will receive expert instruction in modern cooking methods from Miss Viola M. Decker, nationally known home economist. to Bismarck to conduct the two-day session, knows her subject. Years of institutional training, research work in the experimental kitchen of the Edison General Electric Appliance company, makers of the Hotpoint | range, with which . company she is/ now associated, and experience in conducting schools throughout the country, have qualified her as an au- thority in electric cookery. A graduate in home economics of the Stout institute, she had directed electric cooking classes in many lead- ing universities and colleges. In addition to her demonstrations in electric cookery, Miss Decker will bring to her audience a number of ex- cellent and novel recipes. In dra- matized fashion she will offer house- wives up-to-date ideas in modern homemaking. BUILD BIRD FEED STATIONS McClusky, N. D., Aug. 24.—()— Sportsmen of the McClusky Wild Life association, sponsoring game conservation, will have 15 mild game bird feeding stations in this section of the county before snow fles. Five new “bird relief” stations will be erected within the next few weeks. Stagg Feels ‘Fit as Fiddle’ in 74th Year Stockton, Calif, Aug. 24—(@)— Football’s “eternal freshman,” Amos Alonzo Stagg, was 74 years old a few days ago—and if he keeps on feeling the way he does now he expects to be coaching when he is 100. The beginning of his 47th season as football mentor finds Stagg, as he put it Monday, “fit as a fiddle. If I felt any better I'd turn out for the team myself.” In a couple of weeks he will round up his College of the Pacific boys for his fourth season here as coach. Eau Claire’s Rest Harms Lead Little St. Paul, Aug. 24.—(P)—Being idle FASTEST SERVICE ever offered between TWIN C/TIES OMAHA - KANSAS CITY TULSA Sioux Falls .. CITY TICKET OFFICE Prince Hotel 800 ANFORD ainuines Sunday, along with Winnipeg, while |. Miss Decker, who has been brought | <== all other clubs were engaged in dou- bleheaders, harmed the pace setting Eau Claire Bears but little as Mon- day the Wisconsin team was still out in front by @ game and @ half. A hard-fought double victory over Superior by a score of 6-4 and 2-0, runnerup post, as Fargo- which had held the position prior to Sunday’s games, lost to the tail-end Dfiluth club, 2-0 and 13-11. 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