The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1936, Page 1

1 All TELEPHONE 2-200 | Strong SECRETARY FAVORS SWEEPING CHANGES IN PLAINS FARMING Says Soil Conservation Act Is Positive Attack on Some Problems ADVIG=3 SHIFT TO GRASS Prairies Must Check Over-Crop- ping and Excessive Graz- ing, He States j Washington, Dec, 16.—(?)—Sweep- ing changes in Great Plains farming, ravaged by drouth and dust storms, were advocated Wednesday by Sec- tetary Wallace. A “critical” area from Texas north to the Canadian border was created, he said, primarily because a system of farming adapted to wet or humid areas had been forced on a semi- arid region. The plowing up of prairies to plant wheat and other crops, he told the president in his annual report, has resulted in “bankruptcy, tax delin- quency, absentee ownership and ex- cessive tenancy.” For the nation as @ whole, future policy. must include stronger crop control, Wallace sald, He reported a need for federal crop insurance, a solution of farm tenancy, and s long- time national program to cut drouth damage. 4 Calling the invalidated agricul- tural adjustment act an “emergency effort,” he said the present soil con- servation program “launched a posi- tive attack on the dual problems of the soil destruction and croping” but does not control crops zae et eon” 1615.4,.327- Spent in State Highway ‘Tie primary problem .of the Great Plains, Wallace said, is to check uver-cropping and excessive grazing 50 that both soll end water can’ be conserved, The shift from cultivated crops to grass and grazing land could be ac- complished, he added, by local, state and federal cooperation in @ pro- gram of larger farms, public acquisi- tion of sub-marginal lands and reg- ulated grazing. Research to “determine how many people the region can support” should be aimed, he said, “not to depopu- late the region, but to make it per- manently habitable.” Admitting that a shift from crop- ping to grazing might reduce the population in some areas, Wallace eaid: “In the long run the Great Plains will support more people on a higher standard of living if its agriculture is regulated intelligently. than it can possibly support if present tenden- cies run their course.” He warned that a 10 per cent rise in food prices may occur early next year because the drouth reduced supplies, Pacing Quarters Provided Papas go an Ee ee eee Augusta, Ga. Dec. ‘16.—()}— Councilman William F. Law, Jr., was alert to the needs of his fel- low men when the came up to convert a University hos- pital sun parlor into rooms for pa- tients. : “Where,” Law asked anxiously, “are prospective fathers going fo pace during their ordeal if the sun parior is taken from them?” * Hospital Manager Ben F. Lester promised adequate pacing quarters would be provided elsewhere. A Visit Frou St. Nicholas By Clement Clarke Moore XXI N i 4 He had « broad face and @ little round belly. That shook. when he leughed, like « bowlful of ielly., (Continued in.Next Issue) . RIBUNE ee. ~ Work Around Bismarck This Year VARIOUS PROBLEMS WILL BE PRESENTED | AT IRRIGATION MEET jazz niece Painted Woods Farmer Has|28! Prosressed rapidly Idea But Feels He Needs — Expert Advice ‘Au! sorts of irrigation proposals will ,8f€:'the new Fort Lincoln-municipal’ raxpayers’ association estimated ‘a be presented at the conten oe ey : ayy consider’ how {°f the city; landscaping of the capitol] Cision by Judge George McKenna of Bismarck Tr: tated largely through. the efforts Of nstety tive miles east of Bismarck. people already on the land. There will be, for example, the problem of Adolph Peterson, & farmer ; month for fhe oll mix surfacing of the relief asked by John F. Sullivan, Man- in Painted Woods township who feels; that just a little help would put him profect on highway 10, east of here. on his feet and establish him as an irrigation farmer of sorts. Peterson’s land lies partly in the by nearly ten minutes the time re- Missouri river ‘bottoms and partly THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 China Placed on Wartime Basi er Crop Control Needed, Wallace Tells FDR N. D. Highway Imp see the upland, Whenever the bottoms quired. to go from the city to Fort! a''net percentage,” the judge ruled) Executive Paul O. Netland here Wed- ap are flooded in the spring—a natural 1, the: Iatest specifications of the Process—he gets & 6004’ Gnited States bureau of public roads| yrtener the ‘county is 8nd with its new sub-grade stractute, | sitting as a board of equalization, had North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper BISMARCK, N. D., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1986 PRICE FIVE CENTS KALSHER’S DEATH. IS STILL MATTER: FOR CONJECTURE. Or. H. H. Kung Steps Into Gov> “1 ernment Breach Left by Chiang rove ment Work Done Around Bismarck This Year MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED | Punitive “Expedition Against Chang Is Reported on March Nanking, Dec. 16—()—With ab unconfirmed report sweeping Chins that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shel has been killed, the national govern- ment placed the whole nation on a Inesday. photogri the Bismarck vicinity during the past year under ths supervision of W. J. (Pat) Flannigan, highway com- missioner, and George Hanson, division engineér, Upper Jeft: New road to Fort Lincoln with 36 feet ot, top driving surface to be covered with an oil mix next spring. Upper right: Apple creek’s new channel with the water diverted to eliminate two narrow bridges across U. 8. highway 10. At left can be seen the fill which diverted the stream’s course and at the center back is what remains of the new bridge which was recently destroyed by fire. QLower left: Entrance to the pedestrian underpass at Mandan. center: How the No. 10 highway ‘looks today with the two narrow bridges replaced by one new concrete ce. as. with a 36-foot driving surface. “ ee 8 ) : ~ Fox ede ions | GASH AVAILABLE IN joSfeas Gos le tn oats the Genesee valley hunt and es- caped as 10 in the pack plunged the Genesee CHRISTMAS DIVE PASSES $500 MARK Enthusiastic Response Is Given Ticket Sellers for Charity Dance to their death in ver Tuesday when they at- tempted to follow their quarry across thin ice. Sixteen other dogs scampered to safety and three were rescued by members of the hunt, who secured Shown here are aphs of improvement work done by the North Dakota highway department ) rr nin tou cinta TAXPAYERS WIN IN serene | TAX CASE AGAINST srscoratag ecw't|- BOARD OF COUNTY ropes and ladders and lassoed them. ap : Se Property Valuation Boost by Ruled Invalid ing into and out of the headquarters pT GE | in the American Legion ¢lubroom in Officials of the Morton County the World War Memorial building. Cash available to buy shoes, stock- saving of $200,000 in dere Ree bs piieantted and other necessities at Mandan Wednesday through a de- lonor p children warm and comfort- Annual Vacation Court of H [Rage paternal ada teas tert to Be Held Dec. 30 at =| mark and Chairman G. A. Dahlen had Memorial Building turned his attention to the matter of ‘Judge McKenna granted in full the cb Christmas baskets so that there might be adequate food on every table on Eight applications for Eagle Scout crease of 25 per cent in the county) awards the largest number ever con- Christmas day. When the toed pest the airport {fable valuation as invalid. tiered for one court of honor pro-|| Cash Fund for Poor completed next spring it will red:c¢| er, defendants in the action, had no'gram in the Missouri Valley Area Mounts to $524.50 authority to raise the valuation by|council, had ‘been filed with Scout Cash contributions to Bismarck’s annual Open Your Heart campaign went to $524.50 Wednesday with new donations of $53.75 reported. ; The standing of the fund fol- lows: Previously reported ........$470.75 Bismarck Pressmen No. 240 2.50 W. 8. Graham ............ Harris Hustlers, Methodist church ... Richard Jav! 2 iy in fine Bismarck’s Open .Your Heart cam- paign rolled toward a climax Wednes- Foot aoe increased activity on all past year. Among projects of the North Da- kota highway department partially or fully completed this year under the supervision of W. J. (Pat) Flannigan TONIGHT 'S CONCERT PROGRAM IS GIVEN Contralto and Pianist Will Ae- sist in Local Group's First Annual Concert A program universal enough to to both the most casual and ‘ of music © airport road; elimination of five nar-/ U. 8. highway 10 eas: ‘Flannigan Laist Funeral Rites To Be Held Thursday Puneral services for William Laist, 70, who died here Tuesday will be held at 9:30 a. m., Thi in St. Mary's pro-cathedral, mem- bers of the family announced Wed- grounds and a farm to market road) yy, hand south api holding a flat increase of fjapoleon 28 per cent in tax valuations was in- valid. Contracts will* be let later this road and for landscap?/ dan attorney, who attacked a flat in- nesday. Rev, Robert A. Feehan, church pas- tor, will officiate at the solemn requiem high mass. Interment will (The new grade measures from the. bench Question involved in the sult was! wide: ditches and elevated 36 feet of/ +, ts thi | vacation, advancement program will authority to raise the assessment held Wi Dee. 30, at the of a pioneer Bismarck family, and four children were born to them His son was killed by lightning tand,| um chloride. The road was built at a cost of $18,300 by the Northwest Construc- tion company of Bismarck. An esti- mated $23,500 will be spent for the oil mix, making the total cost approxi- s Le a af i F ful FA for will be when the board of review, of W. F. McGraw, chair- i Te ALT as reli ¢ “l i a i Montana in 1914, but three daughters) survive. Free Legal Advice Public Is Forbid New York, Dec, 16.—(#)—Free broadcast to the general s a a bli i