The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1937, Page 3

“+ DRY YEARS REACHES GUMAX DURING °36 Dust Bow! Families Particular. ly Interested in Irrigated >» i 4 James A. Flaherty *e* @ ee 8 JAMES FLAHERTY, - FAMOUS. CATHOLIC LAYMAN, SUCCUMBS Served Knights of Columbus 18 Years as Supreme Knight; Won Distinction 58 i ey 58 i ul 8g BG i i i E i | ' i | E i ip sf i | 5 § | fa 7 i e woe a5 E e & Es ai [ il | Ef & 5 fi 2 Hy i be bbee Feg BE F i i H z & 5 i i requisite to homesteading under the) . #r reclamation act. Some, however, have done so and others have bought out- right “improved farms on federal pro- Jects or unimproved land offered for der ition canals.” years. He was vice-president of the American Society for Visiting Pris- ners, president of the National Santa Claus association and an officer in various other organizations. He had been identified with the Knights of Columbus since 1803. In that year he instituted Philadelphia council and became its first grand knight. At the national convention .” | iis 1908 he was chosen supreme knight, ‘an office to which he was continu- ously re-elected until 1927. In the considerable labor in the subjuga- tion of the land.” Groups of men from the drouth area have applied each day at the project offices but One of the biggest projects now ‘under way is an extension of the well-established Yakima project which will put 72,000 additional acres under ditches. “Had this land been | available this year, it is probable that all of it would have been settled im- ber of settlers would among those refugees from. Plains drouth area, | Reports from from peoples of all faiths and creeds | routh| throughout the world. The order Taived $42,000,000 for its work among the army cantonments and camps and | th sent a large corps of secretaries to the { battlefields of France and among the 5 camps in the United States. In cone nection with this work Mr. Flaherty earnest efforts to locate in the Yak- ima. valley but were unable to find ‘vacant property.” Despite the influx of new-comers, however, they do not constitute the largest class seeking irrigated land, Page said. Sons of farmers on irri- gated land are seeking homes for themselves and these constitute the largest single group of prospective settlers. TAGUS WOMAN DIES Minot, N. D., Jan. 4—(?)—Mrs. A. G. Lutzen, 38, wife of the Great Nor- thern station agent at Tagus, died of a mastoid infection in a Minot hospital Sunday. Survivors are her made several trips to Europe and also visited the camps in this country. Mr. Flaherty was born in Philadel- phia July 3, 1853. He was educated in the public and parochial schools, after which he went to work in the packing room of the W. H. Horstman company. Subsequently he studied law in the office of Randall and Mann and in 1873 was graduated from the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. Eventually he became one of the most prominent members of the Philadelphia bar. He was married twice. Sixteen years after the death of his first wife in 1606, Mr. Flaherty married Miss Mary Bradley. They ‘had three children, Miriam Rita, James A., Jr., and Jo- husband, a son, and her mother, Mrs. John Egeberg, Donnybrook. Used Radios 9tube Sparton A.C. Console .$ 6.00 7 tube Airline A.C. Console. 7.00 9 tube Airline A.C. Console. 7.00 5 tube Airline A. C. Console. 15.75 7tube Airline A.C. Console . 5.00 7tube Airline A.C. Console. 7.00 9 tube Sparton A.C. Mantel. 3.00 Stube Airline A.C.Console.. 3.00 9 tube Kennedy A.C. Console 20.00 7 tube B-batteryless set 1936 . 35.00 2 used Vaccum Cleaners = 3.50 MONTGOMERY WARD TELEPHONE 475 BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937 ~ MMGRATION WEST IN [[-iabons expen (Millions: Expe ded On 46,000 Families Wood Confident That RRA Has Fulfilled Emergency Need ' Created by Drouth intl Hy Actual rehabilitation of farnt fam- plans—one of the main purposes of e Purposes Tesettlement—had to be abandoned last summer when the severity of the drouth became evident. Entire ma- chinery of resettlement was concen- 7-0cF NZ 10 PAN AIR push TEN THOUSA topays CHIN trated on meeting emergency drouth needs.” Other phases of resettlement, how- ever, have been carried on without interruption and have &i the work of progress. all divisions there were these accom- ts: der a supervised standard. farm plan which will look toward eventual ownership. DR. RATZ RESIGNS church of Fargo, Sunday his resignation, effective the end of the month, to accept the pastorate at Fort Street Presbyterian church in Detrolty Mich. wake DEC 18 192 ALAMEDA A CLIPPER PANAIR 12:07 Carsyiog more pleasure to more people -.. giving smokers what they want « » « Chesterfields are off on a new cruise, From Wake Island 5000 miles out in the Pacific Ocean, Pan American Airways flashed ND CHESTERF 1ELDS COUNTY ASS PLAN FAVORED B TAX SURVEY BOARD sent system the’ greatest cause for|been defective assessment is the method of choosing local. assessors by election for relatively short, terms, “This method of choice,” large number of special: training or experience, even if qualified it is only natural that they sh supporters persistently advocated authorities but habit, preji ould ‘favor their political and their own localities.” “The county assessor system has Proposal Would co As: Out of Politics, Commis- sion, States ing’ providing for the placement of the county assessor plan before the voters in each county at the next general election so those counties so desiring may change over to a county unit 60 per cent of the total tax burden is governed by 1,868 local assessors, un- trained for their work and for the most part unsupervised, it appears to us that exceeding care should be exer- cised in choosing competent persons for this work,” the report contended. “We are convinced that inequitable assessments and laxity in collection are at the heart of the state's tax troubles so far as an equitable dis- tribution of the tax burden is con- cerned, “The tax system has reached the state where courageous reforms in ad- ministration are imperative if local governments are to be successfully financed. Rap Elective System Explaining the reasons for advocat- ing the county assessor plan, the com- mission declared that under the pre- Help Kidneys Fresertption Gystes Bias-tex) Cyetex wx ost Nitec. 6 11:55 “RUSH: TEN:THOUSAND CHESTERFIELDS TODAY'S. CHINA CLIPPER.” A Veritable Slaughter of Robertson’s High Quality Dresses At W. P. A. PRICES We MUST move these garments. The loss is ours—the benefit yours. Take advantage of our necessity ... If you don’t, someone else will. PRICES ON ALL NEW GOODS WILL BE GRADUATED DEFINITELY UPWARD FOR SPRING. This is a saving that will be a boon to family budgets. It’s a mark of distinction to wear a Robertson dress. All dresses have been reassembled for final and last clearance price. : This group includes crepes, printed crepes, sheers, long and short sleeved models in black, brown, rust, green and prints with and without jackets. Sizes 12 to 44. All dinner dresses now | This group includes plain offered in @ final drastic | crepes in brown, green, clearance at rust, tile, black and \ $ 1 0. 75 printed crepes. Albsizes. Formerly $18.75 to $25, Formerly $15 to $25, at etl ie Formerly priced at $18.50, $25.00 and $35.00 $5.00 $9.75 Come Early Tuesday morning. These prices will move these dresses immediately. A new place on the Chesterfield Map The new Wake Island Hotel—over-night stop onthe new Pan American Airways route to China. ‘SAM PRANCIECO O us At three o'clock that afternoon the Chester. fields were on their way. Four days later back came the message: “CHESTERFIELDS JUST ARRIVED, FAST WORK. PANAIR WAKE.” . When smokers find out the good things Chesterfields give them...