The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1937, Page 7

eis, - “enc » hard-surfaced roads in all directions "Nov 10 would be hard-surfaced-by the to the state by the local utility. + water on the land“ | Misdourl Valley is “destined to beco: VAR W.WILL STAGE _ BANQUET-THUR THURSDAY ‘Vinee: Hanley to Be Speakers at Commemoration of Philippine Insurection Commemorating the anniversary of the Philippine insurrection, the Gil- bert N. Nelson. post 1326 of the. Vet- erans of Foreign Wars will ae a banquet, starting at 6:30 p. m., “Thursday at'the Gratd Pacific din- thg room..:’ “P. G.. Harrington; past department commander, will act’ as master of ceremonies, Gov. William Langer * and Major J. M. Hanley of Mandan have been‘ ‘scheduled ‘to give the prin« cipal talks. ‘The BLA will be escorted to tHe dinner by'a committee composed of F. C. DeWitt of Minot, present de- partment commander; Senator. Dave Hamilt ,, fepartment commander of the . American War Vet- erans, and Harry “Bernstein, com- mander of the local. post of V. F. W. Joseph. L. Kelley is chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. Other members are Harrington, E. G. Wanner,. Major. Harold Sorenson,| . F, L. Gonklin and James.Sorenson. Members of the V..F. W. will at- tend a joint, meeting with: the aux- iljary at :6:30 p; m.,. tonight af, the World. War ‘Memorial :building din- ing room’ during; which. a nan from page‘ons: supper will be served. C ONTINU E D City Folk Rally to-. Help Farm Fight for" Irtigated Acreage| : to put the state behind. the’ movement | has already. been introduced, :he said, artangements -have been made whereby the Bank of North Dakota ‘will support the program with loans to citizens seeking to irrigate. The Joans will carry a low rate of interest and will be-for a maximum develop- ment of 40 acres per individual, he said. Crediting the Bismarck Tribune with initiating this arrangement, the governor. praised:the work of John H. ‘Worst, former president of the agri- » cultural cotlege, in advising him about sirrigation,‘and pointed to the éxcellent results obtained by Worst and others on the lower Yellowstone project. in’ McKenzie county. The state plan- son's farm. ‘Before this type of irri- gation will become common, he said, there must be a deep-seated desire on the part of all farmers to make them- selves independent. ‘The second class consists of irriga- tion on teaser streams which flow only intermittently: This is the most dif- ficult’ he gsid, because large dams are needed to impound the wa- ter necessary for irrigation in dry years. and the cost of the dams and of the land covered with water must be charged to the project, ‘The third class, he seid, consists of favorable locations on the. Missouri river which can be irrigated cl He cited as an example.the Cartwright ning board has done fine work, he said, and although it is improbable that the «state will’ get all of the’ $77,000,000 in federal projects ‘recommended by it, co-operation by the government is as- éured. Praising-the- work of Thomas project on which the cost was $4.50 an acte and where irrigation will be- gin next spring: Asserts It Will Pay “The fourth class includes land * “Hi, Moodie, state WPA ‘administrator, | owned: by men of means who need the governor said-his approval om ho: financial help. .With these the “recommendations: on'state: plans. will be of tremendous ‘benefit to the: sees future program. ‘Outlining the administration's plans for the assistance:of Bismarck, Langer said! they include the development of throughout the state, promaised - end of the year and that the work “would: be under<contract early in the eummer. To Develop, Park Development of the capitol bare will be continued, he said, with suit- able plantings of trees, shrubs and flowers and. beautiful lighting sys- tem around the capitol drives, made possible:by the low. electric rate granted Electrification of the. state prison twine plant has Increased the capacity | _ a to 12,000,000 pounds a year. insuring) cheap twine Ree the farmers when "eiaobantsing te state's inbest je State's interest in water conservation and irrigation dé- velopment, Governor Langer sajd the state has 2,000,000 acres of school lands and the Bank of North Dakota interested from that-angle as ‘well as from the standpoint ‘of -interest in the welfare of its citizens. He em- phasized ‘that possibilities for ‘devel- opment exist throughout the entire state as well and that Attorney Gen- eral P. O. Sathre now is trying to negotiate a tri-state. arrangement whereby .Minnesota and the Dakotas will work in unison.on certain phases of Red river valley development. ‘question: is whether. or not it will pay. ‘He asserted’ that it would. Roherty «said ee now are thatthe government wi 1 purchase and. install irrigation on at least three sec- tions of. land; ‘located in different parts of the state, in the near fu- jure. Farmers living on the upland| among will eath be: sssigned 40 acres of irrigated! land ‘to: raise alfelfe and other feed crops. ' The idea, he said, is to stabilise 16 farm families with one ‘section of irrigated land. The essential need, he said, is to convince the people that irrigation is good business and will psy handsome dividends. He expressed the hope that The Tribune could continue its cam- paign: to interest the people in the possibilities of putting water on the is close ‘anyone else's. Mother, d great lengths to ‘stretch her neck to the limit ‘of Burmese beauty. Neck’s Like Father’s, Not Mother's ‘What most folks want to know about the baby son whether mae acre neck like his perdi nets Fautshan states featured at th howevei ming bos Greater North Dakota association to encourage tourist traffic. Tourist Camp—Used by 11,500 per- sons in 2840 cars. Gross receipts were $3,515 with operating costs about half that figure. Having réceived no bids when an effort to sell the camp was made last year, the plan now is to and improve it to meet the demands of tourists. The camp {s valued at $11,000, has no indebted- ness and was built entirely from the Biamarek Good Avistion—Tried to obtain extention of the southern air route to Minot and to get it lighted. Complimented city commission on airport improve- ments which made the Bismerck port one of the best in the northwest. Agriculture — Assisted 4-H club members to obtain baby chick and pure seed loans. Aided in obtaining continustion of the shelterbelt pro- gram snd in the campaign to secure feed loans this winter. Contributed $75 to the Missourl Slope Poultry show and is working to promote the poultry industry in this area. Retsil Trade Development—Favors more co-ordination and co-operation merchents' to- fully develop retell” trade with a “well-rounded- out program of retei] trade events in Bismarck.” Commends Junior Cham- ber ‘of Commerce plan to enter this field and pledge it senior associa- tion’s support, Conventions and Publicity—Enter- tained 48 conventions with attendance of 9,000. These figures do not in- clude visitors on the occasion of the visit of President Roosevelt or atten- (dance at the Junior American Legion Baseball tournament, the Territorial land. Ube city Hostess Ides One. of. the innovations introduced by the“association during the last year received, marked support from the businessmen present. This was the employment of 8 city-hosteas to make Bismarck’s boast of being a friendly city-@ personal thing to every new-| has! 4000 farms, heiice, the state is |° omer. cPapting sn thet he ee ae to say Bismarck is friendly and an- other te prove. that it is, F. L. Conklin, Deys celebration, the state basket- ‘ball tournament, state athletic meet, baseball games or the formal open- ings of the new plants of Armour and company and the Dacotah Seed company. Conducted City Tours Conducted 35 groups of high school students on tours of the city, with ths: aid of the Boy Scouts, printed and distributed 10,000 copies of a folder chairman of the committee on hous- ing and good will sald many new- comers had. trouble getting adjusted here because local folk were so inter- ested in their. own affairs that the |i.) newcomer was ignored. Mrs. D. E. Shipley was employed as city hostess to represent the city in greeting newcomers and’ helping Asking for suggestions as to. how the state can gssist this community, the governor said he desires to see the capital of the state become a “bigger. and befter Bismarck.” Climaxes. Reports i The chief executive's address was tHe climax of a series of reports ‘on the activities. of the Association of Commerce snd an address on ‘water feed rep by. a4 X.. Peas, state needed to do to te was to put ut that it was not as simple ait seemed. It started ‘out as an iftigation committee but has Wouhd up ‘ss a Publicity’ committee Jain dite iE ae ee eee ae Recalls Work Done * . comers’ | -Me-recounted: the work done sizice residents ‘Sssociation: brought A.”:L. Fel- | each other. The ten Jows here in 1934 te make @ survey/the Women’s, Community council the eral drrigation chief, and his ants; - state - and. local, participation in..the-work.of the Western Reclama- tion Association and the-effarts to get irrigation actually under way. Upon the advice of federal officials, he said, the ernie non As pea getting individual farmers to start irrigation in’ the belief that others will follow on that arenas big .projects will ‘be organised in this area. - Investigations. made’ by. mittee, he said, convince it that one ‘of the nation’s great irrigated tricts, tages aces - family in Williams connty where the son tilled the farm and “grandpa” ir- : rigated a garden not over two acres in extent from some impounded water. From: phe-trrigateé plot the family last them get settled, making herself as useful fo them as’she could. During the last 10 months she has visited’ 308 women newcomers, most of them representing families, and made. 607 business calls. DaWeomiers were reported to their proper churches and 180 to lodge or club affiliations so these orgeniss- tions could assist-in” toe sreetings. they needed. ~ Two: sight-seeing tours’ were ee ducted for CMTC boys during the summer and 15 persons were helped to find rooms or apartments. ‘With the co-operation of the Wo- men’s Community council s New- > club was organised so that could meet The tés- sponsored fie i i heal? smaller ve stemmed from it, including cay club, a home-makers’ & catd club. i meg i EGE tees" atten lon te newcomers and oe é Hi ye eet last year was. made . by. Brandes, retiring JE Hog wete: Highways— provements of Wo. 19 east.of the city and construction of. about Bismarck and conducted 8 tourist bureau for the information of | travelers, Entertainment—The 75th territor- anniversary, ‘Air Show-and Fourth of July celebration were outstanding and attendance was good despite ex- tremely hot weather. Thanked Roberts, Junior Chamber of Com- merce, Bismarck Men's chorus, Amer- jean Legion, Pioneers, Fort Lincoln bird National Guard, Boy Scouts, newspapers and radio station for their parts in work. Also Frayne Baker, former adjutant geners!, and Mrs. FP. H. Waldo who directed the jt. Attendance estimated at : 60 Gra ST. MARY'S HONOR | _ PUPILS ANNOUNCED) s Win Places on Merit in Which’ Fourth Room: Is Leader List At the close of the third six ak period there were 60 students on the honor roll at St. Mary's grade school, instructors announced Wednesday. The fourth grade leads with 17 honor students. There are 15 from the fifth, 12 from the seventh, 8 from the eighth and 6 from the sixth grade. ‘The honor students are: : Fourth Grade Eileen Stitt, Betty Lou Fleck) Kath- i|tyn Helling,. ‘Thomas Dau, Mary. Low Warner, Charlotte Kramer, Lorraine Masseth, Charles. Verret,.. bet Kaufman, Elaine Masseth, Wentland, Virginia Carufel, Schannon, Doris Mae Bennet, Shan Mbe Hunter, Rosemary “Kiley and Clemens Roettier. Fifth Grade Nora Zita Horner, Margaret Hal- loran, Robert Maassen, Adrian Mc- Donald, Margaret Roherty, Richard Revell, Imelda Shea, Anne” ‘Wilkinson, ‘|Madelyn Helling, Annp Gabel, An- gelica Roether, Edna. Florence Rose, Genevieve Orchard,. Dorothy Osborn {| and Francis Webb. Sixth Grade ‘Ivonette’ Bailey, Virginia Lacey, Dorothy Eisenmann, Eugene Masseth, Roy Deardorff and Mary Jean Leahy. Seventh Grade Margaret Webb, Magdalen Schneid- ‘er, Jean Slag, Rosemary Krier, Cor- rinne Kiley, Charlotte, Knudson, Theresa St. George, Jack: Woodmark, Betty Lou Bartley, Eleanor Ressler, Mary Wachter And Virginia fey bert. * Eighth Grade Mary Halloran, Josephine ‘Taix, Eileen Wallrich, ‘William Webb, Eva Schatz, Irene Griffin, Jordice God- frey and Mary MoGraw. * “ Wind Snow Blocks Highways i in State High winds and sno snow were general over North Dakota Wednesday and motorists were warned by the state highway department to stay off the Many roads were blocked, particu- larly in the eastern section, and others were heavy enough to seriously hamper highway traffic, highway men stated. Snow plows were being held back un- til the storm abated. Minimum temperatures throughout the state were three to six degrees below zero during the night but rose slightly Wednesday. The forecast was for a rising temperature Thursday. Lenhart Attends Drug Convention in Fargo William Lenhart represented Len- hart’s drug store at tne annual con- vention in Fargo Tuesday of about. 100. proprietors and. salespeople .of. Rexall drug stores throughout the state. He is expected to return Wed- nesday night. sion was Milo Knudsen, Edgeley. president of the North Dakota Rexall club. H. W. Gray, Wilton, is secre- tary-treasurer. Several United Drug Officials from Boston and Minneapo- lis attended. ARREST EXTORTIONIST Washington, Feb. 3.—()—J. Edgar Hoover said Wednesday that federal ae ‘had arrested Joseph Palazzo Sandusky, Ohio, on charges of attempting to extort $10,000 from Dr. Carl R. Knoble, prominent Sandusky physician. Hoover said Palazzo had confessed. SHIPSTEAD IN ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Sept. 3.—(#)—Senator Henrik Shipstead, vacationing after a recent illness, arrived aboard the steamer Western World. He plans to begin the return trip to New York aboard the same ship Saturday. | the past three years. Presiding at the ses-|- STORM HITS GETTYSBURG Gettysburg, 8. D., Feb. 3—(@)— Train service was halted arid schools were closed Wednesday as a severe snow storm held this territory in its Fred | gasp. .. SLEET HITS MINNESOTA St. Paul, Feb. 3.—(#)—Sleet and snow fell in Minnesota Wednesday as the warmest weather’ of the year in some communities gave a respite from below zero temperatures. Flowers Changed t | Winnipeg Citadel Salvation Army band, free show tickets to 4-H club members on Achievement Day; free entertainment and lunch for 500 Bur- bey county school children and had 400 children at the annual Christ- mie Industries and Rates—Armour and and clean-up campaign, with the as- of the Boy Scouts, arranged Mtatuian, Bera Tees regarding es- 8} teblishment of of an Old Folks home| W« ‘year obtained more than was produced | good road to the sirport and Fort] and induced Burleigh county commis- by the three-quarter sections in the Lincoln. Co-operation with thejsioners to sign an agreement not to|the drawing. Gamble Robinson company, Winston Bismarck Gro- | Color Over Night | —————— Washington, Feb. 3—(#)—The keeper of the White House green- houses put pink carnations and: red roses in his floral refrigera- tor Tuesday night. Wednesday he took out white roses and red and white carna~ tions. ‘This astounded the keeper un- til he discovered a leak in the refrigerator’s gas line and theor- ized the gas discolored the flow- ers. ( divert, automobile license money to . | other than highway purposes as pert of the campaign to get $4,000,000 roed grant from the federal government. Income Outgo J. P. Wagner gave the financial re- port, showing receipts of $7,180.48 and expenditures of $7,146.63. George F. Shafer, association presi- dent, presidéd and introduced state and federal officials Vsti ‘The list ulded: Re! Nelson, capil ‘building superintend- ent; M. O. Ryan, secretary of the G.N.D. r% “and of the state planning Administrator recipes prizes, donated by the A. Will-|- ‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1937 Dams 27 Water in County Reservoir + ABN. acity 47,696 Acre Feet; Drainage Area 899 Square Miles Visualizing the complete and per- manent control of all surface water resources within North Dakota boun- daries, the state planning board this week announced to the legislature a long-winter program. “Creation of a state water commis- ‘sion, as advocated’ by the state plan- ning. board, would stimulate conser- vation activities by the state and fed- eral | governments. by providing a legally authorized state-body, equipped ‘with |adequate finances,” ‘stated J. P. Cain, chairman of the board. Already Burleigh county has 27 dams, ‘constructed undér~'stdte and/ federal emergency work “programs of | acre ‘The Burleigh «county: dams were built at a total cost of $36,203.18; have @ reservoir capacity of 47,696.7 acre feet and draw surface water from en Reservoir Drainage Capacity. Area Total Twp. Rege. Acre Ft. 8q. Mi. Cost 140 80 1100 92.0 $1,440.92 139 78 180 47 1,774.40 140 cu 18 21, 925.52 140 CU 123 31. 959.80 139 80° 45 25 959.51 138 ™ 35.1 180, 1,277.31 "139 78 06 117, 701.3). 1380; BO 62, 184. 957.58 141 i) 13.4 4 2,570.70 141 a1 14.0 6. 1,337.96 44° 8 16.0 14. 4,100.62 144 2 130 22. 1,513.96 139 78 60.0 135. 10,077.80 10 ay 420 86. 07 ! 1140 80 128, Biological Survey 20 143 7 873, 16 144 76 16, 33 187 76) 17, 18 137 75) 13 143 78 BO 140 2 31 144 18 a1 143 7 a4 143 78 6 142 * 718 ‘The planet Mercury has no atmos-| Contestants in Turkish wrestling Phere. Spectroscopic photographs show it as a dry, sunbaked, watérless world, | 16 Storing | approximate total drainage area, of 899.2 square miles. Eight hundred and seventy-three similar dams, built throughout the state, are expected to impound up- wards of 300,000 acre-feet of water. Built by CCC, WPA, FERA, PWA, soil conservation service, biological survey and the state. game and fish commis- sion, these dams cost from several hundred dollars up to more than 610,- 000, including the cost of relief labor. Many of these reservoirs providing sources of small irrigation activities during 1936 enabled land owners to continue self-sustaining through pro- paca Of vegetables and some Teed one long-time program advanced by the planning board, contemplates impounding a total of 10,000,000 acre- feet, out of the present average an- nual Panda run-off of 25,000,000 acre-feet. The complete list of dams con- structed in Burleigh county, the name of the construction agency, the reservoir capacity, drainage area, and estimated costs, follow: matches are seldom thrown, since they smear themselves with oil and PENSION GATHERING IS SET FOR FRIDAY Labor Group Hopes to Put Ad- ministration in Hands of County Boards Proposed revision of North Dekota’s old age pension legislation will be topic of a meeting to be held at 8 p. m,, Friday at the court rooms in the Burleigh county court house. Call for the gathering was issued Wednesday by J. H. Miller and Fred Argast, president and vice president, respectively of the North Dakota Ls- bor sssociation. Proposed changes to the present law, advocated by the Labor associa- tion, include an amendment that would place the administration of the pension fund in the hands of the separate boards of comnty commis- sioners and the township supervisors; would lower the number of years of required residence in the state from 20 to 10 years, and would increase the amounts of pensions generally to take full advantage of the federal govern- ment’s offer to match funds up to $15 per peraon, Argast said. Members of the state legislature and the general public have been invited to attend the meeting. An open for- um discussion will be held in order present regarding the proposed changes to the present law, which at county welfare boards. Convict Five Men of Mail Use to Defraud Billings, Mont., Feb. 3.—(#)—Short stays of execution of sentence were granted by Judge Charles N, Pray in federal court Tuesday to five Utah men convicted of fraudulent. use of the mails in operations of the Merrill Mortusries corporation. Charles and Clarence Merrill, who were sentenced té five years in prison and fined $2,000 each, were granted stays unt}l Thurs- day. @ one year suspended prison sentence, fined $2,000 and placed on probation $2,000, and Elliott $1,000. A suspend- ed one-year sentence and probation are too slippery to grip. .. for tive years were imposed on Elliott. to discover the sentiment of. - those , present is being administered by the } Winslow Farr Smith, Soren Ras- | muasen and George O. Elliott obtain- ed stays of 20 days. Smith was given for five years. Rasmussen was fined ; APOPLEXY FATAS- Jamestown, N. D. Feb. 3—()— ‘Mrs. Sigurd. Halverson, 71. Conklin township. died Wednesday from apoplexy. 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