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i \ | The first year of Delta Co-opera wood Eddy’‘s effert to solve the homes in the community. Plain great improvement over the farmers’ former dwellings.. Delta Co-o e Farm at Hillhouse, Miss., Sher- arecropper problem, finds 20 new thotigh they seem, they are a The com-" munity house, lower picture, provides smal] class and guest rooms, . large haJl for meeti ENGINEERS CAUTION | MISSISSIPPI. FLOOD | FIGHT NOT YET WON , Struck Untested Valley * Levée System Lag are ‘Tenn. Feb, 4—(7)—The tide of bettle- against record flood crests ran favorably along the upper Missigsipp| Thursday but .engineers cautioned that the fight to sqve the valley. from untold disaster was not yet won. Army who are directing the nation’s greatest anti-flood offen- -sive remained confident of victory but pointed out the crests now passing Cajro, Til., will hit hundreds of miles burdened, untested levees before they reach the gulf some two weeks Danger durked at every bend in the gs, school, and church, e proudly shown by William Mel who is weighing cotton which his wif®, Lorene, has Picked on their section’ of the co-operative More than $8500 is ready for distribu- venture. tion to the members. farmei, arm German Coloni al ‘Desire Upsetting | Immigrant Girl |__Inherits Fortune | Fortune Britain Particularly. Wo Worried by Hitler's “Intimation in Recent Speech " New York, Feb. 4—(P—Adolf Hi Jér's strong intimation in his se tag speech last Saturday that he may be about to demand a return of cojo- nies Germariy lost in the World war has created uneasiness among na- tions concerned, especially Britain. Should the demand materialize, it undoubtedly would: produce a: tense situation, since most of the countries which took over these colonies have no intention: of surrendering them. France, ‘however, has’ intimated vaguely she might be willing to con- sider some return, provided Hitler ‘would agree to play ball with the rest of Europe and work: for peace. Ten colonies were taken from Ger- 1,000-mile sweep. from Cairo to New Orleans and there was no relaxation many by the victofjous allies. The total territory involved is some 1,197,- 000 square miles. The coloniés are: Colonies ‘Listed German East Africa—370,000 square miles-—Belgisn ana British: mandates; Germén “Southwest <Africa—323,400 sq. miles—Union of South Africa man- Northwest. Tennessee awaited its most, serious test. flowed by crest waters ‘three feet of seaboard floed defenses. The ‘nd Peducah further city, srecueied lation cece yaar Coughs fee andr {yt 4) ent ders coy tate date; the Cameroons in Africa—305,- 000. sq. .miles—French and British mandates; Togoland, in Africa—34,439 sq. miles—French and British _man- ; Caroline islands, in the Pacific sq. miles—returned to Chinese ereignty;- Marshall islands, in tbeiee Pi clfic—168: aq. milles-Japgnese man: date; Nairu island, in the Pacifio— 8% sq. miles—British mandate; New flood! Guinea, in the Pacific—03,000 sq: | ee Australlan ‘mandate; German 'Y | Samos, in the Pacific--1,330 sq. miles —New Zealand mandate. German East. Africa ‘is essentially agricultural, and Beh principal prod- ucts are millet and other tropical Grains, cassava, coconuts, gerce nuts, cloves, castor oil, sugar cane ae veg: etables. Cotton, tobacco an also have been, oon eeasrully, ne is obtained thi German an Sutras A frig ue bling cattle the the hills, sprit 1 a ‘eecppertes s, but no coal ani a tion is difficult. Fertile ‘The Camereons, in equatorial West Attics, are fertile and. cacgo, optfee and tobacco can be gTOWR success ‘}fully. The siumate of the so tat i pelle epaiebars {more healthful fc _ | mate is not urth MURPHY “The Man Who Knows , Insurance” — Bismarck. 218 Broadway Phone 577 exports are: palm oil, eee ra nut ad nels, cgoutchouc, and ivory. . The Caroline islands in the Pgeific are about 500 small atolls but mogt of the area and the population are in five volcanic islands. These five are well watered and fertile, ong the cli- Saves i “4 ee staat exports are copra, turtle and pear! beche-de-mer and vegeteble ivory nuts. deal ae whieh lies my the south ©! ningula of was ceded to PC y by C| to Germany Bet ore atcha et * yas a ereignty. The main exports are nuts, ois, straw-braid, silk and ocal. Export Phosphate Sam } mostly natives, who sre + The products include ‘comes; cacao, bananas, rubber and Cream % cup Fea ali until soft and gradually add 1 cup granulated Sugar; best together well and add } egg. Add 1 cup light molasses an beat. until light. Blend together 4 cups general purpose flour, | teaspoon po % teaspoon salt, 1 Mae goread hut. » 2 hogar: ginger, 1 bec ren] cloves end 1 teaspoon cinnamon. these ne Maeredene, alternately, Bo 1 cup hot water. Chill dough. Drop by spoonfuls on greased beking sheet. Bake in moderately hot oven (375 de+ grees) 8 to 10 minutes. Cool. Top with a confectioner’s sugar icing. | dae etme Englewood, N. J., Feb. 4. —(?)—Overjoyed by the news she was heiress to $600,000 fortune, 18-year-old Lillien Ellison, “Cin- derella of the washtubs,” dressed in her prettiest Thursday and went to New York. For pert of the day, at least, she was relieved of her onerous duty of peeling potatoes and onions and her domestic chores in the home of Mrs, Herbert L. Wedye. The blonde little immigrant girl inherited the money from her father in Norway, whose home she left last year to seek her “fortune” in the United States, Flood-Weary Firemen Fight $250,000 Blaze Cincinnati, Feb. ¢. 4. — ®) — Flames which for s time threatened a large | f, section of west-end Cincinnati de- stroyed*the Stille & Duhlmeter furni- ture factory and retail store rooms and the Art Wood Turning é& Scroll ;|Co. early Thursday with » loss semi- officially estimated at between $250,- 000 and $300,000. Purniture destroyed included some -|that had been stored in the factory by residents of the neighborhood whose homes were inundgted by Cin- cinnati’s greatest flood. Flood-weary firemen waded ankle deep in mud and ice to combat their third general alarm blave in 11 days. Two Aue were injured by falling —— KILLED AT CROSSING St. Paul, Feb. 4-—(0%--A fast pas- senger train speeding through 9 snow: storm brought death to Andrew Frei berger, 55, of Yong Laks: bays North St. Paul. ed in his automobile in| erent afternoon he died Thursr ye foul pejeons ti} Rent : aia sien eee tal mands Recommended Creation of = department of for- estry as a distinct department of the state with a technically trained for- ester as its head was recommended in the forestry program outlined for Boe Dakota by the state planning | ways and park plantings. In its recommendations to the gov- ernor and the state legislature, the forestry committee suggested that the office of the state forester become separated from the school of forestry and be included under the proposed department of conservation. “As proposed the state forester would have jurisdiction over the state nursery and co-operative work with the federal government and various the report ex- Declaring the present annual out- put of stock from the state nursery is 300,000, the committee asserted the nursery should be expanded to one and one half million tree capacity on the basis of current applications. Other recommendations were to se- forestry agencies,” plained. ——————— ee ere | A. whole new world is opened yp for father ond son. together. The board's committee on forestry | urged that the state nursery be ex- panded to take care of the “rising demand” for trees, shelterbelt, wind- break, woodlot, dam plantings, high- W. J. White, Delta co- epel shy He ind his. son. 7, study the same book, both are learning to write. farm’s night school, the son in the Bolivar county EATON OF STATE FOREST BUREAU. [S ADVISED FOR N. D. Expansion of Nursery of Nursery to Mere) Adequately Care for De- The father is in the public school. cure a CCC camp in connection with the state nursery; conduct a state survey to obtain information on ex- isting natural fotests and planted trees in shelterbelts; acquire, either by the federal or state government, land unsuited for agriculture for growing and producing of timber; and acquire suitable existing natural roeaed areas for development as state lorests, U8. COLLECTIONS IN Corporation Income Taxes In- crease But Individual Pay- | ments Decrease Washington, Feb. 4—(?)—Internal revenue collections in North Dakota, the treasury department reported Thursday, declined last year to $903,- 135.83 from $1,394,809.19 in 1035. The big decrease occurred in the agricultural adjustment levies, which in 1935 brought in $535,732.01 and only $5,335.54 in 1936, Corporation income taxes showed a slight increase but individual income tax collections were less. The gov- ernment realized $381,064.29 from cor- porations in 1936 against $325,303.44 in 1935. Individuals paid $254,815.95 in 1935 and $235,679.57 last year. Miscellaneous revenue accounted for $281,006.43 last year. This com- pared to $278,957.79 the preceding year, Shamrock is grown abundantly in the United States. It is not an ex- clusive Irish product. N. D. DECLINE IN ’36; _———————S ES | After the year’s work, comes the reward. Here J..H. Moody, carpenter at the co-operative farm, veceives his first cash dividend from Blaine Tread - way, agsistant manager, after the cotton crop 1s sold. Each member receives a share, minus deduce tions for advances made. perative Project Makes Favorable Progress A year ago Mrs. {2-YEAR-OLD GIRLS HUSBAND WILL FACE STATUTORY CHARGE Intimate Relationship Prior to ‘Marriage Confessed by N. Y. Youth ——_—— , Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 4.) The. law Thursday cast a shadow across the marital happiness of 12- year-old Leong Elizabeth Backus as it sent her 19-year-old factory husband to jail under threat of a statutory charge. District Attorney Carl J. Hynes said a warrant charging rape, sec- ond degree, would be sworn out against the husband, Stanley Backus. Hynes said the youth and the girl had admitted intimate relationship prior to their marriage at Carthage on Jan. 15. Leona, who left the fifth grade ; School to become Backus’ bride, wept, when questioned by Hynes and her tearful mother, Mrs. Joseph Roghita,' protested as the investigation de- veloped. “Why don’t they let ’em alone,” she cried, “why don’t they let them live together like they want to.” “We have been in love with each other for more than a year,’ Leona declared. to be his wife, I did not hesitate. Now I wish people would mind thelr own business.” “When Stanley asked mej 5. "WHEN SOMEBODY STARTS RAVIN'. 4s tt as good as Town Tavern pn says the OLD TOWN TAVERW KEEPER HAT is a good test for judging eny whiskey—com- ed it with Town Tavern. As far as hundreds of thousands of men are concerned, Town Tavern is the standard straight rye in its class... . If you judge whiskey the way the most discrimingtipg men judge whiskey—by taste, aroma, smoothness syd all;round friendliness~then you'll award Town Tavern a plece of honor .. . Not forgetting the sensible price! It cer- tainly is a reasonable figure for such a fine straight rye. Two Slope Youths Enlisting in Navy |. Announcement that Donald Dalen- best , Steele, and Robert MacDonough, lora, have been accepted for en- listment in the U. 8. navy and will leave Minneapolis Feb. 2¢ for the na- val ‘raining sta station at Great Lakes, Tl, was made here Thursday by H. Carson, local recruiting officer. Carson has beén informed that the quota may be enlarged because of | J. H. Moody and her grandson, David McKee, were on government relief, living in | a makeshift cabin. Now they have a new home in the co-operative community, and the guitar on the wall testifies that there is not only happiness and. hope, but music, in their lives. Wednesday night expressed the opin- jon the strikers would win. Of John L. Lewis, Johnson said, “He's a swell guy, but when he’s in s eaalb he fights with everything he’s tie Lewis wins there won't he 8 string of little strikes following, but t he doesn’t—oh baby.” Olympia Brown Willis, of Malone, N, Y., was the first American women to be ordained as a minister, in 1863. assignment to other districts of the! quotas allotted to the Cincinnati and | Louisville offices. The change is con-| templated because of the floods. In the event the quota is increased, the next man to enter the navy from this district will be Herman Schultz, 315 W. Rosser, Bismarck, Carson said. Hugh Johnson Thinks _Auto Union Will Win: New Haven, Conn., Feb. 4.—(#)— Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson believes the General Motors sit down strike “the biggest thing in its implications since the Civil War.” * The former administrator of the NRA addressing students and faculty members of Saybrook college at Yale GET UP NIGHTS DUE TO BLADDER IRRITATION? 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They give hey IY vrei cr wall fond 0 15 miles of fiche i oe waste from the Hood jet cook DR. R. S. ENGE Chiropractor Drugless Physician Lucas Bik, Eiemaree, N.D. Telephone No, 260 so~ -