The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1937, Page 2

: 2 ee 115 «UP FOR EXCURSION ~ TOSDNEY DISTRICT Special Train to Leave Bis- marck at 5 A. M. Wednesday for Irrigation Area More than 175 irrigation-conscious North Dakotans will travel by special | train Wednesday to the irrigated dis- | trict of the Yellowstone river valley} in the Sidney, Mont., area to study agriculture there. With 164 tickets for the excursion sold Monday and more expected by Wednesday morning, H. O. Putnam, Burleigh county agricultural «gent, | declared the Sidney Chamber of Com- merce would have its hands full; handling the crowd. The special train will leave Bis- marck at 5 a. m. (Central time). It will leave Mandan at 4:20 a m. (Mountain time). A stop at Dickin- son is scheduled about 6:30 a. m. to PERSONS SIGN | hae Homer B. Hunton, head of the department of architecture at the North Dakota Agricultural col- lege, has resigned and plans to spend the next year studying. pick up excursionists from that area. The train will arrive at Intake, 20) miles north of Glendive, at 10:15 a. m.; At Intake, the excursionists will be met by businessmen and farmers of the Yellowstone district and taken by automobiles through the valley as far north as Fairview. The train will be deadheaded to Sidney 35 miles north of Intake where the excursionists will board it for the return trip about 8:30 p. m. Sidney Preparing } Richland County Agent Theodore | Fosse has written Putnam stating} transportation arrangements have been made and that tentative plans have been made for a noon luncheon at Sidney and a picnic dinner in the evening. C. D. Adams, district man- ager of the Holly Sugar corporation at Sidney, and a traveling agent of the ND. pgcul ural department, are as- sisting Fosse. Dr. J. H. Worst, Missuori Slope pioneer and president emeritus of the North, Dakota Agricultural college now residing at Fairview, has been asked by Putnam to speak on the beginnings cf irrigation in the Yellowstone val- ley. Other authorities will discuss other aspects of irrigation at the luncheon and dinner meetings. Putnam has not yet heard definite- ly from county agents in McLean, Emmons, Oliver, Mercer, Hettinger and Stark counties where interest has been manifested in the trip. He Stated tickets must be obtained not later than Tuesday in order that the tailway may be able to furnish equip- ment sufficient to guarantee the com- fort of the excursionists and to give the Sidney men time to make ar- Tangements there. . Plan 5 Car Train Ober Kobs, Bismarck agent of the Northern Pacific, said Monday the train ‘as planned will consist of a dy- mamo-baggage car, two steel coaches, one air-conditioned cafe coach and one air-conditioned observation car of the Comet type. CONTINUED from page ons: Bloody Battle Is Being Fought; Japs Present Ultimatum get measure in the lower house of parliament. Call Parliament Session Premier Konoye will outline the government’s stand in the crisis at a joint session of both houses Tuesday. Government sources said a clash at |v Langfang had destroyed all progress toward peaceful settlement of the/i hostilities which started July 7. Some observers here 1ooked for the Japanese army to launch an attack on the ancient walls of Peiping in the struggle to establish Japanese claims to special economic privileges in North China. Breaking of the week-old truce be- tween Chinese and Japanese military authorities in the area was consid- ered to have thrown the always tense situation into a new and more seri- ous phase. The clash at Langfang was the first since a local truce was reached last Monday calling for withdrawal of the trops that have battled sporadically | west of Peiping Since July 7. DAKOTANS TO MARRY Tacoma, marriage license was issued here to Hanley Frederick of Tacoma and Genevieve Kopriva of Bowbells, N. Denon ee eens Rolle, Sante selection of the new federal judge for Lydia C. Walker of Harvey, N. D. ——————EE—————— member ‘of the staff of the N. P. agricultural department, the trip with other railroad officials. will make O. ©. Erickson, state insurance com- A. R. Miesen of St. Paul, former | missioner, notified Putnam that he Wurleigh county agent and now aj and Mrs. Erickson will make the trip. rr New Location 11€ 6th St. ALL-WEEK Lakeland CORN FLAKES Wizdom PEAS Baker’s Dependon—Fine Flavored BRAN FLAKES —Phone 633—. “Bismarck, N.D DRIVE CARS RATES ON LONG TRIPS WITH OR WITHOUT DRIVEES SPECIALS 13 oz. pkgs. 3 No. 2 cans _ l pound... 3» 57c 1 Pound 20c 25 2%: Ae 39c 15¢ Qt. jar No. 10 can 16 oz, pkg. MEAT DEPARTMENT RING BOLOGNA __ --Lb. 19¢ SLICED HAM _________Ib. 32¢ To Fry T|STATE 10 BE Wash., July 26.—(P}—A| THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, STRICT ON ESTATE TAX INVENTORIES New Forms Drawn to Force Reports on Tax-Subject Properties A move to “tighten up” on estate \tax inventory and return was made Monday by Owen T. Owen, North Da- kota tax commissioner, who declared |new forms were being drawn to force | presentation to his department and to |the courts of a complete inventory of properties subject to tax. “There seems to be a tendency, ‘either from difficulty in arriving at \a fair value or a wish to reduce or ‘avoid this tax, to slaughter values,” Owen asserted. “If there apears to be any substan- | tial discrepancy,” he said “we will ex- jercise the option given this office by |law to refuse to accept the appraisal made by the county court.” In that jevent the tax department will employ ;specially qualified appraisers to be | paid out of funds of the estate. | Hope For Full Revenue | He asserted the department hopes to ‘obtain full revenue with the new forms jon which must be entered full value |rather than a “ficticious value.” The commissioner also ruled that counties must make a report to the state tax office monthly instead of semi-annually. Under the tax law, exemption al- lowed is $20,000 to the widow, $5,000 for each minor child and $2,000 for each adult child. There can be no deduction from gross estate because forth * $13,481 in estate taxes which is divided 65 per cent to counties and 35 per cent to the state. The total last year for all counties was $68,492.97. Owen |said estate tax rates were two per cent cn the first $25,000; 10 per cent on $200,000 to $400,000 and up to 23 per |cent on $1,500,000 and over. | Politics Didn’t Bring | Farley to Minnesota | St. Paul, July 26.—(#)—It was post- | offices—not politics—that brought | Post. Gen. James A. Farley to Min- | nesota Monday. | Genial and smiling, Farley came to | Gedicate postoffices and not to com- | ment on the involved Democratic po- | litical situation in the Gopher state. He refused to comment also on the this state or the possibilities of Presi- dent Roosevelt running for a third Arriving here Monday morning, Farley was met by a number of Demo- cratic leaders, including Congressman Elmer Ryan; Postmaster A. A. Van Dyke of St. Paul; Otto Bremer, friend of President Roosevelt and John P. Erickson, Duluth, Democratic na- tional committeeman. “I did not come into Miniiesota to get into any discussion on Minnesota | politics,” he said, “I am here to de- dicate postoffices. This is an off- Season 80 far as politics is concerned.” After a tour of towns in southern | Minnesota, Farley will leave Roches- | LaCrosse, Wis. only child health camp in the state, opened for a second five-week period Monday. | Approximately 60 under-nourished jand crippled children are expected to |register, according to Miss Helen | Baten, Bismarck, in general charge |of the camp. The youngsters are guests of the \child welfare division of the state public welfare board and the North | Thompson Will Speak At Ellendale School Arthur E. Thompson, superintend- jent of public instruction, will make two commencement addresses Thurs- Gay at the close of the summer ses- {sions at Ellendale Industrial and | Normal school and the Mayville State | Teachers college. He speaks at Ellen- dale Thursday morning and will ad- Gress Mayville graduates that evening. Oe || Newspapers Taboo | | On Coney Beaches New York, July 26—()—Free- dom of the press was a burning issue Monday to 1,100,000 per- sons who were denied the right to Tead newspapers on the sands of Coney Island. pers. right and left. There were many protests but all to no avail. The law had decreed clean beaches. Newspapers litter beaches. News- Papers must go. They went. \ter, Minn, at 5 p. m, and go tolthe > Sta en” one of Broadway's biggest dramatic hits, appears above to be getting a candid view of women on the beach at Honolu- lu. She is an avid camera fan. WKATHER FOREUASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: tly cloudy to cloudy, possible lowers bee 4 somewhat warmer tonight, cooler Tuesday. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy to cloudy, possible scattered showers Tuesday and northwest portion to- night; somewhat warmer east and south-central ‘tonight and southeast Tuesday, cooler west Tuesday. For South Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, except unset- tled Tuesday afternoon with possibly scatter showers extreme est; somewhat warmer tonight and east ortion Tuesday, cooler extreme west ‘uesday afternoon. For Montana: Generally fair to- night and Tuesday; cooler extreme east portion tonight and east of Di- vide Tuesday. For Minnesota: Generally fair, not so cool in northwest portion tonight: Tuesday becoming unsettled and armer,. possibly local. showers in w northwest portion. ~ GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS Low pressure this morning centers over the Upper Lake Region (8. 8. Marie 29.60) and also forms a trough from the Canadian Provinces over the Rocky Mountain region (Pr. Albert 9.78); while high pressure overlies ippi Valley and Plains mpanied by fair cool weather. Scattered showers fell over the west and south, while heavy r: was reported from the Upper Region. A Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.34. Reduced to level, 30 10. Missouri river ft. 24 hour chang: Sunrise, 5:15 a. m. Sunset, 8:24 p. m. PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: Total this month to da Normal, this month to Total, Jan. 1st to date . Normal, January ist to Accumulated ex: NORTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est a1 85 BISMARCK, el clear . Jamestown, Max, clear Minot, peld: Sanish, clear . Williston, peld: Devils Lake, c Grand Forks, clear Hankinson, cl Lisbon, clear . Napoleon, clea: Oakes, clear Pembina, clear MINNESOTA oe 1-3 09 00 00 90 «2-9 20 =1 00 «0 00 00 00.1 09 08 08 Pbsbetoter trated tettey thot Moorhead, clear SOUTH PARors Toney Aberdeen. Huron. cl Mobrids jerre, clear Rapid City, ct e Amarillo, Texas, cidy. . Boise, Idaho, peldy. Calgary, Al eldy. Wyo., clear Edmonton, Alta., peldy. Kamloops, B. C., clear . Ki Cc Mo., cl ig kris, clay. iz., cidy. rt, S., oe, aoe le, S., dy. » clay. yy Errtttttt Pet, during the first six months of 1937 98 | riod in 1936, according ‘03 | released by Postmaster Christ Monda: oo | were $132,554.29, as compared with JULY 26, WEIGHT AND SIZE - WILL BE ENFORCED) Action Is Taken to Protect High- | ways and Cut Rising Maintenance Costs Rigid enforcement of the state lew | 5 on weight and-size restrictions of commercial motor vehicles was or- dered Monday by P. H. McGurren, state highway commissioner, who as- serted the action was taken to pro- tect North Dakota's “highway invest- ment and save maintenance costs.” Enforcement of the statute is mécessary due to excessive loads be- ing transported by interstate truckers who are “generally the most frequent violators,” he seid. “Unquestionably some of the main- tenance work on bituminous mat} which is being done between Bis-| marck and Fargo is due to hauling | of excessive loads.” McGurren stated. | “Heavy rains in eastern sections of the state have saturated the sub- grade and overloading causes tre- mendous damage where capillary ace | tion has softened the oil mat founda- | bY i McGurren said the maximum gross | weight of any combination of vehicles | must not exceed 35,000 pounds. Size restrictions are width 96 inches, height 1242 feet, length (single unit) 40 feet, tractor and semi-trailer 40 feet, other combinations 40 feet. Axel | weight allowed is 15,000 pounds, wheel | weight one half of the load. Fargo Man Is Named Aberdeen Bank Head Fargo, N. D., July 26—(?)—Clarke Bassett, vice president of the Mer- chants National Bank and Trust com- pany of Fargo, has been elected presi- dent of the Aberdeen National Bank and Trust of Aberdeen, which like the Fargo institution is an affiliate of the first bank stock cor- Poration. Bassett will continue to make his home in Fargo and continues as vice president of the Merchants National. In the Aberdeen post, he succeeds the late H. C. Jewett who died last month. Bassett’s father, the late John C. Basset, was for 30 years, until his death in 1931, president of the Aber- aeen National. Minot Man Is Bound Over on Theft Count the night time when arraigned in county court Monday. He was bound over to circuit court ‘more than $1,500 worth of fur coats. recovered. The coats were Mattern Is Refused | Pole Flight Permit Washington, July 26.—(#)—Com- merce department officials reported Monday an application by Jimmie Mattern for permission to fly over the North Pole to Russia had been tentatively denied. Authorities said Mattern would be itted to make a new application, wer. They said he would have to prove that the flight would be of scientific value. Postal Receipts Gain $7,000 First 6 Months Receipts at the Bismarck postoftice are up about $7,000 over the same pe- to figures Bertsch ‘First half year's receipts in 1937 $125,765.46 in 1936. | Caren 19387 HOTEL REGISTRATIONS Grand Pacific Hotel F. Carlson and family, Manilla, ;S. E Gilmore and Nichol and party, Burket and fam- ily, Hawarden, lowa; and J. H. Klein and family, Sandstone, Minn. Prince Hotel Miss Dora Large, Valley City; Ella M. Sheetz and party, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Champine, Omaha, .; Mr. and Mrs Ora D. Dellamore canne Delamere. Champaign, .W. Knapp and family, : Mts. L. D. Clark, Nel en 11. Ohio; Mr, and Mrs. L, son, B. C.; an and Mrs. Good, Billings, Mont. Marriage Licenses Clara Gladys Mickel, Hazelton, and Lewis Clement Blank, ‘Bismarck, Sat- day. ortiae Ruby Ottilie Gett, Bismarck, and Reuben Herr, Bismarck, Saturday. Bireas ze Daughter to Mr. and Mrs Neil York, Dickinson, 1i a, m,, Saturday, St Alexius hospital. Has been named Laurayne, The child is randdaughter of Mrs. Alice Wright ork, Bismarck. Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Helma Me- land, Sterling, §:35 p. m. Saturday, St. Alexius hospital. Daughter, Mr and Mrs, Harry Gach- meter, rural Mandan, 4:15 p. m. Sun- day, St. Alexius hospital. ‘An eight-pound baby boy was born to Mr. and Albert Anderson, Menoken, Jul; at 1l a. m., at the Meinhover maternity home, 523 Sev- enth St. Bonzer Bond Case Reopens Wednesday Grand Forks, N. D., July 26—(7)}— Judge Daniel B. Holt Monday in- structed witnesses in the bond of A. F. Bonzer, former manager of the state mill and elevator here, to report at the courthouse Wednesday at 10 a. m., for resumption of the trial. The trial opened July 14 but was recessed for a week by Judge Holt to permit Francis Murphy of Fargo, at- torney for the state bonding depart- ment, to appear at the murder trial of Daniel Cusick in Cando. Court of- ficials expected the Cusick trial to end Tuesday. Three additional wit- messes were subpoenaed for the Bonzer trial. Williston’s Water “ Supply Held Unsafe Williston, N. D., July 26.—(?)—Wil- liston householders were advised Monday to boil drinking water to be “on the safe side,” although Dr. L. B. Dochterman, city health officer said latest tests showed improvement in the city’s water supply. Tests last week indicated bacteria were present in sufficient amount to give the water supply an “unsafe” rating. The amount of chlorine in- jected in water at the filter plant was doubled and public fountains in the city turned off. Dr. Dochterman said the water supply still is rated “unsafé” but showed much improvement over last week. No indication as to the type of germs found was given and no cases of illness were reported from drinking water, he said. Fargo Asks WPA Help For $75,000 Building Fargo, N. D., July 26—(7)}—A win- ter sports building for Fargo became @ step nearer realization Monday when it was announced the Fargo park board has made application to the WPA for funds with which to build a $75,000 structure. “Temporary plans specify a frame structure 200 by 300 feet in size with a bleacher seating capacity of 3,000 and floor space sufficient to seat from 12,000 to 14,000 for events other than those which would require an ice rink. ALWAYS COOL AND COMFORTABLE HELD OVER! TODAY AND TUESDAY x “| Austin, Minn., brothers. trial! vel Douglas of Wisconsin, and later) MERE MAN FOUND IN IOWA MAY BE MURDERER Minnesota Authorities to Check on Traveler Who Collapsed on Highway ——__—_—_— NOT KILLER ‘Webster City, Iowa. July 26— (#)—Freeborn county, Minn., offi- cers announced Monday that @ patient in a hospital here was not Jens Thompson, sought in connection with the slaying of three Lukes brothers near Austin, Minn., Thursday. | ter City, Iowa, July 26.—i— shes J. L. ‘OMalley said Monday en unidentified man in a hospital here may be Jens Thompson sought in connection with the slaying of three Sheriff O'Malley said the man was found dazed along the roadside near Homer, Iowa, 12 miles southwest of here. ‘The sheriff and Miss Jane Belknap, superintendent of the hospital, said a photo of Thompson compares “quite favorably” with the patient here. Austin authorities were notified this morning and were en route to Webster City, the sheriff said. Sheriff O'Malley said the patient here was found by Frank Vitors, who said the man told him he lived in Webster City. At the hospital, however, the sheriff said, the man said his name was Sam- said he lived in California. Badly Sunburned | Hospital attendants said the man was “badly sunburned” and appeared to have been “overcome with the| heat.” | In Austin, County Attorney Elmer | R. Peterson of Freeborn county pre- pared Monday to call a grand jury session to hear evidence in the triple farm killings for which a murder war- | rant was issued against Thompson. | W! County and state officials widened their search for the suspect after re- ports came he had been seen in St. Paul and was reported hitch-hiking his way north. Other reports indicated the man had headed toward Chicago. Thousands of persons jammed the highways here Sunday when mass fu- reral services were held for the vic- tims, cutting grain in their fields when the assailant shot them with a rifle. The three brothers killed were Louis, Joe and Anton Lukes. Faye, 12, son of Louis, was recovering in a hospital here from bullet wounds inflicted by the same man. = No motive had been established for the killings Monday, as Sheriff Hel- mer Myre continued his investigation. Pinkerton Agency Is Barred in Minnesota St. Paul, July 26.—(?)—Farmer- Labor Gov. Elmer Benson Monday announced he had denied an appli- cation of the Pinkerton National de- tective agency for renewal of its li- cense to operate in Minnesota. The governor said “I do not be- Ueve it sound public policy for any detective agency to operate in the state of Minnesota which carries on poe activities against organized labor.” The governor cited testimony before bre the La Follette senate committee in- vestigating violation of civil liber- ties as the basis of denial of the Jicense. TRAVELER DIES Charleston, 8. C., July 26—(}—Ju- lius Brittlebank, 78-year-old Charles- ton businessman, died in Honolulu Sunday while on his 18th world tour. He was often known as the American Marco Polo. 2 PLUS L CARTOON and Latest News Flashes ‘i Sunday Routine Is | Shot; Papers Late | Bismarck’s Sunday routine was seriously disrupted this week. A tire on the trailer truck of the engine pulling Northerr Pacific train sa came off "hes Crystal Springs, derailed engines The train was two hours late. Damage was confined to tal~ citians’ dispositions. The Sunday papers were aboard. HARLEM WELCOMES ‘SCOTTSBORO BOYS Four Defendants Freed in Lat- est Chapter of Case Gat Thunderous Ovation New York, July 26.—%—What looked like most of Harlem all but raised the roof of Pennsylvania sta- tion Monday in shouting a thunder- ous welcome to four bewildered Negro youths freed in the latest chapter of the Scottsboro mass rape casa, Several elbowed and half-mauled spectators were trampled under foot when hundreds of cheering, shoving Negroes stormed heavy police lines to shout a lusty salutation jo the dusky quartet and to their defense counsel, Samuel Liebowits, as they arrived from the South. The Negro youths, freed at Deca- tur, Ala., Saturday at the conclusion of 11 trials that resulted in five of | their companions ranging from 20 years to the death pens in wenn raass mat upon two wi on @ train in 1931, were goggle-eyed at the enthusiasm of the welcome. Leibowitz made a dash for his auto- mobile, accompanied by the four Ne- groes, Willie Roberson, Olen Mont- paw Eugene Williams and Roy M’Lean County Group Holds Annual Meeting Washburn, N. D., July 3.—(P)—At the annual convention of the McLean County Council of Christian Educa- tion, held at Asbury park here Sup- day, G. Hochalter, of Wilton, was re- elected president. About 400 persons attended the sessions. The principal address of the after- noon program was made by Justice A. G. Burr, Bismarck, of the North Dakota supreme court. The Rev. C. A. Armstrong, of Fargo, superintend- ent of the North Dakota council Christian education, spoke in the morning and at the final meeting in the evening. here October 3. Mrs, Ww. W. 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