The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1937, Page 2

r4 SHERIDAN COUNTY LEADERS CRITICIZE DISMISSALS AT A. C. Fear Demoralizing Effect of Qusters on Extension Work in County (Special to The Tribune) McClusky, N. D., Aug. 10.—Criticiz- ing the dismissal of Dean H. L. Wal- ster of the North Dakota Agricultural ; college as chief of the extension divi- sion and the ouster of County Agent) Leader N. D. Gorman, .the Sheridan County Agricultural Conservation as- sociation board of directors has) CoNziNgs D |Langer Reveals | Letter Contents nance engineers should be produc- tive of good results if the personnel appointed to these positions is as- sured tenure of office based on merit jand if they are given authority to lemploy and to retain competent per- |sonnel in forces functioning under them. | “There is no assurance these en- igineers will have sufficient tenure of {office to become experienced and capable in their work. It is certainly inot true that they have been given |the authority to employ or to retain lonly competent personnel,” he said. “General foremen in the mainte- |nance organizations have been em- ployed who have had no previous ltraining or experience to prepare jthem for their duties. The general foremen, like engineers, have been adopted resolutions advocating 8p-/| only recently appointed. pointments to these posts upon qual- ifications and not on political affil-| iation. | The resolution was addressed to! Gov. William Langer and the North Dakota board of administration and to C. W. Warburton, Washington, di- rector of the U.S. department of agriculture extension division. The resolution in full: “We, the board of directors of the | Sheridan County Agricultural Con- servation association, hereby resolve that, | “Whereas, the dismissal of Dean H. | L. Walster as director of extension and N, D. Gorman as county agent leader for no definitely stated cause | will have a demoralizing effect on} extension work in Sheridan county; and the state of North Dakota as a whole; and | “Whereas, there has always been | excellent co-operation between the present director of extension, present | county agent leader and Sheridan county; and “Whereas, dismissal of H. L. Wal- ster N. D. Gorman without def- imitely stated cause will cause the United States department of agricul- ture to withhold federal funds from the state, thereby greatly hindering | cO-operative extension work in Sheri- | dan county, “Be It Therefore Resolved, that the board of directors of the Sheridan County Agricultural Conservation as- sociation, representing the best inter- ests of the farmers in Sheridan coun- ty, feel that the dismissal of any! North Dakota extension department Officials without definitely stated cause will have an injurious effect or co-operation with the United States department of agriculture and may result in the withholding of fed- eral funds, thus seriously “crippling” our co-operative extension work in Sheridan county; and “Be It Further Resolved, that any appointments to such offices should be based strictly upon qualifications and not on political affiliation. “Signed: John Bruns, Jr., Thos. Brakel, J. P. Michalenko, H. W. Lucas, H. F. Pankow.” lS eee ay | Whole World May See Star Tonight New York, Aug. 10.—(#)—To- night and Wednesday night the whole world has grandstand seats for seeing the new Finsler comet. They are virtually the only nights when there is a good chance for the layman to spot this celestial object. : The comet, discovered by the Swiss astronomer Finsler a month ago, is now’ at its brightest, but even so is unlikely to be seen un- less the watcher knows the exact spot. . On these two nights it is pass- ing along the only constellation which every person in the world knows—the big dipper. It is just above the dipper, passing toward the handle. Above means over the side which would be the top if the dipper were full of water. Look at the star which joins the handle to the bowl of the dipper. Tx comet tonight, ac- cording to the diagrams in popu- uae astronomy, is right above this star. =) COTTON PRODUCTION UP Washington, Aug. 10.—(#)—The agriculture department estimated Monday this year’s cotton production would be 15,593,000 bales—3,194,118 more than were grown in 1936. The 10-year—1927-36—average production (vas 13,200,857. PARAMOONT Today - EVERYTHING in ‘glorious entertainment in this joy jamboree! eat musi Fits,from) 20th ‘Century Fox! ALICE FAYE RITZ Brothers Don AMECHE . WINNINGER LOUISE HOVICK RUBIN OFF TONY MARTIN Lack Authority “These supervisory officials lack adequate authority to select and to control the personnel under their jur- isdiction and under these conditions, an efficient organization can not be developed. “In the working forces, there has !been a continuous turnover in per- ysonnel and it is a conservative esti- mate that within recent months the turnovers affected upwards of 50 per cent of those employed. Under such jconditions morale is destroyed and it is impossible to develop efficient workmen. “A most important element in this whole situation is the lack of au- thority reposed in the supervisory Officials. Perhaps next in importance is the lack of assurance that com- |petency and devotion to production of results will guarantee continued employment, “The construction division has suf- fered severely in changes that have been made and is not in a position to control construction and afford adequate inspection service,” Mac- Donald said. “Two exceptions should be noted. In the opinion of the bureau the bridge section and survey and design section can operate efficiently if per- mitted to do so and if given authority over assistants. “The fiscal control is not ade- quate and must be materially strengthened,” MacDonald said. Governor Replies Answering MacDonald’s letter. Langer said: “I call your attention to the fact that the budget for main- tenance work for 1937 is $1,395,059. Your yourself state, ‘this is a substan- tial amount less than the actual ex- penditures for maintenance for each of the years, 1934 to 1936’ and you say further those sums in previous years were ‘wholly inadequate’ and that engineers of your bureau esti- mated a ‘maintenance budget of $4,- 000,000 will be required.” Pointing to extended drouth in jNorth Dakota, the governor said, “you can not blame the people of this state when they refused at election to raise the levy for gasoline to 4 cents a gal- lon. The legislature did right in re- specting their wishes after voters themselves had overwhelmingly re- jected a 4-cent tax. “In your letter of May 22, you said. refunds were too large as compared to other states, and opponents of the highway system promptly insin- uated this was due to lack of proper administration refund laws under my administration. “Let’s look at the record showing refunds: “1931 under Gov. $1,118,786.57. “1932 under Shafer, $1,006,330.50, “1933 under Gov. William Langer, $863,776.34. “1934 under Langer, $644,542.61. 1935 under Gov. Walter Welford, $1,007,078.35. “1936 under Welford, $843,044.56. “1937 under Langer (7 months), $348,608.28, “No other state in the union has as large farms on the average as North Dakota; and as soon as I became gov- ernor in 1933 I called into conference law enforcement officials of South Dakota, Montana and Minnesota,” he said. “You will note I got a cut of epproximately 20 per cent.” Cutting Refunds “By 1934, I, as governor, understood this refund situation even better, and the amount refunded was by far the lowest in all history—a reduction from $1,118,786.57 to $644,542.61. This year we are figuring out new ways to cut refunds, “When I was in Washington you stated that the administration of W. J. Flannigan was very satisfactory to you,” Langer said, “but when I as- sumed office how much maintenance money was there on hand for me to operate with? The answer is none. Not only none, but there was an overdraft by Flannigan in amount of George Shafer, |this administration inherited—yet do THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1937 $374,046.48. To make it worse, prac- tically no money was coming in for gasoline in the winter time, and li- cense fees were not due until March, end no penalty attached until May. The governor asserted “Flannigan had traded in practically every auto- mobile owned by the department. He received no new cars, but he obtained credit of usually around $175 to $225. So if the highway department wanted an automobile they had to buy a new one, giving this credit and all addi- tional money had to conie from the maintenance fund,” Langer told Mac- Donald. Cites 1934 Condition Relative to the maintenance organ- ization, Langer said he “found that under the same men and engineers who were in office when I came in, that there in 1934, 800 miles of fed- eral aid project roads in unsatisfac- tory condition. By 1935 this increased to 1,600 miles and when “I took office this time Flannigan under oath stated there were 2,400 miles in ‘un- satisfactory condition.’ “So you see, Mr. MacDonald, what not forget that you yourself said Flan- nigan was a ‘very good highway com- missioner.’ “We have engineers who have held | office for 17 years straight,” Langer said. “They are still there and with what result? That under their su- pervision work has been so poorly done that in three years we find un- satisfactory mileage increasing from 800 to 2,400 miles and money wasted because of inefficient plans as shown by sworn testimony in the Flannigan removal, where $18,000 was wasted under federal supervision on a few miles of oiled road east of Dickinson. “You say, ‘the highway department needs strengthening at the top.’ Well, you were satisfied with Plannigan. Do you want him back?” ‘Wants to Co-operate’ “I sincerely want to co-operate. Let us, however, meet the issue openly and squarely on the basis of facts and on the basis of all facts. May I ask that your department immediately forward to us an exact statement of issues in question. Will you kindly make your statement as specific and as objective as possible? Since at- tacking a general problem is never effective, may we have the issues broken down into exact statements of specific problems in order that we may know where we stand? “I urge you to take a plane, come out here and make your own per- sonal investigation,” Langer said. “Take nobody else’s word for any- thing. Make up your own mind. Remember, while federal money was being poured out lavishly to Mon- tana and Minnesota on either side of us, North Dakota was cursed by acts of politicians that resulted in our state having five governors in seven months and seven new highway com- missioners.” c b: de Ri New Premier Takes Control in Bangkok Bangkok, Siam, Aug. 10.—(#)—Col. Phya Phahol Pholphayuha was re- appointed premier Tuesday in a royal decree after Siam had been a week without a government as the result of the king’s privy purse scandal. Both the cabinet and the regency council created when the now 1ll- year-old King Ananda succeeded his abdicated uncle, King Prajadipok, in 1935, resigned after charges that some of the boy king’s lands had been sold privately to the benefit of certain politicians. The composition of the new cabinet to be formed by Pholphayuha, was expected to be almost the same as the one which resigned. It was under- stood the premier refused to accept the office until the assembly had passed a motion declaring him blame- less in'the scandal. COMPANY TO BE DISSOLVED New .York, Aug, 10.—(4)—Northern Securities Co., formed 36 years ago by Hill and Harriman, railroad giants of the past, as a repository for control of Northern Pacific and Great North- ern railways, is slated for dissolution at the meeting of stockholders Wed- nesday. Sources close to the com- pany reported Tuesday proxies repre- senting around 80 per cent of the stock favor dissolution. Approval of only 66 2/3 per cent would be needed. i DEMAND SHIP’S RELEASE London, Aug. 10.—()—The British |government has demanded that In- jfurgent General Francisco Franco release three British ships and their Davies endeavored sions of his own, trying merely to de- scribe without prejudice some of the Russian life with which he came in factories in Moscow, Ww! ervising powers are | eventually may become the largest city in the world, the speaker said. lations committee, Forme! F. Shafer urged members of the Bis- marck club to begin making plans now to attend the annual district Ki- wanis convention at Aberdeen, 8. D. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 23 and 24. progress in @ local hospital by veteran Bismarck weat who injured his knee in a last week, physicians, Steady improvement is being shown | 3 by F. E. McCurd: and Francis Jasskowiak, local Griller, who were injured in an auto- mobile crash west of Mandan several weeks ago, according to their phy- northwest of Mandan, is COMMUNISM CANNOT LAST, DAVIES TELLS LOCAL KIWANIANS Chief Engineer for PWA in N. D. Spent Two Years Work- ing for Soviet Belief that Communism will not last, that “it will kill itself,” was ex- pressed before the Kiwanis club Tues- day by an engineer who had spent two years in the Soviet Union as a technical expert. The speaker was W. G. Davies, chief engineer for the PWA in North Dakot ta. Davies also declared that though Russia destroys churches and confis- cates church properties for . anti- religious use, Russia never will be able to stamp out religion among its peo- ple. Except for these two expressions, to avoid conclu- ontact.. ‘The speaker was called to Russia yy the Soviet government, along with many other Americans, as a tech- nician in construction of a mammoth steel plant. Everyone becomes a spy. in Russia, | x; even spying on his best friend, Davies said, because one who knows of an- other not fulfilling his obligations is just as guilty as the offender if he loes not report it. Because Russia is concentrating its the sup- |, Moscow Davies was introduced by W. J. Mc- Donald, program chairman, r-club re- |} As chairman of the ini Gov. Geo. HOTEL REGISTRATIONS Grand Paeifie Hotel Curley F. Keene, Rapid City: Mrs. jack Longr mare; W. J. Ether- Mrs. Magnus Jemne, 8! a Dorothy Bacheller and Mies Ge! R tude Peabody, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Hassey and family, Beverly Hille, Marriage Licenses Miss Esther Onella Diede, Baldwin, and Chris Merkel, Blemarck, Tuesday. E. L. Elofson, 800 line employe who suffered a mishap near Arnokd last week, is recovering satisfactorily in a local hospital, according to his phy- Satisfactory is Being made O, W. Roberts, ther observer fall early attending according to ly, lawyer, well M. G, Gress, farmer living 4% miles recovering irom @ bone-deep gash in the left tained as his foot slipped ankle sus into the blades of a binder he was cperating. James E. Cox Accepts ~ Valley City Position Acceptance of the post of act ting president of the Valley City State Teachers college vd by Dr. James E. Cox, English professor at the Univer- sity of North Dakota, was announced Tuesday by Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud, chair- man of the state board of adminis- tion, Dr. Cox will serve as head of the WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair eonieet a Wednesday; ure, ly fair ays htly cooler southeast portion tonight. For South Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler tonight and extreme southeast portion Wednesday. For Montana: Partly cloudy to- night and Wednesday; warmer west tonight and east portion Wednesday. For Minnesota: Generally fair northwest, thundershows in east and south portions this afternoon or tonight; becoming generally fair Wedn slightly cooler in south- west and west-central portions to- night and south Wednesday. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The barometric pressure ts low from Alberta southward and south- westward to Mexico, Santa Fe 29.70 Inches,,while a high pressure area overlies the northern Rocky Moun- tain region and the north Pacific coast, Roseburg 30.18 inches. ‘The weather is somewhat unsettled throughout the northern districts and beneficial showers have occurred in Manitoba and In the Red River Val- ley. Generally fair weather prevalls over the South. Temperatures are high throughout the Mississippi Vai- ley and the central and southern Plains States, but cooler weather pre- ver the northwestern districts. arck station barometer, inches: Reduced to sea level, 29.98. issourl river stage at 7 a. m, 5,0 hour chang: tt. J Sunrise, 5:33 0. Sunset, 8:08 PRECIPITATION For Bismarck Station: Total this month to date Normal, this month to da! Total, January lst to date Normal, January Ist to dat Accumulated excess to date NORTH DAKOTA POINTS High- Low- est Pct. oe 13 54 13.01 14,75 1.26 BISMARCK, clear Beach, cldy. . Carrington, cl Crosby, clear Dickinson, clear . Drake, cldy. . Dunn Center, cid; Garrison, clear Jamestown, cl Parshall, peldy. Williston, clear Boe Gran Hankinson, clear . MINNESOTA POINTS S aul - Low- est Moorhead, cidy. 86 est Pct. 62 SOUTH DAKOTA POINTS . High- Low- est est Pct. Aberdeen, clear 98 «60 «(01 Huron, clear . Mobridge, peldy. . Plerre, clear Rapid City, cl MONTANA POINTS High- Low- est Cy Pet. 98 +98 106 98 Glendive, cldy. . Havre, cldy, Helena, rain Lewistown, c! Miles City, clay. . WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS a Eos es clear 96 + 90 loines, 01 clear ‘Kane, ar 106 ho, Alt: ry dge City, Dubois, Tada Edmonto: lear 70 cldy. veld: 96 8, clear pelle, 8. clear urg, Ore., cldy. Louis, Mo., pcld; Lake City, U., cl N, Mex, cl yy ich., pel ash. rain Sheri Wyo., clear Sioux City, Iowa, Spokane, ‘Wash,,'c! ay. 72 witt Current, 8. 74 St. Salt Franco Troops Open _ New Drive on Madrid Madrid, Aug. 10.—(#)— Madrid's western front rumbled into new life Tuesday in what appeared to be the start of a second big insurgent push to hammer a government wedge out of insurgent rear guard territory. Although the onslaught lacked the intensity of the former counter-offen- sive, it seemed to be the first move HIGHER ESTIMATE SET ON WHEAT CROP Forecast as of August 1 Places Probable Production at 890,- 419,000 Bushels Washington, Aug. 10.—(#)—The ag- riculture department estimated this year’s corn crop Tuesday at 2,658,748,- 000 bushels and the wheat crop at 890,419,000 bushels. Those forecasts, based on condition of the crops Aug. 1, compared with 2,571,851,000 bushels of corn and 882,287,000 of wheat forecast a month ago from conditions prevailing July 1. Last year’s corn crop was 1,529,327,000 bushels and wheat production, 626,-| eric! 461,000. The five-year, 1928-32, aver- age production of corn was 2,554,773,- 000 bushels and wheat, 864,532,000. The wheat production forecast in- cludes: 2 Winter wheat, 688,145,000 bushels, compared with 663,641,000 a month ago, 519,014,000 last year, and 623,220,- 000, the five-year average. All spring wheat, 202,274,000 bush- els, compared with 218,646,000 2 month ago, 107,448,000 last year and 241,312,000 the five-year average, in- cludtag: Durum wheat, 28,264,000 bushels, compared with 29,566,000 a month ago, 8,175,000 last year, and 53,687,000 the five-year- average. Other spring wheat, 174,010,000 bushels, compared with 189,060,000 a month ago, 99,273,000 last year and 187,625,000 the five-year average. «| Two Killed as London . Tests Air Defenses London, Aug. 10.—()—Despite the death of two airmen, officials an- nounced Tuesday that London had 00 | successfully demonstrated her power to resist a mass ald raid. The two men were killed when their plane crashed near the city during Monday night maneuvers. POSTMISTRESS NAMED Washington, Aug. 10.—()—Presi- dent-Roosevelt sent to the senate Tuesday confirmation the follow- ing post ster nominations for North Dakota: Alamo, Ruth C. Borman, and Marion, Cleo Flugga. REPORT DUKE SLAIN Salamanca, Spain, Aug. 10—(?)—A report received by insurgents here Tuesday said the Duke of Horachue- los, formerly adjutant to the late Primo de Rivera, had been assas- 0 | sinated at Madrid. WOOL MERCHANT PASSES Boston, Aug. 10.—(#)—F. Nathaniel Perkins, 75, treasurer of the Boston Wool Trade association and a wide- ct. ly known wool merchant, died Tues- 0 | day. The Right Way TO CLEAN A WATCH It must be taken apart, every piece or moving This is what we ‘do for $125 or $1.50. Come in and watch. O. J. WEIST Jeweler 415 Broadway Make hard water soft as rain-water crews captured by insurgent block- aders in Spanish waters. The three were all taken in July in the Bay of Biscay. Dogs retain many of their wild ways; among them is that of turning | around in a circle before lying down. | i Valley City normal during the ab- sence of Dr. J. Frederick Weltsin, who was granted a year's leave to university. Dr. Cox will take over his new duties Sept. 1, Mrs. Ulsrud said. Hold Released N. D. OARED Speed Demons tling for a Breath. HE EV ¢ Big 2 Features | First Performance at 6:45 Feature No. 1 HAWORTH, Feature No. 2 Convict for Illinois third-degree forgery is being held by Sheriff Fred Anstrom for Illinois authorities. The ex-convict, Claude F. Wilson, alias O. F. Brennan, has engaged an attorney and will probably fight ex- tradition proceedings. 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Ground Beef 2 pounds .. i i Republican Ladies and Democrat Solons Meet Washington, Aug. 10.—(4#)—Demo- cratic senators and Republican women demonstrated Tuesday that even in August it is never too hot or too humid to talk politics. ‘The senators will forget their legis- lative differences at a stag dinner to- night—in an air-conditioned banquet hall—for Senator Barkley of Ken- tucky, the new majority leader. They hoped President Roosevelt can attend. Republican national committee- women were gathering for a confer- ‘ence Wednesday at which they will consider hiring a director to revive the women’s division of the party. Los Angeles Examiner Managing Editor Dies Los Angeles, Aug. 10.—(?)—Fred- Eldredge, 60, for more than 20 years managing editor, editor and vice president of the Los Angeles Examiner, died Monday night of a complication of ailments, In recent years Eldredge was super- | vising editor of Hearst newspapers on the Pacific coast and elsewhere. Eldridge held editorial posts with the Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Evening Journa] before joining the New York American. Author of many short stories, he wrote a play, “The Eternal Triangle,” produced in 1910, LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE UNGHANGED Voters Favor Original Lonation 61 to 45, in Special Election Lincoln township's new schoolhousg will stay where it is. More exactly, Lincoln township new schoolhouse will stay where the foundation is, 2% miles directly south of the Bismarck ball park. That much of the bmilding haq \been constructed when a group of |residents, deciding it should be built \farther south, halted work on the structure. The year-old fight ended Saturday when Lincoln to’ ip dee cided, 61 to 45, in special election, to retain the original site. SSS ‘DR. R. S. ENGE Chiropracter Drugless Physician Lucas Blk., Bismarck, N. D. 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