The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1937, Page 3

START OF DRILLING IN NESSON VALLEY CPT FOR TUESDAY Governor Langer to Head Party ( THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1937 McKenney on Bridge PROTECTING AN ENTRY Contract Is Defeated by Alert Defense, as West Establishes Low Cards by Passing a Trick By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY American COUNCILS SUNDAY Knights of Columbus Agent to Address Members at Slope Meeting Here WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity: y; cooler tonight, except extreme west and extreme north; rising tem{ ture west and north portions Sun Recalls Period When Bismarck Had 375 Phones Relived at Testi- DOWNS WILL VIS | Weather Report | Bahmer Retirement 3 HIGH-FLYING BIRD Early Days| SNARED BY G-MEN inating _ troubles, Waldo Reads Telegrams F. H. Waldo, Bismarck district operate in solving problems and elim-| Bank Robber Who Broke Jail in Wild Flight Caught as He Calls on Mother % Bridge League) tonight and Sund centra! rane ad d t ger, read telegrams and letters of Bismarck Persons at SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS playing the Jack. West, absolutely| xcnights of Columbus of Bismarck wpe Sunny Setar, WERE peeseitlad Ra eee ee a, Ooh M0) 3 " of lum! ol r Montana: Partly cloudy tonig! Persons unable to present at the! Cleveland, Oct. 30. F Celebration CONTRACT PROBLEM void of entries, except in the suit he}mandan and the vicinity will wel- and ‘Bonney pla erA PRR Ey fair to-| Days when Bismarck had only 375/ banquet served in the Rendezvous. agents Teretoned Frank BIN cane Gov. William Langer will head a delegation of Bismarck persons who will view spudding-in operations at the Standard Oil company of Califor- | point nia’s exploration oil and gas well 16 see southeast of Ray Tuesday, lov. 2, The rotary drill that has been coupled to the steel derrick on the Nels Kamp farm, a few rods north of where the Big Viking Oil company was forced to give up further drilling ® few years ago because of lack of funds, is ready for operation, ac- cording to Jack Quinlan, superin- first aim is to get that trick. it scoring have a distinct value, but in rubber play it is almost negli- gible. In defense the setting trick is the material one,.and, of course, the led, let the jack hold the trick. SS ye jselves, OF sate 05) y make! his contract if he could “steal” one over those required for the contract. | diamond trick. So he led the three of In duplicate the over tricks in match spades, winning in the dummy with the king. He aow led the diamond jack, as though he intended to finesse However, East was not caught fla‘- footed. He could count enough tricks to beat the contract if his partner held the ace of hearts and two others He went right up with the ace, and winning South now saw that he could make heart was returned, West with the ace. West cashed his other two hearts, thus setting the contract one trick. South had done his best, but the de- come Thomas J. Downs, special agent for the supreme council at meetings in the two cities Sunday. Sunday at 2 p. m. in St. Mary’s au- ditorium, Downs will meet with of- ficers of the various councils, At 3 Pp. m. he will address a general meet- ing of members of the order. Albert V. Hartl, grand knight of the Bismarck council, and J. M Gauer, grand knight of the Mandan council, urged all members to oe present, pointing out that Downs is @ speaker of exceptional ability. On Monday, Downs will confer at 7 p.m. (MST) with officers of the Mandan council in the Catholic ota: night and Sunday; cooler tonight, GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is low over the upper Great nd over the far western sta’ inches, while a high overlies the Great Plains regi Appelle 30.34 inches. The weather is somewhat unsettled in the northern Border states and along the Pacific coast, but generally fair weather pre- valls’ from the Mississippi valley to the western Plateau states. Temper- atures dropped somewhat over the northern Great Plains, but readings continue above the seasonal average in almost all section Bismarck station barometer, Inches: 28.50. Reduced to sea level, 30.32. ‘Missouri river stage at he. m., 43 0.) t. telephones and three long distance lines were recalled Friday night as Northwestern Bell Telephone com- pany employes paid tribute to the long and loyal service of August G. Bahmer, cableman who retires on @ pension Sunday. L. D. Richardson of Fargo, re- tired former general manager, cited the fact that Bahmer, the late L. M. Parsons and A. R. Brooks, owner of the Hazen exchange, were the only employes of the Bismarck exchange when it was taken over by the pres- ent operating company. Richardson declared he was proud Among the letters was one from A. A Lowman of Omaha, president of the Northwestern Bell, who praised Bahmer’s long and loyal service and regretting his inability to be present. Among those present were C. T Skarolid, Fargo, area plant person- nel supervisor; Donald Moore and Kenneth Dodge, Mandan; H. T. Ol- cott, Mott manager; Ed Corell, Glen Ullin manager; Ed Scheer, wire chief at Underwood. Chief operators present from out or the city were Mrs, Alice John- son, New Salem; Anna Schroeder, Glen Ullin; Della White, Golden Val- ley; Mrs. Ethel Nicholson, Garrison; victed slayer and bank robber, from their list of “wanted men” Saturday and turned to the search for his younger brother, Charles, only mem- ber of the Bird brothers’ gang who escaped from the Cuyahoga county jail over a month ago still at large. Frank Bird and his wife, Sylvia, also @ fugitive, Were trapped in a bullet- less capture late Friday night as they drove up to the home of Mrs. Bird’s mother, Mrs. Anna Seiber in suburban Mayfield Heights, and walked into the house. Bird and his brother, accompanied by James Widmer, escaped from the county jail here, Sept. 23, in a daring tendent. fense was alert ft, 24-hour chan. The start of drilling will mark the church basement. At 8 p. m. (MST) Sunrise, 7:23 a. m. and happy to have had so many years|Cora Monroe, Underwood. Eva Wei-|armed break and a wild automobile in Hudson hall, he will speak before Sunset, 5:30 of association with the Bismarck manjand of Hebron is one of the original|chase through the city streets, leaving first time that a major oil company ever has intensively explored the pos- sibilities of locating oil pools be- neath the North Dakota prairies, The exploration will go from 7,000 to 12,000 feet deep, Quinlan declares. Because geological formations in the Nesson valley are comparable to those found in Southwestern North Dakota Contract Problem (Solution in next issue) North’s contract is six hearts. He has no losers in trumps, clubs, or diamonds, but the spades break five and one against him. Can he avoid the members, prospective members and other guests. Special instruct.on will be detailed on KC activities by Downs at the Suniay meeting in Bismarck, Hartl ) sald. 2) ESCAPE WHEN Outlook for the Period Nov. 1 to 6: For the region of the Great Lakes: Generally fair first of week, with precipitation period within latter half; cool beginning of week, fol- lowed by warmer latter part. For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains: Precipitation period likely within first half of week who saw the exchange of 375 tele- phones grow over a period of 30 years to an exchange that today has ap- proximately 3,800- telephones. There were only three long dis- tance lines in 1906. One line ran east to Fargo, one west to Hebron and another north to Underwood. Patrons operators of the company. She has 31 years of service behind her. Occupying places of honor were Mrs, Bahmer, Mrs. Jennie C. Parsons, Bismarck, widow of one of Bismarck’s three original employes and her daughter, Genevieve; Mrs. Brooks and Miss Doris Richardson, Fargo. in their wake a fatally injured woman whom their speeding car struck down. October 15, Widmer was captured in Philadelphia. The gangster told de- tectives he had left the Birds in Pitts- burgh with their wives. Since that time the Birds have been the object ot a nation-wide search by the federal and Southeastern Montana where a and latter half mostly unsettled with |could make themselves heard if they ——_—- agents, company has located oll, experts be- Pass loss of more than one trick? additional precipitation; not much cold | yelled loud enough, Richardson re- Valley Potato Tou The Bird brothers and Widmer lieve oil may be struck between 7,000 as irae ; CAEN LU minisced, y Oo r were arrested here in July, during an and 8,000 feet. Opening lead—9 5. 30 Plans Are Completed attempted robbery of a Cleveland ie amano site we Jo Salles Cosiig Descnted ia Nets ac Heights bank and were being held for county a few les nort rators of those days ane trial in a series of Cleveland bank rob- Usually against a well bid hand, it ; N area were called “wild west oper-| St. Paul, Oct. 30.—()—Plans for|pcries at the time of their escape, bend in the Missouri river. Both surface and sub-surface examinations have definitely determined that one or more domes exist in that area. is impossible to lay down the setting trick ready made. At 10 trump con- tracts it may only be found by esta- blishing a low card and then having Passenger Plows Into Freight Near Gaylord, Minn.; Foot- Normal, iF Accumulated excess to dat NORTH DAKOTA POINTS ators” by Richardson who said that if the operators liked a patron’s voice. the patron probably got the acme of service for those days but that if the second annual tour of Red River Valley potato growers was announced | Friday by Joe Thompson, Nash, N. Rattlesnake, Ivy D., chairman of the committee in | Come to School Tuesday's celebration will com- ‘Low: High- mence with a reception in Ray at 1/4" entry to make it. y- High- tthe operator took a dislike to the|charge. The tour will begin Nov. 26 ' p.m. Then the distinguished guests], In ‘apand South has a very ball Fans Aboard BISMARCK, cldy °~ To 0 Batons voice, the patron was out of |8Nd continue through Dec. 17. 7 and visitors will travel to the well | fine hand &nd might just as well have Devils Lake, p 34. 64 -001Iicy as far as service was concerned.| The tour special is scheduled to} Oklahoma City, Oct. 30.—(P}— ab dae GLY 36 62 .00 |" Bahmer was a member of the crew|!eave Walhalla, N. D., at 3:30 p. m.| Next time Teacher Lillian Mor- site to watch commencement of drill- ing. Late in the afternoon, the opened with one no trump, but his game contract, needing only a favor- Gaylord, Minn, Oct. 30 —(P)— Twenty-five persons narrowly escaped Williston, cl WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS that started to build a toll line to Stanton, Richardson said. After work- Nov, 26, The itinerary includes stops at 8t. row calls for nature study speci- mens she'll be more specific, Hofflund Ladies’ Aid will serve a|@ble split in the heart suit, was a Duplicate—All vulnerable. serious injury here early Saturday luncheon. natural one. Opening lead—@ 7. 30 | | When a Minneapolis & St. Louis rail- Low-High) ling to a point six miles north of /Paul, Kansas City, Little Rock, Ark.,| Fourth grader, Maxine Baker, In Ray at 7:30 p. m. there will be} The opening lead of the heart five way gas-electric passenger train| Anerdeen, §. D., clear .. 28 .. .00|Mandan, the company decided to call|Alexandria, Addis and New Orleans,| brought a sprig of poison ivy, & program in the city auditorium. A|Was won by East with the king. The plowed into a freight train. Part of| Boise, Idaho, clear 46 72 .00|the project off for a year because La., Brownsville and San Antonio,| sixth grader, James Nelson, a dance will conclude the festivities. In charge of arrangements are Wil- three of hearts was returned, South (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc) |the wreckage burned. ‘The passenger train bearing Min- Calgary, Alta, clear Chicago, Mil., clear . Denver, Colo., clear SS 33) drouth had made the ground prac- tically unworkable for the hand labor |Tex., Matamoras, Mexico, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Stockton and San Fran- cisco, Calif., Klamath Falls and Port- young rattlesnake, nesota-Notre Dame fans from South Dakota and Western Minnesota was more seriously damaged by the fire which followed a series of explosions in the gas-electric equipment. ‘There were about twenty passen- gers on the train. Several of the passengers were bruised but they all scrambled to saety I Townspeople, awakened by the|Nuis-st. Paul, clear crash, rushed to the scene to aid the| Mobridge, 8. D., clear passengers and help extinguish the fire which consumed the combina- Des Moines, Dodge City, Edmonton, Alt: Glendive, Mont., Havre, Mont,, cldy Helena, Mont., clea: Huron,’s, D., clear Kamloops, B. C., clei Kansas City, Mo. Lewistown, Mont., of those days. Brooks, who acted as toastmaster, also recalled the struggles of the telephone pioneers and declared that Bahmer always was an inspiration to the men who worked with him be- cause he refused to allow obstacles to halt the progress of the com- pany. In concluding his talk, Richardson presented Bahmer with a 21-jewel railroad-style watch as a token of liam M. Raymond, banker; W. A. Morin, automobile and implement dealer, and T. L. Pierce, school su- perintendent. BISMARCK GROUP IS ATTENDING COUNCIL land, Ore., and Seattle, Wash, 1,000 DROWNED IN FLOOD Damascus, Syria, Oct. 30—(#)—More than 1,000 persons were drowned in floods northeast of’ Damascus, au- thorities announced Saturday. Ten thousand persons were made homeless and several villages were destroyed. the Trenton-Buford project in Wil- ams county. This is expected to be only the first of a number of such developments on the larger flats along the Missouri river. Knapp was recommended to North Dakota by W. W. McLaughlin, chief of the federal bureau of agricultural engineering, as one of the outstand- ing men in his field. It was under his direction that Kansas undertook and carried to completion the thou- 3 Killed, 3 Injured — In Iowa Auto Crash Livermore, Ia., Oct. 30.—(?)—Three persons were killed and three others critically injured in Iowa’s third seri- eu highway accident within eight jays. An automobile carrying six passen- gers collided with the rear of a semi- CAPITOL LAST TIMES TODAY 3 clear r |... Chan stalks o killer through the White Way's SSzsssssesssszszees ‘small trailer cattle truck, four miles north 84 prec! ft his fellow work- ¥ ‘ sands of dams of which much ot here, dumping a load of 20 catite|jtion engine and passenger and two ee a 92 oe nate 23 Salvation Army Young People puniee was peace fanring the presi |o00 the car, freight cars loaded with merchan-| Pierre, 8, D, cle #0 campaign he , ‘. . sK., af Participate in Character He also supervised the program| The dead: aise. Qu'Appelle, Sask: 4 30| _ Given Paid-Up Membership he 1 the water d by}, Seward Thornton, 42, livestock} Five hundred gallons of fuel oil in| Rapid City, 8. 80 (00| Bahmer also was given 2 paid-up Building Session weeny be ss Prk peevide ft ¥!tarmer and driver. the gas-electric tank sprayed over| Roseburg, Ores, $ $4 -28 | life membership in the C. C. Waimen Rigetion 87 vers now is used fF)” airs, Charles Armstrong, his sister-|the wreckage and caused fire that) Siiefurs Uny, clear’ 36-08 | post of the Telephone Pioneers vf ahuniwe Maj. Herbert Smith of the Bis-| As Kansas’ water rt he the| “in-law. swept dangerously near gasoline stor- | Santa Mex. clear 44 72 .00| America, organization of all telephone sigeree % hie gad Seabed Miss Fern Hewitt, 19, employed by|age tanks containing 100,000 gallons./8. 8. Marie, Mich. cldy 46 62 09 |workers of the nation who become . SAT. - SUN. marck Salvation Army left Saturday | advisor to Gov. Alfred M. Landon in Mrs, Armstrong, First unofficial estimates of the| Seattle, Wash. cldy ... 46 5 eo leligible for membership after 21 for Aberdeen, & D., with 24 Bismarck | the conference between Landon and) srs, ‘Thornton and her two sons,|loss ranged up to $100,000. Sioux city, Ya, clear, $2 100 |years service. The certificate was young peop! attend a character | Roosevelt, then lor the presi- id pun edi i aE , Wash, clear 52.00 f Fargo, building council there Saturday and| dency, in’ 1996, and sat with Landon| omc: 1S; and Robert, 7, are in serl- Bwitt Current, B., cle $e ‘og [Presented by Max Ricker of Fargo,/]| A non-stop record for laughs! Sunday. throughout that meeting. pital, salad Duck Hunter Drowned abo ph aloe 03) "George W. Knauer, Fargo, area ‘6 The council is being conducted by pr ‘5. 5 oe 5 . 4 » Commissioner McIntyre of Chicago, eee When Boat Overturns) Winaives, mar. clear’; 28 60 -00/ plant ee eee ne a Sead of the Balvati vi ON TINUE J) [Buried in Sand 12 ey ———— one of the Key king ead of the Salvation Army activities uried In san Thieves Break Safe phone service what it is today. He Du uae ee Front page '20# Hour. Boy Saved Wades, Milit, (Oct. 20-- (8) One Py called Bahmer 8 man who always Cee mene Ruth Wi I a St Paul duck hunter drowned and} At Kintyre, Take Cash) had teen 100 per cent loyal to the 99 The Bismarck delegation Saturday | SVU! isnaes Is — another was rescued when their boat: company, a man by whom the of- Night will demonstrate the “Biblical Story of the Good Samaritan.” Major Smith will speak on “The Value of Training of Young People for a Replacement Program.” The party will return Sunday eve- c° from page one: ning. Push Irrigation Is Re-elected Head tary may be employed. Midwest Director Breaks NTINUE to nurses and nursing. of N. D. Nurses means by which an executive secre- ‘Tt was decided that the association should be guided by recommendations of the American Nurses association) in handling federal matters pertaining; of Chelmsford, Mass., Rescuers early Saturday uel Camacho, 19, of Lowell, from « sandbank in which he had been buried up to his neck for 12 hours. Almost unconscious at the end, he was taken to a hospital for treatment crushed legs. More than 100 policemen, firemen and volunteers from three ccmmuni- ttes worked through the night under floodlights to free the lad. For most of the 12 hours he re- 1» 90—(P)— freed Man- capsized in Buchanan Lake west of here late Friday. The victim was Ernest Plante, 30. me companion was George Kohles, Kohles told rescuers that Plante clung to the overturned craft forty- five minutes before releasing his hold and slipping beneath the surface. Kohles was rescued by his father and an unidentified hunter, Kintyre, N. D., Oct. 30.—()—Bur- glars broke the safe of the Kintyre Farmers Elevator early Saturday and escaped with a small amount of cash. C. A. Miller, chief of the state bu- reau of criminal identification, who was called to the Emmons county community to investigate, said cracks around the safe’s door had been soaped and nitroglycerene used to break the safe, The cash box was found on the highway between Kin- fice and its workers could set their watches because of his promptness. Clarence Gunness, Bismarck dis- trict plant supervisor, declared © he wouldn't have a job if all men were like Bahmer. He aserted Bahmer was ‘@ man who never needed supervising, whose work always was performed accurately and efficiently. C. H. Sichling, chief test board man for the long lines department of the American Telephone é& Telegraph company in Bismarck, said he had ROSCOE KARNS LYNNE OVERMAN Also Comedy - Cartoon , News Flashes Shows 7 & 9 Prices 21¢ & 10c Comedy - News - Musical, Cartoon 7S SUN. - MON. - TUES, tyre and Braddock. PLANE LANDS ON BELLY New York, Oct. 30.—(7)—An Ameri- can Airlines transport plane carrying seven passengers, successfully exe- cuted a belly landing at Newark, N. J. airport Friday, after the retract- able landing gear had jammed. The province of Alberta has 463 fur farms within its borders. Champagne Cocktail—Tiptoe Inn. ANNOUNCEMENT An appeal to the nursing profession to provide an increase in the number of enrolled Red Cross nurses who may be available for in emerg- encies was made Miss Lona L. Trott, St. Louis, director of the nur- sing service for the midwestern area, in her address Friday afternoon, “We find that many nurses who are eligible for enrollment in the Red Cross nursing service put off taking the necessary steps merely through carelessness and lack of information ate the need for their services,” she said. “We hope to make them see the need for an adequate disaster nursing set-up and to feel that it is not only a civic responsibility but professional one, as well.” She related human interest stories Taylor Woman Heads Missionary Society Beach, N. D., Oct. 30.—()—Mre. Waldo L. Ellickson, Taylor, Saturday heads the Mandan circuit, Women’s Missionary Federation of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church. Other officers named are Mrs. A. Holritz, Belfield, vice president; Mrs. H. G. Plamann, Dickinson, secretary, and Mrs.,C. M. Fosmark, Dunn Cen- ter, treasurer. The spring rally will be held at Taylor. mained conscious, guiding his res- cuers and asking only for cigarettes. Shoplifting Brings Sentences to Four Devils Lake, Oct. 30 —(#)— Peni- tentiary terms ranging from one to 10 years were im} on four men found guilty of shoplifting in Devils Lake stores by District Judge C. W. Buttz Saturday morning. Louls Vivier, 29, twice-paroled con- vict was given 10 years. Alfred La- verdur, 28, received 18 months and his brother, Arthur, got two and a half years. All are from near Rolla. Joe Laverdure, 19, Sioux City, Ia., nephew of Alfred and Arthur, received an indeterminate sentence of not less found Bahmer ever willing to co- 7 Knapp’s Last Word in irrigation agriculture. The con- struction of these projects would aid in concentrating people along the water courses and in the production » Of feed crops which would help to stabilize feed supplies for adjacent grazing areas. Both of these are essential elements of a program to bring about desirable and needed changes in land use.” Must Beware Speculation In developing such lands he em- phasized the necessity of requiring contracts whereby the owners of large areas of irrigable lands within areas to be developed by the commis- sion would agree to the subdivision of -such holdings into suitable farm units and its sale to settlers “at its HAVE YOUR concerning the heroic work of the Undertaken” “oe PrORSE | nuraes in providing service for 800000/ "82 O08 PORE ras, Under Knapp’s leadership, the | Te gies ln ape cemaiely 200 Seoeee ee agreement TP tas auteen floods, : B bottle of Parker’ Will Prepare Bill uy a tle arker’s of Reclamation for engineering on si ound tale dacnlon on ie qui ik for Ife plus Te sales ‘ Opening Monday ion Friday afternoon, led by Sis-| tax and receive one 192-" 2 ‘s a pomp ilidhal ere preageleg sha pe ge Webster's Dictionary. | ecmeuieese nace" Finnish Steam Baths out st ww and So 9, i Eat Your eset Masees ter We're Putting on the Ritzes Rheumatism, Arthritis, Sciatica, Lumbago, Muscular Aches, Pains and Colds Ruhberg & Johnson This submitted to the national advisory committee on legislation in New York City, after which it will be sent to the membe! of the association for ap- proval before it is brought up for adoption at the 1938 convention in Grand Forks. Saturday at 12 o'clock a combined luncheon of the Red Cross and N. O. P. H. N.,-was held at the Patter- son hotel. Mother, Two Sons B Death! Sunday Dinner -; manned to Den \ The Ritz Brothers “Life Begins in College’ with JOAN DAVIS - TONY MARTIN Gloria Stuart - Nat Pendleton See the season’s screwiest football game! 4 Here’s more fun... Mause in “Pluto's Circus” Mickey Mause and Latest News B'sSMARC SUNDAY DINNER Here 119 West Thayer Phone 2436 Mr. and Mrs. Ruhberg, from New York Mills, Minn., have had 10 years of actual experience in Swedish massage and Finnish baths. in quiet comfort Patterson Bakery Visit our Fifth Street Coffee Shop and see our nice display of Home Made Specials Pastry. Four loaves As- . sorted Bread, 25c, Special. Chicken Chocolate Eclairs, Cream 60c Dinner Puffs, French Pastry, all } ea avert rolls, pies THEATRE | like Mother es. H Steaks, 70 Phone 397 or 2400. Ask TODAY - SUN. - MON. ‘ Chops C for Catering Manager, Mr. Po till 7:30— Kondos, or leavg order with clerk. Sunday Chicken Dinner in Peacock Alley ....45¢ We buy and serve only the Highest Grade Meats and Food Supplies. We cater to private par- ties from 2 persons to 1400. Served from 11:30 a. m. till 8:30 p. m. ‘Sunday & Monday | EXTRA! Action Shots of Minnesota vs. Notre Dame ALLOWEEN | PARTY Grand Pacific Restaurant with Dolores Del Rio Patterson Hotel Peter Lorre Aiwapa’ Comfortable De Teree 1g Oe Teen Rete Football Game. George Sanders