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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
HANGMAN WHO
EXECUTED 6
LIKES JOB
Paid $500 for Work at Amite,
La.-Bunglers Strange
Criminals, He Asserts

CONTINUED from First PagsO
death plunge. Although he reluc-
family admitted that he has taken
the lives of some sixteen men he
has never seen one dangling at the
end OF the rope which he has so
carefully prepared.
Runs Tor SeclusiOn.
His first act after releasing the
death trap is to run for seclusion,
and theFe he remains hidden away
until the doomed man has been pro-
nounced dead and his body dis.
posed Of.
At the execution yesterday a spG.
cial room was set aside in the Jail
for his benefit, and he darted into
this Immediately afTe:' killing the
men. After springing the trap for
the third time, spelling death for thu
last pair OF doomed men, he ran
into his secluded nook and sat
there, trembling, for more than an
hour.
1.-THE worst job Tvs ever done. i"
he said. And if I bungled any IT
EN- 1t wasn't my fault"
Calls Work an "Art."
ibid you see the way some Of
the witnesses stared at me while I
was working and tried to see
enough Of my face under my mask
to find out who. I really was?
That was awful. Couldn't keep my
do it. They ought to be satisfied
that hang men without trying to
find out who / am"
The hangman seemed to take the
greatest pride in doing his jobs
without bungling EN-" and con.
fessed that Hanging is an art"
But now. I'll tell you why really
hang these DEVILS" he added volun.
tarily. II have a little home here
In New Orleans and IN that home
I have q wife and daughter. I'm
trying to give trat daughter an
education In music. I want her to
be cultured, refined ind to have
IN education.
Carpenter BY Profession.
TN my regular profession as a
carpenter, l don't make enough
money to give her these things, so
when authorities ask me to don
my black mask and do some more
of their work cannot refuse.
do you really blame me and
am so bad, after all?
IF they ever found out 1t would
kill me. I could not stand 1t. And
I've got to be careful, too, for
Il there are many more jobs like
that one yesterday I'm afraid they
will discover the truth"
Besides Lamantia, the other five
who died on the gallows yesterday
were Roy Leona, Joseph Giglio
Joseph RIM, Natalie Deanmore and
Joseph Bocchio. All were convicted
and sentenced to death for the
murder Of Dallas Gaines, during an
attempt to rob a bank at Inde-
pendence, La, three years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
RICH HELIcoPTER PRIZE
DRAWS IS COMPETITORS

LONDON. May 10.-Entries have
Just closed for competition for the
British air ministry's prize of 90.
000 pounds for a helicopter with
fifteen entrants. including leading
American and European experts.
To win the prize. machine
shall accomplish a straight up.and.
down flight attaining an altitude
~ 1000 feet: . lowering flight ot
half an hour. circular flight ~
twenty miles ~ sixty miles an
hour. and descent into Q small
area from 900 feet Nth ths engine
stopped
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
j. S.OWNERSH|P
Of SHOALS ;
URGED
Chicago School Teacher Op-
poses All Private Bids for
Power Project
by International News Service,


Public ownership of Muscle
Shoals. instead Of the sale of the
great nitrate project to Henry Ford
or anyone else, was urged today
before the Senate agriculture COM
mittee by Miss Evangeline c.
Hursen. Chicago school. teacher,
who said she represented the
Illinois Public Ownership League
and the Cook County Business and
Professional Women's League.
Miss Hursen declared that she
ran for Congress in the last cleo
ton. but was defeated by Ford.
Wishes of People.
II am not coming here with
statistical information" she said,
but to try to express the wishes
Of the people of Illinois. We do not
wish to see Muscle Shoals turned
over to private corporations. To
do that would be absolutely GRIM
inal.
1.-THE peoples money built that
property and the people should get
the benefit.
This fertilizer stuff looks like a
smoke SCREEN" Miss Hursen said.
'Mr. Ford's engineer. Mr.. Mayo.
recently said that no provision was
contemplated for selling power.
Well, what's he going to do with
IT."
THAT electric power should be
used for the people. The railroads
down there could be electrified, just
as the Illinois Central Railroad in
my State is being electrically OPP
Grated.
Truck transportation is a grow
ing factor. The highways could b.
electrically lighted and the move
ment speeded.
Oppose All Offers.
I'VE don't oppose any one offer.
We oppose them all, There Is $3.50,
000, 900 Of the taxpayers money in.
vested there and you're going to
give 1t away for $4,000, 900 plus some
joking leases.
Then you might as we'll give II
to Ford or the Carbide Company
or any one because one can do
the people as easily as the other"
Its the same old story" Miss
Hursen said, as the oil trust and
the coal baronS as far as the
electricity at Muscle Shoals is con.
cerned."
She advocated a Governmental
commission to operate the proper.
ties.
Senator Magnus johnson, farmer
labor. Of Minnesota, shook Miss
Hursen's hand when she finished,
saying:
I'm with you on this public
ownership"
L. H. Davis, representing the
Union Carbide Company of New
York, one Of the bidders, then was
recalled.
He presented tables which, he
said. showed that the Union Com.
pany's bid guaranteed q greater
return than any other.
Its bid Of January 81, last, Davis
said, provided for a grand total re.
turn to the Government of 1888.
189, 500, while its revised bid of
last April &C., guaranteed $172,1S9,.
$40, exclusive Of fertilizer profits.
''Mr. Ford woull give the Gov.
eminent a return of $116,505. 1885,"
Davis continued, the Alabama
Power Company and associated
power companies $134,7S0, 400 and
the Flon H. Hooker bio would give
his interests $50,267.036 and tho
Government $117, 1S6,985."
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The Teenling Times
By TINY TESSIE.

There are some streets IN our town
The 0oetleGgerS in our town IN
these quaint places hide;
''ctilr' are the nights, no light IL
s6en. no coppers here abide:
When one does come along he
swings two pistols 1t his side.
Now Washington in days Of cid
like Paris was laid out
From every building, street. and
stone to fancy water spout;
And when the town was finished,
all the people. lean and stout,
L. Beauty Muse did shout.
Apache crews in Paris used to
stage q fight or tive
On darkened streets the finer folk
Of Paris did ,eschew:
fights go they weren't worth
Except to Paris fly-by-nishts--it
thrilled them through and
through.
The bouievards Of Paris throw a
wicked binding stare.
The bright lights. OF their broad
highways would blind one any
where;
He wins would fight or else be kill
cd. II he has such flare,
Mu6t seek the darkeped byways or
crime-secluded stair.
Come back again to Washington.
that city of desire
Where everything Is red tape bound
from sweitZer cheese to fire;
At night go forth to wander does
not II get your trO
~ he trtz IN
like tail Of fireflier'
There's no discrimination In this
city as TO lights;
II one would view the town he must
in daytime view the sights;
Because ct night. II he fare forth
to view the city heights,
The darkness HPeets his eager eyes.
the lights are feeble nights.
Boulevard and side street. no dis
ttnction here Is made:
Nice Determinations do not stump
the Board OF Trade;
Brave men Of the country they who
yell out Who's affAid7'
Darkness gives Us time for thought.
to call 4 spade spade.
Motoring in washington at night
has many tefrors;
UnbeknoWn to human eye each
crossing brings its errorA;
Siren shrelks too late TO warn the
footsteps OF the people;
Then q time Of worship and q bell
toll in the stespls.
when the Sprinstim comes the
lights all grow into the trees,
Makes a dandy revel place for
birdieA bugs. and bees;
We unfoFtunates below must 0floun-
der in the dark
with the stArs alone to show the
pathway through the park.
Once upon rainy night I hap
pened in q car,
Started up the motor-wasn't 60
ing very fer
Suddenly two balls Of white I saw
a-starting round,
Found ia knocked a little colored
boy upon the ground.
Scared, I couldn't help 1t with the
streets as black as night;
He. true son OF Ebon, matched the
darkness, thus his plight;
He did not look my way and al
though I looked in his.
didn't see his eyeballs til I'd
knocked him for q whis.
Shadows lurking everywhere upon
our city streets,
Boulevard ana backyard. a. black
as Eatan's feee,
what's the use Of motoring to get
the summer breeze
II you're scared you'll kill some
guy. or bring him to hts knees.
Take q tip from Paris. IL sou must
have some streets dark:
Don't tmperil boulevArds or corners
in the Park;
SWlpe the lights from sections that
the normal does not seek,
And keep the lives OF citizens in
safety for Q week
HIT that 0sGy broGdside, Bill;
I'Ve just tUGshed the fender.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
SALM DENIES He
IS ON OUTS
WITH WIFE
Count Seems Embarrassed
FinancialIy-Bride Sails
With Father
Continued from First Paxe1

the nuptials. When Count Salm
arrived at the railway station he
did not possess sufficient francs
to check his baggage for Vienna.
He apparently had only a handful
of dollar bills. He changed a suf-
| ficient number of these to pay the
| baggage bill. AS he did SO he re-
| marked
II don't want to waste dollars. F."
His Future Undecided.
Count Salm admitted his future
was undecided. He indicated there
was no chance Of the Rogers family
using it's influence to secure him a
''hand-picked position" in the
United States.
IT have some good interests in
Austria which may develop" he
added. Besides. 1 would like the
diplomatic service, but l don't want
to go to Teheran. I want to pick
my own post. I am going to con-
fer with The ministers at Vienna
about it. I know them ALL"
Count Salm's baggage was not
such as one would expect to be
carried by the husband Of a vastly
wealthy heiress. 1t consisted of
two old trunks, two dilapidated suit.
cases. three tennis racquets and
four old overcoats which the count
carried slung over his arm. He
carried a battered green felt hat in
his hand. He was dressed in a gray
business suit, wore a gray felt hat
and heavy tan shoes much the
worse for wear.
American society circles. espe-
cially that section which thrives upon
the gay night life Of Paris. were
startled today by the sensational
report that the romance Of Count
Calm and his heiress bride had
ended in disaster.
Heiress to S4O,OOO,OOO.
Miss Rogers Is heiress to a $40,-
100000 fortune accumulated by her
grandfather, the late H. H. Rogers,
Standard oil official.
The supposed collapse of the ro-
mance, which, for months occupied
the attention Of two continents, was
as speedy and as sensational as the
| woolng and marriage in New York
last January.
1t was known for some time.
however, that the nuptial affairs of
the thirty-nine.year-old count and
his nineteen year old bride were
drifting perilously near the shoals,
due to financial troubles. Both were
'spenders." although the count
never had the bottomless pocket.
book that Miss Rogers drew on
from before her marriage.
After the nuptials, which took
place in opposition to the wishes
Of the girls parentsf Colonel Rogers
gave the couple a sum sid to be
about $4,000 and they came 10
Paris. They took luxurious suite
in the fashionable Lott Hotel. near
the Rue de La Paix. and both
plunged at once into the hectic
night life of the worlds gayest
capital Every night they were
TO he seen dancing in smart. ex.
elusive cabarets. They were &C.
knowledged to be the two best
nonprofessional dancers IN Paris.
Might life and The cOunaaas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
McGRATH MAY START
NEW PARTY IN ERIN

DUBLIN. May 10.--Joseph Nc.
Grath. who resigned as minister
Of industry and commerce in the
Free State government. indicated
today he is ready to launoh a new
national party 'for restoration of
territorial unity and complete in.
dependence of all Ireland
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costly taste in gowns and hats soon
diminished the bridal "dowrv" and
another call was made on the
brides father for funds. Colonel
Rogers Ia said 60 have sent a check
for $4,000 along with an ultimatum
that this Wns the last ponnN"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
Road to Be Abandoned

The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today authorized the Roms
and Northern railroad 90 abandon
lie line sxtending from West Rome
% Gore. GeoegiA
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Concert

walter Reed General Hospital,
Sunday May II. 1924. at Q D. m.
(Mothers Day.. Concert by the
United States Marine Band.
william II. Santelmann. Leader.
Taylor Branson. Second Leader.
PROGRAM.
March. Sons Of the Brave"
BidEood
Overture, Tampa" ..... Herold
Entr' Ecte. valley Of Peoples
Nncliffe
Trhmbone solo. Little Mother Of
Mine ..................B urleiGh
Musician Robert r clark
Scenes tom ''Bohemian Girr'
Palfe
waits. "Donauveibshen'' Strauss
Grand fantasia Songs 81 Scot
-. s.i-SpsssisG iia..s,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
35KNOCKEDOUT
BY POISON GAS
IN TUNNEL
Pulmotors Used to Resusticate
Carbon Monoxide Victims
In Pittsburgh
CONTINUED from First paSeJ

mouth Of the tunnel but could not
penetrate the darkness and the
arc lights lining it were Of small
assistance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10

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SENATE TO PASS DEMOCRATIC INSURGENT REVENUE PL AN
PIMLIco ENTRIES.

FIRST cH-Mt Washington
SteepIechAse, four-year -olds and up
ward; two miles; claiming: purse,
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-05-23
ARE
GIVEN TO 78
SENIORS HERE
(Continued from page u

under an obligation to obey and re-
spect the law. For in Il democracy
the people make the laws, and if one
violates the law with impunity an
other may do SO, and so on until an
archy.
"Under no other form Of govern
ment is obedience and respect for
the law more necessary than in Il
democracy" he said. :.
Justice Birdzell emphasized the re-
sponsibilities of local selfgovern-
ment, which the members of the
graduating class must be prepared
to undertake in the future as citizens.
Superintendent Saxvik briefly ad
dressed the class, with parting words
of advice, and thanked all who have
cooperated with the public schools
during the year.
The musical program of the COM
mencement exercises included: solo
by Mrs. Schoelkopf, and violin solo
by Alph. B. Lampe, and solo by DR..
r. l.. Priske. Rev. E. F. Alison gave
the invocation and benediction.
Members of Class
Members of the graduating class
are;
Hazel Dorothea Anderson.
Edward F. Alison.
Ruby Apland.
Marvel l.. Birdsall.
Edna Louise Berndt.
Emmanuel p. Brown.
Orlando Benson.
Marcia Elizabeth Bowman.
Lydia Amalia Bertsch.
Genevieve M. Boise.
Mildred Rae Briggs.
Edna Marion Boss.
Earl w. Benser.
Dorothy NJ. Boren.
Alice V. Carlson.
Mary Cayou.
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

Bernice l.. Speaks.
Harriet l.. Shipp.
Edgar d. Scott.
Esther j. Schultz.
Clara +. Sperry.
Era Bell Thompson.
Alta Pearle Thompson.
Harold A. Thomas.
ID. Winifred Trousdale.
Anna Maye Van Vleet.
Ruby Van Dyne.
Selmer l.. Wage.
Frances Whiteaker.
Helen Mae Will.
John Wilson.
Emma Weber.
Lucy Alice Zvorist.
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Norma NJ. Craven.
Richard Day.
Nellie Dance.
Clara M. Dralle.
Yetta Ruth Davis.
Mary +. Ellison.
Waldo l.. Ellickson.
Myrtle Edith Engelking.
Edna f. Eide.
Helen Taylor Field
Norris r. Fitch.
Hattie b. Grevc.
Vivian Bernice Green.
Evalinc Beryl George.
Louis l.. Grambs.
Clara f. Hultberg.
Hilda A. Hultberg.
William OBJ. Hillman.
Leo Jaszkowiak.
Sigrid +. Josephson.
Florence Gwendolyn Jones'.
Floy +. Kitchen.
Mabel lAlfreda Knudson.
Lillian NJ. Knudson.
George II. Knowles.
Josephine NJ. Kositzky.
Loretta Leroy.
Margaret Leroy.
Alice Larson.
Rose Lehse.
Rosemary f.. Lomas.
Gerald f. Livdahl.
Katherine L. Moynicr.
Vivian j. Martineson.
Minnie Lillian Nelson.
Kenneth W. Noddings.
Gladys Luella Ness.
Lillian c. Nord.
Minnie Beatrice Neugebaucr.
Herbert f. O'Hare.
Kenneth A. Preston.
Ruth Rawlings.
Frank H. Robidou.
Laura Alma Rupp.
Hilda Stratton.
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CHILD DIES

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at the Lutheran church in
Almont for Bcrnicc, six year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. f.. b.
Bingham, who died Monday of pneu-
monia. The child was taken i'll
about ten days ago. She was a
niece of Mrs. G.. A. Richardson, Mrs.
T. NJ. Thompson. Mrs. r. c. Keller
and Mrs. Clara Funden of this city.
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CHICAGO PRODICE

Chicago, May 23.--Butter lower.
Receipts 13,4S0 tubs. Creamery ex-
tras 81 cents; standards 81 cents;
extra firsts Soc to &c; firsts ~.
to 35hc; seconds 33 to 3312c;
cheese unchanged. Receipts 27,1S6
cases; poultry alive lower; fowls
24c to hac; broilers 3sc to 4lc; roos-
terS lac.
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Chicago, May 23.-Moisture which
from immediate anxiety over the
drought situation in the west and
southwest had bearish effect on
wheat prices today during the early
dealings. The crop outlook, how
ever, remained questionable enough
to induce considerable buying on
declines. Little else than weather
conditions attracted notice.
The opening, which ranged from
1sc to Rc lower, with July SLOTS
to 4 and September $10s1s was
followed by moderate further set
back.
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

Minneapolis, May 23.-Wheat re-
ceipts 120 cars compared with 1876
cars a year ago. Cash No. l north
ern $1.14% to $1.19%; No. 1 dark
northern spring choice to fancy
$1.2SA to $1.34A; good to choice
$1.21a to $1.27&; ordinary to good
$1.l6a to $1.2OA May $1.131s; July
$1.14&; September 1.13A; corn No.
3 yellow, 72c to 12c; oats No. 3
white 44Ac to 45Ac; barley sec to
Tic; rye No. 2, 6412c to &c; flax
No. l, $2.36h to $2.39A.
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MANDAN NEWS
20 MILES THE LIMIT

Twenty miles an hour maximum
with II mile an hour maximum at
street intersections is today the lc-
gal automobile speed limit of the
city Of Mandan.
The members of the city commits
sion Wednesday night put the new
speed limit ordinance on its third
reading and final passage. The
new ordinance raises the limit from
the old disregard 15 miles an hour
to 20.
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BANKERS TO MEET

Under an opening paragraph,
Read this carefully and weep with
JOY, Fl Is. Wildfang of Sterling, n.
d., secretary of the Missouri Slope
Group of the North Dakota Bankers
association, issues an appeal to the
225 banks in the district to be repre-
sented at the annual convention
scheduled for Mandan on Tuesday,
Nav 27
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PAGE THREE
SENTENCED T0 PEN

Fergus Falls, Minn., May 23.-C.
II. Dahlstrom, former cashier of the
State Bank of Parkers Prairie, was
found guilty of embezziement of
$500 in the district court here and
sentenced to the penitentiary for
term not to exceed five years. There
were also two other embezzlement
charges against him, one for $4,000.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-05-23
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, May 23.-Hog receipts
$4,000. Slow, uneven, weighty butch
ers steady to weak, others weak to
10 cents lower. Top $7.6O.
Sheep receipts G,000. Fairly ac-
tive, springers 25 to so cents lower.
Cattle receipts 5000. Most killing
classes dull, uneven, weak to 25 cents
lower.
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TRAIN TO SELL?

Seward, Alaska, May 23.-The
Alaska Railroad is in the market for
passenger train-three coaches,
two sleepers and one diner. The line
already has engines to haul the train
and recently purchased baggage
car in Chicago. With the opening of
tourist travel in June, more equip
mcnt will be necessary
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-05-23

Stockers and feeders in light supply
slow, about steady. Calves receipts
1900. Mostly IS cents lower. Bulk
to packers 1915; few choice calves
upwards to 1925.
Hog receipts 1O,500. Steady to
five cents lower. Bulk better
grades butcher and bacon hogs S710.
Sorted $50 to 2l0 pound averages to
shippers $7.l5. Packing sows most
ly $6.25. Feeder pigs $5.75 to $500.
Sheep receipts 100. Nominally
steady. Few spring lambs $1,000.
nandyweight fat clipped ewes $3.50.
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NO CLEMENCY
FOR DE VALERA

Dublin, May 23.Thc Free State
government will expedite the relief
Of all prisoners interned or under
sentence of Imprisonment with the
exception of Eamonn DeNalcra and
other Republican leaders who have
not yet been tried.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-05-23
DILLY HAS AUTO ACCIDENT

Linton, N. d., May %. K. c. Dilly
and Mrs. Thos. Coon. of Linton, were
quite badly battered up Sunday aft
ernoon in an automobile accident
right west of Strasburg. Mr.. Dilly
was driving Ford which he had
recently purchased from Delano
Heath, and, as he went to make the
turn on the highway west of Stras-
burg, the front wheels buckled and
the car turned over. Dilly suffered
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-05-23
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

South St. Paul, May 23.-Cattle
receipts LOO. Slow, steady to
weak. Undertone lower on all class
es. Killing quality plain. Bulk
steers and ycarlings SITS to $500.
Fat she-stock $4.25 to $500. Can
ners and cutters steady, $3.50 to
$3.25. Bologna bulls $500 to $3.50.
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Guaranty Fund Money

Guaranty Fund Money
Moneys belonging to the guaran-
ty fund have been redeposited by
the present Guaranty Fund Com
mission with the greatest care as to
safety and service and with absolute
mpartiality, the Governor said.
1T has not been deposited in
friendly banks in large amounts as
was the case when the Bank of
North Dakota under the former ad
| ministraton made loans and rede
posits in some ~wenty banks of their
friends ranging from $4,000 to
| over 100000"
The largest single deposit, he
! said. was $4,000 and this was Sc
| cured by collateral. In another
| case nearly this amount of money
was placed in a strong bank, to act
. as agent of the Commission in re-
deeming certain lands and collateral
| for the protection of the fund. In
no other case has as much as $4,000
been deposited in one bank, he said.
! The fund, he asserted, has been well
| managed. No payments have been
made and cannot be made, he said,
until the supreme court decides a
! case now pending relative to pri-
ority of payments to depositors.
This decision, he said, is expected
soon.
The state highway commission,
he asserted, was operating more eff
ficiently and economically.
The manner in which the former
administration had conducted the
business of the state, and their de
cared purpose to make the new in
dustrial experiments to be conduct
ed in this state so extensive as to
! constitute, in effect, an industrial
and economic revolution in North
Dakota, had resulted in the loss Of
the good will and confidence Of
most of the people of other states
and had wholly destroyed the credit
of the state of North Dakota the
Governor said. The present ad
ministration, he said, in its bond
sales had been able to save the
taxpayers hundreds of thousands of
dollars through securing lower rates
of interest.