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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
BROWNING HAS
BODY GUARD0F
6 DETECTIVES
Appears Nervous and Agi-
tated Following Myster-
iOus Telephone Calls

New York, April l6 (P) After re
cciving several threatening telephone
calls, Edward W. Browning, middle
aged wealthy husband Of the former
Frances Heenan, Is, has surrounded
himself with Il body guard Of six pri-
vate detectives.
The nature Of the threats were not
learned, but Browning. returning to
Il hotel in Bronxvillc, N. Y, yester-
day, with his bride, after she had
been shopping in this city, appeared
nervous and agitated.
1t was learned also that the janitor
of Browning's office building on West
72d street found a long knot of crepe
hanging from Browning's door knob
yesterday morning.
Browning's school girl bride bought
several new frocks in various Fifth
Avenue stores. On their way back to
BronXville they stopped at a toy shop,
purchased several games and then
drove to the private school on River
side Drive, where Dorothy Sunshine
Browning, adopted by Browning sew
eral years ago, is Il pupil. Dorothy,
who is nine years old, met her new
"mothcr" for the first time.
Browning bought his bride three
rings yesterday an engagement ring,
a wedding, and one for her birthday
in June. He is said to have spent
$1,000 for the three rings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
GRAIN RATES
ARE HELD NOT
UNREASONABLE
Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion Examiner Makes
Tentative Report

Washington, April 16.-LR-An in
terstate commerce commission ex-
aminer has recommended in tenta-
tive report that the commission find
not unreasonable rates on grain and
grain products and flaxseed from
North Dakota points to Minneapolis
and Duluth, Minn., and rates on grain
and grain products other than flax
seed from South Dakota to the same
and various other markets.
The examiner proposed removal of
undue prejudice which he found in
flaxseed rates from North Dakota to
Duluth and Minneapolis and points
taking the same rates. A similar
finding was made as to rates on
grain and grain products other than
flaxseed moving from North and
South Dakota. These rates were held
preferential to Minnesota shippers.
In another case the examiner found
not justified proposed increased
rates on flaxseed between points in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. He
found reasonable, however, proposed
changes, principally increases. in
rates on grain and grain products
other than flaxseed between the same
state points and from North Dakota
and Minnesota, to certain of the
larger terminal markets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
TODAY II, !:
HOW TWO CH1NAMEN DIED.
RESIDE THE DEEP PECOS lie
WATCHES HIS SHEEP.
THE TRAVELLER WONDERS.
THE TRAVELLER WONDERS.
ny ARTHUR BRISBANE

This is written on the Sunset Linn
tied, over the Southern Pacific,
through train to the coast. The
statement, "Thcre is no better train,"
IS Justified. Leaving New Orleans ut
noon. the train runs>through Louisi-
ana rice fields and sugar cane fields,
and then, all night and all day
through gigantic Texas. The dining
car captain says, "Somehow there
seems to be more land down here,
than by the northern route" There
is a great deal OF land. You could
scatter few New England states
along this railroad track, and not
crowd anybody. Not to see Texas is
not to know what big country this
is. 1t is like going to the zoo and
missing the elephant.
What.tens of millions will live here
in future years when flying machines
will do in one hour what this train
does in ten: when water is controlled
and these miles and miles of land,
brought under intensive cultivation.
Produce food enough for all the peo-
Pile on earth. Overpopulation? We
have not started to populate, and IT
that be birth control treason let the
eugcnists make the most of it. But
we need to spread the population and
take care Of the mothers:
Just now the train passes Del Rio,
and on the left runs the Rio Grande
parallel with the track. A few yards
away q strong "Dog" kangaroo with
q good running jump might clear that
river and land in Mexico. What q
change in one jump. Will Unce Sam
Ln hvVy n n
Far better ibe friends; treat each
other fairly; help with capital and
leadership and both nations grow
rich and good, side by side, powerful
to protect this continent.
Del Rio brings . look Of sad remin-
iscence to one "Boy" on the dining
car. That's where Chinese cross the
river sometimes and offer $500 to any
honest American that will deliver
them, safe, in Chicago or San Fran
cisco. There's lot of empty room
above each end Of the dining car. you
are told in q whisper space about
ten feet long. room for several China
men. Once in while the boys would
smuggle in few, at night, letting
them through the. top of the car.
Five hundred Hollars head is
pretty big money ana couple more
Chinese laundymen couldn't do much
harm. But once the boys forgot two
of them or got scared or something
and the poor fellows died up there.
They were afraid to holler. So chat
all stopped. Perhaps that boy" had
some Imagination. Automobiles
freight cars and even flying machines
still bring in some of the Asiatics. il
is said. \
If you wait over . train. you can gel
off at Ell Paso, run over to the old
Apache Trail and see the cliff dwell
ings. just as Coronado found them
nearly 400 years ago, when exploring
ARIZONA. He was looking for "Tht
seven cities of Cibol0." The oldest
Indians could not tell him anything
about these dwellings in the rock
Their ancestors had no tradition
about them.
'Twas the old story, one tribe ot
men trying to kiln of another, tribe
thus stimulating human ingenuity ant
Thought. df no one had ever tried Il
z. kill us. we humans might be nov
Continued on paRs two.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
FARMERS LESS
DEPENDENT ON
OUTSIDE HELP
Improved Machinery Is Help
ing Many to DO Their
Own Work This Year

Although spring work of all
kinds now is under way on farms in
all parts of the state the labor situa-
tios, generally is easy, according to
j. A. Kitchen, commissioner of agri-
culture-and labor.
I'm great many cases farmers arc
not depending on outside help but are
doing their own work with improved
machinery and the aid of members of
their families" Kitchen said. "Re-
ports FROM several normal schools
indicate aSSharp drop in the attend
ance Of male students as many boys
have returned to the farms to aid in
the work after having attended school
during the winter.
"This is as it should be. 1t means
that North Dakota farms are more
self-contained and less dependent on
outside help than they have been in
previous years. When the rush is
over the boys can return to school
and no one is the loser"
Situation Favorable
The general agricultural situation
is good, Kitchen said, althugh there
is some cause for alarm because o1
the protracted dry spell in the west
ern part of the state. Little or nc
moisture has fallen since last summe,
and many lakes and sloughs have
either dried up or are very low. The
fact that there has been little or nc
snow or rainfall may mean that tht
rain will come this summer when il
is most needed. Kitchen said, ant
there is no immediate cause for worry
The one disturbing factor, Kitcher
said, is that the ground is little
too dry to plow easily in some sec
tions. Disc plows can be used, HI
said, but added that he has observed
that land plowed when it is dry does
not produce as heavily as the same
land plowed when it is moist. HI
has no explanation Of this phenome
non to offer, but said he has noted !
on several different occasions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
APRIL PLAYS.
PRANKSO ON THE
THERMOMETER
New Workers Get Mid-Winter
Temperatures, Westerners
Suffer With Heat
OREGON HAS 81 ABOVE
Evening-up Process Starts To.
day More Moderate
Readings Promised
OREGON HAS 81 ABOVE

Chicago, April ls.-1N-April has
been playing another Of her wayward
pranks on the Thermometer.
Apparently with every kind Of
weather at her command, she gave
upstate New Workers. another taste
of mid.winter conditions and at the
same time brought midsummer tenn
peratures to the northern plains and
far northwest.
The extreme range of mercury
readings yesterday was 86 degrees,
with the low point zero at Saranac,
N. r., up near the Canadian border,
and the high mark >04 above at Ar
lington, Oregon.
Today, however, the evening-up
process starts. Low temperatures Of
the east began slowly rising last
night, a marked rise was in prospect
for the central west, while the alb
normally high marks of the central
northwest will give way to more mo-
derate readings.
The quick drop in the mercury yes
terday in northern New York was ac-
companied in some places by slight
falls of snow. At Plattsburgh the
thermometer fell 20 degrees in an
hour.
A 81 degree mark at Aberdeen was
the hottest April day there in many
years. Other high readings in the
region were: Huron, S. D., SO;
Bismarck, N. D., S4; Fargo. N. d., Si /;
Grand Forks. N. d., S4. An extreme
rise Of 40 degrees was registered dur
ing the day in some localities.
After a fling at higher readings to-
day, the warmer weather will ease
off Saturday in the central west.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
SEVERE BURNS
CAUSEDEATH0F
BRADD0CK MAN
MinOt Man Burned TO Death
While Trying to Save His
Hay From Flames
BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Barns on McGarvey Farm,
Buildings on krusc Place.
Were Destroyed

Prairie fires, driven by a
high wind, yesterday caused
the death Of two North Da-
kota men and property loss es-
timated at from $5OO,OOO to
81, 100000.
The dead men are Otto
koehler, living near Ryder,
Ward county, burned to death
in q vain effort to save his
hay, and S. A. Lonbaken Of
Braddock, seriously burned
while helping fight a prairie
fire.
Reports received here from
all parts of the state indicated
that at least a score of prairie
fires occurred yesterday in
scattered sections from Ward.
county in the northern part of
the state to the South Dakota
line.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
Free Love Colony
Deserted-FOunder
Doing Time in Jail

Allentown, Pa, April 16.-tP}-
april Farms," free love colony, was
deserted today and Charles Garland,
its eccentric millionaire founder, was
completing the first "a hours OF
60-day jail sentence.
Garland was sentenced yesterday
for adultery with Rettina Hovey,
mother Of a child born in the colony.
He also was fined $500. Both he and
Miss Hovey admitted he. was the
child'a father.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
STATES 14TH
IN TRACTORS
ON THE FARMS
Was Seventh in l92O-l925
Figures Are 1870 Farms,
1852 Tractors

Although North Dakota ranked four
teenth among the states in the num-
Der of farms reporting tractors in
1926 it lost in standing during the
five-year period froh, 1920, figures
compiled by the federal department
of commerce show.
In 1920, with 1884 farms reporting
tractors the state ranked seventh.
During the five-year period the num-
ber of farms reporting tractors in
creased to 1852 but despite that
fact six states went ahead Of it in
the number OF farms reporting power
ma chincry. .e
One. explanation f5r the loss Of
rank by North Dakota is that its
FARMERS were quicker to adopt power
machinery than their brothers in more
thickly settled states who arc only
now beginning to use tractors on the
same scale that North Dakotans have
done for years.
In 1890 North Dakota had 77.G9O
farms and ] 1874 tractors while Him
ois, both then and now the leader,
had 237.l8l farms and 2l,932 trac-
tors. North Dakota's average was
one out Of every Ga farms. Illinois
average was one out Of every 1919
farms.
IN 1925 North Dakota had 75.970
farms 0f which 1882 had tractors.
Illinois had 225,60l farms of which
al, ,4a4 had tractors. In North Dakota
one .0ut Of every 40 farms had a
tractor while the Illinois one out of
every '5.4 farms had tractors.
Ranks 10th As To Radios
In a computation Of the number
of radios on farms North Dakota
ranked sixteenth. Illinois, with the
heaviest farm population, again led
with 27,434. North Dakota had 4,729
Illinois had one radio TO every 90
farms while North Dakota had one
radio to every l6 farms.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
Neal Now Located
in New York City

William S. Neal, former city edi-
tor Of the Bismarck Tribune and later
located at Minneapolis, is now in New
York, according to word received by
friends here. Mr.. Neal is at present
employed by the international News
Syndicate and, although he will be
travelling about the eastern part Of
the United States great deal, will
maintain his headquarters in New
York city. His address is 153 East
39th street, New York. N. Y.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
WIN0NA MAN
KILLS SELF
Commits Suicide Shortly Aft
er Making Plans to At
tend a Movie Show

Winona, Minn., April l6.-IP)-
Fifteen minutes after making plans
with a friend to attend a movie IN
the evening, Steven Maresch, aged AZ,
"A stone cutter, returned to his hotel
room here late yesterday afternoon
and committed suicide.
Maresch. who friends say was de-
spondent because Of i'll health, died
instantly after shooting himself
through the head with large cali
bre revolver. His wife, said to be
divorced, and one son, Gordon, age
IL, Of Fountain City, Wis.,, survive.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16

Two Are Hanged For
Strangling Women

Chicago, April 16.--[F)-R Raymond
Costello and Charles Hobbs, negro.
strangers Of women, were hanged to-
gether here ut 9:21 this morning.
Costello was convicted for attack
ing and strangling 16-year-old Made
line White. lie pleaded not guilty
and reiterated his statement today.
Hobbs admitted he stranglei his
landlady. Betty Barnett, ncgrcss. to
Steal rs cents
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
Two Huge Streams
of Lava Flow From
Mount Mauna LOa

Hilo, T. H., April 16.-(P)-Two
lava flows from somewhere near the
summit Of Mauna Loa were headed
southwark toward the sea last night,
one flow being a thousand feet wide
and 10 feet deep and. the other, 800
to 500 feet wide and eight feet deep.
The flow illuminated the entire is
land. Some homesteaders near the
coast in the path Of the moving lava
began to vacatc their places.
The flow of lava already has blot
ted out a great forest from the land
Scane.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
Application to
Extend Bus Line
Is Given Hearing

Hearing on the application of the
Interstate Bus company for pcrmis-
.xion to extend its passenger bus serv-
ice from Linton TO Ellendale via
Strasburg, Hague and Ashley. was
given iby The state railroad board here
today. The proposed route would
connect with the Valley City-Aber-
deem line Of the company at Ellen
dale.
Opposition to the application is be-
ing offered by the Northern Pacific
Railroad company.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
BEAR LOADS UP

Great Falls, Mont.-A 3OO-pound
hear. emerging from his long winter
sleep near hercc broke his fast ny
eating three sticks Of dynamite. a
road gang wutchcd him at his feast.
There was no shooting at bears all
week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
"WHITE WAY" BRIGHTEST

New. York--Flashing 25,00O,000 can
dlepower of light against the sky
each night, New York's "Great White
Way" is literally "the brightest spot
on earth" it was revealed in the re-
port Of an electric sign survey here
recently.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
TO-DAY IN WASHINGTON
Highway bill Is before house.
Drys take over prohibition tcs-
timony.
CROP DAMAGE
FROM WIND
NOT SERIOUS
Rain Badly Needed. However,
to Start Crop Being S0wn,
Says Kitchen

The high wind which yesterday
swept central North Dakota accen-
tuated the need for rain, J. A. .kitch-
en-. commissioner of agriculture and
labor. said today.
Winter rye, of which North Dako-
tn raises large quantity, may have
been damaged to some extent, kitch-
en- said, but expressed the Selief that
it had little or no effect on spring
wheat planted within the last week.
"It is hardly probable that enough
soil was blown from the fields to
expose spring wheat seed, although
some winter rye may have been un-
covered" Kitchen said.
The hot wind parchcd an already
dry landscape and made plowi1g still
more difficult, Kitchen said. He cx-
pressed the belief that rain is need
ed to start the crop now being plac-
ed in the ground.
Mandan, N. D., April 16.-R-High
winds have caused some damage to
fields seeded in sandy soil, especially
to the south of Mandan.
jamestown. N. d., April 16.--(P)-
High wind Thursday is not thought
to have damaged any crops in this
vicinity. There is little light soil
and drifting was not noticeable ex-
cepting to some extent in the Ed
munds district where there are sew.
cral strips Of sandy soil.
Minot, N. d., April 1G.--P)-Farm'
ers of this vicinity have been occa
stoned only minor difficulties by
high winds, and but slight loss OF
seed in the ground has been reported
Tho worst feature of winds such as
that of Thursday is the added fire
hazard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16

Two-headed. snakes. abnormal >erca-
lures like two-headed calves, ere oc-
casionally found.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
Weather Report

Temperature at 2 a. m. ......... Al
Highest yesterday .............. "a
Lowest last night t.,.............. :. 38
Precipitation to a. m. .......... o
Higheat wind velocity ........... 30
Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
at q. m. today:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
WEATHER FORECAST

For bismarck and vicinity: Some
what unsettled tonight and Saturday;
rising temperature tonight.
For North Dakota: Somewhat un-
settled tonight and Saturday; rising
temperature tonight and east portion
Saturday.
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
I. The low pressure area, with its ac--
conlpanying unsettled weather and
high winds, covers the Great Lakes
region, Temperatures have risen in
the middle and southern Plains
States and from the Mississippi VAL
ley eastward. Another low pressure
area covers the northeastern Rocky
Mountain slope. hut generally fair
weather with moderate temperature
prevails over the entire West.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16

A car travelling so mikes an hour
goes. % feet In half . second.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16

Hogs catch tuberculqsis from
chickens not from cows.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16

The British Ministry of Agricul-
ture has 40 boys and girls clubs in
IA English counties.
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Mandan, N. D.. April 16.-P-High
winds have caused some damage to
fields seeded in sandy soil, especially
to the south Of Mandan.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-03
b y. o. McCAW.

Viee-president and Manager Of the
Aberdeen Savings and Loan Assn.
Nothing could be more Indicative
Of the permanence and stability Of
our rapid growth in Aberdeen, during
the past few years, than the fact that
though we were once a city Of houses.
we are now 3 city Of homes. A grati-
flying change, particularly to those
agencies whose efforts have been d.
rected untiringly towards bringing
about this desirable condition.
To savings and loan associations,
more than to any other one agency,
belongs the credit for our present
fine display Of attractive, modern
homes. These institutions have made
it possible for people of moderate
means to own and enjoy their own
homes while paying for them. They
have provided safe and profitable
place for the accommodating, dollar by
dollars, Of sum sufficient for the
down payment on home. They have
helped finance deals SO that the pur-
chaser was able to acquire title in
his own name and pay for the prop
Ierty in easy monthly instruments. In
short, they have enabled the citizen
to make his rent an investment.
In the last six years, local savings
and loan associations have made over
5000 loans to Grays Harbor people,
totaling more than six millions of dol
lars, the major portion Of which has
been used in the construction or pur-
chase Of homes. In the six years, If
we assume that each home were built
on a fifty-foot lot, this would mean
six homes to every block on each side
of the street for almost fourteen solid
miles.
For many years, people located in
Aberdeen with the idea Of staying a
little while, making some money, and
going back home.. Comparatively
few planned to live in Grays Harbor
permanently. Property owners FREE
quently erected four and five houses
on a lot, with no thought for anything
but quick turnover on their money.
Most Of the houses in Aberdeen were
rented, and many of the yards were a
mass of sticks and weeks. The whole
atmosphere seemed to be one Of "get
rich quick and leave"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-03
NOTICE. OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETI-
TION FOR DISTRIBUTION



In the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington, for Grays Harbor
County.
IN the Matter Of the Estate Of
CHARLES NICHOLS, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that Roy
Nichols, administrator Of the estate
of Charles Nichols, deceased has rem
dered and presented for settlement to,
and filed with the clerk Of the SUI
perior Court Of the State Of Washing
ton for Grays Harbor County, his
Final Account and Petition for Distri-
button as such administrator, and the
Court is asked to settle the same and
distribute the property to the persons
entitled thereto, and discharge the
said administrator and that Friday,
the Oath day Of September, 1925, at
the hour Of $3.50 o'clock A. NJ, at the
Court Room of the said Superior
Court, in the City Of Montesano,
County Of Grays Harbor, and State Of
Washington, has. been fixed by order
Of said Superior Court duly entered
in the above entitled matter, for the
settlement Of said Final Account and
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-03
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
BIG HELP TO CITY'S RAPID GROWTH

Transient tenants nowadays are
rare. Now most Of our newcomers
buy property and become permanent
citizens. In fact, a man came to
town recently, and despite the fact
that he had never before been in
Aberdeen, bought q house within
twenty-four hours after his arrival
herel We can point with pride to
our many beautiful homes. and assert
with confidence that Aberdeen S one
of the prettiest cities IN the North
west.
Savings and loan associations are
becoming better known and appre-
ciated. AS we have entered upon a
cooperative age in industry, shown by
our cooperative dairy, poultry, cheese
and fruit associations, 50 have savings
and loan associations provided the CO.
operative financing. They are strictly
mutual, being owned and controlled by
the members. Every dollar earns as
much as any other dollar, and the en-
tire earnings of the associations are
paid out in semi-annual dividends to
the members.
The funds of these institutions are
put to the best possible use-to fur
Their the development Of the home
movement in the community. Salts
fled borrowers are now their best adj
vertising medium. Savings and loan
associations have always actively en-
couraged every movement for the best
interest Of the community, and are be-
coming recognized as beneficial and
indispensable factor in the social and
economic as well as financial life Of
the community.