The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-26
ATTEMPT CHARGED
TO KILL Off CAMP
AT FORT LINCOLN
Recommendation Year Ago to
Discontinue Shows Up In
Neglect, Rotary Told

Need OF boosting the citizens mill.
tary training camp came to the fore
ct today's Rotary luncheon. when Col.
Frayne Baker spoke Of the failure Of
North Dakota applicants to show up
for admission as threatening the con-
tinuance Of the institution.
whether there was sinister indif-
ference toward the camp or not, he
said he could not say. but there Is
indifference on the part Of some of
the civilian authorities entrusted with
organizing the camp this year. and
this indifference has gone 90 far as
. recommendation last year to dis
continue It. The camp Is being thrown
down at Fargo, he said, but General
H. A. Smith Of the Seventh corps area
stood by 1t up to his recent death. and
it is now up to Bismarck especially. as
its site, to pull 1t through and 50 re-
tain 1t for North Dakota.
Colonel Baker said the camp would
regulate itself when once it was UNI
derstood. But those who ought to be
boosting 1t are avoiding any publicity.
and, for the reason that II Is new and
this year has assumed the character,
largely, Of 4 civil enterprise and re-
duced the military phase, 1t has not
gripped the public comprehension as
1t will be necessary to grip 1t to be-
come q sustained enterprise.
After the luncheon the board met
and contributed SIS to the medal and
prize fund which Rotary. Kiwanis. the
Lions and the Association Of Com
merce provide.
Stephens Speaks Of Farm Relief
]. M. Stephens Of the Northern
Plains experiment station at Mandan
spoke on the subject OF farm relief,
particularly on the debenture plan.
which, he said. is likely to come up
again as q rider to the tariff bill. He
explained the actual workings Of such
q plan as nearly as It can be foreseen.
Ostensibly proposed to aid the farmer
to overcome depressed prices to the
extent Of half the tariff duty on his
product when exported. he indicated
that the passage Of the debenture GER
~tificates through the hands Of brokers
into the hands Of an importer who
could 5 them would leave but q
portion of the bounty to reach the
hands Of the farmer. The government
would not pay out any money. but
the gift Of the debenture certificate
on the products sold would mean that
much less tariff income when the GER
tificate was paid in as a discharge Of
customs duties, which is its sole mon
etary validity.
It al would amount, he intimated,
to paying Z paper bounty to brokers.
and the farmer would get little Of 1t.
New Member Taken In
r. A. Tracy was taken In as a men,
Der. Judge w. L. Nuessle, Paul Wright,
Kelley simonson and Clyde Young
staged . little skit designed to bring
out impressively the significance of
the Rotary motto. HE profits most
who serve the best" Simonson said
a merchant makes the most money
who treats his customers best. Wright
spoke Of the idealist's reward as
profit" and then Clyde Young ex-
cused the educational committee for
not instructing the business men OF
the club into . sentimental signifi-
canoe Of the slogan, whereupon the
set-up became apparent and the
members enjoyed the rest Of the init
alton Of Rotary Tracy In laughs at the
sallies Of the speaker.
Guests Of the day included H. K.
Jensen. Mandan: p. U. Morency, New
York: Bob Birdsell, Bismarck; j. M.
Stephens. Mandan: W. A. Falconer.
| Bismarck; Col. Frayne Baker; E. H.
Buhlman, general superintendent of
the 500 Line: and J. r. Branley, the
new division superintendent here.
A letter from Eugene Newsom, new
international president. Of Durham.
N. c.. to George Bird was read.