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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
STATE LACKS FUNDS
FOR NEW HIGHWAYS:
nation Cannot Hell
North Dakota Unable to Match
u. S. Allotment OF $2,001,.
841; Loses Money
$4,000 SHEEP ARE COMING
Secretary Hyde Named by Pres
ident as Chairman of Nation
al Drought Relief Work

Indications are that North Dakota
will lose a large portion of It's federal
road aid because of lack of funds for
new highway construction, according
to officials Of the state highway COM
mission.
The state has been allotted So, 0
BAL for new construction, but must
match this amount If the federal
funds r to become favaYable for
road work. Previously North Dakota
received approximately 81, 1000.
Officials believed it would be diff
cult to match the old allotment, and
that it would be practically impos-
sible to take advantage of the $780,
600 increase granted by the federal
government this year unless some &C.
ton Is taken by the legislature to. OBJ
tain additional revenue for building
new highways.
May Try It Again
There has been a heavy drain on
state highway funds for maintenance
PuA POoSo, OAAVAoAO SdlO.
Defeat of the proposal to increase
gasoline tax from three to four cents
at the June primary was q setback to
the commission which had hoped to
derive additional revenue in this
manner.
Although no definite plans have
been made, it is believed probable
that an effort will be made before the
legislature to obtain legislation of
either increasing the gasoline tax or
the motor vehicle registration fee as
a means for obtaining new revenue.
Unless some action is taken to OBJ
tain more money for highway con-
struction, however, the state stands
to lose as high as one million dolle~s
federal aid.
Rain Helps State
Rains in practically every section o,
the state today brought much needed
moisture to parched farm lands.
It was the most general rainfall
since the beginning of the record
breaking heat wave nearly two
months ago..
The showers were heaviest in south
eastern North Dakota, and extended
into eastern South Dakota. Glendale
received the heaviest fall In the state,
with 2.99 inches for the 24-hour pc
Rod ending at 8 a. m. today.
Napoleon recorded 2.05 inches,
Cakes 1.0l. Bismarck 1.02, Drake is.
Jamestown 20. Lisbon "a. MEX %.
Minot OF and Portal .01. Beach
which received 3.O8 inches rain during
the weekend, reported IA inch ad-
ditional today.
The moisture will greatly alleviate
damage done to forage lands and will
aid in putting titled soil in shape for
fall blowing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
SENDING
$4,000 f HERE

Helena, Mont, Aug. 19.-lRNNeso.
tiations are under way to send $4,000
Montana feeder lambs into North Da-
kota and 10000 into southern Indiana
for feeding in those states as a re-
suit of drought in this state.
This was made known by M. E.
Stebbins, secretary of the Montana
Wool Growers association. Railroads
have granted a half-rate to shippers
il the lambs are returned to Mon
tana. If the animals are sent direct
to market from the North Dakota and
Indiana feeding grounds, the reduced
freight charge will not be available,
StebbinS explained.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
SCHOOLMA'AMS WILL NOW
HAVE TO STAY YEAR

Seattle, Aug. l9.-P-Two Seattle
school teachers may be forced to re-
main for a year or the island of
Rarotonga as a result of the sinking
of the liner Tahiti.
The teachers, Miss Jean Lane and
Mrs. Irene Lansing, planned to return
to the United States on the Tahiti.
This liner stopped at Rarotonga once
a year and was the only transpacific
ship calling there. She sank while
approaching the island.
Miss Lane and Mrs. Lansing cabled
relatives of their predicament. The
government may be asked to provide
special transportation for the teachers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
RESCUE BY
IS ONE

ID lHfGILLlNO ONE
wellington. N. e.. Aug. 19.-R,-
First stories from passengers of the
i'll = fated Pacific passenger liner
Tahiti reaching here today from
Page Pago indicated mastery, sea-
manship on the part of the captains
Of both the Tahiti and the rescue
ship Ventura prevented an appalling
disaster.
Twice before the Ventura arrived,
when there seemed no hope Of rescue
at hand, the Taaiti's captain gave
orders for passengers to take to the
lifeboats.
All aboard the Tahiti were CRATE
full for what appeared to be their de-
liverance when the freighter Peny-
bryn hove above the horizon and
made her way to a point near the
distressed Tahiti. But although she
stood by and vas willing to do all
possible to succor the disabled and
sinking craft, the Penybryn lacked
equipment to transfer the Tahitis
company.
Fear ruled the Tahiti for three
days but throughout their narrowing
experience. the passengers were order
~ and obedient to the dictates Of
wiser minds. When the great good
fortune Of rescue came to them the
woman passengers first were trans
ferred, then the men and finally the
crew.
When all hands were aboard the
Ventura an attempt was made to
save the mail In her holds.
With some of the bags already
taken off. ships boats were returning
for more when the Tahiti lurched and
took another roll.
The waves swept over he bows.
which failed to rise again. Then the
doomed liner Strengthened on an even
keel, her stern ose and she disap-
peared In q boiling white whirlpool.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
CAR HITS

Grand Forks. Aug. l9.-Arthur
Olnd, Oslo. Mimi, is in serious condi-
ton In a hospital here. the result Of
an automobile accident near East
Grand Forks. The car. driven by
Theodore Hoff. Oslo. hit the side of
the bridge when the driver was
blinded by. dust. Olind suffered in
ternal and other injuries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
NAME SECRETARY HYDE
RELIEF BOARD HEAD

washington, Aug. l9.-H9-Secre-
tary Hyde was appointed by President
Hoover today as chairman OF the ma
tional drought relief committee.
The head of the agriculture depart
ment has already moved to aSsure
that farmers will get the benefit of
reductions made on freight shipments
Of grain in various sections, having
instructed county agents in affected
regions to watch the report on the
situation. The national relief COM
mittee is to coordinate federal activi-
ties for cooperation with the groups
being set up in stricken states.
The movement Of feed for livestock
into drought-stricken areas will re-
ceive immediate attention. The ag-
riculture department agents have
been charged by Mr.. Hyde to look to
the interests of the farmer in watch
ing application of the reduced ship
ping rates.
Other members of the national
committee will be Chairman Legge OF
the Federal FARM Board: Paul Bestor.
federal farm loan commissioner: Roy
A. Young, Governor Of the federal re-
serve board; John Barton Payne.
chairman of the American Red Cross;
r. H. Ashton, president Of the Am
erican Railway association; Ogden
Mills, under Secretary of the Treas
ury, and Henry M. Robinson, pres
ident Of the First National Bank Of
Los Angeles.
President Hoover announced the
Hyde appointment, saying approxi-
mately 800 counties were now en-
braced within the drought region
where conditions are regarded by re-
lief officials as serious. The real
burden confronting the stricken farm
ers, he said, was not expected to be
reached before next winter.
His statement said latest reports
continue to show the drought was
severe and that rains had improved
conditions only in non-acute areas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
WATCHED COMMUNITY GROW

New England, N. D., Aug. 49,
Jacob Bender, farm machinery dealer.
has been a resident of New England
~ years. There were only two build
ings in the town when he arrived
one owned by Asa Gardner, the other
by w. c. Mckenzie. Dickinson was
the closest rail point at that time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
SUFFRACIST PIONEER IS GLOOMY
OVER WOMAN'SP PART IN POLITICS
Emily Newell Blair Says Women
Leaders Took Too Much for,
Granted After Victory

washington, Aug. l9.-tR-Emily
Newell Blair, who campaigned for
suffrage in Missouri back In 1914. IL
frankly quite discouraged about
women In politics"
She made this known today in her
contribution-the first pessimistic one
to q fat compendium Of opinions on
women and the ballot gathered by
the League Of Women Voters to mark
the tenth birthday Of feminine SUI
frage in America.
All these views. gathered from
notables Of both sexes, are to be pub
lished for the anniversary On August
rs, Of the signing by former Secretary
of State Colby Of the proclamation
that actually eliminated the move
ment.
Il am afraid" Mrs. Blair said. 1.-THE
suffragiSts have made the same mis-
take as the temperance group. Both
Of them thought that with their VIC
tory they had only to defend their
position; and SO, just as the Women's
Christian Temperance Union stopped
its educational work for temperance
and devoted itself to claiming the
eighteenth amendment worked. 50 the
suffragists stopped their educational
work Of convincing people that wom-
en- had a right to equality and devot-
ed themselves to other interests"
Mary e. Woolley. president Of
Mount Holyoke college, in responding
to the leagues query. said:
"The granting Of the suffrage to
women has not brought about the
millennium, but 1t has meant a decided
step toward better government .
There are indifferent citizens among
women as among men, but the addi-
ton Of women certainly has meant a
large increase in the number of citi-
Gems who are both conscientious and
intelligent"
Said Newton D. Baker, former war
secretary: 1.-The years Of experience
under the nineteenth amendment
n not enough to enable me to ex-
press any positive judgments as to
the use which women In general have
made Of their suffrage privilege"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
Would Save Sweetie,
Guide and Himself

Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 19.-F-
Harvey rrestone would save guide,
sweetheart and himself from the
desert. In q speech he revealed that
he had given 100 per cent to the boy
who answered Edison's quiz in that
fashion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
NO A F WHISTLES

New York. Aug. l9-Traffic police
mems whistles are to be abolished.
The idea Is to help make the tc1T less
noisy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
HAVE NEW LUNCH ROOM

Havelock, N. D, Aug. l9.-With the
hotel at Havelock having gone out Of
business, Rudy Johns has established
& lunch room to accommodate local
and transient patrons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19

HAvELOCK SCHOOL REMODELED
Havelock. N. D., Aug. 19.-Have-
locks consolidated school Is being re-
modelled and the seats and desks are
being refinished. The local school has
four teachers, e. E. Rossing being
principal. Total enrolment last year
was 100.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-19
The Weather

Probably showers tonight and Wedneo-
day. Not much change in temperature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09

I'LL vast numbers Of youngsters with q burning am
bition to become engineers when they grow up. But
this modern age. II it has done anything else. has at
least furnished the small boy with an idol more dag
cling and exciting than anything any former age
could give.
The present era has produced the airplane pilot: and
II you doubt that this parsonage is fit to put dreams
and desires in the breasts OF youngsters, just visit
an airport some day and watch the planes and the
flyers come and go-and be convinced.
In the first place. there is nothing anywhere more
supremacy lovely and inspiring than an airplane in the
better. have taken TO painting their planes in gay col
wings scars up from a smooth green field, poises itself
against the blue sky and then scuds off to vanish IN
the haze over the horizon-well. the onlooker has seen
something as fine as the twentieth century can
furnish.
But 1t is not the ~airplane. after al, that appeals
TO the small boy. 1t Is the pilot.
The average airplane pilot. in fact. is about as pre-
possessing a person as you will meet anywhere. He
has no swagger. no ~blatancy, no self-assertion, rs so
many OF small-boydom'S idols have; instead he is
generally quiet. soft-Spoken, reticent, even shy. But
he has a look In his eye and a set TO his shoulders
that are priceless. In his daily work he leaves the
earth behind him and out-sais the birds. He trusts
his life, every day, to his own skill with a cool conf
dence. He has a magnificent skill and a courage so
calm that It usually goes unnoticed.
Was there ever a person more made to order for The
day-dreans OF adventurous boys? If this mechanical
age has done nothing else, it has at least given the
small boy an idol that is worthy Of hin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
End of the Big CITY

The industrial revolution caused by the steam en-
|gine produced the big city. and has operated ever
since 70 make the big city grow bigger and bigger,
without a letup.
Now a new industrial revolution is in the offing,
with gas and electricity as its mainstays; and it is
|going 70 undo the work Of the first revolution and dis
|perse the big city all over the landscape again.
This, at any rate. is the theory suggested by DR..
Gus Dyer. professor Of political economy at Vanderbilt
University, as outlined by him in a speech before the
Executives Club Of Chicago recently.
The last 20 years. says DR.. Dyer, have seen a miracle
wrought in America by the new application Of gas and
Electricity to industry.
1T has destroyed isolation" he says. 1t has
brought all America out on the great highways Of life.
1t is taking everything worth seeing and hearing from
the cities and carrying it to remote sections. It is
destroying the reasons why people should go to the
cities to live.
Industries are going back to the country and the
small town. The cities have the greatest fight they
ever had If they are to hold their places under the
new order. The small place has advantages for in
dustry that the city can hardly meet. The cities
have got to make a readjustment, recognize a new
force"
AS a prophet. DR.. Dyer may be less than infallble.
His prophecy is interesting, Just the same. We have
been calmly assuming that the present drift OF popu-
lation toward the cities is going 70 continue indefi-
nitely; what an upset is in prospect II this flow Is
presently to be reversed!
His thesis does not sound unreasonable, el~aer. a
visit to any one Of the half dozen largest cities in
this land is about enough TO convince any uErretudic-
ed observer that a great city. in many ways, is not
q very good place to live. Year by year the conges-
ton grows more unbearable. the noise and dirt grow
more oppressive. the time that must be spent in the
mere process Of getting to and from work ~lengthens
and l~engthens. New York is already giving indica-
tions that it is just a trife too big for any earthly
use. Chicago is beginning to display the same symn-
Efors. And some other cities are not far behind.
After all. why not? We have gone Just q little bit
too far in our dedication of the big city. The genuine
advantages that come from living in a smaller place
tend to get overlooked.
II Mr.. Dyer is right, and a wholesome splitting up
of our cities is in prospect, We are in for some enor-
NOUS. surprising changes. But perhaps we shall be
better off, in the long run.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
Our Modern Idol

Mark Twain remarked. in Life on the Mississippi"
that every small boy in a river town IN the old days
he'd but one ambition-to grow up and become a pilot
bf a river steamer.
It was not only because the river pilot, in that era.
occupied a position In the top Of the strata OF river
side society. He had. in addition, the glamour that
goes to q man who is master Of a difficult, pictur-
esque and sometimes dangerous calling. He was anex-
pert, almost an artist. in charge Of a great mass OF
machinery, and his position in the public eye was
enhanced accordingly.
Since Mark Twain's day the glamour Of the river
pilot has faded. For a long time, doubtless, the rail-
road engineer took his place; indeed. even today there
{ a thrill to the sight OF a huge locomotive that must
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
f'M|NifW'SYO

Still and all, whatever Broadway
may do about ID I'm q bit saddened
that no one should get behind a
minstrel troupe.
The coming Of the Ministries was
more than a minor event in my
Michigan town when I was a lad.
And perhaps, Just as show boats
belong to the rivers, MINISTRIES be-
long to the road. a welcome event
when one has wearied Of the films.
At any rate. in my town the kids
or the block would assemble in the
nearest barn and arrange for a
minstrels. We'd chip in and buy
one Of the song books and the
Joke books left behind by the rau-
cous-voiced hucksters who peddled
them between acts and after the
show. wed black our faces with
cork, and there il would end since
IL seemed more important 70 parade
in blackface than TO take the trou-
bic TO put on a show. Twilight
would find us in ore Of those s.tua-
tions OF the why Mothers Get
Gray" cartoons.
But while Kiipatrick's troupers
were in New York. we checked up
slightly in our mirstreisy and dis
covered that one Jim Grawpner Is
credited with being the first black
face comic. having appeared in
Boston about 1899 Tom Rice. how
ever, seems to have been among
the first TO gain fame. having
floored a Cincinnati audience with
his Jim Grow" song. The we'll
known bones were Invented some
where along this period by an OBJ
scure endman named Frank Brow
er. It was Haverley's entertainers,
however. that originated the FAM
Gus slogan 80 performers. wv.
count 'em. 40" And 1t was Nc
Intyre and Heath who got the big
laughs with that one about the
woman who found a hobo eating
grass and invited him 10 go into
the back yard where the grass
was longer"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
Cameron Courts

O.. Caroon. s2350.OO. Lots 5 and 6,
Block IL, Progreso Townsite.
American Land Co. Of Tex. to Z.
c. Peck. s~1O.66o.OO Lot "a. New Cal
edonian Subdivision.
John z. Hensley ct ux to Citizens
State Bank. Donna. $1,000. Lots 10,
II and u. Block SO. Donna.
G. @. Foster. Trustee 10 r. g.
Garcia. 500. Lot 8. block ), Gate
way Townsite.
G. @. Foster. Trustee 20 Thos.
Worsham. s1.oo. Lot Z. Block 5,
Gateway Townsite.
j. c. Engelman, Jr. TO Hidalgo Co
Water Imp. Dist. No. 6. S43. $1,000.
1892 &C. out OF Mo. Texas Subd.
Elsa Tovnsite Co. TO 5 @ LOveless.
$4,000 Lots "a and "a. Block IS,
Elsa Townsite.
John II. Shary TO James o. Sell
man. 100000. N. 1912 &C. Lot AL.
West Addn. to Sharyland.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
The Old Soldiers Pass On

In 1920. the U. s. census takers found 1851 war vet
Grams occupying the Illinois Soldiers Home at Quincy,
III. A few days ago the 1880 -enumerators finished
their count. They found Just 631 Of the veterans left.
and they are dying 1T the rate OF 10 a month.
The survivors Of the war between the states are
fewer and fewer. as that dreadful conflict recedes
farther and farther into history. BY 1910. it is prob
able that few Soldiers Homes will house any Of them
1t Is hard to see them 60. Their valor, their IN
questioning patriotism. have been a leaven in the life
OF the nation for decades. north and south alike. We
are losing something Of great value in their de-
parture.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
Better Times for Haiti

Eugene Roy has been unanimously elected as tenn
porary president Of Haiti, and his election indicates
that the new regime outlined BY President H0overs
commission is going to so into effect without a hitch.
II Is good news.
Roy is to serve until next fall, when a regular cleo
ton can be held. Borno, evidently. is through-and
his downfall probably will cause little regret. The
way now is clear for the Haitiars TO erect q real, re-
sponsive government that will serve the nation and
not a clique.
No one will be any happier to see this than Uncle
Sam, who has spent a lot Of money and quite a few
lives in Haiti and has mighty little to show for It
IN the way OF material advantages.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09

greatest of the :. :. Van Dine de-
tectiye thri,lers ard brought the
guilty man to justice
The Benson Murder Case" Is bet
ter, more exciting more suspense
ful. than even The Canary Muir
der Case" or The Greene Murder
Case" William Powell Is more con-
vincing than ever as the suave, silk
hated. amateur sleuth. PhIlo Van
&C. and Eugene Palette as Sergeant
Heath i a riot OF homely humor.
Van Dimes story Is filled with
gripping climaxes that twist and
turn as the police tumble with the
misleading clues. It Is battling 10
the end. II deties solution.
The final climax and explanation
OF the crime IS The strangest ever
conceived by any detective fiction
writer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
A Road to the Future

You might just keep your eye on the California
motor caravan that is touring south through Mexico,
attempting TO blaze an auto highway from British
Columbia to Buenos Aires.
That highway, SO far, exists chiefly on paper.
There are enormous gaps in it. and il win cost mil
lions to fill them. But they will be filled eventually,
and the completed highway will be a tremendously
important thing for everybody concerned.
Some day. beyond doubt. you yourself viii be max
ing that trip in your own car-you and thousands
OF your fellow citizens. You will get a magnificent
outing. and the Latin nations through which you tour
will get a new prosperity and a new understanding Of
this country. Everybody concerned will be benefited
greatly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-09
The Day Of Revivals Seems 70 BE
Over on Manhattan - SO the
Gentlemen, BE Seated" Cry
Taet Ear Tuct One Week.

Over on Manhattan - so the
Gentlemen, Be Seated" Cry
Last for Just One Week.
NEW YORK, May 9.-Manhattar
already has wearied Of the scram-
bic for reviving plays and ways
Of yesteryear.
When 1t became known that the
old chant Of Gentlemen. be seat
ed!" was again TO be heard IN
Broadway after % years there were
those who believed that Tom Kill
patrick. in bringing back the min
strel DAYS. had hit upon a novelty
which would appeal at least TO
many oldsterS. IS well as having
a certain lure for youngsters who
had never been introduced 10 MI.
Bones.
Fitzpatrick even had dug back
into the chestnu. heap and taken
out gags OF the Joe miller vintage
that sounded new all over again.
Yet II didn't click. Within a week.
the AL colored' Ministries had
gone back 10 their native Harlem
and the oldsters we're shaking their
heads dismally while recalling the
time that Al Jolson was an end
man: when Chauncey Olcott got
his start as a great Irish tenor;
When Hi Henry led his own silver
cornet band: whe5 Banks Winter
first introduced that burnt cork
classic. White Wings They Never
Grow Weary: when Fred Stone
and Dave Montgomery were getting
ready to graduate into musical
comedy: when Mcintyre and Heath
were building their reputation:
when Bill Van was "the minstrel
man" and Joseph Cawthorn, James
Powers and many another rising
star cut their eye teeth; when
Richard Jose was singing Silver
Threads Among the Gold" and
James ]. Corbe.t was the soft
voiced in~terlOcut0r.
But all the scratching Of men,
cries did not bring folks to the box
offices