The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-05
One Woman Gives $1,000 Mort
gage, Then Gang Skips
Away and Disappears
DAIRY PROTESTS COME UP
Assessor w. A. Falconer Quits
After II Years Service; John
Graham Is His Successor

when the matter of future licensing
them to practice their occult art,
under cover Of which dupes have been
fleeced, was brought up by City Audi
tor M. H. Atkinson.
The mayor said permission to prac-
tice here was becoming a matter OF
merely licensing them to rob people
under the guise of healing and fore
telling the future or reading charac-
ter. One young man, he said, had
been fleeced out of $50 under pre-
tense of curing an ailment, the for
tune telling woman even going
through an exhibition of burning the
money as part of the cure However.
when the victim reported to the po-
lice and the chief asked the clairvoy-
ant to appear at headquarters, she
came with the money in hand and
offered it back before an accusation
rel had been made. Another case
coming to the attention OF the mayor
was that Of a woman who gave the
fortune telling gang a mortgage for
81, 900 on her home. Since that case
the tribe has left town and disap-
peared.
Bacteria in Milk Argued
The troublesome milk situation was
brought up again by the July report
Of DR.. A. w. Ecklund, state bacteri-
ologist. giving the psychological
count Of samples from the various
producing and selling diaries and the
status Of cleanliness shown by the
tests. Also by the appearance Of Mrs.
Herman Ode with a protest against
to mi of the selling diaries here, on
the ground Of too great q count In
bacteria. The excessive count showed
in the Ode milk during a short period
when the family was absent from the
city and help vas in charge of the
Ode herd.
Mrs. Ode merely asked that further
samples be taken and tested, as she
was sure there would be no repetition
of the unusual count. She asked that
the commission take cognizance of
the fact that this is an extremely hot
period of weather, and she suggested
that some of the regulations pre-
scribed by the Agricultural extension
service were not desirable, owing to
the dryneSS and dustiness now prev
alent, as these conditions would tend
to uncleanlinesS in the containers.
w. E. Doty, who happened to be at
the meeting on another matter Of
sanitation, reminded the commission
that bacterial count was not actual
evidence of a pernicious condition in
milk, that there were healthy bacteria
as well as unhealthy. Buttermilk, he
cited, was q mass OF bacteria yet It
is prescribed as q diet In certain all
mentS for that very reason.
The commission could do nothing
except that Mrs. Ode thresh out her
case with DR.. C.. E. Stackhouse, the
health officer, and DR.. Ecklund, the
.bacteriologist, as the milk regulations
r a matter of ordinance under
which both officials act automatically.
Will Tie Up Canned Jazz
Another reform was on the horizon
last night. It is the curbing of indiS-
criminate music. Complaint has been
made against the prevalence OF jazz
from cafes and other places open late
into the night. preventing sleep to
those al I'd nearby. An ordinance to
deal with the matter will be drawn by
City Attorney G. L. Young and will
be presented at the next meeting.
Assessor Falc0ner Resigns
The meeting was marked by the
presentation of his resignation by w.
A. Falconer, assessor since 1919. He is
to retire September l. John Graham
automatically takes over the assessing
department then. Graham was ap-
pointed an assessor last spring and
both assessors have been on the task
since then. The city now reduces the
department to one man again.
Sewer and Water Projects Up
Bids on sewering Washington street
from Avenue G to D were opened
owing to the need of hurrying in the
sewer before the paving under way In
that section reaches this block, but
the contract cannot be awarded until
August Is. Frank q. Grambs offered
8-inch pipe at $1.05 a foot, 6-inch 81
80 cents and manholes at SIS, while
H. A. Thompson and Sons bid $1.08
50 and $3.50.
Other sewer and water project.
came up in resolutions to open bid
August Is on laying 100 feet Of water
main on Second street from the south
line Of Avenue f to the north line
the city engineer estimating q coS1
OF $270; also q main on Washington
street between Avenues G. and d
estimated cost to be $1,100: and
sewer on Anderson street from Rossel
to Avenue B, sewer district No. %
estimated cost $1,450.
One-Way Street Suggested
A proposal to make Park street 6
one ,1y street va discussed and thu
residents were asked to bring in {
petition If they desire that course.
Right of way proceedings werl
ordered instituted by the city attorne!
to open up Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets, south of the N. p. tracks, II
the west road extending to Fort Lin
coin.
The city scales repor showed 60
loads weighed in July. with receipt
Of $60.70 therefrom.
Ban on Garbage Spillers
The police magistrates repor
showed fines Of $134.45 during July
w. e. Doty asked for restrictions Of
private garbage hauling which take
place in the alley in the rear o
Bridgeman- Russell at q time whel
milk Is being received and draws flies
- the garbage containers are open
contrary to law. and the conveyance
used tend to spill garbage over tn
alley. The drivers will be asked Il
eet enclosed containers or to haul BE-
s5oFa Z O'Clock IN the morning.