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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
Pneumonia Takes
Sheridan Farmer

McClusky, N. D.. June l0.-Rein-
hold Uhlich, who homesteaded in
Rosenfield township nearly % years
ago, died In McClusky last Saturday
morning.
Uhlich was brought to the local
hospital Friday suffering from pneu-
monia, which caused his death q few
hours later. He was As years old.
A crowd estimated at 400 persons
attended funeral services for Uhlich.
held at the Lutheran church In Ros-
enfield district at / AS O'Clock We'd
,1esday afternoon. conducted by Rev.
=. Lehnc-, Of Denhoff.
Interment was made In the ceme-
terry there. He leaves his widow and
seven children, brother. Adam, also
of Rosenfield. and other near rel
atives.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
i. S. IS BUILDING
ship LARGER Than
GERMAN ZEPPELIN
Bismarck Window Display II.
lustrates immensity Of U. s.
S. Akron and Dock

Thousands OF persons, more than
$4,000 on Sundays, each week are in
Specttng the progress Of construction
of the U. s. s. Akron, which the
Goodyear-zeppelin corporation is
building for the U. S. Navy, according
to E. M. Duerre, local Goodyear
dealer.
The U. 8. s. Akron, the worlds
largest airship, now has nearly half
its fabric outer cover in place, and
seven of It's eight 560- horsepower en-
gines have been installed in motor
rooms in the hull. Doping also is in
progress, and the nose of the ship
has been covered with the aluminium
dope which give lighter -than-air
ships their silvery appearance as they
glide through the sky. Provisions for
visitors have been made, and one end
OF the dock and a portion of the west
side of the structure have been made
available for persons wishing to in
spect the ship.
With its length of 785 feet, the
u. S. S. Akron will be but nine feet
longer than the famous Graf Zeppe-
lin. but its greater diameter gives It
lifting gas capacity Of nearly twice
the German ship. The Akron will
have capacity of $500, 900 cubic feet
of helium, Americas non-inflam-
mable, non-explosive gas, as COM
pared with 100000 for the Graf,
and 100000 for the U. S. S. Los
Angeles. present Navy dirigible.
Use of helium eliminates fire and
explosion hazard, and allows install
lation of the motors inside the hull
itself, instead of In separate gondolas
as has been the practice in previous
ships. A specially designed outrigger
with a rigid drive shaft will deliver
power to the propellers outside the
hun.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the ship will be its airplane
compartment. This compartment
will house five pursuit planes, which
may be released and picked up IN
mid-air, and which will be used Tor
scouting. or for offense and defense
OF the mother ship.
While visitors are interested in the
airship, the mammoth dock is in it
self major attraction. A semi
paraboloid In shape, the dock is Its
feet long, 325 feet wide and 2ll feet
high, the largest structure in the
world without interior supports. The
floor area of 364,000 square feet is
unobstructed by pillars or posts. More
than 1900 tons of steel were used in
the building and its doors, and be-
cause of this immense amount Of
metal it was necessary to place the
girders on rollers in order that the
structure might expand and contract
with changes in temperature.
It has been estimated that 10 foot
ball games could be played simul-
taneously under the roof of the dock,
that six miles of standard railroad
track could be laid on the floor area,
and that the great Woolworth build
ing could be laid inside and the
Washington monument thrown in for
good measure.
Mr.. Duerre has installed an attrac-
tive window display showing the air
ship dock and a Zeppelin Of the
u. S. s. Akron type, giving a visual
impression Of the immensity of both.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
ATTORNEY GENERAL
MITCHELL ATTACKED
BY SENATOR SCHALL
Says Investigation Is Only
Thing Which Will Make Cab
met Member Talk

Washington. June 10.-(R)-Asser-
tion that Attorney General Mitchell
would not discuss the dropping OF
the estate tax case against the estate
Of the late Mary T. Hill, widow Of
James j. Hill, until confronted by a
senatorial investigation, was made
Wednesday by Senator Schall OF
Minnesota.
Taking the side of Senator Cou-
zens of Michigan, who recently said
the attorney general had not an
swered questions as to why the case
was not appealed to the supreme
court, the Minnesota Republican
said:
mo one who knows Attorney Gen.
eral Mitchell is at all surprised at his
refusal to answer the pertinent and
proper questions propounded to him
by Senator Couzens."
Senator Couzens,' Schall said
land every other senator will find,
as have that Mr.. Mitchell will never
voluntarily tell the whole truth about
his part in the Hill case. The only
way to get that is through sena-
torial investigation. Once Mr.. Mitchell
is put on the stand in his own de-
fense and under the gun of contempt
proceedings for failure to answer he
will talk about the Hill case and not
before and he may then, too, have
the opportunity to tell the exact
amount which the Hill estate is fur
nishing to finance the senatorial con-
test against me-"
The Schall statement followed the
announcement Tuesday of Attorney
General Mitchell that Senator Cou-
zens would be welcome 10 any !nfor-
nation available at the justice de-
partment relating to the Hill case.
At the same time, the justice de-
partment in statement saic. Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt. then as
sistant attorney general, had recon-
mended to Attorney General Sargent
that no appeal be taken in tire case.
Mitchell, it said, then was solicitor
general, and having drawn up the
trust deeds for Mrs. Hills estate. had
disqualified himself because of the
previous connection,
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
BY H. L. MENCKEN
Copyright, 1881, by the Associ-
ated PreSS)

Baltimore, June 10.-(P)-At
the moment there is a sort of Hi
atus in American letters. A great
deal of workmanlike and inter-
esting stuff is being written, but
there is a dearth of new and ar
resting authors. Certainly no
careful critic would allege that
any of the novices of the last few
years is as important as Dresser
and Norris were in 1900, or Miss
Gather and Lindsay in 1918. or
Frost and Hergesheimer in 1914,
or Masters and Cabell in 1915. or
Sandburg in 1915, or Sherwood
Anderson in 1916.
Today we have only a general
competence.
Why there should be such rises
and falls in literary productivity
I don't know. and neither does
anyone else. There are, of course,
plenty OF theories. One is to the
effect that the best writing is al
ways done during times of peace
and plenty; another is that it is
done when blood is on the moon.
All that can be said with any
surety is that progress in letters,
like any other kind of evolution.
tends to 60 in waves. For 10
years past no literary debutante
of any real Importance has ap-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10

peared In the United States but
know plenty of youngsters Of
large promise. and next month or
next year one of them may turn
out to be a new Dresser.
My suspicion is that the
chances of such q prodigy ap-
pearing tomorrow will be much
better than they were last year.
That is because we have just
passed out of an era Of wild over
production in the publishing bus
iness. AS result, it was fatally
easy for newcomers to get into
print, and many of them did so
before they were ripe. Perhaps
some potentially good ones were
thus ruined. Today 1t Is very
much harder for beginner to
market his wares. I like to be-
lieve (or, at all events, to hope)
that the fact will discourage half
baked work, and encourage many
youngsters to really learn their
business. Hergesheimer wrote
and reWrote for seven years be-
fore he published his first book.
If it had been snapped up by a
publisher in it's first form there
would have been no Hergesheimer.
The multiplicity Of magazines.
and especially of bad ones, has
worked against good work. The
wood pulp fiction magazines need
so much copy that they snap up
almost anything and in conse-
quence they encourage shabby
writing. Similarly. the cheap
magazines of huge circulation in
cite all the young authors to
write what is safe and lovely
and trashy. The market for
really serious stuff is curiously
limited. Save from the so-called
quality magazines. Of which there
arc only four. and one or two OF
the more ambitious womens
magazines, there is no demand
for it. If q new; Henry James ap-
peared suddenly tomorrow he
would have trouble placing his
ynanuscrintS
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
Fargo Resident for
q Years Succumbs

Fargo, NJ D., June l0.-(A1-John
s. johnson, SO, died In his home We'd
nesday from cancer.
Mr.. johnson had been resilient Of
Fargo 81 years. coming here from
Grand Forks where he established q
home after crossing from Sweden 46
years ago. He long had been an auto
mechanic and was vice president Of
the Jiffy Lubricator company OF
Fargo.
Left are his widow and son, Ted. at
home. There are four brothers. Carl
in Oregon, Gus in Grand Forks, Au-
gust in Fargo, and Alfred Of Mime
ap0lis.
Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday. Rev. r. v. Conard. Con-
gregational pastor. will offictate.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
To Complete School
Census Work in July

Richard Penwarden, clerk Of the
city school board expects to complete
the Bismarck school census by the
middle of July. Penwarden Is in
charge of the school census work
here.
Penwarden believes that he Will
have completed canvassing the resi-
dences here by July /. Work In COM
piling the data will occupy his atten-
ton for about two weeks after that
time Penwarden believes.
Richard Schmidt Is assisting Pen
warden in taking the census. They
have been at work for week.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
ARGUMENTS IN LAND
BANK BATTLE HEARD
/, BY SUPREME court
Refund Of Stock Money Follow
ing Foreclosure on Loan Is
Basis Of Action

An array Of distinguished counsel
presented arguments before the
North Dakota supreme court Wednes-
day in a case affecting loans on the
IL federal land banks in the United
States.
Judge Fred Jansonius. Bismarck, in
a decision given in Stutsman county
district court. held that on f0reclos-
ure of mortgage and the bidding ir
of the land by the federal land bank
for the amount due as full payment
Of the loan, the borrower Is entitled
to refund OF the amount subscribed
by him for the stock.
The action was brought by Ed
Byrne of LaMoure county against the
Federal Land Bank of st. Paul and
the Nortonville National Farm Loan
association of Nortonville. N. D.. the
verdict was in Byrne's favor and an
appeal was taken by the Land Bank
and the Farm Loan association.
Because the action is in the nature
of test case which will affect thou
sands of loans foreclosed by land
banks operating under the fedora
farm loan act. representatives Of the
ether land banks in the country have
interested themselves In the actor
as friends of the court.
Peyton r. Evans Of Washington
Irving P. Whitehead Of Baltimore
John Thorpe Of the st. Paul Land Bank
Alfred Zuger. Bismarck attorney, anc
John Knauf. jamestown attorney
came before the supreme court In be-
half Of the land banks case, while
Martin P. Freerks Of jamestown !:
representing Mr.. Byrne.
The action involves but $500, tht
amount subscribed by him for stock
in obtaining a loan from the Fedora
Land Bank of ST. Paul through the
Nortonville National Farm Loan asso'
citation.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
HOOVER ENTERTAINs VETERANS

Washington, June 10.-(P)-More
than $50 disabled World war veterans
were invited guests Wednesday at the
white house garden party given an
nually In their honor. Following
their usual custom, President and
Mrs. Hoover will extend personal
greetings TO each former man Of
arms. Cabinet members and their
wives will assist In the reception.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
FOREST FIRES FEARED

Washington, June 10.-(R-Lack Of
rainfall In the far west was said We'd
nesday by the forest service to have
created a dangerous forest fire stu
alton. Several large fires have been
reported in the Pacific northwest,
California, Colorado and Montana.
This is the season in which usually
the greatest losses from fire occur.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
HOSPITALS BAR DAISIES

New York, June l0.-(F)-DaisieS
won't tell, but something is the mat
ter with them this year and an ex-
pert says it's plant lice. The flowers
have been barred from hospitals be-
cause they have so many black bugs
which doctors believe may be germ
carriers.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10

all day Monday, funeral services being
conducted in the auditorium at l p.
m. with the Rev. H. j. Gernhardt,
pastor of the Warren E. Simpson
Methodist church, officiating. He
leaves his wife and three children.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
Mencken Has Hope American Literary
Prodigy May Spring Up in Near Future

The chances Of an American
literary prodigy appearing tomor-
row are much better than they
were last year, in the opinion Of
H. L. Mencken, editor and critic,
who 0slieves that the depression
has made it harder for the begin
ner to market his wares, thus
discouraging half baked work and
encouraging young writer's to
learn their business. Mencken's
article is one of series on
whats Going on In the World
Today"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
Statistics Show
Government Costs
Rising in State

CONTINUED from page one)
1928 to 1929. The per capita property
and special taxes were $6.34 in 1929,
$6.70 in 1928, and $2.54 in 1918.
Earnings Of general departments,
or compensation for services rendered
by state officials, represented SO per
cent Of the total revenue for 1929, 81
per cent for 1928, and 23.4 per cent
for 1918.
Business and non n-business licenses
constituted 1914 per cent Of the total
revenue for 1929, 179 per cent for
1928, and 1875 per cent .or 1918.
Receipts from business licenses
consist chiefly Of taxes exacted from
insurance and other incorporated
companies. and cigarette tax, and Of
sales tax on gasoline, while those from
non-business licenses comprise chiefly
taxes on motor vehicles and amounts
paid fc- hunting and fishing privi-
leges. The sales tax on gasoline
amounted to $1.490.000 in 1929 and
$1,3S7, ,e96 in 1928, an increase Of IA
per cent.
Indebtedness
1.-THE total funded or fixed debt
outstanding June 30, 1929 was $34.-
GOT 200.
The net indebtedness (funded or
fixed debt less sinking fund assets)
was 1.295, ,926. or $l.92 per capita. In
1928 the per capita net ,debt was $6.87.
and in 1918, 5000.
THE entire amount of the out
standing funded debt in 1929 was for
the Grand Forks Mill and Elevator
association, real estate loans. and the
Bank OF North Dakota.
THE assessed valuation Of property
in North Dakota subject to ad valorem
taxation was $99l ,576. .496; the amount
Of state taxes levied was $3,430,855;
and the per capital levy, $5.07. In
1928 tie per capita levy was $5.84, and
IN 1918, $2.18.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10
INDIANS ARE BOY SCOUTS

Asheville, N. c., June 10.-P)-1n-
dian boys are learning forest lore
from a paleface. A Boy Scout troop
has been chartered on the Cherokee
Indian reservation and white scout
master is teaching the members on
hikes in the Great Smoky mountains.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-10

More than $10,000.000 worth Of
livestock was handled through the
stockyards at Montgomery, Ala, dur
ing 1890.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Selling Their Tresses

In the countries of Europe 1t is
somewhat common affair to encounter
a hair merchant travelling through the
countryside and making bids for the
hair of women who would rather have
the money than their glory crown. One
of the largest hair markets in the
world is held in the Soho district of
London. Dealers from many foreign
countries attend this hair fair. and
they can tell the quality of girls
tresses by a quick look or moments
lingering.
When they strike bargain with the
owner, local barber steps forward
and crops the hair close to the nape
of the neck. Sometimes 1t is of such
beauty that as much as $50 or $40 a
pound is paid for it.
Germany and Alsace-Lorraine sup
ply most of the fair hair that is want
ed. From the south of France and
Italy comes the best dark hair in the
world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
CHAPTER Nv

Yancey put his question wherever
he came upon little group of three
or four lounging on saloon or store
porch or street corner. How did Peg
Ter come to die?" The effect of the
question always was the same. One
minute they were standing socially,
gossiping, rolling cigarettes; citizens
at ease in their shirt sleeves. Yancey
would stroll up with his light, grace
full step, his white sombrero with the
two bullet holes In its crown, his
Prince Albert, his fine high-heeled
boots. He would ask his question. AS
though by magic the group dispersed,
faded. vanished.
Yancey strolled out into the glaring
sunshine Of Pawhuska avenue. In
dams, Mexlcans. cowboys, solid citi-
zens lounged in whatever of shade
could be found In the hot, dry. dusty
street. On the corner stood Pete
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12

tated, and by miracle it had failed
to send its poison through the rest of
that iron frame. But the leg had
withered and shrunk until now 1t was
fully twelve inches shorter than the
sound limb. He refused to use
crutches or the clumsy mechanical de-
vices Of the day, and got about with
astonishing speed and agility. When
he stood on the sound leg he was, with
his magnificent breadth of shoulders,
giant Of six feet three. But occa-
sionally the sound leg tired. and he
would rest it by slumping for mo-
ment on the other. He then became
runt Of five feet high.
These two specimens of the South
west it was that Yancey now ap-
preached, his step a saunter, his man
ner carefree, even bland. Almost i'm
perceptibly the two seemed to stiffen.
as though bracing themselves for &C
ton. In the old scout it evidenced
lounging cripple to statuesque giant.
In the Spaniard you sensed, rather
than saw. only curiously ripping
motion of the muscles beneath the
smooth tawny skin, like snake that
glides before it really moves to go.
They stood, the three, wary. silent.
Yancey balanced gayly from shining
boot toe to high heel and back again.
Yancey put the eternal question of
the inquiring reporter. swell. boys,
what do you know?"
The two were braced for query
less airy. Their faces relaxed in an
expression resembling disappointment.
1t was as when gunfire fails to eX-
plode. The Spaniard shrugged his
shoulders, a protean gesture intended
ON this occasion to convey to the be-
holder the utter innocence and I'M
eventfulness of the daily existence led
by Estevan Miro. Pete Pitchlyn's
eyes, in that ravaged face, were Goals
in an ash heap. 1t was not for him
to be seen talking on the street cor
ner with the man who was asking
fatal question-fatal not only to the
asker but to the one who should be
foolhardy enough to answer 1t. He
knew Yancey, admired him, wished
him well. Yet there was little he
dared say now before the reptilian
Miro. Yancey continued, CONVERSE
tionally:
81 understand there's an element
rarin' around town Dragging that
they're going to make Usage the ter
ror of the Southwest, like Abilene and
Dodge City in the old days; and the
Cimarron. I'm interviewing citizens
of note" continued Yancey, blandly.
ION whether they think this town
ought to be run on that principle or
on a Socratic one that the more mod
ern element has in mind" He lifted
his great head and turned his rare
gaze full on the little Spaniard. His
gray eyes, quizzical, mocking, met the
black eyes, and the darker ones shift
ed. "Are you at all familiar with the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12

Pitchlyn talking to the Spaniard.
Estevan Miro. They were the gossips
Of the town, these two. This Yancey
knew. News not only Of the town,
but Of the Territory-not alone Of the
Territory but Of the whole brilliant
burning Southwest, from Texas
through New Mexico into Arizona,
sieved through this pair. Miro not
only knew; he sold his knowledge.
The Spaniard was very quiet, and
his movements appeared slow because
Of their feline grace. Eternally he
rolled cigarettes in the cowboy fashion,
with exquisite dizziness.
Pete Pitchlyn, famous Indian scout
Of a bygone day, had grown pot
bellied and flabby, now that the In
dams were rotting on their reserva-
lions and there was no more work for
him to do. He was vast fellow, his
height of six feet three now balanced
by his bulk. Late in his hazardous
career as scout on the plains Pitch
Ign had been shot in the left heel by
poisoned Indian arrow. 1t was
thought he would surely die. This
failing, it was then thought he would
lose that leg. But combination Of
unlimited whisky, constitution made
up Of chilled steel, and determine
ton that those varmints should never
kill him, somehow caused him not only
to live but to keep the poison-ravaged
leg clinging to his carcase. Stubborn
ly he had refused to have, it ampu-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
THE STORY

Yancey Cravat. just returned
from the newly opened Indian
territory, relates HIS experiences
to q large gathering of the Ven
able family. Yancey is married
to Sabra venable; is criminal
lawyer and editor of the Wichita
wigwam. When the Run started.
Yancey had raced his pony
against the thoroughbred mount
of a girl. The girls horse was
injured and when Yancey stopped
to shoot it she grabbed his pony
and got the land Yancey wanted.
Yancey announces he Is going
back to the Oklahoma country
with Sabra and their four-year-
old son, Cimarron. They make
the journey in two covered
wagons. They arrive at Usage,
where Yancey intends to start a
newspaper. Yancey is determined
to find out who killed Editor Peg
Ter Of the New Day. Preparations
for the publication of the Okla
homa Wigwam are completed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
Fir., Black Slave.

The Bedarian civilization of ancient
Egypt, dating about 10000 B. c., is be-
lieved to have included the first black
slaves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
rLEADING..-----....-.....
RADIO PROGRAMS

(Time given is Eastern Standard:
subtract one hour for Central ana two
hours for Mountain time.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-17
DISTRICT TO OPEN
|NC|NERATOR BIDS
Offers on About $50O,00O
Highway Construction Re-
Ceived Yesterday.

Bids on contracts for the construc-
ton Of two incinerators, one in George
town and the other on the waterfront
in the southeast section, will be opened
by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of
the Engineer Department, District Gov
eminent, this afternoon. The esti-
mated cost of the two tncinerators is
placed between 1925, 900 and $3.50, 900.
They were designed for the District by
the firm of Metcalfe g. Eddy, engineers
Of Boston, Mass.
Yesterday bids for about $500, 900 in
highway construction work were OPEN
ed. P. T. McDermott, Inc, put in the
low bid for the construction of 26 Sec
tons of concrete roadways. The first
Of these jobs is expected to be under
way April Is.
1t is the construction of a pavement
on Western avenue between Forty-first
street and Chevy Chase circle. The
bid was 1902, 32350.
CorSon Sc Gruman were low with a
bid of $207,851 for the job of asphalt
pavements for Is streets. The first of
these jobs, First street from New York
to Florida avenues, is expected to start
April Is.
The low bid for the building of con-
crete curbs and cutters, $132 ,865.75,
was submitted by the Highway En-
cheering & Construction Co. The first
of these jobs, Cathedral avenue between
Connecticut avenue and Woodley road,
will start April Is.