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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-30
NOTICE 70 CONTRACTORS
STATE HIGHWAY OBSTRUCTION

1. Proposals for the construction
of a State Highway. OIL U. $. Route S3.
Wilton-South will be received by the
fces of the Department Of State
Highways at Bismarck, N. Oak, not
later than 10 o'clock a.. M, December
18th. 1891, at which place, and time
2. The Proposals must be mailed
to or otherwise deposited with the De-
partment of State Highways at BIS,
marck, n: Dak; and shall AL be sealed r,,ct
ing a state Highway Wilton South
state Aid Project No. 2s1A-12S5A. in
Burleigh County"
gether with a bidders bond in the full
amount of the gross sum bid, must
accompany each proposal.
A. Contemplated work consists OF
3.O14 miles of Regravel and Stock Pile
road Improvement involving approxi-
100 c. Yds. Load and Unload in
1o.7ss c. Y. NJ. Hauling.
LOO C.. Yds. Screening.
SO c. Yds. Stripping Pits.
100 G. Yds. Crushing Oversize.
No. Pit Moves.
900 c. Yds. 'f1 Load. t Unload and Pile.
2,S46 c. Y. NJ. Hauling.
800 c. Yds. Screening.
300 z. Yds. Crushing Oversize.
.. copies or the PFOpOSal pIdnkS
may be obtained from the Department
Of State Highways az. Bismarck. N.
Oak. Plans and specifications are on
file in the Division office Of the De-
partment Of State Highways at BIS. 81.
Department Of state Highways at
Bismarck, N. OAK. and also at the
office Of the County Auditor in the
County wherein the project or pro-
All bidders are invited to be
present at the opening Of the propos-
ais.
Z. The right is reserved to reject
any and all proposals. to waive tech
nicalities, or to accept such as may
be determined to be for the best in
terests Of the County and State.
S. Bidders must bid on all items
contained in the proposal blank. Any
bid or bids received for any. number
of items less than those contained In
the proposal will be considered as ir-
regular and rejected as such.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT..
(Signed) A. D. McKinnon.
Chief Highway Commissioner.
Dated November 10th, 1881.
11-oS-SO 1C-T.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-30
N. D.-tO-CalifOrnia
Through Rates Loom

Tariffs providing for through rates
between North Dakota and Califor-
mia via new route made possible
through the recent California extern
sion Of the Great Northern railroad
are being prepared by the railroads,
it was announced by the North Da-
kota railroad commission.
Many incidental reductions will be
made at points intermediate to the
Twin Cities or Duluth, Ben Larkin
head Of the commission, said.
New transit privileges were made
effective Nov. 18 on barley. corn, oats
rye and wheat from stations on the
Great Northern In North Dakota and
other states to California, Larkin
said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-30
LOGAN COUNTY HEARD FROM
Napoleon, N. D.

Editor, Tribune:
Having been silent reader of The
Tribune for a number OF years,
have decided to write in regard to
our wonderful banking laws.
I mention banking laws. Have we
any at all? 1t doesn't look that way
to me. at least.
North Dakota certainly has had
its share Of bank failures and not one
depositor was protected. Now who
gets the depositor's money? It must
be somewhere. The banks as a rule
have plenty of security for every dol
lar they loan to any person. So why
should not the depositor be protected
in some fashion Most farmers and
business men work hard to accumu-
late something. Then when they ac-
cumulate little cash some smart
fellow closes the bank and gone for
ever is your little fortune you worked
so hard to get. Why not change
those banking laws of our state?
A man who is not capable of get
ting or furnishing enough bonds
should never start a bank-I mean
bonds to protect the depositor. A
bank in Mcintosh county had de-
posts ranging from $25,000 to $5O,0OO
and still it went "llay-wire." Now
these men, mostly farmers, did not
draw their money and still the bank
closed. Isn't that a crime?
We have had plenty of aw-produc-
ers out in Bismarck every two years,
but you seldom hear of a decent law
passing. Take the dog tax, for in
stance. 1t is safe to bet so per cent
have not paid their dog tax. but the
big sheep man north of here thinks
he has put up a wonderful law.
All our law-producers do out there
Is to get a good soft chair and warm
it and have a big lawyer who can
talk rather fast to "holler" about
something - nothing, however, to
benefit the farmer or the public. 1
dnean the majority. But it always
takes them so full days to get all
the good laws in force. It takes them
just about a month to form the diff
ferent committees, which is all non-
sense.
Why not start to grind them out
right away instead OF wasting time
and spending the taxpayers money
Tor nothing? Wake up and 90 some
thing to improve our good state of
North Dakota! Then we will all
prosper and get over this depression.
A CRITIC FROM LOGAN COUNTY.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-30
JUST SPEAK TO IT

London.-A radio receiving set on
display at the recent Wireless Exhi-
bition needs only to be told to bring
in certain station and it does so au-
tomatically. The set has q small
microphone inside which Is tuned to
certain consonants of speech. The
various sounds will bring in various
stations automatically.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-30
Peoples Forum

comes letters on subjects of i'm
terest. Letters dealing with con-
troversial religious subjects. which
attack individuals unfairly. or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the
writer's. All letters MUST be signed.
II yUu wish to use a pseudonym,
sign the pseudonym first and your
own name beneath 1t. We will re-
spect such requests. We reserve
the right to delete such parts OF
letters as may be necessary 70
conform to this policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Boston ga, ST. Louis Us.
Chicago 2, Philadelphia l.
Cincinnati 40, Brooklyn 0-5.
Only games scheduled.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
MACKMEN HAVE
SMALL CHANCE
TO SET MARK
BY LEO. II. PETERSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
By Laufer

NEW YORK, July 27-U,P)-Con-
nie Mack's world champion Phila-
delphia Athletics are setting blist-
ering pace in their march to a third
consecutive American league PEN
nant but the Athletics apparently
have little prospect of realizing their
ambition to better the all time ma
jor league record of 1l6 games in a
single season, established the Chi
cago Cubs in 1906.
The Athletics have played .729
ball to date, with 10 victories and 26
defeats and can break the New York
Yankees American league record of
10 victories and Al defeats if they
play TOT ball for the remainder of
the season-winning Al of their re-
naming So games. To better the
Chicago Cubs 1906 average of .736-
GIG victories and 36 defeats)-the
Athletics would have to play 1928
ball for the balance of the year,
winning 48 of their remaining So
contests.
The Athletics latest winning
streak of 13 games was snapped
yesterday when the Cleveland In
dians handed the Philadelphians
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27

their most decisive defeat of the
year, 13 to 2. Waite Hoyt, seeking
his fifth consecutive victory since
Joining the Athletics, was hammer
ed for Is hits and 10 runs in six
innings and the Indians continued
the attack on Rommell adding three
runs on four hits.
st. Louis, the National league
leader, also met strenuous opposi-
ton yesterday dropping the first
gone of a doubleheader to Boston,
3 to 2 in IL innings and barely nos
ing out victory in the second game,
5 to 4. Boston now has a Z to D
advantage over st. Louis for the
season.
Chicagoans also we're treated to a
pitching duel, with Pat Malone win
ming over Give Dudley of the Phila-
delphia Phillies, 2 to 1. The Cubs
went into second place.
Brooklyn's doubleheader with
Cincinnati brought out two shutout
pitching performances. Larry Ben
ton blanked the Robins in the first
game although he allowed 10 hits
while his mates made only seven
off Hollis Thurston. The score was
4 TO 0. Dazzy Vance. Brooklyn ace
turned in a three hit masterpiece
and won the second game, 5 to 0.
The other National league teams
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
Pacific Coast
League Scores
By UNITED PRESS

A doubleheader victory Sunday to
wind up the weeks series sent the
Seattle Indians into top position in
the Coast league today with San
Francisco and Oakland in hot pur-
suit.
The Indians were in third place
when they went into the sabbath
contests with the Mission Reds but
so close was the league race that
morning victory, 4 to 2. climaxed by
another in the nightcap, to l, that
the northerners went into the lead.
The Seals dropped from first to
second place by splitting a double
header with Sacramento. The Seals
rallied at the close of the morning
tilt and won, 5 to 4, but the Sena-
tors adopted the same tactics in the
second game-scoring seven runs
in the ninth-and won, 9 to 8.
The Oakland Acorns, who also
have been leading the circuit from
time to time lately, took a double
lacing from the Los Angeles Angels
The Seraphs took the first, to 5
and had an easy time in the sec
ond, ending up with a 13 to l score
The Hollywood Stars beat the
Portland Beavers in the morning. {
to 2, but the ducks came through
with a 6 to 4 victory in the after
noon to clinch their series foul
games to three
The Hollywood Stars beat the
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
COCHET'S GAME
BRINGS FRANCE
TENNIS CROWN
BY WALLACE CARROLL
United Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, July 81. U.P)-Henri Co
chet. one time ball-boy of Lyons,
today held an unquestioned right
to the amateur tennis throne form
erly occupied by big Bill Tildcn
of the United States.
Cochet, who helped win the Da-
Wis cup from the United States in
1927 and has played an important
part in maintaining France at the
top of the international tennis heap
since that time, scored his greatest
personal triumph yesterday in CIV
ing France a three match to two
victory over Great Britain in the
1881 challenge round.
The 1891 victory was made pos
sible solely by Cochet. who won both
of his singles matches and teamed
with Jacques Brugnon in the dou-
bles to score Frances third victory.
Jean Borotra, the bounding Bas-
que" who has clipped badly in the
,ast ~ months. lost both OF his sim
matches.
Cochet's victory over Frederick j.
Perry decided the series, and re-
warded a crowd of $4,000 wildly en-
thusiastic spectators who sat
through a drenching rain TO watch
the final singles matches.
H. w. Dummy Austin's 7-5, 6-3,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
TEXAS GIRL IS
WHlRLWIND ON
CINDER PATHS
BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, July 27. U.P)-Joe
Cook, who can do everything but
initiate four Hawaiians. has nothing
on Mildred (Call Me Babe Didrik-
son, an 18-year -old Amazon from
Dallas, Tex. In fact, after watch
ing Babes amazing performance in
the national women's track and
field championships on Saturday
and talking with her, we are in
clined to believe the Texas girl
could not only initiate four Ha-
waiians, but five, as well. And may
be six.
Babe, who hadn't even so much
as seen track meet two years ago,
competed in three events call the
law allows) and the best she could
do was to break worlds records in
two of them and thoroughly out
distance her field in the other. She
still was putting from running the
80 meter hurdles in the amazing
time of u flat when we decided to
ask her few questions. Between
puffs we learned that:
She was thoroughly disappointed
with her time of IL seconds;
thought it pretty SLOW" She never
saw hurdle until two months ago
when she ran against field of men
and won in walk. Saturday
marked her third appearance in a
hurdle race.
She likes all sports and is good
at all of them. That goes for polo.
ping pong, baseball, boxing, SWIM
ming, Squash rackets and what
have you. Is particularly good at
basketball, being forward of the
team that holds the national cham
pionship.
Swell boxer. Mixed it up with w.
L. (Young) Stribling's brother,
Herbert, fairish welterweight, and
/ "smacked him sweet one on the
nose Trains the year around by
moving from one sport to another.
Has a magnificent scorn for boys.
! Thinks they are afraid" of her.
Stands five feet six and one half
| inches and weighs 1913 in her birth
day clothes. Knows she is not pref
ty but considers herself graceful
She's right on both points. Is of
Norwegian parentage and works in
a Dallas insurance office as an ex-
pert rater.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
Electric Men To
Play Studebakel

Assuming the role of Jack, the
giant killer, the Nevada California
Electric company team tonight will
tangle with the Studebakers in the
first night baseball game of the
week on Wilson Field.
The Nev-Cals have upset four
other strong teams in the past five
weeks. and hope to repeat at the
expense of the Studebaker nine to-
night.
Brown, Mack and Mack slugger,
has nosed out Post of the Shirer
team as the leagues leading hitter,
with an average of ZOO in 10 times
at bat. Post has an average of .606
for 33 times at bat. Brown has
scored four runs and Post 10.
Other leading hitters of the
league are Ege, Cramers; Jepway,
Studebakers; Howard, Golden
State; Smith, Macks; Paris, Gold
en- State; S. Daniels, Valley Laun-
dry: Patterson, Nev-Cals; and
Pinkney, Valley Laundry.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
Smith Captures
St. Paul Open

ST. PAUL, Mimi. July 81. W.P)-
Horton Smith. golfing sensation two
years ago when he won honors in
13 tournaments, showed the world
today that he must be considered
among the top notch players again.
The tall Missouri golfer earned a
s2500 check-first prize money
with his score of 278, 10 under par
against the field in the second an
nual st. Paul $4,000 open. The
field included most of the leading
professionals and titleholders in the
world.
Harry Cooper, Chicago, who won
first prize last year with $50, went
around the 70 holes this year In
one more stroke to take second
place and win a check for $1,000.
Walter Hagen, Detroit, and
George Won Elm, Los Angeles, were
tied for third place with 284. Each
received a check for $3.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
Neville Loses
In Golf Finals

DEL MONTE, Calf, July 27-U.R)
Captain A. Bullock Webster held
the Pebble Beach golf champion
ship today by his victory over Jack
Neville, former California champ
ion, two up, in the finals Sunday.
Captain Bullock k-Webster was four
up at the end of the morning round
but Neville gained two in the final
IS. F. Cam Stevens of Pasadena and
Douglas Lewis of Burlingame tied
for second flight honors and will
hold a playoff later.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27

New York and Pittsburgh. were not
scheduled.
Washingtons Senator's passed up
an opportunity to gain on the lea
que leading Athletics when they
dropped a to decision to st.
Louis.
The other American league teams
divided doubleheaders. Chicago's
White Sox scored their first victory
of the year over New York. to 4,
only to lose the second tilt, % TO s..
while Boston defeated Detroit 7 to
6 in the first game of a doublehead-
! er and lost the second, Z to 3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27

3-6. Us victory over Borotra in the
opening singles match of the day
tied the series at two-all and put
the burden squarely on Cochet's
shoulders.
Cochet, handicapped by shoul-
der ailment which curtailed his
practice for challenge round COM
petition, had no easy time winning
but he rose to his greatest heights
and pounded out victory, GA, 1-6,
9-7, 6-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
COAST LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Hollywood "a, Portland 2-6.
San Francisco 5-8, Sacramento
40.
Seattle At, Missions 81.
Los Angeles 6-l3, Oakland 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
Angels Release
Pitching Vet

LOS ANGELES, July 81. U.n -
Carroll Yerkes left handed pitcher.
was released late yesterday by The
Los Angeles baseball club.
The Angels obtained Yerkes from
Portland last spring.
The southpaw, who was with the
Philadelphia Athletics few years
ago, was reported to be negotiating
for a job with the Oakland club.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27
B BASEB ALL
ST AN DINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Cleveland 13, Philadelphia 2.
Chicago SIS, New York Az.
Boston 7-3, Detroit CT.
st. Louis 5, Washington 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-07-27

Portland Beavers in the morning, 8
to 2, but the Ducks came through
with a to win in the afternoon
to clinch their series four games to
three.
Starting tomorrow. Oakland will
play at San Francisco, Missions at
Portland, Hollywood at Seattle and
Sacramento at Los Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
INCREASE IN TRUCK
USAGE INDICATED
1890 Total Registrations
/ Were $3.50, e3e, Against
10000 in 1911.
special Dispatch to The Star.

i. Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, August 22-Although the
tonnage Of revenue freight carried by
class railroads is known ,063, 07S,o 900
a.. tons in 1880, drop of 388 ,52S,084, or
1873 per cent, from the 1929 record-no
comprehensive statistics have been OBJ
tainable indicating the volume OF ton
mage handled by motor trucks.
It is known. however, that in COM
=. harrison with the railroads the trucks
handled a relatively small percentage OF
the country's freight trafhc, lnroaos
have been made particularly on less
b than carload freight moving over the
shorter distances. The Bureau OF Rail-
way Economics made study lnolcatlng
that in 1928 the railroads handled ~
per cent of all freight traffic moving IN
the United States, with only per cent
airplanes, The rest was divided be-
tween the Great Lakes, inland water
WAYS and pipelines. 1t is doubtful II
these figures for trucks included those
used as company facilities, which use
Is quite extensive and, further, it is GER
tain that truck use has increased con-
siderably since 1928. OF course the rail-
roads themselves, through subsidiaries,
have entered this field to increasing ex-
tent.
In 1911 there were only 10000 trucks
registered in the United States. In 1880
there were 3,48O939. This represented
a gain of 101 ,085 over 1929 and OF $685.
GAO over 1928. Passenger automobiles
registrations. on the other hand, de-
clined slightly in 1880 and 1929.
There are now more TRUCKS tnan
freight cars in use, although there is,
of course. no comparison IN carrying
capacity. The number of freight-carry-
ing cars in use on class roads IN 1880,
not including privately owned cars, was
2. ats 900. The number Of freight cars
IN service on the railroads has been de-
cIining in recent years, the number now
being less than 1t was 10 years ago. but
there has been q substantial increase In
size and carrying capacity OF these
cars and an increase in loading per car.
Average. carrying capacity of freight
cars in 1911 was but 36.9 tons, and In
1920 42.4 tons, whereas in 1880 1t was
46.6 tons. Total freight car capacity
shows a 80 per cent increase over 1911.
It Is estimated that about 20 per cent
of the trucks in the country are rated
one ton OF less, but some OF the biggest
three-axle heavy duty trucks are built
to carry 10000 to $4,000 pounds. al
though there are restrictions in many
States as to weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
MOTOR FINANCING
CLOSE TO NORMAL
Transactions More Numer-
Gus Since First of Year.
New Car Sales Grow,
BY ALVIN RESCH.

written lot knC AaoOCfHbB0 ffEh8.
CHICAGO. August 22.-Despite de-
preston and lower values OF motor
vehicles, the automobile financing In
dustry may be able TO call 1881 year
Of return to normally in many respects.
Reports from more than 400 auto
mobile finance companies to the De-
partment of Commerce show an aggre-
gate retail installment business Of more
than $546,000, 900 for the first six
months of 1891, compared to 1854, 000.-
600 for the corresponding period Of
1928, the industry's last normal" year.
Due TO decreased values, particular
ly on used cars, more transactions
naturally have been handled by finance
companies this year to maintain even
this approach to 1928 figures.
Almost twice as many used cars
more than 76o, 000-were financed in
the first half Of 1881 as in the same
period of 1928.
New Car Financing.
Although sharply decreased produc-
ton necessarily has reduced the num-
Der of new cars financed this year, the
National Association Of Finance Com
panies finds the ratio of cars sold
on deferred payments to the total Of
keel
A greater proportion Of new cars,
however, was financed by the 42a re-
porting finance companies in the first
I'VE months of 1881 than for any corr
responding period in the last three
years. The ratio has exceeded so per
cent every month since January, while
II averaged 40 per cent throughout the
three years for 1928 to 1881, inclusive.
Like the automobile industry itself,
finance companies whose major item of
business Is automobiles experienced de-
cidedly abnormal years in 1929 and
1890 First their business mounted
Oh the crest of boom times and then
benefited to lesser degree In 1880,
when thousands of used cars were
thrown on the market as one result OF
the record automobile output of 1929
In the last three years retail auto
! mobile financing transactions Of re-
porting companies have ranged from Q
normal" years aggregate of $1,l95,-
600 900, covering 2 ,466. 900 cars in 1928,
| to 81 ,617, 000, 600, involving more than
! $500 900 cars in 1929, then to 81 ZOO
900. 900. covering 2.935,000 cars in 1880.
For more than year, however, the
number of used cars purchased through
reporting finance companies has ex-
ceeded the total Of new cars similarly
| financed. Not since April, 1890, have
nsw cars led used cars in this respect
: In the first six months of 1891 new cars
| thus financed exceeded sos 900, while
the used car list topped 100000.
Debt Is Lower.
Due largely to lower values and the
comparatively large trade in used cars.
the nations outstanding installment
debt on cars handled through finance
companies has been lower so far this
year than at any time in 1929 or 1890.
This debt reached a peak of 1884,
000, 900 in September, 1929, according
to data of companies reporting TO the
National Association of Finance Com
panies, and dropped to q minimum Of
$3.50, 900 900 in March this year. Since
March the installment debt has been
increasing gradually toward q normal"
volume. exceeding $4,000 900 in May
and June
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
FOREIGN BOND list
IN BETTER DEMAND
Industrials and Rails in Do
mestic Group Register
Further Drop.
BY r. II. RICHARDSON.


Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, August 22.--The rate of
decline in the bond market slackened
today, partly because of the week end
half holiday, with many traders absent
from the Street. and partly because of
the withdrawal Of offerings by institu-
tions which had been pressing bonds
on the market in recent sessions De-
clines we're in the majority in the rail-
way list, but elsewhere there was a
sprinkling of advances.
In the carrier group Rock Island re-
funding As sold of a point to another
new low, but regained the loss later.
Baltimore 81 Ohio bonds were lIn-
changed to lower, with a loss of over a
point in the 4l2s of 1888. This bond
was in steady supply Friday. st. Paul
IS fell back into new ground for a
point loss, and Missouri Pacific SIS of
1865 did the same, Offerings of ST.
Louis southwestern Terminal SIS found
buyers at concession over a point
The one exception to the trend was
Nickel Plate IS, the issue maturing NEXT
year, which regained a point of its re-
cent loss
The weak spot in the Industrial list
was Warren Bros IS, which broke had
~. Otherwise changes either way were
mostly fractional and without particu
lar significance.
Against this continued weakness in
domestic rails was the better demand
for certain foreign issues. German rs
rallied and the 5l2s ranged higher
colombian obligations were heavy again
Caoled reasSurances from the head of
the Colombian government had Seem
lngiy no effect on the market. Brazilian
issues lost ground, with the market nm
anected by the plan to exchange Anneri-
can wheat for Brazilian coffee. Ans
tralian issues were lower.
There was little trading in the high
grade utilities or in United States Gov
eminent bonds, with price CHANGE
mixed.