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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
MANDAN'S TAX LEVY
IS SET AT $44,330
Emergency Fire Resolution
Passed and Heat Power
Contract Authorized

Mandan's tax levy for the next fis-
cal year will be $44.330, it was an
nounced Thursday morning by w. H.
Seitz. city auditor.
The levy was formally adopted by
Mandan's city commissioners We'd
nesday evening in their regular week.
ly business meeting. The levy is
$675 less than that of last year, which
was $45,005.
The levy conforms with that con-
templated in the budget adopted last
week. or $42. 036.77 plus five per cent,
which is allowed to cover any def
ciencies which might develop, accord
ing to Seitz. The levy is for all pur-
poses in the administration of the
city's affairs.
Charles D. Cooley. president of the
commission, and Seitz were authOriz-
ed to enter into a contract with the
North Dakota Power and Light COM
pany to furnish all heat and power
needed for city buildings and mach
inery for the next year.
A reduction in the assessment from
$1,000 to $3.50 on improvements in
Lots Z, block 20, Mandan Proper,
owned by John Handtmann, was
recommended by the commission.
The body also recommended grant,
ing the application of the Dahners-
Tavis Music company for adjustment
OF assessments and taxes on the lat
ter's property for l930-31 and also for
1929-30 II 1t could be done legally.
A resolution directing the chief of
the Mandan fire department to order
his department to aid,tn fighting fires
outside of the city limits in emer-
gencies vas adopted. The territory
stipulated In the resolution includes
the areas within one mile Of the
city limits and within 1900 feet of the
center line on the Bismarck -Mandan
highway, and in the city of Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

Gain Physical Vigor - Youthfulness
With Clear Skin and Vivacious Ewes
That Sparkle With Glorious Health
Here's the recipe that banishes fat
and brings into blossom all the nat
ural at~tractiveness that every woman
possesses.
Every morning take one half tea
spoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass
OF hot water before breakfast-cut
out pastry and fatty meats-go light
on potatoes, butter, cream and sugar
jim 3 weeks get on the scales and
note how many pounds Of fat have
vanished.
Notice also that you have gained
in cnergy-your skin is clearer -
your eyes sparkle with glorious
hcalth-you feel younger in body
keener in mind. KRUSCHEN will
give any fat person a joyous sur
prise.
Get an Csc bottle of KRUSCHEN
SALTS at Finney's Drug Store. Service
Drug Co., and Halls Drug Store
dasts 4 weeks). If even this first
bottle doesn't convince you this is the
easiest, safest and sureSt way to lose
fat-if you don't feel a superb i'm
provement in hcalth-so gloriously
energetic-vigorously alive - your
money gladly returned. - Advertise
ment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
AWARDED HONORS IN
XII CLUB CONTESTS
Eighteen BurIeigh Youngsters
Get Prizes at Missouri Slope
Fair in Mandan

Eighteen Burleigh county young
sters won awards in the All Club
contests held Wednesday at the Mis-
souri, Slope State Fair at Mandan.
Several other contests in which the
youngsters participated were to be
judged Thursday.
approximately so club members In
the county have entered exhibits, &C
cording to H. o. Putnam. county
agent, who says that Is head Of cat
tie and % hogs have been entered
as well as various exhibits Of club
work.
Magdalene Boren and Mary Ellen
Reese Of the Mckenzie club were
given first prize for their home fur
nishing demonstration. They were
awarded a trip to Fargo to attend a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Vicious Boar Attacks
Man at Mandan Fair

Attacked by a vicious boar We'd
nesday afternoon, Emil Wilke, I'm
derwood. was suffering from injuries
to his right leg in the Mandan Dea-
coness hospital Thursday morning.
Butted. gored, and chewed by the
animal, Wilke suffered severe lacera-
tons of the leg and a compound frac-
ture of the fibula bone near the knee,
according to his attending physician.
The mishap occurred In the hog
barn of the Missouri Slope state fair
grounds, the animal having been en-
tered In the fair livestock contests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Blake Funeral Rites
Conducted i'm Mandan

Funeral services for r. A. Blake,
Mandan man who died Monday cve-
ming in. the Northern Pacific hospital
at Glendive, Mont, were conducted
from St. Joseph's Catholic church,
Mandar, at 9 o'clock Thursday MORN
ing. Burial was made In the Man.
dan cemetery.
Pallbearers were fellow workers Of
Blake. who had been a welder In the
Northern Pacific shops in Mandan
the last eight years.
Blake died q week after he UNDER
went an operation for ulcers of the
stomach. He had been in the hospital
two weeks. He leaves his widow and
four children.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Bismarck Residents
Win Photo Prizes

Two Bismarck residents have re-
ceived prizes totaling $3.50 in a ma
tional contest for amateur protogra-
pliers. conducted recently by a lead
ing kodak company. Winners were
Mrs. Roy D. Mcleod, 1872 Seventh ST..
who got 500 as first prize for North
Dakota; and Forrest F. Skinner, ZOE
Thayer avenue. who received third
place In the state and an award of
$40. Second place went to Mrs. Fred
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
This Great Healing Oil Best
For Eczema and Skin Troubles

days because 1t is highly concentrated
and a bottle costs but IS cents.
The very first application will give
you relief and a few short treat
ments will thoroughly convince you
that by sticking faithfully to it for
a short while your skin troubles will
be a thing of the past.
Remember that Moone's Emerald
Oil is a clean, powerful, penetrating
Antiseptic Oil that does not stain or
leave a greasy residue and that 1t
must give complete satisfaction or
your money cheerfully refunded
Advertisement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

Make up your mind today that you
are going to give your skin a real
chance to get we'll.
You've probably been. like q lot Of
other people, convinced that the only
thing to use was an ointment or salve
(some of them are very good) put In
the big majority Of cases these sticky
salves simply clog the pores and the
condition primarily remains the
same.
Go to the Service Drug Co.. Halls
Drug Store OF any other good druggist
today and get an original bottle Of
Moone's Emerald Oh - it lasts many
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

Artly. Devils Lake. who received $50.
The prize winning photos were of
Gordon Keith, small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcleod, shown sweeping off
the sidewalk; and Of Jane Ann,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner,
who was snapped a. she Vas doing a
bit of carpenter work.
The photos will be entered In the
national and international COMPETE
ton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

man Chollet of Wilton, Mrs. Soder-
quist had lived in this vicinity for a
number of years.
Besides her husband and parents
she leaves her son, Harold. Jr.. and
an infant daughter, born last week.
Mrs. Sodequist was % years old.
Pallbearers at the funeral were:
Emil Backman. John Olson. Anton
Nelson. Joe Warmke, Ole Lillefjeld,
and Mr.. Stanley.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

KELSCH CHILD UNCHANGED
Little change was noted Thursday
morning by attendants at the Man
dan Deaconess hospital In the condi-
ton of Margaret Jean. four-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Kelsch,
'Mandan, who Is suffering from spinal
meningitis.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Hold Funeral Rites
For Burleigh Woman

Funeral services for Mrs. Harold
Soderquist, who died at her farm
home in Painted Woods township
Saturday, were held at the Presby-
terrain church in Wilton Tuesday,
Rev. Fred Christ officiating.
The daughter of MI. and Mrs. Her.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

The institute Of Scrap Iron and
steel reports 10000. 900 tons Of scrap
iron and steel are reclaimed annual
". most Of which u remelted into
steel 'ngotS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

CLUB HAS OPEN MEETING
Members of the Mandan Rotary
club were to attend an "open" meet
ing Thursday noon for the purpose OF
attending to several routine business
matters of the club.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Red Cross Office Is
Moved to Courthouse

Moving day has arrived for the
EBurleigh County Red Cross office.
which Thursday afternoon was NOV
ing into its new quarters on the Sec
ord floor Of the new courthouse.
The office will be open Is usual
friday morning, according to Miss
Vary Cashel, secretary, and the same
elephone number, $40, will be main
s2ained. The Red Cross formerly had
IA office in the Dakota National Bank
and Trust company building.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

Botanists have figured that a bushel
of wheat contains $4,000 grains. a
bushel Of rye $4,000, and a bushel Of
clover 16, 400, 900.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

PARTY DRIVING to Fargo Friday
night at 6 o'clock. Returning Sun
day evening. Room for s passen-
gers. Phone 154O-M.
FOR RENT-Two large adjoining
office rooms. Can be rented to-
gether or separately. Reasonable
rent. Call at Dahl's Clothing Store,
40 Main.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

The hedgehog cactus Of Mexico can
live for five years without a drop Of
water. When it rains 1t fills up its
central pithy section until 1t swell3
to nearly twice its normal size.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

England's Jewish population is
estimated at 300,0 1000, two-thirds Of
which is in London.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
How Modern Women
Lose Pounds of Fat
Swiftly

Gain Physical Vigor - Youthfulness
With Clear Skin and Vivacious Ewes
That Sparkle With Glorious Health
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Works for Centuries

ONCE 1873, California has pro-
- duced a total of $1,842, 0Oo, 900
in gold, which about equals the
value of her farm produce each
three years.
In 1880 she produced only $9,000,-
900 in. gold, while she produced
more than $500, 000,O02 in oil.
The difference is that another
twelve months will have seen most
Of the oil go up in smoke, while,
if history repeats itself, most of the
gold will be present and at work a
thousand years hence.
1t is not the glitter, the rarity,
or the weight, but the durability
and adaptability of gold that make
men cherish it.
No other metal is easier to shape,
or harder to destroy. The original
flake discovered in California now
reposeS in the Smithsonian institu-
ton at Washington, just as bright
and just as pure as it was when
Marshall first saw 1t.
The same was true Of the gold
that Howard Carter found in King
Tut's tomb, where it had lain buried
for more than thirty centuries.
But, and making allowance for
all that, haven't we gone a little too
far in our worship of gold as an
arbiter of credit?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Views of Times Readers

Editor Tines-The tax problem of
this dear old state of Indiana seems
to be the paramount issue at this
time.
I, specializing in tax problems,
have to laugh at the various boards
and commissions appointed, and
various opinions that I have had
the pleasure of reading, but the real
subject matter has not been men
toned yet.
This matter of which I attempt to
call your attention to, If some good
legislator with backbone would file
bill in this legislature, and it be-
comes a law, would be the best thing
for the relief to the real estate
owner.
Now having twenty years service
Ito nothing but taxes of all kinds, I
will call your attention, to this.
There should be a law passed
making it mandatory that each and
every bank doing business in In
diana furnish to the local assessor
of their county a list of names and
addresses of all parties renting
safety deposit boxes, and, on March
l, of each year the assessor mail a
notice to the owners of these boxes
that an inventory must take place
in their presence.
/ know that millions of dollars
worth of taxable property are in these
boxes and not a cent being paid,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Cash for the Veterans

Action of the national executive committee OF the
American Legion indorsng the cash payment Oh
adjusted service certificates makes that subject a
national ISSUE There had been much agitation IN
favor of this but the Legion's convention in Boston
last fall refused to approve it. The action OF the
committee reverses the convention decision
The committees change of front was brought
about by the depression and widespread unemploy-
ment among veterans.
A large number of measures have been intro
duced in congress authorizing cash payment The
Legion Endorsed no particular measure.
There are upward Of 100000 adjusted service
certificates outstanding. They have face value OF
probably three and half billion dollars,
Among the proposals most discussed has been that
of Representative Patman of Texas, who would issue
bonds for meeting the cash payments. Fatman S
arguments are in general those used in support OF
bonus-that soldiers suffered during the war, while
others profited greatly His idea is that putting
three billions into circulation would revive prosperity
It should be noted that certificates have loan
value which increases each year date Of maturity,
and that half the veterans have taken advantage
of this most of them borrowing through banks. If
veteran takes complete advantage OF his borrowing
privilege he will pay in interest during the life OF
mis- certificate about half its face value.
It is true that the business obligations of the gov
eminent we're met promptly after the war and that
passage of the socaned bonus Tor the veterans olo
not take place until 1924.
1t is equally true that unusual demands are nelng
made on the treasury that veterans relief already
approxiuates a billion year, that aid already is
being extended to some 100000 persons through COM
pensaton, insurance and disqualification, and that
the last congress enacted pension bill giving vet
Grams with non-service connected disabilities pensions
ranging from $12 to $40 month, which will increase
greatly as the years pass
Also that there are $4,000 pensioners of the Civil
and Spanish American wars still the rolls, and
that their pensions increased largely at the last
session of congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
World Must Share Supply

THE world bank idea grew out of
IL the reparations jam, just as
the League of Nations idea grew out
of the war, which led to that Jam,
but it all goes back to the widening
interdependence of all people, espe-
cially as revealed by gold.
Civilization has come to a point
where it needs markets and raw ma
terials in every quarter of the globe,
where it can not survive unless
channels Of exchange are kept open.
Maintenance of order is one way
to keep those channels open, while
the equitable distribution of gold is
another.
There would be little use in guar
anteeing peace, if at the same time
large numbers of people were to be
deprived of their buying power
through lack of gold. Yet that is
the actual condition we face today.
France has rather less than she
needs and Germany, Italy, Spain
and most other countries have no
where nearly enough.
AS long as we attach more impor-
lance to one million dollers' worth
of gold than we do to one billion
dollars worth of land, man power.
or machinery, we must see to it
that the supply is fairly prorated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

and if this could be realized, then
the revenue received off these boxes
would reduce the tax on real estate
rs per cent.
A MEMBER LEGISLATURE, 1925.
Editor, Times = Two articles in
The Times recently, one on zone
Needed Law" and the other, 1--WE
Are Blind" I think are timely and
well taken. These articles tersely
tell the situation, which to me is
appalling at this time. I think I
would add to this about the follow
ing:
Business suspended, charity to
the rescue.
when charity ceases, what then?
"a good meal at Thanksgiving
may last until Christmas, but how
about the meal at Christmas last
ing until Thanksgiving?
1.-THE cnaritably inclined people in
indianapolis and elsewhere fur
nished thousands of baskets of food
for the hungry at Thanksgiving and
did it again at Christmas. They are
charitably inclined since then, but
are not as operative as they were
on the dates mentioned.
IF the excessive profits taken by
utility organizations were left with
the people where they rigEtfully be-
long, there would be less suffering
and less need of charity"
B. M. RALSTON.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Seven Governors

While congress continues to eye askance all pro-
posals for unemployment insurance, the Governors
of seven states have met and agreed to study what
insurance can do to prevent starvation and want
and crime in the future
1t viii examine the experience of European coun-
tries with unemployment insurance, the voluntary
Industrial insurance systems that have been estab-
Ished here and the merits of various unemployment
insurance bills drafted this winter. It will study, also
existing public and private employment agencies, and
present methods of collecting unemployment statistics
The Governors of New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylyania Ohio, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massa
chusetts taking part in this movement, and they
deserve commentator for it.
No matter how busy are, meeting the prob
LENS and the distress of this winter it is necessary
that we plan to prevent such catastrophies in
the future. When better days come we will forget,
until depression descends once more upon us and it
is too late to ward off its misery.
If unemployment insurance can keep men and
women from starving when the rapidly changing
processes Of industry throw them Of work through
no fault Of their own; II it can supply them with
Of buying the necessities of life and at the
time Of creating a market for industries that
otherwise might have to close and throw more
out of work. then unemployment insurance is worth
studying and worth trying
II our American system" is to endure, with all
its benefits to the individual its abuses Yust be
remeded First Of all, the American people must eat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Smokestacks and CornstaIks

preliminary figures by Director William M
Steuart of the census bureau reveal two vital changes
taking place in America. The first is that the in
naturalization of this country has continued as
rapid process in the last decade. The other is that
production of food is tending to become western
affair
Since 1920 steuart estimates the nation has
suffered net loss of 15O469 farms Whereas twenty
years ago one-third of our people lived on farms
today the percentage is between % and % per cent
In that time nearly 100000 people have moved
cityward.
Not quite four persons out of every five now live
in cities. OF course industralization has hit the
farm regions and accounts for many mergers larger
farms, machine farming on the grand scale. We are
producing more food 10000 fewer farms because
OF the tractor the threSher and other labor saving
devices But the fact remains that smokestacks are
growing faster than cornstalks
Another arresting fact is that because of irrga-
ton, longer growing seasons, virgin soil and other
factors farm production is moving westward
Losses in farms are recorded in twenty-five states
and only three of these-Montana, Missouri and
Idaho-are west of the Mississippi
New England loses 900 farms; New York. $4,000:
Pennsylvania 10000; Ohio, $4,000; Indiana, $4,000;
Michigan $4,000; Illinois, $4,000 Total losses in these
twenty-five states are 3771O1 farms
increases OF z1o,oS2 farms are recorded in twenty
three states King Cotton has held his own, for in
the southern cotton belt the farms have increased
Texas gains 10000; Oklahoma, 10000; Louisiana
26,ooO Mississippi 10000; Arkansas 1000, and
Florida, 5000.
In the irrigation states, big gains also have been
observation-disclosures with $4,000 new farms, Oregon
and Washington each with 5000, Arizona with 5000
and New Mexico with 1900
To those who bewan the loss of spiritual values
That come from contacts with growing things the
1851 census Will give some comfort. The movement
away from the farms that began so alarmingly
twenty years ago is slackening and losing its
momentum.
"hen 1arn life in America is made attractive,
both economically and socially this movement sbould
reverse ITSELF Then, indeed, the nation will breathe
easier in the assurance that its foundation is secure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

Haven't We Gone a Little Too
Far in our Worship of Gold
as an Arbiter of Credit?
SAYS:

GAN DIEGO. Cal, Jan. 27.-It was
- only eighty-three years ago last
Saturday that gold was discovered
in CALIFORNIA; mere fiske Of 1t
seen accidentally by mar who was
builf- ! mill race.
No dcpSs, the American people
ultimately would have recognized
and developed the greater sources
of wealth which make California
what it is, but that flake Of gold GER
tainly did lot to speed them up.
What is there about gold that
makes us poor mortals love it so, or
trust. it with such blind confidence?
There isn't enough gold in all the
world to operate the American auto
industry for a single year, and yet
it has become the determining fac
tor of credit throughout the world.
No matter how much a nation
may be worth, or can produce, it is
not regarded as solvent, unless it
has about so much gold.
Even Soviet Russia has found it
necessary to create gold reserve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Keeping the Faith

Not at all unexpected is the very vigorous
effort being made to defeat the passage OIL an
old age pension law, even though the peopie
anonbaticallv indorsed this forward step at
the last election.
The professional agitators for the r1ch
and Bourbon editorial minds have a great
fear of "pauperizing" the people.
They have no fear, apparently, OF the
Elizabethan scheme Of condemning the aged
to poorhouses for the dual crime OF being ola
and poor.
Twelve other states have already adopted
this humanitarian program sponsored by tne
Eagles and organized labor and the WISDOM
and humanity of this plan Of caring Tor tne
aoed who have met misfortune are backed
by experience.
This measure furnishes test OF the
membership of the legislature IN two dlrec-
tions. It tests the hearts Of the Individual
members. 1t tests the Democratic party as
a whole, for that party gave very oelllil'e
pledge to support this law.
Even though the measure has this party
Endorsement. it is not partisan matter, Tor
it's provisions are as broad as humanity ltseh
and its appeal should be universal.
The test of the Democratic members Is
plain and open. The measure presented Oy
the Eagles represents the results OF years Oh
experience in other states. 1t contains work
able and practical provisions.
One of the ways of killing progressive
legislation is to- inject provisions that take
awav from the law it's spirit and effective
ness.
Efforts to place the age limit at point
reached by very few must be classed as un-
friendly acts, intended to nullify the law and
repudiate promise to the people.
Democratic leadership will demonstrate
its sincerity in proportion to the zeal it shows
to make the law effective and applicable to
those for whom such relief is needed.
Republican leadership has its opportunity
TO demonstrate that, fundamentally, the
party is not branded with the dollar mark
in all it's thinking.