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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
PLAN TO TAX
GROSS RECEIPTS OF
UTILITY COMPANIES
Gas, Power and Telephone Com
panies Would Come Under
Terms Of Proposed Law

Imposition of q tax on the gross
receipts Of power and gas companies
Is provided In q measure introduced
In the North Dakota senate Monday
by A. +. Bonser E.. Of Richland
county.
A second bill offered by Bonner and
NelS Magnuson of Bottineau county
proposes that Z tax be imposed on
property Of telephone companies,
measured by their operating revenue.
For the privilege Of exercising their
franchises In the state, every domes-
tic and foreign power and gas COM
pAny would pay q tax ON gross re-
ceipts under the Bonner bill. The tax
would be SIX per cent Of the total
gross receipts within the state.
The telephone bill provides that
the tax commissioner shall compute
the total tax to be assessed against
telephone companies In IN amount
equal to six per cent Of the operating
revenue. but in no case Is the tax to
be less thah the equivalent Of 75 cents
for each telephone instrument used
by the reporting company IN the state
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tons. Companies which derive their
revenue, chiefly from the assessment
Of their members or stockholders
would pay q tax Of 50 cents on each
instrument.
Motorists would b required 10 carry
their registration cards In q device at
tached to their rear license plates
under Z proposal by Senators p. ].
Murphy Of Walsh county: Gust Wog
of the Billings-B Bowman Golden VAL
ley and Slope district: w. p. Lynch
Of La Moure and G. Z Erickson OF
Burke Divide.
The measure would require that
the registration card be attached to
the rear license plate and sealed to
the rear license bracket Of the We
hicle for which the license was Is
sued. The device and registration
card would be furnished by the mo-
tor vehicle registrar at . cost not TO
exceed 50 cents.
Senator G. N. Brunsdale Of Tfail
county introduced . measure making
It Z misdemeanor to operate any au-
tomato vending machine. cotn-box.
telephone, slot machine. or other
Ike receptacle By means Of . slug.
token. device oe trick.
Under . measure introduced by
Senator p. W. Eddy Of Stutsman
county, . change Of place Of trial In
criminal actions could Be obtained On
application OF the defendant where
there are indications that q fair trial
cannot be obtained.
A proposal to authorize the juvenile
court to commit to the institution for
the feehle-minded any feeble-mtnded,
dependent, neglected or dehnqunt
child was offered BY Senator A. W.
Fowler Of Cass county.
Senator T. N. Putnam Of Eddy
Foster counties presented . measure
prescribing IN oath or affirmation TO
be taken and subscribed to by pro
fessors, instructors and teachers In
public schools. colleges and univeEd-
ties. Support Of the United States
constitution, and an laws Of fhe
state and federal government would
be pledged by the teachers before
they could assume their dut1e&-
Ten. bills. including nine previously
passed by the house, were approved IN
the senate. One was . measure ap-
propriating 100000 for state aid 70
volunteer fire departments, the pro-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
Commission Protests
Action of Railroads

A protest against the proposal. Of
the railroads to cancel the privilege
of stopping cars Of fresh fruits and
vegetables in transit to partially UNI
load was filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission by the North
Dakota Board Of Railroad Commits
sioners recently.
The board contends that the can
collation. of the privilege would work
hardships on farmers, community
buying clubs, retailers In smaller
towns and, at times. even to the line
house fruit jobbers.
A similar proposal was made by the
railroads Nov. l., 1929 but was
suspended by the interstate COM
merce commission after q hearing In
which the North. Dakota commits
sioners presented the evidence.
It is expected that other states
will join North Dakota In protesting
against the action Of the railroads.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
Dangerous Age for Pedestrians
Not Childhood but Begins at IS

Then come the 45-to 64-year-
olds with 22.5 deaths. Lastly there
is q terrif Jump to the most fear
full Of all pedestrian death rates,
those Of 65 up, who rate 87.2.
The reasons for the elders, who
are so free with their advice to
youngsters, failing to profit by it,
may be due, says the Ford
analysis, to the following factors:
decrease in muscular abil-
ity.
2-Increase in body weight and
decrease In speed Of movement.
3-Preservation of traffic hab-
It's from the days when automo-
biles were not q hazard.
impairment Of sensory &C.
guilty.
5-A variety Of senile effects
on mentality.
6-Mental abstraction (absent-
mindedness.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
BILL REGULATING
SALE OF YRACTOR
FUELS IS PASSED
Distiuate Must Have Distinct
Color Under Terms OF
New Enactment

Minimum SpeCulcaClONS 1OT QLStA-
late to be used as a tractor fuel are
set forth in a bill passed by the
house Monday.
It is designed to eliminate the In
discriminate sale of various low grade
products as tractor fuel and provides
that the color shall be straw Of a col
or not lighter than minus sixteen say
bolt. This color may be natural, but
IL the product does not meet this re-
quirement, a sufficient quantity Of q
suitable dye must be added to give a
color not lighter than minus sixteen
saybolt.
Supporters held such a law will
eliminate the possibility of selling low
grade fuel oils as a distillate suitable
for tractor consumption. Albert Won
Berkom of Divide county, a Nom
partisan, maintained the measure was
an attempt to place a high selling
price on distillate and thus eliminate
much competition for vendors OF
gasoline and kerosene.
Five other bills passed the house,
including one authorizing villages to
appoint night watchmen. Under the
present law, marshals and conStables
must be elected to office.
The states general fund will be
richer by $350.000 II a bill introduced
by K. A. Fitch Of Fargo succeeds in
hurdling all legislative barriers. The
bill would transfer this sum from the
returned soldiers fund.-" Fitch said
approximately $4,000 va being re-
tanned in the returned soldiers fund"
to take care of soldiers bonuses still
outstanding. A similar bill transfer
ring $500, 900 also was introduced In
the senate.
Among other measures offered are
those prohibiting the local sale of
dairy and vegetable products by state
institutions. compelling county com
missioners to erect suitable markers
where roads have sharp turns; def
lining and regulating common carrier
pipe lines and granting them the
right Of eminent domain: extending
time for applying for threshers' liens
from 20 to 80 days; transferring Of
$125, 900 from the special bridge
fund" to the state highway fund;
authorizing the board Of administra-
ton to repair and reconstruct the
north wing of the fire-swept capital
building; repeating laws creating the
prison revolving fund; repeating Of
the law providing for operation Of
the state trolley line: raising Of
optometrists' annual license fee from
IS to ST: providing for collection,
arrangement and display Of state
products and resources at the worlds
fair at Chicago in 1888, and extending
the length limit Of the state highway
system to 1900 miles, an increase Of
100 miles. The last named measure
is to permit the completion Of road
stretches serving 81 connecting links
Of the state system.
Other bills provide that q two
thirds vote Of the stockholders will
allow amending Of q cooperative as
sociation,s articles OF incorporation;
for reciprocity in taxation Of estates
involving other states: that state
banks may establish sub-depositories
In towns, villages or cities without
banking facilities In the same county.
and for repeal Of the present law
which recognizes - legal marriages
performed under Indian law and
custom.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

Ann Arbor, Mich, Feb. TO-
R-The dangerous age for Pc
destrians crossing the streets Is
not childhood but begins at IS.
This II the testimony Of nine
month"; automobile traffic kill
ings In Detroit - analysed and
made public Tuesday by Adel-
bert Ford, professor Of ply
sociology at the University Of
Michigan.
The golden age for escaping
autos Is from Is to a., when all
the faculties seem keenest. Count
ing that period ~ best. Professor
Ford finds that second best age
is 25.44, when z6 as many per-
sons are killed.
Third rank the babies up to S,
with 10.7 times as many killings:
fourth the school children Of 5
to II with 17.2.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
Alice Longworth and Dolly Gam
Hold Funeral Rites for Hatchet
Associated Press Photo

The epitaph celebrated the
words with which the feud-which
existed in the minds Of all social
Neutrality-suspicious. even though the
principals never admitted twas
proclaimed ended at = recent
white house reception. Alice and
Dolly met for the first time In
ages in the center Of the ball
room.
Hello, Dollyl"
Hello, Aice!"
OF course. everybody heard.
and word went forth the contro-
versy was no more.
Incidentally, Mrs. Gam came
first on the guest list Monday
night, but then 1t was alphabet
cal. The newspaperwomen gave
Mrs. Longworth q silver wedding
anniversary present. It was q
framed photograph Of the Roose-
welt family on Alice's wedding
day, Feb. II, 1906, taken from old
newspaper files.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
Great One Admits
He Is Poor Actor

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 10.-Re
There i-and this is by his own
admission-one thing In which
Arthur "What-A-Man" shires Is
no good.
Arthur. who topped his ever
growing list Of activities by max
ing q speech before the Lions club
Monday, said he still pondered
over why two major baseball
leagues could get along without
him. He's q first-rate ball play
er, he said, quite something As .
boxer. doing good in professional
basketball, and now "I1l knock
EN- cold with q bunch Of stories
I'm writing for a newspaper"
But" the Great Art conftded,
"as, an actor In Hollywood, I was
terrible"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
RELIGIOUS COUNCIL
WORK IS OUTLINED
Representative Of North Dakota
Organization Tells Of Ac-
compIishments Here

An outline Of the work done In
Bismarck during the last year by the
North Dakota council of religious
education vas given here Tuesday by
Neil N. Lee, representative Of the
organization who Is soliciting funds
for continuance Of the movement.
The council has been carrying on
Sunday school work in North Da-
kota for the last As years with II
denominations cooperating, Lee said.
Reviewing the work as it pertains
particularly to Bismarck, Lee called
attention to the training class for
Sunday school teachers, conducted
last February by G. A. Armstrong,
Fargo, state superintendent of the
council, and Rev. w. H. Bayles Of
Huron, 8. D..
In May, Armstrong and DR.. s. L.
Roberts, Philadelphia, conducted q
daily vacation Bible school confer
ence for persons teaching In such
schools. Many persons from sur
rounding towns attended the meet
Ing.
Last winter the council presented
tI1C 11A81l 0CA1OOA p4AAA VI 0AOA6 oCOOy.
A class Of about IS Is taking this
course for q state credit at the pres
ent time. ;.
In November . leadership training
class for ministers was held by DR..
Oscar w. Low, Minneapolis: Arm
strong and DR.. G. L. Wallace. Fargo.
Twenty-one attended these sessions.
The teacher -training class held
here last week also va under the di-
rection Of the council, the aim being
to help Sunday school workers to 2
better understanding Of their prob
lens. Miss May Lynn, Chicago;
Rev. F. Logee, Rev. Ira Herzberg and
Helen Vale constituted the faculty
ct this school. Thirty-two workers
attended classes.
The work done here Is typical Of
the accomplishments Of the council
throughout the state, which i doing
much to place religious education
where 1t rightfully belongs, Lee said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

Washington, Feb. 10.-@-
There was a funeral here Nom
day night at which the specta-
tors, decorous ladies all. laughed
loud and long. Even Alice Long
worth and Mrs. Dolly Gam gave
way to mirth.
A solemn cortege, wearing
deepest mourning was carrying q
black casket to Its resting place
when the first giggles broke
though the sombre notes Of q
funeral dirge. The box was
placed under a headstone bear
Ing the simple epitaph:
Hello Dolly! Hello Alicel"
It contained q hatchet-the
Ratchet, in fact. None other than
the symbol Of the capitals IA
nous Gann-Longworth feud over
social precedence. The funeral
was conducted by the National
Women's Press club. The two
principals sat at the same table.
guests of honor at the newspa-
perwomen's merrymaking.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
SEEK CHANGES IN
LAWS GOVERNING
WORKERS BUREAU
Would Eliminate ex-Officio
Members From State Com
pensation Board

Five bills relating to operation Of
the state workmen's compensation bu-
reau were introduced In the house
Monday.
Four of the measures. which Cor
don Cox Of Burleigh county intro
duced by request, are sponsored BY
the bureau itself, while the fifth was
offered by r. e. Hamilton Of Nelson
county.
Chief among the changes proposed
are those eliminating the secretary
of agriculture and labor and state
commissioner Of insurance as ex-of-
ficio members OF the bureau and per-
hitting an appeal by the employe or
the employer from q decision OF n
bureau.
The S given for eliminating
the ex-offico members from he bu-
reau is that the business OF the COM
pensation bureau is so large and
technical that men elected to specific
official duties cannot possibly, In adj
dition, attend to the work Of this de-
partment.
Under present statutes. employees OF
employers are not permitted to make
an appeal from a bureau decision, ex-
cept in cases where an employe has
been fatty denied any compensation
by the department. This bill Is In
tended to not only obtain . review OF
a case, but also to provide for q more
speedy method Of court action.
In addition to changing the make
up Of the bureau, the bill provides
that commissioners shall be appointed
to six-year terms, instead Of five, SO
as to permit the appointment Of one
member every two years. It also fixes
the salary OF commissioners at 5000
annually.
A provision to make effective safety
regulations and rules promulgated by
the bureau by adding to the usual fine
authority to penalize up to 10 per
cent Of the premium paid in case Of
violation, also Is contained In the
measure.
Another Of the bills gives the bu-
z authority to base the solvency
of the workmen,s compensation fund
upon groups Of cl~assifications, instead
Of individual cl~assifications. and
authorizes the bureau to divide the
whole compensation field In North
Dakota into not less than three, nor
more than four groups. The bureau
Is authorized to base solvency upon
the groups until such time as the
North Dakota experience will be suf-
ficient to enable the carrying out Of
the original intention, to have each
classification stand on It's "own feet"
This bill also includes q limitation
to the amount Of premium to be set
aside by surplus and q provision deal
ing with the question Of pre-existing
disease, similar to provisions adopted
by California and other states.
The last bureau measure permits
the state and its departments and
political subdivisions to pay premiums
in excess of 500 In two equal in
stallments without filing q bond. The
reason given for this change Is that
the power Of taxing exercised by the
state and its political subdivisions Is
considered sufficient guarantee Of
payment of premiums.
The measure introduced by Hamil-
ton also provides for removing the
secretary of agriculture and labor and
state insurance commissioner as ex-
officio members of the bureau and
permits the three appointive members
to select one of their number as chair
a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
WAGNER BILL Is
SIGNED BY HOOVER
Measure Provides for Advanced
Planning Of Public Works
to Give Employment

washington. Feb. 10.-RHPrest-
dent Hoover has signed the Wagner
bill which provides for advanced
planning of public works as q means
Of combating the evils OF unemploy-
ment.
Senator Wagner, Democrat, New
York, and Representative Graham,
Republican, Pennsylvania, had work.
ed out an admirable bill, the presi-
dent said.
"The bill is not a cure for depres-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

said he was present at the conference
between Fesler and New.
He added Fesler did most Of the
talking and did 1t in q positive man.
ner, focusing blame for the contract
on MI. New, which he didn't seem to
like"
New said after the conference that
Eesler must 60, Bartlett testified.
New has been given permission to
appear before the committee inves-
tigating p~ostoffice leases to give his
version OF his part In the st. Paul
lease.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
AMUSEMENT PLACE NOVEL

Berlin. Feb. 1o.-R1-Patrons Of q
new amusement place land via an es-
calator in q lobby whence they may
70 to "Palm Beach," Venice 'The
Island OF Bali" or "a prohibition bar
in New York" The last named -
the most popular. There are rough
brick walls. Casks serve as seats.
When sliding doors on closets con-
tanning liquor are closed one can OBJ
serve the sign drugstore" and shelf
bottles containing such labels as "Sod.
Chlor." "T1uct. Opii," etc.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

New York, Feb. 1O.-{F-A fire that
has burned - feet underground for
u years has come to light. It was
found in excavations for new build
ines On Ftker's Island In Long Island
Sound an island made BY the dump
ing Of refuse by the city. Over the
fire two crops Of vegetables have bsen
grown annually. There never Is snow
On the island; contrast to some OF It's
neighbor&
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
Second Veteran Group
On Way to Washington

SEATTLE. wash. Fsh. 1O.-Qp-Fol-
lowing other Seattle World War vetsr-
ans. g e~x-seryice men were on their
way TO washington BY box car Tues
day 70 demand cash payment for
their adjusted insurance certificates.
rultce dispersed other yeterAns ~
they formed for an unauthorized par
ade Monday. Tho first box oar rid
ing group arrived Ii chicago Monday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

s,on" he said. "but It provides TOR
better organization Of relief" -.
In making his announcement III
Hoover said that he wished to give
credit to two men who had furnished
a great many Of the ideas incorporate
ed in the legislation. The two were
Edward Hunt, economist for the COM
merce department. and Otto Malloey'
Harrisburg, Pa.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
new IS BLAMED IN.
P0STOFFICE AFFAIR
Former Postmaster General Was
Attacked by Attorney, John
Bartlett Declares

Washington, Neb. 10.-R1-A SEN
ate committee was told Tuesday that
former Assistant District Attorney
Fesler at st. Paul had focused
blame" for the st. Paul p~ostoffice
lease on Harry 8. New, former post
master general.
The witness, John H. Bartlett,
former assistant postmaster general,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10
Daisy deBOe Granted
s Probation BY Judge

Los Angeles, Feb. 10.-tF-Daisy
De Doe, former secretary of Clara
Bow, film actress, was granted proba-
ton from a prison term by Judge
william Doran Tuesday but she must
sl>nd Is months in the county jail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

The degree Of control or COM
pleteness Of eradication Of quack
grass Is in direct proportion to the
thoroughness Of the tillage. the time
illness Of the operation, and the IA"
vorableness Of the climatic conditions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

posal already having been passed by
the house. The others consisted
chiefly Of appropriation measures.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-10

Free fencing lessons are supplied
Fascist scouts ranging from 8 to IA
years old at Turin, Italy.
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