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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-08
Sibley Butte
BY MRS. ELMER BLooMQUIsr

8. E. Clizbe and family were enter
tanned at dinner Thanksgiving Day at
the r. G. Wildfang home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Folkins spent
their Thanksgiving vacation at the
home Of her parents, near McClusky,
N. Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Larson and
daughter Vivian and Mrs. G. ]. Rob-
erts OF jamestown, N. D., were Thanks
giving dinner guests at the p. E. Roth
home.
Elmer Bloomquist and family and
Mrs. Lundquist, Charlie Lanpher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lundquist were
dinner guests at the e. A. Widger
home Thanksgiving Day.
Members Of the poultry club were
entertained at the 8. E. Clizbe home
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. e. Clizbe and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Larson were enter.
tanned at the p. p. Bliss home Fri
day night.
Johnny Wildfang has been staying
at the home Of his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. 8. E. Clizbe.
L. Davenport and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Couch, Maxine and Billy, Mr..
and Mrs. 8. E. Clizbe and Elmer
Bloomquist were Bismarck callers
Saturday.
A special meeting Of the school
board was held at the home Of the
clerk, Elmer Bloomquist.
Bids on School No. were opened.
8. E. Clizbe,s bid Of $1l2.50 was high.
est and was accepted.
Mrs. John Olson who was whiting
her daughter. Mrs. G. Cederstrom Is
visiting at the Frank Trygg home.
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Lyman
By s. oYLDEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Niemi motored to
Brocket, N. D., Tuesday morning where
they were called by the serious i'll
ness Of Mr.. Niemi's uncle.
A Thanksgiving program was given
~ the pupils Of Mr.. Killing at School
No. Wednesday afternoon. Visit
ors were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Eliason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Harju and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Glyden and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ojanen
and family, Mrs. John Riikula, Miss
Mayme Hokana and Theodore Ho-
kama. A lunch was served after the
program.
The Misses Sauna Pihlaja and Flor
ence Waste who are high school stu.
dents IN Bismarck arrived home We'd
nesday evening to spend the weekend
at their parental homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pihlaja spent
Thursday evening with Mrs. Pihla ia &
mother, Mrs. Banttafi in Wing.
Mrs. Harry Reynolds, who Is q
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ka-
vonius. has sent word that her hus-
band has had an operation performed
on his back recently and he has to lay
In a cast for three months. Mr.. and
Mrs. Reynolds visited here for several
months last summer.
Charlie johnson, Henry Pthlaja and
Fred Eskeli motored to Bismarck
Friday.
John Waste and son Walter, Robert
kirmu and John Riikula called u
Henry Pihlaja's Saturday.
Gloria and Gail Gylden visited
with Hulda Siirtola Sunday. Miss
Alice Bates and Fred Bates also were
callers at Siirtola,S.
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Schrunk
BY IRENE MARCHANr

Mr.. and Mrs. John stroh and
daughter and Edward and Emil
Stroh were Wing callers Monday.
Albert Zelmer Is staying at the
home Of his brother-in and sis
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Bender.
Emil johnson, Dave Hochhalter.
John and Emil stroh motored to Bis
marck Wednesday to see Mrs. Emil
stroh, who Is i'll in the hospital.
Miss Martha Vollmer visited at the
home Of her brother and sister. in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vollmer q few
days Of last week.
Ted Stroh was q caller at the Tom
Novak home Tuesday evening.
John Relic spent several days Of
last week at the Henry Schulz home.
Ruben Wentz was Wednesday eve
ming visitor of Jim Kozinek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Zelmer and
daughters Fern, Viola and Loretta
were Saturday evening visitors at the
w. NJ. witt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Hochhalter and
family were guests at the John Stein
ert home In Regain Thursday.
MI. and Mrs. Emil johnson motored
to Bismarck Saturday to see their
daughter who Is In the hospital.
Wing callers Friday were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Wahl, Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Dave Hochhalter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Stroh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Westerman and
son Everett spent the weekend at
her parental home.
Allan Schulz motored to Harvey, N.
D., Thursday.
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Hampton
~ ELIZABETH KoPPY

Callers in Linton from this territory
Wednesday were Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Koppy, daughter Regina, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Backhaus,. daughter Caroline,
and Frank and Dewey LAWYER.
Miss Emma Krieg spent the Thanks
giving holidays at her home In Lin
ton.
Misses Pauline Koppy and Betty
HEM Of strasburg, spent Thanksgiv-
ing at the home Of the formers pa
rents Mr.. and. Mrs. Steve Koppy.
Mrs. Porter TIMBER and brother
Clarence Knudtson Of Winona called
on Olaf Knudtson Tuesday. While
here Mrs. TIMBER and brother Olaf
were supper guests at the Koppy home.
Miss Hilda Schiermeister spent
Thanksgiving Day At the Godfrey
0renx home.
Otha Surber Of Cut Bank, Mont. Is
visiting his brother, Ed Surber Of Lii
vona. surber intends to visit another
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brother in South Dakota, after which
he viii spend the winter with his
mother In Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schmidt and
family and VIM. schiermeister Of Gay
ton visited at the Jake Schiermeister
home Thursday afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Koppy called at the
Jake Schiermester home Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Weber and fam
lily, accompanied by Herman Back
haus, all Of Linton, visited at the Her
man and John Backhaus homes SUM-
day.
Ted Renschler called on friends in
Emmonsburg Monday.
Helmuth Schiermeister spent sew
eral days In Linton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Backhaus.
son Herbert and daughter Caroline,
accompanied by Mrs. Steve Koppy,
motored to Mandan, Fort Rice and st.
Anthony early Monday morning to
spend the forepart OF this week visit
Ing friends and relatives.
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as teacher in the Bowdon school Mon

as teacher In the Bowdon school Mon
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Asplund and
sons Lloyd, Kenneth and Robert, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Thor and DAUGHTERS,
Viola, Erma, Helma and Rosemary,
were guests Of Mrs. Signe johnson
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Helen Johnson spent the week
end visiting at the Charlie Noon home.
Mr.. ana Mrs. J. M. Thompson,
Edgar Thompson. Mrs. wise and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Williams and family OF Baldwin were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Falkenstein Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. John johnson and Ragnar
johnson visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin johnson Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Asplund and son
Warren, and daughters Linnea and
June Of Bismarck and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walfred Asplund and small daughter,
Doris. spent Thanksgiving at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Asplund.
Tho WomenS Missionary Society
met ct the home Of Mrs. August F.
Anderson Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Mount Of Fps
wich, 8. D., spent several days last
week visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ
Thompson. Mrs. Mound and Mrs
Thompson are sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thor, daugh-
tiers, Evelyn and Ruth, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Almond Thor and Waldo Ellick.
son spent Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Engstrom and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Asplund and son,
David and Axel Asplund motored to
Washburn to spend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Asplund's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Bergquist.
Mrs. Lillian Bergquist Is q guest of
her sister, Mrs. Ned Asplund, this
week.
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Rock Hill
~ RUTH LITTLE

Elmer Lundquist from near Bis
marck was . Sunday caller ct the
Emil Moses home.
Sam Doehr and Aelred Bouche
were Regan callers Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. +. Little and FAM
ily and Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Little
and daughter were Thanksgiving Day
dinner guests at the Herbert Little
homo near Baldwin.
Miss Mabel Lytle was . weekend
guset ct the 8. w. Nemets home.
Mrs. Roy Mccullough was q Regain
caller Weddaday. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Bradley and
family were Friday evening guests
at the Arthur Magnus home.
Hilda Waugeman was a weekend
guest ct the Gottlieb Dockter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kolb and FAM
ily, 3oemer residents Of this vicinity.
who returned from New York state
h4ve purchased Q farm five miles
south Of Bismarck, where they moved
recently.
An entertainment and pie social
was held ct School No. 2. taught by
Miss Lytle. Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Q. Q. Kettleson Is making her
home. at present with Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurence Bailey.
Callers on the J. r. Little home the
past week were Elmer Palmer, Mar
win Davis. Jake schatz, Jack Payseno.
Everett Bailey. Laurence Fitzgerald,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Lindsey and
children.
Sunday guests ct the Bethel Bailey
home we're Hester and Guy Bailey,
Mrs. 8. w. Nenetz and Mabel Lytle.
Burnett jacobson was . weekend
guest Of her aunt, Mrs. A. +. 0hylin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bethel Bailey and
daughter Dolores were Thanksgiving
dinner guests ct the Herman seilin.
orlo JOHNSON and Bernhard Jor-
dahl returned home from Iowa We'd
nesday To- spend the holidays With
their parents.
Mr.. and Ars. g. w. Nemetx and
family and Harold Dant were Thanks
diving dinner guests ct the Charlie
Hettick home.
Isaac llarcovitx and son Jake OF
Mandan called ct the Sam Doerr
home Tuesday.
+. r. Perkins OF Venice Center, New
York. who has been visiting relatives
and friends IN this vicinity. returned
to his home Monday.
William Kettleson i . guest this
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end In Bismarck with her daughter
Bernice Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hudson and
family visited at the Theron Ellison
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elder Elness and
nephew frankie visited at the Elsus
Elness home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Stewart enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. George Kusch
and son Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Jerset, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ander-
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Elsus Elness
at whist party Saturday night.
The Sterling Homemakers met with
Mrs. M. H. Nelson on Tuesday Novem-
Der 28th. The lesson, Utilizing Of
Wheat" was given by Mrs. Nelson.
The next meeting will be held at Mrs.
g. w. Beyers.
Miss Margaret Lang Of Jamestown
and Miss Esther Lang Of Moffit, spent
Thanksgiving with their folks here.
Miss Clara Anderson spent Thanks
giving with Miss Chariot Olson.
Glen Stewart spent Friday night
with Bobby Brownawell.
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Still
~ 3. T. HAGsTRoM

Miss Mary Morris visited at the
Andrew Trygg home Friday and Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. johnson enter
tanned the following relatives Thanks
giving Day: Mr.. and Mrs. John Noon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Noon and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Noon and
family. and Mrs. Cora Richard and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Richard Of Wilton.
Mrs. Signe Johnson, daughter Hell
ma, and Miss Evelyn Blad motored
to Wilton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erick Pearson and
daughters, Helen, Mary and Bennevi,
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. @. q. Hag-
strom Monday afternoon.
Albert and Naomi Hagstrom motor
ed to Mercer Thursday to meet Miss
Julia Herzog Of Bowdon. Miss Herzog
spent Thanksgiving vacation with Miss
Eagstrom, returning to her duties
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See Quick Action in
School Consolidation

Chicago. Dec. 8.-(PeThe Chicago
Tribune said Friday that tho propos-
ed merger Of Northwestern university
and the University Of Chicago has
reached tho stage where It was likely
to become effective within the next
two months.
The trustees Of the University Of
Chicago, the newspaper said, had
pledged themselves not to make the
merger . means Of securing tax ex-
emptions on property held by the uni
versity.
Robert Maynard Hutchins. president
Of the University Of Chicago. denied
reports that the proposed merger
would make . strictly postgraduate
school out Of Chicago and force ito
withdrawal from collegiate athletic
competition.
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Through this slot aif i drawn out BY the forward
motion Of The car. This simple vsntilaaion ~.
cold O Stormy weather. Both windshisld and
eowi vsntilaeee can b opened 10 supply addi-
eionsl aif nssdsd for eomfortable wsrn-wsasher
driving.
DISTINCTIVE NEW APPEARANCE On.
hsnesd b. ths aswiy designed ehromium-plased
fsdiaeoe Ghall and gfills, new hood louvrss, usw
hub caps. lnesf3oss ars attractive, with aew
tufted upholstsey, nsw mouldinss, new cove.
typs hsadlinins, nsw instrument panel, new
arm rests, new hardware. Swivel.eype asn wilson's
u D. Luxs bodies prsvent glare from front Of
side.
TENDERS IN COLOR. On D. Luxs eaes fend.
- ars il color % harmonic with body coloes
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BETTER PERFORMANCE. Greater power,
new speed, quicker acceleration, smoother per.
formancs, more miles per gallon especially ct
higher speeds and quicker starting in cold weather
ali these result from the new dual carburstcr
and dual intake manifold. New waterline sler.
mossass enable the engine to warm up more
quickly and 70 maintiin an efficient operating
temperature. Added engine re6nements reduce
oil consumption, further improve operating
economy ard rsduee nainssnsnee eesas.
NEW VENTILATION SYSTEM psrmiss dear
visioa, pesvsnn drafn and provides desired
amount 81 frssh air IN any weather. Individual
eonerol for froue and rear side Window. When
vsntilation i desired the window siass i raised
to the top. Then de- handle i given IN addi.
dona half.surn. This aides The elass back hori.
soatally - form : marrow slot, - illustrated.
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CLEMENCY ACCORDED
SLAYER SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON
Pardon Board Grants Parole 70
Joe 1hrondson, Behind
Bars ~ Years

Prison doors will open this week for
Joe Throndson, sentenced II years ago
to serve q life term for murder.
The state pardon board granted him
a parole and lie will be released as
soon as the necessary records are COM
pleted.
Throndson was sentenced from
Grand Forks county where he worked
on farm after his return from over
seas, where he served in numerous en-
gagements during the World War. He
entered prison here January IL, 1920.
He was convicted for fatally shoot
ing the farmer who employed him.
The shooting occurred while the farm
er and his wife were engaged in an
argument that developed into q fist
fight between the couple. Thrond-
, son claimed he sought only to brighten
the man.
After the shooting, Throndson at
tempted to commit suicide, shooting
himself through the abdomen. He
recovered.
Throndson's case had engaged the
attention Of previous pardon boards,
and Judge A. NJ. Claristianson, FORM
er member, told the present board he
believed the man wits entitled to Glenn
cncy.
No Premedi lated Plan
That there was no premeditated
plan on the part Of Throndson to kill
! was the view taken by the board. He
was said to have taken one Of the
many rifles kept on the farm and to
have fired In the heat Of excitement.
He had just returned from the World
War In which he had participated In
many engagements.
At the penitentiary here Thrond-
son was the only trusty permitted to
work outside the prison walls. His
record had been exceptionally good. 4
The board has adjourned until after
the first Of the year, when it will con.
slider the case Of Raymond Potter,
whose life term for m urder has been
reduced to second-tlegree murder,
carrying q penalty OF 10 to 30 years.
The board will fix his sentence, with
indication that term may be fixed
that probably will bring about his re.
lease soon.
E10Q0 Knit In law
While the statutes provide q prison.
er serving life for murder must serve
half Of his life expectancy before he
is eligible to clemency, there are ex-
ceptions to the law that make the &C.
ton taken by the board consistent
with the law, Attorney General p. O.
Satire, member Of the board, said.
He said that in both the Potter and
Throndson cases, the board took the
view that the men were not guilty Of
flrst-degree murder but Of lie sser homi-
eide charges.
The board may parole, commute or
pardon person serving life. for first
degree murder II It finds such q per-
son Is innocent Of the charge which
he was convicted"
In 1915 when capital punishment
was abolished and life impri sonment
substituted, the law provided that no
person convicted for murder should
he pardoned until one-half Of his life
expectancy had been served. In 1921
the amendment was enacted providing
clemency may be granted II It IS
found the prisoner Is innocent of the
charge for which he was convicted.
In 1923, another. exception was created
to provide that person serving life
Tor murder may be granted clenency
IT the board finds the convict did not
directly commit the act.
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Clear Lake
d MYRTLE CHRISTENSEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben oren and fam
lily spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs.
oren's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. =.
Paisley. Il
Mr.. and Nrs. Allen Van Vleet were
Thanksgiving Day dinner guests at the
+. A. Van vleet home.
Nrs. J. =. sharp spent Thankseiv-
ing Day with the Albert Christensen
family.
l.. B. and Aigs Charlotte Olson en-
tertained Thanksgiving ny Tor NJ.
.-sse Hhct gS
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Wild Rose
By MISS JENNIE WASTE

Miss Helen Doehle, teacher Of Wild
Rose School No. 2, spent the Thanks
giving holidays ct her home near MOT.
fit.
Mrs. Joe Braun and daughter Eva,
are spending q few days in Bismarck
this week.
Roger Carlisle, q student at Moffit
high school, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with his parents.
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Sterling
by FEN 4. STEWART

Miss Er1na Cox of Bismarck and
Mrs. Frank Mauk Of Moffit spent
Thanksgiving at the J. H. Riley home.
Mrs. Florence Elness Of Bismarck
spent Friday with friends and relatives
here.
Mrs. M. H. Nelson spent the week
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MENTAL INITIATION

So far, Washington newspaper man
pointed out the other day, there has been
no actual initiation in this country. The
recent rise was "in anticipation of the in
tlation."
He may be ignoring unduly the natural
effect of knocking the gold prop from I'M
der the dollar. But even that step might
not have had such immediate effect on
prices and business revival without popu-
lar anticipation of the further, more con-
structive steps promised.
The real initiation, according to this
view, will begin when the various infla-
ticnal measures recently moving through
Congress are actually applied by the adj
mi1istration. There is vast power provid-
ed for expansion of currency and credit,
directly through public expenditures. loans
and relief distributions, and indirectly
through legal control of the dollar.
The President may pour several billions
Of new money and credit directly into the
national stream of business, or he may not.
The discretionary power given him makes
the anti-depression machinery very elastic.
Public psychology is coming to play big
role. 1t may be-and millions hope So
that the initiation necessary to raise prices
30 or 40 per cent, resume business, provide
employment, relieve distress and pay debts,
can be attained mainly through this process
of anticipation, without using all the means
provided.
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COURAGE IN IOWA

The abducted judge in Iowa, the governor OF
the state, and the law enforcing officials are to be
commended in their determination to enforce
peaceful actions on the part Of the citizens
Times such as we are passing through naturally
cause embittered feelings and many feel them
selves aggrieved. Losses have been incurred that
make people Respondent and in desperation they
Try to take law into their own hands.
But such a spirit of Iawlessness must not be tol-
Grated. A seemingly innocent flare-up in one COM
munitv may be viewed complacently and with en-
tertaining interest by people Of other sections but
when the spirit becomes contagious there is danger
of an unbalanced social life that throws into the
discard all the protection of government that Sc
ciety in this nation has enjoyed for generations.
Farmers in the west are not alone in their losses.
If there is any class that has not suffered losses
in the past five years we know not of them. The
rich have had their wealth swept away, the middle
classes although in better circumstances, compara-
lively speaking than others, have found themselves
in reduced conditions, and the poor have found
themselves objects Of charity.
1t is not an encouraging outlook for the present
generation but it is far better that We endeavor
to correct the evils facing US by legal and con-
structive means than for groups or classes to be
come anarchstic in their thoughts and actions and
pull the whole structure Of governmental and So
cial life topping the heads of all.
Courage has been exhibited by the abducted
judge in Iowa who prayed for the privilege of do
ing what is right by all. And courage has been
exhibited by the governor who called on the militia
to punish all those guilty in the recent lawess acts
in that state.-Rock Hill Is. c. Herald.
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SARTORIAL DIPLOMACY

When a Prime Minister telephones from
a great liner in the middle of the Atlantic,
it is obvious that important matters are I'M
der consideration. 1t was reported that
British and American officialdom was
greatly stirred when Macdonald called
Washington from the Berengaria before it
reached our shores.
Now the truth is out. 1t was indeed an
important matter. 1t concerned the prob
lem of how to appear in soft hats and
street clothes in New York and in formal
attire in Washington without having the
bother of changing on the train trip be-
tween the two cities. Soft hats are the
thing for arriving dignitaries in the metrOp-
oils. Silk hats and all that goes with them
are the thing in Washington.
The telephone conversation between a
member of the Macdonald party and Am
bassador Sir Ronald Lindsey solved the
problem. The Prime Minister and his party
came off the boat wearing their formal
clothes carefully concealed under over
coats, and suitably topped with the correct
soft hats. Later on, it was simple matter
to set aside the overcoats and substitute
the silk hats.
If the people in Great Britain and here
in America feel a little let down at learn
ing the truth, they have only themselves to
blame. No one suggested that the Secret"
telephone talk was devoted to secret diplo-
matte affairs. They blew up their own mys-
terry balloon.