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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
CLAIM CONTRACTORS
ON STATE BUILDING
PADDED ACCOUNTS
lundoff. BickneIl Executive ID
Accused Of Raising His
Hotel Bill

Officers and employees Of the Lund-
-Bicknell Construction company Of
Chicago, general contractors for
North Dakota's new capitol. Wednes-
day were charged by E. r. Sinkler,
legislative investigating committees
counsel, with having padded ex-
pense accounts against the state.
The accusation was made during
the hearing on the affairs OF the
North Dakota capitol commission.
Frank L. Anders, secretary of the
capitol commission, however, said
though expense accounts mentioned
by Sinkler had been paid, the capt.
tol commission had questioned them
and actual allowance" Of them had
not been made. He said the capitol
commission could deduct the amounts
paid from other money due the con-
tractors II claims were disallowed.
Sinkler said G. M. Norris, vice pres
ident of the contracting firm. pad
ded" one hotel expense item from
$l4.4l to $22.87. The manager Of the
Prince Hotel, Bismarck. @. +. Lyon.
testified that $l44l was the amount
paid his hotel. He said on another
!, occasion Norris had paid the hotel
$8.46 and sinkler read from the rec
ords that the capitol commission had
paid $3.50 to Norris, charging Norris
had padded" the item $1,000.
Anders said he had written the
Lundoff- Bicknell company for ex-
plantations Of several expense items
and as yet had received none. He
explained that certain expenses Of
the contractors are to be included N
the cost of construction Of the capitol
under terms Of the contract and
though the records show the question
ed items had been paid, the capitol
commission could still disapprove
than
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
BILL WAL|DATES
RESTR|CT|VELAWS
ALREADY ONBOOKS
Action Is Taken Without Debate
Although Many Members
Explain Votes
BIG CROWD VIEWS ACTION
10 Other Measures Passed;
Two Provide New Indus.
tries For Prison
BIG CROWD VIEWS ACTION

BY a vote Of 81 to IS, q bill to re-
peal virtually all of North Dakota's
prohibition enforcement laws was
passed by the house of representa-
tives late Tuesday. It now goes to
the senate.
There was no debate as the bill was
placed on third reading. Previous
consideration of the measure stirred
up considerable debate. but a test
vote showed narrow margin In ia
vor of the BILL
The measure would repeal all but
10 sections of the prohibition statutes.
North Dakota, dry since statehood,
repealed the state constitutional pro-
vision for prohibition in the Novem-
Der election by adoption of an ini-
tiated measure, but this left the en-
forcement situation unchanged as
the laws enforcing the provision were
not repealed.
The house gallery was practically
filled and little standing room re-
manned on the main floor Of the as
sembly. Some of the visitors arrived
four hours before the bill came up.
A motion by H. N. Henrickson, Nc
Henry county, to suspend rules and
omit debate on the bill carried by q
vote of 81 to 10.
Geo. Aljets was the first on the
roll call and he asked permission to
explain his vote. Il am here in the
interest of economy" he said, and
Dakota 100000 and let the federal
government spend it in enforcing the
prohibition laws" He voted for pass
age of the bill.
Labels Law Joke
William Falconer. Burleigh county,
voting yes, said 1T Is better to have
few laws on the books that can
be enforced than lot that cannot
be-" while from Ben Fedje, Williams
county representative. came the ex-
PLANTATION that prohibition Is q
damn joke, and I vote yes"
From d. L. Peters, Pierce, came the
warning that conditions may be bad
now. but without regulation they
will be worse, and vote no."
Arnold Sandlie, Grand Forks. said
as he saw it the issue was not wet
or dry but whether the peoples
wishes, as shown in the last election,
are greater than the wishes of menu
bers of the legislature" He voted
for repeal, and across the assembly
j. M. Thompson, Burleigh. warned
as he voted mo" that well have
more bootleggers."
Ole Ettestad, McHenry. said he
would not explain his vote of "yes'
because he thought he might have
plenty of explaining to do when he
got home.
Voting for passage were: Aljets,
Continued on page seven)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
Rail Financial Plight Is
Blamed OF, MANAGEMENT
Nom Partisan Committee Urges
Consolidation, Elimina-
ton of Waste

New York, Feb. 15.-(P)-Railroad
arrangements found Wednesday that
much Of the responsibility for the fl
nancial plight Of Americas $4,000
100000 rail system had been placed
squarely on their own doorsteps by
the report of the national transpor-
tation committee.
This non-partisan com mittee,
which conducted a sweeping investi-
CATION Of the transportation problem
at the behest of savings banks, in
surance companies and other large
investors. urged drastic measures
toward consolidation, eliminating
wasteful competition.
The committee found some justice
in railroads complaint that they have
been hamstrung by inept regulations
but reported tendency to over
emphasize this argument" Declaring
regulation has left something to be
desired, the report added:
THE railroads should do much
that. they have not done to improve
their condition without any govern
ment help at all. They should be
promptly freed of all unnecessary re-
strictions in the doing of it."
With the perfection of regulation
and the appearance of competing
forms of transport, the committee
held, the government should abandon
its old policy of fostering artificial
competition among the railroads.
Monopoly Not Possible
Furthermore, the committee said,
government assumption of "all or
part of the costs OF inefficient COM
peting transport as defense against
monopoly is no longer warranted and
should be abandoned" It called at
tention to an average expenditure Of
about 500, 900 900 annually on inland
waterways In the last few years, and
found mo commensurate economic
benefits
The report. issued Tuesday night,
was signed by Bernard M. Baruch,
who succeeded the late Calvin Cool
idge as chairman: by Clark Howell
and Alexander Legge.
Alfred E. Smith. while stating that
he was in substantial agreement with
the greater part of the report, did
not sign it. He issued supplement
tary memorandum, placing the en-
phasis where I think 1t belongs"
Smith expressed himself vigorously
on consolidation. saying, Il am con-
WINGED that the fundamental problem
Of railroads Is that of nation wide
consolidation and reorganization to
reduce costs and rates and write off
losses"
As emergency measures, both the
committee report and Smiths men,
0randum recommended revision Of
bankruptcy procedure to facilitate re-
organizations, although Smith would
limit this procedure to the period Of
emergency. Both also agreed the re-
capture provision Of the transporta-
ton act should be repealed. retroac-
lively.
The committee report also recon-
mended revision Of the statutory rate
making rule as an emergency meas
ure, abandoning the old policy Of try
ing to appraise property values, then
saying that the roads are entitled to
earn q fair return on the appraisal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
GRAIN DEALER DIES

Duluth, MIMI. Feb. 15.-lP)-W. J.
McCabe. 70. president Of McCabe
Bros. company, grain commission
firm, and the international Elevator
company. died here shortly before
midnight Tuesday. HIS firms operat
ed elevators throughout the American
and Canadian northwest
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
BUTTER STOCKS MOVING

BUTTER STOCKS MOVING
Chicago, Feb. l5.-(R)-Ihe move
ment Of butter out Of storage during
January In the United States amount
ed to 4,201 900 pounds, said the
monthly estimate by the government
bureau Of economies. This was $1,000
pounds more than the movement In
January, 1882.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
Customs Inspector
Takes Course i'm Art

New York. Feb. l5.-(P}-After
first having been adjudged "ob-
scene" and detained four days at
the New York customs house, .
series Of photographs Of Michel
Angeles famous frescoes on the
ceiling Of the Pope's Sistine chap
el in the Vatican. have been re-
leased. They were consigned to .
local book importer from abroad.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
PERUVIANS CLAIM THEY
STILL HOLD POSITIONS

Lima, Peru, Feb. 15.-(F1-Peruvla0
military forces claimed Wednesday to
be still holding their positions in the
disputed Leticia territory after the
first clash with q Colombian flotilla
that came 1000 miles up the Amazon
river to reassert control over the area.
The Peruvian version Of the battle
Tuesday on the Putumay0 river
charged the Colombian forces with
being the aggresors. The result was
inconsequential, It claimed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
ROB FIVE IN HOME

Dallas, Tex, Feb. l5.-(ReArmed
with q machine gun and pistols, SIX
men robbed five persons Of $500 in
valuables In q home last night after
three OF them first forced the Negro
cook to give them food
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
sHARKEY Is GRIEF STRICKEN

New York. Feb. l5.-(P)-His face
lined with marks Of grief over the
death Of his boxing protege. Jack
sharkey. world heavyweight cham
pion, Wednesday passed through New
York en- route to Boston and the fu.
neral Of Ernie Schaaf.
"All I can see In front Of me Is the
shadow Of Ernie" Sha1key said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
DENIES NEW ALLIANCE

Rome, Feb. 15.-(P)-Premier Mus
solini, speaking to the council Of
ministers. denied Tuesday allegations
before the French chamber Of depu-
ties committee on foreign affairs that
italy had become allied with Ger.
many and Hungary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
ABANDON CHANCELLOR PLAN

ABANDON CHANCELLOR PLAN
Helena. Mont. Feb. 15.-(P)-With
approval by the senate Of house
amendments, the Montana legislature
Tuesday completed It's abandonment
Of the chancellor system for admins
tration Of the university group despite
the declaration Of Senator Eaton OF
Yellowstone that the bill would
wreck the unified university system.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-15
Weather Report

Fair tonight: Thursday increasing
cloudiness; rising temperature. !.
The producers news., 1933-02-01

we're held at Glasgow, at first, Judge
Dudley Du Bose presiding, and, later,
Judge John.W Tattan, who ruled
in the old court house at Fort Ben
ton, with dignity and vigOr for
some thirty years. The pioneers do
not remember Judge Du Bose so well,
except that perennially there hung to
the end of his nose a drop Of water
which, ever and anon, he shook there
from, declaring that ''This Court
The producers news., 1933-02-01


may be in error, but it is never in
doubt"
By-gOne Days.
There is a legend that Judge Du
Bose once referred to Jack Teal in
uncomplimentary terms, for that in
combat, with his teeth, Jack had in
jured the ear of one Andrew David
son (fOr many years chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners,
thereafter being called by the Judge,
upon his acQuittal, a cannibal. Later,
diligently and with malice, he sought
the Judge, who, happily, was then
sitting in an all-night poker game
in the saloon operated by Bill
Enright and Johnny Mcintyre, in
Glasgow
Judge Du Bose went from Montana
to Alaska, and it is said his proto-
type appears in Rex Beach's great
film, '9The Spoilers" Certain it is
that one Of it's characters was made
up greatly to resemble the former
Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Dis
trlct of the State of Montana, in and
for the County of Dawson.
With the steady advance of years,
most of those who hair is frosted or
whitened by the winters of age, be-
gin to live more and more in the past.
And on the tablets of our memories
are craven deep the prints of the old
court house at Glasgow, Judge Tat
tan presiding, with Dan Kyle, Harry
Cosner, Conatser, "Sky'' Small, Har-
ry Rutter, or 'Puck" Powell acting
as court bailiff, each with a big
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~
old order changeth, yielding place to
new
1t would hardly be fitting, in a
sketch of the perks and achievements
of the pioneers who built this coun-
try, to omit the rest. of the quotation
-"And God. fulfills himself in many
ways"
That great Force, out of accord
with which even black beetles are
unblessed in their business, sparrOws
fall, and heroes perish, works out the
destiny Of our nation and of our peO-
pie, in the many Units Of the Great
Projects, watering the soil with our
sweat and tears, and enriching it
with the bones of the pioneers, ere
our fallOwed lands be fit for crop.
Sheridan Part of Dawson
What is now Sheridan county was
originally a part of Dawson county.
This was created by the Acts of jan
uary IL, 1872, and of February 16,
1877 and is found in the Revised
Statutes of Montana, first enacted at
the regular session of the Twelfth
Legislative Assembly, on the 21st
day of February, 1879, when Mon
tana was still a territory, and this
being the first codification of the
general laws of the Territory of
Montana, in force at that time.
Thereafter, ard on March 10, 1887
by the Compiled Statutes of the Ter
ritory of Montana, the general laws
thereof we're compiled, edited and
indexed. In passing, it is interest
to note that, on March 9, 1887, it
was specifically provided that any
person who sold, bartered, gave or
in any manner disposed of firearms
or ammunition to hostile Indians
within Montana Territory, was sub
ject to a fine of not exceeding $500
or imprisonment in the county jail
for not exceeding six months, or both
such fine and Imprisonment. Only
thirty-nine years ago!
Ro-onacC0C, as SecClOna 1871 OF sale
Compiled Statutes, were the Acts OF
january II, 1872, and February 16
1897 which included the lands now
comprising Sheridan County in the
old, great, County of Dawson.
Sheridan Part of Valley
By the Act approved February 6
1898, Valley County was created
comprising a.ll of the territory from
point between Dodson and Malta
thence north to the Internationa
Boundary Line, thence east to tn
Dakota line, and thence south to tn
Missouri River. Glasgow was tn
county seat; and when the old tim
ers of what is now Sheridan Count
located here, the terms of court
which were few and far between
The producers news., 1933-02-01

cutting for the Stock Association),
Sam Stephenson, now president OF
the First National Bank of Great
Falls; and George Hurd, depot agent
at Glasgow during the day time and
law student at night these were a
few Of the efficient attorneys who
wrote a great part of the history OF
the legal development of Northeast
ern Montana.
Front Street in Glasgow consisted
mostly of saloons. There, frequent
ly, judges and jurors, witnesses and
attorneys, parties-defendant and par
ties-plaintiff, gloried and drank deep,
and dozed and nodded the next day
in the hot, fetid, atmosphere of the
crowded court room.
Old Court House
From the window of that old court
room was done stark and speedy JUS
tice, too. One night when one of the
principals in a jail-break. involving
the murder of the sheriff, dropped
off the window-sill, with a manila
rope about his neck, stopping with a
jerk some ten foot below, and drum
ming holes in Dan McKay's brick
with his guilty heels, most of the
prominent citizens of Glasgow had
helped to push him off.
Colonel Colt, in those days, made
all men the same size And the roar
and smoke of the forty-five settled
many disputes and ended many quar-
rels. One prominent attorney bears
today a perceptible limp, when he
failed to outrun a leaden slug, on
Election Night, in the Board of Trade
Saloon.
Sheridan County Came With Sod
buster.
Sheridan County itself came into
existence with the advent of the sod
buster. By petition and election, the
county was created out Of Valley
County, effective March "a, 1918. At
that time little towns had been plant
ed every few miles. A store, a black
smith shop, an elevator or so, bank,
and one or two saloons,- and here
was fledgling metropolis, eligible
as the poorest barefoot lad to become
prince and ruler And out Of the tur-
MOL and confusion, Plentywood anC
Medicine Lake appeared as principal
cOntenders for the county seat honor
County Seat Fight.
The memory of that fight can nev
er be erased from the minds of those
who endured it. Uncle Sam was civ
ing every citizen, and everyone wh'
had even declared his intention to be
come q citizen, first, quarter sec
tion and later three hundred ant
twenty acres of land, if he had tn
The producers news., 1933-02-01

And there we're legal giants in
those days. Senator Thomas H. Car
ter; Old Judge Mcconnell; Taylor &
Lewis; John J. Kerr (father of Flor
ence Facey now at Malta, and form
erly a member of the Legislature) !;
John Largent; "Dick" Purcell, "COl-
onel" Nolan (for many years prose
The producers news., 1933-02-01

blue, forty-five in his pants-band.
Evening star., 1933-11-10

Full size, all wool automobile robes.
Keep winds from nipping ankles and
knees. Fringe finished. Attractive plaids.
Other robes, $s.S5 to $40.
CMain Floor. The Hecht Col
Evening star., 1933-11-10

Whiz Gold Band Anti-Freeze keeps
radiators from freezing, and one filling
lasts all Winter. Odorless, won't evapo-
rate, won't boil. Put into your car, with.
out charge, while you wait.
CMain Floor. The Hecht oo.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-07-27

Ambassador to the Court of ST.
James. She was also connected with
the Bowie and Thayer families of
Maryland, her paternal grandfather
being the late Ralph Thayer, of Oak
land.
Until she was taken i'll month ago
Miss johnson was employed in the
engineering division of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation in
Washington, D. c.
Her brothers, Reverdy, Bowie and
Edward Johnson and an aunt, Miss
Virginia Johnson, all of Washington;
DR.. w. W. Grant, an uncle, and Mr..
Fred. A. Thayer, a great-uncle, both
of Oakland, survive.
Miss Johnson's body was brought
to Oakland on Sunday and taken to
the home of Mr.. Thayer. Funeral
services were conducted in the Epis-
copal church Monday afternoon at
three o'clock by the rector, Rev. D. c.
Trimble, and interment was made in
the family plot of Oakland cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-07-27

with 953 deaths, tuberculosis with 724
and influenza with 218 We're response
bic for 1895 deaths, of 17.8 per cent
of the total. The deaths from the
degenerative diseases and those from
tuberculosis, the pneumonias and in
fluenza constituted over two-thirds
of the total from all causes.
There were 1897 births reported
during the first half year, 6,S63 in
Baltimore City and 7,114 in the coun-
ties, in comparison with 14,480 during
the corresponding period of 1892
1906 in Baltimore City and 7,444 in
the counties. There were 81 deaths
under one year, 402 in Baltimore City
and 469 in the counties as compared
to 954 in the first six months of 1882.
430 in Baltimore City and 524 in the
counties.
June with 1905 deaths had the low
est number reported in any one month
and January with 2,065 the highest
number.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-07-27
GRAHAM MOORE WEEKS

Graham Moore Weeks, 33, resi-
dent of Loeb Lynn Heights, died on
Friday morning, July 81, at Spring
field State Hospital, where he had
been a patient but a short time. Fun
eral services were held Monday from
the residence of his brother, H. M,
Weeks, Loeb Lynn, with Rev. l. S.
Middaugh and Rev. j. A. LESSEE in
charge. Interment was made in the
Pleasant Valley cemetery. Surviving
are his widow and three children, Ora
ham, Francis and Robert; brothers,
R. L., H. D. and 1. W., of the Park
J. D. Weeks, of Fairfield, Va, and two
sisters, Miss Sadie Weeks, Of Lexing-
ton, Va, and Mrs. Wilbur Miller, of
Roanoke, Va.
The deceased was born in Fairfield
Va, but for many years was a resi-
dent of Loeb Lynn. Until recently he
was manager of the Weeks and Weeks
store. His very large circle of COM
munity friends deeply regret his pass
ing thus early in his young manhood
The pallbearers were H. c. Leigh
ton, w. A. Combs, William White
Max Orendorf, Lloyd Cook and Clyde
Shipley.
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DIED..
MISS VIRGINIA B. JOHNSON

MISS VIRGINIA B. JOHNSON
Miss Virginia Bowie Johnson, aged
% years, daughter of the late Bowie
and Anna Grant Johnson, of Oakland,
died at the home of her aunt, Miss
Virginia Thayer johnson, Washington,
D. c., early last Saturday morning
following a brief illness of pneumo-
mia and complications.
Miss johnson was born in Oakland
and resided here until the death of
her mother, when with her late father
and three brothers, removed to Wash
ington where her father died, follow
ing which she made her home with her
aunt.
Miss johnson was the great-grand-
daughter of Reverdy Johnson, during
his lifetime a United States Senator
from Maryland and United States
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-07-27

Mrs. James A. fowler and children
and Miss Frances Heath, spent day
or two recently at Morgantown, where
they visited Mr.. fowler, manager of
Hotel Morgan.
Rev. and Mrs. B. T. Trevy, of New
Martinsville, w. Va, were here a few
days this week visiting friends. Mr..
Trevy was recalled to his home this
morning to conduct the funeral of one
of his parishioners.
The new garage being erected for
E. S. Evans, corner Third and Oak
streets, is now nearing completion.
The structure is of cement blocks,
brick and steel and will. be used by
Mr.. Evans as salesrooms and work
shop for his Oakland branch.
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MRS. ALBERT CARL FULLER

Mrs. Vera Shipley Fuller, A, wife
of Albert Carl Fuller, died at the
home of her brother, Arthur Shipley
at Ingram, Pittsburgh, Pa, on Mon
day.
Mrs. Fuller was the only daughter
of the late J. Polk Shipley and Ida w
Shipley, who settled in Oakland about
fifty years ago. Surviving are hel
husband, her mother and one daugh-
ter, Doris L. Fuller, 8, and three
brothers, Arthur and Albert Shipley
Pittsburgh; and William Shipley, of
Cumberland. Funeral services and in
terment is taking place today.
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FRANCIS THOMAS CAsTEEL

Francis Thomas Casteel, aged So
years, died at his home in Confluence,
Pa, on Saturday. He was son of
the late Archibald and Margaret Ster-
ling Casteel, both of whom died a
number of years ago. He was born
at Elder Hill, this county and was
buried at Blooming Rose, on Tuesday
He was a member of the l. O. o. F
lodge and Methodist Episcopal church
at Friendsville. During his lifetime
Mr.. Casteel was employed by the B.
e. o. Railroad company as a bridge
builder.
He is survived by five sisters, Mrs.
Clyde Shipley, of the Park; Mrs. Geo.
Friend, of Friendsville; Mrs. A. c.
Griffith and Mrs. Valera Grove, of
Baltimore, and Mrs. Harry Frazee,
of Webster Springs, W. Va.