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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-14
SAYS LAW VIOLATED
BiSbee. N. D., Dec. 10th, 1888.

0AoOCC, XNs 0ss A<CVs AVvA4S AV0Os
Editor, Tribune:
I was much interested In reading
"A Letter Of Warning" in The Trib-
une Of Dec. 7th, signed Subscriber. It
was not only in the Missouri bottoms
that the game laws were violated this
year. Up in the Turtle Mountains
during the open season on partridges
YOU would see cars driving through
:he woods with men on each front
fender with guns. It was slaughter.
not hunting. No protest was heard
from the wardens, but that IS not sur
prising II the story in The Tribune
during the hunting season was cor
rect. The game department, supposed
to be the protectors Of the game, pro-
tected the illegal hunters instead Of
the game. refer to the three hun
tiers caught hunting on the game
refuge east Of Bismarck.
II we are going to have any game to
nunt in years to come 1t is about time
for the members Of the Izaak Walton
League and sportsmen Of the state
III we have any LETT to wake up to
this condition.
The one-man game department has
not proved q success and never will
with politics controlling It. A game
and fish board, selected by the sports
men Of the state for the protection Of
our game, without political interior
cnce, can be made a success. Think
it over, sportsmen. and get busy be-
fore our next legislature. But be
careful whom you select to draw an
honest and true bill.
Yours for the Protection Of
the States Game,
Also q Subscriber.
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MR.. BRANDT ANSWERS

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 6, 1888
Editor Tribune:
III the issue of your paper under
GATE Of December 2, 1888, there ap-
peared an article captioned Dis
agrees With Brandt" signed John
BreEdel. Editor Dakota Free Press,
which for him was written by some
congenial soul, kind and good, taking
issue with some Of the statements by
me made on November 20, 1888 at a
luncheon OF the local Lions Club, at
which I was an invited guest. having
consented to give talk concerning
conditions in Soviet Russia as found
them during my visit to the Soviet
Unicn.
Being OF the newspaper fraternity.
I am not naturally in the habit Of
rushing into print on personal mat
ters, but attempts made In the COL
umns OF your paper to attack or ques-
ton the Veracity CT statements by me
publicly made, should not and will not
pass unchallenged. The gentleman
above named, in referring to me, glib
ly states: IF. L. Brandt, editor CT
one Of the German newspapers in
Bismarck thereby attempting to
create the impression there are several
German language newspaper in Bis
marck. There is only one German
language newspaper printed and pub
lished in Bismarck of which I am
managing editor and which located
here nearly quarter of a century
ago.
The attempt by this person is made
Of putting into my mouth words did
not utter at the gathering above re4
ferred to nor, for that matter, on any
other occasion. I did not say that I
found prosperous the villages of
Russia visited by me. did say, to
the contrary, that found conditions
were rather poorly. Nor did the Trib-
une in its issue of November 20, 1893,
state that had so described the con-
ditions. The report in the Tribune
CT necessity very brief and touching
only upon some of the salient fea-
lures of my talk. correctly reflected
it as to the points covered. did say
and reiterate that in the villages
visited found no evidence of starva-
ton, no evidence of religious persecu-
ton. no evidence of atrocities. I did
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Brittin
By o. BUTTON

Miss Lucille Milman, former teach
er in Teller district, is making two
weeks visit with friends in the COM
munity.
Emmanuel Wohl of Linton was a
visitor Monday with relatives at the
Dave Kershaw home
Elvin Hoover and nephew Roy
Hoover, shopped in Bismarck Satur-
day.
Miss Irene Dralle was an overnight
guest Tuesday at the Geo. Kuntz
home
Friends are glad to learn that Mrs
Giovannonoi is improving nicely at
Bismarck hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Kimball, Mrs
NJ. M. Dralle and Mrs. o. Dutton were
visitors in Bismarck Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Day left Sun
day by motor. They will visit at the
home of their son. S. r. Day. in Min
neapolis, from where they will con-
tinue to the Hot Springs in Arkansas,
where they will remain for some time.
Miss Twila Dralle spent the past
week with cousins at the L. Blens,ay
home in Bismarck.
Mrs. Dave kershaW and Miss Lucille
Milman motored to Bismarck We'd
nesday
Roy Dutton spent Saturday night
with Russell Dralle at the W. S. Trip
lett home.
Miss Alice Mauk spent the week
end with relatives in the Moffit
vicinity.
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Former DakOtan Head
OF Army Chaplains

Lieut.. Colonel Alva J. Breasted, for
rner member of the artillery unit of
the North Dakota National Guard at
Lisbon, has been named chief of all
Chaplains in the United States Army
by President Roosevelt, according to
Information received here by Major
A. G. Young.
Lieut.. Colonel Breasted has been
chaplain OF the Third Infantry at
Fort Smelling, Minnesota. He moved
TO Fort Smelling in 1881 from Fort
logan, Colorado.
He entered service in the army 20
years ago and has had q variety of
experiences at many army posts. He
spent 10 months in France in the
World War and served in the Philip
pines for several months. At one
time he was division and post chap
lain at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Lieut.. Colonel Breasted was a pri-
vate from May 2, 1907 to Dec. 20, 1909
In the Lisbon unite of the North Da-
kota National Guard, according to
Major Young, and was second lieu.
tenant In the unit from that time
until May Is, 1910.
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Baby Beef club, is attending the All
club meeting in Fargo. Her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Johnson, went
with her
Misses Margaret and Eunice Davis
spent Sunday evening with Miss Elsie
Coleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank kuntz are
spending few weeks with Mrs.
Kuntzs parents, MIR. and Mrs. August
KrauSe.
Station Davis and Oliver Tosseth
spent Saturday evening at the Bert
Hedstrom home
Owen Davis spent Monday evening
in Bismarck.
O. w. Backman and sons spent Fri
day in Bismarck
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Holgerson and
family spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. Holgerson's mother, Mrs. Oscar
Sundqulst.
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believe 80 Is, last winter read .
letter myself from Russia that ex.
rlained conditions In Russia just -
Mr. John Brendell does, and this very
same letter opposed government own
ership. It made my nerves shake
when I read this letter from Russia
and John Brendell's letter In tho
Forum" even thou I am no native
Of Russia but have relatives by mar
rage that live in Russia. The infoe-
nation that receive from over there
is that the people at large are misled
by organized politicians for there were
few that could read or write. Beware
that we do not get misled, thanking
you for the space. Yours truly,
julius Meyer.
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say, and state gain, that the dis
gruntled clergy and the larger land
owners, being hardest hit and suffer-
ing most in consequence Of the inaug-
uration Of the new order of things
in Soviet Russia, are responsible for
most Of the untrue stories Or propa-
ganda circulated-and by no means
wholly without reason, as pointed out
in my talk. When in Russia, COM
monty known as one of the most
backward Of European nations, church
and state were separated and churches
and ministers of the gospel thusly no
longer subsidized and salarled by the
government. the new order of things
certainly worked marked and many
hardshipS for them also insofar as
they had to look for their support to
their respective congregations. And
when, also in consequence of the new
deal, the government confiscated all
land OF the owners, large and small
distributing it pro rata, and for use
only, as to souls, it can readily be
conceived that land owners became
enraged, bitterly opposed the new
order of things and resorted to every
means in the attempt to bring about
the downfall of such government.
The person above named and dis
agreeing with me, states he was born
and raised in Russia; that in the
spring Of 1927 he left that country be-
cause the government was intolerable,
ard that during the summer of 1927
F.. L. Brandt was for a short time in
the vicinity from which he came.
Whether or not it is true he came
to the United States in 1927. or six
years ago, do not know, but true it
is that III the summer of 1927 l
visited not only il the vicinity from
which he came, but, indeed, his very
native village. finding there one of
the largest and most beautiful
churches-in this instance one of the
Roman Catholic faith-it has been my
pleasure to see and attend in the many
villages visited, With seating capa-
city estimate at about one thou
sand. There, as wherever I visited
and attended services. I found abso-
practically in all villages, the min
lister was DESTROYS Of personally meet
ing me, and in company of mine host
Of that particular village and another
member or officer of the congrega-
ton, I called at the parsonage, surely
received very hearty welcome, had
refreshments, talk with the reverend
gentleman and all present enjoyed
the conversation. Now, if this person
disagreeing with me and in stating
I had visited in the vicinity from
which he came and which he had
left because he found conditions in
tolerable in consequence of starvation
and religious persecution Of which I,
coming few months after his de-
parture, failed to find any evidence.
attempts thereby to refute or disprove
any statements by me made, he not
only failed in the attempt, but surely
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-14
Peoples Forum

Editors Motel Tho Tribune well
comes letters on subjects OF inter-
est. Letters dealing with contro-
versial religious subjects, which
attack individuals unfairly. or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the writ
ers. All letters MUST be signed.
If you wish to use a pseudonym,
sign tho 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 to
conform to this policy.
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did himself no good. I understand
this person had gotten himself into
trouble with the government by dis
tributing anti-Soviet literature. It is
with some degree Of reluctance make
this statement, for personally do not
know whether or not 1t Is true, but
II it is, it would readily explain just
why he found conditions and the gov
eminent intolerable. Some people in
this comparatively small mundane
sphere take themselves altogether too
serious and I can easily, if it be
deemed necessary, ascertain whether
or not these reports relative to this
person are true.
There was then and Is now absolute
freedom Of worship in that particular
village and in all villages of the vi
cinity from which this person came.
Mine hest at that time in that viii
lage was then and Is now the accred-
tied correspondent Of my paper, and
I have such also in other villages OF
that vicinity as we'll as in many others
in different parts Of Soviet Russia.
About so regularly furnish reports to
my paper, the writer's being we'll and
personally known to many thousands
o: the readers Of my paper. They re-
port now, as they have for quarter
of a century last past, of marriages
performed in churches, of baptismal
services, Of burial services and 50
forth, giving the names of persons
concerned, as the files Of my paper
readily bear witness. These cores
pondents also report names of per-
sons arrested for this or that offense
If any are committed, the punishment
inflicted, names of exiled persons, If
any there be-in short the readers
Of my paper have q true picture Of
things going on.
This person disagreeing with me
then in way that is as vague as it
is typical, is pleased to refer to let
ter 'of q certain person living in the
Volga INSTRUMENTATION name nor
place given-stating that several per-
sons OF our village" were found guilty
Of and sentenced for stealing or hid
ing wheat, and that the punishment
inflicted was severe. Now, although
the report is vague, 1t is very likely
true that the offenders received severe
sentences. But what Of It? Under
the new deal in Soviet Russia the
wheat is government property. What
happens to persons in any country,
ours included, to persons found
guilty Of stealing government prop
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-14
RECORD PRICE SET
FOR ANIMALS SOLD
BY YOUNG FARMERS
Al Club Champion Lam b
Brings $3.55 on Auction
Block At Fargo

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 14.-(R)-Daniel
Cossette of Wild Rice in Cass county
sold his 13l-pound grand champion
lamb at the annual North Dakota All
club livestock sale to the Midwest
Stock Yards company. which will es-
tablish a Union stock yards at West
Fargo next year, for 1855 a pound,
or $464.05, the highest price ever paid
for a All club animal in the history
OF these sales.
The bidding for the top lamb was
the strongest ever experienced, Swift
and Company, Armour and Company
and the Midwest Stock Yards enter
ing into real battle for it.
The whole sale went with excep-
tional celebrity and with keen rivalry
between bidders. Henry L. Finke of
Minot was auctioneer, assisted by w.
p. Chestnut, secretary of the Fargo
chamber of commerce.
Grant Dadey company Of Fargo
bought the top beef at Is cents a
pound from Ruth Apland of Cavalier
county, three cents higher than the
top beef brought last year.
SAA1AAS xAAAASAoO1l Va tVllO xtNG IL
ceived AZ cents a pound for his top
hog, magnificent 413-pound Poland
China which was bought by Armour
and Company Of West Fargo.
The price paid for the top lamb
was 80 cents pound higher than
the previous top price, 1925 a pound,
which was paid to Roy Anderson,
also Of Wild Rice, In 1881.
Reserve champion lamb, shown by
Roy Sorenson, was bought by George
M. Black Of Fargo at SO cents a
pound for the 10l-pound lamb, 5000.
The reserve champion beef animal.
776-pound Aberdeen Angus, shown
by Victor Anderson Of Ramsey coun-
ty, went to the Fargo Forum at IA
cents a pound. It brought SlO8.64.
Hotels Bid Strongly
The Powers brothers, owners of the
Powers, Gardner and Fargoan hotels,
bought the third beef animal for their
Powers hotel at IL cents. 1t was
shown by Howard Jabs Of Benson
county and brought IL cents and
slO7.52.
Fourth beef animal was bid In for
w. E. Quinlan of Dickinson, propr:e-
tor Of the Willard hotel and Quinlan's
cafe at Dickinson, at IA cents. This
was a Stark county product, shown
by Raymond Schncll, weighed 1909
pounds and brought S14l.26.
The reserve champion pig, weighing
402 pounls, owned by Edwin Ander-
son. brother OF Grant Anderson,
who had the grand champion, was
bid In by Sears-Roebuck company for
l6 cents pound and $6432.
Among other animals sold we're the
following:
Frederick Molzhon Of Mountrail
county sold to Leland Parker hotel
Of Minot. weight LAS, 8 cents, SOL so
Marelyn Johnson of Burleigh coun-
ty sold to Armour's Creameries
weight 926, 10 cents a pound, $92 so.
Leslie Egger of Mountrail county
sold to Armour branch house, Fargo
weight 1909, 81 cents a pound,
s85.76.
Alvin Stanley OF Burleigh county
sold to North Dakota Metal Culvert
company. weight 1854. . cents,
$l03.86.
Marvin Roth Of Kidder county
sold to Bismarck Kiwanis club
weight 1,l35, cents, $1,000.
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Minesweeper Seeks
For Arthur Airplane

San Diego. CAL, Dec. 14-(R-Ef-
forts to recover the navy plane which
crashed at sea near here Tuesday, re-
sultiug In the death Of Lieutenant
william 8. Arthur, n, pilot, Mandan,
n. p, we're resumed Thursday by the
Minesweeper 'Sandpiper. Arthur,s
body Is believed to be In the plane.
Stormy seas Wednesday interrupted
the search. The plane sank in 800
feet q water after : dive Of 1000 feet
a naval court Of inquiry convened
Wednesday 10 investigate the cause OF
the accident. tn findings viii not be
mado public.
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Ing been killed in uprisings and 20
forth, and when time and names Of
the places were definitely stated, our
correspondents at such places refuted
in their reports to my paper such
news stories. The files bear witness
also to that. These reports, as q mat
ter Of fact, were quite a factor in in
ducing me to visit also Soviet Russia.
Now, II one would take pains as ! have
done to add up the number Of people
reported during the II years last past
AS having been shot down or executed,
SIS having died In exile, as having died
II starvation and so forth, the entire
population Of that, to some people,
mysterious country, would have been
exhausted, wiped out II you please
years ago.
In closing permit me to state I have
received offers, financially very tempt
Of Russian. British, German and
American newspaper syndicates for
furnishing them the story covering
my trip to various European coun-
tries. have turned down all Of them,
.or my trip was one Of personal char
acter merely and not for mercenary
purposes. I would not and will not
commercialize 1t. An exhaustive re-
port was by me written, copyrighted
and published in the German language
n my paper exclusively. But I stand
ready, publicly II the time at my dis
posal permits Or privately to give In
formation relative to my experiences
n any or all the countries visited.
Very fortunately and happily, I
think, with the recognition by our
government now Of the Soviet Repub-
lies and the establishment soon Of dip
lomatic relations, q very perceptible
falling off Of all propaganda, pro and
con. can safely be expected, because
any such may soon easily and off,
c5ally be traced to its source and it
will be comparatively simple pro-
cedure to determine its truthfulness
or falsity, as the case may be. That
will be an inestimable blessing.
I thank you.
Very truly yours,
FRANK l.. BRANDT,
Editor Der Staats-Anzeiger.
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Evangelical Bishop
Speaks Here Tonight

Rev. George E. Epp, Cleveland, O.
bishop OF the Northwest Area OF
Evangelical churches. will be the
speaker at special service to be
held at the First Evangelical church
Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock. The
public Is invited to attend by Rev
Ira E Herzberg, pastor.
Bishop Epp gave an address al
the Bismarck high school at 3:1s
o'clock Thursday afternoon. He has
included Bismarck in tour which
he IS making through several states
and also viii visit number Of near.
by cities.
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duction in hog numbers. A sub.
stantial reduction In corn-the main
feed supply for hogs - will help
bring the supply Of hogs into better
balance with effective demand and
It will help raise the purchasing
power Of corn. II corn production Is
not reduced by an amount sunicient
to compensate for the reduction IN
hogs. corn sup olles available for
other purposes will increase sub.
stantially: corn prices will decline
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erty? Whether or not people over
here or over there like the new order
Of things, Is beside the point. As to
letters received here from relatives In
Russia begging for help in order, "a
often therein stated, that they may
not starve, be It stated I receive many
o. them and there is no doubt but that
there is suffering and starvation. Our
accredited correspondents In Soviet
Russia: clergymen, teachers, farm
ars, and so forth, report of such con-
ditions and thousands Of the readers
Of my paper, having relatives and
friends there, are well and truthfuily
informed. But, remember, suffering
and starvation Is by no means con-
fined to Soviet Russia. It Is quite
general in many other countries and
we have similar conditions, as mat
ter of fact, also in the United States,
and it Is by no means attributable
solely to governments or forms Of
such.
Permit me to also concern myself
with only one sentence from the letter
which the person disagreeing with
me claims to have received stating:
End 1t Is estimated that since jan
uary l, 1888, up to harvest Of this year,
$4,000 people have died Of starvation
in the volga Republic" This also Is
typical of all such and similar re-
ports and estimates circulated dur
ing the II years last past. The
public in general heard and read Of
them. No definite place or names
Of persons were ever given, but many
people may have believed all Of these
statements to be true. Since have
been in Soviet Russia at least short
time during the period in which all
these things are supposed to have
happened, coming there in personal
contact with many thousands Of
people In villages and cities, and since
with receptive mind and open eyes
I did not find any evidence Of them,
I have good reasons seriously to doubt
the truthfulness of such reports and
estimates. But, believe me, also sin
cerely and fervently hope they are not
true or at least grossly exaggerated.
It may be stated for the informa-
ton of your readers and the public
in general that in several instances
when printed in my paper, as Is
always done, Geographic news COM
ing from our various press associa-
ions reports Of atrocities, Of people
having been shot down or murdered,
IT having died OF starvation, Of hav-
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with respect to other livestock. and
eventually production Of more live.
stock will be stimulated to higher
and less profitable levels. But the
Agricultural Adjustment Act seeks
a net reduction in agricultural pro.
duction. not shift. Acreage Of
corn. therefore. IL the important key
to the corn-hog production problem,
The sound solution Is to scale down
the production Of both corn and
hogs.
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BROWNS BUY PEPPER

Chicago, Dec. 14.-(Pp-The St
Louis Browns today purchased out
fielder Ray Pepper from Rochester OF
the International League Pepper. a
big right handed hitter. played a few
games last season. with the ST. Louis
Cardinals. who sent him to Rochester
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nOGS cow consume nearly one
; : half Of the annual corn crop In
the United States. Most OF the corn
released BY the decline OF eleven
million head Of horses and mules on
the farms and in the cities during
the past t~. nty years has been d.
yerted to hog feeding. This chart in.
dicates tina necessity for an adjust.
nent IN corn production, at least SUI.
licient TO correspond with any re-
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BEWARE SAYS MEYER
Baldwin, N. D., Dec. 6. 1888,

Editor, Tribune:
In your daily issue Of Dec. End In
the Peoples Forum" the letter writ
ten by John Brendell regarding Rus
STA I believe Is true. The reason I
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-12-26
TODAY'S WEATHER
WEATHER CONDITIONS

A slight disturbance is central
this morning over the upper Ohio
valley, and has caused snow dur
ing the last "a hours in the lake
region, middle Atlantic States,
Ohio valley, and in portions Of the
upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys. Snow also occurred in
Montana, and rain in Tennessee,
northern Georgia, Virginia and
western Washington, and there
were showers In southeastern
Florida, and eastern Texas. Pres
sure is high over the north Allan
tic states, and q strong high pres
sure area, crested over the upper
Missouri valley, overspreads the
country eastward to the Mississippi
pi valley, and southwark to north
ern Texas. Temperatures are
much below normal from the
northern Rockies eastward over
the lake region, with readings "a
degrees below zero in northern
Minnesota; while mild weather
prevails throughout most. Of the
Gulf and South Atlantic States.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge.