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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
County Offers Gopher
Poison to Townships

Rurleigh county again will furnish
gopher poison to townships request
ing 1t, H. O. Putnam, county agricul-
tural agent. said Saturday.
The townships. however, must pay
for the oats with which the poison
Is mixed. Used in the mixture will
be strychnine, saccharin, syrup. soda
and starch.
Under the plan offered by the board
Of county commissioners, the town.
ships must pay Is cents per bushel
for the mixture. Cleaning Of the
oats and preparation of the mixture
will be at county expense.
In letter to township boards Sat-
urday, Putnam asked all boards to
place their orders in the near future.
He said surplus will not be mixed
and townships desiring the poison
mixture must order early to be as
sured Of their allotments.
Only the best quality oats win be
used, Putnam said. The main reason
for this is to avoid spread Of inferior
seed. The agent added that the ex-
pense OF the oats Is small in COM
parison to the other ingredients in
the mixture.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
SOCIETY NEWS
Auxiliary Members
Hold Valentine Party

A huge heart-shapec box which
provided . Valentine for each mem
Der, and games and contests suited
to the holiday were entertainment
features ct . meeting Of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary Friday evening
in the World War Memorial build
ing.
winners In the various Valentine
contests were Mrs. Ferris Cordner,
Mrs. G. w. Leifur, Mrs. ]. w. Knecht
and Miss Laura. Schlechter. Each
member brought . Valentine and
after the party these were turned
over to Mrs. G.. W.. Leifur, who will
mail them to the q. s. Veterans hos
pital at Fargo.
Community singing under the d.
rection Of Mrs. Clarence Guinness
was enjoyed at intervals during the
evening.
Red tapers, red hearts and other
Valentine symbols decorated the ia
bic when refreshments were served
by q committee which included Miss
Judith Rue. Miss Helen Ricketts,, Miss
Matilda Welo, Mrs. II. D. Harvey,
Mrs. Wesley Sherwin and Mrs. Dan
McPhee.
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City-County News

Alfred Anderson of the S. and L.
Store will leave Sunday for Minneap-
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s. D.. eight below: Miles City, Mont.
10 below, and Lander, Wyo., for two
days the coolest spot in the nation,
only four below.
The weather bureau at Chicago
warned that winters new attack
would be severe in parts of Upper
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and in the
extreme southern portion of Mime
sofa. but added that there was hope
for rising temperatures Sunday over
the Great Plain region and upper
Mississippi valley. Elsewhere the cold
Is due to linger over the Sabbath.
Weather conditions were some
thing of hodge-podge in other dis
tricts. It was getting warmer in the
east and south, with a prediction,
however, Of q drop in temperatures
Sunday, although the forecast for
the south was for but slightly lower
temperatures Sunday. It was snow
ing in New York and Baltimore, with
heavy drifts in the Maryland me-
tropolis.
A survey Of the effects of the
weeks biting cold showed that about
80 persons lost their lives.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
CITY GIRL Is FIRST LADY,
...LikEs PRAIRIE sTArE...
GOOD PLACE FOR CHILDREN

A former New York city girl, whose
father designed the world-famed Me-
tropolitan Opera House, reigns as
North Dakota's first lady"
She Is Mrs. william LANCER, daugh-
ter Of J. Cleveland Cady, New York
architect who died in 1919.
It Is long distance from the quiet
avenue b" home in Bismarck to the
busting canyons Of New York city,
but this native Of the empire state,
for Is years q resident Of North Da-
kota's capital city, has no desire to
return there.
Really, this Is such a nice place to
bring up my four daughters she
said. mo worrier Of kidnapings or
crimes that simply paralyze me with
fear" recalling that her sister, Mrs.
Robert Il. Cory Of Englewood, N. j.,
lived near the Dwight Morrow home
that figured so prominently in the
Lindbergh kidnapping.
Mrs. LANCER met Governor LANCER
while he was law student at Column
bia university. She then was q stu
dent at Miss Victims private school In
New York.
Her husband has been active In
state politics for years. He served as
attorney general Of the state, and
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once was defeated for governor by q
narrow margin.
But I did not intend to have any
active interest in politics myself" Mrs.
LANCER said. "They are intriguing,
however. My interest will be in see
ing that Bill RECEIVERS from his i'll
ness and that he remains well. He
IS SO apt to overdo things"
The governor has been i'll since De-
cember, too i'll to attend the inau-
gdral ceremonies which Mrs. LANCER
attended alone.
Since her husbands illness. Mrs.
LANCER has helped to shield him from
visitors. The doctor had ordered alb
solute rest.
This year." Mrs. LANCER remark
ed, there are so many men out Of
work. They want to see the COVER
nor and Blu would want to see them.
The situatUDn Is somewhat like the
condition in an eastern state where
the governor said his first few days
In office made him feel he was oper-
ating an employment bureau
Nurse, manager Of the executive
mansion. unofficial secretary to her
husband, Mrs. LANCER is q busy wom-
an. But she still finds time to devote
to her greatest interest-her children.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
LOCAL MAN RECALLS
ADVENTURES OF OLD
ON 73RD BIRTHDAY
Charles L. Hansen Began Life
As Sailor and Has Had
Many Experiences

A Bismarck man whose adventurous
experiences are equalled only by the
number and variety Of jobs he has
held celebrated his 73rd birthday an
niversary here Friday. He Is Charles
L Hansen. 400 Thayer avenue, engi-
neer, carpenter, road contractor, cow
puncher and sailor.
Strong and wiry, Hansen's upright
carriage bellies his q years. He boasts
that he has been Ill but once in his
life. He Is at present working on the
new capitol building, where he Is des.
ignated by the construction company
Is tool house man. It Is the second
time Hansen has helped to build
state capitol, he having been employ
ed with the construction crew which
built South Dakota's first state house.
Sailor 1t II
Hansen's life has been q busy one.
Born at Odense, Fyen, Denmark, he
was q sailor apprentice at the age Of
II. After two years on Danish ships
he deserted at Liverpool to take Job
ON an American boat, where the pay
was said to be more and the oppor-
tunity greater.
He followed the sea for several
years, during which time he visited
many Of the ports Of the world. At
Portland, Ore. he bid his shipmates
farewell and signed on as q member
Of the crew Of steamboat which
piled up and down the Columbia and
Snake rivers. firing of this he got a
Job with steel and bridge work gang
on the Northern Pacific.
Became Cowpuncher
Ever seeking new horizons, Hansen
in 1884 seized an opportunity to take
q string Of horses from Oregon across
the mountains to Sheridan, Wyo. Life
on the big cattle ranches fascinated
the Danish Lad and he remained on
the Montana and Wyoming ranges Tor
three years. eventually migrating to
Dickinson. N. D.
He came to Bismarck from there
and after working at odd Jobs Tor
time Travelled by boat to Pierre. 8.
D.. where work on the first South Da-
kota capitol. q frame structure, was
then in progress.
Here he was married in 1891 to MISS
Roberta Marie Christianson.
Work on the capitol completed,
Hansen got q Job with crew building
the first pontoon bridge across the
Missouri river at Pierre. In 1893 ne
went to Chamberlain, s. D., to work
on q second pontoon bridge.
Built Steamer Bismarck
He returned to Bismarck IN 1896
and Immediately went to work with q
crew In constructing the steamer,
Bismarck" for . commercial firm.
For time he worked as marine en-.
eineer on river boats and also helped
to build the steamers "WaShburn
and Expansion" for the 500 Line.
His next job was engineer IN the
power house at the state capitol.
Later he worked with the crew en-
ployed to grade the first highway In
Burleigh county, which ran north
from this city to Wilton.
For nearly 10 years he served as
engineer for the city waterworks de-
partment. helping to install the new
machinery In 1923. Machinery has
always held fascination for Hansen
so that when he left the employ OF
the waterworks he got q Job with the
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Combustion Engineering company.
For the last five years he has been
employed with q road contracting
firm In paving the city streets.
ORGANIZED Lodge
Hansen, who has been q member Of
the I. o. o. F. lodge for a years, or
ganized Capitol City lodge No. and
has held many Offices in the local or
ganization. A few years ago he was
presented with q jeweled pin in recog-
milton Of his many years Of service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen have one son,
Lieutenant Commander Carl L. Han
sen. u. 8. n, graduate Of the U. s.
Naval Academy, who Is now stationed
at Newport, r. I.
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Miss Marie Aftrieth, Minneapolis,
member Of the national Girl Scout
field staff and field worker for the
Hiawatha region, will spend next
week in Bismarck conducting q lead.
ers' training course, according to To-
cal scout officials.
She will hold classes in leaders
training at 8 o'clock on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in
the scout room at the Masonic tenn
pie, with both Bismarck and Mandan
workers In attendance. She expects
to devote Friday and Saturday to
classes and meetings with scout work
ers in Mandan.
Miss Aftrieth will be a speaker At
a meeting of the council Tuesday
morning and on Thursday will meet
with members of the examining com.
mittee for proficiency badges. A large
part of the remaining days will be
given over to meetings with the vari-
Gus committees of the Bismarck Girl
Scout Council.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
Meetings of Clubs,
Fraternal Groups

The Past Presidents Farley Of the
American Legion Auxiliary viii meet
at 3 o'clock Monday evening at the
home Of Mrs. J. A. Solien. 6021A Ave-
nue. D, with Mrs. Solien and Mrs.
Ferris Cordner Is hostesses.
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Miss Hardy jackson, COL Sixth st..
will be hostess ct . meeting Of the
Monday club at o'clock Monday aft
ernoon. The program win center
about scandinavian authors.
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The Cosmos club will hold q meet.
ing 1T o'clock Monday evening 1t
the home Of Mrs. H. o. Putnam, 623
Fifth st. Mrs. H. A. McNutt viii be
in charge Of the program.
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The Bismarck Study club will meet
at ESQ o'clock Monday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. E. J. Heising, l22
Avenue G West.
A luncheon meeting OF the Pan
Attic Study club will be held at
o'clock Monday afternoon ct the Pat
terson hotel. Mrs. r. z. McCurdy will
present the program.
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Members Of the q. G. r. and Auxi.
1iary ana their guests will attend Va.
lentine dancing party ct . o'clock this
evening following the regular meet
ing Of the Auxiliary In the Eks hall.
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The meeting Of st. Georges Eve
ming Guild, planned for Monday eve.
ming, has been postponed until Mon
day. Feb. 20.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11

Weeds Indicate the character Of the
soil In which they grow. Sheep sorrel
grows m acld ground, Wild carrot in
poor soul. and moss indicates Z need
for drainage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
Dinner Dance Planned
By Fourth Degree K. c.

Fourth Degree knights Of Colum-
bus will give = dinner dance at which
wives and women friends Of MEM
bers will be guests, Monday evening
at Z o'clock in the private dining
room Of the Grand Pacific hotel.
A short program in celebration OF
Lincoln's birthday will follow the
dinner with several talks and musical
numbers scheduled.
Dancing will occupy the remainder
Of the evening, with Harry Turner'S
orchestra furnishing the music.
G. J. Myers and J. p. Wagner, Bis
marck, and F. B. Homan Of Mandan.
comprise the committee which Is ar
ranging the affair.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-11
Church Group Will
Hold Basket Social

Young women Of the First Presby-
terrain church viii sponsor q basket
social Monday evening, Feb. ~, in
the church parlors for the purpose
Of securing funds for church bene-
volences.
A program Of games. contests and
music has been arranged for the
earlier part OF the evening after
which the boxes will be auctioned.
The sale price Is limited to 50 cents.
Ladies are asked to bring boxes
with . lunch for two. The commit
tee In charge = asking that decora-
tons be simple and inexpensive. A
cordial invitation Is extended the
public.
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Th0rp Denied Privilege
To Present Statement

tlnued, rules were adopted under
which the right OF cross-examination
was hampered and denied for all
practical purposes and the members
OF the commission were refused an
opportunity to call witnesses or even
speak In their own behalf.
For is days the capitol building
commission has been in attendance
with all Of its records, employees and
associates" adding, at no time dur
ing such period has the commission
been permitted to ask q question or
present q witness"
Charges Censorship
Thorp's written request said that
though he wanted 1.-THE privilege with
out restrictions" Of informing the
legislative committee Of all pertinen.
facts. you ask us to submit for cen.
sorship the facts which we desire to
present honestly"
Later Flanagan charged Thorp
with giving out to the press his writ
ten request for permission to put the
capitol commissioners on the stand
before the legislative group had had
an opportunity to consider It.
The flareup came at the close Of the
hearing. Thorp denied it, saying a
newSpaperman had come to him and
asked for 1t and he compiled.
Frank L. Anders was on the stand
short time testifying about q trip
made to Yellowstone Park at the ex-
pense Of subsidiary Of the Northern
Pacific railway to look over some stone.
He also was asked about certain trip
expense items Of officials and en-
ployes Of the Lundoff -Bicknell Con-
struction company, general contractor.
which had been presented to the cap
itol commission and never paid.
Anders said he had questioned the
items that included hotel bills and
railroad fare. He added that some
expenses were paid but the itemi1ed
accounts were not presented until 80
or 40 days afterwards.
Expenses Are Listed
Sinkler read into the records q list
OF expenses In connection with the
cornerstone laying mentioned In FRI
my = AAV0A AAA6 0AAA OesAA GASC VOV0A VI
more than 1000 was in addition to
the expense incurred by the contrac-
tors in preparing q temporary rest
ing place for the stone.
Joseph Bell DeRemer, Grand Forks
architect for the capitol, was on the
stand short time before the hear
ing adjourned until Tuesday, testify
ing that the concrete work on the
foundation for the legislative hall
"displeased" him.
A letter he wrote to Holabird &
Root, associate architects in Chicago,
was read in which DeRemer said the
work was "the most sloppy and UNI
workmanlike" he had seen In 20
years. Later he found some improve
ment but the letter added he
couldn't withhold further disap-
prevail and asked for change in the
architects representative on the Job.
He said Geo. L. Bangs. member of
the capitol commission, congratulated
him for his stand.
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N. D. University Club
To Hold Dinner Dance

The University Of North Dakota
Los Angeles club will hold its annual
founders day dinner dance Tuesday
evening, Feb. q, at the Broadway
club In Los Angeles, according to in
formation received here.
The occasion will commemorate the
50th anniversary Of the founding Of
the university. Talks In keeping with
the anniversary theme will be given
by Mrs. Vernon p. Squires, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Merrifield, Vladimir Wester-
gard, Major General Farnsworth
and J. r. T. O'Connor.
Officers Of the club are Herbert
Goodall. president: Mari Hagen
Skeel, vice president: and q. ]. OPP
PICARD, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Mrs. Thoralf swenson, Grand
Forks. has arrived In Bismarck to join
her husband, who recently was ap-
pointed state game warden.
Miss Mildred Nierling, 600 Main
Avenue, left Saturday for jamestown
where she will spend the weekend
at her home.
Miss Frances Heath was elected
president Of the Christian Endeavor
society Of the First Presbyterian
church at . recent meeting. She sue
ceeds Harold Schafer. Other officers
named were John Hid, vice presi-
dent; and Emma Jean Benson, secre-
tarv.treASlrer.
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Mrs. Marie Galloway, 10l1 Fourth
st., who has been seriously III at the
st. Alexius hospital with complica-
tons following influenza. was con-
siderably improved Saturday.
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An address by Mrs. Laura Butter
wick, Grand Forks, state auditor Of
the Degree Of Honor Protective So
ciety, was the principal feature at
meeting Of the local Degree Of Honor
lodge Thursday evening III the World
War Memorial building. During the
business session Miss Rose Huber was
elected financial secretary. Hoetesses
for the evening were Mrs. Jessie Cor
don and Miss Marguerite DArdis. A
hard times party Is planned fnr the
next lodge meeting two weeks hence.
with Miss Gertrude Eichhorst and
Mrs. Gerald Craig in charge Of ar
rangements.
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oils where he will attend q convention
OF managers Of s. and L. stores,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Scher, 422 Eley-
enth ST.. south. Bismarck, are parents
OF boy born Saturday morning at st.
Alexius hospital.
A boy was born Saturday morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Weekes OF
Flasher at the Bismarck hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Penwardeu, Jr.,
BIZ Avenue G, Bismarck, are parents
of a girl born Saturday morning a.
the Bismarck hospital.
A girl was born Saturday morning
at the Bismarck hospital to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Stoen, 400 Avenue F, Bis.
marck.
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Five-Day Blizzard
Ends for State as
Sun Appears Again

same trend throughout the state.
Temperatures at Z a. m. were Devils
Lake II below, Fargo 10 below, and
Williston Is below. Other readings
included Huron, s. D., IA below:
Pierre. 8. D., eight below; Rapid City,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-01
VindicatiOu

The manner in which charges
against the members Of the capitol
building commission were withdrawn
and the custer action dismissed must
have brought cheer to the heart Of
Senator w. E. Matthaei Of Wells
county, chairman Of the legislative
committee which investigated the
commission.
Senator Matthaei, it will be recalled,
disagreed with the majority Of the
investigators, refusing to make the
commission custer bill partisan po-
litical measure and refusing to stay
in line with the dictates Of Governor
LANCER. One Of the best speeches
given in the senate at the last ses-
sion was Matthaei's defense Of the
capitol commission in his opposition
to the bill designed to remove them
from office.
In Matthaei's case it was partisan
loyalty pitted against q sense Of
honor and common justice. It Is to
his credit that the better instincts in
his nature prevailed, even In the face
Of severe pressure.
The outcome of the custer hearing
proves conclusively that the things
for which Matthaei fought were
right. BY indirection the governor
admitted them to be so when he with
drew the charges.
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in the power plant and In construct
ing q transmission line.

in the power plant and In construct
ing q transmission line.
The bill in question was introduced
on Feb. II. the seth day OF the SEES
sion. when the calendar already was
crowded with legislation. The jam
which was to keep the legislature In
session three extra days already was
developing. It was one OF 20 bills in
troduced on that day and, since major
interest conferred on the provision
changing the personnel Of the capitol
commission, no public attention was
given to its specific provisions. Thus
the Joker" went undecided until long
after the session had adjourned.
When Governor LANCER vetoed the
bill providing specifically for the con-
struction Of power plant. he mem
toned that an old law gave the state
industrial commission power to order
such construction. In doing 50 he still
further drew suspicion away from the
bill changing the personnel Of the
capitol commission. No one knew
better than he what the proposal was
under which he proposed to operate.
Now that the Ethiopian has been
removed from the woodpile 1t remains
to be seen what further efforts will
be made to promote this project.
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The First to Howl
(Tarro Corum)

Fighting words. those Of Commis-
sioner Of Agriculture and Labor John
HUSKY, addressed to the governors
emasculstion Of the state dairy de-
partment.
It means hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars to the farmers Of North Da-
kota. says the commissioner, as he
shows that the governors veto Of ap-
preparations for the dairy work elm.
mates entirely the possibility Of any
thing being done In that field.
We wonder what would have hap
pened had an independent governor
George shafer. for inStance-tis the
veto to hamstring this work that
Commissioner HUSKY shows WAS en-
tirely self-supporting and which, IN
his opinion ct least, Is 50 vital to the
welfare Of the dairy farmer?
Our guess Is that Governor Lansel
would have been one Of the first ia
mount the rostrum with loud cries Of
anguish.
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Foreign Representative
SMALL SPENCER. BREWER
uncorporateU
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
We Invite You

VIC 1NVItC L va
This edition OF The Tribune gives
rev proof Of the courage and opti-
n,ism Of Bismarck's business COM
nunity.
As the meadowlarks and the robins
return for another summers sojourn,
Bismarck points again to the hospi-
tality which Is inherent in the capital
city and invites all residents Of its
trade area and of the state to be its
guests during the annual Automobile
and Style Show and Trade Week.
Spring is the time for new bur-
geoning Of hope and activity, renewed
confidence and the manifestation Of
new energy. In Bismarck this spirit
finds ample opportunity for mani
festation in the annual showing of
spring styles in transportation and
wearing apparel. 1t is sincerely to be
hoped that as many as possible will
take advantage of the opportunity
end the fine entertainment offered
them.
One thing is certain. They will
find that never before has there been
SO much of worth and beauty In all
lines represented at the show as will
b. the case this year. Automobile
quality has never been more pro-
ncunced or sold at cheaper prices.
The same thing holds true Of other
items.
Bismarck invites the entire state
10 come and be its guest during this
period and to share with it the con-
fidence and hope with which this
city looks toward the future.