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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-24

iuare up ror me, anyway
"Why didn't you beg on then!
You might have said your fiance
was in town. Or that you were
sick"
Tried It," Pat said grimly. "but
it didn't work. I had feeling
something was up when l walked
into that Office and saw this old
fellow waiting in the next room.
So l said to Mr.. Livingston 7 hope
everything was all right this after.
noon. II anything was wrong,
you'll have to excuse me because
I've been feeling i'll all day."
II call that smooth" Lois said.
well, he just smiled, Lois, and
said, I didn't notice anything
wrong. l thought you looked swell
in the white evening dress. Mr..
Brentford, one of our best Gus.
toners, thought so too Then he
went on about how he was sure
l was going to prove myself val
liable employee and before long
he'd have to speak to the cashier
about a little raise. And some
more hokum about expecting CO.
operation from all the employees
and how we were all like one big
family. Then he said this Brent
ford wanted to run out for dinner
and 4 show and he knew he could
count on me to entertain such
good friend of the firm for a few
hours"
Smooth, too" said Lois. "And
then he dated you up with the old
gink. Maybe this Brentford's a
good scout, after all, and won't
tell. Maybe he's so vain he'll be
ashamed to tell your boss he didn't
make hit with YOU"
Maybe" But Pats tone was
doubtful.
Nothing unusual happened dur.
ing the next morning. Pat became
more hopeful as the customary
routine progressed. Lunch hour
came and still there were no signs
of a storm brewing. But little
later Jane drew Pat to one side.
The look on her face warned that
trouble was on the way.
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six-room home,
r acres Of land. good lOca-
b. Price Sl575, small cash
trmen,. balance easy terms.
[. Anders Realty Company,
ia~ : American bank.
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OUR PRICES REASONABLE,
our goods dependable, our serv-
ice supreme. Your patronage
appreciated. Peace's Grocery,
Church and Caswell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
q ON TIL U E ID
~ from page ono
Says PrObers
Were Not Fair

must and will be ill-considered and
Instantaneous to the state. Sound
legislation can only be safely based
upon q full, complete and truthful
grasp Of the entire situation to be
dealt WITH" he asserted.
Is Lengthy Discussion
Through 81 pages Bangs discussed
at length the criticisms leveled at
the capitol commission during the
hearing. He related the history Of
the commission and the reason for
members being selected from three
widely separated points in the state;
he told Of the growth Of friction
among the architects and laid the
blame for it upon his Grand Forks
townsman, Joseph Bell DeRemer, one
of the state architects. He explained
the reason for the sale Of $500. 900
worth of certificates of Indebtedness:
the much-discussed schedule D.
and its purpose and effect: the plac-
ing Of insurance and bonds; the la
Dor and wage negotiations and pro-
lection and the "so-called padded
accounts" OF the general contractors
Bangs denied that the geographic
distribution" Of the board Of capitol
commissioners has delayed or OBJ
structed its work.
IF there has been any delay" he
said, ut has been caused exclusively
by an unfortunate friction In The
architectural organization"
obviously 1t is not good business t.
trade horses in the middle Of the
stream" said Bangs as he asked the
legislature and the people of the state
to give serious consideration to any
contemplated shift in the supervision
Of the capitol construction.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
10 BILLS OFFERED
in HOUSE, SENATE
Proposals Are Sponsored BY
Delayed-BiIIs Group As Last
Minute Measures

Ten bills were introduced in the
North Dakota legislature Saturday
through delayed bills committees-five
in the senate. five In the house.
In the house, the measures includ-
ed provisions for licensing manufac-
turers and wholesale and retail deal
erS In evaporated, condensed or con-
centrated milk: for exempting cooper.
alive associations formed for aiding
employed from paying licenses; for
changing personnel Of special as
sessment commissions" to include the
city auditor, city engineer and city
assessor, serving without pay; for
limiting amount Of agricultural Stats
tics to be gathered by assessors, and
for limiting number of publications
for school land lease notices.
Under senate measure, the Unit.
ed States secretary of agriculture
could file seed lien for loans made
to farmers during 1888 for crop pro-
duction. planting, following. and cul-
tivation.
The measure would make it q felony
II proceeds Of such loans were used
by bankers, merchants. corporations
or associations, for any other pur-
pose than for crop production, plant
ing. following and cultivation,
Two bills would repeal laws BY
which the governmental survey and
industrial survey commissions were
created in 1881. Another senate meas
ure reduces the fee for beaver tags
from 81 to Is cents.
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conduct the case independent q the

conduct the case independent q the
police.
Police Chief Albert +. Clark and
Police Commissioner Carl 8. Milliken
said they would not relent in their
hunt for the extortionists. The inter-
ests Of the family. however, will be
protected, Clark said.
Boettcher's announcement said the
letters from the kidnapers had con-
tanned enclosures which convinced
him they were from his son. The con-
ditions and methods Of payment Of a
SCI, 900 ransom, he said he told the
kidnapers in his letter. were Of such
nature they cannot be carried out ano
there was offered no guarantee Of the
safe return Of the 3l-year-old scion Of
q wealthy pioneer Colorado family II
the ransom were paid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
Three INSTITUTIONS
SUFFER MONEY CUTS
SIashes Made in Funds For
State Hospital, Deaf
!. School, Sanatorium

North Dakota legislative commit
tees, reporting Saturday to the SEN
ate and house on appropriations for
educational and charitable institu-
lions. recommended economy slashes
totaling 1927, 1871 .03. The reports were
accepted and the bills placed on the
calendar.
More than q quarter Of q million
dollar cut in the budget Of three North
Dakota charitable institutions, as rec
commended by the house appropria-
lions committee, was approved by the
committee Of the whole In the house.
The slashes included $l67 1856 for
the state hospital for insane at
Jamestown: $47,16l.g2 for the school
for the deaf at Devils Lake: and $29,-
559.2A for the tuberculosis sanitor-
tum at San Haven.
The budget board recommendation
for the insane hospital was $8l1 $50,
exclusive of repairs and improve
ments, and the committee cut deep
~ to bring the total to $643,844.
Speaker Minnie D. Craig sought to
eliminate q $4,000 item for repairs
and improvements" to build an addi-
ton to the mems ward, saying this
is no time to be building" but when
a heated argument arose she asked to
withdraw her motion, remarking Il
had no idea It would create such q
commotion."
The total for repairs Is SIS. 900 or
$4,000 above the figure suggested by
the budget board.
The school for the deaf budget was
decreased from 1882 1892 to $85,778;
and the tuberculosis sanatorium bud
get from 1921 .053.44 to SOL 1870.
Reductions in the budgets propos-
ed for state teacher colleges at VAL
ley City and Dickinson were recon-
mended by the senate appropriations
committee, and the reports adopted
the measures now 60 on the calendar.
The Valley City Teachers college
appropriation was reduced from $685.
542.6l to $3.50, 1885: while the Dick
inson amount was slashed from $751;
324 to 1892 657 80.
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the law and contract called for such
payment, In order to obtain the ad-
vantage Of trade discounts and to
have on hand materials sufficient to
keep the work In progress"
Bangs stated that In almost every
case" complaints Of DeRemer were
'unfounded or of no importance" He
said his visit to tho architect, who
was sick abed. was upon the sons in
vitation latter I had made my desires
known" adding that DeRemer volun-
tarily had agreed to write q letter
stating the investigation was "un-
fortunate"
The president Of the commission re-
peated In substance the testimony
given by former Gov. George +. sha-
fer regarding the necessity Of the is
suance Of 100000 Of certificates Of
Indebtedness to permit completion Of
the capitol.
He said the state would save ap-
proximately 5000 In rent now being
paid for Offices because the money Is
on hand to carry the work through
by July !. this year.
The much.questioned Schedule D.
Bangs said, represented merely pre-.
liminary and tentative prices" and II
further savings In costs Of proposed
changes are made the state will bene-
lit from them.
Bangs said the rental charges for
equipment used by the general con-
tractor are charges made under pro-
visions Of the contract and are much
lower than . schedule Of equipment
rentals suggested by the Association;
Of General Contractors.
Referring to alleged ''overcharges'
in contractors expense items, Bangs
said they were discovered by the audi
tors Of the capitol commission as early
as Dec. 8, more than 80 days before
the appointment Of the investigating
committee" adding that letter from
the contractor concerning one alleged
padded account" said that 1.-The ex-
lpenses enumerated from r. J. Curtain
should not appear on this account and
credit will be issued to you according.
""
The contractor also told the capt.
tol commission, according to Bangs
that I'VE are willing to abide by the
decision Of your auditor and your.
selves as to the amount which YOU
believe We should spend on these
trips"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
CON TIN II 4, U E D
Farm Groups Favor
Drastic Enactments
Taxing public utilities 10 per cent
~ urocc aovsN3vnc

Taxing public utilities 10 per cent
on gross earnings.
Stringent chain store tax.
These recommendations were de-
scribed as the minimum demands
which must be met under our con.
stitutional form Of government II our
homes are to be preserved, II the
unbearable tax burden Is to be light
ened, and II we are to fulfill the
promises our legislators made to
their constituents when they ran for
the high and responsible offices Of
representative and senator in our as
sembly. We desire roll calls on all
economic measures and are absolute
~ opposed to all clincher motions.
Goodwin Heads Committee
The program was drawn by a COM
mittee including State Representative
w. ]. Goodwin, Mandan, chairman;
Charles M. Stretch, Bottineau; State
Senator G. w. Fine, Benson county:
State Representative Ben Fedje,
Bonetrail: and o. T. Haakenson, Nc
Henry county. It was adopted by
unanimous vote Of the mass meet
ing.
On the committee to draw up the
national program were G. G. Talbot.
Jamestown, president Of the state
Farmers Union; George Rose, Ellen
dale: State Representatives H. +. Pc
terson. Plaza, and o. G. Olson, Het-
finger; and State Senator Alex
Lind, Williston.
Hit National Bank Acts
A resolution demanding repeal Of
the Federal Reserve Act, the National
Bank Act and the Federal Land
Bank Act was adopted Monday fore
noon by the joint mass meeting.
The resolution further demands
that the government immediately
stop payment of interest to anyone, I"
prohibit issuance Of tax-free secur-
tiles by the national or state govern
ments or any political subdivision,
issue money to take up farm loans
lat as low a rate Of interest as they
give to any corporation" and rees-
tablish issuance of circulating med
ium In the hands Of the government
where It belongs (direct to the peo-
p!e)."
It calls on "all the good citizens
IT all other states to refuse to make
any settlement Of any obligations
whatsoever until the above legisla-
ton is enacted into law"
Hint At Revolution
The resolution declares 'such an
unnecessary discrepancy between the
possible standards Of living and the
standards to which we are subjected
today has never existed" and that
the inevitable result of such a con-
tinued discrepancy has brought a
revolution and q forced abdication OF
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the ruling class" In the past.
Describing the monetary system g
Ubiquitous" the resolution says the
lack Of purchasing power Of the citi-
zens has pyramided unpayable
debts" which q privately owned
banking system cannot control, or
controls to the detriment Of our ma
tiOn."
AS the mass meeting was continued
Monday afternoon, 1t was expected
several other resolutions, making
further recommendation for q pro-
gram Of agricultural relief to be pre-
sented to the Roosevelt administra-
ton, would be adopted. The meet
ing is expected to end Monday night
More Than 800 Attend
More than 800 persons had jam
med their way into the Burleigh
county court house Sunday afternoon
when Chairman r. H. dad" Walker,
Of the state workmen's compensation
bureau, slammed down his gavel to
bring the meeting to order.
This was the signal for q success
sion Of speeches urging the adoption
Of Embarrassing" as a definite cam
paign, non-payment Of interest and
taxes, prohibition of all evictions and
foreclosures, and praising the basic
principles of democracy and the
Russian Communistic system.
Eight Speakers Heard
Among speakers on the afternoon
and evening programs were Arthur
w. Watwood, Aberdeen, s. D., farm
insurgent; A. w. Kicker, editor Of
the Farmers Union Herald and the
infant Farm Holiday News: G. G. Tai
bolt; Usher L. Burdick, Fargo, presi-
dent Of the state holiday association:
Rev. ]. Alonzo Sanders, Minot: Ole
B. Stray, Stanley; Oliver Rosenberg,
New Rockford, vice president of the
holiday association; and E. E. Fritch.
Valley City.
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ness continues % hold up better
than any other.
\ = =
After all, the lame duck amend
ment is one quack remedy not to be
despiSed.
=
Idle factories are . distressing
sight, but for utter desolation you
have to hand IL to our ex.minia-
ture golf courses.
= y y
Too much dancing is apt to affect
the heart, says a doctor. Too much
sitting out Is sure to.
\ \ y
An "automat" beer-dispensing
machine has been invented 70 set
out . foaming glass when . nickel
is dropped in the slot. It can't Be
much of q success until It u made
to say "This ones on the housed"
and fit action to words.
Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
GENERAL CONDITIONS

Low pressure areas are centered
over the upper Great Lakes region
and over southern Alberta while
Highs" are centered over northern
Saskatchewan and over the South
west. Light. scattered precipitation
occurred throughout the northern
districts while generally fair weather
prevails over the South. Tempera-
lures dropped throughout the Cana
dian Provinces and at most places in
the Mississippi Valley and Plains
States. Slightly warmer weather pre-
walls from the Rocky Mountain states
westward to the Pacific coast.
Bismarck station barometer, inches:
27.00. Reduced to sea level, 1911.
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cola wave LOnl8HC.
For North Da-
kota: Fair to part
ly cloudy tonight
and Tue S d q y;
moder q te col d
wave tonight and
southeast portion
Tuesday.
For South Da-
kota: General y
fair tonight and
Tuesday; cold e T
tonight: moderate
cold WAVE tonight
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or Tuesday northeast portion: colder
Tuesday southeast portion.
For Montana: Unsettled tonight
and Tuesday, probably snow west
portion: warmer northeast portion to-
night.
For Minnesota: Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday, except snow in
east tonight; much colder; moderate
cold wave in north tonight and In
southeast Tuesday.
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Barbs

New York state is preparing for the
repeal Of the 18th amendment, say
dispatches. You can't fool New York
ers. They knew we had that 18th
amendment all the time!
X X X
There's Improvement here and
there, but the filling station bust.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
Hear From Kidnapers
OF Citizen at Denver

Denver, Colo, Feb. 20.-(P)-A week
after Charles Boettcher, End, was kid
mapped from his home here, his mil
lionaire father, Claude K. Boettcher.
announced he had received commun-
ications which convinced him his son
was alive and we'll. At the same time
he announced he would henceforth
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
SStol Taking Soda!
Tor Gas on Stomach

Mucl soda disturbs digestion. For
gas or our stomach Adlerika Is much
better. One dose rids you Of bowel
poisons;ha cause gas and bad sleep
Sold in Bismarck by Halls Drug
etore.-dvertiSemcnt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
Agricultural College
To Continue Training

Indefinite postponement Of q bill to
abolish military training at the North
Dakota Agricultural college was voted
by the North Dakota senate Satur-
Gay. while the bill to abolish military
training at the University Of Nortl,
Dakota was placed on the calendar
With q recommendation for passage.
The measures were sponsored by
Senator'S r. w. patten Of Mountraii
and e. z. Greene OF StutSmau.
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(>mue to think
@H...

it's very much the same with
cigarettes.
No cigarette should ever
be strong" That means that
they should never be too rich
or over-seasoned-noe harsh
or ''bitey."
The taste Of q Chesterdeld
is just As near right a We
know how to make Il.
Not tasteless or fat, not
too highly favored for steady
smoking, but with Just the
right kinds Of tobaccos
blended the one right way
to satisfy.
Chester6elds are mild. They
taste better.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20

STEAM sUPERCURLINE permanent
waves. Regular $500: reduced; dis.
tributor grants short time special Of
$3.50. We use oil In giving al per.
mauents. Harrington's. Phone 40.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20
TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY

SPECIAL Regular $500 oil tonic
combination wave. 400 including
shampoo and finger wave. Cab.
fornia combination, $3.50. Califor.
mia Wave Nook. l02 3rd st. Phone
702.
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Weather Report
FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair
70 partly cloudy tonight and Tues
cam day: mod q t e
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-20

On March %, l848, Niagara Falls
nearly ran dry.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-02-16
BODY OF AGED HARLIS
MAN FOUND FROZEN

Sad news was spread through
out the Harris community Wed.
neSday of last week that Jack
Moody was found frozen to death
in his home just across the line
into Wisconsin. He was recOg-
nized as one Of the oldest settlers
I'm the community and was a fire.
quent visitor in Harris until the
past year when he was confined
most of the time to his home.
MIR. Moody was over so years
of age and lived alone. He is
survived by two sons whose
whereabouts are unknown at this
time. The body OF the aged man
was found I'm his home by four
young men, Joe Burger, George
Scott, Jim Peterson and Harry
Smith, when they called on him
to see ii he needed any assistance.
They found no wood I'm the house
but large pile was found out
side which had been gathered by
two neighbOrs, Paul Hansen and
George SOrenSOn and sons.
The coroner estimated that MIR.
Moody had been dead about a day
when found.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-02-16
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
BY GEORG STRANDVOLD

Interesting and disturbing. if true.
are this weeks rumors of new align
ments i'm the world of international
affairs.
First of all, story, met with some
credence but with greater doubt,
emanates from Geneva to the effect
that Japan's campaign against China
is not merely for the purpose of
clinching the Manchurian conquest
by taking Jehol and Mongolia, too,
but that the actual object is to chase
the Russians out of East Asia. In al
legedly well-informed quarters it is
said that the Japanese government is
so incensed at Russian Communistic
propaganda that it is determined to
stop it, and also that prospective
Japanese territory is too close to that
of Russia in Siberia to inspire a sense
of comfort.
Now, quite evidently the implied
its background the two facts that
Japan some time ago, having refused
to sign a non-aggression treaty with
Russia, was painfully surprised to see
that Russia and China had resumed
their interrupted diplomatic relations,
and that some attitude on the part of
both countries gave rise to fear that
the friendship had found concrete ex-
preston in an alliance treaty between
Russia and China.
If such a treaty we're contemplated,
or if it existed, it would, clearly
Japans aspirations in continental
Asia. For the time being there is no
indisputable evidence proving that
such treaty has been even thought
of, but the mere rumor may make an
impression on the diplomats who in
Geneva are trying to settle things be-
tween Japan and China.
Another Alliance RumOr.
1t seems as though alarums and
rumors of this kind may have at
tempted intimidation of International
conferences for their special purpose,
for France is playing up trump card
at the disarmament conference at
Geneva: Parisian fOreign-office
sleuths insist that secret military
alliance has been formed between
Germany, Italy and Hungary. If cor
rect, this, of course, would strengthen
the French claims that disarmament
must be replaced by international Sc
curity treaties, protecting the soil of
France against any aggressor.
Berlin, Rome and Budapest have
hurriedly issued denials, which, how
ever, are waved aside by the French
newspapers describing them as half
hearted"
Until more conclusive evidence is
brought forward, it is pretty safe to
assume that stories about Asiatic and
European alliances such as those
mentioned above are merely rumors
prompted by the master minds of in
Continued on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-02-16
DEATH TAKES
LOVED PASTOR
Rev. John F. G jer t S o n,
Sandstone, Dies From
Heart Attack.
Was One of Quarry City's
Early Pioneers and
Builders.

The Sandstone community suffered
severe loss at $50 o'clock Tuesday
evening when the Rev. John F. Cert
son passed away. The Rev. and Mrs.
Gjertson were among the first pio-
neers of Sandstone and the loss of
this esteemable and Christian man
will be felt for long lime to come,
although his deeds and the example
he set in his stay in that community
will make foundation for strong
construction in the moral life there
in the future. He had lived his life
well and this fact should be a solace
to his beloved family who were so
devoted to him, which will tend to
Tighten their burden of sorrow.
Was Born i'm Sweden.
The Rev. John Frederick Gjertson
was born November 81, 1868, in Wes-
terjetland Sweden, and came to this
country in the Spring of 1888 where
he was united in marriage to Miss
Anna Lundquist in Minneapolis on
Dec. 1, 1888. After the wedding the
couple came direct to Sandstone
among the first pioneers. He and
Mrs. Gjertson endured the rigors of
an undeveloped community, rearing
their family under very severe hard
ships and disappointments. They lost
two infant daughters in 1890 and 1899
respectively.
They survived the tragic devasta-
tion of the Sandstone Hinckley fire
and bravely faced the hardships of
starting anew. The Rev. Gjertson's
life was spent in preaching and doing
Christian work in Sandstone and sur
rounding communities. 1t was after
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