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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
NORTHERN PACIFIC
GETS IS PER CENT
CUT FROM 80 TAX
Compromise Is Reached In
Court After Testimony Of
DISBURSEMENT

Fargo. N. D., oct. 2o.-tR)-A COM
promise was effected in federal
court here Friday in the Northern
Pacific railroads tax suit whereby
the railroad was granted . Is per
cent reduction in It's 1888 tax, the cut
amounting to $l53, 664.83.
The compromise was reached after
three witnesses for the railroad had
testified that its property was greatly
over-assessed, and that It has been
over assessed for several years due
to decrease In earning power caused
by competition from various sources
and the depression.
The stipulation provides that the
railroad will pay tax Of 4l,028,S 10
Of which 1927, 1856 already has been
paid through an agreement whereby
the road pad 70 per cent Of the levy
against its property As fixed BY the
state board Of equalization.
The original levy against the road
was 1.l02,037O3, the road sought q
reduction Of 80 per cent Of 1854, sill.
Under terms Of the stipulation the
railroad still has 5000, o4S.N left to
pay for It's 1888 taxes.
In Cass county the levy was u.s.
903.60, Of which $60.132.56 already has
been paid. The balance due Cas-
county is $l4,603.42, making the de-
crease granted I'll, l67.4s.
Three Witnesses Called
Witnesses who testified for the rail-
road Friday were f. A. McCrary, tax
commissioner; r. G. Sharood, audi
tor, and ]. G. Morrison, general freight
agent. Morrison and McCrary pre-
sented as testimony tables and
schedules to show that the road was
greatly over-assessed according to all
recognized methods Of calculating
valuations. Morrison testified that
the earning power Of the railroad has
been greatly decreased Is q result
Of the Panama canal, motor trucking
and automobiles and the fact that
natural gas has been piped into q
great area served BY the Northern
Pacific. thus eliminating coal hauk.
Lyman Baker, tax specialist, pre-
sented tables for the purpose Of show
ing that figures submitted by the rail-
road were too low.
In . suit similar to that brought
by the Northern Pacific, the 500 Line
was granted q decrease Of ~ per cent
or approximately 100000 in It's 1888
taxes. It was the third consecutive
year the 500 had gained reductions.
The Great Northern railroad has q
similar case pending. It seeks . re-
duction Of e per cent or approxi-
mately 100000 In its 1888 tax. This
case was heard last week by Judge
Andrew Miller and has been taken
under advisement by him with deci-
sion expected in the near future.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
SCIENCE DISCOVERS
RAD|UM FROM salt
Rays Offers Medicine Valued
New Tool for Cancer
Experiments

Boston, Oct. 20.-(F-A discovery
that will make radium out Of common
table salt, the first practical trans
mutation Of elements that man may
use in daily life, was announced Sat-
urday in the Physical Review"
This salt radium remains common
table salt except that it gives off rays
even more powerful than those ordi-
narily used by physicians from pure
radium.
The salt radium rays last for several
days, then automatically stop. AZ
salt Is harmless anywhere In the hui
man body, the discovery offers medi-
cine q new tool for experimenting
with cancer. and biologists q new type
Of figurative scalpel.
Table salt Is q combination Of So
dunn and chlorine. The transmuta-
ton is made on the sodium alone, by
Dr.. E. o. Lawrence, professor Of ply
sizes at the University Of California.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Here Are the Answers
TO 'N1r!!A!rE!o bills
Facing the Electorate

9. Would enactment Of this bill
mean that North Dakota would be
without laws covering the liquor traf-
flee?
A. Only temporarily. The bill
could not become effective until 80
rays after formal announcement
Of the vote by the state canvassing
board. BY that time the legislature
would be In session and would have
opportunity to make such licensing
and regulatory laws as it saw fit.
Q. What is the nature Of the laws
it Is proposed to repeal?
A. Most Of them are OF regula-
tory nature, built up to reinforce and
supplement prohibition laws. Taken
together they might be said to COM
prise the states prohibition statutes.
g. Are al Of them repealed?
A. No. "A few Of them would be
left operative. These prohibit the sale
Of liquor to minors, Indians, incom-
petents, etc.
Q. Would repeal Of these laws
leave everything wide open" for the
sale Of liquor in North Dakota?
A. Not necessarily. Cities probab-
" could still control the traffic un-
der the authority Of the police power,
imposing licenses, and conditions as to
the hours Of sale, etc. There is no
question, however, that 1t would
greatly 'Nberalize" the present stu
alton.
9. Is any provision made for the
collection Of revenue from the liquor
traffic which would become legal u
the bill Is passed?
A. No. That and all similar ques-
lions would be left to the legislature
Q. Is there an illegal traffic now
In existence?
! A. Yes. Bootlegging still flourishes
probably to greater extent than ever
before. Liquor bought (or alleged tt
have been bought) legally In wet
parts Of the country has flooded into
North Dakota in recent weeks. Some
Of 1t may be had at prices below those
charged In legal liquor stores In Min.
nesota.
G. Is the state now getting an,
revenue from this illegal traffic?
| A. No.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
DR.. ROBINSON TALKS
ATP.-T.A. CONCLAYE
Kalamazoo Educator Discusses
Rural Education; Sessions
End Sunday

Fargo. N. D., Oct. 2o.-(R)-Possible
effects on education Of the rural child,
should the present economic order be-
come permanent, were discussed Fri
day by DR.. william Mckinley Robin
son, Kalamazoo, Mich, addressing
delegates to the second biennial con-
vention Of the North Dakota congress
OF parents and teachers. DR.. Robin
son Is rural service chairman for the
national congress Of parents and
teachers. The convention ends Sun
day.
Possibly this movement to the
country and decentralization OF urban
population may be only . temporary
adjustment to an emergency" said
DR.. Robinson, but their sum total
does seem to have both significance
and permanence at least In some as
poets.
some Of the most elite Of our pri-
vate progressive schools are moving
out into the country to the environ
ment considered most favorable to
child growth and learning. Many Of
these are known as country day
schools.
Regardless Of ones sympathy or
antipathy for such, we have with US
q national program Of subsistence
farming. It constitutes deliberate
attempt to speed up the decentral-
:zation Of population, II these tenden-
cles are Of permanent significance,
the next generation faces . very Diff
ferent population distribution with the
attendant necessary economic and So
cial adjustments. How can we pre-
pare our children for that future?
The family Is the most fundamen-
tai unit Of society. Urban life tends
to pull apart the family: whereas
rural life shared by all members Of
the family tends to hold the family
together. Divorce rates Is contrasted
between rural and urban areas are Q
bit Of proof Of this difference"
Participating in q symposium, which
opened the afternoon sessions, were
DR.. Maysil williams. Bismarck, talk
ing on rural health; Miss Margaret
MacGunigal, Bismarck, juvenile pro-
lection: DR.. q. A. Talbert, temperance
instruction: B. G. B. Tighe. proposed
Legislation, and Miss Nell Cooper.
Points emphasized covered the in
tegrity with which problems Of child
welfare are being attacked, whether
along the lines Of health, education or
moral training.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

tons put the finishing touches on
their program Saturday. .....
Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira
planned to read in English at the first
official meeting Of the three powers
delegations sometime next week 4 gen.
eral outline Of the empires attitude
on naval equality.
The outline will contain . request
for acceptance in principle Of jap
ans right to equality in defensive
ornaments. Matsudaira and Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto will make 1t clear
at the start they are unable to pre-
sent full technical proposals until the
United States and British delegations
indicate their attitude toward q decla-
ration Of this principle.
The British and Americans are like.
~ to discuss the matter together be-
fore reaching . decision. The Jap
anese have indicated the decision on
their request may determine the
chances of success Of the CONVERSE
lions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Il SLOT MACHINE
SALES BY LANCER
REGIME REVEALED
Former Administration Also
Failed to confiscate De.
vices, Papks States

Sidney A. Papke, state regulatory
chief, Saturday charged that In some
instances deputies under the preced-
ing administration failed to confis-
cate slot machines, but instructed
owners Of the devices to take them out
Of operation.
Papke also charged the former ad.
ministration sold Il slot machines.
while records show that only 80 ma
chimes were confiscated.'
As . result Of his investigations,
Papke said records disclosed three
affidavits Of sales Of slot machines.
The first affidavit i. dated Septem-
Der IS, 1888, and lists five machines
sold to one w. B. Hatlestad, giving his
residence as Cottonwood, MINI. The
consideration for those machines was
$50, plus q further sum Of $l8 to
cover cash which was In the machines.
THE next affidavit Of sales Of slot
machines was to one Fred Cant, CIV
ing his address at lll2 Irving Avenue.
Minneapolis. The date Of this at
fidavit is December Is, 1888. Thir-
ty-one slot machines are listed on
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
RELIEF RECIPIENTS
mot TO Be Denied
VOTE, SURVEY SHOWS|
Only Three States Have Laws
Which Might Be Used to
Cancel Privilege

washington. Oct. 2o.-R)-A poll
Of states showed Saturday that OF.
ficials In most cases deny any move
to prevent persons on relief from
voting Nov. 8.
The question came up this week
when q reporter asked President Roo
sevelt's views. The president said
that it would be thoroughly un.
American to deny the vote to man
out Of work and willing to work. He
believed no court would classify such
q man as q pauper.
A survey showed that three states
have laws or constitutional provi-
sions which might be invoked to deny
the ballot to men and women on
relief rolls.
New Hampshire law provides that
persons receiving direct aid within
30 days of the election are not eligi-
BILE voters. In spite Of this, officials
said, many New Hampshire commune
tiles permit relief recipients to cast
ballots.
Maine has . law which permits
local registrars to bar paupers after
investigation, but officials said this
law IS not aimed at relief cases.
In West Virginia, Attorney Gen.
eral Homer A. Holt has ruled that
constitutional provision which pro-
hibits paupers from voting should not
be invoked against "those who are
receiving temporary and emergency
aid because Of the employment situa-
tion." A former Republican attor-
ney general held the same view.
Laws banning paupers from the
polls were denounced by Harry L.
Hopkins, federal relief administrator
at his press conference Friday.
They're terrible" he said. II don't
know who was responsible for them
some Of our Puritans, perhaps"
One state. Massachusetts,, has q
statute which specifically enables
those receiving relief payments to
vote.
Commanding officers Of the CCC
throughout the country have been
instructed to permit voters to &C
home for the election, provided they
take no more than three days fol
the trip.
Their wages will not be deducted
for the time lost. II they get home
and back in one day, but they viii
lose pay II they take longer thar
that. They must pay their own fares
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Editors Note:

Editors Note:
In line with It's policy Of ex-
planning al matters presented to
the electorate to the best Of its
ability, The Tribune herewith pre-
sents, ia question and answer
form, IN analysis Of the two
measures which will appear on
the initiated ballot November 6.
q. What Is the first Of the initiated
measures on the November ballot?
A. The bill to legalize the showing
Of motion pictures for profit on
9. Has this measure ever been be-
fore the electorate before7
A. Yes. It has been voted on
several times and each time was beaten
BY Z small majority.
Q. Was It ever presented to the
A. Yes. In 1927 such = bill was
passed by the house and . tie vote
was had In the senate. The then
lieutenant governor voted against the
bill.
Q. Does the bill apply to motion
pictures alone7
A. No. It also would legalize
"other performances such Is vaude-
vile acts.
q. Are there any restrictions on
the operation Of such theaters on
A. Yes, Sunday performances
would be prohibited before 2 p. m.
thus they would commence after the
time in which church services nor.
mally are completed.
u i s
q. What Is the second measure o.
the initiated ballot?
A. It Is an act repeating 102 sec.
tons Of the liquor control laws nov
on the statute books?
q. What will be the situation Il
this enactment Is approved?
A. It will leave the state with very
few restrictions on the sale Of liquor
within North Dakota.
G. Are any substitutes for present
control laws contained In this bill?
A. No.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
r. N II N u e II
~ nea pass ons. II
$314,129 in Road
Contracts Let by
State Commission

Steele county-l0.24S miles. Colgate,
northwest, Win Conan, $l0,367.
Trail county-0.007 miles, Alton
east, Win Comap, $l1.576.
ass-Richland counties-o.38o miles.
Kindred east, Win Conan, $24,458.
Ward county-8.l96 miles, Des Laos
to Berthold, Lyle Sloan. Glendale.
Scoria
Mckenzie county-11.l36 miles,
south OF Watford City, w. H. Noel
Co., jamestown, $l6,504.
Structural
Grand Forks county-North Of Nj
agara, J. A. Jardine, Fargo 4l1 ,o65.
Pembina county-West Of Crystal,
Ray Engineering company, Wahpeton,
N. D., $500.
First and second low bids were re-
jected on the Des Laos to Berthold
project, because Of too much other
work awarded to the low bidders
similarly, the low bid was rejected on
the Mckenzie scoria surfacing project.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
TABBY is TOUGH

Breton, ALTA tabby here chose
to rest on the inside rim OF . l2-foot
flywheel at sawmill. The engineer,
unknowing, started the mill. At the
end Of IS minutes during which the
wheel whirled at the rate Of 100 rpm.
the mill was stopped and tabby, slight
~ fitting, staggered off into the woods.
She hasn't returned yet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Artificial Lake is
Haven for Wild Fowl

Lake Ardock, artificial lake created
by relief workers In Walsh county,
has become . haven for wildfowl,
Harris Robinson, chief engineer Of
FERA, said Saturday.
Robinson said he had received re-
ports Of numerous geese hating at
the lake, which was rebuilt from q
dry lake bed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
lis affidavit for q consideration Of

this affidavit for q consideration Of
$50.
"On July Is, 1894, We find that J.
Fredgant Of S26 Ashland Avenue, st.
Paul, purchased five machines, but the
affidavit does not state what consider
alton was for the five machines.
Records show q total Of 80 slot
machines were confiscated during the
previous administration, while 108
slot machines have been taken In raids
under the present administration. .
pnpke said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

reversing the decision Of District
Judge Schell.
Wolf appealed from the decision Of
the lower court, after he had lost q
contest action brought by James
Soules, one Of the three candidates
with highest number Of votes In the
primary election. The lower court
held 9oules to be nominated on the
basis Of the contest.
The supreme court ordered the con-
test dismissed, in reversing the lower
decision.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

pTOO0Oly l6N auO
somewhat warmer.
For North Da-
kota: Partly clou.
dy, cooler east and
central, warm z r
extreme northwest
portion; Sunday
probably fair and
somewhat warm
er.
For South Da-
kota: General ! y
fair, cooler east
portion tonight:
Sunday fair and
somewhat warmer !.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
BANDITS GET $500

Woodlawn. Ill, Oct. 20-(F-Three
bandits held up the First National
Bank here Saturday and escaped with
approximately $500. A customer was
shot and wounded as the men ran
from the building.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Weather outlook for the period Oct.
~ Ia Oct. ~.
RRECIPITATION

For Bismarck station:
Total this month to date 5000. .66
Normal, this month to date :. IS
Total, January LIST to date -. TO
Normal, January LIST to date :. 1891
Accumulated deficiency to date Isl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

FOR Montana: Generally 12N east,
unsettled west portion tonight and
Sunday, probably showers northwest
portion tonight; slightly warmer
northwest portion tonight.
For Minnesota: Mostly cloudy, rain
northeast, cooler extreme west por-
ton; Sunday generally fair, some.
what warmer west portion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

Being broke isn't so bad. A big for
tune is just as much worry as no
money at all. It's being independent
that I don't uke.-Samuel Insult.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Supreme Court Holds
Wolf Stark Nominee

The state supreme court Saturday
held Alex q. Wolf was county COM
missioner nominee In Stark county,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
JAMS to Give Views
On Naval Equality

London, Oct. 20.-(R)-Ihe Japan
ese delegates to the naval converse
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

Save on shoes for men, wo-
men and children at the Peo-
pies Department Store.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20

Buy your underwear for the
whole family at the Peoples
Department Store and save.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
Weather Report
FORECAST

For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly
cloudy and cooler tonight; Sunday
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
GENERAL CONDITIONS

Low pressure Of considerable tnten.
sity overlies the Mississippi Valley ex-
tending to western Canada (Minne.
Apolis, MINI. 1910 and Edmonton.
Alta. 1895; while Highs are center.
ed over the Southern Plateau and
the upper Lake Regions (Salt Lake
City, Utah 3026 and Toledo, Ohio
3O.lN. Precipitation has occurred
over the Mississippi Valley and from
the Lake Region into the Dakotas,
also over the North Pacific Coast.
with thunderStormS causing excessive
rains in Minnesota, Minneapolis re.
porting 4.5l inches In the last "a
hours. Temperatures have fallen over
the Southern Plateau northward to
Montana, elsewhere they have mod
Grated somewhat.
Bismarck station barometer, inches:
1856. Reduced to sea level, 1852.
Missouri river stage ct Z .. N. 90
It. a hour change, 90 It.
Weather outlook for the period oct.
~ to Oct. a.
For the upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri Valleys and the northern
and central Great Plains: Generally
fair except possibility Of showers
about Tuesday and again toward end
Of week: temperatures mostly near
normal.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-26
BRER GROUNDHOG

While the nation watches to see
the grounding emerge from his hole
on February 2, and take a weather
observation, as the old superstition
has it, we can well pay a tribute to
the enterprise of this bold little
critter.
Although the powers of the farm,
armed with dogs, steel traps, and
bonfire material to smoke Brer
Grounding out of his hole, have long
pursued this elusive creature, he
still lives and fiourishes. He seems
to have a craft and sagacity that go
beyond human understanding. While
the smoke from your bonfire is pour
ing into the front door of his hole,
he is probably grinning at you from
the bushes on the next hill, to which
he escaped out of his well concealed
back door. The old timers will say
that so crafty a creature probably
knows more about the weather than
we do.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-26
Morning Thoughts
by J. MARVIN NICHOLS
Dallas. Texas

A study of the worlds best bio
( graphy reveals the humble origin oI
the truly great. For instance:
Homer was farmers son.
Lucian was a sculptOr's son.
Pope's father was a merchant.
Milton was the son of copyist.
MoZart's father was a boOkbinder.
Charles Lamb was a servants son.
GOethe's father was a tailor.
Shakespeare's father was a wool
merchant.
Oliver Cromwell's father was a
brewer.
Giotti's father was a very humble
peasant.
Powers, the great sculptor, was a
farmers boy.
Wagner's father was a clerk in a
police court.
Schubert's father was a schoolmas-
ter.
Marshal New was a cooper's son.
Martin Luther's father was a poor
clerk in a navy pay Office.
Cardinal Wolsey's father was but
cher.
Murat was an innkeeper's son.
Handel's father was a country doc
tor.
Napoleon was the son of an humble
citizen.
Rollins father was knife-maker.
Virgil's father was a porter.
ego
A mans head isn't above water
simply because he floats a debt.
0@O
. A mans life must fall in one of
three classes: The pure and uplift-
ing; the bad and destroying; the
burned out and withered.
o@o
A great many apparently good
people who make no sort of an eff
fort to own a shack down here have
no hesitancy in singing about their
in the skies.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-26
THE ROOSEVELT BALLS

The balls to be held all over the
country January Both in honor OF
the birthday of President Roosevelt
are said to be the most widely cele-
brated social affair in the nations
history. AS a portion of the pro-
ceeds of these occasions will be sent
to President Roosevelt as a contribu-
tion to the Warm Springs Founda-
tion for Infant Paralysis, these af-
fairs are a nationwide philanthropy
that promises to do infinite good.
Infant paralysis has been a terri
flying afliction that has descended
upon the nation and blighted the
lives of many children. But science
is gaining in its fight with this in
sidious enemy, and methods of cur
ing it and preventing serious after
effects are being discovered. The
endowment of the Warm Springs
Foundation will help fight this foe
of childhood and youth.
President Roosevelt has shown a
warm hearted sympathy by his ef-
forts in behalf of this philanthropy.
A contribution to the proceeds of
these dances is thus fine gift to
pathetic sufferers, also personal
tribute to the generous instincts of
the President.