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Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21

discussed terms with Rogers until
after the opening.
How much do you want, WHIP"
Dillingham; asked.
Il don't care, Charlie" was the
answer. Whatever you thinks
right"
Throughout the run of the show,
Dillingham; weekly sent Rogers
signed check with the amount left
blank. Neither man would reveal
what figure Will wrote in, but Dill
lingham admitted it was about one
third the sum he would have paid
had Rogers made him set a figure.
When Three Cheers" went ON
the road, Rogers left the troupe and
returned to Hollywood to continue
his interrupted screen career.
Writes First Book
His first book, "RogeriSms," was
published in 1919, and in the same
year also came The Cowboy Phil
osopher on the Peace Conference"
and THE Cowboy Philosopher on
Prohibition" The following year he
brought out "Rogerisms-What We
Laugh At" and then abandoned his
literary efforts, except his daily and
Sunday newspaper chores, until
1924 when he wrote THE Illiterate
Digest" probably his most success
full work between covers.
Three years later, when he was
daShing all over the world by ship
and plane, he wrote Letters Of a
Self Made Diplomat to His Pres
ident,' which contained m u h
shrewd comment on world affairs,
and There's Not a Bathing Suit
in Russia" which resulted from his
first visit to the Soviet republic.
He made many friends among the
powerful Russian leaders and they
were looking forward eagerly to his
visit with Wiley Post which ended
with such tragic SuddenneSS off
Point Barrow last week.
It was during his daShingS about
Europe that he appeared at the
gates of Buckingham Palace one
day, according to the legend.
I'm Will Rogers and I've come
to see the king" he said, as the
naughty guards tainted all over the
place at such effrontery.
Tell the king" Will is supposed
to have said, that when the Prince
of Wales was over in our country
not long ago he told me to look up
his old man some time, and here 1
am"
Rogers was admitted and not on
ly had long talk with King George
v but also stayed for lunch with his
majesty and Queen Mary.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
Good VIII
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
Rogers Estate To
Pay Million Ia.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81. U.R)-
State and federal governments may
claim along $1,O00,O00 in inheri-
tance taxes from the estate of Will
Rogers, cowboy comedian and hu-
morist, it was learned today.
Figures were compiled by state
inheritance tax officials who were
asked to figure approximate taxes
on the estate. which is estimated at
about $5,0O0,OO0. They computed
taxes as $913,57O, OF which $237 7,270
would go to the state and $676,300
to the federal government.
The estimate was made on the
basis of community property, or
that earned since Rogers marriage.
One-half of the total would be ex-
empt from taxation, the taxable
amount being about $2,500000.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
Young Pulitzer In
Bendie Air Race

Los ANGELES. Aug. 81. up
Seward Pulitzer. 24-year-old neph-
CIV Of the late Joseph Pulitzer. New
York World founder, was revealed
today as an entrant in the Bendix
air race from Los Angeles to Cleve-
land, August 30.
Pulitzer, a New York aerial ad-
vertising man. had been testing
fast loW-winged Northrop Delta
monoplane secretly for a week Co
pilot will be AL T. Minto, flying in
strucyJr1 at Roosevelt Field. New
York.
After testing a Sl25,OOO racing
plane Of radical design. Howard
Hughes, film producer, changed his
mind today and withdrew from the
| race.
It's too expensive a ship TO take
chance with until We are further
along in tests" he explained. The
plane was rated at between 300 and
400 miles per hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21

Miss Earlene Northrop returned
Friday from the coast with her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
o. Erskine of Imperial. They spent
one week in Los Angeles, and one
week at Arrowhead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hackleman
came home last week from San
Francisco. They brought back a
new car that they purchased while
they were there.
James Youstler has been in RiV-
erside to attend his daughters
wedding. Miss Marietta Youstler
has been teaching in the Palm
school there.
Nebraska was the destination of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred w. Sunstrom
and children, William and Frances.
They left Friday to spend two weeks
in Nebraska with relatives. 1t is
SunStrom'S native state.
Ned Frame motored from Los An
geles to San Diego Friday with his
mother. After touring the fair to-
gether Frame and his father-in-
law, Charles Anderson, came to the
valley to spend a few days. While
Mrs. M. E. Frame returned to Los
Angeles.
Mrs H. H. Hoppin left Saturday
to spend a month in San Diego
with relatives. She was accompan-
led by her daughter, Mary Frances
Bill Paine returned to San Diego
Thursday after spending the win
ter in the valley. He had been
working here, and living with his
cousin, Frank Stall.
Blesi Burch left Friday for Swift
zerland He is going back for g
visit, and plans to return in foul
months.
John and j. B. Lydick accompan-
led by their niece, Miss Carol Paine
motored to Boulder Greek in the
Julian mountains to try their luck
at hunting deer. The trip was a
delightful one although unsuccess-
full as hunting trip.
The Lydick brothers returned to
| their home in Riverside while Miss
Paine returned to the valley with
her sisters. Mildred and Dorothy
who had spent the weekend in San
Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe M. Rodriguez
returned from Needles Friday where
Mrs. Rodriguez was taking care OF
her father who was i'll. AS he re-
covered she was able to leave. Sat-
iurday the Rodriguezes drove to
Pala to get their children who had
been spending the last two weeks
with their grandmother.
Friday Frank Stall accompanied
by his mother law, Mrs. w. L.
Cook, motored to San Diego to
spend the weekend with his wife
and family.
Mrs. James McCurdy stopped in
the valley Friday to visit her home
of 20 years ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Prior and son were with her. She
now lives in Bakersfield.
Miss RoSalie La Brucherie left
for Los Angeles Monday to spend
several days with friends and rela-
tiveS there.
Bert Steele accompanied by Mon
rec Pritchard motored to Los An
geles Saturday. After spending a
couple of days with the formers
relatives they will go on to Davis.
Steele is going to continue his
course there while Pritchard in
vestigates the courses offered.
Miss Katherine Steele went to
Huntington Park Sunday to spend
a week with her aunt, Mrs. Allen
Lewis. Miss Anna Mae Davis,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21

into the popular will Rogers Re-
marks" which for years has ap-
peared daily IN the columns of 500
newspapers throughout the coun-
try.
1t marked Rogers debut as a
writer and in addition to his news
paper work he turned out several
books and scores of magazine ar
ticles which solidified his reputation
as one of Americas greatest hu-
moristS.
Rogers first feature was called,
'The Worst Story I've Heard To-
day." and he dug up some pretty
awful ones during the two years he
was able to keep it up. Then he
cabled from London that he'd run
out of stories and would have to
quit. McNitt then suggested daily
remarks on current news topics,
and will Rogers Remarks" came
into being. He never missed but
two times in the many years that
followed, once when he was out of
touch with the telegraph in MeXi-
co, and the second time when he
underwent an operation and was
under ether all day.
When Rogers left the stage in
1919 for Hollywood, F'lorenz Zieg-
field kiddingly warned him to look
cut for those movie cuties."
| Heck" Rogers replied, "if your
gals couldn't break me down in all
these years, what chance has those
in Hollywood got?"
Three Silent Pictures
The comedian made three silent
features, including "Jubilo, "One
Glorious Day" and THE Texas
Steer" and a number of comedies,
most famous Of which was his
/ screamingly funny travesty on THE
! Covered Wagon" which he titled,
1.-TWO Wagons-Both Covered" His
elfish humor was rampant in that
vehicle. and some of the gags he
] originated, including the one about
{ the escrow Indians from Los An
geles, are still repeated.
His silent pictures, minus his IA
miliar draWl and inimitable wise
cracks, were not successful and
, Rogers returned to the "Follies' in
1922, remaining on Broadway for
another seven-year stretch.
With the development of talking
pictures, Winfield Sheehan per-
suaded Will to try the movies a sec
ond time, and with considerable
Skepticism he agreed to make just
one picture as a try out. 1t was
Homer Croys, They Had To See
Paris" and Immediately established
the comedian as one of the biggest
boxoffice favorites on the screen.
He signed a contract with Fox
Film, but before he could start his
second picture, Fred Stone, Wills
friend for many years, was badly
injured in an airplane crash break
ing both legs. Stone at the time
had just opened in Three Cheers, y
on Broadway, and it looked like the
show would have TO close.
/ Rogers rushed to the rescue, fly
ing to New York and after one
days rehearsal stepped into his
old friends shoes. He sang and
danced, two things he'd never done
before, and scored one of the big
gest successes of his career.
The emergency had arisen so sud-
denly that Charles B. Dillingham;,
producer of the show, hadn't ever
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
Conns Enjoying
Fine Vacation

Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie A. Conn and
son, 1851 Olive street, are enjoying
vacation in Ell Cajon at the home
of Conn'S mother.
A party composed of Conn, w. O..
Mitchell of Oklahoma, and Mitch
ellis three sons, all of whom live in
California, recently spent the week.
end at Encinitas, Old Mexico, where
they went fishing. The same party
also enjoyed fishing from the
barge anchored near Point Iona
The Conns expected to attend
Texas day at the San Diego expos
ition where they hope to meet many
old friends from their home state.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
MASS MURDER
INDICA TED IN
COLD COUN TRY

AUBURN, Calf, Aug 81. U.D -
Possibilities of mass murder in the
gold mining area of historic Emil
grant gap grew steadily today as
authorities uncovered new clues in
their search for a missing Chicago
man and for several other persons
who have disappeared recently.
Pieces of bone were found in an
abandoned mine shaft. Graphing
hooks in another water-filled tun-
mel brought pieces of cloth to the
surface.
The bone was to be tested to de-
telmine whether it is of human
origin.
Preparations were being made to
set up pumps to drain the mine
workings from which the pieces of
Goth were removed in the search
for James c. Kennett, IS, a re-
tired Chicago business man.
Sheriff Elmer Gum and his de-
puties believed that their search
might lead to clues explaining the
disappearance of Fred Dealing, a
mine Watchman last December, and
of an unidentified youth said to
! have been living with Kennett in a
mountain cabin while the Chicago
an sought to recover his shattered
! health.
! One body already has been found
in the mineholes which dot the
area. 1t was that Of a 25-year-old
man shot twice through the head
district Attorney S. L. Sparks said
witness had informed him that
the descriptions of the body tai
lied with that of a red-haired
youth seen frequently in the COM
pany of Earl Cramer, former con-
victed burglar held pending results
of the investigations.
Although Cramer has denied
/ having known Kennett or Dealing
authorities said that he had per-
sonal belongings of both men in his
possession at the time of his arrest
and that he had applied for Deal
ing's job soon after the watchmar
disappeared.
1t was learned that signatures or
| two checks made out to Kennett
and cashed at Auburn on July 2e
were purported forgeries. Gum
sought to learn the identity of the
person who cashed the checks ano
who also directed that Kennett'S
mail be transferred from Emigrant
Gap to Auburn.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
Doomed kidnaper
Granted ReprieUe

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 81. UP
Harry Brooks, convicted kidnaper OF
Attorney Henry G.. Bodkin today
had won 90-day reprieve from
hanging. scheduled for tomorrow.
Gov. Frank F. Merriam issued the
order late yesterday. Last week,
William E. Tanner, convicted with
Brooks, was given a similar stay OF
execution.
Governor Merriam said he took
the action to permit further in
yestigation of the case.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
GERMAN RESORT BANS JEWS

BERLIN, Aug. 81. U.P)-Parks
and houses of the Spa at Garmisch
Partenkirchen, where the 1886 win
ter olympic games are scheduled
to be held, have been placarded
Jews Not Admitted" it was learn
ed today
The San Joaquin valley cotton
crop is later than last year but in
general is about normal.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-21
CLOSEST ASSOCIATE in BUSINESS
WRITES SERIES ON WILL ROGERS

Editors Note: The following
Is the third of a series of articles
on Will Rogers, written by Robert
Burkhart, scenario writer and
for six years an associate of the
comedian at Fox Studios.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of County Commissioners Of
Burleigh County, North Dakota, will
receive sealed bids for furnishing
county printing, legal blanks and
blank books and supplies for the en-
suing year. said bids to be filed with
the County Auditor. Bismarck. n. D..
on or before 1000 o'clock A. NJ. on
April 3, 1895.
Schedule OF county printing, legal
blanks, blank books and supplies can
be had by applying to the County
Bidders must bid on all items con.
tanned in schedule. Bids received for
any number OF items. less than those
contained in said schedule will be
considered AZ irregular and rejected
Successful bidder will be required
to the Board for the faithful per-
Torrance Of the contract.
Bids must be sealed and enclosed
in m envelope and addressed to the
County Auditor, Bismarck, N. D., and
!, marked IBID for printing books and
K Certified check for five per cent
Of the amount of the bid must ac-
| company each offer. payable to the
Chairman Of the Board Of County
Commissioners.
The Board reserves tho right to re-.
iect any and all bids.
BY order Of the Board Of County
Commissioners Of Burleigh County.
Dated March II. 1895.
County Auditor.
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BISON, STATE CONFECTIONERY,
TRANSIENT CACERS TRIUMPH
Highway Piggy Wiggly and
Knights Of Columbus Beat
on in Close Games

Close scores marked the second
round games Of the City basketball
league with the Bison conquering the
Highway five, 31-24: the Transient
quint narrowly edging out the Piggy
Wiggly cagers, 1929. and the State
Confectionery outfit continuing their
indicated record with a 80 to %
victory over the Knights of Columbus.
Becker with eight field goals set
the pace for the Bison in their VIC
tory over the Highwaymen. Schlosser,
Howe and Winslow were the best per-
formers for the losers.
Harris, Raber and Aarons did all
Of the scoring for the Transients
while Johnson, Akers and Agre
turned in the best offensive work
for the Piggy Wiggly team.
For the Confectionery team,
Simle and Fite Gagged six and four
field goals, respectively and Sebas-
tian Goetz with six baskets was high
point man for the K. C.'s.
Summaries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
Kalbrener Outpoints
Petrie on Fargo Card

Fargo, March 13.-(P,-Max Kali
brener of Moorhead outpointed Stout
Petrie of Park Rapids, Mimi, in the
feature six-round bout of combina-
ton boxing and wrestling card here
Tuesday night. Kalbrener won the
first five rounds. dropped Petrie for
counts twice in the fifth. He eased
up in the sixth after firing badly and
Petrie won an edge. Each scaled
15e.
In the wrestling feature. Swede
Granberg. Of Fargo and George Deck
CT Owatonna. Mimi, grappled one
hour to draw, each scaled 210.
Henry Mchs Of Tyler, 127, out
pointed Jackie O'Neil of Fargo. 1873,
in four rounder. Eddie Gillespie of
Staples. Mimi. l42, had shade the
better Of L. Pitney of Park Rapids.
Mimi. 1879, in another four rounder.
K. o. Walsh of Moorhead beat Hank
Thorson of Minor in the opening
-rounder, having Thorson on the
floor at the bell in both the second
and third. They weighed l68 each.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
Lazzeri, Combs and Cehrig On
~ Survivors Of Earlier
Pennant Days

st. Petersburg, Fla, March 13.-(P)
The Yankees, without Babe Ruth,
LOOK strange and bit lonesome, for
all the briskness they are generating
for the coming American League
pennant chase.
The separation Of the ''inseper-
ables' no doubt was inevitable. under
the circumstances. yet thy can't quite
forget the old BAN whether his
presence this year would have made
any difference in the teams cham
pi5nship prospects.
Frankly and fairly" Manager Joe
Mccarthy says, I'VE will miss Ruth a
great deal. He gave us lot of help
last season. all things considered, and
! wish him the best Of luck with the
Braves. when a player like the Babe
goes, it's idle to talk Of filling his
place. You can't replace ball players
like the big fellow. l doubt if We
ever see his equal again. To my way
of thinking he was the greatest all
around player. as we'll as the great
est of all time. l would rate him in
front Of Ty Cobb OF any one else
Squad of Youngsters
OF the heroes of the 1882 cham
pionship club, only the Babe and
Herb Pennock are gone but the ros-
ter lists only four players 30 years of
age or older. Tony Lazzeri. Earle
Combs and Lou Gehrig are the only
survivors Of earlier pennant days.
Big Charley Ruffing is the only
hurler who came ready made. Ben
Chapman, an infielder when McCar-
thy took charge, has been converted
into one Of the games best center
fielders.
frankie Crosetti at Short and now
Robert tRedD Rolfe. slated to play
third. have been developed to share
the infield assignments with Lazzeri
and Gehrig. George Selkirk will take
over the Babes old post in right field.
Earle Combs. completely and amaz-
ingly recovered from fractured skull
sustained when he crashed into the
wall at st. Louis last summer, will
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
Baer Asks 15-ROund
Bouts in California

Sacramento, Cal, March 13.-(R-
Max Baer wants the California leg
islature, already SCARED by political
battles, to become fight-minded.
The heavyweight champion turned
speaker Tuesday and asked the as
sembly to pass legislation permitting
l5-round fights in California instead
Of the present rule which allows
bouts up to 10 rounds il = decision
Is given.
With not little official pomp. the
grinning champion was escorted to
the speakers rostrum in front Of
loudspeaker microphone.
Il appreciate your hard work in
trying to balance the budget" he
said. 1--WE been trying to balance
mine for six years and I know just
what q hard job it IS"
Il do hope that sometime in the
future you will pass q l5-round bill
so we can stage worlds champion
ship fight In California and bring
these fasteners out here to show
them what q wonderful state We
have" Baer concluded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
III YOU'RE ~
TELLING NE

Bike riders In the recent New York
six-day affair drank spinach juice to
keep up their stamina Sewart
Iglehart, seven-goal polo player, is q
regular on one Of New York City's
outstanding amateur hockey teams
!. I. A former University Of Illinois
giant, Casey Carr, is turning pro
fighter Carr is 6 feet 6 inches tall
and weighs 220 pounds Jack Red
mond, Senators catching recruit, is
an Arizona cowbow Earl White
hill, Washington pitcher. carted his
kid brother, George Edward, into
spring training camp at Biloxi +.
The young fellow pitches. too
Jack Doyle, the betting commissioner
still offers 1000 to ! the Cincinnati
Reds won't win the National League
bunting ;. Hurry and get your buck
down and plan to retire Shanty
Hogan's remark. after Babe Ruth
Joined the Braves at st. Petersburg,
Fla, was: They'll be worrying about
someone else taking off weight be-
sides me now" Alex Levinsky,
Chicago Blackhawks hockey player,
is football, basketball and baseball
star which should make Lionel
Conacher, Montreal Maroons all
round sport, look to his laurels.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
HASSELSYROM Will
BATTLE POTTER IN
SECOND HEADL|NER
Four.Round Preliminaries to
Get Underway at $50 P.
NJ, at War Memorial
LARSON TO OPPOSE ToYE.
Power House Pressler and Bat
McDaniels Signed for Add.
cd Attraction

Barney Mclaughlin arrived here
from Minneapolis, fresh and conf
dent, and Del Duane tapered off his
training with q light conditioning
workout as the two middleweights
prepared to enter the squared circle
tonight in the six-round co-headlin-
err Of the fourth fight card to be
staged by the Bismarck Boxing club.
With the double headline attrac-
ton, the 36-round program will start
at $50 p. M, at the World War Me-
mortal building.
wild Bill" Hasselstrom, Capital
City heavyweight, will battle Ernie
Potter Of Fort Lincoln in q return
match, co-starred with the Duane
Mclaughlin bout because Of the rec
ords made during the winter season
by these two rugged mitt swingers.
Several changes in the program
have been made since the card was
postponed from March Z and one ad-
ditional four-round bout has been
slated by Matchmaker Isham Hall.
Adds Four. Round Preliminary
Hall announced Wednesday he had
signed Power House Pressler of Tut
tie to meet Bat McDaniels Of Bis
marck in one Of the five preliminary
bouts to the semi-windup which will
pit Bud Larson Of Jamestown against
Leonard Toye Of Fort Lincoln.
The balance Of the preliminary
card finds Pete Castanke Of Wilton
battling Johnny Moran Of Billings,
Swede Larsen Of jamestown engag-
ing Battling Esterling Of Fort Lin
coin; Joe Masseth Of Bismarck tack
ling Kid Young Of jamestown and
Mike Kanski of Wilton stepping into
the squared circle with Jack Zahor-
odny, also Of Wilton.
Tickets are on sale at the Memoir
ial building.
Freddy Catcher of Mandan will re-
fierce the bouts and D. E. Shipley will
do the announcing. George Heckner
will act as timekeeper.
Judges for the fights, following q
policy adopted at the last program,
will be o. w. Roberts and John Degg.
Both Of these men have had consid-
cradle ring experience.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
Bruin.Leaf Series
Looms in Playoff
Last Years International and
American Leaders Out in
Front Again

New York. March l3.-(R)-The
Boston Bruins against the Toronto
Maple Leafs-and may the best team
win.
That seems certain to be the pro-
gram again this season in the playoff
series for the National Hockey league
championship. Toronto has clinched
the top rung in the international
division ladder, and the Bruins, first
in the American division five years
in the last seven, once more are vir-
tually assured Of finishing ahead.
They increased their margin to five
points Tuesday night by trouncing
the New York Americans Al.
The Chicago Blackhawks who re-
manned idle, retained mathematical
chance of overhauling the Bruins, as
the New York Rangers took a 4-3
setback from Montreal's Canadiens.
Toronto took things easy to score a
10 victory over the Montreal Ma
rooms. The st. Louis Eagles gained a
80 decision over the Detroit Red
Wings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-13
Will Seed Store,
Schlitz Bowlers
Win League Tits
Highway and WooIworth Trund.
lers Turned Back in Matches
Rolled Tuesday

viii Seed Store mad Schlitz bowl
ers in the City league defeated the
Highway, No. 2 and Woolworth teams,
two out Of three games, Tuesday
night.
After losing the first game to the
Craftsmen, 905 to 827, the Nursery
men came back to roll scores OF
937 to 1,017 to take the second and
third games. Frank Hummel slammed
the naples for counts Of 100, 20s
and 200 for q total Of COS, the even
ing's high score. Berg with q three
game total Of At was high pin-get-
ter for the highway team.
Larson paced the Schlitz five in
their two wins rolling a $50 count in
three games. Schlauch with q SIG
total was best for the five and Dime
Store trundlers.
Scores: