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6 HIGHWAY PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR HAS 66 PRIMARY ITEMS -- - - I State Commission Places 42 '' Secondary Projects on List ot Proposals CONTRACT SUM $2,688,327 New Oil-Mix Graveling Tried Here Will Be Given Further Trial on Fifty Miles Construction of 66 primary and 12 secondary state highway improve ments were placed on its 1030 road huilding program by the state high way commission. Saturday. As tentatively determined, total cost of contracts lo be let. next year will be $2,688,327. distributed as fol low's. Federal aid. $1,082,736; state funds, $909,699.25; county funds $648,- 331.75; and special funds. $47,500 Revisions of the program arc to be made by H. C. Frahm, commission secretary, in accordance with direc tions given him Saturday. When these are made, the program will be made public. r The order In which various pro jects will be ron.Mructed also was tentatively fixed and will be an nounced at same time. In addition to contracts already let for eon ,true)ion next year, the pro gram calls for 452.5 of gravel ing and 436.3 miles of earth grading Graveling is estimated to cost $1,520 a trnle and grading $3 240 Oil-Mix Will Be l sett ; Of the graveling. 343 miles will be on mam or primary roads and 109.5 rules on secondary roads Secondary projects will get, 317 3 miles of grading and primary projects 119 With the exception of a few routes in the Western part, of the state it. is planned to complete construction of ilio pri mary system in 1930 ! In addition the department plans to use 100.000 cubic yards ot gravel pn regraveling projects at $1 a yard ind 84.6 miles of re-oiling at. SI,OOO It mile. 1 Of graveling projects on primary toads, 50.2 miles will include an oil mix treatment, with which the de partment is experimenting. This is sstimated to co ,t $4 000 a mile. Smallest C arry Over In Years Only projects which the depart- Sient expects to be able lo put under contract this year are listed in the program. Improvements calling tor 186.3 miles of graveling and 445.5 Biles of grading were placed on a list bf projects held up for lack of tunds, s’Vahm said this did not fully repre sent the demand for road improvc nents which the department will be jnable to meet in 1930. but only those projects which have been surveyed ind which are being actively urged 'or immediate construction. He esti mated the demand for road improve ments. over and above the amount, •he department can do, at twice the igures indicated by the 'hold-over" ; ist. Despite the heavy program project ’d for 1930. Frahm estimates that the .‘carry-over" of unfilled contracts in •o 1931 will be the smallest for years. Tile carryover to 1929 reached a high point of $840,354.31; carryover to 930 is estimated at $625,346 39, and to 931 at $379,631 23 When the priority list is issued, projects at the head of the list will he put under contract at, once and he others in the order mentioned. Phe commission has the power, how ever, to revise the list, as may appear I lecessary. It is probable that a number of Secondary improvements will be put tinder contract late next year for S 931 construction, the cost of such I projects brine the estimated carry- I *vcr. Science Holds Future Of Motorized World Dcs Moines, la . Dec. 30 /P’—With nly enough oil stored to last the Jnited States seven months, the fu ture of a motorized world lies with cience, Charles N Gould, of the l Yklahoma Geological Survey, said to ay before the American Association I or the Advancement of Science. He said that each year during the ast three decades scientific investi- F a lion has had more and more to do •ith the discovery of oil and gas. bedding Train Under Close Belgian Guard I Brussels. Dec. 30.—(A*)—Police au horities, guarding against any at if *mpt against the lives of the royal I imily. are taking extensive measures protect the royal train which will fSgjvey the Belgian wadding party to tome next Friday evening for the | jiarrlage of Princess Marie Jose to rown Prince Humbert. M ;The Royal Italian train due on ‘ Wednesday evening in Brussels has ' ifht coaches and will be entirely in barge of Italian personnel. Strict Piers have been given not to allow ; hyone on board the coaches during V Heir stay here and the train will be uarded day and night by special de 'jetives. rlan Unconscious for ||l Days Finally Wakes Momshs. Neb., Dee. 30. — (JP)—A man ,jbo for 10 days had been known only ■tS “t(r. X,” has identified himself at Mfocal hospital as Leon L. Willis, 26, 6 homo address, but who has rela- Am living at Harvard, 111. F MTno man had been unconscious Kn December 19 when he collapsed m » barber shop at Bridgeport, Neb. Averal days ago he was brought to ri «» Omaha hospital in % delirious OMlttioa. Yesterday he was able to known his identity. .-‘■MBs related that on the night of | ttbSMber IT, while he and a compen- riding in a box car near Al hflttee. Heb., they were attacked and ifiMll « the head with » sand bag. wmmrnm awoke. Willis said, they they been robbed. Hiieiiaar. he believes, caused him to tmeonadous in the Brldge y iMIM Aa» two days later. * pointers in Paris, i&mm m-mm. etßer artisu. . " ■'* • ry*- • 1 ", •" ;-y*- ../ Refusal of China to Accept Jap Minister Threatens Relations Shanghai. Dec. 30—</Pj—Tokyo dis patches saying the Nationalist gov ernment's refusal to accept Torlkichl Obata as Japanese minister to China had resulted in a “delicate situation" between the two countries, presaging Japan's possible severance of diplo matic relations with China, were re ceived with reserve in official circles today. RADIO RECEPTION IS IMPROVING STEADILY Forecasting Atmospheric Ef fects by Sun Spot Study Proved to Be Reliable Des Moines, la., Dec. 30.—Im proving radio reception for several years except for a brief period about a year hence, was forecast at the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science convention to day by Harlan T. Stetson of Ohio Wesleyan university Stetson based his prediction on what lie described n ‘remarkable ful fillment’' of a forecast of the effect ot sunspots upon radio that he and Dr. Grcenleaf W. Pickard “ventured" before the association a year ngo. This was that there would be an in crease in the number of sunspots this fall interfering with the broadcast band, that is. the radio used for pro grams That, he said, was Just what happened this fail in October and November. Now he .said he ha;, additional evi dence the number of spots rises and falls each 15 months, while making a. big rise and fall each 11 years, a circle within a circle. The big 11- vear peak is over. Forecasting on the basis of the 15- month cycle," he said, "the year 1930 should show a general decrease m the number of sunspots as the year waxes, with corresponding increase in radio signal strength in the broad cast, zone. By the end of 1930 and the beginning of 1931 the general rise of secondary sunspots maximum .should be evident. By 1931 however, it is believed wc shall be so far from the maximum 11-year period that the secondary period will have no such effect on radio reception as wc had in 1928 and 1929." Fresh Vegetables in Freezing Weather Is Scientific Discovery Des Moines. la., Dec. 30.—i/Pi— A simple method for raising more fresh vegetables in freezing W'eatlier was reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science to day by Dr R. B Harvey of the Min nesota agriculturr.l experiment sta tion. He has found that plants, like hu mans. can become hardened lo freez ing. only more so. and that intermit tent, doses of cold weather are suffi cient to harden plants “so that they maye be frozen stiff without injury." This docs not apply, he said, to trop ical plants, which have lost the knack. American Automobile Business in France Is Threatened by Duties Paris. Dec. 30.—<ypi—The American embassy is expected to make repre sentations to the foreign office short ly against proposed increased duties on automobiles and parts which pro bably will curtail all of the American automobile business in France. The government itself Introduced the bill raising the duties on parts by changing from an ad valorem to a weight basis and it is known that preparations are being made for an other bill radically raising the duty on complete cars by the same meth od The American embassy is preparing data in an effort to show this would have an adverse effect by throwing out of work many of the 6,000 French employed by American firms and by adding expense to many French im porters of parts. The new bill applies to all coun tries but American automobile people interpret it as being aimed solely at them. Two Beggars, ‘Drunk* Die of Mexican Cold Mexico City, Dec. 30.—VF>—Three people died here during the night of cold. The deaths brought the total from the cold weather for the month to 13. Two of the victims were beg gars and the third an intoxicated man. The mercury dropped to 28. Prince of Wales Has Last Run With Hounds Melton, Mowbray, Eng. Dec. 30 The Prince of Wales took an other run with the hounds today, this time with the famous Quorn pack. It was his last hunt in England be fore leaving Friday on a resumption of his South African hunting trip in terrupted a year ago by the illness of his father. King George. The prince planned to return to London tomorrow and to pay a round of farewell visits before sailing for Cape Town Friday. He is not ex pected to return to England until the spring. ELECTRICIAN BOARD IAI *1843 Collections by the state board of electricians from September 30. 1921 to November 30.1929, totalled *8,948- 33, according to a. report by the state examiner. The board has a balance of 43.083.79 on hand. ADD UfE TO TOOK Ttui. AND TEAM TO YOVI Ufl. When John R. Gordon, Danville, m., found hlmaalf unable to eloep aft er his day’s work, constantly “tired out," and continually pestered with urinary irregularities, he very wisely took Foley Fttls diuretic, and eabe: After Jurt a few doge I felt batter, could wuefc with more ease, became •tmnfer, and could slew all algM without a call.” Knud waanm ovaryvbeia use and rttmmmi them, in constant rm over H ymn. Try them, add at all drug stores.* .***•. . V .... f - • v iVt STATE DAIRYMEN PLAN CONTESTS AT CONVENTION HERE North Dakota Association to Hold Annual Meeting at G. P. January 22 Bismarck's next big convention will be that of the North Dakota State Dairymens association, to be held here Wednesday, January 22. with the North Dakota Ice Cream Makers association meeting next day. Both bodies arc making the Grand Pacific hotel their headquarters. E. A. Greenwood, state dairy com missioner, who is secretary of the association. Joseph Spies. William Doty and Carl Nelson, the latter vice president, have been working on plans for the gathering, and Saturday com pleted the program of the conven tion. The convention will be marked by a number of contests. These will be on attendance, butter scoring, butter judging and essays. The butter con tests will be held at the Lions den at the hotel. The scoring contest will be open to all North Dakota creameries, the entry to be a 20-pound regulation firkin. Entries must all be in by Jan uary 11. and an earnest plea is being made that all creameries be repre sented. The entries will be sold to the highest bidders after the contest. A judge of national reputation has been obtained for the contest, in O. A. Storvick. of Albert Lea. Minnesota, western representative of Gude Brothers and Kicffer. He will con duct both the scoring and judging contests, at 9 o’clock, Wednesday morning. The attendance contest is lo in Teach Your Dollars to have more cents" THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1929 duce creamery operators to bring their farmer friends to the conven tion. The state has been divided into four districts for this, northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest. First prizes of $3 and second prizes of $2 are offered the creamery oper ators who bring the largest local at tendance for farmers from their com munities. Each operator must see that his farmers are registered. The program of the convention is as follows: 9a. m. Creamery operators’ butter judging contest, at Lions den, Grand Pacific hotel. 10 a. m. Elks hall. Invocation by Rev. F. E. Logee; address of welcome. Mayor A. P. Lenhart; response to welcome, E. 3. Persons; report of 1929 officers; president’s address, S. F. Crabbe. 11 a. m. Ice Wells. William Watt, superintendent government dairy sta tion. Mandan; Dairy Herd Improve ment in North Dakota, J. E. Haselrud, extension department field agent in dairying. 1:30 p. tn. Junior Dairymen. Frank Askroth, field agent American Jersey Cattle club; address. Governor George F. Shafer, Development of Wisconsin Dairy Industdy. A. J. Qlovcr. editor. Hoard's Dairymen; Business session: Reports committees. Election officers. 7 p. m. Elks hail. Banquet. Sam Crabbe, toastmaster; announcements: Attendance contest, butter scoring contest, butter judging contest, essay contest. Local entertainment by girls of U. S. government Indian school, followed by big dance free to all members at tending banquet. Officers and Contributors The officers of the association are S. F. Crabbe. Fargo, president; Carl Nelson. Bismarck, vice president; E. A. Greenwood, Bismarck, secretary; E. S. Persons. Minot, treasurer; J. R. Dice, Fargo. Harold Olson. Larimore, and A. B. Carlson. Oakes, directors. Contributions to the prize funds of the association have been made by the Cherry-Burrcll corporation, St. Paul; the King Ventilating company, Owalanna. Minn.; DcLaval Separator First of all, that running a successful household in volves the application of the same business principles required in the management of any other well conducted going concern. Your salary represents the gross busi ness . . . this, minus expenses, is the PROFIT of your “firm.” Don’t let “expenses” eat up your “profits.” Both you and your partner, over there, can cut down your expenses by investigating the market before you do any buying. When we buy supplies down at the plant, our Purchasing Agent acquaints himself with the market through his current catalogs. • . price lists, and various other so that when we buy, we buy RIGHT. You can follow the same plan, read the various ada in your newspaper, they cover your market pretty thoroughly .... Keep posted on your market, investi gate before you buy and you’ll buy “RIGHT.” company. Chicago; International Harvester company and J. C. Penney stores at Wahpeton, Beach, Hebron, Hillsboro. Lisbon, Linton, New Rock ford, Dickinson, Kenmare and Bis marck. The Northern Pacific fur nished the printed programs for the convention. Budd Regards Sale of Burlington as Remote Under Merger Outline St. Paul, Dec. 30.—</P> —Sale of the Burlington railroad to permit con solidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines under the re cently proposed grouping plan of the Incrstatc commerce commission, was deemed remote today. Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern, issued a statement point ing out sale of the Burlington would leave the two northern roads without a Chicago outlet over their own rails, and this, he said, “was the most im portant part of the system from the Northerns* standpoint,” adding "The chief reason for purchase of the Bur lington by the Northerns was to ob tain an entry into Chicago.’* He Indicated that should the com mission rule merger of the two Northerns to be contingent upon sale of the Burlington, the Great North ern and Northern Pacific would ask modification of that condition by sep arating the Chicago-Twin Cities line from the Burlington and attaching it to the Great Northern Pacific. This phase of the commission's grouping plan has been criticized by some legislators, including Rep. O. B. Burtness, North Dakota, who has de clared cutting off of the Northerns at the Twin Cities would not be in keeping with the best interests of the northwest. PENCIL MAGNATE IS SUICIDE Chicago, Dec. 30.—<7P>—Wilfred E. Gerry, 52, president of the Rite Rite Pencil corporation, killed himself early today by taking poison. Heavy losses in the recent stock market crash had made him despondent, his son-in-law, William Schroeder, told police. LEAGUE ACCEPTS PRIZE Geneva, Dec. 30.—(4*)—News of the award of the Woodrow Wilson foun dation prise of 923,000 to the League of Nations was received here with great pleasure. The award has been tentatively accepted by 81r Eric Drummond, secretary-general, pend ing the council meeting two weeks hence. H WCCO aat Aim-1 Hate* CalaaiMa K| ■ Braaleutlas Ita- 1 ■ tloaa at T o'Clack M B Central llaaiaitf I Tlw HENRY GEORGE 5 c CICAH r<7ke MOUfHMliiy * nickel cm* bug Distributors Mandan Beverage Co. Masdan. North Dakota Governor of Bombay Greeted by Patriots Ahmadabad, Bombay, India, Dec. 30.—(/P)—When Sir Frederick Sykes, governor of Bombay, arrived today members of the youth independence league staged a. demonstration out side the railway station, waving a black flag and shouting, “Frederick Sykes, go back home." Sir Frederick later received ad dresses of welcome from the munic ipality. the district and local board, and the mill owners’ association. Baltimore, Md., was incorporated in 1745. 1