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Proposed Meeting of Board
of Equalization Will Bring
Discussion to a Head.
Bismarck, N. I., Dec. 30.—A meet
ing of the state board of equalization
••as newly constituted' by the recent
special session, and upon which In
surance CommissionerjOlsness, a thor
ough Xownley leagueii has been sub
stUuted tor. State Auditor Karl Ko
sitzky, an insurgent, is to be made
the first official test of House Bill
60, a league measure which seeks
to'give all acts of the recent fecial
session immediate effect, it was an
nounced Saturday.- It had been plan
ned to hold this meeting Saturday,
but because of the absencc of Com
missioner Olaness, who is at his home
in Sheyenne, and State Treasurer Ol
son, who was forced to enter a local
hospital for a throat operation, it was
deemed best to defer the session until
some time during the following week.
It is understood that insurgent of
ficials will assume the attitude that,
any attempt upon the part of Mr. Ols
nessto sit in place of Mr. Kositzky
will be illegal, inasmuch as it Is con
tended that acts of the recent assem
bly which did not carry a constitut
ional emergency clause cannot be
come effective until July 1 next, as
the constitution provides, and much
excitement, is expected to attend any
effort, of the new board to function.
D. A. R. Of State Would
Provide Better Care
For Roosevelt Cabin
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 30.—Plans,
are under way in the local branch of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution to provide for better preserva
tion of the Theodore Roosevelt cabin
on the state c&pitol grounds.
It is announced that at present
probably nothing moc0 will be done
than to place about the structure a
small fence or other guard. Later
it is to. be moved to the new liberty
Memorial park contemplated on a
part of the gorunds.
The cabin was moved to Bismarck
following the world's fair at St. Txuis.
It bears the following inscription:
"The Roosevelt Cabin. This is the
original cabin occupied by Theodore
Roosevelt for three years when he
was a cattle owner in western North
Dakota, 1883-1886."
The building originally stood in tffe
vicinity of Medora.
20 Utility Companies
Want Increased Rates
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 30.—Appli
cations for Increased rates filed by
public utility companies in North
Dakota number 20 at the present
time, the companies pleading that
increased production costs necessitate
advanced rates.
The commission yesterday an
nounced its decision, refusing to grant
a temporary increased rate to the
Northern States "Power Co., at Minot,
pending the settlement of the com
pany*s. application for a permanent
increase.
Auditor Kositzky Will
Seak At New England
Bismarck, ,N. D.. Dec. 30.—State
Auditor Carl R. Kositzzky announced
today that he had accepted an invita
tion to speak on. North Dakota state
affairs at New England. N. D., on the
afternoon of January 18. The invita
tion, signed by R$v. M. J. Webbe of
New England, requests the auditor to
address the town's Men's club and
voters generally.
EYE COMFORT
MEANS EFFICIENCY
A person suffering from »ve strain
is never as efficient as one whose/
eyes are strengthened by properly
fitted glasses: Come here to have your
eyes examined for the right glasses
in the right way.
On Slants gav« Tonr Sy«s.
HactkwMtsrn ITat'L Bank Bid*.
333 BsMers Avenue
ADVERTISEMENT.
PYROS must not be considered as
transcending known medical laws, for
pyorrhea specialists have asserted that
if certain chemicals could be mixed
they would erne pyorrhea:. PYROS
contains these divers chemicals long
recognized as capable of eradicating
the pyorrhetie pus, but hitherto re
Carded as unmlxable. The triumph of
PYROS lies In the perfect fusion of
these chemicals which kill the pyor
'hcttcgenn.
j'OHN H. VOLD, Druggist
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Court Awards Townley
Victim One DoUar For
Loss Of His Suffrage
,-iv' Sheldon, X. T., Ice. 30.—The
privilege of voting Is worth $1.
That is die judgment of a Rati*
soin oountj- district court jury
which awarded to S. W. Bale
damages of $1 because the elec
tion board of the township which
bears his name, and where he re
sided 30 years, refused to let him
vote.' The election board held
that. Bale hail transferred his
residence from Bale township to
liisbon. The court held other
wise.
Bale was opposed to the Non
partisan league, testimony In the
hearing developing that all mem
bers of the election board were
Nonpartisans.
LANGERSPEAKS AT
JAMESTOWN TONIGHT
TOWNLEY REAPPEARS
Portland. X. D., Dec. 30.—^Attorney
General William Langer, who, from
the beginning, has honestly cham
pioned the real program of the farm
ers, but not Townley's program, will
discuss at the Portland opera house,
Saturday afternoon. January 3, the
present methods and designs of
the Townley R«»chino as compared
with the original principles of the
league.
Air. Langer lias arranged to speak
here in response to petitions circulat
ed by farmers and signed by farmers
of this territory. Portland farmers
are .determined to educate themselves
on the new laws tlio bank deals, and
other questionable dealings of the
Townley cohorts in this state.
INITIAL DAY OF
PERMANENT DROUGHT
TO BE CELEBRATED
Bismarck. N. D., Dec. 30.—The ad
vent of national prohibition. January
16,. 1920, will be observed by a union
meeting of all Bismarck church
bodies if plans formulated at a com
munity meeting held at the city li
brary. Sunday materialize. The Sunday
meeting was attended by a large num
ber of representative citizens, all of
whom were agreed that so important
an event in the life of the nation
should be appropriately noted.
A proposal for a community meet
ing to be taken in charge by the
churches will be submitted to the
Ministerial association at its' meeting
next Monday, and it is anticipated
that this organization will be glad to
take charge of arrangements. The
Bismarck auditorium probably will
Bill For Road Bonds
Apt To Be Initiated
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 30.—Fifty
million dollars' worth of state bonds'
for highway construction in North
Dakota will be proposed in a bill
which the Good Roads associat%on of
the state plans to initiate for vote of
the people by petition it was an
nounced today.
The bond issues would be designed
to match federal aid, the state being
entitled to one and one-half per cent
of the total congressional appropria
tion for this purpose. The proposed
legislation, it was said, would limit,
to $5,000,000 the issue for any one
year and would set. 30 years as the
period within which the total issue
would be made.
Under the plans for use of the ap
propriation, 5,000 miles of road Will
be improved. Especial attention will
be given to highwsyrs betwteen county
seats, though some branch roads will
be built up. The improvement -yould
be gravel construction with hard sur
face.
"Man wants but little here below"
but after he gets he want a-plenty.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Sure
Relief
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Hot water
Sure Relief
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Wfor
indigestion
ADVERTISED iNT.
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TABLETS
the only standard herS
been relieving sufferers
Recognized as
remedy have
from
Disordered Stomach
Biliousness, Constipation. Impure Blood
Rheumatism, and Heartburn. A great
Kidney and Liver Regulator
Look for the money-back guarantee in
every box. Get the genuine. Every
tablet stamped with this trade
mark. Put up in two sizes, EOc and
*1.00
Sold by leading druggists and local
agents everywhere. Made by Aionzo O.
Bliss Co., Washington. D. C.
Did Yau know th^ ihe Largest Growers
Cut Flowers and Plattts in the State ls
VALKER'S MINOT GREENHOVSES AT MINOT, N, D.
•JXfo 'Am ahiip flowers for anjr .tUtMUnk
W•% sp»f IHllljr of Imn for tamrtla.. W» ctn malts up any spoeial lod«ra
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DAKOTA BROKER HAD
PLAN TO BEAT HIGH
COST OF TRAVELING
Chicago. Dec. 30.—When W. H.
Smith, said to be a' 'wealthy.
broker of Faith, S. D., was ar
rested in a
Chicago
hotel last
night, in the same room with
Miss Glgdys Ehlers, S3 yearn, old,
said to be his bookkeeper. Smith
explained:
."Shucks, there's nothing to it.
Wc simply used the same, room
to save expense. Hie woman has
been my bookkeeper for two
years and wc were on.our way
to Fairmont, Minn., to be mar*
ried."
Smith was also charged with
passing several worthless checks.
Miss Khlcrs, who was ques
tioned at detention home No. i,
Is soikl to be the sister of Mrs.
John Stcusland, wife of the owner
of a large sheep ranch In North
Dakota.
Smith told police ho represent
ed a dozen Chicago firms in
Faith, S. P.. and Hettinger, N. D.
State Has More Than
82,000 Automobiles
Bismarck. N. D.. Dec. 30.—North
Dakota children are confident Santa
Claris and his reindeers were able to
visit ail parts of the world this
Christmas since he had no difficulty
in overcoming the light snowfall in
their state.
So frequently of recent years has
there been little snow that the hire
of cutters and sleighs has been prac
tically abandoned. John cither takes
Mary riding in an automobile or the
couple walks. Recently lie was.
known to have contented himself
with half a bobsleigh drawn by two
farm horses after .he had scoured
Bismarck and the surrounding coun
try in a vain search for a cutter.
Figures today at the offices of the
.automobile licensing board in the
state capital show a tota.1, of 82.S81
automobiles in North Dakota, besides
more than 900 motorcycles.
Langer To Address
Portland Audience
Valley City, N. D., Dec. 30.—Attor
ney General William Langer of North
Dakota has been petitioned by 65
farmers of the Pillsbury district to
address them on state issues. He has
not indicated a date that he will be
there.
bo procured for the gathering, which coming back for a series of meetings,
will, it is expected, be featured by ad- being billed to talk with Governor
dresses fro mleading men and women
who have fought for nearly forty
years for prohibition in North Dako
ta.
Mr. Langer, who is fighting the
leaders of the Nonpartisan league,
will speak in Jamestown tonight On
January 2 he speaks at McVille.
A. C. Townley, president of the
Nonpartisan league, who has been ab
sent from the state for some time, is
Prazier at Grafton on January 7, at
Michigan January 8 and Grand Forks
January 9.
Oil Station Being
Erected At Portland
Portland, N. D., Dec. 30.—A com
plete station for the distribution of
gas and oils is being erected and in
stalled on the Great Northern right
of-way here by the Standard Oil com
pany, who have heretofore maintained
a small plant carrying too small a
supply of their wares to care for the
ever-increasing demand.
Two large warehouses and three
storage tanks are in the process- of
construction. This move of the
Standard is also to compete with the
Home Oil company —Jnch also'main
tains a. large plant here. The exten
sive use of trucks, motor cars -and
tractors in Portland territory has de
veloped to such a stage that enormous
quantities of oils are distributed from
this city each year.
Bowman Officials Face
Serious Investigation
Bowman, N. D., Dec. 30.—Demand
that an investigation' be made of
charges that County Auditor Frank
R. Huff of Bowman county-has drawn
$377.50 in compensation in excess of
the legal limit allowed by aw, has
been fled with Governor Prazier. A
simiar demand has been served on
t.he 'governor in connection with H. O.
Saxvi, county superintendent, who is
oreused of drawing *693.75 in excess
of the legal salary for his office. Gov
ernor Prazier has taken: no action.
THE CHAMPION SAWYER.
Helena,- Mont., Dec. 30.—Ira L.
Whitten of Absorakee, Stillwater
county, claims to be the champion,
woodsawyer of the state.
Whitten claims' that when timed, by.
persons who will furnish affidavits, he
sawed a cord of hard. maple, beach
and yellow bird In three. hours and
sawed two cords.and a half in. nine
hours.
Whitten is 55 years of age has been
farming since a lad and says he is. in
the prime of health and strength.
Whittien says the chief requisite for
a. fast sawyer, with endurance, are
easy-working loose joints'. He says it
is harder for him to watch most men
saw wood than it is to saw-it himself.
"Raw Buck" Smith, a Helena man
who earns his living in this profesV
sion, ..started the controversy. 'He
said he could get through two cords
on an eight hour shift. Since his
claim, the papers of the state have
developed a number of "champions."
WANTS, COMPENSATION.
Helena. Mont.. Dec. 30.—Ray
Reynolds was employed at a road
camp in Cascade county. .He started,
out to lead a mule to water. When
they reached the stream, he essayed
to. make the mule drink.: The mule
kicked him twice, deftly and quickly,
once in -the eye and once, in the chest.
Reynolds has written the state
compensation board to know if that
comes under the relief act. He1, of
fers affidavits to- support his'' claim
that leading this mule is a' dangerous
occupation.
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SETS BOWLING
Forks Pin Wreckers First
Team Won But Second
IXSt.-,
The first bowling quint of the
Grand Forks city league defeated the
Crookston artists, by a lead of 141
pins but the second local team drop
ped their set to the Crookstonites
who had a lead of 110 pinp.
The games played last night have
again evened up the score between
the two' cities. Games now stand two
and two.
There were plenty of scores above
the two century mark during the
evening.
Crookston
TotaJs
Grand
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to «mr p«rt o( tha stat*.
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Totals
—First Team/
178 158 173
189 181 ICS
155 147 135
1*8 183 181
212 193 149
Verreaux
Hanson
Wade
Misner
Jackson .......
Totals
Grand total—2,587.
Grand Fortes—First Team.
Chase 160 204 183
Sandbrink ...... 137 18!) 178
McGowan 140 203 132
Suhrke 190 221 193
Sibell .. 192 216 190
922 862 803
A vest amount .of work how
remain to be done which the in- .:•
teirention of war has necessarily
delayed and, accumulated, and
(, tiie ranilt is that *,* very
ylarge capital expenditure^ ought
to be made to make up for the
interruptions inevitably due to
the .war and to prepare the', rail
ioadr to aerre adequately the in-s
creased tfaCc throughout the
country.' '•'V •£."?
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GRAND FORKS HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30,1919. EVENING EDITION.
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'•Grand Forks won by,Ml pins
Crookatoii' Secortd Team.
Francis
Hanson
l#ytle
Taylor
Este
Totals S.-.X v: .. 834 820
Grand, total-^2,515.
Grand Forks Second Team.
Stattereau 141 135
H. Olson
Finch
Grubb
.Frascr
Grand total'—2,405.
Crookston won by 110 pins.
Gopher Track Coacli
Optimistic With A .,v
Wealth Of Material
.Minneapolis,1' Minn., Dec. SO.—
Track team practice will be under
way at the University of Minnesota
by January 15. Coach Len Frank ia
optimistic as he has a wealth of ma
terial for dual meets and the confer
ence struggle. Frank, seems unusual
ly well supplied with quarter mile
runners and a fast mile relay teant is
forecast.
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Arnold -Oss, football and basketball
star, has done the distance in 49 '3-5
•but he will have B. F. Johnson, cap
tain of the 1917 team and Dick Fish
er. to keep him company. Johnson
has done the 220 in 22 seconds, while
Fisher was a. star in 1916, Captain
John Holt also is a sprinter of con
ference ability.
The Gopher squad is well supplied
with distance men, jumpers ah.d pole
vaulters, but Frank will be obliged
to develop point winners, in the
weight events.
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Work more
Produce more
Save more
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President's Curlers
The presidents''' quartet edged
their stones in for victory'in the draw
with the vice presidents last night
40 to 34 in1 the final play on the pa
vilion Ice before the formal opening
bonspiel this Arenlng.
Thfe ^cal. curlers have, been .lim
bering up their/wings for the big af
fair this evening and -expect if t,o be
one of the best curling .events of the
season in this section. The scores:
Presidents.' Vice Presidents.
Collins
Wensel
Baasen
Gray
skip.-rn
:d
861
168
168
146
153
178
190
138
182
166
Hainer
Allen
N. Giirard
P. Glrard
Skip....
Jj. Bach
Thompson'.
Taylor
Brandt ..
206
176
120
114 Skip..
Harrington
Baarnjan
Watertury
'Garvin
Wilder
Vanderhoof
W. Schlosser
J. D. Turner
Skip......
Skip
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Hair
Blair
Marks
Sheppard
J. JohhhsOn
Morrow.
P. Johnson
Green
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Skip...
.10 Skip .10
The following draw was arranged
at the rink and played on the extra
ice
Williamson
Woods
Sorlie
Griffith
Solstad
E. Turner
Warnken
Sherman
Skip:.......
Skip ...
Comiskey Reiterates
Offer Of $10,006. For
Information Against Men
Chicago, Dec. 30.—President Com
iskey of the Chicago American league
club today reiterated his ofTer of 10,
000 for direct information.. *provin?
that dishonesty of any-member of. his
team after an. investigation of rumors
But we cant continue increasing our pro
duction unless we continue increasing our rail
road facilities.
The farms, mines and4 factories cannot in
crease their output beyond the capacity of the
railroads to haul their products.
Railroads are now near thei-peak of thfeir
carrying capacity.
Without railroad expansion—-more engines,
more cars, more tracks, moVe terminals there
can be little increase in production.
But this country of outs is going to keep
right on growing—^and the railroads .must grow
With it.
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To command in the investment mai^et^ the
flow of new capital to exp^n^ railroad fadlities
—and so increase production—there must be
public confidence in the future earning power
of railroads.
The nation's business-can grow only as fast
as the railroads grow.^7
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Pierce
Lander
Hughes
Pagett
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vrv'v^
that White -Sox .players in agreement
with a St. Louis gambling syndicate
"threw"..games during the 1919 sea
son and during-the world's series."
-At the conclusion of a secret con
ference of officials bf the team at
which two St. Louis men testified.
Secretary Harry Grabiner-announced^
that no evidence to support the
charge had been produced. ...,
One of the rumors wsa to the effect
that three paembers of the team hag
approached the St. Louiss gamblers
with an .otter', td throw- one game a
week during'the championship 'race
for $300 each. Another rumor was
that two White Spx playefs had was
ered money on the. Cincinnati team
during the world's series.
GOOD BOXING CARD
FOR ELKS OF FARGO
Fargf,
N. D.. Dec. 30.—A big box-
ing 'card will be a feature of the in-
Jimmy Delaney, sparring partner
of- Mike O'Dowd, welterweight chain
pion, and Billle Perkins of Rhine
lander. Wis.r will go 10 rounds. Ed
die LeBeau of St. Paul and- Kid Fargo
will box eight. rounds and "Subma
rine" Smith of Mborhead and Young
Draxton eight rounds.
William ,S. Kelly, captain of the
1920 University of Iowa .football
squad, announced he would not ac
cept the appointment at-West Point
recently offered him.
5
itiallon by Fargo lodge of Elks of
106 .candidates in the Fargo audi
torium -on New Tear's day afternoon. A
Admission will be: only to Elks on
tickets secured from the secretary.
Iowa Football Star
May Enter West PoinH
Iowa City, la., Dec. 30.—University
of,Iowa football fans are awaiting the
decision of Lester C. Belding of.
Mason City, right end of the univer
sity football-team, on whether he will
enter West Point next year or return
to Iowa.
Belding has been nominated by
United States Senator Kenyon to en
ter,the military academy, but has not
made known his decision. He was
named by many critics as a member
of. the AU-Conference and All-West
em honorary football elevens.
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