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,^ V. V e St*1 ,.^4$ v- \V Vol. 21, No 10. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE AT WORK The city special assessment com mittee started work on Tuesday of this week a'nd will'continue Its work until everything pertaining to the levying of the tax for paying for. the grading and graveling of the city streets is completed. This committee consists of F. F. Carter, chairman, a'nd Jerry -Donovan and O. Wilkes. The work of assessing the amounts of benefits derived by each piece of real estate in the city from the work done on the streets is no Bmall job, and to look at it and try to understand all the work connected with it would stagger the average person. The committee went over every street in the city on which work was dflne on Tues day and Wednesday of this week, and are now making their assess ment against each lot. It is esti mated that this work will take about two weeks, after which the list will be published for two weeks in the city official newspaper and a date v will be set on which the com mission will meet wheli all persons who fqel that they have been ag prieve.d by the assessment against .their property might appear and make their complaints. After this the levy made for the taxes to be collected on this account, will be filed with the county auditor. As no. tax was collected on this account last year, -a tax will be collected this year to make the payments of both last and +his year. In other words a tax double the regular amount will be collected this year. SPEGML LEVIES KOI HI BiBmarck, N. D.t Aug. 6.—Qrasa hopper levies and levies for sinking and Interest funds are special as sessments which need not: be figur ed in with general tax levies in as certaining a county's tax limit, the county auditor of Divide was in formed' today by Assistant Attorney General Packard. Auditor Lynch advised that under the statutes $110,294 would be the maximum which Divide county could raise by general taxation. He stated that the county needs $22,344 for it$ in terest and sinking fund $30,000 for highway improvement, and $10, 000 for hopper poison, aEndy he didn't know how they were going to squeeze them all into $110,294. CARD OF AANKS- We take this means of thanking our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during our re cent bereavement. Especially .do we desire to thank the Herma'n Grotte family for aiding. ancl comforting our beloved grandfather during his last dfiya. The assistance given us at^thiB time shall never be for gotten. HERMAN AUFFARTH AND FAMILY. PIONEER HOT PUSSES mi John H. Auffarth, one of the p{oneers of this great Bowbells country, passed away at the home of his friend, Herman Grotte, near Kenaston at noon last F-riday, the direct cause of his death being heart trouble brought oh by an attack of the flu from which he suffered last winter, Mr. Auffarth had worked for about two weeks as carpenter on a new house being constructed by Mr." Grotte. and then came to the home of his grand sdn, Herman Auf farth in Bowbells, where he visited five days, and then was on his way back to Kenaston when he "was se verely injured while on the train. He boarded the Great Northern trafn here on July 16th, for Kenas ton which required him to change cars at Niobe. Not being familiar with the train service Mr. Auffarth did not get off at Niobe when the train stopped but waited .until it was starting up again. The con ductor then noticed that he did not •get off, and told him that it was up to him to get off at that station, and was helping him to get off. Wheto on the vestibule just before getting off the train gave a sudden Jerk which threw Mr. Auffarth /against the Iron' railing. breaking^ several ribs The conduct r. assisted him into the depot, and he was assisted onto-the next train by the depot agent at Niobe. When he arrived at Kenaston he was taken out to 'Ihe Grotte arm by the portmarter at Ke&aton. His serious condition. was not realixed until the neict morning whdn he was unable/w. to get up to eat breakfast. Dr. Flak of Kenmare was then caljed, and an. examination showed the ribs brok en and the heart In a very weak condition. Although everything possible was done for him, he pass ed away last l^rjday as above stated. The deceased was born on April If, 1841 at Oldeaberg, Germany, and was married there 4n Nov. 10, Iff* to Hiss Anna Jf&iaie, The hple immigrated to the ffaltta to the r«wr i|« ^aettied at Ackley, Iowa. In 1890 he home steaded five miles northeast of Bow bells, and resided there until a few years ago when on account of poor health* he discontinued farming and moved to Kenmare to live. Here his Mdlfe passed away about three years ago, and almost continuously since that time he had been making his home with his grand son. Her man Auffarth, in this city. He is survived by several ehiljiren, name ly Mrs. Bertha Brown of Briston, Iowa Will Auffarth of Trotters, N. D. Henry Auffarth of Briston, Iowa and Mrs. Charles Rogers of Lignite, N. D. He celebrated his goldeta wedding in 1914. The funeral waft held in Bow bells laBt O- Sunday when quite a number of friends and relatives gathered to pay their last respects to the dead. Rev. Hofgaard of Kenmare officiated at .the services, and the remains were interred at the Bowbells cemetery east of town. N. 0. BONE IS Bismarck, N. D„ Aftg. 7.—Da kota's bone dry law. passed by the fifteenth assembly was declared not legally passed by thai session or tne legislature by the state -supreme court yesterday in an opinion hand ed down in the case of the state against John Schultz. Schultz was convicted in the low er court of bringing liquor into the state in violation of the bone dry law. He appealed^ on grounds that the act was not legally passed and the supreme court upheld that con tention. The verdict of the lower court was reversed. The state "bone dry** act was sup posedly passed in the session of 1917. As a matter of fact, the ame'ndment providing for the "bone dry" feature was written into the bill after it passed the legislature, that feature of the law not being considered by the legislature. Un til federal prohibition arrived, this state "bone drv' law, which the court now holds illegally passed, was enforced, although it was not fa fact the law. CLAYTON O- (From Staff Corresponde»t) L. B. Uglum of Eastend, Sask., has been visiting with his brother Jim-and. family this weak. Miss Cecile Bryan was taken to the Lakeside hospital at Kenmare where she submitted to an opera tion for appeadisitis Friday after noon. Mrs. W. D. Owings and Edward were shopping in Kenmare Friday. John Hackett called at Wm. But gereits Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Uglum and family, accompanied by L. B. Ug lum spent the week end at the O. T. Olson and the Albert Jensen homes. Miss Ruth Bryan is staying with her sister Cecils at Kenmare this week. The Misses Sarah Owings, Martha Thomas, Mildred Remington, and brother Harold spent Sunday even ing at the Bogvis home. Anna Uglum spent the past week at the Albert Jensen home. Miss Ruby Clark is helping Mrs. R. D. Owings with her housework. John Hackett spc'nt the week end at the Uglum -home. Mr, and Mrs, Willie Burke and family called at the J. Dignan home Sunday evening. Mrs. W. D. Owings, Sarah, Ed ward and Mrs. ThomaB a'nd daugh ter, Martha, left Tuesday morning for Washington where they will spend the winter. Cor. EM RE61EGIE0CROP Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 6.-—S. A. Olsness, commissioner of insurance, has issued a statement to the effect that claims for hail damage would not be recognised on props-that are left uncut and unharvested a'nd not cared for In proper, season coinci dent with good husbandry. The notice was Ifeued to do away with the possibility of the state be ing required to aiak* full.payments of hail losses on abandoned graiq acreage, of whi«h thefe is consider able in some sections of the state. $451,180 II lino Bismarck. N. D., Afeg. 6.—The1 atatehighwaycommission has sent to tlm' counties in the state $450, 00.0 ol the tun#. raised by the 11 censing ofautomobiles. ThiBmon ey cah be used bythe counties only in wad construction. All told the state has collected about $600,000 through the motor vehicle registra tion . act i-.?v 1 Strayed—Black stud colt, with left hind Joot white, tw«- yea*a old in K •e*» or feu^e* mp/ please notify BrtU' Bros. Bowbells, N. D. AND A CONTINUATION OF THE BURKE COUNTY BULLETIN AND THE BOWBELL» BULLETIN IT PRE PARES STATEMENT County Tax Supervisor J. A. So derquist has prepared some very interesting statistics flrom -the rec ords of his office which will settle many questions which have been angued more or less during the past few mohths by various people who were either for or against the new laws passed at the last session of the legislature. According to Mr. Soderquist's records which were compiled from reports brought in by all the assessors in the county, there are 330,543 acres of croDped land in Burke county which is 48.81 per cent. The total number of acres of tillable land not cropped is 165,422/or ?4.43 per cent. The total number of acres of tillable cropped and uncropped land Is '495, 965. The total number of untlll able land is 181,161 acres or 26.75 per cent. The total number of acres withdrawn from the state hail indemnity this year is 79,765 or 24.13 per ce'nt. The total amount of the three cents flat tax on all tillaible land will amount to $14, 878.95 in Burke count*- MUST CONTINUE FIGHT ON HOPPERS If grasshoppers are allowed to in crease in as great percentage in 1920, as they did in 1919 over 1918, there will be very few crops har vested next year," declared Stew art Lockwood, extension division entomologist at the North Dakota Agricultural college, this morning in discussing the gravity of the grasshopper situation in the state. Mr. Lockwood produced figures showing that 60 per cent of the grasshoppers which are menacing the North Dakota wheat a'nd flax fields this season came from the road sides and fence rows, and from land that was allowed to go back. Forty per cent came from fields which this year were seeded on 1918 stubble. Dry weather and no pre ventive measures taken last fall and this spring against Ithe hoppers add ed to their multiples. ESxpense Was Heavy Thirty-three counties out of 53 in the state put onk grasshopper campaigns, and in some of the eounties the results were gratifying to the extension department and the farmers, Mr. Lockwood added. He said that the grasshoppers were so thick in some sections of the state that enough of them could not be killed to save all the crop. In combatting the grasshoppers by the use of poison bait, Mr. Lockwood stated that from 17 to'ns of bran in McKenzie county, to 1,075 tons in McLean county were used. The cost in each of the 33 counties was heavy, ranging from $1,000 to $87,000. "By reason of this big campaign in the 33 counties of the state, the state will be able to harvest most of its crops," said Mr. Lockwood. "If North Dakota had not put on the campaign against grasshoppers, the state would have seen more grasshoppers than the states of Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Ne braska did when the Rocky Moun tain locusts spread their destruction over the wheat fields of the north west years ago. devouring every thing in sight. Several insect pests have been used in fighting the grasshoppers^ but Mr. Lockwood says there are not enough of these pests to mater ially aid in bringing about notice able results. He asserted that many farmers of the state believe that the red mite destroys grass hoppers, but in the opinion of the extension department entomologist they are not effective but a parasitic fly has been discovered which does battle the grasshopper and this fly is often taken by farmers for the red mite. Plow to Deistroy Eggs Mr. Lockwood urged fall plowing tT break up the eggs of the hoppers, which the females are depositing. Information gathered at the state ext&hsion department shows that land was not menaced by grasshop pers this year which Was plowed last'fall "In combatting, the grasshopners for 1920, fall and spring plowing must be .practiced over every part of the state," he said. "It is the safe method to meet, the situation, and is k the cheapest." Mr. Lockwood added that the grasshoppers are now. in the flax fields of the state, and that poison bait should be UBed extensively. He urged farmers not to quit the work of Dolsoning the grasshoppers dur- fng the harvest, season, but to keep at the work for the. sake of the 1920 crop. TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS Teachers examinations for first and second grade certificates will be held at Bow*bells oln August 14 and 15. -All who contemplate teaching school in Burke county during the coming year are re quested to take these examinations, no more permits will be Issued from this office.' C. H. HBCHT, County 8upt. of Schools. Now read, The Tribune want ads. There may be something there that tom'vmt & _v HMCHEII KILLED III SHOOTING EfflT Beach, N. D., Aug. 7.—M. K. Bowen, a rancher living in the southern part pf the county, was shot three times and killed' last night by Constable E. W. Taylor while resisting service of replevin papers. The killing is the outcome of bad blood that has existed in that neigh borhood for some years, Bowen hav ing had trouble with numerous neighbors. The killing is sensational in that Bowen's wife is said to have take'n part in the shooting and only sur rendered when her repeating rifle waa empty. According to the story told this morning jail by Constable Taylor and verified by Constable J. Stark and D. R. Offley, who were in the party that went to replevin Off ley's cattle taken up by Bowen, the lat ter! agreed to give the cajttle to the offijpers, when Offley said the ani mals did not look as tnough they had been fed. This angerecjj Bowen, who sa|df he was through talking with tho and started for his stable. Taylor ordered him to stop, but Bowen rushed into the stable, com ing out in the act of pumping a load into his rifle. Taylor shot twice without stopping Bowen, who was In the act of aiming at Taylor, when a third shot killed him instantly. Just at this time Mrs. Bowen open ed fire from the house with a Win chester, scattering the officers. She fired eight shots, and was only stop pe,d when Stark got a drop on her with his rifle. A third loaded gun was found in Bowen's stable. Taylor surrendered himself to the sheriff, and he. Stark, and Offley are in jail awaiting the result of the co •oner's inquest. Mrs. Bowen ha i not yet been arrested. A. number of nersons aver Bowen to them if Offley came to his place foe his cattle he would never get away alive, and Bowen is said to have intimated the same to the sheriff a day or two ago. Mann, was bound over to the district court at a preliminary hear ing yesterday afternoon, a'nd was given freedom under a $5,000 bond. Egan is being sought at Salt Lake City, Ntah, where he was last heard from. Mann was married for the third time just three weeks ago. FARMER KILLED BY CUTS FROM MOWER Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 6.—Jo seph Remsing of Killdeer was kill ed by being slashed in a mower, the team attached to the implement running away. Remsing's legs were broken and he" was badly man gled in the sickle. Bowbells, Burke County, North Dakota, Friday, August 8, 1919 $2.00 Per Year E FOUND IN STATE BANK Jud, N. D., Aug." 6.—E. H. Mann, cashier of the Ffrst State bank of Jud, was arrested here yesterday charged with falsifying the bank records, and according to Assistant Attorney General A. E. Sheets he has made a confession describing operations in the bank from April 10 to July 31, this year, by which an alleged shortage of $42,000 was created. As a result of Mr. Mann's story, warrants have been issued for the arrest of Pierce Egan, president of the bank, formerly of peach, N. D., and who left Jud several weeks ago. TO BE SOLD BY OOVERNMENT All surplus commodities held by the war department will be dispos ed of through the postmasters and mail carriers, instead of only canned and cured meats, according to word of modification of the original plans received today. The necessary forms and blanks for the use of 58,000 postmasters of the country and their employed are being provided by the war depart ment. 6 The announcement said sales would be made in case or carton lotB only, and that purchasers would have to add the cost of delivery by parcel post from the storage points where the food 1B now held. Prices for the food were quoted as follows: Meats: Corned Beef, No. 1 can, 30 cents No. 2 can, 58 cents six pound can, $2. Roast beef, No. 1 can, 29 cents 1-pound can, 41 cents 2-pound can, 66 cents 6 pound can, $2.20. Coi*n beef hash, 1-pound can, 23 cents 2-pound can, 40 cents. Bacon,* in crates 34 cents per pound in 12-pound tins^ 36 cents per pound. Vegetables: Baked beans, ^o. 1 can. 7 cental No. 2 can, 13c No. 3 can, 18 cents Stringless beans. No 2 can. 11 cents No. 10 can, 48 cents. Corn, No. 2 can, 12 cents. Peas, No. 2 can. 11 eents.. Toma-« toes,,No. 2 ctia, 11 cents No. 2% can,, 19, cents No. 3 can, 15 cents 'rflilltl:' /PiinDltlD. No. 2 can, 6 cents No. 3 can, 9 cents No. 10 ca'n, 24 cents. Squash, No. 2 can 6 cents. The number of cans available for sale in each commodity ranges from 22,030,235 of the No.. 3 cans of to matoes to 1,025 cans No. 10 size of pumpkins. The largest amounts otherwise are 15,000,000 No. 1 cans and 19,000,000 No. 2 cans of corned beef, 12,000,000 each of 1 and 2 pound cans of roast beef, 11,000, 000 each of the 1 and 2-pound cans of corn beef hash, 13,000,000 cans of No. 3 size baked beans, 18,000, 000 No. 2 cans of corn, 10,000,000 pounds of crated bacon, and 6,000, 000 of bacon in 12-pound tins. The sale, the war department said, "will be the largest direct sale to the American people ever at tempted." The prices were stated to be "materially lower" tha"n those prevailing in the commercial market and the food was described as being in excellent condition. WAS HELD BY HONS FOR THREE TEARS Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—To return to their homeland after three years of near imprisonment in Germany only to find themselves penniless was the unfortunate plight which greeted Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krauth, and their son John, of Heb ron, N. Dak., when they arrived in New York Monday. Early in 1915, Mr. and Mrs. Krauth decided to go to Germany to be with their childre'n, a son and daughter, who had gone to that country to complete their education a year or so earlier. Little diffi culty was experienced in receiving passports at that time and the Krauths arrived at their destination in due time. There they met the children and were' in Berlin when the United States entered the war. Immediately an effort was made through the American embassy in Switzerland for passage into that country and thence through Italy to the United States. This however was found to be out of the question, and Mr. Krauth 'then communicat ed with the state department in this Country through the Swiss of fice and received permission to re main in Germany for the duration of the' war. Life in wartime Ger man^ was naturally precarious, es pecially for Americans, although the--Krauths experienced but little -discomfort on this account, com munication with America, however, became .impossible and until the signing of the armistice in Novem ber practically no word of any sort was received from the United States. Thus, although they had prepared for a short sojourn of but a few months, the Krauth family were forced to remain for three years. Myney could hot be received from home and while credit could be obtained through friends, money was very scarce for anyone. Ex penses were high and food of any sort hard to get. Meat could be had but once a week and then it was usually horse meat. Then when they arrived in Hoboken on. Monday letters from Hebron friends' informed them ttyrt their entire pro perty had been seized by the alien enemy custodian in accordance with orders to the effect that all property of Americans in Germany should be confiscated. Instead of continuing on to Dakota the Ki'auths then decided to go to Washington where they put the matter before Senator McCumber. The senator immed iately took up the matter with the proper authorities, and the tieces sary steps will be taken at once to return the confiscated property to its rightful owners. STILL IS FOUNO ON RESERVATION Fargo, N. D., Aug. 6.—C. D. Scott, deputy United States marshal, returned to Fargo last evening from Belcourt, Rolette county, where he arrested John LaFotfntain, charged with maintaining and operating a distillery for the manufacture of rye whiskey and Joe Bandall, La Fountain's brother-fn-law, charged with selling liquor to the Indians. The ipen, who live on the Turtle' Mountain Indian reservation, were arraigned at St. John' before Charles Verett, United States com missioner. They waived examina tion, and were remanded to the Ramsey county jail at Devils Lake in default of $500 bonds each. The still and a quantity of whis key were'confiscated by Mr. Scott and placed in the hands of the In dian police for safe keeping. GRASSHOPPERS NEXT YEAR Each female grasshopper lays from 80 to 160 eggs in clusters of 40 to 80 in small holes about 1% inch below the surface of the grou'nd. Mr. Stewart Lockwood, entomologist for-the N. D, Agr. Col lege, sayB that if these eggs ere allowed to hatch, next years crops are in serious danger. He spates that killing by poisoning and plow ing are the two most effective ways of safeguarding the 1920 crop. This year it was found that very lew if a'ny grasshoppers hatched out am plowed land. Sixty per cept of the hoppers came from road sides, fence rows/ flax stubble land and 40 per cent from land that was stubbled into criop 1 the. fall of WIS. mmamMt* vV IS A BIG SUCCESS The county fair held at Flaxton on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day of last week was a grand sue-' cess when a person takes every thing into consideration. Owing to the fact that a large number of farmers had started harvesting last week they did not find time to at tend the fair more than one day, and the attendance would have been much larger if it were not for the early harvest. For the same rea son the number of exhibits was re duced considerable. Many people bad their exhibits all ready pre pared and had made arrangements to see the fair during the entire three days when they were, pre vented from coming bv the wheat ripening. A bir display of exhib its, however, was shown in all de partments, and in all cases these were as good as could be found anywhere in the state. All de nartments were exceedingly inter esting, and found many admirers. The special attractions were also good. The Coteau band furnished music during the last two days of the fair there was a good iberry go-rou'nd, and many Btands and small tent shows. The balloon as cension on the recond day of the fair and the long drop by parachute was something worth going miles to see. Many who saw the balloon do its stunt the firpt time took a trip to Flaxton the following day to see it again, but on account of a high wind it was unable to go up. The directors of the fair as well as others interested in its success are well satisfied with the way things went, and assure the people of Burke county that many im provements will be made in the grounds and buildings for next year, and that any mistakes that might have been made fn the past will be corrected in fairs held in the future. DURUM WHEAT ES CAPES BUCK 80SI Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 6.— While other strains of wheat havo been hard, hit by black rust, the durum variety -has withstood the blight, and will produce a fairly good yield. That fact 1b establish ed by investigation of fields in this district, where the harvest is well advanced. Marquis and velvet chaff wheats have been materially affected, and the average Stutsman county yield will be Only about 10 bushels— probably less. Oats is fairly good, while barley is light. Flax prom ises well. GIRLS SENTENCED FOR PURSE THEFT Fargo, N. D„ Aug. 6.—Luella Button, 18, and Alma Garlock, 18, both claiming Long Prairie, Minn., as their home, arrested by Fargo police last night charged with petit larceny were sentenced to 30 days each by Judge A. T. Cole in Cass county district court, on pleading guilty to the charge. The police krrested the girls after they had stolen a pocketbook from Mrs. T. F. Chrlstensen of Chicago, who was awaltine train connections at the Great Northern passenger de pot In Fargo. The arrest was made at 11 o'clock last night. The purse contained $11 1T change, and two railroad passes. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (Furnished by Burke Abstract Co.) JULY 28 None. JULY 29 None. JULY 30 Gustav Kielhack et ux, to H. A. Whlttler, $34.45. Part of NE 1-4 19-162-93. Gustav C. Kielhack, et ux, to H. A. Whlttler, $590. 40-pats to NW 1-1 1Q_1A9.oq Knut O. Olsen to Mike T. Mus land, $1000. E 1-2 NW 1-4 and E 1-2 SW 1-4 33-159-90. AUGUST 1 AND 2 Iver Iverson, et ux, to Severt Hanson, $1400. Lpts 7, 8, 9 and 10, block 6, Columbus. COMING EVENTS AT ROYALTBEATRE SATURDAt, AUG. 9 Movies. The big feature entitl ed "Words and Music," •tarring Eleanor Fair and Albert Ray.. A romance of Tin Can Alley. Also a Charlie Chaplin comedy entitled In Wrong." Two shows 8:00 and 9:30. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 18 Movies. Norma Talmadge In "^arithea/' This is one of the Mit dramas ever shown in BowbelU, and we know yon will all Uk« it Miss Talmadge Is a star that has won the admiration of everyone who has seen her act. and Is wlthoat doubt the best known screen actress on the^-'J AmerlciCn etaM*entfe JDb: not mlss this featar« ttow, stiurta •i-"' }'v 'r..', ... .v ,-: BftgiBStt «S I 4