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RIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934Fryburg NewspaperMoving to MedoraMedoiu, N D . Jan 12 — dora is co have Its first newspaper since piorjeer days.Beginning next week D W Moffat will publish the Billings County Pioneer at the county seat. The paper has been published at Fry berg since 1911In the days of Medora'a founding by the Maiquis Mores, French nobleman, Medora had a newspaper known as The Badlands Cowboy,’* edittsf and. published bv A. T Packard. Publicauon wax suspended when a fire dest rosed the plant and equipment In the early ‘80s,Mrs Margaret Roberts of Dickinson. one of the few surviving members ot Medora’s original group of settlers. recalls the founding of another newspaper at the Billings county s*at but it existed only a few weeks, she says.ably will be the maximum, thus cutting the pension fund to $450.The maximum pension allowed under the law is $150 a year. The applicant must be a citizen of the ' United States, a resident continuously in Norm Dakota for at least 20 yean*, and must be over 68 years of age. The $450 available for the purpose in Stark cuunty would care ior three petitioners but costs of administration of the law, the commissioners point out. would exceed by far the actual benefits.htot Sunday Mr. and Mrh. Ralph Swenseld are the children* parents.Ruth to Get $35,000 For Season of 1934Tap-Dancing Contest Arranged at CasinoNew York, Jan- 12.—{/P—Babe Ruth .sprang a surprise on Che baseball I wurld Frldav by coming to agreement with the New York Yankees or. salary terms for 1934. involving a reputed ieduction from $62,000 to $35,000. The veteran Slugger came to terms quickly with Colonel Jacob Ruppert, the club owner, and will sign it formal contract next Monday.ylt;pitcajcOld-Age Pension Law Is Declared a Moke’Dickinson, Jan. 12 — tfP) — North Dakota $ old-age pension law. enacted bv the 1933 legislature, Friday was termed a joke by Stark county commissioners, who claim they are helpless under the provisions of the act to offer almost a score of applicants any encouragement.A levy of one-tenth of a null was made by the state board of equalisation to provide funds to pay the pensions and the tax became payable after Dec. 31, 1933.Stark county's taxable valuation is $9,000 000 and the total fund accumulated bv the pension levy of one-tenth of one mill would be ony $900— if all taxes are paid. The Stark county commissioners estimate that 50 per cent collections in 1934 prob-A novel tap-dancing contest will be staged Friday evening at the Casino on*Thlrd St near Broadway avenue it is announced bv the management Participants will be Chuck O'Connor of Bismarck and ‘’Broadway Brooks.’* both coloredO Connor well known in Bismarck. having appeared m the American Legio.i carnival ''how and a recent boxing program here recently.Judges will be chosen from among those persons piescnt at the recreation establishmentThese boys mean business an ae-tual challenge having been Issued, says the managements announcement.Eddy Wheat Checks Ready for Mailingawue;wXIgtonCr:Washington, Jan. 12 —VP—Wheat checks totaling $60 143 Ior 868 farmers In Eddy county. North Dakota, who met the government crop reduction requirements, were prepared for mailing Friday by the farm administrationEddy is the second North Dakota county to receive benefit payments Checks to Onggs county were mailed earlier in the week.nnaecCcSpinal MeningitisIs Fatal to ChildPetersburg, N. D., Jan 12.—Elsie Mae Swenseld, three years old,: died Thursday at a Grand Forks hospital five days alter the death of her oiN-year-old brother. Mahlon. j Illness of the uni from spinal meningitis was said by the family to 1 have shocked the boy so severely as to have beer, the cause of his deathSENTENCED TO PRISONMinot, N D., Jan, 12.—ip—Donald C. Lang, Devils Lake, wot* sentenced to serve not less than one and not more than three sears in the .state penitentiary, when he pleaded guilty Friday afternoon before District Judge John C. Lowe to a charge of forgeryBen Brodcn also was sentenced this afternoon by Judge Lowe to serve not less than one and no: more than three years in the penitentiary on a grand larceny charge.5ttetGctjr
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Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Fri, Jan 12, 1934
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