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THE BEACH REVI
And SENTINEL BUTTE REVIEW '~'~'~
OFFICIAL PAPER OF GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEACH
ornadic Storm Takes Heavy Toll Here
II I III III I III II I I I
MARIAN WICKA MARRIED
AT LOS ANGELES JUNE 21
11
The many friends in thls vicinity of
Miss Marian wieka will be interest-
ed to learn that on Friday, June 21,
she became the bride of Clarence
Knauer in a ceremony Performed at Bismarck, N. D., July 10--Boney-
Los Angeles where Miss Wicka has olent Societies, which have operated
made her home for several years, in North Dakota for a number of
Mr. Knauer, whose home Is in Chica- years without state supervision, will
go, is an engineer a~nd at present is l hereafter be supervised by the State
employed on a project a~ Las Vegas, Insurance Department, according to
Nevada, at which place the newly- Insurance Commissioner Harld HOp-
weds will make their home temper- ton. who has obtained an opln|on from
arily. Loter on they expect to live in
Chicag0.
Mrs. Knauer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Wicka of southwest of
Beach, is very welll known in and
a.round Beach, having lived here un-
til a few years ago and attended high
school in wibaux. Her acquaintances
State Insurance Department ST:cieties
Supervise Benevolent
Attorney General P. O Sathre, who
holds that the present laws cover
this class of insurance.
Assessment benevolent societies
are or~nizationn [hat have sprung
up in recent years, taking the place
of legitimate life insurance. It is c~ll-
ed the poor man's insurance on the
:, IliI
33c BU, FOR 1935
TTE Vi-
CINITY HARD HIT BY
• RAIN AND HAILSTORM
--[J
Reaches Cyclon-
ic l~l~rfio~; Dam-
ages Buildings
[[
The storm whihc broke losose in
early wednesday morning con-
on unabated through the east-
part of the county.
l~rom Sentinel Butte, considerable
and wind damage was ~eported.
loss In the affected area be-
total. Hail in that locality was
mostly to the northern per- here join In wishing her much haP- theory tha~ ~sessments are colleet~
ed from the ~f~mbershlp only to pay
of the county, the district south plness. I1[I death claims after they have occur-
IMiNiMUM WHEAT AD red and that the expense of operat-
.~qDortions. '= ion is very limited. Originally, these
"fl~ly de I JUSTMENT PAYMENT societies organized in very restric-
rm ted or limited territories, quite fre
of S,
ha
on t
nlng
suffering losses.
The windstorm, reaching cyclonic
caused much havoc corn-
demolishing the large barn on
occupied by Walter Dixon
Sentinel BUtte. took the roof
harn on the C,. I~ ~/ur ~a*:oY
on the edge of town. as well a,s
out numerous smaller build-
large front Windows were
in at the Interstate Bank, the
Englund hardware, and the
adjoining the BoRon & Oas
hail. Considerable damage was
at the Congregational Church,
a large stained glass window
to the storm, the downpoU-P
the interior.
the first time since it was con-
two years ago, the" large dam
edge of town wont beyond its
The spillway was unable to
the overflow, and water to
of several feet overflowed
north end of the dam. but the
itself withstood the strain.
Power house, equipped for fire
for the village and situat-
b~nks of the axt~,l~ke~#"
inundated to •considerable ex'-~
~aud damage sustained to motor
~ther equipment.
and in some instances $I as the first
payment towards the first death as-
sessment. When a death occurred it
was found that the treasury was
empty and that there was no one to
make an assessment. As a conse
quence the reputation of the older
benevolent societies, which have
been of considerable value to their
members by strictly observing their
own governing rules, have suffered
conslderably.
Mr Hopton has laid down certain
rules for the operation of these so-
c~etles, which include; Death bene-
fits can not exceed $1,000. The death
II
Local Administration Costs
For 1934--'35 Were
1.4c Per Bushel
.11.
• Secretary Wallace made the an-
nouncemen.~-last Monday that the
minimum 1935 wheat adjustment pay-
merits have boon established at 33
cents a bushel as compared to 29
cents in 1934. The local administrat-
ive costs will be deducted from that
figure.
According to County Agent Russell
the local administrative costs for 1933
-34 set-up amounted to 1.4 cents per
bushel which was also the average
for all counties in North Dakota. He
also said that the expense for the
~9~ 4 ~t~ ~ Ld~ be~ A ess than
":for the previous year. The increase
Crawford, 15
ears Away, Stops Off
II.
~l~r an absence of 15 years, Fran-
~Wford, native born Sentinel
,J boy and son of L. F. Craw-
q'Z' early day banker and stock
~, came through this section the
~day and stopped 0~f for a
Vlslt at the old home town,
~n J. J Hess with whom he
~20 years ago "at the Sentinel
Saddlery Co. Franzo. then a
t the grades, spent his vacation
at the leather bench
and saddle manufac-
owned by his father
Hess was bookkeeper.
Sentinel Butte, Fran-
has gone far in the
of education. Completing a
ii ~ I
VIC RE)NSTROM AND OTTO
JOHNSON RETURN FROM TRIP
li
Victor Re~strom and Otto John-
son of Golva returned last week
Wednesday from a two weeks trip
to Fort Peck, Glacier Park, and on
into Canada where they visited rela-
tives. They stopped of[ in Harlow-
town, Montana and spent one night
with Heinie Wiedow. forme Grolva
druggist, who now has a drug store
and is doing a thriving business in
the Montana town. They report that J
crops ~re good tn a few spots bUt!
through the northern part of Montana
they are poor, and tha~ there were
no crops along the line which coUld
compare with the ones right here in
Golden Valley County. The boys
were breaking in a new Chevrolet
coupe which Vic purchased a,Ud had
ill! -
CROP AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO
MANY THOUSANDS
iL~
Nearly Five Inches Y/i~sture
Falls in Golden Valley
in 24 Hour Period
Last night andther storm al-
most as bad as the one of early
Wednesday mo'rning came and
another d~luge drenched Beach
and surrounding territory, with
ov(tr an inch and a half of rain
coming on top of the three inch
rain of the morning falling in leltl
than an hour, accompanied by •
high wind.
--IIll~
Another terrific wind. hail and rain
storm, by far the most severe of ~he
several which have struck here this
season, and claimed by m~ny to he
the worst in the history of the sect
benefit shall be entirely contingent a very pleasant vacation,
in amount on the proceeds of a POSt Ill
-mortem assessment and no reserve PERSONNEL OF WEt
fund may be accumulated prior to m
death of a member. The membership
fee Shall not exceed $5. The commls- FARE ANOPLANNING
sloner of Insurance may require per-
quently not extending their oPerat-Iodical reports from the society. I]OAROS ANNOUNCE[}
ions beyond a radius of fifty miles, Membership certificates shall havel ion, ripped its way through the con-
Upon death of a member an assess-i printed or stamped on the face the ~ . ~ral part of Golden Valley county early
ment was levied, usually $1.00, This[ follwing: 'This is not au insurance[ ,ll- yesterday (Wednesday) mprning,
leaving in ffs wake a 10--mile path
was purely a voluntary arrangement lpolicy, The association maintains~o[New Groups Will Play Is-ofutter crop desolation, as well as
and the benefit to the beneficiarylreserve. All benefits are dependent~
of the deceased member was entire-[upon voluntary assessments from] por~ant Role in At- a property damage which will amount
ly eontngent in amount on the pro, Jmembers.' .I fairs of County to several thousand dollars.
coeds of a Post*mortem assessment N~w societies can not be organtz- Although the rain was general over
levied on the remaining membershlm ed in North Dakota after September ~ll-- , the section, Beach was the approxim-
Lately so-caned benevolent societ- 1. unless they have the approval of The personnel of two e~tremely ate center and received the hrUnt of
ies or orgautzattons have sprung up the insurance commissioner. Those important county organizat0ns, the ~the storm. Including the hail, nearly
in several parts of the state that already in existence must comply Welfare Board and the Planning i3 inches of moisture.fell in less than
have all the ear marks of a racket, with the new regulations in order to Board, has just recently been com- an' hour.
Organizers would get out in the field be allowed to continue in existence pleted and is being made public by l Accompanied by a tornadic wind
charge a nominal membership fee after that date. the county commissioners this ;week. }wl~ich flattened out many buildings,
I Members of the Welfare B0a~l are)broke windows, tore away chimneys
' " Lewis Odland, T. A. wose~ka Al~and sent telephone poles reeling, the
Kuhfeld, ~ T Pederson M/,s 'John i storm wore itself out in about half an
Curt Sill Appointed J.P. Cain ToSpeak Tschida, Mrs. T. E. Hudson~ and E. 'hour. There was something of a shoW-
D. Nelson The Planning Board corn{or about one o'clock but the heavy
To Highway Patrol M01d Settlers Picnic slats harles trkpatr,e ;halr storm began about :30 and lasted
11 -- = Ii Iman of the county commissioners; until about 3:00 a. m.
Included in the personnel 5f the The date of the Old Settler's picnic A. M. Kuhfeld, state's attorney; M. Conslderable damage was done in
newly created state highway patrol has been set for Sunday, July 21 and L. Lovell, to represent the first com--iReach" The back part of tl~ re,at o~
appears the name of Curtis Sill of blahs are already betn~-'comblet"ed 'to missioner's district; C. H. Smith, to the Johnson Motor Co. ~hop ~as tor~
Beach according to press dispatches m~ke this Tear's annual affair better represent the second colnmlssion, loose and carried over the
in the adjustment payments to farm- in the" state dailies, than ever. The picnic, as in former ter's district; and A. M. Peterson, ing away a portion of the brick
era in Golden Valley county will The law creating the highway years, wtll be held at the Murphy the third. Dickinson's store suffered when
amount to about $47,000.00. patrol was passed at the last sesgl~ grove north of Sentinel Butte. whex-e The new boards were created at of the plate glass windows
The money to make the extra Pay-~of the legislature, ec~me effective on there are ample grounds to accomo- the last session of the state legislat- northwest corner were smashed to
ment comes from the processing tax July 1st, and conforms to a similar date the large cro~l which a~ways.[ture under a new law which provides frontbits" Theof thelargeBlrminghamWlnd°w inbarberthe northshop
on wheat raised on farms not under system of highway policing in most attend, and provides plenty of room for these organizations in each coun- caved in, while a good share of the
has been made i°the1" states, including those adjoin- for the program of sports whch iS lty, and for similar state boards. Mem-
b ................... r ....... r~'many small windows in the rear of .
contract. NO change _. _^ n- - ~ ing North Dakota. The force consists a customary feature of the daY. Pat i ors or one coullty vv ell~, e ~OaI'U ~ ~ I ....... W -- --
.... "-'^~ ~" t~- -^u-t" --ram'--'-- ]tne ~eeve OUllUlng ere nroKefl. "
in the processing tax o~ ~ ce is per . ~ . -
o[ five men unuer the direction of Murphy is tn charge of the .~pbrts:
bushel. Wm. Brocopp, assistant to the state line-up and is arranging a good bali ors and the State Welfare Boars. and t th'~aa:y r~ea::m::;:r ~:~a~::°:e~• ~e~t
The 1935 payments are to be made[adjutant Frayne Baker. P]'ior to the game, tug-of-war, races; etc. which] e
the local group will have charge of~_ e ..... ~ .. . g. 'a
~y m semen vazmy lummox yara
in two installments. The first install- beginni.ng of active service, they will hell the interPst of all who attend. Jail poor relief and social _service for- ' "
ment payable as soon as the compli- spend two weeks in St. Paul, Minn., Through the efforts of John Keg- merly'handled by the commissioners, which was under several feet of w~t-
ance with the contract is checked for a period of training under the Irene, who has charge of the speak- with the power to make disburse- er which ruined several h*andred dol-
ing program. James P. Cain, of Dick*~ments from county funds as needed lars worth of cement, lime, wallboard
will be made at the rate of 20 cents:Minnesota patrol.
per bushel and the second payment! The appointment of Mr. Silll to insert; has been secured to give the - ~ ..... ,~ ..... -k ~.~,,~, ~,~ahv tetc" The Carnival located just north
will be made as soon as the local ad- this resonsible position is gratifying i~ddress of the day. Mr: Cain is a l ............... t .... p _ct~O the tracks was pretty well flooded
county relic[ auilllIllS[r~t or WL • tt I ~ " --
as secretary and has already written . ,
ministrative costs for the fiscal to people of Golden Valley County. prominent figure in North Dakota, one ot the rides and much other
equipment was wrecked causing a
being a member of the state House the state board in regard to plans.
year, 1935--36 have been determined A long time resident here. he has damage estimated at $3000.
and dednctions made. spent the past eight years in public of Representatives and chairman of meetings, and other details,
Mr. Russell stated that the compli-
ance work in his office is at about the
stage scheduled for the present date.
it is planned to have the compliance
work comI~leted by September 1st in
Golden V~dley County. The measur-
e at the state university at ing of the wheat and co~tract acres
iz~ is about complete. Three clerks are
rks; he won the Rhodes busy with the calculating and plot-
• ouzp with a four year course .................. a-
roll~a ...... ,ling Typing Or H~e uOmp~zance p p-
• ent at Ox~orO ~nglana. un, ' -- - " .... k
t'o'o a osition ors win ne s[ar~ea next wee .
tetion--~tr~- .~ of .mis,'~ "ne . z,_ P - Farmers who have excess acres
Of
• utter in natural history a~
I~ester universiy at Eavenston. wheat can sig'n up a supplementary
has]V..~-le~t COll[r~le1: o1" CP-t the crop for
for several years past ~,~r. lt,,ay" If the excess acres of wheat is
in chemistry at. atlcut for hay it must be cut o',~t of a
University. the institution -du i~quare plecee so that it can be seas-
his father acquired his~ -lured. Irl'eg~llar pieces cut out, of a
of other member's of the N~h! will not b~ ,tee.opted. [HI.
office as county sheriff and depUty.
His excellent office record and the
exertence acquired fits him for the
appointment, and no doubt his man-
~er of service will bring credit to
himself as well as to the county.
........ i!ll -~
Stub Noyes and A. H. BeckleY
made a trip to Belfeld on Tuesday.
I1ll
NORTHRUPS RETURN
.fi
Mr. and Mrs. Jack NorthrUp and
family of Carlyle and M. E. North-
rup of Sentinel Butte returned last
week Thursday after having slcent
about three weeks in wisconsin and
Minnesota. The elder Mr. Northrup's
father-in law had be~n seriously ill at
bi.~ home at Hix[on. Wis., and passed
away about a week after Mr. North-
rup arrived ther.e. Jack and his fam-
ily spent the time visiting in Sand-
stone, Minn. On the return home
they drove down to Fort Yates. N.
Dak., and spent a shore time there.
SADDLE BUTTE HOMEMAKERS
It
The Saddle Butte Homemakers
Club will meet at the home of Mrs.
P O. Peterson on July 18th, at 2 p. m
All members are urged to come as
the club will have their election of
officers at this meeting.
Mrs. Roberts, Secretary,
The Markets
W~-IEAT .............................................. $ .89
FLAX ...................................................... 1.21
the newly organized state Planning
Board, and will no doubt have some
pertinent and w~th-while remarks
to make at that time.
The picnic grounds will be open all
day with a refreshmentt stand to care
for wants along that line, and the
public is invited to come early, bring
a lunch and spend the day there.
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COURT HERE THIS WEEK
I1"
The regular session of district court
for this county was held here Tuesda.~,
and Wednesday, it being postponed
from the usual time in June this year.
Judge H. L. Berry of Mandan was
here to preside at the session. A num-
ber of cases, both civil and criminal,
were on the calendar and were dis-
posed of in routine fashion, with no
heavy sentencing being done. Several
cases went .over the term, and wilt
be heard at the next term. which
will be next January.
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BEACH GRAIN CO MEETING
.il,
Stockholders in the Beach Grain
Co. held their annual meeting at the
Legion hall here on Tuesday after-
noon. Louis Zielsdorf and Gee. Oech
were renamed directors for a term of
two years. It was voted to build an
annex to the local elevator because
of Insufficient storage SliCe. A good
sized dividend was announced, and
other routine business attended to.
A SATISFIED IRISHMAN
• Christ Stokken. the genial carpen-
ter from Sentinel Butte, was a Beach
visitor last Wednesday and dropped
BARLEY ...................................... 20 in to let us know that he had just
RYIi] ............................................... 15 finished building a granary on the
OATS .............................. 25i Pat Murphy. farm. ~Ie says that Pat
BU~PER , .... L ..... ,17~ wad well satisfied with thte work and
I
I The duties of the county PlanningI
Board will be to pas~ ~,~,and r~g~-I
mend projects to be putt~r0ugh~from I
'Federal funds allocated to North Dak
eta and will work in conjunction with
i the state Pla nnlng Board of which J. •
P. Cain of Dickinson is the chairman, l
i The law provides that this group shall
!be made up of the state's attorney,.
I one commissioner, and tl~r~e others.
chosen to represent the coanty. The
'members of the local unit will go to
Dickinson on July lS :o attend a
meeting of the boards from all Slope
counties at which a representative of
the state board will be present to
outline the work and procedure.
..... IH .............
Mrs. W. D. Putman
• Passes Away |n Fargo
--I!
The many friends here of Mrs.
VCarren D. Putman, formerly" of
Beach, will be sorry to learn th•t
she passed away last week Tuesday
in a Fargo hospital after an extend-
ed illness. With her family she had
i been a resident of Gwinner, N. D..
I prior to her death.
! Mr. and Mrs. Putwan came to
~Beach and became uroprietors of the
local Essene Cafe, fololwiug lhe de-
parture ot the F, ssene filmily. They
operated the cafe for a number of
years, then moved to Gwlnner about
eight years ago where the have stuce
made their home.
Mrs. Putman was 60 years old at
the time of her death. She leave~
her husband, fous children. Barbara.
Beulah, Virginia and Kenneth, and
two brothers. Funeral services were
conducted at the Putman home at
Gwtnner Saturday at2 p. m.,and
burial was tn the (}winner cemeterY.
~r , ~ ~ ~'~
The roof of the barn on the H, R.
Thompson farm was torn away," and
a machine shed at the Ralph Vanatt~
farm was smashed, as well as build-
lugs on various other farms.
About 20 telephone poles were
down between the old cry playground . ,
and Evergreen Park a mile and a-half
south, and there were equally aa
nmny on other roads.
Hail did the greatest damage lli
the area between the Pete Erlckson ::~
farm south of town and the P. O. :=
Peterson farm north, and •long the •~
corresponding strlp east and WeSt, ':~
-,vh~r~ ....... iu 1he most part, total exop ?
losses were sustained. Some of the
choice of Golden Valley's m~ny Ua~
rally fine stands of grain were.t~llm-
ed into lifeless stubble.
West of Beach numerous washouts
ou both lflghway and the railroad are
reported. All availahle ~Pen in Beach
and Wibaux were called to work In
repairing the railroad washouts and
special trains carried them to the
scene of the trouble. It is expected
that it will take nearly three days
I
to repair the damage, and in the
meantime, N P, ~ra,ius are eelng
~outed sou'h throd~h Baker on .the
C. M. & St. P, Seven washouts are
reported on highway No. 10 between
Wibaux and Gendive.
In wibaux there was almost as
much water as in the flood of 1929,
but there was not much wind nor
hall. and the water was carried away
with little, damage to proPerty, except
flooded basements in the south part
o~ ~own.
By the time the rain began to let
up here, a torrent, of water was rac.
ing down tee rue off ditch south of
the railroad tracks and the two
ings were
an hour or so after
was Pouring a foot 0vm
the water ~acked up
family, Franzo sta~ed that
~is conducting a book store,
son Kenneth, at Minn-
l~Iinn., while Miss Helen
is instructor at Ames, Io..
decline in the harness and
institutions mannfac
closs of merchandise are
far between, Mr. Crawford
to Mles City, Montana,
a factory is still in oper-
hts wife who accomp
a~ institution of the
,he serves an appYe-n-
his boyhood days.
n,
CROWD8
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games
each evening, and
Dr. E. Sutter, Golva,
Passes Away In Iowa
.11-
As we go to press we learn that
Dr. E. Sutter, who has been residing
south of Golva for the past several
years, passed away over a week ago
in Iowa. where he had recently gone
in an effort to improve hts health.
His many friends throngnou~ ~he coun-
ty will he deeply grieved to hear of
his passing, as he was exceedingly
well known in Beach and throughout
the county, he being one of the pion-
eers of Golden Valley. He had been
In poor health for sometime, bUt no
expected anything of suq~ a serious
nature,
He is survived by his wife, and
one son, RaYmOnd to bOth of whom
sincerest sympathy is extended in
their~ hour of loss. , ,
The obit~Y will be pubi~shed next
week if Poseible: ~
Karl Pleissner, Jr~, of E~al~er wa~ a
Beach and Wlbaux visitor we0n~l~,~',
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