The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1918, Page 6

PAGE ¢ RISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE ied ciara ele Te) ecw ee eee FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918. “FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF By Blosser NES BUT YOU ARE ONLY \ DON'T WANT € A LITTLE BoY AND PTWAT LITTLE ONES LITTLE BovS EAT LITTLE | LWAARA BG Be APPLES 4 WELL WERES AN 7 APPLE FoR You- THEN HIKE OFF OPSTAIRS—, {Pe \ GEE, | GoT AWFUL HUNGRY Pop. HONEST EAT BIFORE | . GO T BED ~) | 7 ay | YES-S- B (GoT A BIG SQUIRREL FOOD WE HOPE BENNY GETS IT ON IN TIME FOR LABOR DAY By Ahern Tie How ‘BouT PUTTING IT = “/SURE \ DO - TH’ MAN SWELL BOW \ BoucHT ! REVERSE HANDS AN’ pick UP TY LOOSE END With TH’ NEAREST HAND - PULL “THIS END “RU TH’ LooP with ‘YOUR RESTING HAND AN’ SQUEEZE YOU WiLL FIND ‘WW’ Bow Tied an’ ~ ALL YOU HAVE TO DO 1S UNTANGLE Your SLIP NOUR NECK IN “TH? COLLAR, AN’ CROSS TH’ LEFT: ‘ HAND END OF iE OVER Tt’ RIGHT WITH TH’ LEFT HAND, STEADYING “TH’ RIGHT END WITH “TH! OTHER HaND-THEN DROP BOTH ENDS, CATCHING WH! LEFT WITH TH’ RIGHT AN’ GAVE ME DIRECTIONS HOW Jo 00 IT ~ HE saiD- “ITS SO SIMPLE, JES’ LIKE You © BIRST- You HOLD TH’Tie iN YOUR LEFT HAND AN’ TH COLLAR IN TH’ 175 So simpie ! RUMMY BAYALS arms —— seG !- A BURGLAR JUST ACQUITTED TO HIS LAWYER GRIAMNED- “TANKS PARDNER, t WILL OR? WH Soon an’ Ste Youl* SAID THE LAWYER vito WAS WARY AND ALSO WISE To tM, ’ “ALL RIGHT, SUT IN THE DAYTIME WHEN You co!” eR en! CHESTNUT CHARLIE By Blosser Yow MY FRIEND SS 4 You? “ THE JUDGE DIS- “BLUE THe & peat = CHARGED CABARET wn 10!) BD WR? CANE OUT ? || DIDVoU HEAR AY ON -DIONT DONT You KNOW WHY D. Southern Pacific | Southern Railway Texas Co . AGCOUNT OF ITSBLP st: Disquicting News Causes Reces:| (oi on pa: sion of Several Points in the i Leading Issues STEEL UNDER PRESSURE FROM BOARD’S OPENING’ » New York, Feb. 8—Considering the very disquieting character of much of the overnight news, Thursday stock It. gave a very good account of its The Tuscania disaster, with i of lives, the government's new finan- cial plans and advices from various quarters indicating further industrial | rama a one to four points in the active list. Lowest quotations were made toward the close on reports of another marine | U, S$. Industr United States Sce Utah Copper SINKING CAUSES AN ADVANGE IN GRA market, it was generaly conceded, Traders Regard Incident as Tend. | Cattle recei TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT | “ Pacific ....... toll, ing to Prolong the War and Prices Scar unsettlement provoked recessions of RECEIPTS CONTINUE EXTREMELY SMALL | disaster. *| Chicago, IIL, Feb. @ Interest, speculative and otherwise, | the value of grain re that group standing up better than! ciania. 4 its advantage at the end. 1% to 1% wi War issues were extremely irreg-| showed ar ular, some of the leading equipments being among the first to yield, while | 116 jog, others were relatively firm. Deprived | factor wh of their recent support, most of the | ihe war so called “pooled” stocks reacted one| from the United States steel was under pres- concentrating upon that stock for its | effect elsewhere. Many of the more popular rails suffered losses of one to | two points, Pacifics and coalers lead- | ing the reversal as usual. Motor oils | tq, tobaecos and utilities, especialy gas | fer offerings of the last hour, losing | ‘one to three points. Sales amounted | Further weakness in French issues | the bond market. Sales (par values) | aggregated $4 000, 1 . i United States 4’s [old issues) de-| = clined % percent on.cal. | NEW YORK STOCK LIST American Beet Sugar . vue American Can ..... .. § American Smelting & Refining ..80% | a American Tel. & Tel .. A American iZnc ..... z z Anaconda Copper Ee Atchison .. . Es Baltimore & io * Butte and Superior California Petroleum . Canadian Pacific .. Central Leather .. * Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Chino Copper ........ ..... Colorado Fuel & Iron . Crucible. Steel ..... ‘Cuba Cane Sugar Erie} -2. We fle dots dines s Great Northern Ore Ctfs . Great Northern Pfd ..... . Inspiration: Copper .... Int. Mer. Marine pfd ctfs . ‘Kennecott Copper ...... e Louisville & Nashville . Mexican Petroleum . d ‘Miami Copper Missouri Pacific i Montana Power .... New York Central .. 42% | rels, 4344 46% Rak 89% | once more centered around shippings, | Thusday from the Yorn ci any other division, though forfeiting | higher, with Ma > to 640,,000 shares. | peratures were expt Scantiness Likelihood ‘Bran 325) | Wheat receipts 123 cars, compared + 14% | with 180 a year ago. Corn No. Oats No. Flax 365 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK Chicago, Il., Feb. 8—Hogs receipts aseeeee 89% | 45,000; 30¢ under. yesterday's averag 30% | bulk 1650 @ 1675; light 1610 @ 1675; 21% | mixed 1625 @ 1680; heav 1600 @ .+-.68 | 1675; pigs 1325 @ 1540. +++.40%! Cattle receipts 17,000; weak; native ; @ Many traders appeared to regard f life on the Tuscania as a ich would tend to prolong| Put This view attracted notice | car outset in the corn marek to three points. | and largely as a result there was S| creasing str sure: from the outset, bear operators lout the day. | MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN | Minneapolis, Minn., soa | unchanged in carload lots s 89% | flour quoted at 975 a barel in 98 pound 52% | cotton sacks, In shipments 41,015 bar- | ‘Barley 153 @ 180. | Rye 218 @ 219. { 0. 3 Yellow 175 @ 189. 3 White 84% @ 85% @ 267. Copper Steel . Advances in ength in prices through-| free from rots, small - News that another Cun- | checks out, per dozen 50; curent r arder had also been topedoed just before the clo: but was not generaly o be a market influence. The fa t despite beter weather S x B ceipts of corn remained very small} issues were carried down in the heav-! 5 t6q as a handicap on the bears of the s known in ted this week. | Se ee abroad a ; ra i | of supplies did a god! anda new minimum for liberty sec ‘deal to hoist the oats market. Some ond 4's at 95.74 were. the features Of | sitontion wa an to the fact! ine tight of day fur 1 highest level | \acunt lot that of enlarged to the east put strength into provis ions. _ Big supplies of hogs had only | a transient bearish effect, CHICAGO GRAIN © Open High Low Closing | when new 80 yee shipmen: al oe ee ene sia ancss seni apr: eenap era tocke HUSSIONARIES OF NATIONAL ROOD ADMINISTRATION WILL SEEK NEW DAKOTA CONVERTS Sheep receipts 100 @ 1 lainbs 175 @ : OMAHA LIVE STOC Omaha, 8.1 1 83% | the Senate Tue | worth, a repub! military aft This State s of life inEurope a y men. who have been there; one of whom has just returned, will he presented fore the people of eighteen North Dakota cities the week 24 to March 2. Two men, vaniel eed and Dr, Henry Cole Cul nd a woman whé is yet to be comprise the team that | it is} today Dy | effic Jall day yester | cock, a demo wethers 110( 1250; lambs ewes 1075 j the duty of eve 1600 @ 1650 | this patriotic work /to join is not nee: steel ; cows Ht i0 to 15¢ lower; veal calves steady, 650 @ 1350; stockers tenta , the jal arrangement of and feeders steady, 690 @ 1000. stops in North Dakota depending on | Sheep receipts steady; lambs, thé coop | soo @ 1700 700 @ 1300; | the i ewes 500 @ i BUTTER HIGHER BUT Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. Butter |! one cent per pound higher, Eggs! a are down 4¢ a drop of 7c in two days. —Creamery e: er pound ‘a fir Av seconds 40; packing Fresh prime lowe ctor. will be speakers on and they wil!) ing to North Da urate and the mos' ion of conditions as Europe at the pre: i | rarmer, Selfridge now |the st ke si jw | ce he New York bi engaged in the work of commun tterment when the war was de Poa Say He a member of the} ye an Cities Burea, AGNES NESTOR as an orator and) : = A betterment ’hen| Miss Agnes Nestor, head of the Chi-| cago Women’s Trade union, will rep-| sent the women of the nation in the tely enter government, as- in-| ing in the e and later $ ame | ceipts, rots out $14.10; checks and sec: stor of the food-nledge campaign, | member of the women’s sec-| s dozen 32; dirties, candled, doz- Dy, Her ‘ulbertson, for the| ticn of the national defense council. | ime ; quotations on eggs include the: yagi el | | | lege of Empor' from the the U: cas pounds honorary ti biock 40; | from Lennox leges. He dent of the Col-| RRR Carrington, (evening)—-Dr. H. C. Culbertson, sese—Fancy twins pound 26 New York round 28; fancy d young Ameri re-| but] ies 28: fancy | baad Friday, Mar. 1— veled extensively was Holland when the volunteered his services stration and came to ing)—Daniel Reed. Old Coffins Now Valuable. | the war h Od metal cofins that have not scon | the food admis rs adorn | Washington. las junk Jp ts addin These grev ene ny so peut on the | vo) the; eavases ground have been thecause of a great | deal of interest. Gre of eis a tbronze affair that is worth several | times as much for junk now as it cost | Dr. H. C, Culbertson. Rugby (?) (evening)—Woman. seed analyst, 1 stock committee, Dr. Culbertson will ement of facts cover: at led to the present | fe Saturday, Mar. 2— (yard in Grass Va [some spe | Reed. Woman. 4 Dr. H. C, Culbertson. ng)~-Daniel Reed, Dr.! Coe Culbertson. SELFRIDGE NEWS, : peton( afternoon and evening) Mike Birkenkott went to Fort Yates ee —Danicl Reed, Dr. Henry Coe Culbert-| to take his medical examination for | Tetbune, want vada pride, resulta (eer ee | Smeland was a ‘business visi-| the advisability of a seed survey dur- 83% a Monday, Feb. $5— |toy at Elgin over Sunday, and dis-| ing the growing season and the set- 80% - | Bismarck (afterndon and evening) | posed of some hay while there. ting aside of plats found to be suitable YOU COME WALKIN’ IN. AN YOU | | —paniel Reed. | Harry Erbe was a passenger Mon-| to bé preserved for seed and the pay- —Flour SAY “HELLO Joe’ AN ISAY HELLO : Ma ; (afternoon and evening)-~| ds i atlernoen for Reson. Wusre ne ing of oO on grain from plats andard THEN You say ‘00 You GIVE Br eH C. Culbertson ys oman: ys Son ieerian: Mitchell left last) No general idea of the amount of YOUR 006 ANY EXERCISE? AN’ THEN 1 spy “Yes HE GOES | FOR A TRAMP NEARLY EVERY/ 4 Tvesda ~ | Friday for a | Jamestown ‘(afternoon and evening) | —Daniel Reed., Dr. H.C, Culbertson. | ¥é Steele, (afternoon and evening)—| time. Woman. ji BT. Sm nd pleasure nesday, Fe. 27— the f Hey City (afternoon and eveaing) | T ie! Reed. Woman. \ tton, (afternoon and evening) ; here. H. C. Culbertson, : | O. Marsh is a : z: | during Postma: | Thursday, Feb, 28.— ‘A Red Cri t nd Forks (afternoon)—Daniel the School house Sunday at which | Treed), (Evening)—Daniel Reed and | yarn was distributed among the mem- Woman. | | 4iiisboro (afternoon)—Woman, | | New Rockford (afternoon)—Dr. H. j diers. of 'C, Culbertson, l getting into this work, we predict eae eee Suc, ting as: postmaster | seed’ survey proposed. Smestad’s absence. oe ae 160 mixed ane : renee Washington, D. C., Feb. pigs 1575 ‘ i 7 ry te! war king machinery Cattle receipt nnounced for Series of Ad- Woman Labor Head swans making machines ys steers @ I U .z tured as conglomeration of ambit- ee dresses to Be Made in a U.S. Council’ ious ana scattered agenc 1150; cows and he f 2 pe) : ‘able of’ team work, in an address in y by. Senator. Wads- n “member committee. | speech renewed the debate over war ‘iency, which occupied: the senate after Senator Titch- tic committeeman, had | dolivered a similar arraignment of the {they will make up for ‘lost time. It is woman to help in and an invitation c. D. Belden of Shields was here last Thursday in his official capacity G. Smeland returned Tues- her infant son, from Mc- Through the efforts of Mrs, J. W. if + *. |the traveling libraries, furnished by University and School Lands ate. This library is open to one. free of charge and anyone hing a good book to read need only call at the Farmer residence. | praries are changed from time to time ;so there is always something new. SERD CONFERENCE “ cig Se SEKS LOOSENING nee AY ictern af boon ereated by. Presiden wise. ()R MIXED GRADES Miemorializes Congress and. De- partment of Agriculture in Resolutions Devils Lake (afternoon and even- Following an all-day conference the offices of, Commissioner of Agi nh North Proximating $50,000, which would Dakota’s seed needs were discussed , leave available for investment in seed Towner (afternoon)—Woman, by Dr. Bolley, North Dakota’s state bonds only $194,000, of which the embers of the seed board has already pledged $200,000 to representatives of the railway commission and others, '$0ld Wednesday. Harvey (afternoon and evening)—| culture Hagan). during whi | Minot (all day and evening)—Daniel| resolutions were adopted ae ! evening urging upon congress andthe !and Williston (afternoon and evening)—| qepartment of agriculture the advis- > ability of loosening up on mixed se} | grades, especialy at primary marke’ in view of the fact that so me | ers will be unable to obtain p mixed seed this year, and sugs tt at points in Jowa.| seed and feed needed the state over tchell is taking a well-earned | could be obtained, inasmuch as re- mand will be gene for some! ports from many districts are stil in- | complete, The conferees approved a tad, our hustling mer-| bill now before congress appropriating {ehant, left. Saturday for a business/ six milion for the purchase ‘of pure -|'seed by the department of agriculture stad | to’be resold4o the farmer at cost, but aken s is store| they urged“that this appropriation be extended to mak® allowance for the 's meeting was held. at| Drive out constipation, promote ap- petite, improve: digestion, induce re- freshing sleep, get renewed strength bers, which will be turned into sweat-|and health. Hollister’s Rocky Moun- kelmets and wristlets for the sol-|tain Tea, nature's gift of wondrous Although Selfridge was slow|herbs.. Results guaranteed or money BRESLOWS. | ing for a transfer, 4 UA ining) 4 Satie ‘WAR-MAKING MACHINERY HELD 10 BE CONGLOMERATION OF AMBITIOUS AND SCATTERED AGENCIES BY WADSWORTH lack of coordination in the govern- ment’s activities. ~ Without detailing army conditions revealed by the military committee’s war committee, with which he said the country, .is<now fairly familiar, Senator Wadsworth . confined -himself largely to an. argument for the pro- { posed legislation for centralization of the war making agencies. President { Wilson cannot coordinate the agencies, he |. and with a long war in pros- pect, radical steps’ to unify the na- tion's efforts are necessary. LITTLE MONEY iN FUNDS. FOR BOND BUYING Board Already Is. Treading : on Narrow Margin MAY NOT INVEST ANY MORE The condition of the university and j school funds raises some question as to the adility of ‘the board of trustees | to make mahy.more purchases of seed and feed bonds, February 1 the cash ; On hand in all permanent funds to- taled $527,000. It is estimated that |cash from land sales wil lamount to $310,000 and that collections from counties in February and- March will | total $413,000, making an aggregate of $1,150,000 available .in March. Against this must be charged farm loan bonds unpaid, $86,000; Fargo school bonds, jf the issue voted by Gate City elec- tors yesterday is ‘purchased by the ate, $240,000; Grand Forks schoq! bonds, $80,000 and drainage bonds an- urleigh .county for its seed bonds The hoard of university and school is paying for its Liberty loan onds at the rate of $30,000 the month. mated receipts herewith noted are sed on returns for last year, which lieved will not be exceeded, if re equaled, this year. PLANS 10 SETTLE SAINT LOUIS CAR STRIKE ON TAPIS St Lonis, Mo., Fe). $.—Negotiations looking to a settlement of the ‘street car strike that has almost completely paralyzed traction transportation ‘in SE Tous since last Saturday began late Thursday after : Baan noon and contin: Business interests today pledged themselves to work for an increase in company revenues so it could pay higher wages, by urging the remission of municipal taxes. { . The company, -in. a _petition -filed with’ the. Public Service commission yesterday, sought an increase in rev- enue by increasing the fares or charg: t th 192 “hws o@ mari 1S Se