The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1918, Page 8

GOOD FARMING TO PROVE SELF THIS, SEASON Wheat Fields Showing Up Care- ful Preparation of Soil or the Lack of It CONDITIONS MUCH BETTER Remarkable Change Effected in Last Two Weeks by Timely Rains “This is a year whensgood farming will prove itself,’ said Postmaster Frank Reed this morning upon his re- turn from an auto tour through south ern burleigh and Emmons counties. “Krom Hazelton to Motfit the crops are very good,” said Mr. Reed, “In other sections there are many good tields, inion is that we will harv field than we believed possible two weeks Attorney Wesley I ing from an_ auto to Wibaux, Mont., and through the southwestern part of the state, found crops in fine shape in the Wibaux and Beach coun- trip try crops seemed badly and Bismarck were i lack of moisture. been two good wrought a remarkable improvement. Mr. Smith, who was accompanied by his wife, found the Red Trail in éxcel- lent shape. and drove trom Bismarck. to Wibaux with a Dodge car in ten hours, Throughout the western half of North Dakota recent rains have great- ly improved flax which for a time promised to be an almost complete failure. Fields which had shown no progress at all are now ‘coming up green and a majority of them are in blossom. More rain will be needed to carry this crop through, but the con- dition is not nearly so desperate as it appeared only a few days ago. Many pastures have been burned to a point where they are beyond redemption. and there will be a shortage of hay in many sections. An abundance of grass is reported on Standing Rock reservation, however. A great deal of wheat is very short, especially where it was disked into the stubble, a practice fortunately not common during the last spring, be- cause the early break-up gave a ma- jority of the farmers an opportunity to properly prepare their Jand. In most instances where wheat has sut- fered, the tip of the head has been seared, and the average of grain to tne stalk has been reduced at least a fifth, The recent rains, however, have helped to fill out the kernels which had developed and have im- proved the length of the straw. An average yield of seven bushels to the acre is generally predicted. At $2 the bushel, there will be more money in North Dakota’s prospective crop of 90,000,000 bushels than there was in the 159,000,000 bushels harvested in} 1915, when early saies were made around 76 cents. There has been no sign of rust in central and western North Dakota. Some fears of the scourge have been expressed in the Red River valley, but no actual dis- covery of the spores has been re- ported. Recent very hot weather in the central and western parts ‘of the state has again made rain an immed- iate necessity, but prospects for fre quent showers at this season of the year are good, and one or two more light rains probably will carry the crop over to t fair yield. Winter rye is generally light as to stand from Jamestown west, but the heads are well developed and will make a fair crop. There are some very good fields of barley, but ‘the acreage is small. The rye acreage will be the largest this section of the state ha sever. known. Conditions as to oats are decidedly spotty. Some uncommonly good fields are to be seen, and there are some. remarkably bad. ones. The crop generally has sut- fered from a lack of moisture at a time when it was needed. Corn has never looked thriftier at this time of the year, although recent cold weath- er has retarded it somewhat. The crop is certain to make good ensilage, even if the grain does not mature. and it. will fill a very pressing need for forage. BUY W. 82S. SOUTH DAKOTA WOMEN DO BIT Pierre, S. D., July 18—Are South Dakota women doing their share to win the war? The story of Rose Cacek of Belvidere, sems to be the answer. John Cacek left his farm near Bel- videre last year to enlist in the army. It was feared that his land could not be cultivated this year, but Rose, his 17-year-old sister, met the emergency. She has 75 acres of crops under cul- tivation. Some time ago Miss Cacek decided that she needed more horses. She broke a team of colts herself and they are performing valuable work. “Anything to win the war,” was the smiling comment of the young Somat when asked recently, to discuss r new work, DAKOTA BOYS AT CAMP DODGE IN FAMILY REUNION Camp Dodge, la.,-July 18.—The dig} the state. | snd the woods west of Rheims with the evident pu social room was filled last Saturday aight at “Y" 94, the occasion being the North Dakota reunion. One hun- dred’ and twenty-five men were pres- ent nearly every county of the state being represntd. Chaplain J. P. Jockinson and Prot. Hicks each gave short addresses. State Senator and Mrs. E. S. Neal were called upon tnd each responded iwth words of encouragement and good cheer for the Dakota boys. The finest event of the evening was the introduction plan suggested by the chairman, Mr. Wolf, in which, each North Dakotg boy present arose, his; name, his military unit and bahvae trae fom which he-came. By this-method-30-of the:boys discovered et se a BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE North and west of Glendive the |% burned, and at), that time the fields between Medora; .|Doard has decreed. On motion of At- one is on one of the towers {Simary ~ PROMOTED % i { i i | i i | i } | | GEN. CLARENCE C. WILLIAMS. Brig. Gen. Rogers has been promot: : ed to major general and named quar- | termaster general of the army. Brig. Gen. William: appointed chief of ordnance, also with the rank of major general. Poe ee a | | old friends and many lingered until late in the evening talking over old days and old friends. One boy found an old playmate whom he had noz} seen since they were school kids t gether in 1913. Three former teach- ers located former students. Stutsman and Dicky counties had the largest ‘delegations present, while Cass county as,usual made the most noise. At the close of the program a pic- 4ure was taken. The “Daks”’ also voted to meet again in two weeks, July 27, at 6:30 p.m. at “Y” building Ne 94. All North Dakotans take no- tice. BUY W, S. 8. STATE STARFS MUST TRAVEL FARMER STYLE Lid Put on Fancy Chair Cars and Pullman Seats . for Dakota’s Servants - ¢ Members and employes of North Da-| kota’s farm administration must travel} as the farmers do, the state auditing | torney General Langer, seconded by. Secretary of State Hall, the board has | instructed its secretary “@ call upon | the head of each department and in-| sist that its officers. and employes avoid parlor and sleeping. cars while traveling within’ the boundaries ot “Owing to the limited amounts ap:| propriated to the various departments | for traveling expenses, and because of the necessity for keeping state ex- penditures down to the lowest pos- sible minimum during the .war. it 18 imperative that; state officials and employes eliminate fancy trimmings when traveling at state expense,” said State Auditor Kositzky today. “So much traveling is done on the) state’s account that these extras ag- gregate hundreds of dollars every buy a seat in the Pullman when he starts out for a few hours’ journey, and there is no reason why we can- This photograph shows one of the 26 huge sirens which have been ‘installed in the | principal centers of Paris to warn of German attacks by airplane or long range gun. This sound and give the inhabitants plenty of time to seek shelter. 4 *| ALLIED OFFENSIVE STARTS ALONG | ridges on a five mile line from Ambleny to'St.. Pierre Aigle and | points of a mile and a mile‘and a half in places. German guard units was completely re : | i g P y pulsed. j people, and so as to return through | attack between Chateau Thierry and Soissons is.on’a considerable scale. The attack was believed to. be making good progress. ' July 16 is six miles, according to latest reports.: The French, the | ant strageti cmove by General Foch to counter the German blow |farther south on the Marne and toward Rheims. jwere merely for defensive ‘purposes to fortify the line against month. The average farmer does not|, of Notre Dame cathedral. They make a piercing, distinctive AISNE; HUN POSITION IS MENACED (Continued From Page One.) ‘ Ambleny, south of Fotoney, to Longpont, nearly eight miles farther south, was advanced and straightened. Before today’s attacks began the French held positions on were in strong entrenchments farther south. S MILE GAIN REPORTED — > Paris, July 18.—The French this morning’ delivered an attack along the line from the river Aisne as‘ far south as the region of Kelleau, a front of about 25 miles, and made progress at crate Early in the Marne movement prisoners taken in the advance began coming in. : The French last night stopped the Germans:in the face of violent attacks between the Marne and Rheims. On the northern point of the front of the attack is the town of Fontenoy, nearly a mile north of the river Aisne: + On the front beyond Rheims in the Vesle river an attack by} ON CONSIDERABLE SCALE a London, July 18.—News received in London indicates that the ‘ Advices this afternoon stated that the Germans had, made no furthee attack east of Rheims and that the French had regain 1 ground, " . ay the The Germans are reported to have made slight*progress north of St. Agnan in the district to Dormans, but their progress has| been slow. The maximum penetration of the French ‘line since | reports state, have recaptured Montzoisin, south ofthe Marne, at the point where the Germans advanced fartherest toward Epernay, and Chene-la-Reine to the west, and took as: well the heights. of those villages overlooking the Marne. - eS In the fighting north of the Marne the Italians have retaken the vilage of Clairizet, two miles northeast.of Bligny, the advices state. ech French Official Statement | Dik Fs This morning attacks represent what apparently:is an import- The sector in which the attack was launched includes a part of the front held by Americans. The American line extended east of Belleau wood and on'the north as far as Torcy, probably within two or three miles of the area mentioned... The Franco-American stroke seems to have made important initial progress, and if pushed farther, as it seems bound to be, the entire huge salient created by the Germans in their previous drive south of. the Aisne and. enlarged in their present offensive will be seriously endan- gered. It is along the line now attacked that the noted: series of operations, which immediately preceded thé ‘start of the offen- sive, was carried out by the French and Americans, according to a well-conceived plan of cooperation between the two forces. - : Marked Gain Made i Marked gains were made day by day in the region of Soissons and edging the forests of Villers Cotterets.: The Americans for their part, took possession of the entire Belleau wood, captured the village of Vaux, close to Chateau Thierry. and advanced their line notably to positions where their guns commanded the villages of Bouresches, Belleau and Torcy, along the Clignon river. Purely Defensive It was quite generally assumed at the time that these attacks renewal of possible German attacks. in: this region... There were hints there might be plans behind the aggressive action of the allies. ‘This point has been pointed to as'a possible lace ‘of stroke by General Foch, as its success would separate the Marne forces. It cannot be told as yet whether such.a broad objective has been determined upon by the commander-in-chief. ‘The possibil- ity that it is merely a diversion to draw off the German reserves from the Marne and Rheims front may be pointed to and further details of the operations and progress of the fighting will have to be awaited before definite purpose of the attack is developed. GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM #-Washington, D. C., July 18—Word that the French were striking the Germans on a 25-mile front below the Aisne sent a wave of enthusiasm through the war department today when the first bulletin came in. Every official‘accepted it that the long days of purely defensive operations are ended, and General Foch largely because of the millions of American soldiers rushed over- seas now is able to use objective tactics. -At,first glance and with- out any definite information, officials believed it an effort to relieve pressure on the front in France.” It t8,the first counter blow the allies have been able to deliver since operations began last March. ' It threatens the German flank on the whole eastern salient, where the enemy is pressing down the valley of the Marne of cut- ting off Rheims and forcing its evacuation. It: was ‘thégeht here on the face of earlier advices that the counter stroke was designed to draw ‘off German reserves. . [ ‘ STEELE CAVALRY | Mandan yesterday. conferring with the FOR M ANDANF. AIR Missouri Valley Agricultural associa- tion relative to the appearance ot the Steele cavalrymen at the annual Slope fair, to be held in September. The fair directors want the cavalry- men he eras an. attraction, and Capt. Ed Troop Which Made Big Hit in Bismarck to Show Again | How complete is the Nonpartisan “istration. LEAGUE SHOWS ITS CONTROL Unanimously Votes Down Reso- Jutions Rapping Socialis-." tie Party league’s control of republican party machinery in North Dakota was indi- cated when the Burleigh county re:| publican committee, made up with dne or two exceptions of leaguers, un- animously rejected a resolution intro- fluced by Attofney Theodore Koffel, precinctman at large trom bismarck. The / resolutions indirectly attacked socialism. and certain_ other things which the league has been accused of standing for. In a geueral way it pledged support: to the government) and endorsed the course of the‘admin- The only affirmative vote registered for the resolutions was sec- onded by their author. ‘The resolutions after renewing al- legiance to the principles of the re- Publican party and devotion to the cause. of republican institutions, af- firmed belief “in our self-contrened. representative democracy, which. is government of laws, not of-men, and} in which order iS the prerequisite of pregress;” and declared the conven- ion “unalterably opposed to the. prin- OVER COUNTY sagige Mer. an THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1918. do not bel that he ha RED CROSS IS wounded or captured until you are of- FIGHTING NEW |ticlally notified of the fact.” GERMAN RUMOR) Many persons with the best of in- | tentions, he added, start rumors by Minneapolis, Minif, July 18.—Red | expressing a belief that a certain sol- Cross volticiale. have inaneurared 4 aier may meet with misfortune, “As ;campaign to stamp out rumors that) ap ae p : American soldiers have been killed or | the story is repeated it is cnr wounded in France when Wi reality | upon until by the time it comes to the they are in good health and keeping] attention of the soldier's felatives his up the fight for democracy. Cogniz-) ance of the wide circulation of these) rumors was taken after many requests death has been stated as a fact,” Mr, Campbeil explained. “Sometimes it is just idle gossip; concerning the welfare of soldiers had} sometimes deliberate propaganda to been brought to the attention of of-|dishearten the mothers and friends of ficials. | the boys ‘over there.’ In ninety-nine Summing up the situation, Coler | cases out of-a hundred these casu- |Campbell, director of\ the bureau of | alty rumors are found to be utterly baseless.” ——— BUY W, 8, §——— military relief of the Nor ey div sion of the Red Cross declared: | “If you have a relative in France| Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. “\) NINN MAMA SY SAE NS The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per- QAM sonal supervision ‘cince its infancy. Allow no ore to ccccive you in this, ‘which tend to obstruct’ the prosecu- {state militia, organization, was inf ciples of socialism, and: communism as well as autocracy,” The resolutions pledged the: pre- cinctmen to “uphold and: support,,to! the utmost ‘the government of the United States and our armies in the struggle against autocracy and for organized democracy and:. parmanent peace; and to support. witb our: votes | and influence only such candidates for office as are loyal to the government; to encourage the support of war meas: ures taken by the government, and to) curb .all activities _ and utterances Drops and Soothing Syrups. tion of the war; to uphold and support | the integrity of the eléctioni: laws, against the secret prefixing of the ver: (dict at the polls by the promise of class legislation by any private. organ- The resolutions endorsed conserva: tion of natural resources; demanded the most rigid economy in the admin: istration of public affairs and a more equitable adjustment of taxes; urged @ modification of the seed and feed bonding act as passed by the special session of 1918, “so as ‘to reestablish the good credit of our state and its proper channels ‘the funds whieh would naturally, seek investment in this state.”. 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