The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 7, 1918, Page 8

AY GATojeo.2 i. TIMELY RAINS Leciapye: > AST IMPROVED ALL SMALL GRAINS Federal Reserve Bank Head Sees Prospect for Good Money Crops RUST TOO LATE TO HURT Appears in Some Sections, But Harm Is Past | te —) & | MONTHLY REPORT | | Of Crop. and Business Condi- | tions in the Ninth Federal Reserve District—John H. |; Rich, Chairman and Feder- al Reserve Agent x | ¢ nce Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 7.—-In Wis- consin, Minnesota and South Dakota the harvesting of a very large crop is in progress. Opportune rains in July have materially improved the condition of all small grains and » helped flax especially. While moré or} less hot weather wi not egpecially beneficial to the grain crops, no great amount of damage occurred, and it was a valuable help to corn,’ which has made unusual progress, and is at this date considerably further ad- vanced towaftd maturity than) in an average year. Late flax in central Minnesota and in other parts ot the eastern half of this district promises " to be a-very good crop. The harvesting of wheat is in prog- ress in South Dakota and southern Minnesota, and a little threshing has been done, Within ten days it is ex- pected that threshing will be quite general. Black rust has appeared in South Dakota and, some: parts of southern Minnesota, but has come too late toy do much harm. The western half of North Dakota benefited by rains during July, which improved the condition which exist- ed during the first part of the month. Opportune moisture helped the early grain to fill and was very valuable in assisting the’ development of the late sown grain, especially wheat and flax. Flax gives evidence of consid- erable improvement. On account of the’ very spotted condition, no gen- eral statement ps to the crop in west- ern North Dakota is ‘of much’ value. In.-evidence of the improvement,’ it may be stated that some fields which earlier in the month gave promise of not more than’ § bushels, are now rated at from 6 to 7, and that where rain was not.tgo severely hurt by ty weather at'an earlier date, it has revived and made; very substantial Progress which will, Fregult) in consid- erable, improvement and in a yield over that expected during the first nalf of July. ~ It_will- probably prove ‘true , that western, North Dakota will havest a considerable amount of grain, which, when the present high prices are con- sidered,. will represent a money, re- turn that would ordinarily bé consid- ered very fair, | - In Montana, as well as in western | North Dakota, raing have greatly im- | proved the ‘feed ssit uation and helped | ‘dut the pastures. Moisture came too late \to save ‘the™~crop in northern @ontana or to make muck improve- | ment jin the outlook. The central counties of the ‘state and the valley-| and irrigated dfstricts are in good | Shape and -will harvest good crops. In the’ eastern end of the Yellow-: stone valley and the easter and north- ern sides of the Judith Basin, and the northern portion of the state he- tween’ Sheridan county and the Rocky mountains, is included the area which has suffered most and in which most ofthe damage has occurréd. In the section thus- outlined crops will be poor and in some cases, very. poor. ‘ ‘July brought ‘no change in the ac- tive demand on country banks, and'| ; the consequent: heavy call upon city correspondents: Large amounts of money haye been/sent into the coun- try to meet the cost of current agri- cultural operations, and the flow will continue until late September, when the marketing .of . the crop begins. Currency’ shipments during the next 60 days are likely to be heavy, due to the larger amounts of money re- quired ‘this year to handle’ the crop- Intefest rates maintain approximate- ly the same level as before and are very firm. Business conditions ‘show no ae of consequence. “Trade in both whole- sale and retail lines is’ good and the people appear to have plenty of money to spend, for ‘the things they want. It is noticeably true that the war has not appreciably ‘curtailed the volume of business of concerns engaged in the merchandising of the less meces- sary articles and luxuries.: Jewelry | concerns -are doing a good business and, except for conditions within’ the trade, the automobile ‘housés are sell- ing cars wuch as usual: The curtailment of purchases by a part of the population ‘have so far heen offset\by the increased purchas- | ing power of another element which | has benefited by unusually favorable wage rates and by. the very heavy de- ‘mand for every ‘kind and variety of skilleg competent labor. } In the meantime, there is a distinct movement’ toward the restriction of credit for non-essentials. There is no universal test that_will disclose what | is essential and what is non-essen- tial, but it {s clear, as’ the problem og government financing is carefully studied, that the ability of the United States to meet: future demands that will result. from the continuation of teh war will be largely proportionate to its ability to: save and that the saving habit ‘must be very much more widely adopted by the people. Banks , ; Generally are: giving. serious consid- eration to their part yn preparing foy future war demands ‘and it is like! that borrowing with the expectation of renewing will be curtailed. The government is taking the position that ‘the public can very well get along ‘without new. parks, new public build- Litas ppt ithe reclamation of ad- fond! arable land and similar \en- terprises until the close of the war, and ‘it is only through the app! bettie | pe. SSS BY PAUL PURMAN. Few years have given the trotting which are gracing the Grand Cireuty tracks this year. The two-year-old events on ie big ring so far have shown some evidence of extreme speed by the younger trot- ters and some of the two-year-old classics have produced some’ young- sters who should be among record- breakers in the next year or. So. « One of the most sensational per- formers of the year is the Peter the Gréat colt, Brusiloff, which recently won in straight heats at Toledo in 2.12 1-4 and 2.08 4-4, the latter mile one o€ the fastest second heats eve} trotted by a two-year-old in a race, and the’ fastest two-yearold mark of the year. Periscope, a stable: mate of Brusiloff, of. these principles to the’more com- mon and ordinary. transactions\of the people, that the banks are beginning to realize that credit restrictions must go far beyond the question of public financing and eventually: reach the financial operations of the individual. It is a logical conclusion that only that form of borrewing is justifiable which relates to maintaining neces- sary busin and. agricultural pro- duction in and sound: shape or ‘is required to obviate a direct and pos- itive menace’ to the health and. wel- rectly of indirettly to the prosecu- tion of the war. Speculative enter- prises can wait until ‘the close of the war. Borrowing for rmanent. in- vestment can also wait. It: will do no, harm if every inated takes a per- sonal’ interest ‘in’ conserving credit, funds, labor and material, and sub- jects his own expenditures to an in- quiry as to how necessary they are to the successful prosecution of the NEW BUY W, 8. 6. RULINGS COVER HIDES Government Tells ‘Condition in Which Skins.Must Be Marketed ay ’ N. D., have received from, the region- al‘ director, the government regula- | dons for handling hides, together with an article written -by the regional di- rector, as follows: Government officials at Washington | have made the following regulations: Butchers and small dealers" who have been in the practice of vatting or’ salting, hides im water-tight con- tainers must discontinue this practice at once, Hides must; not be purchas- ed when in this condition. Hides must fare of the public or contributes di-| LOK! Glahoie 1 game the fine array of youngsters |, .|thé standard -up equal to the large i i | | | | | | | | H. G- Grove & Co., of Bismarck,!emy. submarine late yesterday the jner’in their befng prepared for mar- U. 8. GRAFT |The crew, Which took to their boats jHRGY ZosTs, ? t has been’ a mile in 2:10.1-{ in a race this year and was not fully extention) in making this, time. | Princess Etewah is another promis. ing two-year-old of the year. She} finished at Brusiloff's sulkey in his | fast heats at Toledo and has worked} & mile-in'2709\14- ° my condition. that all drainage and moist-} ure will run off. The practice of | selling hifles all around at one price, | or at\ w flat basis, must be discon- | tinued. Hides must be sold on their merlig| that ‘is, No. 1’s at No. 1 price; No.’.2’s at No. 2 price. The object of ‘these rules and regulations are to bring up; the ‘standard of: ordinary ' butcher hides to the relative merits of large! packer hides. Butchers are cautioned | to use extraordinary care in skinning | hides, as there» js an enormoys waste | annually in the ‘poor, quality’ of ordi- nary butcher hides- This can easily be remedied by being more careful in preparing hides for market. At the| Present time the government demands . for, good-hides are enormous, and ‘only a small percentage af butcher; hides | ‘can ‘be uséd, at the present, time, on | account of the poor take-off and man-j ket. The government aims to bring packers, who. realize Telatively high- er prices for their hides on account of the’ careful manner in which they are) prepared fro market. © Buy w. «4s \ SUNK BY SUB: Washington, Aug. 7 The Diamond | Shoals light. ship at Cape Hatter-s, N.C, was shelled and sunk by an en- ‘navy department was informed today. have rédched shore safely. The sub. marine. came .within half a mile ofj¢ shore, according: to the brief) report which has Feaohed the: naval:,depart- ment. ‘ “UY W. 8. 8, Peacocks in the is Ambdng the natural products of the land” of. ‘Tarshish which’, Solomon's fleet brought to Jerusalem, mention fs be salted, spread ‘out flat in such a| Chronicles ix:21), SOUTH AMERICA IN’ WAR.’ All but five nations in South and Central America—Chile, nge;—new highways, few irrigation | Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela and Dutch Guiana—are either at war with Germany or have broken off relations with: the, Huns. The-nations in black on the map have declared’ war; those shaded have broken diplomatic relations, Lace ae made of peacocks (I Kings x 22 andl One of the isurptlees of the season may’ be the Anvil-Dadie Archdale colt, Wiki Wiki. This -youngster. has: no mark and has not; started-in @ race, but it is gossip among the Grand Circuit raii- birds that he,;his been several miles | under 2:10 im Sie STUDENT ARMY. CORPS PLANNED IN THIS STATE Several Colleges id Universities ‘to Coopera ewith the vel aes will Be .Given: ~ Prbpare Them for Py Service AL confareli alled” by \President Thomas Kane of the: University was held this week in’ Bismarck to con- sider the’ matter ‘of <sttidents’ army corps ‘in’ ‘the colleges of: the: state. Thoss present at the conference were President, T. Kane, President Ladd; of | |the Agricultural college, President B. H. Kroeze, of Jamestown. collége; and Dean Vowles of i Fargo. college. ‘It was decided to immediately enter upon a large publicity. campaign in com- pliance with the request. of the gov- ernment. saci ‘The plan ‘of '* the ‘students’, army corps is as follows: All, young men above’18 years of age can enlist ‘in the. Students’, -army, Corps and at: the same time go: to dpllege: ‘They. will have. the ‘same standing aS regular soldiers in the ‘America: narmy: | The Boyernment, will furnish them with uniforms, hats, shoes. and guns;/gnd they will. be ‘under ‘Regular drill ¢by an army officer detailed for that pur- pose by the‘government, These: stu- dent soldiers..would be subject#to call as the government wonld need ‘them. They. would simply be on furlqugh, as it were,’ but in the summer. they. ‘would drill in @'summer.¢amp for six weeks with the pay of privates. This: plan is intended to give young men’an op- portunity to prepare-in.a military way while they are* taking aes college: Widow Preferred to - Meet Death-at Home “For many. years J suifered’ from stomach trowble., -AN-me doctors 1 tried helped me butiittle. “/All’ said 1 would have to go to’a hospital and be operated .on for: gallstones or I would not live much longer. 1 told) them: I preferred toméet death! at home. One’ day 7f picked up an’ ad-|' vertisement of ‘Mayr’a.’ Wonderful Remedy and ‘since taking a’ course of it more than -a year ago have not had’ a single pein'’in my) stomach, have good appetité and can: eat ‘anything. It is ‘a si Ie, harmless preparation that removes”. ‘the catarrhal mucus from ‘the, intestinal, tract and. allays |: the inflammation which causes prac- tically afl-stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money: refunded. ‘| gaye! ‘important, thing {s to ensure that the AELTRE POUGOUE), 2 PREL MeN qorEie course, In the/call of the conference the ‘American’ ‘Council“on Education “Every, president of a college, tech ical’ school and other ‘institutions of higher learning, together with rep- repentatives 0: secondary » schools, should: first be called to a conference in: each state. , Lists of schools: should repared and if practicable the ad- dregses of students already in col’ lege, and such students now in pre- paratory schools. should be -encourag- ed to continue their education. © The right men+shall finish their prepar- day youth will thus be mobilized f for mill. tary service, and at the same time young men will be encouraged to go to, college, ‘This conference’ held in Bismarck determined to respond to the appeal of the government to ac- quaint every citizen with the import- ance of the plan’ and urge all, par- ents and young mén, to respond loy- ally to this new. army organization. Jamestown College in this plan will Nkély be grouped with Fargo college inthe services of a trained army of- ficer, who will conduct. ‘the drill’ and ing camp, ag well ag a college campus. All’ persons iuterested in this very significant step; on the part of the government can’ obtain turther infor- mation by, addressing’ President B, H. Kroeze, Jamestown collegefl A de- geriptive circular explaining -in ‘de- tail’.the whole :plan. is\ ‘now being printed and: a’ copy will (gladly be mailed upon request. BUY We » Don't let’ your childrer Sutter. It they are fretful, peevi puny, or ross, give them Holi er’ 8) Rocky. Mountain Tea—a harmless but ‘sure ‘SHatment for active service of thoze ~}brain force of the ‘state among ‘our. Advertise! Head of Great Store in London Sys army instruction: atory studies, gO to. college, and stay there until they complete their’ courg- es unless, sooner called *¥bto active service by the government.) The ob- ject\is ‘to prevent the premature en- men who could, by extending the per!- od of their college training, multiply manifold ‘their value to the coungry. If the need arises for the /services of those'men in the fighting line, the terms of their enlistment are such that they can be called by the presi- dent on a day’s notice, but it will be the policy of the government to keep ithem in training until their draft age is reached.” By this plan every. advantage is ob- tained from regular enlistment in the national army. Each student. soldier would be a member of the ‘hational army, he would be under enlistment while under training.1n college, and subject to immediate call to: active service as the president, would indi- cate as the needs arise. The whole Rapids, Mich. * lege campus will be a military. train Mr. M. VanBuren, Engineer, R. & 1, 17-Highland St. Grand| 1 Te Chlsira cnet laxative for children, 35¢.’ Breslow's. PERUNA Entirely Free from © ’ Catarrh of the Stomach . “Periina has positively done for me what many doctors failed ‘to do, ‘I have ‘been’ time’ and again compelled to take tomy bed ‘tot days. The first. bottle of Peruna * gave relief and while I always! keep ft: in ‘the Gola i emerg- encies, # cons -myself ‘entirely, free from gatarrh of: Ne stomach, the trauble from which I suffered Gl] for so long before taks Lf this, rem- edy” guiquid or tablet form at dealers, Bottle of Gave Relief fe writes cess. He is the merchant who kept right on advertiaing fy 8 P cy spitoR's Nore-—Thig article iva reprint from ant Chicago Tribune of July VW, \ | interview accorded Charles N. Wheeler, the Tribune's: London correspondent by Harry Gordon Selfridge. 4 Selfridge is ak American ich introduced the Yankee’ Department store to Londoners aid achieved brillant, suc- “Ite the Feaull of an Afr. 918. and growing despite the war achile many af his leompet- p itors faltered and failed. Rend achat Mr. Selfridge has to say for OLGA aid then pass along. the Ideas of | thia dyed-in-the-wwool, war-time merehant to ‘your. clients. vw f oh A Reprint from the Chicago Tribune. On Aug..5, 1914, the day after war was de- clared, I increased our advertising space. , From that day T have been buying all the advertising space available. 1 would do more saverasing today if I could get the space. “We are limited only by the limitations of the newspapers. We are taking right now ev- ery inch they will’ give us and at rates that would make us in the States turn somersaults and fall over! backwards. “I am paying at the rate of $1 per agate ‘line for display space right now. I will take more space if they will give it to me—and at that rate. I probably will pay more before the war is ove@ But I will take all they’ willgive: “The first four months of this year have been the biggest four mont 8 in our higtory.. . This growth has come because we have forced it. At the beginning-of this year we were the six- ‘teenth largest house of the‘kind in the world. At the end of this year we will he the sixth. ing is-completed we will be'first: : ‘. "Ads Shatter Traditions. © “A big factor—a very. big factor—in this record’ hasbeen and will continue’to be news- paper advertising. We never'copld have broken through these traditions over here withott. it: We had to use all we could to break down preju- dices. We, made people stop, look and listen. Then the store itself did the rest, ; “We now talk to millions of people every day through our advertising columns, and they: be-, \lieve'in us, trust us, respond to: that advertis-" ing quickly and continue to be our customers in all kinds of weather. The’ large business enterprise that. is not going the limit in adver- tising just now is making a huge mistake. Wek “Now, more than at’ any other time, it is necessary to push the display advertising: If retrenchments appear necessary they should be made in every other. department it the, pub- licity. one—the newspaper advertising one. These prices they are soaking us now for space are simply awful—but Vil take mone ‘space if they will give it to me.” i ss «American Store in Tondon hint Thé foregoing statement was-made by Harry Gordon Selfridge, I dropped in iat the Oxford street store the other day to have a chat on business and the effect the war wag having on * great mercantile establishments of} this: ehar- acter., People here refer to the Selfridge store ‘as the “miracle store” and ithe “brilliant busi- ness romance.’ 4 The store has had ‘a truly brilliant career. Mr. Selfridge erhigved wil allhis. friends and all London told hith impressively ‘was_impossi- , ble—the setardishmeney in the heart jof London’s _ great drapery’district of 'a typical American department store of huge size. They told him —and proved it to him to their. satisfaction— that he would Jose every dollar he’ intended / putting into it. They endeayored by every kind of dissuasion' to have him ‘see the light and return to, America before he had to borrow the price’ of a steerage ticket. Advertising Is Secret Today they still marvel. stand it. . Perhaps if Mr. answer why he fooled everybody and made him- self the’ merchant prince. of London in a few years, and had to com} eee |hia answer into one rord, ‘he might truthfully reply: * WAdvertising. ay , That is,'it was the judicious nd intelligent publicity that brought the atore to the people of London. ‘His greatest task was: to get in ‘touch with the puree public, He found\a stone-wall of tradition opposing him. Innova- bet ticularly from’ America made no’ ap- en he turned on London a searchlight ie iesaher advertising that stands in the rec- ,ordione of the most expensive and brilliant pages in, mercantile publicity, * | Investa, Huge Sums bg esate | money as if he had the Bank of England back of him. ' He realized that the London populace might : ‘not gasp in won- derment ata small advertisement extollin, ae e had-to do something on 4 big scale, and some-, can’t under- hing; ot above all else, that would compel atten- He knew that Londoners have a weakness for rage Londoner. will waste half his time ie down the Strand—or improve it— Within two years after the new store ‘build ‘ Selfridge were’ to « stopping to view the crayons and water colors and sketches in the shop: windows..: _A beauti- ful picture, ‘an artistic \drawing,,a. clever car- toon, will get an audience any time‘in: old Lon-.- don tov.’ So Selfridge started out to do zome- thing big in the ‘artistic line. mt He ascertained the. names of the tending black:and white artists of the English capital. He got in touch with the foremost artists of the day—the men’ who made Punch, and’ the Graphic, and. the-Illustrated. News, and. other great illustrated periodicals famous the world over. He got in. touch with other artists. Then he set them to turning out the finest drawi gs they were capable of. 4 London “Pals” London‘fell. Lorfdon, though not:fi a hntry about it, casually dropped ‘around Oxford’ ‘way. , -if that happened to be between any’ two: po nts. to be visited: that, day.’, Many, .no Goubte came’ - to‘scoff,; but remained—to. pay. Like: wi keys’ following a‘ trail of ‘corn to were'shy and walked. around a good venturing: in. ; But once they rentiped the oid American department store'system. scorad— ering the goods, dollar for dollar; quality. service .courte- ous treatment} making. every. word ‘good ;' every line of the advertisement: a solemn ontrack: be- <tween: the store and ‘the purchaser? comers with a émile when it was) ‘reques eee to showigoods ; whether ‘purchasging ‘or | welcome: as the sunshine ya ‘cordial welcome on every foot of the floor space ome again’ smile: tHat was on the square and not @ lure; the building up of that big’ family. apirit ‘of mutual helpfulness, and understanding, and sympathy; and the ‘quality of the wares that: spoke most eloquently in service, : Buyers Crowd. Stores. : Today the drawings of the artists who: made London stop and look’ at, “the Selfridge ads are’ shown in’the art stores. Copies are’ ‘sent to all ‘quarters of the World. And after confidence i in the store was firmly established there. further need of ‘the artists. ‘The Bee adver? tisements of wares were all'sufficienti And. the” more Selfridge piled his money into. page:.ads thé greater became the volume of business and the larger the Selfridge: family,-of “buyers.” There was another little stunt in-applied psy- chology that won out big. . The Selfridge wise- men realized that. London couldn’t. get out of bed and enjoy, a breakfast mee the “leader” article in’ the morning newspa; ae So. Self- ridge copyrighted a byline: “B. Callisthenes.” And, Callisthenes began , writing. * leaders.” 3 “Leaders” for Five (earg : M For five’years these ‘leaders’ haye beoh ap- pearing in the Evening Standard, ‘Pall Mall’ Ga- zette, Westminster Gazette, and Globe. At the head of the codlumn for these five years has ap- pheited a little editor’s' note, réadnig aa follows: *Note—This column is. occupies avery. day by an article reflecting the policies, iples ‘and ‘opinions of this i i of: e88 ‘upon Vari- ous ppints of public interest. ; Selfridge & Co:, Ltd.” These ‘“teaders,”. brilliantly. wr ; , were paid for at special advertising ples and they were “some” rates.’ London) will Tead. a: bril- liant article’ on any rap just as London will praisé a poem if it is ‘up to;their standard — of brilliancy, regardless of Heute treated. | They will'stick for form. ©. "Rivals Finally Wake Up. be, Selfridge has’ taught - London’ that: there is _nothing commonplace or unworthy in advertis- ing and publicity. He has made it pay big, and has’ dignified it He has outatrigpes those -in the same business who frowned on the “vulgar” Tine® of exploiting one’s wares through adver- tising. Now all London is trying to ¢atch up with him—and there is little advertising andce to be had by the laggards, owing to war econo= | mies. Selfridge has the\cream of it, Of present/ conditions Mr. Selfridge nays: j “The business man who falls to realize that right now—in war time—he,should drive ahead with his advertising at greater speed'than ever before has overlooked a golden opportunity. : At no time in the history of our ‘business here has advertising pai lai ti oe My only “ae is aT ay at