The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1920, Page 1

| me THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE! THE WEATHER | Unsettled LAST EDITION ‘i Z 8, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS POLISH NATION q THIRTY-NINTH YEAR ( : ae Nee | RIGHTPLAYERS |= =SS0C LYNCH MEN FOR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, JULY 100,000 WORKERS NOW ENGAGED IN DIRECTS WAR "PALL FOR PLAY | [occ FOR GOLF CUP Sixteen Qualified in Qualifying Rounds and Eight Remain, |" to Play FOUR LOCAL MEN COMPETE Women Complete Semi-Final Matches in Championship Flight Duting Day When the: first round of the men's golf championship. flight had- been finished at the Country. club this af-| ternoon, eight of the sixteen players who qualified for the championship play, remained in the running. Three Bismarck players, two Fargo, two Dickinson and one Minot man re- mained in the running for the state championship. ‘R. F> Smith, of Minot, set a new record'for the Bismarck Country club today when he covered the nine hole course in 35: The for- mer record was 36. . Results of Matches The results of today’s matches fol- lows: C. B, Little, Bismarck defeated J. W. Hintgen, Bismarck 1 up. necessary for these contestants to play 20 holies to decide their match.| E. B. Cox. Bismarck defeated W. J. Lowe, Dickinson 6 up. 5 to go. A. 5S. Bolster, Bismarck defeated L. E. Bird- sell 5-4, C. E..Bristol, Fargo defeated C. E. Stackhouse, Bismarck 3-2. R. It wasj BUSINESS | ing to the Republican party, do they? | Senator Kenyon asked, “JOINING G0. WITNESS SAYS Southern Colored Republican Declares Men “Disappear” Who Vote for Republicans © SAYS GREAT SUMS SPENT Tells How Money Was Used jin Pre-Convertion Campaign; Wood Fund is Explained Chicago, July 8——Negroes who, vot- ed the. Republican ticket in Georgia have “disappeared” and have never been heard of again, Henry L. John- son, Republican national committee- m told the senate committee in- vestigating campaign expenditors to- day. The committee was inquiring into the use of money in the south. “They don’t lynch men for belong- “Oh yes, they do,” Johnson replied, “many a negro voting the Republican ticket has disappeared and no tidings have ever been heard 6f him.” In Dublin, Ga., during the pre-con- vention campaign there “was wild use of money,” the witness asserted. ‘1 spent only $150 there,” he explained, “but the other fellows spent more SEES SE HARVEST. OF WHEAT Washington, July A land army of 100,000 farm’ han ruited and organized by the*department of agri- culture is’ moving» northward across the western wheat belt, harvesting the nation’s wheat crop in better time than many years, ‘according the farm labor department of the depart- ment of agriculture. “Fo the first time in years, farmers have not been handicapped by labor shortage,” Director Taylor, of the farm “bureau said Attracted y a wage of >/ for a 10-hour day, thon- sands of workers. from Atlantic and Allengheny regions have gone west of the Mississippi river to join the har- vest ‘drive, according to department othcials. * \ a5 RIOUS ‘RESULTS FROM ‘GAR HANDICAP Minneapolis Grain Dealer Sounds Note of Warning to Pro- ducers to Prepare Minneapolis, July July °.—Terminal grain interests have exhausted every, possible means to meet the problems of handling grain and with serious Beresina in strong force near Nano-| vice, U,. marketing ‘problems forecast for the fall it behooves the producers, who) will be the chief sufferers, to take ac-! tion in final recourse in obtaining an ‘after several fruitless attempts, have CALLED TO ARMS — TOFIGHT REDS Council of Defense Issues Mani- _ festo) Asking All Able-bod- ied Men to Report RUSSIAN TROOPS ADVANCE Polish Official Statement Ad- mits River Crossing and Reds Claim Big Victory- \ Warsaw, (Wednesday by the A. P.) Volunteers for immediate service! against the advancing Bolshevik forces are called for by the Poligh national counsel of defense in a mani-| festo just published. Besides calling, the able bodied men to arms the manifesto urges men un) fit for active service to register in) order to relieve office men for duty at the front. *The document, which bears the sig- nature of Pres. Pilsudski, declares the struggle is, a fight against Bol-j shevism rather than against Russia.} CROSS RIVER : Warsaw, July 8—Bolshevik troops, staged an effective crossing of the sialki, southeast of Borisov, about 50/1 miles north of Minsk, it was an- nounced’ in today’s Polish official communque. | Ross, formerly of Louisville, Ky., has been made ¢ for, the ma yemployes who are being dropped from the payroll in the curtailment of ex: penses. rector of welfare ser- S. war department. She is now engaged in. finding employment iy former war department BEA von COUNTRY WON'T SUFFER WHILE WEST PRODUCES Crop Conditions Throughout Middle West Reported to be Improved LACK OF LABOR HINDERS Wheat Harvesting Now Under Way in Southern Part of Great Wheat Belt , Chicago, July 84—Marked improve- ment in the principal food crops of the middle west has been reported in the' last few weeks, in contrast to un- favorable prospects earlier in the sea- son which gave rise to some alarm. “There is no danger that the country will starve this year,’ ’is the comment that J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, made on reviewing the situation. President Howard reported that the corn prospect was now very fair and that wheat was really better. Corn production promised to be a little un- der normal, but it was well cultivated and clean. and, would turn out well with good weather in July and August. While the wheat crop would not be normal,"the crop condition was very fair. As against a lighter acreage there was a heavy carry over. Mr. Howard estimated that 30 per cent of last_ year’s wheat remained on Kan- than $2,000. € “The ‘other fellows,’" he said, “were the representatives of Maj. General Leonard Wood, while I. was working ‘SMASH FORWARD Lonfon, July 8.—The Russian Bol- whevik forces have smashed their: adequate car/supply. Tis note was sounded today by S. B. Wells, of Minneapoys, chairman of F, Smith,.Minot. defeated H. H. Wool-; edge, Fargo 98. Mr. Smith estab- lished the new record in thig match. | sas farms: today. In: Kansas and Ok- lahoma a better wheat crop than last year is expected. KATHERINE FORCE, the general grain*committee of the AUTO MECHANIC lu, J: Stranahan, Fargo defeated J.| yay york. — aa ine ae ’ # ‘i 4 . way forward on the southern flank 'y short Mandig, Dickinson 32, R. Ramsbot:! pore sister of Mrs, Wiliam fe Dicks | 227, MIS AF national . committes-| United “States, who returned from! or the Polish front and. Soviet. Rus iaprovament: Me. HopArEaM tom. Fargo defeated C. W. Nichols,| wi oce first husband, John Jacob As.|™2™ - Chicago this morning trom a confer-! sia claims success in a series of bat- Crops are reported late. 5 Bismarck 3-2...Wm. Kostelecky, Dick-| (1° "vas killed in the wreak of the : _, Spent $60,000. i ence of dealers in grain and grain {les near Staro-Konstantinot. toward j North Dakota sends ‘word’ of better inson defeated S. L. Sheldon, Fargo 1 Titanic has ebandoned TG eaniaes ot| Asked if Wood's aupporters bought products from all. sections of the which town they are driving the Poles, \ crop conditions than for several year: up. It was necessary for these gen! or ee a sla ad howe cs nities | Gclesates Johnson said he didn’,! country. according to a Bolshevik official state- os Reports from various stat x he tlemen to play’the 19th hole to’deter-; 2¢7 "ons "sian ening on ane "© | know ‘but they passed out plenty ol! He spoke today at the annual meet-' ment by wireless. Oana BONA a states in the mine the victor. ih. helseynirt OF Dastners 1h, NS. 18! money) ing of the Tri-state Grain Shippers’| Soviet forces have reached Lipit- ( AR AND GIRL ty tap tees aang Local Lady Defeated In ‘the semi-fianls of the women’s championship Mrs. A. D. Heaton, of Dickinson, defeated Mrs. S. D. Cook of Bismarck, Mrs. Heaton will play in the finals for the state title. The second matches of the second and third flights and the first matches of the defeated eights were also being played this afternoon. The mens’ qualifying rounds ended yesterday. From the-forty entries 16 qualified to play for the championship. They are: J. W. Hintgen, Bismarck, who carried off the honors yesterday With a score of 170 om @ 36 hole round. F. B. Vox, Bismarek 180, A. S. Bolster Bismarck 182, L. E,Birdsell Bismarck 191, C. B. Little Bismarck 188, C. F. Bristol Fargo 176,\H. H. Wooledze} | Fargo.189, R. Ramsbottom Fargo 186, S. L. Sheldon Fargo 190, Wm. Kos- telecky Dickinson 178, J. Mandig Dick- inson 181, R. F. Smith Minot 172, E. C. Stackhouse Bismarck 189, L. J. Stranahan Fargo 191, C. Nichols Bis- morek 12, and W. J. Lowe Kenmare 190. ‘These men will compete for the state champonship beginning today. The drawing for the first round ‘were: J. W. Hintgen vs. C. B. Little. ‘F. B. Cox vs. W. J. Lowe. Ju: E. Birdstell vs. A. S. Bolster. C. E. Bristol vs. C, E. Stackhouse. J. Mandig .vs. L. J. Stranahan. R. Ramsbottom vs. C. Nichols. Wn. Kostelecky vs. 8. L. Sheldon. The scores yesterday were very gvod considering the bad wind the players were forced to drive against. Local Women Win The winners in the women’s champ- ionship yesterday were Mrs. S. D. Cook and Mrs. E. H. L. Vesperman of this city, Mrs. A. D. Keaton of Dick. inson and Mrs. W. H. Magill of Fargo. These women will play in the semi- finals today. Mrs. Cook is matched tu meet Mrs. Heaton while Mrs. Vesper- man and Mrs. Magill will clash. A second flight tournament has been arranged for those men who failed to _ qualify in the championship flight. All those who .failed to score as low as 192 will compete in this ‘tourna- ment. The drawings for this meet are: Krdahl vs. Tilloston. E. Gross vs. Thomas. Magill vs. Critchfield. e L. Kostelecky vs. Wemark. Barnard vs. Knudson. Hunter ys. Roquette. , \Heaton vs. Kieth. Gilman vs. Rawlings. These matches are also in’/progress today. : Yesterday’s Score The score made by each contestant yesterday in the qualifying rounds follows: 4. Kostelecky, 198; C. B. Little, 188; J. L. B. Thomas, 214; C. Nichols, 192; B.Tilloston, 202; F.‘Ramsbottom, 186; H. H. Wooledge, 189; L. Birdsell, 191; S. L. Sheldon, 190; Guy Hunter, 197; F. B. Cox, 180; L. Kudson, 204; L. H. Gross, 196; W. J. Lowe, 190; Wm. Kostelecky, 178; Chas. E. Bristol, 176; L. J..Stranahan, 191; A. S. Bolster, 182; H. S. Barnard, 195; A. D. Heaton, 202; L. R. Critch- field, 218; A. Erdahl, 192; M. R. Keith, ~ 234; G. A. Rawlings, 214; C. E. Stack- house, 189; J. Mandig, 181; Jack Hint- gen, 170; Ray Smith, 172; W. B. Gil- (Continued on Page Bight) WILSON TO CALL LEAGUE MEETING London, July 8.—Wilson has accept- ed the invitation of-the léague of n:-}. tions to call a meeting of the assem- bly of the teague early in November, it was announced in the house of commons today. RACING SEASON ON Fargo, July 8.—Harness horses in the Grain Belt circuit are making | the usual round of state and county fairs, with better animals than usual showing. During the past two weeks | the racing game has been hard h by wet weather, which has slowed ub the tracks and in some instances caused ‘postponement of three day meets. Z 196; C. C. McLean.) ditions at lake ports and at the mines, a real estate broker and her special- {ty is the sale of apartment houses. VOTERS SLIGHT “HEN BELOW THE - HEAD OR TICKET Run True to Form in Primary, Records Show; Men Lowest on Ballot Getting Least Voters ran\true to form insthe prim- jary in casting Yess votes for the men, i below thé first few places on the ticket. 4 Records of the secretary of state’s ;Cffice show that, in all elections the | candidates below the head of the tick- jet are slighted. | “The usual percentage figured,” said | Thomas Hall, secretafy of state today, |“is that the man five places down on | the ballot will r ve 7 per cent votes | less than the head of the ticket; the) {men about half-way down will receive {40 per cent less and the men from the tenth to the last place will receive in | some cases 14 per cent less votes than {the head of the ticket. | This percentage is found to obtain generally in Nebraska, Iowa and oth- states which may be compared to orth Dakota in elections. It also is trye in about the same ratio in most states.” COAL SHORTAGE —TSDISOUSSED { St. Paul, July 8.—Representatives of civic organizations in Duluth, Min- reapolis and StyPaul, members of the | railroad and Warehouse commission, | Senator Knute-Nelson and others con- jed coal shortage in the northwest next ‘ation. Plans«for.averting a threaten- , edcoalshortage in the northwest next winter will be taken up. , O. P. .B.. Jacobson, member of the commision, said that he has’ made a | comprehensive investigation of con- besides interviewing various’ officials} at Washington on the subject. His information, he said, will be présented at the meeting tomorrow. ‘STATE BUYS SIX. : | LOTSIN MANDAN} | The state has purchased six twenty- | five foot lots in the Mead’s addition | in Mandan for the Home Builders’ as- sociation. No announcement was made as to when the state expects to start building houses, whether the houses will be built on 25 or 50 foot lots. * YOUTH IS GIVEN © ‘LIFE IN’ PRISON Chicago, July 8.+Henry Selhoser, ged 29, was sentenced to prison for life when he’ pleaded guilty to at- tacking a woman in her home/ He threw himself on the mercy of the court, asking a suspdnded sentence. Judge Hugo Palm rejected the plea and insisted the maximum sentence. HEAVY TAXES Paris, July 8—The new taxes being voted by parliament will bring the revenues of the French government sup to about 23,000,000,000 francs a year, according to expert estimates. Johnson \deciared that backers of Gen. Wood spent around $60,000 in Georgia while the Lowden supporters spent only $20,000. . ,Clark L. Grier, former postmaster at Augusta, Ga., was the pay-off man for the Wood people, he said, adding that Grier worked under direct ord- ers from ‘Frank Hitchcock, former postmaster general and Wood man- ager, he said. ~~ Democrats Also . Democrats paid from $5. to $5,000 in. Georgia for votes this year and gen- erally spent more money than the Republicans, he said. ey “Not one cent given to me was giv- en any delegate to the Republican national convention,” he said, ‘‘add- ing that he received $9,000 from Illi- nois but not from Gov. Lowden him- self. i \ One million. dollars, with which to further| the campaign of Major General ‘Leonard ‘Wood for the Republican candidate (for _ presi- dent was underwritten by a group of New York \men,a year ago, William Toeb. eastern treasurer for Wood, told the investigating committee. Mr.’ Loeb, formerly, private secre- tary to Theodore Roosevelt,’said he was called into conference with -George Whalen, Rufus Patterson, Col. Ambrosé Monell, Goth Freeman and others to’give his opinion as to what the campaign would cost. “I estimated the expense at $1,000, 000,” he told the committee. “Col. Monell underwrite $250.000, Mr. Whal- eh $250,000, William Cooper Proctor $250,000 and I agreed to get the rest.” INSECTS HALT: TRAINS, RUIN FOREST TREES Caterpillars Crossing Tracks’ in Large Numbers Demoralize Train Schedules St. Paul. July 8,— Caterpillars in large numbers are demoralizing train service on the Duluth. Winnipeg and Northwestern railroad /in St. Louis] county, Dillon Tierney said today on his’ return to St. Paul. from that section. ry Crossing the tracks in great hosts the caterpillars stop trains and make it impossible to run on Schedule, he said. “The besides mgking trouble. for the railroad has stfinped foliage from‘poplar trees in a district from 40 to 50 miles wide and extending from the Lake Vermil- lion westward to Red Lake,” he said. “The crest has ‘retarded the growth of all poplars and killed many of the trees. The extent of the damage can- not be estimated until next season.” Because of the character of the caterpillar infected district‘no method of successfully fighting them has -been found. forest caterpillar, * CHURCH BARS WOMEN IN ‘SCANTY APPAREL NSE as Superior. Wis.,, July 8.—“En- | trance to this. church is forbidden | \to any womanwearing improper apparel.” q This is the sign that all. mem- bers of Catholic churches in Su- perior wil¥ be confronted with when entering their church | Sunday morning. ! The order has been posted by order of Bishop J. M. Koudelka, {, of the Superior diocese. For some ) time, the bishop has. been mak- | ing a crusade against what he ! | | terms as “improperly dressed, women,” and he believes there will be no violations of this edict. association. + Inability of the railroads to handle’ the crop adequately will have two! primary results, Mr. Wel able to judge when he can ship the grain will have to require a@ much lar- ger margin as a protection against the hazards -of poor transportation, , In the second place the check of grain flow will prevent a. liquidation of the crop and will deprive farmers of credit and deprive them of finance for fall farm operations, ‘he added. Priority Natded Y Priority of service» in favor of* the" more essential commodities is neces- sary to releavé ‘the present trans- portation on the railroads, Samuel Wil- lard, chalrman of the advisory com- mittee of the railway executives, de- clared today. i STEEN WINNER OVER WALKER, RETURNS SHOW Former State Treasurer and In- dependent Republican Named in Primary John Steen of Rugby, for two terms’ state treasurer, has been nominated by the Republicans of North Dakota opposed to the Townley regime. With practically complete returns in from every county with the exception of Dickey, Nelson, Walsh and Williams. Steen has a lead over Walker of /1,909. In Dickey Steen and'Walker will break about even. . Nelson and Walsh will give Steen more of a lead and Walk- er’s- socialist following in Williams cannot put him over. More complete returns today in- creased Thomas Hall's lead over Ca- hill and-puts him over without. ques- tion.‘ One of the Townley’s railroad commissioners has been defeated. Dupuis seems to be low man. An of- ficial count will be necessary to de- termine at least two of the places on this board. Miss Minnie Neilson and Judge Christianson are maintaining a safe lead over their opponents and will go into the real conflict this fall with the prestige of leading at the primaries. Neilson, Johnson, Christianson and Richardson all appear on the nonpar- tisan ballot at the general election in November. LANGER PLUNGES INTO DUTIES AT CAPITOL OFFICE Republican Candidate for Gov- ernor Receives Congratula- \ tions on Great Race William Langer, independent Repub- lican candidate for governor, who was defeated in the primary, is back at’ his desk in the capitol. Mr. Langer is in fine spirits, and has received the congratulations of many ‘callers on the remarkable race he made, reducing a majority of two years ago from 17,000 to a figure prob- ably not more than 5,000. After the terrific strain of. the speaking tour which Republican head- quarters mapped out for him, Mr. Langer rested for a few days. His voice is still a little husky. Yesterday Mr. Langer dug into a bunch of correspondence and complet~- ed it before leaving his office in the evening. His office has more work, perhaps, than any othef in the capitol. First) the grain producer is likely to receive! less for his crop,for the buyer, um! &% For twenty-four hours ending at noon, | ¢ Precipitation LHighest wind velocity. NEW GERMANY AFOOT He C. L. Young to attend the special He also attended a meeting ofthe state board of administration in the governor's office. chev and have occupied Tohliev- Podoink in their drive along the Dvina river, Heavy fighting is going-on be- tween the Bolsheviki and forces com- manded by” Gen. Wrangle on the southern front, the statement saya. - FILL YOUR COAL BINS NOW, SAYS RAILROAD AGENT Bismarck People Must Act at! Once to Escape Serious Coal Shortage Bismarck people are advised to lay! in their winter supply, of coal as carly as possible so'that they will not be caught inthe serious coal shortage | which is very likely to occur this win- ter. l W. A. McDonald, local agent for tha’ Northern Pacific Railway Co., has re-| ceived from General Freight Agent Blakesley an urgent statement to this effect. He says’ that the situation is very serious for the people in this ter- ritory being served- by the N. P. rail- road. He advises that everyone in- tending to use coal this winter get it in their bins at once. Startling Figures He basis his statements on the fol- lowing figures. During the past year there has been a decrease: of 25 per cent in hard coal and there has also been an enormous decrease in the sup- ply of soft coal of over 4,000,000 tons. When one considers that the total number of tons of soft ‘coal only amount to 9,000,000 tons last year, it is.easy to realize what this shortage means. The figures show that there was on hand at the opening of the navigation season in 1920, 25,000 tons of hard coal, and that there had been received up to June 20, 253,323 tons for a total of 377,323, tons of hard coal.; There was on hand at the opening of the sea- son 230,000 tons of soft coal, added to that received up to June 20, 674,348 tons, gives a total supply of 904,348 tons of soft coal. ii t WEATHER REPORT | es Thursday, July 8. ii Temperature at 7 a. mi. +++ 59) brought to Bismarek from France for Highest yesterday . . 73) burial. Lowest yesterday eee 56) The transport bringing Capt. Fal- Lowest last nightt.... - 56) seees + 02) + 18-NW | Forecast For North Dakota: Somewhat un- settled tonight; Friday probably fair; not much change in temperature. | the burial here Fargo Cowesti/Femperatures 54 Mrs. Maude Irving Falconer, of Gal- Williston’ ct 54) veston, Texas, widow of the late Capt Grand Forks 53 (Falconer, arrived in Bismarck last St. Paul 58 evening to with her late hus rs . +! By band’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Winnipeg Helena . 48 Chicago eS safer + 64) Swift Current ... + 52) Kansas City *...... teers 6B ORRIS W. ERTS, Meteorologist. REVOLT London, July 8—A Central News dispatth from Berlin stated Wednes- day that radicals are plotting a revo- lution ‘in_Brunswick, The extreme} radicals, it is declaréd, are working feverishly on a general strike at the) t. weep-end and a new_ revolutionary committee is said to have arranged for a ‘big mass meeting in a day or two to consider the question .of drastic action, | | Welch was notified a couple of hours | were telephoned to be on the lookout for Smith. waiting for him. Martineson Dickinson last night, and a prelimin- ary hearing was to be held today. brought back to the city. \ ot the autgqmobile: Smith may be charged with abduction of the girl, it steal it. was on his way to Montana with the girl and cary. SOLDIER'S BODY % coner’s body is due to land in New York tomorrow, and the body prop- ably will be received in Bismarck in a@ week. monia shortly after reaching France during the*war. ( Faldoner. URGE BUSINESS luncheon of the Commercial club which will be held at the Grand Pacific hotel Friday noon, July 9 Every man who ships or pays for ship- ping will hear subjects discussed at this meeting which he can not afford The question of a State Tariff Associ- ation to protect shippers against dis-} crimination and errors will be dis- cussed, |Robert’ Smith Probably Will Face Two Serious Charges Following Arrest. HELD IN COUNTY JAIL Robert Smith, an automobile me- chayic, is in the county jail today, and probably, will face two serious charges. + He. was brought. bavk from Dickin- son, where He was arrested with an automobile which. it is aleged he stole | from the: Northwestern Automotive company.’ “Smith, it is said, denied that he att pted \to steal the car. Dp. m. Rollin The car disappeared about 3 Tuesday ‘afternoon. Sheriff later, and sheriffs for miles around At 9 p. m. Smith drove into Dickinson and an officer was Welch and Police Chris brought him back from ) Sheriff With,Smith when he was arrested as a girl, said to be not more than 3 or 14 years of age. She was In addition to the charge of theft is said. _ \ Smith told the sheriff that he took he car to sell, and did not intend to Authorities assert that he BROUGHT 70 U.S, FROM OVERSEAS Funeral Services Will be Held in Bismarck for Capt. Addison Falconer The body. of Capt. “Addison B. Fal- coner, who died during the war while in the service of his country, is being Capt. Falconer died of pneu- Military honors will be paid him at MEN TO ATTEND . NOON LUNCHEON Every business man, jobber and re- ailer in Bismarck is urged by Presi- ‘0 miss. W.’E. Holbein of Minot will speak. SHORTAGE OF LABOR. Concordia, Kan., July 8.—Shortage of manpower in the harvest fields has pronipted the organization of a peace- time countdrpart of the famous war time “Waack.” The peace time nom- enclature, however, is'“Women’s Aux- iliary Agricultural Corps.” During the war the famous British women’s order was “Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.” “It isthe only way to meet the crisis,” said one of the women leaders in the movement. “There is much work that we-can do and the work has to’ be dotie, “Mele-applicants for work ure scarce and want too much money,” The harvest “Waacs” are working in the harvest fields by the score, driving “headers” and binders, shocking wheat, raking hay and frequently do- ing more strenuous labor. BRGIN HARVEST, Kansas City, Mo., July 8.—Wheat harvesting is getting . under way in earnest in the|wheat district south of Wichita, Kan.,/aécording to A. L. Bark- many in ‘charge of the United States Free~Employment service in Kansas City. He says a much heavier yield will be harvested than was anticipated a few weeks ago and: adds that rains have improved wheat conditions great- ly in northwestern Kansas. Other crops are in good condition, accord- ing to his information. IDEAL CONDITIONS ‘Topeka, Kans., July 8.—Almost ideal conditions the last few weeks have prevailed for crop planting and growth in Kansas. | The condition of practical- ly all crops is declared “excellent” by both federal and state crop authori- ties. In the last two months official estimates on the wheat crop now be- ing harvested, have increased from 92,000,000 bushels to 111,000,000. NORTH DAKOTA, _ Fargo, N. D., July 8—Crop condi- tions in North Dakota are better than they have been for several years. Small grains in the Red River valley are \reported in excellent condition, sufficient tains falling in that sec. tion to reduce materially the grass- hopper menace. In the western part of the state'small grains also are in good condition, but the rainfall there has been light and farmers are appre- hensive on account of the grasshop- pers. The 1920 small grain acreage in the state is 20 per cent less than last year’s: Oklahoma City, Okla., July 8—Okla- homa’s growing crops generally are in better condition than a year ago, ac- cording to federal and state agricul- {ural authorities here. Hecent .rains have greatly benefited corn and cot- ton, accorging to H. H. Schultz, feder- al crop reporter, and have interfered little with the harvesting of wheat, oats and barley, now in progress. Dig- ging of potatoes is on in full. The second cutting of alfalfa is ready. WHEAT HEADED. Springfield, Tl, July 8—Wheat in this part of the state is headed out, promising a good yield. Oats, because “|of the dry weather, is short strawed and one month late. MISSOURI REPORT. Jefferson City, Mo., July 8.—Favor- able crop results are expected in Mis- souri, according to the state hoard of Agriculture, despite the inclement weather in May, which reduced wheat conditions to 69 per cent of normal. It is estimated the state will yield 29.162.160- bushels of winter wheat. 161,000 of spring wheat and 39,775,750 of oats, although 550,000 acres are idle. TEXAS CONDITIONS. Dallas, Tex., July 8—Crop condi- tions in Texas improved materially during the three week period ending ‘Ae 20 according to the Texas In- dustrial Congress. All crops are re- ported from 30 to 40 days late, how- (Continued on Page Eight)