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PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BUSINESS MARKING TIME IN NORTHWEST DEC 9 Minyeapolis,- Feb. -Business in the Northwest is marking time. There is a more cheerful feeling among busi-! ness men but no increase in the total volume of business done. The gener- al and rapid decline in prices whi had prevailed in November and Dec: ember appears to have been arrested in January. These declines have laid a foundation for a sound busine revival by reducing some costs of production and by making it possible to reduce other costs as well. Re- a in the prices of individu- | have been taking place with a tendency to level the prices of commodities having equal value or equal costs. This leveling process | gives promise of a halanced revival when revival takes place. ty 1 Price Situation, Prices during the month exhibite:| mixed tendencies with about as many increases as decreases, The highest, lowest, and median prices for cash sales of wheat and ryo increased at Mineapolis in January! as compared with December; while the highest, lowest, and median of corn, outs, barley, and flax sed. The median prices of wheat and rye advanced respectively 12 cents and 9 cents per bushel, while tahe inedian prices of flax,corn, barley and oats decreased respectively 11 cents, 5 cents, 3 cents, and 1 cent per bushel. These ahedian prices index of conditions prevailing throughout the month and are a means for simplifying the variations due to changes in daily quotations. The median is that price at which the number of bushels sold at a high- er price is exactly equal to the numb- er of bushels sold at a lower price. The January and December price quotations on grains, taken from the daily record of cagh sales at Minnea- furnish an LARES MONTHLY REVIEW OF FEDERAL BANK er. There were increases only in the case of lead and print cloths. General Business Conditions There was a substantial decline in the volume of business during: the four weeqs ending Jan. 26 5 compared with the four weeks ending volume of payments made througp clearing-house banks inthe eleven most important cities of this district. The January volume was 12 per cent less than in December whereas a y ago between the same dates th was a decline of about 5 per ities experienced declines as com- pared with the preceding month ex- cept, Aberdeen and Helena; and all cities experienced declines compared with a year ago except Duluth, Helena and Superior. Business failures, which are an e; cellent index to past business cond tions were more favorable in January than in December. The number ot faiJures increased but the total liabili- ties were reduced one-half. However as compared with a year ago, failures are excessively large, the number be ing more than three times as great and the liabilities more than four times as large. In January there were 48 failures, with liabilities of $583,858, Building and Lumber Contemplated projects in the build- ing industry in the nine largest cities in this district) when measured by the number of permits and their valu- ation, declined substantially in Jun- uary as compared with December and ats compared with Janygary a yea! |The decline in the number of permits was about 12 percent as compared with the “month of December and’ 23 compared with January a year ago: while the decline in valuation. with a month ago and a yeat ago was 70 per cent. Lumber manufacturers and re- tailers report that the lumber business polis, follows: . January 1921 Pr High Mec $2.03 $1.8t No, 1 Dark Northern Cash .corn No. 3 Yellow ¢ Oats No. 3 White Cash Barley No. 3 Choice to Fancy Cash Rye No, 2 Cash Flax No.1 62 66 5s 1.58 2.09% 1.98 The price of flour toj bakers rose duving the month of December and fell during January. The net increase for these two months was but 25 cents per barrel. The median quotations for cash sales of livestock at the South St. Paul Stock Yards during January as compared with December indicated price increases for veal calves, butch- er cows. and heifers, and ‘stock and feeder steers, Although the mediau price of butcher steers remained un changed,. there was an increase for this grade both in the highest and lowest quotations as compared. with December. There were decreases in the median prices of lambs and hogs The quotations follow: 1 Jannaty 1921 Pr ices High Median Butcher Cows and Heifers Butcher Steers Stock and Feeder Steers Veal Calves Hogs Lambs $8.25 10.00- $5.50" 7.00 8.50 10.75 8.25 10.50 6.50 10.00 8.95 9.00 ‘Wholesale produce prices in Min- neapolis inditated as many declines as. increases in Jan..cy as compared with December... There were decreas- es in butter eggs, dried ' peas, Navy beans, pothatoes, and hogs. ‘i _ There were increases in cheese, cab- bage, celery, tomatoes, veal and hens. The long predicted adjustment. oi local prices of building material other than lunfber began during the month of January with decreases recorded in the “American Contractor” on Feb- buary 5 as gompared with the prices on January 1 as follows: common brick, from $24 to $20 per thousand; vitrified sewer pipe, from .24% to .21 per foot; iron pipe, from $1.05 to .32 per foot, All other, building materi: prices, including Douglas Fir, remain- ed unchanged between the same dates. Shows Decline Dun’s Review in quoting minimum prices for our selected list of 19°com- modities at wholesale in central nat- ional markets for February 4 exhibit- ed a general decline as compared with the prices prevailing for the same articles on December 31. There were decrea’ s in rubber, hides, copper, Pig iron, cokes oak, hemlocks white lead, cement, hogs, wheat, flour, but- ter, silk, and serge. There were un- changed prices for potatoes and leath- L. E. MAYNARD MUSICAL MERCHANDISE 214 Main Street Baldwin Pianos Manualo Player Pianos Widdicomb Phonographs Sheet Music Player Rolls ind al ‘Phonograph Records ° Easy Monthly Payments 42% || Flax Sate a a ae a aa December 1920 Prices High Median Low $1.87% $1.72 $1.5242 78 es Low $1.64 67 8 26% 4845 438% Al 54 9 69 58 1.47 1.49 1.30 s 1.88 1.56% Yt 1.76 2.24 remains dull. ' Lumber ‘cut, ship- ments, and sales in January were about 50 per cent of a year ago, al though there were small increases as compared with December. Retailers stocks are less than a year ago and orders on hand are not large. 2.09 : ‘Unemployment There was some improvement in January over December in the numba: of men employed by lumber manu- facturers and retailers, the increase being about 11 per cent; but a cém Parison with a year ago. indicates. / decline of 27 per cent. In. mining the number employed in January wat re December 1920 Prices Low High Median Low $3.00 4.75 $8.00 9.50 / $5.25 7.00 $3.75 4.50 6.00 8.25 3.50 3.00 8.75 11.00 9.75 9.75 9.59 8.25 2.00 11.25 11.00 2.00 Ree 3.00 2.50 slightly less than in December anit only 61 per cent of the number em- ployed in January a year ago. Grain Movement 2 An estimate recently made indicates that about 70 per cent of the 1920 wheat crop in this district. had been marketed at mills and terminals by February 1, 1921, and that about 40 million bushels of this crop remain- ed on the farms or in the country ele- vators on this date. When the total grain movement for Minneapolis and Duluth is combined for the month of January, the receipts are found to be 18,378,148 bushels, which ‘is’ about three-fourths of the December receipis and fully 10 per cent larger than the receipts for January a year ago. The receipts of corn and oats were practi- eally double, and receipts of wheat somewhat larger than a year ago. The The shipments total 11,537,639 bushels or 30 per cent less than during Dec- ember and 12 per cent larger than a year ago. The combined Minneapolis and Duluth receipts follow: January Decem ber Receipts Wheat (bushels) Corn & Oats Barley Rye 1921 1,956,699 2,672,437 1,256,177 892,194 448,050 GREAT CALL CAMPAIGN See eRe yer emar emai aae nt MONDAY, FEB. 28, 1921 pars ee BALLOONING 1S | SAFEST SPORT Contro! of Both Speed and Direo- . .. tion Is Possible, 1S NOT AN AIMLESS PASTIME in All but Foulest Weather—Cham- pion Clears Up Many of the Ideas That the General Public Believes : Are Characteristic of This Sport— Science and Pure Human Guessing Are Delightfully Blended. The safest and most sublime sport ; In the world, one where science and The Salvation Army Rev. J. M. Taylor All round the world the Salvation Army is, putting ona Great’ The Campaign is a call to Soul-Saving, Soldier- | Making, and Rendering of Service. ; Call Campaign. In connection with this Grea Rev. J. M. Taylor of this city for Already the interest is grow: ings were held Thursday and Fri was held Sunday: morning in the Citadel, tipated' by the local forces forward step in the Army in Bismarck, and Captain Huffman It is anti¢i extends a cordial invitation to th —_—_———o an increase jin the receipts of calves, both ‘as compared with last monih and. a year ago, are of outstanding importance. The total shipments in January when measured in carloads were 22 per cent less than a mont ago and 14 per ceyt less than a year ago. Banking Developments tn January Credit conditions in the Ninth Feder- al Reserve District appear to have im- proved during January, according to the Federal Reserve Bank statement of condition of February 4 as com- pared with the statement of December 30, 19202 Between these dates 17 mil- lion dollars was collected from mem- ber banks, enabling us to repay re- | i ‘us were reduced about: 10 million 1920 11,152,671 . 14,809, 262 1,955, 960 2,135, 168 2,062, 196 1,791. 975, 1,324, 288 discounts with other Federal Reserve Banks to the extent, of 13 million dol- lars. Federal Reserve Notes returneé | to this bank and redeemed totaled 7 1-2 million dollars. To some ex- tent this improvement in credit con ditions was local rather than. gentera!, as many member banks _ borrowed from their correspondents in other Federal Reserve Districts, or sold or collected maturing, paper. of outside borrowers. : On February 4,/the total accommo- dation given this district by the Fed- oral Reserve Bank exceeded that of a year ago by more than 6 million dollars and total cash reserves were 17 million dollars less. Meanwhile member bank reserve deposits wh dollars and note issues ‘more than ‘| million dollars. The total accemmo- dation on February 4 was. $80;840,0: of which more than‘ 44 millions‘ con- sisted of agricultural and live”'#toc!: paper, 20 millions. of notes: ‘sécured by. United States ponds and -certifi- cates, and about 16 millions, of -busi- | ness paper. * , Reports received from 38 selected member banks in the larger cities on February 4 as compared with’ Dec- sember 31 indicate improved credit conditions because their customers paid off 21 million dollars, of which these banks used 17 millions to re- duce their loans with the Federal Re- serve Bank. Declines of two million dollars each were experienced in de- mand and in time deposits. A small part of this improvement was secure: by a ‘more prompt transfer of un- assorted currency and silver from member bank vaults to the Federal Reserve Bank. Ranking Situation 4 The general hanking situation in the Northwest and the relations of Twin City banks with their country correspondents was.made the .sub- ject of a special investigation on Jan- uary 27, 1921. Reports from sixteen member banks Jocated.in Minneapolis and St. Paul, en “combined, show that total Peni ' Chel nea more than 25 million ‘dolldts"'iniohe year, while loans were reduced: only to the extent of 11 million dollars. When the transactions with country correspond: ent banks were segregated, it appear- ed that the country’ banks had reduced their total balances and had intreaged | Percent of dan. 1921 dan, 1920 105.6 182.0 | 211.4 134.9, 37.2 104.6 aif Jan. January Percent of Dec. U5 99.9 125.1 60.9 49.7 33.8 1920 10,476,141 1,077,340 1,265,744 932,659 2,397,074 428,827 Total Total stocks of all grains in Minnc- apolis and Duluth terminals on Jan- uary 29,1921, were 25,086,090 pusheis which is practically the same as ’9 month previous and a year ago. As compared with a month ago, there were substantial increases in stocks of corn and oats, and substantial de- clines in barley and rye. As compared with a year ago, there were extra- ordinary increases in corn, oats, and flax, and a phenomenal decline in tahe stocks of ¥ye. Wheat stocks. tot- aling 8,722,338 “bushels, are about. 7 Percent less than a month ago and 19 per cent less than a year ago. The elevator stocks of all grains in Minne- apolis alone were practically unchang- ed as compared with a month ago and a year ago. ; Live Stock Receipts in January for all kinds of live stock at the South St. Paul Stock Yards were slightly larger than in December but about four-fivths of the movement a year ago. A de- j crease in the receipts of cattle, and ° 18,378,148 24,078, 849 764 16,577,815 1109 their borrowings to the extent of mor” than 60 million dollars in excess of year ago on the same date. The: sixteen .Twin City paaks had _loancc, their country customers on January 27 1921, over 75 millions and at ‘the same time had borrowed from the Federal Reserve Bank but 38 1-2. mil- lions. When ascomparison is made with a similar special invistigation on October 20, 1920, it appears that the sixteen Twin City banks reduce: their loans to country bankers dur- ing the intervening three months {(o the extent of three million dollars, while they reduced their rediscounts with the Federal Reserve Bank #ur- ing the same time 32 million dollars It is important in this connection. ‘to direct attention to the fact that the Federal Reserve Bank during the same period expanded its loans to country banks. x Discount Rates ! to” other , t Call the local corps has secured a two weeks campaign. ing. The two preliminary meet- | day, and the first public meeting. that this will mean a great | e public to attend the serviées. — , — customers’- loans at banks remained unchanged at 8 per cent and 7 1-2 per cent respectively. A year ago both commercial; paper and customers’ rats dt banks was 6 per cent. Rates charged) by: member banks on loans banks increased one-half per cent and rates for bankers’ ac- ceptances increased from oné-quartar to one-half: per: cent. Credit conditions throughout the en- tire United States, reflected in the; statements of condition of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks combined on, February 4th.as compared with Jan-| uary 7th, have noticeably improved. | The total earning assets were reduced | 8 1-2 per cent. Note circulation was reduced 6 per cent and the total re-| serves increased ‘more than 2: per cent. However, some. of tiis improvement | in reserves. is ‘doubtless dué to ‘the| fact that there! has been some shifting | of gold fromthe hands of the: public | and other‘bdnks’ to the Federal’Re- | serve banks.in exchange for nev | paper money which cannot ‘be, other-| wise obtained. ** i Banking Conditions on February 21 Country ‘merchants have heen: much more_ successful ‘in collecting from their customers‘ than have the country bankers, | Wholesalers have been able to cojlect ‘their faccotints and reduce their debts ‘to’ ¢ity' banks, Whereas the country bankers iave not accomplish- ed. very. much iff the’ same direction. | The total loans of 'this' bank in the; first three ‘weeks: of ‘February were reduced: from, 78! millions to 74 mil- | lions. This is, to.be' accounted for al- most entirely :by’/collections from city member banks. ‘Such sums as were collected from country districts. were reloaned to’ other ‘sections. The tota: | accommodation: to, the district is fully | ‘10: million dollars larger than a year | ago, and while we have p:!d ell ovr rediscounts to other Federal Reserve | banks, we were lending to them a year | ago. The decline in general business. | increase in unemployment, and fall i} prices have-created @ surplus of cur- rency which hag been returned to us for redemption. These redemptions have been sufficient to reduce our Fed- eral Reserve Notes outstanding by $11,000,000 as comparéd with a year ago. There have been evidences re- cently that the decline has stopped, when ‘account is taken of Federal Re- serve Bank Note issnes as well as Fed- | eral Reserve Notes. because thera have been declines in the amount of notes outstanding im every week since January 1 except the week . ending February 19, i TO RECEIVE: $6,000,000. Victoria, B. C.,.Feb. 28.—The British Columbia government, through its | control and sale of liquor, will receive al annual income’ of' nearly $6,000,- 009, according to Henry B. Thompson former food controller for Canada, and at one time a member of the British Cclumbia. legislature. ‘Taking into consideration the re-! quirements and the vast possibilities of expansion,” Mr. Thompson says, “it would be fair, to estimate 4.turn- over of about $30,000,000 a year, which would yield a net ‘profit of between! $5,000,000 and. $6,000,000 annually.” + GIRL WINS CERTIFICATE, Vancouver, B.C»: Feb. 28.—Miss | Lorraine McBain, ‘aged 19 years,! walked out of the courthouse here recently the proud holder of the only; high-pressure engineer’s ‘certificate | j[ ever issued to.a woman in British Columbia. and probably in all Canada. | It licenses Miss “McBain to, freely | and with all due.authority to operate ; and control the donkey engine in her | father’s -logging'..camp at Blunden! j Harbor, 150 miles up coast, where she} put in her probation as fireman. ‘Her | father holds a third class engineer's | ticket. | HOLD LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Weshington, March 28.—Sections of Lever: food control act, under which! departmen: of. justice has brought} many actions for alleged profiteering in nécessities were declared unconsti- tutional today by the supreme court. ; Conviction of the L. Cohen Grocery} company of. St. Louis, in having charg- ed an unreasonable profit on sales: of sugar was set aside by the court. CoPk, Feb. 28.—Despite the appeal for clemency made recently by the | Cork corporation, 'six .rishmen in jail! whose death was 4ixed for today on charges of starting war against the pure human guessing are delightfully | blended, according to’ Roy Upson, is not astrohomy; no, nor fishing. It's balloon racing, and he ought te know, for he 1s the present international ‘ yace ‘title holder among all who go sky yachting. In the course of a re- ! cent Interview he made it a point to clear up many of the ideas that the general .public firnily believe are the characteristics of this sport, writes Henry Chapin in the New York. Post. It is not the aimless pastime one fm- | agines when. hie sees the great yellow globes drifting through the clouds, The ipilot has exceptional control of his craft In all but.the foulest weather, and ‘con “deftly, Workout his gourse elther for speed or direction, as the race dgmands. Of course weather is | his eriemy at all times, but it Is the weather that is also his beat friend, and his success as a balloontst de- pends on just how much of a friend he can make of the weather. There is where \sclence comes in. The sport of air cruising es in. out- guessing your opponents as to alr cur- rents, storm centers and the vagaries, of the winds. fully a pilot chooses his’balloon and ap- | plies all the science he knows to out- fit it with instruments of the great- est precision, aygce he clears the ground in.a big race the game begins,” says Upson. “From then on the race ts to the weatherwise, You have launched into a new world and must meet con- ditions that no amount of foresight in the aeronautical laboratories can fully prepare you for. Nearest Sport to Big Yachting. “as far as I know,” he continued, | “it's, the nearest thing to big yacht racing in the. world, and has the ad- yantage of being comparatively inex- pensive. Where Thomas Lipton spends'a million on the Shamrock, this balloon of mine is as nearly per: fect as can be gotten, and only cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. “It's really a greater. sailing game than yachting, becauseywe can change the plane of drift by climbing or com- ing low and find oar weather condl- tions almost readymade for our. pur- pose. ‘Also. we usually go faster than the. blg yachts, and whatever the winds there ts no motion in the bas- ket except when we get. immediately | between different strata of air moving inc different directions.” é This motionless flight of the biz globe, Upson explained, ts just what makes it so safe. A well-built balloon once free of the earth is so absolutely at ense In the air that the terrible’ strain and stress that one would imag- ine to exist from the winds are com- pletely _ xbsent. He describes the fight as the quietest and most. sub- Mme sensation on earth, so to speak. Everything {s measured and bal- | anced to a nicety when the balloon takes off the ground. There, {is éven a cup for measuring out the sand bal- last that is expended, though often the bags are heaved overboard as fast as they can be handled. As long as the ground is in sight a constant process of orientation is carried on by means of sighting shots on prominent objects, drifting tests with paper or toy bai- ; loons and by triangulation with a dell- cate measuring instrument. When the clouds shut In the pilot has to guess a little more, but his' ald fs In charge of.collecting all the data and the pilot scratches his head and figures, out whether a few hundred feet up or down will not bring a help: ful change in speed or direction. in the Great International Race. It was just this careful. guessing that won last year’s international race from St. Louis, when Upson land- ed miles ahead of the others, deep In the Canadian back lands. Speed, rather than direction, was the thing the pllots were after. Upson took a direction,*apparently, | far out of his best course, but by so doing got two hours ahead of a storm center that caused most of his com- | petitors to come aground. This storm carried him across Georgian bay and then a witd thunderstorm broke loose. In the flashes of lightning he coul just make out some. barns a few miles off. He decided to come down, and the next thing he knew Sad bumped off a barn roof into a cowpen. It was the only habitation for miles around, and he had dropped into the center of It In the pitch of night. He won the race and: proved once again that tn balloon racing at least the longest way around is the short- est way to victory. Room for Women to Open Lisle Banks. In order to stop congestion and save blushes, County Tre Cleveland, 0., has set where the women taxpayers can -with- draw money from lisle banks without emba TAX HELD INVALID. Washington, Feb. 28.—Kentucky laws Jevying a special tax on liquor Discount rates of the Federal Re-! crown forces were duly executed. The withdrawn from bonded warehouses serve Bank remained unchanged, ani men were. paired and. then shot at in-! the rates on commercial paper and tervals.of fifteen minutes. - | were held invalid. Several millions of dolla¥s of taxes already. No matter how care- | See gifted Mary Miles Minter poignant drama of love, amb’ happiness. Supported by Jack TONIGHT FEB. 28th NO CHANGE IN _ TRISH POLICY- ‘LLOYD-GEORGE British Prime Minister Makes Emphatic Statement to House of Lords | ——, 4 London, Feb. 28—The British. gov- ernment does not intend to alter its present policy “of maintaining . order in Ireland, Prime Minister Lloyd ; George xnnounced in the House of | Lords today. FEDERAL COURT IS IN SESSION Judge Woodrough, of United States district court, opened a two-day ses- sion of federal court in Bismarck to- day, stopping here on his return from | California. After hearing several motions in j cases, Judge Woodrough will go to | Fargo, where he opens court tomor- |Trow. Clerk of Court Montgomery and | United States Marshal Lynch were here for the court. WANTS CHAPERON, | Atlantic City, Feb. 28.—The war and | automobiles are responsible for the {appalling-immorality among the high j | school. students, Miss Lillian E, Dim- | mitt, dean of women at Morningside | college, Sioux City, Iowa, declared in an address before the national coun- cil of deans of women. As a correc- | tive she suggested th>t women’s col- | leges adhere closely to the old stand- | ard of chaperonage for: students in- j trusted to their care. ; “Thewar hag played havoc with our | ethical standards,” said Miss Dimmitt, “and after four years of killing it is enly natural. It is responsible for a part of the / riotous license found | among students. “The number of case of immorality is appalling. Extreme social life has found its way into the schools and colleges. High school girls are the | social butterflies and get their ideals | from the sensational movies. “While a careful system of chape- | ronage would not guarantee right liv- ing or pure morals it, would be pro- tective and re-act’on the students and help save the home from the bitter | criticism of today.” Peis Si A ane Witt Fiaht Alien Bill, Washington, Feb. 28.—Organized la- | bor will endeavor to prevent final | pesenge of the Dillingham Dill, re- | stricting immigration to 3 per cent of the number of aliens of each nation- ality in the country in 1910, as the first move under the new legislative Program adopted here by representa- tives of national and international unions affiliated in the American Fed- eration of ‘Labor. | + Announcement was ntade today at} the federation headquarters that the legislative representatives of the or- ganization would attempt to obtain substitution of the Johnson bill, vir- tually prohibiting immigration for one year, for the WDillinghain propvsal. ORDERED TO LEAVE TOWN Roy Glockner. Martin Wilfred and | Grace Larson, arrested by the police. were given fines of $25 and costs and thirty day jail sentences, and ordered to leave taown by Police Magistrate Howell, the fines/and sentences being ssvended on, their promise to do so. Chief Martineson charged the men with vagrancy and the girl. who gave her age as 19, with disorderly con- duct. T. J. Van-Aradale was fined $10 and costs on a charge of disorderly ¢conduct. WAR AVERTED Washington. Feb., 28—Threatened war. between Panama and Costa. Rica | Was averted early today with the suz- | Tender of the Costa Rican armv in ‘oto, eccording to word received here ‘by Edward Lefebre, of the Panama | delegation. | GIVE GRAYSON POST. | Washington, Feb. 28—Rear Admiral Perry T. Grayson, President Wilson’s | persopal physician, was ordered today | by the navy department to assume | duty as officer in charge of the naval | dispensary in this. cit: ~ Sustains Lower Cour’: Washington, Feb. 28.—Lower court decreases refusing an injunction to the Detroit City Railway company Clarence Geldart, and other screen favorites. ORPHEUM \t0 restrain the NC BARRIER CAN STOP LOVE! SEE. [| MARY MILES MINTER In the Quaint Irish Tale f= “All Soul’s Eve? d i Pilot Is Complete Master of His Craft, t The Miracle cf Love Makes a Home—But One ‘Lie Can Break It! in two different roles, in this most ition, treachery, tragedy and_fingl ‘olt Carmen Phillips Micky Moore Comedy Two Reels “Edgar Takes The Cake”: city of Detroit from embarking on a system of railways wag sustained by the. state supreme court. BRING LIBEL ACTION FOR SHIP SINKING U. S. District Attorney. to Press Suit for Damages Against Inventor Panama, Feb. 28.—-U. S,. naval au- thorities have instructed the United States district attorney for the canal zone to bring a libel action against the steamer Steel Inventor which col- lided with the United States destroyer Wollsey, off Coipa island early Satur- day morning: The Wollsey sank al- most immediately after the collision and 16 sailors are believed to have been downed or killed when the col- lision took place. Capt. W. G. Turner of the Steel In- ventor, says the destroyer collided with his ship, declaring that the de- stroyer struck his ship on the port side of the vessel. so He said he would recommend to the owners of the Steel Inventor that a libel action be brought against the government. MAKE PLANS TO FIGHT HOPPERS Fargo, N. D. Feb. 28.—Plans for combating the grasshopper evil in the northwest on a large and effective seale if it is found ‘necessary next summer, will be made at a meeting of insect experts from North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Alberta, Saskatchewan and’ Manitob: to be held in Regina in April. Stewart Lockwood, insect expert a‘ the North Dakota Agricultural college will attend ‘the conference, represent- ing this .state. He said today that North Dakota will be ready to make war on the hoppers next summer if they appear in large numbers. “Much of this work, will ‘be carried on through the various county bureaus of the North Dakota Farm Bureau federation,” said Mr. Lockwood. “Counties where farm bureaus have been organized swill be much better qualified to fight the hoppers than the individual farmers in unorganized communities. Where farm bureaus were organized last summer the fight against the hoppers was earried on with a greater efficiency. than in coun- ties where the work had to’ be done by the individuals.” ‘CASCARETS’ FOR CONSTIPATION “Just think! <A pleasant, harmless Cascaret works while you sleep and has your liver active, head clear, stomach sweet ‘and bowels moving as regular as a-clock by morning. No griping or inconvenience. 10, 25 or 50 cent boxes. Children love this can- dy cathartic too. | Easter Suits Guaranteed All Wool Early Spring Patterns Made to Your Order $22.00 $75.00 All Work Guaranteed Frank Krall TAILOR ‘ . F, A. KNOWLES, Optical Specialist Your Eyes Examined and Lenses Ground to correct all defects of the cye which glasses will cure. Bring us your broken lenses.or your prescription, we can replace any lense almost while you wait. We have the only ee Lense Grinding Plant ‘in the .city, coupled with a complete stock of lenses. F. A. 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