The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1922, Page 2

NEAR NORMAL, SAYS PACKER ssociation, Tells of Period Of Readjustment ALUES ARE STABLE Chicago, Oct. 9.—The meat pack- ing business is in better position day, despite present problems, than it has been for several years, Thom- ‘as E. Wilson, president of the In- titute of American Meat Packers, A at the annual convention of that Morganization today. Wholesale meat prices have \re- thrned to pre-war figures, meat va- ues have become virtually stabie nd reduction in the packing houses the nation's meat markets—has got back to normal, the speaker said. A half billion dollar decrease in exports for three years and a bil- lion and a quarter decrease in poundage indicated the tremendous readjustment in the industry, Mr. 3! Wilson said.’ The institute is expected to take ziaction tomorrow on a plan for the “ultimate establishment of a national educational institution offering colle- jate instruction to young men tending to enter the packing bi fess, and extension courses for those already employed as well as the ‘gunding of a research institute and ‘ah industrial museum. Levels Nearly Stable “The levels of meat values havo wecome practically stable,” Mr. Wil- ="gon said concerning the present sit- ion. “I do not mean of course that lues are what they should be, but I do mean that we seem to have pass- the time when, the, fast, spported sales created radically changed ‘va- <:lues. Probably no packing company ='qill hail 1922 as a banner year, but can at least be said that our sales, i the whole, have established speak- ing acquaintance with our costs: plus penses, Statistics presented by Mr. Wilson owed the wholesale price of the est grade of beef at Chicago for the weck of September 30, 1919, was 0 a*.pound compared with 17.50 for the week of September 30, this 2syear; carcass veal was 29.5 against 17.5 cents; pork loins 38 against 29 cents; leaf lard 29 compared with 12 nts; spare ribs 19 against 11 cents; d smoked hams 34.8 against 23.6 cents. \ *“«During that part of the year 1922 rhich has gone, the packer has done ‘volume of business which is fully normal, he said. = *:He submitted figures to show that ‘animals slaughtered under federal dnspection from January 1 to August yin 1918, 1921, and 1922, compared as. follow SS Cnttle—3,849,981 in 1913; 755 in 1921; 4,598,200 in 1922, ~ Sheep—7,620,000 in 1918; 7,303,000 in 1921; 6170817 in 1922. Hogs—19,987,060 in 1913; 23,909,- 589 in 1921; 24,617,878 in 1922. Exports Drop In commenting on the export sit- uation Mr. Wilson explained that in 1919, the meat products exports weighed 3,342,603,537 pounds and had +) value of $905,011,330 while exports “of meat products in the last calen- dar year weighed _ 1,945,660,610 1 pounds:of-a value of $138,643,857. The annual production of the pack- ‘ing business, Mr. Wilson said, con- stitutes about seven per cent of the value: of the annual production of all industries in the United States. LEER aS a * CUBA PLANS TO SEND COMMERCIAL MISSION TO EUROPE Havana, Cuba, Oct. 9,—With 3 the approval of the department of * commerce and the president, a committee representing the igading = commertial “and industrial ‘orgam- izations of Cuba is raising funds ‘to finance the sending: ‘of a ‘com- mercial. mission to the countries of 4 western; Europe next spring to ex- tol the merits of the island’s pro- _ ducts and the culture of her citi- 2 zens. Conferences will be held in = Spain, Portugal, France, England, Belgium, Hajland, ‘Sweden and Italy.. If the first mission brings = results, similar missions will be. organized and ent, first to Central and South America, and next to the Far East. é R *HIGH PRICES COMPEL CLOSING OF GERMAN HOSPITALS Hamburg, Oct. 9.—Many Germans hospitals have been forced to close ¢ their doors because of the high pri- ces and the scarcity of necessary J supplies, declares a resolution adopt- zed: by the hospital seston of Ger- many at a_.conference here. The 2 Congress has ‘appealed to the me- “dical men of the world for interna- gtional cooperation ‘looking to an im- provement in the situation through CONSTIPATION HANDICAPS ANYONE Strength, Vim and Vigor Follow i.) This Advice Arco, Minn—‘“I went to Camp “Dodge for training and to serve Un- cle Sam in time of the World War. I <had not been feeling very good for ral years previous. I had always -from childhood been troubled with constipation and it occurred the same way after I entered service. I felt poorly for two months after entering ‘Camp, so I ordered some of Dr. =Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, and I wish *to state that by using these Pellets “in the proper way I was never dis- Sabled from service through sickness. Jf any one desires further informa- tion regarding Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, I will be more than glad to give desired information.” Harry N. “Hansen. Obtain the Pellets now in vest poeket vial from your druggist— Adv. 4,216,-| U. S. Ships on to protect our interests there, All. Charles M. Tozer, commander, of | Way to Levant i [ow Matter THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE MERCER 00. CASE ENDED Supreme Court Upholds Com- missioners in Courthouse ee yi The supreme court, in a decision | | the board of county commissioners ; of Mercer county in their actions in house at Stanton. The action of the | Chaffee of Beulah. It had been char- | | ged in Mercer county that the com- missioners would seek to rebuild the courthouse at Stanton under guise of improvements to make more dif- ficult Beulah’s fight for the county ; seat, Tee The. case was heard by Judge} Nuessle who sustained the Commis- | sioners and was appealed by Mr. Chaffee. The supreme court, in jte decision, finds that the commission- ers.in accepting the lowest responsi- ble bid for the work of repairing the | courthouse had exericsed a proper discretion, it not being necessary €o accept the lowest bid. The ‘court also held the contract was properly let ‘and there are sufficient monies , available. for its purposes. HIGH SPEED © one of the 12 destroyers the United States ts sendirig’ to Constantinople 12 are of this type. Inset, Captain ed an address in which Doctor Karl Loening, university professor of Halle, warned of the dangers threat- ening Germany’s invalids. He traced the disastrous effects which high costs, ‘lack of medicine and food, shortage of housing, etcetera, have produced in increased _ illness throughout the country, and said that similar conditons were develop- ing in countries bordering Germany. Doctor Loening expressed the hope that the many- friends of German medicine on both sides of the At- lantic,, who availed themselves of Germany’s opportunities for profes- sional instruction in times of pros- perity, would now come forward to| provide the necessities for mecting the situation. The conference was held in con- ndetion with Hamburg’s Overseas Week. SN ; if CLAIM GOPHER POISONING IS . MONEY SAVER A total of 5,198,760 acres’ of land in North Dakota has been treated with poisoned bati te destroy ground squirrels and prairfe dogs this year, wih a total saving to farmers of more than one million dollars, ac- cording to reports received by R. Scott Zimmerman, biological assist- ant in charge of the work under the supervision of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The work was done in 23 counties ‘of the state in co- operation with the county agents. No work was done’ in Burlejgh county this past year due to the fact that the county employs io extension agent. The cost of the rodent eradication work totalled only $14,581, a big sav- ing being made through the co-oper- ative purchasing of strychnine, In Kidder county 64,000 acres were treated _at a cost of $150.00 and in McLean county 170,800 acres, at a cost of $532.00. Farmers of these two counties estimate that more than $50,000 worth of cyop was saved by killing the gophers. “The seriousness of the ground squirrel situation in many localities and the necessities for destroying these pests is evident when one con- siders their rapid rate of reproduc- tion and the amount of damage done to growing crops,” declared Mr. Zim- merman. “Observations show that in a years time one female gopher will produce a total of 31 gophers. ! Experiments conducted by the Ba- reau of’ Biological Survey show that 20 gophers will eat or destroy as much as one cow or 10 sheep will eat in one month. A gopher will eat a bushel of grain from June to August. Estimates from 18 North Dakota counties are that the damage caused by gophers last year, averaged one dollar per acre. One gopher will de- stroy enough crop to. pay for poison- ing a whole quarter section of land.” It is said that Pittsburg stands on ground once given in exchange for a violin. NOLTEMEIER HEADS ROUITY St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 9—Louis Nol- temier of Valley City, N. D., ‘was named head of the Equity Coopera- tive Exchange, one of the biggest grain handling organizations in the country, Saturday. He succeeds J. M. Anderson, who has been president of the Equity since its organization in 1911. Mr. Anderson was given a leave of absence,until the next stock- holders meeting in Fargo in Janu- ary. MANDAN NEWS Many Friends Attend Gibson Funeral Rites A jarge number of friends ‘and neighbors attended the military fun- eral given for William Gibson,- one of the few survivors of \the Civil War, which was held yesterday after- noon at 2:30 o’clock in the Kennelly Undertaking parlors. if A firing squad and pall bearers from ex-service men give the occa- sion of a stately military appear- ance. The late William Gibson was a member of the 22nd Wisconsin. Mrs. H. B. Parsons and two daughters and Mrs. D. S, Littlehales of Jamestown, mother, of Mrs, Par- sons, left Saturday evening. for Se. attle, Wash. to meet Charles Little- hales who is expected to arrive in port Oct. 10 on the Admiral ‘line steamship, President McKinley from a trip to the Orient. Mr. Littlehales who has been’ employed. by... the steamship company as a stenograph- {er for the past_three years will leave in November on a trip to South Am- erica, Mrs. Parsans and her mother expect to remain ‘at Seattle until Mr. Littlehales sets sail again in Novem- ber. ~ Miss Myrtle Anderson, stenograph- er in the Norten & Kelsch law »f- fices, was struck by an automobile Saturday as she. was crossing the street back of the Cummins store, but was not seriously injured. In going around behind an auto! truck Miss Anderson was unable to sce the approaching car. Mr. and Mrs. H, J. Schafer an- ounce the birth of a baby girl at heir home Friday. Mrs. C. W. Coil left Saturday for a visit with relatives in St. Paul, Minn. ». leypress tree with a trunk by feet in diameter exists at Santa Maria dél Tule, Mexico. , Bolivia has become ‘the second largest tin-producing- country in the world. Fy i “Freak in Railway Crash. bent in this curious manner was the resuit of a wreck Pacific at Montalvo, Cal., in which 45 were hurt - CAUSES CRASH Five Seriously Injured in Mo-| tor Smash Near Fargo Fargo, N. D., Oct, 9.—Five_persons are in St. Ansgar’s hospital, one of them in a precarious condition, asa result of a collision between an ato in which they were riding and a team of horses hitched. to.a wagon. The accident is reported to j-have occurred on the Red Trail about a mile and a half east of Moorhead. { Those injured were John Clancy, whose arm was broken and mangled and nearly torn from his shoulder; Fred Miller, who sustained a broken arm and severe bruises; Mrs, Fred Miller, Margaret Schroeder and Otto Schroeder, who sustained a bad, cut on his head. All were severely shak- en up, cut and bruised. Clancy, it is feared, is injured internally also. He ‘was unconscious when taken te:.the hospital and at an eafly hour th morning had not recovered consciops- ness. ay According. to Carl Melquist, | who] was riding in a car with Clyde King, coming to Moorhead, the automobile carrying the five persons passed: their car going about 40 or 50 miles: per. hour. A short distance farther) on they saw the red tail light of the car swerve sharply and go intg }the ditch, Their caravan stopped and ‘they helped. pick the injured up. They au- tomobile, Mr. Melquist said, was on the left side of the road’ -when it passed him and he believed: it. did not have time to cross the road again before hitting the wagen. One horse. was thrown clear over the wagon, a flat affair: used for hauling potatoes, and killed. The driver of the wagons, :whose namc was not learned, was walking by the ‘wagon’s. side when the accident hap- pen, or it is probable that he would have been strack by the horse. PLAN RESTORATION. OF FIRST, WHITE VIIAGE Belleville, Ml, Sept. 27.—The town of Cahokia, 15 miles. south- west of Belleville, said to have been the first white settlement in the west, may be restored to its appearance of more than 200 years has been urged to ask, the next legislature for an ‘appropriation to restore the village and create there a state.park. Cahokia was founded in 1700 by. French pio- neers. It was the seat of the first court, house in Illinois, and of the first. church. The church is _ still standing. In 1769, ‘Pontiac, the famous Indian chief, was assass- inated at Cahokia; The old court. house is now on display in Lincoln ‘Patk, Chicago, having been moved there from St. Louis. where it was exhibited at the World’s Fair in 1904. _Cahokia has 4 number of great historical points that are unmark- ed. A ie SMALL COMMANDS NOW THE LOT OF GERMAN MARINES Petrograd,. Oct. 9—The port of Petrograd, principally frequented to- day /by small German steamers, fur- nishes striking- illustration of what. the confistation -of Germany’s big- gest liners by the Allies! has done to the old officers of the Germsn merchant: marine. ‘ Once pacing the bridge of Atlantic liners carrying thousands of passen- gers, -these officers are now. com- manding or Standing watches tiny tubs that skirt the shores of: the. Batlic, ‘ From over 50,000. tons te less than 1,000 tons has, for-example, been the change in the ,command hdld by William Wittee, once captain of the “Imperator.” He recently brought the 950-ton Karlsrue from Cologne to Petrograd. FAMILIES OF BRITISH SAILORS. London, Oct. 9.—J.. Havelock Wil- son, Member of Partiament, General President of the National Sailor's and. Firemen’s Union, ‘has received official notification from the treasury that 5,000,000 pounds of German rep- aration money has, been finally ear- marked for distribution among the dependents of 17,000 British seamen who were done to death by the Ger- man_sink-at-sight submarine | cam- | paign, During the war merchant seaman of unnamed ships did not rank for Pensions or compensation under any naval conditions. Their work in man- ning food ships, was accompanied with great loss of’life, and the Prime Minister, through Mr. Wilson, gave an undertaking that in the event of victory the first payment from Ger- man reparation money should be for compensation ‘to the dependents of this class of seamen. | written by Judge Bronson, sustains} | making improvements on the court-' | commissioners was attacked by\P.’S.' | ago. The St. Clair Historical Society | pub! Have a Smoke? German Wealth Before and After War Compared Berlin, Oct. 9.—The total tax- able property held by the German people amounts te 1,950 milliards paper marks, according to _esti- mate made by RECONSTRUC- TION in its current issue. . Seven- ty per cent of the aggregate is given as personal and real -proper- ty, 11 per cent as town property, 14 per cent rural, two per cent mining, and three’ per cent as goods, ships, metallic currency, etc. The average of pre-war esti- ‘mates on German-owned private property, the periodical _ states, works out at 330 milliards gold marks, from which amount the fol. lowing deductions should be mad Thirty milliards gold marks in state property (belonging to the ‘empire, individual states, and local authorities, such as railways, can- als, forests, ‘etc.); 13 milliards of property held by the poorest class- es which escapes taxation, and further, a sum amounting to about 20 percent of the total which eith- specially favored by the reg- ulations for economic reasons, or manages to evade’taxation. This amounts to about 65 milliards gold marks. Deducting thcse’108 milliards from the pre-war average of esti- mates, a balance of 222 milliards remains. From this total, how- ever, RECONSTRUCTION states, the following sums must~be:de- ducted as a result’ of the war; Twenty- five milliards in values destroyed by the war (amounting originally to 50 milliards, one-half having been made good by recon- struction); 30 . milliards joss on capital invested, abroad; 25 mi liards loss of territory, and 10 mi liards surrendered to the Entente in railways, ships, etc. The sum left after taking off these milliards in losses, the ublication sets roundly at 130 milliards gold marks. In convert- ing gold into paper marks, it states, the following index num- bers. based on the prices current in the.home German market should be-émployed: Personal. and real property, 15; town landed prope ty; 2; raral landed property, 10; mining property, 10, and goods, ships, etc., 60. ‘When the various categories of property are .multiplied by these figures their values in paper marks are determined. According to this calculation, the average de- preciation index figure is 15, thus giving 1,950 milliards paper marks ag cautealent to 130 milliards in gold. PROVIDE FOR RETIRED OFFICERS "Tokio, Oct. 9.—The Imperial gov- ernment has informaty published its decision regarding the treatment of those qoftcers, who have been dis- | MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1922 A i ‘_ ‘TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY MATINEE DAILY 2:30 = = 4 : FR charged for the sake of the military reforms. It appeam that the sum of 13,000 yen will be granted to lieu- tenant-generals, 11,U00 yen to major- generals, 9,180 yen xo colonels, 7,200 yen to lieutenant-eoronels, 5,170 yen to majors, and 4,260 yen to captains and 3,000 to lieutenants and sub-lieu- tenants. - These allowances will be granted next ‘spring with government loan bonds, partly or entirely. =f | AT THE MOVIES | —_——_—_—_* THE ELTINGE ‘A tremendous romance with the Alps of Switzerland, the Gardens of Versailles, and Paris and Lon- don estates as the background, written by Elinor Glyn, and star- ring ‘Gloria Swanson, is beyond the Rocks,” & Paramount picture show ing at the Eltinge, Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday. The theme is’a lesson to women who marry without love and: shows what hap- pens when they do find the man of their heart. Rodolph Valentino is featured. ‘ The principal roles are capably played by Robert Bolder, Alec B. Francis, Mabel. Van Buren, Ger- trude Astor, Edythe Chapman, | June Elvidge, F. R. Butler, Helen Dunbar and Raymond Blathwayt. ‘ THE CAPITOL Doris May, the irrepressible madcap of the screen, comes again ; té‘the ¢apitol Theatre on Wednes- | day to regale local audiences with: laughs and’ chuckles. Miss May shows greater come- Irish “Joan: of Arc” dy possibilities with each new photoplay released by R-C Pic- tures, for which this nimble young star already has made_ four pro- ductions. In “The Understudy” she has the role of Mary Neil, an unsophisticated girl from the coun- try, whose adventures in the show world of the big city form the foundation of a most amusing story. A story(abounding in comedy of the better sort; in romance and quaints twists that heighten the suspense, gives Doris May one of the best comedy -vehicles of her career in “The Understudy,”. re- leased by R-C Pictures and sched- uled for, showing at the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday. With Miss May appears a_perfectly selected cast including Wallace M’Donald, her husbarid. Wor aes PROPOSE FEDERATION OF CHRISTIAN CLUBS Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 9.—First steps in the organization of a nation- wide federation of Christian business clubs will be taken at a meeting to be held at Unity Farni, near here, October 21 and 22, when representa- tives from almost all sections of the country will be present. The completion of such a federa- tion is expected to be made at a na- tional convention to be held in De- troif in 1923, Preliminary plans for the meeting will be brought up at the October meeting. The purpose of the various clubs, at, least one of which has been ¢ \ The nicest cathartic:laxative in world to physic your liver and bowe! : et > sraude Gonna MacBride, Irish feminist leader, is referred to by Sinn! Feiners as their Joan of ot.the Isiah Parliament ‘Are. She recently was expelled from the gallery; tor heckling speakers of the pro-treaty faction: \ when you have Dizzy Headache, Colds, Biliousness, Indigestion, ‘or Upset, Acid Stomach is candy-li “Cascarets.” One or two tonight will BUSINESS DIRECTORY |__ JESSE E LASKY? PRESENTS .THE MOST GORGEOUS LOVE DRAMA EVER FILMED! AAA ganized in almost all the larger ci- ties of the country, is the adoption of Christian principles in daily busi- ness life, fs -Reports from various clubs indi- cate state members are almost unani- mously in favor of the proposed fed- eration, and a large representation is expected at the preliminary mect- ing, according, to sponsors of the movement. OXEN SCARCE IN THE U, S. A. Chicago, Oct. 9—“Times do change,” is the unaminous verdict_of' officials of the American Electric Railway association who searched three months for a team of oxen to be used in connection with the annual convention here October 1-6. _ “When someone suggested an ox team show the stages in the progress of transportation everyone agreed that finding oxen «ould be easy,” said Secretary James W. Welsh. “But when we began to look for then we! couldn’t find onc, Ezra Mccker, an. Oregon trail pioneer who drove an ox team about the count! in the interest of good roads, was pealed to but his team was stuffed and on éxhibition in Se; Wash, “We asked stockyardsiofficials, wild wd:t shows and many others. Event- ually we heard of one blind ox in Phillips, Wis. and, arcer getting the entire city’ interestiain\the search, | we located a yoke neaz here.” | H = | Edward Jenner, who — introduced ‘ smallpoxvaccination, was a poet of merit. y For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache, Sour-Stomach, Bilious Liver | mornin | “The: | rets.never stir you up or gripe i Salts, Pils, Calomel, or Oil “they cost only ten cents a box. | dren love Casearets too—Adv. _ WEBB BROTHERS ndertakers Embalmers Funeral Director: Licensed Embalmer in Charge DAY ‘PHONE 246 NIGHT PHONES 246-887 PERRY UNDERTAKING PARLORS Day Phone 100 Licensed Embalmer in Charge Night Pone 100 or 687 BISMARCK FURNITURE COMPANY — 220 MAIN STREET Upholstered Furniture Made to Order, ’