The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1923, Page 1

anit cc WEKTRER FOREGINT. =. | FORECAST. r tonight and Sunday. Some- whut warmer Sunday afternoon, F. 3 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1923 : SEEDING TEN | WANTED:-1,500 PERSONS TO | BUY TICKETS FOR BIG BAND BENEFIT NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT DAYS LATE ON SLOPE FARMS Late Spring Accentuated by 2 to 5 Inches of Snow All Over The State HELD FAVORABLE SIGN} = ae Fifteen hundred tickets at one dollar each is the mark! set by the Band Committee of the Association of Commerce. | | Firms, business houses of all kinds are asked to take from! | five to twenty-five or as many more as they can so as to give! the band fund its initial start. One of the greatest needs in Bismarck is a good civic! ‘band. It was only a few months ago when this city was; forced to hiré a band from a neighboring city to appear at |its own functions. H Little villages and towns only a fraction the size of Bis-| marck have a band and this need is to be filled promptly in, | Bismarck. Benefits will be given from time to time and! there will be personal solicitations until a band fund is se-| cured that will support a juvenile and adult band that on (be a credit to Bismarck and this section of the state. | Devils Lake has one of the finest juvenile bands in the. United States. Last summer it toured Montana as the guest! of the Great Northern and did much to advertise its own city. ; It is doubly necessary to have a band at the Capital City: | where so many functions are held which call for bands and orchestra, such as inaugurals, conventions, etc. Remember the benefit concert at the Auditorium next; ‘Wednesday evening. Eve | May Reduce Corn Acreage,; Bul Records Show Season Favorable to Yields The spring seeding season is about 10 days late in southwestern North | Dakota as a result of the cold and wet weather, the Corn acreage may be reduced some cording to records of | Bismarck weather bureau. 1 what as a result, because of lack o: for farmers to plow fields, city of farm labor. time the at $1.00. No seats reserved. | It iss not expected that the wheat acreage} Pack the building which has been donated by the city of will crop! Bismarck for the purpose. Your presence will encourage those backing the band to jgreater efforts to build in this city two real musical organ- ‘izations. Don’t be a slacker on this job! ‘NEW CHARGE be reduced, acording to station report ras the crop is spring is a good thing, Roberts, weather observer said} emphasizing again figures! le public recently showing thas} best crops in western North Da-j ud followed seasong of closed} winters and late springs. The moisture now in the groune! is held there, and the light blanket of snow now over the state, will add to it, so that when the sged is in the ground it should germinate: rapidly, he sa Snow from two ‘to five inches deep} fell over North Dakota yesterday | and Jast night, according to repscis| the weather bureau here. followed rain, particul the western portions of the state. | Temperatures ranged from 11! ubove zero in Minot to as high as} 42 above in Ellendale, the wether bureau report show The forecast today was for slow- rising temperature, | DRAW Road conditions throughout North | ota are very bad, and have not | improved in the last week, according | to the weather bureau report. On m the kota ‘BURNS TO DEATH AT FARM HOME: Fargo, N. D., April 14.--James Me Carten, 58, burned to death inf of unknown origin which destroyed his farm home two miles northwest] of Cogswell, N Monday, accord-! ing to word received by his sisters,| living i Fargo. Mr. MeCarten spent AGAINST MASK RAIDERS, CLAIM : ly eral Attorney-General of New Or-) Cozswell about a month ago. | He had evidently tried to save leans Starts New Attack some valuable papers which friends| in Morehouse Cases to snow |said he kept in a writing desk in hi ‘home and his charred rem: Ifound in front of the d | husbberi J. J. O'Connell. " BARNES SEES OLD WORLD IN BETTER SHAPE | Business Conditions Improve ; Despite Peace Conference Failures ‘ORMATION: | a | \y aR i New Orleans, April 14.--Davia} Monroe, district attorney, was on mhediycathery , his way home today with 31 bills of The Missouri river, which is ©P-| information in his possession charg- cn from one end to the “other, Was! ing more than -a dozen citizens of | low today. The stage this morning) Morehouse parish with various| was 6.8 feet, a drop since yes'trday! crimes, growing out of the masked | morning of Li feet. The Heart riv- band aativities there last yenr, s¢-| er, choked with ice, overflowed yes-| eovjing to a story published in the! erday, water entering the Syndicate | New Orleans ‘Times, Picayune. ‘The | section, et) Meuian, ene ge fair pits the newspaper declared, wera grounds. ‘drawn up by Attorney-General A. V. | Coco and handed to the district at-| itorney who has been ‘summoned | ‘here for a conference. | Among the names appearing on the | | bills of information, according to: |the published aritele, are Capt. J. K.! ‘Skipwith, exalted cyclops of the! MISSING MAN New York, April 14,—England, Italy, Austria, the Near East, Africa | {Morehouse chapter of the Ku Klux {2 the Orient, all showed signs of | Klan, his son, Oliver; Dr. McKon,/ business improvement | f Monroe, former mayor of Mer) shocks of Lausanne and the Ruhr. ; Rouge; Laurie Calhoun of Bastrop,| This is the diagnose of conditions | ‘former deputy sheriff of Morchouse' in the old world by Julius H. Barnes, |chapter, M, Kirkpatrick; Newt Gray; president of the Chamber of Com- Vargo, April 14.—Missing for moie! and 'T, Jef Barnett, former More-jmerce of the United States, express- | than two days at his home in tm! house deputy sheriff. ted yesterday when he returned from city H, G. Russell, husband of airs.| “ay the open hearing in Bastrop! Europe, where he studied conditions B. Smith Russell, the owner of halt jast January witnesses testifi thes | after attending the recent congress million dollars in down town pro-/ recognized Burnett, Oliver Skipwith) of the international Chamber of | perty here, returned early today! and Gray way members of the masl-/Commerce in Rome. “Enrope is like a vast worship} ained, tied to a bed without food |naped Watt Daniel and T. F, Rich-! waiting the turning on of motive r attention for 48 ours and final-' args of Mer Rouge. | power and when this comes Europe released. He insisted that he!’ Four months later two bodies | Will repeat in lesser degree the com- : detained under a demand that found in a lake near Bastrop were, mercial and industrial recovery of or arrange Ba turn over: identified as those of the two men,j America,” he said. his captors most of his proper-i The bills, the newspaper declares, | ——— will charge conspiracy to commit; BIG “ROAD CONTRACT. ell's return came on the heels! assault, lying in wait with a dan-| Clinton, N. D., April 14—E, D. sensational development in the! gerous weapon on a public highway, | Fogle, manager of the Linton Bridge M home from which Mrs. Rus-| conspiracy to commit murdre, dam- (eomactatin Co, has eam a big cl had some hours before been re-| aging or destroying telephone lines! roa contract from Wolworth counts moved critically ill to a hospital.| or other defense: South Dakota. The work, contracts for which was let Saturday, is | Guards placed by police at the Rus-! 0 " the ral | six-mile stretch of State-Federal Sel Hope during, the :MlEnt, Ate: Te j road construction east of eeanee | FOR HEARING * === ==™HeR 3 in the hous? in the absence? f Mrs. Russell, i A large number of documents 5 —— were being packed in a card board) For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair ‘| tonight and Sunday, | warmer Sunda¥ afternoon, For North Dakota: Fair tonight! box preparatory to removing them} from the house. Police took charge! and Sunday. Somewhat warmer Sunday ‘afternoon. of the documents and papers on; Resents Intimation That He advise of City Atty, W. H. Shure| and Assistant States Attorney G. Was Insane When He Fired General Weather Conditions ie The low pressure area now cov- ers the entire Mississippi Valley and] Lovvell who are conducting an in- vestigation into the case. AGED MAN MISSING. | Kalamazoo,’ Mich., April 14.—Rev.| rain fell over the Mississippi Valley rand’ Forks, N. D., April 140!Father Charles Dillon, who. is held| and the southern Plains States with HI. G. Russell, age 63, has been miss-!for the shooting to death of his su-| snow in North Dakota and eastern! ing from his home since Wednesday, perior, Rev. Fr. Henry O’Neill, par-| South Dakota, The snow was from} and a general search has been insti-. ish priest of St. Augustine Catholic] two ‘to five inches deep over most tuted by relatjves and officials. Hejchurch, will be. arraigned in circuit | of North Dakota. High pressure and; was in the habit of carrying large|court here Monday. fair weather prevails over thw| sums of: money and shortly before} Father Dillon’s first desire was to] Rocky Mountain region. The tem- with a story of having been forcibly | oq hand which on August 24 kid- de leaving home he was counting a!be sent to the state prison and re- perature has dropped slightly in all; large amount of money on a table at/ sents intimation that he may have| sections except in the extreme the home, but the amount is unl geee Inaabe ween ee shot i one Northwest where it is rising slow- known. When he left he also had) as he sat at the dinner table Thurs-| jy. ¢ anion dinneng ring on his left|day evening. Cea ta and Wheat hand, worth betwen $600 and $700. ; There is no indication ‘today that, Stations High Low Pree. TREN aie le sanity inquest would bé asked by| ,,ota°® age Bie. mEPOIME YB. i ori BISMARCK 24 81 PC Congressman I Bottineau 21 26 PC . Guest at Beach 400 JAPANESE Bowbs a0 14 62-1 —_ Devils Lake ..... 28 .50 ; Beach, N, D., April 14.—The Town Dickinson .34 28 85 C ns Criers held a rejuvenation supper Dunn Centex .......34 24 54 C 5 ~*._ and meeting last Monday night that Ellendale 42 31 23 S wag the best\the club has held since Grand Forks . -40 31 64 8 the banquet to the governor anu Jamestown . 41 zi, 35 5. state officers a year or more ago.| ‘Tokio, April 14-—Four hundred| Langdon . 86 14 25 Congressmgn George M. Young. of] persons, joetuding = large number of | Larimore eat Valley City, who was the especial) tishermed, are missing as a result | Lisbon tec ay BG guest of the club addressed it On! of a tidal wave and storm on the| Minot . z oid eo the laws passed by congress on agri-| coast of Korea, according to advices | Nepoleo..n 3 4 cultural nupiere. and ie ot the] received in Tokio by the Jap: 6 a Pd Me ‘4 progress being le joward ac-) navy department. Wwiliston . complishing the great lakes to the} The total number of lives lost is | Moorhead 38 32 .74 8 sea waterway, which was highly in | uncertain, but it is believed ‘to’ be|C, cloudy; PC, part, cloudy; C, clear; now;, R, rain, teresting ,and profitable, large. BS DOS ue , . , ‘| i ‘ | City to be Divided Into Dis- Irish “President” Succeeds! Chicago, April 14. Mathilde Me- . : 7, Pry * - . Lt | Cormic » 18-year-old daughter of tricts During Week , April in Eluding Efforts at | Harold McCormick and Edith Rock:- ‘WHOLE CITY 10 BEBROUGHTIN: GARDEN PLANS DEVALERA GETS MATHILDE M’CORMIC PAST GRASP OF FREE STATER | | | Marries on Attai 30 to Aid Program [feller MeCormick, and an ‘heiress to the McCormick and Rockefeller mil- ‘lions, was married secretly to Major Capture ALSO PLAN CLEANUP; LONDON SEES A PLOT | ee ne Make jolt ies A id- er, e registry officer —-— jat Lewisham, a suburb of London, at 11:30 o'clock Thursday morning, Copyright: London dispatch publish- ed here today by the Chicago Trib- Committees of A. of C. and Other Bodies Undertake | Claims Evidence ‘Found to Show Plan to Blow up une stated, Comprehensive Plan \ Buildings Although the whereabouts. of the ‘ jcouple was not known it is believed RN ie Nemerraiay TRS that they departed immediately after _At a joint meeting of an Associn-; London, April 14.—Eamon De-' thy ceremony to spend their honeys tion of Commeree committee com-| Valera has apparently eluded free’ moon in Scotland. posed of George Will, Mrs. AvP. staters under General Fouch, who Miss MeCormic! ngagement was Lenhart, and Dr. M. R. Gilmore with{),. hi Mrs, P. R. Fields, representatives o, |@2¥¢ been searchin the Women’s Community Couneil,| Tipperary Mount: yesterday afternoon at the Assocla.;Dublin ‘dispatch to the Central News announced almost ly afte a r ago, short- Mrs. McCormick had obtain- divorce from Mr. MeCormick, g for him in the area, says ion of Commerce rooms, Mrs. Fields | today. tlhe whole district was thor- 7 \ was elected general chairaan of *.gughly combed yeateraay by thou FAIR WEATHER | committee on national garden week | : ap aide y DK whieh “will be observed from /Apfil | sands of soldiers, aided by airplane FOR NEXT WEEK to May lobservers. Several | prisoners were | The purpose of the meeting wus | taken. General Fouch expressed the) Washington, April 14.-Weather | to make plans for appropriate obser-j opinion that the region had the week beginning Mon- been | outlook for id vance of garden week. It was de-| cleared of irregulars Mississippi Valley—Generally | led to hold another meeting Mon-, 4 Cinteowaatenatn ate ttreanEily ‘fair, moderate aaa Setlaee of Coma ot, Me! Herald says that the “Countess of | ins Lae Fe os one | Markievicz is in the city. A recent appoint chairmen of the various | newspaper dispatch do oshe had | wards of the city in order to carry been captured by Irish National on an intensive campaign the week when way beautifying the city are under con- | sideration. These chairmen will | make a survey of their ward ana} eport to the committee at the next mecting. To aid in the promotion of activi- | during | and means ot eae in Tipperary. SLACKENS IN LEGISLATURE PLOT DISCOVERED. London, April 14.—Documents ling plots involving the destruc: | ion of life and property in London re reported to have come in posses- sion of Scotland Yard as the result} | igs) AMPLE BIB Weeks 8) SLOUD MOL | criiiaceunishtiauiraldel ont teu ldenicesl| Seal speakers have been selected to ap-| 5. resorts of Irishmen. and Irish, Recess Taken by Solons Puts! pear before the students in the high | school and grades and tell them of ithe significance of the preservation of native life and the planting of owers and trees at their home, In- women, suspected of being Republi-| | can supporters, Among the plans said to have been | revealed are plots to attack London | Over Further Ques- i tioning j SWISS RIDING MASTER SECRETLY Heiress to Rockefeller and McCormick Fortunes Keeps Word; WILSON HOLDS | Declares U K MARRIES ining Age of 18 irman of the Bourd of the Inter- ional Harvester company, Mrs. EASE Es opposel the con- templated marriage and took legal steps to have Mr, McCormick deposed as legal guardian for Mathilde. A settlement was made out of court and it was generally understood that Miss Mathilde would be allow€d’ to marry when she attained her major ity. That occurred last Monday. Another dispatch says Harold Me Cormick, father of hilde, con firmed the marriage. NFIRMED Cc N LONDON. London, April 14.—It was confirm- ed today at the registry office of Lewisohn, an outer suburb of Lon- don, that Miss Mathilde MeCormic daughter of Harold Me MeCor- mick of Ch. as married there to Max Oser, Swiss cavalry officer. AGAINST NEW _ HARDING PLAN Is Not For “Conditional”; Adhesion to World Court | Principle , ' WAN FULL ACT ION! Should Shoul-' der Entire Responsibility In The League FINAL EDITION | PRICE FIVE CENTS FRENCH, BELGIANS TO STAY IN RUHR ‘GERMANS MUST PAYOCCUPATION COST, DECISION Rumors of Withdrawal Di counted by Pact Announ- ced in Paris REAFFIRM POLICIES Balance of Ruhr Fund After Paying Expenses to Re- parations Fund The April 14. Belgians decided today ference of their ministers reimburse themselves for the Ruh: occupation expenses outside of mer chandise and money from the Ger mans. The two allies again empha sized their determination to evacu ate the Ruhr only us Germany. pay. Any balance left after the militar and engineering expenses are pai: will be turned into the reparation fund for the benefit of all the a | lies. The announcement that the tw allies were steadfast in their de cision to leave the Ruhr only as Ger | many pays came in the form of # r« affirmation of the resolution to th: feffect, adopted in Brussels la month. Paris, April 14.—The premiers « France and Belgium with their pri: cipal ministerial advisers met her | today ‘in an important conference « the reparations question. A re-welding of the jfront is expected to result from t+ day's mecting when — reparations plans drafted by the French expert {will be compared to one drawn « | by the Belgians. It is understood that the two di inter-allie Consider Parks vious years in beautifying the parks {of Bismarck, the needs of the parks planting of vines and flowers at t]degreé murder, relaxed today to various places will constitute an im-) Klonmiel in the District where Liam) await further action, | rtant part of this campaign to}Lynch was captured recently, the Partial examinati of Sheriff lee Bismarck a more attractive | advices Tones <of I vho is al- ‘city. Hleged to have nents An invitation has been extended to; . H. Waldron of the state agricul ee college asking him to speak (here sometime during national gar- den week. Prizes Offered To create interest among school children three pri $3 and $2 are being offere the despite the! committee in charge of garden week ; | for the best essay written on some jone of five different subjects in re- !gard to native life of some kind. & | Half of the fund for the prizes ha: H already been subscribed. A committee to cooperate with jthe garden week committee and to | promote particularly a clean-up and paintup Se et at the A. of C. i rooms last ht. The | composed of ip rench, ‘enson, A. E, Sripp, H. H. A Larson named an executive com- A, C, Sor. nge and J; Tabert and ufter Tabert's death camp ! mittee composed of Mr. Sorenson and! ments in the n future in the de H iMr. Enge to develop _ plans. The! partment of jottislels justi matched up a cheap i committee will meet Monday night!into the sugar p me ony laid him in it and carried jwith the garden week committee, at! indicated after FO) ‘which time plans to co-ordinate the ‘two campaigns will be taken up. | PRIESTS HELD TO BE MARTYRS, H uation, howe: the dent \jury investigation into conditions at {was represented as absolu the Israclite House of David colony vinced that the dutie: at Benton Harbor is to be instituted {were in no wise respon by the state, it was announced to-| Methodist Publication Praises; almost steady advance: jof the commodity | February. Catholic Prelate Somewhat! New York, April 14-—The Roman r D., April 14.—Among the \Goiholie fries apd qamerts Penna complete summa jeundidates in the beauty contest jdemned by the Russian soviet gov-|"estlls to date of his department's! which is being staged by the edi jernment, one of whom, Monsignor : [torial stat of the “Gopher.” of the z are ‘acclaimed by th ‘University of Minnesota, is Miss | Basectarie MaGOeaTE, a recognized | aay ine Neve ork | with United Alice Gunderson, second daughter Methodist publication, in an editorial | 31Htes Distrie rae Heyman. of Mr. and Mrs, J. G. Gunderson of appearing in a.current number is-; The nature of the department's | Aneta, ‘sued today: “It is not for any) | Protestant to lessen the glory of these {martyrs by saying that they were | they hpi bee bea in elbe| TAKES STEPS ' |hiet that the voice that speaks to | them through the church is the voice | |of God and in their defiance of that} Soviet law which offends the dic- tates of conscience they have dis- played a heroism that links them with all who through the ages have aid ‘We know that we ought to obey God rather than man,’ “They have all been condemned. One has paid the death penalty. The others at this writing are still in The spectacle of their jan constancy ought to bring Protestants and Romanists to e clear realization of their common origin U. 8. EXPORTS ~ and common destiny and their obli- gations to their common Lord.” DOGS MORTGAGED. Bowbells, Ny D., April t { ! } ! ‘ { t 14.—The|from the Uni first chattel mortgage on record in| March were val troops today captured Austin Sack, ing in a pit in the mountains the plots had huge ramification: , Great London and had ‘that a delay of a week by the police might have resulted in the cheney being put into operation. omelet that de: 5 cluded in the group are: C.D. qe goto ere artes! Talks April L.-With | Young, J. L, Bell, Dr. Melvin R. Gil- | yolease Irish prisoners from London |{8¢ legislative xt ena | more, Judge A. M. Christianson, | prisons and projected attempts on) fF the usual wee fi rckese wit Mrs, EP. Quain, and R. W. Lumry.)the lives of high police officials. | NeSs¢s and principals in the Ie i vhich was done last year and in p¥e-! Dublin, April 14—Iriah State li is aieaaat Pere en to death in former Republican minister of Home] in, connection. with which have developed since will te Affairs, according to the Exchange |Wigginhotbym, former . “whipping | investigated and taken up. Th) Telegraph. The ex-minitser was Ma boss,” is under indictment for first London, April 14. stated thar | in! inj Britain and_ particularly hed such a sta CABINET TALKS. SUGAR PRICES Developments in the Near| Future Are Indicated | Washington, April 14—Develo, a whieh Acting Attor ymour presented serne situation | President Hard almost _ entirely jstandpoint at the meeting, ted an hour and a half. pect to the tariff phase of the! sl findings were withheld, but it was lindicated by a high ad clopments might be | New York, April 14—The goveri ‘ment today took two steps which revealed its course of action in the | investigation of the high price of! sugar. An agent of the department of justice visited the New York Coffee and Sugar ‘exchange and in- vited several’ members to call on United Statés Attorney Howard next Monday, By letter members were asked for detailed information concerning panseUiat from Jan. 1 to April 1. :!GRAND JURY TO IL Alise, inves Kal convict camp in Dixie county and with the Put for the del a hea joint commit kei Tuesday completed. on on the house res hh proposes the inve ealen of all flogging cases in pr vate convict camps was expected carly next week, Members of the lower group of the assembly yesterday were given a study of the type of clothing and! shoes, thread-bare und mis-mated, | worn by the convicts ‘and a whip used lin the flogging was passed from seat; to seat. Rep. A. B. Weeks on the floor of ithe house read a letter signed by 1 Tarelton of Sutherland, Va., in ‘which the writer said he had been ;foreed to look upon the beating of am Lumber comp: f conviets The letter was referred to the in- vestigating committee. PROBE CULT Detroit, Mich., April 14. -A grand day ,to begin probably on Monday, April 23. BEAUTY CO ‘TESTANT Aneta, N. D., SONS BANQUET TO BE BIG the the and Sons’ Banquet” to be given ut the High School gymnasium Plans for program of “Fathers’ next Friday evening are shaping rapidly. The general committee was able today to announce a few fea- tures of the big event but the com- plete program will be given in these : ON INCREASE April tee Siete d States during fed at three hundred Washington, Burke county to list dogs as security,|and fifty million dollars in a pre- has been fled here, according to} liminary estimate by the commerce, C. S. Summers, register of deeds. The instruments list two laa’ and aj with pup. The total compares 7,106,350 for February and $329,979,817 for March, 1922, departr columns later. Dr. E. P. Quain will be toastmas- ter for the event. Attorney Genera, George Shafer will give the address of the evening and J. J. M. McLeon will discuss the boys’ program in Bismarck, s An orchestra composed of pupils of St. Mary's school will play. There will be a saxophone solo by Archie McGray and a vocal solo by Eugene | Ledger says today in a copyrighted | ‘in a letter to Arthur Rouce of Ken- \fer only slightly, inasmuch as Pr — | mier Poincare, through Louis Louey Philadelphia, Pa. April 14.—Form-|eur and the Belgian governmen! er President Wilson is opposed to| through its representatives in Lo President Harding's proposal for| 42% have sounded the British go ae ‘ : ee | ernment as to its attitude toward ‘conditional American adhesion to] the question. It ix believed that t the permanent court of internationat| discussion today should be fru justice established at The Hague] ful. \under the auspices of the League of | ie French plan was prepared 1 Nations, the «Philadelphia Publio| B€ foreign office experts colaboration with the io commission. Le Matin, jolla prinis dispatch from ington, a resume of the draft, it leaves The dispatch said that Mr, Wil-| the total German fndebteaneie first formal expression on in-| ¢ hundred thirty-two billion go 'l marks but provides for a method onal affairs since the admins} payment awhich would lessen istration submitted its plan to the|hurden of debt and at the senate February 24 was embodied) time accelerate the installments du ing the next few . If Fri in that period is able through inte national credit operations tog: | twenty-six billion gold marks repr: Wa the sare | i} tucky, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, in response to an inquiry. The letter follows: {senting the “A and B” German “In reply to your leter of March) ponds, as well as the past and fu 29 let me say that I approve not of ture expenditure for the deva: the ‘conditional’ but of the uncondi-| regions, she is ready to mal cessions for the remainder, says th: tional adhesion of the United States] newspaper. auspices of the League of Nations,| though I think it would be more ; consistent with the fame of t! United States for candor and cour: | age to become a league of Nations and share with the other members 7 the full which its! covenant FARMERS NEED NO FINANCIAL 'win Cities Expect Chiet Executive There on AID THIS SPRIN June 24 Minot, No D,, April 1d-—Farmers) president Harding will pas in this section of the state are not! through the Northwest during going to require very much financ-/ latter part of June, unless plans ing this spring for the purpose of! the proposed Alaskan trip are ex) celled, according to Washington ¢ patches, purchasing seed and feed until the 1923 crop is ready for market, at-!" Tentative dates for the Presi cording to Minot bankers. | visit to St. Paul and Minneape!.« The situation in this res; tis de-, are set for about June 23 and ~ existed | The President would leave the WE for the past five or six years. j House about June 20. Many farmers, blessed with an! The exact route of the abundant crop in 1922, and forsteing' trip has not been chosen, the possibility of a seed and feed} trans-continental railroads are ‘s shortage, have heaped the bins in| under consideration—the North their granaries high with grain,; Pacific, Great Northern and the NV. which they are holding as a reserve| waukee. If the President shci stock. | choose the Northern Pacific it During the past’ few springs farm-| pected he would be in Bismo ers have been, obliged to seek finan-| June 25 or 26. cial assistance in order to purchase | the seed to plant their crops. clared to be the best that ha propo but th OFFICERS FLAY EACH OTHER Springfield, Il, April 14.— Wit) |two state officials, Adjutant Gen ‘arlos Black and Colonel Sam Hi Is each accusing the other of sponsibility for the failure to yr: vent the Herrin mine war last Juve, the state legisipture investigatir : committee recessed last night unt’ NWednesqay to conisder further stoi: atjin its work. | Governor Len Small may be (he next withess called. ARRANGED; EVENT OF SEASON Hahn, winner of first _ prize Jamestown musical contest. There will be a number of other interesting features on the program and this year’s banquet promises to re be a record breaker. Mr. MacLeod is registering bays over 12 years for the event and 1» getting some valuable information as to their likes and natural bent, whether they play band instruments, their favorite sport, ete. Every Dad will be expected to de- fray the cost of his plate and that of his son or if he has no gon for the boy designated for to father that evening.- The cost will be only fifty cents a plate and a menu is be- ing arranged that will please the boys. SIMILAR APRIL 40 YEARS AGO Devils Lake, N. D., April . 14.—- North Dakota had similar April weather 40 years ago, according to Capt. E. E. Herman. He was then building boats upon the shore of Devils Lake. He states ‘it was very cold up to April 12, and there was so much snow in the woods that logs for the boats could not be moved. On the 12th it became warm, ané. Pie remained the rest of the season, } says.