The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1923, Page 1

OP ath othe eae *Sunday. Warne’ ‘tonight, USTABLISHED 1873 FOR BATTLESHIP FLAG GIVEN TO THE STATE Placed in Safe-Keeping Until Called by the Government, At Exercises GOVERNOR -ACCEPTS Exercises Held at the Roose- velt Cabin on the State Capitol Grounds Here The flag of the battleship North Dakota doomed under the naval iim- itations treaty was presented to the state of North Dakota at an impres- sive Navy Day observance at the Roosevelt cabin on the Capitol _ grounds this-noon. Lewis F. Crawford, curator at the state historical society, made the presentation of the flag in behalf of naval veterans of the World War and Gov. R. A. Nestos as representa- tive of the people of the stote spoke in acceptance. Secretary of State Thomas Hall presided“at the mcct- ing. \ e Navy ex-servicemen in their blue uniforms,—Vere Spohn, Neal Vogel, Ray Inseth, Carl Munson, Robert “ Dohn, Martin Glorvigen, and Oscar Boutrous—approached the cabin erarying the huge flag to the speak- ers platform, opening the program. As they approached St. Mary’s school band broke int the strains of “America.” At the close of the na- tional anthem Dr. Joseph Ryerson of St. Georges Episcopal church made an invocation. ; Flag Presented Lewis F. Crawford; presenting the flag to the safe-keeping of the state, referred to the scrapping of .battle- , ships under the naval limitations agreement, the battleship North Da- kota being one of those scrapped. “This flag has recently seen ser- vice in the great, World war. , To all outward appearance, this flag is like other U. S, flags, but for us it has richer associations. The mission that. brings this flag to us is unt- que. It represents a hope to a war- weary world; it represents a loaf for the ‘hungry and-a coat for the i naked. The ideal which it typifies will never be deaf to the cries of anguish. That war may be banish- ed is not a hope but a conviction; not a dream of a theurist, but a vi- tal principle now being affirmed by practical statesmen, and is here ex- emplified. “Governor Néstos, chief executive of our common-wealth, on behalf of the U. S. Navy, and in the presence of the representative citizenry of our state, we present you this flag from the Dreadnought North Dako- + ta, which is to be dismantled. This flag comes to you laden with clinging emories as a participant in the orld War in which there were more battle deaths than in all wars since Joshua blew the ram’s horn y before the gates of Jericho. It comes to you, not humiliated, defeated, dis- A M RHINE R NAVY A BIG BACTOR IN $4 79 seviewr| WALTON TRIAL SCHEDULED 1) BE THURSDAY Bill Against Him Completes House Work of Bringing Impeachment START, NEW PROBES Other State Departments and Officials to Come Under: Official Scrutiny Oklahoma City, Oct. 27.—With the impeachment trial of Governof J. C. Walton scheduled to begin next Thursday the house investigating committee which submitted charges of misconduct against the chief ex- ecutive today planned to extend its inquiry to other officials and depart- ments of state, Declaring their work hag just stared with the completion of the case aga.nst the Governor the mem- bers of the committee said the far- therest corners of the state will be searched to make the investigation complete. No‘ condition which the committee finds will be “white washed,” they added. The committee already has before it a resolution requestion investiga- tion of the office of John Whitehurst, president of the State Board of Agri- culture, and it is ‘predicted by clot foliowers of the situat.on that other state officigls will be made the sub THEODORE ROOSEVELT By Harry B. Hunt cruisers and certain modernized] jee, of possible impeachment ‘ro- NEA Service Writer equipment on board our capitall ‘dings, Its next session will be hela Washington, Oct. 27—“Navy Day, ships. Our mission is now to create] Monday. Oct. 27.” ja) balanced and adequate treaty!” ‘The senate court of impeachment Placards and posters with this navy. Woe will undertake no build-| \.dered Governor Walton to trial cryptic message are plastered all ing plans in the unrestricted classes! °oyt Thursday ater thé lower house over our towns and cities--cast, which might be said to reopen nayall inte yesterday had approved the last west, north und south. What does competition, but we must endeavor oy tne 22 charges which constitute it mean? Wasn't our whole navy|to put ourselves on a parity with the impeachment bill. All the charges come under, the general allegation of misconduct in office, moral turpitude, willful negfect of duty and incompetency. ; In setting the trial, the jsenaly: court alloweg the executive six days in which to answer the charges and enter his plea. If these conditions are compiled with before the’ prescrib- ed time has elapsed the court said the trial would begin at once. A board of house members will act a8 the presecution, Governor Walton refused early to- day to comment on the proceedings, program and policy settled two years, the ratio allowed us. ago by the Conference on Limita-! “Of course the prime reason for a tion of Armament? tnavy is dense. Our navy is the Seeking the answer to these ques-, shield which prevents an enemy tions at the sotrce, 1 went to sez from striking atiour vitals. It is Theodore. Roosevelty acting secretary | also the right arm of the State De- of navy during the absence, with an| partment, visualizing and translating injured foot,,.of Secretary Dendy. | its policies into action. Navy ‘Day, by the way, also is the} “But as an aid to civilian progress birthday anniversary of Roosevelt's, the navy also is a tremendous factor. famous father, the great “Tedd: | Andrew Carnegie once said that the “What's this Navy Day thing?” I, navy was responsible for the de- inquired, “Why is Navy Day? What velopmefit of the yast steel industry is it? What's the big idea behind in this*tountry. the whole. thing?” | “The divy was the parent of the j terrific’ radio development of the The acting seeretary griuned a e declaring’ only that “the entire mat- typically Rooseveltian smile. jPast few years. ~The first broadcast-| ter is in the hands of my attorneys.” “Fine!” he exclaimed. “You're ing’ was done by the navy from Ar- asBing just the questions we want|lington as long ago as 1905. The de- everybody to ask. Smoke a cigurct?|Yelopment of radio has been in no Got-a'match ?” |small part due.tg the constant ex- Matches and cigarets traded and, Petintentation of the avy. the smokes going good Roosevelt got} Navy By-Products down to cases. ‘ “The same in aircraft. Army and Educational navy experimentation and develop- “Navy, Day”, he said, ‘is a day set) ments promise to be invaluable to aside specially~ for informing the | the development of aircraft for public on the importance and needs lian uses. I look to the day when of the navy. It is a day’lo catea the |aircrdft will be a tremendous com- interest of citizens’ everywhere—in | mercial asset, and the navy and army ISSUES STATEMENT Oklahoma City, Oct. 27.—Charg- ing that not ohly the Oklahoma House but also “practically every department of state” is controlled by the Ku Klux Klan, Governor J. C. Waljtgn in a statement today declar- ed the present question in'the state was not “Shall I be impeached? but shall government as handed to us by patriotis in the past continue to ex- ist? honored; but elevated, exalted, glor- ified.in this great victory of the spirit of peace over the spirit of war. We cannot see what.is in the future; we can\only hope. -We like ,to think of our country as.a leader “in the Peace movement of the world. If we reach our highest destiny, we must have exalted ideals and be true to them, “With relying faith in the inte- grity and honor of our country, we deposit this flag with you as the first rich fruitage of a practical ef- fort to catch up with the enlightened conscience of mankind, the herald light and the bearer of a love that, we hope, will usher in “the parlia- ment of man the federation of the world. Governor’ Accepts “It is a great pleasure as well as an honor in behalf of the people of the state to accept the loan of this flag of the Battleship North Dakota, wticularly so as this occasion is symbolic of the first movements|® looking toward the establishment of world Peace and good will toward ” aaid Gov, Nestos -in accepting “This ‘flag is a symbol of peace at the close of a splendid career by the 4North Dakota in p: ving the hon- NE phe te , nation,” asserted the me value the flag more becapse will represent to the boys and ae of North Dakota the high ideals of a nation,” he said, and it will be ® constant remind: them for what the nation has stood, It will remind them: of the character and life of the greatest of all Américan statedman. who spent: the early day: of his life in this vicinity Fanching,” since the occasion. of accept-| ee ie Navy and’ Ro It: Day,” lusion Governor Nestos nad at he accepted the loan of ‘the flag in behalf of: the people of 'sthe .state and would the| Lakes region, but fair weather pre- Htonight west portion. _ \ the middle west and west us well as | more than any other agencies are ‘along the coasts—on ths Subject of bringing that day forward. Along our naval development. | the whole path of our progress, it is “Prior to the conferznce 01 naval! astounding the number of milestones limitation, our naval programs were|that have been checked off by the always shaped by the -tug-of-war/navy. While defense nas been the between the, big’ andthe little navy | prime object, th? civilian by-products folks; between those who wanted us|that have resulted from naval ex- to' have incomparably tie strongest | perimentation and study have in navy on earth and those who wanted: themsélves been worth our wacle virtually no navy at all. © naval expenditures! “The arms conference, for the first | “The lesson of Navy Day? time, gave us a. definite mark at this; ‘ which to dim. It committed us to ai “Our freedom, the safety of our definite naval policy—that of aj families, the institutions we prize, navy equal to Great Britain’s and 40/ all demand that we maintain, a pro- per cent larger than any other navy.| per deftnse. Navy Unbalanced “For the sake of our children and “At this time we have not got a!their children’s children we must treaty navy. Our naval strength is| build up and then properly maintain not pelanete. We lack essential ele-| our treaty navy. It is my hope that ments, ineluding ‘ mine-laying sub- Navy Day will help spread the un- ‘ marines, scout ‘submarines, scout| derstanding of that need.” Ane <dopomia) Wbietha Bank wes iN ‘ Jan insolvent condition and were ~ A —: v ae bound to district court for trial, @ — 2 4 “THE WEATHER | RECEIVER FOR The bank closed about six week THE WEATHER ')|" DistRICT NAMED For twenty-four hours ending at noon toda; “G.R. Van Sickle of Minot has been a named’ district receiver for the ‘Northwest district, by L. R. Baird, general receiver for closed banks in state. / Corn Growers » In Contest Corn growers of Burleigh county GRAIN CO-OP sgersgrue.cr| CONFAB SET he uel yee © | Commies wil Meet tm Chi cago on ‘November 5 DAWSON BANK OFFICERS HELD Charge of Receiving Deposits While -Insolvent Is* Brought It is Steele, N. D., Oct. 27.—H. F. Rohr, vice president, and J, A, Kooker, cashier, ‘of the closéd First State bank of Dawson, waived examination here yesterday on charges of receiv- mann,. state attorney, and William Langer of marck, retaiged- by a number of de- Temperature at 7 A. M. Temperature at noof Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation .) Highest wind-velocity Weather Forécast For Bismarck and Viainity—Gene ally fair ‘tonight, and Sunday. Slight- ly warmer tonight. 1 For North Dakota—Generally fair tonight and. Surida; Slightly warmer Mr, Richholt prides himself on be- @ practi- northern-grown, - i Results of the last few years cnet oe Toate Lia demonstrate that. the finest quality | Committee of the wheat growers’ ad- of field can bé produced in this visory committee, an organisation re- enue peyhie auanen? quantities, he) said. Weather Conditions . The pressure has decreased some- what in’ all sections,) but no low presstre area has appeared on ‘the. weather map, Light precipitation oc- éurred in the ‘middle and southern laperal marketing, facilities in the grain producing states,. will meet here November 6. At that time the commit Plans to determine on & j denite plafi of grain contract tobe used in ged ithe. hang mar: keting ississippi Valley and Great Piast AA I USER Ae. USER cE RECN ey BISMARCK, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1923 a WASHINGTON SEES HOPE IN EUROPE SNARL Believes That Acceptance of Powers. Opens Way to Solve Reparations U. S. WILL TAKE PART Developments of Past 24 Hours Believed to Assure \, Participation Washington, Oct. 27.—Hopeful that indicated acceptance by France, Italy and Belgium of British proposals for an advisory study ‘by an international commis- sion of experts:of Germany's ca- pacity to pay had definitely opened a way toward solution of tie rep- arations tangle, Washington offi- clals today awaited the further formulation of plans presumably under way at the European cap- itals. Developments of the past 24 hours were said authoritatively to have been such as to make it ap- pear a virtual certainty that Amer- ica would be represented on the ‘proposed commission by experts named with the approval of the Washington government. How far the European governments invol- ved had proceeded toward a com- plete agreement, however, was a matter which it was apparently ex- pected would be clairtied by some official announcement from Lon- dno. FRENCH ,ACCEPTANCE Paris, Oct. 27.—The French gov- ernment has accepted the British pro- posal for an examination into Ger- many’s capacity to pay reparation. It is regarded in diplomatic circles that Premier Poincare has thus avoided a bad turning in France’s interna- tional relations, for yesterday, when the American note and Prime Minis- ter Baldwin’s speech were published here, he appeared to Be beset on all sids. Defied by the German chancellor in @ speech which was regarded as presaging’ prolongation and intensi- fication of the troubles with the reich, and summoned by his allied associates to accept the principle of @ conference which he had hitherto steadily rejected, the French prem- jer seemed to have been isolatd, if not cornerd. His prompt acceptance of one of the ulternative proposals made by the British prime minister clears the atmosphere, and while nothing is ex- pected by French officials to come from a re-estimate of Germany's ca- pacity, France will have at least avoided the appearance of hanging ick on a proposal approved by the American government. Confusion on Reply The first impression regarding M. oincare’s reply was that it practi- cally rejected Mr. Baldwin’s proposal, since it limited the constitution of the examining commission by put- ting the nominations up to the rep- aration commission, which was ten- tamount to rejecting the id conference of plenipotentiari ed by the various government ;PUBLIC CABI {EX-KAISER, CROWN PRINCE GO __ TO CONFERENCE NEAR BORDER U ‘ Doorn, Holland, Oct. 27.—(By the Associated Préss)—Former Emper- or William and Crown Prince Fred- erick William accompanied by two other personages -left the Kaiser's home at 6 o'clock last evening in an automobile in the direction of Arnheim, about 10 miles from the German border, and returned at 2 o'clock this’ morning. They were followed by three oth- er automobiles, according to a per- son well informed regarding af- fairs at the Chateau. It is report- ed here that the ex-Crown Prince Wishes to return to any at any cost and that he has had con- versations on this subject.with re- presentatives of the Duran govern. ment. FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, Oct. 27, Weather | outlook for the week beginning Mon- day: | FOUND GENERAL Region of Great Dakes—Consider- able cloudiness showers at beginning and again at Inver part; tempera- ture near norma: Upper Mississippi Valley—Consid- erable cloudin showers at begin- ning and again after middle of weck, Temperature n normal. WITNESSES FROM N. D. 0 RATE HEARING Will Testify on Economic Con-| ditions Before Interstate Commerce Commission Witnesses will be taken from North Dakota to Kansas City, Mo., to testify before examiners for the In- terstate Commerce Commission‘ when that body holdings a hearing in its western freight rate investigation on November 14, Chairman Frank Mil- hollan of the commission said today, The Interstate Commerce Commis. sion, in its Fécent decision in the case, held it open for further testi- mony on the economie conditions of territories affected and it is in this réspect that the North Dakotans will be. asked to testify. The Kansas case, according to Mr. Milhollan who returned yesterday from Kansag City where’ he conferred regarding the je, will precede the nation-wide in- vestigation of freight rates to be made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Commissioner Fay Harding and Chief Engineer Morris will leave to- day for Washington to attend the j hearing, on the valuation of the Great Northern railroad. They will return after the first phase of the hearing and later when the North Dakota apportionment of the valua- tion is taken up, Mr. Morris will re- turn to participate. GIRL SHOT BY UNKNOWN; SEEK FOR MOTIVE When it transpired later that there were alternative projects in the British proposals, one for an in- te ional conference of plenipo- tentiaties and the other for a com- mittee to be named by the repara- tion commission, it was seen that the premier’s reply constituted an ac- official of the foreign of- lared that M. Poin- largely influenc- ed by the American approval of the project. France, he added, was par- ticularly happy to welcome and faci- litate all she could such parti ition by the United States ingsettlement of the European tangle as the Amer- ican government saw fit to under- tal p It is regarded as pos, Germans may decide ble that the experts instead of pursuing their re- ‘quest that they be heard by the in- terallied reparations commission. Pioneer of Cass County Is Dead Fargo, Oct. 27.—Ole Hicks, 78, in whose ‘honor the Town of Hickson, Cass county, was naméd, died at his home in that place of cancer of the stomach with which he has suffered since last’ spriny Mr. Hicks hag been a resident of Cass county for 53 years. “Funeral services will be held from the farm home at 2 p. m. Sunday,|® Rev. F.-M. Eckman, pastor the Beth- esda ‘Lutheran church of Moorhead, | g: officiating. Hillsboro Has — . ~~ §choo] Orchestra “Mayville, ” N, D., Oct, 27.—The ‘Hillsboro “publié school orchestra, r the direction of Leif I. Chris? jon, gave E concert in the nor- mal school” auditorium last. Aauagzy colts hestre’ i 10d of § 1¢. orchestra’ is composed o: wd eens age of the bse 4 South Dakota Girl Is Shot as She Goes to Door to Empty Dishpan Watertown, S. D., Oct. 27.— The mystery surrounding the , shooting of Mathilde Doyne at Clark last night was solved to- day at noon in the girl’s own ad- mission to states attorney W. C. Brower that she shot herself. She said she wished to take her own life. Owing ato her condi- tion no attempt is made to certain tle reason for her act. a Watertown, S. D., Oct. 27:—Au- thorities at Clark today are investi- gating the mysterious shooting of Miss Mathilde Doyne, daughter of a Prominent farmer, residing tl miles west of Clark, early last ing. Accor@ing to her own story a man whose “face was covered fired at her as she emptied a dishpan at the back door of her home. ‘The bullet Pp etrated her fier right arm below the a@ man named Weber ‘is the only person who could have « reason to attack her. Weber was ar- }rested in Watertown last night but Stat Attorney Brower today the revolver found near belonging to the girl’s brother. No suspicion yet attaches | to him, the state's attotney ‘ssid, Football Scores | | Se : First Pe * Pennsylvania 0; Center college A. C, 8; University’ 10. Chicago 0; Purdue 0. linols 13; Northw. ‘Notre o. Dame 7; Georsts Tech 0, Second weit ‘i d if yivania =o 0. fi veal id 18; "West ‘Virgina 18. furnished an alibi and: was released. , DECREASE IN HAIL ACREAGE | Counties in Western Part as Well as as Eastern Part Show Risks Casried Less SOME OF THEM GAIN Decrease in the insurance carried with the State Hail Insurance De~ partment is recorded in most toun- PRICE FIVE CENTS ET SEPARATISTS CLAIM GAINS IN STRUGGLE Plans for Issuance of Sound Money Based on Mortgage seegagape i Is Planned . HOLD)NORTH RHINELAND Separatists Say They Can Move Forward, Taking Other Towns, as They Desire / Duesseldorf, ahd‘ unemployment riots accom- panied by pillaging and result- ing in clashes with the author- ities are .reported from‘ various towns throughout the Ruhr. There were many causualties in some cases, 20 persons being killed and 15 wounded at Boch- “um and five killed at Duisburg. The rioting at Pochum, which has hitherto been relatively ties of the state in the last two |years. A popular belief that \crease in the number of acres in- \sured with the state department by farmers is due to withdrawals in ; Red River counties alone is ex- | ploded by an examination of the re- ports of the State: Hail Insurance Department for the year 1921 and the year 1923. | The number of acres insured in | the state department for $7.00 an acre insurance decreased from 11,- 363,481 to 7,748,467 from 4921 ta 1923. The decrease of 3,565,024 acres insured in two years is almost one- third of the total acreage insured. in 1921. The decrease’ was divided about 15 per cent from 1921 to 1922, .ond the same percentage from 1922 to 1923, Decrease, in the number of atres insured is shown in all but a few of the counties of the state. A marked decrease in the number of acres insured is shown in 40 coup- tiga, Big Decreases ~In the Northwestern part of. the state, regarded a fertile field for hail insurance, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Renville Rolgtte, Ward and free from such disorders, was declared by officials to have been inspired by outside agita- tors. The casualties came when the German police fired into the mob. The trouble at Duisburg arose when surprised by a vatrol the rioters shot and wounded a de- tective. Belgian troops were called out and opened fire on. the piflagers. Coblenz, Germany, Oct.’ 27.—(By the A. P.)—The Rhineland Repub- lic, made stronger by the approval of the Farnco-Belgian authorities, ig devoting itself to extension and organizaton. | ? Tre. provisional government at Coblenz has set up a ministery at which Joseph Matthes is premier, although he. prefers to be called “executive commissioner.” The other portfolios have beeu assigned as follows: Herry Von Metzen, foreign min- ister; Herr Wolterhoff, minister of finunee; Horr-Liebing, ‘minister. of the interior; Father Kremers, min- ister of instruction and publ! ehip; Herr Mueller, min Williams counties show a decrease in the number of acres insuted. The comparison for the years 1921 and 1928, on-$7 an acre insurance, in these counties, is in .acres as fol- lows: transport; Herr Kleber, minister of justice and agriculture. ‘With the exception- of Father. Kremers, who is a Roman Catholic priest the ministers are lawyers. Herr Wolterhoff has prepared a plan for issuance of sound money to extend to one million gold francs and to be sectired on 2 complicated system of mortgages on unhypothecated real estate and. County— 1921” 1923 Bottineau - 362,801 239,019 Burke . + 263,667 167,364 Divide . ++++291,256 264,570 Renville 288,898 185,108 |Rolette .. 96,028 68,667 Ward 441,927 243,341 Williams + 876,652 870,853 In the northwestern part of the state hail inuurance increased from 1921 to 1923 in Mountrail county from 204,838 acres to 213,184 acres and in McKenzie county from 133,030 to 168,777, In the southwestern part of the state among the counties showing big decreas between 1921 and 1923 are: Hettinger, from 165,075 to 148,609; Mercer, from 190,750 to 132,638; Morton, from 204,838 to 150,134; Grant, from 205,428 to 177,374; Slope, from 168,810 to 137,701. Some Show Increase Among the counties in this section showing an increase are: Dunn, 218,- 794 to 259,090, Golden Valley, 91,265 to 181,141; Bowman, 69,490 to 114,- -| 750; Billings, 38,135 to 62,331; Stark, 109,158 to 223,133, Through the central western part of the state, or territory between the Jim and Missouri rivers, generally classed as western North Dakota, some of the counties showing de- creases in acreage insured, between 1921 and 1923 follow: Burjeigh, 226,-" 159 to 212,241; McLean, 897,175 'to 184,554; Kidder, 206,430: to 129,530; McHenry, 292,678 to 101,103; Sheri- dan, 165,554 to 74,561. Other counties east of these show- sing decreases include: Stutsman, 521,549 to 424,141; Barnes, to 187,839; Foster, 280,804 to 166,633; Griggs, 280,739 to 97,121; LaMoure, 361,585. to 263,136. Dickey county showed an increase. 4 Counties in the extreme eastern part of the state all show decre: in the amount of insurance carried, comparing the years 192] and 1923. They inclpde; , 299,218 to 123, 564; Benson, 827,363 to 180,799; Grand Forks, 249,784 to 95,1173 Walsh, 166,707 to 79,963; Traill, 206,- 540 to 90,498; Richland, 123,627 to | 40,668. The decrease in the insured sore: Trance Department ‘© | finds itself this year, for while the total losses allowed in 1923 amount the railroads. Tie Republican leaderg are hoping that the allies will cinsent to transform th@ first mortgage on the railway on the Versailles treaty into a second mortgage in the consideration of 350 billion gold francs. STINNES CONFERS. Berlin, Oct. 27.—Hugo Stinnes: anti other representatives of German in- dustry after conferring with Chan- cellor Stresemann have reopened ne- gotiations in the Ruhr with Gen- eral DéGoutte, the French occupa- tion chief. The continuation of oper- ations in the Ruhr plants depends on the result of these discussions. (By the Associated. Press.) Duren, Oct. 27.—The separatists in the North Rhineland say that. they have successfully established posi- tions at Aix La Chapelle, Crefeld, Bonn, \and other points. It is now possible, the leaders assert, to ex- tend the Republican lines wherever such operations are deemed oppor- tune. The military leaders talked openly of plans to storm the town halls at Neuss, Gladbach and other places in- cluding Duesseldorf. They predict that the Republican colors will be hoisted over the rathaus at Duisburg today. DANNER GUILTY OF MURDER Defendant Unconcerned as Jury Returns Its Verdict Bozeman, Oct, 27.—Seth 0. Danner was found guilty of murder and sen- tenced to geath by the jury which re- turned its verdict at -11:20° o'clock last night. The defendant didnot. look at the jury as it filed dnto thé room or a: and with appar- ent unconcern walked out ‘under guard of four deuty sheriffs. was charged with the murder of Mrs. to $4,668,381, total losses in 1921 exceeded this amount, being $4,788,598. The decrease in the busi-| 4 ness done by the state department— John Sprouse of Mobridge, 8: D. Relapse oe os insured acreage—has resulted in} * pushing up the rate-to the maximum of 50 cents, together with