The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1924, Page 4

SAGE FOUR ‘ARM PRODUCT VALUES LESS DURING 1923 lump in Wheat Crop Causes Lower Money Valuation, Is Agriculturist’s Report ORN ACREAGE GREAT 'A te pene nan daa, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE RMY AND NAVY FLYERS SET FOR WORLD-GIRDLING R CE NORTHWEST'S +4 RAILROADS ON ~ Wee -_ THE UPGRADE aha Se | Inerease in Efficiency Report- rs ‘ed; Expansion Is Planned . During Year. 1924 - LANATION conte N.. P. BUSINESS GOOD laxseed Acreage Also Was ‘One of the Greatest in the | History of State of nine p kota in 000 is farm value North I qrhe cops in of those crops in ,000 below their 5- value for the 918, necording to G. Dia- | Forks, Agricult U. &. Division of estimates. The the lues is attri gted report to the low heat crop whieh is 1 Eat 000 compared with $1 1; $151,290,000 ) Vd $420,182,000 the 1914-1918 aver- | i rops except corn and flax kK o the report have lower rm value d with due , incipaily reduced yields. The Iport folle TPOTAL VALUE—Nine _ principal epps in North Dakota in 1923 hs qm value of $141 316,000 compar 1 h t 1 nd $233,051,000 t Ce valu these erops during the riod 1914-1918 © bulk of the imp in the total farm value of the Ms « due to the poor wheat Oop which this yea $9.00 114-1918 2,000 the 14-191 Esnehoxcent) corn: and ow lower farm values than a \ Do, the decrease however, being less G the case of potatoes and the hay pens Corn in at with a farm Slue of $ 232,000 shows a gain of TE x6.4,000 with yew Od oe ty y i VALUFA BY CROPS. 448,000. ( 1 Spring wheat 6,000) Max, Wild 000) ; | 12,000, Barley, ls 25,000); Rye, $4,822,000 (1922,) Potatoes, — $4,590,00 59,000). \i VALUES Potato $29.05) gimpared with: § $100.80 | ¢ 1919 and $63.5 8 aver-|t t ii, the 1914 $10.19 compared with $14.10 in 1919 andj Barley, average; n 10.39 in 1919 and verage; Spring 69 in 19 Vi 22; $16.63 in jq4-1918 pimpared with $5.2 $14.76 U P 1919 and $8.11 the 1914-1918 aver- | Rye, $: compared with $9.66) fu 1922; $9.68 in 1919 and $14.73 the| cover approximately 29,000 miles, ) Squadrons of destroyers will stand =f 3 st!4-1918 average. |while the army birdmen, scheduled | out to sea altng the courses to be | Shark Loses in Battle Corn Acreage Higher to take the air April 2, will fly a/ followed, and with steam up, will oe 3 P€the acreage of corn for 1923 is| course covering 35,000 miles. | dash to the assistance of any of the | With Launch in acod at 842,000 as compared to| Great secrecy nas enveloped | fliers should possible mishap over- | a ene 0,000 in 1922 and 557,000 for the| Preparations for the world-length | j Fiji Island Waters arly average between 1914 and The average yield was put at} ext bushels per acre for 1923, which | fere with preliminary work | Suva, Fiji Islands, Jan, 3-—An at- tris above the yield for| The navy fliers will wing thei: | U will be Lieut. | ack on unch by a giant shark is 29 for 1919 and 3 for the} Way from the nation’s capital to San | Le Bric Nelso® and Capt. [eeeeribests ny Arthur Robinien. fete : Cara 4 Diego, passing en route over some | Lowell One more pilot ana e@ sail as en route from La reeling average from 1014 to 1918.) Coce™ DOAtNE om incipal cities. | five s pe toka to Yasayas, in Fiji waters, when Wheat acreage w 22, 8,980,000 in 1 ~ “49 and an average of JUhr from 1914 to 1918. IprLittle change is shown in t Ihaveaze, while the barle 1,361,000, nearly 511,000 each 10,000 s 1,094,000, Aypatest acreage in years. In 1 +s 521,000, in 1919 it was 650,000 a i,irom 1914 to 1918 it averaged 1000 acres. )RSESHOE PITCHERS i 4 INA. ALU. SU}y iimington, O., Jan. 3 © pitchers are now recognized as Sl-fledged athletes, the National eshoe Pitchers’ association hav- jx ratified anyagreement with the aateur Athletic union to become thet of that body. aie \, Announcement of the ratification | ngs made by R. B. Howard, secre- ry of the National . Horseshoe USE ners’ association. lof plat has been estimated that the werrease of London's population | “ring and since the world war is | Jess than, 600,000. tub it on. Hit does all the good work of the old- d mustard plaster, without the | Doctors and nurses often rec- | Musterole in milder form for and small By NE into the uncharted ether lanes ea which cradled 1 with $14,-; skies in motor-driven de ernment mature, synchronized with tional attempt to fly doah, world’s largest dirigiblé, to the. | Washington about Feb. 21, accord- Liberty motors. dash nouncement of the fea on to Manila and from there to Lieutenant B. H. Wyatt and three See eee tee bene | Hongkong other pilots yet tobe named by the | Ute afterwanls cts Tiere stern, Leaving that China city behind, navy department iene ie ena Re they will dash to Calcutta, thence Wives of some of the officers plan eset enl ey ener in fy a Cairo and lastly to to gallon thelr fying ‘husbands to | CARTE NIN eet aia ae wi Ahora aug od fecd off the propeller. It killed him. The ships will next be flown to) Elaborate receptions have been | y7.° cimpty rolled round and round | flight will be via the Azores to New | York | 1923 handled an amount of traffic | | tation ‘experience, invested a record | | breaking amount of capital in new facilities and equipment, and will | ings and with equipment ang appur; | hetore. [the American Railway Asscciation. St. Paul, Minn.,; Jan, 3.—North west Tailroads have made remarkable improvement in operating efficiency. this year with on attendant, gain in emphasized i | | H | i i ‘earnings strength, it is by November reports to the inter- ‘state commerce commission, made | publie here today, which. disclose the | best showing made. in any. year. since, ithe beginning of the federal control) | period. | | Large gains in gross revenues indi-| | eate the increased freight tonnage} ‘handled in 1923, Net operating earn- |ings show gratifying improvement | but on account of continued high | costs of operation have not increcsed | proportionately to the gain in gross | revenues. i Hilt Line in, Lead | The showing of the northern trins- {continental lines is especially good | ‘with the Great Northern leading with | net operating income of $4,500,900 | for November and,$23,070,405 for the {11 months. Net ‘operating income | for the Great Northern forthe year is ‘estimated at approximately $25,- | 009,000, which will be the since 1917. The November operating ratio of | | 54.4, which is 14.2 better than No- vember last year, shows the lurge improvement in operating efficiency ‘made by the Great Northern in the {face of greatly increased volume of {business handled. Gross revenues [for the 11 months were $11,662,094, jan. increase of $16,742,722 over last {year, Operating expenses totaled | $80,733,829, an increase of $7,853,421. | Great Northern gross revenues for ovember totaled $12,218,121, an in- jerease of $1,714,303, while operating jexpenses of $6,650,663 showed a de- jerease. of 7,016, Net operating | income of $4,500,900, was a gain of, | $1,495,157 over November, 1922. Net [operating income. of $23,070,406 for the 11 months was a gain of .$7,269,- 1094 over last year. N. P. Makes Good Showing Northern Pacific net operating in- |come of $3,012,652 for November al- so was an excellent showing. It was | Srooae from gross revenues of Copyright... 2: Harris & Ewing LT. FRANK. W. WEED, GP. Bea AWYATH , U.S. N, MAJ. F. L. MARTIN, U.S. A. LT. LEIGH WADE, U.S. A the one planned by Lieutenant Il, Wyatt, serological officer of the CAPT. L. H. SMITH, U.S. N. r Ben} | Service hington, Jan. 3.--Hopping of Ww mavy’s team. The their army fliers, too, will muke start. from Washington, but » will be somewhat differ: spring, 11 intrepid army fliers will launch out from here rgonauts of the air on the first his $10,002,383. Qperating expenses. to- taled %$6,444,703. Gross for the 11 months was $94,133,549 and operating ip of a globe-circling race destined | o make aeronaut history | nt to Seattle; north | expenses, totaled $75,042,540. Net To sponsors of the epochal flight} a coast to southern Alaska; | operating inconie for the 11 months t -is most fitting that America, | to Aleutian Islands; to - was. $15,049,268 compared with $16,- chatka; across Japan, China and In- | do-China, Siam and Burma; across \India and the Persian gulf; across | s| Turkey and Europe; to England; by | :| 581,627 for the period of last. year. Net operating income of the North- ‘er Pacific for November showed @ décgease of $2,999,486 under Novem- ber, 1922. This decrease is due to a i tical fruition o1 he heavier-than-air machine, should hus, be first to cire' largest | 5 Net operating income for the Omaha road in No ja gain of, $164,054, over 1922 and brings the total months to $601,876. This less net earnings from this year than for 1922. 11 months wete $26,036, penses of $21,817,901 was Boat Race International Boat race, designed to controversy. that charac! first race run here last committee of the Yachts ciation of America. The most important chi in the rules concern the p: its place the committee Detroit, Buffalo, Chi Cleveland have entered bi SAXON-SOVIET PACT Dresden, Jan, 3.—The has refused to confiym the Moscow government contract is unfavorable and the conditions of di unfair. Falkenberg, Silesia, Jan stags in a forest near thi animals became so excite tan into the car. One Jumped sitting and i {northern route over Faroe Islands to Tceland and Greenland and Cape | Farewell; to Canadian mainland, | Quebec, Montreal and back to Wash- | ington. These globe-girdling trips are ex- pected to put Amer in the fore- ground of aerial development, aheaa of European contenders. France recently attempted to cir- own. inspiration. Keen rivalry exists betw« army and navy over the laurels for the world-wide dash. Should present plans of the gov- the race will be the addi- Shenan- credit adjustment, made last year, of $2,662,542 due to rebuilt eguii and $288,645 on account of f: nay the LT. J. D. PRICE, U. S. 'N, north pole. N avigy e e efficient use of equipment. Navy Starts Soon. cumnavigate the globe, but was| more ¢ use mi The navy birdmen start from |forced to abandon thg idea shortly During Osteher athe: average frcleny 30.7 car travelled miles a day freight service, while for the fi ten months of the year the da car movement averageq 27.9 miles. During the same period last year the movement w: miles. flight was commenced. Great itain had the same experience. ‘Adequate preparations have been made to insure safety of the aerial pathfinders. Choose Pilots. ng: to present intentions. Bk They will fly six De Haviland su- per-powerful ships, equipped with The navy's course of flight will pete will command | will pilot five L for fear that premature an- Martin ight inter- | five ass e yet to be sel The navy group will be in ¢ of Lt. Com. Charles P. Associated with him on the adven- | ture will be Lieutenant Frank Weed, of the country's principal cities. Visit Orient From the west coast the next leg of the air journey will bring them to Hawaii, from thence to Guam, then small launch struck heavily | against something “I first thought we had hit a reef,” he related, “but could not understand it, as we were in deep Water, A min- ES planned by sonic of the foreign capi- tals to be visited In all, the flight will be the most stirring aeronautical attempt ever \essayed. France with stops at Bordea’ Paris. From London the homeward like a corkscrew and went straight | down till out of sight. d back to Washington. i, This is not the official route but RAILROADS IN Iceland is ysing ‘refrigeration year for the first time in her in the exportation of large of mutton, , formerly and ‘barreled. | for the year, representing 5.16 per- Feent on the estimated capital value | duant of railroads, and constituting a “fail- | S@lted |ure to realize the moderate return | SICK, BILIOUS In the | investment dur- ‘ing the y ds made their Harmless Laxative for the Liver and, Bowels 1923 HANDLE | al tracks, larger terminals, and more | rolling stock amounted to $429,272,- | 000, but in 1928 they jumped to $1,-| $75,897,000. Appropriations made and work begun in 1923, but hot yet 49 Million Carloads or 15 Per} Cent Greater Than in 1920 | completed call for an additional in- | vestment: of $300,006,000 in 1924. ; - : | This expenditure, the association Washington, Jan. 3.-—Railroads in | said, “represents one of the main i! reasons for the expansion of b ness and employment of indus labor,” during 1 Out of railroad gross income dur- ing the year, there was $1,800,000,- 000 expended for fuel, matertais and supplies, an additional factor in com- mercial transactions. unprecedented in previous transpor- finish the war with increased earn- tenances in better shape than ever re. Their situation was. sum-| In spite of the tremendous Volume marized and the aboye statements | of traffic offered for carriage,..the made in a report given out today by| roads have 225,000 surplus freight cars in good repair, but held in re- serve on lines. At the latest date available, December 1, freight carg in need of repairs on lines nuntbeted 155,626, or but 68 percent of the total of freight cars owned. Loco- 1922, ‘and 10. percent greater than | motives needing repairs atthe same those of 1920, the year when the| time numbered 10,572, or 16.4 percent | Sick Headache, Biliousness, Gases, post-war - commercial: boom was at of the total, this figure likewise be-| Indigestion, and all such distress its heighth. The earnings from this| ing represented as a decrease under |gone by morning. For Men, Women As to the traffic, the association estimated. that the total freight handled durivg the war would amount, to 498,844,090 carloads, or 15 percent greater than the loadings of Feel fine! No griping or incon- venience follows a gentle liver and bowel cleansing with . “Cascarets.” business by Class One roads, the re- \ normal. Ls j and, Children—10c boxes, - also 25 id, would be about $980,000,000| The traffic demand resulted in a! and, 50 ‘sizes, gny drug store, Pa b charge: terials used in rebail “T- 7 al BUILDING OF » Line Records Gain / i = November net operating income of $768,541 for the Soo Line was,a gain of $274,267 over last year. tevénues for the month were $2,518,-| 647, a dectease. of $200,000 under last | year, but opernting expenses of MOVED i FT | $1,642,275 were $524,282 less than for R a November, 1922, Soo Line net op-| ri | opating income for the 11 months | was $5,480,878 compared with $4,167, | Telephones, 630 for the period last year. Omaha road gross revenues for the crease of $611,559 but operating ex- of $1,203,817 over last year. Rules Governing Prize Money In, Power Revision of the rules governing the Sweepstakes Power| has been. adopted by the executive} «-- The $25,000 prize is abolished, and in award an elaborate trophy to the winner and evenly pro- among all boats finishing the race. DISAPPROVED | |made by the Saxon government with | livery of grain on the ground that the | GERMAN DEER ATTACK AUTO. Martha Ahrens was seriously injured when her automobile surprised four into the seat where Frau seriously and injured one of . 20 treatment tin FREE KONDON, MINNEAPOLIS, - THURSDAY, : JANUARY 8, 1924 - Gross SEVEN FLOORS Elevators Con- | -tinue to Operate and Busi- | of $374,499 vember was | ness “As Usual’ Novmber, for the 11 is $603,778 operations | fh Chicago, Jan. 3.—A_ seven-story, 00 ton brick ‘building was moved feet tiere with its elevator, light and telephone service intact and 738, an in-| uring which its offices were open |to tenants who found it necessary to_enter. The Iiinoia Central railroad, in j its terminal improvements now be- ling made, was présented with the alternative of ismantling the an increase | jit on the rollers. ig ing engineering teat. was. described by, Hugo Filippi, who superintend- ed the work. “Twenty-three tracks, consisting of four or more rails each and ex- tending completely under the building and over the foundation at its mew site, were used,” he said. “The tracks were placed five to ‘eight feet apart and 2,000 steel rollers were spaced about 12 inches. Gix hundred thousand board. feet of timber was used for cribbing. punposes preliminary to jacking up the building and placing “Four capstang, each operated by two horses, were employed as motive power. From each capstan lead line of three-fourths inch steel wire cable was carried down to and through.a series of 25 blocks, 12 of which were movable and attached to the building and 13 of which were fixed and anchored to 20-foot steel rails driven about 15 feet into the ground and braced ‘against the new concrete founda- tion The average speed of mov- . building, or moving it. The struc ture was erected about 30 years; ago but it was in such excellent condition the latter course was taken. The actual moving was, & complished in 24 hours but it re. quired three months’ preparation. What is belived to be an outstand- Changed obviate the | terized the Labor day, men’ Asso- anges made rize money, decided to rate $5,000 cago anu) ids for this | Saxon Dict a contract | for the de- | to Saxony clivery are | Ger 2 four sample of VaporO from the ecard cn your druggin’s counter. n. 3 eA city. 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