The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1924, Page 1

f \ < * Minot. ¥ ¢ WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Probably snow: : STABLISHED 1873 , BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1924 DAUGHERTY P| PROBETO OPEN PROMPTLY QUICK ACTION FOR FARM AID -DECIDED UPON New $10,000,000 Credit Cor- poration to Get Dollars to Work Immediately OUTLINE BROAD SCOPE Will Provide Ample Credit to Carry on Good Risks — Plan Direct Farmer Aid The $10,000,000 agricultural credit corporation formed by private capital with a borrowing capacity of $100,- 600,000 will begin functioning with- out delay, P. C, Remington, president of the City National Bank and a member of the North Dakota ad- visory committee, informed Governor Nestos and State Examiner Seming- son this morning upon his return from Minneapolis where he attended a conference called to work out the plan of action of the company. Mr. Remington will return to Minneapolis tonight for $wo or three days in con- nection with the company. A‘conference will be held here Fri- day morning with the North Dakota committee of six bankers—R. E. Bar- ron of Minot; T. 0, Tollefson of Dickinson; 0. S, Hanson of Grand Forks; E. J, Weiser of Fargo; R. R. Wolfer of Jamestown and Mr. Rem- ington present together with the Gov- ernor, state examiner, banking board and members of the Guaranty Fund Commission. Plan of Action The plan of action of the company generally is as follows: Four field men will be placed in charge of sge- tions in North Dakota, one each ‘in Bismarck, Grand Forks, Fargo and The field men will be under the committeemen of the various districts, the local man being under Mr, Tollefson and Mr, Remington. They will travel through the district finding out where they can give cre- Jit relief, send their report to the state committeemen who in turn see wjck action from the credit com- vany office in Minneapolis. There also will be a field man at arge in North Dakota in connection vith efforts, to determine from ravels what manner the company an best aid farmers — in eeting vast due interest on farm loans and delinquent taxes, so as to enable them to continue operations. M. O. Grangaard, formerly of Rogers, who served with the War ‘i ce Corporation, has been named ice-president for North Dakota. Ss. Capital Oversubscribed The meeting at Minneapolis was ttended by bankers from Minnesota, South and North Dakota and Mon- ana, and convened under C. T. Jaf- ray, president of the Soo lines. The 10,000,000 capital stock was over- ubscribed and as the corporation s formed privately it may do all the hings any private corporation of this haracter may do—increase its cap- tal stock and thus its borrowing apacity, and loan money as it sees it. According to reports from Minne- polis, North Dakota is considered in :n enviable position as compared to many other sections, The general idea of bankers as riven in Minneapolis ‘was that -con- itions are on the mond generally, nd that the chief work of the $10,- 00,000 corporation will be to aid sol- ent institutions which may be iandicapped temporarily by good but slow liquidating paper and to restore ~onfidence by providing ample ere PLAN IMMEDIATE AID Minneapolis, March 3.—Immediate assistance for farmers and banks in he northwest was decided on Satur- lay at a meeting of officers of the 510,000,000 agricultural credit cor- roration formed! recently by bankers ind’ businessmen to relieve economic distress in some sect The corporation officers and some of the directors and executive com- mittee members met in an all day ssion with 40 bankers, businessmen id agriculturalists “of Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Mon- ‘ana and arrived at specific work to be undertaken immediately. Plans Outlined . The plans for first work were out- lined by C. T. Jaffray, president of the, Soo Line, who(ts chairman of the ‘directors of the new corporation as follows: To endeavor to furnish capital for reopening of good banks which have been forced to close on account of pressure from depositors. To furnish additional help by pur- chase of paper from/banks now open, and solvent to strengthen their re- serves arid put them in position to take care of the usual spring de- mand, ' To assist the farmers in the mat- ter of unpaid taxes. J. R. Howard, former president of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion -who was elected an active vice president of the. new corporation, at- tended the meeting. He plans. to come to Minneapolis and take up his duties at the corporation’s headquar- ters in 10 days, Improvement in Western N. D. The government must come to real- fe the importance of “pouring ‘a lit- le of its money on the soil rather than in rivers and harbors and such things,’ and the economic difficul- ‘ties will be overcome, said P, C, (Continued on: page 4) CHATTING This taken in Gen. B. Fall, the investigation of naval oil land 1 White House executive offices. photograh was Daugherty (left) talking with former Si both of whom are repeatedly TING Copyright, Harris & Ewing. December, 1923, and shows gtty. etary of Interior Albert brought to public attention in eases. It wag snapped just outside eee NORTH DAKOTA’S WEALTH INCREASED 17.5 PER CENT IN LAST TEN YEARS U.S. Department. of Commerce Shows Per.Capita Wealth in 1922 was $3,362 as Compared to $3,309 in Year 1912 Washington, March 3, 19% announces, the value, December 31, 1922, amounting to $2,467,772,000, as an increase of 17.5 per cent. to $3,692, or 11.6 per cent. All classes of property increased | in value from 1912 to 1922, except live stock, “which decreased from $125,614,000 to $98,225,000, or 21.8 per | cent, and stocks of goods, vehicles | other than motor, furniture, and | clothing, which decreased from $392,- 126,000 to $264,066,000, or 32.7 per cent, The estimated value of taxed real property and improvements in- creased from $1,157,387,000 to $1 430,000, or 14.5 per cent; exempt real property (exclusive of Verendrye National Monument and Sullys Hill) fmam $104,001,000 to $300,533,000, or 189.0 per cent; farm implements and machinery from $49,878,000 to $94,- 095,000, or 88.7 per cent; manufa turing machinery, tools, and_imple- ments: from $5,244,000 to $9,470,000 or 80.6 per cent; and railroads ‘anf their equipment from $240,1 $305,530,000, or i percent. Pr ly gwned transportation’ and trans mission sgpberris other than rail- roads, irftreased in value from $17,- 052,000 to $34,387, or 101.7 per cent. No comparison is possible for the value of motor vehicles, which was estimated in 1922 at $: 6 because made ‘in 1912. 5 “In making these estimates the Departnient followed in general the methods employed irt making the es- timates for 1912, though it is believed that in some pects the work in 1922 has been more thorough. It should be borne .in mind that the increases in money value are to a large extent due to the rise in priges which have taken place in recent yedys, and so far as that js the case they do not represent corresponding in creases,in the quantity of wealth, says a department statement. D. C., of th 24.—The for the State of North Dakota, compared \ Per capita v Department of Commerce its preliminary estimate of he ‘principal farm wealth, the totai h $2,100,485,000 in 1912, alues increased from $3,309 WILL PRESENT HANNA CUP TO FORMANMAR.12 Gala Affair Phanned There to Celebrate Winning of Championship The Hanna sweepstakes cup, won cat the first state-wide corn show held here in January, will be formal- ly presented to Sargent county, the winner, af’ Forman, the county seat, on March 12, Secretary Bradley of the Association of Commerce an- nounced today. Mr. Hanna was invited to be pre- sent. Commissioner of Agriculture Kitchet’ und Immigration Commis- sioner Joseph Devine will be present, with representatives of the corn show committee. A letter from Forman advises Mr. Bradley that a gala day is planned in Forman, and the affair is to be advertised extensively throughout the county, Free lunch at noon and a bigger feed in the evening is plan- ned by business men of Forman. The cup will remain in possession of Sargent county for one year unless the county wins the sweepstakes next year in the corn shaw. Then it would remain permanently there. The estimated values of gold and silver coin and bullion, the vessels of the Navy, and privately owned waterworks will appear only in totals for the United States. SOLEN BANK SHOWS MIXED FARMING GAIN Ft. Yates, N. D., Mar. 1—The So- len State Bank has prepared a sur- vey of what is being accomplizhed in its territory in the way of mixed farming. The total farmers in their territory number 136 and they have a total of 1,278 milch cows, or an average of 9 cows to the farmer. Beef wattle total 2,453, not count- ing those belonging to the Stiles Cattle Company. There are 830.brood sows in this territory or an average of 6 sows to the farmer, . The 136 farmers have agreed to plant a total of 3,578 acres of corny thig year. This means an average acreage of 26 acres a farm, which is sufficient to provide ample corn for the hogs, and - Feneilbge, and fodder for the cattle. - 4 { WEATHER "REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon today. Temperature at 7 a.m. . Highest yesterday .. Lowest yesterday Lowest last night .. Precipitation Highest wind velocity : WEATHER FOR For Bismarck and vie: tled tonight and Tuesday; probably snow. Little change in temperature. For North Dakota: Unsettled to- night and Tuesday; probably snow west and south portions, | Little change in temperature. WEATHER CONDITIONS Low ‘pressure, with centers over Colorado’ and’ Manitoba, has caused light, scattered- showers in the Great ‘Lakes region, Mississippi Valley and from the Rocky : Mountain region westward to the Pacific Coast. Clou_,| dy weather,prevails, in the northern Plains States and fair weather pre- vails in the: southern Plains, The pressure is high along the Pacific Coast, but moderate” temperatures prevail in all sections. \ ORRIS W.. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. AVERS FRANCE | DOES NOT ASK GERMANS’ RUIN Premier Poincare, in Answer to MacDonald, Disclaims Militarist Spirit FEARS ARE SET OUT, English Premier Gives to Poincare Englishmen’s Fears of Her Action London, March 3.—Premier Ram- say MacDonald's second letter to M. Poincare, published today, set forth some of the apprehensions regarding France's policy held by numerous Englishmen and these fears, the} French Premier in his reply endeay- ore to allay. Premier MacDonald's let- ter says that the people of England | “regard with anxiety what appears to| be the determination of ‘France to! ruin Germany and dominate the con- tinent without consideration of our! reasonable interest and future conse: quences to a European settlemen that they feel apprehensive of the large material and acrial establish- ments maintained by France.” McDonald expressed hope that the report of the expert committee on reparations will draw France and En- gland together. “If cooperation can be reached,” | he says, “it will be possible for us to approach the United States not as debtors disputing with one another bift as a united Europe anxious by, mutual sacrifice and arrangement to! cure the ills from which our people are now suffering.” | Premier Poincar | “mistaken those lieve that France dre litical or economic Germany.” Disclaims Militarism | Diselaiming a on the part of France he asks: “Are there really Englishmen who suppose that France would be capable of making fratricidal preparations against their country? Our military and aerial establishments are exelu- sively designed to defend us against annihilation’ of | attempted German revangé."" ~ It is “infinitely to be desired,” he agrees, that the questions of inter- allied debt and reparations should be settled at the same time. } WILLIAMS GRAND JURY SUMMONED; Williston, N. D., March 3.—A coun- ty grand jury, declared to be the first ever called in Williams county, and one of the few ever sonvenes in North Dakota, was summoned meet here March 11, in an aie signed today by District Judge John C Lowe of Minot, who is presiding at the present term of district court here. Coincident with the cal for a) grand jury, which, it is announc ced will investigate various complaints alleged law violations in eile county, Judge Lowe also singed an order calling a special term of dis- gree court to convene on the same U. §. NEUTRAL IN HONDURAS This Enjoined Upon Naval Commanders There Washington, March heutrality as between the rival revolutionary movemehts in !¥lon- duras has been enjoined upon Ameri- can naval commanders in Honduran waters. They have been directed to confine themselves strictly to thé pxptection of American lives and interest and not to permit their operation to as- sume the appearance of American in- tervention. Forces of the defecto government were seriously defeated yesterday by the revolutionary column commanded | by General Ferrera, The fight oc-j curred at the town of Tamara, 15 miles west of Tegucigalpa, the Hon- duran capital. Presumably n attack by Ferrea up- on the capital is imminent. The wife of the defacto president De Guiterras has left the city for the seaport of Amapala. NEW ROCKFORD BANKERS FREED Nw Rockford, } N. D,, | D., Mar. 3.—Char- ges of embezzlement were dismissed against Charles MacLachlan, pres- ident;, John F. Goss, and K, B, Van Meter, vice-phesident and A. 0. Ouren, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank: by Judge Collins after a preliminary hearing here last Friday. The bank closed Aug. 7, 1923. The preliminary hearing of Charles MacLachlan, John F, Goss and A. W. Johnson, charged with making, false statements to the bank examiner, was concluded late Saturday and the charges were dismissed. The de- fendants were Fparoneniad by Wil: fiam Langer, 3.—Strictest Will jlaw applying to the filing of candi- |FAMOUS INDIAN NEW FIGHT ON LAFOLLETTE’S NAME IS MADE Application Prepared to Ask Supreme Court to Review Lembke’s Order BROUGHT FOR STATE Seek to Invoke the Superintending Power’ of the State High Court An action was to be filed in the} supreme court this afternoon asking it to order up for review the tory writ of mandamus s District Judge I’. T. Lembke in Man- dan Saturday in which Judge Lembke directed Secretary of State Thomas Hall to place the name of Robert M. LaFollette on the presidential 1 ri- mary ballot of March 18. Announcement of — intention to bring the action was made by W. H.t tutsman, attorney for Senator Hi ram Johnson, at noon, following a eries of conferences between inter- ested parties during the morning. The action will be brought in the me of the state, Attorney-Gencral prge Shafer having given consent t this course be taken, in order, that a supreme court review of the | n dates in the might be had The application ‘made to the ,su- preme court late Saturday in which Hiram Johnson, through attorneys Stutsman and S. L. Nuchols asked for an original injunction preventing LaFollette's name from going on the ballot, was temporarily withdrawn from the supreme court, pending the filing of a new action, Mr, Stutsman said, Secretary of State Hall advised At- torney-General Shafer by letter he liberty to take such action as aw fit for hi8 office, The application bei Mr. presidential primary, prepared by utsman and William Langer k to invoke a writ of certior- ari and the superintending powers of the supreme court over district judges, and will allege that Judge Lembke’s peremptory order was with- out foundation in law and without due notice to opposing parties to ap- pear. The application presented Sat- urday to the supreme court by Jonn- son's attorneys set out that Johnson’s interests would be adversely affected by LaFollette’s name remaining on the ballot, saying it would split the “progressive vote.” H. N. Tucker, Hiram Johnson's cam paign manager, remained here direct- ing attorneys in the efforts to keep -LaFollette’s name from the ballot. HEARINGS 01 ON _ SOLDIER PAY BILLS BEGUN New Dicsaniva de Made Empha- sizing Feature of Paid- Up Insurance Washington, March 3.—The house ways and means committee began hearings today on soldicr bonus leg- islation. The committee-study will be based on the McKenzie bill similar to the measure vetoed by President Harding and several proposals to make the principal form of the bonus a paid- up life insurance policy. The McKenzie bill provides four options; adjusted compensation based on the number of days served by vet8rans; vocational training aid farm and home aid; or adjusted p ment certificates involving the insur- ance feature. Rep. Bacaraht, Republican, New Jersey, announced a plan yesterday to substitute paid-up life insurance policies maturing at 62 and limited to enlisted men. Reps. Andrews, Massachusetts, awd Fish, New York, also have introduced bills making in- surance the chief feature of the bonus. Mr. Andrews also would ex- clude all officers from benefits of the bonus while Mr. Fish would limit] ‘benefits to men below the grade of | captain in the army and marine corps | and lieutenant in the navy as is pro- vided in the McKenzie bill. AUTHOR IN N. D. Ft. Yates, N. D., Mar. 3.—Dr. Chas. Eastman, the famous Sioux author and lecturer, who has recently been pppointed to the position of special inspector formerly held by the late Major McLaughlin, visited Fort Yates and the Standing Rock reservation in his official capacity for the pur- pose of making a general survey of conditions on this reservation. It is understood that Dr, Eastman is making such a survey of all Sioux reservations. WILL REPORT BILL Washington, Mar. 3<-The house insular affairs committee decided to- day to report a bill providing for Phillipine independence. |THIRD MEMBER OF FAMILY DIES IN SECOND ACCIDENT WITH SAME AUTO; AUTO PLUNGES OVER BRIDGE Almost two years to the day from the time when the same light automobile was responsible for the death of Leonard Weiler and a young son in a crash near their farm six miles cast of He- bron the machine proved _ the agency of fate to dim the life of a third member of the family, Chris Weiler, 24, another son. Weiler left Hebron about 7: o'clock last night and reached a point a mile and a half east of the city when the machine leaped over the end of a bridge and J turtle into a creck bed. ath the ‘BEGIN PROBE OF BLAST IN JERSEY PLANT, 18 Dead, Two Missing, 15 in| Hospitals After Ex- plosion Nixon, N. J., Mar, 3.—An inquiry into the cause of Saturday's explo- sion and fire here which killed 18 persons and destroyed 40. buildings begin to Fifteen persons are still in hospitals and two are miss- ing. Among those requested to appear are Lewis Nixon, president of the Nixon Nitration Works, and H. Nor- Shreve, president of the Amirite Company. Major A. S. Casad, in command of the Raritan Arsenal, sai terday that he believed the explosion w 8 | due to conditions in the Aminite | plant rather than to any possible fail- ure to separate TNT at the arsenal from the ammoniun: nitrat: whiel was eventually sent into tanks to the fertilizer factory of the Aminite com- | pany. Until the ruins copl, which may take a number of days, no thorough , search for other victims will be| made. Those in charge of the works fear that within the debris are acids whieh will explode in contact with water or by impact. URGES SURVEY OF ALL POSTAL PAY PROPOSALS Postmaster-General Sugges Appointment of Special Committee Washington, Mar. 3.—Submission ito some general body such as a con- | gressional committee volving increases in changes in employment involving pay increases for postal workers was re- comfrended by Postmaster-General New to Chairman Grist of the post- office committee of the house in a letter made public today. Mr. New pointed out that there are more than 50 postals bills now pending in Congress and it was pro- bable a readjustment for the whole service along lines provided in the bills would involve an increase an- nually of $150,000,000. In add ion, he guid, there are « number of bills proposing a reduction of postage rates. Certain classes of employes are not provided for in the bills, Mr. New aid, and any readjustment of salar- 3 must necessarily include the Whole postal establishment. PIG CLUB IS SPONSORED BY LEGION BODY Hazelton, .N. D., Mar. Unex- interest is being developed in the pig club being sponsored by the local American Legion post. There were many applicants over the num: ber of membérs the Legion is to carry in the club, and some of these will have to be eliminated by a process of drawing. The Legion will purchase ten reg- istered bred sows, one,for each club member, and on or about Se: pgember first the division 1s to be made. The member is to keep the sow and ‘his pick of one of the litter, the balance of the litter being turned over to the Legion. This gives the boy a chance to get started in purebred hogs with- out the expenditure necessary to the purchase of a sow. At the end of the contest he has earned the sow and has one fine gilt besides. In another year his two pigs should make him some good money. 1 proposals in- alary and MRS. MASER DIES Dickinson, N. D., Mar, 3.—Death, suddenly and with little warning, Monday evening called .\Mrs. Fred Maser, wife of Judge Fred Maser of the county court, at the family home on Marguerite Boulevard. As the news went forth a pall of gloom settl- ed over the city at the passing of one who for 20 years had been a re- sident, loved ang respected by all who were privileged to know her. |perts of the ' pos Jin Fargo. Passing motorists who saw the car disappear suddenly attempted to rflse the machine from him but were unable to do so. They heard him struggling. They raced to Hebron for additional help but by the time they returned Weiler was dead. It was the same machine by Leonard Weiler, father of last night's victim, which he was driving two years ago when it skidded from the road, rolled down an embankment and killed him and a son. A coroner's jury today returned a verdict of acci- dental death in last night's acci- dent. BURNS TO BE SUMMONED BY OIL PROBERS Head of Department of Inves- tigation to be Asked About Code’s Use FIND CODE DIFFERED Washington, March 3.—Cipher ex- War Department who have been translating code messages found in the McLean private wire file will be called first tomorrow when the s e oil committee resumes its public hearings. Senator Walsh, chief prosecutor in the inqui ) government experts did differ terially from the paraph fur- nished by the committee last week | and arrived at by use of an old code of the Department of Justice. William J. Burns, chief of the De- partment of Investigation, will be questioned tomorrow as to how em- of E. B. McLean came igto ssion of this code and whether McLean is on the roll of special agents at a salary of $1.00 a month. Burns also will be asked about the lary’ code message sent to one of McLean's confidential men at Palm Beach in which reference was made to Burns and “the McLean investi- gation.” Miss Mary Dockstein, former pri- vate secretary to Burns and now an operative in the justice department, who sent the “Mary” telegram to her husband, W. O. Dockstein, prob- ably will follow Burns on the stand. McLean may be called before the committee before the end of the week. He returned from Florida early last month in response to a {summons but unlike other persons Vander subpoena he has not been re- quired to make daily appearance at the hearings. Ready For Suits Preparations neared conclusion to- day for the first step in the oil suits to be instituted by special govern- ment counsel as a result of the sen- ate committee’s disclosures. Some announcement is expected tomorrow or Wednesday but meantime those preparing the suits will make no statement as to their precise inten- tions, ma- WIDE SCOPE IS SEEN IN PLANS OF BROOKHART Insurgent Towa Senator Is Named Chairman of In- vestigating Body AUGHERTY TO FIGHT Attorney-General Asks That Personal Counsel be Per- mitted to Appear Miami, Fla., March 3.—Attor- ney-General Daugherty will send a message to President Coolidge late this afternoon “which may be considered important” he said at the Nautilus hotel here to- day.. He refused to divulge the nature of the communication. Washington, March 38.—(By the A. P.)—-Members of the Datgherty in- vestigation committee devoted their time today to working out a plan of procedure for the inquiry into the attorney-gencral's administration, The investigation, which was authorized Saturday by the Senate after two ys of intensely bitter discussion, xpected to get under way without and in the opinion of some with the oil inquiry in its ram ications. members had before them to- aS he request of Attorney-General Daugherty’s personal counsel, Paul Howland of Cleveland and former Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon for the right to examine the witnesses, have process served for witness and documents and present independent evidence and for ample notice of charges to be met. Senator Brookhart of Iowa, the Republican insurgent, who was elec ed chairman of the committee by t Senate feels that the investigati: should not be held as though it we a ‘trial’? but along the lines to brin: out all facts, taking evidence an running down charges as they de velop. He and Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, author of the investigation resolution, already have a large amount of information and correspondence with which to start the investigation. Mr, Daugherty, the chairman as- serts, will be given ‘‘a fair’ hearing regardless of what course it takes. Besides Senator Brookhart and Wheeler the committee is composed of Senator Mo New Hampshire, and Jones, WEE Republicans, and Ashurst Arizona Democrat. SOUTH DAKOTA OIL LAW HELD TO BE VALID Supreme Court of United States Hands Down De- cision in Case CHECK ARTIST IS ARRESTED Man Who Cashed $100 Check Here Held in West Jos Dias, alies M. D. Gonzales, who cashed a worthless check for $100 here about two months ago, may halt his career as heck artist for a few years by serving a sentence in federal prison. He is now under arrest in Spokane. Dias, here a couple of months ago, endorsed a check on the Imperial Bank of ¢ ada, Winnipeg, and cashed it at a local store. He posed as a Legion mon, and had done so He was here but a few da Writing to the chief con- stable at Winnipeg Chief Martineson Igurned that the man has issued a number ‘of bad checks, and had been arrested shortly after he left, here at Spokane. He wrote to Spokane hand received back a photograph and other identi who had been cashing bad checks in various parts of the country. He was arrested in Spokane on a telegraphic warrant from Ogden, Washington, Mar. 3.—South Dako- oil inspection law was today sus- ned by the supreme court. LIQUOR LAWS UPHELD Washington, Mar. 3.—State laws prohibiting the possession of intoxi- cating liquors acquired before tional prohibition were sustained by the supreme court. NOT PREFERRED Washington, Mar. 3.—The supreme court today declared that United States government deposits in failed banks are not entitled to preferential ayment. The question was raised by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company after failure of the Bank of Commerce of Okmulgee, Oklahcma, The circuit court affirmed the deci- sion of the district couy'. SUNSHINE 1S ALONE NORMAL But Temperature Is Far Above Average in February ebruary was a normal month on- in one respect, the weather bur- but released by a judge because the warrant was not certified. He was rearrested oh a federal warrant, charging impersonation of an officer in Salt Lake C He also is wanted at El Centro and Pasadena, Cali- fornia, Billings, Mont., and one or two other places, the Spokane authorities~ wrote. The warrant issued here charging him with forgery will be served, but he probably will be tried on the federal charge. PLEAD 3 NOT GUILTY Danville, Ill., Mar, 3—Out of a to- tal of 226 defendants in the William- son county cases growing out of li- quor raids and being tried in U. S. District Court here all but two pleaded not guilty today, monthly meteorological sur mary issued today shows. The p centage of possible sunshine.was 5° percent—exactly normal. The average daily temperature dur ing the month was 14.2 degrees ab normal, and the accumulated exce of the temperature since January a daily average of 6 degrees. The snowfall during the month was 2.6 inches,.the deficiency of prec: tation as compared to normal being 24. There is a deficiency in precip tation since January of .74. The highest temperature ' during February was 63 degrees on Feb. 12 - and, the lowest was 12 below on Feb. 21. The absolute maximum for the month in 60 years is 64 degrees above zero und the absolute minigum 1s 43 below,