The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1925, Page 1

a, WEATHER FORECAST Mostly unsettled Sunda A tonight and with possibly showers. ESTABLISHED 1873 E ILB PROTEST INJAMESTOWN | RATE RULING Railroad =Commission Protest With Interstate Body (RIMINATION State Enters CHARGE D) Bismarck and Mandan Affect- ed by Fargo and James- town Rate: Decisions Protest against unfair application of rates involved in the cases of Jamestown and Fargo citizens, de- cided recently by the Interstate Com- Comm today were filed hat body by the horth Dakota ilrond board. d contends thet new rate) published by the carriers e with the commission's merce sion, orders show all the cases where in- ordered but few of those in which decreases were grant- ed. me rad i i athered here today. gees t nimission’s order a dis- 5 wand Held hers have suspended until t & : tance scale of rates up to and in- 1,500,000 Acres Land over and others contin He named Maurice Silver. j Centralia, Wash, Aus. (R) cluding $00 miles was ordered. The Waiting Sale In Wich man acting divisional prohibi-| Tom Murray, Her from Or- hourd protested that the — carriers “fight has ra iionvchiek aacassistatit, adiiss| econ $ate yi have applied the scale up to 350 jure down to 1 tion chief, as assistant admin- : miles on classes where inereases] Probability that the state may (state tax, of listrator in charge of enforee-| tured | m. today would result but have avoided ap-| hold a public sale to dispose of some| com i Cd vate ated ~ lin the plying it where reductions would be’ of its 1,500,000 acres of land was the GHAALD CHAPMAN ment. Captain Townsend de- rh Portland me: shown except to the points required nounced here today by Carl R. Ko-| tions of the § clared that the drive would be-! 4), recorniced Mur Wan by the order. On a basis of 260. state land commissioner, [of Indiana COUN Vesdiaow ese A ai x éleaiup duving the come] erm: Tecoma ; ‘ane miles, the bourd alleges, the carriers| Ahan: '70 C60 § on fesow vont gina ean during the ¢ jeou Wash., last night and per- show ‘increased rates on three clas land already have tions in Wichita are sel riod. A specia ing week, | u the conviet te accompany of freight but fails “ show ie the land office and appli- newer ’rate ‘i : Conn. Here in) Weath- him in the The enforcement program hin to Centralia where he pretend- tions in seven other classes at the cations are exp year’s) Two in Woonsoc Jed esponsibility, £ Faelidos: raat f ale aetna same nce. crop proves as profitable many | starte neutrals y y includes: Breaking of alcohol ed they would rob a roadhouse. published to Wahpetoh, expect. {follow suit for a whi EeSBUEOEVEOT eH lying. with rings which have poured ca Murtay who helped plot by exe show only those eases where in-| although the osed of) pended to let them figh ae : Event ds preriay ye into the cute, the . break August reases were possible under the neW! thousands of h were|er six days the Lakeside | Aer mee See LS sinee ie a | load lots of alcohol _int the eM last, hoped by the robbery. Sug hedule and no decreases, the board) originally granted to it by fed-' down to 17 cents and the Texas sorbing th r|said to be w own mee} Pwin Cities from New York gested to him Carson, to get suf- . ‘The board uate churned eral government for the Support of; pany representative put it dow: old a Wid. “Dito MiOkeP Mall holeas AONiCh and other eastern points. Hicient money to erable iin to rates from Burlington, Iowa, to! fra schools, it. still holds title to, I cents. The neutral co Ticdh ed weiaes GhAUnALIOH iNouetbedtl ae Cs ant travel e arson told the polic town, North Dakota, were in- | Some parcels of land in every county, is said, will resume wh Maile the. wInIEE Ki noworkiltinane Pall In addition to appointment H parated from © Will , apparently without rane in the state exeent Traill. \t s” go broke or sign an 4 7 rvorld cons f tive of un assistant for enforce- « sworn ie ‘ who ked to ; | Independent dealers in Kansas! : ; an ane ‘aptain ‘Town ussociated with him in the es- and. detérmine | yg Qifer, Quartersectione ved in! City have started making price euts| A" Tittle Ghunel chy ment work, Captain Town White Salmon, Washington, e published on-| nee sections at public auction; i” efforts to cut down up Sah audi aaileune send named Arthur E. Stone, agreed to met moat changes favorable to towing appr a county ap-| the result prices his study nee poets andfernor, His attorneys § prohibition director of North ahem praisal hoard o county in whieh! from 1 the entire of philosophers, ction of some sort Will be tak-|Dakota, as assistant and ad-{, After taking Murray to a room in, r Ane the land. is located. The members! One deale 5 his favorites hopenhauer, Pais oLanandenntvesol ithe hotel, Carson went t Y STAGES of the appraisal board are the has. cut his, price from the immortal pessimist, and Anatele| in spittof the unusual nev eauions Lani Ms Craluod in ¢ harge of pe tation nd called notes of the hoard of county cents Tess than the prevailir nee, the cC ind rationalist. [whieh -officinis have taken it is net; mit work. Captain Townsend | Barbar n « police- missioners, the county auditor and! 2 = imprisoned in A et ee ce uerareOnde WIE ee ee P A wate ,men to call at the the county. superintendent — pf | « “hospital see: deen een inyeter.{ bas four other appointments] "Returning to his room, he told schools, The land, when sold at aue-} ‘ t pf his cell ly within pris-{to make. They are legal ad- Murray the two men, who were wait- | tion, must bring the appraisal aI been reven nor has Chan viser, chief chemist and as. | ing outsi a, were to assint jin the fone the ate oe ecagty cue A ent inquiry elicited from © Chapman sistant administrator for leave the ro andi eo: oursitee te FLOWER SHOW fifth for each of the four succeed-{ ! s that th 3 had been re ture into “4; North Dakota and western recaive an introduction. Mayor ‘ing i r i e! ! 1 ve no information on] had been s uteh” Anderson | qyyecn oe arbar and patrolman covere,' Mur- Jing charg : 8 : adn “One Arm” Wolfe. Wisconsin. ¥ jray with three revolvers immedi The pias ~ of information, how-]” Tt was not thought that Chapman} Captain Townsend’s pro after they had shaken hands ith aioe app: : y . ekled out: harbored any great grievance against . a sad ac follows: {him and he submitted to arrest i 5 Mea an werecthat lg ito be Hail Late Yesterday Did Ae tigeaduad @ atuderatlaprie: (Hi the pent | gram was outlined follows: {un ame Judges Will Be Selected From i= 4), "\omh’ ot lands fit only. for! i has not been pu york in the \inst the| 1. Establishing a human bartierl Murra sed under. he x Visiting Horticul pa Ene a of lands fit only for! Small Damage; Practically | eison. He has been getting most | super-han afriendly , ou thal Genaiisn ies the guard 1 and refused to di mong g Horticul- | as Aes <cellen “and his health, deli-| witness. Nersintently told! smuggling of liquer into Minnesota cyss his case or to say where Will Last Sale 1919 All Grain Cut Rae eee aia erat ech Meen Retina eee hGhess for] and the Dakotas, ‘and. Kelle: s turalists The last land sale held in North, SANG are Hae Pane OheHHANERHE Peaesito ne aii not Investigation of all permit in the. spects sane Sh isoaarere rane tig "been held aimee ina] North Dake the grip of a] Me & se daily, but quite [believe Chapman had any part in} elders to waed out thore obtaining! the lives of two guar in which r show will be held on! time because of the deflation which| Week-end torrid today and | secretly. the ball game in the {the Connecticut murder i r / "Oregon Bert™ Jones, notorious a Society will be in session in they the. atten fae in jand| Bismarck were expected to go much ‘ : signed and fine 1 1 : . a a ‘ E were Ss printed a statement on the killing : t time and its officers! rie, higher than 92 degrees, the maximum) GIT LS S work of the field en group. ( Zrinted ment on the killing have requested the garden committee |The’ principal objection to holding) temperature registered yesterday at STATES MASS work oF the Fie on eee nents to of, the guards. ‘The documents writ: of the Association of Commerce tol public land sale this year, Kositz-| the local weather bureau. AGAINST RAIL Reaperalaciibe the customannrohibl:| cover’; cormeay woe, acreneen by. ithe stage the annual fall exhibit at the jy said, is the fact that unless al Friday in Bi ek was a day | tion agents, in cleaning up the bor-|purer UG: re left at the simmer time of the meeting. ; i Cansiderable amount of land is sold| Weather extremes. ~The me RATE BOOST ee [home of John Newman, a resident, o Those attending the society meet-'the cost of the sale might make the | ranged from 62 to 92 degrees. Set eter his arrival in Min-| Berkeley, California." The | bandits ing expect to exhibit flowers 4nd! proposal too expensive following ay’s high q ——— neap@lig_from Washington — today eld Newman and several other fruits and vegetables at the same | Hi \tion invchecking up the use| Mark, accompanied by a driving hail{ Plans for the contest by North Cente semmend ‘called. the agenvs| prisoners in’ the Newman home time and place, “These, however, will of unleased state land, however, may | Storm visited (he capital area. No| western states against proposed in into conference. He told them that Greg’ of “pence officers wenrehed for have nothing to do with the loctl| increase the number ‘of prospective | Eihy" git grein in turleigh’ eounty | efeases in grain freight, rates, 1-| Collapse of Theatrical Indus-| no changes, in the personnel, would) them, : 5 fe «4, | purchasers, he believes." In cases! 9 Oe ently suspende 20 days by the pe a ayy i sta ay a Ail growers of flowers in tho city where petsons are forced to pay MApIME, been cut curlicy in the week! interstate commerce commission will] try on Paeifie Coast Will | costesizns would be Hsuet before |gieing “the “shot what. Killed ane of and country are urged to e a i Precipitation yesterday : 3 e g Outuber 16, s at Fre count this show and to help| ack rental for land whieh they have ss 19 of an inch. Heavy downpours | be made a) = macting Monday. St Affect Bismarck ctaber Ie. srohibition agents work-| the Guards and Willos and Jone: make it even more of a success than | tyed pirrour Obtaining a letge, from | deluged downtown streets. Paulsof the railroad scomils ect Bism: eee eee eee ey ieeate at. Were declared to have shot the se i i il ie: * i of Minnesota, oul akota i: if Sikes Rs 1 f i i . f a | ‘i A 3, B. ite. Gi" ond guard. In it the bandit trio de- the first show, which was given in 42° pelieves, to purchase the lund) ,,Minot was the hottest place in the | Norm Dakota. rector, and 5 general prohibition | ond guard. Jn it, the bandit trio de; 1924. \ ‘The judges are to be selected from among the visiting _ horticulturists. Prizes will be awarded for the fol- lowing exhibits: ! Gladiolus, best single bloom. H Gladioli, best basket or vase ar-) rangement, ? Dahlia, best bloom, any variety. Dahlias, best basket or vas Best vase of Zinnias, Best bouquet of Sweet Peas. Best Bouquet of Asters. Best bouquet of Cosmos. Best mixed bouquet of garden flow- ers, all, from exhibitor’s garden. Best bouquet or basket or garden flowers raised without artificial wa- tering. Best actual flower garden plan, to be shown by sketch. Best amateur photograph of flow- er garden, plant or single flower tak- en by exhibitor. USE FOR PEST New York—At last a use has been found for the prickly pear, of which there .are thousands of acres in Australlia and other countries. A scientist has discovered that from the juice of this hitherto worthless plant. alcohol, suitable for motor, fuel, may be made. o¢——____-—_—_—_—_—_--® | Weather Report | o>———___—_—___—__-* Temperature at 7 a. m. 62 Highest yesterday . £ 92 Lowest last night . 62 Precipitation to 7 a. m. . 19 Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vici unsettled tonight and Sunday with possibly showers; cooler. P'For North Dakota: Mostly un- settled tonight and Sunday with possibly showers; cooler tonight and in east and south portions Sunday. General Weather Conditions _ A low pressure area, accompanied by showers and thunderstorms, pre- vails in the Dakotas and showers al- so occurred in the western Canadian Provinces. Elsewhere the weather is generally fair. Temperatures have risen in the upper Mississippi Val- ley and northern Plains States while cooler weather prevails over the northern Rockies’ arid in the north Pacific coast region. ORRIS 'W. ROBERTS, Official in Charge * STATE MAY Plan to Dispose of Portion of ion 6 2}automobile driven by Miss Gladys CK TRIBUNE MARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1925 ITOR HELD IN ROW cut BATTLEFIELD IN FUEL WAR soline Sells at 13.8 a Gal- lon in Wichita Plus Two Cents Gas Te Vive au new imported resisting, — frost-proot | grown near Underwood produced | 29 and 30 bushels to the acre, | graded No. 1, and ran 60 pounds | to the bushel, a aispatch to Seo | Line headquarters here from the { | i ! | Soo agent at Underwood report- ed_tod: ‘The yield will be preserved for seed purposes, bank wheat w from Burbank, Cal: ported to have been produced by experiments comphced by Luther Burbaak The dispatch states field of 30 acres of wheat is growing near which is expected to produc higher yield. Another field o 30 acres, near Underwood has not yet been cut. x CUTTHROAT COMP’TITION \ { ancther | Burbank \ \ i ! jax el Is Selling at 17 and 1S Cents in Woonsocket, D. Competition Aug. broad ¢ (A) Motori ins the Chicago, [are wearing and i — ts are chugging along HOLD ' AL in four sections of the . a. aus wars ptween ri flu have brought a halt to gainin line prices. | midwest t The hilarity is highest in Decatur,! ify Ul, where prices are the 1 : | There national concerns, {to drive out —independe 2B ce {trimmed costs from state Friday temperature maximum of $7 degrees. The mer: j.feury was 95 at Dickinson and 94 a Another factor is that from time Wiiliston_at the heat peak. to time the state has added to its; Li lsh h Visited Bi land holdings by foreclosing | ocal showers, such as visite i all e ti mortrages given In return for money | Marck, were reported at Bottineans loaned frdm the state school funds, which are built up from the pro- ceeds of land sales. Numerous no- tices of foreclosure were sent out to delinquent borrowers this week and legal action will be taken unless settlement is made. This gradual accumulation of land together with the necessity for a constant check of the use of unsold state lands, and the fact that the, state is trying to encourage more set- | tlers to make their homes here gave rise to consideration of the subject, Kositzky said. It probably will be discussed at the next meeting of the state school land commission. outright. Many Foreclosures Heaviest precipitation was -at Pem- bina where .8 of an inch fell during the day. Hot weather for today with a pos- sibility of the mercury hitting 95 was predicted by the weather bur- eau, with continued heat over the week-end. Showers are due to ar- rive in Burleih county Sunday. To- day will be clear and the humidity tense. Yesterday was the hottest day in a week. Friday week ago registered 92 degree Probe Death of : Devils Lake Boy | TAX VALUATION Accident Victim: Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 22.—)—' Investigation of the death of James | Schultz, four-year-old son of Mr. and| Mrs. Sebastion A. Schultz of Stark-| weather, near here, was begun by| Coroner A. E. Toomey and State’s Attorney H. W. Swenson today. The child was instantly killed last Thursday when he was struck by an{ Valuations of the property owned by the leading telephone companies of the state were announced today by the state tax equalization board as follows: Northwestern Bell Tele- phone company, serving Fargo, Jamestown, Mandan, Bismarck und other cities, $3,309,709; Northern States Power company, Minot, $19 617; Dakota Central Telephone C $185,567, No report has been received by the board from the Midwest Power com- pany, Devils Lake, and its assess- ment will be fixed later. The taxable valuation as fixed represented an ing creased valuation for the Northwest! ern Bell company in comparison with other companie: \NAB THREE MEN, DEMOLISH STILLS St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 22.—()- Besse of Starkweather. The child was playing in the street when the aceident occurred. Witnesses said it! was purely accidental. Valley City i Prep Building Unsafe, Report Valley City, N. D., Aug. 22—()— Considerable agitation has been Grand Forks, Larimore and Pembina. , (OPEN WAR ON RUM TRAFFIC IN NORTHWEST Establish Human Barrier on in Border to Halt Smuggling CLEANUP) = ANNOUNCED Operating in Twin Cities and Northwest Minneapo! Aug. 22.—(A P)~An intensive drive against bootlegging in the northwest was launched today in Minne- apolis by Captain A. C. ‘Town- send, new prohibition admini trator for this district, when he announced enforcement ap- po'ntments and outlined plans to 75 prohibition agents who The 1925-26 theatrical season in Bismarck will not be featured by the full quota of quality road shows whic ave visited the capital city! under the direction of Chief Silver- in other 3 owing, toa comple man who will have charges of en- 5 ease! collapse of the show business on the/ forcement activities. the .Proponed lnereasee Pee Gout, Ev Hl. L. Vesperman,| Captain ‘Townsend indicated that anager of the municipal auditorium,| some ¢hanges would be made in the a: nee nore n Hail Causes 50 | declared to varning| Begonnel ater a |. Traveling show troupes returning He explaine hat most o: e Per Cent Damage y would be re: from California say the theatrical] field force, however, in 3 Counties industry in the far west has fallen] tained. Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 22.—()—| into slump unequalled on the Pa- cifil in the last 10 years 4 cording to Vesperman, who tod Hail caused much damage to uncut! announced the most meagre dramatic wheat crops in Ramsey, Benson and; schedule for Bismarck in a number Towner counties last night and sone | total losses are reported in the vicin- | ity of Leeds and Maza. Losses of | 50 per cent were reported in the Doyon-Starkweather area and at St. Joe. The storm traveled west from Leeds through Doyon and Crary did not hit the Devils Lake section. A total of 720 claims for hail dan age were filed with the state i ugents, become one body under the new enforcement program, Captain Townsend eplained. They will work The meeting has been called by the North Dakota railroad board in order to secure unanimity of ion with regard to the present: the various boards of evidence nst tablished at Fargo, N. D. on, Wisconsin. Captain ns came to Minneapolis today direct from Washington. He will return to his former post duty at Chicago tonight and next week will come to Minneapolis to remain permanently. During the next few days Mr. S: tant administrator, will put, into effect some of Cap- tain Townsend's orders. Agents will take the PEMBINA POWER se id trans-con- tal tours next Winter following reports of failure on the Coast, and show companies which ordinarily stop off at the municipal auditorium for one performance will not be seen this year, he predicts. Vesperman has one show booked il | for the season so far and is negotiat- verman, as as insurance i department this weck,! ing for anole any io i bringing the total number of claims| Sheridan's “Rivals” will show a for the year to 7,614. Wells, Fos-|the auditorium Saturday, August 29, COMPANY SOLD with an all-star cast. including Mrs. iske, Tom Powers, Chauncey Olcott. ‘The “Rivals” will open the season in Bismarck and promises to be the greatest performance to be seen in the city this season, and possibly for several years, Vesperman may book Mary ob: — son to show in Bismarck some time in September. UNIVERSITY No'plans are under way for using PLANS PAGEANT | tts, ,2uditeriam for vaudeville | or movies next winter, Vesperman said. It is the policy of the city to ab- stain from competing with the local moving picture concerns for business in Bismarck, Vesperman stated it as ‘his opin- ion that exhjbition of motion pie- tures in the auditorium could not be done on a profit basis because of the size of the theatre. ter, Dickey and Eddy county were the hardest hit, the report showed. Reports were received xt the hai department today of heavy hail storms at Boyon in Ransom county and at Newville and in Towner and Ramsey counties, but no details were available. Sale of the Pembina Light and Power company by J. A, Wilkins, re- ceiver, to H. H. Henly, Minneapolis for $55,450 and its resale by Henly to The International Public Service corporation of Minneapolis for $150,- 000 was approved by the state rail- road bogrd today. The Minneapolis firm was given permission to issue $85,000 worth of stock and $100,000 in bonds to finance the proposition. The Otter Tail Power company of Fergus Falls was granted permis- sion to construct a power line from Carlton to Amenia and the Great Northern and Soo Line railroads were given permission to construct an interlocking signal system at their junction at Bowbells. HEBRON WHEAT RUNS 15 TO20 Valley City, N. D., Aug. 22.)—— Prof. A. G. Arvold, head of the dr matic art school at the state agri- cultural college, is planning a page- ant to be presented at the annual meeting of the North Dakota Feder- ation of Women’s Clubs here next month. It will be given in the huge open air theatre at the rear of the state teachers college. stirred up here by rumors that the local high school building is unsafe for occupancy because of faulty con-) crete work, It is said that the building has been condemned by architects who have examined it and that it will cost between $20,000 and $0,000 to make it safe for use. Some persons insist that they will not send their children to schoél unless the building is le safe, but no as tion has been taken by the school board. f Two smouldering ‘piles of burnt mash and liquor stills and two piles of wrecked stills mark the places near Holdingford, Stearns county, where two federal agents demolish- ed the plants of four alleged moon-' shiners Tuesday afternoon after seizing the owners and placing them under arrest on charges of liquor law violations. The men_ arrested ‘are :Charlea Gressman, Mike Benkofskey, Edward Zura and William Fiea, WOMAN MAIL CARRIERS London.—Sir William Mitchell Search For Twin Hebron, N. D., Aug. 22.—With City Boy in N. D. Thompson, England’s postmaster gen- : — _ {threshing under way, reports indi- eral, says ‘there are 4200 women mail| Minneapolis, Aug. 22.—()—Min-| cate good yield of wheat. Frank carriers in the employ of the depart-| neapolis police have instituted ®/ Hartmann reported 23 bushels 61 Ibs., ment. The experiment of giving] search for Harold Chaffee, 11 years}on corn land, others report from 15 women carrier jobs has proved a| old, who disappeared a week success, he says. grandmother, New York city proposes to spend| North Dakota. $2,000,000,000 for further construc-| Authorities between living Minneapolis} The Iai 000 has been spent. for the lad. was 75 per cent pure. Aim to Break Alcohol Ring; He said that an office will be es-! “field Monday.| 3 . ago,}to 20 bu., according to what.condi-| squadron volunteering for after stating he wanted to see his|tion the land is in, it was stated|with the French against the Rif- at . Kramer,| here by A. P. Nyden, hotel proprietor.] fians | FINAL: EDITION | | PRICE FIVE CEN' a [eo Gospel Choir Concert Sunday The Men's Gospel Chorus will sing again from the baleony . 1 the christian men of churches who have talent in singing is meet- ing with enthusiastic encourage- by the citizens of Bix- fine program of G ~ Paul Wright, pastor the Presbyterian church, will de- liver a brief address. NAB PRISON BREAKER IN WASHINGTON Portland Mechanic Effects Capture of Escaped Convict Killer | alive. 'BISMARCK MAN ATTACKED IN | REGAN HOLDUP Otto Vold, Bismarck insurance man, was recovering today from juries sustained shortly after mid- night when he was on a road near Regan by thug: who took ten dollars cur jrency after beating up the insur |ance agent, according to reports reaching police headquarters, Vold was returning to Bismarck two in on a business trip late last night and found the road blocked by a dilapidated Ford car. When Vold stopped his machine, the bandits jumped on the running board and ussaulted the insurance man. They went through his pockets. The highwaymen failed to get a diamond ring Vold was wearing be- cause they could not force it off his finger, The insurance man suffered a dam- aged nose and bruises and lacera- tions about the face and body. No trace of the bandits was avail- able today. Minnesota Couple Will Marry at Fair Rochester, Minn., Aug. 22—()—The stage tonight at which Gladys Larsen and Gerald Towne, two Rochester young people, will be married at the night show of the Olmsted County fair. A Revue which has been a feature of the fair will present a wedding pageant, and the music will be play- ed by the Rochester Park Band. Stores and individuals have dona\ gifts worth several hundred dollars. Yank Flyer Hurt on Riffian Front Cassablance, French Morocco, Aug. 22,— @®) —The American flying service suffered Lieut. its first casualty Commander when Charles est block of silver ever i i Freee ctbways, Alrendy $600,000,-| and Kramer will be asked to search] found. wetghed 29,000 pounds and eae nights He vee nat dane gerously injured. is set for a public wedding here | d| the different experiment He was not dan- ica i S58 DULG NLS DST ANC EI ARNEL TE ETERS MURDER | PUBLISHER ~ RUNS AMUCK DURING ROW Carl Magee, Albuquerque Edi- | tor, Slays Bystander, Wounds Opponent SHOOTS FORMER JUDGE | Attacked by Jurist, Editor Draws Gun at Climax of Political Battle East Las Vegas, N. M., Aug. (P)—Carl C. Magee, Albu- querque editor, today faces first degree murder charges in New Mexico courts in which he gained N nal prominence during the last two years as defendant | the now famous Contempt — canes,” filed last night | grows | Magee's encounter last night in | a hotel lobby with formerly | Judge David J. Leahy,» du which John B. Lassaxer, of S ta Fe was shot to death Leahy | arm. and wounded in the upper left East Las (P)Politi Co Mag N. M., Aug. ity between Albuquerque newsp: jeditor, and David J. Leahy, former- Iv district Judge in Las Vegas, left jdeath in the wake of a rough and tumble fight in’ which ee drew oa and fired nly, killing a bystander, John ater, and wounding Leahy in m. Leahy, witnesses said, attacked on seeing, him in the hotel |lobby. The editor had been pum- meled to the floor by the ex-jurist when he whipped out his gun, and he first shot snuffed out Lassater’s ife us he the Tighte th en- counter ‘suid. |. Magee wa this hotel |sistamt Dis moved © to who se saw the permitted ter the bi ct Attorney T. ru- de ed he would be charged ‘with manslaughter if a coroner's ijury to be convened today holds him {responsible for the death. Lassater was an employe of the state high- department, he fight and shooting clo: other chapter in the career of Magee. In July was convicted of libel by dudge court with the publication tacks on Chief Justice J. W. Park- er ef New Mexico Supreme court. > remain tle, hut v. ch As jur connection esitorial at- in ‘HYBRID WHEAT _ RESISTS RUST, YIELDS HIGH | Ceres, Bred at North Dakota | Agricultural College, Has | Record Production Fargo, Aug. hybrid wheat, | Ceres, proved a high yielder this year at the plots maintained by the North Dakota Agricultural college experiment station, reports L. RK. | Waldron, plant breeder. Ceres wheat jis a cross between Kota and Mar- | quis wheat varieties and was develo} ed at the North Dakota station. This jvariety yielded 33 bushels to the acre. \ A number of other hybrid wheats |were also tried out but most of ithem failed to give satisfactory re- jsults, Disease, weak straw, low | Yields, and other causes soon elimin- jate most new wheat crosses, Mr. Waldron explains. One wheat variety, named Iumillo jand bred at the Minnesota Experi- ment station, yielded 30 bushels to the ucre, the same yield as that cured from Quality wheat. he ields of the two old-time varieties, |Power Fife and Haynes | were identical, each yielding 22 bush- jels per acre. Marquis showed an |these two varieties by yielding 24 Bluestem, advance on | bushels per acre while | but one bushel more. The five days lof very severe hot westher may |have inured, Kota considerably, Mr. | Waldron says. ; As these wheats were all sown very early, April 1, certain of the jearly ones ‘perhaps gave good yields | because of their early ripening. | Ruby yielded 26 bushels per acre, land Garnet, the new Canadian var- | iety, yielded 27. Preludi bottom of the list, yiel | bushels, and the Canadian variety ; Red Bobs did little better. Durum varieties yielded better | than most of the common varieties, | but only one variety, Mindum, out yielded Ceres, The average yield of |Mindum wheat was 37 bushels per acre. Kubanka yielded 28 bushels, while the new variety Nohola, with {solid straw and black beards, yield- ied 27 bushels. The Experiment station will pro- bably make a distribution of the |new variety Ceres this coming year iif it maintains its past record. hia ‘variety also yielded well in 1924 at ations. {TRY PRISONER FOR JAILBREAK Application for a writ of habeas | corpus was filed today in the supreme court by Gilbert Swanson, sentenced to a two-year term in the penitentiary from Grand Forks for jail-breaking. Swanson, who was sentenced April 18, 1925, contends that he was never, ‘iven an opportunity to plead to the’ Hearing of the case was set for September 1. Kota gave | |