The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 29, 1925, Page 1

oe { WEATHER FORECAST stly fair tonight and Sun- cooler tonight. ™ day ES TABLISHED 1873 THE BIS CK TRIBUNE. RIS: M: ARC K, NORTH DAKOT 29, SATURDAY, AUGU 1925 PRICE FI FUND WAR DEBTS BY 1926 ive Babies Born in City Yesterday at REVALUATION OF UTILITIES I$ ANNOUNCED Hughes Plant Assessment Cut 17 Per Cent in Bis- = Old Doe Stork put in his bid | for overtime this moraing after a strenuous day's work in Bis- marck Friday. e babies were born in the city yesterday.. One lusty voiced young lady found it necessary ‘to compete for honors with four hoy babies, too, for it was a boy's day. The girl will make her home marck here with Mr. and Mrs. George Strohl. Sons weee born to Mr. —, and Mrs, A. J. Dinius, ‘inane , marck; Mr. and Mrs. William FARGO PLANT BOOSTED) Raver. Blue Grace; Mr. and Mes. _ John Tavis, Mandan, and Mr. and vs, Stewart ponald, Bin- Boost Minot Power Plant} marche Valuation 100 Per BUTTERFAT Cent Valuations for taxation purposes ne of the property of public utility corporations in North Dakota were announced here today by the state bosrd of tax equaliz The Hughes Elect company | plant at Bismarck was per ent from bur its plant vi percent. ‘The Hughes and Dieters N. D. Farmers 5 Marketed 40 plant at’ Dickinson was reduced 10 f f oe ‘ain below it will ind per cent from county board figur Million Pounds in Fiscal ee pea A bElstosuepension and the Midwest Power company’s | Year Miners in the anthracite region are | plant at Devils Lake was increased ulready removing their tools from per cent. 2 wi =e the pits. Mine supply firms are cut A ane A ay ie the frente | Diversification of agriculture al-|ting down forces in anticips Deaths awe tit fixed yeady is a fact in North Dakota, al-| falling off in business. The 92,711, the same figure as ilroad, an anth te. ‘though. much remains to be done to bring the state to the status which it might attain, in the opinion of John Husby, dairy expert for the state department of agriculture, who at of the Puilman Car com- 3833 valuations property Western Un- Telegraph | were fixed as follow jon, $999, Soo Telegraph com- mpleted the compilation of pany, Continental Tele. on the dairy business in graph comp: 2 orth Dakot hat 40,125,147 Numerous ges ey valuas he hal were made in comparison with the |b» North Dakee M eaedacd’ thee they, valuations recommended by the var- jus a i boards. a thern States Power con cash: pany plant at Fargo was increased Big Increase zd per cent over the county board| This represents approxiuiately a figures; the same company’s lant 3 per cent ine last geet at Minot was boosted 100. p nt | report when pounds 0 unty board figures and! butterfat brought # total of S08 Forks plant was left at} 858.67, Husby said. The ure as recommended by|the income did k ard. the production s made in the saln-[last year was due to ht ations of plans at Fargo, Grand crease in the average pri Husby Forks, Bismarck and Valley Cuy, | said. ; os The automobile has almost put Another noticeable fexture of the North Dakota’s street railway lines!development of the dairy business out of business and the taxes in North Dakota is the increase in sessed against these properties the sale of butterf te creameries year 16, 10 per cent the state, La bout outside reduced to the actual worth of i pounds or properties, the statement said. Wahpeton-Breckenridge street uluation was reduced the total went to creameries in other states. way property t year to $4,300 Burleigh county produced 898 Fargo Street Railway! 42 pounds of butterfat and ree reduced from! $188 900.40. | Morton county — pro- .18 und 1 909,200.16 pounds whieh nd Interur- |b : company from $54,900 to Compare 1914 the manner in which the business —-~-—— eed during the last 10 years is est shown, Hushy said, by comparing this ye t those for 1914. Im. that year pounds of butterfat were and brought a total of $8’ all of which was paid out by stations who in turn sent, it. to. the creameries. In the ar just ended 29,294,822 pounds were sold through cream’ stations and 10,830,325 were sold direct to the creameries by the farmers. For butterfat shipped direct to them by farmers the creameries paid 853,624.67, while the sta- paid out $10,500,001.5 butterfat shipped’ to them. number of creameries_now operating in North Dakota is 58. Ten years ago, despite the comparatively small volume of business being handled, there were 66. Large Cri FEARS BERLIN Peace of Europe Hinges on Settlement of German Problem, Claim -war problem fuc- ing France today is the German problem and the peace of Eurone will hang in the balance until the German problem has been disposed of, Prof. Andre Siegfried, a member of the faculty of the Institute of| The answer, Hu » is that Political Science of Paris, declared|the creameries now operating are here. large, fully equipped plants capable Prof. Siegfried, who was in Bis-| of handling hundreds of gallons of marck yesterday, to meet Governor|milk and cream where those of 10 Sorlie, is touring the northwest to|years ago handled only 10 gallons. make a survey of political conditions| Of the 1,800 cream stations li- in the United States. censed by the state for the fiscal The educator was a former mem-|year only 1,765 reported, Husby said. ber of the French commission repre-| Their average purchases of butter- senting France in its dealings with fat were 16,500 pounds. the League of Nations, Butterfat figures do not include France does not trust its future; the 55,805 gallons of ice cream man- in the League and is seeking a more|ufactured in the state last year, an certain guaranty against another|increase of 143,353 gallons over the war of aggression by Germany| previous year. Neither does it in- than the super-government of the|clude the milk and cream from North League can supply, Prof. Siegfried| Dakota cows made into ice cream by declared. creameries in neighboring states or The people of France are unable} the whole milk sold to consumers The greatest pos to determine the true post-war spirit|throughout the state. The latter which prevails in Germany, he stat-| item alone, Husby said, will total ed, and until several have | about $2,000,000, passed and anew generation hus tak- Ward First Listed by counties, Ward county made the highest jump in butterfat production last year with an increase of 317,139 pounds and Cass county was second — with an increase of 287,962 pounds. Other counties reporting outstand- ing increases were Grand Forks, La Moure, McHenry, McIntosh, Ramsey and Ransom. Stutsman county, although it fail- ed to show an inerease proportional to that in some other counties, con- tinued to hold the lead in butterfat Production 1,278,119.62 pounds. Warm Weather Drives Sharks to Northern European Waters en control of German affairs, it will not be possible for France to know whether Germany has learned they lesson taught by the war. The Painleve’ government today rests on the middle blocs in the French chamber of deputies. A rad- ical administration has followed the socialist regime under Herriot, and, although the Painleve government was swept in with the aid of social- ists, the present ministry has alien- ated their support by prosecuting the war against Abd-el-Krim in Mor- occo, Prof. Siegfried said. London’s “Wall Street” Shrinks About 97 Per Cent Each Night Oslo, Aug. 29.—(#)—The prolonged spell of warm weather here has brought a considerable number of sharks into northern waters, where, under normal conditions they are seldom seen. Several schools have been sighted off the southern coasts of Norway and in the Skagerak, and in several costal towns warnings have been issued to bathers. In the neigh- borhood of Christiansand and Pors- grund the sharks have made their appearance close in shore and at times when many people have been bathing. “DoPE’s CORRECT Washington—Weather bureau fore- casts are correct nine times out of 10, according to the bureau here, The forecasts referred to, however, are for’“fair and warmer,” or “snow and colder.” London, Aug. 29—(®)—The day population of the city of London is 82 times greater than the night population, statistics in ‘the official census of work-places show. At night there are 13,709 people in the city and during the day 436, 715. These latter have to be tran: ported to and from the suburbs, mornings and nights, in something Jess than two hours. The suburbs of Horsey and Leyton provide the greatest number of Lon- don’s day pepulation, followed close- ly by East Ham, Hanwell and Walt- hamstow. The “city” in London is a section in which many of the-targe financial and*bahking houses ‘are located and in @ measure corresponds to what in New York is called the Wall Street district, 'MULE POINTS lexpected to fore DURATION OF COAL STRIKE If Mules Stay in Pits, Indica- tions Point to Short Tieup SHORT EXPECT PRUE Stage Set for Anthracite Walkout Scheduled ‘Tuesday Philadelphia, Aug. mine mule in the next 48 ast wh thracite suspension wh effect Monday at midnight is to be pie or short. mules are brought to the sur- By ¢ for the shut down it will signify belief that the mines will be « for a considerable time. If mules re- e the oper Valley ows hand-| preparing to lay off c ling coal shipments to close down! ops and engine houses, — Central Penns: ducers, meeting. laid plans to rush into the breach to used by anthracite suspensions | un output of five million to volatile bituminous cd highly me from the soft coal tivity in antic More than nous pits in Penn been shut down ¢ for months and but few have anywhere near normal produc | tirely been ns with head H n effort suspension has disbanded. SHIPSTEAD ki SCORES TAX REDUCTION: Claims Proposed Changes “Do Not Relieve Bur- den of Poor” Hector, Minn., A’ ator Henrik Shipste ite of Minneso' ministestion’s as outlined by Republi a the past few months, in addr a rommunity pienie here today The proposed changes in the t law “do not relieve the burdens of the poot,” he said, while “reducing | the es on the incomes of the rich The senator urged a reduction in the taxes imposed on the farmer and wage earner for the necessities of | life which he declared “protected by , a high protective tariff and exces-| sive transportation rates.” Referring to proposed reduction in income taxes, Senator Shipstead said, “This will only affect a few people in the United States, Only about 8,000,000 pay an income tax. The | ‘other 100,000,000 will not get relief | fgom this proposed program of tax- reductions.’ ” QUAKE ROCKS MONTANA TOWN 29.—-(A)—An shook the Butte, Mont., Aue. earthquake of ‘sever town of Maudlow east of Three Forks at 8:45 o'clock today. The re- port which came to Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul Railroad agent here, said no damage had been done. STECK RETAINS LEAD IN COUNT Washington, Aug. 29.--(#)—With only two counties remaining to be tabulated, Danie! F. Steck’s net gain in the senate recount of the Iowa senatorial returns stood today at If both contested and uncon- tested ballots are held valid this still would leave Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Steck’s republican — op- ponent, a slight mar; Gertrude Traims to Swim Channel Ss Boulogne, Gertrude Ederle today continued light work in the intention of begining her second attempt to swim the English channel next Monday provided weather conditions are favorable, The channel is still rough but the weather is moderating and Miss Ed- erle and her trainer, “Old Bill” Bur- gess, believe she will be able to get away as scheduled. EATING. PLACES IN TOKYO TOTAL MORE THAN 23,000 “Tokyo, Aug. 29.—/P)—The statis- tics of cafes and resaurants for Tok- yo.and its environs indicate that hunger should not be among the things suffered by the residents, provided they have the price. There are 5,733 socalled “foreign restaurants,” which means places where supposedly ‘foreign’ *food is served in an alleged foreign atyle. Mona ape 1908 restanrants serving Chinese style food, and 16,414 Japan- ese style restaurants. , hot be recognized b ‘from France, Aug. 29.—(@)—| Cit: CALLING ON MOTHER President and Mrs Pp pay a visit to the president's mother-in J law at Northampton, Ma his shows Mrs. Coolidge with her m : Mr ae. Twas on this sane porch that Coolidge was notified of his uomination as vice president (COMMUNISM ISSUE SPLITS 1], W. W. ORGANIZATION AS RIVAL FACTIONS WAGE WAR Wobbly Membership Car Recognized in Chi but surely the Workers of the World up two factions, according to into high offi ment who has fon the pulse of com- | ctivities in the Northwest | urs, of the split, these vie is a difference Fof the radieals with re adoption of communism. Some en vor it. Others want to eon. | tinue the 1. W. Ww. nization y The result 1 Chie nthe | Report Split “The result,” said man within the I. W. that cards issued by another offic en in opposing camps will be look ed upon just as though they were not members at all The res bea es di but decrease of I. rected at the genera increase in I, W. W. 1 public of charge of the main benefits enjoyed by I. W. W. members a res- olution passed at a recent meeting in Minneapolis early in August, a report of which has just been received here through underground channels, is of particular interest. Thi olution Prdered. all members. atfilinted: with the Chicago headquarters not to pe mit anyone to ride on freight t unless they can show a membership ecard issued by the Chicago offic Membership cards issued by the attle office will not be recognized. Risk Lives Train riding by I. W. W. members has reached serious proportions in the Northwest for two reasons, the Distri muted in Seattle ago, Inv Are Not igation Reveals 1. One is the fact t plo: leged Psa the o men zation or Jeust friendly to it. The other i that train crew members who try to fe hodies of men off of trains risk their lives in. so doing and the U fact that pol addition i a pad vil- many large ohetot to cope with the The recent trouble with I. W. W members exp it Fargo and Gov, Soviie’s nent that he will ignore the f the American king his in- ute officials ent in the activities in vil Liberties Union terfe de istory Noh Dako: * thrilling Ww. most of | WwW. n Stopped was the attack of the ndon in the fall of 19 tion of taking over the town, don side door pully usual fa on but we: a crowd of citizens who LT sorts of weapon abandon their purpose. werything from shotguns to pitch- and clubs were called into uandon residents to protect th from invasion and the incident attracted wide attention in the pre: Incidents of that character will not be repeated this year, however, ad- vices from the inside ranks of the I. . W.’s say, and there probably will be less scattered cases of sabotage than has been the c in recent years. The result of the disagreement in I. W. W. ranks may have the result of causing the organization to di appear altogether, reports from se- I. Ww. nd cret agents working with the W. received here say, in which case the majority of its members will find joi refuge with other radical organi- zations. NEW REVOLT IN NICARAGUA, San Juan Del, Sur Nicaragu: 29.—(#)—Advices from Manag capital, report that Luis Riva ernor of Managua, has seized Ti: fortress and refuses to obey the go ernment. Albino Ramon Reyes, min- ister of finance, is said to have been arrested. | There has been no communication | with the capital since early this| morning. | | | Resume British- Mexican Relations’ Mexieo City, Aug. 29—(P)—An- | nouncement of resumption of diplo- matic relation between Mexico and Great Britain, which has been sus- pended since June 1924, has created considerable excitethent’ in Mexi ity. Extra edition of the ne pers which are rare in the capital, appeared on the streets last night after Foreign Minister Saenz made the anouncement. Relations were severed in June, 1924, when the British charge was or- dered expelled by the Mexican ernment for ulleged support given Mrs. Rosalie Evans, an American woman who was the wife of a Bri subject and who later was ass al sin- on her ranch. The trouble of Mrs. Evans in which the charge in- tervened grew out of attempts by Mexican agrarians to seize her lands, BUSINESS BOOMING Cleveland, O.—Dentists here are experiencing a boost in the business of treating teeth for pyorrhea as a result of the roasting ear season, it ig ‘said. Eating corn off the cob, where there is a slight infection from pyorrhea, loosens the teeth and permits the pyorrhea to get in its damaging work, dentists explain, Washburn Company Will File Appeal Fargo, N. D., Aug. 29—(#)—The Washburn Lignite Coal Company, Wilton, N. D., shortly will file with the North Dakota Supreme Court an appeal from the order of the Bur- leigh County district court denying it an injunction to prevent the ful- fillment of coal contracts made by the North Dakota State Board of Administration in June, according to Francis Murphy, Fargo attorney. Excess Reserve Shows Decrease New York, Aug. 29,—(P)—The act- ual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows excess reserve of $380,540. This is a decrease in reserve of $24,744,660 compared with lust week when excess amounted to $25,125,200. Designs For Ebert : Sarcophagus Submitted to Heidelberg Mayor Heidelberg, Agu. 29—(#)—Designs for a sarcophagus for the grave: of the late Friedrich Ebert, first pres- ident of the German republic, have been submitted to Mayor Ernst Walz by Professor Behrens, an Austrian sculptor. It is planned when the sarcophagus is completed to bring from Berlin the bodies of Ebert’s two sons who fell in the war and place them in graves at right angles to that of their father. Joseph Nepple, City Counsellor, said Heidelberg expects at a later date to acquire the modest home in which Germany's first president was born and convert it into an Ebert museum, COUNTY IS FACED WITH LABOR FAMINE Threshing Operations in Bur- leigh Handicapped by Lack of Men NEED 100 MEN HERE Statewide Shortage of Har- vest Li bor Follows Big h aj hich la- arek ands Toby Oversupply Burleigh county is faced wit serious harvest Libor shortage w threatens to hold up threshi tions in the Bismarck weeks to a month, it was day by Captain Herman Brocopp, bor agent emnloved the Bis association of commerce. An oversupply vs w.tvest two weeks ago has been followe 1 growing labor famine and county needs from to 100 men way ap: id in threshing the county's bump: er grain erop, Captain Brocopp red. Vailure of the legislature to propriate funds for maintenane: the abor department bh. dienpped threshing operations in sections of the state. Ag cultural rent Although the Col at Fargo. s t han all Paul earlier in the ‘on to sufficient labor supply to Dakota, said Brocopp, the labor agencies the Twin ¢ require an of five dolls per man for train fure renders it useless to look for a solution of the labor a in this direction, labor bureau has not the fonds to xupply advunee payment of train fare to harvest hands, the la- untv's Inher sho ause the harvest 1 nnually — moves from southern w passed eturn, shing crews Tarea, and well North belts ada Dukot: has alre nd will not to 40 th work in the capi nd into heal; y into ¢ ane are hi under ions of the county, he ng outfits are under- | cording to Brocopp. i Large numbers of Burleigh farm-| have been obliged to postpon because of the lnbor short- age, and delay cin threshing may! block harvesting of the ‘Sotaber| wheat crop until as late as October in some places, he announ Threshing in the county will con- tinue for another 80 days in Bur- leigh county Reports “that the grain crop in North Dakota was from two to sa weeks early brought host of har- vest hands into the state and a huge | oversupply of harve: | cumulated in the state, | ured. The supply has dwindled ° middle of August, the bulk of harvesters ahoving northward. Reports indicate labor Steps are being taken by sociution of commerce to bor from Minne: PICK COOPER s state-wide har the cure AND YEAGER President and ‘Secretary Re-' elected at Horticulture Meet r of Abercrombie, H. C. Coop reelected president of the North kota Horticultural society at close of the two day convention here today. Fargo was selected for 1926 convention. Prof. A. F. Yeager, North Dakota college, was chosen to Agricultural succeed himself as secretary of society and H, R. Nelson, Hankin was reelected treasurer. A resolution asking Congress enact legislation to secure plant istration to protect originators horticultural variations was adopted by _the society. The society adopted a resolu from Dickinson and Minot, School Board Denies Pe vest | ! ‘ | was | Da- the the the son, to reg- of | tion recommending that the legislature | vote financial aid to the state fair. Mrs. was reelected vice president of first district, E. City, was chose: the ‘second district, and F. anowicz, Wildrose, was elected president of the third district. MOLLA LOSES Fannie Heath, Grand Forks, the! C. Hilborn, Valley vice president of| J. Stef- | vice TO MISS RYAN: Brookline, Mass Miss Elizabeth van of Molla B. count of the Longwood woman's vitation singles today. Miss Ryan had lead of 5-1 in the) | Lowest last night second set when Mrs. Mallory rallied | Preci xteenth | Highest wind velocity and carried the set to the game before Miss Ryan finally gai ed the verdict. The victor meets Mis Joan Fry of England in the final |fair tonight and Senday; cooler to- round this afternoen. Brooklyn, Mass., Aug. Aug. 29.—()— California | | Mallory of 9-7, in the semi-final | 29. aye sae and Sunda: jeampaign today us }on ~ ne Sorlie Asks Dawes Visit Bismarck G Governor A ing in coop rd Sorlie, of Commerce rles G. Dawes, trip to Seattle Sept St. to make the journey the northern route and to stop off at Hismarek for a short stay. Ni ident h make understood the Vice Pres utatively decided to trip over the Milwau ea request of he would route to By Tents. The Bismarek assoviation of commerce expects a repiy to the request: before the end of the month, HOLD GIRLIN CHICAGO BOOZE WAR SLAYINGS stenographer I ator-bootlegger Qu by Police ed Chicago, UP)— Pauline Livingst old, fort Nashville, Tenn, stenographer sweetheart of Irving Schl whe fly for the was held today connection — in of ing hootlegre ning in the hodie t jancee of Avi-) Ameri | AIM TO FUND ALL DEBTS BY END OF YEAR and France Italy Promise Immediate Action on War Loans DEMAND TTLEMENT Wi 29—(#)—Of ficial was made today Caillaux the liner, Paris, Sept. 16, to initiate the debt ding negotiations with the ited States. M. Caillaux will accompanied by only one ex- pert. The remainder of the French mission in to follow either on Sept 19 or 2. Ww shington, Aug. an debt comm of goal cleaning up debt funding in time for by the next. session of Congress. With promise of action already Igiven on the two larger loans yet unfunded, thos officials here stand now taken to by the smaller war-time borrowers vill enable them to wind up the en- ire business of debt funding during the coming winter. first fruits of the new press f France and Italy, the peed up action et H ure brought upon the smaller debt- aluable jewels Ss comes in the information the ome of which sh Sehtig zecho-Slovakia r plain notice riven her, were seized for checking! from the United States, that it de- up with lists: of n goods to de s such action without undue ¢ termine if a profits of | lay, will shortly Sehlie’s robbe: to the to open negotiati A bootleg: plig, though only 21 ider w “years old | ing action With an creement nearing with Latvia and informal exchanges un for some time with Esthonia, the debt commission ed in its new driv by Roumania and Jugo was regarded by the police us of one! Slavia, which’ w Slavia, ith Liberia, complete of the most elusive robbers and boot-'the group of smaller debtors. w legzers in Chicago. Me learned to} obli fly and had purchased ne used Russian debt of more than q mene deliveries ‘CONTINUE DRIVE FOR FREE BOOKS for Free t Books in chool board at a meet- denied the petition leged total of 1,356 that free text books be furnished B chool children. ‘The bourd’s was based on the claim that number of signers after duplicates had been deducted, equals only iubout one-third of the legal voters of the district.” Backers of the free text book erted they would signatures in the avoruble action hin the near The local ing yesterd signed b continue to solic! hope of obtaining the petition wi future. The number of voters at the last school election was 1,052 according to figures presented by advocates of free text books. wha painted ont, this figure is less than the numbet , of signatures dicated they board’s decision. The board passed a resolution re- quiring a fee of five dollars from presented. would students registering in the follo ing hemistry, ph biology ing, and’ domestic science, Gravel Hearing Postponed Again Further postponement to an in- | definite date of the hearing on sand and gravel rates proposed by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and other railroads was announced to- day by hte state railroad board. The complaint which was filed by the North Dakota Farm Bureau Feder- ation and other organizations had been set for hearing September 2. | _—________—@ | Weather Report | ————__-—______—_—_- Temperature at 7 a. m. | Highest yesterday ation to 7 a. Weather Forec: For Bismarck and vic! night. For North Dakota: Mostly fair to- cooler tonight Miss Elizabeth Ryan of California,; and in extreme east portion Sunday. ran away with the final match of Longwood women's singles te: the | nis | Conditions disturbance General Weather The barometric is tournament on the grass courts of| moving eastward very slowly and is the Longwood Cricket club to day, centered over the northern Plains easily defeating } piss Joan Fry of| this morning. Showers and thunder- England, 6—1, SEAWEED AS FOOD Tokyo. Japan.—When the tide eedes along the coasts of vari parts of Japan the beaches are ted with, | re-| ious dot- eople gathering seaweed aod cansying it te drying racks of | bamboo, and shipped. The seaweed usual); boiled and eaten with rice. After drying it is baled y is | ; Storms occurred along the eastern slope of the Rockies and in the north- ern Plains States. The precipitation was general in western North Dakota, but practically none fell in the east- ern half of the state. Cool weather prevails from the Rocky Mountai region westward to the Pacific co: but temperatures are high from the Plains States eastward to the Great Lakes region, written off as uncollectable and the relatively small debt of Armenia also does not figure in the Program. Czecho-Slovakia’s which he tr h n acknowledged by that government only to the amount of so hty million dollars the divergence in calculatiot $ been pressed by its off! in de- ng funding steps. The Treasury, however, sees no reason why the dif- ference should not be ironed out and a funding agreement reached without further delay. As another development in the for- cign debt situation, further stud of the Anglo- ‘French agre ment h to the official’s vie t has been less of a sale. down of the French debt to Great Britain than at first indicated. Some calcu- lations place the reduction at not more than 15 per cent. And by way of compensation im- portant benefits are seen to have fallen to the British treasury through separation of the war debt, the debt for war supplies, and the debt to the bank of England in the payment pro- visions. BATTLE NEW BEE DISEASE Apiarist Sees Good Results From State Embargo on Bees in Combs The success of bee culture in North Dakota depends on elimination of a hive disease known as foul- brood for which state beekeepers must be continually on the lookout, Dr. R. L. Webster, secretary of the state beekeepers association, declar- ed here today. Bee inspection work in North Da- kota is lodged with the Department of Agriculture and Labor and Com- missioner Joseph A. Kitchen appoint- ed Mr. Webster as Inspector of Apiaries in the state. The inspection of bee hives where disease has been reported is now under way, since a small fund was provided by the last legislature for this work, In every case where we have found this disease, we have been able to trace it back to the shipment of infected combs from another state. Our inspection work so far fully justified the embargo that was is- sued in 1924, which prohibits the shipment of bees on combs into North Dakota. This embargo did not shut out bees shipped in comb- less packages, and thousands of these were brought into the state this spring. Owing to unfavorable weather i spring, the honey crop this year is likely to fall short of 1924, when the average production in the state was 160 pounds per colony. Bees respond very quickly to changes in the weather. The winds during the past week have interfered greatly with the activities of the bees. At the Agricultural college a hive on scales is maintained, and records of changes in weight made every morning and evening. During the night an actual loss in weight oc- curs, due to the evaporation: af water from the nectar during its transformation into honey by the bees, Statisticians estimate that a: man; wei ing 150 pounds, in an ordinary day’s activities, puts a weight of 815 tens upon his shoes. billion dollars has virtually Beet