The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1927, Page 1

reity col el and Frida: @STABLISHED 1873 night BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1927 TWO KILLED, 20 HURT. IN TERRIFIC BLAST US. DIRIGIBLE| thei wives | LOS ANGELES a MEET MEMPHIS Navy Department Plans to Greet Col. Lindbergh With Huge Airship DUE AT 11 SATURDAY| Trans-Atlantic Flyer Gets First Glimpse of Whale— , Pleased With Sight U. oe sh Memphis, by Witeless to d Press, June 9.—Col- onel Lindbergh will be greeted by th United States-dirigible Los Angeles early tomortow he nears the shore of the homeland. ‘A request has been received from ths navy department for the course “Nnd position of the Memphis for the guidance of the dirigible’s mander. According to the present schedule the Memphis will arrive off the Vir- ginia‘ Capes at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and reach Washington at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. Sees Whale The aviator Americans are so anx- ious to greet has had his first slimpse of a whale. He was summoned from his quarters by telephone after the lookout gave the familiar call “there she blows” and in record time was on the bridge to see a large bull spouting every few seconds. The bull was surrounded by a number of cows, Lindbergh was pleased with the sight, saying it brought to mind a school of porpoises that attracted his attention as he robe ring the rise of Ireland is first trans- Ae ntie voyage in the Spirit of St. vreit cocktail, t of beef, fruit cake, nuts, cream—these are some of the things the distinguished voy- ager had for dinner at the warrant Rificers’ mess, Nearly every meal ince he came aboard at Cherboug last Saturday has been with a dif- ferent mess. At luncheon in the aft com- mess xoom ‘of the chief petty offi- cers, directly over the propellers, the vibration was enough to shake soup out of bowls. TRAIN CRASHES INTO PULLMAN ON SIDE TRACK} Only Fact It Was Moving Slowly Averted -Catas- trophe—3 Injured Rochester, N. Y., More than a hundred sleeping pass- engers escaped serious injury when the New York limited, night express of the New York Central, rammed in- to two Pullman cars on a siding at the station here early today. Three of the Pullman passengers were slightly injured and required medical attention. They were: Earl Baden, Rochester, dislocated right shoulder. rs. James Rider, Belmont, Mass., Anjury to her left ankle. ob’ = Readin, Long Meadow, one wrist severely cok and the other sprained. All three were able to transfer to other sleeping cars, along with the et of the Pa ager: and resumed eir trip e: Railroad stficials, launching an im- mediate investigation, reported a switchman who threw the wrong switch was responsible forythe crash, Pullmans were waiting to be attach- ed to an eastbound train at the time and only the fact that the limited, due here at 11:41 eastern standard time, was traveling slowly averted a catastrophe, it was believed. Oa |, Weather Report | Weather conditions at North Da- points for the 24 hours end! 57 8. m. today: Pdaperature at, Tam. Bok Stee ake SEISSSSSSS SEIT Lowest seen June 9.—P)—} '22| sion i Their Wives (NEA Service, New York Bureau) Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin (above) wife of the pilot of the New York-to- Eurone monoplane “Columbia” smiled confidently as her husband pre- jared to take off from Roosevelt ield, Long Island. While (below) Mrs. Charles A. Levine, wif€ of Chamberlin’s passenger and backer, posed with (Chamberlin, unaware that her husband was to make the flight. When the “Columbia” took off with him in the cabin, she fainted. The two women are now en route to Berlin aboard ship to join their husbands. BISMARCK DRY AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN N. D. Storm Takes He Heavy Toll in Twin Cities—4.29 Inches “cat Minneapolis rains, in Minnesota at many points, occurred last night," but throu it all Bismarck remained high and dry, with no moisture re- corded by the federal weather bu- reau here. Last evening was sultry and fre- quent lightning flashes gave promise of a heavy storm, but the only indi- cation of rain was a cloudy day. Minneapo! had 4.29 inches of rain, the largest amount recorded since 1903; St. Paul had 2.44 inches Torrential damage rainfall and other southern Minnesota points |\ report heavy precipitation, with roads naw almost impassable. Williston Has 88, Inch Jamestown and Williston led the list of points reporting rainfall in North Dakota. Jamestown had .77 of an inch. while Williston had .88, Minot, the nearest large city to Wil- liston, reported no rain. Lisbon had .61 of an inch; Amenia, 16; Bottineau, .08; Fessenden, .0i Grand ies 02; Lan; lon, .36; Lari- more, .07;. Lisbon, .61 ; Moorhead, Minn., .16. At 10 o'clock today, the weather bureau reported it still raining in St. Paul and Minneapolis, while Madison, Milwaukee and. Chicago were said due for the same heavy rainfall which struck the Twin Cities. Seven.persons were injured and si buildings struck by lightning in Mi ‘neapolis causing $30,000 damage from fire, water and smoke. STORM TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN_ SOUTHERN beg pial otal St. Paul, June 9.—(P)—A $60,000 fire\at the King’ Midas. Mi at Shak- opee, 4.29 inches of rain in Minne- apolis and 244 in St. Paul resulted fron severe: electrical and rain storm that struck many sections of pans night. Twp hou: were struck by light- ning?here during the storm which put 1,000 telephones out of commi flooded stre@ts and tied up trai fic in both cities. It was the hea jest storm in Minneapolis since Sep- tember 12, 1903, when 4.98 inches of rain fell. Other rain fall reports in the state oie. from a trace to 1.95 at Alex- andria. Minnesota Points Have Heavy Rain St. Paul, June 9.—()—Sweeping down from the central section of the state, the heavy downpour accom- anied ‘by lightning and crashing under which hit the Twin Cities ednesday night -was general throughout the southern, part of Minnesota. 8 ay age Willmar, Mankato and Faribault were drenched ~by | rainfall: he ie tinued for aaa two hours. flashes of li ning came wine e rain, but tle gwhegs | 18 repo. heavy | jou AVIATORS MAY | COME HOME ON | GERMAN SHIP Germany Proud That Coun- tries No Longer Divided By Ocean, Paper Says FLYERS ROYALLY FETED Populace Not Only Talks About Two. Americans, But Even Sings About Them Berlin, June 9.—4(#)—Feted and feasted ever since they landed on German soil after their flight from New York, Clarence D, Chamberlig and Charles A. Levine were on the threshold today till further hon- ors. The enthusiasm of the country over the flight knows no bounds and organizations and* @ndividuals are competing to entertain the airmen. Among the many suggestions that have been made is one that when Chamberlin returns to the United States he be taken aboard a man warship, preferably the cruiser Berlin. “This honot says the Achtuhr Apendblatt, “would show the Amer- ican people more than anything else how proud Germany is over the fa that the two countries are not vided any longer G4 the ocean joing to Potsdam . On sisaraey the two aviators plan to fly to Potsdam in the company of leading German air league of- ficials. Next day they expect to fly to Vienna. They will return to Ber- lin Thursday, proceeding by air to Bremerhaven ¥ meet their wives, due from New York the next day Such enthusiasm as has been aroused over the flight is rarely seen in Berlin. From the time the flyers rose yesterday to keep their ap- pointment with President Von Hin- denburg until they returned to the American embassy, their headquar- ters, to dress for an official dinner, they were constantly obliged to ac- knowledge greetings. tily Composed not only talks about ns, but sings about composed ballad sung to the tune of a well known German ditty is heard everywhere. It begins: “Chamber! Chamberlin, lass dich sehen in Berlin’—let us see you in Berlin. The newspapers are filled with col- umns of description of the flight and its significance, praise for Chamberlin. and Levine. Only a few pavers have failk to Mid" The cone munist Rote Fahl (Red Flag) de- causing heavy!scribes the Lindbergh and and heavy/}in flights North Dakota] imperialism as tests by of the possibility of aviation with a view of “bombing at- tacks from the air. SALARY RAISE QUESTION HELD IN ABEYANCE Shafer Not to File Opinion Until He Gets Copy of 1927 Session Laws Answer to the query of State Audi-} tor John Steen who wants to know if he can legally issue a larger pay: check to Fred B. inated. state auto. |" mobile register, will be held up by Attorney General George Shafer un- til he receives u copy of the session laws of 1927. Whether or not the state highway commissfon had a right to raise Ing- stad’s salary depends, i laws passed at the last’ the attorney general's office is tired of bothering the secretary of state for certified copies of new enact- ments. Is No Rush Anyhow, there is no rugh- about the matter since Steen does/not need an answer to his question /until the last of the month when the pay checks are written. The fact that a large number of new laws become effective July 1 has caused a rush of i wiries to the attorney neral’s office, Shafer said, and his staff is busy taking ofte of these requests for informa- tion. In the meantime the secretary of state has'been giving every aid to the printer charged with getting out copies of the sion laws, Paver bound copies will be available within a few days and these will be fol- lowed within a month by the per- manent cloth-bound volumes. Under the law the permanent copics* must be printed from the same plates as those used for the first edition. The second edition will be held up, how- ever, 50 to give an opportunity to correct any errors occurring ‘in the first issue, Secretary of State Robert Byrne spent more thah a week in Fargo reading the proof of the book so as not to impede the wer of putting, it in type and binding it. Scores of urgent requests for 10 begin se rather than leters apology. Normal Schools’ the volumes planation and ve made the secretary anx- oa d DEBT REVISION MAY BE ASKED, POINCARE SAYS Intends to Try For Better Terms From U. S., Pre- mier Avers inber of deputies to- day he hoped to get better debt set- nent terms from the United States oa that he intended to try, partie! larly as he ret d that the French parliament would not ratify the cords with America and Great Bri- tain in their present form. Declaration came after he had re- niarked that “the French parliament does not seem to wish to ratify” the accords, drawing from Jacques Du- bois, who was under secre! mance under Calliaux, the questio ‘Are you proposing that the cham- ber ratify them? “I do not propose ratification of the accords,” he said, “because I hape to obtain better terms and be- cause parliament certainly would not agree to bind the country for 62 propesed provisional payments, so we would our freedom of action to ne- Rotinteon a new busis.” ONE KILLED AS AFTERMATH OF POKER PARTY Phillip Jung Found Dead in Home of Fred Henning, Near Greenway, S. D. Aberdeen, 8. R., June 9.—(#)—Fred Henning, living’ near Greenway, MePherson county, was in jail today while authorities | investigated — the cireumstances surrounding the death of Phillip Jung, who was found shot to death in Henning’s home Tuesday morning. According to authorities, death ‘followed a drinking and poker party in Henning’s home. Jung was found dead on the floor while Henn- ing was asleep in an adjoining room. found beside the dead man. Sheriff Yost said that Henning will be charged with murder. Five of the guests, the sheriff said, told him that they left the party about midnight,’ leaving Jung and Henning together. NEW EVIDENCE IS OBTAINED AGAINST WIRE Motorists Claim ¢ to Have Seen “Him and Mrs. Nelsen on Road Near Moorhead Fargo, June 9.—()—Charles Wire, Fargo, accused of beating to seth rs, Anna Nelson, also of Far-| his. former landlady, on Monday) me was seen’ entering an au- bile and the victim was seen Seve along the ditch near side road two miles south of Moor- head three hours before Mrs. Nelson was found, Archie Whaley, Clay coun- ty erif! heriff Whaley would not divulge the names of pass- ing motorists who reported they saw Mrs. Nelson and her alleged assuil- ant. He said the motorists told him of the incident and said they would testify against Wire. Sheriff Whaley, working with Henry C. Stiening, county attorney of Clay county, on evidence which will be presented to a special grand jury which has been ordered to con- vene in Moorhead Wednesday, un- earthed still more evidence, he said today. Two other motorists saw Wire’s automobile parked on the side road at 3 m. Monday, hours before Mrs. Nelson was found unconscious, the sheriff said. Mrs. Nelson died Tuesday night. WHEAT CROP TO BE LESS Jardine Estimates 33 Million Bushel Drop From. Last Year’s. Production Washington, June 9.—<#)—This ets crop will be lower than eee estimated by the depart- ment of agriculture, Secretary Jar- i 0 has just returned from the west, said ee a call at the White House. Previous esti a, Hould cut this ted even lower) then i 8 ee ed May 1 esti- ry eH winter bck ayaa was 594,000,- us! ‘4 Jung's Ni A shot gun with one empty shell was § 1G ‘the mare battalion and compani [part of the staté will arri J.) The rem: the’ five’ P.E. 0. President Gives Address at State Convention N. D. Sune 9.) nat 's address by Mrs. Car impson, Grand Forks, state vie ident, and an outline of the history of the P. E. O, in North Dakton by Mrs. Grace H. Grime, St. Paul, a ast stata president, featured to- y’s session of the 13th annual mvention of the North Dakota ate chapter of P.-E. 0., which is in session at Oakgrove Seminary here. Election and installation. of of- ficers will take place Friday morn- ing at the closing session of the meeting. Tod sessions were occupied with committee work, reports and talks on the work of the organiza- tion. The state chapter entertained chapter 0, Moorhead, at luncheon at the Elks’ Club at novn. A banquet will be held tonight at the Commercia] Club, Fargo, om ide CAMP GRAFTON MAKES READY FOR SOLDIERS four Special Trains Bringing Guardsmen to Devils Lake Camp H ‘ ee gPevils Lake, N. D., June 9.P) ith some of the troops which will ke part in the annual encampment of the North Dakota National guard already here and others on the way, ‘amp Grafton teday began to take ‘oe the appearance of a regular army post. i The quartermaster’s detachment rived yesterday afternoon from marek and today were beginnine to meet the demand for will follow the arrival body of troops Saturday. The ordinance detachment from bon arrived at Fort Totten shortly ter noon tod and immediately Bfepared to go into camp and make preliminary arrangements to carry out its part in the troop maneuvers, scheduled for next week. Four Trains Chartered “Four special trains, three on the Great Northern and one on the thern Pacific scheduled to bring approximately 1,000 guard of- ficers and men Saturday. Four units, the headquarters and service com: penies and companies | and B will rive at 11:30 o'clock Saturday on ¢ Great Northern special from t! south. They will be followed at 2:1 o'clock by a special from the north carrying the headquarters compa of the first battalion and companies M and ‘The special from west will arrive at 4:30 o'clock sah the headquarters company of "5 D. The Northern: Pacific special. car- Irving troops from the southwestern ¢ late Sat- urday afternoon Mith the medical | detachment and companies A, F, H ‘and K. The howitzer company and the headquarters company of the sec- ond battalion will come by motor truck. Fargo will be host to a lgree num- ber of guardsmen tomorrow nivht, troops from the southern and eastern parts of the state having been ordered to concentrate there and board pe sper train the ‘next morning. Pujimans or tourist sleeping cars 1 be provided for troops which will be more than 12 hours en route here. der will travel in day coaches. ‘PLANE SERVICE ACROSS OCEAN IS PROJECTED Levine, Chamberlin Announce Plans For Aerial Serv- ice to Europe ® Betlin, June 9.—(P)—Charles Levine declared today that he and Clarence D. Chamberlin planned a regular tri Atlantic aerial service. using multi-motored machines cap- able of carrying 2,000 pounds each. Levine stated that he was ready to put $2,000,000 into the scheme, and that both he and Chamberlin thought it could become operative within a year. Plan Regular Service The plans envisaged by the two men who spanned the Atlantic from New York to Germany in the Bellanca ‘monoplane Columbia would provide for regular trans-oceanic lines from America to various ferints in Europe. “I am ready at this moment to put $2,000,000 into the scheme,” Levine said, “because I not only believe it practicable, but that it can be real- ized even within s We have a definite type of ma. chine in mind which will carry 2,000 pounds and will be ,cauipped * with more than one motor.” Unlike German Planes Chamberlin. said: we intend to have built is unlike mpthing known here in Germany. part of the development of trans-Atlantic aerial lines, Chamber- lin thinks floating landing plac fiend in varidus parts of the 0 y be desirable tor emergency lai but he does not seem % ttach this ture, i the in “absolute A the E| the engine, covered the engineer and FLOOD BENEFIT “The machine }§: DE AUTREMONT | BROTHERS ARE UNDER ARREST Men Sought For Train Rob- bery Since 1923 Taken at lh Steubenville, Ohio | ARE HEAVILY GUARDED Police Say They Confess: Identity—Will Be Re- turned to Oregon Ohio, June 9,4" De Autremont, twin! bandits, ured here yesterday for! the dynamiting of a Southern Pacific passenger train near Siskiyou, Ore- | gon, in 1923, and the slaying of a mail clerk and three trainmen, have! confessed, police indicated early to-| Gay, While refusing to discuss what} took place at a conference bet detectives and the brothers early day. police said that the men ttlement. rested I Steubenville, Ray and Roy had | y told officers he ly end it all” if he could “get his hands on a gun.” He did! not admit his identity. however, un til after finger ai takert and compared with broadcast descrip | tions. The men are held guard at tite city jail. \ Large Rewards Offered For nearly four years the two,! with a third brother, Hugh, recently captured in the Philippines, had been sought virtually around the world with $26,000 in rewards over their heads. Scores of times men resembling the De Autremonts were arrested but on h occasion it was found mistake had been made and the twins remained free until federal rents and police traced them to a Steuben- i tee] mill, where they had been under assumed names and eir hair dyed in an effort at disguise. Ray had married an Ohio girl, who was unaware of his real identity, and} was living here with his wife and one ear old child. The two De Autremonts, with their younger brother, Hugh, who already is on trial for murder at Jacksonville, Ore., were charged with one of the most cold blooded tri holdups in the memory of the west Z Holdup Was Sensational It was on October 11, 1923, that x Southern Pacific passenger train was held -up-in. a. tunnel. near igou, Oregon, the mail cat dynamited and: three frainmen and the mail clerk killed. Just after the train had] pulled out of the little station at, Siskiyou and was entering the tun- nek, two men boarded the te of under heavy | fireman and compelled them to stop as the engine emerged from the f: end of the tunnel, where a third; bandit awaited with a supply of ex- plosives. The trio shot down Sid Bates, the engineer, Marvin Seng, the firem: and C. 0. Johnson, a brakeman. Dongherty, the mail clerk, peri: when the mail car was dynamited. The desperadoes were forced to flee empty handed, however, when they were unable to enter the blazing and shattered car. ALLEGED MURDERERS WAIVE EXTRADITION Steubenville, Ohio, June 9.—(?1— Extradition to Oregon to stand trial for the murder of four persons killed in a train hold up in 1923 was waived today by Ray and Roy De Autremont, | ns, who were arrested here last! might after, 5 search that extended almost around the world. The brothers probably will be tak- en to’Columbus for safe keeping pending the arrival of officers from Oregon. Both men have confessed their identi but neither has admitted complicity in the holdup hat took place in a tunnel near Siski ‘ou, Ore- gon, October 11, 1923. Ray, however, when confronted by a group of officers who arrested him at his home where he was living un- der an assumed name, with his young wife, recognized Edward Pomeroy, a federal agent and told him that he would have killed him if he had the} chance, because he knew what was ahead of him. “If you had come inside the house T would have killed you and then shot myself, My life is worth nothing to me now, for I know what I am up against,” the officers quoted him as sayin, Civil Service Exams Are to Be H Held Soon, Open competitive ee tasland for | government positions were announced today by the U. S. Civil Service Commission through Alice Sules, sec- retary of the board of civil service examiners here. Positions open are: Dictating ‘machine transcriber, de- partmental service, Washington, D.j at $1,820 a year. Applicants should state in their applications | whether they are dictaphone or edi-/ phone operators. Mechanical draftaman at $1,680 a year; senior mechanical draftsman at reatery English at os to sos 8 year; school demonstration teach- 3,000 to 4,000 s a year, ine service. The normal value of tl Philippine peso equals 50 cents in United States currency, Edu nist (secondary education), educationist. (rural education), reau of Education, Peperinent of the Interior, Ne Wi (head of cottage) at $1,140 aye Leg (housekeeper) at $900 a year, and warder (relief class) at a year, Women’s Industrial In- {stitutions Alderson, W. Va., under the Donerenene of Justice. In addition named above; ap- i will be allowed $300 a year for ee ‘anbsistence and laun- | hands Minnesota Solon to Make Appeal to High Court in _Liquor Case! Minneapoli: June 9,4) the| case of State Senator Lennon, whose | n for violating the prohibi- was upheld by the -circuit| appeals, will be taken to the superme court, according to George | R. Smith, chief counsel for Lennon, Mr. Smith declared that as soon as the opinion has been received by him e will petition for a reargument{ before the circuit court. If the court | denies the petition, he will apk the/ supreme court for a writ of cer-) tiorari, which automatically would bring it up for a review, SLASHED WITH RAZOR BLADE Unidentified Man Enters Hol-| lywood Apartment, Brands Girl With Letter K Hollywood Miss Dorris Dore, who appea in ar-old actress n An Ame: ' brane forehead. breast, arms azor blade wield ed by| ds man an unident who forced entry into her apart: The man, about | believed by the poli rate or mot: Miss Dore bout 2 o'clock this morning. police the razor while he on her in s Hoflywood _ polic ell the young actress said followed to Denver from New York city several months ago and that when she left the Colorado city she was he hinted also of some w York months ago but did not dis- close its nature. Bothered For Three Nights was the third st night which the actress had been by knocks on her door. Yes afternoon she told police she sunderstanding with u friend ity was not revealed. When she heard the knocking on her door in the small hours, she thought this friend had come to apologize, kK night upon |FIRE FOLLOWS YOUNG ACTRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS RESIDENCES ARE DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION ; Truck Load of Nitroglycerin Blows Up at Lick Hill, Pennsylvania BLAST Driver of Truck and Com- panion Instantly Killed— Bodies Blown 500 Yards Butler, Pa., June 9-—()—Two oil well workers were killed instantly and 20 other persons were injured, two seriously, when’ 400 quarts of nitrogly@rin, being hauled in an au- tomobile truck to a) storage maga- zine, exploded on the main highway at Lick Hill, near here, today. The dead: Frank K. Greer, driver of the truck and Victor Coxan, his helper, both of Oil City. \ errific blast destroyed three ind damaged several others in village of Lick Hill. Mrs. Ed- ward Redeig an! her daughter Mar- et, among the six more seriously ured in a hospital here, are not expected to live. The explosion occurred when a rear wheel of the truck slipped from the concrete highway into a small ditch as the machine was turning in- to a mud road. The truck, loaded with explosives, had just turned from the main high- way to a side road, en route to # magazine storage shed, when the blast occurred. The nitro was to have been used in blowing oi} wells. The force of the blast was felt five miles away. Parts of the truck and the bodies of the victims were found 500 yards . The home of Mrs. Edward Redeig, nearby, was destroyed, us were two adjoining houses. The Butler chapter of the American Red Cross sent workers to the scene at once. State highway patrolmen and state troopers took charge of the situation. Many telephone poles were ripped down, and gas lines were broken. Some of the damaged houses caught ire. Lick Hill is a farming community. ers from the nearby their home in that to’ sparsely settled Oil well work- region make She opened the door and was seized in the “terrible long arms” of the unidentified man, After the attack Miss Dore called a friend who notified the police. She wis removed to the. Hollywood phy- sicians’ emergency hospital. The actress was unable to throw any light on the mystery of the let- ter “K. SHOWS WILL BE GIVEN TONIGHT Theatres Cooperate With Red Cross—Share of Receipts to Aid Flood Refugees Bismarck theatres will do their! share in aiding flood sufferers in the south today, when one-third of the entire amount taken in ut shows is turned over to the | japter of the Red Cross for the stricken area. The regular shows will be held at the Capito] and Eltinge theatres and the regular admission will be charged, but one-third of ae use in Eltinge ey be shown Mary he Sunset Derby,” with “Drama de Luxe.” At ill be Laura LaPlante in the Astor, in the comed: the Capito! Her Big Nig! Birthday Greetings The generosity of the two theatre managements in offering to hold these benefit shows should be appre- ciated by Bismarck people and eve! one should be out to attend ttm. Besides seeing good shows, residents of this city will be doing their share to alleviate suffering in the south| through the Red Cross. Last Minute Bulletins comed, | $9 | Memphis, June 9.—(4)—Henry Heinz, Atlanta banker, was unan- imously elected president’ of the Kiwanis International and Seattle was picked as the 1928. convention city at the closing session of the annual interna- tional convention here today. William C. Alexander of New York and Fred Page Higgins of ie were elected vice presi- lents. New York, June 9.—()—The board of governors of the New York stock exchange voted to close the exchange all day Mon- day in observance of the New York city welcome to Coldnel Charles A. Lindbergh. The New York curb market also voted to close all day Monday, London, June 9.—()—Reuter's correspondent at Macharet er | fie jated a ten of of he ilnese ‘tomeare ‘question of, days.” 4,000 MILES. A’ T 12 James Hci ce is after the ward son “Westen. 3 ered 1, miles this miles in a 6i ing 40 Year he walked Seen" miles, hae ca Vs jthan seven CROP OUTLOOK IS PROMISING, ROBERTS SAYS More Sunshine, Higher Tem- peratures and Occasional Shower Now Is Need in the climatological his- of the state have conditions for an abundant crop been more promis- ing than at present, O. W. Roberts, aid in a Wednesday needed now, said, re sunshine, higher—but not too high- tures, and an occasional show ith the greatly inereased diversification, the better farming methods used, and favorable weather cond rth Dakota should come into its own again,” Average Is 5.76 Inches Discussing weather conditions dur- ing Roberts pointed out that the average rainfall, as taken from reports of 71 of the 80 gooperative stations in North Dakota, 5.76 inches, McClusky reported 9.02 inches, while the greatest amount, 9.0 inches, was reported by Pem- bin: The a Sheridan, Bu-.leigh, Kidder, L and Stutsman counties was inches and counties’ in the extreme northwest: vart of the state also averaged more than seven inches, Roberts said. The average for the Red River valley was below five inces, Wahpeton reporting 2,60 inches, the smallest amount. “Generally, when the Red River valley receives just the proper amount of precipitation for the remainder of the state rec: too small an amount and when the Missouri Slope western part of the state receive just the proper amount for th the Valley is inundated,’ id. “Fortunately for us all, year the smallest amounts occurred in the Red River valley and the heaviest average was in the central portion, although Pe: recorded \the greatest single amount. Pros Are Good “This unusual rainfall, following as it did the ample precipitation of the preceding eight months, placed the soil throughout the state in the best condition: in which it has been during my 21 years of residence in Rismarck’ in charge of this work. The nearest approach to present con- ditions was in 1915 and again in 1916, although during both of these years the Red River valley received too much precipitation. “All the various exneriment sta- tions, the state agricultural college at Fargo and the Northern Great Plains Field station at Mande Roberts