The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1928, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928 OP REDUCED WHEAT ' AND RYE SEEDINGS| Only About Three - Fourths a 1928 Land Total Plowed For Next Year’s Harvest | RANGE WATER IS DEPLETED Weather Through Autumn Fine) for All Other Operations | Says Statistician | The acreage of winter rye F this fall for harvest next estimated at 988,000 acres, compared | with 1,271,000 acres harvested this! season, according to the December | report of Paul G. Néwman, agricul- tural statistician for North Dakota. | Intentions to plant winter rye for 1929 harvest as reported in August were for about the same acreage as 1928, remained for harvest in July after winter killing and spr in; had been taken into account. Prolonged fall drouth delayed seed- ing, until the actual planted acreage is only about three-fourths of the re- vised harvested 1928 acreage and two- thirds of the July estimated acreage. Some sections of the state reported ho precipitation since early in Aug- ust. Rye acreage abandoned between July 1, 1928, and harvest was esti- mated at 110,000 acres, leaving an estimated harvested acreage in North Dakota of 1.271.000 acres and a total pruduction of 12,710,000 bushels. ‘The December condition of North Dakota rye is estimated at 74, which compares with &6 on December first last year. All indications point to a tye crop in 1929 very much below that of 1928. For winter wheat in North Dakota, no estimate of acreage is made due to the relatively small importance of the crop. But the few reports re- ceived on winter wheat point to rela- tively greater decrease in acreage and condition than in the case of winter rye. Virtually all farming operations in North Dakota, Statistician Newman reports, continued to completion this fall. Only a ve ; small percentage of crops remained uathreshed. Ideal fall weather was responsible for the completion of most of potato digging in spite of low prices and poor mar- ket prospects. Drouth during the fall, however, kept the amount of fall plowing completed below average and Un- temperatures en- decreased range water supplies. seasonably warm abled stock to r shed feeding w: ssary previous to December fi Siock are going into the winter in above average con- ition with a good supply of feed. For the United States The fall sown acreage of winter rye in the United States for 1929 har- vest is now estimated at 3,293,000 acres compared \ th the revised sown acreage last fall of 3,895,000 acres. The estimated planted acreage is 95.6 per cent of the 1928 harvested acre- age of 3,4444.000 acres. The average condition iin the United States is 84.4, compared with 89 per cent a year ago. PARK RIVER PUTS ON SHORT COURSE Annual Midwinter Fair to Be Opened There by Clubs and School Jan. 22 The fifteenth annual Park River short course will be held on January 22-24, according to announcement made by Officials of the fair. Present indica- midwinter fair and farmers’ tions point to an even larger attend- ance and better exhibit than the 1928 fair, which broke all previous records, Cooperating agencies in making ar- rangements for the fair include the ‘Walsh county agricultural and train- ing school, the Park River Civic and Community club, the Home Makers club and junior clubs, the Northwest Improvement association, and various other organizations. An extensive premium list will be mailed out in the near future. A program which will include talks and demonstrations by various state and national authorities is also being ar- ranged and will be published about January 1. Several entertainment features will be included in the pro- gram. Exhibits and programs will be held at the agricultural and training school. Seed exhibits and the meet- ings for men, as well as the evening meetings, will be held in the agricul- tural assembly hall. Women’s ex- hibits and meetings will be held in the main building. Poultry and live- stock exhibits will be held in the new machinery building recently com- pleted by Walsh county. The premium arranged Take With Flu and Grip; ©1926. ay wea sevice. me 7” | REGU. 5. PAT. OFF. this is a surprise present for him.” (COURSE ON TURKEYS AT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IS ADDED Science and Art of Rearing Cobblers Will Be Taught in Mail Lessons “The rapid development of the tur- key industry in North Dakota seems to warrant a preparation of a separ- A. Barton, head of the poultry de- partment of the North Dakota Agri- cultural college. The poultry department, therefore, will now be accepted. This home- ing. same as for other mimeographing. charge. courses in dairying, another specia! course for bankers. “But don’t send Mr. Smithers the bill until after Christmas; announces that such a course has been prepared and that enrollments study course will take up the history, origin, the turkey industry in North Dakota and the United States, turkey varieties, selection of a variety, selec- jtion of breeding stock, incubation, brooding, selectio.: of exhibition birds, | mating and managing mature stock, {future sufficient thought.” feeding and rearing young poults, dis- eases and parasites, sanitation, cost of production and growth rates, and s production for market and market-;Wishes for their happiness. The cost of this course will be the home - study courses; namely, $2.50 which is based on the cost of paper, postage and The instruction it- seli is free and the necessary reading material will be available. free of! The other practical,. farm, home- study courses now available from the correspondence course department of | the Agricultural college at Fargo will include two courses in poultrqy, two a beginner's course in beekeeping and courses in fruits, vegetables and trees, forage crops, sheep husbandry, swine hus- | am still a Hoosier,” she told the re- bandry, small grains, farm strutcures, farm management, farm marketing,|/of my home in North Dakota.” @ special course for ministers and Check All Colds British and American troops in China have caused a decided increase in shipments of ice cream to Shang- hai from Vancouver. Nou CANT TELL ME You've SPENT -THAT GRAND THEY PAID Yous FoR YouR TALKING-SIGA f= oe i * She Sugar-Coats Licenses to Wed; All Easy to Take es Cupid is busy in Burleigh county, according to Miss Jessie M. Ramp, who is employed in the county judge’s office. “During the nine years that I have been in this office, 1244 young couples have been issued licenses to wed,” |Miss Ramp told a Tribune reporter recently. “I was scared to death the first time jthat I was left alone in the office to |issue: a license,” she confided. “How- ate short correspondence course onjever, I have become very accustomed turkey production,” according to O.!to greeting the young couples since.” |, “Have you learned of many un- happy marriages among your cli- ents?” Miss Ramp was asked. “The majority of them have been successful,” she replied, “but a few have succumbed to the divorce court.” “And to what do you blame the failures in marriage?” “The trend of the times,” she an- swered simply. “There is not enough seriousness about marriage among |the young people. They apply for li- censes to marry without giving their Miss Ramp is always smiling and cheerful. She sends the applicants away with a license and her best “Many of them who make their home near here return to call on me when they are in Bismarck. They bring their children to visit me, and I have made many good friends in this office.” Miss Ramp says that she is a stay- at-home after office hours, but she jhas always been active in church work. At preseent, she is primary su- perintendent of the Methodist Sunday school. She has been a resident of North Dakota for the last 26 years, h ving worked in state officers before taking her position in the office of the county judge. “I came here from Indiana and I Porter, “but I have grown very fond The first American passenger cruise around the world set out in 1910. Dur- ing the present season, ten such cruises were announced, in addition to one regular round the world | service. | OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern ; FZ You) MUST. HAVE ENOUGH LEFT I “fo BUY A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FoR YoUR WIFE! AN' DONT Go GETTING HER A BOX oF LAUNDRY SOAP #! — BuY HER SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE HER SMILING MUSCLES A WORK-OUT f- ws MAKE HER HAPPY f ane “No MATTER How MUCH MoNEY A GUN HAS; THEY NEVER ce] Wi uT HIM AWAY o' vant His HANDS IN HIS PockeTS!) . |to be in a “rut.” Thorson said, state |legislation on m‘nor matters would jfarm relief, but that it was necessary | to go “to the root of the evil.” you see, |the state. \hunting season on grouse, |chickens and pheasants in the region | | |holding the insects in check, he said. EGAD,~ ARE ots READING ME A SERMON? wo WHY CERTAINLY, MADAM A_ CHRISTMAS PRESENT ! ws AH, “ER- SPUT-7-- we DRAT IT, ~~ LET ME THE LIGHTEST BURDEN oN A MAN'IS BACK, | IS MIADING HIS out ]) DIVISION OF TAXES BETWEEN TOWNSHIPS THORSON'S PLATFORM New Legislator Also Favors | Keeping Prairie Fowl to Eat Hoppers Bucyrus, N. D., Dec. 21.—()—Her- | man Thorson, newly elected house |member from the forty-ninth dis- jtrict, said here. today, that he is against any legislation favoring spe- |cia’ interests, but bills beneficial to | the state as a whole will have in him @ staunch supporter. “First of all, I am for our state only and against any interest or cor- | poration outside or inside the state that may look for something special | from the legislature,” Thorson satd. Believing the agriculture industry not be an effective method of getting He does not believe that much can be done in fair and just legislation for bank failures. He also added that a 10 per cent portion of the money received for auto and truck licenses should be distributed in equal parts to each county, which woul? in turn equally distribute the money to townships for the purpose of building and main- taining county roads. Thorson said he would favor a bill providing for proportionate distribu- tion of the money received through railroad taxation to each township in He also favors a bill to close the prairie west of the Missouri river, for a pe- riod of four years. Grasshoppers are prevalent in this szction and the birds form an effective method of Problems on Olson’s Mind New England, N. D., Dec. 21—()— O. J. Olson, newly elected represent- ative from the thirty-ninth district, is particularly interested in legisla- tion dealing with roads, schools, ele- vators and farm problems. While professing to have only lim- ited knowledge of legislative methods, Olson hopes to properly represent his district. Beneficial legislation will have in him an ardent supporter, he NEW STATE Recor IN HORSE PULINGS Three Teams Tied by Mark of | 2875 Pounds First Set at Fair at Hamilton | During the past year seven horse- pulling contests were held at county! } fairs with an approximate attendance of 19,800 jeojle, according to R. W. Oberlin, extension engineer at the| North Dakota Agricultural college, who had charge of the contests. Twenty-five teams competed in the light class and 18 teams in the heavy class. A new state record for the heavy class was established at the Hamilton! fair by two teams, one belonging to) William McConaghic, and the other to Sandy McGillivary, both of Bath- gate. The old state record was 2825 pounds and the new record made is 2875 pounds: Later in the year this record was tied by a third team, owned by Irvin Bergen, Valley City. The record of 2575 pounds stands for the light class, being made in 1927 by a team owned by Van Swer- ingen, Rugby. “The purpose of these contests is) to stimulate interest in good draft animals and to show the effect of Proper fitting of harness, training, teamstership and care upon the effi- ciency of the animal power unit on) the farm,” Prof. Oberlin says. “No matter how well-bred or how well a draft animal mects the requirements of good conformation, the true value of a draft animal depends upon his BA i} WeDo BUY tHe || ww UM-M~ | WE You A BT oF ISDOM, YOUNGSTER} BUSINESS fo HAUL, «2 e THATS -CAGEM! | figure out just what is necessary to. |agronomist at the North Dakota Ag- ©1928, ey nea sence, mc. . “Tie Customary et Christmastime - for tach Dorit Sou. Thi i ince, ae lo. at 1 ink - to be Quite Fair, — deat mt eee Pr Big Decrease in North Dakota Winter Grain Acreage Reported . Goat-Getters BiG TICKET DEMAND fA bo Hang” A Sock ~ ability to pull and capacity to en- dure sustained effort. Many things influence this ability as is shown time and time again in these con- tests. “These contests also have a scien- tific value because the measurements, weights, etc., furnish information from which it is hoped in time to give the best and most efficient draft animals. The contests are sponsored by the Horse Association of America. and a study of the data collected is being made by this organization, in cooperation with 4 ri-! cultural experi DEVICE TAKE PROFILES NEW WAY Assistant Agronomist Chapman | of Agricultural College Eases Operation profiles can be easily and rapidly taken to the depth of 40 inches in stone-free soils has been worked out by Prof. J. E. ‘Chapman, assistant ricultural college. In a reprint from Science a complete description of the STATE CANS FRUITS TO TEST QUALITY OF STATION PRODUCTS Outcome of Project Will Deter- mine Further Development of Varieties A project to determine the canning properties of small fruits and vege- table varieties that have been de- veloped or originated at the North Dakota agricultural experiment sta- tion has been carried on throughout ; the past summer and fall by Miss| Constance Leeby, home economics.| research worker. It has been a co- operative problem with the depart- ment of horticulture. The purpose is to determine if these varieties, all consisted in running canning tests on each variety of vegetable or fruit in different types of glass jars and tin cans. Several processes, includ- ing the pressure cooker, hot water bath, open kettle and oven method have been used. Altogether, the work has involved more than 200 pints of materials. During the winter term the second unit of the project will be completed when a group of 12 faculty members, including. both men and women, will judge and score-the results. The out- come of the whole project will in- fluence the further development and cultivation of thé varieties. Another phase of the experiment was making of jams and jellies from varieties of crabapples, plums, native wild currants, high bush cranberries and ground cherries, to determine th proportion of sugar and the pe- riods of cooking for the most desir- able product. FLIGHT SPEED OF BEES The average speed determined for the flight of worker bees during a calm, is a little less than 15 miles of which have been grown on the experiment plots, have good canning Sy | Properties. A device by which portable soil | The first unit of the project has per hour. Field bees normally spend less than five minutes in the hive between trips, regardless of whether they carry nectar, pollen or water. monolithic soil profiles is given. “Bore a hole 46 inches deep with a 9-inch basket type post-hole auger. With a spade, ¢'3 a rectangular re- cess two to four inches in depth op- posite the portion of the exposed soil to be sampled. “After removing the debris from the hole, square the surface opposite the recess and place the open side of a rectangular trough of 18-gauge galvanized steel two inches by four inches by 40 inches against the pre- pared surface. Place rigid backing against the steel trough to prevent its buckling under pressure. After plac- ing footing in the recess introduce a short jack with three-foot handle (known as a balloon-tire jack) be- tween the footing ani the trough and apply pressure near the bottom end of the trough and again near the top of the trough. “If pressure is applied in excess of the pressure needed to fill the trough, layers develop in the soil at right angles to the direction of the pres- -sure facilitating the removal of the filled trough. Placing the spade in the soil two or three inches from the open side of the trough pointing to- ward the trough and extending gentle Pressure toward’ the excavation, the profile is easily broken away.” This method of obtaining soil pro- files will be especially of interest to students of soil phenomena, accord- ing to Professor Chapman. Further work is being done with this method and its adpatation to glaciol soils. - George Lee Wins Free Scholarship George Lee, son of John Lee, Waterloo township, Cavalier county, has been named winner of the north- west imy t Ip by the committee in charge this award. This scholarship enti the wi at sthe short term p penses for board, ‘room, books. and Roan «being paid by the ation andthe Northwestern North Dakota ition. The was chosen from a large umber of from various places in North Dakota, See Dacotah Seed Co. Classi- ficd Feed Adv. * |. Kansas City, Dec. 21—(%)—Two boys with a combined age of only 27 years already have taken up their life work of preaching the. Gospel in the neighboring states of Missouri and ae peimae pastor of the Central ehtirch in Picher, x | Two Boys Preachers in Adjoining States ‘| ‘Thirteen-year-old Delbert Chostner of Dielstadt, Mo., and 14-year-old Jack | Yancey (inset) RE RieDey Ole, Bre Renee ee Both have occupied pulpits ‘Jack, who is a Boy Scout with five merit badges, plans to go to a theo- logical seminary after he finshes high school. When he was graduated from ith> grade school he delivered the Pn eg id ents, his ‘mother having ‘led tive years ago. K Delbert. Chostner has * preached number. of pulpits in Tilinois. He became interested in religion a year ago when Rev. C. W. an evangelist, was conduct- meeting at Dielstadt, ‘where lived with his grandfather. ordained in October and tations to preach in other dis- 5 FS FOR ‘HIT THE DECK’ MAY COME MONDAY Seats Will Be Placed on Sale Monday at Harris and Woodmansee’s . 2, yet for ened is ean pated at the opening ot seat le Monday at Harris and Woodmansee’s for the Vincent Youmans’ interna- tional musical success “Hit the Deck” which is due at the Auditorium Wed- nesday, Dec. 26. Not in years has a musical comedy been acclaimed with such enthusiasm as this latest Youmans offering. The reason for this is not hard to under- stand. “Hit the Deck” is a new brand of musical comedy away from the conventional. It possesses a story brimful of comedy and its tense and human love story is much in evidence throughout the action of the play. Mr. Youmans, the young genius of melody, who will be remembered as the composer of the music of the in- ternational favorite, “No, No, Nan- ette” has surpassed his own previous effort in “Hit the Deck,” with the tunes that are now setting the whole country stepping to the ravishing strains, such as “Hallelujah” and “Sometimes I'm Happy.” These are but two of the twenty hauting melo- dies of which “Hit the Deck” proudly boasts of. As the producer of “Hit the Deck,” as well as its composer, he has pro- vided a cast of the first water, headed by that inimitable star of the musical comedy, firmament, Grace Smith, and including Edward Garr, Hope Dale, Katherine Bingham, Ernie Mack, Betty Benton, Rita Carita, John Robb, George Scully. The Mannequin four, Lois Landis, Dan De Leo, Butler Mid- dleton, and a large male chorus of manly men and a beauty contingent up to Broadway singing and dancing standards. An augmented orchestra is carried by the company. “Hit the Deck” ran one solid year in New York, months each in Chi- cago and jton and one year in BREEDERS TO HOLD MEETING AT FARGO Will Hear Dean Davenport and Unveil Farmers’ Portraits in Hall of Fame A talk by Dean Eugene V. Daven- port, of the University of Illinois, is to feature a combined meeting of the North Dakota Livestock Breeders as- sociafion, Friday afternoon, January 18, in conjunction with the thirtieth annual Farmers’ Week at the North Dakota agricultural college. The meeting will be held in the Little Country theatre and will be opened by a talk from Sam F. Crabbe, presi- dent of the association. Separate meetings of the Livestock Breeders association will be held ‘Thursday and Friday mornings, when. the horse breeders, sheep breeders cattle breeders and swine breeders will gather. The Holstein Breeders association convenes Thursday morn- ing and will be in session all day. The week's activities will culminate Friday evening, January 18, with a joint banquet of the Saddle and Sir- loin club and the Livestock Breeders association, at which time portraits of farmers admitted to the agricul- tural hall of fame will be unveiled. SUFFERED 21 » YEARS; THEN FOUND SARGON Fargo Was Almost Helpless With Rheumatism and His Recovery Causes Many Friends to Take Sargon, Too “Sargon not only rid me of twenty- one years of rheumatism and built me up twelve pounds in weight, but several of my friends are taking the medicine with just as remarkable re- sults,” was the statement made by E. B. Fargo, veteran retired railroad man, who resides at 214 North Sev- enth St., Minneapolis. Mr. Fargo was @ trainman with the Chicago-North- western for twenty-one years and has @ host of friends both in and out of the service, who will be glad to hear of his wonderful recover £ ri i } 4 f cere}? bral 3 fist! F weeks’ Hae E i el H 3 E i i iu ai . Hi i re E is | : we 4