The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1929, Page 2

POTATO, WHEAT “(oa = EXPECTED TO RSE) Curtailment of Acreage Due to. Low Prices on Some Products May Help FLAX OUTLOOK IS_ BETTER attle Still in Strong Position but Sheep Expansion Is Held Questionable an ye HiT PPTL & Some hope for expansion of agri- ‘cultural income is held out for 1929 “Mh the government outlook issued by agricultural department through “bureau of agricultural economics, Sflivision of crop and livestock esti- mates, as announced from Grand by Paul C. Newman, agricul- ral statistician for this region. Se The increased income expected 1s on the expectation of improve- (athent in returns from potatoes, wheat ssand hogs. Increased consumption of Theat is regarded as likely to offset ether factors not favorable. Foreign jaflemand in hog products is expected sto rise. Low prices for potatoes in ‘TMlozs are expected to curtail acreage ‘and increase prices for 1929-30. The SButlook report continues: “ Returns from beef cattle, dairy and “poultry products not likely to show Smuch change, unless production Sehanges. Meat animal production is a strong position, but too great an w@xpansion should not be made, es- dally in sheep. sm Increased oats acreage will weaken ‘eats prices. Low world prices for SSwheat may result in higher prices for sswheat. Flax continues an attractive S<@lternative for spring grains in suit- sable areas. ‘= Low potato prices will probably re- >Bult in smaller acreage ‘and increased <<prices. Increased foreign competition “gfor wheat may be expected. Dairy products will continue to find ex- th marked increase in production. =. Domestic demand situation seems “tp indicate that during the latter part dof 19929 and the first half of 1930 the “@emand for farm products may not wie so good as during the 1928-29 sea- mn. > Foreign Demand About Same ‘= Foreign demand for our 1929 agri- -eultural produets will -probably re- “fnain about the same as for 1928 products. The purchasing power, generally, of foreign consumers should be as good as at present. Less com- petition may be expected for pork, wheat and rye, but more competition for corn, apples, tobacco, flax, dairy, Products and wool. In general, for- eign wheat competition is increasing, but low present prices will probably cause curtailment of 1929-30 acreage. Foreign rye production will probably be under 1926, when the large pro- duction resulted from’ unusually fav- orable weather conditions, . Foreign’ flax competition may be keener as the Argentine acreage continues to ex- pand. ‘The agricultural credit outlook is less encouraging than 12 months ago, because of high interest rates prevail- ing in central money markets. The upward trend in cost of credit is prob- ably only temporary. But, in any case, bank credit is certain to be rea- sonable in cost compared with the cost represented by the difference between cash prices and time prices on farmers’ credit purchases. Wheat Curtailment Looms Increased carryover of wheat in all surplus producing countries will like- ly be offset by increased consumption and acreage curtailment caused by Jow prices. Probability of another good crop of hard red winter wheat Should check any increases in hard red spring wheat. Higher relative returns from flax may be expected than from spring wheat, Continued low prices of durum may be expected unless the acreage is cut down ma- . Spring wheat farmers may | by terially. find it advantageous to‘decrease their acreage, particularly if the winter ‘wheat crop comes through the winter in good condition. Even though do- * mestic consumption of durum is in- ted Producers can overnment Predicts largely Creased consumer demand for lambe, lamb prices have been relatively high for several years, Holding back lambs for breeding has restricted slaughter. If this tendency toward expansion should cease at a time when demand conditions are less favorable, it is hardly likely that the market can absorb the additional supply without &@ considerable reduction in prices. | IN NEW YORK + + New York, Feb, 11.—And now the day of the famous Hippodrome is Once a super-show place of Man- hattan’s Mazda Lane, it was first duced to the status of a cinema the- ater, and soon will be turned over to Mie litter and glamour nd Its glitter a: long since faded. Its collosal and far- famed spectacles; its glamorous tra- dition of gargantuan ensembles; its gaudy and costly pageantry; its car- nival attractions and exciting atmos- phere—all have been gone for many a month. Once the whole world came to its door. Once no visitor would think of to New York without “taking in” the Hippodrome. that was quite a while ago. Even the huge stage has shrunk to meet ‘the necessity of a film screen and vaudeville numbers. ee * A strange assortment of specters haunt the past and gloomy chambers of its back stage—ghosts of great clowns and of singers, of midgets and But What's all the excitement about here? Everyone seems perturbed but the driver—and you, if you have the remark at the tip of your tongue that would make @ good title for this picture. But perhaps it will worry you, too, to get that title. Anyway, get it and send it to the Auto Contest Edi- or of The Tribune, for it has a chance of winning a prize of $5 in cash for the best title submitted for this sketch. Titles should be in The Tribune office not later than Friday, Feb. 15. Keep at it. “You might win yet. Announcement of winners and awarding of prizes will be made at the State School gymnasium in Mandan, Friday, Feb. 22, where the Bis- marck-Mandan Automobile Dealers association is staging its third annual auto show. Include with your title a clipping of this cartoon. increase in acreage would still prob- ably leave our. production well below domestic requirements, but the rela- tively high prices are not likely to be maintained if production ts material- ly increased. European demand will be a dominant factor in the world’ creased production and reduced prices. Those already in may profit by moderate expansion during the next two or three years even though prices go somewhat lower, Market supplies in 1928 were less than in 1927 and further reduction in 1929 is indicated. Feeder cattle prices prob- ably will not average as high as in 1928. Supplies of grain-finished cat- tle during the last half of 1929 will probably be smaller than for the cor- responding period of - 1928. Feeder cattle are expected to be in good de- mand throughout the year. The sea sonal movement of cattle prices in general will be more nearly normal than was the case in either 1927 or 1928. The general level will not continue the rise which has been under way since 1924, Higher Hog Prices Likely ‘The 1929 hog outlook is favorable. age ‘as they did in 1924 following favorable prices of 1923, and this will probably be to their advantage, particularly on land where good yields can be expect- Present low oats prices emphasize the limited market and the desira- bility of restricting production for sale to localities where good yields are secured. Last year’s acreage with average yields should not be expected to yield more profitable returns to farmers in producing states than were secured in 1928, particularly if barley production in these areas is main- tained. Barley during the past two years has competed actively with oats as @ dairy feed and for other feed P . Barley and North Dakota Little, if any, improvement in the market for cash barley may be ex- pected for the 1929 crop. Exports to Europe as large as from the past two crops are not probable for the 1928 harvest. There are no prospects for change in domestic demand. | 1929 seasonal levels are expected average higher than in 1928. If high- er hog prices this year stimulate in- creased hog breeding in late 1929, in- creased marketings in the winter of 1930-31 will again start the hog-] cycle downward. The indicated re- duction in the 1928 fall pig crop in increased domestic requirements of feed grains, Relatively large stocks | ‘fe, corm belt as compared with the have accumulated in the markets. In- | 144, dications are that larger quantities than usual will remain on the farms |. and in commercial channels at the close of the season to compete with the 1929 crop. In North Dakota the tendency to substitute barley for oats may be ascribed to the unusually greater net return per acre from bar- ley than from oats. It seems likely this preference will continue, for with average yields of oats and barley, the gross return is about $1.50 per arce in favor of barley. A gradually increasing demand for. dairy products will probably main- tain about the present spread between than in 1928 may be expected with no material change in acreage antici- pated and with average yields. With lower feeding requirements and a probable lower demand, Prices,also may be lower than in 1927 and 1928. Price months will be materially influenced Argentina prospects. Corn prices during the goad although largely new crop prospects, will probably not be supported this year by unusually short farm supplies. Demand for feeding summer is likely to be OUT OUR WAY TocCn Tew WHEN PEOPLE ER TALKIN ‘Bout ME. DONT THINK L CANT, 1165 coz ITHER TALWiN' IN LAT PIG LATIN, THEY GO DIGRY DOGRY WOGRY, ER SUMPN' UKE AT, 'N LOOK AT ME AN’ GIGGLE. DonT low point in | breath, | the crowd roundly cheered them. trained animals, of ballet dancers and circus queens, of diving beauties and fabulous freaks. Here Marceline, the tragic clown, his great name—Marceline, most melancholy of all the wearers of motley and most famous—and once the richest, who died at last by his own ae ina te een The Hippodrome sent name Jand—bu' not content with the echo of laugh- ter, and who found himself at last Listening to the chatter of the stage hands who, year on , have shifted about the jigsaw bits of illu- sion, you'll find that a brooding sad- ness has long hung over the place. You'll learn that “things ain't what they used to be.” Things “ain't I -the-loop in a property automo- |}, bile and plunge at the other end into great iter tank. to round onthe premises \ Ask him also to make an office to tenant that Pope’s Sovereignty and Independence (Continued from page one) both Cardinal Gasparri and Mussolini was made so swiftly that the onlookers could scarcely catch their When they left, however, to Premier |have the gai by one. (et Peet THIS HAS ‘HAPPENED RUTH LESTER, pretty secre- tary to “HANDSOME HARRY” BORDEN, promoter of dubious stock companies, and JACK HAYWARD, insurance broker with offices just across the nar- row airshaft from Borden's pri- vate office, agree to celebrate their engagement with a Satur- day lunel and matinee. While Ruth takes Borden's dic- tation Saturday morning he makes a playful pass at her. She screams out a protest. Jack in the opposite office hears her and threatens Borden. When Jack and Ruth meet at 1:20 she finds che left her bank book in the office and rushes back for it, bruising her lip in the search. Jack, still angry, in- sists Borden hurt her but she denies it. Jack discovers at lunch he left their theater ttek- ets on his desk and goes back for them. He stays unnecessar- ily long, returning in a strange- ly_perturbed state of mind. When on Monday mornin; Ruth finds Borden’s body sprawled on the floor near the window she reviews Jack’s strange behavior and runs to Jack’s office. His gun is gone; Jack, who .accompanies her back to Borden’s suite, calls the police while Ruth rushes in- to the private office to close the window. It is already closed! When DETECTIVE Me- MANN arrives he learns Ruth is engaged to Jack. She also tells him of Borden’s two Satur- day morning callers: RITA DU- BOIS, night club dancer; and MRS. BORDEN, his wife and mother of his two children, who came for her monthly alimony. While Ruth is being questioned, Mrs. comes in. She swoons when McMann shows her the body. He grills her with questions. “You shot him!” he flings gigs ~ her. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XI As McMann’s ruthlessly logical sentences peppered like bullets up- on poor Mrs. Borden’s shrinking fig- ure, Ruth Lester thanked God that. she had not told the detective about the automatic pistol in the bottom drawer of her desk—that fearsome blue-black thing which Mrs. Borden. had seen and shuddered away from on_ Saturday. Ruth’s own small body stiffened with indignation and sympathy as Mrs. Borden pulled herself together swer McMann’s brutal charge. “I did not kill my husband, sir. He was alive, well and—happy when left him Saturday afternoon. I never saw him again until—a few minutes ago.” atever answer the scowling, obviously skeptical detective might have made was checked by the open- ing of the outer door and the en- trance of three plainclothes men, whom McMann greeted curtly, as- signing them rapidly to their tasks: you to take charge of all visitors that Biggers stops at the door. There'll be stock Ison, I want your + . Covey, get hold of the su; up irday afi canvass for every was in the building after one o'clock —not many of them, I * ess, “Question them one out snything, de give it.” WELL, 1F You WERENT SucH A BIG SIMPLETON You CcouLro CATCH On “TO.'T. TALL THERE 1S ‘TO IT 1S a in« tendent of the building, and tell him employe that was y one as to as whether they heard a shot, and Recognized by Italy [ren & complete record, of course. Better get the super to give you an- other vacant suite for your job, and ng brought to you, one T don’t want them to have a chance to compare notes, And don’t see? Just ask for Covey, a little, bright fal-looking detective, nodded ': ily. “And shall I send the elevator | this ys to you straight off, chief?” McMann nodded, but his atten- tion was not so his iipy with his subordinates that did not see Ruth Lester start, grow very pale, and reach instinctively for Jack Hayward’s hand. « Ruth did not hear a word of Mc- Mann’s instructions. to Birdwell, the third of the plainclothes men, for she was reliving that scene with Jack Hayward at the elevator, when he had come up to rescue her, as he thought, from Borden's amorous importunities. The room spun dis- zily about the girl, as she realized that Micky loran, the elevator operator, would tell, would be forced to tell, how, with her bruised lip trembling with fright and her eyes nat with tears, she had strug- gled with Jack to keep him from etd his way into len’s of- The crushing pressure of her sweetheart's hand steadied her fi-|cleaned nally, so that she became conscious of what was going on about her. | he McMann was bendin rs. den, again, demanding sternly: “Now, Mrs. Borden, just one more question for the present: Did you encounter anyone as you left your husband’s offices Saturday noon?” , What sounded like a sigh of re- lief quivered the white lips of the low. “No one, sir... . No, wait! There was a scrubwoman coming out of the office next to the eleva- tor, across the hall. I remember thinking how old and bent she was, how—how harshly life must have used her. .. . That is the only per- son I saw, Mr. McMann, before the elevator came.” Ruth wondered how many people poor old Minnie Cassidy, the clean- ing woman who “did” Borden’s of- fices, had served in this ironic way. She, too, had never been so down- hearted but that a sight of rheu- matic, bent, but humbly cheerful, old Minnie had made her think to her- self, gratefully: “Thank God, I'm better off than that.-I have a lot to be thankful for.” The convulsive pressure of Jack’s hand told her that he was following her thoughts, and she looked up fearfully into his eyes, He was smi ing, but his face was very pale, with two little knots of muscle to indicate that jaws were clenched. She wanted to reach up and touch those clenched jaws, to reassure him: “I know you didn’t do it, darling! Re- member, the window was closed, Don’t you see? They can’t really think you did it, no matter what Micky Moran tells!” ee it was till you got here, Ferber. Fingerprints may play a part case. Go over the whole room, Presid the desk, doors and win- uth reap; “Were these windows looking’ out on Nihey were Kept closed tn the win were cl in \° ter,” Ruth answered. “Ventilation came from the window on the air- shaft between the wings. Minnie » the cleaning woman, must losed it when she cleaned Sat- urday afternoon, although Mr. Bor- den was still here. It’s a rule of the building that left open “Think the woman cleaned, do you?” McMann shot at her. TI suppose she ma,’ went dry with fear that Her lips Tr ‘was upon her—that Mc- oa. doy ome eet eet a ee jut on di wel é dave un es those hold- building Tm surprised he didn't keep one. gad soon extend to het own Genk would soon rr Ruth gripped Jack Haywards hand then volunteered, a little : “I have an automatic desk, Mr. McMann. A Colt’s believe it is.” “Bring gri oe i it. it, imly, a significant glance the it pe who’ followed close at his heels as McMann strode into the outer of 38, ; inking a little, as she al- ways shrank from sight or touch of that blue-black thing. But she did not dare, with Me- filled. Mann’s narrowed eyes flashing eenly from her face to Jack’ xk ke “Oh, hello, Dr. Nielson! Glad you’ve got here!” McMann strode to the half-opened door and extended his hand to a slender, oldish man, whose head was thinly cov- ered with graying fair hair, thro which the scalp showed pinkly. Pal blue eyes, enlarged by thick “iensed ago as Saturday afternoon.” “Nothing is obvious, my dear Mc- Mann,” the doctor protested mildly. “The building is open ee ii E & m » | neath Hi Laat # : sh Ht a H I I MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1929 Remember Away Back When First. Train Crossed River?.. 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