The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1929, Page 2

{G29 FARMOUTLONK SAYS WHEAT NDEX ~“WULBENS costs Growers Should Hesitate to In- crease Acreage Unless Methods Are Cheap — FLAX LOOKS PROFITABLE Losses of 1928 May Reduce Excessive Potato Plant- ing, It Is Believed The agricultural situation for the past five years has been marked by a rising level of production and com- parative stability in prices paid by farmers for goods and services such as labor, machinery, building ma- terial and taxes, says the North Da- kota Farm Outlook for 1929. The ag- ricultural income in North Dakota is likely to show some improvement in 1929-30. Low -world prices for wheat may discourage producers all over the world and result in higher prices for the 1925 wheat crop. Flax continues to he an attractive alternative for spring grain crops in suitable areas. Judging from recent trends in gen- eral * business activity, commodity prices and the financial situation, it seems likely that business activity will be maintained near the present level through most of 1929 but there may be some recession in the latter part of 1929 or early in 1930 similar to the re- cession in 1924 and 1927. Farmers who are planning new construction may profit by postponing it until peak prices are passed and costs are lower. Producers of dairy products, flax and the higher quality of meats should make their plans with due regard to the possible effect of decreased do- mestic demand on the markets for their products. Somewhat less for- eign competition is to be expected in the production of pork, wheat and rye, and more competition will be ex- pected in corn, flaxseed, dairy prod- ucts and wool. i Credit The credit outlook is less encourag- ing than it was 12 months ago. More strict scrutiny of farmers’ applica- tions for loans, increased rates, or both, may result from the high rates of interest prevailing in the central money markets, especially if the lat- ter rates should continue well into the year. ‘Wheat North Dakota farmers should ne-t- tate to maintain their present wheat acreage this year, in spite of the prob- ability that the world supply and de- mand for wheat during the 1929-30 season may be somewhat more favor- than last season. On. farms where low-cost methods are used or considerably better than average yields are obtained, a slight increase in wheat acreage may be justified. spring harvested in 1928. This, Jarge production in 1927, class of wheat definitely basis and selling at the since the 1923-24 crop The acreage of hard red spring North Dakota decreased ue acres in 1927 to 5,301,000 wheat prices in North Da- Probably continue relatively where high yields of lurum are secured it may be le as: hard spring wheat. of durum wheat has been is being stimulated by an in- crease in tariff rates and better fertil- methods are being used. The acreage of durum in North Dakota inereased from a total of 2,757,000 acres in 1924 to 4,222,000 acres in 1927 and last year there was a total of 5,066,000 acres of durum in the state. ‘The domestic consumption of durum Mill grindings of durum during the 1927-28 crop year totalled 14,600,000 bushels, Present indications are that flax ‘will be @ more profitable crop in 1929 ing ending Sept, 30, 1928, and the equivalent of préduc- secured from the record acreage we would still need to import 14,000,000 bushels. Any changes the tariff will have a bearing on the prices for this year's crop. Feed Crops materisliy teduced natty en me luc early require- of oats. Acreage of oats in et orth Dakota Agricultural Incom e for Year Expected to Be Better memes {nue apartments where childreh are SIDE GLANCES - - - - By George Clark ||berret are ‘tainty cluttered with t Here the childless lassies and dow. i ee Se ri | OF Ack, ms BARKS but trip over baby ) (onvlere * WW aut to order James to “drive! HWVERY ©1929 By NEA Service, Inc. ANNE AUSTIN - } from every whichway have chosen THIS HAS HAPPENED. | way, and turned his head to address |ty sure that he had brought no other AND PAP ERS REVEAL the very heart of Park Avenue’s Th ‘bod “of “HANDSOME Jack Hayward: passengers to this floor.” peered a att bre pos a H ARRY” BORDEN. prathoter, fae Wy Be uh) ee Hay- iia Winey too a perambulator parade. a <3 M , |ward. Thanks for the fingerprints, ic! loran’s ‘memory, r. Me- ‘i oo Park, where dwells Mrs. “Fifi” Still- feiet Geena tee cei and he grinned crookedly. “Guess | Mann,” Ruth flashed. “And granting Tribune Listed Among Miles et oie wa ge aay as a shaft window of his private of. {YoU es they pelle Le Ms BE ed is he uae it rea- t! ft Pr F and as mai ‘mal a "1 much, since you’ en here jis;sonable to suppose at a rson ies rom ‘ no more than human, m: ; C v ed the ly. By the way, while you|after a telephone quarrel wi ‘im, i to meet at some rengezvous ai I Dearie uel Baia b ton were out to lunch, 1 performed an|a person he feared and armed him- Pioneer Days to Present cuss their private affairs, as well as have, mkidered’ Hardens mrs. _|interesting experiment.” He reached|self against, would have walked at —_ the secrets of their masters, BORDEN, estranged wife; Ruth |°Ut for the door and closed it in}least a flight or two, rather than ie “& Some bring lunch and perch Me Lester: BENNY SMITH "office: |the man-servant’s face. be seen getting off the elevator| TREMENDOUS. CHANG? ON “: the stone and marble steps while. ara ie “Ay * ok O* right in front of Mr. Borden’s of- a { cating.: Its all very... very. .demo- dl broker Sian ities dinate Jack Hayward’s steady bronze. fices 2” , ; 5 ot js ‘i ” sd Py | oer GILBERT SWAN. across the airshaft: and RITA |brown eyes did not flicker, nor did Mink beaten Bae Eee ee, Covered Wazon Supplanted by! = hb (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) DUBOIS, dancer, Borden's last Beebe cana ‘was in your|“You refer to a telephone quarrel, Railways Since Days of a= a PES BES ATA) eae Suspicion’ is heaviest upon joffice this morning, looking for the fae week re not forgetting that Custer’s Last £:and Reg ies y *, Hayward, Ruth's ce, because | gun you seemed to be so sure I’d| that telephone quarrel, or part of — * | Legislative Calendar | of overheard threats .against |find in the bottom drawer of your ath Maat ance ty omy bar boa ° | Borden. Bloody footprints of a {desk, and which wasn’t there—oddly nay line? How can: You" eenIAIA Manteo Page Be SILAS HLLLED BY SENATE |; -atramatt wiedewe WHIEAUET the’ [Cote Ta ent rene il cint? ‘Yenedon'e Untuk Uerwae one laos ae ae territory has 4 H. B. 185—Swendseid of Mountrail “That's interesting,” Jack said|Petty thief, prowling through the|reached the age of dignity, following —Prohibits state's attorney or assist- evenly, despite the frantic warning |St@tbridge Building, who called up|“its happy, boisterous youth,” is of- ant state’s attorney froin defending Benny Smith, who has not re- {of Ruth’s tightened fingers upon Borden and quarreled with him, aft-|fered in the current issue of the anyone charged with crime. ported for work, is sent for, as |his arm. “May I ask what it was?” |! Stealing Hayward’s gun? Northwestern National bank review. S PASSED BY HOUSE| 4°¢ MINNIE CASSIDY and | “Oh—nothing much,” the detec-| Ruth looked staggered for a mo-| “That the Northwest is of age,” the selethd at LETTY MILLER, serubwomen. | tive grinned. “Just a nice long 10-|ment, then triumphant. “Telephone | review states, “sinks more deeply into poreprintes $190,000 for eonstrustion| BILL COWAN. strengthens’ | foot pole with a hook on the end of |Perators have been known to give|the consclousness of the ‘peoole of sp riehige ‘actoss’ Missour! river ev | susvicion against Hayward by |it—the kind of pole that’s ordinarily |f0Ng numbers as well as plugging |this territory as obwirvances of golden of bridge across Missouri river at! tolling of hearing Borden's an- used to pull windows down from the | 2¢W Calls in on busy lines. Mr. Bor- | anniversaries of business establish- A. Fort Yates. gry voice when he, Cowan, |top, but which—as I took pains to|@en’s telephone numbers are Main | ments, chiefly banks and newspapers, 8. B. 59—Warchouse and grain] cajled Hayward S turday at |prove—can be used very nicely for |2500 and 3501. Mr, Hayward’s num-|grow in number. In the seven states Brading committee—Provides for ts- 2:19 and was put ona busy line. closing windows acrose an eight-|ber is Main 3051. Mr. Cowan was|of Minnesota, Wisconsin, the two suing of negotitable warehouse re- Ruth tells McMann ‘about | foot airshaft, if a chap gets just the | formerly rather a close friend of Mr. | Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, and Wyom- ceipts for grain stored on farms; cre-| C1EQ GILMAN, recent mis- right leverage. A nice usefuf sort of | Boden’s. He could easily have given | ing, there are 115 banks whose fifty ates grain storage commissioner who) tress of Borden's. She is sought. |pole, if a fellow very badly wants a|the operator the Borden number, | anniversaries have been celebrated up will appoint inspectors in designated) Rita Dubois arrives. She says .|window closed and vloeen't want to|jwhich ‘he must have called many|to New Year, 1929. Wisconsin, the districts, Borden had failed to meet her |be seen walking along a hall and un-| times in the past, thinking that he |senior member of the septet of states, S. B. 79—Sperry, Burleigh—Pro-| at the station, that she had locking another fellow’s door in or-|¥85 Siving Mr. Hayward’s number. | naturally has the largest number of hibits use of money from state farm! called him, found his line busy der to close it. You found it very Remember, he did not hear Jack's | these banks (67), with Minnesota next “You can bet no dotter of mine would wear those things this kind lican retirement fund for payment of t 2:10, then called again and |handy, didn’t you, Hayward?” voice—only Borden’s!” ; (43). The oldest bank, organized in of weather.” interest on bonds. was told by Borden to come to Jack’s handsome face darkened| ,“!cMann chuckled. “You're very] 1847, is the Marshall and llsley bank, 8. B. 219—Hoople, Walsh—Revises} his office. Did so and received with anger, but his voice was steady clever, Ruth Lester. You can have a Milwaukee. Banks organized in the rific losses from overproduction in| All are part of the strange and fan- |Schedule of payments to owners of) from Borden second half of a Jas he answered: “I did not close Bor- |J°¥ had a Pad time ‘you like.) 50's number 23, of which 18 are 1928 that there is little probability | tastic parade of folk engaged in the |Cattle condemned because of tuber-) torn $500 bill, but left him alive |den’s window with pole or in any}+,5 4 ae all for shells dee Hay- Saruindiy area ae ee that an excessive acreage will be|none-too-gentle art of ballyhoo— |Cular infection. 1d, Rolette; Bona,| 22:30. other manner, McMann. There was| 2 id, You can get back to your eee tea Ea reserve) eve distri a planted this season. Last year's ex-|ballyhoo and more ballyhoo! Get the| 5. B. 108—Renauld, = e; Bond, She denies having robbed his [no reason why I should. But it must wth ks!” Jack by dont ta St is apeegreds d Winona. perience need not discourage efficient | crowds, attract the attention, ts Syiean on culavas ve enjoped: by bald Rota ba Chr td ae ten a very idteresting experi- | rpon sree saci ee ings, 40 Papers 50 veune O18 vod cers th Da-;the holidayers, thrill the workaday mals nts. ” Borden's iserv- ment. Did you also demonstrate to *, rw : Po os The Gaeeoriike ih this people who turn out with their picnic }owners of other domestic animals. ant, is sent for, but is preceded {your own satisfaction how I robbed “Youre a darling and T love you.” tl ‘There are 40 daily Benet ain state increased from 113,000 acres in| baskets and spending money! S. B. 45—Appropriations committee) by FERBER, fingerprint ex- |the body and secured Miss Lester’s|,, “All right, Ashe!” McMann called| the seven states mentiot les 1927 to 141,000 acres in 1928, On Jan. sk * esc lls for state highway depart-| pert, ae Mei Apel fin- automatic, all with this very useful een the door by which Jack was ier yoni Peck delle 4 pal’ oa « - ‘ ‘| in N % i ment. gerprints of unidenti: woman {window pole?” ving. : i HuRh } vf for ‘tween outer and inner office. | that at noon I was a little bit {ng ittle man who had been Harry Lair andi nese area ree ersistenrst ari ois pe pirtred training school at Mandan. McMann suspects they were ried about” those ‘details, ‘but a|Borden’s man-servant slinped noise-| oldest in each state, if our sources of . Beet Cattle |tions. Whether or not they are Nea ytm ea! ict eon ein eae by adel now urg- j|charming visitor has pretty well ae hase t pai Saeed leroy ean aah eee ~ ss les $31, . _ a * The outlook for the cattle industry | drugs on the market, I do not pre- lrunaing at state training school,| ‘"t!Y Susht by 1 ren eee indicated—opposite his own at fox | apolis ‘Tidende (1851), Bismarck ‘Trib- continues favorable with prices about|tend to know. I merely can attest Ruth could remain silent no long-|indi ts = une (1873), Yankton Press and Da- at the peak of the cycle, but this does | that they, along with clowns and stilt |Mandan. 10—Hamilton, McHenry; NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ler, Her voice quivered with anger as |den’s desk. kotan (1861), the Independent and the not appear to be a good time for new | Walkers, can be had for $1 an hour.| 8. B. = igh <= Ai ay tea CHAPTER XXVI sho lashed out at the self-satisfied|, “Sit down, Miss Lester,” McMann Montana Record Herald of Helena producers to enter the industry.| Whereas a “mechanical ee fan ceamealeeitila lntaie amauta: fees Lester’s ane Eee) con- Peep ore a epee Het ted need fad gente ple (1866), the Boise (Idaho) Statesman i ~| know those grotesque figures wi vulsively over Jacl ayward’s as | Mann! Rit ubois has cleared Jac! 4 : blerealle deen deere eity NS ore perform in show windows—can com. | turned soldiers fund for certain aj she listened to McMann’s half of the | by insisting that Mr, Borden was|™@r. Borden?” (1866), and the Cheyenne, Wyoming, or three years, even though prices may go somewhat lower. The number of all cattle on farms in North Da- kota increased from a total of 1,- 067,000 head Jan. 1, 1928, to 1,078,000 head Jan. 1, 1929, about one per cent. Average value per head in this state Jan. 1, 1928, was $43.70, and this in- creased to $53.80 Jan. 1, 1929. : i Hogs The hog outlook for 1929 scems favorable for producers in North Da- kota. Slaughter in the United States is expected to be considerably smaller than last year with some improve- ment in foreign demand and no ma- terial increase in domestic demand. The seasonal level of hog prices in 1929-30 is expected to average higher than in 1928. tl Sheep The outlook for the sheep industry in this country during the next few years indicates the need for due cau- tion in regard to continued expansion, The last low point in sheep numbers was reached in 1922. There has since been a considerable expansion in flock |. . when he really is smiling or laughing, numbers which is continuing. Even at somewhat of a reduction in prices,|. . lambs and wool will be as profitable | { as other kinds of live stock and live stock products produced in North Da- kota, pa Dairy Domestic production of all dairy Products during recent years has av- eraged about 99 per cent of domestic consumption and as prospective for- eign supplies limit the level to which domestic prices can rise, the situa- tion does not justify more than a gradual expansion of dairy herds, Possibly not more than one per cent per year. Farmers have en advan- tageous opportunity at this time to dispose of old cows for beef purposes. In North Dakota the number of cows and heifers two years old and over kept for milk decreased from a total of 463,000 in 1928 to 454,000 in 1929, or about two per cent. The average value per head Jan. 1, 1928, was $61.00, and this increased to an average of $75.00 per head Jan. 1, 1929. North Dakota shows an increase of 8 per cent in the number of yearling heifers being saved for milk cows. Poultry and Eggs The prospective supply and demand situation indicate higher prices for poultry during the first half of the current year than prevailed a year ago, and prices for eggs during the first six months lower than those of 1928 but higher than those of 1927. f IN NEW YORK : New York, Feb. 28.—The harbingers of spring, insofar as Broadway is con- 1 1 gray ih E fee Hy E if i £ mand up to $100 a day. ters a fellow who dubs himsni? man who never smiles.” Serious-faced and somber, trained to a blank mask which will meet all jibes and merri- ment, he will walk the streets in the interest of ballyhoo for something like who never smiles,» and what’ first brought him to the notion that there would be a $2-an-hour living in som- berness? Many a man walks about with a stern face out of habit, and block are not so many as to make immobility an asset. when his day’s work is done and he can relax his face. at the odd ways of a world which makes him his living . . . or is he victim of some facial which freezes his mask into severity? who go through life playing the role of yokels so that they/can live in the city when the cold weather comes, They clown at “rubes” so that they can appear urban. ing, popular. The Chaplin imper- sonation market is, strange to say, still overcrowded. asked me. the fronts of those ritzy Park Ave- | OUT OUR WAY, .. By. Williams | em sO aa vector, acatarn ences Plications not filed before July 1, 1927. 8. B. 42—Tofsrud, Pierce—Amends and revises statute relating to abate- ment to pure! tax sale cer- tificates on state land. 8. B. 12—Appropriations committee $50,000 for wolf and magpie bounty. 8. B. 46—Appropriations committee —$154,230 for motor vehicle registra- tion department. 8. B. 35—Appropriations committee $276,670 for maintenance of state tuberculosis sanitarium at San Ha- ven. 5 “ 8. B. 62—Appropriations committee —Appropriates $7,980.91 to reimburse escheated estate fund for money er- roneously credited to” the general fund in 1914. State Tribune and State Leader |. Three newspapers in the sev- en states are eligible this year to cel ebrate, or have already celebrated, their 75th anniversaries, the La Crosse ‘Tribune Leader-Press, the Hudson Star Observer, both in Wis- consin, and the Sauk Rapids Sentinel of Minnesota. Historic Events in Interim “Discussion was still rife 50 years ago the Custer. massacre and the Reno investigation that followed it. Exploration of the greatest blind spot then on the map, Africa, by Livingstone and Stanley, was the high adventure of the time that was thrill- “Ten months, sir.” “When did you last see your em- ployer?” “Saturday morning, sir. He left his apartment at half-past nine, as usual. He told me he would be out of town for the week-end, and that I was to pack ‘his bags. I was to ex- pect him for dinner Monday evening —him and a young lady,” the valet answered. “Did he say who the young lady was?” ys “Yes, sir. He, said Miss Dubois would dine with him.” ‘Where were you Saturday after- noon, Ashe?” MeMann pounced sud- denly. The valet looked _s} faintly indignant. “I, lunch ‘with my daughter—my mar- ried daughter, Mrs. Bernard Wil- liams, in Washington Heights, and took her to a neighborhood movie— my daughter and her two children. At half-past four her husband met us in the lobby of the theater and all of us—” “All right, Ashe!” McMann inter- rupted the iron-clad alibi impatient- ly. “Now tell: me: Have you any knowledge or suspicion as to who killed your master?” The anemic little man straight- ened in his chair, then ieaned for- tly toward the detective as he said in a curiously impres- sive voice: “Yes, sir, I think I have, sir!” (To Be Continued) Ashe reveals that his master was in mortal terror of a woman. In the next chapter. telephone conversation which the de- tective sergeant was carrying on with his superior officer at police headquarters. “So Cleo eripped out Saturday noon, bag and baggage, eh?” Mc- Mann spoke into the mouthpiece, his voice registering the frown which was beetling his thick brows and snarling the corners of his mouth. “Who's on the job? .. Clay, eh? Put him on the phone if he’s there now, please. . . Hello, Clay! What’s the dope on this Gilman dame? Did she say where she was going? ... No? ... Oh, back Monday or Tues- day morning, huh? Well, be on hand to welcome her home and tell her that McMann wants a chat with her 8. B. nanan eenenlany «Sure, go through her apart- Exempts from taxation athletic prop- |i ent! What do you think this is—a “Tg. Be 118 —-Fowler, Cass evises | #8, DaEty?” . 178 — Fowler, — Revi The detective slammed the receiv- state pein tax Pay regard toler upon the hook, strode to the door en her a cent until she’d come across between the private office and the|—kept her part of the bargeirt, outer office of the Borden. suite.|which was to go away with him and a “Birdwell! Take Mrs. Borden and|become his mistress. You heard Today m Congress Miss Dubois down the hall ‘and put|say go yourself. Therefore, she got (By The Associated Press) ~ THURSDAY House considers Jones bill to them in Covey’s charge until I need|the money fri B them again, “He's still in that vacant |Borden alle Poree™ dead not increase dry law penalties; sen- ate second xy bill. ‘suite, isn’t he?” “Yes, deficienc; Senate patronage hears R. national alive when she came here Saturday afternoon at 17 minutes after. two, at which time Jack was with me in the Chester Hotel dining room.” The grin left McMann’s broad, thin mouth. He looked at the angry, trembling girl gravely, almost com- passionately. “I’m sorry, Miss Les- ter, but what Rita Dubois says does- n’t mean that to me!” and the detec- tive snapped his fingers. “You saw me catch her in lie aft- er lie, The facts are all I’m inter- ested in. Rita had a key to this of- fice. She could have entered, wheth- er Borden was alive or dead. She got from him—alive or dead—half of a $500 bill and 500 more in small- er bills. At: least we know she got the torn half of the $500 banknote, and we can take the other money for granted, I think. “Alive, Borden wouldn’t have giv- * ok oO Glancing along a list, one enc wn- he 2 an hour. Here's a fellow to pique the imag- nation. What is the lure of a fellow 4 he number of smiling faces per tartled, then sir? I had One wonders what this fellow does Moody and Sankey, religious revival- ists, were in the spotlight. In Minne- sota the eccentric political genius, Does he smile contortion ican Legion is now active in civic matters, the G. A. R. veterans, then in young-manhood, were ‘Foremost in every public betterment.’ The Min- nesota 1 ‘was pegging away - + Suppose he looks most. placid + It reminds one of the tragic ‘igure in “The Man Who Laughs.” * * * Then there are “Josh and Tildy,” * * * But Ruth was not defeated by the detective’s logic. “Then you think she was so greedy that she stole my , too—walked out of here: with the very. weapon which she must have believed had killed Mr. Bor- den? And which did kill him! I know it did—” McMann shrugged. “And Hay- ward’s gun? What about that?” Ropes ragga to shina her sneer, Speak reasonably, convincingly: “Mr.: McMann, I don’t believe the lisappearance of Mr. Hayward’s gun}? has any connection at all with this case. He himself told you he owned it, where to look for it. Was that the action of a guilty man? Won't you work—just for the sake of fairness —on. the theory that Mr. Hayward’s gun was stolen bya petty thief, prowling through the building Sat- “There was a gun in these offices please don’t forget that! We know, from the thumbprints on the bottom drawer of my desk, that Mr. Borden opened that drawer, -in all probabil- ity to get: the gun to defend him- _ | Self against; threatened attack. May- be he always kept it handy when he » sir—interviewing tenants who could have heard the shot fired, |sir,” Birdwell answered in his weary committee B. Creager, ae committeeman Texas, on Texas patronage condi- tions. i House interstate voice. “Frank Ashe, Borden’s man- servant, waiting to see you.” commerce Committee considers bridge bills FILLED OUT “All _right—show him in,” Mc- Mann directed, as he held the door wide for Mrs. Borden and Rita to pass through, the widow thanking ALI Nelly: Would you think me con- ceited if I told you E made this dress} As a gray-haired, anemic-looking myself? man was about to enter the private Molly: No, dear; merely superflu-| office, McMann. held him back with ous.—Answers. : [an arm stretched across the door- And there are those thousands isted as impersonators of screen ce- Ht h lebrities. They are, generally speak- him with a faint, sad smile, the dancer wrapping her fur coat about her slim body with assumed non- » utterly belied by the chalky pallor of herface. A very, very funny world, if you * eK On a sunny mid-winter afternoon, —_- egasy "POS, 1TSX por. sfaorfA. - BIGIRIRNEMY, - PANTS -AN'sTH WINDY GATT NIN ETH BACH, INENTTRY NAYGIT OUT, wood, and ashes, as related in the Jamestown Sun (North Dakota), Metin Saturday. Before “An unknown women was ‘in these offices some time Saturday after- noon. You have’ the fingerprints. I believe that Rita was telling the truth when she said that Borden was alive, that he gave her his half of the $500 bill to make his peace with her, for having:‘missed the hain} Winter Haven. cept bargain. She Es g ah E EE 3 2 i rene & present group