The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1929, Page 3

COUNTRY’S MOTOR VEHICLE TOTAL IN 1928 WAS 24,498,124 These Figures Do Not Include 148,169 Trailers and 117,- - 946 Motorcycles NEW YORK AT HEAD OF LIST Cars, Trucks and Road Trac- tors Number 2,083,942 in Empire State The total registration’ of motor ve- hicles in the United States di 1928 was 24,493,124, a gain of 1,350,883, or 89 per cent over the number reg- istered in 1927, according to reports received by the bureau of public roads, United States department of agriculture, from state registration authorities. The figures include pas- senger automobiles, taxis, busses, mo- tor trucks and road tractors. In ad- dition, 148,169 trailers and 117,946 mo- torcycles were registered. New York heads the list for 1928 ‘with 2,083,042 vehicles registered. Cal- ifornia is second with 1,799,890, Ohio is third with 1,649,609, Pennsylvania is fourth with 1,642,207, Iilinois is fifth with 1,506,359, Michigan sixth with 1,249,221, Texas seventh with 1,214,297, Indiana eighth with 623,806, New Jersey ninth with 758,430, and ‘Wisconsin tenth with 742,135. In percent gain Arizona ranks first with 16 per cent, the District of Columbia is second with 13 per cent, report a gain of 12 per cent, New Mexico, Alabama and Connecticut re- port 10 per cent, Tennessee and Texas report 9 per cent, and South Caro- lina, Vermont, Wyoming, North Da- kota, Michigan and Delaware report 8 per cent. Comparison of the registration total with the 1928 estimated population of 120,013,000 indicates that there is now one motor vehicle for every five per- sons in the United States, or one for every family. From the owners of the 24,403,124 motor vehicles the states and the District of Columbia collected in li- cense fees, registration fees, permit charges, fines, etc., the sum of $322,- 630,025. This is $21,568,803 more than ‘was collected in 1927, and an increase of more than 7 per cent. After deducting $21,524,783 for col- lection and miscellaneous p -rposes. the balance of $301,105,292 was a plicd to state highway funds ($208, 880.272), local toad funds ($60,399,109), and to state and county bond funds ($31,825,911). The registration totals and fees col- lected for all states are as follows: Motor = Registra- Vehicles tion Registered Fees 269.519 $3,474,065 94,372 565,806 214,931 3,786,004 1,709,890 284,867 300,792 51,210 352,961 318,856 . 108,154 Minois . . . « « 1,504,359 Indiana . 823,806 Towa . . 133,466 Kansas ..... 533,799 Kentucky... Touisiana . . Maine... 6+ Maryland . . Massachusetts Michigan . . Minnesota . Mississippi . Missouri . . Montana . Nebraska . Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey . . New Mexico . . New York . . . 2,083,042 North Carolina, 464,276 North Dakota . 173,525 Ohio... .. . 1,649,609 Oklahoma... rOBON . ew oe Pennsylvan:a. . 1,642,207 Rhode Island . 125,608 South Carolina. 2: South Dakota . State— Alabama... . Arizona . Arkansas .. California . Colorado . Dist. Columbia EDUCATORS DISCUSS ALTERATIONS INLAW Correlating. Work of County Su- perintendents and Normal Schools Considered AIMS AT GREATER HEIGHTS AVERAGE, RYE DROPS BUT PASTURE BETTER Conditions in United ‘States More Favorable; Potatces Not Up to Normal North Dakota winter rye condition ‘as reported by Paul C. Newman, agri- cultural statistician, is 77 per cent on April 1. This indicates that the crop did not fare as well during the winter as on the average. Winter wheat came through the winter with a con- dition about average. April 1 pasture Condition is above average. Joseph Breault, Jr. « “high- places don't make me a bit dizzy.” Troy, N. ¥., April. 13—(NEA)—| When Joseph Breault, Jr., of Troy, N. Y¥., finds time to join the Boy Scouts, he already will be a master of some of their requirements, . For he can tie knots—not ornamental ones, but ones upon which his life depends every day. Joe, at_14, is the youngest steeple- jack in the world. When he isn’t at school, and all during the summer months, he follows his lofty calling side by side with his father, who has been climbing to high points since he, too, was a boy. Joe, Jr., is in his glory while he swings high up on some church BiG HOG SHIPMENT GOES OUT OVER $00 Small and Asbridge Farms Send 7 Cars With 409 Head Off for St: Paul A sort of hog special pulled out on the Soo Line from here at 11 o'clock, today, when seven carloads were shipped out for South St. Paul by Roy Small and Alex Asbridge. Small shipped 188 head in three cars and Asbridge, 221, in four cars. There were some sows and stags in the lot, all of the heaviest type of Durocs and Chester Whites. The cars go to Hankinson, where they will be added to a stock special going east and will be in St. Paul uh : steeple gs he wields a paint brush, rips loose slate or applies gold leaf to & cross or dome. “Naw, high places don't make me a bit dizzy,” he said. “Of course, there's no use being foolish: and tak- ing chances. You gotta study out every move on a job before you start. periad first’ is the first and last ‘When -Stepember comes, Joe will come down from his perch and trade his rope sling or bosun’s chair for‘a set of school books. For although he’s way up in the world in one sense of the word, he plans to go higher. A. steeplejack, he figures, ought to make a good aviator. yards in 36-hours. They were the run. off of the Small ‘and. Asbridge farms at the mouth of Apple Creek, south of the ‘city. Asbridge has about 500 ‘head left:on his farm, many of these litters. The hogs shipped today. ought to gross from $1700 to $1800 a car, H. A MeNutt, the road's agricultural age: ‘The Asbridge ranch suffered some during the March flood. Its, hogs and pigs were all got to high ground and were kept out of touch of the waters, but a lot of the hog sheds and buildings were twisted around and taken away. Notice: Dum ash and_rubbis! Wachter 62. wagon for hauling. Transfer Co., phone April 1 rye condition is 77 compared with 80 last year and a five-year aver- age of 79. Pasture condition is 82 compared with 80 last year and the five-year average of 79. Farm labor supply and demand on April 1 this year is in practically the same ratio ‘as-in previous years. For the United States Winter wheat, winter rye and pas- ture condition in the United States on April 1 are all above the average of previous five years. Winter wheat condition is reported at 83 compared with 69 last year and the five-year average of 78. Winter rye condition is 85 compared with 79 last year and the five-year average of 83. Pasture condition in the United States is esti- mated at 86 compared with 81 last year and the average of 67. Oats con- dition is 81 compared with 70 last year and an average of 77. Early potatoes are estimated to have a condition on April 1 of 76. in the ten southern states compared with 80 last year and the average of 67. N. D. Statistical Table 1929 u age ‘Winter wheat condition... Winter rye condition... Pasture condition .. Farm labor supply . Parm labor demand For United States Winter wheat condition Winter rye condition Saw Her in ‘Old Mill Stream’ Thad Byrne fell in love with her when he saw her bathing “in the old mill stream” in Glenville, W. Va. says Miss Marie Hyer, of Pittsburgh, above. He gave her an $800 engagement ring, then he wanted it back and a Pitts- burgh jury agreed with him. 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