The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1929 f H *WHEATREDUCTION - EVIDENCE OF WISER FARMING IN DAKOTA More Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, Bar- ley and Flax in Line With Variety Crops BETTER TONE IN PAYMENTS Farmers Having Liquidated Loans Have More Money for General Buying May 1.—(7)—Business conditions “:.:oughout North Dakota are good and weather conditions have lent impetus to the agricultural diversification movement, according to the monthly business survey writ- ten by P. W. Clemmens, president of the Northern and Dakota Trust com- pany, for The Associated Press and its member newspapers. The review follows: Fargo, *x* * * By P. W. CLEMMENS Weather and soil conditions over a large part of North Dakota during April added pressure to the diversi- fication movement, with the result that wheat acreage in all probability will be further reduced while the amount of alfalfa,swect clover, barley. flax and other late planted crops will be relatively larger than was indicat- ed a month ago. In the towns and citics, improved business indicators are the increases in debits to individual accounts, building permits and income tax col- lections. he The total income tax liability to April 1, 1929, shows an 18 per cent increase over the figure from a year ago, according to a statement pre- pared by T. H. Thoresen, state tax commissioner. The number of indi- viduals and corporations making re- turns is about the same. More Taxes Collected “Comparing the two years, we find that on Apri 1, 1928, there had been filed in this office 15,000 individual returns and 2,100 corporation returns which showed a total tax liability of $454,941.92, of which $291,906.39 was paid in cash and the balance in quarterly installments,” Mr. Thoresen says. “For 1929, as of April 1, we find 15,400 individual returns and 2,161 corporation returns with a total tax Nability of $535,772.44, of which $333,- 405.30 has been paid, and the remain- der is due quarterly. This shows an increase for this year of more than ‘$80,000. “There are still hundreds of indi- vidual returns not filed for 1929 due to the fact that applications have been made for extension of time. The corporation returns include practical- ly no elevators, as their closing date is June 30. Debts Paid, Spend More “From the information available, the indications are that the 1929 in- come tax collections will exceed those of 1928 by more than $100,000. We have noted particularly that many of the banks that last year reported a loss are this year paying an income tax.” Reports from 10 North Dakota cities show that debits to individual accounts for March were 6 per cent larger than a year ago and 15 per cent larger than during the previous month. The total debits for March, 1929, were $48,344,000, for February $41,901,000 and for March, 1928, $45,655,000. An almost continuous improvement. has been indicated in the monthly economic review in business condi- tions in the state for more than a year in making comparisons with the previous year. Several inquiries have been received as to how this is pos- sible when the total 1928 farm in- come in North Dakota was very little different than that of the previous year. In commenting on a similar condi- tion over the entire northwest, J. R. i Pd eather Report | °@ ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. 33 53 33 Precipitation to 7 a. m. 03 Highest wind velocity .. 20 Temperature EBSESSSRSBNs gilowest SVEIVSSSRSss SIDE GLANCES - - Ul i | B “Now, girls, follow these patterns very latest style.” - - By George Clark 1929, BY NEA SERVICE, INC. REG.U.S.PAT.OFF. carefully—we must keep them in the Mitchell, federal reserve agent at Minneapolis, says: “The chief reason for this seeming anomaly was that short-time debt had been reduced materially and a larger proportion of farm income could, therefore, be spent locally in payment for goods and services.” Failures Show Decrease Building permits for March show the beginning of the enormous build- ing program which will be carried out this year in the towns and cities of the state. For Fargo, Jamestown, Grand Forks and Bismarck, 66 per- mits have been issued for $350,421 compared to 41 permits a year ago for $210,567. In Minot A. H. Kurth, commissioner of the water and sewer department, resports 40 building and remodeling permits issued during March for an aggregate of $586,825. Lumber sales for March showed a reduction of 10 per cent. Sales of life insurance totaled $1,945,000, only 65 per cent of those of a year ago, and for this particular month North Dakota stands in the unenviable po- sition of being at the foot of the list of the 48 states in the union, accord- ing to the Life Insurance Sales Re- search Bureau. Only six mercantile failures oc- curred during March with liabilities of $30,250 compared to eight for March of a year ago with liabilities of $80,896. Farm failures totaled 18 compared with 26 the previous March, according to Bradstreets. A survey of ten wholesale houses in the state dealing in staple products shows that business during the first quarter of 1929 was on a par with dle of March, but have shown consid- erable improvement since. More Farms and Cars Bought A reduction of 30 per cent in the aggregate of delinquent installments on loans in North Dakota is reported by F. H. Klawon, president of the Federal Land bank of St. Paul, the delinquent installments April 1 amounting to $194,642.50 as compared with $278,744 a year ago. “During the month of March we sold 31 farms and sheriff's certificates in the four states in which we oper- ate,” Mr. Klawon reports. ‘While this volume of sales is not as large as we would like to have, it is an in- dication of an increased interest in the ownership of farm lands.” Receipts of the motor vehicle reg- istration department up to April 1 show very heavy increases over the same period in 1928, particularly trucks, according to W. S. Graham, registrar. For that period a year ago ‘70,000 passenger cars were registered that period of 1928. Collections, they | report, were only fair up to the mid- | Iwith receipts of $622,589, and for this year 80,774 with receipts of $751,556. Trucks have increased from 8,396 to 11,967 in number and receipts from $111,208 to $180,023. Mr. Graham cs- timates that the total receipts of the department this year will approxi- ‘mate $2,000.00. | Seeding Late and Reduced Seeding of wheat is late in many sections of the state and conditions are not especially favorable with ex- cessive moisture in the east holding up spring work and a deficiency in moisture reported in some of the western territory, according to re- ports received during the past three days from bankers at Harvey, Graf- ton, Devils Lake, Minot, New Rock- ‘ford, Bismarck, Jamestown and Na- {poleon. These correspondents are almost unanimous in reporting considerable ireductions in durum wheat acreage and large increases in the leguminous crops, barley, flax and summerfal- low. The heavy increase in feed crops, of course, must inevitably re- jsult in greater livestock production, which in turn means another year of progress toward a profitable and |permanent farming system in North Dakota. ° | + eects i i t AT THE MOVIES ELTINGE THEATRE No other stage play ever trans- ferred to the screen has lent itself so well to motion picture technique as “On Trial,” the sensational success which comes as a special one hundred |per cent talking production to the }Eltinge for Thursday, Friday and | Saturday. | When “On Trial” was first pro- \duced in New York by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris it was hailed asa distinct innovation in the theatre, utilizing as it did the familiar “cut- back” cf the motion picture. For the first time in the history of the stage, a character started to describe some happening, and the next instant the incident was being enacted before the eyes of the audience. A tiny per- jod of darkness, and an almost in- stantaneous change of scene, took the place of the time-honored “fade out” and “fade in” of the screen. ‘When Robert Lord was called upon to write the motion picture version of Elmer Rice's famous play, he found that in its essential points there need be no alteration whatever in the method of telling the story. The screen made possible a wider diversity of scene, and a more convincing | @evetadling of the incidents of the ° BOVINE T. B. DRIVE TO BE DISCUSSED AT SIOUX FALLS MEET Conference of Veterinarians and Livestock Men to Con- sider Human Infection Sioux Falls, S. D., May 1.—(?)— the campaign to eradicate bovine tu- berculosis will be discussed here at the fifth annual Midwestern States Tuberculosis conference, June 5 and 6. Livestock breeders and agricul- tural officials will attend from seven states — North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. State veterinarians from the mid- west will report on progress in their states on the opening day of the con- ference. On the program is Dr. D. C. Lochead, deputy to Dr. Charles H. Mayo as health commissioner of Rochester, Minn., who will speak on “Transmissibility of Bovine Tubercu- losis to Humans.” Tuberculosis in cattle annually causes large losses to farmers and, in addition, is a source of danger to humans who drink milk and eat meat from affected herds. Conference leaders say a toll of from 40 to 50 million dollars is taken from Amer- ican farmers annually when tubercu- lar animals are condemned at the packing centers, as unfit for human consumption. Educational campaigns in farming communities have been relied upon as the chief means of cradicating tu- berculosis. Under the accredited area plan, counties reducing bovine tuber- culosis to one-half of one per cent are officially recognized and pre- miums are given by the packers. With ;669 counties in the nation now ac- credited, hog premiums have been brought to more than $2,000,000. Other speakers at the conference there will be Dr. A. E. Wight, chief of the tuberculosis division of the {bureau of animal industry, and Dr. {L. Van Es, head of the veterinary {department at the University of Ne- braska and former president of the jU. S. Sanitary association. story, but the play had already been founded on the accepted motion pic- ture method. The all-star cast in “On Trial” in- cludes Pauline Frederick, Bert Lytell, Lois Wilson. Holmes Herbert, Jason Robards, Richard Tucker, Johnny Arthur, Vondell Darr, Edmund Breese, Edward Martindel, Fred Kelsey and Franklin Pangborn. CAPITOL THEATRE A great talking picture! “The Dono- van Affair,” the Columbia 100% talk- ing picture which opened at the Capi- tal theatre Monday night, is by far the best thing that has been done in talking pictures so far. Never before have voices come over with such nat- uralness. The dialogue is snappy and clever. “The Donovan Affair” will be re- membered by many as the great Owen Davis stage success. It concerns the mysterious murder of Jack Donovan at a dinner table and the later mur- der of another guest in the same manner by the same means—a carv- ing knife. Suspicion is cleverly direct- ed at every member of the cast. False clues suddenly appear and are as quickly discarded. The action of the play is very confusing until the con- clusion, which comes as a complete but logical surprise. For sheer entertainment, a lot of thrills, laughter, and any amount of excitement, “The Donovan Affair” leaves nothing to be desired. It is a picture with a real story, developed logically and with adequate suspense. ‘The entire cast—and there are many important roles—is admirable. ADVOCATE SWEET CLOVER Washington.— (?)—On soils that contain lime the most productive grain crop known today is sweet clover, federal forage crop experts declare. They say @ good stand of second-season sweet clover can carry two head of cattle per acre from early spring until midsummer, and cases are known where four head did not keep it down. OUT OUR WAY o> By Williams PT-RWiLLiams ' 5-1 reas ov nga cones, me | Past progress in and future plans for ; THIS HAS HAPPENED MILDRED LAWRENCE meets STEPHEN ARMITAGE when he rescues her fox fur from a thief. Their friendship grows until PAMELA JUDSON, daughter of Mildred’s employ tries to lure him away from her. HUCK CON- NOR becomes infatuated with PAMELA and she plays both men. Her brother, HAROLD, is in love with Mildred, who tries to keep him from gambling with Huck’s crowd. When Stephen continues sccing Mildred, Pamela has her dis- charged and also turns Stephen against her by saying that she is trying to marry Harold for his money. Bitter at Mildred, Stephen permits Pamela to maneuver him into an engagement when she tells him that is the only way she can break with Huck. Huck commands Harold to pre- vent Pamela's marriage under fear of exposure concerning a forged check. Harold says he can’t force Pamela so Huck plans to dispose of Stephen. He has one of his gang frame him for stealing a firm car, and the de- tective arrests him after find- ing a roll of bills, a gun, and the auto keys which have been plant- ed in his room. Pamela refuses to see Stephen and breaks her engagement to a “jailbird.” But Mildred goes to him and promises help. She begs Harold to expose Huck and help her free Stephen, after he con- fesses Huck has threatened both of them, But he evades telling her the truth and she works on alone. Finally she gets a threat over the phone to “lay off” and realizes it is the veice of a gang- ster. Mildred phones Harold to come over to her, but while he is dressing in his room Huck enters and tells him to stay away from her, under penalty of being ex- pesed. Méaddened, Harold defies him and they fight. Suddenly Hareld realizes his danger and tries to call help. * NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY } CHAPTER XXXII As Harold opened his mouth to yell for heip Huck viciously clapped a hand to his lips. The boy fought des- Perately but ineffectively. It was too late to save himself now. The rest of Huck Connor's murder- ous act was quickly carried out. Hold- ing and silencing Harold with one hand, Huck dealt him a stunning blow with the other. There was not even a cry as the hurtling body left the window and created: through space to death he- low. Then, almost instantly, Huck sct himself to foliow the dictates of his rapidly working brain. He flicked out his handkerchief and ran it over the woodwork of the window to remove any fingerprints he may have left on it. A quick sur- vey of the room assured him that little was amiss. A chair overturned. He righted it in one swift movement, His glance then fell upon the table that held the ash tray with the butt of the cigaret he had smoked. Huck was too wise to smoke a special brand by which he could be traced, but he knew that Harold did. Quickly he spread his handkerchief on the table, took up the tray with @ corner of it and emptied the con- tents on the linen. He ran his coat- sleeve over the table, and then, satis- fied that he had destroyed all clews, turned to leave the room. At the door he stood listening for @ few seconds while he held it slightly ajar and wiped off his fingerprints. Hearing nothing, he opened it wider and peered into the hall, There was no one in sight. Then, as silently and smoothly as a shadow, Huck stepped out and made his way to his own rooms. se & Harold’s body was discovered soon afterward. A guest on a lower floor had glimpsed a falling object as it Passed his window and instantly called the office to report his belief that it was a body. Mr. Dazel himself rushed to the roof of the adjoining building after @ glance from the nearest window. But first he stopped to send word to the house physician. ‘The assistant manager and sev- eral other hotel attaches followed. They found the body lying face down- ward. But enough of the features showed to make its identity recog- nizable. “My God! It's Harold Judson!” Mr, Dazel cried and went down on his knees beside the body. He reached out his hands, Someone touched him on the shoul- der. “Have to leave it as it is for ied medical examiner, sir. He's done for.” Mr. Dazel sprang to his feet. “Call bre Police,” pl ordered A SAD, k! you, Cummings, some blankets.” i ‘That was all they could do. The house physician arrived on the scene shortly afterward and pro- nounced the boy dead. It was dark, a glorious sapphire And had his fingers slipped from the woodwork the marks would remain. “That just about settles the accle dent theory,” the house detective said. One of the men regarded the win- dow speculatively. Then he stepped forward, threw it up, and climbed to the sill where he crouched as though preparing to throw himself out. When he let himself down again they all agreed that Harold could hardly have jumped from the window without touching the woodwork with his hands. “It's a safe guess he didn’t slip,” the third man remarked, looking at the thick carpet under the window. “And it's just as safe to bet that he didn't go out of that window on his own power,” the man who had climbed to the sill declared emphat- ically. “Looks like murder, boys.” Their task became grim from that moment. The room was searched again but nothing to support their theory was found except the fact that in going over the window a second time they could see that the wood- work had becn recently wiped. The second window in the room, which was closed, showed a slight accumu- lation of coal dust on the sill. It was obvious that an open win- dow would have collected a greater amount of dust had it not been re- moved. And the removal was too thorough to have been done by the dead boy's clothing as he was sped to his death. . “How about the door?” one of the officers asked of the hotel detective. “Did Flannigan find it locked when he was put on guard?” “No,” the hotel man said, “but that doesn't mean much. I've had to warn the boy and his sister time and again about leaving their doors unlocked.” “Well, we can’t do anything more here,” the officer stated. “Come on, Bill, we'll make our report.” When the report was filed it es- tablished a theory of the case that was in direct disagreement with the popular belief that Harold Judson had died a suicide’s death or been the victim of a fatal accident. But the police preferred to keep their theory to themselves. They did not want to put the murderer, if such there really was in the case, on guard. A man was sent in haste to the funeral director's establishment and arrived before Harold's clothing had been removed. A minute inspection of his belongings was made and all metal or hard objects taken for pos- sible fingerprint clews. eek Shortly thereafter all doubt that Harold had met a violent death at the hands of an assassin vanished from the minds of those who learned that on the boy's silver belt buckle was a clear thumbprint that did not belong to the belt's dead owner. The funeral director was sum- moned and avowed that no one had touched the belt in his establishment, to the best of his knowledge. To avoid working on a misleading clew the police obtained thumbprints of all persons who might have touched the belt after the tragedy. None cor- responded with the print on the belt. “The man who left that thumb- print was the last man to see young Judson alive,” Inspector Markeson said in assigning men from the hom- icide squad to the case. “It looks like a tough job, boys, but I want you to clear it up. Good luck to you.” ‘The investigation immediately cen- tered in and around the Judson Ho- tel. It was not long before Huck knew that the hotel servants and employes were being questioned in regard to Harold's habits and asso- ciates. ‘Word was brought to him by one | Daily Cross-word Puzzle | ACROSS ~~" fects writings 1 Exelted ov into a volume fortan: 45. The shearwater 7. City of Indiana (Prov. Eng.) 13. Mimie 60, Wood-wind in- ing deer © 69. Former adverb of negation 60, Part of the mont @. West Indian fe mean! far (Gr) 27, Disease of 0, FI secreted by the liver 81, Follow 83, Affirmative of his own henchmen, the waiter who was on duty for room service during what he called the “milk wagon wi .' The information was more casual than it would have been had the man known what the police believed. His orders from Huck had been to see that as little was known of Harold's attendance at his poker parties in the hotel as possible. “Thought you'd want to know that a couple of John Laws are pussy footin’ around for dope on the kid, sir,” he said, having been trained by Huck not to forget that he was a waiter serving a guest. Huck asked a few questions and convinced himself that the police were still on a false trail. With every- one saying the boy had killed him- self it was but natural the police should seek for a motive. Huck was not worried. But he knew that Mr. Dazel had received a cable from Amos Judson, saying he was flying from London to Cherbourg to catch the first boat sailing from that port to New York. This was common knowledge about the hotel. learning of it. It served to heighten his determination to carry .out his plans as quickly as possible. zee He sent urgent messages to Pa- mela, asking to see her. She did not answer. For the time being Huck was as entirely outside her world as though he'd never known her. Even the flowers he showered upon her brought no word of acknowledg- ment, Apparently she was plunged into erief but Huck knew that a number of her friends had been admitted to her rooms, which she had not left since the tragedy, and he suspected that she was not so crushed as her seclusion would indicate. His failure to reach her compelled him to notify Ras Poberlin of a delay in the plans they had made on his recent visit to the man’s “poultry Poberlin's wife complained over the letter. She said she'd been to a lot of trouble carrying out Huck’s in- structions. She damned him up one side and down the other for his “swell” ideas. Pamela, beautifully recumbent up- on her lacy pillows, where she fitfully and pitied herself for having Jost her only brother, would have been amused at the result of Rose Pober- lin’s attempt to create an atmosphere fit to receive her. Her amusement would have been shortlived, however, if Huck’s de- termination to introduce her to the Poberlins had been known to her. Knowing nothing of either Rose Poberlin or Huck’s plans, she busied herself with selecting becoming mourning garb. Baffled in his efforts for the time being, Huck set himself to devise some way of breaking down the bar- rier she had erected between them. He was still unsuccessful when he received a message that sent him in haste to see Duke Broggan. (To Be Continued) (By The Associated Press) WEDNESDAY Senate continues consideration of farm relief bill. House meets at noon to take up supplementary farm aid meas- ures. Senate judiciary committee continues discussion of Secretary Mellon's right to office. House ways and means com- mittee Republicans consider tar- iff revision measure. LINGERING COUGHS STOPPED From 651 East 46th St., Chicago, Il., comes this true story: “A stub- born cough worried me, kept me awake nights. It resisted other cough medicines, but quickly yielded to your good Foley's Honey and Tar Com- Pound. My druggist recommended it, said he had sold it for years with born bronchial night coughs, dry tickling coughs quickly helped. Ask for it. Sold everywhere.—Adv. A Ganece (Fr.)" Burmese skirts tt Froper to opie poe me meaning © Chinese weight ‘* Roman om- 41. Ressian coin EPetus sore: 4% Point on the hor 6 Tentold 1. Parrot of Xew 8 Path of % Verity of cabs 48%, Member of ree order an Per ae ao A Huck had no difficulty in | pro Went | discontinue its bus line between Bis« ‘Business Improves as Diversification Grows in North Dakota MANDAN-BISMARCK REVISED ELECTRIC RATES CONFIRMED —_—_ State Railroad Board Assents to North Dakota Power Re- duction on Small Motors Revision in the electric power rates @pplicable at Mandan and Bismarck has been approved by the state rail- Toad board. The only change from the present rates is a reduction in nd minimum charges for small mos.’ » The change was suggested the North Dakota Power and Tighe company. Reduced power and electric rates, Lakcnert = by pe eine company for cation al inson, al approved. oe The Northern Power and Light company has been authorized to fur- nish electric service at Selfridge, and & schedule of rates for that city ap- Proved. The Otter Tail Power com- pany was authorized to furnish el tric service at Brampton and Lans- ford and a schedule of rates for Brampton was approved. Reduced gas rates, proposed by the Minot Gas company and applicable in Minot have been approved. Electric rates proposed by the Ot- ter Tail Power company for Fort Tot~ ten and Walcott, and by the North Dakota Power and Light company for South Heart and Judson, were ap- Proved. Two Minot transportation compan- Jes have been authorized to reduce their rates. They are the Sholl ‘Transportation company and the Da- kota Transfer and Storage company. The Dakota Central Telephono company was authorized to buy the Forman-Havana-Rutland Telephone company. The Interstate Transportation com- Pany, Bismarck, was authorized to marck and Mott. The Northland ‘Transportation company was authorized to discon- ra eee forth! between Devils Lake a rand Forks. George Gutting, of Lisbon, and Henry McCloskey, of ‘Wing, were authorized to operate mo- tor freight services in the vicinity of those places. Authority of the Red Trail Oil and Transfer company to operate a mo- tor freight service between Bismarck and Mandan was revoked because of failure of the operator to renew his Ucense. The company formerly pro- ne daily service between the two ities. The certificate permitting the Yel- low Cab company of Jamestown to operate motor passenger service be- tween Jamestown and the state hos- Pital for insane was canceled. The following permits to operate motor freight service in the vicinity of the towns named also were canceled: Robert S. Wright, Grano; Goebel and Krause, Lehr; E.L. Mullen, New Rockford; Harold ase, Grassy Butte; W. W. Greenwald, Ludden; Arthur Holstein, Devils Lake; Joseph Borst; Minot and M. N. Olson, COMPLEXION IS JUST FINE NOW “Fifteen years ago I had my gall bladder removed and I have had stomach trouble ever since. I dreaded even the thought of food because to eat meant to suffer with sour stom- i ES i sig 3 i " i a