The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 6

5 PAGE SIX GENERAL LEVEL 0 FARM PRICES DROPS General Decline Hits All Crops, Livestock Products, Eggs and Wool | second on the honor list with a mark Washington, 1,-1.7 —Depari- ment of agricultural figures show that the general level of farm prices from March 15 to April 15 declined two points from 138 per cent of the pre-war level. The decline was the result of a general decline in farm prices of all crops, livestock products, cggs. and wool, which was oniy partly offset by increases in the price of hogs, beef cattle, sheep. lambs, horses and chickens. « The department also announced there had been a carly scason in the south and the general outlook on the livestock situation was favorable. The spring program in the north- ern areas was slowed up considerabl by bad weather but resulted. the de- partment said. in a good su of moisture in the soil, partic’ the western wheat belt Cotton planting in the south has becn about completed in the north- ern section, and plants the south- ern portions are making rapid prog- Yess under favorable conditions. The department found fruits have had a bad start, the April ts hav- | ing cut to one-fourth and one-half} the California peaches, cherries, plums, prunes, almonds, and pears. Local damage from frost also was suffered in the eastern fruit sections. | WALDORF-ASTORIA UNDER AUCTIONEER New York, May 1—/—An_ auc-} tioneer’s hammer was poised today to toll the knell of the Waldorf-Astoria | and knock down to the highest bidder Tugs and carpets upon which royalty trod in the heydey of the famous hotel. ! The grand ballroom, whose walls | have looked down on many of the world’s most {mous men and most celebrated beauties will be alight for the last time tonight when 800 guests gather to give a farewell toast at the final dinner. ‘The Waldorf-Astoria closes today, | its furnishings to be sold and the/ building torn down to make way for | a skyscraper office building. The last room guests have been given until tomorrow noon to check out. Buildings and People | Guarded in New York! New York, May 1.—(\—Five thou- sand policemen, one-third of the city's force, have been assigned to special duty today to protect city of- ficials, prominent persons and public buildings from possible May day dis- | turbances. Policemen have been assigned to guard the homes of John D. Rock- efeller, Jr., J. Pierpont Morgan. May- or Walker, city, state and federal judges and many public and muni- cipal buildings. Police also have been ordered to stop any illegal distribu- tion of handbills and to examine any suspicious looking packages. Agricultural Experts Discuss Weed Control, Fargo, N. D., May 1.—()—Many of | the important problems facing the farmers of the central west, but par- ticularly problems of weed control, will be up for discussion before the third annual meeting of the north | central section of the American so- ciety of agricultural engineers when they meet here Saturday, it is an- nounced by R. C. Miller, agricultural engineer at the North Dakota Agri- cultural college. Agricultural engineers from the states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kanses, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota, comprising the north central group of the National asso- ciation, will be here and engincers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been invited. LINDY MUST PAY BET ‘Medison, Wis. May 1.—4)—Lieu- i Donald Keyhoe expects that $i, will be due Phil Love from Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, per- next month. Some time before the Paris flight they made a wager as to which would be the first to wed. Tune - wt aoe ray | ogee for the A. W. Lucas Co. special. H | major infestations just | Potato Freight Rates |John Schindler Is At Head of Honor | Rolls at McClusky McClusky, N. Dak., May 1.—John Schindler, probable valedictorian of the senior class of McClusky high ; School, topped the honor roll for the six weeks just ended with a mark of 92.6 per cent. Maude Dickinson, a junior, yanks lof 91.5. Other students with marks above 90 for the period are Herman Peters and Marian Muchl, juniors, and Mary Weber, senior. FLORIDA ENFORCING ~ QUARANTINE ON FLY Infestation of Fruit Pest Discov- ered as Far North as ' Jacksonville Orlando, Fia., May 1.—.™—Florida today was under federal quarantine j against the Mediterranean fruit fly. The limited measure divides the te into three zones. One is the tricted area, two the precautionary area and three entbraces the re- | mainder of the state. New discoveries of the fly, one in- festation as far north as Jacksonville, have automatically brought the forte of the quarantine to otherwise un- infested places. Of the seven new reported by the state plant board. only one near ; Boone Park, Jacksonville, is outside ; the central portion of the state. er, president of the Florida Citrus Growers Clearing House association, has been issued deploring the fact that Florida has appropriated only $50,000 for use in the war on the fly while the federal government has made available a fund of $4.250.000 for the purpose. Judge Walker urged the legislature to appropriate a mil- lion dollars. Increase Is Protested Grand Forks, N. D.. May 1—P— Suspension of the increased freight rates on potatoes scheduled to take effect May 19 is asked in a petition to be filed with the Interstate Com- merce Commission by T. A. Durrant in behalf of the Greater Grand Forks Traffic association and the Fargo Chamber of Commerce. Further Postponement of the hearing on the is asked in the petition. The petition maintains that the freight carriers have purposely mis- construed the orders of the Inter- River Valley shippers of potatoes. \ | ECENTLY, 305 of care.”” These experts observe white their bands looked The secret is simple . . Luxis so utterly pure, sq precious beauty oils—the of the ski f grain seeding is hardly begun in the good with such important points as Assiniboia in the south, Rosetown in | Labor ; A cail from Judge Allen E. Walk- ; ver the province. |Milwaukee Cuts Time | {has shown an increase in circulation | during this period, while many week- lies have shown a decrease as the de- sire for a daily newspaper has in- five hours in the running time of the | creased in a given community. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa- cific railroad’s crack train to the northwest, the Olympian, was an- nounced today effective June 9. from Chicago to Seattle in 63 hours, and the eastbound trip will be made in 61 hours 15 .minutes, compared with the present running schedule of 68 hours each way. Battle for Control York Times said today that a battle of millions for control of strategic Proposed increases set for May 9 also} railroads in the east. comparable to that waged between the Pennsylvania and the Gould interests in the early part of the century, had been started between the Pennsylvania railroad on state Commerce Commission in order /the one side and the Baltimore & to prevent reductions in rates to ‘ash and the Chesapeake & Ohio on the other. beauty salons in the United States reported this interesting fact— “With all our experience,” —these | experts said—“‘we cannot distinguish | between hands that never wash dishes \ and hands that use Lux in the dishpan. i -.. 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Moisture supply is fairly the centre and Kerrobert in the northwest reporting the need of rain. supply appears to be ample To Meet Competition Chicago, May 1—(Pi—A cut of ‘The Olympian will make the run Of Railroads Starts New York, May 1—()—The New ,Of April 1, 1929, shows 203 publica- circulation of 284,395. {state have a combined circulation of in three yea itor, circulation and advertising rates ; of all newspapers in the state, is being distributed by the publications di- vision of the state agricultural col- lege and copies may be had for the asking. Three Chicago Bombs ing syndicate carried out three con- tracts today, and the work was ac complished with precision and ef- ficiency. the door of a northwest side saloon. At 3:10 a bomb exploded at a saloon a few blocks away. exploded in the doorway of a third soft drink parlor in the district. Each caused about $1,500 damage. believe gang rivalry for beer trade was the motive. THF. BISMARCK TRIBUNR Misrouting Freight Is Heavy Tax on N. D. Shippers, Says Board Misrouting of freight costs North Dakota shippers thousands of dollars annually, according to traffic experts of the state railroad board. As a service to the public the board checks thousands of freight bills annually to ascertain their ac- curacy and sometimes obtains ma- terial reductions for the shipper. In cases where freight is misrouted, however, the shipper has no recourse if the misrouting was due to his own error. DAILY NEWSPAPERS DOMINATE DAKOTA All of Them Show ‘Increasing | Circulation, While Week- lies Are Dropping Fargo, N. D., May 1—(4)—Daily newspapers are dominating the news- | paper ficld in North Dakota, a direc- tory cf state publications, issued by the state agricultural college shows. | In 1926 the state had 232 newspa- | pers, daily and weekly, with a com- bined circulation of 256,000. 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