The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1929, Page 2

2 ‘tHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATUKVAY, JULY 13, 1929 All-Spring Wheat Crop Decrease in No. Dakota 47,000,000 Bushels DURUM PRODUCTION - OF 2,987,000 BU. IN STATEISINDICATED “Reduction Due to Lack of Rain and Cut of 744,000 Acres in Seeding CORN CONDITION IS BEST! Smallest Harvest of Rye Since 1916 Expected, but Flax In- crease Will Be 35 P. C. A decrease of over 47,000,000 bush- | els in the all-spring wheat crop for; North Dakota, as compared with the | 1928 production, is indicated by the duly 7 crop report of the federal agricultural statistician for North Da- kota. Oats production is estimated at 36,611,000 bushels; barley production, 43,802,000 bushels; and rye production, 9,000,000 bushels. ‘The great drop in all-wheat produc- tion for the state is due not only to! & low condition o nJuly 1, the re-! sult of deficient moisture, but also/ to @ decrease in the total acreage of | 744.000 acres. A decrease of over) 1,000,000 acres in durum wheat was Partially offset by an increase of 371,000 acres in other spring wheat. The cendition of durum wheat on July 1st was 68 per cent, which indicates a preduction of 42,987,000 bushels, com- pared with 72,950,000 bushels harvest- | ed in 1928. The July 1 estimate cf other spring wheat is for a crop of 52,835,000 bushels, compared with 49,973,000 the final 1928 production. ‘The total production of durum wheat on July 1 in the four states of North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana is estimated to be 58,278,000 bushels compared with a 1928 har- vested crop of 92,770.00 bushels. Corn Up, Oats Down ‘The state corn acreage has been showing a uniform increase for the past three years. For 1929 the esti- mated acreage is 1,057,000 compared with 997,000 acres harvested in 1928. This acreage, with a July 1 condi- tion of 76, indicates a production of 26,510,000 bushels. Corn condition is higher than the condition of any of the other major crops, though de- velopment is somewhat later than last year. Cutworm damage necessi- tated some replanting, and stands were thinned in other fields. A further decline in the acreage of oats is indicated for 1929. Since 1924 the acreage has been steadily de- creasing. The 1929 acreage of 1,895,000 compares with 1,934,000 acres in 1928 and with 2,616,000 acres in 1924, the largest acreage on record. An indi- cated yield of 19.3 bushels on July 1 forecasts a production of 36,611,000 bushels. In 1928 production was 59,- 954,000 bushels. ‘The growing popularity of barley as @ feed and cash crop is indicated by anether increase in acreage for 1929. The estimated acreage of 2,724,000 its @ 25 per cent increase over the 1928 harvested acreage. This com- pares with a five-year average of 117,000. In spite of this large acre- age increase, the indicated produc- tien on July 1, based on a condition Of 67 is over 11,000,000 bushels less than the 1928 production. The July, 1928, condition was 179. The acreage of rye as estimated July 1 {is 1,017,000 acres compared | with 1,271,000 acres harvested last year, a decrease of 20 per cent. A low duly 1 condition of 59 forecasts a Production of 9,000,000 bushels, the smallest production since 1916. Last Year 12,710,000 bushels were produced. “. The steady decrease in flax acreage since 1924 was stopped this year and an increase of 35 per cent indicated on July 1. This means that for 1929 -—_-_— & IE __Weather Report it couldn't look any more like you.” - - By George Clark | “You'd wait two weeks for a picture at some high-priced studio; and North Dakota farmers have seeded 1,543,000 acres to flax, compared with 1,143,000 acres harvested last year. The July 1st condition of 70 indicates a production of 9,181,000 bushels, which compares with 8,115,000 bushels produced in 1928. Late seeded fields according to July Ist reports were germinating unevenly due to drought. General rains the first part of July, though small in amount, have brought some relief in all parts of the state, but heavy rains are needed. Flax pro- duction in the four northwestern states on July 1st is estimated at 19,- 275,000 bushels compared with 11 709,000 bushels in 1928. Farmers have reduced their potato acreage by 2 per cent according to the July 1st estimate. The 138,000 acres planted in 1929 compares with 141,000 harvested last year. The July 1st condition of 77 is better, relative- ly, than for the grain crops, and in- dicates a production of 11,157,000 bushels as compared with 14,805,000 bushels in 1928. No change is indicated for this year’s all tame hay acreage which is estimated at 1,063,000 acres. The con- dition of 71 is low as compared with the ten-year average, due to cool temperatures in May and lack of rain the latter part of June. The July condition forecasts a production of 1,396,000 tons. compared with 1,991,000 tons cut for hay last season. Alfalfa acreage has increased from 215.000 acres in 1928 to 226,000 acres in 19: a five per cent increase. Producti on July 1. is estimated at 396,000 tons. Wild hay condition July Ist is 65 per cent compared with 63 per cent in 1928. Pasture condition on July Ist was 71, compared with 73 per cent on July 1st last year. Buckwheat acreage has decreased from 10,000 acres in 1926 to 8,000 acres in 1929. Stocks of wheat on farms in North Dakota represent 6 per cent of last year’s crop. This is more than double the stocks on hand July 1. 1928. Farm wages are reported to be slight- ly higher on July 1 of this year than per cent of normal, compared with 82 Per cent for demand. CRAZY ABOUT HER Storrington, England.—Through an she extolled the wonders of simple ; life at her colony, the Sanctuary, Vera Pragnell is one of the most sought-after young ladies in England. Some 60 males, seeking wonders of | simple life, have proposed marriage to her. But they're doomed to disap- pointment, for she is married to Ed- ward Denis-Earle, a wealthy young heir. OUT OUR WAY UKE FATHER UKE Son"? 12 SEND HIM To GET His SON - THEN I HAVE To GO AND GET HM so Tt WONT HAVE py Cereal Stations & 3 Fl 8 es 2 3 a3 ES £3 a8 ‘North Dakota— 89 55 0 Clear Clear Crosby 76 47 0 Clear Devils 82 50 0 Clear sagem 8 50 0 Clear ke .. 82 46 0 Clear Dunn 82 48 0 Clear . 91 56 0 Clear 8 52 0 Clear 93 67 25 Clear 86 56 0 Clear 88 53 0 Clear 89 50 0 Clear 94 55 0 Clear 85 48 0 Clear 1 44 0 Clear 8 62 0 Clear 93 87 0 Clear 83 45 0 Clear 78 45 0 Clear 8 52 0 Clear 8 65 0 Clear 7 56 0 Clear 88 58 0 Clear FORECAS: i On *| newspaper life which the last year. Farm labor supply was 97 | article in a London paper in which{| BUT MA- OiD wou EVER | NOTICE HOw CooL AND SOoTHiIN’ ALONG A CREEK, JUST ABOUT SUNDOWN? SORT OF A SOFT VEWETY HUSH ey A PEACEFUL SORT OF CALM fi -A WwTTERING BIRD -TH' SOFT RIPPLE OF WATER, A TH’ uri GooH MA~youRe A [AT THE MOVIES { ° PALACE THEATRE, MANDAN Romantic New Orleans is the j background of the new Warner Bros. Vitaphone production, “Hardboiled Rose,” which comes to the Palace the- atre, Mandan, next Monday and Tues- day. The story revolves around the lives of one of the aristocratic families of the quaint southern city, including the attractive and well-bred daughter who for a purpose adopts the manner- isms of a “Hardboiled Rose.” Her lov- er's life and her father's honor at | Stake, she becomes a calculating siren, using all woman's wiles to accomplish her end. as a talking picture of exceptional in- terest, the Vitaphone adding vastly to the dramatic quality of the story. Throughout the picture there are se- quences of dialogue, sound and sym- phonic Vitaphone accompaniment. CAPITOL THEATRE ‘Take a story dripping with human interest in an atmosphere that every- one likes to hear about, give it a cast of fine, trouping. magnetic actors and 1a production that puts into it every possible value and you get a picture like “Gentlemen of the Press,” Para- mount's latest all-talking drama of Capitol theatre will foature for three days, starting Monday. On the stage “Gentlemen of the Press” was the sensation of New York and the story has been faithfully re- produced for the screen. A master cast, headed by the incomparable stage artist, Walter Huston, includes members of the original stage cast. The story deals with a veteran newspaperman who has given up everything in life for his business. | When his daughter was born, he was covering a prize-fight; when his wife died, he was on assignment covering a Mexican uprising; when his daugh- ter graduated from high school, he was writing about Lindbergh. This j only thing he has not given up is his j fatal susceptibility for a pretty wom- an. It is this character that Walter | Huston portrays on the talking screen ;in “Gentlemen of the Press.” It is | this thrilling story that will entertain | and delight patrons of the Capitol | theatre. | The Swedish language is taught at \18 institutions in eight different [eountries. IT 1> DOWN FUNNY -YOU DONT THE FOAD 1 “Hardboiled Rosc” takes its place! MAN OR LAY reno mrsinnn on | LEGION IS ASSURED BJG PLEASURE CARD IN TRIP 10 MINOT All Sorts of Entertainment to| Be Provided for State Vet- erans’ Convention NATIONAL CHIEFS TO TALK Banquets, Boxing Show and Two Parades on Pogram of July 22-24 \ Minot, N. D., July 13.—(4)—Business as well as pleasure will receive plenty of attention at the state convention of the American Legion here July 22 to 24, according to the official pro- gram issued today. Speakers of national prominence will tell what the legion is doing throughout the nation, while repre- sentatives of North Dakota posts will be given the opportunity to recount their own achievements. In addition to the legion conven- tion the Legion Auxiliary and the so- ciety of the 40 and 8 will meet at the same time. Paul V. McNutt, national com- mander of the legion, and Hanford MacNider, past national commander, are scheduled to speak, McNutt on the opening day and MacNider the next. Other speakers from outside the state are F. Trubee Davisson, sec- retary of war for aviation; Patrick-J. Hurley, assistant secretary of war; and Watson B. Miller, chairman of the national rehabilitation committee of the legion, all from Washington. In addition the state commanders of Minnesota and Montana will speak. Big Entertainment Games to decide the junior baseball championship of the state will fur- nish the major entertainment for the opening day, winners of various dis- trict tournaments having been en- tered. The Junior baseball movement throughout the state was by the legion athletics department. Banquets, a boxing show, dances and picnics will help keep visitors amused during the three days of the convention. Two separate parades will give Mi- not residents an opportunity to view the legion in action. One will be the big parade of the legion and auxiliary, set for Tuesday, and the other will be the 40 and 8 parade on Monday. The 40 and 8 also will hold a ban- quet and a “wreck” or initiation on the opening day. The society is com- Posed of men who have rendered dis- tinguished service to the legion. After the call to order by Depart- ment Commander J. K. Kennelly, Mandan, Rev. A. C. Hill of Bottineau, department chaplain, will give the in- vocation and Jack Williams, Fargo, department adjutant, will read the call for the convention. Various Speakers Welcoming addresses will be given by A. J. H. Bratsberg, mayor of Mi- not; W, H. Johnson, commander of the Minot Legion post, and Mrs. Os- car Epstein, president of the Minot Bale of the American Legion Auxil- lary. Responses will be made by Attorney General Jim Morris and Mrs. G. Ol- gierson, both of Bismarck, for the legion and auxiliary, respectively. Other speakers on the opening pro- gram are National Commander Mc- Nutt, Mrs. J. R. Pence, Minot, depart- ment president of the auxiliary, and Mrs. Freda Kramer, Madison, S. D., national vice president of the women's auxiliary. Reports of department of- ficers and appointment of commit- tees will close the business session for the opening day. The afternoon and evening wiil be given over to the doings of the 40 and 8, the junior baseball tournament and a dance. Reports of committees will precede the address of Past Commander Mac- Nider on Tuesday. Davisson and Hur- ley also will speak. Drum corps from nearly a score of posts will compete in the afternoon for $650 in prize money and the legion parade will follow the contest. J. A. Northern Pacific Singers to Warble From KF YR Station ° | | \ ° The Northern Pacific Singers, whose popularity throughout the Northwest has resulted from weekly radio programs sung at a Minneap- lis studio, will be heard over KFYR July 25, when they appear at Bis- marck. The members of this organization are employes in the general offices of the Northern Pacific at St. Paul. In their own studio in the general of- fice building, they have been trained under a competent instructor. Their programs have been distinctive with their pretty, dainty melodies. The Northern Pacific Singers’ tour includes the entire Northern Pacific system, beginning at St. Paul, June 27. The itinerary includes a four-day tour of Yellowstone Park, a visit to Mount Rainier and recreation cen- ters in the Pacific Northwest, includ- ing Victoria and Vancouver. The tour will require six weeks. From left to right in the picture the singers are Kathryn McCarthy, mezzo-soprano; Ann Wetzel, lyric so- prano; Rosemary Matz, pianist; and Irene Maloney, manager, contralto. Minot iron man, and Laurie Peppin, Winnipeg, will feature the boxing card in the evening. . Picnic on Program On the closing day of the conven- tion addresses will be given by Wat- son B. Miller, Governor George F. Shafer, T. O. Kraabel, Fargo, state veterans service commissioner; C. T. Hoverson, Fargo, manager of the U. S. Veterans bureau, and the depart- ment commanders of North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. ‘| These will be followed by the re- Ports of district deputies, the election of officers and the selection of a city for the 1930 convention. A picnic for legionnaires and aux- iliary members, a concert by American Legion State band and two dances will close the festivities. After participating with the legion- naires on the morning of the opening day, the auxiliary will get down to business of its own in the afternoon. A memorial service will be conducted by Mrs. E. L. Goss, of Carrington, de- partment chairman. This will be fol- lowed by meetings of various commit- tees, an automobile tour of the city and an informal reception in the eve- Hofte will be marshal of the parade. A bout between Herman Ratzlaff, By Williams TRWLLIAMSS ning. Reports in Order At the Tuesday morning session re- ports will be presented by Mrs. Alvin T. Stolen, Mrs. Clara Linn Larson, Mrs. A. G. Porter, Mrs. G. Olgierson and Mrs. Arthur L. Knauf, depart- ment chairmen, and by Mrs. J. R. by district presidents. “pep” dinners will be held in the eve- ening. Mrs. Freda Kramer, national vice president for the Northwestern dis- i , iu eid rey a HE Q i sel i f i a bi; SYNOPSIS: Lucy bravely mar- rled to Jerry with a murder ac- cusation hanging over him! Dea- con drops the charge, convinced mysterious telephone eall—pillon mysterious call—! ion —who is he?—flashes a challenge to Peebles over the wire. Peebles speeds Lond to Ertl 2 meet jen’s slayer. ps from waren, a bullet whistles over his head. He goes to the deserted Lundy saloon, finds a light in the “secret room” on the second fleor. Entering the room, he starts to in- spect its contents when a terrify- ing command booms out: “Drop your gun and reach!” CHAPTER 46 THE LAST ILLUSION The shrill command smote me like 8 blow of ie fist. BS oe a ater ann autgmatic hung slac! rom my and I knew better tan to raise Loe “Drop it, ye two-legged varmint!” the voice screamed passionately. I . “Face round whur I kin see ye!” I swung slowly on my heel. Before me was the storeroom, which I, like a fool, had forgotten. At first, I did not see Furie, for he stood within the shadows of the room, but the barrel GOLD BULLETS By CHARLES G. BUOTH sought for some means of overcoming him, when a thought struck me. Dil- lon was outside, listening, waiting, and it offered me the barest chance of success, but I'd try “it. “Furie,” I said casually, “here is your eyepiece. Don’t you want it?” His eyes became almost sane in their expression; his pistol hand dropped to his side, and he reached for the lens. It was then that I caught him neat- ly under the point of the chin. He doubled up at the knees and as he toppled forward I caught him and laid him out on the floor. Scooping up my automatic, I spun around, expecting Dillon to come into the room, preceded by fusilade of shots. But he didn’t, al though I knew he was standing out there, waiting, listening. He evidently didn’t know ‘what had happened. ‘Well, I knew what Dillon was waiting for! I had saved my life, but I want- ed him to commit the overt act. I wanted him to attack me. My eyes fell on the dummies and all at once I knew what I was going to do. Imitating Furie’s high-pitched voice, I shrilled: “Yer head or yer belly—whur’ll ye have it?” I was peeling off Furie's incredible of a Colt, then the ancient hand that | shirt. held it, and finally, as he emerged, the old desert-rat himself. His appearance at that moment was the picture I was to retain of him un- til the end of my days. The wild rage of his face transfixed me. His lips were froth-flecked and it came upon me overwhelmingly that the man was murderously insane and that I was nearer death than I had ever ‘Well, I cotched ye!” he shrilled. “Was it you who fired on me?” I inquired. He seemed to have accus- tomed himself to the loss of his eight- sided lens. “*Twar!” he shouted. “Pity I didn't plug ye! I'd o’ been saved the trouble 0’ doin’ it now. Whur'll ye have it—| in the belly or the head?” “But what have I done to you?” I demanded casually. “Whut have ye don?” he screamed. “Whut—whut—whut—” Speech left him. He shook his fist at me, waved the pistol in my face. His rage, indeed, finally pitched him over the summit of his emotions and for perhaps three seconds, his spent, he stood and simply quivered and glared at me. In that moment of silence I heard the creak of a Some one was coming up the stair. I had been groping about in my mind for the explanation of Furie’s insane rage and suddenly I found it; and I also saw as clearly as if a ray of light had pierced my brain what had been pre- pared for me. It was diabolically clever, as any scheme of Dillon’s would be—and the creak of a board had betrayed it to me. Purie got his wind again. “Yer one o’ them p'lice cops. I knowed it yes- | life terday mornin’. Yes, after the hombre as killed that thievin’ Andrew Ogden and yer got it in yer fool head I'm the lad as done it! An’ yer fixin’ to bring me into one o’ them crookit co’rts whur a slick lawyer kin make @ old cuss like me say he killed his mother! Yer fixin’ to stretch me neck.” I raised my hand. “Bhet up, or I'll stake ye out for the buzzards!” he screamed. “Hain't I been told if ye ain't six foot under the Skull by sun-up they'll be makin’ me swear I killed Andry Ogden when I didn’t, an’ crackin’ me neck fer it?” Obviously Dillon had been talking to him. Anything I might say, then, would be of no avail. He'd finish me in a minute or so. Desperately 2 “No, no! For God’s sake, no!” I cried in an agonized voice. “Don't shoot! Don't.” The shirt was off. I was slipping it over Napoleon's head. “Purle!” I pleaded. “They'll get you. ‘They'll crack your neck!” ‘The shirt was on. So was the as- tonishing hat. I toppled Sitting Bull into the shadows against the north wall, lowered the light, scooped up the pistol. “Furie!” I screamed. “Don't shoot! Dillon lied to you!” ., I fired once, twice at the ceiling. As I staggered back and sank in a heap against the south wall, the door flew open and Dillon rushed in, pistol in hand. A glance at my limp body, and he fired once, twice, thrice, at the wax figure in the absurd straw hat. Then a long, throaty cry of rage broke from his lips and he lunged toward the straw-hatted figure. T had risen silently. “Hands up, Dillon.” still smol ea up I shot him once, twice, through crumpled at the knees, and pitched through the door into the blackness of the gallery. My legs gave way beneath me and I dropped to the floor; the pistol slid from my hand. I could not have moved or uttered a word to save my fe. : ‘The blare of motor horns broke the desert stillness. There was some shouting and my name was called, but I took no notice. Feet pounded on the floor. Lights flashed, exclama- tions of horror arose, and a body of people poured in upon me. Deacon and Lucy and Jerry, Nathan Hyde and Roy Hammond, and Thompson, the police detective. “Uncle John, Uncle John, Uncle John!” Lucy sobbed. She had drawn my head to her breast and was bath- ing my bald spot with her tears, “That—that man out there!” Dea- “Dillon!” he roared, as if he were . “I tell you it’s Luther MacNair!” i ¥ cereals 0 98. Falls bei 36, Sailors 8%, Preserve 82. per 4h. 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