The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1931, Page 2

s H & $ = 3 > 4 * R = t * under the top of the world. . the scientific aspects of the undersea * determine whether it is possible to ~ «There are to be 32 permanent stations ioe seasonal conditions with ac- ~ Kan base in 1928, as well as his flight » pole and the gyro type is useless at ‘ial air locks underneath will vermit | « -~divers to descend for the collection of samples, or to make minor zepairs. cate secre = * - photographs. _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1931 SB CONTENPLATING _ DANGEROUS CRUISE BELOW ICE SHEETS ‘Nautilus,’ Ship to Be Used, Is Remodeled U. S. Sub- marine 0-12 HOPE TO'ESTABLISH BASES Plan to Bore Holes Through Ice, Enabling Them to Arise for Study New York, Jan. 6.— (NEA) — As strange a craft as ever was corceived * ih the mind‘of Jules Verne soon will be cruising off the Atlantic coast in trials which must precede the aay when it boldly dives under the edge of the arctic ice for the long, dark journey across the north pole. Instead of 20.009 leagues under the sea, however, the U. S. submarine O-12, almost unrecognizably remodel- ed for its scientific adventures in the arctic, must cruise 20.000 miles. And for fully 3,000 miles it will have to travel under the vast sheet of polar ice which already has crushed nearly 300 exploring ships. Like Verne'’s fictitious craft, it will be named the Nautilus, according to Sir Hubert Wilkins, commander of the expedition. The main tests of its new equipment have been successfully carried out in drydock at Philadel- phia, and navy experts have aporoved its design. All that remains are final | fittings, trial runs and training of | the crew for their fantastic voyage ‘Will Aid Meteorologists Sir Hubert himself, enthusiastic over what he considers assurance of success, prefers now to think only of exploration. “Our purpose,” he explained, “is to establish one or more permanent * "meteorological bases on the polar ice. Within the arctic circle, and twelve new stations within the antarctic. These, correlated with other stations now existing, will make it possible to ar Hubert’s flights from his Alas- over the north pole, failed to reveal any land points; but he believes it possible to find ice of sufficient per- manence to build stations. The en- tire meteorological project will be un- der the direction of the Aero-Arctic ‘Society. It has headquarters i: Ber- lin, but will be supported by every na- tion in the northern hemisphere. “Our second object,” he continued. “will be to collect compass data, and high air observations for the probable establishment of airlines across the arctic circle. I believe these lines are sure to come because of their tre- mendous savings in intercont.nental | Gistances. To Study Compasses “We must make a particular study | ef compasses, since the magnetic; compass is useless at the magnetic! the north pole. Only by a combina- tion of these two will accurate navi- gation be possible.” Starting from Spitzbergen about July 1, Sir Hubert plans to cruise through the Greenland straits, mak- ing observations on the inflow and) outflow of water of the Arctic Ocean. From the edge of the ice field, where the vessel must submerge, he intends to move at @ cautious four knots an hour, stopping every 50 -niles on a zig-zag course across the pole for the craft's big circular drill atop the con- ning tower to penetrate the ice. emerge and, while Diesel engines charge the storage batteries of the electrically driven Nautilus, they will devote eight hours each day to the collection of scientific data. Captive balloons will carry instruments aloft for high aerial recordings and aerial At the bow of the boat is an obser- vation chamber from which other scientists will study marine life Spe- .The entire expedition is an 11-year- old dream of Sir Hubert Wilkins. Be- fore he began his explorations in the -aretic and antarctic he realized that “there. was much more than fantasy «and romance in such a trip through the only absolutely unexplored re- gions of the world. Only Practical Method “and this is the only way.” he pointed out. “that such extensive re- seatch could be accomplished. Our instruments alone, for instance, weigh 15 tons, and provisions for the men will weigh another 20 tons. Imagine trying to transport anything like that ar either by dog team or by air- sis are dangers, of course, many of them, But I really believe that the trip under the ice will be less danger- ous than our journey throush the Jeopest poesible factors of safety for possible safety for every detail. We shall have fuel and food supplies enough for two years. ‘We hope, however, to finish the cruise within about two months. Contrary to general belief, the tem- the water will be only agnaaneeee ASAD AED A farmer had 19 trees and he planted SYNOPSIS: Jack , movies, is in love with Pea an rl Dare. match, and sends Peari around the world in a in his plane, the Blue Faicon. a Zeppelin. Jack This he is forced to aban on in = ocean, and continue his journey on an airliner. There he Hit, an old friend and a former school-mate of Pearse L Lady She goes with him to the landing field at Friedrichshafen, and suc- ceeds in carrying Pearl.off with her. Jack follows to the taxi, but as he gets in he is knocked unconsciousby an unknown assailant! a reeord of the next astonishing devclopments in his log. UGUST 56—When I opened my eyes Bert Hill was bend- sh ing over me, forcing a pony of brandy down my throat. You were pummeled, drugged and ab- ducted! The Queen of the Skies has left for India and your You’ve been “Good God, Jack! girl’s on board in charge missing three days! I stared without comprehension. “In an‘ abandoned woodchopper’s shack in the forest! I've had the whole police force of Germany searching for you!” I groaned and fell back, dazed, , feeble and wretched at heart. Pearl was sone! of a Mrs, Richards. “Where am 1?” ioe. He keeps peeing the air to break its nerve- secrecy. [__Where Is the Zep? | At last my endurance sna “Tune upt” I told Bert. “I aoe know where we're going. but we're on_our way!" Every tield officer interposed. “All brbscgiadt reports are against you.” “All the more reason whv e we id_g0,” 1 countered. st h ve an ‘air nose” tind it emnells “I cals, mye taka “atin” mausiled, my i Slat how you locate me?” @ systematic search. In the middle of the first night of your , 128 wns tie tonic T needed to pull myself together. With hardl glance about the filthy hut, wi ere for those three fatal days I had lain, bruised and in a stupor from no overpowering drug, I went out- disappearance a beter ina nearby doo! village reported a ta: ly dash- ing past. We round the tracks in the soft earth on the edge of the forest. The chauffeur, By the way, was not the one you hired. Your man was in a saloon when his taxi was stolen.’ wae ee ot Lady Melba tague? Mooi joined her party after the Queen of the Skies left Freidrichs- hafen and you were still missing. She was damned sorry.” “Who's this’ Mrs, Richards now tied to Pearl?” “A wise one the American consul dug up.” eee Trapt Thornton?” I fairly aon the Queen of the Skies,” said Bert laconically. “I never gave = sap credit for brains, He must be the very devil of cunning and invention if he is yee ae tere alg T reflected. stared at curiously. meee Homer T. Dare toed hired. thugs and briked crooks to bump me off eventually, even at the peril of his daughter on the Queen of the Skies?” “{ think his chief aim is to throw a real scare inte his daughter so that she will leave you cold,” Bert answ “Using Frank Thornton as his secret teol?” “Looks that eo 1 shivered. ‘God, what a pair!” - { Off to India! “A man of unbridled power, such as old man Dare, stops at nothing. My hunch is Thornton is in des} ate financial straits. He's not! ing more or less than a he-male gold- digger. If he ever had any scruples, he’s lost. them.” My fingers wriched. I re my teeth, The very thought of Thorn- and all others @ Bert!” I cried, pointing. I faced a large clearing, bac His in the woods. There, on firm ground. stood the as. » simply, “We're “Yes,” said Bert, all, ready for India.” 's go!” I said, decisively, The hop from Germany to India was ‘uneventful, but it ran ie with a constant growing gnawing suspense. We made oie D at five ae points, restocking ach place. Each time we sought Fellanie information about the: ‘Queen of the Skies, our wireless having died on us. ‘The first news was meager. great une had been Tinned from time to time. It had nassed over ae a ‘ested shore which we soar en, id typhoons in the Far East, it altered its course. For hours it had not been seen. No word of its whereabouts had flashed out one the clouds into which it had “when we reached Calcutta {t had not, arrived! Last reports indicated that it awd iotor ib! turned “tail.” s0 to speak. Or else he was helpless! What were we to do? Here I was at Calcutta, all the Mate Tea Hollywood. Where was Had the Queen of the Skies been blown into the Himalaya moun- tains? Had it smashed ag: the sides of some precipitous peak in those unconquered wilds of perpet- ual snow and ice. miles above sea level? The Indo-British Air Ministry placed all their facilities at our dis- posal. While Bert kept the Junkers in constant readiness for immediate flight, I haunted the radio, literally “Tune up” 1 told Bert. the Himalayas,” I said to the colonel in charge of the field. “There is no air at this season in India,” he snorted. “The earth's a furnace and the sky’s a caldron. In this heat, your engine will ex- Eee before you reach — < r that you'lb simply freeze to death, i lghteen o twenty thou- sand feet. He was right. Calcutta was bak- ing and bi ng under a fiery sun. There was no breeze. Each breath was stifling and scorching, as flames were being inhaled” The field was packed with tur- baned natives, in Saudy, Picturesque [aria and @ sprinl of Englis! speaking residents and tourists, all awaiting news of the Queen of the “I don’t know where we're going, but we’re on our way!” loverhead only from two to ten feet none in the solid ice fields. Most of the time we expect to find the ice in thickness. At the same time, dl have ice drills 60 feet long which can be used to admit air in an emer- gency.” In case the power should ‘ail, all of the apparatus is designed to be| German Professor Claims That) watch in the world, operated by hand. And since the} vessel will have a positive buoyancy jat all times it would rise agaivst the ice when not under power, thus al- + lowing the men to cut their way to! the surface. Powerful radio equip- ment will permit two-way communi- | cation with civilization whether the a pUts, is submerged or on the sur- | & oes | Vast Depths Threaten Collision, or crushing by heavy} {floes, still remain the greatest dan- | Through this opening the men will; gers. The men prefer not to dwell | too long on the thought of the vast, | dark depths which always will lie be-| low them. Between Spitzbergen and, the pole, Roald Amundsen made a sounding of more than 14,000 feet through the ice. Wilkins himself,| while north of the Bering Sea,/ dropped a line to 18,500 feet—more | than three miles. | one ee ene Deroy trout ee typical, far- @ genius ne deta, pie overiocked not Junkers. He ha two rear seats, in led tanks, added an extra quantity of Parachute flares, stowed away a bs Sais ot ith complete mountain-climbing outfit that fe motors et pred el o for each, including clothing and oovgen. lamers and repaired the bis so heavily that wise, with all’ three motort reer: the from the edge of the solid ground. Beyond lay treacherous sand. “Now!” elled. He yanked the sticks. For a sec- to ti ond we hung, then our engines, and shriexing, took hold of the air and nia m tev minutes oa its domes, its narrow streets teem: the ing with motley poe RAG be- ind us. We were We were of fa ues of the ml the Skies. cracking an our exhausts were spitting ords: “EL any overheated tubes. for emoke We had broken all altitude rec= through when he crossed the argtic 1 The ceiling seemed illimit- clothes and put on our oxygen masks, for the atmosphere was 50 rare at our dizzy height that our lungs were almost spent. know now what Wilkins went ‘We had entered the mouth of the bag ane ae hundred feet ee seething blare i “ ww become a series of violent metal!” murmured this plane : area ate then I thought of the —_ a. Tt burnt for five were on our In Jess than an hour we felt we For and before feevis teas Was wor course, sending ae as cnirute eal, ie Skies .. Queen’ of 11 again and cation.” 1e as from land stations Shey cul could tell us othe i After nightfall we ented our ship 7 enose to to tall, ‘We_ arr hi ine ToResTna ae te, Gur, ct tact with the earth. bear! latitude and longitude or a once. From the intense heat on earth we had pierced way in earnest, first time, we breathed normal! fumed d my attention to he airship g,Galuita a ge wire: thes i a eee, op notre of a vakies could even see it in ahelter where it hed taken'ref opel ie) Queen, of the Skies!” to tend” acon ‘alae I ceri Gees down an the natives in the aliudes te a hy yas there no answer to in the hills we must nave appeared human 12? was there no through the ie By blue of that Easte SH? fried to seal” myself for the em aight sk worst, Patch toured frosen to death? I meant to learn. I meant teen a oo cOn= land and quake my way gown that ing, ki d_ steaming, 3 afore “aero ihe field, we could the, station and. vobtained. her Nast Been of ane Bele Pearl Dare, at once. Three times Bert pulled the and th sd meant fo eave’ ‘ner if f Becca ie reared, fesbly salleg af salled s (ew feet, Bnd the ‘weather: condit alive, and akyahip as en thu or ipping, ‘he! - Cur left wing Saugerously ued? ass “Fim, smelling the Himalayas ppc Retiy, 108 the, ding wert ground. again,” 1 said to Bert. “We've xot ated bard Hee es “Once more!” I yelled, feeding es Pare there but we'll never get to-crackt” the gas frantically. the Ting. k alive unless our search is re- — bergh, stunt of '@ sharp, vertical warded. What's the answer?” CAN. BERT MAKE I In SO ee en ees snowane, cpl pee “they, are spect leaned forward, raced along toward the mountains. ing in trying to land on if the field, gaining impetus each foot In the middle of the night we te a mountain, Bert of the way. We were half a minute took rings. but we didn’t need NIN. WAR) fG ‘ail to read tomorrow's tell us where we were. ent of this RAPID-FIR! A pap “On Cupid’s Wings,’ through rain, sleet, snow most thrilling were finally fighting a blizzard, recorded. : EINSTEIN HOPES TO PROVE TIME IS NOT CHANGELESS Time Varies With Veloc- ity of World Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 6.—(#)—Time has been seized, locked in @ cell for three years, and given the third de- gree here. Twenty-five years ago Albert Ein- | stein, in Berlin, concluded time was ‘inconstant. His general principle of relativity set forth that time is not changeless, as the world has been led to believe. The German professor said time vartes with velocity. Einstein now is here, confident time | will confess to its inconstancy. Dr. Roy J. Kennedy and Dr. Ed- ward M. Thorndike, research fellows in physics, are time’s jailors in a little laboratory cell at the Califor- j nia Institute of Technology. They most relial one that wo divide the ordinary second into mx‘! lion-billion-billionth intervals. “The clock finally selected cousists entirely of mercury. When vapor jed the mercury atoms radiate a acteristic ght, presumably in the form of waves, and frequency of waves, or the time interval bei.veen j the wave-tops, serves as well as pen- (mom to find the ia stead of ticking off sound waves in air, such a clock ticks off ether waves.” ‘The light-wave of the mercury) clock is split into two separate rays. One is permitted to shoot straight ahead, and the other is detoured by mirrors over @ round-about path, ard both brought together again. The difference in the time of tl arn- |val at given point causes ‘ntevfer. ence with each other, and this is Photographed. Physicists call this | fare | dulums to mark the flow of time. in-| “The personnel is being chosen’ nave checked its behavior three years. with greatest care,” Wilkins said., Kinstein will be the first one to “The crew will be composed entirely | learn the result of their work, for of men who have seen naval service} ypon this experiment his space-time on submarines. Scientists have been | theory, the fourth dimension of his recruited from America, Germany, principle of relativity, may stand or Norway and England.” | fall. | i machine an interferometer. Pasadena Speed Alters The earth on its orbit around the | sun moves at a speed of 67,000 miles | budget bureau estimates. The pay jan hour, But it rotates also ut the | Provision was for a force of 118,000 rate of 1,000 miles an hour, roughly | ™en- The master of the submarine will be Sloane Danenhower, Annapolis graduate of 1907 and veteran sub- mersible technician. In 1918 he was put in charge of all Allied salvage operations off the coast of France. Dr. H. U. Sverdrup, chief scientist of the Norwegian Geophysical Insti- perience, will be chief of the scientific | staff, Frank Crilly, hero of more! than one undersea disaster has been | named chief diver. Despite its extensive operations, the expedition will be comparatively inexpensive, The submarine, repre- senting a replacement value of about | $750,000, has been leased from the! navy at $1 9 year. Other costs, fo-| taling about $250,000, have been pri- | vately financed. Sterling Is Host | To A. C. Debaters! The debating team of the sgricul-| appear at) \ see i Sterling | eee | g & Hl $ A wh: Started Years Ago Kennedy, years ago, assisted Dr. Albert A. Michelson in experiments which proved that objects in space behave as Einstein calculated. Then Kennedy and Thorndike set about to find by actual measurements wheth- er time also behaves as Einstein pre- jtute, with seven years of arctic ex-| dicts. Kennedy explains it: “If we are living in an Einstein, universe, time would change wita in- | | creasing velocity, just as the dimen- sions of matter change, but instead | of shortening, time would lengthen. “If a man were riding on one of the projected rockets to the n,00n at a velocity of 161,000 miles a sec- ond, his watch would shrink and, as- | suming it would still function, would | lose 12 hours of time daily, watch |shows how intimately associated space and time really are. “At the velocity of light, 186,300 miles per second, the watch would shrink to nothing and time woula stand still. “Before starting this experiment. I | ig. So Pasadena, where the experiment is being mate, by the rotation movement of tie earth, moves at different speeris through space. When the rotation movement is in the same direction as the orbi- tal movement, that is, at midnight, the speed of movement ‘s increased to 68,000 miles an hour. At noon, the Deak of rotation movemeu: in reverse direction, the speed in the orbital di- | rection is but 66,000 miles an hour, Thus there is a difference in the; earth’s speed of 2,000 miles an hour | between midnight and noon, The mercury clock experiment is| to determine whether any time change is registered at the different velocities. Dr. Kennedy end Dr. Thorndike indicated they soon will be ready to have time teil its story | to Dr. Einstein. Injury to his already sore knee as he was leaving a movie put Paul Hug, All-Southern end, last year, out of the game for good at ‘Tennessee this fall. semen!’ Husky Armenian Warned Not to Hug Uncle So Hard That It Chokes H Him Los Angeles, Kiram, @ husky » Was up ona battery charge, pre- ferred by one Richard Izmerian, an uncle—and not quite so large. “With malice and unkindest feeling,” the uncle began to re- clte, “he choked me until I was reeling. It Fanenee on last Christmas With Mghistas ndignance and passion, L. Kiram arose then and hissed: “In quaint old Armen- isn fashion, on Christmas my upele T Kused: 2 held bien with Jan. 6—@)—L. | tender af Armenian, tender Seer. by Putting my | arms ‘round his neck—" “oh, | yeah?” boomed his uncle's ob- | jection “—and made me a phy- | steal wreck!” “It seems,” said an officer, gently, “that anger was in the | The court said, “I'm hereby + suspending a sentence of full 90 days, providing, L. Kiram, you're mending—your quaint old Ar- : Seay ways.” WAR DEPARTMENT IS GIVEN $446023000 FOR YEAR PROJECTS; 956,000, Engineering Gets | $111,067,000 Washington, Jan. 6.—(P)—An Propriation of $445,024,000 was | lowed the war department for main- | tenance of the army and prosecution of waterway projects next fiscal year the annual supply bill received Monday by the house. The military activities drew $334,- | 956,000 including $134,664,000 for pay, | while engineering activities received $11,067,000, of which $60,000,000 was | was designated for rivers and her- bors, $35,000,000 for flood control on} the Mississippi and $$1,000,000 for | Sacramento river flood control. The measure carried $390,000 less than appropriations for the current year, and was $4,316,000 below the | __A legislative provision would pro- | hibit payment of salaries to oficers {on the active list who are employed jor engaged in any manner with a publication carrying Paid advertise- |ments. This is directed at officers who have been writing for magazines and undoubtedly will meet with op- position in both senate and house. Among the large allotments for mil- itary purposes were $§31,915,000 for ; the alr crops; $92,061,000 for sub- | sistence, clothing, equipment, trans- | portation, and construction at mili- |e ‘Posts under the housing pro- $10,816,000 for ordinance, in- cluding repairs and arsenals; $$33,- 058,000 for the militi, and $2,666,000 for the military academy at West Point. Citizens military training camps received $6,771,000, while the | organized reserves were awarded $6,765,000. Costs of other government air ac- tivities included: Post. office $35,- 127,716; navy $$236,075,134; commerce departments $$18,432,673. Included in the ad Md allot- ment to the air corps is $300,000 to purchase three non-rigid airships. For new airplanes, the department was allowed $15,226,231. | By June of 1932, the army will have on hand or ordered 1,582 useful air- planes, while the National Guard will | have 152 more. | “Under the military section of the bill the Panama canal zone was giv- {en $2,739,000, but $$11,493,000 was allowed for maintenance’ and ation of the big ditch and the civil government. Important non-military allowance included $1,161,000 for national cem- eteries; $264,000 for Muscle Shoals ; dam No. 2; and $400,000 for a Mis- sissippi valley flood emergency fund. | Only seven members of the Uni- , Yersity of Southern California foot- Four Indiana Banks Have Closed Doors Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 6.—(P)— Four Indiana banks failed to open | Monday, Luther F. Symons, state | banking commissioner announced. Loss of deposits was given as the |cause for the closing. The banks closed are: The First Indiana State bank ot | Gary, capitalized at $100,000. Citizens Trust and Savings bank, Tadene, Harbor, capitalized at $100,- otndlana State bank, Indiana Har- | bor, capitalized at $50,000. Huntertown bank, Huntertown, cap- italized at $10,000. ‘THREE PASSENGER RATES EFFECTIVE: Car, Tourist Sleeping Car N. P. Has Standard § Sleeping} PACKERS’ CONSENT DECREE MODIFIED BY COURT DECISION | Four Leaders saceathie ia Handle Vege- | tables, Fruit, Milk, Cere- als, and Others Washington, Jan. 6.—(#)—The | packers consent decree was modified | Monday to allow the four leading | Sroups of packers to handle vege- | tables, fruits, milk, coffee, teas, cere- |als and a number of other products up to the doors of retail grocery stores, were not allowed, however, | usar the decision of Justice Jen- nings Bailey in the District of Colum- bia supreme court, to engage in the | retailing of meats or other products. | ‘These were the high points in Jus- lice Bailey's ruling in a case which has been in the courts in one form or another almost since the decree was entered into between the packers and the government in February, 1920. Justice held there was no and Day Coach Rates For the first time, three classes of passenger rates for persons who ride on northwest lines has been made effectiye. ‘The Northern Pacific, according to | E, E. Nelson, passenger traffic man- ager, has completed details for inau- gurating the experimental rates which are intended to stimulate rail Passenger travel. The experiment is intended for a six-month period, The three classes of passenger rates will be the stan- dard sleeping car rate, tourist sleep- ing car rate, and day coach rate. The present fare affecting all passengers will continue in force as the standard rate. Persons who ride in tourist cars will pay 15 per cent less for their tickets than those who travel on the standard rate, while the day coach rate will be'24 per cent less than the tourist rate. The new rates will af- fect passengers boarding trains at Liga and S. Hany 2 ‘intermediate Youthful aoe Confesses Crime After having confessed to the f ery of $21.50 check a 17-year. Fred Without relatives, without friends and without money, the boy: has been of his mother three years ago, he told the court. He had been lodged in county evidence that Swift and Company, posted Sis Conipeny, Wilson and pany ant Cudahy Packing group had any monopoly in meat Packing. The government made this charge when it began proceedings against the five leading packing groups, one of which, Morris and Company, has been merged with Armour and Company since the liti- gation began. The ruling added that it was thought unwise to allow the packers to own in whole or in part stock- yards, market newspapers, and ter- minal railroads. The packers were ordered to comply with those por- tions of the decree which were al- lowed to staud. Frank Hogan, counsel for the pack- ers, sald he could make no statement, as to the action his clients would take with regard to the opinion. Rep- Tesentatives of Swift and Company authorized an announcement by Louis F. Swift, company president, “We prefer not to comment on the decision until we have had an oppor- was any comment forth- coming immediately from th is ly e Justice ; | which said:~ + During stations in North Dakota their patrons of 47.15 cents. ‘ball equad of 50 men are from out for the state. juardi i The In Ind’s previous record was 00d. | that. W. F. McClelland, superintend- | ent me the training school, act as, { ——_—_—. 1928, 18 cooperative cream Dakota paid an av- erage of 44.60 cents for butterfat. For the same year cooperative creameries in the state paid an average price to 10 im NATIONAL PARLEY ON RELIEF Believe Distress in Petroleum Industry Has Depressed Agriculture Oklahoma City, Jan. 6.—(?)—The major oil producing states were asked Monday to join a national relief con- ference Jan. 15 at Washington. Governors Holloway of Oklahoma and Reed of Kansas sent telegraphic messages to governors of eight other states, urging them to send delega- tions representing both the oll indus- try and the people to the national capitol their belief the dis- tressed condition of the petroleum in- dustry and depressed agriculture and business, the two executives said the conference was for the purpose of “working out plans for immediate re- lief for this great, basic industry.” Large free imports of petroleum products from foreign fields were blamed for most of the depression by the governors, who said their succes- sors in office concurred in the call. The price of oil has skidded from a peak average price of $3.50 per barrel during the World war to $1.04 in Ok- lahoma, largest producing state. Secretary Wilbur of the interlor de- partment was advised of the impend- ing conference, to which were invited Tepresentatives of Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, New México, Montana, Colorado, Califor- nia and Wyoming. There are nine other oil producing states. The message of Holloway and Reed said the petroleum industry was in “dire distress” and that unless condi- tions improved 300,000 small wells producing a total of 500,000 barrels of oll daily would be abandoned. Thou- sands of independent producers, re- finers and marketers faced destruc-- tion, it said. “Hundreds of thousands of men would be employed and farmers and other land owners would be deprived of lease returns upon which they de- pend unless conditions are bettered,” the governor wired, Efforts to obtain an oil tariff al- ready have been renewed in Washing- ton. They failed in the last congress. BIG MONEY—THEN, AT LEAST The late Snapper Garrison, who rode more than 10,000 races in his long career as a jockey, held a riding contract for $23,500 in 1894, which was the highest. salary every paid a jockey ‘up to that time. Seed growers and farmers of the state will have an opportunity to at- tend the third annual Seed Grower's School and Crop Improvement pro- gram at North Dakota Agricultural college, Jan, 20 to 22. The pleasant, che. ‘way to Cc. colds! Used by doc- tors, proved very thousands of People, Mistol soothes and heals head and throat mem- ones Minot aks fer wlan in ‘too. Pleasant and easy! Colds are Get abottle 7 Lepr any drug Mistol 58.0.8. Bar. k Island de luxe GOLDEN STATE LIMITED to America’s Sunniest Winter Playgrounds ARIZONA CALIFORNIA r)