The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1931, Page 2

THE BISMARCK ‘TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1981 Little Evidence Found That Southwest Will Cut Its Wheat Acreage ... AREA MAY PRODUCE ASMUGH AS BEFORE IN SPITE OF BOARD| Cotton Acreage Probably Will Be Cut Only 8 per Cent, It Is Estimated CROP CONDITIONS ARE GOOD Sea { Most of Land Removed From Wheat and Other Crops Is Allowed to Lie Fallow St. Louis, March 3.—(?)—There is little if any evidence on the early spring farm horizon that tte south- west will reduce its wheat acreage materially in 1931. In the face of urgent advice from the federal farm board to cut wheat acreage and thus reduce the grain surplus, present indications are that the southwest will grow practically as niuch grain this year as last. Consider Legal Control Furthermore, while the Texas leg- islature considers cotton acreage con- trol by statute, in cooperation with other southern states, estimates re- veal a probable cut of only 8 per cent in this major crop. The 1930 drought has had little ef- fect in the great southwestern wheat belt save a slight delay in fall plant- ing. Kansas alone sowed 12,229,000 acres, one per cent less than a year ego as contrasted with Alexander | Legge's plea for a reduction of 10 per) cent at least. This is well above the! average for 1924-1928 of 11,786,000 acres. Almost perfect weather has reat ed in a crop condition reported at 90 per cent, only 2 per cent below last year. New Cotton Cooperative In the cotton country a new co- operative will function for the first time in 1931—The Taxes Certified Cottonseed Breeders’ association. Un- der state supervision members of the group have supplied high grade seed | to southern farmers for several years, | but only recently were recognized by the farm board. | J. E. McDonald, Texas commission- er of agriculture, is sponsor for the Proposed acreage control law. If en- acted, it would become effective when four other cotton states adopted sim- ilar measures. Larger rye plantings are reported from some’ sections of the southwest, but most of the land removed from | wheat and other crop acreages is be- | ing permitted to lie fallow. Underconsumption Blamed “with the country’s elevators and | cold storage plants gorged with sur-} plus, wheat, meat, butter, eggs and poult ys William Hirth, head} of the Missouri Farmers’ association, “the farm horizon of 1931 looks any- thing but promising at this time.” | Dean F. B. Mumford of the college | ef agriculture at the University of Missouri sees no increase in income for American farmers as a group, but ; believes agriculture in the midwest | end southwest should do better this! year because of unlikelihood of an-/ other dry spell. Although prices of farm produce | have declined, he points out, so have prices of commodities the farmer! must buy, while based on present land values, farm production costs are at their lowest levels since the war. FEBRUARY PROVED WARMEST RECORDED Last Month Had Mean of 30.4; Degrees, Weather Men Announce February, with a mean temperature of 30.4 degrees was the warmest Feb- ruary since records began in 1875, ac- cording to local weather officials. It averaged 20.1 degrees above the nor- mal and was two degrees warmer than February, 1877, the second warmest on record. Average temperature for the last three winter months was 25.9 degrees which is .8 of a degree higher than December, January and February 1877-78. The highest temperature during the month was. 59 while the highest of record was 64 degrees Feb. 27, 1895. The lowest was zero on Feb. 9, while the lowest of record during February was 43 degrees below on Feb. 19, 1929. Only two other Februarys (1878 and 1915) were with- out sub-zero temperatures. The greatest daily range in tem- perature was 38 degrees on the 15th and the least was three degrees on the 26th. The total precipitation was -14 of an inch or .30 of an inch above normal. The total snowfall was 9.9 inches and the greatest in any 26 consecutive hours was 4.5 inches on the 2ist. The snowfall on the ground at the end of the month averaged 1.3 There were four days with Good times for “Boots”! She's going having fun, she’s going to look cute as can be. the series of “Boots” paper dolls. Cut it out and fit it on the figure of “Boots” published the other day. Watch for another addition to “Boots’” wardrobe tomorrow. up for an airplane spin and, besides The costume is another in Bills Passed by House S. B. 247—Authorizes State Mill and Elevator association to pay $12,- 000 judgment secured by Knute Bak- ken in courts of state for injuries re- ceived at Drake mill. S. B, 235—Revises habitual criminal | act. S. B. 190—Makes use of a slug in| vendor machine or telephone a mis- demeanor. 8. B. 105—Provides for commission | to ascertain condition of teachers’ in- surance and retirement fund. 8. B. 112—Provides that minimum length of school year shall be eight months and permits discontinuance | of school when less than four pupils | under certain conditions. | S. B. 114—Prohibits candidates for | office acting as election officers. 8. B. 118—Provides for educational facilities for children residing in ter- ritory not organized as school district. 8. B. 119—Provides for letting of contracts to furnish vehicular trans- portation to school districts to lowest | bidders. a 8. B. 57—Authorizes county or dis- | trict mutual insurance companies to reinsure its risks. 8. B. 96—Creates industrial survey | commission. S. B. 245—Provides for penalty of | imprisonment for not more than six months and $1,000 fine for divulging | telephonic or telegraphic messages. | S. B, 92—Requires candidates for | county office to file petitions not con- | taining less than five per cent of vote | cast at last general election. | 8. B. 93—Provides for filling vacan- | cies of elective county officers, super- intendent of schools and county com- | missioners on no-party ballot. S. B. 122—Provides for setting of salary of matron at state hospital for | ie. 8. B. 12—Makes it mandatory for township board to call election where | one-third voters in township ask for dissolution of township. S..B. 142—Increases salary of state transportation officer from $1,800 to $2,400 annually. | S. B. 186—Permits fire marshal to appoint his own assistants. S. B. 154—Requires surplus of $45,- 000 for admission of foreign mutual | insurance companies. | 8. B. 129—Requires school census be taken each odd-numbered year in- | stead of annually and includes census | of crippled children. } S. B. 117—Requires school board to pay transportation fees before July 1 | following school year. LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR | S. B. 80—Regulates operation of motor vehicles upon highways in state and limits maximum weight of vehi- cle and load to 20,000 pounds. S. B. 204—Increases tax on cigar- | ettes to four cents per package of 20 and make; it misdemeanor to buy | cigarettes not stamped, as well as selling them. S. B. 185—Authorizes county com- missioners to contract with sheriff to pay him for collection of delin- quent personal property taxes. S. B. 74—In event erroneous de- scription of real estate, property not to be omitted from tax roll, but shall be corrected. S. B. 126—Exempts property of In- dians who are wards of government from taxation. S. B. 179—Provides that if check in Payment of taxes, assessments, and jicenses are not honored, fees shall stand as a charge and lien as though no credit had been given or payment attempted. e S. B. 64—Notice of appeal to dis- trict court from decisions of the county commissioners in cases relat- ing to taxes shall also be filed with tax commissioners. S. B. 177—Permits operation by same owner of more than one cle- vator in same town. S. B, 86—Creates mill and elevator commission of three and relieves gov- ernor of managership duties of mill. S. B. 239—Transfers $5,000 from Company A, state National Guard special fund to militia fund. S. B. 205—Amends statute prescrib- ing powers and duties of state au- itor. S. B. 42—Makes technical change in applying costs, disbursements and attorney's fees in civil action. S. B. 207—Amends law relating to bonding c: county officials. : S. B. 75—Eliminates from statute regarding actions, against pa:tner- ship, the clause that @ “summons may be served on one or more of them.” Bills Killed by House Committees _ S. B, 249—Proyided for payment of high school tuition by state in cer- tain cases, S. B. 115—Provided for svandard- ization of high schools, graded schools and one-room rural schoo}. 8. B. 250—Provided for payment of grade school tuition ty state in cer- tain cases. Bills Killed In Senate H. B. 169—Prohibits elevators from selling grain stored. fs MOTHER NATURE'S CURIO SHOP The STONE-BORING MOLLUSK HAS FILE-LIKE EDGES ON (TS head GORES STORAGE BILL IS KILLED BY SENATE iOne Nonpartisan and One |. V. A. ‘Switch Allegiance on Grain Measure Committee recommendations on (two measures affecting grain eleva- tors Monday plunged the senate into 4nd grain grading committee — were adopted. After killing a bill by Representa- tive Crockett of Cavalier to prohibit elevators from selling stored grain, the senate adopted a committee re- | Port recommending passage of a mea- sure by Representative Lavik of Sar- gent and Acheson of Bottineau pro- viding for redemption of storage tickets in the event of the transfer {of a warehouse to another owner. The senate acted on divided com- mittee reports on the two bills, Voting by roll call on the minority report recommending passage of the bill to prohibit elevators from selling stored grain, the senate rejected the recommendation by a 27 to 22 vote, and then by a vive voce vote the majority report for indefinite Postponement. By a standing vote on the other ; proposal, the senate voted 27~to 20 for adoption of the majorjty report recommending passage, and the bill , Was ordered placed on the calendar for final legislative action. Bonzer Supports Measure Senator A. F. Bonzer Jr., Richland county Independent, voted with the Nonpartisans on the measure to pro- hibit the sale of stored grain, while Senator R. W. Patten, Mountrail county, sided with the I. V. A’s against the measure. During the debate a communication from E. J. Hoel, Killdeer, asserting the measure was sponsored by the Farmers Union, was read. Senator William Watt, Cass coun- ty, chairman of the warehouse and grain grading, committee, opened the cae with @ vigorous attack on the “This measure would work a hard- ship on local elevators,” he said. “It would make it a felony to sell stored grain. Ben Larkin, chairman of the state board of railroad commissioners, told the committee that there was not an instance, with but one exception, where the holder did not pay for the grain. This legislation is unneces- sary.” Senator J. P. Cain, Stark, told the senate that if the bill became a law it would prohibit elevator owners from taking advantage of the price of grain at the time when storage was made. “This bill would practically. close up elevators. Independent elevators would be forced out of business. We have adequate protection now.” Poupore Attacks It Senatox J. H. Poupore, Grand Forks ‘county, said he was himself interest- ed in an independent elevator, but Saw no benefit to the farmers or elevators in the bill. He claimed it would cost more to handle grain un- der the. measure and that this cost would be assessed against the people. The bill would act to the disad- vantage of the farmer and elevator, Senator Patten declared. Senator J. E. Eastgate, Grand Forks, also urged defeat of the bill. Senator D. H. Hamilton, McHenry, urging favorable action on the mea- sure, contended that storage of grain is one of the great problems of the federal farm board and the bill would help solve it. “Elevators will have a right to ship grain out, but they must. store it, and cannot sell it,” he said. The measure would be a benefit to | the bill, the farmer who raises grain, Senator | Dell Patterson, Renville county, told the senate. “He isthe man who. needs protec- tion,” he added. “We have introduc- ed bill after ‘bill for the farmer, but not one has been passed to protect the farmer. Let the elevator man look after himself: Many of these clevators are controlled by foreign corporations.” Fine States Views The question at issue, Senator C. W. Fine, Benson county declared, was whether elevators “had the right to sell the other fellow’s grain.” “They are selling something that doesn't belong to them,” he continued. “The biggest trouble elevators have is shipping out grdin that is not their cwn and forcing elevators to hedge.” Senators Herman Thorson of the Adams-Hettinger-Sioux district, J. H. Burkhart, Ward, and Ole Ettestad, McHenry, joined in the debate for The roll cail on the motion to adopt the minority report recommending the bill for passage follows: Against the bill: Aandahl, Atkins, Bond, Brunsdale, Cain, Crocker, Eastgate, Eddy, Field, Fowler, Gronvold, Hyland, Jones, Lynch, Martin, Miller, Murphy, Pat- ten, Plath, Ployhar, Porter, Poupore, Putnam, Renwick, Sperry, Watt, and Whitmen (27). For the bill: Bonzer, Brostuen, Burkhart, Erick- son, Ettestad, Fine, Fredrickson, Hamilton, Hoople, Kamrath, Larson, McCrory, Magnuson, Matthael, Mar- shall, Patterson, Renauld, Sathre, Gioeks, Thorson, Unruh, and Wog|: PREVENT COMMUNIST MEETING Minneapolis, March 3.—()—Acting on orders from Mayor William F. William Z. Foster, secretary of the Trade Union Unity League, had been jannounced as speaker. AFTER HOT BATTLE ; extended debate with the result that | penned reports of the warehouse communist meeting at which}: Fair Appropriations. : Signed by Governor Governor George F. Shafer Monday signed house hill No, 91, providing for approprations for fairs at. Minot, Mandan, Fargo and Grand Forks. ‘Under the bill, biennial appropria- tions of $9,000 are given ‘the fairs at Mandan, Grand Forks and Fargo and $4,000 is given the fair at Minot, The ‘Minot fair has a standing biennial appropriation of $5,000 which gives jit the same amount as the other ex- j positions, . The bill was introduced by Repre- jsentatives Einar Muus, Ward, E. £. Veitch, Grand Forks, E. R. Helbling Morton, and J. A. Jardine, Cass. Lehigh Plant Will”. Reopen Next Winter Dickinson, N.-D., March 3.—The Lehigh Briquetting company, with its present capacity more than doubled, will be ready to open’ for operation for next winter's business, according to an announcement by F. P. Whitney. newly-elected member of the board of directors. A bond issue has been preparec and negotiations for sale of the com- pany’s bonds have progressed to the extent where definite announcement {wall be made in March. At a meeting of the board of direc- tors last week in Fargo it was defi- nitely decided to.add a larger car- bonizer to the present one at the plant at Dickinson, Mr. Whitney said. Because the present capacity is in- adequate to supply the demand for the company’s dealers, the progran of doubling production to make the DOG TAX BILL 1S NEARING FINISH OF ~— LRGISLATIVE RAGE Measure Is Approved by Senate Committee; Already Has “Passed House The “Dog Bill” moved another step toward final: legisiative action, when the senate Monday adopted a com- mittee report recommending passage of the proposal. Introduced by Representative R. E. Strutz of Stutsman county, the meas- ure previously passed the house. ‘Under its provisions all dogs in the state would be licensed. The bill has been @ favorite topic of debate in previous legislative ses- sions, but proponents of the meas- ure contend that objectiénable fea- tures of forme: bills have been re- moved. A bill by Representatives John Halcrow, Pembina county, and L. L. Twichell, Cass county, to permit the use of grain or ethyl alcohol for non- beverage purposes in hospitals, labor- atories, and clinics and for manufac- ture and industrial purposes, will go on the senate calendar as a result of the assembly’s action in adopting a favorable committee report. Sponsors of the measure contend the bill will remedy an omission in the state’s prohibition laws which now prohibit the use of alcohol for hospital and other purposes. Placed on the calendar as a result of adoption of a committee report operation profitable was decided upon by the directors. recommending passage, was @ bill by Representative H. L. Halvorson, ‘Ward, to empower the state board of ‘school lands to lea y school land con- taining gas, sodium, chemical sub- stances or allodial and other clays. School lands containing these re- sources cannot be leased under the nt law and A? ki is designed rovide this authority. Treat of the highways commit- tee, recommending passage of a bill by Representative A. J. Rulon, Stuts- man county, providing for extending the state highway system from 7,500 to 7,600 miles was adopted by the senate, The bill aims to include cer- tain connecting links in the state’s highway system. RETIRED BARBER PAINTS - New York, March 3—(#)—Among the creations of waiters, millionaires, the annual exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists are those of J. H. Frost, 74, who began to paint ‘when he was 60 after retiring from the barber supply business. Make up your mind today that you are going to give your skin a real chance to get well. You've probably been, like a lot lof other people, convinced that the only thing to use was an ointment or salve (some of them are very good) but in the big majority of cases these sticky salves simply clog the pores and the condition primarily remains the same. 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