The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 13, 1931, Page 2

COLORADO'S EXPERT | Woman I PROTECTS GROWERS AGAINST POOR SEED Miss Anna M. Lute, State Seed Analyst, Honored for Im- portant Work CAUGHT BOGUS SEED SELLER} Thousands of Lots Come to Her Office Annually for Her Inspection | 1 Fort Collins, Colo. April 13— (NEA)—A woman, Anna M. Lute, 15 doing a lot to save money for farm- ers of this state and others in the Rocky Mountain region. Miss Lute is state seed «nalyst. Through her efforts farmers are re- ceiving better seeds and producing better crops. Also through the energy of this woman, many dispensers of inferior seeds have been prosecuted and one of the most notorious was convicted of selling bogus grass seed containing a large percentage of weeds, at the high cost of $1.50 a pound. | This man, known as “Dr. Miller, the Miracle Man,” had made a for- tune selling his grass seed which, ac- cording to his advertisements, could | be sown on old weedy lawns, would grow anywhere, in any soil, and was not affected by heat, coid or shade. He was finally caught, through the efforts of Miss Lute, and imprisoned in Illinois. Such instances are only part of the work of this brilliant woman who is making seeds safe for farme:s and who has received the distinction of being made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her main work consists of testing and determining the fitness of seeds. Tests Thousands of Lots To her office there come yearly thousands of seed samples for testing —from farmers, seedsmen, clevator | and grain companies. Each sample is listed, thoroughly mixed and care- fully weighed out for tests. Each small sample is then separated into pure seed, other crop seeds, weed seeds and inert matter. ‘Some idea of the difficulty in sep-| arating the seeds in a single sample| is seen in the fact that in alfalfa seed alone the following weed seeds are commonly found and must be classified; dodder, perennial pepper- grass, Russian thistle, pigweed. tum- bleweed, Lamb's quarter, green fox- tail, sweet clover, salt bush, poverty weeds and many others. ‘After a percentage of pure seed has| been determined, a subsequent «mall- er sample is taken for germination. ; For this purpose lots of from two to 800 seeds are used. These must be accurately counted. Machine Counts Seed 1 For many years the counting of seeds had to be done by hand. About. a year and a half ago, however, the; U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry at Washington, D. C., in cooperation with various seed laboratories, per- fected a mechanical seed counter which is entirely satisfactory. i | more than last year. jtotal acreage planted, both winter is Doing Great Deal to Help Rocky Mountain Farmers Sere | | Helps! Farmers | | A mechanical seed counter, used in the testing of seed, is being demon- strated here by Anna M. Lute, state seed analyst of Colorado. importation of field and garden seed, to test such seed, and to discover vio- | lations of the pure seed act. Inferior seeds and noxious weeds) mixed with them injure crops and some of them kill livestock as well. A recent report of the Coloradc state chemist states that the mysterious death of steers in the Cattle creek region was due to eating the rcots of | water hemlock. Severe losses of livestock in the state have also resulted from cating whorled milkweed, larkspur and other | weeds. CROP ESTIMATE FOR YEAR DISCOURAGING. 1) FEDERAL BOARD Greater 1931 Production Ex:| pected to Nullify Efforts at | Acreage Cuts Washington, April 13.—(#)—The farm board faced a new barrier Fri- day in its drive to reduce the surplus | of domestic wheat. Piled high in front of it was an es- timated production of 644,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, 40,000,000 This bumper crop was seen as a nullifier of the board’s success in ob- taining a three per cent reduction in and spring. . Should normal weather prevail and & normal yield be harvested the total 1931 production would be 865,000,000, as compared with 851,000,000 last year. Such an indicated production pos- sibly would create another emergency in view of expected large world carry- overs and only a slight reduction in world acreage exclusive of Russia which has said it would increase = plantings. A relatively light winter, conducive to good growing, brought winter! wheat to a high April 1 condition of | ‘This machine counts seeds in size from timothy to beans and deposits | them in neat rows upon a germina-} tion medium, usually a blotting pa-j| Per, moss or flannel, | The germination tests are then! made in ovens or incubators where the temperature is regulated. Many common seeds require five to six days in the germinating chamber and some, like beets, broom grass, meadow fescue and red tops, require longer. It is in this germination process that Miss Lute is able to determine the quality of the seed. If the sam- ples do not react according to the germination of proper seed, they are considered inferior and are labeled as such. Laws of the state Tequite that all seeds be labeled so that farmers know what they are buying. U. S. Representative Abroad In reward for her seed testiny work, Miss Lute and two other delegates will represent the United States at the International Seed Testing Con- gress at Waageningen, Holland, in July. The object of the state seed de- partment is to regulate the sale and One Cent a Day Pays Up to $100 a Month The Postal Life & Casualty Insur- ance Co., 7636 Dierks Building, Kan- sas City, Mo., is offering a new acci- dent policy that pays up to $100 a month for 24 months for disability and $1,000.00 for deaths—costs less than Ic a day—$3.50 a year. Over 68,000 already have this protection. Men, women and children, ages 10 to ‘70, eligible. Send no money. Simply send name, address, age, beneficiary's name and relationship and they will send this policy on 10 days’ FREE in- spection. No examination is required. ‘This offer is limited, so write them today.—Advertisement. STICKERS 88.8 per cent of normal. The aban- donment was only four per cent. With the winter growing season considered abnormally favorable, it is possible the indicated yield may be cut through adverse weather prior to harvest time. Some economists be- Meve even under normal conditions) the production will not equel 644,-/ | night program at the church last | | of the local Scout organization was a 000,000 bushels. The United States surplus available] for export and carry-over on July 1) was placed Thursday by the agricul- | ture department at 290,000,600 bush- | jels, 15,000,000 more than last year. The farm board is believed to hold | @ large part of this. Even though an emergency should! exist in the 1931 crop, the board is not | expected to alter its decision not to! authorize stabilization operations. It, may, however, cause delay in plans for disposing of surplus stocks which | els in actual wheat and futures. Penniless and unable to suppert their two children, the mother and father of four-year-old Nathan Nadien (left) and three-year-old David (right) of Brooklyn have offered them for temporary adoption. Both children are talented and the younger plays the violin. ‘Troop 2, sponsored by the Methodist church of Bismarck, put on @ parents’ | Tuesday evening under the direction of their scoutmaster, Albert Cordner, and his assistants, Ernest Penwarden and William Groves. The troop members gave a program for their parents which was featured by having each scout present to his mother a miniature Scout pin of his own rank. | The troop plans to keep up this plan and as each Scout advances he will) present a miniature pin to his mother | of this higher rank. The Knights of Columbus Friday | in the gymnasium at St. Mary's; school. The Scouts put on a program | which consisted of opening and clos- (ing ceremonies and various patrol | Pas and projects. The program | was under the direction of J. N. Roherty who called on various men to talk to the Scouts of the two troops. | The men entertained the boys by} staging a real rooster fight with all the ‘men participating. After the program the Scouts and Knights pres- ent adjourned to the dining room for a lynch. Troop seven has, Clayton Figlayson and George Jaszkowiak as Scoutleaders with J. P. Wagner, Tom Galvin and ‘Paul Halloran as the troop committee. Troop eight is headed by Father Wacker with J. N. Roherty, J. E. O’Neil, and Father Slag as the troop committee. All of these men were present at the program. Judge A. M. Christianson, president guest and gave a talk. Sunday afternoon the scouts of troop eight are planning a Father and Son hike. Each Scout is to bring his father and the boys will cook supper for their Dads. The Scouts of Troop three, who won the Troop Rating Contest for the month of February,.were guests of the Paramount theatre Wednes- day evening. The Paramount will in- vite the winning troop cach month during the year as its guests for a performance. Many of the Scouts are entering the Bird Identification contest spon- sored by the State Historical society. |‘The closing date of the contest has |been advanced until April 25th. Any Bismarck boy or girl is eligible to en- ter. Classes in marksmanship and areh- ery are scheduled to begin next week. Capt.: Tourtillot and William Smith will give instruction in marksmanship while the Junior officers of camp ~ JOURNALIST GROUP HEARS ADDRESS BY GRAND FORKS MAN W. P. Davies, ‘Dean of N. D. Newspaper Men,’ Speaks to Sigma Delta Chi Grand Forks, N. D., April 13.—(®)— Reviewing the history of newspapers jof the state, W. P. Davies, ed'tor of the Grand Forks Herald, spoke at the |evening entertained the Scouts of /annual Founder's Day dinner of Sig- | Troops seven and eight at a program | ma Delta Chi, national professional | journalism fraternity,’ Saturday | night. Mr. Davies, “Dean of the North Dakota newspaper men,” nointed out there is no newspaper daily exist- ing in the state operated by its orig- inal management. The firt newspa- per established was The Bismarck Tribune, he said. Other speakers were Franklin E. Bump and Joseph Mader ot the Uni- versity of North Dakota journalism department; Sidney W. Hooper, Charles R. Andrus, Edward M. Yoe- um. Roy Johnson and Gerald Movius of the Fargo Forum; James Milloy, secretary of the Greater North Dakota association; L. E. George of the Hillsboro Banner, Gile bert Stewart, Mandan, a new initiate; Alvin Austin, president of the frater- nity; Maurice Ryan, national alumni secretary, Fargo; Rilie Morgan and. John Monroe, of the Walsh County Record, Grafton; M. M. Oppegard .of the Grand Forks Herald; Lyle Web- ster of the Walhalla Mountaineer, and Prof. Robert Forsythe, of the University English department Preceding the initiation, Johnson, George and Milloy were initiated into the associate membership of the group, and Joyce Roberts, Tower City, Ray Herriges, Madison, Minn., Hugh Moore, Carrington, and Stew- art became active members. ' Norman B. Black, late publisher of the Fargo Forum and an associate member of the university chapter at the time of his death, was honored at memorial services. PRACTICE WITH GAS MASKS London, April 13—(?)—All British army and Red Cross nurses have to Practice with gas masks. When an alarm is sounded they put on masks and get experiences in treating wounded in smoke simulating poison- ous fumes. Tom Shaw, labor war have been placed at 200,000,000 bush-; Chan Owapi will give instruction in| minister, ordered the practice, “an- Archery. ai ticipating the aia an of future war.” OUT OUR WAY By Williams THE BISMARCK K TRIBUNE, MON MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1931 SS ae OF T. RS i LIFE IN BADLANDS} «.., leuaine American Never Qut- grew Affection for Western North Dakota Editors Note: This is one of five essays awarded prizes in a competition sponsored by the Bismarck com- mittee on Navy day observance. Another will appear in Tuesday's Tribune. ¢ THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN NORTH DAKOTA By Mary Mahiman, Bismarck The train rumbled into the small town of Little Missouri, which is lo- cated on the riyer by the same name, at three o'clock in the morning on the day of September 7, 1883. (This little town soon died out when Medora was prccanad on the other side of the river, A young easterner by the name of Theodore Roosevelt got off the train and walked up to a small hotel. Aft- cr long and loud knocking he finally was admitted and he was given & loft to sleep in with cow-punchers, horse-thieves, gamblers, and shoring hunters... This started Roosevelt's career in North Dakota. After a few days Roosevelt met a man by the name of Joe Ferris who was from New Brunswick and they soon became life-long friends. Joe Ferris took the easterner about young 50 miles south of Little Missouri, | where Roosevelt shot a buffalo. He grew to love the wild and fan- tastic country. Soon he went into partnership with Joe Ferris, Sylvane Ferris, and A. W. Merrifield, They started Chimney Butte Ranch with four hundred and fifty cattle. Roosevelt stayed at the ranch more than half of every year. He and two friends from Maine, W. W. Sewall and Wilmet Daw, started Elkhorn Ranch. This is where Roose- velt wrote some books, among them some hunting sketches. Roosevelt's friends noticed that Roosevelt didn’t care for money, yet he was thrifty; that he worked hard and learned quickly; that he was never “bossy,” although he was their leader; that he was always glad to get information from western friends concerning managing and didn’t act as though he knew it all; and that he was always insistent on discipline, obedience, and so forth. Roosevelt was quick-tempered:and sometimes impatient, but his men noted that, when in stress, he was al- ‘ways cool-headed. He enjoyed the life of a ranchman very much indeed. Roosevelt realized the need of law- ful order near Medora, for cattle and horse-thieves were acting as freely as they pleased. So he organized and presided at the Little Missouri River Stockmen’s association. . He was the president of it for several years, For a while he was also the deputy-sheriff of Billings county. Roosevelt came into occasional con- flict with the Marquis de Mores, a tich nobleman who dreamed that he could expand the little frontier town into a second Omaha. ‘Through a chain of circumstances which he was unable: to conrol, de Mores became the center of forces of violence. Finally, de Mores wrote to Roosevelt and told him that he want- ed to fight a duel with him. Roose- velt wrote back and said he would accept the challenge. By that time the Marquis had “cooled off” and he invited Roosevelt to dinner. The greater time of the years '1883- 1886 he was at the ranches. There- after he had public duties in the East. In 1900 he became vice president of the United States and in 1903, after President McKinley's death, he be- came president. His love for the Badlands never faded. Roosevelt quoted Kipling saying, “Whatever may happen, I can thank God I have lived and toiled with men.” SCHOOL CHILDREN GET WORD FROM ABROAD Danish Children Thank Pupils of Local Schools for Christ- mas Boxes Sent Boys and girls of the Will. Junior high school and one boy, at least, at the William Moore school have an teachers beseiged with inquiries about this and that as a result of letters received this week from school chil- dren in Denmark, through the offices it i : ie e z i uf si ent & 5 i s if : BE —A Series Explaining the Contract Bridge System— By WM. pyle McKENNEY ear Sorgians returning from Miami this year, the following interesting hand’ was played and brings out a very instructive point. When you hold_a high honor of opponents’ trump, this card may appear worth- Jess, but very often it can be used to good advantage to establish a trump in your partner's hand. The Bidding The hand was played at auction and the bidding was as follows: South passed, West bid one heart. North overcalled with a spade. While East's hand was rather weak, he, was justi- fied in bidding two diamonds after his partner had opened the bidding. South supported his partner's suit by bidding two spades. West then bid three hearts which bought the con- tract. The contract bidding would be the same except that some bold players might risk four hearts with the West hand after. the diamond bid by East. The Play North made the natural opening— the king of spades, which held the trick, South playing the five. North King, queen,*the king should be led to show the ace. If it holds the trick, don’t continue with the ace, but lead the queen so that your partner can better read your hand. South played the 10 and West, the declarer, the six ie South had played the five and bg? spades thereby denying holding the eight spot. He now held either North won with the queen. With no More trump in dummy, North was correct in leading his ace of spades to ! Q-8-7-2 STATE'S HIGHWAYS REPORTED IN FAIR 10 GOOD CONDITION Fargo-to-Beach Road Good With Exception of Two De- tours Near Hebron Highways throughout the state are reported in fair to good condition, ac- cording to the weekly road condition report of the department of state highways. In the northeast pen of the state some earth are in poor condition and load mits |re necessary on surfaced roads due to wet weather. Conditions of various highways: U. 8. 2—Grand Forks to the Mon- tana state line, force the declarer. A small diamond was discarded from dummy. What would you do with the South hand? | Would you discard a club or @ diamond? If so, the declarer will make four odd. You hold the king of hearts-tyou know that the declarer will swing his ace of hearts on the next round, picking up your king. He will then lead his jack, and if your. partner should happen to have the nine and e. small heart, this will pick’ . | up your partner’s nine spot. When this hand was played, South trumped his partner’s ace of spades with the king of hearts in an en- deavor to establish the nine spot for him. Declarer was forced to over- trump with the ace of hearts. He then led the jack of hearts, . North following with the four, dummy dis- carding a club, and South discarding the five of diamonds. When the next heart was led, North won with the nine spot and led a diamond. The finesse was taken and South won with the king. By trumping his«partner’s ace of spades, South created an extra trick for his partner, thereby defeating the declarer’s contract one trick. Sou! had everything to win and nothing to lose by trumping in with the king of hearts. If his partner did not hold the nine spot, no harm was done. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) CLEAN SEED URGED IN SMUT PREVENTION Agricultural Expert Describes Steps in Eliminating Dis- - ease From Wheat ~ “Any smut removed from the seed wheat before treating against smut leaves less for the chemicals to de- stroy,” cautions W. E. Brentzel, plant pathologist of North Dakota Agricul- tural college. ‘Seed wheat may carry ‘such large quantities of smut that stored seed from weevils and to some extent from rats and mice. A fine grade of copper carbonate containing the equivalent of 18 to'20 per cent metallic copper is just as ef- fective in North Dakota as the 50 to 54 per cent product which costs more. A good grade of dust is free from grit and feels smooth when rubbed be- tween the fingers. It is fluffy and adheres well to the wheat kernels when mixed with the seed. After the seed has been thoroughly cleaned, use dust at the rate of 3 ounces per bushel. . If the 50 per cent copper dust is used, two ounces per bushel will be sufficient. Success cannot be expected unless every grain of seed is completely covered with a thin layer of copper dust. One pint (one pound) of formalde- hyde to 40 gallons of water should be used in the formaldehyde treatment: the standard recommended treat- ments are not sufficiently strong to completely destroy it. Also unbroken smut balls may not be entirely de- stroyed by the treatments and these become sources of smut contamina- tion when broken either by handling or drilling the seed. dj “upetore treating the seed, clean and grade to the best possible degree. Re- move as much dirt, weed seeds and smutted and shrivelled grains as pos- sible. The best cleaning and grading that the best machines will do is the first step towards success smut control,” Brentzel said. Extensive experiments have been conducted in North Dakota and other states duritig the last several years and results with both copper car- bonate and formaldehyde have been satisfactory. Formaldehyde has giv- en the most complete control but both prevent smut effectively. Formalde- hyde can be applied without much equipment but may injure the seed if the Sheets is allowed to dry before sowing, or if sown in dry soil. hyde is effective in treat- ing oats and barley, as well as wheat. Copper carbonate is effective only in the treatment of smut on wheat. Advantages. of copper carbonate are: It does not injure the seed even when used in excess or when sown in dry soil; it is not expensive and is easy to apply; seed can be treated in winter and stored until ready to sow; drills do not need adjustment for swelling of grain; treated seed will not be injured by freezing; it protects grain from contamination by smutty Sacks of drills; and it protects the For best results the formaldehyde should contain from 37 to 40 per cent active ingredients. ‘There are several commercial prep- erations on the market, some of which are satisfactory but not as ef- fective as formaldehyde in treating seed ‘wheat for smut. Best Varieties for North Dakota Listed Each year crops men of the state agricultural experiment station and sub-stations list the crop varieties which experimental tests and reports from all stations and laboratories in- dicate are best suited to North Dakota conditions. The list is revised an- nually in accordance with the latest authentic information. Grain varieties approved at the January, 1931, conference of these crops men include the following: Marquis and Ceres hard spring wheat; Mindum and Kubanka durum: wheat; Gopher and Victory oats; Bis- on, Buda and Linota flax; Manchuria and Trebi barley, and Dakold rye. ‘ Careful trials of these varieties in- dicate that North Dakota growers can depend upon them for satisfactory WALKER PROUD OF DRESS New York, April 13—(?)—One of the town’s niftiest dressers is proud of it. “I find some personal consola- tion in the fact that I am up to date with my tailor,” said Mayor Walker in a speech. OTHER NATURE'S CURIO SHOP ee ia ‘ Le A " good. U. 8. 10—Fargo to the Montana state line, generally good, except two foe detours, two miles west of He- ron, * U. 8, 81—White Rock, 8, D., to in- ternational boundary via Fargo and Grand Forks, generally good except portion between St. Thomas and the Canadian line, where road is heavy. This portion closed to loads over three tons. U. 8S. 83—South Dakota line via Linton to Sterling, good. 8. H. 1—South Dakota line via Oakes and Valley City to Langdon, generally good an six miles be- tween South Dakota line and Ludden, S. H. 3—South Dakota line to Dun- — South Dakota line to Hansboro via Ellendale, Jamestown and New Rockford, fair to good ex- on some soft places south of James- wn. 8. H. 5—Minnesota ‘ine at Ham- iiton to Montana, fair. Hamilton to Langdon — heavy, three-ton limit. Langdon to three miles west, rough- ith | muddy. 8. H. 6—South emer line to in- ternational boundary via Bismarck- Mandan and Minot, fair to good ex- Stl Dakota line to Selfridge, rout ternational boundary via Valley City a Minot, generally good. 8. H. 11—Fairmount to junction U. 8. 83, fair to good. Little Red Hen Sets New Egg-Laying Mark Fifty-four eggs in 54 consecutive days is a record recently made by a Rhode Island Red pullet at North Dakota Agricultural college poultry Plant. Her long run of consecutive days of laying started in January, continued uninterrupted — through February and through two-thirds of The missing of a day's lay did not @iscourage this bird and she is con- tinuing to shell. out eggs’ with regu- larity, according to Geo. P. Goodearl, instructor in poultry at the college. This bird laid her first egg on the tenth day of December. From that time until April 1 she has missed only 6 days. One hundred five eggs in 111 days from date of first egg is her record. That is only 6 days that she failed to lay in almost 4 months. The .secret of this performance, Points out Mr. Goodearl, is bred-in Production, good housing, good feed- ing and good management. GIANT TREE FALLS Fresno, Cal., Aprit 13—(P)—A tree 275 feet tall and 27 feet in diameter has toppled in General Grant Na- tional: park. Apparently it was un- balanced by a spring in the roots and « a burn at the base from an old forest fire. It was. a giant sequola named the Michigan. your kidneys at the first of disorder, Use Doan’s Successful for more than 50 RADISSON MINNEAPOLIS, Hinte, Here you will fad a frting of friendly ety ent eg ray a 4 |