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

Gow Beuwsw cana Ba st sie ’ ” & * He: Alfalfa and Other Feed Crops Are Increasing in Spring Wh THE BISMAR “K TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981 REDUCTIONS OF 15 10.30 PER CENT IN WHEAT PREDICTED -More Land Being Left Idle in New Rockford, Williston, Minot Areas RAIN HAS BEEN INSUFFICIENT | Seeding of All Grains Much Later and Planting of Corn Hasn't Begun 1 From practically all. points in the{ spring wheat area come reports that} shere is a general changing ever ta ‘arger plantings of alfalfa anu other «teed crops, with reduction of 15 to 30 per cent in wheat acreage, the Farm- ers’ Union Terminal association week- ily report says. “In several other sections, accord- ing to reports from New Reckford, Williston, Minot and other sections, more land being left idle or “evoted to summer fallow than in many years,” the review says. From. Mon- tana and western North Dakota come reports of larger acreages being de- bas voted to flax. “Light rains which have been re- ported in several parts of the spring} wheat territory early this month have | been insufficient to relieve the dry soil conditions and unless frequent rains are received soon, spring wheat will have a poor start. Spring seed- ing of wheat is pretty well completed out germination has been retarded by lack of rain and ‘unseasonably cold | weather. “From Minot comes the report that thousands of acres will not sprout un- less moisture is reccived soon and that same farmers in: Williaris and Divide counties have stopped seeding and will save their seed unless mois- ture comes soon. Dry conditions are reported throughout western North Dakota and most of Montana, though there are some sections where mois- ture is sufficient to germinate seed. “From Sanish, Stanley, Plaza and other points in western North Dakota; comes reports of dry conditions, though soil blowing has not deen so serious as in April because winds have not been so strong. Conditicns in northeastern and east central North} Dakota remain fair, but the outlook is less favorable in the Jamestown, For-} man, LaMoure, Lisbon and Kulm areas than earlier in the season, as there has been very little moisture. “Seeding of all grains is much later | than usual and corn planting has not started,’ with indications that it will/ be rather dangerously late. In south-| ern and southeastern North Dakota and northern South Dakota, where conditions were favorable early‘in the year, eontinued lack of moisture has resulted in dry topsoil and rain imme- Giately is essential to give the crops a fair start. remain good in those sections, but all grains need moisture. Reports from Kulm, Forbes, Fessenden and Karnak in North Dakota say there is » crying need for rain. “Winter wheat has been badly dam- aged in parts of Montana with 50 per | cent of the acreage in Fergus county to be reseeded and 15 to 20 per cent in Cascade county. Some losses due to cutworms also are reported. ondi- tion of livestock generally is 20d to excellent. “Crop conditions in Minnesvta are more favorable than in other states | with fair moisture condition reported in the southern part of the state. Soil conditions have been favorable} in most of the Soo Line territory as) far north as the Canadian border. In the Red river valley there is some complaint of lack of moisture, out the situation is not yet serious.” —A Series Explaining the Contract Bridge System— By WM. E. McKENNEY | Secretary American Bridge League | In our previous article, we took up Diamonds—A-K Clubs—A-Q-5 ‘We can readily see that the hand \tne forcing two of a suit bid which is | n.ust lose one spade trick, two heart the powerhouse hand and informs tricks and possibly two club tricks— Partner that you expect to go game five losing tricks. But if partner has even though his hand is trickless. [cn in-card, we can take what may Quite often, however, we pick up| prove to be a successful club finesse, @ hand which is quite powerful, but) or we may be able to force a club not strong enough to make a two | lead up to the ace queen. In other forcing bid with, but still requires! words, with a holding of the above only one trick from partner to go| type, the bidding should be opened game. If we were to bid one, partner ' with three hearts, requesting partner jtlds open. might pass as-he is required to have | one and one-half tricks to keep one | Hands of this type are handled in two ways: 1—If you have a hand containing | four or five quick tricks distributed | in four suits and only a four-card | biddable suit, these hands may be| cpened with an original two no trump | bid. They are too strong to open with cne in the four-card suit and still not strong enough to make a forcing | two bid, therefore an original two no| trump bid shows a strong hand, all/ four suits stopped, and invites part- | ver to go to three no trump with one trick. 2—When we pick up a hand con- taining a long major suit, and one in-card in partner's hand is likely to Produce game, these hands should be opened with an original suit bid cf three, An original suit bid of three advises partner: ‘That trump support is not neces- ry. That you do not have a no trump distribution. That you can go game with one trick in his hand. That you have at least two quick tricks on the side. E. g. Your hand contains Spades—8 | to go to four even though he does not hold normal support, but has one entry into his hand. While it is quite true that if the club finesse fails we will be down one trick, the odds are in favor of the declarer. ORIGINAL SUIT BIDS OF THREE OF A MINOR An original bid of three in a minor suit from a lqve score is rarely made and is not recommended. There is ro advantage in making an original three minor bid if it will not shut the opponents out if they have a strong major suit holding, and all it might do is to prevent partner from show- ing a strong suit of his own which might lead to a game going declara- tion in no trump. A three bid in a ininor rarely comes in the preemptive class, and as long as you are going to pre-empt, you must pre-empt high enough to shut out your opponents, and this cannot be done with a three minor suit bid. Of course, if you have a partial score and three or four of a minor will give you game, you would be justified in opening with three of a minor if your hand contained eight probable tricks and at least a six card minor sult headed by ace, king, queen. Hearts—Q-J-10-9-8-7-5 i (Copyright. 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) Jamestown presiding. Thirty - six | Jurymen were impaneled. Hebron. — Joe Kaufman was | elected president of the Hebron Golf club at its organization meeting here. Sam Schierbaum was named vice president and Krauth, secretary - treasurer. Thirty members have joined the new club and work was begun on the course. New England—Emil 0. Morstad, | {Superintendent of schools at Stark-! weather the last six years, has been | elected superintendent of the New WOOL GROWERS AT SLOPE CONFERENCE Montana and South Dakota! Men Principal Speakers at New England New England, N. D., May 13.—(P)— | | Wool marketing and the outlook for | | wool and lamb prices, preparation of wool for the highest market price, England city schools. Fessenden.—Wells county's an- nual play day and track and field events for school children was held here. Among schools par- ticipating were Harvey, Fessen- den, Bowdon, Heaton, Sykcston, Hurdsfield, Cathay, Marfred, Wellsbury, Heimdal, Hamberg, Emrick, Hebron, Bremen, Chase- ley, Bowman, Cottonwood ard St. Elizabeth. McClusky.—8. F. Lambert, Bis- marck, was awarded the contract for graveling and regraveling approxi- ‘mately 30 miles of county road with a bid of $5,130. { and the best methods in the manage- ment of ewes before breeding were outstanding topics discussed here Tuesday at a meeting of wool growers | from ‘ix counties. Matt Staff, of Montana, and J. H. Lemmon, Lemmon, 8. D., president and a director, respectively, of the National Cooperative Wool Market- ing corporation, were the principal speakers before the meeting, which was called by County Agent Walter Sales, organizer and secretary pf the New England wool pool. Sheep men from Slope, Bowman, Adams, Hettinger, Grant, and Stark counties attended the session which Hay and pastures still; Hazelton.—Mrs. J. H. Wetllitz began Tuesday morning and con- | tinued through the afternoon with was elected president of the Ha- zelton unit of the American Le- gion Auxiliary at its reeular monthly meeting here. irs. F.O. | Crouse was named vice president; | Mrs, E. Hulsether, secretary and | treasurer. Amidon.—Five play days were held throughout Slope county at Cash, Woodberry, Mound, Dovre and Ami-) don. Minnewaukan. — W. Z. Zelimer, Fessenden, was named comman- der of the district council of the American Legion at a meeting here. Other officers are Carl Thompson, New Rockford, vice commander; Victor Thom. Good- rich, adjutant and Harry Pea:son, Kensal, finance officer. R J. Kamplin, state commander, and Mrs. James Morris, Bismarck, News of Interest in N. D. Towns), (By The Associated Press) | McClusky. — The BancNorthwest ; company of Minneapolis was success- ful bidder for Sheridan county's $15,- | 000 bond issue, charging 4'a per cent | interest and offering a premium of | ries of 10 pre-school conferences in Wells county was held here Tuesday. Conferences will be held on nine successive days at Bre- men, Heimdal, Heaton, Fessenden, Manfred, Sykeston, Cathay. Chaseley, and Harvey. Dr. May- sill Williams and Miss Olive Lee, R. N. Division of Child-Hygiene, state department of public health, Bismarck, are conducting the ex- aminations of children under school age. $28. i Hurdsfield.—The first of a se- | Linton.—Spring term of district court will open here May 19 with Judge William H.° Hutchinson of STICKER : -P past department president >: the Auxiliary, spoke. Harvey. — The Reimche Memorial hospital here, owned and operated by Dr. J. J. Seibel, has been sold to the Good Samaritan Society of the Evan- gelical Lutherans. | addresses by prominent wool men. The program was interspersed with entertainment features. Assessment of sheep was discussed with speakers claiming that the ratio of sheep assessments is tooo high as compared to other stock and per- sonal property. Pre-shearing loans or how to se- cure advances through the wool pool at a low interest rate was thorouehly explained -as well as many cer points by Floyd Garfoot, New Eng- land; Lerow Moomow, Dickinson; and Mr. Lemmon and Mr. Staff. >°¢—_ | City-County News H & J. A. Solien, director of rura) edu- cation for the state department of public instruction, has left for Ca lier county to inspect new schools which have qualified for classification this year. He will return by way of Mayville where on Friday he will act as a judge at the Traiil county play day, to be held there under the direc- tion of the State Teachers’ coliege as a part of their program in rural teacher-training. CAR FREIGHT RATES . FOR N. D, POTATOES SAID UNREASONABLE Proposed Increases to Points in Western Trunk Line Area Unjustified ‘Washington, May 13.—(?)—Rates on potatoes, in carloads, from points in western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota to territory east of the Mis- sissippi river have been found unrea- sonable by ‘the Interstate Commerce commission and a new basis of rates prescribed. At the same time the commission held rates from the Red River Valley district in Minnesota and North Da- kota were not unreasonable but were prejudicial in part. Modification was ordered. Proposed rate increases on potatoes from North and South Dakota, Min- nesota, and Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan to points in western trunk line territory and points east of the Mississippi were held unjustified. These proposed schedules were suspended. ‘The commission found rates from the Red River valley and adjacent potato producing points were unduly prejudicial in comparison with those from the Cambridge group and the following rates for the future were prescribed: territory, rates based on 27.5 per cent of corresponding through first class rates, subject to certain modifications. To points north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Missis- sippt, including Chicago and St. Louis, rates from the Cambridge group would be based on 27.5 per cent of the cor- responding through first class rates from Cambridge, Minn., and the fol- lowing rates from other producing points related thereto: from the Wau- bridge; from the Red River valley, including points north of a line through Fairmont, N. D., and Camp- bell, Fergus Falls, Vergas, and Walker, Minn., and south of a line through Vance and Gardner, N. D., and Hen- |drum, Fertile and Wager, Minn., seven cents; from the Red River valley north of the other group and south of a line through Gilby and Levant, N. D., and Argyle, and New Foulden, Minn., 10 ‘cents, and ‘from points in} the Red River valley north of the second group 13 cents over Cam- bridge; from the territory between the Cambridge group ‘and the Red River valley, four cents. 'Second , Attempt to Wreck Train Fails Butte, Mont, May 13—()—The second attempt within two weeks to wreck a passenger train near Butte failed Monday night when an ex- plosion under the rails of the Orégon short line track lacktd sufficient force to cause damage. The first attempt was in placing timber across the Great Northern track. The engine crew saw the ob- struction and halted the train with- out damage. Crossing watchmen heard the ex- plosion Monday night and notified the sheriff's office. Officers give rob- bery as the motive for both attempts, Monday night's explosion occurred about 11 p.m. A train was due from Salt Lake City at 4:05 a. m Benson County Named For Early Legislator Editor's Note: This following article is another of a daily series ‘on the history of .North Dakota counties. (By The Associated Press) Benson—It perpetuates the name of B. W. Benson, a member of the ter- ritorial legislature in 1883, the year in which the county was organized. - | Formed out-of parts of Ramsey and what was once, De Smet county, the boundaries were’changed in 1885 and | 1887. It is of irregular shape owing te the shore line of Devils Lake on the East. Fruit trees of the smaller var- lieties thrive well, and the larger jeastern varieties, especially apples ‘have met with success. Minnewaukan |is the county seat. OUT OUR WAY By. William: ~ UU? <re, . HEROES ARE MADE—NoT BORN SR WILLIAMS, 53 To points in western trunk uine| PEOPLE’ viduals unfairly, or which offend returned to the writers, All letters @ pseudonym, sign the pseud ‘We will respect such request: of letters as may b | COMMENDATION WITH A KICK i May 12, 1931. Editor, Tribune: The Association of Commerce and The Tribune are to be commended for sponsoring and giving such excel- lent publicity to the Spring Clean-up ;Campaign. This campaign has had ja marked effect upon the appearance of our city and. has engendered a friendly spirit of rivalry among neighbors as to who keeps his pre- mises in the best and cleanest condi- tion. There are, however, two places in the heart of our city that are littered with rubbish and I am amazed at the failure of the owners or custodians of these places to clean them up. I refer to the vacant space on Fourth street, between the bank and Quan- rud’s, across the street from the Grand Pacific hotel, and the space back of the sign boards, visible from {the alley. Both of these spaces are {littered with rubbish of various sorts {and should be cleaned up immediate- ly. They are both “eye sores” and are seen daily by hundreds of people in- cluding out-of-town visitors. Perhaps you can bring this matter to the attention of the proper parties to the end that the places will be cleaned up and kept that way. A CITIZEN. PROSPECTS FOR LIGNITE May 11, 1931. Editor, Tribune: Some time ago, I saw a copy of an editorial that you published. This was in the Minneapolis Tribune. I thought it might prove interestng to you to know some of the recent de- velopments in lignite coal briquetting. During the last five years, I have ‘done considerable research work along paca group, six cents’ under Cam-itnis tine, and have finally developed @ process that will handle lignite or other high volatile coals, producing a briquet that is equal to any of the briquets on the market at the present time. { By means of this process, we take lout a portion of the volatile, but do not produce the usual by-products |that are proving so difficult to sell. |The oils taken out are used with the binder. We are now erecting here a com- Editor's Note.—The Tribune welcomes letters on subjects of interest. Lettera dealing with controversial religiout nym first and your own name beneath it. @ reserve the right to delete such parts essary to conform to this policy. S FORUM ubjects, which attack indt- food taste and fair play will be UST be signed. If you wish to use @s your discussion of it are of wide interest, and especially so to me. Is it not generally acknowledged this nation’s wealth, which is repre- sented by money, is being concen- eat Area proposition is a three year morator!- um on interest, the theory being that this would enable the farmer to catch up at it were, assuming that if agri- cultural conditions improve he may be eventually able to pay the princi- pal. Maybe his idea is not so crazy after all. Moratorium was granted during the war, done as an emergency measure even by the capitalists them- selves. If there ever was an emer- gency it is now as far as the farmer is concerned. ‘The capitalism perch is high yet, but it is on trial right now. Suppose that the farmers of this country never could meet their obligations and the trated in fewer hands all the time ; (4-per cent of the people owning 80 | per cent of the wealth) and that this !is deemed a menace? The interest | system is certainly the greatest if not | the sole factor in bringing this about. | Townley is not the only one who | views interest with alarm. I am re- | Hably informed that such men as Ford and Edison, with thousands of others, regard interest as undesirable. You say “Every person who uses common sense will agree with the Wall Stfeet baron’s (Baker's) view.” | True, some farmers have built small fortunes on a basis of borrowed cap- ital. Why? For the same reason that the Bakers, the Pierpont-Mor- gans and other barons did—by spec- | ulation made possible by credit. But | what about the farmers who rely j solely on their labor production? Would you say there is a chance that if everybody were equally smart in using borrowed capital and paid in- terest for it, they would all reap such profits? If so, who would pay the interest and to whom? No, all such profits made by reason of interest are | made at somebody else’s expense and land should be taken over by the creditors, a cataclysm which seems inevitable, then what? Corporation farming? The Baker view on inter- est would prevail over the Townley view. We should then have a landed aristocracy as in Russia before the revolution. But where does our boasted American democracy come in? How long would the American people endure such a state of affairs? With the spectre of over-production and without any prospect of farm re- Nef through debenture or McNary- | Haugen principles, it may be that the | Frazier Farm Funding bill (for re- duction of interest to 4 per cent on the amortization plan) or the Town- ley proposed moratorium are the only possible solutions offered yet. 8. A. OLSNESS. © 110 Ex-Servicemen at | Bottineau Meeting Bottineau, N. D., May 13.—(}—One | hundred and ten ex-service men at- | tended the annual district mecting | | that somebody else is the millions of | | actual laborers on the farms, in the | | mines and factories and on the seas, | | who are the only producers of real | wealth, i True also, great things have been ; | accomplished by pooling effort and | | credit, whether it be done after the ‘manner of ancient kings, em or other autocratic masters, power to draft and command hosts of serfs to do the work. As example we have the hanging gardens of | Babylon, the great pyramids of Egypt, | | the great Roman highways which are! | yet in evidence, the marvelous cathe- | drals of Europe and the temples of the Orient, etc. Great things are no doubt achieved today in Italy under | Fascism, as well as in Russia under the cruel soviet system. Great things are also achieved under American j capitalism. The skyscrapers would be impossible without it. Capitalism | rests on the interest system, Which of those systems is the most cruel and most efficient is the big question, here of the Amczican Legion. State | Commander R. J. Kamplin, Bismarck; State Adjutant Jack Williams, Fargo: | Veterans Service Commissioner T. O. Kraabel, Fargo; and District Deputy | Coffman, Devils Lake, addressed the | gathering. Among towns represented were Westhope, Willow City, Dun-! seith, Bisbee, Newburg, Souris, Kram- and Landa. * Oklahoma City, in organized base- ball for 25 years, has won but two pennants. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WAS VIRTUAL ‘CAMP Professor Recalls When Draft. ed Men Were Sent to Forks for Training Grand Forks, N. D., May 13—The slow sagging-in of an old mine drift on the outskirts of the campus at the University of North Dakota, recalls to E. F. Chandler, dean of the col- Jege of engineering, the time when the mine shaft was built during the summer and fall of 1918 when the campus was virtually a military camp. Companies of drafted men were sent to the university for special training in wireless telegraphy, con- crete, blacksmithing, auto mechanics, carpentry, and mining for a two nonths period. Although the men lived under military supervision they ¢pent seven hours every day in the above class work. A series of mine shafts were dug and underground tunnels were exca- vated to connect them, Dean Chand- ler said. Six shafts were dug, but cnly four were connected as the Armistice was signed and the shafts were abandoned, This drift or tunnel was 80 feet long with a cross tunnel of 40 feet, 4 feet wide and 6 feet high. If the military camp had been held longer on the campus an elaborate series of labyrinths would have been built, Dean Chandler said. By work- ing in shafts, the men learned meth- eds of lumbering and installing satis- factory ventilation systems for mili- tary mines. At present the old shaft is used by engineering students when they re- ceive special traizing in first aid and rescue work. Every two years, the U. S. bureau of mines sends out a rescue car with officials to give spe- cial instruction to engineers on how with | ¢T Carbury, Antler, Overly, Omemet|+, conduct rescue work in mines. Some of the students act as victims caught in a mine trap while others equipped with gas masks, oxygen tanks and rescue equipment release the victims from their im it. Castoria...for plete pilot plant with a capacity of about two tons per hour, that will that agitates statesmen and thinkers of the present day. As for the com- CHILDREN’S {operate in exactly thz- same manner {as a large plant, the only difference |being in the size of the units. A plant of a capacity of 12% tons per hour, under ordinary cohditions, can ‘be erected for approximately $70,000. This will produce a briquet from N. D. \lignite having @ moisture content of tabout 5% and should have about | 12000 B. T. Us. | This briquet will store indefinitely, (being -‘aterproof. The cost of manu- facture is most reasonable. If you care to have it, I would be pleased to furnish ‘you’ further information. My only object in writing this let- jter is informing you of the progress we are making in this line. R. E. WILLARD, Consulting Engineer. SEES INTEREST AS HARMFUL Bismarck, N. May 12, 1931. Editor, Tribune: In your issue for the 7th inst. you had an editorial entitled “Two Views | on Interest.” The suggestions as well | mon man (the 95 per cent), it makes little difference. A year ago your paper published the report of David L. Wickens, fi- nancial and economic expert, showing the mortgage indebtedness against the farmers of the whole United States. In this report North Dakota | was listed with an incumbrance of $230,000,000.00. Assuming that this | debt draws 7 per cent. interest, we | have the stupendous amount of $16,- 100,000.00, most of which goes to the | eastern. capitalists: You admit that interest entails abusive practices and I agree with you. Will anyone with common sense believe for a minute | that our present farm population will ever be able to pay this enormous debt with interest, at. the present prices on farm products? If not, | what would be the result? Either | repudiation of the debt or complete surrender of holdings to the creditors —Wall Street barons with Baker's view on interest. From what I have been able to glean from the press, A. C. Townley’s ailments Are you prepared to render first aid and quick comfort the moment your youngster has an upset of any sort? Could you do the right thing —immediately—though the emer- gency came without warning— perhaps tonight? 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