The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1931, Page 2

i | 5 } t woes TOP AND SUBSOIL IN » NORTHWEST STATES INJURED BY DROUGHT Southwest Quarter of Country Has Plenty; Southeast Is Satisfactory DRY RECORD IS SET IN N. D. Wheat Said Suffering Severely, Dust Storms Blowing Seed Out of Ground Washington, May 19.—(#)—Ameri- can farm lands are not yet out of danger after last year's drought, and nited S —A Series Explaining the Contract Bridge System— By WM. E. McKENNEY Secretary American Bridge League During the past seven or eight weeks we have given you a general outline of several popular contract bridge bidding systems. Each system has many followers and there is no question but what any good contract system will arrive at the correct dec- | laration in the great majority of hands. No one system will work per- | fectly in every case. Each authority can select the hand that will suit only his system. ‘The writer has compiled what 1s known as the McKenney system for contract bidding. While the major portion of it is a composite system the better features having been se- lected from various systems, it also inculcates several new and interesting angles for contract bridge, the first and most important of which is the use of the one over one and seconty | the bidding of four-card suits aheod of five or six-card suits. may suffer a serious relapse if a single hot, dry month should come along. This is the outlook as described by J. B, Kincer, chief of the division of agricultural meteorology of the Unit- ed States weather bureau. Although the country in general is convalescing from the 1930 dry spell, ithas not yet built up enough reserve strength in the form of moisture in the subsoil, he says, to resist another prolonged attack of dry weather. ‘There is a faint possibilfty of an- other drought this summer, Kincer points out, for weather bureau records of the past show a tendency for one Gry year to follow another. This tendency is not sufficiently reliable to be used as a basis for forecasting, however. Rains in many sections so far this spring have been below normal, as was the case last year, and some areas have had even less rain in 1931 than in the drought year of 1930. States in the northwest have had subnormal rainfall for as long as fourteen years, and their reserve of moisture in the soil has practically disappeared. Rainfall of normal intensity is es- sential all summer until the end of September to prevent serious damage tu crops this year, Kincer says. More rain than normal would be preferable in order to build up a reserve. Rain so far in 1931 has been large- iy on a “hand-to-mouth” basis, enough to give crops a start, but not enough to insure a successful growing season unless moisture is plentiful ali summer. * Moisture in the subsoil in North Dakota is the lowest on record for the state, say reports to the weather bureau. Surface and upper subsoil moisture in the spring depends on rain and snow that have fallen from September to April, and moisture in the lower subsoil depends on rains of proceding years. The northern prairie states and the Northwest are badly in need of more 1ain, Kincer says. Rain also is need- ca, but less urgently, in the middle | prairie states Sections along the! casteyn seaboard have a moderate supply, but more rain there would be | beneficial. The south has enough moisture for present needs, but will require plenty of rain through the | summer. Only the southwest has a plentiful reserve supply of moisture in the soil, he reports. In the spring wheat belt, surface e is scarce. Wheat is suffer- ing severely, much replanting is ne- cessary, and dust storms actually are blowing the seed out of the ground in some sections, the weather bureau ays. People’s Forum Editor's Note.—The Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of in- terest. Letters dealing, with con- troversial religious subjects, which attack individuals unfairly, or which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to t writers. All letters MUST be signed, If you wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneath it, We will re- spect such requests. We reser the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy. { | WE BEG PARDON Bismarck, N. D., May 18, 1931. Editor, Tribune In your issue of Wednesday, May 13th there is given a brief summary of a talk presented by us to the Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary-War Mother's annual party. In this talk we were requested to present the work of a national maternity association, as this educational discussion is being made a part of women’s club work. | Unfortunately an error crept into the printed account of that talk which to me is a matter of vital importance as it makes an information giving state- ment appear as a criticism of local facilities for adequate maternity needs. ‘This is the statement as it appear- ed: “There is no community in this county where competent maternity care is available to every mother at a price she can afford,. . . . It is rlanned to direct public attention to the deplorable maternal death rate in this county and to inform the public as to what constitutes adequate ma- ternal care and why it is necessary.” May I call your attention to the fact that the use of the word county is a {greatness and grandeur, Chica The foundation of the system is laid entirely on quick tricks—partners to determine the number of quick tricks between them. It naturally follows .that the missing high card tricks will be quickly cashed by the opponents unless the distribution of the hand is such that a home may be found for losing cards. Original No Trump Bids The pitch scale for valuing no trump hands is without a doubt the simplest method. The pitch scale is as follows: Ace .. 4 points King . 3 points Queen . + 2 points | Jack . :. 1 point Ten spot (when held with a high honor) . -. 44 point When the hand jot contain 1 an ace, the ten spot is given no value. The total count required for orig: inal no trump bids of one is as fol- | lows: | First hand . 13 | Second hand v4 | Third hand cCy Fourth nand lin at least three different suits. | However, if a hand contains only | @ minimum count, it must also con- j tain at least two quick tricks, while | if the hand has more than the mini- | mum count, one and one-half quick tricks are sufficient, with the count, | to justify an original no trump bid of | one. Original no trump bids are also made on hands containing two and one-half quick tricks and no biddable suit. Under the writer's system of con- tract bidding, the object is to pass as jmuch information as possible back and forth by intelligent bidding and thereby approach the best bid in the combined 26 cards, therefore there are very few hands that should be opened with one no trump which contain a biddable four-card suit. However, if the strength is distributed in four suits and the four-card suit is rather weak, the no tramp may be selected in preference to a suit bid. What you are endeavoring to tell your partner when you make an orig- inal bid of one no trump is that your hanc contains either the required count or two and one-half quick tricks vith no biddable suit—in other words, you have distributed strength and can undoubtedly support almost any ‘id he will make, and if the bid he makes does not suit your hand, you can continue with no trump. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) &s how best to proceed along the de- velopment of the indicated topic of | this discussion. There is available in this city, professional services of the bighest order, our hospitals are well equipped aad staffed with trained personnel—the need here is to develop the community's resources to meet the need of the expectant mother and through education to inform her of the advisability of availing herself of competent maternity care to the end that the unnecessary loss of mother’s lives in childbirth may be done away | | with.” May I ask that you give space in your paper to this correction. (Mrs.) Alice B. Bailey, Juvenile commissioner, sixth district. NINTH COLUMN MISSING Baldwin, N. D. May 18, 1931. Editor, Tribune: The Chicago Herald and Examiner, together with all-Chicago, are cele- brating Jubilee Week, in honor of the Golden Anniversary of the Herald and Examiner. In honor of this spectacular occa- sion, Duckety, feature writer and car- toonist for the above publication, drew @ picture depicting the things that have made Chicago great. This pic- ture is called: “A Second Age of Pericles.” ‘A mighty temple is pictured with eight named columns. Schools and colleges, museums of art and science, music, commerce, indus- try, finance, parks and playgrounds, | and architecture. But—the ninth column is missing—that of agricul- ture. Every city, no matter however great, is founded on agriculture. Be- | fore the factories are built, before the schools and colleges are erected, long ere we can have museums of art and science and all the other so called ‘cultures,’ we must have agriculture. | She should stand first among the columns of greatness, for without the tiller of the soil, without the reaper and the harvester, man would soon | cease to be. The early days of Chicago are in- terlaced with the science of agricul- ture. Even when she stood. a tiny village upon the empty prairies, farm- ers took an active part in her aiia Pioneers by the thousands f'> her fertile lands and there began to build homes and rear sons ann . ters. For, after all, in spite of he: i but a small part of the mighty pire of Ilinois—and it was Illin and adjoining states that made Chi cago great, not vice versa. “Dad Dearborn” may have done a good job when he erected his mighty They are: | édifice, but, in leaving out agricultyre, the backbone of any nation, he Ger- tainly mad® a sorry blunder. The funny part of it is that such a ‘mistake was not noticed before the special edition went to press. Florence Borner. MILK PRODUCTION 8 HGH IN APRIL | Heavier | Feeding and Larger Proportion of Fresh Cows Is Cause, Says Expert Fargo, N. D., May 19.—Butterfat Production among cows in North Da- kota’s nine herd improvement associ- ation continued to climb in April, even though pastures were not far enough along to materially influence the flow of milk, according to the monthly summary issued by 7. J. Haslerud, extension dairyman of the State Agricultural college here. average of 28 pounds of butterfat per cow was received by 122 association dairymen. Heavier feeding and a larger pro- Portion of fresh cows are the two fac- tors probably responsible for the in- creasing butterfat yields per cow at this season. Weeding out of poor cows, which has been going on at a rate of about 1 per cent a morth for many months, also has tended to raise average herd production,’ it is believed. Herd improvement records over a period of years have incicated that fall freshening of cows 1s most profitable for North Dakota condi- tions, yet spring freshening evidently is still a common practice. The effect of new pastures on milk production is usually most evident in June. In the early spring months, when pastures are too scant and the grass is too watery to provide much feed for cows, the best dairymen con- tinue to feed grain and forage. In association averages the New Salem-Hannover association in Mor-| gai on county again forged to the front ith an average of 30 pounds of but- terfat per cow. This is the largest of the nine associations, having 2 mem- bership of 23 dairymen and a total of 63 cows. Cass county was second with 29.6 pounds, Ward county third | with 29.3 and Stutsman county fourth (ee 29 pounds of butterfat. bb This strength must be distributed | an ‘SEVERAL HUNDRED ENTER WEEK-END BOY SCOUT MEET | {Annual Jamboree of Red. River Valley District Held at Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, N. D., May 19.—(#) —Several hundred Boy Scouts from the Red River Valley area were in attendance at the annual jamboree held here Saturday and Sunday. Scout troops from Fargo, James- town, Valley City, Ellendale, La Moure, Marion, Lisbon, Carrington, Dickey and Montpelier were present. Details of the event were atranged by businessmen of La Moure headed by Harold Wakefield, superintendent of La Moure schools. Included among scout executives present were L. C. Jamestown, area executive; F. Engle, executive; and W. H. Browning and H. W. Mattioli, Gillette, Jamestown area commissioners. Contests were conducted in drill, tent pitching, signalling, bugling, first aid, knot tying, compass, flag relay, and pyramid building and win- ners announced as follows: Drill—Troop 65, La Moure, first; Troop T, Fargo, second, and Troops 81 and 83, both of Jamestown, tied. for third. Tent Pitching—Troop 5, Fargo, first; Troop 81, Jamestown, secon and Troop 83 of Jamestown, third. Signalling—Troop 5 of Fargo, first; and Troop 83, Jamestown, second. Bugling—Troop 65, La Moure, first; Troop 32, Ellendale, second, and Troop 72, Carrington, third. First Aid—Troop 83, Jamestown, first; Troop 5, Fargo, second; and Troop 65 of La Moure, third. Knot Tying—Troop 5, Fargo, first; Troop 85, Jamestown, second, and Troop 83, Jamestown third. Compass—Troop 81, Jamestown, first; Troop 32, Ellendale, second; and Troop 85, Jamestown, third. Flag Relay—Troop 82, Jamestown, first; Troop 42, Montpelier, second, and Troop 85, Jamestown, third. |. Pyramid Building—Troop 5, Fargo, first; Troop 65, La Moure, second, and Troop 80, Jamestown, third. NON-RESIDENT BUSES ENTERING N. D. MUST PURCHASE LICENSES Opinion Issued by Assistant At- torney General at Request of Registrar, Motor transportation companies entering North Dakota from other states for the purpose of delivering and taking up passengers and prop- erty are required to obtain North Da- kota licenses, according to an opinion by Harold Shaft, assistant state at- torney general. ‘The opinion was issued on inquiry by the motor vehicle registrar to de- termine specifically if lines operating between Minneapolis and Fargo must bear licenses from this state. These buses are used only to take up and discharge passengers at Fargo. The bus company would not be re- {quired to pay the additional fees paid by firms engaged in what is classified as “commercial passenger transporta- tion.” Such firms pay an ad:litional fee based on the seating capacity of the vehicle at the rate of $5 a pas- \senger, but the buses operating from Minneapolis to Fargo would not fall within the classification, Mr. Shaft id. Calling attention to Chapter 179, Laws of 1927, Mr. Shaft stated the lowner of motor vehicles operated on any highway in the state must be li- censed. |, “The term ‘highway.’” he said, “Is defined to include every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public as a matter of right for | OUT OUR WAY By Williams | THER'S ONE O NATURES DIRTY TracKsS— LOOW AT THEM LAIGS | Ki01S A BAWN COWPONKHER| BoT, BY TH’ TiME He's SIG | ENOUGH , THER WoNT BE NO COWPONCHIN', A FAILORE BEFORE — HET was Too OLO FER THY RE was BAWN. = ig typographical error and that country should have been used. This will change the whole meaning of the sen- tence. Further, in the discussion of this topic of why pre-natal and post- natal care is advisable for the ex- pectant mother we had this to sa) “Here in North Dakota we are fortun- ately situated in having, through our Division of Maternity and Child in the State Health Depart- ‘ment, a reliable source of information “STICKERS TEGHLINW. MSA ZELDA FANT ace TRETS WHY my FAMILY WAS ALL FAILURES. WAS. A BORN GENERAL, BLT MY GRAN PAP FER TH 1912 MOUNGs WAR AN! TOO OLO FER TH CIVIL WAR. MY PAP INHERITED IT, BUT HE WAS OO YOUNG FER TH Civil. AN TOO SPANISH WAR —AN' L INHERITED tT, BUT WAS TOO YOUNG FER TH’ purposes of vehicular travei. This definition clearly includes city streets jas highways. Since it is immaterial jas to how many miles a vehicle may travel on our highways, these vehicles must be deemed to come within the terms of our registration statutes as motor vehicles operated upon high- ways in this state transporting pas- sengers for compensation. : , “The statute thus construed does j Hot violate any provision of law or cf ithe United States constitution with reference to the right of the siate to place a burden on interstate com- merce.” Commercial passenger transporta- tion is defined by law as the carrying termini not wholly within the limits of the same city, village or bcrough, Mr. Shaft said. “It is therefore my opinioa,” he continued, “that any bus which is not operated upon the highways of North Dakota outside of the incorporated limits of a North Dakota city is not required to pay the additional fees re- quired of those engaged in ‘commer- cial passenger transportation.’” Mr. Graham said steps would be taken to license the bus comdanies operating into Fargo, and’ to make the fee retroactive. A similar situation, he said, exists in several other border towns and efforts would be made to license any buses which appear to be violating the law construed by Mr. Shaft. FALLING WALL KILLS TWO Gainesville. Tex, May 19.—(P)}— Two men were killed and several oth- ers injured early Monday when the front wall of a burning building col- lapsed, burying firemen and specta- tors. The building was destroyed with toss of $100,000. Do you know you chords. Don’t rasp a LUCKY instead— expelled irritants of passengers for hire between fixed | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1931 WARBLERS. ARRIVE TO SWELL COLONY OF BIRDS IN STATE Many Varieties Are Reported From Various Sections, Stevens Reports By 0. A. STEVENS s North Dakota Agricultural College Arrivals for the period May 5 to 12 were about as usual but not in large numbers. Myrtle warblers continued common and a few of other species were reported. Several palm warb- lers were noted at Fargo May 12, These birds are seen most commonly on the ground. One of them ap- peared to spend a large part of the day among some gooseberry bushes, catching insects which were attracted to the blossoms. A single black and white warbler was seen the same day. The magnolia, orange-crowned and Tennessee warblers were noted at Valley City May 1. The water thrysh, which really is a species of warbler, was observed at Valley City May 2, Fargo May 12. The _rose-breasted grosbeak was seen at Lisbon May 6 and towhee at Wilton May 4. No house wrens had been reported by May 12. Thrushes have been reported quite |generally, the olivé-backed at Fair- dale April 27, Wilton and Jamestown Now! Please! —Actually put your finger on your Adam’s Apple. Toudh your Adom's Seple— touching your larynx?=This is your voice box —it contains your vocal chords. When you consider your Adam’s Apple, you are con- sidering your throat— your vocal with harsh irritants —Reach for LUCKY STRIKE is the only ciga- rette in America that through its exclusive “TOASTING” proc expels certain harsh irritants present in all raw tobaccos. These manufacturers of chemical com- pounds. They are not present in yourLUCKY STRIKE,andso we say “Consider your Adam's Apple.” May 9, Valley City May 8; the gray- a are actually your throat Remember, are sold to tates Continues to Suffer From Lack of Rai ity 9, . The nai thrush is often misused. As noted above, the water thrush is really a species of warbler, though its general appearance is somewhat like that of @ thrush. The brown thrasher is often called thrush, but it is a very! different sort of bird. Thrushes are closely related to rob- ins and resemble them considerably in behavior. W. H. Hudson, the well- known British naturalist, described them as follows: “Olive-brown above, paler and spotted below; a loud and varied song, and harsh cry; a statu- esque figure; rapid, startled move- ments on the ground, with motion- less intervals, when the bird stands with head and beak much raised, in an attitude denoting intense atten- tion.” _ Four different kinds occur in North Dakota. They are much alike and difficult to distinguish. The wood thrush is a more southern form and rarely comes so far north. The her- mit is the first to arrive and prac- tically all of the birds of that species have gone on northward by the first of May. The hermit is recognized by the fact that its tail is redder than its back. The olive-backed and the veery, is moré reddish brown all over the back and has smaller spots on the than do the other species. The nests in deep woods in a few Dakota, but the other farther north. All are shy in their nesting habits. group of white-throated arrived May 12, but appar- no Harris sparrows came with The Harris sparrows are pe- cullar in that they migrate in about & 200-mile-wide territory along merid- They winter from ently ! “It’s toasted” Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays nfall This Year | southern aoa to peeriors Some migration occurs near their winter quarters in early spring, but it is not until the first of May that they really break away and al- most at once spread over the coun- try from northern Nebraska to south- ern Canada. Very little is known of their summer home, which is along the northern limit of tree growth in western Canada. These birds were first seen at Fargo, Fairmount, Tower City and Jamestown May 4, ‘Wilton May 6, Valley City May 10. Dr. J. ¥. Brenckle at Northville, South Dakota, also saw the first ones May 4. writer had seen very few, though Mr. Berner at Jamestown found them more common than the white throats, and Judge Thompson at Lisbon re- ported them common. — CHEESE IMPORTS More than 75,000,000 pounds of cheese are imported into the United States every year. DESTRUCTIVE 'HOPPERS From one-sixth to nearly oue-half of the forage obtained from the grass- lands is destroyed by grasshoppers, according to an estimate of Prof. A. |G. Vestal, of the University ¢f mi- nois. The Federal Farm Board is a cham- pion of cooperative marketing and, under its direction, the movement has enjoyed remarkable growth during the past 18 months, Sam R. McKelvie, member of the board, reports. With financial assistance rendered by the board, small organizations have grown and have moved in from the country. to the terminals where they could compete in the open market and se- cure the best prices for farm prod- ucts through this competition. we Don’t Rasp Your Throat With Harsh Irritants “Reach for a LUCKY instead” ‘ Sunshine Mellows— Heat Purifies : Your Threat Protection —against irritation —against cough TRANS bh aii HEROES ARE MADE-NOT BORN. esse: symcgomes : i | oo (acd isinss pases - i 4 > 4 t { é 4 mm