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

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1931 — nll Cooperative Farm Program Nece ORGANIZATION NEED IS URGED BY O'NEAL AT CHICAGO MEETING Gives Views Before Grain, Cot- ton, Livestock, Wool, Dairy Leaders FAVORS MILITANT CAMPAIGN Cooperation Necessary to Keep- ing Tariff Protection for Farm Products Washington, June 3.—(/P)—Edward | O'Neal, president of the American | Farm Bureau federation, says the new campaign to increase cooperative membership will mean tho salvation of agriculture as well as augur popu- larity of the administration's farm | relief program. At a conference in Chicago of grain. cotton, livestock, wool, dairy and other cooperative leaders, O'Neal called for a militant campaign to arouse farmers to the necessity of or- ganization. “True,” he says, “the success of the administration’s program depends on the success of co- operative marketing which, in turn, de- | pends on farm sup- Heretofore, O'Neal says, coop- erative marketing has been on the de- fensive. With the federal government as a powerful ally, the time is ripe for the farmer to band with his neighbors for the market con- trol of his prod- - ucts. Saying that 80 E. A, O'NEAL per cent of American farm commod- ities is sold during the harvest period of three to four months, usually on a forced and unwilling market, O'Neal insists that the cooperative plan of orderly distribution is essential to keeping tariff protection operative on agricultural goods. “Give the farmer,” he says, “a chance to sell behind the tariff wall and he will not have to worry about acreage adjustment or depressed world markets. “There is a sufficient domestic out- let for most farm products if they are marketed with an eye to demand, nd what is left over may be sold abroad without breaking the price at home. “Acreage adjustment and the ar- tificial stimulation of prices will not solve present difficulties. The law of supply and demand cannot be cir- cumvented. The problem must be and will be solved by elimination—the individual whose costs of production are too high eventually dropping out of competition.” Named in Honor of President Grant Editor's Note: The following is one of a scries of articles dealing with the history of North Dakota counties. (By The Associated Press) Grant county—The territory com- prising Grant county was the south- ern half of old Morton county, and the area is about 48 townships. It wag segregated from Morton and or-} ganized Noy. 28, 1916. The county} was named in honor of President Grant. Grant county originally was a ranching country but now is well settled, and has good rural and con- solidated schools. The soil is well adapted to mixed farming and stock- raising whicn are the principal in- dustries. Carson is the county seat. Car Stolen Here Is | Found in Minnesota, Thieves who stole a car belonging} to Frank Everts, Bismarck, abandoned | it at Glenwood, Minn., after stealing another caz there, a communication | from Pope county sheriff to Police Chief C. J. Martineson stated Tues- | day. The communication said that the thieves had removed the license plates from the Everts car. Minnesota authorities have been unable to apprehend the thieves, the message said. Everts left Tuesday for Minnesota to get the car. HESSIAN FLY BAD IN IOWA Des Moines, Iowa, June 3—(P)— Dr. ©. J. Drake, state enomologist, has been advised by W. C. Calvert, Lee county agent, that Hessian fly infestation in his county is the worst in history. The open winter aided the insect and Calvert estimates that 7 per cent of the county's wheat crop will be cut for feed grain instead of flour. Plymouth and Monona counties have similar reports of the STICKERS * Ns | | | | By WM. E. McKENNEY | (Secretary American Bridge League) { In our previous articles we ex- {plained that the One over Oxe can be made with a four-card suit as {long as we have one and one-half {quick tricks. An additional feature now recommended by the wr:ter in his system of contract bidding, to {those employing the One over One jis as follows: Supposing partner opens with one heart and you hold six or seven spades and one and one-half quick tricks. You can bid one spade, which {s the One over One, with the assurance that partner will xecp the bidding open, but when you hold six or more of a suit and one and one- half quick tricks, we now recommend that you bid two spades instead of one, immediately informing partner that you have a long suit, that you do not think the hand will piay at no trump, and that you do not need normal trump support. It is a forc- ing bid in the same respect that the One over One is in that it requires partner to keep the bidding open at least once —but in neither case Is game promised. This information proves quite valuable in many hands espcciaily where partner opened with a four- card suit and holds a five-card suit which he was going to show on the second round. He can now keep this suit under cover if he holds two or, three of your trump and imme- diately jump into game. In this manner, you may get a very advan- tageous lead. There are no great disadvantages if a simple One over One bid is made and a jump bid made on the second round. This two bid to show —A Series Explaining the Contract Bridge System— | a six or seven-card suit is just an/ additional tactic that can be used! {on certain hands to great advan-| | tage. i | Denying Partner's Original | | Suit Bid With Two No Trump In our previous articles on the) McKenney system of contract bid- | {ding we explained to you that part-; iner must keep original bids open \with a hand holding as little as two {qucens. In other words, a bid of one ;no trump in response to partner's original suit bid of one is strictly a |denial and warns partner that your hand is weak. You make the bid for the sole purpose of giving him an- other opportunity to bid. When your hand contains dis- tributed strength with at least two to two and one-half quick tricks, you should jump partner's suit bid to two no trump. While it is not lan absolute demand bid, there are jvery lover pass. He will either re-bid his suit, show another suit, or take you to three no trump. This bid is made to show partner a strong hand with no biddatie suit and it still gives him an opportunity to show another suit and keep you within the three ne trump zone. The only time that you jum; part- ner’s original suit bid of one to three no trump is with an especially power- ful hand that contains no suit with which you can force. It informs partner that if he holds a trick better than a minimum, there may be a slam in the hand. It does not close the bidding and if partner has a sec- ond suit and a poor’no trump distri- bution, he should show his second suit. i (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service. Inc.) [EDITORS APPROVE ACTION OF COURT Commend U. S. Supreme Court for Setting Aside Minne- sota ‘Gag’ Law Atlanta, June 3.—\?)— Leaders among the editors here for the an- nual convention of the National Edi- torial association expressed gratifica- tion upon learning of the supreme court decision Monday holding the Minnesota newspaper suppression law unconstitutional. “When restriction is started there is always danger it may develop into @ gag,” said George B. Dolliver of Battle Creek, Mich.. president of the association. He said, however, that “newspapers of the country are satis- fied with the freedom of the press as they now have it.” H. C. Hotaling, St. Paul, executive secretary of the association, expressed approval of the decision. “The press should not be confined in its expression.” he said. “There is no need for restriction of reputable newspapers.” He added that some Minnesota edi- tors feel that regulation of “certain types of publications would not be undesirable,” but believed that regu- lation could be accomplished through statutes other than the one declared | unconstitutional. “I am in sympathy with the preme court decision,” said K. Baldridge. Bloomfield, Iowa, rector of the association. su- ~?. President Doumergue Delays His Honeymoon Paris, June 3.—(#)\—President Gas- ton Doumergue, married Monday aft- er decades of bachelorhood, will post- pone his honeymoon until the end of his term on June 13. An official announcement said he would remain alone in the Elysee palace until he is relieved by Presi- dent-elect Paul Doumer and that Mme. Doumergue would go to his villa at Tournefeuille, near Toulouse. M. Doumergue already has sent most of his personal possessions to the new home. He and his bride have a di-| been rehabilitating the villa for some time. Mme. Doumergue taught for many years in the Jules Ferry Lyceum for girls. She holds a college degree, but. is not prominent in Parisian society. She is the widow of Phillippe Jean Graves, a government official, from whom she inherited a comfortable fortune. husband is a Protestant. MOTOR VEHICLE FEE COLLECTIONS SHRINK’ Fees collected for motor vehicle jregistrations during the first five months of this year are $143,388 less than the fees for the corresponding period of last year, agcording to fig- ures compiled by W. S. Graham, mo- tor vehicle registrar. From Jan. 1 to May 31. 1931, the registration fees totaled $1,586,781. while for the first five months of last year the collections totaled $1.730,170. | Registrations this year number 154,- | 813, or 11,136 less than the number of cars registered for the corresponding period of last year when the tctal on ; June 1 reached 165,949. For the full year of 1930, 183,254 cars were registered, and $1,989,475 |fees collected. To reach last year’s figure, the registration division must collect $402,693 before the end of the year. : Mr. Graham said 28,441 cars must be registered to bring the total of fees collected up to the last year fig- ure, but indications are that the year's collection will be below the 1930 totais. STUDY DUST STORMS Peiping, China, June 3-(#)-Students at Yenching university have done some scientific measurements on dust storms which come out of the Gobi desert at times with an effect like a/ London fog. One storm was found to have drooped 110 tons of dust per square mile. It would have taken 45 coal cars with a capacity of 30 tons each to remove what a wind once brought Peiping overnight. few hands where partner will | join in a chorus under the direction | She is a Catholic while her; LAST DAY OF SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION IS CHILDREN'S DAY Parents Asked to Bring Chil dren to Dickinson for June 21 Program Fargo, N. D., June 3—The closing |day of the state Sunday school con- vention to be held at Dickinson, June 19-21, is to be children’s day, accord- ing to C. A. Armstrong, Fargo, the ; State superintendent in charge of the | convention, The Sunday schools of the Slope country have been asked to close up |on convention Sunday and arrange to |take the children into Dickinson. A model Sunday school will be conduct- ed during the forenoon at the Dick- inson churches. At 2:30 in the afternoon the chil- dren from six to 15 years of age will lof Elsie Belle Rogge, at the auditor- lium of the State Teacners’ college One thousand children are expected to take part in the chorus. For sev- eral months the children in a num- ber of the surrounding Sunday schools have been practicing the mu- sic in preparation for the event. The following Sunday schools al- ready have joined the chorus: Halli- |day Congregational, Oakdale Union, 'Mott Congregational, New England |Congregational, Marshall Union, He- ‘bron Evangelical, Raleigh Presbyter- lian, Flasher Congregational, Beach Congregational, Petrel Union, Werner Presbyterian, Chenowith Methodist, Rhame Union, Beulah Congregation- al, Stanton Union, Carlyle Brethren, Petrel Congregational, Zap Congre- gational, Alexander Methodist, Beach tinger Congregational, Hazen Fvan- gelical, Taylor Evangelical, Amidon Presbyterian, Glen Ullin Congrega- Hettinger Methodist, Pierce Union, Gladstone Methodist, Belfield Presbyterian, South Heart Union, {Emerson Union, Dickinson Methodist. |Dickinson Congregational, anc Ree- {der Congregational. |. The convention opens at 1:30 p. m. | June 19, with a trip to the Bad Lands. The evening program of the opening day also will be in the Bad Lands near Medora and will be in the na- |ture of a campfire worship service of the cross. It will be in charge of Rev. R. V. Conard, Fargo. Sessions of the convention also will be held forenoon, afternoon and evening of Saturday. | Drop of $143,388 From Total! of First Five Months Last Year Is Noted Hurley Is Speaker At Indian Graduation Muskogee, Okla. June 3.—(P)— With a plea for education of Amer- ica’s Indians, Patrick J. Hurley, sec- retary of war, returned Tuesday to the school at which he was a stt- dent 26 years ago. He came to be the commencemen’ speaker at Bacone college, an In- dian institution from which he was graduated in 1905 as the only white member of the class. Coal Rate Argument Nearing Settlement Washington, June 3.—(P)—The old controversy over freight rate differ- entials on lake cargo coal between the western Pennsylvania and Ohio district and southern bituminous areas Tuesday approached settlement by the interstate commerce commis- sion. ‘With the tiling of exceptions by one of the northern groups secking a wid- er differential to overcome an al- leged unfair competing advantage held by the southern operators, the commission was ready to hear final argument in the case which had its inception ia 1912. A date for argu- ment is to be set soon. The present case concerns differ- entials of 35 and 50 cents a ton be- |tween the northern and southern fields on si:ipments of soft coal to the Great Lakes. I | Because game birds have been so \depleted in number the past few years, the United States imported more than 90,000 quail from Mexico | during the past season. | OUT OUR WAY By Williams TRAMs | Methodist, Mound Presbyterian. Het- | unfairly, or which offend d to the writers, All letters ill respect such requests, W AIRS TAX VIEWS Baldwin, N. D., June 1, 1931. Editor, Tribune: Once again the farmers are sub- }mitting with more or less grace to the tannual listing of their property for jtaxation purposes. Everything the {farmer owns, from Old Dobbin to {Rover and “the cock ‘hat crew in the imorn” is on the assessors’ list. He leven includes the farmer's old ragged \shirt and greasy pair of overalls. | Put $10,000 in a bank and you get interest and compound interest regu- larly without outlay, but put the same ‘sum into a farm and equipment and you will pay taxes upon taxes all the rest of your life. Blow in a thou- sand dollars, waste it for useless gim- cracks, and it is forgotten as well jas gone. Invest a similar sum into {something useful, like a home, and you pay taxes every year—usually higher taxes cach year, too. Is it any wonder our younger gen- leration is growing into a nation of spendthrifts? What inducement is state and government holding out to jthem to be saving? “Have a good time while your money lasts”. seems to have taken the place of the old adage: “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Nowadays, a penny saved| ‘only means additional excuse for ex- tracting it from our pocketbooks, |more or less painfully. Farmers and business men are taxed to death. The more saving jand economical they have been, the) harder they are hit by the asses- sor's ax. And, he, poor fellow, can do nothing about it. He has to obey his superiors in spite of sour looks land angry tempers on our part. The trouble, or part of it at least, ‘rests in the fact that we have been making two blades of grass grow in place of one, in too many places. We |have too many high salaried office holders. We coddle them and baby them and ever add to their number and only stop once in a while to complain at the load. My idea is that -ve should begin right at the top and demand a full {day's work for a full day's pay. Why |should they have a half-holiday on Saturday, so when we come in to do business they are all out of town |fishing or otherwise enjoying them- |selves? Times are hard, right now, jand it is up to all, and not only a few, to g> slow. Some of these city fellows complain because the farmer }owns a car and other modern con- veniences. They tell us that the; farmer would get out of the hole; ‘quicker if he went back to ‘Grand- |pa’s time’ and got rid of his cars! ‘and so on. But they never think of i taking their own medicine—oh, no. Too much advice is what got the! jfarmer where he is. If he hadn't lis-| \tened to Tom, Dick and Harry; if he} {had plainly shown his resentment at being ordered to do this and then that, he would not be in his present predicament. He bought cows, and high priced ones at that from some bankers who wanted to unload, sheep \from the same parties, and now look | Where he is. Farmers should all unite ‘and stand shoulder to shoulder while |demanding “Hands Off” on the part} ‘of all but actual tillers of the soil’ in the farming game. If he did this and stuck to it, he would receive a decent profit on what he raises, with- lonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name bi reserve the right to del of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy. \spring tra-la, A. C. Townley is once {again among us. Having gotten tired od taste and fair pla; ST be signed. If you wi afc ae ish to ui ath it. arte \out a lot of gentlemen farmers, busi- \nessmon farmers and others clutter- ing up his markets with products raised “for the fun of it and not through actual need.” A TAXPAYING CITIZEN. | MR, TOWNLEY AND INTEREST Bismarck, N. D., June 3, 1931 Editor, Tribune: Like the flowers that bloom in the; Of the diet of husks he has been “en- Joying” here of late, Art is back with a brand-new schemt. He knows farmers hate interest so he says, “why not make a law to do away with all interest?” Just as easy as that, and if any such law could be passed, the garden of Eden would have nothing on this little old U. S, A. But being from Missouri, we want to be shown before we will believe ISHAFER PROCLAIMS | jAsks North Dakotans to En- \ George F. Safer Wednesday. ssary to Keep Tariff in Operation PEOPLE’S } FORUM Kditor's Note.—The Tribune welcomes letters on subjects of inte: Letters dealing with controversial religious subjects, which attack in JUNE 15 10 20 AS | ‘DAIRY WEEK’ HERE courage Increase in Dairy Product Consumption | A proclamation designating June| 15 to June 20 as “Dairy Week” was) issued from the office of Governor | Every meaas should be employed | to encourage an increase in the con-| sumption of dairy products in all) parts of the country and by all classes of people, the proclamation said. The governor recommended that an educational campaign be carried on throughout the state to stimulate more interest in dairy farming andj to promote a more general usc of; dairy producis. | The proclamation: “Dairying has become one of the most important branches of agricul- Art can change things around to suit himself and a lot of other folks. It would be as bad as Old King Canute trying to sweep back the mighty ocean with a broom. Then, a lot of us will have our “doobts” as to Art’s honest intentions, Is he as interested in helping out the “dear people” as he is in feathering his own nest? Art used to be handy at pumping more than oil wells and we doubt that he has lost his cunning when it comes to extracting shekels from the farmer's pocketbooks. No, Art's idea may be all right, not So crazy at that, but how can any Such law be enacted. Old Golden Bags and Old Plutocrat are still on the job and they are watching their wealth as a cat watch- es & mouse-hole. We don't see how Art or anyone else can make them give up their taking, or rather de- manding, interest. Before we can do this we have to have someone, not &; millionaire, in the white house and have something besides a millionaire senate in Washington. Catch a rich man doing something to take away ind wealth? Not so you could notice it! And, the worst of it is, it is these rich fellows who have the “world by the tail on a down-hill pull,” and if we don't like the way they do busi- ness, we don’t have to borrow from them—so there! Art has tried so many schemes that failed to work that a lot of his for- mer adherents have lost faith in him. He may be a good conjurer, all right enough, but how can he pull the rab- bit out of his hat after we have eaten said rabbit for our dinner? The Nonpartisan League may have become a little wobbly in places, but i jwe fall to see just where Art would fit in—unless it is way back behind, and dollars to doughnuts if he can’t lead the parade he won't play circus with us. ‘Well, time has @ habit of solving all things, including Art's political am- bitions, and it’s a little early to tell which way the ball will roll. How- ever, when Art can stop and keep us from paying interest rates, we will| believe the moon is really made of green cheese and that North Dakota, instead of giving Art a kick in the seat of the pants, will welcome him with open arms as did the father in the prodigal story of old. EX-SUCKER. News of Interest in N. D. Towns (By The Associated Press) New England. — Petitions asking jcongress to place an embargo on flax, wheat, hogs, cattle and sheep and upon pork, beef, and mutton products jhave been placed in circulation by a group of New England farmers. Hazelton, — Hazelton’s oldest buildings, constructed in 1883 of lumber freighted from Bismarck by mule team, is being torn down. The structure was built for an of- fice at old Williamsport but shortly after 1903 was moved to near Hazelton and used as a resi- dence. i ‘ | Bottineau.—Through acquisition of | land northwest of the city, Bottineau now is assured an abundant supply of water. A well-digging machine on the land struck a flow of about 25,000 gallons of water a day. A second well has increased the city’s total supply to 61,000 gallons a day. Steele—A meeting of members of the Steeleand Tappen Nation- al Farm Loan association to dis- cuss matters pertaining to activi- ties of the two organizations in their respective territories in making long term federal land bank loans, was held here. Henry ©. Olson, of the Federal Land Bank of St.-Paul, was principal speaker. Hazelton.— Members of the ninth district of the W. C. T. U. met here. Addresses and reports by officers were given. An entertainment pro- gram closed the session. Linton.—A meeting of the 14th district Masonic lodges was held here. More than 75 members at- tended. Bismarck Lodge No. 5 opened the meeting and District Deputy G. L, Spear, Bismarck, presided at the meeting. Hazelton.— An annual booster trip in the interest of the Stockmen’s show to be held here June 17 and 18 will start from Hazelton June 9. Temvik, Linton, Strasburg, Hague, Zeeland, Ashley, Wishek, Danzig, Burnstad, Napoleon, Kintyre, Brad- dock and Moffit will be visited USE BEER FOR WASHING Santiago, Chile, June 3.—(%)— American women have discovered great merit in native beer. It is ex- of the discovery has spread rapidly in the American colony. Delicate garments, no matter how soiled, are zine spotless without injury to the fabric, Wage Cuts Scored by Business Executive Minneapolis, June 3.—(#)—General reduction in wages will cause greater and not less unemployment and will not answer the problem confronting industry in the United States, James F. Bell, oresident of General Mills, Inc., and naifonally known as a busi- ness executive, said Tuesday. Mr. Bell suid too much present-day discussion centers around wage re- ductions and unemployment and that both are of such serious import that they must be approached with the | greatest care and consideration. “Speaking in general, all things be- ing equal,” he said, “a reduction in wages will not answer the problem with which we are confronted and will make for greater and not less unemployment. | {Crop Statistician Says Un-! ture in North Dakota. During the last several years when grain farming has been unprofitable, dairying has} been the mainstay, not only of agri- | culture, but of all lines of business dependent on agriculture for success. The proceeds of cream checks has not | only paid tne grocery bills for many thousands of people in North Dakota in recent years, but it has also gone a long way toward paying taxes, inter- est on bank debts and farm loans and other obligations amounting to| Many millions of dollars annually. | “The present industrial slump throughout the nation has diminished the demand for agricultural products and has caused an increase in the use of butter substitutes, resulting in low prices fcr dairy products of all kinds. Millions of pounds of butter substitutes are now being consumed in the United States each year, not only in the Jarge center, but in the agricultural sections of the country as well. “In view of the vast importance of | @ successful dairying industry in the agricultural development of the northwest, it is essential that every means be employed to encourage an increase in the consumption of dairy Products in all parts of the country and by all classes of people. Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the week of June 15 to June 20. in- clusive, be az:ci is hereby designated as dairy week for the state of North Dakota; and it is recommended that a far-reaching and thorough-going edu- cational campaign be carried on throughout the state for the purpose | of stimulating more interest in the success and welfare of dairy farming in this state, promoting a more gen- eral use of dairy products and the elimination of butter substitutes from the American markets, and studying ways and means of improving the condition of the dairy industry of the northwest.” NEBRASKA WINTER WHEAT IS DANAGED precedented Weather Caused Serious Losses ' Lincoln, Neb., June 3.—(?i—A. E. Anderson, state and federal crop sta- tistician back from a 1,100-mile trip through western Nebraska, roported Tuesday that winter wheat was dam- aged seriously by unprecedented weather. e Alfalfa also was badly damaged, he said, but spring grains were un- harmed and corn prospects are good. Moisture conditions last fall and winter, he explained, were idea]. Win- ter wheat growth was two or three times the usual stand and shallow-/ rooted. Then for the last two months precipitation was light. Tempera- tures sank to 14 degrees above zero and high winds blew. A worse combination of circum- stances for wheat was impossible, An- derson said, and had never been ex- perienced in western Nebraska. $15,000 Loss Caused By Minneapolis Fire Minneapolis, June 3—()—Fire that destroyed four buildings at the La Salle Kennels, near here early Tues- day, trapped the manager in a dwel- “If we reduce wages, we reduce the earning power or income of the com- munity and in turn lessen the pro- ceeds coming back to industry. We find ourselves in a vicious circle.” WOMAN WAS WAR HERO Yozgat, Turkey, June 3.—(#)—“Ser- geant Ahmed,” who was decorated for fighting in the World war and since then has become a wealthy farmer, supporting seven young brothers and sisters, has given no- tice to the village council that she put on trousers and fought when an elder brother was killed. She has Hanim and she has notified the vil- lage that she will receive applica- tions from suitors. Business conditions and poor mar- kets have caused farmers to strive cellent for cleansing clothes. Gar- ments are first washed in a lather made of yulyai bark and then given @ beer bath. The bark is no good at all without the beer rinse. The re- sults have been amasing and work ON WAITING LIST ‘There are 2,281,819 cattle in the United States on the U. 8. Depart: ling and caused $15,000 damage to the property. W. A. Ellsworth, the manager, al- most overcome by smoke and fumes, was rescued by L. A. Kriemer, train- er of shepherd dogs at the kennels. None of the 41 dogs was lost and two horses were led to safety. The U. 8. department of agricul- ture is to have the services of two of the foremost nutritional specialists in the country. They are Prof. L. B. Mendell of Yale, and Prof. E. B. Hart of the University of Wisconsin. These two men will aid the prote'n and nu- trition division of the U. S. bureau of chemistry and soils. Wetcome a * NEW YORK and * ee Judge Serves Milk | To Babes in Court | ae ———_—_—_* Chicago, June 3.—(?)—Every now ane then Judge John F. Haas of the landlords’ and ten- ants’ branch of the municipal court, halts the processes of the Jaw and says to his bailiff: “another bottle of milk please.” The judge docs not consume the milk himself, but directs the bailiff to give it to crying babies as a means of maintaining silence in his court room. Monday & newspaper photographer caught the judge himself feeding milk from a glass to a two-year-old irl. y “That's the way I keep quiet in the court,” he said. “Frequent- ly mothers who have been evict- ed for rent come with little ba- bies. The babies cry, most of the time because they are hungry.” Twelve bottles a day are or- dered by the court. RECENT RAINS HELP NORTHWEST CROPS, SAYS FARM REPORT Conditions Around Sanish, Van Hook, Stanley Are Poor- est in Years Rains, accompanied by high winds and storms, temporarily relieved the dry soil conditions throughout the northwest spring wheat area the last week, but crop conditions remain un- even, the Farmers Union Terminal association says in its weekly crop re- port issued Wednesday. “The weather conditions in much of Minnesota have been almost ideal for wheat,” the report says. “Growth has been slow, but plants are getting a good root growth. Conditions also remain favorable in eastern and much of southern North Dakota, as well as in eastern South Dakota. “Minot and parts of western North Dakota received some moisture the last week, but not sufficient to help grains materially. Soil Blowing Damaging “Soil blowing has been particularly damaging in western North Dakota and parts of castern Montana. Where seed has not been blown out, some wheat fields look fairly good. “Indications are that reduction of wheat acreage in western North Da- kota will be between 25 and 30 per cent, due largely to dry weather as well as a desire on the part of farm- ers to accept the advice of the federal farm board to curtail production. “Planting of corn is progressing rapidly and will be nearly completed in most of the northwest, except northern Minnesota and North Dako- ta, by the end of the week. Many parts of western North Dakota will seed more corn than ever before, as dry weather has prevented the seed- ing of normal acreage of small grains, “Frost late in May caused more damage to carly planted flax than was at first supposed and some fields have been reseeded. “Crop conditions in Montana have improved during the past week, with Prospects much better in all parts of the state except the eastern coun- ties. Sanish Conditions Poor “Crop conditions around Sanish, Van Hook, Stanley and extending west into Montana are reported to be the poorest in years. Rain is needed in the Richland and Billing areas in Montana, where water holes are dry- ing up and cattle suffering. Unless. there is adequate rainfall, there is a threatened shortage of water in irri- gation ek oie winds and cut worms have damaged grai Wolf Point. ences secon “Soil nas been extremely dry around Bismarck but eastward from there conditions improve, with pros- Pects especially favorable in the Devils Lake, Grand Forks, Hillsboro, Northwood and Red River Valley areas. .Around Kathryn, Oakes, La Moure, Lisbon, Kulm, Forbes, For- man, Buxton and most eastern sec- tions of North Dakota the outlook is fair to good. “Rye, barley and flax do not look as good as wheat, while pastures are short in most districts. “While prospects at present are somewhat vnfavorable in most of North Dakota west of the Missouri river and in eastern Montana, fairly heavy rains in that territory could still imprave conditions rapidly and. result in fair yields of grain.” MINNESOTAN DIES Thief River Falls, Minn., June 3.— ()—Buried hy a cave-in while dig- sing a seas for @ plumbing con- nection, - Backlund, 52, \- ed Monday. wee ah He formerly owned a general at Roseau. 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