The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1931, Page 2

e bt e arse la FARM ACREAGE IN U, 8. ON INGREASE. 986,771,016 Acres Sown in 1930 Compared to 6,448,- 343 Acres Decade Ago Increases in total acreage and av- erage size and a decrease in number | of farms in the United States in the: last decade are reported by the de- partment of commerce following the | 1930 census, figures of which are sub- ject to correction. Last year the country had 6,228,648 | farms, comprising 986,771,016 acres, | and averaging 156.9 acres per farm. | In 1920 the U. S. had 6,448,343 farms, | comprising 955,883,715 acres, and av- | eraging 148.2 acres. ! Value of“farm land and buildings | dropped from $68,316,002,602 in 1920] to $47,879,838,358 in 1930, while ma-! chinery dropped in valuation from} $3,594,772,928 to $3,301,663,482 in the) same period. A decrease in total acreage oper-, ated by owners and increases in total! acreage operated by managers andj tenants are shown by the figures. | Horses, mules, cattle and hogs on! farms dropped in number during the | 10-year period, while milk cows and| chickens increased. j Spring wheat acreage was cut from 23,186,428 to 21,569,507, but production increased from 203,655,005 bushels in| 1920 to 230,944,407 bushels. Acreages for practically all north- west crops, with the exception of corn buckwheat, mixed grains, : reduced, vith production running ac- cordingly in most cases. The potato, acreage and production were cut sharply in the decade, but the rises in cotton acreage and production in} the south were substantial. sr TP MOVIES |) | AT THE MOVIES PARAMOUNT THEATRE Actors play the parts of actors in “Dude Ran cast W Theatre on Friday and Saturday. novel, “The Lone Rider of the Mo- jave.” reveals the fun that ensues formers take over the under-cover| amusement concession at a ritzy guest | ranch in the Rockies. | Oakie is seen as the star actor of the troupe. The others are Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green and Cecil Wes- ton. his patrons if he allows them to dress up as characters of the old West and put on a few realistic scenes in the vicinity of the hotel. The stunt works and the patrons get all thrilled over the gun-flourish- ing deeds of the “Westerners.” June Collyer, prettiest guest at the hotel, | becomes enamored of the rough-rid- ing. sure-shooting Oakie CAPITOL THEATRE One of the most amazing and in-| triguing periods of American history | is depicted in “The Avenger.” Colum-| bia’s latest feature, starring Buck Jones, which comes to the Capitol | Theatre tomorrow. The locale of! this picture is California in the hec-! tic gold rush days of "49. H That was the era when long trains of prairie schooners, loaded with | voyageurs, treked steadily westward. | The travelers endured every privation ; and danger and finally arrived in California to begin their frantic’ search for gold. But, as shown inj} “The Avenger,” life in the mining) camps was usually as hazardous as | life on the long trail. There was no, established law and “might made right.” “The Avenger” tells the historically true story of a famous California bandit who was forced into outlawry because of unjust treatment. Buck Jones, famous Western actor, has the title role and Dorothy Revier plays | opposite. | The supporting cast includes Ea-| ward Peil, Sr. Otto Hoffman, and | Edward Hearn. Roy William Neill | directed the production. | Fair Carnival Will | Reach Mandan Sunday, The Dodson World's Fair Shows which will wind up a solid month in North Dakota with the Missouri Slope Fair at Mandan will arrive from Grand Forks Sunday and Mon- day and get its midway set up in the fair grounds in advance of the open- | ing day. The Slope fair dates are; July 28, 29, 30, 31. ! Another feature was added to the fair program when the Mandan Male | Chorus of 40 voices agreed to appear on the night programs. | Fair directors Thursday had a force of men building additional pens at the fair grounds for sheep and hog exhibits. The flower show will have keen competition this year with Mandan Plans Tokyo Flight jand Bismarck gardeners vieing for Rome. honors. h,” the Jack Oakie special shows, a $3,000 program before the comedy with the big name supporting | grandstand daily, and a great musical ich comes to the Paramount extravaganza revue each night should |make the Missouri Slope Fair the big- ‘The story of this hilarious comedy, igest and best ever held in the west- based upon Milton Krims’ humorous|ern part of the state. troupe of stage per-/ Woman Buys Plane plane, Arriving at the ranch owned by | Hillig and Holger Hoiriis across the Stuart Erwin, they suggest that he| Atlantic to Germany last month is to will be making things interesting forjfiy the ocean again, with its new woman owner, fredo, as the pilot. Wednesday from Hillig for a flight to! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1981 Associated Press Photo When Irene Delroy, stage and screen actress, and William L. Austin, Jr., real estate operator and member of a socially prominent Philadelphia family, were married in a New York hotel, it was Mayor Jimmy Walker (center) who officiated. Austin is the son of a former president of the Baldwin locomotive works. Sixteen rides, five acres of tent ocean. City-County News To Dare Atlantie county, Liberty, N. Y., July 23.—\4)-—The Liberty, which carried Otio 1931 strawberry crop. She hopes to be the first! woman to pilot a plane across the Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Watson0f) —————=——_+>——___— Dewson are parents of a son born) Wednesday at the Bismarck hospital. Twenty-five farmers of McCracken! Ky., paid off their federal) farm loans with proceeds from the i FOUR ARE KILLED | + WHENINSANE MAN ARES ON FAMILY Five Others Wounded in Penn- sylvania Tragedy; Had Been Ordered to Asylum | Mercer, Pa. July ” 23.—(P+—Four Persons were killed and five wounded. jone probably fatally when a crazed {man attacked members of his family {and others in a small mining village |near Leesburg Thursday. Marko Demofonti, 46, pronounced insane by physicians Wednesday and who was to have been removed to an institution Thursday, killed his wife: and her sister in his home with a re- | ‘volver and then went to the street, firing at random at other villagers. The dead: | Mrs. Marko Demofonti; Mrs. Al- fonso Fastetti, her sister; Mrs. Frank Takela, and Gartano Bevilaqua. The wounded: Demofonti; Mrs. Pete C. Ecilian, |probably fatally hurt; her son, Tony, 10, seriously wounded; Mrs. Mike! Banan, and her daughter, Flora, 12. ‘Dickinson Railroad | Watchman Is Killed Dickinson, N. D.. July 23.—(@—| Struck by a switching engine at the! crossing where he was employed as a | switchman, H.‘A. 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