The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1931, Page 7

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1931 Tribune’s Grain, Livestock and Market Report for for Wed., Dec. 16 BEAR INTERESTS ARE EXPOSED IN FINANCIAL REPORT Wall Street Is Agog Over Sta-|Am & For. PO tistics But Shares Wob- ble Uncertainly New York, Dec. 16—(7)—Wall Street ; Was agog over publication of com-/ plete statistics on the bear intere: in the stock market Wednesday, share prices continued to wobbie ua. | Andes certainly. The market opened with a miid!Atl. rally, weakened and recovered ratucr feebly after midday. The voluwe trading shrank considerably frum! that of recent sessions. TRe most encouraging development in the {i-|Barns nancial market probably was an im- Beth. St proved tone in bonds. Early advances of a point or more in shares were quickly lost, and sev- eral sold 1 to 3 lower, with rails ex- periencing a notable relapse. Un- ion Pacific sold off more than 5, be- Ci fore partially récovering. U. S. Steel|¢, common sagged 2 to 39 5-8, then re-! covered above 40. Bethlehem also got down early 2. American Telephone sold off more than 3 to duplicate itsC. low, then came back mbderately. American Can sagged mote than 2,/Ghg0 then recovered somewhat. A break in American Telephone sent the list generally into new low ground, with numerous losses of 1 to 4! Points, at the close. The closing tone was weak. -Sales approximated two} million shares, with selling appearing in large volume in the last few min-! utes. ' ; | Produce Markets ‘ CHICAGO Chicago, Dec. 16.—(*)—Butter was a steady and prices unchanged to 1-4} higher Wednesday as receipts feil away sharply.. Eggs were unsettled | and unswanged to 1c down. Poultry, ruled steady. Poultry, alive, 3 cars, 42 trucks; | steady; fowls 13-15; springs 14; roost-; ers 10; young turkeys 24, old toms 18; ored 16, small 13; reese 12. Butter, 5,881, steady; creamery spe- cials (93 score) 29%+30; extras (92 2712-28; firsts (88-89 score) 24-25; | standards (90 score centralized car. lots) 27. r. Tr. Eggs, 3,854, unsettled; extra firsts ‘Grahati a ‘Mot. 24; fresh graded firsts 23; current re- ceipts 20-22; refrigerator firsts 14%; refrigerator extras 1514. Swiss, 30. CHICAGO POTATOES. 1.60; No. 2, 1.00-1.05; Minnesota Red River Ohio's 1.00. NEW YORK 30; seconds 24 1-2 to 25 1-2. Cheese 279,729; steady, unchanged. Eggs 16,021; irregular. Mixed col- ors, extras or average best 32 to 34, refrigerators, firsts 16 1-2 to 17 1-2; seconds 16 to 16 1-4; mediums firsts and poorer 15°1-2 to 16. Poultry, live, irregular. Broilers by; freight 14; express 13-20; fowls by: freight 9-20; express 10-21; turkeys! iNat. Dairy Prod. + ducks wat. Pow. & Lt. Nev. Cons. Cop. |New York Cent. NY. NH. & Htfd. Norf. & Western’ . {North American . Northern Pac, Pac. Gas & Elec! Pacific Light ... Packard Motor . Pathe Exchange 'Penney (J. C.) . Phillips Petrol. - Proct. & Gamble by freight 25-28; express, 3: by freight 18-20; express 25. essed, irregular. Chickens fresh Dr 14-22; frozen 20-33. MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR Minneapolis, Dec. 16.—(?)—Flour 20c higher. In carload lots, family patents quoted 4.80 to 4.90 a barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipmenis 24,830. Pure bran 14.00 to 14.50. Standard middlings 13.00 to 13.50. CURB STOCKS New York, Dec. 15.—(#)—Curb: Cities Service 5%. Elec. Bond and Share 10. Standard Oil, Ind. 16. United Founders 1% RANGE OF CARLOT SALES 3 Dec. 16.—()—Range of carlot grain sales Wheat: No. 1 dark northern 75; sample grade dark northern 74% ; No. 2 hard winter 68% ; | Royal Dutcn Shall | Safeway Stores .. St. L, & San Prai 1 Schulte Ret. Stozes Seabcard Airline . Bears-Roabuck . Shattuck (F.G.) |Shell Union Oil Simms Petrol. Sinclair Cons, Oil No. 1 mixed durum 65%. Corn: No. 3 yellcw 45; No. 5 mixed 41%. Oats: No. 3 white 27%. Barley: No. 2 special 51: 514; sample grade 34-53. Flax: No. 1, 1.46. Rye not quoted. No. 2, FOREIGN EXCHANGE New York, Dec. 16.—(?)—Foreign exchange irregular. Great Britain de- mand in dollars, others in cents: Great Britain 344%; France 3.92 11-16; Italy 5.11%; Germany 23.74; | Norway 18.79; Sweden, 19.29; Mon- treat 80.25. Note: Demand rates are nominal. BOSTON WOOL Boston, Dec. 16.—()—Most houses in the wool market reported business ‘Tex, Pac. Ld. Tr. ..... quiet Wednesday, but there were a! ‘Tim. Roll. Bearing . few exceptions in which sales were | Underwood Elliott closed on substantial quantities at|Union Carbide . it Union Pacific .... firm prices. Current sales ae Deeate: several grades. The principal activ- ity was on 12 months Texas strictl; combing 58, 50’s territory and 48, 50’ strictly fleece wools. CHICAGO CASH GRAIN red 56; No. 2 hard 58, Iv: Old corn No, 2 yellow 40%; No. 2} | Util. Pow. white 41. New corn No. 3 mixed 39-, (Vanadium Co! Pag No. 3 yellow 40;, No. 3 white’ 30%, \ Oats No. 2 white 261-271. Rye no sales. Barley 42-59. Timothy seed $4.00-4.25. Clover seed $13.00-15.50. | New York Stocks| eae fast might IT ;Total this month to date . WHEAT PRIGES RISE TO TOPMOST LEVEL in Argentina Lend ‘im. petus to Buying Chicago, Dec. 16—(?)—In a re- 2 {markable display of strength, wheat prices rose late Wednesday to tine top-most level reached since Nov. 24. Reports that temperatures as high as 109 prevailed in Argentina gave im- petus to buying. There were also predictions ‘that France would havo to enlarge soon the quota of foreign wheat allowed to millers, New ex- Port purchases of North American wheat totaled upward of 1,000,000 bushels, including some United States Uaiumet & Hecla n Pac. cee "wills |Chesap. é& Ohio |Chgo. Gt. Wes. . Gt. W. Crosley dio Curtis Wright .. te |First_Nat. Strs. {Fox Film “A” Freeport. be © heavy white ducks 16, small 14; col- Gen. Elec. (New) . (Gen. Food: ‘Ge. Gas & Bi. General Mills score) 29; extra firsts (90-91 score) ‘Gen’ Railw. Sig, Raz. Sade Grunow | Cheese—per Ib.: Twins 13c; Daisies Houd-Hershey 13420; a aloes 131¢c; Brick, 13!2¢;|Houston Oil . |Hudson Motor . Hupp, Mot, Car’ ' Eni Chicago, Dec. 16—(#—(U. 8. D. AD Tht Harvest, a Potatoes, 75, on track 265, total U. jtnt. Match. S. shipments 396; dull, trading rather | Int. ears San slow; sacked per cwt.; Wisconsin ;Int. & Ts found whites No. 1, 75-80, few fine |dewel ‘Fea : quality 85-90; unclassified 70-7214; | Idaho russets No. 1, 1.45-1.55; few] Johns-Mansvle. Kennecott -~ Kreuger & Toll. Kroger Grocery New York, Dec. 16.—(#)—Butter, Liquid Carbonic 11,804; unsettled. Creamery higher) see than extra 31 1-2; extra (92 score) 3)|Louls. G. é& El. . 1-2; first (88 to 91 score) 25 1-2 to! Mathieson ‘Aik. May Dept. Stores . Miami Copper . Mid-Cont, Pet. . Mo, Kan, & Tex. {Natl, Air ‘Trans. Nat. Cash Reg. . Radio-Keith Orp. Texas Corp. .. ‘to $10.50; 900 to 1100 lis, §' $811.25; 1100 to 1300 lbs., $7.00 to $11.50; 11300 to 1500 Ibs., $7.25 to $11.50; com- | , }Mon and medium 600 to 1300 Ibs., $3.00 pee, ;+ |to $7.00; heifers, good and choice 550 May ;common and July |Western Union |Westgh. Air Br. | Westch, Late {choice $3.25 to $4.5 hard winter. An overbought situation in the 05; wheat pit, however, was disclosed just before the finish. Speculators started ; 4 to sell, and found support lacking as| @ result of a quick price break at “| Winnipeg. Wheat here colsed nerv- % lower than Tuesday's fin- 2) ‘ish, May 58%-56, July 57-57%. Corn te down, May 41%, July 431%. Oats -%4 off, and provisions unchanged to 10 cents highe: ‘Opening *s ward held near the initial range. Corn started unchanged to % off and sub- sequently sagged all around. Profit-taking on price bulges car- z ried wheat down at times to below Tuesday's finish, but rallies followed! 4, to levels: higher than before. Bears meanwhile made much of Winnipeg wheat import quota which, with a 15-' non-empire exporters, on asseriions that deflation of wheai 44 | Values had exhausted itself and that, 4 {aS the season progresses, world re-|Dec. quirements will be enlarged and javailable supplies reduced. Defic: ency of moisture in sections ol in parts of the American and Can- adian spring wheat belt also were was in evidence Tuesday. Provisions were: firmer, responsive to steadiness of hog values. ACTIVITY SHOWN I BY % | MINNEAPOLIS FUTURES | 3! Minneapolis, Dec. 16. —)—Grain |; % {futures displayed a lot of activity and |} , trading operations were much heavier |here Wednesday but in the end the jtendency was weak. There was no|l important feature at Minneapolis and very little December was traded. There were no deliveries on Minne- ‘4 | mpolis contracts and cnly a few ten- ders made elsewhere. Rye had a i; |good run but followed wheat, All |grains were guided by wheat. jehanged, May ‘sc lower, and July % lower. Cash wheat tone was steady. Offer- demand. Winter wheat was very quiet and unchanged. Durum was x, |Scarce and choice stuff in strong de- |2 mand. Cash corn demand was fair but bids futures on account of strength dis- Played by the latter. Oats demand ley demand was light for malting quality with offerings light. Flax of- ferings were very light and in good demand. (a ne EES | Livestock ‘ ed SOUTH ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK South St. Paul, Dec. 16—(AP—U. 8. D, A.)—Cattle 2,200; trade almost. at a standstill; talking unevenly and sharply lower on fed steers and year- ol ire weak to 25 or more lower on k; general quality very plain; pas big yearlings strictly good grades held upward from 6.00; bulk warmed up salablet4.50 down; beef cows 2.00 1.75 to 2.25; no early trade on bulls; stockers and feeders extremely duil %_ {at week's uneven decline; calves 3,500; vealers 50 or more lower; medi- um to choice grades 3.50 to 5.00 Hogs 20,000; averaging about 10 lower; better 160-325 Ibs. 3.65-3.80; top 3.80; 130-160 lbs. 3.25-3.65; bulk Pigs 3.25; sows 3.10-3.40; average cost 4 | Tuesday 3.78; weight 209. Sheep 5,000; no early action; buy- ing talking around steady; asking sharply higher or upwards to 5.50 on Hs choice lambs; two-loads medium to good fesders 2.75, CHICAGO ™ Chicago, Dec. 16.—(P)—(U. S. sows $3.50 to $3.65. weight 200 to 250 lbs., $4.95 to $4.15; jheavy weight 250 to 350 Ibs., $4.00 to 442. s | $4.10; packing sows, medium and good uy A 275 to 500 Ibs., $3.50 to $3.80; pigs, ! , {800d and choice 190 to 130 Ibs., $3.25 fee to $3.75. ‘general trade very uneven and dull: * \ strictly choice medium weight Blaers \$11.00. good and choice 600 to 900 Ibs.. $7.00 00 to to 850 Ibs., $5.00 tu $8. (medium $2.75 to.£. ows, good and medium $2.50 to $3.25; ‘ow cutter and ™! ++ ———— |Total, jan. 1 to date. $3.75 ie $4.25; cutter @© medium $2.25 ; vealers (milk ‘ed) good and choice “$5.50 to $7.00; medium $4.00 to; |$5.60; cull and common $3.00 to $4.00. Stocker and feeder cattle: to $5.75; common and, medium $2.75 Sheep, 18,000; few bids and ‘sales Wilixto about steady with late bev good to choice lambs $5.00 to $5.50 to closely sorted kinds bid! 1$5.75; throwouts $3.50 to $4.00. Lambs, 90 pounds down, good and | choice $5.00 to $5.90; medium $4.25 to | Amarillo. Texas, suow ;$5.00; all weights common $3.00 to! Boise, Idaho, clea SINCE NOVEMBER 24 Reports of High Temperatures | {$4.25: ewes 90 to 150 pounds, medium '(.;j%003" lto choice $1.25 to $2.75; all weights ‘Denver, c |cull and common $1.00 to $1.75; feed- !ing lambs 50 to 75 pounds, good and choice $4.50 to $5.00. ce, 'Dodge City, Sioux: City, Iowa, Dee, . (U. 8. D. A.) —Cattle 2,000; calves 100; slaughter steers and yearlings market Fy not established; undertone weak to lower; fat she’ stock and bulls weak to 25c off; stockers and feeders about steady; few loads beef steers and yearlings eligible around $8.50-9.50; liberal quota short feds salable $6.00 down; few short fed heifers up to +$5.60; most beef cows $3.25 down; {plain stockers $3.25-3.75; bulk med- | 8: jum bulls $2.50-3.75; practical vealer Hogs 13,500; butcher market not es tablished; shipping demand narrow; | <' packers bidding mostly 15c lower; sows 10-15¢ lower; pigs about steady; early sales 140-160 lb. weights $3.25-3.65; jbidding $3.75 down for 170-290 Ib. weights; early sales sows $3.35-3.40; 4 higher, wheat after- hang — geet Pigs opening steady, un- dertone strong; few fat packers $5.15; bulk held above $6. few fat ewes $2.00-2.15; best quoted \to ‘ait most feeders eligible $2.50- jnight and Thursday — reports that Great Britain was now|| i i considering a 70 per cent Domin:on Vb Grain Quotations i partly cloudy. per-cent native quota, would leave! MINNEAPOLIS RANGE only 15 per cent to be supplied by aui/Minneapolis, eo: 16.—()— lose ; by moderate temperature, lover the On the other hand, bulls laid siren DE , 130.7 is ace weather over that y domestic winter wheat territory and bs wi emphasized. Buying demand tor corn and oats lacked the snap that|De MINNEAPOLIS CASH CLOSE H 16.—e—Wheat ednesday 45 compared to ih fy ee ago. .; amber durum 71 1-4 to 87 1- December wheat futures closed un- |2 dk north, ings were light and in fair to good!3 dk north. No. 1 dark northern ... were off about 1 cent compared with bp *|Wwas much better. Rye demand was)] D fair to good with offerings light. Bar- “|Spelte, 2220.2 'Dark hard winter wheat ,|Hard winter wheat ...... to 3.25; helfers 3.00 to 4.25; cutters jy Agr.)—Hogs, 36,000, including ny direct; slow, unevenly weak to 5 cents, Se on % ‘lower than yesterday's average Or!No. 1.... jaround steady with the close; eral |180 to 200 Iks., $4.05 to $4.10; top $4.15 ,|Mmost 140 to 170 Ibs. $3.75 to $4.05; Chicago, Dee, 16. — Pigs largely $3.25 to $3.50; packing ‘De CHICAGO RANGE 6.—(P)— oh Light light, good and choice 140 to "Mar 60 Ibs., $3.75 to $4.05; light weight ‘Jul 1% |160 to 200 Ibs., $4.00 to $4.15; medium | . ¢ Cattle, 7,500; calves, 2,500; general JU! market very slow; about steady on! nes) good and choice long yearlings and all march % igrades weighty steers, but weak “o May lower on lower grade light steers and aay ai !yearlings; barely steady on she stock: | ESy. Slaughter cattle and vealers: steers | Jan. common and May cutter $1.50 to $2.50; bulls (yearlings ae excluded) good and choice (becf) jae Weather Report ii ? cibhhdl ‘- Meher rresterdn q 32 PRECIPITATION |Normai, this month to date Normal, Jan, 1 to date Accumulated a ficienc: Jan. 1. sowha DAKOTA POINTS 7 a.m. hi a ‘ gee 8A OU Valley Cit 11000 8 foo 216. 10 100 Grand > 20° 9 (00 Minot, ¢ 8 30.00 GENERAL REPORT Other Stations-- 20100 40 100 3 200 Calgary, Alta, Des Moi (Edmonton, 00 00 00 00 00 | 00 too! Plerre, 8. D., clea 00 Pr. Albert, Sask 100 Qu’ Appell, Se Sasi 200 Rapid City, 8. D too Roseburg, Ore. 200 200 00 a) 200 100 foo 200 00 00 ‘00 00 Winnemucea, Nev. 200 Winnipeg, Man., i) + WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gener- ally fair tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer tonight. , Gener ‘air m= al Fair , tonight nd’ Thursday; slightly warner to- night. Kor Montana: Generally fair to- warmer north- utheast portions west and extreme tonight. For Minnesota: General: slightly warmer tonight; ir and hursday WEATHER CONDI A low pressure area, NS panied is centered stern Canadian Provinces, 68 inches, A high pres: ntered over the Rocky ge and Lander anied by sction. - Sub-gero temperatures occurred In Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. The weather is Edmonton 2: su ea inches, isomewhat unsettled in the southern Pla 6 States and over the far North- Elsewhere generally fair weather prevails, Bismarck station barometer, noheat 28.37 reduced to sea level 30.2 ORRIS ROBERTS, Official ta charge. DULUTH CLOSE Duluth, Minn., Dec. 16.—(#)—Clos- ‘ing cash prices: Wheat, No. 1 dark northern 72 1-2 to 76 1-; No. 2 do. j 71 1-2 to 75 1-2; No. 3 do. 69 1-2 to 74 1-2; No. 1 northern 72 1-2 to 76 -2; No. 2 do. 71 1-2 to 74 1-2; No. 1 do, 69- 1-4 to 87 1-4; No, 1 durum 67% to 10 1-4; No. 2 Go. 67 1-4 to 70 1-4, No. 1 mixed durum 63 1-4 to 82 1-4; No. 2 do 62 1-4 to 82 1-4; No. 1 red durum 59 1-4. Flax on track 1.42 to 1.47; to ar- «| rive 1.42; Dec. 142; May 1.40. Oats, No. 3 white 25 7-8 to 27 7-8. No. 1 rye 45 1-2 to 46 1-2. Barley, choice to fancy 44 1-2 to 47 “1-2; medium to good 35 1-2 to 40 1-2. BISMARCK GRA (Furnished by Russell-Miller Co.) Dats Dec, 16. 5 $ 5 56 50 42 38 No. 1 northern ..... No. 1 amber durum No, 1 mixed durum No. 1 red durum .... i 1 flax .. . No. 2 flax No.1 rye Barley Oats .. CURB STOCKS New York, Dec. 16. pins Cities Service .... 5 Elec Bond & Share . 59'2! Standard Oil Ind. + 15% United Founders . 1% MONEY RATES New York, Dec. 16—()—Call money steady 2% per cent. Time loans steady 60 days 3%; 90 days 3%-4; 4 to § months 4 per cent. Prime commercial paper 3%-4 per | ‘j}cent. MINNEAPOLIS STOCK | CLOSE (By The Associated Press) First Bank Stock 1214. Northwest Banco 22. Others blank. CHICAGO STOCK (By The Associated Press), Corporation Securities 4. Insull Util Invest 6%. Midwest Util (New) 6. GOVERNMENT BONDS New York, Dec. 16.—()—Govern- ‘| ment. bonds. Liberty 3%s 98.6. Liberty 1st 4%8 100.1. Liberty 4th 4%s 100.5. Treas 4,5 102.5, Treas 4s 100.5. | Farm Products Show Shrinkage in Value Washington, Dec, 16--()--The total | fara value of the nation’s crops this 4. | Year was reported Wednesday by th> department of agriculture at $4,122,- 850,000, ‘as compared with the revised figures of $5,818,620.000 for last year’s crops and $8,088,494,000 for those of 1929, CONGRATULATES LEAGUE Paris, Dec. 16.—(?)—United States Ambassador Edge Wednesday extend- ed to Aristide Briand the’ congratula- tions of the American government on the work of the League of Nations; council in connection with the Man- churian dispute. AND NOT A SINGLE BID Omaha, Neb., Dec. 16.—(7)—It was just like one of thoge Culbertson- Lenz bridge hands when these gentle- men sat down to lunch, They were G. S. North, Fred A. East, Fredmont .|L. South and George F. West. The hear of the avarge adult is 5 inches long. 3'¢ inches broad, and 2%. inches thick. 'Official Found Dead | In Auto at Denver Denver, Colo., Dec. 16.—()—Joseph 1E. Graves, assistant district attorney, car here last night. His body was battered and mutilated. Police said they were investigating gangsters, killed in a motor car acci- 72 ident or injured fatally in a drunken { fight. Glen O. DePuy, who sald he had been Graves’ companion of the eve- ning, Frank W. Allen, a friend, and {Allen's wife were questioned. {Allen's home several hours after an junidentified man had appeared at the assistant prosecutor's hotel apart-j tor car with two other men, A hotel bell boy said the unidenti- fied visitor's car seemed to have been Passengers was slumped in a corner, Police sought the stranger. 0} Japanese Flag Put Up in Manchuria, Replacing Chinese (Continued on from Page One) inducements by the sponsors of the “new Manchuria.” DROP PROPOSAL TO SEND MORE TROOPS Tokyo, Dec. 16.—(#)—The proposal to send more Japanese troops into Manchuria has been dropped, it was tions that Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang is preparing to withdraw from Chinchow to a position within the great wall. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN TIEHLING AREA Mukden, Manchuria, Dec. 16.—(7)— Fighting between Japanese troops and Tiehling Wednesday. A force of about 200 eons be- sieged about 700 Chinese. The Jap- nese used machine guns but the Chinese were able to resist stubbornly 5 No. 2 because of the strong mud walls and loopholed blockhouses of the village. The Japanese had no artillery. The bleak plain, denuded of all crops, is frozen too hard to permit digging trenches and many Japanese are re- Ported to have been wounded. A Japanese company, which went to ‘ola |the Shutatize district Tuesday, dis- persed the Chinese without casualties and returned. UNITED CHINA MAY RESULT FROM SHAKEUP in two since last spring when the seemed likely to be united Wednesday following a shakeup which began Tuesday with the resignation of Presi- ident Chiang Kai Shek. ton faction was to take the upper hand. “My comrades at Canton said {they would come to Nanking only on condition that I resign,” he said, “and this means that I must. retire before peace and unity are restored.” | A coalition government is looked for. Chiang’s resignation was accepted by political observers as a serious set- back to the so-called “Soong dynasty,” the group associated with the Soong family. T. V. Soong is minister of finance. Australians Plan Big Wheat Acreage Canberra, Australia, Dec. 16,—(?)— Despite low world prices, planting of wheat in Australia has been extended and the federal department of mar- kets, after a preliminary survey of crop prospects in all states, antici- pates the coming harvest will yield more thari 212,000,000 bushels. The state of western Australia has greatly Olextended the acreage devoted to wheat. CANADIAN BANKER DIES vice president and managing d:rec- \tor of the Royal Bank of Canada, | died early Wednesday. Culbertsons Take ! Lead from Jacoby And Lenz in Game , (Continued on from Page One) Hearts—K 10 7 2 Diamonds—9 8 Clubs—5 Mrs, Culbertson (East)-— Spades—Q 9 Hearts—Q J 964 Diamonds—K 10 7 Clubs—10 9 7 Culbertson (West, dealer)— Spades—A. Hearts—A 8 5 Diamonds—Q 6 5 4 2 Clubs=A Q 8 4 Jacoby (South)— Spades—K J 10 2 Hearts—3 Diamonds—A J 3 Clubs—K J 6 3 2 The bidding: West 1 diamond; North pass; East 1 heart; South double; West pass; North one spade; East pass; South two spades; West three hearts; North three spades; East pass; South four spades; West double; all pass. Final contract 4 spades by Jacoby. Opening lead K ‘of diamond by Mrs Culbertson. Tries for Slam The only slam try of the session,! neither side vulnerable. Lenz (North, dealer)— Spades—K Q 76 Hearts—7 5 4 Diamonds—10 4 Clubs—A Q 87 Mrs. Culbertson (East)— 2 Clubs—10 6 43 2 wd Culbertson (West) — | Spades—J 10.985 Hearte—K Diamonds—Q 9 8 7 Clubs—J 9 Jacoby (South)— Spades—3 Hearts—A Q 10862 Diamonds—A K 6 5 Clubs—K 5 The bidding: North one club: East pass; South two hearts; West pass, six hearts; all pass. Final contract six hearts by Jacoby. Opening lead Jack of spades by | Culbertson: ‘ possibilities he had been slain by! | The body was found in the car at} ment, threatened to “tear the door; rs. Pre, |down” when unable to obtain admit- igh Ins, ‘tance, and later had departed by mo- in an accident and that one of his! learned Wednesday, owing to indica- | Chinese irregulars contfnued east of | WANTED—Salesm: Nanking, Dec. 16.—(#)—China, split | Canton government was formed in| —-———. opposition to the Nanking regime,| BEAU Chiang himself admitted the Can-| Montreal, Dec. 16—(#)—C. E. Neili,| FOR RENT. North three hearts; East pass; Souti! . CLASSIFIED AD RATES All want ads are cash in advance | minimum charge 175° cents. Copy was found dead in a parked motor | must be received at The Tribune of- fice by 9:00 a. m. to insure insertion | same day in the regular classifiec. page. Cuts, border or white space used 02! want ads come under the classified display-rates at 90 cents per column inch per insertion. REGULAR WANT. 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Phone 1716-R. {WORK WANTED — Typewriter and adding machine cleaning ‘and re-| Pairing. 12 years’ experience. Also rebuilt machines and supplies for sale. Manford Parks, 206 Bdwy or phone 85. WORK WANTED — Experienced girl | wants work by the hour, day or eve- _ning. Phone 428-W. ALL KINDS OF SEWING “done at reasonable price. Good fit and neat work guaranteed. Mrs. A. S. Erick- son, 307 12th Street. Phone 1833-W. WANTED—More customers to try our dry cleaning, repairing and pressing service. Royal Tailors and Cleaners now located at the Pea- cock Art Shop, 508 Broadway, Bis- marck, N. Dak. Phone 716. Rooms for Rent FOR RENT—Thoroughly modern at- tractively furnished sleeping rooms in an up-to-date downtown apart- ment. Rent reasonable. Apply Apartment 1, Logan Apartments, 118% Third St. Phone 1143, WANTED—Permanent, reliable room- er in modern home. Extra good room. Board and washing, $30.00 a month, Use of piano and living room if desired. Phone 357-R or call at 617 7th St. FOR RENT—Furnished room and apartment in modern home. Hot water heat. Private entrance, Close in, 2% blocks from G. P. and Patterson hotels. Phone 216-M or call at 402 Fifth street. : FOR RENT—Large furnished sleep- ing room in modern gas heated home. $12.00 per month. Call at 522 Second street. i FOR RENT—Two modern rooms by month, day or week at 411 Ave. A. Phone 678-J. FOR RENT—Exceptionally large well furnished room at Logan Apt., No. 4. Next to Prince hotel. Ladies Preferred. Call at Logan Apt., No. 4 or phone 1532. FOR RENT—Sleeping room in mod- ern home. Call at 406 6th St. Phone 1. Houses and Flats jix room furnished house. 113 East Thayer. Six room unfurnished house, January Ist. City heated furnished rooms suitable for three or four gentlemen. Phone 905. FOR RENT—House on South Fifth street. Call Gussners. FOR SAI£ OR RENT—All modern house, one block from pavement. near Capitol and high school. Gas heated. Built-in features. Lawn, trees, shrubs. Terma Phone 1057/ after 5:00 0. m. Smith, Phone 851-W. FOR RENT—A modern 9 room house next to the Bank of North Dakota. Phone 206 or cal} at 217 5th St. Household Goods for Sale \SRICED FOR QUICK SALE—House- hold goods including beds complete. dressers, tables, chairs, baby bed, baby buggy and other miscellaneous items. Phone 983-W or call at 120 Ave. A. Personal | LEARN A PROFESSION—Low rates for enrolling now. Catalog free. Moler Barber College, Front Street, | Fargo, N. Dak. i | i 1 Interview write Tribune Ad. No. 400. | s55-5 j { i ! i _,_ Apartments for Rent WILL SUB-LET my nicely furnished apartment in Mason apartments for an indefinite period. Reasonable rates. Mrs. Lundquist. Phone 660 FOR RENT—Three rooms for $15.00 ber month. Water free. 210 11th St. FOR RENT—Modern two large room apartment. Partly furnished. First floor. Private entrance. Hot water heat. Gas for cooking. Call at 118 1st_street, rear. FOR RENT—Furnished two room apartment, $26.00 per month. Alu three room furnished apartment, Newly decorated. 618 6th St. FOR RENT—Two room furnished light housekeeping partment. Warm and clean, with piano. Pri- vate entrance. Heat, lights, gas and running water in apartment fur- nished. Phone 812-J or call at 517 2nd St. FOR RENT—Two room apartment. Private bath and kitchenette. Built in cabinet. Heat, gas and water furnished, 114 Ave. E. FOR RENT—Completely furnished apartment at Rose apartments for 2 months, $55.00. Phone 146 or 563-M. FOR RENT— Furnished two-room apartment on ground floor. In- cluding lights, gas and heat. Pri- vate entrance. Also sleeping room. Call at 322 Ninth street. FOR RENT—Cheap. 2 room all mod= ern furnished apartment, bath ad- Joining. One block from courthouse. Call at 416 6th St. Phone 1141-R. FOR RENT—Two foom furnished apartment. Gas, water, heat, lights and_ telephone furnished. Call at 813 Thayer Ave. FOR RENT—Two room apartment. City, heat. Phone 1063 or call at _ room 300, College ‘Building. FOR RENT —Two room apartment, furnished. Close in on Mandan St. Private entrance. See it. Phone 1313. FOR RENT—Weil furnished two room apartment on ground floor. New gas range, Frigidaire. natural gas heat. Also single room with kitchenette, Well furnished. Hazel- hurst Apartments. 411 5th St Phone 273, FOR RENT—New apartments. First Class. All modern. One large apartment with 4 rooms. Private baths. Call at 422 Seventh St., aft- ernoons. FOR RENT — Modern a Spartmient “at Person Court. Phone 1791 FOR RENT—Five ok ee modern apartment. L. K. Thomp- 'T—Furnished or unfurnish- ed apartment. Varney Apartments. Phone 773. FOR RENT—Furnished apartment, one room and kitchenette, on first floor; also basement room with kitchenette, $20.00 per month. Phone 511, Everts Apartments, 314 Third ll furnished two room apartment. South exposure. Gas, lights and heat furnished. Laundry privileges. Adults only, 120 West Thayer Ave. « FOR RENT — Strictly modern fur- nished apartment. Rose Apart- ments. 215 3rd St. FOR RENT—All modern iurnishedi aud unfurnished apartments in the Rue Apartments with electric stove and Frigidaire. Inquire 711 Ave. A. Phone 1256-W. Rue Apartments. | FOR RENT—aspartument in fireproor building, twe rooms, kitchenette and bath. Electrical refrigerator. Layn- dry privileges. Inquire The Bis- marck Tribune office. SS or Sale TWO NEW 1931 CHEVROLET COACHES Complete with front bumpers and fender guards. Absolutely new. Price $495.00 cash F. O. B. Garrison, N. Dak. Wire acceptance. Reuter Motor Co. Inc. ORDER Beckinan coal. $3.00 per ton. Peter Baker and Otto Dutt. Phone 637-J or call at 113 Mandan Ave. . “BREED THE BEST” MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS— Toms up to 24 lbs. $8.00. Pullets up to 15 Ibs, $3.50. Walt M. Staigle, Sanger, 'N. Dak. FOR SALE—1929 Oldsmobile coach. Finish and upholstery like new. Ex- cellent mechanical condition, 6 ply tires, Will take trade in and give terms. Phone 826-J, FARM FOR RENT OR SALE—560 or more acre farm. Has a fine 10 room house, nearly new with running wa- ter and electric lights. Has best water system in state. Good terms. Interest at rate of 314 per cent. The applicant must have sufficient stock, not mortgaged. For further infor- mation see owner. J. J. Rue, 711 Ave. A. FOR SALE—Fine climate. Beautiful Coeur d’ Alene Lakeshore. 38 acres. Hunting. Fishing. Buildings. Spring water. Fruit. Timber. $1100 with $100 cash and $10 per month. P. P. Johnson, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. FOR SALE—1930 Chevrolet 1% ton truck with cab and platform. Just nicely broke in. Write Henry Krier, c-o Lewis & Clark hotel, Mandan, N. Dak. FOR quality lignite coal at lowest Prices. Phone 518-M. CHOICE CANARY singers: Import- ed Rollers, Hartz Mountain and Choppers, native singers. Cages, ‘ seeds, Jacob Bull, phone nes. Dickinson, N. Dak. Miscellaneous WANTED to buy for cash. Men's overcoats, sheep lined coats, mack- inaws, shot guns, rifles, tools. For sale: Two saxaphones, C melody, E flat alto, also sewing machine. Cap- itol New and Second Hand Cloth- ing Store, 117 5th St. WANTED TO BUY—A four bottom John Deere plow, packer and drill. Rosenthal corn shredder. pa Mi ill pay 5% interest. The Es best se- curity. Write Tribune Ad. No. 381. Use the Want Ads ——<_<_{=—=_*—$IzKz&&_————~c~<={[ At Reduced Rents Moderu apartments in a fire- proof building, electric refrigera- tors, electric stoves, city beat laundry privileges, ete. Inquire at The Bismarck Tribune Office