Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
midwinter in an improved condition.|porting cities in North Dakota ac- Calgary. Alta., clear 2 Economists Predict World Fair Closes 2 HALF-DOZEN SHOTS i |findian-Head Pennies! Soniperatire figures of livestock on {counted for $2,215,480, as compared to Chicago. ., Faining Hy R 5 farms, as of January 1, follow: $2,580,212 in the same cities in 1936. W th R port Reco' Doe Livestock Jan. 1, 1937 Jan. Numerous large federal construction eather eC H | May Trap Thieves very, 3rd n't Books With Surplus All cattle . 1,196,000 1,1. projects in 1936 helped swell those to- i ‘0 |e — Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 30—(P)— ’ eg eed ales , Cities showing largest increases) 5, }/ PATHER St ea Havre, 3 pons! ; Te chaa Gas tn WN. Js Dec. 30 cng se, 9a we : x 3 i elena, 3 had poally pete “Signi in the present hog pop-}_ City tonight wolder “riday? eae : ‘scarce coins so much coveted by peng wd Bolg Be Sot dt eet a president of a Century of Progress | Pai in Minne-| lation totals is the fact that there|Valley City ‘or North Dakota: Unsettled to- S the amateur numismatist, may Medel Exposition in 1933-34, Rufus C. air Rob Customers in Minne-|'- 7. today available about 50,000 more | Jamestown night and Friday, possibly snow north- | 1 881 point the way to the arrest of | the opinion the present business re-] ePeS a oo en or, apolis Store, Blaze Wildly breeding gilts on farms than a year|Fargo .... South’ tontent; colder Friday weste 00] prowlers who invaded two Bis- | cession will reach bottom during the | STS setout certified checks for : ago, This population, together with| “In addition to these figures, Valley | Fer South Dakota: | Mostly cloudy | Miles City, Mon “00 | marck homes last Saturday night. | first halt of 1908- A_ tune $160,000 to seven, public agencies at Proprietor producers’ declared intentions, makes |City this year completed a $250000/{0PIsht, and Friday; rising tempera-| Mplscst, Faul, 3 25] _ Police Wednesday urged that | Frederick Roos of New York believes) S00" Sulanthropic’ organiza Jie possible a spring farrow of 600,00 pigs,|auditorium and armory bullding,| Friday’ colder Mridayin west, nen 7 | Moorhead, aint, #0] merchants be on the look-out for | conditions leading to deep depression | the fleet time in history that an Minneapolis, Dec. 30.—(?)—Busy|0r more. The top hog population in started in 1936. For Montana: Unsettled tonight | 30, Cie Ol jebr. Or closed behind the prescription counter of his|the history of the state occurred in! Water Conservation Advanced | 274, riday; showers or snow flurries | hte 121%, 00 Leal eevee MA opr awe Firm Off. its books with a surplus. orug store when a pair of bandits Hees when fee were 71a neadion “Water conservation projects of | central Portions Friday; warmer ex- Bierre eee ee a HE 8) ipaed'in tie soot tAken by the Bismarck ers ——_————— eS torne broprctor ef sare ai might easly be exceeded in two Yeas" sate and Tedercl agencas have now |aaterestienenntas ureneeed cntene| QUAgPahS SARK: GP 32 E88) prawns, | To Settle Tax Claim|Frank Higgins Heads . J. 5 i i 7S. re 5 ‘ A 4i1 East Lake street, was made atime. j impounded 528,819 acre feet of stor-| northwest portion; mot wo cold west | Roseburg, Ore., cldy. .. 50 42 -50| tian stolen were @ callbee 23 a : Farm Credit Group human target for several seconds. ‘North Dakota's production record |age, according to the state planning| ‘oMight: slightly warmer Friday ex- > Ue clay. as Chief Police 4 N. D._ Dec. 20.—(#)—Be: — Six or seven shots were fired at|in 1937 finds it growing the following|poard, Annual average runoff, orig- | °°? ¢*iteme northwest portion. aA Ni'Wex” Steer de 80 cao] Chiat of ye cause the plaintit? as made oe orre: | _, Minneapolis, 20. —()-—Frank him, All nt wild. The bandits|percentages of national totals: 83.6% tima 8. 8. r, 22 00 2 eet en ‘Higgins, president Riggins then ‘ of durum: 212% all spring wheat: three tlllion acre fect, 40 the permac | The, vatometrle pressure te, high $ 3) | ms e (Qn? hich pe ee maid company, Wredneeioy was ap- Horn was working at a counter sep-|and 22% flax. Not only does this state/nent utilization program is one-sixth |CvG" the central Canadian Pi aoe | Think Soviet ‘Spy company, Bismarck, seeks'to recover | iitaa’ president of the arated from the front of the store| thus establish @ record for quantity |complete, Winnipeg 30.32 inches, while a deeb BY May Be American] 20222, mich it alleses it overpeld Credit Re- door opened, en he looked up he} grain competition, Nor ote, the protracted drouth was the danger- 838 in Se ther binkiatees 200 aon al tors included George Lamb, Michi. saw a friend and customer, E. L. Col-|winter earned more top honors than|ous decline in field inspections and! £aty 2938 inches. Another high pres; Washington, Dec. 30.—S—New evi-| by Judge Gunnar Nordbye in federal . lette, Behind him were two younger |any other four states at the Inter-|number of certified seed growers, |Ctan mectward to Calltomia seen Late dence that the “Mrs. Donald L. Robin-| court here Wednesday, gan, N. D. men. All three came toward the/national Hay and Grain Show, win-|From a pre-drouth average of 800 to{ ity 30.20 inches. Light precipitation Survey Dam Site son” figuring in a mysterious Moscow RISER During 1937, more than 100,000,000 back of the store. While Horn fin-|ning first place in the U. 8. in durum,|1,000 pure seed growers, the state had | Pesicn wenetwectward’ to Gclonce On Pembina River |‘ssppcarsnce might be an American Business in Canada acres of small grain, such as barley, Spprared. fo follow ‘Collste ‘over to|eeag veer cet ire BM Ted dropped to Te eld inepectiony ae a ee reed, atsene yet es eo Thursdey to intensity tia efforts to-| GO0d; Getting Better | ows, re, and whest, were planted in a peas, A total of 760 lots of pure seed was |!” the nor! Adela li do} > ‘United States. & Tear telephone booth. s, . More Moisture in Soil moved into producers’ hands by G. N. starsaeete fone iieteeaeanel teers Army engineers, under supervision | ward her identification, 30—(Canadian Press) pesca Re Til be with you in a minute,” he} “Moisture arriving late in the year|D. A. pure seed crews and in 1937, the|age In practically a of Col. P. B, Fleming, district en-| The department sent # photograph| Toronto, Dec. 30.—( said. made for ideal fall plowing conditions. |number of field inspections had jump-|, Bismarck station gineer at the St, Paul office, are en- of a woman answering her general de-|—Four years of unbroken recovery! You're invited to the U. C, T. The blast of @ revolver came as @|This fact, plus the open fall whichlea to 221, covering 22 varieties. In| 7°18, Reduced to gaged in » survey of » dam site on scription to the American embassy at/were supplemented by another sub- |annual New Year's Ball Friday teply to his words, One slug caine |saw field work continuing until Nov-|certified seed potatoes, North Dakota Ginicc care the Pembina river near Walhalla,|the Russian capital. The picture was;stantial gain in he World rough the window, a second struck}ember 11, accounts for an exceptional| stood second in the nation from a — Floyd Jennings, state planning board |that of Ruth Marie Rubens of New| 1937—about nine per cent over 1936. night at the War Me- > cosmetic case and the others went /amount of fall tillage, which is ordi-|standpoint of total bushels, produc-| yor pig mE C TATION ~ director, said Thureday. Three-fold | York, born Ruth Boerger at Philadel-| Envisage trade profits.in 1988 at least |morial Building. Musie by wild, striking bottles and shelves and !narily transiated into earlier seeding |ing 1,775,620 bushels of certified prod-| Total this month to date Purpose of the proposed dam, esti- jphis. meoreetet/ Satta White Jackets. glancing off the walls. and superior crops. Grain on ferms|uct in 1937, double the 1936 total. ° | Normal, this month to date mated to cost $562,500, will be stream The bandits ran from the place. It}and in elevators today equals twice Toal, January 1st to date flow regulation, recreation and re- was then that Horn learned that his friend Collette had been a victim of the bandits himself. Paved Roads Will Help “Although tourist travel into North Dakota declined this year from $14,- 000,000 to $12,000,000, the G. N. D. A. the total seed needs of the state, save Perhaps in flax. “U. 8. cold storage holdings as of ne December 1 average about 50 per cent. Pet.| The curious malady that develops ONTINUE of those of a year ago, and about 60|urist department predicts that 1938| miswaRcK, cldy. .°14 “Ga P.oe| in steel under-pressure is known to per sont of the fivecyear average in (might easily see this form of income| Devils take, clas ¢ 22 00] engineers as “fatigue failure.” X-ray rtation instead o crtation from page one: Itry, beef, pork, lamb and lard, |Tise to $18,000,000. An unprecedented | Minot, cldy. {36-02 | plates show that the grains of which Outlook for State Pa coma Gaseny ‘eterie ‘| construction program is mapped, in- Williston, cldy. 20 «38 steel is formed break up into much i. eel stabilizing effect upon ensuing mar-|luding at least 450 miles of paving,/ WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS | smaller grains, thus weakening the - for further information see Good Says G.N.D.A. |xet price levels. which would close all gaps on U. 8. 10, Low- High- structure, cee ee especial reports to G. N. D. A. from |®Hd_ bring substantial improvements et er value, based upon a state average|the Bank of North Dakota show that “ veel ee A Puke ea 36__50__:00 price, are: the state is in better financial con- ie be completed ASS enodatl to bones -$28,741,500 117,267,250 6,550,076 5,980,400 | From a peak, reached January 1, 1933, 7392000 |of $39,573,000, the state reduced $14,- cerned. Hereafter there will be avail- 3/685,000 | 786,000 up to January 1, 1937, During able a paved route from coast to coast i 2,800,000 {this past year, $3,243,000 was retired. |*rough North Dakota. ; bole ye 3.73194) |From a January 4 sinking fund, total ‘Disregarding moratoriums and tax 6814000 |ot $5,863,19057, there remains a net|/"0N-payment trends, the state audi- 20 000 THRILLS é 646,200 |balance of $2,620,190, plus 1937 ac- hah Ciltale RH eh 9 3 Beets, truck, etc. 4,000,000 jcretions, while over in the interest as of December 1, 1937. On the same “Livestock, and livestock products, brought a gross production for 1937 Of $67,380,609, as compared with $58,- 279,200, for 1936. From this 1937 total, increased dairy herd inventories and dairy products account for $27,142,- 560, largest single item under the livestock head. Other livestock pro- duction in 1937 totaled: Dairy herds, products $27,142,560 Beef cattle produced 18,797,200 Poultry and poultry products .... + 10,340,000| state, is disproved by the Bureau of fe survival for all trees planted in the aa ~ 8842500] elation pain for Norts Dakota: io, |shelterbelt. program: North, Dakota] THRILLS of Sub Warfare! “Crop and livestock estimates em-| 680,845; 1935, €93,000; 1986, 703,000; |pre,per cent; South Dakota 75-4: Ne-1) THBHLG of a Great Adventure! ployed are derived from basic records] und July 1, 1937, 706,000, Federal in- 61.5 and Texas 62.9. ok TURILLS of Men vs. The Sea! ot Ben Kienholz, federal agricultural statistician, Fargo. Feed Reserves Good “Feed reserves of the past year ac- count for an increase in hogs and sheép on farms, and carry cattle into = After-holiday Clearance Sale now in progress at Sarah Gold dition as of January 1, 1938, than at any time since 1925, from a standpoint, ot outstanding state real estate bonds. fit foreign travel, ending for all time the stigma which has forever existed where this state’s highways were con- funds there are adequate monies to meet all interest requirements falling standing real estate bonds, less exist- date, 62.40 of the 1935 levy had been di 4 11,’ . . |paid, as compared to 46.72 for a sim- te tis week, of $51172750. Out ttiar date in 1996, Actually, therefore, |pared to 68 per cent a year ago. Ajpraised value of its farm land and ing principal sinking funds, are ap-|there would appear to be approxi- Rerinatane Bikaaean Mill ae mately a 7 per cent better payment elevator bonds, totaling something tecord this year. over $3,000,000 comprise the only other ‘Allaying fears that drouth in re- remaining state obligation. cent years has demonstrated the in- Estimate Population Gain feasibility of tree planting as a ‘device “wholesale exodus of farmers re- | check soll blowing and to temper winter winds, the U. 8. Forest Service Ported from drouth sections of the|renorts the following percentages of come tax cbllections from North Da- kota, to December 20 were 37 per cent Mortgage Debt Not High higher than a year ago. “The Bureau of Foreign and Dom- “The receding zone of drouth was/estic Commerce estimates North Da- responsible for only 31 per cent acre-|kota’s total farm mortgage debt at age abandonment in. 1937, as com-|288 per cent of the currently ap- tcetal of 12,769,000 acres of principal|buildings. This is less than the farn. crops were harvested this year, against'mortgage debt percentage of South the record low of 7,439,000 acres in|Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa or Wiscon- Normal, January Ist to date Accumulated excess to date NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Low- High- duced pollution. Survey funds were allocated by WPA. CAPITOL “ 1936, sin, The Farm Credit administration, Shop. Coats, Suits and Milli- nery on sale. “Building permits issued in nine re-| which today holds the great majority of all farm paper in this state, an- ‘Lu QUOR for your New Year’s Party We have all the popular brands and many of the unusual brands you've always wanted to try. ._, We also have all the familiar brands of beer. Spe- cial prices in case lots. See us tonight and stock up. nounces total loans and discounts in North Dakota as of October 31, 1937, at $165,449,234. Admittedly a large sum, it is not dangerously high when it is recalled that North Dakota’s gross farm production in several years hes reached a total of $400,000,000, In- dicatives of a recognized value for North Dakota farm lands, the Fed- eral Land Bank of St. Paul reported a 51 per cent increase in sales of farm lands in this state during 1937 over 1936. For the first 10 months of this year, 963 farms were sold in this land bank district, as compared to 960 for 12 months in 1936, “As of 7 a. m., December 28, O. W. Roberts, state meteorologist, shows a 1937 deficiency in moisture at six scat- tered representative points of only 2.48 inches, as compared to a 1936 defic- jency of 9.77 inches. Total moisture recorded at Williston, Hettinger, Bis- marck, Devils Lake, Fargo and Wah- peton in 1937 averaged 13.83 inches, against 7.72 for 1936. “Twelve reporting cities in North Dakota experienced total debits to in- @ividual accounts in 1937 of $588,000,- 00C or an increase of seven per cent over. the $550,000,000 of 1936, accord- ing to the Federal Reserve bank. The 1937 totals represent the actual de- bits up to December 18, and an esti- mate for the remainder of the month.” NTINUEDP A Opening Sunday at 2 p. m. 4—Shows—4 $50 A Week to Take ail: Tonight - Friday - Saturday MARC THEATRE You Need These : LOOSE LEAF Social Security Outfits Complete lopted by Accountants ag Rvcsanece Edgar Kennedy oO h C from page one No advance in prices @ DIACKSTONE GID Fi tnreat of cat te cee Colors Brings End B K / 120 5th St. an : vascaia To Parisian Strike|| saan meen-cows were THEATRE : France intensified the turbulent labor I quit work in protest against discharge = Farmers Cut Rate Meat Market [[iSsscsee "i: some 612 Broadway Open Evenings Phone 216 2s among all of the 16.000 miners FOR 50 EMPLOYEES OR LESS srocxno.so-se i WISHES YOU A HAPPY AND Fireman Hurt in New Year Ontos =” - i PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Mill City Blaze e eet vik coliaiogd ook, @: Minneapolis, Dec, 30.—(?)—One fire- from the personnel of and elx divider shecto - each H | we Record Sheets ». Swedish Potato Sausage parte". LB iio: and was injured early Thursdey So Employces Earning Record |. a= All Necessary } é as 7 fine fighters fought flames for A A N E X Sheets Outfite for e ‘ ‘ young beef, ° LIVER pe ges \Motor Freight “Terminal, Readgquars hte ousfs provides space for aR | ***ser firms Information fer ye - per eneeevsee. DEG | commy serie oe Ble ioe ie nie iano toe Wp ABER AND mecalavaem meer | Sia pases a: ROUND STEAK, Bacon, "°°" i a OUVIA De HAVILAND ing of Social Security Records ately priced i; per Ib. .......... 1 9c Ya-lb. pkg. ...... 1 6c Rochester, Minn., Dee Be — BEAUTY SHOP pes casa THESE LABOR-SAVING SYSTEMS ON SALE A’ HAMBURGER, 9 65 | (Ham-Ham-Ham| [fiver te ticteat o's 52a: |l| Sart he new ar win me Tan strata of ow : ; on char 17 snot Core Beant OD omac leer operation week ago PERMANENT WAVE SPECIAL Bis arck T. rib une C Oo. shoulder, Ib. .... Clee —— ff ie 10 over-stock, we make this offer to you m Wd } ao... 11 ee TURK 32¢ You're invited to the U.C. T.|f} Duaré al permanent ony verervrireecsese= $3.50 STATIONERY DEPARTMENT — ; Poa. abi ual New Year's Ball Friday ; aces eee = — Cc LUDEFISK night at “the World War Me. PHONE 2200 : . WE DELIVER FREE ON FRIDAY morial Building. Music White Jackets, A to one and all from the New Year