The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 27, 1916, Page 12

TWELVE State News Edith Penno of Grafton is an- nounced winner of the pork produc- tion contest conducted by the ex- tension department of the North Dakota experiment station -for 1916. Miss Penno brought a litter of 12 Yorkshire pigs to a weight of 2593 pounds, or an average of 215 pounds each, on $50.90 worth of feed. The total value of the 12 pigs at the end of the contest was $104.68. Her rize- was $100. Winners of subsi- iary prizes, in the order that the flnished, are as follows: Kennet Wood, Arvilla; Martha Penno, Graf- ton; Mildred Pierce, Ellendale; Mil- ton Pierce, Ellendale; Emile Clair- mount, Walhalla; Thomas Farrell, Emerado; Joseph Delaney, ‘Em- erado; Florence Penno. Grafton; Earl Hammer, La Moure; Mary Smith, Nekoma; .Carl Borstad, Devils Lake; Edith Mason, Car- pio; Maudie ‘Hengels, - Fullerton; Walter Olstad, Droke; ‘Anna‘ Greshik, Clementsville; George Hanesel, La- Moure; Glenn Ench, Leith; Erwin Steffin, Cooperstown; Rene :Raymond, Willow City; Ray Dunlap, Michigan; Willie Watson, Maxbass; Russel Pen- no, Grafton; Vera I. Muir, Inkster. . McKenzie county this year will undertake several experimental agri- cultural projects as a result of the agricultural extension department of the State Agriclutural college co- operating with the United States agriclutural department. The coun- ty will have demonstrations in corn and alfalfa growing, live stock raising and instruction in building farm improvements in the best and cheapest manner. The pit silo will be boosted. The alfalfa ex- periment will cover five ycars and the corn experiment two years. M. B. Johnson, agricultural field agent for the county, will have general supervision of the work. State Veterinarian W. F. Crewe has received reports of outbreaks of infectious pneumoniaa in cattle at Menoken, Wilton, Tagus and _Arne- gard, North Dakota. It is a blood disease and said to be always fatal. ‘As a general rule the infected ani- mals are segregated and allowed to die. The veterinarian is sending or- THE NONPARTISAN LEADER gans of the deceased cattle to the government ‘for examination. The epidemic is reported worse in Minne- sota, and, other states are also suf- fering. North Dakota’s champion cow has beaten her own record. She is Lura Bettena, owned by Major E. S. Per- son, proprietor of the Elmwood farm, two and one-half miles west of Minot, and she has just flnished a year in which she produced 14,001.2 pounds of milk, containing 740.04 pounds’ of butter fat. J. A. Sorensen, manager of the Elmwood farm, gave the cham- pion merely the regular herd care during the year. The question ‘of whether or not a charge shall be obligator{efor grain storage in elevators will threshed out at a special meeting of the state railroad commission in Fargo Feb- ruary 9. The present law is mot clear as to whether a charge is eom- puisory, the statutes merely fixing a maximum charge that may be made. Charges of discrimination have been made and the commission will decide on an interpretation of the law. . The Republican state central com- mitte likely will be called together for a meeting Jaunary 25 by Chair- man Frank H. Sprague of Grafton. The meeting will be held in Fargo. The Barnes County Farmers’ Mu- tual Insurance company held a meet- ing last week at Valley City, at which the report for 1917 was receiv- ed. The company has met all losses and is in fine condition financially. Charles J. Fisk, chief ustice of the supreme court of North Dakota, has been endorsed by the Grand Forks Bar association- for the vacancy on the supreme bench of the United States. A report to the comptroller of the currency shows that the eight Fargo banks have deposits of $10.255,113, claimed to be a remarkable showing for a city of this population. R. L. Wagar, aged 72, who came to North Dakota in 1882 and became a promnient famer of Forest River and vicinity, died at his home re- cently at Grand Forks. BEBe Pl Phdddbdddd bust League. um;mummn mlb«Fflfl-fln4*+fl#t#+~r+flaon+++++flwgnonx of the Equity Co-operative Exchange has groWn now to where we have handled more than eight million bushels of grain since August 1st, 1915, As an illustration of the service rendered we re- produce here a letter printed in the January 6 issue of the Nonpartisan Leader, ' This is just a fair sample of the complaints our speakers hear and a very good argument why all should work for zthe Farmers Nonparti‘san Political ‘ The elevators at Kildeer have ship- ped out nearly 300,000 bushels of grain this season. Kildeer is draw- ing grain a distance of 40 miles. The Equity has formed a new co- Creighton, business with a:capital stock of $15,« 000, of which '$5000 'is- paid in. The shares .are :$50 .each .and' 10 is 'the limit any one stock holder may have. The board of directors -consists of N. ‘E. Whipple, W. H. -Sisson, Crear J. 'N. Johnson, John On no other basis can it be built. The business ‘Home Office, Fargo, N.D. ffices, St. Paul, Minn. and Superior, operative elevator company at Spir: itwood. The corporation begins. ‘Squires and John ‘Van Wick. Learn The Auto ane 3575 ] : i 4 Make your time worth money. You:cem Ym“lg iman! l“Ste ! do it now. ‘More demand than .ever. foF :sompetent axperts, garagemen and tractor operatoss, Plenty of good Jobs OPEN. :Xou .can prepare yourself for one of ithese—but you smust @0 1t NOW. Our.school has already opened, bigger and better thanever. Yo -ean jain our class today. -Up-to-date eguipment, .our fbulifing steam heated and slectric lighted. "W teach.gas engineering 2In =i 1t ‘branches; ithe -constraction, qperation .and repair of auto- smoblies; -slectrical instruction of 4ll kinds, ‘including magnetas, Ayna- 1 e mos, motors, storage battery work -and swlectrio starting .de- ‘wvices, also complets course in N Oxy-acetylene welding, and ma- | Y ))chine shop practice, ‘including s\& 3 engine and turret lathe work. ®. % 3 ) 2 d V. € 4 B\ This Is Your Gpportunity. START NOW. Our students are given individual instruction by practical and: ex- perienced instructors. There iz no limit to {he future of this busi- ness. We are called on constantly to furnis§ men for jobs and our graduates get positions quickly. A big paying trade and if you are ambitious we do the rest. With plenty of experience gained in 18 years continuously in the auto and gas tractor business we have practical men in charge of each department. Where can you go and get more? You must come to Fargo, located in the center . 3 the greatest tractor using district in the world. Come and gee for yourself what we.have to offer, or send the coupon for free information. You can't make a mistake, Our students and gradu- ates are big boosters for ' this school. Write to- ' ; e = 3 FARGO AUTO & GAS ENGINE .7 8CHooL - 1225-27 Front 8t, Fargo, N. D. La ool SQUARE DEAL FROM EQUITY At ‘the close of ‘the meeting held recently in Burlington a farmer and member of the League approached the speaker and -said: “I can give you an example of how we are bem'g robbed by the old line elevators, My wheat contained a quantity of good oats, not wild oats, and the ele- vators in this vicinity were docking me to such an extent that I decided, .to:ship a car as a.trial to the Equity Elevator -at St. Paul. I mot only re- ceived a grade of No. 1 for my wheat, but I also got a check for $40 for the cats that had been cleaned out of my one car of wheat. 1 figure that I can better pay:the railroad ‘fmight out . of the grain that I was being docked- here and still‘be money,ahe'ad,:besides } ’g‘etting a squfle deal on weight ‘and ¢ . grading. It’s'me for the Equity until such time as we farmers get our ! state owned terminal elevators.” W’s