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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18
CORa and ALFALFA
" SHOW A SUCCESS

Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 1S.--The corn
and alfalfa convention, conducted
under the auspices Of the Better
Farming association the past week.
was one Of the most largely attended
and enthusiastic farmers meetings
yer held in the state. The attendance
at times reached 1000.
The program included addresses on
alfalfa by experts, including men who
had been pioneers in the movement in
the United States for many years; 9TH
ers who had grown alfalfa successfully
for twenty years in South Dakota, and
who told of the discouragements that
accompanied inexperience and the
success won by persistence. There
were corn experts who told of the
manner in which the northwestern
selves to be in the corn belt" poultry
experts who told Of how chickens could
be made a profitable side issue" on
South Dakota farms, and swine ex-
pertS, who told Of methods Of pre-
| venting hog cholera, methods of feed
ing to produce the best pork at a
| minimum of expense and time.
Improved Methods Shown to Pay.
An interesting feature of the prize
awards, confined solely to farmers OF
| Brown county, was that Wenz broth
ers of Bath, progressive farmers, won
first or second in every exhibit OF
grain they made. while most OF the
| other prizes were taken by other
farmers Of the Bath neighborhood,
neighbors of the Wenz brothers. The
| Wenz brothers nave been practising
and preaching better farming, and the
result Of their efforts was shown by
the prizes taken by them OF by their
neighbors.
The Wenz brothers took first prize
on a peck of ~pedigreed barley they had
on exhibition, and the farm expert for
a. railroad offered to buy 1000 bushels
to plant On the demonstration farms
operated by the corporation for
which he worked. He was disappoint-
ed when told there was no more OF
the seed for sale.
Lipp Offers Serum.
One of the features of the last days
session was an address by DR.. c. C.
Lipp of the state college at Brookings,
state veterinarian, who made a sug-
gestion that any organization of farm
ers or any better farming association,
or any county, desiring to order hog
cholera serum from him now, could
do so, and he would purchase tested
serum, and then retest it at the col
lege, to be sure it, was up to the
standard.
In the afternoon of the closing day,
J. w. Parmley Of Ipswich delivered an
interesting lecture on The Value Of
the Silo on the Farm, and Bert Ball
of the farm improvement committee of
Chicago, talked on Clean Seed and
A. v. Lindberg of Langford, S. D.,
spoke on Wheat Grass. An Illus
trated lecture was given at one of the
moving picture houses on Cement on
the Farm, demonstrating the many
uses to which cement may be put.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18
North Dakota
Kernels T..

The sixth annual bonspiel IL
progress at st. Thomas.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

Boosters at ST. John are working to-
wards a population Of 1000 by Dec.
81, 1916. ....
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The caption over the local news in
The Drake News reads-"Drake,
thriving junction town where the Bis
marck-Fordville line crosses the main
line of the Soo."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The commercial club at st. John has
secured for the town a doctor and
drugstore convenience the place was
sorely in need of.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

Neglect caused the freezing to death
Of a brood of Chester White pigs on a
farm near Wildrose-it meant a
money loss of S125.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

Besides the city band there is O
girls high school glee club at WAL
halla.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The editor Of The Upham Star is
feeling chesty over the new press in
his Office.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The schoolhouse in the Battleview
district, Powers Lake. must be en-
larged to meet demands of large en-
rollments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

High class entertainments have been
furnished by Miss Ethel Halcrow OF
the state university, at points in the
northern part Of the state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

According to a double column edi-
torial note, in long primer, Hall Of
The Glen Uliin News dominates State
Sen. H. J. Linde of Stanley for attor-
ney general.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

A Ministerial association has been
organized by the resident clergyman
at Cavalier.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The farmers institute at Glen UIlin
was a genuine success both as to at
tendance and interest displayed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The ladies Of Silva, near Rugby,
have organized a new society, starr
Kjering Mote"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The McGregor Herald is a winter
debutante in journalistic circles and is
a promising youngster four issues old
but nowhere in it's pages is the name
of the county given from which it
comes and the Kernel searcher had no
gazetteer by his side.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

The sixth annual bonspiel IL In
progress at st. Thomas.
Boosters at st. John are working to-
wards a population OF 1000 by Dec.
81, 1916, ....
Besides the city band there is O
girls high school glee club at Wal
halla.
The editor Of The Upham Star is
feeling chesty ove the new press in
his office.
organized by the resident clergyman
at Cavalier.
The ladies Of Silva, near Rugby,
have organized a new society, starr
Kjering Mote"
The farmers institute at Glen Ullin
was a genuine success both as to at
tendance and interest displayed.
The schoolhouse in the Battleview
district, Powers Lake, must be en-
larged to meet demands Of large en-
rollments.
The commercial club at st. John has
secured for the town a doctor and
drugstore convenience the place was
sorely in need of.
Neglect caused the freezing to death
Of a brood of Chester White pigs on a
farm near Wildrose-it mean a
money loss of S125.
High class entertainments have been
furnished by Miss Ethel Halcrow Of
the state university, at points in the
northern part Of the state.
According to a double column edi-
torial note, in long primer, Hall Of
The Glen Uliin News dominates State
Sen. H. J. Linde Of Stanley for attor-
ney general.
The caption over the local new in
The Drake News reads-"Drake,
thriving junction town where the Bis
marck-Fordville line crosses the main
line Of the Soo.'
Harry Mcpherson of Centerville will
be a candidate for the Legislature from
Rolette county and the st. John paper
says he will have a walkaway against
all corners at the primaries.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-18

ACCOUNTANT.
WALTER THOMSON - CERTIFIED
Public accountant. Phone 399. 1870
Third avenue south. Fargo, N. Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. Go.
HOLDERS OF COLLATERAL TRUST BONDS OF 2oo2

The undersigned Committee has adopted plan and agreement designed
the distribution bondodrs depong under the pa
pledged the Operating Company their compliance win the
plan copies Of which be obtained application to the
Depository under the plan and agreement
participate the plan outstanding bonds must BE de-
posted with CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY or NEW YqR the
Office, 81 WALL
CITY Bonds must be deposited In transferable form ana fSapon 9S 9
connection with such deposit imposed BY any law in i0ree
all bonds deposited the Depository VIII issue
deposit with privilege OF registration A
list certificates deposit upon
Exchange.
present disturbed financial conditions impossible Tor the
Committee provide cash to be paid to
depotng bondhod The therefore that the Committee can
acquiring the pledged stoek by having
deposited practically all Of the outstanding bonds
THE GRAVITY SITUATION MUST BE APPARENT TO EVERY
BONDHOIDER PRESSING NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE
DEPOSIT OF BONDS DESIRE THE CONSERVATION or
THE PLAN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PLEDGED STOCK TO DE-
POSTING BoNDHOLDERs AS PROVIDED IN THE PLAN
Dated New York, October 10. t9t+.
JAMES NJ WALLACE
BERNARD NJ BARUCH
IoI rNu ApYIN ATHBONp BROWN,
CpAVIlrU N6ERSON HENRY EVANS
Counsel III
C. E.. SGLER, Secretary fkEDEN|h oir14ooo.
81 Wall Street, New York City Somn,ue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
TALK OVER COTTON POOL
Local Bankers Meet and May
Decide to Help.

There was a meeting in the Clearing
House yesterday afternoon Of repre-
sentatives of several of the important
Wall Street banks TO discuss the $780,
900, 900 cotton pool proposed by Festus
J. Wade, the st. Louis banker. and New
York's participation in it. Among the
banks represented were the First Ma
tional, Chase and Bank of Commerce
After the meeting it was said that the
gathering was wholly informal. since
the matter of participating in the pool
must necessarily be question for iRdi-
vidual banks to decide for themselves
and not a Clearing House affair.
Bankers here have said freely that
the plan was uneconomic, that any eff
fort to hold cotton to a fixed price was
bound to create trouble, but at the
meeting yesterday it was likewise said
that the South must be supported in its
time of need. If the plans suggested
commend themselves as practical to
local bankers New York will do it's
part in making up the necessary $780,
600 900, il was said yesterday, though
there will be no deliberately concerted
action by the banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
SPOT COTTON
STILL LOWER
Planters Storing Their Staple
and May Stop
Picking.

There was no important change in
the cotton situation here. The commit
tee which is working on the plan to
take over old contracts through the
operations Of corporation and syndi-
cate issued notice asking members Of
the exchange for information as to the
amount of contracts they would take
over from the corporation at the IN
cent level for December, and to what
extent they would join in guaranteeing
the banks that the collection of the
proposed tax for three years would be
sufficient to reimburse the funds neces-
gary to mark the contracts down from
3 cents to ia cents.
Local spot cotton dealers said that
offers from the interior were generally
lower than at the end of last week. In
some cases, it was SAID, the offers were
not quite so free, and of the markets
officially reported Augusta was nc
higher. Other markets, however. were
unchanged to Il lower, and only two
or three are now quoting mlddllng
above the 7-cent level. 1t is rumored
that strict low middling cotton can
now be bought at price equal to un-
der cents to the farmer, and prices
generally are getting so low that fur
Their declines seem likely to destroy the
incentive for picking. At the same time
mills are still reported to be buying
only from hand to mouth. This atti-
tude is attributed to unfavorable tinan-
cial conditions and the absence Of
hedging markets. New Bedford advices
indicate that some mills are expecting
still lower prices, with predictions OF
6 cents landed at Eastern mill points.
With demand thus restricted for the
time being it may be that the volume
Of cotton actually offered for sale at
the low prices now prevailing IS rot
large, and that when the demand de-
velops to fill October spot commit
ments the pressure against the market
will be relieved. Nearly all reports in
dictate that planters are holding and
storing the bulk of their cotton. No
exports were reported. The census re-
port on supply and distribution for
September will be issued this morning.
The local market for spot was nominal.
Liverpool, Oct. 13.-Spot cotton in
limited demand. American midding,
fair, 6.34d; good middlpg, Sod; mid
ding, 5.30d; low middling, sod; good
ordinary, 4.01d; ordinary, 3.37d. Sales,
3,70O bales, including $500 American.
on the basis of 5.30d for middling I'm
ports, 1907 bales, including 100 Ameri-
can.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
BIG LOSS SHOWN
BY SOUTHERN RY.
Earnings on Common Stock
Reduced to 1853 Per Cent
New Directors Chosen.

The Southern Railway Company in
its report for the fiscal year ended
juno 80, 1914, shows a surplus avail
able for dividends amo uniting TO $4,-
500, zoo, which is equal 70 1853 per cent
on $l2O,OO0,OOO common stock, after de
ductirg 3 per cent on the S60,OOO,O0O
preferred stock, In 1918 the company
earned S.39 per cent on its common
shares.
Gross earnings last year were $685.
$50, 697, an increase of S1,004.2 POI, but
owing to a gain Of $2,297,252 in OPP
Grating expenses net operating earn
ings totalled $1S,962, 622, a loss OF ST.
POS, 044 The years surplus after all
deductions, including dividends and APP
preparation for additions and better
ments, was S2,047777, a decrease OF
81, 9S2,187.
Reviewing the effect OF current bust
ness conditions upon the business OF
the company, the report says:
"The slackening in the general vol
ume of business done In the United
States, which has been so marked dur
ing the last year, was felt last of all in
the South, but had become part of the
problem of management Of this com
pany with the opening OF the calendar
year 1914. The high level Of expense
of operation is maintained. not so
much by any natural economic law, not
by any deliberate intention or neglect
of management. as by general social
tendencies which are III substantial
measure abnormal and beyond the con-
troll Of management.
at can hardly be expected that the
s
be again on a normal basis unless and
until the question of the railroads
shall cease to be a factor in Ameri-
can politics. To state this fact is but
to repeat the statement of the contem-
porary plight of the railroads which
has been go frequently urged upon the
American public in recent years. IL IS
mentioned here simply to illustrate its
application to the fortunes OF the
Southern Railway Company"
DIR. Edwin A. Alderman, president or
the University of Virginia; John Kerr
Branch, of Richmond; Cr. John c.
Kilgo, of Durham, N c., Bishop Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South;
Robert Jemison, of Birmingham, Ala,
and Charles Steele, of New York, were
elected directors of the Southern Rail
way Company at the annual meeting
Yesterday, thus making a majority OF
the board Southern men. Mr.. Steele
succeeds himself, the fou. new di-
rectors filling vacancies caused by the
deaths of W. w. Finley and H..
C. Fahnestock, the resignation Of
George f. Baker, jr., of New York, and
the declination Of f. II Gary, chair
man of the Steel Corporation, to ac-
cept reelection.
Yesterdays meeting of the stock
holders was the first at which they
have had the opportunity to take a
hand directly in the management OF
the Southern's affairs and the election
of directors, the voting trust, which
has been in control since the organiza-
ton of the company, in 1894, now be-
ing in process of dissolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

CALL MONEY, 6Qs per cent.
TIME MONEY. The market was limited,
With per cent as the ruling rate.
MERCANTILE PAPER was moderately ac-
tive The rate is 6isa7 per cent for best
names.
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT Elk
changes. S214 S5s.725; balances. Ss,b0S,04L The
sub-Treasury was debtor to the amount
Of fi,2S4.s2O
SUB TREASURY New York banks gained
from the sub Treasury sl,0sl. 900, and gained
since Friday 8, $4,000
DOMESTIC EXCHANGES. Louis eX-
change, 95c premium bid. soc premium asked
Boston' par. san Francisco exchange par;
Cincinnati, soc premium
RANK CLEARINGS.-Boston exchanges.
as rs. sil; balances. s626. 1876; Baltimore. eX-
changes. 81. O6g 45S; balances, sos al Chi
ago exchanges, So. 500, 1856; balances, 81. So
40 Philadelphia, exchanges, 81, ssO.SI5; bal
anees. 81. 5ST, OsS; 81. Louis exchanges 3d.
5l6l7f: balances. t624,s2l.
SILVER MARKET Bar silver in London
s,ss astsd an ounce, of sd; New York quo
tation was 5lAc. of &c.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Busin was
Moderately active and rates were tribe
bleber Gable sterling. A977c; demand sler-
me 4 s6oc' Gable francs 505ia, demand
francs, 6O5ls. Gable marks, 92.; demand
marks, S2A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
CALL FOR GOLD
POOL PAYMENT
New York Banking Institutions
Share VIII Amount to
S11.250,000.

The gold fund committee sent out
the first call yesterday to the banks
of the reserve and central reserve
cities for their subscriptions to the
500. 100000 fund. They we're asked TO
remit to the committee 20 per cent of
their subscription. In the case of the
New York banks and trust companies
this will amount to about s11 100000.
Nine of the local banks have already
furnished S10,000,o00. so that there
will be a refunding to them Of the
amounts they have advanced in excess
of their proper share, or they will be
credited with what they have paid tow
ard their full subscription.
There will be no further remittances
OF gold to Ottawa in advance OF the
collection of the fIst rs per cent sub
scription. A member of the committee
said yesterday afternoon that there
was still considerable part left of
the first 100000 of exchange.
To prepare themselves against the
calling of the fourth instalment of
their subscriptions to the New York
City note issue many of the banks
were purchasers of exchange in the
open market, and prices were slightly
higher at the close, Notwithstanding
The call, it was understood, will be
sent out to-mort wv.
Buying to CO 7sr maturing finance
bills likewise was effective in sending
demand sterling to 1868 and cables
to 4.97ss. Francs we're quoted at 6.051s
for both checks and cables, and marks
at 92iA.
About $4,000 was withdrawn from
the Sub-Treasury in gold coin for ship
ment to Canada, mainly by banks
which had been wedding out gold GER
tifcates from their supply Of cash, II
was rumored. One hundred thousand
dollars in bars was taken from the
Assay Office.
Russia has been buying many kinds
of manufactured products here lately,
according to trade sdvices, and at
tempting to arrange for payment Of
them through the sale Of her treasury
bills. She has also been offering
treasury bills in London, but it is un--
cerstood that they have been received
without much enthusiasm, both abroad
and here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
SEES RAIL WAYS HALTED
O. N. Black Says Regulation
Drives Away Capital.

Atlantic City, Oct. 13.-In an address
before the convention Of the American
Electric Railway Association here to-
day, Charles n. Black, Of San Francisco,
president, said that unless state COM
missions allowed rate of return COM
mensurate with the risks involved md
with the return which can be reason
ably expected from other lines of in
dustry, II will be absolutely impossible
to secure fresh capital either for ex-
tending present plants or exploiting
new ones"
"Since 1870" he explained, "there has
been marked falling off in new con-
struction and reluctance on the part
of investors generally TO place their
money in electric railway securities.
This has been brought about, no doubt.
in large measure through govern
mental regulation. Capital is inner
emily shy and always ceases to flow
readily when any radical changes occur.
"ln other industries, such as bank
ing, manufacturing, mining, etc. rate
of return ranging from 10 to 20 per
cent or even more is not considered
either remarkable or unreasonable,
while, in the case Of public utilities, the
state commissions generally have
limited the rate of return to maxi
mum of 8 per cent, and this oftentimes
on a deprecated valuation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14
PUBLIC UTILITY NOTES.
General News and Earnings of
Various CORPORATIONS.

The annual report Of the Massachu-
setts Gas Companies for the year ended
June 80 shows $2,S1S,567 in gross reve
nue. as compared with $2,S07 975 in the
year preceding, operating expenses
were $SS,2lS. an increase of S2l $50,
and interest charges amounted TO SAIL
767. Dividends on the preferred stock
totalled $1,000 900 and the surplus was
$1,2S7, 3T4, decrease of S14,194 from
1913. The balance sheet as of June so
shows cash in banks amounting to
Si55,702, as compared with $465,920 in
1918.
Western States Gas and Electric.
The application of the Western
States Gas and Electric Company TO
issue s73l 900 three-year s per cent
promissory notes has been approved
by the California Railroad Commission.
Disposal of the notes must be made
at not less than 92i9, and the proceeds
will be used TO finance floating indebt-
cdness amounting TO S540,3S6, and the
remainder for improvements to the
eompany's property.
Brazilian Traction Light and Power.
Earnings report of the Brazilian
Traction Light and Power Company for
August shows heavy decline in gross
and net earnings. Gross operating
revenue. which amounted to $l,69l,S72,
was S346,46S lower than for the same
month in 1918, and net earnings after
expenses were S9lS,721, decrease OF
S15S,361. Since the beginning Of the
year the company earned S15,555,4S0
IN gross, loss of $6S,950 from the
corresponding period last year, al
though net earnings are still S547,535
in advance of last years figures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-14

$1,000. o65; J: l. Reilins. SIS Yves, sta st.,
\, J.; Carl sehoen RumsOn. N. j.; z. NJ
The &C, cSla ,5s Coal Mining Co. Brook
IN $4,000; n. NJ. Dater. So Monroe st.,
BROOKLYN. d \. Williams and c. O. Dalton.
Los Ssgro. Mining Co, Manhattan: ,soOes
LeHry and =. r. L. steler, n Y.
Cagto Mining Co, Manhattan: $4,000; q.
F + s.'G ana TdON william Ham, st.: r. j.
The Dckland Co, Manhattan: stationery;
$4,000: Victor Eekland, Crsstwood av.. Hol-
u.s. d. + l.; d; w Gyss,.srtCn Brooklyn; II.
Gerald Real Estate Corporation, Brooklyn:
BROOKLYN Il F. Gross ard IL K. Gross.
Maple City Dairy Co. ogdenssurg; SIS 900:
j. =. Dunno. Prescott. Ont r. q Randall
Morrlstown y. z; a. 4. Gray, Ogdensburx
New York Aleo Film Service. Manhattan;
$4,000; H. Z. Dan.zeF, $40 w 93d st.
y Y; U. .. Hill, Queens; Abraham canter.
Bushwick Furniture Co.. Brooklyn; 500
900 Fannie Miller, S. Buffalo ay.. Brooklyn !:
Louis Miller Isaac Lipnitsky Brooklyn.
Frontier Grain Co. BunsIo $1,000; c. b.
Sherwood 403 Bird av., Buffalo; Gordon Gill,
+, G. Gatzan. Buffalo.
Beauty Waists. Manhattan; s1e,0ao II H.
Muilman. IS w. 18th ST. n. T.; J. II. Null
man. Gus huffman, y. y
Favorite Embroidery Works. Manhattan I,
$1,000 Henry Waoker. ss W. lssth St
Z; Frieda Wacker. ". T.; Emil Rothea.
stein, Rocksway Beach.
Brady Trucking Co. Manhattan; $4,000;
G. A. Brady, 60 Manhattan sv.. N. Y; c. A.
Brady, IT,, James Brady, " Y
Perfumers and Jewellers Box Co. Man
haitian; $4,000; William Hlrschberg. 142 w
23d St, ~ Y. Joseph Brownstons. Il. n.
Ham. ~ Y.
Consolidated Mica Mining and Distributing
Co. Manhattan; $4,000; A. b. Graham, AS
Vest nj ay, N. r; A. u. Stevenson. w. II.
WoOley, ~ Y.
Elmlrs Candy Co. Elmirsj $4,000; Y. B.
now. ". II. Hays Eimira.
r. Z. Messner, Manhattan; realty $1,000 ;
2 r. Mrssner. IS Barclay St, n. 2. B. G.
Rles, East Orange, y. j.. W. s. Grey. y. Y.
International Appraising Co. Manhattan /,
50. 900: ). B. Sonnenfeld. 5st Amsterdam
sv., n. z; l. B. Hast, y. b. schaheF. ~. Y,