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Clubs are trumrs and Il - IN the lead.
Y aud 4 want seven tricks against any
defence
The solution IL FER u 20 lead the nine
~ diamonds II \ covers with the queen
the fev,n falls from BE- hand and both
Or tho remaining diamond" In ~ hand
ere good FOR tricks
~ 4 covers y wins tho queen and re
turns th" suit which = rces u 20 trump.
~ z gets spade discard. 4 oN ertrumps
with tie Jack and leads tho ace and six
through A. So that Y shall make the dIa.
nond. losing II spade at tho end.
n \ refuses 10 cover the nine Of dia-
nonds 2 leads small heart and puts Y
IN 10 lead the nee of diamonds. n r
'runrs wa get tho same play az when A
covs.rs the first diamond with the queen.
az y will run with tho Jack and lead ace
and SIX OF trumps
n Il refuses to trump the ace of dia-
rnonds his best discard IS the heart. and
Y throws IN tho spade. This allows Y
20 Lad tho spade for y ~ trump Y will
trump heart with the ten, shutting out
Rs nine and Z got- another rJft on the
diamonds with the acc
The third round of hearts now COOS
70, vs. NuE 81 ttumps aud \ wins tie
last trick with the queen # he has dis
corded % spade instead IF trumpng in on
he hearts. otherwise " makes tho nine
hT IufNlf~ ~ inc emu.
Thew are several possible variations in
the order Of the play in this attack but
he objective Is the same in all Several
rhought ~ \ covered the diamond that Y
should come back with a small trump and
lrt z lead the heart.
Correct solutions from
7 W, WnrtZ. w. =. W. Burton n.
Flair. James T.. Cox, + L. Bates. w :.
TTickoN. W. i. Oakcs. Warren Banner. q.
". Boston. II. Perry. Roscoe 9 TIarris.
" T.. G., II W. Sargent T. J. Cline. Ed
ward Wheeler. Charles Sauer. W. H. Thai
Ion. George =. lIcmpel. T.. VI Frost. Key
stone. G. ~ Gerry. Anna Gage. :. g.
Hhicourt Samuel Baldwin. Jr. Cha~lo s
- Root. Henry Andersen. l.. :. Hart. J...
James Steeu. =. j. Blake, r. :. R'a'chley.
Herr Winters. James Ford. II. - Rrainc.
7. o Hume. NJ l.. W. Honr! Ros"pthal.
.. r. Glover. Charles w. Page. I. 7. Ca
lu'hers. Miss Davis. : l.. Pon", Frank ~
Young. g. J. Johnson, NJ. IT, H.. \ W
11addcu, g. : Howell. H. " Whitehead,
+ II. Fairfield. u, \. W. &. II O'C6uuor.
Walker McMartin and John H. Waiting.
Several arrived n the same result ny
starting with the acc OF trumps and fol-
lowing with the diamond
Hero IS . take ali problem In vii ch
there are some opportunities for pretty
PLAYS in tho attack, and also some OPEN
.nRs for ingenuity On the defence
pPfnGE PROBLEM 40. COS
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tHi The DuraS rCplN to me NnrphH defence
IN S'cinits here PLACED y gl3. hut It Is cpn-
~Id"rrd better not 10 give black time So play his
b-h2, making r. difficult for whit" 10 get an at
tack
ci White now has a slight advantage. having
hi kin 2 IN play.
tdi Not -kt2. because M .HI. -. ~ ch. -,
k-h3 and black would have IA, h,UTr position.
fCl u would probably have been wiser tn play
for a draw hv NChnngiug queens
~ owing To inc superior pO IfoU ~ white
King black cannot AFFORD to allow the exchange
of Quccur.
~ 4 weak move Of which white takes full
advantage. However. black was u great dim.
Guilty because he had 10 avoid M exchange ui
pieces. In addition he was pressed for time.
IN The only move To save the piece MAS BAR
but even then white could have won Black '.
only hope now was to obtain a draw by perpetual
check. which white, however, avoid, by rather
clever play.
A. was duly recorded In TIE SrN
Frank Janet. the well known American
problem maker was mtrooued iu Eu-
rops and had also great difficulties IN
getting home The other day hr pl3c-d
~ tho disposal or THt SrN two prob
lens and an end game study, one o
which was given last week. The others
are herewith appended:
PROBLEM SO. 5ol EN FRANK JANET
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2 10
AJ'lo s7s
OF
49, 8 So
OAK eeS 0Se
d 6 S n al
oKQ 10 B
4 10 o
DJ7 IS
4AKe "A
A6s
"a

y dealt ard b'd uo trump The lady
who he'd AS cards Immediately said two
hearts lic!oro going any further VITA
the bidding 10; IL l.oll for "A moment at
tho possibilities OF tnis declaration.
Thai II VIII go game against a. genuine
~" trumpcr Is .uconcclvable. That II will
be able to make two odd even H. doubt
ful There are six losing cards in the
hand, and II both ace and Jack OF dia-
m nds are against It A may stop at
the odd trick. II the hearts drop there
zee five tricks In trumps and probably two
hn diamonds, but that is all.
II two hearts drop II \ says nothing
ana leads that suit agains, no trumper
the five tricks save the game on the
spot. n lhoy viii MT drop IN no
trumpor they viii not In a heart declara-
ton, Even three hearts and = couple
anywhere else saves tho E9m". n 4 and
Il cannot make those two tricks outside
hearts whore would they land In trying
T. make two odd with hearts for trumps ?
A seemed blind 10 all this and 7
passed the bid Of two hearts, being salts
fled tlat her partner could save the game.
n bid two royals. This is an example
II lie common desire to play the hand.
with three cards OF her partners suit.
a singleton and three honors In another
suit r. should have let the heart call
alone because the SHIFT denies anything
IN hearts CT shows much greater than
average strength IN the suit that overcalls
Neither OF these things is true OF BIS
cards
y was anxious 10 get A back to the
hearts, hut did not care to risk three
olube Tho cheapest pushcr seemed 10
ne Two uuius, 50 Z made that bid \
supposed her partner had nothing in
hearts and dropped that suit to support
the royals, Wh,rcupun jumped into the
| scrap with three nullos. u finally bid
| four nullos over four royals
The contract failed by a trick because
Il was badly played AAied the ten OF
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from ! " johnson, Brooklyn. y =; - so
from W n T. r., New York city. :. simon
brook vn, y. Y
AD SUNDAY CHESS
Correct solutions rorelN 81 10 No. SOC from
&. ". Ndltau Ir., Ridgewood, y. I Arthur
n, Barker Hrookyu. y y. ". Ielneman,
Now York city. William Il. Rutsmp,'. rrosi-
dcuCr. Il. I Walter olsen Now York city.
I.cwis " Jcnuinrs BROOKLYN. ~ y CORE {
solutions received to Sos $50 and
from William p,urc RroolI,n, y. y. ~
go and fHS from q. ! Winchester. Coronado
cal
Confession DENCE.
Villain Mason, BROOKLYN, and W. n. I. u
New lO"k.-Nuu must mako allowance 'r-
the w9r, which upsci Things iu more Than
ono respect
l.. Xrckeudorf New York..-Yuu overlook
that the knight IS pinned ard cannot move
J ". johnson BrnoklH re" ~
R--kt6 VVP ana there II no mate.
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DANGEROUS BIDDING
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Desire to Make n Few Points
Sometimes Cause Of
Losses.
POSSIBILITIES OF NTLLOS

The examples given last week ~ the
general tendency among women bridge
players to play for a few points, rather
than TO look at the larger aspects of the
game. might be added to indefinitely The
inVariabr excuse made nv those who con-
tliully fall into this error is that their
han1s are good for tho bids they make.
Here Is another specimen from the same
afternoons play The bidding has but
one object In view, TO make a few points
without any regard 90 the possibilities OF
few nenaltiNs.
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ClIs>a no - A. ~ ana u is in the lead
y ana u want all eight tricks against any
saefenCe
The distribution OF the cards Ia as
pillows
Y has tho four az hearts, acc ten a,
Cubs, ace queen ~ OF diamonds jack
va i've OF spades
A has tho nnIc e,.,'n 90 hearts queen
eight Of clubs. kuG f,., tive Of diamonds
and tho queen of spah,s
r has tho king six tte Of hearts. nine
SIX of clubs. nine of dl.touds ace and
eight of spades
y has the ac" 'en three ~ hearts. lack
three OF clubs JlcS of dia'lpnds KING and
ten OF spades
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452 F.



There arc many ways Zoo which tus kry
10 cvpher can be discovered 4 one
knows the language in which II Ia written,
one Of the moro common heing 10 look
for the letters most frequently repeated
and to assume that they ara those which
OCCUR most frequently in tho language
The cyphcr printed two weeks ago Was
Ia .ed on one Of the simplest and yet com
monest ~ all methods, tho kew being to
put down the letter OF the alphabet that
comes Just before the ono Ia the cypher.
This gives the receiver no trouble, as he
need not even write out the translation,
read It In the presence Of others. with
out disclosing the key.
The original and tho translation Of ths
example given two weeks ago arc as
follows
UIFX SFGNTF TFSNT
THEY REFUSE TERMS
The discovery ot the Nrst Letter u" T.
always the aim ~ tho solver, ana there
being four repetitions ~ the letter -
IN this cypher. II was assumed that Il
might stand for "E," and the rest was
easy.
Here IL a cypher thnt was used by on.
~ the largest business houses in New
York Tor years without being discovered
Tive curious part OF IL wac that the person
who wrote out tho cypher messages could
do il Just as fast as the original which
was 10 he turned intn cyphcr and ~.
receiver could write out the translation
a the same speed.
pSO; MI YJR MoMY.I
The fact that these are capitals has
nothing to do with the translation. az
they might be small letters Just as well
What is the keys
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11

A certain farmer had a field that WAS
1870 feet wide. the boundaries being par
slle, and the end at right angles to those
boundaries. A fence ran diaEoually
across ono end ~ his field. starting 432
feet from one end and 232 from the oppo-
site side.
He wanted 10 put a fence somewhere
about tho line &c, which would inclose
exactly i've acres. but he had no sur
veyors Instruments except a tape line
and no tables OF any kind 70 calculate
with N what distance from f. should
he start the fence al r. and what distance
from n 10 c, and how did he figure II
OUT
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
First Test for Honor List at
Bridge Passed by the
Aspirants.
FORESIGHT AT CHEC kERS

Bridge problem No. 29e the arst OF the
rs1v eeries did not eliminate any Of the
aspirants for the next honor list. although
n was not particularly easy propo-
s,Hon. tho opponents having a powerful
array of trumps between them. Here is
the distrihutlou:
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Several correspondents have written %
ask n there r. any definite formula for
the Arrangement Of the twelve cards 81
thar II one Is laid on the table and the
neS. one placed on the bottom ~ those
held In the hand when the last card falls
the twelve will he found 20 he alternately
red and black
All such arrangements are aasily made
by reversing the process, gathering up .he
cards instead Of laying them down. AZ
eaoh card that IL placed on the bottom II
the pack must come between two OF those
that are laid on the table. half tho cards
must be alternately red and black a. the
start, With an unknown card between.
For twelve cards we have Ibis initial ar
rlnCcnent which shows where the hrSt
sin cards VII come from.
n Il b Rih rs
The intermediate cards numbered from
70 {. will go 10 the bottom Of the pack
az. will remain in that order. except th7t
will be above !. II we lay down black
card first the last Of the SIX will he rcd.
and as will be placed under those in
the hand and 1 turned up. / must he
black and must he red. while is black.
Then we have . left In hand As 6
goes under and turns up . must he red
Then 4 goes under and 6 turns up. 80 II
must be black and must he red This
gives us.
u X u Il b h
TO- the colors % the six cards that are
placed on tho bottom. They will turn w
in tn order OF . . T. Us viii be seer
y cards with THOSE numbers OF pips or
tlem are used. THIS gives us tho Ar
rangement " the whole twelve cards
thus
h " r = n r II y r
IT twenty cards are used instead y,
twelve the nrSf ten tp be- laid pfr prs
easily arranged. The Intermediates
that 60 20 the bottom. must u. IN this
order or Coors
Il r r II Il D r
II these re placed between the frs, zen
which are in alternate colorr, the Who'll,
twenty Will come out alternately red and
black The problem is 10 formulate the
rule by which these colOrs alternate with
one another according to the number ON
ployed and 10 find "A rule that would
apply 10 the fun pack
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11

Thai little puzzle about the refugees
who found a big boat anchored at soma
dsta ice from the shore and no way 20
get to 1t but in a canoe which two chill
dren were padding and which would not
hold more than one grown up person At
a time can be solved by letting tho two
children take the canoe to the boat. one
OF them remaining on board while the
other brings the canoe 10 shore
Thon one grown person goes 10 the boat
and tho child on board brings IN" ca noe
back taking the other child to the boat
and leaving one there. and repeating this
process until all the grown persons have
been taken on board
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White

White.
White TO play and draw.
The distribution OF the pieces ~ as
follows. Black men on I. II. - and -
king on IS. white men on 6. 81 and 80
kings on and l6
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s0LUTlON TO HROBLEM NO 700
/. R-B6, g..
SOLUTION TO ENp GAME STUDY 40. H.
Kl-.K5 Oh, k-.,.k]h 2. kt-..Q5, B--Kt7t
g.. PNP . y. / kip Oh. Or
e.; P.Q6i 4 Pr" - 3. PIT
TO-, p-Qs 90 ?; =. kt--k3 Oh. r., ~
L. k-k3, Kt--Q5, B-Kt7i .
kt--Bt Oh, Sc.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 30 so:
]. P-K4. e.
Correct solutions received to Nos eco 500
II. iIiNou, New NorI, city: II. q. kent. Dny.
ton, Ohio ". IL Grnth ~, Nav fnrl
city, pr, \, II. Baldwin, Nurwa'k, Conn.
:. n. Chitteuden. New York city
Correct solutions received 10 Nos. 49, 5Ot
and 90, from William Wunk, Eidgewod, y. i.
William Mason; Brooklyn, \ Y, Charlie
Perry, Brooklyn, y. y f. " Burr, An
sonia Conn.
Correct solutions received 10 as and so.
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WHITE To play and mate in three moves
ESD GAME STUDY 40. ~. ny FRANZ
JANET
Black --flve piCCas
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-30
/ Il LOCALS

Father Meyer of Paramount is
another appointee of the Governor
on the American Peace Centenary
Committee to serve along with
Rev. FIR. Gaydusek, and others.
The Epworth League will give
a box social in the parlors of
the M. E. church on Friday even
ing of this week. to which all
their friends are cordially jnvit-
ed. q
Mrs. A. b. Dickinson of Seven
tn st. is reported to be recovering
nicely from the effects of q recent
operation performed at the Mayo
hospital. and is expected home in
a few days.
Miss Mollie Miksche has re-
turned from an extended visit
with relatives and friends in Chi
cagO and other northern Illinois
points. She had been absent since
last November.
500 passenger train No. LOG ran
into an open switch at Hankinson,
the other night. The accident de-
layed all other trains for several
hours but no great amount of
damage was done.
Theo. Hintgen has begun the
excavation OF new basement for
MS Dakota ave. residence. which
will be moved away from the store
building on the corner and some
additions will be made to the res.
idence.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-30
DEFINITE RESULTS
OF County Agency Work. The Halt
has Never Been Told.

National Crop Improvement servicsl
Thomas Cooper, director Of the Bet
ter Farming association &c North Da
kota, has summarized tbs work OF hil
organization for 1918 and makes an
impressive showing of definite result.
- follows:
Number Of field agents, rs.
One field woman.
Number Of farm co.operators,
5.105.
Twenty-Five per cent Of farmers In
territory carrying out some form OF
cooperative work.
Land under cooperation, 44,612 ..
Average yields on demonstration
fields. greater than average Of fields
farmed by ordinary methods; Corn.
II bushels; wheat, 6.5 bushels: oats,
6.2 bushels; barley, Ga bushels; rye.
8 bushels; fax. bushels: potatoes,
26 bushels; clover 4 tons.
Alfalfa under supervision. 3,612
acres. Average yield. two cuttings,
2.3 tons per acre.
Value Ut additional crop grown on
acreage actually under demonstration
Of field force. $4,000.
Much Stock imported.
Stock brought into state due to in.
direct influence of the agents: $500
head Of cattle, 1853 pure-bred sires.
1879? sheep and g hogs;
distributed for seed in the spring.
Twenty-three thousand bushels Of
seed corn selected and cured.
Held acre-yield corn contest: High
yield, 106 bushels mature corn to
acre.
Held pork production contest
Farmers clubs organized, $50:
number Of farm families members.
1000; meetings held, TAI; attendance.
$4,000; seed tests for termination.
1900.
silos constructed directly due t.
influence Of agents, 81; number ,on'
etructed in districts where ageats
wsre employed, $50.
One.tlsird of the state is co.operat-
ing actively in the work Of the asso.
citation, and approximately one.half
of the agricultural area of the entire
commonwealth is embraced in the
operations Of the better farming
movement.
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At the same time the buye: is no.
'if1ed, q card is also sent to the seller:
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The service is free, no commission
is charged, no money is handled, no
guarantee of quality of articles or re-
sponsibility of individuals is made.
1t simply brings the man with some.
thing to sell and a prospective DIysr
together and simple card index
Keeps the exchange list always clean
and up to date.
A labor bureau can be handled with
the same machinery and the same
cards-labor being treated as q com.
rodity.
The plan can be used to best ad.
vantage only by an agent who has
regular clerk or stenographer to give
prompt attention to the few details.
An agent without clerical help would
hardly want to use this plan When
the system is once introduced and
properly understood, It is quite likely
to grow to large proportions.
Arrangements might be made to
publish weekly revision Of the
wanted" and "for sale" list in q
newspaper. No names OF individuals
should appear in the list, however.
in order to make the exchange, Of.
fective. avoid duplication, kssp the
list clean and up to date, and to be a
permanent success, the initial CORES.
pcndence putting the parties together
Id always 90 through the ex.
change. Prompt notification Of the
exchange that the want has been
met or the article disposed of, 10 a
prime factor in its efficiency.
For the present at least this ONCE
will untertake to furnish ranked Dos
tai cards for printing as indicated for
the use Of such county agents as wish
to establish an exchange or to those
already conducting them who may de.
sire to charge to the plan outlined.
on request. Should the demand for
these cards be beyond the financial
ability of the Office to meet, It may be
necessary later to require the county
bureaus to furnish the card stock!
c. B. Smith, in Charge Of sectioa!
Approved: W. ]. spillman. n
Charge Of Once Farm Manaeel
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-30
" A COMMUNITY PLAN ~
suggestion for Farmers Exeh.nas
and Labor Bureau BY the y. ..
Agricultural Department..

National Crop Improvement servicsl
Farmers have not as Pct generally
learned the value of ADVERTISING. The
ordinary form Of advertising does moi
meet the farmers requirements: The
tradesman has on hand q sud3cient
supply of his wares to meet ordinary
demands. The farmers supply IL linn.
ited-sometimes to single article
Independent newspaper adyertisina
does not meet his case: Farmers
exchange does, and Q number Of
county agents have been CONDUCTING
such exchanges as an adjunct to theil
work.
The idea is not a new one; oranges
and other organizations have estab.
lished such agencies. Most Of them
have failed. The failure has usually
come from one Of two causes or from
both:
~ There has been no one with per.
manent headquarters and facilities fol
TSe fsesaon pr IL tnsp ss and
newspaper advertisement have caused
much duplication of inquiry and Unnec.
to any ana
auent disappointment and compliant. MS
The simplest and most effective
plan that has come to our attention
has bsen developed by Hon: 2: J. Wat
son, Commissioner OF Agriculture 70,
South Carolina. It would seem com.
pletely to meet the two prolific causes
Of failure and will, we believe, be Of
interest to county agents generally.
The person having something to sell
writes the bureau, giving description
and price Of the article, and receives
from the bureau q postcard reply as
follows:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-30
WHAT ROCK ROADS WILL DO
A Factor In the High Cost Of Living
Problem,

National Crop Improvement servicel
"The construction Of rock roads
will do more to solve the high cost
of living problem than all else COM
bined!"
What do you think Of that declar-
alton? 1t was made by one Of Pettis
county's most prominent and success.
full farmers, Mr.. A. D. Teter. Of
Blackwater township, man whose
success Is proof of the fact that he
uses his brains as we'll as his hands.
Let's think-also talk some-about
Mr.. Teter's statement. His time was
limited. hence his elaboration was
brief, but his contention was that bad
roads cause unsettled and irregular
markets. If considerable number
of farmers, the producers of food
stuffs, are prevented by bad roads
from marketing their products for
any extended period, a shortage of
available food results and prices ad-
vance as a consequence.
Let's analzye Mr.. Teter's conclus.
ions: Who pays the advanced price
of foods caused by the bad roads?
You and I and everyone compelled
to buy.
Does the producer profit from these
advanced prices?
Most assuredly not If he lives on
impossible mud roads, because he
can't market his produce. On the
contrary, he is compelled to accept a
lower than normal price when he is
able to get to market for the reason
that so many other producers have
heen kept off the market by the same
cause that when the roads again be.
come passable there is such rush
Of food stuffs as to overload the mar.
ket and force down prices.
It may be argued that that reaction
would offset and tend to equalize the
high price, but that is only partially
true, because much of the required
food stuff is Of perishable or semi.
perishable character and being held
too long caused deterioration.
Were proof needed Of the fact that
bad roads demoralized the markets,
causing the one extreme of great
fcarcity to follow the other Of over.
abundance and the corresponding
fluctuations Of prices, the fact that the
railroads are the most practical and
.ersistent advocates of public road
improvement ought to set every per.
son to thinking to find out why the
railroads take such a view of the
matter when we know that passable
ublic roads are direct competitors
many instances Of the railroads
themselves. They explain their i'd.
yocacy Of good roads by saying that
we're the farmers able to market their
surplus products whenever they want.
d to or when It was most convenient
or profitable for them to do SO, the
country's surplus would be distributed
yer the entire year and would not be
rushed to market within the very
limited periods when there IL assur.
ance Of passable roads. This would
result IN the railroads having . reg.
liar all-year.around business. which
they could handle much more econ.
omically and therefore profltAbly, for
they would not have great scarcity Of
rolling stock At certain periods and
! srsat abundaacs 81 tdls rolling stock
ut other psriods-M. v. Carroll. ~.
~ county. Ne.
:. = - f. II.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-04-30
CHEAP DIRT FOR FILLING

The Union Transfer Co., will
start excavating for the Stern
building at once. Will have lot
of dirt to sell very cheap. Give in
your orders at once if you need
any. 416tf.