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GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
A Cartons Market.

There was a rise in the stock market
yesterday, or rather there was a rise
In a certain part OF it, Ever since the
Stock Exchange reopened, and indeed dur
Ing the suspension of business. II has been
evident that speculative interest was con-
vergng upon the industrial shares, and
especially what are known as the minor
industrials. to the practical exclusion OF
Tire railroad list. Not before, however, has
this discriminating been so wildly dis
played as II was yesterday. The railroad
shares were absolutely neglected. Trad
ing in Union. Reading, Southern Pacific
and other favorites was practically nil
Steel common. the principal speculative
medium, In which dealings normally COM
prise about third OF the days total
turnover. ran far behind American Can
common. Reasons for this peculiar state
of affairs are well known. Moreover
they seem likely TO be more or less per-
manent. The minimum prices will be
maintained while there is possibility of
sudden bad news from the seat of war,
and besides that certain amount of sell
ing Of American stocks held abroad will
probably have to be absorbed moro or
less continuously for a long time. In
view of all this and of the heavy export
business by this country the so-called
American" Industrial stocks Ito DIS
tinguish them from those having an in
ternational market) present compa ra-
lively clear field for speculative ondeavor.
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THE STEEL MARKET.
Orders for Rails Assure Increased
Mill Operations.

Orders for steel rails from the railroads
continued the leading factor in the steel
trade yesterday. While the tonnages de-
sired are under normal requirements,
they will be sufficient to assure increased
mill operations for a time. 1t was esti-
mated that inquiries and orders for steel
rails amounted to between 100000 and
100000 tons Equipment buying con-
tinued to show slight Improvement, but
orders SO far received have been small,
In few places prices have begun to
show slight .t'nlng. Iron bars,
Chicago were advanced from 95 cents
per 100 pounds to 97la cents, and steel
bars, tank plates and beams from $1.05
to sl,10.
The Iron Trade ReUielo says Con
siderable encouragement is being derived
by the steel trade from the increased
buying by the railroads Rail and track
supplies are the principal products In
demand, and some large orders have been
placed. Rail orders of the week agKre;
gate not less than 10000 tons. and actual
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,S.Oooc C N 4 s p con Is. 1914 foiL foo. lm'.
400 Chi 4 North Ss....iUS 1oIH 1o7i NfY
'Sell cents per share.
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CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

A new high level was established for
wheat in the afternoon dealings on the
Stock Exchange Dealings in
stocks were quite active, the sales total
ling 1880 shares American Can was a
trading feature and accounted for 1850
shares OF the grand total. 1t opened at
27I5, early dipped to 27ls and then rose
20 % II, which was its closing price. Bear
ing upon the upward movement In this
stock there were reports that the annual
statement would prove very favorable. A
small lot OF American Can preferred
changed hands at 1914. Bethlehem Steel.
while less active than on "wednesday. re-
corded new high price by selling at SO,
at which II closed This was after II had
opened at 50% and touched low of 50I5
On the other hand Missouri Pacific. at
ter opening at rs and touching a high
Of ~, recorded "A new low by breaking
TO Ga. 1t. however. closed at Z. United
states Steel opened at SOS and touched
low OF 50K but It be&me "A strong
feature late in the day. closing at Its top
price OF 81 Reading opened at 145 y,
dipped to 145k and advanced to 146A
closing at 1863. Amalgamated Copper's
lpw was SO u and its high 54a. at which
It closed. Union Pacific sold as high as
ll8K, after getting as low as 116s.
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New City Notes.

Int.
Security. Rate. pay, Due Bid ,OnerVieid
Newly orkC..O MS Sept, 1. 1915 IONA iOiAs ga
NewYorkC..o MS Sept 1, 1915 lOsi,s 1857. 3 gs'
NewYsrko.e Ms Sept. I. isi7 iot,4 loan 81,
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BaItimore's Dividend.

Baltimore and Ohio directors meet next
Thursday to take action on the dividend.
There is some expectation that the divi-
dend will be reduced from the present s
per cent. rate. II il said that the earn
ings for the first six months of the present
fiscal year show that the 8 per cent. re-
auired to pay the dividend was not quite
earned. II Is thought for that reason
that the management will make the dis
trlbution for this half year only per
cent. Even II this is done II will not
necessarily mean that the stock has gone
on per cent. dividend basis perma-
nently. The road had many difficulties to
contend with last year which will not
have to be commended with again. In spite
OF the uncertainty the stock has been
apathetic lately. At the current level II
appears to have discounted the bad news
pretty thoroughly.
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A mig Speculative nonm.

These new market condItionSs brought
about by the war and the undoubted
benefits that tho war has brought to
considerable number OF Industrial
companies have impressed some observers
until they are talking of big specula-
tive boom in this group with the old
market leaders remaining in rut. In
has long been an axiom in Wall Street
that you couldn't have a bull market In
which Steel did not participate. IL that
remains true II would seem that the de-
veloprnent we're even less probable II
practically the whole railroad list were
left out. And yet II is not many years
since there developed tremendous
speculative boom in London In rubber
shares which sent tho British Isles
crazy. Tho usual speculative mediums
through that boom and several others
in oils and mines were left fiat for
months at a time.
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THE COPPER MARKET.

Further sales of electrolytic copper
were made yesterday at 1874 cents a
pound. The demand from both foreign
and domestic sources continued salts
factory, although there were some pro-
ducers who apparently could not be made
to see substantial Improvement.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company
produced 100000 pounds of copper
last year from its shelters, according to
preliminary estimates. This compared
with 100000 pounds in 1918 The
management has no intention. II u under
stood. of passing from its curtailment
policy which calls for 80 per cent. Of
normal output.
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BsIzao Again.

Years ago a story was told Of a
certain we'll known floor trader at a
dinner party. In the course % the con-
versation his neighbor asked him what
he thought of Balzac, and was flabber-
sasted to receive the reply: "oh. don't
do nothing in them curb stocks" That
story. true or not, has never died. Yes
terday the same floor trader WAS active
around the Can post. The following
conversation took place between two
brokers near by: 80 and SO has Just
bought 1000 Can 81 know why he
bought it," said the other; because
he can spell it,
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inquiries now pending run from 100000

inquiries now pending run from 100000
to 100000 tons Equipment buying is
responding slowly, but there are more
cars and locomotives under negotiation,
Eastern shipbuilding market continues
very brisk. stimulated in part by the high
ocean frelghts now prevailing, and add
ditional contracts placed have brought
the vessels contracted for with Atlantic
coast yards to a total OF eight, with n
number OF additional vessels under
negotiation"
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DAILY FINANCIAL CALENDAR.

BX DIVIDEND,
Company and Term. Stock, Amt.
Alliance Realty, quarterly...,.. - lhso
American Coal Products, quarterly pfd Ia %
Detroit River Tunnel. ........... - 3es
Great Northern Railway. quar-
terly. ,.;,...;,.,,,,,aa...,,:..;.. --i%%
HARRISON Walker Refractories,
quarterly .n,..,,;;:...;;.......,, ptd iH9s
annual, ,.....,..,,...,..,.,.. com 1875
Mohawk Mining. semi-annual.. -, - 800.
National Fireproofng, quarterly. pfd lC5
New York Central Railroad. quar-
terly. ........;. .."......;.,.,,. --1K%
Ohio Fuel supply, quarterly - 2go
Pittsburg Terminal Warehouse
and Traction, monthly. ..,,,,. 2iZc
Pittsburg Terminal Warehouse
and Traction, monthly,,....... like
United States Industrial Alcohol,
quarterly. ..,...,,.........,... pfd IN 20
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DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT.

Receipts from customs January s. s65a12s;
from internal revenue, ordinary. $685.. soS cor.
poration tax. SCI b9e, and miscellaneous, sf75.673
National bank notes received for redemption,
- 3t5 Oo6
The cash statement Of the United States
Treasurer for January shows:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-04-29
FEATS OF CARRIER PIGEONS
Since the Franco-Prussian War Their
Value Has Been Recognized by
All Governments.

The famous performance of carrier
pigeons during the siege Of Paris in
the Franco-Prussian war, when they
carried upwards Of 10000 messages,
was the result of an inspiration rather
than Of forethought. Private citizens
who CHANGED to have pigeons offered
them to the government Their per.
Torrance was such a splendid success
that France has ever since maintained
large fiocks in charge of the engineer
corps.
The birds are carefully trained as
soon as they are able to fly and are
then drilled daily for the rest of their
useful lives. They are taught to fly and
to alight on signal. The first thing
Bismarck did after the treaty of peace
was signed was to establish pigeon
lofts in Berlin and elsewhere through
out the empire. Every other nation in
Europe followed his example, and to.
day every government has thousands
Of pigeons, all ready to carry messages
In time of war;
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Judge Leighton is holding court in
chambers this week.
A fine baby girl was born to Atty.
and Mrs. w. H. Sibbald Tuesday. ,
The Grow Clothing Co. has furnish
ed nifty suits for the Junior base ball
team at Des Laos.
Mrs. Arthur, who resides in East
wood Park, is precariously i'll, follow
ing the birth of babe recently.
Chas. W. Moore, of Ford fame, is
building a fine modern bungalow on
Nedrud avenue. ~
Arne Amundson, of White Earth
former county commissioner, trans.
,, acted business in Minot Wednesday.
Chief Game Warden McCutcheon
will give valuable silver loving cur
as trophy in an amateur shoot to be
held soon. The cup is on display al
the Winters Jewelry store.
Jens Glein of Foxholm, was in the
city Tuesday. He recently returned
from California. He invested in sew.
eral lots at National City. CAL, near
San Diego, and may make his home in
the west.
An enjoyable recital was given by
the students of the Minot Academy of
Music last Friday night. Mrs. Riley
and her assistants should be proud of
the work that is being done by their
pupils.
J. c. Woodruff is drawing plans for
a modern six room cottage to be built
at once by T. P. Mulick just south of
his large residence on South Welcome
st. Mr.. Mulick intends to make Mi
not his home again some day and will
later occupy the cottage.
Mesdames Harry Dingman, F. c..
Upton and F. B. Lambert entertained
vt the beautiful home of Mrs. Lam
bert Friday afternoon with silver
shower for Miss Slusser, deaconess of
the Methodist church. The affair was
complete surprise for Miss Slusser
and proved to be most enjoyable in
every way.
George Graves, son of F. E. Graves
of San Diego, CAL, formerly of this
city, is visiting at the home of John
Stoudt in this city. George spent the
past two years in Mexico and reports
some exciting times, but says that the
foreigner who behaves himself, is in
no particular danger in that country
Since leaving Minot he has seen
good deal Of the world. .sgne.,
Robert Dumond, from north of the
city, returned Saturday from a visit
to his old home in Rawlins county,
Kan, where he had not been for nine
teen years. He reports wheat in Kan
sas eight inches high and the pros
poets for big crop the best in years.
Farmers were late with their seeding.
The oats crop is practical failure
but corn excellent. Kansas is a great
Kafi.r corn state Mr.. pumoni brot
back some of the seed and will plant
II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-04-29
Signaling With Smoke.

A simple and most ingenious meth
cd of signaling from an aeroplane has
just been invented by young French
engineer named Means. 1t is a sys-
tenn of optical telegraph, the dots and
dashes of the Morse code being writ.
ten in the air by short and long puffs
of smoke. W
The apparatus for discharging these
puffs, as built by Breguet, consists Of
a black receptacle for smoke, situated
below the aviator's seat and project
ing downward. It 10 closed at it's low
er end by a valve that can be opened
and shut with a small lever Accord
ing to the length or brevity of the
opening the puff Of smoke is dash or,
dot. The smoke trails horizontally,
behind the aeroplane and remains q,
long time In the air II this is still;
even in a high wind it remains long
enough to be read with a feld-glass,
ct a distance of several miles.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-04-29
HAD TO STAND THE GHOSTS
Frenchman vaIniy Tried to Get Relief
From His UnweIcome, Noisy
Visitors.

Writing on the effect of ghosts on
leaseholds, William w. Ackerly in
Case and Comment tells of case be
fore the parliament of Paris less than
four centuries ago. 1t appeared that
a house was let in the suburbs OF
Tours, and that the tenant, being
promptly disturbed by noise and
routing Of invisible spirits, which suf-
fered neither himself nor his family
to sleep O. nights" as promptly went
to law. The lower court broke the
lease, the hauntings being considered
insupportable nuisances. But this he
did without letters royal, and the les
sors appealed on the formal point.
Then the ghost was in for it. The
learned counsel for the lessons
laughed at the very idea of noisy
spirits, and cited Joan Of Arc, and
quoted from Plato, Philo, Judaeus,
Empedocles, Marcus Aurelius, Ter
tullian, Quintilian and Dioscorides, asi
antighost authorities. He concludedi
that the tenant and his family were!
suffering from nightmare, and sug-'
gested that they should consult ply:
stefan and not a solicitor; or, granting
that the house was haunted, that they
should appeal to the clergy, and not,
to the law. Naturally the tenants adj
vocate did not appreciate his adver-
sarys sense of humor, and told him
so. He, too, called upon the an j.;
clients for assistance, citing Pliny, Plu- !;
tarch, Suetonius, Ovid, the Fathers,
and whom else do you suppose? Why,
none other than the self-same Plato /
whom his adversary had quoted so /!
glibly to the contrary. Obviously that :
philosophic one, like many Of our
courts, either overlooked, or found
good reason for overruling, a former
decision; or else he was an equitable
soul and wished to satisfy both par
ties! Anyway, however, it seems
that the lower court was reversed, and
the poor tenant, of course, had to en-
dure his unwelcome cotenant, or pay
the full terms rent and vacate.
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NOTICE.

I will offer for sale, at public auc-
ton, at 2 p. m. on the 10th day of May,
at the office of Lewis & Bach, Minot
N. D., the stock, fixtures and accounts
of the G. Hougen store Of Drake, N. D.
Bidders must deposit with me a certi-
fled check for the sum of $500, before
being allowed to bid. Such check to
be forfeited, if bidder fails to complete
purchase. Terms, cash at close of
sale. Highest bid not necessarily &C
copied, as sale must be confirmed by
the Referee in Bankruptcy, and is SUBJ
ject to his approval. The inventory
shows the various departments to be
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FARM LOANS-I have 100000 on
hand to loan on first class farm Sc
curity. Can give best terms and
close Immediately. C. B. Davis,
Room II, Brauer Block, Minot, N.
D. Y 4-29-H
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FOR SALE-Thoroughbred shepherd
pups, nicely marked. Carl Herzig,
Tasker, N. D. 4-29-5-6
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Medals to English Boy Scouts,

Arrangements have been made by
the executive board Of the national
council Of Boy Scouts of America for
the award Of individual thanks medals
to each of the members of the troop
of English Boy Scouts which has been
constantly on duty, cooperating with
the American relief committee in Lon.
don. This badge is swastika design
with tenderfoot badge superimposed.
If possible the presentation will be
made by the American ambassador to
England through Lieut. Gen. Sir Rob.
ert S. S. Baden-Powell.
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Agreed With Him.

Bertha Mann, is a southern girl, but
she is not blind to the little shortcom.
ings Of that section.
1t was while she was touring, dur
ing the days antedating her "arrival'
as sterling dramatic actress, that
she stopped at one of the hotels for
which the southern town is less cole
brated than distinguished. She dallied
with the food while the boniface de-
tailed the hardships of his life in a
small town.
DO you feed your own family the
same food that you feed to the
guests?" she inquired.
Jest the same, jest the same" he
replied.
Then I agree that you do have 4
hard life," was her mournful reply.
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FOR SALE-320 acres, all good soil,
210 acres sowed to wheat, hax, bar
ley, oats; rented for one-hak with
buildings, $50 per acre and $3.50 for
this years seed, one-hah under
first mortgage, for the rest, partial
annual payments, 6 per cent John
Stromberg, R. l., Mosinee, Wis.
A-2o-te
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FOR SALE-Fine gentle driving mare
and buggy. Ole Sandel, Minot, N.
D. Just 1-2 mile west Of CITY, to-

FOR INSURANCE on Farm and City
Property see w. R. Lemmonier.
4-15-f
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1HKEN UP-At my home Is Mes
southwest Of Minot, 1888, April
%, the following described horses:
One calico roam mare, VT. 500 bs.,
brand Ak on left shoulder; one horse
colt, light roam, 2 years Old; one
dark mare colt, 2 years old ". F.
Whorley, Minot, N. D. r. D. 3.
4-29-tRcg
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TAKEN UP-Came to my farm On
Sec. ~, Twp. 155, R. 81, an iron
grey 2-year-old horse colt. Owner
take it away and pay charges.
James johnson, Burlington, N. D.
4-D-B
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Important Meeting of Grange.

Important Meeting of Grange.
The Mouse River Loop Grange No.
81 will hold their next regular meeting
Friday night, May Ia. A large at
tendance is requested as some impor-
tant matters are to come before the
meeting. s...
C. F. WEED, Master.
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WANTED-Couple to work on farm,
good place and good wages. Ad-
dress or phone Andrew Jacobson,
Burlington. 4-29-t1
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FOR RENT-9O acres Of cultivated
land four miles southeast of Minot,
S. w. IA Sec. 81, T. 155, R. 81, in
barley last year. T. F. Renwald,
Minot. 4-29-t3f
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-19
Seek Chez SWindIer.

Sioux Falls-The authorities of
Clay county are making a strenuous
EFFORT TO capture a young man named
George Hanson, who is wanted on the
charge Of having engaged in the is
suing Of worthless and forged checks
on quite a large scale. He formerly
vas Il resident Of Clay county. Han
o has recently been operating in
Freeman, Lesterviile. Memo, Mitchell.
YanGton and other places, and in al
tiition to GlaE county he also Il waat-
ct IN several other counties. IL Las
circulated . large number of checks.
some Of them in his own name and
Endorsed b. him. while TO others he
forged the hame Of II. Q. Hanson. his
brother, who Is highly respected. ~
the worthless and forged checks, 50
far as known, We're drawn on the
First National bank Of EermiIlioa
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-19
CANAL ACROSS LOOP OF MIS-
SOURI, At GREAT BEND CIV
SlCERED BY ENGINEERS.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
VIVA. 10 Going On Here and There
That Is Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

ststSk1 &NGNsgAg~r Union NEWS service
Mitchell.-"Driye a canal across the
loop at Great Bend, install a power
plant there and you car develop 90
900 horse power, which could be
changed into electrical energy and
sold at about one-fifth the present rate
charged by electrical companies"
Tks statement was made by John
l.. Nelson, formerly county surveyor
Of Dawson county, after making two
surveys or the big loop at Great Bend,
IS miles northwest of here, and a
short distance south of Pierre.
This gigantic loop in the Missouri
is caused by a chain Of $50 hills which
forces the river to make a circuit Of
% miles, coming back to within a mile
and three-quarters of where the loop
starts.
Mr.. Nelson says: If a canal waF
put in across the neck OF this loop. one
could easily create a 22-foot head Of
water. According 10 the river guag.
ing station at Bismarck. the aaw OF
the river is 10000 feet minimum,
which would give at this point more
than 10000 horse power, which could
readily be turned into electrical cur.
rent at one-ifth OF the cost now re.
CURED by the expensive means re.
CURED 70 develop power in this state
On several occasions companies
have looked into the proposition Of de
veloping this power, but the large mi
tial expense has caused all projects 70
be abandoned. The newly organized
Mitchell Street Railway and Interur
ban company is looking into the feast
bility Of putting in a plant at this
point. intending to market the sur
plus current to surrounding towns il
Il should decide To degolop the prop
| 0sifiOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-11-19
MuIchinu Winter Wheat Pays.

An experiment is in progress at me
Eureka farm OF the South Dakota ex-
pertinent station concerning the
m%ulching Of winter wheat. Very in
teresting results were obtained during
the past season. The portion OF the
field which was mulched with three
loads of straw per acre after the
ground froze up in November, 1914.
made a good winter survival and
yielded an excellent crop, while the
fields which were moi mulched. both
on corn stubble and summer faIlow
were totally winter killed. In Sec
tons OF the state where there is more
straw than nay be used to good adj
vantage for stock feeding and bedding,
some Of the straw can be utilized as
a mulch for winter wheat. Approx
mateIy three tons Of straw per 7
is sufficient and should be used dur
ing the latter part or November after
the wheat has become dormant for
the winter. Old straw piles which
are more or less rotten. can be spread
to better advantage than fresh straw
piles. but either nay be used. Tho
old straw can be spread with an ordi-
nary manure spreader, but fresh
straw requires a special implement
known as a straw spreader. The
straw must be spread very thinly and
evenly for best results, as the wheat
will smother out under thick lunches
and kill out on bare spots If the straw
is not properly spread. For that rea-
son il IL very difficult to get the work
done right BIZ hand.