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The midland journal., 1916-11-03
, poor,a Illinois. during a speech

In Peoria, Illinois, during speech
by Mr.. Hughs, some one in the au-
dience asked the Candidate what ne
would have done had he been IN
President wilson's place. TWO
nolicemen threw the impertinent
uuestioner out; which was about the
only logical and succinct answer that
has yet been made to the question
the opposition party or its candidat'
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

Upon Penrose and Roosevelt
strange combination when you recall
1912 and later, but after all not an un-
natural one, when you get to the last
analysis OF their characters-Repu
licans are basing their hopes of saw
ing Pennsylvania to Hughes.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

And as 1 travel about the coun-
try get the impression that tne
great body of the American people
are keeping their heads. Tney nave
hoord talk before. They have seen
the performance of some OF the
gentlemen who are talking. Iney
know how to assess them.-Wooo-
row Wilson.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

The threatened railroad strike and
the final method resorted to for It's
avoidance, has brought forth mucn
unfavorable comment from the capi-
talist press, opposing the reelection
of President Wilson.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

Judson Harmon says: "By supporting
the course of the Wilson administra-
ton with our votes we will lessen the
likelihood Of having to support the
course Of some other administration
with our lives"
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

One by one the old reliable Repub-
Iican states are slipping their moor
ings. Massachusetts and Ohio are
about as certain to go Democratic this
year as Arkansas and Texas.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

What a grand time Wall Street and
the Republican Old Guard would have
correcting President Wilson's mis-
takes" and re-establishing the "Invis-
ible Government"
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

The biggest value we have ever
offered our subscribers is The Mid
land Journal and four standard mag
azines, all one year, for only $1.25,
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

Put your words. as we'll as your
money. out at interest A courteous
word to your neighbor today may
bring you two tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
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 STOCK MARKET

New York. Dec. 2S-Opening: Trading in fairly large volume ac- companied today's opening of the stock marget. Losses of 1 to 3h points were recorded by most leaders other than rails, with heaviness con- verging about the metal group, pe- troleums, Central Leather, motors and various other specialties Ship ping shares also yielded easily and the better known equipments and munitions were plainly reactionary Dealings were more active than in any similar peried of the week.
 Noon-Losses were greatly extend ed during the forenoon, Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies leading, with am ex- treme decline of "A points. U. S. Steel yielded 2Sss, coppers and motors 2 to- 5, Industrial Alcohol 4 A, leather. paper, petroleum and sugar shares 2 to 4 and minor industrials 2 to 10 points. The selling also affected rails, prominent issues receding point or more. Bonds were included in the selling, Anglo-French five making a new low record at 92 21.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
THE FERTIIlzER SITUATION.

The Raw Materials Market. 4 very unsettled condition prevails in the wholesale market OF chemicals ' Manufacturers are buying only for their immediate needs. Tn small lots, such materials as Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of AmmQn;a, Ta.nkage Blood, Cyanamid. Cottonseed Meal, Acid Phosphate ard Bone are all high. Acid Phosphate seems to be slightly lower than last year but Cottonseed isl 30 per cent. higher. Nitrogen in Nitrate of Soda and Sulphate of Am monia is about 23 cents per lbI and 22 cents in s-9 Tankage. Tn mixed goods Nitrogen is about 23 cents. These values are based on cash quo- tations, carload lots. No firm will hold quotations open on unmixed goods indicating the instability of prices. These in close touch with conditions seem to feel that plant food can be purchased cheaper in mixed goods than In unmixed. This is prob ably true when the cost of mixing is considered. The safest procedure would be to get quotations from sev- Neral sources on both mixed and un- mixed goods and make the compari- sons.
 If present conditions continue, we may be able eventually to supply our needs. ~ Several firms are offering as high as per cent. potash goods. Some offered this goods earlier but are sold out now, the Maine gfswers having contracted for the entire sup ply.
 Our results so farl on corn indicate that potash pays at normal prices. This, however, is on the Gloucester Sandy Loam on the Station Farm. On heavier soils the results might differ. We very seriously question the advisa- bility Of paying $5 a unit for potash to be used on the common field crops. Where large applications of potash have been made in previous years, as on tobacco land, it does not seem wise to use muchNif any potash this year.
 Lime. Last year it was suggested
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
PEST OF TREES.

The preservation of trees against disease and damage by insects ap- pears tOs becoming a more important national question each year. While extensive publicity is being given to the pine blister, a. disease which threatens the pine forests with the same fate that has befallen the chest nut, groves of the country, there comes a report that .bering insects have doomed the white ash tree. says the Washington Star.s It is an- nounced that since the introduction of the leopard moth, from Europe the ash appears to be one of the fla vorite trees for the harboring of this insect, which causes a great deal of damage to the young trees.
 The leopard moth and the com mon ash borer are close rivals. so far as the destruction of the ash is concerned. A writer in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden says that the first evidence of the prsence of the ash borer Is the ap- pearance of strings of sawdust-like particles and rather loosely compact pellic1es of wood. These are often present in large numbers and may remain in part hanging from the bark or may fall to the ground at theb ase of the tree. When the in- sects are present in large numbers a heap of sawdust and wood pelli- cles may be found entirely surround ing the tree at it's base. With little experience it is possible to distinguish the wood pellicles of the ash, borer and those of the leopard moth. The latter are a little larger, more com pact and seldom remain hanging to the tree in any numbers, but fall to the ground in little islated beans. Like most boring insects, the ash borer is very difficult to control by artificial means, since in the larvae stage they work within the wood, where it is difficult or impossible to reach them.
 The main reliance of trees against their insect enemies should be on the birds, the natural enemies of the in- sects, and an authority has said that birds do ten times as much in the protection of trees and plants in gen. eral from the attacks of insects as can be done by spraying and other artificial means and with no expense.
 The aff1iction of the ash trees is not like that which is killing pine trees. The blister rust is caused by a fungus belonging to a group of plant parasites, the members of which have proved uniformly resistant to attempts at control through the agency of spraying with fungicides and the nature of these organisms makes ineffective this mode of treat ment.
 It seems to have been determined by American investigators that the white pine blister came into the country in 1909, on some white pine trees which were at that time inn ported from Germany and set out in this country. About 100000 of them were planted in Massachusetts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

and many more in neighboring states. Soon after they were set out the pine blister rust was discovered on some of the stock which had been started in New York state, and imme- diately it became necessary to com bat the disease. In New York the government pulled up all the German white pines of that particular ship ment. The blister rust has attacked only pines of the f1ve-leaved variety. It has not been observed on the two- leaved or three-leaved pines, such as the yellow pine or the pitch pine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
World % of Finance %

that stress be laid on the use of lime the price at that time being normal This year lime has advanced, and mo- tice is given of a further increase on March 1st. In spite of this fact, we believe that lime will in the long run. repay the investment, although every means should be used to secure good quotations.
 Manure. We have this year another opportunity to hammer on this point. Too much stress cannot be laid on tn e proper care and use of manure. An Extension bulletin on this subject is now in press.
 Transportation. This would seem to be thu most serious problem we are facing. The fertilizer manufacturers are at present working to secure pre- ference for fertilizers over some other classes of freight. Some pressure paight be brought to bear if farmers organizations were to take up the matter with the railroads The wise man will order early... It is already late.
 AGRONOMY DEPT.
 Connecticut Agricultural College.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
Connie Mack Claims
 Players Must Hustle
 More in Coming Year
169 STATE ST.

Connie Mack is not noted for Vo1-
 ability, but a baseball reporter, Billy O'Connor of the St. Louis Post Dis patch, seems to have found a way to
 thaw the Tall Tactician out, judging from this interview he entertainingly relates as having taken place with l the manager of the Athletics at the American League meeting in Chicago l last week.
 How do you do, MT. Mack l Hello. 0, howdya do, Howdya do.
 Yes. How are you?'i
 Did you make any deals. MT: Mack?''
 i i've been here three days and mo- body has spoken to me yet. I guess 1 they, think I've quit the league; but l by next July they'll know otherwise What kind of a race do you think | it will be?" "You must know that I never make predictions. A prophet plays los l ing game, but from where I sit I would say that any team in our lea | que that gets out of last place has a
 chance for the pennant. I think we'll have about seven or eight first divi- sion teams next year. That is, pro- viding the players take their work seriously
 What do you mean by that, MT. l Mack?" 'I mean only what I say. Bali | players have not been taking tf1ei:. l work seriously. They have been dis tracted and are not giving their em- 1 ployers full value. No team can win, you know unless everybody on that team concentrates on the business in J,o NI.1
 help those in the field. You've got If you don't you'll lose. I find 1t
 hard to make the young players ap- preciate that fact
 Hast year I faced a peculiar con { dition. My team was out of the race from the beginning, and there was al-
 ways the danger that my players would be influenced, solely through friendship, to let up against certain clubs. You must remember that there was more talk of fixed games last fall than ever before Fortunate ly none of that was in our league. But l fought hard against even the suspi- cion of it. I pointed out that should
 my team let up against Boston it would
 be like sneaking up behind the De-
 troit players and stealing their purse. If they let up against Detroit, it would
 be like climbing Chicago's porch and
 robbing the White Sox while they slept
 My advice, fortunately, prevailed We
 had no scandal.
 IT my players hustle next year
 we'll be much harder to beat. I in
 tend to us Schang permanently be-
 hind the bat, but no such changes
 will yield fruit unless have the ear
 cyf 1
 mental concentration of my men,"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
French Army Corps
 Successful on Farm

Paris, Dec. 2S.-The Bulletin Des Armees, official newspaper of the trench, says 735 acres were farmed last autumn and spring of this year by one army corps. All this land is in the region of the Mouse in the immediate vicinity of the Germans. Oats, barley, potatoes and vegetables were grown. and besides 225 acres were worked for hay and prepara- tions were made at the time the army corps was replaced to cut the grass on 175 acres remaining.
 Farm material was made up of what had been abandoned in the communes. Every day without ces- sation there were put into service 30 blows, 24 harrows, 12 rollers, Is cul- tivators and 40 vehicles of all kinds for carrying fertilizer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
COTTON SEED REPORT.

Washington, Dec. 28-The census bureau announced today it's report on cotton seed and cotton seed products for the quarter ending Oct. 31 as fol- lows: Cotton seed received at mills, 2,297,233 tons; crushed, 1,O82,596 tons, on hand at mills Oct. 31. 1,227,- TIP tons; crude oil produced, 319,235 pounds; on hand, 17,735,350 pounds; linters obtained, 27O,760 bales (of 500 pounds): on hand, 154, 4,263 bales! hull fibre obtained, 64,212 bales; on hand, 7,563 bales; refined oil produced, 194, 37S,17S pounds; op hand at mills, 7S,970,2S3 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
Stoc ckholm Commerce
 Bank to Issue Stock

Stockholm, Dec. 28.-The Stock holm Bank of Commerce has decided upon the issue of 10,50O,000 crowns of new stock. increasing it's capital from 30,150,O00 to 40,200,00O crowns. This is the largest new issue of bank stock that has ever been made in Sweden. The step is dictated by the directors conviction that all signs point to a tremendously increased business after the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
Another Wheat Famine
 Feared By Holland

Washington, Dec. 28.-scarcityl of wheat flour in Holland has made probable another period of cornpul- sorry brown bread as there was for two months last spring. A despatch to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce tells also of reports that universal bread cards will be em- ployed and that consumption will be restricted.
 Hollands supply of wheat, it is des clared, is likely to be exhausted by the delay or loss of wheat-lader steamers. Bread prices continue to rise and brown bread already is dis tributed on cards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
Cambria Steel Go. to Spend $7,O0O,0O0
 For New Furnaces

Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 2S.-Seven mill lion dollars will be expended by the Cambria Steel compa~- here in the erection of two new blast furnaces and a new plant to manufacture car wheels, according to announcement by officials of the company. Ground has been broken for the new furnaces, which will cost 5000, ,000 Work in the car wheel plant will cost $4, ,000, ,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

The Baldwin Locomotive Works re- ceived orders for three mallet type locomotives from the Union Pacific; two ten-wheelers from the Jersey Central, and 30 Santa Fe type from the St.. Louis & San Francisco Rail- road. ~r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
Business Hours, 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., Saturdays 9 AM. to 12 M. Monday Evenings 6 to 8.
 Tj23 g.

STATE OF COENECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, s., PROBATE COURT.
 December 27, 1916. Estate of Charles strempel, late of the town of Bridgeport in said dis trict deceased. The Court of Probate for the dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly attested. within said time, will be debarred recov- cry. All persons indebtedl to said es- tate are requested to make immedi- ate payment1to
 BRUNO STREMPEL,
 Administrator, 933 Madison Avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

foFk Stock ExcnanEa
 New York, Dec. 2S, 1880 PM.
 Allis Chalmers 27
 Allis Chalmers Pfd. 8S
 Am. Beet Sugar STA
 Am. Car & Foundry 64A Am. Can, 46A Am. Hide & Lea. .Pfd. 62
 Am. Locomotive 76A Att. Gulf & w. Indies 116
 Am. Smelt. & Re. Go. 1O2as Am. Slug. Refg. Co. 10SA Am. Tel. & Tele. 124Z Am. Woolen AZ Am. Zinc 36 Alaska Gold Il
 Atch. T. &AS. Fe 1O4
 Anaconda Copper SOA Baldwin Loco. 5711 Baltimore & Ohio 835k Butte & Sup. 45A Canadian Pacific 166
 Ca1if. Petroleum 23T Cen. Leather Co. S6% Chi. M. & St. Paul 91h Chi. & Great w. Pfd. Al Chi. Rk. Island & Pac 34H Chile Copper 23zs Chino 525s Chesapeake & Ohio N651s Consolidated Gas 1311a Col. Fuel & Iron A Corn Products 27K Crucible Steeel 597s Cuban Cane Sugar 47h Distilleries Securities 28k Erie 34A Erie 1st Pfd. 49A General Electric, 166A Goodrich Co. 59h Ct. Northern Pfd. IF F Ct. Northern Ore 35 Illinois Central 105
 Ind. Alcohol 109 Inspiration Copper 55as International Nickel 415s Interborough Cons. 16R Interborough Cons. Pfd. TIE Inter. Mer.f Marine 25s Inter. Mer. Marine Pfd. STA International Paper 45A Kansas City Sou. 25A Kennecott Copper 43A Lackawanna Steel SPA Louis. & Nashville 1924 Lehigh Valley 79ss Maxwell Motors 46k Mex. Petroleum 91 ss Missouri Pacific 15h Miami Copper 37A Montana Power 1O3 Mo-, Kan. & Texas Il F Nevada Cons. 23H National Lead Co. 59
 Northern Pacific 110
 N. Y. Central 103
 N. Y.. N. H. & H. 52k N. Y, Ont. & West. 29
 Pennsylvania 56A Pressed Steel Car 76
 Ray Cons. 255s Reading 1O2M Repub. Iron 6 Steel 76
 Ky. Steel Spring 49 Sloss Sheffield & Iron 61
 Southern/Pacific 97
 Southern Railway s21a Studebaker Corp'n. 107 Third Avenue 50 Union Pacific 1475s U. S. Rubber 61k U. $. Steel 1O5A U. s. Shelter 63k Utah Copper 10OA Virginia Caro- Chem. AZ Wabash 15h Wabash Pfd. A. 56A Wabash Pfd. B. 80 West. Union Tel. 96 Westinghouse Electric 55A Western Maryland 2S Willys Overland 37
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
New York Stock
 Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires ot I. L. Watson & Co.,. Bankers and Brokers. Corner Main and John Sta. Bridgeport. Conn. Members of N4v foFk Stock ExchanEa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
 113ih Semi-AnnuaI Dividend
 PEOPLES SAVINGS
 BANK 924.926 Main Street

The Trustees have declared a semi-annual dividend on all accounts of $4 ,OOO and less for the six months ending Dec. 30, 1916, at the rate of four per cent. per annum, and on the excess above $4,OOO at the rate of three per cent. per annum.
 Why not become one of our depositors and share in our next dividend?
 One Dollar will open an ans count. ~, ->-,~-E
 Deposits made on or before January 9th will draw interest from January 1st.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
BOSTON SroCKs

Boston 1 :3O D. m. Prices akeDOfxaA Over Private Wire Of z. S>
 WNfaon .& CA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

Of course that is a whole year ahead, but, it is Thousands of folks determined last year to ha1 year but many forgot the determination and h; bers of our 1916 Christmas Club received subs 10th, and had ample funds for Christmas shop] is better not made
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-09
TAG DAY NOVEMBER 1s
United Charities Will Raise Hundreds
of Dollars for the Needy of
MinOt on That Day

Tag Day, an annual event held by
the United Charities Of this city, will
be held in Minot Saturday, Nov. 10.
Mrs. D. A. Dinnie is chairman Of the
Tag Day committee and she has COM
pleted her arrangements whereby the
United Charities will raise several
hundred dollars on that day. Women
will be stationed with small banks in
all parts of the city and everyone will
be allowed to contribute what he feels
he can afford to give.
The money will be used in buying
food and clothing for Minot's needy
during the coming year. Last year
nearly $500 was raised on Tag Day
and this year the amount should be
much larger.
Arrangements for Tag Day were
completed at meeting held at the
Library Monday night, attended by
Mrs. Dinnie, Mrs. A. Carr, Mrs Skriv-
seth, Mrs. w. c. Hunter, D. H. Car
roll. Mrs. John Campbell is president
of the United Charities.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-09

driving on and off the bridge. We
think the county commissioners de-
serve the thanks of the people making
use Of this bridge for the manner in
which they attended to this matter.
| Line elevator companies are getting
out of North Dakota about as rapidly
as they can dispose of their property,
| judging from transfers listed with the
state railroad commission. Within the
past few weeks so line elevators have
passed into the hands of cooperative
associations or independent owners.
No reason for the desertion of the
line companies is given.
Sensational developments were ex-
pected in the death of Walter Wen
berg at hospital in Bismarck. Wen
burg's father wired the police from
Brooklyn, N. Y, command that an
inquest be held and that the boys
mother be held pending investiga-
tions, as it was believed that the death
was not due to natural causes. But
later developments showed that the
boys death was due to an enlarged
heart.
Henry Schnase, who lives few
miles north of Ambrose, was taken to
the hospital at that place last week.
MIR. Schnase was riding a horse and
had hung hog hook from the pommel
of the saddle. In dismounting the
hook caught him in the lower part of
the abdomen. Unable to cxtricate
himself, his father assisted him from
his dangerous position and at once
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-09

took him to town. He is recovering
nicely and will soon be up and around
again.
Hoped train. Missed grab-irons.
Henry Wetch, 10, will come out Of hos
pital on right foot. Short but true.
A. Hauenstein of Glenburn is once
more happy man, for his big pet bay
colt is again safely at home. The horse
vas located near Denbigh last week by
Sheriff Scofeld, where it had been
closely sheltered, so close that the fell
lows who had it were willing to pay
Hauenstein all the expenses he had
incurred in locating it. The two men
were arrested and taken to Mohall but
were released when they paid the ex-
penses. Both men stoutly maintain
their innocence of any criminal intent,
saying that the colt followed them and
they had been too busy to advertise it
as an estray, which they intended to
dc as soon as they could get to it,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-09

form letter to their friends, and an
/ "endless chain" was begun. 1t has
grown so that ten extra clerks are re-
quired to handle the mail for the Eek
change" through the Minneapolis
postoffice. 1t is costing the postal
| authorities hundreds of dollars to re-
turn the dimes to the original owners.
Kathryn was visited by disastrous
fire last week when most of the i'm
portant business buildings of that viii
lage were destroyed, among which
were bank, hardware store, general
store, drug store and telephone office.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000.
Hunters are playing havoc with a
flock of geese belonging to Mrs. 0.
Erickson east of Bergen. They have
been mistaken on several occasions
for a flock of wild geese and several
have been killed. The hunters have
always been ready to settle, however,
at the rate of $3.50 per.
Fritz Seaholm, FL years old, while
working on the Wilke farm southwest
Of Minor, accidentally shot himself in
the side with shot gun. The accident
occurred last Saturday forenoon. The
charge entered his body, SCATTERING
a number Of ribs and some of the pei
lets lodging in his right lung. 1t is
thought he will recover.
The police officials of Grand Forks
are baffled by mysterious case. Sew
eral weeks ago a team and wagon
containing a case of beer and red
hound dog, belonging to Tom Thomp-
son, was stolen from the corner near
the First State bank and, although
officers have been searching through
out the state and in Montana, South
Dakota and Minnesota, no trace of the
missing team has been found.
The bridge across the river at Dom
nybrook was finished few days ago
and the job seems to be very satisfac-
tory. The bridge is now considerably
longer than before and has been made
wide enough to afford easy crossing
with all kinds of machinery. One Of
the drawbacks with the old structure
was that it was rather narrow for
crossing with big farm implements.
1t has also been lowered so as to do
away with the disagreeable bump in