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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
TO SELECT TEAMS
FOR BIG TOURNEY TO
BE HELD IN CHICAGO

Chicago, March %6..--Teams which
will be invited to compete in the Sec
ond annual basketball interecholastic
Of the University of Chicago on March
18, 10 and 20 will be selected shortly,
and a. most Of the strong fives already
have submitted records, a hard fought
tournament should result. Other rec
ords OF both high school and academy
teams will be considered II submitted
Immediately, so that the pick OF the
best fiveS Of the country will fight for
the national title. Teams from Lou
ietana, ArkAnsaA Pennsyfyania, Ohio,
MiaaouriSaud eleven other states have
submitted records and asked tor in-
vitAtions.
The CopshattA, La.,steam, with q
total OF so points to II for their op.
po4ents % far this. season; Stivers
high OF Toledo. w;thfa record Of Ia
straight Victories; J~oneeboro, Ark,
u~ndefe4ted 80 far this Z year, and
holder of, the state title since 1917
and Charlottesville, Ind, undefeated
this year, and recently winner Of the
Tfi.Stafe tournament at Cincinnati
have asked for Invitations and prob.
ably will be invited to- compete.
AZ preliminary round for teams Of
the Chicago district will be played OF
March IL, when the best hves OF thai
section Will night for the right to enter
the national competition.
Indiyidual trophies and team prisee
wflSbes given to the teA1ns fntshina
nrsts and second IN both the aiiGh
school ana academy 6ectlon1.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
nj U 60 MEN

Ann Arbor, Mich, March Sixty
aspirants to Michigan's track team
are being tried out by Coach Farrell.
With two exceptions these include all
Of last years regulars, Captain Sedg-
wick and pat Smith being the only
members Of last years squad missing
this season.
The loss of Sedgwick. however, has
left a big gap in the Maize and Blue
long distance department. The team
promises to be strong in the, dashes,
hurdles, jumps and weights, but no
predictions are being made concern
ing its prospects in the mile and two
mile events. ! Z
According to Coach Farrell. Carl
Johnson, Michigan's all around star
from Spokane, this year will special
ize in the hurdles and will be kept out
of the sprints.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
Concessions. Made To
Telephone Companies

Bismarck, n, DsS March .s.-Per-
patasaon 80 granted the Parshall
Farmers Telephone co. by the rail-
INSTRUMENTATION this wAek I issue
'3s,1SO worth. Of capital stock Tor the
lpurpote ~ extending tts lines south
from Parvhall and west from Wabek.
TheEMtlton Telephone Co.. has been
grantedsa temporary rate Of $3.50 per
;annumS fcrservice station switching
charees..tThere was wide d~ivergence
OF optnton5 NJ to the pfoperSrate, op'n-
ions ranging fromgs4l per annum to IS.
~ service I'M dispute Is rendered
10 1af1Iners telephone companies,
Whosss,2calls from one line to another
are pluEsed III on the hoard Of the
village exchArge. The business Is
.hahdleds inss tlts way al hover the state,
Andssfhh usual gcharreJ 10 from as to
'there haS bsefSa xsnsral ,derranSann
thssspassf 81 TIE acknowledgements COM
panieea for n higher ESQ 81
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
Biggest Tire Contract J
Ever Let 10 State Goes
10 Noted Rubber Firm

Bismarck. N. p. March s.-Prob-
ably the. biggest tire contract, ever
awarded in North Dakota was given
to the Fisk Rubber CO. today. when
the state highway commission accept-
ed its bid Tor the furnishing Of tires
for 500 military trucks and SO tour
ing cars which the commission has
borrowed o use in road work in this
state. Tho highway boards agreement
with the RAJ department which re-
tains title to these carr, IL that the
state shall care for equipment and ups
keep. srt&.
A few, Of the trucks. a. majority Of
which are. of the four-wheel drive
type, and which range from IN tons
to@lve tons in capacity, swiAsbe equip
ped With solid tires, but a considerable
number viii be mounted on heavy
pneumAttcs. ".
These trucks arc distributed. thru
the highway department by districts,
and are used In hauling materials, pa
dol work and upkoep. They enter
principally, into the maintenance Of
roads already constructed. each Of
there large trucks being capable OF
keeping in good condition 4 fair-sized
stretch Of highway. &
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
, !.
IEAVEFOR THE
AGCllES' CAMP
Final Game for State Cham
pionship in Fargo
Tonight.

Accompanied by. the university
band and a large crowd of rooters, the
University of North Dakota basket
bali team. that has won thirteen
straight games this season without a
single defeat, left early this afternoon
on a special train for Fargo, where
tonight the varsity will battle the
Aggies~ for the state championship.
Houser, Richards. Capt. Sproui,
Sinclair, Stenshoel, McCutcheon, Rob-
ertson and Dunnell are making the
trip,~accompanied by Coach Paul j.
Davis. ~
Although the Ageies have stifened
since last playing the university, vic
tory is expected of the university men
and it is certain that with a slate un-
soilcd. during the season. the, varsity
players viii make a hard battle to
win the f1&al game, thus annexing a
percentage of 1000 for the season. =
Next week the Flickertails will
journey to Winnipeg for two return
games with the University of Mani
toba quint. This will close the uni
versity season. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
New Pavilion Planned.
Slope Grazing Cattle
Never Looked Better,
Says Senator. Cahill

NV - - 80. -. .L -H HHFN III - b. -s ~
Bismarck. n. D.. March 6.-stope
cattle eve have. come through the
winter in better condition, states
Senator III. sCahill Of Leith, who
spent several. days In, the capital this
week The absence Of snow and COM
paratively mild weather enabled the
stock to make the most Of the sparse
grazing, while ranchers have recently
encountered nc difficulty in getting In
feed and forage. -.sEa
Many Of the stockmen Of Grant
county have already been converted to
corn n alfalfa, and this spring will
see an unprecedented amount Of corn
planted, says the senator. more
corn-planters are being sold in Grant
county today than in the last five
years together. Every farmer 1 know
Of is planning upon planting a quar-
ter or half a section, or possibly only
eighty acres to corn-but all Of them
are putting in some. and I look for
the greatest period OF prosperity we
have known. on the Slope as q result
Of this getting away from a single
crop wheat prQpQsition.n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
FINAL CONTEST
O|El'.T|''Ol|'URNAMEN'T||
AT U TONIGHT
Winners Of Grand Forks.
Mayville and Grafton-Lari-
more Games to Meet.

Winning teams in the Grand. Forks
Mayville and the Grafton-LArimore
games at the university this after
noon will clash tonight on the armory
gymnasium court in the finals Of the
district basketball tournament that
opened here yesterday afternoon with
seven teams entered.
The winning quint in the final
game tonight will compete at Fargo
this spring with seven other district
championship aggregations for state
honors at the agricultural college
tournament
The three preliminary games play
ed yesterday were one-sided contests.
Grafton won an easy 20 to 6 game
from Park River. Mayville il. easily
outclasscd .Langdon in the. evening
game. winning with the score 20! to
IL, and Grand Forks, romped away
with honors FROM the st. Thomas
quint with a o Of SO to g.. The
Hatton qnint entered the tournament
but forfeited to the -Larimore team.
Ray BolsinEer, former Asgie has
Park River and Mayville -Langdon
contests. .Geise of Crookston ref
creed the Grand Forks-St. Thomas
game. ~ ~
Other Districts.
While the tournament was in prog
ress here yesterday afternoon and
evening other teams throughout the
state were. competing in seven. other
district tournaments, at Bowbells, Ell
lendale, Wahpeton. Devils Lake, Man
dan,AA7Jamestown and Minot. -
The winner of the Donnybrook-Mo-
hall game this morning at Bowbells,
will play the kenmare team this aft
ernoon for the district title.
Glendale defeated Ashley 20 to
81, in the only game of the south
western district tournament. winning
the championship. s
Fargo and Wahpeton will clash at
the latter city this afternoon In the
finals Of the district contests.
Devils Lake, Petersburg, Leeds and
Egeland have reached the .semi-finals
at Devils Lake and will play off this
afternoon. The final game will be
played tonight.
Mahdan eliminated Hettinger with
q SO to IS score yesterday and Beach
defeated Steele II to IA, sc the Man
dan and Beach aggregations will
clash at Mandan tonight, for district
titular honors.
Valley City and jamestown will
meet in the finals for the Valley
City district.
At Minot today the semi-finals will
be played in the afternoon with
Drake meeting Towner and Minot
playing Fessenden. The winners this
afternoon will meet tonight in the
final game.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
STRONGER GOPHER
I. QUINT WILL MEET
CHICAGO TONIGHT

Chicago, March e.-The Universitr
OF Chicago basketball team will have
an opportunity to win the conference
basketball championship in. the
game with the University Of Minne-
sofa here tonight. Should, the, Chi
cago team be defeated it still will
have a chance at the championship
when 1t meets Wisconsin next Fri
day night. A month g Chicago
defeated Minnesota IS to 10 but Ar
mold ,Oss the Gopher star, was not
in the game and influenza had Grip
pied the Minnesota team. The Goph-
ers have run strong in their last two
games and it was expected the ma
roons would not find them as easy
victims tonight as they did a month
ago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
W|ll|LISTION
SHOW SHOW PROVES
BIG WINNER
All Makes 81: Cars Shown,
While Other Features
Add to Big Event.

Williston. N. D., March 6.-What
was termed the largest and best auto.
mobile and industrial show ever
staged in western North Dakota came
to4aa successful close Wednesday night
here. Displays OF all the latest makes
Of cars sold in Williston were on ex-
hibition along with accessories and
other lines of merchandise.
One Of the features Of the show
was display put on by the Edgar
n. Boyd post Of the American Legion,
consisting of war relics collected by
III members of the post during the
world a Hundreds Of people Wis
tied this display and listened eagerly
to the explanation Of the uses Of the
various weapons and articles,
Music Was Good.
Entertainment WAS provided It
both the afternoon and evening ex.
hibits on all three days of the show.
Music by Belts orchestra and the
the programs. The hundreds tof out
OF town, visitors were amazed at the
high class music rendered by this
band. The Organization Is composed
Of thirty players, half Of whom have
not been playing longer. than six
months. The band is under the
leadership of Prof. Ohnstad,S former
Instructor at St. Olaf college. North
field, MINI. tt ~ !
The autopobiles were displayed In
n large auditorium Of the. Williston
arrow while the industrial displays
were placed, in the rooms! adjoining
the auditorium, the balcony and the
. uvvr OF the building. In the
gymnasium of the building a jitney
dance vas conducted each evening
, during the show. A daily newspaper
called the DAILY Differential"' was
issued BY the Commercial club and
createdsSh unlimited amount Of inter-
est in the show.
The exhibition proved such a sue
cess that the Commercial club Is con-
sidering a wholesalers show some
time during the coming summer, to
which dealers from all parts of North
Dakota and Montana will be invited.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
NEW TOP NAN.

Duluth, MINI. March "a new
top man in the singles as well Ms
changes in the doubles and hve men
event featured last nights Northern
Bowling association tournament. The
standings today follow:
SinEles-F. Kemp, Du!uTh, SIS; A
Anderson, Chisholm, 621; Smith;
HEbbing, 6o7: J. Ritter. Minneapolis,
597; yukonic, Hibb:ng. 579; w. Sold
man, Chicago, SITS. ,Ss
Doubles - Forest. Rasmussen. Eau
Claire. 1.l42:s A Petefson-Skomars,
Duluth. s1,114; j. Kornian-R, Sutter,
Proctor, Lie: Ritter-Bailey. Ninne-
-apolis, LOSS; Bowell-Lehrnan. Mih-
neapolias. l.es6; Builat-Tramontin.
Ghisholm, 1000.
Five Men-Bis Duluth, Duluth. q
l931: Grand NuInAn. Duluth, S,717s
Melreilas Duluth 3,sSs; 800 I.ins.
Minnsapplta. 3,6es; Aadoros,. Bau
Claire. 1856.
tttfst three are tho three leaders.y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
RECEIPTS &c! Ell r ! !. AT At \. ]. !.
PUREbREDSALE
TOTAL AL 10000
Sale Held at Wiliston4 is
Perhaps Largest Ever
Held ii State.

Williston. N d. March e.-One Of
the largest purebred stockssales ever
held In North Dakota wa STAGED
here on Tuesday and Wednesday Of
this week, over $50 head OF cattle be-
ing sold for the enormous sum Of
10000. It Is estimated that at least
1000 people attended.
The highest price paid for an in
dtvidnal animal was $1,255, paid by
y. aiAylor Of. Grandin. N. d. for
the %two-year-old shorthorn COW,
g Powers, Culbertson. Mont. Her
hall sister, Hilda, brought the next
highest figure. $1,1so; also bid by
M. Z Aylpr. while Fred Roedeske,
Wildrose. N, D.. captured another
half sister. CarsElora, at the bargain
price of $500. A yearling bull from
the Lowe & Powers herd went to U.
Z. Burdick. Williston. for $1,100 this
animal being the first calf sired by
their herd bull.
One Farm Gets, $1,000.
Lowe e. Powers took away the
high stakes from the sale. realizing
over $4,000 from twelve head Of cat
tie; The latest figures available show
the total of the sales to come to
$5S,916. divided as follows: Cattle
$4s,225,% horses and jacks $3.50, and
The a~uctioneers were Senator
Frank Hyland Of Devils Lake; II. Z
Fink Of Berthold; Martin stenehtem
Of Arengard and w. W. 1Keltner OF
WIliston. MI. Hyland who ha.
handled many sales throughout the
country expressed himself as being
astonished at. the size Of the sale and
the interest shown. He compliment.
ed very. highly the work Of the asso.
The sale was judged by Frank
Smith. junior member Of the firm OF
Leslie Smith & Sons, St. 4, Cloud
Twenty calves were bought bytMr
Burdick for the boys and, girls cal,
club and these were allotted to the
members Of the club
The following Representatives OF
livestock publication attended the
sa1e:s.B. H. Crtchheld, publisher OF
the Northwestern Breeder, Fargo;
Glen Olson, representing the short
horn world, Chicago, and DR.. John
Dunwoodie, representing the Dakota
Farmer.
New Pavilion Planned,
The association has laid plans TO,
the erection OF a new pavilion which
Will handle At least ESQ head Of cattle
and will cost about $4,000. Stock
men who were present and member,
Of the association pledged $4,000
building will be erected on the Great
Northern right-of-way and it is
hoped by the officials to have, the
work start as soon as the weather
Will permit 20 as to have it completed
for their fall sale.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
50 Farsoans To Go
To Rotary Meetina

Fargo. N. d. March 6.-Flfty Far
90 Rotary club members will 90 to
Wausau, Wis. on April 1 to attend
the annual convention Of the North
western District Rotarians, and to
make a bid for the 1921 convention.
Fargo Rotarians are prepared to
pledge Rotarians Of the northwest q
big time IL they pick this city for
their next succeeding. gathering. 2 q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
New Normal President
Arrives Al Moorhead

Moorhead. Mimi. March e.-Dr.
Oliver NJ. sDickerson. formerly Of the
.Winona, Mimi, norrnsl school, syester-
day assumed the presidency Of the
Moorhead normal school: to which he
OF Dr.. Frank Weld. ".
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
Jane,tswn Wsnan Dies
Eron Sleep;nx Siekne,s

Jamesloun, ii. 81, March s.-Nrx,
ThoanAss sJoycS,y who .hAasbeen III me-
Jsbcuary MtthslSAAAGeRof the heat,
posuznCniA aAd hssping sickns1 lied
h6sOst04ays Il
1Akea tosthe hoGpitAl klostS Friday,
M1A sJ0yee 0ept Almo9 ooatanuougiy
W11AW laAth. aAe gAyes btrth Is
lA1A EeAE0hk36AI Tho h11AyASayang
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
SPORTLETS

Philadelphia, Pa.-Pete Herman.
bantamweight champion, who was to
have met Joe O'Donnell Of Glouces-
ter, N. j., here tonight in a %six-round
bout, was forced to cancel his en-
gagement because Of illness. He is
suffering from influenza and is con-
fined to his bed.
Chicago-Ritchie Mitchell has
been matched to meet Willie jackson
in the ring at Milwaukee March Is,
it was announced here today: jackson
is to receive $4,000, or 80 pei cent
Of the receipts. The men are light
weights.
New York-Umpire W. e. KLEIN
OF the National league will start to-
night on a swing around the senior
league training camps for the Lrpurs
pose Of ~instructing the pitchers in
the new rules and regulations adopt
ed at the recent meeting of the major
leagues in Chicago.
Klem's trip is to be made at the
order Of President John A. Heydler
Of the National league. The itfner-
airy will include the training camps
ut Miami, Jacksonville Columbus,
Birmingham, Hot. Springs, Browns
Vile and San Antonio
New York-Approval Of the rec
concentrations for holding the annual
intercollegiate track and field cham
-, was expected today At thefannual
meeting Of the intercollegiate asso-
citation Of amateur. athletes Of Amer
iNA sH4-4% fag.Htat. as--Ea- 49, Hrshar @..aL.t
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06
Last Nights Bowling

The Nash Bros outfit Of maple
smashers trimmed the Bridgeman-
Russell men last night at the Wilde
alleys, winning two Of the three-game
set. The scores: : s.-}-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-06

Saginaw, Mich.-BM Brennan and
Captain Bob Roper fought ten
rounds to q draw.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21
YANKEE h~NTI.AIRcRAFT
GUNNERY IN THE LEAD
Was 500 Per Cent Better Than
French, According to
Statistics.

American anti-aircraft gunnery DUR
ing the war was 500 per cent better
than the French. according to statis-
tics now available.
Whereas the French d. G. A. (De-
Tense C0ntre Avions) averaged GUN
rounds of shells to bring down an ne-
my machine, the average of the Amer
lean artillery was only loo.
The first battery of anti-aircraft
guns of three-inch caliber that was
placed In the line by the American ex-
pedltionary force shot down an Alba
tross biplane reconnaissance machine at
the twentieth shot and brought down
another at the ninety-seventh shot.
The American expeditionary force
used both fixed guns and mobile bat
teries against hostile aircraft. obtain
ing the latter from the French. They
are all models of the famous s~0ixante-
qu;nze field gun, the fixed batteries be-
ing mounted on special limbers that
permits them being fired almost
straight up In the air. The guns.
mounted on speedy motortrucks. are
shorter in barrel than the other pieces
and car be fred while the machine Is
In motion.
American machine gunners protect
ing captive observation balloons were
also extremely accurate in their fire.
although the American expeditionary
force lost q considerable number OF
balloons burned by enemy aylators.
The Germans attacked American bal
looms violently during offensiyes, fire.
quently being willing to lose an air.
plane In order to fire a sausage, al
though In most cases the observers es-
capped through their parachutes. Dur
ing the summer campaign most of the
American balloons shot down were VIC
tins of German aviators flying In cap
tured French alrplanes still bearing
French eocardes of the red, white and
blue circles.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21
II
AT THE DOG
SHOW.

Have you heard
of old Nuts soft
snap?
No. hat about
IT?
He's lost his
last tooth and has
nothing left but
gums.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21
LONDON EATS FRESH BREAD
Restriction 10 Lifted, But Only for
Christmas Week.

London was permitted to eat new
bread at Christmas. The order pro-
hibitlng the sale of bread until Il had
been at least IL hours old was sus-
pended for the Christmas week only.
The central control board for the
liquor traffic extended the hours for
the opening Of saloons by 30 minutes
daily for the same week, and at the
same time permitted the sale Of liquor
of the premises during the forenoon
as well Is during the midday open
ing between IL 80 p. m. and 2:3O ..
m, from December 10 to "a inclusive.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21
Five Generations Survive Him.

Deacon Sherman Beckwith, age
e~ighty-seven years, dropped dead ut
his home at Granville, Mass. leaving
81 descendants. They include a
widow. seven children by a first mar
riage. q grandchildren. 25 g~reat-grand-
children and two great-great-grand-
children.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21
"KIck" In Hot OrinkA

In China II Is the custom to drink
wines hot. The thrifty Chinese be-
lieye that heated wine intoxicates
more expeditiously than cold wine.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21
Lines TO Be Remembered.

Advice is like snow, the softer II
falls, the longer IL dwells upon and
the deeper II sinks into the mind
Colerldge.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-21

Had the war not ended when it did
the Germans would soon have been
smothered by amounts of gas which
they still believed impossible, accord
ing to Maj. Gen. William l.. Sibert.
speaking at a dinner given In his
honor by the commissioned personnel
of the chemical warfare service, Of
which he Is chief. He declared that
ut the time the armIstice was signed
the United States was manufacturing
more gas than England and France
combined, and that this capacity would
have been trebled by the first of the
year. General Sibert commanded the
first division that went over with Gen.
eral Pershing. He returned about
eight months ago to take charge OF
chemical warfare.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-23

State, the price you get for what you
have to sell will depend largely upon
what is produced by farmers in other
States and countries; and before YOU
can decide intelligently whether it
Will pay you to grow more or less
cotton, or corn, or any other crop, or
whether to sell your crop or live stock
now or to hold it until later on, YOU
must know something about the rela-
tive supply produced in other States
and countries. 1t is this information
which the Government crop reports
supply more accurately and more de-
pendably than any other agency, and
1T is this sort of information which
farmers must learn to use, as it will
help them to make their business pro-
fitable.
The monthly crop rcpotr is an abso
lutely unbiased, nonpartisan, business
service, as nearly accurate as it is
possible to make it and therefore the
most dependable source of informa
tion available to farmers and the
public; and that, to be of greatest
practical value, farmers should CO.