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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16
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The fancy shop proprietor had ram
sacked his shop in an endeaver to
please the rather exacting women who
wanted to purchase present.
Now, are you sure this Is genuine
crocodile skim" she inquired, critically
examining neat little satchel.
''Quite madam" was the reply. "You
see, shot the crocodile myself"
1T looks rather dirty" remarked the
customer, hoping to get reduction in
terms.
Eyes, -madam." replied the shopkeeper.
"that is where the animal struck the
ground after it fell of the tree."-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16
Good Wheat Not
! Easily Developed

Breeding wheat is slow job, says
L. r. Waldron, plant breeder, North
Dakota experiment station.
'The plant breeder is not wizard"
describing the breeders work. "His
work is guided by fairly well-known
laws and involves a vast amount of
rather tiresome detail. He feels amply
rewarded by scoring an OCCASIONAL sue
cess in the shape of an improved plant
''The plant breeder has many -prac-
tical problems before him in North
Dakota. The outstanding one has
Ileen to secure satisfactory wheats re-
sistant TO stem rust. Such wheat is
necessary if the hard spring wheat
crop is to be saved to the citizens of
North Dakota. Rust resistant durum
wheats have not taken the place Of
bread wheats and it is not evident ut
pr,S SET that they will in the future.
1.-Two Known varieties of bread
wheat are strongly, resistant to stem
rust. kanred and kota. Kanred is Il
winter wheat not hardy enough for
North Dakota. 1t may be of value to
US for breeding work kOta wheat is
highly resistant to stem rust To- North
Dakota. Growing this wheat in North
Dakota and in certain adjacent re-
gionS. in place of the Marquis now
grown. will be of great benefit to the
farmers and to others.
'Kota wheat is not perfect. how
aver, and the plant breeder can see
chances for Improvement. Kota wheat
is susceptible to leaf rust, which does
hOt Go much damage. and its straw is
less strong than that Of Marquis BY
crossing Kota with Kanred. one should
secure IA new wheat resistant to both
stem and leaf rust. BY crossing
kOta with Marquis one may be able
5 70 secure new wheat having the rust
resistance of Kota and the strength of
the Marquis straw
The plant breeding section of the
state experiment station at present is
studying many thousands of such by
Bird plants and certainly some Of them
look very promising. However, it will
Yake severn! years to produce a new
tested variety superior to kota wheat
Put the screens away. straight, so
they won't be ,sagged for next sum
mer.
Small hens, such as Leghorns, can
get along with three feet Of floor
space, but most poultry houses should
be built to allow four square feet of
tioor space for each bird.
The number Of bOarder cows sold
from neighborhOod, balanced against
The number of purebred sires used, is
generally a good Indication Of the
spirit Of the place.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16
Just What They Wanted

Two commuters were coming 60
town one morning. ''Say, Bill" said
one, whats good to kill slugs? They
are eating up all my radishes."
"Well," said the other, "get a couple
of bags of salt and sprinkle it between
the rows"
The next morning the two met
again.
"How did the salt work." Bill
asked.
"Whv, you poor fish," replied the
other, "when I went out to look at the
garden this morning, the slugs were
pulling up the radishes, dipping them
in the salt and eating Them Judge.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16
TO DETERMINE AGE OF COWS
Most Common Way 10 to Count Rinss
on Horne-Teeth Also Should Is
BE Considered.

The common way Of judging the age
Of COW is by counting the rings on
her horns. The first ring usually
comes at about three years OF age,
the second one two years later, and
then one ring Is formed each year.
The shape, size and condition of the
teeth should also b considered.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16
Plugging Out

fuSginS Out
A Kentucky man seems to have
found a relative of the city girl who
thought it would be cold work harvest
ing the winter wheat.
The young woman of whom the
Kentuckian tells is a native of Gin
cinnati, and was lately talking with
him about tobacco and tobacco rails
ing.
II should like ever so much to see a
tobacco field" she said, especially
when it is just plugging out."-Way-
side Tales.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

Judge Lynch-"C this case be
settled out of court ?"
Prisoner-"Sure. That's what we
were trying to do, your honor, but the
police interfered.'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16
Yes. Why.

Why is it that the merchant who
refuses advertising patronage to his
home town newspaper will always fall
for some fy-by-night bird with fake
advertising scheme,-Golden (Colo.)
Transcript.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

Small hens, such as Leghorns, can
get along with three feet Of floor
space, but most poultry houses should
be built to allow four square feet of
tioor space for each bird.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

In selecting flower ing shrubs for
spring planting have an eye to those
that. bloom in an "off' season.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

The number Of bOarder cows sold
from neighborhood, balanced against
The number of purebred sires used, is
generally a good Indication Of the
spirit Of the place.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

Try chopping the fruit for short.
cakes, ice cream, ETC., with cooky
cutter.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

Put the screens away. straight, so
they won't be sagged for next sum
mer
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-16

Thou shalt not see thy brothers OK
or his sheep go astray and hide thy
self from them; thou shalt surely
bring THEM again unto thy BROTHER
Deuteronomy NNT I
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16

the Commoner's views against evolu-
tion. Though they had no intention
to support the theory of Simian an
| cestry, the different factions were
! doing their best to make monkeys OF
one another in the conference.
Another thing partly diverted the
delegates attention from the business
in hand-the attempted hold-up Of
the Golden State Limited this NOR
ming. The delegates We're busily ex-
planning that it was a mere coinci-
dence, something that might have
happened at any time, and that there
was no relation between the crime
and the congestion of the flower of
Arizona Democracy in the vicinity.
The Republican. by the way. brought
the first news of the hold-up to
Tucson.
Big Crowd Present
1t was 1925 o'clock this morning
when the conference was called TO
| order by State Chairman McCalla.
The great armory was filled. Every
county was represented. many OF
them fully, bringing the number OF
delegates to 154. The Maricopa
county delegation was the largest
and had the central position among
the guidons. Tucson, as always, had
maintained its reputation as host in
the matter of arrangements. Nothing
had been overlooked
Chairman McCalla in brief intro
duction TO carefully worded address
said that precaution had been taken
against misquotation by the enemy.
The Republicans, he said, were await
ing the result of the conference,
| "hovering between hope and despair"
His address left little doubt of the
intention Of the conference to make
an endorsement. He counseled fair
ness to all candidates, urged aban-
donment of prejudice and personal
preference and warned the confer
ence against the introduction OF
''other than political issues" The
chairman had in mind the proposed
constitutional amendments, against
which some of the county confer
ences had declared
The address of the chairman was
preceded by prayer and the singing of
America" Judge Frank J. Duffy of
Nogales was made temporary chair
man. In an address lasting three
quarters of an hour he drew a COM
parison between Democratic and
Republican. administrations in nation
and state. He reviewed the history
of the League of Nations and cited as
proof of Republican incapacity the
time wasted on a simple item of the
chemical schedule OF the tariff bill
formic acid. He didn't know what it
was, but was sure that the whole
duty on it would not cover the waste
of time in the consideration OF it.
Plays on Wilson's Name
Judge Duffy told the conference
that the state did not realize until
now its blessings under Hunt There
was some applause, but not enough,
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16

my attorney tomorrow" said Miss
Acller who. according TO judges of
the Los Angeles court, still is Mrs.
Valentino and will be until, if moth
ing happens to prevent. the inter
locutory decree is made final Janu-
ary 10, 1923.
According to Judge J. w. Summer
field, such marriage as that con-
tracted by Valentino and Miss Hud-
nut is bigamous.
Efforts to locate Valentino and his
bride failed today. 1t was reported
from one source they planned to go
to New York and might already have
started for that city to visit her
father. Richard Hudnut. perfume
manufacturer.
Another report was that Valentino
was at work on a desert picture in
the Imperial valley and would remain
with his bride or near Palm Springs
for perhaps a month.
Neil Mccarthy, attorney for Miss
Acker, told newspaper men that any
prosecution of Valentino for bigamy
was a matter for the state authori-
ties, and he had informed Miss Acker
1t was not necessary for her to swear
to a Complaint against him.
Il caunot state at present" he
added, "wnat other steps my client
may wish to take
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16
lie Breton Lauds
Democratic Spirit
at Capital City
TRepublican A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, May 10. - Wash
ington as the capital of the United
States possesses a more favorable
atmosphere than exists anywhere for
the activities of a foreign represen-
tatiye, Thomas A. LeBreton, Argen-
tine ambassador to the United States,
says in a statement issued tonight
on the eve of his departure from
Washington TO assume the place in
the Argentine senate to which he was
elected several weeks ago. Senor Le-
Breton will leave this week for
France and from there will return to
Argentina.
Remarking on the atmosphere ex-
listing in Washington, the ambassa-
dor said:
THE absence OF unnecessary for
malities to reach the sources of in
formation, the diligence with which
this is obtained, whether it is ready
or has to be prepared for the pur-
poses; the good will to remove and
overcome difficulties-all make the
work simple and agreeable
AN essential point is that strictly
pacifist character of this nation; an
aggressive or miltaristc idea falls
into disrepute. The frankness in
making criticisms about things gem
orally is also remarkable"
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16
u. S. Court Rules
Child Labor Law
Unconstitutional
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, May 15-The
child labor law was declared uncon-
stitutional today by the supreme
court.
The law, enacted in 1919. was in
tended to regulate the employmen. of
children in any mills, cannery. work
shop, factory or manufacturing es-
tablishment under the age of IA, or
in any mine or quarry under 16
years, by imposing an excise tax OF
10 per cent upon the annual profits
of those employing such labor. 1t
was attacked on the ground that ii
attempted to regulate an exclusive
ly state function, in violation of the
federal constitution and the tenth
amendment, and was defended as a
mere excise tax levied by congress
under it's broad power of taxation
conferred by the federal authorities.
The law was attacked in the su-
preme court by three cases from
North Carolina, appealed by the gov
ernment. Two of these, the Atherton
Mills and that owned by John j.
George and others were dismissed on
technicalities, but the case brought
by the DreXel Furniture company
was found in proper form and it was
in that the law was declared invalid.
The opinion was delivered by
Chief Justice Taft, with no dissent
announced. The case was discussed
at length in View of previous deci-
sions involving questions bearing on
the taxing power of congress and the
law was held invalid as an attempt
by congress to regulate through its
taxing power something entirely
within the jurisdiction of the various
states in the exercise of their police
power.
Official of the internal revenue
bureau declined 10 discuss the matter
until they had had an opportunity
to read the full opinion, but stated
the full amount of money involved
in taxes was small and that the child
labor bureau, employing about fifty
persons, would be dismissed
Act More Than Excise Tax
Does this law impose a tax with
only that incidental restraint and
regulation which a tax must inev-
itably involve?" the chief Justice
asked, "or doe it regulate by the use
Of the so called tax as a penalty? If
a tax. it is clearly an excise If it
We're an excise on a commodity or
other things of value we might not
be permitted under previous deci-
sions of this court to infer solely
from its heavy burden that the act
intends a prohibition instead Of a
tax But this act is more"
After analyzing the principal fea-
lures of the law and its operation the
chief justice said: in the light of
these features of the act, q court
must be blind not to see that the So
called tax is imposed to stop the en-
ployment of children within the age
limits prescribed.
Its prohibitory and regulatory ef-
feet and purpose are palpable' he
added. 'All others can see and un-
derstand this. How can we prop
crly shut our minds to it,"
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16
LADY ASTOR FLAYS
POLITICAL APATHY
OF CHICAGO VOTERS
tRepubIican A. p. Leased wirel

CHICAGO, May is. - Look out
for bombs in hicago!'-that's what
they told me- laughed Lady Astor
to an audience that filled Orchestra
Hall here this afternoon at a meet
ing of men and women conducted by
the Illinois League of Women Voters
Il told them I'm not half as fright
ened of bombs as / am of political
apathy"
There was no apathy about Lady
Astor from the moment she smiling
ly. took her seat to the organ strains
of my Old Kentucky Home" to the
moment she declared in gay defiance
that she was glad to speak 'in Chi
cago on two topics she must on no
account breach before Chicago
audience" She explained whimsi-
cally a. little later that 'it was always
amusin' fightin' for a good cause and
always worth while"
Her listeners We're quick to inter-
pret an allusion to Mrs. Asquith in
the words:
when a distinguished English
woman tells you she doesn't know
who Miss Jane Adams is, I'll tell
her what every single social reformer
in. England knows and I'm not sure
but sometimes Miss Adams star
SHINES more brightly III I<lSldAio tlioA4
ever it does in America
Several times as she grew absorbed
in what she was saying. the speaker
tucked a trim.' white shod foot behind
on the tapestry covered chair, quick
~ to replace il OH the floor as the
audience caught her. Both in speech
and manner she was thoroughly a
happy 60 lucky Virginia girl on easy
terms with her audience amounting
virtually to intimacy.
Comparing bombs with apathy,
Lady Astor said:
Bombs blow you UP and II is all
over, but apathy takes the spirit out
of men and women who are fighting
for a finer, better world
Il have great faith in the heart OF
Chicago" she continued, "but you
must use your head IL you want to
clear up some of your problems.
They said to me, Don't mention the
league of nations or anti British
feeling in Chicago i said, I'd like
to deal with both subjects in Chi
cago.'
IF there is any place that needn't
be frightened of a league of a nations.
it's Chicago, for Chicago is a city of
nations, the second greatest city of
nations in the country. Why should
it be afraid to get into league which
we hope will help all nations?
Il was amused this morning by the
Chicago Tribune, which I understand
is not very great friend of the
league of nations. Here's what the
Tribune says: League draws Sile-
sian thorn out OF Europe
Here Lady Astor read a dispatch
which reported the adjustment of the
Silesian dispute through the good
offices of the league of nations"
While Lady Astor was being enter
tanned by Chicago women today, she
was assailed in resolutions adopted
by the Town Of Lake Post of the
American Legion as a British propa--
gandist." The resolution asserted
that Lady Astor had presumed to
instruct our nation on its duty toward
our soldiers. thereby attempting to
injure the movement for a soldiers
bonus" Congressional investigation
of British propaganda also was urged.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16

probably so shots were fired at the
train.
zone Of the bandits shouted. Come
on, boys, come on! If you don't open
the doors and climb out we'll dyna-
mite the train
"A few more shot came from the
bandits ambushed in the brush. Then
one of them called, Well, let's get
busy
"I saw one of the armed men start
out of the bush. The window was
too high for me To get good line on
him-and I've got poor eyesight be-
sides-but I let him have the first
barrel. He flopped to the ground
and crawled back to the brush.
Farther back I could hear the
others shooting at the coaches trying
to terrorize The passengers, l sup
pose.
"Then I heard footsteps coming
from the direction of the engine. !
could not see the man but he walked
beneath my window. Then he came
back. Abreast OF my window again /
got a peep at him as he turned and
walked toward the brush. / figured
he was going to set off charge of
dynamite, and / let him have the
other barrel. / knew I hit him. He
fell like dog. and, groaning, crawled
for about Is feet. When he reached
the bushes he didn't groan any more.
"One of the bandits called out,
Don't shoot any more, boys, and
they didn't.
Pretty soon l heard an automobile
engine start Then / saw five or six
men jump into machine. The car
sped away without lights"
Stewart was met at the railroad
station by delegation of friends and
of railway and express officials. and
by his wife.
Hello, old man." called Mrs
Stewart.
We'll, we'll" responded Stewart.
81 would have felt bad if Harry
had killed any young man. said
Mrs. Stewart, but the bandit was q
roughneck and probably would have
! killed Harry if he had had chance
l guess Harry did right"
Then she suggested that her hus-
band, who is more than so years old
and has been a messenger for 3S
years, go home to rest.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16
AMERICA REFUSES To
PARTICIPATE IN NEW
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE.
Secretary Hughes Notifies Ambassador Child
Hague Conference Is Merely Continuation
of Genoa Meeting Under New Name Still
Contends Souiets Must Help Themselves.

WASHINGTON, May 15-The state
department made public tonight the
text of a message to Ambassador
Child at Genoa, declining the invita-
tion to participate in the new
European economic conference at
The Hague.
This government" the American
communication said, 'is unable to
conclude that it can helpfully par
ticipate in the meeting at The Hague
as this would appear to be the con-
tinuance under a different nomen-
clature o. the Genoa conference, and
difficulties if the attitude disclosed
in the Russian memorandum of May
IL remains unchanged
The inescapable and ultimate ques-
tion, the American note said" would
appear to be the restoration of pro-
ductivity in Russia, the essential
conditions of which are still to be
secured and must in the nature of
things be provided within Russia
herself"
The state departments communi-
cation said the American government
has always been ready to join other
governments in arranging for IAN
inquiry by experts into the economic
remedies such an inquiry, it was
added, could deal appropriately with
the economic prerequisites for res
toration of Russian production with
out which sound basis for credits
would be lacking
In conclusion the American COM
munication renewed the offer 10 give
serious attention" to ANY propos-
ais issuing from a Genoa conference
or any later conference" but added
that the suggestions for the meeting
at The Hague in view of the Russian
memorandum of May IL lacked "the
definiteness which would make posi-
BILE the concurrence of this govern
ment in the proposed plan"
The statement of the state depart
ment reads:
Genoa Invitation
The cabled summary of the plan
in pursuance of which the invitation
was extended, is as follows:
j. Russian proposal May II for
commission of experts accepted in
form in annex, June 26, date of meet
ing.
,. Powers except Germany and
Russia shall be invited to send repre-
sentatives to The Hague June 15. for
preliminary exchange of views re-
garding the line of action by the
commission of experts towards the
Russians. The president of the Cen
GA conference has been requested to
extend similar invitation to America
if he ascertains she is willing to at
tend.
3. Representative at The Hague
will elect commission charged to
conduct permanently a Russian
commission.
4. Governments at preliminary
meeting will intimate unless they
have already done so whether-willing
to participate in commission; un-
willingness on the part of a govern
ment will not prevent the meeting OF
the commission on behalf of other
governments.
). If no joint recommendation can
be submitted by commissions ex-
perts within three months from June
% or joint recommendations not ac-
cepted by governments concerned one
month after date of recommendations
each government is at liberty to make
Arizona republican., 1922-05-16
Supreme Court Declares
Tax Section of Futures
Trading Act is Invalid

to the trade as privileges" bids. -
offers" puts and calls, "indemni-
ties or ups and downs" Such a
tax was held to be clearly within
the congressional power as it was not
regulatory"
Were the provisions for contract
markets not invalid paragraph E of
section 6 might have been used to
impose the penalty of exclusion from
them upon persons evading the tax
under section 5, tins court explained,
adding:
But as they cannot be sustained,
1T ceases to be penalty
1T is impossible to escape the con-
viction from a fur reading of this
law" Chief Justice Taft stated, "that
1T was enacted for the purpose of reg
ulatins the conduct of business OF
boards OF trade through supervision
OF the secretary OF agriculture and
the use of an administrative tribunal.
consisting of that secretary, the Sec
retary of commerce and the attorney
general. Indeed the title of the act
recites that one of its purposes is the
regulation of boards OF trade
the manifest purpose of the tax is TO
compel boards of trade to omply
with regulations, many of which can
have no relevancy to the collection
of the tax at all. The act
is in essence and on fits face a COM
plete regulation OF boards OF trade
with a penalty of 20 cents a bushel
on all futures TO coerce boards OF
trade and their members into COM
pliance."
Looked at from It's practical ap-
plication and as the tax is applied
upon interstate commerce. not to
what congress deemed to be an OBJ
struction to such commerce. the
court declared it Impossible to sus-
tain the validity Of the regulations as
they are set forth in this act"
"A reading of the act" it stated
makes it quite clear that congress
sought to use the taxing power to
give validity to the act"
Chief Justice Taft announced that
against the board of
trade Of Chicago and its officers and
against the collector Of internal rev
enue and the United States district
attorney should be granted so as to
prevent the enforcement Of section
four and those of the act and the
regulations interWoYen with it.