The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-05
GRAIN LABORATORY
Is ESTABLISHED

Geo. C. levitt, general manager Of
tie Northwest Wheat Growers, AS
ISOLATED, spent day in Grand Forks
recently comforting with officials Of
the North Dakota Wheat Growers
Association. Mr.. Jewett informed the
l.cal officials that laboratory for
grading and testing grain has been
established at the Minneapolis Sales
Agency of the Wheat Growers, and
that those in charge are in position
to grade and test sample grain for
North Dakota members of the Wheat
Growers Association. The equipment
was installed primarily for ti.e pur-
p'se of making a grade and gluten
test of all association grain that il
received at the sales agency for stor-
age and ultimate sale. Mr.. Jewets
stated that at the sales agency for
storage the grain is given the gluten
test as it arrives in Minneapolis, and
is stored in separate bins according
to the test. Millers are then in po-
s;t'on to know just what they are
buying, and are always willing to pay
a handsome price for high gluten
wheat. 1t is common occurrence,
Mir. Jewett stated, for the association
to get the top of the market for its
for.,, coornrotoJ Crro in
CASTOR J. Levy, who has been in
charge Of the Wheat Growers laDora-
tory in Portland, Oregon, for the last
two years, is in charge Of this depart
ment at Minneapolis. The equipment
consists of grain grading apparatus,
as we'll as machines for making the
protein or gluten test. This depart
nent is able to handle as many as 10e
samples per day, according to Mr..
Jewett
Mr.. Jewett also stated that the
seat obtained on the floor of the Min
neapolis Chamber Of Commerce, was
found to be a great aid in the selling
OF the membership wheat, as it enabl-
ed the association to get in touch with
buyers, and gave an opportunity tc
display it's wares by samples, that
otherwise would be impossible.
Mr.. Jewett stated that considerable
over one-half million bushels of wheat
had been received by the association
in Minneapolis so far this season
much Of this wheat being direct ship
ment from farmers in North Dakota
The Allies and General Ismed Pas
,hac, commander of the Turkish west
en forces are meeting today at Mu-
idania to conclude the preliminary
peace parley agreement according to
an exchange of telegraph dispatches
from Constantinople. 1t was expected
that the protocol will be signed this
afternoon.
The Allies and the Turks have
agreed on the peace parley today at
iMudania on the majority of the terms
:of the protocol and if the Greeks re-
fuse to acquiesce to the. terms of the
protocol it will break up the confer
jence and if the Greeks agree to the
ievacuation of Thrace the general con-
ference which Mustapha Renal will
personally take part in will be an
nounced tonight. 1t was also reported
that the Angora government had
agreed to the terms of the treaty sent
by the Allies last week. The result
of these agreements has sent further
orders to the Turkish troops to avoid
further clashes with the Allied forces
BRITAIN WILL PAY WAR DEBT
New York, Oct 4-Great Britain is
determined to pay in full her war debt
to the United States amounting to S4,-
900, 100000. Regional McKinn, for
mer British Chancellor of the Excheq-
uer and leading authority of Interna-
tional financial problems declared in a
speech today to the Convention of the
American Bankers Association. The
other European countries will be able
only to pay small portion of their
debts which with Great Britain obliga-
lions total approximately S1,000,0O0-
900 he said. This country Mckinn
urged to defer all possible payments
of debts.