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New Britain herald., 1923-06-02
Athletics Rack Again.

Athletics Hack again.
The result lifted the Red sox from
the cellar TO sixth place, the Chicago
White Sox dropping into the base
ment from the blows of the 81. Louis
Browns. 8 TO Z. and Washington into
seventh place before the onrush OF the
Philadelphia Athletics. who regained
second place by winning twice Z to I
and I TO ..
II was the Athletics double victory
that showed Cleveland back into third
place. the one day tenancy OF that
position being granted the day before
by enforced idleness OF Philadelphia.
There was another big splash Of color
In the Indian game, the Detroit Tig-
ers losing II to 4. In spite of triple
play--Holloway Rigney to Blue--the
first in the American league this year.
Giants Hang Record
The New York Giants used a wide
brush in putting in their share OF the
days pigments spending three hours
In trimming the Philadelphia Quakcrs
% to s and setting a record by max
ing at least one run in every inning.
A streak Of crimson was flashed
across the canvas by the speeding
Pedlegs of Cincinnati who downed the
Cubs again to 8 gaining one point on
st. Louis. The Cardinals won their
second straight from the Pittsburgh
Pirates. 4 to 8, in IL innings.
Leo Dickerman, one Of Brooklyn's
astonishing recruits was without con-
troll for his second consecutive time
and the Braves knocked him out of
the box, winning II to 6. The loss
kept the Dodgers from a strategical
position for leaping into second place
should Pittsburgh lose again today
New Britain herald., 1923-06-02
How They Line up
in -Four Leagues
National League
Yesterdays Results

Yestcrday's RESULTS
New York %, Philadelphia S.
Boston II, Brooklyn 6.
Cincinnati 3. Chicago 3.
Pittsburgh 8, st. Louis 4.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-02
American League
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
Philadelphia "a, Washington AZ.
Boston 5, New York o.
Cleveland II, Detroit 4.
st. Louis S, Chicago s..
New Britain herald., 1923-06-02

PITTSBURGH FOOTBALL CAPTAIN
Pittsburgh, June 2.--Lloyd p. Jor-
dan OF Purxsutawney, Pa, will cap
tain the 1923 football team at the
University of Pittsburgh.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-02

twenty-five Years Ago
On June ?. 1928. Donnelly third
basemsn for 81. Louis, was released TO
Rochester club.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-02
Home Run Leaders
YESTERDAYS
IN SPORT
Ten Years Ago

On June ?. 1913, Hal Chase, YAM
KEGS star, was traded to White Sox
tor Rollic Zlider. second baseman,
and Eli Borton. first baseman.
New Britain herald., 1923-06-02
YALE-PRINCErON TO-DAY

Continued on Following Page
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
HIGH SCHOOL WINS.

The Cottonwood high school
team defeated the Craigmont
high school, Saturday afternoon,
in a hotly contested game. The
local boys came out with only a
two point lead. The score was
6 to 8. Grangeville was to have
played here on that date but for
some reason the game was can
celled The return game with
Grangeville will be played at
some later date.
If weather conditions will per-
NIT the local high school team
will cross bats with Kooskia,
Saturday. Kooskia is said to
have a fast team and to date
they have not lost a game so far
this year.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
The Child
Thou Cav
est Me
with Four Famous Stars
LEWIS STONE
BARBARA CASTLETON
WILLIAM DESMOND
and little
DICK HEADRICK

A drama Of a wife who
we'd with a lie on her lips.
A story of just a child who
brought sadness and glad
ness into three hearts
just a mother who brought
love and a secret into mar
riage-just a husband
seeking revenge and find
ing retribution-just a
friend who loved them both
in his own way.
A picture of suspense
and amazement that will
grip your heartstrings for
sadness and joy.
And 4 Comedy
BABY PEGGY
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
CLEE CLUB GIVES
MUSICALE 18TH

The High School Glee Clubs
will give a recital Saturday even
ing, May 10Th at the Orpheum
theater. The public is cordi-
ally invited to attend. Admis-
sion adults 35 cents, children rs
cents.
The following program will be
rendered.
Sailor Boys.
Springtime.
Robins Return. Churchill
Grindell.
7th and 9Th grades.
The Beautiful Blue Danube. J.
Strauss.
Girls Glee Club.
Southern Memories.
Goodbye, My Lover, Good
Bye. College Song.
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep.
Coerne.
Boys Glee Club.
Anchored. M. Watson.
Song of the Miner.
April Showers. Churchill
Grindell.
7th and 9Th grades.
Lovely Night. Offenbach.
Bonnie Heather. ]. G. Ellis.
Girls Glee Club.
10 Grain Dance. Eight girls /:
Viletha South, Ellamae Brown,
Mildred Terhaar, Viola Gentry,
Fern Farthing, Helen Hensley,
Edna Schroeder, Ruth Romig.
Somewhere A Voice 1t Calling.
Tate.
Hank I Hear A Voice. College
Song.
Old Zip Coon. Old Melody.
Boys Glee Club.
The Costing. Sir Fred Bridge.
Boys and Girls Glee Clubs.
Chebogar Dance. Eight girls.
Solo. Cradle Song. Kate Van
nah.
Neal Mckinley.
The Little Black Boy.
A Spring Love Song.
Sweet Springtime. Churchill
Grindell.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
PIONEER DEAD.

Charles E. McCready, GO years
old, pioneer of Idaho county
and veteran of the Nezperce
Indian war, died Wednesday, in
the home of John Higgins, in
Charleston.
Mr.. McCready was born in
Maraposa, California, February
Ia, 1860, and located in Idaho
county in 1876. He was married
to Miss Alice higgins at Grange
vile in 1888. About ten years
ago they removed to Lewiston.
He is survived by his wife, a
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Mckenzie
of Grandview, and three sons,
Harry of Washington D. c.;
Allen of Nezperce and Lynn of
Eugene, Ore.,; a brother, John,
in California and two sisters,
Mrs. Maggie Rice and Mrs. Julia
Odle of Charleston. Funeral
services were held in Charleston
Thursday.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
COTTONWOOD WINS.

The Cottonwood town team
defeated the Fem team on the
local diamond Sunday, by a score
of 8 to Is. The contest was
close up to the eighth inning
when the score stood 8 to 8. In
this inning the Fem team went
into the air and two errors coupl-
ed with a two base hit by
Lawrence Terhaar when the
bases were full lost them the
game. The battery for Cotton
wood was Minis and Speck: Dye
and Schurman. A fairly good
sized crowd witnessed the con-
test.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11

Lullaby. Brahms.
7th and 9Th grades
Asleep In The Deep. H. w.
Petrie.
John Jenny, Justice Frank,
Joe Wagner.
Duet ooh That We Two Were
Maying." A. M. Smith.
Mrs. J. M. Johann and Miss
Alice Tiffany.
Miss Jones
Hail, Home of Liberty. A.
Beirly. All voices.
Members of Boys Glee Club:
Joe Wagner, Justice Frank,
Andrew Drops, John Jenny,
Hamlet Hilpert, Frank Jenny,
Kenneth Hensley, Herman Reu-
ter, Barney Malerich, August
Hoene.
Girls Glee Club: Gladys E)ler,
Margaret Terhaar, Eliza Mat
thiesen, Viola Gentry, Rosemary
Shinnick, Edna Schroeder, Helen
Hensley, Gladys Cooper, Rose
Terhaar, Margaret Selfors, Neal
Mckinley, Mildred Terhaar,
Helen Michael, Margaret Simon,
Viletha South, Ellamae Brown,
Ruth Romig.
Seventh and Eighth grades:
Dallas Eller, Glen Farthing,
Kenneth Hensley, Leslie Shields,
Ellamae Brown, Neal Mckinley,
Mildred Terhaar, Bessie Sager,
Roland Beuttner; Albert Brown,
Lowell Hilpert, Tavern Jessup,
Wallace Pearce, Fern Farthing,
Viola Gentry, Helen Hensley,
Marguerite Johnston, Ruth
Romig, Edna Schroeder, Viletha
South.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
MRS. S. G. FISHER DEAD.

Mrs. Sarah A. Fisher, widow
of the late Stanton G. Fisher,
former Indian agent at the Nez
Perez agency, passed away in
her home in Boise, May 8, after a
long illness from cancer. In the
same city where Mrs. Fisher
died Tuesday lies her son, Don C.
Fisher, former game warden, a
soldier in the world war and one
of the best known young men of
central Idaho, who is seriously
i'll in a Boise hospital. Mrs.
Fisher was II years old, and for
more than twenty-five years a
resident of Grangeville leaving
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
there last fall with her daughter

there last fall with her daughter
Mrs. Fred White for Boise.
Surviving her are two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Fred White, Boise,
and Mrs. Floyd Moore, Grange
vile, and a son, Don C. Fisher.
The body was taken to Lewis
ton, where funeral services were
held Thursday, with burial in
the family lot in Normal Hill
cemetery.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
NOTICE.

NOlICE.
The registered Percheron
stallion, Numol will made the
season of 1923 in and around
Cottonwood, and when in Cot
tonwood at the Riley Rice barn.
Albert Fry, Owner. Lee Rhoades,
Keeper. 20-3
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
FOUND DEAD IN CABIN.

Hiram A. Everest, 70 years
old, for many years a resident OF
Idaho county, was found dead at
the door of his cabin, in the
mountains. seven miles above
the Bentz place, on the right
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11

fork of Whitebird creek, Sun
day. He is believed to have
died from heart decease.
Mr.. Everest was born in
Meriden, N. H., on July IA, 1916.
He was married to Emma ]. Cof-
fin, in Buchanan county, Mo-, on
Jan. 16, 1868. He is survived
by his widow and three children.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
BEEF.

BEEF.
Let us figure with you on a
nice quarter of beef, pork, NUT
ton or veal. You will find our
prices right.
4S-tf SIMON BROS.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
Episode No. 7
THE TIMBER QUEEN
"MUT|NY'
THURSDAY, MAY II

We are pleased to offer
to you, again, next Thurs
day, a star who needs no in
PRODUCTION but whom you
have not seen for several
months
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-11
H. RawlinsOn

in the startling story of
what can happen in one
night to a young man in
search of adventure, from
the famous novel of Louise
Tracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
GREAT Benefit
FROM CARDUI
Georgia Lady Says She Has
Avoided Much Suffering by
Taking This Well-Known
Tonic Medicine.

CIyattville, Cain a statement
which she gave at her home on R.
F. D. l, here, Mrs. T. A. Copeland
said:
I have, I believe, avoided a good
deal of suffering by the use Of Car
dui, and am thoroughly convinced
that it has been of great benefit to
me.
Before the birth Of two of my
children, 1 grew so weak and ner-
vous l could hardly go and suffered
had a friend who told me of
Cardui, so the next time when l
grew so weak and rundown 1 began
to use it. used it three months. l
grew stronger and less nervous. The
baby was stronger and a better
baby, and I really believe it was be-
cause built up my strength with
this splendid tonic"
Cardui has been in successful use
for more than forty years. Thou
sands of women have written TO tell
of the beneficial results obtained by
taking Cardui, and to recommend it
to others.
1t is a mild, harmless. purely vege-
table medicinal preparation-a proc.
uct of practical experience. scientific
investigation and pharmaceutical
skill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
INSIDE STORY OF
RADICAL PLOTS IS
TOBE UNF OLDED
Burns Agency viii Brand
BaiIin'S Story as
False.
BIZ United Press

BIZ united Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-The inside
story of detective agency operations
in connection with the investigation
of radical plots was to be unfolded at
the Michigan deposition hearings here
today.
Allen o. Meyers, assistant manager
o fthe Burns International Detective
Agency was expected to brand the
story of Albert J. Balm as the in
vention of a disgruntled employee dis
charged for writing fake reports.
Cross examination of Balm who
suffered a lapse Of memory during
the closing hours Of the examination
Yesterday, was TO he completed today.
Balm excused his failure to re-
member his birthplace, his birthday
and details regarding his arrival in
the United States from Russia. He
said he was worn out by his four
DAYS testimony on the witness stand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
ORDER COMMUNITY POOL
Bond Issue Sold for Project at
Wyoming and Nickel Sts.

Construction on combination
swimming pool and community center
at Wyoming and Nickel SITS, probably
will be started this summer. Plans
have been ordered by the park board
An SIS. OOO bond issue sold by
Joseph L. Hogue, city controller 70
the Fletcher American Company Tor
a premium bid Of $1,061 will finance
the project.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
LOW RENT HOMES
FOR BRITISH JOBLESS
Government Has Erected Nearly 200,
900 Houses.

LONDON, Feb. 16.-Since the sign
ing the armistice in November, 1918
the British government has erected
1S4,916 houses in England which have
been leased at low rentals to those
who We're financially affected by the
war and industrial conditions. The
present building program provides fol
the immediate erection of 30,229 more
such houses. with an additional $4,000
in the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
ARSENAL CLUB NOMINATES
Nature Students to Elect Officers Next
Week.

The Nature Study Club of Arsenal
Technical High School has announced
these nominations: SUeanna Engle
and Robert Webb, for president; Mil
dred Frey and Vernon Smith, vice
president; Louise Ross and Stephen
Hughes, secretary; Mary Goodwin
treasurer.
Edith Addison, o. K McKItrick and
Robert Webb viii arrange a hike on
Washington birthday. Officers viii
be elected next week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
Even Cross, Feversh, Sick Children Love its Taste
and it Never Fails to Empty Little Bowels

Hurry mother! A teaspoonful of
California Fig Syrup" today may
prevent a sick child tomorrow. If
your child is constipated. bilious. fret
full, has cold, collie, or il stomach is
sour, tongue coated. breath bad. re-
member a good liver and bowel action
is often all that is necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16

Ask your druggist for genuine
California Fig Syrup" 1t never
cramps or overacts. Full directions
for babies and children of all ages are
printed on each bottle. Say Cali
fornia" or you may get an imitation
fig p.-Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Sts., reported to police his rubber coat
worth So, was stolen from one Of the
corps trucks while he was at the
Rauch Cigar Company fire on E.
Wabash st. Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
POLICE TRACE MURDER
CAR; EXPECT ARRESTS
Men Who Killed Unidentified Man by
Torture Are Known.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Arrests in
connection with the murder of a
unidentified man whose mutilated
body was found near here were be-
lieved near today as police traced the
murder car.
The machine with three occupants
was seen by dozen persons near the
spot where the body was found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
Automobile Stolen

Harry G. Schwab, stockyards, told
police that his automobile was stolen
Thursday night from its parking place
at the stockyards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-16
Touring Car Found

A touring car bearing the name M.
L. Beist, cambridge, was found at
Rural and Rowland Sts., Thursday
night.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Council Chamber, City of River
Falls, Dec. 3, 1928.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council.
Meeting called to order at 8 O'Clock
P. M. by Mayor Vannatta.
Roll call Of Aldermen showed
Adams and Bartholomew present.
Wilcox and Peterson absent.
No quorum. Meeting adjourned to
10 o'clock p. m, Dec. IL, 1923
Meeting called to order at 10
o'clock p. m. by Mayor Vanratta.
Roll call of Aldermen showed
Adams, Bartholomew Wilcox and
Peterson present.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The Finance Committee report the
following claims approved
UTILITY FUND
N. w. Elect. Equip. Co.
Supplies 1922
Edison Lamp Works.
Arc lamps 74.70
General Elect. Co.
Transformers $500
Price Elect. Co. Supplies 92.03
Robinson Cary & Sands
Balance on Oil Engine 2156.0S
Fl. Mueller Mfg. Co. Water
service supplies $3.50
Geo. Simpson Repair service
5000 Power house 800 1850
R. A. Baker Labor services 800
Dunn Bros. Power house
supplies 52.52
Consolidated Lbr. Co.
Material power house 1908
c. V. Scott Labor power house 21395
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

State Of Wisconsin, County Court
for Pierce County.
III the Matter of the Guard ansLip
of
Duane G. Haddow, mentally incompe-
tent.
Letters of guardianship Of the per-
sonal estate of Duane G. Haddow in
the City of River Falls in said County
having been granted and issued to
L. Lucille Haddow and said guardian
having duly applied for ar order for
the adjustment of claims and for no
tice to creditors of said ward as pro-
vided by law;
THEREFORE. IT is ORDERED
That the time within which the ere
ditors of said ward shall present their
claims against him for examination
and allowance be and hereby is fixed
and limited to Four Months from the
date hereof.
IT is FURTHER ORDERED That
all claims and demands against said
ward be received at the Court
Rooms of the Court House in the Viii
lage of Ellsworth, said county on airy
day hereafter until the expiration of
said Four Months, and that said
claims be examined and adjusted at g
regular term of said court appointed
to be held at the Court House in said
County in the Village of Ellsworth on
the First Tuesday, being the 9th day
of May, A. d. 1924 at the opening of
court on that day or as soon there
after as the matter can be heard.
IT is FURTHER ORDERED AND
ADJUDGED That notice hereof be
be given to all persons interested by
publication of this order for three
successive weeks in the River Falls
Journal, newspaper published in said
county, the first publication to be
made within fifteen days from date
hereof.
Dated December Is, 1923.
BY the Court:
Warren =. Knowles,
Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20
LEGAL NOTICE

(F:rst Publication Dec. 20, 1929
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20
DROP NINE ASSESSORS

Madison-Dropping of nine of the
40 assessors of incomes, which will
entail complete revision of the as
SCISSORS districts throughout the
state, has been decided upon by the
state tax commission, it was learned
officially Thursday. The change will
be made on Jan. 1, it is said. Lack of
money, because the emergency boar
as yet has failed to act on requests,
is said to be the principal cause for
the commissions action.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20
LEGAL NOTICE

County Court, Pierce County,
Wisconsin-In Probate
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

said county, for examination and al
lowance of his final account, and for
the assignment OF the residue of the
estate of said deceased to such per-
sons as are by law entitled thereto;
and for the determination and adj
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20
LEGAL NOTICE
(F'irst Publication Dee. 20, 1929

State Of Wisccnsin-In Circuit
Court for Pierce County.
Theodore C. Tollofson, Plaintiff,
vs.
Annette nj. Tollofson, Defendant.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN-To
the said Defendant.
You are hereby summoned TO ap-
pear within twenty days after SER
vice of this summons, exclusive of the
day of service, and defend the above
entitled action in the court aforesaid;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

In the Matter of the Will of Mar
garet E. Wells.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That at Regular term of the County
Court to be held in and for said
county at the Court House in the
Village of Ellsworth in said county
on the First Tuesday (being the 1st
day of January, A. D. 1924, at the
opening of court on that day the fol-
lowing matter will be heard and con-
sdered:
The application of William A.
Wells, one of the executors of the
win of Margaret E. Wells, deceased,
late of the City of River Falls in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

Bills allowed, Adams, Bartholomew,
Wilcox and Peterson voting aye.
On motion voted to adjourn.
F. V. Williams, City Clerk
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

precedent by ordering rural delivery
judgement will be rendered again.
you according to the demand Of the
complaint.
White & White
Plaintiff Attorneys,
P. o. ADDRESS,: River Tails,
Pierce County, Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY H. G. Seyforth.

Orders for spring delivery of So
datol will be accepted now. The price
will be $5.95 per hundred pounds da-
livered to regular railway stations in
Wisconsin in minimum carload lots.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-12-20

Indication of the inheritance tax, if
any, payable in said estate.
Dated Deceinber 18th, A. ID. 1923.
BY the Court:
Warren r. Knowles.
County judge
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-11-28

In conferences arranged by the Agri-
cultural Commission, American Bank
ers Association, it has frequently de-
veloped that farmers in many In
stances are thoughtlessly carrying
heavy burdens of mercantile credit.
The cost to farmers of merchant
credit often runs as high as 80 per-
cent annually. The United States
Department of Agriculture has made
surveys of credit and insurance con-
ditions In North Carolina, In which
eight hundred farmers we're inter
viewed, and which showed that 433l
were relying on merchant credit. The
average cost was 26.6 per cent, fig
ured annually. The average rate paid
by white farmers was 21.S per cent,
while that for the colored was S2.2l
per cent. This difference is attribut-
ed to the smaller average amount of
credit used by the colored farmers,
the greater risk involved in credit to
them and to an inclination to take
advantage of the less fortunate class.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-11-28
FARMEn-BANkER
MEETING Notes

A recent farmer-banker conference,
held at Fargo, North Dakota, as one
of a series being held under the aus
pieces Of the Agricultural Commission,
American Bankers Association. to aid
in developing permanently better agri-
cultural conditions, was productive of
a number of valuable and definite
measures for a program OF action.
Reduction Of wheat acreage: 1t was
recommended that the farmers reduce
acreage 80 per cent from that of 1923.
Diversified farming: The conference
declared that the ultimate success of
agriculture depends upon proper d.
versification.