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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-31
ROUTE is SURVEYED
FOR FARMER TOUR

Wolf Point.-County Agent Dan
Noble, William Powers of Bainville,
Sid Blair of Lanark, and N. L. Mel
son Of Plentywood made a tour into
Canada last week to lay out a route
which it is expected will be followed
by a party of farmers and business
men on an international farm tour,
July 2, %, "a. The object is to make
a survey Of the crops and farm meth
DDS in the best wheat districts in Sas-
katchewan. It is the plan that the
party get together at Flaxville on the
morning Of the 22nd from where the
start will be made.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-31
pon't Waste Zinc.


When a man says that he is willing
to change his opinion if you can con-
vince him that he is wrong, it's a sign
that you'll never be able to convince
him.
Insects Do B.g Damage.
The damage done by insects and dis
ease to living trees and to forest prod
ucts amounts to about $13O,OO0,O0O q
year, Department Of Agriculture ex-
perts estimate.
Better Days.
There's a poor man o1tside who
wants something to eat" "Give him
some bread and potatoes But he
seems to have seen better days" "All
right; give him a napkin, 100"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-31
n snort Cut.

Pedestrian Ito traffic cop)-"Omcer'
what is the quickest way to the nos
pitalT" COp-"Well, you cross here and
you'll be there in fifteen minutes
De Notebrake, Amsterdam
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-31
Not Sophisticated.

"What should you say cynic wasp
"a cyn!c, dear girl, is a man who ba.
never stepped out with anything bnt
a coed, and who claims that all
women are alike. Brown jug.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-31
THE OIL PROFTTEER AGAIN AT WORK

Advertisers Attention
Circulation of Producers News
$500. Advertise where it pays.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22

prison yard, this long figure gets
the run of the yard for IN exercise
period. A special guard is stationed
over him in the prison, and personal
responsibility for Chapman is placed
upon him.
Chapman has been studying with
uncrasing energy. Also he has been
doing considerable writing. He IS
said to be working on his own me-
muirs, which are expected to be
ready about the time that he Will be
hanged unless new trial or eXecu-
tive clemcncy interfere.
But, it is authoritatively sad.
CHAPMAN will not die n the Christ
mas season recently set by the GOV
ernor. His attorneys say definitely
that action Of some sort Will be tax
en-.
In SPITE Of the unusual precautions
which officials have taken it is not
unlikely that the underground wire
less systems which operate myster-
iuuslv and dramatically within pris-
on walls have carried TO Chapman
the message that Ben Hance. the
farmer at whose house Chapman had
hidden and who turned informer
had been slain by dutch Anderson
adm zone Arm" Wolfe.
1t was not thought that Chapman
harborcd any great grievance against
Hance and his wife, for the Indiana
farmer, while witness against the
super bandit, was not an unfriendly
witness. He had persistently told
newspapermen Of his fondness fol
Chapman and had said he did not
believe Chapman had any part il
the Connecticut murder.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
T0RRID WAVE
HITS CAPITAL
Hail Late Yesterday Did
Small Damage; Practically
All Grain Cut

North Dakota was in the grip OF !!
week lend t0rrid wave today and
mercury marks in the vicinity OF
Bismarck were expected to go much
higher than 81 degrees, the maximum
temperature registered yesterday at
the local weather bureau.
Friday in Bismarck was day OF
weather extremes. The mercury
ranged from 62 to 92 degrees. Rain
following yesterdays high heat
mark, accompanied by driving hail
storm, visited the capital area. No
great damage was reported, practi-
cally all grain in Burleigh county
having been cut earlier in the week.
Precipitation yesterday amounted
to 10 of an inch. Heavy downpours
deluged downtown streets.
Minot was the hottest place in the
state Friday with temperature
maximum Of 81 degrees. The mer-
curry was 95 at Dickinson and "a at
Williston at the heat peak.
Local showers, such as visited Bis
marck, were reported at Bottineau,
Grand Forks, Larimore and Pembina.
Heaviest precipitation was at Penn
bina where 8 Of an inch fell during
the day.
Hot weather for today with pos
sibility of the mercury hitting 50
was predicted by the weather bur-
eau, with continued heat over the
weekend. Showers are due to ar
rive in BurleiGh county Sunday. To-
day will be clear and the humidity
tense.
Yesterday was the hottest day in
a week. Friday week ago registered
90 degrees.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
File PROTEST
IN JAMESTOWN
RATE RULING
State Railroad Commission
Enters Protest With
Interstate Body
CHARGE DISCRIMINATION
Bismarck and Mandan Affect
cd by Fargo and James,
town Rate. Decisions

Protest against unfair application
Of rates involved in the cases OF
jamestown and Fargo citizens, de-
cded recently by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, today were filed
with that body by the t,orth Dakota
state railroad board.
The board contends th"t new rate
schedules published by the carriers
in accordance with the commissions
orders show all the cases where in
creases were ordered but few OF
those in which decreases were grant
ed.
UnGer the commissions order a dis
tance scale Of rates up to and in
Guiding 500 miles was ordered. The
board protested that the carriers
have applied the scale up to 3aO
miles on classes where increases
would result but have avoided ap-
plying it where reductions would be
shown except to the points require
by the order. On a basis of 25O
miles, the board alleges. the carriers
show increased rates on three classes
Of freight but failed to show reduc'
tiOns in seven other classes at the
same distance. -.
Rates published to Wahpetoh, n
d., show only those cases where in.
creases were possible under the ne"
schedule and no decreases. the boart
said. The board further charged
that rates from Burlington. Iowa, tt
Jamestown, North Dakota, were in
creased, apparently without author
ity. The federal body is asked tt
check the situation and determine
why the carriers have published on
ly those rate changes favorable II
them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
BY GENE COIN
\EA Service Writer

Hartford, Conn.---licrc in Wealth
crsf.eld prison, guarded rs has been
no other prisoner and surrounded
by a secrecy to which even his law
yers have been pledged. Gerald
Chapman, the super crook. sits alb
sorbing the great PHILOSOPHERS of the
world as his name once more Is
flashed across the nation.
While the sinister and powerful
arm Of his former underworld con-
nections was striking vcngefully IN
a little Indiana countryside. Chap
man was academically carrying on
his study OF the romance poets and
the entire school Of philosophers,
his favorites being Schopenhauer.
the immortal pessimist, and AnatOie
France, the ronist and nationalist.
Chapman has been imprisoned in
what is known as the "hospital sec.
ton" The exact location OF his cell
has never been revealed, nor has
the exact nature of his daily rou-
tine. A recent inquiry elected from
his attorneys that they had been re-
quested to give no information on
such subjects.
These bits Of information, how
ever, have trickled out:
Chapman, listed as 4 federal pris.
oner, has not been put to work in the
prison. He has been getting most
excellent care and his health. deli
cate at the time of his trial and CON
viction, has been improving.
He gets exercise daily, but quite
secretly. After the ball game in the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
BISMARCK MAN
ATTACKED IN
REGAIN HOLDUP

Otto Void. Bismarck insurance
man, was recovering today from in
juries sustained shortly after mid
night when he was attacked on
a road near Regan by two thugs
who took ten dollars in cur
rency after beating up the insur-
ance agent, according to reports
reaching police headquarters.
Void was returning to Bismarck
on business trip late last night
and found the road blocked by a
dilapidated Ford car. When Void
stopped his machine. the bandits
jumped on the running board and
assaulted the insurance man. They
went through his pockets.
The highwaymen failed to get 4
diamond ring Void was wearing be-
cause they could not force it off his
finger.
The insurance man suffered a dam.
aged nose and bruises and lacera.
tions about the face and body.
No trace Of the bandits was avail.
able today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
CITY STAGES
CON ENTI0N
FLOWER SHOW
Judges Will BE Selected From
Among Visiting Horticul-
turaliStS

A flower show will be held on
August 2sth. The State Horticulture
al Society will be in session in the
city at that time and it's officers
have requested the garden committee
of the Association of Commerce to
stage the annual fall exhibit at the
time Of the meeting.
Those attending the society meet
ing expect to exhibit flowers and
fruits and vegetables at the same
time and place. These, however, vii!
have nothing to do with the local.
flower show.
An growers of flowers in the city
and country are urged to enter their
flowers at this show and to help
make it even more of success than
the first show, which was given in
1924.
The judges are to be selected from
among the visiting horticulturists'
Prizes will be awarded for the fol-
lowing exhibits:
Gladiolus. best single bloom.
Gladioli, best basket or vase ar
rangement.
Dahlia, best bloom, any variety.
Dahlias, best basket or vase.
Best vase Of Zinnias.
Best bouquet of Sweet Peas.
Best Bouquet of Asters.
Best bouquet of Cosmos.
Best mixed bouquet of garden flow
ers, all. from exhibitors garden.
Best bouquet or basket or garder
flowers raised without artificial wa
tering.
Best actual flower garden plan, t
be shown by sketch.
Best amateur photograph of flow
er garden. plant or single flower tax
en- by exhibitor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
nab PRISON
BREAKER IN
WASHINGTON
Portland Mechanic Effects
Capture Of Escaped
Convict Killer

Ccntralia. Wash. Aug. -. P)-
Tom Murray. escaped killer from Or
cgon state prison at Salem. was cap
turrd by ruse at l2:l5 a. m. today
in the Savoy hotel here.
Philip Carson, &c. Portland me-
chanic. recognized Murray in Van
couver. Wash, last night and per-
suaded the convict to accompany
him to Centralia where he pretend
ed they would rob roadhouse.
Murray who helped plot and exc
l., last, hoped by the robbery sug-
gested to him by Carson. to get suf-
ficient money to enable him ia
travel east. Carson told the police
He had separated from James Willos
and Ellsworth Kelly, convicts. who
were associated with him in the es-
cape at White Salmon, Washington
and had agreed TO meet them at a
designated place in the east.
After taking Murray to room in
the hotel, Carson went to the police
station and called on Mayor George
Barbar and arranged for his police
men to call at the hotel.
Returning to his room. he tolC
Murray the two men. who were wait
ing outside, were to assist in the
holdup. and prevailed on him t'
leave the room and go outside tt
receive an introduction. Mayol
Barbar and patrolman covercI' Muir
ray with three revolvers immediate
ly after they had shaken hands will
him and he submitted to arres
without resistance.
Murray was placed under heav,
guard at the Jail and refused to dis
cusS his case or to say where WillO
and Kelley are. After their escap,
in the spectacular break that cos
the lives of two guards and in whicl
"Oregon Bert" Jones, notorious ban
! dit, was slain attempting getawa.
| the three men signed and finger
! printed statement on the KILN!
of the guards. The documents writ
! ten by Murray and attested by tn
other two. was left at the summe
| home Of John Newman, resident o
| Berkeley, California. The bandit
held Newman and several othe
prisoners in the Newman hom
for nearly an entire day while hun
dreds Of peace officers searched 70
them.
In the statement Murray admitte
firing the shot that killed one O
the guards and Willos and Jone
were declared to have shot the sec
ond guard. In it the bandit trio de
clared they would never be capture
alive.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
MIDWEST IS
BATTLEFIELD
IN FUEL WAR
Gasoline Sells at 1873 Il Gal
lon in Wichita Plus Two
Cents Gas Tax
CUTTHROAT COMPETITION
Fuel Is Selling at II and IS
Cents in WOOnsOcket, $.
, ID. Competition
CUTTHROAT COMPETITION

Chicago, Aug. 22.-tP)- Motorists
are wearing broad %rins and their
cha-iots are chugging along merrily
in four sections Of the midwest to-
day as wars between rival dealers
have brought halt to gaining gaso-
line prices.
The hilarity IS highest in Decatur.
Ill.,, where prices are the lowest.
There national concerns, attempting
TO drive out independents, have
trimmed costs from 23 cents gal
Ion to IS and II cents. Several OF
the smaller stations have succumbed,
others have suspended until the war
is over and others continue to fight.
In Wichita, Kansas, where the
fight has ragged for months, prices
are down to 1873 cents Il gallon, plus
state tax of cents. The larger
companies prices are IT'S to POS
plus tax, the latter being quota
tions of the Standard Oil company
of Indiana which has remained
aloof. About half Of the service sta
tions in Wichita are selling at the
newer rate.
Two rivals in Woonsocke,. s. D.,
started it and neutrals. compelled to
follow suit for a while. then Sus-
pended to let them fight it out. Aft
or six days the Lakeside garage is
down to II cents and the Texas com
pany representative put it down to
l8 cents. The neutral companies, it
is said. will resume when the bat
tiers" go broke or sign an armi sticc
Independent dealers in Kansas
! City have started maxi ing price cuts
. in efforts to cut down upturn with
the result that prices are ranging
! from 1873 to 23.9 cents per gallon
One dealer. operating six stations
| has cut his prices to from to
cents less than the prevailing price
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
BELL COMPANY
HAS 3 MILLION
TAX VALUATION

Valuations Of the property owned
by the leading telephone companies
Of the state were announced today
by the state tax equalization board
as follows: Northwestern Bell Tele-
phone company, serving Fargo,
Jamestown, Mandan, Bismarck and
other cities, $3,399,7O9; Northern
States Power company, Minot, $780,
GIT; Dakota Central Telephone Co.,
$185,567.
No report has been received by the
board from the Midwest Power COM
pany, Devils Lake. and its assess
ment will be fixed later. The taxable
valuation as fixed represented an ina
creased valuation for the Northwest
ern Bell company in comparison with
other companies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
Hail Causes so
Per Cent Damage
in 3 Counties

Devils Lake, N. D.. Aug. 22.-(P)-
Hail caused much damage to uncut
wheat crops in Ramsey, Benson and
Towner counties last night and some
total losses are reported in the vicin-.
ity of Leeds and Maza. Losses of
so per cent were reported in the
Doyon- -Starkweather area and at St.
Joe. The storm Travelled west from
Leeds through Doyon and Crary but
did not hit the Devils Lake section.
A total Of 720 claims for hail dam
age were filed with the state hail
insurance department this week,
bringing the total number Of claims
for the year to 1914. Wells, Fos-
ter, Dickey and Eddy county were
the hardest hit, the report showed.
Reports were received at the hail
department today Of heavy hail
storms at Boyon in Ransom county
and at MELVILLE and in Towner and
Ramsey counties, but no details were
available.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
HYBRID WHEAT
RESISTS RUST
YIELDS HIGH
Ceres. Bred at North Dakota
Agricultural College, Has
Record Production

Fargo, Aug. 22.-A hybrid wheat,
Ceres, proved high yielder this
year ut the plots maintained by the
North Dakota Agricultural college
experiment station, reports l.. X.
Waldron, plant breeder. Ceres wheat
is cross between kota and Mar
quis wheat varieties and was develop
ed at the North Dakota station. This
variety yielded 33 bushels to the
acre.
A number Of other hybrid wheats
were also tried out but most of
them failed to give satisfactory re-
suits. Disease, weak straw, low
yields, and other causes soon elimin-
ate most new wheat crosses, Mr..
Waldron explains.
One wheat variety, named lumillo
and bred at the Minnesota Expert
ment station, yielded 80 bushels to
the acre. the same yield as that Sc
yields of the two old-time varieties,
Power Fife and Haynes Bluestem.
were identical, each yielding 90 bush
els per acre.
Marquis showed an advance on
these two varieties by yielding "a
bushels per acre while Kota gave
but one bushel more. The five days
of very severe hot weather may
have Injured, Kota considerably, Mr..
Waldron says.
As these wheats were all sown
very early, April l, certain of the
early ones perhaps gave good yields
because of their early ripening.
Ruby yielded 26 bushels per acre,
and Garnet, the new Canadian var
iety, yielded q. Prelude was at the
bottom of the list, yielding but Is
bushels. and the Canadian variety
Red Bobs did little better.
Durum varieties yielded better
than most of the common varieties.
but only one variety, Mindum, out
yielded Ceres. The average yield of
Mindum wheat was 81 bushels per
acre. Kubanka yielded % bushels,
while the new variety Nohola, with
solid straw and black boards, yield
ed q bushels.
The Experiment station will pro-
baby make distribution Of the
new variety Ceres this coming year
if it maintains its past record. This
variety also yielded we'll in 1924 at
the different experiment stations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
STATES MASS
AGAINST RAIL
RATE BOOST

Plans for the contest by North
western states against proposed in
crcases in grain freight rates, re
Gently suspended for 12O days by the
Interstate commerce commission will
be made at a meeting Monday at st.
Paul of the railroad commissioners
of Minnesota, South Dakota and
North Dakota.
The meeting has been called by the
North Dakota railroad board in order
to secure unanimity of action with
regard to the presentation by the
various boards Of evidence against
the proposed increases.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
Valley City
Prep Building
Unsafe, Report

Valley City, N. D., Aug. 22.-tR-
stirred up here by rumors that the
local high school building is unsafe
for occupancy because Of faulty con-
crete work. It is said that the
building has been condemned by
10000 to make it safe for use. Some
person persons insist that they will not
the building is made safe, but no ac-
tion has been taken by the school
board.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
MAY
HOLD FALL
LAND SALE
Plan TO Dispose Of Portion OF
100000 Acres Land He'd
Waiting Sale

Probability that the state may
hold public sale to dispose Of some
of it's 100000 acres Of land was an
nounced here today by Carl X. no.
sitzky, state land commissioner
More than 20 applications for
land already have been received at
the land office and additional appli-
cations are expected if this years
crop proves as profitable as many
expect. j.
Although the state has disposed Of
, thousands of the acres which were
originally granted to it by the fed.
eral government for the support OF
its schools, it still holds title to
some parcels of land in every county
| in the state except Traill
Offer Quarter-scctions
! When sold, the land is offered in
quarter sections at public auction
, following appraisal by IA county APP
| praisal board Of the county in which
the land is located The members
Of the appraisal board are the chair
! man of the board of county com
| missioners. the county auditor and
+; the county superintendent 81
7! schools. The land. when sold at auc'
tion, must bring the appraisal price
| One fifth of the sale price is pay
able on the date of sale and one.
fifth for each Of the four succeed.
f, ing years. six per cent interest be-
ing charged for deferred. payments
The minimum price which county
appraisal boards are allowed to fix
is $40 an acre, that amount to be sc,
as the worth of lands fit only TO,
lpasture purposes.
J Last Sale 1919
The last land sale held in Nortf
Dakota was in 1919, kositzky said
none having been held since thai
time because of the deflatiOn which
followed the war boom period ant
the attendant decrease in lant
prices.
The principal objection to holding
a public land sale this year, Kositz
ky said, is the fact that unless :
considerable amount of land is solt
the cost of the sale might make th'
proposal too expensive.
His action in checking up the us'
, of Unbiased state land, however, ma!
increase the number of prospective
purchasers, he believes In case
where persons are forced to pa,
back rental for land which they hav
used without obtaining lease from
the state it might seem desirable
he believes, to purchase the lam
outright.
Many Foreclosures
Another factor is that from tim
to time the state has added to it
land holdings by foreclosing o.
mortgages given in return for none
loaned from the state school funds
which are built up from the pro
ceeds of land sales. Numerous no
tices of foreclosure were sent ou
to delinquent borrowers this wee
and legal action will be taken unles
settlement is made.
This gradual accumulation of Ian
together with the necessity for
constant check Of the use of unsol
state lands. and the fact that tn
state is trying to encourage more SET
tiers to make their homes here CAV
rise to consideration of the subiec'
Kositzky said. 1t probably will b
discussed at the next meeting of tn
state school land commission.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
Burbank Yields
High at Underwood

Five acres 0f Burbana wheat.
"a new imported variety f rust
resisting, frost proof grain,
grown near Underwood produced
20 and 30 bushels to the acre.
graded No. l, and ran 60 pounds
to the bushel. u dispatch 10 500
Line headquarters here from the
500 agent ut Underwood report
ed today.
The yield will be preserved for
seed purposes. =.
RarE-nH wheat was shipped in
from Burbank. Calf, and is re-.
ported to have been produced by
experiments cumpl.,ed hy Luther
Burbank.
The dispatch states another
field Of 30 acres Of Burbank
wheat is growing near Max
which is expected to produce =
higher yield. Another field Of
30 acres, near Underwood has no;
vet hecn cut.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
Minnesota Couple
Will Marry at Fair

Rochester. Mimi, Aug. 22-[P)-The
stage is set for public wedding here
tonight at which Gladys Larsen and
Gerald Towne. two Rochester young
people, will be married at the night
show of the Olmsted County fair.
A Revue which has been q feature
of the fair will present wedding
pageant. and the music will be play
ed by the Rochester Park Band.
Stores and individuals have donated
gifts worth several hundred dollars.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-22
Weather Report
Weather Forecasts

Weather Forecasts
For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly
unsettled tonight and Sunday with
possibly showers; cooler.
For North Dakota: Mostly un-
settled tonight and Sunday with
possibly showers; cooler tonight and
in east and south portions Sunday.
General Weather Conditions
A low pressure area, accompanied
by showers and thunderstorms, pre-
walls in the Dakotas and showers al
so occurred in the western Canadian
Provinces. Elsewhere the weather is
generally fair. Temperatures have
risen in the upper Mississippi Val
ley and northern Plains States while
cooler weather prevails over the
northern Rockies and in the north
Pacific coast region.
ORRIS W. ROBERTS.
Official in Charge