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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-04-22

Continental demand for rozen
beef. ~.
Last year the Continent absorb
ed 4sO, 900 tons of beef from over
seas, a quantity equal to IS per
cent. of the beef imports into
Great Britain. These supplies
were drawn from Argentine. Ur-
uguay, Brazil, Australia, New
Zealand, and South Africa, and,
having regard to the leaner quail
ity Of meat called for by the Con-
tinental taste, the prices realized
were fully equal to the values ruiz
ing in London. To the cattle
raisers in the producing countries.
who had for several years been
struggling to make ends meet, ow-
ing to the low prices ruling for
beef, the extra outlet has proved
to be a veritable god send. but
the British consumer is likely to
regard this diversion Of supplies
with considerably less enthusiasm
From ali appearances, supplies
of imported meat during the COM
ing year will be none too plen-
tiful. As regards home supplies
there is no indication from the
statistics Of live stock that any
material alterations in the supply
will take place In the coming year.
Apart from any unforeseen poiiti-
cal or industrial disturbances, and
assuming that there will be no
material reduction in the Con-
tinental demand for meat, the
average prices of most -descrip-
tons of imported meat should be
higher than in 1924" @
Stocks Of corn on farms March
are estimated to have been about
;O1 ,000. 900 bushels, against 1,l00,-
100, 600 last year. Comparing crops
nd stocks in the two years it looks
8 though consumption to March
had reduced by about one-half the
Of the crop shortage.
The visible supply situation is
worse for oats than for corn, stocks
N March IA being 72,500,000 BUSH
Is, against 1920, 900 last year. The
record visible has depressed the
,rice until it is lower in comparison
With corn than ever before. The
estimated stocks are l67,500,000
bushels larger than last year, and
comparing the crops of the two
years this indicates that consump-
lion to March LIST was about 49,
100000 larger than last year.
Criticism Of the Grain Exchanges
As is usual when prices fail, the
grain exchanges come in for criti-
ism. It is certainly true that the
markets have been wild and that
such markets and conditions are
very undesirable. The exchanges,
have had nothing to do
with the prices, except as they have
afforded the facilities for trading.
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Federal Farm Facts

Total crop value in the United
States was much higher than that of
last Year, but opposed to this in
crease was the decreased value of
livestock production, reports the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Decrease of 66,O0O,OoO in the farm
value of dairy products last year is
shown in reports Of the Department
of Agriculture.
One minute after garlic is eaten
by COW, the disagreeable flavor Of
this plant is detected in the milk.
Keep the cows from eating garlic.
warns the bureau of dairying.
Lack of uniform laws and regula-
tions relating to open seasons, trap
ping methods and primeness of pelts,
is seriously threatening the Ameri-
can fur supply, reports the biologi
cal survey of the Department of
Agriculture.
About 81 per cent of pure bred
livestock is marketed for meat.
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fell off about % per cent. The
short corn crop of 1924 caused the
marketing of immature animals. and
although hog prices began to rise
last Summer heavy receipts retard-
ed the movement. The past month.
however, the scarcity resulting
from premature marketing and re-
stricted breeding appeared, and hogs
rose about 81 per hundred weight.
Only $4,000 hogs were received
on the Chicago market in the week
ended March Ia, against 100000 in
the corresponding week last year.
Sales are now averaging about $l4
per hundred weight in Chicago, as
against about one-half that one year
ago. Hogs are on a profitable basis
and yield high prices for corn, but
there is danger that there will not
be hogs enough to consume the corn
supply. Thus over and over again
the lesson is driven home that the
law of supply and demand governs,
and that it is part of the producers
task to keep production properly
balanced. If hN cannot do it, no
body can.
Cattle were unfavorable affected
in 1923-24 by the low prices for
hogs and the depression was pro-
longed by the short corn crop,
which discouraged feeding opera
tons. In recent months the cattle
markets have shown improvement,
and the opinion prevails that this
year will bring better prices to the
cattle industry.
One good sign is better prices for
hides. resulting from the depletion
Iof the excessive stocks of hides
and leather held in 1920. Another
is better reports from breeders gen.
orally, as collected by the Breed
er's Gazette, of reviving sales of
breeding animals.
1t is a deplorable fact that recov-
cry has been SO long delayed that
few cattle-men who were heavily in
volved have been able to survive
the ordeal, but the industry undoubt-
edly is on the upgrade.
The Sheep Industry
On the other hand a graphic &C.
count of conditions in the sheep in
dustry is given in the following
extract from a recent letter written
by Mr.. G. H. Butler, vice president
{ the Western Live Stock and Loan
Company of Salt Lake City:
Sheep are at great premium
The market is little high, but
this fact is offset by the tremend-
Gus shortage. Lambs yet unborn
are being contracted as high as
twelve cents pound for Octo-
Der delivery. Eve lambs fed over
the present winter, to be deliv-
cred on the ranges in the spring,
trade for as high as Thirteen Fifty
with their wool upon their backs.
There is nothing in sheep from
an unborn lamb to a toothless,
old "Dollie" that IS not eagerly
sought, and large percentage of
this trading stuff have their future
homes all planned out for months
ahead. For weeks the fat Chica-
go lamb has held steady around
eighteen cents a pound. In the
West young breeding ewes sold in
December at Fifteen Dollars. As
the cropping season approaches,
the price naturally stiffens.
The secret Of the extreme bouy.
ancy of sheep is the demand for
mutton products. The great bulk
of the coming crop of wool has
been contracted at prices rising
steadily from forty to fifty cents.
The statistic position of wool
throughout the world is favorable
to wool Dealers in wool ard feed
ers of lambs this season will make
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Average : states
GA aress) .-- 1903 1887
World Cheat Markety

World Cheat Markets.
The most notable expression of
opinion upon the world meat sitr-
alton which has come to our atten-
Son since the slump Of prices in
10000 is by Messrs. Weddel &
Co., Limited. London, important
factors In the frozen meat trade. It
appears in their 37th annual re-
view, covering 1924. What it says
of increasing consumption on the
continent is significant:
In the later months of 1924 the
position of the worlds meat sup
plies underwent a complete
change, the significance of which,
although clearly realized within
the meat trade itself. has 50 far
been only vaguely apprehendcd by
the public. In its simplest man
Hesitation, the change took the
form of an increase OF over 100
per cent in the cost price of live
cattle in the Argentine Republic;
but that may be taken as a clear
indication that at last over-pro-
duction. of cattle has come to an
end. and, for the time being. the
worlds demand for beef has over
taken the supply. This situation,
add Messrs. Weddel. has been
brought about partly through
some s1ackening off in production,
on account Of the unremunerative
prices obtainable by stock-raisers
for cattle during the past few
years, but chiefly as a result of
the enormous expansion which
| has taken place recently In the
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months have been favorable upon
this point.
The Wheat Situation

The Wheat Situation
The wheat situation is statisti-
cally strong, although it is not yet
demonstrated that So per bushel
was justified. The Government re-
port on March | makes the stocks
i'll the country about so million
bushels less than on March l. 1924.
Allowing exports, domestic con-
sumption, and seed requirements to
be the same as last year, the Gov
eminent estimates that the carry
over July | will be 81 million
bushels against l0l million last year.
This would be very low carry-over
but it is possible because the far
mers' holdings are lower than u.s.
ual.
Although last years crop was a
large one--75,0OO,00O bushels larger
than that of the previous year-the
farmers were sold out more COM
pletely on March lst than has been
the case in the last twenty-years,
excepting the war years. 1t is note
worthy that the farmers sold on a
rising market, which began to go
up before any of the crop was
harvested, reached the peak in
January and was at 81 per bushei
on March lst, when they were sold
down almost to their requirements
for seed. The movement was an
Exceptionally rapid one, perhaps &C
CELEBRATED in some degree by the ad-
"ior q tie political leaders who re-
presented that the rise was due to
Wall Street manipulation to elect
Coo';t're.
! Txncrts from Argentina and
! Australia are very heavy and there
are no dependable figures for Eur
"G"an s'oc',s. These are the un-
rc'tm clements in the situation,
ard The new crop is now only
ah"ut three months off.
he theory OF the bulls has been
that those shipments would soon
decline and that the United States
! ''1l Canada would have to supply
US needs Of the importing coun-
tries Tor the remainder of the sea-
SOP. he average imports through
out The year in lo23-24 were 6s,-
100000 bushels per month. How
much Europe has in stock nobody
seems to know, but there are only
ten or twelve more weeks until
new, wheat will begin to come to
market in the United States. This
is the overshadowing fact that tries
the stamina of wheat-holders, des-
pite their figures.
With the situation on the old crop
as it is, the prospects for the new
Icrop become a factor in present
prices. The winter wheat crop in
the southwest has been reported
suffering from drought, and reports
of rain are said to have been one
factor in the price decline. No sub
stantial relief has come as yet. The
department of Agriculture esti-
mates a probable increase of about
Ia per cent in the Spring wheat area,
(which however would mean only
about 100000 to 100000 bush
els.
Readjustments in Process
The corn and hog situation has
Illustrated the natural play of eco
nomic forces over several years. In
1922, corn, under the influence OF
several large crops and limited
demand for feeding purposes. was
depressed and hogs were profitable.
This stimulated hog production,
which was carried too far, slaught-
erings passing all previous records
in 1923 and 1924. Prices gave way
under the load. the farmers applied
the corrective. sending sows to
! slaughter in such numbers that the
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The most notable feature of the

The most notable feature of the
business situation in the past month
was the setback of bull speculation
in grain and stocks. Outside OF the
parties Immediately concerned, in
1, terest ccnters in whether or not
, the break in prices is significant OF
conditions unfavorable to general
business. Does the decline in grain
prices mean that the outlook tor
farm products in the coming year
is less promising than it had ap-
peared, or the decline in stocks
mean that a change is impending
which will affect the earnings OF
the corporations:
We do not believe that either OF
these inierences is correct. I'm our
opinion the explanation OF the
break in each case is to be found
in the weakness which inevitably
develops in market situation as
the result of prolonged period Of
rising prices. A rising market
creates constantly widening interest
and attracts an increasing number OF
speculators, whose purchases tend to
carry it higher. Most OF this buy
ing is done on margins, and 1T IS
usually the case that the longer the
rise continues the narrower tie mar
gins become. Profits at" made the
basis OF further purchases, until Il
pyramid Of holdings butt I'd
on small or 81 ~ ir.'" TRENT. In
short, the crowd that : following a
rising market. whct!cr to- h"lolnEa
are grain. So '"' 'r,. ~
farming lard - ., ii q rs
resources up IA rs m'rG -:
spreading il, 'if 80 -" -
possible in r'l~ N,' . ar
est amount At - Ia -
expected IT, ar nr 1t r.
a very easy sac m""~'
while the " ,", ~ =
as easy a Wy l"siuG mo" !.
when the Gu at o." 'N"%t' q move
ment eomes, VITA Is - j. 'rr' =
ton of tm.c
TIL ;,,,,pcl,... e,.... g.. ,,.,ns
.,:.as :. rrc,en;c,:l..n. ir,tn.,
pla 49,; IN .,:..n re. tnat sen
tirnent vance. o, i -; 'p"n i'rarcc OF
selling orders arr"a '. rr;'"S so the
other way. II 'hc n,dil,ct is a py-
.ramid affair, and anything starts
prices downward, it is inevitable
that the weakly -marCined holdings
will be sold, and the weight OF
such offerings increases as prices
fall. Moreover, buyers hold off.
confidence is shaken. and without
support the market breaks heavily.
OF course this elimination is likely
to occur as prices reach the level
at which conservative persons be-
gin to sell out and retire, but it
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demand in the coming weeks is
going to be well-nigh Unsuitable.
The object of the grower, now
that his wool is being readily con-
tracted and his lambs could be at
the slightest nod of his head, is
so to handle his focks as to
get the maximum quantity OF
each.
While the sheep industry seems
assured of a good position for sew
eral years to come, it is not out OF
place to refer. to the plight of the
cattle-growers resulting from too
much Indebtedness. A gradual in
crease of the flocks is to be desired,
but the position of the industry
would be weakened by running up
prices and increasing the body Of
indebtedness against it. This coun-
try produces only about one-half
the amount of wool it consumes and
many states might probably in
crease their flocks of sheep. but it
should be done without undue slim
uius.
The Horse Association of Ameri-
ca, Union Stock Yards. Chicago,
reports active bidding at recent sales
of heavy draft horses and mules.
Work horses under $500 pounds
cannot be sold at prices remuner-
alive to the breeder. and there is no
prospect of improvement for this
class.
Live Stock Statistics
In q recent address, Mr.. A. D.
White, of Chicago, representing the
American Meat Packers Institute,
made the following statement: 4.
I'm 1885 we had the interesting
coincidence, that while our hu-
man population was about 80, 0OO,-
600, the number Of cattle was
about 10000, 900, the number Of
sheep approximately 100000,
and the number of hogs also about
100000. That is, there was a
steer, a sheep, and hog for ev-
cry man, woman and child in the
country. On January of the
present year there was one steer
and one hog for each two inhab-
itants and one sheep for each three
persons.
Leaving exports out of the
question and taking the figures
just given at their face value, we
have today, for every person in
the country relatively only about
one-half the number of meat ami
mails that was the case 40 years
ago. But the figures are by no
means so startling as they may
appear. The reason is that Inn
proved methods of breeding and
feeding have fastened the matur-
ity of meat animals, so that there
Is more rapid turnover of live
stock produce. Thus the same
number of animals today would
really represent larger meat
supply"
Total meat consumption per cap
tia in the United States in 1924
was almost precisely the same as In
1885, to wit, 164.9 pounds against
l65.
The Dairy Industry
The number of dairy cows in the
United States January l, 1925. was
estimate officially at 25,300,000,
against 24,s00,000 January /, 1924,
an increase of about 2 per cent.
Last Summer was an unusually fav-
orable Summer for milk flow. and
an unusually large supply of butter
was placed in storage, which had
the effect of depressing the price
and caused some talk about the
dairy industry being overdone. The
storage stock has been reduced rap
idly in recent weeks and the price
has been recovering. 1t is now about
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These figures indicate what tho
recovery of Europe means to the
cotton-growing states, apd why
these states may be expected to play
their part in making the Unitsss
States prosperous.
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These facilities have made possible
the large volume of operations.
Without them thousands of individ-
ua1s who did not have storage facil-
tiles of their own could not have
made the purchases which were
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AUril 9th. 1925

AOrH 9TH. 19.1
There was no meeting on this
idate as there was no quorum pres
.ent
April 9TH. 1928
The Board of County Commits
,Sioners met pursuant to adjourn
.ment On roll call Commiss ioners
,Soder. Swanson, Backman, and Moy-
tnier were present.
/! Upon motion Commissioner Swan
son was named Chairman protein
G. Upon motion the following bins
fsubject to personal taxes due or
,delnquent:
A. l.. Crotch. Care of Victor
en-. Oak. ST. Training Sch.
c Care of Delinquents -. 571o6
sN. Oak. st. Training Sch.
Care of Delinquents 49,. 1864
e Harold Shaft. instructions
: to Jury ...... $3.50
IF. 4. omyth, Supt. Board of
Z Health NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500
1Missouri-K sas CHI m.
h Corp, Supplies .......... 5000
pF. - carpenter Lbr. Co.
supplies 6.Vu
dry .............. 1912
Otto Dar lam. L pek p i:;.'.. S'eo
i Clerk Of Court ......... 10000
1Clarence Cady, Witness In
sanity Board ......... $50
Geo. KnutsOn, Witness In
sanity Board ........... $50
= o., 'iu'rer. Witness In
sanity Board ........... $50
45 C.. VI. johnson. Clerk hire 4u.vU
Z Western Union. Clock Rent
!, v sshiain liz. Coal Co.. -. :.
81 q. NJ. Kafer. Witness inss,n-
W ity Board ............... 200
1t Mrs. Aiu.n HedstIoni, Ma
Il tron of jail ........... $500
II Reinhold Hornbacher. Road -
Y Bismarck Grocery co..Isup-
~ CtieS 17.45
II Bismarck Lumber Co. sup
)e plies 16S. 5U
q Bismarck Tribune Co., Leg
4 al Publications 1922
4 Albin Hedstrom. Box rent. 1.5o
j Herman Gierke, Br &c
p Work SOC
4 Guarding Prisoners 80. 171.75
= Hay Creek Twp, Supplies
I Albin; Hedstrom. Postage i; ZOO ZOO
Z w. W. Hixson & Co. Relief
! N W E Bell Tel CO. Tolls & '0.0s
Mike Woif. Baiiiff Dist. !,
I knight Printing Co. Sup =. :,
! city p'ss Of siymarcK water 49,. !,
Z n W. Bell t Eel. Co. Rental aus. .s
Henry Miller, Bridge Work 6.na
A. w. Lucas Co., Supplies ~
Ruascai ,(a4saases.AosEs Co., 8 ~
Highway PQtrQls s&J1a= a
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Upon motion the following re-
ports were received and filed: 4
Report of Sheriff of collec-
ton Of delinquent person.
al property taxes in the
month of March. 1925. :. .$1213.99l
Report of Sheriff of fees
collection in mortgage
foreclosure sales in month
of March. 1925 -. 100
Report of Sheriff of ser.
vices rendered in criminal -;
action during month of
March. 1925 ...... 49,. 270.45l
Report Of Sheriff of services
rendered in civil action
during month of March. :;
Moved by commissioner soder.i
seconded by Commissioner Back \
meeting of the Board Of County
Commissioners of Burleigh County.
scented to the said Board of County
commissioners of Burleigh County.
North Dakota that the Burleigh,
County Fair Association was Or
would be organized ,n. that str,., re-
County in accordance with the law
make an appropriation to aid and.
assist the said Burleigh County
Fair Association in putting on and
operating a county fa1r. That an
appropriation In the sum of $780,
$4,000 was made. The same was
put upon the tax records OF Bur-
leigh County and included in the
levy for the year 1924 but that in
truth and in fact the Burleigh
then and has not since been or
KAnized: That the levy made is
not necessary, and il not required
and - believed to be Illegal. Now
therefore be 1t resolved that the
and tho County Treasurer be and
they arc s, lfereby Salittofixett ,sgts
rGaAjEsal ma such REGARDS. IA
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

Albin Hedstrom, Mileage 6;
- Livery ............ ~ ibo
State Bonding Fund. Premi-
UNI on Bonds ........... $500
Bismarck Tribune Co, Legal
MRS 1ia Wm. Lauf. Witness In: 'S0
sanity Board ....... $50
H. !. Nelson. Labor G. Sup
pies 3.bO
F. n. Register. Membcy In
sanity Board ........'..... 200
Mrs. Rose Reinhart. Wit
ness Insanity Board go. $50
DR.. r. z. Smyth, Member =.
Insanity Board ...... 100
VIM. Lauf. Witness Insanity
Ernest Rupp. Witness In
sanity Board ........... $50
Hoskins- Meyer. Supplies lilo
Mrs. Fl. F.. Dimond, Care of
Poor .......... $500
Frank T. Johnson. Express.
Postage, Drayage ....... 1853
Madge Euneey., Mileage -: 21.oo
bg yIoui;hs Adding Mich Co." ,e7,
Wachter Tfr, Co., Road
Maintenance ............ 1850
Burroughs Add. Mch. Co.
Services Rendered ...... 1853
Burroughs Add. Mich. Co..
Services Rendered ..... 1891
Burroughs Add. Mich. Co,
Services Rendered ... rs
MadEe Runey. Box Eent e
Postage .............. 1850
Hughes Electric Co. Light 53.43
Harris & Woodmansee. Sup
plies .......... 1885
snyder's .Dray & Tfr. Co.
Chas. Fisher, Filing Fees in
Clerk of Court Office -. $50
Humphreys & Moule. Of
flee Supplies .......... 6725
Fred Swenson, Postage. Box
Rent. g. Supplies 49,. $500
DR.. c. E. Staokhouse. Coun-
ty Physician ......... saa3
A. Walker, Road Work 80. 800
a. T.. Shipp. Justice Fees 1920
Poor May 1924 ......... 1925
County. Treasurer. Dist
Court Juyor Fees ...... 3913.95
Comfy Treasurer. Clerk
Winnie Mccrorie, Mother, '0'y'
Pension ........ $500
Mary spriggs, Mother
A. w. Ecklund, Chemical
County Treasurer, witness ''
fees Dist Court ....... 1880
pension 5000
Hannah Larsen. Mothers
Pension ......... go. 1000
sion ..;.;....:: 5000
Katherine Klein, Mothers
County Treasurer, Postage, '0'
etc. I: s;;.::;: 49,; 1s1.ss
Pension -. $500
Agnes Vaskes, Mothers
Pension !. 49,. 900
4 DOrOthV III RInnf (t1nr1.
I 90. rreas' $50,
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/ Report OF Register Of Deeds .
OF fees collected durIRE
! mpnth Of March, 1g2a-...- ~ 1919
| Report Of Sheriff OF SER
is.,o, aar..s..eata
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t tHanl in month of January o., on
Report of Sheriff of fees
collected in month Febru-
airy on mortgage fore
closure sales ........... 24.OO
Report of Sheriff of fees
collected in month Janu-
airy 1925 on mortgage fore
closure sales ........... $500
Report of Sheriff of collec-
ton of delinquent person
al property taxes in month
February, 1925 .......... 1853
Report of Sheriff of collec-
ton Of delinquent person
al property taxes in month
January, 1925 ........!... 721.85
Report of Sheriff of SER
vices rendered in civil &C
ton in month February,
1925 ............... 245.9O
April Sth. 1925
The entire day was spent in
viewing roads and bridges
April 9th. 1928
The Board of County Commits
sioner reconvened with the follow
ing members present: Commission
ers Solder, Swanson. Moynier. and
Backman. Upon motion Eommis-
sioner Swanson was named Chair
man protein.
Upon motion the following bills
were allowed subject to personal
taxes due or delinquent:
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Upon motion the following re-
ports were received and filed:
Report of Clerk of Court Of
fees collected dMH,fln g
N n II Eff AAere,s 1Aaf 2o7 Z. q. "a
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About 81 per cent of pure bred
livestock is marketed for meat.