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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-15
The Feed Grains

Corn is low in price because the
visible supply is high in comparison
with all past years. There must be
less production or increased cons,mp-
ton in order to correct this situation,
and the same influence has been con-
trolling the price of oats. A recent
statement issued by c. S. Holmes,
head of the Department of Agricul-
tural Economics of the Iowa State
Agricultural College, discusses the
subject SO clearly that it ought to be
circulated together with the Presi-
dents veto message. A summary is
given below. After saving that hog
supplies will remain light and prices
good for the near future and that
cattle are just entering rising cycle
of prices to continue for period of
years the condensed report says:
The outlook for corn and oats prices
for the next few years is not so good.
Oats acreage in the United States has
been increased BY 100000 acres since
1920. in spite of a lessenc6 demand
owing to decrease in horse population.
and in the face of falling values. 1t
is predicted oats values will continue
to decline. unless acreage is reduced
Corn values have been unfavorablv in.
huenced by oats prices. and the same
decline in numbers Of horses also d.
rectly lessons the demand for corn. A
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this time Of year. Rye stocks on
farms are down to about fifty per
cent of the average. In general the
low stocks this year are due to gen
orally low yields per acre in 1926
and u consequent decreased total pro-
duction. Although showing de-
crease in number Of bushels in every
instance, shipments expressed in per
cent Of total crop are about up to
average with exception Of barley and
rye.
Wheat stocks remaining on farms
and in country mills and elevators
on March first is reported at l5.-
$4,000 bushels compared with TO-
$4,000 bushels year ago and the
average of l9.l26,0O0 bushels. Per
cent of previous years crop shipped
is reported at 20 compared with 81
per cent a year ago and the ten-year
average Of 10.
Farm stocks Of corn amount to
l.453.00O bushels compared with
i.2l9.O00 a year ago and an average
of 4.4S8,000 bushels. Oats stocks
are given as lO.222. 900 bushels COM
pared with 25.43O. 900 bushels year
age and the average of 26,4lS,00O
bushels. Shipments of previous
years crop is ~ per cent compared
with 20 per cent year ago and the
average of II per cent
Barley stocks on farms March
first are reported at l.42l, 900
bushels compared with 1851 900
bushels a year ago and the average
Of 7.924,00O bushels. Shipments of
barley estimated at % per cent with
40 per cent last March and the aver
age Of "a per cent Rye stocks are
100000 bushels compared with ,4l4,-
600 bushels Il year ago and the aver
age Of 1,24l 900 bushels.
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N. P. VALUATION
TOO HIGH, SAYS
STATE BOARD
Engineers Are Making Effort
to Obtain Reduction of
/. C. c. Figures

Preparations for an attempt to OBJ
.ain reduction of the valuation of the
rthern Pacific railroad as made by
Interstate Commerce Commission
are icing made by engineers for the
stata railroad board.
Engineers for the Interstate Com
merce Commission valued the North
fern Pacific property for rate-making
purposes at $417,2l7,965, including
the going value of working capital.
The value of the railroads prop
|erty in North Dakota was placed at
$4,997,010, not including $3.50 ,929 of
North Dakota land owned by the
railroad. The valuation was made as
of June 30, 1917, under an act of
congress demanding that the value
Of the railroad properties of the ma
ton he ascertained and rates fixed
accordingly.
Railroad hoard engineers have gone
over the holdings of the railroad in
North Dakota and have prepared sew
eral volumes of data intended to
show that the figure fixed by the
federal body is too high. The work
has taken over year and data
amasscd to date would weigh several
pounds in its typewriter form.
The Northern Pacific also is ex-
pected to contest the findings of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
holding that the valuation is too low.
A date for the final hearing by the
federM body has not yet been fixed.
Valuation for the Great Northern
railroad was fixed over a year ago
and an appeal taken by the railroad
now is pending in the United States
supreme court, engineers of the
state board said. The Great North
crn railroad contends that the valu-
hilton fixed for its property is much
zoo low, it was explained.
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Great Demand For
Novel Beau Geste'

~ An Gestc." Herbert Brenon's
|stijf,ng perturbation Of the exploits
|orthree brothers in the French For
IGN Legion, opens two day engage
(nent at the auditorium Friday night,
March Is, with matinee Saturday at
R:30 p. m.
The publishers of Major Percival
christopher Wren's novel, from which
! he picture was made, have been hard
Dressed lately to supply the demands
bf local book sellers. This is an in
(iication of the tremendously pOpu-
ar sweep of this story of brotherly
love and wild adventure with the
egion Granger on the Sahara
Zar ,rt.
IL, tale of three brothers, whose
owe Tor. each other from orphaned
fhildhpod proved stronger than their
ear Oh death. is a theme heretofore
,onsid$.Ad not practical as box
cAffice attraction. That it could be
made so with the assistance of
Last including such fine performers
is Ronald Colman, Alice Joyce, Noah
|3eery, Ralph Forbes, Neil Hamilton,
Mary Prian and others, together with
+uch Excellent direction as he could
live it has been undeniably proven
',y Mr.. Brenon in BEAU Geste," hi.
Ereatest directorial effort.
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he thoroughly believed would be harm.
full to the very people said to be in
dire need of help.


Violates Fundanental Principles
The bill was hopeless as relief
measure because it violated iunda-
mental principles. It was an attempt
to cure surplus by substituting it, to
maintain the status quo in production
in the face of evidence that there was
need for readjustments. Its advocates
created strong presumption against
their own arguments by stressing GER
tain price-fxing experiments OF other
countries, which in fact do not sup
port this plan. All experience has
shown that price regulation inevitably
fails unless accompanied by produc-
tion-control, which is not provided for
in this measure. It requires no pro-
found knowledge of economies to con-
vince practical person that if any
product is produced in excess of the
demand for it, so that an increasing
surplus is carried over from one crop
year to another, the Government can
not continue to buy the surplus in
definitely. 1t will pile up in the visible
supply. and eventually the policy will
have to be abandoned.
TWo-thirds Of normal crop Of cot-
ton will be carried over from the
present crop year into the next, and
who will venture to say that the es-
tablishmcnt of a Government Board
to fix the price, backed by the United
States Treasury, would not enhance
the prospect of still larger carry
over next year?
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GENERAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Il: BY E.
Monthly lsuedby

February brought further gains in
the general level of industry and trade.
While operations in some lines are
below the exceptionally high levels
OF a year ago, judged by ordinary
standards, business in the aggregate
continues very salts factory and the
present trend is upward.
Iron and stee! production and the
manufacture OF automobiles have been
slow to get back to full time. The
volume OF new building projects is
running under year ago and whole
sale and retail distribution is some
what more irregular than has been the
case at the season in previous years.
Nail order sales recently have shown
losses compared with the year pre-
yious for the first time since l924.
Although specifically, many 81
these factors seem to reflect the be-
ginnings of a period OF recession,
business has strong supporting in
Auences in its favor. The absence OF
large stocks along the channels OF
manufacture and distribution con-
tinues to give assurance that buying
must lie maintained to care for the
needs OF consumption With bank re-
serves augmented by $60,00O,OOO OF
net gold imports since the first OF
the year and with the volume OF led
eral reserve credit outstanding the
lowest in over two years. money condi-
tons are more favorable to business
than in previous months.
The lumber business has been slow
to get under way and production. ship
ments and orders are running below
last year. Although statistically, the
industry is in good shape, competition
from other types of building materials
is increasing.
Overtime is making its appearance
il, the textile industry. Cotton mill
operations in January were at the
rate of 1928 per cent of single shit
capacity. Sales OF standard cotton
textiles in the goods market in jan
uary reached a record volume. De-
,nand for silks has broadened and the
advance in raw silk here to a point
above the price in the Yokohama
market is believed to indicate definite
turn for the better in the industry
Tie volumo Of buying i'll rayon i
approaching boom proportions a
times. Conditions in the wool goods
market are improving although tht
change ha2 not been as marked a:
elsewhere in the industry.
The ease with which the unprece'
dented amount of new securities ha:
been absorbed since the first of The
wear proves the fundamental soundnes:
of .hc present bond market. The ire
mendous backlog of uninvested fund:
existing is evident from the continued
inquiry for offerings in fair sized
blocks from institutions. banks and
private investors throughout the co,in-
try Keen students of the market see
little hope for an carly recession If
prices sufficient to warrant waiting
policy. Steadily rising prices have
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COMMISSION
NAMES JUDGES
OF ELECTION
CONTINUED from page one)

InspectOr--R. Penwarden.
Judges---Matt Boespflug and Ben
Goldader.
Petitions signed by 40 persons re-
siding in the east part of the city,
on or near ROsser avenue. were pres
ented to the commission Monday
night. asking the installation of
street lights on Rosser avenue at
Eighteenth and Twenty-first streets,
and that the potholes in Rosser av-
enue be filled in and the streets be
leveled between Fifteenth and TWEEN
ty-first streets. The petitioners were
assured that the streets would be
put into good condition just as rap
idly as possible following the spring
thaw, and the requests for street
lights were taken under advisement.
Residents of the south side pro-
tested against the practice Of local
buyers Of rabbits of hauling the rab-
bit carcasses to the city dump
ground. where they are piled in huge
quantities without covering of any
kind. The commissioners stated that
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Land Owner Seeks
Injunction Against
River Diversion

vt. Sterling, ILL.,, March 15.-P)-
Legal action to test the right of the
Chicago sanitary district to divert
waters of the Chicago and Des
PLANES rivers into the illinois river
|DpenX in circuit court today. Joseph
| p. kKrr, Brown county land owner,
lis seeking by injunction to halt
further diversion.
Kerr, who owns 200 acres near
La Grange Locks, alleges in his bill
that since 1914 he has suffered dam
ages Ixceeding 100000. In 1914, he
|avers, he was forced to spend $6O.-
|000 for pumps, levees and other pro-
Election for his land.
An argument advanced by Kerr in
This suit is that the Illinois law, un-
der which the sanitary district is
privileged to use the Illinois river,
lis void and without effect because of
la United States supreme court ruling
of 1924 which held that the state of
Illinois was powerless to confer such
privileges.
Kerr contends the diversion has
raised the level Of the river and made
it impossible for him longer to drain
the lands. In 1920, his bill said, 800
|acres were inundated. Last year the
entire farm was submerged.
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resulted from the active demand for
municipal issues and a scarcity of new
business of this type is ! strong factor
in the outlook.
The McNary.Hausen Bill
The McNary-Haugen bill has been
vetoed, as nearly everybody expected
it would be. The Presidents opinion
of it was well known, and there was
no reason to suppose that he would
not stand by it. The President is an
independent part of the law-making
power, charged by the constitution
with the duty of passing honest judy
ment upon the legislation laid before
him for approval. Ii President Cool
idge had given his approval to this
measure after his repeated expressions
Of disapproval, the people of this coun-
try would. have been obliged to re-
wise the opinion of him which was
behind the great vote given him in
1924. There is no reason to think
that the menacing character OF much
of the pressure which was brought to
bear on him by the advocates of the
bill had any influence one way or the
other. He has simply reafiTled his
position with very cogent and thor
ough discussion.
He believed the measure to be un-
constitutional for several reasons and
presents the opinion of the Attorney
General in support OF this view, but
instead of evading his own duty to-
ward it by passing it on to the Courts
to receive the coup de grace, he chose
to veto it upon the broad grounds
that it would prove impracticable in
operation, and that instead Of bene-
fitting agriculture it would work great
injury to that industry. This is a
position which the advocates of the
measure have seemed unable to COM
prehend, although most of them adj
NIT that they are not clear in their
own minds as to what the effects
would be. Congressman Haugen. CO.
author of the bill, in his speech of
exposition in the House. called it az,
experiment, and there is good basis for
the opinion that a majority Of the
members of both Senate and House
are unconvinced as to its merits. A
majority was registered against bill
of practically the same terms by the
same membership only few months
ago, and the change is accounted for
by the plea that something should be
done for the farmers and that this
experiment had best be tried, to sat
isfy them.
If there was any guaranty that the
scheme would not prove harmful the
plea to give it a trial would have
weight, but one who believes that it
| would make the farm situation worse
would not be justified in accepting it.
A sensible person does not try a quack
remedy on a member of his family
whose life might be imperilled,
simply to see how it would work. The
President has refused to have any
] part in the enactment of law which
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-15
EXCITEMENT
RUNNING HIGH
AT GOLD CITY
Another Stampede Occurs To.
day on News That Indian
Makes Rich Strike

Tonopah. New. March l5.-LP)--
Born rs the result of an adventure
the tiny gold city at Wsepah, which
has lived on nothing but excitement
since its inception Il days ago, fos-
tered another stampede today as
news spread that an Indian had made
rich strike five miles away.
Crowds besieged printing offices
here last night to buy location
blanks and then FASTENED for the
newest find.
The Indian. Pine Nut Johnny. a
Piute, led party of prospectors to
the find late yesterday at Barrel
Springs. Twenty claims were stakcd
out on the spot after the finders mad
picked up samples of ore containing
SIC worth Of gold.
As far as the eye can reach from
any direction ut Wecpah the land
has been staked out in claims. The
newest find therefore, comes in the
form Of a consolation rush" for the
late arrivals at Wcepah.
1000 Acres Staked Out
The recordings SO far cover 1000
acres, reaching 10 miles in every di-
rection, with the Horton-Traynor dis
covcry location as their nucleus.
A high wind yesterday tore down
everything movable at We"pah ex-
cept two or three shacks. Scores Of
prospectors went hungry because the
gale whiskcd away tents, gasoline
stoves, cooking utensils and every
thing else in their camps that was
not anchored.
Signs that Wcepah's gold will be
mined with electricity, business con-
ferences, air planes and other mod
ern agencies instead of with the
shovel, pan, pick and six-gun of so
years ago, have begun to appear.
Two aviators from Bishop, Calf,
brought an airplane and selected the
most likely looking stretch of desert
for landing field as center of
operations.
However, prospectors arriving al
most hourly make up u type which
gives Wecpah the atmosphere of a
real gold camp. Among them is
"Shorty" Kendall, who is known in
the gold camps for his dry humOr
and his six feet nine. Eddie Mead of
New York, who sold the Cash Boy
Mine here three years ago for $780,
600 is on the scene. Charles ]. Rich
ards, former Nevada congressman,
who made his stake in the Manhattan
boom and retired to Reno, is out
again in digging clothes.
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Jim Ferguson Faces
Loss of Political
RIGHTS Second Time

Austin, Tex, March 15-[R-James
3. Ferguson today faced loss of his
political rights for the second time
rs GoSernor Dan Moody, who opposed
him in bitter fight for leadership
Iof the state Democratic party. con-
sidered signing a measure which
would repeal the amnesty granted
MIN following his impeachment as
xovernor in 1917.
The vlower house Of the state legis-
lature yesterday passed the bill, IS
Eo IS, after it had been approved by
he senate.
Governor Moody held the amnesty
iii was unconstitutional when he
Eas attorney general and prior to
lis announcement that he would be-
|ome q candidate for governor in an
Effort to defeat Mrs. Ferguson. His
uling brought the first political tilt
NTH the Fergusons. A campaign
,hich split the state Democratic
barty Into two warning factions fol-
lowed, to result in . decisive victory
Tor the young attorney general
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Speedy Relief From
BuniOns Soft COrnS

No sensible person will continue to
suffer from those intense, agonizing,
throbbing bunion pains when the
new powerful penetrating yet harm
less antiseptic Emerald Oil can read
lily be obtained at any we'll stocked
drug store.
Apply a few drops over the in
famed swollen joint and see how
speedily the pain disappears. A few
more applications and the swollen
Joint is reduced to normal
SO marvelously powerful is Emer-
aid Oil that soft corns seem to
shrivel right up and drop off.
All druggists guarantee it and are
dispensing it to many foot sufferers
ADV.
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CROP REPORT

Stocks Of North Dakota grain crops
remaining on farms March first are
much below average for every crop
reported upon according to the
March first report of the United
States division of crop and livestock
estimates issued by Paul {. New
man statistician.
Corn stocks show the greatest de-
crease from average of stocks re-
naming on farms March first. The
use of corn for feed due to the gen.
eral deficiency of hay and forage has
been greater than usual this season
and explains the below average
stocks. Oats, another feed crop,
shows the next greatest decrease
from the average stocks on farms at
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-15
Ramsey Prisoner
Attempts Suicide

Devils Lake. N. D.. March 15.-(P
Cashier Lee, 80, formerly of this
city but recently of Minneapolis, at
tempted to commit suicide in the
Ramsey county Jail here today by
slashing his throat with a razor. In
PREVENTION by other prisoners pre-
vented him carrying out his design.
Lee. jailed for intoxication, will be
examined by the insanity board. He
will recover.
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ure adopted in behalf Of James f.
Ferguson two years ago; bill goes to
Governor Moody.
ID. c. Gillett, real estate operator,
at Tampa, Fla, files S1,OOO,OOO libel
suit against August Hecksher, New
York capitalist; charges Hecksher
had him in mind when he said:
There are still some crooks in
Florida"
American treaty with Turkey made
public at Washington; agreement
provides for establishment of diplo-
matte and consular relations and ap-
pointment Of ambassador.
Los Angeles.-Earl ]. Clark, con-
victed slayer who was arrested in
Minot, N. d., was granted delay
until April for sentence.
Owatonna, Minn.-Irvin Brockmil-
Ter, Is, was killed when his sister,
Alvera, 13, threw knife at him
when he playfully teased her.
st. Paul.-House voted unanimous
ly in committee of whole to indef.
lnltely postpone Dill to pr0hlblt
teaching of theory of evolution in
schools.
st. Paul.-Frank Foley of St. Paul
was fatally burned when bed caught
fire after he fell asleep with lighted
cigaret in his hand.
st. Paul.-Senate adopted resolu-
ton calling for appointment of joint
house and senate committee to SUI
pervise an audit of books of state
treasurer's office by an Independent
accountant.
st. Louis.-Circuit court Of appeals
affirmed one year sentence of Law
renee NJ. Anderson, Duluth druggist,
convicted of illegal sale of diluted
alcohol.
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GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
IN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT

Bakersfield, Calf, March l5.-(P)
A faint echo Of the noise at Vice.
pah, New, was discernible here to-
day with the announcement that an
important gold strike had been made
in the Rand Mining district, near
here.
Reports that vein Of picture
rock" and "wire gold" had been UNI
covered started fcvcrish activity in
the district and rush from here.
Many claims are being staked out
The Rand district had produced
millions of dollars in gold and sill
yer in recent years. 1t is an area
of deep mines. A discovery running
$700 in gold and $1,000 in silver to
the ton recently was made at one of
the deep workings there.
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terative. of and on. whenever I
felt rundown. The Golden Medical
Discovery is a fine thing for any.
body and DR.. Pierce did we'll to pro-
duce such a medicine.-Reuben
Brumley, 400 N. 4th St.
All dealers, tablet or liquid
form, or send 10c for trial pkg. to
DR.. Pierce's Clinic. Buffalo, N. Y.
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THAT DEPENDS

Glow old are you?" inquired the
visitor of his hosts little son.
"That is difficult question:" an
swered the young man removing his
spectacles and wiping them reflect
lively The latest personal survey
available shows my psychological age
to be IL, my moral age 4, my ana
tomcal age Z, and my ply siological
age sc. suppose. however, you re-
fer to my chronological age, which is
s. That is SO old-fashioned that !
seldom think of it any more. '-Hy-
gela.
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DraytOn Girl Kills
Self at Grand Forks

East Grand Forks, MIMI, March
15.-LR-Vera Wilmer, 2O-year-old
girl. died here late Monday night
from poisoning. Death was declared
due to suicidal intent by the coroner
who Investigated the case today.
The girls home was at Drayton,
N. D., and she had been employed in
East Grand Forks for about year.
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Last Minute
News Bulletins

MOntevideo, Uruguay. March
15.-(AP)-COmmander Frances
co De PinedO, Italian aviator,
who is engaged in a flight from
Italy through South and North
America and return, left Monte
videO this morning for AsunciOn,
Paraguay.
Reno. New. March 15.-(AP)-
The state senate today killed the
bill that would have thrown
gambling wide open in Nevada.
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NEWS BRIEFS

President Borno of Haiti, at Port
Au Prince, says decision of his gov
eminent to bar Senator King is ir-
revocable.
Mary Cabell, missing New York
school girl, found at Hudson Falls,
N. Y, says she ran away "just for an
escapade."
Texas house of representatives
passes bill repeating amnesty meas