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•HHHNb. -•$ i v "W""' ,'T W 4r v "k 'f- /v A Jm fc .T -m- v'fc# i t* ~7*^ V v 't 1 4 1 ,i?, I** 1' -v\ s *'/, ,r" I ', 1 rt v*» s-• «., v /*i ,?*' VOL. XXXVIII NO. 12 E. WEEKLY LETTER Washington, D. C. Nov. 11, 1022. I want to avail myself of the op portunity to congratulate the people of the country in general and North Dakota in particular on the splendid victory of the farmers supported by labor and the independent forces of the state on November the 7th. It is certainly encouraging to see how tenaciously the farmers fought all these years. No cause had supporters more brave, earnest and devoted, than those who espoused the cause of the agriculturists of North Dakota. They have fought from conviction and with all the zeal that conviction inspires. Their contests have been Waged under great embarrassments and against terrible odds. With open hostility from the Democratic organization national and state and the failure of the Repub lican' national organization to lend moral or financial support with the trusts and corporations parading fear of lawlessness while they themselves have been defying the law with the American financiers boasting that they are the custodians of national honor in face of the fact that they de liberately brought about the wreck of the nation's financial independence with the threats of money loaners in spite of enormous campaign funds in spite of the hostility of the press and in many instances with even the ele ments of nature in the form of rain and snow against them, the farmers and their friends have triumphed. Their program was met with such signal success that their sister states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne braska, Michigan, Montana, Washing ton, California, Wyoming, have joined hands with the farmers' movement. Their cause has prospered most where their program has been longest dis cussed among the people. During the next two years it will be studied all over the nation and thousands who are now luke-warm will become militant supporters. I desire to commend the work of the Republican and Nonpartisan commit tees of the state which joined in the management of the campaign. Inter est in a great principle has reduced friction to a minimum. I congratulate Governor Frazier on his intelligent and fair representation of the issues of the campaign. His presence in the Senate will mean much to the com mon cause Mr. Townley and Mr. Lemke will always occupy a promin ent place i-i the future history of the country as the pioneers in this great movement—they have laid a founda tion of a movement that is destined to sweep the country. No words of praise are too strong to commend the work 'done by the progressive papers dur ing the campaign. The Courier-News so ably edited stands second to none in the list of dailies, that reach the Capitol City. Long may it. live and more strength to its arm! During my experience I have learned to appre ciate the tremendous and salutary in fluence of the weekly papers as mould ers of public opinion—and also as a means of giving expression to popu lar thought. They are valiant fight ers and splendid allies and to them be longs a great -{Jeal of the praise of victory. There is also another important element to be congratulated in our success and that is the element com posed of those conscientious men and women who held no grievance of their own, but considered the interests of their state as of prime importance and were unafraid to take their stand and demand a square deal. But while we are flush in victory let us not for get those privates in the! ranks, scat tered over the plains of North Dako ta, who contributed such solid sup port to the common cause. The press reports of the state indicate that Sen ator McCurriber and his friends could not be drawn away from the support of the nominees of the regular Repub lican ticket by the propaganda of the unholy alliance. Viewing the election results from a national standpoint and the specific registering of public opinion, there is little out of the whole situation for the leaders of either the Democratic or Republican parties, to obtain much satisfaction. It was simply a rising up and protest of the masses against the continuation of the present eco nomic order and condition of things. Wherever the voters had a fair oppor tunity to clearly register their opin ion there was a clear-cut disapproval of the Harding administration and an emphatic stand against Wilsonism. Let us note a few of the results: In Ohio the people had a chance to pass on both Harding and Wilson. Carmi Thompson, the personal friend of the President, was defeated for Governor on the other hand, Senator Pomerene, a friend of Ex-President Wilson, and formerly a Wilson leader in the Sen ate, was defeated by a majority of at least 25,000. In New Jersey, the only state into which the President went in behalf of a candidate, (he went there in behalf of his close friend, Senator Freling hupsen, during the primary), Freling huysen was defeated for the senate and Edwards, a Democrat, was elect ed. The Edwards vote was not a Wil son vote, nor did New Jersey compli- •vi I A vy li 'v r, -:!r/'V t-* __ the Edwards vote, as iatform contained but i*»., .tied like Wilson. In jc&w^ Asetts Senator Lodge came very hear to defeat. His herald ed 150,000 majority dwindled down to around 5,000 and it was, perhaps, the last minute aid of the American Le gion that saved him. It was an anti Harding-Lodge vote that brought him almost to defeat in rock-ribbed Mas sachusetts. The Gaston vote was not a Wilson vote, as Gaston was running on a platform opposed to the League of Nations. In Nebraska, brother Charlie Bryan, brother of the great Commoner, was elected Governor, while Senator Hitch cock, another Wilson leader, was de feated for the Senate. The vote for Governor was a tribute to W. J. Bry an, while the vote for Senator was anti-Hitchcock-Wilson. In Missouri there was a popular ex pression of opinion against Wilson. There was placed the full Wilson strength, and there, also, Harding had a great chance to register vic tory had his administration received the popular support of the voters. The Democratic ranks were divided, and yet a Republican could not win. Reed's majority of 50,000 is a splendid testi monial to the fact that in Missouri the people do not approve of Wilson, and neither are they satisfied with Hard (Continued on Page 8) COIKS TO TAKE UP FAMPROBIEHS Grand Forks, N. D. Nov. 21st—One of the important issues to be taigai up at the special session of Congress, ac cording to advices received by the North Dakota Wheat Growers Asso ciation, will be modification of the federal reserve act to provide great er facilities for agricultural credits, especially for the purpose of financing cooperative marketing. Liberal facilities for the extension of credit to the agricultural industry were Sfeen by federal reserve officials in recent rulings of the board regard ing eligibility for rediscount of the paper of cooperative marketing asso ciations. The most recent ruling excludes growers' drafts, drawn and accepted by co-operative associations, from the provision of the federal reserve act which limits the amount of paper by one maker, a federal reserve bank may rediscount for any member bank, to 10 percent of the capital and sur plus of the member bank. Removal of the 10 percent limita tion from co-operative marketing as sociations was regarded by board of ficials as of extreme importance in furnishing adequate credit facilities to these organizations. Other rulings opening up credit channels to these associations an nounced by the board covered the eligibility for re-discount of growers' drafts accepted by the associations, notes of associations for funds to pay for commodities purchased, warehouse receipts covering agricultural products for security and banker's acceptances drawn by associations and secured by warehouse receipts. The board also has ruled that the carrying of a crop pending orderly marketing is an agricultural opera tion and a farmer's note for financing the carrying of his product for a rea sonable period is eligible for redis count. Geo. C. Jewett, general manager of the Northwest Wheat Growers, Asso ciated, will represent the North Dako ta Wheat Growers at a conference of representatives of co-operative mar keting associations at Washington, December 14, 15 and 16, at which the matter of rural credits will be dis cussed, and their demands presented to Congress. It is held that some thing more permanent thafi the War Finance Corporation should be pro vided by Congress to finance the sale of the farmers' product in an orderly manner. WHEAT GROWERS* MEETING The meeting of the Wheat Growers* Association held in this city last Sat urday afternoon was not as largely attended as had been expected. In all about seventy-five were present and the plans of the association together with the co-operative marketing of grains was discussed. County Agent Aamodt .acted as chairman and also spoke on the early history of co-operative movements. Then Attorney J. H. Kirk explained the plan and contents of the contract and which are in every sense purely co-operative. Organizer Bonin explained the dif ference between the U. S. Grain Growers and the Wheat Growers but the short amount of time allotted to this subject made it imposible to go very far into detail. We understand another meeting will be held some time next wek when it is hoped more farmers will be pres ent to familiarize themselves ^ith the working of the Wheat Growers Asso ciation, whether they caw to join or not. |H* The Coarant will pay tan cents per pound for large, clean, cotton rags, free from hooks, eyes and buttons, tf FORESTRY NORMAL SI* NOTES Tlitte students elected an athletic board last Friday consisting of Eulah Eastgate, President Maurice Weeks, Vice President Margaret Wilson, Sec retary-Treasurer and Wilfred Condie, Yell Leader. The responsibility for the successful management of the basket ball season will rest to a large extent upon this board. They are entitled to the cordial support of students, facul ty and the community. The assembly period last Thursday was made interesting by a piano solo by Miss Halbersleben and several talks on the immigration problem by students. Monday morning this week Miss Halbersleben entertained the students with the following piano program: Two Polish Themes, arranged by Franz Nocturne, by Krzyzanowski Adagio by Haydn Fantasia I by Mo zart To the Evening Star by Wagner Liszt. On Monday's program last week ap peared Miss^ Olive Berg with an in teresting and practical talk on simple chemical tests for textiles* A sum mary follows: Textile Ttests The most commonly used textiles are the two vegetable fibers, cotton and linen, and the two animal fibers, wool and silk. The animal fibers can be distinguished from the vegetable by noting the way in which they bum. Cotton and linen burn rapidly with a bright yellow flame, leaving a small filmy residue. Since these fibers are cellulose, they burn much like paper. The linen, however, burns less rapidly than the cotton. Wool and silk burn more slowly and will not continue to burn, but after a short time the flame will go out. The residue is large com pared with that of cotton and it forms into curls or balls. ,Often the wool threads are cotton and the warp threads, wool. To find out if this is the case, ravel out threads of each kind and burn them separately. Some times in plaid and checked materials, the dark threads are wool and the light'ones cotton. This can be detected by burning threads of each color sep arately. Cotton and linen cannot be distin guished from each other by burning. The linen, however, will become trans parent when a drop of glycerine is placed on it, while the cotton remains unchanged for a time and then gradu ally absorbs the glycerine. Not only are the more expensive fi bers adulterated with cotton, but oth er substances are added to give them greater weight, luster, and stiffness. These substances are called weighting, sizing or dressing. In cotton and linen the sizing usually is nothing more than starch or dextrin. The sizing is put into cloth so that it will become soiled less easily, so that it will be stiff and shiny, and so that it, will appear more closely woven and finer than it really is. Some sizing can be removed by nibbing the cloth between the hands?. If the sizing has been done before the weaving, rubbing will not remove it, but boiling will. Materials that owe their stiffness and luster to sizing will be lacking in these quali ties after being worn or washed. Silk is weighted With mineral salts to make it actually weigh more and to make the dying process, especially for blacks and dark colors, easier. The weighting stretches the fibers until they are weakened and if the salts crystalize, they will cut the fabric. In silks that have had little or no wear, small holes sometimes appear. This is especially true of taffeta. These holes are due to an excess of weighting which has weakened or cut the fiber. Weighting can be detected by burning a sample of the material. The mineral matter "Will not burn, while the silk will. If the cloth is all silk the residue will be in the form of small balls. If there is weighting present, there will be a large residue and it will retain the shape and weight of the cloth. y SEND TO A. C. FOR FILM9 Fargo, Nov. 20—Some 800 educa tional films and 150 sets of slides are included in a new list of motion pic tures and slides just issued by the visual instruction service of the North Dakota Agricultural College for the use of extension workers, schools* clubs and other organizations, accord ing to W. C. Palmer, in charge of the publication and visual instruction de partments. films and slides on agricultural, home economics, scenic and other ed ucational subjects predominate, ac cording to Mr. Palmer, although the comedies that are included to supple ment local educational programs are widely popular among patrons of the state. Besides the agricultural films and slides which cover a range of subjects ranging from boys and girls club work and dairying to potato cul ture and fruit pests, there are numer ous groups including those classified under commerce and industry botany, physiology and zoology, education, engineering and machinery geogra phy, scenery and travel history and biography, home economics, health A Nonpartisan N^swjspaper Owned and Controlled by Upwards of Four Hund red and Fifty Bottineau County Farmers BOTTINEAU, BOTTINEAU COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY NOV. 23, 1922 and welfare, military affairs, come dies and juvenile films. "The motion picture brings any part of the world or its activities to one's community,'* states Mr. Palmer, in commenting u$on the increased inter est in instruction through the eye. "Even technical subjects can be graph ically presented to an audience, and of course, pictures are the easiest lan guage to understand, and understand able in all languages." FOOTBALL BANQUET FRIDAY Last Friday evening at the Shirley Hotel the Bottineau High School Foot ball team together with coaches, yell leader, substitutes, Superintendent Walker and a couple of enthusiastic supporters, enjoyed a delicious ban quet. After dinner each member of the team was called upon to say a few words for Bottineau high school foot ball. Each member responded and all expressed the wish for a still better high school football squad next year. Howard Flanery was elected captain of next year's team and we believe Bottineau high Will come to the front in football next year and take Minot, Rugby, Westhope and the other teams of this district in camp with every thing in their fairor. B01TINEAU HIGH SML NOTES The winner of the Slogan Contest for Better English Week was Delnora McBain, her slogtm "He masters Eng lish who conquers Slang" was given first prize by the judges. Thelma Ness was awarded first prize in the Poster Contest, Marie Johnson won the sec ond prize. These two posters were for warded to the State Contest, where they will compete with the posters sent in from the other high schools in the state. Prizes Were presented to the winners from the high school faculty. Remember on Thanksgiving Day will be played the first basket ball game of the season, the high school versus the Forestry State Normal school. In the high school gymnasium November 30th at 8 P. M. Both teams have been practicing for weeks and a good game is expected. Come to the game on Thanksgiving evening and boost for your team whether Normal or high school. About 15 members of the Junior and Senior high school have appeared in Assembly and presented their act. Monday and Friday assembly periods have been set aside for this work. We cordially invite our friends to visit us on those days at 3:30. Mr. Turner, president of the Board and Mr. Walker,representing the High School at the Thirty-fifth An nual Convention of the North Dakota State Teachers' Association which convenes at Fargo this week. n CAREFUL Preliminary figures just compiled by the American Railway Association show in part tfie results of its "Care ful Crossing Campaign" for the re duction of highway crossing accidents. The Campaign began on June 1st and extended to September 30th. These preliminary figures include returns from 108 railroads, covering 204,091 miles, or about 4-5 of the Class I Railroad mileage of the United States. Despite an increase of 9.7 percent (as compared with the same period' last year) in the volume of railroad business during the campaign period as indicated by the car loadings, and an increase in registration for the same period of 2,009,021 automobiles and trucks or 21 percent, the number of accidents at highway crossings in creased only 3.6 percent, the non-fatal injuries 2.4 percent and fatal injuries 3.6 percent. This is an average of 8 percent for non-fatal and fatal injur ies. The total of the accidents reported for the period was 4,411, an increase of 153 the total non-fatal injuries was 693, an increase of 24. It is believed that when final com pilation is completed the figures will not vary more than 2 percent from those shown above. s LIVESTOCK SAI4S R. M. Trimble of Westhope will dis perse at public auction on Tuesday, November 28th, 50 registered Poland China hogs, including 20 boars, 20 sows and 10 summer shoats. He will also sell 25 head of registered Short horn cattle including 7 young regis tered bulls, some of thenf yearlings and some spring calves. Sale will be held on the Trimble farm at Westhope.' Frank* Hyland, Auctioneer. It i) COLLECTION NOTICE I will be at Judge Kirk's office, Fri day and Saturday, Nov. 24 and 25th. If you have not already settled, I would appreciate your coming in while I am here. R. B. Smithy It V AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY LETTER State and city officials of the American Legion with members of the national headquarters staff welcomed Alvin M. Owsley, newly elected Le gion national commander, to Indian apolis this week where the Texas ora tor has assumed his duties as head of one milion ex-service men. Led by a color guard of Marines, bearing the Stars and Stripes and the Legion national headquarters banner, and the 11th Infantry band, stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, a parade was formed from the Indianapolis Union Station, through the downtown streets to the national headquarters building. One of the first acts of the nation al commander was to announce the ap pointment of Garland W. Powell, of Cumberland, Md., as director of the Legion's national Americanism com mission. Mr. Powell has been assist ant director of Americanism during the last year. He was an aviator and fought in France. The Legion commander returned from New York where he and Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant, bade fare well to the twenty-three foreign dele gates who attended the recent Inter allied Veterans' Association conven tion in New Orleans. "This international organization of world war fighter has the greatest possibilities in developing wold peace," the commander stated. "The men who fought the war are the men who can keep the peace. Their recent conven tion at New Orleans marks an epoch in the history of efforts towards in ternational peace." Commander Owsley eulogized the splendid work of the American dele gates to the international gathering, praising their stand against secret agreements and their assistance in drafting the eight points upon which the association pins its hopes for world peace. The members of the American delegation were: L. R. Gig nilliat, H. Nelson Jackson, Gilbert R. Bettman, Dan Hollenga and R. E. Con don. A committee has been appointed by Commander Owsley from the members ofq the board of directors of the American Legion Weekly to investi gate plans for the removal of the Weekly from New York to Indianap olis, which was authorized by the re cent Legion convention. Wig Wag Bilkens showed up with a set of hand carved features that resembled the field after Chateau-Thierry. "Pete's sake!" gasped a friend. "What happened' to your fiice? Been in an accident?'*'-* "Nope," returned Bilkens sadly. A deaf and dumb barber shaved me and he was feeling chatty." Departing for Lincoln, Neb., where tomorrow he will dedicate the new capitol of Nebraska, Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, issued the following Armistice Day message: "Armistice Day is observed as the anniversary of the ending of the world war. But more and greater than that— it is the day of the beginning of peace, and therefore it is to be celebrated in no uncertain fashion as a day of hope and high ambition. We have Memor ial Day for the hero dead, for a back ward thought of the greatness of the days gone by. Let Armistice Day be a day for the living, for looking for ward upon high adventures and achievements yet to come. "In this America of our especially, the Day of the Beginning of Peace is a day of exaltation of the spirit for we are a nation of builders, and the works of peace are the glory of a free people. With the coming of peace there is an end of destruction and of tearing down. And with the coming of a just peace the march of mankind is taken up again, mankind going forward step by step to higher resolve. Let us then be glad and proud in this resolve, that every observance of the Armistice shall serve as a milestone along the upward road of peaceful progress. "Yet on this fateful eleventh day of the eleventh month it would be well that on the stroke of the eleventh hour one solemn moment be set aside for prayer ai.d a silent giving of thanks, that freedom still endures upon this earth through sacrifice. I have the honor of speaking for a great organ ization of American citizens whose faith in America has been proved thru hard endurances men who have come through struggle in war to a clear conception of the spiritual glory to the service to America. In the spirit of these men let us say: 'Honor to our immortal dead—that great while com pany of shining souls who gave their youth that the world might grow old in peace. Amen."' STOCK SHOW ENTRIES SET RECORD Individual entries for the Interna tional Live Stock Exposition, to be held in Chicago, December 2nd to 9tb, have exceeded all previous records in the history of the show. Not only will larger classes of cattle, horses and sheep face the judges than ever be ", s?.~ i v- ii i .v rr v TTfl A TVTfli fore, but the quality of the animals will surpass any previous exhibtion on the American continent. Even before, the entry books were closed, it was foreseen that the high water marks established by preceding Internationals were doomed to be wiped out by a flood of applications which poured in from all parts of the land. When the final count was made it was found that the anticipated in crease had materialized beyond all ex pectations, considerably over five thousand individual animals having been listed. By the time the entries in the carload classes are closed Novem ber 25th it i sex pec ted that the total number of cattle, horses, sheep and swine entered in the various competi tions will have far exceeded the ten thousand mark. Thirty-three distinct breeds of live stock will be represented in the 843 regular classes of the Exposition and over $100,000 will be distributed among the prize winners, besides the numerous ribbons, cups and other tro phies offered as awards. An exhibi tion of domestic animals, such as nev er has been assembled before, will greet the visitor to the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago December 2nd to 9th. TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE CO. JAIL Last evening at about 6 o'clock, Ryan and Doyle, implicated in the Eckman store robbery, made their get-away from the local county jail. It seems that these men were carry ing ashes out of the stove in their cell and while doing this Jailer Lewis Robinson went to get their supper, but the men failed to return, although they were without coats or wraps of any kind. Sheriff Hennessy and deputies have been hard at work trying to locate them but up to the time of going to press they are stil at liberty. EDWIN OLSON Edwin Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Olson of Landa, passed away at the local hospital last night, from pneumonia. Edwin was at time of death about twenty years of age, and was always a good and thoughtful son and brother. He especially will be missed in the home and neighborhood of which he lived. Deceased was born near Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1902 and came tq this county witfi his parents about 1910, where he has made his home since. He leaves to mourn his loss, his parents, Mr ard Mrs. Hans Olson of Landa, two sisters, Alma, who is at home Mrs. Carl Soland of near Kram er and four brothers, Olaf, Henry and Clarence, of Landa, and Walter who is station agent at Rawson, N. Dak. In the passing of Edwin Olson, lite neighborhood has lost a young man of sterling character and The Courant joins in extending sympathy to the bereaved relatives. ORATORIO NOTICE The first practice of the Oratorio Society took place Wednesday evening with a splendid turn out, represent ing some of Bottineau's best talent. Mrs. Winslow directed and Mrs. Kirk was at the piano. It is a joy and privilege to work under such leader ship as Mrs. Winslow gave us last evening and practice broke up with everyone feeling satisfied and pleased with the evening's work. If there are any singers in the community who have failed to receive an invitation to join the oratorio society, wont you come to practice next Wednesday at 7:15 at the high school. Every singer in Bottineau and vicin ity is invited to join. Committee. THE METHODIST CHURCH 11 A. M. preaching service, the pas tor will preach a national Thanksgiv ing sermon. 8 P. M. Preaching service, subject, "When is the World Coming to an End?" This subject is of special in terest to Bible students and is being discussed by people everywhere. All who have Methodist hymnals bring them to church, our growing congregation needs more books. Preaching at Souris Tuesday night, Nov. 28. Preaching at Antler, Thanksgiving Day 11 A. M., also 8 P. M. A cordial invitation to the public. E. W. Elayer, Pastor. GEORGE MCMILLAN George McMillan, one of the early pioneers of near Souris passed away Monday at St. Andrew's hospital, death being due to cancer. Mr. McMil lan led rather a lonely life, living on a farm alone for the past twenty years or more. Mr. McMillan was an honest and uprightjnar» and ail who knew hint re spected him for his integrity and thrift. Funeral services were held today at Souris, the Rev. I. D. McBain at Bot tineau officiating. s ii .„ l, v -K ,' «f -p.\» •^'•V '... $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE WHEAT PRICES SHOULD BE HIGHER Wheat prices should be very much higher now if world conditions were allowed to govern the market, accord ing to a review of crop and trade con dition by the statistical department of the Northwest Wheat Growers asso ciated. By decreased visible supply, in creased home consumption and big European demands, it is claimed that the present slow rise in price of wheat is not a flash in the pan but amply suported by existing conditions. The report says in part: Heavy Receipts "Primary receipts last week exceed ed the receipts for the corresponding week last year by over two million bushels. In spite of that, the visible supply decreased again, this time over a million bushels. This season began with a visible supply of 1 million bush els, and now stands at 32 millions, a gain of only 14 millions. The previous season, in the similar period the gain was 48 millions. When it is remem bered that the exports so far are about 50 million less than last year, the in tensity of the domestic absorption be comes clear. Reports from all points testify to continued excellent milling demand. The South, made happy with high price cotton is buying wheat flour, whereas last year it was diffi cult to sell this commodity here. According to estimates compiled by the department of agriculture, the farmers this year have sold up to Oc tober 1, 50.1 percent of the crop com pared with 57 and 41.1 percent for the corresponding periods last year and in 1920 respectively. The figure however does not indicate the actual attitude of the farmer. Numerous reports to the Associated from all the wheat states, state that the car shortage has prevented wholesale selling of wheat by farmers. This explains the contin ued heavy movement to terminals, as the car situation improves. In the Pa cific northwest the farmers have sold fully 75 percent of their wheat by November 1. Visible Sipply Lower "With the indicated domestic con sumption larger than last year, the amount available for export this year becomes a matter of importance. Last year exports were 263 million bushels out of a crop of 795 millioBS. Assum ing a carryover similar to that from the last crop, this year's yield of 810 millions should give a surplus of 278 million bushels. However there is am ple proof that last year's crop was underestimated by about 65 million bushels. At any rate the distribution showed that about this much had been lost sigst of. #With the prevai\ rate of consumption eontmaad for the season, the United States will require 520 million bushels for food alone. When seed and food requirements are add ed, the amount left for export ks only 190 milion bushels. Prices "The recent rise in prices was cer tainly not a flash in the peri, being amply supported by advancing our markets, advancing foreign markets, strong domestic and foreign demand, supported by better industrial condi tions here and abroad. All reactions have petered out at about 115 for December. Cash markets however are even stronger than futures, especially at seaboard points. An eastern statis tician estimates that the importing countries really need not less than 919 million bushels of imported wheat. Be sides this the Associated estimate of 780 millions, is decidedly conservative. Of course this amount is out of the question so far as supply is concerned. Sould the combined crops of the South ern hemisphere turn out only average, as now seems likely, the International wheat situation will be stilt stronger." BOYS, GIRLS COMING TO INSTITUT1? SOQN About 125 members of boys* and girls' clubs in North Dakota, winners in the various counties in which club work is carried on, will be the guests of the North Dakota Agricultural Col lege at the Thirteenth Annual B-ys' and Girls' Club Achievement Insti tute, the date having been tentatively set for the week beginning Dec. IS, according to an announcement made today by Harry E. Rilling, state club leader. Among the counties which will send delegations are Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Stutsman, Burleigh, Gra Forks, Steele, Bottineau, Ward, Wil liams, Billings, Benson, Walsh t-i.d Sargent, In each of these counties the winners of the various projects '1 be selected by the county club letters this week. The projects include rai -ing of swine, beef and dairy cattle, poul try, corn, potatoes, gardening,, cloth ing, baking arid canning. The program will last during the entire week and will be made up of en tertainment and study. Home econom ic problems will furriish the subject matter for the girls and stock and crop judging for the boys. Officers of the Institute, elected by the boya and girls at the 1921 meeting, are Her bert Warner, Bdr.or, president Har vey Hill, Hesper, vice-pmad«aat Mil dred Pierce, Ellepdate, secretary and Delia Gransberg, Kesnptoa, tarate rer. W-it i. .. '4'. If" •111 ni