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STEWAIl'I LOCKWOOD VISITS COUNTY AGENT Stewart Lockwood, entomologist for the State of North Dakota, was in County Agent Gorman's office Wed nesday, July 28, looking over grass hopper conditions in the coirtity and made the following statement: "The work of Ward county seems to be very effective in cleaning up the grasshoppers. Some of the best work in the state has been done in Ward county The state condition as a whole is very good. The grasshoppers area serious menace to the crops of the Mouse river valley, including Renville, Ward, Bottineau and McHenry coun ties. A great many other counties have been forced to organize in fight ing the grasshoppers. The work in Renville and Bottineau counties has been handicapped because of the lack of funds to fight the grasshoppers for the coming year. However, the Com missioners in Bottineau have decided to extend an unlimited amount of money, because the farmers realize now, that they must fight hoppers in order to save their crops. Several counties of the state have eliminated the grasshoppers as a damage factor for this year. But work must be con tinued in order that few eggs will be deposited thi sfall, also we have yet to keep the grasshoppers out of the flax and late oats for they will move into the late green crops as the rye berries and wheat is harvested. The farmers would do right to watch the grasshoppers very closely for the hop pers seem to enjoy rye berries much more than other seeds. A good prac tice is to scatter poison bait over the shocks of rye, as this action will save a large percentage of the rye berries on the outside of the shock. The crop as a whole looks much better over the state than it has for several years. Some of the crops are past the dam age point of rust and drought, though there as some indications that rust may do damage to later crops." PREPARE TO DESTROY HOPPER BREEDING GROUNDS During the latter part of June and until July 17th a constant fight has been kept up on grasshoppers in Ward county During that time ap proximately 11 cars of poison bait was distributed and the result of this cam paign, according to a number of farm ers, will justify the expenditure and they feel that a large portion of the crop has been saved. There are still plenty of grasshop pers in the country, however, and the farmers in Ward county should begin now to think about a fall campaign for destroying breeding grounds. We have learned that the favorite places for grasshoppers to lay eggs is along the sides of the road, in waste land and on strips of unplowed land be tween fields. It would take but a few days for every farmer to plow and disc thoroughly thy breeding grounds on all waste land anil other places where grasshoppers breed, after the eggs are laid this fall and if this were done part of our grasshopper problem at least would be solved. Many farmers believe that we will not have grasshoppers again next FOR SALE Seven room, partly modern house. Also two small houses close in. WALTER BOND, Minot, N. D. Minot, North Dakota SNOW WHITE Guaranteed to make BETTER BREAD than any other Flour MINOT FLOUR MILL CO. Conditions are very unfavorable for a good coal supply. Unless conditions improve there sure ly will be a fuel famine the coming winter. We are advising all our friends to stock up. We are getting a limited supply of Hard Coal now, but can make no promise for the future. LIGNITE even will be higher, and hard to get, as there is not enough mined to supply the probable demand. Better be SAFE than SORRY PIONEER FUEL CO. PHONE 463 Farmers, Attention Deering and McCormick Harvesting and Haying Machines—and a complete stock of Repairs lor same—are sold only by the— Reishus Implement ,/ £&r 5 Co. "[1 •minphiuiiw.iipuiDii^.wyf HI ,\fA year and that after three years of ravaging in one district, the grasshop pers move to unknown parts and will not return. This is very improbable and we can be sure that if the grass hoppers lay eggs this year, which they will undoubtedly, we will have grass hoppers again next year unless a very energetic and complete compaign is put on this fall to destroy the breed ing grounds. Farmers who spent from a week to ten days fighting grasshoppers can see where if they had plowed the waste land around their farms last fall and destroyed the breeding grounds, they would have had a lot less trouble in fighting the pests this summer. It is a duty of every land owner and every resident of Ward county to expend every effort in help ing to organize a campaign for de stroying the breeding grounds of the grasshoppers this fall. FARM BUREAU BRIEFS ,f.t.t Write the County Agent's office for seed crop inspection blanks in making application for certification of seed. The citizens of Ryder and the farm ers in the district have taken over the Ryder News with the object of making it a community paper. The purpose will be to aid in the development of agriculture in the surrounding dis trict. Mr. W. Kable, county agent of Ben ton County, Oregon, when returning from his vacation in the middle west, dropped in at the Farm Bunreau of fice. We are always glad to welcome visiting county agents from other states. E. Q. Quamme, president of the Federal Land Bank, St. Paul, speaking in the Association of Commerce rooms to the Minot business men, stated that European buyers are now forcing the market down so that they may buy large supplies of wheat for foreign trade. He also stated that with our present railroad facilities for moving this year's crop it will take two years to transport the 1920 crop to market. Jim Heron of Sykeston sold out his entire herd of Shorthorns on July 29th. The top price female was the heifer, Gloster of Ivanhoe 9th, sired by Sultan Supreme She is of straight Scotch breeding and sold for $1125.00 to Dr. C. H. Hanson of Max. The too price bull, Coronets Villager, sired by Vil lagers Coronet and out of Vlilage Countes, was sold for $1600.00 to C. L. Barkley of Page. It was a very suc cessful sale,, making an average of $337.00. CHARGED WITH JEWEL THEFT James Overland, colored, is lodged in the county jail at Williston charged with grand larceny. Mr. Overland was arrested near Spring Brook by Special Deputy Carl Erickson, under a complaint returned by Mrs. John Pet erson who resides near Avoca, of hav ing stolen from her a quantity of jew elry. At the time of arrest Overland had the articles that have been stolen concealed about his person but claim ed that he had bought same from some section hands. The jewelry was stolen from the Peterson home while Mrs. Peterson was on an errand to the coal mine for her husband, and people who had seen Overland near the Peterson home placed the blame on him. On being brought before a justice Over land waived examination and was placed in the county jail to await the term of district court. POSTAL CLERK UNDER ARREST Elmer O. Halverson, postal clerk in the Williston post office, was placed under arrest by the United States marshal last Saturday night on a com plaint sworn out by two United States postal inspectors who have had him under suspicion for some time. The charge laid against Hal vorson is tampering with registered mail. He was brought before United States Commissioner N. B. Ludowese the first of the week, where he waived examination and was placed under $2,000 bonds to appear before the fed eral district court at Minot. Editor Goes Out After Easy Money G. A. Pickering, publisher of the Sanish Sentinel, has closed his shop temporarily and is out in the harvest fields, earning some of the "easy" money. Shockers are getting seven dollars a day. A man riding a binder gets $6.00 and a man and team $10 and $11 a day. The Sentinel will come out on time as the editor, not having a very hard job, will be able to "stick" type at night. Watch the columns of the Sentinel for further information ',''1* UNION DENTISTS VACATION Following our annual cu&om, our offices will be cldsed during the on of A ii A or a re pa ,% FATHER AND SON GIVE OUT FACTS Cedar Rapids Man Says Money Couldn't Bay Good It Did—Son Remarkably Improved. "I am once more my old self again, and it is simply wonderful the way Tanlac has rsetord my health," said Walter H. Johnson, of 3030 Dean Ave., Des Moines, Iowa, who for four yean has been head check-man at the Rock Island baggage-room. "One year ago last February, con tinued Mr. Johnson, "I suffered an at tack of influenza which left me in a very weak and run-down condition. Nothing I did seemed to help me I had no appetite and what little I did eat seemed to settled in a lump right in the pit of my stomach. I had a bitter taste in my mouth and suffer ed with awful headaches. At times, I became so blind and dizzy that I didn't feel able to finish my day's work. My nerves were in such bad shape it was simply impossible for me to get good night's rest. The least little noise would wake me up and I'd roll and toss the rest of the night. In the morning I had no energy and was all tired out. This condition discour aged me so I lost interest in every thing. I had that dull draggy feeling that simply makes living a drudgery. "I haa been hearing so much good about Tanlac and had read of so many people getting fiife results from this medicine that I began taking it. Right from the first few doses I started im proving and now after taking eight bottles I have gained twenty-five A Parties, having our insurance, who had property destroyed by the Tornado know it is a great help to them jr TORNADO INSURANCE 1 *Ihe cost of Tornado Insurance is low We write Hall, Fire and Automobile Insurance also FIRST. INTERNATIONAL BANK?* fiiiMinot,V Soth "V ,s Vr"' m«y^ .^:\vr •,-,• 'v ', v..' .' i1.' A** av '. ..* ounds, and am still gaining steadily, in weight and strength. My stomach is in the best of condition ana I can eat everything that is put before me. Those dreadful headaches have left me and I now sleep like a child every night and am able to do a day's work at the baggage room and go home feeling line. "I am giving Tanlac to my little boy, who also had the 'flu' about a year ago, and the way he is picking up in weight and strength is even more remarkable than my case. Just get ting rid of those awful headaches was worth more to me than money could buy, and I wouldn't take anything for the good Tanlac has done my little son and myself. I will always praise and recommend Tanlac and I hope my experience with this splendid medicine will help other people." Tanlac is sold in Minot by the Tay lor Drug Co., in Kenmare by John L. Wemark, in Ryder, by George C. Couch, in Douglas by J. J. oDnahue, and in Tagus, by the Bugge Phar macy. —adv FARM BUILDINGS A new era is dawning The make-shift buildings like the old sod shack have had their day. We have learned valuable lessons from the automobile and gas tractor. Now our attention is turning to good substan tial barns to house our stock and comfortable dwelling houses for ourselves. How about you Are you keeping step with the agricultural progress of Our Great Northwest A ten acre field of potatoes would solve the problem. Have you considered this fact Rogers Lumber Co. Phone 233 QUALITY GOODS E. Foley, MgrJ 'I :. 1 IS G. N. TIME TABLE Ebat Bound Train Arrive Leave No. 4 6:06 a.m. 6:20 a.m. No. 10 8:45 a. a. No. 200 9:00 a.m. No. 2 4:10 p.m. 4:30p.m. No. 80 No. 28 12:10 p.m. 12:t0a.afcp.m.4:20 No. 222 12:45 p.m. Weat Bound Train Arrive Leave No. 1 2:15 a.m. 2:15 a. m. No. 8 1:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. No. 221 8:45 p.m. No. 27 8:40 p.m. 7:45 p.m. No. 29 8:16 p.m. No. 199 6:00 p.m. No. 9 6:80 p.m. The above schedule is given in Cen tral (Minot) time. Tniina No. 199, 222, 221, 9 and 10, daily except Sunday. ICE COLD Milk and Cream for your lunch. Get it Patteurized MINOT PURE MILK CO. S It I rr 1-1/ JR ,- 7 The Carrington Masons have pur chased a valuable lot with a 70 foot frontage on which they will build a' Temple in the near future. ft I'u •V Wf, 1 .. "-I $ 1 I 1 1 r\£- N.-D. a-