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HALF-DOZEN SHOTS
Pair
Rob Customers in Minne
apolis Store, Blaze Wildly
at Proprietor
Minneapolis. Dec. 30.—
behind the prescription counter of his
arug store when a pair of bandits
entered the place Wednesday night.
6. J. Horn, proprietor of a store at
411 Bast Lake street, was made a
human target for several seconds.
Six or seven shots were fired at
him. All went wild. The bandits
then fled.
Horn was working at a counter sep
arated from the front of the store
by a glass partition when the front
door opened. When he looked up he
saw a friend and customer, E. L. Col
lette. Behind him were two younger
men. All three came toward the
back of the store. While Horn fin
ished his work the two younger men
Appeared to follow Collette over to
a rear telephone booth.
"I'll be with you in a minute," he
said.
The blast of a revolver came as a
teply to his words. One slug came
.irough the window, a second struck
i cosmetic case and the others went
«-ild, striking bottles and shelves and
glancing off the walls.
The bandits ran from the place. It
.vis then that Horn learned that
nis friend Collette had been a victim
•l the bandits himself.
O N I N U E
(ram pace oat-
Outlook for State
Good Says 6.N.D.A.
valus, based upon a state average
price, are:
Hard wheat $28,741,500
Durum 17,267,250
Corn 6,550,076
Oats 5,980,400
Barley 7,392,000
Rye 3,685,000
Flax 2,800,000
Potatoes 3,731,840
Hay 6,814,000
Small seeds 646,200
Beets, truck, etc 4,000.000
"Livestock, and livestock products,
brought a gross production for 1937
of $67,380,609, as compared with $58,
279,200, for 1936. Prom this 1937 total,
increased dairy herd inventories and
dairy products account for $27,142,
560, largest single item under the
livestock head. Other livestock pro
duction in 1937 totaled:
Dairy herds, products $27,142,560
Beef cattle produced 18,797,200
Poultry and poultry
products 10,340,000
Sheep and wool 5,858,340
Hogs 5,242,500
"Crop and livestock estimates em
ployed are derived from basic records
si Ben Kienholz, federal agricultural
statistician, Fargo.
Feed Reserves Good
"Feed reserves of the past year ac
count for an increase in hogs and
iheep on farms, and carry cattle into
After-holiday Clearance Sale
now in progress at Sarah Gold
Shop. Coats, Suits and Milli
nery on sale.
POT R6AST,
young beef,
per lb. *..
ROUND STEAK,
per lb.
HAMBURGER,
fresh ground, lb.
VEAL ROAST,
shoulder, lb
VEAL STEW,
per lb* .........
midwinter in an Improved condition
Comparative figures of livestock on
farms, as of January 1, follow:
Livestock Jan. 1,1937 Jan. 1,1938
All cattle 1,196,000 1,136,000
Sheep 879,000 923,000
Hogs 259,000 400.000
"Significant in the present hog pop'
ulation totals is the fact that there
are today available about 50,000 more
breeding gilts on farms than a year
ago. This population, together with
producers' declared Intentions, makes
possible a spring farrow of 600,000 pigs
o- more. The top hog population in
the history of the state occurred in
1929 when there were 772,000 head on
farms, as of January 1, a figure which
might easily be exceeded in two years
time.
"North Dakota's production record
in 1937 finds it growing the following
percentages of national totals: 83.6%
of durum 21.7% all spring wheat
and 22% flax. Not only does this state
thus establish a record for quantity
production, but in the world's premier
grain competition. North Dakota this
winter earned more top honors than
any other four states at the Inter
national Hay and Grain Show, win
ning first place in the U. S. in durum
flax, sweet clover, alfalfa and field
peas.
More Moisture in Soil
"Moisture arriving late in the year
made for Ideal fall plowing conditions.
This fact, plus the open fall which
saw field work continuing until Nov
ember 11, accounts for an exceptional
amount of fall tillage, which Is ordi
narily translated into earlier seeding
and superior crops. Grain on farms
and in elevators today equals twice
the total seed needs of the state, save
perhaps in flax.
"V. 8. cold storage holdings as of
December 1 average about 50 per cent
of those of a year ago, and about 60
per cent of the five-year average in
poultry, beef, pork, lamb and lard.
This would ordinarily exercise a
stabilizing effect upon ensuing mar
ket price levels.
"Special reports to G. N. D. A. from
the Bank of North Dakota show that
the state is in better financial con
ditlon as of January 1, 1938, than at
any time since 1925, from a standpoint
ot outstanding state real estate bonds
From a peak, reached January 1, 1933,
of $39,573,000, the state reduced $14,
786,000 up to January 1,1937. During
this past year, $3,243,000 was retired.
From a January 4 sinking fund, total
ot $5,863,190.57, there remains a net
balance of $2,620,190, plus 1937 ac
cretions, while over In the interest
funds there are adequate monies to
meet all interest requirements falling
due this week, of $511,727.50. Out
standing real estate bonds, less exist
ing principal sinking funds, are ap
proximately $18,923,810. Mill and
elevator bonds, totaling something
over $3,000,000 comprise the only other
remaining state obligation.
Estimate Population Gain
"Wholesale exodus of farmers re
ported from drouth sections of the
state, is disproved by the Bureau of
Census which estimates a steady pop
ulation gain for North Dakota: 1930,
680,845 1935, 693,000 1936, 703,000
and July 1, 1937, 706,000. Federal in
come tax c611ections from North Da
kota to December 20 were 37 per cent
higher than a year ago.
"The receding zone of drouth was
responsible for only 31 per cent acre
age abandonment in 1937, as com
pared to 68 per cent a year ago. A
tctal of 12,769,000 acres of principal
crops were harvested this year, against
the record low of 7,439,000 acres in
1936.
"Building permits issued In nine re-
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porting cities in North Dakota ac
counted for $2,215,480, as compared to
$2,580,212 in the same cities in 1936,
Numerous large federal construction
projects in 1936 helped swell those to
tals. Cities showing largest increases
were:
1937
$ 73,625
206.715
429,023
City 1936
Valley City $ 32,450
Jamestown 57,520
Fargo 281,279
"In addition to these figures. Valley
City this year completed a (250,000
auditorium and armory building,
started in 1936.
Water Conservation Advanced
Water conservation projects of
every character, being advanced by
state and federal agencies, have now
impounded 528,819 acre feet of stor
age. according to the state planning
board. Annual average runoff, orig
lnating In the state, is estimated at
three million acre feet, so the perma
nent utilization program Is one-sixth
complete.
One of the serious developments of
the protracted drouth was the danger
ous decline in field Inspections and
number of certified seed growers,
From a pre-drouth average of 800 to
1,000 pure seed growers, the state had
dropped to 78 field inspections in 1936.
A total of 760 lots of pure seed was
moved into producers' hands by Q. N.
D. A. pure seed crews and In 1937, the
number of field Inspections had Jump
ed to 221, covering 22 varieties. In
certified seed potatoes, North Dakota
stood second In the nation from a
standpoint of total bushels, produc
ing 1,775,620 bushels of certified prod
uct in 1937, double the 1936 total,
Paved Roads WU1 Help
Although tourist travel into North
Dakota declined this year from $14,
000,000 to $12,000,000, the O. N. D. A.
tourist department predicts that 1938
might easily see this form of income
rise to $18,000,000. An unprecedented
construction program is mapped, in
cluding at least 450 miles of paving,
which would close all gaps on U. S. 10,
and bring substantial improvements
to U. S. 81, 2. 52. 83 and 12. Work on
U. S. 10, for instance, is scheduled
to be completed early enough to bene
fit foreign travel, ending for all time
the stigma which has forever existed
where this state's highways were con
cerned. Hereafter there will be avail
able a paved route from coast to coast
through North Dakota.
"Disregarding moratoriums and tax
non-payment trends, the state audi
tor's office reports $1,127,911.25, or
53.48 per cent of the 1936 levies paid
as of December 1, 1937. On the same
date, 62.40 of the 1935 levy had been
paid, as compared to 46.72 for a sim
ilar date In 1936. Actually, therefore,
there would appear to be approxi
mately a 7 per cent better payment
record this year.
"Allaying fears that drouth in re
cent years has demonstrated the in
feasibility of tree planting as a device
to check soil blowing and to temper
winter winds, the U. S. Forest Service
reports the following percentages of
survival for all trees planted in the
shelterbelt program: North Dakota
80.8 per cent South Dakota 75.4 Ne
braska 77 Kansas 65.2 Oklahoma
61.5 and Texas 62.9.
Mortgage Debt Not High
'"ITie Bureau of Foreign and Dom
estic Commerce estimates North Da
kota's total farm mortgage debt at
28.8 per cent of the currently ap
praised value of its farm land and
buildings. This is less than the farnr.
mortgage debt percentage of South
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa or Wiscon
sin. The Farm Credit administration,
which today holds the great majority
of all farm paper in this state, an
nounces total loans and discounts In
North Dakota as of October 31, 1937,
at $165,449,234. Admittedly a large
sum, it is not dangerously high when
it is recalled that North Dakota's gross
farm production in several years has
reached a total of $400,000,000. In
dicative! of a recognized value for
North Dakota farm lands, the Fed
eral Land Bank of St. Paul reported
51 per cent increase in sales of farm
lands in this state during 1937 over
1936. For the first 10 months of this
ear, 963 farms were sold in this land
bank district, as compared to 960 for
12 months in 1936.
As of 7 a. m., December 28, O. W.
Roberts, state meteorologist, shows a
1937 deficiency In moisture at six scat
tered representative points of only 2.48
inches, as compared to a 1936 defic
iency of 9.77 inches. Total moisture
recorded at Wllliston, Hettinger, Bis
marck, Devils Lake, Fargo and Wah
peton In 1937 averaged 13.83 Inches,
against 7.72 for 1936.
Twelve reporting cities in North
Dakota experienced total debits to in
dividual accounts in 1937 of $588,000,
OOC or an Increase of seven per cent
over the $550,000,000 «of 1936, accord
ing to the Federal Reserve bank. The
1937 totals represent the actual de
bits up to December 18, and an esti
mate for the remainder of the month."
O N I N U E
Threat of CalF to
Colors Brings End
To Parisian Strike
France intensified the turbulent labor
situation however. A thousand coal
miners at Anzin, near Valenciennes,
quit work in protest against discharge
ot three miners. This stoppage
aroused official concern lest the strike
spread among all of the 16,000 miners
employed by the Anzin company.
Fireman Hurt in
Mill City Blaze
Minneapolis, Dec. 30.—(flV-One fire
man tumbled through the weakened
floor and was injured early Thursday
as 75 fire fighters fought flames for
two hours at a two-alarm blaze in the
Motor Freight Terminal, headquar
ters of 16 motor transport lines.
Damage totaled $3,000.
HOPKINS BETTER
Rochester, Minn., Dec. 30.—(/F)—
Harry Hopkins, federal relief admin
istrator. was able to sit up in a chair
Thursday as he convalesced from a
stomach ulcer operation a week ago
last Monday.
You're invited to the U. C. T.
annual New Year's Ball Friday
night at the World War Me
morial Building. Music by
White Jackets.
Weather Report
WEATHER FORECAST
For Bismarck and vicinity: Unset
tied tonight and Friday not so cold
tonight colder Friday.
For North Dakota: Unsettled to
night and Friday, possibly snow north
east portion not so cold east and
south tonight colder Friday west.
For South Dakota: Mostly cloudy
tonight and Friday rising tempera
ture tonight and along east boundary
Friday colder Friday *in west.
For Montana: Unsettled tonight
and Friday showers or snow flurries
west portion tonight and west and
central portions Friday warmer ex
treme southeast portion tonight.
For Minnesota: Unsettled tonight
and Friday, possibly snow Friday
northwest portion not so cold west
tonight slightly warmer Friday ex*
cept extreme northwest portion.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The barometric pre&sure is high
over the central Canadian Provinces
and. the central and eastern states,
Winnipeg 30.32 Inches, while a deep
low pressure area overlies the north
eastern Rocky Mountain slope, Cal
gary 29 38 inches. Another high pres»
sure area extends from Idaho and
Utah westward to California, Salt Lake
City 30.20 Inches. Light precipitation
has occurred from the Grea.t Lakes
region southwestward to Oklahoma
while heavier amounts were reported
in the north Pacific coast states. Skies
are cloudy In the Dakotas. Temper
atures are above the seasonal aver
age In practically all sections.
Bismarck station barometer, inches:
S.18. Reduced to sea level, 30.02,
S v n a e a
Sunset, 5:03 p. m.
PRECIPITATION
For Bismarck Station:
Total this month to date
Normal, this month to date
Toal, January 1st to date .•
Normal, January 1st to date
Accumulated excess to date ..
WAYNE MORRIS
GEORGE BRENT
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HAPPY
New Year
from the personnel tf
ANNEX
BARBER AND
BEAUTY SHQP
THEIBEMARCK TRIBUNE THtmSDAY, DECEMBER 30,1937
I Calgary. Alta., clear ..
.71
.63
16.80
16.30
.50
NORTH DAKOTA POINTS
Low- High
est est Pet.
BISMARCK, old*. ... 14 42 .OS
Devils Lake, cldy 0 22 .00
Minot, cldy 4 36 .00
Wllliston, cldy 20 38 .00
WEATHER AT OTHER POINTS
Low- High
est est Pet.
Aberdeen. S. D., clear 4 32 .00
Boise, Idaho, cldy 36 50 .00
CAPITOL
Today Frl. Sat.
20,000 THRILLS
UNDEI
THRILLS of
S*
Wvfara!
THMUS «f a Gnat Mmhn!
THRILLS of Mea vs. The
Sm!
PAT O'BRIEN
It
16 .00
Chicago III., raining ..St 84 .00
Denver, Colo., cldy. ... 36 61 .00
Des Moines, Iowa, rain 34 48 .00
Dodge City, Kans., clear 24 62 .00
Edmonton, Alta., cldy.. -8 0 .01
Glendive. Mont., clear. 18 40 .00
Havre, Mont., cldy. ... 26 46 .00
Helena, Mont., clear .. 84 50 .00
Huron, S. D., clear .... 12 30 .00
Kamloops, B. C., clear. 36 48 .00
Kansas City, Mo., rain. 40 50 .00
Lewistown, Mont., pcldy. 82 46 .00
Los Angeles. Cal., clear 56 78 .00
Miles City, Mont., cldy. 20 40 .00
Mpls.-St. Paul. M.. cldy. 24 32 .00
Mobridge, S D, cldy... 18 86 .00
Moorhead, Minn., cldy.. 4 30 .00
No. Platte, Nebr., clear 22 58 .00
Okla. City. Okla., rain.. 50 56 .01
Phoenix, Arls., clear .. 46 76 .00
Pierre, 8. D.. cldy 24 36 .00
Prince Albert, S., cldy. *12 -8 .00
Qu'Appelle, Sask., cldy. -2 18 .00
Rapid City. S. D.. cldy.. 32 60 .0r
Roseburg, Ore., cldy. .. 50 6-3 .50
9t Louis, Mo., cldy. ... 40 .00
Salt Lake City, U., cldy. 26 44 .00
Santa Fe, N. Mex., clear 24 50 .00
S 3. Marie, Mich., cldy. 22 24 .00
Seattle. Wash., clear v. 42 54 .6-6
Sheridan, Wyo., cldy. 20 8-6 .00
Sioux City, Iowa, cldy. 24 58 .00
Spokane, Wash., cldy. 42 48 .12
Swift Current, 8., cldy.. 80 40 .00
The Pas, Man., cldy. .. -21 14 .00
Winnipeg, Man., pcldy. *2 12 .00
Survey Dam Site
On Pembina River
Army engineers, under supervision
of Col. P. B. Fleming, district en
gineer at the 8t. Paul office, are en
gaged in a survey of a dam site on
the Pembina river near Walhalla,
Floyd Jennings, state planning board
director, said Thursday. Three-fold
purpose of the proposed dam, esti
mated to coA 582,500, will be stream
flow regulation, recreation and re
duced pollution. Survey funds were
allocated by WPA.
The curious malady that develops
in steel under pressure is known to
engineers as "fatigue failure." X-ray
plates show that the grains of which
steel Is formed break up into much
smaller grains, thus weakening the
structure.
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Indian-Head Pennies
May Trap Thieves!
Polloe Wednesday urged that
merchants be on the look-out for
anyone spending an unusually
large number of pennies, since
approximately 250 of them were
included in the loot taken by the
prowlers.
Also stolen were a calibre .22
rifle and several small articles,
Chief of Police W. R. Ebeling
said.
Think Soviet 'Spy'
May Be American
Washington, Dec. 30.—S—New evi
dence that the "Mrs. Donald L. Robin
son" figuring in a mysterious Moscow
disappearance might be an American
citizen prompted the state department
Thursday to intensify its efforts to
ward her identification.
Hie department sent a photograph
it a woman answering her general de
scription to the American embassy at
the Russian capital. The picture was
that of Ruth Marie Rubens of New
fork, born Ruth Boerger at Phlladel
hia.
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2 Economists Predict
1
Indian head pennies, those
scarce coins so much coveted by
the amateur numismatist, may
point the way to the arrest of
prowlers who invaded two Bis
marck homes last Saturday night.
Recovery, 3rd Doesn't
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 30.—(ff—
Two nationally- known economists—
Lionet D. Edie of New York and Col.
Leonard P. Ayres of Cleveland arc of
the opinion the present business re
cession will reach bottom during the
first half of 1938. A third. Charles
Frederick Boos of New York believes
"conditions leading to deep depression
are getting worse."
Bismarck Firm Offers
To Settle Tax Claim
Fargo, N. D., Dec. SO.—UP)—Be
cause the plaintiff has made an offer
of settlement, hearing In an action In
which the Knife River Ooal Mining
company, Bismarck, seeks-to recover
$10,883.82 which it alleges it overpaid
the government In taxes for the years
1924 to 1827 Inclusive was continued
by Judge Ounnar Nordbye in federal
court here Wednesday.
Business in Canada
Good Getting Better
Toronto, Dec. 30.—(Canadian Press)
—Four years of unbroken recovery
were supplemented by another sub
stantial gain in Canadian business In
1837—about nine per cent over 1838.
Envisage trade profits In 1938 at least
as satisfactory as those of 1937.
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NOTES OF THE AIR,"
World Fair Closes
Books With Surplus
Chicago, Dec. JO.—In his
last official act Wednesday as
president of a Century of Progress
Exposition In 1933-34, Rufus C.
Dawes hung up a world record.
He handed out certified checks tot
$180,000 to seven public agencies
and philanthropic organisations,
the first time in history that an
International exposition baa dosed
Its books with a surplus.
Frank Higgins Heads
Farm Credit Group
Dae. SO. |f) nitnk
Higgins, president of the Higgins
Grain company, Wednesday was ap
pointed president of the regional
Agricultural Credit corporation. Re
appointments to the board of direc
tors Included George Lamb, Michi
gan, N. D.
During 1937, man than 100,000,000
acres of small grain, such as barley,
oats, rye, and wheat, wan planted in
the United States.
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