PAGE TWO. THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.

News of North Dakota

CROP EM Slim SAYS NORTH Ml YIELD BESI IS 20 YEARS

• • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • a * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WHAT EXPKRT SNOW SAYS.

Fargo. N P., July —B. W. Snow, the bes t known pxpprt in crops in the nor thwest , a f te r having made- a thorough inves t iga t ion wired the fo l lowing to Cl i ieago today.

"Drove today 120 mi les in Cass and Tra i l l enmit ies . Nor th Dako­ta , and in Norman and Clay count ies . Minnesota . Crops are , abso­lu te ly perfec t and l ike the Red f ixer y ie lds nf twentv-f ive years ago. I never , have s^en a Nor th Dakota crop wi th the s t raw as c lean as th is year . There i s hardly any red rus t and i t t akes a search ut ray by s t raw to l ind an on as ional pos tu le of b in ok rus t . This crop is made now beyond ; nv damage except s torm or f ros t as far nor th as Grand Forks . In the d is t r ic t covered today there is p lenty of wheat tha t wi l l make for ty bushels , thousands of acres tha t wi l l go th i r ty to th i r ty- f iv . bushels and th»- average seen in to­day 's dr ive wi l l go tventv- t ive or be l ter . ( 'u t t i i iR wi l l bec in next Monday and be in fu l l swing by next Thursday. In an exper ience of twenty years 1 never saw heads t i l l ing wi th gra in as b ig and heavy as th is year and i t would be hard to exaggera te the probable y ie ld . Weather br ight , cool and perfec t .

« • • • • • • * • * * * • • « • • • • « * * * • ' * "The only th ing tha t can in any

way affec t the crops of Nor th Dakota adverse ly now is the f ros t or s torms," ta id Herb Mot t of Ch ub ' s l \ . DpwIs A- Co , "and I em th is opinion f rom the bes t exper ts in the ent i re country who have been making a specia l tour of Nor th Dakota and the western par t of Minnesota .

"With H. W. Snow we drovp l _•

and very heal thy . The cool weather tha t has b»«n g iven us for the pas t two weeks have caused the heads to grow and t i l l up a ; : 1 don ' t be l ieve they have ever dotm before , and i t i s my opinion and the opinion of the ex­per ts wi th whom I have ta lked tha t the roe] xvpather has added t 'u l lv two bushels to the acre a l l over the s ta te

"The eyper ts have es t imated the mi les through the Red r iver val l»- \ - • wheat c rop in the s ta te a t f rom 140. -country on both s ides of the r iver nnd ' non. fMio to 10 .00.o0 0 and they bel ieve I f you ' found any black rus t i t was j t l - .a t the l;< .=t r igure wi l l prevai l , because vou had to acMi. i lK hunt for j "There is absolute ly no dancer now J t , and even then i t was l ike looking f rom the b lack rus t . The season is for a needle in a . hays tack . Even ihe too far advanced for tha t , and then, yed rus t was very scarce and ; i s th is ! l °o . as i sa id before , there i s such a fhows up every year i t was not a sur- Ismai l showing of the b lack rus t as pr ise , but the surpr ise came wlvn so] to be a lmost impercept ib le . No, there l i t t le of i t was found. | is no danger f rom that , not a b i t .

" I t i s the unanimous opinion o f the i "Frnm . i l l sec t ions of the s ta te the exper ts who have been in the s ta te Isame repor ts come. The scare over wi th in the pas t day or two tha t there j the b lack rus t has s imply d ied wi th i sn ' t a th ing can hur t the grea t crops : j i t s own weight The genera l repor t , of the s ta te now except ing f ros t or | that comes in f rom inquir ies f rom the Ftorms. i f a rmers who are in the c i ty f rom

"This wi l l be the bigges t c rop tha t Uverv quar ter of the s ta te i s tha t there Nor th Dakota has ever had and wi l l i i s now no danger f rom the b lack rus t , pro ahead of the crops o f twenty and , "Dur ing the la t te r par t o f the week twenty-f ive years ago. ; severa l p ieces of wheat which were

"Never in a l l my e x p e r i e n c e in the j thought to conta in b lack rus t were s ta te have l seen such crops as are taken out to the agr icul tura l col lege

and examined and pronounced not to be b lack rus t a t a l l . "

POISON PROVES FATAL TO BABY

Two Year old Son of Moor-

head Man is Victim of

Fatal Accident.

l r , th is va l ley . They are grand, the Ftands are c lean and the heads s t rong

IMS AFTER

Superintendent of Enforce­

ment League is Cleaning

up State Capitol.

Bismarck, N. D. , Ju ly i ' "> .—A war on bl ind p ips and red l ight houses which s tar ted in Fargo has spread through the s ta te and Bismarck is promised some sensat ions as the re­sul t of the f ight , which has been waged here .

Super in tendent ? ' . L W-i tk ins of the Law E n f o r c e m e n t league and a secre t commit tee have been engaged in se­cur ing evidence agains t the inhabi ­tants of the local " tender lo in" d is t r i i t and i t i s now c la imed tha t . suff ic ient ev idence is a t hand to c lose up every p lace of th . - charac ter in the c i ty .

May 1'iglit in Court. There is a poss ib i l i ty tha t the own­

ers of the houses may make a t ight in cour t and in tha t < i se i t i s sa id tha t many prominent men. soi ru : wi th fami l ies , wi l l become involved. Busi ­ness men and men who move in the most respectable c i rc les have been found to be f requenters of the places , h says , and they wi! ! be ca l led in to cour t to g ive tes t imony i f necess ,<r \ .

Could start IMvnive Suit>. K. IWatkins declares tha t he has

enough informat ion on hand to s tar t a number of d ivorce su i t s in the rom-muni ty i f the wives of wel l known Bismarck men v. - f r" informed of the i r husband's act ions

Six teen se ts of papers have been served and the pol ice have been in-Mructed to p lace , , l | d i s reputable houses un- ' . l " r lock . , r id key today. The cour t has turned out the inmates and v. - i l l ho ld the furni ture . The womep who ply the i r t rade in the d is t r ic t have been ins t ruc ted to leave the s ta te . When the charges are proved agains t the p laces the bui ld ings wi l l be c losed for f ine year Act ions have 1>een s ta r ted agains t a number of p laces as l iquor nuisances . Eleven o ther p laces were ra ided nnd l iquor was found in seven.

DEMOCRATS PLAN THUMB

Committees Named to Secure

Contributions For Elec­

tion Fund.

Moorhead. Ju ly 2f i .—The home of Mr. and Mrs . August Weimer on Fi rs t avenue South was the scene of a t ragedy when the i r " 1 -months-old ba­by boy, Alvin , d rank a quant i ty of o i l of cedar , and died f rom the ef fec ts of the poison wi th in three-quar ters of an hour af ter he had swal lowed i t . Though an ant idote was adminis tered immedia te ly and a doctor summoned a t once a l l e f for ts to save the to t ' s J i to vere unavai l ing .

The chi ld ' s mother had occas ion to use the oi l dur ing the la te a f ternoon and i t was whi le she had put the bot ­t le on a table and her a t tent ion was drawn to something e lse in another room that the chi ld got hold of i t and drank par t of the contents . When Mrs . Weimer re turned to the room the baby was s tanding in the middle of the room wi th the bot t le in one hand and the cork in the o ther , smi l ing . In a minute he was taken wi th convul­s ions and though everyth ing poss ib le was done to counterac t the poison the boy d ied in a very shor t t ime.

Mr. Weimer i s foreman for one of the Great Nor thern crews of th is e i ty and the fami ly have the sympathy of a grea t number of f r iends in the i r sad bereavement . The body was prepared for in terment by Under taker Wright and wi l l be sh ipped to Lengby. Minn. , th is morning where the funera l wi l l occur Fr iday.

FRIDAY, JULY 26,1912.

CONGRESSMAN SHEP-PARD OF TEXAS WANTS SENATE JOB

MORRIS SttEPFWfcDI eorvwtoHT «y AMUICAN j i tc«Q •: *««f tc .»vr ioN

Texarkana, Tex., July 26,—Morris Sheppard, representative from the First district, is a candidate for Bat-ley's seat in the senate. Mr. Shep­pard has been in congress for ten years.

BOY BADLY HURT

AUTOMATIC SHOCKER Invention of Langclon Man Will As­

sist in Harvesting Bio; Crop. I t is s ta ted on good author i ty tha t

the automat ic shocker , an invent ion of Ed. McGregor , a wel l known farmer nor th of I>angdon, wi l l be p laced on the market th is season. I t i s an a t ­tachment for harves t ing machinery tha t does away wi th any necess i ty of labor for shocking the gra in as i t leaves the binder . Fr iends of Mr. Mc­Gregor over the county wi l l be p leas­ed to learn tha t he has succeeded in the capi ta l izat ion of a company which will place his Invent ion on the mar­ket and hope tha t he wi l l rea l ize f inan­cial ly as well as h* deserves , for the automatic shocker has been proven by demonstrat ion to be a successful labor caving Invent ion tha t his fe l low farm­ers all appreciate.

HARVEST HANDS WANTED, Cogswell. N. D., July 26.—Indica­

tions now point to a scarcity of har­vest hands in this section to handle the crops, the cutting of which jvill begin in a few days. It is estimated that there will be work for at least one extra man on each quarter sec­tion of land in the county, a total of about 500 in all. There Is already a cry for help and so far only winter rye and barley has been cut. When the cutting becomes general there will be a demand, it is feared, that will greatly exceed the supply.

ZYTKO'S TRIAL, ON. Pessenden, N. D., July 26.—Bruno

Zytko, charged with the murder of John Kutman, was placed*' on trial yesterday In the district court. Kut­man was murdered early last winter, hlsJbojJy being found when the snow melted, and Zytko was arrested in Illinois, being one of the last men seen, with the murdered man in this vicinity.

Fargo. N". IX, Ju ly 2f i .~At a meet ­ing of the Nor th Dakota democra t ic s ta te cent ra l commit tee a t Assembly l id l l yes terday, -pre l iminary s teps were taken toward ra is ing a $10,000 cam­paign fund for use in fur ther ing the cause of th» democra t ic s ta te and na­t ional t ickets in the f . i l l e jec t ion .

August 31 was se lec ted as cam­paign fund day. The th i rd Tuesday wi l l see the formal opening of the democra t ic campaign in Nor th Da­kota . The fo l lowing commit tees for r a i s i n g c a m p a i g n f u n d s i n t h e s e y -era l congress ional d is t r ic ts were ap­pointed :

F i rs t Dis t r ic t .— M. A. Hi ldre th . F a r g o , and Mart in F . Hegge, Hat ton .

Second Dis t r ic t —W. K. Byer ly , Vel \a . and A. F . Ferry of F .Uendale .

Thi rd Dis t r ic t — F . H. Stenvick . Minot , and G. 1 . Solum, Mandan.

Wilson-Hellstrom Clubs. At an adjourned meet ing of the

democra t ic cent ra l commit tee , he ld las t evening, p lans were formula ted

[ for the organiza t ion throughout the! ' s ta te of democra t ic c lubs wi th "Wil - j j son-Hel ls t rom" as the s logan. The I work of organiza t ion was p laced in i j t h e hands of Char les S . Whi t t l esey j

(and Melvin Hi ldre th . both of Fargo. ; [and thev wi l l s ta r t work a t once , ! | Another mat ter d iscussed las t , even- 1

l ing was tha t of ga in ing newspaper I suppor t , and the commit tee decided!

i tha t i t would wherever poss ib le and • f eas ib le , purchase space in republ ican J newspapers to se t for th the i r c la ims I fo r recogni t ion a t the hands of the [voters . A commit tee cons is t ing o t •Perry of Dickey. Sul l ivan of Mor-! ton . and Cameron of Richland, was [named to take charge of th is fea ture , j Dur ing the progress of the even-; ing sess ion there were a number of ! speakers , nmonc them being George ' I ' . Jones of LaMoure county , de- I [ iea ted candidate for the democra t ic i i gubernator ia l nominat ion . He de- | je lared h is in tent ion of g iv ing h is sup-' por t to the ent i re t icket , and he fe l t j conf ident tha t there was splendid j p r o s p e c t s for success . H e bel ieved [ tha t the bat t le would he hal f won i f j t he democra t ic vote was got out . as many republ icans , he sa id , in tended s taying a t home th is fa l l .

j RARE DEPOSIT.

; Geologist* Make Find in Hills South-| cast of Kathryn. •

i Ka thryn. N. D. . Ju ly 26.—Thursday JM. T. T. ,ee accompanied Prof . Hard , j the peolofc is t of the agr icul tura l col ­lege a t Fargo, to the hi l l s southeas t of Kathryn. where the professor found tha t the l imestone deposi ted there i s in par t of very recent forma­t ion . made as a deposi t f rom spr ing water coming f rom Sand Pra i r ie , f i l te red through the c lay r idge to the south .

Part of the rock is of older forma­tion, probably some even being formed before the age of ice, or "Ice Age," when this country was swept by a great glacier of ice. per­haps one or two miles thick, coming from central Canada. Thus while some of. the lime deposits are now seen to be still forming, much of it is of great age.

A geologist sees in the form and structure of it that it is not all an ordinary lime-rock such as Is used in building stone, but is, in large part at least, n travertine-like deposit from spring water. This formation Of, rocks is \-ery rare in this country.

Prof. Hard was accompanied by Prof. Bergman, the botanist of the college, who came to gather species of plants from this vicinity.

Fell Under Flow and is Struck On Side—In Grand Forks Hospital.

Lar imore . Ju ly 26.—Earl Campbel l was qui te ser ious ly in jured by fa l l ing f rom the p la t form of a gasol ine t rac­t ion engine . The doctors were ca l led and af ter owrking over h im for near­ly twenty-four hours took h im to the hospi ta l in Grand Forks .

I t seems the 12-year-o ld boy was vis ­i t ing a t the Hemmingson farm near Shawnee and playing about the plows. In . some manner he s l ipped and one of the p lows s t ruck h im on the r ight s ide and hip . I t i s expected tha t he wi l l recover unless per i toni t i s should se t in .

Ear l i s the son of Mrs . J . B. Camp­bel l . Misfor tune has been knocking a t the Campbel l door for some t ime. Mr. Campbel l was qui te s ick in the hospi ta l for severa l weeks dur ing the pas t year ; then , las t March, he was k icked by a horse and f ina l ly passed away f rom the ef fec ts of the in jury .

HORSE THIEF TO JAIL Montana Sheriff Passes Through With

Man Who Terrorized Ranchers. Devi ls bake . N. D. . Ju ly 26.—With

hands and fee t shackled . Todd Ham­mond, charged wi th horse s tea l ing , was taken through Devi ls L.ake on No. 1 las t evening, enroute to Glasgow, Mont . , where he must answer the charge in cour t . The pr isoner was in charge of Sher i f f James R. Stevens , who ar res ted Hammond a t Newbridge . Pa .

Hammond is recognized by the au­thor i t ies of Montana as belonging to tha t c lass of charac ters which a few years ago served to te r ror ize the ranch dis t r ic ts . I t i s unders tood tha t he wi l l probably enter a p lea of gui l ty when he is faced by the accuser .

The ar res t was made by Stevens af t ­er a ra ther wi ld chase over the coun­t ry . banding his man. he refused to take any chances . The pr isoner pre­sented a p ic ture which has been dupl i ­ca ted many t imes in the "bad men" in wi ld west shows and melodramas .

FIGHT IS ON

us W BEATEN

Was Unconscious After Be­

ing Maltreated by Wo­

man She Lived With.

Bismarck, N. D„ July 26.—May Ash wel l , aged IS years , l ies toss ing on a bed of pa in , her f ra i l body bear ing the marks of an awful beat ing and maul ing which she is a l leged to have suffered f rom the hands of Mrs . Claude Rosrcn .Wednesday evening.

May Ashwel l i s an orphan gi r l , and for some t ime made her home wi th the Rossen fami ly . Recent ly she has been l iv ing a t the home of Mr. and Mrs . Frank Finlayson. Eyewitnesses to the af fa i r s ta te tha t May met Mrs . Rossen on the s t ree t las t evening and asked her about some l i t t le t r inket , supposedly a mouth organ, which had been lef t a t the Rossen home. Mrs . Rossen is sa id to have abused the gi r l and af ter some words gave her a te r r ib le beat ing . The l i t t le g i r l was taken to the Finlayson home as soon as f r iends could reach her and for over an hour wa6 sa id to have been unconscious . Medica l a id was sum­moned, and a t a la te hour th is a f ter ­noon the g i r l i s s t j l l in a precar ious condi t ion .

Additional Sports

FARMERS ELATED. Beach, N. p., July 26.—Farmers

are ̂ elated ever- th« conditions here •nd the crop yield will surpass any­thing in the history of the country. Several farmers are displaying •arapI* of wheat, live feet in length, and with a good heed, which is an unusual thing for this time In the sea­s o n . » • » • ' 1 - 6 • • * - ~ ' • " •

FOOT CRUSHED. Hastings, V. D., July 28.—While

trying to start the gas engine in the elevator Thursday, O. J. Mennis sus­tained a painful accident in having a toe on his foot crushed by the crank on the engine. He is under the care of Dr. Splcer and will be laid up for a week or more.

Wheat Flax .

Duluth Cera. Today Tear Ago

6 22 10 1

Railroad Commissioners Will Hear Arguments on Case There.

Devi ls bake , N. D. , Ju ly 26—The Nor th Dakota ra i lway commiss ion, in­c luding V. H. Stu tsman. W. H. Mann and O . P. N. Anderson, were in Devi ls bake th is morning enroute f rom points in the nor theas tern par t of the s ta te to Surrev , N. D. , where a pub­l ic hear ing wi l l he conducted .

I t i s the des i re of the Great Nor th­ern to move the i r depot , or ra ther , to cons t ruc t a new s ta t ion house a t the "Y" of the main l ine and the Fargo cutoff , which i s about a ha l f mi le f rom t h e present loca t ion of t h e town. S t r e n u o u s o b j e c t i o n h a s b e e n m a d e b y i res idents of Surrey . i t would seem tha t the poss ib i l i ty of having the cut ­off access ib le would be of suff ic ient impor tance to e l iminate any objec t ion . P .o th s ides of the ques t ion wi l l be i s ­sued. based on the appl ica t ion of t i le ra i lway. Secre tary Tom Hal l i s not wi th the board on th is t r ip , but may jo in the members , coming nor th over the Soo f rom Bismarck to Minot .

HUNTING GOOD Cass well Sportsmen Report Plenty of

Game Xear Their Town. Cogswell. X. D., July 26.—From

present indications the hunting will be better here this fall than it hus been for several seasons. The heavv rains early in the spring tilled all the sloughs with water and they have been the breeding place for a large number of ducks. For the past two years these sloughs have been, dry and what few ducks nested here wet a all in the hi" slough northwest of town. This year every little pot hole has a flock of young ducks on It, some of which are already half grown. The chicken crop Is also said to be above the average and large coveys are seen in almost every field of grain.

GOES TO SOUTH AFRICA. Jamestown, N. D., July 26. Miss

Fdith A. Conn, who for the last three years has been the librarian at the Fargo college, Fargo, N. D„ has re­signed in order to accept a commis­sion from the American board of com­missioners of foreign missions, and will enter upon missionary work in Zululand, South Africa. At present she is visiting at her home in Georgia Miss Conn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Conn, formerly of James­town, a graduate of the Valley City normal and Is a member of the class of 1911 of Fargo college and her many friends in the state will follow her career in the foreign field with Inter­est.

CITY WOX CASE. Minot, July 26.—That the sidewalk

In front of the Optic building on Feb. 7. 1908, was In reasonably safe condi­tion and -that John Noonan who slip­ped and' fell Is not entitled to any damages resulted from alleged negli­gence of the city is the verdict of the <ury In the case of John Noonan of Minnesota against the city of Minot.

If praise la overly extravagant peo­ple not only atop listening but apply mufflers.

This 1912 basebal l season i s prov­ing a s t renuous year for managers of c lubs , and the s torm of i l l luck seems to have s t ruck prac t ica l ly every sec­t ion of the country . Major , as wel l as minor leaguers , a re fee l ing the s t ing , and summing up the af fa i rs to da te , severa l c lub leaders a re v i r tua l ­ly down and out . In the Nat ional league Johnny Kl ing a t Boston has about worn out h is welcome, whi ic Hi . r .k O 'Day, who opened th : - season l ike a wor ld-beater a t Cincinnat i , has suffered a severe se tback. Frank Chance of the Cubs was marked "fa i lure" dur ing the ear ly weeks , a l ­

though his c lub i s up in the race now: ind Roger Bresnahnn has had anything but a sof t exis tence , a t St . Louis , in the American Hughty Jen­nings of Det ro i t seems to bo draw­ing more than a man 's sha .e of abuse whi le a t St . bouis , George Stoval l . who replaced Bobby Wal lace , i s Hav­ing anything but a pleasant t ime. Harry Wolver ton of the >. '< w York Yankees has been pronounccd a fa i l ­ure and Harry Davis i s baru ' .y ge t t ing by a t Cleveland. J immy Cal ' .ahan, b ig noise dur ing the ear ly season games , fa i led to keep up the pace . a . ;a h is c lub has dropped back sev­era l poin ts . The American associa­t ion , too , has seen a few changes . J immy Burke of Indianapol is was forced to res ign , and now Char ley O'Leary , who took up KutIce ' s job , h . i . s tossed t ip the spo. :ge lack Ti the ' s res ignat ion f . t Louisvi l le i r : i l -<d to mater ia l ly ass is t tuc Colonels , for Jack Hayden lu ' . s done l i t t le in the way of s t rengthening the c lub. Hayden i s about cue to fa l l and Rur iuy Hulswi t t . i s o i l ths ?ard to take h is job . l - 'o r a tn^io th ings looked bad for f . \ .ghey Uui iy a t Mil ­waukee . but i l l . - , 0 - imcr t t ' in te Sox manager successful ly weatner the Morin and the Dnf t / i lUs a re get t ing by on a squeeze . 1 ,1 th .> b ig leagues , and especia l ly in the Nat ional the p i tch­ing has been po , r th is ye*»\ Cf cf tnse , there exespcion" . but in the long run the t -v i r l lng has not oeen up to the s tandard . The wholesa le fa i l . i res cannot hn evp ' .n ' .ne 1 by Those unfor tunate managers , but comethi rg i s wrong, lor ih? c lump hi t t ing thu basebal l wor l l i s le l t by a l l lovers c f t i le spor t .

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WOOL WHEAT

. Ba Ba Hesotian, the sensational high diver, with Barkoot shows at Grand Forks fair next week.

Opening in Minneapolis Mar­ket at Higher Range

of Values.

Minneapolis, Minn.. July 26.—Liver­pool wheat closed unchanged to 1-4 higher.

The opening in the Minneapolis market was at a higher range of values, September opening from 94 1-4 to 94 3-8. then easing off to 93 5-8# 3-4 and then having a bulge to 94 3-4 with another break to the former low points and then a sharp rally to above the previous high point, September selling above 95.

Export business and some scattered reports of black rust were the strengthening factors in the market today. Primary receipts were 1,322,-000 bushels compared with 1,508,000 bushels a year ago. Shipments were 688,000 bushels against 307,000 bush­els a year ago.

Minneapolis stocks of wheat de­creased 885,000 bushels for the week-

Temperatures at 7 a. m. In the Canadian northwest, ranged from '48 to 60 above with generally cloudy weather, Battleford reported a rainfall of 1.24.

Northwest weather conditions in the United States reported cloudy weather with the following rainfall for the past °* hours: Wllliston, .30; Devils Lake, £2; Bismarck, .22.

Argentine cabled that the wheat market was quiet with a steady de­mand, with arrivals from the interior moderate and the quality unsatisfac­tory. Broomhall cabled that the firm­ness in the Liverpool wheat market was attributed to unfavorable Russian weather and an Improved demand for cargoes. Minneapolis September sold at 93 5-8 for low and 95 1-4 for high. The high on the December wheat was 95 7-8 and the low 94 1-4®3-8. Close on September was 95 and on the De­cember 95 3-4 .

* TRADE GOSSIP. * » * * * * * • * * * * • * *

London, July 26.—Money and dis­count rates were steady today.

The stock market opened weak but British securities recovered in the aft­ernoon on bear covering. Consols im­proved half a point, home rails from one-half to a point and copper shares closed strong. Mexican rails, Peru­vian shares and Kaffirs finished easy.

American securities opened steady. Trading was light during the fore­noon but a good tone prevailed. New York buying hardened values the late trading and the market closed steady.

Argentine—The wheat market is steady with a quiet demand. Arrivals from the interior are moderate with the quality unsatisfactory. The corn market is easier a:fter a firm holding movement. The demand is good and arrivals are large with the quality ex­cellent.

Chicago, July 26.—Inter Ocean— Sentiment in wheat last night was bearish. Conservative operators and commission houses cautioned against sales on breaks, as they regarded the bearishness as too unanimous, export­ers said wheat was only 1 to 2c out of line for export. Taking the price in interior Kansas there was a discount of 20c under October in Liverpool for hard winter wheat. It is expected that receipts here, for the balance of the month will be large as there is a rush to get in here in time for July delivery. Fresh shipments from the southwest and west to apply on July sales are practically over.

Corn specialists said good rains in the southwest are likely to depress pries of the deferred futures. Nebras­ka had heavy rains yesterday, there being a cloudburst at Auburn and seven inches at Louisville. There were also rains at Grand Island, Lincoln, Nebraska and Salina, Kansas.

THE WEATHER. Canadian Northwest—48 to 60,

generally cloudy. Battleford—1.24., Northwest—58 to 68, part cloudy. Williston—.30. Devils Lake—.22. Bismarck—.22. West—64 to 72, part cloudy. North Platte—.94. Omaha—Raining trace. Southwest—68 to 78, part cloudy. Dodge City—.02. Concordia—.04. Kansas City—.08. Ohio Valley—64 to 72, clear. Thief River Falls—Clear, calm, 58. Enderlin—Clear, calm, 55. Hankinson—Clear, light southeast

wind, 55. Bismarck—Clear, calm, 55. Superior—Clear, calm, 65. Harvey—Clear, calm, 65. Glenwood—Clear, calm, 70.. Portal—Cloudy, calm, 55. Minneapolis—Clear, calm, 67. Winnipeg—Clear, 70. Chicago, Peoria, Terre Haute,

Bloomington—Clear, 70. Omaha—Sprinkling. 75. Kansas City—Raining, 70.

SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS. Mitchell. S. D., July 26.—The crop

situation over the central section of South Dakota has improved wonder­fully with the fine rains which have come. Since July 4 the precipitation here has been 4.34 inches and the moisture has placed the crop situation on a firm basis. Blue-stem wheat is finishing in the best shape possible under present conditions, and the yield has Increased at least 15 per cent in the last week. There Is enough mots, ture in the ground to make the cron crop sure. The situation west of the river is much improved, and while there will be little wheat, the rains will help out to a large extent 'in get­ting in a very fair crop of corn, and hay. The central section of the state expects to harvest the biggest crops in the last five years.

Open High Low . Close

No.

MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.

US!: •.•.'.'.v.^-.-.v.-.-.-.VA.V«i,V4

MINNEAPOLIS CASH CLOSE. - 1 hard i.os A?riveN°rtherft

A ? r t 3 e N o r t h e r n 1 ; g | 1 0 3 » No. 3 Northern l.oj l oil Vo. l durum A arr »« ' " No. 2 durum & arr 93 No. 3 yellow corn No. 4 corn No. 3 white oats . No. 3 eats Barley Fiax Rye

RECEIPTS. The total receipts of wheat at the

four principal spring wheat points from the beginning of the crop y?ar, Aug. 1, 1911, to date, are as follows: Minneapolis, 94.662.64S; Duluth. 30,-174,846; Chicago, 24.<02,«00; Milwau­kee, 3,964,390; making a total of 153,-404,481 bu. against 166,761,263 bu. last year and 186,318,901 bu. two years ago.

The total receipts of wheat at the four principal winter wheat joints, Toledo, St. Louis, Detroit and Kansas City, from the beginning of the crop year, July 1, to date, 'are 6,996,100 bu., against 12,011,660 bu. last year and 7,720,837 bu. two years ago.

MVF.RPOOE. Liverpool Opening—Wheat, steady.

1-4 to 1-2 higher. Corn flrm, 8-8 higher.

Liverpool, 1:80 p. m.—Wheat, 8-8 to 1-2 higher. Corn. S.8 higher.

Liverpool Close—Wheat unchanged to 1-4 higher. Corn 1-2 higher.

Market Quotations Security block. Gcfcn# Forks. N. D.

Open High Low . Close

Open . High . Low .. Close .

WW WR|«T. ChL Minn.

2Sf i H i 1.0SI 1 9«i 1.04 1 MIS 1.0M 1

SEPTEMBER WHEAT. ChL Minn.

:::::::: :,'sf •' :::::::: % .96

Dot .061 .«« .061 • 0«B

Dul.

Ill .95 ,96|

Low . Close

DECEMBER WHEAT. May Chi Minn -

-•• at

Dul '.oil

Mil .95|

Open ;. Close ..

Open .. Close ..

Open Close

ST. LOUIS. >1*7 July

.921 311 .931

Obi Cle ose

KANSAS CITY. Ju'y, Sept.

f«» .871 86 . .88

WW YORK. July Sept. . _ 1.001

. . . . 1 . 0 8 1 1 . 0 1 1

WINJflFEG. July OeL

....1.07 ,94|

... .1.078 . 94|B

CHICAGO CORN.

Sept .96J .96

Dee. .89| .90

Dee. 1.03!

Dee,

•921

May

57i|

July 72}

.71

Sept. Dee. «Sltoi.5«ite|

.661 .56(i

.66 .66*

.65} .66

Open CHICAGO OATS.

May July Sept Dee. High 371

...36| Low . Close 36J<

60.49|.S3| .341 60 .661 .34|

•46| .82133 .84 46|S .33( .34|

CHICAGO PORK. Open Hi«h Low . Close

July

. 1 8 . 0 2

Sept. \ 18 .02

1 8 . 2 2 18.02 1 8 . 2 0

Oct

18.25 18.07

71 arr .76 .76} .78 .76 •«i .471 . .44 .46 •46 .85 • 1.96 arr 1.96 .71 avr .68

,50

DTTLUTH CASH CLOSB, No. 1 hard 1.04

I £orH,ern 108 No. 3 Northern 1.03 Cash oats 47 Rye •> Barley '45 No. 1 durum I No. 3 durum 91 July at sept Cash flax, trk & arr.!!l/99

DULUTHPLAX.

,m Close 1.99 1.90 • 1.81

WINNIPEG CLOSB. No. 1 Northern No. 2 Northern No. 3 Northern Cash oats No. 2 July oats No. 3 Oct. oats July flax Oct. flax

Grand Forks Market

.1.07

.1.04

.1.83 • 1.65 |B

No. 1 northern No. 2 northern No. 3 northern No. 4 northern Rejected No grade ...

43-lb. bright 41-lb. bright 39-lb. bright 36-lb. bright

No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No grade ...

No. 2 No. 3

No. 3 white . No. 4 white . No. 3 mixed .

Wheat.

Barley.

Flax.

Rye.

Oats.

• .92 90

. . . . 86

. . . . 8 2 73

. . . . 68

... .44 •.. .41 ... .38 ... .34

... .$1.76

. . . . 1 .66 ... 1.56 ... 1.41

54 62

.. . .27

. . . . 2 6 .... -25

LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET RB7TAu)»

Butter, per lb. dairy SB; creamery t5e Eggs, per dozen .' 80c Cabbage (new), per lb to Onions (dry), per lb 60 Beets, per peek .....Sto Carrots, per peck 36e Parsnips, per peck . . . ~ 7 r ....M« Turnips, per peck 20c Flour, per cwt 18.46 Apples, per peek ..... Mo Potatoes (old), per bushel... .11.16

GENERAL PRODUCE MARKET PRICES PAID TO PRODUCERS.

These quotations are furnished Ky O. J. Barnes Co.. Grand Porks, and repre­sent values In car lots P. O. B. outside loading stations In the north half of North Dakota and Minnesota, as wall as local values for farm deliveries:

Hay. No. 1 timothy f 14.01 Upland bay 11.11 No. 1 midland T.00 Potatoes—<-

Early Ohlos, per bu I 1.0* Early Rose, per bu •*

BB0O9fHA££ CABLES. Broomhall cables from ' Liverpool

as: follows: The market opened steady and 1*4

to 1-2 higher. The weakness in America was off­

set by the unfavorable Russian weather and ah improved demand for cargoes which wore higher and (Irmly held. 'Following the opening there was further covering on the light Argentine shipments and smal­ler shipments from Australia with a pronounced firmness In spot and mostly 1 i-4d higher with shorts covering. During the morning tHero was some realtefng which resulted In a moderate decline with a qulet 'de-mtnd for forward shipment and pri­vate reports from America of a rec­ord yield of aprtng wheat in sight. At 1:10 p. m. the : market was Ann and 8-8 to 1-S higher than yesterday.

Argentine shipments wheat this week, 2,320,000; last week, S;*44,00t; last year, 1,720,000.

§rud Forks Bye Boise , FRENCH DRY CUANBRS

AND DYBRS VI AUWAYS BATtflT. •'

SM AsCk'at.

HEXTJD HEEL Other Electrical and Equip­

ment Stocks Strong— Leaders Closed Heavy.

New York, July 26.—One of the unique features of today's stock mar­ket, which was dull and generally un­interesting until l#te in the session, was the fact that General Electric, ordinarily one of the most dormant Issues was next to U. S. steel, the most active security in the list. This unusual prominence was explained when it became known that the direc­tors of Genera! Electric had declared a stock dividend of 30 per cent.

Other electrical and equipment Stocks were strong in sympathy artd on the known improvement in these lines of industry. The usual market leaders, however, were heavy until near the close, when buying of the Kill Issues stimulated a demand for other " *tandard shares, including Union Pacific and U 6. steel.

Undoubtedly news that further price advances had been ordered in certain finished articles of steel and Iron was an' aid to the industrials as a whole.

Traders seemed to be Impressed bv the belief that the stock dividend in General Electric, which is dominated by the strongest financial interests. Implied confidence In future condi­tions and much covering of shorts resulted, with substantial net gains.

St. Paul was an objeet of interest, opening with a one ""int galn in an­ticipation of the declaration of the regular dividend in the course of the day. This advantage it soton relin­quished but speedily recovered on announcement that action had been deferred for a week.

Call money • loaned at three per cent and offerings of time loans for long periods were relatively light.

Bonds were duller than usual with total sales par value of $1,464,000. , u- 8- government bonds were un­

changed on call.

SLOW INCREASE OF WHEAT..: From wh8t cause it may be, the rec­

ords of wheat outturn In this country Hins higher in bushels per acre than thirty years ago. This comei partly from greater efficiency in the method of cultivation and partly through the introduction of more prolific varieties of both winter wheat and spring. Yet the average is too ihueh below the average in som'e other countries to suppose the improvement has reached the limit. Treating the seed to destroy the smut nuisance is 6nfy onfe-jbf- the means to the better method undertak­en. Several varieties of hard %inf<»r whe»t brought from >iistern' Europe have found profitable lodgement In thS middle west an®.. Increased £feld by new varieties of spring wheat has be*n gained, in late years". In the northwest.

It is not too much to say the bet­ter farming methods being pushed throughout the country bjr ufMft^late farmers aided liberally by the mijrport of people in other brarichift* iof busi­ness promises most beneficial results. All wheat measured by present indi­cations promise some 14 bushels an acre this year, while the average for the five year period 1906 to 1910 in­clusive is 14.6. Progress should be more rapid but there Is too much con­servatism for it. A change in the way of doing things is not so easy of adop­tion as might be supposed by the book man. Farmers must have practical demonstration before they are ready to drop the old for the new. State op­erations in every county would radiate information that would more rapidly spread and the sooner reach desired ends.

Pho— X. W. T-. T. r. IMa.

THE WHEAT POSITION. Dornbusch—The moat, potent fac­

tors this week are the improved Mon­soon conditions in India, liberal offers, of plate wheat, bearish Atlantic ca­bles and heavy world's shipments. The bullish bureau report helped Ameri­can markets, but it had not much in­fluence on this side, and there were, some disquieting rumors of financial trouble on the continent. The down­ward tendency was to some extent ar­rested by reports that rains were de­laying the ripening in France and the harvest in South Russia and Rumania, while Australian shippers quoted

ftrices above buyers' views. Neverthe-ess, fine weather, a poor consumptive

trade and a' lack of buying support all round caused the market to drift In buyers' favor. It is, however, only fair to observe that there Is no gener­al pressure to sell, and. compared with the corresponding period last season, market opinion is bullish as regards value, seeing that quotations range from 5s to 10# above the rates current a year ago.

A YEAR AGO YESTERDAY. Mpls. July wheat closed at 96 6-8. Mpls. Sept wheat ranged from

96 1-2® 96 6-8. Mpls. cash corn sold at 62® 63. Mpls. shipments of flour were 43,-

611 bbls. Chicago July wheat closed at 86 3-4. Chicago Sept. wheat closed at 88

3-4. Chicago July corn closed at 62: July

oats closed at 39. Duluth cash corn closed at 62 3-4:

oats closed at 39 6-8; cash flax closed »t 82.10,

Track wheat closed in Mpls. at 81.00 J-8 for 1 hard: 98 l-8<$99 6-8 for 1 northern: 96 1-8998 1-8 for 2 northern.

Mpls. receipts of hay were 60 tons selling at 83.60# 18 for good to choice.

The state grain inspection showed no cars 1 hard: 27 ears 1 northern; 27 cafs 2 northern; 8 cars No. 3; no cars No. 4; 6 cars rejected; no cars no grade.

CARS RECEIVED Chicago

IMt Today Cont Estd Year

W^teat .. .. ...881 267 319 883 Com 96 15 86 97 Oats. • 60 88 68 290

Minneapolis Today Last year

Wheat .. .. .. .. .. 106 ' 102 Cdrn .. .. .. 18 ....r. 6 Oits 4 "19 Rye 1 6 Barley 8 6 Flax 4 2

St. Louis Wheat— ,

. Today t«ast Yeir Receipts 298.000 128,000 Shipments ...' ... 90,000 ; 43,000

i • • WINNIPEG CARS Today Last Year

Wheat 102 lot PARIS

Paris wheat 8 8-4 lower to 1-4 higher. Flour July lc higher.1

FLOOR SHIPMENTS! Following are the shipments of

flojur from Minneapolis, from Jan. l, 1912, to date, and for the same time a year ago: 1912.... 8,606,306 | 1911... .8,261,873