ilystoneiyble for farm ikota most ofgovernment weekly wea-►nearly com-ns early po-A few fields rapid progress nd and plant-s an adequate sture for the n, though in ill be neededvarm weather k caused rap-t, rye, spring meadows and rally were re-? end of then pasture and :he state.cnic ild Here1. president ofucvu.WOUND BEEBEIPSWICH. May 18.—WV-Daring ( light bandits raided the Bank of Ips\ here today, shot and seriously wour its president and then kidnaped cashier before fleeing in an automc with an undetermined amount of mo The victim of the bandits, reportet number four, was M. Plin Beebe, was shot through the thigh by onlt; the robbers after he had been beatei the floor by a blow from a pistol over head. Mr. Beebe's condition was rep ed serious from loss of blood and sh but physicians said he has a good chlt; to recover.Chester Doolittle, cashier of the b. was carried away by the bandits, were reported to have fled in a bearing North Dakota license plates, lieved to have been stolen. Every a\ able automobile in town was pressed to service to carry possemen in pur of the robbers.Halted By Guard Only two men participated in the tual robbery inside the bank, whil third patrolled the sidewalk in fron the building and a fourth was belie to have waited in the automo Scores of persons, aroused by the ba burglar alarm, gathered in the st while the raid was in progress, but v prevented from approaching the be