North Dakota Wheat Yield Falls From Last Year
A June North Dakota crop report by A V Surratt shows flax as the sole grain improving while all other crops lag the five year average. Wheat yields are about 9.2 bushels per acre with 68,242,000 bushels produced, down slightly from last year’s 68,400,000 and well below the 81,638,000 ten-year average. oats, barley, corn, and rye figures are given with varied outlooks amid weather effects and cooler rains later.
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North Dakota
A. V. Surratt
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Illinois Governor Small Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
Springfield reports Governor Len Small was formally arrested on embezzlement charges. State's Attorney Mortimer proposed conditions for a change of venue from Sangamon county to a mutually agreed county. Brundage and the grand jury received high praise, while Small and associates face speedy trial talks amid capital city proceedings.
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Ill
Mortimer
Small
Sangamon County
Mester Yesterda
Sangamon
Smail
Fred E. Sterling
Vernon Curtis
Grant Park
Brundage
Cmse
Panititar
Biate'g
Len Small
Number of Signatures On Recall Petitions Surpass Quotas
Fargo N D Aug 10 The recall petitions total reached 68 950 surpassing the required amount by 69 with a target of eighty thousand names to back the campaign Eleven units have exceeded eighty per cent of the O Connor vote in the last governor race Grand Forks fifth district leads with 2008 signatures for 2007 votes while Steele county trails by just 13 names to reach the benchmark
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Grand Forks
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Steele County
Adams County
Couhses
Burke County
Cavalier County
Grand Forks County
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Rélette
Towner County
Walsh County
Pee
Unite
Benson County
Bottineau
Ieee
Eae
Dist
McHenry
Merton McKenzie
Nelson
Pierce County
Utey
Ramsey
Piers
Richland
Staten
Comaly
Astin
Maine
Minnesota Laws Open Markets For Farmers Without State Ownership
Laws amended to guarantee terminal elevator access to cooperative grain marketing groups, prevent excessive storage charges, and fix grain grades favoring producers. Minnesota builds a central marketing plan while avoiding state ownership, enabling farmers to use public and private elevators and a state testing mill for grain quality data.
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Eraina
North Dakota
Railway and Warehouse Commission
Grac
Spurbin not held says El Paso police
In a tele gram from Chihuahua City the El Paso police chief denied Warren C. Spurgin, the Warren Co. Spurs banker, is jailed in Chihuahua. Chicago officials waited for confirmation of the reported arrest near Chihuahua City Mex, noting no communication had been received from Chihuahua City or Juarez.
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Tex
Chihuahua
Warren Co
Cyhuahua City
Aed
Chicago
Warren C. Spurgin
Chihuahua City
Mex
Juarez
W. C. Bruns
Lloyds
James’ MacShane
Detective Agency Traces Spurgin Antics
Mr McShane announced wiring Eusebio Hermosillo Chihuahua City chief of police for details but got no reply. Hermosillo reportedly offered to surrender Spurgin for $200 expenses while the agency offered $2000 to capture him.
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Spurgin
McShane
Eusebio
Beach Girl to Marry Dead Sister's Husband in Heart of Africa
A Beach Girl, daughter of D D Walde, is set to wed her late sister’s husband, a missionary in Africa. The report notes the family context and the plan follows the sister’s death after an operation.
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Heart of Africa
Beach
Opposition to Railroad Fund Plan Develops
Washington Aug 10 Opposition to the administration bill funding 500000000 of railroad securities developed openly in the senate interstate commerce committee as critics called it a loan to railroads. Director Meyer of the War Finance Corporation defended the measure as nationwide rehabilitation and denied it was a handout. Senator LaFollette pressed for the bill’s origins while Meyer said he conceived it without outside suggestions and that it was approved by Harding Mellon and Hoover.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce
LaFollette
Meyer
Harding
Mellon
Hoover
Agreement on Silesia Reached Amid Allied Talks
Paris Aug. 19 reports say tension over Upper Silesia eased as France Great Britain and Italy signaled agreement in principle to the frontier line through the plebiscite area. Discussions at the supreme allied council also looked to Asia Minor policy and the cost of German occupation forces.
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Paris
Upper Silesian
Supreme Allied Council
France
Great Britain
Italy
Poland
Germany
Upper Silesia
Uppr
Silesia
Asia Minor
Woothland
Benedict
Russia
Inter-Allied Financial Commission
United States
Financial Commission
Roland W. Boyden
James A. Logan, Jr
Coblenz
Washington
Two Elevators Burned At Eckman N D
Fire at Eckman N D destroyed two elevators and the railroad depot starting from an unknown origin. Grain and a car of hard coal were lost along with three empty box cars. Damage estimated at 25000 dollars. Fire discovered late, suspected to have started from transients smoking near the elevator.
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Eckman
N. D
Unluckiest Man in the Yukon Believed Killed
Dayrron Anz reports that a prospector known as the unluckiest man in the Yukon may be dead after vanishing while trekking from Mission Creek toward Eagle, 160 miles north of Dawson. U S Marshal Powrra led pursuing parties who found signs or suspected foul play near the Klondike region. The man had spent a quarter century seeking gold, with a famed stake at Nee 18, Eiorads.
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Far Mons
Eiorads
Klondike
Cam
Beliering & Poor
Government to Cut 520 Million in Costs and Tax Revisions
Washington August 10 President Harding intervenes to resolve tax revision differences as Ways and Means drafts a 2.075 billion revenue bill. Republicans plan to cut 520 million from expenditures this fiscal year leaving 4.034 billion. Repeal of excess profits tax and income surtax plus half the transportation taxes aims to raise or lose billions. Conference possible by Monday with House action expected by August 20.
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Harding
House of Representatives
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Melton
Whitehouse
Gillett
Mondell
Wyoming
Fordney
Navy and Agriculture
Che Shipping Board and Railroad
House Republicans
House
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
White House
Baron Byng Lands Ahead of Time in Quebec Today
In Quebec August 19 Baron Brag of Viens Camana's mow way ernor general arrives fre Hay on the seamor Exmpecas tamol pervetely mat timorrow wit be forma)
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Ont
Baron Brag
Viens
Camana
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