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aSome Idea of the groat wealth that e Western Canada farmer had ID

view a few years ago is now being real-lzed. The amount received from the sale of wheat, oats, barley, flax and rye 1n 1917 was $270,000,000, while th* sales of live stock at Winnipeg alone

' -Wetted $40,000,000 additional. Of this hogs alone gave o*er eleven mil­

lion dollars. The increases at Calgary and Edmonton were over 6% million dollars.

This money, so easily earned, is be­ing spent hi improvements In farm property, purchasing additional land, buying tractors, automobiles, and im­proving home conditions, providing electric light, steam heat, new furni­ture, pianos, buying Victory bonds, paying up old debts, etc.

Over five hundred tractors were sold in Southern Alberta in 1917. One

-/ implement agent reports that .the in­crease In his business in 1917, over th^t of 1916, was equal to the total business In 1915. It is the same story all over the country. And it Is not this evidence alone which proves the advancement and1 growth of the three prairie provinces, but the large in­crease In the number of settlers; the improvement in the extent of the cul­tivated areas and agricultural produc­tion ; the increase In, value of which over 1916 was $77,000,000.

This wonderful progress that has been made In agriculture In Western Canada is but the beginning which Hinrks the future of the greatest agri­cultural country on the continent, showing a future of great possibilities. There are millions of acres yet un­titled, and of land as good as any of that which is now giving its owners a return of from twenty to thirty dollars an acre, figures that 4n many cases* represent the cost of the land, with all cultivation costs included. It is true that the cost of production has in­creased during the past few years, but the price of the product has also In­creased to a figure which leaves a large balance to the credit of the pro­ducer.

The following table shows how this works out. \ 1913 1917

Price Price FARM NEEDS. in bus., in bus. Machinery— wheat wheat

Self binder 160 100

Mower ••!•*•««••,•••«• 70 S8 6. H. P. gas engine 250 112 Seed drill 122 ; 60 Cream separator ........ 87 88

Building— Bathroom, sink and septic

tank 300 127 Pressure tank system... 156 118 Steel shingles, per 100

eq. ft T 4 Lumber, per 1,000 ft

Hemlock 28 17 Pine 47 82

Bricks, per M 16 8 Cement, per 350 lbs 2.5 1.2 Steel fence, 40 rods 15 10 Paint, per 10 gals 25 19 Pianos * 440 215

Clothing and Food— Sugar, per cwt 6.2 4.9 Cottonseed, per ton 50 24 Linseed, per ton 50 25 Blue serge suit 31 17

Percentage increases are shown too in another way, leading to the same conclusion, from consultation of the Department of Labor's review of prices. Taking 100 as the Index num­ber of normal production In the de­cade from 1890 to 1900, the. increases In prices of farm products have slightly outdistanced the Increases in his needs. Pet.

1913 1916 1917 Inc. Grains and fodder. 138 200 280 103 Animals and meats.176 213 293 60 I?airy produce 145 184 229 58 Bldg. materials ...143 179 229 58 House fur'sh'gs.. .126 163 205 64 Implements ..105 139 199 90

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Mandan. — Tie Northern Pacific ticket office was broken Into and $57 taken from the £afe. A large'amount of money in another part of the safe was overlooked.

Bismarck.—Over $3,000 in warrants dated prior to May 18, 1917, are still outstanding against the state, says auditor Karl Kositzky.

Bismarck.—H. C. Kuhl of Missoula, Mont., a civil engineer, has Joined the staff of State Engineer Jay W. Bliss, secretary of the North Dakota high­way commission.

Mandan.—The Northern Pacific forces at Mandan have already sub­scribed $25,000 towards the new Lib­erty Loan. This is one quarter of Mandan's quota.

Bismarck.—The senate chamber is undergoing the alterations provided for in Senator King's bill of the 1917

"•session, appropriating $3,500 for dec­orating and new rugs.

Mandan. — Gustav Ehlen, well known in Mandan was tarred and feathered in Flint, Mich., recently for his pro-German talk. He was later arrested by the authorities to give them a chance tp investigate certain documents he had on his person.

Minot.—The thirteenth annual meet­ing of the Northwestern Educational association will be held at the State Normal school here April 25-27. An elaborate program hns been arranged and a large number of visitors are expected from all over ihe Northwest.

Minot.—Rev. E. A. Deake, who has been pastor of the Baptist church or this city for the last two years, preached his farewell sermon Sunday and will severe his pastorial relations with the congregation, having accept­ed the position of pastor at large tor the state.

Mandan.—Yellow paint made its ap­pearance in Mandan one night re­cently on the Delmonico restaurant. A German sign on the Wlnbauer hotel came in for attention the next night. The restaurant owner is said to have made disloyal utterances.

Cavalier.—The Cavalier Wool Grow­ers' association, organized with a view to marketing wool for members' in carload lots, plans to establish pur­chasing stations at Cavalier, Hamil­ton, Drayton and Hensel. The coun­ty's annual clip runs about 15,000t pounds.

Fargo.—Live stock losses in North Dakota were light during the. winter of 1918 compared with TO 17 owing to the unusually favorable winter ac­cording to the statistical report of A. J. Surratt of Orand Forks, fin Id agent of the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Crop Esti­mates.

Bismarck.—The. North Dakota traa-ing stamp act of 1917 exacting a heavy license fee from concerns other than bona fide merchants offering premiums as a me.ins of Increasing business, does not apply to traffic in trading stamps which are redeemed in cash, the North Dakota supreme court has held.

Bismarck.—State Treasurer John Steen has retired $50,000 worth of state hospital for the insane bonds, producing' $50,000 more that can immediately be loaned needy farmers. The bonds did not mature until 1919 and by retiring them now the. hospital saves a year's interest.

Bismarck.—North Dakota is one of the 14 states thaY went over the top and purchased more than its quota on smileage books in the campaign that closed some time ago, according to word received by State. Chairman R. J. Cone. Sales of books to 5 per cent of the population was the quota set for North Dakota.,

Fargo.—Dr. Ladd, state, food admin­istrator, has announced that all wheat in the hands of the farmers of North Dakota had been requisitioned by the United States government, because of the shortage of available foodstuffs. The order, which declares all wheat must be marketed prior to May 15, Is issued as a warv measure, Dr. Laad declared in his announcement.

Bismarck.—Employes of the Bis­marck division of the Soo line are receiving circular letters from head­quarters in Minneapolis urging the raising of huge crops as a means of helping to win the war. The com­pany offers all idle grounds along its station plate and right of way, as well as other, tracts which it holds,, to be used for war gardens. These tracts are offered first to the employes of the company; second, to adjacent property owners, and third, to the gen. eral public.

New Rockford.—Two persons, who gave their names as Billy Miers of Arrow Creek, Mont., and Mrs. Miera, of Leesport, Pa., are in a local: hos­pital today in a serious condition .'as the result of a shooting affray at Dundas, six . miles east of here The shooting was the result of the refusal of Miers to pay for articles purchased from Ollie Jphnson, a merchant at Dundas, who called Chief of Police Reynolds of New Rockford to the scene, after, it is alleged, Miers pulled a gun on him.. ,

Havana.—With the receipt o£ $ check of ,,$215.21 from Mrs. J. P. Wil­liamson of St,; Petersburg, Fla., a for­mer resident of this city, the receipts from the Red Cross sale1 recently held here on which the $215.21 wag asked to apply, has been' raided to $3,000.

Devils Lafee.—Gecrrge Chaffee,, who has represented the Stone-Ordqan-Wells company of Duluth in this ter­ritory, for sop$ years, hati been., "pro­moted to manager. of a branch house at Missoula, Mont., and he and Mrs.. Chaflee lqft Thursday for their new home. ^

Neche.—A dance here netted over $100 for the) local Red Cross.

Grafton.—The Grafton firemen at a recent meeting dojiated $150 to th» Red Cross and voted to buy $1,000 in Liberty Bonds.

Bismarck.—The emergency fund board has found that an emergency exists and has placed $2,000 to the credit of the state board of regents.

Minto.—The Minto school district is to have a modern up-to-date con­solidated school, costing over $9,000. Iver Kasbo of Devils Lake has the contract for the erection of the build­ing.

Loma.—Loma, one of the small towns in Cavalier county is certainly patriotic. At the Red Cross auctlor* sale last Saturday $1,700 was taken in, which should be a record for towns of that size.

Milton.—The body of Carl Samdahl. who died at Camp Lewis, Wash, March 7, was brought to Milton. Tne young man resided with his parents eight miles southwest of Milton until about two years ago, when lie moved Montana.

Bismarck.—Mechanic Mervin • C. Grover of Bismarck, was 'Killed at Gerstner aviation field. Lake Charles, La., when the machine in which he was flying with Lieut. John Kennedy fell from a height of 200 feet. He was given a military funeral in Min­neapolis.

Bismarck.—Thomas R. Marshall, vice president of the United States, will attend the North Dakota loyalty conference in Bismarck the first week in July, when 15,000 home guards and citizens .will gather at Bismarck for a week's conference on war work.

Bowman.—Cincinnatus, reputed to have been plowing when honored by the Roman empire, had nothing on Obert A. Olson^ a farmer living near here, who was in his field sowing grain recently, when the state Non­partisan league met at Fargo and in­dorsed him for state treasurer.

Bismarck.—The cities of Grand Forks, Fargo and Bismarck will join in an action before the supreme court to determine the constitutionality of that provision of the motor vehiele registration act which stipulates that no portion of the funds collected un­der this statute shall be expended within the limits of any Incorporated city or village.

Wyndmere—Mrs. E. L. Seaton and her three small children were burnea to death at their farm home near here while Mr. Seaton was attempting to gain an entrance to the building and save them from the flames. The explosion of a gasoline stove is be­lieved to have been the cause of the fire, which spread rapidly through the little frame structure.

Bismarck.—Nelson A. Mason, sec­retary to Governor Frazier, has been named president of the Burleigh County Sunday school association, succeeding L. R. McCall, resigned. Miss Glenn Bruce has become, educa­tional secretary, succeeding Mrs. J. Maurice Martin, alro resigned. Plans are being made for the approaching district and state conventions.

Wilton.—Lawrence Ousley of this place said to be the first Norm Da­kota soldier to die "Somewhere in France" died a hero, while eiuieavpr-Ing to save, the life of a lieutenant in the infantry, who had been wound­ed and had fallen in .Yo Man's Land by his side, according to a letter re­

ceived from E. H. Tost.evin, a news­paper man from Mandan, with the 164th United States infantry.

Minot.—"Buy a Liberty Bond— Number please," is what Minot tele­phone subscribers heard all one day instead of the usual query when seek­ing their party. Each time the receiv­er was lifted the phrase rang out ana it is understood the. practice will con­tinue till the drive is over. An es­timate places the number of such ad­monitions to buy at 2,280 for the day.

Minot.—A. G. Steele, who resigned the presidency of the normal school h^re following protests against his alleged opposition to Liberty bond is­sues, says he has been placed *n a false light and denies that he is against bond issues. In response to an inquiry as to where he stood on the bond matter he said: "I have encouraged the, sale of Liberty bonds and will continue to do so to the very extent of my means."

Medicine Lake.—The town of Med­icine Lake will be without electrrc light on June 1, according to an­nouncement of the lign;ing company. Neither business men -nor citizens are patronizing the company more than necessary and recently the coun­cil discontinued lighting the white way, which made quite an inroad on the company's receipts. • So the com­pany has .decided to move the ma­chinery to a more lively spot. *

Minot —G. S. Wooledge of this city has been appointed stale council and legal representative for "North Dakota to A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian. All legal matters requit­ing attention in North Dakota will be referred to Mr. Wooledge, who will cooperate with the bureau of law at Washington. The chief functions of the custodian are to acquire posses­sion of money and other property be­longing to enemies as defined by the trading with the enemy act.

Hoople,—John Anderson of Hoople, who died* April 1 In & Philadelphia hospital, was the, first Walsh county boy to succumb while in service, he contracted pneumonia while aboard a battleship. The remains were brought to Hoople for burial.

Grand Forks.—All barber shops of this city, wlth„ one. exception, meit the demands of the barbers' union; ana this ended the stai$$. The shops be^ gan, one after ano,tii3v to recognize V s demands of £he unioA. when' one bf the bosB barbeirs' declared: that tht demands of the union were reason­able. x

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TO WIN THE BATTLE FOR LIBERTY

The Food Controllers of the United States and Canada are asking for greater food production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat are avail­able to be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest. Upon the efforts of the United States and Canada rests the burden of supply.

Eviry Available Tillable Acre Must Contribute; Every Available Farmer and Farm Hand Must Assist

Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded, but man power is short, and an appeal to the United States allies is for more men for teed* ing operation.

Canada's Wheat Production Last Year was 225,000,000 Bushels; the Demand From Canada Alone for 1918 Is 400,000,000 Bushels To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs

the men. The Government of the United States wants every man who can effectively help, to do farm work this year. It wants the land in the United States developed first of course; but it also wants to help Canada. When­ever we find a man we can spare to Canada's fields after ours are supplied* we want to direct him there*

Apply to our Employment Service, and we will tell you where you can be«t serv* the combined interests.

Western Canada's help will be required not later than May 5th. Wages to com* petent help, IfO.OO a month and up, board and lodging.

Those who respond to this appeal will get a warm welcome, good wages, good board and find comfortable homes. They will get a rate of one cent a mile from boundary points to destination and return.

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