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f - J * . • • - u i „ \ /*■ VOL. SXG 0 7 'K ON T A N I, FRIDAY MAY 24, 1912. . Five Thousand Dollars Valué for FiVe Bushels of Grain. SEVEN STATES TO COMPETE. >■ Five -thousand \ 'doUarik/.'for l.by a process, of elimination and finally entered at- the North- ’ • l , < . ^ * V farms. The. wheat - fields J are already dotted- 'w ith them. Every tractor placed in the Northwest w ill turnfhundreds o f acres of Tprdirie into, pro ductive farms, making homes for settlers, creating traffic and new wealth; l * ' Officers o f the\ Northwest Developm ent /. League have -j been • considerhig givfing a | champion sweepstakes prizes •'sinc^; iji^J^^}|D f;H h e ;. ‘ ‘ land ,shoTy,l?d^d‘':‘'‘i|l$ ¿ t . f 'Raul in i p i l . They decided- early to give a farm'tractor, and plows. f AS GbOD AS GOLD , .. The* * -{Four “ Sb” was selected as• the hest engine; tlie Emerson plow s!, as the most desirablevtools to be ob tained . - B y ;the;t|jrms • offered the League could have secured most any tractor, but ’ther,Gas Traction com p any’ s engine was selected and; negotiations opened for securing .^Ke%reiit engine. * The - manufacturers generously offered; To: • donate the tractor on certain -.terms and their offer was':accepted. T lius. the w o iid's ^ greatest prize for wheat isioffere^. The Big. F o u r H ^ O l’u th ictoi has Won the gblcfmed ill; two. years Jtjie bèstfivèbushels o f wheat, any variety, v grovifii in the A m e r ic a n Northwest is the prize annoimced as the grand champion sweepstakes to be awarded at the Northwestern Products Exposition to be held in Minneapolis Nov. 12 to 23. This is the world’s greatest prize for wheat— twice as large as any prize, ever offered in Canada, five times as miich as any prize ever, offered for any class oí grain in thé United States. Announcement o f this award has just been made by the Northwest Development Lea gue, under the auspices of which organization the -seven states.give the products expo sition. .The states included ¿in the A m e r ic a n .Northwest, •as represented by the League, are Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Ida ho, Washington and Oregon. A PRACTICAL PRIZE The prize consists of a Big Four “ 80” farm tractor man ufactured by the Emerson Brantingham Plow 'Company of-Rockford, 111. These com panies, desiring to encourage farmers of the Northwest to . grow more and better wheat, have given thé league the out fit for. certain considerations and the seven states, will com pete for the sweepstakes prize. ■ W inning this prize , means that wheat awarded prizes;at •seven state'fairs and scores oí county fairs will be selected western. Products Exposition in the grand champion sweep- stakes class. There will be nothing in the rules however to prevent a grower exhibiting wheat' which has not been shown at ,anv fair, but' which will be entered for the first time to win the $5j000 prize. Judging of the wheat will be done by the accepted au thorities on wheat judging in the United States.. Five bushel samples ofthresh ed grain will be required and they must be exhibited with ten bundles from the , same field which must be from six to ten inches in diameter. The threshed grain will, be judged, not only by its external ap pearance, but a certain part will be milled and baked into bread, a given number of points being allowed for the results in the milling arid bak ing tests. The. Northwest Develop ment League will undertake to deliver the farm tractor and plows to the winner free of cost. - , . • WHAT. TRACTORS WILL DO \■ The Big Four “ 30” farm tractor and plows were select ed \for a prize because of'their practicability. There is no agéncv which .is playing a more important .'part in the development of the Northwest than the modern fami tractor. A ll over these seven states the T ' . giant horses are cutting ’the broad prairies interi fertile consecutively in the -world’s agricultural motonepinpetitipn at; Winnipeg find this had much to do with its selection by the Development League. The outfit, is ¡considered as de sirable, a prize as an equivalent amount of gold ^.as these auto mobile work horses are 'revol utionizing fanning all over the world. Such a tractor enables a farmer to almost do away with horses. Breaking and thresh ing are not the 'only things which the Big .Four “ 30” tractor will dp. . It will work in ¡soft ground drilling, drag ging, discing, harrowing and harvesting. It hits high, broad wheels which will work where horses cannot get a foothold. They distribute the weight of thg/tractor to such an extent that the pressure under the drivers is less per square inch than under a horse's hoof. Full particulars will be sent on request bv addressing W ill A. Campbell, Security Bank building^ Minneapolis, Minn. If over a steam roller was effectually operated anywhere, then it must be conceded that the best experts in the busi ness are the forcés o f Champ Clark, Oscar Underwood, and other democratic heroes o f the House o f Representati ves. The minority of the House have repeatedly submitted to the gag rule, but .there was \a real outburst when the ant i-ih j unc tion bill came up for passage. Representative Clayton from Alabama; .attempted to shove through his bill, which prohi bited the issuance: o f injunc tions except , on- notification and full investigation unless public peace was threatened and would'limit to seven days the life of each injunction. Representative D alzoll o f New York, declared with some bit terness'' that the proposed bill was so framed as to oppose the Sherman law and set aside the laws against conspiracy. He declared that the. purpose to limit debate to three hours was an assumption and . abuse of tyrannical power never known before in the House. The minority leader, Mr. Mann, Representative Norris o f Neb: raska,\ and. C an non of Illinois; were among those who assail ed the attempt to shut off-the minoritv, and the result was that the measure was discussed and amended and in its final form provides that there shall be no issue of injunctions without notice being served on those affected. In) unctions, when iskued, would be effect ive for seven days only, and renewal would . he possibly only when the court was con vinced such action was neces sary for the conservation of rights or property. “ John Doe” injunctions would be impossible, and the - rights of “ peaceful picketing\ in strikes or “ peaceful’boycotts” would be recognized. $2.00' PER. ' YEAR legislation, that, the agricul tural interests be given similar attention. - , . • ■ , - ’ Protests Against • Democratic Pemirioiisness. Representative Pray made a vigorous speecli in opposi tion to thè \policy o f discon tinuing tlié United States mints and assay offices as was contemplated by the demo cratic policy in the House, and he pointed out that the discontinuing òf the Helena assay office would be unwise* inasmuch as it accommodate», from 500 to 100Ò dèpositbrs, and “the bullion /produced an nually within the radius o f the office amounts to $2,000,000. He showed that the office, which tvas. established in 1874* had at all times demonstrated, its usefulness, and he vigor ously protested against thè re commendation by the Treas ury Department and the Com mittee on Appropriations which proposed to discontinue the office. Brink Acquitted. Helena, May 18.—Louis L.. Brink, a merchant cf Poplar. Valley.county, tried in' the fed eral court on a, .charge of ’wholesale bootlegging on the Fort Peck Indian reservation, v/as acquitted by a jury. Be cause of this action, District Attorney\Freeman 'has.moved .that the cases be dismissed against Frank ' Underwood, doctor-druggist at Poplar; G. L./Smith, formerly Great Nor thern station agent at Poplar, and Richard Westra and J: E. Cook, ranchmen living -near Poplar.': • , Rural Finance. Rural finance is a question of mement to the world. It is probable that the suggestion of Mr. David B. Lubin, Amer ican delegate to the National Institute of Agriculture which meets in. Rome in May, that the Southern Commercial Con gress Commission should meet in Rome at the same stime', will be adopted. It will be recalled thal«fileprescntative Norris of Nebraska, sometime ago introduced a bill seeking to bring about the ' adoption of .the Riafleisen system of rural finance, and he&oifurgcd' inasmuch as the .Monetary Commission- has giveii .such extensive attention to the needs of commercial' and in dustrial life in the way of A Pension Law at Last. It is a long road that has no turn, and the final passage, o f . a general-pension bill has been ~ brought abou t a fter years o f hard work by the friends „ o f the old soldiers in Congress. The new measure earned a minimum pension qf $13 per month which gradually in creases by reason of the age o f the pensioner and his lejigth of service. The bill provides that veterans who have reach ed the age of seventy years' and who served ninety days in the Civil war should receive- $18 per month; for six months service, $19 per month, one year; $20 per month; one and. a half years, $21.50 per month; two years, $23 per month; two and a-half years, $24 per month; three- years or over, $ . 2 5 per month. Where the pensioner has reached the age of seventy-five years- and serv ed ninety days, his pension, shall be $21 per month; six .months, $22.50 per month; one year, $24 per month; oner and- a half years, . $27 per month; two years of; over $3(V per month. The bill as passed is a combination of the Sullo- way, Sherwood and Smoot measures. v . Wants Commerce Courts Ahol- ished. Representative LaFollette of W ashing ton, in the course , of an address in which he ad vocated the abolishing o f th<D Commerce Court, observed ; that “ it is a strange coincident ; that its need was only dis covered when the Interstate Commerce Commission has heen fitted with teeth that ’ could bite/” \
