MONTXiY. FEBRUARY 19, 1923.
pt ATTSMQUTg SOU WETrgTy JOtlTLNAl
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FARM EXPENSES
TAKE BIG JUMP
Huge Increase in Use of Com
mercial Fertilizers in Last
Twenty Years Revealed.-
F.UKE SURVEY OF AGRICULTURE
Virgin Soil of Nation Has at Length
Worn Out and Fertility Must Be
Added Hired Men Get
Better Pay.
Washington. The enigma of why
American farming cannot survive un
der present conditions, although the
prices of foodstuffs are higher than
they were In any prewar year. Is not
the enly topic dealt with In the re
port of the Joint commission which
fcrrestlffated the agricultural crisis,
The report itself constitutes a broad
survey if farming as it Is at present
conducted and as such it makes clear
what a change has come OTer the
business of food production during the
last 20 years.
One prime characteristic of farming
today is its Increased and Increasing
mse of fertilizer. The virgin soil of
the nation that once produced a heavy
series of crops year after year and
seemed Inexhaustible In its richness
Las at length worn out. Not even
manures and the rotation of crops
can sustain Its productivity. Fertility
has to be added and It must be added
In the form of commercial fertilizers.
At the beginning of the present cen
tury the farmers of America, and
principally those of the older states
east of the Mississippi, were buying
commercial fertilizers at the rate of
about 154.000,000 in value each year.
In they spent nearly $330,000,000.
Twenty years ago not $4,000,000 a
year was spent for fertilizers by farm
ers west of the Mississippi river; in
111 the fanners of that region spent
approximately $27,000,000. The Pa
cific states are using nine times as
much fertilizer now as they did then.
These figures are evidence of the ex
aaastlen of the soli.
Hired Men Get Better Pay.
The hired man on the farm gets bet
ter pay than he used to. Ills wages
mew, figuring in his board as part of
his pay, are about three and one-half
times what they were in 1S9S. It Is
easting farmers today nearly four
times as much to feed their live stock
as It did orly ten years ago.
Zn ten years the farms of the na
tlem have nearly doubled in value, due
U the Increasing cost of land. The
average farm In 1910 was valued at
,4X1. The p reseat value of the av
erage farm is $10,514, while the total
present farm value Is close to $68,000.
W0.OOO. This represents an increase
ef about $32,000,000,000. On this In
creased value Interest must be paid,
aad the greater difficulty of making
the farm pay as an investment is one
ef the things which Is embarrassing
ear farming.
Although in 20 years there has been
a great Increase in the use of farm ma
chinery, the crop statistics do not In
dicate that machinery Is increasing
production. It Is permitting fewer men
te operate the farms, but it Is not
sending the farm output ahead of the
Increase In population. Yet. as farm
labor grows harder and harder to get.
the tendency is toward a greater use
of machinery. This Is another indi
cation which points to higher food
prices In the future.
Farm Implements Cost More.
Faxxa machinery and tools have
greatly Increased In price. So has
lumber. Today one farm In every
twenty-eight owns at least one trac
tor; two OHt of every hundred main
tain motortrucks; while the automo
bile has now become so prevalent that
practically one farm of every three
has one. The great wheat and corn
states ef the upper and middle Missis
sippi valley are the chief users of trac
tors. Here there Is a tractor for every
Bine farms.
While machinery has not increased
the output ef crops per acre, it has
Increased crop output per unit of la
bor. The physical conditions of living on
farms are growing better. The great
number of automobiles In use nearly
2,000,000 cars on the farms in 1020
la an Indication of this. There are
about 10,000 motortrucks and 250,000
tractors in use. Telephones are now
Installed In more than 2,500,000 Amer
ican farmhouses, or in almost 40 per
cent f them. Nearly 650.000 Ameri
can farm homes have their own wa
ter and sewerage systems. About 450,
G0 ef them are lighted by gas or elec
tricity Science, while it has done much,
has not yet rescued the farmer from
the business hazards of weather, de
structive insect pests, or plant and
animal diseases. The commission be
lieves much more can be done to ren
der farming less exposed to these
risks.
Hand in hand with the Increase In
the value of the farm lands has gone
an "Increase In the total mortgage on
those lands. The lands themselves
have nearly doubledIn value, but the
mortgage has considerably more than
doubled. It Is estimated that the pres
ent total mortgage debt on American
farms , Is $8,603,000,000, as against
approximately $3,GO0.000,000 in 1910.
tntne averagfe the hrterest ret dn'
the farm debt" at present Is C.l per
ueat. ' .
MERCHANTS' MARKET WEEK.
At Omaha March 5 to 10, Under Aus
pices of Wholesalers and Manu
facturers Association.
A week of activities has been ar
ranged for visiting merchants who
come to Omaha to buy their spring
and summer lines of merchandise.
While the wevk will be a buy one
It will not be devoted entirely to busi
ness. The days will be exclusively
for the inspection of various lines at
the different wholesalers and jobbers.
The evenings devoted to entertain
ment. Monday night there will be a recep
tion and special entertainment at the
Chamber of Commerce. Tuesday night
thre will be a buffet supier, followed
by a theatre party and a midnight
dance at one of the big hotels.
AVednesday night's event will in
clude an evening at a real circus, to
be put on under the auspices of Tan
gier Temple Shrine, at the Auditorium.
There will be plenty of pink lemon
ade, peanuts, clowns, elephants, pretty
bareback riders, trapeze performers
and everything that makes the old
fashioned circus glorious.'
Thursday evening will be the dis
tribution of gifts to the guests. A
high powered radio outfit will be the
main gift.
The house of representatives killed
the Gallagher minimum wage bill for
women when it came up for final pass
age.
Grace E. Gardzclewski has been ap
pointed postmistress at Keola. Holt
county, succeeding Everett Lee, re
signed. The State bank of Gllead was rob
bed of $100 in cash and about $10,110
in Liberty bonds. The loss is fully
covered by insurance.
A resolution providing 'for an in
vestigation of Omaha and Lincoln
coal dealers was passed by the house
Dy a vote or til to -'4.
flvpr inn i-attlmn fnm nrer ti
state will attend the meeting of the
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1 unuunuie jmuck association at
Amarillo. Texas, February 27 and 2S.
Foster W. Fields, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Fields, Fremont, died at
a Fremont hospital of tetanus, result-
ing from an accident while husking
corn. I
After having carried mall at Fre
mont since lSr, Frank Buffiiugton
has been sent a letter of appreciation
for his work by Postmaster General
Work.
The Hubbell Poultry club, under
the leadership of Mrs. George Curtis,
has been awarded the state champion- tion." .
ship trophv for poultry clubs offered I George B. Collins, democrat, want
by M. C. Peters Mill Co. of Omaha. ed the name of the state. treasurer
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The District meeting of the Knights
of Pythias will be held at Hastings
ln May. The dramatic order of the
Knights of Khorassan are already lay-
ing plans for an elaborate ceremonial
in connection with the convention.
Prisoners in Lancaster county jal!
were discovered making their own
"hootch" in a makeshift still, consist
ing of two quart jars of mash hidden
under beds during the day and set on
the radiators at nkrht to ferment, i
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nenry a. uraineru, or uncoin, past
president of the State Press association
and a pioneer newspaper man of Ne-
braska. was struck by an automobile
as he was crossing a street at Omaha,
and painfully cut and bruised about
the head and bodj.
Theodore Grau and Gerald Nordqulst,
Douglas County boys who won $G0 and
$40 scholarships offered by Walter W.
Head of the Omaha National Bank in
corn club work last year, are now at
Lincoln taking short courses in the col
lege of Agriculture.
Weather forecasts of the United
States weather bureau are accurate
85 per cent of the time, according, to
Prof. G. A. Loveland, director of the
University of Nebraska United States
weather bureau since 1S04, and pro
fessor of meteorology.
The first lieutenant governor of Ne-
braska and one of the two surviving
members of the first constitutional
ft. i ,
convention in this state. O A. Abbott.
sr., of Grand Island, celebrated the
golden anniversary of his wedding
with Mrs. Abbott at Grand Island last!
tne
week.
Plans are matnrinf for nn of
greatest automobile shows ever held in
Omaha the last week of this n.on h.
,e many new models and thr n w
basis for prices is certain to moe
Interest, and dealers have promi-etl
that all the leading makes are to be i i
presented In the Omaha show.
The State Press association, v.lil h
was organized in 1859, will hold irs
fiftieth annual convention at Lincoln
February 22, 23 and 24.
The grafting by physicians of eiiit
Inches of leg bone into the spine of
Albert Skoog of Fremont has enab:-d
him to recover the use of his lower
limbs.
Edwin C. Cook, 62, for 27 years an
instructor at the state school for the
blind at Nebraska City, died last week
at a Lincoln hospital. Although him
self blind for more than 40 years, lie
was regarded as a man of unusual
ability as an instructor
Harry Kohlberg. an Omaha boy
scout, who is to be awarded a Ne
braska Humane society medal for as
sisting an Injured dog, received a re
ward that he prizes more highly than
fifty medals. The injured dog, a
beautiful Shepherd, has been given to
him by the Humane society.
The State and the Farmers, State
banks at WInslow have been con
solidated.
Seven hundred delegates' are ex
pected to attend the seventeenth an
nual convention of the Federation of
Nebraska Retailers which meets In
Omaha. February .191.
EXPERT GIVES HIS
CANDID OPINION
Drug Clerk, Speaking from Own Ex
perience, Says Tanlac Has No
Superior Troubles Gone
"Not in years have I enjoyed such
good health as I do since taking Tan
lac, and I am glad to give a straight
from - the - shoulder recommendation
for this medicine," declared Marvin
Cohen, 1439 N. Rockwell street, Chi
cago, a young drug clerk.
I suffered terribly from stomach
rouble and got into a badly run -
,u!
t
down condition
stomach, attacks of indigestion kept
me in misery, and headaches and
fe
me
pains in my back helped to pull me
down. Basketball was my favorite
pastime, but I got so weak and short
of breath I had to give it up.
"But Tanlac has put my health on
a . firm foundation and there is no
guesswork about it. I never have in
digestion an more, can play a fast
game of basketball, and just feel in
fine shape. I have handled many
medicines over the counter, but there
is none better than Tanlac at any
price."
Tanlac is Bold by all good drug
gists. Over thirty-five million bottles
sold.
BARROWS HAS
A GOOD SHOW OF
GETTING HIS PAY
House Advances Measure to Grant
Him Relief Chairman Voted
Down After Argument.
FVirmer T.ipiitpnnnt Governor Pel-
ham A. Rarmws stands a fair show
Df procuring relief from the legisla-
ture for his time given to the service
nf tht state as actine governor. He
asks for $1,801.69. H. R. 349, con-
taininc th rpmieKt. was advanced to
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third reading in nouse committee 01
the whole Thursday after some of
H0mr.fi-at h a a namfipH snmp nf
firno rnnnfranrla aeainst a
governor's absenting himself from
the state.
Representative Baldriee. reDubli-
w.n ripninrpH that thp tmvpis of Oov-
omAr TrTv'pivip had hppn in the-
,0o ctoi.. 4 ta tus momher
is not opposed to the Barrows claim
'It Is nothing more nor less than
asking the state to live up to a con
tract." he said. "The state cannot
afford
to lead in contract repudia-
scraicnea. Me wouia insert tne
that the aU(1itor shall draw a
warrant on Samuel R. McKelvie. Rep-
resentative Broome, democrat, sec-
onded the amendment and then he
backed outT Mr. tlsasser, or umana,
also a democrat, nnea tne vacancy
as second, but the amendment was
defeated. The house had no patience
for whet members termed a ridicul
ous attempt to juggle.
Chairman Vance of the claims corn-
mittee opposed the bill. He said that,y a,nd there were 2.179.180 gallons
if the constitution means what it says Pd"ced n .ibrk?..A?!!-
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onnpern i r tr t a pmn umpn t nj inp i -
y"' ZxJZ nZ.Tl ; T" '
' " " r'Zrnnr v
chas;e tQe g0vernor.s familv from the
mor; tho i,nmo iv wvcmnra
constitutes a part of the emoluments
of their office
BANK ROBBERS
AROUSE TOWN
WITH BLASTS
Vault of Oak, Nebr. Institution is
Robbed of $3,000 People
Fear to Leave Homes.
Robbers entered the Scroggins
State bank at Oak. Nebraska at 1:30
Friday morning, blew the door off
vault and escaped with $8,000
iin cash and Liberty bonds.
Newg of the burglar? -AHS re.civ.
led at the Nebr:.ska Bankers' associa-1
headauarters in Omaha from the i
town of Edzar vesterdav.
ILUWU Ul CUgrtl t,'3lCIUdV.
People of Oak were aroused by a 1
series of thirteei; explosions, but the
most or them were atrant to leave,
their homes. R Dudley, armed with
- '" 'I k', 5 1 Z,, 7i
t. fir..rM h B-w wnrVin- iT,i,tP
ibut the hurclars oDened fire on him
an(j be retreated. I money, leaving $200,000 to be rals-
j. L. Scroggins, cashier of the'ed in the diocese by public subscrip-
bank was the first to arrive on the
scene after the robbers made their
escape. He found that practically Duiiding rund. I ne scnooi was rorcea
all the money in the bank had been to sell its old location in Omaha be
taken. cause of the spreading of industrial
Pinkerton detectives called in on and trackage districts there and is
the case by the Nebraska Bankers'
association, are working on the theory
that there were three burglars and will have to close at the end of the
that they made their escape in an year unless a new school it built,
automobile. Dudley believed he saw The school has an endowment fund
two men inside the building and one of $93,000 but none of this can be
standing guard outside. No one saw. used for building because the donors
the raiders drive off. of the fund have specified that it
The exact amount of Liberty bonds must all be used for scholarships,
missing is not yet known, but the paying expenses of girls whose par
loot included $1,500 in gold and . ents are unable to do so.
$600 in currency. Several Plattsmouth girls in the
Entrance to the bank was made past have attended Brownell Hall.
with a crow car. All telephone lines
were cut except the long distance
wire and Chief Deputy Carroll at
Lincoln was notified immediately.
Several citizens who heard the ex
plosions stated that the robbers
worked fully an hour.
Oak is located about 130 miles
southwest of Plattsmouth.
NEW BED BOOKS
The February Bed Books are now
on sale at the Journal stationery de-1 X
partment. Call and secure your copy 4.
at ccoe bfes it is too late. ' f
AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT
One of our well known citizens,
who deals in men's garments and
who has had a great deal of experi
ence in travel, experienced a new
sensation a few evenings ago while
returning home from Omaha on the
palatial evening freight and passen
ger No. 14. It seems that this gentle
man had the recollection of having
purchased a ticket in Omaha en
titling him to travel over the great
Burlington system as far a3 Platts
mouth, but when the tt came the
ticket could not be fouirl. As the
conductor drew near r and nearer
the search of each pocket in the gar
1018 of ne getlf"1iJ" more
and more feverish and less and less
chance of the ticket being found was
he Pon of the passenger and af-
Lei Willi UiUunruirilL ell LUC
frantic searcher for a few moments,
the conductor reached over and re
moved the ticket from the hat of the
passenger where it had been placed
on leaving the Omaha station.
MILLIONS INVEST
ED IN DAIRY COWS
Nebraska Not So Slow when It Comes
to Production of Butter
Lots of Thoroughbreds.
Although Nebraska is not fully de
veloped in the dairying industry
most farms and ranches throughout
the state keep some dairy animals
and according to the latest census
these number 609.70S. says H. P
Davis, chairman of the dairy depart
ment. University of Nebraska. These
animals have an estimated value of
$37,992,672
While Nebraska does not rank high
in the number of all-around dairy
animals, Mr. Davis says, there has
been a tendency recently to increase
the number and quality of pure-bred
dairy animals and this state now
;au" nunc s"
ln& , sincuy nif,n graue uairy
came iney are civiueu ea mo
HOisieins, o,.sos, jersejs, i,
n, oo. A,.roc,5ra 71 anrt
wuwwoWo, . -j . .
Brown Swiss. 38. while about .70
head were not reported definitely by
breed.
! According to Mr. Davis, twelve of
tne Holsteins nave eacn produced
more than 1,000 pounds of butter fat
a 5par, witn tne jerseys ranning sec
in-lond, one of which produced 844.56
pounds of fat in one year. The
Guernsey ranks third and Ayreshlres
. fourth
Figures compiled by the state de
partment of agriculture show that
there were seventy-nine licensed
creameries in 1921 and during that
year 69,882,949 pounds of butter
were manufactured, which placed Ne
braska among the states in butter
production. About 74 per cent of the
butter was exported. Omaha manu
facturers most of the butter and has
the distinction of being the largest
butter-making city in the world. Lin
coin. Fremont, Hastings, Grand Is
land, Fairbury and Alliance also
make considerable butter
While the ice cream industry is a
comparatively new one in this state.
Mr. Davis says it is developing rapid-
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I UII v IM P II T T I Mill- f 'f 1 II (1 1 I If 1 1 1 ill 1
cheese is made in the state, three
factories producing only about 56
900 Pounds in a year. There are five
condensed milk factories in the state
which produced o, 200.266 pounds in
1921, most of it being condensed
skim milk for the ice cream trade.
CAMPAIGN FOR
BROWNELL HALL
BUILDING FUND
Mrs. J. T. Begley of this City Named
Chairman in St. Luke s Parish
To Solicit Funds.
Bishop E. V. Shayler of Omaha,
Episcopal bishop of the diocese of
f .has J' TjJ;
ley to be chairman ot tne commit-
tee in St. Luke's Episcopal church to
solicit pledges during the week of
February 26th for Brownell Hall
.girls' school in Omaha, which was
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founded by the Episcopal church in
1861. N
a campaign i iiuw '"5
ed throughout the aocese of which
nno for thia srhnnl dnrtn the week
of Februarv 26th. The Eniscopal
church has pledged $50,000 of this
tion.
The campaign is for a permanent
now being housed in a couple of old
residences, and the bishop says it
Blank books at Journal office.
DR. H. G. LEOPOLD
Osteopathic Physician
Eyes Tested and Glasses
Fitted
Union Block Phone 208
PLATTSMOUTH
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Pruning Grapes
I wish to hold a few grape or or
chard pruning demonstrations in the
county on February 28 or March 1.
Mr. Hoppert of the Extension Horti-
culture department will be in the school contest reached its appointed
county for these two days. If you time to close Up the race. The en
wish one of these demonstrations, thusiasm even most of Saturday
write or call the Farm Bureau office night and all Sunday morning until
at Weeping: Water. . 10:20 was so intense that it could
Gophers Why Not Poison Them?
If the farmers from a community
will take a day this spring, just as
soon as the gophers begin to work,
and poison them the county agent
will help you for that day. Any com-
munity interested in poisoning the
gophers let us know and we will
help you make arrangements before
time. Ask W. C. Timblin of Alvo,
or John Bailey of Weeping Water if
gophers cannot be poisoned.
Girls' Sewing Club
The girls of Plattsmouth precinct
have organized a sewing club of 12
members. They met at the home of
Mrs. Henry Horn January 27 and
completed the following organiza-
tion: Mrs. Philip Kehne was chosen
project - leader; president. Delores
Wiles; vice president, Elvera Born,
and secretary, Mable Rummell. The
club voted to meet with Deloree
Wiles February 10. The girls are
very much interested in their work
and" are working hard to complete
course 1 so that they can take up
course 2 this summer.
Mt. Pleasant Precinct Meeting
An interesting meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. Louie Ehlers
near Weeping Water Monday, Feb
ruary 12. Twelve women answered
to roll call. The afternoon was spent
cutting and fitting house dresses.
The next meeting will be held Mar
26 at the home of Mrs Chris Nelson.
Murray Club Meeting:
Tuesday, February 15, a group of
fifteen women met at the home of months and sacrificed till we feel it. returned missionary is with the so
Mrs. C. A. Cathey for an all day but suffice now to say I cietv for an address.
meeting1. Ail tne dresses were cut ana
fitted and attractive finishes plan-1
ned. At noon a delicious dinner was 1
served. The next meeting will be
March 28 at the home of Mrs. O. T.
Leyda.
Meeting With Murdock Club
Twelve ladies of Murdock met
February 14 at the town hall for a
dress construction meeting. Mrs. O.
J. Pothast will be pleased to help
the women, who didn't get out, draft
their patterns. Get your pattern
drafted, the material for your dress
and your sewing equipment ready
and be out to the next meeting. No
tice of time and place will be given
later.
Maple Grove Club
The ladles of the Maple Grove
club met at the home of Mrs. B.
Wolph Thursday afternoon, February
15. The afternoon was spent taking
measurements and drafting pat
terns. Fourteen women attended the
meeting at the close of which deli
cious refreshments were served. The
next meeting will be an all day meet
ing at the home of Mrs. H. L. Ross,
March 13. Everybody welcome.
Eagle Club Meeting
Twenty women of Eagle and the
girls of the Home Economics depart
ment were present at a dress con
struction meeting held at the con
solidated school Friday, February
16. Measurements were taken and
patterns drafted. We wish to thank
Miss Bennison and the school au
thorities for the splendid co-operation
in these meetings. The next
meeting: will be for all day, March
30
Business forms of all kinds print
ed at the Journal office.
PUBLIC SALE!
I will sell at Public Auction at
my home on the Charley Chriswisser
farm, five miles north of Nehawka,
and two and one-half miles west and
one and one-quarter miles south of
Murray, on
Tuesday, February 27
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., with
lunch served on the premises at noon
by Oscar Nailor, the following: de
scribed property, to-wit:
Live Stock
One brown mare, six years old, wt.
1,300; one bay mare, eight years old.
wt. 1,500; one bay mare, nine years
old, wt. 1,400; one bay mareeight
years old, wt. 1,400; one bay mare,
ten years old, wt. 1,500; one saddle
mare, five years old, wt. 800.
Three head of milk cows; one red
cow, five years old, fresh by day of
sale; one roan Durham cow, five
years old, fresh; one red heifer, com
ing three years old, fresh.
Eight brood sows.
Farm Machinery
une trucK wagon. and rack; one
farm wagon with box; one single
buggy; two sets 1-inch harness;
one new saddle; one riding bridle;
one John Deere binder; one King
press drill; one Deering mower; one
clover seed buncher;' one sled listed
corn cultivator; one disk; one two-
wheeled lister; one Jenny Lind corn
cultivator; one tongueless corn cul
tivator; one 16-inch walking plow;
one 3-section narrow; two corn
boxes; scoop end gates; one wagon
box; ten rods garden fence; about
thirty rods of hog fence; one Econ
omy King cream separator; one Na
tional 150-egg incubator and numer
ous other articles.
Terms of Sale
All sums of $10 and under, cash.
On sums over $10 a credit of six
months will be given, purchaser giv
ing bankable note hearing eight per
cent interest from date. No prop
erty to be removed from the premises
until settled for.
WORTH CLICK,
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ALVO DEPARTMENT
M. E. Church Notes
At this present writing we feel a
bit lonesome. That great big Sunday
T c r n vt
scarcely subside long enough to get
the results of this hard race between
the auto and aeroplane. The baskets
for the Reds and Blues were passed
the second time and surprised when
they returned to the arbitration
committee that this contained the
funds which decided the winner in
the race. Music and good cheer sure
filled the house; children were ex-
cited; the old folks sat with broad . mit us to make mention in detail of
smiles; the Sunday school superin- the good dinner served by the ladle
tendent was not acting his natural in the basement and the splendid
way; the piano had two musicians program as was put on by home tal
pounding the music out of it and . ent. Also the cordial welcome of nine
Captain Taylor was actually up in
ironi acting as musical airecior. uver
i in tne corner three forms of human
beings, Ganz, Speech and the Sunday
school secretary, and from the size
of the sack they carried we felt sure
that they could and would not say:
"Silver and gold have I none." When
the secretary read the report it was
found to contain $704. My! My! My!
Sucn rejoicing. Captain Bornemeier
while swinging in effigy in his
wrecked plane and from his para- let's join forces for a splendid re
chute felt just a bit nervous and vival in Alvo. We hope all the sick
Captain Taylor was right now up folks: are on the mend and by the
against a "Detour" sign with "Reds next time you read Alvo items wo
Ahead." We all waited anxiously the. shall announce the date,
report. Carl Ganz was so elated over J Rev. F. A. High will occupy the
the victory that he pulled the aero-I pulpit next Sunday. He is president
plane clear over to pof everything
ahead whiIe cheers went up from" the
big audience especially the Reds and
the defeated Blues sang cheerfully The.W. H. M. S. is holding an all
"Love Lifted Me." I tell you we have day meeting today in the Sister Jor
all worked hard the Dast three dan home. Miss Ford of Bethany, a
Spring is
Grass and Clover Seeding can now be done. Better see
us for your seeds, we have all kinds, among which is White
Sweet Clover seeds. Clover Seed at 14c per pound or $14.00
per hundred pounds
Get ready for Spring! Harness oiled $1.00 per set
Coatman Hardware Co.
Alvo,
INTEREST IS SHOWN
IN BUILDING HOMES
Construction in Midwest for Year of
1922 Surpassed All Previous
Becords, Beports Say.
Chicago, Feb. 16. Building of
homes .in the midwest in 1922 sur
passed all previous history for the
section, according to available pre
liminary reports on the year. A few
sections reported no increase as com
pared with previous records, hut
nearly all indicated building boom
under way.
In Chicago building permits were
issued to a value of $225,742,000,
an increase of $100,000
over the
previous year. The rush of January
permits pointed the possibility of an
even greater building: year in 1923.
In 1922 Chicago built 6,280 resi
dences and 3,653 apartments. An
open winter was a factor in keeping
up building in much of the north
west.
Kentucky reported a new high
peak in building estimated at $45.-
000,000 for the year, while prelim
inary Louisville figures estimated
building at about 100 per cent more
than ever before. Demand for homes
was reported keeping ahead of con
struction.
Figures for eight large cities in In
diana gave $57,500,000 as the value
of building: permits, compared with
$36,200,000 the previous year.
Omaha reported slightly fewer
building permits in 1922, but a larg
er number of homes erected, these
numbering 1,552 compared with 988
for 1921.
Missouri gave an estimate of about
$53,000,000 for the year, with St
Louis at $25,000,000. compared with
$16,500,000 in 1921, and Kansas
City at $23,000,000 compared with
9ie,uuu,uuu. Tftese estimates came
from St. Louis contracting firms.
Oklahoma City reported that the
building in that state was not extra
ordinary, but that the construction
on small homes led.
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth
noted increases in home building and
estimated a 3 per cent increase for
the state of Minnesota in home con
struction in 1922. F. W. Dodge and
Company estimated that notwith
standing: the increase in the home
item, the value of total new con
struction of all classes for the state
was about 6 per cent less than in
1921, due in part to agricultural
conditions.
John McNurlin was among those
going to Omaha this morning, where
he was called to spend the day look
ing after the care of his eyes by the
specialist.
AirvMtistaff trill pay ytru.
1
The Contest is done.
And the Victory is won;
We got the Money,
And here's the Sum:
ll.351.S4.
After the Sunday school closed we
were again chepred and comforted in
a most unusual way by having Su
perintendent Clemens giving us just
a very fitting message. Sorry Bro.
Clemens could not stay throughout
the afternoon program to eee the
final "destruction" of that $1,000
mortgage go up in smoke or down
in ashes after Captain Bornemeier
applied the match and Captain Tay-
lor holding the tray. We sang the
Doxology in a better spirit than
ever. Time and space will not per-
new members to the church roll. So
we close by saying
Nowhere to go but stay at home.
And nothing to see but sights.
For tr-e contest is closed and it alone
Now furnishes no place for our
nights.
The prayer meeting is very much
alive and looking forward to our re
vival campaign under the lady evan-
gelist. Miss Clara Meeker from Ok-
lahoma. Now. friends, come on and
1 of the Anti-Saloon League of Ne-
! braska. Bro. High is a good man and
I always has a good message.
Soon Here!
Nebraska
'REVELATIONS'
ARE PROMISED BY
GEN. CRONKHITE
Army Officer Says He Has Been De
nied Opportunity to Give Facts
About His Retirement.
Washington. Feb. 16. Revelations
which will "shock the conscience of
the country" were promised tonight
by MaJ. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite,
war commander of the Eightieth di
vision, in his first public statement
regarding the circumstances sur
rounding his recent enforced retire-
ment from the active roll of the
army.
Repeating his charge that he was
taken out of active service because of
the attention he was giving to in
vestigation of the death of his son.
Major Alexander P. Cronkhite, mys
teriously killed in 1918 at Camp
Lewis, Washington, the general as
serted that in what he bad done he
was only "performing the duty to
which I was assigned by the presi
dent." He had been given no op
portunity, he added, to place the true
facts before the authorities untl even
had been denied the right of appeal
ing before a retiring board.
"The facts in this whole unfortu
nate affair, when they come to light."
he said, "will shock the conscience
of the country, and unless something
happens to me, they surely will come
to light."
A senate investigation into the
case already has been requested by
Jennings C. Wise, who served in the
Eightieth division as a lieutenant
colonel, and by others of General
Cronkhite's friends. Tonight no de
cision on the request had been reach
ed by the senators interested, al
though action on the nomination of
a successor to General Cronkhite was
still being withheld at the request of
Senator Glass, democrat, Virginia, in
whose state the Eightieth division
trained.
In his statement. General Cronk
hite emphasized that he believed
President Harding had been "misled
into signing the retirement order."
and that the "grave irregularities"
he charged in connection with the
case of Major Cronkhite had taken
place before Secretary Weeks took
office.
Albert Warga came in this morn
ing from his farm home to take the
train to Omaha, where he will spend
a few nours visiting witn mends
and looking after some matters ot
importance.
Phone us the news. We want to
publish ttstiixiig -at inXJrtacte
that happens in Cass county.