MONDAY, JULY 1G, 1934.
PLATTSMOUTH SEJfl - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Mrs. Dewey Ileadley was a visitor
in Ashland last Monday.
Miss Ann Nichols -.vent to Lin
coln Thursday, where she has em
ployment. E. Li. McDonald was looking after
seme business matters in Lincoln on
Wednesday of last week, driving over
to get Roods for the store here.
An ice cream social was held Sat
urday evening on the corner back of
the D-X filling station, by the Dorcas
Society of the Christian church.
Earl and Ed Stradley left Monday
morning for Heniingrord, where they
will spend a couple of weeks looking
after threshing and other business.
Mrs. Lizzie Hartsook went to Om
aha cn Friday of last week, where
she spent some time visiting her sis
ter, Mr?. Gene Mayfield and husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Landcn and
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne La n don and son
Harold, spent the Fourth at Ash
land, celebrating and visiting rela
tives. E. E. Dunning, of Linden, Iowa,
was a brief visiter in Grenewood on
Saturday of last week, at the home
of his sister, Mrs. O. F. Feters and
family.
Pearl A. Sanborn, proprietor of the
Sanborn Service, was called to Platts
nuuth on Tuesday cf last week to
lock after some business matters for
a short time.
Mrs. Ethel Armstrong and con,
Max, came over from Davey last Sun
day for a visit rt the W. A. Arm
strong heme with Max remaining for
a longer visit.
Mrs. J. R. Benson, of Aurora, came
in Monday of last week and spent the
week visiting her sister, Mrs. J. S.
Gribhle and family. She returned to
her home Tuesday.
The Home Missionary society of the
Methodist church will meet Thursday
afternoon of this week at the home
of Mrs. W. C. Boucher. All members
arc urged to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sorman and son
Jennings, were home from Omaha for
a week end visit last week. Both
Mr. Sorman and his son have been
employed in the metropolis.
Everett Lapham, who is stationed
at Nebraska City, where he is a mem
ber of the C. C. C. soil erosion camp,
came home Saturday to visit with
the folks here over the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde James and son.
of Ponca City, Okla., came Thursday
of last week to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Schrceder and family and
Mrs. Fannie Sayles and family.
Wayne Landon and wife and Mrs.
E. A. Landon were visiting in Lin
coln on Tuesday of lat week, where
they were looking after some shop
ping and visiting with friends.
The Methodist Guild will meet to
morrow (Tuesday) afternoon at the
church. Mrs. C. A. Mathis and Mrs.
Otto Erickson are to be the hostesses.
A large attendance is expected.
Mrs. Joe Kyles and son, Cedric, and
Mrs. Harold Mason were Lincoln vis
itors Saturday. Mrs. Kyles went on
to Friend, Nebr., to visit Dr. and
Mrs. W. D. Wallace and family. She
returned heme Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Dimmitt, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Peters and family, Mr. and
Mrs. James Dimmitt and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Dimmitt and son
drove to the state fisheries near South
Bend Inst Sunday, where they spent
the day picnicking.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Rogers, of
Greenwood, announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Velma, to
William E. Baker, of Lincoln. No
definite date has been set for the
wedding, although it will take place
Ktme time during the summer.
Ceorse Reuse. Orlo Goings, Main
ard Griffiths. James Brown. Harold
Brockhagce, Lyle Anderson, William
Tailing, D. S. Rogers and Wayne
Armstrong went to Nebraska City on
last Tuesday, where they are enter
ing the C. C. C. soil erosion camp at
that place. The boys were taken down
by E. L. McDonald in his car.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crofts, cf
Tl3(k Springs, Wyoming, came Tues
day of last week for a few days' visit
with Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Gideon.
They left Friday morning for Chi
cago, where they will visit at the
World's Fair. On their return trip,
they expect to make a longer visit
here. Mrs. Gideon is a niece of Mrs.
Crofts.
Mrs. Albert Wcitzel and daughter.
Miss Frieda, left Monday morning for
a trip that will take them to Wash
ington, D. C, and includes visits at
points along the way. While in the
nation's capital city they will visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Julian S. Duncan,
tho latter being a daughter and sis
ter of the Greenwood ladies. She will
be remembered here as Miss Erma
Woitzel. They expect to be gone for
about three weeks.
Met with Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wright and
family met with quite a serious ac
cident ncrth of town on Thursday af
ternoon, July 5th, when their car
and another collided, wrecking the
Wright car and injuring Aaron and
Myron Wright. Myron received a
iracturcd collar bone and a bad cut
cn one foot. The rest of the family
received only minor bruises. Dr. Wal
cctt was called and dressed the
v.cunds and is still caring for Myron,
althcugh at this writing he is get
ting along very well.
Hsd Enjoyable Picnic
Sunday evening, July Sth, the In
dies of the L. C. C. kensington and
husbands and families drove over to
the Ashland park, where they enjoyed
a splendid picnic. Nearly forty were
present. They went over about 5 in
the afternoon, after the hottest part
cf the day was past, and the time
was most pleasantly spent. The pic
nic supper consisted cf fried chicken,
home made ice cream and the many
ether good things that go to make an
affair cf this kind a grand success.,
Alter supper, the evening was enjoy
ed in true picnic fashion and it was
a late hour when they returned home,
united in the verdict that they had
had a wonderful time.
Eorcas Society Entertained
The Dorcas society was pleasantly
entertained on Friday afternoon of
last week at the Christian church by
Mr?. Julia Bethel and Mrs. Charles
Armstrong as hostesses. There was a
srcr,i rowd present. On account of
the hot weather, only a short busi
ness session was held. The pound
party for the paster was a feature oi
the afternoon, with some nice dona
tions. Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Celebrated the Fourth
Twenty-four members cf Mrs. Fred
Etheredge's family celebrated the 4th
of July at the Etheredge home here.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Eert
Dienier, Edith and Ellen, cf Fair
bury; Mr. and Mrs. Eert Alton, Mar
guerite and Gilbert, of Omaha; Harry
Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Alton,
the Misses Claire, Marjorie and Betty
and Mrs. Charles Marlin, all of Om
aha. A great supri.se was in store
for the family on the arrival of an
other sen and brother, who came up
Irom Shawnee, Okla., unexpectedly, to
join in the celebration. Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Alton, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Alton,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bingham, also- a
tiny little new arrival girl, Betty
Tllen Alton, a great grand-daughter
of Mrs. Etheredge, were among the
members of the party.
Needless to state, all had a line
time, a sumptuous picnic lunch being
served to further add to the pleasures
of the occasion.
Shower but No Rain
Mrs. Louis Laune and daughters,
the Misses Elizabeth and Ruth and
Mrs. Lloyd JcfTery, entertained at the
Laune home on Thursday afternoon,
July 5th, at a miscellaneous shower
in honor of Mrs. Glen Humrick. There
were about sixty guests present. The
afternoon was spent visiting. The
bride received many useful and beau
tiful gifts. Delicious refreshments of
iome-made ire cream, cake and iced
tea were served late in the afternoon
and the guests departed at a late
hour, wishing Mrs. Humrick much
happiness in her new home.
Visiting Relatives Here
Messrs Henry Greer and James
Greer and Miss Maggie Greer are
enjoying a very pleasant visit from
their sister, Mrs. Howard Anderson
and son, Fred, who arrived last week
from their home at Hackensack, N.
J., and will visit for the remainder
of the summer at the home of the
two Greer families.
Gets Finders Mashed
While Herbert Karnes was work
ing with his cultivator he had the
misfortune to get one of his fingers
caught in the workings of the same,
with the result that the finger was
crushed very badly so much so that
it was not possible for him to con
tinue the work of cultivating his
corn.
Mcved His Barber Shop
Dwayne Gribbel, who has operated
a barber shop at the east end of Main
ftrcet, on the south side, for some
time, moved the shop to the west end
cf Main street on the north side of
the street, in what was formerly the
Newkirk market. He got the shop
fixtures moved and ready for business
last Wednesday. The new location
makes a good place for the business
and is a very nice room as well.
New Pump Working Nicely
The new pump which the Green
wood town council purchased some
time since, and which arrived only
recently, has now been installed and
is giving excellent service. While
there arc ether town;; which are suf
fering for lack of water, Greenwood
i3 having plenty as the well which
supplies the water for the city plant
is one hundred and ten feet deep and
is in a layer of gravel, through which
is fed an abundance of pure sheet
water. At this depth it would take a
continuous drouth of several years to
make any perceptible decrease in the
amount of water available.
Have Good Eall Game
The Greenwood ball team was over
to Staplehurst, where they played the
Staplehurst team that has occupied a
high place in the standings of the
Blue Valley league, and were able
to win over that classy teem by a
score" of 8 to 6. This makes ten in
a row which the Greenwood team has
won. Last spring when the team
began to play, they lost the fir::t
game, but since that time they have
had an unbroken winning streak, giv
ing them ten victories out of eleven
played, cr a percentage of .909, and
if ycu ask us, that's not bad. Look up
similar team's standing with a like
tiumber of games played and see if
any of them rank that high.
Lcces Bnildintrs by Fire
When the father of Mrs. William
licit died several months ago, she
received a farm in Illinois, which had
belonged to her parents and on which
the farm house had recently burned
to the grcund, leaving a large barn
and a large machine storage building,
which stood near the highway. Last
week these buildings caught fire and
burned down. Mr. and Mrs. Holt had
presumed the buildings were covered
by insurance, but fotind that the
policies had expired and the loss of
rcmething like $2,000 will have to
be theirs to meet without any in
surance. Returned to Her Home
Miss Nettie Landcn, of Alliance,
who has been visiting in Greenwood
and vicinity with friends and rela
tives, as well as at Ashland part of
the time, being a guest at the home
of her brother, E. A. Landon while
-here, left on last Monday for her
heme at Alliance after having enjoy
ed a pleasant month's visit in this
part cf the state.
Shelling 35.000 Bushels of Corn
The Miller Cereal Milling company,
cf Omaha, which cribbed a large
amount cf corn, was shelling some
35.000 bushels of the 1932 crop dur
ing the past week. Myers Brothers
were doing the shelling and the corn
was loaded into cars end shipped to
Omaha, where the manufacturing
plant of the company is located. This
corn was purchased at about 12
cents per bushel during the fall of
1932 and is showing a handsome
profit for the mills even after the ex
pense of building crib room has been
met. It may be a good many years
befcre another such opportunity is
available.
Have Serious Accident
While Louis Wright and wife and
their five boys were coming to Green
wood last Thursday and were com
ing out on an intersection, after tak
ing due notice and stopping, entered
the interjection slowly when another
car traveling at a high rate of speed
dashed down upon them. Seeing the
impending compact, Mr. Wright set
his foot on the gas and shot across
the road headed for a ditch to avoid
if possible being hit. The other car
wan corning too fast, however, and it
caught the rear end of his car, over
turning them and causing minor in
juries to the entire family. They are
getting along nicely now, following
their exciting experience.
Enjoying Visit Here
Mrs. W. C. McKee and three child
ren, Arthur, Mae and Billie, are
spending a month at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Earns. They are enjoying the visit
here and making a very pleasant time
for Grandfather and Grandmother
Earns. Their home is west of Min
neapolis. School Board Organizes
The new school board of the
Greenwood school:; organized for
business last Tuesday evening at
their meeting by the election of J.
E. Lambert as their chairman and E.
II. Armstrong as secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Verne Shepler, who has been a
member of the board, having moved
to Springfield, J. S. Cribtle was elect
ed to the position. Dudley Clause was
also elected as the care taker of the
school property and some minor re
pairs ordered that the building may
be in perfect condition at the open
ing of the school year. A car of coal
has been received and stored in the
bunkers of the school house for win
ter use.
Announcement
I hereby announce the filing of
rny mrr.e for the position cf county
commissioner to represent the third
district of Cass county, subject to the
(Political Advertising
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A Life Long Heavy Taxpayer
Courteous, Experienced ar,d
Qualified Honest Record
JOE V. BRANDT
Republican Candidate
for
REGISTER of DEEDS
CASS COUNTY
Primary Election August 14th
You - Support Appreciated!
will of the republican voters of the
district at the forthcoming primary
election on August 14th.
I have resided in Cass county all
my life, having been encaged in farm
ing during the years and well know
the needs of the community, both as
to tho physical needs of the roads and
the financial conditions facing the
people. Should I be ele( ted, I will
give the business of .the county the
same careful consideration that 1
would my cwn private business. Those
who have the same personal interest
in the welfare cf the county and its
lunds are asked to co-operate in this
work. Your support is solicited, and
will be appreciated.
Among the ball players and many
of my friends I am known as "Smith
ey." This I say in order that all may
knew who I am and can exercise
their best judgment at the polls.
EVAN II. ARMSTRONG.
Greenwood, Nebr.
Announcement
To the voters cf the Third Com
missioner district of Cass county, Ne
braska: I have been urged by many of the
citizens cf this district to file on the
republican ticket for nomination and
election to the office cf commission
er of this district. I have resided in
this portion of thecounty. for the
past forty years and know well what
it takes to succeed. Should I be se
lected as your cemmissioner, I will
use every offcrt to conserve the in
terests of the public and the county.
To this end. I solicit your support at
the primaries August 14th.
HENRY BACKEMEYER,
Candidate for County Commis
sioner, Third District.
VIGILANCE IS THE
PRICE OF SAFETY
The annual report of the presi
dent of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters comments on the grati
fying decrease in fire loss that was
achieved last year. Much of the drop,
the report points cut, was the result
cf the extremely low level of property
valuse, but even when that is con
sidered the total destroyed was wll
under what past experience indicated
the waste would be.
Every Amercian citizen should do
his part to continue the good work
that eliminate:; fires. No form of
waste is more absolute none is less
necessary. Each year fire destroys
factories that provide jobs and taxes
and purchasing power it destroys
homes and i'ar:a buildings and
worst of all, it destroys, on the aver
age, some ten thousand lives.
With the coming of summer, cer
tain fire hazards automatically in
crease. Dry grass is among the worst,
and many a carelessly dropped match
or cigarette has started a disastrous
fire. Tho great Berkeley fire of a few
years ago began in a small dry field.
Loon over your property, both house
and grounds, for this and other haz
ards. And den't think one inspection
will suffice for the season constant
vigilance is the price of safety when
it comes to fire.
There is no room for economic
waste in good times, and in bad times
the crime- of fire becomes the greater.
Fire can be licked but every person
must aid if victory is to be won.
CAPT. H0UCX ACQUITTED
San Francisco. Captain Edward
J. Ilouck, 52 year old retired army
officer, was acquitted here of a
charge of manslaughter for the fatal
stabbing of Walter Potter, a friend.
Ilouck declared Potter lunged against
a bolo knife, Filipino hunting wea
pon, the retired officer said he we3
holding in self defense. The sl-ying
recurred in the Kouck home after a
drinking party.
Cattle Buying
to Start in Eight
More Counties
Requests Hade for 6 Others, Making
total of 26; Purchases Are
Made at 4 Centers.
Fairbury, July 12. Elgin more
Nebraska counties Thursdaay vvre
given primary drouth classifications
to permit federal cattle buying and
arrangements were beguu to qualify
six more, which would bring the
state's total to 26 counties.
Representatives of 11 southeastern
and south central counties here for a
conference cn the cattle buying pro
gram Thursday, said the extreme tem
peratures of the last two weeks have
changed the prospects for a good
corn crop materially.
Corn, they said, now has been in
jured seriously with much of the crop
abnormally short and some of it al
ready beginning to tassle out.
No Bed Tape.
H. J. Gramlich, University of Ne-
Lraska animal husbandryman, who is
state director of cattle buying, as
sured the delegations red tape is be
ing cut cut in the cattle buying pro
gram and pointed to receipt of checks
by Sherman county farmers within a
week after the first cattle were pur
chased. He announced receipt of word
from Washington authorizing pri
mary drouth classification for Thay
er, Box Butte, Sheridan, Johnson,
Pawnee, Harlan. Nuckolls and Fill
more counties. Twelve counties had
been given primary ratings previous
ly. Gramlich requested such classifi
cation Thursday for Lancaster, Otoe,
Jefferson and Frontier counties, and
said he probably would ask inclu
sion Friday of Gage and Buffalo
counties.
Barnes Supervisor.
Dorsey Barnes was named super
visor of the purchasing program in
the eastern end of the southern Ne
braska district. Delegates said since
cattle are not as abundant in this
territory as in northern Nebraska
counties, total purchases probably
would be smaller but that more farm
ers might participate.
The cattle buying program is ex
pected to start in all of the south
eastern Nebraska counties next week
but will be staggered so as to keep
the purchases within quotas fixed to
prevent flooding packers.
Friday's buying program fixed the
following quotas: Harrison, 250;
Chadren, 250; Callaway, 200; and
Red Cloud. 200. The purchases in
Dawes and Sioux counties are tne
first in northwest Nebraska. Satur
day the quotas are: Crawford, 250;
Horn, 250; Elba, 150; Sutton, 150,
and Rcsemont, 150.
Purchases Made.
Cattle were purchased Thursday
at Rockvill3. Elyria, Broken Bow
and Farwell.
W. W. Derrick, assistant director,
said all the South Platte territory
was in poor condition with the ex
ception of the far west end.
Gramlich said the state may have
to go on a permit basis later if the
state's quota for cattle purchases is
net increased.
L. A. White, the state rural re
habilitation director, also spoke and
said that if the run of cattle gets
too heavy, some of it may, be pro
cessed within the state.
VETERAN IS BEAD AT S3
Omaha. The name of Samuel
Goozee, 93, was stricken Thursday
from the fast dwindling ranks of
Civil war veterans and pioneer Ne
';; aeans.
Goozee, a captain in the Civil war,
prominent Mason, former North
Platte business man and first clerk
of Gosper county, died at the home
here of his daughter, Mrs. Fred El
liott, jr. He was born in England
and came- to this country in 1S56.
After the war he moved to Nebraska
and after many years' residence in
North Platte moved here in 1919.
On his 90th birthday he credited
years spent out of doors for a "long,
happy, active" life. At that time he
walked at least two miles a day. Fun
eral services will be held here Fri
day. LOAN BECOMES GRANT
Washington. Secretary Ickes ap
proved changing the loan and grant
of $14,951 for improvements to a wa
terworks system at Rising City, Neb.,
into a grant of $4,300, 30 percent of
the cost of labor and material in
volved. One warranted sound, dependable
black smooth mouth work horse or
would trade for filly or ether live
stcek, cr what have you. Wm. F.
Halmes, phone 3S03. jy5-4tw
Cass County Farm J
Bureau Notes 1
Copy furnished from Office
of County Agent Walnscott J
Corn-Hog Checks
Expected Soon.
The first corn and hog checks arc
expected to arrive in Cass county this
week. About two hundred contracts
have been approved in Washington
and the Notice of Acceptance sheets
were received at the corn and hog
office Monday. With them was a
statement that the checks would fol
low within a few days.
These checks are for the earjy
payment contracts of Greenwood.
Salt Creek and Tipton precincts. No
tice cards, of .where they can get
their checks, will be sent out to the
farmers as soon as the checks ar
rive. All of the 190 early payment
contracts have been sent in and the
422 regulars will go this week.
Over 9S of the farmers that made
an application signed the final con
tracts. Total Living Values
"Reflect" the Income.
Some one has said, "The amount
apportioned for necessities will al
way vary according to the size of the
income." The rmaller the income the
larger must be the proportion allotted j
for necessities. As the income in
creases the percentage for necessities
may lower with the result that more
is available for savings and better
ment, which makes life more inter
esting and happy.
The 183 home records studied,
when divided into groups show:
Total Value
of Living No. Records
.? 290 - $ 499 5
500 - C99 43
700 - 999 5C
1000 - 1199 27
1200 - 1499 23
1500 - 1999 20
2000 - 4475 9
The average number in the fam
ily in each group was four people.
As total value of living increased
the proportion spent for "necessities"
(food, clothing, shelter, operating)
decreased and that for "betterments"
(savings, health, education, gifts,
recreation, church and charity) in
creased up to the $1500 value.
On the smaller living values the
largest single percentage wrts tor
food while in the highest living value
levels the shelter value shows the
highest percent. In most cases this
high shelter value is due to interest
and depreciation on an investment
made in better times.
In comparison with a table publish
ed by a leading educational maga
zine, the 50 records showing living
values from $1000 to $1500, corres
ponding very favorably in their divi
sion of money between necessities
(food, clothing, shelter, operating
expenses) with betterments (saving
and development).
This closeness to a recommended
standard of the division of one's liv
ing expenses may be considered a
tribute to good management on the
part of those families. The following
table shows the division:
Total Value
of Living Necessities Betterment
$1000 - 1200 75 25
1500 - 2000
2000 - 2500
27 rr
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Plant Anything on Contracted
Acres for Fodder or Forage.
Contracted acres for corn-hog con
tracts have been released for plant
ing any or all kinds of crops for for
age or fodder. You may plant corn,
kaffir, milo or anything, in any way,
for fodder or roughage, to make feed
for livestock.
4-H Club Camp Soon
Boys and girls it won't be long
until 4-H Club Camp! July 22, the
opening day is only ten days off. Ap
plications must be in the farm bu
reau office by July 19th. Ask your
leader for a blank or write the county
extension agents. The usual time
will be given over to handcraft and
for this purpose the girls are asked
to bring the following material:
Ruler, pencil, soft cloth for pasting,
scissors, old thick magazine for press
ing. The boys should bring a Jack
knife if they have one but it is not
required.
OLDER MEN LAID OFF
Fremont, Neb. Men past 5 0 years
of age are not being employed any
more on the paving project on high
way No. 8 between the junction with
ths former paving south of Winslow
and Scribner. George B. Sar.cha, re
employment manager here, said work
ers over 50 are not covered under
the compensation insurance policy of
the contractor;, and a few who were
put to work for a time have been
laid off.
Fair Crop of
Corn is the Fore
cast for Mid-July
Commercial Potato Crop l, Good,
But Small Grain and Hay
Greatly Reduced.
A fair crop of corn, gr:ut!y re
duced small grain and hay crops are
indicated by July 1 conditions and
estimates of the rtr.te and federal di
vision of agricultural statistics. Pros
beets in panhandle counties ere g.od.
bets in panhandle counths arc good.
A total of S, 553, 000 ams of corn
wire planted r.s compared with 10,
431,000 acres last year. Tin- July 1
condition was G7 percent and the
forecast 179.G13."00 bushels against
234.69S.000 bushels last year. There
has been considerable deterioration
since Tuly 1 in about thirty drouth
counties. In this section corn hr.s
already been injured to say nothing
of tne poor stand in prospect. With
very little surfact moisture and no
subsoil moisture, the chances for
corn in the drouth eountits are ex
tremely poor.
Present estimates indicate an aban
donment of cue-third of the winter
licut acreage having 2.033.oo for
harvest. The condition of v. h at har
vested is 30 per cent and the forecast
Hi. 024. 000 bushels against 25.S94,
000 bushels last year. The condition
cf spring wheat is 2D percent and the
forecast 1,345.000 bushels against
3.312,000 bushels last year. The acre
age is 2G9.000 acres against 4 14,001)
acres last ye ar.
The area of oats is 1 , 4 4 7 , 0 o acres
against 2,226,000 acres la.-t year.
The conditions is 15 percent and t In
forecast 10.S53.000 bushels agaimt
23.373,000 bushels hist year.
The estimate of bailey is 400.000
acres against 799,000 acres last ye ar.
The condition is 20 percent and the
forecast 2.600,000 bushels against
S, 390. 000 bushels last year. The area
of rye is 171,000 acres against 211.
00 0 acres last year and the condition
26 percent indicating a crop of 770,
000 bushels against 1,712,000 bush
els last year.
The area of all tame hay is 2,
095.000 acres against 1,S71.00 acre;
last year. The condition is 34 per
cent and the forecast 2,095,'joO ton.-,
against 2.&5S.000 tons hut ytar.
Preliminary estimate of will hay is
2,640.000 against .933,000 acres last
year. The condition is 36 pe rcent and
the forecast S45.000 tons against 1 ,
760,000 tons last year.
There is a large increas in the
acres of potatoes with 144.000
against 115.000 acres last ye ar. The
rendition is C3 percent and t lie fore
cast 9,072,000 bushels against
625,000 bushels last year. Much oi
the increase is in extreme western
Nebraska in the commercial district
where conditions have been ejmc
favorable. The farm crop of pota
toes will be extremely light. The
forecast of sugar beets is 780.000
tons against 1. 06S.000 tons !a:;t year,
and beans 215,000 bushels asaim.t
115,000 bushels last year. The con
dition of flax is 30 percent; pasture
41 percent; apples, 33 percent;
peaches, 13 percent; pears, 31 per
cent, and graes 60 percent.
Estimates of leading crop;- for the
United States this year and lal year
are as follows: Corn, 2,113.137.000
aganist 2.343.SS3.000 bushels; win
ter wheat. 394.26S.000 gainst 351.
G0S.000 bushels; spring wheat S2,
911,000 against 160.261000 bushels!
oats, 567.839,000 against 731.524,
000 bushels; barley, 125,155,000
against 156, OSS, 000 bus he-is; rye.
17,194,000 against 21.236,O0y bush-e-is.
potatoes, 34 S, 092, 000 against
320,353,000 bushels; tam- hay, 52,
020,000 against 65.9S3.000 tons;
wild hay, 5,455,000 agains.t S.(io3,
000 tons.
LAUNCHING OF DESTROYER
Philadelphia. The United States
navy's newest and fastest destroyer,
christened by a little girl with on
swift blow of a bottle of chr-mpagii".
splashed into the Delaware river.
With Miss Elizabeth Mary Farley,
11, when she sponsored the "Aylwin"
at the navy yard, were her parent.-,
Postmaster-General and Mrs. Farley,
and Rear Admiral W. C. Watts, com
mandant of the Fourth naval district.
Factory whistles, tugs, freighters and
the new ship itself sounded a noi-y
din as the champagne wa's thrown
soundly against the hulk. As the boat
slipped smoothly away little Eliza
beth turned to her father, wh;j was
taking moving pictures of t he
launching, and said: "Whew, Daddy:
I almost missed it."
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