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Federal Trade Commission Fa
vors Supervision by Gov
ernment Authorities.
WOULD ELIMINATE HOARDING
Establishment of Central Market for
Perishable Food Products and
Creation of Licensing System
Urged by Bpard)
Washington. Establishment of cen
tral markets foj perishable food prod
ucts In all largo cities nnd the setting
up of n federal licensing system ap
plicable to all dealers In Midi foods
nt tliose markets are proposed by the
federal trade commission in Its unnual
report to congress. ,
Tlio commission's conclusions are
bused on an Investigation covering
ninny months, and It declares that fed
eral action Is necessary to obtain ef
fective regulation and to avoid tin
ifalr and wasteful practices with the
(consequent effect on prices.
Iu the present system the commis
sion sees as a hindrance to tlio proper
tmssngo of perishables from tlio pro
ducer to tliu consumer certain Inter
trntle dealings which It believes should
be eliminated, and It suggests that the
handling of these products bo Bur
rounded by numerous regulations nnd
restrictions such as the recording of
tivnllablo supplies and the dating of
:oId-storngc periods and provisions
for miction marketing.
Would Eliminate Hoarding.
Facilities should be made adequate,
the commission says, to enable the
producer to ship freely Into the cen
tral markets nnd "with proper pro
tection of his Interests." Tlio mar.
ketlng system should bo so covered
that objectionable hoarding would ho
eliminated nnd proper co-ordinntlon
of transportation facilities should be
OFFERS TO SELL
SELF FOR $2,500
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Jack Tar's Body and Soul Goes
for Year to Man Who Will
Put Up the Money.
STICKS FOR HONESTY ONLY'
Will Do Anything to Help Him Care
for Wifo and Baby Goes Supper
less to Buy Milk for
Infant.
Chicago. For those whollko to pon
der tho riddle of existence thero Is
presented Obert Flrmln, who offers
himself for bale, body and boul, for
one j car. Price, $2,f00.
Ills only stipulation Is that his pur
chaser shall not expect him to partici
pate In any unworthy action. Ho will
go anywhere in the world upon tho
most hazardous adventure. lie says he
will labor "at any task that 100 pounds
of brawn, two capable bunds, and n
clenr bruin can perform."
Rut ho Insists ho must sell himself.
There nro two reasons. You will find
them In n, one-room housekeeping
apartment on the third floor, back, at
12f2 West Madison street. One Is tho
nineteen-year-old wife ho eloped with
threo years ngo. The other is Martha,
thirteen mouths old und undernour
ished. A Marooned Jack Tar.
It Is tho story of n Jack tnc ma
rooned among landlubbers. Flrmln
wns born In St. Johns, New Bruns
wick, Canada. Ills futher was a deep
sea sailor. As n boy Flnnln used to
go out with the Ashing Rinncks. Ho
could navigate a deck before ho could
walk a pnvement.
As soon as ho was old enough ho
went to sea. Ho has clrcumnavlgnted
tho globe llvo times. Ho has been In
every nook and crnnny where ships
Women's Militia of Moscow in Gymnastic Drill
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i. Members of tho Women's Mllltla
jiroro soviet Ilussla, by yn8blngton
Handle
Marketing
accomplished to make deliveries cer
tain when required.
The commission snyn that "the
needed reforms can hardly bo expect
ed to lie accomplished by the Initia
tive of the dealers," and asserts that
stato and municipal authorities lack
adequate power to effectively regulate
the handling of the food supplies.
Turning to wheat products, the com
mission says It has found that con
centration of the milling Industry has
progressed far enough so that "prob
ably ten of the largest milling con
cerns could supply the demand of the
country for Hour." Tlio commission
mentions Incidentally that Its figures
from 37 milling corporations showed
that their sales had Increased from
.$100,000,000 to $3.H000,OO0 between
Teaching Them to
Scene In n classroom In the plant of the Grlflln Wheel company, Chicago,
where alien employees-are being tnuglit tho English language nnd American
governmental ideals, so they can obtain their citizenship papers.
wander. Ho enlisted for tho nnvv when
the United States entered the war, but
tho shipping hoard diverted him to
tlio merchant marine.
In the fall of 1017 n freight packet
on which ho wns serving as quarter
master touched nt Cleveland. Flrmln
had shore leave of live days. Ho met
Myrtle Smith. They loved. Her par
ents objected. They were married
secretly. Ills time expired last No
vember. He went to Cleveland. They
notified the pnrenLs of their ninrriage.
Forgiveness was refused. They tame
to Chicago.
"I've Tried Everything."
"Hut I don't belong on dry Innd," ho
said. "I've tried everything. My wife
is not well and I didn't want to leave
Uer and baby. I flnnlly began washing
windows and cleaning flagpoles. I'm
pretty handy at climbing. Hut tho
money didn't come In.
"Tonight we got down to' our Inst
cent. We were able to buy milk for
bnby, but wo went slipperiest. So I
decided the thing to do was to go bark
to the sea again. There I'm nt home.
On dry laud I'm ns handy as n fish
out of water.
"So that's why I offered myself for
sale for a year for $2,r00. I'm well
worth It. All I want Is assurance the
wife and bnby will bo cared for. About
myself I'm not worrying. I don't enro
where I go or what I do, Just so It's
honest.
"Plcnso get this straiglit : I don't
wnnt any charity, I Just want n chance
to make good for .the $2,500."
Crime Increases In Vienna.
Vienna. Crime In Vleiinn has In
creased five-fold this ytar, Police
President Schoher has Just told the
Vienna Trade association. Ho added
that every case of serious crime had
been successfully prosecuted and at
trlbuted thin to tho co-operation of
the Judge 'and to -10 physicians at
tached to the police staff.
of Moscow; In a gymnastic drill. This
D. Vunderllp, tho Lo3 Angeles mining
1014 nnd 101S, whllo their snn.iat
profits hod grown from .$T.f00,000 t
520.000.000 In the snmo rcrlotl. .
Itcportlng on tlio operation of tlio
Webb-Pomereno net, permitting 'or
matlon of associations for export
trade, the commission informs con
gress that this net hits served as "n
decided factor" In promoting the
progress of American manufacturers
In foreign markets. Tlio commission
says that during tho year 43 associa
tions, comprising approximately 71(2
concerns, whoso ofllces and plnnts
were distributed over -III states, re
ported to It as operating -under tho
export art.
Tho commission snys also that tho
Inw, Instead of increasing the strength
of tho already great American Indus
trial establishments, has enabled tho
smaller concerns to band together In
n fashion to push fully organized ex
port trade In n keenly competitive
manner, which they arc not nblo to
do at home. To tills extent, tho com
mission believes, tho Inw has worked
to the great advantage of the small
firms.
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Congressman Calls Quits
On Bargain With Stork
For mnny years Representa
tive Small of North Cnrollnn,
has by agreement been present
ing to It. C. Bhind, n 'Carolina. J
farmer and ona of his constitu
ents, n new suit of clothes for
each additional child born In tho
Bland family. Having present
ed 13 suits, and being recently
notified to send tho fourteenth,
Representative Small has In
formed Blnnd that the contract
will bo "off" with Mr. Small's
retirement from congress on
March 3.
Small and Hlnnd made their
compnet a number of years ngo
I when Small was making a cam
paign speech at ItohersonvlUe,
N. C. Hlnnd then had 20 chil
dren; now he has 31.
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BUYS WATCHES FOR SUBJECTS
Indian Princess Wants Her People
Not to Rely on Sun fop Time
of Day.
Geneva. Tho begum (princess) of
Bliopnl, India, who bought 4,000 sil
ver watches to take back to her peo
ple In the central Indian- state when
she visited Switzerland In 1011, has
Just sent for another lot of 2,500 time
pieces. She wants her subjects to be
punctual and not rely on tho sun for
the time of dny. s
The Mohammed princess of Bhopnl
probably Is tho only female ruler of a
stato iu India, and Is also culled sul
tan. Tho throne of Hhopal has de
scended In n female lino for more thpn
7." years and many of the begums have
displayed modern tendencies In look
ing nfter tho welfaro of their subjects,
who number 005,000. Sultnn Jnhnn
begum succeeded to tho throno In
1P01.
Bhopnl Is the prlnclp.nl provlnco of
central Indln and Its capital, the city
of Bhopnl, has about 75,000 popula
tion. Is one of tho now photographs brought
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CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Tho community store nt Norfolk.hns
been discontinued.
A million dollar packing plant Is a
possibility at Scottsblurf.
Ice u foot thick and of superior
quality has been harvested at Loup
City.
Omaha claims to be the largest
primary grain market In the United
States.
Last Tuesday's run of hogs, 10,800
head, was the heaviest receipt at South
Omaha since May, 1020.
During tho year 11)20, Judge Hop
kins, n York Justice, Issued 181 mar
riage licenses and married fifty
couples.
The Episcopal ihurchjit Arapahoe
Is building u new pursonngo nt a cost
of $5,000.
Seventeen applicants took tlio civil
service examination held at Hebron
last week.
Tho Catholic Workmen's National
Bohemian Society will convene ut
Oinaha January 20.
North Platte olllcers found an Illicit
still In operation lu a tank car on the
railroad trucks at tAnt plnce.
Plans for a church costing $100,000
In n downtown district aie being dis
cussed by the orthodox Greeks of
Omaha.
A. K. Evans of Columbus has been
designated ns a candidate for entrance
examination at West Point to be held
In March.
Boss Wlckershap died at n Fremont
hospital from a gunshot wood received
In n fight at Nickerson as the result
of n poker game.
Lodgepolo will have Sunday night
moving picture shows begin nn hour
later than usual, so as not to conflict
with church service.
Although tho largest corn crop in
years was raised in Sherman county
last year, practically none of It is be
ing put on the mnrket.
Hastings carpenters and contractors
nre negotiating n new wage scale. The
carpenters have expressed n willing
ness to accept n reduction.
The university of Nebraska has
spjmt-nbout $8,000 In fitting up the col
llseum on tho fair grounds at Lincoln
for use for athletic purposes.
A bronze tnblet ns n memorial to
Dean Mononh Reese, former head of
tho law college, will be placed In the
law building at the university.
Geneva citizens hnve organized n
"Fifty Year" club, to which iinyone
having lived In the county for fifty
years is eligible for membership.
O. A. Bystrom of Stromsburg wns
elected president of the Midwest Im
plement Dealers association nt tho an
nual business meeting nt Omaha.
Franlr Delbrldge n convict nt tho
state prison, committed suicide by
hanging himself to the upper bunk In
his cell with n pair of suspenders.
A crowd so big that no hall nt the
state farm would hold It, attended tho
opening session of the Nebraska
Fjirm Bureau Federation at Lincoln.
Ttichnnl Debuse, 10 jours old, n
student nt the Oiniihn Central High
school, is thought to bo the youngest
jijgh school student In tho United
States.
J. H. Parker, a Heatrlco pioneer,
wns found dend In bed one day last
week, by his aged wife. It Is supposed
his death was tho result of heart
trouble.
Rev. Henry ,11. Martens of Lodgepolo
was entertained by members of tho
congregation, who, In honor of his 45th
birthday, presented hlin a sack of sil
ver coins.
The municipal skating pond nt
Osceoln Is now In operation nnd
thronged with skaters from over the
entire county. Tho pond Is electrical
ly lighted.
Phil Altkens of Lincoln has -been
elected president of the University
golf association. Walton Roberts, an
other Lincoln man, was elected secretary-treasurer.
Leoun, 3-year-old daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Andrew Jensen of O'Neill,
wns scalded by falling against a pull
of boiling-water nt the Jensen homo
und died n few hours afterward.
Moro than 200 pupils marched down
fflro escapes to safety when tenchers
nt tho Sacred Heart Junior parochial
school at Omaha sounded tho firo drill
after firo was discovered on the roof
of the building. Firemen extinguished
tho maze with slight turning'.
A red fox was captured and killed In
n circle hunt held near Adams. About
175 men Joined In tho round up. It Is
tho first of this species seen in this
section In years.
At n mnss meeting at North Platte,
called by the ministerial association,
It was decided by n vote of 120 to 10
to start legal action to bar dancing
In the school auditorium.
Colorado cnpltnllsts are making ar
rangements to develop tho clay de
posits recently opened up nenr Wy
more, and which are said to be Ideal
for tho manufacture of brick, tile and
pottery. '
More thnn $10,000,000 wns spent for
education of children In Nebraska
during 1020, nccordlng to tho biennial
report of tho stato superintendent of
schools. This wns nn average of
$02.75' pcrchlld. Thero lira 13,701
teachers In tho public schools, of which
only 1,031 nvo men.
R. J. Dunham hns been re-elected
president, nnd Everett Buckingham re
nnmed vice picsldont and general
manager of tho Union Stock Yards nt
Omahn. Mr. Buckingham has been a
director of tho company for 15 years,
pnlno of which ho hns served ob vlco
president und general manager.
Irwin Wiseman, a 10 year old boy,
wns shot through tho arm when ho
challenged the entry of a burglar Into
tho home of his parents near Woodt
river.
Samuel Jncoos, 80, oldest Odd Fel
low In Nebraska, died nt Omahn last
week of Illness Incident to .old age. Mr.
Jacobs had lived In Nebraska fifty
five years.
A fourteen-room resilience properly,
vnlued ut $30,000, has been purchased
by n board of eighteen trustees among
Omaha Masons to provide a homo for
needy boys.
Two hundred and seventy Webster
county fanners were entertained with
a proginm and oyster supper nt Red
Cloud tho other evening by it local
farmers' union.
J. B. Northeutt of Nebraska City
celebrated his ninetieth birthday nn
nlvurNiry last week by skipping rope
and engaging In a few other minor
athletic exercises.
C. II. (liistafson, for the past seve;q
years president of the Farmers' Co
operative IMiTcatlonnl union, wns re
elected to the office at the recent ses
sion of that body.
More than 150 "lonesome folks" of
nil uses, creeds and stations, looking
for friendship of I he "right sort," met
In the Unltiirlnn church at Oinaha and
organized n "Got Aniualntod" club.
One of the last acts of the Midwest
Implement Dealers' association, before
It closed Its convention at Omaha, was
to adopt five little Armenian orphans
and donate $300 for their support for
a year.
Compared with 1010 there wns a'
largo falling off In live stock receipts
nt the packing house centers through
out the United States. This was ap
parent nt Omaha, but more pronounced
elsewhere.
The most terrific blizzard In tho
recorded history of Nebraska occurred
thlrty-lhree years ago January 12.
Scores of lives were lost and the dam-
ago to cattle and other llvo stock was
tremendous.
Mike und Bernard TIerncy, who
plead guilty to charges of stealing'
thirteen dozen shirts from a box car
near Valley, were sentenced to three
j ears In the federal penltenllnry nt
Leavenworth.
Tho body of an unidentified ninn
was found In n box car at Chappel. A
search by the coroner nnd sheriff re
vealed only n number of old Jnck
knives, tabic knives, forks und spoons,
nil apparently worthless.
Attorney General Davis has filed a
brief In supreme court defending Ihe
right of the Juvenile court In thu carry
ing out of the objects for which It wns
created, to try nnd sentence ndulta
without calling In a jury.
During 1020 there was shipped from
liny Springs 1C0 cars of cattle, 170
cars of iiogs.flfty four cars of wheat
and 100 cars of potatoes. Conservative
estimates of tho value of the foregoing
shipment would bo over $800,000.
Mrs. Evelyn Prless MeElhanoy, con
victed of murdering Enrl B. Anderson
at Alliance nnd sentenced to 30 years
hi' tho penitentiary, Is now nn Inmate
of that Institution nnd hns been as
signed to the laundry department.
Workmen of Nebraska suffered 25,
027 accidents during the two-year
period ending January 1, according to
the biennial report of Frank Kennedy,
secretary of tho Stale Department of
Labor. Of these accidents 78 were
fatal
Fifteen hotels nnd bnllrooms nt Lin
coln h-ivo compiled with the rules nnd
regulations ndopted by forty-one fra
ternities, sororities and other organiza
tions of the state university In n fight
against "high prlc s," which the
students claimed were being chnrged.
The Judge, superintendent of schools,
county attorney and treasurer of
Franklin county, hnve moved their of
fices from Bloomlngton to Franklin,
whither the county clerk, sheriff and
assessor preceded them soon after tho
recent election by which Franklin wus
declared the county seiu).
At tho meeting of tho Nebraska Ter
ritorial Pioneers nt Lincoln last week,
tho following officers were elected: J.
C. F. McKesson, Lancaster county,
president ; C. E. Adams, Douglas, vice
president ; George II. Hastings, Saline,
vice-president; Minnie P. Kuotts, Lan
caster, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. Henry Fontenello, eighty-six
years of age, widow of tho youngest
brother of Lognn Fontcnelle, hist
chief of tho Omaha tribe of Indians,
appeared before tho opening meeting
of tho Nebraska state historical so
ciety at Lincoln and presented that
organization with a gold necklace bet
with brilliants, which had been given
to her by Peter A. Sarpy when showas
twelve yours of age. Tho necklace was
In hand-bag covered with beads, the
work havlng'been done by Indians.
Inability to collect on Its customers'
notes Is given ns tho reason for the
closing of the doors of the First Na
tional bank at Chappell, pending nc
Hon of tho national bank examiner.
A motion picture machine Is oper
ated one night a week to exhibit cdul
catloiinl films nnd better class enter
tainment features to tho grade school
pupils at Geneva.
Omaha's total grain receipts during
1020 were 02.275,000 bushels, and Its
shipments were 51,021,100 bushels.
Tho elevator capacity Is 10,000,000
bushels, and Its milling facilities 4,500
barrels of Hour dally.
"Shoot to kill, tako no chances," nro
tho orders Issued by Sheriff Cotullt and
Chief of Police Brenner to olllcers nnd
members of tho police department at
Fremont, In nn attempt to clear that
community of thugs and hold ups.
James Burton, t)l years old, of Mny
wood, recently enjoyed tho novel ex
perience of eating a portion of cake
cooked by his great-great-grand-daugh-ter,
Ruth Towne, 8. Ruth Is ono of
tho fifth generation of tins family.
A church for children only has been
established at Scottsbluff. Ono hundred
nnd forty-five children attended tho
opening services.
INT H SCHOOLS
STATE SUPERINTENDENT GIVES
OUT SOME INTERESTING IN
FORMATION AND(FIGURES
COST STATE S6Z73 PER PUPIL
Douglas County Leads With Over
Three Million Dollar Educational
Expense While 'Arthur County
' Spends Smallest Sum
Lincoln Statistics compiled by John
M. Matzon, superintendent of public
Instruction, for his biennial report
shows that Doughs county, which
(.ended tho list In expenditures during
1920, spent $3,893,G20.45 for school pur
poses as compared wih tho total ev
pondlturo of $10,803,18 In Arthur
county, uhcro tho smallest nmount
was expended for school purposes.
Thero woro 3G,crl children enrolled
In tho Douglas county schools, tho
per capita c03t of educating tho youth
of that county being $106.30. Arthur
county's enrollment was 331 students,
tho por capita cost thoro boing $51.07.
Tho average cost of educating chil
dren in tho state was $62.73.
Lancaster county was second In ex
penditure of the greatest sum for edu
cational purposes in thu elementary
and secondary schools. .Lincoln nnd
Lincnsler county received $2 15C.4G4.
61 to maintain itsscliools during tho
year but had a bnlanco of $3 17,213.94,
tanking the totul expenditure $1,808,
250.G7. Total expenditures In tho stato dur
ing tho 1920 school term amounted to
$19,020,804.19. Schools of tho state ro
coived $22,967,219.53, but had cash on
hand amounting to $3,310,415.34.
The various expenditures are tabu
lated in Mr. Matzcn'8 report ns fol
lows: For refcrctico books, $31,311.
12; for text books and supplies, $S0D.
359.G2; wages paid male teachers, $1.
271,064.48; wages paid fomalo teach
ers. $9.G16.BGG.21; for building bKck
$1,895,353.44; for fuel $810 47193; for
furniture, $300,329.76; and for all other
school purposes $4,311,474.73.
To Prevent Useless Printing.
To save tho cost of useless printing
In tho permanent Journal, tho Nebras
ka houso voted to cxpungo from -Its
records three pages of a lengthy com
munication Including a long table
of , statistics, showing tho need or
three moro district Judges in Doug
las county. Tho Louse Journal costs
$4.36 a page to print.
Approvo Bank Measures'.
Prompt action was taken by the
houso banking committee on H. R. 6."i
to strengthen the present banking
laws of tho state. This bill increases
tho minimum stock requirement to
$25,000, makes it a felony for bank
officials to misuse the bank's funds
or defrnud it in any way, nnd requires
the issuance of licenses by the Btate
bunking bureau to managing execu
tives of banks.
Will Ask for Parole.
Tho first application for parole to
come before tlio new board of pardons
will probably bo from Morris Katel
man of Omaha, sentenced for carry
ing on a traffic in stolen automobiles.
Ho has been In tho penitentiary a
little over nlno months of his Indeter
minute sentence of ono to seven years.
To Repulate Auto Lights.
Representative Geo. A. Williams of
Fillmoro county has introduced n bill
which undertakes to define lawful
automobile lenses, to prohibit sale,
shipment or importation of motor ve
hicles not proporly equipped and to
provide penalty or fine for offenders
and seizure and confiscation of shipped
in cars with glaring headlights.
Indications of Car Shortage.
Letters nnd telegrams aro beginning
to como Into the stato railway com
mission with respect to cars for the
Bhlpmcnt of grain. These aro taken
to indicate that "a shortage or cars 1&
In sight.' and that rules for apportion
ment will have to bo applied.
Indian Speaks Before Legislature.
Recognition for tho red man as arr
American citizen, with the same civil
rights enjoyed by members of tho
white race, furnished tho thomo or
a ten-mlnuto address In tho legislature
by Hiram Chase, an Indian attorney
whoso homo Is nt Macy.
Mr. Chnso Is ono of tho most highly
educated Indians In tho United S.tatos,
and received n lawyer's degree nt
Harvard university. Ho hao been
practicing In tho Btate and federal
courts for many years. He speaks
perfect English.
Can Question Official's Ability.
If tho senate haB Its way any citizen
willing to glvo bond for coatn am!
reasonable attorney's foe can file a
suit to question tho right of a puhll,
ofllclal to hold ofllco, Btato oftlcors nnd
Judges of tho district court excepted.
Tho scnato recommended for passage"
a bill to permit tho filing of proceed
ings by any cltlzon. It further, pro
vides that county nttornoys and the
nttornoy general shall have dlscro
tionary power in regard to Btartlnc
litigation of this kind.
Proposes Licensed Auto Mechanics.
Examination and liconBlng of nuto
mobllo mechanics as a means of in
suring proflcloncy in their trado Is
tho schomo aponsorcd by Represent!!,
tlvo Snow to guarantee patrons of
gotting their monoy'B worth .when
thoy patronize a repair shop
His bill on that Bubject creates a
board of examiners to bo appointed
by the departments publlo works
Tho bill makes it unlawful to worlc
for hire as an automobile mechanic
until ono has tnkon an examination
and received a license from tho board
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