t Improvement Is Shown in Review of \irrieultnre c Federal Department Finds Prices Increasing and I antjcrs Generali) \re Optimistic. Ry ittSORCiE F. \I TlflER. \i •liiDstnci I orr»>i*on»J^nt rh^Omaha ttw. Washington. Deo s.—(Special.)—A -lit improvement i tlio general ag i(cultural situation is indicated in the monthly .agricultural review issued by the United States Department of Ag i fiiltuie. I’rices of cotton, grain and I.restock products as well as prices of the thins# farmers have to buy, have slowly tisen. The general price level? m f been mavirg slowly upward, with some farm products making a mod' r ate recovery. "This has put a little money into , 'i1 po, ]., ts of some farmer- put heart , ...to many more, and has done both for hose who carry farm products, through these channels," says the re \ lew. The October index of prices received nt the farm for 1* farm products is placed nt lit) an a compared with 100 ii 1913. The- index of wholesale prices of commodities that tlie farmer buys, other than food products, is placed nt :•,!*. Thus, farm products will pur ehn.se tv, pec cent as much of other commodities ns in 1913. This Is an improvement. of 1 point sinro August ] ami September. but is 1 points lower tli.in July. The review summarize#] ■ auditions In various sections of the '•untry as follows: lin'd In 1’iHir Shape. In the east, agricultural conditions ; .re in relatively p >or shape. Some poultrynien are doing fairly well but most dairymen ate having all they can 'o to bre.iK even. Potato, apple, hay , and truck glowers are thoroughly dis ouraged. * The cotton belt shows the best g< . real recovery of any region as a whole. Tlie crop is very poor In many areas, hit men who have any cotton to pen I c| good at the prices. General busi ness ins been much stimulated. In tluj corn belt, growers arc Same- j what encouraged at the rise In grain prices. A heavy full run of hogs lo i.nrket, as well as heavy movement ' ' cattle and sheep to farm# is report id. Winter grain shows good stands. Had weather and muddy roads arc ] hampering fall work. Cars are Needed. In the wheat belt, shippers have | Pern handicapped by an almost unpre- i ■ edentod shortage of freight ears. He- i pints last week indicated that 400 ele vators In Kansas were, closed for lack of cars. Winter wlieut stands gen • rally are reported fairly good. Tn the iange country, rain and enow have Improved range conditions, but severe weather hns somewhat, pinched stock. Sheepmen are feeling fairly good at sheep, lamb, and wool prices. The outlook for next year is generally considered favorable. Shippers on the Pacific coast have teen b.tmpered by car shortage. Ap ple growers have been hard hit by tow prices in eastern markets. In gen eral, hi wever, fruit and livestock in terests show fairly good return# for the year and considerable optimism. F'iguree compiled by the department during November Indicate that an ab normal movement of population from farms to towns Is taking place. “Wife Hired Man to Kill Spouse'’ — Detroit Sleuth# Charge Wo-' man Offered Gunman $20,000 for “Job.” Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 8.—Mrs. May i Blenn Ford solicited the services of ' a. gunman to kill her wealthy husband. ! Ney J. Ford. offered the gunman 520. 000 for the "Job.” and gave him a photograph of her husband to make sure the right man was slain, accord ing to the sworn statements of four detectives whose Investigation result 'd in Mrs Ford's detention today on a charge of attempting to commit mur der. Denying the charge. Mrs. Ford de clared she was the victim of "a frame up” that grew out of her domestic dif ficulties. These difficulties include a suit for divorce tiled last August in which she chargee cruelty and a suit asking 525,000 damages of her estranged husband for alleged assault. Mrs. Ford was arrested last night, when, it is alleged, she was about to meet Edward Kttnath. a detective lieutenant for a second conference on her reported plans for the slaying of her husband. Kunath, It was said, was presented as "a Kansas City gun man.” Wednesday night when the al leged plot was first revealed by Mrs. Ford. The first meeting according to the detectives, took place in an npart tuent, especially rented for that pur pose. Three detectives claimed to have overheard the conversation. Several plans for the killing were presented by Mrs. Ford, the officers declared. Common Sense Remember You’ll Be Old Yourself. >fot enough respect is. paid to old age We are not kind enough not toler ant enough with the weak and in llrm We art annoyed at the alow-moving person who checks our speed when wo get on or off a car or train. We are exasperated when an elder ly person holds us up at the ticket office window because fading eyesight i akes counting change a slow pro i ess. We aic displeased when a middle _ed or older person sitting in a seat with us moves about frequently be cause one position soon tires him. The diacourteous treatment given elderly people by the majority of per sons is surprising and distressing. We are all going toward that age v hen younger generations will hax e is much cause to b» annoyed by our ctlons as we h've to be annoyed by the actions of old reople today. Why not more sympathy and kind ness shown toward the elderly? Ferbaps they have but few more •-ears to llvg and why should not those who are of younger years make the time as happy and comfortable as possible? iCorynsht, i»2.'.; Grand Champion Hereford Fine breeding bas produced animals of remarkable appearance, as may be seen at the International {Stock show in Chicago. This picture shows the grand champion Hereford bull His name is Panama ItOth, owned by A. B. Cook. Townsend, Mont. , Omalians to Erect Bi«; Radio Station FMans Made for .>0(1-Wall F'lant on V. (). . Build ing—To Cost $10,000. Plans lor the erection of a 600-wat' radio broadcasting station, powerful •mmigh to send messages 1.000 miles under any conditions, on the roof ot !i ■ Woodmen of the World building v, ere laid at a meeting of tb1 Omaha liusinese men at the Chamber of Com merce > estet day afternoon. W. A. h'laser of the W. O IV. lodge who called the meeting, offered ac commodations wheli will facilitate tin erection and maintenance of the plant which will be at least twice ai pow i rful as any radio station in Omaha at pres* nt, It. is planned to raise the $10,000. needed to equip a station of this c.v purity, by public subscription, to bo handled by a oonuulttee chosen at yes lerduy's meeting. The radio plant "ill be used for sending matter of general civic bn jMHfrutrr, market reports and her of t 'tiinnii ree programs. \\ irlli to Tour U. S. l.riidoi lice. y. — (Gy' ,\. i’.y—Ur. Karl Wiftli, former German ehancel lor, who resigned on November It. (dsns to make a lour of the United .States early next year, says a Ontrnl News dispatch from Berlin. I. P. Chairman Upholds Supreme Court Derision , ... I nion Pacific Is Not Seeking to Hu\ Central Pacific, Jntlge H. S. LovcU Sat at Hearing. Washington. Dec. S.—(Special Tel> • . ram.)- declaring that if ill* luterstat' ' niniueroc commission has power t<* disregard the decision Of the supreme i ourt in the Central Pacific case n i light not to exercise it, Judge Robert Sir Lovett, chairman, Union Pacific system, resumed th* stand today in ' hearing before comuiMion on tin Southern Pacific's application to lease the Central Pacific. "II is very difficult for me to con ceive of tho commission's nullifying the decision of the supreme court," j aid Judge Lovett, "run pending the action of the lower court of tho man date. According to my view of it, j t lie supreme court has decided this i proposition, and 1 do not want to take I any position that would indicate that the Union Pacific takes any other at tit ude.” “What Is your position as to an in dependent Central Pacific?" asked Attorney Fred II. Wood of the South ern Pacific. "Our position is outlined in public statement given out. on June lu by I’resident Gray, that we wen not seeking to buy the Central Pacific but that we would buy it if fair and reasonable terms could be agreed upon.” said Lovett. Regarding the ability of the Central Pacific to stand alone. Judge Lovett said: “C)f course, a great deal may depend on the conditions under which tb. lines are separated I have divided on the whole that the Central Pacific ought to be a self suslainlng proper m Sweet Cake Doughnuts, Made While You Wait, 20c Dozen . , Choice, JUtCOen Fancy Bnhy Klenzer, fer. 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