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I ” ■ The Omaha Sunday Bee ™ F0L- 53-NO. 3. v. V'tttr zrz^ omaua, Sunday morning, july i, 1923. - .« five cents _AYER GETS 15 TEARS rench Are ague on keparations 0 U. S. and Britain Will 'ncel Debts as Step To ward European Settle 1 ment. Kate on Fixed Sum HPrty M \KI< SI l.l.n \ V ^■■s, dune an.—You moot a -iinian of tin- governing ' 'ass nr ■ilia editor. Or, it may lie. one ^■nse American pa It isans of t lie ■ h who mo nioro French than eiioh t !ii*msrl\oh —mnro ^^P ir insistence on tin* French Hof view. You meet such a linn ■ ou start earnestly about the ■Pass of finding out .iu.st what the ^kch point of view is. ^Fu meet your Frenchmen and yon Ho him: "dust what docs France f^W" Tin* Frem liman replies witli Hr of slightly indignant surprise, fir every one ought to know what linee wants. In this spirit lie be L , rather emotionally: "Mats, mim in', what does France want! Book H France has suffered, licliold our Pasta ted district, look upon our do Joyed factories, our ruined mines, k homes that have been wlj %! out. linee wants reparation. If ranee ■its justice." after a good deal of that, you re f, with a sincerely patient and fnpathetie purpose to reduce these neralizations to something more norete, something more easy to he luie simtde and clear to the Ameri L public: |l take it, then, that among other Figs, France wants money. But r\ much?" Saga Fixed Sum Kssential. Frenchman replies: ‘‘Mow |Be-h: Monsieur, lull who . m say much? iaiield d*vnslat> |e..k upon our destroyed ^Wtlorjes, our ruined mines, ,out ' W no s that have been wiped out. All that must he repaired, and the rcpa ration must tie made by the tier .maps who did the damage.” 3S Vow- reply- •’♦VK-dttt fnerrtw, Just and ngin. Bu*. in order to nuke X'any progress, xve must reduce It to ■ figures. Just what Is the amount of I tnOliey (that France wants for the '•*reparation of alt its damage? Just what is the amount In francs, or in I dollars?” To this the Frenchman replies again: "But who can say, monsieur?' Look at the destruction, look at the1 destroyed factories, the ruined mines.! the homes wiped out. Look at our wounded soldiers, our widows and orphans, who must have pensions.” In order tt> make progress, in order to get something definite, you say: "Ft Is apparent that the amount, in francs or in dollars, is difficult to arrive at. Would France he willing to have an international commission of business men. including American (Turn to Pago Klexen, Column Three. Welchs Open Their New Home This Week John W. Welch received word yes I taiday that his wife and daughter, flertrude Irene, are returning from i all forma. The Welchs are opening tfeir home, (’herrycroft, this week. May Louise Moos of Los Angeles,, who is accompanying Mrs, Welch .tod Mias Welch to Omaha, will he jmv lifnise guests of the Welchs Jot a month. ,y‘ Miss Welch has been Attending Westlake school In Los .Angeles the L*»t year. Merehon yfelah, a son, Irho completed his fjLh*U’'tnan year at bo southern luanfR'Of the lie.': w of Calif ofrjl« las! -pi mg, will Bnd the summer at Coy Angeles in employ ivf tut engineering corn iMert trry Drops 58 Degrees* hlHH'MI I>U|itilch to I In* OmniiM Her. |F;tl|H CHtJf, NeJ}., .lime 3d.' Th |mpehulurc fell to 45 here Friday, a i Id' r>8 degrees from the peak of ke week-A heavy downpour Just Bem noenS^ontinued to send tin lerctiry down. Western League At Bps Moines— Omaha... EOEEcEEEE -2 22 DesMoinesg 2 2 3 2 0 2 E Q— 2 00 S Batteries: May and Wilder; Mille r and Wheat. At Denver—first Game: Sioux City. 2 S22222BQ— 2 00 2 Denver. . . 0 Jj 35 35 0 3! & S 31 S 0&3 D Batteries: Uasiuussen and Query ; Yoiglil and Bianmnd. At Tulsa— Tulsa.3 22832212—0 SB Wichita.. ■0 3 2 2 2 E E 0 2— 2 OS l National League At Boston—First game: New York 3 2323220 2— EPGO Boston.■■22323033 0 2 ^2 Batteries: Bentley and Snyder; O esrliger and O'Neill. At Boston—Second Game: New York. 3 3222232 2— 2 0 2 Boston...3 2233220 5—0 3 2 Batteries: Nelif and Gotvdy; Barnes and O'Neill. At Philadelphia—First Game: Brooklyn. -2 2020032 E - OS OS E Phila..... 2 3 023330 2-0 32 Batteries: \ ance and Deberry; Winters and Ilenlinr. At Pliiladelphia—Second Game: . Brooklyn. 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2— 2 02 2 Phila.0 2 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 Batteries: Decatur and Taylor; King and Wilson. At thirago— St. Louis r^f-® 2 2 3 2 2 2— 2 ® S Chicago. 3 2 0 2 0 I 3 0 5- E H I Batteries: Dnak and Ainsinith; Keen and O'Farrell. At Pittsburgh— Cincinnati .12220222 2— E 02 0 Pittsburgh 3 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 0- 0 OS 2 Batteries: Itixey and Hargrave; Adams and Schmidt. American League At New ITork— Phila.EBEEEEESE— B 3 E New YorkS^ ffl D H— B DB E WetTcries: llai i is and I'erkins; P i nnock and Ilofniaun. _ At Washington— Boston. . . J % 0 E X X E E S- Q SR I Wa^h’ton. XXXnEEXE0-E9i Batteries: Quinn and Walters; .1 ohtison and Rurl. At Sf. Louis— Detroit. . . IBEEBEEEE— 3S! St. Louis. 3EEEBEEE S.ESI Batteries; Collins and Woodall; I tail fort li and Severeid. \t Cleveland—First tiame: Chicago.. BBEEDEEEE-B 3 0 Cleveland. 3 E'E E E E E E B 0 3 0. ISallerie*: Kaber and Schalk; Mo rton anil Myutt. At Cleveland—Heonnd tiame: Chicago. . EEEBEEGE E— 0 Bi 8; Cleveland. EEEEEEEEE- CD! Batteries: Blankenshi|i and firah am; I lile and O'Neill, Big Saving jls Shown by Government Surplus of $310,000,000 Left in Budget at End of Fiscal Year, $110,000,000 More Than Was Estimated. Cost Is $3,695,000,000 By 1 tilrrrm tlonal New. Service. Washington, June 30.—The govern ment's budget, at the end nf the fiscal year 1922 23, showed a surplus nf $310,00(1,090—$110,000,000 more than (hat estimated by President Harding on June 1*. Large increases in customs collec tions and ordinary revenues, coupled with economy measures invoked by (tie administration, enabled the gov ernment to reduce its operating ex penses and pile up this big surplus, according to Hrig Hen. H. M. Lord, the director of the budget. Lord said the cost nf running thol government for the entire 12 months was $3,693,000,000. That amount of cash was actually withdrawn from the treasury to pay not only for ordinary current government needs, but to liquidate obligations on ac count of capital operations, including! retirement of iho public debt. Hig Reduction* Shown. Reduction in total expenditures, as compared with the preceding fiscal year, amounted to $265,000,006. The ordinary operating expenses of the government were approximately $297, 000,000 less than last year, exclusive of expenditures on account of capital oti'Iays, the fleet corporation, refunds In tax receipts, interest on the public debt jind retirement of the debt. The estimated deficit n year ago,! for the year just closed, was $923,000.. ooo. laird nil minted for willing out this expected defleit, and running up the new total of a surplus as follows: Increase in government receipts above previous estimates amounting to $767,000,010. Reduction in estimated total ex penditures of $356,000,000. Larger Custom* Receipts. 1 'Larger receipts were due to or. in crease of $213,000,000 in customs re ceipts. A total of $563,000,000 viu paid Into the treasury by customs collector*. The amount collected in 1922 was $356,000,000. Treasury ledgers also showed nn increase of $423,000,000 in internal it venue receipts. There w»* an In rrcase aNo it $!21 ono.000 in miscel loneoii* revenue receipts. Lord esti mated that tiie government had re- j duced general expenditures by $45,- ] 000.0»n. A reduction of $45,000,000 in interest charges on the public debt1 also was reported. There was a net1 decrease in expenditure* on capital outlays, operations in special ac counts, refunds of receipts and re tlremgnt of the public debt amount ing $170,000,000. ,\ supplemental report op opera tions In the Postoffice department showed a postal deficit for the year amounting to $32,000,000. Director laird's figures today re vealed that the Postoffice department probably will end the fiscal year now about to begin with at least I1.000.DW>1 surplus. Fire Start«<l by Tailor Wipes Out Texas V illatre !*• muniont. Tex . June SO—When s r repsing marhint in a tailor’s shop blazed up suddenly an employe picked up a bucket of gasoline, believing It to !*• water, poured the ol! on the , machine and started a fire which virtually wiped out Orange Field, a | village in the Orange oil field nearj here today. Thirteen buildings were ■ roomed. The )<, < i« estimated at 160.000. Firtl reports that an oil; Well was afire were inrorrect. Immigration Quotas to Be Completed by First of July New York, June 30.—The July Im mignition nuot 11 uf two continent*. A»n and Africa, and of five coun tries, Alimnla, fircece, Palestine, Tur key and Syria, will lie more than filled tomorrow when the Immigrant* aboard is *hli>* *r« l.indad at Kills island. Keputy Commlsaioncr of Im migration I’hi announced today. , lx-t us mail The Omaha Morning Bee or The Kvening Bee to your varatfon address, .lust phone At lantic 1900. Samardiek Kept Busy Overtime on Booze Cases Works Late at INi<;lit Preparin'; Evidence on 150 Raids for Federal Court Trials. Robert P. Samardiek. star Ik >ozp sleuth here, is working until the wee hours of the morning almost < very day, getting his more than 160 liquor eases in shape for the opening of fed eral court July 7. Samardiek is especially anxious to he prepared for the opening of court, for it is understood that Federal Judge Mungor will occupy the bench. Judge Monger Is very much opposed to the promiscuous violation of t!i< booze laws and hands out very sever sentences to those convicted of boot legging and boozemaking. liy the time court opens Samardiek will have ready the largest numbei of federal cases, liquor violations or otherwise, that have ever been brought up within one term of court in the history of this federal district. It is estimated with the raids to la made he will have mole than 200 cases, Samardiek does all bis own book and stenographic work and prepares ull of his records to be sent to Wash ington. lie has a typewriter in his room, and while a good part of Omaha is slumbering he is pounding away at his machine, preparing the records and affidavits for the following day. District Attorney J. C. Kinsler and his assistant. George Keyscr, have spent a good portion of their time going over the evidence with Samai dick. "When Samardiek makes an arrest ho has the goods." said Kiosk -i. “We expect to get a conviction in every case.” WHERE TO FIND The Hig Krai urea of THE SUN DA Y REE PART ONK. IT*T 1—Mari suiHtan. Finmti* i\a, n ul Authority, |»pfl)irek IrwiwtTj* \ i*KUr on tilt* <Inrttioii of (irrmMU Reparation'*. !*;%«»• I—A I future sfwrj From fchethjr. Mont.. defile of (hr Forthroiiiini lo mim•>-fiihbono < (tampion*hip !»«* flft, fiy F'rpfl Ilunl«*r. Maff M rifer for The Omaha lire*. !***» 4—M nw Oinulnt Offlrern Trapped a Number of Thi iHol^rr* anti rie tc.tlnl an Alleged i nimpirm j to Hr frMnd lit** (mit-rnoirnt. I*uge ft—Editorial. I'Ago |i)—"Rough llewn " !*«*«* II—“llrlrn and Warren." PART TWO. I’niiei 1. 2 and Tim Beat "'iiort I’agfa In Omaha I*«fM 4 wild S— \u(o Nefllon. I'agr 4—-R«*mI h*|a(e, i‘H*e ft—Marhrl*. i'.tgrw «, M and l>—(!ue*lfi*d Ad*. i Alt I I IIK f .i < I’rtC*'" I. 3, 3. 4 and .»—S«»rirt • Togr ft— Lloyd 4.*«*rgr, ItrltUh I \ Prrrnlrr llrrlar**- M i*undr ^standing I f \ crwllldi l rr.it > I* l»ur to lg»H»r •II r vf It* t out nit *. Tagp I" Khopplyig W itli Tolly. I*ngr 7—Hovlr dfrtkin. I’ttir ft— \imi*rmrnl* and Trarrl and ntioHii. PART Fill K. l ift>-ftrropd VnnKfrian of Thr Oma ha Hrr. |>r*»tr«l to l»ltrrr*tittg tort* in < on auction With tlir l*rooth «»f Dinah* IMimif thr l*ud W«r, PART FI\ I I mir r»|i« of tUr M«*t Topnlar 1 mulm. I* MiT >IV I Ma[atilir section.) I'iikp I—“liiUI.*hrr of llrn.pr,’* a ’•lory of thr \ iking* of Tixln*. H« plrt •• With thr klrmrnt* of loir, drnlou** and stirring \rthm, by H llrfonl .lour*. Ti *•* 1—Jack f nrhrrry. I ihmul Srr %}«•<• Sturt Writer. Drrlurra H.-corrt* of thr Villon Show that Munlrr M i* fhn nir a "Snfr Trndr." I’agr .1-—41, (I Wf lntyrr IHiou«iifa In 111** I Mini fltntmroM"* Win. "Thing* Id 1,'kf to knan How to IN*." 1 hrrr’» n I n ugh In Kt m l.lnr. I'.igr .1— ,%hr Martin. Dm I fart of llu mnrlftt*. THU What Hr Think* of 4*irlM mid Trlflrra. I'.igr* 1 and ft—I*. Ilawmi'a "t«odde**» 1*1 Flrr’* to 4 I aim Nrw Victim*? K”«H Why Srlrnrr i mr» Another Outhiir*t of fht» Vole»no W hrrr I'rlr Wa* Ih-llrvrd to litr With II. r linudlul Hragon of Human Narrl f !rr*. Toga llappy la ml. for tltr klddtr*. I’agr 7—l.rttrr* From l.ittlr frolk* i»f Hupp* lund. Tag** ft—1‘iirhion lanny. 1* \KT HK\ BN. (KolograYurr 8*oUnn.V Tug«* I— \ I till I’agr of Tlrttftr* of Omaha Hoy SotH* la Work and I’lay at tump 4. fford. Tag# •!-—\ him' of Interrfttlng seenra i f thr \ iigin kldnds, In thr C’arlb bran Sra. Tag.* :t and I—%flarrllanrou* Tlrtiirrr Ex-Auto Salesman Sought Salesman Fled \\ ith Cash and Can Complaint Man \e<Tpts Old Auto and $400 in Payment for New, 1 Disappears. Hausen Com pany Alleges. Guy T Mr Nell, Iris %'ife and baby. I Guy T. M« Neil, former salesman : for the J. Jf. Hansen Cadillac com pany, together with his wife and baby, decamped la«t week with a new' nr and $4on i»» i-ash. officials of the I company complained to police. They told police ho had accepted an old car and $400 in payment for a ned one. and took the new one away from the shop and failed to return, also failing to turn in the ? 400. Reward has been offered for his apprehension. Simultaneously came a complaint from Nick Daseovieh, 2909 R street, proprietor of a soft drink parlor at Thirtieth arid K street?, to the dr?k of John Marcell, city prosecutor in South Omaha, that an automobile salesman made a deal with him to trade Daseovlch’s old ear in on a new one, and topk his old ear and $400 in cash la*/' Saturday with the agree ment to /deliver the new car Sun day, The car has not been delivered. Dasoovieh did not know the man’s name, but said he was a salesman for the Cadillac company. He wants his $400 bark. Fund Officers Named; Knudson Goes Unpaid *|w« i.it DUpHt< h to Th# iim.ilin B**. Uncoln, Juno 30.—The nay guar anty fund dommisriou today elected K. J. Dempster • f iGeneva vice chair [ mate and Van E IVtrfsoii of Curtis, The i'fnntfttruji• Ijjf Loi act on Oov ornor J^ryan'a prop^nd*To pay K. C.; Knrudwon* unieuiry of trr?T!¥ *41 \ com merce $1,000 annually for acting as j < halrtnan. # KHudson today made a drat of ono-i twentieth of 1 per cent against att .-tate banka for benefit of the guar anty fund. This levy will ruia** ap proximately $UMMmi. Santa F«* l.umlvrr Store Report**# Doomoil li\ l ire llv IntyrimtioiiHl N r\. ■ s*r > Iff l as Angeles. Oil.,' .June 39.—The Santa I'V Railroad company'* store of lumber at San Berdinando. valued at 31,000.999, today was reported dtiomed to destruction by fire heHaved to have been an ibceadiary Kir* de purtmmta from six adjacent cities were r< ported battling the enonnou* blaie, 1 Donor to Free Milk Fund Finds Jov in Giving Ur.-t Wav to Make \ our Own Troubles Lighter Is to Give to Those W ith More Trouble, Says Giver. Here i-5 a 1 i t of philosophy from one *,f thorn* who has donated to The Omaha Milk and 1* fund foi babies; “I get more pleasure from donat ing a bit of money to this fund than from any other thing I ran think of doing. We all have our sorrows, live of them secret and others that everyone knows about. "My idea "f th<- beef way to majte :<*' < wn ; -nul l s lighter Is to find persons with even more trouble, and aid them. 1 know the terrible misery which a mother endures when she sees her !• by losing Its health and is unable to help it. And 1 also know ht>w The «>n aha Bee Milk and Ice fund brings joy to the hearts of these mothers. Hence I find happiness in giving to the fund." This contributor is right. There is nothing more delightful to behold then the expression of Joy which crosses a roothet s careworn conten anee as she sees her beloved t-aby re gaining .its health. This fund storing the health of these tots in scores of poor homes of the city. It kept down the infant death rate dur ing the last hot peribd. and* it will continue to do so "during the re mainder of the summer. But more money still is peeded. Contribute, and experience the joy which comes with the knowledge that you have helped to defeat despair and death. I*— t iciifclv at kiit'ulffdcftl mnfrihtl ttofi* ***« 6«* llt-f;, Root * *** i. i. r. ... 5 ©o V 1). M ; •*' lirnn I nrplti. Ihiktlalf. Nr*v Bov :>«. f ird N*-l» * m* Brllt* ifi**l ( lark W ahlm Ikm >M ami H> r«*n 4 wr* »*«*<. n 3 Kfftl Miftman. Vl.ntlrn Nrb I ,NI < » . \ 1 -1 \% » 1«» "** BlnMliilr Hfti' . I‘.»lntrr. Nfh ’» <•'* ToihI . Mi) 2..lllll "\\ hipping Parties Stagy*,! in Oklahoma in ^ ear By %MM*cii*t«(l I'rr**.. OkkihoWHfe^jjty. Okl., June 30 — There have he^Vs at least "..">00 "whip ping parties" in Okltfhop*a in the last year, according to unofficial informa tion received by Governor J .<*. Wal ton. it was declared in a statement is sued her* today fre in the governor s officer by Aldrich Blake, the execu tive's secretary. Nc.ii l' 200,000 reuton Marks, Obit Worth $-17,600. Now >1 New York. June SC —Nearly 200,0' o German marks, which ha t a nominal value of >12.000 1-efore the war. could be purchased In the local foreign ex change Jimrket teslay for $1. New Trial Is Denied Dr. Egbert Surgeon Who Killed His Son in-Law Takes Sentence Calmly W hen It I 1 mjiosed. 69 Errors Cited in Case special Di.pptph to TIip Omaha IP. Hasting.-. Neb., June 30.—Hr. I'harle* J,. Egbert. for many years one of the most pruninent surgeon in this section, was sentenced to 35 years in the penitentiary today for the murder of Jus so.i in-iaw. Chare * It. Gordon, February 21, last. Sentence was pronounced by Judge Diiworth after overruling motion for a new trial in which fi'i errors wens alleged. Application to admit the prisoner to toil was also overruled. Whe* asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced. Hr. Egbert replied simply, "No, sir." An appeal will be taken to the •ejpnme court and besides errors al leged in the trial the counsel for defense will lest the short form of information suggested by Judge R.-e of the supreme court. This form • i information was used for the first time in Nebraska in this case. Display before the- jury eif the gar ments worn by Gordon at the time he was shot was alleged as one ground for a new trial. Iowa Is \\ inner in Track Meet: l. of N. Second Kie\en Midwestern A. I . Record* Shattered; t.liarh Brookiu' 1« T'i<liv i'tar ill Events. ! } - c ■ total of M r ■ I University of Iowa track teal I ’he second Midwestern A. A. 1 i i field meet held at Ak Sarll f ' Saturday aCorn. r. .\< was second with 30 point*, Ur k“ th,rd with 19. Omaha Athletic eiub fourth with 9 snd Des Moines tiru veraitr fifth with 1 point. Eleven records of the Midwestern A A. r. were broken during the aft ernoon. The first to fali was the inn yard dash, which Charles 1’rookies of Iowa won in jP9 4 S. H. A. Crawford of Iowa broke she record for tbe ISO hurdles when ha was clocked at :li 3-i Brookios. holder of the world * rt-c crd for the low hurdles, wus the tec. Ration of the afternoon, beinir high point winner and first to three events. His murk In the 220-yard hurdle* in the first trial hent was 23 4-5 sebotute, three fifths of a second slower thr. i his worhi's mark. Other records to fall were shotpu:. 220-yard run, sSo-yard run. trasnnu r throw, pole vault, high Jump and mile relay \<m Head of Reclamation S'rviee \r«umet» Du tig* Denver. Jim# 3'V—Frank E. Way I mouth, chief engineer of the bureau (•if reclamation, in charge of U»e Denver office, tdav became engineer in r’unge of the entire roclamatiui server as the result of the shake up" recently In the Washingu.ji of fice. ii urns announced at the Denypr i headquarters. Srcmwy of Interior i 'Vnck announced Friday, aboard Fr—idi'ft II “ding# e|iecial train an Montana, that b» had iiHe'tateii clr. | Weymouth. .. j Mr, Weymouth virtually take* the i place if A. P. Davis, dnegttg- <Jf I !>e 'tarnation service, whose ropjfcto effect • I.> jwiti rem i n at the iSenVyr office, leg. ' »ill he tile senior engineer of it* department and writ be in charge* of I all work. ' State and Federal Agents Active as Crowds Gather at Shelby H By FRED 8. HUNTER, H Stuff forrMpunilrnt, ■tlhefby, Mont.. Juno 30 — A toioni I Hwn thut Is living on hope—that ■ the etory "f Shelby. Bkut underrun III Ihe 11 t'n ■ . ■ nm- I the teellng <.I .1;-:npp<u merit ! ^E marks u land <.f i .. ,:i ■Vhclhy Is not h new town. Year;. yigo It was established ns Shelby Junction with the coming of the Great Northern railroad, which wade I£ branch line connection point i Great Falls. 100 milt> to tie ] .li, and the Canadian border 4# « to the north. hut that's all 1i —a Jon* lion point. Until five :* ago It was a village of 40. lupa 30 house*. And it was no e than a name on tl " time table lp-o (race* of oil were discovered a|h-" to the north. And the Isioni Buys I p Tow indie. he/by * flrat Intltaution Hint It to develop Into a lioian town * wb^n It nw'nlte one morning Ind that a Ht. 1'ael capitalist had ;haucd jiijictlcully the entire I townslte. He bought all the land in sight as acreage and begun (n |mV(. It surveyed in Iota. A short lime later, with the stampede under way, he was demanding us much for otic lot as ho paid for the townslte. There is no oil In Shelby, The oil held* are 2D miles to the north, llero more than 200 derricks have been set lip. About 110 of the 200 murk produc ing wells, Tho wells, however, urn “hallow. No gushers have been tin covered yet. With one or two.exeep Units the oil has to hi' pumped from Ills wells. With the discovery of the Hr t oil, Shelby began to till up. Hill It wasn't until last Match (lint the rial boom began. That starbsl along with tin 1 a mrisoy.fhbbons fight dream. In t few days Mbelhy grew flom a (own of tibout 1,700 to a town of *,it00. And what a town I'rante houses that seemingly are Imilt no smidtcr than niHieh IiuX'-m, rows niton rows of tents, flimsy concession elands Imb in the wall lunch counters, here anil tiler? an ugly, ,ri|imt brick luislness| building. During the recent tains many nt the teffti and a number of the frame houn«»~ none of which have cellar* or foundation*, were flooded nut. One good tw*later type wind, such a* Onmku oecailonaliy • x perlencetf, would blow nine tenth* of the town away. But to k' ' back to the story of broken dream^ Almost Immediately after the* Mnnonticement that tack KearnM had accepted un off* r of $300, 000 caib for Metnpaey to tight Tommy Gibbon* in Shelby on drily 4 every Incoming train \va* crowded with pa* * anger* bound for Shelby Th*n came from f.11* and near and for all pur 1 os**m. Particularly did many come from t’anada. House* and tent* went Up over night, but not fait enough to 4'Mie for the incoming horde* So 1 i ire* went up accordingly, nnd the pi < »* of labor went down There were more worker* than there were job* Wage* limp. Fur inwt.fUlcc, before work wm started on the ahelldlko arena when* Upmp*«*y and Gibbon* are to fight it out for the f'lnmipu’ijwiilp of the world, the advertisement* fur work mm stipulated the wage seale al Hi and »7 a day. Hut when the day .to start construction arrive*! It wan found that them w.r» in men fm evary Jolt. What happened^ The wage scale dropped to f-l a day, \\ igr-s suffered eorr#*potiding re duetlona nil over tnwi . and the work men found they rouUln't live on ft a, day. nllliough those that • ouldn t find joint were that tnu'ii worse off For nights the waiting loom of tlie little frame railroad station Was crowded with new rb lams who didn't have the (nice (if a tied Comlltlons grew no hettei fast. Neweoniers mntlhued to arrive in great numbcis, The town's main street only three tducUa long was thronged day and night There WHMil a hed to lie hod food Was ri.a I ia. I>t > \genls \i llvr Then ..tine word ttiai the liunnio i (iihbtm* fight might lint he held. On top of that Koverniiieitt prohibition oftk-is and state ngi-nt* arrived and began to rid the town of some of it* undesirables. And the exodus be i: \ r r i n Immediately upon leieipl of Hu fliu.h umuiuniinii th> winner ol tli«- illutnr pilin' fight a) Shelly Mont . next Wednesday afternoon, the Ilia |i|[».i p of The Omalni Be* will Mart to grind out the Hlylll Extra Three ilueot wire* will carry the In itipeey Othhon* fight news Into The Omaha Bee office. Three etaff writer*—BYed H. II iiiloo • u IS i" ..-.ii ami 1 o' ip \\iil“h ire representing; The Opullla Bee at I tie accne of the fight. The Omaha Bin will ho the first hona fide fight extra mi th* utreet Wrdnr«dn> afternoon ii mu I or ir ; (tan. The I loom suffered a secern alump The tight i* bach on (its cards 0 I -gain. It is now Mid to be certain | that It will i»e held. And Shetbv hopes ! the boom will at age a coim tgii k. | Which no doubt it will f.<r a few hour* vhti) the tight throng* arrive. J-tUt Shelby i* filled with eager seek-, •t* of the \\ ill o'-tinwisp, who wish j i they fend never come. Many of those, who emu* in on the cushion* with money in their pockets in the hope of heating the other fellow s game at e j getting ready to depart vi& the rod*. Much money hat hern lost. • | For Instance: Two baud* of local ] citizen* pooled their resource* and de j Cided to finance rodeo*. One is under] way on the east side of the townsite and another on the west. Neither i* prospering. It i* said each manage tnent is reconciled to a he** of at least * I n oon. (*,m, *K*tonan i * who » .one into] town In the IIrat day* of the rush paid i*teep price* for location* and for stands. Thera’* a for sale sign on al most every one now. \ number just t took their losses, closed up And went | their way. t iambi i* mine in drove* Hut no! more ti id they opened up than state agent* awooped down on the town. ootttite.Ued alt the pnrnpbei n*Ha in] Riiihtinml made rdervaltons for the gambler,-* out of town HMtteRKrr* suffered Die same ** IwrMpce. The town Is f.lieit with nfilvti- Tlio fedeml prohibition di rector h.t* a hi; new- on the Job. State agents patrol the town eon staidly. Almost every other jnan you rmeet on the street is a deputy sheriff or deputy marshal Score* hav* been appointed to serve until after the fight And the\ re all ac- ' tl\« toe. So active have they been that the town Jail is totally inade quate to cate for their guests As a result a lingo stockade ha* been built onto tbe .mil It has n eapno ill of Sail, It isn't filled yet,, but Jailer Kelley confidently predicts that tt will is- filled to overflowing la fore nuuty more hours jmik* Town Is Orderly. A* a result of this police activity the town is quite ordrily There1 have been a few holdups' even one right in front of one of the town1* busiest . afe«—and a few rohiMCMlG ism hoOtPh is hnrd to ret ' imtilnyc Is yeiy much «.:*-> rant M u s retteonaftly n»<© on th*> stiry* i There it. however a wlnsoW ing the rut*ml* so the ftpgt tl.M *'i • > thirViT wm iSe opened up ,Y dv day and those who come init»e t*'|>a of see lit*,- a wttd and Woolly fYontirr titvn won't he ttfsappotuted Thu \i seems unlikely with so tunny .lift***, ent forces of law and order on t^e J*’1, As a matter ©f fafct tha isn't ft Hunt: attractive about b he I by. ft* town -,t dirty and u*ly. Prices »TY hifth. tii'nnliriess is ahr.oat tmpoaii Me ta find. Thera aren't haffiljfc . (toaen Iwtlis tn the town. The Wt-d * i« poet' \nd there's noth.ig to Ws. in place to six The only enterjBflp, •went « off. red by a couple of imit* , Which .«-e showtny txyo year-old y»*e Sines and a couple of cheap a^H* shows which yen* to b» atti Hctjipx no one. Tl-c ivn.pscy Oil-Kirs fiyht way t>c xtviih it- -tm* H wlU hs\a to H a rip anorser. »