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Heal Estate Man * Urges Advantage of Buying Homes Declares Value of Property Bound to Be Enhanced V/ith Increase in City’s Population. The question has been considered olio doubt by the greater majority of the citizens of Omaha and we know the answer that they have made by the percentage of home owners that we have In this gr$at city of ours, that is sure to become the Gate City of the west, not only in name but in reality. When a man and wife are discussing the proposition of buying a home on installment, and the majority that are sold in Omaha are sold on from $750 to $1,500 down, the question arises: “Do you think we can meet the payments? What will happen if we cannot l meet the monthly install ments?” 1 often have wondered if these well intentioned rent payers ever stop to consider what would happen if they did not pay their rent? We all know that no one in Omaha is getting their tent “free” except the home owners. The right question to ask yourself Is "shall we continue to have the face of the lahdlord peeking into the "window at us the first of every month for the balance of our lives, and when we are finally laid to rest in one of the many of our beautiful cemeteries, what will we leave our families, a home, or will we have them a bunch of rent receipts?" Did you ever stop to think that if you are paying $50 per month that in 10 years you have paid in $6,000 and that $6,000 will purchase a real ^jffip-to-date home right here in Omaha, a city of 205,000 that is surrounded by the garden spot of the world. I heard a man the other day make the remark that Omaha did not have a chance, like Kansas City and some of the other places. Bless your heart, Omaha is right in the heart of the great corn belt. Wheat and potatoes, and with the largest butter market in the world, and with the largest territory of any city in the United States to draw from when you con sider the productive soil. It has also been truly said that although we are 34th in population with only 205.000 population, that we are doing more business than some cit.es of 400,000; that shows you that now is the time to invest your money in Omaha homes. But, rays one, my neighbor tells me that property values is sure to come down? Look at this man who purchased a home in 1914 for $2,500 and sold it for $6,500 in 1922, had his rent free all that time and there were Just as many knockers in 1914 as there are now and they knew all about values. They are still paying rent and some of them have moved once each year and if the head of the family should die tomorrow lie would not leave his family even the rent receipts, as they are so careless and free that they have even lost the receipts. In 1935 as has been -stated before, Omaha will have a population, on a conservative estimate, -of over 350,000, and if you can figure out how there is going to 1)6 any great decline in l»>'aha property, I would like to see the exact figures, as I know that T can prove to you that you are badly mistaken. My advice is to grab you a piece of Omaha property as quick as you can and reap the benefit of the advance, so states B. .1. Nelon with the Payne Investment company, who Is nmv building a new brick home at 5128 Florence boulevard, and so say the greatest number of home owners the last year thut Omaha has ever' known. Company Refuses Payment of Beatrice Man’s Claim Sperlsl Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. i Beatrice, Neb., Nov, 3.—In the case of Deweese Gilbert against the Equita ble Life Insurance company, suit brought 1 the former to collect on a $2,000 policy held by his son, Wil liam Gilbert, the jury in the district court found for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,185.12. The insurance com pany withheld payment on the ground that William Gilbert ha,I taken out the policy knowing that he was stricken with a physical aliment which later caused his death. Mrs. Mar garet Gilhert, his wife, holds a policy for $8,000 at the present time, it is said the ease will he carried to the supreme court. __ / Grading Work Continued in New Bonita Addition ; Considerable grading and street im provement work in Bonita addition, tract which was subdivided last Y>^ring by the McCague Investment company, is now being done by the firm’s engineering force. This work was interfered with Inst spring by snow and rain, making it impossible for grading outfits to do all work which had been planned. The McCague company reports its sale of jtjjls in .Bonita has been satis * factory aud that at least 20 of the buyers will build homes on their lots next. year. Bonita lies cast of Seventy-second street and south of Maple street. Farmers Report Reeord Crop of Corn in Beatriee Sfierlul UUpiiteh In The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 3.—A few far mers have marketed their corn, or part of it, but as most of it is not matured they intend to wait a few weeks before they crib the grain or put it on the market. Heavy yields are reported in nearly all localities and huskers are drawing from 4 cents to 6 cents per bushel, it. M. Jenkins, living near Blue springs, says his corn is yielding 60 bushels to the acre, and George Cooper, residing south of town, reports ft yield of 55 bushels to the acre. Suffers Fractured Skull When Auto Hits Bicycle Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 3.—Leo Go tacke, 24. of Beatrice suffered a frac tured skull and other serious Injuries tb night when he was run down by nli automobile driven by Kdwurd Tay k. jfr, also of tiila city. Gorncke was tiding a bicycle when the car struck him. lie was thrown through the windshield. Hla recovery Is uncer tai - Students of 4 High Schools in Pageant for Instructors \ 'PeierAn' \ BSMSON HIGH / <Jh raT( Ji£ison ''Sstou)JUt£" reen hush I ^y. Jjyz t Uiattt <? \ Qucth* vk^tkai. Htchj Sort k&t' ***** 1 iCbtrfJet'" recti, mow 1:7fcjb£s y-rd ——- ■■ '■ ■■■.■— ■ — • •— ’j Iowa leachers Headed by Sioux City Woman Des Moines, Nov. 3.—Miss I.ucy K. Hobbs of Sioux City was elected pres ident of the Iowa State. Teachers’ as sociation tonight by a unanimous vote, upon recommendation of the nominating Committee. An expected eledfion battle failed to materialize. Neither( of pit? two candidates most pro-nbiently menUon.il for associa tion presidency became candidates be fore the main body of the associa tion. Two new members of the executive committee were elected. .1. c. McGlade of West Waterloo anil W. II. Simons of Sidney. Clay D. Slinker of Des Moines was elected treasurer. The district vice presidents include: Northwest district. Lee .1. rtillis, Hock Kapids; southwest. II. E. Dow, Ham burg: central. .1. E. Foster, Ames, Albion Man New Head cf Norfolk College1 --- Special l>iM|M»teh to The Omaha Hee. 1 Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 3.—L. J. Sur face. president of the Third district of the Nebraska Stale Teachers* as sociation and superintendent of schools at .':bion, has Income pres ident of the Nor i 'Ik lousiness college and will fake active charge on July 1. Mr. Surface has been connected with Nebraska public schools for 15 years. New ‘'Balloon*' Tire Is for Passenger Cara Only Considerable contusion has devel oped with reference to the new 20 inch automobile tire and rim. This confusion has been somewhat in creased since the development of the "balloon." or low air pressure tire. The "balloon** tire is being devel oped fur passenger cars only, not for trucks and hot for busses. The tire’s great advantage Is Its case of riding. The easy r ding << utility is arrived at by carrying very little air pressure in a'large section tire with smaller num ber of cord plies. In addition to the balloon type of tire, according to Miller tire men, there is a passenger tire for a 20 nch rim of regular construction and • n addition, a heavy duty truck cord the. An easy way to determine rim dl ameler Ik to subtract twice the cross section size from the height of the lire. In the 32x0, for example, the cross section size is six Inches. Twice that is 12 Inches. Subtract that from 32 and the result is 20 inches—the rim diameter. Work on New Plainview Sewer System Progressing Plain view. Neb., Nov. 3.— Work on the new sewer system which Is be ing installed here is progressing rapidly and if weather conditions are favorable it will be completed In a short tfine. The outlet ditch has been completed and the excavating for the disposal plant is now under way. The big steel ^J^nt. has been laid under the Northwestern railroad tracks and the contractors are mak ing better progress since they have gotten away from the places where the sand caved in. Boy Who Kxrapcd Jail at Aihion Is Recaptured Albion, Neb,, Nov. 3 Ikdbcrt Wood, lu. who escaped from the Ijoone county Jail a couple of weeks ago, was apprehended at Norfolk and brought hack to Albion. lie 1m held on a charge of forgery, Th* amount of money Involved is small. Efforts are being mado to have the prisoner paroled to sornt of hia relatives Beal Puts Taboo on Punchboards County Attorney Declares De vice Is Essentially for Gam bling: Orders Prosecution. Punch boards must go, declared County Attorney Henry J. Beal Sat urday morning in giving orders for the prosecution of anyone found possessing them. The county attorney said they were gambling and contrary to the law. He is starting an effort to send them to the limbo where he would like to hurl the slot machines that make such an appeal to the lover of chance. The devotees of the punch board get together and decide upon a prize, said Mr. Beal in explaining the game. Then the puncher of the lucky num ber gets it. A good deal of money can "go by the board" In an evening over an amusement of this kind. The county nttorney would like to see the enforcement officers put a l unch into ^ campaign against punch boards. Stewart Stirriitl h tu The Omaha lire. Beatrice, Neb., Nor. 3.—I)r. A. C. Stewart, minister and official of the Ku Klux Klan. addressed a large crowd In firemen's hall here. He stated that the klan was an organiza tion of Americans banded together to promote American ideas and to guard the tountry and Its institutions gainst alien influence to prevent "Buroplzatlon" of America. He went into the clash between the klan and Governor Walton of Oklahoma, stat ing that the latter did not have a very savory reputation, which was tlie causa of his being rejected when lie applied for membership in the or ganization. Enlarged (lift Section for Kilpatrick Store A new corset department on the second floor and nn enlarged and improved gift section on the third floor will be opened to the public next week by Thomas Kilpatrick & < ‘o. Four fitting rooms made nf Amer ican walnut and beautifully finished will be a part of the corset section, which is in the new part of the store. Handsome walnut show cases anti counters and long mirrors will en hance the appeurance of thfs depart ment. The new enlarged gift section, tin d« r the direction of Oliver Kid ridge, has been made possible by the rear rangement of the third floor. It is placid where the drapery section used to be. New shipments of gifts for C hristina* season have Just been received and are pn display this week. The entire Kilpatrick addition is ox pet* tad to be opened in two or three weeks. Workmen are now busy tear ing out the partition separating It from the older part of the store and putting In the final touches. Preys Association Head Speaks Before Teachers lfoldrege. Neb.. Nov. 3.— Morn than 800 teachers attending the district meeting of the stntc association here today heard a number of lectures, in eluding one by J. S. Kroh of Ogntlaln, president of thu Nebraska Press as sociation. Funeral Held Saturday. Hprrlitl lM.|>ntrli to Tti* Oninlin IW. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. I.—funeral service* for tho late Gerhard Wb be, pioneer merchant of Beatrice who d cil at a hospital here, were held Hat unlay frum Hie Mcnnonlte church west nf the city. The deceaead waa 7.i year* of age and ta survived by »l* children! Nieoll to New York. floucrt Nieoll. buyer of clonks for Tllotnpson, lieldcn A Co., I«ft Iasi Eve ning for New York City Mail Clerk Gets 3 Year Sentence Only One of 34 Indicted Who Stood Trial, Convicted of Theft hy Jury. Alva Q. Fry, the only one of 34 Council Bluffs mall clerks arrested a year ago following an investigation at the t'nion Pacific terminal, on a charge of looting the malls, who elect ed to stand trial, was found guilty by a jury in federal court at Council Bluffs, "and sentenced to three years in the federal penitentiary hy Judge Martin J. Wade Saturday morning. All the other mail clerks indicted In connection with thefts froia the mail at Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty. With one exception, all have been re leases! from prison. Judge Wade, in sentencing Fry, charged him with perjuring himself on the stand. "No human being could believe your testimony," the Judge told him. -— Omaha Credit Man Returns From National Conference G. H. Chiles, manager of the Oma ha Association of Credit Men, has Just returned from the national con ference of secretaries and managers of the associations affiliated with the National Association of Credit Men. This conference was held at the tide water Peach hotel, Chicago, on October 29, 30, 31 and November 1. ,Mr. Chiles advises that the associ ations aiy making rapid strides throughout the entira country through the medium of their national organization with which the local organization of the Omaha Associa tion of Credit Men is affiliated. Great progress has been made through llie national association's co operative plan of exchanging credit Information, adjusting friendly in solvencies and investigating and prosecuting commercial fraud. Belle Ryan Heads Teachers’ District Mi's? Belle iQyan^ 4II"» Hello M. Ityan, a -laiit all perlntenrient of tminlia ai-hools, xva» •baited prniildent of the Hirond dm I riot of the N I'bmoko Slate TVnchere' aaoorlatlon nt the Auditorium Hatur* day morning, to auo<an <l ,\ M Nelaon, nuporlnlendent of athoola at Auburn. Neb. v 1.. .? dlkrtaon, oil M int! uibuit of the nurumi training mliool hi h at, Neb. xvun named vine iiroaldoMt. 1.. H Mntthewa, prim lp.il of the high hi bool at I'olumbue, Nidi., o le mimed otiiotnry ami t.uiy.uii, <u reeding O. 1., XX ebb ol I >nv id x_ll|. Nub. Speaker Scores School Control Teachers in Closing Session of Convention al City Auditorium. In a address on "The State and Education,” before the state teachers’ meeting in the Auditorium Saturday morning, Eiwaad P. Cuhberley of Stanford University, stated that financial and educational benefits would accrue from county organiza tipn of public schools. "The trouble with the country schools Is that too many boards are in control, too much local control. In stead of efficient county administra tion, the counties in turn co-operat ing with the state school depart ment,” the California educator as serted. "It is the business of the state to be not merely a passive tax gather ing and distributing agency, but should be active eo.l ene^t-ellr fm- the improvement of educational condi tions throughout the state,” Mr. Cuhberley added. "This implies that the state should set standards below which communities should not be permitted to go, and from time to time, these standards should be ad vanced. This involves responsibili ties both financial and educational which the state should be prepared to meet.” The speaker stressed the need of strong county school organizations. Concluding Session. This morning's meeting of the teachers in the Auditorium was the concluding session of the third annual convention of the members of District No. 2 of Nebraska State Teachers’ as sooiation. The general meeting was opened by selections rendered by pu pils of the Eighth grade schools, un der direction of Juliet MoCune, sui«*r vlsor of music. E. M. Bosnian, ex ecutive secretary of the state associa tion, spoke on "The Growing Profes sional Consciousness.* E. C. Vermillion, state supervisor of Americanization for Ohio, spoke ns follows on "The Responsibility of the Educational Forces In Immigrant edu cation;” "The immigrant in our midst is one of America's most perplexing preb lem*. "The Immigrant has been a great factor in the building of Industrial America there can he no doubt. Rut consideration only from an economic standpoint is to lose sight of what is vitally more Important to the future of America—that of having him know and understand America. "The public school la the only agency In any community which 1s looked upon by the immigrant as an institution without an ulterior motive. "I am conscious of the crowded curriculum of the public schools. "1 am fully aware of the many de mands made by the community njion the educational forces. But ns we all agree that the ultimate object of edu ration is an Intelligent and useful cltl zenship we should keep in mind that the first aim of our school system should be to train for social thinking anil social action. "There are many who b< llete that this work for tie* Immigrant should Is* done by the federal government, still others who believed It should lie a state responsibility. The federal govern ment and state can assist the commu nity, but the real aim is only accom plished by the personal oontaet with tlte immigrant in the community and e\pt t lonoe has taught us tlist the Im migrant Is \ei > glad In co operate With the educational forces by shar ing the financial obligations of the work.” Krirson <inn'tiH'iciiil Club Has 170 Paid Mcmhrrs fCrlcgntt, Neb.. Nov Jl—Krlcwm ha* Ju*t closed a successful membership ; driv*» for the new commercial Hub i and now baa a 1 tH.il of 170 paid mem- I hers No line ha* bo n drawn as to i|imlifim(loiiN for membership, both , business rn*Mi and fanner* becoming | members, with the iraJlsatlbn that ro operation 1* noreggary to success. Uood roada commit tc-e* have hern ap pointed and have already Achieved results. Many other plana are under Way for the bettering of the town and community. Itrid|z>‘ Is Still < hit on Iiolmuliu -Ntdi^h lload Albion. \c , ,\o\. It the new steel bridge t»\et Sand cr»‘e|< on the i le highway north of AT. on. la not yet |kink »ble. and as the const t uctlcm will i* |ai>' ntUrh mnr time than *\ b • ii vl, itn in ;iinrnts me being made f«ir a temporal \ pro: ttlnf, will-h will* bn pa «,ihln im a few days. Thl* i* Ho* mid a i hoi oughfwi a between Co lumbui mml Nellgh. it W’L” Station Is Scene of Holdup; Victim Killed Lone Bandit Shoots Cashier in Heart in Daring Rob bery on Chicago's South Side. 0 Chicago, Nov. 3.—A desperate ele vated railway bandit, believed to have worked iwthout confederates in his attempt to loot the Twenty-ninth atreet station svt South Side “L,” shot down and killed Charles H. Johnson, night .cashier at the station, early today. Johnson waa shot through the heart and died without giving police any clue to the identity of his slayer. Johnson’s revolver, found inside his cage with one cartridge discharged, was mute evidence that the cashier had fought off the attack before he fell. Nickels and dimes were strewn about the floor of his cage, but po lice believe that the bandit got no money before ho fled. Officers have not been able to And any witnesses to the shooting, leaving them with slender conjecture as their only aid in the search for the killer. An early passenger told an elevated conductor that he heard shots fired at the Twenty-ninth street station as he hurried to board his train. Police responding to the conductor s report found Johnson lying in h pool of blood. They found the station in darknesa. indicating, they said, that someone had attempted to turn in a burglar alarm and had succeeded only in turning off the lights. A search has been directed for the mysterious person who first reported the shooting. Johnson was a veteran employe of the elevated company, with 29 years’ service. lie was transferred to the Twenty-ninth street station only two days ago. Two Men Pay $88.35 | for Stealing Tires -— Special nispateh to The Omaha Bee. Tecumseh. Neb.. Nov. 3.—Thomas Walker and Burl Hall, young married men living near Palmyra, arr- ' <1 on the charge < f stealing three Fold tires from Charles Yonaaek, a farmer liv ing near Sterling, were given a trial before County Judge James Living ston at Tecumseh. The judge ordered them to pay Mr. Vonasek twice the value of the tires, pay the costs of prosecution, and he also sentenced them to 30 days in the county jail. They were paroled from the jail sen tence. The men paid at once, a total of $88.35. Kheiiff Elmer Nelson ar rested the men in Nebraska City lust Sunday. Teacher' Name Delegate* to Nebraska Association The Second district convention of the Nebraska State Teachers' conven tion elected the following to the dele gate assembly of representative* of the six districts which now comprise the state association: J. G. Masters. Mary Austin, Jessie Towne. Alice C. Peterson, Belle M. Ryan, Leon O Smith, Martha Phil lips. Avis Roberts. J. I- McCrory. R M. Marrs. E, E. McMillan and Ida A. Jones, Omaha; R. R. Magee. Columbus: Mrs. Fern Neill. David City; A H. Waterhouse. Fremont; C. A. Spacht. Nebraska City; O. L. Webb, David City; J. E. Marsh. Fre mont; H. L.' Caswell. Aul.urn; Ber tha Bishop. Pa trillion: B. H Groves, Fall* City; W. H. Brokan, Arlington; w. N. Delzi II. Peru Grace Mclaiin, Omaha: R. T. Fosnot, Schuyler; W. H. plourd. Fullerton; A. F. Becker, Papiillon: R. K. Thompson. Omaha: C. T. Andrews, Osceola; Alpha C. Peterson. Plattsmcuth: R. B. Bedell, Ashland: P. A. Adams. Wahoo; George DeWoIf, Plattsmouth. The delegate assembly of the state association transacts the more impor tant business of the six district asso ciations. Sixteen ('anHi<lates*for A«hni"ion to the Bar Sixteen candidates for admission to the bar have filed application with the state bar commission, and will be examined as to their qualification* on November 26, according to J. B. Fradenburg. a member of the com mission. The applicants Include Bessie Janes, 2916 Farnam street; John J. Zozaya, 2447 Pinkney street: Verne E. Cbate lain, 3115 Fontenelte boulevard; Richard R. Hogg. 1029 South Twenty ninth street; Anthony T. Monohan. 11T Blaine street: Jay Gibbs. 102 North Thirty-second avenue: Philip M. Trochtenberg, 3’ 4 Lincoln boule x aril; l.r-sier C. Pluck. 4136 North Forty-second street: Joe Rosenthuil, 1*21 North Nineteenth street; Leslie F. Johnson. 3x02 North Seventeenth street; Ralph T. Wilson. 401 South Fifteenth sir' l l: Charles r> Mi Anile, 3519 Pacific street: Andrew Charles Scott. 440 V! M C. A ; William J (tartland, federal land bank: Robert West|cy Doerr, 330.3 North Twenty first street, and Fred It Rohr, 3163 Lari more avenue. Merritt Drup Store \«l» Drawing Mammoth Frnwtb Clerks at the Merritt drug store have been unable to take care of the crowd* at the store's drug sale, ac cording to Mr. Merritt, president of the company. Me declares the fact that the wale is attracting customers from all over tin state is proof th%t ciiaioniei s are scekitu evory opportunity to take ad xantugr of lower prlc» * and save money wherever possible. The sale is In lm» conducted under tin* 'ofcterx tsb»n of Maurice Katleirm and the adver tisement a arc appearing exclusively in The Omaha Her Former IVrumsdi Mail I). •a<l ill Salt l.ako City Special PKpnttH to I lir Oitinlt* Her. Teeutnseli, Ne!» . Nov. Mrs Mary Hums of Teeumseb received word that her son-ln law. John Kavnnngh. ♦ «*. was killed In an automobile tc'cl d»nt nt Salt Lake City, Ctab Mr. Is ixanagh is survived bv his xxife and lliriv sons. John. Kenneth and Lewis Ivaxnimgh. Mr Kax.inagh w:w eu Kukci| in railroad xxork at Salt Lake Ctiv The faintly left this county for that city l? years ago The funeral and but >d will b« at Salt Lake City next Monday Educators Who Spoke .at Closing Meeting! (_G, C. Ver ttii 111 oft, 61iboodCuoberJoy . Oldham Booming Potato Center Spcciul Bl.pi.tih |<> Tin? Omaha Hi-*. Oldham. S. D , Nov. 3.—Th.s place is becoming one of the great primary potato markets of South Dakota and the northwest. Thus far this fall more than - to carli.uls of potatdes have been shipped to eastern markets. "Potato square" In oldhain, is a very busy place and is crowded at almost all hours of the day. There yet are thousands of bushels of potatoes to be marketed in the Oldham district, which assures heavy shipments 1 ntil severe cold weather. State Gets $100,000 Estate of Recluse S|mtIhI to Thf Oimilui Bff. Hastings, Neb.. Nov. 3.—The Jury in the John O'Connor heirship case returned a verdict tonight giving the $ 100.i*oo estate of the Hastings cob id* r recluse to tin* state of Nebraska. A m native finding was returned as to *ach of the four individual groups of claimants. The liticaUon culminating in this verdict has been in progress since 1913. Probably other claimants yet to be heard from will appeal from today's decision* Hired Man Cut Throat W ith lli> Own Penknife ^ Hpn isl IM«|iatrh to The Oinah» Bee. Plattsmouth. Neb.. Nov. 3—Going to the barn shortly after dinner Fri day, Howard Wiles, residing south west <«f Plattsmouth. was horrified to And his hired man, J. S. M< Alpine, lying ;n a deep pool of blood, who had committed suicide by slashing his throat with a small penknife. The man was about r>3 aand had been em ployed at the Wiles farm but a few days. He stated he cam© from Oma ha, where he had nt one time been employed In the packing houses, but was unocmmuhb’Hti*e as to his past, and efforts so f ir to locate any one in Omaha- knowing the man have proven futile. He had not appeared irrational and came in*at the usual hour f«*r dinner, going directly to the barn at the completion of the noon day meal. ( liamlx rlain I rooting Huge* \\ alor Container IIUjmtcH to 1 hr Otitalt* Iter. Chamberlain. S IV, Nov. 3—Kx tensive Improvements are being made in the municipal waterworks system of t'hamberlam Among the improve meats will be the erection of a steel tank 30 feet in diameter, with a on pacit> of 200.000 g tllons of w ater— three times the capacity of the old tanks, which the steel tank will dls place. Contracts for ths tank anl other Improvements have beet* award ed. The Improvements tnusp be com pleted by M v t. 1924. I ifo limintuoo Mooting. From 1 a to is district tnav.»g»is of tb»» ivikota ldf« 1 haunt fir company with beadquartsl's at Watertown, S 1' wall bold « lApfercnre at lb tel Fonttnelle Momlvy, The meeting w ill be concluded with a banquet at which G V Sheldon of Wateitmvn. field eu.pertnt cedent: .T i: ward K lufn tnu of «»n ilia -’ate manager, and W. K HUhdmer of St. limits, national insuianc© authority, will speak Hank l> i .losrtl, « it t; to ll>»* Ottol'H !-•** Ncw-illfc S 1' Nov 3 Fust Smte I'iiitk ot Nowell i- ■ 1 *1 p' ■ • s amtnstion It )* hop*sl its paper .s such that it can be taken over by the Fnrmeee l.wbanp bank, of which c M, Sqn ** the president S .1 Clark has been pivnuimt of the First bank Bureau Opposes - Sale of Shoals Stato Secretary of Farm Body to Send Wire to ^ adi ington Tonight. RprHiil nispntrh to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, N$v. 3.—C. B. Steward secretary of the Nebraska Farm Bureau federation, following a con ference last night with Chester A. Gray, member of the legislative bu reau of the national federation, will tonight telegraph Secretary to the President Slenip that his organization is unalterably opposed to a further division and sale of Muscle Shoals. "We want congiess to decide what shall become of Muscle Shoals," Mr. Steward said this morning, "and we want no more sales such as the one recently concluded with the Alabama Power company. We will stand or fall on congressional action." The bureau is not opposed to the Hcmy Ford purchase plan, because his proposal calls for holding the na* I viral resources that the bureau feels are the property of the people in the name of the people.. Tlie bureau further wants an inves tigation by an army engineer who will report what It will cost to mod ernize the plant. Advocate Four Measures. The Nebraska f'-deration will advo cate. at the coming session of eon gre:-• four measures. Mr. Stewart - lid. and they will be put before Sil ver Gray, chief of the National bu reau's legislative board, by Chester Gray, who is making a tour qf the various farm bureau federations to learn their opinions on proposed leg islative enactments. The first will be a revision of th® immigration law. The bureau feel# that under the present measure too many aliens of an undesirable typ® are being admitted and to eliminate this will propose that the figures i n which immigration quotas are fixed be the census of 1&90 and not the census of IS 10 as the present law provides. "It has been conclusively shown.’* Mr. Steward declared. "That the I-atin races are difficult of assimila tion and we want the old Anglo-Sax on and Nordic stocks that originally helped to build up this country. Under the lM'O census we will get that, as the great influx of Latine came after that time." 1««iie on Price ruing. The bureau take* sharp issues with a Minnesota senator on price fixing, tKe bureau being opposed on tl s ground that there will be no limit to what prices shall be fixed. The third measure, which will not be str- seed by the bureau unless it hap pens to come before congress. Is that of crop insurance. The bureau feel* that legislative action ’n this re spect is not so important as in oth ers, hut ' should the measure be brought up it will advocate the pay ment of claims on the replacement value of th : property destroyed and rot on the^pecnlatlve value. The National Farm Bureau federa tion, according to Mr. Steward, will demand a nr kficatlon of paragraph 1' \ of tit" Esch-Cummlns law. and w;ll f.ght any attempt to repeal th* C i iper-Tincher bill, the Intermediate crrd.t bin and the federal warehouse, licensing bill. The national bureau believe* that v .;<> the railroads are entitled to a f«r return on their investment, a* provided in the Esch-Cummin* law, the valuation on which the rates ar* being made is too high by *5,000,000, 000. Claim Valuation Too High. "It has been proved to our satl* fac , n." Mr. Fteward saidT “That th# present valuation of J1S.000.000,000 is too high and we want it down in th# neighborhood of JlS.000,000.000. When that is done we will have rail read rates based on a fair valua.ion. We farther think that the railroad* have been evading the requirement In the bill to turn over all profit* over 6 per cent." ’ Discussing the Capper-Tlncber bill, Mr Steward said: ‘‘There has been an organised drive to get this mea sure off the statute books. It ha* been said that th* farmer* are op p se I to it and that may be true in ertain isolated instance* sine# th# field men of the grain exchange# have won some adherent* to their cause. However, the great mass of the farmers are for the bill and we ire going to see to It that It etay# where It Is." * , Blaze on A. K. Schwenk Farm Causes Big Loss of Stock .prrlsl lu«p»t«-h to The Omahs B®s> Chnmberlain. S D.. Nor. I Fir*, xx’-., h is beliexod to have been of in .ary oriein caused a heavy lose I to ii, \ a l: Schwenk, of Chamber lain. The fito mvurred on his farm In the northwestern part of Charles Mix i-otiniy, hurtling to death 13 horses | -1 - Holstein cows end oonaum tic nuuh other property. Including | farm u u-hinery. xiwin and hay. Tha lot.U 1 ' ■ - is estimated at fs.000. with insurance ooxerlng only part of this amount. The farm was occupied by O. S. Mason. Inst-. I m of the ruths reveals that one h, o and a saddle were rnias tii. an I no trace of either has yet T . u found It Is thought that some | uni toxxn person stole the hors# and saddle and set fire to the bam U i cover up the crime. Farmers 1 -e Machine* to (lather ( urn in Snou 1 ’i . 11 \ i ■ w. Nob. Nov. 3. Regard j L--« «tf the snowfall of seven*l inch#! w4ig whith ha* iyni.ilrut1 on the iu,ml lho farmer* in thia part of si Uo have continued to gather ^ ’he r c' n i v mean* of corn picking r! u hint s a large* number of I machines arc in use in order to handle | the lug crop Those who are com pelled to pn k by hand will be delay* tl . \ : i! da\a on account of the i >now and tee. ( o\x - Briiijf 11ootl Price. l Nit , n.iv ; s t - o k ■t. .... pi I.-, . at t h* Pwv id j rtiompMm farm sole, -oven txthui x I i Twenty head of . i xx *■ ',! -.1 the mil* ctxsrs I !nx>ught I Urn way from *?« to $113 i,i hr. > ’.'lu x w , i v all Jei M.x *. t ear* ■ s hotel* XXOH ft0;u UC IS (it •