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29 Pounds Butter From North Platte Cow in One Week Year's Record of State Univer sity Holstein Ends With Half a Ton of Butter. Lincoln, Dec. 9.—Outstanding rec ords In the November honor roll of dairy production, just finished, here were those of N. P. King Rose Hengerveld, a mature cow owned by the North Platte agricultural sub station; Varsity Piebe Cornia, a junior 3-year-old, owned by the state college of agriculture here and Varsity Derby LaVinnle, a Junior 4 > ear-old. also owned by the college, who flnshed with her 365-day record i ecently, according to the report on the productivity tests, made public today at that school. N. P. King Rose Hengerveld topped the month’s production record with 6.7 pounds of butter fat in the two day semi-official test test. Varsity Piebe Cornia was second of the group with 6.2 pounds of fat. Eighteen cows produced enough butter fat to get on the honor roll, which requires a record of from 3.25 pounds for junior 2-year-olds, up to 4.5 pounds of fat for mature cows. Eight of these cows belong to the North Platte substation, four of them to the agricultural college, four to the school of agriculture at Cur tice and the other two to Woorilawn dairy here. As a 4-year-old, Varsity Derby La Vinnie, a University of Nebraska agricultural college Holstein, finished her year’s record with 22,416.6 pounds of milk and 1.007.45 pounds of butter. She was the only row in the tests to finish her year during November. The best record made in the seven day tests of the last month was made hy Pledge Rose King, a mature cow helongtng to the North FTatte sub station, which produced 590 1 pounds of milk and 23 6 pounds of butter fat, equal to 29.5 pounds of butter. \ arsity Piebe Cornia was also the high cow of the junior S-year-old class in the seven-day tests, making a record of 588 pounds of milk and 21 pounds of butter fat., equal to 27.1 pounds of butter. 1,600-Acre Ranch Is Sold for $5 Per Acre Hemlngford, Neb., Dec. 9—F. B O. Foeket ha* sold hi* ranch of 1.600 acre*. *ituated 36 mile* southwest of town, to Frank Elliott of Mitchell, for $8,000 or $5 per acre. This ranch 1* Improved, fenced, fenced, and cuts about 70 tons of hay from a sub-irrigated haymeedow. It Is In the hard soil district and all good farm land, limited only by the distance from the nearest town, which is about 30 miles. Ranch lands are beginning to sell again but at A distinctly lower level, the low price being In sympathy with the demoralized condition of the cat tle and livestock Industry. Geneva Boys and Girls Clubs Show Improvement Geneva, Neb., Dec. 9— Boys' snd girls' clubs made the best record the last year since their beginning In this county. Twelve out of nineteen clubs organized did all the required work and earned their achievement seals. One hundred and fifty-three boys and girls belonged to clubs, cov ering the work of either hot lunch, canning, sewing, pig. poultry or health courses. Of this number 122 finished the prescribed work and re ceived their credits. The per cent of completion Is now *2 as compared to flfty-slx per cent made four years ago. Farmers’ Union Notes Farmers* In Ion Note*. Omaha—A rat# of one and one-half far# for the round trip, on the certificate plan for delegates and vlattora to the state convention of the Farmers’ union, v nich opens January #. 1124. haa been a** »ured. State Secretary L M Koch haa announced The convention will b# held In tfPT Swedish auditorium Sixteenth and Chicago atreeta It wll »>a a business con vention. State President Osborn aaya, and t he program includes no outside nr makers or extensive entertainment fee turts. Uncoln.—A luncheon, followed by a debate on th* question of a one house legislature, wll be held by the I.an'aafer County Farmer*' union at the Grand j Hotel on December 14. W. F. Dale conn tv legislative committeeman, haa an nounced. The debaters will be Otto Mutx and George F Th jqjpson. Members of the Farmers’ union throughout the county are expected to bring their wive*, and plana are being made for a large attend ance. Page.-—In spit# of rhe fact that farm er* were huey quaking corn, over 160 peraona. consisting of farmers and their families, attended the latest meeting of Elwood local of the Farmers* union, held in the balcony of the Ftruirrs* union store here. A program of ertertalnment put on by the member* themselves lasted an hour and a half, and was followed by a busi ness meeting end refreshments. The next meeting of the local will be held on December 21. Scribner—A cream station haa been opened her# by the Farmer*’ ITnlon Co-Op erative creamery of Fremont. In addi tion to buying cream, the station will entry a small stork of groceries work clothing, tires, and oils and greaaes At first It waa contemplated that goods would be sold only In original packegee. hut It haa been found advisable to In stall a counter acsie to weigh out such supplies aa sugar and coffee Sidney—Twenty-eight members of Hunker Hill local of the Farmers' union drove Into the cornfltid of their neigh bor end fellow msrnber, Henry Khrnke, on the morning of December I, arid before dork had husked end cribbed 1,400 bush els of corn for him. Mr. Khrrtke received #» broken leg In sn accident, several weeks ago. and lias since been unable to a'Land to his farm. work. He was most grateful for this substantial "lift.*' The neighbors who took part In the ''bee" went home with a feeling of satisfaction that they had helped a brother over a rough place. Wiener—Sales totaling $131.24* 24 In 10 months were shown by a preliminary audit of the books of the Farmers Union < 'o»(tperatlve association hers. which operates a big general store, handling groceries, dry goods, farm Implements and produce. Slumps In Inventory values, particularly In Implements, left the as sociation with a deficit, but this has been grgatly reduced, and the directors hope to wipe It out entirely before the end of the year The association has a paid up capital of $60,060 Otto GIsublue Is presi dent end Clarence Wallace fe secretary and manager. Hed Cloud—An sM day quarterly con vention of the Webster < ountv Farmers Union was held In the Garfield rornmu nlly chunh on December I Uuncheon *SN served by the Willing Workers club About 160 delegates and visiting members were entertained .1 C Norgaard. man* ger of the Farmers’ Union creamery at citiperlor, Neli , and H *1. Keeney of I'owles. this county, m member of the Hfste Union board of directors, were the principal speakers Chore time fame be fore the business of the convention hud be»-n finished, bo It was decided to hold an adjourned meeting in Hed • loud on December 2«* This special meeting will be devoted particularly to discussion of subjects that will corns before tha slats convention In January. / Prize Sow Is World Champion Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 9.—This is “Beautiful Wonder," Nebraska’s Duroc .lei'sey sow which won the world’s grand championship at the national swine show at Peoria, III. This animal is owned by Willibm Rasmussen of Norfolk, Neb., who also owns “Giant Sensation,” the famous Duroc-Jersey boar. “Beautiful Wonfler” was recently mated to Stilt/, tile famous Missouri red boar owned by a Missouri millionaire. “Beautiful Wonder" is winner of the grand championship in Iowa and three times of the Nebraska state fair. A public reception was given to this hog recently by Norfolk business men. With the County Agents Farm Bureau Notes. Blair, Neb—The Third Annual Wash ington County Farm Bureau meeting will be held at the courthouse In Blair. Saturday afternoon, December 15. There will be a speaking program starting at 1.30 p. m.. which you cannot afford at miss. There will he topics of Interest, to every farmer, up for discussion. The pro gram is a* foltows: "What Extension Should Mean to the Town Business Man." M. R. Lippincott, chairman Blair Chamber of Commerce; "Co-operative Marketing," Mr McCarthy, manager Farmers Union, state exchange; "More Legumes, Profitable Livestock, Thoughtful Marketing and Comfortable Farm Homes." R. E. Holland, state ex tension service: Report of the county extension agent anti leadefs of various projects In which work has been done the past year; election of officers of the Farm Bureau hoard and delegates to the v eek of Organised Agriculture at the Agricultural college, Lincoln, the second week of January, 1S»^4. The la»t week meeting* were scheduled for each township that all farm bureau members and others Interested in farm bureau work may gather and discuss the program of work for their township for the coming year The < ountv agent at tended one meeting each night anil sev eral good meetings were held resulting in a good constructive program of work for Uie new year. The signed petition* of the owners of breeding cattle in Fontenelle township are at the office of the county agent. * The results show that of the omp hundred owners of breeding cattle asked to favor the tuberculosis eradication work, 98 signed in favor and four signed their names as- being unfavorable to the work. Th« 98 owners represent 70 per cent of all the cattle owners In the township and their 1.280 head of cattle represent! a trifle over fin per cent of the breeding cattle in the township This shows that eradication of tubercu losis Is favorable to the majority of farm ers that they would like to see the county be made accredited as free from tubercu losis There ts at least one county test ing now and more are filing their peti tions Let's get nut and fill those peti tion* with names of cattle owners and get them in Immediately Washington | county should not lose that lead we have already in tuberculosis eradication. Seward—Common questions confronting farmers who raise poultry, sheep and corn are to be discussed at the annual Farm Bureau meeting to be held here December 10, according to announce menu of the meeting. Men wtlh experi ence in these lines are scheduled to ad dress the farmers gathered at the meet ing Clarence Bock. David City; J C. Higgins. Milford, and J. I> Morford. Beaver Crossing, will address the meeting on sheep, poultry and corn production, respectfully. Geneva—Twelve* persons who have worked on the accredited farm flocks project of the agricultural extension ser vice for one or two years hu\e reported increase* averaging nine eggs per hen In their egg production for the la»t j“«r Dcmonat ration* of mating and culling poultry have been held on the farm* of these poultry raiser* during the last >ear by the county agent. West Point—The annual meeting of the Cuming county farm bureau is to be held at the courthouse het* December 12. the county agent has announced Farm ers of th° rounty were Invited to attend Reports of the agricultural work for the last year In the rounty and discuss.on of a farm bureau program for the n**xt near are the main features of the men ing W. H Brokaw director of the state agricultural extension service. Is sched uled a* the principal speaker before the farmers' gathering Geneva—Poultry, canning garden, po tato and pig club* completed their pro jects in the state training school for girl* here during the last summer, ac cording to records Just turned into the office of the county agricultural sg»-nt. The girls In the institution did a.l the work in the clubs, even In the gardens and potato fields, their report shows Canning clubs proved the mos* popular with the girl*. A large production record was made In each club, with more than 1.000 bushel* of potatoes harvested and about |800 worth of hogs sold West Point—Albert Krb, county boys’ and girls’ club champion, is now In <’hi csgo for the International Livestock -x position and the attendant Boys and Clrls' Clubs’ congress He was awarded the trip to Chicago by one of the rail roads traversing the county for winning the county championship. Dakota City—All farmer* In tha county have been Invited to attend the annual meeting of the Dakota County Farm bu reau. to b« held In a local church thla [afternoon Basket dlnnara wera to be «orv«U ut r.oun. Dakota City —Kathtlna Dalay haa b**n choaen the heat boya and glrla club mem her in Dakota county for the club year Just finlahed Aa a reault of thla eeler tlon. she waa awarded a free trip to the Boya and Olrla Club congreaa at Chicago 8he baa been a member of pig. poultry and aewlng cluba and of livestock Judging team* In the county. • Dakota City—The Dakot County Farm bureau haa purchased a motion picture machine for uae In the farmers meetings The machine waa purchased from fund* taken In the eale of screen advertising "Wo fe-l that this will be an educational factor and will tend to liven our m*et Ing." County Agent C. R. Young declared Battle Creek The annual meeting of the Madison County Farm bureau will be held here December 19 After con eluding business for the last year, the *-i ecutlve committee of the organization will be served a luncheon In a l*»c«| < hur*’h Farmer* of the county have been urged to attend the afternoon meeting at which general farm topica wll bo die cussed. Tllden — Byron 8t*ward, son of a farm er living nc*r here. 1a now In Chicago. attending the Boys and Girls Club con gress. to which he was sent because of his winning the county championship in the club work. He was given free trans portation to the meeting. Battle Creek—Three meetings are to be held soon in Madison county to bet ter tho output of poultry and poultry products, it was anounced. The poultry taisers attending the meeting wll be in structed in mating, hatching and poultry type selection. Wahoo. — At the annua] meeting of the Saunders County Farm bureau, to be held here December It boys and glria club demonstrations will be given during the morning The afternoon session will bo taken up l y d scusaion of farm bureau business for the coming year and ad dresses on farm topira. Wahoo—Sounders county will probably be the next one to apply for bovine tuberculosis eradication and indeitini iication, according to roun Agent W. H. Huberts, who declared today that 900 names had been attached to petitions asking for the state and federal aid in tiie work and that the petitions would probably be assembled for filing with the secretary of state sometime this week. Hebron—With the 40 new steel and wire coops Just received, the entrants in ih*> poultry show to be held here Decem ber II and 11 will have Jf.O coops In which to exhibit their fowls. Poultry raisers in the county have been urged to enter their birds In the exhibit and backers nf the show anticipate one of the greatest staged here in some time. Hebron—Carnet Zlab and George Nachtigal. winners of railroad trips to the Boys and Girls' club congress at <’hl engo are now in that city attending the meeting The two sons of Thayer county farmers were awarded the trips tor thett work in agricultural lines dur ing the last summer Omaha Mrs Walter Hull, leader of I he Elkhorn Girls’ Achievement club of this countv. is scheduled to give * report of the clubs work and of her trip to the Boy s and Girls club congress at Chicago, sr the annual meeting of the Douglas county farm bureau She was awarded the free trip to the • ongr«*ss bv a local banker, who is interested In »he agricultural work of the boys and girls Oth**r hesder. in agricultural lines are scheduled to addrer* the meeting. Blair—In the weekly notes the farmers of the county. J. A Fouts., county agen urge* farmer* to warm the water given to dairy cattle during the winter, sav ing that It "increases the flow o' milk "Good cows naturally must drink Jots of water, but are averse to cold water. When thjD la all they have they will not take nearly as much as If it were temperate." Blair—Open weather provides good op portunity i«. "Make a roundup of all scattered tools and farm Implements not under cover for the winter." County Ag»nt J A Fouts declared today, adding that the winter weather "quickly de stroys the best and most expensive equip ment." fltockvflle—Com buskers probably will be coming from the counties east of here soon and will pick corn In this vi cinity where the »ars have had a chance to dry and are in very good condition to crib, according io County Extension Agent \V H Campbell, who added an injunc tion to fanners not to pay more than a 4-reiu per bushel wage to the corn pi<JF era. Stock vtll*— Hog cholera cases are at 111 appearing In this county and County Ag*nt W. H Campbell ha* asked farm era of Frontier county to varclnata their hoga that *ra not yet affected by the dreaded dlaeaae. to nrotect their own In terest* and thosa of their neighbor* Stockvllle—The annual meeting of the Frontier CAunty Farm bureau w||| ha held in the courthouse her* tomorrow, with W If Brokaw. of the atat# agri cultural eifenatnn service sa tho prin cipal speaker. TJncoin—Miss Florence Atwood and tjer.rge Boomrr. both of the agricultural • vtenalon service, have been secured ss sneaker* *» the annual Lancaster county Farm Bureau meeting to he held at the courthouse her© this afternoon. Battle Creak—A baby beef c|uh of the county will complete clttl* organlaatlon about the middle of this month, accord ing to the county agent, who recently Visited the parent* of all th» children interested In the project Fillmore County Farm Bureau to Meet Friday 0*>n<>va. Nfh., Par. 9.—The annual meeting of the Fillmore county farm bureau will l>e held In Geneva Friday, Dec. 14. The session will begin at 10:30 and close in the afternoon The program will Include topics of interest to women ns well ss men. with speakers t;n home economics present. Four unusually strong prr cJnct women * clubs carry on regu lar course* of study during the year besides providing soclel rentfrs for their respective neighborhofsli. Poultry Show at Crete. Crete, * Neb., I)e*-. ft Four hun dred farmers have entered the Haline county poultry show here Hlnce it is the first yenr that such sn affair was staged In Crete, the event Is ex pected to go over strong. Unloading Platform Breaks Cnder weight of Merry Chimes. 2.800 pound hull owned by Robbins A Hon. After h triumphal tour of show circuit. Merry Chimes Is' brought here for livestock show. Chicago -Crashing through the un loading platform with his ton and a half nf weight, mm he emerged from tils car at the Colon stockyards, Met iv Chimes, white Hhnrthmn hull, at rived, the larges? entry at tin Int• i national livestock exposition. The champion's weight of 2,hoo pounds caused the break, Put he scrambled to ssfsty unhurt Merry Chimes is the largest hull on the 1929 show circuit end holds the grand championship of the rerent American Roysl show held at Kansas city, lie also won the stnte grand championship at the Iowa, Indiana and Kentucky fairs. lie IS entered hy Robbins a Mon, Horace, I nd "H. L.'s Buster,a Poland Chins was so big. as bigness goes ill I tie ling 'world, that. If was not necessary for him to break down an uiilouding platform to attract attention He weighs 1.060 pounds and is enUntl by G L. Uuigcss A Hon, Bsmttit, 111 Six Million Tons, State’s Hay Crop Alfalfa Output Amounts to Almost Half of Output, Statistics Show. I Uncoil), "Dec. 9.—Although Nebras ka raised approximately 6,000,000 tons of hay and approximately half of this was alfalfa, the latter is not a "native” crop in the state, accord ing to the state department of agri culture. The summary follows: "In 1923 Nebraska raised approxi mately 6,000,000 tons of hay, and ap proximately one-half of it was al falfa. While that is four or five tons per capita for the population of Ne braska, unfortunately, not many of us eat hay. “The livestock population of the state, however, .Is more or less de pendent upon the hay crop. This population consists of about 2,500,000 cattle and perhaps 500,000 other stock. Tf there was no other forage the hay crop of Nebraska would be practic ally consumed by* our honie livestock interests. There being, however, a large amount of winter range, en silage. cornstocks and other rough ness, as well as grain, the hay crop Is found to be—some of it—for export purposes. , "Ten years ago 37 bales of hay paid the freight on a carload of hay from Fredonla, Kan., to Kansas City, and in 1923 37 bales of hay would only pay 59 per cent of the freight between the two points. The same standards will apply as to equal dis tances from Nebraska farms to Ne braska markets. "The Interesting feature of the nl fnlfa growth in Nebraska, which com prises practically one-half the hay crop. Is that it is not a native of the state or of this territory. "The first record we have was that J. Tl. Park, connected with the Union Pacific In North Platte In 1870, advo cated through the columns of the Lincoln County Adventurer the plant ing of sugar beets and Lucerne. From France he Imported sugar beet seed. He also Imported several bags of Chilean clover seed, thus planting the first alfalfa In Nebraska. In that day it. was known as Lucerne or Chilean clover, or California clover, the name alfalfa coming Into use later on. “Such men as H. H. Watson, at the 1733 ranch at Kearney, and others of his kind, have done much to bring alfalfa Into general use. but the 30.000.000 to 40.000,000 crop of 1923 had its origin over fit) years ago In the vision of J. D. Park." Stock Exchange May Help * Victims of Bucket Shops New York. Dec. 9.—Adoption by the New York Stock exchange of a "guarantee policy" whereby the or ganization would vouch for the finan cial integrity and re*i>onslhlllty of all its membera, Is under consideration by a special committee The plan was devised as a means of avoiding losses which have been Inflicted upon thou sand* of customers through failures of brokerage houses. Old established houses, with large ! capital and excellent reputatlona, are said to oppose the step on the ground that It would be a levelling down process. Railroad Bond Issue Allowed. Washington Dec. 8—The Southern Paeir- company was given permis sion by the Interstate commerce com mission to issue and sell $23,000,000 in equipment trust certificates. The securities will cover a part of the purchase cost of new rolling stock which the railroad has either under contract now or had put Into opera tion recently. Poultry Show at St. Paul. St Paul. Neb . Dec. 9—The How ard County Poultry association will hold their annual show at fit. Paul, December 12 IB. A large exhibit of real ahow hirds la expected from all parta of the state. They will alao hold a corn ahow In connection with the poultry exhibition. Trade Review Bf Associated PffM. i New York. Pac •—Interest In financial ird business rlrclts during the last week naturally centered In President ('onlldge » message end. Judging by tbs behavior of the semrHIes markets, the document wa* well received Puslneas men were re** eured by the definite stand taken In favor of tai reduction and most observer* were pleased with the position taken In rrgj*rd to railroad* Final return* on the net earnings nf Hass one railroad In October showed a total of 1102.700.000. or 4 7* per rent on the InterstHte commerce commission * valuation, a* compared with $**.200,0(10. or 4 4*i per rent In September far had Inga meanwhile continue to hold up w*ll, the total for the week ended November :4 being *#0.000. a figure larger than ever was reached In any preceding November Report a from the sf-el Industry showed that the wav# of buying In pig Iron had •ti balded, hut that prices were holding firm Plant operaflnri* w »r* reduced hut the sentiment of the trade waa cheerful I’pward revision of private crop esti mate* brought a abarp break In cotton The May future, whlfli had risen to 17 V waa nearly It cents lower ** *he week closed One private estimate rlac*d the nrw . rop at #.#00.non bales which con tra atari with recent talk of a yield a* low as # ;&0 oOO hale That tha latter figure waa too low wa* shown by Ratur day's government ginning report, which reported # 24* 000 halea ginned to Decern **\Vheat on the other hand. raJllad mod erately Publication of the indet num beta of Dun's and Hradatraat meanwhile revealed the f*. t that the general level of commodity price* held steady during November «»nr of the Indices advanced allgh> Iv whl’e the othar moved Inin alirhtlv lower ground In both ca«e* advances occurred In te*tll* and metal 11 rod nits, which were offset by rea* Ilona In farm products A * a maul! of I he FlrtMah election them was a moderate reaction 1n the foreign evchgnges. sterling losing about ;% cent* Everything considered, however, lha tnar ke* held well ... , Money continued to be In plentiful sup idy. rediscounts with tbs federal reserve Panics *hnared another decline and large additional gold shipments from Europe were reported __ The Business Barometer This If eek's Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture and Industry Based on Current Developments. Ily THEODOKK FRICK. Copyright. 1923. Though the United Slates Jast week had to consider such important events ms t lie president'* message and the British elections they were both subordinate, in so far as their Influence on busthesM is concerned, to the continued inflow of gold from abroad and to the reported decision of the federal reserve authori ties to resume the purchaalng of govern ment securities In the open marker The reasons for the decision are va ried. «»ne Is that the unemployed re sources of the federal reserve system are now so great that open trvgrket opera tions are necessary to earn enough to pay the hanks' extremely heavy overhead ex penses It has been estimated that II. Ooo, 1(00,000 a year must be steadily em ployed merely for this purpose To put the necessary amount of idle funds to work two alternative methods offer tine is to buy commercial paper, bankers’ acceptances and similar obliga tiorih. the other to buy government bonds] and treasury certificates The effects of the two policies are very different. The first would enlarge the funds at the service of businesa and tend to reduce Interest rates on them, while the second which tli» board has chosen, will merely advance prb es of securities, in effe. t taking them over from present holders at a piofit with a possibility of later selling them back at a loss. The choice clearly Indicates that the policy of the federal reserve board is to keep Interest rates up Inatead of allow ing them to follow •their natural cour-e It Is entirely consistent with the policy of camouflaging the true extent of our gold supply by forcing "yellow backs tTlto clrculaton, a policy which 1" only partially successful because imports con tinue extraordinarily heavy and advices from abroad Indicate that they will be still heavier In coming weeks. Even the government official* who last spring were saying that the gold tide would begin to flow away before the end of the year and that part of our ators should be set aside for export are now compelled to sing a different tune. Secretary Hoover point* out that for eign buying of American securities has helped avert the expected gold outflow As everyone know*, the use of our cur rency abroad it increasing steadily, and eyen steamship rates on British and French lines, from their own ports, are now fixed in dollars. The fa't Is. whether the arbiters of credit choose to recognize it or not that circumstances have again given the Unit ed States the opportunity to become the bankers of the world, ascending to the position of financial «Tomlnan«e which was (Jreat Britain's before the war when the noiea of the Bank of England were virtually an international currency as the dollar is today. But this opportunity will never be real ized If Interest rateij are artificially main tained. and though I do not believe that any effort to keep them up can be en tirely successful, even the attempt w’lllj sub\ ert a share of the preeminence and the prosperity which the world Is seek ing to lay in the lap of this country. So far a a our domestic business Is concerned a definite assurance that we could enjoy the low Interest ra'ea to] which our enormous credit reserves eri 1 New York Bonds By AMOflaled Press. New York Dec. t —With few excep tion* bond prices Improved during 'h* last meek In the trading on the New York Stock exchange and In over-the counter transactions Bond dealer* re ported Increased buying from savings bank* and Insurance companies and ■rated alsq that foreign purchase# mere running at a high rate. Now financing continued larg*. the to tal for last week being 165 336.000, as nm pa red with 146 482.500 the previous week The new issues mere absorbed readily It was sta'ed The approach of the holiday# gave most of the stimulus In 'ho outside mar ket. many purchase* being made for Christmas gift* Honda of all classes called for pa menta In December in advance of ms turity. aggregated I12.S07.2OO against fll 420 000 in November Ch'ef interest recently, ha* cente-ed In th* raili oid group, although dealers re ported that the volume of tsquinea from abroad for public utility liens is on 'he Increase Ten of these inquiries y*t have dev eloped sale# but trader* express confidence that these liens already pop ular among American Investor* are rap idly becoming better known to Individual* In Europe Statist!'# complied by a fln^n^ial news agency disclosed that bond price* nere unusually steady In November This com pilation showed also that despite great ly ln< reseed activity In the trading, the actual rally In prices from October low point haa been small Important new offering* last meek were $10.OOP.O0« 10-year € per cent Northern State* Power company of M r. nesots gold not** at Mi* to yield *» 70 per M*nl. fl2.lh0.000 41-vesr • per cent St Paul union depot refunding mort gage bonds series A St prices to yield 6 30 P-r cent t« *00.000 25-year 6 per cent Northern State# Power cnmpanv mortgage bonds, series A at 07 t* to v'eJd 6 "0 per cent and $4,000,000 20-year 5 per cent Southern Public Utilities com psr.y refunding mor'gage bond* et •! ’* to yield 1.71 per c«nr. Financial Rr nun % V»A> WAIT* New York Her. •—Confidence In the [future stability of the urlry prt<-e* i» now greater than If has been »' any i time elnre the Inception of the present upward movement Thla 1* due to F’resi dent Coolldg* • message that outlined policies which, if adopted would Insure continued prosperity for big buelneas and the railroad* Secretary of th# Treasury Mellon's pr» diction that the revival of buelnaee would undoubtedly continue through 1124 also had a reassuring Influence on those who have lined themselves up on th# con etrurtlon side of th# stock market. I>eaplt # th# larg# volume of business being don# tn general, money remain* In such ebundant supply that even with further expansion in *rad# end Industry f her* is practically no possibility of a credit stringency A distinct change for th# better In een tlment regarding th* oil share* has fol lowed the recent report* of reduced production gome en'nusiaste have tlrcu 1# fed reports of a probable advance to crude oil price* In the near future but this Is not expected until the h.g com psnlea have completed their purchases of Oil St •the present low price* Reduced production and Increased con sumption of gasoline I* «aiming aom* hesitation bv some companies which have Iren i oneiderlny new fnan**lng continued curtailment of production would undoubt edly eliminate the necessity of ftnan Ing hy a number of so-called Independent companies President CooMdge* remark* regarding tt snaportation Inept red confidence In rail road securities Th# recent Improvement ft* th* demand for steel prodU< is has not been main talneij *n that estimates of th# showing to be mad* hy the unfilled tonnage #»at# ment be issued tomorrow hy the It s* Steel Corporation h*v been rev lead About s fortnlgh* ago e flight decrease In busi ness on hand had been looked for but * shrinkage of about IIH.OUK tone Is now expect ed Wheat Export* Lower Than Reported. Urain Head Sa\> C’hlce go, Dec. % -President Fred erlfk 11 I hlmann «*f the IMilnuinn CJrntn t'ompnny of Phloego end Kan *aa «’Ity declared that announce menta of wheat anti flout e\|>ortM from the l'tilted State* are ahanluteh wrong and niialeading Me anld total export* of wheat and flour a* pub lished by the l otted State* for the month of November ahow only a alight falling off oonu>ared with a year ago. hut thta la anlefy due tt» the fat t that the amount* Included under flour riptMia are tnorurecf. UPDIKE GRAIN SERVICE CONSIGNMENTS— Tnnr ear of araln In our rare «et» ererr aileant*** oar tan* ****rl*a*a an* Weller farilttlaa can »i»e. TWn hueineae of thin rotnpanr te fnunileil upon »Wa noli* yrlnelpl* a* lank In* oul for our au-tomera Weal Internal*. Not Only Rf-LIAM E SERVICE Rut SUPERIOR Ear aafetr an* entlelnr llnn'e enke here ynur klllln* rna*. "Notify UPOIRB CHAIN CORPORATION" at any of Hi* market* where te* •yorat*. TELEPHONE AT LANTIC •»!* Updike Grain Corporation OMAHA Kedhi City MIIweuIm tills us would be the mutt effective serum that could be injected Into th** business body to overcome the caution and hesitancy which mark the attitude of many men. The mixed aspect of the business out look is indeed due principally t«» the con flict of its factual and psychological phases For one thing t lie proponents of the business cycle theory have succeeded in convincing many that a mild deprcs sion is to be expected until the mid die of next y«ar. For another, fear of high prices and "consumer resistance" is apparent in many places. Jf men govern themselves a« though business Is going to be. dull of course i' will be. On the other hand, some of the recent developments have helped business * tin ment considerably. Th*- president’s vigor ous support of Secretary Mellon s pro posals for tax reduction confirms t lie he- j ,11 ef that the secretary had consulted; headquarters" before making then, pun lfc and increases the possibility of their passage, though most of the reliable re ports from Washington say the danger of a bonus is very real The president a message in its entirety receives th* warm approbation of practical men and is disappointing only to those visionaries who hoped for startlingly new proposals I to solve some of our more pressing prob | leniH. It is not, however, as important as a would be if the administrations < or.trol of congress were safer, and the fight over the election of a speaker is not reassuring as to the ability of con gi<-as to get much work done Equally powerful In its psychological Influence ‘a the continued good 'on** of the stock market and th** know edge that there is plenty of money for the < ourage ous who want to borrow It This Is the subtle effect of the unadmitted gold infla tion which the Federal Reserve board is trying to check, and wh'< h in th* long run is likely to exert a decisive influe,,, ** on th** course of business. Turning to facta, they are principally encouraging. The two main* | r r,„ •, ,r last springs great activity, building and automobile manufacturing, ar** sill up The largest winter building in our h,** tory, which Is already assured, will em ploy thousands of men who are nor mally idle and lay the ground f >r boom ing materials markets when th*- spring demand Is added to the present buying. The persistence of automobile manufa firing at such high levels Is one of the remarkable phenomena of this age it has so confounded the prophet* already that none dare nay when the slump v.lil come. <'ar loadings continue close to a million a week and would be even higher * icept for the seasonal drop in ore load ings Moat of th* basic commodities are sready In prlte Although cotton is sharply lower for the week a 'u < *r, « decline Is not a very signiflctna part ot the 17 cent advance whhh it has had Though Iron and steel production is e•,ji declining prices ar** firmer and a reviv.* j of sreel buying is genera11 exp* * ted aft r | the inventory period Is ended The British elections, resulting in a mandate for the retention qr the historic I free trad** policy are for the moment w ithout s|gr.Ifican* a to American business. But the possibility th.it Premier Bald win’s government will b** forced out and r»plac-rj by another coalition is worth considering for th*- more decided atritud* such a government might take toward France. Meanwhile there is talk again of a loan to (Germany which will rfrohahljr not materialise because it is unlikely that | France will allow Its claim* to be sub ordinated to It. Except for a revolt In Mexico whose I seriousness cannot yet be estimated. there) I* nothin* in th*- foreign new* .f woe*.1 tenor than the dispatches of other | wceka. and American busmens rp*-n have obviooaly mads up rheir minds I impervious to even the worst reports from I Europe Comparative prices for, endof last week, end or previous week, and last year Rank clearings, i Brad«t -eets i In *hou eands |«.4d''*'3 |6.]97.S?r. f Federal reserve ratio. 7*. t per fAnt ; .95 per «■ ent, ; 4 3 per err t iiustnepM failure*. 4' 1. 2*7 4*; Swurlt; price# New York Stock ex change 9ft lndu«*rial» 92 9 t 92 <’ 9* 7 20 railroad*. *2 4«. *1.61. *4 51, 20 bond#.' *6 7i nr s* «? Commodity price*- wheat. December delivery. Chicago |! «\ »!*:'« f 1 1 ■« --a Corn December delivery. Chicago 74.. 71 % c. 7 0 S c Pork. December de \e.-% <’h, .,g • 19 ** If 52 f»72 £Wf g. ,1 d'< ! a!e«r*. « h > i: ■ *1 " 75. *17 .c 11* «. Sugar, refined. New York, f ID-. 9 15c, 7 1 Oc Coffee Rio No 7 New York, 1 1 l* c Ilf. 11 1-1*< Cotton, middling. New Y'oik. 25 65c, 37 60c 24 *D Print Hotb*. New York, *'*«’. 6c. 7 40 Wool, Dun a a\erag*-. New York 7* l*. 7• 2*c. 7« 43c Silk No 1 Mlnahlu. New York. ** 9 17 f' 1* Rubber, crude, plantation. New York, Z’r 27 **c, 27 r Hide# parking. No l New Y -k l!^c. 13 23. Iron No 2. Philadelphia, 126.7*. |26 7C l2f 14 Steel billet#. Pittsburgh. 143 50. 142.50 lie 5ft Omaha Produce Omaha, Dec. t. BUTTft.it Creamery — Local lorpini r Mce to retail er* ex'raa. ' < extra* in 60-|b. tuba. Lie standard* 62c: first*, efc. f 1 r v - Buver# are paying 3Lr fur be*t table butter In roll* or tub* (00 32c for coinrnun packing stock. For be»t sweet, unsalted butter. 38c. BUT i'RRFAT For No. 1 cream Omaha buyers are pay fng 4Lc at country stations. 12c deliv ered Omaha FRESH M1I.K 12 40 t er cwt. for fresh rnllk testing 2 I delivered on darrv platform Omaha. EG Of Delivered Omaha, in new cases Fresh select* 40c; small and dirty, 2Lc; 'racks. 2©c. Some buyer* are paying 4 sc for nearby, new-laid, 'lean and uniformly large eggs, grading L\ 8 special* or better. .tunning nrij* to retailer* IJ s. sped*is Jobbing price to retailers: U S. special* 48c; 1' S extras. 46c; No. I small 20c-. checks. 23024' . storage select* 310 32c; low grades considerably less. POULTRT Drivers are paving the following prices Alive- Hnvy hms. 5 lbs. and over. 17c. t to 5 lbs. 16c. light hens. 13c anrlngh D:0l»c. Leghorn springs. 12 U 14c; roost • ers. 10c; ducks fat and full feathered 13c Jb : geese, fat and full feathered. 12c No. 1 turkevs. St lbs and over. 19<a20c pigeons II 0 * per do/. no cul!a. tick or cr nided poultry wanted Dressed—No 1 turk*. over 9 lbs. 28 0 30c; old tom** 2/c. lurk*, under 9 lbs.. 23* ; getae. fat. fancy. 15c. ducks. No. 1. 17 01*c: spring chickens. 17018c: heavy hens 18c; small hens. 16c; roosters, stags 13c. capons, over 7 IPs. 25c. Some deal ers are accepting shipments of dressed poultry and selling same on 10 per cent commission basis Jobbing pro ea of d»-e««ed poultry to *e talers .Springs 230.25c; broiler* 36c, hen* 21®25c; rooster*. lf>5i/17c: ducks. 20 0 23c’ geese. 20 023c; turkey* 30 0 35c: Frozen stock. Ducks. 15c: turkey* 26c; geese. 16016c. BEEF CUTS Whole-ale price* of beef cuta effective today are as follow* So. 1 ribs. 29c; No 2. 22c; No 3. 16c No. 1 rounds 19c; No 2. 18c: No 3 10c No. 1 lot is v 38c: No ’> ?>-C’ No 3 16c No. 1 chucks. 15c: No. 2. 12c: No 3 9c: No. 1 plate*. SV»c: No. 2. 8c; No. * !^c. RABBIT* Cottontail* per do*.. 32.00: lack*. per doz.. f_' 00. delivered , FRESH FISH. Omaha joboera are •"'ring *t about the t- "owing price* fob Omah* Fancy white f ah. market: lake trout. 2s- fcafi but 26c. northern bullheads, jumbo. 21e. catfish, regular run. 25c: channel, north -.n J'Gf 3.- Alaska Red Chinook salmon. w nike fan~y mkt kerr .‘c; fillet of haddock. 25c; black cod s.ible t’.sh *t»-ai.. 2"c smelt* 25c Hound *-rn. l*c c-tip*.|cii _<• Gt 25c red snapne* 27c Frozen fish. 20 4c le*s than price* above Fresh oysters, per gallon, 1265 6 3 96. LU KfiBK l»ca) lobbera are selling American . fh i ry grane ** follows Single daisies. 2*«- double daisies 24c: Young Americas 3 '»r; longhorn* 30c: square prints. 20c; brie* 2&5*o; .Swiss, domestic. **« block "c: foe; imported Roquefort. 45c: New York wnlte. 34c. FRUITS Jobbing nrlc*»a Grapefruit—rer box. IX 0 4 50. t_ra ii • err****— -11» '•nr» r 111 00 • 60- 1 lb boxee f 5fl: la’e Howes, bbl 112 60 50-qt /box. If 0<* Grange-California nave* farcy. *.’/ sire* |4 '> 50 choice 17.00. Florida, per box. I' 00 Alabama qa:suma. extra fancy, half box. 14 00 04 r.0 Bananas—Per pound 10c Pears—I'nkjrado K“ifer*. basket. at»om f.O lb» net. $_ 75: De Anjou, box 12.75. Avocades—I Alligator bears I per dor. If 0 0 Grapes Gailf -ri* Emperor. kegs. 15 0*1 erat»*.« 17 5' Aimer a drum 15 00 I.**mon*—Ca'iforr.ia. far' \ per bog 16 choice ! er box I ’ {? 0 CO. «7*ir • o»—California /" ib box 12 00 Apple*—In boxes Washington Delicious *x* ra f inry { • r«n>'\ 12 3 O0; rho ~ 12 : Washington Johnathan*. »\ • f. J J Colored© has e x tr a ftSCjr 12 25 fancy. <. - ( ho-’-e II £0 winter Banana* < Wubibftsi riutef 11 7 £ Snitsenbergar choice 11 75- Grimes Gold en chome I! 7 Roma Beauty, extra I ■ I fan v I. 2 5 Apnlss—In baskets r to 44 lbs Id* j fancy I’ 71 do ! f nr*. 11 * T ■ . • r - r pa. k 17 2 5 J K.- tr I hi d. II o’i-fashioned Wine sat s 11 4 5 Ant lea—In barre# of 145 lbs loss s'aymii" Win sans fSn<>. 14 00; D*'iciou* 1 * ir York Irr■ • • — a'* fa*- v IT. r'■ B*r f»*% is fan'*' 14 50: Jo&a'har.i. comnaer • : I : ■■ VRQCTA BLBS. JobMn* prtc** P<»aa—N>w r**r lb 2'c T •■ *» >e* • ■*’*• p x ha»V*ta |- 00. S it a -g—H.jthrrn. II % ■ per dox. Sourish—Hi" r.»:n Zr p+r ,u Pggp'art — Per dogen IT 00 Moo*«—T irn:;». paranja. n«e!9 and ear rot*, in aaoks. 20!Hr t*er lo: ru’abaffa* in aaOta 2r .**» 'han aacka. 24 c. Orion—T•* 15ow 1n aacks r-er ib . 4c -f..\ *■.,-** 4#- whi'M • a.a.ka. *c car « J. <>j*ry_Maho, P**r dozen, according t® «l/.e *1,0041 2*0, Michigan. per floi . Tbc. Pepper* -Oreen Mango, per lb.. J0f-. Beans— Wax or gr*-en, per hamper, 14 Potato®*— Nebraska Ohio*, psr hundred pounds. II. U: Minnesota Ohio*. 11*5. Idaho Fla k • r* Zfto P«r lb ; whit® cob bler*. 1 4c per lb. Utlu-c—If*-ad. per crafa 14 50; per ^ Cabbage—\V!»- «»n*in "o-50 lt> iota, per lb . 2 4c; In ■-ra’.-* 2,*r‘ 2.0‘)0 lb iota,® 2c: r^fj. 3c per lb: celery cabbage. lOo P*Swee? Potatoes—f*ouf hern faney. eO-lb. hamper*. *2 0". extra f^ncy Jersey 100 !b era’'* It"'*: Porto Rico, crate 12 25. Radishes—bouthtrii. per do*. Duntnes. Cucumbers— Hothoua®. per dozen. 12 50 FIELD SEEDS. Field Peed— Oman* §r1 council Bluffs lobbing houses are paying the following price# for field a-ed. thresher run. deliv ered The unit of measure Is 100 pounds: Alfalfa. 16 00916.00; red clover. 116 O' ® 1 ft m'i. sweet clover, |7 6096.00: timothy, 66.0061* 00. Sudan graas. 63 009 4 00. Prices subject to change without notice. FLOUK First patent, in f»H-ib 6*2006 30 per bbl fancy clear, in 49-lb bag#. 16.10 per bbl . white or vellow cornmeal, per wt. t; 10 Quotation# are for round lots, f o b ( ma ha. FEED. Omaha mills and jobbers s r# selling their products In carload lots at the fol • •wing prices fob Omaha: Wheat feeds, market weak, demand alow Brno- ?:* n©: brown short# 12H 00; gray ■ Ik,r *. I ' middling# 131 '0. redgog. S a.falfa meal, choice 1.2 00: No. 1. 627.00: linseed meal. 34 per cent. 650.10; * ottoujieed meal. 43 per cent 6'-3 20; hominy fee-; thite or vellow 630 “9; buttermilk, condensed. 10-bbl. lota. 2 4f>o u*-r lb.. flake buttermilk. 600 to 1 500 !ba Pc per lb., eggshell, dried and ground H -lb bag-. 6- 00 per ton; di gester feeding tankage. €0 per cent. 460 U0 per ton. HAY P-1re# at which Omaha dealers ars sell.ng ;n carle *s fo b Omaha Upland Prairie—No 1. 614.00 616.00; No Slli 0912 00 No 3. 67 ©n9 6 00. Midland Pra !-"1e--N* 1. 11 i "" '*1 J 4 00; o *2 SI 0 0n©12.00; No. 3 6* 00© S.00. t^owland Prairie—No l. 6‘J.0©9luo0; No 2 f* 0097.00. Pn- k rvg Hay—$5 0097 ©0 Alfalfa — Choice 1 ©©923 00. No 1, t °r» ©09 2 J 00 standard, *3 7 •• 00 : No. 2. 61 3.©0 9 16.00 ; No 2. 61 2 ©0 9 14.00. Straw—Oats. 63.0091*00: wheal. 1. 00 9 3 00. HIDE41. WOOL. TALLOW Prices printed b*i< w are on the b2#!s of buyers weight and selection#, delivered In Omaha Hide# Strictly «hort haired hide#. No. 1. 5c No. 2. 4c long hatred hide# 4c and -.V Kre*n hide# 4' and 3c: bU;.s. 4c and 3c: branded hide# No 1 3»*e giue hldea. No 2c. calf !0c and *4r. k.p lc and f»4r <jea<on«. *0 cent# each gfue sklr.a. No 3 2c hor«e hides. 13 50 and I. 60 ach ron;e* a..d glje* 61 5«> ea h. colt a, ' . each; hog akin* 15c each; dry bides. No. !. lc r-er !b dry salted No 1. 6c per lb# drv giue. No 1. 3c per lb. Pelt*. 91 26 1 611 for f wonled a*cins c!ii a no value; wooL 25 j* 9 35c 7*l!ow and T3re»#e—ft 1 tallow. *4#; *B“ tallow. 6c. No 2 tallow 4c. A grease **4c; B” grease, 5c; yellow 4:?f brown greaae, 4c; pork 'ark1 ng# S56 rf‘ per ton beef cracking*, dressing table for what have you” S :-j H. 135 CO per ion. beeswax 450 00 per ton ( hhago Hotter. Chicago Dec S —Though trading in the market here Saturday was rather quiet dealers in miscellaneous lota of butter on the street had considerable con fidence in the situation today I. ght supplies were firmly held and In a number of case* prem.urns were a«kol and obtained The demand entered tn the top and botfon*. score* The car market, on the other hard. wa« haru.'v so f rm m vesterdav A de fine in December futures brought the pr; e of fr-sh < ars of 90 score down ha I* r, cent ;nd. at mg That the main outlet for this class of batter was delivery on December contrac** Distributor* were mildly interested n car* a* ring leas Fresh Butter—fj score 5Je; 91 *c0-** :14c. 90 *core. 494' h9 score 474c: * ore. 4 5 4*- 17 s:ore. 43 4t:; *4 score. 4:4c. G^atrallted Carlot#—90 acore 494c; s3 <1 * * re, ♦ ’ c SALES REPRESENTATIVE A New York concern manufacturing a staple paper specialty with a national distribution, desires a high class sales organization or individual to represent tt nn Omaha and surrounding territory. Tkeir product is distributed to jobbers only. They want a representative with an established reputation who is call ing on wholesale paper, drug, confec tionery and grocery trade. Answer fully, dscnbmg territory covered, how frequently, number of salesmen, lines now being carried. Gire references. ADDRESS BOX 600 219 SEVENTH AVE.. N. Y. CITY How Far Will This Extend? Recently the Omaha Auto club departed from its former principles by entering the insurance business for the alleged purpose of selling insurance to its mem bers “at cost.” The club directors assumed that an increased membership could be quickly established through this means. The insurance members of the Auto club, upon learning of this proposed activity met with the di rectors of the club and vigorously objected to the club entering the insurance or any other line of business on the principle that the dub should not compete with its own members. It is noted as a surprise that any dub would venture to enter into any line of business in competition with its own members. How far will (his extend? A precedent has now been established and many club members believe that numerous requests will be made to the dub to enter various kinds of business, such as automobiles, oils and gasoline, accessories, tires, coal, lumber, ice, groceries, real estate and ab stracts, and even professional services of lawyers, doctors, dentists and hospitals and hotel accommoda-' tions. with the hope that reduced prices may be se cured. How far can this co-operative marketing by dubs proceed^ without injuring practically all lines of pri vate business activities? It should be understood that the type of automo bile insurance being offered bv the Omaha Auto club is not ot the Old Line Stock Company type, but is of quite a different character—being known as Recipro cal Insurance. For your protection it is earnestly suggested that you confer with any representative insurance agency or your own lawyer before signing any application, power of attorney or obligating yourself otherwise. Omaha Insurance Agents