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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1924)
Today The Great Derby. To Collect, Hurry. One Good Deed. Our “Lucky’* President. ^B y ARTHUR BRISBANE^ Events excite us. after they cease to be important. A man worth a million catches a tnout as big ar his finger, imagines that it is twice as big, talk3 about it fbr a year. At the market he could get 20 real fish without trouble. Today tens of thousands gather at Louisville, Ky., all eager, ex cited, speculating, betting on “the great American derby.” The win ning horse will get $50,000. So far as the material interests of the world go that race is as unim portant as catching a half-pound trout. For half the money that a good jockey earns in a week you can buy an automobile that will race any 10 race horses to death every day and never get tired. Speed in horses no longer means anything useful. Rac ing, betting, horse excitment will continue, for it takes men a long time to get over ar^'thing they have been doing for 1/100 years. If France wants real money from Germany let her hurry. In the last two days 25 German firms have failed. One failure threw 32,000 men out of work, and the govern ment stepped in to stop trouble. That doesn’t look hopeful for the “thirty-two billion gold dollars” claim. When European nations decided to take what money they could get from China after the Boxer upris ing, the United States got some of the indemnity cash, and then real ized that it was international black mail. The money was sent back to China to be used for education. China now thanks the United States minister, saying that other nations have followed our example. “So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” The new tax bill has a clause that will enable the public to know what income taxes rich men are paying and what rich men pay on income tax. Mr. Hoover says this • is very sad because "it will put small firms at the mercy of big ones.” It v>ll also put some big tax dodgers within reach of the pub lic and that may do some good and stimulate tax paying. Some that have no objection to cheating do object to having it known. Having vetoed the soldiers’ bonus the president, it is said, will next veto a bill for the relief of farmers, that would appropriate $200,000, 000 to establish a government agency to market agricultural prod ucts—whenever the president an nounces "an emergency.” If the president vetoes that bill and adds the wrath of the farmers to that of the soldiers he will prove that like Napoleon he believes in “his star." That the president was born lucky as well as wise, sober, serious and moral, everybody knows. He has run for office 19 times and has been elected 19 times. Able republican politicians say that no matter what happens he will be elected for the 20th time next November. And curiously enough they expett A1 Smith to do a great deal toward making Coolidge’s election sure. They say: “One state after another may de clare for A1 Smith, but he won’t be nominated. His defeat for the nomination will be attributed to re ligious prejudice, and hundreds of thousands of Catholic democrats, resenting that, will vote for Cool idge against any democrat as a re buke to the party for refusing to nominate a Catholic on account of his religion.” There may be something in that This is to be a complicated elec tion. David Cohen, an old man, 72, is caught begging with $95 in his pocket and $4,100 in the bank. Of course, he is put in jail. Justice says, with $4,100 saved up, you should a set a good example. Recently seme gentleman took about $500,000,000 worth of oil from the navy of the United States, but nobody put any of them in jail. And they all had considerably more than $4,100. If you do anything wrong, don’t work on a small scale. That’s dangerous. Labor out of office in England and elsewhere says “wait until I get power, I’ll show them.” Labor gets power in England, and gives a good imitation of the average cau tious government. For instance, the house of commons voted by 264 to 168 against making the coal mines national property. Labor men thought that would be done, surely. But advising it, and doing it are different. Republican gentlemen that tried to “frame up” Senator Wheeler, as corrupt detectives once in a while “frame” a victim when they need a scapegoat, are in trouble. Men in Montana who thought that cop per should control the state, and the men in Washington who thought oil should control the nation, both dis liked Wheeler and decided to put him in jail. They will wish before the thing is over that they hadn’t made that attempt. It wasn’t a good time for it, although it has doubtless often been done before. Mr. Coolidge showed wisdom when he picked a California man, Mr. Wilbur, for secretary of the navy. Living in California, looking out across the Pacific, a man soon gets knowledge of Asiatic possibilities and learns that this country needs oonstant preparation. Senator Wilbur wants the gov ernment to help merchant ships, which it should do, aB England does, to any extent that may be really necessary. He is “for prepared ness,” and it isn't likely that any body will find him selling the navy’s oil reserve in Alaska as the other reserve was sold. A secretary of the navy who be lieves ha was put in office to worry about the United States and keep it prepared, not to worry about Europfe and what Europe needs, is the kind of secretary that people want. , iCoprrisM. 1H4.> j \High Hog Mortality Traceable to Old Mud Wallow; Concrete Trough Advised (p Increase Pork Profits Will Help Clean Up Farm and Pay for Itself Say Agricultural Ex perts. B.v A. K. GRAMLICH. State College of Agriculture. “Pigs may be pigs,” but they are just as sensitive to filthy surround ings as other classes of animals. The high mortality in many herds can be traced directly to one thing: the old fence corner wallow. The hog is so constructed anatomi cally that he does not sweat, but re lies on heat radiation from his skin and lungs to keep him cool. If he can lie in a shady place in moderate weather he is comfortable. However, when the thermometer begins to soar the hog suffers terribly from the ex cessive heat, particularly if he has a thick layer of fat to act as a heat insulator. Just as it Is natural for the duck to swim, the hen to scratch or the mule to kick, so is it natural for the hog to wallow. Hog Has Proved His Worth. In the good old days when hogs sold "dirt cheap" the "mud hole" seemed sufficient. Today the hog has proven his worth and is detnanding his right to something more modern and sanitary. The good hog raiser has too much money tied up in his herd head alone to allow the pigs to lie around in still, contaminated water and mud. In the spring of 1919 there were many sick pigs and more lost through sickness than during the big cholera outbreak of 1913 and 1914. The general name for the malady was "filth infection.” It was attrib uted to the extremely wet spring which kept the hogs In a veritable se%of mud In .which filth and disease thrive. Contagion, when once on the ground, is transmitted to the suck ling pig from the mud collected on the sow's teats. Sore mouth and “bull noses" are very commonly transmit ted this way as mud wallows have been found to be the predisposing factor in this disease. A concrete wallow is not gaining in popularity as fast as it shoulfl. Its advantages are many, but two will cover them all, mainly the advantages to the farm and the advantages to the hog. Helps Fight Typhoid. The installation of a concrete wal low eliminates the stagnant sloppy mudhole and makes a more sanitary farmstead, especially if there is any possibility of the water supply being polluted. Use of a concrete wallow makes for the development of cleaner, healthier and more contented hogs which will make additional gain enough to pay, within a short time, construction costs. Many users claim they do not lo'se any hogs during the hot summer compared with from one to ten hogs lost when they make their own wal lows. If hogs become lousy a little crude oil poured Into the water will immediately relieve that difficulty. The wallow should be built near a well or hydrant so that the water may be (hanged often. A drain should be provided and the water changed frequently. About twice a week in hot weather will prevent stagnacy and hog ills. If it is not located in the shade, a roof must be built over the wallow to eliminate seriofis danger from sun blister. T^he Ideal Wallow. An Ideal wallow is one about 12 feet wide, 24 feet long. 15 Inches deep at its lowest corner. On the shallow end should be corrugated sloping en trance. The shallow end should be about nine inches deep, sloping to 13 Inches In ofie cift-ner and to 15 inches in the other. The latter depth is to permit ease of frequent drain-' age. The excavation can be made 25 feet long and 13 feet wide so the earth will serve as the outside forms. The walls are six inches thick on the bottom and four Inches thick at the top. The slope is on the inside. The floor should be six inches thick. Con crete for the floor should be poured onto a firmly packed layer of cinders and gravel. Woven wire may be used as sufficient reinforcement. Such a wallow will cost between $50 and $85 to construct, quite a bit de pending upon the price of labor. It is not advisable to construct a large wallow because of frost heaving. This size will accommodate about 18 large hogs. If more room is needed It la better to construct a second unit rather than build too largo. Bovine Tuberculosis Work Increased in Iowa Des Moines. May 18.—Three hun dred per cent Increase In the testing of cattle for tuberculosis during April over the corresponding period for last year, with 100 per cent reduc tion in cost of testing per head, is the record established by the state department of agriculture and the federal bureau of animal Industry working co-operatively with (he 25 counties which are doing a real test ing, according to a statement re leased by the department. Tests were made on 83,400 cattle during April, representing 6,181 herd owners. Of the number of cattle tested, 2.4 per cent of 2,039 were found to be tubercular and were branded on the left Jaw with the let ter “T” as a means of identifying them. These rattle will he killed un der the state and government super vision as the law requires. Topgraftiug Lectures Draw Large Crowds in S. D. Brookings. S. D., May 18.—The 25 pruning and topgraftlng demonstra tions conducted during April in six South Dakota counties by A. h. Ford, state college extension horticulturist, were attended by 325 persons, indi cating that there Is Increased Inter est, Mr. Ford declares, among farm and home orchard ownprs of the state in matters pertaining to orchard im provement. Many small orchard owners, Mr. Ford finds, hnve hardy stock, but it is poor in that it produces low qunl ity Inedible fruit. By topgrafting such trees, the horticulturist points out, any of the standard varieties of, this climate may he raised success fully, and In some coses even better because of the hardiness of the trep onto which the more tender wood lias thus been worked. Top: Tlie old, unsightly hog wallow. Bottom: A concrete feeding plat form with a concrete, covered wallow at one end. Pastures Late in Western Counties Quality of Cattle Declines Due to Poor Hay and Bad Weather. Lincoln. May 18.—Western Nebras ka pastures are a little late this year, due to the cold, dry weather, says the May report of the division of crops and livestock estimates. Pastures will be stocked 75 per cent of full capacity, In the opinion of the gov ernment statisticians. Rental on the ranges averages $3 per season. The condition of cattle has declined during the month. "While most of the range and pas ture reporters of western Nebraska expect sufficient grass by May 15, the season is backward due to the weath er of the last six weeks,” says the report. “Pasture rental, at $3 for the sea son. is about the same as a year ago. It requires an average of eight acres of pasture per head in the sand hills and about five acres In other western pastures. These will be stocked about 75 per cent of capacity. “The condition of cattk? declined from ill per cent last month to 87 per cent at present. The poor quality of hay and late pasture is given ns the cause. While hay was plentiful last autumn, it was low in nutrition nnd since larger quantities were required a few local shortages have developed. “Losses during the last winter have been about normal. There Is consid erable complaint as to losses of calves this spring, however.” “Black Watch” Veteran, Mourned as Dead. Lives Amherst, N. S.. May 18—John O’Donnell, a oetnber of Canada's fa mous Block Watch regiment, who has been nine years mourned as dead, is alive and recovering from loss of memory and shell shock in an Kng Ush hospital, according to a letter received here by his family. O'Don nell was officially listed as lost in ac tion at Does In 1915. Orchards Need More Pruning. Sac City, la.. May 18.—Orchards of the state need more pruning and a constant vigilance must he main tained against the ravages of “scale,” Stanley Strong, who yearly primes and sprays hundreds of fruit trees for the farm bureau members, de clared. Strong advised that In places where trees are too thick, undesirable varieties be cut out. Sweet Clover Acreage Grows Increased 100 Per Cent in 1923—as Much More Planned for 1924. Lincoln, May 18.—That sweet clover Is taking its place in the farming sys tem of Nebraska is shown by figures compiled on the 1923 acreage. Figures show that In 1922 Nebraska had ap proximately 65,000 acres of sweet clover. 1923 figures show that this acreage increased 90 per cent, making a total acreage In the state of 124,000 acres. It is estimated that 1924 will show an equal increase in the acre age put in to sweet clover, as well as a substantial increase in the alfalfa acreage. Sweet plover Is being used chiefly as a pasture and soil building crop. As a pasture crop it makes a great quantity of feed and when fields of first and second year clover are used, the pasture season extends ovgr a Tong period. As a soil builder, agri culturists, claim that sweet clover is rated as one of the leading agencies. It is the foremost leguminous crop used to restore fields that have been "grain farmed" until the fertility has be On more or less depleted. The state agricultural college, at tempting to inform farmers on the value of the crop, has published a bulletin, outlining its use, planting and cultivation. High School Maidens Protest Dress Rules Sacramento, Cal., May 18.—Califor nia high school girls have threatened to Invoke the referendum to give them “freedom in dress ’* Secretary of State Frank C. Jor dan has received requests from a number of I,os Angeles girls, asking If the referendum "or some other taw” could not be used by them to obtain a ruling permitting them to dress as they please. They, complained against uniform dress styles adopted In Los Angeles schools. Pittsburghers Have 8 Children in 4 Yeai» Pittsburgh. Pa.. May 18.—With a record of eight children In four years, Mr. and Mrs. liOula Hoffman claim the record of Pittsburgh and environs. The most recent arrWals were triplets. The father, aged 41 years, drives an ice wagon. One of his sisters has two sets of twins, and Mrs Hoffman's mother and aunt each had twins. ---^1 j With the County Agents ! v—-* Omaha—Twelve members of boys' and girls’ clubs of Douglas county plan to attend Hoys’ and Girls’ club week at Lin coln. Juno 2 to 7. Sewing, canning and calf clubs will be represented. Several of the adult leaders of clubs in the coun ty also plan to attend the Lincoln meet. «>n June t. the delegation will come to Omaha as guesta of the Omaha Livestock Kxrhange. Omaha packing companies and the Chamber of Commerce, Many mem bers of the clubs who are not going to the Lincoln meeting will alao meet with the delegation in Omaha. Four entries have been made In this county In the state 10-acre corn yield contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Crop Growers! aaaoi iatlon The contest is open I to all farmers of the state who wish to compete In the attempt to raise larger quantities of corn per acre. Fremont—The county agent stated that Sudan grass "Is the most popular plant we have for tsrnporary one year pasture or hay crop.** This is true, he said, be cause the plant is easily utilized In waste corners, old feed yards, or in the hog I lot. because It stands dry weather and because of its quick growth, even on late! planting. Several rases of Hessian fly damage to winter wheat fields have been reported to the office of the county bureau here In one or two Instances damage hae been so great that farmers have had to plow up the fields and plant them to corn. Six reel* of motion pictures, showing the activity of the Farmers union In Ne braska, were shown in alx communities in this county last week. Wahoo—The local chamber of commerce devoted one entire session to study of the bovirjM tuberculosis sltua'lr/n. hearing speakers of national prominence on the subject. Dr L. Van Ka, scientist, gave a history of the disease and the methods being used for Ita eradication. Prof. M It Smith of the National Livestock ex • hange. In His address before the busi ness men, gave the status of the disease ill other states He read the letter of a famoufi physician, who detailed the ef frets of bovine tuberculosis upon the human body. Women delegates from local organisa tions over the county met here for one of the aeries of “home care of the elck" project dleoueelons. They were In structed In iienlth habits and Ideals. As farm women are atandlng during a con siderable part, of the day. Instruction* were given regarding correct sitting, standing and regarding rare of the feet. A solution of arsenate of lead mixed at the rate of one and on- half pounds to 50 gallons of water will destroy Ihe grapevine flea beetle, which may destroy a whole grape «roll, according to the county agent. The heat la feeda upon the swelling bud and later upon the foliage Lincoln—There are now 71 brush dams, built to stop soil erosion, on the farm of W I, Anderson, nesr here. The county agent declared that a great num ber of farmers In the county had built thaae soil saving devices, but thet Ander son probably had the largest number In the county, If not in the wtate Glair— The county agent advocated ter racing of hillsides on farms of this coun ty. This work, he said, would stop the land from washing nway. Another girls’ club was formed In this county during the week, the county agent said The club, to be known as the “Good Luck Girls’ Clothing club.’ will take up construction of s'mple clothing. The members of the club were organised last vrar and took elementary sewing course# With organisation of this group, total enrollment of boys end girls In standard club for this yet^r reached 72. Nine Washington county farmers have applied for entry blanks for the Nebraska Crop Growers' association one-acre corn yields contest, to be staged In Nebraska this year. Outlining the benefits of using pure bred slr<*. the county agent asked that all fiti mers Join the better sires halt*' livestock, campaign and thereby co-op eiate wim tha stats eollega of agricultura and the federal department or agricul ture. Dakota City—Incubation, brooding, feed ing of the young chick and control of poultry parasites were a few of the sub jects (l.scuaeed at a meeting of farmers end povtftry raleere on a farm near here. Two women’s clubs In the county have turned in "highly satisfactory reporta'* to the county agent, ho said. One of the clubs knotted a quilt for a family that has suffered misfortune. Dakota county la fast building up eome of the best poultry farms t® be found, the county agent declared. His state ment followed a visit to several farms where poultry te being raised. The meth ods used and the poultry Itself show great impressment, he declared Poultry raisers from Burt. Dakota, Com ings. Thurston. Madison and Dixon coun ties met at Emerson to discuss formation of a »to»e co-operative «gg marketing agency. Delegates to a statewide meet ing for discussion of the proposal were selected. The meeting 1® to be held In Lincoln June 11. West Point—Mlee Lulu Boyes. state ex tension agent, returned to this county for a two day vlelt and continued work started here some time ago In instruction of farm women In sewing. Hoys' and girls' clubs In this county are getting well under way, the county agent reported. Livestock clubs are espe cially active, he declared The ffOO pounds of any bean seed shipped Into the county by the farm bureau has been aold, thus evidencing a wide Interest In the bean crop In this county, the county agent said. "We find they have a claim to a place In our crons ■ vstetn. because they mar be grown In the corn for hogging off,” the county agent added. Syracuse Boland Leech end Virgil Wellenslck. members of a hoys' ggrlral tural club In thl* county nave been get ting good gains on their calves entered In the calf-raleing project, kfecordlng to the county agent, and tne county "will he well represented at the stafe fair lu this division." The first "International Parcel Poet <’"t n show" to be staged In Athens. Tex. was announced to farmers of this county Any fnnners in the world may send one ear to the show, providing it Is shipped by parcel post A prlxe of $S00 ta to be swarded for the best ear <}»nova—Lee W. Thompson, the county ngent, advised formers that |f la now* time for the second spray for their fruit treea. This spray, he said, should ho given soon after the season of frosts la past and for the purpose of destroying the codling moth worms A seven and an eight pound cheese was | made at two demonstrations staged In l this rounly during the week The cotin tv ngent said that Interest developed by these demonstrations was considerable and that as a result many farmers were making cheese. Weeping Water—Fifteen hove. under the leadership of Superintendent Morlev «»f the Greenwood High ech >ol, have ganlsed a rope club, and ire studying the elementary phase* of rope making, splicing and the uses or rope This club Is one of the primary organisation* hacked hy the state agi Icuttutal exten sion service. € 1 Irt® of the countv have nt ganlsed clothing dubs, for study r»f dress con struction and sewing Van club* have no far been organised, one at Klmwnod end • me at Avogn Farm folk living near the Tilts* h school house have perfected a community organisation, through which lonmiiMtii) piograma ste presented Lexington The f&im bureau board has announced that the tnnual Automobile tour” will cover Lincoln. Kennebec and Wnodrlver precincts. Die tour Is to he carried out June’ it This date was set because farmers could go on that day— between com planting and naming time. Annual Feeders Day Visitors to See Cattle Test Results Ready of Most Com plete Trial of Getting Animals Ready in Country. Lincoln, May 18.—The third and concluding year's results of the cat tle feeding test of calves, yearllnga, two and three year-olds being con ducted at t[ie Nebraska Agricultural college will be given the visitors who attend the Annual Feeders day thers on May 23, It Is announced from the Agricultural College animal hus bandry department. This la the most complete trial of Its kind being conducted In the coun try. All of the stock of the annual tests has come from one ranch, each time. All of them have been fed corn and alfalfa hay, the common Nebraska ration for fattening cattle. Six lots n't calves have also been on an experimental feeding test since the last of October and will be dis cussed at the meeting. Two hog and two sheep feeding projects have also been under way the past winter. The steers for the summer experiments will be In the yards and ready for Inspection. Interest in these tests will bring automobile parties from Kansas, Mis souri, Iowa and South Dakota to' Lin coln for the day, thinks Professor H. J. Gramlich, head of the animal hus bandry department, as well as an enormous crowd of Nebraska feeders. Age Test Run. The age test has been run to show the relative profit In feeding calves, yearlings, two-year-olds, and three year-olds each year. Ths three year-old average will show very con clusively the effect of age upon gain and profit, states Professor Gram Itch. The 1923-24 test will be par ticularly Interesting to feeders be cause this has been been the only year of the test when heavy cattle have sold at a premium over lighter stuff, he says. The cattle have been fed 200 days In each annual test, going on Jeed about the first of November of each year and coming off Just before the Annual Feeders day. Ten steers are In each of the four lots. They have been weighed and appraised every 25 days so that the department has been able to tell at Just what period in the 200-day test each lot could have been sold at the greatest profit. The six lot* of calves have been fed this last winter to discover an answer to such questions as these: Can heifer calves be fed as advan tageously as steers on shelled corn and alfalfa? Does It pay to feed lin seed meal? Can silage be fed to ad vantage to baby beeves? Can ground ear corn he used Instead of shelled corn In finishing calves for market? These calves have also been fed 200 days and show soms Interesting restilts. One-half of each of. these lota will be marketed Immediately after the Feeder* Day and the other half will be fed 100 days more. The visitor* will have a chance to estimate what will happen to these calves in an other 100 days. Another Tf*t Id Summer. Another test will be conducted thl* summer with steers on alfalfa and shelled corn. Sudan grass and shelled corn, and sweet clover and Bhelled corn. The steers for this test will be In the yards ready to go on feed when the feeders are In, so they will have a chance to see the kind of stock that is being tisgd for such ex periments. Interesting data will be available on two hog feeding projects, one testing the comparative values of whit*, yellow, and mixed corn In a ration of corn and tankage and corn and alfalfa; the other testing the values of mineral mixtures In a ra tion of corn and tankage and corn and alfalfa with additions such ns block salt and bonemeal. The min eral mixture was made of cob ashes, aalt - and lime. Summer tests will again be run and the results shown at State Fair time, according to the present plans. Some Interesting work was carried on In clipping lambs while they were being fed for late spring market this year, states Professor Gramlich. Teats were run with the common ra tion of corn and alfalfn compared with additlona of linseed oil meal, and alfalfa molasses meal. Every one interested In these tests Is Invited by the Agricultural college to attend and see first hand what Is being done to help the livestock feed ers with their problems. Ohio Singer* to Tour. Defiance, O., May 18.—Defiance col Irge men's glee club will leave short ly for a tour o^the evtaf. It will fill lb engagements In seven slates. In cluding New York. Massachusetts. Rhode Island and New Hampshire, (Courta#y of Radi* Digest) My Anorlntfd Pre«a. WBB. Atlanta Journal (411). | » T#rh " won *& »h,00' b*n,,: orchiMr. won. Buffalo <m>. i so ».so. mmic. * >■*. conert; » 30, d»nr» WFAA, Dallas Ntwi (476). 11:301- ad draas 3.SO 9 So. recital WWJ, Datrolt News (HT), I, concert • musical. WKAP Fort Worth Star Telegram 147 ). 4.30-3:30, hand. 9.30-16:45 alee club KFKK. Has! Inga (341), • JO, talent fiom Aurora W08, Jefferson City ( 440 1), l. orrhaa Ira. , WDAF, K ansa a City 8tar (411). 1 JO. ! musical matlnaa. O. acho«>l of the air. S. danr*. comedy; 11.46, Nlghthawke WHI*. Kama City 4 411 >. 2. ladles. 7. children, muatr. KltJ I*** Angelep (401). 10-13, concert WMC. Memphis Commercial Anneal '(500), 1:10, Oayoao orchestra WI.AU. Minneapolis Ht Paul (4t7). " SI*, lecture*. WIIN, New Jork (110). 6:30-10, orrhaa tra. entertainment. 10 12. Bohemia show WAAM. Newark ( 265). 5-1:30, enter tainment. "HAW, Omaha (f»20), 0. speakers. 0 30. dinner; 9 II. program. Ivor, <»ak;*nd <312). 10. educational WTO, Philadelphia (609) 5 30, niches tra; Fid. talk; 7.lo 3:30, concert. W DA It. Philadelphia (115). ft 30. talks. 0. re, Hal; 7 30. concert: 3:10, dance M IP. Philadelphia (503), 4.06, orchestra • 6. talk KtiW. l*ortlnn<l (492). 10, dramatic Te dial. 11 JO. program. KPO, San Francisco (421), #. orchestra. 10. organ. Theodora .1 Irwin, 12 Broad flehl hand WOV. Schenectady tiSOY 0,43. musical. KF<>A. Seattle t 465 ». 10 30 dame KS1>, 3H Pout* Ooat Dispatch ( 640). 3 SO. Orand Central theater WCBD, 7don (346), T. acini chorus. J&lon choir, aololata. i Fraternities Awarded Plagues 1 iflecn fraternities at the University of Nebraska were recently awarded plaques by the Interfraternity association for maintaining a scholarship standard net by the association. The Halting Tribute With Fairfax * Paid Madge. "I shall have no more worry over Leila," I commented confidently at Kdlth'a fierce little assertion con cerning Bess Dean. Edith looked at me. gratitude and something else in her eyes. “You — have — been — wonderful to my little sister. Madge,” she said steadily, but as if calm speech were an effort for her. “I—cannot— thank you as I ought-” "Please”—I put up a protesting hand. "You know I love I>eila dearly. Suppose—shall we go upstairs now? They surely must have told Mrs. Durkee of your corning by this time." I think she was as glad as I to terminate the interview, which had held so much of emotional stress for both of us. and we hurried upstairs to Mrs. Durkee'# room, finding the little woman excitedly glad and ner vously hospitable. "Edith, dear child," she exclaimed as I ushered Leila's sister Into the room. "What a delightful Surprise! But Leila tells me you hax’en't had a thing to eat yet and you've been here-” "Probably ten minutes," Edith laughed, stooping and kissing her warmly. "I. no doubt, shall faint with exhaustion In another second or two.” “I don't doubt It a bit.” Her Fluf-j finess responder! with the delightful ; childlike manner she has of taking! a preposterous Jest with such per- j feet seriousness that one doesn't j know whether she really believes it 1 or not. "Leila,” with pretty stern-1 ness, "I should think you'd be ashamed. If it were my sister, now—” We all laughed merrily at her vehemence. and Edith again ex plained that she had lunched at the station. "After awhile .I'll drink a cup of your famous tea with you,” she said, "but not now. 1 want to talk first.” "I'll tell you what.” Mrs. Durkee said, her eyes sparkling like those of a little girl at her first doll's tea party. "I’ll make you all a cup of tea up here, before Dicky and Madge have to go. There's some of my Christmas cake wrapped away yet. and it #-" "Fruit cake!” Dicky Interrupted. "Pome of yours? I/ead m® to it! Why do you wait for anything so banal as tea.?” "Sit down. »nd be quiet, Dicky!" I admonished with assumed severity. "We're all as anxious to taste that cake a# you are, and you'll have it in due time." "I'll go right away and start things," Leila promised, and Kath erine slipped out with her. while lit tie Mrs. Durkee questioned Edith minutely concerning Aunt Dora Paige, whom she likes immensely, and the appearance of the North I Carolina "long leafed plneland” which ! she loves. It wa« a quizzing ahe kept up long after Leila and Katherine reap peared with the ten things, and there I was such unconscious wistfulnes# In little Mrs. Durkee* face and voice ns «he listened to Edith's glowing de scriptions of Sprihg in the Southland that I think we all realized no finesse j would l<e needed to induce her to make the trip we all wished for ber. 1 saw Edith 'lift her eyebrow* at Katherine in mute Inquiry, and Kath erine* affirmative nod. So 1 was not surprised when Mrs. Durkee exclaim ed: "Violet# and daffodil# and lilac* budding!” to bear Edith bend forward and #ay. coaxlngly: "I am the bearer of an Invitation to you to corns to see those blossom* e*""" - x Just as soon as you are able to make the trip. The last thing Aunt Dora said was: ‘Make her come right away. I’m so lonesome down here.’" The Invalid's eyes sparkled. ’’Oh. wouldn't that be scrump tious!" she said. "I don’t know any thing I’d rather do. But Leila—” she paused uncertainly. ' "I can stay here with Leila while you are gone," Edith answered. "That'll be all right then, but will you promise me one thing, to have that Lucy downstairs out of the house the day before I come back? I don't care what you do while I'm gone, but-" "We'll do better than that.” Edith said smiling. "We'll have her out of the house tomorrow If you're will ing to accept me as substitute." “No, wait till I'm gone,” Mrs. Dur kee conceded reasonably. "There'll he enough to do before I go. My clothes are a sight. Katherine, how soon can I start?" “In a week," Katherine responded as equably as if she had not told us the same thing outside her patient’s hearing but a few minutes before. "I'll have just about time to get teady," Mrs. Durkee commented hap pily, Rnd the rest of us exchanged congratulatory glances on the success of our little plot. Passengers Warned to Beware of Card Sharps Chicago. May 18.—Feeling that even "hardened” passengers sometimes fall I victims to smooth-fingered, profession- i als who conduct business wherever , there is a deck of cards and willing boardmates, the Pullman company has posted in its cars "Travel Hir,t»” placards. "Strangers who Invite you to play cards," tha first of the "hints" reads, “are generally too lucky for the aver age mortal." Others of ths "hints" read: "A Pullman car is not a safety de posit box. Give your valuables the same care that you would In any j other public place." “For the sake of the porter’s fingers. | don't throw safety razor blades in the I rolled towel rack." . .We are to have another filling sta- ; tlon in town, and just how many does ! this make to a car?—IVoatur Review, j WOAW Program Monday. May 19. t 00 P. Id Piano recital of popular music by pupils of F M. Kahn. * 30 P >1 -l>lnnet program h> Ran dall's Royal Orchestra of Hrandeia Store restaurants 9 00 P. M —Community program hy talent from Coluinbue, Neb Courtesy Co lumbus Chamber of Commerce. Community orchestra Vocal aolo Gwendolyn Garlow I-ong Violin aolo tledwtg Ja»gf1 Fonteln Community orchestra Comet aolo. A O. Usher. Plano aolo. Helen Snyder Tglk ''Columbus Nebraska ' C N. Mi Rlfrrsh, City Attorney Accordion aolo. Frank V omicll. Jr Piano aolo Ixtula Uambour Cornet eolo A. O. Ueber Trombone eolo John Rtovlcek V lolln aolo llednig Jaeggl Fonteln. Vocal aolo Gwendolyn Garlow l.ong Accordion solo Frank V omicll. Jr Selection CoiumttkiVjr erobeau a. Poultry Expert Urges Cleaning of Hen Houses Coming of Warm Weather Will Bring Lice and Mite Problems Unless Care Is Taken. Lincoln, May IS,—With the coming of warmer weather, the lice and mite problem will cause many poultry flock owners to seek some means of prevention or control, states O. X. Summers, state extension agent in poultry husbandry here. As preven tion early In the season is better than cure, the flock owner must be •ver watchful for these pests, he says. Because of their different life habits, mites require different trea’ ment thaA lice. Lice remain on the body of the bird, while mites, which are blood sucking parasites, live on the under side of the roosts and in cracks and crevices about the house. Their presence may be readily detect ed by the "salt and pepper" patches on the under side of the roosts, or a characteristic "buggy" odor. If the house is kept clean and well sprayed with a strong solution of any strong stock dip or disinfectant and the work is done early in the season these pests can do but little harm. Itefuse tractor oil or auto crank case oil diluted with kerosene Is very satis, factory a« a spray for mites. Not a square Inch of surface should be left unsprayfd, and as an additional and lasting precaution the roosts and other lumber close to the roosts should bo painted well with creosote or other wood preserver, advises Mr. Summers. For lice which live on the body of the birds, nothing is more effective and economical than unadulterated sodium flouride. Although dipping is sometimes practiced when large num bers of birds are deloused, the "pinch’’ method is especially to be recom mended, he thinks. .A pinch of powder is put among the feathers and next to the skin below the vent, under each wing and In the lower neck or hackle feathers. 8odium flouride should cost from 30 to 60 cents per pound and one pound Is enough to treat 100 hens. It Is very Irritating to wounds and to the eyes, so the person using it should be careful of his own comfort. University Student Is Champion Egg Devourer Delaware, O., May IS.—Ohio Wes leyan university's several hens wet e worked overtime supplying Fred W Kraft, freshman, eggeating champ, recently when he defended his title against all comers. Kraft, a native of Oak Park, III., ate. drank or other wise put out of sight a total of 34 eggs. Twenty-five robust chaps, who be lieved they were "egg eaters," sought to dethrone the champion, but none was able to eat more than 14 eggs consecutively. Wolfed .[ Corporation Location of Properties The properties are located in the heart of one of the rreateet oil field* in the United States, in the Couaties of Creek, Seminole, Potta watomie and Marshall, Oklahoma. j A pamphlet descriptive of this com pany will bo aent upon request. Jierro H, l$m % &(%. Mimkirs if .V. Y Stick E*ths%[r li Wall St..New York Whitehall 6ryo When you think of GRAIN, CONSIGNMENTS, SERVICE 1'ou think of UPDIKE .. 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