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ADDRESS
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PRIZES FOR DAIRY ESSAYS
Nebraska Dairymen's Association Of
fers Cash Inducements.
*
The Nebraska Dairymen's associa
tion offers $160 In premiums for es
says on the following subjects :
No. 1 Why Is the silo a profitable
equipment for a Nebraska farmer ?
/First prize , ? 15 ; second , S10 ; third ,
fourth , flfth , sixth , seventh , eighth ,
ninth , tenth , eleventh , twelfth , thir
teenth , fourteenth , fifteenth and six
teenth , $5 each.
No. 2 How would you conduct
dairying on a Nebraska farm ? First
prize , $15 ; second , $10 ; third , fourth ,
flfth , sixth and seventh , $5 > each.
In addition to the above a prize of
$5 is offered for the best essay on
question No. 1 , written by a student
In attendance at a state normal
Bchool. A similar prize of ? 3 will be
given for the best essay on the same
question written by n student In at
tendance at the university school of
agriculture ; another prize of $5 is to
DO awarded for the best essay on
question No. 1 written by a student
In attendance at a high school.
Students of the normal schools ,
school of agriculture and high schools
need to write only one essay on the
Uilo in order to compete for all the
premiums offered for question No. 1 ,
but their essays should bear the en
dorsement "normal school" "school of
agriculture , " or "high school , " as the
case may be.
The association also offers $150 in
prizes for Judging dairy cows , the
judging to take place at the uni
versity farm on Friday , January 20.
Each essay is to contain not lens
than 1,000 words nor more than 1-
500 , In typewritten form on one * Bldo
of the sheet only. According to the
conditions , no name shall be signed
to an essay , but enclosed therewith
on a separate sheet shall be sent the
name and address of the author. All
essays are to be the property of the
association and prize essays to be
read at the annual meeting of the as
sociations to bo held at Lincoln , Jan
uary 18 to 20 , at which time awards
of prizes will be announced. All
essays , in order to compote for prizes ,
must be mailed not later than Janu
ary 1 and addressed to Professor A.
L. Ilaeckcr , university farm. Liter
ature relating to the silo may he had
free , by addressing Professor \V. L.
French at the university farm.
Any resident of the state may com
pete for the above prizes. Charles
Harding of Omaha is president , S. C.
Bassett of Gibbon Is secretary.
WAITED FIFTY YEARS.
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Cuts Cord Wood from Grove He Plant
ed Fifty-two Years Ago.
Fifty-two years ago Hon. B. T.
Skcen and his brother Andy set out a
grove of trees on the home place west
of Nemahn. On last Thursday Mr.
Skeen was In Aubuin with a load of
cord wood cut from that selfsame
grove , .that for over half a century
has been slowly coming to maturity.
While possessing a somewhat senti
mental interest , the wait of five dec
ades between planting and repairing
is hardly an inducement for the
younger generation to go to the grow
ing of cord wood on an extensive
scale.
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Patient In Hastings Asylum Suddenly
Remembers Who He Is.
Hastings , After wandering about
the country for months , unahlo to re
member his name or his place of resi
dence , Otto A. Wltthuhn has suddenly
regained his 'mind ' , and has been re
turned to his home near Gothenburg.
Wltthuhn underwent an operation
for appendicitis sometime ago , and
lost his mentality ns a result. His
mind is now clear and his memory Is
perfect as far as events up to the time
of the operation are concerned.
OLD PAPERS.
Church Women Ship Over 30.00C
Pounds to the Factories This Week.
Auburn.- The ladles of the Chris
tian and Baptist congregations of this
city have been collecting old papers
for some time , and last week shipped
a carload to the factories at Mar
seilles , 111.
There was over SO 000 pounds In
the shipment , which will bring the
ladles quite a neat sum of money In
response to their labors.
ACCURACY AND PUBLICITY
PROVES TO BE A POPULAR
MOTTO.
\ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Prompt Resporr- Bold Move of
President Vall."Ac3uracy" Reduc
ed Western Union's Surplus $13-
000,000 "Publicity" Restored Con.
fldcnce and Its Stock Went Up.
Are the great financiers of the
country beginning to see a new light ?
TIme wan , until recently in fact , when
the men at the head of the big cor
porations "kept ( heir business ( o
themselves , " ns far as the law would
allow. Capable men at the head of the
big concerns , long realized the weak
ness of their position , but what was
needed obviously , as in all great re
forms , was an unmistakable occasion
oud a courageous man. The occasion
arose In the purchase of the Western
Union Telegraph company by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company , and the man appeared in
Theodore N. Vail , President of the
purchasing corporation.
It was last December when public
announcement was made that the
Gould holdings of Western Union had
been taken over by the Telephone
company.
On account of the high esteem In
which the management of the telephone -
phone company Is so generally held ,
great things were predicted as a re
sult of the absorption of Western
Union. By the press of the country
the "deal" was most favorably com
mented on , it being widely pointed
out that under the direction of such
men as Theodore N. Vail and his as
sociates , the telegraph company was
bound soon to work Itself into \ po
sition where It could offer the public
far more efficient service than it had
ever before been able to offer.
But a very few months had elapsed
When It. hnnntnn
nnnnronf In Ht i nn\ir
management that n modern and up-
to-dato appraisal of the company's
assets would make possible n far
greater degree of efficiency of oper
ation. "Here , " they said to them
selves , "wo'vo bought control of this
properly and we know it's Immensely
valuable , but wo don't know just
how valuable. These appraisals of
real estate and securities owned were
made a long time ago : If wo have
a complete inventory made of every
thing we've got wo can announce the
facts to the public , start a now set of
books , and begin our responsibility
to stockholders right there. "
How Inventory Was Taken.
The most expert accountants and
appraisers to be had were put at the
task. Their labors lasted over eight
months. Their report and its publi
cation by the company marks an ep
och in finance.
It began by recommending an ad
justment of the 'difference between
the appraised and book values by a
charge of $5,595,080 against sur
plus. Book values of securities held
were reduced to market values , bad
and doubtful accounts were "charg
ed off , " an allowance of $2,000,000
was made for "depreciation , " another
of $500,000 for "reserve , " and so on ,
until the old surplus of $18,867,000
came down to $5,136,000.
It required courage , the publication
of this statement to stockholders , sayIng -
Ing in effect : "Tho property of
your company has been reval
ued : the surplus Isn't nineteen mill
ions , ns you have been led to be
lieve , but five millions , " but it was
Lho truth , and President Vail did not
flinch. "Accuracy ana publicity , " he
declared , was essential. "Tho stock
holder has a right to know. The
shares of this company are scatter
ed from ono end of the Union to the
other. This Is more than n private
corporation. It Is a great national
enterprise. The public is entitled to
the facts. "
The report was ordered published
forthwith. Financiers of the old
school and speculators generally WPTO
aghast. What would happen ? Would
the bottom drop out of Western
Union when the shareholders realiz
ed that their propetry was worth
$13,000,000 ' less than they had sup
posed' ? But the amazing thing
happened. The stock went up and
stayed up. The public had. respond
ed to this remarkable display of
frankness and confidence ; to the now
motto , "Accuracy and Publicity. "
The full significance of the action
of the new board is stated concisely
by Harper's Weekly in these words :
"Is this policy of publicity and of
open-handed dealing with sharehold
ers and public the forerunner of a
similar movement on the part of oth
er big corporations ? Certainly It Is
to bo hoped that it Is. In the case
of these big companies , dependent
upon public patronage and doing busi
ness under public franchise , can
there be' any question of the right of
the people to know ?
"That right is being recognized.
It is recognized now In this epochal
act on the part of the telephone and
telegraph Intoicsts. It Is the dawn
of a new era In corporation finance. "
Tlmellnebs.
All measures of reformation are cf
fectlve In exact proportion to their
timeliness ; partial decay may bo cut
away and cleansed ; incipient error
corrected ; but there Is a point at
which corruption can no more be
stayed , nor wandering recalled. It
has been the manner of modern phil
anthropy to remain passive until that
precise period , and to leave the sick
to perish , and the foolish to stray
while it spent Itself In frantic oxer
tlons to raise the dead , and reform th
Just. Ruskln.
Putting In the Time.
A gentleman WHS engaging a general
oral man ami telling him what ho
wanted him to do. "You will have to
clean the windows nnd the boots and
the knlven and go messages , chop
wood , cut short grass , mind the horse
nnd pony , look after the garden and
k6ep the houuo uunnllnd with VCRO-
tablen nnd do any odd Job that is required
quired and if suitable you will gut
ten shillings a wcol ( . "
"la there any clay In the garden ? "
asked thu man.
"What makes you ask that ? " asked
the gentleman ,
"I was thinking I could make bricks
In my spare time , " said the mnn.
Wanted n Change.
Milkman I sen by the papers that
a Frenchman hat ) Invented n now way
of tranhformlng water into milk ,
Customer Well , I hope jou'll adopt
It. I'm getting awfully tired of the
old way.
None In Stock.
A well-dressed woman paused in
front of the chestnut vender's stand.
"Aro they wormy ? " she asked.
"No , ma nm , " ho answered blandly.
"Did you want them with worms ? "
TlVere nre imitation * , don't be fooled.
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JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS 1O-ACRE FARMS
The Original Florida Colony
$3OOO per Acre
SO Cents per Acre Cash ; 5O Cents per Acre per Month
NO INTEREST NO TAXES
NO GUESS-WORK NO PROMISES NO RISK
The Safest , Best and Grandest Real Estate Investment in the United States Today
HY ?
Because it is right at the edge of Greater Jacksonville , the fastest growing city in
the country. Jacksonville Heights farms begin one mile from where land is selling
in town lots at the rate of $3,250.00 per acre.
Because it was practically the first of all the Florida colonies to develop and settle
on account of its unsurpassed soil , location , altitude and cheapest shipping facilities.
Because 2700 farms have been sold to date and a population of about 700 souls sprung
up in one year and the lands are now settling at the rate of 40 families per month.
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Heights Lands Have Made' Good
Settlers and farmers have succeeded. Prices and values have advanced four schools
have been erected. Hard surface roads constructed. Telephone line established
connecting up with Jacksonville local telephone. Hotel buildings erected. 210
farms fenced and being developed all in a little over one year.
Because if is the Closest Colony to the Best
and Fastest Growing City in Florida
We opened up our sale on April , 1909 , at § 20.00 per acre. We have about 200
tracts left , now selling at the advanced price of $30.00 per acre subject to
another advance January 1st , 1911.
Write today to Jacksonville Heights Improvement Company , 122 Hogan Street ,
Jacksonville , Florida , for full particulars.
Investigate the proposition and the personnel of the Company through any
channel you wish.
We will only sell out our remaining tracts and we cannot enlarge ; we can only
sell what land we now have on hand.
All large tracts beyond us have been gobbled up by big syndicates.
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Jacksonville Heights Improvement Co.
122 Hogan Street , JACKSONVILLE , FLA.
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