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f THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, 20, 1912. 15 BRIEF CITY NEWS Hsyj Boot PrUt It. Xteetrlo Ttvia Bnrg -Ormflw Co. SUck-ralooaar Oo 24th aad Hwwy, undertakers, embalmers. Douglas 887. roittr Gaining" JUpidly Polio Judge Charles E. Foster Is expected to be baok on the bench and dealing out Justice in the ' shape of fines, imprisonments and discharge before another week. The judge is rapidly gaining strength sluoe his operation June L Kew Building on Auto Bow The In itial step has been taken for the open ing of the Omaha branch of the Diamond Rubber company. Dr. A. P. Johnson has secured a building permit for the erect ion of a new building for the concern to be located at 2034 Farnam street to cost 87,500. The building, will be two stories and a basement 22x70 feet . Havens Imperial Swatta The Ko- Koal at its annual convention in Cin cinnati elected A. II. Havens of Omaha, Imperial Swfttta, a position in the or ganization which has with the other im perial offices, the managing of its own affairs. Havens was unable to attend the meeting. Funeral of Mrs. Bowers Thursday The funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Bowers, who died Tuesday morning, will be held Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock from street, to St. Peter's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be made in Holy Sepulcher cemetery. Mrs. Bowers was 61 years old. She is survived by her husband, R. P. Bowers, and a son.' . Students Try Ranch Idfe Three of this year's senior class at Creighton uni versity will take up ranch life this sum mer, in order to harden themselves for the professional courses which they will take up next year when school opens They are Robert Connell, Paul Tobln and Thomas Norris. With them are going two lower classmen, Arthur Dailey and George Morrow. They will all go . to Eaton's ranch near Sheridan, Wyo. They leave Friday morning, the morning fol lowing the commencement exercises. Masons Meet In Black Kills The Black Hills towns are entertaining most of the big Masonlo meetings this season. The Northwestern has Just completed hauling a special load of Pythian knights to Belle Fourche, where the grand lodge is being held and now there are two special trains of Masons on their way to the grand lodge to be held at Deadwood. One of the trains comes across from Pierre and the other is taken over at Rapid City, the Milwaukee ' having brought it in from the eastern part of the state. Injured in Fire or bruised by a fall, apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Cures burns, cuts, wounds, boils, sores, eczema, piles. Guaranteed. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. To Regain a Healthy. Girlish Complexion (From the Feminine World.) . . if you would have a clear. fr8h!.S;"' ish complexion, one ounce of ordtasw rnercolized wax will aid you in Ms di rection more than shelves full of cos metics. It produces a natural beauty. This wax, procurable at any drug at ore com-, oletely absorbs a bad complexion, re vealing the healthy young skin jmder eath. Us work is done fc1; ayT day, that no inconvenience Is caused, jne wax is applied at night, like cold cream, m" remove In the morning with, soap aAnoTherr'vaduable rejuvenating' treat-ment-if you have wrinkles, or, your skin Is tLboy and. saggy-ls to bathe your face In a solution of powdered . saxonlte, 1 os.,' dissolved In pint witch ..hazel. This has a remarkable aotion in smooth ing out . the lines and "firming up" the loosened tissue. Adv. Are You Work ing for Less Money Than You Could Earn On a Farm? Is It not a waste of time, of energy and of health? On a (arm you are your own boss, you are with your family, you can rest when you please or put In extra time when you please. A Few Acres Cost Very Little in the Southwest And you can buy a farm home on the easiest of terms. A farm means a home and an occupation in one all in side your barbed wire en closure. We would be glad to furnish you with free Information, map's and land lists describ ing farm sites In Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. THOS. F. GODFREY, Paw. awd Ticket A aval . I talon I 1423 Fat-saw St., or Statloa, Omaha. j "Just Say" HORLICK'S It Means Original and Genuine MALTED MILK Tht Food-drink for All Ages. . More healthful than Tea or Coffee. Agrees with the weakest digestion. Delicious, invigorating and nutritious. Rich milk, malted grain, powder form. A quick lunch prepared in a minute. Take no substitute. AskforHORLICK'S. Others are imitations. PR SEED TIME FOR CONGRESS System for the Planting and Tab on the Harvest HOW THE SEED MILL OPERATES Discrimination la Selection and Dis tribution Climate 2nd Soil Be Considered Secnrln the Stock. If all the tree seed distributed by con gress to its constituents In the last few months were planted, approximately 14,000- 009 gardens would now be sprouting. And if all these , gardens could be brought to gether they would extend over an area nearly double the sise of Massachusetts. Between 65,000,000 and 70,000,000 packets of vegetable and flower seeds have gone out to about liOOO.OOO Individuals who are chosen by their congressmen as lucky recipients. A quarter of a million dollars la the estimated cost of this distribution, which is Just concluding. The congressional seed distribution can be dated back to no less a personage than Benjamin Franklin, who In 1710 sent home from France a quantity of foreign seeds and mulberry cuttings. This gift marked the purpose -of the seed distribution of today, t which is to Introduce new and profitable varieties from other lands, to breed new species, to encourage garden ing, to standardize plant propagation and quality of seed,' to discover drouth and disease resisting plants, and in general to. assist, farmers and gardeners to raise better crops and to realise greater values. In 1839 congress appropriated J1.O00 to be expended by the commissioner of pat ents in collecting agricultural statistics and for the purchase of the seeds of new and rare plants. In 1901 the bureau of plant Industry was formed, and since then the entire work of seed and plant Introduction, and distribution has been consolidated under the chief of this bureau. Dr. B. T. Gal loway. The congressional garden cost in 1905 $290,000, the high-water mark of expense, and the progress toward efficiency and economy made by the bureau Is shown by comparing this figure with the corre lated figures of the present fiscal year, when at an expense of 1237,160 the quantity of vegetable and flower seeds distributed Is double that of 1905. y Demonstration Plant. , As a demonstration plant of economy and efficient service the seed warehouse In Washington is a valuable school. In the first place, the managers of the dis tribution start out with a basic knowl edge of every section of the country and the plant preferences of each. They di vide the country into six great sectons, and according as certain seeds are known to produce more abundantly and better results In certain climates and soils these seed experts plan out on pajer about forty combinations of vegetable and flower seeds, five kinds fo a combination. Each member of congress is allowed two of these combinations, and never more than five. There must, of course, be a line drawn beyond which complications cannot Increase, and forty Is the limit of the seed combinations. Discrimination is . carried to an even finer point The state of Maine is In the section to which watermelon seed is allowed. But Maine gets no watermelon seed, because the reports from that state have agreed that watermelon is not a lucky gamble so far to the north and east. If you Jive in Detroit the seed ex pert knows" that you "have fey window boxes In -your city, and so omits" from your flower combination the kind of seed sent out especially for these miniature gardens. In the same way. from a knowl edge of the habits of the New Yorker and the Chicagoan, window-box flowers are sent to these cities. And so through out the country the seeds and character istics of each great section, and within the section, of the state, city, suburb and farm, are minutely considered in arrang ing' the combinations sent ' out in this great distribution. Very little seed is wasted by falling on stony and unfavora ble places. The seed is bought from wholesalers out of surplus stock grown in previous seasons, or It is grown under contract for the department Here, too, scientific knowledge decides what kinds of seed are best bought in one way or the other. Many seeds are improved by storage in warehouse for a year or two. About 10 per cent of. the seed purchased Is sur plus stock, the remainder Is grown under contract. Quota , of Each Congressman. The first thing to be established is the quota per congressman. In 1905 this was 12,000 packages of five packets of five kinds of seed each. In the present year the quota is 20,000 packages of vegetable and 2,000 packages of flower seeds. Mul tiplying by 22.000 the number of congress men, 425, the seed expert gets a total of 10,670,000 packages of seed to be distrib uted. Actually the quantity this year is in excess of that figure by about 2,000,000. Now comes the problem of deciding from this figure bow much seed is to be bought &8 seed Is purchased according to weight This is a delicate and expert problem. It has to be figured out from a knowledge of the weights of the different kinds of seed, and the proportion of the various varieties required by the sections, sub and sub-sub-sections. By a lot of difficult figuring the expert arrives at ex act amounts, such as, in the case of radish seed, 142,000 pounds, the largest sin gle item, and of lettuce, 11,000 pounds, the next largest, and so on down the list ol onion, beet carrot, parsley, sweet pea, aster and other vegetable and flower seeds. , The bids for contract seed are submitted in January for seed to be delivered the following . autumn, when the pack eting and distribution begins. During the interval between the end of the seed distribution, the latter part of April, and Its resumption In November, there are several months given to Inspection of the seed gardens where the contract seed Is, being grown. The government being un der no necessity of making money, and being solely interested In helping other people to make It or to make more, holds as Its primary object the maintenance of high standards of quality. Inspecting; Seed Farms. On this principle the two men directly In charge of the congressional distribu tion, Mr. L. M. Estabrook and Mr. J. S. t-W. Tracy, cover a large range of the United States every summer, appearing suddenly on the large seed ranches of California, where all the lettuce and radish as well as many other kinds of seed are grown; -or of Iowa and Ne braska, where the sweet corn seed is bought; or of Wisconsin, Michigan and New Tork, where most -of the supply of pea and bean seed :omes from; of Kan sas, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma, the nource of muskmelon, cucumber and cquash seed; of Georgia and Alabama, where the col lard and okra seed are pro duced, etc. Some of the flower seed Is rats lm California, but most of It still comes from Europe, Including bulbs, and some vegetables, such as kohl rabi, sugar beet, brussels sprouts and rutabaga This ground Inspection Is very Import ant The expert looks out to see that the types are strictly maintained and are not getting crossed and contused; that the purity of the stock is kept up, and that the precise varieties called for are being grown. This has a beneficial effect on the seed trad at large. The high standard maintained by the department for its seeds during recent years has tended to increase the demands for more and better seeds from commercial deal ers. The Inspection does not end here. Every lot of seed as It arrives at the ware house Is sampled and the sample Is tested tor germination. From 100 to 200 seeds are counted out and placed between moist blotters in a germinating chamber or seed incubator. At the end of a cer tain period, which varies with the kind of seed, the seeds that have sprouted are counted and the percentage of germina tion is determined. When the germina tion is low It is compa ed with the per centage of other lots of oeds of the same kind purchased in the open market and If It Is not much lower than the aver age the contract seed Is accepted. In some years shipments of entire carloads have been rejected. It la however, a serious disadvantage for the departmeut to reject seed. Original Object Kept In Sight. Of vastly greater value to the agricul ture of the country Is the original objeot of seed distribution that of the Introduc tion of new, rare and improved varieties to Increase the agricultural resources of the people. This object has never been lost sight of. In fact, any one of a doxon and more items on the list of new for eign varieties that have been introduced or varieties that have been bred and de veloped by the department are worth to the country immensely more than the cost of congressional seed distribution and introduction work from 1852 to 1906, inclusive, which has been 14.477,402. The one item of durum wheat cost less than 110,000 to Introduce and establish in this country. It has proved to be the staple crop of more than 5,000,000 acres of western land, too dry to grow other wheats, and its yield Is worth annually not far from $100,000,000. The popular form of seed distribution, a mere side issue of the original purpose, grew to th present magnitude for the reason that the demand for government seeds exceeded the supply of new and rare seeds. The new and rare species do not go out in the general distribution until es tablished. The quantity of seed Is too small and too precious to risk wasting. A few years ago the bureau of plant In dustry sent out to a certain section of the south a special cotton seed, bred by the bureau experts after nearly ten years of work. Only one man in the district took a chance on growing It; his neigh, bors fed It to their stock. His crop suc ceeded so remarkably well, produced so proljflcally and so fine a quality that his conservative friends came begging for the seed. There was not enough the first year, but after another season the progressive farmer had enough of the seed, after saving sufficient for a crop, to supply his friends at $10 per bushel, which they were glad to pay. The cotton Is now be ing extensively raised In that state and is bringing 24 cents a pound, as compared with 12 cents for the old varieties. Experimental Seeds. The rare kinds go first to state experi mental stations and to propagators anl progressive farmers known to be reliable and expert men. The plant Introducer de cides where It will best succeed, and makes periodio trips to look after Its progress. Whore the value has been proved, and it can be propagated In suf ficient quantities, small amounts are tried out in the congressional distribution. The congressional distribution reaches many people who make good use of the seed. Every year grateful letters are re ceived that in themselves seem to make the work worth while. Last year a re port was made by a little Pennsylvania girl. She had recovered her sight after having been blind most of her life, and one of her first pleasures was the little garden she had raised from the free seed. She had sold the flowers and with her profit had Dought six hens and a rooster. The chicken business netted her $60, and when, shortly, her father fell ill and was out of work, this sum bridged the gap. Some years ago an old farmer in West Virginia wrote that he had started a corn field with one packet of seed, and that now his son was supporting the entire family with a field that had been grown from the original. A great deal of this free seed goes to almshouses, state Insti tutions and to schools for school garden work. Washington Star. Novelty in Sale by Novelty Firm The Novelty Skirt company, 216 North Sixteenth street will have introduced a novelty in a sale which will be started in this store at 8 o'clock Thursday morn ing, when all the stock of wearing ap parel for men and women will be cleared out at great reductions. To the first fifteen customers who visit this store Thursday morning and make purchase amounting to more than $5, the Novelty store management will give one dollar. This plan holds for the first fifteen customers only. After that the stock will continue to be sold at the law figures which the management declares are some of the most startling ever given on similar goods in this city. Everything that man or woman could wish In the latest styles of wearing ap. parel are listed at these amazing prlcea All the most stylish goods are to b placed on the bargain block and everyone who is interested In such goods have lieen Invited to visit the store. RAVENNA PUGILIST P0UNDSGUY BUCKLES RAVENNA, Neb., June 19.-(Special Telegram.) Tom McCarthy of Ravenna defeated Guy Buckles of Omaha in the second round of a scheduled ten-round boxing contest. McCarthy outpointed Buckles at every stage of the game, his hard, clean punches telling on his op ponent from the start. Buckles was all but knocked out In the first round when time was called and In the second Mc Carthy had Buckles on the mat taking the count when time was called and Buckles' seconds threw up the sponge. Billy King of Lincoln trained McCarthy for this bout ' Wasem Slams with Mangrenoff. SHERIDAN, Wyo., June 19.-(Speclal Telegram.) Articles of agreement have b-en signed by Oscar Waeem and Bob Mangenofi (Terrible Turk) for a wrestling match to be held in Sheridan Wednesday night June 19. By the terms of the agree ment the winner will take all gate re ceipts. A side bet of 1150 has been posted by the contestants. Wasem recently ap peared in Sheridan tne first contest re sulting In a draw and the second In a victory for Burns. ON THE QUEST OF JUSTICE What Happened to a New York Crook Who Batted Into Judi cial Conversation. Until a few months ago the chief com plaint of the police department of New Tork was that It made no difference if evldenoe was produced against certain ar rested crimlnala They were certain to be released on ball which was promptly for feited and forgotten-Kr else found guilty and their sentences suspended. Police Commission Waldo in his lat est report commented vltriolically upon this judicial practice. Following this action, one of the morning papers habit ually runs a little table of the action taken by the different judges in the erim- Ir.al cases decided by them the previous day. It shows the names of the men ar. rested, the charge, and the disposition of the cases. It is noticeable that the num ber of sentences suspended, where the convicted men are of known bad character. has greatly fallen off since this double barreled prod has been put In action. But It has not pleased the judges a bit, and now and then they show It. Th other day Judge Mulqueen called Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty before the bench, and vigorously roasted him for pre suming to Inform the court on the num ber of previous convictions to the credit of the man who had been found guilty on the previous day, but had not yet been sentenced. He did not question the truth of the police statement He simply didn't want to have that sort of statement placed before him. "Ain't he a pip, huh?" asked the pris oner, In glee. "Dere's de kind of a judge to have. He won't stand for no guff from these here flatties." Mulqueen glanced at the prisoner, who had Just been shown by Dougherty to have been a vicious offender of the last twenty years. The prisoner took that look as his cue. "I'm the wlctlm of police prejudice. Judge," he wlnned. 'Dey put up a Job on me. I never done nuttln', but dey stalled for me until dey got me. I don't want nuttln' only Justice." Mulqueen was seething at this mala droit interruption. "You'll get it," said he. "Twenty years." New York Letter to Cincinnati Times Star. WHEN HELEN FLEW AWAY A Joy Ride, a Pledge, a Bump, and Feeble Reminder of the Flight. A widely known motor racer was asked by a friend if he would be so kind as to allow three young women to accompany him while he was trying out a new racing car. "Why, I can't be bothered with pas sengers at a time like that, and espe cially with women. They always talk to me and I can't have my mind dis tracted. It might prove dangerous, you know." "But these girls won't bother you. I'll tell them not to. One of them Is my sister. They are crasy. to go; want to say they have ridden with you. You know how girls are." . "Well, if you will tell them they miun't speak to me while I am driving they may go. They mustn't move around e Cm anything to distract my attention. Ton Impress this upon them. If they are will ing to do this they can go." The promise was made and they started. 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Collegiate, Academic, Commercial and Preparatory Departments. Six hundred and eighty-two students, representing nineteen States, registerer last year. For illustrated catalog address Very Ko. H. Moynihan, D. 0., fir if L k taasMpaf presently he felt a timid touch on hi shoulder. "What Is ItT" he growled. A weak little voice answered him: "Really, I hate awfully to bother you I know I shouldn't and I promised not to, but I feel that I must tell you that Helen Isn't with us now." Harper's Magazine. Novel Vacation. "We're going to have a novel vacation this year." "doing to take an automobile trip?" "No." "Going to the seashore, then?" "No." "Probably going to go into the woods and rough It?" "That is the farthest from our thoughts." "Good gracious, what are you going -to do then?'' "We've decided to spend two weeks at a place where our neighbors wouldn't think of going to." Detroit Free Press. In Apprehension. "I gave her a plush album on her wed ding anniversary, it was one i naa aoout the house for some time, hjit it looked like new." ."Well?" "Now she has found that I have an anniversary soon." "Well, no doubt you expect her to re ciprocate." "Reciprocate is not the word; I'm afraid she will retaliate."-Kansas City Journal. - A Bachelor's Reflections. It's a lot easier lying to a girl about how pretty she looks when It's In the dark. Playing politics Is a higher develop ment of card Bharplng, bunko, and panel games. The family never seems able to learn that a man never loses his temper even when he acts that way. A woman would much rather pick out a complexion to match her ribbons than ribbons to match her complexion. From all the preparations a man makes to go fishing two miles away you'd think he was starting on a trip around the world. New York Press. Natural Advnntnat'. "I suppose, said Mr. Aieeaion, "It would be, In a certain sense, a saving of time to lot the women run the affairs of t' country.' For what reason?" "When a man discusses politics he wants to stop everything else, but a wnma.ii . can ao right on with any sort of animated conversation and never drop a crocnei btiiuu. vtmihusiuh m, 96 Blatz. for a case. St., Omaha, Nib. 1 COLLEGES. When y ou have an opportunity to buy a $20 or $22 Summer Suit for $13.50 at a store enjoying such an enviable reputation as the Nebraska Clothing Co. there's not much room for.' argument. The question for you tq decide is "Shall I Get One Suit or Two Suits? Mmtfa City National Bank of Omaha Chartered July 1, 1909 STATEMENT OF CONDITION June 14, 1012 RESOURCES Loans and Dis counts $1,704,089.56 Bonds ........ 613,000.00 U. S. Bonds for Circulation ... S02.6U5.00 Furniture, Fixtures and Vaults ... 62,135.12 Overdrafts . 326.78 Cash and Sight Exchange 1,107,447.78 $3,811,802.88 NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS June 14, 1912 Subject to Check..., 2,731 Savings Accounts ... 1 1,527 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ; JOHN F. FLACK, Pres. J. A, SUNDERLAND, Vlce-Pres. J. F. HE COX, Vlce-Pres., J. T. UTENDORFER, Ass't Cash. ROBT. DEMPSTER ' ROBT. Z. DRAKE JNO. R. WEBSTER CHARLES C. GEORGE GEO. F. GILMORE H. 8. WELLER . .... . , C. 8. HAYWARD O. C. REDICK D. A. BAUM G. A. WIESE C. L. ALLEMAN DAN GAINES WALTER G. SILVER You can't judge a man by the power of his. .lungs neither can you judge . an automobile by what printers' ink says about it. By every test you can impose the Ford will demonstrate its economy and worth to you. You can't be car-wise until you are Ford-wise. Eeventy-f Ive thousand new Fords go into service this season proof of their un equalled taerit; The price is $590 for the roadster, $690 for the five passenger car, and $700. for the delivery car complete with all equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Latest catalogue from Ford Motor Company, 1916 Harney St., Omaha or direct from De troit factory. Number Six at Six O'clock ... ....(' Leaves Union Station, Omaha, at 6 P, M. daily, arrives Union Station, Chicago, at 8 A. M. via the LWAOKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY A superbly appointed train at a convenient hour.' carrying . standard sleepers with "longer, higher and wider" bertha, com partments and drawing rooms, buffet library car equipped with all the comforts of the club, and dining car serving meals of the well known high standard of the "Milwaukee" road; comfortable chair cars and coaches also. Solid electric lighted. Two other fine trains leave Omaha daily for Chicago at 7:42 I A. M. and 7:50 P. M. v : '.Sv ' Round trip tickets on sale daily at low rates to many points east, north and west. Full information, reservations, folders, etc., at . . .:'." . . ; . !l .;: - ..' - City Ticket Office, 1612 Farnam Street, Omaha. Phone Douglas 284 - : W. E. BOCK, City Passenger Agent. : THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER - la the Leading Agricultural Journal ' of the west Its columns are filled with the best thought of the day in matters pertaining to the farm, the ranch and the orchard, and It Is a factor In the development of the great western country. STATEMENT OF CONDITION June 14, 1912 LIABILITIES Capital $ 500,000.00 Surplus, and Profits ... . ; Reserved to Pay Interest and on Deposits and Taxes Circulation . . . . Deposits . .". . . . . . 60,909.94 4,718.13 193,400.00 8,050,184.31 $3,811,302.38 The above Statement is correct. JOHN P. FLACK, Pres.