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DAKOTA CITY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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SENATE TO DISPOSE
OF me RELIEF
BILL FOR
FINANCIAL
PA83
AID TO
JOHNSON ACT BEFORE HOUSE
'Advocate! of Anti-Immigration Leg
islation Hope to Extend Bar on
Foreigners to Four Years.
CONGRESS HEAR
WILSON MESSAG
President Urges That Our De
mocracy Prove Its Purity
and Power to Prevail.
Washington, D. C., Tho sonato and
houso will conveno with leaders hope
ful of passago before adjournment or
too first major legislation to bo voted
on at this sossion of congress.
Tho senate will resume Its consid
eration of the agricultural commlttoo
resolution directing revival of tho war
flnnnco corporation and tho extension
by tho federal reserve system of lib
oral credits to farmers. An Informal
understanding has been roportcd to
bring tho resolution to a vote. Tho roll
call on tho measuro Is expected to bo
preceded by an attempt to strike out
tho provision rolatlng to credit ex
tension by tho fodoral rcsorvo sys
tem on tho ground that It 13 unnec
essary and usoless.
Tho houso under arrangement com
pleted rocontly )s expected to pro
ceed rapidly to a final voto on tho
Johnson bill to prohibit Immigration.
The measuro as ammonded by. tho
houso In tho commlttoo of tho wholo
would stop immigration for ono year
instoad of four yoara, as originally
drafted. Advocates of the longer pro
hibition porlod organized at conferen
ces to ollminato tho ono-ycar amend
ment when tho measuro comos bbforo
tho houso Bitting In regular session.
Representative Raker, domocrat, of
California, assisting Chairman John
son, of tho Immigration commlttoo in
urging enactment of tho bill, said'
that ho was confident tho measure's
supporters would havo sufficient
Btrongth to voto down tho amendment.
Ultimate passage of tho bill is regard
od as nsaurod.
Tho sonate, after disposing of tho
(armor rellof legislation, will tako up
tho Qronda bill to rogulato tho pack
ing industry. A long period of de
bate is considered in prospect on this
measuro.
Soveral senators woro said to bo
preparing formal speochod on other
subjects, including international af
fairs, which may cattso tho sonata do
bato betwoon now and Christmas re
cess to bo turned into other channels.
Cpuntry Where Wives are Scarce.
Philadelphia, A country whoro
wives aro so scarco that thoy aro at
A premium has boon discovered by
Donald D. McMillan, tho noted Arctic
explorer. Dr. McMillan, who was a
member of tho Perry expedition which
reached tho north polo, has just ar
rived with word of his dlscovory of
tho strnugo practices existing among
tho Esquimaux living north of tho
Hudson bay. Tho trlbo I (Uncovered
Is untouched by civilization," said Dr.
McMillan, "and bocnuso tho men far
outnumbor tho womon monoiiy io
an ImposHlbllty, Thoro 1h biuh da
maud for women that girl bablou nro
betrothed almost as soon us thoy nro
born."
Mexico's Mines are Closing.
Mexico City, With npproxlmatoly
ono-thlrd of tho republic's 3.G00 Bllvor
and enppor mlnos closed bpenuso of
tho low market price of thoao metals
tho government this wook will tako
emorgoncy moasuroB to prevent com
ploto paralysis of tho industry, accord
big to n treasury department state
ment. More than 600,000 laborers
would bo mado idle it all tho mlnos
closed. The action Is pxpoctcd to tako
tho form of a presidential docreo re
ducing freight rntos and federal taxes
and annultng laws restricting tho im
portation of materials such as stool,
powder, acids and toola.
Antl-Amerlcnn Meeting In Toklo.
Toklo, A largo mooting of studontH.
niombera of tho studuuts' league of
Japan, was hold lnUycuo park rocont
ly. A resolution protesting to the
world In tho name of "Justlco and hu
manity" ugnliiHts t.ho anti-JapaucBO
lav in California was adopted. Tho
resolution called on tho American peo
ple to "reflect on their course."
Coal Production at High Water Mark.
TTttslilngton, D. C. Production of
both bituminous and authrncltn coal
reached a now high water mark for tho
year during thu week of December 4,
according to a statumont tonight by
tho geological survey Bhowlng tho
output for the week to havo been 12,
757,000 tons of bituminous and 2,001,
000 tons of anthracite.
WORLD'S HOPE RESTS IN US
America Must Make and Enforce Laws
That Are Unquestionably Just, and
Stand for Right and Justice as
Toward Individual Nations.
Washington, Due. 7. President Wil
son's message to congress was read In
both houses by the clerks, Mr. Wilson
having decided not to deliver It In
person. The message In full follows:
Gentlemen of tho congress:
When I addressed myself to per
forming tho duty laid upon the Presi
dent by tho Constitution to present to
you an annual report of tho state of
tho Union, I found my thought domi
nated by an Immortal sentence of
Abraham Lincoln's, "Let us have
faith that right makes might, and In
that faith let us daro to do our duty
as we understand It;" n sentence Im
mortal because It 'embodied In a form of
utter simplicity and purity the essen
tial faith of tho nation, tho faith In
which It was conceived, nnd the faith
In which it has grown to glory nnd
power.
With that fnlth and the birth of n
nation founded upon It enmo the hope
Into tho world that n new order would
prevail throughout the affairs of mnn
kind, nn order In which reason and
right would tako precedence of covet
ousness and force, nnd I bellevo that
I express tho wish nnd purpose of ev
ery thoughtful Amerlcnn when I sny
that this sentence marks for us In tho
plainest manner the part wo should
piny allko In the arrangement of our
domestic nffnlrs and In our exercise
of Influence upon the affairs of tho
world. Dy this faith, nnd by this faith
nlone, can the world be lifted out of
Its present confusion nnd despair. It
was this faith which prevailed over
tho wicked force of Germany. You
will remember thnt the beginning of
tho end of the war came when tho
German people found themselves face
to face with the conscience of tho
world, nnd realized that right was ev
erywhere arrayed against the wrong
that their government wns attempting
to perpetrate. I think, therefore, thnt
it is truo to say that this wan tmv
faith which won tho war. Certainly
this Is the fnlth with which our gal
lant men went Into tho Held nnd nut
upon tho sens to make sure of victory.
This Is tho mission upon which de
mocracy came Into tho world. Democ
racy Is 11 n assertion of the right of the
individual to live nnd to bo treated
Justly ns against tiny attempt on the
pnrt of nny combination of Individuals
to tunko laws which will overburden
him or which will destroy his eqtinllty
among his fellows In tho matter of
right or privilege, and I think wo nil
realize that the day has come when
democracy Is being put upon Its final,
test. Tho old world Is Just now suf
fering from n wanton rejection of the
principle of democracy nnd 11 substitu
tion of tho prlnclplo of nutocrncy us
asserted In tho name but without the
ntithurtty and sanction of the multi
tude. This Is tho time of nil others
when democracy should prove Its puri
ty nnd ItB splrltunl power to prevail.
It Is surely tho manifest destiny of the
United Stntos to lead In the attempt to
make this spirit prevail.
Two Things for Us to Do.
Thcro nro two ways In which the
United States can assist to accomplish
this great object. First, by offering
the example within her own borders of
the will power of democracy to make
and enforce InwH which are unques
tionably Just and which aro equal In
their administration lnws which se
cure Its full right to labor and yet at
the siuno time safeguard the Integrity
of property, and particularly of thnt
property which Is devoted to the de
velopment of Industry nnd the In
crease of tho necessary wealth of the
world. Second, by standing for right
and Justice as towards Individual na
tions. The law of democracy Is for
tho protection of the weak and the In
fluence of every democracy In the
world should be for the protection of
the weak nation, the nation which s
struggling townrd Its right and to
ward Its proper recognition and Tirlv
liege In the family of nations,
The United States cannot refuso
this role of champion without putting
the stigma of rejection upon the great
and devoted men who brought Its gov
ernment Into exlsteuco and established
It In the face of almost universal op
position and Intrigue, even In .face
of wanton force, as, for example,
against tho order In council of Great
Rrltuln nnd the arbitrary Napoleonic
decrees which Involved us In what wo
kuow as the war of 1812.
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Young Boy Escapes from Kidnaper.
Fresno, Cal., Tho kidnaping, last
Friday, of William nomull, of thin city,
and a nephow of Chester H. Howell,
widely known publisher, became
known with tho lad's escapo. Tho po
Ilea havo arrested I. M. Stalker, who,
thoy declare, is an ox-convlet, In con
nection with the caso. A letter do
mandlng 13,000 ransom for tho return
of tho boy was recolved Saturday
morning. They Bald Stalker had ad
mitted holding tho boy nnd writing
this letter
8rcple Democracy of World.
1 urge yon to consider thnt tho dis
play of tin liuinedliito disposition nn
the part of congress to remedy nnv In
justices or evils that may have shown
themselves 111 our national life will
nfford the most effectual orf.set to the
forces of chnos and tyranny which are
playing so disastrous a part In the
fortunes of the free peoples of moro
than one part of the world. The
United States Is of necessity the sum
pie democracy of the world, nnd the
triumph of democracy depends upon
ItK lCt'SH,
Iteidvei j f-oiu Hie disturbing and
sometimes disastrous effects of the
late war has been exceedingly slow on
the other side of the wuter, nnd has
given promise, I venture to siiy, of
enrly completion only In our own for
tunate country; but even with us tho
recovery hulls nnd Is Impeded nt times,
and there nro Immediate serviceable
acts of legislation which, It seems to
me, we ought to attempt to assist that
recovery and prove tho Indestructible
recuperative force of 0 great govern
ment of the. people. Ono of these Is
to prove that a great democracy con
keep hope ns successfully and In ns
buslness-llko n fashion ns any other
government. It seems to me thnt the
first step townrd proving this Is to
supply ourselves with n method of
handling our estimates and expendi
tures, nnd bringing them to the point
where they will not be an unnecessary
strain upon our tncomo or necessitate
unreasonable tnxatlohi In other words,
n workable budget system, and t sug
gest that two elements nro essential
to such a system namely, not only
that the proposal of appropriations
should be In tho hands of a single
body, such as a single appropriations
committee In each housr- of tho con
gress, but also that this body should
bo brought Into such co-operation with
tho departments of the government
and with the treasury of tho United
States as would enable It to act upon
a complete conspectus of the needs of
the government and tho resources from
which It must draw Its Income.
I reluctantly votoed the budget bill
passed by tho Inst session of tho con
gress becouSe of a constitutional objec
tion. Tim house of representatives
subsequently modified tho bill In order
to meet this objection, in the reviscu
form I believe that the bill, coupled
with action already taken by tho con
gress to revlso Its ruleB and procedure,
furnishes tho foundations for an effec
tive national budget system. I ear
nestly hope, therefore, that ono of the
first steps taken by the present session
of tho congress will bo to pass tho
budgot bill
Marked Gain In Finances.
Tho nation's flnnnces havo shown
marked Improvement during the past
year. Tho total ordlnnry receipts of
$6,694,000,000 for tho fiscal year 1920
exceeded thoso for 1919 by $1,542,000.
000, whllo tho total not ordinary ex
penditures dpnre3sed from J18,514,000.
000 to JC, 403, 000,000. The gross public
debt, which reached Its highest point
on Aug. 31 1919. when It wns 26,r,96.
000,000, had dropped on Nov ., "920.
to 24,17, 000,000. Thcro also ' 'cen
n marked decrcaso In holdings gov
ernment war securities by tho banking
Institutions of the country, as well as
the amount of blllB held by tho federal
reserve banks secured by government
war obligations.
This fortunate result has relieved
tho banks and left them freer to finance
tho needs of ngrlculturo. Industry and
commerce. It bus been duo In largo
part to tho reduction of tho public
debt, especially of tho floating debt,
but moro particularly to tho Improved
distribution of government securities
among permanent Investors. The ces
sation of the government's borrowings
except through short term certificates
of Indebtedness has been a matter of
great consequence to thu people of tho
country at large, as well ns, to tho
holders of Liberty bonds nnd ' Victory
notes, and has had an Important bear
ing on the matter of effective credit
control.
Tho yoar has been characterized by the
progressive withdrawal of the treasury
from tho domestic credit market and
from a position of dominant Inlluenco In
that market. The future coursu will nec
essarily depend upon the extent to which
economies are practiced am. upon tho
burdens placed upon tho treasury, as well
as upon Industrlnl development and tho
mnlntonnnco of tax recolpts at a suf
ficiently high level.
Dig Bond Issue to Mature.
Tho fundamental fact which at prosent
dominates the government's llnanclal sit
uation Is that $7,600,000,000 of Its war In
debtedness matures within the next two
and a half years. Of this amount $2,000,
000,000 are Moating debt and $3,000,000,000
victory notes and war savings certificates.
The llscal program of tho government
must bo determined with reference to
these maturities. Sound policy demands
that the government expenditures be re
duced to the lowest amount which will
permit the various services to oporata
ofllciontly and that government receipts
from taxos nnd salvage bo maintained
surtlctently high to provide for current
requirements, Including Intorost and sink
ing fund charges on tho public debt, and
nt tho snmo tlmo retire the floating debt
and part of tho victory lonn before ma
turity. With rlfild economy, vigorous snlvhge
operations and adequato revenues from
taxation, a surplus of current receipts
over current expenditures can be realized
and should bo applied to the floating debt.
All branches of tho government should
co-opornto to see that this program Is
realized.
I ennnot overemphasize tho necessity
of economy In government appropriations
nnd expenditures nnd the avoidance by
tho congress of practices which take
monoy from tho treasury by Indefinite or
revolving-fund appropriations. The esti
mates for tho pteseut year show thnt
over a billion dollars of expenditures woro
authorized by tho Inst congress In addi
tion to tho amounts shown In tho ubuh!
compiled statement of appropriations.
Specific Appropriations Urged.
This strikingly Illustrates tho Impor
tance of making dliect nnd specific ap
propriations. The relation bolween tho
current receipts and current expenditures
of tho government during the present 11b.
cnl yenr, ns well as during tho Inst half
of tho last llsonl yenr, has been disturbed
by tho extraordinary burdens thrown
upon tho treasury by tho transportation
net. In connection with tho return of tho
mllroadi to pilvntu control, Over $C0O.-
WO.0O0 hus nlrendy boon pnld to the, rail
roads under this net l350,ono,000 during
tho present flsrnl year and It Is estimated
thnt further payments aggregating pos
sibly $1X0.000.0(10 must still bo mndo to the
railroads during tho current yenr. It Is
obvious thnt these largo payments hnvo
already seriously limited tho coverumnnt'a
progress In retiring tho floating debt.
Closely connected wttti this, It seems to
me. Is the necessity for an Immediate
consideration of the revision of our tnx
lnws. blmpllMcatlon of the Income nnd
profits tuxes has become an Immediate
necessity These tnxce performed an In
dlcponsablo service during tho war. Th
need for their slmpllllentlon, however. Is
very treat In order to save tho taxpayer
inconvenience ami expenso and In order
to m ike his liability more certnln and
definite Other and more detailed recom
mendations with regard to tuxes will no
doubt he laid before you by tho secretary
of tho treasury nnd the commissioner of
Internal revenue
in money for the servij they patrioti
cally rendered tho nation. Their reward
will lie rather In realization of. the fact
thnt they vindicated tho rights of their
country and aided in safeguarding civili
zation. The nation's gratitude must bo
effectively revealed to them by the most
ample provision for their medical care
and treatment as well ns for tholr voca
tional training and placement.
The time has come when a more com
plete program can bo formulated and
more satisfactorily administered f."r
their treatment and training, and I earn
estly urgo that the congress give the
matter Its early consideration. Tho sec
retary of tho treasury and tho board for
vocational education will outline In their
annual reports proposals covering medi
cal euro and rehabilitation which I am
Em OF STAT!
TERSELY TOLD
ftcccnt Happenings in Nebraska
Given in Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
NEBRASKA rtEUEF COUNCIL.
Organized to Help Feed the Starving
Children of Europe.
Omulin. For the purpose of assist
ing to feed .ViOO.000 children In K.iropo
who will die of starvutlon this winter
unless America feeds them, the Ne
braska relief council bus Just been or
ganized by the state committees of tho
P.ed Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Co
lumbus, Y. W. C. A., Church Federa
tion,' Friends' Service nssoclntion,
American Relief association nnd tho
Fnlrbury is to havo a municipal1 Jewish relief. The organization was
Skating rink. perfected at 11 nipulliii' In nmnlin lnjr
sure will ongago your earnest study and 1 ,r- (i- Ludlnm has been appointed Monday, nt which representatives of
cummanu your most generous support. iiummuniur iu jiiiuiu.
Permit mo to emphasize onco more Rloomlleld business men have or
!,'' ""!!!! ,toJ oot,lon,.upo.n cerUUn ma"ef ganlzed a retailers' credit association.
my message, to the second Bosaion of the iM,lck - Warrington has been 110111-
tho eight stntc-wlde organizations
chose G. W. Wattles of Omnlni chair
man and L. W. Troitlor executive
secretary. Tho council will conduct n
Mth congreas; Tho necessity, for warn- lnuted register of tho land bfllce at . campaign during the holidays for
im, ui cuwuuruKiiiK me inuuuiuuiuiu u, . imijui'U jjuw
dyestuffs and related chemicals; the Im
portance of doing everything posslblo to
promoto agricultural production along
economic lines, to Iriiprovo agricultural
nifrketlng and to mako rural life more
attractive and healthful; the need for n
law regulating cold storage In such a way
as to limit tho tlmo during which goods
mny be kept In storage, prescribing tho
mothod of disposing of them if kept bo
yond tho permitted period, and requiring
goods released from storago In all cases
to bear tho dato of their receipt.
Would Mark Storage Goods.
It would also bo most serviceable it
It wer, provided that all goods released
from cold storage for Interstate shipment
should havo plainly marked upon each
package tho selling or market prices at
which they went Into storage. In order
that tho purchaser might be able to
learn what profits stood between him and
tho producer or the wholesale dealer. In
deed, it would bo very serviceable to tho
public If nil goods destined for Inter
state commerce woro mado to carry upon
every package case whose form made
It posslblo a plain statement of 'ho prlco
at which thoy loft tho hands of the pro
ducer. I respectfully call your attention,
also, to tho rocommendatlons of tho mes
sage referred to with --egard to a federal
St. John's Catholic church nt Wnu-
netu was dedicated Sunday by lilshop
O'ltellly of Lincoln.
I'lattsmouth business men are limit
ing efforts to obtnln city mull delivery
service for that place.
The twelfth annual session of the
state farmers congress will be held at
Omnha December 14 to 10.
Hog cholera has broken out In Gngo
county, nnd every effort is being made
to prevent Its further sprend.
A postal enrd mailed nt Lincoln
eight year ngo to u lndy ut Colorado
Springs, reached Its destinntion last
week.
The largest wolf ever seen In
Pawnee county was killed by hounds
In n pasture near Pawnee City last
week.
The new municipal Ice plnnt at
Grand Islnnd hus begun operations,
with n capacity of twenty-live tons
dally.
Albert Norgren, a fanner living
near Overton, fell off a windmill,
license for all corporations ongoged In ! breaking his neck. IIo died almost In-
interstate commerce. 1 Stantly.
In brief tho Immediate ldglslatlvo Flro in tho Pllntlnir plant of Scott
need of tho tlmo Is tho removal of all
obBtn:lcn to tho realization of the best
ambitions of our peoplo in tholr sev
eral classes of employment and the
strengthening of all Instrumentalities
by which dllllcultlcs aro to be met and
removed and Justice dealt out, wheth
er by lnw or by some form of media
tion nnd conciliation. I do not feel It
to be my prtvllego at present to sug-
& Mllburn nt Ilentrico caused n daiu
nge of nenrly $40,000, covered by In
surance. Seward L. "Mnlns, postmaster nt
Crete, has resigned his position and
will report at Fort Oinnlm as a second
lieutenant.
In full view of many onlookers an
i!00,000, every cent of which Is to bo
used for the children of Europe.
The Nebraska campaign Is to bo
waged ns a portion of the nntlonwldo
cnmpulgn of which Herbert Hoover I3
chairman. Tho organization through
which Mr. Hoover carried on the great
relief work In Europe Immediately fol
lowing the war will be utilized for this
work nmong the children or Europe.
"Unless America feeds nnd clothes
these children this winter they will
die," said Mr. Wattles, rending from
n telegram from Mr. Hoover.
"This la the Inst campaign In whlcV.
America will be called upon to nsslst
Europe," said Mr. Wnttles. "And this
Is or the children. Not a cent goes
to grown folks it's for the little
chfldren. They must not be left to
starve." ,
Arrangements were mnde to organ
ize the European Relief council in
every county In the stnte. Representa
tives of each of the eight organiza
tions which hnve merged Into tho
European Relief council will get to
gether In each county Immediately and
will 'arrange to conduct n local cam
paign beginning at once and ending
with the -year. '
tmat I tin rlnlnll.il n n 1 nnnMnnln tnntli.
ods by which these objects may bo j unidentified man suicided by leaping
attained, but I havo faith that tho In
qulrlcs of your several committees will
dlscovor tho way and tho method.
Asks for Loan to Armenia.
from n bridge Into the Missouri river
at Omaha.
F. D. MIlllcli of Iowa, who wns
...!.. ,.l....l I... 1 i. 4l.
In responso to what I believe to be ' , , . , ,, , , ,
tho Impulse of sympathy and opinion ' schools of Blue Springs, hus assumed
throughout tho United 'States, I ear- ' Ills duties.
ncBtly suggest Mint the congress au- nj,,,, Frcinont rotnry club has stock
thorlze the treasury of the United ,, ,,, ,,,, ,. ,,.,. , ,..1,1,
States to make to the struggling gov- J sandpits near that place with
ernment of Armenia such n loan ns , l0,000 flsh, procured from the state
was made to several of tho allied gov- hatcheries.
ernments during tho war. and I would T, FrL.nMmt Commercial club has
also suggest that It would be deslra- ',,.,,,, ... ,
ble to provldo in the legislation Itself kci tlie Nebraska representatives In
that tho expenditure of the money thus, ' congress to urge an extension of credit
loaned should bo under tho supervision to the farmers.
of a commission, or at least a com- , . i,.,,,i- v .,,.i.it.. f,,,,,i n
mlssloner. from tho United States, in A Beatrice cafe pioprletor found a
order that revolutionary tendencies roll of nenrly ?.r00 on the floor of his
within Armenia Itsolf might not bo af place of business. The owner has not
forded by tho loan a further tempting applied foj- it.
"how nio'to call your attention to the Now markings of the Lincoln High
fact that tho peoplo of the Philippine way from Omnha to Los Angeles are
Islands havo succeeded in maintaining a holng put up by the Southern Call
stable government since the last action fomll Autoulouno cluu,
of the congress In their behalf and havo . ,. T . .
thus fulillled tho condition set by the Frank P. Lawrence, u pioneer of
congress as precedent to a consideration Frenjont and II veteran of the Civil
of granting Indepondenco to tho Islands, war, Is dead. He was at one time a
1 respocttuuy suumu mai mis conumon ..ntive i Llbbv orison
precedent having been fuinlled. It Is now ta u ln " " Pison.
our liberty and our duty to keep our All recruiting records for the
promise to tho peoplo of thoso Islands by Omnhn army recruiting district were
granting thorn the Independence which broken In the months Just ended,
th,oy . h?"L?r,, h - 'hcii 2S1 were enlisted.
series of reommendations. gentlemen, as Citizens of llcntrlce who brought
sought to utter a confession of faith, of ' suit to enjoin the collection of pnvlng
tho faith ln which 1 was bred and to taxes lost out. Tho nmount In qucs-
tlop was nenrly $50,000.
which It is my solemn purpose to stand
1... ..ntll n... 1nat Orrlitlnf ,1rtV T tinllAtfn
fhl hn hn fRlth of America, thn fnlth OlllCCrS lit Soiltll Omilllll rilldctl a
of tho natlon. and ot a11' tho victories , "Moonshine" plant, ntnl ninongst other
which await national action In the days puniphernallu, captute.l a still inude
to come, whether ln America or elsewhere. , ff0 ft pot
! Nebraska Is the llrst of the states
Vast Crater on the Moon. ' t0 rnIso ,ts 'luota toward construction
The moon, of course, Is pitted alt of ll National Chamber of Commerce
over with so-called crnters, and ev- j building at Washington, D. C.
ernl of tho bigger ones nro near the Nebraska masons are, planning the
center of tho lunar hemisphere which establishing of a home where orphan
faces tho earth. Ono of these, about
100 miles ln diameter, might Do de
scribed ns o huge ring of lofty moun
tains surrounding a circular plain.
One gets n much moro vivid Impres
sion of the size of this vast amphi
theater when It Is explained thnt It
would contain nil of tho territory be
tween Philadelphia nnd Now York
city, together with those centers ol
population. A striking picture (litis
tratlng this fact Is presented n the
Populnr Sclenco Monthl. It shows
Long Islnnd sound, New York bay,
Brooklyn nnd Manhattan Island within
oije edge of the crntei, while In the
dlstuncc, and within the opposite edge
one sees Trenton, the Delawnro rivet
and tho City of Brotherly Love.
Cowboy Is Vanishing.
Tho cowboy, like tho trapper, bai
almost vanished from tho western pic
ture. lie IIncs now chiefly In Holly
wood or In barnstorming troupes tour
ing the country to stngo such showi
us the rodeos at Salinas nrid Pendle
ton. He Is no longer concerned with
cattle, except ns theatrical props; he
Is nn actor, not n stockmnn.
Except In a very few places ho Is
gone from tho rnnge, and In these
nnd homeless boys may find a retreat
In congenial nnd suitable surroundings.
C. II. Gustafson, a farmer of Mend,
is being strongly endorsed by his
friends over the stnte for secretary of
agriculture under President Harding.
The Lincoln traction company has
been granted n raise In street car rates
and will get S cents fare, or .'!0 cents
for four fiires, with 5 cents for trans
fers. Fire, starting In the Plezall bakery
nt York, threatened destruction of 1111
entire business block for 11 time. Two
if the llremen were overcome by
smoke.
Mr. nnd Mrs. .T. T. Mlkklcsop cele
brated their W) Ih weddlpg nnnlvei'Miry
nt Scwnrd last week. They were mar
ried In Omaha in 1870 and later home
steaded In Seward county.
Western Nebraska Is experiencing
tho mildest December in ton years,
the average temperature during the
dny time at Alliance having been
around fifty degrees for over a weeic.
The sleet storm thnt swept the
The Norfolk canning factory hns
been closed down until next January
duo to lnck of buying on tho part ot
jobbers.
Dr. Harold Gilford, Omahii eye spe
cialist, is going to South America to
spend several months studying eyes
of birds nnd reptiles.
The Farmers' State bank of Verdoa
Is a new banking Institution, which
hns made application for a charter
from tho state hanking bureau. 1
From Saturday, December 18, until "
Saturday, January 1, lias been set for
Christmas recess at the University of
Nebraska, ipstead of the lnt'n- period
beginning Wednesday, December 22.
An explosion in the gns plant at
Kearney set lire to the building and
caused a damnge of .$00,000. The
shock of the explosion was felt all
over the city.
Tho Gothenburg Community club
hns decided to bring some of tho big
musical attractions to Gothenburg this
winter and the llrst number will be
tho Polish pianist, Leopold Godpwsky.
The report of State Land Commis
sioner Dan Swnnson shows a total In
crease of $103,407.00 In receipts from
lands leased and lands sold by tho
state for the two years ending Novem
ber 30.
Nebrnsltn university Is now n full
Hedged member of the Missouri Valley
Conference, ready to comply with all
the rules of the organization and will
compete for the football championship
In 1021.
George Knight of Fnlrbury was al
most Instantly killed when tho motor
cycle he wns riding ran into n chain
used ns a gato to the city nark, hit
ting him below the chin nipl severing
his windpipe.
Moro than 10,000 farmers have Join
ed the Nehraskn Farm IJurcau.Federa
thm In the last month. Nine counties'
have conducted membership campaigns
nnd several more are now In the midst
of ndding new members.
The first death 'from anthrax, re
ported In Omaha for botne time, was
recorded by the health department, In
the case of Patrick Spellmnn, 00, la
borer, who died from that cause at the
City Emergency hospital.
Nebraska will ho required lo enlist
0,400 officers and men for the national
guard in the next four years, ucco-d-lng
to a . statement Just Issued by
Adjutant General Paul, who has picas
for the reorganization of the guard al
most completed. ,
Nebraska municipalities, school dis
tricts and counties have Issued treble
the amount of bonds In the-Inst bicn
ilium as ln the preceding two years ac
cording to records compiled b; ( K.
Lawrence, clerk In charge of lnnil
registration nt the state auditor's
ollice.
Petty thieves are operating In Fre
mont, and many small thefts aic
being reported.
At a hpoclal election hold In Wy
moro last week, voters by a majority
of 1121 adopted tho referendum. It Is
eastern portion of tho stnte last week believed that as a re.Milt of Its adop-
causeil n damage of over $20,000 to the tion the question of Sunday uioxliig .
Nebraska Telephone company. Wires, picture shows will som be brought up.jf
urms and poles were torn down by the
weight of Ice and snow.
The Cass County Farm Hiircau, co-
gonu in in u u in. 1....1 ... ...: 0WJratll,B wUh ,i,0 s,te and national
scattered spots where ho still persists r
It Is in reduced glory as n greatly l k of De.
modified type, no Is likely to be p.
familiar with flivvers as with horses;
he Is as handy with tho monkey
wrench as with tho branding Iron, nnd
as for six-shooters, he Is moro likely
(o carry n kodnk.Now York Times.
Would Aid War Heroes.
It Is my privilege to draw to the atten
tion of congress for evtry sympathetic
consideration the problem of providing
adequate tucllltles for tht care and treat
ment of foiiuer members of the military
and navul luce who nrn sick or disabled
at tho result of their participation In tho
war, Tlu-so heroic men can nuver bo paid
beMhlji
comber 13.
Miss Elizabeth Parsons, attorney,
has the distinction of being tho flrst
woman In Oinnha to receive a penult
to practlco In the federal court, per
mission having been granted by the
Nebraska supreme court.
Thirty-four organizations of farm-
related In-
brought p.jf
guard reor4;V
Under the new National gun
giinlzatlon plan approved by the war
department, Fort Crook Is headquar
ters of Seventh Army corps area,
which Includes Nebraska, Kansas,
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota nnd bntli
Dakotns.
The state railway commission has
granted an Incrcnso In teloph
rates
puny,
ent exchnngo rate, effective December
1 until June 110. 1921.
Potato growers nt Kearney, on tho
market for about KO.OOO bushels of
nted an Incrcnso In teleplw
;s to the Nebraska Telephone 'JjV'
y, totaling 10 per cent of the lirtf
1 That Cruel Word.
Flntbush Did you over put tho nil- crs livestock breeders nnd
Important question to a girl ami have d,istrles are scheduled to meet In Lin-1 sce,i potatoes, wore relvlni: on tha
her any no? coin during tho wwk of Organized j flei(jg 0f western Nebraska (o supply
nonsonhurst Yes, 1 did today. Agriculture, January 3 to 7. j ti,e!r ne0lis. It now appoars they will
"What are you tnlklng nbout? Why a. wild-cat men -irlng thlrty-nlno 1 i,uy Minnesota seed Instead. The grow-
you'ro already married." Inches from nose to tip of tall, and 1 ,,rs imve learned that It will cost 53
I know it; out hiskim. our ..k m. weighing forty poutuis, was caugut , C01s n i)Ushcl to slll,, S(V(l nilt.ltm8
ay another week, and 'No wus wjiat em. ciiadron by Joo JmibCk, In a frou, Alliance to tl.iu pop, cs no
ulny
Blin si.M
I trap he had fcet for skunks.
commodity rate is u tillable to them.
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