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News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ll READERS
At n mass tncotitiK of farmers and
business iihmi nt Clutppoll, hold for the
purpose of discussing llio car shortage
situation, n committee wns appointed
to confer wltli Union Pne..lc ollleluls
In mi endeavor to secure lniniodlite
relief. Elevators of Chnppclt ootitulti
75,000 ImisIioIh of wheat, and there arc
from 25 to 50 trucks' and wagons
'stundlng at the elevators from day, to
' day, wailing opportunity to unload.
Mirny fanners have their granaries full
of wheat, and thousands of bushels are
piled on the ground. The situation Is
Indeed Horlous.
The state has been given Its choice
between two five-acre tracts of land on
Verdigris creek, a mile and a half
northeast of Jtoyal, to he donated as
the site of a llsh nursery for which
the Inst legislature conditionally ap
propriated $2,500. Money to purchase
one of (lie tracts has been raised by
subscriptions "among the citizens of
Jtoyal ami vicinity, and Is on deposit
with one of the bunks there.
The Otunha Chamber of Commerce
emphatically denies recent widely pub
lished reports thnt It has subscribed a
Inrge sum of cash In financing the af
fairs of the colored commercial club
of that city, declaring the fund was
raised by business men of Hint place
who are Interested in the project.
Exhibits in ail departments of the
Voric county fair and fall festival, Just
closed, were far superior to those of
any former year. Never before In the
history of York county bus there been
such a display of agricultural prod
ucts, one-half of the townships In the
-county huv.ing made entries.
Fanners around Fnlrbury report
grasshopis'rs are rapidly eating the
new wheal, which is Just coming up, in
that section. The hoppers will take
from one. to three rods around the
edges of a Held In a week, leaving it
-clean.
Sally Sylvester, 10S years old, and
the oldest person In Omaha, Is dead.
In her girlhood she was the slave of
-.fumes Peary, Virginia plantation own--or.
In 1K58 she was sold to another
master, from whom she ran away at
St. Joseph, Mo., In 1SG0.
A comparison of statements issued
by Uucnlu national bunks at the close
of business on September S and June
HO shows u decrease of total deposits
-of $501,205 and a decrease of $120,470
In total loans. The decrease In total
.reserves amounts to $2.'i9,0S5.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stanley of
Nebraska City were seriously injured
In an automobile accident near Ued
Oak, In., when the car in which they
were returning home went over a
twenty-foot embnnkment.
M. O. Letter, former aslstant to the
superintendent of the city schools and
heart of the department of measure
ments and research, has been elected
superintendent of the Lincoln schols.
Huehlor Metcalfe of Omaha has been
appointed assistant to Attorney General
Palmer, with headquarters at Wash
ington, lie was captain of the old
Sixth Nebraska regiment.
Frank Davis of Sterling has been
emihyc.(l as mnnnger of the New
Farmers' Union mercantile store at
Fllley, which opened for business n
few diiys ago.
At a public farm sale, conducted on
the C. A. lSerg farm near lilue Springs,
liorses brought from $100 to $200, and
vows' sold for as high as $100.
Th'leves entered the LIustrom store
at Greshntn by removing the grate on
the sidewalk and took about $2,000
worth of silks and coats.
Gotllib StrifTler, 78 years old, cus
todiim of Odd Fellow properties In
Omuhu for HO years, died last week at
liis homo In that city.
Six of the boys from the Lincoln lire
iinnnrimeiit recently made an auto
trln from that nlnce to Beatrice In
forty-seven minutes.
A so-called divine healer an old
lady is creating considerable excite
jnent nt Fremont by her alleged mirac
ulous cures.
. Inmnles of the Industrial School at
Kearney raised 18,000 bushels of po
tatoes I Ids year, valued at $22,500.
A chapter of Junior Masons boys
of 10 to 21 bns been organized at
"Lincoln.
Politicians touring the state assert
that women In all communities are
taking tremendous Interest In the cam
;palgn
Those In close touch with the polit
ical situation in the state declare thnt
if the women of Nebraska vote tlds
fall in the sumo proportion that the
-women of Malno voted on September
18 the total vote of the state will be
swelled hv 100.2S1. This means In
measure that tho newly enfranchised
voters will hold th balance of power
in Nebraska and can throw the state
to either party If they so desire.
Estimates of the corn yield from
-various southeastern counties, barring
early frost, range from 25 to 75 bush
els per acre.
Herman Upton was Instantly killed
"by a Union Pacific passenger train at
131 in Creek, when crowds attending n
"barbecue forced him onto the tracks.
Two brick buildings are completed
and a third ouo has been started In
Nashville, a now town site ton tulles
north of Omaha. Several houses have
already been built. The now town Is on
the Northwestern railway and Wash
Ington highway.
Four years or litigation between tho
state of Nebraska and the Hock
Island railroad over the amount of
corporation tax to ho paid annually,
has resulted In a decision by Judge
Clements of the district court of linn
caster county holding that In tender
ing $5ft0 a year to the secretary of
state the Itock Island had discharged
Its full obligations, and that the state
Is not entitled to collect $2,500 a year.
The grand master of Masons for tho
stato of Nebraska, Joseph II. Frndea
burg of Omaha, assisted by the grand
Junior warden, Charles A. Chappell of
Mlnden, acting as grand marshal, and
members of Ognllala lodge No. 150,
A. F. & A. M laid the cornerstone of
the Welpton Memorial church at Ogal- ,
lain last week. The ceremony was ,
held In the presence of a large crowd, I
assembled from over the entire county.
According to figures by the bureau
of publicity of the Federal Chamber of
Commerce. Nebraska ranks second In
crop conditions in the United States.
With 100 per cent representing a ton
year average, the following is the con
dition of the, leading states: Okla
homa, 115 per cent ; Nebraska, 130.2
per cent : Kansas, UtO per cent ; Wyo
ming. 117.0 per cent; Kentucky, 115.5
per cent; Missouri, 115.4 per cent.
Contracts awarded by the Hoard of
Control for supplies for various state
Institutions for the last quarter of the
present year disclose the fact that
prices on Hour, meat, groceries and
foodstuffs are noticeably lower than at
any previous period for some time.
Sugar and coffee are among the arti
cles upon which a marked reduction la
shown.
Colonel .7. II. Presson, state com
mander of the Nebraska G. A. R., was
taken 111 on the special train carrying
200 Nobrnskans to the national en
campment in Indlnnnpolls, and for a
time serious results were feared, but
he is rapidly recovering.
Ninety elaborate Hants, tho Fuller-
ton and Genon hands, and a delegation
of 205 cars from Genoa, composed tho
tercentenary pageant commemorating
the landing of the Pilgrims In 1G20,
that was part of the Nance county
fair at Fuller ton.
The state board of control ,has con
tracted for sugar delivered at state
institutions for $15.50 a hundred.
Three months ago- the board felt It
obtained a bargain when It was able
to buy sugar on board the cars at
Grand Island for $18.74.
Ed Deal, .'10 years old, telephone em
ploye of Aurora, Is the father of nine
children. Three sets of twins go to
make up tills remarkable family. Mr.
and Mrs. Deal were married eight
years ago. t
The furmers of Saunders county aro
drilling wheat, and It Is estimated that
county
season.
Olliclals of the Federal Loan bank
nt Omaha declare that attacks on tho
system by the Farm Mortgage loo
kers' asoclatlon wore responsible for
a loss of $25,000,000 In loans at a low
rate of Interest to farmers of the west.
Vocational training classes to coun
teract the present lack of apprentices
In industry by giving practical instruc
tion free to those desirous of learning
trades are to be started In Omaha
shortly.
Paul Jensen of .Omaha and Ray Mc-
Flllen of Ren trice, traveling men, were
killed when a Rulck roadster, driven
by Jensen, plunged off u small concreto
bridge near Reatrloe.
William T. Dudgeon of Norfolk,
father of Mayor Dudgeon of that city,
s'iffered n paralytic stroke from which
doctors cay there is little hope of re
covery.
Early Whitaker, 10-year-old son of
Albert Whitaker of Fremont, had his
leg broken In nn automobile sinnsh-up,
when tlie delivery truck he was driv
ing turned turtle.
It cost two Goring men $50 nnd
trimmings oacli to loan their game li
censes to friends who wished to use.
them on a fishing trip. The penults
are non-transferable.
Two hundred and fifty tons of cured
meat, valued at over $200,000, was de
stroyed when tire gutted the smoke-
house of the Swift Packing company
at Omaha.
A special election to vote bonds for
the election of a $100,000 memorial
hall In Nebraska City will be held
October 12.
Stato Game Warden George Koster
has received word from deputies out
In the state of a groat number of tinea
for violations of the game Inws.
Dedication ceremonies for tho new
Fengor bospltnl at Omaha, the first
Danish memorial hospital In the Ulnted
Suites, were held last Wednesday. Tho
building complete, cost $518,000. I
Inability to dispose of by-products,
lack of cnpltnl and the tight money
market are given as the reason for
closing down the Loup Valley Packing
plant at Grand Island. The stockhold
ers have decided to dispose of tho
liquid assets and await a more settled
condition of the money and meat mar
kets before taking steps to resumo
operations.
The population of Snunders county
Is 20.5SI), a doorcase of 590, or 2.8 per
cent during the past ten years, accord
ing to census bureau figures.
The now parochial school building
of the Lutheran church at West Point
was dedicated lnfit Sunday. Tho build
ing cost about $15,000.
People for miles around On It hoard
the terrific roar iieouiipiiny!rig tho I
bursting of n water tank for the North',
western railroad at that place. Tho
wntertowor was built 11 years ngo and
was tho only place for twin to cut
water between Superior and Geneva.
the acreage will be nearlv as great as ""oin .Wnm in .,vuu apiece, me u.e
It was last venr. There will be up- vntrt t0 r,-00- 'rl,e ,llstrlct iuda
proxlmatelv 2,000 acres of the new R P f $:-000 ,0 ?r,-00-k-.iiim.i1
wii.Mit smvn in n.n rmmtv iiiix i The legislative sahyies amendment.
AMENDMENTS TO NEBRASKA
CONSTITUTION ARE AFPROVED
Voters at Special Election Roll Up Big Majorities for Virtually
All Proposals Fight Waged Against Certain Propositions
Unsuccessful Vote Extremely Light in All Parts of State.
Voters of Nebraska nt tho special (
election, September 21, approved the
work of the Constitutional Convention
held at Lincoln Inst winter by adopt
ing the forty-one amendments to the
state constitution by decisive major
ities. In some pnrts of tho state, notably
Douglas and Lancaster counties,
Amendment No. 0, which increased the
number of state senators from !W to
50, and No. 58, which provides for a
state Industrial commission to deter
mine laws relntlve to Inbor disputes
and proiltecrlng, received the most
serious opposition.
Lancaster county rolled up a major
ity vote against No. 0, but this was
overcome by the big vote In favor of
the proposal In Douglas and other
counties.
Opposition to No. 38 by labor unions
In Douglas county succeeded In mak
ing the vote very close. This, how
ever, was offset by substantial major!
ties for the amendment In counties out
side of Douglns and Lancaster. In the
latter county the proposal received the
same opposition as in Douglas.
Proposal No. 18, which provides
equal suffrage to women of Nebraska,
went over with a whoop In .all parts
of the state, some counties giving It
majorities ranging from 10 to 1 to
S and 0 to 1.
Outside of Nos. 0, 3S nnd 1, all the
amendments were given big majorities
and It is believed the olllcial count will
show an ayerage of about 0 to 1 for the
proposals. No. 0 was! the most closely
contested. Resides in Lancaster, con
siderable opposition developed In Kear
ney and a few other counties. Despite
this the amendment was approved by
a good majority.
Ry adopting Amendment No. 40 vot
ers of Nebraska put an end to what Is
termed "starvation salaries" for state
oillcers. The amendment provides a
rather liberal scale of pay for those
administering the affairs of govern
ment. The snlnry of the governor Is trebled,
the nmount being raised from $2,500 to
$7,500 per year. Supreme Judges are
also boosted to Si, 500. They now re
ceive $4,500.
Other state oillcers, who now draw
No. 7, raises the pay of senators nnd
representatives from $000 to $S00 for
regular sessions. This automatically
Increases the pay of the lieutenant
governor from $1,200 to $1,000. x
No. 17, which provides for the elec
tion of supremo court Judges by dis
tricts, carried throe to one, while No,
22, providing for the election of uni
versity regents in the same way, won
almost four to one. Several amend
ments received as high as five and six
to one, with the suffrage nniondment,
No. 18, loading them all, receiving a
majority In every county
A fight was mnde In Douglas county
to kill No. 1, allowing n five-sixths Jury
verdict In civil cases, but tho amend
ment went over tho top there by a
small margin and rolled up a big inn
Jorlty outside of Omaha.
No. 5, allowing the larger counties
to divldo Into districts to elect state
senators nnd representatives, carrlei
by about three to one.
Women, althougli voting on nn
amendment granting themselves suf
frage, did not seem to be Intensely In
terested and were outnumbered at the
polls by thu men
Although the vote was extraordl
nnrlly light throughout the state, run
ning from one-fourth to one-third o
normal, the returns were very slow
The olllcial count will probably not
be completed for sumo timo, as some
counties In the state reported thnt re
sults were so one-sided they did not
even count the votes.
The Amendments.
No. 1 Authorlr.es Jury, by five-sixth
vote, to give a Verdict in civil cases.
No. 2 Permits legislature to regu
I Into nrnnertv rights of aliens.
No. 3 Declares English to be olllcial
language and reuulrcs common school
branches In all schools to be taught
therein.
I No. 4 Reduces percentage of signa
tures to Initiative and referendum no
titlons to conform to, Increased number
of votes since women secured ballot.
No. 5 Permits largo counties to bo
divided into state senate and house dls
trlcts.
No. fl Permits state senate to no in
creased from tlilrty-threo to fifty mem
hers.
No. 7 Increases salaries of loglsla
tors from $000 to $800 for two-yea
term.
Nn 8 Relates to legislative tiro
coedure and intended to save time of
sessions and to prevent passage of Im
portant bills In closing hours l.y viva
voce vote on conference committee re
ports. No. 0 Prohibits nppointment
nicmbers of legislature to state olllce.-.
The average vote In Mullen, Hooker
county, was 12 to 1 In favor of the
amendments, with tho exception of No.
(1, Increasing the number of senators,
which was defeated, 10 to 20.
Keith county polled about ono-fourth
of the normal vote. One precinct In
Ogallala gave majorities ranging from
2 lo 12 to 1 for all amendments.
In Ruffala n "glit was put up
against Proposition No. OS, raising the
tac limit to 50 cents on the dollar val
uation. There, ont of 512 votes cast,
242 were by women. The fight, how
ever, did not seem gcnurul.
i m . nit Am i ih rfl t .
No. 10 Prohibits raising of salaries.
of state and county oillcers during
term of olllce.
No. 11 Reserves all debts to oil.
gas and other minerals In state lands
sold.
No. 12 Ellm nates obsolete sect on
of no consequence.
ino. in rrovmns lor executive nuu
gei and takes from governor sole con
trol of pardons, placing It In hands of
board.
No. 14 Creates olllce of state tax
commissioner to have charge of as
sessment work.
No. 15 Provides for reorganization
of courts of state with onjoot of speed
ing up won: nun relieving supreme
court -of congestion.
No. 10 Rouu res vote of live su
premo Judges to declare law unconsti
tutional.
No. 17 Provides for election of su
preme court Judges by districts.
iso. is Hives ballot to women.
No. 10 Provides soldiers may vote
when absent from state on duty.
No. 20--Authorlr.es legislature to dis
tribute temporary school fund on any
basis of length of school term It may
decide.
No. 21 Prohibits sale of school
lands excent at nubile auction.
No. 22 Provides for election of" uni
versity regents bv districts.
No. 2.'! Prohibits state aid to sec
tarian institutions.
No. 21 Raises ago for reform school
Inmates from 10 to IS, In order to keep
buys under 18 from being sent to pen
itentiary, ns now.
No. 25 Makes constitutional board
of present normal school board.
No. 20 Rewriting of tax schedules
with Intent to provide for gathering
property that now escapes taxation.
No. 27 Tax exempt Ion of $200 wortli
of household goods to n family.
No. 28 Clears un nmblgultv In exist
ing constitution ns to limit of Indebted
ness for counties.
No. 20 County boundaries cannot bo
changed save by a vote of all alToctod.
No. ,IO-Reuulros nubile utility cor-
orations to ronort to state railway
ommlsston.
No. .11 Prohibits consolidation of
oinpotlng utilities without permission
i runway commission.
No. .",2 Prohibits navmont nf til vl-
lends by utilities out of any fund save
ot earnings.
lo. .5,1 Allows Omaha to ndont ores-
nt charter as homo rule charter and
olloves legislature of need of legislat
ing for that city alone.
No. .14 Grants greater nnwers and
more flexible control to co-oporattvu
companies.
io. .in (iivcs users or water for do
mestic nnd agricultural purposes prior-
iry in streams oi stale.
No. HO Retains In nubile nil bene
ficial rJ'rhts to water powers of state.
No. .'57 Penults regulation as to min
imum wages and conditions of employ
ment of women and children In In
dustry. No. ;'.S Permits creation of Indus
trial commission to prevent strikes anil
lockouts and to control profiteering.
No. HO Provide-, that amendments
to constitution submitted by legisla
ture shall be adopted by a ma.lorltv
voting on the question if the nfllrina
tlvo vote Is .'55 per cent of total vote
cast at election.
No. 40 -Raises salaries of stato o Ulc
ers, including supreme court Judges, un-
ui sucn time as legislature may lix
them.
No. 41 Eliminates obsolete sections
nnd provides when amendments go Intu
eirect.
Notes of the Election.
Some opposition was developed In
Lnncastor county to No. 17, which pro
vides for the election of Judges of tho
supreme court by districts, but It was
not dangerous.
Amendment No. 5 will cause .the re-
districting of Douglas county for the
purpose of electing legislative repre
sentatives. The American Legion's opposition to
No. 21, which prohibits the sale of
school land except at public auction,
waged on the grounds thnt tho amend
ment would do away with the possi
bility of favoring ex-service men, fail
ed to rally any appreciable support
either in Douglas county or In the
state.
All the amendments to the state con
stitution except three wont over with
a whoop in Omaha. Two that foil be
hind were No. 1 and No. 5.
No stuto-wide attempt to defeat any
nmondment apparently met with suc
cess. Attacks mnde In one county ap
parently were offset In others. Six of
the proposals showed evidence that
fights had boon mnde on them In var
ious parts of tho state. Nos. 1, 5 and
!18 were opposed In Douglas county by
labor unions and in Lancaster county
the strongest light was made on No. 0.
Resides sanctioning nil the amend
ments Polk county voted $125,000 In
bonds for tho construction of a now
court house at Osceola. This 'gives
the county $225,000 to he expended for
thu now court house, as there Is now
In the treasury the sum of $100,000
which lias boon collected during the
past four years by a special levy
In Ruffaln county a Jlghl was on
against proposal No. 28, raising the
tnx limit to llfty cents on a dollar val
uation. Of the 512 votes cast 212 were
by women.
A majority vote on each proposition
Is all that Is necessary for Its ndop-
Ion, under the Instructions of the con-
itltutlon.
None of the present state oillcers
will be benefited by Proposal No. 40,
except one holdover railway commis
sioner. Those olectod this year VIII
draw tho higher compensation when
they commence thu now terms next
January.
Tho legislature, under Proposition
No. 21, may change olllcial salaries,
but not nfteuer Hum nucu In eight
years for any particular executive of
fice. Under Proposition No. 10 It Is
forbidden to Increase or diminish the
pay of any public ollleor
Bill HOIS AS A REPRISAL
Chicago Officials to Investigate Charges
of Conspiracy Among Restaurant
and Hotel Keepers.
London. As a reprisal for the am
buscade In County Clare Rrltlsh police
have spread a reign of terror In sev
eral tonis of Ireland In the neighbor
hood of tho ambush. They entered
the towns of Moltmy, Lnhlneh, Knnstl
mon and Mllltown, near the west
coast and burned a number of homes
and killed two civilians. Townspeople
lied In all directions, expecting unother
Rulbrlggnn.
Olllcial report on the situation Is
that a huge body of Irishmen waylaid
the motor truck as It was conveying
police between Mllltown and Mel buy.
Four policemen wore found killed and
unother Is missing. A sixth Is be
lieved to be mortally wounded.
Soldiers, called to the scene, tired
on the retreating attackers, Indicting
many casualties. Thirty-six men have
been arrested on suspicion.
Meanwhile olllcial England Is becom
ing alarmed at the pass to which the
Irish situation lias come. The whole
Island Is In a mate of fend, more bit
ter than anything that ever rngvd In
Kentucky.
Claims Government Profiteering.
New York. Herbert Hoover, testi
fying before the senate committee on
reconstruction, declared lie believed
the aggregate of national savings would
bo stimulated If the government
"stopped proiltecrlng and paid some
thing like un adequate rate of Inter
est" to depositors. Reports showed,
lie said, that prollts obtained by the
government In 11)18, clilolly from redo
posit of postal savings banks funds In
banks nt per cent Interest, were
$1,1:15,000, wiille, he udded, examina
tion of any annual postal savings bank
report would show that depositors do
not receive much more than 1 per
cent interest.
TO PROSECUTE RESTAURANTS.
Chicago Plans Drve Against Advanc
ing Prices.
Cblcago.lll. Criminal action against
restaurant owners and hotel proprie
tors who are boosting their prices and
reducing the portions in the face of
decreased cort of flour, moats, vege
tables and sugar, Is planned by City
Prosecutor Miller. He has directed
ids assistants to look up the laws con
cerning conspiracy and to collect data
upon which prosecutions could bo
based. It has been shown that many
restaurants and hotels aro making 2(H)
to 400 per cent on numerous articles
of food and the city olliclals believe
there is an understanding among tho
proprietors, not only to maintain high
prices, but to advance tbeiu.
Farmers Urge Greater Credit.
Washington Additional credit facil
ities for the agricultural Interests nf
the country were urged before the
federal reserve board hero by a dele
gation representing a number of farm
organizations.
Spokesmen fur the delegation de
clared that the present credit policy
of the federal reserve system lind re
acted against farm interests and urged
that greater emphasis lie placed upon
the heed nf financing agricultural
products adequately.
Will Not Endorse French Orders.
Kansas City, Mo. The Masonic
grand lodge of Missouri lias reaffirmed
Its refusal to recognize the Grand
Lodge o' France and the Grand Orient
of France, the action of that body be
ing based on alleged atheistic tend-
eney of the French orders. Grand
Lodge Valle do Mexico for the federal
district of Mexico, also was refused
recognition, the grand lodge holding
that the Mexican order Is an Illegal
organization.
Catholics Erect Shrine.
Washington, D. C The foundation
stone of the $5,000,000 shrine of the
Iiiininculnte Conception, which Is being
erected on tho Catholic university
grounds here and will eh is to bo dedi
cated to the memory of the soldiers and
sailors who lost their lives in the world
war, was laid by Cardinal Gibbons of
Raltlinoro. assisted by Curdlnul
O'Conneli of Roston.
Peace Negotiations Broken Off.
Warsaw, Peace negotiations be
tween Lithuania and Poland have
been broken off and the Polish delega
tion has left Kalwarya. Lithuania lias
agreed to withdraw her troops behind
the Focli line, .but insisted that tho
Poles retire a similar distance behind
the lino they now occupy. The Polos
refused to agree.
Sugar .Prices Take a Drop.
Now York. There Is renewed weak
ness in the sugar market with the Fed
eral and Arbuoklo rollnlng companies
both announcing that they will accept
business at $14.25 for line granulated.
This is Vie below their previous quota
tions.
Anthrax in Brushes.
Snrlngllold, 111. Discovery of an
thrax Infection in a lot of shaving
brushes made In New York city mid
distributed In part from Chicago was
reported to the United Stales public
health service by Director of Health
Clair Drake of Illinois. Investigation
followed development of tho dlseaso
In a man living at Rldgefleld, III., It
Is Nlllll.
The Infected brushes have boon
boon distributed In sixteen states, It
Is snld, 'Including Illinois, Iowa, Okla
homa, Texas, Missouri nnd Colorado;
DADDTJEVENINC
FAMMLti
DOWER.
DIVING FOR FISH.
"Come on, friends." snld Oswald
Osprey. "and have some tlsh. I thins:
It would lie nice to have a llsli ban
quet, mid we birds kituw bow to dive
for them. Come along, friends, come
along and prepare for the greut llsii
banquet.
"We will nil share In doing tho
work. We will not put It all on one
or two to do. We will nil help to
make the banquet and we will all en
Joy It."
That Is right." snld Mr. Fish
Hawk. Now Mr. Fish hawk and Os
wald Osprey belonged to the sumo
fntnlly hut they bad different nunies.
Sometimes the family called their
family nanio the American Osprey
family and then again they would call
themselves the Fish Hawk family, nnd
both names were quite correct.
"Now I urn quite an old bird," said
Mr. Fish Hawk, "and so my head Is
whiter than yours, Oswald. And I
have fewer while touches to my back
feathers than you have. That Is the
way with the ones of tho family who
are older.
"Ah. It Is good thnt we have strong
feet and that they are power-ful, for
they help us In holding our food. Wo
care for such slippery fodd."
"Yes," said Oswald, "It Is slippery,
hut oh. It Is good. And another thing
which Is convenient or useful or pleas
ant, or all of those things, about us Ih
that our outer toes can be used us
well frontwards or backwards when
we are catching nnd holding and keep
ing In place the Ilshes we have caught.
Hear how nil of the family are whis
tling I What great loud whistling
noises we make. Well, every one Is
coming for the banquet. That Is cer
tain. And the children mid the moth
ers are coming for the banquet too.
"How well the mothers looked aft
er the creamy eggs this year. How
they waited until the eggs turned from
brown snottcd eggs Into beautiful no-
"We Have Strong Feet.
prej'B or llsh hawks with beaks that
were curved and groat strong feet I
And also with u wlfd look In their
eyes as though they could catch what
tlioy wanted to catch and see what
they wanted to see!
'The mothers built their nests of
sticks nnd they built them mostly In
trees tills your, though some did build
their nests right on the ground. Ah,
how aljke wo nil are. How wo all
care for the water. It Is only natural
thnt we should like the wnter,"
"Only natural." snld Mr. Fish Hawk.
''For we only cure for fish. Some
birds like all sorts of food, wonns nnd
bugs and quite a variety. And chil
dren and grown-ups. I believe, like nil
sorts of ooil too moat and llsh nnd
Ice cream and peanuts I
"Perhaps they like a few other
things toot Rut we only care for fish.
Fish Is our fond. It has always been
our food and it will always be our
food. Rut. Oswald. In addition to your
good taste about caring for llsh and
In being a true member of the family
I am gliid you know so much about
the family nnd the family ways. .
"Now, though, we must talk no
longer. The ilsh are beginning to
swim about. We will watch for them
and then ns we hover over them mid
over the water while we are still in
the air we will see with our sliurp
eyes Just whore they are nnd then we
will dive, dive straight after them I
"There aro some people nearby who
are watching us. They can see that
Kve are going to hnve a bnnquet for
there nre u goodly number of us
around today and plenty of fishes to
cntch 1
"Rut lot us not disgrace the family.
Let us catch the fish with our usual
skill, diving right Into the water In
Just the right place nnd bringing them
up with us In our sharp, booked
ben Its.
"We will keep our bright eyes on
the water and not on our audience
or the people who are watching us.
for creatures who watch the audience
and not what they nre doing don't do
very well ! Rut mostly we must bavo
u banquet, for how we nil love fish."
"How we all love fish." said Os
wald. "How wo all love tlsh," they nil
shrieked.
Ami they wont diving after tho
fishes and had a most satisfactory llsh
banquet 1
Heavy Stuff.
Scoutmaster (examining scout In
safety-first work) "What would you
do supposing a deaf und dumb asylum
were burning? s
Smart "Scout Ring the dumbbell.
Roys' Life.