THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRTBTTNE,
EXPENSES OF
NATION LOWER
t i i
Report Sent to CongrossShows
a Cut of Approximately
j $1,600,000,000.
PROPOSALS SENT TO RUSSIA
Nebraska Has Most Mileage on Lincoln
Highway and jo Fourth In
Amount Expended. -
IAB0R CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Farm Situation Shows Decided
' provement With Shortage
' of Competent Help.
1
Im-
1 "Witxlilnntmi. (iOx'riinwnt expendi
tures riir Hit) llHcal year will show
u reduction of more limn jp J ,lMJO.(KM),(M)()
from Hie actual expenditures for thu
jnrecodlnj: ilMcal year, 11)21, coupes
was Informed by President Harding In
transmitting the report of Director
iMwos of the budget, o'i economies and
AavlngH In goveniinental business.
Director Dawes estimated that gov
ernment expenditures for the current
ilsoal yenr, which were given In the
December budget estimates as $.',0(17,
5!2,i! will be at least ? ir,rr)t;jtJ less,
or approximately iFH.DUU.HTU.OHO.
As compared with 11)21, he contin
ued, there has been a reduction of
JfM)7,r(K),0(X) in expenditures for the
operation of the routine business of
rtJie government subject generally to
executive control. Of this sum Iks
jittrlhulud $i2fiO,0H),XJO to the Imposi
tion of (he executive plan and pres
sure on thu routine business organi
zation of the government under the
new system Inaugurated by the bud
get bureau.
Oenoa. The draft of the allied pro
posals to Kussla for the reconstruc
tion of that country has been sent
to the Kusslan delegation 'with nn
amendment offered by the French to
the clause relating to restitution r,
or compensation for private property
nationalized by Ilussla, and with a
French reservation declnrlng that the
French delegation withholds Its final
approval until further Instructions are
received from I'arls.
The French amendment makes the
article more drastic nnd provides thnt
ilussla shall give distinct assurances
regarding the nature of the tenure
which foreigners are to enjoy when
Ihelr property Is returned to them.
Nationalized property has been the
basis or practically nil the differences
of opinion In the subcommlsslo::.
Industrial Situation Improves.
Washington. A wide-spread Indus
trial awakening Is extending all over
the country, Secretary of Labor Davis
declared, following a conference with
olllclals of the United States employ
ment service.
"There nro a few dark fpots," said
Secretary Davis, "where there Is con
filderable unemployment, such as in
the state of Louisiana and In the large
Hhlpbulldlng centers, also In New York
city, San Francisco and Chicago,
"However, the extensive building
program In New York city will ab
sorb all building trades mechanics.
"Chicago Is engaging In a building
program, but Is considerably handi
capped by reason of the l.i.ndls award,
which has not been accepted. Never
theless, conditions are Improving rap
Idly In the centers.
"Tlie farm situation Is decidedly
encouraging, i
Nebraska Fourth In Expenditures.
Lincoln. More than nine and n half
million dollars was spent on the Lin
coln highway In 11)21, the latest month
ly report shows, and Nebraska was
fourth In expenditures for the year
totalling !821,:82H2. New mileage
In this state was "lOO.ftO the Inrgest
amount In a totnl of :H)7.f0 for the
country.
The Lincoln highway Is :!,:)." miles
long and traverses. the continent from
the Hudson river to San Francisco
buy. In the nine years since it was
projected $10,000,000 has been spent
on it. Uniform marking wns effected
last year. The road enters Nebraska
at Omalia, runs west and .northwest
to Fremont, almost straight west to
North lleml, Schuyler nnd Columbus,
then nenrly straight southwest thru
Central City, ft mud island, where It
coincides with the Pershing highway
and leaves the state southwest of
Gibbon.
Additional Indemnity for Nebraska.
Washington, D. O. Secretary of
Agricultural Wnllace has assigned
$7,000 additional to Nebraska for cattto
tuberculosis Indemnity. The Nebraska
state veterinarian had requested nut of
emergency appropriation tnndo by
congress Inst December only enough
to last him thru April. It Is thought
that the additional sum will meet the
needs of the work In the state until tnu
end of the fiscal year June .'50.
Alumni Association Meot.
' "Lincoln, Neb. The University of
Nebraska alumni association Is making
preparations for the biggest reunion
In the history of the University of Neb
raska, to ho held June 1 to II on the, San Antonio, Ft
Suffered Serious Set Back.
Ft Worth, Tex. Ruslness which
was Just beginning to assume satisfac
tory proportions In this section with
every prospect that April would bo the
banner month for the last two years,
litive suffered a serious set buck be
cause of the Hood. Vast sections were
affected, Including large centers like
Worth nnd Dallas.
city campus, followed by Baccalaureate
Sunday and commencement Monday on
June r. The three day fun festival
,1s to be known as the "Cornhuskcr
.Hound-up" and rounding up approxi
mately uigut thousand alumni Is no
easy task. The. average number of
communications leaving the olllce per
day, Is In the neighborhood of four
hundred. -
Tens of thousands of ncres were in
undated, bill the damage has been only
temporary.
Business Steadily Improving.
"Washington. Normal strengthening
of the economic machinery of the na
tion was reported to Comptroller of thu
Currency Crlsslnger by the twelvo
chief national bank examiners rcprc
aentlng the federal reserve districts of
the country at their annual meeting
Siore. t
In the main the examiners said there
liad been a notable Improvement In
luminous conditions throughout the
country, together with rcstcved con-
lidence and a favorable ojtlook for the
future.' The belief was expressed,
however, that progress toward normal
conditions would be gradual and not
an. overnight acconipllnhment
To Legalize Wines and Beers
Washington, D. C. Two Joint reso
lution, both designed to legalize light
wines nnd beer and providing, in ef
fect, for submission of tin question to
a referendum vote has been Introduced
In the house by Representative An
sorge, New York. One resolution pro
poses the addition of n new section to
the 18th amendment which would ex
pressly provide thnt the words "Intox
icating liquor" does not include 2.73
per cent beer.
Allen Land Law Unconstitutional.
San Francisco, Cal. A decision de
claring unconstitutional that portion of
the California alien land law forbidding
nllens Ineligible to citizenship to act
as guardians of the agricultural lands
of their American born children lias
been handed down by the state su
preme court here.
Wount Etna Again In Eruption.
t'atanla, Sicily, Mount Ktnu has
lroke out again with eruptions of In
created violence and is emitting con
tinuous roars which can V heard for
several miles. Dense black smoke Is
tilling the sky.
Daylight' Saving by Government.
t r tl. t .... t t
ivumiiiiKKNi, i. .:. lovernment em
ployees here will start ami quit work
am hour earlier boglnnlng Mav 13.
The change, In accordance with day
iigiu saving, was ordered by President
Klardlug.
Visitors Flocking to London,
London. Not since 1010, has London
I had such numbers of distinguished
American visitors as in the last few
weeks. They have Included diplo
mats, pugllsts, motion picture heroines
and producers, flnnnclors, prpiajessors,
athletes and leaders of Industry nn'
commerce.
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View of Cairo.
Jap Cabinet Resigns.
Toklo. The Japanese cabinet hernV
rd by Premier Takahashl, has resigned
It was understood this action was tak-
I en to permit partial reorganization
Revenue Collections Fall Short.
Washington, D. C Collections of
Internal revenue for the llrst three-
quarters of the current llscal year fell
lf Ity moro than !SS7.ri,0(M),0(K) as com-
pared with the corresponding period of
cue previous year.
-Plant International Tree.
Washington, D. C An "Interna
tional tree sponsored by women repre
sentatives of twenty-one countries
and dedicated In four languages was
planted In the grounds of the pan
American union.
To Prosecute War Time Frauds.
"Washington, D. C Steps are being
taken by the executive and legislative
branches of the government for in
vestigation and prosecution with vigor
of wurtime fraud cases.
Extends Powers for One Year.
WnsliliiKton, D. C The hill extend
ing for one year from next July 1 the
powers of the War Flnnnco corporation
was passed by the senate by a uniin
Imous vote and without a roll call.
Will Reopen River Service.
i Minneapolis, Minn., Marge lino riv
er service from Minneapolis "to the
Julf of Mexico is assured this year,
resumption of trallle by water follow
ing many years of quietude. At least
two and probably a third barge lino
eervlce will oporatu.
Amundsen Starts June 1.
Stockholm. Dr. Finn Maimgrem of
Upsal university, has been chosen bv
Capt. itaold Amundsen as meteorologist
and oceanngrapher for his polar ex
peuition which is scheduled to stnrt
from Seattle, Wasli., June 1.
' Plan Mall Clerks' Home.
Cbleago, III. A home for riupurr.ii-
minted and disabled mumbers of the
Oniur of Railway Clerks of America
is being planned for Southern Call-
cfornln.
Toy Balloon Travels 400 Miles,
lleverly, 111. -A toy red balloon bear-
lug free tickets to a motion pleturo
house nt Oiiuihn, was found on the
farm of S. J. Tluuthorn, noar this place,
after a pouring of about 100 miles.
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, WnBhlnston, D. C.)
It Is dtlllciilt to shake tlie dust of
thu ages from tlie land of the Nile
and to realize that there Is an Egypt
of tlte vibrant present. Tlie recent
announcement of the withdrawal of
the British protectorate from tlie
country, however, and tlie setting up
of Its first king In more than 1,000
years turns tlie spotlight squarely on
the modern aspect of this long civil
ized region.
The map lacks much of giving one
tlio true picture of Egypt. The coun
try is shown covering a large area of
northeastern Africa. This is the nom
inal Egypt. The real Egypt is a nar
row, tortuous strip on either side of
the Nile and the fan-shaped delta sur
rounding Its mouth. Save for a few
oases outside the river valley, the rest
of Egypt Is but a sea of sand prac
tically uninhabited. Figures contlnn
this, for of tlie more than H.'O.OOO
square miles of Egyptian territory
only nbout 12,000 can ever be culti
vated ; and a considerable part of this
tillable nreu has not yet been reclaimed.
Looking only at the surface of
Egypt's Institutions, one is likely to
decide thnt the changes since tlie days
of the Pharaohs hnve been great, but
when certain fundamentals nru con
sidered the wonder may well be at
the lack of change. To be sure, the
Egyptian of today speaks Arabic in
stead of bis old tongue ; and Osiris,
Isis and Horns have been long forgot
ten for Allah and Mohammed. Hut
In spite of numerous Invasions, the
blood of the great majority of the
population has been altered hardly at
all.
Egypt's resources are almost wholly
agricultural, and in tlie agricultural
scheme the millions of fellaheen are
the ultimate units. They work long
hours scratching the soil with crude
Implements, or tediously raising water
in skin buckets nttached to pivoted
poles that the thin stream may save
their plants from parching. Taxes
are heavy, and it is the lowly fellaheen
who keeps the treasury supplied. Liv
ing conditions are very poor; mud
huts house most of Egypt's thirteen
millions. In the fields they wear lit
tle more than a loin cloth, nnd tho
younger children of tho vlllnges go
naked. When the fellah is "dressed
up" he wears a rough shirt and loose
trousers.
Cairo the Wonder City.
Tlie stomp of the outside world and
of the Twentieth century on Egypt Is
to lie seen chlelly in Cairo, thut won
derland which hns superseded Hag
dad as "tho city of Arabian Nights."
Cairo is a living kaleidoscope, with
its gleaming and drab human frag
ments tumbling Into a changing pat
tern not merely from East and West,
but from North nnd South as well.
White-robed Hedouln, ill-chid fellah,
shiny-black Soudanese and central
African negro, swarthy Turk, Persian,
Hindu, Mongolian, dusky Moor, Itnl
lan, Creek, Jew, Armenian, nnd the
whiter folk from Europos America
and the antipodes all nro Jumbled
together In Cairo, their vnrlous tongues
making a babel that can hardly he
duplicated nt any other spot on earth.
The life that Hows along the streets
of Cairo could not be duplicated any
where else In tho world. At times
the Western observer Is likely to be
reminded forcibly of circus parades
on Main street back home, bwnylng
camels move nlong with brightly
dressed riders perched upon ihem or
with suspended cars In which are
veiled damsels, while drummers thun
der their rhythm nnd fife blowers emit
their shrill notes. Snake-charmers
pass along with their bags of snakes
miiKlclans perform In some nook
bullock-carts and laden donkeys com
note for space with shining llmou
slues.
Cafes In the Streets.
The al fresco cafe Is one of the
most characteristic marks of Cairo,
It is not tho more or less well-ordered
nlTalr of the boulevards of Paris
Sidewalks and streets overflow with
Roemlnuly Innumerable chairs and
tables until often a single lllo of pedes
trlans can hardly force lis way
through. One gets the Impression
that fow people need to work In Cairo,
Even In tho mornings tho chairs aro
llllud with apparently prosperous
men sipping coffuo or sweutoned ivn
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tcr, pulling clgnrettes and talking.
Townrd noon they disappear for their
siestas, but again at four or live
o'clock they are out in force and re
main fnr Into tlie night. Among them
circulates u stream of peddlers offer
ing for sale almost every conceivable
ware from sweetmeats to mouse
trhps 'and underwear.
The dweller In Cairo who has not
his servant or his group of servants
Is low indeed in the economic scale.
These serving men carry tiny bundles
for their employers or masters. They
run ahead of carriages to clear tho
way; they fan away tlie flies; and one
after nnother they come In troops
into tho presence of the prosperous
to bring smoking materials or to offer
a bewildering succession of drinks
and foods. Life is hard and a few
cents a day satisfies them. Even tho
porters who carry heavy bundles and
the boatmen who laboriously pole tho
Nile craft against the current work
12 or 15 hours for little more than as
many cents.
In Cairo is the Oxford of the
Mohammednn world, the University of
Ei-Azhar. It seems a queer "univer
sity" to those familiar with the higher
institutions of learning of the West.
Its classrooms are the halls and
niches of a mosque. Its professors
receive no salaries but are primarily
religious oiuciais, government em
ployees, lawyers and the like who
teach In addition to performing their
regular duties. The pupils, who ut
times number more than 0,000, squat
on mnts while their instructors lec
ture. This premier college of tho
Moslem world lino been in existence
for 9."i0 years and hundreds of thou
sands of students have passed
through its doors. It has been the
center of tlie nationalist propngandu
which has sought entire freedom for
2gypt. More, It is the hotbed of Pnn-
Islamism, which, like Its companion
movement in the past Pan-German
ism would combine Its own culturo
with militarism to dominate the world.
But Pan-Islamism would go further,
and would bring the world, ns well,
under the religion of Mohammed.
Glimpse at Egypt's Past.
Tlie Egypt that emerges now again
as a kingdom lias had a checkered
history, but that Is reasonable enough
when one recalls thnt it had one of
the earliest of starts. Here Is one or
the first places In which man lived
an ordered life and left records of
tils activities. Some anthropologists,
in fact, look upon central Africa as
the place of origin of man, and upon
Egypt as one' of the tlrst way-stntlons
In his diffusion over the other con
tinents.
After the long reign of the Pharaohs
EK.vnt had its Grecian and Iloman
regimes which brought but few
chances. Then In 041 A. D. came tho
invasion of tlie Saracens, from which
time began Egypt's Mohammedan
history. For a time the country was
a province of the Arabian caliphs;
later it was Independent, though still
Mohammedan, under the Mamelukes;
nnd finally, in 1510, It became a prov
ince of Turkey, which controlled It
llrst through a governor and later
through a sort of hereditary viceroy
or khedlve.
For the third time Europe took a
hand In the affairs of Egypt In 1708
when Napoleon won his battle of tho
Pyramids. The British drove the
French out In 1S01 and turned the
country back to Turkey. In 1800 camu
the building of tho Suez canal by Do
Iesseps, which has given Europe an
ever-growing Interest In Egyptian af
fairs. To protect European bond
holders Franco and Great Rritnin
made a Joint intervention in 1S70 nnd
for a while controlled finances. The
uprising In 1882 against tho khedlve
was suppressed by tho British alone,
nnd after that they controlled finances
without assistance. The government
wns In effect Egyptian with British
assistance and with the nominal
siw-erulnty of Turkey acknowledged.
When tho World war began Great
Britain established a protectorate,
abolished Turkey's suzerainty, deposed
tho Germanophlle khedlve, and up
pointed another prince of the family
to bo sultan. The British protectomt
Is now being withdrawn, but Instead
of the former Turkish Interest being
restored, Egypt Is set up as an lnde
pendent kingdom.
StJosoph.Missouri. "Both of ray
Bides swelled and hurt me bo that I
could not move or do any of my work.
There was heavy pressure and pains
through my lower organs ana tho
doctor told me to try Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound for theso
troubles. Ho said I had this ono
chance, and If tho Vegetable Com
pound did not help mo nothing but an
operation would. After taking several
bottles I felt it was helping me and
now I am ablo to do my own work. If
my testimonial will help others I shall
be glad for them to road it and hopo
your Vegetable Compound will do
them as much good aa it did mo."
Mrs. Wm. Lockman, 513 N. 4th St,
St Joseph, Mo.
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doctor said that I needed an opera
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started taking your medicine and I
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills nnd
used Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash and the capsules nnd prescrip
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work and have gained twenty pounds.
I am taking tho medicines still.but I
feel fine. You have my permission to
use this letter for tho good of others. "
Mrs. MARYMARK,37HamiltonAve.,
Whito Plains, N. Y.
Soma female troubles may through
neglect reach a stage when an opera
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serious displacements, tumors, or
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This book contains valuable Information.
Hog Pedigrees to Have Monument.
A monument Is to be erected to
commemorute the beginning of the
practice of writing pedigrees for hogs.
Tlie tlrst such pedigrees, oldest records
show, were written in 1875 for Poland
China hogs on the farm owned In Blue
Ball, Ohio, by W. C. Hanklnson. Pnrt
of, the necessary funds for the monu
ment bus been raised by thu Ohio
State Poland China Breeders' associa
tion, and the iranklnson estate, which
still owns the farm, has consented to
the erection of the monument on tho
property. The monument is to ba
dedicated in August.
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something.
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throughout be a complete perfect harmony in colors.
The walls of the old home, whether mansion or cottage, can be
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It is absolutely necessary if you expect Alabastine results that
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