O'NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
The Hurricane.
The sun goes down, a lurid, formless
glow,
A sighing hush upon the hamlet falls;
The cow bells slowly move to pasture
gate,
And like an echoed voice the herdboy
calls.
A silent haste about the cottage stirs.
The fowls are 140 and locked within
their keeps;
The morning glory, spent with heat and
thirst.
Furls up Its petals soft and tiredly
sleeps.
Distinct upon the 1.111 a rider swift,
By llng’rlng shafts of sunlight boldly
limned.
Flees from the boding spirit of the dusk
To waiting village, warm and candle
rimmed. 9
The cattle paw the soil In strange un
unrest;
Wl>*-eyed with mute lips forming not
a word.
Do kin and neighbors question grave ex
press.
And make reply with not a sentence
heard.
Upon the air the scent of flying earth;
The muttered sound of many waters
pent;
The frantic rush of light, unanchored
things;
The orchard neath a mighty conflict
bent.
The doors and windows, barred by trem
bling hands,
With creaks and groans uphold the
stout defense;
An up-torn tree, a menaced, fearful
span;
A darkness grim, pulsating and Im
mense.
But fury passes, like a sudden whim,
And hark! A patter at the fretted
pane!
The storm expends Its ruthless mad de
sire.
And peace and grateful rain swept
roofs remain.
—Maude De Verse Newton (Reprinted
from Kansas City Star).
Well Nourished Children.
Dr. Fritz Talbot, of Boston, thinks we
need a definition of good nutrition now
that the subject bulks so large in public
attention. He Is referring to good nu
trition of children.
To begin with, the child must be well
nourished and well developed, but in
addition there must be dry, clear eyes;
smodth, glossy hair; soft, smooth skin
without eruption; bright facial expres
sion; mouth, kept closed; ability to
breathe easily through the nose; clear
hearing; ability to stand and sit erect
with back straight, shoulders not sag
ging; abdomen held In, not protruding
beyond chest; firm flesh covered with a
moderate amount of fat; musculature
good, muscles well developed and not
flabby; color of the mucous membranes
and of the skin reddish pink; no circles
under the eyes, and, finally, an air of
vitality, elasticity, and Joy which Is
characteristic of childhood.
Tho scale for height and weight which
he prefers Is that of the National Child
organization. This scale takes into ac
count age and allows considerable varia
tion In height and weight In accordance
with racial stock and family peculiari
ties.
The amount of food a child requires Is
more for each pound of weight than is
required by an adult, For example, the
calories needed per pound at different
ages are: For boys, 6 years, weight 44
pounds, calories per pound. 36; 8 years,
83 pounds, 36 calories per pound; 10
years, 64 pounds, 36 calories per pound;
12 years,, 76 pounds, 36 calories per
pour .2; 18 years, 132 pounds, 28 calories
per pound; adult, 160 pounds, 22 calories
per pound.
Children who are very active need
more calories than quiet ones. Growing,
active children likewise require more
lean meat or its equivalent per pound of
weight than adults do.
A great many children suffer from
lack of sleep. A child 12 years old re
quires 11 to 12 hours sleep. In summer
because of the short nights children
habitually get too little sleep unless par
ents exert themselves to see that the
rules are carried out.
/Among the more frequent errors In the
diet of children are excess of candy
and sugar in the diet. He also thinks
that children eat too much fat as a
rule. He does not mention tea or coffee.
Even long after Edward Fitzger
ald's famous translation of the "Rub
aiyat" had established a place for it
self In the world of literature It was
with the greatest difficulty that he
was persuaded to permit his name
being used on the title page. He
maintained that all the credit should
go to the Persian poet. Such modesty
wou'd be startling today.
MaJ, Gen. John F. O'Ryan, the only
national guard oftlcer to command a
division In France, is opposed to giv
ing veterans preference in the civil
service. Ho wants to know why
those who enlisted against their will
and came back greatly benefited
should claim special consideration.
His attitude will enliven the discus
sion.
That Famous Dish.
From Answers, London.
* A traveling- fair had visited the lltth
country town and a fete had been ar
ranged, and a tlower show, and every
thing pointed to a very gay day to be
enjoyed by all.
Farmers from far and near were ex
pected to come Into the town, and much
trade was expected to be done by the
local tradesmen.
One of the. leading shopmen went to
the nearest city to buy a supply of stuff
to sell during the fete. His wife stayed
at home to attend to the shop In his
absence.
The first thing that he bought was a
quantity of confetti. He sent that home
and telegraphed to his wife as follows:
“Am sending 100 pounds of confetti.
Watch for It!"
Next day he received this telegram
from his wife;
I "5-onfettl Is here. How do you cook
Pre-natal Influence is blamed for
the uncontrollable desire of an east
ern youth to take automobiles with
out permission. Before he was born,
his mother had a great desire to own
•n automobile. The boy Is of re
spectable parents, and made no at
tempt to dispose of cars. Buy that
far now >f yen have a fever.
IIS NEBRASKA
Bureau of Securities Says Of.
fer of Polish Paper at Cur
rent Prices Means Loss
To Buyers.
Lincoln, Neb,, Oct. 11 (Special).—
Director TouVelle of the state bureau
of securities has issued a warning to
Investors against purchasing Polish
bonds that are being offered in the
state at $17 when the market price
is but $2.60. The bureau has no Jur
isdiction over the sale of foreign
bonds but the officials believe it is
thier duty to call attention to the
facts. !ttr. TouVelle says that in the
literature that is being sent out stress
is laid on the normal exchange value
of the Polish mark, which was 23.80.
The bonds offered for $17 are 10,000
mark bonds, which if paid off at the
normal exchange would mean the in
vestor would get $23.80 for his $17, or
about 11,000 per cent. The latest quo
tation of the Polish mark is .00026,
which would make a 10,000 mark bond
actually worth $2.60, or about one
seventh of what the syndicate is ask
ing. Mr. TouVelle advises all persons
desiring to invest to look up the mar
ket quotations before parting with
their money.
FARM BUREAU AGAIN
SOLICITING MEMBERS
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 11 (Special).—
Under the direction ot J. N. Norton,
chairman of the executive committee,
the work of soliciting farmers to Join
the farm bureau has been resumed.
The work has been suspended In order
to allow the United States Grain
Growers a clear field with the agri
culturists. Two plans of organiza
tion will be followed. Forty-five
counties were canvassed In large part
last year, and this winter the work In
them will be continued. In the re
maining counties the regular organi
zation work will be followed.
Officials of the bureau believe that
with the good work done by its repre
sentatives In Washington and the
success they met with In getting;
through farmer legislation will make
It easy to get new members.
NEBRASKA BAPTISTS IN
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 11 (Special).—A
large number of Baptists from all
over the state are here attending the
annual convention of the church. The
meetings end next Thursday.
The most Rev. J. J. Harty, arch
bishop of Omaha, arrived here Sat
urday for his episcopal visitation of
the Catholic church of this city.
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; Deserts Capital Society }•
} For College Career}.
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Miss Ruth Wallace, daughter of the
secretary of agriculture, and Mrs.
Wallace, who has deserted society In
Washington and entered college In
Baltimore.
The Jeweler and the Beetle.
From Scientific American.
The Pharaohs of old Egypt had their
scarabs, and In collections and museums
we may still see these curious Jewels.
But modern times have not Been any
material use of Insects or insect pat
terns In the Jeweler’s arts. Today, how
ever. there Is quite a vogue In Paris
calling for the incorporation in pendants,
necklaces and pins, not of the mere
counterfeit presentment of insects, but
of the actual Insects themselves, pre
served In one way or another. The
Parisian Jewelers follow here the lead
of the Egyptians, in that they employ for
the most part exotic coleoptera (In the
vulgar tongue, beetles) of warm and Iri
descent colorings.
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The war department contemplates a
national defense act under whose regu
lations thousands of World war veter
ans would be assigned for duty iu the
reserve army frame work.
WELLING, N. Z.—New Zealand
will be represented at the Washing
ton conference on limitation of arm
aments and far eastern questions,
Prime Minister W. F. Massey stated
today.
DETROIT.—The state Is ready to
proceed with the trial of Herman F.
Kademacher, a former policeman,
charged with murdering his wife, Ger
trude, by throwing her Into Detroit
river from the Belle Isle bridge last
Thursday night, Allen W. Kent, as
sistant county prosecutor announced
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Nebraska’s Chief Executive
Has Another Letter from
Federal Reserve Sys
tem’s Head,
•Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9 (Special).
Governor AIcKeivle has made public i
long communication from Governoi
Harding, of the federal reserve sys
tem, with whom he has been in a long
distance controversy over the ques
tion of whether the federal reserve
banks have not been favoring the in
dustrial east against the inter
ests of the agricultural west. The
letter of the banks' executive con
tains a long analysis of loans made by
the institution, and he points out that
it shows the charge is not true. Gov
ernor AIcKeivle will have a bank ex
pert go through it for the purpose of
checking up on it. He says that a
cursory examination does prove one
criticism urged against the federal re
serve banks, and that was that it
forced liquidation in this section of
the country harder than in others.
It is pointed out that the report
shows that the largest reduction of
loans was in the district in which
Nebraska is Bituated, $53,000,900 for
the year.
WIFE SAYS HUBBY
TOO OLD FOR HER
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 9.—When Zella
Duhlgg, 20, married r>. C. Carbaugh,
44, In Tekamah. Neb., May 18, 1920,
she did not know he w'as 24 years
older than she, she asserts. At the
end of three weeks, she learned the
truth, however, her dreams of happi
ness disappeared and she went to her
mother’s home at Coffman, Neb., »c
ccrdlng to Zella.
She is now in the Salvatior Army
rescue home in Omaha, and Car
baugh has opened fight in district
court for a writ of habeas corpus to
have his former bride returned.
When informed that Carbaugh had
instituted action to have her returned
she replied:
"1 won’t go back to him. WThy, he’s
older than my father. All I want from
him is my winter cogt, wrist watch
and school books—and to be left
alone.”
According to Matron Lillian Ness,
of the rescue home, the marriage was
annulled through the efforts of At
torney Grace Ballard, of Washington
county.
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STATE RESISTS EFFORT
OF NEBRASKA BAKERS
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 8 (Special).—De
positions taken on behalf of the state
have been filed in district court in
the case brought by the bakers’ asso
ciation of the state in which they quct
ceeded in temporarily holding up the
law passed last winter fixing standard
weights for bread. The principal
claim of tile bakers is that the law
is impossible of enforcement, because
its provisions make requirements that
they cannot follow. The depositions
were taken in Chicago, where a simi
lar law is in effect. They are from
men and officers familiar with the
workings of the law. They say that
the bilkers there are complying with
the standard weight law and find no
trouble in getting the loaves to cor
respond.
BELIEVED KILLED IN
BATTLE, RETURNS HOME
Columbus, Neb., Oct. D.—Roman
Rybinski, officially reported as “killed
in action at the first battle of the
Marne,” yesterday walked into Amer
ican Legion headquarters here and
the first man he met was Mark Burke,
former sheriff of Platte county and
who was in charge of the draft board
when Rybinski left here to be at
tached to the 89th division.
He states that he was gassed, and,
having a dislike for hospitals, did not
go to one until compelled to by hia
condition. After getting temporary
relief he left the hospital and at
tached himself to another outfit with
evident credit to himself and the ser
vice as evidenced by his papers.
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ANOTHER OMAHA BANK
HEAD IS INDICTED
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 9.—William V.
Matthews, president of the now de
funct Pioneer State bank of Omaha,
was indicted by a special grand Jury
on charges of embezzling J.IOO.OOO
and with ‘"kiting” checks between the
bank and the Denver State bank of
Denver.
The latter charge is that the al
leged “kiting” was done through the
Guaranty Securities companies of
Denver and Omaha. Mr. Matthews
who was one of a number to be in
dicted by the grand jury’s investiga
tion of stock and other transactions,
furnished bond.
TAKES POISON AND
CREMATES HIMSELF
York, Neb., Oct. 9.—Bernard Lin
quist, about 25 years of aye, living
west of Lushton, committed suicide
Thursday by taking strychnine. He
then took a ladder and pitchfork from
the house to the field. Climbing on
top of a straw pile he dug a hole and
buried himself, setting fire to the
stack of straw. The body was re
covered before the fire reached it.
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P. E. O. SISTERHOOD
IN ANNUAL ELECTION
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 8.—Mrs.
Bertha Clark Hughes, of Omaha, was
elected head of the P. E. O. Sister
hood*Ut a closing meeting of the con
vention here. Miss Patience Beatty,
Los Angeles, was named second vice
president, and Belle M. Musser, Den
ver, was elected national organizer.
The women decided to build a me
morial librafv at Mount Pleasant, la.
Children in One Family Expire
Within Few Minutes of
Same Time — Tinder
Quarantine.
Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 8.—Two
children in the family of Peter Jor
gensen, at North Loup, died within
half an hour of spinal m | Ingitis
Tuesday. A daughter, aged 6, had
been ill four days from what was be
lieved to be tonsil trouble, and men
ingitis did not develop until Tuesday
morning. She died within a few hours.
Twenty minutes later her little broth
er, aged 2, died from the same dis
ease.
Two cases have been quarantined
in Grand Island under the same name,
though City Physician Ryder declares
the cases In reality to be infantile
paralysis. Several days ago there was
one death in a family soutli of Alda.
Another child in the same family was
stricken, but has recovered. At Shel
ton there have been a few lingering
cases since the outbreak last summer,
when the motion picture theaters were
closed, but the disease is being care
fully watched and is making no prog
ress.
SHOOTING IS RESULT
OF FAMILY TROUBLE
Rapid City, S. D., Oct. 8.—Albert
Schultz, a young man ( £ about 30
years of age Is in the ljcal hospital
under the care of a physician and
Amlel Haack is in the custody of the
sheriff as the result of a shooting af
fair which took place on the ranch
owned by Haai^:, six miles from
Scenic.
The story goes that Haack, who
has been away from his wife and
children because of domestic troubles
for the past year, had recently re
turned from the eastern part of the
state and went last Sunday to see
how his family was making it. Upon
his arrival at the ranch, it is alleged
that Schultz, who is a half brother
of Mrs. Haack and was staying with
the family, went into the house and
returned with a 32 revolver, which he
gave to Mrs. Haack. According to
the story told by the officers, Haack
made an effort to get hold of the gun
and in so doing the shot was fired
which struck Schultz on the left tfrist
also breaking the akin on hi3 chest.
The attending physician stated last
night that Schultz was not in any
danger and would be able to leave
the hospital in about three days, al
though his left wrist would be crip
pled.
USES SAFETY RAZOR
BLADES TO SLASH SELF
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 8.—Olaf On
stad, 44, ex-bartender and former
clerk in a local cigar store, cut and
slashed himself with safety razor
blades on his side, the veins of his
left arm and his throat in an attempt
to take his own life. He was discov
ered in his room at the Windsor hotel
when another guest saw blood stains
leading into the bedroom.
Three deep gashes were sliced in
Onstad’s side with the sharp blades,
but failed to cause death.
The man then attempted to sever
the veins on his left arm by slash
ing four deep cuts. This method of
suicide was not effective enough and,
standing in front of his mirror, On
stad started to cut away at his
throat. The blades reached every part
of his neck but the juglar vein. When
found by police he was lying in a
crumpled heap in a pool of blood and
the entire room showed evidence of
profuse bleeding.
Despondency, due to lack of work,
although he had a 3500 bank account
and ill health, is believed the motive
for suicide. He is expected to live.
NEWSPAPER LIBEL SUIT
UP ON A DEMURRER
Watertown, S. D., Oct. 8.—Argu
ment on a demurrer entered by the
defendant In City Attorney A. L.
Sherin's $25,000 libel suit against the
Herald, weekly newspaper here, was
heard in chambers court by Circuit
Court Judge W. N. Skinner. The dte
murrer was based on the allegation
that statements complained of by the
city attorney did not constitute libel
and that there was therefore no cause
for aeticn.
Judge Skinner heard the oral argu
ments of both defendant and plaintiff
and took the demurrer under consid
eration for future decision.
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IS FOUND DEAD !N
DEEP GRAVEL PIT
Grant. Nob., Oct. 8.—The body of
Edgar M. Doty \va3 found in a gravel
pit one and a half miles west of
Grant, where he was killed recently by
a cave in oi loose earth. He came
here from Juanita about one year ago
and was in the employ of the John
son Implement Company. He left
town for a load of gravel and was not
missed until the following morning.
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LAD PULLS GUN OUT AUTO,
IT GOES OFF, KILLS HIM
Kearney, Neb., Oct. 8 (Special).—
Sidney Adams, 19, was accidentally
shot and killed here Thursday upon
his return from a hunting trip. He
drove his auto into the garage and
turned to pull out his gun from the
car. The gun was discharged and the
load penetrated his chest.
U. S. JURY MAY PR03E
ALLEGED BLUE SKY FIRMS
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 7 (Special) —
A federal grand jury probably will
be culled upon to investigate the ac
tivities of alleged blue sky compa
nies and their promoters when it meets
in Lincoln, October 18. This state
ment was made by Don W. Stewart,
assistant federal district attorney here,
Thursday. Offending individuals may
be reached through charges of using
the malls in a scheme to defraud, it
is hinted.
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The following statement concerning the Muscle Shoals enterprises is
made by the Mississippi Valley association, the organization of business and
other civic spirited men whose purpose is to advance the development of the
Mississippi valley. The association appointed a committee, with engineer
ing experts among its members, to investigate the Muscle Shoals problem to
acquaint its own membership and the public with the unbiased facts con
cerning this project and Henry Ford’s offer to buy it from the government.
The association had given its endorsement to the Muscle Shoals project in
1919, having been convinced that it was a worthy undertaking, the comple
tion of which would aid largely in the development of the valley territory.
The committee was therefore instructed to determine w'hether the project
should now be completed and put into profitable use, or abandoned and the
large sum of money which had been expended upon it charged off as a loss
incurred by the world war. The report says:
The committee found that both nitrate plants had been practically com- _
Pleted and that the largest of them was in successful operation at the time
the armistice was signed. They found that all told the government had spent
as of June 30, 1920, $105,221,238.51,
The committee also found that the uncompleted dam at present com
pletely blocks the navigation of the upper Tennessee river and its tribu
taries, upon which stretch of the river there are great deposits of coal, iron
ore, marble, slate, phosphate rock, zinc, and immense forests of hard wood
timber, all of which raw materials are badly needed by the rest of the coun
try, and with the cheap water transportation which the completed navigation
Improvement of the river would permit, these valuable materials could be
transported by water to the different sections of the valley to the great ad
vantage of the country’s Industrial welfare and prosperity. They also found
that by the completion of the dam—at an estimated cost of about $20,000,000
—approximately 600,000 horse power of hydroelectric energy would be
created and made available for the operation of the nitrate plants In time
of peace, In the production of fertilizer materials for the enrichment of the
soil throughout the United States, and also for the industrial and municipal
use of the numerous important cities in the different states within the ra
dius of which such power could be transmitted. Furthermore, these great
nitrate plants, while being usefully operated in time of peace, could be held
in reserve by the government for the manufacture of high explosives in tlma
of war, thus securing the benefit of their use for the purpose for which they
were planned; which was to make us independent of the imported nitrates
which we have heretofore been compelled td use, and upon which we are
still dependent. The suggestion made in congress of "scrapping” these great
plants, upon which 100,000,000 of the people's dollars had been spent, was re
pugnant and unthinkable to the members of our committee, when they
realized the great possibilities which their completion would bring in bene
fits to the country at large.
The committee, therefore, made a unanimous report recommending tha
immediate completion of the dam and the operation of the enterprise, in the
belief that the government would find a way to interest some capable and
responsible party, or parties, in taking it over, when finished, and continue
its operation and thus convert a big war loss into a parmanent and profitable
investment which would greatly benefit the whole country. The judgment
of the committee has already been fully justified as a splendid offer for the
entire property has recently been made and which has been in the hands of
the secretary of war since July 14, for hi3 consideration. This offer has
been made by Henry Ford, who agrees to take over the entire project and—
throughout a period of years—to repay to the government every dollar it
will have expended upon the big undertaking of building two power navi
gation dams at Muscle Shoals.
Mr. Ford, proposes that if the government will complete Dam No. 2,
which stands more than one-third completed, and if the government will
agree to build Dam No. 3, 17 miles above Dam No. 2, which, if completed,
will develop 250,000 horsepower of electric energy, making a total at both
dams of 850,000 horse power, which will be the largest single power project
development in the world, he will lease both dams for 100 years. Further
more, the building of this additional dam will at once make 150 miles of the
upper Tennessee river and tributaries navigable and put them into use a»
carriers of commerce, largely at the expense of a private individual, which ia
an unusual procedure in the improvement of our navigable waterways.
The "interests” opposed to the acceptance of Mr. Ford’s offer claim that
the additional dam (No. 3) will cost more than $8,000,000. Suppose it does
the government can well afford to pay a reasonable part of its co3t in order
to secure the benefits which the navigation of this important stretch of tho
Tennessee will bring to the country. As soon as the two dams are completed
and *15ower Is ready to serve, if the government will agree to lease for a
period of 100 years to Mr. Ford, he will make annual payments for the lease
of the two dams of $1,680,000. He further agrees to create a sinking fund
from which annual payments will be made to the government throughout the
period of 100 years, which payments within the period named, will reimburse
tho government for every dollar it will have expended upon the two dams,
their navigation and power facilities. In the chief engineers’ report to the
secretary of war, dated July 22, and in which report the chief engineers rec
ommends to the secretary that Mr. Ford’s offer be accepted, he, in part says:
“Tho total payments of all kinds to the government proposed by Mr.
Ford during the period of 100 years, aggregate $214,540,000. It further leaves
at the end of 100 years 850,000 h. p. developed, with improved navigation of
150 miles of the Tennessee river and its tributarie, all tree of any e°st t° V?®
United States. [The government lias spent $105,221,238.51. Mr. Ford will
pay back twice this amount.]
The present navigation improvement in the Muscle Shoals stretch of the
Tennessee river consists of two lateral canals, one a little over 1 Vi miles in
length, with two locks, and another nearly 14 miles in length with nine locks.
The average annual cost of maintaining and operating these two lateral
canals, for the past 30 years, has been $53,079.43. The completion of dams
No. 2 and 3 will do away entirely with the use of the existing canals and
locks, and consequently, the $53,000 annual cost of their maintenance and op
eration will be saved to the people, a3, in addition to the large sum of money
which Mr. Ford agrees to pay for the lease of the two dams, he offers to pay
$55,000 annually, throughout the period of his lease, for repairs, maintenance
and operation of the dams and the government locks which are to be con
structed, thus transferring to Mr. Ford the burden which has been and is
now being born by the taxpayers of the country. Mr. Ford, further, agrees
to furnish the United States free of charge throughout the period of his
lease, the electric power required for the operation of the locks, thus cheap
ening the cost of transparting the freight that will be carried upon the Ten
nessee river for the next 100 years. Mr. Ford proposes to purchase outright
the two nftrate plants and to put the largest of them-piant No. 2-.nto use
for the manufacture of fertilizer products which he agrees to sell to tho
farmers of the United States at a price not exceeding 8 per cent. abo\e the
aCl*He further proposes to sell for industrial purposes, at a reasonable price,
a certain proportion of the water power to be created, to those who may
wish to use it in the large area of the country to which it can he transmitted,
which will add largeiy to the development of the resources of that portion of
the United States and create new wealth, the taxation receipts from which
will benefit our entire country.
The only opposition to the completion of this great undertaking comes
from the selfish interests who are now producing small quantities of ferti
lizer materials and who do not want to encounter the competition that will
be created. They are pressing their opposition in spite of the lessons of the
war which demonstrated that no country can successfully fight a war of
offense or defense without its own domestic supply of nitrogen for explosives.
This opposition opposes the completion of Dam No. 3, in the face of the fact
that the United States has paid a bill to Chile for nitrates, since 1867 to July,
1919 aggregating $821,183,624.12. This opposition is so selfish that it ignores
the fact that the people of this country have paid as export duty on nitrates
shipped from Chile since 1867, to July, 1, 1919, of $163 647,780.68, and if wo
estimate the same 10 years increase in shipments of Chilean nitrates to tho
United States our bill to Chile since 1SG7 will stand in 1928, on the basis of
nitrogerf consumption doubling every 10 years, at $1,400,044,545.18.
Mr Foul’s offer must be given to the congress for its decision. A major
ity of its members are, undoubtedly, fair-minded, honorable men. They will
have all of the facts before them and now that they are offered an opportun
ity to avoid the waste of $100,000,000 of the people's money and to convert a
nnssiblo war los3 into a safe and sure investment, the returns from which
will' insure lasting benefits lo the people of the country. The whole country
will await their decision with keen interest. No other offer is before them
and their action should be prompt. The only probable bidders for the prop
erty are those interests who have done their utmost to discredit and depre
ciate the project and have been insistent upon the "scrapping” of the entire
work already completed.
The “interests” that are making objections to Mr. Ford’s offer are claim
ing ffcat his outright ofrer of $5,000,001) for the two nitrate plants, is not
enough In the light of what has been done with other similar war projects,
the price offered for the Muscle Shoals enterprise seems cxremely liberal
and especially so when Its promised developments for the good of the coun
try are taken into consideration. ........ .,
The “Old Hickory” smokeless powder plant, built during the war near
Nashville Tenn., tho largest in the world, which cost $80,000,000 was sold for
S3 500 000’ and the government loses all of its ownership and rights to the
Lj’ . ’whereas Mr. Ford proposes that the Muscle Schoals nitrate plant No. 2
«PhMI be reserved for the use of the United States whenever needed in time
of war.
It Works Both Ways.
From the Detroit Free Press.
After all. it is no more reprehensible
for women jurors to be lenient with
young men culprits because they are
good looking thah it is for men Jurors
to be lenient with pretty women who
are on trial.
Boccaccio’s Tales.
From the New York Herald.
The bones of Boccaccio have been
found. I.et them rest. Dead men tell
no tales—like Boccaccio’s.
A Surmise.
From the I-oulsville Courier-Journal.
"Why isn't there more building?"
"LbOks to like the capitalists are
b a strike.*
k _
The death of Engelbert Humper
dinck, famous German composer of
operas, deprives the world of music
of one of its foremost figures. His
most famous work, ‘‘Hansel and
Gretel,” is remarkable for the almost
fairy grace of the music, a quality
which Humperdinck seemed able to
impart to all of his soores.
A Fort Dodge man who has kept a
dally weather record for half a century
prophesies an open winter and a beau
tiful October for Iowa.
President Harding started another
word going last week. It la "muni
ments,” and It's In tbe dictionary,
marked "obsolete.”
