PAGE TEN. THU2SBAY. OCTOBER 0. 1010. FLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL KEEP CLOSER TAB OH LIVE STOCK Government to Change System " of Estimates. WILL BE MORE THOROUGH Instead of One Estimate a Year for the 48 States There Will Be 12 Covering the 3,000 Agricultural Counties In the United States Sta ' ti sties Will Show Age and Sex Clas sifications as Well as Quality. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Up to this time the United States d -rwirtnient of agriculture has issued a single estimate, in January of each year, showing how many head of the various kinds of live stock there are in the United States, and one estimate a year showing losses by disease. Now the whole system is to be changed. As soon as the machinery can be got in operation by the bureau of crop estl ninths, there will be 12 live-stock esti mate a year instead of one. Instead of being made for the 4S states they will be made for the 3.000 agricultural counties In the United States. Instead of showing merely, that there are so many horses, so many cattle, so many sheep, and so on, they will be made by age and sex classifications. That Is, they will show what proportion Is breeding stock, what proportion grow ing stock, and what proportion "mar ketable stuff." They will show qual ity as well as numbers the propor tions of purebred animals, of grade animals, and of scrubs. A great deal more than that, even, is to be doneunder the new system. These surveys will show, besides actual live-stock figures, a great many thincrs pertaining to and affecting the live-stock industry. They will show how many silos there are and what they contain, how much feed is on hnnd and in prospoct available for feeding to live stock; and the condi tion of pastures ami ranges through out the United States. This showing will be made every month in the year. Pasture Knowledge Vital. The last-mentioned item, that of the condition of pastures and ranges, is of much greater importance than might appear at first blush. Leaving all of the others out of account for the moment, it should result in consid erable increase of live-stock produc tion as well as increased profits to a great many live-stock men. It will make possible quick shifts of live stock from sections where, for some reason, the pastures are short to other sections where for the time be ing the supply of pasturage is much greater than required by the live stock on hand. Almost every year somewhere In the United States great numbers of cattle and sheep suffer for lack of pasture, fail to put on weight, and, if they do not die, are finally sold at a consider able loss to their owners. At the same time that this is going on. multi plied millions of dollars' worth of grass goes to waste in various other sections of the United . States, be cause the supply of live stock on hand Is not sufficient to eat it. The average farmer who makes live stock a side line, or even one of his main lines, playj safe in the matter of pasture. The number of head of live stock he carries is the number he knows he can carry safely If con ditions should happen to be such as to cut hi pastures short. Very rarely does he carry the maximum number that would be possible with his pas tures at their best or even at normal. It happens, therefore, when his pas tures are exceptionally good and even when they are normally good, he has considerably more grass than is need ed by his live stock. With reliable monthly reports from the government each month, showing just the condition of pastures every where, the feeder or range owner who finds himself short of grass should have little difficulty In distributing his cattle viere there is abundance of grass, kevpinsr his young and poor stuff from going to the slaughter pen before they are ready and generally making his business more profitable and mor satisfactory. More Important Work Planned. All of th other items in the new program of the bureau of crop esti mates are equally Important, and some of them are vastly more so. The pub lication monthly of reliable figures showing the live-stock situation the country over should result practically in putting the live-stock business of the farmer on a more secure basis. The live-stock dealer always has the means of getting, on his own respon sibility, a rretty accurate survey of the situation, but the farmer has no accoss to those sources of information. When the government gives him the figures that are promised he will be on an equal footiog with the buyer. If there were ever ray doubt as to the ability of the department of agri culture to obtain quickly and accu rately country-wide Information on present and prospective food supplies, the doubt has been dispelled.1 Theiwnr emergency demonstrated the matter very clearly. During the two years, 1G17 and 1013, the department" esti mated In ad rtuce of the planting sea son t'.jo acreage tht farmers intended to plant to feed cr??i. In both yov.r rheo prepiuuiiii estimates came with in '' : -r le.A cf the final figures. In 191S. when for the first time It wafi possible to check up accurately on wheat, the department's estimates came within 2 per cent of the wheal production, as shown by the quan tity used for seed' and total receipts at miffs and elevators as reported bj the grain corporation of the food ad ministration. Such figures, authoritative and un biased, are a prerequisite to the mosl Intelligent program either of produc tion or of marketing. They prevent the issuance of biased and misleading reports by speculators. They tend to stabilize prices by giving advance in formation of overproduction or under production. The certainty of supply resulting from dependable government reports reduces the carrying risk of buyers and dealers, and enables them to pay better prices than would be possible otherwise. The government reports enable transportation con panies to estimate tonnage and to pro vide cars when and where they are needed. They give bankers the in formation necessary in providing funds for. financing farmers In the produc tion of their crops and, after harvest, for buyers and distributers of crops. They enable manufacturers to know, months In advance, what materials should be contracted for in order that farm machinery, equipment, and sup plies may be made available without annoying and expensive delays. There is just one class of men In jured by the government crop reports. They are the professional speculators who profit by the ignorance and un certainty of others. Those facts have long been realized as to the government reports on field crops. Now they are to become equal ly true as to live stock. To Shew "Commercial Production.' A number cf other things are to be done under Ihe new program. One will be to show, not merely total pro duction, but commercial production as well. That is, he crop report will show not only how much of a given commodity Is produced on the farms but how much leaves the farms and goes vn the market. The price of any thing is not determined by the quan tity of that thing produced on the farm, consumed on the farm, or wasted on the farm, so much "as by the mar ketable surplus the portion that actu ally leaves the farm and becomes a fafor In supply and demand in the open market. Another Important thing that will he a little longer in coming is the actual taking of a farm census every year instead of using as a basis of all figures the last preceding 10-year cen sus. This is to be accomplished by using tax assessors as gatherers of basic farm figures. About 30 states have already passed laws rtquirins assessors to do this work, the returns to be made to the state commissioner of agriculture and to be checked up by the state field agent of the bureau of crop estimates. In states where such laws have been passed, they are. for the most part, new and are not yet fully in effective operation. The de partment of agriculture expects, how ever, that similar laws will be passer! in all other states and the plan put in complete effective operation through out the United States within the next five years. A great deal of work is being done, also looking to closer co-operation be tween the federal department of agri culture and the aiate departments. Such co-operation results In combining the facilities of the two organizations and using them for the issuance of a single monthly crop report for the state instead of two. Co-operative agreements have been entered Into In Wisconsin. Ohio, Illinois, Iowa. Ne braska, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina. West Virginia. Arkan sas, Utah and Idaho, and are under consideration in many other states. MRS. ENOCH ARDEN BOBS UP First Wife of Civil War Hero Reap pears After Fifty Years. At eighty-one years of age, James Wainscott of Richmond, Va., is the unhappy possessor of two wives. 13 children and two divorce suits all as the result of a romance in 1865. In 1SG3, Wainscott was in a hos pital suffering from wounds received j in one of the last battles of the Civil war. He married the nurse whe brought him back to health. After six months they separated, and Wain scott was told later that she had died. So In 1S70 he married again, and has since then been a wealthy resident 1 Richmond, and has a family of 13 chil dren. And now of the dead past comes Mrs. Wainscott No. 1 from Kansas City, very much alive and angry, tc secure a divorce. Wife No. 2 also con siders herself a victim of Walnseott's marital zeal, and has also asked for a divorce. Both demand heavy ali mony. SAVING KAISERS' STATUES Germans In Thorn Fear Poles Will Destroy Them. Tfce Germans are carefully remov ing all bronze statues of former kais ers from Bromberg and Thorn lest the roles destroy them on their ar rival. . The statue of Frederick the Great at Bromberg already has been taken to Schneidenmehl and re-erected there. That of William th- Great wjH be; re moved in a few days and the formei kaiser's statue at Thorn will bo taken from the market with a festival pa rade. The German government , will be asked to erect It elsewhere. ' Me morial1? of E!?n-nck and other Germas chiefs al-o will be removed from thf brid acres.- the Vistula river. ' ,3Trr"!!"-'vT -mr -r ... iV'TS. HUGE SUMS IN BANK ACCOUNTS ARE UNCLAIMED $500,000,000 in Britain Said to Await Claimants. WANT BANKS TO DISGORGE H. W. Bottomley, M. P., Revives Bill . to Give Government Benefit of These Funds In London a Woman De posited $140,000, and Years of Search Fail to Find Her or Her Relatives Interesting Tales of Other Accounts. As far back as the beginning of 1909, Horatio W. Bottomley, independent member of parliament for South Hack ney, one of the boroughs of London, owner and editor of John Bull, became prominent in pushing the dormant bank balances bill, whose object was to force the banks to disclose the na ture of ui-.Iaitned securities they bold, and the amount of unclaimed money, in oilier that they may be utilized by the government for public purposes. The bill failed of passage at the time, but it was recently revived by Mr. IV it touiley. Mr. Bottomley said in support of the bill that Jit least 10,HH.nM pounds sterling would be recovered. Going in to details he told the following story: 'There was an ohl lady with I'S.OOo pounds (approximately ?MW) to her credit at a well-known London bank. Kvery year she would drive up in her carriage and ask to see the manager, examine her passbook, and then draw a-check for the full amount. While the manager entertained Iter in the lank parlor a cashier would sfip around to the bead office and get notes for US.000 pounds. The old lady would carefully count them, and then being satisfied that her money was safe, put it back Into the account and go away. After a time her visits ceased. For fifteen or sixteen years now she has never been hoard of and her relatives are unknown." Another Piquant Morsel. A member expressed incredulity, but Mr. Bottomley replied that he could give the name of the bank. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex chequer, said the story was not entire ly new to him, and added another pi quant morsej to the bill of fare. Stirred by the talk about dormant balances, a banking firm decided to Investigate and discovered an account for 0.mhi pounds that had not been touched for W years. That account also stood in the name of a lady presumably no longer young. The bank communicat ed with her and asked If she was aware that the sum stood to her credit. She replied rather tartly that she was perfectly well aware of what her prop erty was and where It was, and since she could not leave It with that bank without being worried about it she had taken steps to transfer it to another. Major Lowther, member for North Cumberland, added to the entertain ment as follows: "Early in the nine teenth century the old banking com pany of Du Vane was wound up, and I understand there is reason to believe much of the stock and the funds of the bank were transferred to the Bank of England, and also valuable securi ties standing in the name of the sen ior partner, William Noble, I think his name was. I have seen the corre spondence between the solicitor of the beneficiaries of one of the trusts and the Bank of England, wherein the bank has declined to give any information as to what there is lying in that trust, although there is good reason to be lieve the claimant was entitled to a certain sum of money now held by the bank." Accounts of Refugees. Mr. Bottomley said it was notori ous that in the days of the French revolution the refugee families deposit ed large sums of money, jewels and securities in the old banks of London. If a committee could gain admission to the vaults of Coutts bank they would find boxes bulging with every kind of security. Some years ago the postmas ter general admitted that even in the:r small accounts the post office savings banks held half a million of money belonging to persons who had disap peared. The mother of a young fel low lost in a submarine, he said, had told her he had a considerable sum cf money In a bank, but she did not know which bank, and every one of them had refused her Information. The government accepted the bill af ter Mr. Chamberlain had said: "The hunt for buried treasure has always fascinated the minds of the youthful. It seems that it also touches the im aclnations of those of us who are no longer youthful. But the realization of the hopes put forward is more often confined to romance than reality. If I were a sporting man I would be pre pared to wazer that nothing like 100, nno.000 pounds is at stake. He put the sura at 2.000.000 to 3.000. 000 pound by multiplying the largest estimate given to him by those in po sition to know. The bill went to a select committee for consideration as to its practical working. It will not apply to ac counts which have laid dor mant for sis years or less. It was noted in the beginning that Mr. Bottoruley has long been promi nent in this "buried treasure" quest. It must not be ort-rlooked that he has also been long a figure in the courts. Hrj.; -ju-m,. . . ., He lifts been cafrel the stormy petro of English politics and journalism. He has often been defendant In lawsuits growing out of financial transactions. As far back as the nineties fie was tried with former Lord Mayor Isaacs of London on a charge of conspiracy to defraud in connection with the fail ure of the Hansard Printing and Pub lishing union. Bottomley was manag ing director. Both," however, were ac quitted. Bottomley defended himself with so much skill as to win the desig nation of "the best lay lawyer in Eng land." Paid $1,000,000 Voluntarily. It must be said to hi? credit that years after be voluntarily paid $1,000, 000 over to the stockholders of the failed concern. In 1000 a treasury prosecution was brought against him by the government in connection with the London and Joint Stock Trust and Finance corporation, of which he was the principal promoter. The action failed, the magistrate deciding there was no case against him. Again Bot tomley defended himself. Not all of his legal defenses, how ever, were successful. In June. 1011, he Mas ordered to refund $2.r)0.000 to the estate of 11. E. Master, a Madras civil ollicer, on the ground that he had sold the latter worthless securities. On another occasion he was made to pay $2,500 damages to Miss Louvima Knol lys, daughter of Lord Knollys, pri vate secretary to King Edward VII, for having stated In- one of his nublica- j tbms that she had eloped with a cav alry officer. As a journalist he came into notice by founding the London Financial Times. Later be established John Bull, a weekly that attained an enor mous circulation. In recent years lie has made a great deal of money to mining operations. Since then he has appeared on the turf as the owner of n stable. 0-0-0-00,-0--00--0',0-'0--0-,'0-,-G AMERICAN PILOT SETS NEW ALTITUDE RECORD 9 Battling against odds, with his C:r tlss triplane bucking a 100-mile wind In a temperature of 25 below zero, Ro land Kohlfs climbed .'0,700 feet at Min eola field, shattering all American avi ation records. In the air Just five min utes less than three hours. Kohlfs claims that had not the cold affected his radiator, he would have surpassed tlie world's unofficial altitude record o: 3.1,130 feet made by Adjutant Cas'ale. the Frenchman. Our photo shows Rohlfs in the Curtiss wasp, ready for the flight and garbed for Ins sLs-miie flight into the air. REMOVE 2,350 KISSES Japan's Police Censor Obliterates Os culations and Embraces. Japan does not like to see kissing in public, therefore American film stars are not permitted to osculate on the screen. In six months up to March 1, the police censors removed 2,3o0 kisses and 3o3 embraces from films imported from the United States. Only one kiss was allowed to. re main. It was a kiss granted to Colum bus by Queen Isabella and was shown In Tokyo only, as the censors deleted it before permitting the photoplay to appear In the provinces. VIMY RIDGE NOW MEMORIAL French Battleground Formally Trans ferred to Canada. VImy ridcre, allotted by the French government as a gift to Canada, has now been formally transferred. CJreat interest has been aroused among the Vimy ridge community as to what the Canadian' authorities pro pose to do with the site. It is under stood a memorial building will be erected by the Canadian government, to house Canadian record.- relating to that sector. Botsheviki Kill 75 People Daily. Twenty thousand hostages are re ported to have been arrested In Pe trograd recently. Russian newspa pers publUi almost daily lists of frcai 50 to 100 persons who have betu exe cuted for various reasons. : ... ..... KEPT 200,000 FISH IN PRIVATE HOME Ichthyologist Raised Them in Flat . and MaaV Money. DEiDES TO QUIT BUSINESS Had One of Most Remarkable Aquatic Collections in the World and Stu dents of Fish Life Came From Ail Parts to See New York Man's Col lectionClear Profit of $2,000 In Summer Season by Raising Fish. C. D. Pullen of 1G04 Crotona Park l"t- Vine TirL W t tf ti( fish business. and New York thereby has lost a place cf pilgrimage, the New York Evening Sun says. Mr. Pullen s home in tne past has housed one of the most re markable aquatic collections in the world, and students of aquatic life and fish fanciers have come from distant parts to this Bronx home "to compare notf-s with Mr. Pullen and to see his collection. There were casual features about this collection, however, which to the average man were even more remark able than the collection itself or the deep knowledge of fish life possesed by the collector. In former years, be fore the breaking up of the collection was begun, the story of an exhibit of more than 2 (0,000 fish in a private home brought many curious to Mr. Pul len's door. It may be judged how great was the sunio of these visitors when they found their way to a small double house, with a narrowly confined back yard, that so large and famed a col lection could be contained therein. Their surprise was still greater when hey found tanks containing tnousanu f fish stowed out of the way in the living room, in the kitchen ana on me porches, and nests for the breeding of nos-noitoes fish food by tne hiuions tucked away in the back yard and un der the back porch. Kept Them in Close Quarters. It was the aquatist's thorough and intimate knowledge of fish life that enabled him to keep such an enor mous collection in such confined space. 'He kept the fish healthy and active by 'the tens of thousands in space wnere (the amateur could not have kept: hun dreds. But Mr. Pullen has been a. fish 'fancier and collector since 1SS4 and he had opportunity to learn many o nature's aquatic secrets. With a small back yard say one about 15 feet by 40, which is about the size of the widely known Crotona Park yard one may well clear profits of. more than $2,000 in a summer sea son in the raising of fish, Mr. Pullen says, that is, if he possesses the nec essary information, and at the same time may make this business one of the most fascinating of hobbies. There are a few aquaria left in the home, and a mosquito plant with a capacity of many hundreds of millions of mosquitoes is still working, but Mr. Pullen has decided to dispose of the aquaria and give up the study to which he has" devoted more than 30 years. And he has come to know water life. Interested in his hobby, he ventures even to interpret the language cf the fishes ami recently, explaining the pe culiarities of the life that has so long been under his sympathetic observa tion, he illustrated many of his.points by hypothetical fish dialogues. Bubble Nest of the Hellene. ' He told of the bubble nest building of the little hellerie a species of fish that brings its young Into the world aiive and told of Mr. Hellene's fussi ness about this business. Pa Hellene i.in-o ,tithio: fnr thp nest, he said. without taking ma into his confidence, and when he does invite her to see the work his surprise goes for naught Ma Hellerie turns to and bursts his work all to bits. This always, accord ing to Mr. Pullen. annoys Pa Hellerie so that he forgets himself and chases ma in and out among the seaweeds un til one or the other breaks down. He is then brought to reason and docilely follows his wife's advice as to the nrooer site and architecture of the nest when he begins his work anew. Mr. Pullen showed an aquarium with manv hundreds of those little fish. He said that the water in this aquarium was 2S years old and. for the purposes of growing healthy and vigorous fish, was invaluable. It was planted thick with seaweed, and it showed through the glSss the same thick green that water scooped from a natural pond would show. It was evi dentlv the same sort of water that na ture uses for the growing of fish, and not the crystal clear water of the con ventional aquarium. Most fish in captivity are "starved to death bv their unnatural surround ings. Mr. Pullen says. The economy of nature Is ignored and the result is that fish in captivity die after short keeping and are always sickly, i ne clary white sand, the crystal water and a limp conventional weed or two spell a prolonged death for the rgu lationquarium denizens. Rules for Aquarium Keeping. These rules are given by Mr. Pul 'on for the. success of the hiie :.'qun rium: In the first place, never chance the water i f the aquarium. B sure that the circulation of oxygon through the water is sufficient and thorough bv planting seaweed and grass reach ing from the sand in the globe tlHve e ,.fttr A!?3W life breeding dtcay to accumdlate In the ra "voter cut up, now ana ineu, EEEX3 Z iVionopipes Sold This Summer! SOLD Order Now! Don't Wait Until Cold Weathei ! Sold On Payments! if H Je ft r - C 1 ' . 1 ' I;: Y':. 4.7? il-' I"?-, v-; rrt- 'z& ;.n TELEPHONE 400 Plumbing! Wiring! Heati ing! :D CROSS CHAPTERS 00. TO WELL CONVENE IN THIS CITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT DIST. COURT ROOM. . TO DISCUSS CIVILIAN RELIEF All Branches in the County are Urg ed to At Least be Represent ed at This Meeting. From Wednesday's Dally. The Cass county Red Cross chap ters will moot in this city on Sat urday afternoon at the district court room and all chapters of the coun ty are urjred to attend as thore will be business of importance to be transacted. Mrs. I.ilhan H. Moore, of Chicago, field renresentative of the depart- ment of civilian relief, will be pres - cut at the meet ing and present to the members of the various char ters the plans for the civilian relief work that is nqw becoming such an important part of the work of the organization. She will al.-o discuss the position of the government on the soldier's war risk insurance, the investigation of cases of the disabil ity of the soldiers or sailors as well a? the plans for the care and aid ci the service men who have or mr.y have in the future sickness or iis- razs Tag 3 Vi w S EVEN WITH BUILDING COSTS HIGH the prosperity of the next few years is certain to make profitable the building cf today. As sure as the sun shines this is good business ad vice and you will regret it if you wait for better build ing conditions. Come to Us for Your Estimates We will Help to make Your Plans Interesting J. RIG HE YP PHONE Lumber and Building Material Flattitnouth, . TO OATBOEgsjgssg Onp lav in mmmm install n n ::glEac!i Furnace Guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or your money )?CK. TinWor'n! ability !r the I' is as llu. ivtult of their service ;;.); try. ex?:.-ce;l thnt the Kcd Cross will establish a j."'nna:u :;' hsircri of f i: iiian r-!i:f in each cijuikv in M:e !-t:i;.- ami t);:it ;:cli chapter b.j ullowi-l a represent;;! , e to haini!-! ihl s llr.-c oi : t in look in t after tin; welfare cf the service men. .Mrs. .V:.or'- I i n i-p' ;v!M iiority on mid i;::'; e: u i ; i: ;.i.i! 1,' r en'orH tov.ar i.s a'iv; thi:; lin of wnrk rhoui'l be attended with success ami every iiititiber of the llel Cross i.i uryei! to be in atieiuiaiiee at ir.ee! in anil he-.r the ;-ir.n.s for county outlined. th.: the EXCURSION TO CHASE COUNTY V. E. Eosencraus to Leave with a Party Next Sunday Evening in Private Pullman. Next Sunday evening:, October 12, V.". K. Hoseucrans will leave I'latta niouth with a private Pullman car for Imperial, Nebraska. There will be at least twenty people with him on this trip. He is making a reduc ed rate of $20.00 for the round trip. This includes railroad fare, Pullma:i car accommodations, automobiles an l all meals from the time you leave Omaha until returning to Platls mouth on Thursday morning. Better Join this excursion party and see the best laud bargains in Nebraska. If you hSve a wife, take her alons. If not, .go anyway. Threshing is now in full blast and it's a good time to see the country. Advise Mr. Itoscn crans by Saturday mornins' if you desire to make the trip. Remember $20.00 pays all expense for the en tire trip. daw. )M,W 40 Nebraska ''''ill v." . c-ol