MONDAY, DEC. 17, 1923.
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MMR
At Garage Again!
I have taken my Garage arid Repair Shop
over again, beginning Dec. 1st. I shall be
here to care For all your work and give it my
personal attention. The very best of service
at all times. Gome, see me. Many thanks
for your business.
A. G-L Utf AC3D
Murdock, Nebr;
Dr. Li. D. Lee was called to Lin
coln on last Thursday to look after
some professional business. . : .
John Eppings who has been ill far
the past two weeks is reported as
being some what improved at this
time. . ... ..
Miss Alary Deickmann was a vis
itor for a few days last week at the
home of her sister Mrs. Fred Towle
IS. P. Lies was looking after the A.
H. Ward filling station during the
ibsence of Mr. Ward during a por
tion of last week.
On last Friday Miss Martha Lau
-was the guest of her friend. Mrs.
Henry Heinemann, they enjoying the
rlay nicely together.
Charles Buell who was over to
P'lattsmouth for a time serving on the j
pury returnea nome oniy io buituiuu
fto the flu and was down for a short
SI 1 111L.
Mr. Fred Lendstedt of Grand
Island, a friend or Miss Wary inecK
mann was a visitor at the home of
Mrs. Fred Deickmann over the week
, end last week.
Mrs. Roy Gorthey was confined to
her home and bed for a number or
days with the flu but has sufficient
ly recovered to.be able to look after
the affairs at the home.
Henry Brandt who is employed at
the home of Herman Schweppe has
been havine a tussle, with the flu
and was kept to his bed for a number i
of days during the past week.
Wm. RIkli and the family were all
down with the grippe for a number
of days during the past week but
have worn out the malady and are all
ready when the cook calls dinner.
E. W. Thingam who has been feel
ing quite poorly from an attack of
stomache trouble as well as some
thing resembling rfleumatrsmrtetill 1s
not feeling the best though attempt
ing to work it off.
At the home of Frcdinald Reich
mann the entire family has been kept
to the home and a good portion of
the time to. their bed on account of
-
the prevail!:
t hoping soon
i Homer H.
the prevailing influenza, they are
to be over the malady.
Lawton has been assist
ing in getting tne corn crop oi uiio
pliiler gathered but the prevailing
leather has been far from favoring
tern gathering and they have not
ttet getting along as fast. as they
fcuvc desired.
Mis. H. E. Lawton was a visitor
a portion of last week extend-
ng over the week end at the home
if Jier. daughter Mrs. M. R.. Weitc
iing a number of miles south of
Jacoln, and where she enjoyed the
Jsit very much.
Harold Luetchens was a visitor for
number of days extending over the
tek end at Ord. where he was the
lest of a very dear friend, and found
e condition there much like here
th much of the torn in that, sec
m not as yet picked. ' .
Ilrs. M. J. Crowford who is kept
i her home and her son Robert,
3i Tiave been having a stssle with
t flu and have been kept to their
ne and bed a greater portion of
time for the past week are show
tsome improvement at this time.
The program committee Tiaving in
d the preparation of the program
S of making arrangement for the
per celebration of the Christmas
xn were meeting last Friday at
Hiome of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
aemann, where they perfected
for the annual event,
liring the time when the roads
muddy and one cannot get any
re with any degree of safety and
! fields is so that it is not con
ent to pick corn, Henry Heine
a has been overhauling his auto
! Jutting it in the bcEt of condition
9 against the winter servcie.
s Mildred Foslcr received the
lews oi tne death or the rather,
" "
Under Ndw ranagement!
On the 1st day of December, A. H. Jacobson purchased
the Landholm Garage and has taken charge of the same,
where he will be found ready for any and all work in his
line. He invites all to give him a call.
Theo. Carnes, who is the ( representative of the
Chevrolet Automobile, will have his place of business at
the Garage, while George (jtt will carry a stock of sup
plies for autos and accessories as well as tires, gas and
oil. They will be there with the service so remember
the place the South Garage, near the Rock Island sta
tion, Murdock, Nebr. I
A; JACOBSON
THEtf. CARNES
; GEORGE UTT
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
of her mother who resided at Milford
and was called home to attend the
funeral. We are not able to learn the
n.-.n"? cf the grandfather. L'urv her
::ij&eiice from her duties as teachei,
ihe wont was looked aft .r by Mrs.
L. D. Lee.
Miss Edith Miller who is attend
ing the state university is reported
as having1 been very ill with the
flu at her home in Lincoln for the
past week, and every care has been
given both in nursing and medical
attention for her recovery, and dur
ing the latter portion of the week
it was hoped that she was showing
improvement. '
Stocking Shop Again.
W. O. Gillespie, representative of
the U- S. Oil Co., handling the bulk
distribution of their products, was a
visitor In Omaha on Wednesday of
this . past week . for a tank of high
grade gas .for use at the Murdock
field and preperation for which in
tank. storage had not been provided,
so he had to deliver the same from
the Omaha station. He was accom
panied by A. H. Ward who has re
cently taken over his garage, and
was over to make purchases of nec
cessary parts for his shop work at
the garage, and also made the pur
chase of a battery charger in order
to care for the work In that line as
he had let the other, one go, when
leasing his shop months since. He is
at this time installing this new
equipment to be in position to serve
his patrons the best.
, Will, Graduate in June.
Miss Elsie Deickmann who is com
pleting a three years course, in
trained .. nursing at the Adventist
Hospital and Sanitarium at Battle
Creek, Michigan, is making excellent
progress in her studies and will have
completed the course with high
honors and will finish her work and
receive her diploma in the coming
June.
Mrs.'Hempke Very Sick.
Mrs. Edward Hempkc who has
been suffering from a large cor
buncle on the back of her neck, was
suffering so badly that it was re
movedand whir hi as the growth was
large was made very ill by the, re
moval. Mrs. Rev. A. G. Zoch is caring-for
Mrs. Hempke during her ill
ness. .
Four Square Club Meets.
The Four Square Club met Deo.
10 at Mrs. E. W. Thlmgan's after
singing reading of lesson all pre
ceded to the kitchen for candy mak
ing, there -were 8 or 9 groups with
2 or 3 ladies1 in each group, there
was some chatts for about five min
utes, when each group had their mat
erials and articles gathered together
for making their kind of candy.
Candies -were made, some were soon
finished with fine success, others
worked long and tedious with fail
ure as the result. Some practised
making decorations for candy and
cakeB using a decorator for making,
there were a number of home made
candy boxes displayed one especially
pretty was made from different shap
ed cuttings from bright colored pic
tures fitted together and pasted on
a well shaped box about 4 inches
square and 1 inches deep, any desired
shape could be used.
The visiting ladies were Mrs. J.
Buck. Mrs. II. W. Tool. Mrs. Shupc
of Greenwood, a niece of Mrs. L. D.
Lee and Miss Mary J. Tool who help
ed with the music.
The candies were sampled, then all
went home, hoping to be able to" be
present at the next regular meeting
which will be January 21, 1929 at
the school house at 7
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30.
That's Tough!
' Two king's have now entered upon
the throne of checkerdome in Mur
dock in the persons of John Gacke
meier and Roy Gorthey and con
quering Bill Smith the old invincible
is now looking for a location to
start his alfalfa patches.
Will Marry Soon.
We are advised that there will be
a wedding two very popular young
people living near Murdock during
the coming week, the day, so rumor
says will be on December 20th. While
we are not authorized to name the
parties they are most estimable peo
ple and we are extending in advance
congratulations and best wishes for
a long, happy and useful life, which
is what makes the best in life and
real true happiness.
Warns Latin
Lands Must
Seek Peace
Battle Clouds Gather Over Bolivia
and Paraguay as Washington
Meet Opens.
Washington, Dec. 13. With a for
mal statement from Paraemav declar
ing that, war with Bolivia was.im-
minent before it, the special com -
mittee of the Pan-American confer
ence striving to bring about peace
met late today. These, were the im
portant developments:
1. Secretary Kellogg in his ca
pacity both as chairman of the con
ference and secretary of state, pre
pared to send a sharp reminder to
the warlike nations of the gravity
of their actions.
2. Pressure was being exerted by
every nation attending the Pan-American
arbitration conference to have
Bolivia and Paraguay submit to arbi
tration. Both Ignore. Meet.
3. Neither the Bolivian rior the
the Paraguan delegates attended the
conference, nor gave any indication,
that they would do so.
4. In American and other official
circles the situation was viewed with
extreme gravity.
At the moment when Secretary
Kellogg and the Pan-American dele
gates believed that peace would tri
umph in the threatened - boundary
dispute between Paraguay and Bo
livia the little republic of Paraguay
threw a bomb into the very delicate
situation.
Juan V. Ramirez, Paraguayan
charge d'affairs, left the following
note with Secretary Kellogg and Dr.
Victor Maurtua of Peru, chairman of
the special committee appointed to
compose the differences:
Concentrating Troops.
"The legation has received official
information, from its government,
that, notwithstanding the peaceful
sentiments of Paraguay, Bolivia is
concentrating troops and war ma
terials on the frontier, all of which
tends to make the outbreak of war
imminent."
In this ominous atmosphere the
special committee dealing with what
officials believe has the possibilities
of a general war in Latin-America,
redoubled their efforts to find some
way out of the difficulty.
The situation Is acute and calls
for prompt and drastic action to avert
a clash between armed forces already
mobilized on the border. This would
unleach forces nevt to impossible to
restrain .through mediation.
Prepare Strong Notes.
The only definite action was that
of Secretary Kellogg, who prepared
very strong notes to the American
ministers in Paraguay and Bolivia,
These notes are now in the course of
transmission. .
Speaking as secretary of state he
is understood to have instructed them
to act promptly and firmly.
The respective ministers are ' to
visit the presidents and foreign of
fices and urge them to withdraw their
troops from the border and submit
the dispute to arbitration
Unless they lo so, they will be
told they will be charged with the
responsibility of disrupting the peace
of South America. . .
Some Hopeful Signs.
.... JKarner in tne day tnere were
some hopeful signs that the affair
would be ended shortly. It was in
timated. that Bolivian Minister Sr.
Don Eduardo Diez de Medina would
finally sit with the special commit
tee appointed to deal with the Bo
livia-Paraguay dispute.
; Today he made it plain he would
not do so unless Paraguay apologized
and made reparation for firing on
Bolivian troops. ...
There was also a hopeful tone in
a reply from the Argentine republic
to a note from Secretary Kellogg ask
ing what its attitude would be in the
matter.
r Later today reports were received
from the Argentine Baying that coun
try also had mobilized troops on the
border of the Great Chacp provinces,
which, are the subject of dispute.
Omaha Bee-News.
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factory
Looms Nearer
as a Business
Great Tracts' Under Corporate Man
agement fielieyefi to Re
volutionixe Soil
Chicago Large .scale farming,. is
scheduled for, multiplication and
development of "corporation" farm
ing with factory-like methods ap
pears certain. Expansion of the size
of farm operations is already taking
place in some sections of the corn
belt. The farm promises to become
a bigger business with fewer pro
prietors. The American Society of Agricul
tural Engineers heard these predic
tions at a day devoted to the "Present
Status and Trend of ' Large Scale
Farming." It listened to Thomas D.
Campbell tell of his :: 100,000-acre
farm in Montana. It was told the
reason the farm faces' the possible
todg' of modern commerce is that
mergers, comDinanonB ana emciency
the farmer generally Is not the- busir
ness student demanded by this 'in
tricate day. . . .x- '
Family farming faces virtual , ex
tinction unless it uses, better meth-
ods, a large-scale operator from the
, corn aeu aeciarea. ;
"Actual experiments in the large-
scale organization of . agriculture
have moved far enough; in the .past
few years, so that we can see some-,
thing of the possibilities and limita
tions In this direction," E. G. Nourse,'
chief of the agricultural division of-,
the Institute of Economics at .Wash-'
ington, reported to the engineers.'
"In the case of . one crop farming
near the extensive, margin' of -cultivation
we shall doubtless .have some
operating units yh'ichu go far in.the-
direction of a factory.system of han
dling machinery, and machine' labor.
On Mr. Campbell's .farm, . for In
stance, harvesting outfits go in fleets"
of. four, . each . ktoujv ..-trailed ; by a
master mechanic, ready to render as
sistance to any outfit' wnich 'gets
into difficulty."; This is backed in inrn
by a central power " equipped shop
In charge of skilled machinists and
other workers. In'itjhave been -developed
some striking methods of
economical operation - and mainte
nance under. -sMr -Campbell. ' who is
himself an engineer bjg- profession.
"One need .not f uestion the tech
nical advantage of such a set-up. It
is fairly obvious also that this type of
organization grows naturally out: of.
the character of farming apd the geo
graphic, situation presented In .Mon
tana and to be found likewise In
other sections, such as. the southwest!
wheat belt, where also large-scale
enterprises have developed. We shall
need much more elaborate cost, stud
ies,, however, tpr establish unequivoc
ably the net economy of. such meth-.
ods. ... . . '.
, "My own observatipn. leads me to
believe that the' degree of efficiency
attained on the big power farm un
der something resembling, .factory
methods can be practically duplicated
in a very large part of our farming
country at a cost as low or ' lower.
This would mean only a very 'moder
ate stepping up of the size of farms
as we now have them. , '
Only Moderate Change Needed ' .
"Over, most .of " our. .agricultural
territory a very moderate, reorgani
zation of the family fam ; is' suffi
cient to produce the needful degree
of labor specialization at no. increase
of cost, it is being demonstrated over
and over again. There is much rea
son . to think ;that - the farm needs
only to become a three or a four-man
farm to permit of a labor specializa
tion which will approach maximum
efficiency in the -utilization of modern
mechanical equipment on the same
basis of labor : cost as now obtains
for farm work. . , . , -: .-
"Whenjwe turn from the mechan
ical, to. the commercial demands ; of
agriculture,- the picture changes
rather, markedly, , The small Amer
ican . farmer . characteristic, of the
past is showing himself by no means
adequate .of., the , growing - complex
ities of the : modern . commercial
situation. - - - -.
"It would seem a. self-evident
proposition that in no field of human
endeavor could, it be expected that
leaving managerial decisions , to .two
thirds of all the workers -Could result
in anything but inefficiency almost
medieval in character. Here, I thjnk.
is the real economic , ..demand' for
large scale organization' in agricul
ture, .,. .-. f 'v '..,;'. .;. .'.."
"In proportion as the conduct of
actual farming comes into the hands
of a quarter or a tenth of, the.-num-
ber of independent farmersyemploy-
ing helpers, on -the basis of ."specials
Ized efficiency will, v the task of
grouped organization -of commercial
and financial functions of, the busi
ness be strengthened and isimplified.
Where Actual Problem Lies- "
"I am confident that we- shall see
an increasingly large. - number, of
large-scale operations in agriculture
and that the movement toward - so
called ; corporation farming could
readily progress at a rapid rate were
the difficulties in its way merely of
a. technical - character. As a mere
matter of plant- anT office manage
ment, it is ridiculous to assert that
agriculture -is too tough -a-nut' for
tne corporation to crack in this . day
, "The real, difficulty .which" will. I
tiink;. prove -a definite and v rather
drastic check oS. any considerable !
einansion of reiiiv - hie farming :
anHlr. ZLi: tiiJ'X hi
Mnmrotlnn orvmo Tint In tho Q
grounus oi coiiis, prices-ana com
petition.
Mr. Nourse: then developed In'ife'
tail the . disadvantages . which, a. big
expansion., of ' .corporation : farming
would face.. ' .
-"Without the general application
of scientific principles to production,
the family system of agriculture is
doomed." said J. Ward Nelson, farm
manager,. of the Mid-Wet Canning
Cbrporatioi. ."The extension depart
ments of the various experimental
stations, the' Farm Bureau: Organiza-i
tion and the- farm papers have not
succeeded in getting this information
applied, . :
.-"Large , farming enterprises will
continue, to. spring up all over the
corn, belt. I expect to see manage
ment farming develop rather rapidly -for
a number, of years. , then slowly
give way to , the family system, ,as
that , system gradually incorporates
real science in its program." ..
Senile Approves
Quarter of Billion
for Enforcement
Huge, fund Slipped into , Treasury
Bill b j Senator Bruce, Demo-
crat, Maryland.
. Washington;- Dec. 13. Without a
word . of debate the senate today
bopsted - the' appropriation proposed
for prohibition enforcement' next
year from 113.500,000. to $27.o;627,
284 the highest figure ever suggest
ed: The increase, however, still must
be approved by .the., house where re
peated .efforts ;to frovidfe such" a large
sum have met" with failure. "
' The- move to . increase the allotment-
- was" made by Senator Bf uce
(dent, Md.), one of the wet leaders
in congress,' who proposed the more
than quarter' billion dollar-addition
in amendment form to the treasury
postofficej supply- bill -after the sen
ate had once p'assed the measure.
..- .The senator got his amendment in
however, rby asking for reconsider
ation of the bill. . and then things
moved so swiftly that it apparently
was not until some time later that
the. -seffate " realized what had occurred.-
- ,-. , ' .
Declaring the appropriation would
1 "wreck" ;. "the government's fiascal
program; leaders immediately laid
plans to. kill-the increase when the
bill is considered in "the Conference
with -.the" -bouse ' for, adjustment' of
differences between the two bodies.
"Let's Repeal or Enforce Law."
' Unable even. to explain his amend
ment because of the rush with which
lt.'went through. Senator Bruce later
exnlained off the floor that "it we
can't repeal the dry act. lei's enforce
it right," He said he had suggested
the. increase.becsuse . Commissioner
Doran of the -prohibition bureau naa
declared recently that it would take
300 million dollars-to enforce the
law. To suPDort this' increase- fox
enforcement work the Maryland sen
ator said he now proposed to pre
pare a bill authorizing .enough new
federal courts to "cover the land and
take carei(Qf the enormous increase
in business which seems In pros
pect."
. Senator ' Bruce laughed aloud to
the ' dismay of the small group of
senators on the floor when. his amend
ment-was declared approved and 5the
bill immediately thereafter declared
passed, lie was off the floor when
the treasury bill first was passed
Returning, 'tie asked reconsideration
Chairman Warren of . the appropria
tions, committee objected, but at the
request of Senator Kink (dem., Utah)
he yielded. .
Others Laugh, Too
. The amendment by Bruce, mere
ly proposing that the ..figures on
certain line of a certain page of the
bill be changed, "was. read by a sen
ate clerkr.. Senator Moses (rep., N
H.), the presiding off icer, declared
it adopted : without wating for the
Marylander to explain -his amend
teent.'-
As "Mr. Bruce laughed. Chairman
Warren turned, to the - amendment,
read it over, and then, laughed him-!
self.. He Ehowed other members on
the floorwhat they had Just acceptr
ed. and they decided the laugh was
on themselves, .confident that the
conferees- of the- senate and house
would - not acoept . the enormous in
crease.
The principal discussion of the
bill had. revolved about proposals . to
increase the salaries of Under-secre-
tary Mills.ot the treasury and Direc
tor Lord of the budget from 10 thou
sand dollars to 12 thousand dollars.
These anieridment were withdrawn
in the face of stiff opposition
.- The .bill,--which-also carries funds
for the . postoffice department, will
be sent .. to. conference immediately
World-Herald, 4 -a., . ... .
STATE NEEDS EXPANSION
.: Omaha, Dec! .12. Nebraska fu
ture . development depends' upon the
ability of state and city business men
to make an expansion program coin
tide with the -resources and condi
tions supplied by nature, was the
burden; of the message ' wrought to
the Omana Rotary - club .by . Dr.
George ;E: Condra ofihe UniverBity
of Nebraska here today. -:
Dr. Conflra showed the Rotarlana
that - nls department, .' state survey
thru .a . series - of. extensive, investi
gations! -is' now able to give busi
ness men -.exact" data on conditions
in : Nebraska, in regard to aoil, wa
ter, timber ) and -other resources. It
is able "to,,, help " business evaluate
trade territories and to forecast, the
amount of future development, that
can be expected fronrany given area.
Prospects -for, striking, oil ,in Ne-
ufDJ-,u"1: Ul Z t tl Z
?r CondraJnststed -ot .only his
iTll t ?5W.iSiSS
are: certaiiahat in. time a strike
will be mitde-at Riverton. Nehawka,
Or Ricllfield. he ald.'
' Large size jcapj-pf Cass; cotiaty -oa
sale at Jonmal office, 50c each.
Many Agencies :
m
ampaign to
Fight the Flu
Preyailing Epidemic Fastens
Grip on the Country from
One End to Other
Its
Washington, Dec. 13. Surgeon
General Cumming, after conferring
with the "board of strategy" he ap -
pointed to make a study of the in
fluenza epidemic, today made public
a program of precaution to aid in
combating the disease, but at the
same time emphasized that the hope'
of preventing its spread was an il-i
lusive one. -
Cases reported today stood at 41,
063 after Tennessee reported 243 new
cases, and the belief continued among
ntihlir. health nfFlrinl that thene
cases represent not more than one-
Jifth of the actual ones. The surgeon
general's program of. precaution re
commended the isolation of the re
cognized and suspected cases, voiding
contact with crowds, and treatment'
of cases at home rather than in hos- J senate group which in pfiBt years suc
pital. j cessfully fought America's enry Jn-
All of these suggestions were o,uali-j to the league of nations, today raov
fied with the clause "if possible."! ed quickly -to prevent unqualified
General Cumming doubted the ef-; ratification of the Kellogg-Briand
fectiveness of closing city schools and treaty for the i enunciation of war.
of wearing influenza masks. j The . day's activity, wa climaxed
' ' ' Congress Takes Cognizance. . when Senator Moses . . (II.), .New
Meanwhile, congress also took Hampshire, staunch anti-leaguer, Jn-
Mml.anri nf the enidemic. ReDre-
tentative Edwards, democrat, Geor
gia, introducing a bill to authorize
an appropriation of $.25,000,000 '.for
use by the surgeon general to com
bat the outbreak. The measure would
make this sum available immediate-
ly. permitting the surgeon .general
to,add to his force a sufficient num-,
ber of physicians and other person
nel to carry on the work in con
junction with state, county and muni
cipal authorities. . . . .- 1 : :
The "board of strategy.", compos
ed of Dr.. G. W. McCoy,, Dr. W. H.'
Frost and Dr.-J. P. Leake, telegraph-
ed; physicians on the. west coast ask- States as Btoutly insisted by its sen
ing for information . regarding . ,the. ate opponents, .
clinical aspects -of the cases treated. . The decision to introduce the
Responses have been brief, Uiey an- , Moses resolution was reached after
hounced, bringing only the informa- the meeting of the senate ,-foeig,n,
tion that cases thus-far seeem to be. relations. -committee today at which
milder than those of the 1918 epi- Senator Borah (R.), Idaho, its chair- .
demic, and that. symptoms- are ,."leas. tnan, unsuccessfully tried to bavp fc.he
distinctive." , -j committee report the document in the .
.Increases, in. personnel, and expen- .senate. -ditures
to meet influenza epidemics . The resolution defines the position
in three marine" hospitals were au- of the United States on the Monroe
fhorized by. the surgeon general to- Doctrine and other points. It is of
day.iii response to appeals reporting fered as a substitute for a leserva
a hospital library .converted into em-' tion to the pact itself,-which has
ergency wards.' and outbreaks among oeen discussed by the Reed-Moses-hospital
attendants. , ' Shipstead group, thoagh it is intend
'Dr. W. ; C. Rucker,' In charge of .ed to have: the effect of a reserva
the 300 bed marine hospital at New,'tidn. : , 4
Orleans reported influenza outbreaks .Borah Is Determined,
among -both employes and patients,! . After, the committee meeting, to
and an "influx of influenza patients." , dav senator Borah said he would
The situation here, he said, i& fur- hQd daily meetings next week in an
ther complicated by preparations for. effort to ODtain a final vote which '
moving the hospital from its present will , brine the pact to the senate
sit to a new building. Dr. Rucker
also was authorized to employ fif
teen extra attendants.
LOSSES FB.0D SOIL EROSION
. ABE TWO BILLIONS YEARLY
- united.States declare that in advis-
Hashington, Dec. 14. The nation ing and . consenting to' the'.' muttilat
loses more than $2,000,000,000 an-' eral treaty It doeso with the un
nually in plant food lost in the wash-' derstanding. ... ...... ,,,
ing. away of more than a billion and Keep Doctrine Free,
a half tons of soil from fields and." "i. . That the treaty.- Imposesno
pastures. The washed soil contains obligation on the United States, to
126.000,000,000 "'pounds', of plant resort to coercive or punitive meae
food. ' ' ' ures against .any ofTending nation.
Relating this loss before the house1 "2. That .the treaty do not im
agriculture appropriations sub-com- pose any limitations' upon the' Mon
mittee, H. H. Bennett of the bureau roe Doctrine or the traditional pol
of chemistry and soils said that ices of the United States.
"erosion is removing from our fields "3. That the. treaty dona not im-twenty'-one
times as much plant food pair the right of the United States
every year as is taken out of the soil to defend its territory, possessions,
by the. crops removed, and this Is a trade or Interests,
minimum estimate that is obviously -"4. That the treaty do-s noi obll
small." ' ; ' gate the United States to the condi
The farmers of the country, he de- tions of any treaty to which the
clared, sustain a direct loss of not United States is not a party."
less than 5200,000,000. annually Omaha Bee-News,
through erosion. He estimated that . ' -
in the, past decade 30,000,000 acres
of farm and pasture land have been
abandoned because the soil became
impoverished by reason of the wash
ing off of the more fertile topsoiL
The entire country Is affected by
soil erosion, Bennett told the com
mittee. He. added that the "prob
lem of soil and water conservation
is Inseparably tied up with national
defense, farm relief, flood, control,
and continuing economic perman
ency of the nation." .
Under the present system of farm
ing, he declared, "the bulk of our
rolling lands will have been ruined
or Bo severely Impoverished that they
can maintain oly a. peasant type of
farming."
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I OU Can t get entfiused Over
a Christmas gift that COmeS to
j 11 - 1 1
you wrapped like a meat pack-
age, no matter how Valuable
. l ' t i
uic cuiiLciiu may uc. iwic
tip from US, and dreSS up your
r. 'i . ii ; '
OWXl gilt packages suitable to
the occasion." Boxes, wrapping
, : t ' -
paper, SUCkers, greeting cards,
COrd, etc at Bates Book and
f'i cl.,- - ' .
UlTt Dnop. .- '
YOSEMITE IS J. -THE - . !
MOST POPULAR PARK
. . . j
. Washington, ' Dec, 10.- Yosemite
n California again was recorded as
the most popular, national park , in
1928,-with -almost- double the num
ber, visitors that went -to Piatt In
Oklahoma, its closest . contender.
i nere were aimosx - zu,vuu more in the will of Miss Alice M. Long
visitors to national parks : in 1828 fellow, dauehter of the rmet. Honrr
than in the-preceding :year. There
were 230,984 to - Yellowstone,- and "
19Sr,9a f Hot Springs. -- -- -
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Read the Journal Want Ads.
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SCALE WALLS OF, A FElSO;
: Nashville, Tenh., Dec, id. Defy
ing high voltage . electrical .wires
which are strung along the top of
the, prison walls, John BuJIo, eight
teen, Denver bandit; Homer Smith,
twenty-two. Tipton county slayer,
and Alfred Baldwin, twenty-six, Ham
ilton county, escaped from, ,the. state
penitentiary here tonight.' A few
minutes after their escape the prlnOn
siren sounded and a poast" took up
their trail. Buffo was serving a ten
year sentence for attempted robbery,
and Smith a ninety-nine year terra
for murder,
1
Wage Fight
in Senate to
Block Pact
Keep America Free from Entangling
Alliances Is the Watchword
of the Opposition.
Washington, Dec. 14. A powerful
troouced a resolution designee to ae
fine the position which he feels must
be taken to safeguard .America's, in
terests properly.
Senator Reed , (D.). -Missouri, and
Senator Shjpstead (P.-L,.), Minne
sota. , will, back the , Moe ,; plan
which a number of senate leaders
Wilt lU&lbl XUUM auupivu . tllirut.
with the treaty itself.
- President Is Alarmed.'
. Alarmed at the opposition which
has developed. President Coolidge, in
discussing the pact with White House
callers, insisted that the treaty does
not-in any way bind, the United
floor. . - . .
Senator Moses believes his reso
lution will have , a .majority of the
senate committee in its support
' It is, as follows:
Resolved," That .the senate" of. the
MODELED AFTER, THE
WORDS OF LINCOLN
A century and a half ago our
fathers brought forth upon this con
tinent a new nation, conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the propos
ition that all men. are created equal,
in political, industrial, - tocial and
commercial opportunityand that the
golden outward-swinging; doors shall
never be closed on any human be
ing. - .-.
A nation of freemen, thus conceiv
ed and dedicated has endured over a
hunded and fifty years, ahd develop
ed a high degree of . prosperity by
t citizens inuetrious in peace and val
jorous in war, -
They gave their . lives ' that ' we
might enjoy the blessings of ' free-
dom w-ith fair and equitable lams.
enacted under a constitution where
the chance to improve conditions
miSt always remain oren for .th
poorest child to become the .heir of
the greatest fortune.
' Th8 eacred heritage of wis states-
niau&uip naa enuurea me vt?si 01 ume
and wm continue, to stand superior
to 811 vicious delusions, promises and
inventions 'of., paternalism and the
rudest dreams, of Russian bolshevrk
or soviet, where everything is own-
everyDoay ana notning is owu-
.ed by anybody.
I . Our countrv shall continue to be
a government of tlie people, hy tbe
People and for the people, and shall
not perish from the earth. '. . -. , -
'GRAVE ALICE?' GIVES - : T
, ' $115,000 13EaUESTS.
i.'.nc
Cambridge, Mass.; Dec."13.-PpbHc
bequests totaling 1115,000 are made
Wadsworth Loneworth. which waa
flh-d : for nrohatehTe. .lodav -The
-'largest. 130,000. Is to Badcltffa ccl-
lege, v.bich Miss Longfellow helped
found.
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