MONDAY. FOR. 23. 1931.
PLATT9M0UTH SEW - WEEKLY JOTTBKAL
PAGE FTVB
MURDOCK DEFAR TMENT.
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
TRUCKIM
Live Stock and Grain
WALTER STROY
Phone 1403, Murdock. Nebr.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Melvin and chil
dren were celebrating little Eleanor's
birthday in Lincoln Sunday with Mrs.
Laura Melrin and M'ss Jessie.
The young people of Murdock and
surrounding vicinity, were enjoying
a very fine dance which was pro
moted by John Eppings on last Sat
urday night.
Miss Florence Tl.imgan who is em
ployed in a law office at Crab Orchard
was a visitor at the home of her
parents, E. W. Thimgan and wife for
the week end.
O. Bauer was enjoying a visit at
Louisville where he visited the Meth
odist bible school and church last
Sunday and was accompanied by L.
Neitzel as well.
M. G. Churchill of Murray was a
visitor on last Tuesday where he was
doing some interior decorating and
papering at the home of Oscar Mc
1 o!i;ild and wife.
Messrs. and Mesdames H. W. Tool
and Henry Amgwert were over to
Lincoln on last Monday where they
were looking after some business in
connection with their lines here.
W. O. Gillespie and wife, and Miss
Viola Everett were over to Omaha
on Thursday of last week where they
were visiting with friends and also
were looking after some business
matters.
Fred Fry. the restaurant man, and
by the way kept busy most of the
time serving their large clientele,
was a visitor in Lincoln on last Wed
nesday where he was making pur
chase of supplies for the cafe.
Harold W. Tool of the Tool Lum
ber Company of Murdock. was a visi
tor in Omaha on last Wednesday and
Thursday where he was attending
the convention of the Nebraska Re
tail Lumbermen's association.
Verner Hill of south of Eimwood.
was a visitor in Murdock last Wed
nesday, coming for a truck which
he had left a few days before for
overhauling by A. H. Jacobson, and
found it ready and waiting for him.
Henry Brockmuelier and wife of
near Waverly were visiting in Mur
docy on last Sunday and were while
here, guests at the home of Mr. ana
Mrs. John H. Buck, they being par
ents of Mrs. Buck. A very fine visit
was had.
Miss Mary Tool spent las Monday.
Lincoln's birthday, and St. Valen
tine's day at Lincoln with hef friend.
Miss Virginia S.-hewe. Mi3s Virginia
is attending school there where the
young lades enjoyed the holiday verv
pleasantly.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Twiss and
John Twiss. all of Louisville, were
at Murdock on last Sunday and were
the guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Bowers where all enjoyed
a very fine visit. Mrs. Twiss is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bowers.
W. O. Schave was a visitor in Lin
coln last week where he. after look
ing after the business which called
him there, spent a portion of the day
in the legislature and warn mucb
amused at the way they of the law
makers proceeded in the?r efforts to
make laws for us to obey.
Au;... Ruge and Gus Stock were
delivering wheat at the Farmers ele
vator on Wednesday of last week,
while the prices are not to all our
liking, and with the prospect for the
coming crop they might not be much
or any better soon the what might
as well be sold as to remain in the
bin.
Postmaster L. B. Gorthey wa a
very agreeaoly surprised one dav
last week when he went home t rind
the good wife up and about the housr-.
for Mrs. Gorthey had been quite ili
and to be up and about the honw
Trucking!
We do trucking of all kinds.
Specials on Stock : Pi.k-up loads
to Omaha. 25c per 100 lbs.;
Full leads. 20c per 100. Day
or night service. Call No. 2020.
RAY GAMLKN
Murdock, Nebr.
PIANO
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
We are pleased to state that Mr. .!. E. Moore ms
worked fnr this institution ir. tuning and general repair
v rk on our pianos during the year. His work has been
entirely satisfactory and we recommend him as a thor
out:.':. competent workman and a reliable gentleman.
Yours very truly.
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
By GEO P KIMBALL. Secretary.
Phcne Ruth Miller, 42-W, Murdock
J. E. Moore
6518 Francis Street
LINCOLN.
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again was a very pleasant surprise
for the Postmaster and for herself.
Her many friends are pleased that she
is now up again and hope it will not
be long until she is entirely restored
to her former good health.
Richard Tool was a visitor at home
on Monday of last week, where he
visited for the day, and returned to
his home at Kingsley and was ac
companied by his mother, who re
mained with him for the week. On
Sunday Henry A. Tool. Mr. H. V. Mv-
' Donald. Bryan McDonald and Miss
i Florence Thimgan went over to
Kingsley where they visited for the
day and on their return were aceom
! panied by Mrs. Henry Tool.
Dr. L. D. Lee Poorly.
Tr T. T" T.ff who has been verv
! busy and active in the relieving of
i the illness of other people was him
! self stricken last week when he de
jveloped a illness of other people was
! himself stricken last week when he
; developed a very severe case of
throat infection. He found it neces
sary to call Dr. Douglas of Eimwood
in consultation. Ir is hoped he will
soon be well.
Working On Foundation.
The excavation for the basement
of the new home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
H. Ward, which was being done by
W. O. Gillespie, has been completed
and the work of the installing of the
! foundation is now progressing, the
1 work being done by Frank A. Melvin,
the contractor.
Visited at Huntley.
Rev. H. R. Konsp and ine family
were siending a number of days last
week at Huntley where they both
have relatives and where the time
was spent in having an exceilen;
visit. They made the trip via way of
their auto.
Has Caught Third Wolf.
Turner Zink, son of Mr. and Mrs.
I Oscar C. Zink. one day last week
, caught in a trap a wolf which makes
I the third one to bag this winter. It
J looks like Turner has done his stunt
in getting the varment which har
rasses the flocks and herds of the
i farmers.
Takes Charge of Elevator.
W. T. Weddell who was elected to
the position of manager of the Far
mere elevator at Wabash, some Time
since went over to assume charge of
the business on last Monday and has
been looking after the affairs since.
Mr. Weddel is well versed in the grain
business and being absolutely honest
in every particular will mako an ex
cellent man for the position to which
he has been called.
The Slave of Mammon.
The young people of the Trinity
Lutheran church, two miles north
of Murdock. gve a most interesting
play of three acts, which attracted
much interest at the auditorium of
the Murdock high schoor on last
Tuesday, and which was listened to
by a large and well pleased audience.
On account of illness of some of the
players two substitutions had to be
made and the cast of characters were:
John Grinder, a slave of Mammon.
Martin Blum: Catherine Grinder, bis
daughter. Irene Rati: Ralph Grinder,
his son, Norman Rau: Nellie Alien,
his servant. Albertinr. Kupke: Olaf
Nissen. a blacksmith. Clarence Chris
ten sen: Sam Pierce, his helper. Ver
nor Lenhard: Angel of Death (per
sonifying Conscience) Freda Schuel
ke: Mail Carrier, Louis Roeber: Long
Hank, gypsy. Louis Kupke: Shorty,
gypsy, Leonard Roeber: Bill, gypsy.
Walter Neuman : Liza, gypsy. Ido
Schuelke: Other Gypsies.
Family Reunion.
A reunion of the McCrnry chil
dren was held at the Frank Buell
i home Sunday. Mrs. Buell's brothers
land sisters and families being pres
ent. Those from a distance were Mrs.
iO. H. Allen and daughter. Hope, from
! Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. William Mc
I Crory and daughter. Janet, from
i Mound City. Missouri; and the V. E.
! Perry family, who have just return
led from California.
J. L. Carnicle. who is a breeder
i of fine stock a nher it be hogs,
cattle or aheap, always give strict
attention to his stock, and at this
time has some very line hogs, of the
Ispotted Poland China variety, three
saws just now bringing them som-thirty-eight
line young pigs. Th"
writer was at the home and found
all enjoying fine health on last Sat-
TUNING
Phone M-1878
NEBR.
8M
ith the farm
Always a Good Worker.
W. T. Weddell. who recently held
a sale and accepted a position at
Wabash as the manager of the Farm
ers elevator at that place, has been
in the business for .lomething near
a quarter of a century, and many
years in Murdock. Mr. Weddell en
tered the dairy business with his
elevator work in 1 i 2 4 and during
the time never missed a delivery of
milk, and during the entire time was
never more than an hour off the same
time. This with the excellent quality
Of milk which he has furnished has
made it almost impossible to stop
on account of the satisfied customers,
he is continuing to serve the peo
ple of Murdock in this line even
while he has to work at Wabasn.
Many now come for their milk to
whom he delivered before.
For Sale.
English White Leghorn hatching
eggs. Sc per doz. above market price.
F. G. Brunkow, Wabash, Neb.
l'23-3tmp.
The Sower.
I Math. IS: 1-23.
This parable of Jesus was spoken
on the shores of the Lake of Gene
zareth. A great multitude of peo
ple had gathered, among them where
certain women, besides the twelve,
there was Mary Magdalene, Joanna,
the wife of Chuza and Susanna arid
many others that had been healed
of evil spirits and infirmities: wben
there was a chance of disorder or
crowding, Jesus asked Simon Peter
for the use of his boat, which was
used as a pulpit, pushed a little ways
off shore, and there the Master sat
and spoke this parable to the peo
ple standing on the shore. These
farmer folks could readily uuderstan 1
this saying:
The fields of the farmers in Pales
tine were not fenced, paths would
lead through them: there is much
stony ground, and soil infested with
foreign seeds, such as thorns and
briers. Hence the four different kinds
of soil. This Sower had good seed,
which he intended to increase; thu
we find him sowing, throwing the
seed and scattering it broadcast, in
this way it fell on the path, on stony
ground, among torns and on good
ground. This the people could un
derstand, but the truth it was to con
vey was hidden. At the close of the
discourse Jesus exclaimed: "Who
hath ears to hear, let him hear.
This was to set the people to think
ing. Then came the disciples and
asked the question: "Why speakest
thou in parables?" The answer is
given in Math. 18: 11-17. The es
sence of the parable is to show the
effect of the perached word, on the
different hearers.
(1) The wayside ground: We find
the man of God. after earnest pre
paration, Koing into the pulpit, with
a prayer in his heart, that the seed
he is about to sow. may be fruitful
Before him are the hearers, all ready
to hear what the Lord, through his
servant, has to say. Unobserved one
has entered, and takes his place
among the devout members. No at
tention is given ,him. but he gels
busy, as the words fall from the
preachers lips. Satan is there to take
it away; he does not give the word
a chance to strike root. The devi'
is more prompt in church going than
many people. The wayside heart is
hard and dull. What is the cause?
The feet of the world h;.ve trampled
over it, bad examples, and the fol
lowing after evil companions, the
long practice in sinning, the long
resistance against the voice of con
science no fruit wasted effort.
(2) The stony ground: A little
mere hopeful. Here is some soil, the
word strikes root, it springs up.
shows life. These are the people
that are impulsive, quick to respond,
they are superfiscial, have no depth,
no deep roots, are easily overthrown,
they cannot withstand a storm, they
wither away no fruit short lived.
(3) The thorny ground: Here is
good soil, they hear the word, they
have good impulses, they start out
well, but the heart is not thoroughlv
olensed: there is the seed of evil
lusts, and desires, anxious cares to
gain worldly possessions, even under
the preaching of the word, these
thoughts choke the word, the seed
cannot grow. How many do not give
heed, how they hear, but let their
business or occupation crowd in up
on them, and they bring not fruit.
4) The good ground: Thank God!
there are some that know what they
hear: that meditate on the word, they
consider what was said, they feed on
the word, they grow strong, thev
are the "dependables" in the church.
they are they that uphold the preach
er in the pulpit, like Aaron and Hur
upheld the arms of Moses, they are
the salt of the earth, they brighten
the corner where they are. for such
is the kingdom of heaven.
L. NEITZEL.
POISON VICTIiUS MENDING
BUtton, S. D. Sandwiches and
coffee served to 500 persons at the
Ed Ziebarth farm eale were examined
by chemists at Ihe University of
South Dakota to learn why they made
160 persons ill. Physicians at Brook
ing, where sixty victims were treat
ed, and at Flandreau. where forty
others were cared for, said nearly
all had recovered sufficiently to be
dismissed from hospitals. Similar re
ports were made by doctors here and
at Bushnell and Lake Benton, S. D.,
and Pipestone, Minn.
The food poisoning at first was
believed to have seriously affected
six of the victims, most of them eld
erly persons. They showed much im
provement, however, and physicians
expressed confidence that all would
, recover.
urday, and all busy
work.
Bryan Finds
Old Statute
on Welfare
Contends Code Law Section. Passed
Last, Does Not Govern,
and Is Void
Governor Bryan called attention
Friday to a section of the statute
adopted in 1919 placing child wel
fare under the state superintendent,
jusl where he now recommends that
this work be placed. He said the
statute was signed April 15, 1919.
by the governor, and that four days
later the big administrative code bill
passed nnd was signed by the gover
nor. The code bill places child wel
fare under the state department of
public welfare, along with a bureau
of health, and other work.
The governor contends that the
work is now being done illegallv
by the bureau of welfare, altho at
torneys state that the courts us
ually hold that in the case of con
flicting laws, the one passed last
governs. This sort of holding would
validate the code law provision and
invalidate the provision placing the
work with the state superintendent.
The act placing the work in the
state superintendent's office also pro
vides that the governor shall ap
point three directors of the work for
the state superintendent. The sec
tion cited by Governor Bryan reads:
81-5701. State Child Welfare Bu
reau. Establishment. There is hereby
established in the state department
of public instruction a bureau to be
known as the state child welfare bu
reau. The superintendent of publb
Instruction is hereby r:uthorlzed to
provide sufficient quarters and equip
ment for the said bureau in the state
department of education. (1919 p.
393: C. S. 1922. S322.
"The legislature made an appm
priaiion for the welfare work in
the health bureau." sa'd Governo.
Bryan, "but in my judgment the work
has been illegally conduced there
ever since. The child welfare bureau
is largely an educational department
and has no place in an administrative
department. I heve recommended
thai M be transferred to the state
superintendent who has an organiza
tion in control of all children from
five to sixteen years of age and in
close touch with parents."
The governor said the section plac
ing the work with the state superin
tendent has been grouped by past
compilers and revisers along with
the health bureau.
If the last act on The subject plac
ing it in the health bureau does not
govern and the section placing the
work in the state superintendent's
office is found valid, and no change
is made by the present legislature,
then the governor would have powr
to appoint three directors to do the
work in the state superintendent's
office.
Objects to Eradication.
Governor Bryan announced thai
he baa received the following letter
from Jce Thoene of Hartington:
"Mr. Charles Bryan. Lincoln, Neb.
"I just read in the papers the
stare' you are taking in regard to
the eradication of tuberculosis iu
cattle.
"I and the farmers of Cedar coun
ty purely appreciate your efforts to
stop this damnable graft the state
is trying to put over on the farms.
"We here in Cedar county filed an
injunction and stopper them whei?
they started testing here two years
ago. We beat them in the lower
court. The case is up in the supreme
court now.
"We figure on writing to our legis
lators requesting thiui to uphold you
on this question."
FREMONT PIONEERS
TOGETHER IN DEATH
Fremont While the bodies of Mrs.
Adelaide Wilcox and Mrs. Melissa
Fuller lay side by side in a mortuarv
here. older residents of Fremont re
called events during the seventies
when the two were prominent in af
fairs of the city. Both were early
residents of the region Mr. Fuller ai
rived in 1SG1 and married the fol
lowing year. In 1S70 Mrs. Wilcox,
wife of Lee H. Wilcox, lived near the
Fullmer home. Mrs. Wilcox was a
sister of Railway Commissioner Ran
dall and the Wilcox farm was only
;a short distance from the Randall
ranch. Several years ago Mrs. Wil-
: cox moved to Roseburg. Ore., where
she died. Five hours after her body
iii-rived here Mrs. Fuller died at the
home of her son-in-law. They were
; placed side by side in the mortuary.
KOSTER APPOINTED ON SEN
ATE GROUP FOR GAME INQUIRY
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 20. At the
suggestion of Senator Gus A. Dworak
(dem.) of Omaha the Nebraska sen
ate's fish and game committee today
order an investigation of the state
game, forestation and parks commis
sion. Chairman Kenneth S. Wherry
(rep) of Pawnee City appointed Sen
iators George G. Koster (dem.) of
i Niobrara. Dworak. William Randall
(rep.) of Omaha and Henry Peder
;sen (dem.) of Guide Rock to conduct
the inquiry. All are members of the
senate fish and game committee.
In requesting the investigation.
Senator Dworak made specific ref
erence to the commission's activities
in the propagation of fish. Senator
Koster formerly was thief state game
warden.
Large map of Cast county on sale
at Journal office. 50c each.
NEBRASKA COWS PAY
NO ATTENTION TO THE
PRICE OF BUTTERMILK
Whatever m?y be the effect of
butterfat prices on their owners, the
619,000 milk cows in Nebraska are
not worrying about it. They just
proceed on their daily duty of con
verting alfalfa and silage, and an oc
casional nip of growing wheat, into
milk. Steadily they are advancing
J the place of Nebraska in buttermak
jiiig and manufactured dairy prod
ucts.
In 1930,- according to the Stat
and Federal Division of Agricultural
Statistics, 78.841.820 pounds of but
terfat were marketed. The average
! price for the year was 33.8 cents and
the total value $26.65S,64'). These
totals do not, of course, include the
i amount of butterfat that was drank
in milk on the farms or manufjc
I tared into dairy products on the
j farms.
The average value of milk c w
in 1930 was $79.00 per head. The
! 625,000 head, then on the farms
Home Option Plan
Ofierecl to Solve
Lienor ?! -j-!: :l
Woodcock Made Proposal as Inves
tigator for Chairman Wicker
sham ; Other Highlights.
Washington. Feb. 20. Home op
tion is the solution of the prohibition
problem advanced by Prohibition Di
rector Woodcock.
He advanced the proposition to
the Hoover law enforcement commis
sion in concluding his report as its
special investigator. That was before
he became prohibition enforcement
director. The report was made pub
lic in the senate tonight in response
to its request.
"It could be put into effect." said
Woodcock, "by a simple administra
tive policy to make no effort to
overcome the difficulties that legally
exist in getting evidence as to vio
lations in the home.
"The citizen could not claim the
right to buy or sell liquor. But if he
possesses liquor, or makes liquor in
his home, and in such way as not
to be observed by the public and If
he properly supports his family, this
policy would require that he be not
disturbed.
Would Ban Commerce.
"This plan makes unlawful all
commerce in liquor, does not com
pel the dry to support a state dis
pensary, leaves the wet in full en
joyment Of any rights he believes he
has, which may be exercised with
out affecting any one else.
"I make this suggestion as seem
ingly logical but which may run
counter to the fundamental prin
ciples of government that any plan
must be practical."
Woodcock expressed conviction
that the government could not shift
the burden of enforcement to the
states. He believed that conditions
ran be improved. He said there was
no reason why substantially all
smuggling of liquor into the coun
try could not be stopped. He said
corruption among prohibition agents
"is on the wane."
Fifty Years for Trial.
He quoted Federal Judge A. S.
Van Valkenburgh at Kansas City as
asserting that 50 years will be in
quired for a fair trial of prohibi
tion. As to the effectiveness of enforce
ment. Woodcock said beer consump
tion is only 23 per cent of what it
would have been; homemade wine
has increased "indeterminably;" con
sumption of distilled spirits has de
creased. "Unquestionably." he reports,
"conditions can ne improved. Ail
leaks from industrial alcohol can be
stopped substantially. All smuggling
can be stopped. The amount of un
lawful distilling can be reduced with
more careful, intelligent and deter
mined investigating and prosecu
tion." Other Highlights.
Some highlights of the mass of
data were:
The prohibition bureau reported
lees consumption of liquor under pro
hibition than in saloon days. It esti
mated the nation consumed 1.705
gallons of liquor per capita in pre
prohibition days and only .602 gal
lons per person, in 1930.
A two-volume statement from
Henry 8. Dennison and Albert Saw
yer, the commission's chief iuvesti-
totaled in value the imposing sum
of $49,375,000.
The value of dairying in Nebras
ka, the agricultural statisti cs divis
ion believes, is $100,000,000 annual
ly. In that s:iinate is included all
I dairy products, the calf crop and
the value of the manure that goes
Ion the land.
These figures enable us to see how
, the cream check h:is become so im
portant a factor of farm Itli ome If
the income from butterfat in 193'i
j were equally apportioned to the
1129.432 farms in 'he state the in
1 come of each would be $25.96.
I Add that to the money received for
'eggs, which was $13,937,689, and
; for chickens sold, which was 59.617,
j 5 1 7 , and distribute that income
legnally to the farms of the state.
and it is discovered that the in
l come from butterfat. eggs and poul
;try sold is $388.10 per farm.
Nebraska's rank in manufactured
dairy products steadily advances.
jThe state ranks: Second in powdered
(buttermilk, fourth in creamery bai
ter, fifth iu condensed buttermilk,
thirteenth in cottage cheese, four-
teenth In whole milk cheese, four
gators, denouncing present dry law
; conditions but concluding: "There
has not yet been any true test of
prohibition laws."
A statement from Mrs. Mabel Wal
ker Willebrandt, former assistant at
torney general in charge of prohi
bition and now counsel for a grape
concentrate concern, that it was the
"cleai intent" of congress to "exempt
from prosecution the manufacture of
.limited quantities of wine in the
home" and that prohibition officials
had taken this stand as far back as
1925.
A statement from James M. Britt.
: former general counsel of the pro
, hibition bureau, that the dry law
would soon have "an equal average
degree enforcement with our other
laws, state and federal." World
Herald. Cities of East
Nebraska to Dis
cns Ordinances
Uniform Provisions to Cover the Oc
cupation Taxes and Dealing
With Tmck Problem
The retail section of the Chamber
of Commerce of this city has spon
sored a meetine here on next Thurs
day which will include rpnresenta
tlves of Nebraska Ci'y. Fremont.
Blair. Auburn, Falls City, Weeping
Water and other cities in this part
of the state, gathering here to dis
cuss an uniform occupation tax in
the several cities that tfill be fair
and just to the local business con
cerns of the vera communities.
In the past the cities have had
varying ordinances that have pro
vided different ranges in the differ
ent cities and especially n dealing
with the jn roads of outside concerns
that truck into the various cities nnd
compete against the taxpayinp local
merchants with but little return In
tax that goes to support the com
munities. A large number of responses have
been received and city officials of the
various communities will be here to
discuss the ordinances that are In
force in the different communities
and also to plan if possible a gen
eral uniform regulation for the east
Nebraska smaller cities.
PAYS FOB HIS PROTECTION
Chicago Two state's attorney's
investigators making raids on speak
easies in connection with the special
grand jury investigation of crime
land the police were attacked bj an
irate proprietor, who challenged their
I right to arrest him because, he said,
he paid "protection money." The in
j vestigators. Arthur Walcholz and
(Robert Bennett, reported they en
tered the establishment o;! Julian J.
jViamynck, in the Englewood police
'district, and told Vlamynck he was
; under arrest.
"Listen, you dirty bum-.'' the in
vestigators quoted Vlamynck as
.Ehouting at them, "I pay my protec
tion. If you don't get out I'll get
your jobs, and it'll be too bad for
It he police department!"
Words let to blows, but the two
'raiders subdued Vlamynck and took
him to an autlying police station.
Police said they found eighteen cases
of whisky, a quantity of bottled beer
and a large selection of wines in the
place.
teenth In powdered skim milk, twen
tieth in lot cream, twenty-third in
sweetened condensed skim milk and
twenty-filth in unsweetened evapor-
j ated skim milk.
The amount of manufactured dairy
I products in 1929:
Creamery butter, 97.110.000 lbs.;
American cheese. 3.302.000 lbs.; All
j other cheese, 12.000 lbs.; Cottage
cheese, 1.287,000 lbs.: Sweetened
I condensed milk, 182,000 lbs.; Un-
j sweetened exaporated milk. 5 24.000
'lbs.: Condensed buttermilk. 8.735,
006 lbs.: Powdered buttermilk, 6.
556.000 lbs.; Powdered skim milk.
,1.295.000 lbs.; Ice cream, 3,051,000
gals.
Nebraska dairy herds constantly
improve in quality. Keeping books on
( quantity and quality of milk pivc-n
is rapidly eliminating the boarders
and filling the herds with producers.
Next in importance to the quality of
;the milk eowa themselves is the feed
Nebraska has an abundance of cheap
rough feed, such as alfalfa, clover,
forage crops and silage, which with
:!"nty of good water insures Ne
braska's advancing rank as a dairy
I state-
McKeJvie
Advocates Cut
in Wheat Crop
Thinks July 1 Surplus May Be 275.
000.000 Bushels or More
Board Is Defended
Washington. D. C, Feb. 20.-
Wh-at farmers were warned toda
by Samuel R. McKelvie. grain mem
ber of the farm board, that they now
must adjust production to domestic
demand "or depend upon world
1 prices."
McKelvie defended wheat stabili
zation operations bu' asserted "the
farmer realizes better than an yore
else that such p. policy can not be
continued."
"To pet onto a safe domestic-hasi-
" he declared, "means an acre
age reduction of at least 25 per cent."
Cites Russian Case.
The convjrtion of the farm board
that the American farmer can no
afford to grow wheat for export wa a
strongly re-emphasiz'd. McKelvie
cited r.n i-xpa'ision of at bast 20 per
cent in world wheat acreage fn re
cent years, and said Hustdan exports
this year of 80 million or 80 mil
lion bushels might be greatly expand
ed n xt year.
The possibility that the don.esti
call fovea of wheat on July 1. will
be as much or more than the "enor
mnus figure of 275 million busbels"
laat year also was seen by McKelvie.
Financed by Board.
He said as a result of the new
tabilftsation operations. tojsethe
with the 60 million bushels of wheat
carried over from the first stabiliza
tion operations, the government is
now financing over 100 million bush
els of cash wheat.
"It is altogether probable." he
added, "that by the first of nex
July the grain stabilization corpora
tion will have more than twice as
much wheat aH it carried over a
year ago. It costs a cent and a ha!'
per bushel per month to carry this
wheat." World -Hera Id.
COMPROMISE IS DESIRED
Washington With the end of th"
'session in sight, independent oil in
j terests uttempted to reach a eom
' promise with the administration la
i limitation of oil imports. Meanwhile.
the house ways and means committee
'continued hearings on a bill to bat
Russian goods from this country and
approached final action on the Cap-
per-Garber bill to limit foreign oil
entries to 16.000.000 barrels annual
ly for the next three years.
No action was taken by tho un
official republican steering cornmit
itee on giving embargo legislation
place on the legislative program.
Speaker Longwonh has said, how
ever, the oil bill is the only one of
1 the group having a "chance" for
house consideration.
A letter from Secretary .Vein
was referred before the ways and
means committee by Representative
Williamson, of South Dakota in
which the treasury head refused to
commit himself on any of the em
bargo bills.
"As to the policy involved." Mel
lon said regarding the proposed ban
on soiet products, "the department
doesn't care to express an opinion
and feels that this is a question for
I congress to decide."