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THE WHEAT LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA AN ATTRACTION THE EUROPEAN WAR MAKES THE GROWING OF WHEAT EX CEPTIONALLY REMU NERATIVE. One result of the European War has been to reduce the volume of busi ness done by many of the manufac turing institutions of the United States, commercial enterprises have been affected, business of many kinds have been hampered, and a financial stringency has been forced on almost every community. It is not only be cause it has brought these things about, and created a lot of hardship, but there is the outstanding fact of the terrible loss of life, the great de struction of property, and the disrup tion of everything near and dear to those whose countries are involved in the war that makes the whole affair highly regrettable. The heart of the entire world goes out in sympathy to those within the area of the trouble. Arrangements have been made to re lieve the distress by money and other means. But there is one great thing —wheat and flour—that the European countries will need. The wheat-pro ducing countries are no longer pro ducing, and there is the gravest rea son to fear that they will not be for some years. In this case, ft would be fully as beneficial and charitable to make provision to meet the loss of Europe's grain crop by encouraging a greatly increased growth on this con tinent. The wheat-growing sections of the United States have about reached their limit of production, and this source cannot be depended upon to meet a great deal of the demand that there will be for some years. The only country that is in a position to meet it is—Canada—that portion known as Western Canada. Here there are millions of acres of land capable of producing from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. All this land is ex cellent for wheat, and very much is still in the hands of the Domin'on Government, and 1G0 acres of it can be had by the payment of a ten dollar entry fee. Another vast area is that held by railway and reliable land companies, held at from $10 to $25 per acre, im proved farms ave slightly highe* in price. Information regarding these lands may be had of any Canadian Government Agent. The fac^ that Canada offers such a splendid opportunity should be ac cepted with a wide-spread apprecia tion, and not met with attempts on the part of some to spread misleading statements. The Dominion Govern ment has not taken steps to deny many of the false statements circu lated by those who evidently are more interested in injuring Canada than benefiting those who would be bene fited by taking up farms in Canada, but in order to correct a highly er roneous impression that conscription is carried on Ih Canada, that compul sory military service la employed and that there is restraint as to the move ment of those not Canadians, the ne cessity is felt of giving as much pub licity as possible to a denial of these statements. An item to which special exception is taken is one which says: "They are sending them away as rapidly as possible; but the young men are not permitted to leave Can ada. All the citizens and those who have taken up homesteads are subject to military duty.” In direct refutation of this, we beg to quote from a recent editorial in the Rochester. N. Y.. Herald: "There is no legal process by which Great Britain can command a single Canadian soldier to enter the field in her aid or even in her most needful defense. Great Britain cannot legally take a dollar of Canada's money for this or any other war without Can adas consent. All mus.t be given vol untarily, if it be given at all. Yet men and dollars are given to the limit of Canada's power to give, just as if Great Britain had both physical and legal power to exact them. Indeed, it is possible that they are given more freely in this way, for what a man gives because he wants to give is likely to be greater than what he gives under force. “All in all it is a noble picture of devotion to her motherland which Canada offers to the gaze of her ad miring and unenvious neighbors.” Canada’s invitation for immigration extends to all who are willing to go on to the farms. Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada. Advertisement Highest Tribute. An automobilist last summer stopped one night at the only hotel in a back-country town. After supper he joined the usual crowd of loung ers on the porch. The sole topic of discussion seemed to oe a citizen who had been buried the day before. At last the visitor, becoming interested, asked: “Was the deceased popular?” “Was he?” echoed the chief speak er. “Was he! Stranger, every dog’s tail in town stopped wagging for five minutes while the funeral passed.” Getting Up. When you find an unwillingness to rise in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: “I am getting up now to do the business of a man; and am I out of humor for going about that which I was made for? . . Was I then designed for nothing but to doze and batten beneath the coum terpane,”—Marcus Aurelius. Under Cover. Madge—Do you think that styles in our street attire will continue to grow more daring? Marjorie—If they do, my dear, the girls will have to wear masks. Unless a man who claims to have religion uses it in his business, be has the wrong brand. Most men who say they do the best they can don't. TO STUDYHEVENUES COMMISSIONERS WILL LOOK IN TO ROADS EARNINGS. Investigation Will Be An Expensive One, Each State Body to Con tribute $1,000. Lincoln.—Members of fifteen stat6 railway commissions of western states will gather in Omaha Decem ber 12 to continue laying plans for a deep-seated and extensive investiga tion into railroad revenues. The meeting was decided upon at the recent session of the National Railway Commissioner^' association at Washington, D. C. Clifford Thorne of Iowa is chairman of the body and H. G. Taylor of the Nebraska com mission is secretary. "We want to see whether or not western carriers are justified in mak ing application to the interstate com merce commission for advances in freight rates in this territory,” said Mr. Taylor upon his return from the east. “It will take much time and money, but we intend to sift the mat ter of western railroad revenue to the bottom." The investigation will cost much money. Each state commission will : likely contribute $1,000 in addition to i considerable clerical aid and the fre quent consultation and conference time of its rate experts and commis sioners. Little to Ask of Legislature. The Nebraska lumber dealers’ as sociation is likely to do something at Its annual convention in the middle of January to throw its influence on the side of an anti-discrimination in | surance law, such as agents in some disaffected districts of the state will bring forward for consideration by the legislature. The association has but little to fear and but little to ask of the legislature, according to Sec ; retary E. E. Hall. Railroad Appeals. The Northwestern railway com pany iias appealed to the supreme court from judgments in three cases, all of them involving damages on ac count of delay in the shipment of : live stock. In each case it is alleged the railroad company violated the state law which requires railroads to carry live stock at the rate of at least eighteen miles an hour. Nebraska Fruit Crop. The products of all the divisions of horticulture in Nebraska amount to i *10 ,000,000 annually, according to es timates made by the state horticultu ! ml society. The per capita produc* 1 tion is almost *10 for every man. | woman and child in the state each | year. Secretary Seymour Dead. Hen*-y Seymour, secretary of the State Board of Assessment, died sud denly at his home in Lincoln, of heart failure. He was well known : over the state and has been secretary of the board about five years and a half. Spurns Deputy Auditorship, Horace Davis of Ord. offered the deputy auditorship. has declined the honor, according to a report, and will seek election as chief clerk of the lower house of the coming legislature. Recommends Commission. A permanent state tax commission to look after taxation affairs, will be recommended to the legislature by the special commission appointed by Governor Morehead two years ago. Re-Hearing in St. Joe Case. Motion of the attorneys of the Un ion Pacific for a rehearing of the St. Joseph & Grand Island stockholder case has been granted bj Federal Judge Munger. Paroled Men Need Work. Secretary John W. Shahan of the state board of pardons lias sent let ters to many business men through out the state asking for employment for prisoners subject to parole. Governor Pardons Boy. Governor Morehead has issued a pardon to Ben Thomas, a 20-year-old youth of Omaha, who is serving a sentence of ninety days in the county jail for vagrancy. New Bank at Bushnell. A new bank at Bushnell in Kimball county has been granted a charter by the state banking board under the name of the Bushnell State bank, with a capital of $10,000. Water Users Appeal. The water users and patrons of the McCook Irrigation and Water Power company, defendants in a case before the state railway commission, have given notice of appeal to the supreme court. The company asked leave to Increase its maintenance charge from $1 an acre to $2 an acre and the railway commission authorized the increase. The water UBers propose to contest the order.. It is the firet case involving charges which the commission has passed upon. Less Work On Brooms. The work of making the complete brooms at the state penitentiary will not be continued any more. The Lee company, which has had the broom contract for several years, will only use the convicts for making certain parts of the broom, the finished prod uct being completed at their Lincoln factory. Only about fifty men can be used from now on. What prisoner* are used will be in the chair factory and in the necessary work outside and inside the prison. Millinery to Sparkle With the Frost ALTHOUGH the small hat has tri umphed for four seasons It shows ■ a°t the slightest sign of losing ground. And for midwinter, with fur a furore i and many brilliant trimming novelties at the milliner's hand, the small hat cannot be outrivaled for beauty. Vel vet and furs look unusually well with the many metallic trimmings which will sparkle along with the frost as ' long as winter lasts. Besides the endless number of tur ban shapes there are small hats with straight brims, made of metallic nets | or laces, and velvet crowns for those who prefer brimmed shapes to the turban. Among the most elegant of models are those having half the brim of velvet, bordered with a wide flange i silver or gold lace or net, and the crown of velvet. For a hat of this kind the trimming is often a collar of mijik or ermine or fitch. Sometimes » big flower of metallic net. having each petal bound with fur, is used for garniture, and sometimes brilliant silk and velvet roses are used. Hats of this kind are rather difficult to make ind require perfect workmanship and :he best material. Occasionally a moderately wide • brimmed hat emphasizes just how be ■ —_ I coming the brimmed hat can be. •L’sn ally It is trimmed with a broad band of ostrich. An example of this style Is shown in the picture, and for shape and manner of trimming it cannot be improved upon. In the pretty velvet turban at the right a narrow fringe of curled ostrich extends about the top of the coronet and the edge of the crown. An ap plique of fancy braid gives a touch of color at the side. Metallic ribbons are used in bows to finish turbans of this kind. This is an excellent model for women of middle age. More distinctly suited to the ma tronly wearer is the turban with a wide fur band about the coronet, headed with a band of steel beads. The crown is extended to simulate a loop of velvet at the center and over hangs the coronet at the back like a tarn. This method of draping the crown gives the turban the necessary height. A collar of white fox fur is effective ly worn with this smartly designed hat. Collars and boas of ostrich serve the purpose of fur. They are made in many colors and combinations of colors and are very popular. To Be Worn With Tailored Suits rHE making of neckwear has grown into a business of really great mag litude, and those who manufacture col- j !ars and frills for the necks of worn-! ! inkind keep designers as busy as those who create millinery. These design- i srs follow the trend of fashion, but 1 must produce variations in all types 3f neckwear that will captivate by ■ Lhelr daintiness and beauty and have 1 something of novelty to recommend them. Just now there are several distinct types of collars that are fashionable.1 leading oft with the De Medici type, which will maintain its supremacy. Then there are roll-over and turn- j over collars, and those that take their inspiration from the sailor collar. Added to these are frills that extend all around or only part way around the | neck. These several types are elaborated in all sorts of ways. There are medici | collars with vestees, others with capes, and still others combined with berthas. And they are made of lace or net or sheer embroidery or organdie, em bellished with fine, narrow laces with hemstitching, tucks or cords. All other types are made with as great variety in construction and material. In finishing neck frills, velvet and satin ribbons and ribbon flowers are added to them, while the medici and sailor types, with turnover and roll over collars, indulge in fine embroid ery, in evenly laid tucks and in in serted cords, with hemstitching and lingerie laces to embellish the plair sheer fabrics of which most of them are made. Just now, to be worn with tailored suits, there are “laundered sets,” bj which is meant stiff collars and cuffs which are either plain or embroidered and starched into the required stiff ness. One of these collars, with ont of the cuffs to match, is shown in the picture. It has a small vestee and fastens up rather close about the neck. The cuff is provided with a little tab which is pinned to the coat sleeve. The crisp freshness of these sets adds 100 per cent of style to the plain street suit. Similar sets of sheer or gandie are just as ptetty. A plain vestee with military collar, made of organdie, is also shown in the picture. The fronts of the vestee are hemstitched, the edges of the collar finished in the same way, and the col lar attached to the vestee with hem stitching. which is the one decorative feature of this piece. This standing collar is a novelty that will be welcomed b women who prefer to have the throat covered and those to whom other types are not be coming. Among the prettiest collars, with cuffs to match, are severe and simple styles in the roll-over collar, made ol organdie. Often the only ornament is a narrow, transparent fluted edging. The collars fasten up moderately close about the neck. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Plaited Skirt* Return. It is an old whimsey of fashion— the placing of plaited silk or 6atin flounces on tailored skirts intended for street wear. A smart tailleur for autumn is a tete de negre broadcloth with a tunic and belted coat The tunic extends to the knee, where there is a five-inch strap or belt of the ma terial which appears to button over a deep flounce of black accordion plaited satin. The flounce is not long enough to hide the trim buttoned wait ing boot, for all skirts now make dia play of the feet, and footgear la pret tier than ever, the street boot being a dainty affair of patent leather with a buttoned top of light Kid or even of silk brocaded cloth. Volcanoes In United States. In Washington Mount itainier is a volcano believed to show evidence of internal heat and Mount gt Helena is reported to have been it eruption in 1843, while Mount Baker, the most northerly in the United States, was is eruption in 1843. KING ALBERT HONORS FRENCH REGIMENT Historic scene in the market place of Furnes when King Albert of Belgium decorated the Seventh regiment of the French army with the Order of Leopold. At the left Albert is shown congratulating the commander of the regi ment. FRENCH COLONIALS MEETING AN ATTACK --—. I IB IHII.IIU ... .. This photograph was taken outside Ertxmude during an attack by Germans on the French colonials entrenched in the Band dunes. ANOTHER TERROR OF THE SEAS German cruiser Bremen, which, since the destruction of Ae Emden, is the most sought-for vessel on the seas. She has done immense damage to the merchant shipping of the allies in the Pacific ocean. SPIKED PITS AND BARBED WIRE This piece of ground, dotted with pits with spikes in them and crossed with barbed wire entanglements, prepared by the Belgians to Impede the ad vance of the Germans, gives some idea of the fields over which the troops in the war zone are expected to charge. , HER LIFE IS IN DANGER One rf the brave American mission aries in Turkey tor whose safety great anxiety is felt in this country. They pJwayB run the risk of attacks by brig ands and others, but their peril is grtiatly increased by the entrance of ! Turkey into the European war. FRENCH SAVE BRAVE FOEMAN Colonel Spares Life of Airman Who Slew Three of His Assail ants. Paris, France.—An example of the good sportsmanship among the French was shown in a letter written by a German aviator to his parents. Fly ing high over the French trenches, the German pilot was killed and the avi ator was severely wounded. The avi ator, however, succeeded in bringiing his machine safe to earth within the French lines. He was immediately attacked on all sides, but throwing himself under the wing of his machine for concealment, he succeeded In killing three of his as sailants before his revolver was empty. When he ceased firing the soldiers rushed up to bayonet him, but their colonel stopped them, say ing. Don t kill him; he is a brave man and a worthy enemy!’* Thus the aviator’s life was spared. BRITISH PRAISE PRUSSIAN GUARDS’ VALOR London.—High tribute is paid to the valor of the Prussian guards in an eyewitness story from the front issued by the war bureau. The report vivid ly describes the German guard corps' desperate, but unsuccessful, attempt to capture Tpres and break through toward the coast "Fighting at close quarters," the eyewitness states, "the Germans suc ceeded in holding our front trenches in three places, after having penetrat ed oar lines and being driven back. "We mined one of our trenches on the right and then abandoned it. When the Germans occupied the trench the charge was exploded and several men were blown to atoms. The guards corp3 admittedly retains the reputation for courage and con tempt of death they earned in 1870.” The Btcry cites several exploits of German spies wearing English and | French uniforms. “On one occasion,” it is stated, "a German disguised as a British staff officer walked along the line of our trenches, saying, ‘The situation looks serious.' A general retirement was ordered. His identity was discovered too late to prevent the retirement from the trenches." A German soldier's diary is quoted as reflecting upon the leadership of the Germans and indicating that the enemy is running short of food sup plies. “If no re-enforcements coma we must retire," he saya.
