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.
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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.
