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PROPOSES TO WITHDRAW
Italian Government Ready to Make
New Alliance Capital of
Mexico Haa Been
Isolated
Western Newspaper Union News 8ervIco.
Washington, 1. a Offers of targe
BalarluR to export ordnnnco ofllcors of
tho nrmy by private manufacturers of
war munitions for European bcllgcr
cnts havo created such n serious prob
lem In tho wnr dopitrtment that Sec
retary Garrison haa called upon At
torney General Gregory for nn opinion
ub to whether an nrmy olllcer has an
"lnallenablo right" to resign his com
mission lit tlmo of pence. Kour resig
nations wcro accepted before the
gravity of tho situation was realized,
but two otherB recently tendered are
being held up pending tho attorney
general's decision and tho formulation
of a general policy by tho department.
No News from Mexican Capital
Washington, D. C Anxiety In
creased In olllclal (iiiartcrB over tho
situation In Mexico City, with which
tho stnto department has been unable
to communicate slnco Juno 18, when
General Gonzales, tho Carranza com
mander, cut tho wires to Vera Cruz
nt Otumba, twonty-flvo miles east of
tho capital. Consular advices from
Vera Cruz said tho wires wcro down
and It wns Improbablo that communi
cation would bo restored beforo Gon
zales entered tho city. Vera Cruz dis
patches to, the Carrnnza agency hero
have insisted Gonzales was trying "to
savo tho city from tho horrors of at
tack," nnd hail been ordered to ex
haust every menns to lnduco the
VIHa-Zapntn troops to withdraw with
out resistance.
ITALY PROPOSE8 TO WITHDRAW.
Fear of Revolution Induced Proposi
tion from Government.
Berlin. Tho special correspondent
of tho Tafgllecho Rundschau at Vi
enna telegraphs ho has learned on ex
cellent nuthorlty that Italy, realizing
already tho impossibility of making
headway against Austria, has proposed
to "Austria that sho would withdraw
.slowly from tho region formerly of
.fcred to Italy as compensation In re
iturn for which Italy pledges herself
to ceaso all military activity, except
for tho occupation of this torrltory.
.This proposal was mndo to Austria
ithrough neutral persons. Italy, tho
correspondent continues, Is ready to
mako a new alliance after tho war.
The Italian government fears a revo
lution. Berlin Celebrated Lemberg'a Fall.
Dorlln. Tho news thnt Lcmberg
had been carried by Austrian and
Hungarian troops was received with
sreat Jubilation In Berlin. Throngs
crowded tho public squares and tho
parks, flags were displayed, bands
played patriotic airs, extra editions of
the newspapers wero shouted on the
streets, nnd tho church bells were
rung. Everybody ' felt thnt another
great step toward flnnl victory had
been gained.
Lansing Takes Oath of Office.
Washington. The United States
government has notified all foreign
governments or the nppolntment of
Robert Iinsing to bo seerntnrv nf
etato. Notice was also sent to all
dlplomntlo nnd consular representa
tives of tho United States in foreign
countries. Mr. Lansing took tho orfth
of ofllco Thursday ns tho successor of
William JonnlngB nrynn. High ofll
clals. diplomats and closo personal
friends wero on hand to witness the
ceremony and to extend their con
gratulations. Crude Oil Fired by Lightning.
Cushlng, Okla. Thlrty-ono largo oil
tnnks, containing moro than 333.000
bnrrols of crude oil, wcro sot on lire
by lightning during n torrlflc electrical
storm In tho Cushlng flold. Attempts
ainde to suvo somo of tho oil by punc
turing tho tanks to allow tho oil to
flow into containers wero unsuccessful.
Borne. An Italian manufacturer,
Slgifor CloricI, has given $10,000 to be
distributed In five rewards of $2,000
each to tho soldiers who capture tho
first five Gorman or Austrian flags in
bnttlo. Similar patriotic offers aro bo
ing made In many Italian towns.
Washington. All Red Cross funds
available for famino relief In Mexico
havo been exhausted and tho society
has Issued another urgent appeal for
foodstuffs and money. Twenty thou
sand persons wero reported as practi
cally starving in Guerrero.
Lincoln. Roofs of houses, with
holes drilled through them by tho
enormous hull stones during tho storm
nt Holdrogo, wero photographed by R.
It. Spafford, of tho farm management
survey of tho state farm. The stones,
as largo as eggs, went through roofs,
toro off thb aiding of buildings, and
killed small stock and jack rabbits.
Cattle wero reported killed near Red
Cloud. Tho family cat nt one of tho
houses became fUghtoned In tho
course of tho half-hour storm and
mndo a dash In tho open for tho barn.
She wus struck dead.
HEROES IN EVERYDAY LIFE
WutRwSm
u-upyiiuiit.)
NATIONAL GUARDS CUT OUT
GREAT BRITAIN CLAIMS ORDER-IN-COUNCIL
JUSTIFIED.
Nine Companies of Colorado Militia
Dropped from Roll President
Sees No Prospect of
Early Peace.
Western Nowppapcr Union News Service.
Washington. Great Britain, in n
memorandum transmitted to tho
United States and just mado public
hero and in London, recites ut length
its efforts to minimize inconvenience
to neutral commerce resulting from
tho order-ln-councll ngalnst trado with
Germany, Austria and Turkey, nnd ns
scrts that American citizens havo no
just ground for complaint on account
of tho treatment accorded their car
goes. No attempt Is mude to answer
tho principles asserted In tho Ameri
can notes of March 1 protesting
against tho onler-lu council and Insist
ing upon the right of neutrals to carry
on legltlmato commerce with each
other and to trade In non-contraband
with civilians in belligorcnt countries.
In transmitting tho memorandum, Am
bassador Page said it was "merely nn
explanation of concrete caso and the
regulations under which they aro dealt
with."
Sees No Prospect of Early Peace.
New York. President Wilson docs
not seo any prospect for an early
peace In Europe. Thursday Col. E.
M. House, his closo friend and unof
llclnl envoy to Europe, gavo the presi
dent the result of his sojourn of sev
eral months In tho principal capitals
of Europe, whero he tulked Intimately
with the responsible officials of tho
German, British and French govern
ments, and tho information ho Im
parted In tho long walks nnd talks
which they enjoyed reflected tho ideas
held by both diplomats and tho mili
tary element in each of tho countries
nt war.
NO LONGER IN NATIONAL GUARD
Nine Companies of Colorado State
Mllltla Dropped from Roll.
Washington. Nine companies of
the Colorado stato mllltla have been
stricken from tho list of national
guard organizations recognized by tho
war department becnuso of deficien
cies in recruiting, organization and
equipment. Several other companies
were placed on probation pending
their compliance with the require
ments of tho federal law. Thoso
dropped from the list, live in the first
regiment and four in tho second, will
havo their arms and equipment with
drawn, and no longer will receive sup
port from the federal government.
Washington. After a scoro of years
of litigation the suits growing out of
tho fnlluro of tho Capital National
bank of Lincoln nro again to bo re
viewed. The United States supreme
court has ordered that four cases
known as the Jones National bank, tho
Hank of Staplonurst, the Utica bank
and Thomas Ilalloy against David
Thompson, Charles E. Yates and oth
ers be restored to tho Biipreme court
docket for argument.
Italy Will Harvest Big Wheat Crop.
Washington. Italy will harvest 29,
396,000 moro bushels of wheat this
year thnn In 1914, according to a fore
cast of crop conditions cubled the do
unrtment of ngrlculturo by tho Interna
tional lnstluto of agriculture In Rome.
Italy's wheat yield la estimated nt 202,
093,000 bushels for 1915, as against
172.C97.000 bUBhels In 1914. No yearly
comparisons aro given for other grains,
but it is estimated that Italy's ryo
crop this year will total 4.724,000 bush
els; barloy, 9.1S6.000, and oats, 31,033,
000. Providing for Promotions.
Washington. D. C Yearly promo
tions for moro thnn 12,000 postal em
ployes In different parts of tho coun
try will be authorized by tho postoffico
department, July 1, desplto tho fnlluro
of congress at Its last session to pass
tho postal appropriation bill. First
Assistant Postmaster Gonernl Roper
announces that r.n unexpended balance
In tho funds of his olllco would bo
utilized to provide for the promotion
of postmasters, clerks nnd carriers,
who, under tho salary classllleutlon
law, aro entitled to advancement.
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GERMANS DECLARE LOSS OF LEM
BERQ FATAL BLOW
Seven British Reservists Arrested Ir
New York Carranza Refuses
To Treat With
Villa.
Western Newspaper Union News Bervlca.
London. Tho Russians havo lost
Lcmberg. They occupied the Gallclan
capltnl enrly In September and held It
continuously until Tuesdny, when the
combined AustroGerman forces com
pelled them to retreat from tho city,
which Is only sixty-odd miles duo west
from the nearest point of the Russian
frontier. Whether the full of Lcmberg
means that the Russian army operat
ing south of it in southenst Gallcln Is
effectively cut off from the nrmy to the
north stretching nccross Poland to the
Baltic can not yet be stated. Tho
newspapers of both Vlcnnn and Berlin
say this is tho caso and that tho
Russian arms received a blow from
which they can not recover.
Refuses to Deal With Villa.
Washington. General Carranza has
informed tho United States govern
ment that under no circumstances will
ho trcnt with General Villa; that ho
will not compromise with his oppon
ents, and that ho will continue his plan
to crush his enemies by military cam
paign. President Wilson has received
a long report on General Carranza,
views hb given In Informal conversa
tion with an Amorlcnn consular olllcer
at Vera Cruz. He found In It little
hopo for a reconciliation of differences
as between tho Mexican factious.
VIOLATING NEUTRALITY LAW.
Seven Men Enlisted for English Serv
ice Arrested at New York.
New York. Seven men who aro al
leged to have enlisted at San Fran
cisco as British reservists were ar
rested hero by special 'agents of the
department of Justice. Tho men were
en route to England. According to As
sistant United States District Attorney
Roger B. Wood an investigation of al
leged breaches of tho neutrality law of
the United Stutes is now in progress
in San Francisco. Tho men arrested
here, he assorted, were wanted as wit
nesses. An order for their arrest waa
Issued by a federal Judge.
Descendants of William Hurry.
Lincoln, Neb. Six direct descena
ants of William Hurry, who pulled the
ropo that rang tho liberty bell pro
claiming to tho world tho signing of
tho declaration of independence July
4, 177C, will bo guests of the. Lincoln
Commercial club July 9, tho date that
tho bell stops in Lincoln on Its way
from Philadelphia to tho exposition in
San Francisco. They are Mrs. Herbert
J. Thompson, soven generations re
moved by direct lineal descent from
Wllllnm Hurry, and her five sons, Al
exander, Arthur, Alfred, George nnd
Held, all residents of Palmyra, Otoo
county.
Los Angeles. Sevornl deaths ore ro
ported at Calexlco, a town on tho Mex
ican boundary line, ns a result of nn
earthquake. Fires aro said to have
started in several places. The tole
graph and telephone wires wore put
out of commission. Tho high school
nt Brawley, a fow miles north of El
Centro, is said to havo been destroyed
by tho shock. Considerable damage
was reported at El Centro, but no fires
occurred there. Electric wires wore
broken, throwing tho town into dark
ness. Buildings wero soverely
shaken
Grandfather Clause Unconstitutional,
Washington. Tho Oklahonm consti
tutional "grandfather clause," restrict
ing tho negro vote, has boon annulled
as unconstitutional by tho supremo
court. Tho court held that Oklahoma
had not mennt to provide a literacy
tOHt for Its voters, If tho restriction
ns to thoso qualified to voto In 18GG
wns Illegal, and henco struck down
thnt tOBt, although holding that stand
ing nlono such n test was constitu
tional. Tho decision was unanimous.
FRUSTRATES II PLOT
UNITED STATES TAKES HAND IN
REVOLUTIONARY MOVE
ftEED FLOUR FOR THE ARMY
Villa Gives Order to Refuse Sale
to Civilians Denies Any
Harm to American
Trade
Wrntcrn Ncwrpnper Union New Service.
El Paso, Tex. Gcnoral Vlctorlnnc
Huertn, former dictator of Mexico ar
rived here Sunday nccompnnlcd bj
several well known Mexicans. Uron
his nrrlval federal offlclnls who ac
companied by United States cnvnlry
men had mot the party jxt Newman,
N. M., escorted General Huerta to the
federal building for a conference.
Formal charges were filed agnlnst
Huerta and Orozco on instructions
from the United States district attor
ney at San Antonio charging them with
conspiracy to Incite a revolution
ngalnst u friendly country.
The nccused weic tnken before
George Oliver, United Stntes commls
sloner, and their bond npproved uni
their hearing fixed for Thursday.
Denies Harming American Trade
Washington, I). C England's denial
that sho has harmed Amerlcali trado
will not bo accepted by the United
States. Issue will be talien with tho
assertions in the British note. In ad
dition, the United States will call tho
British foreign ounce's attention to the
fnct thnt the reply evades tho main
point the right of neutral nntlons to
enrry on their trade with each other
unmolested by any belligerent. It Is
expected thnt Secretnry of Stnto Lans
ing will begin preparing tho reply note
nt once.
FLOUR NEEDED FOR THE ARMY
Villa Gives Orders Not to Sell to
Civilians
Douglas. Ariz. AM flour mill own
ers In Sonora. Mexico, have been noti
fied by the Villa, authorities not to sf U
flour to civilians under any circum
stances, ns It will be needed for the
nrmy. Beenuse of these orders farm
ers are said to be making their own
flour In primitive stone mills and
hnve ceased selling to the mills.
Grnln crops surrounding mnny
towns nnd villages are going to ruin
because of lack of labor to harvest
them.
Laborers In southern Mocteczuma
and northern Sahunrlpa districts nr
refusing to nccopt Issues of wnr script
demanding wheat In payment of wnges.
Want -Workers in Harvest Fields
Washington. War orders from Eu
rope, the prospective rccord-brcaklnp
crop of wheat now being harvested
nnd heavy yields of other grains are
creating n new demand for labor, ac
cording to Indications nt tho govern
ment employment office In the depart
ment of labor. Requests for workers
are coming from mnny manufacturers
nnd farmers throughout tho country
nnd from stnto Inbor commissioners.
Oklnhoma Is snld to need from 10,000
to 18.000 hnrvest hnnds, nnd Kansas
35,000. An Oregon association hasnr
piled for 1.000 berry pickers.
Told to Keep Out of Mexico.
London. The ofllclnl press bureau
ans issued tho following statement:
"In view of tho existing state of af
fairs In Mexico, tho secretary for for
eign affairs (Sir Edward Grey) de
sires to warn British subjects ngalnst
visiting thnt country unless absolutely
obliged to do so by lmporatlvu neces
sity." To Float New French Loan.
New York. J. p. Morgnn & Co. an
nounce that nrrnngements have been
mndo by them and the Rothschilds of
Paris for the llotutlon In this country
of a new French lonn. the nmount of
which it was impossible' to state nt
present, secured by high grade rail
way bonds lodged with the Morgan
firm.
Washington. Ofllclnl notlco of
Franco's decision to withhold pass
ports hereafter from Americans of
Gormnn origin has reached tho state
department. Offlclnls refused to com
ment but It wns understood they wero
exnmlnlng trentles to determine whnt
course- to tnke.
St. Louis, Mo. Senator Stono ol
(Missouri hns selected a solid silver
flower basket, standing three feet high,
ns tho wedding gift from tho Missouri
congresslonnl delegation to Miss Gono
vlovo Clark, daughter of Spenner
Champ Clark of tho national houso ol
representatives.
Washington. Another warning to
Amorlcans against going to British
ports without passports or other Ident
ification papers has been received at
the stato department from Ambassador
Pago at London.
Chicago, '111. Taking the lend 1n
action which It Is estimnted will throw
150,000 men out of employment In this
city, the Edward Hln'os Lumber com
pany, tho largest. In Chicago, an
nounces thnt it will close its twenty
yards. The company omploys 10,000
men, Tho Illinois Hrlck company will
bo the noxt to cense operntlons. The
crisis Is duo to tho rejection of arbi
tration by tho carpenters who havo
been on strike for nearly two months,
Tho building matoriul men say that
they havo boon operating at a loss
during tho strike.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBHA8KA
A farmers' union has been organ
(zed at Murdock.
Tho southwest Nebraska fair will bo
held at Maywood In October.
President Wilson has nppolntcd F.
G. Covar as postmaster at Schuyler.
The Falrbury summer normal school
has just closed a three weeks' term.
Edith Yost, n twenty-year-old Wy
more girl, suicided by taking poiBon.
According to returns of the assessor
there aro 1,093 pianos In York county.
. Seward will not celebrate July 4th,
but Instead will have a grand barbecue
August 11th.
Tho corner stone of the new manual
training school nt Peru normal will
be laid July 5.
The Oxford school will purchase the
baseball park and convert it Into a
high school athletic grounds.
An Increase of $808,022 is shown in
tho Lincoln bank clearings for last
week, over the same period last year.
Tho State Sunday School Conven
tion nt Broken Bow last week wob the
largest .of Its kind ever held In the
state.
Falrbury will establish n rock pile
for tho benefit of Weary Willies who
attempt to make that city a stopping
place.
Tho national convention of tho
Farmers' Union will 'be held In Lin
coln for four days beginning Septem
ber Cth.
Martial airs and patriotic music
wero barred from Lincoln schools dur
ing tho past year as n result of the
European war.
The cold, damp weather has cut the
prospective watermelon crop to an
nlarmlng degree, and growers look for
a big shortage.
Erlcson is now an incorporated vil
lage. Messrs. Foulk, Heston, Larson,
Hardcsty and Pierco were named ns
village trustees.
A large force of men haB been em
ployed at the work of grading tho
seedling mile of tho Lincoln highway,
west of Kearney.
Harry M. Pratt, who has been con
nected with the Lincoln fire depart
ment for over twenty-one years, will
bo retired on a pension.
Scott Wall or Fremont thinks he
has tho most diminutive horse on
, earth. It stands 22 x 32 Inches, Is fully
J developed nnd four years old.
a. Ij. eaviness, for fifteen years
Superintendent of the Falrbury
schools will go to Kearney as head
( of tho city Bchools at that place.
seven onrloads oP Horses, Including
a few mules wero purchased by a Te
cumseh firm a at sale last week at
the state fair grounds in Lincoln.
Mayor Madgett of Hastings Is deter
mined to stop "punch board" gambling
nnd merchants have been notified to
discontinue their use.
The corner stono of tho now $10,000
library building nt Broken Bow wnB
laid last week, under tho auspices of
the Masonic grand lodge.
George Rosentrater. a farmer living
southwest of Callaway, may die of In
juries sustained when ho becamo en
tnngled in tho belt of a gasoline en
gine. Entry blanks for tho Better Babies
contest at the Nebraska stato fair will
be mailed on request by the secretary
of the Nebraska stato board of agricul
ture. Insurance companies carrying hall
risks In the flvo counties In the south
west pnrt of tho stato that were hit by
tho heavy storm of June 17 believe
they will bo called upon to pny to tho
farmers about half a million dollars.
The Tecumsch school board has se
cured the services of Clarence Weber
ns agricultural instructor In the high
school for next year. Weber Is a
grndunto of tho Tecumseh high school
nnd nlso of tho agricultural college at
Lincoln.
A hundred nnd twelve officers of tho
Nebraska national guard, with the offi
cers of tho school of instruction, wero
banqueted at tho Lincoln Commercial
club Friday noon, as part of the enter
tainment provided for tho visitors at
the annual camp of Instruction In Lin
coln this year.
Mrs. Frank Shanecraft, of Lincoln,
held a burglar whom sho caught In
her lunch car until a policeman ar
rived and "toted" him off to the sta
tion. Roy Harling, a Beaver Crossing
young man, was "done" for $50 In a
confidence game by an affable stranger
iwlth whom he struck up an acquaint
ance nt Lincoln.
Spontaneous combustion from al
falfa in tho barn of W. M. Clnyton of
West Bentrlce started a fire which
destroyed the structure, together with
a consldorablo amount of implements,
hay and grain. Ono horse perished.
Seven farmers of the Dilier vicinity
marketed over 4,500 bushels of wheat
the first part of last week.
D. C. Berry, former county treasurer
of Lancaster county, and widely
known throughout the state, was serl
ottBly if not fatally shot by a burglar
who invaded his bungalo In West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Tho officers of the Johnson County
Good Roads association havo decided
to givo a number of prizes for tho
best kept mile of road within a dis
tance of five miles In any direction
from tho limits of tho city of Tecum
seh. ,Mlss Freda Ramsey, daughter of Dr.
P. P. Ramsay, of the Unlvorslty of
Omaha, died nt Santa Barbara, Cat.,
Sunday, as tho result of being thrown
rom a horse.
Tho attendance at the, Bummer ses
sions of tho stato nomal schools Is
very good this year, as far as has
toeen reported to State Superinten
dent Thomas,
The various church organizations
t Fremont will Join In a union re
vival during the month of January,
next. Tho meetings will bo held In a
tabernaclo under chargo of Reverend
Royburn of Iowa.
BOUNTIFUL PROMISE
FROM WESTERN CANADA
Average Increase of Acreage in
Wheat Over 22 Per Cent.
' Wheat Acreage
Province. Increase.
Saskatchewan 25 per cent
Alberta 32 per cent
Manitoba 15 percent
Averago for prairies.... 22 per cent
Saskatchewan.
Tho growth of tho crop during tho
past week was very satisfactory. Rain
fell in many places during tho early
part of tho week, followed by warmer
weather, which has been most bene
ficial to the grain. Breaking and summer-fallowing
wero well under way,
nnd conditions generally wore 'most
promising.
The following reports have been re
ceived by tho department from the
various centers: Denholm A little
rain needed In tho northern part to
start lato grain; remainder of district
plenty of moisture. Davidson Ideal
growing weather;' n fow farmers har
rowing grain to conserve moisture by
breaking crust formed since last rain.
North llnttlcford to Prince Albert
Good growing weather; crops looking
well. Slight damago near North llnt
tlcford from cutworms; recent rnlns
beneficial. Klndersley Crops looking
lino and prospects good; plenty of
moisture, with prospects of moro rain.
Every slough in this country Is full.
Prlnco Albert Crops In fair condition,
though cutworms and light frosts
havo dono dnmago In some sections.
Havo had modorato quantity of rain.
Owing to prompt marketing of the
harvest of 1914, tho farmers wero en
abled to devote moro time thnn usual
to cultivation In the autumn, under
conditions which wcro decidedly fa
vorable, and that, combined with the
opportunities for soil preparation pre
serlted by nn early spring this year,
has resulted In the seeding of a wheat
area estimated nt twenty-five per cent
greater than last year. Areas sown
to onts nnd flnx mny be less than Inst
yenr, because of tho concentration
upon tho cereal In greater demand for
export. Wheat seeding was completed
eight days earlier than tho average,
under almost ideal conditions.
Alberta.
"Prospects excellent. Abundant
moisture throughout the province, fol
lowing rain. Area thirty to thirty-five
por cent greater. Crop generally two
weeks earlier."
Attention is drawn to the fact that
tho land has not been in such fine con
dition to work for years; neither has
thero been as much moisture as there
wns last autumn. This was protected
during tho winter by a llttlo moro tha&
the average snowfall, which remained
on tho land, not being removed by the
warm chlnook winds, as Is usually the
case. Thero never has -been a moro
optimistic feeling than exists today,
judging by tho Information received
from various parts of tho province. We
feel justified in Baying that tho crop
never went in under moro favorable
circumstances; weather splendid and
land particularly well worked.
Whlio It Is true that tho acreage will
be greatly increased, it is pleasing to
learn that desplto tho high price of
feed, tho receipts of milk and cream at
the dairies continue to keep up, and
that tho output of tho creameries has
increased in qunntlty.
Ono of tho most encouraging things
In last year's work was tho Increase of
practically thirty per cent In tho out
put of cream and butter south of Cal
gary. Manitoba.
Owing to tho exceptionally early har
vest last year and favorable fall
weather, a much larger acreage of
land was prepared than usual, and
partly for tho same reason and the
prospects of high prices for all kinds
of grain, farmers took moro pains In
tho preparation of land, so that the
spring opened up with 1,235,000 acres
of fully prepared land nbovo the pre
vious year. Seeding was goneral by
tho 7th of April, some days in advonco
of tho average. Slnco that tlmo the
weather has been exceptionally favor
able for tho sowing of wheat, and the
farmers havo takon full advantage of
It. Much of tho crop is now above tho
surface. Thero has been a very gen
eral nnd liberal rainfall; this will
hasten tho germination of tho recently
sown whent, nnd will provent tho soil
from drifting off tho later sown crop.
The area Bown in wheat Is fully 15 per
cent greater than last year.
To sum up the agricultural situation
generally, the Department of Agricul
ture says: "Tho area is larger than
usual, tho land has been well prepared,
and the wheat has been sown at tho
right tlmo; not bo early as to run the
risk of being killed off by frost, but
sufficiently early to insure Its ripening
In tho fall." Advertisement
Interesting Comparison.
"It beats all how luck does play fa
vorites," remarked Farmer CorntoBsel.
"I Jes" been to seo Ezra Hanktns."
."How's ho gettln' along slnco he hurt
his foot?"
"Ho's purty glum. Tho doctoi
charged him a hundred dollars fur cut
tin' his foot off. An' when the rail
road cut Uncle Jake's foot the com
pany paid him bIx hundrfcd in cash.
Mnybo these great corporations ain't
as graBpln' as somo pooplo says."
But a poot doesn't nocessnrlly dwell
In an attic for tho sako of tho view.
Let's remember the kind acts of oth
ers, but forgot our ownl
?