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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF FIGHTING STORM HIGH UP IN AIR Navigator in Plane Tells of Thrill ing Experience During a Fierce Cyclone. BREAKS WITHOUT WARNING Hall and Rain Lash Machlno Merci lessly, Making It Toss From Ono Side to the Other Like a Cork on Surface of Sea. Now York. An observer In nn ulr plant describing nn experience In n storm thousands of foot above the i-nrth writes "Tlic sky wan Htrcwn with the rem untitH of n morning cirrus, iih tlio climb wns uindo carefully hut swiftly oa the wings of n warm wind. Eight thousand feet was renched with the increHt effort. The salient fentureH of the countryside could he picked out without glasses. Thu air had a milky tlnpe, hut K was such as the eye could 'speak' through, and It gave no Im pression of the moisture with which It must hnvo been heavy. It sneincd warm and' brilliant, and as thu ma chine throbbed Its way through It two Cattle Ranges Fast Disappear For More Than Year Average Raiser Has Been Losing Money in Middle West. HERDS ARE REIN6 DIMINISHED fcve, where Feeders Are Quitting Op erations In Discouragement Land Over Which Cattle Roamed Being Turned Into Wheat bioim Falls. The cattle Industry Is idmlttcdly In a bud way. For more than e year the average raiser has been losing money. The herds are be ing diminished. More beef Is sent to Biorket direct from the grass, corn be ng too costly for fattening at the pres ent live stock quotations, which meaus pore waste and less meat per head. More land over .which the cattle roamed Is being turned Into wheat, and this also adds to the depopulation of America's herds. Hut In the butcher shops of the hamlets and villages, the pmaller cities and the great centers, the consumer ilnds Old Doc High Cost has as strong n clutch as ever. Out here In regions where the rnw ma terial Is raised the traveler Muds the price of beefsteak and pork chops over tlio counter Is as much a problem for the family budget ns It Is In the big cities. Cattle Question Important Some gloomy prophets say If the re duction of the herds continues at the present rate steak may Jump to 00 ceuta or $1 u pound within a year. They rany provo wrong or they may prove right, but In any event thu cat tle question Is ono of deep concern. At every stop that has been made Id six states, the farmers have talked with emphasis. Everywhere evidence was presented that feeders are quitting operations la sheer discouragement During the Inst year after buying cattle from the grass, then feeding them com at $1.50 to $1.80 and up ward a bushel, they have went their fitock to market, only to rccelvo for the finished product far less than it cost them. In Nebraska the state authorities say fcnndrcds of men are sending cattlo A market direct from pasture because pders will not buy. In Kansas one-fourth of tlio pas tures this year are without herds, so the Btato live stock association at To Jeka reported a few days ago. They are marketing them light theso lays ,at 2 or 8 years od. The ussoclu Ion's experts say that last year the LIONESS CARESSES 41 ST CUB Helen of New York Zoo Shows Affec tion for Her Latest Offspring. Now York. Ilelen, a lioness caged In Central park, licked her forty-first off spring ob affectionately ns If tho cub -were fcer first born. Her keepers explained this unend ing maternal affection by saying that Jher other children, savo two, which 'died In Infancy, have all been sent mway to populate other roos. Ackbar, tho father, roared fiercely when tho youngster wns born, but later looked upon the event ha simply representing one moro Hon In the world. Fought at Altar Over Marriage Vows. Manitowoc, WIb, Declaring the imarriage vows should bo pronounced In German, Martin BobII caused an luatant protest from Eleanor Klalbor, his bride-to-be, who wished tho cere mony to be In English. An argument lnsuol until the priest compiled with jfce bridegroom! wlahe. Funeral of Gen. 334SiM3amXfta&!&J MM. rt-rrt Ulmmtt MWXtk. . & f mmmmmmmmmm-mmW B mmmft.v v-rmmmmmmw X mmmmmmmmar.mmmmWmmwfmmm inrLK WW IW sMf nrKIB 'j m ma mm' mmWmlmmmmmmBNmm.am1 mmm7QmmmM .L. mm mm H wBjjkWmmmmm' jSJUESft " " ; k 4i Thu coflln of AlnJ. Gen. William C. Gorgas, 0. S. A., being carried Into SL Paul's Cathedral, London, where Impressive funeral bervlces were held. warm slip streams Ilowed back over the wind screen. "Some time must hnvo elnpsed be fore the pilot, In twisting the cruft round to a new direction, caught a glimpse of a livid purple-urny bank of clouds which had crept up from the south. It had come quite unheralded average market weight of steers nt Kansas City plumped 100 pounds, meaning a grenter percentage of waste and a smaller proportion of beef. Everywhere on the trip stories of losses have been retailed to the tour ists. At first they appeared to ho high ly exaggerated, but after hearing the snme type of complaint for 1,200 miles, one takes a different view. Hero ure a few random Instances: Farmer Reports Loss. At Monmouth a 1,000 acre farmer said he had u prime herd on which his loss amounts to more than $100 per head. At Chllllcothe, Mo., three farmers said their losses during the year ran between $100 and $125 a bend and that some raisers had fared even worse. At Topeka a state olllclal In all seri ousness reported ono case where a raiser had sold a bunch on which his loss had run to $185 per head. At Fremont, Neb., a former con gressman, In close touch with farmers, said losses of $l.r0 to $180 per head had not been at all uncommon during the last yea?. Ono comment Is heard In every vil lage. The only difference Is In the words, hut the tune runs like this: "I bought n hit of meat and the butcher charged me CO cents a pound. I asked htm whnt my cattle would bring and he said about 0 to 10 cents. They dress one-half, which would make meat on the hoof worth 20 cents. Where does the other -10 cents go?" Arthur M. Evans in Chicago Tribune. ; Shoe Heels Solid Gold, ; J Corset Bones Costly , ' Genevn. A young woman nr- rested near Geneva while trying t suspiciously to steal across the t frontier Into Franco was found J t after shrewd search to "have cor- t set "hones" of gold and platinum J t covered with cloth, and shoe J heels of solid gold under white J varnish. She was trying to smuggle bullion Into France. Women Best on Guard Duty. Warsaw. Women mako the best sol diers for guard duty at barracks and food supply depots, according to tho Polish wur ministry. An appeal for women volunteers asserts that women are especially noted for their trust worthiness and honesty. Poland's Volunteer Legion of Wom en for the nrmy already has moro than 000 members, anil nearly 2,000 appli cations waiting to be passed on. AVENGE ESSAD PASHA "Blood Brother" Is Ready to Keep His Oath Gambling Incident With 8laln Alba- nlan Cemented Friendship Long Ago. Paris. Vengcnnco for tho assassina tion of Essad Pnsho, head) of tho Al banian delegation here, Is being quiet ly awaited by a "blood brother" of the Balkan leader, according to a circum stantial story by n' French writer, pub lished by the Excelsior. This man, now rich and Influential In France, tho story goes, was one of several poor young men who SO years ago met Essad Pasha, then known na tho "Block Dnggor of Abdul Humid," In Constantinople, when ho crowded Into n card gamo and Insisted upon ploying with them. Fearing Essad Pnshn, they protested they wero too poor to play, with him, but ho Insisted, Gorgas in London by thunder, hut although the sight was not attractive there seemed neither cause for alarm nor need for n prema ture descent. Even the growling rumble, of thunder at a great dlstnnce, which1 came nt last, failed to disconcert, und, the airplane soared on with bracing, wires singing nnd tho engine In deep, full-throated roar. "Then, without further warning, tho storm broke In full fury. A mighty crash of thunder, which seemed to, deafen and almost shake the machine! out of the skies, was accompanied by! a wild hurst of hall nnd rain which! lashed the machine mercilessly nntl' made It toss from one side to the other) like a cork on the surfneo of the sen.) In u steaming cloak of rain nnd mist It was Impossible for the eye to see) the ground. "Peal after peal of thunder followed! In swift succession between vivid' flashes of furious summer lightning.! The heavens had opened to pour forth the accumulated passion of centuries. At nenrly 7,000 feet up It would bo suicidal to descend Into the unknown and unseen. Which was safer air or land? To the pilot, anxious almost beyond endurance, came the thought, common to every flying man, of flro In the air, nnd as If to confirm this horror n flash In n moment Illumi nated the whole machine as though It were caught In the probing beam of a searchlight nt night. Tho sky was rent from vault to horizon by n vivid streak of electric fire. The Indicating fingers on the navigation Instruments oscillated wildly. Like Wounded Bird. "It seemed the last moment; but It passed, and still the machine was air worthy. The hall still tore fiercely nt tho fabric of tho planes; tho machine wns becoming1 more nnd more un stable; hut It still hummed on. Down below a cloud of vapor mnde It lm-i possible to see tho earth or to sight a stretch of ground whereon to hiniL The thunder broke with unabated fury nt regular Intervals, and nt each on slaught the machine quivered like a wounded bird. "If the pilot continued to fly on It coiild only he n matter of moments before nil control of tho craft would be wrenched from his hnnds. It wns equally hazardous to plunge down Into the sen of mist In total Ignorance of tho He of tho land beneath. Tint to the latter course only could a shred of hope cling. The engine therefore wns suddenly shut off nnd the nose of tho machine dropped. "By the altimeter, wntched feverish ly, tho descent of a few thousnnd feet seemed to take many minutes. In thn thick of a swirling mist a sudden and violent contact with the earth was mo mentarily expected. Hut down down; until at what seemed the critical sec ond there enme n sudden Inrush of stendy, grateful nir from n region of smiling content and peacefulness. with the earth a thousand feet below. There wns no sunshine, hut there was also no storm. It had been a cyclone of thu upper regions only." Lightning Bolt Kills Chickens. Pontine, Mich. When n bolt of, lightning killed 40 chickens In the yard of Smith Ames of 10-t Forest street It, laid them all out nenrly with their' heads pointed In the snme direction. Mr. Ames says ho appreciates the or derllness of nature, hut ho wishes the bolt had picked tho feathers off also. emphasizing It by placing his revolver on the table ns a threat. To meet this, tho "blood brother" put down his dagger, poisoned, ho said.) Essad Pasha showed his surprise, then his pleasure. "Young man," ho exclaimed, "(his la tho first time anyone has dared defy me. Men Ilko you are rare." Essad Pasha took his own dngger, opened n vein In his wrist ond also In that of tho young man, eacli sucked a few drops of blod from tho other nnd' they beenmo "blood brothers," accord-; Ing to Albanian customs, sworn t nvengo each other's deaths. "I nm ready," this, "brother" now Is quoted os saying, "to keep my oath, but I hnvo confidence that French courts will mnko It unnecessary for mo to Interfere," Itustoin Avenl, nrrested on tho spot for shooting down Essnd Pnshn ns the latter was entering his automobile In tho downtown district recently, la' awaiting trial. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Called From All t Parts of the State, Reduced I for the Busy. j SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Work on the extension of the Union Pacific line, west from Ilnlg, partly through Goshen Hole, Wyn., which slarled early hi August, will open a wonderful sugar hei't and wheat terri tory and will undoubtedly hasten the i completion of the government Irrlgu-, lion project that will put about 1 10,000 I acres under Irrigation and Insures the" speedy erection of a sugar factory on the .south side of the North Platte rior in the Goshen Hole country. , Suit has been Instituted nt Ited Cloud by a number of persons resid ing in the- vicinity of Invale to nullify the consolidation of eight school dis tricts in that community. These ills-1 trlcts were consolidated by a . speelnl ' election held last March, under thei new law passed by the last legislature' and recently held constitutional by the state supreme court. j The State College qf Agriculture at ) Lincoln will exhibit latest discoveries! In farming and housekeeping at coun ty fairs at the following places Hits fall: O'Neill, Auburn, Broken How. i Aurora, Deshler, Pierce, Geneva, Hea ver City, Waterloo, Nelson, Stockvllle, David City, Clay Center, Heatrlce and Osceola. i I'nrl ( 't'lllllr limit- Omuli., 1... I.......' ... , - . .,...., ... ... w.iMt.tii. (i.i-. in-, II ofllclully selected to be the headquar ters of the Seventh "corps area," a new division of the U. S. army. The new Seventh' army, besides Nebraska, will Include Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa and North and South Dakota. It will give Omaha the distinction of being an impoitant military city. A. move has been started to retake the census at Fremont as the result of government figures, which shows the population of the city decrensed from 8,718 hi 1010 to 7,070 in 1020. Fie mooters claim the school census at present Is 2.S77, which at a ratio of 1 to 1 would give the city over 11,000. It is estimated that federal woman itilTrage, If finally extracted from thu legal tangle In Tennessee, or ratified by some other state, will permit ap proximately 1127,000 Nebraska women to vote at the presidential election this fall. Chief name Warden Koster at Lin coln Is being swamped with reports from the sandhill regions of the state that many prairie chickens are being slain by Impatient hunters who re fuse to wait until the. open season, October 15. Managers of the Nel-aska state fair are endeavoring to hold railroads to the promise of reduced rates to the fair, based on tho rales effective In April, 1020, under au arrangement made in June. Favorable weather during the past six weeks has Increased the potato crow In Nebraska 1,000.000 bushels over July estimates, according to crop experts. Indications now point to a yield of 0,500,000 bushels. Fred Hostleman, Stoddard farmer, who has been charged with the death of his daughter, Frieda, 10, on June 7, hus been declared Insane and commit ted to the state asylum for Insane at Lincoln. Socialists of Nebraska have notified Secretary of State Amsberry that the party will ask for u place on the state presidential ballot, presenting Its can didate hy petition. Corn In Perkins county, farmers soy, will run- nil the way from twenty-live to forty bushels to the acre The yearly average for this county Is twenty-four bushels. The Johnson county annual fair, which was abandoned some three years ago, will be resumed this year. It will bo hold at Tecumseh October 13 to 15. Superintendent of Schools Marsh of Dodge ootinty states that country teachers' salaries for tills year will average moro than $110 n month. Four thousand bushels of wheat from 100 acres, and 1,000 from a tract of 30 acres are yields reported from Holds near (Jrant. Tho watermelon and cantaloupe crop In Dodgo county this year has been severely dumuged by plant lice, it Is said. Tho sugar beet crop In Ntbrnskn Is expected to run 818,000 tous, as com pared to 000,000 tons lust year. Stock In tho now fifty-barrel flour ing mill to be erected at Goring has practlcully boon subscribed by wheat growers living on tho south Bide of the North Platte vulloy. Petitions aro being circulated In Dodge county asking tho bonrd of su pervisors to call u special election to vote bonds for tho purpose of hard-surfacing all inula ronds In the county. It Is plHnnod to proruto tho Issue uuioug the several townships. Work lias been finished on tho new sales puvlllou built by tl Saunders County Livestock Breeders association at Wahoo. VUlmoro county Red Cross nnd Fair mont chapters have united hi securing tho services of u county Ited Cross nurse. The state railway commission at Lincoln denied the application ot Omuha street carmen for au Increase in wages. The board held that the present wage was equul to that puld In other Industries. It ulso denied tho men a right to utrlke. Attorney General Davis has ruled that Supreme Judge Flanshurg, who was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Cor nish, may servs out the two-year bal ance of Judge Cornish's form, and tthat the place cannot be filled at tho next general election, Judge Cornish died April 18, two days before tho prl mary election. This precluded buy attempt to nominate candidates nt tho primary. To fill the vacancy Gov ernor McKelvIe appointed ' .Tjidgo Flanshurg. Gus Hyers, chief Nebraska "dry" agent, announced nt Lincoln that air planes lo enforce the legislative act prohibiting Importation of liquor ,v air will ho asked of the state law enforce merit department if the federal go em inent falls to act. Details of frequent trlis Detween tho International border ami northern counties of this stale are known, It Is said. Much interest Is being felt all over Hock, llrown, Keya Pulni and Holt counties as the result of tho oil boom. Leases are being secured In Holt county, running up Into thousands of acres. Already much of K'eva Paha COIIMIV lo 1. ,.,!.. I . ... .. cally n of Hoc.,, rouI ((I wj Brown county. figures compiled by the Nebraska League of Savings and Loan Assoeh,. tlons show that building and loan companies of this state Increased their assets by $12,000,KH), made loans for I'"' Imihlliig of m,os u,w ,hv,imi ,s and llnanced the purchase of ( SS8 dwelling already hulll, during the vcar ruling June ,'U). It Is rumored around the state house at Lincoln that the proposed woman's suffrage amendment to the Nebraska constitution may he dropped, ami women will he penult ted to vote on fhe same bnllot with men at the elec tion September 21. The state railway commission Issued an order for a general Inctease of 2." per cent in locul freight rates In Ne braska. The Interstate rate raise or dered by federal authorities Is .'(", per cent, lint the commission declared this higher than needed on local rates. In reply to au Inquiry from Allco Haul, chairman of the national worn an's party, Attorney General Davis says that no state legislation Is neces Miry In Nebraska to put national woman suffrage In effect. Scottsblnir made the largest gain In population In the state the past ten ears, with 2.10.0. per cent, according to census figures. North Platte was second with a gain of 11S.I per cent, and Omaha third, with M.I per eoiiL L. W. Arnold. Holt county ranch man, for the second time this year topped the Chicago market with grass fed steers, when he sold two loads av eraging 1,140 pounds. They brought 17 cents lint. The Nebraska oil corporation, drilling for oil at Itlverton, struck a live-barrel seep of high-grade oil at HO feet. The big 20-lnch hole Is going down moro than 100 feet every 21 hours. Owing to tho fact that but six of Its members are still living, ami they aro too feeble to carry on the work. Wil liam Hays post of the G. A. H. of Cal laway presented Its Hag to the Calla way Post of the American Legion. Tho new $.r0,000 alfa-malzo mill at Hlattsmouth began operation the past week und It Is reported that four oth er mills of the same kind are to bo built In towns near Plattsmouth. More thnn 10,000 bushels of Kanreil wheat, all the available supply for sale In Gage county, has been sold for an average price of !?.'! a bushel, according to County Agent L. Boyd Hist. A levy of two and a half mills has been made by the Fillmore county hoard of supervisors to pay tho coun ty's share In paving around the court I house square nt Geneva. Work of paving the streets of West i Point Is progressing rapidly and peo- pie of tho city are anxious for com pletion of the first district. North Platte hus been designated ns u station for trans-continental aerial mall. First pianos began stop ping there a few days ag. Farmers around Miller suffered heavy crop damage us tho result of the recent terrific rain storm that swept tho district. John London of near Fllley, who sold his 100-acre farm thu other day for ?.'in,000, bought the laud two years ago for $10,600. The nnuual summer reunion of the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' associa tion will be held at Lincoln, Sept. 7. Extensive preparations are being ma do for tho state W. C. T. U. conven tion to bo held nt Plattsmouth Sept. 10. Hoad Improvement associations have been organized In every township In Dodge county. They aro pledged to keeping in repair country roads. Judge Stewurt at Lincoln Issued nn order enjoining the state university from further operating a serum plant, hut permits thu Institution to sell the serum on hand. Threo hundred dollars und costs was tho flno assessed against a farmer who resides twenty-two miles northwest of Alusworth for manufacturing und sell ing boer. Authorities seized over Ufty gallons of the brew. Thursday, September 0, hns been set nsldo as Omaha Day at the State Fair at Lincoln. W. F. Malm of Loomls shipped a load of Whlteface corn-fed steers to South Omaha tho other day nnd re ceived $17.00 n hundred, the highest price paid at the market for that kind of cattlo since October, 1010. Because of the unfavorable condi tions in tho matorlnl market and In creasing cost of supplies, work on $1, 200,000 of Improved ronds in Dodgo county has been abandoned for thh year. IMPROVED UNlrOEM PmiNATIONAL smMSaum Lesson (By ItKV. p ti KITWATKIt. D. D., Teacher of Kngllsh Hlble In the Moody Ulblo Instltuu of Chicago.) iCoiiyrlghl. 1S20, WcMrrn Newpavr I'nlnn ) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 5 THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. LKRSON THXT-I Kln&R 0;l; 8:CS CiULDHN TKXT-.Mlno huuso shall b called a lioune of pruyer for nil people. fsa. f,fi;7. ADDITIONAL MATKIUAL-II Chroiu til: 8:17. 1'JM.MAUY TOPIC-dod's HutiKn JUNIOIc TOPIC-SoIohioii tJullilH tht Tempt,. iNTi:n.Mt:iiATi-: and shmor topic -Piittlns Our Hint Into the lfouue nt Ood, VOUNO PKOPLK AND ADULT TOPIC -The Value of a House of Worship. I. Solomon's Preparation (0:1-18). He secured from King Hiram: 1. Wood for beams, ceilings, sheet ing, and chambers around the holy house. 2. Stones for the great foundation. These were secured from the Phoeni cian cprarrles and also from tho moun tain upon which the temple was built. They were s0 shaped Hint when the temple was erected there was no sound of a hammer heard. Jl. Skilled werkmen. Among the Is raelites were not to be found men skilled In this kind of work, so the king arranged with Hiram to furnish capable men. II. Solomon Building the Temple (0:l-3S). 1. The location Mount Morah (II Chron. 3:1). This was a suitable loca tion, as It was here that the Lord ap peared to Solomon's father, David. 2. Thu dimensions nnd materials. "It a cubit was IS Inches, the temple proper was 00 feet long, HO feet wide und -15 feet high." y. Tho contents: (l) Brazen altar; (2) lover; (3) golden candlestick; (4 cherubim. III. The Dedication of the Temple (8:1-00). The dedication of the temple was arranged to take place at a very favor able time. The success of an under taking Is largely determined by the time In which It Is held. This was ar ranged to take place nt the most Joy ous of the several representative gath erings of the Jews. The dedicatory services consisted of the following: 1. Bringing up the nrk (vv. l-ll). Tho nrk wns God's dwelling place. The ark with the two tables of stone under the mercy seat shows God manifesting himself with his people on the ground of n law perfectly kept and sins atoned for by tho shedding of blood. Following the completion of the sacrifice, the temple was Ulled with the glory of Jehovah. 2. Solomon's address to the people (vv. 2-21). He pointed out to the peo ple that God had chosen David to he king, yet for certain reasons did not allow him to build the temple, but promised that his hori should do the work. Now that the work was done, the temple was built, and thu nrk ol the covenant was in Its place, the.! could he assured that God had raised him up In thu room of his father. .'. Solomon's dedicatory prayer (vv. 22-.r.l). The ark having been placed In a most holy place, and the address to the people having been ended, tin king pours out his soul to God In prayer. In this prayer Solomon grate fully acknowledges God's goodness In the past, giving glory to him, nnd pleads that his promise to his fothei bo verified (vv. 22-20). He prays that God's eyes may continually ho opened towards the temple which he had non token possession of (vv. 27-nH), so thai (1) In case of contention between par ties he would Judge botween them (vv. Bl-,'12) ; (2) in case of being smitten by thy enemy, even though they had sinned, upon confession of tlio sin God would forgive nnd restore (vv. 311 34) ; (3) In case of famine os chastise ment for sin, upon confession and prayer before the temple, God would forgive and send rain (vv. 31), 30) (4) in case of pestilence and sickness, If they prayed to God toward tho tem ple, God would hear nnd forgive (vv. 37-40) ; (0) In case of the coming ol tho foreigner, who comes at tho news of God's greatness, praying townrd Jerusalem, his prayer should be beard (vv. 41-4!) ; (0) In case of going out to battle, their cause should bo main tained (vv. 44-45) ; (7) In case of be ing in captivity because of sin, God would hear their prayers and restore (vv. 40-53). 4. Solomon blesses the people (vv. 54-01). On the strength of the cove nant promises, he Invokes God's pres ence always to ho with them and to keep them faithful, nnd exhorts Un people to have their hearts perfect be fore God, walking In his command ments nnd statutes. ' 5. Solomon and the people offer sac- rlfices of thanksgiving (vv. 02-00). The Joy of the people was full ; they blessed God and the king. o Poverty Treads on Heels. There Is nothing keeps longer thntr a middling fortune, nnd nothing melts away sooner thnn a great one. Pov erty trends on tho heels of great and expected riches. Bruycre. Every Day the Best Day. Wrlto it on your heart that every day Is tho best day In tho year. i Ralph Waldo Emerson. Evidence of Weakness. Neutrality, as a lasting principle, Is. an evidence of weakness. Kossuth, w I
