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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1922)
" . . vv&rowsa?.-.i 1 W v v 'rtlit. BSS& kWamHinn. . '. r- r H'M f ' 5t M ' -' "":-itJi-t-1 '-i W Some Aspects of the Farmers' Problems By BERNARD (Itoprlntcd from (Continued from lsiht weeltl self sufficient and did not depend upon, or enro vary much, what tho great world was doing, The result Is that tho agricultural group 1m nlmost as much at n disadvantage In dealing with other economic groups as the Jay farm er of tho funny pages i tho hands of sleek urban confidence men, who sell Mm acreage in Central Park or the Chicago city hall, Tho leaders of the farmers thoroughly understand this, and they nro Intelligently striving to Integrate their Industry so that It will ho on tin equal footing with other husl nesses. As nn example of Integration, tnlce tho steel Industry, In which the model is the United States Steel Corporation, with Its Iron mines, ltn coal mines, Its luke nud rail transportation, Its ocean vessels, Its by-product coke ovens, Its blast furnaces, Its open hearth and Bessemer furnaces, Its rolling mills, Its tube mills and other manufacturing processes that are carried to tho high est degree of finished production com , pullhtc with the large In do It ha built up. All this Is general'" ronred ed to be to the advantage of the con Kiinier, Nor dues the steel miporntlon Inconsiderately dump Its product on tho market. On the contrary, li so uris that It Is frequently a stabilizing Inlluencc. us Is often the case with oth er large organizations. It Is master of Its distribution as well as of Its pro duetliin. If prices are not satisfactory the products nro held bach or produc tion IS reduced or suspended. It Is not compelled to send a year's work to the market at one time and take whatevei It can gel under such clrctunstaiKOs It bus one selling' policy and its own ejfpnrt ih-jmrlment. Neither uro the grades and iiiulltic.s of steel diUTiuIn til at Ihv cnprlco nf the buyer, nor due thu bit tor Hold the scales. In this sin glu inlcgnitloujif the steel corporation Is represented about 10 per cent of the ateel production or America. The rest Is mostly In the, bunds of a few large companies In ordinary time? the steel corporation, by example, stabilize." all steel prices If this Is permissible (it Is evtm desirable, because stable and fair prices are essential to solid nud continued prosperity) why would It be wrong for the farmers to utilize central agencies that would have hIiiiI lur effect on iigi (cultural products) Something Hire (hut Is what they are aiming at Some runners favored by regional rornpuiHiico and cuiiMvuIty. such in the cHruffnilt.rfffcfy'w .of California, til readjiajjysf'ilujl a way legally to Uff5ltlll.tJittli j .-. duet Into KrtlJjylain'aiClfcc'irdaiici. with seasonal iinrft lcHul demand, thin Improiliijj thclrjptfi'lum and iendei.a, thu con sumer n relloM.' -i-rle nf figured quality, -rtaln supply, and p'-isoaablo and relatively stealy prln-s. They have not found It iieiessury to resort to any special privilege, or to rlatm nay oveniptl'ui under the ntitl-trifa'f legislation of the statu or tuition. With out removing local control, they have built up a very efficient nunketlng ngency. The grain, cotton, and to bacco fanners, and Mio producers of hhlds atid wool, because of their num bers and the vastnesa of their regions, and for other reasons, have found ategratlou a more difficult tusk ; 'hough thorn arc now some thousands .if fanner's co-operative elevators, warehouses, creameries, and other en terprise of one sort and another, with u turn-over of a billion dollors n year. They are giving tho farmers business experience and training, nnd, so far us thgy go, they meet the need of honest weighing and fair grading; but they do mt meet the requirements of rationally adjusted marketing la any largo lUtd fundamental way. !rThe yext step, which will be o pat tern f? Mhor groups, Is now being prepared, by tho groin-raisers through the establishment of sales media which shall bundle grain separately ,ir col lectively, ns the Individual farmer may elect. It la this xtep the plan oMho Committee of Seventeen which has created so much opposition and Is thought by some to be In conflict with the anti-trust laws. Though there Is ' now bpfore congress a mensurov de signed to clear up doubt on this point, the groin-producer ro not relying on tiny Immunity froi i anti-trust legisla tion. They desire, nnd they are on titled, to-eo-ordlnate their efforts Just as effectively as the large business In terests of the country have done. In connection with the selling organiza tions tho United States Grain Growers Incorporated Is drafting a scheme of financing Instrumentalities nnd nuxlll- nry agencies which are Indispensable to the successful utilization of modem business methods. It Is essential that the farmers should proceed gradually with these plans, nnd nltn to avoid (he error of scrapping tho existing marketing ma chinery, which has been ho laboriously built up by long experience, before they iinvc n tried and proved substi tute or supplementary mechanism. They must bo careful not to becomo enmeshed In their own reforms and loso tho perspective of their place in tho national system. They must guard against fanatical devotion to now doc trines, atid should scolc nrttculntlou with tho getfcral .economic system rather thun its reckless, destruction us It relates to .them, , .,, , v-j' M. BARUCH Atlantic Monthly) To tuko a tolerant and sympathetic view of the runners' strivings for .bet ter things Is not to give a blanket endorsement to any specific plan, and itlll less to applaud the vagaries of .some of their lenders nnd groups. Neither should we, on tho other hand, alldw tho froth cf bitter agitation, false economics, and mistttken radical ism to conceal the facts of tho farm ers' disadvantages, and tho practicabil ity of eliminating them by well-eon-sldcrcd measures. It may lie that the farmers will not show the business sagacity and develop the wise leader ship to carry tlirmt;;li ::ottnd plans; hut Mest possibility thes not Justify the obstruction of tholr upward efforts. We, as city people, seo In high nnd speculatively manipulated prices, spoilage, waste, scarcity, tho results of defective- distribution of farm prod ucts. Should It not occur Ui us that wo liavo'n common interest with the "farmer In his nttcmpls to attain n de gree of efllclencj In distribution cor responding to Ids efficiency In produc tion? Do not the recent fluctuations In the May wheat option, apparently unrelated to normal Interaction of supply and demand, offer n timely proor or tho need of some such stabil izing agency as tho grain growers bavo In contemplation? It Is contended thnt, if their pro posed organizations bo perfected and operated, the farmers will have In their hand an instrument that will bo capable of dangerous abuse. We are told that It will bo possible to pervert It to arbitrary and oppressive price fifing from Its legitimate use of order ing and stabilizing tho How of fjrm products to the market, to the mutual benellt of producer and consumer. I nave no apprehensions on this point. In the llrsl place, n loose organiza tion, such as any union of farmers must bo at best, cannot bo so arbi trarily and promptly controlled as a great corporation. The one Is a lum bering democracy nnd the other an agile autocracy. In the second place, with all possible power of org intention, the farmers cannot succeed to any groat extent, or for any considerable length of time, In llxing prices. The great law of supply and demand works In various and surprising ways, to the undoing of the best laid plans that attempt to foil It. In tho third place, their power will avail tho fanners nothing ir u he abused. In our time and country power Is or value- to Its possessor only so long as It Is not abused. It is fair t say that I have seen no signs In responsible quarters of a disposition to dictate prices. There seems, on the contrary, to be a commonly hcnellchil purpose to realize a stability that will glvi an orderly and abundant How of farm products to the consumer and ensure reasonable and- dependable returns to the pro- Itv view of the supreme Importance to the national well-being of n pros perous and contented agricultural pop ulation, we should be prepared to go a long way In assisting the farmers te get an equitable share of the wealth they produce, through the Inaugura tion of reformi that will procure a continuous nnd Increasing stream of farm products. They are far from get ting a fair share now. Considering Ids capital and thu long hours or labor put In by the average farmer and Ids family, bo Is remunerated less than any other occupational class, with the possible exception or teachers, reli gious and lay. Though we know that the present general distress of the farmers Is exceptional and Is linked with the luevltable economic readbist meiit following the war, It intiM be remembered that, although represent ing oiie-tnlrd of the Industrial product and half the total population of the nation, the rural communities ordi narily enjoy but a fifth to a quarter of the pet annual national gain. Notwith standing the taste of prosperity thnt the farmers had during tho war, there Is today a lower standard of living among the cotton farmers of the South than In nny other pursuit In the country. In conclusion. It seems to tun that the farmers are chlelly striving for n gen erally beneficial Integration of their business, of the same kind and charac ter that other business enjoys. If It should be round on examination 'that the attainment of this end requires method different from those "which other activities have followed for the' anuio purpose should we not sympa thetically couslder tho plea for the right to eo-operuto, if only from our own' "enlightened self lnteresr, In ob taining nn abundant and steady II w of fnrm products? In examining the agricultural sdtua Hon with a view to Its Improvement, wo fehnll be most helpful If wo main tain a detached and Judicial viewpoint, rrmembonng that existing wrongs may be chlelly tin accident of unsymmctrl oal economic growth Instead of n crea tlnn of ninlevolent design and conspira cy. We Americans nro prone, as Pro feasor David Filday well says In his ndmlruble bo k, "l'roflts, Wages nnd Prices," to seel; u "erlmlnnl Intent be hind every difficult and inidcslrablo eco nomic situation." I can positively as sert from my contact wjlh men of large affairs, Including bunkers, that, fts.a whole, they nro endeavoring to MMMMBU - 4'V " ' i nA fulfill as they see thfiiti tile, obligations that go with their p uer Preoccupied with the grave pi-ohem mil hea. tasks of their own li imoo! ile affairs, they .ir not It. ,i d the'r tb-tlglilfii personal iitfeilt.. or fin . i inu-'lrik tlve ablWt.es to ''i" ,; -(. , ,,; ,,; a ) cultural bits'uess oiu'.nlziltioii. Agtl ciiIIu.t. It mn. bet said, .suffer from their preoccupation nnd ncsle.p railior than from any purposeful exploitation by then. They might now to hr-yln In respond in the farmer.' dllllcuUlos, which they niutl teallze are their own On Hie oilier hand, my contacts with the farmer have filled me with respect for them for their -aulty, Ihelr pa Hence, their bulnuc-. Within the last year, ami particularly at a mcdlna called by the Kansas State Hoard of Agriculture and at another culled 1 the Committee of 'Sevenlenr'i, 1 lime met many of the leadi - ' the tie i farm movement, and I testify In all sincerity that they are endeavoring to deal with Ihelr proVcn-, not as pro moters of a narrow clu-w lutereii, not as exploiters of the liaples-? e. nsuui'-i'. not as men-Ileus monopolists, but i, honest ment bent on Hie Improvement of the eomnif u weal. We can and must meet such me.i and such a cause half way. Their business Is our buslnes tho nation's bilslm.'-s. - In the District Court of Web ster County, Nebraska. In The Matter ot tho Application of Al phlo E. Hansen, Administrator, tor LIcoiibo to Soil Real Estate. Now on this 7th. day of February 10212, Alphlo E. Hnnsn, administrate r of tho estato of Henry t! Hanson, de ceased, having presented Ills petition under until praying- for liceiib'o to sell the following described roal estato of tho said Henry (. Hansen, deceased, to.wlt: An undivided one-third Inter ost In tho South West (Junrfor of the Noi Hi East, Quarter and Jhe South In.lf of tho North West Quarter of Section 1G, Town 1, Range, 10, in Webster Coun ty, Nnhrahka, mibjeettotlie honu stead right in slid land of Louise lliiustn, for thu payment of debts nlloud against said estate, and allowaneo and, cost of administration, for the nnsoi Hint there is no peisonal property in the poH9Bbioii of said Alpliio K. liii -.sen, administrator, belonging to tmid real tistate to ptv aiil dubts, allow ances and costs It is therefore oi tiered, that all poi sons interested in said estato appear before moat clmtnbar.s in the eltv of Kd Cloud, in said county on 'JOtli iny of .March l!)i:!. at the hour o ten o'lilnck, A. M lo show rnii-e, If nnj llieio be, why a lieeiisu should not lit granted to said adinliiistiator to sell mi much of tho above described .roil estate of said deecih-nt as shall be njufssiiry lo pay said debts anil ox ponse.s .f- It, U further ordurod that a copy of this order be served upon all .pei:i,mis inteus'eit in s,ild estato by causing the sa-ne to bo published for four sue. osshv weeks in tho Itcd Cloud ChUr, a oewspi.H-i piintod and published in siid ci . 1 1 v of Wobstcr 1. KW'IS II. HI.AClvLEDiii:, I i.tft. of Distilet Court Notice of Hearing In the inatto nf Iloiibton 1) Klbh burn, I). ceased, m the County Court ot Wubster County, braslta. Tlie State of Nebraska, to all per-ons interested in said es-a'e, ci editors and heirs take i.otiee, ibat J. E. Kishburn, has filed his petition alleging that Houston 1). Flshininf died Intestutoln Webster County, Neb askii, on orabout Septembi r 10, 11)01) being u rosltk-nt iiinl inhabitant, of W.ebsiee County, Nu tiraslia and thu own v of the following deseritieil real estate, low!.: A tract or patei'l of land bounded by a Hue commencing at the south east corner of Lot Number .'!, in Uioek No. 5 in Vance's Addition to tho Village of Guiilu lloek, us surveyed, platted and rcoorik-d nud extending thence Noitli VC feet, tht'imo west I h)9 feet, thence- south !)J feet, tlunco eas.t lib; feet to place of beginning, Webster County, Nebraska, leaving as his solo and only heirs at law tho following named per sons, to-wlt: Hannah Kishburn, wid ow: .1. E. Klbhbuni. son: Win. H. fish- burn, son; Alice lHnard, daughtor; S li Fishburn, bon; Martha Pollock, dauglitor; C. D. Plshburn. sou; I). A. Kibhburn.son: Sadie Fibhburn Bohrock daughter That Petitioner inherits an intorcst in said raal estato and praying for u decree barring ctaluib; that said dece dent died Intestate; that no application for administration hub been made and tho estate of said decadent lias not been tiduilnlstorod in the State of Ne braska, and Hint tho heirs at law of said decedent as liorcin bet forth bluill Lo decreed to bo tho ownors in fee simple of the above described real es tate, which has been bet for hearlngon the tenth day of March A. 1). Il)2'2 at ten o'clock A. M. Dated at Hod Cloud, Nebntbka, this sixth day of February A D. 1U22. A. n. UANNEV (Seal) County Judge. K. (J, Caldwell, Attorney. Worthiness. A man enn bear n world' contempt when ho liiis that wllUln hltn which says he's w'tfrihy.AWmulor Smith' Jftii LEGISLATURE IN SPECIAL SESSION ELEVEN LAWO EMACTED FIVE KILLEO. AND REDUCES APPROPRIATIONS Cost of Sesalorv Totals $17;018.74. J.ax Measure Defeated by 2 to 1 Vote. Gf (By Frank E. Helvey) l.liii-iilii. 'I'lu. I.'m-tv.ni-st fSneclan session of the NelmiHkn Legislature,'" comply with April nnd October uf convened In Lincoln Tuesday, .Inn. 121th nnd adjourned sine die Thursday, Teh 2nd ut -I p. in., liuvlng been in session nine diiysr'colibldered JO bills, eniieted 11, killed f5 and passed numerous reso lutions presumed to lellect public opinion on n vnrlety of subject. . Tho main work of the session, the reduction of stuto appropriations fot tho current year, shows, in the bill u enncled, n grand total reduction of the appropriations made by Hie Inst regit lur session of yjl0."il,7fir..Sri. A com pulation by the Stale Department ol Finance Indicates that tills retrench ment permits the reduction of tho tus levy for slnlc (Jeneral Fund of .Td Kltf for thu current year. Tho cost of the seselon for members nnd oIllcerH salaries, mileage, employee; nnd incidentals fools up; for the House, Sl'-VIOfUKi; the Senate, Sl.fSSS.flf), u total of S17.01S.7I. leaving tttiex ponded $l,l)'J.OO earrkd In the cur rent appropriations panned to pay the cost of tho special session. Call Contained Ten Items. Tho olllclul call Issued by Cov. Me Kelvlo contained ten ltenn of proposei legislation; l'tevPion of the bletitiia' appropriations; a tax of 1 cent per gal Ion on gasolue; n si tidy and-report fot the use of the nel legislative senior, for iiinetidiiieiir of Hie revenue law. amendinenl of the (untieing laws; re appropriation of Hie Capitol bullditi? fund; amendment of the law relntlti!: to publlc'atlon of legal notices; amend ment of Omaha city charter; commit ment of females to state reforniatorj for women and transfer to penitentiary; commitment of prisoners In reformn lory lo the penitentiary and an npprop rial ion for the com nnd evpcii-rs ol the special session. All of the. items in the Oovenior'j call were roprcsent-ed by bllln Intro duced during tho M'ssion except for the amendment of the banking law. This was omitted lis a roMtilt of the general) expressed sentiment, voiced also bj representatlver, of the Slate Banker! Association, Hint tho timo nud condi tions were injt opportune rr changes in tho tanking law. However, undet lids flutist! In the call, a hill, S. F. S. was Introduced and passed giving tc state banks Hie right to receive nnd loan the funds of the Federal AVui Finance board without reference to the limitations of bunk capital and sur plus ns defined in the law of 1P21. B.tlls t in tho House. In the ibpyHVt''1 ',i,ls wt'n' InIrA duced durl&, Ufcslou : If. it. I 'iil'Vlshin of general approp riations made l.v the regular session ol 11(121. I'n-d and signed by tho Gov ernor. II. It. y. Appropriating i?.",00(i foi inlleage of inoinber.s, employees salarle? anil Incltlentnl expenses of tho special session. Passed nnd signed by the Governor. ir. It. .".. Appropriating $11,010.00 for salaries of members and olPcers ol tho special session. Passed nnd signet! by Hie Governor. If. It. -1. Ito-npproprlatlon of the Capitol building funds (now amounting io 51,0."0,00t).) not specifically appropri ated by tho 1021 session tho accumu lated In tho Treasury. Passed and signed by thu Governor. If. It. fi. Validating the publication of legal notices made in conrormlty wllh the statutes prior to tlu 1021 session but Invalid under Chapter 185, session lawn 1021. Killed by the .House. This bill was duplicated In S F. 7. which passptl nnd was signed bj tho Governor. IT. It. (5. Amendment of "proof ol publication" statute, providing form of aflldiivlt and penalty for fnlf-e Mate incut. Killed by House. II. It. 7. Levying one cent per gal lon tux on gasoline ami other liquid fuel and providing for refund of the tnx when articles taxed nro used Tot nny other purpose Hum propulsion of motor vehicle on a public highway. Killed by House through Indefinite postponement by vole of (17 to Jtl, If. It. S. Adds the retpilreil qualifi cations of a Jognl newspaper to statute providing for "proof of publication." Eloht Dills In Senate. In tho Sotyito eight bills woro Intro durod : S. F. 1. Itopoul of legal newspapct qualification law enacted 1021, (Chap. 3 So) nnd .requiring qualifications of legal now.spnper to appear In "proof of publication" nllltlavlt provided fot In See. 7007 It. S.Jim Killed In Sen ate ns. dupllcatlng'titl'ior pending legis lation. ' - . S. F. 2. Antheming Mnto Tax Com mlsstoiier to liinhu fturvey nud ittudy of revenue laws and recommend nmendmontfl lo next session. Cost to 1. ). ' ' f- . . ' -i i. -i for Tax department by ll)2L session, Passed and feigned by Governor. S. 1'. ft. Amendment Omaha city chnrter permitting condemnation cost of opening nnd widening streets to be pad to property bwnprs hi 10 annual v wlt-A PHytncnt. Massed Sennle and killed in IIou.su without a roll-call. S. V. -l. Authorizes commitment to ponltcntlor,v of any femnlo convicted of felony mid unfilled In woman's re formatory who appears to be Incorrig ible. Passed nnd u'gned by the Oov .lrnor. S. I 5. Authorizes commitment to penitentiary of any mule Inmate of reformatory, convicted of felony, who ippears to bo fntorrlglble. Passed and signed by the Inventor. S. l (J. Amendment of law govern ing tho deposit of tho fiiud of "ml class cities and illnr s In Statu banks, liellevfi Htiito bank of reUlieinent lo glvo bond eoerliig such tlepo.-its. Passed and signed by the Cosernoi. S. T. 7. Valldallon of legal notices published in newspapers which failed lldavlt law of 1021 session. Pas-od and signed by Governor. S. F. 8. Authorljios Statu banks to receive nnd loan funds of Federal War Financo board without limitation as to bank capital and surplus us provided in Chnp. 100. session laws 1011). Pas sed and signed by Governor. Carry Emergency Clause. All tho laws above noted as having been passed antl signed carried the "emergency" clauses except If. It. S. nnd becanto law in full force nnd ef fect on approval by tho Governor. Of tho legislation coimldcretl b the special session II. It. I the revision of slalo appropriations downwaitt, and II. It. 7, the gasoline tax bill, e.i dly held fhi tenter of the .stage. For tho public and the meinbetsldp its well tho gasoline lax was tho outstanding item of both Interest nml eniitoHt, taking nioru of the time, attention1 and tit hate of the session than any other Issue, tho it did not push beyond the House when; It originated ami did 'nol reach the senate for formal consideration. An outline for If. it. l was prepared by Hie Department of Finance under direction of the Governor prior to the opening of (he notion- ami was pre sented in the message of (he Governor to the joint session on January 2Kb. Thin ptoptwed icdm-yons from the :p proprlations passed by tho 1021 Motion of ."f2,7.'IO,r,0,-..S.", included in which wns a cut in tho Federal-nld roatl tax of $"."0,000 presumed to bo replaced by the giwoline.tn of one cent per gallon. The House Finance Committee drew the formal bill farther reducing the suggestions of the Governor' mes sugt! by $.7!.2o0. .;.. natt! umentlmonts, including the i coloration of .T7.VJ.ooo road futitlM, lu'cejthltated by tho rallure of the gasoline tax bill In the 'lloivo, increased tho lhnw apptoprlal.oti SoO.fiOO outside the addition of tho road-fund above noted. This was largely due lo amounts re.vorcd for uiilltlii (ami $10,000 addltonal foi-siiike service osi.. tl( Nebraska City), Kail way Commission antl University. - The House refused to concur in thu senate nmenilnienLs and conferenco eoinmittee.s were named to adjust dif-ferencej-. Agrocment was renched liy the senate receding on various lit ms, !5."0,t)00 being tnlcen from Hie road ap propriation; $10,000 from the Hallway Commission and other smnller i Pions made, leaving the bill prcsiifi:lt; si total reduction from Hie amount ap propriated by 1021 session of S2.t"d,. 7."r.4i, In which form It reeelvd final approval, the House vote rccord'ng 8k for (ho amended I 111 to I oppov-ed. II. It. 7. tho Mi-ollne tax bill, was debuted at length through several ses slons of (ho House anil was once tho "special order" for a full afternoon's discussion. On final consideration in Committee of the Whole n motion to indefinitely postpone and thereby dis pose of tho .ssue for this ses-'on was adopted by a record vote of- (57 to .'11. Resolutions Numerous. Tlie session was proline or roolu Honu presumed by members who adopt ed thorn to reflect Ibo'publle opinion ir Hie day in Nobrn-ka. Criticism of the relative cost f mad work performed by the state depart ment or Public Works and th county boards led to the introduction in both houses Tor Investigations by legtslatho committees, a ruling that st-h action was outside Hie tall for Co session brought from tho Governor a iitcsc.ige suggcsltiig that nn luxostlviitlng com inlttee composed of thotiovernor, Attorney-general, Auditor 'iind two mem bers of each house lu- appointed; the cost of Investigation to bo paid from tho funds of these oliieers. lte-olu-lions' In conform. ty weio adopted, Hie Ilotiso naming Kppersou and Iloff- melster nnd Hie setialo i'.ushee and Itlckard us members. Both House and Senate by re-oi.i-lion condemned Hio system of Fethral aid appropriations which the states are called upon to match with Mate money, Anderson offering tho senate resolution and Axtell In the lloiw. P.otli worn adopted. Resolutions directed to Congress ap prove n constitutional aniomlmoiit.per. milting luxation of national, state and municipal securities horotnfi re tax rre. Thu senate resolution by Itlckard the flouse by Dysart. P.olli-woro adopted. Tho House by resolution approved (ho Great Kakes-Sf. Lawrence water way and asked Congress to support tho project; also that Matiito piessure ho applied lo the national Commerce Commission for e:.tl rodiiction of all rall"ratos; also that foreign wjirdebis bo not cancelled but funded Into Inter 01 hearing botuN. Another resolution tenders tho Soldleis Homo ut Grand Tsland to tho Federal gnvornmnnt. A sentilo resolution tequostri tho At-torney-General to condemn the 1. P. O.XCOSS rlght-or-way for highway jiur pesos. Another House reiolullon ud visas our state Itaduiy CgaimlKslon to rufiiMO an Itifrmse In. rates to the iNorlliwostern-Holl '.clopiionu Company, . v1 '.-;-. Notice of 'Hearing" In tho matter of ilaiiiiah Fifchburn, Deceased, in the County Com t of Web- s'er County. N'ubrntdui, Tlie Statu of Nebraska, tonl' persons intDiesto.l in sa'.fl rstiite, ort'tlltors and h its take notice, Hint ). E Flbhburn has filed liin petition alleging thbt Ilinuah Flsliburn dietl ititestato in Webster County, Nebiaskaonor about Siqitember 2o, iDOl) beluga resident ni (1 inhabitant of Webster County, Nebrnt ha and Hie owner of an iutorcbt iu rcil estate, to wit: A tract or parcel cf hind bounded by a tine commencing at the South Fast, Corner of Lot Number 3, In block No ." in V.ineg's Additloti to thu Village of Guide Uock, ns sur veyed, platted and recorded nnd ex tending thence North 1)0 feet, thonco .vest HSJs, feet, thence south DO feet, thence east USjj feet to place of be ginning, Webster County, Nebraska, leaving as his sole and only heirs at law the following named persons, to wlt: J. E. Fishbtirn, son; Wm.II. J'lsh hurtt, son; Alieo Ilinard, daughter; S. h Fisbbuin, son; Martha Pollock, daughtoij C. 1). Fibhburn, son; Sadie Fishburn Schrnclr, daughter; D. A Fishbtirn, non. That Petitioner Inherits tin interest in btiitl runl estate and praying for a decree barring claims; tlmt said dcee d nt died itilesl'ttc; that no application for administration lias been made ami the cs'atc of said decedent has not been ndin'mslered In tho State of Nebraska, and Unit the heirs it L law of said dece dent ns herein s-t f irth shall be de creed to be th- owners in fee simple of the nbuve described real estate, which lias been set for hearing on tho tenth day of March A. D. 11)2 J at ten o'clock A. M. ' Dated at lied Cloud, Nobmbko, this sixth day of February A'. D 1022. A. I). KANNRY (Senl) County .lodge. R G.Caldwell, Attorney. . .1. A. Ciawford, catnpaiipi manager for the U. S. Grain Growers, Juc, in Nebraska lias been authorized and d! i"cteri by thu ex'-etilivo oftiuoiK of lliu itirmers compaiij tn immed lately, ini t ito orgatiizntion work in Kansas un let" their suprriisiun. Mr. Crawfortl lias been in ehnigH of the Nfbraskti work since the (list of September tml uider !is supervision in excess of 22, 000,0':0 bushels of gialn liavo been' pluced iiudur contract In the execution of ovrir 8,000 grower contracts. He is a lesiilout of Iiawliiia county, Ka isas. Notices of voting unit meetings to lie held io 227 communities iu Nobras k i on February 7Ui nro being helit out 1 1 over tf.OOO members by Frank M. Mvers, exocutivo seciotary of tlie (Stain Uiowers. Rvury grower who signed h conlraot prior to tiio closu of business January 17th will receive oilleial notice, together with a list of nil voting unit m-etiiigu to be held iu tlie state. In c immunities where there are less than 20 members or if Hie notice assigns tlie members to a shipping station which is not correct, tlie grower is at liberty to clioo.se the mooting to bo held nearest his home and. east his vote at that place. Growers, whoso contract have not been received at thu Chicago ofllce or for somo other reason do not receivu notice, will not be denied their vote just because they did not recuivo a no tice fioni tho secretary's olllec. Tho local voting unit, through its credent Ills committee, can accept satisfactory evidence of membership. Nationally, membership in theGru:n Growets advanced to -ll,f)77 growers and 093 elovatois and shipping asso ciations last week, says a stateniciit i-sued by tho state organizer. Increas es of 1,581 members wero re-ported fiom six states; Illinois 103, Iowu fj(17, Nebraska 250, Indiana 252, Missouii 100 mid Minnesota 111 Alllljation of ten farmers elovators In Iown, seven iu Nebraska, four in Indiana, two in IH1 uols and one iu Minnesota contributed t? a total iiicioisis of 21. POOR PLACE TO HIDE MONEY French Peasant Now Convinced That Shotgun Is Unreliable as a Dank of Deposit. Tlie Ingenuity of French peasants In hiding money lias eurpassed itself iu Hie case of a man nenr Lorlent who received a 1,000 franc noto aiid a COO franc noto In payment l'or prod uce. Ho hid them in thu muzzles oC his double-barreled shotgun, believing Hint would be the last plnco thieves would search for money. Ho made a mistake, however, Iu not taking Ids wll'o Into tho secret. A neighbor called a few days Inter, in tho absence of tho man of the house, and nsked ,or tlie loan of tho gun to get n hare. Tlie Jinre escaped and when tho peasant came in thnt evening his wife remarked Hint the neighbor must be u very bad shot. "WliyV" tho peasant asked. "Hccnuso ho used both charge of your Ri.n on n haro without hitting It." "My biiotgunV Inquired tlu pennant with a gasp, at tho same timo making for Hie corner where the weapon hung. Tho civil court ot tbo department of Morblhnn will have to decide tho deli cate point of lnw whether thu neigh bor Is responsible for tho less of tlw i,roo irtaics. r " 'l i " I " -rsi. s-s-iJszx-M.2zz:xa,ru S7.Kci-- ttSTHi-. s v-.-r- lVHl -. v , ; . . , ft v ieMabv jrwsa,i hiiz ' n05rxj.r4i"irjK: i" vj;"rrKrw,TMBw.'wt J-i- m. wA.j. v- Vs-.-
