m-fA. "wu . -,..- . BED OLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF CTIM 1, mM r . iMarket Reports Sent by Radio Quotations on Agricultural Prod ucts Aro Broadcasted by Government Stations. KEEP FIRMER WEIL POSTED Government Alms to Make the Amer. lean Farmer the BetMnformed Farmer In World States Also Interested. WiisliiiiKtiHi. 'A''1U wlroleus 1b how being lined liy Htutu mid federal agon clue to broadcast national and local agricultural market report m through out virtually the on lire country. It porta on llic national markets aro (lis jiatclied dally bj tlio United Slutcs Department of AKilculturo from wlro Jcbs Htatlona of tlio post olllco depart ment at Cincinnati, Onialia, Washing lon, North PIntte, Neb., ltock Spring, Wyo., Ulko, New, nud Itono, Nov. .These rcportH nro received by hun dreds of amateur wireless opcrutors. National market reports aro nleo ro relvcd by state bureaus of markets and agricultural colleges, supplemented with local market reports, and re layed by wireless telegraphy and tele phono to farmers, shipping associa tions, newspapers, banks, and other ngrlcultural Interests. Tho St. Louis university at St Louis, Mo., was perhaps tho first among ed ucational Institutions to broadcast market reports by wireless. Their re ports aro received liy hundreds of 'farmers, shipping associations, banks, and other agricultural Interests, and n telcphono company In eastern Illi nois which receives tho reports tele phones tho hcwb regularly to Its 5,000 -lubncrlbcrn. Telephone and Telegraph. At Lincoln, Neb., tho University of Nebraska Hnd tho Nebraska Weslcynn university aro co-operating In broad- lusting crop and market reports fur nished by tho state burenu of mar kets. Doth radio telcphono and tele graph nro used. In Wisconsin tho State department of markets broad casts national and local market re ports from tho University of Wiscon sin wireless station at Madison. At Minneapolis, crop nnd market reports arc broadcast from tho University of Mlunesotu radio station. Tlio Minne sota college of agriculture has also assigned an extension reprcseutntlvu to instruct tho farmers In tho uso of wireless receiving apparatus. Tho college of agriculture of Cornell uni versity lias assigned an expert for similar work, nnd to assist rural rn dlo clubs that are being organized In New York. A high-powered transmitting wire less telephono lias been Installed In tho ofllco of tho Missouri state mar ket bureau at Jefferson City, Mo., and will dlsscmlnato market Informa tion. Government reports frolu thai larger market centers of tho coun try will bo recolved by menus if a One of the World's The ofllclal residence of Premier whero tho Irish pence delegates were the Hrltlsh government. GJVES DATA ON Proportion of Married Men Has Gone Up, Says Census. Probably More Indicative of Change In Age Composition of Population Than Growing Propensity to Matrimony. Washington. Tho proportion of mar ried men to the total mulo population of tho country fifteen years of ago und over Increased from 05.8 per cent to ri9.2 per cent in the ten years precedlug tho 1020 census, uccordlng to n com pilation of murltal statistics made pub lic by tho census bureau. The bureau believed, however, that this was probably more Indicative of a chongo In tho ago composition of the population an incrcaso In the percent age of males between fifteen und twenty-flvo years of ego duo to In creased Immigration than a growing propensity to matrimony mvBS if 8iSl Wi -:-ll s JM&V& 1 o "drejp" from tho leased wire system of tlio United States Department of Agri culture, and transmitted by radlophono to all sections of Missouri. Demon strations Intended to interest fanners, dealers and shippers Installing the necessary ulrclc.s receiving appa ratus will bo held In various rural com munities of tho state, and It is antici pated that telephone olllccs, newspa pers, chambers of commerce, county agricultural agents, banks, high schools, nud co-operative marketing associations will b( among tlio first to Install receiving sets. Complete Program. A most complete program In tho dis semination of market reports by wire less Is being planned by tho state bu reau of inurkcls In Ohio, u specially constructed radiophone transmitter of tho most Improved typo being Installed In tho radio station of the University of Ohio for that purpose. Tho Texas markets nnd warebouso departments nro nlso planning n market news serv ice by radlophono for farmers, deal ers and shippers In Texns, arrange ments being mado to uso tho radio equipment of the University of Texas nt Austin. Gray Squirrels Bred in England - -- - Introduction Of American Variety of Rodents in Parks Causes Some Difficulty. DESTROY NESTS OF WARBLERS Spread From London and Are Invading Country Over Wldo Area Drive Out Red 6qulrrels Popu- lar In Parks. London. American gray squirrels, which havo been Introduced Into Eng land, nro causing some dllllcultles, ac cording to the Times, wmen remaras In tin editorial: "Tho Introduction of North Ameri can gray squirrels Into this country has had an unexpected succcsb, which, If wo mny Judgo from many letters sent to us, bus not gained universal ap proval. Kngllsh visitors to Central park, Now York, hnvo often been de lighted by the bold and confiding hab its of these little rodents, which seem never to hnvo acquired the red squir rel's distrust of mun. Doubtless there havo been several attempt! to acclima tize "them Inithls country, but their definite establishment Is recent. Introduced Into Park. "Some dozen years ago the Zoolog ical .Society of London obtained a num ber of Individuals from n private col- Famous Buildings Lloyd George at No. 10 Downing street, In session with tho representatives of ALL MARRIAGES Of tho total male population of ft!,-OOO.-KJl above tho fifteen-year classifi cation the census figures showed 21, 8111,200 married, 1,758,1103 widowed and 235,28-1 divorced, tho latter figure, how ever, Including nono divorced und re married. Tho divorce total showed an Increase of 20 per cent In Its ratio to tho total population during tho ten year period, constituting six-tenths of 1 per cent of tho latter against five tenths In 1010. Although duo to the absence of the wives of ninny foreign-born residents, tho number of married women was shown to bo about 500,000 less than tho male total, tho number of divorced women exceeded men by approximately 10,000, representing closely tho differ ence between tho number of men nnd women remarried after divorce. Hy stutcs, Massachusetts led tho field In the proportion of single women with a percentage of S1.4, although tho Dis trict of Columbia exceeded this with 873 per cent, Tho census bureau point Operate to Stop the Pain in an Arm Already Gone Salem, Ore. An operation of sympntbetotny, believed to be tho ilrst In tho United States, was performed here on Mnrlus Sn htio, Surgeons removed part of tho cuff of the brnchlul nr lory from the stump of one Of his urins, nmputntcd some time ago, to nllevinto pain apparently in the removed arm. The ar terial cuff, they explained, con tains a sympathetic nervous plexus In which tho painful sen Mitlou had Its source. -! Tho first national market report to be broadcast by ulrelea.s nnywhero In the world was sent out by tho United States Department of Agriculture fiviiii ilm radio Hlntlon of the United States bureau of standards only u lit tle over u year ng. The department soon demonstrated the practicability! of utilizing the radio for disseminating, muikct Information, and rnpld prog ress In expanding the work hns been' mado posslblo through tho co-operation of state nnd federal agencies To make tho American farmer the best-Informed farmer In tho world Is the aim of these agencies, and equal progress during the coining year will go far toward securing that result,1 say officials of the federal department. CCt0n In Bedfordshire, for tho purpose of Inducing them to breed at liberty In tho gardens In Regent's pnrk. They were first given the relntivo freedom of n largo open-nlr Inclosure, from which, when they hud become accustomed to rccclvo tribute from visitors, they were allowed to pass In and out by a rope bridge to n tree. It was anticipated and indeed hoped, that they would spread from the gardens to tho purk. Tho olllce of works took a benevolent Interest in tho experiment nnd rq strained visitors from taking dogs, ex cept on lead, through the main avenue. "After two or three years, lu which they seemed to be disappearing, they suddenly became- ubiquitous, forming n charming addition to the sparrows and wood pigeons, hitherto tho only crea tures attracting populnr attention. The gray squirrels are plainly happy and equally plainly glvo happiness to the London population two weighty rea sons for their presence In the London parks. Hut It Is alleged against them that they destroy the nests of warblers, a railing accusation ensier to bring than to Justify. In fact, there Is room for both; possibly a few nests havo been destroyed, but the squirrels fre quent the regions of the parks whero dispensers of nuts most abound, where as the shy singing birds covet the more secluded thickets. Careful observers( of birds arc Inclining to the opinion thnt tho avian population Is Improving In numbers and In variety, nnd that It might improve- still more were some small and suitable sanctuaries to be In closed. Spread to Country. "On the other hand, tho gray squir rels, whether by taking advantage of tubes and busses or by deliberate hu man connivance, hnvo bpread from Loudon nud are Invading the country .over very wide areas. Tliey aro said to drive out the red squirrel, to raid gardens, and to add to the anxieties of the pheasant breeder. We hope that fuller Inquiry will not sustain these charges. On general grounds we doubt If n creature with so marked a preference for living as a sturdy beg gar will settle down to tlio hardships of a predatory and hunted life. The biological problems following on the introduction of an iinlmal to a new- country aro Interesting, and wo admit fully that there lias often been no middle way between complete failure nnd dlastrous success." Aged Man Proud Father. Mammoth Spring, Ark. Dr. D. F. Curtis, aged eighty, nud whoso wlfo is forty-four years of age, is tho father of a twelve-pound baby girl born re cently. This Is the couple's twelfth child, two of whom arc dead. ed out, however, that tho ratio of men to women In iho population "naturally has a very Important bearing on the proportions of single men and women.", Wyoming led with 70.5 per cent In tho proportion of married women, wliilo' 02.8 per cent was shown for Mississippi and Arkansas, and tho smnllest, -15.0 per cent, for Nevada. BURIES BANK LOOT IN PARK' Paris Defectlvea Dig Up 350,000 France Plunder Hidden by French Legion Member. Paris. Detectives have Just dug up JlGO.OOO francs, plunder of a clerk of the Hank of France, who bid 1t In four preserve Jars and burled them In dif ferent spots In tho park of Versailles In this city, Tho detectives say Armtmd Grcnot, u former nrmy aviator nnd knight of tho Legion of Honor, admitted thnt ho embezzled 400,000 francs from tho' bank, kept-40,000 of them nud bid tho' rest In tho Jam Jars. CORNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered Prom Various Points Throughout Nebraska. Wolf bunts are camouflage for "hoot ing pheasant, prnlrio chicken, grotno and other protected fowl nnd ganio Is tlm I'liiicfn iiuiiIi. In- I on Stlutir. mm'I'o- tary of tho dopnrlnVnt of agriculture, i Tie declared Ihe "wolf hum" has ,e.V. ' " "tun. n-gimmuri' miopici a come a niilsanie In the Kioto and Hint wsi.liitlnii favoring I lie transfer. It threatens the untile nud fowl scr- 1 A "treaty'1 between Nebraska and lously. Me pointed to one such bunf Colorado to eltle a long-standing advertised to take placo soon ne.ir . Heaver City In which Is expected J,000 men will take part, it Is to cov er MO sections of laud. "In soma counties they hold Ihese liunM us often ns once a week and they rarely get a wolf," said Mr. Stul.r. "Hut with such a mob of men, the game war dens nro helpless. They kill tin pro tected game and birds by wholesale. It tlio thing doesn't stop I will try to ( have a law passed prohibiting wolf hunts. A eumpnign by tlio Mato highway de partment fv tho law enforcement bur can to bait tho practice, in western Nt. braska of Nebruskans crossing Into Colorado and buying cheaper nutonio utoino- bllo licenses bus been slarlcd with tbn r'.rrest and fining of .?." and cost of four auto owners. Two seventy-foot pile bridges have, recently been completed In Iundy county, ono of tho Coldeurod highway and one on tlm stitto line. Tho county It constructing a gravel loader to be used In loading gravel from tho nn tural supply near this placo for sur facing tho county highway". ) Efforts; rv'n being mado to install u sewage system in Henkelnv;u, c.Ml mntes of cost being placed at &,0 per lot. Tho commercial club has taken j the matter up. Tho advantages of the improvement and cost of construction will bo discussed f,t a meeting to bo held soon. Llttlo Naomi and Georgia Slnnctt, daughters of Mr. and- Mrs. Oeorgo Slnnctt, living west of Stella, ought to bo tho most petted of nil Nebraska children. TJicy havo 11 grandparents, all living within a radius of flvo miles. Tho largest of tho Crowoll Lumber nnd Grain company elevators' was com pletely destroyed by fire nt Wakefield. Tho loss to tho building is .V-20,000 be sides 18,000 bushels or grain and a qunnlty of conl. Tack and Edgar Klsber, sons of Mr. and Mrs. ,T. Ed. Klsber of Hcyijrlce hnvo received appointments to An napollq and West Point, respectively. Their father served overseas with American troops asr, lieutenant. . During tho live-years ending with 1020, flro losses In Nebraska caused ,tho destruction of property valued at .$ir,184,04, according to figures made public by tho National Hoard of Fire Underwriters. , When William Slay's team returned to bis home nt Harwell without a driv ier, Mrs. May notified neighbors, who (found May's body in n haystack after In search. Death was ascribed wO.beart 'failure. Flro which destroyed tlio main build ing of Kennnrd, nnd burned tho print !lng olllco of tho Enterprise, wus of ;such a serious nature thnt it myi,s nec essary to call tho Hlalr tire department. ' Tho entire family of A. Fry-well, five In number, of Dubois were striken with ptoiunlno poisoning following din- jiior nnd for a time were lu n serious condition. They will recover. t Onialia Hntnriuus got. behind the drlA'o Inaugurated by tho Hoy Scouts to 'raise $-0,000 necessary for cryrytng on their work during tlm next year. ' Four towus nro served by tlio re. 'cently installed electric generator at IPawnen City Stelnuuer, Hnrchnrd und Dubois, Neb, Summerfield. ICas. 'I'ho annual harvest of natural Ice i has been completed In tho vicinity of Onialia. Tho pack is said to lvo been largest In years, Tho Exeter school board has hired the present .superintendent, Charles A. Hewers, for net year with nn Increase lu MiV'.ry. Hakcr.i at Norfolk nro wholesaling one-pound loaves of bread nt OUs cents-, and ono and half-pound loaves for 12 cents. Police Judge Foster, Omaha, lias an nounced Jail sentences for bootleggers brought before him on second offense. Tralos "Nos. .'19 nnd 40 between Hrok en How and .Seneca have been discon tinued. Tlio teachers and students nt llos alio aro most enthusiastic over their hot lunch venture. An nvcivvge of (50 children urn served dally. Creamed Fiilmnn nnd creamed peas arc favorite dishes. Honds for tho erection of new $150,000 courthouse at Papllllon have been sold. The bond'i were sold at public auction and, according to sales men, brought nn extremely satisfactory figure. Tlio next step in the matter H letting of the contract which sup porters of tho project say will bo done In tho iiiyy future. Custer county last year maintained 170 miles of st,-i,te und federal road nt a cost of $30,327, or 50 cents per mile. Tho county has federal nld roads from Hroken How to the ens line, nnd from Sargent to tho north line. The other 130 miles connect every town In the county except Coinstock. Supervisor OrlTi Kellison wns made county highway commissioner nt the regular meeting of the county board nt tu'd. Tho bonrd expects to take euro of tho road this year for ?(J,000, or half of last year's' amount, which was 512,000. Prospects of oxel I'Vigltig tlto slate soldiers' home In tirund Maud for n federal hospital for disabled ox-en Ice men, are about ns good its could h ex pected at the picsent time, the next event lit tlu mutter being the passage of the bill innkliis: the appropriation, Dr. Port llalir, delegate: id the Wash ington confcrciicu of iiulloiuil iepre-M.-nlutrvo of the disabled American .veterans, staled upon his return. Doc tor Knlir also wai cnmmWsinncil ! tlio local chamber of commerce to negoti ate In the promotion of tho proportion '"1 -v tnr MiU-sinan f.r tho water right ONpute on Hie I'latle rhcr butween the two states has been agreed upon between Attorney !eneral Cur cneo A. Davis and Uelph 1-2. Carpenter, irrigation counsel of Colorado. Such Ironies, I)aH says, must bo nppnmnl by both slate legislature and b con gress. A John Mirey will V mado In Die spring, to work out details nf tho agreement, which will gin unllmlt- ed water supply to portions of He'iel nnd Kletb counties and penult exten sion of irrigation ihi'uu.'lt Poikini coun ty. V Mild. Ten wolves were slain In an Amerl- can Legion wolf bunt pur on by tho posts of Oxford. Hcyivor City, Kdlhon nud Samford. About 12,500 people nt- tended tho hunt. The lines were strong on till hides and only a few wolves (dipped out of the ring, l'llot J. If. Smith, In nn Orlolo ulrplnne, dr. cled tho Hues many times and gave signals to I lie ;ptulns so that nil sides advanced evenly. Tho wolves were 'sold nt auction for .$57. Edward Ow'en, n young farmer, hnd a narrow escape- from denth when the team which ho was driving was struck by n freight train at a crossing about ono nillo from Wayne. Owen was irim. f. ... ,iiHfnlu. ntll1 nf.ho,i llconst.IolH; 0no of the horses was ,aiUH Tll0 drvcr fi,llTcrp(1 no ficr. ,0U9 (sffcc, Il0WJver tll0 only lnjliry .....,, ..... ...,,. on v Ernest Krlesel, residing west of Falrbury, holds the county record for catching cojotes. One evening he trap ped five full-grown ones for which ho recolved .$15 bounty from the county. He set steel traps around the carcass of a horse, covering them with fine dirt Tlio animals were caught while feeding on tho meat. Mrs. Lorettn Schrciner of Fremont, after eight And a half days on Hunger strike, was released from tlio Dodge county jail, wlicro she was sentenced for refusal to send her children to school. Sho was in Jovial spirit and laughed when County Attorney J. C. Cook announced her release. The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater project wa; endorsed by tlio II2il annual convention of Nebraska, lumbermen, before closing their session in Omaha. A. K. hammers, Hurting- ton. was elected president of the as sociation for the coining year. As conimander-in-cblef -of the Neb raka national guard. Governor Mc- Kelvic will review the heavier JidLsen tences Imposed by the provot court In the martial law area of Nebraska City. Twelve cases are appealed. Oscar Thompson, 'special American Legion guard In Lincoln's residential district, was accidentally shot, when a revolver fell from bis holster and was discharged. The bullet entered bis shoulder. , A wolf hunt near Keneaw tn which 2,000 uien took part, resulted In tho bagging of nine wolves, eight being shot nnd one lassoed. IJroiicho bust. Ing also featured the day's proginm. Players from different sections of tho state aro participating in the 24th annual tournament of the Nebraska Checker assoclalon which Is being held nt Lincoln Contracts hnvo been let for forty- seven blocks of paving at (V'.UInnd. The project Is divided Into two districts ono brick und tlio other asphalt. Work will begin as soon as possible. .7. Hay Shlke, blind osteopath physi cian of Lincoln, uiinoune.cd ho will bo a candidate for United States repre sentative from tho First district. Herbert Wnnrow, a young farmer of Humbolt, was severely cut on the Hhoulder with a buzzsaw, forty stitches being required to close tho wound. The Oinnha Automobile show will bo held March 13-18. It Is promised that the number of exhibits will be greater than during former years. 01 to Long, living near Creston, has sold hbi ft'um for 253 per uc-re. Merchants' Week In Oninba, March tVll promises to bo unusually attrac tive thl'i year. ( Tho Kearney volunteer Hie depart ment, disgusted over failure of Jhe city commissioner to purchase additional J tlre-fightlng apparatusy tendered Its resignation in a body, effective within 30 days. In the luterum the city com mission is confronted with tho neces sity of either ncting on nn additional truck purchase or seeking a paid de partment. It Is posslblo r,n expression of voters on purchnse of a truck will bo asked at a special election In March. Stamped by the Siuigont postmaster, after having been addressed, tho small son of Harold Pernn was sent by parcel near Callaway. Tho Noiuabn County Fair assocla lion will have a new auditorium In time for the fall festivities. This was determined tt a meeting of the Auburn commercial club. The funds will bo raised by- collecting, In advance, fees for space hi the building. Many of tlio exhibitors will pay for, the spneo they expect to uso for 10 years in advance. The building will bo 70 foot square and have a bnsement and balcony. A SWEET LITTLE BABY BOY i mil Makes a Bright Spot in Every Home. A Comfort in Years to Come Park Rapids, Minnesota. "I hav taken your medicine Lydia E. Pink- MWMMMmaMliqm'a Vnifatnlllfl Mt VIJV.I.Wl' Compound wnen i wan a girl for pains and before and after my marriage. 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