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TUB OMAHA UfcfcJ: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30,
Colorado River
Project to Open
Big Farming Area
! Flood Control in Imperial
Vallfy I Kfal Object of
Development, Ilcrbert
Hoover Says.
8n Franctm-o. Nov, 29. The pri
mary n",rJ In drvrlopmrnt of Colo
rmlf) river project! I flood control to
protect the rti1-nt and In lulu of the
Imperial valley of California, Herbert
Hoover, aecretary of romnierca and
chalnnan of the Colorado river com
mlMion, dnclared In an addr at a
luncheon of the Hun Francleco Cham
ber of Commerce.
In the punt two year, he eald, the
Imperial valley ha been aaved from
deetruction only by a narrow margin
and the menace from flood water atlll
I Kreat.
poarrlblna" the Colorado river a the
Itreateet alnifl) undeveloped renourea
In America today, Mr. Hoover pre
dicted that the rlver'a full develop
ment would add 3,000,000 population
to the hlntorlnnd of California and
would open an agricultural area the
lsr.e of the etate of Marylund.
f-ecretary Hoover reiterated thot
Industry must take a place secondary
to agriculture In craping the benefit
from the Colorado.
1 HdcuiKliiK economic condition, the
acretary declared he believe Amer
ica ha effected a quick postwar read
JuMment. Tim only outHtandlng
problem to be lolved, lie Mid, 1 that
presented by middle western sri'IruI
tural lnterMt, but the matter of rail
road irnnaportation presented a pre
Inn secondary problem
"The eolutlon of the trannportutlon
prolilctn rent In the amalKamation of
group of strong road undur govern
nient regulation," he ald. "There
arc two other alternative, the na
tionalization of the railroad, which
would bo a nodal dinaeter to the
American people, and the complete
and onreatrlcted turning back of full
railroad control to the owner in
which event the itronger line would
crush the weaker one to the wall,
and would create thereby a long Jlt
of receivership from which It would
take the country wme time to recover."
The European Situation in a Nutshell
Al G. Barnes Sues for Divorce
Uia Vega, Nev., Nov. 29. Alphe
deus G. B. StonchouHB, circus man,
known profesulonally a Al O. Jlarnea,
ha filed suit for divorce from Sarah
Jane Stonehouie In the district court
here. He charged cruelty. They were
married here in April, 1921. The de
fendant 1 Stonehouse's second wife.
COAL
Solirsr$9.90S.
Big
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6x3
Furnace
Or Nut
Site
We have purchased twenty-five
ears of this high-grade Southern
Illinois' coal at a remarkably low
figure.
This coal is delivered clean,
stocks well, and is high in heat
and burning qualities. Don't
miss out on this buy. We also
carry a full line of other high
grade coals.
Advance Coal Co.
. Coal of the Better Sort
413 So. 15th Street
Phonetr Atlantic 1813 or 1S97
Omaliaii Opposes
S. P. Application
for Lease of C. P.
Proposed Merger Will Prevent
Lower Freight Rate, C. K
Child Tells Interstate
CommtTre Commission.
Preparedness for War
Urged by Gen. Pershing
(Continued from Fag On.)
to prove It In his admirable address
supporting a strong1 merchant marine.
It 1 surprising to me that this mea
sure should receive opposition from
our own people when we realize that
every maritime power 1 doing it ut
most by propaganda and every other
way to kill American shipping.
"From a practical standpoint of na
tional defense, arc we to spend a few
million dollars annually to maintain
a living wage for our seamen on our
own ship, or are we to revert to our
prewar condition of helplewmes from
the defense standpoint, and contem
plate the costly construction of mer
chant ship to supply our navies and
armies In case war should come agnln
and run the chance of till further in
creasing the billions of indebtedness
which this item alone cost us in 1918?"
Need of Navy.
On the subject of the international
agreement of the "naval holiday"
Gen. Jershing at first was hesitant,
but agreed to give an expression: "I
have one very strong conviction on
that subject and It is that within the
agreement the United States should
build up a well-balanced navy second
to none In efficiency, and In this con
nection the merchant marine is ab
solutely essential, for without it the
navy would be helpless.
"Finally, the army, the navy and
the merchant marine are all essen
tial to our national defense."
Anti-Picketing Law
Given 45,682 Majority
The anti -picketing law, referred to
the, voters of Nebraaka at the last gen
eral election, was approved by 45.i83
majority, according to the final and
complete official returns, which indi
cate 186,101 votes were cast for the
measure and 140,419 votes against the
law.
The total vote cast on tills law rep
resents 80 per cent of the total vote
cast in the election. A majority was
returned for the law in all but 14 of
the 63 counties, and in six of the 14,
the law lost by lews than 100 votes.
The law carried in most of the larger
cities including Omaha, Lincoln, Grand
Island, Hastings, Beatrice, Fremont,
Kearney, Falls City. Kalrbury, Scotts
bluff, York and Nebraska City. Rural
communities returned especially large
majorities for the law.
Autoist Rescues Child.
Los Angeles, Nov. 29. Francis II.
Wright was driving his automobile
yesterday when he glanced through
a window and saw a little girl with
her clothing In flames. Wright broke
in through a window, beat out the
flames and took her to a hospital.
There she said she was Mildred
Pomeroy, 5 years old. She was alone
in the house when her dress caught
fire from a gas heater and was un
able to put out the flames.
Surgeons said the child's recovery
j was improbable.
Oil Lakes Found in Alaska.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 29. Discovery
of two lakes of oil near Point Ear
row, Alaska, has been reported by
Alexander Malcolm Smith, an ex
plorer of Arctic regions who has ar
rived here by way of Japan after his
season's work.
Washington, Nov. 29. C. K. Child,
traffic manager of Omaha Chamber
of I'onunerco, oppesrod In-fore Inter-
slate Commerce comiuiftNlon yester
day to oppose the Southern Pacific'
application to phh Central Pacific,
"Tremendous dissatisfaction and un
rest exist in Nebraska und In grain
producing section of the middle
west generally In regard to frelpht
rate and transportation conditions,"
said Mr. Child. "Farmers In our
territory believe they are losing heavy
sum of money on account of In
adequate transportation conditions,
high freight rates, and the great dis
parity between the price of farm pro
duct and of manufactured goods
they are buying. The only remedy
for these conditions, s w see It, lies
In permitting our middle western
grain carrying railroads to develop
a wit balanced tmxlmum freight
tonnago westward a well a east
hound, so that they may operate at
a fair profit under the lowest pos
sible rates, nnd thus build up their
properties and Improve transportation
facilities without burdening the agri
cultural producer with rates higher
than tho traffic can afford to bar,"
Shortest Route.
Mr. Child said that the lino of
L'nlon Pacific and Central Pacific
Is the shortest, most highly developed
and effective railroad route from the
Missouri river to the Pacific coast.
"It would be disastrous to Interests
of middle west if commerce through
this route should be in any way
hampered or Interfered with," con
tlnued Mr. Child. "We do not be
lleve thl route can be kept free,
uninterrupted and contlnuou If its
western link from Ogden to the
Pacific coast 1 under the control of
the Southern Pacific
"We understand that the Southern
Pacifies ask for temporary control
lasting only until the commission may
authorize a permanent consolidation
of the carrier Into a-limited number
of systems. It Is plain, however, that
the Southern Pacific seek perma
nent acquisition of the porperty.
Will Discourage Commerce.
"The commission's tentative plan
of consolidation contemplates that the
Rock Island and the Southern Pacific
shall be merged Into a single system,
end if such consolidation take place
the principal route of the Southern
Pacific between east and wcjt will be
through El F'twu gateway, and the
principal interest of that currier
would be In transportation between
Chicago and east through Its south
ern route rather than In development
of commerce between Omaha and tie-bj-HNku
point and the Pacific coast.
"A we undetitland Jhelr position,
tbo California Interveners In thl pro
ceeding are qulto frank In itntlng
that they consider the Southern Fa
rlfli: as their ulnne railroad upun
which they rely to develop California
local Industries and commerce m
agalnat competition in tho rust. They
believe n we do, that Southern Pa
cific control of the Central Pacific
mean that the commerce from the
east will be discouraged to the end
that California manufacturers and dis
tributor obtulnlng their materials lo
cally and from the cast by water, or
by water and rail, will supply Cali
fornia internioutitaln trade to the ex
clusion of competitor from the terri
tory cast of Ogden, who must depend
upon transportation over tho Union
Pacific-Central Paclfio route."
Favor Competition.
"We believe It I to the Interest of
connutntrs In Pacific coast and Inter
mountain territory that competition
between California manufacturing In
terest and middle-weit manufactur
ing interest be encouraged.
"Wo further believe it 1 to the In
terest of California and Intermoun
tain territory, a well a of the entlr
United States, to encourage free
movement of freight In both direc
tion between the middle-west and Pa
cific coast.
"If movement of weatbound ton
nage 1 discouraged, the transconti
nental lines necessarily will be com
pelled to charge higher rate on east
bound freight from tho Pacific coast
territory, and possibly on local traf
fic in Nebraska and other western
stutes, to make up for their losses j
of revenue caused by a lack f wgit
bound freight.
"The iiiidille-west buy heavily of
Pacific const product. W want thl
earn bound traffic to continue, and In
sist that the tar west shall be willing
to take some foour good In return."
Kate Kxpert Support Meyer.
Many difficulties will be imposed
upon 4ndustry and conuneft in Cali
fornia If separate operation of the
Xouthern Paclfio and Central Pacific
system I required, II. IL Burihorn,
a rate expert, told tho Interstate
Cuoniinerce rommllnn.
Mr. Sanborn, testifying In behalf of
a committee of California shipper at
the hearing on the Southern Pacific'
application for permission to retain
the Central. system supported ihe con
tention for continuance of unified
operation.
Possible Increase In rates and cer
tain slowing up of traffic would be
entailed, A. It. Sanborn argued, by
two line haul that would be made
recessary In many freight movement
which at present are confined to a
siiKle line by Mie ii.ttigrit operation
of the Central Mini Nmitliini Pacific.
Mr. Sanborn' general description
of the situation us supported by ii
number uf other wltneum represent,
lug California Industrie, who ex
plained their own fenis of the effect,
If the separation of th unified rail
raid ystem wit finally carried out.
Allien Aiueion shaking f.j
California Fruit Dlslributnts, a
er.itlvo m conization of growers. J
Van Home, representing the C
nin Packing company, and
Small, traffic manager of th Ceil
California Creamery assaclatlon,
among other wltneum-, )
Hearings were adjourned over,
Thanksgiving holiday.
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rather, 2 Sons, Die in Fire.
t rims Valley, t.'al., Nov. 211. Cut.
I.'ector and his two sons, Caiy, Jr.,. 1 1
nnd Ibiyimnid, K, were burned tn
dtuth In an apartment home here to
day. Several other tenant were res
ued by firemen.
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Neckwear gifts to men are
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drefsed men has taught us
how men's tastes run. Our
holiday stocks were bought
with that idea in mind.
This store is famous for
pood neckwear the right
kind at the right price.
Note These Useful Gifts
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Phoenix Hose, Knothe Pa
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tricotines have made some very
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Both are faithful followers of
Dame Fashion's whimsical mode,
for they feature all that is new,
even to the minutest detail.
The prices from
$29.50 to $98.50,
Third Floor
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