Debating Teams Start Season > in High Schools Ten Contests Reported on . Question That Nebraska Should Adopt Industrial Court System. Reports of the first 10 debates in the sixteenth anftuai contests of the Nebraska High School Debating league of 90 schools show University Place (3922 district champion) and Havelock leading in the Hast Central district; Bridgeport and Sidney in the Northwestern: Beatrice* (state cham pion in 1920 and district champion in 192*2) leading the Southeastern dis trict; and Oxford and Curtis in the Southwestern. Summaries in these contests on the proposition "That Nebraska Should Adopt the Kansas Industrial Court System” follow: Kwt Central District. Principal C. W. Taylor, Teachers' col lege high achool, Lincoln, director. Waverly, Cecil Emery, Myrtle Cope, •harlea Bogart h; University Place, Aub tey Carrell, Elizabeth Connely, Non In • hadderdon, Elmo Philips. At Waverly, February 1. Won by University Place, unanimous. Judges: Prof. J. O. Rankin, University of Nebraska; Professor Lun doen, Cotner university: C. L. Clark, Lln • oln. Presiding, Rev. George A. Randall, Waverly. Havelock, Muriel Bowsman, Mary Fieh •»*. I/oretta Granger; Ashland. Helen Starks, Wilbur Mcadx, Milliard Johnston. Ashland, February 12. Won by llave W»ck. 2 to 1. Judges: County Superintend ent E. A. Odinan Wp.hoo; Mr. Oberlles. *‘3ethanj-; W. A. Walton, Ashland. Pre siding, Mae Squires, Ashland. , Northwestern District. Supt. W. R. Pate. Alliance, director. M1natai*e, Nell Houck, Delmar Brown, \>ma McElwec; Ida llarshman: Bridge Pd*t. Lola Hayden, Sarrah. McWilliams, Virginia Eubank.", Virginia Acton. At M/.natare, January 25. Won by Bridge port. unanimous Judge-:: Principal N. L. Tyeo, Sc ottsbluff ; County Atty. William Ilstss, Jr. Gerlng; Supt. Howard Smith, Bayard. Preaiding. Rev. Frank Coats. Lodgepole, Margaret Kmanuelson, t\>r n**r Jeseen. Faye Buttrick; Robert Calll Hon. Sidney, Franklin Horna an. Cotner college Presiding. C. L* Jonea. Beatrice. Auburn-Fairbury. Helen Cox. Ix>ne]l Schroeder. Mery Dawson. At Auburn. Febniay 15. Won by Auburn. Judge Prof. J. L. Eason, State Teachers’ col lege, Peru. Presiding, Emma Overvaag. Auburn High school. ttouthwefttern Dfstrirt. Supt. J. C Mitchal!, Holdrege. preanJ.r.g. Cambridge. Dean E Hammond, Mar garet A. Paly, Paul L. Dick; Oxford. Mary MacPrang. T.ena^p 11alley, William Ivey; Bula lloughtaling At Cambridge, February 2. Won by Oxford. Judge, i>ean I* E. Weyer, Hastings, college. Fr* s.dlng. Harold E. Day, Cambridge. Holdrege, Ruth Palmer, Cari Brown, PatU Copeland; Mlnden. Irene Sundeen. Everett Hansen, Carl Curtis, Luella. Li» son. At MJnden, February* 5. No deci *5on. Trealdlnf, Kupt. M. C. Blots*, Mln den. Nebraska School of Agriculture, Arve]] Beery, Lela Adams. Alva Blackatone. Mo <’ook. Evelyn McClure. ‘Fern Harbaugh, Hazel Shepherd, Allan Houghton. At Curtia, February 9 Won by Nebraska School of Agriculture. Judge: County At torney Fred J. Schroeder. Curtl*. rresid ng. Supt. C. K. Moree, Nebraska School of Agriculture. Columbus School Board Elects Teachers at Old Wage Columbus—Tha board of education i •'•elected all members of the public school corps of teachers, from super intendent to kindergarten at practi ally the same scale of wages prevail ing for the present year. Superin tendent McGee, elected a year ago for a trial period of one year, was tendered a contract for a two year 1. rriod which he accepted. Wayne Teachers* College. Ben O herring ton. Y. M. «A. worker nf Denver and graduate of the univer sity. spoke to the classes In history and soclolog} am; Reiving an address in the evening In the auditorium. Mr. Cher rlngton has lately returned from Europe end spoke of what he hrv while thcr*. He made a eucceraful appeal co students and* faculty for funds in support of ■ indents In European university. The annual basket ball tournament of i he high hools of northeaat Nebras ka will be held In the gymnasium of he Teachers college. February 22-24. Last year 3] schools competed for hon. ore. Randolph winning In class A. Lyona n class B and Crofton in class C, Ar angemenfe ar* in the hands of the "W" club of the college under the gen eral direction of Coach Fred Dale ami I’rof*a*or E. .7. JIuntem*r At the meeting of the Y. W. A . Him Etnel Beech*!, intermediate sup ervisor in the training arrooi, Mmkf of the literary work of Mis Ellaab*th Kingsbury, who for many yuri was h»ad of the department of modern lan images in th* teachers college and who died lest year shortly aft*r her return from study In Paris In packing her • ffects preparatory to returning them to her brother, who is n professor In • ornell university, MIsa He*-» he! and vfi.es Mies Smothers, registrar In the ollege. discovered a lac*# number of inagasine.Y containing articles and poema hy Miss Klngabtiry. Nebraska Wesleyan. The sixth snnun? high school day st \ebrask*. Wesleyan has been set for April 7. Beryl Snyder, si president of the col >ge, issued announcements of The event o the secondary sch mis The Wesleyan athletic board has arranK-Ml a high school rack meet for the day. This will be con ducted In connection with the tnterclaee • olleg* class meet. but. not in competition, says Prof. C. J. Shirk, who Is chairman •if the Wesleyan athlete eommmlttee. Bach high school will be limited to five *n irles. two men to each event end each min to three events Prof. J. C. .lenstn is chairman of a faculty committee that ha« beep named •o arrange for series of scholastic con •sts to be held In connection with the other exercises of high school day. Prof, lensen has algfsdy secured the approval of a number of Nebraska euptrlntedente for this plan. Contests will be offered In ivies, general science, Kngltsh. public •.peaking and dramatic recitations. Other* may be added to this list If there Is a demand. Why strains hurt Congestion in tissues causes muscu lar pain. Sloan's scatters congestion. •\Normai. free circulation returns \ •pain vanishes! Sloan’s liniment t-kills pain! The Business Barometer This .Week's Outlook in Commerce, Finance. Agriculture j and Industry Based on Current Developments. By THEODORE H. PRICE. Editor Commerce and Finance, New York. ' The rising tide of business confidence lend activity thst on# meet# going west is most Impressive. It 1b seemingly un conscious of Europe and It# complica tion?. They are rarely mentioned hero and are discussed only a# abstractions that art interesting historically but with out practical bearing upon American af. fairs. The labor shortage, with its implica tion of higher wage#, and the shortage of steel, which may check the building and construction that has been planned for th# spring, are the things most talked of a# repressive factor*, but they are not seriously regarded, as it Is generally be lieved that the prowperity in sight will yield proftts so large that high prices will not retard Its coming or check its prog ress Even the railroad congestion which is great has not dampened the prevail ing optimism, although It Is bitterly coxn pl.ined of In the newspapers. There is, of course, on element of dan ger in such widespread and incautious confidence, but with money as easy and credit a# abundant as at present, there is nothing to chill it visible and It seems likely to continue unless It should be come ipors difficult to borrow or some thing happens to the crops. South I>cman ha«e of its marl^s as eagerly a« we were a year or more ago. Ar.d Great Britain has guaranteed' payment of its war debt, which must be mads either In goods or gold. The possibility of any immediate de crease of our gold holdings therefore seems remote and if we are to undergo any contraction of our credit surplus this year it is more likely to result from expanding demand than from any reduc tion In its gold base. The federal re serve statement last week Illustrated this point .perfectly. It showed a gain of $2,000,000 In gold reserves, but Increases of $26,000,000 in note circulation and of $84,000,000 in bills discounted caused a reduction in the reserve ratio from 77 to 75..1 per cent. But this figure of Course indicates an abundance of credit and there will have to be a very much greater ex pansion In the demand for funds before any tightening of rates, or any check from that quarter to &d\am-lng prices, is to bo expected. Nor 1" it possible to discern any threat of an immediate check to the march of prices and business activity from any other quarter. The combination of a labor shortage and advancing price*? Is bound to produce higher wagfe, but higher ! wage* and steady employment themselves Increase purchasing power so that neces sary price advances can be absorbed. In this respect wo are In the same position in which the vicious circle of prices and wages v as generated during the postwar period. Its ultimate dangers must he rocognixed, but It causes no pain while It is whirling. The spread between the prices of farm products and the goods the farmers buy has also diminished somewhat and trade reports from the farming districts indicate that distribu tors expect a good business year. The threat of railway congestion is I one which in this country constantly con fronts an incipient, boom: and the re ports of car shortage from various sec tions nt this time of the year are sig nificant and discouraging. The road*, how ever. have been purchasing new equipment in greater volume than for year* past and the country's transportation capacity has been augmented by the expansion in intercoastal steamship traffic and the great increase in the use of motor trucks. f'uropA in Ignored. Both security and commodity marketa In this country have shown continued In difference to the course of foreign af fairs. Neither the possibility of freah j trouble In the near east nor even of the I withdrawal of Brttfrh troop* from Ger many caused more than slight Irregulari ty and advances were recorded in nearly all markets. Sugir futures underwent a aeries of sensational fluctuations which completely blocked r.ll business in raw and refined sugars. Because of the pos sibility of a scarcity la;»r In the year, the markets have been in an extremely nervous state and when the Department of Com merce issued a statement that consump tion thia year should be 725,0f*0 tons great er than production and the estimate of Cu ban yield by a leading authority was con currently reduced to 3. §00,000 tons, the rush to "get in" on the market sent prices up nearly 200 points In two days, at which height profit taking and selling prompted by sober second thought quickly drove them down nearly as much. The fact* of the situation are that the world’s stock of *ugar will undoubtedly be cut J into by this year’s consumption, but the j profitable price wrhich sugar Is bringing, j will stimulate production of beet* this j summer and the probability of an actual ; shortage i* remote. It Is extremely dif* 1 flcuit to determine the statistical posi tion of sugar very far in advance lw> canse its production is apraad among virtually all couiMrie* and all seasons of the year, and th\ Department of Com merce Is being wider* criticised for broad casting a statement which might well foster an artificial Ip mine. Among oth*r commfcltlee petroleum and copper hava been co gpicuously strong. End ©f Er.d , ' !.*»♦ Week Previous k T.ae* Year Ran : Clearing* (Bradatreetti jn thousands $4,405,107 $7,201.2.: $6.71$.000 Business failures . . . 3 622 Federal Reserve ratio . 76 4% Security prices. Y. Stock Exchange 20 Industrials. lit JS3.fl “0 Railroads . 77.5© 40 Bonis . 41.05 «\.r. i.odltj Prices '"•'Vent May delivery, Chicago «. .. |1.3f*i ror: , Kay delivery. Chicago . .43** . • Vii>s. May delivery, Chicago .... 74 cf. gd. dressed steer*. Chicago .. 12.25 I-r, refined. New York . .05 «’»**•»# Rio No. 7. New York.. .©ST4 « • ■ .on, middling. New York . ’2f0 I’rlnt Cloth*. New York .. .. 05*4 Woo!, domestic average. New Tor k.... 5154 ' Sil'.:. No. 1 Sinshiu. New York . 4 30 Rubber, crude, plants. New York ... ^ .13 Hides, pack. No. 1, New York . 16*4 Iron. No. 2. Philadelphia . 2M4 Rte»l billets, Pittsburgh .. 21 00 • With the County Agents F1LUM0RK COUNTY. Geneva—(By A. P.)—Fillmore county's greatest livestock problsin, according to Leo W. Thompson, county extension ag^n*. is the need of a more sanitary system of hog management. A system of hog s*n itetfon has teen worked out by the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture This system Is the result of experiment* which have t p*n conducted with round v. orms and other causes of unthrlftn***. and will prevent the occurrence of round n orms 1 in pigs. Mr. Thompson says. In assist ing with the pig problems mentioned, the county extension service, in co-operation , with various swine raisers of the county. * will establish several demonstration farms where the farmers will use the system for controlling round worms. The hog lot* t will be rearranged to a certain extent to meet requirement, and Individual og houses will be used to enable the raising of pigs to a < ertaln age away from the permanent hog lots and hour*" Tentative arrangements have already hern mad* for the establishment of three such farm- The . ounty farm bureau hopes to establish them in various sections of the county so »!1 interested farmers will be given a rhance. without tiavellng a great dis tance. to see how this system of preven tion works, and to see th* value of prac ticing such simple sanitary measure" The establishing of these farms is a part of Fillmore county's extension program for this year. MADISON COUNTY: Battle Creek—A two-day gas er.g.ne school will be held in Madison county March 13 and 14 Meeting* wljl be held both morning and afternoon each dav Kil l) person will furniah his own tools and a gas engine imperialist from the state agricultural college will have charge of the work. A county-wide aheep meeting will be held In the county February 20. The pro gram will cover three phases of aheep breeding— "The ewe at lambing time and handling the young larr.be. lamb man agement. feeding and ration and th» third phase, aheep pastures." Professor Ravin who has charge of the aheep feeding car ried on at the station. SAUNDERS COUNTY. TTaoho—With the small acreage of win ter wheat, this 1* r good year to increaae the acreage of legumes in Raund"rs coun ty. according to W. F. Robert*, county agricultural agent. Agricultural statistics show that Paunder* county had only three acres of alfalfa per farm In 120 and only about half as much clover a« alfalfa. I,e*a thiln 230 acre* of sweet clover were reported In 122. Rwset clover does veil In thla locality and ha* proven an ext el lent pasture crop at the college of egrl eulture, Mr ^Robert* says It is n le gume. and dug lo It* rank growth, ia an excellent aoll builder. In explaining th sowing of sweet clover, Mr Roberta say* "Twenty to 23 pound* of hulled *eed should be sown per sere. it may be broadcast or covered vfth a, smoothing harrow, or with a grain drill with gras* attachment. The seed should not be cov ered over three-four*h* of an Inch deep. It may be sown with a nurse crop, but there la more danger of It being killed by dry weather. The ground may be plowed, followed by disking or harrow ing, or It may be prepared by disking cornstalk land. In any case, a firm, fine, moist seed bed la important." DAWSON "COUNTY. Lexington.—Sixty entries from ^10 pre cinct* In Dawson county made » fine showing at the corn show held In Lexing ton Wednesday, *a>* A R. Hech*. county agen* Seven of thw entries were front Irrigated and the other*, dry land. Tb*» Judg*. Mr. Fottla, from the roll* g* of agriculture, placed the ribbon* on a new type, corn with long, -mooth ear?. At the experiment Ration »hls type haa out yielded the rou/h for the pa t 12 year*. This al*o holdu trie In Dawson county, Mr. Hecht aa>«.. Mr Cottle told of other work conducted with corn at the etatlon. THAYER COUNTY. Hebron—Dairying and poultr are two ■•ire source? of Incom** to the fann er* of Thayer county and probably *r* doing more at the p***ent t.me to p* esper.* s than any other hra«ru hm of farming, according ’o I# <\ «lhrlat.#, county extension ag«nt. He n.* of the worl the county agent and farm bureau la doir, g rapid Improvement* are being mad* in * poultry of Thayer count ,-. Mr. Chris* 1* says. For two yea ra th» Fnlon Pacific railroad has been giving a *hort course in the agricultural col!**g« to the hoy In each of the !• counties of Xebra*ka who made the be ,t record In corn, wheat or potato rjub work. Ray mond Kockrow of Alexandria has won this scholarship for the last two * eara In Thayer county and is now taking one of the abort couraea at the agricultural college. CASS cor NT Y. Weeping Water—Thirty-taro women of Alvo, rata count', met February I> to take up the dress construction project. Mott of the ladle* are planning to take the complete courae Another meeting was held at Xehawka. AH the ladies present drafted patterns and dresses were cut and fitted Fifteen women me* near Greenwood and the day was epent In finishing house drease* 8FW\HI> CO IN TV Reward. — A butchering. meat ufMng and aoap making demonstration was held In flewasd county Wednesday Mis* Jes sie Green* of the extension service of the agricultural college had charge of the aoap making demonstration and the county agent dernonatrated the butchering and meat cutting About 41 men and women attended the meetings The pur pose for the meat cutting demonstration was to secure a maximum amount of curing meat and to have If In au> h shape that It would cure well, with ae mall amount of waste as possible COI.FVX (01 NTV. Schuyler—Two butchering, meat cutting demonstrations b* A. K llepperel, .2. David City,—Frank Aerts. Frank Patton and Dean limit held their an nual registered Poland China hoc sale here. Fifty-two Kilts were sold at an aveiflRe of IS?. Quite a number of | buyers who lived outside of Butler 1 fount y were purchasers. York Fair Dates. York—The Y'ork County Fair a.« ■notation lias announced the dates for the 19?:i fall full and festival n» Sop i lember 17 to 21. Financial New Tork. Feb. 18.—The further advance on the Stock Exchange last week was quite unmistakably a re flection, not of European conditions, but of the financial and industrial situation at homo. Whether the mar ket could have moved as it dirt if the financial mind had taken seriously the predictions of disaster in conti nental Europe, is another question; but the actual fact was that the in vestment market had, to all intents, forgotten Europe. It had its eye on the weather signs of business con ditions in this country, and moved in response to what it saw. These indications were somewhat remarkable. To sum up the most im portant of them, it may be said that the recent statements comprise week ly exchange of checks at American banks which broke all records for uny corresponding period; railway traffic, measured by car loadings, which simi larly overtopped the best previous showing for this time of year: the largest January steel output since March, 1920, and the largest January iron production since February 1919. Heavy C otton PnrchasM. Purchase of cotton by the home spin ning Industry in January which, notwith standing the high price, has never but twice b#»en exceeded in any month, those two occasions being in wartime and by way of evidence that this raw materia! was going quickly Into consumption, a strtemetit by the consul bureau that the uumb.r of textile spindles active in thia country at the beginning of February vai the greatest ever reported These are evidences from many angle* of expand ing trade and the etock market's move ment was It*v recognition of them. Whether as an Indication of probable results from the Ruhr experiment or fsa reflection of econnomlc tendencies in F.u rope, the course of the foreign exchange markets last week became singularly confusing That French and Belgian ex change should have failed to recover def initely frobi the rodent lowest waa na tural enough, in view of the mixed feel ings with which the Franco-German situa tion l« popularly regarded But on the oth«»r hand, the German mark icored a fairly sensational recovery from the bot tom price of January and sterling rose practically to the high point of the period. Yet. If ihe political r**su:ts which ha'f occasionally predicted from the Ruhr o» cupatlon were seriously expected, an ad vance In sterling would have been hardly cor.servable, nnd It Is hard to discover anything in the news which should have enhanced the value of the mark. Only Kxplanntlon. The explanation of these Inconsisten cies doubtiea lies in the fart that there is no way of determining the actual in trinsic value of an irredeemable and depreciated paper currency, and therefore that speculation has an unusually free hand In driving the valuation up or down. When the German mark had already shrunk nearly 100 per cent frr>m i's nor mal valuation of K cents, it would be perfectly (utile to dtacus* whether Ita real i value was two thousandths of a cent or live thousandths The only possible teat would be whether more people wanted to buy marks a*, a1 given prpe than to sell them and vice versa. It may. however, he fairly assume ! ^ that the excessively violent percentage d»- • cline from fourteen thousandth* of a cent j on January 2 to two thousandths on Janu ary 20, e as caused not only by prodigious output of n*w paper marks and their •*!• j abroad by Germany to pay for Imported i merchandise, but by selling real or aper-j- j latlve, baaed on the belief that the Ruhr j blockade w ould compel a complete shut- j dor of German manufacturing Indus- • try. Predictions Not Fulfilled. There was much talk of that in Janu ary; and also of a probability that Oer many would no longer be able to Import ■ raw material of manufacture. But neither , prediction has been fulfills^ If the mar- . Kit had been dlttlBf in sns'fs of Ger man manufatcurlng concerns. Instead of .n paper marks, then what may be called the 12 point decline followed by a I point recovery, would be recognised as an entirely natural movement. On the other hand, no market cal culation can ignore the fart that the German paper currency has been nearly doubled since the January Faria confer ence If the capital stock of a corpora tlon were doubled without any change in its earning power the stock market • would probah'y quote a new stock at j only one-half as much per share as It I had been quoting the old The decline ' indicates ♦he confusion of influences bear ing on the market for such a currency. There Is even the possibility of an or ganised "campaign'' of capitalists to force, down the mark or the franc, with or with out a political motive Business Activities Open Blacksmith shop. DeWItt—Webb Smith bought the blach smlth tools of Wrn Peterson and e have the Improvements completed tn about £ ■ day* making the r plant one of the b**t tn the section if Nebraska. Open Motor Agency. Cetumbu*—f the second story will he rented by the Falrbury chamber of Commerce for a permanent home and the rest of the spa • will be fitted for offio-s The bank will n-rupy the corner and two room* will he equipped for atore purposes Th * la the beg.nnlng of an era of build ing in Falrbury The V *’.ro arid repaving district# No- 10, 11. 1?. 1 and 14 II it the purpeae of flie com missioners to pa' e and repave the>ra <1. trlct* the coming summer Mason* to lluild. Atiburn—The Masonic lodge of thie place has bought lota and will beg n the erection of a 'hr*e#tory building. lOilFi fe*t The itru'ture will he of fire-proof material. ( ortlend Vf»i Hold Beatrice- F. T Kb-rhsrdt f the i. b ert> Journal has purchased the t'ortland News of i: W Masters Trnde Telephone Kn lmni* Keatrh e M i* Hiatt has ttaded the Reynold* tt s* •» Patton of Morow'dile, Ksn . for an *o ami farm in Ksneae. Terumseli Hotel gold. Tecurnaeh—J. M Farrier ha* »■ <1 the Arcade hn»«*l m Tecumseh to Mi J U Hrotae of Humboldt, end the chango w i| be made Mar*h 1 Mrs Oroae* secure* the brick building and entire equipment •he has formerly operated the Park h - ei at Humboldt. liny Hefnn* t Store. Folumbua—Flight atockholders of ’be defunct Farmers' store at lindeay oho had signed a.s sureties on the mortgage, bought the brick building erected and formerly occupied b> the company «t sheriff* ail* foi $u.00f> The bulliltng was erected several years ago, • mating $31. ono. Keep Peper tiulll| Pawnee < |tv--The Hiberf Journal, the only paper In Uherti. will continue to ex let If the cltlsen* of the vtllag rati cause It to Ha publication was recently abandoned by th# editor a* unprofitable The cltUens got together and appointed delegation# to collect new# and advertis ing. and with th - compiled, they had it i printed by th# chop of tire Ilurchard Time* Vote on Hood Falrbury -Friday. February 2.’. a ♦ U* | date set for lOttng on n $"A0.t>t)d bond j issue to build and cu p • re- high I a. bool building 1.limber t om pom 4|uile. Powell Tho rpwell Humber rninp«n> will dlecontlnue hu-inea» The *heda have I been sold to a Falrbury contractor to he torn down. F.ndirott < aie Hold. Kndlcott 11 1. Th'iMM n farmer ie j ildlng near Kndlcott, hai purchased the Kellry rcataursnt and barber shop. Omaha Produce (By Stata Deparfmeat of Agriculture Bureau of Market* and Marketing.) Corrected February IT. BUTTER Creamery—Local Jobbing price to retail er*: Extra*. 60* ; extras in 60-lb. tuba, 40c; standard*, 49c; firsts. 47*» Dairy — Buyer* are paying S3o for best table butter (Trapped roll); 28c for common and 2uc for cl»*n packing stock. BUTTKRFAT. Local buyers paying 42o at country eta* lions 4 9c delivered Omaha. £009. Most buyers are paying around $*.50 per rase for fresh egg*, delivered Omaha, Stale held eggs at market value. Jobbing price to retailers: Fresh: Hpe clals, 35* , seledt*. 33c; No. J small, 80c. POULTRY Live: Heavy hens and pullets, 10c; light hens and pullet*, 19c; spring roostors, • moofh leg*. 18r; stags all #lze*. 16c; Leg horn poultry about 3c iesa: old cock*. 10c; duck*. fat, full feathered. 18c; g<*<*8c, fat, full feathered, 16c; turkey#. fat nine pounda and up, 20c ; no culls, aide or crip pled poultry wanted. Jobbing price of dressed poultry to re tailers: Broilers 40c; srrlng*. 28c; heavy, hen*. 27c; light hens, 27c; roosters, 18c; ducks, L’5c; geese, 24c; turkeys, 46c. BEEF CUTS. The wholesale prices of beef cuts 1n ef fect today are as follow#. Ribs—No. 1, 27c; No. 2, 26c; No. 3. lie. Loins—No. 1, 33c: No. 2. Sir; No. 3. 18c. Rounda—No. 1. lGVfcc; No. 2, 16c; No. I, 12c. Platea—No. J, 7 4c; No. 2. 7c; No. 3, «c. Chuck*—No. 1, 12c; No. 2, 11 Vic; No. 3, • Vic. CHEESE. floral Jobber# are aellfng American cheeae. fancy grade, at about the follow ing price* Twins, 27c; single daisies, 274c; double daisies, 27< ; Young Americas, 20c; longhorn, 28c; square print*. 284c; brick. 28c. fruits. Strawberries—Florida, 60c per quart. Banana.*— 9c per pound. Oranges—Extra fancy California navels, per box. according to size. $4.0^© 3.50. Lemons—Extra California, 200 to 880 sixes, per box, $7.00; choice, 300 to 360 sixes. $6.50: Limes, $1.00 per 100. Grapefruit—Fio#4da. fancy, all s;ze#, $3.75 to $6.25 per box. Cranberries—100-pound barrels, $13.50 to $17.00; 60-pound boxes, $3.ou; 82-pound boxes, $4.50. Apple#—Delicious, according to size and quality, per box, $2.36 to $2.75; Washing ton Jonathans, per box, $1.60 to $2.26; Iowa Jonathans, fancy, per bbl., $5.60; bushel basket. $1 85; Grimes Golden. t an^y, per bbl., $5.60; ditto, choice, per bbl., $3.50; Northern Spy. per box. $1.76 to $2.00 Hood River Winter Banana, fancy, $2.50; ditto, choice. $3.00; bpltzen berger. fancy, per box, $2.76; Gano, fancy, per bbL. $4 76: Ben Davit, fancy, per bb!., $4.75; Black Twig*, per bbl., $5.60; Greening*, per bbl., $6.Of. Quincaa—California, fgney, per box, $1.00. pear* — Winter Kells, fancy, per box. $3.00: Hood River Dutchess, per box, $4 00 Grapes—Red Emperor, per box, $6.60 to $7.00 Flga—California, 24 8-oz. carton boxes. $2.75; 60 8-oz carton boxes, $3.76; New Smyrna figa, o-lb. box, per lb lie. Date#—Hollow!. 7°-lb. butts, 10c per pound; Dromedary, 38 10-oz. cases, $6.76. Avocado#—Alligator pear*, par dozen* $9.00. SEED. * Omaha tuyere are paying the following price* for freld a**d. ihreen* r run. de livered Omaha. Quotaton* *r* on tb« baala of hundredweigh? rneaaure Seed—Aifgi/a. II 2.00# 15 90: r*d cl©'. *r, 99 oo© 15 00; atayk*. II.W#11.09; tim othy, $♦ 00# 5.99 ; Sudan gra**. $3 To© ▼ 5°. white Mmreorxt e.re*t clover, 13.00© 7.00; millet, high grad* German. $2.00# 2.60 common millet, 11.60© 2.90; amber ■orghum can. $2.00©2.25. FLOUR. First patent. In 96-lb. bag* $*> TO per bbl ; far. v clear. 1n 49-lb hag* $3 55 per bbl. White o- yellow cornmea!. per cwt., $1.76. Quotation* are for round lot* f. o. b. Omaha. FRED. Omaha m!:;e and Jobber* a»e eelltn* ' their product* In round lot* at the follow tog price*, f o, h. Omaha Bran — $26 90; brown abort*. 119 00 gr* •hort*. $31.90; middling* $3? 0c Tnddog. alfalfa mu!, choice $76.76 No !. 1 J 53 10; cottonseed rr.eai, 42 pe: cei.t $61.09 ©42.00. homin' feed. *h **. $29 00; yellow, $29.00; buttermilk, condensed. 6 ?o 9 bar rel*. 3 lo p«r lb., flake buttermlB . £09 to 1.509 lb» , 7!,c per !b-; *§s eh*i:». dried and ground, lr,0-!b hag* $25.00 per ton. VEGETABLES. Potato**-—Nebraska Early Chios No. 1, $1.25 p-rr o» f ; No ? 76f to 11 09; Mir - neeota Red River Ohio*. No 1, $1.2 a to $1 60 per cwt Idaho RuM*tn. $1 35 per cwt ; Idaho Netted Gem a. $1.75 per cwt Sweet Potato**—Bushel era'**, about 43 lb* . $" 00; Porto Rtco R*d*. crate*, about 50 lb*. $2.35. Rad.ahe*—New aouthern. doren bunch'*, • O'*. Old Root*—H*et* carrot* turnip* p*r ■nlpe. rutaMfas. r»f pound. 2 4*c; in, sack*, per pound. IH". New Root*—Southern turrlp*. beet*, carrot*, per d^een bunch**, 90c. I ettuca—California head <4 do* ), prr crate $4 2 5 per dog . $1.10; hfthouae leaf, per doze.n. 60c. Artlrhokee—Per do**r, $2.60. Pepper*—Green, rrark't basket ?5c per pound Mushroom*—T3c per peund Egg Plant — Selected, per pound, 10c. Onion*—Southern (new) per d .*t> bunrh**. 75*; Ohio Wh’te* $7 C9 per c«t Red Globe*, per lb.. 2>4c. yelk1*’ per lb I'-jc 'n.ported Spanish, per >.r*te. *’ :•«. Toro* to**—florid* *it-b**ket crate $6.00. fan red r-.pe Mexican. 2* b. lub. $? 75 Be ana s- uthern 0” g »en. per hamper $5 00 to $7 00 Cauliflower—California, p*. c:*te, $175 to I; 09 Garlic—Ter pound. Ci^. r'sbbage—2--50 1 nunds, 2 ; *n '-a*** rer pound 2 He, red qabbag*. pe- pound. $r; celery labbage, per pound, 15c; Hrua* • ell aproute per pound. 29c Celery-— aliform* per do*'n. a ordlng to * -*. $1 3j to $1 63; California (not trimmed', per crat*. $7 00. • hallo?*. Parsley- Do. • i hunch'* Tic. flyinach—Per bu«h*l. It 69. HAT Price* *t which »«!o«ha de* er® ate •tiling In carload lot* fohow Upland Prairie- No 1. |I4 ' J 99; No. 7. 911.09013.90; No. 6 $9.99# 10 0*'. Midland Pr*?rt*—N l. $:: 5- #!4 :-0; No. $10.09© 1.00, No. $. $7 90#t9*. Lowland Prairie— N> 1, $l«.90#i 1.09; No. ? $7 «0f»6 no. Alfa if *—Choice. $!3 0fl#:i00: No. 1, \ $2** 00# 11.09; atanda-d li;.OA#19.09; No. 2. Ill 90 #16 00 No. 6. I12.D0# 14 00. Straw*© Oat, $1 90#» 50; wheat. $7 CO# I 0fl. htdks. rtns. wcx»u l’rlce* p rinted teio» are on the b*4l* | of buyer*' weight* and aeler'lon*. deliver* ed Omaha Hide*—4 urrent hide* No 1. 1! - No 19c; risen bide*. 9 aid |r bull*. I and 7c; branded hide*. « . glue h de*. C . Kip. 1! and 10c; dernna. *" each, glue calf and kip 6* . hor*e b.dee, 14 . •• I 3 3. por*e* and gluee. ll* #a«h. • o!t*. 26c each, hug aklnr, t each, dry hide*, N» I. l.c per 11 ; dty tailed. 1:« . drj glue, •c V ool—Wool pelte |! *o I" 60 for full wooled aklna; *pr :,g lamb* •« to 11 *o for late taka off. « III». no >alue, won’. :i0 to tie. Tallow and fJreaa#—So. 1 (allow. % . A tallow. 7f. No 2 tallow. (f< . A gr.-ate « hr. n grea»c 7c. yellow grease €«*c;j brown grease, ♦> «’rackling* - l*ork. ISO p*r ton, b*ef. 1*9 per ton. l<*«aw*T I 0 per ton Kun» ~* f(, laig- fi;‘0® for. »*r tral. gray. iarg*-. |?on; medium. |1 39. ■ mall. T6< No 76c, Mvsi, prim*. bV to 26c; |vn* < *♦. I* 9 to ll 90. beaver, legal, ly caught. 139 90 ♦-> 15.90; ftaher. ITVO® to I »«• o(far. foO -.9 to 1-90 wee«e|( « hit*, ll 90 to 2ir wildcat. |1 1-9 t* ; r . h«dg*r. 11 69 to 19c, marten, $4° 09 to |f 09, boar, f 6 99 to II 99 Jury l uultlr to Agree. MTchltii fall*. Tri , Feb I - -The Jury in the crine of MaJ. W. T, fharjv borne, charged with murder in C«*n nection with the killing of \V. C, K» mar, January s. wa* discharged l»y Judge Wilson nft«r the member* r** ported they could not Agree Tlu' Jury wan out 60 hour*. Muirs Sent to India. North I.oup—V. IV. Hohhlns. live stock broker. shipped three cars of mules from this territory which were Intrude# for use ns pack nnhmds In British India. It will require two to three months overland and sea to transfer them to their final destin.i tlon. Merclisnl Mrsnehe* Oat. r*«’nro <*lt) O'oi |* Krgttt# omll rn ft chant «»f Virginia, ha* opened a mtc on 1 «ftnr» In Armour Tha leading *toi* of Armour tin burned a ahor. Hn>e ago anti tha proprietor did no» »e* fit »o *t*il up again Iher# Trade Review By R. o. m \ A CO. Kvidence of further business expansion appeared this week. Activities In moat quarters steadily gain momentum, and the point has been reached in different instances where insults are being com pared with the best previous records. Ko month even in war t.mes saw as many • otton spindles running us was the esse this January, and the steel industry haa attained practically the highest ra'e of operation possible under exiting condi tions. The main problem now. broadly - onaldered, ia not one of finding employ ment for workers, but rather of assuring enough men to maintain outputs on the rale warranted by current demands. Some buyers, quicker tggn others to sense the '-hanged situation, have endeavored to commit themselves heavily with manufac turera, co as to secure protection against full\rjf requirements. The policy of not a ffw producers, however, is one of discourag.ng over-purcha !ng, ?.nd there Is more of a tendency, enpe* lally In the nteel trade to look to jobbing channels for ■♦ourrM of supply. That prices of many commodities arc strengthening under pressure of the larger consumption has been (dearly shown by Dun'a ltat of wholesale quotations, which has dis closed an excess of advances in every week this year, and reports are becoming mo/e common of premiums b^lng offered to hasten shipments. Difficulty in mak ing prompt deliveries frequently !s en countered, owing to different drawbacks, and storms and cold In various parts of the country ha^ e further Impeded tha transportsllon of merchandise The weather, on the oth^r hand, has appre ciably stimulated retail distribution, and the Isrg#* turnover of rubber footwear thia winter has been a prominent feature. •fanuury Bank Clearing* Crain. 1 Among the statistic*! measure* ot bu*l r*.t s progress, the record of bank clear ing* stand* out prominently. With oper 1 ationa nearly everywhere on an expand i fng scale, and with the advancing com modity price.- bank clearings ratut^ily are of larger volume, reaching an aggre gate of nearly $34,960,000,000 «*t 111 cit es in the United Ftate* during January. Kx amtnatmn of earlier returns show That the January total has not be*9i equaled l since December, 1920. and there is a gain of about -1 p< r cent over the figure* of a year ayo The rise in the January .clearings waa countrywide, but the larg est Increase cccurred at point* outside of New Yurk ■ ity, where the aggregate was fully SO per rant in ex'*** ot that i of *) t wm* period of 1922. The gain i at file metropolis wm a Mtfle more than | 1 4 per t nit. Hteel Industry Continue* Active. K*' h week of late ha* found the atc'.l industry working into a stronger position, both In respect of the volume of business and prices Published quotation- this \e»k disc|r*>*- h. number of additional %d%an- »-s. ranging from &nc a ton on open hee». bars to $2 60 on wire rods More than this, report* of premium* being paid for quick ffklpments are becoming more frequent. and warehouse pri e* are strengthening steadily. Th* policy of *rgr producers is one ,t conservatism, the efforts of buyer* to place heavy commit ment* with mills usually resulting in the acceptance of only a part of the orders offered This attitude In the part of *•: or* refie»*s a d#» re to prevent over-pnw* chaxlng and to hold the market within the limit* of safety. The price upturn not *>! product* by*. a!*o pig iron, increases of 50c * ton being re corded r»n .--veral grade* this week. Steady Dry C.oods Market*. The maintenance * broad demand for dry good* I* reL-cted by current report both f ram wholesale and retail hanne> Distribution remain.- active practically ever? where, and large-scale mill operations continue Buying of * ks • ** been stimulated by the exhibition be d under the auspice* f f the leading nation al associations, whl e retailers are pur chas'ng other tex»‘!e# ;n a steady *ray. if •arefu :> With raw cotton holding a* a high level, the r.f in cotton goods prices has be.*n extended, not only in prima-/ 1 m*rkei> but a to in jobbing circles. It 1* ’'ill a fact, however, that retail pri-rs o rr.ar.; goods have not reached * parity •vith tho«a in fir*» hand* and doubt * jet *xpressed a.* *o th" pmbaMo attitudo of con*umers when the higher price* are passed on to the counters l arge Dome* tie < ((m«umpl>ot). The bureau »• Washington Is •ued a statement this weak Indicating that greater activity prevailed in domestic cot ♦ oa manufacturing during January than trx any preceding month In the history at the Industry While the January con sumption of co?*on has twice before been ex"ee«ied the number of active spindle** cr©e«*d the 3:. OOO.O^o-mark for the f.rat time on record. Nearly 1.006.989 more spindles e ere In operation at the end of January than wae rhe >'«i« a year pre Vlou* sc I th» month’s consumption of 910 J76 bale* of lint rottor *epre»ent» art Increase of practically *2.769 ba:*» over the quantity ** f *o,e leather In har'r* and bend* and ffa’ ha" o< urred in leading easttri* erters with shoe rranufa~turers mt>r« act'.v* buyer*, and confidence among tan ners of heavy ate k ha* strengthened. The ulaposltion no wl* to tAlk firmer pr* e-. .ir1 actual arLaroe* hxve been n*r or.led on certain grade* rf off* Thu* 'ir, upper !»ather hs* rot shared in th* 'mprm ed demand noted In *^me leather, although eisabl* trar*a"tior * have devel oped in ertaln quarter* On the whole, price* - espscH for •taple 1 nei o? he** x!d* leathers. (i f- , skins and patent leather I eipli School* Name Head. »'olumbuti—Robert A Smty of th* Columbus High school faculty has !>cen elected superintendent of th* l,#igh schools for next yrar at a sal* t ary • f $?.Q06. Mr Slaty, former coach at Midland college at Fremont, whs assisting Coach Rich here in the ! athletic department eekly Failure* Bu*ine*« failure* for the w *# , adding Lehruarr 1;. hr.. Ia> «wk) number 3*0 wht'h coiinare* With 40# last week. n th# • * * * of 111. 3»» in 112!. :«* in 1 •. “ .. » *12 n 1918. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children In use for over 30 years Say “Bayer” and Insist! j # 1'nlea* you sec the name ’Tarver" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Payer product prescribed by phyniclnna over "’J years niul proved safe by million* for < 'old* Tootharli* Harach* Neuralgia Tirailacha T.umhagt» IttiaumatUm l’aln, Pain \ivept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Kavli unbroken package con t tins proper directions Handy boxes nf twelve tablets cost few cents Druggists -nlso sell bottles of : 4 and 100 tsplrln is tbe (cade mark of tlayer Manufacture of Monoai etn acldrster of Kelicylicacnl. Chicago Grain Chicago, Feb. IS,—Trend of values j in the Mheat market at the present time is not. well defined. There has j been considerable change in sentiment regarding the May delivery, but taken as a whole the trade looks for still higher prices for the July and the September, which represent the new crop, which will not be harvested un til June and July. From a statistical standpoint the May is regarded as in a rather weak position at the moment, as the ex port demand remains Flow, both for hard winter and Manitoba*. It was very noticeable, however, that lato in 1 the week the foreign news, which had been extremely bearish of late, took a decided turn for the better. Liver pool May wheat closed 11 over Chicago on February 10 and was 16*ic over at the finish on Saturday, making a net gain of 2t*c for the week in the face of a decline of 2 T*o here. Prediction* Yerlfie«J. W'.rn the marker was advancing, tho»#/ bullish on May wheat paid no attention to bearish news from abroad and dur ing the period when the market was de clining, bullish report te were also ig bored. The prediction of the buds that tb« movement of rash wheat to terminal market would fall off rr.a*erially. ha-, e be*n verified, and arrivals last we k v ere !,i00,0#9 bushels leas than last year Un >ss they increase materially, the visible supply should commence- to decrease from row on. as It urualiy does at this sea son of the year. The new winter "heat crop still has a! lof It* gre:f ahead of !♦. w,ch a - ' ounta for the bullish sentiment preva.l ir.g In the July and September It vr-.Il be a month or more before there bar been sufficient growing weather *o per mit an accurate estimate as to the con dition of the crop Should the tr* car. which was reported over the fields of n.any sections of the belt, prevail for any lenght of time, ’he Apr! 1 govern ment report may make a poorer showing than the trade has b*en expec’.ng. In '>17 a December condition of kl 7 was followed by grj April 1 report of 4: 4. al though there was a stfady ,mprover.>»nt from that time to harve** with July showing 11 $ There •were II..77.00(1 acres report* das abandoned that . e®, the larg est on record. Situation Weak. From a statistical standp nt the whea* situation may be regarded as rather w»ak. • but "tatSuct have had little influence! on the ultima’* ’rend of values for **v- , e*al >ear.». although frequently they have caused numerous bulge* of breaks, vh: < th* t-end of prices has been largely In accord w.*h those of other commodities. Wheat and rye price* are still too low lu comparison with other commodities. as th« bulls see It. 6eldon is a bull market ever checked by the first break, and the present time promise* to be no "i^eption. The uneaei r*s» wh'.eh prevailed Just before the b t decline smarted last wee* ha* passed and th* trade s wal'lng for »orn* new :n ertlve before tak.r.g a derided stand on • ither side The action of the mi'ke: of late has been somewhat similar to what It w** earl: in l'»remcer *nd January, when May dropped f-om S'. to II IS-* going through a period of a- umulatioa from li 18 down :n the face of heavy li quidation. while the ia#t week has found NOW SHOWING MARION DAVIES ’When Knighthood Was in Flower: Cetmepohta\ Pmiu.-;im THE mil lion dol lar romance magnificent. EMPRESS NOW SHOWING “The Pride of Palomar" with Forrest Stanley Marjorie Daw in conjunction with BIG-TIME VAUDEVILLE Twico Doitv- 2:1S A »:15. Now Pla>iR| Amount. Amusing, liutnKtivt T ht Eminent Fremh Fev* kolofitt J. ROBERT PAULINE Remarkable P*>cKic Dehorntration*. Auto-.Su f seat len “T>»» t «IUr WriUr" Clara SIGNOR FR1SCOE Tli# Pfslir rhonogrph Artist I rank Ward A Oolite* Elly Afiop * FlbUi Topiti «*f tH# P«v Path* N**i ALMA NEILSON CO in *'R*h*m*a‘ Wtek Starting Sunday* Fab. 25 En|*|«ni«nt Moat Ektraar^iuiy Th* International Actor MR. LOU TELLEGEN Preventing H»a Own On# Act Tlay "BLIND YOUTH" MATINEES I Sc 30c Plus I II.5.TM | NIGHTS 18c to $1 00 • OMAN* * rv* CtATCP** iJO/niAdFtl* *kl 4 *,TI T00AY y*lyvJy rar.wA* ruicts Thara‘t » u» Mvalr an* PrAttr « '• “KEEP SMILING” SSVtT.V1 AR- lUr Cnl •( I iiaHtM DCDT I IUD Pull#»Ai far* wait raa»a4Na«. ■ VMItll - AM* A P*anty Charwt That D<*#» Aaa# tmllfaf lid’**' IJc a< 2i< at Daily Mat'***, 5.11’ support given when price* w»rs around fT.lt. i orn Halted in C limb. Hilling demands for rash «b“*' »' ■ signs of Increas.ng. although w#r* whip ping directions g.v»n (>n finu that i* now on the books of trill*, the call would unquestionably be batter Corn ha* halted in Pa upward move bar as th® result of the recent heavy pro' taking hedging as lew but the bulls *r confident that it is only momentary and in aom* quarters it Is hoped the1 e rap td advance in prices does not materta.z* for horr.e tins® to come. It is safe to estimate that the coun*r •old between 1,040,14} and 10.ft09.fKiO bushels cash corn so far ’hia month, the, bu!k of which bad b*cn hedged by sales of May wheat here, not an uno.-ua! quan tify of grain and equal to about two we*ks of good 'ec#»ipi* at Chicago. In* - much as th' corn » h*n It mo\ *p, v., ! be appli-d on contracts and hedges ha ** already been placed, there w.l! bo litl’c T.ew pressure on the market except from those v.ho are sentimental/ aff'*' ted by the larg«, arrivals There »• still plenty of corn back in the country, but unices farmers a*!! free. ■ before the breaking up of the interior roads the next big movement w 11 ham come until oats seeding it out of th* way. eekly F ood Index Higher Bradstr****'* Food Index Number, b»i*d on the v holesale prie«* per pound of -21 tor |3.l w ith %Z last ' eek and $3.12 f >r thm week ending February 36. If22 Th e we*k s number shows a g*i.n of 3 1 l>f •’* tent over last week and of ? 6 per cent over the like weea nt last year. Increased: Wh *a\ red, oata. barley, short ribs, butter, sugar, ra-, . sugar, re fined; coffee, eggs, bogs, live: lambs, live, • Qtton gray good-, petrol, 'rod*, hay, pig iron, Jtea* . pig Iron, aouthern. »te»! bil lette. Bess 8**-eI billet* O-H ; 'a- w h** ». old. Philadelphia; rte*l scrap, Pittsburgh** wire nails, copper, tin. I.*ecr*as*d: Flour, whre*. »pr r»g; forn. ham*, lard, cheese currant?, sheep . «, leather, coke, ruober. Kee V.'ifnt Ad* Produ'* R^Jltf. Vaudeville—Photoplay* OMAHA IS AMAZED at the remarkable series of illusions offered by All-Star Supporting Show EXTRA Tomorrow Eve. “Spook Night” Demonstration of i Sp iritualistic Phenomena $50.00 REWARD for anyone who can build » pack inf case from which Blackstone cannot escape. Watch for fur ther announcements. j BIG DOUBLE SHOW ; THIS THIS , WEEK l M L*jL*lk.£ EEK LON [ “WHILE CHANEY 1IHRIS SLEEPS ADDED FEATURE H C WIT WEE S Great Stories of the Ring THE NEW “LEATHER PUSHERS" With Reginald Denny. NOW •' hit A HIT NOW Booth TMKlNCTON*S You tril! romemoer it ion# after »r’i taro forcotten most other picture*. Now Playing “THE BEAUTfFUL and THE DAMNED” Wi«H MARIE PREVOST and KENNETH HARLAN NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS HAMILTON * - 40th and Hamilton EMERY JONSON S "THE THIRD ALARM ’ VICTORIA .... 34th and Fart STRONGHEART tthc dog) •ONE CLEAR CALL'* GRAND .... 16th and Bittnoy MADGE BELLAMY and JOHN ROWERS in -LORNA DOONE" Mischa Elman \ IOL1NIST Auditorium. F#k 20, 8:15 P M, Tickota: $1. $1.50. $2 00, $2 50 5mI» Now o«i Solo No War To*