Nebraska Newspapers

    Fewer Farms Are
Being Occupied
in Colorado Now
Poor Crops Blamed for De
crease—Nonirrigated Dis
tricts Suffer Worst—In
flux Lightest in Years.
Juleshurg, Colo., July 8.—The
movement of people away from the
farms In Colorado has more than
equaled the movement of people from
other states and from Colorado
cities to the farms in the past 12
months, for the first time in many
years. Reports of county assessors to
the State Immigration department
show that fewer farms are being op
erated in tile state this year than
last year and perhaps fewer than
were operated in 1921.
The decrease in farm population in
this stale since the 1920 census is not
nearly so great as surveys made by
the United States Department of Ag
riculture indicate it has been in older
agricultural states. Until this year
this movement has been fully coun
teracted by an influx of people from
other states to occupy Colorado
farms. In the past 12 months, how
ever, the movement of settlers to
Colorado has been very light, while
the movement away from Colorado
farms has been heavier than for- sev
eral years. This movement away
from the farms has apparently been
due to the same causes that brought
it about in older agricultural districts,
augmented somewhat by unfavorable
crop conditions in some parts of Col
orado. The prices of farm products
have remained low, while wages in
the cities have in many cases been
increased substantially in the past
year and in no ease have they bejn
reduced since 1919 in,the same pro
portion as the prices of farm prod
ucts have been reduced.
Complete reports from 18 counties
show 12,768 farms reported as being
farmed this year, compared with 13,
543 farms reported in the same coun
ties last year, a decrease of 775 or
5.7 per cent. If the decrease prevails
at the same rate for all counties it
will show 3.000 fewer farms being op
erated in the state this year than last
year.
The decrease is heaviest in the non
irrigated districts of eastern Colorado,
especially where the season was un
favorable for crop production last
year. In the southeast part of the
state temporary abandonment of non
irrigated farms has been especially
heavy, though not nearly so heavy ns
following previous periods of unfa
vorable weather. When it is under
stood that/ this temporary abandon
ment of farms is largely due to finan
cial conditions that have had a sim
ilar effect In all sections of the coun
try. it appears that even the most
severe drought that ever visits the
state will not again cause the same
exodus of farmers as was caused by
the droughts of 1911 and 1912 and
the equally severe droughts of 1893
3894. It Is also worthy of note
that many of the farms that have
been temporarily abandoned had nev
er produced any considerable amount
of livestock, poultry or dairy prod
ucts.
J^arge Shipment of Cream.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha nee.
Wymore, Neb., July Some idea
of the cream business in southern
tinge county may be had from the
fact that American Express records
iiere show that 2.451 cans of cream,
each holding 10 gallons, were shipped
from the Wymore office during June.
This cream came from within a ra
dius of seven miles of Wymore. It
was shipped by express to IJeatrlce,
Lincoln and Omaha.
Farmers Union Notes.
Omaha—The application of the grain
company organize. 1 by the Farmers union
for a seat on the Omaha Grain Exchange
was turned down by the board of <11
rectors of the ex hange on July *» for the
second time, ‘We did everything they
told us it would be netenMary to do, even
to taking the patronage dividend feature
out of <>ur company," said U .1 Osborn,
state president of the F t mere union.
•The reason given for turning down our
application the first, time a few weeks
ago was that we were not properly itt
corporuted and did not hav® sufficient
capital We changed th® articles of in
corporation and the by-laws to meet the
objections, and added 86U.OQ0 to our capi
tal, We can only conclude that the real
reason we were turned down is that the
men who constitute the grain exchange
✓ do not want farmers to enter the ter
minal market."
Savings in commissions made by the
Omaha house*of the Farmers Union I-#iv*
stork commission In the first half of this
vear amounted to 75 per cent of the com
missions received* reports on file at
state union headquarter! show. The
house handled 6,831 cars of llvesto< k.
compared with 4.297 cars in the first half
of last year, an Increase of 35 per cent.
Reports from the house in St. Joseph
show' total receipts of 8.390 cars In six
months, compared with 3.H39 cars In the
corresponding period last year, an In
crease of t»8 per cent. In the month of
June, tho St Joseph house handled 27
per cent of the entire yard receipts.
Atkinson — A crowd estimated at 1.000
peisoup attended th® county picnic and
celebration of the Holt County Farmem
union In the grove on the farm of S A.
Hickman, countv president. Ktate Presi
dent nsborn and Jim L. Peters, manager
of the Farmers Union Insurance com
pany, were the speak* r* President Hick
man was Kept at the bedside of his
father, who was seriously ill. and the
program was in < harg-* of W K Hersch
berger A program of sports and a bail
garm* followed the speaking.
Plalnvlew—Tha Plalnvlrw Fartnera
I ninti t'o-operallva I.lveatock Shlptun* a*
aociatlon ahtpped 70 rare of llvratock
vorth $100.0011 In ihe firat year of opera
tion. the report of Herrelary C. J HJo*
ouiah alow*. Tha aaaortation liaa 10»
tneinhera repreaent In* the local* of Ihe
Fartnera union In thia vicinity. Jnauranc*
aaalnat lo»a»a In ahlnpln* la carried by
the aaaoelatlon Itaelf. throuKh a arnall
aaaeaament. at a aavln* to the mambara.
1)H An audit coverin* tha firat five
and one half month* of the year ahow*
that the aalae t>r the Farmer* Union
.tore here totaled on which
there waa a net profit of 1*23.91 The
atoro handle* uletal rnorchandta* and
hardware Philip Nelaon. an asprrieneed
hten haul, la lnao**et Th!a a'ore waa
nratanlaed In July. 1»I0 Jul'*
arm la preaident and Uharlea ( ampbell la
• ary-treasurer. .
HnatVlrk A profit of «*00 waa made
bv the Farmer* Fpton Klevalor company
here In Ihe flucal year endlnr .Inna 10,
the face of a decree** In the volume
of bualneaa. The volom* In th" year
jir.1 elnard waa 140.10147. which waa
I2il 70n lea* than Iho year before Thla
•l«rr«a** win flue to light crop* in 1 •
Prom.i'1 tn Arm for a largo volumo of grain
ih««* ' oar Th* company export* to take
i tittl« nilfpi margin on grain. ln«t**d or
paying dividend* at. tho
•'ainone ia manager
Kimball On a volume of Imaine**
imountlng to $21 1.479 55 in tha ve»r end
rig Mav 31. the Farmer* l nlon i u°l{#
tr.itlve naxorlation here made i, net prom
,r $.'.03.01, arcordlng to an audit r« < eritly
•nmol'* ted by 'he Farmers union audit
lennriment The a**orUtion pp**raUo* an
tleva t or. aid handle# Impleitmii l*. twine
*nd wnrihottM fornmodltla*. Thl* email
net profit, the dim. tor* *•*>, * «■ du* to
• perat Inx on narrow margins Wheat
wa* handlt*d on h ruarg'n of
H4 r*nt« a ' uahej, whereat*. «•
• n»a n bu**he| I* **ldered a fair aver
ege SuppIu** were handled on a groea
margin <>f 4*4 per « ent A« « ounta and
in,ten rv> cdvable arrnunta payable and
operating • xpen:*** were all radu*»*d in
the tear, r*»**uMng In a marked improve
. men* In the fin.tin >1 ondMinn of the
t.uMn*** < <ory v Krnai » member of
t ho Iegl*l:i4ure, In presid'd t "I'O man
rtgri of th eeaotialUp' K M. I" !•
atcualgfy, *ud JvLu Urnk* it txcgjurar.
Boys and Girls Clubs
Are Success This Year
Lincoln, July 8.—"Local leaders of
boys and girls club demonstrations
are taking hold of the denstration
phase of the club work this year and
making something out of it." says
Carl Jones, assistant state agent in
hoys and girls club demonstration
work at the agricultural college exten
sion service.
Assistance is given to local leaders
and to the clubs by leaders' confer
ences and through direct instruction
to the club members from state
agents. Mr. Jones is assisting with
the pig, calf and rope club demonstra
tions, Miss Jessie Greene has the can
ning and cooking work. Miss Mary
Borreson works with the clothing
clubs and Miss Allegra Wilkens has
the hot lunch and keepwell demon
strations.
Several county tours have been
planned for these dubs in training
the teams for county, sectional and
state contests this fall. By such a
process of elimination the state cham
pion teams will be chosen to repre
sent Nebraska in interstate and na
tional contests.
Rains Dispel Fear
of Drouth in S. D.
Watertown, S. D., July 7.—Any
tendency toward drouth in any part
of South Dakota has been dispelled
by heavy rains during the latter half
of June, according to H. O. Her
brandson, agricultural statistican,
division of crop and livestock es
timates, here. A few small areas ac
tually complain of too much mois
ture now. he said.
' Lowered temperatures have fa
vored all small grains, -wheat, oats
and barley.” Mr. Herbrandson said.
“Corn is virtually as far along as in
a nouroal season. although wet
weather has permitted many fields to
become weedy. Rye is filling and
will be ready to harvest in two weeks.
The crop is very spotted. Flax gives
good promise, as does also the po
tato crop.
"There is a very large supply of
stocker or feeder pigs In the more
western portion of the state, which
will soon be seeking an outlet. There
is an infection of sheep scab in the
northwestern part of the state which
is well restricted and heing Cared for.
The wool clip is practically com
pleted. but only a small portion sold
or contracted for.
“The complaint of farm lnbor
shortage is becoming more impera
tive.”
Good Results Are Shown
in Ho*: Sanitation Work
Lincoln. July S.—One hundred
farmers of the state are keeping up
the work in the hog sanitation proj
ect heing encouraged by the agricul
tural college,'according to M. B. Pos
son, state extension agent in animal
husbandry work. Forty of these men
are conducting complete and thor
ough projects and without exception
are getting splendid results.
Pigs are just heing weaned on most
of the farms and are going out on
pastures of alfalfa or clover. Defi
nite results cannot be^ announced be
fore fall, although Indications point
toward greatly Increased profits on
the farms of farmer-co-operators.
INeJiraska Spring Pig Crop
5 Per Cent Over Last Year
By \wtirIni*,! Pm*.
Lincoln. July 8.—Nebraska's spring
pig crop ia T> per cent larger than last
year’s pig crop and the number of
sows that farrowed is 9 per cent
greater than last year, according to
a survey made by the division of
crop and livestock estimates of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture made public by A. E. Anderson,
agricultural stastistlcian.
1922 Hay Nearly
All Marketed,
Survey States
General Quality of 1923 Crop
Only Fair. Shippers Say—
Prices Rmain on Firm
Basis.
i
The 1922 hay crop has been mactual
ly all marketed, according to a sur
vey just completed by the United
Slates Department of Agriculture. On
June 13, 1922, the date of the survey,
the reports Indicate that about 90 per
cent of the marketable surplus of the
1922 timothy crop bad been marketed,
98 per cent of the alfalfa, and 97 per
cent of the prairie. The timothy sur
plus Is slightly larger than at the cor
responding time last year, while the
amount of alfalfa and prairie is
slightly less than remained unsold on
June 15. 1922.
Stocks llelow Normal.
Reports from the principal consum
ing areas indicate that dealers’ stocks
of hay are generally Vie low normal for
this season fo the year. Considerable
local forage is available in most sec
tions, but the amount probably is not
so much as last year because of dry
weather. In some sections of the
east and south commercial industries
are reported to he slightly more
active this year, and southern con
sumers are said to be in h better
financial condition, on account of
higher cotton prices, than they were
at the beginning of the 1922 crop
year.
The quality of the 1923 crop, as re
ported hy shippers throughout the
T'nited States, will he only fair, with
the exception of a few of the Im
portant alfalfa producing states in
the southwest, where hay is produced
almost entirely hy irrigation.
Timothy hay will he short in many
sections because of insufficient mois
ture. while in sections where the
moisture has been excessive, it will
be rather weedy.
Wet Weather Hurts Alfalfa.
Throughout Kansas. Nebraska and
Oklahoma the first rutting of alfalfa
has been seriously damaged hy wet
weather and most of the hay from
this cutting will be of inferior quality.
This excessive moisture, however, has
been hneficial to the prairie hay In
that territory, and reports indicate
that an increased acreage ranging
from 5 to 20 per cent will he har
vested. The increased acreage to he
harvested was reported as follows:
Missouri. 5 per cent: Oklahoma, 10
per cent: Kansas, 10 per cent, and
Nebraska, 20 per cent.
May prices throughout the 1922
and 1923 crop year were well main
tained on a fairly firm basis. The
range of timothy prices was slightly
below that of the previous year, but
fluctuations were less violent.
Alfalfa prices displayed much more
strength than those for timothy, and
the average price at the close of the
year was on practically the same
level as No. 1 timothy prices. The
decline in alfalfa prices to a new crop
basis, which has usually occurred in
June, was apparently delayed this
year hy the laie marketing of new
hay caused hy excessive rains in the
southwest. This higher level of al
falfa prices was reflected In” the prices
of prairie hay. so that at the close,
of the season, both alfalfa and prairie
hay were quoted on a bas s of $5
per ton above the quotations at the
corresponding time last year.
Poison for Prairie Dogs.
Supply depots for the distribution
of prairie dog poison were arranged
for in Fall RU'er county. South Da
kota. during the month, through the
efforts of Sain !.. Sloan, county
agent. Thirty
With the County Agents
Douglas County.
Omaha—Forty-five wortien attended
the afternoon meeting on the last day
of the four-day dross construction
school hold at Elkhorn last week, ac
cording to Earl O. Maxwell, Douglas
county agent. Eight delegates from
four different communities were
present throughout the four days,
under the guidance of Mrs. Hattie
Hogg of the extension service. They
cut patterns and each made a com
plete dres.C for herself.
At a meeting held at the court
house last week the Douglas County
Co-Operative Cow Testing association
was formed, officers elected and plans
made to begin testing July G. The
following officers and board of direc
tors were elected: Charles Oran, Ben
nington, president; John C. Forburg
er, Elkhorn, vice president; C. F.
Kuehl, Benson, secretary-treasurer;
Otto Boettger, Charles Rosacker.
Building of ridge terraces to pre
vent fields from washing and becom
ing cut with gullies is being urged
upon the farmers by Earl O. Max
well. county agent, who declares that
tliis method Insures the fields against
soil erosion and the terraces will last
many years.
Cass County.
Weeping Water—Making of slrMim,
Improvement In diet*. »nd correction of
food ha bite and other kindred work ere
interesting ihe women of <‘nw* bounty, »r
rordifig to Ida M Wilken*. home demon
inf ration agent for the county# A num
bei of filuha in the <-ounl> are carrying
on their work through the summer.
Farmers are being advised by T. R
Snlpea. county agent, that whenever a
man la obtained to help in the harvest,
the farmer *hould keep him for harvest
ing both wheat and oats “It now looks
a* though we will have a f*’W days be
*ween cutting wheat and o*ta Men will
be *rar< e. so keep them," the c ounty
agent said
Mitriifton County.
Rattle Creek <> N. Humncra extension
specialist In poultry at the college of
agriculture of the University of Nebraska
will t,e in Madison count)- August 16 and
17 to hold four poultry culling demonstra
tions and to talk on poultry disease*. |t
was announced here today by the county
Agent Meetng* ar»* to t>e scheduled for
four differ.-,ft parts of the county, if
farmer* request It, in order to give all
who wish to attend the opportunity.
Seventy-three person* attended the Val
ley township farm bureau meeting held
last week a« th»* Hhv school bouse accord
ing to reporta to the tountv ag.-nt's of
fice. A debate on the <|iies|nn of abolish
ing ardlon IB A of the transportation act
of 1920, and two reels of film showing
how to cure swine of round worm" were
feature" of the meeting
Details and general arrangement* foi
th«* farm bureau ptm|r are being worked
out hy the various committees, according
to an announcement made at the fount)
agent's office here The picnic will be
held at t hs Tomhagen grove
Cuming I miniy.
West Polrft A fHjniber of Curbing coun
ty farmer* report s rapid growth of *«»y
tre* n plants fi«,m *ecd shipped in last
spring. It w** announced here today by
Kenneth C Pouts, • ountj agent Farm
rrn who planted henna b) oil Cog the
*”» d with « orn in the ii 1 nni<■ i box and
thtn tried out lU« aoy beau atta- htnant
h.ne found tlie latter method more sat
isfactory. Mr. Fouta declared.
The public achool ground* •« Wiener
have been surveyed under the direction
of |. f» Woods, extension engineer, and
the ground* are to be graded so a* to
Improve their appearance and usefulness,
l» \mi announced here today by Kenneth
C Fouts. county agent.
Dod?<» County.
Kramont—Dodge county farmera *re he.
lng urged by the county agent to heavily
pasture t h* Ir sweet closer fields to pre
vent Its becoming too rank and so woody
that stock will not eat It later on If
sufficient animals are kept on the sweet
clover to keep It at not more than nine
or ten Inches high, new shoots which are
tender and palatable will h« produced
continually, the county agent said.
The county farm bureau and the coun
ty agents office will aagjst In the dis
tribution of Improved grains early thla
month, according to an announcement
made at the office of the county agent.
The annual aeed directory will be Isaued
goon.
Dawson County.
Lexington--Farmara of Dawson county
are growing better wh**«t thla year than
ever before, according to Alvnh H Hsclit.
county agent, who declares that this la
flue to the fact that most farmers in ’he
county have hail their wheat seed certi
fied during the past three years Hessian
fly ha* been reported on wh*at on the
farm of Oliver Fgrle). the cotjniy agent
said.
Fillmore County.
Geneva — Harvest btgan hi Fllmora
county Thursday. .Turn* 2*. according to
I,** W. Thompson, county agent ’ Karly
Indications arc that there will be a
sufficient supplv of labor." the county
• gash *>" <1 Laborers were being placed
ta t week it t< a ill1
Another ot gantxat inn was added !•* t ha
Hat of 1 oya 'Ym-I git la clubs ut Fillmore
county during the past we*-k. according
to Lee W Thompson and lldna (* Pegler.
ctiuntv extension agents Tha new club is
tailed th** Thimble Hollers and v* a*
organized through the ♦efforts of tha
Strang Community Womans club Four
teen members were enrolled end the fol
lowing: officeis elected Remits Rorole,
president ; Klixabeth Hhlrtluff. vie* presi
dent. Phyllis Keister, secretary
Samiiler* ( minty .
Wihflo—-Haundera county will have a
real tuherculnsls eradication campaign
next fall. If plans of the • ounty farm
bureau Ixiard continue with as great
*ucc#a* a* they are having at present, a*
cordmg to Walter F Roberts, county
nger.t Of 40 fsrmeis visited with one
petition, only one refused to sign The
stntn law rrquiie* that 61 per cent of
the stock owners of any county must
petition the state department for the
t tiherniloNi* test before the te«t will be
conductat! At present tin petitions are
being circulated pi the county
<’onsldet able damage Is being done to
wheat this season by wheat stem mag
got*, according to Walter F Roberta,
-ounty sgent Tli# Injury Is smillsi
t-» that caused h\ Hessian flies that
Inrtiiera nr# Idamlng the latter Insect for
the trouble. Mr Huberts ssid Th« inag
got tauses ripening of wheat lienda pt*
maturely, the bounty agent said, and the
worn of this Insect <iin ba detected
above the first Joint
Poultt raisers ai« ispldty Isatnlng the
• r* of -apnnlxing their t-oultt accord
mg to Walt* i F Roberts, -minty agent
A few birds are killed In the operation*.
. ,t
f.. r broiler* nml ilia f on tic la I toes la
small
Of4M* I OUllt*
Hvrn'-uii' lln* MurfRu* Iteitai Heard
Hf v club of Otoa placin't hue adopted a
|00 par i am flplilt up program affording
• , * II Inl.tinc iM"*' fount*
Leonard Ifattlta ia »a«r»tai> of iha dub
*1 ha N'aadlt Art dub of 'Orth Ilian* h
'm « ht rying mi ita v»orl« during thin au»n
mar, a rrordltig I o \ II Lld.onir i»l»>r
omit, agani. Mia J aim a litaUuur la
laadail >1 tho club.
Conditions Are Poor
on Indian Farm Lands
Four hundred Thurston county
Indian farms have been given a
farm business survey under the co
operative efforts of the officials of
the 'Winnebago and Omaha Indian
agencies, I he extension service, and
the Thurston county farm bureau*^
Data gathered In this survey in
cludes crop rotations, the state of
the soil fertility, the leasing system,
tlie housing problem, and social con
ditions in general.
Only a partial summary and digest
of the survey records has been made
to date. Enough has been done to
disclose a sad state of affairs. The
Indian owner Is too pexy to provide
adequate shelter for the tenant and
livestock. Meanwhile his rolling land
is being eroded ami washed away,
while practically all grain and hay
are being sold and hauled from the
farm.
A few of the Indians have been in
duced to require their tenants to
grow sweet i lover on the light colored
hilltops. After two years of sweet
clover these light colored spots have
been found to have taken on a much
darker color, and on being planted to
corn have 'produced twice the yield
harvested previous to the treatment.
People Urged to Kat More
Homegrown Vegetables
Dee Moines, la.. July 8.—Eat more
home grown fruit end vegetables, Is
the plea of R. S. Herrick, secretary
of the Iowa .State Horticultural so.
ciety, in a statement in which he de
clared that domestic science experts
write the menus of hotels and res
taurants with too much stress on
the horticultural products of far-off
Rtates and countries: and to the det
riment of home producers.
"It too often ha’ppens," Mr. Her
rick said, "that our domestic science
i xperts in menu writing are inclined
to follow the old adage, 'distance
lends enchantment.’ They seem to
hove the idea that something grown
a few thousand miles away tastes a
whole lot better than something
grown in our own gardens or which
could be purchased from our own
growers.
"The words ‘home grown’ should
mean to t*ie consumer, freshness,
crispness, maturity and first class
quality in every respect. Our grow
ers of horticultural products are com
mencing to realize the importance of
better cultural methods, but what is
the use of growing a thing If there
Is ho market for it.
"Let's help our growers of hortl
ctlltural products by calling for home
grown things to eat."
Helds Prepared
Early Give Best
Grain Results
Land Plowed in July Has
(Greater Yield Per Acre „
Than That Tilled in
September.
Aggressive farmers, those planning
(or a maximum wheat crop next year,
are now turning their attention to the
all important quesiion of early prepa
ration of their fields. Officials of the
Southwestern Wheat Improvement
association, which gives its entire ef
forts to aid in producing a better
quality of wheat, have declared that
early and proper preparation for the
next crop is tiie greatest single factor
contributing to a successful and
profitable yield. Kxperiment stations
and actual practice have clearly
proven that land prepared in July
for wheat will produce from two to
seven bushels more per acre than that
on which tlte work is delayed until
September.
This is due largely to the fact I hat
early plowing destroys weeds which
if allowed to propagate consume the
available plant food and moisture In
addition such plowing affords time
for the land to settle. It Is pointed
out tha,t wheat demands a firm seed
bed and for that reason It is always
wise and profitable to use some sort
of a packer immediately after the
plow. A disk harrow, with the blades
set straight, has proven effective in
lieu of a regular packer, boose oil,
especially that which is the result of
late preparation, can be depended on
invariably to produce a poqr wheat
crop.
Successful wheat growers find that
If time does not permit of early plow
ing or listing that disking immediate
ly after the binder or header de
stroys the weeds, saves moisture and
renders the soil easy to plow at a
eonvenlent time later. July disking,
followed by late August or early Sep
tember plowing or listing, ran be fol
lowed out with successful results.
Early listing for wheat is especial
ly desirable in sections where the
rainfall is limited, and frequently pro
duces letter yields than other meth
ods. With listing, a substantial
amount of moisture Is saved hecause
the ground can be covered rapidly.
Experience has shown that best re
sults are obtained by relisting and
leveling early so sufficient time will
be allowed for the soil to settle be
fore sowing.
The Business Barometer
This Week’s Outlook in Commerce, Finance. Agriculture
and Industry Based on Current Developments.
By THEODOKK H. FRIC K.
Uilor (ommfrre and Finance, New York.
Another week has paaacd. Nona of tha
failures rumored o» predicted have occur
red The markets have in a measure re
covered their poise and one finds himself
wondering why the financial w-.rld was for
i time afflicted by a baseless hysteria of
fear.
T4ie answer srerna to be tha' m*n are
more alarmed by the unknown than the
known and that the vague apprehension
felt In Europe over the A nglo-Franco
German situation communicated itself to
some bankers hers whose gloomy alien-a
was construed to mean more than they I
are willing to tall. Hut now that the]
► worst is known It lias loft Its terror* and ,
there is every reason to t-ipert that nor
malcy will soon resume lta away in the
western world.
Briefly, this worst appears to be that
Great Britain has derided to make its
own settlement with Germany amL. leave
France to do likewise. Thia naturCT? dis
please* the French, and some nervous
souls have sugg**«ted that the result might
be war Those who are willing to believe
this are welcome, but the vast majority of
men are likely to rejet the Idea as pre
posterous. a> least until the generation
who fought the last great war dtfd.
There ar* nevertheless a few who shud
der when they read that France is build
ing many new airplanes and that fa»rd
]>erby has announced that there would he
no further reduction In Great Britain s
fighting force* for the present Another
effect of these belligerent gestures is a
ri^e m the Hank of England rate which
h*>» been advanced from to 4 per rent,
vhlle both fran * and sterling have he* n
very weak and marks are s little nearer
r.ero
* 'n th*s sole the Atlantic there has a.ao
he<n some tightening of the money market
*nd rate* are a shade higher aa a result
of the seasonal demand tor **tdit that
l" always felt at the end of June The
reserve ratio of the federal reserve system
.n consequence lower at 74 4 per cent
ns compared with It 1 i vveek ag". The
t ills disc muted have increased by IlM',
0**0,000, the circulation is up about $S6.
**00.000 an 1 th* gold on hand has decrea*
**d by $21.00* 000 Thla Utn* of gold proba
bly repr#svnta yellow hacks forced into
■ irculatlon In pursuance of a questionable
policy that may make It hard to recover
them when our gold reserves need rein
forcement
The gold certificates or yellow backs. In
the bands of the public were Increased
by $24,140 ono between January I and Juna
I ftlnce the latter date auother $14.000,•
000 has probably been distributed and tha
federal regarve banka seem to be persist
ent In their efforts to get the gold out
"f sight, lest b**lng visible. It may inflame
speculation and bring about the Inflation
so much feared Whether the cure la
worse than tha disease remama to be assn.
Hut It la at least reassuring to feel that
since ray undue distension haa been pre
vented there Is no likelihood of an a> ute
contraction and that business is on a per
fectly even keel is the harvest season
opens and the crops ara mada ready for
market
Almost th« only unsatisfactory featura
of the outlook la tha surplus supply of
wheat This year s crop la #*perted to
egceed by s00.ooo.000 bushel* With an
estimated 'arrv-over from last year of
at I I 10.u00.00ti bushel*, there will b*
an Available supply of nearly ].ooo.ootr.ooo
•bushels neat fall Thla *a 200,000,§00
bushels in e*crss of the probable demand
for domestic consumption and etport and
the problem of Ita disposition la a serious
| one
A demand that the government shall
buy It or finance It is already heard, but
it 1* not likely to be granted and unless
Kurope c«n be put in a position to »my "i*r
superabundant production thw'-aeault may
he serious for the wheat producing states.
Hut the grain market la neverthen***
reasonably steady upon the theory that |n
some whv the farmer will muddle through
and that the profit h« la making on his
urn and other crops will In a measure
offset his loss on wheat.
The other commodity markets do not
call for much comment Cotton declined
on a bearish government report that will
■non be forgotten and is already discredit
ed by the recovery in pri< e« since record
ed. Sugar ia unchanged Coffer is gradual
ly dropping to an investment level as it
becomes evident that the Brasilian gov
ernment does not intend to support tha
market.
Rubber ■ easier Copper distinctly
weaker at 14‘*' inflect rig the economic
Import*oca of Bvropt, where tha ;
consumption was ao large For a similar
reason tin ami lead are mI»o lower Pulp
wood and paper are distinctly firm be
cause the Canadian parliament has passed
a hill prohibiting the export of pulp wood
from Canada. If the governor general
sign- this bill, as expected- 1? will redu* «
the supply of pulp wood available for tha
United J»tat*a by at least 20 per cent.
The ate* 1 industry is working at full
capacity, but price* for tome shapes are
slightly lower Car loadings continue to
heat previous records, hut there are still
soma surplus cars and th* prospect is
for less congestion and a prompter traf
ftc movement this autumn Railroad ;
earnings are atitl increasing and th« pros
pect ia that the year If. ' will be the
moat prosperu* in tha history of the
roads
Retailers and Jobbers are doing an ex
cept tonally ryi I business sn<l the ?wo
leading mall order houses report startling
increases In their sales.
Raw wool I* steadier ami woolen go-.d*
are in excellent demand A between sea-;
xons hesitancy :* reported by the whtde-i
■ain houses in the cotton goods business,
but the complaints come chiefly from
those that represent the Near Rngland
mills. Therefore It !s not surprl sing to I
read that more southern mills have been
sold to northern manufacturer*
In the security market there has been
an improvement in demand for the bet
ter r!aio of bonds. This is the conven
tional precedent to an advance in stocks
that will probably take place when the
recent prop he's of d ssster again reverse
themselves and tne New- York specula
tors at op saying they *e« ghosts on the
other aide or the Atlantic.
Meantime the barometer Is rising and
the ee*» seen.a likely to remain smooth
until It !* again, troubled by those who
think like King Canute, that they ran
control the tIdee because the> have the
postwar of the government behind them
Following aie comparative prices for
end of last wee*, end of previous week
and last year:
Bank clearings < Bradstreeta i in thous
anda * «. . I 6*9,41 If.1 * 001.
Bualncsa failure*. 2€< 116. 3"9
Federal reserve ratio *1 l per cent,
76 • per cent 7« * per cent
Security prices. New York Stock ex
change
Twenty Industrials. I'T 9* 169 11. S9S 97.
Forty bonds Iff 29. 1M 10. 119 19
('ommodlty prices
Wheat. July delivery, Chicago 11 02 S
li o:s. i I?\
Corn, July delivery, Chicago, 79c, 9 2c,
€!*<*'•
Pork, r.ba, July delivety. Chicago. 9 10c.
1 tic. 11 1&<
lle**f, good dressed ateere. Chicago.
||., 60 fit! &n 114 76
Sugar, refined. New Tork. .Oltlo .0926c,
.Of 20c
Coffee. Hlo No 7. New Tork. 11 *4c.
USc. t p » -1 «r
Cotton middling. New Tork. 2711c.
2120c, .2270c
Pr*nt i lot ha New York. 04Sr, 0f%c.
Of s
Wool, domestic average New York.
1191c. 9261c. ,74»>lr
Silk. No 1. Small!u. New Tork. *7 10.
17 97 60
Rubber, crude plantation New York.
2 4 V 26 S° US'
Ilides. pM'k.tig No 1, New Totk, 14
14 . 17
Iro » No 2 Philadelphia. 129 :« 1" 76.
127 12
Str^l billet s. Pittsburgh 147 60 142 60.
115 00 __
v _ w
Lowest Fares
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Para to Clooolond $1Lit-Buffalo $IT.3»- Now York $30.70
Through Stooping Can mg Coachn-Parioc and Dining Car Sar\ ko
Reduced Summer Tourist end Circle Tour Fares
To Mountain and Soaglrto Raaorta In Raatcrn Stair* and Canada
ASK Ticyi^ ACtyWT TO TU. NK'KFI. PLATK ROAD
(Inssrt Agents Naunes Ham)
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s\ NOPMIV
Neale ( rittendeu. 15 years old, is h typi
cal rod-blooded American boy living with
! Iiim parents in l nion if ill. a small village
near New \*.rk City. He hits completed
I three 'ears in preparatory school. \uca
tlon time arrive* and. with hi* mother
gone to visit relative*, he and his father
debate as to how Neale shall spend hi*
vaculion. In Franco Marine Allen. II years
old. is living with her American parents In
the home of Anna Ftchergnry. a French
woman. Marine’s father is foreign agent
for an American business firm. Old
Jeanne Amigorciia. trench peasant
woman, is employed by the Allens as a
servant. Marlse is deeply Interested In
the study of French and music. I Hiring
vacation Neale become* an omnivorous
reader and spends much time in liis fa
ther's library. Vacation over. Neale re
turn* to Hadley preparatory school and
finishc* his last year. Farly the follow
ing autumn lie passes the entrance ex
aminations to < ohiiiibia university. Pend
ing tiie opening of school lie works at his
grandfather's sawmill. In France Marise
enters a musical contest. In the au
dience are Mailume Farnier. a French
lady ae<iuaiutunce ot Marise’* mother, and
her son. Jean-Pierre. who has Just re
turned from two years* study In America.
Jean-Pierre Is much Interested In Marise. ,
whom he had known before going to
America.
Marine hail read them with the
others, and although neither father
nor Mainan paid the slightest atten
tion to what she head, and there were
lots of paces in Marnan’s novels ever
so much worse than these, she natur
ally felt an agreeable thrill at the
thought of what an explosion there
would be if they were ever discovered,
reading love-stories at school. It was
the fashion with the girls to do it.
So she did. and as dramaticaly as any
of the others. Hut far down, deep
under all this, was a hermetically
sealed chamber where she kept a se
cret disgust for the whole subject of
falling in love, a secret distaste for
men, old or young, and a furiously
held determination never to have any
thing to do with them. it was all
very well to carry on against the
rules and to play-act with the girls
about /something in a Isjok. but the
faintest approach of the same thing
in reality, froze her stiff with indigna
tion and repugnance. When, walk
ing on the street with Jeanne, some
well-dressed young man cast a glance
of admiration at her. or some half
tipsy workman called out a rough
compliment she shrank away from
them, hating them and herself; a
feeling which old Jeanne zealously
fostered.
•She was still flushed from laughing
and talking and carrying 'on, when
she emerged from the side-stairs Into
the half empty assembly-room, look
ing for her wraps, and saw beside
Jeanne, Mme. (Jarnier and her son
evidently waiting for Danielle, for
Mme. Gamier had Danielle's hat and
cloak on her arm. "Oh, zut: What
a bore!" She'd have to speak to them;
the young man would fidget and make
her nervous, and she did think Mme.
Garnler the tireaomest of all the
frumps who came to call on Maman.
She was an old anake-in-the grass,
too, to use one of papa s expressions.
She pretended to say such sweet
things to Maman. and really th- y
were all different ways to slight poor
Maman. who Uidn t understand half
the time. But Marine did. and re
senled for her. Poor Maman!
"Good morning. Madame Gamier."
she said with a little I -w , coming up
to them, aud. "Good morning. Mon
sieur Jean."
She remembered to drop her eyes,
following (Jie precepts of the teacher
of deportment, and profited by the
gesture to despise Mme. Garnier’s
shoes, stuffed lumpily full, like badly
made sausages
When Mme. Gamier finished a long
speech, she didn't mean a word of.
about how nicely Marine had played.
"Oh. thank you \ery muc h. Madame
Gamier." she answered, looking up
for a moment.
Jeanne put her hat and coat on
now. as Danielle romped in, talking
at the top of her voice. Madame
Gamier, with the perfunctory' Hir of
one attending to a familiar duty, sav
agely, reproached her for buisterous
ness, and general heathenishness of
manners. Danielle took this as it
was meant, and jutying not the slight
est attention Jo the rebuke, went on
talking at the top of her voice, telling j
her mother and brother all about the!
foolishness hack of the scenes. “It
was simply killing!” she shouted,
laughing so that no one but Marise j
had any idea what she was talking
about. “I thought I'd die. didn't you. !
Marise? You never saw anyhing in !
your life m funny' All of us wrong j
side up. with our heads . . oh, ha!,
ha! lia"'
She and Marise went off into peals
of laughter which the* immediately
suppressed to giggles and then to.
smothered muffled gasps, as they
saw the reverend mother's dignified
black draperies moving dow n the side- !
aisle. They'd hear from it at school
If reverend mother < aught them in
such a breach of manners as laugh
ing in s public place!
“Who won the prize niv darling?” \
whispered Jeanne in Marise s ear. as
she smoother down the collar of her
coat. »
"Oh. 1 did.” Maris*' whispered back
casually. She had left the big re,
album of Moroeaux do Salon wit!
Mile YNSOr. lie. ,iuse she knew if ah*'
tried to carry it home and passed
by a school mate she would be greet
ed with howls of jeering laughter.
-She would bring some paper tomor
row, to wrap it up.
"We may as well walk along to
gether,” said Mme. Gamier now.
' Our road lies your way/
Jeanne looked at her fondly, her
wrinkled old face bright with love,
"I am thanking our holy mother and
all the saints for your triumph, my
darling!” she said her voice trem
bling. “All this day I have been
praying t- r you, all this day.”
Marise's first impuse was to inquire
stupidly, "What triumph?" and her
next was to burst into laughter as
she realized that Jeanne had worked
herself up so about that old Gambert
music prize, of all things! But these
gusts had come and gone before the
expression of her face had had time
to change; and when they had gone,
a ! she could Hee was the affection
shining in the old woman's eyes. Dear,
darling old Jeanne! I,et her think It
■ as a triumph! She should never
know anything else about it, bless
her'
.Marise remembered Danielle. the
mocking, and glanced uneas. to
wards where the Garniers - ood,
waiting for her to go on with them.
No. Danielle had not heard. Jeanne
was safe.
Mai ire had grown so that she no
longer needed to reach up to put her
arms around the neck of the tali Old
woman and kiss her hard on both
tear-wet cheeks. "I owe my victory
to thee, dear Jeanne, to thy prayers."
she whispered fervently. "And 1 shall
never, never forget It."*
All this was a lie, of course, but!
! «• were euy to teii. and w hat hi rrn I
were they, if you made somebody i
more comfortable by telling them.
.She pirouetted about on her toes,
and ran back to take her place with
Mme. Gamier. "Jeanne had bail new*
from one of her family." she mur
mured pensively in answer to Mme.
Garnier s look of inquiry. "Oh. bah!"
she thought carelessly. “What was
' ne more lie to head off an old cat
like that?” Besides, It was amusing
lo see how easy it was to lie, how
with one little phrase, this way or
that, you could change facts.
After she had come in, and gone to
her room to change to her usual dark
woolen school Jress, with the long
sleeved linen apron over it, Marise
happened to glance out through the ;
lace curtain over her window and I
saw that Mme. Garnier s son was I
sitting on the bench across the street j
in front of the Chateaux Vieux.
“Well, that was queer, why hadn't he
gon*- on with h s mother and Dan
ielle?” She looked again, to make
sure, herself hidden at one side be
hind the heavy tapestry curtain, as
Jeann.e had taught her. lest she be
seen by men on the street "Yes, it
was Danielle's brother, sure enough.
Will. what could he lie doing there?"
She turned back to her greenish
mirror to take off the white ribbon
from her hair. and found shat she had
a dim recollect.on that ijefore he went
away to America, he used to sit on
that ltench in the late afternoon and
evening. There was something un
pleasant connected with that vague
memory, and after a time that cam*
m her also. She had heard Anna
Etchergary. the concierge, and Jeanne
laughing about it. and had overheard
them conjecture that the young man
was no such innocent mother's boy
as he seemed, and then they had sects
that Marise was there, and stopped
abruptly, looking at her with the ex- l
pression that she hated.
Bef-i e she went in to dinner, she
lo ■ ! ihJ - ut once more to see if he
were still there. Yes. there he was
leaning forward, the light from the
street lamp full on his face. Marise
could see that he was pale, but there
was a stnile on his lips as if his
thoughts were very pleasant.
When she stepped into the salon,
sh • diit not for a moment see that
Wanted—More
MILK!
We are in the market for a
quantity of first-class sweet
milk and cream to take care ol
our ever increasing business.
We would like to hear from
new neighborhoods where sta
tions or routes could be estab
lished. However, the quality
of the herd, farms, pastures
and facilities for cooling milk
must be above the average to
pass the rigid inspection upon
arrival at our plant
-After All, Uawito Milk,
the liest"
The New
Alamito Dairy Co.
er.th A leavrnwortk. J 1. SAw*. I
WANK KTATFMFNT _WANK WTATF.MFNT_
Charter No. 11*29 ~~ ””1- rur^' Di,tricl No 10
RETORT OF CONPITION OF THE
PETERS NATIONAL BANK
AT OMAHA IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. AT THE CI.OSE OF BUSINESS ON
JUNE 80. 19S8.
RESOURCES.
Loan* and discount*. including rediscount*, acceptances
of other hank*, and foreiirn hill* of exchange or drafts
sold with indorsement of this hank .^. 9 991,991. *4 S 981.991 ^8
Overdraft*, unsecured..*. — <*<*
U. 5. Government securities owned:
All other United States C.o\ernment securities (including
premium*, if any! . .... 119,431.9© 119.491.9©
Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc.: .. ...... 525.17S.49
Furniture and fixtures ■ • 95.900.©0
lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Rani 158.547.91
Items with Fed***! Reserve Rank in process of collection *9 928.55
Cash in vault and amount due from national hanks 119.759 .4
Amount due from State hanks, hanker and trust com
panies in the United States iother than included in
three preceding item* 1 - • - 45,795-42
Total of throe preceding item* 252,995 ©9
Check* and draft* on hanks < including Federal Rc«rnf
Rank! located outside of city or town of reporting
bank ... .... 95.942.57
Miscellaneous cash items*.... 1.251.75 85.174 82
Total ..... 92.095.899.47
I.lABll.lTlfcS.
CaptUl stock paid In . ... » 20©.©©©
Surplus fund J.. .N. •• ■•■ 5©.0©©.©8
I’ndivided profits V
Reserved for interest and taxes accrued 4.*85.*9 I *6.*44 .5
!,#>«* current expenses, interest, and taxes paid *5,141.71
Amount due to national hanks 1S.S04 49
Amount due to State hanks, hanker*, and tru*t com
panies in the United State* and foreign eountriea
other than above item' . .••••** 135.427 ©4
Certified check* outstanding . .345.50
Cashier'* checks outstanding . ... 9.444 ©J
Total of four preeeding item*. j.. 154.943 25
C mand depoaita (other than bank deposits) subject to
Reserve (deposit* payable w ithin 30 day *1 ;
Individual deposit* subject to check 1.119.44 4 43
Certificates of deposit due in less than 3© days (otjier
than for money borrowed' 12.792 ©9
Stale, county, or othc»* municipal deposits aecured hy
pledge of assets of this hank or surety bond . 283,394.47
Dividends unpaid . . . ... 4 3va ©v
Oilier demand deposit* .. ... 2.249.21
Total of demand deposit* (other than bank deposit*)
subject to Reserve, five preceding item* . 1,349.459.44
Tim# deposits subject to Reserve t payable after 3# day*,
or subject to 8© days or more notice, and postal
savings) t
Certificate* of deposit (other than for money borrowed' "©7.723 4?
Other time deposit* 109.39? 14
T«*|a! of time deposits subject to Reserve two preceding
U#m* M 7,114 ©3
Total »;.993 44* |?
State of Nehis* a. County of Douglas. *»
1. .1 It Cain •* Vice President of the above named hank, do lemnly swear
that ihe above statement 1* true to the best of my knowledge and belief
J K CAIN. Jr., X ice 1'rv dent. |
Correct Attest
R C PKTKRS.
V D i A\! KRON
\ W J Mil.IKK Directors.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 4th dav of July, 1923
( s K STRAW. Keltrr Puktic. j
Marxian tm already there, because
she stood at one aide of th» window,
half hidden In the thick rapeetry cur
tain. looking out through the lace
over the glass. By the expression of
her back, Marine knew that nhe, too,
was looking at Mme. Gamler's son on
the bench. For an instant, as though
Marlse's fingers hail dropped on white
hot metal, the wild Idea came to her
that It was at Matnan that Jean-PierT*
was smiling, that it was for Maman
that he sat there. She Jerked herself
away angrily and Instantaneously
from this thought, ashamed ntJier
self. She was getting like Jeanne,
like the girls at school.
Maman had heard her move, and
now turned sharply around from the
window, with the startled look of
some one into whose bedroom you've
walked without knocking at the door.
But Marlse never knocked at, the sa
lon door before going it. Why should
she have thought of it today? Maman
drew the heavy curtain over the win
dow with a sweep of her bare white
arm. For Maman was in grande
tenue with her mauve satin low
necked evening dress on, and a camel
lia In her hair. Marise's first thought
was that she was to have another
solitary dinner. “Oh, Maman, are you
going out?" %
"Certainly not, what makes you
think 1 am?" asked Maman /lulckly.
She added because it was perfectly
evident what made Marise think it.
“The belt on this dress has been
changed and I tried it on to see if
it was right. And then I saw it was
dinner time.”
Marlse was about to say something
about the flower in her hair, but her
antennae-like sensitiveness to what
other people were feeling, made her
shut her lips She looked hard at
her mother, who made herself opaque,
looking back at Marise. her face and
eves and mouth firmly closed over
what was In her mind. Being able to
see only the surface. Marise took that
in w :ih a fresh impression of not
having looked at Maman for some
time. How pretty she wa«. with her
hair like gold threads, catching the
light, and how different from her
crinkly hair like A golden mist around
her head, were the thick, thick petals
of the camellia, with their dense,
clos -. finegrained surface.
(Continued in The Morning B«r.)
According to reports no fewer than
.',000 persons In Germany are takyig «
their lives every month. These sui
cides are largely from the aged and
infirm and impoverished middle class
es.
NOW SHOWING
JACK HOLT
EVA NOVAK
AILEEN PRINGLE
IN
“THE
TIGER'S
CLAW”
OMAHA MONDAY. JULY 9
I Mr*r+>t Circa* in tb* World Giiinf
Pamdc.
Ha".
Mil .!■
Ill'll;
Rfanf r>w <ale on 1>*« af Ike
>hon at | nitt A UoreluU.
N
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The story of a wife who walked
a lonely road in marriage.
Katherine MacDonald
in the hint National Picture,
“The Lonely Road”
Now
Showing
Ends
Friday
“ An Old Sweet
heart of Mine”'
With Elliott Dexter
CHARLES CHAPLIN
in “Dough and Dynamite**
.VVWVWVVWVVWWWIHVUUUVH
Vaudeville—Photoplays _
~ NOW PLAYING
carl McCullough
WELLS A ECLAIR TWINS
“DUMMIES”
And Other Standard
Vaudeville and Pictures
NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS
VICTORIA. - - - 24 th and Fart
“Coolett in Omaha”
-THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND
THE CORNER
GRAND. * 16th and B inner
Ramon Navarro and Alice TerrT
m "WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS"
HAMILTON. 40th and Hamilton
Ramon Navarro and Alice Terrv
m -WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS"
New
Shcwiug
Ends
Tues,
WILLIAM DUNCAN
in “Playing It Wild”