Wholesale Prices Drop, but Retail Quotations Climb Food Index Reported Higher for June—^-Building Mate rials and Metals Show Largest Decrease. Washington. July 1*.—Although he general level of wholesale prices throughout the coentry decreased nearly 2 per cent from May to June, according to figures assembled by the bureau of labor statistics, the retail food index showed an increase of 1 per cent. Among the 404 commodities includ ed in the wholesale price statistics, building materials showed the largest decrease, averaging 4 per cent, while metaJs declined 2 3-4 per cent, chem icals and drugs 2 1-4 per cent and fuel and lighting materials about 2 per cent. Farm products, food, cloths and clothing and miscellaneous com modities registered smaller declines. Decreases were shown in 190 com modities, increases in 53, and 161 were listed as unchanged. Thirteen articles of food increased in price at retail between May 15 and June 15, while 15 showed declines and 15 were unchanged. Potatoes ad vanced 19 per cent, round steak 5 per cent, sirloin steak, leg of lamb and onions 4 per cent; chuck roast and bananas 3 per cent, rib roast and cheese 2 per cent; ham and fresh eggs 1 per cent and vegetable lard and substitutes and tea less than 1-2 of 1 per cent. The chief decreases record ed were cabbage, 23 per cent, and but ter, 4 per cent. • The increase in the retail price level from June 15, 1922, to June 15, 1923, averaged 3 per cent. The general wholesale markets meanwhile regis tered an advance of 2 per cent. During the month ending last June 15 food prices advanced in 32 cities, rising as much as 3 per cent at New ark, N. J., Pittsburgh and Washing ion, D. C. The le^l decreased in 16 cities and was unchanged In three, but in no city did the average family expediture for food decline more than 1 per cent. New Sugar Plant Is Sought for Beet Land _________. • Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Scottsbluff, Neb., July 18.—Efforts to secure an Independent sugar fac tory for the North Platte valley, to be located at Torrington, are being renewed. * • Under the leadership of the IJons dub of Torrington. other communties in the valley are being asked to eo iperat# tc secure the factory, by naking pledges of acreage of beets 'or the proposed refinery. The Tor 'ngton boosters point out that the presence of another factory would lenefit ail the farmers by forcing the 3reat Western Sugar company to offer a higher price for beets, basjng that claim upon the fact that certain independent companies have already paid as high as J8.S0 a ton for 1922 beets while the price received from the Great Western so far Is only ?7. East winter when tiie first move for the factory started and a good >al of preliminary work was done, several thousand acres of sugar l>eets were planted in the Goshen Hole country. This crop will be marketed ro both Nebraska and AVyoming fac ories, hut the Torrington boosters be iev* they can get their own mill by text year. 1 Rough-Hewn Dorothy .Canfield jj (tontinnfd From Yff»terda>.) SYNOPSIS. Neale Crittenden, a typical, red-blooded American youth, live* with hU parent* In Union fllll. a village near New »ork city. While attending preparatory action!, and later Columbia university, he takes an active part In all kinds of athletics, and makes progress In his studies, lu France. Marts* Allen. » 'ear or two younger than Noale. lives with her American narents In the home of Anna Ktehergarv. a French woman. Maris* s father Is foreign agent for an American hualnea* firm. Jesume Ymlgorrim ls an old Frenrli servant In the Allen family. Marls* applies herself diligently to the study of music and French and wins a prise In a musical contest. while away visiting Marine's mother sees a close friend killed hy a fall from a high rllfff and suffers sc \ ere nervous shock. Mi* Is brought home In a serious rendi tion and taken to a convent. where Marine Is not allowed to see her. Marine's father, who Is away on business. Is sent for und arrlirs at the Allen home. Marine’s mother dies that night.. Bark In America Neale Is interested In bis Studies and football at the university. He made no impression on the foot ball world, but his own Interior world was transformed. He was no longer an isolated, formless Freshman, dumped down into tho midst of the most callously laissez-faire of univer sities; he was no more a forgotten molecule with no share in or respon sibility for the ultimate reaction. He had a shelter for his personality against the vast, daunting Indiffer ence of the universe. He was on the football squad. He had feared he might have some trouble in explaining his absence from the supper table at home, but that proved unexpectedly easy. The sec ond evening after he began to play on the §crub he ifound father in the library at home, reading the sporting sheet of the Evening Telegram. "Any other Crittendens In college, Neale?" he asked. “Not that I kno wabout.-’ "That’s you on the football team, then?” "Only on the scrub; yes, I’m trying. We have dinner together after prac tice. You don’t mind, do you?” “Me? Of course not.” said father. Mother heard all this, apparently had known it before, and did not ask him to take care of himself and not get hurt. Neale looked over at her gratefully. Mother was all right. The football season slid along, the Varsity improving every week. Nealo glowed with caste loyalty as .Satur day after Saturday he watched the prowess of his big brothers. Every day he felt himself stretching up, broadening out. nearer to their stat ure, though nobody else gave him a thought. Life was full of big and generous and absorbing matter. Theq came Thanksgiving day, the climax . . . arfd oh, after that, what a vacuum! Nothing in life but classes! Holy smoke! it was fierce! What did the fellows do who hadn’t had anything hut classes! How could they stand it? But. of course. It wasn’t such a come down for them. Christmas came. Father, recogniz ing manhood achieved, gave him a box of a hundred Milo cigarets. Mother —poor, dear. Ignorant mother!—gave him a white sweater decorated with a light blue C! Even more than by smoking father’s cigarets. Neale proved that he had begun to out grow the cruel egotism of adolesencg, by kissing mother and thanking her, without telling her that almost any fool finany gets his diploma, but only the chosen few—and these as Juniors or .Seniors—win the right to adorn themselves with the proud insignia of their Varsity, letter. After Christmas came the midyear exams. Neale went into them con fidently enough—and to his astonish ment emerged with passing marks, but with no great credit. It In Her man was the worst, and he'd studied German since he was a little boy! Greek, English and Latin marked him as mediocre with a C. Compara tive Literature alone rated him B— and every one knew that Comp. Lit. was a snap course. Neale had never thought of himself a? a grind, but he bad been used to high marks at school, and the low grades nettled him. He began to see that there was Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with one Soap.— Cuticura -each day U Hoo. Nowkom it tha tphit of kmorent fettkal more tpon tan tout, more l.n%pttably maintained. Often you have heard of the variety, charm and festivity of life in San Francisco, but to know its intense fascina tion you must see it. You must know its parks, thea tres, hotels and cafes—its famous Chinese quarter, a fragment of old Pekin in the Center of a western metropolis —its lovely envi ronment, with Mt. 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I'll.., Kiamla .nd oth-r ■JB Kortal lli.il... in a oho.t tlmo, without a toveie 001(1001 ot>. • ration. Ne Chloroform, Jtther or other feneril anoothotie uood. A cure (uaranteod In every oaoo aoooptotl for 1 root moot, and no money la to ho paid ••Ml aurad. Write for booh on Rental niooaooo. with nomoa and toallmnnlala of more tkaa l.OOO prominent people who have boon permanently oured. DR. K. R, TARRY Sanatorium, Patera True! Bldg. (Boa Bld( ), Omaha, Nah. more to his college work than he had understood. The studies themselves were not.unlike those of high school: indeed, they were easier than the science of mathematics that had been hammered into him at Hadley. But the point of view was different, and that had fooled him. There was a "take it or leave it" attitude about everything at .college; the professors did not. as at Hadley, hold their Jobs only because they were able to drive the bright, the dull, the scatter brain ed, the sluggish, all through passing grades for the next year's work. No, these college professors and instruct ors gave themselves no such trouble. They set out their wares. If the students helped themselves, so muah the better; if they didn't, so much the worse—for the students. Neale mis called the professors for lazy time servers, but he Wasn’t going to let them put It over on him that way another time. He would read every thing they suggested, and more! They t^ould be astonished by the brilliance of his finals. But just then baseball practice started in the cage and Neale forgot all about his vendetta against the professors. At baseball ho expected to shine. This he had really played before com ing to college. April saw the fresh man baseball squad practicing on South field. It was a terrible jolt to Neale to find himself In the dis card. His vacant-lot, light of nature game had not compared favorably with the play of graduates of well coached Prep, schools. He was thrown hack on the Library. Perhaps it was just as well, he told himself with sour grape philosophy. After all, he was there, among other things, to get an education. CHAPTER XIII. The event of that summer, the only one that counted for him, was a long, timber-cruising trip which he took, as chain boy and camp helper, up Into the mountains of southern Vermont. Grandfather’s whole life had been spent in handling timber In one way and another, and all his old friends and associates were in that world. Every one had the greatest iespect for old Mr. Crittenden's "lim ber sense" even now when he wa3 so old that he could do no more cruising, engage in rip more active speculation. The summer after Neale's fresh man year the proposition was a big buy of wild land from which grand father himself had skimmed the cream 30 years ago and sold for noth ing afterwards, hut which old Mr. Crittenden opined, cocking a shrewd old eye in reflection, muse nave again come to some exploitable value. Three men were to go up unobtrusively and timber-cruise through It, back and forth,, xig-zag, till they could make a fair report on w hat was there. The plans were being made one evening out on the porch where they all Fat in the long, clear summer twilight. Grandfather had not seemed to notice Neale’s half wistful Interest In the talk of camp outfits and compasses and packs, but suddenly, looking down to where the boy stretched his long, gaunt body on the porch floor, he said: "What say, Neale? flow’d you like to go along? You could carry chain when they had to run a line, and I guess you’re smart enough to keep a fire going and help make camp, ain’t you?" That had been a great month; full of discomfort and hardship, and fatigue and deep, deep satisfaction. Neale was the only boy with three men, hardened, wlrv woodsmen, who had spent their lives In forests, ntd at all in the loafing irregular manner of sportsmen, with occasional spurts of nervous effort, and with long i7 s i» real value. This $235 suite priced at only.#40 Get Our Prices Before You Buy Elsewhere Make Your ► Own Terms Beautiful Living Room Suites beautiful 3-piccr* living room iuiIci in tapestry or velour, spring con struction. A regular 1 pvf* $275 auite, for only V 1 1 Os 4 O ..cirifcerator* Tha> ’% a got to go and in now. Mali Pricae on all that am lelt Coma aarly and gal tha Sant aalartiona. *8.75 *12.75 *22.50 8-Piece Dining Room Suite* F REE — A %i dlihca (rrc v* A ••ch d I n la i room auita. Alpiec* walnut dining room pa* riod design. A ragular d»QQ r $225 auita for only .... vOws 4 9 Exchange Department Trad* in your old furniture for new. We make liberal Allowance for old furniture, and tell you new pieces at these ridicu lously I o w prices. Phone JA ckson 1317 —ask for lx change Dept. Phonograph* High grade standard machines, priced to I meet competition and you are the one who benefits. In four great groups— 929.50 *37.50 $14.50 $52.50 j R.cord, fr.« with Mch purch.t*. SEE THEM BEFORE YOU BUY Home Outfits We furnish the home com plete. Get our prices on complete furnishings. 5 rooms complete $279.75 4 rooms complete $210.00 3 rooms complete $165.75 Electric Washer* Of standard malir and ah (hQQ CO solutalV ynarantaod _ ip«5I/•• Kangri at Ini than ** pricr. | $45 Rangai . $22 00 $65 Rangn .$30.00 $55 Kangai . $42.50 STATE FURNITURE CO. S. W. Corner 14th and Dodge Phone JA ckson 1317 THVRSDAY=ALL DAY The Big Cash Grocery and Market Offerings Will Attract Hundreds of Customers Economically Inclined-Every Item Special Grocery Savings Fresh Oatmeal, ^ J AA 25 lbs. for .Vl • V v 1-lb., Tall, Fancy Alaska OO Salmon, can .“wC Dozen cans . . . .82.65 Fancy Evergreen Corn, Q can . 2/C Dozen cans . . . 81.00 Norwegian Sardines in pure olive oil, regular 15c value, 10c Dozen cans . .. .81.15 1,000 Cases Pearl White nn Soap, 10 bars.« » C Thursday only. No. 1 Michigan Navy Q Beans, lb. 2/C 3 lbs. for. .250 Para wax, 1-lb. pkg. Thurs- AP day only, 3 for.«OC 4 pkgs. Macaroni or nr Spaghetti for .4&OC No. 10 Solid Pack Western /t *3 ^ Apples, can. *xOC Dozen cans .85.00 Extra Specials To customers of the store only. No phone orders, none to deal ers and we reserve the right to limit the quantities. Large Bar Uory 1 A Soap. 1UC 6 Cant Light OP House Cleaner 2-lb. Package OA Chipto . VJ Save on These Blue Bell D. & H. ei - CQ Flour.vl «00 No. 10 Apricots in syrup, can . OOC Dozen cans .. . .#7.50 No. 10 Yellow Cling Peaches, can .OOC Dozen cans . .87.50 No. 10 Loganberries, 7(\ Dozen cans ... .88.25 COFFEE SPECIALS Famous Santos, 25c value, A C _ 2 lbs. Diamond “H,” 35c value, QP 3 lbs. for.UaJC Mixed Tea for Ices, 35c 3H lbs.,for .81.00 Gunpowder Tea, 76c value, lb. Lipton’s Orange Pekoe OP Tea, lb.OOC Breakfast Cocoa, I ft _ 3 lbs. for .25C | Fruits and Vegetables | Fancy Sunkist Lemons, dozen.25 c Fancy Oranges, dozen, at . 15c Fancy Homegrown Po tatoes, peck .28c Fancy Large Head Let tuce, each.10c Fancy Sweet Corn, dozen.20c i Grape Nuts, pkg., 15e Cream of Wheat, pkg., at . 20c Ad vo Corn Flakes. Pkg- ./f.. 7He DRIED FRUIT DEPT. Fancy Muir Peaches, lb. ..mk. 12H« Fancy Evaporated Apricots, lb.19c Fancy English Wal nuts, lb. -19c [ Market Specials | Steer Sirloin Steak, at ...;. 30c Fresh Cut Hamburger, 2 lbs.25c Rib Boiling Beef . .4c Sugar Cured Picnic Hams. 12**e Sugar Cured, Narrow, Lean Bacon ...241*c Fancy Salmia Sum mer Sausage . ...20c 12-oz Can Hex Com Beef.20c Kxtra Fancy Creamery Butter . 38c Fresh Country Efre-, dozen . 23c Hex and Wilson Nut Oleomargarine ...20c I-arge Dill Pickles, dozen.*. 25c Fancy Wisconsin Full Cream Cheese ... 28c Dresses r VfV] - For Girls *7 $139 GIRLS’ DRESSES Age* 7 to 14 Materials: Gintrhams in checks, plaids and plain colors. Some are trimmed with orcrandy collars and cuffs. Values to $2.98. ^ Second Floor ^ ( 'N Cool, Summery Dresses $298 Values Up to $5 Cool, Summery and Comfortable Street, porch and house dresses in percales, ging hams, tissue ginghams and cotton crepes. Ten different model*, the very best makes. Trimmed with organdy collars and cuffs; some with organdy belts. A11 sizes, includ ing stouts. ^ Second Floor ^ - ■■ • - Half Price Hundreds of new dresses just added to our greatest Half Price Sale Now in progress, including silk?, crepe knits and nets. $12.50 Dre5°c5— OP now . n«OOD,r~'r.'......$7.5o ilim. “"““T. .$12.50 $10.00 Dre»cs—. J 50 '“TO.Drr.'".r ..$30.00 ___./ r ~~ House Furnishings Hardware—Basement At Decidedly Interesting Prices for Thursday’s Sale Boilers N'o. 0 Heavy Galvan ized Boiler, stationary wood handles. Regu lar $2.BO value. Very special.SI.75 Pails 10-qf. Gal. Pail. UOC 12-qt. Gal. Pail. l!3p 14 cjt. Gal. Pail, 30c Tubs No. 1 Gal. Tub*. 5f>C No. 2 Gal. Tubs. No. 3 Gal. Tubs, 70<* Clothes Line Clothesline, 50-ft. Ma nilla rope, regular 50c value, hank . . . 25C 8-Gallon Water Cooler Push Faucet. Reg ular $7.25. Special, $6.00 Just a few hun dred feet Moulded Garden Hose left At V2 inch 9c 5-8 inch 10c a foot complete. Coupled 50-foot lengths. _J Thursday Sale New Sandals The Latest Colors (ireen, smoked elk, white elk, gray and white combination, tan and elk, tan calf, black satin. M»il Order* All Sire*. ^Po*lp«id 2 to 8, AA to D SAMPLES coco 300 pair* Sample Tumps and Ox- *r f Oaf fords. Tatent, satin. Sensible ~~ high and low heels. I ^ .^ Stetson Shoes $9.90 I ill Luggage Specials for the Vacationist Clearance Sale of Trunks Starts Thars. Traveling Bags and . Suit Cases Fourth Floor j | Wardrobe Trunks S6S.00 Value ' I n n n \ a\ I on W a r d r o h o Trunk*, heavi ly constructed, mad* to aland hard uaat# .... J About t»0 High Grade trunks. sices 32. 34. 36, 38 and 40 inches, $15.00 to $18.00 values, all in one lot .^1 1 PA Clearance . 4)11.DU $8.00 and $10.00 Trunks QQ 500 genuine Leather Bags, leather lined, also fine Leather Suitcases. ^ j no $8.50 to $10.00 'allies, at $2.98 Bags at . .. $!.}»$ S3.98 Bags and Suitcases at $2.OS $3.50 Bags and Suitcases at . $2.50