Nebraska Farmers Have Produced Bumper Crops 1923 Corn and Oat Produc* tion^ Second Largest on Record—Big Supply of Livestock. Tty Ansortated FrfM. Lincoln, Oct. 14.—With a corn crop that lacks few bushels of being the second largest on record, an oat crop ranking second In size, a record crop of barley, heavy crops of wild and lame hay and forage and a fine sup ply of livestock, Nebraska "is In fine shape," says the regular monthly crop report of the United States gov ernment, division of crop and live stock estimates issued here by A. E. Anderson, head of the division, Nebraska will probably harvest !:^^38.000 bushels of corn and 85,833, 000 bushels of oats, Mr. Anderson says, adding that "these are coneerva^ the figures." The report, as given by Mr. Ander son follows: The condition of corn is 92 per cent, Indicating a crop of 263.138,000 bush els compared to 182,400,000 bushels last year and the five-year average of 190,536.000 bushels. A recent sur vey through grain dealers indicated that practically all of the crop would be matured by October 10. A light frost followed by dry, windy weather would be highly beneficial and insure good quality. Fortunately, counties that suffered heaviest loss of sereage and yield of wheat, have splendid" yields of corn and practically all matured. A strip »f corn extending from Superior slightly northeastward to the Platte river is the only area of any consequence that has poor corn. Oats, 85,833,000 Bushels. “Second on record is the oat crop. The average yield is 33 bushels per acre, and the production, 85,838,000 bushels, against 56,106,000 bushels last year, and the five-year average of 67.670.000 bushels. The crop is exceptionally good in western and 1 southern sections hut rather uneven in northeastern Nebraska. The qual ity is poor, due largely to rains after harvest. On account of shortage of old corn, and comparatively low price, most of the crop is being fed. "The barley crop is the largest on record, totaling 9.942.000 bushels as compared to 4,858.000 bushels last year. The average yield is 28 bushels, which is 10 bushels above last year * yield. The rye crop is small, being 1.650.000 bushels against 2,106,000 bushels last year. Spring Wheat Poor. “The average yield of string wheat is nine bushels per acre and the pro duction a largely increased acreage, only 3,600,000 bushels as compared to 2.670.000 bushels last year. Black stem rust is responsible for the low yields and many fields, both spring and winter wheat, were not har vested. The estimate of all wheat is 31.372.000 bushels us compared to .'■9,836,000 bushels last yenr. Approxi mately 39 per cent of the wheat crop was marketed prior to October 1. “Condition and,quality of potatoes are lower. The estimate of 76 per cent indicates a crop of 9,506.000 bushels as compared to 11.676,000 bushels last year. The late commer “-“ial crop Is below expectations in both j .eld and quality, particularly the early Ohio variety. The wet season was favorable to the development of disease. Larger Hay Crop. "All hay totals 6,011,000 tons against 5.200,000 tons last year. The average yield of alfalfa is 2.5 tons and the crop will approximately be 5.000,000 tons. All tame hay Is placed it 3,885,000 tons compared to 3.323. 00 Otons last year, and wild hay at 2,526,000 tons against 1,877,000 tons last year. Quality averages low due In delayed harvests and to ram after harvest. "The conditions of applies Is 52 per cent, forecasting a crop of 815,000 1 ush'-ls rumoured to 1,620,000 bushels last year. The former includes 53,000 barrels classified as commercial ap ples, compared to 130.000 barrels last Near. Sugar beets are rated at 86 per cent. The production is 538,000 j tuns compared to 703,000 tons last year, i "Estimates of minor crops are as follows: Buckheat, 88 per cent; sweet potatoes, 84 per cent; flax seed, 98 per cent; clover hay. IT tons; clover seed, 74 per cent; alfalfa seed, 18 bushel on greatly reduced acre age. pasture, 94 per cent; grain sorghum, 95 per cent tomatoes, 91 per cent; cabbages, 6 5 tons; onions, 125 bushels; grapes, 85 per c^jit; pears, 75 per cent. Total acreage In crops Is 2 per cSnt !',.'ss than last year. Present farm wages are *40 pet month with board and *2.60 per day without board.” Palmer Pioneers Are ^etl; Bridegroom, B2. Bride, 77 Central Cify, -Neb., Oct. 14 -—Mrs. Julia Gage, 77, and Alfred Brown, 82, both of Palmer, were married re i ently at the Methodist church In that village. Both are prominent res ients of that community, having re sided there and in the surrounding territory since the state was In Its infancy. M>\s. Brown settled In Gage valley (n 1872, jwith her first hus band, W. C. Gage. Mr. Brown is a veteran of the civil war and built the third dwelling house In lamp City. Troops Transported by Airplane in Maneuvers Ko>vm>c trooftitTy For the first time in history troops have been transported by airplane from one part of a battlefield for emergency use in another. The latest method of troop increment was introduced by the I niteil States marine corps maneuvers in Virginia, when huge Martin bombers rarried the men, their arms and equipment to a seetion of the battlefield where the "enemy” was about to breakthrough. iPiratton MYNOI'MIS Mk*kei O’Hulloran Is a newsboy who finds ami adopts a little lame Kiri. l.llb Peaches, lb life at once becomes a struir *le to supply the comforts of life to the little ffirl. \flekey. while no a Mp In the country find** a family who want to entertain seme poor jrtrl from the rib for two weeks and Mleliei make*, arrangements to take I.illy Peaches to the farm. Bruce is encaged in an in\est ijratinn of ♦ he city offices and is workimr^*hard checkin* over accounts. 1-etdie rents a cabin with her father and Bruce they move out of the elty for the summer. (Continued From .Saturday.) "Well taint the first time I ever could a said it, if I'd a-wanted to," ex plained Peaches. "I see! You game little kid. you," said Mickey. "All right, Mary, you ask your mother and if she says so, t’li show you how, and maybe you can rub Lily's feet, if you go slow and easy and don't jar her back a speck." "Ma said I could a ready," explained Mary. "Ma said for no to! She said all of us would, all the time we had while you were away, so she'd get better faster Ma said she'd give a hundred dollars if Peaches would gel so she could walk here." Mickey gat back on his heels sud denly. "Who’d she say that to?" he de manded. "Pa. And he said he’d give five hundred." "Aw-a-ah!" marvelled Mickey. "He did, too!” insisted Mary. "This morning 'fore you came out. And Junior would too. He'd give all In his bank! And he’d rub too! He said he would." "Well, if you ain't the nicest folks!" cried Mickey* "Gee, I'm glad I found you!" "Jus' as glad!" chimed in Peaches. "Mary bring Kobert. here!” called Mrs Harding from the hall. Mary obeyed. Mickey moved up and looked Intently at Pearhes. "Weil, Lily." he asked, “what do you think of this?" "I wouldn't trade this for heaven!" she answered. "The country- is all the heaven a body needs, in June.” "Mickey, bring in the cow now!" ordered Peaches. Tiring in the cow?" queried Mickey. "Sure, the little red cow in the hook that makes the milk. I want you to milk her right here on mv bed " • Well, If I e*er!" gasped Mickey. "Sure. Ill bring her In a minute; hut a cow is big. Lily! Awful, great big. I couldn't bring her in here; but maybe I can drive her where you ran see, or I don't know what wofild lie the harm In taking you where the, cows are. But first, one thing' Mow you look right at me. Miss Chicken There's something I got to know if you got in your head straight Who found you. and kept them from get ting’ you?" "Mickey Invest. replied peaones promptly. "Then who d'you belong to?'' he demanded. "Mickey!" she answered Instantly. "Who you got to do as I say? ' he continued. "Mlekey," she repeated. "Whose family are you?" he pur sued. "Mickey’s!" she eried. "Mickey, what's the matter? Mickey, I love you best. I'm all yours. Mickey, I'll go back an' never say a word 'bold the hotness, or the longness, or any thing. If you don't want ine here." "Well, t rlo want you here." said Mlekey in slow insistent tone. "I want you right here! But you got to understand a few things You're mine. I'm going to keep you; you got to understand that." "Yes, Mickey," conceded Pearhes. "And If It will help you to he rubbed more than I eon rub you while 1 got to earn money to pay for our supper when we go home, and fix your har k, and save for the seminary, I'll let the nice pleasant lady rub you; and I'll let a good girl like Mary rub you, and If hls hands ain't so big they hurt, maybe I’ll let Peter rub you; he takes care of Bobbie, maybe he could you. and he's got a family of hls own, so he knows how It feels, but It's nix on anybody else, Miss Chicken, see?” j "They ain't nobody else’.” said Peaches. "There Is too!" contradicted Mlekey, Mary said Junior would rub your feet! Well he won’t! It s nix on Junior, He's only a boy! Ho ain’t got a family, lb* hasn't had experi once. He doesn’t know anything about families! See?'’ "He carries Bobbie, an’ I bet he's heavier 'an me." Fur the first tim'* Mickey lost his temper. "Now you looky here, >1iss Chick en " he stormed. ‘I ain’t saying what ho can do. I'm saying what he can't! | See? You arc mine, .and I’m going to keep you! He can lift me for all T care, but he can’t carry you, nor rub your feet, nor nothing, because ! he didn't find you, and you ain't his; land I won’t have it. not at all! Course he’s a good boy. and he's a nice boy, and you can play with him. and talk t » him. 1 II lot you just be awful nice to hint, because it’s polite that you should he, but when it comes to carry ing and rubbing, it’s nix on Junior, because he’s got no family and doesn't understand See/" "Fnihuh.’’ taunted Beaches. "Well ate you going to promise? ' demanded Mickey. "Maybe." she teased. "Back you go and never see a cow at all if you don’t promise," threat ened Mickey. "Mickey, what's the matter with you?" cried Peaches suddenly. "What you getting a tantrum yourself for? You ain't never had none before." "That ain’t no sign I ain’t just busting full of them." said Mickey. "Bad ones, and I feel an awful one as can be coming right now. and coin ing quick. Are you g«»ing to promise me nobody who hasn't a family, car ries you, and rubs you?" Peaches looked at him in steady wonderment. "I guess you're pretty tired, an’ you need to sleep a wdiile, or enmepin," she said. "If you wasn’t about sick yourself, you’d know ’at anybody 'cept you 'ull get their dam gone heads ripped off if they touches me. nelse you say so. Course, you found me! Course, they'd a got me, if you hadn't took me. Course. I'm vours! Course, it's nix on Junior, an’ it’s nix on Peter if you say so. Mickey, I jus' love you an’ love you. I'll go hack now if you say so. 1 tell you. Mickey what's the matter?" She stretched up her aims, and Mickey sank into them. He buried his face besid^^ier* and for the first time she patted him. and whispered to him ns she did to her doll. She rubbed her cheek against his. crooned over him, and held him tight while he gulped down big sobs. Mickey, tell me she begged like a little mother. "Tell me honey. Are you got a pain anywhere?" "No!'* he said. "Maybe I was kind of strung up. getting you here and being srr awful scared about hurting you. but lt*s all right now. You arc here, and things are going to be fine, only, will you, cross Jour heart. >»! ways and forever remember this: it nix on Junior, or any boy, who ain't gut a family, and doesn't understand?" "Yes, Mickey, cross my heart, an’ f rever, an* ever; an’ Mickey, you j must get the soap. I slipped, an' said the worse yet. I didn't mean to, but J Mickey, I guess you can’t trust nv I guess you got to soap me. or beat ine. or sornepin awful. Go on an’ d«» it. Mickey. ‘ Why crazy! said Mickey. "You're mixed up. You didn’t say anything’ What you said was all Tightest ever. Tightest, of anything I ever heard. It was just exactly what I wanted you to say. i lust loved what you said "Well if I ever!" cried reaches. "Mickey, you was so mixed up you didn't hear me. | got 'neither chance Goody, goody! Now show mo the cow"1 "All right!" said Mickey, "i'll talk with Mrs Harding and sec how she thinks 1 best go at it. 'idly, you won t ever, ever forget thnt particular j nix, will you?" "Not ever," she promised, and lifted her lip* to seal the pac t with , i kiss that meant more to Mickey than all that had preceded it. "Just how do you feel, anyway. FJosersygirl?” "Fine'" said Peaches. "I can tell by how it is right now*, that It Isn't j going to get nil smothery an’ sweatin'* here; whoohno it's so good, i Mickey!” Mickey bent over her holding both hands and whispered: "Then just you j WHOLESALE COAL Best Grades From All Fields 615 Grain Exchange Bldg. Omaha, Neb. keep right before your eye* where you camp from. Miss, and what you must go back to. If you don't, be have. You will be a good girl, won't you?" » "Honest. Mickej-lovest, jus' as good." "Well how goes it with the Little White Butterfly?" asked Peter at the door. , Mickey looked at Peaches to slightly nod encouragement, then he slipped from the room. She gave Peter a smile of wonderment and answered readily; “Grand as queen lady. You're jus’*so nice and fine." Now Peter hadn't known it, but all his life he had been big; handled rotigh tools, tasks. Implements ' and animals; while his body grew sinewy and hard, to cope with his task, his heart demanded more refined things, so if Peaches had known the most musical languages on earth, she could not have used words to Peter that would have served her better. He radiated content. "Good:" he cried. "That’i grand and good! 1 didn't take a fair look at you last night. It was so aisalng hot iri that place and you went to sleep before I got my chores done: hut now we must get acquainted. Tell me honey, does any particular place In your little body hurt you" If theie does, put your hand and show Peter where.” Peaches stared at Peter, then she faintly smiled at him and laid a fluttering hand on her left side. "Oh shocking!” mourned Peter. "That's too had! That a vital! Your heart's right under there, honey. Is there a pain In your heart?” Peaches nodded solemnly. "Not all the time!" she explained “Only like now, when you are so good to me. Jus’ so fine and good " Then and there Peter surrendered He bent ami kissed the iiand he held, and said with tears saturating his words, just as tears do permeate speech sometimes; "Pshaw now, Little White Butterfly! I never was more pleased to hear anything In my life. Ma and I have talked for years of having some eitv children here for summer, but we've been slow trying It because we hear such had reports from many of them, and it's natural for people to shield their own; but 1 guess instead of shielding, we mav have been denying. I can't w e any thing about you children to hurt ours: and 1 notice a rfumber of ways where It is beneficial to have you here. It's purely good for all of us. You’re the nicest little folks!” Peaches sat up suddenly and smiled on Peter. "Mickey is nice an’ fine," she told him. "Not. even you, or anybody, Is nice as Mickey. An' I’m going to be. I'd like to be! But you see, X laid alone all datf in a dark corner J«> long, an’ 1 got so wild like, at when granny did come, 1 done an' said jus’ like she did, hut Mickey doesn’t like it. He’s scort 'most stiff fear I'll forget an’ say bad syearin’s. an' you'll Wnd me back to the hotness, so's I won’t get. better. Would you send me back if I forget Just once, Peter?" "Why pshaw now!" said Peter. "Pshaw Little Soul, don't you worry about that. Y’ou try hard to re member, and be like Mickey wants you to, and If you make a slip, III speak to Ma about it, and we ll just just turn a deaf ear, and away out here, you'll soon forget It." Just then, Mickey, trailing a rope, passed before the window; there was a crunching sound: a lumbering cow stopped, lifted a mouth half filled with grass, and bawled her loudest protest at being separated from her calf. Peaches had only half a glance, but her shriek was utter terror. She launched herself on Peter and climbed him, until her knees were on his chest, and her fingers clutching his hair. "God Jesus!" she screamed. "It 'ull eat me!" Peter caught her in his arms turn ing his back. Mickey heard, and saw, and realized that the cow was too big and had appeared too precipitate ly, and bellowed too loudly. He should have begun on the smallest calf on the place. He rushed the cow hack to Junior, and himself to Peaches, who. sobbing wildly, still clung to Peter. As Mickey entered, frightened and despairing, he saw that Peter was much concerned, but laughing until hi* shoulders shook, ami in relief that he was, and that none of the children were present, Mickey grinned, acquired a slow red. and tried to quiet Peaches. • "Shut, that window!" she screamed. "Shut It quick! 1 "Why honey, that's the cow you wanted to see." soothed Mickey. "That’s the nice cow that gave the very milk you had for breakfast. Junior was going to milk her where you could see. We thought you'd iiko it!" "Don't let it get me! ' cried Peaches "Why it ain't going to get ant thing hut grass said Mickey. "Didn't you see me leading it? I can make that big old thinf go where I please. Come on. be a game kid now. You ain't a baby coward girl! It's only a cow! You are going to put it on your book"’ "1 ain’t!" sobbed Peaches. *’I ain’t ever going to drink milk again! 1 Jus' bet the milk will get me!" "Be game now'" urged Mickey. "Mary milks the row Baby Hobble runs right up to her. Everything nut here is l.ig Lily. I ran from the horses I jumped on a fence, and Junior laughed at me ” "Mickey, what did you say?" wat ered Peaches "I didn't say anything," said j Mickey. "I just Jumped." "Mickey. I Jumped, an' T said it. loth 1 said it right on Peter " sit* bravely confessed. "Mickey, 1 said the worst yet! I didn't know I did. til I heard it’ But Mickey, 1 got an other chance!" (Continued In the Morntr g Bee > -—-i # Adele Garrison ‘'.My Husband's Love” What Happened After Dicky Helped Out Ipstairs. If there had been no other ground for my doubts of Dicky, mv bus pleions would have been aroused by his offer to help me with my preparations for dinner. There is nothing he hates quite so much as fussing around the house tend, if I have any especially arduous domes tic task on hand, I always give a heartfelt sigh of relief when he is snfo iou r inn r.m; "Oh. I'll toddle,” he said. "I'm the 'Perfect Housewife'* Delight' today, I or the Housewife’s Perfect Delight,' suit yourself as io the title. Heady? All right, let's go." We ascended the stairs to the apartment duplicating ours on tii« next, floor, which I had secured for Dicky's .sister and for her famous sur geon husband. Dicky gave it one, searching, critical look and turned' to me with a Gaelic shrug of his shoulders "Where do they find ’em?" he said. "I thought our* was bad. but this is the holy outside fimit. Har riet will never put up with this.” 1 bit back the irritated retort that it was distinctly a Hobson's choice with his fastidious sister. dust we1,' 1 said confidently. "It was what Mrs. Tieer would call the Vpittin' image' of our. but I've frilled up things a bit downstairs as I'm going to do here. And Har r.et's chief requisite is a clean, handy, isolated place where she can cook the dlehes Edwin requires. That she will have here, and the beds are as comfortable as those of most hotels. Those are the only things that really matter." A Startled Kecognitlon. "I trust Harriet shares your dp tlmlsm,” he said with an inflect.on that mad>- my palms fairly Itch for forcible contact with his ears. But when, with his aid. I had pulled the stiffly placed furniture around to more homelike angles, covered the A Genuine Laughing Hit Sol Hess is a jeweler by avoiation, but a mirth provoker by inclination. His wit is original. The trials and tribula tions of "The Nebbs” is a con stant source of amuse ment to their followers. “The Nebbs” On the comic page of # The Evening Bee scarred table with a colorful piece of Chinese embroidery, put a dainty, white dresser scarf over the bureau and some gay cushions upon the davenport, fastened another piece of oriental embroidery over the mantel and placed upon it the bowl of pink enapdragons ^and sweetpeae, with pastel colored candles in cheap but (ffective candlesticks on either side, Dicky gave a low, admiring whistle. "Have to slip it to you, old dear,” be said heartily, "you’ve made It almost livable.” * * "Thank you," I answered absently, with my eyes sweeping the room. "But 1 have forgotten the book-ends. We can get along with the one set. Do you mind bringing those quajnt colonial figures frbm my desk, with perhaps four or five books you think they’d like? And ask Mr. Schwartz to bring up some kindling wood. I d like to lay a fire in the grate, all ready to start when they come in. J’ll see that the kitchen is in readi ness for Harriet while you’re gone." "1 fly,” he answered and he was almost a.s good as his word, for ho was back with the aVticles in an incredibly short time, closely fol lowed by Mr. Schwartz with the kindling wood. And in another 10 minutes we had locked the apartment door behind us, with the satisfying consciousness of a task well done. Mrs. Marks' shrill voice came to our ears as we descended the stairs. She was standing just inside the half-opened hall door bidding good bye to Mollie Fawcett. ^\t th<- sound of our footsteps the girl looked up and her eyes, startled, recognizing, looked into Dicky's. Nebraska Rural School Pupil* to Have Hot Lunches Lincoln, Oct. 14.—The Nebraska university agricultural extension service, through its county agents, will assist in planning a hot lunch for stindents in country schools. The hot lunch, as defined by extension A HIT A NOW At the Sun Theater N O W N O W i.*£* AUAN DWAN , »«»!'.« y. Gloria 1 Chanson Th*nVrench"v"V' ot »« ” *i»h • I d?„ »- KING and Your Old Friend PAT \N Hit l rVTp A vonnt Ihnmi'ion'i Colored I « LA I RN mtaiMti Ja*»* Nothin' Rut A Speed M ow if > • h m i 1 a ish* ' l adiea' 25* H»i |am Mat .2 ISM *#W Day* service officials, is "that part of th# noonday m< il which is fir* pared at school by the children and Hi# teacher.” No attempts nr« to l»o made in th# Nebraska rural schoola to prepare, under this plan, a whole meal for the pupils who cannot go home for their lunches, it was ml, tW*‘ object being merely to provide one hot dish to supplement th* -lunch brought from home. Baked potatoes or apples, creamed 'peas or other vegetables, soups, macaroni and cheese, cereals or some dessert, are'among the dishes recom mended by the extension service. Horses Bring $35 to $65; Miries, $60 to $110 at Sale Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 14.— At the Frank Snyder farm sale northeast of Liberty horses brought all the way from $55 to $65 a head, mule; a to $110 a head, and cattle. $35 to fSS a head. Mr. Snyder will retire from the farm and move to Blue Springs. The case of the state against Lil Smith, who was arrested a few days-* ago on a liquor charge, was called In Judge Kills' court and continued to October 26. Smith will face four counts when the case comes up for trial. They are: Intorficatien, driv ing a car while Intoxicated, tran^p