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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1924)
Progress Shown in Child Health in Iowa in 1923 Report of Public Nurses Re veals Aid Given Thousands of Cases All Over State. By Associated Press. Des MolnM, la., Feb. 2.—Progress of child health improvement in Iowa during the year 1923 waa revealed here today in the annual report of the Public Health Nursea’ association, which showed effective aid rendered during the year to thousands of chil dren of the state. The report covered the activities of 40 public health nurses at work in the state and was given out by Miss G. E. Reynolds and Miss Lona Trott, representatives of the association. The aasoclation and its members have for their aim, the report said, the conservation of child health rather than the correction of physical defects, although the two fields of ac tivity overlap somewhat. One of the most prominent features of the report is that which deals with work in Itome hygiene, in which there were organised 52 classes, attended regular ly by 598 children. ' Schools Serve Lunches. Twelve hundred and sixteen Iowa schools, city and rural, are now serv ing hot lunches to pupils at noon, to replace the cold lunches brought to school in napkins and tin- pails and consisting of cold and hard-packed sandwiches, and similar “ready-to eat foods," the report shows. Two thousand nine hundred and forty-five schools of the state were inspected during the year as to sanitary condi tion. Clinics conducted by public health nurses numbered 178, with 5,552 uatients attending. Aside from this, 1,228 demonstrations in public health work were given. During the year nembers of the association made a total of 38,668 visits to homes of •hlldren. Seven hundred and twenty •even health clubs were organized in he schools. » ,, One thousand one hundred and <eventy-six children who were under weight were brought up to normal weight, and more thousands were tiven advice or sent to physicians o have remedied defects in health. In connection with the Issuance of he report the association voiced the teed for more public health nurses n the state. Pointing Out that con servation of health is fully as linpor ant as Improvement of health, Miss Reynolds declared that the need for nurses who are qualified for such work is greater than ever before. 1/ More than interest are the re-new-ed Cadillacs now on display at the Cad illac Building, Far- , , nam St. at 26th Ave. Dairy Cows Aladdin’s Lamp of Nebraska Farmers By J. T. IH'XLAP. History Is being made In and about the little town of Orleans, in west ern Nebraska. Hess than 50 years ago the Indians hunted buffalo in that part of "the great American desert.’’ It was a dryland country, covered with a short growth of buf and the dairy cow. There are many Republican river. It was a part of the far west; the land of the setting sun. Today it is one of the rich farming sections of the state. Long ago its prosperous farmers discovered alfalfa and the dairy cow. There rae many farms in wheat and other crops, hut I the men who are making money, and keeping a comfortable balance in the bank, are selling milk and cream. They have'found the lamp of Aladdin. Seven years ago the Farmers' Kquity union organized a co-operative company and built a small creamery In Orleans. They began with a small amount in cash and credit, aitd a large capital of inexperience. In less than two years they had some ex perlence, a mortgage on the plant and were operating at a loss. Change Managers. Five years ago they- changed man agers and put Ole Hansen in charge. Things began to happen. Ole knew the game and he went out among the farmers. Also he found a market fo» hie product. About the same tlma Herman Korte bought a farm of 160 acres near Orleans. He started a dairy with about 20 cows and later In creased his herd to about 40 head. In some mysterious way he had found the long-lost lamp of Aladdin. No more wheat farming for him. He put his land in corn, alfalfa and pas ture. He built a silo and l>egan to de liver milk and cream to the Orleans creamery. Nearly all the feed for his cows Is grown on his own farm. At times he is forced to buy some extra feed but tor the most purl he manages to get a well-balanced ration for his cows from his own land. There are no idle acres, no fence corners choked with weeds, no burning straw stacks in the spring, on the farm of Herman Korte. In five years Mr. Korte has sold milk and cream to the amount of $26,772.99. The creamery records show that he has sold 760,583 pounds of fresh milk at an average price of $8 per 100 pounds, lie has sold 8,790 pounds of butter fat at an average price of 45 cents a pound. The price is now 50 refits. Modern Dairy Barn. His cnfp division usually includes about 30 acres of corn and 40 acres of alfalfa. He has a modern dairy barn with a silo, and a modern house which cost about $10,000. Some of his neighbors thought he was getting extravagant when he built that house but they had not seen his cream checks. Perhaps some of them had never heard of Aladdin. Herman Korte has never told his closest friends or relatives where he found the wonderful lamp, and if you should ask him he would probably smile and point to his herd of Hol stein cows. He is*a close man and wise in hi* own day and generation. And right now there are people living in the little towns of Orleans who will scoff at this story and tell you that it canpot be done. A. (*. Flaihniang also owns a farm near the town of Orleans, lie .has 320 acres, well improved, with a mod ern house, tiig dairy barn and two silos. His house and barn are light ed by electricity from Ills own plant and his milking machines are operat ed in the same way. He milks from 20 to 25 rows and in the last five years he hHS sold to the Orleans creamery nearly $14,000 worth of milk and cream. 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He grows the feed, op erate* the dairy and runs the entire fnjm with the help of hi* family. He ha* no labor problem to solve end his boys have never called a strike. He must have borrowed the lamp from Herman Korte, hut still there are people who don't believe It. They would rather take a chance on wheat. No one seems to know how Ole Hansen did It, but his fortunes ore closely identified with the success of the dairy farmers In southwestern Nebraska, eastern Colorado and northi western Kansas. Perhaps he also borrowed the lamp or found the magic carpet. At any rate the Or leans cooperative creamery has pros pered amazingly under his manage ment. Nearly d.oftft farmer* are shipping cream to Orleans. Some of them ship the year round, others only part time. In five year* the creamery company has enlarged and improve^ its plant, paid its debts, Increased it* capital stock and declared some big dividends. Last year (t paid back tn stockholders a 25 per cent dividend, pro rated on cream shipped. Makes Own Ire. In 1923 it manufactured and sold 2 000.000 pounds of butter end. 40. 000 gallons of Ice crenm. It makes ice for Its own use and supplies the town of Orleans. It is the largest co-operative creamery in America, If not in the world. And don't forget that It Is located away out there. In back of beyond, where the wise acres said that it couldn't be done. There is a moral In this tale. The lamp of Aladdin, which once was lost, is found again. Us magic power may he applied to all sections of Nebras ka. but It must be waved over the fields of corn and alfalfa, and rubbe^l gentiy along the sleek sides Of a well-fed dairy cow. That Is the onn answer to the riddle, and he who runs may read. Boy Saves Playmate From Death by Burning I ^/v^x / I When hia playmate'* clothes eau(ht fire from a street bonfire, Michael Graffo (above), 7, of New York, beat nut the flames, but was painfully burned himself. Children In Germany pay for thair school tuition In potato** and butter, because they would not be able to carry the number of marks It would take to pay the fees. Trim and Dressy Appearance THAT’S what you nat urally look for— positive style, good fit, wholesome material that will give you the best service and entire satis faction In every par ticular. This Is what you’ll get if you have ufi make YOUR SPRING SUIT Alexander Kary TAILOR 206 Bankers Reserve Life Building Phone AT 6198 Middle Western Poet Writes Vividly of Our Own Land _ 9_i By PKOE. LEWIS L. M'KIIIREN, I 'diversity of Omaha. "BARBED WIRE AND WAYFARERS," by Edwin Ford Piper; Macmillan, 1924. "Frontier verse" is by no means in the many volumes of verse which pour forth yearly from the presses, large and small, of the country. Sel dom, however, will one find a poet who writes with greater and more intimate knowledge of the hardships and romance of the early settling of the west, than does Professor Piper, now of the University of Iowa. His book is dedicated to "the memory of my father and my mother, pioneers in Nebraska in the year 1869." This most readable book of verse should, as a consequence, be of great interest to all native westerners, to whom the experiences related in the book are not unknown. It should alike be of interest to any who wish to recreate in imagination the strangely real emotions, the rugged virtues, the equally prominent vices, of the early pioneers to Nehraska, as well as of those more transient crea tures of God's unfenced expanse, most of whom were headed "with hope to Frisco, the Black Hills or Denver.” Professor Piper, whose early life in Nebraska makes possible his exten sive first-hand knowledge, certainly is a skillful artist of this life. Picture after picture Is presented to us, paint ed In colors and hues well adapted to his subject. The jargon of the early pioneer Is preserved, yet one never feels that what he Is reading 1s vul gar. The first section, "Barbed Wire," shows us ths early settler, in "jolt ing praiiie echooner," slowly moving westward; the halt at night, after a long dusty journey, under the beneficent shade of the elm tree; the settler himself, no Greek Apollo, but: ‘Nor slender, nor yet massive: sinewy, Bearded, erect, broad-shouldered, hand" on spade, Shirt sleeve uprolled on musculaT forearm. Alert eye, and compassionate faith ful lip, And forehead answering Joyfully to the sky, The yes-word." Again, we see the horse thief, hi* limp form swaying to a gentle wind, victim of the absolute law of the frontier. The section takes Its name from the poem entitled “Barbed W’lre,” which symbolizes th* winning of the land by the homesteader— barbed wire "sent the cowman west," though it also crippled many a good horse, so that barbed wire also came to symbolize something quite malic ious: “It's barbed wire for the devil's hat band; And barbed wire blankets down in hell.” “The Neighborhood,” -the next sec tion, shows us the loneliness of an isolated “ridge farm” without the prattle of children to ease the ears, and children’s faces to feed the hun gry eyes of the woman whose hus band is away all day—"her life was blunt with sameness.” We see the loneliness of a widow who lives “in the canyon” isolated, and who finally commits suicide. A diary afterwards reveals the spiritual struggle she had gone through. We can see the “claim Jumper;” the neighborhood parties; the romance of summer moons. “Wayfarers,” the third section, deals with those creatures known vulgarly as tramps and hoboes. As I read this, I could say with the au thor: “I heard men talk, and I saw mistily Into the hearts of wayfarers.” We see a fight between a negro professional crook and a white man. pals, who fight over a small lad of n years — apparently the poet him self—resulting in the death of both. We see these men who: ", ... carry with them curses. Collarless thoughts, and the old body sins, Tobacro and rebellion and guffaw—” stopping along the road for a “hot meal" and, afterwards, to bind sheaves—and then to move on, after having related their stories to the farmer, and having interpreted' to him the "tramp signs” on his front gate. We are told how "tine tramp limped off trailing the hobo song:” flood-by, farewell to Omaha, K. C., and Denver, too; Put my foot on the flying freight, Going to ride her through.” The last section, "Hours In a Bye Street,” gives us a glimpse of lifa In a small frontier settlement. It Is a fitting climax to the book, for the growing frontier community Is the natural consequence of the restlees migration to the west. Just why Professor Piper put In the few poems, “Echoes from the War,” even though some, such ae "Gee-Up, Dar, Mules," be worthy t» live, is more than I can tell. It seem* like a poorly selected number among a large number of good songs on a concert singer’s program. It la de cidedly off key, out of tune, inhar monious. Perhaps the only explana tion is that this book contains prac tically all which Mr. Piper has done up to date, that he is willing to put into a book. This book, in its first two sections (minus "Whoa, Zebe, Whoa,” "Shoes,,” "In the Potato Field.") waa published in two editions by the Mid land Press in 1917, both of which editions are out of print. The present volume is almost three times the size of that volume, and brings up to date most of Mr. Piper's work. We can say, in short, I believe, that although Mr. Piper is by no means one of America’s most prolific writers, he is nevertheless one af the best poets, along with Carl Sandburg, writing of th aarly life of the west and capturing in vivid symbols the life of the settler, as well as of the hobo and transient, which the west still knows. Fire Destroys Valuable Barns Near Fremont Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Fremont, Neb., Feb. 2.—Fire caus ing a loss estimated at 114,000 prao ticaly destroyed the Hilliker Simpson barns at the (south edge of the city this morning. Two horses and two mules were lost In the blare. Spark* from a passing engine are (relieved to have started the fire. Wife Desertion Charge. Special l>l»patch to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 2.—'William Van Laningham of Auburn, Neb., was arrested here on a charge of de serting his wife and four children, lie was taken hack to Auburn by an officer from that place. Legionnaires in Dawson County Plan Joint Counc il Special DHpetcb to The Omaha IW Cozad, Neb., Feb. 2.—The annual convention of American Legion n * In Dawson county wa« held In C> i Friday evening with a large d«'• Uon present from Gothenburg, \/X Ington, Sumner and Corad. The main topic of dlscueelon ■ , the formation of an Inter post ell in Dawson. 3 Escape Death Cell®. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 2.—l1 combed the countryside about Lit Rock last night in pursuit of Km Connell and Joe and Eulos Sullivan who after a spectacular escape ft ■: death cells In the Arkansas pen:tet tiary Friday, forced llamp Martin, prison warden, to drive them thr jg the prison yard to liberty. ADVERTISEMENT. Asthma Now Often Stopped In 4 Minutes New Formula Seems to Check Wheezing, Choking, Coughing, Difficult Breathing and Sleep leiz Night* Almost Imtantly. Thousand who ha«s suffered from tit terrible gapping, choking, coughing - -* wheezing symptoms of asthma, w •#. 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