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fleeting to Form
Farm Alliance
Held at Columbus
Initial Steps Taken to Organ
ize Unit of National Market
ing Body to Regulate
Prices.
Columbus, Neb., Feb. 22.—-Whose
pocket can the farmer put his hand
Into?
The question was raised last night
at a meeting of farmers and business
men held at Columbus to take initial
stops In the organization of a local
unit of the National Farm Producers'
alliance.
P. A. Mohler, Minneapolis, national
organizer for the alliance, speaking
at the«meetlng, said:
‘‘Manufacturers, wholesalers, re
tailers, doctors, dentists and even
wage workers fix prices for the com
moditiee they have to sell. Farming
will never pay until the farmers are
nationally organized to set a price on
their ra,w materials and market their
crops like the storekeeper markets
his goods, at a fixed price."
Explaining the workings of the or
ganization, which Mr. Mohler said
already is functioning In Minnesota,
the Dakotas and AVisconsIn, the
speaker said all counties would be
riganized Into township units which.
In turn, would he responsible to state
auJUhe latter to the national organi
sation headquarters.
All unit chairmen would receive
daily reports of when to sell and when
to hold farm products. The organi
zation does not rqntempiate absolute
legulation of farm production.
The plan of the alliance Is to have
the fanner hold his products until
sufficient demand has arisen so that
lie can sell at cost plus a reasonable
profit to himself. Arrangements will
he made so that certain units will of
fer corn at one time. AVheat, hogs,
cattle and cotton are to be handled
the same way.
At the present time a unit of the
alliance organized at Humphrey
shows 90 per cent membership of the
farmers and business Mien there;
Creston has SB per cent; Platte
Center organization Is nearing 100
per cent and ths work Is now under
way In Monroe. A meeting similar to
the one held here will be held in
Genoa tonight. A meeting will be
held in Richland some time next
week.
No Inquest Into
Roberts Suicide
Former Wife and Grandson
See Man Shoot Himself—
Note Blames Debts.
Paul 9telnwender, deputy county
attorney and acting county coroner,
announced yeaterday thit no ln
V^ftst will be held into the death of
W Joe Roberta, 45, 155# North Seven
teenth street, who ahot and killed him
self Friday noon in a house at 1833
North Seventeenth etreet while his
former wife and her grandson looked
on.
The announcement waa made fol
lowing discovery of a note In the dead
man’t pocket addressed to "Grace
dearie." The name, of his former wife
is Mrs. Grace Roberts.
"She asked me for the money for
the mirrors," the note read. “You had
better pay it. Why did you make me
pay all them bills? I can't see no end
to It all but one way. Your friend
Weakhan is the cause of it all, curse
him. Grace, you shall cry over me as
long as you live. Your loving hut
broken hearted husband.”
The note was signed “Joe."
The Roberts wers married last
summer. Mrs. Roberts recently ob
tained a divorce. Roberts shot him
self after falling In an effort to ef
fect a reconciliation.
The gun with which the shooting
was done was taken from the home
of Mrs. C. Cathro, 155# North Seven
teenth street, where Roberts lived,
without Mi*. Cathro’s knowledge.
The small boy who witnessed the
ahootinr is the son of Mrs. Morris E.
Schlalfer, Mrs. Robert's daughter.
Schlalfer is an Omaha pugilist.
Omaha Company Awarded
Auburn Paving Contract
A Auburn, Neb., Feb. 22.—The eon
for paving several Mocks to the
west city limits has been let to the
Kerns Construction company of
Omaha, and work Is to be started not
later than May 1 and Is to be finished
not later than August 1. The same
, construction company has the con
tract to pave the road from the city
limits west to the cemetery, a distance
of about a mile. When this paving
Is completed It will give Auburn sev
eral miles of paving which will con
nect the Burlington depot with the
Missouri Pacific, some two miles
apart, and from the east part of the
city to the cemetery west of town.
Bobbed Hair Popularity
Shows Increase at Wymore
Wymore, Neb., Feb. 22.—Increase
in popularity of bobbed hair among
girls and women of Wymore Is notice
able. Fully one-third of the female
population of the town now wears
its hair short, many of the fans be
ing married women.
In a barber shop Thursday after
noon there were 15 women and girls
awaiting tlieir turn in the chair m
one time. T.ocal barber* state that,
the hair bobbing Is re establishing
the business which the trade lost
several years ago by the advent of
the safety razor upon the market.
Auburn Chamber Seeks to
Reopen Canning Factory
Auburn, Neb., Feb. 22.—The Au
burn Chamber of Commerce has
launched a move to reopen the can
ning factory at this plars thla year.
The canning factory was established
in this city in lf'00 and ran for 20
.^rears. or until the war, when the
^government made such restriction*
that the stockholders decided to shut
It down.
At the meeting of the chamtier, a
committee was ordered elected by the
president to solicit sweet corn acre
age sufficient to warrant the open
ing of the factory next fall.
Men Who Are Malang Omaha
No higher calling comes to any man
than to be a priest of God. If that
calling Is combined with the faculties
that qualify a man also to capably
assume the direction of great educa
tional institution, such a man is in
deed an asset to the community in
which he lives. Rev. D. John F. Mc
Cormack, S. J., is so endowed.
Ho was bom at Chicago in 1874,
and received his education In the par
ish schools and St. Ignatius college of
Chicago, and the St. Louis university.
He received the degree of A. M. from
St. Louis in 1898 and from Loyola
University of Chicago in 1922 he was
honored with the degree of LLD. In
1891 he entered the Society of Jesus,
and In 1906 he was ordained a priest.
Principally his work has been that
of a teacher or an administrator of
school work. In this he has been con
nected with St. Louis university, St.
Marys college (Kansas), Marquette
university. St. Ignatius college (Cleve
land), and St. Xavier college (Cincin
nati). It was from the latter he carne
to Omaha in 1919 as president of
Creighton unlversits-.
Dr. McCormack found a hlg job
awaiting him here. Creighton was no
longer equal to the demands made up
on Us resources. College buildings
were scattered in different parts of
the city. These had to be concen
trated on a single campus. New struc
tures to house the activities of the
university had to be erected, and on
top of all, a great campaign for need
ed endowment had to be planned and
put into effect.
All this has not as yet been com
pleted, but a splendid start has been
made. Dr. McCormack Is helping Oma
ha, for he Is helping a great educa
tional institution to realize Us pos
sibilities and fulfill the hopes of Us
founders.
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Absent-Minded Man
Locks Wife in Cellar;
Self Outside House
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Columbus, Neb., Feb. it.—Absent
mindedness Is no longer the exclusive
attribute of old age, or the high
brow university professor.
A certain young Columbus business
man Is likewise afflicted. His wife
happened to be at work In the base
ment when he was about to start for
his office. Hurrying down ths steps,
he Implanted a husbandry kiss be
fore his departure, then ascended the
stairs Just as hurriedly—but not be
fore he had subconsciously turned
the key, as was his wont. In ths door
leading from ths basement jto the
first floor of the home, and not be
fore, as was also his habit, he had
turned the night latch In the front
door.
Her work finished, his wife emerged
from the basement to find her en
trance to the home barred by the
locked door, but she was abls to get
outside by means of another door. She
went around the house to the front
door, only to find It, too, locked
against her. A phone call to husband
from the horns of a neighbor brought
him pellmell—only to discover that
his keys were In his other clothes
tn ths house.
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Funeral Held for Pioneer
Who Lived Near Gibbon
Gibbon, Neb., Feb. IS.—Funeral
services for Frederick William Weber
were held at the home.
Mr. Weber was born at Sachsen,
Germany, !n 1889. In 1871 he cams
to this country with hla wife and
small daughter. After spending a
year In Michigan, they cams to Ne
braska where they established a
homestead about 11 mllea north of
Gibbon. Hers they lived In a dugout
for a time. Friends who came to
find them walked over ths roof of
their host before locating the door.
He leaves his wife and two daugh
ters. There are 10 grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren. This spring
he would have rounded out 80 years
of Ilfs on this ons farm and he would
have been 84 years old.
$45,000 Claim Allowed
Against Condon Estate
Columbus, Neb., Feb. 22.—Claims
aggregating more than $45,000 were
allowed against the estate of the late
Dr. W. M. Condon at a hearing In
copnty court. One of them, amount
ing to $22,262.89, was filed by the
Bank of Ottls and Murphy of Humph
rey and the other, $16,134, by Herman
Wendt. Both were notea which Dr.
Condon had held when he was owner
of the Bank of Ottls and Murphy and
payment of which he guaranteed
when he sold them.
Fire Destroys Farmhouse
as Family Eats Supper
West Point, Neb.. Feb. 22,-The
farmhouse occupied by B. H. Clip
ping, east of Bancroft, burned to the
ground when eparks from the chim
ney Ignited the roof while the family
was eating the evening meal below.
They did not realize that their home
waa on firs until It was too late to
save much except some of the furni
ture.
Farm Hand Falls Against
Circular Saw, May Lose Arm
Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 22.—Antone
Bartwlc, 18. farmhand working near
Adonis, slipped and fell against a
circular saw, with the result that his
left arm waa almost severed. He
was rushed to a hosplliil In Lincoln
for treatment. It Is feared the arm
may have to be amputated.
Holdups Tell Victim
to Keep His Dollar;
After Biffer Money
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Lincoln, Feb. 22— R. XV. Daniel
son, passing a Lincoln theater at
midnight last night, was met by two
holdup men. They searched his
pocket, finding only two half do
lars.
"That all you got?” asked one.
"That's all,” Danielson said.
"Keep It. he're after big money,”
the duo Instructed him, as they dis
appeared down an alleyway.
Tecumseh—Wilber Snowden, a
young man living In the northern
part of this county, received a broken
left leg when hla horse fell with him.
The horse Bllpped on the Ice and
lunged forward, throwing the rider,
and fell full force upon him.
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Ex-Legion Head
Blames Mellon
for Bonus Veto
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Treasury Secretary Misled
Harding by Predicting Defi
cit, Hanford MacNider
Tells Lincoln Audience.
Lincoln, Feb. 22.—Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon was responsible for
the vetoing df the adjusted compensa
tion bill, or bonus,” Col. Hanford
MacN'ider, former national com
mander of the American Legion, to
night told a Washington's birthday
meeting here. Reiterating charges
that Secretary Mellon misled Presi
dent Harding by predicting $660,000,
000 deficit in the treasury, Colonel
MacNider pointed out that Instead of
a deficit, there was a surplus of
$320,000,000 and approximately $331,
000,000 worth of Liberty bonds were
retired.
Secretary Mellon only missed it by
more than $1,000,000,000,” he said.
"The suggestion that there may be
an adjustment of the 1923 income tax
and a refund proves our point that
a bonus can be paid. We think that
this refund should be paid to the ex
service man.
“Our figures show the average
salary of the drafted man before thd
war to. have been $150 a month. The
government gave him $30. In other
words, he was taxed $120 a month
for the privilege of serving with the
colors, in addition to his share of the
regular taxes. He was a member of
a class that was doubly penalised and
should be takgn care of.”
Colonel MacNider denied that the
American Legion had been respon
sible for the initial bonus bill.
“in 1919, there were 140 bonus hills
before congress. It had to have help
and we sent down our legislative
committee that took the best features
from those bills,” he said.
"We are only working for the good
of the country. The American legion
doesn't feel that It Is a good thing to
repudiate a whole generation of the
nation and leave it to hand down the
thought to its children that this is
an ungrateful nation.”
"Colonel .MacNider came to Lin
coln today from Des Molnea. He is
concluding here a two weeks' speak
ing tour and return* tomorrow to
his home at Mason City, la.
Judge Gets No-Fund.
Cheek in Settlement
for Worthless Cheek
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Columbus. Neb., Feb. 12.—To re
ceive a no-fund check in settlement
of a no-fund check tu ths unusual
experience of Judge Gibbon In county
court.
J. n. Eilers. residing near Platte
Center, was charged ln_ a complaint
filed In court with having Issued a
no-found check for *10. By ths time
Ellers came Into court, the costs In
cident to the case had reached 110.70
and he was given permission to
square up by paying the costs and
making the original check good, a
total of *26 70. without any fin# being
levied. Ellers gave the Judge a check
for the amount, and disarmed sus
picion by exhibiting his bank book,
showing a deposit of 1*00.
After he had departed, It developed
that the second check wna no better
than the first.
Y. M. C. A. Campaign Opens
Columbus, Neb., Feb. 22.—Ths fifth
state wide campaign Is on In Platte,
Merrick, Nance and Boone counties,
constituting the Eleventh district of
the state Y. M. C. A., to raise 91,12.'.
It Never Failed Him
Veteran railroad engineer, with 56 years of unbroken service to
his credit, declares Tanlac proved equal to emergency and restored
his strength and energy when he was badly rundown in health.
I
r John
Me Waters ^
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J. K. McWatera, veteran railroad
man, of Kaat Kalr Ht., Atlanta.
Ua.. who la credited with 6* yeara'
unbroken aervlee aa an engineer on
the Atlanta A West Point, recently
paid high tribute to Tanlac.
"Several yeara ago," aald Mr. Mc
Watera, "I became ao rundown It
looked like mv chain of aervlee might
be broken before I could run roil my
60-yenr period. However, I resorted
to Tanlac to set me right, ami Tanlac
proved equal to tho emergency, quick
ly heading, off the troublu ami bring
In* tny strength and energy right up
to normal.
“Since then, when I lime felt a lit
tle run down, or off my feed,’ ne the
railroad boya nay. I have taken Tan
lac, and It never folia to tin the work.
I am using Tnnlac now aa « general
tonic, and my health stays fine."
Tanlao la for anle 1<\ all good drug
gists. An-apt no aubatltutr. Over 4.0
million hot Ilea sold,
Take Tan Inc Vvip-tubla rills Ail
vertlaeinent, J
is=: BURGESS-NASH COMPANY. WM
Stromrd opvcial for Soturdojr,
Coff«n* U "Milk “EVER YBODY'S STORE” pt*r lb 49c
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Children’s
Dressmaking
Class
Bring Your
Dolls
The children’s dressmak
ing class will again be held
Saturday morning in the
Burgess-Nash Auditorium,
from 9 to 12 o’clock.
All children are invited
to attend.
Needle, thread, scissors
and material are all fur
nished to the children.
Each child will be given
a McCall doll dress pattern
and, under the guidance of
instructors, will be shown
how to use the pattern and
how to cut and sew the
material.
Fifth Floor
Continuing for Saturday Our
Sale of New
\
Dresses
$1975
A group of dresses fashioned of the newest fab
rics and colors, and carefully selected as to style
and quality.
This is an offering of unusual values, and at such
a lo^ price that it enables one to purchase several
spring frocks now, just at the beginning of the
season. The fabrics:
Crepe Brocade Satin Crepe
Canton Crepe !
Flat Crepe Georgette Crepe
These are in straight, boyish lines, cleverly
tierred effects, and tubular models in beige, gray,
moss green, P'rench blue, cocoa, brown, navy
and black.
Misses’ Sizes, 14 to 20—Women’s Sizes, 34 to 46
Misses’ sizes, 14 to 20. Women’s sizes, 34 to 46.
Third Floor
Final Clearance of Suede Finish
F abric Gloves
Pair 75c
Suede finish fabric gloves, in 16-button
length*, are offered at this very low price
for quick clearance. There is a good
selection from which to choose—many of
the new spring colors and all sizes. All
sizes, but not every size in every color.
Main Floor
Drug Specials
$1.25 Mavis Toilet Water.79*
50c Stillman's Freckle Cream
at .39*
$1.00 Mary Garden Face Pow
der .89*
$1.60 Mary Garden Toilet
Water ...98*
15c Glintex Shampoo, 2 pack
ages .15*
35c Pond's Vanishing Cream
at. .24*
35c Energine .24*
25c Listerine ... .19*
10c Life Buoy Soap.6*
85c Vivaudou Imported Bath
and Toilet Soap.15*
75c Elcaya Cold Cream . .49*
50c Antoinette Donnelly Sham
poo .29*
50c Large Lip Stick, with mir
ror .25*
$1.75 Hot Water Bottle. .89*
50c Dr. West’s Tooth »Paste
at .35*
Main Floar
Burgess-Nash Special
Granite Hose
$o00
Full fashioned chiffon weight
Granite hose with lisle tops,
and reinforced garter blocks.
In black, gun metal, nude,
light fawn, dark fawn and
blush.
Main Floor
Pomegranate Shop
Second Floor
I,et our Party Lady plan for you the decorations,
the favors, the tallies, or any other of the numerous
details which go to make up a successful party.
Imported Pearl Necklaces $2.95
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Main Floor
A charming addition to your
spring costumes are these ex
quisite 21-inch pearl necklaces.
All arc imported direct from
France to our store. The beads,
which are indestructible, are
softly tinted and very finely
graduated. A white gold clasp
fattens each strand. Each neck
lace come'a in a beautiful
leatherette gift box.
Oar Entire Stock of
Brushed Wool Sweaters
Values to
$15.00
Stunning novelties are included in this offering of brushed
wool sweaters for women. All sizes and the most wanted
shades, trimmed with striped and jacquard designs, are shown.
The styles are—
Golf Coats Chappie Coats Slipovers
Third Fief
New Vanity Boxes
That Carry a Moderate Pricing
$095
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Under the arm vanities,
flat style, conveniently
equipped with powder box.
lip stick, purse, and mirror.
In black patent, or dull
cobra leather.
Also octagon shapes,
silk lined with or without
trays.
Main Floor
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Shop for the Children Saturday
Boys' Caps •
95c
Spring weight rap* in.
light color*, made with
the one, or eight-piece
top*. SI.SO value*.
Junior Overcoats
Our entire stock of boys’ junior
overcoats is included in this final
sale of winter jrarments. Made of
double-faced all - wool materials,
with rasrlan or set-in sleeves, pleated
' hack, and patch pockets. Sizes 9
’ to 17.
- Juvenile O’coats
i on
hinnl clearance of winter eoats of
double faced all-wool materials in
belted and plain models.
Third Fluor,
Girls’ Dresses
a- *985
One group of smart frocks re
duced for final clearance. In
cluded are styles suitable for
school or dress occasions.
Developed in
Crepe, Serge, Poiret Tuill
and combination*, trimmed with touches
of hand work in bright colored
yarn* or silk. Some atrictly tailored
models. Sizes 8 to Id years. Values
up to 122.50.
Third Fitter
Boy*’ Flannel
Night Shirts and
Pajamas
$1.39
Night shirt* and pajama*,
made of the beat <|iiality out
ing fjaunel and trimmed with
*ilk frog*. Sine* 8 to 18.
Third* Floor
Children's Shoes
Values Range From $2.25 to $6.95.
For Infant* Two-tone button shoes, suede
tops. For Misses and Growing Girl*—Hlark
ana tan lace, lioodyear
welt school shoes. Patent
Uce shoes with white kid
tops. Patent shoes with
Cray suede tops. Sises 1
to 5. ft H to 8. 8 Mi to 11.
11 H to 2. 2 Mr to 8.
Main Fla**
20%
Off Regular
Price
Children’s “Carter’*
Union Suits
59c
White cotton suits «f light
weight, made with Dutch neck
and elbow- sleeves, in knee
length, drop seat. V splendid
weight for between seasons.
Vgcv 4 to 14 \ears. Regularly
$1.00 and Si te
6#%on4 I Uh*i
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