Weather an Aid to State Crops Fight Rainfall Hastens Culti ' at ion and Ideal Condi tions Exist. Weather for Nebraska during the first half of July has generally aided crops throughout the state, accord ing to the government crop report made public here. Rains during the second week of July in the southern, eastern and northwestern portions, i a used delay to harvesting, but the western and northwestern portions ate very dry, the report says. • Cool hut dry and sunny days, fiom July 1 to 8, hastened cultiva tion,” the report continued, "and has been Ideal for haying and harvesting. No rainfall of importance in the state occurred in this period, the tempera ture of which averaged from four to nine degrees below normal. The crops generally are doing well. Sun shine was from 15 to 25 per cent above normal. Oats and winter wheat .-.re ripening and filling well, and the harvest was In full swing. •The second week, however, wit nessed the near completion of the harvesting of oats and winter wheat in southern counties of the stHte. The quality of grain is reported to be very good. Corn generally made lapld growth and is in excellent con dition. Pastures are excellent ex cept in the west and northwest. Mod erate temperatures prevailed and were from two to seven degrees be ltfw normal. • Rain, from July 8 to 15, delayed harvesting In the southern, eastern, and central portions of the state but the west and northwestern portions continued very dry. The oat and winter wheat harvest ts well under way north of Piattee, Neb." CHINESE PLAN RAIL LINE EXTENSION By Associated Tress. Pekin, July 25.—Tha revival of railway construction is forecast by a contract entered into by Belgian and Chinese hankers to finance the ex tension of the Lungahal railway from Chenchow, Honan province, to Sian fu. Shensi province. The Belgians have agreed to float a 1,000,000 franc loan in Europe for the purchase of materials and the Chinese a. 810,000,000 loan in China for construction work.. The contract on July If la a modi fication of the Belgian contract of 1922 for the construction of a railway from Kansu prnvinca, through Shensi and Honan to the sea. Drake Alumni Spreading Fame of Their Alma Mater Des Moines, la., July 25.—With the slogan ‘Each One Send One,” Drake university students and alumni throughout the nation will devote the week of July 27-August 2, to "selling” their alma mater to prospective stu dents, who will be urged to take their college work at Drake. Earl Ryan, president, and Miriam Piper, secretary, of the student council, and Robert L. Finch, alumni secretary, are actively sponsoring the campaign, and they report that much interest has been aroused. Body of Dr. Irwin Brought to Pawnee City for Burial Table Rock, Neb., July 25.—The I., dy of Dr. Charles 5V. Erwin, who d ed recently at his home in Los .v ngeies, was brought to Pawnee City for burial. Dr. Erwin was born at Pawnee city, December II, 1877, end was a graduate of the Rush Medical idlege. Owing to failing health he v as forced to discontinue his prac tice here, lie was a son of Mr. and Mrs. .1. ft. Erwin, long-time residents of this county. Dr. F. J. Woods Out Again. Fteatrlce, Neh., July 25.— Dr. F J. M oods, pioneer physician of Barnes ton, who underwent two serious oper ations at a hospital here, has recov ered and is able to he out again. _SUBospe (To._ Fifty P|pS| Years Continuous Piano Selling From Many Factories enables us to offer you wonderful values in high-class merchandise. • -.. 11 ' 'g" 'I — • If you are not a customer of this store - . “Start Now.” —PIANOS— Mason A Hamlin Voso Sokmer Kimball Bra mb. r k Franklin Hnin.s Bros. Kr.nich A Back Sckuman Hospe Gulbransan and ika AMPICO Our Service Department Include* Tuning, Repairing, Refinishing, Moving, Packing and Storage. "LET US SERVE YOU” & JjOSftC (ffft._ WATSON QUITS REVENUE PROBE Washington. .July 25.—Over the pro lest of the chairman. Senator Wat ion, republican, Indiana, a majority of the senate committee named to in vealigate the internal revenue bureau decided today to resume it a inquiry during the summer recess. Because of his objection to Hie pro posal, Senator Watson resigned the chalfmanship as soon as the decision was reached, and Senator Couzans, republican, Michigan, waa aelected ip hia stead. It was Senator C'ouzens who, by joining with the two democratic mem bers—Senatofti King, of Utah and Jones of New Mexico—threw lhe bal ance of power in the committee in favor of resumjtiion of the hearings City Prepare for Long Siege Rebels Strongly Intrenched at Sao Paulo; Federal Ad vance Slow. By Aimh-IaIpi) PrreA. Buenos Aires, July 25.—The im pression Is growing stronger here (tally that the Brazilion federal forces besieging Sao Paulo are meeting such formidable resistance that the rap ture of tlie city is far from being an event of the Immediate future. It is hemming clear from scraps of information reaching here from one source and another that the fighting between the federal troops and the rebels lias resolved Itself into trench warfare similar to that on the western front during the European conflict. The rebels' main defenses are re ported to have been constructed un der the direction of former Italian and German officers who served In the European war. "The rebels are entrenched and well entrenched," the Brazilian fed eral genera!, Tito Taibo, Is quoted as saying in the course of an Interview' cabled here from Rio in which he declared that the government forces did not dare to accept an open com bat and that the federal advance was "being made effective little by little, methodically and regularly." Indications are that the federal troops east and north are a consider able distance from Bao Paulo, but in the south have taken some suburbs and are well within bombarding dis tance of ths city. Artillery appears to have been used freely In the past several days and it is feared that the city must have suffered heavily de spite the announced purpose of the federal commander to do everything possible to avoid excessive damage. Reports that more than 70 persons were killed in ths Apollo theater In Sao Paulo confirms rumors that the death list in Sao Paulo Is rising and indicate that shells have been falling in ths center of the city where the theater ts located. Club Member* Play Ball to Raise Road Marking Fund j Burwell, Neb., July 25.—Wranglers Noonday Luncheon club of Burwell Is planning a systematic system of road-marking throughout the terri tory tributary to Burwell, and as a means of raising money had a match game of baseball Wednesdav between the Fats and Leans. Each team in cluded some of the regular nine players. The final acore was 7 to 3, in favor of the Fat*. Two Beatrice Homes Robbed. Beatrice, Neb., July 25 —Police here are trailing a stranger who broke into the S. S. Chapman and Henry Duntz residences Thursday and at ole considerable jewelry. lie wns seen leaving the Chapman home in broad daylight by neighbors who w*«e un aware he »#« a burglar. He later pawned a stolen watch at a cigar store, then vanished. Ponca Principal Chosen. Ponca, Neb., July 25.—Prof. Davis of Lincoln has been elected princi pal of the Ponca High school for the coming year. I Burgess Bedtime Stories _I-> By THORNTON W. Bl RCiKSS. The watchful nnd the heedful wise Are geliioiu vli time of nurprlne. — MRS. H A f’PY JACK. Farmer Brown’* Boy Find* the Answer. All day Farmer Brown'* Boy pun r.led over (lie ciurslion of what rould have raused Mrs. Happy dark to move her four babies from (heir snug home in the big maple tree by the house over to a new home in the Green Forest. He didn't like to bo pustsled by sueh tilings. "There must have been some good reason. Yes, sir, there must have been some good reason," he kept saying over and over to himself. "She, wouldn't have run the risk of moving those helpless babies unless she had felt that she must do It. 1 wish I r - -»•$ fc/l He stal ed al (lie broken brain li on the ground. could talk (he Squirrel language. I would ask Happy .lack. He seems to have gone over to the Green Forest, tro, but he'll be back here every day fur something to ent nr I miss my guess.'’ When he fell asleep that night he was still puzzling over the cause of the moving of the Squirrel family. Once in the night he awoke and heard the wind blowing. Then he fell asleep again, and dreamed of baby Squirrels. In the morning when he went out In the yard the first thing he did was tc look tip in the big maple tree He did It out of force of habit. Then his lower law dropped, aqjl he stood with his mouth wide open staring up In that htg maple tree with the funniest expression on his frykled face. That big hollow branch was not there! There was only a broken stub of a branch left there. He looked down on the ground beneath the tree. There lay that branch split open for the full length of Ihe hollow It had contained. It hail split when It had struck the ground. Beside It lay the nest of Mrs. Happy Jack Squirrel. Farmer Brown's Boy felt In it. Of course it was empty, Farmer Brown's Boy gave a long, low whistle. "My goodness!" he ex claimed. "It Is a lucky thing that those Squirrels wei> not In that nest when the branch broke, I guess It would have lteen Ihe end of the babies. It must be that that branch broke off In Ihe wind last night. Mrs. Happy Jack moved her family just in time. She ought to he very, very thankful. Whatever It was that caused her to more did It Just in lime." A new thought popped into Farmer Brown's Boy’s head. He stared at the broken branch on the ground. He stared up at the place from which It had broken off. He rubbed the tip of his nose. "I wonder," said he slowly, "if Mrs. Happy .Tack could have suspected that this liranrh whs going to break. I wonder if it was that instead of an enemy that made her move. T don't see how It could have been. T don’t se* how It possibly could have been. That branch has been there for years and years and years, flow could she have known that it was going to break?" And then an Idea came to him. "Tt may be that that branch had been weakening and she had heard little, faint, cracking noises from time to time so lhat she knew that It was get ting weak. I gttess that must be the explanation." And so it was. Mrs. Happy Jack had realised that her home was no longer safe and so she had moved her family Just In time. This is a true story. (Copyright, 1924.) The next story: "Happy Jack's Kindeigasten." f \ It'* Cool at Thorne’* Store-Wide C-L-E-A-R-A N-C E Wrap Fancy Around Pleated Flannel Silk Skirt* Skirte F. W. Thorne Co. ^VVWW^rtfWVWrmWd ■ ■ jb J 5>4 TURD A Y J \Final Wind-Up^ % Sale! \ Former Costs and Prices Are Forgotten ■" j HURRY! J J ODD LOTS J ■■ WASH DRESSES - S J« 5° W..h Dreuei, $3.95 ^"1*“ k^eaHk Ji B® Former price, )10 to $15 Boy*’ Play Suits p® _* 100 Wa.h Dreuei fcO QC 15 Khaki Play Suita, _■ ■■ .t. vo.yo 3. Mc \ Former price, $19 to $29.50 , 1 ®. LADIES’ LIGHT _ V *■ SUITS Ladies' Hiking *■ "■ 10 Beautiful Tailored year* a i c»ident of Jeffct non county, died at his home neat Plymouth, west of here, aged SS. M« I* survived by six children, three non* and three daughter*. Ills wife diet, four year* ago. _' g»^M»papBai—Store Hours, 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.^^B~saasssm~BS—ss~^^ IE BURGESSNASA COMfiMiY. t? I s*v*„'h F,°»r "EVERYBODYS STORK* (Thermic Jug Special $3.75 All aluminum jusr* with larpe mouths. Suitable for both solid foods or liquids. Rppularly $5.00. Main Floor Greatest Reductions in This July Sale of Women’s and Children’s Hosiery We have a number of broken lines and odd lots of hosiery which we will place on sale Satur day at great reductions. Silk Hose Chiffon Hose $1.68 96c Value* to $4.00 **-75 »nJ *2 00 V,lue* Included are chiffon, silk- hull fashioned, silk-to-the to-the-top hose, service weight f°P chiffon hose and a nuni silk, fancy silk hose with lace her of service weight hose, and embroidered clox. All of which are .irst qual first quality and full-fashion- «ty- In gray, black, white, j t ubrown, gunmetal, fawn, ian, ed. In gun metal, beige, log ^ pP|jtan. cabin, atmosphere, otter, brown, banana, beach, white Children’* So* and dawn. Silk Hose 1 >. . _ 2 pair* for 35c $1.29 V.loe, I. 66c ' Thousands of pairs of kid 12.00 and $2.25 Value* dies’ sox in every style, ’i “Triple A’’ first quality and lengths. Many are service weight hose, full- imported mercerized lisles. fashioned. In the season's In plain colors with fancy or most popular shades. glos silk tops. All sizes. Main Floor I Underwear for Women and Children At the Lowest July Sale Prices An opportunity to realize a tremendous saving on the pur chase of underwear—underwear suitable for immediate a» i early jall wear at price* low’er than they have been during the entire season. All Women's Athletic Underwear Including such make? as farter's, Merode, Futurist and Sealpax, in broken sizes, but every size included; no seconds. In two gToups: $1.25 and $1.45 values..68<* $2.25 and $3.50 values. SI.19 Children’s “M” Waist Union Suits F'ine quality muslin, with bloomer knees. Sizes 2 to 10 years Regular 75c quality. Special. ^ Three suits ... #1-00 Second Floor Women’s “Columbine’ Union Suits Fine mercerized Swiss ribbed, regular tops and tight knees. White and pink. Also a num ber of Carter’s suit* in broken lines. $1.85 to $2.50 QC/» values . UOC Women’s Cotton Union Suits Fine summer weieht, bodice top and tight or loose knees. Regu lar and extra sizes. CQ Regularly 75c . OI7C Outstanding Values in Luggage $2.50 Portfolios 98c 100 portfolios, made with two straps and a spring locking de vice. Very convenient to carry. $1.50 Bathing Case 98c Black enamel cases that are just the thing for carrying one's bathing togs or for week-end*. $8.50 Leather Suitcase $6.75 Good looking leather suitcases, two-strap style; huilt to with stand hard usage, made with reinforced corners and edges. Mam Floor “Kid Boots” Sweaters $2.95 The gaiety, the lightness and the practicability of this attractive sweater style makes it a great fa vorite for summer sports wear. A large assortment w ith trimming of ties, monograms and novelty col lars, in If hile Yellow Green HP Orchid Honey Dew Pout! re HIue All Site*. Sport Skirts $5.89 to $10.95 White and Light Color* Roshanara, wool crepes, silk canton a chine fash ion sports skirts in 11 hite Ton Grar Cocoa In wrap-around styles, side pleats and combination pleated models. THird Fl«M»r 1A Reduction on French Voile Dresses For Juniors Valueh Up Values Up to $7JO to $9.95 $4.69 $6.69 . Values Up to $1195 $8.69 C.uv little dressra of *hcrr French voile, to moot youth’* demand for “dre up" orcn*ion* are in all the bright nhade*. and trimmed with row* of luce, hand drawn work, and touche* of vcl vei ribbon. Made with deep hem*, and priced in three group* for quirk clear ance. ' Tlllrit Fleer Art Needlework Specials Luncheon Sets Lunch set* stamped on good quality unbleached muslin, con sisting of i loth and four A C — napkin*. Set ^OC Scarfs and Buffet Sets Scarf* with buffet set* to match, stamped on unbleached muslin in two pretty designs. 1 Q . Each . 1 JC Scalloped Linen Lunch Sets Thirteen-piece linen lunrh set. scalloped in all white, blue, or blue *nd white. $2.50 5eronfl Flaat : Canning Needs Fruit Jars Kerr self-sealing Mason quart , iars. regularly 11.10. QQ dozen .OI7C Jelly Glasses Kerr jelly glasses, tall or low size, in 4 »nd 4-pint 4 0 size, dozen . HOC Preserving Kettles Wear-Ever aluminum preserving kettles, specially priced— O-quart size 91.39 8-quart size .’ 91.99 10-quart size . 91.79 12-quart size 91.98 14-quart size 92.98 17-quart size 93.89 Sauce Pan Set Aluminum sauce pans in sets of | 3. 1. 14 and 2-qt. OQ sizes. Set .0*J C Illinois Refrigerator $29.50 Sex enty-five-pound side-ioer refrigerator, scientifically con- ! structed. The ice chamber is of galvanized iron, the food chant • 1 ber is of white enamel. 100-lb. capacity 833.50 r earth Flerr Glassware Specials Colonial Glass Jugs H gallon aire jugs with l arge sire jugs, with or without 30 1((rly |,,00. QQ hp. Kach.... Kach O^C , Etched Water Set Gayly Colored 7-piece set. consisting Sippers of jug anil si* tumblers. .. . J , , , Sipper* in many combi Formerly priced at . . ■ .. i - _ _ nations of colors. Dor . «.»! $1.39 25c "J $1.00 Grape-Etched Grnpe-Etched Goblets Sherbets Set of six, d» a OQ Tall shci d» a OQ at ..... *P i bets, set of It V 1 •&%! I aim t K Flwr Sl„ .. -■■■■ . . -mem * m Artistic Table Standard Most Exceptional at $3.00 $7 JO and $9.95 Value* t i 4 * I able la mpa of unusually attractive design f and at a price decidedly low. are these of wrought iron, shown in two distinctive patterns Hind-hammered brass serves as trimming. Each | lamp stands J2 inches high and has an adjust able two-light cluster. Shade illustrated. H5.Hr». *' *“**' I •Milk FWr ———————a—— --.-.-.a- - - .- - - . *.... ———l a.