Nebraska Newspapers

    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 <fc 1 g Q5 Breeches %
Suits.. V 1
B Former price $35 to $89.50 • pairs Khaki Hiking j®
■■ SILK DRESSES Brw..‘""I ■"
^® 100 Summer Silk Drt ■•••• $8.95 _. S
"■ Former price $19 to $29.50 Wash BIoUSCS "■
®m 125 Summer Silk { 1 Q QC S
j Dresses et . • tp i v 18 Whits Wash BIoihm -■
Former price $29.50 to $49.50 -t * B
.■ SPORTCOATS .*
JS cloth and Silk—Some sre fur trim- . ‘_B
■ med. 30 Sport Coata, &0 QC . g
■_ ailk and cloth. tPOtUv ■" ” ' 1. l_
| Former price $24.50 to $35 Ladies' |
■J 20 Sport Coata, $16.95 Underwear
Former price $39.50 to $59.50 28 Vails Ttddita, Step- i
| /"*I ATM ins. Gowns and Bloom- ■
■ CLU 1 M frl, 9a(k . *nc . B
■- JACQUETTES . I 25 Whit# and Klaah I ®(
"■ 5 Short Cloth Jacquettea, d*0 QC P'l»«a* S"P» •• 99' ®B
■ „t . «POa^*J IS White Taddlaa ■”
S Former price $16 to $24.50 allfhtly aolled. three p
CHILDREN’S SPORT ,or ,, 0° ■"
J■ A TC High ffr*da Radium
| V/V/A 1 tJ Silk Usdarvaar, Ted
■ Afei 4 to 12 dlaa, lent and Bloom- ■
27 Children'. Coata and QC ara. .lightly a.ll.d, at— gP
B® CaM» . SI RS and *3*5 _S
CHILDREN’S KXl'pSi
■■ GINGHAM DRESSES -^ ■"
J* 22 Summer Wash dj 1 QC , —■■■■—■ ■■ - ■ —■■ ■
■ Dreaaea, age. 6 to 14 . . I a*/ Sweaters B*
I; MILLINERY „.
J Choice of Entire Stock Sweater, at -$1 SB b"
"■ mer $1.00 ---■■
5 * * SILK HOSIERY • - ®J
t 30 pair, of While. Gray and <|1 House Aprons . B
B Brown Silk Hole, pr. 35ci 3 pr. W 1 M Cte|h.m r„. ■
i SILK SCARFS I rala Hoik. Apr.na, teal I b*
B®’ Entire .lock of Silk Searfa, 99c i.~ %
IBEPDEO
g-U-...TIM
b® 1415-1417 Douglas b"
B Buy on Buy on a
b" Payment Payments B®
IWAVAVWMWAVJWW'f
f--—- '
Aurora Alumni Plan
to Send Old Teacher
on Trip to England |
_/
Aurora. Neb., July 25.—Graduates;
of the Aurora High school during the
past 25 years are organising an slum
ni association, and one of the princi
pal objects Is to reward the Ions and
faithful servlet of Kathleen G. Hearn,
who has been principal of the Aurora
High school for 25 years
Xearly a thousand young men and
women have graduated under her
princlpalshlp, and It la planned to
raise $1,000 and give her a trip back
to England, her native country. Next
June will see her 26th commencement
exercise as principal of the high
school, a record unequaled In Ne
braska.
The alumni association Is also plan
ning closer friendship among the
graduates. _1
J. M. Wadley Die* at 8‘).
Beatrice, Neb.. July 15.—J. M " cl
ley, for 4'> 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.