West Nebraska
Crops Are Good
J. M. Gillan Finds Farmers
Optimistic Over Harvest
This Year;
A change In the spirit of farmers
of Cheyenne county. In the western
part of Nebraska, is described by J.
M. Gillan of the Chamber of Com
meree, who returned Wednesday from
a two-day automobile trip through
that county.
“In contrast to the disheartened
feeling ofc a year ago when I made a
similar visit, I found that farmers
are working overtime this year to
harvest their cropa and that they are
enthusiastic, happy and optimistic,”
■aid Gillan.
Wheat Tests 63.
“I covered 300 milee, and although
I knew conditions were improving for
the farmer, the elation which I
found was a surprise to me. In Chey
enne county the wheat is turning out
well and will weigh as high as 63
pounds to the bushel. In that county
more than 4,000,000 bushels of wheat
will be harvested.
“The corn is late, but barring an
early frost there will be a good crop.
The oats crop also is good. The
farmers are also turning to sweet
clover and alfalfa with remarkable
success.
Sidney Farmer Cited.
"An example of the change in con
ditions may be illustrated in the case
of a young farmer southwest of Sid
ney. Last year the rust so badly
damaged his wheat crop that he lost
3700. He went to a banker friend,
expressed a desire to have another
try this year and got financial aid.
“He plowed 500 acres of land with
a little help and seeded it almost en
tirely by himself. That wheat Is now
yielding 57 bushels to the acre, if is
estimated that with his other crops
he will not only pay off his loss last
year and his indebtedness, but have
between $7,000 and $8,000 profit.”
Bee Want Ads produce results.
GREEN APPLES
FATAL TO YOUTH
Virgil Johnson, 1-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, 2214
Nprth Twenty-first street, died at
his home Tuesday as the result of
eating green apples. His brothers,
Harold, 4; and Ernest. 3, and his
sister, Jessie, 6, are seriously ill.
Funeral services will be held from
the Heafey & Heafey chapel at 2
Thursday afternoon. Burial will be
in West Lawn cemetery.
Premium Lists for
Boone Fair Issued
Entries Indicate Exhibits of
Livestock Will Surpass
Records.
Albion, Neb., Aug. Premium
lists for tho 40th annual Boone county
fair have been Issued. The dates for
the 1924 fair are September IB to 19,
inclusive. Records of the state asso
ciation show that Boone county fair
is the largest county fair In the state
In the amount of premiums paid and
In attendance. Premiums have al
ways been paid In full.
Arrangements for this year’s fair
are on a more liberal scale than ever
before. Entries have been coming In
to the secretary for some time and
every Indication Is that the showing
of livestock of all kinds will be geater
than ever. A larger amount than
ever before Is being expended for
entertainment and free attractlona
Good strings of running and harness
horses are assured. There will be a
baseball game every day and a foot
ball game on the first and last days.
A half dozen troupes of entertainers
will give free performances before the
grandstand every day. These enter
tainers are the same as appear at the
state fair at Lincoln. Each evening
will be staged a gorgeous musical
revue consisting of music an antics
of an aggregation of dainty, dancing
dollies and gorgeous girlie girls.
A. W. Lamb of Albion Is the fair
secretary.
Ponzi Released
! From Jail Cell
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t “Finance Wizard” Now Fears
| Charges Brought in
State Courts.
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Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 6.—Charles
Ponzi, his term as a federal prisoner
ended, left the Plymouth jail today.
Accompanied by a deputy sheriff he
went to Boston to try to arrange for
the furnishing of $14,000 bail required
of him on charges brought In the
state courts in connection with his
financial schemes.
Four years ago Ponzi attracted the
attention of the whole country by his
offer to pay huge Interest on short
term Investments In his securities ex
change company of Boston, which
purported to operate a plan of deal
ing In International postal reply
coupons and to be making great
profits through the depreciation in
foreign exchange. Thousands of
persons entrusted millions to him and
many of them rereived the promised
profits.
Finally the authorities stepped in
and closed up the business. Ponzi
was convicted In the federal court on
charges of using the mails in a
scheme to defraud, the testimony in
dicating that the postal coupon
scheme hnd not been operated aa
represented. Ponzl's company went
into the hands of receivers, his
palatial home In Lexington was sold
for the benefit of creditors and he
was sentenced to Jail for five years.
With the usual remittance for good
behavior this term expired today.
Over 2,000 Attend Elk Horn
Sunday School Convention
Atlantic, la., Aug. 6.—Over 2,000
persons attended the Joint Sunday
school convention at Elk Horn. Dan
ish Lutheran congregations of Atlan
tic, Harlan, Audubon, Ebenezer, Ex
ira, Bethania and Jacksonville were
well represented. Elk Horn is the
center of the largest Danish settle
ment In the United States.
SUSPECTED .DEATH
BY POISON PROBED
By Associated Press.
Lincoln, Aug. 8.—Officers of the
chemical department of the Univer
' slty of Nebraska here are examining
the stomach of Mrs. Anton Soukoup,
Page, Neb., for traces of poisoning
that may have led to death from
other than natural causes. No re
port will be made by that department
from here, according to Dr. J. C.
Frankforter, one of the professors of
the department.
Dr. Frankforter said today that he
would report the analysis back to
County Attorney Cronin of Holt coun
ty at O’Neill, Neb. Mrs. Soukoup
died several days ago under circum
stances that aroused suspicion on
the part of Holt county officials.
Motorist Falls
20 Feet in Car
Des Moines Salesman Escapes
Death as Bridge Approach
Gives Way.
C. J. Lukens, Des Moines salesman,
narrowly escaped death Wednesday
morning when his car dropped 20
feet through the temporary approach
to the bridge over Mosquito creek,
six miles out of Council Bluffs, on
the road to Weston, la. The machine
landed right side up at the edge of
the stream.
Lukens was bruised and suffered a
sprained leg. He was brought back
to Council Bluffs. He Is resting in
his room at the Grand hotel.
Lukens was motoring to Weston
with his wife. Both left the car and
inspected the approach before at
tempting to cross. Lukens said. Mrs.
Lukens walked across while he drove
the car.
The approach Is believed to have
been weakened by recent rains. The
county board of supervisors has an
nounced It will investigate the
bridge.
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
_/
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
If you've no quarrel, never fight;
•Tie foolish and 'tie never right.
—Peter Kabblt.
Peter Rabbit’s Queer Find.
Peter Rabbit, having nothing better
to do, had gone up to the Old Posture
to nee what he could find. For
awhile he wandered about aimlessly,
without finding anything of particu
lar interest. Then, as he was passing
a big bramble tangle, he was startled
by a loud, angry thump. He knew
It was an angry thump, because he
had often thumped In Just that way
when he was angry. Peter didn't
have to guess who was thumping. He
knew. It was Old Jed Thumper, the
gray old Rabbit, who has lived so
long in the Old Pasture that he thinks
It belongs to him.
Peter knew what that angry thump
meant. It meant fight or get out.
Peter was tempted to stop and fight.
He wasn’t afraid of old Jed Thumper.
There had been a time when he was
afraid, hut now he was so big and
strong that he wasn’t afraid. So he
was tempted to thump back Just as
angrily. If he did he would have to
stay and fight. He was Just making
ready to thump when he changed his
mind.
"What's the use?" thought Peter.
"There Is nothing for me to fight
about. Old Jed Thumper probably
feels Just as I would If he should
come down to the dear Old Briar
patch. All he wants Is to drive me
away. I'll let him think he has done
It. It will make him feel good, anl
It won't do any harm.”
So Instead of sending back on an
swering. angry thump, Peter took to
his long legs and away hs went, llp
perty-llpperty-llp. He looked back to
see If Old Jed Thumper was follow
ing. But Old Jud Thumper wasn’t,
and so presently Peter hopped along
more slowly. It was Just at the be
ginning of dusk. The first of the
Black Shadows were Just beginning
to creep out from the Purple Hills.
It was very quiet and peaceful. Peter
sat down close to a big. flat rock.
For a long time he sat there. Just
resting and listening to the sweet
evening song of Melody the Wood
Thrush. It came to him softened by
the distance from the Green Forest
and was like a fairy, silver bell. At
last ho began to think of moving on
t
i
"They are not pebble* at all!” he
exclaimed.
It was then that he chanced to turn
his head and look across the top of
the big, flat rock beside which he was
sitting. Right on the middle of It
were what he at first took to be two
odd shaped, smooth pebblea. Then he
noticed that they were Just alike and
were lying side by side.
"Those are funny looking pebbles,”
thought Peter, and hopped on the big
rock to have a closer look at them.
Then his ears stood up straight and
his eyes opened wide In surprise.
"They are not pebbles at all!” he ex
claimed. “They are eggs! Yes. sir,
they are eggs, or I dont' know an
egg when I see It.”
They were eggs. They were dull
white, covered with little fine specks
of grayish-brown. Rut there was no
nest. They were resting right on the
bare rock. There wasn't even a leaf
or a spear of grass under them. Pet
er stared all around. It was a queer
find. Yes, sir, it certainly was a queer
find. How did It happen that two
eggs were lying there side by side
right out on a bare rock? Peter
couldn't understand it ait all. The
only way to account for them that
he could think of was that Farmer
Brown's Boy had taken them from a
nest somewhere and had put them
down on that rock and then forgot
ten them But It wasn’t like Farmer
Brown'* Boy to take eggs from a
nest. Peter scratched a long ear with
a long hind foot, and wondered and
wondered.
Copyright, 1924.
The next story: "Peter’s second
Surprise.”
Bemis Children
Help Milk Fund
Gifts Received From Ash
land, Hamburg, and Mis
souri Valley.
Have you $1 or $5?
You may spend it for something.
In that event it will Just be "gone.”
You may give it to the Free Milk
and Ice Fund. In that event it may
save a poor boby’s life. That life
may do untold good for many years
in the world. And yours will be the
credit. And yours will be the reward
in blessings coming in a "mysterious
way.”
Scores of babes and small children
in Omaha’s poorest so-called homes
are dependent for their supply of
milk during the heat of summer upof)
this fund.
The money now on hand is Just a
“jump" ahead of the milkmen and
more Is urgently needed.
Will you help these babies? And
incidentally, depend upon it , help
yourself:
Already acknowledged . $942.21
R. 19, P 1.00
\ J. . Ml
No Name, Missouri Valley, la 2.a:
A Friend 2.0,1
MU* Kthfl fiilmore. Missouri Val
ley, Is . t.00
T,. 'hoedt, Hamburg, la 10.On
It.-mis Park Children 1.25
Mrs. Alice M. froodfellow. Ashland,
Neb 2.00
tieorge H. Thummel . 5.00
Total . $92 4.9S
A check or cash, sent or brought
to "Free Milk and Ice Fund, care of
The Bee,” will be acknowledged with
thanks.
Be* Want Ads produce results.
ADVERTISEMENT. 0
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A Guaranteed Skin Remedy
“For years 1 have been troubled
with eczema on my chin and cheeks.
Then I heard about Mercirex
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looking as a baby’s. From a skeptic,
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most marvelous of skin remedies.”
That’s the way they write ua
about Mercirex. Enthusiastic let
ters, every one of them. For Mer
cirex has healed and cleared casea
of eczema, pimples, blackheads, etc.,
that were considered hopeless. It
can do the same for you.
We know it can. We gave Mer
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asked physicians in our own state to
try it on their worst cases of eczema
and other skin troubles. Without
a single exception, Mercirex healed
and cleared the trouble to the
entire satisfaction of all.
When you use Mercirex Cream,
you do not take a single chance.
Mercirex is guaranteed to help you
or you get your money back.
Don’t confuse pleasant Mercirex
with the usual dark, greasy, messy
surface ointment of the patent
medicine type. Mercirex is a pro
fessional product of an entirely new
preparation. It penetrates through
the outside skin and acts on the true
* skin underneath, where the trouble
really is. It vanishes and leaves
no embarrassing traces to embar
rass and annoy. It will not stain
or soil the most delicate apparel.
It matches the skin in color, and
has just a faint fragrance that
women will like.
Begin the use of guaranteed
Mercirex to-day. At your drug
gist's—only 75 cents. Write for
free book on the care of the skin.
The L. D. Caulk Co., Milford. Del.
Special package of Mercirex Cream
and Soap, value $1.55, for $1.25.
/$<Ww/yy.— "Canada Dry” the Champagne ot anger Ales, at _
fIMid Summer
Toilet
Goods
Sale
Starts Thursday
I Some of the fc awing
article* we have only
limited quantities,
price* quoted are for
three day*, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday,
£ or as long as quantities
i? laet.
jj $1.75 A m b r e Royal
\ !£'.p"'.... 98c
5 $1.00 Piver’s CQf»
/ Face Powder 027 C
^ 50c Woodbury's Face
| Powder OP *
4L 50c* Pompeian OQ
G" Creams . 0*7C
60c Pond's y4A
n Creams . 4UC
$1.00 Milkweed /»Q
JC Cream . 0*7 C
© $1.00 Krank's Lemon
1 ST*.69c
© 85c Daggett & Rams
dell's Cream nP
for . OOC
® 25c Pond's IQ*
«o Cream, tube.. JL27C
50c Luxor Face OC«
^5 Creams. OOC
i* lac Amaml | A
^ Shampoo .... 1UC
~ 50c Dew "Deo- «"»£ —
2“ dorant” . OOC
^ 25c Princess Pat Face
; STder. 15c
5; 50c Princess Pat Skin
Cleanser OP
© tor. OOC
g 75c Luxurla EQ
~ Cream . %J*s
$1.25 Hughes Hair
t ST?. 69c
•© , 51.20 Hays QA.
7" ! Hair Health 027 C
» 25c Sodlphene in*
, .or . iyc
£ i 35c Silver no,
; Polish . ZZC
■ft 50c Non Spi Ol
"Deodorant".. OIC
§ 25c Llaterine "|
3* 50c Listerine 30
© 35c Energine OE*
^3 for. ZOC
25c Jergen's IF
Talcum . IOC
, i 25c Lavoris * E **
( 1 for. 1 OC
50c Palm Olive aq
Shampoo_ a2/C
< 1 50c Horlick's on
P Malted Milk.. 027C
j Sr00™.01.. 69c
<r 75c Milk Mag- oq
( * nesia . 027 C
$1.00 Norcohol, a rub
bing alcohol 30 £
< * 10c Creme Oil E —
Soap. OC
10c Caetlle Soap E
, for . OC
< * $1.50 Handy Lunch
, r.$1.00
, 10c Jergen’s Toilet
I ' Soap E
for . OC
50c Squlbb’e OP
** ( i Tooth Paste.. OOC
I * 50c Pebeco Qi
Toothpaste.. OIC
50c Pepsodent OP
, ' Tooth Paste.. OOC
I 1 35c Colgate OQ
Shaving Soap. db27C
20,000 Yards of
Wash Goods
On Sale Starting Thursday
Main Floor
A Grand Clean-Up
Tha cleaning-up
time le at hand and
in thia eale we
have grouped about
10 different eum
mer linea of waeh
material, 30 to 40
Inchee wide, prices
were 39o to 75c.
Wash Goods Worth Up to 75c Yard
Pants, Pants, Pants!
Thousands of Pairs on Sale This Week.
Your Well-Known
Choice Makes
p«“ °r *« “>*■ "«*
stripe patterns, panta thU great sale of men's
'• match „p jour auit; SSST^^fiTUal
good all-wool materials wonderful values are of
in every size waist and f"*d wl?en the™.
, J ... . .. the selections are so
length, positively (lie broad you can select Just
best values we have of- the material and style you
fered in many months. “Store for Men" want In your own size. j
500 Dozen
SHEETS
On Sale Starting Thursday
Main Floor
Rooming Houses, Hotels, Homes, Act!
The big sale of the year
when we offer all the na
tionally known brands as
Pequot, Utica, Dwight An
chor, Pepperell, Empire,
Mohawk, at one price. All
sizes, the standards, for
double or three-quarter
beds
Sheets That Are Worth to $2.25
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A Stupendous Purchase of Shoes !|
15,000 Pairs Women’s and Girls’ Pumps and Oxfords in Big 3 Day Sale |
. — . u. ... — — ■ atiAunzrMWUVtW ^W'.' ■"'
. , n nrm ■ ■ .Mill llli it tmtmmmiii xiuitAUt ■*■ Uis»mi
Unrestricted '***'“- High - Grade
Choice Shoes!'
There are thousands of pairs of shoes for The public demands good shoes at a low ^
women and children, every new model, every price from Hayden Bros. This purchase was
popular color and the best of materials; decidedly fortunate and includes an entire
there are shoes for dress or street wear, floor stock of a prominent maker who re
shoes for sport wear, school shoes of the quested the name withheld on account of
substantial kind, shoes for the miss or ma- Everv Sale Final the ridiculous prices they were obtained at. . ■
tron, in the very style and kind you have ^ y ^ It’s a chance of years to buy such high |L
been wanting at less than half of the former Lavaways grade, up-to-the minute shoes at such a low
prices. _ 7 J Price- __ J .
You CanBuy High-Grade Shoes Less than Price of Half Soles
Extra Sale Space—Extra Cashiers - Buy Enough Shoes to Last for the
Extra Salespeople to Serve You. Next Year. jj
"Canada Dr g," the Ckamnaanc of Ginger Ales,at Hag den'8 wnfl^w V>
Grocery ]
and f
Market <i
Sales
for
*
Thursday
Iv.
Hayden’s Extra Spe
cial Coffee . . 32C
TEA
Fancy English Break- ;
fast Tea ..... oOC
Our Own Biend for c >
Iced Tea.30c \
Breakfast Cocoa— 23
4 for ....-2oC 5
>C
*
Groceries ^
3 Cans Danish Milk—
(3 cans to cus- 5*
tomer) .23C ^
6 pkgs. Macaroni or
Spaghetti.25C *5
Flat Salmon, *? -lb can.
10c; doi. si.15 >
10 Bars Electric _
Spark Soap 35c
8 Cans Sunbrite a
Cleaner.35c H
4 lbs. No. 1 Navy "2
Beans. 25c ‘>5
No. 10 Apples, Solid
Pack . 35c c
D. H. Flour. . 81.93
Omar Flour . 82.05 £* ^
Fresh Fruits >
Fancy Freestone
Peaches, bu., 81.SO
Fancy Sunkist Oranges »
—do*. . . .12c S2
Thompson Seedless ^
Raisins, 3 lbs., 29c a
Fancy Fop Corn— a,
per lb.5c 5
Cooking Apples—Bu. ae'
basket.9SC * ►
Sweet Corn—Fer I
dozen ... -15* I f
- T
Market
Specials | ►
Choice Steer Shoulder
Steak, lb.16C
Choice Fork Chops, I
Fer lb.25c
Fresh Hog Hearts. I *
Sugar Cured Back Ba
con. lb. .... 154c
Morrell Sliced Bacon. . »
Pfr Ib. 35c - ’
Fresh Made Liver 1
s*l,*"»re .15c
Guarantee.! Fresh * «
Country Eggs, 25c
b attev T,.b Ct i
Butter, lb. . 37^.
Fancy Country Butter
P*r .' 30c
Silver or Anchor Nut *
Oleomargarine, 21c
Fancy Wise, Brick
Cheese, for 22'tc
