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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1924)
w Hicrli Corn Pri< TS r Can t Continue, i Asserts Expert! — Market for Wheat and Rve Will Probably Improve. j Declares J. P. Griffin. "The public mind ha*s become in flamed repardlnpr the price of corn because of fanciful conclusions and deductions by crop exports,” said J. P. Orlffln, president of the Chicago Board of Trade during the war and member of J. S. Bache company, in Omaha Thursday. In a statement given out Thursday, Mr. Griffin declared that the coun try raised more feed grain, hay and forage than can possibly be con sumed within the present crop year. Griffin’s statement in full fololws: For ttcvt-rnl years there has been sn overabundance of bread grain and an • insufficient supply of fe&d grains. This situation has now reversed itself and the world today in short of foodstuffs, but In my opinion hss raised, more feed grain, hay and forage crop* than can be possibly consumed within the present crop year. “There appears to be great probability of higher levels eventually in wheat and ' ye. particularly if there are any un favorable developments in the growing crons south of the equator. “This situation, however, la no proper basis for being bullish on corn or oats. the conditions pertaining to these grains is just the reverse of that which obtains in wheat. As to corn, T am firm ly convinced there is no Justification whatever for present values. The public rmind ha* become inflamed because of fanciful conclusions and deductions by crop ‘experls’. The reports of these ex perts assume the aspect of bullish mar ket opinions rather than compilation of crop data. “Until very recently there xvss un doubted Justification for belief that a considerable percentage of this belated col’n crop would never mature. Except for a limited areu. aubjected to the slight frost visitation several weeks ago. that fear has now been dispelled. Summer weather late In September and through out October thus far has achieved the se.-mingly Impossible and in my judgment t lie great bulk of this corn crop will mature Any damage from frost past or prospective will rp^an impairment of quality, but not a reduced quantity. “The wet weather which has delayed the harveat of small grain throughout the world has resulted in the finest pas turage and perhaps the greatest hay and forage crop ever known The supply of begs and cattle in feed lots will show a tremendous cut compared to last year. I doubt if there is a single substantial consuming Interest in this country that can use corn profitable at anything like present prices. “There has been no free movement of corn on thiR entire, crop excepting the run of last winter and the reserve of old corn must, be surprisingly large. The next government report is almost cer tain to show a substantial increase in the estimated production. With prac tically a record crop of oat.*, pasturage, bay roughage and other foodstuffs and with a much reduced demand. It seems to me impossible that com con tinue to sell at its present exalted lev-el. If the war period to be excepted, present prices probably have no precedent. Care ful study of the situation leada me to the conclusions that the price of corn can not possibly be maintained above $1 per CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES AT FREMONT Fremont, Oct. 16.—Robert H. Mc Cann, 79, civil war veteran, died at his home following a paralytic stroke that came as climax of two years of illness. Mr. McCann was a member of McPherson post, G. A. R. He moved to Nebraska from New York five years ago and lived here until . his death. His widow; three sons, P. R. McCann of Omaha, William of Cedar Rluffs and Philip of Fremont, and one daughter, Mrs. Anna Olson of Fremont, survive. York School Head Gives Schoolmasters’ Club Talk York, Oct. 1(5.—Prof. W. G. Brooks, superintendent of York schools and president of the Nebraska Teachers’ association, district one, was the speaker at the meeting of the School ‘ magter's club at Hebron October 11. This dub is an association of school men iff south central Nebraska. There are about 60 members. Fireplace Furnishings I Andirons Fire Sets ^ Screens Basket Grates It costs very little to equip your fireplace for use and to make It a truly decorative feature of your living room. Let us show you. Sunderland Bros. Co. Sunderland Building 15th and Harney. Relieve f* hew colds A a with uitiMptie W (menthoutumJ V Apply to your nostrils^ tonight AI» V KKTIS K.MKNT. SECRET OF HAPPINESS The greatest menace on earth to happiness Is the. ill health with which so ninny women are afflicted. The young woman Is subject to peln and Irregularities, the mother to the tor tures of displacements with conse quent pains, aches and nervousness— the middle-aged woman to the uncom fortable conditions caused by this critical age. The one remedy to con rtrol these conditions and restore the system to a normal healthy condition la Lydia E. I’lnkhanVs Vegetable Compound, which for 50 years has been restoring sick and ailing women to health and happiness. ! MISSING WOMAN j FOUND IN HAYLOFT Hubbeil. Oct. 16.—Mrs. Gladys Waggoner, 28, wife of Henry Wag goner, fanner living between Hubbeil and Gilead, was discovered late Wed nesday afternocfn, half famished and exhausted, hidden under hay in the loft of the barn on the farm, where she had apparently crawled under 12 hours previously in a demented condition. The discovery come nfter a day of excitement and feverish searching in which many town people in autos from Hubbeil and Gilead, and the whole countryside, had joined, fear ing self-destruction. The young woman, mother of a 3-month-old baby and another child about 2 years old, had left the farm home recently on account of an al leged disagreement with the husband, and had come to Hubbeil to live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bauer, old settlers here, and the husbund had remained to look nfter the farm work. The woman had been ill practically since the birth of the baby and was subject to spells of dementia. FREMONT THIRD CITY IN TRAFFIC Fremont, Oct. 16.—Fremont Is the third city in amount of traffic that passes .through on Its highways, ac cording to a chart received from the state highway department by Secre tary George Woof the Chamber of Commerce. More traffic passes through Fremont than any other town In the state except Omaha and Lincoln, the state survey shows. The Lincoln highway proved most popular by a small margin over the Cornhusker route. Cars numbering 1,693 traversed the Lincoln highway, while 1,676 vehicles used the Corn husker route. These figures are the average struck in the week of traffic checking made some time ago. Between 11 and 12 In the morning and 7 and 8 in the evening proved to be most popular hours for heavy traf fic. One of the surprising features of the week's check showed that over 600 horse-drawn vehicles drove in and out of Fremont over the various high ways. Slock Shipments Heavy. Callaway, Oct. 16.—Stock ship ments on the Callaway branch of the Union Pacific have become so large special trains are run. OMAHA To Better Serve Humanity Chiropractic Adds Life to Years and I Years to Life See Omaha Atlas Club An- j nouncement in Sunday Bee Hamilton Countv V alues Increase _ Sales Made liy Aurora Banker in Last Six Months Aver age $118 an Acre. Aurora, Oct. 16.—Fred Durr, vice president of the (liltner State hank, sold during the past six months real estate aggregating in value $200,000. The deals have all been made after banking hours and at night. Some land sold in Hamilton county during the recent depression went below the prewar value. However, only those land owners who were pinched by the depression sold at less than prewar prices. This year the good crops in Hamilton county and the high prices received for the crops have given an Impetus to land sales which promises much higher value In the near future. Many farmers are receiving this year a gross return of from $5,000 to $7,000 per quarter sec tion In Hamilton county. Free! Durr's sales of land during the past six months are as follows: <\ R. Garrett to E. G. Scott, 42 acre* at $157.60 an acre. Elmer Gamut to Guy Moore. 160 acres at $130 hn acre. \V. Luthy to JO. .F. McConaughey, 160 acres at $128.75 an acre W. Turner to Lewis Mihm. 80 acres at $105 an acre A. N. Tucker to Lewis Mihm, 80 acres at $95 an acre. H K Heiser to N. Srhnell, 160 acres at $93.75 an acre. f A Leonhnnlt to M. Conway, 160 acres at $100 an acre. C S Brown to A. Leonhardt, 80 acres at $125 an acre. G. R. Hite to Lewis Mihm. 80 acres at $105 an acre. Herman Mersch to Henry Mersch, 80 acres at $123.75 an acre. Myrtle Myers to Joe Jewitt, 40 acres at $1 37 50 an acre. Kiite Dean to Myrtle Myers. 80 acres at $93.75 an acre. John R Conner to Herman Merach, 120 acres at $ 1 26.26 an acre Ed Chaney lo William Douglas^ 80 acres at $1 12 50 an acre. William Douglas to Ed Chaney. 80 acres at $150 an acre Humphrey estate to Steenhurg ft Ma hon. 160 lures at $115 an Here. Humphrey' estate to L. Stallman, 40 acres at $105 an acre The average price of this land was approximately $118 per acre. The story of the sales made In this county by one dealer indirn%s the re turn which Hamilton county Is mak ing to better times. Undoubtedly at the present time little land can lie purchased in Hamilton county for less than prewar price, and If the feeling of prospective buyers keeps on for the next six months Hamilton county will he fully up to the pre war prices a sfar as real estate Is concerned. Burgess Bedtime Stories ■. .. </ By THORNTON W. BURGESS. It nay* little to be greatly. Anti even less to be too Hpeedy. —Hooty the Owl. Hooty Losses His Appietite. It seldom pays to do a thing with out seeing exactly what you are do ing. Hooty the Owl found that out when ho struck at something he saw moving behind an old log. He had hooted ns only he can to frighten \V hltefoot the Wood Mouse, so that he would move and rustle the leaves under which he was hid lng. Hooty’s wonderful ears had heard leaves rustle hack of the old stump, and Instantly Ills great, silent wings had carried him over there. His wonderful great eyes had seen some thing move and he had struck with out waiting to see just what that moving thing was. He hadn't the least doubt that it was Whitefoot the Wood Mouse. In less than a second later he had discovered that he had made a mis take, a dreadful mistake. It was one of the worst mistakes Hooty ever had made. If Hooty had startled cer tain little people In the Green Forest by his hooting he startled them still more now. He didn't hoot, but he did hiss and snap his bill and beat his hlg wings to get him away from (here as quickly as possible! Straight to the top of'the old stump from1 . which he had come he flew, and there he stood on one foot and held up the other to look at it. Sticking in it were half a dozen little spears, the little spears of prickly Porky the Porcupine. And, oh, how that foot did smart and ache! What had happened was this: Whet} Hooty had hooted to startle Whitefoot tiie Wood Mouse he had Sticking in it «crr,Jialf a dozen little spears. startled Prickly Porky, who, un known to Hooty, had been sitting behind an old log, trying to make up his mind which tree he would dine in that night. Prickly Porky was startled, but not frightened. He had no fear of Hooty the Owl. It was the suddenness of that hoot that had startled him. It h^d made him move, and in doing this he had rust led the leaves. By the time Hooty was over there Prickly Porky had de cided to move on. The moving thing which Hooty had caught a glimpse of was the epd of Prickly Porky's tail dis appearing around the end of the log. If Hooty really had seen what it was nothing in all the Great World would have tempted him to strike at it. But he was so sure that White foot. the Wood Mouse was there and go afraid that Whitefoot would again escape that he had struck in stuntly and hurd. My, my, tny, how those little spears did make that foot smart and ache! Hooty knew what he must do. He knew that he must pull them out. Standing on one foot, he held the other up and with his bill got hold of one of those little spears and jerked it out. It hurt. The pain made him hiss and snap his bill. How he did hate to pull another out! But it had to be done. He couldn't put his foot down with those little spears In it. So, hissing and snapping his hill between times, he pulled those little spears out, until only one re mained. That one he couldn't get out. It broke off. That meant he would have a sore foot for some time. By this time Hooty had forgotten that he was hungry. He had lost his ap petite. Yes, sir, he had lost his appe tite. (Copyright. 1 924 ) The next story: “Whitefoot Thanks Prickly Porky. Farm Bureau Case Heard at Aurora Court Reserves Decision on Submission of Question to Voters. Aurora, Oct. 16.—The suit brought by the Hamilton county farm bureau against the county commissioners for an injunction to prevent the submis sion of the farm bureau question to the voters in November was heard before Judge Hafltings Tuesday. Court reserved decision until next week. Judge Hastings announced that the supreme court will hear the Furnas county case next Monday, which in volves one of the questions in the Hamilton county case, and he antici pated an early decision. In the Fur nns county case Judge Eldred Held that farmers' wives arc proper sign ers of petition or remonstrance under the farm bureau law. In the Hamilton county case, It was alleged that the remonstrance had been filed two days too late. The law requires the filing of remonstrance within 20 days. The original petition was filed August 30, but on Septem ber 1 another petition containing five names, was filed. Judge Hastings held that this brought the entire filing up to September 1, and the filing of the petition September 20 was within time. Another question raised by the farm bureau was that the county clerk has not published the notice of election for the statutory period. Ilia first publication was on October 9. The law seems to require Its publication 2^ days before election. The bureau filed a petition with 549 signers and the remonstrance had the names of 687, hut 216 of the lat ter were farmers' wives. THE NEW S-W-E-A-T-E-R-S Now On Sale 2.98 4.98 up to 12.50 F. W. Thorne Co. 1812 Farnam Digestible—No Cooking. A Light Lunch Avoid l^'ltalionp • Substitute? TIh© Kmalb© amid I Packard (Glraimds^KBr ! The World’s Finest Conceded by authorities as the finest instruments of the world’s master craftsmen. Instruments that pass from generation to generation giving joy and pride of ownership long after the pur chase price has faded from mem ory. You buy a Grand but once —consider carefully before you make your decision. The Brinkerhoff Quality Uprights and Players— beautiful instruments that you should see and hear now. Priced up from $395. MICKECS ^ 15th and Harney AT. 4361 The Brandeis Store 1 jier a Thorough Investigation of Its Merits He lake Pleasure in Announcing Our Appointment as Omaha Agents for ' The Grand Prize EDREKV Without the slighest obligation or a penny’s cost, you can enjoy a quick and easy Fall housecleaning. Use the Grand Prize Eureka Vacuum Cleaner and escape work and the needless expense of outside help. I This Offer Good Only to Oct. 25 If you will write, call or phone the Brandeis store, we will immediately deliver to your door a Grand Prize Eureka. We won’t expect a penny. Use it freely. Give your rugs a deep u GeU lh* D,rt thorough cleaning. Slip on the marvelous at tachments and clean your upholstery, renovate your mattress and freshen up your drapes and hangings. 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