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.
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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
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Chiropractic
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and
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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.
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