Farmers Now
j 1 Have No Outlet
V ^ for Live Poultry
Embargo of Both Coast? Para
lyzes "Wymore Produce
l Market—Chickens Are
Quoted at 10 Centg.
Wymore, Dec 17.—The drastic em
bargo of both coasts on live poultry
shipments has paralyzed the local prod
uce market. Scarcely & per cent
of the usual volume of business is
being carried on here. Docal prices
ore quoted at 10 cents on chickens,
and dealears are not encouraging
sales, because they have no means of
disposing of tiie birds, except to
h cal consumers, and no facilities for
grazing or feeding and holding them.
A few farmers are bringing in small
consignments of chickens and ducks
which they sell rather than return
home with them.
According to farmers in the wealthy
Welsh district south of Wymore,
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and covering a wide range of south
ern Gage county, the embargo will
have the effect of keeping all poultry
at homo on the farms, but nearly
85 per cent of the farmers who rear
ed large flocks for holiday trade have
already disposed of their surplus.
There is no disease reported and no
great loss to any one In this vicinity
is anticipated, but an effect on trade
and business will be felt. Some small
losses will occur.
No carloads of poultry have been
shipped from Wymore, nor passed
through the railway yards .here for
four days, when ordinarily two and
three carloads daily pass. There is
trucking by auto to Beatrice and
Fairbury where, it Is said cold stop
age has started.
Eight Cents Wilber Bids.
Wilber, Dec. 17.—Little poultry is
being turned at the local market,
dealers bidding only 8 ranis ,here,
claiming that there is no ounook for
the chickens on account of restric
tions on shipping to eastern and west
ern markets. Several big raisers are
holding 85 per cent of their crops of
poultry for a market. Fifteen per
cent is estimated to have been ship
ped previously. A small amount is
being trucked to Beatrice and Crete.
One farmer came here with a truck
load from Western, and hauled on
to Crete, where 10 cents was bid in
stead of soiling here" for 8. Ed.
Savage, farmer south*of Wilber, lost
26 geese and 30 chickens last week,
but the affliction was said to be a
disease of the lungs. It is not spread
ing, and no other losses have been
reported recently.
Order* for Cars Canceled
Falls City, Dec. 17.—The James
Poultry company, of this city, deal
ers in ail kinds of live poultry at
several stations In southeastern Ne
braska, as far north as Lincoln, and
west to Wymore, has canceled orders
for all live poultry cars they had
placed with railway companies. They
are discouraging farmers from sell- |
ing their chickens, but will take small
shipments for local consumption and
were bidding 8 and 10 cents Mon
day. The company generally ships an
average of three carloads daily.
Odell, Dee. 17.—More chickens,
ducks and geese are held back in
this vicinity by the poultry embargo
than in other localities, The farmers
here, principally- Bohemians and Ger
mans. raise large flocks annually and
hold for maximum price*. It Is esti
mated 60 per cent will now be held.
The local dealers are out of business
for the present. There is no disease
reported here.
Endicoot, Dec. 17.— Ten rents Is
blS for live poultry here, and the
stores are only taking enough to sup
ply local consumption, advising farm
er* to hold their stocks. A small
Binount is being trucked to Fairbury.
No d^ease is reported here.
Beatrice Decorate?.
Beatrice, Sept. 17.—Small Christ
mas trees along the streets in the
business part of the city are being
decorated by the business men in
keeping with the Christmas season.
There will be a community Christmas
tree in Charles park on the evening
of December 22.
1150 Hogs Die in
$11,000 Fire at
Hopkins Farm
Fire Razes Model Shelter on
Million Dollar Plant Near
Bluffs; Swine Ter
ror-Stricken.
Fire, believed to have originated li]
a defective flue, raxed a bog house
on the mtlllon-dollar Berne Hopkins
hog farm, 12 miles south of Council
Bluffs, Tuesday and caused damage
estimated at $11,000.
More than 150 thoroughbred hogs
were burned to death In the tire. The
animals were driven from the burn
ing structure, but, terror-stricken be
cause of the fire, they rushed back
Inside.
The hog house was one of two
which were recently completed. They
are said to be the most modern hog
houses in southwestern Iowa.
Hopkins had equipped his hog farm
as modernly as possible. This fact
alone saved the second house from
destruction.
A water system with a fair pres
sure made it possible to turn water
from garden hose on the second build
ing, although the water was insuffi
cient to stop the flames In the first
building.
Besides the stock which was lost,
the building contained the farm
offices. These were destroyed and
with them many farm records.
Hopkins declared the hogs which
were lost were valued at $3,000,
HOLDREGE AWARDS
PAVING CONTRACTS
Holdrege. Dec. 17.—Contract for
paving 4X blocks In the city of Hold
rege during the next year was award
ed by the city council to the Roberts
Construction company of I.lncoln.
Specifications call for a six inch con
crete pavement on all of fihe streets.
Fast and west avenues are to be
paved 60 feet wide with an inside
parking space of 20 feet. Grant street
and Fourth avenue west to the city
limits are to be paved thirty feet and
24 feet wide.
Contract for a new storm sewer
to be constructed In connection with
the paving was awarded to the same
firm. The paving bid was at $2
a square yard and the curb and gut
ter SS cents per running foot.
Work is to be started shortly aft
er the first of the year as the job
must be finished before October 1
next year. This calls for an expendi
ture of about $63,000 for paving in
Holdrege for the coming year.
Rofelty Speaks at Beatriee.
Beatrice, Dec. 17.—District Gov
ernor Rofelty of Sioux Falls, S. I).,
was the truest of honor and principal
speaker at the weekly meeting of the!
Rotary dub here today. I
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
s. — - ... s
By THORNTON \V. BURGESS.
Who heeds the prompting: of hi" heart
From mercy's way will ne'er depart.
•—Old Mother Nature.
I.ightfnot and the Hunter
It was a clever hunter who was
after J.lghtfoot the Deer. Yes, sir,
that hunter was clever. He knew how
to move through the Green Forest
without making a sound. Never once
did he put a foot down until he was
sure that there was no dry twig be
neath to snap. He moved slowly very
slowly. He felt there was no hurry. He
‘‘I guess I don’t want to shoot him,”
the hunter muttered with a
little sigh.
felt quite sure that he had guessed the
trick that Lightfoot had played and
that he would find Lightfoot In the
very same hiding place from which
he had been frightened. So he stole
forward with the greatest care and
not a leaf rustled..
Meanwhile Lightfoot was back In
his old hiding place in the middle
of a thicket of young hemlock trees.
He was lying down. He was very well
pleased with himself. He was sure
that he had fooled that hunter. But
this sureness didn't maks him any
the less watchful. Kvery Merry Little
Breeze that came his way he care
fully tested for the dreaded man
licent. Not for an instant did he fall
to keep his ears wide open for sttspic
lous sounds. But the Merry Little
Breezes brought him no man scent
and his wonderful ears caught no
suspicious sounds.
Hor a long time Lightfoot lay
there, feeling safe and with out wor
ry. But at last, without a reason
that he knew of, a feeling of uneast
ness stole over him. It was Just a
feeling, but he couldn't get rid of it
It was a feeling that something was
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wrong, that danger was very close.
Moment by moment that feeling
grew. He had heard nothing and
smelled nothing to give him that
feeling. But it grew stronger and
stronger.
Silently Lightfoot got to his feet.
With his beautiful head thrown up
he stood motionless. He was filled
with the desire to run, to get away
from that place as fast as he could.
But he didn't' know in which direc
tion to run. Not knowing, he would
be as likely to run Into danger as
away from It. So wisely he remained
there motionless, but ready to leap
the Instant he should know where
the danger lay.
Now, • that the hunter had crept
to within shooting distance before
Mghtfoot brad risen to his feet. As
long as Lightfoot was lying down
the hunter couldn't see him. Hut
when Lightfoot got to his feet the
hunter saw him at once. It was the
chance he had been waiting for. It
w'as the chance for which he had pa
tiently been working ever since day
light. Still he didn’t shoot. In fact,
he almost forgot that he had a ter
rible gun. You see, Lightfoot looked
so handsome that that hunter just
had to keep still for a few moments
to admire him.
He could see Lightfoot's great
soft eyes, and in them he saw fear
and uncertainty grow and grow-. He
knew that Lightfoot knew' that he
was in danger, but lie didn’t know
Just where that danger was. And as
he watched a change came over that
hunter. Twice he started to lift his
terrible gun, hut each time some
thing stopped him. If Lightfoot had
been running that hunter would not
have hesitated a second to shoot.
But with Lightfoot standing there,
with not a chance in the world to
escape, he simply could not shoot.
What do you think that hunter
finally did? He snapped a dry twig
in his fingers. At the sound Lightfoot
looked and saw him. Terror filled
(hose beautiful eyes. Then with a
Beet Growers in
Nebraska to Get
Extra Payments
Great Western Sugar Co. Will
Distribute Bonus of $3,
000.000 in Three States
Under 1924 Contract.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 17.—An addi
tional payment of $1 a ton for sugar
beets delivered under t.he 1924 con
tract to growers In Colorado, Mon
tana and Nebraska, will be paid be
fore December 22, officials of the
(treat Western Kugur company an
nounced today. The aggregate pay
ments will total $3,000,000, distributed
by districts as follows:
Colorado, $1,930,000; Nebraska,
$722,000; Billings-Lovell (Montana),
$400,000.
This makes a total distribution to
date in the three states by the (treat
Western company of $20,000,000 for
the 1 924 crop.
The Initial payments amounted to
$5.25 a ton in Colorado and Nebraska
and to $6.00 per ton in the Montana
districts, where the sugar content was
higher.
The company maintains 10 fae
mighty leap LIghtfoot left the
thicket and bounded away.
"I guess i don't want to shoot
him,” the hunter muttered with a
sigh. "He is too beautiful to kill.”
And then that hunter started for
home, and somehow he felt strange
ly happy. He knew that he felt far
happier than he would have felt
had he killed Ughtfoot.
The next story: "Peter Rabbit
Finds a Queer Trail.”
"'TtvTK'x ,ov«'
torles In Colorado; four In Nebraska
and two In the Billings Kovell dis
trict.
States represented include Iowa,
Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, South
Dakota, California and Oklahoma.
Under the rates fixed by the inter
state commerce commission to take
effect March 1, express tariffs In the
mlddlewestern states west of tho
Mississippi, and those on the Pacific
slope, would be reduced 10 to 19 per
cent. In the zone beginning in west
ern Colorado and extending to a point
equal to the western boundary of
California, the tariffs would be re
duced 30 to 35 per cent. The order
of the commission had tho effect of
slightly increasing the rates east of
the Miss.ssippl.
>The meeting of commissioners will
be continued to discuss the method
by which they will unite In fighting
the Injunction.
Cold Stops Husking.
Beatrice, Dec. 17.—Owing to the
cold snap farmers have quit husking
corn until warmer weather prevails.
Most of the crop in Gage county has
been gathered and cribbed. Some
farmers are holding both this year's
and last year’s crops. The price 1$
from $1.04 to $1.06 a bushel. .
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January price* are available
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Sweater* and Blouie*
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The Gift We Treasure Through the Years
IJr Nothing more end 11 ling—nothing more use
yv fill or beautiful could be given than a gift
to the home—and nothing Is quite so treaa
™ ured and appreciated. Select your gifts heie
this year—permanent gifts that will stand
as symbols of the love and friendship that
prompted their giving.
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hundreds of “worth-while" Christmas
gift suggestions. Come in tomorrow—
look a round—select a real gift this year
~ a home gift—we’ll reserve jour selec
tion for jou and deliver it when you
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Enamel Decorated
Breakfast Suite
.7u»t the set for the breakfast room. .
The color, a beautiful gray enamel. Is S0f<
such a pleasant one, trimmed In blue
decoration. Consists of the aate-lea
table and 4 chairs Ulus- QQ OCT
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Coffee
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Something new — our
Imp ortation from
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rail; excellently built
and a delightful gift to
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12.50
Special!
inexpensive,
reel — but a
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choice of rich
gold or silver
finished wood.
Has loose sell
tray. Here's
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2,95
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