THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 190S.
Omahas
Greatest Sale
Ends Dcccmbor 24th
Will you in at the finish? Will you
le the greatest sala of its kind p4Ss
vou by unir ticed? Will vou willingly pay
your good, hard earned dollars to otners
for merchwndise that can be purchased
at this sale less than we own the goods
at wholesale .
Read On Perhaps You Will Change Your Mind and Buy Hen.
$22.50 tod $25
OVERCOATS
$9.98.
In plain and fan
cies, 4 and (0 Ids.
long.
$15 Overcoats
$4.98
A special value.
You will never set
another bargain like
thin.
WILL YOU BE IN
AT-
THE FINISH?
Everybody ' understands
why we are selling' tut.
We have been In Oma
ha since 18(3. We lost
our lease; property will
go to eastern parties.
Rather than to pack up
and ship the roods away
we are making UiU
grand sacrifice.
$25, $27.50 and $35
Suits $12.48
Strouse A Brothers
famous make. None
better made.
ill II S22.SD
Suits $8.98
A great opportuni
ty to buy a suit
cheaper than we own
it ourselves.
NOW OR NEVER -irs up to you."
$7.50 Trousers $2.98
Pure Astrakhan
yarn, gre a t e s t
value known
Goods alone worth
more.
$7.50 and $10 Boys' Long Pant Suits $2.93 to $3.48
$1.25 and $1.50 All Wool Unilinear 59c
$5, $5 and $7 Stetson Hits $2.98
$4 Patent Leather Shoes
$2.24
Unmatchablc BARGAINS
60c Ladles Under
wear, for 366
Boys' Knee Pants llo
60c Overalls .... 860
60c Work Shirts.. 5o
60n and 76c Working
Olovee 39o
Manhattan and Elgin
Shirts, large size
only, at 490
12 Working Pnr.ls,
for 11.39
$3.50 Men's Pants,
at taM
tbe Woven Sox., 18o
Boston Garters.. 140
75c heavy black Suteen
Bhirta 49o
$1.60 Lion Brand Stiff
and Soft blurts.. 8S0
$1 Soft Shirts, collars
attached 690
85c Syspenders .... 19o
26c Suspenders .... 14o
John B. Stetson 15.00,
$6.00 and $7.00 Hats,
for a.8
10c Handkerchiefs . ..3o
lOo blue and red hand
kerchiefs o
$2 Lambsdown Union
Suits .SJ1.19
$1 Union Suits, heavy
cotton 69o
$1 all wool fine Un
derwear 690
60c cotton fleeced
Underwear . . . 390
50c and 75c Silk Hand
kerchiefs . . . 860
$2 Worsted Sweater
Coats B80
$1 Blue Flannel SMrt
at 8o
LADIES' GOODS
U50 scar's 35 'rck;tt ,
All stylish long coats at less than half their former price.
come In tight fitting ana niii-iiinus.
135.00 Coats
$25.00 Coats
$15.00 Coats
$10.00 Coats
$12.98
99.98
88.48
94.98
ta nn Cnatm
$36.00 Furchner Coats ...
$50.00 Furchner Coats ....
$50.00 Near Seal Jackets..
$60.00 Astrakhan Jackets.
. f.1.95
934.75
913.60
They
93.79
914.98
919.98
924.60
937.48
f creed Out Of Dusinoss I s
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1316 FARM AM STREET.
LIVE STOCK DAY HUMS
(Continued from First Page.)
is dependent upon the live stock Industry,
for money used In the purchase of various
agricultural necessities and the Hvo stock
Industry is dependent upon the agricultural
products.
Foundation of Business.
"The farmer Is still the foundation of
business, and, llkr Atlas of old. Is holding
tbe world on his shoulders. In the recent
panics, when business was stagnated all
over the east, Nebraska bears the enviable
record of not one business failure. This
is almost wholly due to the fact that Ne
braska people arc more In a position to
pay their debts than any other one state
lit the union, becaure you have products
Ihst have a cash valuo. and you can take
them out at any time and sell them for cash.
We are all farmers in Nebraska, and we
ight to be good farmtrs. Our whole
foitune, ns a . state and as Individuals,
rests on agriculture. We are educated,
having tho lareest amount of educated
people, and the smallest amount of Illit
eracy, of any state In the union.
"Go through your shew here, look at
the perfect samples of corn, what. oats
and other grains. Yet what we think la
so exceptional here, In Great Britain la the
rule. Farm after farm will raise corn like
this and they make no ado about It.
"So I want to say to you, my friends,
whenever, as I said before, you see live
slock or grain from England you can take
it as a standard, and there Is no reason
why we should not bring live stock de
velopment to as high a point as .corn Is
being developed. We should develop farm
products along all lines, to the same point
to which corn has been brought and then
carried still farther. You think we have
such splendid cattle here. You should see
soma of England's cattle, and not prize
cattle, at that. On one farm In Scotland,
which, after all, is part of England, there
Is a gentleman who raises cattle, on a
small scale, and who on an occasion not
long opro sold nineteen calves for a sum
aggregating 40,0JO, which Is not bad, when
compared to the rrice received by western
cattlemen for thi-lr cattle. The only dif
ference Is that he has developed the kind
of cattle he raises, while they have not."
Chinese Business Man There.
L. T. K. Woo of KanKaw, China, and a
party of salesmen from the Chlneso hard
ware house of the Hanyang Steel works,
added to the cosmopolitan features of the
exposition during the morning. Mr. Woo
heard of the exposition In China and whon
making a trip to New York City decided
to stop In Omaha for the exposition. The
SPECIAL pi
my
CORN SHOW FOLKS: TOWN
rni VC, HiMTS FOR GIFT GIVING THAT
rULrxOiVYIlL SAVE YOU MONEY.
Suits, Overcoats and Rain
coatsSold up to $30, AT
Reasons: Small Lots,
Stocks Wish to Close
Vollmer's
EXPERT CLOTH IS FITTERS
107 SOUTH 16th STREET
Chines tros.nera men were greatly Inter
ested In the exposition and only regretted
that their sailing date tnado. It necessary
for them to leave for San Francisco Friday
evening.
Three Hide Hneeehes.
In the concert hall during the morning
G. W. Wattles delivered a short address on
the "Navigation of the Missouri. River,"
whlla Dr. George L. Miller spoke on "Win
ter Wheat." These addresses by local peo
ple were followed by an address by Prof.
A. G. Montgomery of Lincoln, who spoke
on "A Practical Example of Corn Improve
ment." During the morning the live stock men
attended the auction sales of tnorough
bred cattle which have been In progress
In South Omaha two or three days of the
exposition. The sale Friday morning was
a strictly Shorthorn sale, C. A. Saunders of
Manila, la., being In charge.
When the live stock men appeared on
the grounds In the afternoon they brought
all kinds of souvenirs and among other
things a neat little booklet published by
the Union Stock Yards company, which
gives the figures and the story of the
growth of the South Omaha live stock
market -
Many Mexican Exhibits.
The, Mexican exhibit, which was put in
place Thursday afternoon, attracted the
live stock men. The exhibit displays corn
from every state of Mexico, and to secure
samples of the various types Zeferlno Do
mlngues bad sent by express to his Puebla
ranch, several thousand bushels of corn,
and to secure the types on display in the
exhibit cost more than $9,000. The exhibit
also has some fine paintings ef the soils,
showing not only the color, but the condi
tions at various stages of dry farming.
The Mexican plow "with which the Indians
tickle the soil" Is also shown and some In
teresting charts showing crop conditions
and production In various states.
The corn auction began at 2 o'clock and
the live stock men dipped in, bidding In
some Nebraska corn which won first prizes,
that the "pure' blooded corn" might re
main In its native state. The corn being
sold this afternoon consists of Nebraska
firsts, Illinois, Ohio and the club exhibits.
The receipts for the corn, which are paid
to the exposition management, will
amount to more than $10,000.
While Saturday will bo "Ak-Sar-Ben.. day
It will also be Lincoln day, the Lincoln
business men having sent notice that they
will be in Omaha In force on a special
train, which will come early and remain
late.
With such an outlook. President Wattles
and Secretary T. F. Sturgess, editor of
The Twentieth Century Farmer, are ex
pecting a record breaker when It comes to
attendance.
Dr Miller on Winter Wheat.
8peaklng in concert hall on "Winter
Wheat," Dr. Miller said, in part:
Thirty-five and more years ago I was
living In a humble cabin In Omaha, which
then had a population so small that I can
hardly remember to count It. A sack of
flour came Into this town from Denver
by wagon train. That flour came from
the town named In honor of Horace
Greeley. That flour had something about It
which attracted attention. That gave me
an Idea what might be produced In Ne
braska soil, because this soil Is permeated
with granatlc wash from the UDper hills.
I tried to find for years what save It this
peculiar whiteness and I believe that I
have found it In granatlc wash.
Winter wheat experiments which had
been failures before have now succeeded
and througn them l see the truth of my
words when I said. "Nebraska Is an agri
cultural state or It is nothing." We have
no iron, gold or metals, it is agriculture
which has made this civilisation what it
1s as we know it.
The drouKht has come at Interval, nf
twelve years, and I have seen, year after
year, ileitis or corn, nountirul and beauti
ful. In ono day burned as if the flames of
the besom of hell Itself had passed over
It. The young farmer of today does not
know how soon the drouth may come
again, on the wings of the hot winds from
the deserts of Arizona. For thirty-five
years, at intervals of twelve years, as 1
have said, the corn crops of Nebraska
were devastated by heat, and there was
such suffering as you may not know, not
merely distress, but naked calamJtv, which
I pray God I may never have to' look on
again. Corn was king, and his royal ma
jesty ruled In atate, but when your corn
crop failed, you had nothing to fall back
on. Twelve years ago I hastened here to
give what relief I could to a people stir-
rering ror iaca or everytnmg. it was dur
ing this period that the people were trans
ported to Iowa. free, and with such stork
as they had, In order to save their Uvea.
I knew that winter wheat was raised
south of Nebraska and that spring wheat
flourished north of the state. But wintei
wneat was not grown north of h'sre from
the Hudson, where I was born, on west
ward to the great mountains of our west
ern states. Winter wheal, to flourish,
must be snowed under In order that the
seed should not be blown away. A mun
In Omaha discovered that a new era hnd
dawned for Nebraska, when a new thing
came In, In the form of the drill. He rea
soned that if It was necessary for the seed
10 De coverea witn simw, to save it, first
from the frost, and second from the wind
that dirt might be made to take the place
of snow. To secure the growing of winter
wheat was the object of George W. Hold
rege twelve years ago. That it would be
the mainstay of Iowa and Nebraska has
been the object of the test. The result of
that test you have seen brought to a suc
cessful conclusion, the value of the crop
being $3.Oiw.ipuo to $:'S flOO.tioo, and the yield
from 35,UO0,Ou0 to 45,M)0,0u0 bushels. What
Is that value, compared to the Inestimable
benefit given these states and the whole
north.
Tribute to Wilson.
I admire that matchless man, Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture. Follow
Wilson and the men who assist him, and
what la better, teach your sons to iHmir
and follow his work, and I know that Ne
braska has no need to fear her future. I
believe with the dry farmer to a degree.
What we need Is a crop that will be a pro
tection to home, family and bank account,
and where will this be found If not In
wheat? It Is garnered In July at a time
when drouths are prevalent, and when I
have seen, In from twenty-four to forty
eight hours, the most bountiful crop of
corn and one which represented life and
money to the farmer, burned beyond re
demption. It is the duty of every farmer
In both selfish and public Interest to trv
and Increase the crop along lines of agri
cultural progress. The value of the crop
In proportion, when you fail in corn, should
be greater and greater each year. Some
year when your corn crop fails, you will
give thanks to God for this wheat which
saves the life of your people.
I proclaim winter wheat as the salvation
of these states, and know that you will find
It such, some year when your corn crop
will full under the awful Invasion of heat
from the deserts of Arizona. I have seen
the time when this land which you buy
and sell at from $50 to 1100 per acre could
not have txn sold at 3 cents per league.
I myself have seen the time when I would
not have paid 6 cents per acre, if I hud
taxes to pay on It.
The daya are here, when I have really
no business to be here. I came to make one
more appeal to the farmer, as I have madti
thousands In the past, grow wheat, and you
will have a product which will enable you
to conquer this continent, more thoroughly
than the Kuropean states were ever con
ouered. and will have laid the foundations
for a great future. One more word. Take
care of the soil. Teach your sons to take
care of the soil, and do not let It happen
here, as it happened in the best !and nf
the American c xitinent, the Mohawk val
ley of New York. There, where once the
flower of American manhood was raised,
they have utterly exhausted the soli, and
now. when their children's grandchildren
should be enjoying the most fruitful spot
of the east, they can scarcely raise an
average of six bushels of wheat tt the
acre. Study the sciences, follow Wilson,
and the men who help htm, teach your s n
to follow them, and to study their trade,
and you have laid the foundation for the
great western empire.
SWEDES AND DANES IX RIVALRY
Friendly Competition Between Neigh
bors at Cora 8how.
Muslo was not the only thing of inter
est at the concert hall of the corn ex
position Thursday night. The rivalry In
the audience between the Swedes and Danes
was most exciting. The disciples of Gus
tavus Adolphus applauded the "Norden"
society most wildly and the admirers of
King Canute were equally vehement in
clapping for "Danla."
sto engrossed wars most of the big
audience with the work of their favorites
that those who rave some Italian music
had in the beginning to overcome a feeling
of indifference.
This was observable first when Helene
Frederic kson, Louis and Ove Nebte gave
a selection from "Trovatore" on the piano,
violin and flute, respectively. The lovely
old Verdi strains were given with ex
quisite' tenderness, but an audience largely
unfamiliar with the music and patriotically
disposed to favor the Scandinavian strains
did not respond with due heartiness. The
three won the'r way later, however, when
a selection from "Martha" was given, this
receiving the applause emphatically due.
Ove Neble, the 14-year-old flutist, has a
great future ahead. He plays with wonder
ful expression, and a delicacy which would
be admirable In a player far older. An
other enjoyable solo number was that on
the violin by Miss Emily Cleve, While one
of the most delightful choral numbers of
the program was given by the mixed choir
of Immanuel Lutheran church. Other
numbers deserving mention were the piano
solo by Amy Austin and the vocal by Axel
Helgren. The singing of "Danla" deserves
notice for the large number of fine voices
In the chorus.
LIVE STOCK ME!f TALK SHOP.
Governor-elect Shalleabersjrer One of
Principal Speakers.
The afternoon meeting of the live stock
men began at 2 o'clock In concert hall and
much dlsappolntement was expressed over
the inability of Thomas B. McPherson to
be present and preside at the meeting as
had been announced. Mr. McPherson was
snowbound In the west and it was impos
sible for him to be on hand. His place was
filled ' by Jay Laverty of South Omaha,
who opened the proceedings with a felic
itous address that put the meeting In the
best, of humor as well as preparing it
for the feast of good things to follow.
- The first speaker of the afternon was
the venerable David Rankin, sr., of Tarklo,
Mo.,, who enjoys the distinction- of being
the greatest Individual farmer In the
United States. His farm, over which he
exercises personal supervision and which
he has personally conducted for nearly half
a century, comprises 25,000 acres of tbe
finest land in Missouri. After a brief allu
sion to the profits and benefits ot general
farming as practiced by himself he went
into some detail regarding the development
of the live stock Industry of Missouri as
based upon his own experience. He told
how he first began by trading in a small
way, thereby Increasing his holdings to
their present dlmensolns, and how he had
Improved on these by intelligent selection
and breeding, which he held was the secret
of successful farming and live stock rais
ing. An Interesting address followed by John
O'Hern, superintendent of Armour 4 Co.
of South Omaha, upon tho subject of "The
Packing Interests." Mr. O'Hern said:
Importance of Packing? Industry.
What tho railroad Is to the commercial
Interests the packing house Is to the
farmer. It Is the true center of gravity
In the agricultural system of our great
country. The concentrating and welding of
processes Into one continuous chain be
tween the producers of the corn belt and
the consumers of the world has created a
demand on the market for meat food
products beyond the vision of any of our
ancestors.
Forty years ago no one ever dreamed
that fresh beef dressed in Omaha would
be sold In the European markets, in Africa,
China, Japan or the Philippines, and yet
the packing houses at South Omaha make
shipments of fresh meat and meat iood
products dally and weekly to these mar
kets. It can be truthfully said that the meat
and meat food products from our western
stock reaches every nation and country In
the work!.
To slaughter and dress the animals for
market, to assort and manufacture the by-
firoducts, to create a market and dls
ribute all, an enormous organisation - is
necessary. Perhaps no commercial indus
tries compare In magnitude, when you con
sider the packing houses and by-product
Industries, the branch houses and com
mercial representatives that are found In
every city In the United States and In
every country of the world.
Without this large organization we would
have the country slaughter house. There
would not be a market every day to dis
pose of the stock as the farmer has it
ready for market. There would be an
oversupply at one time and a scarcity at
another. There would be an overproduc
tion In one purt of the country and a short
age in other parts.
A modern packing establishment may be
termed a food factory. Animal and vege
table, foods are produced and handled In
many forms and with those are produced
other edible compounds cioseiy verging on
the pharmaceutical field.
We eat tho beef, pork and mutton, but
the byproducts continue to supply the
needs of mankind In hundreds of ways lor
years afterwards.
Tho tanneries, the wool factories, soap
factories, hutterlne factories, fertilizers, re
finers of lubilcatlng and illuminating oils,
bone novelties, laboratory and medlc.il sup
plies, manufacturers of musical and surgi
cal strings, medicines and extracts are a
few of the many Industries utilizing the
packing house byproducts.
Food for Mature.
We supply nature with the food for the
soil. We supply manufacturers with raw
materials wool, hides, oil. tallow, gl le, etc.
Mechanics with the working materli's, of
which case hard-ning bone, glycerine, oils
and printer rollers aro only a very few.
To art we -upply musical strings, photo
graphic papers und other mater al. To
surgery, the BUTKlcal strings, bandages,
etc.. Rnd to medicine the numerous ex
tracts, desslcatr 1 glands and pharmaceu 1
cal products. The value of tho above
mentioned products varies in cost from H
cent per pound to $5,6u0 per ounce.
At tills poitn a few words on government
Inspection may not be Out of place. The
government Inspection as It Is now being
conducted In the packing establishments of
the coutnry is very little understood and
appreciated by the general public. Manv
maintain that this work 1s done In an Indif
ferent manner and that It is possible for a
di.ieased carcass to pass through the pack
ing house and eventually to the consumer.
but those understanding the thoroughness
of the inspection know this Is Impossible.
While the government Inspectoln entails
considerable loss to the packers It Is still
a safeguard and protection for the public
and helps establish confidence with the
people as to the quality of the products
turned out.
Prosperity In Stock Hal. In.
If we expect the meat industry to con
tinue growing and If we even expect It to
hold Its own we must look ahead. It can
no longer depend on the ranches. The
cjttle barons, as they were called, and
the ranges are fast disappearing and are
rapidly b-Mng replaced by the stock raiser
und the farmer.
The west Is becoming more and more
each year, the source of the nation's food
supply and this applies more particularly
to meats than to grain.
The continued prosperity of the west lies
does all It does by virtue of
one thing Power its power
to create power.
As fire turns water Into steam
so Scott's Emulsion trans
forms thin, impure blood
Into pure, rich blood, giving
nourishment and vital energy
to every organ, every tissue
and every muscle.
ALL DEUOOUTo
Sand this ad. fan- cents far eoetas. sssn.
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a " f i-- Huiiy All, oi the WorW."
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In its stock raising and the stock raising
must necessarily depend upon cheap food.
The cultivated products of the soli must
replace the buffalo grass and hay of the
ranges. The Increased production will be
Increased further by the vast amount of
Irrigated and government lands rapidly
being settled.
Expositions Hke this one will teach us to
Improve the quality and Increase the quan
tity of the grain. Modern machinery and
sclentlclf farming will Increase the yield
and decrease the cost of production and
to harmonize this Increased production of
train, the farmer and stockman must work
hand In hand.
Mrs. Harriet MacMurphy, deuty state
fool inspector, of Lincoln delivered a short
talk upon 'Labor Saving Devices in the
Household of the Farm," which was full
of interest and showed how the labor of
women on the farm had been tremendously
reduced by these devices, and how better
products of the dairy, poultry yard and
garden had been produced, thus adding
enormously to the farm revenues, as well
as to the comfort of the farm household.
Prcf. W. J. Kennedy, vice director of the
experiment station of Ames (la.) colli ge,
spoke vpon the subject of 'The Se.ec. Ion.
Care and Keeping of Llvo Stock." He be
gan his address with a tribute to Ooveinor
elect .Shallenberger. whom he had knon
for a number of years. Prof. Kennedy
stated thai he operated a farm In addition
to his college work and sought to prac.lce
what he preached.
"I am an ardent advocate of diversified
farming," he said, "und know from exi eil
ence that the chief success in farming lies
In the diversified method.
"There Is a business end to farming, as
there Is in live stock Industry. The ques
tion of the balanced ration in live stock
feeding Is one of vital importance. This
applies not merely to the horsf, but to fat
tening and dairy cattlj as well, and must
bo adjusted to the purposes needed. The
essential Ingredients of the balanced ration
are protein, carbo hydrates, fat und ash.
Protein for building up the muscles, blood,
hair, wool and sides and milk in the dairy
stock; caibo hydrati-s for the breeding in
terests and for fat and ash for tho pro
duction of tone, each of which Is en im
portant constituent of the whole un'mal.
The balanced ration must be constructed
according to the purposes needed. It tho J id
not be constructed too economically cr too
prodigally, but fcr the growing cWv.and.
Corn and alfalfa constitute the moat eco
nomical ration. Alfalfa Is especially rich
In protein, and In this respect because of
its better growth Nebraska leads Iuwa in
alfalfa production."
INDIA WED lATl'HDAY WIGHT
Annie Grey Cow and Chief Hnns swift
Bride and Groem.
There will be a notable ceremony on the
concert hall stage of the National Corn
exposition, Saturday evening at o'clock.
Miss Annie Orey Cow will be wedded
to Chief Buns Swift at that hour or a
little later, for before the ceremony proper,
the father of Chief Runs Swift, alias
Johnny Had. Bull, must settle with AjuuVs
revered paternal ancestor a little mercen
ary Item.
It doth appear that Indian custom Is
somewhat the reverse of the continent!
European. So far from the girl bringing
a dot, dowry or settlement, the family of
the groom Is supposed to come across with
'he kail. Putting It more or less profanely
and coarsely, he buys little Laughing Eyes
from her great father. Chlef-Ought-To-Be
Klcked-In-The-Face.
When these base details have been hig
gled over to a satisfactory conclusion,
Chief Kicked, etc., will take Annie by the
hand and start to lead her to the groom.
It is now up to little. AnnleAs cue to cut up
and be coy. After Bhe has been urged suf
ficiently, however, she will permit Chief
Runs Swift to take he by the hand and
draw her toward him. It seems that this
taking by the hand Is the really essential
part of the ceremony which will be enacted
In deadly earnest at. the exposition Sat
urday evening.
It Is the Indian equivalent of the
"Whereas this couple have consented unto
each other, etc., of one Christian ritual
and the "Ego conjungo vos," of another.
Chief Runs Swift will then interpolate a
short address to the spectators In his na
tive Sioux, telling how he won Annie only
after an arduous courtship In which Annie
kept him guessing a long time, and how
well he Is going to treat her, and all that
sort of thing which bridegrooms generally
say, although usually to the bride herself.
Seventy persons will take part In the
ceremony, mostly Indians of one kind or
another. The real master of ceremonies
will be Chief Raymond Swift, a full-blooded
Sioux chieftain who Is a graduate of St.
John's university of Minnesota and a really
well educated and cultured man.
Chief Raymond will also act as the coro
nater In tlie Imposing piireant Immediately
following the Indlun nediling. He will
crown King Corn and Queen Alfalfa with
elaborate ritual and the two great products
will thus be symbolically united as in
retiliy they often are.
A. C. Fetters Shoots Self.
MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Dec. 18. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A. C. Fetters, aged 38
years, a butcher, formerly marshal of
Conrad, committed sulcldo last night by
shooting himself through the head. He
was de.-pondent over III health.
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