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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1912)
unday Bee PAST TWO EDITORIAL PAGES ONE TO SIX HE PART TWO f SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO SIX SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL, XUI-NO. 4. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1912. Omaha 12-CENT BEEFJS PREDICTED Supply of (Jattle Never So Low as at , the Present Time. CALF SLAUGHTER IS TO BLAME J. H. Edmlatcn of Korth Platte Sara mat Time Was Never Better to Invest Money la toe Cat tle BaaineM. For Lincoln county. Nebraska. 36,500 decrease In the number of cattle from 1908 to 1912, Inclusive, an average of over 6.000 each year. That 12-cent bee on foot Is' predicted by the stock journals. Will it stop there? What does this mean? The great shortage of cattle, sheep and bogs going to our market is opening the eyes of every reader and observer of the markets of today. The question is worth investigating and will develop soma facts of interest. The facts are the supply of cattle was never so low as at this time, on the farms and .ranches, where . there has been kept bunches of from fifty to 150 - head they 'are reduced in -numbers to about one half. In many instances where good sized herds were kept they have closed out and quit the business, and this in the face of the advancing prices that have been growing for the last few years. : This question is appalling and calls for an answer and a remedy. That western Nebraska can furnish pasture and feed for tens of thousands of cattle at this time and but little impression would be I made upon the vast area of as good ' grazing . land as the country affords, which today is not occupied or used, and thousands and thousands of acres of this iland without a single animal on it. All this feed, going to waste, to be consumed In raging prairie fires, which is far more damaging to the country . than if the pastures were grazed closely by stock. ' We offer the following statistics from Ithe records of Lincoln county, Nebraska, In support of, the above statements: ( . Lincoln County Statistics. The number of cattle as shown by the records In the. county was: For 1308, 61,674 head For 1909, 55.761 head For 1910, 64,214 head. For 1911, 45,071 head. For 1912 approximately, 35,000 head! This shows a falling off in the nura 'ber of cattle kept in Lincoln county Neb., from 1908 to 1912, Inclusive, of 26,500 head or in dollars and cents about $500 for each man, woman and child In the county the population being about 16,000. This decrease In the -number of cattle has been brought about notwithstand ing the fact that during these years the prices of cattle have . steadily been In creasing. The further fact existed then as well as at this time, that Lincoln county has unexcelled facilities for . raising ..iu -mw ........ . ji t T - nd miles or choicest grasses and the extent or the bay seems to be almost unlimited, alfalfa being grown by the thousands of acres. With these conditions In existence It certainly places this county cattle, in Lincoln county is a nerd oi Hereford cattle that at the last state fair held at Lincoln, Neb., took the first' premiums, thug showing .that even the, best classes of cattle can be grown successfully in competition with eastern Nebraska or other sections of the coun- try. This of iUelf removes all question of doubt as to the advantages of this county or this part of the .state in the production of cattle. The 'grass lands are growing better each year; they are producing more grass and a better quality . and ' where the fires are kept off the accumulation of .one growth ot grass after another' is making vegetable mould, which is of great benefit to the; land and the coun try. Now as to the cause of the scarcity of cattle. We believe that this can be answered correctly 'and satisfactorily to the Inquiring mind on this question, or at least it Is the following features and facts that have attracted our attention more than any other. Heifers Compete with Steers. The eager demand and fancy prices paid for baby beef and veal that has taken thousands and thousands of calves off the cows, some butchered and others fatted and finished for the big prices ; being offered. This Is one of the large drainages, causing the big decreases in the number of cattle. The strongly com. peting prices paid for heifers as against the steer stuff has caused a large per centage of this, the choice part of the iherd and the hope of the increase for the future. The owners have sold, this class of stuff, thinking they could re place them with other stock and still jhold up the number of the herd and also have the benefit of these magnificent .prices. In addition to this there has been a large percentage of cow stuff fatted for beef after the calves have been taken off them in the fall. This of course is a continuation In the depletion and drain age of the cow stuff. Then there Is another class of cow stuff that is sacrl ficed in the slaughtering pens and that is the dry cows that when fattened on the grass are sent to the markets in early fall to get a good price for the same. This class of she stuff that is In This constant drain on the she cattle in numbers has each year greatly de creased the number of calves each suc ceeding year. This .condition has been going on all over the country to a greater extent in the - past five years than prior to that time. The large herds can no longer be re sorted to for cattle to replace those sold, as the larger herds have most all sold out' and quit the business. It was true of the larger cattle men that they un derstood better how to handle this condl tion than those handling the smaller herds. They kept up the number of the she stuff . from which they must raise the young cattle, therefore this condi tion did not overtake us until the larger herds were practically a thing of the past. Crime to Sell Calves. We are now up against it for young cattle. What shall we do? It should be crime, morally speaking, to sell cow, a heifer or a calf for the market for beef in the next five years. " The demand for beef is such that the price of cattle is almost certain to go higher, though it seems the price paid ft beef on the block it at the top notch now. The effort to - raise more cattle is one that appeals to every man that is inter. ested in cattle and wants to promote his own welfare, The man in this county to. day with a few milk cows Is on easy I street I know of several that are mim ing cows and are selling butter and butter fat and realising ' from 176' to $100 per month, and this Is being done with tea to twenty cows, say nothing of the In crease of bis herd. This kind of business I is being carried on and at the same time the owner Is improving his land that cost him from $10 to $15 per acre and raisin? good crops of corn, wheat, oats, brrlty. rye. potatoes and alfalfa end livtnfc as comfortable and happy as if he was in a stone's throw , of some of tne larger cities. The question of selling --id shipping these cattle out of the country most be stopped if we want to. change the condi tion. It is now the duty of the 'oanks of r country to step to the front aa I ay that all the the cattle and young cattle muat be kept in the country, and that any honest and industrious farmer who is equipped to handle stock who hat ex perience can have a limited amount of money to handle these cattle. In this way we start, the ball to rolling to save these cattle from being shipped out of the country where they are so badly needed arid where they should occupy the thou sands and thousands of acres of land that today are being unused. "" It' Applies Generally.' This does not apply to the bankers in this part of Nebraska only, but does ap ply to the banker and man with ready money anywhere In this great state. In our judgment never In the lifetime did the ' man with money on hand have a greater opportunity presented him, both as an investor In the way of operating and conducting a cattle business and In the placing of money with those that are operating with perfect safety and wjth a good rate of Interest The land values are low at this time. but prices of this cheap land are as cer tain to advance at is the price of cattle to stay where It is. Tou may say that it It the wrong time to buy cattle; my dear sir, you cannot go wrong very easily; the prices of these cattle are more likely to go higher than they are lower, and the man waiting for lower prices in cattle in our opinion will be disappointed. I, cannot see how it can be possible for the price of cattle to go lower within the next five years. . 1 Back to the lana"' should be the battle cry to those who have deserted it. ' Back to the land should apply and appeal to thousands of men who have made a mis- take by leaving the farm and ranch to be conducted by those without expert. ence. The land tnouia oe uuuzeu, nu with its superior qualities,, excellent lo cation in climate and otherwise this should appeal to the man wanting a re- liable and substantial business where he is his own boss. ' These" classes again engaged in the raising of cattle will help to solve the problem of the scarcity of cattle, ana these men now depending on someone else raising the meat for them would then become meat raisers themselves. Opportunity is Wide Open. The - opportunity is wide open to the man with ambition and a little money. The' man with more money never had such an opportunity as now presents Itself, in our estimation. The young man ahqalij, look ell tovthis hoe business. as it offers inducements mat numuw else does at this time. The man on a salary is the fist man that should seise opportunities of this kind. Get back to thelandr'wherV; you cn- false a family in all Its purity, and home is sweet home, Indeed. That we are one of the citizens engaged in the business we are advocat ing in Lincoln county, Nebraska, that of raising stock and farming, and we are well pleased is the, reason that we make this earnest appeal to have others Join us in this line of business. Should you write us we - will gladly give you such information as may be desired, and we believe it will prove' to be of 'great benefit to the homeseeker , or investor. We raise cattle, horses, hogs and grain of all kinds and consider it a great suc cess in each department. Back to the land! is the battle cry of the progressive citizen of today. J. H. J2DMISTEN. North Platte, Neb. . Store Closes . at 5:00 OXlock f ORKIN BROTHERS COMPANY, Successor to Old Colony Company Without a Franchise Suit of "The Old Colony" company to secure an injunction against the enforce ment of a city ordinance prohibiting the electric light company from selling electricity for power purposes received Its second defeat when it was dismissed in federal court It will probably be ap pealed directly to the United States su preme court. According to the city legal department the electric light company Is now without a franchise to sell electricity for power purposes and their wires . could be cut, Attorneys for the electric light com pany contend that their franchise covers the question of selling electricity for power and will continue to fight the at tempt to force the company to take out a franchise for this purpose. Corporation Counsel Baker and City Attorney Lambert are confident the h!ghef"court will sustain the lower and the company will eventually be , forced to take , out a franchise to tell power and also ask, for renewal of the fran chise granting It permission to sell elec tricity for lighting purposes. DAVIDSON RUNS WILEY OFF THE FRONT PAGES Superintendent E. U. Graf f has re turned from the National Educational association meeting in Chicago. There he met former Superintendent Davidson, now head of the Washington schools, and talked with Dr. Harvey Wiley. Dr. Wiley good-naturedly arraigned the former superintendent of Omaha schools because . he had driven the . pure . food advocate "off the front page of the Wash Ington papers." "Before he came to Washington," said Dr. Wiley, referring to Mr. Davidson, used to be Invited to mother's meetings and everything and was interviewed and played up on the front page, but now It la Davidson. I can't get a brevity on the front page any more." Pat Crowe la Iowa Jail. DAVENPORT. Ia,, July 13.-Pat Crowe, kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, is serving a thirty-day sentence in the Scott county jail for Intoxication. Crowe was released Thursday on condition he would leave town, but was rearrested last night on a charge of drunkenness and ' went to Jail to serve an old sentence. 16TH AND HARNEY STREETS Store Closes at 5:00 OXlock M You Would Economize Some people contract the meaning of economy to not spending money until it is really necessaryto keeping it, graspingly, tightly, until that time. That's not economy, but miserliness. Economy Lies in Spending Money Spending it at the Right Time and in the right way; spending it when it accomplishes the most, when a dollar reaches farther than at any other time in your history; when you spend and save by doing so. That's true economy. The Economies of this Closing Out of the Bennett Stock. Reinforced by Thousands and Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Strictly New Goods. Have Never Before Been Equaled in the Entire Middle West for you can buy such things as you need now, for the remainder of the summer and early fall, and much you need the year 'round in your home, at prices that are often less than the cost to retail merchants-far lower than you can buy them at other times. So, if you would economize, be here with the opening of the store tomorrow. Many new things will be brought forward which we had not the room to present before. I J Closing Out I I J Sale of Bennett Entire Half I ( Million Dollar j VV Stock is Now in J N. Progress $25 Voile M ingerie Dresses at $12.50 is Only One of the Many Opportunities Afforded in; this Sale You can double your supply, of clothing if you make it a point to come to this sale and take advantage of its money-saving opportunities. Half-price is the rule on all the garments in the women's ready-to-wear store, ana otten you pay less tnan a nali. Tne voile ana lingerie aresses meniionea in the above caption are most beautifully designed ani trimmed and come in a great variety of fashion's latest styles. Not a one in the entire lot worth less than $25.00. Choice, Monday, $12.50. Taffeta Silk Dresses New taffeta silk dresses in the very latest styles; formerly priced from $19.50 to $29.50; Monday, $0.75. Norfolk Suits Novelty linen Norfolk suits in coarse weaves; white or colored jackets 4n plain or striped patterns and plain colored skirts; $25.00 values -at $12.50. New white pique Norfolk suits with belts of self material; regular $15 values at $7.50. Fine Linen Dresses Fine French linen dresses in high and low neck styles; many of them hand embroidered; all sizes; $25.00 values at $12.50. Rain Coats Cravenetted and rubber ized raincoats in tan, gray and biaek; formerly priced at $15.00; sale price, $6.05. .. Voile Dresses Beautiful white voile dresses with macrame lace trim mings; the very latest styles; formerly priced 5 at $35.00 and $59.50, sale prices, $17.50 & $25. Wash Skirts White wash skirts of cor doltne, piques, Ramie and French linen and reps; the latest models; $3.50 to $12 values $1.75 to $7.05. Wash Silk Waists Novelty wash . silk waists in stripes and figured patterns; low , collar styles; . plain colors; $4.75 values at $2.60. Lingerie Waists Fine hand embroidered lingerie waists in high and low neck styles; many trimmed- with filet and cluny laces; $4.95 to $7.95, values, Monday, at each, $2.75 to $4.05. ' Junior Wash Dresses Junior wash dresses of striped and corded ginghams; silk laced waists and .sailor collars; many colors to choose from; ages 13, 15 and 17 years; $5.95 values at $3.50. Percale House Dresses House,' dresses of high: grade Sea Island per cales in light and dark colors; comfortable and serviceable; $2.&0 values, at- $1.95 Special purchase Enamele Less Than Half the Actual Values You will at once realize when you read the list of articles offered at the different prices that this is the most extraordinay sale of enameled ware ever in Omaha. Every piece is triple-coated and -guaranteed to be in perfect condition. Only chemically tested pure materials were used in the making, Up to $1 Silks, iia Here's your biggest silk bargain in ilww the closing-out of the Bennett stocks, many of them being the cancelled orders of the old Bennett Com pany's latest purchases. Included in this extraor dinary bargain lot are foulards, corded silks, plain messalines, Roman striped messalines, hair line striped raessalines $nd various plain and fancy silks. In addition to the above special, we have featured for Monday's selling four large tables full of other silks, as follows-- Silks worth to $1.10 yard, 39c Silks worth to $1.35 yard, 49c Silks worth to $1.50 yard, 59c Silks worth to $2.00 yard, 69c One Lot of Dress Goods 49c at 5 c 1-qt. milk pans; 2- qt. milk pans; largo drinking cups in two shapes; 9-in. and 10-in. shallow pie plates; 9-iu. and , 10-lnch Jelly cake pans; 12-in. and 15-in. basting spoons; I soup ladleB, etc. at 10 c f4 styles of water dippers; 9-in. and 10-in. pie plates; large wash basins; 3-qt., 4-qt. and 6-qt. milk pans; l-qt, 1 -qt, 2 and 3-qt. pudding pans; 2 and 2-qt. lipped sauce Lpans, etc. at 19 c (3 and 4-qt. lipped sauce pans; 3 and 4-qt. preserving. kettles; 2 and 3-qt. covered buckets; 4 and 5-qt. pudding pans; 2-qt cov ered sauce pans; ex tra large wash basins. Letc, etc. 8 and 4-qt Berlin - kettles with enamel covers; 4 and 5-qt. Duchess kettles with tin covers; 3 and 4 qt. Berlin sauce pans with enamel covers: 3t4 and 4-qt. cord sauce pans with tin covers; 3 & 4-qt. Ber lin sauce pots with enamel covers; 5 & fl at, lipped sauce pans; 6, 6 & 8-qt. preserv ing kettles; 4 & 6-qt covered buckets; 2, 3 &. 4-qt water pitchers. at 29c and 8-qt. Berlin kettles with enamel covers; 7 and X0-qt. Duchess kettles with tin covers; 6 and 8 qt. Berlin sauce pots with enamel covers; 8 & 8-qt. Berlin gauco' pans with enamel covers; 10-qt. water pails; 2-qt. milk kettles with enamel covers; 10 & 12-qt. dish pans; seamless retinned dinner palls, 2 sizes chambers with enamel covers. at 59c m, 2, 3. and 4-qt. tea pots with en amel covers; 1, and 2-qt. coffee pots with enamel covers; 2, 3 and 4-qt. cereal cookers and many other wanted en ameled ware items. We are also offering large lines of want ed enamel ware ploces at 89c. at 49c r- If you do not already know of the money-saving possibilities of the sale of the 3ennett stocks, get acquainted tomorrow via ' this dress goods bargain. Various kinds- every yard high-class and guaranteed all wool-40 to 50 inches in width; former prices up to $1.25 the yard, Mon day, choice, at yard, 49c. Embroidered Swisses AH our 32-inch imported em broidered Swisses in figured and dotted patterns; formerly priced from 75o to $1.00 a yard, sale price, 49c. ' 27-inch white goods In lace stripes, checks and dotted designs; 25c values, at yard 15c The Final Reductions on Picture Frames MADE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ORDER MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY of this week. You are allowed to choose from the entire stock of mouldings, consist ing of over 500 kinds at 20 Discount Also included in the sale ia the entire line of oval frames in all colors and sizes. All work is guaranteed to be the finest possible. Bring your pictures with you we will put them in the frames you order free of charge. 27-inch imported white pique in fancy striped patterns; Bennett's price, 50c, Monday, yard. .... 3$c 72-inch linen sheeting in the weight most suitable for 'skirts and suits; round thread finish; $1.25 values, Monday, 89c. 36-inch long cloth of an excellent quality for women's and children's underwear; formerly priced at $2.40 a bolt; Mon day the bolt of 12 yards 91.98 27-inch fine quality ginghams in many different patterns; regular 10c values, Mon day, the yard 76x9 O-inch seamed bed sheets; made especially for hotels and rooming houses; excellent wearing qualitlesr 65c values, 45c 36-inch cretonnes In all light colors; dainty and serviceable patterns; 19c values at yard ioc Light weight comforts filled with the best sanitary cotton; Bennett's price, $3.50 each; Monday's sale price. .... .$2.18 GROCERIES 4 pkgs. toasted corn flakes S5o 2-lb. pkg. Bennett's Capitol wheat. .80 15c can Randolph shrimps loo H-lb. cake Walter Baker's Premium chocolate ...lBo Six 5c pkgs. Fould's macaroni or spa ghetti flSo 15c can "Cracker Jack" salmon ....ISo 19-lbs. granulated sugar $1.00 H-Pint bottle Blue Label catsup. .. .100 25c can Bennett's Capitol California pears, apricots 18o 8 bottles Haarmann's assorted pickle for 35o 1-lb. pkg. Bennett's Capitol coffee.. 95e 68c assorted teas, lb. 8o 15o tea sittings, lb 19e 5 cans Evergreen corn S5o 4 pkgs. OlbBon's soap polish 80 1- pint bottle Haarmann's vinegar.. .80 2- lb. can "Maryland Chief tomatoes. 80 10 bars "Beat-'Em-AH" soap .S5o 11 bars "New Style" soap 860 4 cans Eagle lye 8S0 6 cans "Cottage" condensed milk....8So . H-lb. can Bennett's Capitol baking pow der for lo 2-lb. pkg.. Bennett's Capitol buckwheat flour for lOo 3 cans Snlder's ton.ato soup 8S0 4 pkgs. Blue Borax starch 85c Fumed Oak Furniture for the Living Room All this furniture is from the famous L. & J. G. Stickley factories, known the country over as the best makers of fumed oak. $13.00 arm rocker with upholstered leather seat.... $11.39 $11.00 arm rocker with upholstered leather seat. . . .. .$9.69 $10.00 arm rocker with upholstered leather seat. .... .$8.49 $21.00 arm rocker with upholstered back and seat. .$17.63 $39.00 arm chair with loose cushion ' back and uphol- LJSSftCKa sierea seat ....... .$00.4? 11 (tQQ AA a-irm 1rAi. irrUVi InneA c u s h i 0 ned upholstered SNUERKiT 1 - 1 1 u -" J back ..$28.75r $9.00 square top table. $7.65 $13.50 round top table, $11.98 $13.00, 30x42-inclr library table $11.29 $23.00, 30x48-inch - library . , table ...$19.87 A Sale of Crex Grass Rugs There are rugs for porches, ' dining rooms,' bed rooms, bungalows, dens and summer cottages made from selected, tough prairie grasses and colored to harmonize with different decorative schemes. 36x72-inch Crex rugs with figured borders.......... $1.49 4:6x6:6, plain colored Crex rugs $2.69 6x9, Crex rugs with figured borders..... ..".........$4.65 6x9, Crex rugs in plain colors ............. . ........ $4.00 8x10, Crex rugs in plain colors... . .". . . . ) . ; , T. '. $5.50 9x12, Crex rugs in plain colors. ................ . . . , . $7.65 9x12, Crex rugs with figured borders. ... . . . J ... ... . .$8.65
