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THE fTVLUTA SUNDAY BEE: MAHdl 23, M13. Rules for Enforcing Law to Protect Migratory Game" Birds 6-A in This much for Now that the Weeks-McLean bill giving federal protection to moratory birds, which was characterixel on the floor of the house as "the most radical legislation j ever nronofed In this country," has bo- come a law, the American Uame Pro tective and Propagation association, which engineered the passage of the measure, Is being swamped with Iwiulries as to how and when It will be put Into effect In answer to these, the following state Cnt has ixxtl been Issued: An amendment to the Weeks-McLean hill which was made lust before final l-a.-age mskes mnhdatory tho adoption by the Department of Agriculture of sult abe icgulatlotis prescribing oloBert sea-so-if. having due regard for zones of tem perature, breeding habits and times and lines migratory flight. The bill pro Udes that when these regulations ara prepared they shall be mado public and tliat a j.crlod of three months shall be al owed before final adoption, In order , that they may be examined and con tllcred and that public hearings may be granted If this is deemed advisable. At the present time It Is lmposlble to any how much time will bo required to draw up these rcgulotlons. The matter will be entrusted to the biological survey, which Is a bureau of the Department of Agriculture, and while much of tho requisite data have nlrcady been collected in connection with tho survey's other ac tivities, It will at lenat be necessary o compile available Information or migra tions and breeding habits in different sec tions of tho country, and co-ordinate It with the proposed regulations (n view. It may be found advisable to make wore exhaustive investigations of these prob lems to supplement thoso which have been carried out for other purposes. In any case, It will bo impossible for the new law to take effect In time to protect the birds during thq breeding season vhlch la at hand arid unless unfoneen difficulties arlto it IU unquestionably be In operation bofore the migrations of "Tho regulations imposed will prohibit absolutely the killing of those sqng and insectivoroui birds whose value to agri culture greatly outweighs their food value. Notable members of this class are robins, blackbirds and bobolinks, Jn a general way it Is safo to say that migra tory birds such as duoks, geese, swans and shore birds, will bo protected from the time they mate In tho spring until their young are full grown. As these birds mate earlier In some parts of the United States than In others, hard and fast rules governing open and closed seasons cannot he mado for the whole country, but stones will have to bo cre ated and shooting seasons determined In accordance with condition In eaoh zone Additional protection In certain rones, or for the whole country, wilt probably be given to oome specie which ara now threatened with extinction until they have Increased beyond the danger point. Likely candidates for this special con sideration aro the woodcock, In many localities, the woodduck, trumpeter swan, whooping and sandhill cranes, and many vnrletles of shore birds, "An Important provision In the hill which should not he lost sight of flays: That nothing herein contained shall he deemed to affect or Interfere with the local laws of tho states and terrltorlts for the protection of nonmlgrotory gano or other birds resident" and breeding within their borders, nor to prevent the states and territories from enacting laws and regulations to promote and render efficient the regulations of the 'Depart ment of Agriculture provided under this statute.' Aa most states already have laws which will fulfill the requirements of the federal law, no new restrictions will be placed on their cltUens unless In the matter of better enforcement, and as tho laws were made to bo enforced there can be no logical objection to this. In the fight to vecuro this legislation It was plainly shown that the better senti ment In those states which now allow spring shooting, and the slaughter of song birds. Is. decidedly against these practices, and It was mnde evident that all rent sportsmen and all thinking people will welcome federal action to put a stop to them where It has been 'Impossible to ecur Mat notion. Besses gratifying such people, the new mensurn will remedy a great Injustice which Is at present suf fered by sportsmen In states which, have adequate game laws through the fact that gunners In, neighboring; , state, have greater opportunities to shoot and there fore set mora than, their rightful sharo of birds. The details connected with the en forcement of tho Weeks-McLean law aro yet to bq perfected, but tho state authorl ties will probably take tho most active part In making It effective, aa In the case of the Lucey act. The lutter Is a i " 40 Say Goodbye to Pimples Stuart' Calcium Wafer Will Drlvo Tiicm Awny. CYcjumm AVII" Never o Itj They tWt. No need for uiiy one to i.ave a com plexlon dlsflgurt-U hi plmnlvs. blotches liver spots or blackhead. Just clear the Wood oi impurities ami they'll go awny federal statute which prohibits traffic in game under tho ' Interstate commerce clause In states where It Is unlawful to sell IL When this act was under discuss ion Its adversaries maintained that a large and expensive force would bo necessary to make It effective, but experience has proved that a very small appropriation was needed, as the local wardens were glad to enforce It. The same will be true of the legislation Just passed. The appropriation of 110,000 which It carried1 will prove sufficient for. immediate needs, and considering the Importance qf the law and the money It will so,vo the coun try there Is no doubt that. congress will Increase the appropriation when neces- ory. "Besides tho one already mentioned, an. other amendment was made Just before the bill became n law. This was to satisfy constitutional objections, and it provides that tho Imposition of fines' or imprisonment for violation of the net shall be in tho discretion of the court VO - vVfc Woocldtz.c&: Instead of the Department of Agricul ture. In this connection It Is gratifying to note that one of the most able law yers In the country expressed thev opin ion that the supreme court would sus tain the Weeks-McLean law when he heard the decision It has Just made In favor of the constitutionality of the white slave taw which was passed In July, 1910. "Now that the principle of federal pro tection of migrants has been recognized, It should logically be extended to Inter national protection. Hcnator Root has Introduced a resolution requesting the president to propose to ' other North American countries the negotiation of treaties for the mutual protection of migratory birds. Senators Weeks and MaLean are in favor of this proposal and will prove powerful allies In getting t through. The national association has already commenced to lay plans, with every hope that the same protection will bo given to our migrants when they are beyond our bordors that we have just accorded them while they are with us." All My Mends Marvel at the Way Etnart'a Calcium Wafers Drove Taos Ugly PlmplM Away. Btjarti Calcium Wafers cleanse and c r the blood, driving out all poisons una Impurities. And you'll never have a good complexion until the blood Is i lean These little wafers may be used with perfect freedom. Science knows nq more powerful blood cleanser. They are en tirely free from harmful drugs or opiates. Your doctors prescribes theso hundreds of times a year. Btuart'a Calcium Wafers go right Into our blood. Their purifying, beneficial effect upon the blood Is felt throughout the body, not In a year or a month, but In a few days. You feel better all over bcraure jour blood, the Hfo-glvlng fluid, U doing It work properly. No matter bow bad your complexion is btuart'a Calcium Wafers will work wonders with It. You an get theso little wonder-workers at your .druggist' for W cent h package. NEBRASKA DJUt, GROWING Five New Chapters Are Organized During Month of February. MRS. NORTON IB MOST ACTIVE Intercut la Now Centered In the Continental Congress to Convene at Washington the Week or April 10. The Nebraska, socletv nf h n.ii.ki... of the American devolution has been growing In a most remnrknhln v, last month, notably so, aa no less than flvo new chapters were organised In tho month of February by the state regent. diaries uuver Norton of Kearne Mrs. Norton Is well equipped for this part of tho Daughters of the American devolution work, and has radiated her enthusiasm to auch an extent, that during ihm two years aa state regent eleven new chapters have hn rnrm.i .L - - -V--..VM, wuiii IliU tfhuptra In th state and the member- amp oemg nearly doubled, whloh will give Nebraska a splendid working- force the coming years. The first chanter in h e.n,. Callaway, February St. The new chapter on Known aa -David Conklln chap ter." and has the frlnlulnu- ffl... under tho energetic leadership of Mrs. rJZZZ?nh,?nA KtchorJ K. llrega. vloe regent. Mrs. Cora A. Molyneaux: seore. tary, airs, rtattle Decker Maryott; tltit urer, Mrs. Winona Marshall Thornton- V& jX'stJT kfri David Conklln, for whom the chapter la named, served aa a lieutenant In the revolutionary War fmm Vnu. 1 . . - - tun, aim nine of th members of the chapter en. i.reu ,ne society through hla service. , On February 14 the state regent organ Ixod at Lyons the Joslah Everett chap ter. ta fourteen members all being Kver etts, or married to JJveretts, and all but two of the members enter through the fcervico of Joslah Uverett, who served both aa a minute man and s a marine In tho atato of Massachusetts. Many applt cntlons are being mado at Lyons and some of the prospective- members were Present at tho organisation, which par took of the nature of a I(arge family party, tho regent, Mrs. Ellse Orout Everett, entertained her chapter at a de lightful luncheon and the occasion whs a most memorable one. The following officer have beon appointed: Regent, Mrs. Kllse Grout Bverett; vice regent, Mrs. May Htllea; secretary, Miss Clara Newmycr: treasurer. Mrs. Ethel Newmyer; registrar, Mrs. Tressle Paine; hJfl0r,?I.,Mr"' Ue,, haplaln, Mlsa Kthul Mills. The-new chapter will be represented at Washington. In the continental congress, by Mrs. Uuth Everett Beck, wife of Cap tain l'aul W. Beck, U. B. A., a daughUr of the chapter regent and a member of the chapter. Lextnsrtoav. Bonneville chapter Is the name under which the Lexington chapter waa launched February 35. The chapter is named for Captain Bonneville, the famous explorer, who passed close to the site of the present city of Lexington as tarly aa 1831 oh his way to the far west. With fifteen enthuslaatlo women banded to gether this chapter will soon grow Into one of the strong ohapters. A number of applications, now being filled out. or on their way to Washington, will Increase the membership at an early date. The following la a IWt of tha chapter otflceis; Regent. Mrs. Eleanor Peale Baker; vice regent, Mrs. Luella Reynolds Rpencer; secretary, Mrs. Olga Martin MoFarland; treasurer, Mra. Biva Bennett Evans; his torian, Mrs. Ella Maxwell Cook; regis trar, Mr. Mtna Mullln Volk; chaplain, Mrs. Annette Mallett Jacobson. Norfolk. The new chapter at Norfolk certainly bears the palm for rapid organisation. About ten days, after the preliminary mooting, at which the state regent, Mr. Norton, was present, nineteen member) has been accepted by the national so ciety in Washington and the "Nancy Qary chapter" waa recorded, as organ ised, with the following officers: Regent. Mra. George N- Reels; vice regent, Mr. Harriet Werrtek; secretary, Mrs. C. H Reynolds; treasurer. Mrs. a. D. Butterfleld: registrar, Mrs. E. E. Gil lette; historian, Mrs. 8. B. Coon; chap tain. Mrs. John it Hays. With tta initial membership of nine teen and stlx set of application paper now In Washington to be passd upon at i sj :: sfllslsBssBsBsKy KjfsK Baw55 1 , Sk. J sHHHIIHr i -'H'j - 23RS. CMS. OLIVER JTORTQUT the April board meet, Norfolk bids fair to become one of tho largest chapters in the state outside of Omaha and Lincoln. Nancy Gary, for whom the new chapter takes Ita name, 1 the ancestor of bbvuiuI of the members and was a most remark able woman In an age of remarkable women. The chapter has her picture and a book recounting her deeds of patriot ism and takes great prldo In their chap ter's name. February ST Stephen Bennett chapter wn formed at Fairmont. This chapter now haa sixteen members and a number of others working out their lines of an cestry. As with somo of the other chap ters, this one took the name of the revolutionary ancestor of a majority of Its members. Stephen Bennett took part In the battles of Harlem and White Plains In the retreat from Long Island, was In the battles of Trenton and Piinco ton, Rrandywlne and Germantown, vas at the siege of Fort Mifflin, was one of General Putnam's guard when that offi cer was driven down the rocks, was at Stony Point, under Colonel Meigs and at Yorkton at tha surrender of Cornwall!. As the war ended about then Stephen Bennett received an honorable dlschargu and was pensioned In ICS. The regent has appointed the following officers to guide the destiny of the new chapter; Regent, Miss Elizabeth Wright: vice regent, Mrs. L. W, Frazler; aecretary, Mlta Ethel Bmlth: treasurer, Mlsa Amy mines; registrar, Airs. r reoericK uhapin; historian, Miss Mary Badger. Miss Wright wa admitted to the na tional society within the last few months and the chapter la the result of her patriotic efforts. Plattsmonth. A new chapter also will soon be organ ized at Plattsmouth. Mrs. Clara Street Westcott Is the. organizing regent there and haa the following eight members; Mrs. Hilt Westcott, Mrs. Charles C. Par mele. Miss Halllb Pannele, Miss Ellen Pollock, Mrs. M. A. Street, Mrs. M. S. Morgan, Miss Madeline Miner and MUs Leona Brady. A number of applications are In the process of being completed and the new chapter hopes to soon be recorded as Nebraska's twenty-fifth chapter. Daugh ters of the American Revolution, the membership in the state having In creased the last two yeara from 639 to more than 1,(00. Interest just now all over tho United States In the ranks of the Daughters of the American Revolution Is keen' In an tlclpatlun of the Continental congress. which convenes In Washington the week of April 19. This Is tho election year for national officers, and already there are threo candidates In tho field for president general. Mrs, John Miller Horton of Buf falo, N. Y. Mra. Story of New York City and Mrs. Bryan of Tennessoe. For the last two years Nebraska has been generously represented In the oon grcss and this year Indications point to a larger delegation than has ever been sent before Tho delegates for four of tho chapters already are In Washington those for Fort eKarnoy chapter, Kearney; Thirty seventh Star chapter, McCook; Platte chapter, Columbus, and Joafah Everett chapter, Lyons. Tho vice president general, Mrs. A. K. Gault and the stato regent, Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton, will leave for Washington about April 10, The following chapters are planning to send delegates: Omaha chap ter and Major Isaac Sadler chapter, Omaha;' Deborah Avery chapter nnd St. Leger Cowley chapter, Lincoln; Eliza beth Montague chapter, 'Beatrice; Reavts Ashley chapter, Falls City, which will be represented by the regent. Mrs. T. J. Gist; Pawnee chapter, Fulterton, and Margaret Holmes chapter, Seward. Clin ultra Expected. In addition to the election, which bids fair to bo a very spirited contest, a num ber of Important measures will come be fore tho congress for consideration and action and new bylaws are to be adopted, embodying several radical changes. Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton, state re gent of the Daughters of the American Bevolutlon, spent February id at Blair, the guest of Mrs. Almee J. Kenny and of Nl-ku-ml chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, of which Miss May Allen of Fort Calhoun, Is the chap ter regent. Following a beautifully appointed din ner, a short talk was given by the state regent, come delightful musical numbers by Miss Kenny and a charmingly Inter esting story of Nl-ku-ml, the Indian woman for whom the chapter Is named, was read telling of her romantto mar riage with Dr. John Gale, who subse quently abandoned her and the child born to them, when the news camo to him of his succession to the family es tates In England, and how. In later years, Nl-ku-ml, or NI-co-ml, as It is sometimes spelled, bacame the wife of Mr, Peter A. Sarpy, one of the ploneera of Ne braska. On March 8 Mrs. Norton went to Water town, S, V.. to be present at tho fifty sixth wedding anniversary of her father and mother, Judge and Mr. Elijah at wood Gove. Upon that day Mrs Gove, who. Is the chapter regent of Thirty-ninth Star chap ter Daughters of the American Revolu tion In Watertown, entertained the mem- bars of her chapter; March 8 being also the first anniversary of the founding of the chapter, making a double celebration of two notable events. MIDLAND CAR WINS FIRST PLACE IN TEVAS ROAD RACE MOLING, HI.. March r.-The Midland 1913 roadster entered In the endurance run finished last night 701 6-10 miles, it was on Texas roads four days, carrying women passenger. It won first place In claw 3 In entlro contest, with fewest penalties for mechanical trouble. 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Favorable opinions are counted an asset here. We measure success by the extent of satisfaction we give as much as by the amount of money we earn. That's why we grant 30 days' free trial to prove that our dependable furniture is all we claim it to bo nnd that our bargains are just as big as our salesmen say they are. You don't, have to keep a thing if it doesn't suit you. "We make exchanges gladly nnd do everything in our power to make every transaction and every individual purchase entirely satisfactory in every pnrticulnr. We'll go more than half way to meet you every time, for the sake of your good will if for no other reason. What' you see in a Rubel advertisement youHl see in the Rubel store. The better grades of Furni ture at prices charged else where for the common sort. Limberts Arts and 0raft3 Furniture We show a splendid line of that sturdy Holland Dutch furniture of Limberts, unique and attractive designs, restful, luxurious pieces, hand mado, strong and substantial. It makes the finest kind of mod ern living room furniture and the prices are very moderate. Genuine Mahogany Colon ial Dresser Large handsome Colonial Drosser, expert workmanship every detail Allows pains and bkIII. Size top 42x21 inches. French bevol mirror, is upright shape and measures 28x22 Inches. This sale $19,75 52-inch Solid Oak Buffet, Fumed or Early English A Mission design, 52 Inches long, heavy plank top, lined sllverwaro drawer, French plato mirror with bevel edge. First-class piece of lurnuure. wouia sell In most stores at (30.00. Our prtco is $19,75 Convenient Credit Service Terms to Suit You You'll find the Credit Service of tho Rubel store a genuine help. Wo have no sot terms wo arrange t-mis . to suit the individual. We require smaller payments than other Mores and extend moro cour tesies to our customers. You'll receive the riffht kind of service here and receive the best values for your money ALWAYS. 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