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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1916,
Who's Who and What's What in the
Fascinating World of the
tJMwm"
IS HUMAN RACE IN
THE GRIP OF EVIL?
New Serial Story Deals With
This Question in Host
Interesting Manner.
PATHS SERIAL BY L. TBAOY
A specially invited audience, of
Omaha movie men and newspaper
.men were treated to the firat three
episodes of '"The Grip of Evil," the
new Pathe serial, story, which is soon
to appear in The Bee, at the Strand
theater Thursday morning.' '
Starting with the question, "Is Hu
' inanity in the Grip of Evil?" Louis
Tracy, the English novelist, has writ
ten a serial story in fourteen install
ments that fairly teems with, heart
interest and intense action. The prob
lem is discussed through- a' picturiza
tion that cannot but interest the cas
ual play goer or the student of social
problems.
In the beginning the son of a
. wealthy Englishman is disowned and
' disinherited, because he marries be
low his station. His father offers him
money which he spurns and taking his
wife goes to America and secures
a position in an iron foundry. His
wife dies when the son is born, and
John Burton wanders aimlessly about
and is killed by an explosion. His
son is reared in the atmosphere of
the steel, mill and becomes a leader
among the laborers. Because of his.
infatuation for the mill owner's
daughter he settles a strike, but is
suspected by the union men of foul
play and loses his place at the mill.
Just as he is racked by desperate
emotion a man from England finds
him to announce that his grandfather
has died and left him a big fortune
and a title.
Young Johir Burton, now wealthy
and bearing a title, becomes the cen
ter of the Jhirteen succeeding epi
sodes i'n which he deals with alt
classes in his study to 'determine if
"Humanity is in the Grip of Evil."
Each episode is a complete story fea
turing Jackie Saunders and Hugh
Bottomry. In each event, there seems
to be something that, tends to prove
that humanity is in "The Grip of
Evil," and yet there is nothing over
drawn in any episode. The pen of
Louis Tracy has treated the subject
in an interesting manner and the pic
tures illustrate just the kind of events
anyone would agree were happening
every day. Announcement of the ap
pearance of the story, "The Grip of
Evil," will soon appear in The Bee, ,
Interesting and Varied .; i
) Program Offered at Hipp
The Hipp this week offer , an. in
teresting and varied program. Be
ginning today the offering , is Hoi
brook Blinnin "The Weakness of
; 'n." It is thV stoty of a young man
v.'.iose love of x the careless and fast
life has such a hold on him that he
often does wrong . things. Finally,
to .save his wife from further trouble
and to clear the situation, he kills
himself. 'V ; :f-; '
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
the offering will b Blanche Sweet in
"The Dupe.' ; The action is very in
teresting - .
Friday and Saturday . the Hipp
brings to its patrons Donald Brian
in "The Smugglers." A man visiting
Paris has lost his wife's $20,000 neck
lace. To prevent her being disap
pointed he has purchased a paste imi
tation for 20 cents. The woman is
deceived, but as they are about to
leave i'aris the man is up against
it to know what will happen when
the customs officials tell them the
necklace is an imitation. His en
deavors to hide the necklace and the
various ways in which it turns up
form a good comedy.
Four Changes on Muse .
A Bill for Coming Week
The Muse offers four changes of
program this week. Today the offer
ing is Mm& Petrova in '"The Scarlet
Woman,'" -The play was written es
pecially for Mme. Petrova, as are. all
of the features in which she is appear
ing at the present time. In the pro
duction more thau two hundred-persons
are shown in many scenes, in
cluding ballet dancers and cabaret
entertainers who appear in the big
restaurant -scene.
Tuesday and Wednesday the Muse
presents ''The Flames of Johaniiis"
a Lubin feature photoplay with Nance
O'Neil in- the leading role. In the
play Miss UiNCit piays doui hid pan
of Marika, a foundling, and Zirah,
an evil old gypsy.
Thursday the feature will be "Brit
ton of the Seventh," a military story
of the plains, and with it "The Ruse,
a tale of society and business. The
military story has the Custer massa
cre for an incideht. The story is by
Lyrus X ownsend Brady.
Friday and Saturday will be shown
"Gloria's Romance," which is grow
ing in popularity with photoplay
fans.
Hopper and Tincher .
Chased by a Lion
When De Wolfe Hopper and Fay
Tincher appear in the scenes with a
lion in Sunshine Dad, the offering
at the Rohlff theater today, they were
not acting. It was mighty serious
business with them, it required
weeks of patient, nerve-racking effort
to get the lion to do the things he had
to do in 'this picture. He wasn't a
loveable lion at all, and he hated bath
tubs. When you have seen the won
derful mystery of this play and have
grasped its cleverness and tingling
Quality, you'll begin to realize that
it stands out as one of the big motion
picture features of the year.
ror the balance: of the week the
offerings are as follows: Monday.
seventeenth chapter of "The Iron
Claw." Tuesday and Wednesday,
William M. Thompson and Anna Lehr
in "Civilizations Uiiid. Ihursday,
return engagement of Billie Burke in
"Peggy." , Friday, Theda Bara in
'The Eternal SaDho." while Saturday
is Laff Day with Keystone Favorites
and rathe News.
Strand Program Is Usual
Varied, Interesting Bill
' Three feature productions hold
forth at the Strand this week com
mencing today, when the attraction
is William H. Thi mpson and Charles
Ray in a story called "The Dividend,"
that touches a responsive chord in all
of us, namely, father love. A Key
stone will amuse you, while a Pathe
weekly is also scheduled. v
Dainty Lillian Gish, for Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, in "An in
nocent Magdalene," a story of old
Kentucky. I here s bpottswood Ait-
ken, Mary Alden and Sam DeGrasse
supporting Miss Gish. Besides, one
of those, funny Keystones. . ,
Friday and Saturday, ineda Bara
in a modernized, Americanized version
of "East Lynne." The cast is headed
by Stuart Holmes and Fox kiddies.
Old Mill Is Interesting
.Attraction at Krug Park
; One of the most interesting of 411
the attractions tn be found at Krug
park is the Old Mill - Picturing
the trout pt a gigantic uutcli wind
mill, so common in the -old country,
a scene is brought to the eye that is
very realistic i .
.-This attraction is a ride in a boat
to practically all the civilized, world,
and in passing through the water
ways many interesting ' things are
shown. The scenes portrayed' are
made from paper mache and picture
places iii the land of the setting sun; a
Swiss mountain village; a Japanese
tea garden in Tokio; grottos in the
Mammoth Cave,, with huge pieces of
stalactite" nd ' stalagmite . vividly
shown; the. laira of the polar, bear,
and deep sea' fish, and other scenes
equally interesting. . .
Program at Dundee Is
v - ; ; Varied for the Week
The program at the Dundee this
week is interesting and varied. Mon
day Theda Bara in.'The Serpent" is
the feature offering, accompanied by
"Prof. Wise.Guy's Trip to the Moon.1
Tuesday, Triangle presents "Sunshine
Dad." Wednesday the Tuesday show
is repeated. Thursday, Alice Brady
in; "Tangled Fates" and Wanted a
Husband."" Friday, Billie Burke' In
"Pesgy.". Saturday, William H.
Thompson and Anna Lfhr in "Civili
zation a Child," an Ince production,
together with "Henry's Little Girl,
a Nestor comedy.
Walker Whiteside on s -
, . Lothrop Bill Today
The Lothrop today and Monday Is
offering Walker Whiteside in "The
Melting Pot." This is an adaptation
of the play by the same name in which
Mr. VVhitcside appeared to advan
tage on all the prominent stages of
the country. A Keysstone comedy,,
"The Snow Cure." accompanies the
feature. Tuesday, House Peters in
"The Great Divide." -Wednesday,
Billie Burke in "Peggy." Thursday,
little Viola Dane in "The Innocence;
of Ruth." Friday, William H. Thomp
son in "Civilization's Child." Satur
day, Metro presents "The Black Fear.
Moving Picture Industry of Today
Talks With Screen-Struck Girls
'. By BEATRIZ MICHELENA No. 14
(Copyright April, 1916, by Bcatriz
" Michelena.) : " " v'
In my last "talk" I tried to answer
a girl who wanted to know why so,
many people had a bad name for pic
ture actresses'. - 1 told her, you re
member, that it was because people
were usually looking for the bad in
others ana, just
Z because the picture
. ere so m....
irf the limelight,
they had the better
opportunity to nnd
..ere what little
there was and to
elaborate upon it
In this same ob
servation we may
find a very good
vi-ason V why -the
girl who aspires to
be pictures act
ress should be
most careful of her
step. She may be
ure her smallest iniiscretion will be
tnaguificd many fold. It is all very
veil to declare that we don't , care
hat people say so long as it isn't
true, but the fact remains that the
malignant weight of gossip and m
SJioation. though it be false, is often
the thing that snaps a girl's moral
fiber. Many a girl has crumpled be
fore the finger of suspicion.
Another thing to remember in this
same connection is that, because of
the foolish gossip about picture peo
ple, there are a lot of hair-brain men
who have come to a conclusion that
they may take any liberty they wish
with a girl, so long as sfie is a film
actress, and, I am sorry to say, there
are a few thoughtless girls who en
coprage this opinion -through what
they term "harmless flirtations."
I would ask these girls to remem
ber that picture acting demands just
as much dignity and respect as any
profession, and, if they do not treat
it so, they are playing false to it and
to their sisters in the work. -.. .,
These "harmless flirtations' have
always made rue boil It isn't that
I'm narrow or "piciunish" about such
things, but, as a usual thing, the very
attitude and state of mind ui the man
in these affairs are an insult . to a
girl's intelligence. There is no con
ceit so. presumptuous as that of the
man flirt He 'carries a supercilious
air of superiority and treats the girl
as a mental nonentity. ...
Why must some girls encourage
him in.it?
By JAKE MITCHELL,
Manager Laemmle Film Service,
Omaha. . . .
. To show the growth of any industry
it is necessary to go back a number
of years. With the moving picture
industry it is only necessary to look
back about ten years, as that really
is the beginning, although moving
pictures were exhibited before then.
Ten years ago the'exhibitor was not
supposed to know anything about this
picture or that. He simply went to
the exchange and took whatever was
handed to him, and he was happy
enough to take whatever he got. To
day it is changed. The exhibitor is
a business man who does his shop
ping with intelligence. He first
learns the class of pictures his patrons
like and goes about the task of finding
as near as possible that kind of a
picture or picture service.
A year or so back there was a
clamor for the big production, and
at present we find a great many ex
clusive programs on the market
Some are very successful and some
are not; however, on the whole the
average merit of the pictures are of
a high order.
Many houses which have failed on
the large productions have come back
to their own by running the regular
programs and vice' versa. It is not
always the fault of the service, but
the district in which the theater may
be located.
. The motion picture industry today
represents the outlay of many millions
Airdome Bills Good
. Features and Comedies
A first run General Film company
feature and comedy program has
been contracted for the Airdome at
Fairnam and Thirtieth streets. There
will be at least one, and Usually two
comedies in this program every night,
The Sunday night program will be a
Knickerbocker star feature, present
ing Lois Meredith in "Spellbound," in
five acts the scene being laid in In
dia. ' There will also be a Vitagraph
comedy entitles Here Loving Re
lations." Monday night a Selig three-
reel drama, "The Reprisal," featuring
Jack Pickford, ' and two' comedies,
one a Vitagraph and the other a Vim,
will make up the program.
Many Features at
Airdome This Week
Clara Kimball Young will be pre
sented this evening at the Rirdome in
"The Feast of Life,": a drama de
scribed as being full of passion and
intrigue; Monday, Alice Brady will
be shown in "Then I'll Come Back
to You;" Tuesday, the feature will be
"The Price of Happiness," with Mary
Boland. . Wednesday,,, "The Shadow
of Uoubt. Thursday, "I tie City.
Friday, The Daughter of the Sea,"
and Sunday "Fate's Boomerang."
Good Screen Program
At the Omaha Theater
At the Omaha today the bill calls
for "Base Ball Bill," "The Mark of a
Gentleman" and Hulda, the Silent."
Monday, Frank Sheridan in "The
Struggle." Tuesday, "The Scarlet
Mark. Wednesday, Mary MacLaren
in "Shores." Thursday, Bruce Mc
Rae in "The Chain Invisible." Fri
day, "John Weedham's Double." Sat
urday, "The Man Across the Street,"
comedies, and "Sports of the Rajah in
Mysterious India."
Show Good Picture at
Orpheum Theater Today
"The Criminal's Thumb." feat urine
Alexander Gaden and Lucille Taft,
will be presented at the Orpheum to
day. It is a story of a man with a
spatulate thumb. Comedy and "Reel
Lite will be a part ot the program.
Monday will be shown "Brothers
Equal:" Tuesday, "A Man's Sins;"
Wednesday, fifth episode of "The
Secret of the Submarine" and "Win
dow of Dreams;" Thursday and Fri
day, Triangle1 productions, and Satur
day, "A Modern Sphinx."
Hippodrome Program for .
Coming Week Interesting
Starting today, "Peg O' the Ring"
holds the screen, together ' with
Mutt and Jeff cartoon and four other
reels'. Monday 7 the offering is "A
Temperance Town" and Sis Hopkins
in A JJaby Urand. l uesday Henry
King in, "Spellbound." -Wednesday "A
bong in the Dark and A Dollar
Down." Thursday "Carew and Son."
Friday "The Rich Idler" and other
features. Saturday "The Reprisal"
and "Otto's Legacy."
"Fate's Boomerang" on
Bill at the Grand
The Grand is today offering "Fate's
Boomerang," with Mollie King in the
leading role. Monday the offering
i Billie Burke in "Gloria's Romance,
in addition to "Excuse Me," a strong
feature comedy-drama. Tuesday the
Grand presents Marguerite Leslie in
"The Question." The program for
the rest of the week is also an inter
esting feature bill.
Interesting Program
i At the Alamo Today
The program for the patrons of the
Alamo today is very interesting. The
fifth episode of "Peg O' the Ring"
will be shown, together with three
short films of merit, including "Love
Quarantined," "A College . Boomer
ang," "The Devil's Image." For the
rest of the week the program includes
daily changes of dramas and come
dies. ' '' N . I .-
"The Galley Slave" Is .
Today's Bill at Farnam
Today the patrons of the Fkrnam
will be treated to a feature picture
with Theda Bara in the leading role.
The story is entitled, "The Galley
Slave." Theda Bara continues: to in
terest audiences everywhere, and those
who missed "The Galley Slave" will
mid today's Farnam program interesting.
of dollars and while it seemed to be
nothing more than a fad in the past,
it is now on a solid basis. Strange
as it may seem, the margin of profit
is about the same as in any other
legitimate business and the stories
of fabulous salaries and profits are
for the most part only well organized
publicity stuft. true there are quite
a few screen actors and actresses
who receive a large sum for their
work, but I believe as M. H. Hoffman,
general manager of the Bluebird com
pany, said through the -columns of
one of the largest weekly . papers,
"The Play's The Thing." The public
wants to be entertained, and are not
so much concerned with who is in the
picture as to what that particuler per
son does, to make the story a suc
cess. .
. I have always made it my business
to watch every program on the mar
ket and believe that I am as much
a friend of the photoplay as anyone
in or out of the business. I think
I buy more movie tickets than the
average patron because I like them
and get a lot of pleasure and informa
tion from them which I never could
get otherwise. There are some pro
ductions that I could never see
enoueh of.
It seems to me that the moving
picture industry is doing more for the
uplift of humanity and education than
the public imagines. At the same
time it is putting it in the form of
amustment. There is no other in
dustry that can boast of "the same
achievement
Journeys With
Photo Players
Bessie Barriscale, the Nymp star,
is taking advantage of the opportunity
to show us what a capital little come
dienne she is. In the five reeler now
under way at Culver City, Miss Bar
riscale has a part full of light touches
which she knows just how to put oyer.
Remember her parts in Bullets and
Brown-ayes and- 1 he Mating'
Well, this part will give the same sort
of quiet enjoyment they did and what
more could anyone ask7 Charles Ray
will Support Miss Barriscale in this
feature.
Cleo Madison has had her little
holiday, just a few days to rest up.
She spent it with her sister, Helen, at
home, ihev are eood companions.
these two, and finds tots of comfort
in each other s society. Helen is more
of less of an invalid, but keeps house,
and they manage to get lots of fun out
of life.
Miss Madison will direct and take
the lead in a West Indian drama.
starting towards the end of the weekvl
In this she will impersonate, a little
slave girt and the photoplay is full
of pathetic interest She is at her best
in these character studies and loves
to play them.
Henry B. Walthall is expected to
pay a visit to California some time in
the near future to take a look at some
of his investments near the sea shore.
Possibly the friend who circulated the
rumor of his visit had the wish in
mind and indeed his many friends on
the coast would be delighted to have
him among them if only for a few
days. It 's doubtful if any actor iu
the orofession has more honest-to-
foodness friends - than this same
lenry .Walthall.
Gract Cunard and Francis Ford
have been taking a good rest, the first
they have enjoyed for a long time.
Since leaving the University company,
they have received several good of
fers, but are making their choice with
great care. Several capitalists in Los
Angeles offered to out up a good sum
of money to exploit this very popular
pair, but the offer has not, so far, been
accepted. Both aver they intend to
have some recreation before starting
anything at all, although it looks as
though their plans would be made
within the next few days.
The wits of the Los Angeles photo
play colony and they are numerous
love to invent new names for the
artists. They have a new one for
Myrtle Stedman; "Permanent Para
mount Pallas Picture Performer."' It
really looks that way. too: new per
formers come and go, but Miss Sted
man steadily sticks. 'What, is more,
she seems to get younger all the time I
What is more, the clever woman
seems to be essentially a Paramount
program artist and it looks as if she
would continue .to wave so mote
it be. .
Good Program Billed
At Princess This Week
Harry Carey. King Baggot, Grace
Cunard, Francis Furd, Alice Howell,
Ella Hall, Flora Parker De Haven,
Mary Fuller, Eddie Lyons and Lec
Moran will all be seen this week at
the Princess. In today's play, "Com
mittee of Credentials, a thrilling
scene is shown when a rider goes to
his death over a cliff. The accom
panying comedies are "Getting the
Goods on Gertie" and "A Conflicting
Conscience. Monday the teature is
"The Man Across the Street," with
King Baggot Tuesday, eleventh epi
sode of "Peg or the Ring;" Wednes
day, "Pirates of the Air" and "Jackals
of a Great City;" Thursday, Ella Hall'
in "The Love Oirl; friday, "ine
Seekers,"- and Saturday, Mary Fuller
in "Behind the Veil."
Big Feature Billed ,
At. the Diamond Today
"The Man from Manhattan," fea
turing William Stowell and Rhea
Mitchell, will be presented at the Dia
mond today, ,- Monday the . feature is
"Armadale.1' Tuesday the fifth epi
sode of "The Secret of the Subma
rine" is shown-with, "The Lion's
Nemisis." Wednesday,' Her Father's
Gold" and "Ima Knutt Gets Bit," a
comedy, will be seen;-, ' Thursday.
A fforestration in Nebraska Promises Much
Wealth Where Barren Sandhills Now Rule
Criminal Thumb,"
and "Reel Ufa.",
"The Iron Mitt"
BY EUNICE HASKINS.
Forest culture is an art Nebraska
has a state forestration commission to
look after her forests. Originally three
separate areas of land were withdrawn
trom the public domain,, and under
proclamation issued by President
Roosevelt, they were designated as
the Nebraska forest reserves, to be
devoted to the work of afforestation.
"Afforestation" means the act of turn
ing ground into forest or woodland.
This was done by the first Norman
kings in England to afford them the
pleasures of the chase.
The conception of afforestation for
Nebraska, and its fulfillment A.
to the late Dr. Bessey of the state uni
versity. It was through the efforts of
ui. oessey tnat the first work of af
forestation with conifernui trora ia
done in the sand hills of Nebraska. By
- - . iuui muac crccs mac
bear cones, as the pine and fir. This
first experiment of slanting- conifer
ous trees was in Holt county on land
Deionging to rrot. flruner of the state
university, who last vear wi
nated Nebraska's most' distinguished
mucn. xnis iirsi experiment was so
successrui tnat ur. Bessey urged upon
the federal government the adontinn
of a forestry policy for the state of
Nebraska.
Consequently three areas wcr
aside for afforestation. These areas
became known as the Platte, the Dis
mal or Loup, and the Niobrara divis
ions of the Nebraska National forest
reserve. The Platte division was loca
ted in Grant and McFherson count!!.
and contained 325,000 acres; the Dis
mal or x-oup division was located in
Blaine and Thomas counties and con
tained 85.000 acres: the Ninh ran wai
located in Cherry county and con
tained 124,000 acres.
In 1903 a nursery was established
in me uismal or Loup . division on
the south bank of the Middle Loup
river, a mile and a half west of Hat
sey, on the Burlincton railrnirl. Thi.
became known as the Halsev
or division, and is now known as the
cscy, in nonor or ur. Bessey, who
was at the head of the department
or Dorany and torestry at the state
university at the time of his death.
-This nursery now has a capacity of
i.juv.uuu pianis annuanv ana aDoroxi-
mately 500,000 of these plants are dis-
mDuiea iree, upon request, to Settlers
in western Nebraska. In the sand
hills, 2,500 acres have been blanted.
In a great measure this work was
hovel departure in so far as the.
United States was concerned, and the
lures, service naa not nan tne brnr-tit
of previous experience with similar
conditions to guide it' in its work.
Owing to climatic and soil conditions.
tnc available species of trees for plant
ing had to be tested out.
To make afforestation in the sand
hills a success, the bureau of forestry
realized that the results obtained must
be upon a commercial basis it would
have to be conclusively demonstrated
tnat trees could be grown into tim
ber to net a profit.
. A new government nursery has
been started in Cherry county, south
of Wenzel, and -the original name
of Niobrara has been changed to Mor
ton, in recognition of the services of
the late J. Sterling Morton, of Ne
braska City to forestry and conserva
tion, i he tirst seeds were planted this
year. 1 he Morton nursery will have
a capacity of 500,000 trees a year:.
The Platte division was eventually
opened to settlement, as a soil sur
vey showed a large percentage of it
to be classified as agricultural land.
Seventy acres covers the total experi
mental work ever done upon the
Platte division, and" less than 15 per
cent of this acreage was planted to
hardwood stock, the balance was in
pines, and two or three years ago
when a count was .made, it showed
more than 75 per cent of the trees to
"be alive. So successful has been the
work of afforestation in Nebraska
that the federal government now feels
warranted in undertaking similar
work upon its sand land in Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan. The rec
ords of the foresty bureau ' show a
greater annual growth than anything
of which the bureau of forestry has
record of ui the Rocky mountain
region this, ot course, comparing
similar species.
Beginning with the 1915 planting
of trees, three-year-old seedling trees
were used. These seedling trees were
obtained from the seed cones pro
duced from the first trees planted.
A soil survey of the Platte division
showed a large percentage of it to be
classified as agricultural land, and in
consequence it -was thrown open to
settlement. Experts who nave seen
practically all planting done by the
forest service throughout the national
forest regions in the United States
pronounce the Nebraska forest to be
the most successful and promising in
the United States, and congress has
increased the appropriation available
for forest work in Nebraska, which
allowed for the establishment of a
second nursery iii the state. The Ne
braska legislature also appropriates
a sum of money for the work of the
State Forestation commission.
In 1910, a substation for experimen
tal agriculture was established at Val
entine, Cherry county, and there
about 2,000 trees have ben planted in
sand hills. This number is made
up of cottnnwoods, Norway pop
lars, box elders, honey locusts, black
locusts. American elms, green asn,
hardy , catalpas, Russian olives, a few
cedars, and about 500 rock pines and
jack pines. A new bulletin just is
sued about this substation says that
the Norway poplar, cottonwood and
box-elder of the quick growing varie
ties are best, though the cottonwood
and Norway poplar are short-lived.
The American elm and the honey
locust have done best of the slower
growing deciduous trees. Of t the
coniferous trees, the rock pines hare
done best
In all of southwestern Nebraska
tree planting is never thought of as
forestry. All small streams are well
lined with native timber, and there
is scarcely a farm home that is not
surrounded by grove and orchard.
Tht towns and villages have such
fine growths of well trimmed atrees
that they are like parks. Almost every
kind of a deciduous or evergreen tree
will grow and do well However,
tho last few yeara various pests have
started to work on fruit trees, and
spraying has become " necessary.
Maple and box-elder comprise the
maioritv of the trees in the towns.
Last year the state of Nebraska re
ceived $1,961 from the receipts ot tne
national forests for one year. Of this
.'.if ';
'-..'eViy' .
sum, $1,401 was turned 'over to the is "being built strong and neat wire
state for county, school and road pur
poses ana tne balance was placed with
the state secretary of agriculture for
building roads and trails for the bene
fit of communities in and about the
forest reserves. The total receipts
from the national forests last year
were nearly $2,500,000.
The bureau of forestry says4:. "Jack
pine, in twenty years, . should make
one first class and one second class
post per tree. These may safely be
valued at 8 and 4 cents, respectively,
or 12 cents per tree. Suppose, then,
that 2,500 trees are planted per acre,
at a cost of $8 per thousand. Of these
80 per cent are jack pine and 20 per
cent yellow pine. Suppose again, that
80 per cent of the jack pine and 60 per
cent of the yellow pines succeed. The
1,600 jack pines, cut at twenty years,
give a gross income of $192 an acre.
This is sufficient to cover the cost of
plantation, with 4 per cent interest
and protection of 10 cents per acre per
year and leave a net annual income of
$4.87. The 300 yellow pines per acre
are left, and being freed from interest
bearing debt, may be grown to almost
any age with reasonable assurance of
profit. While these are rough calcula
tions and subject to error, it is not dif
ficult to see that the growing of tim
ber on the sand hills, bothfor minor
and major products may be on a
profitably safe financial basis, and
may be putting the land to a consider
ably higher use than for grazing."'-!
In southeastern Nebraska the osagej
hedge fence is passing and in its place very unsightly,
fences. The pioneers set out the osage
hedge fence as early as possible after
their arrival, and it was not long com
paratively until these fences were
large enough to trim and furnish all
the posts needed locally, and for a
good many" years a good many cars
have been shipped out annually. At
Stella Dick Curtis ships from light to
ten cars annually.
At the price land has become in the
older settled portions of the state, as
in Richardson county, farmers . feel
that they cannot afford to allow a
hedge fence to grow and rob the fer
tility of the soil for a rod or more
into the field. Besides the orchards
and groves afford windbreaks and the
demand for posts . is not so great
locally. In pioneer days, the only tim
ber of importance was along the Mis
souri fiver, or bigger streams, forest
fires from time to time killing all that
which would start along the small
streams. Pioneers hauled lumber from
the Missouri river as far west as near
Pawnee City, a distance of thirty-five
or forty miles. And some pioneers,
who did not live too far away, would
buy a piece of timber along the Mis
souri and in the winter go thert and
get posts and building material.
As to the hedge fences, some 'are
killed by trimming to the ground and
burying over with straw and dirt, and
a stump puller is used by some farm
ers. A well-trimmed hedge is a thing
of beauty along the roadside, but
when such a fence is ill -kept it is
TOMSHJOMSTERY
Cradle of the Hew Bulgaria Is
Bridge Which Separates from
' Ancient Bulgarian Kings.
WAS OVERCOME BUT ONCE
CorTMpondeae of ' th AifocMed Prtu.)
Rils, Bulgaria, June 12. "The great
task of Rilsky Monastery is about to
be finished," said Father Eugenius to
the correspondent. "This monastery
is the cradle of the new Bulgaria. It
is the bridge which spans the period
ox suiicring anu suujuKauon wnicn
divides the Bulgaria of today from
the great kingdom of the ancient Bul
garian kings.
Father Eugenius is the head of this
religious institution, ohe of the
world's famous monasteries, which is
located about fourteen miles from
Rila, His predecessors have presided
over as many as 300' Greek Catholic
monks. Today the monastery houses
only thifty-five.
'During the rule of the lurks, the
monks from the monastery were sta
tioned in every. Bulgarian town and.
large village, teaching.- the . Bulgars
their language and keeping alive their
faith," continued the stalwart su
perior. "Since then conditions have
changed. Today our church has been
re-established and the government
maintains good schools.- With that
has passed the necessity of keening
Thousand Years Old.
'Riljfcv Monastery was founded bv
Ivan Rilsk between 946 and 1,000 A.
D. Ivan of the Kila Desert, as he was
called, was an ascetic, who acquired
the reputation of being a wise man.
He is said to have lived in cabin
near the site of the present monastery.
invuca once to visit inc court oi ine
king of the Bulgarians, Ivan replied
that the king had better come to him.
Around this man of force soon col
lected a number of disciples. With
them hefounded the monastery. King
John Shishmann, 'in 1379, explained
the superior, gave to the monastery
the entire surrounding, then consist
ing of targe forests of beech, oak and
dint, covering the slopes rf the Rila
mountain range. At the same time
the monastery was granted the right
oi autonomy. A parchment some six
fact in length is displayed as proof of
this. ,
Sultan Murad continued the estab
lishment in its1 rights, as -a token of
which he presented the - monastery
with a. five-foot candle of wax, which
is also still to be seen in the library
of the monastery. Little by little the
wealth of the institution increased, so
did the number of its buildings. In
1832 the monastery was almost totally
destroyed by fire, nothing remaining
intact with the exception ot a tower
built in 1337. In rebuilding the mon
astery the old Walls' were made use
of and care was taken to preserve the
original Byzantian archiecture.
Four Stories High.
Today the establishment forms an
irregular quadrangle around an in
terior court of about 8,000s quare yards
Most of the wings are four stories
high. Lofty arcades, supporting the
galleries which give connections to
the 300 rooms and halls of the build
ings, give the whole a majestic aspect
In the center ot the court stands the
chapel of the monastery, and over the
steep red-tiled roofs of the quadrangle
peep the snow-covered peaks of the
Rila range, of which the Stag and
King summits, 9,300 feet above sea
level, are the highest.
Not all the Turkish sultans were
the friends of the monastery. Thus
it happened that the seclusion which
Ivan Rilsky had -sought became time
and again the only protection Bulgars
from the vicinity had against the
perils of war and misrule. The mon
astery may be reached over a pass
from Samokoff, but its principal ap
proach lies through a fourteen-mile
gorge from -the village of Rila. These
two approaches could be easily de
fended by a small number of men.
On- just one occasion was the
monastery overcome by military
force in 1835 the Serbian fuedal lord,
Chrl, entered it. The tower of the
monastery is the monument of his
conversion. It was he who erected it
Three decades ago Rilsky monastery
often became the refuge of the Bul
garian comitadjes, who had their
headquarters in the Rila forests. Even
today the monastery is nearly seventy
miles from the railroad, as inacces
sible as ever, and far removed from
the beaten trail.
The institution owns approximately
148,000 acres of land, of which about
7,400 acres are under cultivation, the
labor being done by hired men. .
"All you see here is ours," said .
Father - Eugenius, pointing to the
fields in the gorge, the splendid beech
and oak forests, and the mountain
glades still covered with snow. "We
have about 2,500 sheep, 100 cows and
more than 100 horses,"
Asked what was done with the rev
enue from the forests and the fields,
the superior said part of it went to
the traditional custom ot lodging
and feeding free all charges, and, for
three days, all strangers passing that
way, and that the remainder was given
to schools and seminaries.
"We know little of the war here."
he said, "though- we get mail regu
larly. We follow our devotions and
hope and pray that the strife will
soon be over. The good monks of
Rilskv were reminded of the war.
however, last night when your auto
mobile snorted its way up the gorge."
The chauffeur had negotiated the
ninety-horse power machine through a
desolation of water-washed boulders.
along the impetuous mountain torrent,
and then, through a dense forest of
beeches and conifers. The monastery
was reached about s o clock in the
evening, and as the machine rumbled
through the great courtyard most of
the thirty-five monks rushed from
their cells to witness the unusual
event of an automobile invading the
holy precincts ot Kila.
I he superior had already retired,
: he was to celebrate mass at 3
o'clock in the morning, so Brother
Nicofxr welcomed the guests, served
a meal of cold beans flavored with -mint,
cold prunes, and bread, and
then assigned the Associated Press
correspondent the best but one apart
ment in the monastery that one be
ing the quarters reserved for the king.
Brother Mcoter said Uiat never be
fore had an American jornalist been
Rilsky monastery, and he ex
plained the simple fare by stating it"
was a week of fasting at the institu
tion, and hoped that the visitor would
sleep well.
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HERE THEY COM
From All Quarters of the Earth
The Most Expert Horsemen, Lariat
sssessssbsiv
Throwers, Marksmen, etc.
tional Wild' West Show.
-for the Sensa-
"FRONTIER DAYS"
and "ROUND-UP"
at the
n
11 Jsr a
il Douglas County Fair Grounds
July 20, 21, 22 and 23
. Under the Auspices of the AK-SAR-EEN.
NOTE This show Is run to help partly defray the expenses
of the Great Pageant to be held here tils Fall,
Bceerved Seat Sale at Beaton's Drag Store, Uth and Faraasi
Xerrltt's Drug Store, Rose BIdg.
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