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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1916)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1016 t WAR ON RATS IS GRAIN MEN'S UKASE Little Field Rodents Cause Three-Quarter Million Dol lars Damage Annually. SHARP TEETH EAT PROFITS While a war of extermination is being waged on the English sparrow, grain men assert that it would be proper to extend the warfare to rats, the position being taken that they do vastly more damage each year than the sparrows. Of course grain men have only to do with the damage that rats do to grain and while they have no com pilation of figures at hand, they as sert that in Nebraska alone, rats de stroy probably an average of $500,000 to $750,000 worth of grain annually. This damage could be greatly re duced, they say, by a systematic kill ing of the rodents. Years ago when elevators were con structed of wood and wood floors in such structures were the rule and when the old-fashioned shovel houses were located ai me gram-DuyniK mints, it was figured that rats took . ,, r t . ,1. f the grain. In recent years the shovel houses have gone to the discard and grain is now handled through elevators. These elevators have solid founda tions of cement, from a foot to eight een inches in thickness, extending well up the sides, much higher than a rat can ever climb. In this way much of the rat damage has been elimin ated. However,, while the grain is being held by the farmers and before it finds its way into the modern eleva tors, the rat damage is great. On the farms, prior to taking to market, the grain is stored in bins in barns, or in granaries, and as a rule, say the grain men, these storehouses, instead of be ing rat-proof, are of wood construc tion. Rats easily get into them and cat large quantities of grain annually. This year, with wheat prices around $1.701.75 and corn 8590 cents per bushel, it does not take a rat family very long to eat a dollar's worth of grain. And with thousands of farm ers having grain in storage in their home bins the loss of a few bushels to each farmer, in the aggregate, means a neat sum of money. Grain men want a rat-killing day proclaimed and believe that with a little co-operation the profit-eating pests could be pretty well wiped out at a small cost and hundreds of thou sands of dollars saved annually to Nebraska. Wheat Price Booms, While Com Drops With reports of a little better con ditions regarding export operations, after declining for several days, wheat took an upturn and on the Omaha market sold at prices 2 cents over those of last Saturday. Receipts were seventy-six carloads and sales were made all the way between $1.68 and $1.74 a bushel. Corn failed to follow wheat and sold down 'i cent Receipts were 117 carloads and prices were 8688 cents a bushel. Oats were off 14'A cent a bushel, selling at 52524 cents. Receipts were forty-three carloads. Gasoline and Kerosene Join Higher Cost Parade The high cost of joy-riding, exclus ive of court lines and hospital bills, is now part of the price parade. One of the local oil companies announced Monday that motorists could pur chase gasoline for 18 cents, just one penny more than has been the toll at the filler-station. High test gaso line also jumps 1 cent, selling now for 21 cents. Kerosene's market value is 7 cents, a rise of cent Shoes Wouldr it be a satisfaction to you to keep the little feet of som . poor child warm in a pair of shoes for the winter? That is a big call that has come to the Associated Chari ties. "Many children are actually compelled to stay home from school because they have no shoes," said Mrs. Doane of the Associated Charities. "We have spent $600 for shoes this fall, but the demand is still very great." Some of them come in with their cold little feet actu ally on the ground. Letters are received from others, piti ful little letters from children whose Christmas would be made happy even with a pair of shoes. Here is practical giving, indeed. Even old shoes that you or your family have discarded will go a long way to keep the feet of the poor warm. Or you can send the money to buy new shoes or send an order on some shoe store. ' Do it now, for many little feet are waiting to be shod. Send or bring your offering to Mrs. Doane, Associated Charities, 1716 Dodge street, or to The Bee. Commissioners Pick Sites for the New Street Lights The city commissioners are en gaged in the task of brightening up a few of the dark corners of the city. At present the brightening process is limited to a map, but after the map shall have been approved, the electric light company will place the lamps according to directions of the city officials and under terms of the five-year contract approved at a spe cial election a week ago. City Electrician Curran submitted a map at a meeting of the council committee of the whole. Pins repre sented proposed locations oi 790 of 1,071 new lamps to be installed. The ornamental district in the Bemis park section is slated for 125 lamps, and a similar number will he installed in the Minne Lusa district. The Bemis park lighting district embraces a zone bounded by Cuming, Hamilton and I hirty-tlnrd streets ! and Mercer boulevard. Old lamps will be taken out. Ornamental posts for the Minne Lusa addition lamps already have been placed by the pro moters of this addition. Many applications for lights have been received at the city hall, and it will be a problem for the commis sioners to make the spread and please all applicants. Commissioner Parks, whose heart beats particularly for the South Side, intends to get same lights for Indian Hill, a district which has never seen an electric light, although it is a part of Greater Omaha. Blows Top of Head Off With Shotgun North Platte, Neb,, Dec. 11. (Spe cial Telegram.) Oscar Falk, 31, of Cheyenne committed suicide at the home of his uncle, Andrew Falk, five miles south of here, by placing a shot gun against his forehead and blowing away the top of his head. His mother had brought him to the uncle's home scleral days ago suffering from men tal trouble. KEEP LOOKING YOUNG It's Easy If You Know Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets The secret of keeping young is to feel young to do this you must watch nA 1,sita1c there's no need your mci au " ---of having a sallow complexion dark rings under your eyes imiiyica- a un ions look in vour face dull eyes with no sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety per cent of all sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver. , , Dr. Edwards, a well-known physician in Ohio, perfected a vegeiauie coni- i :a uth nliv nil to act on the liver and bowels, which he gave to his patients for years. 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