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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1917)
10 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY AUGUST 2, 1917. NEBRASKA CORN IN GOODCONDITION Telegrams Sent Over State In dicate but Little Damage as Yet, With Most in Fine Shape. Up to this time the Nebraska corn crop has not btn materially dam aged by hot weather and drouth. However, to bring it up to the normal yield this fall there must be more rain within a few days. The foregoing is the consensus of opinion of the members of the Omaha Grain exchange. That they might get a correct line up on the condition of the Nebraska corn crop, more than one-half of the 175 members of the Omaha Grain exchange sent telegrams to their cor respondents out in the state Monday, asking them to wire the damage, if any, the extent of the damage and the outlook for a crop. Answers to the hundreds' of tele grams are coming in and as a rule the country correspondents take a most optomistic view of the present con dition and the future, though all agree that if Nebraska raises its normal crop there must be more rain. The real corn belt of Nebraska lies east of a line drawn north and south of Lexington and Holdrcge, some 200 miles back from the Missouri river and it was into this territory that the most of the telegrams went. Almost everywhere in this area, with the exception of a small section of country in the extreme southern part of the state, word comes that except in isolated cases, but little damage has resulted from the dry and hot Weather. The answers indicate that early planted corn has stood the heat and drouth far better than that planted late in the season. Then, too, corn that was well cultivated smd carefully tended has been ( damaged but little, while corn where the weeds were permitted to grow and the ground was not; plowed deep cannot make more than a half crop. However, a field in this condition is the exception ' rathcrthan the rule. Taking the, east two-thirds of the corn belt heretofore, indicated, replies Shit in are of the most flattering kind. Triry generally state that, while the top of the ground is dry, one-half inch to two inches beneath the sur face the soil is moist and the plant is making good growth.. The leaves curl during the day, but straighten out at night and in the morning are fresh and do not ahow any signs of being fired. " .Grain men are unanimous in the opinion that while there may have been some damage done to the corn in the extoeme western portion of the Nebraska corn belt, the fields back from the Missouri river for a distance of 100 to 125 miles, except in a few instances, are damaged lightly. While the rain of the last few days has been helpful to the corn, grain men say that it has not been of the character that brings results and a full crop. They say that it has moist ened the top of soil, but has not gone down into the roots of the growing corn plants. However, they add that corn hat attained growth so that the plant shades the ground and pre vents the sun from striking the roots and drying out the soil. Soldiers Save Cars 1 From Long, Burning Train Soldiers at Fort Robinson saved a Northwestern oil train of twenty-one tank cars from total destruction. As it was nine' cars loaded with gaso .line and oil were burned, entailing a loss of something like $35,000, according-to the estimate of General Manager Walters. The oil train was pulling into Crawford, 1 Neb., coming from the west. Just opposite Fort Robinson the axle on the sixth car back from the engine broke and dragged along the rain, the friction throwing off sparks that ignited the dripping oil. An instant later the car was a mass of flames, quickly communicating to cars farther back. , . ' With rart presence of mind the en gineer cut the blazing train in two, pulling the five cars away from the scene of the fire. At about the same time, at Fort Robinson, guard was being changed and a sergeant sound ed the fire alarm. Five minutes later more than 500 soldiers were at the scene of the fire. They cut the train in two back of the blazing cars and pushed to a safe distance those cars that had not caught on fire. ' Nothing could be done to save the nine burning car and inside of an .hour everything about them that would burn had been consumed. Woe to tthe Autoist Who Moves "Park" Stan "Woe be to the parking ordinance violators who remove the 'Don't Park Here' signs and park their cars within restricted limits," said Police Judge Fitzgerald. Traffic Officer Harry Ulmer com plained that in some cases, where business firms have secured an order from the police to mark off a section in front of their places, autoists re move the sign and drive in, in spite of the warnings, and when they are ready to leave they put the sign back to where they have taken it from. Marshal to Take Two To the Internment Jail United States Marshal Flynn and Deputy Nickerson will leave Thurs day for Fort Douglas, Utah, with John Grabert and John Fentrohs, two alien enemies who were arrested respectively in Omaha and Dunning, Neb., and who have been ordered in terned at Fort Douglas. British Flight Sergeant to Leave Fort Omaha Balloon School GET NEW KIDNEYS! Th kidney art th most orerworked crtmn of th human body, and when they fail in their work of lUlenn out and throw In off too poUoni developed in the y tern, thine begin to happen. One of the firit warning! i pain or itiff net in the lower part of the back, highly colored urine, lou of appetite, indigestion, irritation or even (ton in the bladder. The ymptora indicate a condition that may lead to that dreaded and fatal malady. Bright dice, for which there U said to to no cur. You can almost certainly find immediate relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap ule. 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In deed it is said he is still gunning for a certain reporter. But Omaha reaped the results. It may be that Sergeant Hill has a story to tell. Reports are current of his deeds of daring at the front, but he almost froths at the mouth at mere sight of a reporter. As Sergeant Hill boasts six feet of British.brawn, "yel low" reporters have deemed discretion the better part of valor. Sergeant Hill will leave this week for Akron, 5., the famous rubber town, where he will inspect some y. m7c. a. to send workersto france General Pershing; Cables Ap peal for Actives to Teach Scriptures to Women. - L "Do you know the message that General Pershing sent back him soon after he landed in France. "It has not been made public, but its contents was an appeal to the Young Men's Christian association of America to rush there as quickly as possible clean men who can help the French people overcome one of the greatest instances of misplaced grati tude that the world has ever known. Such was the message of Rev. Charles E. Cohbey in an appeal for clean men of Omaha who can speak the French language. The Omaha Young Men's Christian association will list the names of all men who can so qualify. Any number up to 800 will be accepted and immediately sent to foreign fields. Continuing his review of conditions there, Rev. Mr. Cobbey said: "It is an actual fact that these wonderful women of France are filled with misplaced gratitude. They mis understand. "What we want is something to counteract this mistake. God's word carried to France will set it right I am positive. And what will be more powerful than a fine set of America's best youth exerting a wholesome in fluence there? Pays $2,000 a" Year. "There are any number of men now doing this work who prior to the war commanded salaries all the way from $5,000 to $10,000 per year and are sac rificing much. The Young Men's Christian association will pay every man it send to France for this work $2,000 per year." Rev. 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At that time he took with him Mr. Foley, who was a yardmas ter, appointing him a superintendent. When Mr. Park was elected vice president Mr. Foley was promoted to general manager. The Illinois Central also announces the promotion of A. E. Clift, general superintendent of northern lines, to general manager. As general super intendent of the northern lines he is succeeded by L. A. Downs, superin tendent of the southern lines. Bee Want Ads produce results. FLIGHT SAKS. HC. HLL rORTRAIT SV LUMIEKJS balloons ordered for the Fort Omaha balloon school. He will go with his story untold. BRANCH WAR BOARD IS ORGANIZED HERE Railroads Centering in Omaha to For,m Section of the Na tional Council of of Defense. Thursday there will be organized a branch of the railroad war board of the National Council of Defense in Omaha. 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Mayor Dahlman switched on the electricity which started the fan in the first mu nicipal drying plant in Omaha at the time. "This matter of food conser vation is not a political movement; it has been ordered by the govern ment as a measure in connection with the State Council of Defense." In addit:on to the highly patriotic speech made by the mayor, Frank G. Odell, Mrs. Mary Howe and Mrs. H. C. Sumney all talked on food conser vation work. Since no canvass had been made yet in Central Park dis trict, all the women present signed pledge cards and took more to dis tribute among their neighbors. This n.orning Mesdames H. B. Fleharty, J. VV. Robbins, James Rich ardson and H. C. Sumney, with a number of Campfire girls, started on a canvass of the northern part of the city. Emma Jane Estes Files Suit for Divorce; Cruelty Emma Jane Estes, 42 years old, a bride of a few months, has begun suit for divorce in district court against Love Mason Estes, 50 years old, said to be a wealthy real estate operator. Mrs. Estes alleges her husband's given name fits him . too well. She says he is too loving cruelly so. The Esteses were married at Cres ton, la., June 7. Mrs. Estes says her husband is worth $50,000. Mediation Board to. Report j Omaha Strike to Governor I The state board of mediation and investigation went into executive ses-; sion at 11:30 .Wednesday morning in; the city hall to consider the matter J ot dratting a special report to uov ernor Neville on the strike situation in Omaha as they have found it in the testimony introduced on. the labor side of the cpntroversy. Only attorneys for the laborers appeared when the board convened. The em ployers are stili standing on what they hold to be their constitutional right to refuse to testify. 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