12A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE : OCTOBER 21, NEBRASKAHS PAY. WELL FORLEARNING State Auditor Smith's Report Eeveals That Youth of Corn, hnsker State Is Not Being ? , Overlooked. , (From a 8tiff Correspondent) Lincoln, Oct. 20. (Special.) It costs nearly as much for education in Nebraska as all the other activities of the state, according to figures pre pared by State Auditor W. H. Smith, in his quarterly report for the quarter ending September. According to the report the activities of the state cost as follow: Stat university.... . I 444.W1.71 Normal school; , noard of Control All other department. 360,012.75 422,(21.31 235, 162. 0U ToUIi .,, ll,4M,m.74 The' state university item includes all educational activities, like the state farm, ' Omaha medical college and the other activities.! The normal school item includes everything con nected with the normal schools, while the Board of Control item includes the board with the IS institutions It controls. I ne oiner item Taxes in an departments of the state not included - in the other three. The expenses of the state for the three quarters run up to a total of $4,298,493.22, as follows: - Pint quarter.. . $1,6(7,(71.17 Second quarter............ 1,166,486.31 Tntrd qua 1,46.1J,74 It may be interesting to know that for the last quarter the sum of $470, 891.44Tiaa been paid by th state in salaries; $33,880.51 for telegraph and telephone (15 state institutions not in cluded); mileage and 'traveling, ex penses, $26,670.52. The Item for state institutions is included for transporta tion, telephone and telegraph and the board and amounts to $4,648.41. Farmers Lukewarm Merchant Asserts; In Loyalty Letter The food vUige campaign is meet ing with' opposition in some parts of the state. ' .' v ,S. R. McKelvie, head of the cam paign for Nebraska, has received a letter the author of which he will not divulge which shows the senti ment that is holding back the move ment in some parts, of the state? The letter with names aVd places omitted follows: . "I am in "receipts of your window posters, and have the same hung up In, my window. I know that the, dis play of these posters is going ta lose ' me tome trade, as we are living in a 'red-hot German settlement, and they " rreatlT resent any demonstration fa vorable to the allies; but in these times I shall not care for trade or cus tom, as I have one boy who has just registered, and another one, just past 16, is ready and anxious to go to the front I feel 1hai we should do all that we can lor those i who have already gone. ', ' "I wish that you could get ' the State Council of Defense to go after the Farmers' unions and get them lined up properly. There is a farmers' -ynion at , Neb. with about 50 members,. and I can safely say that over two-thirds of them are 'knock ing the government in every possible Two Lumps of Sugar, Five Tent' Is Prir.fi in Np.w York 'c- ' (By AsMfoIatsd I'reea.) New York, Oct. 20. Scarcity of sugar caused considerable concern in New York today, resulting in confer-, encea between the newly appointed commissioner of markets, Dr. Henry Moskowitz, sugar refiners, wholesale y ers and retailers.. '. In some of the poorer tections of the city as high as 15 cents a pound was r9i4 Stt sntfir ijnri thr wr huf four places where it could be bought for less than 12 cents. Investigation dis closed that some of the large whole sale grocery stores had none left in ' their warehouses and many retail stores were forced to paste "no sugar" signs on, their windows to keep away the crowds of would-be purchasers. The menu card of a leading hotel today contained this note: V . - ' , dered, 10 cents a portion." v v It was announced, however, that the ririr nf tea and rnffM wnnlri he re- duced and that maple sugar or syrup would be served free when desired. ii ti . l- .L. jamts n. t usi, cuairinan ut iuc American rennerv committee oi tne federal food administration, said to day that the sugar' shortage is only ,, temporary. ' , ,: , -- Sylvian Styx,, president' of the Wholesale Grocers' association of this city, f told ' Commissioner Moskowitz that all but three refineries in the vicinity of the city had been forced to close. . ;--: . V Says Farmers Will Lose K j By Holding Back Crops I - Milwaukee. Wis., Oct. 20.-H think tli farmers will be clad later on to take half of the prices ihey are now getting for potatoes,", said Patrick Cudahv. head of a packing concern, today in discussing the 'statement of Food Administrator Hoover that -the farmers are holding back their crops. - ' "l think Mr. Hoover's statement is xsound." said Mr. Cudahy. "Ihe farm ers are Retting altogether too much , the best of things.- They ought to be remi ated the same as business men "They are holding back wheat and potatoes for higher prices. People coming from the country tell me the farmers art holding potatoes in their eel ars. ' iThey are getting from $1 to $1.25 for potatoes now., Next spring they will be getting 50 cents. Norfolk High Win. Norfolk. NcV . "v-t. ll. !8wUI Tele rram.) The Norfolk High achool foot ball team defeated the Oread Island High school team here Friday afternoon, 11 to . The vim tore were naaoia to put acroaa tneir forward pasaea. The aenaatloa of the gam waa a SO-yard end run for a touchdown by Rosenthal. A drop kick waa prettily executed by Koacnmal. Prom Our Near Neighbors , , Elkhorn. kr. Jamei Walnh, of Benson, visited her sister, Mrs. Charles Witte, and family Fri day and Saturday. Archie UcClean w.nt to Lincoln 6aturday to enter the University of Nebraska. ( David Smith, of Bradner, O., arrived here Tuesday to spend ths winter. Father Horheise of Papllllon was ten dered a farewell reception In Blerbach's hall Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Seefus visited Mrs. Seefua' mother at Papllllon Tuesday even ing. . Mrs. A. .y Ca .t enterUIned ths T. club Wednesday afternoon. A very nice lunch was served. , The Royal 2'eighbors met Tuesday after noon In Cast'1 hall. Refreshments were served. Miss Matilda Hamann and William Hamann were Initiated in the Pythian 81s lers Thursday evening. Mrs. E. A. Schurman and nother, Mrs. Carroll, were Omaha visitors Monday. They went In the former's car, f Mrs. W. C Shannon and her mother, Mrs. Poppleton, of Omaha, visited 'Satur day at Oakland cottatfe. ," Frank Oreen ot Valley was a business caller Wednesday William Mangold of Gretna visited here Sunday. Mrs. Adolph Otto visited In Dale Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Olbuuns went to south. eastern Oklahoma Wednesday. ! . HpringHeld. ' Fred Barber of Omaha was a guest of Mrs. Roy Whitney this week. Creta Ward of Omaha visited -Mrs, Carl Olderog early this week. Ford Bates, son of Mr. and Mr. L. A. Bates, and Miss Ethel King of Lincoln were married last Sunday. They will re side In Columbus, Neb. Mrs. W. A. Forsyth of Mitchell, 8. D Is here vlstlng her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Haney. '..-' Olen Begley and Alois Elwell attended the Nebraska-Iowa, foot ball gam at Lincoln last Saturday, v Miss Blanch Pflug of Papllllon visited Mrs. Ross Davis fhls week. n A delegation from Papllllon met the Sun day school workers her last Sunday and mad arrangement for ths coming county convention, which convenes In Papllllon the 20th and 28th of this month. Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Beebe, accompanied by Mrs. W. H. , Davidson, mads an auto trip to Hutchinson, Kan., th forepart of the week. . . t Karl Petty and William Ely left here In their auto for Brush, Colo to work in the beet fields. - W. J. Armstrong Is In an Omaha hospital. wr.er j he iderwnl an operation. Miss Irene Mlnturn visited at the home of her Rrsndmother, Mrs. D. F. Mlnturn, h 111 YtffeC ' Mrs W. M. Kieck visited her sons. William and Ernest, at Minneapolis this week. Mrs Frank Beebe attended the national convention ot ths P. E. O. at Omaha thl " Mrs. Bertha Russell of North Piatt, vis; Ited her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. M. Botor'f, "miss Kathleen Olveen of' Omaha visited Ml;s Dorothy Bates this week. ' Papllllon. ' ' County Attorney B. H. Mr'n'r,hB,I1"- turned from Camp Funston, Fort Blley. Kan., for a feV days. O. F, King spent th week end at Camp Fimston. Kan., with his son. ftmitBijv Th Psfpllilon cnapier oi in u 1 mtted suDDlles this week, William HUlier, jonn Schmidt and Homer Rhod bav enlisted In th "Lucky Seventh." Mas. FraAkle Wilson of Kansas City, Mo., attended the funeral of C. W. Moor last Saturday. ' . , V. Mrs. L. A. Olffln and daughter, of St Francis, Kan., ar visiting Mrs. William County Clerk B. A. Ruff spent a few dava In Chicago ths first ot ths week. V -Th old Royc buildings, a land mark in Papllllon, are being torn oown mis wwn. Zeno Plunkett left th first of the week for Rochester, Minn., wher h -will re celv treatment at th Mayo brothers ho pitaL - v Misses Bertha and Hilda Egger, all of Hick man, were here Sunday for a visit ' at Jht home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Flcselman. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Zimmerer and son, Oscar, wer Nebraska City, visitors Tues day. Mrs. McGrady, of Weeping Water, has been here this week visiting at the home ot her son, Fred , i Weeping Water. Many farmers In this vicinity are buying corn picking machines. Revival meetings," conducted by J. A. Persell, conference evangelist, will com mence afr the M nnonlte church, October 2S. Mrs. Sidney Marshall has been called here from Brfttsbluff by the serious Illness of her father, Martin Rich. s Mrs. F. II. Oorder and Mrs. L. P. Wol cott were delegates from here to the P. E. O. convention In Omaha this week. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lau of Sutherland visited the first of the week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lau. .Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lehman have re turned from a trip to California, wher they visited their son, Harold, who Is In the United States wireless training school at Mare island. 8. J. James and family are moving to Lincoln, wher they will conduct a room ing house. : The following sportsmen of the vicinity have returned from a duck hunting trip near White Rock, 8. D.: Parr Young, Cam eron Cather, L. O. Todd, Cat Rhoden. , Miss Cleo Jameson, who has recently com pleted her course tn Chicago as graduate nurse, Is visiting at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jameson. , VaUey. - J ' :- Rev. Mr, 'Horten gave an Interesting lec ture Wednesday evening at the Presbyterian church upon "Slum Life In London." Mr. and Mrs. Foster and children returned Sunday morning from a two weeks' visit In Colorado. r, and Mrs. Nels Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Preshe motored to Omaha Thursday. V Tn valley Dana went to lacunars uesaay venlng to assist In an entertainment and auction sal given for th Red Cross chap ter of that place. ' Mrs. McCord of Logan, la., is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Laurence Coy, this week. Mrs. Frank Rice and Vinton Lentell rjJ lumen Tuesnay irom a visn in nnsey, inn. Mrs. Rice has accepted a position lnEddy k Peterson's general merchandise store and went to work Thursday. Mrs. Pet Peterson and Mrs. Arthur Pa ions gave a shower for Mrs. Harold Petes ion Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs W. E. Weekly. John Pr-t.-s S'vd h's farm north of Val ly to John Frick of Central City. Mr. Peter will give possession March 1, 1918. The Woman' club gave a very enlovahl" farewell party for Mrs. C. Herbert Coy at ber horn Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Cry will leave soon to spend the winter In Los A - '-M. Ms rev Coy, ?'- Orav O Mis Rosa Coy of Waterloo and Mrs. McCord of Iowa were out-of-town guest present. The members of the Catholic church ot Valley and vicinity purchased th Baptist chn-ch h'i'd' "T e"d will t- It a on soma lots In th Erway It Nelson addition. "hi via s V t n th" r-V'-t of a splendid new building of .brick, til apd tucco upon ths site of th other bylldtng. f Irvlngton. 7 Chris Deln joined the navy and left. Mon day for (h Great Lakes training station. James Herron attended the funeral of his brother-in-law at Curtis Monday. Mrs. Scanlon visited relative tn Omaha last week. 1 While cranking Als automobile Wednes day, S, R. Brewster broke hi arm. Mr; and Mr. A. C. Deln and Mr. and Mr. Ne's CsHm-'xapn Vint' d at Chris Paulson's In Omaha Tuesday evening. Ed Knight, Winner, 8. D., whs ha been vis' '-ig friend here, returned home Wed nesday. Th 1 local Farmers' union held a social meeting Tuesday night. About ISO war present. Refreshment war served. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. ; ' v- Franklin School Kiddies ' Raise $155 in Hawaiian Fete The 'children of Franklin schob' held a program and candy sale Fri day afternoon, at which they cleareV more than $155 from tickets of ad mission alone. Besides this a tidy sum was nettet' from the sale of ice cream and candy made by the girls of the school. Prince Lei Lani, the famous Ha waiian tenor soloist, and Miss 01 1; a Eitner, a local . violinist, provided a real musicaj treat for the many friends and patrons of the school who at tended. Little. Loretta BorhofiLOma ha's talented child dancer, delighted the audience with several costume dances, in which she performed ex quisitely. . The object of the fete was to raise money for new Victrola records. Since the ' proceeds totaled such a magnificent sum, however,, the boys and girls will probably give a part of it to the Re3 Cross. - i ; J Earthquake Recorded ; On GeorgetowrvSeismograph Washington,. Oct. 20. An earth quake of some intensity and lasting more than an hour was reported to day by the Georgetown seismological observatory. It was about 2,000 miles from Washington and began at 11:43 a. m. yesterday. The maximum vi- RATE FIXED On HOME BUILDERS' SHARES and not subject to future reductions, of interest rates as long as you keep them. , Avoid future reduc tions of interest rates on your money, i You can order, guaranteed 6 shares $1.00 each by mail or in person up to $5,00Q. HOME BUMPERS, Inc. American Security Co i Fit. Agtt 17tV & Douglas St., 1 11 . Avea. ' jfts Emily Hough, ot Omaha, waa here last week visiting her plater, rs.- jonn Don lan. i K ' ' ' ( Mr. and Mr. I J. Marquardt wer Ne braska City visitor th first of th week. Dick Neumelster and O. W. Breaseals mad a trip to Boon county this week. - Mr. and Mr. C. F. Hartman, Mr. and Mr. Waltsr lk, Mr, and Mr. Lawrence O'Connor and ion, Mrs. Jones and children and Miss Crlssman, alt ot Lincoln, wer visiting-frlenda her Sunday. V Mr. and Mrs. BenJ. Breaseal, of Ham bur;, Ia war visiting- at th O. W. Brea seal bom tn this city last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Robertson and Mr. and Mrs. Gorg Henderson, of Omaha ware bar Sunday for a M with Mr. and Mr. and Mr. Cybot and son, ef Hamburg, 1 la., wer Sunday visitor nr. i Mr. andMrs. P, Dellebar. ot Firth, Neb., war her IBunday for a visit with relatives aat ef town. Mr. and Mr. Nicholas Odd, of Nehawka, wer visiting relatlyss, her th first of ths Chris Haeffner, of Hitchcock, OKI., is pending th week with relative here, t Mr. John Johnson, ot Royal, Neb., t pending th week with ber daughter, Mr. Fred Belts, for a visit with friends. Mr. and Mr. John Nygren.and children, of Wahoo, were her last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. William wunderucn, oi iar- tel, Neb., war Sunday visitor In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Naniey ana ismiiy, Mr. and Mrs. Willlatn Etmund, Rudolph and Omaha. fp 'w CAN BE CURED Obituary ' . FRANK RAT, aged 60 years, a for mer resident or uriswoia, la.,aiea Krldav afternoon, -at a loeal hospital The body will be ent to, Champaign 111, for buriaL. , y , y Frte Proof To You Alt I want I your name and address o I can send yon a free trial treat- I. . ttatsl, n, r MueaisT t been in the drug buslnes In Fort Wayne for K years, nearly everyone -know me and 'Si! ,ful treatit Ovr six thousand fiv hundred pwpl outside of Fort rve .rdlnV io ttoXn .titement beta cured by this treatment since, 1 flrrt went 1 want you just to try UiiM trea linen tUiat' au-juai wy n. l.rL.n L A. rtm. bn.lnes In Fort Wayne for K years, nearly eTeryoneAnow. me and know about Wavna have. If you have Ceaema. Itch, SaH Rtim, Tetter never mind how Jbad-my treatment ha cured the worst cuscs 1 em sw--glv ne a chance to prove my elains. Send me yoV nnme and address on the coupon below and get the trial treatment I want to , send you FREE. The wonder accomplished in your own case will be proof. insssssnnitMiu OUT AND MAIL TOOJ enssssMMSMniiinnn 1. C. HUT2ELL, Dnigjlat, 2535 Weat Main St, Fort Wayne. In risae end wltiir" owl"! to me vou rree Proof Treatment Kama. .Age. Foil offlce.. .State. Street and No.- MIMSIM1U3 Buy ..Your Hudson Now ; At the Low Pric(B Prices Will advance soon, but before that time comes ' our allotment will be sold. Men who have held off buying Hudsons are going to be disap- " pointed. They are going to wait un til Jt is too late to buy one at the . present low pricey We expect the announcement of a price increase any day now, but before "that timex comes even our supply niay be ex- Y hausted. . ' . , .v We have only so many.Hudsons, r that we can sell at the low price we ask today. When these- are gone, c the next shipment from the factory will be at higher prices. , Men familiar with the material . market, who have watched practi- GUY L. - - ( a:"'"'" cally everjT other make of car go up ' in price, wonder why Hudsons di not advance long-ago. Hudsons k would have, too, but for the fact that Hudson prepared for the pres- ent market by her f purchases ' of materials last year, when the mar ket was' considerably lower. Now these are nearly exhausted, and Hudsons built from noNv on will be ; of materials bought on a higher market So Hudsons must cost , more. . Will you wait too long? Will you be disappointed? Order today, for; : ' even tomorrow may be too late to -, take advantage of this great sav ing. - " " 1 jrattens were recorded between 11:52 and 11.53 a. m. and the tremors died tway aboat 1 p. m. Director Tondorf said there had oeen since August 20 the mst quiet seismic seasons in years, only one disturbance having been reported in th; two months up to yestefday. Sep tember 20 there was a very slight dis turbance. ' Sweaters and Socks From Omaha Women to Soldiers Mrs. A. W. Jefferis, chairma of the knitting department of the local Red Crosaj-reports 57 dozen sweaters packed and shipped Friday v to the Ked Cross headciuarters in Chicago whence they will betsent to our sol diers abroad " hellion Dollar Sioairof Bonds Sold tn Exchange New York. Oct. 20. A million dol lar block of Liberty loan bonds . changed hands m the stock market today at 99.72. This is the largest single transaction in the bonds since they were put on tne marKei. '--Dependable.' Koine' Furnishings E'U.NION; bUJFITTBN:G C. SMITH 2563-65-67 Firaim Street. "SERVICE FIRST Omali. , Douglas 1970. "7 ""ffWiy't J'MW''"')'..l,"ji,'ii-Jilk.'1 , -.a .'.jfJ.i..l j-.sa;' You can easily see that a handsome, MOD1 f. 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