THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1917. ACREAGE FIGURES OF NEBRASKA CROP State Board of Agriculture - Makes Public Comparisons of What It Believes to Be Accurate Returns. Interesting Army Sights and-Scenes at Great Camp Funston Training School (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) The State Board of Agriculture has issued an interesting bulletin regarding the crop acreage of the state" as compared with 1916, with the increase and de crease for 1917. The figures, with the explanation of the same, are as fol lows: "In presenting these figures certain explanations are due. Six counties Arthur, Custer, Frontier, Nance, Otoe and Wheeler are not represented by tleir own figures by reason of late or inadequate returns of the data asked for. In these cases an estimate flas been made" on the basis of the pro duction of last year. Further, the acre ages reported were taken by assessors early in the spring, at which"time lit tle could be determined as to the win ter wheat situation. Subsequently, about 80 per cent of the winter wheat "cteage which winter killed was plant jm to other crops, for the most part iv corn and oats. Ths same was true . in the case of alfalfa, which had also winter killed somewhat extensively. ' "This condition completely changed the acreages as reported by the assess ors. To have given out such figures as accurate 'would have hppn rirlirn. lous. The only alternative was to distribute the acreage of wheat that had been winter killed over certain other crops that had been planted .where the wheat had proved to be a failure. By reports, government aid and col aboration with authorities on the Subject this distribution of acreage has been determined as near the truth of the situation, it is believed, as it is possible to arrive. While in part ap proximate, these statistics are present ed with the belief that they are, for all practical purposes, accurate and reliable. The year of 1917 has been a most unusual year, agriculturally. Conditions have been such that a re pent of exactitude and extreme ac curacy has been impossible. Certain it is, however, that in presenting the annual report bf the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture the farmers of Nebraska' will be in possession of the most accurate figures available to any - one. To the intelligent farmer they will serve as a counter weapon against the advance information held by the speculator and which, until compara tively but a tew years ago, was closed to the farmer. Upon complete and en lightening statistics are all price de terminations based. It is hoped that farmers may use these figures in ap pioximating future prices and, even more essential, use them in determin ing the agricultural needs of the state and the country. Comparative Acreage. i MM. 1917. c!Srn , ,74O,80t 7,132.650 697,277 304,178 1,978,941 3,165,278 1,082,919 273,787 347,305 163,461 214,732 131,416 213,492 68,235 104,692 105,406 65,961 29,500 33,484 16.375 Winter wheat 1,063,756 Spring wheat ......... 246,667 Oatl 2,174.236 Wild hay 2,093,192 Alfalfa . 1,127,642 Blue (rass ............ 640,494 Tame grasses ........ 332,612 rimothy 169,41 Sy 148,702 Sorghum 124,811 Clover Potato . Ulllet . Miscellaneous . ....... Sugar beets , ......... Spelts Kaffir com yiAX . ..........., Pop corn Onion . ............. broom com 99,65 97,511 T4.796 73,762 64,931 25,022 34,366 12,012 2.269 1,415 478 468 6.163 4,28! 1,492 1,747 Totals ....17,148,883 17,360,998 Increase for 1917 2,115 Increase In Acreage Over 181. Com 1,191,847 Oats 804,713 Blue grass . 132,693 Barley J 13,842 Wild hay 72,086 Rj . , 66,030 Sr'ins wheat '. 58,431 Ulliet 81,654 potatoes . ....................... 29,896 ram grasses . 14,693 lorghum Sugar beets . , Timothy . .., flax Pop corn . ., Kaffir corn ( t Broom corn . Onions Miscellaneous 6,605 4,478 4,051 2,894 2,884 3,363 1,279 1,014 1.022 r Ppr " it Upper Red Cross committee that meets Funston troop trams, giving boys fruit, chScoIate and reading matter. Left to right: Mrs. S. G. Clark, Major W. R. Pope, Mrs. Douglas Wat son, Mrs. James E. Wright, Mr. James E. Wright, Mrs. William Corn. Lower Left Officers in charge of Funston troop train on pilot of locomotive. Left to right: Lieutenant J. L. Markham, Lieutenant James Lockhart, Lieutenant C. B. Boyle, medical corps; Lieutenant M. H. Krugg, Major W. R. Pope, Lieutenant Pat Evans, - Lieutenant F. P. Dickson. v Lower Right Mess Sergeant G. C. Reid "making coff.ee for 500 men at steam hose of U. P. locomotive. t OMAHA PELS FOR . TIGHT LIQUOR LAW Owners Tell Governor Tliey Want to v Co-operate to v Have the Dry Law , Enforced. Totals 2,543,465 Decrease in Acreage From 1916. Winter wheat 2,466,479 Alfalfa 44,723 Clover,. , 29,276 Spelts 87m Increase for 1917 2,115 Totals 2,543,465 Bloomfield Home Guards Form Company With Fifty Members TsiooHifield, Neb., Nov. 18. The Bloomfield Home Guards met Friday night and a drill company of over SO members was formed. Uniforms and equipment will be ordered at once and active drilling will start immedi ately. The officers of the company are: C. T. Hec"kt, captain; F. L. Mc Nown, first lieutenant, and W. H. Weber, second lieutenant. The non commissioned officers will be chosen after drill has been started and those who show the greatest aptitude for military evolutions will then be se lected. Dawson County Drive Shows Large Oversubscription Lexington, Neb., Nov. 18. The Young Men's Christian association fund has progressed satisfactorily' to the committee in Dawson county. The following cities gave these amounts to date: Lexington, $980; Eddyville, $161.50; Overton, $275; Farnam, $234.50; Grant precinct, $38; Platte precinct, $161.50. Gothenburg, Cozad and Sumner have not reported. The quota for Dawson county is $2,400. l is estimated that $3,700 will beJ raised, making 50 per cent oversub scribed. Farmers Near Avoca Quit Husking Corn -Avoca, Neb., Nov. 18. (Special.) A number of the farmers in this vi cinity have quit husking corn on ac count of the moisture in the corn. A number have transferred their corn 'rom one crib to another in hopes of vaving it as it is moulding in the crib. Dr. Stasny Delivers Address. Aurora, Neb., Nov. 18. (Special.) At a large gathering of the club wom en of the city and country Friday aft ernoon at the home of Mrs. A. G. Peterson, Dr. Olga Stasny of Omaha delivered a stirring address on "Amer icanization." She urged united efforts or'he Part f tne women of the country in the conservation of food as a means toward winning the war. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) A delegation of Omaha hotel men, among them Rome Miller, J. F. Let ton, I. A. Medlar, Henry Payne, Joe BLxler, J. W. Miller, Joe Keenan, H. E. Gregory, Richard Kitchen and A. H. Frye called on Governor Neville yesterday for a conference. It was understood that the object of the session with the executive was for the purpose of asking for a sus pension of the female labor law which prohibits women from working in hotels after 10 o'clock at night, but it is given out that the sole matter cov ered was that of prosecutions for violations of the prohibition law. To Stamp Out Bootlegging. The gentlemen informed the gover nor that their association was in hearty accord with any move which would stamp out the sale and use of liquor in hotels in that city. They said it was pretty hard work to keep people from bringing it in who were guests of the. hotels, but if the gov ernor would advise them how they could stop it they would give hearty co-operation. They said that the pulling of cer tain hotels in the metropolis had giv en the people out in the state a wrong idea of the attitude of the hotels. "We don't like to be placed in the same class with irresponsible hotels who are evading the law," said one of them, "and if any member of our as sociation is found breaking the law he will be dismissed from the association." Soldiers' Home Notes Grand Inland, Neb., Nov. IS (Special.) Jtr. and Mrs. Jones have returned to Burk ett. after a three weeks' visit with thetr children In Omaha. Upon their nrrlval In Burkett a letter was awaitinK them from thelr Bon, Clarence, stating thet he was at the front In France. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Pickerel came In from Kearney last week to remain until aflir the winter months. Mrs. Ell Rldsley has returned from a vIsft In Omaha, and has again resumed her uutles as head waiter of the men's dining room In the main hulldiimc. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, residing In cot tage No. 3, have returned from Hamilton county, where they visited for the last 10 days with their c hildren. The Whipple CI rand Army of the Re public post will give one of Its open meet ing entertainments on November 21. These meetings are very much appreciated by the home folks, as thos who are unable to get out much to such entertainments may go to these In the afternoon. Mrs. Eleanor Oeis Is at present reported as being very low in the west hospital. Mrs. C. W. King Ik attending her. j (eorge Weidcnfeld, accountant -of the ! board of commissioners of state Institu tions, made the home a pleasant business tell on Tuesday la?!. He left on the eve ning'train for Karney to vln!t the Boys' In dustrial school and tho State Tuberculosis hosuital. Lack of Storage Facilities Causes Potato Dealers' Loss (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) Good marketing methods and lack of storage facilities will result in the loss of many potatoes, according ro Secretary Grove Porter of the State Horticultural society, who spent sev eral days last week at the meeting of potato growers of northwestern Ne braska held at Scottsbluff. Potatoes grown in that region are good in quality, but growers still have much to learn in the way of handling the crop after it is out of the ground. In order to get the best financial re sults the potatoes should be sorted and graded, which many are not do ing, according to the secretary. Two Cars of Canned Corn Taken by Govcnment Stella, Neb., Nov. 18. (Special.) The lAubum Canning company at Auburn, Nemaha county, labeled and packed two car loads of sweet corn iast week, which the government has requisitioned from them to help feed the soldiers. These two cars of canned sweet corn will go to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Several farms, in the home neigh borhood northwest of Stella changed owners last week. George Cummings bought the Burchard farm. Thomas Allen sold his farm to Frank Dovel, and then bought Oscar Howell's farm. M. V. Berger sold his farm to E. A. Rhodes. Douglas Court Upheld In Abandonment Case (from a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) The opinion of the Douglas county district court is upheld in a case appealed to the state supreme court by Joseph J. Havlicek, charged with wife abandon ment. Failure of the court to give the accused a preliminary hearing is charged as an error, but the supreme court did not so hold. Inspect Company B. Crete, Neb.. Nov. 17. (Special.) Company B of the Seventh regiment, which is composed of men from Crete and vicinity, was inspecte'd yesterday by Major beverson of (Jmana, as sisted by Major Hollingsworth. The company no vas about 115 members and the officers are Captain Abbott and C. T. Conrad, second lieutenant. In the evening the company was ten dered a banquet by the men of the Congregational church of Crete. The toastmaster was Rev. W. A. Tvler and the speakers were Captain Abbott, 1 Judge R. D. Brown, President W. O. Allen of Doane. H. A. Butler and Senator Burkett. Members of the I Bank Changes Hands. Tekamah, Neb Nov. 18. (Special.) Last week witnessed a change in the personnel of the Burt County State bank. II. M. Hopewell, for the last 40 years the chief manager of that institution, retires from bank, he having sold his stock to R. K. Han cock and his brother, V. D. Hancock. The former has been the cashier for several vears ' NEBRASKA FARMER MUT HAVE $1 CORN Statistics Compiled by College of Agriculture Show Cost of Production $14.50 Per , " Acre. Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) Ac cording to figures obtained by. the de partment of farm management of the College o Agriculture the Nebraska farmer should receive not less than $1 per bushel for this year's corn crop, in order to meet cost of produc tion, make allowance for risk, and re turn a reasonable profit. The yield is not high except in cer tain areas, being estimated at but 24 bushels per acre. Labor, seed, feed and machinery have all advanced in prjee, and, as a result, the farmer's cost of production has doubled. The average farmer uses approxi mately eight hours of man labor and 24 hours of horse labor in putting out and caring for an acre of corn. If he -is allowed 30 cents per hour for man labor and IS cents per hour for horse labor, his labor cost until husking time is approximately $6 per acre. To this must be added the cost of seed, machinery, taxes, interest on money invested in land, and in some in stances cost of manure. On land valued at $100 per acre these various items total $8.50, so that the total cost of producing this year's corn crop at husking time, even with labor valued at the lowest possible price, approximates $14.50 per acre. If the average yield is 24 bushels per acre, the corn in the fields has cost Nebraska farmers more than 60 cents per bushel. On land valued 'at more than $100 per acre the cost is neces sarily higher. To the cost in the field jnust be added the cost of husking, including both man and horse labor, and the cost of storage, shelling and deliv ery to market. This gives a cost, de livered to the elevator, of 82 cents per bushel, allowing but 6 cents for husking. If the farmer is allowed 30 cents per hour for his labor, thCavcr age cost per bushel is 90 cents, ac cording to the department of farm management. J h:s makes no allow ance fot time lost beciuse of incle ment? weather or from other causes. If the farmer receives a profit in ad dition to wages, the value delivered at the local elevator can hardly be less than $1 per bushel. Hotel Dyckman Minneapolis FIREPROOF Opened 1910 Location Mott Central 300 Rooms with. 300 Private Bath Ratei $1.75 to $3.50 Per Day H. J TREMAIN , Pres. and Manager NO APPEAL FROM WATER BOARD LEVY Supreme Court Decision Makes Special Taxes Absolute in Omaha When Once They - Are Fixed. Fnm a Stuff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) The statutes of the state make no pro vision for appeal from the equalization or special taxes by a metropolitan water district, and an attempt to prosecute an appeal confers no juri diction on the district court to review the order made. District courts have jurisdiction to review by proceedings in error an or- j tier by the board of equalization of a metropolitan water district. The above is the opinion of the Ne braska supreme court in affirming the judgment of the Douglas county dis trict court in a case brought by the McCague Investment company of Omaha against thejnetropolitan water district of that city covering an assess ment made against property of the investment company. The district court held that appeal does not lie from the equalization and assessment of special taxes by a metropolitan water district on lots abutting on its water mains and th supreme court sustains the opinion. MANDERSONLEHR, NEBRASKA BOYJS FRENCH FLYER (f rom a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. (Special.) Be loit college of Wisconsin is claiming credit for sending a man of notable service in the French flying squad on the western front. Manderson Lehr, an all-around star athlete, with others went from that institution to France. As it happens Nebraska also has a right to put in a claim for credit, for young Lehr was born in Boone county, Nebraska, and is a graduate of the Albion High school, his par ents residing in that city, Mr. Lehr. sr., having served as county clerk of Boone county for three terms and afterwards was deputy state treasurer here. Mandcrsoh Lchr's mother is a niece of the late General Charles II. Manderson. Young Lehr has the distinction of being the first Nebraska man on the firing line with a French legion, being a member of the celebrated Lafayette escadrill which has been tloing such valiant service on the French front. According, to letters received in Liu coin, few people realize what a won derful help the Franco-American fly ing corps lias been to France and how much their work is appreciated by the French government. After graduating from the Albion High school Mr. Lehr went to Bcloit college and. soon made a rc:ord for himself in athletics. When the war opened he became interested in Hying and six months ago went to France as a member of the first Beloit 'on tingent for American field ambulance work. At the first opportunity he quit running an ambulance nnd joined a 'French Hying school at Pau, from which he emerged a finished war aviator and made good from he very start. Lehr was well known in high school athletic circles in Nebraska as one of the fastest basket ball players in the state, before going to Bcloit. Four Members of Stella , Family War Veterans Stella, Neb., Nov. 18.-(Special.) Mrs. Kate Ailcr of Stella, 76 years old, has a son Charles M. Ailer, 45 years old, who enlisted with Com pany E at Falls City, and has. been promoted to the signal corps at Camp Cody, Denting, N. M. A grandson, Howard Ailer of Auburn, is in the navy and was recently home oi a furlough. Mrs. Ailcr has been twice married and both her husbands were soldiers in the civil war. . A DAGGER IN THE BACK That's the woman's dread when fthtt isota up In tho mnrntiiK to Rlrt the day's work. "Oh! how rny bark aches." (JOLD MKDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules tukon today easo the bai'karho of tomorrow taken very day ends tho hackanho for nil time. Don't de lay. What's the dsn of suffering? lli"Ktti taklnK COLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cup. sules today and bo relieved tomorrow. Take threo or four every day and bo permanent ly free from wrenching, distressing back patn. Hut be sure to get CIOLI) MEDAL. Since 1696 GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil has been the National Knmedy of Holland, the Government of the Netherlands having granted a special charter authorizing: Its preparation nnd Fair. The housewife of llollnnd would almost as toon be without bread as sho would be without her "Real Dutch Props," as she quaintly calls OOLD MKUAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This Is tho one reatinn why you will find tho women nnd children of Holland bo sturdy and ro bust. OOLD MEDAL are tho purei original Haarlem CHI Capsules Imported direct from tho laboratories In Haarlem, Holland. Hut be sure to get GOLD MEDAL. Look for the name on every box. Hold by reliable druggists In .sealed packages, three sizes Money refunded If they do not help you. Accept only tho CULD MEDAL. All others aro Imitations. Boys and Girls Clear Your Skin With Cuticura Sotp 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c Subscriptions Coming in For Retired Preacher Fund Lincoln, Nov. 48. (Special.) The reports the first week of the big drive for a $500,000 endowment fund for re tired preachers in Nebraska confer ence are encouraging. Dr. J. K. Gettys, secretary of the fund, an nounced that several of the churches had subscribed more than their mini mum share, including Fairmont, $2, 000; Gothenburg. $.U00; Arnold, $3, 000; Lexington, $2,500. Other reports are as follows: Nelson, $766; Craig, $900; North Bend, $'HX1; Tekamah, $500; Fremont, $2,000; Osmond, $825. Callaway Committee Prepares Surgical Dressings Callaway, Neb., Nov. 18. (Special.) The local committee of the National Surgical Dressings committee, of which Mrs. F. L. Haycock is local chairman. Mrs. James Decker, presi dent; Mrs. Clara Berger, secretary and treasurer, has made their third shipment of surgical dressings, frac ture and rest pillows, etc., making in all about-5,000 articles, -to headquar ters. New York City. Thi9 commit tee is using fragments of old linen and millions of odd bits that ordinarily are thrown away, to make these surgi r. al d ressings. - 1 " NNE AWAY HEADACHE Rub Musterole on Forehead and Temples A headache remedy without the dan. cers of "headache' medicine." Relieves , , l . .-1 - - 1 ' r neaaacne ana mat. miserauie iceiing irom colds or congestion. And it acts at once I Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in no way can it affect stomach and heart, a3 some in ternal medicines do. Excellent for sore throat; bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con cestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, all pains and acnes of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50 You may be sure the Sherman & McConnell Fire Sale will not last indefinitely. However, anyone familiar with mer chandising will appreciate the largeness of the task of transferring from one temporary warehouse over $46,G00 worth ofvgoods (this was the amount of our salvage inven tory), and placing same on retail sale in three of our Retail Drug Stores. s Items are being closed out by the hundred each day and additional, but different ones, are being brought up and placed on sale at price or less. Come and See. Some New Items for Monday and Tuesday 5c 50c 25c 50c 25c 8c 10c Wanous' Shampoo Bag for 35c West Baden Sprudel 10 Cathartic Water for .. IOC $1.00 Wine Cardui, for 50c Milk Emulsion for .t size Seven Sisters Hair Tonic.' 50c size Seven' Sisters OK SrHln Cleanser iJ DOc size Non-Spi Deodorizer '2Iie and 50c sizes Mason's Magic Shampoo, at just half price. A big assortment of Tooth, Nail, Hair and Hand Brushes, at just half price. 18c 4711 White Rose Q-, Soap, at Dozens of kinds of Toilet Soaps, at just half price. Our stock of soap was very large and we have only just commenced to move the poodo to our stores. 25c Golden Rule Hair Re- iq storative, on sale IOC 25c and 50c Abbott's Saline Laxa tive, at just half price. 30c Glyco-Thymoline q 15c Listerine at Fine Talcums, a dozen kinds, at just half price. 50c and 75c Circassian Rum and Quinine, at just half price. 25e, 50c nnd $1 Bizes Woodbury's Hair Tonic, at just half price. 25c and 50c Petroline Hair Oil, at just half price. A big lot of fine, Hard Rubber Dressing Combs, at just half price. 10c, 15c and 25c size Shamo Polishing Cloths at just half price. A few dozen bottle Rcflecto Fur niture Polish, 25c 1 O size, at JLOC 75c Kirk's Hair Tonic, at , $1.00 Co-Lon-Co Tonic GJQq 50c Ely's Cream Balm, 25 C 25c Sandholm's Eczema 10 Remedy, at IOC 25e Bingo Corn Remedy, 1Q at IOC Splendid 75c Ebony Nail OO and Hand Brushes. . . . OOC 25e Rubifoam Dentifrice, IQ- at IOC 25c Morgan's Beard Softener and Massage Brush, X 3 C 50c Saxon Salve, . 25 C 25c Burnham's Hair and IQ Scalp Tonic, at IOC These Goods Sold for 5c 25c, 50c and $1.00 Nature's Rem edy, at just half price. 10c Nichol's Tooth-Ache Wax, at 25c, 50c and $1.00 sizes Mecca Compound, at just half price. Again, we say, if you do not find the item desired at the first one of our stores you visit, please go on to another, as the detail of getting these goods out and dis tributed is indeed distracting. GOc and $1.00 Wernet's Powder, for false teeth, at just half price. 25c Bucklen's Arnica Salve, at 10c Requa's Charcoal Tablets, per box. . . 13c I ..5c 13c 25c 13c 25c 50c 13c 38c 13c 25c Pond's T6oth Powder, at 50c Stillman's Freckle Cream, at 25c Satin Skin Powder, at 50c Soul Kiss Powder, at $1.00 Zoa Phora, for 25c Wright's Silver Cream, for 25c and 50c Putnam's Dry Clean er, at just half price. 25c and GOc Liberty Dry Cleaner, at just half price. Several hundred jars Violet Dulce Cold Cream and Vanishing Cream, DOc size, at just half price. 25c Spiro Powder, for We cannot enumerate one-tenth of the articles we have to sell. They will be brought from our warehouse from day to day, as fast sh we can count and mark them. The early comers will, of course, get their choice. Williams' 15c Violet and Car- Q nation Talcum, at OC Williams 19c La Tosca and Karsi Talcum, can 25c Jess Trailing Arbutus Talcum, at 35c Nail Brushes, at GOc Nail Brushes, at 75c Nail Brushes, at 10c and 25c Three-In-One Oil, at just, half price. GOc Q-Ban Hair Restorer, OP at iOC GOc Graham's Kosmeo Cream, for Cash No Deliveries. 10 c 13c 18c 25c 38c 25c Sherman & cGonnell Drug Co. Corner 16th and Dodge (The Original.) Corner 16th and Farnam (The Owl.) Corner 19th and Farnam, "The Big Commodious Store.' i FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE ,EXPRESS Leaves St. Louit daily 9:20 p.m., arrives Jacksonville 7:35 second morn, ing. Throu8h All Sleel Electric Lighted Drawing-room Sleepers. All Meais in Dining Cars. Coach Service. The Gulf Coast The New Crhant Limited, reaching all Gulf Coast points, leaves St. Louis 4:09 p.m carrying All Steel Drawing-room Sleepers. Dining Cars for all meals. Low Round Trip Fares to All Resorts in the Southeast via LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CEO. E. HERRING, Dir. 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