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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1918)
liu. I! 4 ! GARDEN AND HOME BUILDERS' PAGE ! OMAHA LIVE STOCK Cattle Advance Maintained De spite Quiet Trade; Hogs 35 Cents Lower; Lamb Re ipts Fall Off. Omaha, March 2S, 118. Cattle. Hog. Sheep. Kocetpta wera: Official Monday. in ISA 15,191 14,42 13,02 21,514 18,7:9 14,500 84.38) 1.787 90,962 97,612 84,140 80,963 run of 1 S,2iS 1.715 Official Tuesday 6.919 Official Wednesday ... 7.5S3 6 967 9.945 (.041 umclal Thursday.... 7,367 Official Frlda. 3,933 Estlmata Saturday ... 1.300 Six days tlfls week 37,521 Hame days last week. 33.112 Same days ! wks. ago. 35.769 Same days 3 wks. ago. 38,700 Same days 4 wks. ago. 33.086 Same dys last year. . .35,769 Cattle There was a fair 1,000 47,921 58,643 77,879 36,209 46.343 77.679 cattle lor a Saturday, about 1,300 head, and the market was much the same as on Friday, as far as prices were concerned, hut trad was quiet from start to finish. In t..e main, howtn.., the week's 25c advance waa sustained, and both beet steers and cow stuff closed fully 25c higher than a week eu. Choice beeves scored a new high mark of 313.75 this week, and bulk of the fair to good, 1,000 to 1,200-pound steers, are selling from $13.00 to 113.00. Feeder buyers are taking a good many of the light weight short fed steers at better prices than the killers will pay, sales ranging from I1V.UU (O 111.75. Quotations on cattle: Oood to choice beeves, 312. 85013.50- fair to good beeves, k 111.76012.75; common to fair beeves, I9 60 (0H1.5U; good to choice yearlings, 311.60 12.60; fair to good yearlings, I10.00ll.00; common to fair yearlings, 3S.509.50; good to choice grass beevet, tll.C312.00: fair to good grass teeves, 9.60ll.OO; common to ralr grass beeves, 18. OOjps.OO; good to choice heifers, t9.50ll.00; gtod to choice cows. 19.50010 50; fair to good cows, 38.60 0a.5v; commun to fair cows, $7.008.O; prime feeders, tll.0012.26; grod to choice feeders, 10.0011.00; fair to good feeders, 99.00l3il0.00; common to fair feeders. $6.60 4J8.00; good to choice storkers, 19.60 11.00; stock heifers, 18.00 10.00; stock cows, 37.009.60; stock calves, $8.00010.50; veal calves, f 9 00 13.00; bulls, stags, etc. 67.50Q10.00. Hogs For a Saturday receipts oj hogs were liberal, but the trade was utr'en, oim hogs selling as much as steidy to 'probably 15c higher, while again values were made that looked 6c lower. The top today waa $17.00, showing a decline ot 15c from yesterday's best price, and 35c lower than was raid a week ago today. Tki rrlk of the offerings moved at $16.40 $16.80. Receipt! for the week show a slight In crease over last week, and the genera trtde ruled around 35c lower. Sheep Receipts for the day In sheep wre four cart f 1,000 head, most of which were direct to the packers. For the ween re ceipts have amounted to 47,900 head as compared with 68,600 head a week ago end a falling off of over 25.000 from thj Rme week a year ago. Prices for the wk In lambs of choice quality and light and handywelghts are strong to 25c higher than last weok'a close. Quality of the ofJrlngs this week waa not especially good toward the last end, and good woight lamb are quotable up to $18.25, with majority of the offerings of t.ils class gotng from $1' 66 to $18.25. The heavyweight lambs have not been quit as strong sellers as wi ek ago, and the feeling was a litti eaa.er on these. Quotations on this class ran flora $16.75 to $17.40. There have been few loads of shorn lambs on the market that have eold at $13.60 this week, thi first that have been here for some tim". Aged stock generally is about 25c hither than last week. Ewes sold up as ilgn as $14.05, and today one car of wethers aver aging 114 pounds went to the pacr at J J 4.00. There were quite a few feeder on the market in good wool that sold at i rices 2.ic higher than last week, and tne de mand for the last two weeks has been sharply higher on ewe lambs tor breeding purposes. Quotation on Shoep and Lambs: Iambs, jinoi to choice, $17,7518.00; lambs, fair to Pwod, $17.25 17.76: lambs. 'heavy weight, $17.00(817.75; lambs, feeders, $16.60017.26; lambs, shorn, $13.00014.50; lambs, culls, 312.00O16.00; yearlings, fair to chotce, $14.00016.60; wethors. fair to choice, $13.25 (814.75; ewe, fair to choice. 113.00 1 4.00 ; ewes, breeders, all ages, $1 2.00(g) 18,50 ; ewes, culls and canners, $8.00 10.00. Chicago Live Stork. Chicago. March 23. Cattle Receipts, 5.000 head; market weak; native steers, $9. 50014.55; Blockers and fenders. $8.00 11.90; cows and heifers, $7.10012.15; calves, $10.5016.0O. Hogs Receipts, 22.000 head; maftet steady at yesterday's average; bulk of sales, $17.16017.75; lights, $17.2017.90; mixed, $16.85017.85; heavy. $16.2517.55; rough, $16.26016.65; pigs, $13. OOff 16.75. Sheep and Lambs Receipts. 9.000 head; market strong, sheep, $11.90015.00; lambs. $14.60018.66. Kansas City Lira Stock. Kansas City. March 33. Cattle Receipts, .100 hojid; market steady: prime fed ateers, 313.0014.00; dressed beef steers, 310.60 13.25: western steers, 39. 50013. 35: cows, 37.60ll.OO; heifers. 7.76U.OO; stackers and feeders, 8.0012.75; bulls, 37.5010.26; calves, $7.50 13.60. fjogs Receipts. 1,500 head; market Ht&i: bulk of salea, $16.7617.80; heavy. 316T617.00; packers and butchers, $17,000 17.35; lights, $17.0013)17.50; pigs, $13.00 16.40. Sheep Receipts, none; lambs, 13.00; yearlings. $14.00 16.00; $13.0016.00; ewe, $13.00 14,00, I $17.00 wethers. TODAY'S STOCK MARKET Th following quotations, which are up to 1:30 p. m., f 4 tern time, are furnished by Logan & Bryan, members New York Stock exchange, 315 South Sixteenth street: Open. 1:80 P. M. Liberty Bonds, first 98.30 Liberty Bom's, second H6.90 Liberty Bonds, converted ..96.74 Union Pacific 12014 Southern Pacific' 64 4 Northern Paclflo 64 i Missouri Pacific Canadian Pacific 136 Great Northern 80 's Atchison, Top. A Rant Fe.. 834 Chi., Mil. Bt. Paul 41 Chi.. K. Island & Pacific. 20 (Tjcago A N(ttbweatern .. 90 Illinois Central 95 Wabash 41 Wabash, preferred 23 N. Y., N. H. A Hartford.. 28 New York Central 70 Pennsylvania R. R. Co 44 ft Baltimore ft Ohio R. R.... 63 Reading Co SOU Lehigh Valley R. R. Co 88 Krle R. R ; 16H Erie 1st pfd 28Vj Chespeake & Ohio R. R 56 '4 N. Y., O. & W 20 Louisville & Nashville 113', Southern Ry 231, Kansas City Southern 16 IT. H. Steel Corp., common.. 894 U. S. Steel Corp.. pfd ins Republic Iron A 8teel 19 Colorado Fuel & Iron..,,,,. 38 American Locomotive 60 pressed Steel Car 6H i'Amer. Car Foundry 76 1 Baldwin Locomotive Works 75 Jreat No. Iron Ore Prop... 27H Anaconda Copper Mining... 62 Vai Chlno Copper 40 Nev. Cons. Copper 18K Miami Copper 30(4 Kay Cons. Cipper 23 Utah Copper 78 Inspiration Cons. Copper.... 44 4 Butt & Superior 20 Texas Company 144 Amer. Smltg. & Rfng 774 Mexican Petroleum. Ltd... 12 Genera! Electric 138 W-inghouae Eleotrlc , 40 Pole's Oaa Light A Coke. 42 Cons. Gas Light & Power.. 85 Amer. Telephone ft Teleg'h.lOOH Western Union Tel. Co 91 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 74 Interborough Rapid Transit. . 7i Central Leather Co 64 VI American Can 414 Goodrich B. F.) Co 43 United States Rubber 55 General Motors Co 117V W'lllys-Overland 17V4 Studebaker Corporation 45V4 American Sugar Ref'ng CO..102S American Beet Sugar Co 78 Kennecott Copper 81 Allls-$Jjv.a!mrs. preferred.... 81 MaxwVll Motor Car 27 Norfolk A Western 103 Sinclair Oil 29 "4 Hapulpa Oil $ 98.26 90.76 96.74 118 82 64 22 136 88 83 40 19 9 94 40 :'2 27 68 44 61 79 66 15 27 65 20 113 22 16 88 108 71 38 60 60 7t 73 26 61 39 18 30 12 11 44 19 143 77 tl 186 40 42 84 100 l 7 7 64 40 43 55 117 37 46 100 77 30 81 27 142 29 8 T 31 3t Wright-Martin 7 Curt! 29 ftetUvbeip 3tVMrfM..U Popular Type of Bungalow Has Desirable Features The accompanying cut shows a con venient plan for a one and one-ha!f story bungalow that has been built numerous times with a variety of exteriors. The arrangement is com pact, but convenient so as to preserve all of the salient features of a well appointed home. A convenient china pantry is here noted with a built-in cupboard, three large closets. The dining room and living rooms open nicely into ane an-other.-with a colonade opening. The bookcases are on the side of the living room. These two rooms and the den or GRAIN ANDJRODUCE Receipts Fairly Heavy, With Corn Prices Unchanged to 5 Cents Lower and Oats More Than Cent Off. Omaha, Neb., March 23. Today's grain receipt were: 6 ear ef wheat, 189 cars of corn, 71 car of oats, 4 car of ry and 12 ear of barley, fairly heavy for a Saturday, Corn prices were generally unchanged to centa lower. Salea In the white grades, generally, were at about yesterday's figures. The mixed showed several centa decline, and the yellow was also soma lower. Trad- ng was slow for up to near the close, the demand being rather light. Oat figures were lo off. On car of standard brought 89 c, the top up to a late hour, while six cars of sample white went at 88 3 -3c as low. Rye was unchangli and barley was 5c to 10c lower. One car of No. 2 ry aold at $2.91 and two oars of No. 3 barley brought $1.80. th high. Primary wheat receipt were 223,000 bushc.ls and shipments 86,000 bushels, against receipts of 62,000 bushel and ship ment of 174,000 bushels last year. Primary corn receipts were 1,423,009 bush sis and shipments 1,189.000 bushels, against receipts of 776,000 bushels and shipments of 483,000 bushels last year. Primary oats receipts were 1,003,000 bush els and shipments 866,000 bushels, against receipts of 70,000 bushels and shipment of 827.000 bushels last year. CARLOT RECEIPTS. Wheat. Chicago 12 Minneapolis 125 Duluth 8 Omaha 6 Kansas City 18 St. Louis 10 Corn. 216 Oats. 114 185 169 185 71 40 189 Winnipeg 225 These sales were reported today: Corn No. 3 white: 3 cars (15.40 to 18.80 molstur test). $1.88; ( cars (17.30 to 17.40), $1.82: 8 ears (17.20 to 17.40), $1.81; 4-1 oar (17.60), $1.80. No. 4 white: 4 car (IT to 18.20), $1.75: 1 car (18). $1.74; 3 car (17.40 to 19), $1.73; 4 cars (18.20 to 19). $1.72; 8 2-6 cars (17.20 to 18.60), $1.70. No. 6 white: 2 cars (18 to 18.20). $1.57; 1 car (17.60, 6 per cent damaged), $1.65; 8 cars (19 to 20), $1.65; car (20), $1.45; 1 car (20.10 per cent damaged). $1.43; 3-5 car (20.40, dam aged), $1.40. No. 6 white: 1 car (18.80), $1.48; 1 car (30), $1.40. No. 3 yellow: 5 cars (14 to 17.60). $1.70. No. 4 yellow: 2 cars (18.60 to 19), $1.62; 3 cars (17.80 to 18.40), $1.61; I car (18). $1.60; 2 3-5 ears (19 to 19.50), $1.68; 1 car (19.40), $1.66; 1 car (19.40), $1.65. No. 6 yellow: 3 cars (1 to 19.80), $1.63; 3 cars (19.80 to 30). $1.50. Sample yellow: 1 car (sour), $1.00. No. 3 mixed: 1 cara (17.40). $163; 1 car (16.40), $1.62; S cars (17 to 17.40). $1.60; 1-5 car (17.40), $1.58. No. 4 mixud: 1 car (near white). $1.68; 1 car (17.60), $1.55; 2 cars (17.60 to 18.20), $1.6$; 1 car (J8.40J. $1.52; 1 car (18), $1.61; 8 cars (17.20 to 19.20), $1.50; 1 ear (18). $1.48. No. 6 mixed: 1 car (16.40), $1.80; 1 car (19, near white), $147; 1 car (18.30. 10 per cent damaged), $1.46; 1 car (20, nar whit), $1.45; 1 car (17.80), $1.46; 3 cara (17.60 to 20.20), $1.42; I car (19 to 30), $1.41; 1 car (20.80), $1.40. No. ( mixed: 1 car (17.80), $1.40; 1 car (19). $1.36; 2 cars (20.40), $1.82; 3-8 car. $1.30. Sample mixed: 1 oar. (19), $1.87; 1 car (19.40), $1.25; 1 ear (28 to 23.20). $1.00. Oats Standard, 1 car, 89 c; No. 3 whit. 3 cars. 89c; 4 oars, 89c; No. 4 white, 3 cars, 89c; sample wnit. cars, sac; o. 4 mixed, 1 car, 88c; oats and barley, 1 z-5 cars, 88c. Rve No. 2, 1 car. $2.91. Barley No. 3, 2 3-5 . cars, $1.80; No. 4, 2 2-6 cars, $1.75. Chicago closing prices furnished The Bee by Logan A Bryan, stock and grain broker. 316 South Sixteenth street, Omaha: Art. Open. I High. Low. Close. Tst. T Corn. Mar. May 1 27ll?7 1 212P I i'26'i:6 II 26 Oats. Mar. May 91HI 1 87086i87O87 89!888 91 86!85l 87 Pork. May 48 65 48 65 48 60 48 6248 75 26 22 25 26 20 126 25 Lard. May July 26 22 26 30 24 90 26 26 26 27 36 36 26 17 26 17 Rib. May July 24 9724 87 24 95 24 85 126 25 25 35 25 221 25 80 CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Chlcaao. March 28. Grain markets showed no effect of war news today except that trading waa noticeably diminished, while dealers gave attentton to bulletins tell ing of the Germans breaking through the British defenses. Th corn market cam nearly to standstill. Price change In corn were next to nothing. After opening un changed to e lower, with May at $1.26 to $1.26, quotations hardened again to th same as yesterday finish. Oats were bearlahly Influenced by asser tions that export Interests bad withdrawn from the market. Commission house aa a rule were seller. Opening price, which varied from unchanged figure to e lower, with May at 86 e to 87c, were followed by a decided further setback. Provisions lacked support. Holder, How ever, evinced no urgency to naload. i. . ' i I - ' " riKr fiN - H: &:Jppa - l j ii !i H ii !M K w ; i it v- bedroom opening from the dining room are all finished in oak and the floors throughout the whole house are oak. A convenient stairway leads to the second floor, which is all floored. This can be conveniently arranged and two or three fine large full rooms finisheJ This house, when properly built, ii attractive, appeals to everyone wl.o sees it, and is a quick seller when of fered on the market. These plans have been drawn by A. F. Rasp, ar chitect, and the house built by Rusp Brothers, Home Builders, 210 Kee line Bldg., Omaha. OH Ail GENERAL MARKET. Beef Cuts Wholesale price of beef cut effective March 18 are as follow: Loins No. 1, 29o; No. 2, 26c; No. 3, 17c. Ribs No. 1, 24c; No. 2, 22c; No. 3, 16c. Rounds No. 1, 20a; No. 2, 19 c; No. 8, 16e. Chucks No. 1, 17c; No. 2, 16c; No. 3, 15c. Plate No. 1, 14c; No. 2, 14c; No. 3, 13c. Oysters Northern standards, per gal.. $3.50; larg cans, 68c; small cans, 39c; se lects, 32 90 per gal.; large cans. 65c; small cans, 43c; counts, $2.10 per gal.; large cans, $3.10; small, 70o; (mall can, 48c; Chesa peake (laniard. $3.25 per gal.; larg can. 45c; small cans. 30o; aalecta, $2.50 per gal.: large cans, 60c; amall can. 35c Calory California mammoth, fresh trim med dally, well bleached, par dozen. lOo. Fish Whiting, ocean pike, por lb., skin skinned, 7o; round, 8c; box lota, 8o; her ring, per lb., round, c; aaok lots, $o; herring, per lb., dressed, 11c; box .lot, 10c; tulllbbe, white avge, 1 lb., per lb., 11c; box lots, 10c; Canadian W. C. jack pickerel, rd., 12a; box lota, 11c; yellow pike. No, 1. 18c; box lot. 17c. Fresh Frozen (per lb.) Halibut, coast frozen, -ic; salmon, red, coast frosen, 22c; pink, 20c; black cod sable first, coast frozen. 15o; black bass, O. S., 28c; large or mall, 20c: trout, small, 2oc; wblteflah, me dlum and large, 13c; pike. No. 1, 18c; box lot. 17c: pickerel, dressed, 15c; round. 13c crapple, average. 12 lb., 16c; tlleflsh, for steak, 16c: yellow perch, 18c. buffalo and carp, 11c; ling cod, 12c; flounders. 12c western redanapper, 11c: diver smelts, 16o native mackerel, 21c: wh ting rd. O. S. and medium large, 8c; frogs, Louisiana black bulls, per dos.. Jumbo, $3.76; medium. $2.00. Fresh Caught (per lb.) Halibut, fancy ex press stock, 25c; salmon, red. fancy express stock. 26c; black cod sable fish, 16o; blsck bass, o. 8., 80c; large or mall, 26c; catfish O. S. and large, 25c; medium, 22c: crapple, O. S. and large, 22c; buffalo, genuine, Rd. if any. 16c; buffalo-carp. Rd , 14c; red snapper, 18c; native mackerel, chilled, lie haddock, chilled, 12c: cod, eastsrn, chilled 16c: flounders, 14c; Spanish mackerel, 17c; silver smelts, chilled, 16o; shad, split, acb (frozen), 260. Kippered Salmon. 10-lb.. baskets, plenty, fill all orders, $2.10; kippered sableftsh or grayftsh. 10-lb. baskets, plenty, nil all orders, $2.40; smoked whit (lakeflsh), 10- lb baskets, plenty, fill all orders. $3.30. Frogs Louisiana black bulla, per djgen Jumbo, $3.00; medium, 12.00. London Money. London, March 23. Sliver Bar, 46d per ounce. Money 3 rer cent. Discount Rates Short and three months, 2 9-16 per cent. Double Value This Season Thi unusual offer enables you to provide for a lovely display of "Monthly" Hybrid Tea Roses at almost no cost Th regular price of these Roses is 5 for $1, but I now make special offer of double value for the money 10 Roses, each one a different variety, sent postpaid, and all for only fl, if you order NOW, (60 for $5.) If you ap preciate choice Roses, don't miss this liberal offer. Provide NOW for a permanent and handsome display at small cost. CLARENCE B. FARGO Desk K, Frenchtown, N. J. Other Big $1 Specials 75 lovely Gladioli, tl: 12 fine Dahlias, $1; 7 grand Peonies, $1; 15 assorted Iris, 11; 12 gorgeous Cannas (any color) $1. OIL INVESTORS lnrestliate befor buying stock. Th Oil Mas, an Illustrated bi-monthly paper, contains ID 1Kb valuable Information. i,U fields. Correct Quota tions. Don't bur or tell any oil stock until you write for confidential report, correct price and tuple oopy of Th Oil Ma. All mailed free. Writ today. Address Th Oil Mao, Glllstlt Bldg.. Tulsa. Oklahoma. FREE OIL BOOK ILLUSTRATED Contains directory of 800 western oil companies, maps of Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Utah and the United States. Also field maps and complete resume and statistics ef United State and Mexico, and par ticularly the Rocky Mountain region. Western Oil World Pub. Co., Beetoa Bldg., Demver, Colorado. rr 1 J OMAHA CASH GRMN PRICES TODAY Early cash sales of corn on the Omaha Grain exchange were made at $1.40 to $1.83 a bushel. These p-es were uncnanged to j cents lower tl in those of Friday. Receipts wer 185 carloads. Oats were selling Vi cents oft st 11 ing at SSy, and 89 cents a bush?'. Re ceipts were 71 carloads. Wheat receipts were five carloads. NEW YORK STOCKS AND BONUS. New of Farther German Inroads Contrib ute Heaviness of Stocks. Xew York, March 23 Stocks were nerv ous and unsettled throughout today's short session. Investment rails and high grade In dustrial breaking 1 to 8 points on the fur ther attacks of the Teutonlo armlea in Franc. The decline Included all the war Issues and was accompanied by heavy offerings, which probably represented the combina tion of liquidation and short aelling. Occasions! support brought slight rallies, but final prices In Important Issues, were mainly at lowest levels. Th closing waa weak. Sales approximated 600,000 shares Liberty 3 Via sold at 98.29 to 98.30, firsts at 96.70 to 96.78 and second 4s at 96.70 to 96.90. New York, Maroh 33. Overnight advice Indicating further Inroad by the German foroes In France contributed to th heaviness of stocks In th early period of today trading. Industrials and special shares, notably th various Issues embracing th war group, fell back 1 to 3 point In the first half hour. Shippings also gave way with copper and oil. Standard rail held their ground at first, but soon yielded to general pressure. Indifferent support wa forthcoming on the1 decline. Liberty bond were Irregular. Heavy aelling continued during the first hour, losses becoming more extensive. Union Paclflo broke 3H, Chesapeake A Ohio J, Reading I, Norfolk A Western 1H. Atchison l!i and New York Central a point. United 8tate Steel showed an extreme de cline of 1, other steel 1 to I points, Bald win Locomotive t. General Electric, Amer ican Car, oil, motor and shipping 1 to $ point. After 11 o'clock pressure abated and frac tional recovertea were mad by a few lead er. Sales in the first hour approximated 360, 000 shares. Omaha Hay. Receipts of both prairie and alfalfa very heavy. Alfalfa market demoralized and prices $1.00 to $4.00 per ton lower. Mixed and spotted offerings of prarle In large quantities have oauaed a drop of $1 per ton. Market on uniform car steady at decline. Choice upland prairie hay, $20.00, No. 1, $18.00019.00. No. I, $14.60016.60. No. 8, $11.60013.60. No. l midland. $17.00 19.00. No. 2, $14.00016.00. No. 1 lowland. $14,000 16.00. No. 2, $11.00012.00. No. 3, $9,000 10.00. Choice alfalfa, $36.00. No. 1, $23,000 24.00. Standard, $19.00023.00. No. 2, $18.00 O18.00. No. 3, $10.00014.00. Oat straw, $10.00. Wheat straw, $9.00. New York Cotton New York. March 28. Cotton future opened steady; May, 88c to S3. 80c; July, 31.90c; October, 80.82c; December, 20.6oc; January, 80.52c. ' Cotton futures closed steady; May, 82.92c; July, 32.07c; October, 30.86c; December, 30.87c. Dr. W. H. Mullen Addresses Newcastle Patriotic Rally Newcastle, Neb., March 22. (Spe cial.) A patriotic rally was held at the city hall Friday night. Dr. W. H. Mullen of Bloomfield, delivered the address. ' You can secure a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee Want Ad. How to Choose A Stafe Investment HTHE average investor should 1 ask himself what constitutes an ideal investment. How can the greatest safety be se cured for his capital and the highest rate of interest be obtained? What is desirable and what is un desirable in an investment? Will more money be made by "tak ing a chance" or will investment for income be more satisfactory in the end? All these important points are fully covered in a new booklet, "How to Choose a Safe Investment," which we have just published. If you have funds for investment it will be to your advantage to secure a copy of this booklet. A copy will be sent you free upon request. Bankers Realty Investment Co. CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK BLDG, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BEE BLDG. OMAHA, NEBRASKA ' ' "' . '" " """"" . --Tr i " . ..- ill "Imiii mm Iron and Wire Fences Lawn and Farm Gates Poultry and Garden Fence Trelllse for Vine and Rosea. Flower Bed Guard. Stael Post Get Our Low Price Befor You Buy. ANCHOR FENCE CO., 207 North 17th St. Tel. Red 4247. M. P. BYRD NURSERY CO. wish to announce that thy will have no display grounds down town thi aeaeon. Aa usual we have th largest assortment of ornamental trees, shrubbery and fruit trees in th city. SAVE MONEY and agents' commission by calling ua, or come to th nursery and pick out what you want and get it freshly dug. We guarantee our tree to grow. Lt Us Plan Your Ground Laadcap Gardener' Service Are Free. Call and Get Our Price. Residence Office, 6107 Florence Blvd. Phone Your Order Now Collax 3439. .. . -J. JOE IHM TO HELP BOYS AND GIRLS DO GARDEN WORK War Gardens in Omaha This Year Are to Be Made the Real Thing and Worth While. Joe lhm, director of garden work among boys and girls of Omaha, will be known as "Toe" by the youngsters before many weeks have elapsed. He came here ftom Lincoln a few days to represent the extension department of the University of Nebraska in the promotion of war gardens. "My name is lhm I-h-ni what is your name?" is the way he introduces himself at school headquarters, where he will have an office. Assistant Superintendent Ryan of public schools gave "Joe" an office. He quickly had his typewriter in ac tion and was on the job without for malities. Joe is a son of Louis lhm, Benson. The elder lhm has gained a reputa tion of being able to produce more marketable produce from one acre than the ordinary gardener can ob tain. The son learned practical gar dening at home, but resolved to mas ter the technical "features. He at tended Creighton university two years and then went through the col lege of agriculture of the University of Nebraska. He is on the staff of the horticultural department of the Phone Tyler 2991 and South 2051 613 South 16th Street Sheehan Plumbing Co., "SERVICE OF QUALITY" Plumbing and Heating Contractor Omaha, Neb. Phone Doug. 349. GUsIng Buy your gins and paint at Henry M. Johannszen Glass and Paint Company 114 S. 14th St." Omaha, Neb. state university and is on special duty ; r t. r .u: i n I in Hindus tor mis K'ucn season, n is here to help the boys and girls. He hopes that many will volunteer to su pervise groups and clubs of boys and girls, all under his general direction. He is full ot pep and states that he intends to make war gardening in Omaha something really worth while this year. Dodge County Towns Outstrip Fremont for Stamps Fremont, Neb., March 23. (Special Telegram.) Dodge county went over the top in the war savings drive Fri day. Reports received at committee headquarters here indicate that t to tal of $450,000 was raised. Towns outside of Fremont and the rural dis tricts outstripped Fremont, the latter place failing to raise its quota. The total raised in Fremont was $105,000, the quota being $200,000. Northbend raised $40,000, or $24,000 more than its allottment. Other towns in the county and the amount raised over their quota are: Scribner $10,000; Dodge, $12,000; Snyder. $2,800; Uchl. ing, $2,300; Hooper, $7,000; Winslow, $1,400. Bee Want Ads Bring Results. Make That Back Yard Produce Your Food Be Independent Feed Yourself The Farmer and Commercial Grower mutt feed Our Army and the Allies. PLAN NOW to produce your winter's store of vege table and raise chicken enough to supply your meat requirement. In this way you will money and Get our WAR GARDEN Plan and Planting Table Wo have on for you Com in and get it. THE NEBRASKA SEED CO. TW6 STORES PUBLIC MARKET BRANCH I Un 1613 Howard First National Bank Bldg. 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