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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1913. NEBRASKA CROP OUTLOOK NEVER BETTER THAN NOW tfaupfn Makes Tour of State and Upon Return Makes Pre diction of Bumper Yield This Season. (From a Staff CorraaponSant) .Lincoln, May 17.; (Special). Prospects -were never better and prosperity was never more apparent in western Nebraska than now," said Will Maupin, after returning from t tea days' tour of inspection of that "I note that the government crop estimates report a decrease of -some thing Jike 400,000 acres in the wheat acreage of Nebraska this year. I will not dispute the correctness of the fig ures, bat I fail to see evidences of the ' (decrease, ' except in a limited area within 50 miles' of Lincoln. The re- : ported abandonment of 10 per cent of the fall sown acreage is not at all unusual; indeed, that is about the av erage abandonment - Sut did the gov ernment crop experts take into con- , aideration the vastly increased acre age in Nebraska from Kearney west- .: ward? - : -,. ' "West .of. Hasting! ,1 . drove over Jortions of Adams, Kearney, Buffalo, awson, Lincoln, Keith, Deuel, Chey enne, Kimball, Banner, Morrill and Box Butte, counties, and everywhere t heard reports of increased wheat acre age ranging, from IS to 50 per cent. And this, year's increased acreage is . not a marker to what next year's increase will be, judging by .what I caw of tractors at workbreaking sod preparatory for fall sowing,. Never Saw Better Wheat '' I never saw finer wheat in my life than I saw in Lincoln, Deuel, Chey rnne, Kimball and Banner counties. They have had plenty of rain and the wheat growers are sure of a big "Banner county's bottomlands are being broken by the thousands of acres. Tractor dealers .have beea working day and night trying to ob tain enough ,of them to supply the demand. The traveler along the rail road can see tractors at work by, the :' dozen, v" -A'-; -, ' 'The prospects for wheat between Lincoln and Hastings and, between Lincoln and Grand Island are not flat tering, although rain within the next two or three days will insure a half : vieM. or better. . Corn Planting la Done. ' Corn planting is progressing rap .Idly 'in the corn-groiwng sections. Nebraska is going to raise more than 65,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, and three times that many bushels of corn. ; The rye and barley acreage rhas been increased, too; while alfalfa never looked better than now. "Land buyer are flocking into the western counties and there is a verit able land boom. The towns are building up at a marvelous rate. I never heard politics mentioned on my entire trip. All I heard was war and Nebraska s part therein. "If food production is the vital . .. thincr in hrtnoiner virtnrv hn WA ' braska n going to take the lead in that just as it has in' all other war activities. You. may count on Ne braska producing mighty near 10 per cent of the wheat of the United States this year1 . . NEBEASKAGALES UNB00F BOX CABS ' AEOUNDNOEFOLK Norfolk. Neb.. Mav 17.-fSnec.an. A terrific south gale has been blow ing all over norihern Nebraska and southern South Dakota during the past three days. Roofs from box cars on the Northwestern railroad have been blown off and outbuildings on farms have been damaged. The dry wina nas played navoc with crops. Pastures are drying up rapidly and some fields which have been renlant. ed la wheat are damaged, especially woere ie sou is ugnt. in tnese cases : the wheat has been either covered up er blown away. Spring wheat, which ..was reported in excellent condition a week go, is suffering, in some places turning yellow. Alfalfa ia in dire jieed of moisture and unless rain comes, there is some ger-.JhJlt !be fast cutting of al falfa will be short. Farmers are mak- mg good Headway in corn planting. Third District Republicans - Meet at Norfolk Friday N2WJeb .Miy 17 Politics in the Third Nebraska conereuinnal Cl " warttlin8 "P- A joint meeting v. ub aira congressional district re publican committeemen and chairmen, , held their meeting here tonight and discussed probable candidates for the Third district representative race. ' Congressman Dan Stephens, dem ocrat, win be up for renomination, his friend say. State politics is not as interesting, except the office of attorney general. .vyuv4uu iu nils vicinity at' clare becomes imnArtant. ..-. ..... W. L Cowling, former county attor ns u. iQigon county, is said to be a wuoucan candidate tor that office. Vowlinar won cnnirfr9ht rn. while county attorney in the prose- . 'ormer county Attorney Art J. Koemgstein. ' , v.. . Hodman of Kimball Files For the Legislature ' PAM at ItiM M it Lincoln, Mav 17 (Specia!.)-J. A. Rodman, Kimball, haa filed with the tecretary of state for the republican nomination for the legislature from the Seventy-sixth representative dis trict, composed of the counties of Tanner, Kimball, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, represented by William L. Eattj, republican, in the two last regular sessions. , DROUTH BROKEN AT FREMONT BY HALF-INCH RAIN Fremont Neb.. Mav . 17. (Special Telegram.) The worst drouth for this season of the year in this vicin ity was broken by a rain of half an inch this afternoon. A lieht shower fell early this morning, following two days of high, dry winds that worked havoc with small grain and garden stuff. Pastures had begun to dry up and hay, both tame and wild, was badly in need of moisture. Business nouses of Snyder closed at 10 a. m. for the day while two nags were being dedicated and a Red Cross sale was on. Mayor John Bolte of Snyder introduced Rev. Mr. Hoff man of Snyder and T. L. Mathews of rremont. who spoke at the dedica tions. A squad of Fremont guards took part in the parade and the flag hoisting exercises. The Red Cross sale netted $2,250,, the stormy weather keeping down the attendance. Two carloads of hogs donated by farmers of the Snyder vicinity were sold on the Omaha market for $3,787, making a total of over $6,000 that Snyder and vicinity raised for the Red Cross. The new titz hotel. was tormaiiy opened at Valley whert the Commer cial club held its annual banquet and meeting. Plates for 60 were laid. The new hotel is two, stories high and is modern. John Fittjerald is the pro prietor. K. D. McFadden, proprietor of" Hotel Pathfinder of Fremont and president of American Grceters, and George F. Wolz, president of the Fremont Commercial club, were among the speakers. NEBRASKA WOMEN GIVE PERSHING 3 AMBULANCE CAES , ... . Three ambulances, one major type and two Ford types, soon will be sent to France by the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps of Nebraska. The money to purchase the am bulances, $3,500, was raised' by the Woman's Relief Corps. The machines have been ordered and the govern ment has authorized they be sent to France immediately. On each am bulance the following inscription wSl be made: "To Lieutenant General John J. Pershing, commanding Amer ican armjes in France, from the Grand Army of the Republic and the Wom an's Relief Corps of the Department of Nebraska." Several hundred dollars for the Red Cross was netted at the state encamp ment at Seward. Residents' of Seward opened their houses for the 1,000 or more delegates attending the en campment and. every cent of the money received from housing and boarding these delegates was donated to the Rad Cross. i A resolution to take over relief work Incident to the American army, such as caring for indigent and crip pled soldiers returning from the war, was passed at the encampment. An other resolution endorsed the candi dacy of Captain C. E. Adams of Oma ha, past department commander, for commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic - . Obituary Notes MBS. JOHN BEHLER, aged 60, cied Sunday at Brainard, Neb. She baves her hunband and two children. KZ3L FRED, 8TOUL.. died at her rne In Salem at th are of 76 years. ' atsrivinr children are a daughter, - . Joe Uraland of Stella, and two Four Teachers in School for . . Blind Are Discharged v " (From BUff CorrpondM.) " ' Lincoln, May 17. (Special.) The state board of control, with memories of the recent Geneva school for girls in mind, now proposes to lock the stable before the horse is stolen and as a result one male teacher and three female teachers in the school for the blind at Nebraska City have been discharged because they visited each other in their rooms during eve nings. According to the board there was nothing to indicate immorality, but "rules are rules," and as they had been broken, there was nothing else to do but fire the offending parties. Avoca Holds Patriotic Rally. Avoca,' Nfb., May 17. (Special.) A patriotic lied Cross rally was held at the city hall with Mrs. L. J. Mar quard, Red Cross president, in the chair. Many loyal speeches were made and a service flag was presented by Mrs. Margaret Graham, which was ac cepted by Mayor Tefft 5 Per Cent Federal ? Farn Lcin Donds Th Ftdernl land Bank of Omaha , affcra 1500.000 0f thst bondi at th new 8 tnttrat rat. U. S. Government SuptrvUion, Unlimited tax exemption and the In created lnterett rate combltte to make thia moit attractive invettment. Denomination, $18, $30, flOO, $500, v,. . 91,000. . . , Frfced 191 from May 1. and accrued lnterett Send evbeerlptiona or write for fur. the, information to E. D. MORCUM, Treasurer, The Federal Land Bank of Omaha, iaoa w. a w. bui. . ttiiluliiliiliitiiliiliiliiliiliillilliliiliiliniiliilllliilliliiliiliilnlii I PHONE I DOUGLAS i 4163 and our special repre- I sentative will talk to I you about Moving, I Packing and Storage. I OMAHA VAN I & STORAGE CO. I Phone Doug. 4163. 806 So. 16th St. CillUIIllll!lll!1tllllIlllllllllll!!"!llllttll!!: Bell-ans Absolutely ; Removes Indigestion. Druggists' refund money if it fails. 25c AURORA GIVES FINE WELCOME TO PERSHING'S MEN Haverstein and Stephens Are Arousing Patriotic Enthu siasm in Many Ne braska Towns. Lincoln, May 17. (Special.) Tre mendous enthusiasm is greeting Ser geant Paul A. Haverstein and Ser geant James L. Stephens, the Persh ing front-trench soldiers who are tour ing the state. At Aurora the home guards and citizens formed an escort for Sergeant Havenstein from the station. "The sergeant was given a rousing welcome in fact, an ovation;" reports Charles M. Grosvenor, four minute men chairman; "and he ex pressed his great gratitude at the' evi dence of patriotism in this county." At Auburri Thursday afternoon all the business houses were closed in honor of Sergeant Stephens. The home guards and other organizations met him at. the train. The members of the high school and of the seventh and eighth grades attended in a body the meeting: The civilian speakers were Judge Kelligar and Rev. Dr. A. Allen Randell. New Stephens Appointments. To Sergeant Stephens' itinerary three additions were announced this morning by , Prof. Fogg. Dawson, which through Fred M. Deweese re quested a meeting, has him Saturday morning at about 10 o'clock; Paee City at 11. On his auto trip to Tecum- EAILROADTAX . AGENTS BEFORE ' STATE BOARD .(From a' Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, May .(Special.) Colonel Seibert, St. Louis tax com missioner for the Missouri Pacific railway, made his annual pilgrimage to Lincoln today and appeared before the State Board of assessment in be half of the road. Tax Commissioner Purvis of the St Joe & Grand Island, who appeared before the board wat of the opinion that that road was taxed too high, taking into ' consideration the fact that it was not paying expenses. Mr, Purvis said that the increase in revenue the past year had been about 10 per cent, but that the .expenses had run us about 60 per cent, due to increase in cost of material. Rail road ties were costing 122 per cent more while the taxes, . owing to a higher valuation of the road, had in creased 22 per cent. R. W. McGinnis, superintendent of the Lincoln line of the Northwestern road, informed - the board that the road's tax commissioner, Mr. Polleys, desired to call attention to land values along the road before the board made its decision. . .. seh he will make a brief stop at Steinauer,, and on the way from Tecumseh he will speak at Cook. Brunswick is making big prepara tions for Sergeant Havenstein's meet ing JVednesday morning. May 22. At Guide Rock Sunday evening, Sergeant Stephens will be met at the station by the home guards and the Guide Rock band. .The civilian speak ers will be Fred Planbeck of Bostwick, Father Fitigerald, chairman of the County Council of Defense, and Frank J." Munday, chairman of the Red Cloud four-minute men? DEMOCRATS HUNT FOR POLITICAL OFFICIAL TIMBER ' . ... . Charley Bryan Might Be In duced to Try for Governor, But Candidates Keep . , Under Cover. ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, May 17. (Special.) The modern political Diogenes with his lantern is out in search of the prover bial honest man who can hrA th democratic state ticket for governor ana wun some degree ot certainty that he will land. Charles W. Bryan, Lincoln, thinks he has discovered him. Because of his natural modesty, the former Lincoln mayor will not come right out and say who he is, but in a pronunciament, Mr. Bryan points with unerring finger at himself and metaphorically speak ing says, "Behold the Man." On the other hand W. J. Taylor, Custer, does a little diogenosing on his own hook and makes the charge that Mr. Bryan is not the man to head the democratic hosts, for the reason that "he is tied up with the potash gang and helped hornwoggle the special session of the legislature into bringing to life potash leases that the supreme court of the state had de clared dead." Taylor is Modest. Mr. Taylor, being an extremely modest man, does not speak right out in meeting and say that he feels com petent to head the ticket, but he leaves the impression that he is of the unani mous opinion that the democratic party of-Nebraska could go farther and fare a great deal worse. Governor Neville is still posing as the political sphinx of the times. When asked if he intends to be a candidate for renomination 'he closes up like oyster and will not even smile. Metcalfe is Silent Private Secretary Metcalfe, who is supposed to know the inaermost throbbings of the executive , heart, says not a word when the question is asked what his chief intends to do. It has even een hinted-that per haps Mr. Metcalfe might be consider ing something of the kind'himself, for at times he has that sort of "I-want-to-be" look in his eyes so prevalent now iff the eyes of so many iritht state house who are longing for tht sljoes of their chiefs' . Burt County Gives $30,167. II r -j r- I eii nuys iv neu uiuas runu 'Lyons, Neb., May 17. (Special)- : Burt county people are doing their ' -share to win the "war. So . far they havX rnntriKiif in Tincye filj-ini, 30-- 167.70 for the Red Cross. ' The Red Cross drive here for the Lyons school district, No. 20, brought in over 3,3uu,- aitnough the quota was only $1,100. . r ,,v ; , , ASPIRIN . j For the past 14 ytara v Made on the banks of the Hudson. Bayer-Tablets and Capsules of Aspirin contain gen uine Aspirin. For your protection demand them in the origfnal packages. Every package and evorj tablet is plainly and invariably marked with "Th Btyar Croat Your Gumnnte . efPuritr" The treflMnerk " Aspirin" (Re. U. 8. Pat. Off.) h a cnanatet that the mxMuKmeUaatr of nlieylieacid in theae tablet and ceceoleiiS t the reliable Barer aMurfaeture. , P .V. i D. C. ELD11EDGE, 9ruklent E. U. 'REYNOLDS, SPECIAL r-z& i eits on & of lurfowfond MpfJ For Women, Misses and 'Tittle Women" SUIT OFFERING Every Cloth Suit in the House Radically Reduced 4 Groups $16.50, $25, $35 and $45 Suits Previously Priced up to $95 PLEASE don't let the prices quoted prejudice you, for these 'are not regular low-priced suits in any sense of the word, or suits bought for sale purposes, but include suits from our own splendid stocks. The values at these prices are so unusual that they will be appreciated by you at first sight, especially by .those who have worn Benson & Thome suits in the past and know the amount of style and quality embraced in our suits. Smart styles, including etons, ripple backs or plain tailored models, stunning flare effects, narrow shoulder models and braid trimmed suits. Serge, tricotine, tweeds, poiret, twill and gabardine. New pockets, stylish belted and semi-norfolk models. ' Perfect tailoring from the collar to the hem of the skirt. Each suit bears the price ticket, with the original and sale price plainly marked. v.- i Here's a special" Girls' Wash Dresses $1.50 and $2.50 ' A. SPLENDID assortment of practical school dresses. Pretty plaids aad checks and toile du nord, in pink, blue, yellow and green. 'White collars and cuffs. Formerly priced from $2.50 to $3.50. v i. Another Good Value" Girls' Wash Dresses $350 -. - . YOUTHFUL styles In durable gtetnams, striped, . plaid and checked effects, also plalncolored cnambrays. Formerly priced tip to $5.75. Mothers of Boys-Take Note x Boys' Dependable Suits $6.95 ' THE USUAL $10 Am) $11.50 QUALITIES. - WE INSIST that our boys', suits be well made to withstand the hard wear that boys give them. These suits are particularly well made of fancy mixtures in styles that boys like. Two pair of good, eorreetly proportioned knickers with each stuy Kites free with every $5.00 purchase. Boys' Wash Pants V 50c to $2.95 f - For immediate . -wear. .Comfortably styled bloomer or straight effects, sizes 4 to 17 years. , : i ;r Bathing -Suits':; j; : 65c to $5- . : ; Visit the Boys' Shop Saturday and ia- Bpect the new axrivala In bathing suits. A Saturday Feature Trimmed Hats Previously Priced Up to $10.00 $1.95 A' BIO clearaway of erery trimmed hat in our Main Millinery Shop (This does not include the midsummer hats in the French Room.) - These hats hare been grouped en spe cial tables, where selection can be made easily and include the most fashionable shapes and trimming ideas of the season In tailored hats; dress hats; semi-dress hats, sailors and small close fitting hats. .Highly polished User braids; rough braids; and polished chip straws, with smart trimming of quills, wired ribbon effects and orna ments. Included are a number exclusive pattern hats. - : , Of Interest to Mothers Girls' Goats . - $5.75 ' INCLUDING coats formerly priced up to $9.75, , sizes 7 to 12 years, in nary and Copenhagen, . blue serge, also black and white checks. Belted, semi-belted and loose models. Spring Time Coat Time Girls' Coats $15 JUST the right weight for Immediate or later wear. Styles to correctly and becomingly coat the growing glrl of 13 to 17 years. New fab rics in nary, Copenhagen and tan. Formerly priced up to $22.50. Imitation Panama Hats :V $1.25 Plain white with colored Pugery bands, sises t to 7. t ' , , Boys' Sport Blouses 75c and $1.25 " Well made of percales madras and crepe, fast colors, sises for boys 6 to 14 years. . , . A Word From the Shoe Shop 100 Pairs of B6ys' Oxfords. ' Including Values up to $4 Saturday $2.45 A SPECIAL for Saturday and we adrise early shopping, for at this price they will sell quickly. - ' Made by C. H. Alden Company. a reliable shoe manufacturer. Black, tan and Jtus sia button and lace styles.-. Ery pair haa welt sewed soles with medium and broad toe lasts, an exceptional value. Four Distinct Styles in Women s Low Shoes , $7.00 No B-728 The popular Havana brown kid dress oxford. Full leatSeLouia heel, ; light welt sole A smart dress oxford-moderately priced. . No. 1952 Light gray kid oxford, hand turned soles, fuu Louis Ma covered heels. ' Same style In Ivory and dark gray. A splendid value. , . No. W-768 A stunning sport oxford in white nubuck, with Vaugn s ivory soles and heels A desirable number for Immediate or later wear . , . No. K-731 Mat kid colonial pump, straight Cuban heels. Small bacHe ornament A dressy, practical, yet comionaoie pump ior sorcei ur 3 S ' i 1 ' r t f 4