THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919.
Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
PROFIT IN SALE
OF INSURANCE
FOR FARM CROPS
Premiums Paid for Protection
From Hall In Excess of
' Losses to State
Farmers. .
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.) The
department of trade and commerce
through irs- - bureau : of insurance
gives some . interesting figures on
state hail insurance from the coun
ties composing the three zones into
which the state Is divided. '. The
total premiums paid in the three
zones was $781,233.87, while the
losses were $693,171.51, making a
balance pf $88,062.36. The report
follows:
Ah .H.t...i. a( - lAccii 1 anil
V nail w
premiums as shown by reports on
file in the hail department dis
closes some surprises in the distri
bution or the losses and sentiment
existing among the -farmers as to
hail insurance. "
Irt zone nutnber 1, consisting of
41 eastern counties in the state, a
rate of 2S cents ner acre for $10 in
surance and a rate of 40 cents per
Many A Dollar Can
Be Saved On Ranges
and Heaters at the
Union Outfitting Co.
Huge. Stock of Stoves Must
fie Reduced to Make Room
.. f or Christmas Toys. :'
Carload of Beautiful Glass
ware Will Be Placed' on
, Sale Next Saturday.
" ' Although ' market conditions
Santa Claus is demanding room
for his toys, and so a great vstocK
Reducing" Sale of Stoves, with
Its saving of thousands of dollars,
Is, now in progress -at the Union
Outfitting Company.;;-
, Howard. "Overdraft" Heaters,
noted f of their luel savins de
vices; '"'"de" Steel Ranges i "Fa
mous Cook Stoves; "Federal"
Combination Coal . and . Gas
Ranges, and .other guaranteed
makes are reduced, , -
If one; is interested in beautiful
glasswart for the table, there is
a Thanksgiving Sale of hundreds
of desirable pieces next Saturday
at prices that will be the talk of
Omaha; .
It ia just such events as these
that convincingly prove the
money-saving possibilities ' on
Home Needs at the Union Outfit
ting Company, located out of the
High Rent District As always,
you make your own terms..
"P, A. Barrows, Correspondent"""
acre for $5 insurance on growing
crops produced $202,584.44 in pre
miums and in-'the same counties
losses were adjusted amounting to
$67,785.64." In this zone premiums
exceeded losses by $34,798.80. The
counties showing the larger excesses
in premiums were" Clay, Filmore,
Polk and York in the order named.
In this, zone Dixon county is in a
class b'y itself and did not show
either premium or loss.
Thirteen counties paid a total of
$3,829,98 in 'premiums and have no
claims for loss. ? .
, - Thayer County Hard Hit
Thayer county proved -to be the
banner county in .the loss column
and leads all competitors with a to
tal of $17,783.66 and cost the hail de
partment $104,351.37 more than all
premiums collected in that county.
Four other counties, Douglas, Lan
caster, Pawnee and Pierce reported
losses in excess of premiums col
lected. ; .
In zone No. 2, consisting of 25
counties in central Nebraska, pre
miums were reported amounting to
$311,021.59 and losses totaling $218,
072.45, leaving a balance to the good
of $92,949.14. 1 he big revenue pro
ducers in this zone were Adams,
Kearney. Phelps. Webster. Furnas
and Harlan in the order named.
The bie losses were claimed in
Dawson, Custer, Buffalo and Gosper
in the order named. Six counties in
this zone reported, premiums
amounting to $23,023.16 and made no
claims for loss.
The rates in this zone were 40
and 60 cents per acre and proved
ample to care for the losses.
Deficit in 1 hira lone.
The third zone proved to be ht
scene of the most destructive storms
and in the 27 counties in the west
end of the state loss claims were
filed totaling $307,313.42 as against
premiums reported totaling $267,
627.64, leaving a deficit of $32,685.78.
ine large coniriDutions 10 mis oe
ficit were Chase, Lincoln, Frontier,
McPherson, Keith and Red Willow
counties. The rates in this zone are
60 cents and 90 cents and this re
oort would indicate that this was not
sufficient to take off the loss ratio.
Grant county, did not report insur
ance at all. The largest volume of
business was written in Cheyenne
county with Phelps county in second
place.
The average loss for the state was
88.7 per cent of premiums. ' Some
adjustments are not yet completed
that may change these estimates
slightly.
NAME "BAYER" ON
GENUINE ASPIRIN
Get relief without fear as told
in "Bayer" package
The "Bayer Cross" is Jhe thumb
print of genuine "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin." It protects you against
imitations and positively identifies
the genuine Aspirin prescribed by
physicians for over eighteen years.
Alwlys buy an unbroken package
of "Bayer. Tablets of Aspirin" which
contains proper directions to safely
telieve Colds, Headache, Tooth
ache, Earache, Neuralgia, Lumbago,
Rheumatism, Neuritis, Joint Pains,
and Pain generally.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets
cost but a few cents. Druggists
also sell larger "Byer" packages.
Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer
Manufacture of Monoaceticacidesr
ter of Salicylicacid. . ,
Hyes' Plan to Check
, Stealing of Autos
Proves Big Success
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.) Gus
Hyers, head of the state law enforce
ment bureau, is getting better re
sults in the way of preventing the
stealing of - automobiles than' any
man in the history of that industry,
according to automobile insurance
men who with state and federal law
enforcement officials held a meeting
at the Lincoln hotel today.
, This is made possible because of
the efficiency of . the state division
under Mr. Hyers, who has been able
because of what is called his card
system, to secure the arrest of of-
fenders and the return of automo
biles stolen. Of the last 30 automo
biles stolen in Lincoln it is said that
every one has been recovered.
That Chief Hyers' system is a
winner is shown by the fact that
most of the other states are adopting
the plan. According to the state
ments made at the meeting, during
the past year more than $27,000,000
worth of cars have been stolen in
the 17 largest cities of the country
outside of New York, Philadelphia
and Boston.
United States District Attorney
T. S. Allen said that he had been ad
vised of the passage by congress of
the bill which makes the transporta
tion of stolen automobiles across a
state line come under the same pun
ishment as white slavery.
Receive 13 Applications
For Permits to Sell Stock
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.)
The state board of securities has re
ceived the following applications for
permits to sell stock:
Ilex Theater company, Indlanola, Neb.,
capital JS.000.
Nebraska Clay Products company, Oma
ha, capital. 11,000,000; paid In, $500,000.
Porter Tractor company, Des Molnea,
la., capital, $200,000; paid In, $100,000.
Orchard A Wilhslm Mattress company,
Omaha, capital, $26,000.
Farmers' Grain company, Brunlng, Neb.,
capital, $25,000.
Farmers' Co-Op. Grain and Lumber
company, Humphrey, capital, $77,$00. '
McCarthy Hidden Treasure Mining com
pany, Omaha, capital, $500,000.
Hampton Elevator company, Hampton,
Neb., capital, $7,960.
F. D. Keea Manufacturing company,
Beatrice, Neb., capital, $36,400; paid In,
$40,000. '
Farmers' Union Co-Op. association, Burr,
Neb. capital, $7,000.
Farmers' Union Co-dp. association, Ash
land, Neb., capital, $25,000. v
Kaffir Chemical laboratories, Omaha,
capital, $138,000; paid In, $300,000.
Stoux Oil and Refining; company, Wich
ita Falls, Tex., capital, $75,000.
Permits have been granted as fol
lows: - 't
' Farmers' Co-Operatlva Mercantile com
pany, Tllden, capital, $75,000.
The F. M. Downs company, Lincoln,
capital, $26,000.
Producors" and Consumers' Mercantile
association, Orand Island, capital, $15,000,
McCoy & Barton Electric company, Lin
coln, capital, $3,000.
Nebraska Oil and Refining company,
Houston, Tex., capital, $20,000.
Three Iowa Farmers and One
Contractor Caught In Raid
Three farmers and a contractor
who gave their addresses as Deni
son, la., were fined in Central police
court yesterday on charges of being
inmates of a disorderly house.
They gave their names as George
Pomroy, Harold Nelson, George
Smith and J.. H; Mahler, They were
arrested Wednesday night at 712
North Sixteenth street, when police
raided the place. Three women who
gave their names as Alice Good,
Susie Newman and Elsie May were
also fined as being inmates of the
same place. All drew fines of $25
each. v
Mahler told police he was a con
tractor at Denison, la., and same to
Omaha yesterday on business.
Students Publish Paper.
(West Point, Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) "West Pointer" is the name
of a new paper, at West Point. It
is published by the students of ht
West Point high' school, under the
supervision of the faculty sponsor,
Miss Edith Williams.
STATE FARMERS :
CLOSE MEETING
WITH BUSY DAY
Oppose Plumb Plan of Railroad
Operation Urge Increase
Of Federal Land
Bank Loans.
Inn-
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Packard Trucks Are in Service
the Greatest Number of Days
During the Year and at the
Least Cost. .
V : ; Because of superior design and
- ; : : workmanship and because Pack
ard trucks are made entirely in
; :. v. ' our own shop they give less trou
r ' " ble, and conseouently are in oper-
-v ' - a ation H greater number of days
each year.
Packard trucks cost less to
" operate because they call for few
er repairs and because repair
parts cost less.
We can make immediate deliv-
eries of iy2, 2Y2, zy2, 5-ton
4 ! models.
f ' '
' "Ask the Man Who Owns One"
Packard-Omaha Co
3016 Harney St. Phone Harney 10.
The 17th annual convention, of the
Nebraska Farmer's Co-Operative
Grain and Live Stock association
closed yesterday afternoon after
resolutions touching . no labor and
market problems, had been adopted.
A request that Federal Land
banks be permitted to make sinple
loans amounting to as much as $25,
000; a protest against any arbitrary
reduction in the prices of farm
products unless there is also a simi
lar arbitrary reduction in the prices
of other commodities? and an ap
peal to the government to give to
the grain trade in general more
complete information on conditions
of crops in other cpuntries and the
demand for cereals in those coun
tries, through various consuls, were
among the most significant resolu
tions. Against Plumb Plan.
The organization took , a firm
stand against the Plumb plan for
railroad operation, stating in a reso
lution that ownership is the basis
for efficient organization. A reso
lution was also passed stating that
the association would never unite
with organized labor unless such a
union has for its object public wel
fare. ,
The resolution continues with a
condemnation . of contentions and
strikes that disturb peace and halt
prosperity; a pledge to aid the gov
ernment in the enforcement of law
and order; a pledge of support to
the proposition that both capital
and labor be given a "square deal;"
and a, condemnation of the shorten
ing of the work day less than eight
hours. . In this same resolution the
association goes on record as favor
ing arbitration of honest differences
between employer and employe. ,
Car Shortage "Menace."
The annual car shortage is la
beled a "menace to the country,"
and the increasing of storage room
on the farms is given as a remedy
in another resolution.
The organization .went ot record
as' favoring collective bargaining in
all classes.
The last resolution is an appre
ciation of the kindness and hos
pitality of -Omaha during the three
day convention of the association,
i. The delegates to the convention
made a trip through the South Side
packing houses this morning, and
were entertained at luncheon at
the Union Stock yards.
Fremont Girl Faints, .
Telling Lover Judge
Refused Jail Wedding
Kansas City, Nov." 20. Refused
permission . by Judge Ralph . S.
Latshaw of the criminal v court, to
marry her sweetheart, William G.
Munnsr sentenced to three years in
the Missouri penitentiary, Miss
Florence McCreary, 22, of Fremont,
Neb,,. fainted in the county jail here
after tellirigMunns of the judge's
decision. She was taken away, and
after recovering' said she would go
to Fremont Friday. -
"I won't tolerate a marriage in
jail, especially between such a nice
girl as you, and a self confessed
forger," Judge Latshaw told Miss
McCreary this afternoon, after she
had, made a final appeal to be per
mitted to marry her fiance.
The couple became engaged in
Fremont and Munns came' here to
get more profitable employment.
He began writing Worthless checks,
he declared, to cover up gambling
losse's. . '
Fire Destroys $35,000
, Churdi Near Hastings
Hastings, Ne., Jlov. 20. (Special
Telegram.) The J Catholic Church
of Assumption, south of Rpseland
and 13 miles southwest of Hastings,
has been destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at ibput $35,000, in
cluding much valuable statuary on
the altar worth $4,000, and an organ
valued at $2,000. ,The church was a
brick structure erected 15 years ago
at a cost of $25,000 for the building
alone.
There was a wedding in the
church Thursday morning and it is
believed that , the fire may have
spread fromv the furnace. Members
of the church formed a bucket
brigade, but" the fire had gained too
great a lead to be checked. Rev.
Father Merkle, the rector, was un
able to give the amount of insur
ance carried on the property.
Children Sacrifice Share
Of Estate to Help Mother
Miss Ethel Morrison, stenogra
pher with the Goodrich Drug Co.,
and her brother and sister of Grand
Island, have relinquished their
claims to shares of a $60,000 estate
of John Garner of: Craig, Neb.
These sacrifices are made that their
mother, Mrs' Cora Hutchinson of
Grand Island, may obtain the estate.
Mrs. Garner recently died, Mrs.
Hutchinson is a daughter of Garner
and was cut off in the -will with $25.
Three Injured at Wymore
When Scaffolding Breaks
Beatrice, ' Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) A. C. Milligan, William
Kelly and Claude Barnes, employed
on the new ice house of M. L. Raw
lings at Wymore. were severely in
jured when timbers holding a scaf
fold broke, precipitating the men
to the ground, a distance of about
30 feet. Milligan was injured inter
nally and broke his arm. The other
two men were cut and bruised.
Chalmers Very Sick.
Rochester, Minn., Nov. 20. Hugh
Chalmers, president of the Chalm
ers Motor Co. of Detroit, Mich.,
who is confined to St. Mary's hos
pital here, is reported today to be
in a very serious condition. Mr.
Chalmers underwent an ' operation
here a week ago
PRINCE OF WALES
ENGAGES EXPERTS
. IN TENNIS GAME
Inspects Cadets at West Point
AnrJ Takes in Theater
. ' Party at Night.
'
New York. Nov. 20. The orince
of Wales spent a comparatively idle
day. There was nothing on his pro
gram except a visit to West Foint,
where he inspectsd the cadets: a
vigorous hour at Squash, a dinner
on the British battle cruiser Renown
and a theater party.
s vvesi roini ine prince was re
ceived by a cavalry escort headed
by Brigadier General McArthur, the
commandant.
The scene on the historic heights
was more than usually brilliant, for
the sun shone in a cloudless sky and
tipped the gleaming swords and ac
coutrements of the faultlessly
marching cadets with added splen
dor. '
"I have never seen finer march
ing," exclaimed the prince as the
long blue-clad lines swung past him.
Later the cadets had a chance to re
ciprocate the admiration when the
prince addressed them in the as
sembly hall.
His brief speech was punctuated
with applause and was greeted at
the end with a series of -car-splitting
yells such as the cadets have often
given on the victorious gridiron and
that has also echoed on far sterner
but still victorious fields.
A visit to Oyster Bay, where the
prince will ' lay a wreath on the
grave of Theodore Roosevelt, and a
reception to school children are the
principal incidents scheduled for to
morrow. The prince's visit to
America will be brought to a con
clusion Saturday, when he will con
fer decorations for gallantry on 120
American officers and sailors.
Won t Rescind Dry Act
Until Peace Formally
Declared, Wilson Says
Washington. Nov. 20. While the
supreme court was hearing argu
ments today on the validity ot the
wartime prohibition act, word went
out from the White House that
President Wilson would not rescind'
the "dry" act until peace formally
had been declared.
This was expected to set at rest
the ever-recurring rumors that the
"dry" ban would be lifted by the
president irrespective of early rati
fication of the treaty. Failure of
the senate to act on the treaty at
the exraordinary session was re
garded by many administration of
ficials as precluding ending of the
technical state of war much before
the constitutional prohibition
amendment became effective next
January 16.
bhould such prove the case, tne
only possibility of a "wet" Christ
mas would be for the supreme
court to declare the wartime act
unconstitutional. Arguments on the
pending cases will be concluded to
morrow, but as the court begins a
recess Monday no decision is ex
pected until it reconvenes on De
cember' 8. " ' ;",:'''
Fireman in Madison Power
Plant Dies at His Work
Madison, Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) Fred Willoughby was found
unconscious in the pit -of ithe city
power, house here by A. E. Ker
nick, water commissioner, and died
later. He was night fireman at the
power house. . Heart failure, physi
cians say, caused his death. He is
survived by his widow and seven
children, the youngest being a baby
two weeks old.
A rnvpr for carhafi-e or rubbish
rans has been invented that prevents
4 V, AtitrqnrA rtf rain watnr 'ft HrfQ
rot interfere with placing material
n the cans. '
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Day.
DrUKKiBta refund money if PAZO OINT
MENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding
or Protrudinjr Piles. Stops Irritation;
Soothes and Heals. You can set restful
sleep after the first application. Price 60c.
Your Thanksgiving
Piano or Gr af onola
Awaits You at Schmoller & Mueller's
The war is over. The boys are back home. We
have Prosperity on, every hand and Thanksgiving
NtfVER meant more to us than it does this year. But
all yourhappiness and rejoicing is going to fall rather
flat without music, isn't it? ,
So why not come in right now and select a nice
Piano, a Player, or a Graf onola? Our display of these
instruments is far better now than it will be in another
month. The-BEST VALUES in Omaha and the MOST
LIBERAL TERMS are obtainable right here.
The Grafonola is the
world's greatest enter
tainer. Don't deprive
yourself this pleasure
another day.
All you need do is pay for
a few records and the ma
chine of your choice will be
delivered at once. Start your
payments on the Grafonola
next year.
Schmoller & Mueller
Piano Co. Farnam St.
fSggggBBSBESi
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winds and intense cold, you who would
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should turn your attention to mercolized
wax. Nothing else will so effectively re
move a chapped, roughened or discolored
surface. By gradually absorbing the
weather-beaten cuticle, the complexion is
kept in perfect condition, and even the
beauty of expression appears more pro
nounced. s
If your skin be blotchy, pimply, freckled,
coarse, sallow or over-red, why not shed
it? One ounce of ordinary mercolized
wax, to be had at any druggist's, will
completely transform the most unsightly
complexion in less than fortnight. Use
the wax nightly, like cold cream, washing
it off mornings.
1 he Stomach tSegi
ns
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kidneys. Failure of these to "act
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be poisoned. ; . :
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produce bowel movement Liver, skin
and kidneys are influenced to more
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