THIS BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JULY 10. 1920.
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WATER PROJECT
-ONE OF LARGEST
EVER PLANNED
Head of Reclamation Service
Inspects Work in Nebraska
And" Wyoming Ex
presses Enthusiasm.
Judge M. E. Kinkaid of O'Neill,
Neb., chairman of the irrigation
' committee of the Department of the
Interior reclamation service, who
has just completed a survey of the
North Platte Nebraska-Wyoming
reclamation project, was in Omaha
Friday as a guest of Congressman
JerTeris. He is enthusiastic over the
irrigation project. .
Congress appropriated $1,000,000
for the work "this year, which Judge
Kinkaid characterized as "one of the
three greatest reclamation projects
in the United States." The other
two, he said, are the Roosevelt dam
in Arizona and the Minnedoka irri
gation project in Idaho.
Crops Excellent.
A part of the work on the Nebraska-Wyoming
project has been
completed north of the Platte river
and 92.000 acres of land, formerly
semi-arid, is now supplied with
water and is producing excellent
crops. When the work fiorth of the
river is completed water will be
available for 125,000 acres of land.
Four beet sugar factories have al
ready been built in this district and
two others are now under considera
tion. ,
The canal south of the river,
which is to extend from Wyoming
to Gcring. Neb., is to be com
menced this year and when com
pleted will supply water to 100.000
acres of land. A sugar factory has
already been built at Gering and
another is to be built this year at
Bridgeport.
Approximately $215,000 is to be
srent to benefit 20,000 acres of land
near Bridgeport this year and $200,
000 more will be spent in the Lara
mie district. The present terminus
of the south sid canal is to be nrar
Gennfi, but, it is planned to extend it
farther later, Judge Kinkaid -said.
Nine Others en Trip.
With the iuJe on his inspection
trip were nine other congressmen,
.imong whom were James Good of
Iowa, chairman of the appropria
tes committee; Congressman Si
nott of Oregon, chairman of the
committee on public lands, and Con
gressman Fyrne of Tennessee, rank
ing democrat cf the house and a
member of 4he appropriations com
mittee. , Mr. Byrne is the only member of
the present committee who was a
member of the original committee
when the project was undertaken
five years ago. He told Judge Kin
kaid the improvement in the coun
try effected by the work so far was
almost beyond belief.
Uncle Joe Cannon also is a mem
ber of the committee, and had
planned to make the trip" but had
not recovered sufficiently from the
strain of the Chicago convention!
North Bend Girl Can
Not Talk our Witness
Stand for Month Yet
Fremont Neb., July 8. (Special.)
Another, month must pass by be
fore Miss Mabel Kracl of North
Bend canMake the witness stand and
tell her experiences of the night of
June 24, when she 'was found un
conscious on her doorstep by her
mother. Pending her complete re
covery, August Thomson, who has
been hedl at the county jail without
bond, has been released on bail of
$1,000 to appear for hearing August
19.
Miss . Kracl had accompanied
Thomson tox the American Legion
dance at North Bend. On the re
turn trip in his automobile, he says,
she leaped from the car and was
hurt in her fall. He declares he of
fered her no injury, but the county
attorney says that a charge of at
tempted criminal .assault may be
riled against him when Miss Kracl
can talk.
She is slowly recovering, but her
physician. Dr. W'. S. Yates, will not
permit her to be questioned.
Platte Valley Potato
Growers Fight Exchange
Kearney, Neb , July 9. (Special)
Potato growers of the Plifte valley
are opposing the proposed stae po
tato exchange. Numerous meetings
have been held here but they seem
ingly have only widened the breach
between those "interested in perfect
ing thi marketing association and
the grower here.
Local spud kings are also opposed
to the state grading law, which bars
the spud passing through an inch
and a half screen. They prefer to
sell on the "run of field" basis, as
has been done m past years, result
ing in better than the average price
for the state beng received. H. O.
Werner, of ie Nabraska Potato
Improvement .nssociation and others
- have appeared here in interests cf
the state marketing association, but
, .so far they have failed to line up th?
growers.
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Swedish Vice Consul Leaves
On Summer Camping Trip
P. A. Edquist, Swedish vice con
sul for Nebraska and Wyoming, left
Thursday morning by automobile
for Anandale, Minn., where he and !
his two daughters, Amelia and
Emma Edquist, will spend the sum
mer fishing and camping. Mi and
Mrs. Charles H. Anderson and son,
Harley; Mr. and Mrs. George
'Burkman and family,-Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Gustafsoii and daughter and
Miss Anna Wallander made up a 1
party which accompanied Mr. Ed-1
qnist. During July and AugusMhe j
Swedish consul in Omaha wiiUfe inl
charge of Harry O. Palmer, acting)
vice consul.
Trucks Driven Overland to Omaha
Two Bessemer trucks, a ton-and-a-haif
job and a two-and-a-half-ton
job, reached Omaha last week to
enter the postponed First National
Motor Truck Reliability contest.
Owing to freight congestion the
trucks were driven overland from
Grove City, Pa.
The trucks reached Chicago be
fore decision to postpone the contest
was made, so (the Bessemer factory
dtcided to make a demonstration of
their own. .
v The trucks are in charge of IV.T).
Roberts, jr., of Kansas City and II.
C. Shira of the engineering depart
ment from the Bessemer Motor
Truck company. They have visited
many towns enroute and, according
to Mr. Roberts, there is a keen. in
terest in motor trucks.
Included in the buckle of a new
bathing suit belt is a water-tight box
for jewelry or money.
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Wahoo Community Club
Plans Outdoor Meetings
Wahoo, Neb., July 9. (Special.)
The Wahpo, Community club will
noia ine sepona oi a series ot sum
mer out-dobr meetings at the Wa
hoo High school grounds, Friday
night, July 23. The first was given
in June on the Luther college cam-
i
pus.
The club has invited not only ite
own members, but every family in
Wahoo and the surroundfng country
to bring their lunch and join the club
in an old-fashioned community pic-
Lightning Strikes House .
And Burns It to Ground
Table Rock. Neb., July 9. (Spe
cial.) During the recent storm the
house on the H. A. Gabby farm in
the vicinity of Pawnee City was
Struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. The house was occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gabby,and
only a small portion of the house
In Id goods was saved. The loss
was partially covered by insurance."
June Rains Bcom Alfalfa
Crop; Wheat Harvest Begins
Sidney, Neb., July 9. (Special)
The alfalfa hay harvest is in fiilf
force now, with a yield of unusffal
quality and quantity. Te splendid
rains in June in this section contrib
uted to1 this wonderful crop. Early
wheat is beginning to turn, and har
vest will begin in another week. The
wheat crop of 1920 is apparently a
repeater, of the 1919 crop. Heads are
long, well filled, and the stand is
good. While a trifle early for accur
a'e estimates, yet a bumper yield is
contemplated. ' ( ' ,
Former Pawnee County Boy
Dies From His War Wounds
Table Rock. Neb., July 9. (Spe
cial) Will Blaine, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Blaine, of Long Beach,
Cal., died recently in a San Fran
cisca hospital from wounds received
in the recent world war while over
seas. The Blaine family were pio
neers of Pawnee county, "'having
lived here many years, moving to
California a few years ago.
Early Settler Dies.
Wahoo, Neb., July 9. (Special.)
Mrs. Fred Eberhardt, 69 years old,
widow of oii of Saunders county
early pioneers, died at Wahoo Tues
day. The Eberhardts have been
identified with the history of Saun
dtrs county for many years. The
funeral was held Thursday from the
residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Stocking.
Civil War Veteran Dies.
Table Rock, Neb., July 9. (Spe
cial) Rev. J. H. Montgomery, 85
years oW, a civil war veteran and a
resident of Pawnee City for! many
years, died at his home there this
week. Funeral services were held
in the Presbyterian church and his
comrades of thfG. A. R. were the
pall bearers. He is survived by a
"irlow, two sons and two daughters.
WHEAT FORECAST
FIRST OF MONTH
809,000,000 BU.
Production of Corn Is 2,779,
"000,000 From Area of
103,648,000 Acres,
Says U. S. Report,
Washington, July 9 Wheat pro
duction this year will be 809,000,000
bushels, the Department of Agricul
ture forecast today, basing its esti
mate on the condition July of the
combined winter and spring wheat
crops.
The production of corn was fore
cast at 2,779.000,000 bushels and the
area planted this year announced as
103,648,000 acres.
Other forecasts of production are:
Winter wheat, 518.000.000 bushels.
Spring wheat 291,000,000 bushels.
Oats, 1,322,000,000 bushels.
Barley, 193.000,000 bushels.
Rve, 82,000,000 bushels.
White potatoes, 388,000,000 bush-
Sweet potatoes. 98,500,000 bushels.
Tobacco, 1.501,000,000 pounds.
Flaxseed, 143,300,000 bushels.
Rice, 52,100,000 bushels.
Hay, 84.800,000 tons.
Appjes (total), 200,000,000 bushels.
Apples' (commercial), 30,200.000
barrels.
Peaches, 42,500,000 bushels.
Wheat remairfing on .farms July 1
is estimated at 5.1 per cent of last
year's crop, or about 47,756,000
bushels, compared with 19,261,000
last year and 31,923,000 the five-year
average.
Acreage of crops not previously
announced is:
White potatoes, 3,849,000.
URE TO OPPOSE
RATE BOOST FOR
" POWER COMPANY
Commissioner's Analysis of Fig
ures Shows Surplus of
$40,125.. ,
City Commissioner Ure, who is
in charge of the department of pub
lic accounts and finance, is making
an analysis of the operations of the
Nebraska Power Co., in anticipation
of another hearing before the city
council on the company's applica
tion for increased rates.
Mr. Ure states that the company's
figures show that for the first five
months of this year the operation;
wer as fnllnwc Cirnse rvnr
$1,157,617; operating ' expenses, $763-
interest paid on funded and
nonfunded debts, $154,167. The net
balance. Mr. Ure adds, is avaitahV
for the payment of 7 per cent on
4,m.Kl,Wu preterrert stock and 4 per
Sweet potatoes. 1.022,000
Tobacco. 1.859,700. '
Flax, 1,706.000.
' Rice, 1,345,700.
Condition of the crops on July 1
was:
Winter wheat, 79.7 per cent of a
normal.
Spring wheat. 88.0 per cent.
All wheat, 82.5 per cent.
Corn, 84.6 per cent.
,' Oats, 84.7 per cent.
Barley, 87.6 per cent.
Rye, 83.5 per cent.
White potatoes, 89.3 per cent.
Sweet potatoes, 87.2 per cent.
Tobacco, 84.3 per cent. '
Flax, 89.1 per cent.
Rice, 90 per cent.
Hay, 85.5 per cent.
Apples, 70.7 per cent.
Peaches, 61.8 -per cent.
cent on $5.(X)0,000 common stock.
Deducting those dividends from the
baUnce, Mr. Ure shows a surplus
of $40,126 for the five months.
The city council will reconsider
this matter as soon as the company
lus submitted a statement of its
operations for last month. Mr. Ure
intends to lead the fight against the
Lgraut of increased rates and asserts
he will make his point on the com
pany's own figures.
The company asked for an in
crease in rates that would yield
$400,000 more revenue per year.
Bedlam Again Reigning
On Dodge Street Hill;
Insomnia Gets Tenants
Peaceful quiet, which had settled
over the tenants of the El Beudor
and Morris apartments. Eighteenth
and Dodge streets, the last week
when cessation in the Dodge street
grading work was forced because of
a broken steam shovel, was shat
tered yesterday.
In the early hours of the morn
ing, when the tenants had again
grown accustomed to enjoying their
last gentle wink of beauty sleep,
rumblings and noises of a mammoth
army mobilizing for a great drive on
the western front, broke into the
quiet nooks of the apartment
houses.
Hundreds of heads protruded
from front windows, the eyes of
which were greeted with the old
familiar sight of noisy workmen,
deafening steam shovel, and wheez
wig engines of the shortline at
work.
Pawnee Pioneer Dies.
Table Rock, Neb., July (Spe
cialsWord has Teached here of the
death of A. A. Linn at his home in
Rock Springs, Mo. He was a pio
neer resident of Pawnee county, and
was a nephew of Elder Richard
Linn, who settled in the Table Rock
vicinity in 1865.
"BLOOD AND IRON"
THREAT BY "REDS'
AGAINST OMAHAI
.
Communists Warn Gale City
' Student at Harvard to Be
ware of Speech.
Boston, Mass., July 9. (Special
Telegram.) I hat "blood'1 lettv
threatening the retaliation ot bloo
and iron rather than the verbal conk
demnation should they tn anywa
criticize the communist rarty or nut
other anarchistic body had been r
reived at Cambridge bv William S.
Holinook of davenport, la., presi
dent of the Harvard council!
Charles J. I aforgee of Decatur, III!
Harold J. Gensburgh ot Kocnestert
N. V.; Julian U. liatton ot oran
Haven. Mich., and Mer'e E. Curti
of Omaha. Neb., all proinirent Harl
vard student, became known today
through the activities. of vhe author
tier, investigating the rase. 1
The missives, the receipt of whirl
heretofore have been kept secret
were signed by the ' pro.ctanat com
mittee of ten" and were postmarked
"South Boston." They weic entire
ly typewritten.
President Holbrook is a d to hav
hm inclined to consider the lette
as a joke, but the open threats an
hate implied py the comrm.nicar.icn
aroused the authorities to urge
thqrough federal investigation
"The proletariat committee of te$
understands that you Harvard stur
,rients are planning to deba'.e on Ire
speecn at your every njiuui iunuy
This committee and to the thousand
of undertrodden worker wh:m
represent, free speech is not a de
b?table subject in any fjrm or man
ner. For years we h?ve worked
among the masses to educate thenj
to recognize governmental oppret
sion, like kings and tyrants and th
natural enemy.
Tourist Park Ready.
Sidney, Neb., July 9. (Special)
The automobile tourist park is now
permanently located in the east part
of the city, on the Lincoln Highway.
When completed, this park will con
tain electric lights, water and other
necessary accommodations for the
traveler.
Railway Mail Clerks Named.
WhIcitton, July t. (Special Tele- ;
rrrnm.) th following; railway mall
rlerka navo boon appointed: E. W. Seller,
Went Watartewn; ft. J. Shore. Aeftton;
I. B. Raemuaaen, Platte; B. O. ppaahl,
P.adfield; F. E. Lange. KrangbornS. D ;
tToiepb, 3. Oleaew, Burlington: - B. C.
Scott. Greenfield: H. F. McKenele.
Dubuque; O. P. irtlliame. Pea Molnea;
H. E. Derr. 8ae City; C. B. Witmn,
Ofkaloota and B, C. Hunter, Sprtngvtlle,
Uwa,' .
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