THE OMAHA- SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 1, 1920.
8 A
NEW CROP RECORD
TO BE MADE THIS
YEAR IN STATE
Forty Bushels of Wheat Per
Acre Not Uncommon Yield
In Richest Portions of
Nebraska.
Western Nebraska
Towns Face Crisis
Due to Coal Famine
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
Chlearo Tribune-Omaha B Lcawd Wire.
Fremont. Neb., July 31. This city
is the center of "The Garden of
Eden" section of Nebraska, to" use
a pet phrase of the local talent.
For 65 miles to the west and south
and 35 miles to the north and east,
the land is the fattest in the en
tire state, as rich in soil as- the
best parts of the famous Illinois
and Iowa corn belt. This year, so
many oldtimers say, the crops are
the greatest within their memory.
At Wahoo one farmer harvested 52
bushels 'of wheat to the acre, a
wonderful yield. Forty bushels to
the acre' this time is quite common.
Two farmers, R. J. Middaugh and
A. C. Christensen, yesterday re
ported their wheat yield brought
$100 an acre. That's what 40 bush
els to the acre at $2.50 a bushel
means.
No Idlers On Streets.
The city itself is a thriving, bus
tling community-of 12,000, full of
civic bounce and energy, not an
idler on the streets, and it is an
important market for grain. In
fact, it is the home of one of the
largest grain companies in the
country., The average farmer in
the region is more prosperous, per
haps, than elsewhere. While there
are" many 20 and 30-bushel to the
acre farmers, there are relatively
few marginal producers, the men
whose farming is on the ragged
edge between profit and loss. Hence
the tendencies in this section are of
interest as typical of those in the
best farming districts. Here are
some of the things we find:
1. No shortage of harvest hands.
Unlike Kansas, this region requires
few "floating" hands. They vault
over it from Kansas and southern
Nebraska clear into South Dakota.
Farming is diversified, the emer
gency peaks are not so high as
elsewhere; much farm machinery is
in use; the smaller cities are able
to furnish what extra help is need
ed, in the rush season.
2. Few farmers' boys are leaving
for the factories. They seem to be
planted in the land more firmly
than elsewhere. i
3. A small scarcity exists in
mnnthlv farm lalir wVii. Ie attr.K-
uted to the fact that farm hands
have become land owners.
4. Actual farm tenantry does not
appear to be increasing. Although
the face figures show an increase in
retired farm owners, still they are
letting their sons run the farms in
large numbers, which is not ab
sentee landlordism bv anv means.
inasmuch as the land retains in the
family.
Car Shortage Serious:
5. The car shortage is great. But
a larger proportion of the farmers
here have been educated into the
practice of stacking their grain or
storing their wheat on the farm in
stead of dumping it into the market
in one avalanche and breaking the
price.
So far as the general exodus of
farm labor from the country to the
factory is concerned, Fremont gives
point to a fact which many observ
ers . toverlook, namely, that the
switch to the smaller cities of 10,000
and 12,000 does not seriously im
pair agricultural operations. When
the rush comes on, high wages in
the field and the lure of the coun
try life are sufficient to send labor
enough from the small cities to the
farmsteads to turn the trick. It Is
quite unlike the situation in Mich
igan, where the drain of the auto
mobile factories upoii farm labor
has been enough to throw agricul
ture out of adjustment.
For example, Frank Hammond,
editor of the Fremont Tribune, sayj
that in the local refrigerator factory
numbers of the men left for the
farms as soon as the crops came on.
High wages for a short period took
them.
"In fact." said Mr. Hammond,
"what the shifting of farm labor
really does in the cities in this sec
tion is to reduce the seasonal occu
pation of what is "called farm labor.
They work in the town in winter
and in the country in summer. Ac
tually it serves to increase their pro
ductivity." See Business End.
Meanwhile the farmers here are
fast awakening to the business end
of agriculture. Everywhere one
hears them discussing the problems
of marketing the crops. It is not
exactly encouraging to a grain
grower to see tlic price slump the
moment the harvest is on. Since
last Friday wheat as slid down
some 35 cents a bushel at Chicago.
Out here they regard it as the result
of the reports of big crops upon the
trade.
. Put what they find it harder to
understand is that the drop came de
spite the fctct that ttte movement to
market is' only one-third of normal,
due to car shortage. In other words,
although the supply in the markets
is small for this period of the year,
the price tumbles. It likewise
brought down the farm price of
grain. A week or so ago it started
off at $2.55 artd $2.65 a bushel at the
corntry mills and elevators.- Now it
is down to $2.25 and $2.15. Now the
farmer has got his crop, he finds the
price has dropped on him 35 or 40
certs a bushel. Transportation is the
chief key. - The elevator man with
cars as scarce as hen's teeth, seeing
a chance that the stuff he buys now
may drop next December, is going
slow. Many here, however, look for
a rise instead of a fall.
Here, where the farmers are un
usually prosperous, they are used to
f storing their grain in bins and let
ting it go -when the price is right.
Some of them hold wheat for a vear
before they turn it into cash. It is
not eo much a concerted movement,
bet it tends to stabilize prices and to
make the returns from agriculture
less jumpy. It is really a start in
practice toward the remedies the
farmers co-operative movements
have in contemplation. But to hold
Scottsbluff. Neb., July 31.
(Special , Telegram.) Scottsbluff
is face to face with an acute coal
famine which may force the clos
ing down of the plant that fur
nishes the city with light, heat and
water. The supply now on hand
wili enable the Inter-Mountain
company to operate its plant here
urtll Monday of next week, but it
is not sufficient to provide the full
24-hour service.
In order that a crisis may be
forestalled until a new supply can
bt obtained, it is planned to con
fine the service to the night hours.
The manager of the plant has
made every effort possible to get
relief during the past few weeks,
but because of the shortage of
cars and the tieup of the coal
mines due to miners striking, it
has been impossible for him to ob
tain fuel and only a couple of days
ago was he able to get shipments
made.
Gcring, Minatare, Bayard and
Scottsbluff are all served from
the same plant.
sources have a hectic time in the
financing of their farm operations.
And right there is the point where
the farmers would be extremely
pleased if some statesman would
arise with some definite program of
relief. They are more interested in
that then in the league of nations
with or without a bracer.
sugar"factory
will be built
near minatare
,
Second Also Planned by
Farmers New Mills Will
Make Six in 40 Miles. .
Scottsbluff, Neb.. July 31. (Spe
cial Telefram.) Announcement has
just been made by the officials of
the Great Western Sugar company
at this place that the company will
start work at once on the erection
of a sugar facory to be located at
Mliatare, 10 miles east of Scotts
bluff. The new mill is to be ready
for operation whin the 1921 beet
slicing campaign opens about the
first of October, next year.
With this announcement property
values in the Jktlc city have gone
skyward, and in many instances
have twice doubled. This is due
somewhat to the fact that the Farm
ers' Union Co-optrative Sugar com-
f-pany, ofganized by prominent Farm
ers Union members in this com
munity, and affiliated with the state
organization, plans also to build a
factory at that place, and will start
work just as soon as sufficient stock
has been sold. The stock is now
being offered to members of the
union over the state, and it is
claimed by the organizers here that
a ready market has been found. .
With the completion of these two
factories there will be six sugar
making mills located along the Bur
lington line within a distance of
less than 40 miles.
POLICE SPREAD
MURDER DRAGNET
IN UNDERWORLD
Harold Shookman, Charged
With . Slaying of Pal,
Hiding in Omaha,
Tip Says.
A tip that Harold Shookman, 23
years old, wanted for the murder of
Robert Schultz of Grand Island,
October 7, 1919, was in Omaha the
last two days, led Omaha detectives
to search Omaha's underworld for
him.
Information by J. A. Cole, sheriff
of Mankato, Kan., to the police yes
terday told of Shookman boarding
a train at Fairbury, Thursday, for
Omaha.
Sheriff Cole, who has been work
ing on the case since the day of the
tragedy, arrived in Omaha yester
day morning to aid the police in the
hunt for Shookman, who is allaged
to have committed one of the most
heinious crimes in the annals of
Grand Island.
"Buddies" In War.
Shookman and Schultz were "bud
des" at Camp Funston. When the
war was at an end they were dis
charged the same day.
On the night of October 7, a
phone call at the Schultz home gave
the information that an automobile
party was stranded near his home.
They were appealing for help.
Schultz jumped into his automo
bile and smarted for the spot where
the party was supposed to be.
That night was the last time
Schultz was seen alive. Grand Is
land officials were baffled by his sud
den disappearance.
Omaha police were notified but
they too were baffled. Two days
later Schultz's car was found burned
and destroyed in Superior, Neb.
Two men arrested for intoxication
the same day the car was burned in
Superior. were Shookman and
George Benson.
Mutiliated Body Found.
Shookman first was suspected of
knowing something of the disap
pearance of Schultz but- through a
legal loophole he managed to obtain
his release. Benson when questioned
a few days later, after having been
arrested again, said that Shookman
told him that he burned the Schultz
car but did not know anything about
Schultz.
On April 22, a farmer working
along a country road near Webber,
Kan., a few miles from the Nebras
ka border discovered a mutiliated
Kn1v npir a Viav utarW. The dis
covered body was identified as that
of Schultz.
Special detectives and police
throughout Kansas and Nebraska be
gan a hunt for Shookman, who is be
lieved by the authorities to have com
mitted the crime.
Officials working on the case said
that Shookman who was friendly
with Schultz was aware that Schultz
had dtawn $400 out of a bank a few
days prior to the murder. It was
to get the monty, police believe, that
led Shookman to decoy Schultz from
his home.
Police Spread Dragnet.
It later was learned that Schultz
had $400 but the day he was mur
dered he had paid all the money to
debtors.
Sheriff Cole of Mankato, who says
he will hunt for Shookman until "he
dies," is offering a $100 reward for
any information that will lead to
Shookman's arrest. Shookman is
five feet six inches tall and weighs
about 175 pounds. When last seen
he was wearing a palm beach suit
and a panair.s hat. Chief of Detec
tives Anderson, who assigned detec
tives Ben Danbaum and Fred Palm
tag on the case, said the Omaha po-
lile would do everything in their
power to apprehend Shookman.
Chautauqua at Jansen.
Fairbury, Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) The Jansen Chautauqua has
been in session this week. The Fair
bury chautauqua opens Monday and
continues for one week.
Work on New Hotel, a
McCook, Neb.! July 31. (Spe
cial.) McCook's $250,000, six-story
hotel is now well under way, th
pouring of the cement mixture ta
the big piers and the general founda
tion work beginning Saturday. '
Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Gran
den Co. Adv.
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J. S. Hoagland, I. O.O.F.
Sovereign, Dies . at His
Home in North Platte
North Platte, Neb., July 31.
(Special Telegram). J. S. Hoag
land, an old resident of Nebraska,
died at his home in North Platte.
He was born February 10, 1847, in
Illinois, where he spent his early
life. He was married to Marie
Waplef and was soon called to serv
ice in the civil war. After the war
Mr. and Mrs. Hoagland came to
Nebraska, locating in Lincoln.
Wliile there he served as sheriff of
Lancaster county. 1
Keeping on, moving farther west,
he finally located in North Platte.
While residing here he had been a
prominent attorney. He had been
associate with the Odd Fellows,
and h?d ueen sovereign in the grand
lodge for 20 years. Mr. and Mrs.
Hoagland spent their golden wed
ding anniversary in St. Cloud, Flor
ida, December 28, 1919.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Marie
W. Hoagland, and two sons, Sena
tor W. V. Hoagland and Arthur
Hoagland.
Youthful Cowboy, Riding
Hog, Falls and Breaks Arm
Plattsmouth, Neb., July 31. (Spe-'
cial.) Desire to engage in cowboy
stunts with the animal of his choice,
a laige hog, cost Bruce Fleischman,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
t'leischman of klmwood, a broken
arm, when, with a lunge the hog
moved out from under him, leaving
the lad sprawling on the ground. In
addition to the break, it was found
that one of the more flexible bones
in his arm had been bent far out of
shape. ' -
Appoint Committee to Aid
In Settling Affairs of Bank
O'Neill, "Neb.., July 31. (Special.)
President John Flannigan of the
State Bankers' association, has an
nounced the appointment of James
F. O'Donnell. cashier of the Ne
braska State bank of O'Neill; R. S.
Payne, cashier of the Atlas bank of
Neligh, and President H. A. Cheney
of the Bank of Creighton as a com
mittee to assist in winding up the
affairs of the Farmers bank of
Page, now in the hands cf a re
ceiver. Mr. O'Donnell is chairman
of the committee.
Rain Aids Crops. j
Fairbury, Neb., July 31. (Spe
cial.) This section of Nebraska was
blessed with a general rainfall com
ing in time to greatly benefit the
corn crop and the third crop of al
falfa. Rain gauges show from one
to two inches, Fairbury receiving one
and cne-half .inches. This rain in
sures more than half a corn crop
vithcut any more rain this season.
Lawyers Honor Member.
tWest Point, Neb.. July 31. (Spe
cial.) The Cuming County Bar as
sociation Friday evening went in a
body to the home of F. D. Hunker,
cne of their number,, who is about
to leave the city cn a visit to Cali-
nisi in search of health. Mr.
Shepherd's Beauty Parlor
Formerly
The Flatiron Beauty Parlor
Flatiron Hotel
It now located at
304 Patterson Block
Sam Phone Number, Tyler 3439.
his products mean a loss of interest Hunker has been in active practice
to tne farm and with labor and com-1 at th- Cuming county bar for the
modifies high, those with smaller re-1 past 25 years.
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DRESHERS INVADE
THE "SOUTH SIDE"
Aggressive Cleaning Estab
lishment Opens a Full
Fledged Branch Establishment.
SOUTH SIDERS PLEASED
The "South Side" of Omaha is
now "right in town" as far as
Clothes Cleaning Service is con
cerned. For Dresner Brothers, the ever
ambitious Dry Cleaners and
Dyers of 2211-2217 Farnam St.,
Omaha, have made up their
minds to invade the South Side
with special energy, and the new
"branch establishment is the first
step in this direction.
Dresners' new South Side
branch is situated at 4625 South
24th St, or most South Side folk
will know the location better as
"N. E. Cor. 24th and L Sts."
The location is a handy one and
South Omaha folk should rapidly
become accustomed to dropping
in and leaving their bundles of
cleaning work just the same as
they would if living within dis
tance of the main Omaha plant.
The phone number of the new
South Side Branch is "South 50."
This should not be confused with
Dreshers' Omaha telephone num
ber, which is Tyler 345. If you
live on the South Side and wish
to communicate with the Dresher
South Side branch, always call
for "South 50" it is an easily
remembered number.
Dreshers will run delivery
autos to and from the new South
Side branch every few hours, so
if you wish a suit of clothes or
dress cleaned or pressed, for in
stance, it will not take a mo
ment's longer time to get the
completed job back from the
South Side branch than it would
from the main plant. Just call
"South 50" and a delivery auto
will do the rest.
Just now Dreshers are busily
engaged in Cleaning, Blocking
and Re-trimming Panama Hats
and hundreds of folks have also
found that it pays to have Palm
Beach Suits Dyed after the first
blush of "newness" of the suits
has departed. Dreshers special
ize on this dyeing of Palm Beach
Suits and any one of many pretty
colors may be chosen. -
You South Side folk should
get to know Dreshers better.
Dreshers will be able to do you
many a good turn and will save
you an immense amount of
money in the matter of cleaning
clothes, for, as you well know,
it costs less to clean clothes than
to buy new ones.
Note the South Side phone
number "South 50."
And the location N. E. Cor.
24th and L Sts.
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SETS THE "PACE SSJtSt ' FOtl CROWING OMAHA
I. B. Klieneri
. Jiffy Pants
for babies; rjgular 75c values,
special, for Monday,
each, at
An Out-of-the-Ordinary Event for Monday
U. S. Gov'ment Sheeting
Worth Considerably , QKp vyA
More Than Sale Price dl OOK J11
A most extraordinary sale of unbleached sheeting, 36 inches wide, made
of the very finest long staple cotton, specially constructed and tested
before being purchased by the United States Government.
It is of extra heavy guaranteed round thread cotton yarn, full standard count. 64xG8,
weight Zy2 yards to the pound ; and vvorth a great deal more than the price askid.
We reserve right to limit quantities. No mail or phone orders.
Brandeis StoresBasement North
Domestics for Monday
J. P. Coats Best
6 Cord Machine
Thread
250 yards to the spool; black
ana, white, In size 40. 50, 60 and
70; special, per - t)
spool, JLSC
Dress ancT Wrapper Percales
Mill remnants in light and dark colors;
best qualities and wonderful values, at,
per yard. ZOC
Curtain Marquisettes
Mill remnants in assorted light and dark
styles; 36 inches wide; very special, at,
per yard, lC
Bleached Muslin and
Unbleached Muslin; an extra heavy
round thread quality;. 36 inches wide; noi
worth 39c per yard, special, at ufo Oft
Zephyr Dress Gingham
Fine quality mill remnants; plaids,
checks and stripes; well known standard
qualities; priced, yard, at uuC
Wash Goods Remnants
AH kinds accumulated during past
months selling; worth 35c to 60c sst
yard; special, at, per yard, UU
Tissue Gingham ,
In assorted patterns and colors; very
sheer and dainty; specially priced, at, g
per yard, ZiC
Suiting
Assorted plain colors; heavy linen finish;
36 inches wide; specially priced, for OQ
Monday, at, per yard, t7C
Windsor Plisse Crepe
In white and colors; specially good for
underwear and pajamas; special, at per fA
yard, 6VC
White Voile
A splendid quality in a soft chiffon fin
ish; sheer and clingy; 40 inches wide; A(n
extra value, at, per yard, , 45C
Embroidered White Swiss
In assorted sized dots for waists, dresses,
curtains and fancy aprons; special, at, OKp
per yard, OeJC
Genuine Imported Swiss Organdy
Guaranteed permanent Cilander finish ; includes all the wanted -4 5 q .
plain shades; regular 2.00 value, special, for Monday, at, per yard, A
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Monday Your Choice of
Our Entire Stock
Room Size
9x12
Summer
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In Two Big Lots
181 9x12 Japanese Rugs
Woven in one piece and stencilled in designs
which are reproductions of Oriental pat
terns. The choice color effects are carefully
worked out and will harmonize with any
style of furniture; can be used in living
rooms, dining rooms and bed rooms. Your
choice of the entire stock, at
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237 9x12 Chinese Rugs
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Brandeis Stores Basement North
Of closely woven lintan matting in blue,
brown, green and mixed color combinations;
an ideal bed room rug for the year round.
The choice of our entire stock, at
Brandeis Stores Fourth Floor Center
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Monday A Sweeping Clearance
On Our
Entire
Stock
of
Couch Swings and Hammocks
At a Great Reduction from Regular Prices
81 Couch and Wood Porch Swings
The Couch Porch Swings are of best quality, with good springs and mat
tress; pads are in brown and gray. All our fine "Wood Porch Swings in
clude chains and hooks; reduced as follows:
Wood Swings
4 feet wide, -worth $5, at - 2.50
4 feet wide, .worth $10, at 7.50
4 feet, 6 in. wide, worth $12, 9,00
5 feet wide, worth $14, at . 10.50
6 feet wide, worth $16, at 12.00
Couch Swings
Regular Price Sale Price
16.50
22.50
32,50
45.00
55.00
12.48
16.88
25.38
33.75
41.25
92 Cord Hammocks
iVariety of colors in best quality material, reduced as follows:
Regular Price Sale Price
4.50 3.38
6.00 4.50
7.50 5.63
9.00 -6.75
Regular Price Sale Price
10.00 7.50
12.00 9.00
15.00 - 11.25
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Monday We Hit Bottom Prices Again in
Another Brandeis, Wonderful Money-Saving
Chiffon Taffeta
A very good weight in a fine soft finish ; exquisite colors of Navy,
Brown, Copenhagen and Black; 36 inches wide; this is an ex
ceptional value, and it will pay you to buy a supply for near JOv
future Use; special, yard, at mJP
A "Surprise" Special
Crepe dc Chine, Plain Georgette-, Printed Georgette and Plain
Voile, all 40 inches wide, and including all of the leading shades -4 Mr
in both dark and light colors; specially priced, for Monday, at, 45
per yard. 1 2
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3.95 and 4.50 Foulard Silk
In a wide range of colors and pattern combinations; an ideal
silk for Summer and early Fall wear; is also used extensively -4 qj
for coat linings ; 40 inches wide ; formerly priced at 3.95 and I v
4.50 per yard, special, for Monday, at A
$8 Ail-Time Crepe
495
Brandeis Stores Fourth Floor East
A silk that gives the best of wear; soft and crepey, with a high
lustre and souple finish; colors are Black, "White, Brown, Copen,
Jade and Tan; a regular $8 value, special, for Monday, at, per yd.
Imported Jap Wash Satin
Firm weight, soft shimery satin lustre; will wash and wear per- .4 pn
fectly; especially adapted for separate skirts and lingerie; priced, 69
for Monday, at, per yard, . s
Brandeis Stores Main Floor Center
A Remarkable Sale of
Fancy Scarfs
Special at
98c
Size 18x54
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For Monday, in our linen department, we will place
on sale 600 fancy scarfs, all made of very fine huck
with damask effect designs.
.They have elaborate borders and hemstitched ends
and are especially good to use every day and save
the finer linens; size 18x54 inches; reglilar' 1.25
values.
We are exclusive agents for the "Derryvale"
genuine Irish linen cloths and napkins.
Oh, Lookee! Just Arrived!
Cutest of the Cute
The "Emmy Lou"Dolls
Every little Omaha doll mother will want
an "Emmy Lou" doll and will want to learn to sew
for her. You can make dolly dresses right here in
out Art Department while mother shops.
"Emmy Lou" is a delightful doll made of heavy
card board with arms that move. Her dresses come
in packages just like mother's embroidery packages,
all stamped, ready to be cut out and made. We'll
show you how.
The Dolls are priced, each, 25
Package with outfit at 60d
Brandeis Stores Main Floor South
See the "Emmy Lovt window.
Instructions free from 9 to 12.
Brandeis Stores Third Floor West
Low Monday Prices On
Fine Wash Laces
French and English Val Lace
Edges, insertions and headings;
all widths and sets to match;
splendid new assortments, just re- and
ceived and worth to 15c per yard; fT1
priced, for Monday, at, per yard, I TJjC
Embroidery Edges
Of fine cambric with eyelet and
convent embroidery designs; 4 to
6 inches wide; exceptional values,
worth 25c per yard, special, for -4
Monday, at JLOC
Brandeis Stores Main Floor Center
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