Madison County
Fanners Buying
' Pure-Bred Hogs
Grade Animals Discarded for
Larger Profits From Bet-
ter Stock County
Agent Busy.
' battle Creek, Neb., Feb. 4.-(Spe'
.ial.) Farmers of Madison county
ure beginning to turn their backs on
tr-'ade hogs. They arc buying pure
bred hogs because they have sud
denly discovered that it is cheaper
10 raise the pure-bred stock and get
more pork tor less money than it
casts to raise the grade hog. 1 '1 his
was indicated here when Arkfeld
&' Sons sold SO pure-bred sows to
local farmers. The -sale averagcu
$30.50. Two bf the sows went to
Ainsyorth, and all of the rest stay
iir Madison county.
County Agent Stewart declares
til? sale is only' one of many which
have been held during the past few
months, at which farmers who have
never raised pure-bred stock before
have shown a disposition of getting
rid of their grade v herds and sub
stituting, them with pure-bred stock.
The Vladison County Farm bu
reau is in receipt of many orders
from farmers for pure-,bred hogs.
Agent Stewart will attend another
sale at Madison, where he expets rt
buy a large nuni8er of pure-bred
hogs for several farmers who here
tofore have raised nothing but grade
hogs. . V
'They are finding out that sit is
cheaper to raise the ptine-bred hogs.'
Mr. Stewart, littv nave ois-
rovered by watching what other
farmer are doing and by what they
hare, learned from personal experi
ence that they can get more pork in
quicker time from the better reed
of. hog, and I believe from what I
have seen during the. past few
months that the farmers of Madison
county have suddenly turned their
backs on the old grade of hog and
rfre buying the pure-bred hog on
a Wurclv business basi They not
only get more money for the pure
bred hogs,- but .they ar finding it
is a higher class of business m which
io be engaged and everything now
points to the fact that Madison coun
ty farmers have gone into the higher
class hog business on a permanent
basis." s
The campaign to introduce. pure
bred hogs into Madison County has
been going on persistently for sev
eral 'Years. Pure-bred . hog farms
have 'sprung up all over the county
andv several farmers who have de
pended altogether on corn1 and grade
hogs for a living have become .rich
in specializing on pure-bred hogs.
Send Divorce by Return Mail,
She Writes Attorney General
Lincoln, Feb. 4.Spcial.) A
V inouired of Asistant Attorney Gen-
' oral mnn Whotpr tft Ifnftw the di
vorce laws of Nevada.
Mr. Wheeler obligingly reviewed
the law for her-six months' resi
dence, and almost any. kind of a
ground from incompatibility- of tem
. perament up. 'V-
"Good land. I thought I could get
a divorce and take the next train
home,", the voice replied, and the re
' ceiver was hung up.
A few days ago a woman wrote
. to -the attorney general's office, ask
ing that she be sent a divorce by
return mail. ' . .
An ' electro-magnetic instrument
his . been invented by a French
scientist to test a person's memory
and power of attention.
Two Omaha Men Elected
Two Omaha men were chosen aa ( elected secretary, and R. E. Wilcox
officers of the -State Retail Clothiers'
association. Louis Leppke of the
Nebraska Clothing company was
of Wilcox & Allen was made di
rector. E. L. Smith of Lincoln was
elected president. v
Farm Tenantry
Is Increasing
Survey Shows
State -Department of Agricul
ture Finds Increase in
Rented Farms in Six
Years, 37.2 Per Cent.
Fremont Youth Held
Charged With Sending
In False Fire Alarms
Hardware Men
Urge Price Cuts
To rep' Business
'.
Pass Resolution , Advocating
Speedy Reductions by Art
From Manufacturers
. . Down.
Lincoln, Feb, 4, (Special.) Farm
tenantry in Nebraska has increased
from 37.2 per cent in 1914 to 49.3 per
cent m 19a), according to tabula
tions made public by Secretary Leo
Stuhr of the state department of
agriculture. ' '.
Of the liA.bil larms in AeDrasKa
this year, 60,890 are occupied by
tenafifs and 62,741 by owners.
Dividing the state into thirds, ol.o
per cent of all tenants in. Nebraska
are in the eastern third, and '61 per
cent of these pay share rent instead
of cash, which was customary before
the war. '
Percentages of renters by sections
are 61.3 in the east, 24.7 in the middle
district and only 14 per cent in the
west, where farms-.temain largclj' in
the hands of their owner?.
Secretary Stuhr has proposed to
individual members of the legislature
remedies t(v encourage ownership-ot
colonization policies to induce quali
fied men to join in agricultural ven
tures, with land sold to them for
long terms by the state. He says
this plan could operate in connection
with any proposed law affecting
loans or land grants to ex-so!diers,
Permanent Camp Planned
At West Point by I. 0. 0. F
West Point, Neb., iFeb. 4. (Spe
cial.) A committee consisting of J.
M. Short of Flattsmouth, r. is.
Neaud and J. Mark of Omaha, rep
resenting,. Patriarchs Militant of
the Odd Fellows of Nebraska, visit
ed here to arrange terms with the
city authorties for the establishment
o$ a permanent cantonment in Ne-
ligh park. They asked for the erec
tion .of a suitable pavilion for danc
ing .and other purposes, whicht will
be considered at a mass meeting.
The organization visited here last
summer.
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50-Year Club Growings
Geneva, Neb., Feb. 4. (Special.)
The club to take tn all residents
of this county , who have Hv6d here
for 50 years now has 114 members.
It was started several weeks ago bv
C. S. Allen and Peter Youngcrs of
Geneva.
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 4. (Special.)
Carl Struve, 13, son of Mrs. Harry
Kinkenon, confessed to authorities
that he was responsible for the fake
fire alarms that have been worrying
the , fire department the last few
months. One alarm sent in by him
sent the fire trucks rushing to the
orphans' home north of the city
when the road was a sea of mud.
Tuesday he sent fn the fake call
that led to his arrest, due to the
efforts of the telephone operator
who determined that the call came
frtm one of two homes. At one
home a funeral was in progress. In
vestigation at the other showed that
the lad had entered the house while
no one was at home and telephoned
in the fire alarm. Schoolmates testi
fied that he was seen running from
the house. ,
A reward of ?1J0 was offered by
the fire department for evidence
leading to the arrest or conviction of
the person sending in the false
alarm. Young Struve was paroled
from the Kearney reform school a
short time ago.
Dakota Gram Growers
Urge State Soil Survey
Yankton, S. D., Teb. 4. Resolu
tions adopted by the South Dakota
Corn and Grain Growers' associa
tion today urged the state legislature
to maintain the state soil survey in
all parts of the state, approve ex
tension of-the rural credit law and
the farm loan yfiystem'and favor an
increased appropriation for seed
testing at state college to at least
$2,000 a year. All of the present of
ficers of the association were re
elected. The next meeting will be
at Mitchell.
The grand sweepstakes prize in
corn went to L." C. Nelson of Elk
Point,
Community Club Planned
At St Edward Mass Meeting
St. Edward, Neb., Feb. 4. (Spe
cial.) Preliminary steps for the or
ganization of a Conimuhityv club
were taken here, at a mass meeting"
attended by 200 people, committees
were appointed to prepare for per
manent organization at the "next
meeting on March 8. D. J.' Fuller of
Albion spoke on community service.
A resolution was, passed endorsing
the Lapperbill to prevent gambling
fn grain futures and several hundred
titions which will be presented to
Nebraska congressmen and sena
The Nebraska Retail Hardware
association lined up with consumers
yesterday and the dealers left fcr
home last night with the idea of
starting business on hrgh. The first
step was taken in a resolution for
price- reductions which read as fol
lows: - "Believing that renewed "business
activity and a further mea'sure of
prosperity will come only as a re
sult of constructive readjustment of
all prices to lower levels, we earnest
ly advocate the consistent reducing
of prices by manufacturers to job
bers to retailers, and by retailers to
consumers, each agency in turn pass
ing on the reductions as rapidly as
they occur, in the exact proportion
as the reductions come to us, regard
less of manufacturers' instructions
to the contrary." . ,
M. D. Hussie, secretary of the
John Hussie Hardware company of
Omaha, expressed the ' general
opinion of the dealers from all over
the state when he predicted that
trade would resume in good volume
by April 1.
Credit To Be Available.
"The hardware dealers are willing
to take their loss and if all the ma
terial men will do the same, building
will boom by spring," said Mr. Hus
sie. "Dealers from out in he state
say farm crops are beginning to
move, and that will bring money into
the countrydistricts. Inasmuch" as
75 per cent o! all the hardware used
in America is sold by the small town
dealers, it is easy to see what this transportation rates to an immediate Special Traill Brings
. : . - , .ii.fi-vti tint nil iti.niiriliti,.e mav hi. I -
nronuses.
"In the cities credit for building
operations will be available as soon
as costs of construction are based on
intrinsic values. Loan associations
cannot finance buildings that are
made of matcrral sold at prices out
c.f line with real values. By AprU
indications are every line of busi
ness will have absorbed its losses
and the readjustment will be com
plete. Then you will sec
up in evtry line."
Ti ' CCft
There are .550 active members of
the state association, and the attend
ance at the convention, including as
sociate members such as traveling
salesmen, has been close on to 1,000.
(.. V. Garoutte of Lincoln, who has
attended every one of the conven
tions since the firs? held in Hastfcigs
20 years ago, said that this year's
meeting was not only larger, but
filled with more pep and business ac
tivity than any other. '
Officers Elected.
The convention, which was held
at the Rome hotel, closed this
afternoon with the election of of
ficers. The list is as follows:
President, Albert Lahr. Lincoln;
vice president,, S. R. Derrybcrry,
North Platte; second vice president,
F. M. Housh, Nelight; secretary;
treasurer, George H. Dietz, Lincoln.
Directors: J. S. Rhein, Alliance;
Harrv Hchnke, Grand Island; W.
C. Klein, Milford; F. M. 'Bestor,
Plattsmouth; M. E. Kerl, West
Point; R. W. Wallace. Overton.
Mr. Dietz was elected secretary
treasurer of-- the Nebraska Mutual
Harii'Yare Insurance company. A
resolution adopted by the dealers
calls attention to the fact that the
reserves of this insurance company
are as strong as those of an old line
company, that dividends of from 33
to 60 per cent have been paid to
members and warns against attacks
on mutual insurance by other com
panies. Urge Immediate Action.
Another resolution, dealing with
transportation, rveads:
"We tirsre those concerned direct-
ly and indirectly in readjustment of
action that all inequalities may be
leveled at the earliest possible mo
ment and permit commerce to pro
ceed normally and with equal jus
tice to all." , v ,
The hardware Exhibit in the Audi
torium closed this afternoon. One
hundred and seventeen exhibits were
on display, including everything sold
in a hardware store. Sightseers
were particularly struck by the
marksmanship of Captain Hardy,
who was demonstrating for a cart
ridge company
Beatrice Will Vote on
Form of City Government
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 4. (Special.)
lhe city , commissioners, in ac
cordance with the petition of C. J.
McColl, asking that a special elec
tion be held to vote for or against
return of the councilmanic form of
government, set March 29 as the
date of the election. The commis
sioners went on record as opposed
to the public utilities bill now be
fore the legislature.
Breeders to Madison Sale
Madsion. Neb., Feb. 4. (Special.)
Emil Schwank sold 50 Duroo Jer
sey sows here, the top bringing $200.
In comparison with similar tales last
year which1 averaged Mr, Schwank
300, it was a disappointment. Scarci
ty of money, slump in the market and
uncertainty as to the future market
contributed to conservative bidding
A special train brought a large num
ber of breeders and
came by automobile.
many more
Solves Kill Small Stock.
Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 4.
(Special.) Farmers residing on the
east side of the fiver in Fremont
county, 'la.-, report that timber
wolves are killing small pigs, chick
ens And young calves in the vicinity
of Percival, McPaul, Thurnm and
Bartlett "
Starts Tomorrow
at the "SUN"
Starts Tomorrow
at the "SUN "
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7 tor your victor, aonora,
Vocation, Columbia or any
standard machine.
On order of $3.00 or more wo pay posUfe. Less -
than that add 10c per record.
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"HOMy Midnight Frolic Girl,. Fox Tot, Vernon Ttio 91UU
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aSIWlMary, Sonir, Colin O'More ...l.aiO
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lHOQ'n he Duak, Fox Trot, Selvin'a Dance Orchestra: t1 ff
14 1.0 Now and Then. Fox Trot, Selvin'a Dance Orchestra pl.W
1 0linCradle Song, Laura Littlefield: A DC
ICVMU-rhe Little Duatmaa, Laura Littlefield U.OO
IQCOI Granny, Song, Adele Rowland; - -. A QC
10041 When the Preacher Make You Mine, Song $U.OO
64812 Tango, Violin, Misha Elman ,
..........$1.25
64810 Baby Mine,' Song, Sophie Braslaw . . $1.25
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A Sjpecial Purcliasc and Sale of
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x Saturday Onlyat' the Very Unusual Price of
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for immediate wear we are as jubilant as j'ou
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We particularly direct your attention to the in
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Panel Tunics Redingote Tunics
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Ornaments
While these dresses are fashioned in the favored '
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glorified with colorful decorations in new
Electric Blue s Ilenria Jade Green Peacock
Green Grey.
Newest
Modes '
$15-
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every new trim is represented in this
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In Our Specialty Hat Shop in-
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-Third Floor Shop-
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At interesting new lower prices , , -
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