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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, MAY . 22. 1921.
4-:.';
; Money 'Pinch' on
i Farms Shown bv
. . .
t,Jij; Drop in Feeding
Heavier Jslunip in Cattle Than
Sheep and Hogs; Feedloti
i , Present Deserted
7
f '
, Appearance ' '
Information for ft lerfea ot lUrTe.Ti of
nrrtrnltiirnl ronriltloiu In Nrhraka were
obtained hr The Rm from Questionnaire
sent to all county agnruiwral aeni in
tha slat. Thla hi the third mt the varioas
phases taken up In tha questionnaire.
The "pinch" of finances on Nebras
ka farms is most plainly shown in the
decreased amount of feeding accord
injj to reports received by The Bee
from a questionnaire sent to all coun
,ty agricultural agents in the state. The
-1 he heaviest slump is in cattle, then
sheen and hogs A few scattered dis
tricts reported that the farmers were
reluctant to feed as heavily as in pre
vious years due to the heavy losses
sustained last year
Cows being milked did not suffer
the decrase that was reported in feed
crs. The small farmer who has not
been in the practice of feeding exten
sively for the market and herds of
pure-bred stock are remaining about
;j)6rmal. v v
r- The feedlots weher western "cattle
are usually being fattened for market
have a deserted appearance, lhe
"large ranches still have cattle graz
ing in the pastures, but nowhere
near the large numbers that have
been fed in former years.
Sheep feeding is slightly nearer
normal. In a few scattered coun
ties there is reported a slight in
crease, although the majority have
the normal supply or slightly less,
' Few counties report much of a
decrease in the number of stock
hogs and a few have increased their
holdings. Most counties have a large
pig crop. The number of hogs in
the yards of Thurston county is
estimated to be 20 per cent larger
than last year and the Sheridan
county increase is about 10 per cent.
Leo J. Stuhr, secretary of the
department of agriculture at Lincoln,
reports that the brood sows of the
state have increased 5 per cent over
last year. On April 1 his report
shows 667.000 brood sows, an in
crease of 32,000. This is an average
of 5.2 animals to the farm.
United States Faffing
Behind in Commerce
', (Continued From Face One.)
forces. We have a case in, the matter
of oil. Our own oil resources are
estimated to hold present production
somewhere from 18 to 20 years; we
are now producing 65 per cent of
the world's oil, and we have an es
timated proportion of the world's oil
bearing territory of from 25 to 30
per cent. We are not securing our
toothold In foreign oil fields. The
matter has been before congress on
several occasions, and it is a matter
of general agitation throughout the
country. The technical bureaus of
the government nave aeveiopea me
: : lerwrucai iuaicri" wuu ihjjsh
1 world oil resources, but tha informa
V tidri as to the commercial action that
' is necessary is entirety unorganized.
Should -Take Up Problems.
"It seems to me that one of the
first functions of the Department cf
Commerce is to see that such prob-
lems are taken in hand and that we
i . should secure- such energetic and
-collective action on the part of our
"oil industry as to secure our posi
! tion for th future. Again it be
5 comes a question of the general staff.
! "One or two men in the Department
5 of Commerce cannot undertake all
these things, we must have some men
who can devote themselves to the,
development of these sorts of prob
lems." ' . ., . .
Mr. Hoover explained in detail his
t - plans of co-operation- with Ameri
can industries for the development
of foreign trade.
"We are proposing to set up 12
small divisions in the bureau, com-
prising experts in different indus
trial groups; machinery, cotton, wool
1 and textiles, chemicals and dyes,
; minerals and oils, certain foodstuffs,
etc., with a view to establishing ef
ficient operation vh those special
"industrial groups," said Secretary
i": Hoover.- "These divisions are to di
" t rect the foreign service so as to se
" , cure the results from the service that
is needed y the industries them
selves. From these men we will fur
nish experts for special investiga
tions into particular trade conditions
abroad requiring special skill.
Service Committees.
"We have in view the setting up
of service committees in some of the
i different industrial groups. These
committees will be purely voluntary
r and their object is to assist the bu
l reau in guiding our foreign service
i .tp practical results for the industry,
I and on the other handj to give en
S 7ttmragement to the Industrie's to
.push ahead. In order to carry out
Lthat plan effectively, we need to have
if few men who are experts in their
particular branches of industry.
"For instance, in the automobile
trade now one of our large ex-
ports we need some one in the)
Y,'t bureau in Washington who is an
i expert in that indusfy. who can
in secure, as far as may be, collective
; activity of the trade in the expan-t-'
sion of our exports, who can in-
struct our foreign . service as to
ss what the industry needs by way of
the complex questions ' involved in
exports and markets, and who can
assure the distribution of this in-
formation back to the trade and can
stimulate the trade to take action
under it. One difficulty now is that
'a ' large amount of information
: tomes in and we are not equipped
III ,to give it adequate preparation and
"'distribution. Another is that in
s,"r .formation is collected abroad by
c imen without expert direction from
"V home, having in view the particular
m. necessities of our different indus
tries. The foreign service employes
endeavor to the best of their ability
1 :, to secure information that will be of
use to the American trade, but who
1 -are without proper direction from
home. In other words, we lack a
general staff in "planning and plot-
ting out the directions where we
- can extend our commerce to the
ibest advantage."
: ' West Point to Clean Up
: West ToiiA, Neb., May 21. (Spe-
U- .Up' Week." will be observed in this
"Silent Cal"
To Say and
Vice President Becomes
Sphinx of Senate and
Cabinet; Sh! Melon,
Too.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.
(International Vewe Serriea Staff Cer
retpondent.) . Washington, May 14. "Silent Cal"
Coolidge they called him up in Mas
sachusetts, where he used to be gov
ernor. And "Silent Cal" Coolidge,
he remains here in Washington as
vice president.
Being second in command of the
administration ship has not changed
"Silent Cal" to any noticeable ex
tent. Perhaps he grooms himself
a bit better it's unbelieveable the
amount of social activity demanded
of a V. P. but otherwise he plods
along about the same. Silence with
him still is golden and he is wealthy
beyond dreams of avarice.
Day' by day he sits in what his pre
decessor, the inimitable "Tom" Mar
shall, was wont to facetiously term
the austere United States senate.
Oratory to the right of him, oratory
to the left of him may volley and
thunder, roll and crash, echo and re
verberate, but the slender, sandy
haired chap from "down east" sits
quietly on his dais observing much
and saying little.
lhe taciturnity of the new v. r,
covers not only his constitutional
duties, but extends also to his social
activities and his participation in cab
inet meetings, according to those
who have had ample opportunities to
observe him under all conditions.
When President Harding first pro
posed having a vice president do
something else besides preside over
the senate, it created no little com
ment and stir in Washington. When
it actually developed that the V. P.
was to sit in at cabinet meetings and
express himself on the affairs of state
that are considered by that weighty
body, there was a flutter of anticipa
tion. Not Good "Liaison."
"At last," it was thought in con
gressional circles on the hill, "we
will have some representation in the
cabinet. We will have one of us sit
ting at the table, and at last we will
know what those fellows talk about
down at the other end of the avenue."
Great was the Satisfaction thereat.
It was thought that "Silent Cal"
would be a "liaison" officer between
the administrative and legislative
branches of the government, that he
would keep the senate informed
about what was going on in the cab
inet and the cabinet informed about
what was going on in the senate. In
short, he was to be a go-bctweeh, a
harmonizer and an all-around grand
little fixer.
Has he been? He has not. ."Silent
Cal" has observed what went on in
both places and kept his observations
tightly locked in his own bosom. He
has gone from the senate to the cabi
net room and from the cabinet room
to the senate with the same quietness
and taciturnity that has always
Opti
mism inow miles
At National Capital
(Continued From Pace One.)
He has a marked capacity for ab
sorbing information without offering
advice and the leaders who visit him
are impressed with his knowledge of
affairs at the capitol.
President Harding is confident
that the resolution declaring peace
with Germany, when it takes final
form, will be agreeable to the differ
ing schools of thought on that propo
sition in the house and senate. He
and Secretary of State Hughes will
work out a form in co-operation with
Chairman Porter of the house com
mittee on foreign affairs and Chair
man Lodge of the senate committee
which will not conflict with the pol
icy of the State department now en
gaged upon broader phases of for
eign policy than this mere technical
declaration of an existing tact which
is a "going concern."
Speculation is unbounded as to
what Secretary, of States Hughes is
working on for the disposition of the
Versailles treaty and the steps to he
taken by this country toward ''per
fecting an association of nations, in
accordance with the administration's
announced desire to recognize the
existing sentiment of tire people of
the United. States favoring such an
enterprise. "
Avoid Foreign Differences.
"Across the mystery of what Sec
retary Hughes is thinking about or
doing flashes from time to time en
lightening evidences of one line of
policy which is being steadfastly ad
hered to. that is, to keep clear ot mix
ing in European questions which are
strictly European, and with which
the United States cannot have any
kind of traffic. This is pleasing, not
only to the irreconcilable opponents
of the leigue of nations, but is grati
fying to those who still hope for a
world association, but who never for
get for an instant the traditional pol
icy of the United States toward old
world disputes.
Secretary Hughes has avoided
every pitfall and trap which has thus
far been laid to entangle the United
States. To be sure; the fowler has
laid his snare in the sight of the ex
pected, prey so that it is easily dis
cernible beneath all specious cover
ings The secretary of state of this
republic is a wary person and he is
adhering closely to distinctive and
well-defined lines of policy laid
dow-n by past generations of states
men and heartily approved by the
present day school.
Death has presented to President
Harding a problem which, but for
the sudden passing over of Chief
Justice White, was not to have been
expected for many months to come
the selection of a chief justice of
the United States. It is one of the
most, important appointments which
any president is called upon to make
and in the past some presidents have
gone through their entire terms ot
office wihout being called upon to
exercise the duty of filling the post.
Taft for Chief Justice.
A strong personality in the chair
of the chief justice is the demand of
the people. Personal integrity com
bined with a high order of legal abil
ity berobes the chief justice of the
United States with a garment of re
spect that amounts almost to sanctity,
The nomination of a man to the of- i
Ike is tantamount to his confirma-1
Has Little
Seldom Says It
marked his demeanor in whatever he
was doing.
Cabinet meetings are held on
Tuesdays and Fridays. They usual
ly occupy two hours from 11 until
1. "Cal" is usually on time for the
meeting. He sits at the foot of the
table, facing the president. Occa
sionally he puts his oar in, but usual
ly he listens. When the meeting is
over he glides that is distinctly the
word he glides out, gets into his
car and returns to the capitol. Ar
riving there he finds out what has
been going on the . senate having
convened at 12 noon and then he
takes the chair. All this he does with
a minimum of speech.
Stentorian Silence.
None of the reporters who cluster
about the White House executive
officers on 'cabinet days ever tackle
.the V. P. to find out what has been
going on within the sacred chamber.
They clear an aisle for him and let
hini slip through unmolested. Oc
casionally a correspondent for some
Boston paper will walk out with him,
but the matters broached are usually
far afield of what has been transpir
ing in the session.
Only one other man is so fortunate
in this respect. He is Andrew W.
Mellon, the secretary of the treasury.
Mr. Mellon eases in and out of the
side door of the White House, usual
ly walking on the balls of his feet
and shunning inquirers. Mellon is
cut from the samcpattern ft the V.
P. It has been said of them since
they came to Washington that if
they ever got together in a closed
room there would be a silence that
one could hear for blocks.
Whether that be true or not, it is
true that of all the new officials
Washington is trying to learn to
know, the most difficult are the vice
president and the secretary of the
i treasury.
tion. There have been instances of
the senate, mainly for political rea
sons, refusing to confirm an asso
ciate justice, but when the executive
finally determines upon a chief ins-r
tice, his word is considered as final
in perfecting the appointment.
It is a curious whimsy of fate that
attaches to the present situation. The
prospective appointee, William H.
Taft, for as such is he regarded, was
responsible for the elevation of Mr.
White to the office and now he, in all
human probability, is to succeed
him.
Mr. Taft, when president, paid the
highest tribute of respect for this
great office by appointing to it a man
of opposite political iaith, disregard
ing the wishes of partisans, who con
tended that without recognizing po
litical considerations, a republican to
fill the office could be found. Chief
Justice White's course in office justi
fied, the Attitude of President Taft
and he will go down into history as
one of the greatest of chief justices.
Pickaniny Is Abandoned
On Doorstep of Omaha Home
Who wants to adojjt a 3-year-old
colored boy? All applications must
be addressed to Matron Ella Gib
bons, care of Central police head
quarters. The little boy was found on the
doorstep at 2724 Burdette street ear
ly yesterday. '
Matron Gibbons turned the baby
over to the Childs Saving institute.
Gothenburg High School
Classes Hold Banquet
. Gothenburg, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) The junior-senior banquet of
the high school was held in the
Methodist church. The women of
the Swedish Baptist Aid society
served the banquet.
Profit in Wolves
Pawnee City, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) A. N. Taylor, farmer living
near Pawnee City, finished a profit
able day when he dug from a den on
his place,' nine timber wolf cubs. He
brought the pelts to tow n and got $6
apiece bounty. x
Improve Water Works
Sutherland, Neb.,' May 21? (Spe
cial.) Contracts have been awarded
for $22,000 worth of water works ex
tension here and work will be com
menced as soon as the material Ar
rives. It is expected to have the
work complete before cold weather.
Plan Sales Day
Pawnee City, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) Pawnee City is to have an
other "Community Sales Day," May
25. So successful was the last one,
that it has been decided by the busi
ness men here to have one each
month.
Wymore Alumni Banquet
Wymore.Neb., May 21. (Soe-
cial.) The alumni banquet of the
Wymore High school was held here
with a large number of graduates i
present, iriday and Saturday ex
hibits of school work were shown.
Name Water Commissioner
Wymore, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) The city council appointed
Josh Hicks water, light and sewer
commissioner. Renumberinsr houses
was discussed and bids called for a
block uf city water pipe extension.
. Vice- j
! Mellon Looks
For Recovery of
Business Soon
Germany's Acceptance of Re
paration and Lowering of
Discount Rates Here Cited
As Reasons.
By HOLLAND.
Mr. Mellon, secretary of the treas
ury, was distinguished when.he was
in active, and vast business enterprise
for the caution which he took when
called upon to form opinions and
also by the somewhat laconic man
ner of expressing the opinions after
he had formed them Therefore the
report which purported to give his
view of the present situation and the
outlook for the future is sure to be
received with confidence in the ac
curacy of his views. This report was
made public on the second day of the
gathering of the National Associa
tion of American Manufacturers in
New York. It immediately became a
topic with those manufacturers and
they spoke of it as a gratifying co
incidence that Secretary Mellon's
optimistic view would have been
made public while this association,
was in session.
Secretary Mellon, however, does
no more than others who are ranked
among our ablest industrial ana
transportation leaders have already
done. A. C. Bedford spoke the same
thought which is attributed to Mr.
Mellon although making use of a dif
ferent verbal medium. He said re
cently that he is persuaded that the
peak of depression has passed. A
like statement was made by Judge
Lovett, chairman of the board of the
Union Pacific railroad. Charles M.
Schwab also voiced the same view
and so have others.
Economic Reaclon Over.
But because thl opinion come" from
the secretary of the treasury who has i
ready revealed Unusual capacity lor
grasping financial mattera
unprecedented magnitude and with wBlcn
the Treasury department and congress are
to bo identified. It la looked upon as
high significant that In this midspring
season Mr. Mellon should have said that
the economic reaction consequent upon the
war is over and that there should be a
rapid business recovery. He goes so far
as to Intimate that this prosperity will
continue for several years provided only
that this country takes advantage of. the
opportunities which await It.
.The secretary did mention, as on ot
the Influences which is sure to stimulate
business prosperity, the passing of the
period of high reserve and bank rates. He
went so far as to intimate that lower
levels in these rates are likely to be
reached before the summer is ended.
There are several reasons why Secre
tary Mellon felt justified in expressing
this view. One of them is the accept
ance by Germany or tne reparation in
manded by the allies. It is observed
that In the financial district the belief
prevails that Germany, although forced to
yield, nevertheless has yielded in good
faith. It is also known that there were
reasons not used by the allies' council,
which persuaded Germany to yield. One
of them was the certainty that if the
terms were accepted and reparation pay
ments begun in good faith then a vast
trade between the United States and Ger
many would be established. This trade
of itself might reach such magnitude as
greatly to aid Germany in making pay
ments. Absorption of Securities
Another reason for Mr. Mellon's opinion
is to be found in the fact that although
federal reserve discount rates have been
lowered, nevertheless no undue advantage
has been taken of this rductlon. Then
again the remarkable and what a few
months ago would have been deemtd the
impossible absorption of new securities,
turnishea ailent, but perfect demonstration
of the improvement. Not many months
ago it would have been impossible to float
securities which recently, although reach
ing hundreds of millions, have been in-,
siantly absorbed.
Although general business seems to be
somewhat dull and the turnover, as it is
called, small, neverthelesa all the indi
cations joint to the fact that this dull,
ness is not long to continue and that grad
ually and for that reason wisely, im
provement will be noticed. .
Two Hundred Millions or Mara.
Before the end oC the present fiscal
year, or at least early in July, there will
have been absorption by investors of new
securities, the aggregate of which is in
excess of 1:00,000,000. Some of these
are securities brought to this market from
other nations. Within a few days Brazil,
which formerly depended upon London for
her financing, has marketed here a large
issue of securities and these were, it is
understood, absorbed as aoon as offered
The state ofNNew York and the city of
New York will be in the market speedily
seeking the placing here of a large line
of bonds.
Today there la no objection on tha part
of the government to--the marketing in
tha United States of securities offered by
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Profitable Experience.
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Compounded quarterly.
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posltors' Guaranty Fund
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braska.
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H. M. KR0GH, Assistant Cashier.
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Horseshoe Pitching
Taboo at Chambers
O'Neill, Neb.. May 21. (Special.)
No more will the ctang of the
horseshoe against the peg, or the
raucous arguments regarding ringers
and leaners disturb the Sunday quiet
ude of Chambers, th metropolis of
southern Holt county. Some of '.he
greatest horseshoe pitchers in Ne
braska reside within the village con
fines and. they now are practicing
for the summer tournaments.
But they must not play on Sun
day, according to the village board,
and the chairman has promulgated
and caused to be published the fol
lowing notice: .
"Warning Any one caught pitch
ing horseshoes or quoits in Chambers
on Sunday will tt dealt with accord
ing to law, for Sabbath breaking.
"C. L. ELKINS. Chairman.
The state law prohibits "rioting,
quarreling, hunting or shooting," on
Sunday, and horseshoe pitching
probably comes under the head of
riohng or quarreling, lhe horse
shoe pitching Jans of Chambers
valley will probably ask the next
legislature to provide that Sunday
horseshoe pitching may be voted up
on the same as base ball is now. Un
til the iegislature meets the Sunday
games will be conducted outside the
city limits.
foreign nations or people. In war days It
was found necessary to prevent Invest
ment of that kind If possible to that thf re
would be no Interference with tha gov
ernmental financing. The government
win not ooject to tna sale or uerman
reparations bonds here and bankers will
not refuse to negotiate if the security be
hind these bonds and tha good faith of
Germany are satisfactory.
Interesting Sidelight.
Nothing comparable in magnitude with
the number of persons who thronged Into
the office of J. P. Morgan and Company
on Monday ot this week has occurred in
recent years except tha offering of sub
scriptions to a copper combination propo
sltien and tha 4.000 Individual transactions
in 114 when 1 100,000,000 of the obligations
of New York City were paid. The news
reports told the awltt underwriting ot the
S230.000.000 814 per cent bond issue of
fered jointly by the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific railroad companies.
But It was only in the newspaper columns
and in tha office of the bankers where the
evMenco of this unparalleled transaction
was being furnished, Now visible evl.
denre of a kind which attracted the at
tention of those who throng the Wall
street district of auccesa of that trans
action was furnished when the settlement
for subscriptions to this issue was made.
The offices of the Morgan company were
not sufficiently large to hold at one time
all those who gathered there to make
settlement. They were numbered bv the
hundreds. It furnished a sidelight il
luminating the disposition at this time ot
American Investors to accept large offer
ings and justifies the belief that this dis
position will continue for a long time.
Publicity Increases
. Taxes in Gage County
Wymore, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) The order of the county board
of supervisors that tax assessment
lists shall be published is producing
results, lhe publicity has roused in
dignation among citizens who find
that wealthy men in both city and
country have been giving in the
value of their possessions at much
less than is found in the home of
many humble wage earners. Numer
ous cases have already been cited,
the agitation has compelled many
w ould-be slackers, to pay more taxes,
which means big relief to the whole
county, especially when it is now
giving courage to people to cVmand
that the apparently silly figures given
to tax assessors are so glaringly be
low what they should be that a tre
mendous increase in county revenues
will result.
Two stocks of merchandise, one
listed at $5,000 and the other at $23,
000, were found to be of apparently
the same quantity and kind of goods.
Another case showed that one farmer,
gave in a figure of $850, and it de
veloped that he had nearly $26,000
in taxable property.
Woman Convicted of Murder
Tulsa. OkL Mav 21 Mrs -P1li.
Fields was found guilty of first de-
gree muraer Dy a jury in district
rOurt here today. Imprisonment for
four years to lite is the statutory
penalty. Murder of her divorced
husband in a tjuarrel over the owner
ship of a sewing machine had been
charged against her.
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a banking institution depends on
the manner and to the extent that
we are able to serve yon,
Profitable Because only by en
couraging systematic; 'and persis
tent saving among our patrons can
we demonstrate to them the power
for success that a substantial sav
ings account holds.
You-' can begin a savings account
at this bank with as small a sum as
one dollar.
or six for $1.40
Tomorrow (Monday) morning
we will sell every Emerson
record in our stock at 25c each,
or six for $1.40.
Two Thousand New HlU
to Select From
1807 Farnam, Omaha
Father Walks 1,000 Miles
In Effort to Cure Baby
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Los Angeles, May 21. A remark
able case of parental devotion was
disclosed with the arrival here of
James F, Watkins, an electrician of
Valleto, Cal., who pushed his 11-
months-old son more than 1,000 miles
in a baby buggy over California
highways, in a successful effort to
save its Inc.
Watkins' Wife died of bronchial
pneumonia early in March. Doctors
tod him his little son, James F. Wat
kins, jr., or "Buster," as the father
calls him, had contracted pneumonia
germs and that if he were kept in
the open air, he had a bare fighting
chance to live.
The father started out from Vallejo
and for eight successive nights held
"Buster" in his arms. The baby grew
better as the strange journey con
fined from northern to central, then
to southern California. Watkins
journeyed as far as San Diego, and
had- proceeded as far north as Los
Angeles, when a number of "movie"
stars took up a collection and pro
vided him with enough to rest a
while and seek a job.
Tecumseh General Store
Is Traded for Farm Land
Tecumseh, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) C. H. Bivcns has traded his
store building, stock of general mer
chandise and fixtures to Dr. A. W.
Faught of cottsbluff for two farms
in the Scottsbluff section, one an 80-
acre tract and the other 160 acres.
Dr. Faught will dispose of his in
terests here at once.
Work on Superior Dam is
Completed; Workmen Leave
Superior, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) The last of the men employed
on the new dam here left this week
for Rocky Ford, Kan., where they
wi" assist on the bifr dam hewg mU
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U - v v VV blouses and sweaters in col'1 jj
. ' ors to chum with the sunshine and i
A) clouds. We have assembled the
lv most tempting outfits for sports and
we have priced them conscientiously 1 h
oJeve?irT
Son Ouitejn
"Buster" now- weighs 23 pounds
and is said to be as robust as the
average baby of his age. In travel
ing about California Watkins worked
on fruit groves aTid grain ranches at
odd jobs. Often he had the baby
buggy in orange groves with him
and pushed the infant from tree to
tree. Speaking of his experiences,
Watkins said:
"I have fed my baby, washed him,
dressed him, cared for him, entirely
unaided, since his mother died. His
food had consisted, for the most
part, of condensed milk, with a little
orange juice or sometimes a tea
spoonful of olive oil daily. At inter
vals I have also given him a' graham
cracker. His feeding hours have
been carefully kept, no matter where
he might be. He has been fed at 8
a. in., noon, 4 p. m. and 8 p. m.
"On clear, warm nights, when we
could sleep in the open, I have put
him to sleep with a lullaby, a canopy
of stars being our ceiling,, and. the
moonbeams providing a splendid
bedroom lamp. i
in there. The Superior dam is now
completed and the entire work was
done with no mishaps.
Eastern Star Chapter
Organize at Belgrade
Belgrade, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) An Eastern Star chapter has
been organized here with a large
class ai charter members. The new
society gave a banquet to the mem
bers of the Masonic lodge. Thel
chapter has received its charter.
College to Stage Play
Central City, Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) The Whittierian Literary so
ciety of Nebraska Central college
will present the play "A Rose of
Flymouth Town," here May 27.
Furay Suicide
Is Revealed in
Report of Death
Efforts of Physician and Cor
oner to Quash Hanging Re
ports Exposed Funeral
Is Held.
"Strangulation by hanging sui
cide."
This was the cause of the death of
Charles Furay, 49, member of the
staff of Election Commissioner
Moorhead, who was found dean
Thursday a'fternoon in the home of
his brother; Guy, 115 South Thirty
second street
Heart disease was given as the
cause when the death was announced
by the family.
But the death certificate, received
yesterday in the oflice of the city
health department in the city ha'.i.
gave suicide as the cause.
The Heath certificate is signed by
Dr. J. R. Dwyer and Abel V. Shot
fll. Mr. Shotwell is county attorney
and coroner.
Report of Suicide.
From his office Friday reports
of suicide in the Furay death were
denied and the cause of death r''-
as heart disease.
Deputy County kroner Pail
Steinwender Friday declared, that
suicide was not the cause of death.
Though questioned closely, he main
tained this statement.
Dr. Dwyer also declared Friday
that death was due to heart failure
and denied that it was a case of sui
cide. It is said that the body was found
hanging from a chandelier by a sheet
in his bed room at his home, 115
South Thirty-fourth street.
Charles Furav was a son of Major
and Mrs. John B. Furay.
Graduate of Creighton.
He was a graduate of Creighton
and Rush medical schools and prac
ticed medicine in Omaha until the
death of his father when he aban
doned his profession to aid his
mother in handling the large estate.
He is survived by three brothers.
Guy, Dr. E. S. and Harry Furay of
New York, and one sister, Mrs. Leo
Daly of St. Louis, lie was an Elk
and an able entertainer and reader.
The funeral was held yesterday
at St. Johns Catholic church. Burial
was in Holy Sepulclier cemetery.
Alexandria Schools Cose;
' , Pupils Enjoy Big Picnic
Alexandria. Neb., May 21. (Spe
cjal.) School closed here for the
summer vacation and was celebrated
by a picnic at the Conners park by
more than 200 pupils. Towns in the
surrounding territory also have their
picnics in this park, as all of the best
conveniences for picnicing crowds
are available there free of charge.
Graduation exercises were held bc
for a record breaking crowd.
Farmers Near Alexandria
Are. Selling Grain Crops
Alexandria,' Neb., May 21. (Spe
cial.) Farmers in this vicinity are
beginning . to dispose cf the last
gear's wheat and corn crop, to make
room for the new crop. Corn in this
section, looks good. Farmers are
now getting $1.25 for their wheat
and 42 cents for their corn.
York Treasurer Resigns
York, Neb., May 21. (Special.)
At an adjourned meeting of the city
council, held Thursday evening, City
Treasurer C. E. Callendcr handed in
his resignation and the same was ac
' cepted, to take place June 1.
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