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THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1921,
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51 Million Drop
Is Forecast in
Winter Wheat
Total Production Is Estimated
at 578,000,000 Bushels,
Compared to 629,000,000,
the Estimate for May.
Washington, June 8.A drop of
51,000,000 bushels in the forecast of
production of the winter wheat crop
as compared with the estimate made
a month ago featured the June crop
report of the Department of Agri
culture, issued today. The crop was
y forecast from June 1 conditions at
- 578,000,000 bushels, while from May
1 conditions it was estimated at 629,
000,000 bushels. -
Winter Wheat Production fore
cast, 578,000,000 bushels; condition,
77.9.
A crop of 629,287,000 bushels was
forecast from May 1 condition, which
w as 88.8 per cent of a normal. Last
year's crop was 578,000,000 bushels
and the condition on June 1 was 78.2
per cent. The average production
of the previous five years was 57?,
' 000,000 and the 10-ycar June 1 aver
age condition is 81.8. This year's
acreage is 38,721,000, or 2.5 per cent
more than last year.
Spring Wheat Production fore
cast, 251,000,000 bushels; condition,
93.4; acreage, 18,025,000.
A crop of 209,000,000 bushels was
harvested last year and the condition
on June 1 was 89.1. The average pro
duction of the previous five years
was 258,000,000 bushels, and the 10
yiar June T average condition is
9.1.0. Last years acreage was IV,
487,000. Wheat Acreage Grows.
All Wheat Production. 830,000.
000 bushels; condition, 92; acreage,
56.744,000.
The total crop of winter and
spring wheat last year was 787,000,
000 bushels and the average, condi
tion on June 1 was 81.7. The aver
age production of the previous five
; years was 831,000,000 bushels and
the 10-ycar average condition on
June 1 is 85.7. Last year's com
bined acreage was 53,652,000.
Oats Production. 1.405.000,000;
condition, 85.7; acreage, 44.829,000.
Last year's crop was 1,526.000.000
bushels and the June 1 condition was
87.8. The average production of the
previous five years was 1,433,000,000
bushels and the 10-year average June
"1 condition is 89.5. Last year's
acreage was 41,032,000..
Barley Production, 191.000.000;
condition. 87.1; acreage, 7.713,000.
Last year's crop was 202,000,000
bushels and the June 1 condition was
87.6. The average production for
the previous five years was 208,000,
000 bushels and the 10-year June 1
average condition is 90.4. Last year's
acreage was 7,437,000.
More Rye Forecast.
Rye-Production, 71,000,000; con
dition, 90.3.
A crop of 72,007,000 bushels this
vear was forecast from May 1 con
dition, which was 92.5. Last year's
crop was 69.300,000 bushels and the
June 1 condition 84.4. The average
crop of the previous five years was
; 69,200,000 and the 10-year average
condition on June 1 is 88.6.
This year's acreage is 4.544,000, or
9.9 per cent less than last year,
v Hay Production, 101,000,000; con
dition, 85.
A crop of 107,784,000 tons was
forecast from May 1 conditions
which was 91.5.
Last year's crop was 108,000,000
tons and the June 1 condition was
88.9. The average crop of the pre
vious five years was 103,000,00 tons
and the 10-year June 1, average con
dition is 88.3. The acreage this year
is 73,842,000 or 0.9 per cent more
than last year.
Apples: Production 108,000,000;
condition 41.8.
, A crop of 240,000,000 bushels was
harvested last year when the condi
tion was 79.3 on June 1. The crops
of the previous five years averaged
183,000.000 bushels and the 10-year
vear June 1 average condition is
71.8.
Peaches: Production, 31,700,000;
condition, 45.5.
A crop of 43,700,000 bushels was
harvested last year when the con
dition was 64.9 on June 1. The crops
of the previous five years averaged
46,600.000 bushels and the 10-year
June 1 average condition is 61.5. '
Condition by States. .
The condition on June 1 and fore
cast of production of winter wheat
in the principal growing states fol
lows: Pennsylvania, production forecast, 17,
31S.0O0 bushels; condition. 92.
Ohio, 3S.117.000 and 86.
' Indiana, 33.35.000 and 85. ;
Illinois. 4IU4S.O0O and tl.
. Missouri. 40.797. 000 and 82.
Nebraska. 48.525.000 and 75.
Knnsas, 102.773.000 and 60. ,
Texas 1, 082,000 and S3. .
Oklahoma. 55.206.000 and 70.
Washington, SS.790.000 and .
Spring wheat production forecast and
condition by principal atates:
Minnesota. 38.108.000 and 95.
North Dakota, 84.013.000 and 94.
South Dakota. 30.597.000 and 94.
Hastings Legion to Hold
Fourth of July Celebration
Hastings, Neb., June 8. (Special
Telegram.) The Hastings post of
the American Legion assumed re
sponsibility for the afternoon pro
gram of the Fourth of July celebra
tion. Until this action was taken
there was some uncertainty as to the
holding of the celebration. The
-Woman's club will have charge in
the morning.
With the County Fairs
At the Sheridan county fair to b held
at Gordon. August 30-31 and September
1-2. a special program will be given by
Sioux Indians from the Pine Ridge agency
in South Dakota. The Indians will come
with their teepees and camp on the
grounds, where each afternoon and eve
ning they will put on their tribal dances.
The last evening will mean more to the
Indians than it will to the white men. for
at that time the "Ceremonial Dog Feast"
will be held.
At a recent meeting of the directors of
the Madison county fair association sub
stantial premiums were arranged for the
best exhibits of agricultural products
ehown by the precincts of the county. The
plan ia to appoint a captain for each of
the precincts, and that products from
tha farms in these precincts be gathered
and displayed In a group. The products
also will be entered by the Individual. The
' Madison county fair will be held at Madl-
aon Peptemper u to is.
"Weather Insurance" hi a proposition
which the Minnesota Association of County
Valra haa under consideration, the Idea
being for the various fairs to pool their
Interest to the extent that those meeting
with anfavorable weather conditions would
hat their lossaa shared by tnoss meeting
with more favorable conditions. There
- are 97 active fair In Minnesota, as com
Bra4 UIIU Nebraska. fr
More Truth
-By JAMES J.
WHY THEY DO IT
A moralist declare! that if he could run a beauty parlor he could
enhance the spiritual grace of all women who patronized him.
When Dolly gets her lip stick out .
And with a dainty touch
Accentuates the little pout 1 '
That folks admire so much;
And casts a soft approving glance
Upon her pretty face
She merely docs it to enhance
Her spiritual grace.
When Dolly gives her dimpling checks
The color of the rose,
- And with a dab of powder streaks ,
The apex of her nose,
And sticks a tiny plaster pad
Upon a tinier mole.
Her actions only serve to add
A glorysto her soul.
When Dolly artfully. made
Her wealth of wavy hair
A lighter and lovelier shade
Than that she used to wear.
And twines her glossy locks around
The tongs, to make 'em curl
There is no doubt that she is bound
To be a better girl. -
For inward grace with beauty grows ,
The moralists declare,
And that is why she dabs her nose
k And tints her cheeks and hair,
For maids their beauties to conceal
They say is most unfit
And yet their words do not appeal
To Dolly's ma a bitl
RISKY.
Crooks thinking of entering the building graft game should be
warned that they may be fined 4 or 5 per cent of their profits if they
happen to be caught.
NO HEALTH RESORT FOR HIM. "
Bergdoll is going to take a trip for his health, but his doctors advise
him against going to the United States.
NEVER MIND THE JEWELS.
A maid in a New York family departed with the family gems, and
her employer is advertising for the return of the maid.
Copyright, 1921, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Hastings College
Confers 3 1 Degrees
Hastings, Neb., June 8. (Special
Telegram.) The largest class ever
graduated by Hastings college, 31,
were given degrees. The address
was by Rev. Samuel Garvin of
Colorado Springs. The honorary
degree of doctor of divinity was
conferred on Rev.' James Stubble
field of Cheyenne, Wyo.
The graduates were: Bachelor of
Arts, John Q. Adams, Scottsbluff;
Marion Capps, Hastings; Margery
Likeley Eller, Hstings; Morrison
Galloway, Hildreth; Clarence Gait,
Edgar; John Glassey, Fort Morgan,
Colo.; Vard Gray, Mechanicsville,
la.; Robert Guffey, Hebron; Marion
McClelland, Beaver City; Joseph
Matter, Hastings; Allegra Maunder,
Paxton; Milton Moak, Bloomington;
Cerise Murrish, Hastings; Orville
Ritchey, Cowles; Luther Stein,
Champion; Chester Swinbank, Craw
ford. Bachelor of Science: Walter
Breckenridge, Yuma, Colo.; Anita
joynt, Bitner; Elizabeth Dunning,
Giltner; Mary Helen Douglass, Hol
drege; Helen 1 Fawthorpe, Hastings;
May Finch, Stedward; Harold
Frank,. Bassett; Glen Ingram, Hast
ings; Adeline Johnson, Broken
Bow; Forest Mount Ford, Beaver
City; James Rigg, Trumbull; Cath
erine Russell, Hansen; Murial Smith,
Hastings; Lee Wells, Broken Bow;
Genevieve Woodman, Morrell.
Former Hastings Man Is
Head of Albania Schools
Hastings, Neb., June 8. (Special
.Telegram.) A former Hastings
man, Prof. Elmer E. Jones, has
been chosen to establish an educa
tional system in Albania. He is
now in that country making the pre
liminary survey and hopes to have
constructive work- well under way
before the end of the summer.
Professor J ones is the son of the
late Edward Jones, a homesteader
near Hastings. He has been a mem
ber of the faculty .of Northwestern
university and is now director of
the school of education of that in
stitution. Mothers-in-Law Face Each
Other in-Divorce Court
"He came to my mother's home
and grabbed the baby out of my
arms and cursed us and said he'd
knock any of us down that tried to
stop him," Mrs. Laura Silkett testi
fied in District Judge Wakeley's
court yesterday against her hus
band, Ivan Silkett, whom she is su
ing for divorce.
They were married in 1917 and
have a son, .Shirley, 3. After h;r
husband took the child, a few weeks
ago, she did not see it again, she
testified. . .
3,000,000-Gallon Pumps
To Be Used at North Platte
North Platte, June 8. (Special.)
The city council is asking bids for
two pumps for the water plant which
will have a combined capacity of
nearly 3,000,000 gallons a day. Bids
are also asked for an electric motor
to drive the smaller pump. The es
timated cost of this machinery is
$13,000.
Beatrice Youth Admits
Passing Forged Check
Beatrice, Neb., June 8. (Special.)
Harry Butterfield, 16, was bound
over to the district court on the
charge of passing a forged check for
$10 at the Klein store, using the
name of Frank Kelso of this city.
When arraigned, young Butterfield
entered a plea of guilty.
North Platte Kiwanians
To Entertain Rotary Cluh
North Platte. Neb., June 8. (Spe
cial.) The Kiwanis club has invited
members of the Rotary club and their
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE
families to be guests at a picnic next
week. These two organizations,
which include in their membership
more than 100 representative North
Platte men, work in perfect harmony
in promoting the welfare of the city.
Battery Chatft
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Off
Exceuive costs for battery charging may frequently be due
to grounds and short circuits. But gasoline that fails to " ,
Vaporize readily at all temperatures may easily be the causa
of much battery strain. Using Red Crown Gasoline means
minimum battery strain and expense. - i
A Cause and a Remedy
for High Battery Costs
How gasoline quality affects the battery ,
Spinning a motor repeatedly to get it started puts a big strain
on the battery. It is due largely to the gasoline to gasoline
that does not vaporize properly. It is not a matter of high or
low specific gravity but of chemical composition.
Straight distilled gasoline has a natural chain of boiling point
(vaporizing) fractions which insure quick ignition and com
plete combustion of every particle of the gasoline puts a
minimum strain on the battery.
Why you should use Red Crown Gasoline
Red Crown Gasoline is straight distilled. It meets every
requirement of the United States Navy specifications for
motor gasoline. ' It not only ignites instantly and develops
maximum power, but it also leaves a minimum of carbon. It
is as UNIFORM as the most modern refining methods can
make it. , Importance of uniformity
Economical operation depends largely on the accurate adjustment of the
motor to the fuel. If your fuel varies, your engine efficiency varies with
it. If, on the other hand, you adopt Red Crown Gasoline as your
standard and stick to it you can regulate and adjust your motor so
that you never have difficulty in starting. You will also get maximum
mileage per gallon. '
Red Crown Service Stations more than supply stations
A Red Crown Service Station is an institution for the convenience and '
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you always get full measure of gasoline and oils of highest quality. It
is the place where you can be sure of prompt, courteous attention, road
s information or directions, water for your radiator, air for your tires
little courtesies which add to the pleasure of motoring.
When you need gasoline or oil, drive in where you see the Red Crown.
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEBRASKA
Eight Members of
Family Drugged
, By Lone Burglar
Unarmed Burglar Uses Rag
Soaked With Ether on Vic
tims After Putting Watch
dog to Sleep.
A lone burglar, unmasked and un
armed, used lysol and ether in an at
tempt to drug 10 members of the
family of Mrs. James Reilly, 2719
South Twentieth street, at 3:30 a. m.,
yesterday.
He fled with ?40 loot when his
actions roused Mrs. Reilly as he en
tered her room after applying his
ether to the watchdog and eight
members of the family.
Investigation showed the burglar
climbed through a pantry window to
get into the house and used a rag
soaked with a mixture ofcther and
lyspl to drug his victims. "
Rudely Awakened.
Mrs. Reillv lay sleeping in the
front room upstairs witli her 1-ycar-old
daughter, Frances. Her hus
band is in Des Moines on business.
She was rudely awakened when
the burglar accidentally turned his
flashlight into the mirror of the
dresser, the rays reflecting to 'Mrs.
Reilly's face.
She leaped from the bed, turned on
the electric light and faced the
burglar.
Runs Out Door.
Without a wod he turned and fled,
tripping on the hall carpet and fall
ing down the stairs to the first floor.
He untangled htmsclf from the car
pet which he had dragged after him
and ran out the door.
Mrs. Reilly summoned police.
When she found the other members
of the family had been drugged by
the burglar she called the family
physician and removed the children
to the front porch, where they began
to recover from the severe nausea
they had suffered.
Watchdog Drugged.
Mrs. Reilly told Detectives Eng
lish and Tom Ryan she fears the
burglary was committed to cover a
suspected plot of revenge which she
suspicions because she sued a South
Omaha bartender three years ago for
selling liquor to her husband.
Caesar, the watchdog of the fam
ily, was found in the basement as
dead, but revived yesterday morn
ing, five hours after the burglar's
visit. . 1
In upstairs bedrooms Jerry, 24,
and James, 16, nephews of Mrs.
Reilly; Catherine, 9; Agnes, 12, and
Mary and Margaret, twins, 13, were
victims of the burglar's saturated
Battery Charfr
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Which?
Awakened by Burglar
tin r i ft it
Who Urugeed o m nome
Mrs: James Reiny
rag. Dan and John, 7 and 6, also
were partially drugged.
Suffer Nausea.
They all suffered severe nausea,
Catherine's .case being considered
the worst because of a weak heart.
A check of valuables through the
house revealed the thief had escaped
with $25 from Mrs. Reilly and $15
from Jerry.
The detectives were given a good
description of the intruder by Mrs.
Reilly and are on his trail.
Former War Nurse.
When Mrs. Reilly leaped from her
bed to fight the intruder in the dead
of night it was not the first time she
had faced dangerous emergencies.
She experienced harrowing thrills
during the Boer war in Africa, when
she was stationed in an English
army camp as a nurse.
Mrs. Reilly worked under fire car
ing for the wounded during battle
engagements in Zoudan so, after
all, a mere burglar would not be so
hard to handle, she said.
Adams County Fair Stock
Nearly Sold; Show This Year
Hastiiigs, Neb., June 8. (Special
Telegram.) All but $4,000 of the
stock needed to establish the Adams
county fair has been sold. It is
planned to dispose of the remaining
shares and to get the fair under way
this year. .
Battery Charft Battery Chafe
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Pitiful Scenes Enacted as
Refugees Visit Old Haunts
"Peppersauce Bottoms " Inhabited for Greater Part
By Mexicans and Italians, Hardest Hit by Flood,
Full of Activity as Survivors Seek Trace of
Their Belongings.
Pueblo, Colo., June 8. (By The
Associated Press.) Wading knee
deep through mud and water in some
places, a correspondence of The As
sociated Press today plowed through
one of Pueblo's most pitiable thor
oughfares of devastation the region
extendihg from North Main street
along West Fourth, across the At
chison, Topeka & Santa Fe tracks
and onward to the West Fourth
street bridge across the Arkansas
river.
The greater part of this region is
familiarly called "Peppersauce bot
toms." It was inhabited chiefly by
Mexicans and Italians. It is now
practically wiped away.
Today many of its former resi
dents were digging among the ruins
of their homes in the hope of recov
ering a table, a stove, a bundle of
bedding or perhaps a sewing ma
chine. And as some of them dug their
shovels struck human bodies instead
of furniture.
Four Languages Used.
In four languages, these homeless
told the correspondent their tales of
almost unbelievable misfortune.
"I am trying to find my houses,"
said Felix Bayle, who lost 11 dwell
ings, valued at about $20,000, when
the region was flooded.
Bayle, of French stock, is a car
inspector for the Denver Si Rio
Grande railroad.
"There are many others worse off
than I am," he said. "At least I
have a nice little home of my own
that escaped disaster. I lost much.
Some people lost everything." .
On the threshold of the "bottoms"
there drove up in a wagon Franco
De Marina and Callogero Di Grado.
The wagon was piled up with mud
coated furniture.
"What's happened?" the corre
spondent asked by way of starting
up a conversation.
"Why, Lo flood," replied Callo
gero, quaintly mixing the Italian
I and all these other wonder places for the price of a ticket I
I to the Park alone via the West Yellowstone gateway. I
n Union Pacific Svstem is the Route. I
and all these other wonder places for the price of a ticket
to the Park alone via the West Yellowstone gateway.
Union Pacific System is the Route.
Here 'is a grand circle tour taking in the high spots of
scenic and historic interest in the West that must appeal
to evervone. And it is onlv via the West Yellowstone
ii
route that you can visit them all at the same price that
vnn would oav for a ticket direct to Yellowstone and return. You
have always meant
Omaha to
West Yellowstone Ta
Salt Lake City
Glenwood Springs
Colorado Springs
Denver
Four and a half days in Yellowstone National Park, auto trans
portation and hotels, $54.00 additional; if permanent camps are
used instead of hotels, $45.00. Detour from Denver to Rocky
Mountain National (Estes) Park and return, $10.50 additional.
Different routes going and returning. Go first to West Yellowstone
in through sleeping car from Omaha and visit the other places
returning.
Let us send you free booklets and plan your. trip. Mention by name the
booklets desired: "Yellowstone National Park," "Colorado'
Mountain Playgrounds, " "Rocky Mountain National
(Estes) Park," "Utah-Idaho Outings."
For informstlon, uk '
HJft&Dift Pacific
System
article with the English common
noun.
But both men were thankful be
cause they liad saved their families
if not most of'tho possessions.
All Dig In Mud.
Further along a small statured
Mexican of about SO could be seen
digging in the mud.
"My name is Rumaldo Salazer, at
your service," he said. "I used to
have a little business here. The
number of my Comercito' was 621
West Fourth. I saw it swept away
before me on the night of the flood,
when I had taken refuse in a neigh
bor's house. I had a good mare and
buggy and a wagon. They are gone
too."
Don Rumaldo pointed to the spot
where he had exhumed a body about
an hour before.
"Perhaps the man's wife may be
there. I shall keep on digging."
Near by could be seen a portion
of a white iron bed protruding from
the mire. '
ose Inez Terrones, a barber came
up with Arturo Garcia. Both lost
their homes in the flood.
Both Terrones and Garcia told the
story of Mrs. Martino Galban, who
lived at Third and Elizabeth streets,
a cripple, who was drowned under
particularly tragic circumstances.
Her son, about 21, had repeatedly
urged that they leave the house be
fore it was flooded. But the woman
kept saying: "It's only people's idle
talk. Why should the water come
up here?"
But at last Mrs. Galban became
convinced, the waters were already
rushing into the house. She called
to her son, who was out in the yard,
to save her.
At that moment the wind shut the
door, which locked automatically
from the inside. In an effort to
reach his mother the youth smashed
a wtndow of the room in which she
was awaiting his aid.
Grasping the branch of a tree he
to see Yellowstone now
Entranco
with its interesting
Mormon features and
Great Salt Lake
in the heart of
the Rockies
at the foot of
Pikes Peak
The Queen City of the Plains with
Mountain Parks
her
Union Depot, Consolidated Ticket Office,
A. K. Curts, City Pits, Act., U. P. System,
1416 Dodge St., Omaha
reached out for his mother with th
other hand. The swirling water
kept her out of his reach, whirling
her round and round the room. To
day her body lay in the morgue.
Antonio Valencia, a tailor, was dig
ging in the two feet of mud thai
covered the floor of his small home
He had saved a fur rug and a sev
ing machine. He was trying to res
cue his other sewing machine.
A coffee mill represented the only
salvage effected by Tiburcia Majica,
Mrs. Sofia Alvarado De Gonzalct
saved a table, a pan and a dozen
chicks that she had shoved insicU
her shirt waist as she fled from tlu
storm.
ADVERTISEMENT,
AT SIXTY YEARS
WOMAN SAYS SHE
FEELS LIKE GIRL
Omaha Woman Lays Crutch
es Aside and Gains 20
Pounds in Weight.
"Isn't it wonderful that at tip.
age of 60, I have been able to lay
my crutches aside, to say nothing
of my having gained 20 pounds in
weight," said Mrs. Mary Styers, of
4326 Patrick avenue, Omaha, Neb.,
in relating her remarkable experi
ence with Tanlac:
"About a year ago rheumatism
got me in its clutches. For months
my bones ached to the very marrow,
and my legs and hips hurt me so
I couldn't move around without tha
aid of crutches. My knees wer
swollen to twice their natural size,
and sometimes I was so helpless I
would lie on the flat of my back
in bed for weeks at a time. My
stomach was in such awful condi
tion that nothing I ate agreed with
me and 1 grew weaker and thinner
every day.
"It is almost unbelievable the way
Tanlac rid mc of rheumatism. J
haven't a pain or an ache, now, and
am as active as I was 10 years ago.
My digestion is perfect, too. I sleep
all night long, and when I wake in
the morning I feel more like a girl
than a woman my age. All prais
to Tanlac."
is the time.
War Tax
$4.13 Extra
I $F60
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