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Important Crops Show Losses in Federal Forecast verse Weather Conditions Cause Estimate of Wheat 52,00O40OO Bushels Less ! Than Week Ago Washington. Aug. 9. Practically every important farm crop showed a loss in prospective production as a result of adverse conditions during July. The Department of Agricul ture's monthly report today forecast 52,000,000 bushels less wheat than estimated a month ago. 01.000,000 bushels less corn, lP2.OO0.0fK) bush els less oats and 61,000,000 bushels less potatoes. Winter wheat: Preliminary esti mate of production, 544,000,000 bushels. A production of 573,930,000 bushels was forecast last month, while last year's crop was 577,763, 000 bushels and the average produc tion of the five years, 1915-19, was 572,401,000 bushels.. This year's acreage is 38,721,000. or 2.5 ptrjeent more than last year. Less Spring Wheat. Spring wheat: Production forecast 213,000,000 bushels. Condition. 66.5 per cent of normal. A production of 235.482,000 bushels was forecast last month, while last year's crop was 209,365,000 bushels, and the awage production for the five years. 1915-19, was 258,495,000 bushels. The condi tion of the crop on July 1 was" 80.8 per cent of a normal, while on Au gust 1 last year it was 73.4 and the 10-year August 1 average is 73.2. This year's acreage is 18,023,000, or 7.2 per cent less than last year's. All .arh3 rmAiri irtn fnrpraiit 757.- uuu.uuu ousneis. a prouueuou ui 809,412,000 bushels was forecast last month, while last year's crop was 787,128,000 bushels and the average production for the five years, 1915 to 1919, was 830,896,000 bushels. This year's acreage is 56,744,000, or 0.8 per cent less than last year. Corn production. 3,032,000,000 bushels; condition, 84.3 per cent. A production of 3,123,139,000 bushels was forecast last month, while last year's crop was 3,232,267,000 bushels, and the average production for the five years, 1915 to 1919, was 2,797, 625,000 bushels. The condition of the crop on July 1 was 91.1 per cent of a normal, while on August 1 last year it was 86.7. and the 10-year Au gust 1 average is 78.1 per cent This year's acreage is 108,901,000, or 4.1 per cent more than last year. Oats, production. 1,137,000.000 bushels; condition, 64.5. A produc tion of 1,328,937,000 bushels was forecast last month, while last year s crop was 1,526,055,000 bushels, and the average production for the five . 101S..1Q 9s 1.432.697.000 bushels. The condition of the crop on July 1 was 77.6 per cent of a nor mal, while on August 1 last year it was 87.2, and the 10-year August average is 81.6. This year's acreage is 44,829,000 acres, or 3.5 per cent more than last year's. Keport in uetau. Sprln Wheat Production 21S.00O.0O0 bushels; condition. forecast, 68.6 per cent of a, normal. .... -Barlev Production, iiuw,rra. uuno., .... . , .n A fri-af nf AM.:.00 bushels w made ,"tnJ0Il!, wtmo lat years prooucnim -x-m 000 bushel" and the average production for the five years. 1U-1, was -208,098, 000 bushels. The condition of the crop on July 1 waa 81. per cent of a normal, while on August 1. laat year, It was J5.0. .nrf th. Anrust 1 10-year average la J0.8. This year s acreage la 7,713.000 acres, or 4. per cent less than last year s. Rye Preliminary production ;9 S4.30O.O0O bushels. A forecast of 89.86O00 bushels was made laat month, while laat veer's production waa 9.l.O0O buahels and the average production for the five veara, H1S-19, waa S9.H9.000 buahels. This year's acreage Is 4.644.000 acres, or 9 per cent less than last year Buckwheat production. ",000,000 buahels; condition. S7!; acreage Last year's production was 13,800,000 buahela and the average production for the five years. 1915-19. was 15,000,000 buahels. The condition of the crop on August 1 laat year waa 90.6 per cent of a normal and the 10-year August X average condition Is 88.1. Last yeara acreage WWh't.'poU?or.; production. SIC.OOO.OOO bushels: condition, 66.8. A forecast of 878.977.000 buahela was made laat month, while last years production waa "' 000 bushels and the average production for the five yeara. 1915-19, was 371,25... 000 busBele. The condition of the crop on July 1 was 83.4 per cent of a. nr' n. on Aueust 1 last year it waa 87.0 end the 10-year August 1 average a 81 .. Thla year's acreage Is 3,972.000, or l.t per cent more than last year's. ,,... Sweet potatoes production, 114.OO0.OO0 bushels, condition. 84.6. A. forecast 112.023.000 bushels was made last montn, while last year's production waa -'- 000 bushels and the average Promotion for the five years, 1916-19. waa 84.749,000 buah.ll The condition of the .crop on July 1 was 86.1 per cent of a nl,'j while on August 1 last : year It was M. and the 10-year August I evert This year s acreage la 1.18.000, or 9.3 per cent more than last .'"J"-" ,,,. Tobacco production. , 889,000,000 pounds condition. fs. per cent. A forecast of 9SS.H7.0JI0 pounds was made last montn, while last year'a production was l.n';- TUOOO pounds. The condition of the crop on July 1 was 71.9 per cent of a normal, while on August 1 last year It was 84. . and tht 10-ye.r August 1 ajpram la 7 9 1 This year's acreage Is 1,3... ,700, or .9.4 ner cent less than last year's. Flex produoUon. 8,900.000 bushels: con dition. 70 per cent. A Production of 611.000 bushels waa forecast last month, while last years production was 10.89Q. 000 bushels, and the average Production for the five years. 1915-19. waa 11,704.000 bushela. The condition of the crop on July 1 waa 81.7 per cent of a normal, while on August 1 laat year It was 80.1, and the 10-year August 1 avert la . 8.7. This-year's acreage la 1.241.000, or 30.4 Rice A production of 33.608,000 bushels . . , . hna !, veers waa xorecae ini . . . V.i.. production was 8S.710.000 bushels and the average production for the five years, 1916-19, waa 37.189,000 bushels. The con dition of the crop on July 1 was 88.0 per cent of a normal, while on August 1, last year. It was 88.7. and the August 1 10 year average la 88.3. This year's acreage is 884,000, or 36.4 per cent lees than last year's. Sugar Beets Production, 8.000,000 tons; condition, 89.9. A production ot s.uu.oou tona waa lore cast laat month, while last year's pro duction waa 8.648,000 tona and the aver age production for the five years, 1916-19, was (.218.000 tons. The condition of the crop on July 1 waa 90.3 per cent of a normal, while on August 1. last year. It was 91.9, and the 10-year August 1 aver age Is 88.4. This year's acreage ia 882,000, or 9.8 per cent leea than last year's. Hay A production of 81.695.000 tona was forecast last month, while last year'a production was 91,193,000 tons and the average production for the five years, 1916-19. waa 86,793.000 tona. The condi tion of tho crop on July 1 aa 79.6 per cent of a normal, while on August 1. laat rear. It waa 90.8, and the 10-year August 1 average ia 86.1. Thla years acreage is 73,842.000, or 0. per cent more than last year's. - Apples, production, 101.000,000 buahela. A production of 101,190.000 bushela waa forecast laat month, while laat year's pro duction was 240.442,00ft bushels, and the average production for the five years. 1916-19, waa 182,706.000 buahela. Peaches, production, 81,300,000 bushels. A production of 30.758.000 bushels was forecast., last month, while last year's pro duction waa 43.697,000 buahela and tha average production for the five years, 1916-19, Was 46,608.000 bushels. Peanuts, production, 87.600,09) bushels. A production of 16,668.000 bushels was forecast laat month, while last year'a pro duction was 36.960,000 bushels, and the average production for the four yeara, 1916-19. waa 41.716. 009 bushela. Grain sorghums, production, 130.OAO.noo uihels. A production at lH,3U,tt . ' " THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921. ' Bride of Few Weeks Shot; Husband Held Fucblo, Colo.. Aug. 9. Mrs. Frank Biby, bride of a few weeks, was shot and probably fatally hr vrstcrdav. Her hus band, accompanied by a young woman from Fueblo. was arrested at Fountain, near Colorado Springs, last night. Biby is alleged to nave snot ins wife while they were motoring. Biby was married July 19 to Char lotte Clark of this city at Colorado Springs. They lived at a hotel there until Sunday. The girl who accompanied Biby, Edna Stark, also was held by the police. She said Biby had asked her to ride to Colorado Springs with him and she denied knowledge of the shooting. W..-1...1.. ... I... mnnlh whit last year's production was 143.939,000 ousneis ana mo ivnwn . prouM.-iiui, tho five yeara, 1915-19, was 88,107,000 bushels. Tho preliminiry estimate of production of winter wheat by principal producing stuffs follows: Pennsvlvanit, 25,522,000 bushel. Ohio. ":i,3;9.0AO. Indiana. 2i.73R.iOO. Illinois, 38.608.000. Missouri. 80.12s. 000 Nebraska. 63.730.000. Kansas. 117. 998.00O. Oklahohia, 37.2OO.0n0. Washington, 30,932.000, The condition and forecast of produc tion of spring wheat by important produc ing states follow: Minnesota: Condition, 60 and produc tion, 27,174.000 bushela. North Dakota, 63 anil 68, 312.000. South Dakota. 63 and 26.428,000. Montana, 61 anil 19.123,000. Washington, 75 and 20.092.000. The condition and forecast of produc tion of corn by important states fol'o-r: Ohio, condition, 74 and 125,911,000 bushels. ... Indiana, 68 and 137,631. 0(10. Illinois. 79 and 297.S2li.O0Oi ' Iowa, 92 and 405,269,000. Minnesota. 95 nd 1SS.146.000. South Dakota! 88 and 108.490,000. Nebraska. 91 and 217.434.000. Kansas. 79 and J06.157.OO0. Texaa, 86 and 174.070,000. The condition and forecast of produc tion of oats by principal producing etalua '"lUlnois. condition, 63, and production, 122.O47.000 bushels. ' Wisconsin, 68 and 66,127.000. Minnesota, 63 and 88,8fr6.000. Iowa. 63 and 162.661,000. Nebraska, 78 and 71,847,000. Oata remaining on farms August 1 Is estimated at 161,199,000 bushels, or. 10.6 per cent of last year'a crop, compared with 66,128,000 bushels on August 1 last year. B.R. Anderson Made Assistant Head of State Reformatory Lincoln, Aug. 9. Bert R. Ander son, former deputy sheriff of Lan caster county today was appointed by the board of control to be assist ant superintendent of the new state reformatory at Lincoln. The selec tion of superintendent has not been made. W. T. Spencer, chief of the state bureau of animal husbandry, today tendered his resignation to Governor McKeivie, effective September 1. Mr. Spencer plans to enter private practice. Licgitt ii .Myirs Tobacco! 4" ' Reed Letter Saved "Wildcat" Outfit, Rail Board Says Former Attorney General Cave Opinion in Persoual Coramunieation Firm Was Within Law Lincoln, Aug. 9. (Special.) His memory freshened. H. G. Taylor, present member of the state railway commission and member prior to 1919 when Willis G. Reed w;:s state attorney general, stated today that an opinion believed to have been written by Reed exempting the Gulf Coast Development company from the ."blue sky law," and believed to be missing, was not a regular opinion but a personal letter written by Reed to the officers of the com pany in Omaha saying he believed thev wcr;e outside the law. "I searched for 24 hours for the opinion and then remembered that it was a personal letter," explained Tavlor. - "The members of the state rail way commission, which at that time had charge of the issuance of stock permits, planned to prosecute the officers of the Gulf Coast Develop ment company and we sent an at torney to Omaha to investigate. Met By Letter. "He no sooner popped his head in side the offices cf the company than, he was shown a letter from Reed in which the attorney general offered the opinion the company was oper ating outside the blue law in exist ence then. . : " "Needless to say that with.-an opinion cf that kind irom the attor ney general of the state we dropped our plans for prosecution. , "Today I found in our files an opinion written by George W. Ayers, assistant attorney general, and Reed, in which Reed is quoted as believing the blue sky law then in existence was unconstitutional. Wc stared that opinion in the face every time promoters Came before us with stock selling schemes. "They never neglected to tell us that our own attorney general had no faith in the constitutionality of the law under which we were operating." Taylor also found today a copy of the opinion of former Attorney Gen eral Reed in which he held that the defunct Bankers Realty and Invest ment company was exempt from the blue sky law then in existence and did not need to receive a permit for selling stock. Old Political Fight "This is just opening up an old political fight I had years ago with FATIMA V Co. mm aa ana mmmm ............Bmean.ni. ann.. the stale railway commission when I whipped them in the W'estem Vancc case," declared Willis E. Reed, vice president of the Gulf Coast De velopment company and former at torney general, when informed yesterday of the statement of Com missioner Taylor in Lincoln. Reed made enemies on the com mission during that fight, he said, - "Any opinion I made with regard to the blue sky law while attorney general is there in Lincoln on rec ord," he declared. "The 'commission new is only seeking" some one on whom to lay the blame, for all these failures. Just give them enough rffpe and they'll hang themselves." The letter, which Taylor declared Reed wrote to officers of the develop ment company and which kept the commission from proceeding with blue sky prosecutions, was a per sonal letter, Reed explained, and was written by him to Ben Ilayden at Castle hotel in answer to a letter from Hayden asking his personal opinion if the company complied with state laws. Reed merely answered, after an investigation, that the company had complied with Nebraska laws, he said. The real investigation of the Gulf Coast Development company . was made by Dr. G. E. Condra, then executive secretary of the geological survey of the Nebraska cpnserva tion and welfare commission, "Reed stated, and Condra pronounced t he concern sound geologically. Sells No Stock. The company, Reed explained, did not sell stock or bonds and there fore did notCom?" under the existing blue sky law. Land was sold, represented as prospect oil land, he further ex plained, and with every tract sold was given a warranty deed con taining a clause permitting the com pany to erect oil equipment, should oil be found, and to share with the purchaser in the benefits. "The railway commission must be in a tight place now," added Reed. "They're just scrambling around trying to find some one on whom to blame all these recent failures." Road Conditions (Furnished by Omaha Auto Club ) Lincoln Highway.' East Roads fine to DI?l'oVn Highway; -West-Detour Elkhorh to Valley, . rough Fremont to Columbus, Columbus west roads are fine. O L. r. Highway Rough to Ashland, detour Greenwood to Waverly, west of Lincoln, mails are fine. Highland Cutoff Roads a little rough. 8. Y. A. Road Good. Detour Seward to Tamora, one and one-half mile. Georse Washington Highway Take High road to Bialr; roada good to Sioux City. Black Hills Trail Roadwork Omaha to Fremont. Fremont to Norfolk, good. King of Trails, North Fine. King of Trails. South Fine. River to River Road Good to Dea Moines. White Pole Road Good to Pes Moines. Blue Grass Road Rough Glenwood to Malvern, east roads ape good. CIGARETTES TWENTY fir ( $ rburtasto ihe difference! "Trick" Answers Given on Bee's Questionnaires ''Condensed Milk Is the. Milk You Make," Contributes Country Boy; Others Amuse Unwittingly some who have an swered The Bee's intelligence ques tionnaire have furnished a little levity for those who scan the an swers. There has been so much in terest in this questionnaire that it is not surprising that there should be some mistakes in the answers, nor is it surprising that some of these errors should be funny. In reply to the question, "What is a cross-cut saw?" some one has re plied, "Two men, one at each end of a log saw." "Country Girl" wrote that the; seven colors of the spectrum are "Red, green, pink, purple, blue, yellow and lavender." Most Common Fruit. "Grape fruit" is the most common fruit, according to another con testant. Question No. 95 asks, "What is condensed milk?" "It is the milk you make," repjicd a country boy. Another replied that De Sota reigned the longest of English sov ereigns. The' Pacific ocean is re ferred to as the largest inland body of water having no outlet. "What are the five senses?" is question 62. "They are part of the body," was one reply. Other Answers. Otlieiu.G!lC3icr ' to a few of the questions follow: ' :J murine wheel? ' A. It la a wheel on a steam engine. Q. What Is liability Insurance? . A. Debts. y. What Is a dictagraph? A. A machine that docs better work than a phonograph. Q. Who In the United States Invented the submarine? i A. Henry Ford. Q. Who Is the governor of Nebraska? A. Mr. Mecellvle. "White Ribbon Spceial To Visit Omaha Thursday The "White Ribbon Special," car rying delegates to the 49th annual convention of the Wr. C. T. U. at San Francisco, will arrive in Omaha for a short-stay Thursday afternoon over the Union Pacific. While in Omaha the special will take on a car carrying Iowa and Nebraska delegates. There will be about 12S delegates on the train. From here the special goes to Denver over the Union Pacific for a short stop and from there to San Francisco. 1 Let Faiima smokers tell 'you Ask them at the Polo Matches Here and elsewhere among men who clearly can afford to smoke anything they like, Fatima has many friends. There can be only one reason Fatima's better laste. . ' Des Moines Tram Men Storm City Council Des Moines. Ia.. Aug. 9. (Special Telegram.) Efforts made yesterday by 650 union street car employes to stampede the city council into some sort of settlement with the city rail way to obtain resumption of service failed after a tweT-hour stormy ses sion. - The entire delegation attended the council meeting and engaged in open debate with the members, urging them that peace at any price with the traction company was preferable to being thrown out of work. The council would not recede from its position that it could not deal with the 60 car owners until they were ready to come half way in negotia tions for a new franchise. In the meantime bus service i be ing augmented as rapidly as possible. The records of Sunday's business showed 75,000 people hauled by the busses. This comes within 25,000 of being the total average number of daily car riders. LW.W.'s Start 1 1 Fires At Benkelman, Charge Lincoln, Aug. 9. Alleged agents of the Industrial Workers of the World are held responsible for a series of, 11 incendiary fires near Benkchnan, during the last two months at a property loss estimated at $50,000, in a report made here by State Fire Inspector Harry Hauscr of his investigations conducted in that vicinity.) County .Attorney. David flines of Dundy county in a letter addressed jointly to Attorney General Davis and State Fire Marshal Hartford re quests that some one be sent im mediately by the state t,o conduct a secret inquiry into the origin of the fires to discover the guilty parties. George Keeline Injures Hand in Suction Exhaust George II. Keeline, wealthy Ne braska rancher and vice president and director of the Council Bluffs Savings bank, suffered a painful in jury while investigating a new suc tion exhaust fan installed in the wall of the Bluffs bank. Keeline thought the fan was flush with the wall and held his left hand to test the suction. His hand was drawn into the blades revolving at full speed and was badly mangled. Amputation of the thumb was neces sary and severing of the ligaments of the fingers probably will leave the hand stiff, according to attending surgeons. An Algerian tree yields a fruit from which soap can be obtained with the aid of alcohol or water. " .1 'An f .1 .1 s ooutnwestern lowa In Midst of Federal .Aid Highway Program 'Atlantic, la., Aug. 8. (Special.) Southwest Iorva.is in the midst of one of the most comprehensive fed eral aid highway improvement pro grams in the state. By the end of 1922, a dozen counties in this part of the slate will have 10 miles of permanently graded highway, done at an aproximate cost of $1,9-14,000. This includes a three-year program. The figures given above embrace work already completed and that now under way. In addition there are several extensive projects contem plaled, some of which are bound to go through, thus adding materially to the volume of highway improve ment for this part of Iowa. Sine tl hri?innini of the vrar j 1920 there his been completed nearly 50 miles of permanent grading. J Ins is in the counties of Montgomery. Adams, Harrison, Page and Potta wattamie; and cost appro.xlniatcly $620,000. 5 Boys on Sight-Seeing, Trip Arrested in Omaha The sight-seeing trip of five boys from Atlantic, Ia., was interrupted at 3:30 a. m. yesterday when Sergeant Jensen and Patrolman Gardner picked them up in the old Third ward' district. They are: John Miller, 17; Soren Sorenson, 17; Koy Gardner, 16; Dave O'Neil, 16 and Frautz O'Ncil, 13. They are being held until police notify their parents. Four-Legged Chicken Hatched . Maiden. Mass., Aug. 9. A four legged chicken has been hatched here. All of the legs are perfectly formed. The chicken appears to be healthy. rnoTori.AYP. f l Now and All Week " "PROXIES" and HAROLD LLOYD In "Among Those Present" Rialto Symphony Orchestra, Harry Brader, Director Julius K. Johnson at the Organ. AMUSEMENTS. EMPRESS LAST TIMES TODAY KENO, KEYES MELROSE in "That Fellow Dont Lik. Mc", SLACK HAYES, "The Futuristic Jailbird", LAMB A GOODRICH. "Danctology" TOOTS oV PAL, Novelty Canine Act. Photoplay attraction "LOVETIME" featuring Shirley Mason. Base Ball Today August 9, 10, 11 OMAHA v. ST. JOE Games Called at 3:30 P. M. Box Seats on Sale at Barhalow Bros. EATTY'S Co-Operative Cafeterias Wa Appreciate Your Patronage. . Now Show! j Kat herine MacDonald and , IDeslei (Freckles) Bdmj in 'Stranger Than Fiction it It start with a laugh; runt with a thrill; finishes on the sur prise of your life. SILVERMAN'S STRAND ORCHESTRA Stockholders Raise. $600 for Probe of Omaha Oil Concern Attorney to Investigate l)c-, fuiut Refining Company Ami Place Facts Heforc ''Proper Authorities' Six hundred dollars .was raised Monday at a meeting of stockhold ers in the defunct Omaha Refining company at the Rome hotel to cm- : ploy an attorney to "investigate facts relating to the company's fail ure and to place these facts in the . hands of the proper authorities." A. C. M nnger, trustee, told tho meeting "there is no chance of un secured creditors ever getting -a -iiii:UI" and "in any event stock holders would tr't nothing." Many st(klioMoi's expressed tho belief, anyway, that the company would be' placed on a paying hasit. A. W. Gordon, chairman, was in- i sinn'trd to ro-onviute with John II. Dckins, receiver, 1 open negolia- , lions, if possible, with outside inter ests in an elToH't to resume opera tions of the concern. 1 Chairman Gordon admitted "eon fusion" over negotiations of officers of the concern with the O. C. Redick conipany in the purchase of F.a.t Omaha property and a lot at Nine teenth and Douglas streets. L. V. Fox in California, Deputy Sheriffs Hear L, V. Fox, former president o( the Omaha Refining company, is in Chi cago, according to some reports, and in California according to others. Deputy sheriffs here who have hunted for him with warrants don't know just where he is, but arc sure he has departed from Omaha. I'HOTon.AYS. tl NOW AND ALL WEEK Tom Mix in "After Your Own Heart" .u And you had better leave your ff heart at home or Jom will surely capture it with this one. "A Kiss in Tine" In the cast T. Roy Barnes WZ. and Walter (Fatty) Hiers Iff ---nrt lias i i .1 r. u v LAST TIMES TONIGHT W pUIHITEtU TOMORROW W 1 WANDA I 0 HAWLEY K ItW' Ml 0 71