Bumper Crops
Estimated for
Middlewest
August 1 Indications Point to
Bumper Yield of Corn
'Small Grains Panning
Out Well.
The August 1 report of the bu
reau of markets and crop estimates
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, although not to be ac
cepted as final for this year's pro
duction, forecasts in the country as
a whole, a corn crop of the bumper
class, and one of the largest in his
tory, a wheat crop which is meas
uring" up well around normal and
crops of oats, barley and rye which,
though surpassed by those of some
other years, may be classified as fair
to good, according to a summary
printed in the monthly review of the
federal reserve bank of Kansas City.
Threshing of winter wheat, now
making good progress, is disclosing
some disappointing1 yields which
were partly responsible for the de
crease in the August 1 estimate from
that of July 1. This decrease,
amounting to 2,505,000 bushels for
this district, is small in comparison
to the total decrease for the United
States when it is considered that the
Tenth federal reserve district is this
year producing 42.8 per cent of the
nation s winter wheat crop.
- General Quality High.
In Kansas the best .yields are .in
a section lying south from the Kavv
river and stretching in a southwest
erly direction, the quality being gen
erally very high and the weight test
ing heavy. Along the north border
and -in part of the northwest section
of the state, smut is common, while
'111 t fit a, ictirn !ta r ( jsntaa
vill vv. vomiii 11119 l VUUIlLll.,
seme shriveled berries are reported.
Kamred wheat seems to be leading
in high yields in both Kansas and
Nebraska., In some sections of the
latter state, wheat was injured in
the shock b.v rains, but the average
duality. for the state is reported as
92 per cent.".-,
' Increase Reported.
While the August 1 reports tell of
a decline in the United States of
91,000.000 bushels of corn from the
July 1 estimate, due to drouth and
the . prolonged heat, wave which
spread over a large area, it is noted
that :in the same period there was an
increase 04289,900. bushels in the
estimate oh the corn crop of the
tenth federal reserve district. In
Oklahoma,' where practically all of
the early crop was made by Augast
6 and the late crop was then consid
ered safe except in the southwest,
northeast and eastern counties the
report indicated a gain of 29,204,000
bushels during the month of July.
The corn forecast in Kansas for Au
gust 1' showed ah increase over July
of 10,821,000 1 bushels, while Ne
braska registered an increase of
4,640.000 bushels'," these increases be
ing due to beneficial rains and excel
lent soil conditions. Corn prospects
in northwestern Missouri match up
well with Kansas and Nebraska. In
Colorado the general condition was
reported the second week in August
as good,-but becoming' dry in the
northwest part "6f that state. In
Wyoming the condition was reported
fair to good, but rain was needed.
In New Mexico the crop was re
ported in good condition. '.
Oat Crop Damaged ,
The crop of cats in this district
suffered deterioration of 5.2 per- cent
between July 1 and Augusts-according-
to the. report, ; arid indica
tions point to a -yield about 22 per
cent below that of 1920. In Okla
homa the condition figure on August
9 was placed at 52 per cent, the low
est of record since 1916 and 14 per
cent below the 10-year average. The
crop was damaged in the early
stages by green; bugs and later by
continued rains during threshing. A
big percentage is' reported as of too
low a quality for market. In Kan
sas the crop of oats was figured at
an average of 21.9 bushels per acre,
or 48,092,000 bushels, with 9 per cent
of last year's oats crop still , in the
producers' hands.
In Nebraska the condition of oats
has been , more or less uncertain
since, the early damage by the
freeze and low temperatures. The
condition on August 1 was estimated
at 78 per cent, with yields varying
considerably. A part of the crop
which was left unthreshed in the
shock has been damaged by rains
since harvest. y
Larger Barley Estimate-.
According to the August 1 fore
cast this district promises 34,656,000
bushels of barley. This compares
with 32,413,000 bushels as the July
estimate and 37,766,000 bushels in
1920. In Kansas, with a total produc
tion of 17.497,000 bushels oi barley
this year, it is estimated that 13 per
cent of. last year's crop is still in
farmers' hands. In Nebraska the
crop is' estimated at 6,756,000 bush
els, the next highest on record.
Production of rve in this district
is estimated at '7,446,000 bushels
against 7,216,000 bushels produced
in 1920. The quality is reported
slightly lower than that of last year.
Potatoes The yield of potatoes
in Kansas, Nebraska. Oklahoma,
Wyoming and Colorado was esti
mated .at 31,529.000 bushela, an in
crease of 693,000 bushels over the
July estimate, but 1, 259,000 bushels
below the 1920 production. The high
temperatures during the latter part
of June were largely responsible for
' the lowered condition and yields, al
though the estimates for August 1
showed good gains in yields in Colo
rado. Nebraska and Oklahoma and
mall declines in Kansas and Wyom
ing. .
Boy Burglar Hops From
Window of Speeding Car
Calais, Me., Aug. 28. Milton Han
ley, escaped prisoner, must be given
credit for his nerve.
Despite the fact that his fct were
shackled while on his way to serve
five years in the Dorchester, N. B.,
prison, he leaped from an express
train speeding at 60 miles an hour
and made his escape. Hanley was in
custody of a sheriff. When the offi
cer's attention was distracted for a
moment" Hanley made a spectacular
jump through a car window at Har
vey, N. B. Posses have so far found
no trace of him. Hanley, who is
20 years old, had been convicted of
breaking and entering a store at St
Stephen, N. B,
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For Management
Of Rural Schools
Agricultural Bureau of Cham
ber of Commerce Suggests
Scheme That May Benefit
Without Consolidation.
Better-rural schools, are resulting
in Nebraska from consolidation, but
the expense entailed by abandonment
of one-room schools and the concen
tration of educational facilities in one
larger building is holding many com
munities back from adopting the
plan. .. How to obtain the des:red co
ordination without a large outlay of
money is a problem on which the
agricultural department , of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce has
been at work for almost a year. H.
F. Mcintosh, manager of the bureau,
found through a survey of the state
that although physical consolidation
was making progress, the rural dis
trict school probably will continue
to be the main reliance for the edu
cation of country boys and girls for
many years. ,
After studying the methods of
other states in dealing with this
problem, and after consultation with
J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of
the Omaha schools, who also is a
member of the agricultural commit
tee, Mr. Mcintosh has drawn up a
plan for the creation of a school's
principal in each district which he
believes would insure closer super
vision and uniformly higher stand
ards. "We have a habit of enacting
school laws in Nebraska on the 'let
George do it' system, George, in the
case, being the county superintend
ent," says Mr. Mcintosh. "The re
sult is that the superintendent is
loaded beyond endurance with execu
tive duties, oWn ot the most per
plexing and difficult sort often of
the petty and harassing kind, for she
is the arbiter ot rural disagreements
of all sorts on appeal from district
boards, she is the supervisor of the
teaching force for everything even
to the examination and graduation
of 8th-grade pupils.
Large Territory.
"Then observe her field of oper
ations. The superintendent in Doug
las county, among the most favor
ably situated in the state, has 60
schools under her care, scattered
over a hilly district of approximate
ly 350 square miles in area. Or Ukc
that extremely unfavorable county
for supervision CHerry a sandhill
county with about. 6,000 square miles
of territory. A Miss Brown superin
tended that county before the days
of roads and flivvers. Her broncho
team had a. lrive of more than 100
miles to her farthest-off school. Most
superintendents in Nebraska lttve
around 75 .schools to supervise;
some nearly 100. Efficiency iu such a
situation requires superhuman en
dowments. But the moderate sal
ary of a county superintendent in
Nebraska does not justify a super
woman or man in holding the job.
"The county superintendent are
competent and loyal, within human
limitations, and their great problem,
after their interminable executive du
ties are done, is to find any time or
strength for direct supervision of the
schools under their care. And the
schools, many of them with begin
ners girls still in their teens and
fresh from high schools with per
haps only a six weeks' normal
course, as teachers how will they
fare with practically no supervision?
The universal discontent is the ans
wer. Supervision and still more su
pervision is the crying need of the
rural schools.
Solution to Problem...
"The agricultural bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce believes that
the Nebraska Dedistricting law
passed in 1919, has in it, unwittingly
perhaps, the solution of the super
vision problem for district schools
since the redisricting law makes a
25-square mile area the district unit.
The bureau is therefore suggesting
to county superintendents the simple
expedient of organizing the three,
four or five rural district schools in
a redistricted area into one district
for supervision proposed with one
of the several teachers designated ai
principal and with the same author
ity in the enlarged district that a
city principal has in her school."
It is pointed out that this cc-or-nation
of rural schools for super
vision purposes would give "consoli
dation" for all educational purposes
without the . enormous expense of
physical consolidation so attractive.
In presenting his plan for super
vision of rural schools to the county
superintendents. Mr. Mcintosh says:
"The difficulties of carrying out
any. plan for effecting close super
vision of rural schools may easily be
magnified into impossibilities. The
school system itself, were, it to be
sprung new born on an unsuspecting
public, would seem to be the utterly
impossible. But it began somewhere.
It is now to the manner born in the
newest American community. This
encourages the hope that the super
vision method here proposed or some
other may be developed. For, after
all. it is educational results the peo
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IN THE SUNDAY BEE
ple want rather than monumental
school buildings, which are frequen
ly mistaken for the former.
Gustafson Explains
Grain Marketing Plan
At Genoa Chautauqua
Genoa. Neb., Aug. 28. That the
only difference between the U. S
Grain Gowers, Inc., and the present
system of marketing grain is that
the former is purely co-operative in
nature and will return the full mar
ket value of the crop, less actual
handling costs, to the grower, was
pointed out by C. . H. Gustafson,
president of the farmer-controlled
company in speaking at the Chau
tauqua here.
"Don't forget that our crops have
been under contract with the or
ganized grain trade since long before
we were born," Mr. Gustafson said.
"We do not sign a printed form, but
the contract has been effective, nev
ertheless, and will continue so until
we assert out right to market our
own grain."
Mr. Gustafson left Genoa Tuesday
evening for a three-day speaking trip
into South Dakota. Thursday he
speaks at Yankton, Friday at Tyndall
and Saturday at Elk Point, Satur
day and Sunday of last week he
spent, in Lincoln, making further ar
rangements for carrying on of or
ganization work in the state. He
stated that results secured to date
were encouraging.
Trade Review
By K, O. DUN CO.
A th nd ot iummr approaches, hop
of further gain In buaineis ara atrenfth-
enea and sentiment grow more confi
dent. Nothing- in the preaent situation
suggests that sudden and general activ
ity will follow Mie recent alow and irreg
ular Improvement, but a stronger basis
now exists for subsequent betterment of
conditions. A gradual diminution of price
uncertainties as . markets become mora
settled is a potent factor in certain quar
ters, and some relaxation of credit re
strictions as monetary strains are mod
ified la also a constructive Influence. Prog
ress In trades that were quickest to ex
perience recovery from depression, as In
textiles, has met wirh no Interruption.
whlla some lines that hava . been lag
gard In the movement, notably iron and
steel, are beginning to participate mod
erately In the current revival. After
many months of conspicuous dullness In
various channels, any change now may
conceivably be in the right direction and
evidence that buyers interest Is being
rekindled appear In the increasing num
ber ot future orders and Inquiries. While
the built of purchasing is still unmis
takably confined to immediate or nearby
needs, and is kept closely within the
limits of safety, commitments are char
acterised by somewhat less hesitation
than previously. The depleted state of
many dealers' stocks and the necessity of
providing for new season requirements
largely explains the disposition to con
tract ahead ratner mora ireeiy, dui rec
ognition of the fact that fundamental con
ditions are sounder is also a reason for
more confident action. With the release
of soma business that had been long de
ferred, production in different industries
Is gaining a little, although operations
In most instances continue much below
cspaclty and unemployment remains ex
tensive. The latter phase enters into all
calculations of public consuming power,
and the trend toward economy In buying
Is sharply defined in retail circles.
Iran and Steel Trade.
More definite evidence of betterment In
Iron and ateel conditions appears In
this week's reports. The situation atlll
leaves much to be desired, but the trend
is 'In the right direction and sentiment
Is increasingly cheerful. Borne basis for
the hop that fall will bring a con
siderable gain In business exists In the
larger number of orders now coming for
ward, and In th more urgent requests
for early deliveries. With th continued
depletion ot consumers' stock, manufac
turers ar encouraged to expect a grad
ual revival of mill and .furnaoe activity,
and th rate of output I slightly higher
this week at several points. Closely foN
lowing the recent announcements of fur
ther wage reductions, the principal pro
ducer has named additional price conces
sions, changea being mad In sheets and
tinplate to conform with th quotationa
fixed by Independent Interests. In pig
Iron, where th Improvement of last week
ha been held, advance of SOc or more
above recent low figures ar noted In
some districts
Parker Hides Moving.
While Irregularly of business and prices
characterises th hide markets, the con
tinued liberal movement of domestic pack
er stock occasions - favorable comment.
With important tanners operating free
ly, supplies at certain points have been
closely cleaned up. and some packer have
also booked slsable quantities for. their
own tanning account. The calfskin mar
ket, moreover, maintains Its activity and
strength, but dulnes is the rule in coun
try hides and accumulation have a de
pressing effect. - Contrasting with the im
provement In some desorlptlons of hides,
leather trading discloses reduction, with
a considerably lessened demand for var
ious line of upper leather. Th foot
wear situation, on the otner hand, contin
ues fairly satisfactory, and efforts are be
ing made to produce shoes at prices suffl-'
clently attractive to induce consumers to
buy more freely. Liquidation of stocks
purchased at blffh prices has made good
progress, and there Is now more of a
tendency to retugn to staple styles.
Dry Goods Market.
Reflecting the recent Improvement In
conditions, primary dry goods markets are
holding very steady, wltn further price
advance on some cotton fabrics. While
conservatism I (till general, due largely
to recognition of a reduced consuming
power, business in textile is considered
relatively better than trad in various
other channels. This situation Is ascribed
mainly to th comparatively low prices
for dry goods and the cumulative effect of
prolonged restriction of output. With
demand reviving, operation at cotton and
woolen mills ar now on th most active
scale of the year, but curtailment con
tinues at some of the important silk cen
ters. . In all lines, th trend toward eeon
omy In purchasing Is evldenoed by the
preference being shown for merchandise
of a staple character, and retailer find
that trad on other than essentials come
only through th naming of lower prices
than hava been witnessed in several year.
Cotton Price Sharply Advanced.
X rls of about 110 a bale tn th cotton
option featured speculative markets this
week. Unfortunately, bullish weather
news was th propelling fore behind th
upturn, private advice Indicating further
damage to th crop, notably in th south
west. Boosters to Attend Fair
Superior, Neb.,. Aug. 27. (Spe
cial.) Superior boosters are plan
ning to attend the Thayer county
fair at Deshler, Tuesday, August .10,
taking wtith them the 90-oiece Pa
geant band. ,
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1921.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
London Stock
Market Shows
Improved Tone
South African Gold Shares
And Oil Drawing Atten
tion From Gilt-Edged
Securities.
By MANFRED EMANUEL.
Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright, 1931.
London, Aug. 28. A spectacular
change apparently has come over
the stock market.
Recently whatever business there
was drifted in the direction of in
vestment in gilt-edged securities.
The previous week' marked the turn
ing point and a better tone was even
more evident during the last five
days. South African gold shares
and finally oils monopolized atten
tion. .
Kaffirs were the feature, due to
the gold premium and the probabil
ity of its continuance, lower cost of
working the mines, the use of white
labor, and some settlement, other
than liquidation, of shares held by
former enemy aliens,
Market Lifted From Lethargy.
These factors, probably to be re
flected in dividends for the second
half of the year, are factors that
lifted that section of the market out
of its lethargy and set traders to
talking of a revival of public inter
est in the mining share section.
There were buying orders from
Paris and Johannesburg. While it
can not be said business locally has
shown a very marked increase, buy
ing orders are coming in and there
will be more as prices go up.
At tne conclusion ot tne raris set
tlement, still further advances are
expected. Oils last week opened
with the same friendless tone as in
the previous week, but the tone gen
erally improved.
' ' Healthier Condition.
Though no very decided rise oc
curred) the market is in a healthier
condition and rumors of more
liquidation vanished. The Trinidad
group, in particular, improved and
went ' higher, led by centrals and
Apex, which just brought in a new
well. Otherwise the markets have
been uninteresting. Gilt-edged
stocks, after a decided reaction, be
came firmer. Home rails sagged,
following the sharp rise of the pre
ceding week, but also recovered.
The same thing was true of Argen
tine' rail shares.
Among foreign bonds, Brazilians
fell, on the drop in exchange. Rub
ber shares remained lifeless and in
dustries generally stagnant, the in
evitable result of the passing of divi
dends. Dentist Held for Murder
Owed Creditors $26,200
Roseburg, Ore., Aug. 28. Dr. R.
M. Brumfield, a dentist, facing trial
for the slaying of Dennis Russell,
was in debt $26,200 at the time of the
alleged murder, according to a state
ment of the accused's financial af
fairs made public by invesigators. A
small amount was secured by col
lateral. The dentist made no deposits in
the local banks after May 1 and
checked out the balance he had left.
On the Monday before the killing,
he borrowed $1,000 from two banks.
He took the loan in cash. He also
had some fire insurance money on
his person.
Investigators were unable to ac
count for $3,000 which Dr. Brum
field was supposed to have in his
possession when he disappeared from
Roseburg.
German Schools to Teach
English, French Is Barred
London. Aug. 28. At a recent
sitting of the Bavarian lantag the
education minister stated that Eng
lish would be the favored language
in Germany.
Further action was taken against
the French language by recommend
ing that n the southern district of
Germany Spanish or Italian should
be the second language, French be
ing excluded altogether from the
school curriculum.
Judge Drinks Tumbler
Of Evidence and Fines
Owner $200 and Costa
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wlr.
Chicago. Auflr. 28. Policeman
Thomas McMahon . rolled a barrel
of cider into Waukegan police court
Saturday. It was evidence against
George Barber, a- prominent mer
chant of the village, who was charged
with telling the beverage.
Magistrate Taylor, asked whether
the evidence had been tested and a
negative reply brought an order to
tap the barrel. The judge drained a
tumbler full and then ordered Mc
Mahon to put the evidence to the
test.
A moment's hesitation. Then'the
judge again rose to his feet, less pon
derously, this time.
Two hundred dollars and costs"
he ruled, "and. of course, the liouor
is confiscated."
Tama County, Iowa,
Farmers Plan Drive
For Reduced Rents
Farmers of Tama county, Iowa,
are invited to a mass meeting to be
held near Tama on Saturday, Sep
tember 3, for the purpose of forming
an organization to obtain lower farm
rents, according to a circular issued
last week.
A1I "farm renters and conscien
tiohs land owners" are invited to at
tend the meeting, according to the
circular, which is "for the purpose of
putting down farm rents to a lower
basis, to be in accord with the orices
that farmers are receiving for their
grain and produce: also to out a ban
on profiteering as the war is over.'"
farmers cannot liquidate under
present conditions," the circular goes
on to say, "and farm renters are the
heaviest losers. In most cases their
entire crop will not pay the rent.
Please figure up the value of your
crop, the number of acres and the
amount of the rent and report to the
committee."
Develop Plans
To Protect Soil
State College Aids Farm
Bureaus in Movement to
Prevent Loss.
Lincoln. Aug. 28. The State Col
lege of Agriculture is lending its as
sistance to the county farm bureaus
in staging demonstrations in the in
terest of developing a state-wide
movement to stop the washing of bad
soil. This is true in the southeast
ern counties, where the soil washes
badly and where much good soil has
been allowed to wash away, accord
ing to agricultural experts.
In many cases a simole brush
dam, well staked and wired, wilt
check the washing and save a great
amount of the soil, it is pointed out,
although in some instances a more
elaborate dam is necessary. In all
cases, the sooner the .work is begun
the more satisfactory will be the
results.
A few counties, in imDrovinir the
reads, are co-operating with farm
owners in installing a special culvert
that will help prevent the formation
of ditches through the land," a state
ment from agricultural authorities
declares. "Several- farm bureaus are
planning demonstrations and work
for this fall and winter, in an effort
to institute a definite program to
save soil of valuable farms."
Progress of the Crops
Weekly Crop Bulletin of the Agricultural
u(t-u w maim insmoer oi commerce.
The latter cart of Atirn.f .in..
Interesting period In the crop history of
th year, because It I th culmination of
th corn and cotton season. In the corn
belt the successful maturity of the crop Is
the measure of prosperity of th live stock
business for approximately three-fourths
ot the corn crop is fed on th farms. In
the cotton belt the cotton crop is every
body' money 'crop, and It maturity l the
measure of th buying power even the
standard of living for a fourth of tba
population of the Unled States.
Th weather of the past week ha been
partial In the distribution of benefits, but,
upon th whole, not uncenerous. The
corn belt ha fared excellently "east of the
98th guide meridian," if w may make
use of the common land surveyors start
ing point for designation ot territory. This
will Include th eastern one-third of Ne
braska and Kansas and all country east
of th Missouri river. West ot this meri
dian named there will be much good corn.
But the evcessiv heat of the oast week
hag prematurely ripened a large acreage
in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. It
will not be easily understood by people
In the Misourl Valley why this Is so. But
let us say that following June, which
was a month of high temperatures and
deficient rainfall generally, there was a
large area aouth and west of the Wood
River valley tn Nebraska to the Arkansas
valley In Kansas which got no precipita
tion when the rains of July 3 and 4 which
broke th drouth so generously through
out the Missouri Valley. The large ter
ritory has had only light showers at any
time during July and August. Th result
of heat, often In excess of 100 degrees,
under such moisture condition Is easily
understood. Kansas admits serious dam
age to her entire corn crop except In four
tiers of eastern counties ana a tew otners
along th Nebraska border. Th Ne
braska crop will be a light on In the
western two-thirds of the state. But
normally two-thirds of Nebraska's corn
crop I grown In the eastern third of the
state. And probably that district never
produced a better crop than the on now
maturing and which will be aaf from
frost in 10 days' NotabI Improvement
Is shown in ths corn crop of the Mlsslss
IddI. Ohio and Tennessee valleys, where
the July drouth was most severe. Au
gust ha been a continuously wet month
and th slow maturing varieties la th
southern part of th belt promise a fin
"Sio Improvement of crop is rioted from
th cotton state. Th week has been
dry, and very hot In Texaa and Oklahoma
where all cropa deteriorated. corn Is
mature In both state ana is a mm- '
But cotton suffered severely. In the
MUaiuinnl Valley and eastward both corn
and cotton are spotted. Arkansas gives
the most ravorsDis repon. oi -'"
In th spring wheat atates hiirvcstlng
I about completed and threshing Is
farther advanced than usual because of
.v. - ...... h.,- Threshers' returns are
singularly absent from reports from that
country. Heavy rains wiui-u i, 'rtC
In most districts of Minnesota and North
Dakota fell during th week. These will
be of great benof It to pastures, but ar too
late to benefit potatoes which is n Im
portant crop In both state, and whlon
premise but small yields.
Th north Paolflo coast and mountain
...... ... f the divide have enjoyed
cool weather and nitii rainfall, but -iot
renerally ni cenericisi
rult crop Is rapidly going to market at
reduced prices. Colorado and nan are
marketln ga fine crop of peaches. But
the growers complain oi m. "'J
nrlcu. in many Instanoes not ever 7 per
case f. o. b. Apples In the Fuget B.mnu
country and Yakima Valley ar reported
a making line progress.
The sugar beet crop throughout the
mountain districts Is very good one .and l-i
fast maturing. Th Idaho and Colorado
ugar mill expect to start up by beptem
ber 20. the beet harvest beglnnlag about
weak earlier.
Drawn
Railroads Not In
Position to Cut
Rates on Grain
Reduction in Freight Charges
Would Increase Present De
ficits, Representatives
Of Lines Declare.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wlr.
Washington, Aug. 28. Further
testimony to show that the railroads
of the country are in no financial
condition to make a reduction iu
rates on grain and grain products
and, hay, as asked by the western
states, was presented to the Inter
state. Commerce commission, which
is conducting hearings on the appli
cation, A. F. Cleveland, assistant freight
traffic manager of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, who also rep
resented a number of other roads,
and Frank B. Townsend of Minne
apolis, vice president of the Minne
apolis & St. Louis railroad, both tes
tified that such a move at this time
would only increase the deficits un
der which many roads are now op
erating. .
Besides causing an annual loss of
more than $4,000,000 to the Chicago
& Northwestern, a 25 per cent cut in
rates on those commodities, the
amount of the reduction sought by
the western states, would also cause
a loss of $1,414,611 annually to the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway company, Mr.
Cleveland testified, while the antici
pated revenues of the Chicago. &
Great Western revenues would be re
duced by $1,233,951.
The average rate per ton for
transporting grain and grain prod
ucts over the Chicago t Great West
ern over the Chicago & Great West
than that for other carload freight,
the former -rate beisg $2.81, while for
all carload freight it is $3.07.
Should the commission grant the
request of tht western states the de
crease in revenues to the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha re
sulting from the transportation of
grain and grain products alone would
amount to $1,336,066,. while for hay
it . would .be $78,545 annually, Mr.
Cleveland said. During the first six
months this year, the G, St. P., M.
& O., the witness testified, had a net
operating income of only $288,737.
Today' Attractions.
Rialto 'Lewis S. Stone in "The
Golden Snare."
Sun Viola Dana in "Life's Darn
Funny."
Strand Clara Kimball Young in
"Charge It."
Moon "The Invisible Power."
Empress "The Concert."
Muse "The Coward," featuring
Charles Ray.
Grand "Blind Husbands."
C. K. Young Stars.
The turntable of life is strikingly
described in "Charge It," featuring
Clara Kimball Young at the Strand
theater this week. To take one in
stance: Julia Lawrence is a proud
woman of fortune who commands
all in her presence, including her
humble' servant girl, Rose. Within
two months Rose is a cabaret dancer,
and Julia, her former mistress, a
menial kitchen help in the same re
sort Betty Blythe and Nigel Barrie
support Miss Young in this picture.
Viola Dana Again.
"Life's Darn Funny," featuring
Viola Dana at the Sun theater this
week,' is the story of a girl violinist
who becomes interested in the suc
cess of a youthful artist. But the
world refuses to participate in this
kindly interest. Then, by chance
this feminine sponsor discovers that
he possesses a genius for the design
ing of gowns. How this gitt is
used by little Zoe, the part enacted by
Miss Dana, to bring success to the
pair, permits pretty Viola to use all
of her unquestioned ability as a de
lineator of girlish roles.
' An Outdoor Picture.
"The Golden Snare," James Oliver
Curwood's newest story playing at
the Rialto theater the first four days
of the week, is really an outdoor
story, the fact that practically all of
the action takes place in God s great
wilderness of the northern country,
many miles beyond the realm of
civilization. Lewis S. Stone and Ruth
Renick have the leading roles.
Story of Underworld.
"The Invisible Power," chief
cinema attraction at the Moon
theater this week, is a story, of the
underworld, of dramatic power. Al
though the characters belong to the
"submerged tenth," the story deals
entirely with the efforts of a re
formed convict to lead an honest life.
The fact that he had once been in
jail, makes him a marked man for
the secret police; and his attempts
at reform meet with strange handi
caps. House Peters and Irene Rich
knave the leading roles.
for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
Copyright. 1ISL Chicaco Trlbunt Company
Germany Attempting
To Conquer Market in
Italy, Report Says
Chicago Trlbnne Cable, Cop right, 1021.
Rome, Aug. 28. Idea Nazionale
publishes a secret report by Stro
hcker, the German commercial at
tache at Rome, revealing that Ger
many is working methodically to
conquer the Italian market, using
political and financial influence to
interfere with Italian industry.
Stroheker advises the Berlin gov
ernment to use tact and be careful
so as to avert suspicion, but points
out the necessity of accentuating the
industrial crisis.
It is announced that General Diaz
will be present at the American Le
gion convention; in Kansas City in
company with General Foch.
It is reported that Bonomi be
lieves it will be impossible for him
to oarticioate in the disarmament
conference at Washington owing to
the reopening of the Italian parlia
ment in the middle of November.
Damage Done by Heavy
Windstorm at Friend
Friend, Neb., Aug. 28. A heavy
wind storm visited this section of
the state. A mile south of town a
half mile of Lincoln Telephone and
leiegrapn company s poles were
blown down; trees were twisted and
broken off. The roof was blown off
the grandstand at the base ball park
and although the place was crowded
with people, 'no one was injured. An
inch and a quarter of rain fell in a
few minutes.
The storm interfered with comple
tion of the Saline County Junior fair
program. The pageant that was
scheduled for 5 did not take place.
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In Movement forv.
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This State Ranks Fourth
Among Middlewestern States.:
.In Grain Growers Cam-
paign for Memberships.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 28.Nebrasfcv
ranks fourth in the number of middle
western states in which the Uniterl'
States Grain Growers Inc., is hold
ing membership campaigns in av
movement to enroll farmers in." a.
united program of marketing their
grain crops, according to a report
made here today by state headquar
ters of the organization.
Reports from national heidquar
lers place Illinois second, Oklahoma
third and Nebraska fourth for the
week ending yesterday.
Grower agreements signed in Ne
braska represent more than 1,500,000
bushels of grain and the capacity ol
elevators that have become affiliated
with the movement is in excess of
2,000,000 bushels, according to the
report.
Reports for the week show that
505 farmers and 101 elevators have
signed with the grain growers i.n
Nebraska, the bulk of them being in
the southeast quarter of the state.
Soliciation has been in progress in
that section , since the campaign
started several weeks ago and foe
this reason the movement has been
i j
stronger mere, k was explained.'
Saunders county is first, with 10
elevators in the movement, the re
port says. Membership work has'
been centralized in Thayer and Nu
kolls counties, and will be extended
to other parts of the state at once,
it is planned.
The total membership in the or
ganization at the close of the week
is placed at 6,649, with 1,514 new
memberships obtained in that period.
Three hundred and eighteen eleva
tors have sisgned with the organiza
tion, according to reports, 41 of
yvnicn joined lasi wcck.
A local association with 34 mera
bers was formed last, week at Ben
nett, Loio., the tirst organization
started in preparation to launching
an active membership campaign in -that
state, headquarters reports'
state. ' ? ;
jcon caravan otops
For Night at Kearney
Kearney, Neb., Aug. 28. (Special
T1tYram Wrtn tnmki a(
Scott caravan were informed upon
arrival here that camp . would be
pitched at the Amusement park,
, t 1 J 4 i , - .
wncre a dik ouiuoor paining poqi
was available, they made the two
miles to the park in almost nothing
flat. It was the best spurt of speed
shown since leaving Brooklyn, mem
bers assert.
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