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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. JANUARY 22. 1922.
News for Nebraska and Iowa Farmers
U. S. Growers Lay
Plans to Sell Next
Year's Grain Crop
Authority Given to EitallUli
Sale Ficilitici at AU
Principal Marlcti of
Country.
Lineolrt, Jan, :i.-Si!l facilities at
it principal grain marketi wilt be
established by tlx executiva fficert
of the United State Grain Grower,
Inc.. who were aiven full authority
to complete euch arrangement! by
the board of directori of the farmeri
grain marketing tompany during a
four-day session in Chicago.
Membera of the United State
rv.Ia r.rnurti .lin arc aikinff for
early action in establishing talet con-
nectiont to handle gram cropt are m
ihe marketing district adjacent to
Chicago, Indianapolis, umana,
mi City, Oklahoma City and St I'aul
er Minneapolis
r.iMUI,mnf rif (trfinite talet
connection on the terminal market
is the most important work: tnat im
board lia considered." ay a ttate
ment iued by the board of direc
tor. "We entrust these broad pow
ers to the executive officers not only
because of the confidence we have
in their ability to satisfactorily xarry
out this program, but because three
executive will be able to expedite
the procedure and take action more
cuickly at those markets, where a uf.
ficient volume of grain is already
under contract in adjacent territory.
District advisory board of farmer
are to be named in each of the dis
tricts where branch offices will be
etUblished, according to the recom
mendations approved by the board of
airectors. These advisory boards wi'l
Ve selected from among the officer
of co-operative elevators, grain grow
er associations or other farmer-owned
local or terminal grain marketing
companies.
The authorization to the executive
officer is sufficiently broad that,
Mhere deemed necessary or advis
able, they will be able to purchase
seats on established grain exchanges
for the purpose of conducting a
strictly legitimate sales business and
take such steps as are necessary to
comply with the regulations of uci
exchanges. , , ,. .
TI. .iiitliArivatfon ramft additional
powers incidental to the conduct of a
general sale business, including buy
ing, selling, storing, warehousing,
processing, shipping and exporting.
' Changes suggested by the experi
ence of the first board of directors
and matter of policy to be submitted
for the consideration of members at
local (hipping points in their annual
meetings, when they select and in
struct their delegates, occupied con
siderable time during the four-day
session. Consideration of a program
for the first annual convention which
. i r-t.: - l r u ?i
will DCgin in iutago va iuuui
was given considerable attention. The
present board of directors will meet
again on March 18 to conclude their
work and prepare their report to the
delegate convention.
Impediment to organization work
in the 11 states where organization
' work has been initiated came in for
the greater part of the discussion dur
ing the meeting and definite steps
taken to remove the major difficulties
Business relationships between the
central office and the different organ
ization office in the several states
were made uniform on a basis that
will increase efficiency and expedite
field progress.
Gahleners Exchange
Formed at Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, S. D.,' Jan. 21. Fifteen
truck farmers and gardeners, com
prising the majority of the men who
supply this city with its fresh home-
grown fruits and vegetables during
the season, have met with County
"Agent Hamilton of Minnehaha
', county and completed preliminary.
arrangement for the formation of
' a gardener's exchange, to work for
the betterment of market conditions
and facilities and improvements in the
methoo's of production.
F. X. Wallner was elected tem
' porary president and W. M. Moorman
temporary secretary of the new or
ganization. A committee was ap
. pointed to work out the details of
the organization's purpose and poli
cies, together with a set of bylaws
and a constitution. The gardeners
ptan to hold meetings every two
- weeks until the marketing season
opens, about April 1, after which they
will meet once a month.
Farm Bureau Outlines
Plans in Fillmore County
' Geneva, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.)
- A meeting of precinct presidents,
directors and other leaders of the
Fillmore county farm bureau was
held here to plan work for the com
ing year. The "president, John P.
Davis, presided and introduced W.
. H. Brokaw of the extension service
, of Lincoln, who discussed matters of
' interest to the members. The cost
of running the farm bureau in this
county is about 25 cents on every
hundred dollars worth of taxable
property. The budget for 1922 is
$3,500. less than last year by S950.
Farm Loan Association
Names Officers for Year
Bayard. Neb.. Jan. 21. (Special.)
At the annual meeting of the Mor
rill County National Farm Loan as
sociation in Bridgeport the follow
ing directors were elected: Oeorge
Al Seslar-of Northport and Daniels
Kugler and John N. Mitchell, all of
Bridgeport The following officers
were elected: George A. Sesler,
president: Art.iur Kugler, vice pres
: dent; Mark Burke, secretary-treas
urer.
Radio Service Big Help
to Farmers and Shippers
Markets Reports Sent by Wireless to Practically En
tire Country Extensive Improvements in Sys
tem Planned by State and Federal Agencies
During the Present Year.
Wirele. i now being used by
state and federal agencies to broad
cast national and local agricultural
market report throughout virtually
the entire country. Report n the
national market are dispatched daily
by the United State Department of
Agriculture from wirelei ttationt of
the i'oMoilice department at Cincin
nati, Omaha, Washington, North
1'latte, Neb.; Rock Spring, Wyo.;
Elko and Keno, Nev. These report
are received by hundred of amateur
wirelet operator. National market
report are alto received by state
bureau of market and agricultural
colleges, tupplemented with local
market report, and relayed by wire
less telegraphy and telephone to
farmers, shmninff associations, news
papers, bank and other agricultural
uueresis.
The St. Loui university ws per
hap the first among educational in
stitution to broadcast market re
port by wireless. These report are
received by hundred of farmer,
shipping associations, banks and
other agricultural interests, and a
telephone company in eastern Illinois
which receives the report telephone
the new regularly to its 5,000 sub
scribers. At Lincoln, the University of Ne
braska and the Nebraska Westeyan
university are co-operating in broad
casting crop and market r.ports fur
nished by the state bureau of mar
kcts. Both radio telephone and tele
graph are used.
At Wisconsin, the itate depart
ment of markets broadcasts national
and local market reports from the
University of Wisconsin wireless
station at Madison., At Minneapolis,
crop and market reports are broad
cast from the University of Minne
sota radio station. The Minnesota
College of Agriculture has also as
signed an extension representative to
instruct the farmers in .the use of
wireless receiving apparatus. The
college of agriculture of Cornell uni
versity has assigned an expert for
similar work and to assist rural radio
clubs that are being organized in
New York.
A high-powered transmitting
wireles telephone is being installed
in the office cf the Mitsourl sut
market bureau at Jelierson City.
Government report from the larger
market tenter of the country will
dm ....luail Sim ni.'i.i aI jLar1
from the leased wire tyttem of the
United State Department of Agri
culture, and transmitted by radio
phone to all sections of Missouri,
Demonstration intended to interest
farmer, dealer and shipper in in
Stalling the necessary wireles re
ceiving apnaratu wilt be held in va.
riout rural communities of the date
and it is anticipated that telephone
office, newspaper, chamber of
commerce, county agricultural
agents, bank, high schools and co
operative marketing associations will
be among the lint to install receiv
ing ets.
, Extend vt Service in Ohio,
A most complete program in the
dissemination of market report by
wireles i being planned by the
state bureau of market in Ohio, a
specially constructed radiophone
transmitter of the most improved
type being installed in the radio sta
tion of the University of Ohio for
tli at purpose.
The Texas markets and warehouse
department are also planning a mar
ket new service by radiophone for
farmers, dealers and shippers in Tex
as, arrangements being made to use
the radio equipment of the Univer
sity of Texas at Austin.
The first national market report
to be broadcast by wireless any
where in the world was sent out by
the United States Department of
Agriculture from the radio station
of the United States bureau of stan
dards only a little over a year ago.
The department soon demonstrated
the practicability of utilizing the ra
dio for disseminating market infor
mation and rapid progress in ex
panding the work has been made
possible through the co-operation of
state and federal agencies.
To make the American farmer the
best informed farmer in the world
is the aim of these agencies and
equal progress during the coming
year will go far toward securing
that result, say officials of the fed
eral department.
' Salmon Industry Threatened.
Seattle, Jan 21. .Ruin of the
southeastern Alaska salmon indus-
try is threatened unless strict govern
ment regulation are placed in effect
' at once, according to facts developed
Katee Bureau of. fisheries.
History of Water
Projects Planned
Complete Data Being Com
piled by Nebraska Con
servation Project.
Lincoln, Jan. 21. A history of all
tho water-power projects in Nebras
ka, those abandoned as well as those
now under operation or in construc
tion, is being made by the Nebraska
conservation and survey commission,
and is expected to be completed in
about a month, Dr. George E. Con
dra, director of the commission, an
nounces.
Tabulation of all the power pro
jects, as far back as there is record,
the time the plant was installed, its
power and vicinity or service, date
abandoned, if so, those now in opera
tion, their service, and those under
construction or contemplation, as
well as a short sketch of each pro-
ject7 is the aim of the survey. Dr.
Condra is obtaining much of his in
formation in co-operation with
pioneers in the various sections of
the state in which the plants were
located.
In the Blue river valley between
Marysville, Kan.,- and as far north
as Seward, more than 20 power
plants now are in operation, Dr.
Condra states, many of them serving
a large radius with light and power.
A project . at Grand Island at the
present time, Dr." Condra says, is
serving power to a territory com
prising 5,000 square miles.
Polish Farmer Orders
Alfalfa From Dakota
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 21. N. F. Nel
son, county agent in charge of the
Hughes County Farm bureau, has
received a letter of inquiry regarding
South Dakota grown alfalfa seed
from L Rulikowski of Lubin, Po
land. The letter asks for full in
formation as to most hardy varie
ties, price ana' other details, and is
accompanied by an order for the
variety which Mr. Nelson thinks will
be best suited to the European na
tion. A personal letter from Frank E.
Walser of the American Polish Re
lief unit accompanied the order.
The order will introduce South Da
kota grown alfalfa seed into Poland
for the first time, and if the plants
are found to be sufficiently hardy,
more will be purchased to replace
the French seed now being used. The
French product is not proving satis
factory because it is not hardy enough
to survive the cold and often open
winters of northern Europe.
The original ora'er will be filled
by Mr. Nelson through the Western
Alfalfa Seed Growers' Exchange at
Rapid City, from seed produced in
Hughes county. Further orders will
be referred direct to the exchange.
Lumber Camp Employment
to Be Double That of 1921
Portland, Ore., Jan. 21. Lumber
men in the. Pacific northwest have
announced that they will soon be
operating their lumber camps with
an employment double that of last
year.
The announcement was followed
by a feeling of optimism regarding
the unemployment situation in this
sectiori.
The lumbermen plan to operate
on such a large scale that they
even anticipate a shortage of labor
in some classes,
Farmers Union at Adams
Names Officers for Year
Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.)
The Adams Farmers' union held
its annual meeting and elected these
officers: President, John Stroman;
vice president, Henry Shoemaker;
secretary-treasurer, F. P. Perry;
business manager, Edgar Sims; di
rectors, Elmer Vix, M. C. Barmore,
Dave De Boer and Henry Aden.
Fair Associations Plan '
Intercounty Circuit
Beartice, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.)
County Agent Boyd Rist states
that a meeting of county fair asso
ciations of southeastern Nebraska
.will be held at Tecumseh to con
sider plans for forming an inter
county circuit. Definite dates for
coufity fairs will be decided at this
meeting.
Persia has no old maids.
More Stringent
Game Protection
Asked by Dakota
Value of Game Birds as Ene
mies of Insects Empha
sized at Meeting of Pro
tective Association.
' Huron, S. D., Jan. 21. More ttrin
gent game law for South Dakota
were urged by speaker at the meet
ing of the South Dakota Game and
Fish Protective association here re
cently, A closed a.-ason on prairie
chicken wa recommended by W
II. Over, curator of the museum of
the Univcrity of South Dakota, who
emphasized the value ot game bird
a insect eradicators, and urged that
every mean be taken to prevent
their extinction,
Tli nni.htirU law wli heartily en
tforsed by State Game Warden II. S.
tiedrick, who (aid tnat last year oniy
167 bucks were killed in South Da
kota, as compared with 450 buck
and does bagged two years ago. iie
atso said that a closed season on
muskrats would be necessary if these
fur-bearer were not to be rendered
extinct in the state. A 10-day open
season was recommended, instead cf
the all winter open season now permitted.
Farmers and hunters were urged
rot to allow dogs to run loose, a
they were said to be the worst ene
mies of game birds and small game
animals.
The rapid increase in the number
of pheasants, a species of game birds
not native to this state, but which
ha been successfully imported, was
favorably commented upon. Mr
Iledrick estimated that, in spite of
the fact that more than 2,000 cock
pheasants were taken this year in
Spink county, there weie' more of
these birds still there than there have
ever been of prairie chicken and
grouse combined.
The meeting also decided to ufl?e
that the minimum legal length for
pike caught in South Dakota waters
be increased to 12 or 14 inches, as the
taking of thousands of small pike re
cently has almost eliminated the big
fellows.
South Dakota Winter Rye
Condition Above Average
Watertown, S. D., Jan. 21. Winter
rye in South Dakota on December
1, 1921, was 95 per cent of a nor
mal, or 2.8 per cent above the aver
age condition throughout the nation,
according to the report issued by H.
O. Herbrandson, agricultural statis
tician for the district of South Da
kota. Accountable for this showing,
Mr. Herbrandson says, is the ex
cellent condition of soil and the
abundance of moisture during the
fall months.
Weather conditions likewise influ
enced the planting of a considerably
larger acreage to winter rye last fall
r.i . I . 1 , n-in r 1
man was pianixu in ivcu. o.nis in
crease amounts to 27,000 acres, Mr.
Herbranson's report shows, and
brings the total to 267,000 acres in
state.
Winter wheat likewise is said to be
in excellent" condition, being 92 per
cent of a normal as against 76 per
cent for the nation. The acreage
planted to this crop has increased
126 per cent over last aeason. There
are 120,000 acres of winter wheat in
this state. i
With the County Agents
OTOE COUNTY.
A. H. De Ionf. A tent.
Syr&cuss, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.)
Farmers of Rock Creek precinct met for
the consideration of agricultural extension
activities and election of precinct farm
bureau officers for the year. Fred Markel
was chosen chairman, Mrs. A. M. Durr,
vice chaiman. and Harry Gess, secretary.
After a brief discussion by the county
agent of tuberculosis work and other
county farm bureau activities, Mr. Gaines
delivered an address on general farm prob
lems. H reviewed briefly the two recent
farmers' conventions in this state; the
Farm Bureau federation meeting in Lin
coln and Farmers' Union at Omaha.
H. M. Wells, former poultry specialist
and now manager of the "Cedar Crest
Poultry Farm," near Auburn, stopped at
the farm bureau office en route home
from poultry week at the college of agri
culture, where he assisted with the class
es. Mr. Wells reports a good attendance
and keen Interest. Mrs. Paul Zahn and
Edna Miesbach were among those who at
tended from Otoa county.
Mrs. Tom Copenhaver request! millinery
work in her community, which has been
put on In various parts of the atate by
specialists from tho college of agriculture.
Mrs. Copenhaver states that 41 dress
forms have been made In her community
and the demand still continues, 18 addi
tional having been offered. Otoe, Burr
and a community east of Cook have re
quested the Osage precinct ladles to assist
them with the work.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Blair, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) A vig
orous campaign to line people up for
township area tuberculosis . eradication
testing is being conducted by the Wash
ington County Farm Bureau In order to
secure additional assistance from the fed
eral and state government. The Farm
bureau office is swamped with requests
fivm farmers all over the county for early
testing. Accordingly, they are being asked
to line up their townships by circulating
petitions. When SO per cent or more of
the farmers In a township are lined up,
the petitions will be forwarded to Lincoln
for approval.
Extra veterinarians will be assigned as
soon as possible, according to the assur
ances of Secretary Stuhr and Dr. C. H.
Hayes, At the present rate It will take
two years to test all the cattle In Wash
ington county. The townships In which
the campaign Is being pushed are Her
man, Fort Calhoun, De Soto, Grant and
Fontenelle.
Jim Nelson of Blair never had much
luck wKh his hens until after he started
to feed dry mash In a self feeder. After
attending a culling demonstration given
by the county agent he disposed ot some
of his boarder hens. Now he says he is
getting 40 eggs per day from 120 hens.
He also provides scratch feed, green feed
and oyster shell. He is not discouraged
by the recent drop In egg prices and be
lieves there is still a better chance for
profit from his hens than off any other
farm enterprise.
Two butchering demonstrations have
beea arranged In Washington county,
January 31 and February 1. Prof. Wilson
and Miss Green will show the latest and
best methods of doing farm butchering and
caring for the meat.
MADISON COUNTY.
B. A. Stewart, Agent.
Battle Creek. Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.)
Requests for culling demonstraUons are
coming tn regularly. Culling Is entirely
out of season because practlcaUy all bens
should be laying a little now or In the
near future. The only thing that should
be taken out at this time is the under
S'xed pullets. They can be detected first
by the crow-like head. This one marking
can quite generally be depended upon to
rank a bird as underweight. Lawt week a
llock at It ben were handled. Thirty-
seven were discarded because of being
under weight. Many of these apparently
were as large as any ot the hens but
when handled were found to be under.
developed. The only thing to do In case
of under development Is to junk them.
The following films will be shown In
neighborhoods where spraying demon
strations are to be held this spring: "A
Plant Disease and How it Spreads." and
"King Apple's Enemies." This first film
on disease was taken through a micro
scope. It shows how this minute organ-
turn develops in the plant. This develop'
ment Is not visible to the naked eye. The
particular disease pictured Is the rhu
barb blight. While It Is not directly re
lated to apples, or fruits, yet the simi
larity is such that it will give one
vivid picture of the development ot these
minute disease organisms in the plant
tissue. "King Apple's Enemies," is a sort
of fairy production showing the attack of
insects and fungi on tne "King or Fruits;"
their attack on King Apple Is repulsed
Spraying and dusting apparatus which
has been used to repel the insects and
fungi are shown.
SAUNDERS COUNTY.
Walter F. Boherts and Edith Cone,
Agents.
Wahoo, Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) A
farm account school will be held at the
regular Ithaca community meeting Janu
ary 27. The school will be under the di
rection of E. L. Taylor, extension spe
cialist. Household accounts will also be
discussed. ,
A community fair will be held at the
school house at Ceresco Monday. The
boys are cringing in corn for showing
and Judging and the girls are bringing
sewing and fancy work. A general par
ents' and children's meeting will be held
in the evening and the Saunders county
moving pictures and the state Boys' and
Girls' club week pictures will be shown.
Supt. F. H. Blacker Is planning the meet
ing. Three poultry demonstrations were
held during the past week, with a total
attendance of 60 and a total of S50 birds
culled. Out of that number 100 were
culled out. At one place a well marked
case ot tuberculosis was found. The
demonstrations were held at Frank Sem
ec's. Chapman precinct; Joseph Havelka's,
Elk precinct, and George Pollard's. Doug
las precinct. A culling demonstration will
be held at the John F. Thomas place, one
mile northwest of Yutan, Thursday.
Charles T. Cornman will be In the county
January 24 and 25 to aid in selecting
poultry breeding pens for the accredited
flock owners.
The butchering and meat canning dem
onstrations will be of interest to everyone
living near the farms on which they will
be held. M. B. Posson, extension special
ist, will have charge of the butchering
and meat cutting and Florence Atwood,
nutrition specialist, will have charge of
the canning and soap making.
The date of the Mead homemakers
meeting has teen changed from January
24 to January 25 and the meeting will be
held at the home- of Miss Lillian John
son. Miss Louise Murphy, health nurse,
will talk to the women.
The meeting of the Swedeburg group
has been postponed until January 25. Miss
Louise Murphy, health nurse, will talk to
the group at this time. The meeting will
be beld at the home of Mrs. F. A. Eliaaon.
Miss Louise Murphy will discuss weigh
ing and measuring of children with the
women ot the Eldeen club at Ashland
Thursday.
The Ithaca homemakers' group will
meet January 27 for a short session. This
is the day for the regular community
meeting. Mr. Taylor from the extension
service will discuss farm accounts and
borne accounts.
Sweet Clover
Good Builder on
Rundown Land
Expert Trill of Good Pointi o
Legume Source of nu
taut Through Decaying
Roots.
Maduon, Neb, Jan. 21. Sweet
clover is land builder and tinlike
many legumes, sweet clover will
make a good growth on soils too de
pleted in humus for profitable i
production, sayi I. M. Dawson, one
of the clover authorities of Ncbras
ka. bweet clover adds humus to the
sou by the decaying roots, togeih
er with the stems and stubbles,
...
wnn Piowea uncer. in common
with other legumes, it has the pow
er of fixing atmospheric nitrogen
by means of nitrogene Rathering
nactena in the nodules of the roots.
Mr Dawson declares.
Sweet clover is erowmo- in favor
for pasture, as it will pasture more
tnan double a many head to the
acre as the ordinary pasture because
it can be pastured late the first sea
son ana early in the second, writes
Mr. JJawson. "borne stock like it
from the first and others toon learn
to like it.
'A stand of sweet clover is much
easier obtained than alfalfa, as it is
hardier plant and can be sown
with a nune crop to cood advan
tagc. It will crow on coorer soil, in
drier land and will enrich the land
much Quicker than alfalfa.
13y rotating with sweet clover,
you can cover the whole farm in
few years without losing the use o!
any land, and in the meantime have
the best of pasture. The ordinary
quarter section does not nroduce
enougn manure earn season to cov
er 10 acres as it should be covered
lou can keep more stock because
you can have more and cheaper oas
ture land. It enables the farmer to
keen and milk more cows. It is one
of the finest honey plants in exist
ence.
"In 1918 I sowed 40 acres of stalk
ground to spring wheat, putting in
about five necks of seed to the acre.
I sowed 20 pounds of yellow sweet
clover on this same tract when the
wheat was disced. It yielded 12
bushels of spring wheat to the acre.
In 1919 I cut the first cron of c bv.
er for seed and threshed out six and
half bushels. Tart of this land was
sown to oats in the soring of 1920,
on top of the clover stubble, mak
ing 41 bushels to the acre, while
other land in the vicinity was mak
ing Zi to n bushels. Clover was
coming thick so I left it and in 1921
this oats land produced a voluntary
crop ot clover, which, cut tor seed
made 5.8 bushels. The balance of
the 1919 clover land was put to corn
in mo and to oats in 1921. both
crops doubling adjoining tracts.
Concerted Drive Made on
Sparrows at Ohio Capital
Columbus, O., Jan. 21.
Spirrowa to right of them.
Sparrows to left of them.
Volleyed and thundered.
Into the state house yard
Fell the six hundred.
The western front was again active
when several of the city s crackest
shots were ordered to shoot the spar
rows from the trees of the state
house yard.
Almost at the first shot. 100 per
sons gathered and within five min
t'tes, the west side of the capitol
grounds resembled the populace of a
small village defending itself from
the invasion of an enemy.
Advance guards of small boys
gathered up the bodies of the en
emies, the number of which the po
lice force may or may not be proud
of. Several women couldn't bear to
see the little birds fall and besides,
the noise of the rifles made them
nervous just like it did the spar
rows.
Few Dakota Doctors Now
"Prescribe" for Snake Bite
Washington, Tan. 21. South Da
kota has only seven physicians who
"prescribe" for rattlesnake bites, ac
cording to Federal Prohibition Di
rector Isaac Pearson, in a report to
Commissioner Haynes.
Furthermore, Mr. Pearson declar
ed that "there are almost no drunk
ards in the streets of towns in South
Dakota.".
Reports of liquor law violations
are few and far between, he said,
despite the low price of corn, "which
it was feared would tempt illicit dis
tilling."
Man, Held Up in Home, Puts
Bandit to Flight With Gun
Seaford, Del., Jan. 21. William E.
Keller, manager of a theater in
Bridgeville, was attacked as he en
tered his home by a highwayman,
who was in the house. The bandit
riealth Keller a blow on the head. In
one hand Keller held the day's re
ceipts at his theater and 'with the
other hand he pulled a revolver, fir
ing at the highwayman, who dealt
Keller a second blow. Keller con
tinued firing. The highwayman fled
without obtaining the money.
Co-Operative Exchange
Sells $164,000 in Cattle
Corning, la., Jan. 21. (Specials
Ten thousand head of livestock,
which brought $164,000 when sold,
were shipped by the Corning Co
operative exchange during the last
year.
The exchange did a total business
amounting to $200,000. A dividend
of 8 per cent was paid on the capital
stock of $2,500.
A. B. Lewis aud Bert James have
been re-elected president and secre
tary respectively.
Cass County Farm Agent
Has Salary Cut One-Third
Atlantic. Ia.. Jan. 21. (Special.)
L. K. Bennett, for the last two years
county agent of the Cass County
Farm bureau, has been re-elected at
a salary one-third less than what he
has been receiving. His new salary
will be $2,000 a year -with 10 cents
per mile additional for travel. Coun
ty. Agent Bennett has not sigmheu
whether he will accept re-clcction.
"Slow Up" Warn Doctors;
Heart Disease Increasing
Don't Rush; Rest Often; Masticate Food Thorough'
Iy; Don't Worry; Sleep Much; Avoid Bootleg
Liquor, and Above AU, Smile,
Plead Specialists.
By CLAUDE R. COLLINS.
New York. Jan. LM. Watch your
heart! Heart dneaie Is increasing at
an alarming rate throughout the
United Stales. It cauted mure deaths
during the year past than any other
ailment
I New York. Chicago, Philadelphia.
notion and ban t ranciico and other
large cities are hitting the pace that
kin.
Kunninar ud subway stent. eraH
bing quick lunches and eating them
hastily; remaining out until (he wee
iiour of the morning, then ruiluug
madly down to business in packed
subway trains; failure to rent at fre
quent intervals, all are straining hu
man Hearts bevond endurance and
killing off city dwellers at an alarm
ing rate.
Death Report Cited.
Heart disease killed annroximatelv
twice as many people in New York
during 1921 as any other disease. The
city's death report for the last 12
months shows that 12,000 persons
have died of heart ailments. This
is an increase of 664 deaths over the
two preceding years.
ihis figure, it is believed, will
compare materially with those of
other large cities throuchout the
country for 1921.
A dire menace in this new condi
tion is seen by Dr. Royal S. Cope
land, health commissioner of New
York city, and other noted heart
specialists.
Dr. Coneland declares the menace
due to the fact that New Yorkeri art
always in a hurry. He said:
'J here can be no doubt that the
condition under which the people live
in this city, as well as in other met
ropolitan centers, is conducive to
heart disease. Every one is on the
run. We run up subway stairs two
steps at a time and continue to hurry
so all day long.
"A man stands twice to every time
he sits, due to the crowded means of
transportation in subway, elevated
and railway trains and trolley cars.
Why the average city dweller is
nervous even in repose!
Swallows Meals Hastily.
"From the time lie arises until
he goes to bed he is on the go. lie
swallows his meals hastily and at
night after a long ride in the sub
ways and in the after theater jam. he
goes home utterly exhausted, having
failed to get a minute's rest through
out the day."
Frenzied finance, placing the em
phasis on "frenzied," also is blamed
by Dr. Copeland for considerable of
the increase in heart ailments.
He. continued:
"This is the financial center of the
world. The average eitutit his an
interest in the stock quotations.
Many of Ihrm speculate, llui man
nrr of living Irads to undue i'mui
on the heait. Heart diieate, so far
as mcresie Is concerned, II the
wont we have In the city.
Threatens Everyone,
Dr. S. D. Hubbard, city director
of public health education, warns
that heart dioeate threatens in some
manner the life of practically every
one. I. wig and Irregular working
hours, improper food and Irregular
meals, failure to masticate food aud
the inevitable rush of the average
American is blamed br this snecul
in for the life productive of heart
ungate.
Dr. HubbarJ said:
"How few persons chew what they
put into their mouths. They know
that overloading the stomach with
unmaitirated food causes fermenta
tion and creates toxins which affect
the sensitive organs of the body, yet
they disregard these things. The
ever increasing- means of rapid coin
mtiniration ami transportation, auto
mobiles, wirele, the increasing
stresses and strains of life: lack of
co-ordination, of relaxation, is caus
ing the increase in heart ailments.
Lie Down More.
"Frenueut nhvsiral examination
by experts would do much to arrest
heart troubles and prolong life.
Were any of the epidemic diseaes
to reap the harvest of deaths that
heart disease does, the attention of
the world would be aroused and im
mediate steps taken to curb this in
creased menace."
Dr. C. Harlan Wells.' heart soe-
cialist cf national fame, says:
"If business men would lie down
more they would avoid heart dis
ease. Increased deaths due to weak
hearts are cause bv the prolonged
strain of busines life."
Dr. Louis F. Bishoo. heart meelal.
ist and clinical professor of Fordham
University School of Medicine, who
is an anthority on arterio-sclerosis,
scouts the idea that heart diseases
can be cured iu advanced stages. He
says:
Palpitation nroduced bv some
chemical poison in the blood may be
corrected by the introduction of
chemical salts in the blood to coun
teract this ooison. hut other reme
dies are most uncertain."
Don't rush. Rest as frequently as
possible. Select a more wholesome
diet of good, solid, old fashioned
foods. Masticate what you eat
thoroughly. Don t worry. Get
plenty of sleep. Don't drink bootleg
liquor. And above all, smile. These.
experts agree, are the chief cures and
eaminants of heart disease.
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Mates Should
Share Battles,
Says Preacher
"Don't Be Cross Same Time
as Wife Is," Urges Baptist
Parson Advocating
Marriages.
Chicago, Tan. 21. The smoothest
road to nuptial bliss and the one
road that leads to happiness in the
home is a 50-50 agreement between
husband and wife, under which
neither husband nor wife holds a
monopoly on family arguments.
split em uo evenly and distribute
them throughout the year and the
results will prove miraculous.
lake this from the Rev. Carl D.
Case, pastor of a Chicago Baptist
church. Rev. Mr. Case offers a
few suggestions to aid in the reali
zation of marital happiness, among
which are the following:
Don t be cross at the same time
your wife is. Wait your turn.
Score a point by keeping still.
Ihe man who makes his wife bee
for spending money is worse than
an infidel.
"Don't delay marriage until you
have made a fortune. You deprive
your wife of half of the joys of
married life. ;
"A marriage may be made in
heaven, but it can be moved to hell
in a day and one person can move
it. " I
"Courtship should be continuous.
Many a man is more gracious to '
some other man's wife than his own.
man impressive in business may
be oppressive at home.
A man who expects his wife to
be purer than himself should be
watched by his ' business partner.
Double standards have a habit of re
peating.
livery man should marry unless
he conscientiously cannot. It is only
the fool who says:
The happiest life that ever was
led is always to court and never to
wed.
One-Armed Man Can Play-
Violin with New Device
During the medical exhibition in
Central hall, Westminster, London,
demonstration was given which
showed the great possibilities of a
new artificial arm.
This appliance, shown in the Pop
lar Mechanics magazine, makes it
possible for a person who has lost
one arm to do almost anything
which he was able to do betore h:s
loss.
The principal feature of the dem
onstration was the playing of a
violin by a one-armed man.
War Vessels Sell Cheaper
Than Jitneys at Auction
Paris, Tan. 21. War vessels sold
cheaper than jitneys at the auction
sale at Cherbourg.
Several buyers obtained torpedo
boats at $1,800 each, while super-
torpedo boats brought in some
cases as low as $1,200.
The" buyers were private indi
viduals who will turn the vessels
into yachts. Only two vessels were
purchased by steel firms for
scrap.
French Naturalization
Law Alarming Italians
Rome, Jan. 21. The French gov
ernment decree to the effect that all
foreigners in Tunis may continue to
remain there only on the condition
that they take out naturalization
papers and become French citizens,
is causing a great deal of apprehen
sion in Italy, for there are about
100,000 Italian citizens in that French
colony who might be faced with the
dilemma of abandoning either their
citizenship or the land in which they
have immense interests.
The assurance given by Premier
Briand that the decree will not be
applied as far as Italian citizens are
concerned is not sufficient, it seems,
to remove the apprehension in. some
political circles and in certain sec
tions of the press, for it is feared
that the existence of such a decree
is very dangerous to the Italian resi
dents in Tunis, for it may at a future
date be applied also to them.
Huge Sword Torn From
Grip of Bismarck Statue
Berlin, Jan. 21. Bismarck has lost
his huge sword.
Vandals tore the weapon from
the grip of the iron fist of the gi
gantic bronze statue of the chan
cellor which stands in front of the
reichstag building.
The nationalist newspapers are
greatly incensed by the indifference
the present government displays
following these acts of vandalism on
the national monuments. The great
laurel wreaths of bronze were taken
from the statues of Emperor Wil
liam I and Frederick the Great.
In the famous Siegesallee Tiefgar-
ten bronze decorations have been re
peatedly broken out of the numer
ous monuments there and carried
away.
Bill to Make Mexico Dry
Introduced in Congress
Mexico City, Jan. 21. There has
just been sent to congress a bill in
tended to ultimately do away with
the business of liquor selling and
drinking throughout Mexico. This
bill is more extensive than it was
supposed it would be from previous
reports of it, since it provides for the
cessation of the cultivation of all
plants now being raised with the ex.
press purpose of making from them
aicoholic liquors. It also provides
tor the prohibition ot the use oi
other plants now not used for this
purpose as substitutes for the extrac
tion of alcohol in however small
quantities. The object of the bill is
to rapidly kill the sources of supply
for alcoholic liquors.
Cheap European
Money Forces
Up Beer Prices
Only Millionaire ia Austria
Can Enjoy PiInrr-2),.
000 Crowni for 22
Gallon.
By KARL II. VON WIEUAND.
Berlin. Jan. 21. American orohU
bltion, together with the d'-ujmiir
of the German mark and AukUian
crotsn, have had a devastating effect
upon the onre flourishing
trade of the I'iUner breweries
hernia and Moravia, now con
pant of t reho-Movakia.
Over I .OoO.oiiO fallout of t'
In a- fluid was exported into (i
before the war. Auttria-ll
consumed the same amour
50fl,tX)0 gallon were shipped
the Atlantic.
All Luxuries Barred
After Germany' econon
bade, drastic Hrpj were t
bar cut all articles of luxury,
these being I'iUner hetr, lv ttaiMng
the duty from !X to trV
for 100 gallons. A hectolitie,
gallons of I'iUner delivered a
German frontier now coU a
1.400 marks, or about four time
orice of cenuine "Muenchner."
As a consequence of this the
popular 1'ilsiicr hat now diappo
from the repertoire of the Gvf
neer addict. 1 o make matters o
Germany hat turned the tablet ui
its neighbor and is exporting
creased auantitiet of its home-mai
brewt into Czecho-SIovakia.
Nectar for Millionaire.
At far at Austiia it concerned
only a millionaire can indulge u
the' luxury of a glast of Tilsner, now
that a hectolitre costt 20.000 crowns
at the brewery, in addition to the
high duty on this article wlucli tne
Austrian government requires shall
be paid in effective gold crowns.
The 23 large breweries in Czecho
slovakia, whose production amounts
to 4,000,000 gallont annually, are now
taking steps to "freeze out" the 454
smaller plants by cutting prices and
thus consolidating their own inter
ests as far as the home trade is con
cerned.
Public Works to Give Many
Jobless Men Employment
Br Tbs Associated Tress.
Washington Jan. 21. Several hun
dred thousand more men will be em
ployed on public works this winter
than last year, it was estimated by
Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of the
standing committee of the national
conference on unemployment.
Considerable outdoor work has
been planned for this winter, he de
clared,' even in the most northerly
parts of the coutry. Among the
states now doing highway work,
he said, are Alabama, Illinois,
Kansas, . Kentucky, Minnesota, Ne
braska, New Jersey North Carolina,
Rhode Island, Washington and West
Virginia, while winter bridge build
ing is going ahead in Delaware, Illi
nois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Geologists See Good Oil
Field in Lower California
Mexico City, Jan. 21. The Mexi
can official geologist, Miguel Bust
amante, who has been examining the
state of Lower California for indica
tions of oil, reports to the Mexican
government that the Pacific coast
state promises to rival Vera Cruz as
a producer of petroleum.
The strata formation and the oil
indications are almost identical with
those of upper California. Busta
rr;ante believes that the oil runs out
imdcr the Pacific, so that it may be
found in the adjacent islands, some
of which are mere points on the
ocean. He estimates the depth of
the oil at from 1,600 to 2,600 feet, as
the levels of the different formations
are very irregular on account of the
volcanic structure of the peninsula.
American Shoes Flooding
Mexico; Cheaper Than Here
Mexico City, Jan. 21. American
shoes of many makes are flooding tho
country. These are being sold cheap
er here than in the United States
when cost of transportation and cus
toms duties are deducted. This is
causing great uneasiness to the shoo
factories, the owners of which are at
tempting to secure a heavy import
tax against American shoes. They
have- threatened that, if this tax is
not granted, they will be compelled
to cut the wages of the laborers. And
the laborers have petitioned the gov-
ernment to protect them by granting
the import tax. American shoes are
better than the native cheap shoes,
and so have better sale. This seem
to be where the shoe pinches.
Farmer Dies From Beating;
Police Suspect Bandits
Salisbury, Md., Jan. 21. Leonard
W. Belote, 35, prominent farmer and
business man, of Accomac county.
Virginia, was found in his coal shed
in Talsey badly battered about the
head and in an unconscious condi
tion. Shortly after the discovery he
died. The motive of the crime is
thought to have been robbery.
23,000 Men Out of Work
in State of Washington
Seattle. Wash- Jan. 21. There are
25,000 men out ci work in the sUte
of Washington, according to W. C.
Carpenter, special representative of
the United states employment ser
vice
Explorer Finds 30-Carat
Stone in South America
New York, Jan. 21. William J,
La Verre, formerly engaged in ex
ploration for the Smithsonian insti
tution and Harvard university, ar
rived from South America on tho
Vestris with a 30-carat stone, the
largest diamond ever found in the
western hemisphere. The stone,
now awaiting appraisal by custom
officials, will have to be halved be
cause of a flaw.
The diamond was discovered in
the Kurupung river. It is the chief
prize obtained by La Verre after a
prospecting trip of several months
that have brought conflicts with
hostile natives and loss of supplies in
swollen streams.
New York's Oldest Man, 107,
on Job Daily as Gateman
New York, Jan. 21. Although
107, and the oldest man in New
York, James Murray, even in mosf
severe weather, is daily at his post
as gate keeper at Trinity cemetery,
between 154th and 155th streets.
For more than 50 years the vener
able centenarian has guarded the
Amsterdam avenue gate and the one
dark cloud on his otherwise sunny
disposition is due to two days of ab
sence recently because of a fall.
In ancient Babylon all girls as
soon as they were marriageable were
put up at auction and sold. The
price obtained for the most beautiful
ones was assigned as a dowry for
Ajthe homely ones.