Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1900, Page 16

VALUABLE CROPS I 10WA Final Report for 1900 of the Iowa Weather and Orop Eervice, FARM PRODUCTS WORTH IMMENSE SUM $220,000,- 000, the Figurea Show What Dec. 8.—(Special.)—lowa farmers never had a better year in all the history of the state. The total value of the crop of 1900, Including vegetables and hay and the pasturage, is $220,805,068. These are the figures given by the lowa weather and erop service under the direction of Prof. John R. Sage. His final report, published today, covers the whole ground. The corn crop is the big thing. The yield per acre is ahead of any former year siuce record was kept. Nine years ago the yleld was thirty- elght bushels, and it was the same In 18 but was rafsed one bushel per acre in 1895 Last year it was 36.3 bushels. The average for the decade was 32.2. This year the yleld goes up to 40.3 bushels. The average total yield for the decade was 252,664,170 bushels. This year It {s 10,000,000 bushels larger than the big crop of 1891 The yleld of wheat is 14.3 bushels per acre, or three-tenths more than the average for the decade. Only twice in the decade, n 1891 and 1898, has the total yleld of wheat | been greater. The crops of other grains also average up well in quantity and the valuo is immense. In only two crops is there reported a net loss in value and broom corn. This is more than made up in sweet potatoes, which are this year for the first time given a separate plac Detalls of the R The full report on crops and crop values follows: Final reports for the season have heen d from crop correspondents of the cather and Crop Service, showing erage ylold of staple farm produrts and the average prices obtainable therefor the farms on or about Decomber 1. A preliminary estimate was compiled from reports recelved October 1 and by compar- fon 1t wil be noted that the figures rela- tive to corn yleld have bee i-ed on pervative lines, making due allowanc lonses resulting from unfavorable we during the harvesting season. The ve been tabulated by lowing 15 n. al summary for the state Wheat—T 1 of winter wheat on a reduced acreage years appears to be 1,018, o of 12.3 bush: rt. he total w 0 bushels n average of 143 per acre. Tha erage home value of &pring wh 18 60 cents and winter whe bushel, making the total of the wheat crop $12,- 9,871 Corn—The carefully revised figures made last June showed the area of corn planted this year to bo 8618600 acres. The returns of the harvest show remarkable uniform- ity In_the output of the crop in the diffe ent sections of the state, the average per acre for the several countles ranging from thirty-five to forty-thre bushels. There sixty-three counties eredited with an aevrage yleld of forty to forty-three bush. The total product of t 056,M0 bushels. The averige bushels for the state. d the value of D 3,164,800, I'ully ourths of the crop wil be' consumed within the state, and the amount realized therefor will be Inrlvliv In excess of the current prices at the close of the harvest Oats—Average vield per acre, 3.7 els; total product, 0 bushels; valuo of the crop at average price of 30 cents per bushel, $27,766,166. Rye--Amount harvested, 1,621,630 bushels; verage per acre, 16.6 bushels; ‘value, 3807, at the average of 43 cents per bushel, Barley—Amount produced, 12,606,200 bush: els—an average of 2.3 per acre. Current farm price, 3 cents per bushel; value of fixsied Ay feld 11.7 xsoed--Average ylo acre, 11 hu’!{r ;_amount harvi llpd.p.;. 2,980 bush- K&ermbulhfl. bush- si.80 o i, product, Price of 40 ala; average price. abo making total value of c Potatoes—Aver ¥ bushela per acre: total bushels: total value at average cents per bushel, $4,34 o Total yleld, 3, average r acre, 1.4 tons; value average of $6.50 per ton, $23, Hay (wl'd)—Amount cut, 050 tons; value, about 8 por ton, making' the tofas value The average - yleld was about one ton per acre. Buckwheat he estimated buckwheat harvested was about bushels valued at $144,000, Timothy Beed—Yield about 3.8 bushe acre; value of product cstimated at § Cloverseed—Estimated value of $350,000. Sorghum—Estimated value, $275,000. )!ruum‘t ll’l; .:4‘|Im.lnwlk vu|;u>,l l& ), 000, Corn Fodder—In shock and flelds, worta $9,500,000. Pasturage—Estimated value, $30,000,000, Btraw and other forage, worth $1,000,000, Frultsa and Vegetables—Estimated value, $8,500,000, Average price of wool, 18 cents per pound, The reports show thdt the average price of milch cows s $3, and horses $10 per head. The percentage of loss of hogs by cholera s materially less than In recent cars, though in numerous localitles the isease has raged with much virulence, 1t 18 impossible to make a rellable estimate of the losses by countles or for the state at large. Tal amount of 180,000 per 00 erop, ated Crop Summary. Yield Fn|rm per values Crops. acre. ‘Winter wheat, bu. 13.3 Spring wheat, bu.. 14.2 ‘orn, b . Oats, bu Rye.' bu Barley, bu. Flax, bu..... Fotatoes, bu. . Hay (tame), tons. Hi (wild), tons.. Buckwheat, bu... Timothy seed, bu. Cloverseed, bu . Sorghum, Broom corn Corn fodder. Pasturage .. Straw and Total 9,010 1,530,050 180,000 other * Christmas Price $5.00 and up Nothing will brighten up your home like & genuine TALKING MACHINE. Fun un Itmited in making records of your family or friends. Let us furnish you with a book- let on “How to Give a Phonograph Party. We carry over fifty thousand of the latest and brightest records. Come in and let us play any of them for you FREE. 1621 Farnam St. 308 S. 17th St. Phone 1958, Open Evenings. sorghum | forage Frults and vegeta- bles Bweet 4,000,000 8,600,000 potatoes by Total The Increment geined by converting sofl producta Into beef, pork, mutton, dary and poultry prodacts, horses, ete., will add ma- terlally to the above showing of the value of the 95, REVIEWS THE UNIONS’ WORK Executive Council of Federa of Labor Reports on the Year's Genernl Show! LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 8.—~The first bus- iness of today's session of the American Federation of Labor convention was the presentation of the report of the executive council through Second Vice President Duncan, reviewing the action of national and interdational unfons for the last year. The report criticised the failure of the Georgla legislature to pass the child labor bill and recommend rencwed efforts at the next session; criticised the treatment of the street railway employes in St. Louls during the strect raliway strike in that city; the action of La Ressitencia of Tampa, Fla., and reaffirmed the right of American citizens to work without hindrance; cites the reduction of tho working hours of gran- ite cutters to elght hours and increased average whges 16 2-3 per cent in the United States and Canada. The report was referred. An appeal from the Federation of Labor of Porto Rico was read, for freedom of eech, assembly and press, and that a cmmittee visit the island for the purpose of investigation and organization. A tele- gram from the Women's Christian Temper- ance union asking assistance {n putting down the liquor traffic was also read. A resolution was adopted fixing the limit of time to June 1, 1901, for the expulsion of dual and seceding local organizations by the Chicago Federation of Labor and other central bodies. Action on the report of the committee on resolutions resulted in the adoption of a resolution instructing the federation to assist the International Asso- clation of Machinists in bringing ahout a change In the department rules whereby there shall be but one class under which machinists are employed, who shall recelve the standard rate of wages. A resolution was also adopted Instruct- ing the state branches of the federation in ach state to petition the legislature for a change in the constitution providing for the submlission to the people of constitu- tional amendments on petition of voters, and Instructing the executive council to ask for like amendments to the federal constitu- tlon. A recess was taken ue:!l afternoon, The greater portion of the afternoon ses- sion was taken up by the formal presenta- tion of Fraternal Delegates John Wier, general secretary of the Fiteshire Miners' Association of Scotland; President Turran of the General Federaticn of Trade Unions of Great Britain, and David A. Carey of the Canadian Trades Union council, and a short response by President Gompers. Walter Vrooman, founder of Ruskin hall in Oxford, England, and Trenton, Mo., made an address in bebalf of the move- ment. A resolution was adopted in response to the greeting of the Woman's Christlan Temperence union at Washington, that the Federation accept the good will of that body and “extend hearty co-operation in the good work in which it is engaged,” and asking that the Woman's Christian Tem- perance union in turn manifest sympathy with organlzed labor by giving patronage to unlon labels in every trade. Joha A. Hunter, who was one of the fra- ternul delegates to the last British Trades Unlon congress, then read his report as such delegate. Under suspension of the rules adjournment was taken until Mon- day morning. FACULTY DISSOURAGES THEM Hends of Yale University Advise Dis- continuance of Sophomore Socle- les and Publish Resolutions. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 8.—The fol- lowing preamble and 1esolutions, adopted by the Yale faculty, are published today® Whereas, It appears that the changes suggesied In the sophomore soclety sys'cm are tnadequate to do away with the cvils which have existed in the college, and, Whereas, Mor® radical alterations have been représented by the conferces of the #ocleties to be impracticabla; Resolved, That in the opinton of the the exigencles of the case make termination of the existence of the nt organization inevitable; ved, That prompt action on the part s themselves, looking toward ermination will best pave the way for a reorganization of the whole soclety system, In the interests of the coilege. President Hadley made the following statement in connection with the resolu- tions: 1. The feeling against sophomore so- whose special Intonsity was repre- as something peculiar to the class of 1900, proves to be no less strong In the class of 1801, also. This makes impossible the acceptance by the college public of a plan framed In the name of the sophomore socleties and contemplating their perpetua- n in thelr present organized forms ‘Communieations have been recelved from large numbers of graduate members of the socletles indicating that the faculty would not have thelr support, or even the approval of these graduates {n attempting to arrange for the perpetuation of the so- cletles. It is not expected that, as a result of the resolution, the socleties would be abolished, but simply that they would die a natural death by not being permitted to take in new members. The action was forced upon tho faculty not by any offense on the part of the socleties themselves, but by the {nterest of the college as a whole. facult tho pres Re: CHANNEL NOT DEEP ENOUGH $t. Louls Merchants Ask Goverument to Expend $1,000,000 a Year for Five Years on Mississippl. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 8—President 0. L Whitelaw of the Merchants exchange has appointed a_committee consisting of Messrs. Chbris Sharp, John A. Ockerson and Henry R. Whitmore to visit, Washington for the purpose of appearing before the rivers and harbors committee to secure, it possible, appropriation of §1,000,000 a year for five years for the improvement of the Mississippi river between St. Louls and the mouth of the Ohio river. Captain Burr of the engineers' corps, in charge of this stretch of the rivor, states that 1f this appropriation 1s secured he can guarantee an elght-foot channel during all sceeons of the year. APPOINTS ADVISORY BOARD Conference of Rallroad Executives Selects Consulting Committee for All of the Interests Concerned NEW YORK, Chronicle today says. 1t s understood that the conference of executive officers of western, northwestern and southwestern _railroad companics, which has been In sesslon this week, took an important step vesterday by appolnting an advis committee of representatives of leading’ financial Interests In all the great properties of the companies repre- sented. entiemen who will form the commitie bhe not only those affording financlal support, but also those who rep- esont in a large way the security holders, hoso Interests are affected by rate wars Erowing out of rebates, private concession ret contracts and other similar method for securing trafic, which are prohibited by the interstate commerce law. Dec. 8.—The Financial Sixty Years in Penitentinry. COLLINS, Mo, Dec, 8.—Anthony Poor, who Tast June killed John Adams’for his money while they were enroate overland to Oklahomn, was today found Kuilty of murder in the second degree and his pun- Ishment assessed at sixty years in the penl- tentlary, STATE WILL SHOW ITS WARES| Agricultural Scolety Will Make Corn| Feature of Exhibitions, LEGISLATURE ASKED TO SUPPLY FUNDS| Other Societien in the State Will He Appenled to in Interest of ¢ lant Showing at Buftalo and Elsewhere, The Douglas County Agricultural soclety met yesterday afternoon and elected offi- rs for the cnsuing year. J. Waterloo was the choice of the soclety for president. Charles Witte of Elkhorn was clicsen vice president, G. W. Hervey of urer. The question of bonds for the secretary and treasurer was discussed, the declsion being that in the future a guaranty bond be required, Instedd of personal security, as has been the custom. The president was delegated to represent the soclety at the next annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture at Lin- coln. G. W. Fox of Bengon and Willlam C. Pe- terron of South Omaha were awarded $25 and $15 respectively for having had the best exhibits from a quarter section of sugar beets. The members of the society are actively engaged in plans to have elaborate corn exhibits at the expositions in Buffalo in 1601 and in St. Louls in 1902. A resolution hae been passed declaring it to be the senti- of the state and as advertisement will bring settlers and result in a greater area of tilled land, it will be opportune for thé legislature to provide for corn exhibits at the two American expositions mentioned. Money for Exhibits, In this connection the society decided to appeal to' the leglslature to appropriate $10,000 to cover the expense of getting up and malutaining the exhibits. The plan as far as outlined is to interest the other state sccleties for the advancement of various agricultural pursuits to the extent of in- Aucing them to appoint delegates to frame an appropriation bill to be submitted to the legislature. Delegates to the meeting of the State Bqard of Agriculture will dis cuss the project at length Monday at Lin- coln. Detalls of the exhibits have not been arranged, as the enterprise s still in an inciplent state. Many who are interested in the agricultural progress of Nebraska are aware that little has been done under the popocratic administration to boom its Interests In this respect and they are anxious now to make amends as far as poesible. Their idea is to arrange for exhibits different and better than any that have been made in the past and to have them exclusively of corn, on account of the oxpense and because all the other in- dustries are, in a way, dependent upon that product. EXPERTS PASS ON BOY'S AGE Youth with an Unknown Birt Presents a Problem to Judge Baker's Court. A youth clad in the shabblest garments imaginable, but wearing a one-carat dia- mond ring, furnished a problem In criminal court that required the wit and ingenuity of experts o solve. It was necessary to ascer- tain the lad's age and before a satistactory estimate was made several attorneys, a bar- ber, a veterinary surgeon and a judge had passed judgment unsuccesstully. The boy is known to the police as “Doc” Silcote. He was before Judge Baker on the charge of having stolen 284 pounds of bullion from a treight car on a Union Paclfic sidetrack near the smelter. When arralgned Silcote entered a plea of not gullty. His attorney informed the court that he desired to withdraw the plea and admit bis guilt. If he were of legal age, as alleged in the complaint, the admisston of guilt would send him to the penitentiary, otherwise he would escape with the reform school. “‘Doctor,’ come here,” commanded court. “How old are you?" “I never knew,” replied the lad. “It's going to be hard work to tell this | boy's age,” observed the court. “Do any of the complainants know anything about him Detective Vizzard of the Union Pacific Rallroad company attempted to prove that Slicote has been steallng so long he must be more than 16, but the court would not accept deductions for evidence. One of the attorneys then jokingly made a remark that was taken seriously. “There is & man skilled in horsecraft,” he said, pointing to a veterinary surgeon among the spectators. “Bring him up,” instructed the judge, “and let's see if he can give us a clue.” The veterinary expressed the opinion that Silcote s more than 16, as he had several teeth youpgsters do not enumerate among their molars, As a precedent for expert testimony had been established an attorney for the defense asked leave to call a barber from the crowd to express an expert opinion on Silcote’s beard. The barber thought he must be younger than 16, The court ruled finally that under degal age and cannot be penitentiary. He will be term in the reform school. + the Silcote 1s nt to the sentenced to a oman’s ork Though tomorrow's meeting of the Woman's club is scheduled as the annual business meeting, the following program has been arranged in case there is any time after the adjustment of the many matters that are to come before the club: “Cireu- lating Libraries,”” by Mesdames Towne and Belden; “The Property Rights of Women in Nebraska,” by Mrs. Mary Andrews; violin solo, by Miss Edith Dumont; recitation, by Miss Lillian Fitch. It 1s doubtful If there will be time for the entire program, however, as several ques- tlons involying discussion arc to be brought up. The papers of Mesdames Andrews, Towne and Belden, for that reason, cannot be heard, as they have been prepared with great care and upon subjects of great in- terest to the women. Under the direction of Miss Helen Wood- small, physical director of the Young Women's Christian assoclation, the gym- | astum 1s soon to take up, ns a speclalty, some Swedish folk dances that are weird and fantastic, several of them having origl- nated 500 years ago. Miss Woodsmall has made a cereful study of these dances and deserves much credit for her enterprise in introducing them In Omaha so soon. They were taught in th1§ country not two years ago for the first time and then by Miss Anne L. Barr, Instructor and director of the women's gympasium of the University of Nebraska, who gave them to a few classes Twa years ago there was a soclety formed in Sweden for the purpose of reviving as much possible all the old songs and | dances of the provinces. Committees seut THE OMAHA DAILY R. Watts of | Omaha, secretary, and D. H. Christie, treas- | ment that as corn is the standard product | o BEE: SUNDAY, HANDSOME fointed dolls—dr: tancy sk and satin, with bonnet to match, 144 bisque face, long curls, moving eyeés BAUTIFUL fo to match, blsque INE moving eyes long curls, s 9 Kid body dolls—20 moving e . long curls can be ¢ mbed i85 inches high, trimmed with lace, wE plete | of the amiths DECEMBER 9 have the only com- line Baskets In the city, comprises ail st shape both import tle, and prices— | i 5¢ to $9.85 QUR Sewelry and silver- | 'ware department fs full of all the latest novelties gold prices what the jewelers ask. At one-haltf 1900, n lace-trimmed, inches high, 48 ted dolls—16 inches high, ed In ‘Tancy silks and satins, hat c C inches high ointed at hip and knee, bisque fa m ... 91.28 BEAUTIFUL all jointed dolls—papier mache body, bisque face, with shoes and stockings, pretty lawn d THE 99C STORE, woven hair, | (Other dolis up to $15.00 ¢ nmoth invoice of Xmas ather goods just re- Our 1 for ' the hollday the We have shopping all sizes, I bags, ¢ ases, pocket d and domes- | books, in ' genuine seal, snake, 10c to $4.95 of QUR line of Toftet Setn 18 one of which we are very proud. Nothing is more appropriate for a Xmas gift, and we ha them n all the newest styles from— and silver- half of 76c to $4.05. 10c to $1.08. ? rC Cut Glass & Lamp dept we've Ko many beaut! ful Xmas hat must be see [ preciated. ¥ la not fail to his dept. before purchas ing. Wo q o few prices below D ECORATED Lamp, mplete with hade (ke cut) petunia blos. soms, in pi cream and yellow leaves, and stems 05¢ dark green A BEAUTIFUL high . BT ' Xun{‘- " mi orcelain dinher. set, 100 pleces. We wel Phese far below thelr value, and Justthink ten styles to sel $9.90 from. ... v “eseisaey HIN Austrian China Tea Cups and Sai- T and Fruit 10¢ Others up to T HE latest China Vases, Royal Worceater finish, crown derby finieh, mala- chete and many other new styles . e Others up to $10.00. I purchasing our Xmas Plctires we were ex- ceptionally fortunate. We bought them for much less than the usual prices, and we are giving the benefit. Framed ple- tures from— 5¢ to $9.85 HY pay fancy prices for "your pleture frames, ‘when you can get one of the best selec tions in the city at our store and at prices about halt of what others ask. At one-half QUR holiday books and stationery are now on display a'nd comprise everything that I8 new. Our prices are the lowest Be wure to see our initial stationery— 25¢ a Box. UR dlsplay of holiday fans is very attractive a1 d from which you can #elect dainty and ac present” at a trifiing cost. We have them from— 25c¢ to $5.00 200 to 98, ~ RECOMMENDS THE REVISION Preabyterian, Committee Concludes That Confessional Statements Should Have a New Word WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—After two hours' deliberation today the Presbyterian commit- tee concluded its discussion of the revision ot the Westminster confession of faith and adjourned. The committee found on exam- fnation of the returns from the presbyterles the following fact 1. That the returns plainly indicate that @ charch uesires some changes in its statement The re indicate plainly that no change 1s desired which would in any way impair th »grity of the system of doc- trine contalned in the confession of fafth. . The roturns also indicate that a large plurality desires that changes should be made by some new statement of present doctrines. he returns also indicate a desire upon the part of many presbyteries for some re- vislon of the present confession. 5. It was therefore unanimously agreed by the committes to recommend to the general assembly that some revision or change be made In our confessional state- ments, Substantial but not final agreement was reached as to the method of preparing chunges embodying both revision and sup- plemental statément, but the determining of the whole matter was deferred to a sub- #equent meeting. The committee will meet in this city on February 12 next to finally prepare its state- ment to the general assembly in May. PRINCETON, Dec. 8.—The Rey. Henry Van Dyke, member of the committee on re- vislon of the Presbyterian creed, made a statement today in which he sald that the revision must surely come. Dr. Van Dyke sald: The idea that thers any misunder. standing at the meeting of the committ at Washington 18 an_ aorolute mistake The committee was appointed first of al to get light from th, at large or the subject of the g f the Prev Eyterlan doctrine of standard and to st gest the best 1iode by which such am ment could be accomplished. The mittee unanimously found ii yond the shacow of a doupt that whelming majority of the church favor of some such amcndment. They were united also in their judgment thit the church did not desire to supplant or set aglde the Washington conterence, but only to modify In some way some ot it statements, and possibly to do this Ly the addition of a briefer statement con- e out for this purpose found that nearly every province had its own peculiar costume and dance. These were at once taught in the schools of Stockholm for recreation, and Miss Barr, being there at that time, learned them and brought them to this country, go- Ing through a few of them at Chautauqua that summer. com- Nt bhe- nov was in “The Relgn of Taw” was the chief dis- cussion of the department of ethics and philosophy of the Woman's club on Tues- day. The harmony of ethical man with na- ture, according to the Greek ideal, was set forth by the leader, The modern thought was said to embody many of the best Greek Ideas. The contrast between the Christian and Greek ethical ideas were stown. The art department of the Plattsmouth Weman's club held a most profitable mee- ing and art exhibit on Thursday at c(he heme of Mrs, Clark. Thero was a fine col- lection of china, decorated by the women of Plattsmolith. About seventy members attended the meeting and an appropriate literary program was given. Miss Butte fleld of Omaha was the guest of the even inj. and addressed the members on “Ploneer Ceramic Workers of America.” Extracts wore also read from the report of the art department of the Lincoln federation, which 1s cne of the strongest of the state. The Woman's Singing soclety of Hanscom Park church will meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock. This will be an important meet- taining those doctrines which are essential and vital to our system of falth, The committee, not belng altogether idlotic, never imagined that work so importaat could be done In three days or & week or a month. Their first task was to find the best line along which to move in meeting the desire of the church for amendment. for slon to the ussembly and (o th chury {s a work of immense m- portance and cannot be done well unlesa t can be done slowly. The commictae needs time and proposes to take It. All thelr meetings thus far have beer chars terized by a spirit of harmony and fi ter confidence. There s no possin danger that I can see of a split in the Presbyterian church. Even it the work of revision could be delayed for months or ¥ 's it 1s sure to come, because the church demands fit. MEMORIAL TO KING ALFRED Americans to Take Part—Costly ronze Statue to Be Erected at Anclent Capital, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8.—The American tribute to the memory of King Alfred the Great, the 1,000th anniversary of whose death {8 to be commemorated by the Eng- lish-speaking peoples next September, will be arranged by Philadelphians. Mrs. Charles Curtls Harrison, wife of President Harrison of the University of Pennsylvanla, who 18 In charge of the celebration, has announced an executive committee of Phila- delphians, who will appoint committees in all the large cities to ald in the observance of the occasion. A memorial hall, to be used as a museum, and a herofo bronze statue of King Alfred, the cost to be $160,000, will be dedicated next September in the city of Winchester, the king's capital and burial place. The plans for these were started In England over a year ago and have the support of persons of cousequence in England, from Queen Victorla through the leaders of state and letters. Prof. Bright of Johns Hopkins university was made honorary secretary for America, to direct this country’s share in the anni- versary. To Ne KANSAS SLTONE, NeEre , was toda gullty of assaulting a white girl and a verdict of hanging rendere time Arm Iy escaped His vietim rec Han y found st July AL the Iynching, lub and harity. We e ing and every member should be present, as the place members will occupy at con- cort will be assigned. . The women of the First Methodist Epls- copal church will conduct a doll bazar, December 10 and 11, at 1619 Farnam street. There will be several speclal features be- #ides the dolls, Mombership contests have becomo very popular among the organized woman's so- cieties of the state, the plan being for each soclety to choose two leaders and each leader to choose sides. Each of these to work with the object of securing the great- est number of new members. There are at present about 8,000 organized women In Nebraska, Thelr number has been fn- creased over one-third within the last two years The Woman's Christian association has during the year and especially in the last Thanksgiving season been the recipient of many liberal donations from varlous friends, The gifts from the school children and at the pound party at the Old Ladles’ Home were numerous. Mré. Strawn has recelved a number of handsome posters advertising the Woman's club bepefit December 18, Miss Louella Bradiey contributing the first. The com- mittes s Indebted to Miss Evans and her interest in the scheme. 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