Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 4, 1901, Page 9

HOW TO KEEP BOYS 0N FARM| MANY DRIVEN FROM HOME BY OVERWORK Boys Glven Tasks Out of Pr to Their Ages and Early & More Congeninl At- moaphere, Seek How Elhall We Keep the Boys from Leaving the Farm!" was the title of u paper read at the farmers' Institute at | Wakefield, Kan., by Mrs. A. L. Southwick Sho sald While this problem 1s belng anxiously considered and widely discussed, | am re minded of that hackneyed but excelient ad vice ot Punch, “Don't.”” If your boy has | arrived at the age when be must choose an occupation with an fnherent and constitu- tional distaste for farming and s possessed of a determination to seek his fortune in some other calling you would better let him go. A man must love his business or Be will never eucceed. Under proper con- ditions farm lite {s the most healthful, in- teresting and enjoyable for a boy. It affords the freedom from rostralnt he delights in It appeals to the dominant faculties of his nature, courage, hardihood ana jove of ad- venture and a desire to investigate the | mysteries of the natural world. He lives very close to Nature {n the formation perfod of his iife, laying up a store of knowledge the schools can never teach him. Nature | is always ready to “sing her wonderful songs” and “tell her marvelous tales” it | he bas time to lsten. How he rejolces at the coming of spring und with fascinated eyes he sees how generously the earth re- aponds to the touch of the plow. His plays | ment | and enthustasin | be secured, that an opportunity for educa- | all these boys on | would. ~ Thetr i specting boy cnjoys asking nis father for spending money, %o his boys are given an | opportunity to earn some. The poultry | business is 100 per cent more profitable since the boys took stock In It. The or- chard and garden are made to yield a rich | revenuo, besides supplying the family table. | He finds plenty of work suited to their| strength to keep the boys employed, with- t calling upon them to Al men's places. | As they grow older they have an rost in the stock and share the profit and loss. | But he finds since he took the boys partnership that his aceounts are apt to show a balatce on the right side. He is ming for all there is in It. Health, en- oyment, independence, and the building of | s home. This is where his life sbares the responsibility. For, though a man may | bulld a palace, it takes a woman to make a tome. Together they are bullding a home at will foster noble aims and lofty ideals A home g0 attractive that the boys will not found loitering around livery stables | 4 questionable places in search of amuse- | A home where wisely selected books, | and flowers will exert an inspiring Where tho best magasines and the great daily newspapers find a place, and the boys are kept in touch with the stirriog evenis and share the excitement that are thrilling the arterfes of the world It is more important to them than the accumulation of more land, to raise more corn, to feed more hogs, that the boys be inculcated with a love of farm life, that the foundation of a strong, sturdy manhood | | | tion be afforded, so they may be mentally, morally and physically equipped for the battle of lite. You may not hope to keep the farm. You would not it you could, and you could not 1t you country s calling them. Some with matchless strength and daunt- less courage are leading our armies to | victory. The halls of congress are opening | wide Its doors to some. And some with | steady hand and resolute purpose are pilot- ing the ship of state, past the treacherous | into | 3 THE OMAHA DAILY UNCLE SAM'S MAP OF SOILS| Tt Will Teach Ench Farmer What He Ought | 1o Plant | WHOLE COUNTRY IS CHARTED | P Wil Show Sultability of Soil fur Varioas Cro Y Il No Lon ne Guesswork, Uncle Sam s ge to have a oil map that will be a wonder, says the Washing- ton Post. It will be something of a kind entirely new and will enable the farmer, wherever he is located, to determine juet what crops will bring him the largest re- turns in money. Printed In colors, it will convey information in the clearest and most asily comp@ehended manner imaginable. The map is to cover the whole of th United States and wiil be on such & scale that every ten-acre patch will be repre- sented by sne-cighth of an inch square But each farmer will be able to procure a chart of his own nelghborhood on a larger scale, so that he can arrange his planting in accordance with the euggestions which it conveys. The work is done by llfl\n!hlps‘ to start with and these are put together to make counties, which are finally assembled to form complete maps of states Hitherto the business of farming has been to some extent guesework, the agriculturist ‘ormed a surmise as to what crops wers test for him to try and did his nlanting ac- | cordingly. Hencetorth it will be quite aif- | (4 ferent. He will study the government wap end trom it will obtain advice, based on the | highest sclentific knowledge, as to what will | be best for him to try to grow. Then he | will go ahead with a reasonable certainty of satisfactory results. BEE: THURSDAY, JULY More Splendid Vacation Trips The Bee will send twelve girls, who carn their own living, on twelve of the best vacation trips which could be planned. All of their expenses will be paid and transportation furnished for a friend to accompany — them. It is left to the readers of The Bee to decide who they shall be, by voting on the coupons publ.shed in each issue. The Best the Land Affords. From Omaha via the Union Pacific, the Overland Route, to Balt Lake City. This trip through the heart of Nel aka 18 an education in Itself, teaching the re- wsources of Nebraska and giving a view of the most thriving towns of our state. The newest point ot in- iovise. € 1 - ervie On this road there Is a choice of three Thie trip will ba over the Great Rock Island Route tc Denver, Colorado Springs and Manitou, There 1s only one Rock Island Route and every- Lody praiscs its splendid equipment and reliabls :‘::":‘l."’":e’":‘;‘::'h':‘":’(’"‘:"‘_h::I”‘“’;":’I"‘""‘ shoals and whirlpools, past the dangerous | In the Arst place, the sofl map will show drive his team afleld"—when he shall 'kn'""“; rocks and reefs, into the broad and tran- | what kind of agricultural industry any the delight of producing something by the | 31 0°°4D Of peace. |l ML B G L Iabor of hi hands. Oh! . From homes Iike these our country's|fruit raising, vegetable growing, dairying Of his own hands. Oh! the pity of grandeur springs or general farming. It will make clear to It; that to so many the rude awakening | That makes her loved at home, revered | o¢ Eeferal trving, o wib meke clear i« v A & ana ta in Denver—with 2 days at the Rrown Palace 3 :;.'m::‘ ':::" lives should be care-tree | PGS AN 10Fd8 are but the breath of { that he has the same soil that is used ad- m T B BNt ar 5 gy P L O h Hotel. A dny's excursion on the “Colorado Road” and joyous, glven time to develop ph An honest man vantageously for certatn purposes In | tation of which extends in efther direction across tk mms‘u through the Cizar Creek Canyon, up to -m.»:;mn. Rt i iLea L o sevelop shywioal| AY D Georgla, and that, It climatie conditions are giie ‘0t Tho finest hoatairies of (he "countzy, | Wher lone” goes (o Balt ArouNd (he famous i<op and then back again to . 4 g not unfavorable, the same crops may be ex- LR 1RS nUtalOn e tRan stilnary ailisntions on wscolnt of bt kb A auiti] A BRI PR R My e proportion to their age. We have all seen ected to succeed on his land. oS ey e S e o Sl shay reaih o) A moue Royai Gorge, with its threa thousand feet of towering ruci, them, plodding their weary way, through | SOME REVENUE COMPLICATIONS | » 3 e uitatr, “famous Tor their spiendid bat | 1nto the Grand Canyon, and at last reaching Glenwood Springs and t ;‘a“#n rows of corn, misshaped In body o Mais bbotbe bl B G A L et ] trip will | 'd\mfl‘;z)n\‘" with thres days at the Brown Paiace Hotel, | Hotol Colorado, for ten days pleasure there. No more beautitul siua- an ulled In mind. The colts are allowed ny Misunderstandings Have Arisen the just pride o en v ‘ 8 wel d. pase tion for a hotel will be tound than In this romantic spot, wit ts clos and adequate strength they are ready Tax Law. to bear the load. How carefully they are watehed and guarded from brulses and cuts #0 they may reach the highest physical development of which they are capable, while the little boys are made to ride the o*alk cutters and all the dangerous farm machinery that comes along. Is it indiffer- or poseibly an abiding faith that Providence will take care of them? But men don’t eeem to trust their colts to Prov- Are mot they of more value than mam firaAl Rotk Istang is the noblest work of A wondertul strip of light, saudy soll, not over four or five miles wide extends along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Florida, with occasional interruptions, bor- dering the ocean and its embaymenta—. e., the rivers nd bays. It s a natural truck patch, adapted for the production of early | vegetables, which ripen much sooner io | that ribbon of land than anywhere eclse in corresponding latitudes owlng to the near- vess of the sea. The nearer the water ke earlier the planting may be done Along that strip In spring the climate moves north at an average rate of teen miles a day. The crops of vegstal which it produces come to market at corresponding rate. But backward weather in (he south and forward weather in the notth will disarrange things sometimes, causing a ripening of the same kinds of 7 produce at the same perfod in different Burtinaton Iatitudes of the strip and thus bringing GUTH TN The first day of the fiscal year brought an endless amount of trouble and com- | plication to the departments of the gov- ernment involved by the changes in the internal revenue taxes made by the last congress, says a Washington &pecial to the Globe-Democrat. At the postoffice depart- ment at §:20 p. m. July 1, 367 telegrame had been- received relative to the aboli- tion of the special” tax on money orders Child Labor on the Farm. | 1t appears that the department was slow in getting out its oficial notification to postmasters of the ehange. At scores of the postoffices the postmasters refused to issue moncy orders unless the old war rev- enue tax was pald. This led to coutro- versies between the money order clerks From Omaha to Chicago over the Northwestern 1% but a night's ride and a most pleasant one in these days of luxury. A doable tween Omaha and Chicako make well as u pleasant journey. A d Grand Pacific Hotel, centrally located and splen- out didly appointed, will glve an opportunity for a hasty glimpse of Chicago. Then a comparatively short ride will bring one to Waukesha, the most famou: & place in Wis- consin The Fountain Spring House, were there no other attractions at Waukesha, would furnish every comfort and convenience for reat and a good time. The grounds are not only moat beautiful, but al8o have arrangements for all sorts of ouidoor sports, and the famous fountain spring fs part of the hotel property. Within - twenty minutes ride of the hotel on the trolley line 'is Wauke- sha Beach with opportunities for fishing, boating and bathi From Omaha to Chicago on the _Milwaukes, the only elect lighted train botween the two citles, 1a a pieasant trip for another youns lady. There is just time enough in Ch to catch stop a train over the Nickel Plate for Buffalo, wit hurrying. This will bring one into the e position city. Foc any one who has had an ap etite created by the TiAnAmiew Exposition the Pan-Amer- cAn exposition will offer a Kind _of & vacation and a tFp to be long remembered. Ten days in Buffalo fa ample time to see the exposition thoroughly every comfort will be af- forded at one of the hotels of the Pan-American Hotel System This institution controls several of the best hotels in Buffalo, which are conveniently located for the exposition, The Buckin: Nam, The Lincoin, The Marlborough. Besides thewe hotels, they have made Arrangements with a Iarge number of private dweli- ings in the nelghborhood, where an overflow can be om- modated. Every opportunity will be afforded to see the exposi- ton at its best, the Midway and all the attractions The raturn From Omaha to Denver over the Burlington will trip will allow 'a_day's stop st Chicago at the (rand Pacific, Chicago's ‘most popular hotel, and back to Omaha again ove: f not only give the youns lady who takes this trip n idea Of the VARt Fesources of the Atate of Ne: ik A There {s frequently a man short on the threshing machine and a boy s told to take with the pluck and stoicism of Eis nature he sticke manfully to his post although his arms and back seem breaking ———— ettt ~his brain on fire, and that blazing sun will never set. Talk of the child labor and the sweatshop of the cities; we need a prophet to rise up in his wrath and in thun- g tones denounce the monstrous abuses practiced upon children in the country How shall this man keep his boye from leaving the farm when their childhood holds such memories as these, when they have grown weary of the sound of un- requfted tofl, when they have been count- Ing the years that shall free them from their bondage? Keep them on the farm? He would bhetter take Punch's advice: “Don't." But there are others. There Is the man who never takes his boys into his coufi- den lesues orders llke mandates to be obeyed without question. The first per- sonal pronoun always in evidence. They hear a great deal about what “I am going to do. But, bless your heart, it's the boys who are going to do it. He always speaks of “my stock” and “my crops” and what “I'" am golng to plant. The boys have been reading agricultural papers and could give him polats on the importance of rotation of crops—on reatoring fertility to that ex- hausted soll. But being only boys they are not consulted, and are told to plaut the fleld in corn, he has always done and his father has done before him. Pri- vately they think him an old fogy, but are too polite to tell him so. He probably doesn’t know it, but this man is an im- perialist and is governing without the con- sent of the governed, and all those dread- ful things he has been denouncing so strongly during tbe last campaig: And 1 venture the assertion that those boys of his know a lot more about farming than the Filipino knows of etablishing a stable form of government. and their patrons and the resultant refer- ence of the question to the postofiice de- partment. This is the only part of the war revenue changes involving the post- office department and is expected to adjust itself within a few days. At the internal revenus bureau of the treasury department the telegrams began to arrive shortly after midnight, when most of the offices of the large Inter- nal revenue collectors were open for busi- ness. These telegrams were plled high on the desks of the chief clerk and commis- sloner of internal revenue. Most of them related to changes In the beer, cigar and cigarette taxes and the new stamps. Al- though the burcau has offices as far distant as Portland, Ore., and Honolulu, Hawall islandd, there were not more than three or four unimportant offices in the United States which had not received the necessary #tamps. In the case of the offices where the new supply of beer stamps had not ar- rived In time collectors were instructed to continue the sale of the old beer stamps. This necessitated their sale at the old rate and the brewers who make use of them will have to make claims for a rebate. The col- lectors have been charged with the old stamps at the old rate, but the few sales which were necessary at the offices of diffcr- ent collectors will be adjusted within the next two months. The question of redeeming stamps is ex- ercising the bureau officials mot a little. Little dificulty Is expected In securing a satlsfactory arrangement, except In rela- tion to the bank checks on which the stamps are imprinted. The banks have not been content with recelving assurances that the stamps will be redeemed and cancele! by the bureau, but they want the checks returned to them, so that they may not | about a glut disastrous to growers. Under ordinary conditions, however, the potatoes, tomatoes, peas and other garden stuff ar- rive first trom Florida, then from Georgla, next from the Carolinas, and so on This interesting strip is conspicuously shown on the soil map, owing to Its great commercial importance. It has so lengih- ened the season for fresh vegetables that now it may be sald that there is no longer any season; such products are obtainable all the year round. In southern Florida there is a limited area below reach of frost where vegetables can be grown all winter and the yield of this region tides over the cold months, until the spring ason begins its march up to the coast. Value of the Work. It is the strip next to the beach, a mile wide, that is best for trucking purposes and these sandy lands, when near to citles and with good transportation available, are worth from $i0 to $500 an acre, though only a few years ago they were valued at $1 an acre. As shown by the map, even along the strip the soils vary, so as to be adapted to different kinds of truck, the lightest and sandiest being best for early peas, the medium most suitable for toma- toes and the heaviest just right for grow- ing cabbages. The map will call attentlon to certain troubles of soils which have been investi- gated through chemical analysis. Ope of these 15 acidity, which bas an important in- | fluence upon farming over large areas; an- | other is excess or deficiency of certain ele- ments of plant growth, which can be sup- plied by fertilizers, and yet another is| alkall. As for alkall, science has ascer- tained both the source of it and the rem- edy. Tt comes usually from wash from the | mountains, from salts carried onto the land [l ) r .ce'in every detall. (I[IR ¥'s:.ce Hotel in Denve: also an opp rado. A da; ver Plume through Clear to Colorado hould mias. ~Then ten the Alta Vista Hotel wiil furnish & of the Garden of the Gods and Pike's Peak, the most in Colorado. The table of the Alta Vista Hotel is quate to satisty the appetite even when atimulated b tain_atmosphere and everything is thoroughly commodious, a tast oxcursion up to Georgetown a k C: & trip that t Colorado From Omaha to Minneapolls via the ‘North- tern Line," with ctolce of train in City Limited,” a fast night “Twin City Express, fast day train. train leaves Unlon O p. m., dally, arriving Minn ing In time for breakfast. Unlon Passenger station, Omaha, for supper. It is less than two hours Lake Minnetonka, over the Great Northern, which is known and_the most beantiful of the lake resort: the Hotel St. Louis will convince one that th best conducted summor hotels in the country. given to the fortuna and simmer gaiety of Lake Minnetonka, spots of which nature can be truly proud, for it most beautiful littie opportunity for ilversion and rest. with three —the Coates Hou is eminently the leading hotel City, and the traveler naturaily says House' In the same breath _with From Kaneas City to Warrensburg, but a_comparatively short trip. Just Warrensburg i Pertle Sprin d__the Hotel where everything is as deflightfully refreshing is decidedly resttul there, but there s plenty to do if has the inclination—bouting, fishing, driving and other sea able pleasures never allow time to hang heavy. there will convince the fortunate young lady that the tim altogether too short. b Pacific, FURELAE hotel in the w Vpacind 193 RNLWA( From Omaha to 8 he Omah Louls R. R. and Wabash, with th 8y ern hotel, with ita broad corridors and Its {deal servi Louts over " But & chance to enjoy the beat of raliroad Ber. (&' in every dotall. Thres days st the Brown of luxury and unity to see the capital city n{dC;re- m always ade- the moun- comfortable and heets of water In the land, and offers every This trip le over the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Rallroad to the Hlack Hills and Hot 8prin and return. The Elkhorn carries you lh‘;au.h one of the most beautiful n‘rmln‘ countries In the world—the Elkhorn Valiey, with H|ll b‘:';:"’l 'fi.l"l and d"‘:l-b‘“tlll 'bo'rl l'| lack Hills, th picturesque and interestin e Toines and\ypical weatern towns, The chiet attraction there will be a two wecks' stay at the Hotel Evans, the ; LA ointed hotel in the west at Hot Springs, which boasts of tl lar t and finest plunge h in America. This will includ of "the privileges of the and 'This e s freat to be envied. P b ‘wonderful caves. Checadcs, canyons, flowers and waterfaile tles which nature has abundantly furnished. This trip will be made on the which has become one of t! cago ln on account of unexcelied service. A day's famous Grand Pacific northward over the P ward the prettiest igan—well named "The Belvede ha week's breath of air. It point of land betwaen Round and Bine Lakes but i ome-like hotel that the pleasure is doubled. [ ything everyone can wish for in the way of amusement—aailing, row- ing blcycling = tennis. bathing, bowling. golfing and fishin, gether with numerous excursions on the many little launch amers of Pine and Round Lakes, or out on Lak with all the chances in the world to delight the e the pure air, which acts as & tonic to shattersd nerv turn trip will ‘be by water on the steam and home again over the Iilinols Central Ilinols Central, Omaha-Chi- chowen for not only beautitully situ From Omaha to Lake Okobojl on the Miwau- kee ia only a night's ride, and the same splendid ervice 13 afforded n_ Omaha and Chi- cago. Al of the Milwi trains are electric lighted and this is a no other road offers the A e. Two weeks stay at_The Inn at Lake Okoboji offers a delight(ul rest for any one. As every one knows, Lake Okobojl in one of the most beautitul apois in the west to ayend o summer vacation. 1t offers boating, fishing, driving, and enough going on all of the time in a soclal way to keep something doing without being ultra fashionable. No traveler betweer. Omaha and Chicago really wppreciates the trip unleas they take the daylight There 18 nomuhlng about the Southern Hote! whic! 'makes it unlike anyti ln{ in the land, whether It is the fact that It combines the luxury of the modern hotel with the home-like atmosphe! and the courtesy of the old southern hosteiry or ether It because no stone is left unturned to make t train over the Burlington Route, which affords fast service over a smooth road, as well as the oppor- tunity tosoe this spiendid western country. Two days at the Grand Pacific at Chicago, which h Another Type lose the investment In stationery. Com- | plaints have been received at the treasury depurtment from many sources internal revenue bureau has t Man. Another type of man who is managing to drive the boys away from the farm is the by irrigation, or deposits laid down from a period when the land was sea bottom. The that the | remefly is to underdrain the land and wash been harsh | out the alkall, and to prevent accumulation chronic grumbler—the pessimist. How ho ever became A farmer Is a mystery, and why he continues to be one is a greater. For nothing has ever gone right with him. It Das always been too wet, or too dry; too hot, or too cold. The raln never falls &t just the right time to sult him. He has come to belleve that the el nts have formed & conspiracy sgainst him. Always #peaks of farmers as a et of fools, trodden under the heel of capltalists, at the mercy of the trusts and combines. Even his dog | bas a discouraged droop to his tail. His wife, poor soul! has to bear the burden ot Bis continual complaints In addition to her own. It has been said that “Fretfulness will kill everything that s not in its na- ture immortal.” So hope and ambition dles out of the faces of his family. The boys early dritc out Into the world in search of & more copgenlal atmosph And th man wants to know how to keep the boy from leaving the farm. To the man who {8 In love with his busl- ness, farm lite is a very different thing. To bim it ts & workshop, laboratory and ex- periment station. And a farmers' institute 18 held wround Lis own fireside every unight, where each member of the family is repre- sented. For each one has an individual as well a8 collective Interest in something on the plsce. The work on the farm, by im- proved methods and the best machinery, Is reduced to the minimum. There is no hap- bazard work here, but a definite plan is| followed and the results are sure. To this| man it is A sclence as much as an art. H respects hin business. ‘He magnifies his ofice.” There 18 no working all and doing chores all night on his place. The evenings are for recreation and soctal pleas ures, Responsibility Helys Boys, e knows that the commercial instinet is very strong in boys, and they are encour- @ged to do a little fanclering on thelr own account. He was a boy once himself and he remembers the delight of & sense of proprietorship. He koows that no self-re- e ———————— It Fels-Naptha soap is no better than other soap, we are | the time at which they | poration offering | mate as to fools (as well as liars) to mone§- back it. : ®els & Co., makers, Philadelphla. and unreasonable in the conditions which have been placed upon the redemption. Mr. Yerkes pointed out that as com- sloner of Internal revenue he had not made a single rule or regulation, but in all that had been proposed with reference to this redemption of the imprinted checks, he has followed the letter of the law. It s not a regulation of his office, but a provision of | the law, that no stamps will be redeemed two years after the date of their purchase. | The same is true of the provision that the | stamps will not be redeemed in lots of less | than $2 | With these conditions named in the law, | the bureau has been obliged to insist that the stamped checks presented for redemp- tion bo accompanied by afidavits showing were purchased and setting forth that the person or cor- them for redemption is the bona fide owner. The greatest com- plaint from the bankers has been the in- terruption of the serial number in the cashier's checks and in bank drafts, It 1s suggested at the bureau that con- £ress, by its action and consideration of the matter, gave the banks practically six months' notice of the impending change, | and thls condition could have easily been | met by the printing of extra checks con- | tinuing the serial numbers, and awaiting | the treasury department's actlon as to whether the canceled checks and drafts will be returned. It was estimated by one conversant with the matter that the banks | of the United States now have in thelr possession between $400,000 and $500,000 worth of these checks. Mr Yerkes refused to make even an esti- the amount outstanding, but ald that as all of the checks were printed | under the supervision of the department he would bo able to give an exact state- meut within a comparatively short time. | His Kenious Ar Washington Star: “This country to be ashamed of & wan who will use money -illegitimately in politics,” said the earneat cltizen, “It never struck me that way, Senator Sorghum. 1'don't wee how anyone can hold a con- trary dpinion.” “Well, I suppose it all depends on how you get accustomed to looking at the mat- ter. When a man 's willing to pay hun- dreds o thousands ot good dollars to get an office It seems to me the country ought to feel kind of proud.” answered f seepage water in the sub-goil. An illustration of the method of map- jewg and of the value of the work Is af- forded by a chart of the so-called bottom in Mississippl, which has just b completed. It 18 a vast alluvial delta miles long by 40 miles wide, and compriso a good deal of the richest land in th world. But within its topographical limits | e tour or five different kinds of soil, some | of which are unproductive ome of the land ylelds a quarter of a bale of cotton | | to the acre, some of it half a bale, some of | it three-quarters of A bale, and some of it | P a bale or more. Generally speaking, the | bottom represents a production of about a | bale to the acre. Int uction of New Crops, The spots not so productive for cottonm | have been ascertained recently by the ex-| perts to be valuable for crops of kinds not yet incroduced, such as vegeta and certain frults. Provided with a soil map| of the region, the farmer will know w to replace poor crops of cotton With vege- tables that will yield $100 to $200 an ac In that part of the country there Is a| great deal of what Is called “wash sol which has ruined whole sections agricul- the alluvium belng readily carried away by floods and rains. Such areas are indicated on the map, and instructions are given as to how to treat them by terrac ing, ete. The map will give & basis for the intro- duction of new crops from abroad by show- | fng what areas are speclally adapted to| certain kinds of plants. It was incidentally | by this investigation that the fmportant fact was ascertained that real Sumatra tobacco could be grown in the Connecticut | valley—a discovery which will put millions | of dollars Into the pockets of American | producers. Iu these days of rapid agri- | cultural development it is of the utmost | importance to encourage in évery possible| way the introduction and spread of new in- dustries, such as truck growing, fruit eul- ture on lmproved principles, etc., and the soil map here described has an obvious and important bearing upon all such probe lems American Synd LONDON, Ju A representative of the Assoclated Press learns that an Ameri. can syndicals has purchased the Interna- tlonal Bleeping Car company of Belgium and that the business will be transferred to Chicugo. cate in Belgium. ues 1t 1 Nard to'eay, Erom Bt Lows to Toleds, with a day of r the Hoody House, Toledo's leading hotel, cated that it is easy to get & giimpse of Toled well ing the splendid hotel vice of the Boody Ho) From joy a lake trip. & "thorough enjoyment ably the finest hotel on the lakes reputalion, which has been weil earned. Two weel ts comfortable, t {s so conveniently lo- enjoy- oledo it {8 a three hours' ride over the waters of Lake Erie from Toledo to Put-in-Bay on ona of the Detroit and Cleveland coast iino teamers, Which %0 completely combine sufety, comfort and speed and which afford comfort and luxury to those Who have the opportunity to en- ke @t Hote] Vietory at PutinBay will give of the pure lake air and the luxuries of prob- The Hotel Victory has an enviable been entirely rebuflt during the last year or so, muking 1t second to no hostelry in Chicago. From Chicago to Lake Geneva, with two weeks at the Garrison Ho . & prospect not only for' & cool and beautiful va leasure of stayin o well an equipped hotel makes' the trip oubly desirable. The lake ia & most beautiful sheet of water, twan. W-lfour miler in clrcumterence, and an almost infinite varlety ot charming scanes. ‘Its shorcs are lined for miles with summer res dences, club houses and hotels, Which leave no doubt of its pop ity. Flshing, boating, driving and the kindred summer ures are at ‘anyone's command, within reach of the hotel. The return trip will be via Chiongo and again over the Burlington Route, with a chance to compare the night service with the daylight trip. Rules of the Contest The trips will be awarded as follows: Four trips to the four young ladies living in Omaha receiving the most votes; one trip to the young lady in South Omaha receiving the most votes; one trip to the young lady in Council Bluffs receiving the most votes; three trips to the young ladies living in Nebraska outside of Omaha and South Omaba receiving the most votes; two trips to the young ladies living in Iowa, outside of Council Bluffs, receiving the most votes; and one trip to the young lady living in South Dakota receiving the most votes. The young lady receiving the highest number of votes will have the first choice of the trips, the next highest second choice, and so on. No votes will be counted for any young lady who does not earn her own living. All votes must be made on coupons cut from page 2 of The Bee. Prepayments of subscriptions may be made either direct to The Bee Publishing Company, or to an authorized agent of The Bee. No votes sent in by agents will be counted unless accompanied by cash, in accordance with instructions sent them. No votes will be counted for employes of The Omaha Bee. The vote from day to day will be published in all editions of The Bee. July 22, 1901. The contest will close at 5 p. m., Cut Coupons from Page Two. VOTES will be counted when made on a coupon cut from The Omaha Bee and deposited at The Bee Business Office or mailed addressed “Vacation Contest Department,” Omaha Bee, Omaha, Neb.