Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XXXIX—NO. 134. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER. 10, COOK’S SILENCE ADDSTO MYSTERY | Client. léVm Bm; RELATIONS Doctor is Advised to Seek Legal Advice Elsewhere. NORE ATTACKS ON VERACITY - 1 Navigator Says He Compiled , % 2 plete Set of Observa WILL BE SENT TO COPE. cpad, : Torp Says They Wi Examined Alomg with Dr. Cot Hecords—Secretary Denles Any Col Dr. NEW YORK., Dec. $.—Dr. Frederick Ccok’s persomal lawyer, Henry Willingt Wack, his severed relations with his client. Mr. Wack refused tonight to con- firm or @eny his withdrawal, but it can be affirmed ofi competent authority that, after a consultation with his partners, Mr. Wack wrote Dr. Cook s0 long ago as November 3 that he must beg him to seek legal advice elsewhere. “1 have not the remotest idea.” said Mr. Wack tonight, “where Dr. Cook is keeping himself., or why he persists in scclusion, when his presence is vital to his onw Interests and his friends. 1 read that he s In Brooklyn, in a sanitarium, in Maine, in a Philadelphia asylum, but per- sonally 1 incline to the bellefe thet he is abroad. One thing is certain. “there is &greement tonight for the first time among those who have aiways believed that Dr. Cook discovered the north Dpole. fhose who heve never belleved and those who have walted to be Informed on disinter- ested authority. Broker and Navigator. “Partisans and skeptics allke now con- cede certaln cardinal facts which admit of no argument. namely, Dr. Cook has sent his records to the University of Copenhagen for the inspection of a com- mission. Two men, one a broker who says he acted as go-between and one a skilled navigator, have sworn that they supplied the doctor with a complete set of fabricatefl ohservations, covering his trip northward, step by step, to the pole, in agreement with his naxrative as origi- Dally published. These sworn statements | carry Wwith themselves their own proof or @isproof. That is to say, if the papers now in the hands of the University of Copenhagen contain any considerable por- tion of the horeal observations which Cap- tain August Loose says he worked out ‘by the reverse route' mo farther narth m the Gramatan fan in Bronxville, in Yo Copenhagen records shpw that Dr. Cook made no sfficlent use of the deduction Caps tain Loose says he supplied it will be fair | 1o assume that he accepted them only as | cheeks on his own dsta. The inquiry| will then revert to its first status—are the | original observations of Dr. Cook suf- ticlent? “Last night Dr. Cook's friend, Charles | Wake, confessed to me that he had not | the faintest idea where the doctor now is | d that he had not heard from him since { 4 |resignation of President Zelaya and that Jmired while serving with the revolutionary tha - Now the 1s that Dr. Cook own’ proofs. oh the contrary, the Rumor Zelaya Will Retire is Not Believed Washington Also Doubts Story !:‘ Has Ordered All Captured Americans Shot. WASHINGTON, Dee. 8.—The statement telegraphed from Nicaragua to London that the United States had demanded the he had indicated his purpose to recire by | the end of the present month is declared | at the State department to be without | foundation. | The story from Panama via New Orlcans | that some tipe ago President Zelaya had | dssued an a~dw that all Americans cap- Fmy should be put to death is disered- {8 bere. The officials do not believe “Ssident Zelaya would thus court his own | 5ing and the certain overthrow of his * Snment by armed forces of the United 5\ by issulng such an oraer. ~me Miller and T.J. O’Brien Guilty Magistrate Crawford Declares These Two and Lewis Rentfrow Sold Liquor After 8 P. M. Thomas J. O'Brien, proprietor of the Hotel Henshaw; Rome Miller of the Hotel Rome and Lewis Renfrow of the Windsor hotel were found gullty yesterday after- noon by Police Magistrate Bryce Crawford of violating the § o'clock closing law and were fined $100 and costs each. J. J. Sul- liven, who conducts a saloon on North Twenty-fourth street, was found not guilty. AIl the cases were tried last week, but the closing arguments in the O'Brien case were not made until yesterday morning. At the afternoon session of court Judge Crawford sald the evidence warranted his declaring the trio guilty, and his dis- missing the case against Sullivan. * Appeal bonds for the carrving of the cases to the district court were at once filed. the bonds being fixed In the sum of §200 each. At the conclusion of the four cases the trial of the case against Charles M. Lents, Wwho runs a saloon at 1420 Farnam, and who 15 accused by the Anti-Saloon league of violation of the law October &, was begun. A similar case against P. H. Philbin of the Sehlitz hotel is set for Thursday of pext week. JOE SLYCORD ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF MURDER Young Man Living Near Grimmell Arrested for Orime in North Dakota. _ GRINNELL, Ia, Dec. §.—(Special gram.)—Joe Slycord was arrested on a farm sthis city Saturdey, December-d4, by City Marshal Shahan of Grimmell for the thurBier of Frank Batesole near Carringtu N. D., on November 11 Siycord eonfessed the erime but-pleads that the blow was in melf defense and without thought of mur- der. W. W. Batesole and 1 F. Batesole, father &nd brother of the murdered boy, came today from Marshaltown to identify the prisoner, with-them was J, A. Kleesple, who knew Slycord well, having worked near him in North Dakota. Slycord is known to & number of people here as he worked in a lumber mill here last winter. Tucsday, November 2. N\ “My very urgemt letters to the doctor bave remained unanswered, although they | demanded a reply rfom any men solicitous for his own affairs.” { Mr. Wack, However, did, receive a letter | from Mre. Cook on Dedember § dated De- cember 4 and posted December 5, in Brook- | Iyn, asking him to discontinue all ex- penses on the doctor's mccount and tof or- ward certain papers which Mr. Wack, un- derstood to be afMdavits bearing on the dootor's disputed ascent of Mount MeKIn- |prce ever paid for hogs on the Missouri ley. These affidavits the doctor had orig- | inally intended to take with him to Europe, where they could be avallable for the Uni- versity of Copenhagen, if desired. Story of Captain Loese. Others of Dr. Cook's friends granted to- night that Captain Loose consulted freely with him and even occupled rooms adjoln- | ing his &t the Gramaian Inn. Whether | this propihquity served as an opportunity for ec-operation merely, or for collusion, i# & point on which not even Captain Loose cared tq pronounce positively. The captain, however, went freely into his own motives this afternoon. “I went to Dr. Cook,"” sald Captain Loose, thinking that 1 might be of some assist- ance to him, but 1 never expected when I approached him to do such extenddd work as 1 bave done. A short talk with Dr. Cook topvinoed me that he knew almost nothing about navigation. He was ignor- ant of some of the essentials of the sclence. “At first 1 considered it at least likely that Dr. Cook had got near the pole, say to 8 degroes or within sixty miles of the pole.. Even his observations would have given Him that asccuracy. Later 1 was | forced to change that opinion “A person Dol especially accurate might Lave thought himself at pole when only | within sixty miles of it; but as 1 got| deeper into the matter I began to suspect that Dr. Cook was never out of sight of und. ‘Please motice that I have never sald that Dr. Cook 18 about to submit my eal- culations to the University of Copenhagen as bl sown observitions. Dr. Cook Dever intimated such to me, I was working for pay then and was indifferent on that point. Now I have not recelved my pay. I don't express an opinion about when or how Dr. Cook wrote up his record books. “Dr. Cook never aliowed me to inspect his original records or, indeed, any guore | of them than has beer published in the cwspapers.’’ Based on Fiction. COPENHAGEN, Dec. %.—Dr. Torp, re- gent of the University of Copenhagen, said that the oharges published in the ew York Times against Dr. Frederiok Cook are based on pure fiction. Never- Identity of the privoner and confession of complete. Sheriff Adams of the corh are HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR HOGS Elght Dollars and Forty Cents a Hun- dred for Sixty-Seven Hea. Sixty-seven hogs were sold at Omaha Thursday morning st the higest Soutn { Valley. Jim Murphy. & hog buyer, bought from P. C. Peterson of Weston, la., hogs which averaged 275 pounds each. He paid at the rate of $840 a hundred, which is the record price. KANSAS CITY, Dee. 9—Two car loads of steers from Maple Hill, Kan., sold at $10% a hundred pounds at the Kansas City stock yards today, the highest price ever paid on the open market here. The cattle were Herefords, 2 years old, and welghed an average of 143 pounds. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Dec. %.—The highest price ever paid for hogs at the St Joseph market, probably the highest ever pald at a Missouri river market, is $8.& per hundred, pald today. TAFT GOES TO INDIANAPOLIS President Promises to Attend Mecting of Conservation Convention in February. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.—President Taft today sceepted invitation to attend the conservation convention to be held in Tn- dianapolis some time in February. When the president goes to the Indiana city, he will lkewise make brief visits to Louis ville, Cincinnati and Nashvlle. RIVER MEN AT WHITE HOUSE Committees from Ohio and Mississippi Deep Channel Associstions Call on President. OTHERS TOLD TO KEEP BUSY Men from Mississippi Association Given Encouragement. CALL ON CANNON AND SHERMAN Speaker is Not Enthusinstic, but Says Project Will Receive Care- ful Comsideration from Congress. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.—Assurances that stepe of an imporiant character toward the devolopment of & system of waterway im- provement ‘fn the heart of the country would be taken by the present congress were given by President Taft to delega- t:cns which he received In the east room of the White House this afternoon. To perhaps 300 committéemen, representing tle Otjo Valley Improvement assoclation, the president promised to bring what influence he could in favor of the improwement of the Ohlo river and later to the committee of 50 from the New Orleans “lakes to gulf deep waterways” comvention, he sald that “Something is doing.” and that the interest of those in congress who here- tofore have turned a cold shoulder to the entire subject of waterway Improvement had been aroused. Ohio Proposition Good. Mr. Taft expressed to the Ohlo dele- gation regret that his remarks before the rivers and harbors congress vesterday H&d cast a “wet blanket” over the convention and said that he had only intended to help the gathering along by pointing out the practical method of accomplishing the object desired. “When you approach congress with a proposal for the issuing of bonds,” argued the president “you are going to arouse great opposition, which rise up and de- mand why, and they will demand an enewer not in general expressions, not in resounding oratory, but they will want facts and estimates and a statement of something definitely useful into which they are going to put the money, which they may even have to borrow in order to carry through the enterprise. You in the Ohlo valley have an enterprise In respect to which you can give the sufficlent answers.” The objedt OF the visit of the Ohlo valley delegation to the White House was to enlist the president’s support for & nine- foot channel-from Plitsburg to Calro all the year round. Its spokesman was Alexander Dempster of Pittsburg. The president's response was to these in the delegation most encouraging. ‘Missisnippi River Committee. Four governors and two ex-governors headed the committee of 0 which had been charged by the New Orleans convention to present to the president resolutions asking for a fourteen-foot channel for the Mis- sissippi river. They were Governor Ansel of South Caro- lina, Sanders of Loulsiana, Deneen of Illi- nols and Hadley of Missouri, and former Governors Francis of Missour! and McMil- lan of Tennessee, and for each one the | president had a hearty greeting. Governor Deneen presented the resolutions, and the president replied, saying, In part: “I hope that we are all engaged in work in which we stand shoulder to shoulder, without respect to a particular locality, and that if you gentlemen who are interested in a particular improvement find that your view may not be entirely met and that your particular project may not be the first one taken uwp In a sub- stantial way, it will not prevent your wel- coming a step by congress' that, when taken, means the embracing of every im- provement that ought to commend itself to those who are familiar with congress.” Cannon =nd Sherman. Earller in the day the committee invaded the capitol and paid visits to Vice President Sherman, Speaker Cannon, Senator Frye of the senate committee on commerce and Representative Alexander of New York, chairman of the house rivers and harbors committee. From none of these leaders did the committee receive much encourage- ment. Vice President Sherman contented him- self with shaking hands with the commit- tee. Speaker Cannon said rather pointedly that it was one thing to propose and another to select from a host of projects and legisiate for their improvement at the same time he said he had no doubt that the project frepresented by the com- mittee of middig’ west business men would receive careful donsideration from the com- mittee on rivers amd harbors. He sald be had voted for every river and harbor bilt since 1882, whether his party was in power or mot. WASHINGTON, Dec, $.—In spite of its vast economic importance in the southern states, the hook worm disease is believed not to affect greatly the health and: ef- ficlency of the army.” That s the conclusion Surgeon Gemeral Torney of the army has reached after an investigation inte the prevalence and severity of the disease, as it appears In the army. He makes the disease the sub- ject of consideratinm in his annual re- port, submitted to the secretary of war today. All the observers have noted, says Gen- efal Torney, that in many cases the affec- | tion has not evident effect on the heaith | lor sppearance of the individuel. Micro-| scopic examinations are Decessary to re- | veal the disease in mild cases. The dugs-| tion of the Qisease was one of the fea- tures which the milllary investigators sought to bring out Observations made by Major Chamberiain st Jackson Bar- racks, Miss, showed that out of forty- four soutpern-bred Tecrults 6 per cent Were infected, out of fifty-seven Southern- bred soldiers tn mwx-tu per cent wers infected and OBt of thirty-four southern-bred soldicrs in second or sub- Hook Worm Does Not Affect Work of Army sequent enlistment only 15 per cent were infected. In an examination of southern recruits at Fort Slocum, N. Y., and at Jackson barracks by Captain Chamberal, . 139 infections were found 168 men examined. in Taking & square hit at the annual Rooss- l welt physicial tests for army officers, Surgeon General Torney in bis annual re- pcrt made public today seys it is believed that the present test not only fails in ‘he | object it sought to attain—a physicial con- dition, which would emable them to be always “fit for active field service.” but resulted in serious damage to elderly of ficers. The defect of the requirement, as it sppears to Gemeral Torney, is that it requires officers to be fit oniy onee a year He wanpts them to be fit all the tme General Torney would induce field officors to ride regularly by having the governmest provide mounts and orderlies for them. Wherever stationed. He deems It unjust to require officers not with trospe to take regular rides during the year. He advoostes that the test ride should met be required of those serving in the tropics or of those Have you read the want ads, yel, |liveries whe have reached & yoars o Siler and Major | 1909—TWELVE PAGES. Slhbi;E COPY TWO WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Fair and warmer. For lowa-—Fair; cold Por weatneh report see page 3. | From the New York World. On the Anxious Seat. | CREW ADRIFT IN OPEN BOAT Thirteen Men Abandon Vessel During Lake Storm. | SIX RESCUED, TWO ARE DEAD e Part of Men Taken Off Blasing Boat, but Efforts te Rescue the Others in Lifeboat it -~ CLEVELAND, Dee. $—Two men lost their lives and tie fate of thirteen othert is unknown ms & result of the burning ef the steamer Clarion near Point Pelee, in Lake Erle, early today. Six members of the crew were taker from the Clarion by the steamer L. C Hanne and brought bere. .They wer rushed to & train and sent to Buffalc the headquarters of the Anchor Line com pany, which owns the Clarion. According to the statemeht of the safl ors, all attempted to leave the Clarion as | soon as it ‘was ascertained that she would | not be saved. Captain E. J. Bell of Ogdens- burg, N. Y., and twelve other members of | the crew took to the life boat. | It s feared they may starve or freese before rescued. High seas are running owing to the recent storm. ! The mate was frozen to death. A vain effort was made by the six survivors to enter another Nfeboat. One sailor fell over- board and was drowned in his efforts to launch the lifeboat. The men were forced to remain on the Clarion. Later they we picked up by the steamer Hanna and | brought bere. | The Clarion is & 1700-ton steel boat. It| was bound from Detroit to Erie. Pa., to| lay up, when fire broke out During the night & Burning ship was regorted by wire- less by the steamer E.'P. Bope, but no| definite information could be obtained until | the survivors reached here. The cause of | the fire is not known. | DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 3.—The tug Pack- ett left Amherstberg last night to go to the relief of the steamer reported afire on | Lake Ere, but returned this morning, the | storm having prevented it from making | progress beyond Colchester. ! Freighter Sinks, Five Drowned. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 8.—The W. C.| Richardson, & big steel freighter, sank | early today st a point five miles up the | lake from Buffalo harbor and five mem- | bers of the crew were drowned. \ Captain Griesser and the life-saving crew | went to the rescue and saved the other members of the crew. | Corn Exposition | visitors will find | The Bee advertis- | ing pages a handy | guide for theirshop* ping while in the city. Do not overlook the adver- | tisements on the want ad | pages under the classification of “Christmas Hints””. Our Omaha merchants are offer- ing many suggestions to help you with the problem of what to buy. You will always find something worth while if you read the want ad pages of The Bee. $ | todayi | to moderate tomorrow.” Independents Hope to Enter Chicago Woods of Lincoln and Day of Council Bluffs Directors of Telephone Organization. CHICAGO, I, Dec. b.—{(Special Tele- gram)—With the closing last night of the convention here of the International Im- dependent Telephone association. announce- ment was made that arrangements had been completed for securing entrance intv Chicago for 2n independent compaiy. so ihey oan compete for Chicago business. An independent companuy with ~§10,000,000 capital is to be organized. The capital has already. been subscribed and the Illinois funnel company’s underground system will s . ured for carrying its wires. F. H. Voods, Lincoln, Neb., and E. F. Day, “ouncil Bluffs, were elected directors of nternational assoclations. 3ABE BECOMES BROTHER OF HIS OWN FATHER| Legnl Adoption by Grandparents Puts in Queer CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Joseph Waldo Dux Jr. 7 months old, legally became the brother of his father here today, when Judge Petit in the circuit court signed decrée of adoption, giving the child to. its grand parents, Joseph Dux and his wife. The child's mother is dead and his father lives with the older Dux, who is now the legal father of his son’s son. GENERAL CONDITIONS IN OHIO This s What Charles P. Taft Discussing in Wash- ingto: WASHINGTON, Dec. $.—Charles P. Taft, | who I8 here as a guest of the president, | said today: “I have been exceedingly ccming here, but the question of the scnatorship from Ohio has not been | touched upon in any way.' I am just letting | that arift. We have discussed gencrally | the political situation in Ohio, but that is is busy since {an» FORTY-FOUR MILES IN BIPLANE | | Maurice Farman Makes Record Cross. | Country Flight in Quick | 5 Time. | PARIS, Dec. 8—Maurice Farman, a brother of Henry Farman, the aviator, made what is claimed to be a cross-coun- try flight in a straight line of record length today. Ascending at a suburb of Versailles in & bi-plane of his own con- struction, Farman flew to Chartres a dis- distance of forty-four miles, in 5 minutes. | | He maintained a height averaging 20 feet. ' foc DURAND MEETS CENSUS MEN Director Plans to Give Personal Instructions to Supervisors. ONE MEETING HELD IN OMAHA Party of Thirty Indians Act as Hosts for Indian Commissioner Val- _entine and Assistant e Awett. - (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 5.—(Special Telegram.)—Census Director Durand will bring nearly all the 330 census supervisors in personal relation with himself and his chief officers through series of conferences which he has arranged to hold here and in certal nother cities during this month and January. It is belleved these meetings will give the superviors clearer comprehension of their duties will result In closer co- | operation betwéen them and the census bu- reau. The supervisors for the First, Sec- ond, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Tenth districts of lowa have been In- structed to meet Director Durand and Wil- Yam C. Hunt, census chief statistician for population at Chicago, Monday, Decem- ber 13 The Nebraska and South Dakota super- visore are to be requested to confer with Director Durand some time in January, the date not yet having been determined. Indizns Act as Hosts. Indlan Commissioner Valentine and As- sistant Commissloner Abbott tonight were guests of some thirty Indian school super- intendents, who have been in Washingion several days in conference with their chiefs, on Indian school matters, at an oyster roast at one of Washington's most noted restaurants for “seafood,” and sub- sequently atended one of the capitol's most noted playhouses in a party. Participating were Superintendents Davis of Genoa. Mr. Mcintire of Santee, Major Beerman of Pine Ridge, House of Rapid City, Rastall of Plerre, Campbell of Pipestone. Dr. James W. Goetz of Omaha is in Washington on a sight-seeing tour. Rural Carriers. Rural carriers appointed: For Nebraska, Berwyn, route No. 1, John R. Mitchell, car- rier; David W. Crowther, substitute. Litch fleld, route No. 3, Willlam Garnett, carrier; W. C. Harris, substitute Bouth Dakota: Postmasters appointed, Lynn, Day county, Nels O. Munson, vice J. Syversten, resigned; Wakpals, Corson | county, Fioss Godfrey vice E. Lease, re- | Resignation In. dec. 5.—It was officdally announced today at the that former Senator J. C. 8. Blackbun had resigned as a member of the Isthmian Canal commission and ihat his resignatior had been accepted by the presidimt ef- ve December 4 Eighteen Below at Norfolk, River Frozen While the temperature in Omaha hal‘ descended to § degreecs welow zsro—reach- | ing that point thir morning at 7 o'clock— that registration has been beaten in other points in Nebraska. | Lineoln bas had it 12 below and .\'or-\ folk 18 Weather forecaster Welsh gives that same sweet consolation that “it will begin The absence of | wind during this cold spell has been @ re- | deeming element 4nd has taken the keenest edge off the cold LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 8.—Twelve degrees below sero was the temperature recorded at the weather bureau at § a. m. todav. | At 7 o'elock the mercury stood st 11 de- | grees below. Hay cannot be purehased at amy price, | Over at Ponca ment thermometer fegistered 18 below zero here this morning, the coldest ever known s0 early in the nkn.lrr. The wind changed to the south today and it was expected that the tempeiatire would rise SIOUX CITY, Iai Dec. 5.~The tempera ture recorded at tNe weather bureau at i o'clock this morning was 30 below, the coldest of the season. PONCA, Neb., Dec. 9.—(Speeial)—The weather bas been severe all this wesk Bvery day sinc: Sunday the temperaturc has been at § o'clock in the morning from 2 to 10 below and last night at 6 o'clock it was 10 below. The mercury came up to sero todey, but tose no higher. The Missour! river ficlently 1o be perfectly safe. crossing on foot. Charles Watson of Poncs walked and the rosds are so bad that noBe OAD |agross from Eik I'oint, 5. D., this mern be delivered. Cosl dealers and merchants find it almost impossibie ‘NORFOLK, Neb., Dec 3—The govern | Ang. It is 3 gvol many War department | yeers since the |bushews or more. to make & | ver whs frozin over so early i ibe | 'HILL GOES FOR BEST PRIZE EAR Northwest Magnate, Who Speaks at Exposition, Says He Will Raise it Next Year. | | PRATSES DOMESTIC SCIENCE WORK | Tells Miss Besack Her's is Most Im- portent Part of Show. —— BRINGS MESSAGE TO THE FARMER Cannot Suppert Coming Population or Present Acreage Yield | MUST INCREASE SOIL'S POWERE Mr. Hill Guest of City, and Magnate Concludes Busy Day with a Ba quet st the Commercinl (31 James J. Hil, raliroad bullder and {farmer, stood looking at the best ear of corn in the world, grown in Indiana. ‘So that is the best ear of corn In the world,” murmered the-father of the Great Northern. “Well you can know right now {that I am going after that next year." With this decision the grim old ruler |of the great northwest announced nis position and began to inquire about the details of the making of this the world's best ear of corn “It will probably gake & better ear than this to win next year,” chuckled the tarmer-raiiroader. “It Is fine corn, 100, he added fondiing that $1,000 prize winner. Mr. Hill was the center of an intefested throng at the National Corn exposition, af- ter his arrival Thureday morning. ile had arrived on his spedal accompanied by his son. L. W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, 1. C. Gliman and J. H. Beek, assistants to the presidgnt's staff, at the Burlington station at 11:30 o'clock. Mr. Hiur's party was met at tne station by G. W. Holdrege and other Buriington offi- clals, by General Manderson and W. I Kierstead, chairman Omaha's standing re- ception committee. Mr. Hill was bundled into an sutomobile and rushed to the corn show, the real object of his visit to Omaha. A luncheon at the Omaha eclub followed and then the party returned to the exposition, where Mr, Hill was to make his address. It was in the domestic science department that Mr. Hill especially distinguished him- |self in his hasty look about the show. Strong with the Ladics. Miss Jessica Besack, who has charge of thie department, sallled farth on seelng the raliroad magnate near her esiablisa- ment. “You must sec our part of the show, she insirted. “Most certainly, Miss Besack” replied Mr. Hill, offering bis arm with the grase of a younger gallgnt . -4 g “1 want to remaie ..m the best part of all the show,” 4 Mr. Hill, pausing &t the enirance to the “muffin factory.” “‘There have been mcre homes ruined by bad bread and ine lack of domesiic science than by all the wars the world has EKnown." | In and about the domestic science de- | partihent Mr. Hill spent a ange parc of hig time asking questions here and there tha: denoted real interest. He even paused o |take a gemerous bite out of & fluffy cora muffin. Mr. HN spent some interested minutes looking over the exhibit of his voad, the Great Northern, and the “alfalfa palace.” Some fine tall grass,” be remarked, siz- ing up the exhibit with the calculating eye of & good farmer. At the end of the burried journey about | the exposition grounds Mr. Hill was taken |to the Omaha club for & luncheon, where he was entertuined by the officials of the | Burlington. He and party were entertained by Omana and the Contnental club last ’m;m. | President Hill Interested. L. W. HIll, président of the Great North- ern and son of the illustrious James J. Hitl, spent most of Bis time in the morning |at the exhibit of his ruad. “We touk a goodly share of the prizes |in the open to the world class With entries {from the Hill zone” he sald proudly, dis- playing & schedule sheet besring the names of the prize winnets, “Yow see 1 have checked them off here. We have pulled down about T per cent of the prises of- fered for sheaf grain. | “We have at jeast demonstrated that corn |cen be grown in the northern tier of states |br our entrics in this show. Why, ses here,” he urged. aimost excitedly. “Here is corn from Ay up at Sweet Grass, a station right against the morthern | boundary. Of course it is not prise-winning corn, but it 15 good corn just the same. Lest year 1 dropped in to see this show |and they mude remarks at me about us |not being in line. 1 replied at that time |that I'd show the folks here some corn, and I proceeced to take it up with every- body on the lipe. Now, here is the corn |to show for it. We furnished the seed for a Jot of this “The "Dry Farming' exhiblts have been brought down here from Bllings congress and exposition to show more of what is | belng done up our way. That dry farm ex- { positicy was too small for us and we had |two annexes there. We would have had |an an if all had worked out ‘l)un as we wanted it 0. Mr. -HON Message of the Farm, In tbe exposition souditorium Mr. Hil was introduced by Pres.dent Waitles,of the Na- |uunn.l Corn expos. tion. He had a lar |anlmated audience 1o face and he was gives |much appiause, his evdiepes’ following clorely every word that feli frum kis ligs. I he sald, “After all 1 am just & farmer,” a0d lue audicnee apparently kept ihat in nd. In the course of his address Mr, Hill said | “There ex here, 100, can be no more appropriste ob- iject about which £o gether an exposition {of the activity of the middle west and an | assemblage of its representative thought {814 inelligent purpose than the grain |which stands first among its staple pro- { ucts. | cnim Corn is one of the great gifts of continent to the world. In guality and quantity the yield of the alluvial plains of our central valley surpasses that pf any other secticn or any other country., Within the last gemerution this ‘has become the most valuable mingle faood product of the | Unttea States. is frozen over, wuf-| “It is less than forty years stuce our |carn crop reached 1,000000000 bushels, 1t s Inow well over 36M008 annually, and should shortly maintain itself at 5,000,000,000 The United States fur- nishes nearly 8 per cent gf the €orn crop of the world.” While 118 yicld has been mul- Uiplied by three, the sverage farm price