Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1915, Page 3

'Unn BEE: U\[\ll\ FRID Nebraska NEBRASKA QUTPUT OVER HALF BILLION State Board of Agriculture Com- putes Product of Farms Reaches This Total, ! . ESTIMATES YIELD OF FARMS (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 2.—(8pecial.)—~Nebraska hag no gold mines to increase its wealth, but figures prepared by the State Board of Agriculture indicate it needs nothing | of that kind to bolster up its showing of | wealth. The outpuet of Nebraska farms this year totals up to the nice little sum | of $560,556,439, which ought to be evidence | to most anybody that farming iIn Ne braska is better than gold mining in Alaska. The report for 19156 is as follows CoOMm .cociviiiirn Wheat Oats Rye Barley \l‘nvuluml RPN o bdaiveonachuivarshisiny Seeds, miscellaneous (est.).. Wik hay . Tlmnlh\ N‘nlnm\kp«h Pasturage and grass (e flllumlmh Ensilage (estimated) ‘Wool Dairy ||rm|u< s Poultry and eggs (estimated) Orchard products (estimated) Hogs . Sheep Mileh cows - Cattle . Total Morehead Honored at Public Banquet| (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Doc. 2.—~(Special Telegram.) —About 200 good road boosters from Lin- coln and out in the state gathered at the ILincoln hotel this evening at a banquet tendered by the Lincoln Com merclal club in honor of Governor John H. Morehead as a testimonial to the work he has done along the lines of good road building. It-was a celebration of the completion of the paving around the state farm, which was made possible by a special message by Governor Morehead to the legislature last winter, urging an appropriation of $35,000 to pay the paving cost, which was done by convict labor. C. C. Quiggle was toastmaster and among the men at the speakers' table were Dr. P. L. Hall, President H. K. Burket of the Commercial club; C. B. Towle, A. H. Bixby, C. H. Rudge, Rep- resentative C, P. Peterson, J. R. Miller, Chief Justice Morrissey, Rev. Mr. Young, Representative Dalbey of' Beatrice and several others, 5 JURY RETURNS VERDICT IN HASTINGS ACCIDENT HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 2 — (Special Telegram.)—A coroner's jury this after- killed on the St. Joseph & Grand Island noon returned a verdict that Belas Young, raliroad near here Tuesday night, met death by being struck by a train. ©One witness advanced the theory that Young might have driven his car in upon the| raflroad right-of-way and over the em-| bankment, but this was not seriously considered. . The jury’s finding states that the train did not stop at the time of the accident, b and that the scene of he tragedy not visited by any employe of the com-| pany from the timg it happened at 10:45, p. m. until 8 a. m! All that time \lh“\ Mabel Evans was lying in the draw, plrl\ of the tie in water at the bottom of the| diteh. Miss Evans was improved today, fol-, lowing the reduction of the fracture of her leg, and full recovery is expected. The engineer of the train discovered the bars of his pllot damaged on arriv-| ing in Hastings. Then he recalled hav- ing seen a beam of light at a point which he thought was the first bridge north of | town. The agent of the company made an examination himself at the first bridge. He gave orders for an examina- tion at the next bridge, but Instead the third bridge was examined. The accident nad occurred at the one between. FORMER NEBRASKA EDITOR DIES AT PARIS TEXAS LYONS, Neb., Dec. 2.—(Special.)—M. M. Warner of this place received a tele- gram annpuncing the death of his ‘ brother, L. M. Warner, in a hospital at | Parls, Tex., today. He was 63 years old and was tho oldest son of Colonel J. F. Warner. He was born at Richland, I Junuary 23, 182 Came with his parents to Dakota county, Nebraska, May 17, 1857. He conducted a newspaper for a number of years at Homer, and then moved to Kansas, Missouri, and thence to Antlers, Okl, whick place was his home at the time of his death. He leaves a widow, one son and one daughter, three daughters having preceded him. STATE TREASURER MAKES REPORT OF FUNDS ON HAND | (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dee. 2.-—(Special.)—Accord- ing to the monthly report or State Treas- Hall, there was on hand in the state treasury at the close of business November 30, $1,204,708.35, as against $1,285,165.29 the previous month, a falling | Off of $50,446.54. ! Receipts for the month were $248,420.72 and the disbursements were $325, urer | Lincoln | afternoon when Venor Harkins, | cause of_a broken nose. was |4 | Clark of Norfolk, were married Wednes. Nebraska 1 SAYS LEMON SHOT C. D. CAMPBELL Venor Harkins, Omaha Jitney Driver, Identifies Man Held by Lin- coln Police. APPEARS CERTAIN HE IS ONE| (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2.—(Special Telegram.)—That Guy Lemon, one of the men arrested a week ago by Officer Benner of the Lincoln police force, is the man who fired the shot which killed D. Campbell, the contractor, in Omaha a was asserted this an Omaha jitney driver, came to Lincoln and identified Lemon as the man who fired the shot, Harkins says he was within -twenty- five feet of Campbell when he fell and jumped from his jitney and, with others, | chased the men down an alley, but was | vnable to overtake them. He is sure that Lemon is the man because of a peculiar twist in one leg when he ran and also be- He identities a hat worn by Lemon at the time of his crrest as the same as that worn by the | man who shot Campbell, the color belng | short time ago, | a yellow tan. | Arnother man taken the same day that Lemon was arrested, who had roomed at | the same place with him the night before loth were arrested, cannot be Iidentified | as the second man by Harkins. Since his arrest Lemon has treated the matter of his arrest as the murderer of Campbell as a joke and continually laughs over it and he says he was not in Omaha when the crime was committed Lemon is in the county jail where he awalits a preliminary hearing in connec- | tion with the crime. While he knows | that an attempt is being made to identify him, he does not know that the jdentifi- cation has been made by Harkins | GOVERNOR BYRNE TALKS TO DAKOTA DAIRYMEN BIOUX FAL 8. D., Dec. 2.—(Special Telegram.)—~Governpr Frank M. Byrne was the chief speaker at the closing ses- sion late this afternoon of the annual convention of the South Dakota Dairy- men's and Buttermakers assoclation, which opened here Tuesday. Other speak- ers Included W. A. McKarrow of the United States Department of Agricul- ture; T. A. Meehan, dalryman of the United States and state agricultural ex- tension deplp(menl, and Prof. C. Larson of the South Dakota Agricultural college. The place for the next annual convention will be decided by the executive com- mittee, The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, ... W. Will- ander, Beresford; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Ryger, Brooking: HYMENEAL MO, | Love-Ruhge. AVOCA, Neb, Deec. (Special.)— Walter Wbve and Miss Clara Ruhge were married at Nebraska City today. The | bride is the second daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Henry Ruhge, living one mile west | of this city, and is well known, having been born and grew to womanhood in this vicinity. The groom is a contractor. They will reside here. Johnson.Walters, Edward R. Johnson of Minneapolis, Minn., and ..anche Walters, of Ogden, Utah, were married Wednesday in the parlor of the Young Men's Christian as- soclation. The ceremony was performed | by Rev. B. R. Von der Lippe, pastor of the Clifton Hill Presbyterian church. Clark-Peter, Miss Geraldine Peter and Claude B. day afternoon by Rev. Charles W. €avidge. They were mccompanied by F\ 0. and H. A. Clark, bothers of the groom, and Mrs. Elsie Clark, all of Norfolk, Wataon-Christensen. Esther Christensen and Willlam M. Vatson, both of Omaha, were mar- ried Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Charles W, Savidge. They were accom- panied by Miss Esther Peterson and Scott Laird, Sorenson-Murphy. Miss Ollie F. Murphy, daughter of David Murphy, and Mr. Ole C. Sorensen, both of Peoria, 1ll., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Miss Wednesday even'ng at 7. GIFTS That Are GOOD | Institute for Feeble Minded at Beatrice | volumes in the Nebraska state \Y DECEMBER 1915 What' Has it Come to This? FARMERS® CONGRESS, Alll/’ ; Nebraska 'AUDITOR'S PAPER | ' KICKS OVER TRACES Seward Democrat Comes Out with| Editorial Rasping the Bryan Interests, IS BUSY EXPLAINING SMITH (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 2-(Special.)-State Auditor W. H. Smith has been fee'ing pretty chesty the past few months be cause he had been able to keep out of the family quarrels which his brother state officers of the democratic faith | had fallen into and was thinking that he might enjoy his Christmas turkey with jout serfous objections to his remnomina- {tion coming to the surface, but now he | has to take his turn. His own newspaper | at Seward, which he has nourished from a feble Infant to a healthy, chesty kid, has ben acting up. The man whom Auditor Smith left to run the p“h'l’l | turned loose last week and flalled Wil liam J. and Charles W. Bryan without mercy, because of the pronuncimato is sued that all demoocrats must take to | the water wagon or take to the wods. | | Since the lssue of the paper, Auditor | Bill has been busy writing lettera and | explaining that he s not responsible for the utterance of the man who now rung the paper, that he has no strings | on it and should not blamed 1 it | | says things out In meeting prohibited by | the fellows who are now driving the dem- | | ocratic donkey. It appears that when the auditor was | elected and moved to Lincoln, he leased his paper to his foreman, but in order | that the paper might have a good demo- cratic standing, the foreman being a re- publican, Mr. Smith kindly allowed his name to stand at the top of the editorial cloumn as publisher. As punishment for thinking that a republican needsd the prestige of a democratic name in order | mer win | Bred Nebraska to make the paper pan out right, the auditor must now repent in sack cloth and ashes, simply because a good re- publican editoria] apreared under a dem ocratic name FARMERS’ INSTITUTE WILL BE HELD AT ELKHORN ELKHORN, Neb, The third annual meeting of the Elkhorn Farmers' Institute will be held here De cember 6 and The opening address will be delivered Monday at 2 p. m. by (Special.) J. W. Hall, president of the Western Douglas County Agricultural soclety. Mr. K. F. Warner of the University farm will deliver addresses Monday afternoon and evening on and management of live stock. Tuesday afternoon BE. Z. Russell of the Twentieth Century Far- deliver an address on ‘Pure Hogs On the Farm,” and John Fitz Roberts “of Omaha will discuss “Pure Bred Cattle On the Farm.” 1. J Dunn and A. W, Jefferis of Omaha will speak Tuesday evening. Monday after- noon, Mlss Mary Rohaker of the Uni- versity farm will talk to the women's section at Knights of Pythias hall on | “The Hostess of Today." NEBRASKA’S PROTEST WILL BE ADDED TO THAT CF DAKOTA care LINCO Dec. 2.~(Special.)—~The Ne braska Raflway commission will join | with, the South Dakota Rallway com- mission In signing a protest on a motion | for intervention before the Interstato Commerce commiselon In & complaint filed by the Kansas City Millers' club agalnst the Santa Fe rallroad, alleging a discrimination againat interstate traffic in several sttes beouso of the establish- ment of minimum welght on grain and grain products of less than 40,00 pounis, Different state commiasions have been invited to meet at Plerre Docember § to discuss th omatter and arrange for a Jeining together so that tHe protest may be stronger, e 1s on hand $7,633.15. it has cost $1,890.55 not looking the am: back Into the stat TURN IN INTEREST MONEY Treasurer of Arthur County Hands| in Small Bunch of Interest needed. e Collected. | Irrigation Meetingn. e | Meetings in which the State LAPSE IN LIBRARIAN'S FUND | Irrigation are interested will this month as follows (From ¢ Statt ‘n,re(,..,..fl..,\.\ | State Irrigation association, at Bridge- | 2.—(8pecial.)—No | the LINCOLN, Dec, sooner has Superintendent Fast of cember 14, gained considerable favorable comment by turning over Interest secured on de- Posit of state mcney in banks than along corhes the treasurer of Arthur county and sends to the secretary of state the sum of $1.4) Interest on a warrant which hé had collected. -+ Lindsay Lets 81,07 Lapse. “he report »f Harry Lindsay, state librarian and elerk of the supreme court, filed today, shows that there are’ 71,490 library, an’ increase over the June report be- cdvse of 519 volumes donated and 066 purchased In the fund collected for the ember 17 and 18. Auditor's the month of $305,267.71. {ssued from that offl Get a bottle today. —Advertisement. printing of supreme court reports there November, During the year, with January 1, $4,854,373 in warrants were For printing reports When the clerk was of $1.07 treasury because things were ruh so aleely that it was not ount e port, December 7, 8 and 9. | County commissioner, at Columbus, De- 16 ana 16. Nebraska Engineers’ Warran There were 8,714 warrants written the office of the state auditor during aggregating Ice. The Best Medicine for Conghs. The first dose of Dr.” King's New Dis- covery helps your cough, soothes throat. Soc. Al soclety, A Hearth Fire on lapsed | Oak chunks glowing Board of be held ber mills of Minnesota. Lincoln, Can you think of anything more pleasant? Pine slabs crackling—or A basket full of flaming coal. Sunderland Sells Them All BEST MISSOURI OAK (Body wood), seasoned and split. DRY PINE SLABS (16 inches long), direct from the lum. e, a Frosty Evening n Absolutely Smokeless beginning ONE OF OUR YARDS druggists YELLOWSTONE LUMP / The Perfect Fireplace Coal SUNDERLAND BROTHERS CO. PHONE DOUGLAS 252 s7 50 Per IS NEAR YOUR HOME. HE BEATON & LAIER TOY SHOP OPENS SATURDAYW 415-17 So. 16th St. Ivory Dresser With Mahogany Top Similar to Cut —By “Good"”~ we mean gifts that are useful, practical, worthy, dignified; the kind you like to receive; the kind you like to give. —Ladles'’ HAND BAGS, a per- fect assortment, and good val- ues from §1,00 to $5.00. —Men’s PURSES and CARD Kills Himself, Aged (-rpentr , Neb., Dec. 2.=(Spe- | GRAND ISLAND, b aged ing through 74, committed suicide place by shooting himself the temple. - The act lberate, Koenig fully changing his at tire for his best clothes before com- mitting the act. It is believed, from his request to his landlady, before going to his room, for a leadpencil, that he wanted to leave a note. She had mone, however, and no note was found. Koenlg was a widower, but leaves a step-daughter re- siding at eKarney. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Platt Duetsche Verein Beatrice Man Badly Injured, sult that his hip was fractured and his spine badly wrenched. He had been cm ployed on the McPherson farm as a corn- husker the last few weeks started to drive the cattle out of the stalk field when the accident happened. Read Them Every Day. It Wil The Bee Want Ads in The Bee. P clal Telegram.)—Franz Koenig, carpenter, ! at his board- | twice | was de- | BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 2.—(Special)— | Oliver Joplin of this city was thrown from a horse at the McPherson farm east of Filley Wednesday, with the re- and had | CASES, a big variety, 50¢ to $5.00. ~—MANICURE SETS, as simple or elaborate as you wish; up from 25¢. —CIGAR and CIGARETTE | CASES, excellent for men, and quite inexpensive, —JEWEL and STICK PIN CASES, priced upward from $1.00. i —NECKTIB inexpensive, | priate. | COLLAR BAGS, from 75¢ il up. i| —Leather lined TRAVELING || BAGS, good values at §5.00 and up. —WRITING $1.50 wp. | Freling & Steinle Omaha's Best Baggage Bullders 1803 FARNAM STREET HOLDERS, very and quite appro- P OR T FOLIOS, A substantially buil stirac- tively Aofi'nd up-to. n- ute type. with Jarde 32x87 inch et 0,25 and spect patterns and color- spec! at ....0000 values without a par- allel, each 9x12 Extra Brussels Rugs, great values at. .. 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ENDURING and USEFUL Appropriate Furniture Gifts for Every Member of Every Family—Gifts that will not be gone the day after Xmas or months » where in evidence throughout this store. ter or years vlate rms comfortable bac) anusual special VAINS, F 1ot 16'95 For the convenience bf thrifty shoPPers we've assembled a vast array of uniqie m‘_g-.,-;‘;“;-:n*; S i Ma ahogany gift furniture on the main floor—tilt top tables, spinet desks, ladies' ables us to pass it on to Chiffonier to Matoh work tables, dressing tablos, book cases, smoking stands, nests of tablos, tea YO A= ‘with plate mirror top tables and wagons, etc., etc., etc. But don't stop on the main floor, KEvery sales eresting. 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