The Beatrice Daily Express from Beatrice, Nebraska • 7

Saturday March 8 1924 BEATRICE DAILY EXPRESS Page Seven Crop Rotations Are Threatened Amoblies ported show a combined net profit of $11000000 with dividends ranging from six to 15 per cent and an average dividend of 96 per cent The reports indicate that the expense accounts of the banks were considerably lower in 1923 than in 1922 Roofing Trade Requires a Stern Apprenticeship RENEWED POLITICAL ACTIVITY Every man to his trade is an old it loved it and have made it rrfy life campaign against the use of imported clover seed But the Department of Agriculture in the face of the alarming shortage and after conducting numerous tests and experiments Copenhagen Denmark March 8 The new law establishing a 15 to 30 per cent tax on automobiles has been severely criticized in motor circles has found that imported clover seeds particularly by the heads of Amer-from all foreign countries usqally car-making companies with supplying the United States except branches in Denmark They claim Italy alone will do well in most of that their companies have recently ac- quired large plants in Denmark with the intention of employing hundreds of Danes and using Copenhagen as a collecting and distributing center for Scandinavia Russia and other European countries Banks Show Signs Of Prosperity Stockholm Sweden March Industrial and financial circles of Sweden are gratified over the healthy cxnT dition of banks as shown by their annual reports for 1923 Nine of the banks which have thus far ire- work I was 19 years of age I was competent to pass the exacting examination of my trade by the president of the Sioux Falls Roofing company of South Dakota He was a man of the old school thorough and painstaking the age of 19 he put me on the road as contracting agent for his company and I made all of the leading cities of that and the surrounding states I was able to close contracts because of my practical experience and my technical knowledge my twenty -fifth year I became ambitious to go into business for myself which I did and have continued at it since selected Beatrice as one of the most promising places for my business and have located here permanently meeting with considerable success in my operations During the past week I have finished one of the most important roofing jobs that the city has afforded in extent for many years The roof laid is in accordance with the best specifications and is guaranteed for a period of a long term of years guarahtee all my work for eight or ten year periods according to the materials used I am a man of my word a permanent resident of this city and am qualified in every way to back up my word and my Much alarm is manifested by agricultural experts over the shortage of red clover 'seed Experts in the proper rotation of crops and the conditioning of the soil forsee a decrease in clover acreage which they believe may spell disaster if something is not done to relieve the condition There was a shortage of red clover last year and the production of medium red clover this year from all statistics and indications will be about 45 per cent of last crop Mammoth red clover production will also be much below that of last year Red clover has been a staple in the necessary crop rotation plans of farmers and there is nothing that quite takes its place as a substitute Various legumes may serve as substitutes this regard but they do not replace the value of the clover as a crop valuable £or hay secreting nitrogen and supplying humus The United States never has produced an adequate supply of clover seed for its needs it seems to be proved by experiments conducted by both state and federal government authorities that domestic seed is best in all except a very limited portion of the country It still has been necessary to import large quantities of clover seed each year Recently agricultural colleges state experiment stations and crop improvement associations have conducted a sibly to challenge for the Pulitzer trophy a local aircraft company has decided to build a speedy airplane This will be a biplane with a Napier Lion engine giving nearly 600 horsepower and it is believed it will attain a speed of 270 and possibly 300 miles an hour The machine already has been entered for the Beaumont Cup near Marseilles June 22 and the British Air Derby later Deserted Groom Holds Reception For Guests By Himself Uniontovvn Pa March 8 Left at rche church by his fiancee who eloped and married another man Joseph Richards held his wedding reception 'as per schedule accepting many hand- i Everybody had Brighten Up For Spring We all like to get rid of the accumulation of dust and soot Those walls probably look pretty ding now The floors need refinishing The wood-work needs touching up and the ceilings especially over the radiators need cleaning Let us do the work for you We can give you the finest assortment of new and charming wall paper to select from We can give you the best grade of workmanship And ouh prices are right Fred Randall In Owl Pharmacy Phone New York Income Has 25 Reduction Albany March 8 Income tax payers of New York state will have a 25 per cent reduction in their state returns' due next month under terms of the bill passed by a vote of 106 to 35 in the Assembly Defeat Test Case On School Histories Trenton J- March 8 The Williams Bill to authorize on complaint of 40 taxpayers a review of school histories alleged to be misrepresenting events leading to the Declaration of Independence as defeated aYi the House of Assembly by a vote of 34 to 26 190 Tolclo some gifts a good time except August Burnett who objected there wa no bride to see his new suit War On Stray Dogs Is Reaping Results The war on stray dogs continues with a marked degree of success al-funds on account of or erro- rea(Ty on the records the manager neously collected amounted to canine population is at work and $12399282094 in the fiscal year ending June 30 1923 and were distributed among 263320 persons The provide pens or chicken yards and that all chickens be kept penned up as a resylt the city coffers have been enrichened to some extent and there have been a number of dogs the clover states ami give satisfactory crops The regions where Italian clover seed produces good results is limited to a small portion of the Pacific coast It not only is not hardy over the great portion of the country but is more susceptible to antracnoce and other disease With the fact proved by government experiments that a prejudice against all foreign clover seed is not altogether justified by results efforts are being made to counteract it The authorities of the federal Department of Agriculture are urging that it is better to plant imported seed known to flourish in many portions of the United States than to plant no clover at all which would be the result of following the anti-import propaganda literally i hre is a large amount of available data from both government and state source showing that in test plots foreign seed produced very nearly as good and in a few cases heavi- i er crops than home-grown seed CHIEF OF POLICE ISSUES WARNING THAT CHICKENS MUST BE KEPT IN COOPS Chief of Police Paul Acton instructed officers to be on the outlook for stray chickens The city ordinance requires that chickens be penned up but during the winter months there are often a number of neighborhood agreements to the effect that chickens may roam at large However as the seasoti advances and the frost leaves the grounds poultry in a little strawberry patch can do considerable harm in a little while There have been a number of calls reached police headquarters lately regarding unpenned poultry and Chief Acton has made the request that people an those not worths the tax money that have taken wings enroute via the bullet highway The war against homeless dogs will continue police de-1 clare until every dog within the city limits shall have on the proper col- lar and the proper license tag Phone 171 The new kind of upholstery salesmen and A business one! your own Spiegel and true saying The jack-of-all-trades knowing many and mastering none is one of the banes of existence in this country today The old system of apprenticeship is gone and with it the know how the reliability of the time when it prevailed There are a few of the graduates of the old time apprenticeship system in Beatrice today and all of them do reliable work Roofing is a trade the same as that of mechanic blacksmith or carpenter It requires a certain know how and technique a knowledge of engineering and something chemistry to lay a roof properly and the building is only as strong as its roof for the roof is one of the disease centers of any building A leaky roof will do more to make a building depreciate in all its parts than any other fault Beatrice has a real roofer--a real graduate apprentice of the system that made the lads learn the trade from the ground up Speaking of himself and his trade Bouma Beatrice roofer says: first went into the roofing trade when I was twelve years old Although there were many steps to climb to become a good roofer I took them one by one I was interested in NEW LINE OF ENQUIRY IN OIL SCANDAL Washington March 8 Hunting evidence to clear up a story of attempted bribery in which all the natural resources formed the stake and the presidency was the bribe the senate oil committee will delve into the secrets of dead men Reports that offers of support were made in 1920 to General Leonard Wood and to friends of the late President Harding when both were candidates and the effort to put Jake Hamon Oklahoma oil magnate in the office of Secretary of the Interior will be sifted to the bottom Having started on the trail on this evidence the committee will also seek to learn whether Albert appointment was the result of a pre-election or pre-convention agreement Report around the capital from time to time and the remarks Senator Heflin Alabama who said on the floor of the senate that the national oil reserves bartered in the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago the night before the Chicago convention nominated Harding are being sifted before the committee plunges into this new line of inquiry The committee will endeavor to finish the evidence relating to the effort of Edward McLean to keep himself off the witness stand in the inquiry Pope Appreciates The American Episcopate Rome Italy March 8The intention to award the red hat to Archbishop Hayes and Archbishop Mundelein of the United States is welcomed by all Catholics the II Mes-sagero an Italian newspaper said today 4 The pope has planned this recognition of the work of the churchmen in the United States for some time the paper continued and he considers it a special token showing his appreciation to the American Episcopate for its active aid in the charity wrhich the Holy See has endeavored to extend to all suffering nations since the World war Wants Walsh To Use Truth Serum Washington March 8 inventor of a serum that is said to compel witnesses to tell the truth has been deluging me with his Senator Walsl chief prosecutor in the oil scandal said today wants me to try his invention cut on witnesses before the oil committee mittee I think I shsould order a barrel of concluded Senator Walsh Send Greetings To Departing Prelates New York City March 8 Catholics in this country by delegation and telegram gave a bon voyage to Arch- Tha4 state and county offices will be obtained after hard fights W'as an assured fact with a renewed activity in both state and county politics Friday and Saturday as the time limit for filing draws near at hand Democrats reminded of their duty to the party through a letter sent to all members of the party throughout the county has resulted in a number of candidacies announced and the dec-laration that many more filings may be expected before the final filing minute Charles Segelke filed his petition and threw his hat into the legislative race as democratic candidate for state representative of the 37th district Mr Segelke is one of the largest soft dring bottlers in the state and resides in West Beatrice Jle has never been in state politics before but at one time w'as a candidate for city commissioner of Beatrice So far Mr Segelke is the only democrat seeking the state office On the Republican ticket Harvey Essam present representative and Charles Overbeck of this city are in the race McKissick For Senate The next big political move to be made Saturday was the reclaration of McKissick of this city to enter the state senatorial race on the democratic ticket Mr McKissick who holds a state position at this time seeks to represent Pawnee asd Gage counties in the state senate and is the only democrat seeking the office at this time He will file in Lincoln Saturday he told Beatrice friends here Saturday morning Attorney Loren Laughlin of the firm Hazlett Jack Laughlin is the only contender for the office on the republican ticket at this time Many In Supervisor Race With the tiling of Byron Dolen influential Blakeley township man for 1 the office of supervisor second district there are three republicans and one democrat seeking the nomination as representative on the county bard for the north-cast townships of the county Jesse Buss present supervisor seeks re-election and filed some weeks ago for the nomination Mr Buss a republican has served one term as the county officer and has established a fine record Shortly after Mr Buss entered the race John Hereth of Clatonio derlared himself a candisate for the office and Friday Col Ben Ridgeley filed for the nomination Mr Ridgeley one of the most inflential auctioneers in the county and big political leader in Holt and adjoining townships The final filing was that of Byron Dolen of Blakeley township on the democratic ticket With the four candidates and the possibility of another from the democratic ranks who has not as yet openly declared his position the race for supervisor will be a hot one Separated throughout the district as the candidates are the opposition will rely more or less on friendship to pull some of the candidates into the race in strong form Dutton Not in Race Althoigh a large number of Gage county Deniocratis have petitioned City Attorney Frank A Dutton to enter tre race for Lieutenant-Governor the lawyer definitely announced Saturday morning that he was not to enter the race He stated his great appreciation for the large number of supporters who have petitioned him to become a candidate for the office and said he was glad they expressed such great confidence in his ability Attorney Dutton would give no reason other than present law connections and the fact that three state offices are already sought by Gage county citizens for his not accepting the petition of the democrats and becoming involved in the race for the office While there was some rumor in the past to the fact that Mr Dutton would be a candidate for United States senator he announced after a series of interviews with leading state democrats that he was not to entet this race shall remain in Beatrice for some Mr Dutton said Letter Brings Results A letter mailed to all members of the democratic party in the county reminded the followers of their duty The result has been that there are already a number of filings for state county and city offices and indications that other strong opposition may be expected before the filing limit is reached Contend For Speed King With New Craft London England March 8 With a view to capturing some of the big speed events of the year and pos- bishop Hayes and Mundelein who left on the steamship Berengaria for Rome today The two Archbishops who are to receive the red hats dined at the Episcopal residence last night with fellow clericals Brooklyn Proves Male Thief New York March 8 The Brooklyn police early this morning solved the mystery of the operations of the bob-haired girl bandit when they captured two men attired as women and wearing wigs These thieves had terrorized shopkeepers in Brooklyn for some weeks Letter Betrays A Fugitive From Justice Nebraska City Nebr March 8 Last May Harry Svpherd with his brother Charles visited the home of a farmer named Fleischmann in the north part of Otoe county Mrs Fleischmann a bride who had recently come from Germany and who could not talk English w'as at the home alone It is alleged that the two men rav-p'ished her Charles Sypherd was arrested on the charge and tried nd was paroled to a Lincoln man Harry escaped the law and had teen in hiding in Ih little Colorado town He was betrayed to State Sheriff Tom Carroll by a letter Sypherd has been arrested and will be brought back for trial Save Estate Claim Big Fees Hastings Nebr March 8 The firm of Burkett Wilson and Brown Lincoln attorneys have filed a claim of $5000 for fees against the famous John estate here They claim that their legal services Were for the purpose of saving the estate to the state of Nebraska It is valued at $140000 and in the event that no heirs are found it will revert to the state Confesses Attempt To Take His Own Life West Point Nebr March 8 Frank Hackmeier principle in the mysterious shooting which took place here Tuesday morning confessed that he had inflicted the injury upon himself The confession was made before Monsignor Ruesing who is in charge of St hospital here and two other watnesses Hachmeier is lying at the point of death at the hospital with two bullet holes in his head Judges Passes Hat For Stricken Family Poughkeepsie March 8 After sentencing George Walthead to seven months in prison for abandoning his family Justice Morschauer passed the hat and collected $75 for Mrs Walthead and her two children Fourteen Contractors To Bid On Hotel Falls City Nebr March 8 Fourteen contractors submitted bids for the new hotel that is to be erected here About $4000 is yet to be subscribed to complete the hotel fund Champion Economy Car Overland Champion is an entirely new closed car Removable rear seat and big carrying space useful to merchants farmers Both seats adjust backward forward comfort for tall and short people car family car and camping in Seats make into a full-size bed in the car hotel on wheels Big power Big reliability Touring $495 Sedan $795 Toledo largest single amount refunded was $936854860 to the executors of the estate of Oliver Payne of New York Re-payments exceeded $1000 in 10 152 cases Measles Epidemic Still At Height The quarantining of homes for measles is still a big issue with the local police department there being from three to six new cases of the disease reported to the health department every day The present epidemic is classed as severe as any of the same kind to be experienced in Beatrice for some years The cases as a rule are mild Release Picture Of Harding In Alaska Washington March 8 A motion peture film entitle Tour of showing many scenes taken during the trip to the territory last summer by the late President Harding has been released by the Department of Interior for the use of colleges clubs and other educational organizations Columbia University Shows A Big Gain New York Marcn 8 The total enrollment at Columbia Uniersity is 38-534 a gain of 2295 over last year said the report presented to the trustees by Edward Grant registrar Resident students number 32688 while 3027 are undergraduates Policeman Runs Down Fox Near Brooklyn School lew York March 8 Patrolman Walker turned fox hunter when he saw a blue fox in a wood near a Brooklyn school and got bitten through the finger for his trouble in capturing the animal which he will present to Prospect Park Zoo fob Automobile Co 7tli and Court Lumber Company Phone 760 411 West Court St PAULEY.