Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09
ASSERTS REMEDY ISA FRAUD
State Veterinarian Warns stOokmsn Against
Oornstalk Disease Cure.
GOOD PROFIT IN IT FOR MANUFACTURES
which Has Contract to Sup
ply state Institutions with Coal
Says IL f. Unable TO Sc
cure n supply.
tFrom a stan correspondent.l

quiet investigation, announced this after
noon that the guaranteed cure for the
cornstalk disease" known as the National
Cornstalf Remedy, was a fake and was
absolutely worthless as a cure for the
cornstalk disease.
This concern does business in Omaha
and IL has an Office in room 427 Range
block. In the office, said DR.. Thomas,
is a number Of pals containing the al
legged remedy, a quantity of advertising
matter and a young clerk whose chief
business seemed to be to fold the circu-
lars and mail them. The man who is sup
posed to be at the head of the company
lie named Muer, first name and where
abouts, according to DR.. Thomas, unknown,
but on the three occasions the veterinary
called the head man was said to be over
in iowa, and 1t is the belief that the remedy
is manufactured in that state.
J. NJ. Nelson, chemist for the State Food
commission, made an analysis of the remedy
and reported the summary Of its ingre-
dents as follows: Sulphur, one-ffth or
six parts; charcoal or coal, one-hfth or six
parts; salt, one-tenth or three parts; glau-
Der salts, one-sixth or five parts; copperas.
one-third or ten parts; enough fenugreek
to give the connection an odor.
This mixture" said DR.. Thomas, taken
the way 1t is prescribed, is Of no value
whatever. There are some materials in
The mixture that are good, but taken as
a whole II is absolutely worthless"
Over a month ago while out in the state
DR.. Thomas saw one of the circulars is
sued by the company and at once went to
Omaha to secure a sample Of the remedy.
At that time he was informed that the
company had none on hand. A second trip
was made to the office, and this time the
clerk in charge, who had discovered the
identity of DR.. Thomas, refused to sell 1t
to him, stating that the remedy was sold
to farmers only. Through other sources
DR.. Thomas secured a pail Of the remedy
and had 1t analysed.
The actual cost to manufacture the
remedy, according to the chemist, is about
so cents for a twenty-ive-pound sack,
which is sold for SO.
According to the directions issued by
the company for the preparations of the
remedy for the stock, said DIR. Thomas, 1t
would take a mans farm to feed the remedy
to a large herd Of cattle.
OF a cure for the cornstalk disease, DR..
Thomas said. 1.-The true remedy is to take
care of the product and not let 1t remain
in the field and lose it's nutrition"
IL COllIdhg BlNNo 10 NHN
Union Stock Yards National bank at South
Omaha and the bank at Thornton. la. The
company advertises exclusively by circular.
Blind Man Has Bad Fall.
Charles Waite, old and blind, either acct
dentally or with suicidal intent, took a
header over the railing which surrounds the
light shaft in the court house and is now
at his home with the chances against his
recovery. His injuries consisted Of a broken
ankle, a fractured arm and a dislocated
knee.
Cannot Fill Coal Contract.
1t was not an halucination of disordered
brains that made the Board of Purchase
and Supplies get a move on itself this
morning, in the matter of supplying fuel 70
the state institutions for the insane, but
from the fact that at the Lincoln asylum
there was scarcely enough coal on hand to
last twenty-four hours. At the other towns
where hospitals for the insane are located
almost the sare conditions confronted the
superintendents. The Whitebreast company,
which has the contract for furnishing fuel
for most Of the institutions, Informed the
board this morning that 1t would be impos-
sible for the company to fill its contract,
and that II the board would consent to take
a different kind of coal, 1t believed it could
secure the board thirty carloads. The meet
ing was held in the office OF the secretary OF
states Office and the thirty cars were pnr-
chased to be delivered at once.
Busy Week ut Lincoln.
There will be a plenty doing at the state
capitol during the week of January 1924,
for in addition to the state legislature, the
following state organizations will hold an
nual meeting here: The Nebraska State
Board of Agriculture, Nebraska Dairymen's
association, Nebraska Corn Growers asso-
citation, State Swine Breeders association,
Southwest Shorthorn Growers association,
Nebraska Veterinary Medical association,
Duroc-Jersey Breeders association, State
Farmers institute, State Poultry associa-
ton, State Bee Keepers association, Ne
braska Stock Growers association, Agricul-
tural Students association, Keya Paha
| Stock Growers association, Nebraska Irri-
CATION association, Fine Stock Breeders, as
ISOLATION, Farmers Cooperative Grain and
Live Stock association.
The railroad companies have granted a
one fare throughout the state. good coming
to February 3.
standard O1l ODJeets.
The Standard OIL company, through its
attorneys, Mccoy & Olmstead of Omaha,
has filed with the city clerk a protest
against the assessment placed upon it's
property here by Assessor Brown. The as
SCISSOR valued the property Of the company
at S3O,S25, which the company said was
about three times what it should be. It
said its agent gave in the figures approx
mately correct.
The BloOmquest Gymnastic and ortho-
podic institute Of Omaha has filed articles
OF Incorporation with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is S25, 900 and the ineor-
porators are: William A. Paxton, c. Gust,
T. B~loomquest, Charles d. Thompson and
B. ]. Scannell. The objects OF the institute
is to handle and control the %Bloomquest
patents on gymnastic apparatus.
Japs Work on Railroad.
For the first time in the history Of the
state japanese employees have been brought
into Nebraska. Tonight thirty-four were
taken through here from Wyoming to Ster-
ling. where they will be employed by the
Burlington on construction work. The men
were in charge OF Foreman George Kakagi
and Agent X. ~Okajimee, and were on a spe-
cial train. consisting Of three bunk cars. a