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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Profits of the New Farmer

Within the last decade It has been found that by practical
scientific farming the new farmer quadruples his crops, creates
new cereals, fruits and trees, and annually produces six times the
wealth of the national banks.
1t was planned then to show in Omaha in one great exposition
what the new farmer had discovered, how he discovered his wonder
full farm, discovered its new worth with the aid Of science and
invention, agricultural colleges, agricultural experiment stations,
agricultural explorers, an agricultural department. weather bureau.
bureau of animal industry, bureau Of plant industry and sundry
other aids and educations which have made farming twice as easy,
doubly as interesting, vastly more intelligent and uplifting ana three
times as profitable.
In bold relief stood the record made by Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne
braska, North Dakota and Kansas. The states had proved that the
scientific way was the practical way and the National Corn EXPOSE
ton was designed to emphasize the fact and bring those interested
in agriculture together from all sections Of the country for . great
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

frc-ted the man who through his efforts has fed the multitude. The
National Corn exposition, organized on a broad plan by broad men
in Omaha one day last January, was designed as a fitting place
where the problems solved by the individual combined with those
worked out by all his neighbors-and men in different states and
dinere-. climates-could be presented and the best methods of all
combined into a real recipe for farming which would be worthy the
attention of the most practical and sagest graybeard in the rurals.
1t has been known for ten years that IL the recipes of some farmers
were generally applied the result would be a profit to the nation OF
millions of dollars annually.
IF the international live stock shows and the worlds fairs VIII
inspire breeders to produce better stock and the workshops and
factories of America to sUrpass those of the world in the hne and
nee anical arts a great national corn and grain exhibition will
inspire the farmers to produce better grains and grasses" was the
argument of the business men who formulated the plan. When the
suggestion was made to a small handful Of business men Of Omaha
South Omaha and Council Bluffs they readily subscribed a fund
which will be ample to make the exposition a success and December
9 to 10 were selected as the dates for holding the exposition In
Omaha, after all the state and county shows in the various states
had been held, that each might contribute to the great national
clearing house the best corn and other grains which their exhibitors
entered.
The practical work with farm crops had passed the expert
mental stage. 1t was known that local contests, county corn shows,
short courses and county fair exhibits Of corn and grains had been
an inspiration to the American farmer. A new farmer" had been
evolved, Just al a new woman" was evolved, and this new agrtcul-
turist Is a man who no longer meets the seasons with brute force
and simply plows, plants, fights weeds and reaps, but an Intelligent
worker, who combines brains with muscle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
How an Idea Has Grown Until

AYE, the corn, the royal corn, within whose yellow heart
There is health and strength for all the nations
HEREVER there is a farm in all the vast expanse Of the
country there is with it the ever pressing problem OF
NV how to get from the soil the greatest possible profits
v Since farming first began the question Of the greatest
nnnlt rnn the given are and given labor has con-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Field for American Capital
T

oNSTANTINoPLE, Sept. ga
Among the many political changes
of an international character
which have been brought about by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
PERSONAL POINTS.

Hon and Mrs. H. L. Wheelan re-
turned from Chicago last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Paulsen have
gone to Chicago for weeks visit.
Mrs. S. P. A. Lindahl departed this
morning for Pearson, Fla, where she
will remain till after the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. ScoviHe of Rome,
Ohio, will return to their home tomor-
row morning after an extended visit
here
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. North are the
parents of ~ pound son, born to
them this morning. Mrs. North before
her marriage was Miss Julia Stat
ford.
A party composed of Carl Hellpen-
stell, DR.. c. Bernhard and Otto Huber
of this city and Hon. Henry Vollmer of
Davenport will go to Chicago the first
of the week to attend farewell ban
quet to be given at the Union League
club for DR.. Won Viewer, the German
consul general at Chicago, who is soon
to be transferred to a consulate in
South Africa. Mr.. Hellpenstell will be
one of the speakers at the banquet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
bonds required to secure the construc.

bonds required to secure the construc-
ton of the line, and Aledo has made
an appeal to the commercial interests
of the three cities to assist in raising
the necessary money. Mr.. Weir ex-
planned that the people of the three
cities are not making a gift in sub
scribing for the bonds, as they bear
per cent interest, payable semi-annual-
ly, are sold at 80 cents on the dollar,
and are secured by first mortgage
on the road. Mr.. Weir urged the
members of the party to discuss the
situation freely among their business
associates, and thus facilitate the work
of the soliciting committee when 1t
starts out to raise the $4,000 subscrip.
ton in the three cities which Aledo
can not secure. Mr.. Weir stated that
Davenport will certainly do it's share
portion of the bonds, and Moline will
without doubt come up to the mark
likewise.
Is Not Gift.
+ Judge Church repeated some of his
remarks made at noon. He stated
that he had examined thoroughly the
bonds which the company asks the
people to subscribe for, and he is con
fident that they are worth the money
He urged that the tri-cities take
enough of the bonds to make the 800,
900, not only as move to assist
Aledo, but as a move to benefit the
jobbing and commercial interests here
He stated that it will be an absolute
impossibility for Aledo to handle more
| than $4,000 of the bonds, and that
handle this amount is something O
an achievement.
Are Worth the Money.
e. c. Walsh stated forcibly that tn,
bonds the company desire Aledo t
take are worth the money, and he de
clared that the road will earn fou
times it's interest charges. He state,
that the Walsh people do not propos
to let go of road under foreclosur
on bonds, and that the Walsh inter
ests have never started a job not fir
ished: never started road or projec
that they did not control, and hav
never given up control. when yo
buy these bonds do not expect to &c
4 possession of the road under fore
closure. You will be disappointed" h
said. Mr. Walsh stated that in tw
years the company will have dali
tonnage of 5000 tons of coal from tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
FIND MISSING CAR.
Machine Used by Robbers Of Port
Byron Bank in Escape is 10.
Gated in Sand Pit.
NEAR THE sILvls SHOPS
Is Seen by Switehman from Top of a
Train-Furnishes But Starting
Point for Police.

The first information as to the move
ments of the robbers who secured
$4,000 from the Port Byron State bank
Monday morning was secured last ev-
ening, when the missing handcar on
which the men apparently made their
escape from the village after the rob-
berry, was found in sand pit near
Silvis. The car was seen in the pit by
j. l. Frey, Milwaukee switchman,
while he was riding on top of string
of cars. The handcar had been taken
east on an old track of the D., R. |. e
n. W., and showed down into the pit
from a point behind a string of cars
stored by the Burlington The hand
car had crashed through a fence, but
as it had been left in an out of the way
lplace, it might have been months be-
seen from the top of the passing train.
Furnishes Slight CIew.
The men evidently rode on the car
to point near Warmers Crossing, and
there put the car on the D., r. l. & n.
w. track and took it back east to a
point not far from the brake shoe
factory.
The finding of the car, however, fur
inisheS but slight information in the
case, as it simply shows that the men
went to Silvis after the robbery. There
are dozens of trains daily from Silvis
and the robbers may have boarded any
of these. The probabilities are thai
they took different directions, expect
ing to meet at some other city. Thai
they went very far is doubtful, be
cause they had in their loot $500 il
silver, and a goOdly amount of money
in gold, and this must have been very
heavy and cumbersome to carry about
| Officers to Organize.
The different safe blowing jobs ani
postoftice robberies recently in thi:
Ipart of the state is causing much ap
lprehension among the police officers
and there is a movement, contemplated
with a view to organizing the authori
ties of the Military Tract for the pur
Ipose of facilitating the work of chas
ling the thieves. While the differen
offices communicate with each other
there is no defined organization, AM
the results would probably be NOR
satisfactory if the officers were bette
lorganized. The government servic
seems inactive, and no steps to appre
Ihend the robbers who have been raid
ing the different postoffices seem t
have been taken. One of the puzzle
that the police have not yet solved i
where the robbers find a market TO
the stolen stamps taken from the pos
offices.
The police in the different cities ar
, convinced that the robberies hav
been the work of an organized gan
Iof skilled cracksmen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
GETS BAD CUT FROM
FLYING BEER GLASS
John Mccormack is Wounded in Row
at Turner Hall, and Two Youths
Pay 500 and Costs.

John Mccormack sustained a Sc
we're wound On the head, and two
young men were arrested and fined
800 and costs each on state warrants
for assault and battery as the result
Of an encounter at the Turner hall
saloon last night. The two men ar.
rested were Paul Cameron and S. Boff-
man. Following an argument over
some pugilistic, event, there was a
fight, in which Mccormack was hit in
the head with a beer glass, an ugly
wound being inflicted on the side OF
his face, and his left ear being nearly
severed by .he blow, A physician was
called to attend him, and the wound
was closed with difficulty.
Robert Mccoy and Gus Calus were
each sent down for 40 days today by
Magistrate Elliott Both are in ser
ious condition as the result of over in
diligence in alcoholic drinks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
SOME WORD ORIGINS.
Hurrah Comes From the Old BattIeery
of the Vikings.

Hurrah Comes From the Old BattIeery
of the Vikings.
Rah, the final syllable Of most col.
rah. The word hurrah itself comes
from the old battlecry of the ancient
vikings = namely, Tur Ale, which
means God aid. There is another form,
huzza which comes from hosanna.
This was the old cry of the crusaders.
The word yes comes directly through
the Norman-French oyez, which means
near. In its old form 1t is still
used by beadles and certain municipal
officials I'm civic functions In England
and also by the royal heralds in pro-
claiming the succession of sovereigns
to the throne. No is purely Norman
French and comes from the Latin
non ita, meaning not so. The real
Anglo Saxon was nay, just as the An
glo-Saxon affirmative was yea. The
word mister is directly from the Latin
magister, meaning master. Mrs. IL
from the word mistress, and formerly,
as late as the eighteenth century, all
unmarried women were given the title
Of mistress-as, for example, Mistress
Sophia Western in ''Tom Jones'" Els.
quire is derived from the old Norman
French escuyer. which means shield
bearer. Every knight of the shire had
his shield bearer, and the honor of
| carrying the shield was supposed to
confer gentility npon the follower. The
| word gentleman until the middle of the
seventeenth century meant, as the
present French word gentilhomme, a
nobleman. nothing less, and no man
| was a gentleman who was not entitled
| to "bear arIus."-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
R. n. OF A. ELECTS
MayfIoWer Camp Chooses Officers for
Year at Annual Meeting at
!. O. o. F. Hall.
MRS. AINSW0RTH IS NAMED
Is Made Oracle, Mrs. Mary Wells Sec
ond in Rank-W. r. c. and Trib-
unes Meet.

Mayfiower camp No,s><101, Royal
Neighbors of America, last evening at
a meeting at Odd Fellows hall elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
Oracle-Mrs. B. Ainsworth.
Vice Oracie-Mrs. Mary Wells.
Past Oracle-Mrs. Gertrude Wynn.
Chancellor-Mrs. Hannah Siensen.
Recorder-Mrs. Mamie Smith.
Receiver-Mrs. Sadie Holdorf
Marshal-Mrs. Amelia Grotegut.
Inner Sentinel-Mrs. Sarah Kinner
Outer Sentinel-Mrs. Mary Hetter.
Manager for three years-Mrs. Car
oline Mueller
Physicians-Drs. E. Bradford, c. F
Freytag and Cora Reed.
Pianist-Mrs. Minnie Golf.
WOman's Relief Corps Elect.
At Memorial hall yesterday after
noon the Woman's Relief Corps No
&C elected the following officers fol
the coming year:
President-Mrs. Gertrude Wynn.
Senior Vice President = Mrs. Rose
Cochran.
Junior Vice President-Mrs. Casan
dra Cleland.
Treasurer-Mrs. Sarah Norris.
Chaplain-Mrs. Cinderella Hoppe.
Conductor-Mrs. Ella Godfrey.
! Guard-Mrs. Clara Schwartz.
Delegates to state encampment to b.
held at Aurora in May-Mrs. Gertrud
Wynn and Mrs. Matilda Valentine.
Alternates-Mrs. Clara Schwartz an
Mrs. Ellen First.
New Tribunes Officers.
The annual election of officers of tn
Fraternal Trihunes was held Tuesda
levening. The following officers wer
elected:
| Chief Tribune-William NJ. Beals.
| Vice TribuEe--Mrs. Lora A. Hill.
| Secretary-Marx Harder.
Treasurer-Earl c. Dean.
ant-at-Arms-John H. Weir
berger.
Guard-MrS. Mary South.
Standardization H. Collins.
Trustees-John H. Ransom, Jr., Oscs
Akers, Henry Kramer
The installation of officers will b
held Jan. 10 at the Odd Fellows's ha
and will be an elaborate affair; r
lstricted to invitation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03

three mines to be opened at Dogtown.
It was stated that it will cost $4,000
to build the line from the Gilchrist
switch to Aledo.
Those Who Went.
Those who composed the party that
went to the camps from here were as
follows:
Rock Island-Judge R. w. Olmsted,
Hon. l.. S. McCabe, ]. F. Witter, Law
renee Swanson, J. D. Beecher, T. H.
Dolly, ]. L. Beecher, A. b. DuVon, Roy
A. Sears, R. E. Dean, M. E. Sweeney
o. Wahlund and N L. Crawford.
Moline-R. R. Glenn, J. B. Oakleaf
John Swanson, G. A. Shallberg, l.. c.
Banding, Andrew Olson, F. w. Rank
H. H. Haley and H. C. Kohl.
Davenport-C. Emory Harrison. A
F. Schoening, Hugh Barr, R. w. Weir
M. A. Walsh, E. w. Boynton, John
Benedict Sam T. White, William Lii
lis, Louis Hansen, J. M. Walsh, c.
Shuler, r. l.. Harmed, l.. W. McKown
w. C. H. Heuck. C. III. Caswell, P
Lagomarcino and P. Walsh.
Chicago. l. Simon, A. P jerks
and George S. Walter.
Clinton-E. c. Wohl.
Monmouth. ID. Lynch.
Marion, Ohio-E. D. Packard.
ST. Louis-W. S. Mccall.
Those From Aledo.
This party was met at the camp b.
| a party from Aledo composed of tn,
following: Judge w. T. Church, w
J. Graham, ]. L. Vernon, d. A. Hebel
D. NJ. Blazer, C. w. Detwiler, f. E
limerick. C. P. Carroll, Joseph Boyd
George B. Morgan, John E. Mardocl
and John Warnock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
Bee Economics,

The organization Of bee life is a fas-
chatting study. The workers in bee
hive may be divided. says the Univer-
sity Correspondent, into ~ harvesters.
who bring in honey and pollen from
flowers, wax from buds Of pines and
poplars. water to mix with pollen and
honey to make the pasty food for the
larvae; e. scavengers. who in early
morning carry out debris. including
dead, sick or injured workers; 60 ven
tilators, who stand erect and keep
their wings In continual movement In
order to ventilate the hive; a. guards,
who defend the hive from wasps, rob-
Der bees and other enemies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
Transferred to Watertown.

Sixty patients have arrived at
Watertown from the Dunning hospital
in Cook county. At the present time
there are 1850 patients in the institu-
Establishment of the WATERFOWL hos
pital. However, with the new sanitar-
ium at WATERFOWL there is a capacity
of 1,500 and when that number is
reached, no more patients will be re-
ceived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
Cashier Gets S Years.

Madison, Wis, Dec. 3.-Edwin S.
Story. formerly cashier of the Citi-
zens' State bank of Belville, Wis,
pleaded guilty to falsifying bank state
ments and was sentenced to years
imprisonment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
DIsP0SES OF HIS GROCERY
Tom Moore's Store Bought by Paven-
port and Bloomington Men.

Tom Moore has disposed of his gro
Gerry store at Seventeenth street and
Seventh avenue to F. j. Sittig of
Bloomington, H.. and E. F. Stahmer
of Davenport. Possession viii be given
about the middle of the present month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03

and the store will then be known as
the IS. & S. grocery Both the new
owners are experienced in the bust
ness, Mr.. Sittig having conducted
store at Bloomington for Is years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
Licensed to Wed,
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY EVENING
A. the Modern Tea comnanv.

At the Modern Tea Company.
Special for Saturday evening, II lbs.
granulated sugar for 25 cents with
every purchase of % cents or over of
teas or coffee.
MODERN TEA co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
Her Baseball Idea.

Elsie-What are goose eggs In .
baseball match? HarTy-They are in
nings when no runs are made. WHY
did you ask? Elsie-Oh. thought may
be they were laid by the fouls in the
game.-Chicago News.
Succeeds Larrabee.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Robert G.
Valentine Of Massachusetts has been
appointed assistant commissioner OF
Indian affairs to succeed Major Char
les F. Larrabee, resigned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03

Only One "Bromo Quinine."
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine.
Look for the signature of E. w. Grove.
Used the world over to cure cold in
one day. 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03
MODERN TEA co.
Rock island Elks. Attention!

Regular meeting Friday evening
Dec. 4, 1908. Business of Importance
Social session.
S. R. DAVIS, E. R.
Sam Ryerson, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03

An the news all the time - TILE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03

three mines to be opened at Dogtown.
1t was stated that it will cost $4,000
to build the line from the Gilchrist
switch to AledO.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-02
USES OF PERFUME
POWDERS ALWAYS PREFERABLE
TO LIQUIDS.
Properly Prepared saehets Are the
Best and Most LastIng-orris
Root a Dainty and Always
Acceptable Scent.

The use Of perfume is one that
every woman should understand. II
too much Is put on, the odor becomes
noxious and cloying, and only the
faintest suggestion is desirable.
More subtle, and in every way the
most delicate method, is through the
use of powders that scent the gar
ments. / do not know precisely why
1t should be so, but with these rather
than liquids there is never q harsh
ness of perfume.
With very little trouble and not
much expense a woman may have not
only all her clothing thus sweetened.
but house linen as well.
One of these delicate scents to keep
among sheets and pillow cases is a
mixture of seven parts of powdered
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-02
WHAT MILK COSTS.
Result of Tests by the Cornell Uni.
versity Experiment Station.

In a years observation and record
keeping with the dairy cows, tn If
feed. etc. Cornell university finds tlle
cost of producing milk as follows:
LIST. With fairly good herd. care
fully fed and kept, milk can be pro-
duced for 65 cents a hundred pounds,
and fat for 16 cents a pound for the
lost of the food consumed.
I'd. That individuals of the same
breed vary more widely in milk and
butter production than do the breeds
themselves.
Sd. The large animals consumed
less pounds of dry material per 1000
pounds live weight day than did the
smaller animals.
4th That in general the best yields
of fat were obtained from cows that
gave at least, fairly large flow OF
milk.
5th. In general. the cows consum-
ing the most food produced both milk
and fat at the lowest rate.
9Th. For the production of milk
and fat there is no food as cheap as
good pasture grass.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-02

years; Nassouk, four. and Leilt one
prophetic of her coming across the
seas in such tender youth.
The sister-in-law, who has much of
the care of the children. is Max
Boule, tiny woman in Turkish cos
tune, who has given glimpses of her.
self accidentally to the gaping public.
The older children have already as
sumed the clothes of American chill
dren, and 1t is sure to follow that the
younger ones will soon do likewise.
Whether the women in the legation
will ever become modernized to the
extent of the Chinese, Siamese and
Korean women, and mingle with the
men and the women they are thrown
with in the social circles of Washing
ton, is still a doubt in the minds of
every one.
They are far more likely to re-
main in their absolute seclusion,
especially now that the sultan has
failed to raise this legation to an
embassy, which was expected and an
nounced when Mehmed Ali arrived.
He is comfortably established now in
modern house in a fashionable dis
trict, and his oldest daughter has al
ready entered the public school.
SHERIFF. is remarkable clever child.
She saw her first camera when she
sat for her photograph soon after the
arrival of the family in Washington.
The photographer could scarcely get a
negative of her because of her deep
interest in the working of the ap-
paratus.
She had to know all about 1t be-
fore she sat down. Then she had to
be told how 1t worked before she
could be quieted long enough to let
the operator take a snap shot. She
has also become converted to the
Teddy bear.
The very fact that the minister has
allowed his daughter to enter the
public school indicates progression
such as was hardly dreamed of from
the land of harems.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-02
COSTLY pErrIcoArs IN VOGUE.
Brocade and SILK Are Materials Most
In Use.

Tho muslin and embroidered petit
coats have yielded place to the petit
coats of brocade or spotted or striped
silk for best wear. Moirette is new
material for petticoats, combining a
silky texture with something which
possesses actual comfort in warmth.
The nipping air does not seem to
drive summer clothes back to the
presses where they rightfully belong.
but each day brings something forth
which has q summer appearance.
However, the petticoats Of the sea-
son are rather deceptive in that they
are summerlike, yet decidedly som-
Portable. A fine petticoat will cost as
much as a dress skirt. The dainty
knitted ones of half silk yarn are
pretty, comfortable and not at all
clumsy like most of the knitted ones.
The cheapest sell for about nine dol
lars. Lined petticoats are something
new and there is silky looking skirt
neatly lined with a figured material
resembling brocade.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-02

fitted with cardboard partition, max
Ing two divisions. In the front divi-
sion reels of cotton are arranged in q
row, and opposite each a small hole
Is pierced in the side of the box,
through which the cotton may be
drawn of the reels without removing
them from the box or even lifting the
lid. In the second division may be
placed silks, tapes, needles. or any
Of the hundred and one little things
that usually find place In work
box. The sides should be stained oak
color, then vanished, or may have
bookbinders' paper pasted over.