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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
w oodmeno fWorld
Proves a Wonder
Remarkable Success of an Omaha En-
terprise in the Insurance
Field.

The success of the wOodmen OF the
World, the greatest of fraternal insurance
orders, has been remarkable. IL is one Of
the largest financial enterprises Of the
many which headquarter in Omaha
The WOodmen Of the World took It's be-
ginning In the present form, known as
Perfected Woodcraft, a little more than
ten years ago. The founder, J.. c.. Root,
sovereign commander, had at that time,
in about ten years past, built up an organ
ization that was limited in the radius Of
seven or eight states about his headquar-
ters in Lyons. Ia.
The order then went through a process
of Transformation and the year Of rapid
growth which 1t Is now enjoying began.
The Woodmen of the World now numbers
some 5000 camps, as the Individual lodges
are known. The order extends over the
United States and Canada, with an occa-
sional camp in Mexico and the Philippines.
In securing a charter from the Dominion
government Of Canada ]. c. Root, the
sovereign commander, accomplished what
to others had been an impossible task. No
other American organization Of the kind
ever before or since secured a charter from
the Dominion. The Woodmen of the
World have about 1900 members in
Canada.
The total membership of this remarkable
organization is about 100000, and constantly
growing,
Many features OF the Woodmen Of the
World as an insurance organization are
original with it. In building for the future
the Woodmen are piling up an emergency
fund which has now reached, together with
the cash surplus on hand, a sum Of about
$1,000. 600.
The payments made by the sovereign
camp of the Woodmen of the World H.
l~ustrate forcibly its magnitude when they
are reduced to months, days, hours and
minutes. The death losses last year ag-
gregated $4,OO0,OOO, which means a monthly
distribution Of 1898, SS3, or SO. s2S per week.
This, when reduced to minutes, shows an
outlay of $l5,22 every minute OF the year.
Three Thousand deaths were reported in
1908, one death every three hours.
The Insurance Of the Woodmen of the
World embodies an endowment feature,
which in effect becomes an old age dis
ability benefit. When a member reaches
70 years OF age he is entitled TO draw one
tenth of the face value of his certificate
each year until. his SOth year II is ex-
hausted. II he should die in the interven-
ing period the unpaid balance Is paid over
to his bCneficiaries.
Every member of the Woodmen OF the
World Is entitled to a marble monument
on his grave at the expense OF the order.
More than 2zOO OF these have been
erected by the Woodmen.
J. c. Root the founder Of the order, 4,
yet the administrator Of affairs, and In
his busy Office building he may be seer
every day dealing with the affairs OF the
organization he has built up. In the be.
ginning back in 1850 he met with factlona.
trouble in the formation Of the plans foi
the order which became the Woodmen OF
the World. but he carried It through and
the order has now reached a degree OF
success which assures -permanency.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

than in any very great extension OF acre
age beyond the present limits. Probably
IN another decade we may have as much
as 25.OOO.OOO acres under corn. But then
the crop will have to share the total farm
acreage in newer crops that are now wedg-
ing their way into rural systems Of using
land. It's futur will depend on two things
on the price which the consuming world
is prepared 20 pay for it, and on It's part
In the maintenance Of farm fertility. Its
acreage yield Of 26.3 might easily be im-
proved by 20 per cent under demonstrated
methods OF seed selection and proper cul-
ture. The yield need not therefore be less,
but rather greater as the years advance
wal Street journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
walls of Corn.

Smiling and beautiful heavens dome
Bends softly over our prairie home.
But the wide, wide lands that stretched
Before my Eyes in the days Of May;
The rolling p~rairie's billowy swell,
Breezy upland and tlmbercd dell;
stately mansion and hut forlorn-
All are hidden by walls OF corn.
All the wide world is narrowed down
To walls Of corn now sere and brown.
what do they hold-these walls Of corn,
Whose banners toss in the breeze OF morn?
He Wit questions may soon be told
A great states wealth these walls entold'
No sentineis guard these walls Of corn,
Never is sounded the warder's horn;
Ye. the pillars are hung with cleaning
Left ali unbarred. though thieves are bold.
Clothes and food for the toillng poor:
Wealth to heap at the rich mans door,
Meat for the healthy and balm for him
Who means and losses In chamber dim;
Shoes for the barefooted; pearls to twinC
In the scented tresses Of ladies fine;
Things OF use for the lowly cot
Where CBless the cornD want cometh not
Luxuries rare for the mansion grand,
Booty for thieves that rob the land
All these things, and so many more
II would fill a book to maine them Ger,
Are hid and held in these walls Of corn.
Whose banners toss in the breeze OF morn
Where do they stand. these walls of corn,
Whose banners toss In the breeze OF morn
Omen the atlas. conned by rule,
In the olden days of the district school.
Point to this rich and bounteous land
That Yields such fruits to the toiler's hand
"Treeless desert they called II then,
! Haunted by beasts and torsook by men,
Little they knew what wealth untold
Lay hid where the desolate prairies rolled
who would have dared, with brush or pen
AS this land is now, to paint it then?
And how would the wise ones have laughe'
in scorn
Had prophet foretold these walls of corn,
Whose banners toss in the breeze OF morn
ELLEN p. ALLERTON.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Cotton Unable
to Dethrone
Old King Corn
Dixie's Wanted Monarch of the Field
Cannot Yet Weld the scep-
ter Over All.

Corn is king. even the price OF cotton
soaring to such dizzy heights that this
years crop, although smaller thar some
Of its predecessors, will come near TO
breaking records in the amount OF money
placed in circulation. One must think and
talk in big figures when the corn crop is
under consideration, for all other American
crops are dwarfed by comparison with
this greatest Of grain Of cereal crops. Ao-
cording to the preliminary report OF the
crop-reporting board Of the Department Of
Agriculture, the 1903 yield Of corn in the
United States is 2,767, $4,000 bushels, AS
the price is lowering around so cents per
bushel, the actual value OF this single crop
is more than S1,s6O. 900, 900, or nearly s1,OOo, 600
900 more than the value Of our wheat crop.
The latest estimate Of the department
is about r5,OOO,OOO bushels greater than the
figures indicated by the October report,
but they are far short Of the early esti-
mates, which ran as high as 3,OOO,OO,O0O
bushels. That this enormous crop of corn
can be easily taken care Of in the markets
at home and abroad is shown by the move
ment of the preceding crops. That Of 1908
was 2,66S,OO0,OOO bushels. and in the poor
crop year Of 1907 the yield dropped to g.
"@~tNN'iNNv' II NApp VI A5Vu was 9f51ttVVVtVVV
bushels, so hat the average for the three
years preceding 1903 was 2,72g. 600. 900 bushels,
or but 100000 bushels less than the 1903
crop. This shortage, as compared with
the average supply for the preceding three
years, is a mere bagatelle, and It is strange
that the announcement Of the departments
figures should have caused weakness in the
market.
There is a steady increase in the con-
sumption Of corn, and each year finds an
Increasing quantity diverted to uses which
are of very recent inception. Not very
many years ago corn was so cheap that II
was used for fuel In Kansas, but the case
with which the markets at home and
abroad have assimilated an average of o.
729, 600 bushels per year for the last
three years points conclusively to the fact
that corn will never again be available at
a price that will warrant it's use for fuel.
Unless there Is a weakening in the price
Of other grains. home consumption will
take up all OF this corn crop,
and leave us again with bare bins, as was
the case when the 1909 crop began moving
to market King cotton is all right In
his small kingdom in the south, but. as a
prodigal distributor Of wealth, corn is king
by an overwhelming maiorlty-PortIand
Oregonian.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
HOW CORN AFFECTS PRICES
It Bears a Relation to General Pros
perity Not Realized.
INFLUENCES OTHER MARKETS
Has Much 60 no with Advance I'm
Price of Meat and Dairy
the Country
over.

Few people realize to what extent the
prosperity Of the country taken as a whole
rests upon the outcome Of the corn crop.
Receptly the Department Of Agriculture
announced its preliminary estimate OF a
yield Of 2.767. i 5000 bushels for this year,
making the third largest in the history OF
tho country. The United States grows
about so per cent Of the worlds corn crop
on the average. and seldom exports more
than 5 per cent under existing conditions
u domestic demand. II is prominently the
American crop on which rural prosperity
and through it general prosperity. rests.
As a basis Of material progress corn
has extended It's area with the growth Of
the country. Last year for the first time
It exceeded 1OO,OOO.OOO acres. No further
back than 1877 the area under corn was
only half Of that. The doubling Of the
acreage has brought the doubling Of yield
and almost a doubling Of price. with
higher prices Of corn has come an ~increas-
ing tendency to sell direct from the farm
rather than to convert It into meat and
market It in that form. The low prices OF
the eighties and nineties led to live stock
production on a more scientific basis, while
the higher prices Of the current decade
have tended to reduce the quantity OF live
stock grown through the consumption OF
corn.
This influence has much to do with the
advance in meat and dairy prices so gen.
eral throughout the country and the world
Corn, in It's capacity as a farm asset, is
practically an addition to rural capital
What railroads would charge to main
tenance of equipment the farmer charges
to the upkeep Of his live stock through
corn consumption. 1t is nevertheless more
than simply maintenance; 1t is an invest.
ment In the form Of live stock, poultry and
dairy products prepared for the market
A well-filled crib Of corn is the farmer
best bulwark against any change I'm the
financial fortunes OF the country. Without
an ample supply he is poor; with it h,
is ready for anything. because he has thC
means OF maintenance till the next sea.
sons production.
Corn, unlike cotton or wheat. is less the
farmers money crop than his means OF
making money. In a rotation system q
IS indispensable to the American system
Of agriculture. Its future lies there rather
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Doctor, you're not so foolish as TO think
you can make people good by performing
operations on them. are your"
That depends on what YOU call making
people good, You can check their disposi-
ton 10 commit crime"
las for example"
"Well, 1 once knew a man who was
cured by a simple operation OF a tendency
TO rob banks and holdup railway trains.
did you perform Il, dOctOrg'
~No; I was merely called on 10 verify the
result after the operation was over"
well, who did perform it?"
"A frontier sheriff. Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

Persistent Advertising Is us road to Big
ReturnA
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06

mel0dious As ever. sings ih"r" IL
No Love Like Mine, and Al Jolson.
William H. Thompson. leo Ormonde
Eddie Mazirr and others contribute
to the entertainment. Tn" chorus
work of the company probably IL the
best ever heard here in minstrel
show.
After partakinr Of a welsh rarcbli.
Prof. iIightGwrr and Al Jolson. ais
assis ant, 81 10 sleep aud in their
dreams 80 in search OF the N0rtn
Pole. Then follows the first of the
two biz SECTIONS # The second part
the min 10 Boo Hoo Land. in which
Prof. HighIowrr and his assistant
lanL while ON The wa, to III" pol .
This seen" is a laughab!a traN"H'F
upon >trrOtyp"d comic opera m"th'dN.
The second big section shows Neil
OBri"n. assisted by Middleman Hal
lett and other members Il tn" com
pauy H. Il comedy 'Stahr' chlt'"'"
The llOus" OF Rest.
Before the closing of the p'rfor'
nance with III" awakening Of High
tower and .IolsJn. AMI the end 1T IN"
search for the pole. time is given for
a little "Politics Under III" Water.
For this stunt splendid scenic effects
are used and "Hill' Taft Is shown
going to the bottom of The sea ~
ESCAPE Office seekers. "l'ill' Tan,
DoCkStad"r. meets "Hill' BRYAN. Hal
let, and an amusing conversation
takes place.
Eccentric dances by iuuut a dozen
members of tn" company ar" ON" OF
the features of the show. Tommy
HYDE. one OF the nimhlcst OF dancers.
is credited with the arrangement m
these
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
AT THE ACADEMY

Lew Dockstader's MINISTRIES. with
many familiar faces and some new
ones :, with As fine a lot OF stage SCI
lings AS any minstrel show ever car
ried. and a varieeatcd assortment y.
new and unique entertainment ideas.
appeared at the Academy OF Mustr
last night befor" a bi. audience that
roared and applauded or gave silent
attention through nearly three hours
OF melody and fun.
The mrSl part settling shows the
'Possum Hun, Club house entrance.
with grounds In front. The orchestra
occupies the club house porch. while
the members. in hunting costumes.
are seated about tables discussing
sieins. Docks;ader is introduced a.
Prot. High Tower. i'll search OF the
North Pvlc. and Nei! OBrien Lew J
right bower vino really is the joker
OF the pack. appears As president OF
the Raccoon Club.
During the session oil tn" club
Dockstader sings IL Looks Like 4
Big Night Tonight, Broke and
Welcome to Our CITY" and OBrirn
gets CT Everybody Turned and
Looked Right al Me" and others
Rses Prosser. whose voic" is a'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
*.s,rs Ar.o BRAIN RECORDS.
A Noble Personality the Result OF
Noble Desires Inscribed in Brain.

RemembCr that the brain Is IN" IN
strument through which the real per
sonality expresses himself: and he
can only express what is already writ
ten there saws writer in the \aE'i-
lus Consequently. The external man
will be just what Is inscribed upon his
brain. for all his actions mast be die
tated or directed through these BRAIN
records You cannot saw wood With
a hammer: nor can the soul play a
piano with the fingers until the knowl-
edge o: piano playing is written in The
music place OF the brain. You cannot
show forth a high and nobi" person
ality until you have written within
your skull a record of noble and h"tE
desires. according to The tools r"u
give It. so will the expression Of your
sou, be-
You van wind up a l'hon",;:arh,
and You NAV make II run fast nr
slow. but you cannot make IL say any
thing that is no, on the records. IF
some one had put his opinion o! You
on IA record. even though Won knew
that opinion 10 be untrue. You could
not make the record tell the truth: the
only thing possible would be 10 max"
another. You have written your opin
ion OF yourself upon your brain: y"u
cannot be anything else un'll \"n
change the record.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
WAS JUST ONE DOLLAR AHEAD
What Little Financial Transaction
Had Melted Widow.

More than a year ago said the in
surance man. Il received letter
which said that the write: was !;
widow and asked for little financial
assistance She wasn't very greedy
hut would let me on with dollar.
showed the letter into a pigeon hole
and paid no furi her attention 10 H.
Next week another came. Then a
third and fourth. and as a matter OF
fact one came for each week in thu
year until | had - OF them. The
widow had spent $l.04 in her efforts to
obi ain a dollar from me. thought
such persistency deserved an answer
of some sort. and so | wrote her:
An your letters received. send
YOU the dollar asked for. but can't
YOU figure that YOU are still four cents
OUT
AS promptly as If she had been a
business man closing up $4,000 deal
she replied
Thanks. No. l can't figure tina,
way. AS ! begged my stationery and
stamps from the nelghbors am JUS,
81 in pocket in your case
Il have always had tender heart
for widows smiled the insurance
man. but in this case l don't think
there is any call for my sympathy
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
Simple Water Distiiler.

A boatload of shipwrecked mariners
having 4 few panes of glass may col
lect from the ocean enough fresh
water To sustain life. The great rain
less area of Chilli had some brackish
water. which. however. neither man
nor beast can drink, and drinking wa
tor is now obtained by means OF a
novel desert distillery containing 90
900 square feet Of glass. The panfS
are formed into Nshaped troughS
which are placed over shallow pans of
the brackish water. The vapOr of the
water evaporated by the suns heat
Is condensed on the lower side of the
glass. and runs down into little chan
n"ls. which conduct the fresh water
10 the main receptacle. \ suppl Of
about 1000 gallons daily is thus pro
vided
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
MINSTREL MEN ENJOY
THEMSELVES WITH ELkS
Members Of Dockstader's Company
Entertained by Local
lodgemen.

Social sessions In honor OF Lew
Dockstader and his minstrel men are
always biz events with Newport News
Lodge. No. 3l3. d. =. o. Elks. and
he one given at the lodge home last
night after tn. performance at the
Academy was no exception 10 The
rule The reception hall Of III"
home was LITERAL, packed with Elks
and their guests before those re-
mem hering III" necessity Of going TO
bed before arising signallcd for an
adjournment.
Mr.. Abe Horwiiz was III" pr"sid
ing officer and his threats of life
sentences brought forth tn" best that
was to be had in the entertainments
line. Mr.. DDckstader was among
the GUESTS. hut he pleaded indisposi-
ton when called upon for song CT
story Funny \eil O'Bri"n. R""S
Prosscr. Al .Iols William n.
Thompson and Othe- III mb"rs " he
company. responded. however. and II
there had been ANYTHING lacking IN
the way OF appreciation a tn"
Academy IL would have been NOR"
than made mp by III" enthusiastic
ou;bursts 4 ap?laus" accorded the
MINISTRIES nv their Elm hosts
During III" evening rCfr">hmGnt(
solid and otherwise. We're served hr
Cate rcr Gcorg" Iohsr
\ special car waited 10 an" hnIn'
the Hampton lodg"m"n who al'"nde
ihr SCssiOn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
Que. Home Wedc'n

\ Uuict HON" Wedding vas ~O'"Ei.
niZ"d "Wednesday evening ri ;h' homo
~ VI! and Nrs w = H"hl 5iS Thirty.
'hird strcCt. when Mia G;'Urc. VI
Cents UcCamc M, bride o: MT "
r JONES Tia" c"rrE onN which
VAS performed l., Rev W { SAL"
vas ATTENDED bV only relatives az tn"
vourg c1upl" hf;Cr IN" cor. mon, NJ
and Mrs. Ioyn"S i"f' for California
where they will make heir homo
IN the futrr" MIS- Gems has lived
hcr~ sinc" rhiidh"od AVID Mr. 10, u'.>
had ten employed At tho ship,sT \.
y machnIst for nsmI'cg 81 vars
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
Origin of Caucus"

Caucus is said 10 have arisen
from a corruption of the term 'Calk-
rTs house. After violent fighting be-
tween the military and the ropemak
crS of Boston in 100 the rOpemakers
and the calkerS. the better TO meet
The soldiers. formed themselves into
a society. at the m"eti!t'.s Of which
infammaIOTy addresses were delivered
and the mOS' violent resolutions
passed against the British govern
ment and its agents and instruments
in 'IIVeriCa TIC tories sCOf"d at
The ca!kers meetings and the term
b"camr in time SOftc1nd into caucus
However. DR.. Murray declares rha'
tho word existed prey iOUsly. and h"
suggests thu Greek "kaukos. cup
perhaps Nccau-e .; privat" meetings
the flowing bowl il sometimes found.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
JurQ Convicts Jones Of Misdemeanor
and Gives Him Six Months.
COUNSEL MOVES FOR NEW TRIAL
on Motion Will be Heard
by Judge 5arham Tuesday-Sase
Has Attracted Much Attention Dur
ing Past Few Months.

Finding the accused guilt! of as
suut and battery and fixing his pun
ishm"nt at six months in HE city
Jail the jury which has been hearing
the cas-" of u. T. Jones. charged with
attempted criminal assault. in til"
CORPORATION CoGrt Tor the past tire
i2ys finished its work yesterday alter,
noon soon after the attorneys con
clldrd their argument. A motion :"
>rt aside the verdict on the grounds
ihai il is contrary 10 law AMI the
evidence MAS mad" bv Mr. r. VI. Lett
counsel for tn" defense. ana II viii hr
argued brtrr" Judge Barham next
Tuesday morning.
This case has attracted consider
abb. attention. The accused. who was
at one Tin" :; member ot tn" poilc"
force ami who has figured conspicuous
Is in ,ariOrS reform aSltatiOnS. was
arrested several months ago on tn"
charge of attempting to Crimlnally as
sauh fourte"n-yrar-old Esther Blick,
the afflicted daughter of Il. &. Blick,
an evangelist. For some time he re-
NAMED in Jail. hlt later his relatives
and friends furnished bond. In the
policc couit he WAS found guilty OF
assault ana battery. fined $50" and
given thirty days in Jail. The cas''
went hcfor" The grand jury AGAIN.
however. and an indictment for at
tempted criminal assault w2s return
ed. Common wralth's Attorney Rcrk"-
ley elected 70 try the. case upon the
indictment instead OF prosecuting n"
appealed case.
The principal witness for the com
monwealth waS Esther Blick. who
has told the same story each time
she has appeared in court She says
that when she went 10 see Mrs
Jones. who is an invalid. Jones kept
her downstairs and took unwarrant'
able liberties with her. Jones denies
the story and saws that he did not IN
tend or attempt TO harm the child
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
TypewriterS m wa.

Tho idea III mechanical lctir. writ
ing <~cms !" have first occurred 10 an
En- cliS hmaH for the earliest record q!
4 latent To- such device. j. OF OF"
granted ny tn" English government
10 IiC0r- Mil ia I,l' tn" i~St type
wgi:cr ;rl"h;"d IN IN" Ia;"d States
called 10" +, JoS.aphcT. was ;'atcni"d
in !>"r r, William NUsfiD V;irt oi
D~'ro!i. Mich also III" inv"a,or of The
Sol7r comma The mschir" vas ,
primitive AFFAIR and coI'f bo :Tauipu
lated oaI, sIoui, No practical r"~ul''
vcrc accom- piishcd ~ tho nTrI ma
chino. and 20 ia, II IS known mcrcI,
~ starting point cf y cr"a' Nn"r'
can iUd-!SfrV
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
CHANCES FOR HIS RECOVERY.
Mr. Charles Condition IS Serious
But He Probably Will Get We'll.

NJ John : Charles. who fractured
his skull Thursday afternoon h. fall,
ing down the stone steps " the Fed
"ral huil%inc. is in serious c"ndi'
tion az -; Francis hospital. hut II l.
Thought that he will TCCOl"r
Dr. :. W. IIob~oU. ahO operated up
un Mr. Charles. said Lar night that
h" removed q piece ot fractured skull
ahOu; an inch and half wid" by two
inches long Tn. i"Ctur also sta'"d
thai While the juiUrv was extremely
dangerous h" Thought Nr Charles
nah = good chance inT life
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
SU MINER IN PORT.
Transport Arrived From Washington
Early This Morning.

The United States iranSpor, sum
ner. which sailed from Washington
yesterday morning. arrived in port
early this morning coming in shortly
after midnight
She was d0Ckrd at Chcsapcak" &
Ohio pier No. I Immediately up n
arrival. TO load supplies today and
Monday. preparatory 10 sailing for
Cuba on Tuesday To bring back /" ;h'
United States rcrlicn of tn" An ri
can troops who are still on the
Island