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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
Western Development Association Meeting

has gained an unusual collection Of titles
and positions. He is chairman Of the Ne
braska Conservation commission, president
Of the Nebraska Conservation and state
Development congress, president OF the
Association Of state Conservation commits
sions, director Of Nebraska soil survey,
president of the Nebraska Academy Of
Science. DR.. Condra has made extensive
geological and industrial studies of Ne
braska and adjacent states, He has pub
lished more than one thousand pages on
the geography, geological resources and ag-
riculture OF Nebraska.
His position I'm the University Of Nebraska
has made it possible to direct many re-
searches in which graduate students have
worked out problems without cost to the
state. He has perfected an organization
Of more than forty men who are studying
conservation problems in Nebraska
As president of the Association Of state
Conservation commissions, DIR. Condra is
endeavoring to place the conservation work
on a firm footing. He is urging the ap-
pointment of commissioners actively en-
gagged in various lines Of industrial devel-
upment of the states and is determined that
they shall be free from political and par
tlsan influences. The organizations are
to CO operate with the Nebraska Conserva-
ton commission.
mo other section Of the earth offers
such opportunities for new men, new blood
/ and new money and new energy as does
the great section to the west of Omaha on
! to the states of the northwest and reaching
| the Pacific coast" said Sam w. Teagarden
of Great Falls, Mont, temporary secretary
| in charge Of the Western Development
league booth at the land show. Mr.. Tea
garden outlined his views Of the conserva-
| ton problem.
| Natural resources in such abundance
as to stagger the Imagination are lying
dormant or but partially developed" said
he. mot an activity in which ambitious
men and women may engage, but that
may be pursued in this great empire with
the certainty of returns which will COM
pensate to the full all the energy and
enterprise, and thrift that may be devoted
to them. The call OF the west is for men,
and more men. But to the numbers OF
multiplied tens of thousands these are
being diverted to other sections. This
1 diversion must not be permitted to go on
unchecked; but 1t will not be lessened by
anything less than organized efforts put
forth by men of earnest purpose, stout
hearts and big brains. These the west has
much in evidence and the west calls for
them now.
THE development Of the west has been
hampered by an unwise policy of indie
finitely prolonged preservation, misnamed
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

The first session Of the Western Devel-
opment league will be called to order at
the Rome hotel at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning by Prof George e. Condra Of the
University Of Nebraska.
The purposes Of the league have been
set forth by those who are proposing the
organization thus:
ITO make an organized and sustained eff
fort to divert the streams Of immigration
now setting in toward the southwest and to
Canada in the northwest
ITO organize a determined campaign for
such notifications OF the federal policy Of
conservation as will make possible the ma
tional use, both for the present and the
immediate future of the natural resources
of the great west"
w. r. Mellor secretary of the state
board Of agriculture, and Prof George b.
Condra, professor of economic geology at
the University of Nebraska, will arrive
Monday from Lincoln. At their office in
Lincoln they have been working on the
steps preliminary to the organization of
the development league.
Prof. Condra, through the economic APP
plication Of the fruits Of his researches,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

s. per bushei Charles Halverty. anotheA
Wichita county farmer. went even bstteE
and sold eleven bushels Of alfalfa seed ~
the acre.
Nick Schwindt got political ambitions
after he had boon raising alfalfa Tor q
few years He tried 20 break into the state
legislature through the house OF repre-
sentatives and only missed Il by few
votes. Nick is so prosperous he doesn't
know what to do with his money-spends Il
on automobiles and a fine home. His fancy
also leads him 20 invest in the high grade
stock and horses. His farm is one OF the
show places in wichita county.
The recipe for growing alfalfa in western
Kansas seems to be. first, find a valley.
no matter the legnth or width, where tho
depth TO water is not more than twenty
five feet and where the wash from the
hills viii furnish some moisture Get the
land In a high state Of cultivation; drill
your seed and nature will do the rest. It
may be necessary TO disk after each cutting
and it is always wise to give a thorough
disking in the spring. This not only helps
in the development Of the plant. but breaks
the head and prevents the plant from
getting woody"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

conservation. The extent to which this
useless boiling up Of natural resources has
retarded a growth which promised to
quickly build a new empire Of wealth
production in the west, is not within the
range of vision OF even hte broadcast and
wisest. OF our statesmen. 1t would take
volumes to tell the story Of a development
era almost strangled in its initial stages.
"But the west must do something more
than merely protest. We must offer some
thing better than has been forced upon us.
This we can surely do and appeal to the
country upon Il, with a confident certainty
that an earnest and sensible appeal to the
sound heart and good Judgment OF the
American people will not be in vain.
What the west needs, II its progress on
empire building is to go on unchecked and
unhampered, is such access to natural re-
sources as will insure their national and
proper development from new material and
unused powers into finished product and
present use. Real conservation Of natural
wealth is defeated to just the extent that
It is permitted to be crude and dorment.
Real conservation reaches its highest and
best development in beneficial use of
natural wealth, whether It be the form OF
lands, or minerals, or forests, or water
powers"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
Raisin Bread for
California Day
California Boosters Are to Give q
Small Loaf of Bread to Each
Visitor at Land Show.

The California boosters at the Land show
have announced that on California day,
January 25. a loaf of raisin bread, the gift
Of the Chamber Of Commerce OK Fresno
will be given to each Land show visitor
Coupons for the issuance of the bread Will
be given out at the ticket window at the
Auditorium to each purchaser OF general
admission ticket. Ten thousand loaves OF
bread will be prepared for the days dis
tribution.
The California exhibitors and members
OF the California delegation at the show
will be guests at a luncheon to be given
by the Commercial clubs Land show recep-
ton committee and the Land show manage
ment at / o'clock in the afternoon at the
Rome hotel on California day. In the even
ing the California delegation will enter
tain the Commercial club committee and
Land show officials at a dinner at the
Rome.
Land show exhibitors will be entertained
at a Dutch supper, la kalteraufschnitt at
the Loyal Tuesday night at 10 o'clock.
Unusual interest in the exhibit made by
DR.. +. II. Millener, who has charge Of
the wireless telephone and telegraph dis
play Of the Union Pacific was evinced
Saturday afternoon by the young VISITORS
from the schools.
Prof. N. e. Hansen of South Dakota,
alfalfa expert, will arrive TO speak at the
Land show Tuesday. To the work of
Prof Hansen in the exploration Of the
Siberian steppes in the search of hardy
alfalfa is due in large measure the extern
sion of the territory in which alfalfa can
be grown. Prof. Hansen will tell the story
of his search for alfalfa in the frozen
north at the Land show.
The lectures to be delivered by the ex-
plorer- scientist will be heard in the lecture
rooms of the Land show on the lower floor
adjoining the fish exhibit. Prof. Hansen
is brought to Omaha by the Northwestern
Railway company, which is putting on a
specialized alfalfa exhibit The railroad
company is making an effort to increase
the acreage devoted to alfalfa along its
lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

continental backbone. The glacier gradu-
ally spreads out as Il descends towards
the northwest, and terminates near the
lower border Of an undulaung amphithe-
alter or mountain gallery about two or
three miles in area. About a mile from
the front Of the glacier the lower border
Of this amphtheater terminates in an alb
rupt precipice, having an average height
Of more than 5000 feet over this the
glacier once plunged into a great mountain
pocket below, now known as Avalanche
Basin. But the terminal edge or front OF
the glacier has gradually reached along the
floor Of the amphitheater. till now 1t Is
nearly a mile back from the precipice and
the area thus abandoned is thickly strewn
with remarkable exhibitions Of glacial
erosion and deposits. Here one may study,
to his hearts content, striking lessons in
both ancient and recent glacial action.
Granite Park and Camp.
About fifteen miles northwest Of Ava
lanche Basin are located Granite Park and
camp in a beautiful grove by the side Of a
large spring, whose clear, pure waters,
even in August, have a temperature OF
only 50 degrees Fahrenheit. An hours
climb from this spring brings one to the
Crown of the Continent, and to the upper
NuEb u 1llhlltll 1lhNleTs + rum lIllS NlcNh-
ton one looks eastward across miles of
tumbled foothills and over a chain of glis-
tening lakes well out onto the vast plains
which stretch from the eastern slope of
the Rockies across the greater part OF
Montana and North Dakota.
on the opposite side of the Rocky noun
tain divide are the ST. Mary's lakes. Some
distance this side of Chief mountain, nest
ing in a valley extending far into the heart
Of the main range Of the Rocky mountains
lie upper and lower St. Mary's lakes The
lower lake is seven and the upper eleven
miles long, and on either side of them the
mountains rise to a great height from the
waters edge
Immense glaciers furnish the water Of
these lakes and afford a most inviting
field for exploration to the tourist and
student of nature The region also
abounds in a variety of big game. Elk
moose, deer and grizzly bears are to be
found in the pine forests, and on the high
bare, rocky peaks live mountain sheep and
goats I'm great numbers. Trout of unusual
size are plentiful in st. Mary's lakes and
their tributary streams
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

Corn show, is a series of pictures Of a
young woman. These pictures bear no
name.
The young woman in the picture is a
Kansas City, Kan, girl. Her picture was
chosen by the Kellogg company in COM
petition for a girls picture most success
fully in harmony with the idea Of golden
wealth suggested by the corn.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
AID CLUB NIGHT AT LAND SHOW

Big Bunch TO he on Hand Monday
with All Sorts of Noise Makers.
Next Monday evening, January, g. at the
Land show there will be noise and en-
thusiasm in generous measure.
General Manager Buckley has invited the
Omaha Ad club to take possession of the
entire show and the live wires" have ac-
cepted his invitation.
At the door each Adman will secure a
badge, bell and horn. 'Adders" will pull
off stunts-under direction OF Chairman
Manley-that will make the big -four
hundred" sound like four thousand.
Speeches, songs, marches and yells are in
cluded in the menu.
President Gering says, Bring your wives,
children and sweethearts If you think they
can stand the racket"
The Ad club has the boosting habit 50
firmly established that It is likely the
whole membership will turn out to HELM
make the Land show a success.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

constructed line. These lands are being
divided into tracts CT moderate size, for
irrigated farming in the main, and the
company has an organization through
which new settlers are aided in many ef-
fective ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
Pointed Paragraphs,

Some men answer the call of duty only
when 1t makes a noise like dollar
young widow doesn't think much of
man who attempts TO kiss her-and fails.
And woman gets a lot of comfort out
OF believing things are true when she
knows they are not.-Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
SWEETHEART

SWEETHEART OF THE CORN
Photograph of beautiful Girl il Ex-
hibited.
"who is the sweetheart OF the cornP'
In the booth where the Kellogg company
is displaying the famous $1,000 ear of corn
with which Fred C. Palm of Newton, Ind,
won the first award at the last National
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
ALFALFA THRIVES IN KANSAS
Farmers Who Take Up the Crop Are
Growing Wealthy.
SEEMS ALMOST NCREDULOUs
some Raise tt for Seed, for which
They Get HiEh Price
In the NeighbOrinE
Markets,

The "farthest south" man in the Land
show Is Elwood 10. King Of Mcpherson,
Kan Mr. Elwod is telling Land Show visi-
tors of the Slinflower state and how farm
ers make money in Kansas He has many
stories from the alfalfa belt:
Real estate dealers are in the habit Of
asserted that almost any piece OF land
which is a little lower than the surround
ing country is alfalfa land. and buyers
have not infrequently treated the real es-
tate men with considerable contempt be-
cause Of these claims" said Mr.. King
Nothing is stranger than truth, and the
truth about alfalfa and the places where It
can be grown has never been fully made
known to the world.
"Out in western Kansas where the aver
age rainfall is about twenty inches per
year alfalfa has been grown successfully
by some of the best farmers for five to
eight years.
Il was interested to prove that my friend,
a real estate man. was either telling the
Z truth or a consummate liar. That led me
to take a trip to western Kansas and see
what could be found. 1 was fortunate in
finding in the various towns disnterested
men who told me where 1 could get in
formation.
over IN northwestern IAdh5dSt III phSA
man county, living about twenty-five miles
from town, found Lee Conquest on his al
falfa farm. 1t was In November, 1910, when
l was there. He had harvested his alfalfa
and threshed out his alfalfa seed and he
had in his possession, at the time, a check
for 5000, which attested my admiration
He had raised two crops of hay from his
200 acres OF alfalfa, threshed out the seed
from the third crop and sold 1t in Good
land for 5000. His alfalfa farm lies on
Beaver creek, a stream which flows
mighty little water at any season Of the
year and none at all while 1 was there.
In order to test the truthfulness of Brother
Conquest, 1 talked with the threshermen
and also with the dealer in town who
bought the seed. There is no question but
that he really raised seed enough from his
200 acres of alfalfa for that magnificent
check for $1,000
All Make Money.
His neighbor further up the creek. ].
]. Knight, has a smaller acreage of alfalfa
which produced just about we'll Bill
Kuhrt still further up the creek was hardup
when 1 first men him seven years ago.
He was trying to pay off his debts like
every other honest man in western Kan
sas and was having hard luck. Now he is
living in a fine cement stone house has a
modern barn, and lives in style-all due to
alfalfa 1t is commonly reported in the
neighborhood that Kuhrt, knight and Con-
quest are trying to cut down the time Of
running their automobiles to Goodland and
that the competition is getting quite ex-
citing. These automobiles by the way,
seem to be a by-product Of the alfalfa up
in that country.
Further south in Wichita county, Kan
sas, I found several more alfalfa raisers.
They were all jubllant over the sale of
their alfalfa seed when I reached them.
Charles Bradley had eight bushels of seed
TO the acre from his crop and sold 1t for
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
LAND COMPANY HELPS sETTLERi

Realty Company Working in COnnee-
tiOn with New Railroad.
One of the booths at the Land Show
which is generally visited IL that of the
Denver-Laramie Realty company, at the
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-12
PITIFUL SIGHT WITH ECZEMA

"A few days after birth We noticed
IN infianed spot on our baby's hip
which soon began spreading until
baby was completely covered even in
his eyes, ears and scalp. For eight
weeks he was bandaged from head to
foot. He could not have a stitch OF
clothing on. Our regular physician
pronounced 1t chronic eczema. He Is
q very able physician and ranks with
the best in this locality. nevertheless.
the disease began spreading until
baby was completely covered. He
was losing flesh so rapidly that We be-
came alarmed and decided to try Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment.
Not until I commenced using Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment could We tell
what he looked like, as We dared not
wash him. and had been putting one
application after another on him. On
removing the scale from his head the
hair came OF. and left him entirely
bald, but since We have been using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment he has
as much hair as ever. Four weeks
after We began to use the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment he was entirely
cured. l don't believe anyone could
have eczema worse than our baby.
Before We used the Cuticura Rem
edies We could hardly look at him, he
was such a pitiful sight. He would
fuss until I would treat him. they
sened 10 relieve him SO much. Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment stand by
themselves and the result they quick
" and surely bring is their own rec
onmendation" (Signed) Mrs. T. B.
Rosser. Mill Hall. Pa, Feb. 20. 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold by druggists ard deal
ers everywhere. sample of each,
with 32-page book. will be mailed free
on application to "Cuticura,' Dept.
% X, Boston.
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-12

times. and said that ought to have an
operation. would not listen to that,
and when a friend Of my husband told
him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, 1 was willing to take it.
Now l look the picture Of health and
feel like it, too. can do N? own house.
work, hoe my garden, and milk COW.
/ can entertain company and enjoy
them. l can visit when l choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. l wish / could
talk toevery suffeTingwoman andgirl."
Mrs. DEMA BETHCNE, SikeSton, No.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure Of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
1t is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. It has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in
fiammation, liberation, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling. indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed. Why don't you try it,
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-12

I've sight o sors-thirteen alto
geIher." remarked a prosperous old
farmer. and all OF ems done me
credit save the three eldest. who
sowed Wild oats az q pretty rapid rate.
and then came home and sadGled my
shoulders with the harvest.
Well. own l was glad to see EN-
back. and | Toasted EN-. ard petted
EN-. and set EN- on their legs again.
only 20 see EN- skedaddle of afresh
when things had slowed down. with
ali the cash they could lay hands on
That Whereabouts sichened me, SO
| called the rest of en- together and
said:
There's ten of you left. and II any
OF you I'D like TO follow t'other three
| won't try to stop you. But. under
stand this. though there may be few
more prodigal sons, there'u be no
more fatted calves. I've killed the last
OF EN-
And" continued the old man. tri-
umphantlv. I've had trouble wi none
OF en- since"
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-12

CBy CAPTAIN A H. wADDE.L
Although there is no great war 60
ing on at the present moment there
ho-ses are SO much needed as they are
at present. for Notwithstanding
Hagues tribunals. Carnegie peace
funds. and an apparently general de-
sire for arbitration an; the peaceful
settlement OF interna i;olai dispatch
ers every great and military nation OF
the world Is ircrea.ing its armament
both On land ard At sea. the great
MARTA! nations OF the world are moth
ing more nor less than armed camps
Foreign governments are well aware
that horses cannot now be had By the
mere purchase Of them in numbers
anything like sufficient to supply their
demands. indeed the scarcity OF army
material in the shape of horse flesh is
not to be had in anything like ar-
p1oaching the numbers required.
The United States has spent an av-
erase OF 100000 a year on cavalry
horses. France has noted $500. 900
ouV VEL SSrV.t-D nurse CECGC-
ing. In England they spend something
over $50. 900 4 year for breeding horses.
Aaly OF which are at once marked
down by foreign buyers. and the short
age OF horses bred in this country
during the last three years amounts TO
something like 10000 and in spite Of
the huge proportions Of their army
estimates. the remount department
The scarcity OF horses in the British
army is appalling. the breeding OF suit
able horses IN England sinks progress
sively and Official condemnation of ex-
listing methods OF a new organization
have disturbed the horse societies and
the industry in general. Farmers,
who must be the natural agents in
breeding horses are out of touch with
the war office. and are giving up wha:
might be a sound and fairly lucrative
part Of their business.
Such facts as these ought to open
the eyes of alert America whose ia
cilities for stock raising are unlimited
All the peace congresses in the world
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-12

will never prevent war. nor will wars
ever cease until man has assumed a
far higher plane and far higher civil
izat!on than he enjoys today. The
struggle for existence and the survival
OF the fittest will be in evidence for
many thousands Of years to come. and
1t will only be after the refining in
fiuence Of progressive evolution has
been slowly operating towards i'm
provement for ages. that man will be
able to live peacefully with his neigh
Dor and without wanting to rob him
Of that which is his or measure words
with him to see Who shall claim some
coveted territory. as his own.
Yes. wars will 90 on. and horses
will be required more than ever al
though peace rest upon the greater
part Of the world today. Since racing
laws have come into effect in various
parts Of the country and so much
thoroughbred stock has been. and is
still be sold and widely dispersed and
there are still many horses Of this
class for sale. there has never been a
more opportune time for the far sight
ed American to gather in the best
stamp Of thoroughbred stations and
the best class of brood mares for the
purpose Of breeding a good standard
Ct army horse to supply the enormous
armies of the great military nations
Of the world. to say nothing Of the
United States army itself.
Artillery. cavalry and mounted in
fantry. are nov the arms Of the serv-
ice upon which the outcome OF CAM
paign depends. and this force to be
effective must be horsed In such a
way as to leave no possible doubt as
to the standard. Il must be as fast
as il is possible to make it. always in
condition. trained to the hour. and fit
to 60" at a moments notice.
The makings Of such horses as
these would always be on hand for
the great armies OF the earth of the
large ranch owners il the rolling west
would start in and breed a class of
horse that would meet their demands.
The Columbus journal., 1911-07-12
Cutting Alfalfa.

Cutting Alfalfa.
Alfalfa should be cut wher IL begins
to blossom. or even before il the
leaves begin to turn yellow. The field
should not be pastured. When used
Is q green fodder alfalfa should pre-
ferably be allowed to wilt before it is
led. Tie dried hay cnt ard cured at
the proper time ranks above other fo!-
age crops Of the same class and is an
IDEAL feed for cattle. horses, hogs and
poultry. Ground alfalfa meal made
and sold by dealers in the west retaiis
in the east for poultry feeding at $40
to $50 4 ton. Professor Davis says
every farmer should aim to have e
field of alfalfa. and even thought the
first trials are not a success. to keep
at il and success will come sooner or
later. and the best paying crop On the
farm be established.