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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
KRIT COMPANIES FILE
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS

DETROIT. Mich. Dec. 2s.-Petitions In
bankruptcy were filed today by the Krit
Motor Car company and Krit Sales com
pany. both OF this city. The liabilities
of the motor company are said to be
SsSl. .ESS, with assets amounting TO s622, $50
The sales company liabilities are. accord
ing to the petition. t2S4, ,So6. and the assets
S256,sl4. Lack OF business due to the
European war is given as the cause Of
the failure.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
TRAINS MAR0ONED BY
ARIZONA FLOODS START

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 2s.-Eight west
bound transcontinental trains, marooned
In southern Arizona by the floods Jast
week. left here today with 800 passengers
some OF whom had been stalled sinca
Christmas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-On the battle
lines on both the eastern and west
ern arenas OF the war, onward move
ments seemed today to have lost
something of their headway. On the
western front the allied offensive
has momentar'ly shown a lack of
vigor, while General Won Hinden-
burg, the German commander, seems
to have come. to-a standstill CT the
Vistula. At the same time Vienna
admits check to the Austrian forces
stationed along the Galician Car
pathians.
French troops during the last few days
nave made minor advances, judging from
the official communications given out in
Faris' but apparently not at the same
rate OF speed as fortnight ago. Fog ac-
counts In measure for this slackeninR
OF ettorts. With the exception OF the can
ture OF certain Anglo-Indian trenches
near the Lys last week, most OF which
the allies claim to have recaptured. the
etIorts of the Germans to send back the
allied line apihar, In the opinion OF Brit
ish observers, to have been generally
abortive.
North OF the Vistula river, in Russian
Poland the Germans again reinforced
nave retaken the town of Miawa. hut
south or the river they still stand ON the,r
OLD ground. In southern Poland. WHARF
the German right joins the Austrian laft
tnere has been some fierce fighting with
shght gains for the Austro-German allies
Judging from the reports coming from
Berlin and Vienna.
In the Galician Carpethians, the Aua-
trians have been compelled to give
ground according to an official statement
issued in Vienna. and Petrograd declares
also OFFICIALLY, that Russian forcea are
pursuing the Austrians into the Car
pathian mountains. after taking MANY
thousand prisoners.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29

SHIPPING CLERK - Experienced.
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high grade man required This posi-
tion is with an excellent firm, pays (.
good salary, is worth investigating
For further information about
this opportunity, see the want Ad
section OF today's Bee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
South of Vistula River Germans Are
Merely Holding Positions
Already Taken.
ONE VICTORY IN THE NORTH
Reinforced Army of Kaiser Takes
City of Mlwa.
AUSTRIAN ARMY IS CHECKED
Forces of Dual Monarchy Forced co
Give Ground in Austrian Car
pathians, According to Re-
port from Vienna.
BULLETIN.

PETROGRAD, Dec. 2S.-- CvYA
London. Russian FORCES, accord
ing to advices received today from
Galicia, have succeeded in crossing
the Biala river and in taking possess
sion of twenty-mile strip of terri
tory south of Tuchow, thereby sep
arating the two Austrian armies. The
forces Of General Boehm-Ermolli.
the Austrian commander, are
claimed by the Russians to be re-
treating precipItately ano the west
ern Austrian army is said to be- badly
crippled.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
The Weather

Forecast till p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Partly cloudy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
Comparative Local RECORD,

Temperature and precipitation depar-
lures from the normal:
Normal temperature ............,..,,.,., q
Excess for the day. ay........,,,,,..,,,..,.. q
Normal precipitation....., O8 finch
Deficiency for the day........ .O2 inch
Total rainfall since March /. .25. 50 inches
Deficiency since March H.. 1856 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1912 AS inches
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
Reports from stations at p. M.

4 indicates trace Of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29

'rature and precipitation depar,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-29
Advertising Is the Life Of Trad

ram through Ths nee ~ yeuR cas-
tomsra, your oompetitor'u ouuteansrn,
your possible oustomeFN.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
Dinner Party

Mr.. and Mrs. II. L Aldridge
proved themselves very agree
BILE entertainers last evening
when they entertained fifteen
at a six o'clock dinner, COMPILE
meDtary to Mr.. and Mrs. Or
willie Frazier, of Sand Point,
Idaho. The ia! lie was very
prettily decorated in red and
white and the color scheme was
we'll carried out in the menu.
Misses Christie Stevens, Lu-
rec Fitch ard Maggie Sclvey
served three course dinner.
Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. Orville Frazier, Willis
Selvey and family, Mrs. Henry
Howell and Mrs. Geo. Frazier.
During the evening CONVEX
sation and music were enjoyed
by those present, and at a late
hour all departed for their
homes 1t was also Mrs. AL
dridge's birthday and she was
the recipient of many coed
wishes for the return of many
more days of the same kind.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
Correspondence

To the Editor of the Missouri
Valley Times Dear Sir: Please
let me correct some very err
roneous statements that appear
ed in your issue of last week,
from the pen of your Melrose
correspondent, in regard to the
Sunday school. The item reads
"Too many were absent from
Sunday school to make it inter-
esting for the collecting agent
who was there to square ac-
counts between a MIR. Nugent
and the Sunday school" The
correspondent either did not
know what he was trying to
write about, or he is regardles s
of yer. city, land we are incline d
to think him off in both points J
FIRST the Sunday school has
never had an account with Mr..
Nugent, therefore could have
none to settle or square. Sec
ond the American Sunday
School Union, of which Melrose
Sunday School is a part, has not
nor never did have a collecting
agent. The only collecting
agents that they send out or
employ are men to collect the
neglected boys and girls into
the school house in the rural
communities and teach them
the word of God.
Please accept our thanks for
so much of your valuable space
in which to put ourselves and
the school at Melrose, that is
doing splendid work, in a pro-
per light to the readers of your
paper.
I. P. Nugent.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

Aidallis Jones and wife and
VIM. Jones and wife returned
Today from Crawford, Neb !,
whore they went to spend the
Fourth and visit Thomas Harris,
a veteran of the war and an
employee of the Post at Fort
Robinson. Although seventy
five, he performs his daily task
at the Fort, riding back and
forth on q wheel a distance of
three piles. They spent three
days sight seeing. also climbing
the Butes. In that part of Neb !,
there is 2 range of hills they
call the Butes, some Of them
are twelve hundred feet high
covered with what they call
Butte clay, a mixture of rock
and clay. The hills are covered
with beautiful pines and their
clay monuments are perpendic-
nlar and every imaginable shape
looking like castles and old
ruins. A part Of the Fourth
was spent in climbing the
crown Butte, twelve hundred
feet high and we brought some
of the rock and clay home.
Another one, almost as high, is
Grove Butte, where a tribe of
Grove Indians starved to death.
Tradition has it that a tribe Of
Sioux Indians chased them up
there and guarded them until
death ensued.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
MRS. METCALF
is HOSTESS
Members Of Embroidery Club
observation-disclosures And
Refreshments

Mrs. w. j. Metcalf was host
ess to the G. A. Embroidery
club Thursday afternoon at her
nome, W9O2 Mansfield avenue.
The affair was complimentary
to her sister, Mrs. H.A Newton
of Mo. Valley, Iowa.
The home was prettily decor
ated with red and pink La
France roses. An artistic ar
rangeme Mt of roses formed the
centerpieces for the dining
table. Miss Frances Newton
and Mrs A. G. Crawford gave
several piano selections and
Miss Eva Wetzel gave a read
ing. Dainty refreshments
we're served by the hostess.
Those present were Mrs. Fl
A. Newton, Mrs. j. Forrest,
Mrs. C, Lain, Mrs. C. B. Hull,
Mrs. Skidmore, Mrs. H. Coplen,
Mrs, D Carleton, Mrs. M. Mil
lis, Mrs H. j. Bume, Mrs G B.
Derbyshire, Mrs. H H. Hoad
ley, Mrs. Gushing, Mrs. o. d.
Mccall, Mrs. A. C. Crawford,
Miss Florence Smith, Miss Mar
rim, Miss Eva Wetzel, Miss Mary
BIume, Miss Frances Newton
ard Mrs. Metcalf. Spokane
Daily Chronicle
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
Beans Net $50 Per Acre 10
CeTTo GoTdo County Man

CEIR0 GOl)O county farmer has just harvested 600 bushels
n worth buslc from thirty of ordinary
a Of a acre
THIS HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY THREE DOLLARS WORTH ONE
SHOW
ONION SPECIALIST DIGGING
TAToEs BUSHELS
ING EIGHTY CENTS nysHEL
OF PEOPLE I'M IOWA WHO THINK THAT A
WELD
BUT WIDELY ADVERTISED
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

City Clerk Williams tried a
new scheme to clean out the
reservoir today. He took a
fire hose up and when the wa
ter was all drained out, he at
tached it to a fire plug and
thoroughly scrubbed the inside
Of the reservoir. This is much
quicker and more economical
rhsn the old way of doing it
with brooms.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
Health,
Wealth
and
Happiness
In Scott
County

II
red bulbs at Pleasant Valley,
Scott county, Ia, in such large
quantities that the state agriculture
al statistician will be compelled to
add another column to his crop re-
port and write "Onions" at the
top of it.
Health we say advisedly. Does
not the old saw run:
Eat onions in the month of May
And the rest of the year the doctors
may play.
And YOU cam find dozens of hale
and hearty German pioneers who
have had their lruehstueck, Nit
tagessen and Abendcssen favored
with onions for the past thirty
years and unanimously lay their
longevity at the door of tic odorif-
erous tuber.
AS to wealth, the onion has
drained the swanpy black silt lands
along TIL" NlssissiPpi's banks, has
turned them into beautiful little
green fields where amy weed is as
much anathema as thistle TO the
ordinary farmer and has put price
OF $1,000 on every acre that cam
successfully produce the big red
globes.
And for happiness, the onion is
now the sesame in Pleasant Val
ley, APPLY named, the heart of Scott
county's 300 acre onion district.
The tears that the zwiebel brings
to the eyes of the people of that
locality are tears of joy. They
have sold onions and built immense
big frame houses, large enough for
family reunions. They have sold
onions and added big barns and au-
tomobiles to their establishments.
Now they are selling onions and
sending their children to the State
Agricultural college at Amcs, while
they 60 across the sea they Travelled
in sailing vessel so many years
ago to see the grossvater, noddina
away in sonc sleepy little village
Of Schleswig liolstcin.
This is MOI pleasant sounding fic-
ton, but rcnlitg. brought about by
the fact that tho rich river bottom
lands of Scott county are adapted to
the raising of onions. These fields
are tended With all of the German
farmers painstakng care You
can't raise both weeds and onions
in the same iicld. Consequently the
onion raiser arms himself with d
hoe, arms all of his family with q
like utcnsil and goes forth To seek
the ilnpuded cocklebnr, button
weed, foxtail.. STUART weed, pig weec
and Joint graSs.
50 THOROUGHLY DOES THE
ONION FARMER AND HIS FAMILY
DO THIS JOB THAT ONE CAN SEE
A FIELD OF TEN ACRES WITHOUT
A HALF DOZEN WEEDS VlslBLE
IN THE EnTlRE TRACT. THE
SOLID DARK GREEN SWEEP or
THE HlG ll3LY CULTIVATED
TRACTS ARE A SIGHT TO DE.
LIGHT THE EYE OF ANY couN-
TRYMAN As THE INTERuRBAMs
AND STEAM TRAINS WHlsk HIN
THROUGH THE ONION DISTRICT.
Hand in land with tIlis intensive
|. cultivatiion( Foes scientific agrieuI
t,rre and m''linery. Science work.
out in the following way: The grca.
pest of the onion crop is tn,
"thrips," or cc-tiny little pest
one-twenticth Of an inch in length
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
1900. 49,
BIG MONEY IN
ONION GROWING
Onion
King
Clears
$4,000 on
Sixteen
Acres

with elongated bodies and four
slender wings. They are sucking
insects. They fasten themselves to
the green tops, extract the juice
and leave the plant to wither up
and dry In the dry weather they
hatch by the millions, and in the
early evening they swarm to the
fields, mvriads of them, so thick as
to resemble black cloud and, like
the locust plague of Pharaoh's
reign. light on the growing crop.
UP to The present year the grower
did not know how to fight them.
Last Year the Scott County Farm
Improvement league WAS formed.
This organization cmp.oved an agri-
cultural college graduate, g. r.
Bliss, and told him to go ont and
help everybody earning a living
from the sei He suggested that
a spray OF Kerosene emulsion ar
nicotine whale oil mixture he used,
forced down into the crcvicrs OF the
leaves. The growers tried out the
spray and found that it killed The
Little pests. 1t has been estimated
that systematic use of this spray
ing mixture would make differ
ence of 200 bushels to the acre.
The thrins do not bother i'm wet
weather. The last summer, with
its continued hot weather. with no
rain all through July, the onions
big maturity month, was ideal for
the pests Not all of the farmers
could be persuaded TO spray their
fields, for converts i'm agricultural
science never come fast. and consc-
qucntlg the WELD was not what it
will be i'm future dry seasons.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS, THE
REMEDY FOR THE CROPS PAR
TlcULAR PLAGUE HAS BEEN DIS
COVERED, AND MANY HUNDREDS
OF BUSHELS WE'RE ADDED TO
THE TOTAL CROP.
The thiftv-one hot days in July
cut the crop down fully one-third.
II has not been uncommon in for
lmcr years Tor the crop to run over
1000 bushels am acre on the best
fields. This year the average was
close to 300 bushels. But last sea-
SON, the beat growing year that the
onion men have ever had, the price
averaged from 3s To 40 cents. This
year the Pleasant Valley people are
getting from IS to 80 cents bushel
and are making as much money as
they did orr the bumper crop of
| 1912
This YeaI's onion king is w. w.
Myers, who has the largest number
of acres planted of any of the onion
raisers He has sixteen acres in
the tubers, the largest farm at
"lhc VALLEY" and the crop ran 1870
/ bushels. r.lis would bring him So
lsn at he present market price
and, dcducting 500 per acre as the
cost OF raising and marketing, there
lis left a profit OF $3.50, or $3.50
per acre. That shows pretty well
that wealth is no little part of the
profits to be derived from the onion
lcuture. Many farmers put the cost
ipcr acre below 800, Frank Schut-
ter, another veteran grower, plac-
| ing his at go an acre
Last year VI. Schuttrr raised 9.l1
4 bushels TO The acre, receiving 3s
cents, or s5:552.2s an acrc, for his
crop and 81 ,655nGG for the entire
crop lIcnrv Roed, ON one aero
tract pfapta' 10 sets. harvested SOC
bp.hels all acra and Leroy Schuttrr
/ on a niHe acre field, nearly 500
bushels This year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
There Is Healing in
Foley Kidney Pills

You need a mighty good
medicine if once your kidneys
are exhausted by neglect and
overwork and you have got it
in Foley Kidney Pills. Their
action is prompt, healing and
tonic. Sound health and sound
kidneys follow their use. Try
them. For sale by all dealers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
A Perfect Cathartic

Thare is sure and wholes> me
action in every dose of Foley
Cathartic Tablets. T h e v
cleanse wi h never a grippe or
pair. Chronic cases of consti-
patton find them invaluable.
iS.cuf people are relieved of
that bloated, congested feeling,
o uncomfortable especially in
nor weather. They keep your
liver busy.
For Sale ty All Dealers.
! 2l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
EIndaIe Items

with a number of others
wendell our way to the far
grounds to enjoy the picnic the
4th. have seen bigger crowds
but what was there had a good
time. The speaking was good,
also the singing and the sha6 9
trees kept the hot sun away. 1t
seemed that it couldn't be the
4ih on account of not having
the firecrackers or the noise
we are accustomed to have.
Now is the time to learn to
milk cows, the flies will keep
the COW stepping, switching her
tail, and by-and-by the poke
that keeps the COW in the pas
ture comes along and smashes
you in the side. But one must
be good and sweet or the COW
won't stand still.
There was not a very big
crop of raspberries around here
this year, but blackberries will
be good. They will be on mar
ket next week.
Mrs. Roscoe Day will start
back to Oregon soon where she
will go on their homestead.
Clay Miller and family visited
his father, the 18th, near Hard
Scratch also his brother from
Sioux City.
| think the consolidating of
the schools has it's advantages
and its drawbacks. The draw
backs will cost more, you have
to hire a driver, won't have the
individual care a country
school can give, the little ones
will get tired riding so far to
and from school and the moth
ess' will hardly have time to
get the children ready 70 go
with the buss.
William Greene will start his
thrashing outfit soon.
Green Jones and family will
change their location this fall.
They expect to commence
grading Fifth street hollow for
a sidewalk to the cemetery this
week which is a good move.
They have fixed the "thank-
marin on First street, won't
have to slow down my horse
when going over.
Mrs Fred Day and two other
ladies were visiting w. H.
Glover and wife last week.
The rain Monday was quite
heavy north of Calhoun, it came
In streaks.
| John Mccullough and wife
were visiting their old stamping
ground on the writer's place,
where they lived about 81 years
ago. 1t brings recollections of
past events vivid before their
minds when they raised so
many pumpkins and beans.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
If Kidneys and Bladder Bother
Then Foley Kidney Pills

Overworked kidneys will
break downif not Helped. When
they can no longer protect the
blCo1 and the body fIcln the
poisons tina; come tc TIE m, then
look out for Brjght's disease,
serious kion y tr.uble and
bladder annoyances f oil ey
Kidney Pills are your best pro
lection, your best medicine for
weak, sore, overworked kidne
and bladder weaknesses.
For Sale by All Dealers.
jyso
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

Mrs. Frank johnson returned
this morning from three
weeks visit with relatives in
Des Moines. She was accom-
panied home by her uncle,
Chas. Myers, who will visit rel
atives here for a few days.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

The contractors were com.
PEELED to take up considerable
brick today on account of the
mud and sand washing over
the paving before the asphalt
had been poured in the cracks.
The asphalt pouring is going
very slowly.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

Mrs. G S Green and daueh.
ter Emma, returned this morn.
ing from a weekend visit st
the home of Mrs. Ellen J Or.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09
Eases Torment of Asthma
And Hay Fever

Eases Torment OF Asthma
And Hay Fever
4 For the discomfort and m Sc
~ of asthma and hay fever use
Foley's H ney and Tar Com
pound. 1t puts a healing,
soothing coating over the swol-
len, tickling membranes, and
eases the thick and choking
sensation. Helps you to breathe
easily and naturally. In the
yellow package.
For Sale by All Dealers.
jy3o
Mrs. M. C. Demmon is re-
ported very low at her home in
/ Norfolk. Harwood Demmon
came down from there his
morning TO attend to some BUSH
ness and returned this after
noon. He said that his mother
would not last over twenty four
hours as she was sinking very
fast.
Harry Withrow was a Coun-
Gil Bluffs visitor TODAY.
Yesterday afternoon while
Out playing with a group of
children Dorathea, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Watts, trip
ped and fell over rope in such
a manner as to severely injure
her left knee.
Miss Helen Mahoney, of
Council Bluff, visited relatives
here today.
Mrs. Harvey Foss and $. n.
Eugene, are visiting revatives
in Minneapolis for few days.
F. M. Sheppard, of Wood
bine, was a Valley visitor yes
|terd.y
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

Mrs. j. d. Album and daugh
ter Marion, left for Omaha this
morning where they will visit
friends for few days before re-
turning to their home in Seat
tie.
All of the steel for the roof
of the new Wehrli building is
now in place and it is expected
to have the lower floor ready
for occupancy about Aug. lat.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the State Saw
ings bank was held yesterday
and all Of the old officers ard
directors were reelected.
Mrs. Geo. Williams returned
to her home in Council Bluffs
yesterday.
Robt. w. Harvey was bust
ness visitor to Magnolia today.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Harmon
and Miss Mary Frances are the
guests of friends in Fairfax,
Neb, for a few days.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

Miss Helen Mahoney, of
Council Bluff, visited relatives
here today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

F. M. Sheppard, of Wood
bine, was a Valley visitor yes
terd.y
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-07-09

Mrs. Harvey Foss and 8 n.
Eugene, are visiting revatives
in Minneapolis for a few days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
Farming in a Cave.

n cave In the heart of the Ozark
Mountains Is the unusual spot chosen
for farm by retired citizen of St
Louis. While looking about for q
farm In the western part of his home
State. Mr.. Robert Smith found an at
tractive twenty-six-acre stretch. be-
meath part OF which lay a large cave.
Remembering the profitable use made
OF caves by the mushroom growers of
southern France. he determined to
test the productiveness OF mis- acqui-
sitton.
Preparations for the experiment
We're simple. He first constructed 4
twenty five-foot fiat-bottomed boat.
for his only practicable access was by
small river running through the
cave. Then. while his neighbors were
digging up weeds and clearing brush
wood from thoir lands. Farmer Smith
had to uproot and haul away the stall
agmites and stalactites-the lime de-
posits left by the incessant dripping
OF water during many centuries Elk
cept for clayey substance, ocher.
which covered part OF the walls, the
cavern floor was bare limestone, so
that the final preliminary activity was
to spread soil and manure over the
ground.
Mushrooms are peculiarly suitable
for such 4 project as the cave farm.
The spawn Is secured in bricks which
arc broken up and scattered over the
floor surface.