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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11

While Omaha was never his home,
Beividcre Brooks has many intimate and
warm friends here and was we'll known
By 3 large number Of the business mon
81 the city who wero hero twenty or moro
years ago. From 1893 to 1907 and while he
Was assistant superintendent OF the third
district or the western Union system,
with headquarters at Denver, he reported
70 Colonel J. j. Dickey here. who at that
time was general manager.
Tho position that Mir. Brooks held dur
Ing this time frequently brought him 20
Omaha and upon many occasions he re-
NAMED here a week or 30 alta time. hc
IN a sort Of way looked upon this city as
his home and was regarded almost as
one % the Omahons.
Born OF poor parents IN Texas, the
career Of Belvidere Brooks was ono Of
steady and continuous advancement in
telegraph circles He knew the telegraph
business from start 70 finish and was
looked upon an one OF the company
most efficient officials. at the time Of
his death being Vice president. in charge
OF commercial relations
Starts 90 Messenger noy.
Born In Texas on July 9, iA5e. BeIvidere
Brooks started his business career as a
messenger boy in tho Western Union
office al Navasoia. Later no was an
operator there. remaining Until 1877, when
he went 70 the Texas Central, remain
Ing little more than year IN the office
Of the train dispatcher. Their he went
hack to the Western Union. remaining
with the company until his death. IN
1880 he became manager OF the office AZ
Navasota. and IN 1881 he was appointed
chief clerk 10 the superintendent Of the
Western Union office in Dallas. Subss-
quently he was manager OF the offices
AZ Waco IA Faso and Galveston. re-
naming IN Texas until November 1. 1880.
when be was transferred TO Denver ana
appointed assistant superintendent OF the
THIRD district II was then that ne
came under the Jurisdiction OF Colonel
Dickey and commenced TO form his
Omaha acquaintance.
Approaching his ability, m isoa Mr.
Brooks wps called 10 New York and
elected general manager OF the entire
Western Union system. This position hs
held until 1915. when he was elected vics
president in charge 81 commercial rela.
tlons. holding this office at the time Of
his death.
The last time that Mr. Brooks was IN
Omaha was in the spring Of 1914. IIo wa
CUT on an inspection OF company prop.
erty and enroute west stopped several
days in Omaha, Waiting old friends. liz
wa7 here again late In the summer, re.
turning from the west. AZ that time Mrs
Brooks was with hem. and they remained
several days. She was suffering IRON
heart disease and died shortly after
reaching their home IN New York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
HONOR SYSTEM FAVORED
IN NEBRASKA ATHLETICS

LINCOLN. Feb. 1O.-Members Of the
University Of Nebraska Athletic board
expressed interest in the action taken at
Minnesota university on the question Of
amateurisn in sports. Nebraska does
not include base ball in It's list Of COM
petitive sports, and therefore the ques-
ton Of summer playing by students has
never come formally before us" Prof
Grove =. Barber. president OF the board
said this evening. Il think IL Is safe to
say. however, that the sentiment is
strongly In favor OF the honor system at
Nebraska, not only in base ball. but in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
MARBLE-HEARTED FACULTY
REFUSES TO YIELD AN INCH

IOWA CITY. Ia, Feb, lo-(Special Tel
egram.)--In spite OF the plea OF the junior
prom committee that the party will lose
heavily financially unless the co-eds be
permitted TO attend. subcommittee OF
the board OF deans this afternoon re-
fused 20 retract or modify the action of
Dean Anha Klinghagen in taking away
from slkty-four university girls their
party dates for a month because they
violated ruling in taking attendance
supperE In cafes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
Wife Of Col. ]. E.
Kuhn Dies at Home
Of Sec'y Garrison

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-Mrs. Joseph
II, Kuhn. wife OF Colonel Kuhn Amer
lean military attache at Berlin. died late
last night at the homo Of Secretary Gar
rison, after a stroke Of apoplexy Mrs.
Kuhn had been In the receiving line at
a reception with Mrs. Garrison. She was
suddenly taken I'll and died a few hours
later. so
Mrs Kuhn was standing at the side Of
Mrs Garrison receiving guests when she
collapsed and fell. Examination revealed
that an artery In her head had burst
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
Indians Do the War
Dance in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz.. Feb. 1O.-Navajo
Indians were dancing their war dance
last Monday and threatening TO attack
white settlers in northeastern Arizona in
retaliation for the Staying Of ono of their
number recently by policemen, according
to Frank Mcneil and r. c. Jones. cow
boys. who have arrived here from Utah.
Up to that time. however. the Indians had
committed no act OF violence.
Chez Dodge, a Navajo Indian welt
known as an interpreter. has refused &c
accompany Thomas Flynn, United States
district attorney, 10 TUBA to aid in con-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
M'KENNEY DENTAL co.
Is NOW OWNED IN OMAHA

DR. Nunn, an Omaha man. has pur-
chased the McKenney Dental company.
which has been an Omaha concern for
a number Of years. but was owned by
Minneapolis men.
II has had remarkable growth in a
short time. Three months ago one dem
fist handled all the work Now six
chairs. presided over by expert dentists
are kept busy. DR.. Mum personally SUI
perintends the work and says the growth
Of the business IL due to prompt and
expert service given patrons.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
ELKS, TRAPPED IN CLUB
ROOMS BY FIRE, RESCUED

FORT DODGE. la. Feb l0--rwenty
members Of the Elks club here were
trapped In their club rooms ana were
rescued with ladders by the fire de-
partnent late today when a gas expio-
sion IN the Butler block caused damage
amounting 20 ss6.O0
One hundred and fifty women ana chill
drer In q moving Diet IRE theater on the
Ercund floor marched out orderly when
the smeliad smoke and were informed
that the smoke was from a furnace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
An Unfailing Way
To Danish Hairs
(ReautY Noteal

Ugly hairy growths can be removed In
the privacy Of your own home n you get
a small original package Of delatone and
This should be left on the skin about :
minutes. then removed and the skin
washed and every trace OF hair viii have
vanished No harm or inconvsnienes can
result from tins treatment. bat be sure
you buy real delatone. advertisement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
BELVIDERE BROOKS
DIES SUDDENLY
Wee President Of Western Union
Telegraph Company COllapsss
Of Heart Failure.
FORMERLY WORKED IN OMAHA

NEW YORK. Feb. i0.--Belvidere
Brooks. vice president Of the West
ern Unlin Telegraph company. died
al his home here today OF heart
trouble. He had been in poor health
for several months. His death was
sudden.
DIES MONIES, Ia. FEB. 1O.-Bel-
videre Brooks. vice president OF the
Western Union Telegraph company.
who died suddenly in New York
today. received some OF his first ex-
perience in Des Moines.
he came here as a telegraph oper-
ator from, his home in Sc. Joseph,
Mo-. and soon was made chief oper-
ator Of the Des Moines office. From
here he was sent TO Omaha, and
later to Denver in the capacity Of
chief operator.
Mr.. Brooks had been in the service Of
the Western Union for forty years. start
Ing as telegraph operator in Texas.
where he was born IN the town OF Vince
lock on July 9. 1859. Nc rose 70 the posi-
ton OF manager al III PaRo and occupied
the SANS position at Galveston. lie was
later made assistant superintendent at
Denver and from there was promoted 10
he general superintendent Of the eastern
and southern divisions. with headquarters
at New York He was elected general
manager OF the Western Union in 1910
and vice president two years ago. lie IL
survived by four sons.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11

says the opinion is expressed that IL the
Russians continuing their movement they
will threaten all the Austro-German po-
sitlons in the district Of Czernowitx, capt
tai OF Bukowina.
Owing TO the flooding OF the Oginski
canal on account of a sudden thaw. the
Germans have been compelled to evacu-
ate all OF their second line trenches in
that district, losing large quantities OF
ammunition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11

Quoting a peace parley. according 70 In
formation received here from Fort De-
Nance. Arfz.
Frank A. ThaclSery. superintendent OF
the Pirnax reservation. ard United states
Marshal Joe Dillon left here yesterday
for Tuba.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
Russians Force the
Dniester Crossing

LONDON. Feb. 1o.--significance is at
tached by Russian military commenta-
tors to the offensive movement Of RUS
sian troops In eastern Galicia, Just north
Of the Hukowina boundary. which II
reported officially from Petrograd to
have resulted In the capture of Uscieczkc
and the crossing Of the Dniester at that
point Reuters Petrograd correspondent
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11
DEATH RECORD.

NEW YORK. Feb ie.-Andre BUS
sanoby. noted restaurant man. died TO
day ~ HIS hone m this city. For many
years he conducted local dining estab-
liahnsnis- widely patrunized BY visitors
% New YORK. He Was bern IN France
IL as1e
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11

Antonio. Tex. Her husband is a PEN
stoned Northwestern engineer.
Mrs. w. L. Culkins, late wife OF
Brandeis stores manager. was Mrs
oconnor's only daughter and died last
July
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11

all other sports and n the question was
ever brought 60 the test. Nebraska would
be in line with Minnesota on the PROPOSE
ton"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-11


ing costumes that by Mrs Lockwood The charming habit which she takes
dainty black broad white sailor collar tObOggan black
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
TO BUY OR BREED COWS.

The question whether it is best for
the dairy farmer to buy or to breed
the cows necessary to keep up the
number in his dairy has been much
discussed, and with widely varying
opinions in the dairy regions in this
section of our state. Many success
full dairymen here have found it con-
venient to buy their cows rather than
to raise them.
When milk is high in price, espec-
tally where winter dairying is prac-
ticed, the temptation is strong even if
the calf is heifer to slaughter it as
"dekin" or to sell it to the "boh
veal" dealer when, as a matter of best
economy, it might prove much more
profitable to keep and raise it even
at the cost of the amount of milk
necessary to give it the start on the
road to maturity or sufficient to keep
it in fairly thriving condition until
of such an age as to be able to grow
and thrive without the milk ration
that is an essential for young calves
While occasionally a farmer may
be found who has made success in
substituting oil meal, wheat bran, ETC..
as supplementary feeds, l find they
almost unanimously agree that at this
early age milk must be the main re-
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11

lance to give the first months start.
But have observed that those
most successful in raising young
calves usually begin with the young
calf by feeding at first small milk
ration and l am convinced, both by
experience in feeding young calves
and from observation of others meth
DDS, that more trouble is apt to re-
suit from over feeding than from
under feeding young calves.
1t seems to me it might be worth
the while of the dairyman who has
been buying his cows to try the ex-
pertinent of growing up heifer calves,
using for this purpose the milk from
his cows as they freshen until fit for
the creamery, adding to it enough
from the dairy to augment it to the
necessary supply for getting them
started up to an age where skim
milk from the creamery, whey or
some other substitute eked out with
oil meal or grain combined with hay
or grass will give the needed susten-
ance.
In this as in other departments of
dairy management much depends
upon the individual as to success or
failure in either Of these lines; and
whether the greater profits will come
to him from buying his cows or rails
ing them is largely question of his
ability in selection of the cows pur-
chased to keep up his dairy or of his
ability to successfully grow up the
heifer calves to take the place of those
removed from the dairy as they fail
from age or other causes to hold their
places as profitable members Of the
herd. The question, therefore, seems
to resolve itself into one that each
dairyman, as an individual, must de-
eide for himself.-E. J. Brownell, in
Rocky Mountain Husbandman.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
MAINTAINING HOG HEALTH.

During the fall and winter disease
of some kind is apt to break out
among the hogs. The changeable
weather and new feed make it neces-
sary for US to watch the animals
closely when they are being crowded
for the market. There is, perhaps, no
other animal on the farm which sue
cumbs more readily to disease than
the hog. The health of the animals
is one of the necessary requirements
for profit. An unhealthy hog is un-
profitable even though the disease
from which it is suffering is not con-
tagious. We should, therefore, take
every care to preserve health.
One Of the helpful things to do is
to have the premises in the best sani-
tary condition. Hogs feed with their
noses to the earth and are filthy
where they are compelled to be so. If
we provide them with clean quar-
ters and pens they appreciate it. All
the pens, yards and surroundings, es-
pecially the feeding troughs, should
be thoroughly cleansed, scraped, dis
infected and lined with fresh air.
slaked lime, and the scrapings and
manure hauled out upon the farm
where it will help to fertilize and in
crease productiveness. The fences,
partitions and all of the woodwork
both inside and outside, and all posts
need to be thoroughly. whitewashed
In this way vermin and the germs
from mango deposited there by the
hogs rubbing against them will be de-
stroyed. While this is not a sure
guarantee against disease, it is an ex-
cellent preventative.
Even healthy herd with clean sur
roundings may have the germ of dis
ease introduced or carried into it by
other means, but this is a proper pre-
caution that we should exercise. 1t is
beneficial to the hogs to be in clean
pens. with clean bedding, and to have
clean feeding troughs. It is like {.
tonic; it is appetizing and they get
better results from the feed. II is
time we'll invested to cleanse and i'm
prove the sanitary condition of the
yards and houses.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11

l keep charcoal in reach Of my hogs
at all times during the fall and win
ter. Free use of it is a good way to
rid hogs of worms, and inasmuch as
it has no medical properties, the ef-
feet is purely mechanical.
What is palatable seldom does the
system any injury, and then only
when taken in excess, which it is
likely to be if the animals are not
accustomed to it, especially if they
are hungry. The very fact that hogs
when on full feed Of corn, eat all
forms of charcoal with avidity and
never get too much of it, is suffic;en;
grounds for providing it in abund-
ance and keeping it within their reach
at all times.
Charcoal can be made conveniently
by digging a pit about two or three
feet wide and as many feet deep
starting a fire in the bottom, filling
up the pit with corn cobs, and when
they are thoroughly charred, covering
the pit over and smothering the fire.
Then if some salt is mixed with the
corn cob charcoal and put where the
hogs can have free access to it, their
requirements both in the way of salt
and charcoal will be met. This mix
ture will help great deal in main
tanning the hogs in good health.-W
H. Underwood.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11

It is safe to say that no man can
be successful with hogs who fails to
furnish proper protection for the ami
mails. Some overdo the thing, however.
Their animals are given a tight shed
well banked up, with windows and
doors that can be closed, shutting out
all cold air. An expensive hog house
is built, in which the thing aimed at
is to exclude the cold. This idea car
ried to the extreme is a wrong one
and may bring more disaster in its
train than no protection.
Hogs are provided by nature to
Withstand the cold. It is protection
from the cold currents of air and
the storms that they require. Thor
ough ventilation is important always.
A dozen fat hogs in tight room will
raise the temperature to a degree
that will make their sudden dash out
into the outer air extremely danger
GUS. Fresh air is not to be excluded,
but all drafts should be. No animal
while sleeping should be subjected to
"a draft of cold air.
Another danger in hog house is
from dust. Dust in sleeping place
cannot fail to get into the bronchial
tubes and lungs of the animal, caus-
ing coughing and irritation. For this
reason it is necessary to supply good
clean bedding and change it fire.
quently, or whenever it becomes chat
fy or filled with dust. In well con-
structed hog house comparatively lit
tie bedding will be required. In a
floorless house the dust problem may
become a serious one. The ground will
become hard and dry and the sharp
hoofs of the animals will grind the
hard earth into dust, which will be-
come mixed with the bedding mater
ial. If the house is on well drained
spot, the dust can be swept out when
occasion demands, but this continued
for time will make the floor of the
house lower than the surrounding sur
face of the yard and water will set
tie therein. This must be guarded
against and know of no better way
of doing it than to make a good wood
en- floor and keep it bedded with straw
or similar material.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
Practical FQrn1in0
Helpful Fects Gathered from Reliable Sources
OfZntey Montana Farmers :: :: ::
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anything 10 appest in columns kindly in.

ing which they may roam over other
portions of the farm and even beyond
its borders, gathering food without
doing any serious harm.
1t is commonly stated that sheep
give two harvests in the year. In re-
ality they give three, if not four. This
cannot be said Of any other animal
kept on the farm. The first harvest
is that of wool. The second is that
OF mutton. The third is that of labor.
The fourth is that of fertilization. In
some instances the wool return will
pay the cost of keeping the sheep.
The mutton return, especially from
lambs the first year of their growth,
is large. The worth of their labor,
so to speak, in destroying weeds, it
may be difficult and even impossible
to determine, but in these days of
high priced labor it is very consid-
cradle. As distributors of fertilizer
no other class of animals will equal
them, owing first, to the large por-
tion of the year in which they are in
the fields and second, to the way in
which the fertilizer is scattered.
For such husbandry the kind of
sheep will be influenced somewhat by
conditions. Ordinarily common grade
ewes will meet the need. Ewes reared
on the range answer we'll. The sire
or sires chosen should be from one OF
the dark faced breeds and, of course
purely bred. These will produce ex-
cellent mutton in the first crop of the
lambs. The investment for founda-
ton stock, therefore, should not be
large
In nearly all portions of Montana
sheep would not call for elaborate
shelter. The straw shed made es.
sentially Of pole sin its framework
and we'll covered with straw, will or
dinarily suffer for winter protection
Owing to the lightness of the snow
fall during many winters, the sheep
may gather the bulk of their own liv-
ing much of the year.
On many of the dry land farms
even where only small band of sheer
are kept, it will be the part of wisdom
to keep a small reserve pasture ir
which to confine the sheep when the,
are not grazing on other land. Fol
such a pasture native land unbroker
may suffice, or it may consist of win
ter rye. This may be sown in tn,
early autumn and again in the spring
The area of such reserve would no
require to be larger, but it woul'
seem to be necessity to have it.
In some places there may be haz
ard from wolves and coyotes, but tn
introduction of disease among thes'
denizens of the wild should tend II
thin them. Civilization spreading
over the land with the advancing bet
terment should tend to have a SINH
lar influence.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
SHEEP ON DRY FARMS.
BY Prof. Thomas Shaw in Montana
Farmer.

By Prof. Thomas Shaw in Montana
Farmer.
Much is being written about the
wisdom of introducing swine onto the
dry land farms. Many of the farm
ers are needing the advice and are
acting accordingly. In this way they
are acting wisely for there is no line
Of livestock production on the dry
land farm that can be SO easily begun
and at so little expense. But the fact
remains that few sheep may also
be kept on the farm with much profit
and without mourning much hazard.
In former days sheep were main
tanned in Montana, chiefly on the
ranges and in large bands. They did
remarkably we'll under these condi-
tions. Why should they not do equ-
ally we'll and even better when kept
in small bands on the arabic farm?
With small band on many, or all,
or nearly all the dry land farms, the
aggregate of mutton and wool pro-
duction would be far greater than
ever before, and these would be pro-
duced from foods much of which now
goes to waste. The reference is to
weeds that grow in the fields that
are being fallowed and in the stub
bles and weeds and grass that grow
on the sides Of the highways. Sheep
would turn these products into money,
and while doing so they would render
a substantial service in the extent to
which they would destroy weeds. For
such use their services would be of
special value in the summer fallow
in which volunteer grains are so liable
to grow, and in which also such
weeds as Russian thistles are liable
to be present at the season when the
farmer is busy harvesting his crop.
Providing that sheep can have access
to such lands at that season, they will
prevent the volunteer grains and the
various weeds from doing harm. They
will also find these quite helpful in
providing succulence at season
when succulence has left the native
grasses.
The one difficulty in the way with
the beginner is that of fencing. With
fence consisting of three barbed
wires, cattle can be kept in, but this
will not suffice for sheep. To con-
fine them it is necessary to have
woven wire not less than two feet
high rising up from the ground and
two or three barbed wires above this.
The difference in cost of fencing that
will suffice to confine cattle on the
one hand and sheep on the other, is
very considerable. There are places
however, in which small band Of
sheep may be kept on farm with
but small amount of fencing owing
to the large portion of the year dur
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
After Effects of Limburger.

One county in Wisconsin produces
over 100000 pounds of limburger
cheese annually and good part of it
is eaten right there. 1t is stated
that the death rate in that county is
about the lowest of any part Of the
country. Very likely; after a man
has eaten his share of limburger he's
naturally ashamed to die and go any,
where.-Kimball Graphic.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
He Understood That Much.

A man who went to the grand op-
era at Sioux Falls Monday said he
heard just one thing that he un-
derstood during the evening. That
was: "The Milwaukee train will be
held until II O'clock" announced
from the stage-Salem Register.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-02-11
1t boosts my circulation"
New York Evening Su

1t boosts my circulation"
New York Evening Sun.
A kiss he printed on her lips,
She smiled, the artful creature,
And modestly inquired of him,
"Was that special feature?"
Moscow Idaho) Star-Mirror.
He tried to kiss her lips again,
But couldn't quite get at her;
She held a book in such a way
They were "next to reading matter
Boston Courier.
The unspeakable Turk can at least
snicker.