Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-10
HAPPENINGS IN
THE MAGIC CITY
Prizes Are Announced for Win
ners in Boys and Girls
Club Contest.
TRIP TO SHORT COURSE

Prizes offered by the Live Stock
exchange to the Boys and Girls club
which produces the best pigs. calves
of sheep during the year, will b,
awarded by the county agent Of each
county, w. B. Tagg, president Of the
exchange, announced yesterday.
Mr.. Tagg said the first prize for the
boy or girl making the best showing
in each county would be a trip to the
short course at the college of agri.
culture. to be held in June. 1918.
The rules under which the clubs
will operate have been formulated by
Prof. Skinner of the college of agri.
culture of the University of Nebraska
He has specialized in this class Of
work and has direct supervision over
all the clubs in the state that are
competing for prizes,
Eddy Cudahy Enlists.
A telegram to the Cudahy Pack.
ing company in Omaha from Chicago
announced that Edward A. Cudahy
IT., has joined the officers reserve
corps and will go to Fort Sheridan
to start training. Young Cudahy Is
well known in Omaha, having lived
here with the family. He was the
chief figure In the famous Pat Grove
kidnapping case.
Packers Short of Men.
A big South Side packing concern
was forced to ship a trainload of cats
tie to St. Joseph for slaughter Mon
day, on account of the scarcity OF
labor in Omaha. For some weeks the
packers have had hard time keeping
their forces full. Labor, both skilled
and unskilled, is at premium, they
say.
Lambs Sell at $18.75. =
The high mark for lambs on the
local markets was paid yesterday
morning. The top was $lS.75. George
c. Belmont of the Big Platte valley,
brought in car of Mexican lambs
averaging seventy-two pounds. Wal
tiers & Deering of Fort Collins, Colo,
also got the high price. They shipped
two cars that averaged seventy-nine
pounds. This shipment was the last
of $500 head marketed by this firm.
Their total lamb holdings brought
81 ,34450. ..
Mr.. Walters says the sheepmen are
going a little slow in tieing them
selves up with lot of feeders until
they can see what the outcome of the
present high prices will be. They
realize there must be an adjustment
Of the present prices some day, and
they intend to be cautious, he said.
Ancient Hen Stolen.
Ed Hanlon, Thirty-third and N
streets, reported to the police his
chicken coop was robbed of 1870 fowls
Saturday night. Mr.. Hanlon valued
his flock at 5000, one was especially
valuable to him, as it had reached the
ripe old age Of IA years. II was keep
ing that old hen just to see how long
a chicken would live" said Hanlon.
why that hen can remember the
Roosevelt Parker election, and that's
more than lots of white folks can
do"
A Deal in Hogs.
In April, 1896, Paul Rudolph of Lo-'
retto sold a load of hogs on the
South Side market for $3.50. They
averaged $50 pounds. Yesterday he
sold load for $3.50. They averaged
100 pounds, just half the weight of
his shipment twenty-one years ago,
but their value had increased nearly
sevenfold.
His records show a similar change
in steers, both as to weight and price.
AT the time he marketed the hogs he
brought in load Of cornfed steers
averaging 1850 pounds. He sold them