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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

This is a story of the only bug
house" in the world that people
want to get into and not out of.
1t is an unscientific story of a
deeply technical scientific work be-
ing done in the heart of the Adiron-
dack mountains.
Perhaps it is undignified to- ap-
ply such name as bug house"
to structure technically known as
an insectoriun, but. the fact re-
mains that there were 400 persons,
who, while in the mountains in the
month of August alone. paid a visit
to the bug house of the New York
state college of forestry at Gran
berry lake.
Help Cut Paper Cost.
But the study has purpose of
intensely personal meaning to every
person who reads newspaper for
it is one phase of broad investiga-
ton of means to help cit the cost
of the paper upon which news is
printed. Spruce. of which news
print is SO largely made, is so
scarce that a few years of consump-
ton, if New York were not buying
spruce pulp wood abroad, would
mean the extinction of all privately
owned spruce in New York state.
The study of birch is being car
ried on in many ways as part of
a campaign to try and make it of
value to spruce, and thus cut the
cost of the newspaper. And tthe
bughouse in the woods is one phase
of this study. ~
As part of the summer camp for
sophomore students of the college
of forestry the chronological de-
partment of the college-entomo-
logy for the benefit of the initiate
means "bugology"-established the
only native life insectorium in Amer
lea. In the heart of the woods, the
scientists of the college of forestry
have started a three-year study of
insects, which destroy trees, and par
ticularly the insects which destroy
the birch.
Prof. e. J. Drake, in charge, has
already. in his first summer, found
about 100 different kinds of insects
which attack the birch, and many
Of them the birch alone. Many of
the insects are believed to be species
never before known, and the CAM
paign OF the college is to study their
life and work, so that means may be
found to kill the insects and save the
trees. Ft
Problem Finding Parasites.
Insects are found which attack the
tree at all stages, from the seeding
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Bouquet of Live Human Interest Stories About People
Horrors! Wonder #
The Traders Feel This
Way::About it, Too

"Pigs is pigs" wrote Ellis Parker
Butter some time ago, but that
hardly makes a live stock commits
sion man out of a yard trader, and
therefrom comes a grunt
The relative importance of live
stock commission man and a yard
trader is forcibly relegated in the
following letter from the Get To-
gether club on the South Side:
AN article in your paper dis
playing photographs of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Fitzsimmons and included
in this elaborate story you gave
quite a little strength TO the fact
that lie was a live stock commits
sion man and prominent live stock
commission man.
Il want you to please correct this
statement and state that Leo Fitz-
simmons is not a live stock commits
sion mamie is yard trader-and |
want you to please get itsinto your
ASout tHdt q ydiu u duCi 10 Hot
commission man, nor has any con-
nection whatsoever with the live
stock commission business.
1T seems as though every time
a man from the stock yards gets
into trouble, or not but where you
have a good story to write it is al
ways LIVE STOCK COMMIS-
SION MAN
Il think you have been notified
several times that whenever you
wish any information as regards to
any transactions or any stories to
print as regards to the live stock
business that our secretary of the
exchange should be consulted first,
SO that he may correct any misstate
ments which you might make and
which you have always made in any
of your articles regarding this bust
ness"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Sunday Bug Page
Glasses Only Habit,
Says Judge Who Quit
Them After 3 Year.

After wearing eye glasses during
most of the time for rs years. Dis
trict Judge Sears has gone without
them for three months, after break
ing them last summer, and is about
ready to declare the wearing of
them a mere habit.
What the eyes need is exercise"
declares the judge. Years ago I
travelled on the old NJ. & o. railroad
quite a bit. l used to read on the
train. The road-bed was pretty bad
and the best one could do, the paper
jerked up aud down and sideways
Ike a vessel in a gale. 1t kept my
eyes moving to keep up with it and
my vision improved right along. 1t
was,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
"Silenzov' De. Angels and His
Goatee Rehearse Grand Opera
Theater Cold and Singersin Street Attire-Tenor in
Soft Green Hat and The Villain in Stove-Pipe
Fight Staccato Basso Profundo Duel.

Not the least interesting part Of 4
grand opera is the rehearsal. "A
feW>sweeks ago the Chicago Opera
company rehearsed "Tosca" in the
Auditorium.
De Angels, the great maestro,
conducted, hanked on either side by
his orchestra of 90 men, and with
the score before him under brilliant
electric light.
A little man is De Angels, with
brown mustache and goatee. His
black, curly hair shot out on both
sides of his brow and stood up
around the bald spot at the back of
his head like bushes around a clear
ing in the forest.
The stage presented the most BIZ
zarre appearance, all the singers be-
ing in their street clothes, wearing
hats and overcoats, for the great
room was chilly. They might have
been delegates to the state hardware
convention, for anything their ap-
pearance showed. 54
Grand Opera in Soft Hat.
And when a little man, dressed in
ready-made suit and oyercoat and
grees soft hat. rushes from back
stage up to a large man wearing a
double breasted black suit and a
brown soft hat and sings something
at him and wri1gs his hands and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Leffingwell Grows Garrtlfous
Over His Whimsical idea
He's Also Grandiloquent for a. Whegb but the Missus,
as Usual, Sends Him Away Talking to Himself
It's the Old, Old Story Modernized 1
BY EDWARD BLACK.

Mrs. Leffingwell was not in .
state of mind that could be refer
red to as roseate, when Henry, the
balance of power in the dwelling
that bore his name, bounded in like
bear with the tootllache. The day
for her had been a sort of moving
panorama of events, beginning in
the morning, when Henry caught his
fingers in a mouse trap, and ending
III the late afternoon, when Mrs.
Whats-Her Name called to give a
reading of neighborhood topics,
past, present and future.
The afternoon visitor was as
ccstatic as a torchlight parade when
she entered the -Leffingwell kitchen,
her mind filled with bon mots she
had gathered in her flock and which
she believed should be put in cir
culation.
do you know they have small
pox over at the So And So house?"'
she began. You know how ex-
elusive Mrs. So-AndSo has been
since she moved into this neighbor-
hood. ] suppose it is because her
father was an Indian fighter, or
maybe it is on account of her broth
err being a member of the state
legislature She has nice husband,
too. Doesn't it beat you how such
a nice man could see anything in
the likes of her? don't believe
she half appreciates him. She
never shows herself in my sight un-
less she hasa new suit or hat and
then r believe it is just to make me
Jealous. | do believe | saw a bill
collector at her door yesterday, al
though it may have been the minis
ter"
Sure, She's Sorry.
II am sorry there is smallpox
over there" replied Mrs. Letting
well, in her usual manner of being
charitable and tolerant. Maybe
you have not neighbored with her
as you should. and perhaps she
thinks all of the things of you that
you think of her. One of my best
neighbors today was the most TN
promising at first, but we grew to
understand each other"
"Oh. yes, / have neighbored with
her, I'll say So" the caller re-
sponded. Only recently l asked
II her hair was all her own and
asked her if she knew how to SHIN
my. Do you think it is wrong to
shimmy if you are with your own
lfusband?"
Mrs. Leffingwell continued stir
ring 4 mixture which she hoped
would be transformed into corn
meal gems after the process of cook
ing had done its perfect work. She
knew little about shimmying and
cared less, but she did not believe
in discouraging her friends
terpsichorean debauch. She imagin-
ed she heard the familiar football
of the master of the manor, so she
redoubled her efforts to hasten her
work, lest he should appear and find
the meal not ready.
IF dancing the shimmy gives you
pleasure and does not disturb your
peace Of mind, then | would not ad-
wise against it. but | would not pre-.
scribe it for domestic use. was hei
response, as she placed the pan q
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

grown two more interstate glands
in place Of thd one ! removed. DR..
Gyanide believes that this doubling
Of glands will$go on and estimates
that from single woofwoofus no
less than 9,732.645 interstate glands
can be removed.
The operation is a very simple
Rpne, he. says, and can be performed
at an estimated cost of $4.3o. 1t is
necessary, to transplant the inter-
state gland Immediately from the
body Of the woofwoofus to that Of
the venerable patient to effect the
rejuvenation. J
. Import Woofwoofuses.
Action will soon be taken to. i'm
port 1000 woofwoofuses from Bull
garia as soon as the peace treaty
has been signed.
A woofwoofus laboratory will be
established in 1000 centers in this
country so that all persons can avail
themselves of this wonderful dis
covery.
Word has been received from
Chicago that John Smith, o6-year-
old patient who escaped right after
an interstate gland had been trans
planted to his body by DR.. Cyanide
here, arrived in Chicago on the
Twentieth Century Limited.
He was arrested there when he
was caught stealing some marbles
and top from the toy department
Of Marshal Field & Co.'S store. He
was turned over to the juvenile au-,
thorities. His great grandson,
George Smith, has gone to Chicago
to bring him home N @s
Acknowledgements. y;
The : Omaha Society Of ling n
Arts is indebted tor. and I
: N. M. Vose of Boston for the !.
assembling of this exhibit,
After viewing. the examples OF
art" in the Omaha Society. OF Fine
Arts exhibitions and seeing the. sales
man at work among the. visitors,
we, think the above paragraph on
the program of Me exhibition
should be changed to read some
what thusly: sy
Acknowledgment.
R. c. and Ne M. Vose of Bos-
ton are indebted to. the Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Married Operator,
From Force Of Habit,
J Writes Due, Not Dew

Joseph L. Belden, Associated
Press operator in The Bee Office,
was taking" golf tournament
story from Shawnee-On-T he-Dela-
ware.
"Mrs. Perry Fisk, the western IL
tie holder was among those who
failed to qualify" the story read.
Mrs. Fisk was much handicapped
BY the Saturated condition of the
course, due to heavy mountain
dew
Being married Mr.. Belden made
a very natural mistake and finished
the sentence due to heavy noun
tain DUE"
The error was caught!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
gems III thsS oven and looked at the
clock. ~
You Bet He Did.

o. an
Lefingwelf aappeared and Mrs
What's-Her4Name disappeared. Viii
lie Leffinswell stopped4s singing
Room 2021' and Mary quickeneo
her movements in arranging the
dining table. The sage of the Lei
hngwell salon had something on his
mind, as usual and the members Of
his family were hoping that he
would git it out of his system with
out delay. He did.
Il am convinced he began chat
what this country needs is to get
back to the first principles of work
and more work. If everybody will
keep busy, they would have less
time for that feeling of unrest. l
believe there is unrest right here in
the Lefingwell home. We need
quantity production. Idleness, we
all know, is the DEVILS workshop
and there is no eight-hour day in
that shop. If there isn't enough
work in this house to keep all hands
busy, | will find some work. to do.
The Leffingwells must be exemplars
of work in this neighborhood. We
must be known as apostles Of work.
We must glorify work, 5
"Say, pa, did you ever have the
sleeping sickness?" Willie asked,
impiously.
Mrs. Leffingwell nearly dropped
! the pan of gems which she had just
taken ont of the oven. She inserted
straw into one of them to see if
they we're baked.
Proud of Himself.
Lefingwell came up for air again.
He was pleased with his>effort.
I'VE must do it now, whatever
may be the task Do it now, and
the best way we know. Keep busy,
as we will be out of mischief Work,
for the night is coming. Produc-
ton Is what we need to re-establish
normal>conditions in the Leffingwell
house and in the nation. We will
start our new program tomorrow
morning"
did you ever have an intelligence
test?" asked Mrs. Leffingwell,
throwing glance that almost
knocked Leffingwell from his seat
81 want to tell you, Henry Letting
well, that the other members of this
house begin their work where you
leave off. If you would care for
this house for about one week, then
you might be qualified to talk about
the dignity of labor and clarifying
work. We don't observe any eight
hour day, either. When you have
eaten enough food to last you
through the night you may 60 into
the basement and clean those fur
mace pipes that have not been
touched since the armistice was
signed a year ago. If you would
do a little more work around this
house and bother yourself less about
interpretations and reservations and
Article X. then you might point
with pride to yourself as a worker"
After the evening meal had been
eaten Lcffingwell HE'D himself to
the basement in silence. but inward
" resolving that he would hence
forth abstain from opening his
mouth on the subject of work.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

All, beauteous Indian summer!
Hast deserted us forever?
All, tickle Indian summer!
Come give US warmer weather.
Original stuff
To think that our well-known,
much advertised Indian summer
should fail to arrive just when we're
having a coal strike! Terribly dis
concerting, it it not? Also ex-
pensive!
As our able artist has expressed
it, Indian summer is naught but a
hangover of real summer. Perhaps
here is an explanation for the afore-
mentioned absence of the balmy
period.
Hangovers are no longer the style
in the old u. S. A., now are they7
Not since July |! Then why should
summer have hangover, any more
than any of the rest of uss
Yes, More or Less.
Aside from furnishing us 1908
colds with all the symptoms of in
fluenza) the absence of Indian sum
mer has been demoralizing in many
ways.
For instance the come on" liter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
CUTIE,

S (This Weeks Worst Palsn.)
He sat beside tho table in a small
downtown cafe
they CHANGED to look his way,
IL they did not run to him, at once, he
would get impatient and frown,
And raped the glasses ny to break, ~ II
he was the only one In town. =
And say! You should zee the cute mustach,
"A that he sports on the upper lip;
And / venture to say, he would get quite
sore If you asked. "Did your eyebrows
sIip?'
Hut such ID life and such freaks we know
ali 70 into making tho world,
INT we think the species we are speak
ing Of would be cutter with eyebrows"
curled.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

MAY | not flag your train Of
thought long enough to inquire
whether this country is going
Plumb crazy" asks Nik-Nub.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
abpamEb!!95! a36aaBaazzziqn9s

Society of Fine Arts for the
opportunity to exhibit their art
wares and get purchasers in the
middle west.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
THE WORLD.

Only a few years ago we held up
our hands in horror at the arrest of
men for political activities in Rus
STA. And now look at what we're do
ing in our own beloved |. of the +.
and h. of the b..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Some Wag Seeks to
Improve Automobile
Sign Of Eberstein
A sign at Twenty-fourth street
and Deer Park boulevard reads:
Autoists close cutout and drive
SLOWLY.
w IIIEV III OI1I0iFo
AVOID ARREST

M. Eberstein, Chief of Police.
Some public-spirited wag sought
last week to improve the sign. He
UNDERSIGNED the words avoid ar
rest" and appended a smaller sign
to Eberstein's injunction reading:
"Roy Kelly Did"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

Coon City, Ky.-Zekiel Boggs,
who celebrated his l05th birthday
here, attributes his hearty health at
his age to the eating of tripe and
raw onions. For nearly 90 years Mr..
Boggs has eaten three hearty meals
day consisting of nothing but
boiled tripe with a little weak tea.
Anyone can reach, my. age if they
will just do this" he says. 1T is
very simple
Chicken Gap, Textile secret
of good health and long life lies in
sand" said Oscar Short at the re-
union of the old settlers association
here. For over 80 years Mr.. Short
has eaten a small bowl of white
sand each morning. He uses cream
and sugar otf it and sometimes
mixes it with oatmeal. In addition
TO this his whole diet consists of
garlic and lemons.
Bread is poison" he says. ANY
one can reach the age of 200 years
by using my diet exclusively"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

ature sent out by our thriving
Chamber of Commerce devotes sew
eral columns to describing the
charms of the missing hangover.
Indian summer, which is always
at its best in Omaha, occurs during
October and November" says the
prospectus. 1T is characterized by
an almost cloudless sky, calm or
light airsI a hazy atmosphere, and
mild temperature in the daytime but
rather cool at night" .1
It Always Has.
But the Chamber of Commerce
has an alibi. It's always been that
way until this year. Besides, it's
such a delightful description of what
might have BEEN
When you see bird walking
down the street wearing white fan
nels and straw hat when every
body else is wearing fur overcoats
and earlaps You'll know he's been
reading some OF that "come on" lit
erature.
Here are some of the terrible eff
fects the absence of the balmy pc
riod has caused:
Bench lizards have been forced to
desert Jefferson square.
Can You Blame Them7
Wooden Undertaking isN being
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-04

for each one pound deficiency in test.
Wheat grading below number FIVE for
reasons other than deficiency in test
weight shall be bought on its relative
merits. Smutty wheat to- be discount
ed from two cents for slightly smutty
to larger discounts according to de-
gree Of smut. Mixed wheat will be
taken at discounts ranging from two
to five cents according to quality IN
the judgm Of each vice president.
Mixed wheat and rye grading mixed
grain will be discounted as follows:
Estimate the average value Of the
wheat and rye separately ct their
proper value and inthe;r proper pro-
portion figuring the rye at sixty
pounds per busheD make allowance
for dockage or other inseparable for-.
seign material and make such deduc-
ton a. seems justified; but not less
than five cents per bushel as penal
ty for the mixtures. Garlicey wheat
to be discounted two cents.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-04

tie additional expense. Sheep have
been paying better returns on the
money invested, than any other class
Of livestock. Good Montana breeding
sheep could not be purchased if win
ter feed was available 5Ss, ,s
The County Agent expects to make
another trip to MOI tana in q short
time for 1900 yearling ewes.
The following farmers Of the coun-
ty purchased the largest number ct
these sheep: II VI Y. &, &
Martin Conlon, Eckelson.
Harry Green, Leal. Il.
Nv. s. Emery, Valley City.
Fred Carr, Cleme ntsville.
p. p. Lundy, Leal.
John & Gust Christ, Wimbledon.
George Butler, Leal.
r. H. Jo0s, Wimbl edon. -.3
George Wilson, Anton Christ, F
Radke, Peter Fpahm, James Brimer
and Norman Henderson Of Leal.-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-04
FARMERS
PURCHASE SHEEP

The members Of the Barnes Coun-
ty Wool Growers Association pur-
chased eleven carloads Of 27OO head
of Montana sheep for breeding and
feeding on the stubble. The sheep
arrived at different points in Barnes
County on Saturday. The purchase,
which was made ~ County Agent
Calnan and Ed. Lundy of Leal, in
cludes carloads Of yearling Hamp-
shire ewes; 4ssarioads aged ewes; and
8 carloads lambs. After spending al
most two weeks IN Montana looking
up the Sheep situation, Mr., Calnarl
and Mr.. Lundy made the purchase AZ
Glasgow and Helena. S. Z:
The Montana ranchers are very
short Of winter feed and at the pres
tent time good breeding sheep can be
purchased reasonable. There is m
excellent opportunity for the North
Dakota farmers TO get q; start in the
sheep business and every farmer il
Barnes county would do well to es-
tablish : smsll herd Of from 10 to 100
breeding ewes. This number can b
maintained on tie farm with very lit
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-04
MONEY I n! I G \! |! ]. EN- 4
PLOYEES MUST WAIT

Bismarck, N. D. Sept. 2. The
State Of North Dakota. is unable to
meet its September 1 payroll. S.s3
When warrants had been drawn BY
the state auditor, Carl Kositzky, for
the stats of the first eight depart
ments on the states payroll, all funds
available later in the month to permit
had been depleted. y III, s s { xss
There may be some more money
available later in the. month to permit
the payment Of additional clerks. N
Employees in the state bank, 1.-THE
compensation bureau, and various 9th
er departments not on an elective ba-
sis, are without their August pay to-
day, and with no certainty as to when
they will get it. y. 4;
The condition created. is the result
of the tremendous emergency appro-
priations made by the last legisla-
ture, and the TRIPPING Of the state pay
roll by the present administration.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-04
!. W. W. ORGANIZER
IS IN TROUBLE

Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 8. -Wil-
liam J. Hogan, organizer and dele
gate of the I. w. w. was committed
to the Nelson county Jail at Lakota
late Tuesday afternoon in default Of
$4,000 bonds to await trial for at
tempted murder of Engineer VIM.
Reinsmith and Fireman Carl Kobber-
dial of the Great Northern railway at
: Petersburg Monday morning.
Half dozen witnesses were ex-
arnined by Assistar. Attorney Gem
eral Albert E. Sheets, Jr., who hap
pened to be in Lakota and was asked
by States Attorney I. A. Swineund to
take personal charge of the prelim-
mary examination. The story of the
witnesses was th;.; nine or ten men
boarded the blind baggage Of local
train which Engineer Reinsmith was
pulling. He ordered them off but they
refused to leave the engine. tender.
Stopping the train about 500 yards
from the st,ssion he ordered the men
off.
"You better keep right on going,
you " Hogan cursed him.
The engineer picked up a chunk Of
coal and ordered the men to move.
Stepping back from the train about
forty feet Hogan opened fire with a
revolver on the engineer and fireman
barely missing them. The train was
run back to Petersburg, the town mar
shall and posse summoned and four
men were taken.
Hogan was positively identified as
the man who did the shooting. He car