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PADDED CROP ESTIMATES

Senator Helm may not have had III
his possession sufficient facts to justify
his charge that government agencies
have been used to pad cotton-crop est
mates for the purpose of helping Eastern
mills to bear the market" Some mem
bers seem to develop all Unsuitable appe-
tite for political "hidcs.' once thew get
a taste of bad blood they would in
vestigate" the stuffed animals in the
museum, il they ran out OF other sus-
picious subjects. But then, on the 9th
er hand. Senator Helm may have been
amply and reliably informed before he
made his accusation concerning the crop
estimates.
To begin with, it is to be observed
that he did not speak in the language of
ntemperance: that he qualified his re-
marks. By saying that disclosures before
recent conferences held by the congress
sional cotton committee indicated" If
or. in his own words, cor
rupt and scandalous performances
But irrespective of what Senator Hell
lin said, there have been indications
OF undesirable practices. to say the
least, for several years. in relation to
government crop estimates. Two or
three years ago. first. and several times
since then. THE LIGHT saw and accepted
occasion to point out instances OF I'M
mistal;able disserv;ce on the part of the
federal governments crop estimators.
Whether there was any corruption back
of these reports THE LIGHT has never
undertaken to say. On one occasion.
though. TIE LIGHT did remark that II
officials or employees of the Department
OF agriculture should be minded to prac-
ticc corruption they might find no more
effective way than the issuing OF such
reports as had actually been given out.
Producers of both cotton and grain.
particularly wheat. have suffered losses
within the last few years on account
of grossly inaccurate crop estimates.
About two years ago the government
estimated the total cotton yield before
the planting season was over As 1T
turned out. this estimate was far i'll eN-
cess OF the actual yield. Naturally the
'bears' in the market reaped large prof
its. and owners OF hold-over cotton sui
fercd losses.
Last year the government undertook
to estimate. early in the growing sea-
son. not only this country's. but Europe's,
total WELD OF wheat. Nor did it stop
with an estimate OF the yield alone. 1t
went so far as to forecast decreased
prices for the American commodity by
saying. in effect. that the Europeans,
planting more wheat than they had
sown the year before. would require
less OF the American product And il
memory is not at fault, the government
experts" or somebody using their
names. capped the climax by estimating
the price likely to prevail when the
American croD should be ready for the
market. Either the government did
this. or its report was so suggestive as
to invite monetary estimates on the part
OF men whose unofficial function is to
analyze crop reports in terms of prices.
Whether the disservicc thus indicated
has been due TO inconvenience or to cor
ruption. it shcud be stopped. and Sena-
tor Helm may be serving the public's
interest b. raising the issue in Congress
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A Puzzle a Day

There is certain number (less
than 1907, which if multiplied by it.
self, will give a result which, invert-
ed. will be the sum of the original
number added to itself.
If the result is multiplied by itself,
it will give new result which. re-
versed, is the sum Of the result added
to itself.
What is the original number?
Yesterdays answer:
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o. March, A. D.. 1894. ny
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An eastern capitalist just paid $1,000
for a two-year-old bird dog. 'Smatter,
amt there any mining, oil or promotion
stocks left on the market
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The cornerstone was set upside
down. Invert it and it gives 1891,
the date when it was laid.
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Evening star., 1924-12-07
iiia'f'lIii III
!IJI gIaJQg
q dArta0n7n By Royal Brown

fession. but should say that you
were hopelcssly handicapped. You
LACK discernment."
Educated guy, aren't you? King
of the hi-jackers, / suppose" He
turned and called over his shoulder.
-Four of 'em right in the hallway,
chief. Want to look 'em over?" Evil
IDENTIFY the chief did. He came in.
. y X II II
WT TITLE family Quarrel?" he asked
IL genialiy, his glance going from
the still unconscious loud speaker to
Wig. You boys ought to know bet
ter than to fight among yourselves
and"-he glanced at Nancy-"espe-
cially with a lady present" But his
tone changed abruptly as he added:
where's the big fellow? He's the
one wanted particularly"
Excuse me- said wig meekly
But II you'll look in the living room
perhaps you'll find him. I had him
! was about to get these friends of his
done up, too, when your men inter-
rupted.
The chiefs eyes came back to him
What's this you're giving me?
Where do you At in?"
"As to where I ft in-did you
notice two cars out on the State
road?" Wig inquired.
"Yes-that's what tipped us off
We've been looking for this place
"One Of the cars belongs to me.
The other belongs to-permit me to
introduce you-to Miss Nancy Talton-
sail of Boston. A prominent member
of the younger set there. Assure
her. please, that she can lower her
arms"
The chief glanced at Nancy. Put
'em down." he said then.
Thank YOU" acknowledged Wig
and lowered his arms as we'll
"I didn't say YOU"
You can apologize for that later"
Wig reassured him. ITO resume, we
left the cars as you saw them, both
unfortunately being out of commits
sion, and went looking for shelter.
We arrived here-inopportuneiy, I
fear"
You mean to say you wandered
into this nest of hi-jackers by acci-
dent?"
Not, I can assure you, by design.
Believe 1t or not. they were positively
inhospitable-"
How do 1 know that all this isn't
a song and dancer"
Being a detective you must have
noticed that the registration plates
! on our cars were both from Massa-
chusetts. And, of course, you noted
that the numbers were under 5000.
which means something to you-Iow
Evening star., 1924-12-07

numbers in Massachusetts being fam
lily heirlooms as 1t were. And, fin
ally, permit me to show you my reg
istratfon." He produced the paper
and handed 1t to the chief
81 should" he added, ASK Miss
Taltonsall TO show you hers but
did you ever know a true woman
who carried it with herr"
The chief glanced at the registra-
ton, then handed 1t back. You say
that the big fellow is in the other
room?" he asked in quite a different
tone. Let's take a look at him"
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13
About Mineral Salts
By {. ELIZABETH LYMAN, II. ID.

~ n1O-CHEMlSTRY. one of the more
modern offsprings of m d C
science, is continually supplying US
with startling facts concerning food and
dairy products.
Just recently | came 20 know one of
those physicians who has made a special
ty in food Investigations and learned that
he had spent practically all of the last ID
years in tracking botulism, which is
food poison, to its lair.
Botulism first made its recognized ap-
pearance in this country about a decade
ago and the publicit.' given those first
cases nearly ruined the ripe olive indus
try in California. Though it was not gen.
orally known, there were more evidences
of this deadly poison found in canned
spinach than in ripe olives. Also it was
found that there were more fatalities re-
sulting from home-canned vegetables
than from factory-prepared foods.
There had been outbreaks of this poi
son plague in Europe, but it had always
been traced to meats-sausages and
smoked meats. In this country, except in
foreign colonies, the poison had always
been traced to canned vegetables. The
reason for this remarkable difference
was finally found. In Europe they had
eaten these meats without cooking them,
whereas they had always made prac-
tice of cooking or heating their canned
vegetables. In the United States we had
served the vegetables from the cans as
salad or cold as relish and nearly al
ways cooked our smoked meats. Heat,
as the bio-chemist will tell you, kills the
botuinus germ.
Many cases of botulism in this country
have been fatal only to the housewife.
who, on opening a can of spoiled food,
tasted il to test ii and then cooked it. The
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13

cooking killed the poison and thus saved
the rest of the family, but the housewife
was stricken. So, you see it pays to cook
canned foods. | might state here tina.
preserved foods-that is, foods pre-
served in sugar-have not been known
to cause botulisn.
Canned spinach and other vegetables
are very wholesome and contain all the
vitamins and mineral salts present in the
home-cooked variety. The spinach is
first washed for sufficient length of time
in cold running water to free it of all
grit and dirt and sand. Then it is packed
in the can. water added, the can sealed
and then heated by steam to a degree
prescribed by the government and the
Gamers laboratory. That is also the
process with other vegetables.
tious quality of these canned or home
cooked vegetables is in the water in
which they were cooked, it is poor health
tactics on the part of housewife to
throw the. water away.
This same bio-chemist mentioned in
an earlier paragraph told me of an ex-
pertinent along the lines of this food
water" that illustrates the point He was
conducting some experiments with lit
ter of puppies and had them at the hos
pital in which he had his laboratory. To
feed the puppies while his experiments
were being conducted he took meat that
had been boiled for soup. After short
time on that diet the puppies contracted
rickets. To cure the rickets the puppies
were put back on diet of milk and veg
etable pulp. They had simply not been
getting mineral salts enough in their
diet. The mineral salts of the meat had
been left in the hospital soup
Moral: Don't throw your mineral salts
down the kitchen sink.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13
Some De1ectab1es

Tomato Cream Toast
z tablespoons butter
n cups canned tomatoes
(strained)
II cup milk
3 tablespoons flour
4 teaspoon soda.
Il teaspoon salt
Melt butter, add flour, pour
on the tomato, to which soda
has been added, add milk and
season. Pour ever six slices
Of toast.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13

Corn, Southern Style
] No. 2 can corn (chopped)
? eggs, we'll beaten
| teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
tablespoon melted butter
2 cups scaldcd milk
Combine ingredients and
bake in buttered dish until
firm.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13
The Most Popular
Cake In America
People Voted the Question of Which Is the
Most Popular Cake in Amerie.
Devils Food Cake
Won the Verdict

Recipe for Devils Food Cake
4 squares unsweetened cho-
colate or "a cup cocoa
2 tablespoons sugar
ls cup sweet milk
4 tablespoons shortening
! cup sugar
z eggs
teaspoon vanilla extract
Is cup sour milk
2 cups flour
a teaspoon soda
: teaspoons baking powder
Is teaspoon salt
Cook slowly until smooth
first three ingredients. Cream
shortening; add ] cup sugar
little at a time. and beat
well. Add yolks of eggs and
beat again. Stir in chocolate
mixture, vanilla and then
add alternately the sour milk
and flour which has been
sifted with the baking pow
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13
Fruit Cornstareh

] No. can Of any preferred fruit eups O
milk, 4 tablespoons cornstarch, !. cup sugar.
vanilla.
Make blanc mango of the milk cornstarch
sugar and vanilla, pour into molds and chill
Turn out and serve with the fruit a. sauce
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13
Brussels Sprouts Salad

fort dressing.
Add three tablespoons of grated Roquefort
cheese TO an ordinary French dressing. with
enough paprka to color it well. Drain the
sprouts, arrange on lettuce leaves and serve.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13

Spread six half-inch slices of bread with but
ter. Place the slices in a baking dish with the
buttered side down and sprinkle generously with
seedless raisins. Scald two cups of milk beat
two eggs add half cup of sugar and pour the
hot milk the beaten egg mixture: flavor
with one teaspoon of vanilla and pour over the
bread; cover and bake in a moderate oven about
20 minutes. Uncover and brown Serve with
caramel sauce.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13
Stuffed Beets

l No. can beets. Il No. 2 can lima beans or
peas. seasoning to taste, butter, parsley.
Select large beets for this dish and hollow
each one out deeply. Cut the part removed into
small pieces and heat with the peas or lima
beans. Heat the beets also and drain them
WELL season with butter, pepper and salt and fill
with the other vegetables also well seasoned.
Stick bit OF parsley in each beet cup.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-13

der, soda and salt. Fold in
The beaten whites Of eggs.
Bake in three CREASED layer
pans in moderate oven
1876 FL about % minutes.
Spread boiled or fudge icing
between layers and on top
and sides OF cake.
Boiled Icing
- cups sugar
- cup water
3 egg whites
- teaspoon vanilla extract
| teaspoon baking powder
Boil sugar and water with
out stirring until syrup spins
thread t238s F.. Pour very
slowly over stiffly beaten egg
whites and whip until stiff
and smooth; add flayoring
and baking powder. Spread
thickly on cake. Set in oven
for a minute or two to set
icing and give II n nice gloss.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-03

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Value ol Radio
Sells Mruaccl
h, interference
Nnlilrllel,s n Wave Lengths
Threatens I'asiIme. Com.
mtfre Secretary
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enre - perfect voluntary regulations
and eliminate situations thai connfes
slnnal legislation cannot reach.
Hcrfeiafy Hoover said that he
would await aeilon of congress on
radio legislation IN order 20 determine
the steps regarded ~ necessary 20
sHee what hHs beeoms ons Of the
greatest American pastlmes.
An Wave Lengths Allotted.
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iengths that will serve the average
commercial receiving set have heen
distributed to broadcastsrs. A rapid
increase IN the applications for per.
mit- 10 operate broadcaating stations
has been noted Mt the Department Of
Commerce. Fourteen new stations
were recently licensed In New York
city alone.
Adding 10 the Interference caused
- licensed stafIons thousands Of anna.
teurs throughout the country have
zone into the unauthorized broad
casting business and with their eta.
.lon.to.statlon calls have thoroughly
complicated the situation.
on May I there we're UT broad.
easing stations IN operation in the
Tinted States, compared 10 . Septem.
bsr ., 1921: &c, January J.. 1922; $40.
January 81, 1923. and B54, January
q. 1924 How many unauthorized
bfoadcasters are operating II not
known N the Department OF Com.
n1erce. Estimates on receiving sets
ore all the way from 100000 10
5000. 900.
Divide Time.
Practically all wave lengths be-
tween zg2 and 600 meters have been
assigned. Many 1arRe broadcasters
are operating on similar saye lengths
dividing tho brondcastiue time. Wave
iengths below 2zz and over 600 viii
rot serve The average receiving set
and those oyer 600 interfere with
marine communication.
gecretary Hoover has asked the
United stafes census bureau 20 81
cure radio statistics apd tbs survey
IL now IN progress.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-03
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That dulls initiative, self-reliance, re-
sourccfulness. Off the lot, with NJ
shepherd to guide 'em. they're wan
dering lambs"
Ruth Roland was admiringly cited
as an exception.
"Yes, she's prompt. to the minute.
Doesn't have to be reminded half q
dozen times of an engagement. But
she's n business woman, business
woman even more than the actress
Been taught to think for herself, to
appreciate the value of time, to keep
from rasping Others nerves. The
press agents delight. Ruth 7"
But how the ears of many others
must have smarted at this razzing !
Most of them are ladies. Their names
i withhold. ! am, sometimes, a gen.
tleman. But let them not hereafter
trifle too much with my reportorial
time. ! can be goaded to almost any
crime.
And speaking of press agents,
necessary evil to the movie industry
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an in the audience. The latter, to the
| extent that she is absorbed In the
performance, becomes vigorously tht
heroine. She aggregates SO per cent
of screen audiences.
True, at the same hour the 1901
in person. may be snoring over his
paper. but his ghostly presence is
playing havoc with susceptible hearts
in dozen dusky theaters.
Children should be seen, not
heard"
This old parental adage, muting the
voice of babes and rearing generations
of inarticulate youngsters in other
walks of life, is essential in the train
ing of film starlets.
They, literally. are to be seen. They
must learn to express themselves fully
for the eye alone, quite as if they had
been born dumb-the tongue-tied tribe
of movie tykes.
A recent promising recruit to this
silent company is Dinky Dean. who,
with a producing company named for
him, has launched program of four
pictures a year. Dinky, at 8, is an elo-
quent pantomimist.
Like Jackie Coogan, young Dean is
a protege of Charlie Chaplin with
whom he played a mischievous part in
The Pilgrim" He is the son of
theatrical folk, again like Coogan.
His mother, slim. red-haired beauty.
was formerly vaudeville dancer. His
father. Chuck Reisner. has for years
been co-worker and gag-fabricator with
Chaplin.
His playground has been the Chap
lin studio sets. All his young life he
has been surrounded and schooled by
people who think and express them
selves with grimace and gesture.
III shows in his play with neighbor-
hood kids, this ability to hold voiceless |
attention. Rob the average youngster
IF his strident shout and he'd be |
helpless at games. Dinky has learned
low to dominate with few words.
Acute self-consciousness comes early
o children who are assiduously en-
outraged to be seen. With Dinky that
hasn't become noticeable as yet, prob
IDLY because his parents have pre-
Jared him for film career quite as
| matter of fact and because screen |
nvironment-which sets many a
Toung novice off his head-has been
lis familiar home atmosphere.
women Who Give" starts off as
| fine sea picture-and they are all |
90 Incorporating the life of Cape
Jod folk. "A stirring chapter in Amer
cas- historical page" as titular
prelude announces.
But it deteriorates to rather in