Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1903, Page 15

THE OMAHA DAILY BE REPTEMBER 6, PATHS TO CIVIC BEYTERMENT thflnlophy of the Movement Embraced in ¥ ) pl the Improvement Association. A FACTOR IN MUNICIPAL PROGRESS L » Professor Om and Po fties Discussed by L. Triggs of University in the Chautaug Chicago Tn the world In which we live there is little evidence of the consclous possession by any group of men and women of the full ‘community sense. Business is com- petitive and individualistic, and conducted to the end of private profit. It is true, a modification in the Industrial system was made when the legal fictions of the firm the corporation, the trust and other forms of combinatfon were devised. But in truth these corporations soclalize their business only within the limits of the group, thelr motlve still remaining seifish and egotistic. NOW and then, in time of want and special crises, as during the coal famine of the past winter, the terrible unrelleved selfish- ness of the business world stands revealed in all its ugliness. Every man’'s hand seems ralsed against every other, or, Where com- binations have been formed, the different £roups seize every opportunity to prey uponh the public at large. Ruskin's plea for thé socialization of business has apparently not found lodgment In any mind. No one has concelved how an advantageous code of business conduct can be based upon the soclal affections. The unfon which has been effected in the labor world s in like manner superficiél and partial. There is, of course, & growing class consclousness, and it seems likely that In the next few years the labor world will be quite fully solidified. It is important to note that already the group contract Is superseding Individual contract, this faet pointing directly to the soclalization of labor Interests within the labor group. Combination Is the order of the day, but the union of the conflicting elements with thepublic has yet to take place. In labor dlsturbances the public is of all the parties concerned the first to be disregarded. In- @ded strikes depend commonly for thelr suc- cess upon the amount of suffering and in- conveniente which can be imposed upon the public. Politics 1s based openly on a party sys- témn, the absurdity of which in matters re- ldting to the general welfare has not es- caped the notice of political philosophers. The party system Is soclal to the degree that the trust and the labor union are so- ofgl, and no more. The tendency is for pojitics not to purify, but to degenerate into . means of profit at the hands of schem- 16ig poifticlans—to return, that is, to the 18Vel of business. How little communistic in_its motive politics is may be seen at times when a public good 1s désired, such aw parks and schools, and then every ef- fort 1s made to keep these matters “out of politica” In view of the partial nature of party action it has been deemed necessary fdf the people to demand the “Initiative affd referéndum,” these being devices to cure so far as possible the record of com- munity will. The truth will probably appear that there 1s a&“ a single democratic, institution in Anforica, elther in politics, or business or soclal life. A very positive interest, there- fore, must attach to what is called the im- provement association, which is in fact a new public Institution, taking shape be- _neath the play of certain communal forces. ) A New Institution, The improvement assoclation is dlfferent from other voluntary assoclations in that its purpose s political in, the true sense of the word, and is virtually a new institu- tion. It is proposed, Indeed, as a substi- tute plan for one which has fatled to work. ‘There 18 something wanting in the constitu- tIbA of government—some inherent defeot o ft. The fallure noted is not limited to any one locality, nor can it be sald to be @ue to the size of the city, for the defect 18 equally obvious in other places and in towns and villages, A few days ago I listened to a report of the {mprovement assoclation of Mor, Park, Il Referencé was made to the ap- parent inability of the town councll to get the most necessary things done, or even to cOffect abuses where things were left uh- done. The streets or parks were not prop- erly cared for. The space about the rafl- road station was an unsightly waste, Thers was no gas or other means of lighting in the village. The improvement assoclation was formed to do precisely what the orig- inal town government was designed to do, but which it was practically unable to do. ‘What we percelve, therefore, is the birth of & new social institution, and this insti- tution, it will be observed, is the only ohe %0 formulated as to embody the community spirit. The improvement assoclation is, In short, an improved type of the town meet- ing—so Improved, however, as to consti- tute virtuallly a new organization. The “town” is perhaps the most demo- eratio of American political institutions. Above the town the principle of represen- tatlon is employed, and In consequence the county, state and national forms of gov- ernment reveal a constant tendency toward bureaucracy. To show that I am speaking not simply as & theorist, I may mention that 1 have an intimate knowledge of town government, having held its offices in a community where local self-government counted for a great deal. 1 now. see that while the town is the most democratic of our governmental divisions, its one fault is tHAt It 1s not democratic enough. There {8 fig Teal reason why the members of & town fiveting should be Nmited to men of legal voting age. Such limitation may be justified in view of the Increasing difficulty of delégating authority in the higher stages of governs mént, but on the popular plane suffrage should be absolutely universal, without lim- Mutions of race, sex or age. It is at this point that the first distinctive ture of the improvement association is —~MILWAUKEE— In the early days of Blatz brew- ing the height of beer perfection l was uimed at and achleved. To maintain this standard—to brew that self-same good beer without vardation in flavor or quality—be- aine "a fixed Blats ambition. Every detall from selection of hops “and barley to the flling of the bot- tles 18 a Blatz sclence.— Always the Same Clood O!d Blatz. " VAL. BLATZ BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. Omahs Branch, 1413 Douglas St. Tel. 1081, BLATZ MALT-VIVINE Nou-lntoxicant—Por Tonle Purposes. DRUGGISTS. noted. Membership 1A the assoclation goes 1 am not Infofmed by right of residence. whether or not any “woman suffragist’ Is at the bottom of this movement. Per haps, without Intending it, the problem of pertectly And now that we see the success which attends the suffrage has bteen solved In a natural and epontanéous way eftorts of a united community to help itself, it I8 quite evident that the tallure of former Institutions was due to their partial nature. What more natural of more necessary than Iat, In housekeeping | that women should & a clty? And not the least good accom plithed s the care the children learn to take in maintaining the good report neighborhhod. Never before have of thel the maintenance of order. of, patriotism in the public special days devoted to the celebration o Washington and Lincoln anniversaries | of Mttle importance If the lesson of oitizen ship is not learned in the community near by. A second distinctive feature of the im provement aksociation voluntary taxation. untary manent. curing leg'slative ranétion for these assocla. tione, enabling them to lay taxes for publh improvements. This modification of voluntary plan 1 should view with dls favor. currents are liable to be engendered opporition t6 the law, Impossible. secure Is an outward and formal Bald Walt Whitman unity. agreement on a paper? Or by arms? Nay, nor the world, nor any living thing, will so cohere." It is much better, then, i ribk disruption by compulsory methods. Thé immediate dependence of the work of the support of the| nelghborhood will 1éad to carefulness and | the - assoclation upon economy and wise expenditure. Only he sald: “Of all debts men are least will ing to pay i4 the taxes. cept for these.” A Genuine Social Farce. 1 hope you do mot think I am treéating What 1s an Improvement assoclation to call out a dls- of political Perhaps you have thought the objéct of the assoclation is simply to clean streets and dlspose of garbage, and s of passing interest at best. Fof my own part my interest in the organization is aroused because it promises to become a genuine institution. Those who administer the varlous associations are certainly con- T am a mem- ber of a committee of the South Park Improvement association of Chicago, which is just now giving out contracts for the planting of trees, and plans have been made to bring our whole district within a landscape gardening. much of the work at least is done In falth, and thus far it has the marks of It 1s among the possibilities that this association will some day build a town hall of a new type, not a plate for political chicanery, but the center of social this subject too seriously. cuselon involving questions philosophy! soclal vinced of their permaneéncy. single scheme of Thi permanency. cultur Looking at the subject with a broader view we percelye that there are other causes besides local improvement waiting upon the developement of the dommunity con- sider for a moment the program of the spirit. To take a single Instance, Municipal Art léague of Chicago. This league is organized “for the purpose rt in the city, and of abat- Ing public nuisances as preliminary to the Among the public improvements thought worthy of of promoting stimulation of civic pride. consideration by the league are: ““The suppression of the smoke nuisance 8 a necessity for making all othéer im- provements appreciable. *““The Iimprovement of and its connection subway. “The fmprovement of the designs in use patrol and lighted 'or gas and electric light noat: xes, and waste paper receptacle the introduction of electrically street name signs. ““The proper regulation of billboards. ‘“The harmonious grouping of business or private houses belonging to different own- ers, without detriment to the interests of each. *‘Conversion of vacant lots into temporary lawns and playgrounds, by consent of own- ors and co-operation of nelghbors. “Improvement of the designs for signs on business bulldings, and asking co-opera- tlon of the real estate board In the adoption of standard designs for lots for sale and houses for rent. Spirit of Co-Operati Such are some of the objects of this most ptaiseworthy assoclition. To a reasonable person there is nothing unreasonablé in any of the suggestions made for. civio better- ment. Yet why is improvement so slow? There is no lack of support for other in- stitutions. A Crerdr founds = library, a Rockefeller endows a university, a Field bullds & museum, & Hutchipson supports ah art institute. But there is no Napoleon to rebulld Chicago, and, in the nature of things, there can not 'be. Chicago must be reconstructed by its &itisens working In the #pirit of co-operation and mutual conces- #lon. They exist and flourish bechu external—because they depend hands method of business be retains another point of view Is & public nulsance. put up with smoke-befouled air; we wil sacrifice the general comfort and health derman who tells us it we do not like Ch} sooth, is created out of smok stmoke, the more libraries; the more libra municipal art strikes at the heart of buai. ness itself. It insists that commercial process. It demands that busi ness shall be soclalized. be forever driven by economic fear? Migh | of living contentedly together? It 1s just possible that in solving ow problem of local improvement we are mak ing & contribution to the history of eiviliza on. —_—_— Get Ready, In TEXAS, one fare for the round trip o System, Liberal limits and stopuvers. Fo detatled information call on or addiess W. C. Meiville, Passenger Agent, 206 8. lth Bt, Omabs. the children been brought In to co-operate in The Inculcation schools on is its principle of In the long run vol- setvice is the best ahd mo#t per- Thére has been wome talk of se- the When a law ls established counter in such antagonisms rendering the united action of & community Behind a tax legally laid stand the police and the army. The unity they “Were you looking to be held tdgether by lawyers? Or by an to place the effiphaets upon a common need and educale | community to a united action than to in} this way can the association escape the sdtire of Emerson upon government when Everywhere they think they get their money's worth, ex- the whole lake tront; not only the Lake Front park, but thé boulevard systeth of the North Side with the Lake .Front pdrk by an outer viaduct and bridge or The other institutions mentioned are iIn & sense external to the life of the city. they are for. their maintenance upon ‘the accumulation and overplus of money and property in egotistic It is to the Interests of these cul. tural institutions that the individualistic Mote than one library has been bullt out of what from we will harden our hearts to the cries of the oppressed; we will hearken to the al- cago to go elsewhere; for prosperity, for- The more ries, the greater the smoke nuisance. But ifishness and personal greed shall be driven from the | 1s a soctal civilisation too. much to hape | tor? Must antagonisms always exist among the Individuals of & community? Are we to not a eity Of rationhl being devise & method In many cases pAssenger rates to poluts OKLAHOMA and INDIAN TERRITORY for excursion Tuesday, Bep- tember 16, will be very much lesd than the 'Frisco HARRIMAN BEATS STANDARD ilroad King Whips Rookefeller in Fight fer Oalifornia Oil R : | GETS CONTROL OF KERN COUNTY OUTPUT Southern Pacific Duys Annual Produc- oclated Company, Which Means Four-Fifths r of Total Yield, After a long, hard fight the Standard Ol company has been vanquished by the ¢ | Bouthern Pacific In its endeavor to secure [ control of the Kern county (California) oll production, which amounts to more than that of all other sections of the state combined. While Harriman has not yet succeeded in completely ‘corner- ing" the market, he has got in on the ground floor sufficlently to crowd out his rival, Rockefeller. Paradoxical as It may secom for the Rockefellers to be whipped In an ofl deal, they have been soundly o | thrashed In this instance, and expert ofl men here say that conditions are such as to warrant no hope for them to wrest control from the Harriman faction. Despite the lon period over which the fight was dragged, it was conducted with the utmost secrecy. For some time It was generally supposed that important devel- opments were taking place In the transfer of the control of the county's output, but it was not known who was getting the corner. Neither the Bouthern Pacific nor the Standard company made any particular effort to secure the oil land, both knowing that any such attempt would likely prove |futlle. The Southern Pacific owns some oll lands In California and Texas, and ones owned practically all of the most productive In this county, but unacquainted with its resources, sold it out at the nom- inal sum of $250 an acre. The rallroad | company has in the past sought to regain possession of this land, offering as high as $7,000 an acre for it and meeting with re- fusal In each case. Ofl men say that much of this land ts actually beyond any land valuation, so fabulous are its oll resources. Until the discovery of ofl, four years ago, Californians wondered what much of this territory was ever intgnded for, since its rolling surface and shallow depth of soll made It unfit for irrigation and barren without ft. Associated, Bone of Contention. The fight between the Southern Pacific and the Standard was to get control of the output of the Associated Ofl company, for that company produces four-fifths of Kern county's ofl. It embraces twenty-three smaller companies and is the largest pro- ducer, not only in Kern county, but in the state. It is capitalized at $40,000,000, half of which is {ssued. It operates in the Kern river and McKittrick districts, both of which are within a few miles of this thriv- ing little city of Bakersfield. In the Kern river district alone there are now about 1,200 wells, not all of which are in operation, however. The Assoclated company is pre- paring to erect its general oMfice buildings in this district, transferring the seneral head- quarters from Ban Francisco. Already the district resembles a young city, so com- prehensive is its equipment. At one time recently it was thought the Standard company had laid the fatal ax to the Bouthern Pacific, the former's control of the output amounting to probably 75 per cent. It was then that the Harriman people buckled down to business with & grim determination to beat the Rockefel- lers. Now, while the Rockefeller agents are still claiming big things, it fs manifest that their lords cannot dominate the situa- tion in view of the fact that the Associated company, producing four-fitthe of Kern county's ofl, has sold its output to the Southern Pacific. Moreover It should be stated that the Standard people never have been able to even gain an entrance into any but the Kern river flelds, having been barred from the Sunset and McKittrick dls- tricts by the Rothschilds. Mite Left to Standard. “Now, then,” says a prominent Bakers- fleld ofl man, “with the Southern Paclfic in control of the Associated company's output and the gates of the Bunset and MoKittrick districts closed to them, about all left for the Rockefellers is to fight it out with the Santa Fe and Rothschilds for control of the remaining one-fifth of Kern's output, and even in this fight they are at a disadvantage, for the other two powers have a firm footing.” In the light of these facts it is of in- terest to note that in the Kern river dis- trict, near the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific joint In-let road and within a few rods of the Assoclated company's office headquarters, the Standard has a group of elghty reserve tanks, each with a capacity of 3,000 barrels, and other reservolrs in other parts of the fleld. These all were bullt, however, when it seemed that the Rocketellers would get control of the pro- duction. An element of California oll men adheres to the bellef that eventually the Standard will get its tentscles on the Kern county production, that it is too great un item not to be grabbed up by this olly octopus. The produttion is Increasing at & remark- able rate. While the total output for the county last year, 8,600,000 barrels, does not seem so enormous, nmew wells are multi- plying ®so rapidly and are producing successfully as’ to make It impracticable if not impossible to give a falr estimate of the probable output next year. Indeed, conservative ofl men refuse to offer any statement on the subject. During May of this year the Assoclated oll company sold 500,000 barrels and that w not its entire output, either. All these 500,000 barrels were s0ld to the Bouthern Pacific. Predict Constant Increase, Oil men say the production will go on In- creasing at enormous ratios for years. They figure the average age of the wells at twenty years, but no human being poasibly can offer any conjecture as to the hundred: in that time, ‘or of the possibilities of the 1 | tuture beyond. Californians have come to ;| vew and speak of the ofl enterprise stmply the most gigantic natural industry the ate ever knew. While the average age -|of the wells is estimated at twenty years, It should be borne {n mind that the first well was only discovered in this county - | four years ago, leaving the industry, there- tore, on the threshold of its infancy. -| As has been said there are about 1200 wells in the Kern river distriot, probably a third of which are now In operation. - | There are not quite as many more in the other fields of the county. The dally yleld per well runs from 30 to 1,000 barrgls. The 1,60-barrel well is, how ever, the exception and not the rule. Yet t | there is one well in the McKittrick district that spits out %00 barrels of ofl every day in the year and has been doing it ever since r bored. A well that will yleld 300 o day I8 & good well. And there ure .| many such on the Associated company’ Jease. The depth of these wells is from 400 0 1,600 feet, varying with the character of the soil through which they are bored. The most productive wells are those in the nelghborhood of 1,100 to 1,300 feet, The price of crude oii is better this sum- mer than It has been for some time and the industry which recelved a slight set-back & year ago is on a firmer footing. The rul- * | ing price at present is 30 to 3 cents a bar- rel. Considering that it has been as low a8 § cents these are splendid figures and will yleld big dividends. The boom price . | of thousands of wells that may be opened | For the sake of additional libraries we will { United State: | United State: | resort of this same crude ofl was $1 a barrel Then everybody who had his hand in oll was considered rich. 011 _Piped to the Trains. The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific have projected a joint line of rallroad into the oll flelds. The ofl is piped and loaded into the huge tanks right on the tracks. One man may look after the loading, in this way, of several trains a day—providing he 1s of that strenuous type of twentleth oen- tury man. Great preparations are being made to store the ofl. Until just recently the Asso- clated Ofl company had practically no means of doing this and was forced to let its product go as soon as it eame out of the ground. But that company has this summer completed a mammoth resetvolr, the largest of the kind In the world, having a capacity of 430,000 barrels of ofl. Its diameter Is 430 feet. The reservolr is tightly sealed, but bullt with no other flooring than Mother Earth, which will, of macadamize when saturated with The earthen sides are soaked by the same process. This method is preferred to that of cementing the floors, like the Stand- ard company did in bullding its huge reser- volr, The oll is simply piped from the wells Into this reservoir as it is to the smaller ro- ceptacles and cars. Ofl for fuel is the cry of all California and it is belleved that the day is not far oft when ofl will supplant every kind of tuel, not only In locomotive and stationary engines, but for domestic use as well, It has made extensive inroads in this direc- tion already. The Southern Pacific and Banta Fe have almost entirely abandoned the use of coal In this section on their locos motives. Indeed it is a rare thing to see a locomotive in California operated with coal. They have been equipped with im- mense ofl tanks and afe burning this sub- stance. X 80 extensive has become the use of ofl for fuel by the Bouthern Pacific that that conogrn has found it necessary to organize a separate corporation to handle that branch of the business. This new cor- poration will assume title to the exploited ofl lands in this state and Texas which the Southern Pacific holds at $5,000,000. Most of the lands of that character in California are the grants in the San Joaquin valley, which the Southiern Pacific believes will be found rich in ofl. Great Saving to Company. Up to July 1 the Southern Pacific hud transformed about $00 of the company's 1,400 locomotives into ofl burners and the transformation of the remainder Is steadily going on. Mr. Harriman is accredited with the statement that he is now saving fully $700,000 & year in fuel by the use of oil and that when he gets all his engines in con- dition to burn oll he will save $1,600,000 an- nually. The experiment having worked 50 successtully on rafiroad locomotives and on a few ocean engines It is the under- standing that all Harriman sea vessels may be burning oll instead of coal very soon. But the use of ofl for fiel is not creating any more interest in California just now than fs its use to settle the dust problem, which s one of the most annoying this state has to contend with. In this and other sections of the state ofl is being used very generally instead of water to sprinkle strests and roads. In the Santa Clara valley, portions of the Ban Joaquin and In the Los Angelea coun- try its use for this purpose is common, not only in towns and citles, but throughout the country districts as well. It makes a much more satisfactory road than water, for in time it practically macadamizes a road. As to cost, using oll, in the long run, is said to be even cheaper than using Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co. JUST AS WE Is the way you'll find each purchase here. We've such faith in REPRESENT IT the assertion, that we're willing to thoroughly protect ‘you—to — make each selection a satisfactory one. By keeping to standard, reliable qualities—by offering the kind of merchandise that is thoroughly trust-worthy, and yet at prices that bear rigid comparison, we make this store to be relied upon—one that re- turns you every desired result. BEDROOM FURNITURE Princess and Gibson dressers maple and mahogany. in golden oak, Good suggestions for September buyers: — Showing our full new line of bed room furniture for early fall purchasers. very large assortment A of pretty, new bird's-eye PRINCESS DRESSERS—These pretty pieces combine dressing table, dresser and cheval mirror. They come in exquisite designs, the newest and latest fashioned styles, handsome- ly finished and will add greatly to the furnishings of any bed room. special, at $5.00 Princess dresser, has extra fancy pattern shape mirror, polished in golden oak, for .. from 18 to 18 inches from floor. tern shaps mirrors., figured quarter-sawed piano polished $25 golden oak shown. EURNITURE Dining room chairs in golden oak finish— 85c, $1,00, $1.10, $1.25, $1.35, $1.50 Dining chair made of quarter-sawed oak, panel back and seat, finely golden fin- ished, strongly made and substantially braced—$2.50 value—our 1 75 prich . .75 select, quarter-sawed oak dining chairs, full back post, broad panel back and shaped wood seat— 2 large full double swe!l front, neatly hand carved, highly . $25 Same pattern In Mahogany, special, $38. GIBSON DRESSERS—This pretty pattern of dresser is entirely new. ordinary dresser and contains two large drawers. Magee Velvet, regular price $1. A carload of Ingrain carpets in special sale Monday. public a chance to buy carpets at less than cost. price is 75¢ to 80c, will be on sale Monday for B5¢ per yard. any, very the new fall shapes, polished—special namented with carving— $85 Gibson Dresser, best $40.00 Gibson Dresser, full swell front, handsome pattern mirror, richly or- $30 DINING ROOM By far the largest line of dining room pieces we have ever ————— one highly hand .$28 $32.00 Princess Dresser, one of the new shapes, highly polished quarter-sawed golden oak, large shaped French bevel mirror— ..22.50 $39.00 Princess Dresser, solld mahog- cholce pattern, $0.00 Princess Dresser, exquisite dev sgn, made of best flaked, quar- ter-sawed golden oak, highly poulh‘d——dp«‘lll. $29 at .. The base is same heig ht as of Has French shape legs with a base Full swell or double serpentine front. Pretty oval and pat- $60.00 Gibson Dresser, very exquisite pat- tern, ornamented with rich hand carving, made of best figured quarter-sawed golden oak, plano polished- $49 special” for Some very special values are offered for early Sep- tember buyers. $3 dining chalr, very cholce pattern, two broad panels in the back, pat- tern shape seat, quarter-sawed oak, polished finish— spectal Dining table, select quarter-sawed oak top, finely pollshed, pretty moulded rim, fluted and turned legs, special at Other pretty patterns at— These good: -$8 $10, $12, $15 $I18 and up NEW FALL CARPETS The new patterns of Wilton and Body Brussels are here in such well known and established makes as Bigelow, Lowell, Hartford, Victoria and Wittal, the manufacturers of the best carpets made. est you to see these lines in thejr entirety If you expect to buy carpets this season. SPECIAL FOR MONDAY Smith Extra Axminster, regular price $1.45, Monday.......... 1.15 Smith Saxony Axminster, regular price $1.25, Monday ........ 1.00 Smith Velvet, regular price $1.25, Monday ..........oooevveee. L10 20, MODARY - o'vvoosesvasnsnids 908 Being crowded for room we are golng to give the s are new in designs and colorings, regular ‘We want you to see the new dining table that carries its own leaves. Dining table can be extended in & moments notice. A perfectly work- ing extension table that shows, from all appearances, a solid top, yet is easlly and readily extended even after table is set and trimmed for the meal. These new tables on sale Monday at— $12, $13.75, $17, $18, $22. 1t will Inter- water, Obviously it is not necessary to sprinkle as often with ofl as with water. After roads-and streets become accustomed to ofl two annual applications will suffice, But the use of ol as a dust settler is only in its embryonlc stage. The people of California hope some day to have it gen- erally in use and when one knows some- thing of the real magnitude of this dust problem in this beautiful land- he can readily appreciate the wisdom of these people in-urging the use of oll on thelr roads and streets. Why Use is Restricted. Railroads are wetting down thelr road- beds in the state with this oll, too. But hereon hangs a tale. The Pennsylvasifa railroad was wise enough to get out a patent for the use of oll as a dust sprinkier and held the right at very high royaities. This established somewhat of & barrier for the California roads, notwithstanding which, however, the Banta Fe finally mus- tered up courage enough to pick up some stray ofl it found lying arcund and siap 1t on Its road-bed without sking the Penn- sylvania for permission and accompanying the request with the necessary lucre, Forth- with the Pennsylvania ingtituted sult agalnst the Santa Fe and when the cloudi of the legal battle that ensued had rolled by the Quaker system was found to be the proud possessor of & judgment agalnst Mr. Ridgely's line for $15 a mile for a distance of 600 miles of road-bed which had been olled. After that things went according to formal prescriptions. This leads to a reason for the stunted development of the wagon road and street oll sprinkling industry. Thrée men hold the patent right for this business in Californta, that fs on all but the rallrcadl thorough- fares and their royaliies come high. Boards of superivisors and city councils which are responsible for the expenditure of public funds do not take to this means of dis- tributing the people's money as readily as to certain other method: OUT OF THE ORDINARY, In the city of New York there are only 737,477 white persons born of native parent. No specles of flower shows more than two of tho thrée colors, red, yellow and ue, The Income tax returns show that citi- zens of Great Britaln have inyested abroad +6,680,540,500, Germany owns 10,220 miles of telegraph cable. or one-twenty-fourth of the entire system of the world, while Great Britain owns two-thirds of the total mileage. “Early to bed and early to rise not such & good maxim, after all. A Frenc sclentist has discovered that the most fata hours are from 3 to 6 in the mornin| A _bolt of lightning tore off the shoes of a Pennsylvania farmer néar Altoona on Tuesday iternoon last and killed the two horses he was hurriedly driving from & field 10 the barn. The farmer survived, A There_were cremated last year in the J88; England, #2; Germang France, 4,6 (of whic paupers are cre ted) | Bweden, #; Denmark, #. The heaviest trainload ever hauled by one locomotive was one of eighty-four loaded cars, welghing in the uggregaie 4,71 tons, which’' was hau.ed a aistance of sixty- three miles ut the rate of thifteen miles ah hour, All the forelgn-born population in the 559 per cent, are of the nglish-Teutoile stock, and 0.9 are Celts. Thus practically three-fourths of ti for- elgn-born in the United States are of Bng- lish-Teutonic and Celtic stocks. Mrs, Letitia 8. Remsen of Plainfleld, N. J.. his just passed her hundredth year. When asked 'on her bundredth birthday what she most desired she said a ride inan automoblle would gratity her more than anything else on earth. She got the ride. A. J. Cassatt while In control of the Cam- dén & Atlantic rafiroad made a supimer Of Atamte City by transportig hundreds of thousands of visitors 1o the piace trse. Now he has undertaken to Fe abilitate Long Branch, which has besn falling into disrepute among the fashion- ables of Iate. His scheme cantemplates the erection of several hotels for the accommo- dation of visitors of moderate means. James L. Yates. a policeman in Oxtord, Ala., has recently come into n of one of the famous “Tippecanoe and Ty ler too" handkerchiefs Dged during t 856; Italy, dad; were pald for Switzerland, 21 Dresidential campeign which resuited m the This sketch was made by Belle Booth, 11, Long School, Omaha, Neb. We give a cash prizse of .00 for any drawing of this character which we accept and use. All school children can compete. Full instructions will be found on inside of each package of Kgg-O-See, telling what to do to get the prize and how to make the drawings. quality s much superior and that it Retails for 10 Cents It your grecer does not keep it, send wend you a packs $500,000 IN PRIZES School Children’s Compet ' & Grocers almost universally report the sale of Kgg- O-8ee larger than that of all other Flaked Wheat Foods combined. There is a reason for this—the consumer finds that it is the same weight pack- age that ordinarily retails for 15c, and that the The largest food mi’l In the world and with all labor-saving devices enables us to produce a suu- perior product of full weight at this lower price. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THE GREEN PACKAGE. his name and 10 cenrs sad we will prepald. Address all communications to Battle Cree k Breakfast Food Co.. Quincy, UL of $5.00 each will be given to the School Children of Ameri ca itive Advertising Contest No.2008. 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