Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 25, 1909, Page 19

" C00D WORDS FOR THE 'CATOR| Bcience Finds Him to Be a Useful Citizen of th> Eonth, HIS KIND ALMOST WIPED OUT| Little Evidence Baek of Those Old Seandals About His Appetite, bnt n Mide, Commerelally Co sidered, is Va le. A visitor to that part of the south helow forth Carolina could see al most cvery stream and bayou twenty years a0, but now one may frequently spend morths travellny through this region and not see a single alligator except those In captivity. The killing of the creatur gators in al- s for #port or for their hides has been the main | cause of thelr great decrease in numbers. In addition thousands of the young have been killed or shipped away, while enor- moUs numbers of the eggs have been gath- ered and sold as curlos. It was not untfl about 1855 that the de- mand for alligator leather became of Im- portance. The market was not long con- tined. In 1860 fashion again called for | the leather for manufacturing into fancy slippers, traveling bags, belts, card cases, | music rolls, etc. The demand has con tinued to the present and many thousands | of the animals have been killed, while the Ppreparation of the skins has given employ- ment to hundreds of people. The output of the tannerfes of this country approximates 275,000 skins annu- | ally, worth about $425,000, part of which come from Mexico and Central Americ It is estimated that about 3,800,000 alllg: tors were killed In Florida alone between | 1850 and 1009, nearly 20,000 belng killed in 1908. Onece Very Abundant. The earliest settlers in the southern states found alligators, or as they were then called, crocodiles, exceedingly abun- dant In almost all streams, especlally in Florida and Louisiana. Many marvelous tales are found in the early chronicles of | the ravages of these monsters. They were sald to eat dogs and pigs and to consider the negro an: especlally succulent tidbit, while it was considered dangerous (o go Into streams where they were known to ex ist. When such a stream had to be crossed | hours were spent sometimes In beating it | qor. to ftighten off the alligators. The researches of sclentists have shown that there is very slight foundation for such storles, and it is probable that the greater number of the pigs lost by the planters could have been traced to other enomies, particularly two-footed ones, while runaway slaves would naturally encourage | the bellef that alligators had dined off | them. The greater part of the supply of alli- gator leather now comes from Florida and owing to excessive hunting the Industry is profitable only In the central part of | the peninsula, in what is called the Lake Okeechobéc reglon and in the Everglades. | Here the principal hunters are Seminole Indians, who have their homes on hum- mocks far back In the Everglades, and | come to the settiements only when In need | of articles which they cannot produce thémselves. ‘Gators Most Active at Night. The alligator is most active.at night and its days are usually spent lying on some low bank or log overhanging the water, where It can enjoy the warmth of the sun and be able to retreat to its native element at the first sign of danger. While on land alligators are very clumsy, in the water they are exceedingly active, and being strong swimmers are able to catch the larger fish with but little trouble. For animals like the muskrat and otter swim- ming across lagoons they are always tn the watch. On selzing “ts prey the alligator sinks with it to the bottom and there remains| until all struggling has ceased; it i{s then able with less trouble 1o tear Into pieces. ‘While thus submerged a pecullar collar at the base of the tongue prevents the water from passing into its' lungs. While the alligator is sald to make very effective use of its tall in warfare the widely disseminated story that it uses Its tall to sweep animals off the banks into its jaws appears to have but slight founda- tion. The mother alligator In April or May secks sheltered spot on a bank and there builds a small mound with a hole in the center. The foundation of this mound s of mud and grass and on these she lays some eggs. She then covers the eggs with another stratum of grass and mud, upon which she depcsits some more eggs. Thus she proceeds until she has laid from twen- ty-five to sixty eggs. The eggs are hatched out by the sun. Papa Allfgntor a Cannibal. As soon as they have chipped the shell the baby alligators are ied to the water by | the mother, who provides them with food, which she disgorges. Papa Alligator has to| be carefully watched at this time, for he| highly esteems a dinner of young saurians and is not particular whether they are his| own or his nelghbor's children. When by strategy or downright tighting the mother | has got her family safely Into thelr natura!| element It 1s not long before the young scatter, each to begin life on his own hook At this period they form a favorite food for turtles and the larger fishes RWhen fully grown the alligator is about | Kansas City fc sixteen, feet in length. In the adult stage | of money, spent it 4 little too freely, and | it 1s grewlsh black above, having lost the | gometimes was a frifle tiresome with ref yellowish delor bands that belong to its rfe to fifteen years old, while those twel feet long are supposed to be 75 or more Thelr normal life Is estimated at from 100 to 150 years. Alligator hunting originally began as| sport. Then some one tapned the skin and found that it could be put to a com-| merclal use. Carried on, as It must be, at| night, the hunt is picturesque. is attracted by the Mght pick It off by hitting it In the eye with a rifle bail Torches are often used. Some times the hunter lufes the alllgator to the surface of the water b “telephoning to the ‘gator,” as It Is called Baby 'Gators as Bait, An alligator s always attracted by the peculiar grunt which the young alligators make, for there s no sort of food love better than newly hatched ‘g hunter takes & long slender pole and lets one end of it down very quietly Into the water. The other end he places betwe his teeth and imitates the grunt of the baby ‘'gator. The old fellow easily ! the call and comes up to feast on the babi tey think are there. In catching them alive hunters fre quently lasso th n while asleed on th bank or on a log. When asleep in thelr holes in the mud they are occasional drawn out by means of an iron ho These holes are easily found. Some tim y the grass is set afire, gnd the animals wssoed as they flounder toward the water. After the alligator is caught the hunter alive by t ignorance as to how the animal should be cared for burying the he alight upon it of several Wear Blue Glasse: r years. '{unters say that alligators | grow very slowly, attaining the first year | & length of aboul one -foot. ~When two | friends to accept his suggestion that a quiet | feet in length they are sald to be from ten | |ittle game of poker in the room of one of | ® | the members of the party would not be amiss. The affair was quickly arranged, | pearea, we: In many cases the hunters fasten bieycle | lamps on their caps, and when the animal | | game be changed from draw to stud p:ke The traveling men saw no reason to ob- ne | n sport some Umes mounts It, using the feptile’'s fore fect and legs as reins. It |18 needless to say that it is only by the | exercise of considerable skill that the hun ter keep his seat through the struggles of the reptile, and If care 18 not used the fun may develop Into tragedy for the rider. Alligators three feet and more In length are generally killed at once, and the hid removed. All of the hide except the of the back, which s very bony, ls used The hide is salted, and fs then In condi- tion for eale to the buyers, who are usually storekeepers, who furnish provisions and ammunition In exchange. s The hides range in value, to the hunter from 20 cents for a three foot hide to $1.%5 for one seven feet or moro In length. The five and six foot hides are the most desirable, as the larger ones ha plece of bone In the square che hide, and it 1s Impossit this. Nearly all the tanning s done at Newark, e a hard ks on the to sew through 3 Tourlsts Buy Freely. Young alligators are often brought in, and these are worth about § cents aplece The eggn are also gathered and sell for 24 cents each. They are malnly sold to curio dealers, who either hatch them out or blow them and sell the shells. Most of the small alligators are stuffed and sold as curios to tour'sts, who pay from 50 cents to $2 aplece for them, Many of them used to be shipped north ists as presents. Owing to y of these soon die if progperly cared for the young alligator will thrive even In unnnatural o cum- stances. Its main requirement is sufficient | h treshi meat, Insects and worms. They often show great fondness for the ordinary earth- worms and will frequently refuse all food but these. The larger speciments in cap- tivity are fed about three times a week on | fresh meat and emall live animals, and | they require little attention other than this at. Its diet should consist of bits of Alligator teeth, which are secured by d until they have rotted out, are of fine Ivory and for carving into ornaments. They are worth to the hunter about $2 a pound—from fifty to scventy- five teeth. The dealers will not buy very many of them as thero is but a limited demand. At one time the paws were saved and mounted as curios, but it is impossible to do anytMing with them now. Both flesh and eges are eaten by a few persons, but it iequires a very hardy tomach to stand the disagreeable, musky 'Galtor ‘Tail a Delicacy. There 1s nothing better, hunters declare, than the tip of the tall of an alligator wrich has reached, say, the pullet period. It is creamy in color, tasting a little lika frogs' legs, but with a more pronounced | gamy flavor, julcy--altogether tempting. The dish Is a grest favorite with the crack- ere of Florida. Alligator talls are best at the time of the rice bird seascn. The big alligators float in the water with only thelr eyes showing. When an alligator gets near a | flock of these fat, juicy, little birds it dives to the bottom. scoops up some of the to the surface again with just the rich soil showing. Tte birds think it is an island. They | When the whole family is there the big béast turns suddenly. as the birds scramble off the .alligator opens Its méuth once. They aregone. The birds ate neat little fegders, and the alligator 1s an epjeure at this time of the year. The rice bird its tall tender and In St. Augustine fs an alligator farm, one of two In the United States, the other ot. being at the Hot Springs in Arkansas. Here the alligators are kept in confinement until large enough for markét. It will' probably be news to many that Florida has a representative of the croco- dile family. This animal was first sup- posed to be confined to the West Indles ¢nd Bouth Amerlca, but it has been oc- castonally captured on the peninsula of Florida. 1t s easily disttnguishable from the alligator by its narrow snout. For many years scf ntists were sceptical of r ports from Florlda of the appearance of | this animal in that state, but the capture fine specimens in recent years has settled all doubts in regard to it. [HOW TO WIN AT POKER Mark Card with Phosphorous cnd You Can’t Lese. It is not often an outsider can get the better of these worldly wise knights of the road—commercial travelers—but there is a| party of them at the Planters' hotel, St.| Louls, who are ruefully reflecting upon the of fate when guided by a mind not overserupulous. Incidentally, they are all anxtously awaiting the arrival of funds, for wi which they have telegraphed thelr firms These men meet frequently and all rep- resent Chicago firms. Thelr lines are s that they are often compelled to wait ovi in the same town for scveral days and that fs wha occurred in Kansas City. The were all staying at the same hotel, and | when they became acquainted with an in- tfensive appearing young gu lowed the text of the bost sel ina Ut er tle thought what an influence he to have upon thelr lives." He told them his father was a wealthy mine cwner in the west, and explained that avy blue glasses because which brought him to he was wearing k of his weak eve treatment. He had plen ences to his ability to draw on his fat for more. and, after a few hours' play, the young man announced ho had lcst all the meney he had with hin. He sald he would have | a large sum the next day and would con- tinue the game that evening Promptly on the hour the Ing the blue glaeses, €ald, protected his e; of the electric light. He proposed that t ject to the change. At first the youn lost steadlly, but after a few minutes he begon to win, and in the course of an hour had won back all that ho had lost the| previous night. In anothier hour he had |t moet of his opponenis Dringing up the re- | serve roll As the game progressed, one of the|pot share the view that Zeppelin at drummers got Up to HBg for & bellboy. By | present can be loaked upon as a weapon of | wceldent he pressed the button which con- | war. Extracts from ture delivered by trolled the lights, agd for an ‘nstant the|the prince a few days ago at the Marine | 0 room was in darkness. The lghts went on|academy of Kiel, In which he d a again immediately, but in the moment derkness the players noticed The backs of business. | Alrships that Might Make Short | noughts as Great Britain th | alarm by announcing that | same year will be in poe | than enough airships to make | twenty-four mammoth 2 | Friedrichshaten, endowed with over $1,600,- | 0 by the German nation, will be able to | with the larger and swifter German vessels | noughts out of action and damage Gres | the work, of which $1 Its long wide snout loam, and it ficats Just smakes the tip of {and even aeronautical writerp pooh-pooh | hour, with power to ascend to an altitude |are put thus by one of them: Granted | the cost to the inv: | pherie molsture. The horizontal section of | half an acre, and it is stated that th t they fol- | ered for nearly fcur Tours over a t distance of somes 150 miles. The greatest fixed » carrled in any of unfavorable trom the brillance peculiar | The Bee at the t all the cards were | THE OMAHA SUNDAY AERIAL FLEETS OF CERMANY Alarm Felt in Enzland Over the Building of Zeppelins. ENGLAND IS LAGGING BEHIND Work of Dreadncnghts, Though Some Experts Ridic No- on of Aerinl Att k. LONDON, Aprfl 10.—Be the British | public has had time to recover from the scare caused by the revelation that in | 1912 Gers any Dread- any will Lave as reronauti correspondent of the Times raises a fre rmany In ti ston of more rt wor of at least ten British Dreadnougits, In 1912, we are told rmany will have pelin ships, each capable of oversea excursions and prob- ably speedier than any naval vessel. In the present year she will have four Zep- | pelins, and the magnificent factory at turn out at least elght vessels a year after this autumn. Thus by 1912 Germany can have twenty-four selins and her other military dirigibles will number at least a dozen. Great Britain has no up-to-date facilitles for bullding large dirigibles and ‘the rate of production s one vessel a year. By 1812 Britain may have at most some five small slow non-rigid ships, which, as compared with the Zeppelins will be as antiquated rs to Dreadnoughts, and these flve It bullt according to present esti- mates, will be fitted. only for overland work. They Wwill be quite unable to cope which can mount better guns and carry more explosives. L e What Zeppelin Can Do. A Zeppelin of the present day ‘type, con- tinues the writer, could reach this country | in ten hours and do enormous damage in a | briet space of time. Twenty-four great | vessels of a vastly improved type might in 1912 put ten or more British Dread- t Britain's naval bases seriously, while Ger- many would still have a well tried second aerial fleet of twelve dirigibles to carry out further operations. At least three highly equippkd factories In Germany are now making dirigibles, and Count Zeppelin alone has $1,500,000 for ,000 was subscribed by the German people of thelr own free will The writer therefore exhorts the English people to rouse themselves from their lethargy and carry out a similar national movement. By a combined effort, he sa alded by the naval and military authori- | ties, Britaln could by 1912 have twelve large and well equipped aerlal vessels, in additlon to the five or more which the government would construct. He points out that it has cost Germany vears of well organized preparation and the expenditure of over $2,500,00 to attain her present merlal poeition and that it fs absurd to hope that the annual outlay of $95,000 by Britain can bring it out of the purely experimental region by 1912, Speaking of the moral effect of a sudden attack on these shores by Germany, he pre- dicts that a panlc would be created by a single German ship making a demonstra- tion over London. The majority of people In this country, he says, laugh at the idea, the possibility of attack by dirigibles, and yet the records made by the Zeppelin in 198 show that a Ship of this type has trav- cled over 360 miles, and later records show its speed to be up to thirty-five miles an of over a mile. It can carry at least a ton of explosives and sufffclent supplles for a run of over #0 miles. Yet the whole notion of aerial attack by vessels of the Zeppelin type s ridiculed in this country. Landing Army by Alrship. The arguments of the aeronautical ex- perts referred to who pooh-pooh the ide of attacks on Britaln by German dirigibles ideal conditions, an entire absence of fog or rain for something over twenty-four | hours and still alr or a light easterly breeze, a Zeppelin airshlp might carry fuel for the journey and a company of ten men | with food and rifles across the North seca, Under these circumstances it 1s, of course, conceivable that an Invading army of 2, 000 might be landed in ‘this countr: bu v for airship con. | struction, it Is asserted, would be roughly £500,000,000, | Ore of the greatest obstacles to the suc- cessful crossing of the North Sea by a eppelin would he the pressure of atmos- the envelope cxposes a surface f par | Hghtest shower falling on that half acre | must press the heavily loaded vessel to the | earth; and not only that, But the airship, rying the oad assumed, cannot oven | pass through a cloud or heavy mist The reserve of buoyancy something order ten hundred welght, made up hy ballast. If the veseel enters a mist water | | #eitles quickly on the one and a half | acres of enveleping surfa Even if the ballast were thrown overboard a film of | weter one two hundred and fiftieth of an inch In thickness over that enormous sur- face would be sufficient to bring the vessel | It was this latter fact that led his new | 90WD Germans Feel Like Rejoicing. The German military ard naval author ties are rejolcing over the latest flight of the Zeppelin T, which cn March 19 asconded with twenty-six passengers and manoetiy nur ber of person cEsc the Zeppelin befor teen, but the extra welght did mot fn pede the airship's progress or make it more | 1ar difficult to handle. employ garded German authoritles consider this est flight to be of immense value from a stratogic point of view, and regard it as th It bring much = n before the M practicability of the Zoppelin as a transpert | the for troops. carried also proved that an equal burden in the shape of ar 6r ammunition can be trensported equal case 1o Princo Henry of Pru wever, does his trip In the pelin, were cabled to An other things he referred to the © charge azked with phosphoru | ve bility to changes of equi- After the lights were turned on the pung ; M desp'te its enor us size This man hastlly excuscd himwelf, taking his|was shown by the fact that if members of . winnings with him. He sald he would re- | the crew had to be crang:d from the car v‘ /|{turn in a few minutes. | at one end of the ballon to the eir at the o | He has not been seen since—St. Louls| other, they had to leave cars simul- Revpublic. tanec ly and pass each other exactly — the middle of the covered connecting gang- B Better, Busler—That's hat ad- l way. | vertising im The Bee does for your Objections Pu nted Out. gaadst He regarded the protlem of reaching nl beautitul aaugmu. Ninth Annual Statement The Columbia Fire Insurance Company Omaha, Nebraska. D. E. Thompson, President. C. E. Yost, Vice-President. . . Mullen, Secretary-Treasurer. Cash Capital, $200,000.00, fully paid. JANUARY 1, 1909 First Mortgage Frm I 08ns 622,855.00 Municipal and Sehool District Bc nll State, City and School District Warrants. Capital Stock Vil Agents and others, ferred commissions . Reserve required by law for the protec: tion of outstanding risks .. ... 5 Reserve for Taxes ....... Losses Adjus! Reserve for Estimated Unadjusted Bills Recelvable II nrm I‘rf‘mlum not Matured) . Premiums in course (v{ N\llu‘llun (“rlt~ ten subsequent to October 1) Accrued Interest on 0 and Warrants 116,861.20 NET SURPLUS $1,082,632.60 Security to policy Losses paid since Organization From $200,000.00 to over a million in nnmo ‘i nine years is the rocord of ‘The Oolumm comparison is invited Insurance against Live stock covered against loss by fire or tornado The taking of a policy in The Columbia is suppporting and co-operating with home industry, which is the surest way of building up your own state. It settles and pays all honest losses, promptly, cyclone, tornado and windstorm. on or off premises of assured. J. B. Dinsmore, 2d Vice-President. C. 0. Talmage, Ass t Secretary. Total Assets, $1,082,632 .60, LIABILITIES including de- :d and Unpaid ... .. without haggling or quibbling. Home Office, Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha Telephone Bouglas 451 1909 .$ 200,000.00 15,320.89 698,800.57 6,000,00 one 573.09 162;988.05 ” 03!.'32 60 | $695,496.01 “with which OFFICERS: D. E. THOMPSON, President C. BE. YOS8T, Vice-Prosident J. B. DINSMORF., 2d Vice-President, C. Di MULLEN, Bec'y and Treas C. 0. TALMAGE, Asst. Secretary. DIRECTORS: D. Thampson, Henry Ragatz, J. T. Bressler. J. A. Sunderland C. E. Yost, H. A. Wiggenhorn, J. H. Miles, ; E. G. Bohannan, C. D. Mullen. OERTIFICATE OF PUNLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS LINCOLN, Feb. 1st, 1900, It is hereby certiffed, that The Columbia Fire Insurance Company of Omaha In the State of Nebraska has complied with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to com- pantes and is therefore authorized to continue the businees of Fire Insur- ance In this state for the current year ending January 31st, 1910 Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Pullc Accounts, the day and year first above written SILAS R. BARTON (signed) (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts C. E. Plerce, Deputy. Phone Douglas 147 Certificate of Publication NEBRASKA, STATE OF AUDITOR OF IT 18 HEREBY of New York, of this State CERTIFIE! o state of New York, has compile e to such companicd and ls therefore authorized o continue the business of Accident, Employers Liability, Steam Boiler Insurance in this Staté for the current ACCOUNTS. IT I8 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Michigan Commercial in the State of complied with Law of the Compantes and All other sources’ for the current year ending January Y Pald Poliey Avditor of P year first above written. Kdmitted As LIABILITIE! Unpaid Claims and Expenses ............. Capital Stock Burplus beyon p . Capital fimck ond’ bther ilabiiities Certificate of Publication NEBRASKA, AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909 IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Witness ‘my day and year first above written. SETATE OF OFFICE OF soal of the A PIERCE, Deputy. FELL & PINKERTON CO. General Insurance s sank CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFIC )I" AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909, That_the Casualty with the Insurance Plate Glass and T ending January Summary of Report Filed for the Yoar Bnding December 31st, 1908, ¥ CoOME ts .. $1,085,350.23 761,318.26 1,540.643.49 Auditor of Pubile Accounts. Hamburg-Hremen KFire Insuranee 'ampany of Hamburg. Germany, has complied with the Insurance Law of this Companies and authorized to continye the business of Fire Insurance in year ending January 3lst, my hand and Atditor of Public year first above written. SILAS R. BARTON, Auditor of Public. Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. iz therefore CERTIFIED, the current the seal of the Accounts, the day and Witness my day and year fi C. B. PIERCE, Deputy. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, IT I8 HEREBY Company of Pittsburg, LINCOLN, Feburary 1st, 1909, That the National Union Fire Insurance in the State of Pennsylvania, has complied with the Insuranrce Law of this State, applicable to such Companies, and is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire Insurance in this State for the current year ending January 31st, hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts, the t above written. 1610 SILAS R. BARTON, Auditor of Publie’ Accounts. Company of America, unts, the | STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE Atlas Assurance Comnpany of Loudon, land, has complied with the Insurance La oi tnls State, fes and s therefore authorized (o continu the business of Fire State for the current year ending January et 1910. « Certificate of Publication STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC AC LINCOLN, February IT 1S HER! st, 1909, Y CERTIFIED, That the Rellance Insurance Company of Phila- dclphia in the Btate of Fennasylvania, nas complied with the insurance Law of this State, applicable to such Companles and is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire, Tornado Insurance in this State for the current year ending Jan uary 3lst, 1910. Witness my hand and the seal of th Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and year first above written SILAS R. BARTON (Beal) Auditor of Publlc Accounts. C. E. PIERCE, Deputy. Certificate oi‘ i’ublicationr OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNT LINCOLN, Fcbruary 1st, 138 IT I8 HEREBY CERTIFLED, That thc pplicdble to such Compas nsurance g th Witness my hand and the seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and year first above written SILAS R. BAT (8eal) Auditor of Pubiic E. PIERCE, Deputy. TON Acco CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION B <A, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNT LINCOLN, Feb. IT 18 HEREBY, CERTIFIED, That the . in the State nf Maryland, has coum- Law of thig Brate, nu)llltnbh’ to such cumpanh.s Steam_ Boiler and Sprinkler lmur.uua in State for the current year ending Filed for the Year 3lst, 1908, January 3lst, Summary of Report Ending December All other sof Pald Policy $1,338,608.46 All other paym'ts 2,041, Unpatd_ Claims and Expenses. .$ 779,652.89 5,845.56 $2,647,078.44 A ‘.-u.um the. B.-L-BALDWIN, W.A YONSON, M. E. FOLEY, President. Vice-Pres. Secretary. B. L. Baldwin & Co,, General insurance Agents 1221 Farnam Street. Phone Douglas 271. Over seventeen years experience in the insurance business. We represent seven first class companies, with combined assets of more than Fifty Millions of Dollars. We adjust all losses promptly and pay cash without delay and without discount, combined Windstorm and Hail policy is very factory protection at ve y low cost. Our experience and the protection of the insurance which we write, are yours for the asking. Auditor of Public Ac | cemTIFICATE OF NEBRASKA, OF .Al:I.JITUH CERTIFICATE OF gunnxéAflqi Fplnumry m v, P \nun{y 1st, , That | the annn.« of New York, has he Insurance Li to such Com a with | the Insurance ap- | with the Insurance Law of this State, plicable to complied Wit} Co m.,.mm. and e authorized to continue current year ending the current the seal of the the day and Witness my the Auditor of Public day and year first above CEBTIPIOATE OF PUBLICATION had becn six- but dirigibles werc means of cum:nun pany of London, the Insurance Law of this State, authorized to e o the business this State for ending January Fist attained was limited by a certain height, current year 1910, tor of Pubil day au year first above written. while Accounts. E l'lllllk‘fi;lhrpul)” W. R HOMAN, Agent Real Eslalé Rentals and Loam Fire Insnrance constructed military n a matter of xious consic employ 10 in such ves- in dlameter charge of four 1603 Farnam Street. 336 Board of Trade Bullding. Telephone Douglas €64, Omahe, Neb. “that Lilllan Garlinghorn tried to supplant e esteem of Licutenant Ketchley ? Miss crushed on torpedoes from gtockh ) the fact to cut in | , but when 1 got Lil' Garlinghorn rfidy Properly Punished, her beaten to & cold & “vace omelet, und I golden brown bair, | Gid IL"~—Chicago TrN FUBLICATION | CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION OFFICE | > Al NEBRASKA, OFFICE TOR OF PUBLIC AC- bruary 1st, 159, 1909, IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That Providence Washington Insur- of e Company, of Proviuence, In the ate of Rhode Island, has complied 15 | applicatle to such Companics and Is the | therefore authorized to continue the this | business of Fire Insurance in this year endinZ | state for the current year ending | January . 1910, hand and the seal of Witness my hand and the seal of . the | the Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and year first above writtcn SILMS R. BARTON, Auditor of Fublic Accounts. (8eal) _ Auditor of Public Accounts. C. E. PIERC Deputy. & { State Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co, SOUTH OMAHA, NEBRASKA. e ORGANIZED 1885 T. B. HOLMAN, Pres., JONN MCARDLE, Vice-Pres., J. M. GATES, Treas., J. B. CURTI, secretary. 1 $2: | Office 26th and N Sts. | had All other paym'ts $50,215 wwm— 1805 $438,800 e 1806 $2,600,100 ummm— 1807 541,307 semm— 1 $106,4 13,560 c——— ] 1}()2 BIK 16 N e————— ] {}();§ B10,012,625 enmm—————— | {)() | $21,000,307 em————————— ] }()7 SET R 160 cunmm—————————————— | (1 L o a———————————— 100 NS emm————————————— — 1 1) (5 The above shows how our Company has Grown since its Organization DURING THE YEAR 1908 WE PAID 312 LOSSE Amount Pald for Losses and Adjustment during 1908,..831,234.00 During 1908 we wrote 2282 Policies amounting t0.. . .$5,428,508 Tel. 8. 1007, South Omaha, Neb, Good Agents wanted in unorganized territory CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUN 1 Feb. 1st, 1909, IT 18 H BY CI L1 United States Fidelity and C Company of Baltimore, in the St of Maryland, has complied with the Insur- ance Law of this: & applica 0 such companies and {s therefore author- ized to continue the business of Burglary Surety and Fidelity Insurance in this State for the current year ending Janu- ary 31st, 1910, Summary of Report Filed for the Year Ending December 3lst, 1906, INCOME Premiums o ob 12.80 All other sources 168,9562.67 Total A .$2,861,365 Paid Polic; Holders Total 38.618.45 9,660.20 Unpatd Claims and Expenses.. Unearned Premiums...... 1, 84 All other labliities 9.09 $2,343,672.22 Capltal Stock pald up 3 surplus beyond Capita] Stock and other liabllities 265,987.98 1 Total ¥ 3 Witness ‘mv hand and the sc Auditor of Public Accounts the year first above written, SILAS R. BARTON . (8eal) Augditor of Publie Accounts. PIERCE, Deputy. CERTIPICATE OF PUSBLICATION STATE OF NEBRABKA, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. LINCOLN, February 1st, 1909. IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, has complied with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to such Companies, and 1,700,000.00 09,660.20 f the ¢ and is therefore authorized to continue the business of Fire and Tcga ado Insurance in this State for the cur.. .l year gnding January 31st, 1910, Witness my hand and the seal df the Auditor of Public Accounts, the daj and year first above written SILAS R. BARTQN, (Beal) Auditor of Public Accpunts C. E. PIERCE, Deputy