Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1909, Page 5

) | » - ' service corporations are combining for an HE BEE WILL BE P It will be replete with Merchants will find it pare their most attractive when everyone is watching The Bee, as a guide to their chases. ' The Christmas Number || THE OMAHA SunDAY BEE Next Sunday reading matter and typographically one of the hand- sothest newspapers ever published. The advertising columns will effer more sugges- tions for the holidays than ever before. It comes at the Yery height of the shopping season, Readers will find it a great help in deciding what ! to buy and the best places to make Christmas pur- Sunday, December 12th. | | UBLISHED interesting and seasonable to their advantage to pre- | advertising for this issue. the advertising columns of Christmas shopping. i | Will English Go After Mess at County Hospital? *If it is Brought to My Attention I Will Aet,” Says County Attorney. [ Recent afafirs at the County hospital will receive the attention of County Attor- ney English, according to & statement he bhas made. f the matter shall be brought befors| me in any way,” said he, “I shall cer- certainly inwestigate. “Do you mean,” he was asked, “that you will wait for some one to make & formal complaint?” “If for any reason I come to believe that @ crime has been committéed at the hos- pital,” replied the prosecutor, “I shall look into the matter thoroughly. Just at pres- ent, I am in the heart of the Frankland murder case and cannot devote time to anything else al. 4nee’ ., r. E. R. Seasongood, the ds aruggist, visited the office of the Board of County Commissioners, following publica~ tion in The Bee of the llkely finding by the commissioners. Seasongood button- holed Fred Bruning, and was closeted with him for a long time. Seasongood is under- stood to have been pleading not so much for himself as against some one else. ‘Watches—FRENZER—I5th and Dodge. PROTEST JUST A FORMALITY President Wattles Says Planned Attack o Tax is Un Report of Corporation ounded. President G. W. Wattles of the Omaha | Street Rallway company says there is no | foundation for the report that the public | attack on the oceupation tax ordinance. “So far as this company is concerned there no foundation for the report,” sald President Wattles. “I do not believe that any other company has such an in- tention. The payment of tax under protest is an everyday occurrence, to protect any wights the person or corporation paying Bay have If i the future the law should { declared invalid. There is the Lincoin E s, for instance, involving a similar T.-. which 1s, we understand, in course of »{good and faithful men,” .aid Pestmaster | appeal to a federal court from a state decision. If In the final eventuality the law should not be upheld, the money pald | in now could be recovered; and that is all | “there is to the matter.” PASSING OF OLDER WORKERS FOR GOVERNMENT IN OMAHA Veterans of Federal Build Begin- An Oslerization of the public service, pur- suant to the policy of the government at | Washington, is being felt in the public service departments in and about Omaha. This is noticed more particularly about the | tederal bullding, where the older men will | sooner or later have to give way to younger | blood. Several of the aged employes about | the federal bullding are beginning to find that the work exacted of them ls gradually attacking their diminishing strength to a degree that they cannot meet. It is possi- ble that two or three of these old veterans must soon retire from the public service voluntarily. “We much dislike to realize that we must soon dispense with the services of these Thomas, “but human endurance has its| limit. The old veterans cannot stand the | work much longer, and it is their desire (0| #ive up the arduous work exacted of them | rather than the disposition of the govern- ment to displace them.' TWO ROADS OUT OF SUIT| Oregon Short Line Now Sole Defend- ant in Wisconain Cattle Com~ \ pany’s Aetion. The Union Pacific and the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul have been discharged as defendants in the suit brought in dis- | trict court by the Wisconsin Cattle com- | pany. This leaves the Oregon Short Line as the sole defendant. Judge Redick, in directing a verdict for | the two roads named, said that this ruling a1d not prejudice the right of the Oregon Short Line to recover from the Union Pa- cific and the Milwaukee if the Short Line is a loser by the verdiet in the present case. The two roads which escaped are happy because a decision otherwise and against them would have produced a great many more suits of similar nature in the future. For stiff neck there is nothing better than Chamberain's Liniment. No eousequeat indigestioa, or from some ecoatained in food, which is the source of all physical /hen « man ‘ doesn’t feel just right,” le streagth. when Le doesa't sleep Discovery. it cures diseases of the stomach and other digesiion aad autritiom. lavigorates the liver, strengthens ti ordans of the merves, and v THE WHOLE DY. ‘ou cen't afford to accept a secrer alooholic medicine OF INOWN COMPOSITION, not even though the urgent dealer Man is Stronger Than His Stomach A strong man is strong all over. No men can be stroag who is suffering from weak stomach with its GIVES HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO other Plerce’s Goldem Medical It enriches the blood, kidmeys, moarishes nostrum es & substitute for this nom- may thereby make s little bigger profit. Iagredients printed on wrapper. | in | can be | MeDonala wili T0 IMPROVE CITY'S LIGHTS Plan in Formation to Bring About | Reform in Street Illumination. DECORATIVE SCHEME IN VIEW Eleetrician Michaelsen Urges Counefl Start—Movement Fa- Councilman Funkhouser. While the new lighting contract is pend- | ing In eity eouncil a movement i incubat ha into line with other the matter of im If the men who agitation can work up sufficient they will endeavor to bave the counell join In the endeavor to get esiablished a permanen: pian of deco rative lighting for several main tuorough- fares. The general plan as at present contemn- plated would put new and better ligats, probably on high ornamentai posts, along enth street from the depois to Farnam, m to Eighteenth and on Sixteenth & Leavenworth. rician Michaeisen has urged | the council w make & start on such a . but his recommendation was made ler the supposition that the oecupation tax pald by the electric light and the gas companies would go into the lighting fund. y attori\y bhas heid that every cent of the occupation tax goes into the gemeral fund, hence Mr. Michaeisen's proposal had 10 be filed. | Councilman Funkhouser says several bus- iness men of influence have spoken to him favor of an advance in lighting fix- tures for the streets of Omaha. They want even better than the Ginger block scheme,” sald Mi. Funkhouser, ‘‘be- cause it is understood the business men of that block are now somewhat dissatisfied with the posts they selected. Undoubtedly, with a little effort, the existing sentiment organized sufficiently to bring about a condition of lighting on our main busin Streets that would put us In line with cities like St. Paul, Des Moines, Min- neapolis and others and we ought to go ahead of them, profiting by their experi- ence, as we can. Ice Man is Not All Too Joyous He Refuses to Begin Counting His Next Summer’s Millions Just Now. proved are beginr street ng the sentiment No local ice dealer will estimate, at this time, how much of a bank account he is to accumulate by reason of the present cold snap. It may mean millions, or it may mean only a few hundred thousands. Men who deal in ice are not full of so much joy as the ordinary patron of the summer ice wagdn would think at this particular season of the year. The below zero hours have laid a fine foundation for next year's profits and two or three days | mare would assure & good crop, perhaps. Still the ice gatherers do not enthuse over the prevailing conditions so that their | Santa Claus guffaw is noticeable. All the streams and ponds are covered with snow, which fell on a wet sdrface and the com- bination does not make good ice. Later and petter weather must bé awaited before the companies that harvest ice for household use can get busy with their marking plows and their kutting crews. Ice being made | these cold/ nights will do for packing and | storage purposes, however. COLONEL FANNING WOULD AVOID TP!E%_E DEAD ONES Trembles on Eve of yptian Tour Lest Pharoah’s Mummies Revive Long Forgotten Fright. Colonel Charles E Fanning, while pol- ishing up his side arms preparatory to packing his uniform for the proposed trip to Egypt, found wrapped around his trusty sword several copies of the Indicator, once issued by Butler & Mahoney, political pro- | moters. | One of the first items he ran across in the almost forgotten publication told of a| scare he got one night at a political meet- | Ing held in an undertaker's office. During | the conference it was necessary for Colonel | Fanning, then A plain mister, to retire for | a consultation. With another man he | stepped into a rear room. When a light| was turned on he was shocked to the marrow to find a dead colored man lying | on a slab alongside him. Fanning moved out quick, not having his hoodoo chaser with him, and since then has been careful to know what is in any dark room he | enters. “The thought has occurred to me,” said | the colonel, as he polished off a spot on | his weapon, “that in Egypt they have| corpses laying around promiscuous, that were laid out several years ago. thought has led me to wonder if I want to g0 to that country, after all. 1 wish the best there is to every person who has gone ahead, but I am not In the | least partial to cadavers To study in a| medical sghool never was one of my hunches, and unless I can be assured that we may dodge the mummy caves, John have to g0 to the old | stamp ground of Cleopatra alone. T'd rather go to Lincoln than to a place | where one stumbies over dead people at every step. Of course, there are dead ones, | and dead ones, but the defunctof thean- clent days would get on my nerves worse | than those sewer diggers on Eighteenth street. Maybe Omaha will suit me this winter, wifh an occasional side trip to Plgseye.” A Horr Dea results from decaying lungs. Cure coughs | and weak, sore lungs with Dr. King's New Discovery. e and $.00. For sale by Beaton D:ug C DIETRICH IS NO Former Semator Still in Grave Col dition, but a Rally is Hoped For. BETTER Senator Dietrich continues about the same at the Methodist hospital. At noon it was stated there was no change in his | condition, which for the lagt several days, it is reported, has been of an alarming na- | ture. The attending physiclans are hoping for & rally which will bring the statesman past the critical point. Last Chance for Free esteads. Yes, a few elegant free homesteads can stil be had in Mexico, where many Anmericans are now locating. You do not even have to go to Mexico, but are re- quired to have five acres of fruit trees planted within five years. For infor- mation printed in English regarding Mexican homesteads, address The Jan- tha Planataion Company, Block 49 Pitts- burg, Pa. You can have your trees planted and your land worked on shares, ®o an 0 bring you & thousand dollars s year The health conditions are perfect and the climate grand 0 uea at THURSDAY, DECEMBER The demand for this land has been so great that the price will advance to $20.00 per acre cash after Saturday, December 11th. Nechaco Valley, British Columbia Not the cold., Canadian climate, but having the mild, ake U balmy air of the Wha Pacific Coast the use of dreaming while great events are trans- piring all around yon? Wake up! Live in the present. Golden opportunities are offered to you on all sides. Grasp them now —TODAY. Our proposition should appeal to yon as the easiest way to make a start and surest promise of substantial returns ake U Newest Last and Best West WHAT THE GOVERNMENT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT IT: “The soil everywhere is of the richzst quality. In previous reports I have described the Nechaco Valley as the best and greatest farming districtin British Columbia. All reports go to show that the Nechaco is one of the most greatly favored by nature in the whole Province of British Columbia. Its advantages are many, the soil is rich, the land is level, the climate mild. The demand for every product of the soil is great and ever increasing.” This is the last new country, the last great chance to make a fortune by buying land. You do not need to improve it or even to live on the land in the Great Northwest along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, now building across the continent through the Nechaco Valley to Prince Ru This same wonderful, productive valley, as rich as the farm to own it. of Bastern Washington, Oregon and California, will be traversed by this road within two years at the outside, according to its contract with the British Columbia government. When the road reaches the Nechaco Valley EVERY ACRE OF IT WILL SELL AT FABULOUS PRICES. You know what the land around the Yakima and Wenatchee valleys is worth, from $200 to $750 per acre. While the valleys about the Yakima and Wenatchee valleys is a sage brush land, the famous Nechaco Valley is covered with wild grasses that will cut five to seven tons per acre. You know the crops of fruit, grains, grasses, vegetables and other products that grow in the Yakima and Wenatchee. The Nechaco valley that the Grand Trunk opens up is as pro- ductive as this and does not require irrigation—an overwhelming advantage. All it needs to make it double in value from time to time is transportation and this is sure. No costly irrigation works are necessary The government reports show that all of this section of the country known as the Nechaco Valley is dotted with lakes and small streams and is beautiful. At the present time this land is 150 miles from modern transportation. This is why it can be purchased for $16.00 an aecre and this is why every acte of it is not under cultivation at this moment. Think what it will mean when the railroad runs through the very heart of it. What will you take for your farm when you can see the trains WE HAVE PERSONALLY E your front door? EVERY QUARTER SEOTION of these lands and can safely recommend them. Purchase a farm and be a wheat king, or live in luxury upen the income from a few acres of fruit trees. Wealthy farmers of Nebraska and Iowa did not have such a chance as this. $16 an Acre, $3.50 Cash Balance in Six Annual Payments at 6 Per Cent GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC LAND CO. Capital Fully Paid 8$280,000.00 JAMES C. HUTESON, President. REFERENCES—Omaha National Bank, Omaha; Dexter, Horton & Co., Seattle; FOOD PRICE CHEAP: N0 MORE Commodities Will Always Be High, Says Willett M. Hays. HARD TIMES TEST A PROOF Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Comes from Washington to Di- rect Meeting of American Breeders’ Association. Food prices will never be cheap again,'” sald Willett M. Hays, assistant secretary of agriculture and president of the Ameri- | can Breeders' assoclation, which opensd its session Wednesday afternoon at the Rome. Mr. Hays came directly from Wash- ington. “When focdstuffs stcod up under bard times with an abundant market and a small amount of money, as they d'd dur- ing the recent hard times, it is certain tha we will never see the time when the prod- ucts of the farm will be as cheap as they “We expect to have quite an atiendance of our association here in Omaha, although many are college professors and have to come a long ways, and you know coliege professors and breeders have not as much money as bankers, although they are deal- ing in bigger things. Bankers cannot get as large returns on their investments as breeders. Our returns vary from 1 to 10 to 1 to 100 on the momey invested and you This |Can figure that that is an increase of| 10,000 per cent. Some enormous profits al- ready have been made by sclentific breed- ing off a very small investment. How to C rve Fruit. ““The men who are working at animal and plant breeding In the United States saw a striking way of making food cheaper at little cost, that is, by creating new and better breeds by which the production in this country couid be increased. crops could be increased 10 per cent by having a better variety, and mest of us whe are studying plant and animal breed- ing believe that the entire crop and animal production in the United States could be increased from 5 to 10 per cent. This com- bined production’ last year was §8,760,000,000, and the increase mentioned would be v about $600,000,000. This would in- crease the profits of the farm and should decrease the prices to the consumers for | looking food and clothing. We are not far too big @ reduction, for we will never have cheap times again. J. J. Hill sounded that key note when he sald we were not produc.ng cnough and that the amount per acre should be increased. “This idea of better breeding is sure to be taken up more when it is understood. It costs much less to breed seeds well than to play well. We are trying to get all the | agriculturists at work along the breeding lines and we want to bring the sclentists to develope plant and animal life. We in- tend to start s paper and it may be launched at this meeting." JEWS OBSERVE THE HAUNUKA Keep Feast of Lights in Celqbration of Judas Maceabeas’ Vietory Over Syrians. The celebration of the Jewish festival of Haunuka or Feast of the Lights being observed yesterday in the homes ‘of the Jewish people. It is & home femtival and is the celebration of the victory of Judas Maccabess over the Syrians and the re-dedication of the temple in Jeusaiem following that grest victery for memo- ihelsm. The features of the observance is he lighting of candies in the homes. The testival will be followed by & more tormal joyous festival Sunday afternoon Some | 411 New Yerk Life Buildin National Bank of Commerce, Seattle. at Tempie Israel, in which the children will chiefly figure. The program will be announced later. ’ Marshall Marr Asserts Dignity Officer of Little City Lets Distriot Judge Understand Who He is, “By Gum.” Aaron Marr of Florence is some pump- kins and a few hills of corn in that muniei- pality. So when a mere judge seemed to reflect upon Mr. Marr, his outraged dignity | torce him to reply. | Mr. Marr was filing an information in | county eourt and Judge Lesiie casually In- | quired: | *“Are you a constabie up there?" “I am chief of police,” responded Marr | with hauteur. The information was lald by Marr, who | s marshal of Florence, agamst Paul Clay- comb and Burley Leidy, two Florence men, accused of breaking into and entering the | home of Theodore L. Ringwalt. Their al- | lexed booty consisted of & basket ball and a telescope. TEN NEW TWMENSE MOGULS| High Speed Locometives with Fifteen Comselidated Freight stnen on the Nerthwestern. Ten new type high speed passenger on- gines and fifteen consolidated freight en- gines have been added to the equipment of the Northwestern lines. The immense passenger beauties buflt to combine speed with power of hauling heavy loads are seventy-seven feet eight Inches long and | welgh 291,00 pounds. each. Comparing the | new locomotives with the ones that have been used for years, the the old ones are | puny indeed, with their fifty-twe feet| length and 163,00 pounds welght. The freighters are seventy-ome feet long and weight 38200 pounds. The oid-style | engines were fifty-thres feet in length. | | | | | | | ’ ’O |sested that he and Pendergsst go to the Iowan Looking for Wife is Easy for Brother-in-Law C. B. Pendergast of Seymour IA%Ii * @o of a Big Roll to Clever Shark. C. B. Pendergast of Seymour, Ia., Who has been stopping In Omaha for a week or more, is eligible to full-fledged mem- bership In the “Mikes,” having been | trimmed to the tune of §1% or $1# by & | smooth stranger, who toid Pendersast he would provide Lim with a true and loving | wite. Pendergast admits he bit easily, but says he had every reason to beileve the stianger was sincers. The tale: ! Pendergast rooms at the Oma hotel. The | other evening he met a roughly dressed | stranger In & saloon and Auring the con versation Pendergast let it be known he was | siigle and not averse to taking unto him- seit a wite. Then the strangsr showed | his hand. | He informed Pendergast, s the victhm | told the peiice, that he had a niee s.ster | whem, he was confident, would consent to change her name to Pendergast and sug- atter’'s room to talk it over. At the hotel Pendergast, by way of impressing the stranger as to his ability to provide for a helpmate, pulled out a reil of currency checks and drafts from his pocket and pro- ceeded to count the greenwacks “Walt,” said the stranger, “You are not counting that money right. Let me counc e The gu'leless youth from lowa witheut | & murmur turned over the money to his would-be brother-in-law, who then an- nounced he would call up his wife, moth and eleter and have them come to ths Oma to meet Pendergast. Excusing him- self, but failing to turn over the meoney, | the stranger left the room, ostensibly for T AVASTIBURN 3 GRUSEY ™~ - Brings .~ &N ke Bloom.» - . v On The Loaf the telephone, leaving Pendergast to wait. Maybe he couldn’t get central, Buy Red Cross Christmas Stamps Take the Little Newsy's Advice and Don't Be a Tightwad on This Matter. “Awe, loosen up, don’t be a tight wad, youse guys, buy some of de little red stamps and stick 'em on your Christmas letters. It was a little newsboy taunting several well-groomed men who were gasing into a drug store window at the Red Crcas Christ- s stamps and jingling colns in thefr pocket These little stamps have been placed in many stores down town and will be placed In more; in fact, they will be placed in |every block, so that people will have no |reason for rot buying them And they only cost 1 cent each. The proceeds? On, they go to tight the white piague. Laudable enough, isa’'t it? These liitle stamps give a Christmas air and cheer to the mail that goes out now approaching the happy Yuletide; they don't pay postage, but they don't add mfieh to it, efther. \ P ——— Clocks—FRENZER—I5th and Dodge. FIFTY YEARS FOR HEAVEY Net the K Some Get, But Fifty Years of Active Duty are Mis. Patsy Heavey, desk sergeant of the police Gepartment celebrated his fiftieth birthday anniversary Tuesday. Sergeant Heavey is working at night during the month of De- cember, but wus abeent from duty and spent the entire day with his family, The member~ of the police department pre- sented him with a box of cigars as & token of their friendship.