Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1910, Page 5

¥ \»hhfil‘; B-U C .‘. > T /N b .al - 4 APRIL 17, 1910. SH.T0 CANADA| Zxodus of Americans to Northland on Steady Increase. HOMES SOUGHT ON FERTILE FARMS | Lure of Cheap Land is Strosg and Attraects Many Homeseekers— Irrigation Big Country. e cxofius of our good cilizens to Can- 40z 1s steadily inereasing, and another wave of omigration from the United States tor Mexico has set in. It is estimated that * Dot less than 30,00 heads of familles, most of them successtul farmers, expatriated themselves in 1509 and took up homes under the British flag. All of them had money, Probably none had less than §1000, so that at least $50,000,000 of good American coin ‘was taken from this country and invested in Canadlan property. The lure of cheap Wnd is strong and as long as the Can- adfan northwest offers fts virgin prairies to homeseekers at low prices, the rush of settlers Is likely to continue. Land values, however, have steadlily 'risen, and with the passing of Canadian lands selling at $3 to $16 per acre it is probable that the opportunities for homemakers in our own west may prove sufficleatly attractive to stem the northwest tide. A complaint often made by homeseekers 1s that there is a lack of information con- cerning the available public domain in the soveral western states. Our remaining pub- le lands, exclusive of Alaska and our island posseasions, consist of about 370,000,- ' 000 acres. Much of this is mountainous and a good deal of it Is arid and worthless without Irrigation. There are, however, several millions of acres of semi-arid land open to settlers in tracts of 320 acres each, located where new methods of cultivation | and scientific planting have enabled the skilled and energetic farmers to overcome fhe deficiont rainfall. These are boing ‘rapidly taken up. Irrigation Works. The completion of successive units on a pumber of the lafge irrigation works of the government {s making available choice farms in several states. To meet the de- mand for Information concerning these lands, the reclamation service has issued descriptive pamphlets which are mailed on request by the statistician, United States reclamation service, Washington, D. C. At the present time excellent opportunities exist on a number of projects. The num- ver and size of farms open to entry, cost of water right, and the cash payment re- quired are given herewith. On the Belle Fourche project, South Da- Kota, there are sixty farms containing from forty to eighty acres each. The water right charge is only $30 per acre, and the Airst payment required in adwance is $3.40 per acre, the balance being payable in mine annual instalments without ingerest. The Huntley project, Montana, offers to homestead entry 224 farms, averaging forty acres each of irrigable land. The cost of water right 18 $90 per acre, in addition to which $4 per acre must be paid for the iand. The initial payment is $4.60 per acre, Athe balance being payable in nine equal installments without interest. The Shoshone project, Wyoming, has avallable 2357 farms averaging forty to «ighty acres each of rigable land; water Tight charge, $6 per acre;! able one- one-tenth down, balance in equal nual instalments. S un River Project. = Sun River project, Montans: Eighly- five farms vacant, averaging® eighty ‘actes each of irrigable land, water right charge $30 per acre, maintenance and operation, 50 cents per acre; first payment 3350, balsuce n nine equal annual instailments without interest. Umatilla project, Oregon: Seventy farms not yet tuken, averaging twenty to forty acres each of irrigable land; water right charge $0 per acre, maintenance and operation, $1.30 per acre. First payment, $10.90 per acre, Dalance in seven annual instaliments without intorest. The abové farms are located in settled ugricultural districts. Nelghbors are plen- tiful, transportation facilities are good, towns are neur, with stores, schools and churches. On several of these profects, cight farm houses are located along each mile of the main highways, giving the vounty more of & suburban than a rural appearance. Of all of these projects, the crops lzst year were satisfactory. The fruit farmer, stock man, general farmer and truck grower will find what he Is look- ing for on one or.more of these projects. No. more capital 8 requiréd to make a sueces on one of these farms than on a wheat farm in Canada, and the additiona) advantage of remaining in the United States s Augmented also by the much more agresable and milder climate of these trrigated valleys. —_— oy DANES GET A NEW FLAG| Soclety Gi Presen: Emblem to Replace 0, in Tefmer Hall Thirty- Elght Years Ago. A new Dagish flag was presented Friday evening to the Danish society of Omaha by ‘the ‘women ' of thet nationality. The first prosedtation of @ flag by Danlsh women took piace M, old Turner'hall on Tenth street in 1572, and on Friday evéning sev- eral men and women were present who at- tended the first presentation. John Mathiesen, the oldest living member of the soclety, recelved the mew flag, and i in thanking the donors recalled. the fact that & new generation had grown up since he ed I a similar function. He ) ‘thanked the women in a happy little speech, full of reminiscences. City Electriciap Michaelsen also made a brief speech, as'did R. Toftman Frederik- sen, editor of the Danish Ploneer news- paper; Then the women unpacked a palat- | uble eollegtion of things to eat and en old- | fushioned reunion was held. p Have Root Print It Swoboda—Certified Publle Accountant. Tighting Granden Co. 1860—Mational Life Insurance Co—1910 Charles E. Ady, General Agent, Omaha | Store Your Fine Furs in moth proof vaults. Nominal cost. Shukerts, 15 & Har'y Home to Mome makes rent money work for the family. Ne- braska Savings and Loan Ass'n will show | you. 106 Board of Trade Bldg, Omaha. Smith Oase to Jury —A jury has the case of Joseph L. Smith, sometimes known as Young. Smith has been on trial in dis- trict court chacged with Assault. The Savings Habit once formed leads to independence. One dollar starts an ac- count with Nebraska Savings and Loan Ase'n., 108 Board of Trade Bldg., Omaha. County Judge Home Monday — County Judge Leslle, according to a letter from him mailed at San Franeisco, will be home Monday. His trip to California will have been & short one, for he left only ten days ago. 5. P, Smith Recoversd—E. P. Smith, the attorney, is back at work after a week's iliness with appendicitis, Favorable reports come from Wise Memorial hospital concerning Frank W. Bandle, county re- corder of deeds. Omsha Firm Gets Indian Contract— Word has been received by the Omaha Commerelal club that the Richardson Drug company has been awarded a contract call- ing for $10,000 worth of medical supplies to beo delivered at the Indian warehouse at | Omaha. The bids were opened in Wash- | ington on March 2. | Girls to Serve on Dining Cars Northwestern' Experiment May Cause Displacement of Negro Waiters for Whole System, Girl waitresses may supplant the colored | men on through dining cars on the Chicago | & Northwestern rallroad. Superintendent R. R. Matters of the dining car service, has found a shortage of good men walters and after trying out a few girls he finds the experiment successtul. As the road does not maintain any diners west of the Missourl river the travelers west from Omaha will not have a chance to be served by girl walitresses. The first waitress on & diner was Mrs, J. Garnler, wite of & colored employe running from Omaha to Chicago, She refused to be separated from her husband and was allowed to wait upon one of the tables in the dining car. Her work was so successful that Superintendent Matters hired other girls and still more are to be secured. 'BUD LATTA'S HORSE CASE GOES TO HIGHEST COURT Will Test Right of Shipper to Re- cover Full Amount Following Undervaluation by Self. Second trial of the suit of Bud R. Latta of Tekamah against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omsha Railroad company, was started ‘in ‘the United 'States circuit court, Saturday morning and -disposed of after about a fifteen minutes Nearing. . Latta brought sult against the, ralizoad company two years ago for the loss of a valuable trotting horse, which was burned to death in a frelght car, while in transit to St. Paul, elaiming damages for $8000. The hearing resulted in a verdict for Latta for $220, the named value of the horse, as it appeared that in turning the horse over to the railroad company for shipment he placed but a nominal value on the animal. An appeal was taken from the verdict ot the lower court and the judgment was ra- versed and a new trial ordered. It is this new trial that was disposed of this morn- ning. An agreement was reached by the plaintiffs and defendants that the jury should assess damages In favor of Latta for $3,683 for the loss of the horse, but that the final determination of the case should be left with the supreme court of the United States to determine between the question of the intrinsic value of ‘h animal injured or killed in transit, and the fanciful value of the animal, based upon its money earning qualifications, as in the case of a race horse. » The purpose of carrying the case to the supreme court i3 to determine the question of value of animals, and whether a shipper fixing the value of the animal at one figure to' get'the advantage of a lower rate of freight, can recover & fanciful vaiuation In case of destruction of the animal, even though it be shown that the animal has | been greatly undervalued for shipping and freight rate purposes. | UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA 1 WINS BELLEVUE DEBATE| | Telo of Freshmen Carry Day with ! Argument in Behalf of Commis- slon Govermment. Freshmen of the University of Omaha de- feated the freshmen team of Believue col- legs Friday night in a debaté upon the | question of adopting the commission pla: of government in American eitles. The winning trio had the affirmative aide of the question and Bellevue college the neg- ative, Gladys ‘Solomon, Stanton Sallsbury and Harry Jefome rcpresented the University of Omaha, while E. R. Newman, R. E Cady and P. C. Kamanskhepoke for Belle- vue. The judges wero Judge Lee Eatelle, C. G. McDonald and H. C. Brome. The debate was held at the United Presbyterian church, Twenty-first and Emmet streets. The exercises were opened by a plano solo by Miss Elizabeth Anderson, and | closed with a vocal solo by Arthur Me- Clung. A. R. Wells presided as chairman A Cruel Mistake 18 to negloct & cold or cough. Dr. King's New Discovery o© them and prevents consumption. * 5% $1.00. ' For sale by Beaton Drug Co. HOME FAT REDUGER R R ™ For the benefit of those who wi o2 l'opening of this bullding will greatly re- ot tho debate. The judges' decision was two votes for the affirmative and one for the ngatlve, giving the debats to the Uni- versity of Omaha. MILLER PARK SCHOOL OPENS. New Buliding to Be Ready for Oe- cupancy Monday—Puplils Meet at Old Place. The hew Miller Park school is tq be opened Monday, for the first time. The Meve some *of the other schools In that F HE comet may now come into view to the unalded eye almost any morning. It will be easy to find if we study the annexed diagram. This represents the eastern sky at about 4:3 a m. Those acquainted with the principal con- stellations will at once’ recognize the four stars that form the Square of Pegasus. The comet will be below this square, and only A fow degrees north of the east point of the hotizon. It rises at about 4 o'clock Monday morning, and abotit four minutes sooner every day. Its position among the stdrs, however, will not change noticeably for nearly two weeks, as it s just now moving straight towards ne. The brilliant star, almost at the same altitude, but some- what south of the east point of the horl- son, 18 Venus, the morning star, which must not be mistaken for the comet. All the stars on the dlagram move to gether in the direction of the arrow with- out changing their relative positions, 50 that it one looks at the sky before 4:30 a. m. the comet will be a little lower down to the left. At about § o'clock, or perhaps sooner, twilight may become 8o strong as to blat out the comet. The sun rises at 5:43. The dlagram is made for tomorrow morn- ing, Monday, April 18, but will serve well enough for a woek if we make the allow- ance mentioned above that all the stars will ocoupy the given positions four min- uteés sooper on each succeeding day. A small telescope may at first be neces- sary to piek up the comet. but even this may probably be dlspensed with toward the end of the week, If mot at once. On .|the morning of Wednesday the comet will ![have passed perihelion, cr fts nearest point to_the sun, and should, theoretically, de- velop the longest tafl, but this will not appear lgngest to us At the time on account of its distance. On May 20 the tafl will be the longest. Let me take the opportunity to repudiate any. sinister. prognostications that 1. have been reported to have made concerning our passage through the tail of Halley's comet on the night of May 18. The earth has passed through the tall of a comet twice to our knowledge, but this kripwledge was obtained only afterwards by calculation, a ct which proves how harmlesy the pas go was. This is the first time in the history of the wotld that,we know: such an event in advance. ! _ Astronomers are Intensely..interested in it on that account, and they-have planned How to Find the Comet Father Rigge, Astronomer at Creighton University, Presents a Dia- gram Showing Position of the Stars and the Heavenly Vagrant—Rea- sons Why No One Should Dread Passage of the Earth Through the Tail. all kinds of observations. Not a single astronomer of note apprehends the least harmful effeet. It is sald by some that the tail contains eyanogen gas, a most deadly polson. First of all, this gas Is seen only in the spectro- scope, and we know that this Instrument often seriously misrepresents the amount of gas present, because some gases give a spectrum much more readily and econ- splcuously than others, and out of all pro- portion to their amounts. Secondly, 'the comet's tail is enormously bulky, so that the gas is much rarer than any vacuum ‘Wwe éan produce on ‘earth. 1 am sure our city’ smeiting works pour millions of times as much prolsonous gas into our atmo- sphere as the comet will, and who kno from the odor that we have such works at an? Thirdly, thero is the law of the diffusion of gases, » which ' very ‘quickly dlssipa¥es o VENVS and spreads a 80 that there is very little of it in any one place. That the comét's gases should collide with the hydrogen in our upper air and ignite it, is an apprehiension based on a false assump- tion, There is no such layer, on account of the diffusion just mentioned. In addi- tion, our winds help to epread the gases. Nor can the comet raise tides on the earth. The mass of a comet 1s not known, but we do know that it is less than one- millionth of the earth’s. As our moon Is one-elghtieth as large as the earth, we see how small the comet's influence can be, as we know that the mopn'a tides are benc- ficlal rather than harmful. Then, agaln, such an effect diminishes as the square of the distance. As our least distance from the comet will be about 12,000,000 miles, or about fifty times the moon's distance, the effect is again reduced 2500 times. Lastly, for the consolation of the timor- ous, Providence has given Halley's comet a retrograde motion. It is one out of three or four out of the many hundred comets that have such a retrograde motion, as ail the rest move direct—that is, in the direc- ton of the earth and of all the planets. Hence, as the earth moves eighteen miles a second one way, and the tafl twenty-five miles the other way, we meet with the sum of ‘the speed—that is, forty-three miles a second. We are Iif the tail, therefore, for the ‘least posalblé” timé, about one hour ohly. Whergah, in a solar eclipse, the sun, thé moon and the earth’s surface, all move in the same direction, and thus prolong our view of the grand Bpectacle. . WILLIAM F. RIGQE. John Decorum Indecorous Man But Heap Big Red Chief May Get Out- of County Jail on Ha- beas Corpus, John Decorum did not, alas, live up to his name. He was a trifie shifty in marital relations, 80 ‘tis sald, and mafried a new wife while the old one was still alive and undiverced. Wherefore he went to jail. Likewlise John Tebo, alzo of the Winnebago tribe of Indlans, had domestle trouble of & sort and likewise landed in Jail on & similar four-month - sentence. Friends of the Indlans have now begun measures to free them and are seemingly in a fair way to Succeed. The two red men aré in the county Jall here because Thurs- ton county, where they were sentenced, haz not'a Jall of its own. Writs of habeas corpus have been sued | out fn district colrt here against Sherift Brafley on the ground that the ecounty judge ot ‘Thurstan county lacked jurkedie- | tion to hdar the proceedings. | Criminal processes in which the charge Mivolves on oconviction punishment of a year or more must be brought in district court and net in county court: The two men Were séntenced by County | Judge Frank Fiynn of Thurston county to | four months In jall. If the point ratsed | about . jurfsdiction -of the county judge 1 | correct tha Indlans will ‘escape further legal nnoyance, because they have already once been placed in jeopardy. | Patents were Isbued them for the lands at | |the expiration of the twenty-five years' i f L *“The Me - Postum Cereal Co, Wholesome, Delightful Food INDIAN DEEDS_L!ELQ’ THE JU; Federnl Inquiittors 8¢l Grinding Away Over Frauduleiit Leases Exacted from Omahas, The federal grand jury is still xrlndm;‘\ on the fraudulent Omaha Indian deed and | lease sales, and will probably continue its | Investigations over Monday. A host of| witnesses has already been examined, and the indications ‘are that from three to| half a dozen indictments will be returned. | Most of the Indian witnesses have com- pleted thelr testimony, which' has been sub- stantiated by a large number of white wit- nesses. There remain a dozen or more wit- nesses to be examined. The testimony thus far evolved before the grand jury corroborates the complaint ot the Indlans that they were mercilessly swindled in belng persuaded through their Ignorance and inexperience into signing deeds transferring thelr heirship lands and trustee allotment lands to speculators when | government trusteeship year. In most eabes the Indians cupposed, and were oven told that the papers thev were #lgning were merely Iéases and not deads, but sines their patents have been granted they find that they have signed away thelr lands and are without apparent recourse to recover, except that it may be shown that they have been the yictims of an in- tamous conspiracy, and that these fraudu- lent deeds may be set aside. The speculators are making a brisk fight and thelr represontatives have been no- ticed n the corridors of the federal build- ing. in July of last Made of Selected White Corn--- YOUR LAST CH is Rapidly Passing Secure a Share of the $1,145.00 For Name Please take 5 minutes today--think of a good name for the Schmoller & Muel- jer Piano--Send it to us early Monday Post Toasties Economieal in price, handy to serve, liked by all the family—a pleas- nrc»—plun,‘for any meal. Plgs. 10c & 15c. Sold by Grocers. mory Llfiuers” ——— Ltd., Battfe Creek, Mich.’ [ That 18 all you need do to participate in this contest. . No dots to count—no Dusgle to 'solve—rju(-':. send one You may select the name from those of the grea! of the world, ocean steamers, hames St flowers, ¢:r|ulc‘x, from any hame or ©O! and which you think will be appropria Teeoll 10 Sha Tt Of vaidable prizes, the fair conditions of this contest, the Judge: of this community—then send the name promptly to us. For the Most Expressive Name Suggested One Art Style 40 Schmoller & Mueller Piano | For the next best name, one duet bench, val- valued at ...... cereees.$450| uedat ...... ciiiiienieeeen. . §25.00 For the next best name, one Style 30| For the next best name, in cash......$15 Schmoller & Mueller Piano, valued $350 | por the next best name, in cash......$10 For the next best name, one piano-cased | o b o ovt hest name, in cash. .85 Organ, valuedat .................$150 X For the next best name, one Columbia | For the next best m°vf"°"’h*-~-~--~$5 For the next best name, in cash........$5 Phonograph, valued at ............875 For the next best name, in cash. .....$50 | For the next best name, in cash........$5 which we will give away ABSOLUTELY FRER Amounting altogether to & total of §1,145 worth of prizes, the twelve best suggested names. e Now as to the conditions of the contest, W/ understanding. FIRST—All of the prizes above enumeral WD - leted to the submitting of one name only. p Bach contestant s restricte 0 the subm! A ;'lgD—N:ru may be sent in either on a separate sheet of paper or on the coupon attached to this ad. FPOURTE-The judges will baso their awards on the appropriateness of the names glven. h FIFTH—The jjudges ‘will be Mr. T. L. Davis, cashier First National Bank, Omaha; Mr, W, H. Ollaa'l Pl;‘g‘,‘pr dent Scott's B{ulh National Bank, Omaha; Mr. Herman Peters, proprietor Herchln(l‘ hullll.k maha; 2 ¥Frank M .Furay of Omal eity and county treasurer; Mr. Dan Butler of Omaha, city cierk. BIXTE—Every contestant, whether a prize winner or not, will receive one copy absolutely free of the Schmoller & Mueller Triumphal March. ¢ R 8 o R IVENTH—, m: be submitted by mall or broug! 0 0 oT tive. AlAln:::yr:l’l‘ :lyull be in by (hey evening of Saturday, April 23, KY BIGETHE-—The names of the successful contestants will be announced in the lately following the completion of the awards. SCHMOLER & MUELLER PIANO CO., Contest Dept. B, Omaha, N APPROVED BY THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTNENT n to the postoffice department March 15, and was approved by the department aT'h‘:;:"o"f")'(tar:rf’xlf"w\:g,mme.-e Witl'be no reason for non-completion of this contest, as in previo e A ith the exception of one, which we were not permitted to carry forward to completion, the Schm e elier Plano. Co. WUl do exactly as it always agrees to do, and will positively award the above named Prizes to those, who, according to the committee of judges have submitted the twelve best names. S~ me. and masters of music, the principal cities mbination of names that suggests s—all well known to citizens a5 hich you will please read plalnly, so that there will be no mis« ted are on dlsplay in our display windows in this city during the r. the contestants or by a representa~ 6 o'clock. columns of this paper immed- MUELLER PIAO CO, t. B, LLER & Contest ideration of tho judges in your 1 desire to submil for the cons ¥ yéflr ‘b“mflm ame Contest, the following name, the most appropriate for. one . o Gentlemen: sweet-toned Schmoller & Mueller which appeals to me as jano My, Address is .. The Name I Suggest s ... 1 Own & Plano—Yes or No CONTEST CLOSES PROMPTLY 6 P. M. EVENMING OF SATURDAY THIS WEEK Omaha’s Newest and Most Sumptuous Apartments In the heart of west Farnam district — ———— Arranged in four and five room apartments. ....Ready Soon Make application now for quartérs. Vi i p . 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