Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1916, Page 5

i THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1916. o “ WAR ON RATS IS Wouldr it be a sutigaflc‘:ii‘i to you to keep the little N\ GRAIN HEN'S UKASE ‘ feet of som poor child warm in a pair of shoes for the [ Little Field Rodents Cause from school because they have no shoes,” said Mrs. Doane of the Associated Charities. “We have spent $600 for shoes this fall, but the demand is still very great.” Some of them come in with their cold little feet actu- ally on the ground. Letters are received from others, piti- ful little letters from children whose Christmas would be made happy even with a pair of shoes. Here is practical giving, indeed. Even old shoes that you or your family have discarded will go a long way to keep the feet of the poor warm. Or you can send the money to buy new shoes or send an order on some shoe store. ° Do it now, for many little feet are waiting to be shod. Send or bring your offering to Mrs. Doane, Associated Charities, 1716 Dodge street, or to The Bee. winter? ) ) That is a big call that has come to the Associated Chari- Three-Quarter Million Dol- lars Damage Annually. ties. “Many children are actually compelled to stay home SHARP TEETH EAT PROFITS While a war of extermination is being waged on the English sparrow, grain men assert that it would be proper to extend the warfare to rats, the position being taken that they do vastly more damage each year than the sparrows. Of course grain men have only to do with the damage that rats do to grain and while they have no com- pilation of figures at hand, they as- set that in Nebraska alone, rats - Commissioners Blows Top of Head o etk o e sty Plok Sites for the 0ff With Shotgun New Street nghtSi North Platte, Neb,, Dec. 11.—(Spe- } This damage could be greatly re- | cial Telegram.)- -Oscar Falk, 31, of duced, they say, by a systematic kill- ing of the rodents. Years ago when elevators were con- | The city commissioners are en-| Cheyenne committed suicide at the slruclc‘d Cfwoos %"d W?Od fl(l)?rs ":; gaged in the task of brightening up | home of his uncle, Andrew Falk, five such “"“ct““‘s h\"”el ‘}’f rl“ i and | o w of the dark corners of the city. | miles south of here, by placing a shot- picnEElolC IR bign Se Lo S t:mf’h At present the brightening pro is | gun against his forehead and blowing badcdo lgcalcq b dic !gram- uymg limited to a map, but after the map | away the top n_f his head. lhs‘molhcr hointe it waspigtrec LAl ra%s ]loo | shall have been approved, the electric | had brought him to the uncle’s home atollgofenotfiaciteantionctentiiol light company will place the lamps | seferal ‘Ih vs ago suffering from men- 4 e | according to directions of the city ub! Imlv'; rgcoc::ttgcla}:: td}esc::‘«?‘;l\dh?;fi; officials and under terms of lhe} = the grain. five-year contract approved at a spe- NE solid founda- | cial_election a k ago. is now handled through clevators. These elevators have A 4 A £ 280 v s : City Electrici Curran submitted | tions of cement, from a foot to eight- | ' g 5 c‘con 3inches in thickness, extending [3 Map at “f ml“ “'_‘|g ]“f 'l',’.“ council 1t's Easy—If You Know Dr. well up the sides, much higher than SOMMLTER: Q1 e WHOTE, Sl G TCpre: Edwards’ Olive Tablets 4 sented proposed locations of 790 of | a rat can ever climb. In this way mu_ch of the rat damage has been eclimin-| ated. : p However,, while the grain is being held by the farmers and before it finds its way into the modern eleva- tors, the rat damage is great. On the farms, prior to taking to market, the grain is stored in bins in barns, or in granaries, and as a rule, say the grain men, these storehouses, instead of be- ing rat-proof, are of wood construc- tion. Rats easily get into them and cat large quantities of grain annually. This year, with wheat prices around 1,071 new lamps to be installed. The | o cocret of keeping young is to ornamental district in the Bemis park | feel young—to do this you must watch section is slated for 125 lamps, and | our liver and bowels—there’s no need a similar number will be installed in ();f having a sallow complexion—dark the Minne Lusa district. Jies ur eyes—pimples—a bil- The Bemis park lighting district | [INES, under your eyeer it cyes. with cmbraces a zone bounded by Cuming, | no sparkle. Your doctor will tell you Hamilton and Thirty-third slr')els‘nincly per cent of all sickness comes and Mercer boulevard. OIld lamps from inactive bowels and liver. will be taken out. Ornamental posts Dr. Edwards, a well-known physician for the Minne Lusa addition lamos | ;" Opio, perfected a vegetable com- already have been placed by the pro- pound mixed with olive oil to act on moters of this addition. i d bowels, which he gave to d : and bowels, whi & Many applications for lights have :":: ::lci:nts for yca.r‘s. been received at the city hall, and it | * Olivi , the sub- $1.70@1.75 and corn 85@90 cents per will be a problem for ythe ~ommis- | SHE;", %fl?agflim?}f\grzflfi?e in their bushel, it does not take a rat family | Sioners to make the spread and please | action, yet always effective. They bring very long to eat a dollar’s worth of | all applicants | ; They britg i i | ot bout that exuberance of spint, grain. And with thousands of farm-| Commissioner Parks, whose heart |2 ¢ ine epint e ers having grain in storage in their natural buoyancy which sh 1 beats particularly for the South Side, | ; : , by toning up the liver home bins the loss of a few bushels | intends to get same lights for Indian | ;;,&c‘i‘lx;;;r{}?:cs;;{cm ofgim:;uritie!. to each farmer, in the aggregate, | Hill, a district which has never seen | ““y i "\ill" know Dr. Edwards’ Olive means a neat sum of money.. an electric light, although it is a part | aptets by their olive color. 10c and Grain men want a rat-killing day | of Greater Omaha. | c per box. All druggists. proclaimed and believe that with a |————===—= A e e B ——— little co-operation the profit-eating pests could be pretty well wiped out 6 ¥ DODGE & DOUGLAS STREETS at a small cost and hundreds of thou- HAYDEN’S MAKE THE GROCERY PRICES FOR THE PEOPLE— sands of dollars saved annually to Nebraska. NOT THE TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS BUY YOUR XMAS GROCERY ORDER | The Best Leghorn Citron Peel, Ib Wheat Price Booms, While Corn Drops fi?“i..‘.“in'?&'«..".'“ 25% to 50% on g;iiu.m Raisins, Ib 1) With reports of a little better con- ditions regarding export operations, 13 Ibs. Beat Pure Cane Granulated Susar | after declining for several days, wheat took an upturn and on the Omaha market sold at prices 2 cents over those of last Saturday. Receipts were seventy-six carloads and sales were made all the way between $1.68 and $1.74 a bushel. Corn failed to follow wheat and ““Everybody is giving this sensible present this year; | shan’t have enough to go 'round” For your Xmas Pu es a use our Famous Diamond H Flour— | po nothing finer, per 48-1b. sack....$2.25 7 Ibs. Best White or Yellow Cornmeal 18c 6 Ibs. Choice Japan Rice........... 25¢ 6 Ibs. 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