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""" "" ' " 1 " .-..mi iin .in ' - -'""" 1 " ..' . . ! 2J TOE OMAHA DAILY BEEt "SUNDAY, MAItCII 6, 1904. FIRE FICUIERS OF OMAItt Ho the Citf ii Eqihped to Combi: DEPARTMENT MADE UP OF GOOD MEN Modern Apparatns Handled by Trained Firemen and Honaes (on. vr ! I r 1,'irofeil for Rapid Concent rn' Inn nl I'orcn. Many are tlie stories that hnve been told and written of Iri'llvldunl ilrcda of daring and hBrol-tn y firpinr-n, railed from tholr bed In tho dt-ud i.f n!plit to t'ao srfne of some tremrnl'ju.i tonriurimtlon, nnl many are the dpcils of lir.ivery done hy the fame class of men that have gone unwritten and unsung, riot lierausn thry wern unworthy the laudations and prnlsp of tho firemen's fellowmen, but because they were dme In the dturharKe of duty a,r.d without thought or doslre for the plaudit of the people. To the man who 1 so for unate as to he able to save the life of a fellow creature the mere fact of having done so 1a ordl nsrllty recompense enough, for the m.'n who would desire or look for anything; morj for the commission of a brave act are the ones who never tnlie the chances of ham to themselves that are entailed In the dofng. . But the bravery of firemen, as a class, la not confined to the occasional one who rushes Into a burning building and. In the face and eyes of the multitude brings man, woman or child from fire and smoke and death to air and friends and life; nor to hlio, who, at the risk of his own existence, mounts a burning building to save the property that he has been chosen to guard. Such are the ones who are talked about anil written about and whom the rank and file feel It an honor to know and shake by the' hand, all of which Is a It should be. But It Is a fact, nevertheless, that oppor tunity has m.uch to do with the making of heroes of firemen, or, rather, of demon strating that they are heroea, for It is a fact beyond peradventure that ninety-nine out of every 100 men employed In the department In this or any other city would not hesitate an Instant to risk his own life, not only to save another, but In the ordinary discharge of his duty, were it necessary. And the reason that this Is true of firemen probably more than any other class of Individuals Is, In the first place, that through long and constant assoo atlon with fires and the danger of them the ter rorising aspect that appeals so strongly to the ordinary Individual who thinks of a flra and It's danger only sees It, Is dulled, and regarded In a matter of fact way as Is the oase with soldiers, with men who handle dangerous explosives, deep sea divers and men engaged In a thousand and one of the more dangerous walks of life. Plac for Men. Over and above all la the fact that a man for an up-to-date fire department la se lected with especial care as to his fitness for the position he Is to occupy. In no de partment of metropolitan government doea a, "pull" count so little as In getting on the flro department, and particularly has this been and, la It true of the city of Omaha, It makes little difference what a msji'a politics are, who bis father Is, what hie religion or whether he has any at all or not, or how many votes he can control. Any one or all or none of these things may have a bearing In getting him the position, toerhana. hut from that time it Is lust the man In him that counts. A great man, the founder of a great order In this coun try, made one of the conditions of admis sion to the society the precept that "he who would wear the spurs must win them," and this principle la peculiarly applicable to the Are service In this olty. 1 Taken as a whole no better department In the oountry could be selected to illus trate what a well epulpped and well dis ciplined department should be than right In Omaha. While the city's equipment and force of men may be exceeded In number la cities of no greater population than this the theory of quality rather than quantity proves Itself good, as a comparative exam ination of the fire record of this town against that of other towns will prove. The thoroughly good lawyer considers the greatest accomplishment of his profession to keep his clients out of litigation rather than to defend their Interests and win their cases after they are once In, and such Is the policy of the wise executive head of a fire department. Every precaution, every device and every preventive of fires that can be has been adopted In Omaha, and while the record shows there were 42V alarms of all descriptions last year It was not until November that there was a seri ous conflagration. Since the reorganisation of the depart ment In 196 It has been improved and en larged until now It numbers 118 men. The city owns four of the most approved en gines manufactured, an 86-foot aerial truck, three hose carriages, eight hose wagons, four hook and ladder truck, one (6-foot water tower, CO splendid horses and all the Incidental paraphernalia that goes with uch an equipment. Two new Are houses, modern in every respect, are in process of construction and when completed will be as fully and completely equipped as those already In commission. It Is probable also Chal within a year or two at the outside two more will be built at points where they are most needed. Under present conditions the companies In the houses on Sixteenth atreet and the one at the corner of Twenty fourth and Cuming have to respond to all alarms of fire for the north end of the city, giving them sometimes a run of two or three mtlos, which, in the event of a se rious conflagration, is a vital matter, owing to the time It takes. Then again Chief alter dlHltkea to take the apparatus from the renter and more Important commercial part of the city, as Is now neressry for fires at the north end. Kor liko reasons there should be a house rm Lake street, and while the high School and the sur rounding buildings are not so far from en gine houre No. 8, Harney and KlBhteenth streets, this section of the town Is on the hlrhct hill within he city limits and diffi cult of nttalnment by heavy apparatus. It Is hoped by the chief that later a house will be established In this Immediate vi cinity. 5r Eqnliment Coming-. When the house being bunt at Eleventh end Jackson and Twenty-seventh and Junes streets are completed, Omaha will have fifteen fire houses manned and equipped. The cost of maintaining the department last year wes. In round fl(rur'., $Hn,w, which sum included all salaries and Improve ments. The sum I a large ttom in the city's expense account, but is felt by tho competent t Judge to" be more than war runted when the freedom from costly Huz-a Is taken Into consideration. I'p to November of Inst year not one fire that could be called serious whs suffered In Omnha. Then came, the Allen Bros.' and Pacific 9tornge company' loss of some thing over t-TSO.POO. which In one day more than doubled all the damage done by all the other fires of the ye:ir, besides costing the lives of four of the men of the de partment, who were killed by the wall that crumbled and fell upon them so quickly and so strangely that no one had a theory as to the cause. The Intelligent citizen will realise In this connection that no matter how efficient a oepsrtment may be and no matter what Its equipment there must Inevitably be fire In every thickly settled community that will be disastrous to life and prop erty. But where the value of a depart ment and system . like Omaha's comes In Is at the fir os that are labeled "Incipient" and "damage slight" In the morning paper, fires that were It not for the prompt action and perfect system would leive the city a bed of ashes. Scattered throughout Omaha's streets are 1,483 hydrants. Under the peve meita of the main business streets run water mains of from eighteen to twenty four Inches In diameter and filled with water at a pressure of from ninety-five to 110 pounds, while even In the outlying dis tricts the mains are never less than ten Inches and on the top of the highest ele vation of land In the city the pressure maintained by the Omaha Water company ranges from fifty-five to seventy pounds to the square Inch, which Is far more than many cities have In their most Important commercial and business centers. I ought to Insist that as much be given to I each tf these home companies aa It will write, before any of It Is placed with out- slders. This la the way to build up an Insurance center In Omaha, and that spirit will encourage the starting of other com i panics here. Omaha people, particularly Omaha Insurance agents, ought to encour age and help to build up Omaha and Ne braska companies, Instead of, ' as Is too often the case, tryl'g to pull them down by disparagement and Insinuation. An Omaha company with $100,000 capital Is Just as safe for the $1,000 policy It will write for you a the foreign 81.000.ooo com pany Is for the fio.ooe policy It will write. Every dollar paid a Nebraska company ii that much money kept at home for Invest ment. Fncourage home Industry of every kind, and In so doing build up the city and state. W. K. IIOMAN. ADVOCATE OF I.AIIGK COXCKHXS. ACCIDENT AND HEALTH POLICIES. Form of Insurance that Takes sad Conies to Star. "Accident and health Insurance Is fast taking a prominent place In the Insurance field. While accident Insurance has been In the field a number of years, health insur ance Is still In Its Infancy. But the phe nomenal growth and the unparalleled suc cess of this class of Insurance is an evi dence of the fact that the wage earner has welcomed It and that the experimental period of accident and health Insurance Is past and It has come to stay. Statistics show that one out of every five persons Is disabled each year from the effect of sick ness and accidents. "The aim of the United States Health and Accident company of Saginaw, Mich., has been since Its organisation, thirteen years ago, to give to the working man, as well as the capitalist, the benefit of this protection. The loss of time to the wage earner means the stopping of the Income and the source of Income cut off means the loss In some cases of many dollars, and ' owing to the fact that so many are In this way disabled the wage earner should be easily convinced of the duty he owes to himself aa well as to the family depending on his Income and hould take out a policy of this kind In some reliable company. "R. II. LANDERTOU, Manager." OMAHA AN INSURANCE CENTER Cltlsens Neglect Opportunity to Balld I'p m Valuable In dustry. The great advantages to be derived from building up an Insurance center of Omaha appears not to be appreciated by Oma huns. The little city of Des Moines, about half the size of Omaha, Is headquarters for nineteen life Insurance and eleven fire In surance companies. Iowa people take pride In patronizing home companies, and thereby keep millions of dollars at home for In vestment In Iowa securities, and upon wbtrh. dividends are paid to Iowa people. For some unknown reason, a prejudice or Jealousy exists In Nebraska, particularly In Omnha, agiinst Nebraska Insurance com panies. Our own people would rathe,r pay their premiums to eastern and foreign com panies, thereby sending hundreds of thou sands of dollars out of the state annually. So many people have the mistaken notion that the very large companies ore safer than the smaller companies, not taking Into consideration th fact that the large companies have at risk as pi eat amount In proportion to their assets' as the small companies. It Is certainly evident that the ascets of the hundred million dollar company cannot be aa profitably and safely Invested as tho assets of the 88.000,000 com pany, therefore the earning capacity of the large company cannot be as great In proportion to assets as the small company. This la essentially true of the life Insur ance companies. The small western com panies are paying much better dividends than the large eastern companies. ' Omnha has threo stcck fire Insurance companies; It ought to have at least fif teen such companies. Every person In Omaha who has fire Insurance to place John W. Rohbln Tells of Their Su perior Vnlne and Strength. John W. Robbins Is an earnest advocate of largo companies. He has always car ried at the head of his ajrency as leaders "the leading fire Insurance company of America" and one Of the oldest and largest English companies. He has always con tended that no matter how good the record of a email company has been, It cannot furnish as safe indemnity as a large com pany, for the reason that any company Is llablo to have a conflagration loss at any time.' "The large companies can always pay," he says, "the whole amount they would have at risk In any conflagration, but the small companies cannot always do so. "For Instance. If a conflagration should wipe out the entire business section of Chi cago bounded by Harrison street, the lake and tho river, that being regarded as the conflagration hazard district, the Aetna of Hartford could pay every dollar It would have at risk, namely. 83.63O.fjO0, and still have left a surplus of $6,430,200, while many of the smaller companies In the same con flagration would lose from two to six times the amount of their entire surplus and from one to two times the amount of their entire assets, thus being forced Into bankruptcy. "As a matter of history the Aetna paid In the great Chicago fire of 1871 83.852,023 and fifty-three companies were forced Into bankruptcy by the same nre. "In support of the lsrger companies the assured might have a fire loss Just before or soon after a great conflagration that would cripple or bankrupt some of the smaller companies, and If he should hold a policy at the time In any such company he would be unable to realize the amount of his loss. "The soundness of this argument has been proved by the recent Baltimore con flagration, for an assured In Omaha sus tained a heavy loss a short time before that and held a policy In a company which failed by reason of that conflagration be fore Its Omaha loss had beeen paid. "The Baltimore fire has emphasized the Importance of strong companies In a way that Is causing the careful Insurer to sort over his policies and throw out those of small companies and ask for large com panies when replacing expirations, and In many cases before. "The candle of the small companies, by reason of the Baltimore conflagration, Is burlng at both ends and In the middle. In the first place, the loss sustained In that conflagration will be a heavy blow to many of them, and In the next place the drain upon them for the payment of return pre miums on policies surrendered for cancel lation will probably equal or even exceed the conflagration loss, and lastly, the chrlnkage In premium Income from the loss of business that will go to the larger com panies will be tremendous." GIVES OUT BALTIMORE LOSSES Maryland Commissioner Makes 1 ablte Report of Companies Sabmltted to Department. Tha Ma lanA Infvmncw rommlMloner Bu lamed the following autamcnt of Baltimore laaaiia. aa n- rortad to him: MARYLAND COMPANIES. Oroas Loos. Net Low. Bait mora flra Ina. Co I I no.uoo lialtluiore fcquttabla Hoc t,WW,000 l,tN.aot lomtn'intt-e.nth. ttetalr (.000 K.iriwn'i Liurnlirr Co t,U0O Oarman Fire Ina. I'o MO.tlOO kll.njO On man-Am. I'lre Ina. Co jai."no Hf.ma Flra lnruranc Co 800,000 Mainland fire Inn. Co llM.vuo Old Town K.ra Ina. Co l.io.iwo Paabody Flra Ina. Co T00,07t e.r0. Sacurlljr Flra Inn. Co 1U0.0U0 COMPANIES OF OTHKFl STATES. IOCAL VAMTE OP HEADQUARTERS. Advertises City, Employs Many People ' and Distributee Much Money. "What benefit to Omaha are the head quarters of an Insurance company T "The home offlfce Itself gives employment to as many persons as the average whole tale house. The company haw at least a half-dozen field men continually covering the state and a local agent In every town In the state. These field men and agents are standing advertisements for Omaha, because the name of the company Is never mentioned without the name of Omaha. In fact every sign, every bit of advertising matter and every policy Issued Is a con stant reminder of the metropolitan city. Some of these field men make their head quarters In Omaha and the others are of necessity frequently called here and the local agents look forward to a visit some time during the year to the home office of the company in which they are Interested. "The stockholders of these cornpanlee re side In most part outside of Omaha. The fact that they are interested in an Omaha enterprise creates a friendly Interest In the city and draws them here on shopping tours that otherwise might lead to some othor city. "The thousands of dollars collected In premiums are brought to Omaha and dis tributed through our banks and the emer gency cash reserve Is, ss a rule, kept largely In the banks of th,o home office city. "Omaha has Insurance companies that are eligible to admission In any state In the union, and as these companies extend their field of operations Into neighboring states as some of them are doing they bring the people Into closer touch with Omaha and bring from these states many thousands of dollars for distribution and Investment here. The more prosperous the oompsny the more credit It reflects on Its home offloe city. And the people of Omaha are showing by their encouragement of home companies that they appreciate the benefit such companies bring to our city. "C. V. MULLEN, "Secretary Columbia Fire Insurance Co." PILOT TSLD5CH LICK SKUHGS HOTEL ov ta.mt-.. T WCAL tlZALTTt T ftASOf fArtLY fi3Qr Of AflMCA OPEN ALL THE TZAR 450R0CMS 200 WITH rtYJfEJiS rcduceo RAT 3 Ow Hub Monon" m rsssczi uck IND . RACSt Pen Day ROUND TlCntTS 3 PLUTO NATURAL ' PLUTO CONCENTRATED Mestnafiual sfriMercaMic IN THE WORLD At all druff atorta, 15c. 25c. 35c. RICHARDSON DRUG CO., Distributors. Omaha. Neb. reK Aotna, llartforl, I6nn I 7t,16 Agricultural, Wttrrtuwn 4Kl.fo Amrrh'an, Uoatnn l!9.7r.o Am rlran, Niw r. N. J 2,M AiiRi ion Klre, l'htl0lphla Amer. fantral, St. I-ouln 185,000 AiBliranca Co. of Amerk-a lljton ll). Co., iluslon 122.503 Brlt;h-Amprlnan, Naw Tori... M.uM ritlavua of St. Loula 7I,pO Conn. In.. Co., Hartford 2f,H Continental, New York 1.131. 144 Delaware, rOTr, Dal 15,000 DMawara. Phlladrh.hla U7.100 I nuuni-aa, Fougnkfanaie, N. T I K'lultal.lo, Pr ivMni- rm awn , r.iuane ipma Kranklia Flra, Phiudalplila. . Oermtn All'.anoa, New Tark. Ounmn-Amfrl-an, N. J FarmrV of tork, Pa Fadaral Ina. Co., N. J Oerman-American, Pitta 0rmanla Tire. Naw York O ana Kalla, Nrw York Ortenarlch. New York Hanorar. Naw York ... Homa. Naw York Indamnltr. Naw Tor Inn Co. ef W. A . Phlla Lafajatte, Naw York Maroantlla, Boaton Milwaukee Mrehanlca 115. 000 National, Hartford , National Standard, N. Y...., Natlontl I'nlon. Plttabur . New Hampahlra, Mancheatar. . Nlasara Flra North nrit!h and Merehanta Northern of New York Nonhweatcrn National Orlant Penneylvanl. Ptienlx of Brooklyn , Phoenix of Hartford Providence, Washington m.075 Quran EU.noO nclianca Flra, Philadelphia.... lM.noo Rochreter German 410.0"0 Springfield 2S,50 Sprlr Garden 8t. Paul Tradrra' of Chicago .... I'nlon of Philadelphia United Flreman'a , t'nlted Ptatra , Weatrheater Flra Wllllamaburg ritr Flra FORKION COMPANIES. Aachen and Munich t I7VTM Brttlah-Amerlcan of Toronto... tl7,aul Brltl.h and Foreign Marine... lO.fcuO Caledonian 2M.000 CommTcl.nl I'nlon of London.. 610. coo Law Union and Crown 1X0 118 Liverpool and London and O... Ll7.4eil London Aaauranca 211.000 London and Uincaahlra iWHS Manchoeter tfl.OOO Mannheim Inauranoa Co 10,000 National of Ireland 151. North Brltleh and Maroantlla.. S44.14I Northern of London 1,111. 41 Norwich I'nlon 709.751 Pala'lna Inauranca Co 7K6.O00 Phoenix of London 740.000 Poal 1.14,1R Itoval Eirhanfe Cia.000 Scottlah I'nlon and National.. HIOOO Stata of Liverpool o.r0 flun of London CnO.ono Thurlnila 17.481 I'nlon of Ledna 4r,l,44 Weatern of Toronto 197,022 1U.000 tosiooo ISO, 175 iiiii 0.f0 150.845 127,571 400. 008 1, lit. 177 71. Ml 670, ""0 11,000 01.000 18.811 611 .HI sot. 700 8,150 11 400 fAOOO aM.fK0 4 oon Hi. nno ao.aoo IIS. 177 M.671 J?S.4 174,450 I ;.m M7,0tK) 116,000 tU,648 lf0, 0U0 163,009 100,000 100,011 H.5M 60.000 l7.t7i 1.091.I44 76.000 166.640 65,000 116.000 160.000 170.000 (6.000 (60.000 116.(71 (0.000 (6.2:5 110,000 l0,(f6 111.2M 6M.OO0 lui, in 40, 11T WO.eOO 61,000 (0.000 76,000 (54.000 w.ioi 416. 4S1 M.4A0 11,1(0 M0O 156. W0 cm. 000 loo.ooo ! 000 17S.700 471.000 no .000 1400.10 4M 000 120.000 loo.ooo 100.000 75.000 105.217 66.8(11 lao.ooo 1(0,460 1 14a an 111,841 ! 8.(00 j 123,000 , 448,000 ' o me I (U.'SHl 100. 000 (14. OX 135.000 10.000 1 SI, 003 l6,641 748.3(6 6(7.134 126.200 650 000 178.6S7 50.000 150,000 IS. 100 (16. 'DM 21, .M 1M.0U4 JJl.eJl U Ir II (DO Oil Cures Aeimaisii B. W. DENNIS CURED OF RHEUMATISM. Sought his fortune in the gold fields of the frozen North contracted severe rheumatism and Buffered for three years. He took Uricsol after trying many so-called cures. Ilead here what he says: Ban Francisco, Oct. 10th, 1901 Uricsol Is ths only remedy I ercr took that did tn any rood, and furthermore, the only remedy that has not Injured my stomach. Uricsol has helped me greatly and I keep my Rheumatism In control by Its oc casional use.. I have recommended It to others and have noted Us beneficial effect. B. W. DENNIS, 1033 Saoramento Street BUSS ELLA HARRIS A Nurse Girl, Cured by Uricsol. Miss nan-is was glad to give her testimony. She Buffered continually and had lost all hope of ever getting well. Six bottles of Uricsol eliminated the excess of uric acid and she is a well woman today. Read her story: San Francisco, Oct Sd, l". I am S3 years old and have been a nurse ilrl since I was 18 years old. In the last Ave years I have suffered with rheumatism so much that a short time atro It almost became necessary to give up working. I could scarcely lift anything. Doctors have tried to cure me, and I have tried all kinds of medicines without retting any relief, and I was pronounced Incurable. My employer bought me a bottle of Uricsol, which I tried. I noticed a slight change after the first bottlefull. After the third a decided Improvement took place, and now after taking sis bottles, I have the full us of my once almost paralysed arms. I am now enjoying better general health, and am al most entirely well and can state positively that It has ten due entirely to the use ef UrlcsoL M188 ELLA HARRIS, 321 Paclflo Ave, For a booklet ask OLD LIMB BEATS TUB FRATERNAL. Better and Cheovper ta the Bad. bat Societies Beat None. F. W. Foster, special local agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company of Philadelphia, gave some Interesting state ments through this lrttervlewr "You represent an old line life Insurance company, now what do you think of fra ternal Insurance societies T" "They fill a very large and Important place for the great bulk of the Insuring public. Tens of thousands of widows and orphans have thus been protected, that might have been left in destitute circum stances." "Is It not a fact that you old line agents oppose these fraternal Insurance societies T" "No sir! On the contrary we would en courage every man who has a family to take Insurance In some good fraternal society, If he thinks he can not pay the coat of a policy In an old line company." "Is It not true that the fraternal so cieties In furnishing life Insurance cheaper than the old line companies, are Injuring the latterf "No, sir. In the first place they are not furnishing life Insurance for the life time of the Insured, but only term Insuranoe. Id the second place, the fraternal societies educate the great mass of the people to believe In life insurance and later, these persons as they become able to do so will take out old line Insurance." "What do you consider the best form of modern life insurance?" "Undoubtedly that policy, whloh will give the beneficiary a life-annuity." "That must be a very expensive policy, which would guarantee an Income to the beneficiary for life, Is It not?" . "No, air; on the contrary, the premium ta even lower than the rates per $1,000 on the same policy paid In ono sum. A policy guaranteeing an annuity of $800 during the life time of the beneficiary at the age of $0 would cost but $118.63 the first year and would be reduoed annually by dividends; this Is but I18.M per tl.OOO Insurance." "Are such policies often taken out?" "Yes, sir; and they are becoming more popular the more they are understood, and Justly so, because there Is no possi bility of bad Investment, shrinkage of values, or loss In any other manner, while the beneficiary often women or children through the counsel of friends, lose the whole amount of money received from In surance paid In one sum." "Did your company suffer any losses by death at your agency In 1903?" "Yes, we paid some $15,dX at this office. This agency Is comparatively new. We have about tl,2&0,000 Insurance In force. We consider Omaha a splendid field for life Insurance." DES MOINES AHEAD OP OMAHA NOW. Iovrat City Loads Oalr la Polat of Insurance. J. C. Bufflngton, secretary of the Guaran tee Fund J.lfe association of Omaha, dis cusses Omaha agnlnst Des Moines as an In surance center. "What do I think of the relative merits of Dee Moines and Omaha as Insuranoe centers? Des Moines is far In the lead at present and this probably Is the only re spect In which It excels Omaha. There are enough good companies In Omaha to supply the entire Insurable population of the state with the very best protection, and upon their ability to convince the people that It Is not neceasary to send their money to companies outside the states rests the question of the supremacy of Omaha as the Insurance) center of the middle west. It took the people of Iowa a good many years to rally to the support of the worthy com panies organized under the very conserva tive. Insurance laws of that state, but thev I'nnlly did so. with the result that some of the very strongest companies In the coun try have, their headquarters in Des Moines. As a result of this the people of Iowa are profiting by the low Interest rates on money supplied by those compsnles. In oddltlon to the very desirable protectlrn which their policies afford. I would not advocate the Idea that Omaha and Nebraska people generally should patronise the home com panies rerardleeia of their merit but would contend that It Is good policy to do so when they are the equal of the outside companies In all essential respects. The Guarantee Fund Life Is prospering and will continue to grow In favor. Count upon our asslstsnre In advancing the Insurance In terests of Omaha snd for that matter any other worthy enterprise which has Its home among us." To like the American girl best you know her. You'll like Cook's Imperial Champagne beet Get an lntvoduetlet. nrmnn oiuniiMii IcConnell Drug Co., COR. 16TH AND DODGE STS OMAHA, NEB. Marl i i wain ( An Amusing Interview with the Greatest of Humorists by Clara Morris in the MARCH M etropolitan M agazine Other exceptional features are The Pardon of Becky Day - A Plain Statement about Russia and Japan A Story of Tibet A Story of the American Soldier by John Fox, Jr. by Frederick McCormick by Albert Kinross by Rufus F. Zogbaum ' 1 60 Pages of Reading A 35-Cent Magazine for 1 5 Cents At All Newsdealers (b 59) X. H. RUSSEIX, PUBLISHES, 3 WEST 39TB ST., V. T. 1 r f Quaker maid Rye pa Haver aa taete, Ooafccr Male" baa ne at ate eaiae. drug Stvral . HimacH 00. assae (uti, sio. I understand that the Santa Fe will sell one way colonist tickets to C&Jif ornisL during March and April at very low rates: $25 from Kansas City. Plesse advise as lull particular. yams Street No. , City and StaU Cut out thU advertisement and mail to 25. L. Palmer, Pacnger Aijont, A. T. & S. F. Jiy.t 409 Equitable Building, Iks Moines, Jo. r