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The Omaha illustrated Bee NUMBER 305. Entored Second Class nt Omaha Postofflpp l'nblir-hetl Wwklj by Tin- Hw Publisliinj; Co. Subscription, ?2.50 IVr Yvnr. aim: iii ir. 1005. Omaha's EastertideThe Quickening of Our Trade and Industry New Life of Nebraska's Metropolis Discussed by Well Known Representatives of Leading Business Organizations Playing Prominent Part in Progressive Movement Holckentag la Self-Evident. . fiITi raAr nt Tha TVa do not f 1 need to bo told that there is I a." nulckenlns' In Omaha. r-al ea- tuto. One has but to listen and he hears about It on the street ar. at luncheon, around the cluba and places of resort, tn business houses, and wherever men gather. It Is the commonest subject of conversation. All classes, with all sizes of purses, are Interested. One h.is but ti look up and out and see evidences of this revival and quickening of real estate prosperity In the scores of new dwellings, tho towering of the new blocks and elevators and the cutting, lining and leveling on every hand. However familiar our local people may lie with this pleasing condition, the wide spreading army of p,cc riliT outside of Omaha may not know so much about ttie steady and hrnlthy advance in real Mate values In our city. It is for these furtlctilaily that this statement In made. Quickening in real estate, like qnii ki n iug In everything else. got s by Mu;,'i s. I'll st there w is the stun" of foreclosure, wben the indttor was seeking to Kct his own. A distressing t.ini! thai who h we hope Hnd expect never to see again. Wo ure through with thai; very few .are the i-herifT's sales these days. Thi: Mas fol lowed by that pi tioii when t ,,e creditor, with more or less, disgust and impatience often with little business sense was throw ing his stuff on the market with no repairs, jiiht us It came from the sheriff's hammer, lor anything it would bring. Those wore the days that brought some nope to 1 lie real estate agent's heart, for It was pos sible to pound down prices until some one t.jok the property out ot sheer desperation. Hut that was a hard time on the teal es tate owner who hail acquired his property by close saving and careful U.yining. and now saw property all around ' him g"lu for u half or a fourth of what iis cost Mm. Did he list his even at a 1 iss. ne wis complacently told that similar prop iity "taken under foreclosure" wa sell ing tor far lefs. Hut thanks lie lo' Un steady onward march of time, that period Is past, although yet within harking dis tance. In many rcspecls that wus a more prosperous period for the ugent thun tho present for bis margins were generally greater than now. We are now In the next stage, that of a legitimate, i'ftfe business with a bed-rock alue. A real estate owner who wants to Hell part or nil of his holdings today can l!nd a g(sid market provided ho does not want all It cost him In tin; boom days of lifteeu or twenty years ago, with Interest added. A real estate Investor can go out now and buy a property with the feeling that ho Is doing a safe thing, and if. in a year or so he wants to sell, ho will, re ceive a legitimate profit. The speculator will hear of enough cases of big proilts being made In, a short time to stimulate him to "take a. whirl" . If something Vrcal good" offers. - . How long will tills comfortable sort of a period continue? t'ntll It runs Into a genuine "boom." It may be two, three, or five years. For political and business reasons, to which reference Is made later In this article. It will hurdly lust loss than four years. Do not misunderstand; there will not be a reaction then; rather, the safe, conservative period ot reasonable profits and sure percentage of rentals on the Investment will probably give way to a speculative jierlod. which is best de scribed by, the term "boom." Just to what extent that stage ot real estate investment and speculation will run, no man knoweth! 8o far this artlclo lias considered local history and local conditions only In por traying the revivified condition of the real estate market.'"' The general condition throughout tho country must be considered If we would know as to the continued stability of any form of investment. It has been a feature of real estate sing ulation In America that It goes In waves. First, farm lands respond to the upward tendency. Then city property, beginning In the east and finally reaching the western and newer city, where the surplus for in vestment la not so great, and which must be assisted by eastern capital, after it has in some measure got all that was to be hud In the older centers. Such bus been the case In the past five to eight years. Farm lands have gone to the limit, and shrewd land men say so. Wild lands, the lands of the sand hills and the cattlo country, lands that it is declared may be brought under irrigation, but about which there Is doubt these aro booming. Hack yonder in New York City tho real estate boom In the past two or three years has reached fabulous figures, while Boston, Philadelphia. Flttsburg-and all the eastern centers are In the excitement of the same - x - i'.r it j'- ;' In ffl-r A' TO.ij"--r-S J. --jarfa-y.- yr,r, mire m8 hi it 9"t- X," ,r 1. I ' SJ ?Va , f-n.tjt.'i, tjer sslssli H"tnsMilf JM rssfci mm mw . sbbk. V - m , urn iffli ?v. ,v'-'y. .' T' - V ."Ti.. . i - iwj """""'L. n " is' . a , , .' - "-r I fit h 'itm of these small homes, for opportunities have been presented for getting desirable lots at low prices and with property en tirely free from taxes. It cannot be questioned but that the en trance of the Great Western railroad and the successful effort to make Omaha h grain center has had a marked effect upon building operations. Above ever) thing else It has lent confidence to t lie people of tho city as well as to foreign capital. The local confldeucc had to come firs, how ever. As The Hee has pointed out this confidence was shown to good advantage by the sums that have been Invested In publlo buildings and tn church and educa tional institutions during the past three years. When the home people will put their money in these things nothing Is wrong with the town, you may be sure, and tho outsider looking for a safe invest ment so makes up his mind -There are any amount of new buildings talked of and hinted at bin which have not yet materialized. Keen if som of them should not, the fact that they have been discussed is In Itself a splendid sign It means that the building Idea lias taken a very firm root when It is on ever) body's mouth. Nothing more dearly shows the trend for improvement in the outlying districts than the demand for new lire hy drants, livery fire hydrant means lie feet of new mains, and this is what is wanted as much as the (ire protection. New dwell ings want water and sewer connections, and the way tho householders are demanding these conveniences shows that they have been putting up their own homes and are deeply Interested In the subject. , c. ,i. Johnson. President Omaha Builders' lixchange. Fruits of the Cm In Market. IERHAPS no Ptate In the union suffered so severely from panic I and depression from 190 to 10O0 SJ'ilil as Nebraska. The collapse of the nifiliJ booms In nil our cities, the cessi- oTVTATTA TWKNTl'-flVIg YEATIH AT30 WEST T)N TATtXAM PROM FIETEENTII STREET. From B. "Photo Taien ' ATout 1SS0. tlon of public- Improvements, which had been so lavishly made during these booms, and the falldre of many enterprises pro moted during them, left thousands of la borers without employment. The failure ot numerous mortgage loan companies. wage earner is better paid than for some years, and there are few idle men, indeed, in the broad domnrn of the country. Reports from all centers, from Huston to Denver; from Si. Paul, in the great north west, to Uie booming south: from New York ami Ctricugo tell the same story. What is true of the country as a whole, seems particularly true just now of Omaha individually. , What Is the difference.'.' That Omaha real estate at present prices is a good buy. You cannot, with ordinary care in buying, miss that which will. make a goad profit. There ni'o those.. In' the", year past - who have doubled and trebled their money; there nro many ,more opportunities, for" doing It in the coming years. Heal estate In Omaha is yet below its intrinsic value. Its rise to -even a reasonable figure will put money Into the purses of thousands. OKOROi: O. WAllACK, President Omaha Real 1 .'state Exchange. Urenter lirestnrM In Promise. AIAHA la a great city, and lis the he Sc?3J saleway to the great west, widen is uuveioping rapiuiy, vi a are 10- f Jl I present greatness is only tl; JfcJjJ promise of Us future. It is tt l"3 gateway to the great west, whii cated in t-ie center of the richest agricul tural area' in tho world, with t fourteen lines of railroad reaching every point in this vuluablu and prosperous surrounding territory. Enjoying their special advan tages and our citizens working in harmony, it I curtain that our city will continue to grow In size und importance. The Omaha jobbing houses have made great progress during the laet few years. Most of the concerns that have been here for ten years or longer havu gradually In creased their business and capital until they are uow considered the leading Job bing houses in their respective lines throughout the western territory, and many houses have Btarted here during the last ten years who have beeu equally suc cessful and have built up a remurkuble trade lu a short time. The jobbers In Omaha in nil lines arc well satisfied with their business and enthusiastic over the future prospects. The best of feeling exists today between our retail and wholesale merchants, and It is this feeling and co-operation that assists in making the city -what It is. Where Is there a city of equal size in the United States that has as many substantial and up-to-date retail establishments as wa have? Thanks to the loyalty of our citi zens, these stores have grown rapidly and remarkable on-pressing wave. That we are ,luve "''own their appreciation to the people '-v.' -' i t c S 1 s - ieJ. V .. . a m 9 m 1 vl ; '.v -)- - s- ViXAXU. TODAT-fVSST VHt ' FABKAU FROM STSTSONTII BTREET-Pll0tO tr Staff ArUit. being reached here lu Omaha and will be fully "in the swim" In duo time never fear. As already intimated, the general condl- tlon of prosperity In all lines of business Is oonduclve to the quickening of real es tate revivals In our ow;n city. Take up almost any great daily paper, or financial Journal, and this fact appears in Its col umns. Here, for Instance, on my desk Is that steady, conservative and altogether dependable paper, the Philadelphia Ledger of April 1. From a double leaded article on its first page this extract Is taken: Tho 1st of April, a date often marking disquietude, anxiety and not Infrequently serious distress In the world of finance and lubor, this year dawns on a land contented and at ease In every existing condition and jubilant over every prospect. lit answer to telegraphic Inquiry made by the Publlo Ledger, prosperity unex ampled and unparalleled Is reported from every section of the I'nlted States. Money Is easy and capital seeks iu vestment, tho who ounevo in patronizing tneir Home es tablishments by erecting and arranging to build large, hundsome buildings that would be considered appropriate in avcity twice or three times the size of Omaha, During 'the past few years many new factories have been locating here and their products find ready market in this terri tory. It would be lmpossiblo to mention all of the ' fuctorles . that are doing well here, but we call attention to a few of them who huva increased their business considerably and are doing a large busi ness. We have two boot and shoe factories here now whose increase In business has been remarkable and these factories are receiving orders dally from the western territory specifying "Omaha made goods." Oinuha is one of the greatest manufactur ing points for dairy products In the United States, and butter from this town Is being shipped all over the east. We have several Wonderful Transformation of Farnam Street HE two photographs reproduced on this page show in striking man ner the complete transformation of the business section of Omaha within a comparatively brief time. Hu.h pictures were taken from Flf teecnth and Farnam streets, looking west; the first showing the city as it was in IS), and the last as it is today. In the first picture the Farnam street hill appears in Its pristine glory as it was before it was graded, rising from Six teenth street at an angle of nearly 3j de grees. The square blick building in the foreground Is the old court house, stand ing where tlie Puxton building Is now lo cated. The land on which it was built was u trifle below grade and it was icticluJ from the street by going down live or six steps. The long wooden build ing Jist above tt wus what was known as Kedlck's opera house. In which the city offices were later found. The Commercial National bank today occupies, this site. Immediately west was the residence ,of tow Hinator J. II. Millard, and west of Sev r-it pent h Mreet, where The Hee build o a ..'ul city hall now are, were the red den.,. ,,r r.dward Uosewater unit AVilliain V Pa M011. Huck of.licdlck'e oper; house may Pr iccii the Hurtiadi residence, Jujl torn down to make way for the new palatial Rrandels' store building. The old high school already surmounted the top of tho hill. . A number of buildings may be seei that still remain as landmarks namely the residences of Marsh Kennardi Dr. J. C. Denlse, D. C. 8utpl.cn, 8. JI. n Clark and olliers. Almost a Miracle. The picture representing Farnam street of today needs no explanation. Any one who will traverse the blocks from Fifteenth to Eighteen'.!) can pick out the buildings for the nselves. lie will find It hard to be lieve tils eyes, though, when he is told sash and door factories here, show-case factories, etc., that are taking car of the business In our section and getting busi ness from parties, who a few years ago were purchasing all of their goods on the Mississippi river, which heretofore has been recognized as the only point to pur chase goods of this character. The dry goods houses are manufacturing a large quantity of the garments they handle. We have in our midst one of the largest iron works in the territory west of Chicago and our smelter is one of the largest in the United States. There ara many other lines ot goods that are manu factured in this city of u special nature, ouch as soaps, s'ock foods, starch, spices, art glass, etc., that are not only shipped into our territory, but shipped all over the world, and the factories located in this city are in a position to do business with our new neighbors in the west, as well aa all over this country. There is a great opportunity here for factories to locate with every success under good manage ment, and Judging from the present out look our greatest gain for the next few years will be along the manufacturing line. The Commercial club la receiving in quiries almost daily from parties who ara considering the advisability of locating here. Omaha showed an increase in building operations last year of 143 per tent over the year previous and showed the greatest In crease of the forty largest cities in the United States. This building proposition is nut a bourn and has not been overdone. There is a good demand for modern houses at a good rental and a great scarcity of desirable storerooms and warehouses. Dur ing the first three months of this year building-operations show an increase over last year In the surrounding territory, au well as Omaha. The iiewspajicis recently published a statement showing that the national banks and we are all pulling together to main way throughout the stata and In thn lanfls n western NettrnsVa and th Omaha tho metropolis of the west. F. W. JUDSON, Chairman Executive Committee Omaha Commercial Club. metropolis, which in a quarter of a century donmeut of these lands by deluded settlors. Balldlna Outlook 1" nprecedeuted. aim will seem to have been very rapid. It is safe to say, however, that there Is not a large building contracted or planned fur In Omaha that the conditions do not warrant and Is absolutely demanded. Extreme ROM the standpoint of the building conservatism has governed the capital contractor tha outlook for 1905 is that Is putting Its money in brick and better than for many years. Last "tone, and the experience of the past has year the amount of new con- taught cautiousness. But even strict ad herence to these rules has not been aoie to keep back the tremendous tide of dol lars that has been Invested and will ba invested In structures of various kinds tn this city during the next few years. Anyone who cares to prove the truth of the assertion that the offlae of every arch itect in the city is tilled with work that in taxing tha forces to their utmost to get struction dona In Omaha was large, : but It was only fair compared to what is promised this season. A number of reasons are responsible for tha present condition, not the least of them being a general feeling of confidence that there will ba no labor troubles affecting tha building trades in the near future. As far as can ba seen tha prospect Is serene tn this respect and this has had a decided out, can do so at arcy time. The architects result upon the men who are oontemplut- are among the most prosperous professional ing putting up larger or smaller buildings . men In tha city right now. They do not who had entered them for farming pur poses, all gave our state an unenviable reputation in money centers In the east; so that when the panic of lif.ii came along many of our banks, loaded as they were with Inflated and speculative securities, succumbed. The only wonder Is that more of them did not fall. Following the panic came the almost total failure of two crops, and during tills period the defalcation ot many of our publlo officers, entailing losses of many hundred thousands of publlo funds. Conditions became so deplorable that publlo charity was solicited In eastern cities for the poor of this state. Then, as It would seem, to add the climax to our troubles, political agitation brought Ne braska to the unfavorable attention of the world; aa the stormoenter of unsound doc trines. I have mentioned these dark pages In the history of our state, not because for all purposes. The fear that labor dif- have to look for work; It comes to them ' v ......,. w tic ul ties would break out again in 1304 kept unsolicited. x . much building back during the open sea- Not a few contracting firms have coma son. Aa the apprehension has almost en- to Omaha, allured by tha certain promise tlrely disappeared it cannot hamper this of a large amount of construction. He summer's work. sides this, men who were journeymen last But the underlying cause why 1903 will, ba year and the year before are taking con a great building year in Omaha Is not tracts on their own hook now and caring bounded by the city limits. It is founded for much more of the smaller building, upon the remarkable, general prosperity On account of the strong demand for all of tho whole country and particularlyin, 'classes of mechanics last season high wages the states of Nebraska and Iowa for the were paid. Contractors hud to do it to get the men. That this condition will be repeated this year there can ba no doubt. Tt Is one of the reasons that seems to In sure against labor troubles. Workmen are seeing that the demand for their services will run their wages up if they are capa ble without any other means For this of our citizens, but as n preface tin ap proach the date of the "yulckenlug of our trade nnd Industry." The lessons of economy, learned by our people during these dark days, were the first elements to bring the dawn of pros perity which appeared In 1S9S. The exposi tion In Omaha had been built from the meager purses of her citizens. Inured f disaster nnd disappointment, many prophe sied Its failure. The return of nearly all of their Investment to the stockholders was the first ray of hope ami confidence which appeared to Inspire them to overcome, all obstacles In the way ot a greater city and state. For many years there had been nr concerted action to obtain such railroad rates as would permit the marketing of grain In Omaha. Rates were adjusted to meet the demands of other markets, but grain could not be shipped here and stored and then forwardiii to domestic or foreign consumers without such penalties as wer" prohibitive. The criming of the Chicago Greit Western railway nnd the agitation of the subject of a grain market here which followed arc common knowledge to all, but the quickening Influences of our grain trade which then commenced has since Brown to larce proportions, ami thn star lidimeiit of this market here for th prin cipal products of this state Is destined to be one of tho greatest elements In our fu ture growth. To build n great city thern must be em ployment for the laborer and opportunity for the capitalist. No city has over grown to Importance without many of its citizens having accumulated fortunes. .The. desire to noeumulate wenlth Is tho mainspring which Impels business activity. Tho oppor tunity any city offers for profitable business enterprises Is tho loadstono which holds and adds to its population.' A short time ago 1 rode down 0110 of tho principal streets of Minneapolis. On ench Bldo were magnifi cent stone and brick residences. On inquiry I was told thnt these were the homes of grain merchants. 1 could not help wonder ing how many of these mansions had been built from the proilts on the grain trad Nebraska hnd furnished this city for sn many years. I was told that there worn at leant thirty millionaires In Minneapolis who hnd made their fortunes out of tho grain business. What a quickening our trade and Industry would receive If we could transfer to Omaha the grain business of Minneap olis! And yet this market was started less than thirty years ngo under circumstances rot nearly so favorablo n lhos which sur round us todtiy. Her citizens hud to fight for railroad rates, and to contend against tho lake ports of Chicago nnd Duluth. Thn Omaha Ornln r-xchunge has done four times as much business during Its first year's existence as was done at Minneapolis. There Is nearly as much grain produced In the territory tributary to Omaha ns there Is in the territory of Minneapolis. Why should we not strive to do what baa been done? Not less than $500,000 will ba expended lit building elevators here this year. Not loss than $1,000,000 will be Invested In tho grain business here this year. These Investments will Insure the future of this market. They Will do much to quicken our trade with those who 'will market their products here instead of in other cities. Any enterprise that ads to the wealth of tho citizens of Nebraska helps to build tip Omaha. If the Grain exchange Increases the value of grain to the producers of this state and at thn same time add.1 to the commerce of this city It serves a doublo purpose. It can be demonstrated that tho price of grain In Ne braska has been Increased at least 3 cents jier bushel during tho past year on account if the Omaha Grain exchange. Three cents yer bushel on the grain produced In this Ftnte adds $10,000,000 annually to Its wealth. This Increased profit distributed among the farmers of the state means more houses nnd barns-, moro shoes, clothes nnd luxuries. This means morn business for the mer chants and manufacturers of our city. It is true that the establishment of a srratn market hero will mean a readjustment of the grain business of this state. There Tiill be1 greater competition at every railroad station In the slate, new and chenper routes to foreign markets will be utilized, mills will lie established here nnd highpr prices for grain will prevail. This has been the history of the markets nt Minneapolis and Kansa.1 City. Indeed, the activity of grain merchants In these cities has been so great that they at present have the advantage of our market in some of our legitimate terri tory. Hut all this will be properly ad justed by our active brokers in the near fu ture. "God helps him who helps himself"' Is as trim in dealing with transportation companies as in liny other line of business. The Omaha Grain exchange, backed by the farmers of the state, can secure all the ad vantages and fucllltles for a great market here which any other city enjoys. By ac tive and earnest co-operation they can quicken the trade and industry of both city and state. The Home Market Grain com pany is a corporation with $500,000 capital, now being orgunized by a number ot the foremost business men of Omaha. ' Its pur pose will be to maintain a market here equal to that of any other in the west. This company will use the independent-elevator now under construction. This elevator has) a capacity ot 1,000,000 bushels and Is en tirely fireproof, being built of steel through out. It Is believed that this company will' do muck to quicken the grain trado of this city. One other elevator Is under construc tion and several others art planned for this year. The producers of the state are alive to the Importance of this new market. Its future looks bright for Omaha. QLTRDON W. WATTLES, President Omaha Grain Exchange. . Some Quaint Features of Current Life reason that they are tributary to Omaha. The large crops In the past few years; the ability of the farmer to dispose of his yield at profit; tho constantly growing Importance to this section of the stock raising Industry and the universal and steady demand, both for all that is pro- fAl dueed and the labor of thoso that produce all concerned may well be thankful. it. are back of all the activity in building Though the amount of heavy construction lines in Omaha. As the trade of the iner- in sight Is large, the number of dwellings chant Increases, his stock grows, and as to go up will not suffer by comparison. his slock grows his quarters become more This spring there seems to be a positive that before these great office bulldinjn and of our city on March 11, 16o5, held deposits cramped, until In the end he is forced to mania nmong people to build nnd own their public edifices could be erected a small mountain of earth had to be removed to bring the foundations down to the street level, and that what Is now the center of retail trade was only two decade agu on tile very edge of tho business district. Lots which wild for a few hundred dollars yon Furnani street when the Hist photo, graph was tnken command as many thou kands now. It has not been an unearned Incrvmiiit. however, hut rather the result "of "a' pcr.-n.u nt uint lusNK-m lj'lmr in Hi.. up'.mildiiig of '.uiu-i. to the umoiint of $:".,017,4-H S7, while on Da- ceniber 17, l.v.i, the deposits in similar banks In Omaha were ttl.hl 1,108.31. These figures need no further comment to ex Plain the iiresent prosperity of our city and Its tinatirTa! Institutions. Thn Commercial dub Is doing much to assist in the advancement of Omaha's in terest. We now have a membership of Its, which Is made up of wholesale and retail merchants, manufacturers, bankers, grain, real estate.' Insurance snd professional men; la f.tii, our nieuiljerji.ip covers nil cl4Ati. have a new building put up to shelter his own homes. HitihII, modern, little coltnges enlarged business. Notuble Instances are of from five to seven rooms aro springing found in the r.ew floaglund block. Just up all over the city like mushrooms. Ap-( being completed, the $7U0,"J0 Hrandels store; parently there Is no satisfying the de- ll'ayden Hnsi." new store, the new Her mand. These homes, us a rule, are very Grand hotel building, the Crane company's nice cottages with Interiors well finished, and the American Radiator company's new nickel plumbing and equipped with fur- bulldlngs; the Cudahy Packing company's nace, gas and electric light. One firm that new warehouse and distributing station,' built twenty-two such dwellings last year and other structures of the same class will probably double that number this year, that are to b erected this summer. There is If tie iueUnn but that the aeaven- The condition Is not a building boom. It ger tav r.Je has stimulated Din building Is flnifP pail tff : e simply dv t:'.?. WJftT Willi mdljcn 'jt W"rtMej. luiyi jj; rju''-' TSm NevT-Faiigled Disease for Her. CERTAIN widow who lives In New York state is very desirous of having her congressman unv bis influence lu securing u pen sion fur her. 'liiu member received a letter from thin constituent several days ugu again calling attention to the fact that she wauls recog nition. At Ihe cud of the letter there was thi indignant purugraph: "I want you to know thai my hiiouaml died of regular, old-fashiuned consumption, contracted in the service. There. Is some body writing to the. Pension office trying to keep me from getting the pension, wh says John died of tuberculosis. " t'ourllna 1" kiutun, A Iltawuth.'i (Kan.) young man ray lie has gone with thirty-three difT-rcnt glii.i during the past rive years und that for Hie time being he thought he was in love wliii each one. ills love affairs wc-ie alter I ho order of one that "Okiahomu" Dave Payne once had. Payne lived on a furm whi n a boy and his raiment consisted of a linii-y sack with holes for his head and arms, lie was deeply in luxe with a neighbor farm girl. One evening ho went over und sparked the girl while aim T.AS nil Iking t,he cow. bh sat on one side of the cow and he squatted on tho other so he could look her in the eya while she milked. Dave felt his love for the glii growing rapidly. It affected him In a peculiar way. Something warm would chase itself up and down his spinal column, lie 'was sure! it was love. Just when the sensution was the greatest the girl re marked: "Davie, the calf Is chewing the buck out of jour sack." Wltiits lo lie u ( tiusul. An ambitious young man in Michigan xvunts a consulship somewhere In Italy. He cuve 1 ilniaal leasmis for asking the place. "You mi'," lie explained nt the Statu da iurtineiil, "a si.-ter of mine married a Dago up In Dm roll three or four years ago Dago who pail, is or sculpts), or something of that sort IP tooK her lo his town lu Italy the place wln-rc I went to go soon after ilu y were m.iri t- d Tl.11 folks at home l,,ie heard iron) a nous sources not from r-'i r lu iself. Iiei ai,.. 1m never writes a word about i- thai lie I -n't treating her on the Hioi.ire, ,i gleets i r, and all that. I want to bo unpointed to tout Italian town mi'." f can h near Mis, and If I find that she s gelling the worst of It, so'a I can punch the nose off the Dago. I guess that's' a pretty good reason. Isn't itf