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NICHOLS EMBALMS FLOWERS;
California Man Engaged' in Scientific
Preservation of Beauty.
WORK EXHIBITED AT LAND SHOW
Collection of HnrhiaL Creations Dis
placed hy Alameda ,nar l a-
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l.aata 1 earat
frKwitlnn fif fruits and flowers has
been reduced to a science by W. I). Nich
ols, curator of exhibit for the exposition,
commission of Alameda county. California.
Only within the lnt six or Keren years
has the processing or floweia been suc
cessful, according to Mr. Nichols, lie was
first to surcetwf tlly tirrwees rosea, lilies
arid magnolia blossoms, lie brgaii thin
woi k seven years bro and still shows some
of his earlier specimens yet in perfect con
dition. At the first Omaha land show much of
Mr.' Nichols' work was on display In the
collection of the works of Luther Htirbank,
shown by Alameda county.
. It Is expected that a much mure com
plete display of the Rorbank creations will
be shown at the land show to he held here
In October. I W. Hni-kley. a managing
director of the land show, Is now In the
west making plans for the exhibition of a
large part of the collection of the Ala
meda .county commission here. Mr. Buck
Is? writes:
"I. took great pleasure In going through
the exhibit departments of the Alameda
curjty Chamber of Commerce with Mr.
Nichols several weeks aijo. when he told
tae of and showed me some of the on
dera tie had there. Hut a few of these of
these were exhibited at the Omaha Land
ahow'laat year, but he hopes to have them
all thers next October. Among the novel
ties waa a tomato-potato vine. . This
showed twenty potatoes on the vine grow
ing out. of the earth like a tomato and
came from a Fruit vale ranch. One of the
most ' beautiful exhibits was a Henrietta
rose blood red rose which had been pro
cessed for four years.
Wonders of the Collection.
Among the early works of processing,
which had been In the jar for six years,
was the pale Iresena flower, also seven
Jars with different varieties of eucalyptus
buds. His exhibits of plums, asparagus,
prunes, eta., were very fine. From Ala
meda county he showed me six varieties
of apples In process Jars, eight varieties
of peaches, all of them on the limb, which
Is very difficult to process and show very
satisfactorily.
"A freak potato, shown In a Jar, had
thirteen tubers around one big potato. The
number had originally been sixteen. Mr.
Nichols put this up at the time of Billy
Bryan's second campaign and was
tempted to send It to him as a '16 to 1 dem
onst ration. One of the rarest freaks,
which would Interest womankind In gen
eral, was the only yellow magnolia blos
som ever found In Alameda county. It was
processed four years ago and picked from
a tree with 167 blossoms, all the rest being
white. This Is the only yellow msgnolla
blorsom that Mr. Nichols knows of In the
world. Also one triple flowering almond
blossom. The day I visited he brought In
some beautiful double flowering almond
blossoms. lie had six varieties of night
blooming Cereus, plenty of English Haw
thorne, both in red and white. One of his
main attractions Is an American Beauty
rose In white, by Burbank; Burbank's ex
hibits of thornless blackberries and his
rainbow corn leaves In four e l -a. It Is
Mr. Burbank's theory that a .m field
with maajr colored leaves could he as beau
tiful as a rainbow In course of time, while
be believes the corn would be just as good
to eat as ever.
"I am very much In hopes that Mr.
Niohols will be at the Omaha Land show
and that the Alameda county commission
era. Colonel Theodore Oler. Bernard P.
Miller and Wilbur Walker, will all come
down and help on Alameda and California
day.
YaJae of Colonisation.
"Wherever I go in this land of 'sunshine
nd flowers,' as they term It, I run across
proofs of the value In colonization and de
velopment work to the state of the last
Omaha I And show. From Wilbur Walker,
secretary of the Merchants' exchange of
Oakland, who will be recalled by Land
how visitors as the lecturer on the Bur
bank exhibit and on Alameda county,
ioines the statement that If they received
lo other returns than Mr. Peter Kern of
Madison, la., who waa a visitor at the
land show and heard Mr. Walker talk on
Alameda county, made up his mind to settle-there.
It would be satisfactory In every
way to the Alameda people. Mr. Kern has
six In his family and Is the representative
of the Roman Catholic Mutual Protection
society of Iowa, consisting of a large num
ber of families of good standing, ' who
have purchased truck farms at Frultvale,
In Alameda county. There are six in his
family, and he exports to have 100 more
families In Alameda county within the next
year. Mr. Charles Dorch and fam ly are
also recruits from the Omaha Land show.
"When I visited the Merchants' exchange
Mr. Walker brought forward these facts
and It was through them that It was de
Interesting Event in California
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cided to have the Alameda county exhibit
in Omaha again."
AITHOPltl ATIO BILL 19 MtiM:U
Weaaure UlvinaT .Money to exposition
Approved by Johnson,
Governor Hiram Johnson has signed the
bill appropriating $360,000 for- a California
state bulldlnt? at the Panama-California
exposition to be held at San Diego In 1915.
The bill was signed with a gold pen
mounted on a large quill and ostrich plume
plucked from a live ostrich but a few days
before.
The bill was signed without elaborate
ceremony, but with the utmost earnest
ness. Several southern California legis
lators and exposition officials were pres
ent when the bill was signed. It is known
In the legislative annals of California as
Senate bill No. 442.
The governor dipped the Ink from a
handsome cut glass Inkstand, silver
mounted, presented by the people of San
Diego. The gold pen and plume the gov
ernor returned to the Ban Diego delegation
and they will be displayed at the exposi
tion. In signing the bill Governor Johnson ex
pressed the hope that the exposition prove
a success worthy of the enterprise of the
west.
Milling Company
Repacks Its Flour
Five Hundred Sacks Found to Be Off
Weight Are Given Prompt
Attention.
The repacking of more than 600 sacks of
flour, which were found to be under weight
by John Grant Pegs, Inspector of weights
and measures, began Saturday rooming in
the storage rooms of the Omaha Van and
Storage company, where the consignment
was held.
A representative of the Goocb. Milling
company of Lincoln, millers of the flour.
arrived in Omaha early In the morning In
response to a letter from the Inspector,
written at the order of the city prosecutor,
directing the company to quit shipping
flour Into Omaha until the weights were
standard.
Immediately be got busy repacking the
flour to make the sacks standard weight.
Four men were put to work on the Job,
which will be completed late In the day.
The variance In weights was discovered
by Pegg early in the week, when he hap
pened Into the storage rooms and checked
the weights. His Inspection developed that
many of the sacks were under weight from
one-half to four pounds, while other sacks
were slightly over weight. But the average
weights were found to be short by goodly
margins.
Pegg filed complaints wjth the city prose
cutor. The company was given a chance
to correct the shortage, and was ordered
to oease shipping flour into the city until
the weights were made right.
REV. H. B. SPEER ARRIVES
New Pastor of Central United Presby
terian (harrh Takes the Pul
pit Hiaday,
Rev. Hugh B. Spcer, pastor-elect of the
Central United Presbyterian church, ar
rived Saturday afternoon and will officiate
for the first time as pastor of that church
on Sunday morning and evening. He is the
guest of his old college friend. Dr. Howard
B. Hamilton, 8400 Cuming street. Mrs.
Speer and the two children will spend a
week or two with relatives In Chicago and
Hanover, 111., before coming to Omaha.
Cares for the Fruit Exhibit
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txhibas, Alameda County, California
OMAHA PROYES GOOD MARKET
Many Bidders for Contracts for Sup
plies to the Indian Service.
"COST OF LIVING" IS LOWER
Government Saving Twenty Thou
sand Dollars on Pork Alone
This Tear Spending Mil
lions Here.
Omaha, the Market Town, is given a new
official status in the success of its bidders
in the competition for supply contracts for
the Indian service.
The downward trend of prices and the
decrease of the much discussed "cost of
living" is notea in the bids for provisions
submitted to the officials of the Indian
service.
A force of ten men is engaged at the
Indian supply warehouse, Eleventh street
and Capitol avenue. In examining samples.
The work is under the charge of F. H.
Abbott, assistant commissioner of Indian
affairs, and Richard Jordan, official in
charge of the warehouse.
"We are finding Omaha a good 'place
to buy," said Mr. Abbott. "The competi
tion here denotes a good market center.
The Omaha bidders, too, have been highly
successful thus far.
"Of course, many factors enter into the
awards. Transportation costs require at
tention and frequently split the contracts
for a certain article that an economy In
delivery may be effected.
"Although this is a new 'letting,' the
bidders have responded in good Bhape, and
we have fifty more firms competing for
contracts on the supplies handled here
than on the same business last year.
Supplies Are Cheaper.
"Supplies are not costing so much as
last year. We are saving $20,000 on three
pork items alone.
"A comparison of the purchases of this
year with those made for the Indians ten
years ago will show something r,t ti
progress of the race. The Indian is now
consuming the same articles that are to
be found in any well ordered home. His
appetite and tastes are becoming more
hlKhly civilised.
"The Indian service spends about $5,000,000
a year for supplies. We expect that we
will buy about $1,000,000 worth of goods
In Omaha. There are 3.M bidders competing
for the contracts."
Allen Bros., wholesale grocers of Omaha,
have been awarded the contract for furn
ishing 75,270 pounds of rice on a bid of $3.12
per 100 pounds.
The contract for furnishing 643,000 pounds
of sugar has been awarded to William
Haas of Pan Francisco for $4.44 per 100
pounds. ;
Three Drown in
Ditch When Auto is
Upset Near Chicago
CHICAGO. April 15. Three men. pinned
under a heavy touring car which had over
turned, were drowned In a ditch con
taining only two feet of water in Melrose
Park, a suburb of Chicago, last night. The
victims were H. J. Blackburn, owner of
the car, Clold Rosh of blenellyn. 111., and
Alfred Klmholx of Borbard, 111.
It Is believed that the car was running
at a high rate of speed when It skidded
and turned turtle, burying the men be
neath it. Pedestrians found the automo
bile In the ditch and upon investigation
discovered the bodies wedged tightly un
der the wrecked machine.
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thes-makcTs start alike, with tape, cloth and
id but it isn't wiat thcy iisc, but how they
: tliatdifTcrcntiatcs"wit?-;,,from"j-?. "
HIGH-AR'I Clothes have over forty years of applied skill
behind thrm and an unrivaled quality-prestige btfort them. They start with all-xvcol
fabrics and end h JtnisirJ elegance of style, balance and drape.
'Apph for "HIGH-ART Clothes at your dealer's aird make sure that ou are
supplied with the genuine by looking for the label in the breast-pocket of the coat-
A bookful of Spring and Summer Fashions is
urs for a simple postcard request. Just address
STROUSE & BROS.
BALTIMORE, MD.
PALACE CLOTHING CO., Cor. 14th and Douglas SU., Omaha.
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Household Remedy
Takja la the Sprlag for Tears.
Ralph Rust, Willis, Mich., writes:
Hood's Sarsapafllla has been a house
hold remedy In our home as long as I can
remember. I have taken It in the spring
for several years. It has no equal for
cleansing the blood and expelling the
humors that accumulate during the winter.
oeing a larmer ana exposed to bad
and I often take Hood's Saraapariila with
good resultB."
Hood's Sarnaoarllla. Is Pecmliar ta Ttaoif
There Is no "Just as good."
Get it today In usual lianld form or
tablets oalled Sarsatabs.
: OMAHA AGENTS
PALACE CLOTHING CO
Corner 14th and Douglas Streets
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A' THOUSAND USES FOR ASBESTOS
And the Demand is Millions Greater Than the' Supply
more
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One of the foremost markets for Asbestos is right here in the
United States, yet in all of North America 'there are no Asbestos fields
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Wyoming.
In 1901) the Canadian operators of Asbestos mines were unable, by
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Before asking you to enter
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mercial Agr-m'tes of the coun
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11 r. H. C. Beeler, Secretary
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M. K. ami H. K. oi Thetford,
Canada, mid tor yeaiM man
ager of the large Canadian Ah
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Neb., Iowa and Kan. Headquarters
074 Brandels Hldg.. Htuaha. Neb.
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