Tin; r.Ki:: omaiia. sATn;uvv.,orTor.r(K 1:. ion.
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GREAT WESTERN SHOWS GAIN
MFttlet, New Director, Tleased with
the Annual Report.
IS AGAIN WELL ON ITS FEET
ft r port fhorr. the Ronrf U on KaT
Street and Operating :ipe.iica
Have Been Cot Proportion
t lfi n Reten.e.
VThlla Gurdon V. Wo (ties, director of
the Chicago Great Ve.t;fn. ha not lone
been In the raiiroal ti'ioinorn. he 1 well
pleared with the annual report t the
railroad for the Crca yar en-liu; Juno
19 nd Just muJ ruullc. This rrpo: t
was presrnted at thr ineotlni? of the Chi
cago Great 'Western directors held a
week mga and attended hy ?lr. Wattles.
To start with, the repoit thorns that
after having l.eon in tlie han'ls Cf a hold
ing company for five years. It has heen
financed, la aln upon It foot and hnn
become a prosperous ntmn. with ureal
terminals at Omaha. Chiosiro. Kn"i
City. St. rati! and AltnrxMpoUs. i?ie prop
erty here having a value of more than
tl.yM.
The report indicate that the Chl'.-.ao
Jreet Wrsfin Is on Kanjr Rtret: th:it lis
assets aggregate tlSl.lT7.K. Hrhlle the lia
bilities are many million lean than thl.
amount.
BurlnK the fiscal year the total operat
ing revenues ot tho road were $:4,iM0,fi'n,
while the total operating expense dur.
InR the same period vt-ore f'.ft.fc'l.l'Tr. The
revenue from frelcht war !!3,3;.1H. an
Increase of f:4s,.V).M or 1013. burins
the same period the revenue from passen
ger traffle wes Kl.O.iW.iJ. mi iwmase of
&.''1.7l over the previous year.
Inereaae In Paasenarera.
During the year the road carried 2.S17.
ST passengers, airalnt S.fcS.f! in mx
The revalue from mail handled during
the year Increased 12,So:.l4 and express
11 1, MS. SI.
At this time the road Is operating
S.l.iO.SI mllea of main Uric. It has 24 loco
motives. 1... passenger ears. 10,773 freight
and PK service ears.
Director Wattles takes considerable
prldo In the fact that during the year
there was a decldd decrease lit transpor
tation expenses without the efficiency of
the service being Impaired. The Im
portant of these decreases are
Engine house expenses, yard, 3,008; fuel
for yard locomotives. IS.413; engine houso
expenaes. rond. I14.3SS; fuel for road loco
motives, K3,S.t0: water for road locomo
tives, $1.21:; road trainmen, I13.KJ!; train
supplies and exrensea. $M,4; telegraph
and telephone operation, 11,670; stationery
and printing, 3.()19; other transportation
expenses. ;,CC: loss and damage, freight,
JM.401, and Injuries to persons I17.S11.
Railroads Reduce
Passenger Rates
for All Wyoming
Vol.iniatilv. liett B-inlay the H-irling-tcui
and Northwestern Railroad compa
nies wlil reduce paf.-ienKer rat-v In Wy
oming. . f ler that !ate. instead l-ring
4 cents, tho passciirer rote v.i'1 Hunts
per mile, I"1!" reduction will ii.'llv l"
tfen all stations' within the stale.
"The two rr.nsds. .according to the
genera! pres. niter agvnts, nre nl mak
ing th reduction In r'tcs en account of
any pros; cctlve lfgisl.'tl i: or rulings of
Intel state f'omnwrcn or slate comnils
slons. It Is simply tecause they con af
i'ovd "to haul the people at S cents per
mile and make a profit. It Is nsserted
The I'nlon i'acllV mre t'inii five years
aco r'rtuced Its rates from 4 to 3 cents per
rHV.
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Omaha Teachers Go
to Child's Point!
I'n-i"!- the direction of Henry F. Kleaer.
" tr-acners of tho Omiho schools wiil
met Pt Twenty-fourth and N streets.
Kouth Omaha, Haturdajr nornlng at !
o'clock, l.'om which pla o the'' r.iii go in
sp-.il car to Clrlld's J'olr.t. where M-. '
liobert Olldcr 1! , e"t o. t liie party
th'oiij.')) this wonderful reion of pn'.il"
torir inieve.-l.
Ml Cllder e. ii! tuUe. the Ion hf l into
the excavations a '.id proda.-e s.'i lev.ens
of pottery and show the luoi -i : rf the
early inhabitants of ti.ls vejjhm.
School Children to
Help the Christmas
Ship wittTheir. Toys
Superintendent E. IT. Orafr and the
Hoard of Education have granted per
mission to the children in the Omaha
public schools to participate In the col
lection of gifts for the Christmas ship
which will carry- Christmas cheer from
this country to the children of war-swept
Kurope. The notice of the decision will
be announced to thi teachers and pu:ils
.Monday morning by circulars sent out
from Superintendent Graffs office.
ALL BUflLINGTON ENGINES
IN WYOMING TO BURN OIL
By April 1 of rext year, the Pu; llniilon
will have all of its engines on the Wy
oming divisions equipped with oil burn
els and will bo using crude oil us the
only fuel.
Last spring as soon as the Hurllngton
resumed work on the line from Powder
river to C'asrer it commenced convert
ing the eimlnes on the Wyoming dlvia
lona from coal. Into oil burners. As a
result',, at thl. time the company hue
twenty-two engHes burring oil and Is
consuming around 70.(M gallons of fuel
oil per day. They aro run on the line
from Bdgmoht to Dcndwood and from
Oreykmll to Guernsey, 4'JO miles.
SON OF REV. C. W. SAVIDGE
' JOINS UNCLE SAM'S NAVY
John Thurston finvldRe, youngest son
of Tlev. Charles W. Savldge, has enlisted
in the I'nited States navy as apprentice
seamAn Srd will be sent at once to tho
training station at Chicago. William A.
Thompson of Fcdcralshurg, Md., re-enlisted
ot,the local office yesterday after
noon. Thompson was sent to New York
Cliy for, duty. '
AVOIDS HITTING WOMAN.
BUT IS STRUCK BY AUTO
While' trying td avoid running down a
woman with lilr? motorcycle ot Eight
eenth - and Faruam streets. Theodore
Ttaflof of J!J North Nineteenth street,
was struck by an auto and painfully hurt.
HIS injurlex are.,not serious, however,
and were treated at the police dispensary.
Itatlof Is employed by Masterman Uros.
Cotfec company. ,
CELEBRATION OVER BALL ' '
WINNINGS IS EXPENSIVE '
"T" see, ehudge, lilce dls: I knookem
over fer a hunner bucks on de ball game,
an' I'm a good fel'.er, so I taUes me moll
and a gang an goes out fer a goo' time, j
Pat's all dere is too'L . One .o' d' mutts
gets beered up una pulls a sijuawk an d'
law hears it n' we gels Pinched.. Dsts
all dere Is too't."
This was the wsy "KM .Snipes ", ex
. Plained his arrest ns l:eeper of a tlieor
lrrly house to Judge Foster. '"Kid
Hnlpes," known as a pcghlst, is typical
of the Uo'wery. Ills explanation, trans
ited, means that he ' won M on the
world's series and started out to eele
brate with his friends, lie rented room
a 'id was putting on a party when one of
tl. 0s girls made loo much noise and the
poili-e arrested them all for disorderly
rnduct and. "Kid Snipes'' as keeper of
ti'e place.
Ho paid a fine of
DR. ROBERT WENLY TO -
TALK HERE IN NOVEMBER
Dr. Rqbet t Veiiley, professor of philos
ophy at the University, cf Michigan, will
deliver the addrtvs nt tho November
meeting of the Palimpsest club. Dr. Wen
ley will be In Omaha in attendance at tho
tacherK' conVentloli and will also talk to
the teacliers. ,
WEDS ON' ANNIVERSARY OF
MARRIAGE OF PARENTS
Twi weddln;; c eliminations In one is the
i uinui.' plt tytiie of Mr. and Mcs. Wllllvm
Melsen. HiW tii&Minx street. They are
i-icbtit rig th.-li- jwn twe!ity-scco!i 1
v.'!?Udinii aiiiUveriiury and the weddlni; of
their liaughte.- Vlo!et, to Karl C. Scren
S'jn. as.- well.
Mr. and Mrs. Nieibcii come- to America
Jiorr, tte other ride of tT.e Atlantic six
month aft?r they wer.i roorrled and ex
cept for it liief rcsldenw In-Jcllet, 111.,
they havrj ll'ed In Mm:h oontinuourly.
llr. Nielrer '.r, "Ir-ell known coutracti-r.
Karl 'Kcrensen snd if'.ss Nielsen wero
inairltd at the. Kountxe Manic rial church.
Miss Be?8 MciiM. and :ird Wilson were
trie attendMitc. Rev. Baltxly performed '
th tereinoi y.
After the wedding a reception was held
at the Nielawn home, 2I1 Spalding. The j
newlywe.da will go north until November !
1. for their honevmoon.
. -
Again Saturday
AS
ALE of M I L L M EE Y
WITHOUT A PRECEDENT OR PARALLEI
J
The Most Scntational Offgring We Have Ever Attempted The Most Marvelous In Dis
play, Assortment andVaJue-Giy
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GOLD TYPE cannot express the true importance of this wonderful offering you must come and see the beautiful
. JiatP to rriilizo what ro:it values thoy arc. The offering include? every trimmed and untrimmed hat in our stock together with a groat pur
ohnso made liy our representative in (Uiicago n f?v days ago made expressly that this sale might be tho greatest of its kind ever held in this city.
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Wr&f t.'That we have not exaggerated or overstated
in the least, but that everything is just
as represented can be attested by the
hundreds of women who were
here Friday and shared
in the sale.
Ask your friend she'll tell you about it.
V.- uiish nnllnr'tdrtn rvf Vint a linu ttir l-ttrtii
I shown in Omaha underprice not even at regular
If fVKStwitiifm i prie and the opportunity of making your seloc
p; tion at but a traction of the regular price or real
worth has never been more forcefully presented.
The hats are nil new, distinctive and exclusive
The entire collection contains no two hats alike,
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Our Entire Stock of Trimmed Hats Including
Hundreds of Pretty Creations To Go at a Big Sacrifice
trimmed Hats T Qi
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In a wonderful assortment
of pretty styles, formerly
$3.98 to $7.50, your choice
Trimmed Hats
Beautiful new creations
that are marked $10.00 to
$25.00, choice
$500
Trimmed Hats
Pattern hats, indivdual
and exclusive in designs
marked $25 and $35, at. .'
Tbruat mm A I, a hoc Troahlea
OUlckly iiflivd by Dr. Kind's New Dis
covery. The fim .ionc helps. Best rem
edy for C6Uh. rolri And lilt. r AimMtm
60c and $!. A11 druggists. Advertisement, j
WALTEPS FINDS CONDITIONS
ARE GOOD IN WYOMING
Genera'. Mauva.T V:i".ra cf the North-
.tern la hec!; !; jri a trip over tiie
company llnex in. ii.s-ts that ho nvnr
saw rori'll'Io;ir in Wyorrhi htttr thai,
at this tl.r.c. .-.-.id Yir. Waiieis:
"In the nsri'-iiltu-al dlsirlrts the riops
are the best In the hUlury of the state.
The range Is In prime condition and cat
tle arc biinxincr good iri"s. The run cf
traasers to market Is r.hu.it the same as
lat year. Arunr.! C'nsiwr and thrO'iKli
the oil belt of tn'v t'nere la great
"tlvlty; money n-.riip tp l pluitifjl.
business Ir t-il snd nii.ch blirllnt is
being done."
Ruin Pa I la In llaaton. I Ve"'''.
BOflffN," Ot:- 1 Smolte-shronded I ! T X. "''V '
Biwto-i :i eke. today to the wt lrome slht j ,5 ' , V .
of a lltht rain, whirl) aronsod horx-s that 11 J L X
the lontf (iroiith vnii.'i) be broken and that j .
tlTe i ;iin rous foretand lnt bos; fires i j. ?
In 'the int yonld be 'iuenrhed. In the "X SZ.
lat n-ven weeks loss than a quarter of ' M V' J
an tnoh of n!n has fallen here. XlX'X"
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mm r
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Beautiful 1
-because Ihey are J H
McCallum'a. Well worth R
little higher price be- H
cause they are a better . 6 Sj
"trndn ct ilk with Strong, even JP
veave and well proportioued lines. I 9
Entire Stock Untrimmed Hats
Worth $3.98 to $10, at $1.00
AWOtfDEKFUL OFFERING Wonderful be
cause it includes every untrimmed hat in our
stock every high cla.ss untrimmed Bhapo. Many
hand-blocked Lyons Velvet Hats, formerly been
selling at $7.50 and $10.00 are in'
this assortment. The very finest
quality. silk velvet sailors, the
very latest aoft crown effect, the new
est turbanii -not one hst but usually
nella for at leant $3. 9ft, and you are of
fered choice Saturday, at
Sri oo
ii
Flowers and Fancy Feathers
At a Wonderful Reduction in Price
iBiJRfiESS-
79c French Roses at
39c
Now small French
roses in tho new
shade effects, regu
lar price 75c, sale
price, choice, Sat'y,
r39o
Nash
9Sc-$1.23 American
Beauty Roses, 69c
American Beauty
roses, single and
clusters. Regular
price 98o to $1.29,
sale price Saturday
$1.48 to $2.93 Burnt
Ostrich, 98c
New burnt ostrich
stickups in white
and all the best col
ors, regular price
$1.48 to $1.98, Sat.
it
6c 98c
eyerydody's store1
iTfe
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FLORIDA
VIA
You wi i .'.k: '! e r t o.v ;.v a: '.lun. T.,ty
have r. (nr. i .'' i i u.- b. j .
rtva a wti'.l .b uv ' ''i:,!r .1
tho en'iru .- t ;-. a f rtl t.ie ,l.er 1
l.e:.lth- a 'y n.t..Mh se:
Consti;ia.!o... i. . u : ue. "lull, tirej l'nt
never sfflk; tl s wc ur f -il'i.' Ca'.ii
artlo TableU. v.t'i -fj. .Specially i:i,
fortlng to kioji ;.i:-oi.. mho n(y the
llfht and free .'n-linK they give. All
dealer, tvurywliere. Advertismnt.
3Sl? Catltun
Ollln031Bg
J
r
l ive )ou tbst well-dressed feeling
'hat u sometimes vvonb more tban
1 ood conscience.
in piirel f"sTUm's No. II 3or No. 1 2J
is bW.1 all Tsreiy tud te for yowicii.
Sold at Ih. Bsst Shop ia Tow.
.W limnmSm fiooW.
''Ihmmfh My Lmj tins "
HrCallum ftotitr? Compart?
Northampton. Man.
Route of the SEMINOLE LIMITED,
THE ALL-STEEL TRAIN
Carrying the exquisite Sun Parlor Observation Cms
and Modern Pullman Sleepers
The train that runs every day in the year.
Winter tourist tickets now on sale at greatly i t-duct d
rates to all principal Florida points. Tteturn limit June
1st, '1915.
For detailed infomialiuii
Illinois Central' Kailroad
CITY TICKET OFPFICE,
407 South 16th Street, Omaha, Neb
Phone Douglas 264. 4
un and rotes, call or write th"
Co.
Bargains in practically
new articles in kkFor
Sale" column; read it
A Profitable Investment
The greatestoseible care should be used when yon are investing your money, as
'. future profits must rise or fall according to the amount of care used at that timX,
Omaha Real Estate is one of the safest and most profitable
investments on the market today. You can rest assured that it
will not fail to pay dividends on your investment at any time.
WHY?
Because Omaha Is only beginning to come into its own as a msrket city and dis
tributing center of the great central weet, the greatest agricultural and stock raising
district of this country.
. Because Omaha has only started to develop its own indus
tries, such as its packing industries, its railway facilities, its grain
and live stock market, its jobbing and retail business in all their
various lines.
Well located Real Estate purchased today will steadily increase in ralue and
within the next five years, allowing today's purchaser to take a substantial profit.'
after paying a good rate of interest on the investment in the meantime.
A large number of the representative Real Estate dealers are
offering choice lists of Real Estate bargains in today's DEE. Spend
the next fifteen minutes in reading and studying them, as every
one of them are at bargain prices. You will never buy Omaha
Real Estate cheaper than you can today.
TtUphon Tylr 1000 .
THE OMAHA BEE
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