THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 13, iyi8
AGREE TO MERGER
OF LIGHT PLANTS
AT GRAND ISLAND
Tentative Plan Contemplates
Consolidation During Period
Water Power at Boelus
Is in Use.
Grand Island, Neb., July 12. (Spe
tfal.) Other cities in Nebraska which
have been or may be called upon to
merge electric light plants might be
interested in the final solution of the
problem in this city. A merger was
. requested by the coa! administration
at Washington of the Central Powe
company's plant with the state's
- plant at the Soldiers' home and the
municipal plant. The first proposi
tion by the Certral Power company
was refused. Several counter proposi
tions were discussed and it was
igreed by both sides that no saving
m coal could be effected in the event
two plants have an ordinary coal
load. A proposition was finally
agreed to, both tides contemplating
a merger practically effective only
when the water power of the Central
Power company at Boelus is in use. In
general terms the merger is on the
following lines:
The agreement is to be for the dur
ation of the fuel shortage, which
might be longer, and again not as
long as, the continuation of the war.
Jt is to be optional with the city to
run its own steam plant at any time
that the. Central Power company's
plant is not run on water power, the
price of the current to be provided
v to the city by the Central Power
company, whether on water power or
otherwise is to be 1.9 cents per K. W.
for the first 100,000 K. W. for com
mercial lighting, and 175 cents per
K. W.ior all over 100,000 K. W. per
month For all street lighting the
rate is to be .5 cents per K. W. re
gardless of amount. The Central Pow
. er company is to pay the city $250
. per month for a "stand by" service of
6S0 K. W. In the event the Central
Power company buys current from
t the city, the same rate of payment
is to be applied that the city pays
to the Central Power company up to
400,000 K. VV. per month. If the
Central Power company demands that
much or more it is to be optional
with the city "to continue its entire
' plant or furnish to the Central Pow
der company. A' scale of deviation,
made necessary by increase or de
crease in coal prices, will be part of
the agreement. The. state's plant has
so far not been considered.
North Platte Man Gets Check
In Rflmshnrn nitrh Suit
it imiiiwi IVIM WIIVII VUli
, Lincoln. July 12. fSDeciaHThe
state auditor's department has ordered
a voucher' drawn in favor -of F. A.
Wright of North Platte, who repre
sented the state in the irrigation con
troversy with the Kamshorn Ditch
company. The bill amounted to $1,000
"Attorney fees and $25 expenses.
Thirty-five Bushels Per Acre.
Beatrice, Neb., July 12j-(Sn,ecial.)
Edward Calloway, a farmer and
stock raiser near Adams, yesterday
finished threshing his wheat crop and
reports a yield of from 32 to 35 bush
. els to the acre.
Young Man Crushed
When Auto Overturns;
Dies En Route to Blair
Blair. Neb.. July 12. (Special.)
Bernhardt George Schole. 14 years
old, of Hooper, was killed by the
overturning of an auto near the resi
dence of Fred Anderson, about four
miles west of Herman. Young Schole
was driving the car in company with
C. L. Burdick, a farm hand, when he
lost control of the car, which turned
over twice, crushing his chest. He
died on the way to the Blair hos
pital. Garfield Refuses to Appraise
Gas Plant at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb., July 12. (Special.)
Dr. Garfield, federal fuel adminis
trator, who was asked some weeks ago
to appoint some one to appraise the
local gas plant after it had been closed
down for a few days, because, the city
commissioners refused to grant the
company a 20 per cent increase in
rates, yesterday wired the company
that he would not name an appraiser
because it would establish a precedent
and probably conflict with some other
department of the government. The
matter will now have to be settled be
tween the company and the city com
missioners, but no action will be taken
until Mayor Heffelfinger returns from
Chicago.
State Fair Visitors Must
Pay 10 Cents Street Car Fare
Lincoln, July 12. (Special.) Vis
itors to the state fair this year will
pay a street car fare of 10 cents to the
fair grounds from the city. This has
been made necessary to cover the ex
pense of putting in the new switch
and terminal at the grounds.
The car company will get the usual
5 cent charge while the other five
cents goes to the fair association to
help pay for the changing of the
tracks, grading, rails and work. By
this arrangement the fair association
now owns and controls the tracks laid
on the property of the association.
Holmesville Man Injured
When Tractor Explodes
Beatrice, Neb., July 12. (Special,)
Ray Wrightsman was severely
burned about the face and hands on
the Frank Beam farm near Holmes
ville when a valve head of a tractor
engine operating a threshing machine
was blown out. Two men working
about the engine were blown into a
barbed wire fence, but escaped serious
injury. By hard work the thresher
men succeeded in saving the grain
stacks.
Sailing Files for Sheriff.
Beatrice, Neb., July 12. (Special.)
John Sailing, a member of the board
of supervisors, filed for the office of
sheriff on the democratic ticket. Seven
candidates have so far filed on the re
publican and democratic tickets.
Soldier Horn Note.
Grand Island, July 14. (Special.) Mr.
Annon Otis left thla morning for Lincoln,
having been called thera by the aerloua
Illness of hi grundilauKhter.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Keagan, who ara at
present vlaltlng In Omaha, hava been trana
ferred from the Burkett to the Mtlford
Home, at their requeit. ,
Mr. J. Davey, of Olltner, Neb., motored
to Burkett, accompanying her grandmother,
Mrs. P. Vancll, to her home for a few
weeks vliil t.
Mm. Ellen Oleaaon returned from Omaha,
where ah had (pent the past week with
a on. ,-
Mr. and Mr. A. P. Culberteon. of Cottage
Row, left this morning on a thirty day rec
reation trip.
EVANS FILES FOR
CONGRESS FROM
THIRDJISTRICT
Dakota City Man Was Special
Prosecutor of Bootleggers
In His Sect'on of
the State.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, July 12. (Special.) Judge
R. E. Evans of Dakota City has filed
for the republican nomination for
congress in the Third Nebraska dis
trict. The filing was accompanied
with petitions from 10 of the 18
counties of the district and contained
more than 500 names, many of them
being well known and influential re
publicans of the district.
Judge Evans has long been one of
the live and influential men of that
section of 1he state, having been dele
gate to national conventions. He was
special prosecutor of prohibition law
violators in his district. As a result
the gang of bootleggers which had
been operating in that part of the
state was curbed.
D. M. Amsberry Files.
The filing of D. M. Amsberry of
TtrnLpn Unw uae received at the
office of the secretary of state today
tor the republican nomination lor sec
retary of state. Mr. Amsberry was
formerly receiver of the land office at
Broken Bow, and has been endorsed
by the republicans of Custer county
for the nomination.
John Swanson of St. Edward, but
who lives in Platte county, has filed
for the republican nomination for the
state senate from the Eleventh district,
composed of the counties of Platte,
Polk and Merrick, represented in the
last session by L L. Albert of Colum
bus, a democrat.
George M, Adams of Crawford has
filed for renomination as a candidate
for the state senate on the demo
cratic ticket, represented by him in
the last three sessions. Mr. Adams
was one of the democratic senators in
the last session who made things so
pleasant for Lieutenant Governor
Howard, while occupying the chair
after he had accused them of "cruci
fying the democratic party on a beer
keg."
Wheat at Fremont Under
Average; Use 50 Threshers
Fremont, Neb., July 12. (Special.)
Harvest is will under way. There
is no shortage of labor, scores of men
applying at local employment bureaus
daily for work. The yield of small
grain is jlightly below the average.
Wheat will produce from IS to 30
bushels and oats from 30 to SO bush
els an acre. Threshing will begin in
a few days. Threshing machine
owners have organized to co-operate
with the food administration in the
saving of grain. Food Administrator
B. W. Reynolds estimates that SO ma
chines will be operated in' the county
this summer.
Schuyler Organizes Home
Guard Company of 110 Men
Fremont, Neb., July 12. (Special.)
A company o' home guards was or
ganized at Schuyler with a member
ship of 110. The following officers
were chosen: Captain; C. C. Child
ress; first lieutenant, C. C. Watts;
second lieutenant, John Spidel; ser
geants, E. S. Brownell, Ed Schmid,
Leo Davis and James Gerrard. A
committee was appointed to purchase
uniforms' and equipment.
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Make Soldiers Citizens
, Washington, July 12. Forms and
instructions for the naturalization of
alien members of the American army
overseas have been sent to France,
the Department of Labor announced
today, and employes of the depart
ment will begin the task of making
citizens of alien soldiers at once.
RECEIVER ASKED
FOR INSURANCE
COMPANY BY BANK
Officers of Bank Ask Return
of $26,000 to Cover
Notes Sold by
Company.
To make the Mutual Benefit Health
and Accident association, 401 City
National Bank building, responsible
for the act of its agents, is the plan
of the officers of the German-American
State bank of Chalco, Neb.,
which has filed a petition with the
state insurance board to appoin. a re
ceiver for the insurance company.
W. H. Smith, state auditor and
member of the state insurance board,
and W. B. Eastham, secretary of the
board, are conducting hearings at the
court house on the petition of the
Lank.
The Chalco bank purchased $36,000
worth of notes which agents of the
company accepted instead of cash
payments of premium. Only $10,000
of these were found collectable by the
bank.
So the bank is petitioning that the
state insurance board appoint a re
ceiver for the insurance company so
that its assets may be ascertained. It
Obituaries
DENNIS CLARK, for twenty-five
years section foreman of the Rock
Island at Beatrice, died at a hospital
In Omaha Wednesday of cancer. Clark
was 56 years of aire. The body
will be taken to Colony, Mo., for
Interment.
LEE T. CROFT, 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Croft, 1514 South
Twenty-eighth street, died Thursday
while viRitlnir his brother at Johns
town, Neb. Funeral services will be
helfl at the home of his parents Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
Our July Clearance Sale
Started oil' with a record crowd, and every day the salea
are growing bigger. Men and Women alike know the
quality of our Shoes and the values at such reduced prices.
HURRY IN SATURDAY AND GET YOUR SHARE OF
THE SAVINGS.
20 DISCOUNT
On all Low Shoes, including
Men's Oxfords and Ladies
Pumps, Oxfords anc
Boots.
MEN'S OXFORDS
In All Sizes, Leathers and the Latest Styles Are Here lor Your
Selection.
aks the return of $26,000, to cover
notes amounting to that sum which it
purchased at a discount of 10 per cent
irom the company's agents; it asks the
removal of the treasurer of the com
pany, C. C. Criss; the revocation of
the license of the company to do busi
ness in the state; and it asks that
Criss and four of his agents, W. C.
Jenkins, J. W. McCarthy, F. C. Grovey
and Fred B. Adkins, be forbidden to
write insurance within the state.
Notes Made Good.
All of the $26,000 worth of notes
still held by the bank have been cov
red by the stockholders and are now
in the possession of the attorneys for
the bank. Fred J. Armbrust, cashier
of the bank, and his father, Fred Arm
brust, a stockholder, have personally
made good $13,000 of the amount in
vested in the notes.
Armbrust and his attorneys say that
the Mutual Benefit Health and Acci
dent association has redeemed be
tween $2,000 and $3,000 of the notes
bought by the bank from the com
pany's agents. They also allege that
Grover Adkins and Jenkins are still
in the employ of the company, and
want the company held responsible
for the acts of its agents.
Sears Files for Senate.
C. W. Sears, Omaha attorney, who
was a candidate for the republican
nomination for attorney general four
years ago, has filed for the republican
nomination for the state senate.
Commissioners Madt a '
Mistake in Gerrymander
The county commissioners over
reached themselves in their gerry
mander, according to Jerry Howard,
who says that, in the alleged attempt
to redistrict the county to hold "Long
Tom" O'Connor saTely in office, they
took in a large slice of territory in
which Oscar Pickard lives. Pickard.
who used to be county commissioner,
is going to be a democratic candidate
for the office now and O'Connor, it
is said, will get no aid or comfort
from the territory thus taken in.
Pickard is transferred from Comp
ton's district, against whom he ha-'
expected to run.
Edward F. Trefz Speaks .
To the Retail Grocers
Edward F. Trefz, formerly pastor
of Kountze Memorial church, Omaha,
and now a food administration
speaker, spoke in place of Herbert
Hoover at the national convention of
retail grocers. Mr. Trefz was one of
a commission of six sent to England
and France to study food and war
conditions.
"We discovered over there that
Germany is spending $500,000 a month
in America in propaganda," he said.
He declared that there is a decided
food shortage in France and England
and that the defeat of Germany de
pends on America.
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EXTRA SPECIAL IN MEN'S OXFORDS HALF PRICE
All broken lines and odds and ends of our entire Men's Low Shoe
lines extra special values to $12.00 for July Clearance
Sale, at $2.00 to $6.00
LADIES' SUMMER FOOTWEAR
Including all White Pumps, Oxfords and Boots, in canvas and linens,
and all leather Pumps, in black calf, mahogany calf and patent ster
ling kid. These are in a wonderful assortment of styles, in all sizes.
Don't Mist This Golden Opportunity to Save Money on
Your Summer Footwear
REGENT SHOE GO.
205 South 15th Street
N. W. Corner 15th & Harney Sb. N. W. Corner 15th & Harney Si.
e fffTroys!? ? ) PI?
Made to Your Measure U LAX ' i 1 I ,
TTTiLi. ' r 'j. -to -r j t t i -t t-i 1
M ii min every ouii vuxr; tailored 10 your oraer. rree means nee. i
I 1 I I Wnmiok tfftll fs knnin mi1 iknnAii nni (Ua wnn HQ fill TVAllOOVC! JhCA. I
With every Suit (C&P) tailored to your order. Free means free.
. We wishyou to bear in mind that you get the extra $8.00 Trousers abso
lutely free. Furthermore, you get the same good service-now and aU
ways. Perfect fit and satisfaction guaranteed.
REMEMBER, ONE WEEK ONLY
None given free after sale closes. Don't come after and expect to get
these pants free, for there will be none.
JUST THINK OF IT SVJEN!
Suit Tailored To Your Measure and Extra $8
Pair of All Wool Blue Serge Pants Free
World's Largest Union Tailors
IVARIlltiG!
The Famous "Dun
dec" System is wide
ly Imitated. We have
no connection with
any other store In
this city and there
fore urge you to
come to the right
place.
Open
Till
10 P. M.
Saturday
We Are
Tailors
Not
Agents
N. IV. Corner 15th and Harney Sts.
Mail orders not filled during this sale.
"THE STORE OF THE TOWN"1
BrowningB King & Co.
SATURDAY
We Will Feature a Special Big Lot of
Browning, King
Quality Suits
For Men and Young Men at
$
17
50
Every Suit a guaranteed Browning-King Standard
Garment, made in our own shops.
You cannot go wrong investing $17.50 in one of
these Suits.
It is no speculation ! You'll get every bit your
money's worth.
Call and See These
SUITS Saturday
STRAW HAT SALE Say
Browning, J King & Co.
GEO. T. WILSON, Mgr..
Another Use for the Electric Fan
Food Conservation J
Use your Electric Fan as an aid to food
conservation.
It is ideal for drying fruits and vegetables
and is so regarded by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Simply place the sliced fruits and vege
tables in a long tray, stacked in two tiers,, and
end to end before the Electric Fan, and in 24 hours they
-will be dried to the requisite dryness. The method has
marked advantages.
When your Fan isn't in use helping to
preserve foods, turn it on for your health's sake.
The cost is les3 than a cent an hour.
Call Tyler Three-One-Hundred and ask for a representa
tive to demonstrate in your own home the usefulness of
electrical labor-saving devices, or see them in our new
salesroom in the "Electric Building," Fifteenth and Far
nam streets.
Nebraska Power Co.
"Your Electric Service Co"
Electric Building, Fifteenth and Fai-nam.
Tyler Three-One-Hundred.
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