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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1921)
THE HEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1021. 3-D Omalia Gels Place As Racing Center Willi New Track Running an J Haruc Evcut n 41 c.. i) r.,i 41 1.. vii nKvirwcn viti .iinauv Race HUtory; Fall Meet Prorobct SutcfHbful. Former Kings and Queens Some years aiio when tlie board of Bovernori of Ak-Sar-ltcn ' teation to start a regular Ak-Sar-lirn plant, including an air una, rate track, carnival grounds ami nuiuer. ou other tliimt. they were callej "dreameri." Tixlay the krpti have changed tlicir tune. The lint biff ti-p in the "dream' ha been reaped with the completion o( the Ak-Sar-Ben race track and grand stand. . The first race meeting ua held on the new track Ut fall, during which the best horses on the (ircat West ern circuit took part. There were purses totaling $20,000 hung up and more than 35,000 person watched the horses run. Single G and Hal Mahone, two nonsational hurnci nag, were the hit; feature of the meet. Along with these king of the turf were lesser but really bril liant' horses. Worked AH Summer. . The opening of the track, was ona of the latest activities of Ak-Sar-Hen. All su-iitner lonjr a forre "I men had been busy building the track and erecting the big steel and concrete grandstand. "You'll never fill it," one of the usual croakers said. "O yes, we will," OJie of the mnile makers said, and the stand was filled one day dur ing the race and Omahans had an idea of what a large crowd looks like. Aside from the spectators in the grandstand there were thousands in automobiles parked along the fence in the "infield" of the track. Announce Spring Meet Last spring the kiiiphts announc ed a spring race meeting Mich as is ' held every year in Churchill E. M. Bartlett ...119 J M.liora Woolworth $. . MM! Casper E. Yot 1IM Mas Dundy tun. a. w. b. Edward P. Peck... 1197...,.,.,' Gertrude Xountit i tin. i, t, wmnt R. 8. WJcoa.: 1191 Grace Allen I Mil. U. 1. tlM W. D. Me Hugh U99 Ethel Morse P. A. Nash 19M Mildred Lomu (Mr. rrauH it Utunit H. J. Penfold 1901 . '.....Edith Smith IM. C 8. 11, Wukgum) T. A. Fry 1902 Ella Cotton Mil. tmmit M 1903 Elisabeth Brady Hit. t. I 14141 Charles H. Picktm 1904 Ada Kirkendall iMra. U. WMitMtt Ourdon W. Wattles 1905 Mary Let McShane (MX. HltUnt Mutual Gould Dleti 1906 Margaret Wood tMi. W. H. irtawr, iMinri V. B. Caldwell 1907 Natalie Merriam lllifc tiv MUUnl) Will L. Yetter 1901 Brownie Bess Baum (Mi John aua. Utiimuni Arthur C Smith 1909 Jean Cudahy I Mi ritnt (tubal CMu) E. Buckingham 1910.. Joseph Barker 1911... Thomas C. Byrne C. E. BUck Ward M. Burgess 1)14 Cntrles D. Beaton 1915 Frances Naah till, k U. VUW. I'Wttt Eliiabeth Davis Downs, Juarez, Sheophcad's Bay Vul other t)ig racins centers. " Again there was a chorus of groans from the croakers. "Xcbras kans are not educated to running ,iaci x .'! thvy know n. totting and John L. Webster 1916 Willard Hosford. 1917-18. . . . Randall K. Brown 1919. Charles L. Saunders.... .....1920. 1912 Elisabeth Pickens (Mr k.nnttb J'i.roo) 1913 Elixabeth Congdon (Mfl. B. rurims. Citcft) ....'.Frances Hochitetler IMn. Virt liulrt) Marion Howe IMn. M4 I'wni Mary Megeath Elisabeth Reed tMrt Ium I'irpaiUff, Jr) , Helen Murphy 1 Gladys Peters Hippodrome Acts Were Feature of Ak-Sar-Ben Races Gigantic Shows Were Staged on Rig Platform Inside Track at Fall lfarncn KvenU This Year. WaitThat's Chief Duty of Tender in Coop Atop Spidery Girders of I. C Draw Bridge pacing. "We'll educate 'em," Fifty feet above the swirling wa ters of the Missouri river, in a little house atop the spidery girders of the Illinois Central railroad bridge, sit a man whose job is to wait. He is the bridge tender, required by federal law to be maintained on P.ll swinging or draw bridge . over navigable streams. The Missouri, technically, is a navigable stream. Thdf (nr A. .i(ltn i.t tiid t.i.n.i('. 1.... f. . I .WVVlt. 111 1119 .111111110 JIUI . ,y ' hut, but for the modern feature of a . rr. . . I u. . -I .1.- naries inmmc saiu. iuosi 01 ,i.c which might rea,y bc a n(.rmjfs winter he had been busy engaging switchboard and rheostat which con horses which had been making track tro, brjdge meanism-tlie ln-rv of Tijauna. 'bridge tender waits for the steamer wnen tne spring race mcct o en- whic, never or liardlv evercnniM ot - " - - ed the crowd was small but full pep. In a short time the fame of the runners spread and before the racing was over, there were thou sands of fans at the track each day. Attendance of 30,000. , At the sprnr fet t'-cre was an attendance Of 30,000 with purses of $25,000 hung up. There were several thrilling races during the event which When he goes home, another rakes his place. For 24 hours a day, someone sits in the little house on the bridge and listens for the four j blasts of a raucous whistle which is the signal to start the central span I of the bridge slowly swinging on its axis, to permit the vessel to pass. ' Burst of Activity. horsemen still talk about. The races' Jhe past summer, however, has have proved a success. feen a ourst ot .activity in tne The races this vear were better bridge tending business. The bridge than last year, officials say. The has been opened fully three or four horses which had been burning up times to permit small steamers oper "the track "bn'the Great Western cir-,ated by the Woods Contracting com cuit were here. j pany to pass. Those were gala days. That Omaha will soon be known j "But then we open the bridge once as a racing center is proven by its a month, whether there are any affiliation with the Great Western i steamers or not. to oil the wheels," circuit. Springfield. 111.: Milwaukee explains J. W. Busha, who has the and Hamline, all big racing centers,' bhift from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m have seen, the horses which will race here this fall. ; ; Bootleggers. "Way Forces Price of i Liquor Down Akron, O., Sept.; 17. Competition for business between Akron bootleg gers w becoming so . keen that a marked drop in the price of alcoholic drinks is reporfeel , here by Lieut. Frank E. McGuire, in charge of en forcement of the state prohibition law. He blames the, condition upon low fines and lenient sentences im posed, by judges, i saking Akron judges put maximum fines at $100. "So much raisin jack is being made that the price of drinks 'is coming down," he daclred. "The same, sized drink that used to cost 50 cents can be obtained for 25 or 35 cents." L A , One Word Cabled From China Brings Joy "Boy" Cleveland, Sept. 17. It was only a word of three letters, cabled from China, but it brought joy and pride to Joseph . Schauweker, Cleveland stock exchange broker. Incidentally it cost $9, or $3 per letter. The message follows: "Tsin-Tsin, China, July 31, Schauweker-Scho-field Building, Gevcland, O., U. S. A. Boy." There was no signature. "But I know who it is from my son-in-law. Captain Thomas Arms, TJ. S. Infantry, stationed at Tsin Tsin." Schauweker explained. "I'm a grand-daddy." Pink Marble to Be Used on Cleveland Federal Bank Tate, Ga., Sept. 17. What is prob ably the largest individual order of marble from one quarry is recorded by the Georgia Marble company of this city, which recently began ship ping; 100,000 feet of pink, Georgia , marble to be used in the construction of the Fourth District Federal Re serve bank in Cleveland, O. Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve bank, became interested in ihe Georsiia marble when the new 'postoffice building in Birmingham was built with the material. California Has Big Crop Of Kansas Sunflower - Fullerton. Cal.. Sept. 17. Suu flowers which are said to rival the largest that Kansas ever produced are now growing on the Fullerton municipal farm. The stalks range from 10 to 20 feet in height and from one to four inches in diameter. How to permanently get rid of the crop is a problem, as a team canitot get , through the patch to plow them under. Ribbon Latest Fashion . For Trimming Fall Hats London, Sept. 17. Many of the new autumn millinery models are tither trimmed with or partly com- ' t t : u I "x Kk : fySU Ui IlUUVIk HUH IIUUUII. ItlUVj ribbon, waxed ribbon, corded rib- i l t . ii ii i .1 : ' parts in making np milady's latest AhnJa head ear. "Don't you get lonesome?" he was asked. "Oh, no, not any more. Sometimes we get as much as a couple of trains a day, and then sometimes wagons cross over here, and everybody has to pay toll. Sometimes people cross ing the bridge climb the stairs and visit with me." Boasts an Electrician. Besides Mr. Busha, Sherman H. Gruver and Melvin Umble, both of Council Bluffs, hold the bridge from 4 p. m. to midnight, and from mid night to 8 a. m.( respectively.' In addition the bridge boasts an electrician, John Kleinlein, who keeps the complicated electrical machinery and signaling system in order, so that if a big steamer ever does come, the bridge will be able to open. , The bridge men have a motor boat, which is kept moored at the west end of the structure, with which they take short trips up and down the river. Arsenal of Weapons. Then, too, the lookout house is equipped with a whole arsenal of weapons revolvers, shotguns and rifles and in the hunting season the makings of many a fine roast duck dinner are carried away when the bridge tender goes home. When he feels like hunting he has only to step out on his front porch and wait for the birds to come along. He's good at waiting. That's his job. Nice Set of Rattlers Are Hatched by Hand Americus, Ga., Sept. 17. M. W. Bryant, living in the Rift neighbor hood, can claim the distinction today of having hatched out a successful brood of nine little rattlesnakes after having crushed the mother snake to death a few days ago. Rift recently finding the big snake, which measured over six feet and had nine rattles, killed it and took the eggs found under the Ursy plantation to his home, where he placed thern in a box of sand for proper incuba tion. - s Each egg hatched out and the little fellows measured about 12 inches in length. They will be kept under observation. There is only one day of the year on which tht inhabitants of Monte Carlo, are allowed to gamble at the Casino tables the prince of Mona co's birthday. , Ak-Sar-Bcu is always doing some thiuii new and biir. The same old stuff doesn't $o with the knights o! the pep and snulr. This year the new departure at the races was the big show seen on a mammoth plat form erected in front or the grand stand and upon which 12 big hippo drome acts were staged, between race. The races and entertainment fea tures co.t the knights $55,000 be fore the gates to the big affair opened. There were 12 big acts on the ci.ia ami ilirn W hi Ii Law performed hair-raising stunts on an airplane. Ruth has been flying for years, be injr one cJ the pioneers among fe male flyers. Stands on Wings. Clio ttiuiil nn the wins of her plane while it looped the loop four time. Then she dropped a rope ladder from her -plane and one of hrr asis'tant daredevils climbed the ladder from the automobile go ing at the rate of 70 miles an hour. At night Ruth repealed her stunts on the airplane. Everything was a plain as day as Ruth and the plane were all lighted up, with elec trie lights. ,.,".. A ballet composed of 22 pretty girls wa another entertainment itature. The ballet was given each afternoon and night Fire Works Display. At night the ballet preceded the famous fire works display, "The Last of the Aztecs," which depicted scenes in Mexico during its conquest Cortcz. Three hundred persons took part in this huge display which showed the progress of a celebration by the Aztecs, but which e:ded in the total destruction of the palace cf the Montezuma when t was at tacked by Cortcz. Thousands of dollars w'orth of fireworks were "shot off" during the evening.. The same company that put on the 'Tagcant of Progress" in Chi cago recently, staged this production. Each afternoon music was fur nished by Tangier Temple Shrine bandti under the direction of Oscar Liebcn. These entertainment fcatuies are the biggest attempts of their sort ever known in the history of Ak-Sar-Bcn. 1,500,000 Sacks of Sugar to Be Produced in One County Santa Ana. Cal, Sept. 17. By the middle of November it is expected that 1,500,000 sacks of sugar will have been produced from the lour large plants that are operating in Orange county this season. . Beet merchants estimate that the tonnage for the county will be more than 400.000. tons. While the total county acreage of beets is less than ill 1920 the added yield pet acre, this year will increase the total production, it is said. Human Heart in Alcohol Two Centuries, Is Fount London, Sept. 17. A human heart preserved in alcohol and en closed in a bronze vase bearing the date, January, 1743, and a Latin in scription, "You are dust; you return to dust," has been discovered in a tomb in a convent at Geneva. The heart is believed to be that of one of the dukes of Milan. 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