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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1922)
Country Club Will Purchase 300-Acre Site Hoard Given Power by Stock holders to Acquire Loca tion—$250,000 for Clubhouse. A new site for the Omaha Country club is assured, according to the ac tion of a special meeting of stock holders with the board of directors at tho Omaha club yesterday afternoon. The net result of this enthusiastic session was that the board of direc tors was given full power by the stockholders to proceed with the selec tion and purchase of a sito that will meet the requirements of the organ ization. Tentative plans which have been discussed contemplate moving five to seven miles west, to make the club a ■‘country ’ rendezvous In fact as well as in name. When the present loca tion near Henson was obtained about - i years ago it was somewhat in the country. Omaha since has grown around the club site. Increasing taxes on the present site Is one of the de termining factors in favor of the de cision to move further out. The present site lias 120 acres. It is pro posed to obtain a site of nearly 300 acres. If a derlrable half section of S20 acres can be obtained, a tract cf that area may be purchased. Sev eral locations are under observation. Begin In Spring. Glen C. Wharton, president of the Omaha Country club, presided nt the special meeting r.rid was compliment ed for the skillful manner in which he presented the situation and sold the proposition to those who were in a doubtful state of mind. On hundred and fify stockholders and directors met at dinner and then pussed back their chairs for tho busi ness In hand. The unanimity of opinion which prevailed Indicated the seriousness with which the members intended to proceed to make the Omaha Country club one of the finest establishments of the kind west of Chicago. "It is quite probable that wo will begin In the early spring to develop tho new site.” said President Whar ton. "The matter of a new club house naturally will be up for con sideration during the early part of next year.” $!50,000 Clubhouse. Members of the club favor a rein forced concrete modern clubhouse to cost approximately $260,000. Mr. Wharton observed that a new location 10 miles west of the present club site would be relatively closer to the city than the present site was when acquired 25 yeara ago. The Omaha Country club lias a membership of 300. There la an In vestment of $260,000 in the piesent ground* and clubhouse, according to Mr. Wharton. Rohrer Denies Statement Still Owners Protected V. S. Rohrer. federal prohibition director, in a letter to Chief of Po lice Dempsey yesterday, denied state ments accredited to him that certain members of the police department were furnishing ‘'protection" for men who operated the mammoth still at 403 Bancroft street. This still was uncovered by federal agents last week. Rohrer. in the letter, told Dempsey that he hua no knowledbe that offi cers had accepted bribes and thanked Dempsey for courtesies shown his de partment by the police. One Killed, One Injured in Quarter-Million Fire Bozeman, Mont., Dec. 16.—One fire man, Ernest Robertson, was killed by suffocation; Chief Alexander was overcome by smoko and seriously but not fatally injured and property losses estimated at $250,00(1 sustained in a fire that for a time threatened to destroy the business district of Bozeman. Bate yesterday afternoon the fire was extinguished. The fire started in the boiler room In the basement of the Club cafe. In order to stop the spread of the flame*, several blasts of dynamite were used. Smoke in Wvmore Store Hampers Firemen at Blaze Wymore, Nib., Dec. 16.—(Special.) —Eire, starting from an overlieuted stove In the lwisement of the Julius Neumann company department store, mystified firemen who flooded the first floor with water and cut holes to let It Into the basement, is'moke prevented them from entering the building. The building was con structed in 1901 at a cost of about $20,000. The stock Is valued at about $23,000. Both building and stock are fully covered by Insurance. Prices Reduced—We cleen. we repelr, we elter men's, women's end chil dren's clothing of every description. DRESHER BROS. 2217 Farnam Street Telephones: Omaha, AT lantic 0345 South Side, MA rket 0050 How About Your Coal Bin? “Let U» Fill It” It le YOUR coal bio we bave in mind and our desire Is to fill It with quality coal at fair prices. We are in position to (ive you the very best of service and personal at tention. SOLAR. Southern lllinoi* Lump, Furnace, of Nut Sisee, per ton.$9,90 Eclipse, Illinois Lump, per ton.$10.50 Eclipse, Illinois Nut, per ton .$10.00 Cherokee Nut (Deep Shaft), Kansas, per ton..$10.00 Delivered Clean Yard Screenings, ton.$5.00 Advance Coal Co. “COAL OF THE BETTER SORT’ 413 South 15th St. Phones AT 1813—AT 1897 Happy Youngsters Throng Theater for Pony Drawing ■ '‘Hal Mahone” Creates Merriment by Sitting Down on Haunches Like Dog—New Owner Almost Kisses Pet—Eight of 10 Winners Absent. The Brandels theater was packed ; from pit to topmost seat of the gallery with boys and girls Saturday morning. The occasion was the drawing of names in the contest for 10 Shetland ponies given away by the Brandels Store. Oh. such a happy, bubbling, anxious Juvenile audience! Shrill calls, happy laughter and then the tremendous si lence as Postmaster Charles Black plunged his hand into the big basket full of cards and withdrew It and Tom Quinlan read the names. “Hul Mahone,” the smallest pony In the stable and second to be drawn for, didn't approve of the proceedings. He was led to the front of the stage by a boy and there insisted upon sitting down on his haunchea. liko a dog, greatly to the amusement of all the boys and girls, who shouted with laughter at the funny pony. “Ellsworth I,. Morgan, 3200 Sec ond avenue. Council Bluffs,” read Mr. Quinlan. Nearly Kisses Pony. “Here I am,” piped a. voice from the balcony and Ellsworth was al ready on his happy way. pushing through the crowd. He came down stairs and was escorted through the aisle by a policeman and lifted over the orchestra pit by a mustcian-and onto the stage, where apparently he had no eyes for such unimportant people as postmasters and store man* agers, but ran to Hal Mahone, put his arm around the tiny Shetland's neck, hugged and nearly kissed him. The pony seemed to like this, for when the great Santa Claus himself tried to lead him away to one side, Hal Mahone promptly sat down again. And the children shouted. Ellsworth is 9 and Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Morgan. Some of the other boya advised Ellsworth he could keep his pony in the cellar. "Aw, we've got a barn to keep 'lm in,” said Ellsworth, “and I got 60 cents to buy some hay for 'lm, too.” On went the drawing. Several of the winners were not present among the 2,200 children. “Whiskaway,” shouted Mr. Quin lan and that handsome pony was led to the front of the stage. “Qoea Man Run Down by Woman Autoist Victim Suffers Severe Cuts on Scalp and Broken Rib— Driver Held. Victor Enholm, 65, 3414 Parker street, a warehouse man for the Wright & Wilhelmy company, was tun down this afternoon near the northeast corner of Seventeenth and Farnam street by a sedan driven by a woman. He suffered severe lacerations of the scalp and body bruises and was taken to Central police station for medical attendance. Taken to Station. Mrs. Charles F. Wllle, 1929 South Thirty-fourth street, who was driving tho car. was taken to the police sta tion and hooked for reckless driving and her bond fixed at $1,000. With her In the car was her daughter. Harriet; Miss Mabel Shatwell, 1929 South Thir ty-fourth street, o teacher In the Second Avenue school at Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Michael Keegan, 1931 South Thirty-fourth. Mrs. Wills wept at the police station. Her husband is In the mail order department at tho postofflee. At the emergency hospital police surgeons discovered Enholm had suf fered a fractured right rib. Foot Slips on Brake. Mrs. Wllle was permitted to sign her own $1,000 bond. She told police she was driving slowly and everyone got out of the way at the Intersection and she thought Enholm was going to do like wise. Witnesses snld she drove over the crossing in making a turn at the Intersection. Her husband, who appeared at the station later, told police ho understood her foot slipped pff the brake. Enholm Is an employe at tho ware house of the Wright and Wilhelmy company. He was on his way to the city hall to pay hla water hill when the accident occurred. Mrs. Fanferlik Dies. Mrs. Barbara Fanferlik. 66, died at her home, 1425 South Fourteenth street, yesterday of senility. She Is survived by three daughters and two sons. to Tom Stipe, 2413 East Locust street.” There was a tremendous stir in the right hand box. "I'm here,” cried an excited boy ish voice as though afraid he might not he heard at this important mo ment. Tho tow-headed little fellow ran out of the box. then ran buck again seeking to litid a way to the stage. Willing little boys and girls were calling and darting this way and that to help him. tit is always wise to help a boy who owns a pony.) Finally Tom was guided to the front of the box where Bolico Sergt. Sum Morris, looking like a jolly Santa Claus minus the whiskers, lifted him across the orchestra pit to tho stage. Tom wore a brown overcoat over his blue unionalis. lie ran right across the stage and took the bridle of Whiakawuy from the boy who held it, and feasted his eyes upon his wonderful playmate. Eight Winners Absent. Tom is just 6 and goes to the East Omaha school and lives with his cousin, George Green, in East Omaha. Eight of the 10 winning youngsters were not in the vast crowd. The happy news will be sent at once and the ponies are waiting to be led away by them. Six of these live in Oma ha, one in Council Bluffs and one in Silver Creek. Neb. They are as fol lows: Frankie Waidley, 1219 South Twen ty-seventh street, won "Marry Larry;” Frankie Van Alstlne, Silver Creek. Neb.; "Motor Cop;” Steven Nugent. 3040 Stone avenue, "Major Frank;” Fred Smith, C525 Florence boulevard, "Queen Anne;” Catherine Hutchinson, 427 First avenue, Council Bluffs. "Single G;’’ Dorothy Bennet, 330 Dodge street, "Lady Whitcomb;” Frances Dodds, 5024 Nicholas street, "Virginia Dare;” Waldo Daveson, 4330 Burdette street, "Cascade.” Homes Investigated. Tho Nebraska Humane society has been asked by tho Brandeis store to investigate the homes of winners of the 10 ponies. 1 Officials of tho society will visit the little masters and mistresses of the ponies and teach them the habits of the ponies, how to care for them, what is good for them and what not to do with them. “The society always investigates homes where babies are placed,” said Secretary Bradley, "but I believe this is tho first instance in which the so- , ciety ever has investigated homes where ponies arc to be placed.” Tamora School Row Appealed to Supreme Gourt Dispute Over Consolidation, Kaging More Than Year, Coes to High Court Second Time. Lincoln, Doc. 16.—(Special.)—The school row in Tamora, Seward county, which has been raging for a year and a half, is again in supreme court. Tho first appeal was on behalf of sev eral old districts that fought against being included in a consolidated ! school district that would have given Tamora a 12-grndo school This time, I the same faction is fighting against being alienated from the consolidated district. Tho Tamora people fought in the first case to have them kept in, be cause they wanted their consolidated school to be a big one. Later tho malcontents got control of the board, by outvoting the others, and now the Tamora folks want District No. 59, which contains most of them, eliminat ed. The District No. 59 folks having found they were powerful enough to control the policies of tho consolidat ed district, now want to stay In. Before tho board friendly to the town cause went out of office, it re districted the territory and cut out No. 69. The court below eald they ha^ legal power to do this, and the decision was appealed to the supreme court. The new board is opposing the dismemberment. The old board said the other crowd raised a dis turbance at every meeting, and with out them consolidation has a clear majority. As a German church parochial school is involved, the language and national issues figured in the dispute, and at one time tho opponents of consolidation conducted a boycott against the town's business institu tions. Pioneers’ Association Will Meet in Lincoln The Nebraska Territorial Pioneers’ association will hold its annual re union January 9 in the Grand hotel. The annual address will be given by Edgar Howard, Columbus; I. J. Dunn of Omaha will give a talk on early days. A round table will be con ducted by Moses P. O'Brien of Omaha. Anyone who has lived in the state 35 years is eligible to membership. Jury Finds Man Guilty of Elk Creek Burglary Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 16. — (Spe clal.)—William Welter of Nebraska City was found guilty by a Jury in district court here of the burglary at DON’T GET FOOLED REFUSE SUBSTITUTES! 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In this department are included many beautiful art gifts to please people of appreciative tastes. A full line of NARCISSUS and other Mirrors. Some with artistic side sconce lights. French and Belgian Plates have recently advanced more than 25%. All at pre-tariff prices. Your Framed Photo Book Ends and Novelties Distinctive small gifts that you know are just “right”—Candle sticks, Flower Holders, Incense Burners, Ash Tray, Cordova Leather Hand Bags. Specially priced for ’ this week. 1513-15 DOUGLAS ST. “Everything in Art and Mu>ic“ I A wide selection of frames for photos, wall frames and stands. Some beautiful swinging frames as low as $2.00 Fitted Complete the general store of F. V. Eversole at Elk Creek November 13. Judge J. B. Haper has not yet pronounced sentence. Jacie Banker of Nebraska City and George Kreifels of Table Bock face trial for the burglary of the Beethe Bros, store in Elk Creek the same night. Banker is in Jail here. Krei fels is free under bond. Columbus Elks to Hold Stag Beefsteak Dinner Columbus, Neb., Dec. 16.—(Special.) —The first annual stag beefsteak din ner of the Columbus Elks lodge will be held Monday evening at 7 in the Evans hotel. Gene Huse, Norfolk newspaperman, will be the principal speaker and will tell of his recent trip to Europe. Zachary Taylor Howell will be the toastmaster. Hessrvatlons nlrendy have been sent in In large numbers from Columbus Elks and from surrounding towns. Family Destitute, Man Freed. Joe Cato, sentenced to jail for four months and fined $1,000 on a liquor charge two weeks ago, was released yesterday by Federal Judge Wood rough on representation that his wife and family are destitute and need his help. Bee Want Ads Bring Itesults. Legion Liaison Board Organized To Promote Pleasant Rela* lions Between Vocational Bureau and Employer. The Legion Liaison board has been organized under tho chairmanship of SI Wheeler, to promote pleasant rela tions between tho disabled soldier, the Veterans’ bureau and the employer. "Tho board will act in an advisory capacity to tho Veterans’ bureau,” .llmmy Mllota explained yesterday at American Legion headquarters. "The bureau Is pleased with tho idea, and from the numbers of disabled men who come Into our office with their difficulties wo feel there Is a real need for such work. “laical Legion doctors will give their services in co-operation with the medi cal staff of the Veterans' bureau. The first action of the committee will be to interview 500 trainees at Bellevue, Boyles college, the University of Oma ha and in private businesses. "The committee will investigate their working conditions and then will visit hospitals v here service men are under care to urge nurses and doctors to exercise more patience with the ex service men. "They don't always realize quite un der what a nervous strain some of those men have been. "This organization will keep track of the men after they have finished their training, will try to help them get Jobs that fit. and will act as big brothers in every way they can." Printing Contracts Are Awarded Lincoln Firms Lincoln, Deo. 16.—(Special.>— A. B. Cole, state purchasing agent, has awarded to George W. Kline of Lin coln the oonthrnct for printing leg islative bills at $1.98 a page nnd 12'i, cents a page for each 100 copies in addition to the 500 copies covered by contract. Klines was alRo given the I contract for printing the house nnd senate journals. These me printed each day. nnd for this, the state will pay $1.96 a page. With corrections made, they constitute the permanent journal, in bound form, and for this the state will pay Kline $1.30 a page The American Printing company of Lincoln was awarded the report of the department of public welfare for $3.15 a page, and that of the adjutant general for $2.60 a page. Record Average Is Made ^ hy Hastings Hereford* Hastings, Neb., Dec. 16.—(Special ) —Closing ft two-day sale with a grand total of $17,555, or an average of $185 for 93 purebred Anxiety Fourth Here fords, the H. and A. J. Gaudrcault an nual- sale is believed to have set an other mark for Nebraska broeders. The first day's sale of $6.00fi, or an average of $176 per head for 85 ani mals, was bettered by the second day's record, which averaged $192 for 60 head. Body of Juniata Woman Is Found Frozen in Home Hastings, Neb., Hoc. 16.—(Special '* —Mrs. Ellen Alien, TO, found dead late Friday in the eoal bln of her homo at Juniata, where she lived alone, is thought by her friends to have lain there since Tuesday. Tile 4>ody was perfectly frozen. Mrs. Allen had coni delivered Tues day and probably fell when she went to close the coal chute window. Dedicate Kndicott Church. tVyinore, Nel>., Pec. 16.—(Special,1 —The Methodists at Endlcott have just dedicated a new church that cost $15,000. An Indebtedness of $3,700 was paid off at the meeting. Qoipon,€)ifc&€a To Serve You Better We Will Not Remain Open Evenings A fresh, rested group of sales people will greet you here every morning if they do not have to work extra hours. This will be reflected in their cheerful attitude and their readi ness to be of helpful service during the last busy shopping days. 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Wool Filled Comforts with sateen and cam bric coverings in floral patterns of solid colors are size seventy two by eighty-four inches and sell for $9, $11, $12.50 and $13.50 each. & Second Floor Party Slippers for the Holidays Satin and patent leather pumps for the many gay events of the Christmas season. Satin Colonials are es pecially favored, al though the one and two-strap patterns are e q u a lly fashionable. Plain or beaded models with the new Spanish heel, $10 a pair. Patent Leather Pumps fashioned with one or two straps have covered military or Spanish heels. $10 a pair. Spats, comfort able these cold days. Va rious styles in every desired color. $3.50 to $4.50.