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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1923)
Last 12 Months Sets New Record in Improvements More Than 2,000,000 Spent on Street and Sewer Work in Omaha—Water Board Spends $1,750,000. Publlo improvements in Omaha during the last 12 months have sur passed any previous similar period, as a glance around the city will show. The municipal improvements de partment, under City Commissioner Joseph Koutsky, has supervised more than $2,000,000 Investment in paving, sewer and grading work and nearly $200,000 additional in two projects of street opening and widening. Twenty-nine miles of sewers at a cost of nearly $600,000 have been laid and 35 miles of streets and alleys paved at a cost of $1,600,000. Twenty-fourth Widened. Twenty-fourth street, Leavenworth street to St. Mary avenue, was widened and paved at a cost of $60, 000, including the condemnation of land. Douglas street was widened from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth, opened from Twenty-fourth to Twen ty-fifth avenue, and widened from Twenty-fifth avenue to Twenty seventh, at a cost of $126,000. which includes the cost of land condemned. The paving contract has been let for about $15,000. A few of the major paving Jobs completed r'"i\ng the last 12 months are: Thir h street, Missouri ave nue to Ha...son street, $58,667 for the surface, the base having been laid during a previous year; Lake street, Thirtieth to Forty-first, $34,000: Mili tary avenue. Fifty-second to Sixty fourth, $64,000; Center. Tenth to Twentieth, $21,600; Sixteenth, Doug las to Wirt, $123,000; Forty-eighth, Howard to Poppleton avenue, $42,000. Large Sewer Jobs. Some of the large sewer jobs are: West of Fort Omaha, Thirty-third to Thirty-seventh, nearly completed, $40, 000; sewer through C., R. I. & P. rail road yards, south of Leavenworth street. $26,000; Sixteenth, Grace to Laird. $68,000; Spring Lake park, $43,000; Fifty-fifth, Center to Leaven worth, $34,000. During the last 15 months. City Commissioner J. B. Hummel of the park and boulevard department, has spent approximately $100,000 for pav ing and permanent sidewalk work in the parks, the most important feature being the new paved roadways In Elmwood park at a cost of $65,000. The Omaha ft Council Bluffs Street Railway company is remodeling the Douglas street bridge at a cost of $750,000. New Filter Plant. The improvement program of the Metropolitan Utilities district since July 1 of last year has amounted to about $1,750,000. A new -filter plant at Florence has been completed at a cost of $(00,000. It is now operating at about 60 per cent of Its capacity. Two 50,000,000-gallon turbine pumps are being Installed at the Florence water station, this improvement being estimated at $250,000, which includes an addition to the pump house for housing the new pumps. A 20,000,000 gallon pump recently installed at the Poppleton avenue water station cost $50,000. Last fall a 20-lnch water main was laid from the Walnut Hill water sta tion to Benson, at a cost of $50,000 During the last six months of last year 14 1-2 miles of water and gas mains were laid at total cost of S155, 000, and a $250,000 program of water and gas main extensions was started during the first six months of this year. Largest Program in History. A new steel roof over the boiler house at Florence water station is be ing placed at a cost of $20,000. Other miscellaneous improvements during the last 12 months amount to about $250,000. This was the largest 12 months' improvement program in the history of the Utilities district. The Board of Education has com pleted the construction of a new Tech nical High school at an expenditure of $3,000,000 and started the North High, School, which will cost $750,000. J --— Japs Will Study U. S.Jury System Delegation to Spend Year in America and Europe View ing Law Process. Tokio, June 30,—Six leading Jurists of Japan will leave this city for the United States some time this month for one year In the United States and Kuropo during which time they will make an Intensive study of the Jury systems In those countries visited. The six Jurists have been named as a result of the passage In the last ses slon of the Imperial diet of a bill which Is designed to give to .Japanese a Jury system something like that of the United States. The Jurists, who will sail soon, represent Tokio, Osaka. Yokohama. Nagoya, Kyoto and Kobe, and are well known throughout the empire of Japan. It Is the hope of the de partment of Justice rjfllrlals who named these men that their studies abroad will make possible Installation of a western Jury system In Japan by 1927. The government this year appropiated 96,000 yen ($48,000, for expenses In Investigating other Jury system* and installation of the sys tem which will be worked out for Japnn. The men, who will tlrst visit the United Htales In their senrch for Jury system Ideas, are: Mr. Kozaburo Aklyama, councilor for the depart ment of justice; MV. Kueltsu Knna yama, a procurator of the Yokohama i district court; Judge Y. Chouno ami Mr. Shlrnayasti of the Tokio district court; Judge Hldendo Suzuki, head of the Osaka district court, and Sahnro Hamano of the department of justice. The Japanese Jurist party will study the general plans of court buildings, dormitories for Jurymen and the practical operation of the jury system. Itrldes In 1’ersla sre married by the priest while the bridegroom Is not present. $ Playing Checkers With All Queens S ' ' With all queen* and no king*, and the jump* being made by leapfrog, this game, played with human checker* at Ocean Park, Cal., attracted quite a crowd. U. of N. Student Secretly Wed on Decoration Day Alfred Parks of Plainview, Accomplished Musician and Star Athlete, Married in York to Alice F. Myers of That City—Makes Way Through School Playing Piano in Orchestra. “Twenty-seven! I wonder why Elmer doesn't get married. He'll be an old bachelor.” Thus spoke Al fred Parks. Plainvlew, Neb., concern ing his brother when Alfred was 12. "You can bet your life that I’m not going to be an old bachelor. I’m going to get married before I'm 25.” Alfred Parks was as good as his word. He surprised his parents and friends when they learned recently that he had left the University of Ne braska at Lincoln and had married Miss Alice F. Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Myers of York, Neb., on Decoration day. Parks, an accomplished musician, is a member of the University of Ne braska orchestra, known as the "Louisiana Ragadors," which Is en gaged In giving open air concerts this summer at Thermopolis, Wyo. From there, where he and his bride went after their quiet marriage In York, he wrote to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parks, Plainvl&v, Informing them of his marriage. His place in this orchestra Is pianist. On the piano he has accom plished the wonderful feat of playing two different pieces at the same time. With one hand he plays "Yankee Doodle” and with the other "Dixie." But the musical ability is not his only accomplishment. He is an ath lete of the highest order. Slim, as he Is called by his friends, is 22 years old and 6 feet & Inches In height. He has four prize medals which he won In athletic contests, excelling in the high jump, shot put and discus throw. At the Northeast Nebraska High school track and field meet, held at Wayne In 1919. Parks won the gold medal for the high point winner, pil ing up 15 points. In 1920, as a mem ber of the York college football team, which won the state championship, he received a gold medal. At the state Intercollegiate field and track meet, held In Lincoln In 1921, he tied for first place In the high Jump, but lost It on a flipped coin, getting the silver medal for second place. At the Missouri Valley conference, held at Ames, la., this year, he won a medal In the shot put contest. And this sprtbe he was a member of the Uni versity of Nebraska indoor track team which went on a trip to the western coast. Parks is a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and has dis tinguished himself as a scholar by scoring high grades for an honorary membership In the Phi Kappa Psl organization. He has been taking the business administration course and lacks one semester of completing the course. Mrs. Parks, the bride, is a graduate of the dramatic art course of York college. Frank Parks, the young man's father, who Is a carpenter, says that Alfred is also a good carpenter, hav ing worked with him considerably. For the most part Alfred has worked his way at the state univer sity. earning a considerable amount through engagements of the "Louis iana Kagadors." His parents believe he will complete his course at the university. Spinsters’ Club Calls Bachelors Eligible Single Men Invited to Attend Convention of Maiden Ladies. Brussels, June 30—A worldwide In vitation to bachelors to attend their annual Whitsuntide festival has Just been issued by the Spinsters' club of Ecausslnnea-Lalalng, a little town 26 miles from Brussels. Incidentally, the Invitation contains a broad hint that only bachelors whose thoughts are turning toward matrimony are desired. This remarkable club of Ecausslnnes Lalalng was founded about 20 years ago by Belgian girls and women who were beginning to lose hope of any success In the marriage market by the ordinary means, and since then its Whitsuntide marriage fair has only been Interrupted during the years of the world war. Program Sams. The program at the festival Is practically the same every year. . It comprises an official reception of the visiting bachelors at the town hall, where the wife seekers sign their names In the golden hook of the club; a tea party or feast in the open air, at which ample opportuni ties for making acquaintances are given; an address by the president of the club, who, by the way, is the principal candidate for matrimony; and dancing, music and other amuse ments In the evening. The president Is the girl who is generally considered to be the best looker of the town, and a new presi dent Is elected every year. Supported by Authorities. This annual rally, whloJi brings thousands of visitors to the town each year, Is the chief of Its kind In lidglum and Is aupporled whole heartedly by tho authorities, who con sider It not only as a fillip to matrl many but a boon to local trade. Nobel Prize Foundation Has Assets of $11,000,000 Stockholm, June 30.—-The next win ners of the Nobel prizes, to he awarded the end of this year, will re ceive 114,935 crowns each, corre sponding to about $34,000. according to tho report for 1922 of the Nobel Foundation auditors. The total as sets of the foundation are nearly $11. 000. 000. Tho total amount now avail nbls for the five prizes to he awarded 1. 'i $170,000. I.ast year's prise* were approximately $30,000 each. The five prize*, according to the stipulation* of the late donor. Alfred Nobel, are to he given unnunlly to thoao who have during the preced ing, year rendered the greatest serv ice to humanity In the field* of phy sics, chemistry, physiology or medical science, literature, and In the cause of peace and International friendship t Syracuse Profs Bar Co-Ed Knees Fair Maids FoH>idden to Art in College Burlesque Production. Syracuse N Y. June 30 —Twinkling legs and dimpled knee* of Syracuse university'.* Co-ed* may he perfectly permissible In claw room and gym. nnd on the campus, but never, never, can they be subjected to the opera glasses of "bald headed." Such Is the formal decree of the university authorities. And as a result there will be no musical comedy production by the varsity so ciety, Aambourlne and Bones, spring, spring. Co-ed* cannot appear In T and B shows, rules the faculty and. ns a result, the university’s oldest dramatic society may give up the ghost. It Is said. Five separate petitions made by the most influential students on the rampus. Including Charles Aufdehsr. president of the Tambourine end Bones and of the tnterfraternlty con ference, failed to soften the decree, "Co-eds shall not take part In the burlesque shows." Jlurlng the war the co-eds took part In throe produc tion* v hlrh proved to he most sue cessful. Members of the faculty, shocked at what they term "a vulgar exhibi tion," put on the lid. Then the members of the society voted "No cords, no show," and all plans for this year’s show have !>een canceled. The girl's themselves sre Just *e anxious to take part as the men sre to have thorn. "An outrage," they term It, but the powers that be have no Intention of rhnnglng the ruling, according to Vice Chancellor William 1’. Graham. London Now Grants Freedom of City to Married Women Itr AmoHiMmI Press. London, June 30—In view of the terms of the sex disqualification removals act the staid City of t.on don corporation has departed from Its oldtlni* custom of refusing th" honor of the freedom of the city of London to married women. The flrsUmarrled wonjan to receive this honor Is Mrs. P. O. Itrlstow, th* wife of a barrister of law, who was admitted to th* freedom of the rlty at a rerent meeting of th* corpora tlon. [letting on Horse Haring Is Introduced in Sweden Stockholm, June 30.—Betting In connection with horse raring waa In (reduced In Sweden for ih* first time May 7 at Jageraro, the largest rare Bourse In south Sweden. For many j<ara the question of bel ting has been before the Itlgsdag at Intervals. Mini many times It baa been rejected aa being Immoral. $ ‘Wind Feeler to Prevent Crashes Uncanny Device to Stabilize Plana Invented by Austrian. London, June 30.—After a life work of research and experiment, the ef forts of the Austrian savant. Prof. Ttaimond Nlmfuhr, to achieve auto matic stability in airplanes are about to be crowned with success. The secret mechanism which he has perfected Is like the antennae one of those insects drhose flight methods he has studied profoundly. It now only requires certain elmpllfl cations In the operation to bring It Into everyday use. Already In recent aerial tests, near Vienna. It haa func tioned wonderfully. It Is described as a "sensory organ," a "nerve” or a "brain" and Is shielded from view In a smooth rounded, metal chamber, which pro jects on a hollow tube In front of the aircraft when It Is In flight. The professor himself calls one portion of the machine a “wind feeler." So. In effect. It la Surfaces balanced so sensitively that they Instantly "de tect” any fluctuations In th* air stream rushing past them, operate by electrical Impulse a series of tiny compressed air motors. Stability Maintained. These little motors are likened to the "fingers" of the brain out forward In Its metal skull. 3Vhat they do with swift precision—obeying the electrical "Instructions" of the “brain"—Is to move the controlling planes of the aircraft so that the ma chine remains In steady flight no matter what disturbances may be encountered. The "brain," In fact, feels the ad vent of the windwnves before they reach the aircraft Itself, and, by mes sages In flashes to the little engines operating the controls, anticipates, by a suitable action, any disturbing In fluences these "waves'* may have upon the aircraft. Pnrpnny, hut unfailing, Is the way in which the "brain” "corrects" an error of the pilot. Should he cause hi* craft to "stall" or come practical ly.to a standstill In the air, with the peril of a plunge, the "brain” prompt ly assumes control, and, tilting the bow a little downward, sends the ma. chine forward on a smooth, safe glide, which restores immediately the "lift” of Its wings. Fords With Wings. Not only, declares the professor, can great air lines be stabilised by this automatic "brain" so that they will rush with smooth certainty through fogs, clouds and aerial storm*—hut there are now prospects of produc tion of small "Fords with wing*." Such machines. Installed with a perfected, simplified "brain." will, so to say, fly themselves They will be practically "fool pyoof." ascending easily and they will speed along the highways of the air with the same certainty as an earthly Ford, (rulded ceaselessly by their "brains" from the risk of overbalancing or falling. In his latest pronouncement, follow Ing recent tests. Prof. Nlmfuhr *ays: "The day Is dawning when, by the mass production of tiny, low powered, automatically safe "fly-about*"— cheap to buy and extraordinarily r heap to run—we shall all of ua. with our families, enjoy habitually, the health giving thrills of outings In the air.’* Great ftrltnln has a longer sea ■ oast than any other country In Ku rope. Omaha Spends $11000,000 on New Buildings Nearly 3,000 Permits Issued Between July 1, 1922, to July 1 of This Year. For the 12-month period from July 1, 1922, to July 1, 1923, building oper ation* in Omaha were nearly $14,000, 000, according to records of the city building departments where permits for construction are Issued. Nearly 3.000 permits were Issued during this period. • During 1922, a total of 2,740 per mits were issued, representing an in vestment of $11,242,916 for all class es of new construction. The following figures show the In crease in building operations during the first five months of this year, as compared with the corresponding months of last year: 1029 1959 January .$262,240 t 020,096 February . 470,6*6 1,664,756 March . 007,637 1.190.740 April . 064,7J6 1 292,174 May . 1,001.061 9.066,464 1,750 New Dwelling*. . / During the last 12 months permitB have been Issued for approximately 1,750 new dwelling*. The figures show that during the first six months of this year there was an increase of nearly 20 per cent In the total of new dwellings, compared with the corresponding period of last year. The average cost per dwelling dur ing 1922 was $3,955 and the average cost of nearly 800 dwellings erected this year, or now in course of con struction, is $4,300. The following is a list of the .ma jor building improvements for which permits have been issued this year: Major Buildings. Elks' lodge building, Eighteenth and Dodge, $660,000: E. M. Morsman, 620 South Thirty-eighth street, resi dence, $64,000; Roy Ralph and N. H. Tyson. 2112-4 Harney, garage, $$20, 000; Bank of Benson, 6108 Military avenue, new bank, $25,000; A. Theo dore, 2702-4 Burt, apartment. $30,000; Dr. M. Gordon, 4961 Capitol avenue, apartment. $55,000; Benson and Gar rett, 3630 Burt, dwelling, $35,000; M. Goldenberg, 4732 South Twenty-sev enth street, packing house, $40.r>00; Northwestern Bell Telephone com pany, Forty sixth ahd Izard, addition to exchange. $30,000; Paltrier Bros., 424 North Twentieth street, stores and apartments, $50,000; Boston Real ty company, 4001-3 Famam, store building, $20,000; St. Joseph hospital, nurses' home, $200,000; A. Goldstein, 610-12 South Thlrty-aecond avenue, apartment. $24,000; Joseph Slosberg, 5302 Davenport street, dwelling. $24. 000; Frank 8. Keogh. 110 North Fifty third street, dwelling, $36,500; J. J Frleden. Eighteenth and Jackson streets, apartment, $50,000: Thomas Kilpatrick A Co., 1609 Douglas street, new stores, $90,000; A. and M Hers berg, 1619 and 1521 Douglas, new stores, $40,000; Giles Bros. Co., 2902 North Fifty-ninth street, apartment. $35,000; J. C. Jewell, Twenty- fourth and Grant Streets, store building $40,000; C. A. and K. C. Cook, trus tees, 1601 to 1629 Howard street, store and office building. $750,000; Nebraa ka Clothing company. 1416-18 Farnam street, new stores, $35,000; N. V. Dodge. 2210 Harney, store and of flee building, $27,000; Nebraska Chil dren's Home society, children's home 437.000. Hard Luck Tale Wins Li"ht Fine o Court Lenient With Desert Denizen Who Defied Law to Aid Sick Wife I-** Angeles, June *0 —w j. Zink, whose nemesis seems to be hard luck. Is back trying to make a living on his desert claim. Zink, hated into court here recently on a "dry" charge, ‘old a "hard luck" story that won him almost unprece dented mercy from the court. Itec«ntly Zink moved out Into the desert east of Victorville and there, with his wife, took up a homestead— so that his wife might have a chance to regain her health. She was suffer ing from tubercular trouble. Whisky seemed to he the only medi cine that helped his wife, so Zink came to the coast for a pint. He failed to get a doctor's certificate for the whisky because physicians had not seen his wife. Mrs. Zink was too frail to stand the trip In from the desert, so Zink got the liquor from a hoot logger. "Dry" agents found the booze in his machine, which he had parked, and seized the car. Fearing arrest and separation from , “St Louis Limited” This fine train of all-steel equipment now pro vides service between Omaha and St. Louis at the most convenient hour. Leave Omaha.5:55 p.m. * Arrive St. Louis.7:55 a.m. A splendid meal on the train leaving Omaha, a smooth, restful ride and then breakfast in the cafe-dining ear before arrival at St. Louis i Delmar Avenue St. Louis i 11 going to tli* West Knd district of Ht I .outs, use the Petmar Avenue Station, which Is reached 30 minutes surlier than b Union Station. It will mve a long ride by street car or taxi ■ and the 30 minutes on the trsln. If you are planning a trip anywhere Fast or South, we cordially Invite you to write, phone or call for Information, tickets snd reservations H. C. Shield*, Div. Pa**enger Agent 1909 Harney St., Omaha, Neb. Ticket Office, 1416 Dodge St. WABAS THROUCH TRAINS .in ML-STCCi TRAINS^ WT.r.1. : f - 1!- f "4 his wife, Zink abandoned hi* much abused flivver and returned to his wife. Soon afterwards friends In formed him the federal officers had learned his name and where he could be found through the registration of hts machine. lie then wrote the authorities that he would appear in court as soon as hia wife was able to make the trip. Finally Zink, with his wife, started tor Los Angeles. Their rickety ma chine overturned and Mrs. Zink was killed. Zink burled her near the spot of the fatal accident. Again Zink was ready to start to court, but a neighbor was severely ' injured in a gasoline explosion and ; Zink nursed his friend and took care of his claim until he recovered. At last Zink appeared in federal court before Judge Trippet. He ex plained the delay and said he was ■ ready to plead guilty and pay the penalty for transporting liquor. The judge ascertained the truth of Zink's story and fined him the minimum prescribed by law—SI. Zink paid the fine in nickels and dimes. The Judge also ordered the return of Zink's automobile. A few hours after his court appearance Zink, in his flivver, headed back toward his lonely desert claim. Bible Is Called “Beautiful Poem"’ Not Literal, Pastor Declares— “Poetic License Must Illuminate It.” Columbus, O., June 30.—Asserting that the Bible Is 'a great and beauti ful poem,” I>r. Charles Reynolds ,Brown of Yale university In an ad dress here, declared that "poetic li cense must be permitted! to make the book luminous.” "We have passed that stage where our faith depends upon the literal truth of all the Bible,” said Dr. Brown. “If it affords us a clear con ceptlon of God, provides a guide to lead men to greater work and is a lamp to guide men's feet and light their path, the Bible is true,” Stating that the spiritual truth of the Bible Is apparent and that to Interpret many of the passages liter ally "would kill our faith In the truth of the Bible," Dr, Brown continued: "The trtfth of the Bible does not depend on whether the book of Jonah is literally true, whether Solomon wrote all the proverbs, or Itavid wrote all the psalms. The Bible It self tells us to study it and divide the truth. We must separate that which Is local, temporal and unes sential from that which is universal, lasting and essential and accept Its best parts. Let the Bible stand or fall, not by the test of ecclesiastical dogma, but by test of use and exper ience." American Buys Tokio Municipal Securities Tokio June 30.—Dr. Charles A Beard, noted American student of civic conditions, upon his departure from Japan recently, left 1.500 yen (ITSO) for the purchase of municipal bonds when the plans for the new To kio work are begun. It was Just learned Dr. Beard was in Japan as the guest of Mayor Viscount Goto of Tokio, and while here he made an intensive study of the needs of the munici pality. His purchase of bonds came from a voluntary gift of 10 000 yen (15.0001, which the city of Tokio, with certain prominent men of the city, gave to the American expert. Dr. Beard Is a resident of Milford. Conn. Prince of Wales Does Not Pine to Be Called Royal B)f Associated Press. London, June SO—Lady Astor likes to bring people together at her dln nera At one of her recent enter tainments she had among her guests the prince of Wales and Wilt Thorne, the socialist labor leaadrr and mem ber of parliament. Thorne now tells this story: “I said to the prince I would doubt less be unpleasantly criticised by (tome of my constituents for putting my feet under the table with royalty. "The prince smilingly replied: 'I object to royalty. Mr. Thorne, but I don't mind being called the prince of Wales.’ ’• Bank President Urges Industry “Prosperity at Hand if We Go to Meet It,” Says John L Kennedy. By JOHN I- KENNEDY, President of the I nlted Slater Notional Hank. Permanent prosperity waits upon normal conditions. The various In dustries and lines of business are gradually finding themselves. The farmers are coming track with this I year's crop. Money is to be had for all legitimate purposes, at reasonable rates of interest. Prosperity is on the way, but we will find It much more quickly if we j go to meet it. Well directed energy will he richly rewarded. Greater ef | fort and less extravagance are ahso- 1 lutely necessary to the welfare of the ' country. Profits should be reasonable, j and equitably distributed. Oakland School Children Pushing Thrift Campaign Oakland, Cal., June 30.—Thrift is spreading among the school children] of this city, according to a report tendered to the achool department. A thrift campaign was started soma time ago among the Oakland achool children, and the report Just made showa that more than 1300,000 Is now on deposit by the children. The depositors number 11,504 tn th» achool banka. Actual banka ara now eatabllahad In the high schools, whiia In the ali mentary schools there la the "elasg loom savings system." Twenty classes in tha Oakland schools have a 100 per cent ranking, because every child saves In a school bank. Old Trolley Is Abandoned After 35 Years of Service Norwalk, Conn , June 30.—N<» longer will the "Toonervllle trolley” transport passengers to the popular shore resorts of Dorlon’a Point and Calfpasture, each on Long Island sound. Tha vehicle that long an noyed local residents and hurt their pride severely has just been retired after running 35 years except when snowdrifts or an unusually high tide Interrupted its progress along the rails The Connecticut company, erstwhile "child'' of the New Haven railroad, found enough money to buy a new car for the run, hauling the old car away for a memento of olden days in trolley life. It’s Delightful QearXata /JT — ^ Clear Lake offer* t. the whole family s^ery form of wholesome en tertainment Bowling and Cuworlwg Bathing FUhing Eierlleat Hotel* **f>lee*did Cuisine Sommer C ottages Ootf ^wiling Dancing Hand Concerts (Twice Daily ) Write for descriptive U.ustm'ed You can't imagine a more charming place to spend your va cation than here on the long, natural shores of cool Gear Lake. Make arrangements this year to give your family a change of liv ing. They can be perfectly con tent In one of the many little cottage* that nestle comfortably amid the oak groves at Clear Lake. Business men who cannot be away for any length of time will find the new railway service arranged conveniently for week-end trips. People here are congenial—the kind of people with whom you like to asso ciate. Every vacation attraction, every comfort and advantage la yours at Clear Lake. And the expense is so small to be easily within the means of everyone. For free Booklet “C” write to Commercial Club Clear Lake, Iowa —or— The < hicagn Great Western Railway, U19 First National Bank B(tiding, Omaha, Nebraska. Come lo Jj learjme, Grain Merchants That firm whose business grows consist ently must have something real behind it. It has. Our business has. We have expe rience. We have knowledge which comes from experience. We have facilities for handling business efficiently. We have financial responsibility, which assures im mediate honoring of drafts. We have what you want when you wish to patronize Grain Merchants. We appreciate the responsibilities which the term implies. George A. Roberts Grain Co, 230 Grain Exchange Building AT lantic 0446