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.
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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
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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.
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‘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^
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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
