George Barker
| Was 89 Thursday
Qne of Leading Pioneers of
Omaha; Came Here in
1856.
Georg* Barker, one of the oldest
pioneers in Omaha and said to be th
pioneers in Omaha and said to be the
fctUh birthday at home Thursday.
Mr. Barker is a native of England,
well as his wife, who will be 80
next November. He tame to this city
in 1856 from 8alem, O. He returned
to his native country after the civil
"Hr *nd married Miss Annie Osborne.
Omaha was but a scattered settle
ment when Mr. Barker came here, lie
s.»ld. The old capital, now Ontral
High school, was then under con
st ret Ion. He has lived at his present
home, at Thirty seventh and Jones
streets, for 33 years.
Mr. Barker has regular habits and
is in excellent health at present. He
is an ardent golf enthusiast, and at
tributes his good health partly to his
following of that game.
He has done much to help Omaha
grow, building many additions. He
was connected with the gas company
for a number of years.
Mr. Barker has six children and
eight grandchildren.
Contract Awarded for
Columbus High School
f SpMlal Dispatch to Th* Onialm II*..
Colulnbus, Neb.. July 3.—Henry
Olson & Son, David City (Neb.) con
tractors, today were awarded the con
tract to construct a new senior high
school here for $175,000.
Plumbing contracts for $40,000 were
let to A. Dussell A Hon, Columbus.
Construction will begin immediately.
Total cost of building, which is to be
finished Heptpmber 1, 1025, is not to
exceed $250,000. Eleven contractors
and nine plumbers from three states
submitted bids.
Adam McMullen to Make
Address at Wayne Today
Beatrice, Neb., July 3.—Adam Mc
Mullen of this city, republican candi
date for governor, has accepted the
invitation to speak at Wayne, Neb.,
on the Fourth of July. He has just
returned from Chadron, where he
made two addresses to farmers’ meet
ings, More than 4,000 farmers were
present. He also addressed teachers
attending the summer normal at
Chadron.
This Farmer Optimistic.
Shenandoah, la., July 3.—Henry
Hood, who resides In Hhenandoah and
runs a farm near here, reports that
he has good prospects for a corn crop,
a welcome variation of the story
farmers have been telling. Mr. Hood
also saya his wheat will make from
20 to 25 bushels an acre.
■ 1
Put
“Hurrah ”
in the
Fourth
I
Dancing
Afternoon and Kveuilig
1 to a 12-l’leea Orchestra '
Swimming
Pool and Sand
Beach
Open 8 A. M. to 11 P. M.
Free Act
Three Show* the Fourth
«, 7:34), and » P. SI.
Free Movies
Now Showing
“THK I.fOS AM) THK
y SOt’SF."
Come nnd (let the Mon’* Share
of Laughter
It'* a duett Sennet) Comedy
Bring the family, spend the
day. Acres of shaded pic
nic groves — Finest in the
state.
r—" "•* -J ' r~ 1 17 '■
HCIBHBOSHODD THEATERS
GRAND.10th and Binnay
Collar* Mootp and Whpplpp Oakman
in “SLIPPY McGEE"
Compdy
BOULEVARD - - .33d and Lravanwor lh
Ethal Clayton in
“CAN A WOMAN LOVE TWICE?"
Vaudavilla Offprint
LOTHROP - - • - - 24th and Lothrnp I
Gur P««» “GOLD MADNESS"
‘ III I ——'■ . ru y.*"B
Are Jimmie and Betty Engaged?
Hetty Compson and James Cnue.
Bam* Humor from Hollywood bn*
it that Betty t'ompsun, famous star,
and James Crime, equally famous as
the direetor of "The Covered Wag
on," are engaged. Neither of the
pair will affirm or deny, but James
is at present directing Betty in a
new story, "The Enemy Sex,"
Betty's present release is "Miami."
in which site is booked at the Hialto
Saturday. "Miami" is declared to be
tlie last word In a romance placed in
the midst of people to whom a dime
is no longer a regular tip—and just
to prove It the company actually
journeyed to Miami, Kin., to make the
outdoor scenes.
Inasmuch as Betty started her
movie carper as one of the famous
bathing beauties, and "Miami" in
cludes a lot of beach and sand and
paints and all that necessary scenery,
we are to lie again regaled with a
bathing picture.
AT THE THEATERS
v——____j
Kajlyama, Japanese marvel, per
forming six things at the same time
is the headline in the new hill at the
World starting tomorrow. Kajlyama
Is said to have one of the most re
markable arts in vaudeville, flautier'w
Bricklayers, is an act of unusual
merit and sure to provide a big com
edy surprise. Something of a different
nature in comedy Is to be presented
by Permane and Shelley In an act
called "Pulley Pulley.” Casper and
Morrisey in "Nobody's Business."
make it their particular business to
dispense laughs galore. Harry Tsuda
who "thrills ns he smiles," has a
most daring offering. Arthur Hays
has a surprise in his organ solo
novelty for the week.
A musical comedy drama of the
A --—7;. ~~
Kentucky hills having to do with the
lives and love of moonshiners. Is "Hal
o' the Hills,'' which the Hert Smith
Comedy Players offer for a seven
period at the Rmpresg starting to
morrow. Hilly Van Allen appears In
the role of ' Hank Weston,” a down
at the heel Mountaineer. Van Allen
makes this character a comedy gem.
He is given good support by Ttudy
Wintner, Pearl Mack, Warren Fabian,
Tommy Warne, Helen Curtis, Stella
Watson, Pacific, 4 and other mem
bers of the big company. The current
play “Stop Thief," will be seen for
the last times today.
A number of allover braided or em
broidered wraps of slim length were
noted lately with navy blue or rust
colored backgrounds.
I STARTING TODAY
I EIGHT EIGHT
I DAYS DAYS
■ There’* some kick to it, too! Gasoline and jazz bands
j|| mixed with high-geared racing cars—smashing rec
i| ords, tearing down fences, taking curves on two
SH wheels. You will actually stand up in your seat and
Iri a® these reckless young drivers “cut loose” on the
§g famous Monterey race course.
I NEW REDUCED PRICES
Ij .in effect now
I MATINEES - - - 30c
I EVENINGS - - - -40c
O Sunday, holiday matinee prices the same as evenings
Enormous Typhoon
Cooling System
TODAY—LAST TIMES
“Stop Thief’
Starting Tomorrow
BertSmith Comedy Players
present the musical comedy
romance of love and moonshine,
“Hal of the Hills”
ON THE SCREEN,
LAURA LA PLANTE
—In—
“The Dangerous Blonde”
end No. 3 of the new
Witwer series,
“Telephone Girlf*
Reduced Night Prices,
50*—10*
Cool as a Mountain Top
The tee Plant Does It
N IN
0 TfirciniiiT o
W w
EXTRA! EXTRA!!
1 Ohio Tornado
. BtTIYCOMPSON .
MIAMI
im Society Rone mad |
at America'* fammia j
bathing retort.
; JtL
Return Engagement
CHAS. CHAPLIN
In “Pay Day”
Ml i onY j OROIEATRA I
I I Rio I ORr.AN
liEE \\ \ NT A OH KRINfl REHULTS.
Canning Season
Is Now Arriving
O
Fruits and Vegetables to Be
Plentiful Within Few
Weeks.
By MARKET BASKET.
New summer fruits become more
abundant dally, and the season for
canning promises to be a good one.
A few more weeks, and the house
wife will be able to procure arty
fruit of her choice at a reasonable
price for canning purposes.
Large, delicious plums can be pur
chased in baskets from 33 to 55 cents
a basket or If desired for canning,
they can be bought in crates at $1.65.
Apricots should be canned now, If
at all. A square basket can be pur
chased for 57 cents or In crates
ranging in price from $1.60 to $2.23.
Ripe freestone peaches sell for 25
cents a basket. Large baskets filled
to ttie brim with ripe elierries sell
from 0$ cents to $1.25 a basket, ac
cording to the size of Ihc cherry.
Already, canning supplies are on
sale at the various markets. Kxcel
lent quality jar rubbers can be
brought at three dozen for 25 cents.
Mason jar caps sell for 30 cents a
dozen. Ball Mason jars are 75 cents
a dozen for pints, 85 cents a dozen
for quarts, and $1.15 for half gal
lon jars. Parowax, Is sold as low as
two one pound packages for 25 cents.
Squat or tali jelly glasses are SO cents
a dozen.
Sugar Is $7.50 a hundred for the
beet, and 17.75 a hundred for the
cane.
timid Melon- Crop.
A heavy crop of water melons Is
assured this year. Even now, car
loads of Texas sweetheart melons are
being shipped In. The popular price
on melons is 4 cents a pound and
they can he bought In half or quar
ters If a whole melon is not desired.
One market is selling large mellons
at 75 cents each.
Pears and honey dew unions were
the feature attractions In the fruit
squares this week, pears selling for
45 cents a dozen, and the honey dew
melons ranging from 30 cents to 40
cents each.
Cantaloupes are the best yet. They
continue to fall in price, ranging front
5 cents to 15 cents each. Straw
herrios are few’ on the markets, sold
mostly in pint boxes at 15 cents
each.
Home grown vegetables of all sorts
are plentiful. Now home-grown cab
bage was seen at 5 and 10 cents a
head. Fresh beets are two large
bunches for 5 cents. Carrils are 5
cents a bunch. Small green onions
sell five bunches for 10 cents. Green
peas and string beans are sold chief
ly by the market basket at 49 cents
each. New- potatoes bold at about
the same price.
Picnic Supplies Delightful.
For the picnic parties, many sug
gestions are offered by all the mar
kets. Fancy queen olives In quart
jars are on sale at 49 cents a Jar.
Canned beans packed In tomato1
sauce is very palatable for the picnic
dinner.
In the meat department, a decline
In the price of lamb Is noticed. 1924
leg of lamb Is selling for 32 1-2 cents
a pound. The lower price Is due to
the fact that the demand for lamb
THIS WEEK’S
SPECIAL"
Black Walnut
Today, any day and every day,
Delicia is a refreshment that you will
enjoy.
Black Walnut is a Special that is
a favorite with both young and old.
Ready for you in the handy quart
and pint packages for home serving.
Delicia is packed and frozen in the
original packages at the creamery.
Ask your Delicia dealer for “This
Week’s Special.’*
^Fairmont Cream eryCq“1"
Ejtasushcd IBM- Dcucia Ice Cream
A -—--' I --:-:
New Show Today
|fV£D ™°Msqv
m AND HIS HORSE
I “Silver King”
I Added Feature
I RUDOLPH
I VALENTINO
W A Aftry «f th« UnAtrwarM
I “Nil WONDERFUL
I [_ CHANCE"
I New Prices
I in Effect Now
I Mats 20c
lEv’gs 25c
Sal., Sun., holiday matinee
H prieaa aama aa evening*.
ns “ si
o o
MAY McAVOY
Ricardo Cortaa, Ethel Wales
“THE BEDROOM
_WINDOW”
Matinee and Night ■ . .(0<*
1 mSZmiZSiIalZISIiraSIaSSallllSIamSIim«ZL
WHEN IN NKKIt OE IIE1.P
TKY
OMAHA BEK WANT AI»S
The Giant Cooling System
Insures Summer Comfort
TODAY—LAST TIMES
JOE JACKSON
and all-star 6-act bill
Starting Tomorrow
Another sansational vaudeville
and photoplay program headed
by the Japanese marvel,
Kajiyama
doing siv different things
at tha same time
TWIN SCREEN FEATURES,
JACK PICKFORD
in the love end adventure
romance of tha mountains,
“The Hill Billy"
and
“A Day of Rest”
A new and screamingly funny
| GUMP COMEDY
World night price now
(any plncn eacept men.) OvC
Children ...
Matinees - 10<* .‘15C
SAND POINT |
BEACH
“Where Omaha
S trims'*
Swim in Nature's
Pure Lake Water,
Sand Bottom and
Beach.
(not a pool)
Phone WE 6414
■' . .mil
—
—
You Can C e lehr ale today at
LAKEVIEW PARK
Dancing Tonight and Tomorrow
Many Other Attraction*
*
cuts has been decreased. Spring
rhifkens are also getting cheaper,
being bought for 42 cents a pound.
Imported delicacies of all kinds are
procurable at one food shop. Here
almond-roca, a summer candy, and
sweet Drostes chocolates imported
from Holland can be bought. Roth
make desirable gifts. Candled prunes
imported from Vermany are also for
sale at this shop.
Motorist Radiy
Injured in Cradi
Kpfrlul IH»pnf<-h to The Omttha Her,
Columbus, Neb., July 3.—Adolph
Behlen, 19, was Injured, probably fa
tally, when a motorcycle lie was rid
ing crashed into a coupe driven by
John filur, accompanied by Warner
Ernst
Both motorcycle and automobile
were demolished. Behlen is uncon
scious, suffering concussion of the
brain.
Farmer Injured Severely
W lien His Team Rims Away
Sperlal lli«pot' h to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., July 3.—W. K.
Sharp, 78, Liberty farmer, was in
jured seriously when his team run
away while he was cultivating corn.
Ills injuries may prove fatal.
THIEVES IN AUTOS
LOOT ROHRS STORE
Special ftUpatrli to The Omaha Bee.
Auburn, Net)., July .1 -Burglars en
tered the general store of llenry
Rohrs at Rohrs, five miles west of
this city, early this morning and stole
a quantity of dresses valued at several
hundred dollars. Articles were packed
ready to take when the thieves were
frightened away.
Tracks show that two automobiles
were used and that the men went
west. The door of the bank adjoin
lug bore marks of a jimmy.
Originator of 1 niform
Flagpole Idea Ones Fast
Shenandoah, la., July 3.—Shenan
doah Flag and Decorating company,
managed by Flovrl Musgrave, origina
tor of the Idea of uniform flagpoles
for decorating towns, an idea which
has swept the country, is opening an
eastern office at Jamestown, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Mussrav* arc thera
now and hia brother, James Mu*
throve, will leave for the east In a
few days. Miss Lydia Heuser of
Okaloosa, an employ* here, will c«t
to Jamestown to assist In the Net
York office.
S-t-o-r-e W-i-d-e
Clearance
Coats, Suits, Skirts,
Dresses, Sweaters
F. W. Thorne Co.
1812 Farnam St.
J
FRIDAY SPECIAL
Whole Baby Pike,
Fried in Butter,
Hotel Rome Cafeteria
Open 24 Hours Every Day.
I Prime
Rolled Beef
Rib Roast
20c
Native
Beef Chuck
Roast 1
12c
Choice Beef
Rib for
Boiling
5c
Choice
Beef Pot
Roa»t
10c
Fresh
Cut Hamburg
Steak
10c ;
Special Fresh Pork Shoulders.HV2C
VEAL CUTS
Choicest Shoulder Roast.121a<4
Choicest Veal Breast .lSViO
Choicest Veal Stew.lOf*
Choicest Veal Chops.18c4
Pure Rendered Lard.\2x/2^
PORK CUTS
Choice Lean Spareribs.
Choice Boston Butts.15C
Fresh Pork Hearts.5f^
Fresh Pork Liver.
Choice Salt Pork .15c^
Fancy Fresh Breakfast Sausage ... 15f*
I SAUSAGE AND COOKED MEATS
Choice Weinies and Frankfurts . . .
Choice Polish Sausage.20C
Fresh Made Bologna . . . .15r
Choice Minced Ham.20C
Choice Pressed Ham.?0f“
Fresh Liver Sausage.20C
Fancy Brick Cheese... . , .2tic
Fancy Cream Cheese.25f*
Choicest Lean Pork Loins.15f
SMOKED MEATS
Sugar-Cured Picnic Hams .11V4<*
Sugar-Cured Strip Bacon .14<*
Sugar-Cured Skinned Hams .18c
Fey. Breakfast Bacon, Vi or whole 30c
Armour's Star or Cudahy’s Puritan
Skinned Hams .22c
SPRING LAMB
Choicest Hindquarters .22c
Choicest Lamb Chops.2oC
Choicest Forequarters .12ViC*
BUTTERINE
Lucky Buy Oleo .20(‘ ®
Liberty Nut Oleo .22c
Liberty Nut Oleo, 5 lbs. SI.03
Evergood Oleo, 2 lbs..48c
Evergood Oleo, 5 lbs.SI.20
Danish Pioneer Butter.41c* !
Ideal Malt and Hops.57O |
Gesundhiet Malt and Hops.33<*
Campbell's Pork and Beans.llC i
| Mail and Express Orders Filled Promptly |
ran hr rondo as tnnrh a labor
*a>rr as n larunoi rlranrr or an
•■Irrtrir iron.
>on harr to par for It- so nhjr
do work that It ran do for sont
If ><>n think yon rau't do your
Sroeery hay I ns as well orer the
phone ar by coins to the store* j
personally — try onr phone
sqm ire.
"e are proud of it.
We fake ypecial rare of phone
order*. They are filled arrnrnte.
It and rarefnlly and they are
delitered promptly,
Jnlr picnic* are not
complete without the
old-fashioned satis
frina drink. Ortf
fled and safe. Per
case .
F^Nif* <mi
Fetttmed <•%*>
SUGAR, Fine Granulated, 10 Lbs. 79c
MILK, Pet, Carnation,Wilson, can 10c
TEA, Iced Tea, 25c
JELLO, Assorted Flavors, pkg. 10c
POST BRAN, KRUMBLES, 2 for 23c
PORK & BEANS, Campbell’s, 3 tor 35c
TOILET PAPER, Fine Tissue, 9 rolls $1.00
SHRIMP, Wet or Dry, 2 cans 39c
; MATCHES, count cartons of 6 bxs., 9c
GINGER ALE, “BoldeHe” quarts 21c
COFFEE, forbes “Quality” 3 lbs. $1.31
CANTALOUPES—
Medium sir*, ripe and sweet; f)r
standards. 3 for.*£l)C
PLUMS—
Park red. sweet Santa Hosa. rQ
Large square basket.DoC
PINEAPPLE—Fancy Cuban
Second crop—first time in many years
Si eond crop shipments have be» u Q T
received in Omaha. 2 for. . ODC
LEMONS- ,
Large, juiev Sunkist: California
grown. Dozen.
BANANAS—
Large ripe fruit. *-v wm
3.2/c
NEW POTATOES- r n
Per peck.;.OOC
HEAD LETTUCE—
Home grown. 2 for ... .ioe
I PICKLES, Quart Jar 47c
BUTTER, .ffir Every Pound Guaranteed, Lb. 4.rC
FLOUR, “Blue Bell” ^-.Mi
MALT, “Puritan," Hop Flavored. “Highest Quality,” Sugar Syrup, can 63c
MACARONI, Skinner’s 10c Package, 3 for 25c
CHOICE HAMS, Whole or Hall, lb 25c
