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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1924)
I Nebraska Towns, l ^Streams Named f in Peculiar Ways I Lou bp and Stove Creeks Had Odd Sources for Titles They Bear, Research Reveals. How did Louse rreek out In llolt county get Its name? Why, of all possible names, did early pioneers bail one small Nebraska stream Stove creek? To such intriguing questions the • answers have been unearthed by re search of Prof. J. T. Link of the conservation and survey division of the University of Nebraska who is completing four years of lnvestiga Hon on place-names In Nebraska. Running down rumor, analyzing farbulous tales woven into the oral history of the state, counties, cities and towns. In Link's files are records of 1 n, #<b' Nebraska place names. At old ■sttlers' reunions he has found a fer tile field to asrertain name sources from early residents. Origin Varied. "Origin of names in Nebraska,” he says, "may be traced to numerous sources. Many are monuments to public servant*, front president, down to postmaster. The Indian, the dis coverer, explorer, surveyor, soldier, V pioneer and early settler, founders of towns, railroad men, authors, clergy t men, historians have left their name* * * the map of Nebraska. * ( “Topography, geological structure. J the soil, streams, springs, animals, : native vegetation, historical events, and location have contributed hun dreds of names to the geographical nomenclature of the state. "Trivial circumstances gave rise to names. When Surveyor Robert I Harvey came to that creek in Holt j county, he found that the clothes of his group had become Infested with "cooties” and he ordered a general cleanup at this stream, which has ever since been known as Louse y ; creek. “In another instance one of the •urveying party shot a red deer on the banks of a lake in Cherry county and the name Red Deer was given ' the lake. The finding of a stove In ' ; a. rreek, supposed to have been drop | ped by Mormons in fording the stream, Induced the settlers to call 1 the waterway Stove creek. I “Adams, Madison, Lincoln, Wash Ington, Pierce, Grant, Arthur and other presidents have furnished names for counties and towns. Frank lln, Webster, Blaine, Douglas and Hamilton are names that comment orate statesmen of national renown . J Territorial governors—Burt, Richard son, Cuming, Furnas. Thayer and, others—have been honored. The names of men who distinguished, themselves on the field of battle— such as Sherman, Sheridan, Custer, t Logan, have been perpetuated in town and county names. "Dawson, Sarpy, Scottsbluff, Barada, St. Deroin, Friends and others perpetuate the names of early trappers, fur traders and pioneers. 1 TJeuel, Perkins, lioldrege, Blair and f •coift-s of others are monuments of railroad men. "Topographical features have given us such names as Rock county. Val ley county. Box Butte county and Round Valley. Such names as Cen trai City, Center, Milford and Platts mouth point out location. From the Indians we have picked up names like Otoe, Omaha, Nemaha, Ogallala, Sioux, Cheyenne, Brule and Osceola." Black chiffon is being used very charmingly for coat dresses and de spite the fact the material is perish able it ©allows very close, tailored lines. < J 1 s/000 sa insurance money— but, the undertaker tyt/fcoo k There Is a widow In Omaha M,. !Knning an elevator to support ' her two babies. The husband died a short time ago, leaving $1,000 life insurance. The un dertaker got $G00; the physi cian, who had attended the husband for a period of two years, would accept hut $15 for his services! Would you call this undertaker “a bene factor to humanity?” We can show you proof of scores of other rases just as shameful and pitiful. If you want the facts—come and see! We offer a complete funeral as low as $90.00 and up, and we'll show our books to prove that whatever price you choose will cover only a fair and le gitimate margin of profit. It makes no difference whether you are worth $5 or $5,000,000, the charges are the same. / led "The Cry of the Orphans" \ I at the publle library if yon I I went so me facte on the funeral I ' director and hie practices I / OMAHA FUNERAL HOME 141Z Nerth 1«lh Street Phone WE 106A 4 52 Tech High Students Will Get Diplomas Seotemher 11 ; ^ i mm ■ Methodists Meet for Conference Here on Sept. 16 Bishop Titus Lowe, Former Pastor in Omaha, to Pre side at Seven-Day Session. Methodifits from all parts of Ne j braska will meet In Omaha Tuesday, | September 16, for the annual confer ence. Bishop Titus Lowe, former Omaha pastor, will preside at the seven-day meeting. All sessions will be held at the First Methodist church, Twen tieth and Davenport streets. Among the visiting ministers who will address the meeting will be Bishop Umress J. Bin.ay, Shanghai, China, Bishop Frank M. Bristol of Washington, D. C., and the Kev. W. A. t*. Hughes of Philadelphia, super intendent of the bureau of negro work. The tentative program for the conference follows: Tuesday. September 1* 1 A. M — Examination of candidates for admission 'o ronbr#nrf, 8PM Annual meeting of the board of examiners Wednesday. Neptemher 17. 8 ".ft A M -Sacrament of the Third's •upper Addreaa by Riahop Lowe. Me morial service, Add reaa bj Rev Oeorgn t. Wright. Iloll * mII of the conference und business a aaion. 12 30 1* M Adjournment. 2 I* M ('nnfereme BOM I on. :: 3ft 7* M Anniversary of the W«* man,4 Home Mi^elonnry society Art dree* by Mra. A J. Croft, BnlTtrsUg i ‘ I a' c. Neb & t* M Fellowship hour In charge of ihe Kev Peier Jacobs. Omaha. Neb. a V M anniversary of ths Hoard of Foreign Missions The H#V A Oils Hin son. Norfolk Neb, presiding Addresa !•> Bishop I*ut#*a J LiImiy, Shanghai. China. Thursday, September IS 8 Si) A M —Morning prayer Dsvotlon al addreaa by Prof. H. Franklin Hall. Kvanatoo. Ill • A \f ConLrenc# aeaalon. 12 3U P. At -Adjournment 2 80 I*. M.—Meeting of sonfertnes committees. 3:3ft P M--Anniversary Women's Foreign Mlsslonar) society addreaa by Mr- .1. F. Hnye, Me eon I'I tv, la F. 7' M Fellow hip hour in chaiga of Rev. Peier Jacobs ft r M Gsrrcft Alumni assocls'lnn banquet. Address by Prof. II Franklin Rail • P M Annlver v« rv hoard of **mper • n»e prohibition and public morals Rev f It /HIM, Grand Island. Neb. presid ing Address by Rev It \ Johnson, Washington.P C "Lest We Korjei" pre •enistlon of the el* reel moHon picture by Rev Frank A High Lincoln. Neb su perintendent Nebraska AnM saloon league. Friday, ftfjilfmbfr If 8 SO A M Morning prayer. Dera tions! gddreas by Professor Hall. • AM Conference aeaalon 10 A. M Meeting of the Layman** aaaorlatlon In the Polled Presbyterian . hurt’ll 12 30 F M—Adjournment 2 P. >1 - c’onfai ante aeaaion. 4 F M - Vianetluti by the conference of *h* Nebraska Methodist hospltsl, Wil lard Hall and th* city Miasloe, ftp M- (educations I anniversary. The Rev. A A Brooks Lincoln, Neb, pie ftidlug Address by Bishop 'Frank. M Hilatol, “Washington. I* C Saturday. Hap t amber 10. 8 3ft A M Morning prayer. Deration al addi **a hv Profeaaor Hell. • A At Confluence session. 1! 30 P .vi Adjournment 2 3ft P M Conferenc e aaaelon. 3 p M He* option for the wlvae of (he ministers of 11» ** conference it the home «.f Mr* M I* Cameron, 211 North Thtrtv second avenue . I M !■ «* I low ehlp hour in charge of the Ret A V Hunter Ooth'nhurf, N'eb 8 |* \T Our Confeienca In* *' e*l* The Re Earl Rnwep. Rup*rl«r,. Neb. pr* aiding Address hv Rev F. F Hoarpan, eorre*pnnd*ng eerrerary Nebraska M*thn diet hospital Omaha Address hv a rap rM*n'»t lv# ftf Willard Hall, Omaha Ad dress by Rev. W. H. Lndetwood. superin Here’s a Real “Barrel” of Trouble i-----1 P^Atr* hV 1 1*19*11 You've heard of a "barrel of trouble.“ ThU la the real thing, according to Jim McKernan, 1901 F.lm street. Ml Kernan waa bringing his load from Council Bluffa to Omaha when disaster overtook him and the crash occnrred. * tandan* frnwall home. Blair, Nab. .Anni versary of tha board of homo mlaaJo^a *nd church *if*nalon Addraai* by Rrv VV A C H ug he a of Philadelphia. guper intandenr bureau nagro work, board of homa mfa«ion* Sunday. Replambw !l. • AM I'onferrnt* I.ov* F«*a*t. Rav Georg*- Main. Pawn** t’lty. N*b 10 A Sf Morning worahlp Harmon by Hishop Titua U»wf • 1* M—Ordinal Ion aervlea for dea con* and aldaia. ( unaecratloo of d«a conniM 7. 1* Vf — Epworth I.aague annJvaraary, Addraaa by Rav. H L Htory, J-atiogtoti. Nab, V P M —Tha world aarvtca of Mathod lam Rav. M O Langley, Cantral City. Nab . pri-aldlng Addiaaa by Rav W. Bovard. f'hhago Corr eapondlng aacrataiy uoard of education of tha Mfthodlai Epl* iopal church Monday September ft • 10 A. il Morning pia>«. DavoMon al additaa by Profaaaor Rail • AM Cnnfarence aeatloii. Reading of tha a ppolnl man (a. Omalia Composer Completes Concert Ktnde Series Pleritrv .Inn J,etov*kv, Omn ha com-1 pneer end plnnlet, hnn complet'd the < (imposition of n new eerlee of con cert etude* for the pienn, on which he hue hern ongsged while epending pert of the cummer with hie parent* at Florence Height*. l-elov*ky won laet yeer e netlonel prize for Anieri ran cornpoeltlone with hie "Sunday Morning." Hetoveky hee received a letter from hie former tnstrui'tor, Richard Burmelater, former Herman court pi anlef, saying that he Intends to visit America this fail. Defense Day Program Announced at Gleuwood Oleiiwood. la, Bept. I— Bubject to * hauge, till plugin in outlined by <’gpt. K. K. Humphrsv for obssrvan* • of i he first defsnsa teat day In Glen wood I* hn follow* 10 Ml II. hand ranrartr • f«* 11 ragiatratlon 1 n rourt tomaa paik. 11/ ■ *' ting up fi*ld ramp, •"empany 1 O'er ant.il 1? m*aa. 1 In to ' bard rnprart 5, voegi *nd Instrumental mu*!/, liter- * »I<>n. addi**»a by C E f»**n Io> a 11« ? ledge h*- all: * parade * no. haaahali ** band f-onnart » fr«* moving pl< t«r*e at court bou** p*rk. p*'*rotn* 4lick WAAW Programs s__/ Proffami1 to b# pr#*ent#d from R#d1o radt WAAW, th* Omaha Grain h't'-hing#, Omaha. Nab , 2*6 m*ttra. mitral. Hfpirmbwr IS; T?lld*i man's otehaatra. Mu » Ou p ru Saptatnbar Hr I 00 9 00 p m , •dura tional progtam Talks by It# v. E M Grown. and V. J Kt.«s ..f the afrlcul tural department, Union Pacific system, maetu *■ Nsptember 11: T 80-t (0 p m Happy Hum# orch«#tra. Old tin # Jar,-• mualc. auiplc«a J. J. klarkty A Son. fiouth Omaha September IB* 7 30-t 00 p m, Union Pacific radio orchestra. Talk# by W J Kris# of th# Union Paclflo #)#tam and R#v K M. Brown September 2® 7 10 t 00 p. in Frank Wnghf and Frank . Il*##lng#i\ the “Radio Frank#'* of N#nr York I’ltj ample## of Wa fer#on-b*r||nSr»yd#r company. Instru mental music September 10| 7.SO • 00 p m **The R#’tl<» Franks.’’ Wright sod l«###tngrr winging laieat \#w Vot song hit# MONUMENTS ARE BEING RESTORED Tlerlln, Fept. $ Tterlln * monu menta ace being taken But from be hind lock end key end put beck on their pedeatala again. Thla la another algn of Germany'* economic recovery. During the currency Inflation, when a piece of - metel wea worth more then a bale of paper merke, every thing that could be tranaported wa» being atulen tight and left—door knoha. telegraph wirea. and—bronze monument*. Th* eltlee were quickly forced to remove th* bronze figure, and monu inanta for a«fe keeping. “Barham Day**’ Popular. Albion, Wl». 8»pf Thu turn of Albion hux* 1nHtj#tmit«Ml h | a»o irg of monthly “Inn tisln daxa." which im% proving popular. Kxcry m#rrh»nt off pi « frvy thla d*\ on# nr mnra nrtlr |ng at n ganilln# Imiitsln prlra In addition »p**» lal entertain mant fogturet ara prtaantad. In thf evening a band concert and free pavement dance are given. Wanted Credit. Candidate (on stump)—I am will ing to truat the people— Voice In Rear—W here'* your store? —this ton Transcript. VY/ftPS a • IA positive guaranteed treatment sold by drug gist for sore, bleeding, spongy gums and all stages and conditions of rhea \i»> » KTIHFMK* » ASTHMA If ttniiuffar front choking, ghaninf. gasping, inti alaaplaas nJwMa. 1 am topnsiUvn thatT eng •top It that I will sand you a haul at* 17 frw tbs risORENf!* TREATMENT, W*nn roar Aarhmala «inpoft1 too ran rapav lha firor ky tailing of har • •marar* .Trial aantl rmir nama fay fraa Inarmani. Nn obligation r. H Rhnarar. 112* Coca Cola UuiMlog, limai CI17. Mo. > In the pictures are shown the 02 student* of Technical High school who will be graduated at the fall commencement exercises Thursday, September 11 at the auditorium of Technical High * h«x»l. following 1* the list of graduate*. 1. Hilda Krrlaon 2r< t * S»an*en 2 Kvef%n Bend* .. KJegnor OOom«r %. Kugene Tina* 2$ Marguerite bun 4 Mnrgie Kirkard. berry s Tletrort. 29 Dorothy Jordon. a Krf ^ard tieptrom. .u* Mane L>ieet f N * ■ • * J Aitaa Htadlti » Margaret f*<»ren- . A’lce Alexander aon 2- Ma> belie Keinke. V 4! t. hen Heine. < Tiilte Saskln J" l.ulian \ -xiik« n Dorothy Potter. 11 Margaret * at !4 Harold Care*. Kotin :»7 M trie .Hnirtk. 12 S»iah Hlale- * John Doan*. I" b* rn-re Adam* * Anna Jenaer. 14 l.'liian I'ellM mi* 4« Mitt lie** Abuimra 12 M it Hul'iii 4! Helen Warm. 14 >*!orert< « Jor* 4. Sam Abram*. aenaen 4 but inda Wataon 17 Hank Adam. 44 yiurtno* Sher is. b’ffie Clapper boatl !> Kugene l.awkon 45 blue Sullivan jo \.*lerie t.onu** * June* Huxbee 21. Mai ion Donah- 4 7 Helen Thom peon erty 4* Grace Haiker. 22 li.-ne Dtnforih 4<» ]i no llanaen M<rfi!ti .w Martha It Uidi 4 V • i n* It*.igei ■ e ;iur Jennie Dninbei k fel Helena Thomat. I.ePhe A born kMqxs Suits aD&ssr* This is not A Price-Cutting Experiment It is a sane reduction based on cost of production, after a very careful check on costs for the first six months of 1924. You cannot afford to intrust expensive garments to people whose price is below high quality production cost. MAX I. WALKER. Inc. "Girmsnti Cleaned Like the Touch of a Fairy** 2410 Am« Avenue KE nwood 0202 Clean — Efficient For Every Purpose Updike Lumber & Coal Co. Omaha Police Sav Tokio Beat Would Be Their Paradise Only Five Robberies in City of Over Million With in Whole Week in Orient. Omaha sleuths would like to go to Japan. It must he a gie.it little place In which to detect, say local detectives. Oh. for the Joy, they rave, of ills carding night sticks for- chopsticks and "planting" for almond eyed "J rn my" wielders in the shadows of rice groves. opium forests, mah Jon ' swamps or tea gardens. How easv for a force of 200-pound no n to quell 185-pound law violators. A policeman's heaven, say "cop pers" who have the yen for heats in the land of yen. Press dispatches, which picture Tokio in the throes of a crime wave, have failed to dampen the migratory desires of local "gumshoes." In fact, such reports are responsible for Japan's present popularity with the Omaha police department. Only Five In Meek. By Japanese standards the l'nitel ■States has been experiencing a most severe crime wave for the last 100 years. Tokio’s present "great in crease In robberies" was acclaimed by the vernacular press after the homes of five of the city's 1,800.000 Inhabitants were invaded last week by thieves who carried off sums of] money ranging-from 12 yen to 37 yen, 50 sen. On the other hand, local police records show that an average of two] or three house robberies are com mitted in Omaha a day. Yet. Acting! Chief of Police Jack Pszanowskl de-j dares, "I believe crime here is as low was It ha* been in the last quar ter of a century " Bamboo Door Bolts. As well as a policeman's heaven, Tokio might he called an American burglar's paradise. The houses art formed of bamboo and thatch that a strong man could tear down with his hands. Of course, the Japanese - -- - - ' are careful t»* dose tlielr shutters at nigh', srul secure them with a ham bon la>lt a* strong as a lead pencil. Rut crime there Is not a profession and a thief i« regarded as tower Ihiiu ocean pottom. Another reason that Japanese |*nllce iiave so little to d", aver American travelers, is bee a Use a robbery is very rarely reported tu them. , If the police are told, the Japanese believe, the robbers' friends will call the next night and murder the in formant with a silk cord. EYE TEST MOTOR LAW IS SOUGHT A campaign for legislation requir ing that all motorists pass an eye sight examination before being grant cd driving licenses has been launched by Omaha oculbts. The oculists propose the enactment of a law which will set a mlnlmun for vls'on and which will prohibit an* person whose sight is helow t hi.* .(till'd from driving an automo bile. According to statistics gathered l>> tlie oculists, more Americans ha** been killed in automobile accident* since the world war than wert killed by Herman bullets, and a large percentage of the accidents were caused by defective eyesight. More than half of the motorists in the t'niled States have defective vision, ttie oculists assert. G. 0. P. WOMEN TO MEET TUESDAY John I.. Kennedy will be principa speaker at a meeting Tuesday at 2:31 p. m. at Hotel Rom" to organize r Douglas County Republican Woman'* league. Representative women from ever* precinct in the county are expected All republican women in this viclnitj are urged to attend, Osear K. Kng ler, chairman of the republican een tral committee, Douglas county, will also address the women. Mrs. L. M Lord, vice chairman of the republi can central committee, Dougla* county, and Mrs. P. C. Hyson, secre tary, will be in charge of the meet ing: The smartest frocks this winter will have coats to match. The three piece outfit has come to stay. “The Home ®! M®me £®©ked Food” Because of a demand by our patrons for a greater variety of food—al though we could not give them better food—we are now serving our noon meal at the same prices as the evening meal. ( All you wish to ea*. for 35c and 47c The finest food money can buy. Different From Any Cafeteria in the World Mrs. Baker’s Cafeteria 16th and Harney City Nat’l Bank Bldg. ACROSS FROM BURGESS-N ASH —DOWNSTAIRS