Nebraska Newspapers

    Merchants of
South Omaha in
School Fight
Resolution Present! Seven
Reason! to School Board
Why High Appropriation
Should Not Be Cut.
Member* of th* South Omaha
Merchant*’ association hav* aligned
themselves to fight th* proposed
fl25,000 cut In the appropriation for
a new South High school.
A resolution to petition th* echool
board to complete th* school accord
ing to th* plana and specifications
that were exhibited prior to the elec
tlrfh was adopted at a meeting of
. merchant* held January 20.
According to th# original plans,
the building was to cost $800,000. A
■oving is to be effected, according to
reports, by eliminating the auditor
, lum unit from the building program.
, Cites Seven Reasons,
t' The association registers Its pro
*"st against the appropriation cut for
the following reasons:
First, the bonds were voted by the
I people, especially by residents of
| South Omaha because of the repre
sentation that the complete unit would
be built at South High.
Second, the elimination of the audi
torium unit from the building pro
gram at the present time would In
volve an expense of $25,000 extra
when the work is finally done.
Auditorium Needed.
Third, the need of an auditorium on
the South Side is Imperative as the
present auditorium in its dilapidated
condition does not accommodate the
persons who wish to attend school
functions.
Fourth, In the 10 years since an
nexation there has been spent but a
■mall amount of money on South Side
territory. Practically none of that
has been spent on South High school.
At the same time South Omaha tax
payers have been taxed to provide for
the remodeling of Central High school
and for the construction of Technical
■nd North High schools.
Fifth, they* woulud be an unjust
discrimination If the district In the
■outh of the city were provided with
only a partially finished high school
while other portions of the city have
fully finished and perfeetfy equipped
high schools.
Sixth, the completion of South High
school as planned would not Inter
fere with the board's grade school pro
gram as this was contemplated at
the time that program was announced
and was a part of It.
First Plea In 10 Tears.
Seventh, the finance for th# com
pletion of this high school unit can
be completed by deferring work on
other high schools that hava splendid
equipment already, and at least equal
izing the equipment of South High
with that of other schools before In
venting any more In older achools.
“This is the first time that South
Omaha has asked for anything of any
importance from th* school board
during the past 1# years,” state* the
association's petition. “We Insist that
w# are entitled to th* utmost consid
eration. not only because of our
patience, but because of the fact that
the money Invested In equipment for
larger and better school work on the
South Side Is money Invested where
It will produce large results In edu
cational and civic betterment.”
Armour Employes
Conduct Election
Members Named to Cnnfer
_ence Board of Packing
Plant.
The midwinter conference board
(Election was held recently at Armour
* Co. local plant.
The board Is composed of manage
Inent and employe representative. ]ts
purpose Is to promote co-operation
between employer and employe.
Election returns follow:
Beef division, Frank Bllek, 254,
•Tom Scott, 191.
Pork division, Elmer Kelly, 274;
planche Buras, 162.
Production division, William War
fen, 170; William Curran, 73.
Mechanical division, John Eckert,
•07. J. B. Brown, 164.
Divisional committee, Precinct No,
V, Anna Cox, 107; Charles Holub, 25.
Divisional committee. Precinct No.
P, James Dickson, 141; Wes Horn, 33.
Divisional oommlttee. Precinct No.
P, Hose Shramek, 35; Mary Strand, 29.
Divlalonal oommlttee, Precinct No.
f, Joe Novotny, 64; Harry Garner, S4.
Divisional committee. Precinct No.
f, Joseph Henry, 18; W. J. Moran, 16.
Divisional committee, Precinct No
|0. James Begley, 99; J. C. Martin, 90.
Divisional committee, Precinct No
K2. Mike Trummer, 55; Frank Do
kulll. 22.
[Auto Pliers Are Used
to to Extract Big Splinter
g. Arnolds Park, la., Jan. 24.—Ortna
|ean Kellogg, pupil at the Junior high
School here, feel while at volley ball
Ternctlce In the gymnasium Thursday,
gunning a sllnter an Inch wide and
three inches long Into her knee.
Supt. Fred E. Gates used an auto
mobile pller to extract the splinter.
After carefully dressing the wound,
he sent the girl home.
Doane College Notes, i
President Bmti r •turned to Crete
Thursday. Mr*. J»*an will vlalt with their
daughter* a abort time before coming to
{Bake their homo In Crete. For the prea
nt they will hpvi room* with Miaa Oer
rud« Brown.
’ Homo new couraea hav* been added for
fho ancond aempater. Including * practi
cal rouraa In radio under Brofeaaor Hug
ford
A number of n«W atudent* are expected
for the beginning of the pecond aoineater.
Duane wort lla banket ball game with
• rand Ialnnd laat Tueaday on the hogrie
Boiiit by th« pc ore of 1b to II.
Faculty Men’* club dined at the ^’oamo
fioUturi hotel Monday evening with Pro
eaaora Bennett end Taylor boat*. Mr.
Bennett spoke on "Hiptory of the Develop
m-rit or Kduretlon In Nebraaka During
the Pa*t 40 Year*." Mr. Bennett com
«d«t*d 40 year* of aervlre In educational
work January 7 laat. Ha will go to New
Jnrk nnd enter CitlamMi utlwBtjf
Tear bar* college lot the *acond perneafer
Which b*gln« February 3
At a regular huameaa meeting of the
•fabra *k* Gamma chapter of PI Kappa
Delta. 1 he honorary fnrenate fraternity
}fin« Dorothy Kinney, ’27. of Flgln, Neb
s*a* elected manager of dehtt.ea to eur
«etd Mia* Dorothy Blatter. ’*». of Albion
tho graduate* et tha and of the flrat
meatar. At thl* »am* aepalon. *rr«naa
trenta for regular meeting* with apecia*
fpranaic program* were made
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Nature’s Grim Caprices Make Long’s Peak Hazardous
for Winter Climbers; Many Omahans Have Been at Summit
To the bias* Alpine climber, as
cending mountains in the United
States is only for those who read
Mother Goose rhymes.
But let him try, if he will, to
reach the summit of Dong's peak.
Colorado, in the dead of winter. This
has been accomplished only twice. On
January 10, 1922, Jack Moomaw, a
foreat ranger with sinews of steel and
an endurance hardly human, scaled
the peak on skis from the south
slope.
On January 12, last. Miss Agnes
Vaille, secretary of the Denver Cham
ber of Commerce, and Walter Ktener,
a Swiss mountain climber, ascended
the abrupt east face of the peak and
reached the summit, safely. The re
turn trip cost Miss Vaille her life,
and that of one of the rescue party.
Kiener was half frozen by the terrible
wind which whipped him mercilessly,
and the blinding blizzard of the
gaunt granite passes of the east
precipice.
Omahan Owns Cabin There.
W. S. Wolfe, 1110 South Sixtieth
street, Omaha, owns a log cabin In
Kstes park and is familiar with the
region, winter and summer. He Bays
he would no more think of climbing the
peak in January than of swimming
the Atlantic ocean, or crossing the
Sahara desert with a half-pint flask
of water.
In 1800 Zebulon Tike turned back
from a futile attempt to scale the
peak which now bears his nams. To
his comrades he said:
“No man can ever reach the sum
mit of that monstrous mountain."
Editor Doubted Possibility.
Several hunderd thousand persons
have visited the top of Pikes peak
since then, by horse, by carriage, by
rail, afoot, by burro and now, won
der of wonders, by automobile.
In August, 1884, William N. Byers,
founder of the Denver Rocky Moun
tain News, made an unsuccessful si
tempt to climb Long's peak, and on
his return to Denver he wrote:
"We have been almost all around
the peak and we are quite sure that
no living creature, unless It had
wings to fly, was ever upon Its sum
mit. We believe we run no risk in
predicting that no man will ever be,
though It la barely possible that the
ascent can be made."
Byers ate those words four ytji^
later, however, when he reached the
top with the first party that ever
accomplished the feat.
Other Fatalities.
The Estes Park Trail, a weekly
newspaper published In the shadow of
Long's peak, contains an account of
the six fatalities among the 20,000
persona who have stood upon the
summit of the mountain. The first
tragedy occurred September 23, 1884,
when Miss Carrie Welton, a wealthy
young woman of Waterburv, Conn.,
lost her life following a heroic and
successful attempt to reach the top.
On her return she fell exhausted,
and her guide, Carlyle Lamb, left her
at 9.30 p. m. and went fur assistance.
The rescue party arlved at sunrise,
but Miss Welton was dead from over
exertion and exposure, although she
was not frozen.
Five years later a boy named
Stryker of Tipton, la., was In a
party of which Lamb was sgaln the
guide. He had a revolver In his
pocket and on the way down the
hammer of the revolver struck a
rock and the gun exploded, shooting
him In the neck. He died before
medical aJd could be summoned.
Youth Falls Over Precipice.
On July 20, 1921, Gregory Alt
buchon, 18, fell over the 2,800 foot
precipice, and the body was so deeply
Imbedded in the snow at the bottom
that It w-as not found until Septem
ter 18 of that year by national park
rangers. The boy had been camping
with his parents who had fo'rhidden
him to try to scale the peak.
On August 1, 1922, J. E. Kitts of
Greeley, Colo., had reached the sum
mit and was congratulating himself
on the feat when a bolt of lightning
struck him. Death was Instantaneous.
Only a year and a half ago a young
woman, Miss Ethel Ridenour of Kan
sas City, Mo., was struck by light
ning a mile above Timberltne cabin.
Fortunately her companion on the
trip was a New York doctor, who
almost literally brought her back to
life. She was badly burned.
Hotel Caretaker Dies.
Tn addition to Miss Vaille, the other
victim of the most recent tragedy
was Harry So'rtland, 22, caretaker of
Kong's Peak Inn. With three other
men he left to search for Miss Vaille
and Wiener when they did not re
turn. At Granite Pass, above timber
line, he had to turn back, somewhat
frozen. He never reached Timber
line cabin, and his body was found
several days later.
There was a seventh disappearance
around Kong's peak, the solution of
which is never been found. H. F. j
Targelt, a wealthy business man of
Kos Angeles, left Kong's Peak inn on
■Tune 21, 1921, to go to Chasm lake,
a trip of no great difficulty. He
never returned, and no trace of him
ha.s ever been found. His estate was
settled by the courts last year when
he was officially proclaimed dead. TTIs
hones mav be lying In some forgotten
gulch or "lost” canyon, hut they cer
tainly are not In the vicinity of
Chasm lake, for that neighborhood
was thoroughly searched at the ttiVid
he vanished.
Numerous Omaha mountain climb
ers have been to the summit of
Kong's peak and have looked down
r.n the awesome gorges, bleak and
barren of vegetation, where the%e
lives have been snuffed out by tfte
grim caprices of nature.
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| Out of the Records
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Births and Deaths.
Births.
Filadellfo and Provldenxa Cormacl. 1303
South Fifth street, girl.
Samuel and Lena Maggla, 1111 Briggs.
August and Katherine Wietzkl, 2912
Vinton street. boy.
Michael and Gertrude McNulty, 1210
North 29th street, boy.
Albert and Anna Peterson, 2741 South
Eleventh street, girl.
Godfrey and Agnes Vleek, 4625 South
Twenty-second street, boy.
Vefnon and Grace Moas, 809 Nertn
Seventeenth street (twins), girl*.
James and Helen Farmer. 4410 South
Twentieth street, girl. . ...
Elias Joseph and Camel, 8017 Spaulding
■treet. girl. „ ....
Dominic and Carmella Fetraaa, 2444
South Nineteenth atreet, boy.
Hugh and Frieda Kerwtn. hospital, boy.
Wiloughbv and Mabel Brothers, 8333
North Thirty-third atreet, boy.
Deaths. _ ,
Jannl* L. Jowelt, ;» >mh, *111 P»rW,r
■If®®*- . , .. .
Rose De Grtatln®, I y®ara, 1428 North
Eighteenth street.
Siegfried Heyn. 87 yeara, 112 South
Thirty-fifth avenue.
Justine Klossner. 69 yeara, 2407 South
Eleventh atreet.
Earl Miller, 48 years, hospital.
In Divorce Court.
Petitions.
Bertha Ewing against Ira, cruelty.
R F. Thompson against Valetta,
cruelty.
Mayme Smith against Bennett W , non
support.
Jane D. Toung against Clyde, non
support.
Decrees.
Frances Burrell from William* cruelty.
Marie Anderson from Allen J. Ander
son. illegal marriage.
Samuel Grevoua from Ethel, desertion.
Etta Lloyd from Eugenic, cruelty.
Florence Haines from Fred, cruelty.
Sophia Schimkuvlcr. fro m.Ioaeph, non
support.
I Hattie Cooley from Zollle. cruelty.
I Florence B Goff from Royal H ,
! cruelty. _ , . .
Helen M. Miller from Arthur L.
Helen T. Opland from I.ouia, desertion.
Marnle VJ^Aleer from Hun-h cruelty
Essie Hell Hansen from Wlgga, cruelty.
Building Permit*.
Frank E Kurt*. 4403 Davenport, frame
dwelling 13.500.
Frank K. Kurt*. 4407 Davenport, frame
dwelling. $3,500. -
John I.. «wi.b«r, 6H0 Iiorci, fr»m«
dwelling. $4,700.
Real Estate Transfers.
John W. Hall and wife to Tukev
Mlge. Co.. 27th Hf 201 ft. a. of
Hinney St., w. a.. 86x1.”.6 41 I 1
Chari U. Callan and wife to Tukev
Mlge. Co., n. ** cor. 4 1ai and
Emile St., 50xi::n 1
Horne 'Terrace Co. to K \N Bari on
and wife. 48lh Si. 95 ft. a. of
Hurt St . e h . 50x120.8,150
Goldie E. Prleaf and husband to
Edward .1. Epaien and wife, n w.
cor. 56th and Jackson Sts.,
58 7x125 .• ,-,l°
Kex Brown to Samuel O. Bundy,
Maple St.. 84 ft. w. of 42d 8t.,
s. *.. 42x120 . 4.960
W Seavey Hudson to Halsey F.
Hicka and wife Patrick Ave,
162 ft. e of Military Ave.. a a.
60x82 . .. M°°
G. Turner Haines to P. K. McGov
ern. 49th St . 120 ft of Ku
wait Ave.. w. s 40x1 26 . 600
Katie Hynek to An‘on T. Tuaa and
wife, n w cor. Blaine anil Kavan
St. 76x120 .• •
Edward F. Williama and wife to L.
C. Armintrout end wife. Ohio St.,
60 ft. w. of 60th St., n. a,
50x1 30 8 . lBOO
Charlea Tt. Van iTmp to Lee B.
Van Gamp. n. w. cor. 61it and
Frances Sta., 60x128. *
Filippo Tattavlna #t al. to Pavlo
Oddo end wife. 17th St , 200 ft.
e. of Caateiar SL. e. a, 33%xl3l 1,880
Charles W. OrleDentrog and wife
to Temple McFayden. a. e. cor.
60th and Ohio Sts... 130x14*. . 1.100
BM la K. Kauffman to Lillian B.
Simpson et el.. Western Ave. 07 9
ft. *. of 63d St., n. a, 49%xl2ft.. 1,900
Star* Beverage and Ice Co. to Gua
sie Dimarco, 20th St.. 28*4 ft. e.
of Ufartha St.. w. a.. 25%xlOOv.. 800
Guaafe Dlmarco to Joseph Wolf
and wife. 20th St., 26% ft. a. of
Martha St., w. a. 25%x100. 100
F.dward A. Garlaton to Hairy E.
Wvrnore and wife, a e cor. 42d
and Cuming Sfa., 46%x76.6. 10.000
Harold J Grove and wire to R. F.
Edmunds a w ror. 37th end
Pinkney Sta., 80x134 . 760
N. IV Hodge, Jr . and wife to A.
D Strattan. fclne Si . 95 ft. e. of
«2d St., «. s . 47x132 . 489
Id* Smith and husband to Albert
Koppenhaver, 17fh St . 110 ft. n.
of Dorcas St . w. s . 40x66 . 210
Juanita L Scanlan to Katie Stav
n«ak, Hascall St . 103 ft. n. of
36th St . n. s . 61 x1 24 . 446
Cotner College Note*.
Barton 1*. Kline, '27. Alliance. was
awarded first place In the annual local
oratorical contest. Hi* subject wa* ‘ Our
Educational Integrity" Mtaa Rubv New
i>*»t \. Setbany, gseafclng en 'individual.
Not 41roup. Education." won second place.
CtnuiO 0 Udaeeo, Laosg. p I . end Law
rence Baton, Atlantic, la., were the other
vontestanla
Prof. J K. Pbellenberger went to
Mound City, Mo . Friday to conduct the
funeral of «n unde. Joseph Shellenherger
Mian 10Ida Dodrill. Stockton. Kan . has
won the first sweater awarded to a girl
in Cotner The wnmxn'i athletic associa
tion, affiliated with lb* national organi
zation, establishes the standards, which
are 1,000 points, for this high honor. The
following, having won 600 points, were
awarded *'C" lellera: Rhoona Crane,
Bethany; Vena Glarl . Logan la.; Minnie
Berger. Hoaedale, Ken ; Mary Dodrill.
Stockton. Kan., and Alfred* Smith. Fair
bury. The present a lk*n of sweaters and
letters was made, on behalf of the school,
by Dean J. F. Human at chapel Wednea
da V
Grant K Lewis ‘98. home mlealonsry
secretary of the I nlled Christian Mis
sionary eoriefv attended the annual meet
ing or ttie national home tnleglnns coun
cil at Atlantic City, N. .L, January 12
to 16
The “f'“ rlnt». consisting of men who
have won letter* in athletics, elected Wt|
11am Borgaard, Wmden president, and lo
*eph Kenned-. Jewell, Kan. secretary and
tres stirs*
Miss Kenneths Thoms* of Bethsnv won
the first prize for poetrv in *h* Omaha
18 omen s Pre«e r|uh >on<est. Wh# l»
teaching tt Pi ague this >*ar.
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Nebraska News Nubbins
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Broken Bow.—The Grange Mutual
Insurance company elected Its officers
as follows: Frank Jenkins, president:
John H. Stewart, vice president;
Jules Haumont, secretary-treasurer.
Directors for three years are Alvin
Dally, Anselmo; Albert Powell, AVels
sert; J. p. Walker, Broken Bow.
Table Rock.—Mr. Oscar Moler. a
well known resident of Pawnee coun
ty for many years, died Wednesday
In his 51st year. Funeral services were
held at the Chistlan church In Paw
nee City.
Superior.—Mrs. Henry Helsermann.
resident of Oak, Just north of here,
for many years, suffered a. paralytic
stroke at her home Wednesday and Is
In a aerloua condition. This Is her sec
ond stroke.
Brroken Bow.—At the annual meet
ing of the Co-Operative comilany, the
following officers were elected: R. F.
Burnett, president; C. T. Wright, vice
president; R. I,. Briggs, secretary
treasurer. Kalph Johnson and D. R.
Rockwell were elected directors.
Beatrice.—The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the IJberty Tele
phone company held at the Bank of
r.lberty. Reports submitted that the
Institution is In a prosperous con
dition. Officers and directors were
elected.
Pawnee City.—Mrs. Henry Johnson,
pioneer resident of Pcwnee City, died
Wednesday. She is survived by her
husband. Henry Johnson, and two
children, Mrs. J. F. Herrles of Pawnee
City and Dr. Ellis Johnson of Helena,
Mont.
Itentrlce.—Announcement has been
received here of the death of Miss
Irma Caiman, 1*. formerly of this
city, at her home at Huntington. Neb.,
after a brief Illness. She wsa a grand
daughter of George Vasey, old reel
dent of the Blue Springs vicinity.
Pawnee City.—Mrs. F. C. Calhoun
has been chosen by the Pawnee City
hoard of education to teach chorus
work In the senior high school during
the semester which began the first of
the week. The junior high school will
present the operetta, “The Torea
dors,*' tinder direction of Miss Mer
wln, principal.
Reynolds Frank F Seifert, farm
hand, suffered probably fatal Injuries
when thrown from a wagon In a
runaway here, the horses having been
frightened by a train.
Bridgeport—At a meeting of the
Mitchell Community club Wednes
day, it was unanimously voted to
endorss the demands of ths Best
Growers’ association for a better
contract with ths Great Western
Sugar company for 1925.
Bridgeport—William Barnes, 17, a
resident of the Mitchell country for
15 years before leaving for Florida
a short time ego for the benefit of
his health, died at Ills new home In
T.ake Wales, Fla., Wednesday.
Table Rock—The Pawnee County
Mutual Insurance company held 11s
annual business meeting here this
week. The following officers were
elected: President, J. It. McNair:
secretary, D. W. Osborne; directors.
I* B. Sharp, James Chtttlck, J. Mort
and A. L, Jacks.
Table Rock—Funeral services for
Mrs. Millie Frieze, who died St her
linfftr In Wyoming a few days ago,
were held here Thursday. Members
of the Rebekah lodge attended the
services In a body.
Broken Bow—The Woman's For
eign Missionary Roelety of the Method
ist church entertained at a dinner
for Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Pinckney, who
recently returned from India. Dr.
and Mrs. Pinckney appeared in Hindu
costume and each gave an address.
The Johnstown chapter of the Isaac
Walton league held a dinner for Its
members and about 75 guests attend
ed. The officers elected are John B.
Stoll, president; K. O’Hare, vice presi
dent, and Oscar C. Honnen, secretary
and treasurer. The chapter passed
resolutions In favor of the federal mi
gratory bird refuge and federal shoot
ing-grounds bill.
Sidney—J. C. Dunn of the Dalton
country held a big sale at his farm
and disposed of a large part of his
livestock and equipment preparatory
to moving to Randolph, Neb. He
traded his three-section farm and
ranch to Jacob Vogler, who comes
here from Randolph.
Ord—The Ord chapter of Eastern
Star held its Installation Friday night.
'I he officers are: Mrs. W. E. Wolters,
matron; Mrs. R. C. Bailey, assistant
matron; A. M. Daniels, patron; Mrs. |
Emil Chotena, secretary and Mrs. I
Ed Bannister, treasurer.
Broken Bow—The Community club
of Anselmo Is planning Its fourth
annual community fair, which will
he on a larger scale this year thnn
ever before The proceeds go to pay
off the building debt.
Ord — The officers of Ord camp.
Modern AVoodmen, were Installed
AVednesdav evening. The newly
elected officers are S. Watson, Fred
Kemp, A. M. Daniels, AV. A. Ander
son, L. AV. Kemp, and C. F. Kemp.
Broken Bow—New officer* of
Broken Bow Rebekah lodge, No. 110,
have been Installed. They are: Edna
Ely, noble grand: Hattie Marsh, vice
gland; Essie Holcomb, secretary;
■losephine Baas, treasurer. The ap
pointive officers are Margaret Hoi- I
comb, Cora Hickman, Almyra Want*. |
Ethel Klump, Nora Slever, A'lctorla
I hlman, Frances Taylor, Mabel Mc
Arthur, Julia Harley and Elizabeth
Leonard.
Johnstown—The Johnstown chap
ter of the Isaac Walton league, and
members and about 75 guests. The of
ficer! elected are John B. Stoll, presl
dent; K. O'llare, vice president, and
Oscar r. Honnen, eecretady and treas
urer. The chapter passed resolutions
In favor of the federal migratory bird
refuge and federal shooting grounds
bill.
York—Elks lodgs No. 1014 of Tork,
had a visit Wednesday evening from
the district deputy, R. R. Reed of
Omaha. l*aat exalted rulers of the
York lodge gave a banquet to Mr.
Reed at Hotel McCloud.
Columbus—Columbus will be on# of
the placen where the Nebraska Dairy
Development society will hold a spe
cial demonstration meeting within
the next few weeks. The society has
chartered a special car for the dem
onstration work and Is carrying ex
hibits along.
BJnmuflold—A basket hail team hs*
been organized under the auspices
of the local American Legion post
and games with teams from sur
rounding towns will he arranged.
THIEVES STEAL 14
STEAM RADIATORS
Tl. M. Buggy. a plumber living at
2S12 l.eavenworth atreet, appealed to
police last night for aid In Im-utlng 14
Hteam radiator* Which disappeared
from the back yard of hi* home.
The radiator*. Buggy said, were
In place Thursday night when he re
tired but were not there when he
searched for them late Friday after
noon.
Orantl Island <1. of C.
I'llcrts New Officers
Grand Inland. Nab., Jan. 24. The
directorn of the Chamber of Com
merre, havn elected a board of |ov
ernom with Kd Wolhach noprealdont.
A. C. Denman ap vice preabtant nod
Crank Cleary nn treasurer. The
hoard reelected D. J. Traill and Hd
liven na cnmmlanloner and head of
the traffic bureau.
The board of dlmctnr* aftri a din
< U8«i'»D of the community chent ■>»
tern, derided to abandon the project
for this year.
W. C. T. U. TO HEAR
ELMER THOMAS
The South Side W. C. T. tT. will
meet Wednesday nt the horns of Mis
J. K. Hyde, 2310 O street.
Luncheon will be served nt 1. El
mer K. Thomas, prohibition director,
will speak on Inw enforcement.
A report on union work at the Fort
Crook hospital will also he heard.
Sentence* Postponed >\guin.
Sentences of Pnt llurkery, con
victed on chaise of conspiracy in the
suite of dope, nn<| Frank O’Neil con
Irted on sale of dope. weio p»mtpolled
until Wednesday nt ° p. m., by Fed
era! .ludcn Woodrouph.
Richard Plx hns hern engaged b> !
William d« Mills to play n featured!
role in his next production, "Men and I
Women *
Published by authority of tho commit
tee of public affair* of the Omaha. Doug-j
Ian County, Medial Society.
Prevrntivf Medicine its a Commercial
Asset.
B.v Bt'RTON W. CIIRISTIK, M. D.
We ran remember when a patient
consulting a physician did not be
lieve he was getting his money’s
worth if ho did not receive some sort
of prescription written in Latin. At
the present time, when a patient con
sults a physician he is not satisfied
without a thorough painstaking ex
amination accompanied in many in
stances by careful laboratory work,
that is, blood, urine and other tests.
He is satisfied when this Is properly
done and accompanied by sound ad
vice.
Human life, from birth to death, is
a biological conflict between the
leucocytes of,the body and the mi
crobes of disease.
During our earlier years, when no
organic changes have taken place, we
may possibly take risks with com
parative Impunity for the time being;
such results are impossible later on
in life. At the same time, there may
ensue some weakening structural
change, which is not observable at
the time. For example, consider
teeth that carry a pus pocket. One
may carry such a danger zone with
out observable 111 results, but event
ually the absorption of pus over
comes thaT natural resistance, and
then comes disaster. The short-lived
athlete, overtraining his organs, is a
glaring example of this abuse, Why
not conserve our health and go
through life contented and happy?
Never neglect a chance to determine
the conditions of your health with a
check up ortce a year.
Diphtheria Conquered.
To realize the value of prevention,
let us consider its bearings from
childhood to old age. In childhood,
rickets, a disease of malnutrition, can
he prevented by proper hygiene and
food. A so-called medicine, cod-liver
oil, may he needed, but It ia rather a
food. Diphtheria, a disease that our
forbears properly feared, is now
checked. The faflier of the writer
was a practitioner from 1S65 to 1909
and during the earlier period of prac
tice. lost many cases of diphtheria. I
remember going to one family with
him, when I was a child, where four
children eventually died. Through
antitoxin, the mortality rate has been
so greatly reduced that such a hap
pening would not be considered pos
sible, Farther advance has been
made by toxin antitoxin as a diph
theria preventive.
Smallpox still causes fear because
of our knowledge of history, hut the
cases we see nowadays have been so
mitigated by early vaccination that
it is no longer the "black scourge."
During the Spanish Amercan war.
my company of vohuiteera waa *ta
tloned at Chlrkamauga Park. Ga., for
six months. Kvery man in my com
pany, with the exception of the cap
tain and first sergeant, had typhoid
fever. The first sergeant had recent
ly had typhoid and the captain lived
in Chattanooga practically all the
time. This holocaust could have been
avoided then and would be prevented
nowadays by proper hygienic meas
ures and and by vaccination against
typhoid infection.
A white person who lives perma
nently in the orient learns early that
those three great scourges of the
east, bubonic plague, amoebic dysen
tery and syphilis, can he prevented
by proper hygienic precautions.
When one of the world filers' planes
was stranded in sn Indian lagoon,
one of the members of the partv
drank some unboiled water while
waiting for help. >s a consequence,
he suffered severely with dysentery
for a w-eek. He had been properly
warned.
Prevention Is Best.
A check upon a person past 30
' ears old very often shows a trace of
sugar in the urine. Diabetes can be
prevented by proper dieting.
Chronic Interstitial nephritis, or
Bright's disease, and hardening of the
arteries come on usually in Individ
uals past to or 50 years of age, and.
in their inclplency, can lie greatly
modified, or arrested, by proper diet
ing and care.
We could write volumes on ven
ereal prophylaxis. A great toll upon
the efficiency of our troops existed
during the war from venereal dis
eases. This ran all be prevented.
Booka could lie written concerning
cancer, and there Is no disease which,
with early recognition, can better he
prevented from taking its terrible toll
of pain and death.
We have only touched the high
places, but If there is any way that !
the buainess world could realize the 1
benefit* that preventive medicine
promtaea. we have not written in '
vain. Tuberculosis will be, in not
many years, largely a thing of the
past as le smallpox now.
The cost of human life in dollars |
and cents is appalling and if economy
and thrift are the handmaidens of
commercial eucceas, It certainly be
hooves tiie business world to respond
to 'he continual prodding of the
medical profession, and hack Up the
prevention of disease by personal
car# and by public propaganda.
ECLIPSE CAUSE
OF HIGHER TIDESj
Pan Francisco, Cal., Jan. ?(.—Th#
eclipse of the atm today exerted an
unusually Influence on tldea In the
Pacific ocean. The Presidio tide sta
tion reported this morning a tide of
P 3 feet, approximately two fpet
above normal. The extreme low tide
tonight will be I S feet below normal,
marking a difference of eight feet be
tween low a ml high tides.
The magnetic Influences rxrrled on
the tides by the moon are greatly In
creased during the period of an
eclipse, according lo the United
Stales const and geodetic survey of
flea hate.
.<0.00(1 Poiiud* of Kish
Taken From Iowa Lake
Arnolils Park, In., Jan. 24. 1 Inri*\
Tennant of tho local dragnet now
loaded nn oxpre** enr Thursday with
30.000 pound* of ’‘soft" n*h. hilled to
Now York City. Then* ft*h were
taken from Knat OKnbnJI Ink* Th*
n*h nr* being taken fr«>m the** lakes!
t«* ntaka room for th* millions oi
Kam* n*h hatched c\*rv spring at th* i
*tnte n»h hatchery at Oilcan*
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By T. W. M’Cl'IXOUGH.
J,aw came to Nebraska early. Ter
ritorial government was formed in
1854 by the location of the captial at
Omaha. The first session of the legis
lature was assembled in the winter]
of that year. The first session of
court was held In the spring of 1855,
less than a year after the govern
ment had been organized. On June
29, 1854, President Pierce commis
sioned Kenner Ferguson to be chief ot
the new territory, and It was under
him that the business of settling dif
ferences by peaceful methods was set
under way.
And "there were giants In those
days." No one can read the list of men
who composed the bar of Omaha and
Douglas county from the first with
out realizing how well bestowed was
the compliment paid by Associate
Justice Miller of the supreme court
of the United States, who presided
over the Eighth circuit In the early
70s. He said that nowhere In the
eight states composing the circuit was
there an abler bar than In Omaha.
It would be difficult Indeed to
overmatch anywhere such lawyers
as Experience Estabrook. John I.
Redick, James M. Woolworth, An
drew J, Poppleton, Clinton Briggs,
George W. Doane, John D- Howe.
Charles H. Brown, Silas A. Strick
land and Albert Swartzlander. They
were the leaders when Nebraska was
admlttei. to statehood In 1867. Elea
zar Wakeley, who earae from Wiscon
sin In 1857 to be judge here, had re
turned to the old state, but was back
in Omaha in 1868. to end his days In
this city, the veritable Nestor of the
bar. After the war came other able
and briliant men. Among these was
Charles F. Manderson, w-ho served
Nebraska 12 years In the United
States senate. John Lee Webster,
still active and energetic as a lawyer.
John M. Thurston, whose gifts as an
orator led him to high honor. William
J. Connell, a most successful practi
tioner. John C. Cowin. genial, debon
naire. and dangerous In a lawsuit.
Elmer Sclplo Dundy, who was so
long judge of the United States dis
trlre court. The list grows too long.
Thirty-five years ago a group of
young attorneys was attracting at
tention. Some of these are still with
us William F. Gurley, more sedate,
hut just as affable. Albert W. Jef
ferls. "Big Jeff," a member of con
gress. Edgar S Bradley, a success.
Henry D Estabrook. who went both
far and high. Herhert J. Davis, who
became district judge, and whose un
timely demise cut short a brilliant
career. Arthur N. Ferguson, son of
the first chief Justice, who also be
came Judge. Ralph W. Rreckenride,
who was killed by his own car at
Des Moines. Howard M. Baldrlge, who
has prospered. William A. (Billy) de
Bord, a brilliant man, whose sudden
demise shocked a wide ' circle of
friends. James P. (Jimmy) English,
also destined to a judge of the dis
trict court. Richard Abraham Lin
coln Dick who w-as a pictur
esque figure In local p o 1111 c s.
Richard Dean Arden Wade, later
a real light of the Cook county
bar at Chicago, and Robert E. I.ee
llerdmen provided the three-decker
names of those days. And there were
others, as the lawyers themselves
would say, too numerous to mentnin.
Gne of the picturesque figures, who
w-lll he recalled by the old timers
most fondly, was Simeon Bloom. Few
who saw this little man, slight and
bent, picking his way along the
street, ever dreamed that he fought
his way through the civil war ns
a member of an artillery company.
But he did. and was made lieutenant
on the field for gallantry in action.
Probably no man of the profession
was more generally respected or gen
uinely loved during hi* lifetime than
Kleazar Wakelv. This was bemuse of
his uniform, unfailing kindness and
consideration for all with whom he
came in contact. He could be. and
sometimes was. stern as fate itself,
hut his natural bent, on thebenrh or
before the bar. was to he helpful,
even to his adversaries His humor
w-as proverbial. One of the best speci
mens preserved had to do with a lit
tle passage between Judge Wake
ley and Judge Georg# W Ambrose.
It was over a hook the former had
borrowed Judge Ambrose wrote to
Judge Wakeley:
“Dear Judge: T hold your receipt
for Ahbott's Third National Digest,
which w-as taken by you some four
month* ago. If you have no further
use for the hook. I should like It. I
often wish to consult It, but •till, If
you are not through reading It,
I can get along without it." *
To this Judge Wakeley mad* this
delicious reply:
"Dear Ambrose: I herewith comply,
under protest, with your untimely
request that I should return your
book.
"Vou remark that you have held
my receipt for It for m four
months. This la probably true. But
If you will read the statute of lim
itation In Nebraska, you will observe
that It doe* not har a claim, under
any written Instrument, until the
lajise of five years, leaving you about
four year* and eight months atill to
reclaim your hook' Why, then this
undue precipitancy?
"Will you permit we. as a searcher
after legal knowledge, respectfully
to Inquire If you ran refer me to any
respectable legal authority requiring
the borrower of a law hook to return
It within four months? T have read
a large number of cases In my time,
and 1 do not remember one In' wlilrh
such a proposition l* advanced, al
though there may he an occasional
dictum to the effect that the borrower
la under a inoral obligation to re
turn the book ns aoon n» he become*
able to buy one for himself.
“t’onsldercd upon principle »nd
without reference to authority, how
would the proposition stand? Is It rea
sonable to auppose that a man en
gaged In a somewhat active practice
can find time In four months to
read through all the hooks he bor
rows. besides perusing the dally
paper*, answering dunning letlers,
and keeping up with the Beecher Til- ,
ton literature. That rase, you will re |
member, was going on for some two)
month* sfter 1 got your volume
"Vou remark that you often wish
to consult the book. 1 highly com (
ment that resolution. You would cer
tainly find it beneficial to occasion
ally read some law. and, If you should
become accustomed to it, you would
find it comparatively easy: only,
don't over do it at first.
“The only thing I object to In that
paragraph is an implication that I
would not allow you to consult the
book in ray office. This is unjust. 1
have never refused the owner of a
■book that privilege, even when It has
occasioned inconvenience to myself.
“In conclusion, permit ms to sug
gest that, if you really can not af
ford to keep law books for other
practitioners to use, it would be
a philanthropic thing for you to sell
them to some one who can.”
A story of Henry I). Estabrook
was told me 25 years ago by Earl B.
Coe, then of Denver, but since de
ceased. Estabrook and Coe formed a
partnership on leaving school to
practice law in Omaha. The going
was anything but good. A ray of
light struck the firm when Estabrook
was asked to make the Fourth of
July oration at Blair. He appared
what he regarded as a masterpiece
for the occasion. It was to launch
the new firm on ttte road to success.
Instead of that. It was dud. Fell flat
on the ears of the Washington coun
ty people who listened to the young
man. Estabrook came home dis
couraged, and very soon afterward
the firm was dissolved. Along In the
middle 90s Estabrook was invited to
address the Unon League club at
Chicago, it being Lincoln's birthday.
He exhumed his old Washington
county speech, blew the dust off it,
and delivered it to the delighted au
dience at the banquet table. News
papers all over the land reproduced
the address, and Estabrook returned
to Omaha with a nation-wide reputa
tion as an orator. On such little things
fame sometimes turns.
This Is not all of the annals of the
bar in Omaha One of these days I
will tell how John C. Cowin horn-j
swoggled Timothy J. Mahoney in the
famous Libby Beechler trial. Maybe,
of the time Julius Smith Cooley play
ed Hamlet. In fart, the "judge'' de
serves a chapter to himself. It Is a
fertile field.
Bonds Art* Issued.
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 24.—The city
council at Its meettlng Thursday
passed the ordinance carrying into ef
fect the decree of the voters at the
recent special election that the city
should issue JSO OOft of bonds' to buy
the three sanitary sewer systems. The
council has already accepted the offer
of the Omaha Trust company and
James T. Warhoh & Co. of Omaha for
the bonds.
Doctors Elect.
York, Neb., Jan. 24—Dr. D. D.
King of York was elected president of
York County Medical society for the
coming year. Dr. George Morrison of
Bradshaw was elected vice president:
Dr. E. S. Wegner of York is secretary
treasurer, and Dr. J. S. Bell of York,
censor. Dr. 8 O. Harris of Gresham
was chosen as delegate to the State
Medical association meeting.
\I>\ KRTI*EMENT.
A Baby li Your Hone
h win > dera ar# being distributed without
r»»»t to child *m women. Any faml.r interested
in overcoming cond'tions of nature that hinder
the gift of children should wrte for this frea
hock todsr. It describes a simple heme treat
ment based on the tisa of St aril tons, a wool er
f'll acientiflo ton!o thst has hsd trtrvtloua aoa
ceee all c»er the country In ratlsvlaf ccnatlta*
tlonal wasters*
. woman who warts to Mv* a norma!,
harry home Ufh with little corn around her
should consider It har flret date to know what
Ptariltoaa Is and why H should ba so wonderful
an aid to har Bead this l'.ttls bock which ts
sent without cfcanre or obligation in a plain
er*e!op*. It unfolds facta that moat woman
rsvar ham had etptalasd to them Pend SO
V*Mf. NQ Obligating, Bits star warns gad ad
dress to l»r. H Will Hitlers. 1114 Hal
linger Bl !g . Ft. Joseph. Mo
All A ERTIBKMTLNT.
SUFFERED AFTER
BIRTH OF BABY
Trouble Caused by Getting
Up Too Soon. Relieved by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Tuloville. NewYork. — "I thought it
would interest you to know whitt bene
- ni i nave derived
from taking your
medicine. A few
i daysafterthebirth
l of my third child 1
1 g>'t up too quick.
I Then just before
f my fifth child was
born 1 had intlam
mationof the blad
der and displace
ment. Seeing your
advertisement in a
-J Liverpool (Kng
land) paper 1 began taking Lydian.
1‘inkham's Vegetable Compound and
thav was the boat confinement I had.
Whenever I feel run down 1 always
take the Vegetable Compound as a
tonic. We have just removed fivm
Brockville (Canada) so 1 was pleased
when the store ordered the medicine
for me and 1 got it today. 1 would not L
tie without it for any price and 1 roc- |
ommend it to ladies around hero be
cause 1 fool so sure it will benefit any
woman who takes it” — Mrs. Agnks
WuiNAl.t, Talcville. New York.
Women can depend upon Lydia E,
Pitikhani 'a Vegetable Compound to re
lieve them from ills peculiar to their
•ex. For sale bydnSggistseverywhero. !
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Didtarrnrnt Action
to Be Heard Marrh 4
Shenandoah, la., Jan. 24.—Disbar
ment proceeding, brought agaln.t
Carl Wen.trand, Shenandoah attor
ney who, with hla father and two
brothers, la Involved In a number of
etate and federal cfhtrgei In regard to
the banking and loan business here, ~
will be heard before Judge Karl
Peters, March 4.
Several Instances of alleged unpro
fessional conduct have been cited In
a report by William Orr, L. H. Mat
tox and D. L. Wilson, attorneys.
Appropriation Sought.
York. Neb , Jan. 24.—The stale res
formator.v for women, located here,
will petition the legislature at this
term for an appropriation for a new
building. At present the institution is
too crowded to permit of separating
young girls from older hardened
criminals.
Gout, hard arteries and high blood
pressure are fines imposed upon
man for his lntemperanc*.
TRIMMED COMPLETE
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Adult Size
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Card of Thank* . f
lodge Not Ire* . "
t omong Event* . 1
Personal* . •
Lout and Found . lb
AUTOMOBILE?.
Automobile* for Sale. II
Truck* for Sale.. If
Automobile Agencies . 1*
Motorcycle* and Bieyele* ............. 14
Automobile* for Exchange... IV
Auto Accessories, PiWts . lj
Service Station*. Repairing ... If
Auto Livery. Garage*. 1J
Wanted—Automobile* . 1*
Garage* for Bent .
BUSINESS SERVICE.
Busin*** Serric* Offer**!... 21
Beauty Parlor* . VIA
Building Contractors . 27
Heating and Plumbing.. 23
Insurance . 21
Milinery .
Moving—Trucking—Storag* ..24
Tainting and Papering . -7
latent Attorneys .* ..2ft
Printing Stationery . Jf
Professional Serrle* .. *fl
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Reno* ating and Dyeing . 3?
Laundries .... .. • • 33
Tailoring and Pressing. 34
Wanted—Buaine** Service . 33
EMPLOYMENT.
Help Wanted—Female. *4
Help Wante4i—Male.*7
Help Wanted—Male aad Female.S3
Salesmen and Agent* ..
Situations Wanted—Female. 4®
Situation* Wanted—Male.. 41
FINANCIAL.
Buslneea On port an It lee . .. 41 ^
Investment—Stork*—Bonds . 43
Real Estate I>o*n* . 44
Money to loan. .. 45
Wanted to Borrow.. 4®
EDUCATION Aim
r o re o* pond cue* Course* ............. 17
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Musical—Dramatis .J*
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Private Instruction . }1
Wanted—Instruction .
OVESTOCK.
Dors. Cat* and Pet#. §*
Horse*. Cattle. Vehicle*. J4
Poultry and Supplie# . 85
Wanted—Livestock . M
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Article* for Sale. 87
nu*ine«* Equipment. *3
Budding Material* - . 8*
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Fuel and Feed . *1
Good Thing* to Eat . *2
Home-Made Thing* .
Household Good* . ?4
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Machinery and Tool* . •*
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special* at the Store#. f1
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Radio Fxjuii ment . •*
Wearing Apparel . 7
W anted to Buy ....*»
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Room* With Board . 74
Furnished Room* ..
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Room*. lnftimi*hed . •*
\\ here to Mop in Towa . 7ft
Wanted—Room* and Board 7S
BUILDING MANAGERS’ A *300 ATIOS.
Furnished Apartment* ***
Unfurnished Apartment# .
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.Apartment*—Furnished . *4
%partment*—Unfumi*hed .JJ
Bu*tne4Hi Tlaee* for Rent . "
Hou«e* for Rent . 3*
Honse*—Furnished ..
Office* and De*k Room .3*
Out-of-Town Property ..*4
*uborb*n for Rent . •"
Firm land* for Rent ............... 3*
Summer Place for Rent. 33
W anted to Rent.3*
REAL ESTATE—FOB VALE.
Business Property .. H
Real Eatate— Investaaent* ............ ••
Farm* and Iaads far Salt.. W
t ity Acreage for Sale...
House* for Sale.»•••.*■•**
Houmw—North .
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Houses—Was® . P
Houses—Benson . ••••*?
For Sale—Dundee . }•?
For Sale— Florence .•.•.1JJ
For Sale—C ouncil Bluffs .13*
lot* for Sale .
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Funrril Notices. 1
KOt«fi-Pr A H »*• «« South b '•
phy»lcl«n, lurrlrtd by h • f.th.r lAryti
h\ ttro ##ter#, Mrs I.ou»e a’amp
of Omaha Mr# Adelaide Mclnn of
, wood. t'a! and on# brother Arth'if
Koenig of t'mahi. Remain# e1’’ ' • n
atate until Sundav, ’ Jt p. m , a* H*d“ey
A Heafev . hapal. South Omaha.
Funeral e*r> ice# Sundav at 1 r Tm. *1
'Vheoier Memorial church Twer?v*r '
and J. South Omaha Interment Fr-Mt
l.a^n cemetery Friend# welcome
i'ONUlHtN — 1 a* a c F. age ** ?e*m. .’an :
Funeral aerxlce "11 he he'd Sundae #t
? 3fl o'clock from the home of Mr Arthr
Roger#. S314 «'<»« Si lnqulnee may he
addvcaeod To the Rurket chap# H A
l.ANK t'liarie# .1 died Januare
Funeral arrangement# will be a»noeaoe«d
Utrr by the Rurket chapel. HA <**»■
F tin mil Uiredirk *
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Fudertaketa and Km be mere
rhone AT 3S31 Office HU Va-nam
_t KST API I SUED SI NOE 1» • 1 >_
HI'USE A niKFEN.
At Tour Set r tow.
3f*3 *4 Cuming St _3k • 11*
Brailey & Dorranee.
v I*--lv vvs.'v \:th AVI' ,
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R A ta*• a Mil Fatnam St
H K BI RKKT A SON
Fatnam > a lift H a MJJ
Hi'iFMan v r. 'sio ambulance
and ?« \ > • runeial diiac'er# J A l*11
1 rsi IK o. MOORE, nth and Wtri. **
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