Nebraska Newspapers

    Plan to Establish
Home for Aged at
^ Milford Defeated
Supporter* of Soldier-Resi
dent* Win; Anti-Endre*
Measure Advanced to
Third Reading.
By p. c. rftWEM..
Staff Correspondent Tha Omaha Baa.
Lincoln, Feb. 3.—Oratory won In
the lower house this afternoon when
the McLellan bill providing for mak
ing the Milford home for veterans a
home for aged and gradually trans
ferring veterans from the Milford
home to the Grand Ieland home was
killed.
i astings legislators led the fight
against the bill while the Grand Is
land solona rhampioned it.
The bill opened the Milford home to
agpd and Indigent. It was not com
pulsory for veterans In the home to
leave. However, It was closed to
new inmates under terms of the hill.
Monte Munn, brother of Wayne
(Big) Munn, world heavyweight
wrestling champion, opened the de
bate by championing the Milford
veterans, many of whom occupied
front seats in the house chamber.
Munn waved and tossed the Ameri
can flag and rofought the Civil war
with the same ease that his brother
tossed “Strangler” Lewis off the mat
at Kansas City a few weeks ago.
Denies Hurt lo Pride.
Hi*—z^- of Hastings drew a word
pietur^ of the pride of the soldiers,
end their haired of being housed
witli the poor and Indigent.
Then McLellan of Grand Island
took the floor. He informed the
house lie would not harm a. “hair on
an old soldier's head.” He asserted
both homes were no more than half
full, while heavy appropriations were
(tenia "il»'d each biennium for upkeep
©f both, lie pleaded for economy in
government and denied passage of
the I ill would be a sting to the pride
»f ill * vefpran.*. '
Representative Byars, chairman of
the house rommltlee on privileges
■ nd elections, announced today that
a hearing on the Karpy county an
nexation hill Introduced by Repre
sentative Wood of Douglas would be
beld tomorrow afternoon.
The hill taking the handling of
money for feeding prisoners In the
Douglas county jail away from the
sheriff and placing it in the hands
of the Douglas county commissioners
v is advanced to the third reading In
the lower house of the legislature to
day by an overwhelming viva voce.
The entire Douglas county delegation
Voted in favor of the bill.
Out-Stale Opposition.
Tbe only opposition came from out
* democratic members of the
1 -e. including Yocum of Otoe,
Johnson of Washington and Keck
©f Bulk. They attempted to Inject an
sn -ndiuent which would not make
tin- bill operative until Sheriff Mike
Budres r.'i.vs from his first term.
'Ibis ;n,i ,i lit was overwhelming
l.v Vot'd lb- Ml.
R ■ ■ of Douglas asserted that
m i he present system. Sheriff
lie- i... v.d more money than
the two t ailed Scales senators from
Yehia,rim . nd the governor. He said
1'lud s sulnry would he $10,000 or
$11,000 a year.
lie si hi that under the present law
!' was .i t inplalion for the sheriff
to iut ilovvn ihe feed of prisoners
because the 1 - they ate the more
money the sheriff made.
I lleil I’olities.
.Toha-on of Washington asserted j
that toe hill was purely politlcil and!
In- | i -rented a petition signed b.V j
2.000 I - >ii!*'nt.^ of Onutlin
ill' I ill. Wilful nf Omnh;» M^sPl tt i!
i bnt ’,o u» |)pr?ons out nf thp 240,000
in f »*n;iiui tppif*Hrntfv1 a small ppr
* f*nfIf-* repeated the story of
how petitions hail been signed by
i kf-.n ; m.: 3 U) han? a man.
<»•’ who rpoke in of flu
I dl v.cre Hir:~ins nf Omaha. Olimnre
i*f lii^tin^s and Pollock of Oimha.
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R;til Cro«=iiig Improved. j
Kmi . o;t„ Feb. 3,—The . 'earn d
r* k ,;ni crew from Wy more, with
• d i'Sii?f3 end a gang nf trr
t ' itn the Burlington and the gt \
Joseph f: f raud Island railways, cam'
h«r* Monday and placed a new sec
tlon of track at the crossing where
the two railways cross each othe:
nne-f, urth mile west of here, replac
ing a ' t ossing “frog” that had been
tn service here for the last 10 year
The section Is in the shape of a big
douhB "X” and weighs nearly tw
tons.
Mrs. Johanna Herman Dies.
'more, Feb. 3.— Mrs. Jt.hanmi]
Her n l. TS, pioneer resident of C, ;
%b^nii:n y, who Ret tied on land between
Wymore and Marysville, near the
state line In the early days with he.
husband, died at her home in W'v
more Sunday evening. The biishnnd
died several years ago. Nine children
survive. Burial will he on the state
line in the country cemetery near the
old homestead and beside the hnr
ha nd.
Rail Auditors Transferred.
Wymore' Feb. 3.—According to an
nourccment here today W. L. Mur
ph> who has been traveling station
auditor of the TVymore division of
the Burlington railway, with head'
quarters at Beatrice for the last two
years, has been transferred to the
McCook division, with headquarters
at McCook. He succeeds Auditor C.
It, Itassmtisson. who is transferred
from McCook to Omaha ss traveling
auditor.
Columbus Attorney Injured.
Columbus, Feb. 3.—if. 1>. Htires,
f"i 3.i .vents prominent among locnl
attorneys, broke an arm and injured
a shoulder In a fall on an Icy walk
here ami la now under the chib of
physicians at Columbus hospital.
AltSK HTISS.M KNT.
OMAHA HKI HHIST FINOS NEW
< UI OII KFMFDY
8m net hi tig new and efficient In the
way of a cough sedative, and which Is
equally reliable In all ailment of
the respiratory tract. Including
bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough,
croup, *nd Irritated throat has been
found by an Omaha druggist, and can
now b* obtained at all drug Rtores
The price Is 50e for a large bottle, and
Is fully guaranteed to gtva astlsfac
tory results.
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Ex-Nebraskan Once Drove Dog Team
That Carr'ipA Serum to Alaska Town
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Robert Ed wards and Leonard Sep
pela's Dog Team.
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WYNOT INSTALLS
FIRE EQUIPMENT
Wynot, Feh. 3.—The old pump sta
tion here has beeh overhauled and
remodeled in order to house the new
apparatus of the fire department, con
sisting of a new chemical truck, hose
and other equipment. Several other
are equipping themselves with fire
fighting apparatus.
Reception Given Retiring
S Officers of Ka«tern Star
Gering. Feb. 3.—At the last regu
lar meeting here of Scuttsbluff chap
ter No. 133, Order of the Eastern Star,
a reception was held in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Wiggins, outgoing
worthy patron and worthy matron,
who are soon to depart for Denver. A
silver gift was presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Wiggins from chapter mem be fa
The following officer* were In
stalled: Cora E. Gentry, worthy ma
tron: C. V. Brown, worthy patron:
Winifred Downar, associate matron;
Rena H. Brown, secretary; Estelle
Laughlin, treasurer: Ruth Neeley,
conductress; Carolyn Hostetler, asso
ciate conductress: Fannie Woolfen
d?n. 61 tf;plain; Flora ITphs, marshal:
Faria Yl. e tied, pianist; Bess Neslev,
Ada Grace Kit tell, Ruth; Catherine
Caldwell. Esther; Anna Bressler,
Martha: Leona Elmer, Electra; Ma
rie Nisley, warder; Elizabeth Gentry,
rent 1 riel.
Beatrice.— Beatrice * Hornl union
under direction of Prof. M. S. Cal
vin-. gave a concert at the First
c: i i.-;: .n church here, the proceeds
* w 1 . 11. amounting to nearly $100,
trued over to the welfare asso
Everyone hns watched with interest
the heroic dash of the dog teams car
rying diphtheria serum to stricken
residents of Nome, but none, perhaps,
so Intensely as Mrs. E. W. Edwards,
mother of Robert Edwards, civil en
gineer with the Hamilton Gold fields
of Alaska who makes his home In
Nome during I he summer.
"Just a year ago at this time,”
said Mrs. Edwards, "my son, who had
planned to stay all winter In Nome,
was called suddenly to Boston.
There was no other way out of Nome
than by sled.
"The Identical team which Leonard
Seppela drove on the trip just fin
ished, was the one that took my son
to Fairbanks, where he caught the
train for Boston."
Edwards Drove Team.
The trip in which Erwards partcl
pated took 21 days by the team, which
had made the same trip in world rec
ord time of 14 days. Mrs. Edwards
said her son drove the team for a time
when Feppela went ahead to break
trail.
"The trail leads 400 miles up the
Yukon river and then across country
to Fairbanks," she related. “The
river freezes over about October, then
il breaks up and the next freeze
catches all of the tossing blocks of
ice and holds them.
Leader 20 Years Old.
Mrs. Edwards was especially Inter
ested in her son's story of how the
lead dog of the team, unharnessed
from the others, plunged ahead to
break the trail.
"This dog,” she said, "is 20 years
old and is as proud as a king to lead
the team of 20 yipping at his heels.”
Mrs. Edwards makes her home in
Omaha at the residence of Dr. Lee \Y.
Edwards, 5001 f'apitol avenue. Hubert
is a graduate of Nebraska university,
loot, and a member of Sigma Tau en
gineering fraternity.
Nebraskans Conducting
Revival at Danville. 111.
Pawnee Pity, Feb. 3. Mr. and Mr/.
Harry .Armstrong of this city and Dr.
Frank Mathis of Colorado Springs are
conducting revival meeting* at Dan
ville. III., ar*rording to word received
by relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong have writ
ten here that the former congress
man. Joseph Cannon, known through
out the I'nited State** for Jbis activi
ties while a member of hongress, has
been in attendance each evening at
ifceir meeting/*.
Lincoln Telephone Company
Stock Offered to Patrons
York, Feb. 3.—At a meeting of
managers and chiefs of the York dis
trict of the telephone company, all ex
* hanges in Butler, Polk, Fillmore and
York counties, were represented.
Stock in the Uncoln Telephone com
pany was offered for sale, it being the
policy of the company to have each
employe a stock Halesman and patron
ownership being advocated by the
company.
What millions of
women have learned
. . . that Squibb’s Dental Cream,
made with Squibb’s Milk of Mag
nesia, safeguards beauty because it
protects the teeth from Acid Decay
at The Danger Line, where gums
meet teeth. Cleans safely too—and
is pleasant to use. Insist on Squibb’s
Dental Cream.
Squibbs
Dental Cream
Made with Squibbs Mill? of ' Magnesia
e iim, nit i
Man Shields
Crime From
Grieved Wife
“Babes’ Heath Enough Worry
for Her,” Says Prisoner
Held fqr Mail Fraud
Scheme.
Charles Weir, 32, tried to shield hla
young wife from the blows that fate
was strlk.ng at him. Their two ba
bies had died and this was enough
trouble for her, he thought, without
worry over money matters.
For a time he succeeded. We went
home with a. bright face and with
money in his pocket each evening.
But Tuesday the blow fell. He was
arrested by Postoffice Inspector W.
M. Coble on charges of using the
mails to defraud. And he had the
terrible ordeal of telling his wife the
whole story when she came to the of
fice of United States Marshal Cronin,
where he was waiting to be taken to
the county jail.
She broke down and cried in his
arms.
‘•Did It for You.”
"I did It for you, dear,” whispered
the young man. "I was foolish, but
I did It for you.”
“I know',” she sobbed and reached
one -hand up to touch his cheek.
Weir, manager of the local office of
the Biltmore Shirt company. Is al
leged to have sent out more than 100
fictitious shirt orders to the home of
fice In St. Joseph, receiving his S per
cent eommission, a total of 132.
When the orders were filled and
sent to Omaha the packages piled up
In the local postoffii-e and M. Camp
bell. president of the company, came
here to investigate. Weir's arrest
followed.
Thought of Suicide.
"After the babies died and my wife
was so sad and I didn't seem able to
make enough to live on, no matter
how hard I tried, I often thought of
suicide," said the young man.
"Sometimes I was just frantic, but
I wouldn't tell my wife. I was at
the verge of suicide several times, but
then I figured It Would be a cowardly
thing to do and. while It might re
lieve me, it would make things all the
harder for her. I'm glad I didn't
do it.”
Crash Victims Recovering.
Beatrice, Feb. 3.—John Fnrden and
Clarence Hinton, who were severely
Injured In an auto accident south of
the city last week, are recovering at
a hospital here. Fnrden received a
broken leg and possible Internal In
juries. Hinton had three ribs frac
tured and was cut and bruised about
the body.
Cage Pioneer Dies.
Beatrice, Feb. 3.—John J. Jobman,
pioneer of Cage county, died suddenly
of heart trouble at his home here,
aged 70. He resided on a farm for
years before coming to town. Five
children survive, his wife having died
in 1018.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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Bjr THORNTON \V. R1 RHKSS.
Who ta rnntant to pimplr drift
Will n«v«r know th» Joy of thrift.
—Happy Jack Squirrel.
The Thrift of Happy .lark.
Peter Rabbit was lean and hungry.
He was lean nil the time these days
snd hungry most of the time. You
see snow covered the Green Meadows
and lay all through the Green Forest.
Peter could get little to eat. except
ing bark and such young twigs and
buds as he could reach. These were
not very filling. They kept him from
starving, but they didn't put any fat
on hint and they seldom satisfied his
hunger. Winter is sometimes very
hard on Peter Rabbit.
He was sitting in a bramble-tangle
on the edge of the Green Forest. A
little way from hint Happy Jack
w r**i
"Wlul isn't fair?" demanded Happy
Jack.
the Gray Squirrel was running about
on the snow. Now and then he
stopped to dig clear down to the
ground. Then he would pop up with
an acorn or a nut and eat It. Happy
Jack was sleek. He looked well fed.
He was well fed.
"It Isn't fair," said Peter, talking
to himself. "There Is Happy Jack
fat, comfortable, with plenty to eat.
Here am I thin, hungry all the time,
and always having to hunt for enough
to keep me alive. It isn't fair.”
"What isn’t fair?” demanded Hap
py Jack, who had come near enough
to overhear Peter's last remark.
“It isn't fair that some people
should have plenty, while others nev
er know where the next meal is com
Ing from,” retorted Peter.
“Who says It isn't fair?” demanded
Happy Jack.
"I say it isn't fair,” replied Peter.
Happy Jack finished the nut he
was eating, licked Ids lips and grinned
at Peter. "If there is any unfairness
whose fault is it?" lie asked.
Peter hesitated. Happy Jack didn’t
wait for him to answer. "It is your
wn fault,” he declared. "The reason
I have plenty to eat now Is because
I worked hard lart fall and stored
away enough food to last me all win
fer. Thrifty people seldom go hungry.
I don't want to boast, but I don't care
how much snow and cold weather we
have. You won't find me going hum
fry. I can get a good meal from
my storehouse whenever t need It.”
“if you've got so much in ypur
storehouse, what are you trying to
find nuts buried under the snow for?”
demanded Peter. "If I had a full
storehouse I certainly wouldn’t waste
my time hunting for food the way
you do.”
Happy .Tack chuckled. “It is thrift.
Peter. Of course, you ran't under
I stand it because you don’t know the
meaning of thrift. Only those who
ar© truly thrifty understand what,
real thrift Is. It is true that I have
plenty of food in niv storehouse. But
while I can find food outside of that
storehouse I don’t touch the food that
is In it. Then I know ti^at I’ve
always got it. Then I know that if
the winter should he extra long there
will l»e nothing to worry about. When
I can't find anything outside it is
time to take food from the store
house. But the truly thrifty never
use up what they have when thev
can find more. It is only the lazy
and thriftless who would do that.”
"Huh:" sntffeil peter. "If I had *
storehouse full of food T wouldn't
wnste my time hunting for food."
"No, 1 don't believe you would,”
chuckled Happy .lack.
(Copyright, 19?V>
The next story: Ibippy .Tack Squir
rel Is Nearly Caught."
THREE NABBED ON
LIQUOR CHARGES
Kearney, Feb. -3.—Mr. and Mr*. C.
C. Spears are held bv the authorities
at Holdrege and Sam Hull la l»eing
detained here, pending further inves
tigation of charges that they were en
gaged in illegal possession and sale
and transportation of intoxicating
liquor. V'pon a tip received from the
Holdrege police a house rented here
by the Spears was raided and a large
quantity of liquor was found. Isabel*
of former popular brands of gin and
whisky, bottles that resembled th*
containers of former days and even
revenue stamps were also found in
large quantities. The outfit seemed
complete for turning out “bottled in
bond*’ goods.
Home INursing Courses
Given in Columbus School
Columbus, I'"eb. 3.—Courses in
home nursing nr* being etreased In
the high school here this eemeeter.
Two classes of high school girls hs\'
been formed with a total enrollment
of nearly 40.
*m kthtibkmknt.
CHECKS ft COLD
If the children are feverish, fretful
from a head ■ old or catarrh with
nostrils dogged and head all stuffed
up. Just apply a little pure, antiseptic
cream into the nostril. It penetrate*
through every air passage, soothing
and healing, swollen, inflamed mem
brane and they obtain instant relief
Try this. Get a small bottle of
Kly's Cream Balm at any di*ug stoic
Nothing clears the head so quickly.
Count fifty. All the stuffiness, dr>
ness, struggling for breath will he
gone. This Is so much better ths*
drugging children I hat every mothf.
should uae Kly's Cream Balm.
One Short Fur Coat
Size 16
125.00 The laet
Black price
Bay Seal an lait
Wedneaday Fur Coat
F. W. Thorne Co.
1812 Farnam Street
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These high grade pianos were pur
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of the entire Burgess-Nash stock, and
Brandeis having no piano department
and no intention of going into the
music business passed their unusual
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$1 Ooo
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Burgess-Nash Price, $600
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Pianos 0ur Price
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Grand °ur Price
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Burgess-Nash Price, $700
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tb Piano Buyer*.
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In addition to our groat Half Price Sale
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