Gas and
Common Sense
If the flame on your gas range leaps out and around te cooking
utensil, you are wasting gas. When a pot is mildly boiling It is just
as hot as when the contents are "walloping" around at a great rate.
No matter how hot the flame, you cannot heat water to more than
the boiling point. In using the gas oven, experiment with what the
scientists call "confined heat." In other words, get the oven as hot
as you want it, and then regulate the flame to keep it just so hot.
It is just as easy to waste gas as it Is to, waste coal. Do not let the
gas range or gas jet "run themselves" and then blame anyone else
tor big gas bills.-. If your gas range burns with a yellow flame you
are wasting gas. v . The blue flame is the one you want and you can
' get It by proper manipulation of. the valve.
Mix Brains
With your Cjas
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Saturday and
Last Two Days
Clearing Sale
January marks the beginning of a new business
year. We intend to start out with a clear page.
This is the best time of the year to buy winter
goods, and many staple materials cheap, such as
Dress Goods Bedding Linens
Cloaks Underwear Notions
Suits Hosiery Leather Goods
Furs Draperies China
House Furnishings, Etc.
Miller & Paine
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THROUGH
Train Service
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"CALIFORNIA
, And all principal points West via
Union Facific
ELECTRIC LIGHTED TRAINS DAILY.
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E. B. SLOSSON, General Agent
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"What do you mix your paints with?" queried a visitor of a fa-,
mous painter. "With brains," was the reply. In order to succeed
in any business one must mix brains with one's business. And the
exercise of brains in the use of gas is just as necessary as the exer
cise of brains in anything else. Would you run your coal stove or
furnace on the principle of starting the Are, piling on the fuel, leav
ing all dampers open and then going away and leaving the fire to run
itself? Of course not. You regulate the fire by manipulating the
dampers or scientific feeding of the fuel. Why, then, expect good
service from a gas stove or 'a 'gas jet by just turning the valve and"
applying the match? Why not study the use of gas Just as you study
the use of coal?
GF$eguldte the
blame
We want you to learn how to use gas economically. A satisfied
costomer(is the most profitable customer. If we can show you how
to use gas we will gladly do so. Call at our demonstration room at
the general t office and we will show you. While you are there we will
gladly show you our new stock of gas fixtures, of which we have a
new and large stock in the latest designs and improvements. We
wish our customers, and possible customers, a Happy and Prosper
ous' New Year.
Evenings
Bell Pfyne
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THE CARPENTERS.
Begin the New Year with a Feast and
Public Installation.
. The Carpenters' Union entered upon
the New Year full ,of enthusiasm and
hope, and celebrated the occasion with
an open meeting and public installa
tion at. Central Labor Union Hall last
Tuesday evening. Four long tables
reaching the full length of the hall
were occupied by the union carpen
ters and their guests, the non-union
carpenters and the employers ' of the
city, and the evening proved to be one
of the most enjoyable in the history of
labor unions In this city.
Retiring President Woodward called
the meeting to order and in a short
address welcomed the members and
visitors, and after felicitating the or
ganization upon its success, introduced
S. J. Kent, the installing officer. Mr.
Kent conducted! the ceremonies in cu
impressive manner, and the following
officers were inducted into office:
President, J. W. Emberson.
Vice-President, H. E. Attebury.
Financial Secretary, J. M. Schuler.
Recording Secretary, H. H. Chase.
Treasurer, Roswell Shepherd.
Conductor, Frank Binder.
Warden, L. A. Ilgin.
Ed Dullenty was installed as a mem
ber of the board of trustees, and L. A.
Jenkins as a member of the board of
auditors.
President Emberson briefly remark
ed that he purposed letting his actions
speak for him, and then introduced
Mr. Quick, who officiated as toast
master. Mr. Quick soon had the
guests properly seated at the well
laden tables, and then, in order to
economize on time, had the different
speakers go to work while the audi
tors ate and listened. Mr. Howard was
the first speaker,- and in an earnest
talk urged his hearers to "be men."
Manhood, he declared, was the first
requisite in success in any line of
work. "It takes more genuine courage
to be a practical everyday Christian
than it does to face the enemy upon
the battlefield." said Mr. Howard. Mr.
Howard cheerfully admitted that he
wandered far afield from the subject
assign-id him, but after he concluded
his hearers were glad he did, for he
gave them a helpful talk upon lines
not olten discussed in labor gather
ings. "The shorter work day" was the
subject assigned to S. J. Kent, and he
covered it in his usual forceful style,
feinting out the benefits that accrued
to mankind since the shorter work
day had been inaugurated. He laid
especial emphasis upon the startling
historical fact that within ten years
after President Van Buren had signed
the first ten-hour day law the number
of patents was larger than the total
number up to that date. "The shorter
work-day," said Mr. Kent, "gives men
time to read and study and think, and
that is what makes good and useful
citizens. Every time we raise a man
we iise the nation just thai, much."
Mr. Kent then put in a plea for the
Saturday half-holiday and urged that
it would be a benefit to both employ
ers and employes. ,
Rev. Samuel Zane Batten wai asked
Mearf Specialist
to talk, and told to take any subject
ho wanted to. In response to the in
vitation he made a splendid address
in which he urged organization, mu
tual helpfulness and individual re
sponsibility; and he declared that he
was proud of he fact that he was a
fraternal delegrte from the Ministerial
Association to. the Central Labor
Union. He said that he had worked
for two years as.a carpenter, and ad
mitted that his grandfather bad often
said that a good "carpenter had been
spoiled to make a ;oor preacher. His
hearers expressed no opinion about
the spoiling of a giod carpenter, but
they were a unit in denying that a poor
preacher had been made. . Rev. 'Mr.
Batten's address was Jistened to with
close attention, and he was freqnently
applauded.
Will M. Maupin spoke briefly of the
printers' strike and predicted a vie
tory all along the l-ne. Then he
varied the program a li.tle by reciting
a few rhymes and telling a story or
two.
i ne several contractors , present
were called upon, and the friendly feel
ing existing between the union and the
employers was manifest in all their
remarks. C. Schaaf declared that
since the organization -of the union
there was a better feeling all around.
and further declared that he believed
that the eight-hour day was beneficial
to employer and employe. "We get
better service and . more intelligent
men under present conditions," said
Mr. Schaaf. Joseph Watson coincided
with Mr. Schaat's views and expressed
his satisfaction with present condi
tions.' Harry Dobbs brought out a
round of cheers by emphatically de
claring in favor of the Saturday half-
holiday. He had just returned from
the Pacific coast, where the half- holi
day was the rule, and he had investi
gated it and found that it was a good
thing.. It gave the: employer time to
look after his business, ' and the em
ploye time to attend to his own little
affairs. R. Stitz spoke briefly and to
the point. "If you want anything, just
ot me knowj" he said
Duringthe evening an orchestra of
four pieces discoursed music, and
after the edibles were all disposed of
union, made cigars were passed around
and everybody .smoked. The "social
session" after the speaking was as
thoroughly enjoyed as any other fea
ture, and a whole lot of the members
and, guests failed to catch the last
cars, but cheerfully waded home
through tii snow as the price of one
of the most enjoyable evenings in
their lives. lT,he committee having
Tuesday night's meeting in charge is
entitled to thanks nd congratulations
for its1 efforts andthe success at
tending them.
Bro. B .E. Ingraham, who has been
seriously ill, 13 now fully recovered.
Bro. J.' Westman is building himself
a residence at Twenty-fourth and A
streets-. Some say that is a sign, that
the brother has serious intentions.
Omaha has plenty of work for car-
pentera andi it is no troH-ble'to get 45
cents per hour as a minimum wage.
Look for the sign,
Hall."
"Carpenters'
Have you got the newj working 'card
for January, February and' March?
Bro. Wright, an old I time -wheel
horse of Lincoln, later la member , of
the U. B. at Des Moines, la., but now
working In Omaha, was a visitor at
headquarters last week.
Work Is getting very dull and there
are lots of men out of work.
WILSHIRE 8PEAKS.
Noted Socialist Addresses Two Good
Audiences New "Year's Day.
Gaylord Wilshire, the "millionaire
socialist" and editor of Wilshire's Mag
azine, spoke twice in Lincoln on New
Year's day, addressing good sized aud
iences ou both occasions. The even
ing audience comfortably filled Cen
tral Labor Union hall.
Mr. Wilshire is one of the leaders
in the socialistic propaganda, and is a
speaker of pleasing address. He
wastes no words in getting down to
his subject, and his earnestness at
once impresses his hearers. While in
Lincoln he made many acquaintances
and established some new friendships.
The editor of " The- Wageworker ac
knowledges a visit, and will long re
men.ber the pleasant chat with the
keen-witted gentleman who made -Assistant
Postmatser General Madden
look like three lead dimes.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
Meets Next Sunday and Interesting
- Doings Are in Prospect.'
Lincoln Typographical Union No.
209 will meet next Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and the session promises
to be one of the most interesting- in
many long; months. The strike will
be discussed in all of its phases, and
in addition the matter of straighten
ing out a little tangle in tbe constitu
tion will be attended to. Officers were
elected at the December meeting, but
there is a prospect of a contest on the
ground that the election was not held
on the constitutional date. The
threshing out of this matter promises
considerable excitement. '
In February ' the local union will
celebrate its twenty-third anniversary,
and at the meeting Sunday the ques
tion of celebrating the occasion will be
brought up and settled.
Local printers are rejoicing over the
splendid stand taken by tbe Hearst
publications on the eight-hour day.
The union printers are fortunate in
having a man like William Randolh
Hearst at the head of five of Ameri
ca's greatest daily newspapers. '
Tuesday's Associated Press dis
patches conveyed the information that
there were more applications for situ
ations in Los Angeles than there were
men who walked out to enforce the
eight-hour day The "want ad" col
umns the same day contained frantic
appeals for non-union printers to come
to Los Angeles. The "Teapot" bunch
is making a spectacle of itself.
Fred Brenner claims to hold the
record for steady service. Hei has
worked in the- southwest corner of the
Journal job rooms for eighteen
straight years, and is only three or
four years older than he was when
he started in. 1 '
The vote on the 10 per cent assess
ment was not tabulated at interna
tional headquarters in time to be an
nounced in this issue, but President
Lynch reports that hte returns in on
December 30 showed that the assess
ment carried by upwards of 20,000 ma
jority. Lincoln's vote showed a hand
some Increase over the 50 cents per
week assessment. They can't beat the
boys who show that kind of spirit.
NOTE THE DIFFERENCE.
An Increase of Wages There, a Per
functory "Thank You" Here.
On Christmas eve the Lincoln Dis
traction Co. posted a notice thanking
its employes for their services during
the year. That sounded real good.
On Christmas eve the Minneapolis
Street Railway Co. posted notice of
an increase of 2 cents an hour in the
wage of conductors and motormen, the
increase being a surprise to the em
ployes, and the second of the kind in
two years. And that sounded a whole
lot better.
The Minneapolis scale before the
increase was from. 4 to 6 cents an hour
higher than the Lincoln scale.
The Lincoln street railway men can
not put the thanks of the Distraction
company in the bank. The Minneapo
lis men can put their little eld 2 cents
an hour increase in bank. . ' f
Note the difference?
LABEL LEAGUE MEETING.
First Gathering of the New Year
Sfiould Be Enthusiastic.
The Woman's Union Label League
will meet Monday evening at the usual
time and place, and as it is the first
meeting in the new year it' is to be
hoped that the attendance will be large.
Every member should make It a point
to be present with a stock of enthusi
asm that will start the new year off
in" splendid style. During 1906 the
League will be able to accomplish a
great work in behalf of unionism if the
members will take on new zeal and
grasp the opportunities that will offer.
The Woman's Union Label League
deserves and should have the support
of every union man- and woman in the
city. In the past it has not had the
ass-istance of union men to the proper
extent The men most Interested in
the League's success; have utterly ig
nored it. This should not longer, be
Remember the meeting Monday night.
s.d let the attendance be the" largest
in the League's history.
THE TEAMSTERS.
.Elect Officers for . Ensuing Term and
Resolve to, Push Things.
The Teamsters'ijtfnion met last Mon
day evening-""ushered in the New
Year by electing officers and resolving
to fight harder than ever for the cause
of unionism. The new scale card was
presented with the approval of Presi
dent Shea of the International, and no
tice given that it had been printed
and would' be circulated on the follow
ing day. The union elected officers for
the ensuing year, there being several
lively but good-natured contests. The
following were elected: - -.
President, J. H. Ludwig.
Vice-president, Henry White.
Secretary-treasurer, R. E. Morris.
Recording secretary, West Rose.
Warden, Will Bartlett. .
Conductor, John John-son.
Trustees, A. Shamp, T. Muligan,
John Johnson. - :'. ; ' ' V
An organizer is expected soon, and
when he arrives the work of building
up the local union will be commenced
and pushed without cessation until vic
tory is achieved. ,
Born.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brillhart,
1836 O street, a son. Mr. Brillhart in
forms The Wageworker " that ' the
young man's name will be William-J.
Bryan Brillhart, from which fact we
infer that the. proud1 father is ' some
thing of a democrat. The Wageworker
extendi congratulations to the parents
and wishes for William J. Bryan Brill
hart a long, useful arid successful ca
reer. , '. '
Socialist Meeting.
Clark W. Adair, who is now on a
lecture tour to the Pacific coast by the
way of Texas, will talk on socialism
at Richards' hall next Sunday even
ing at .8 o'clock. Mr. Adair Is account
ed one of the strongest lecturers now
engaged in spreading the socialist
propaganda and doubtless his lecture
will be interesting and instructive. The
public is cordially invited to hear him.
Prizes Awarded.
Dec. 30, 1905.
Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Co.,
Lincoln, Neb.: , '
Gentlemen The report of the judges
in the Nebraska Corn Cooking con
test entitles the following named girls
to the prizes offered by yov for corn-
breadi cooked from gas in Lincoln:
-' , $5.00 CASH PRIZE.
Miss Carrie Abbott, Bancroft school,
Lincoln, 97 per cent -$1.00
CASH PRIZES.
Miss Ethel Kinsey, Bancroft school.
Miss Frieda Framstadt, Bancroft
school.
' mW Florence Warner, Whittler
school.
Miss Anna Sheffield, Capitol school.
Miss Dorothy Balten, Capitol school.
Miss Hazel Ritchey, Whittler school.
Miss Alma Hall, Whittler school.
Miss Lulu Dierks, Whittler school.
Miss Dorothy Emmett, 826 South
Fourteenth street
Miss Rega Sorensen, Whittler school.
' Miss Grace Hollingsworth, Capitol
school. '' '
Miss Helen Hall, Capitol school.
Miss Etta Eddy, Whittler school. -
Miss Julia Hitchcock, Capitol school.
Ruth Bridenbaugh, 950 South Thir
teenth street. . A
I have notified each of the girls
that they are winners and have asked
them to call at your establishment,
present their letter and receive their
prize. . ':1 ' ' '- '',
These are special prizes awarded to
Lincoln girls and Lincoln people will
no doubt be Interested in knowing who
they are. I see nothing wrong with
the use of their names .in connection
with the prizes awarded in ease you
wish to publish them. -
Trusting that we shall be mutually
benefited in the offering and awarding
of these prizes for' the encouragement
of good cooking, I am,
Very truly yours, .
(Signed) E. C. BISHOP.
Mgr. Corn Cooking Contest. :
GENERAL MENTION.
Brief Items of News, Penned and
Pasted for Busy People.'
The , Nebraska Press association
meets in Lincoln on February 19, 20
and 21, and the local Typographical
Union could do an excellent stroke of
business by giving the members a re
ception. A majority of the members
are practical printers and most . of
them unionists at heart ,
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Swanson and chil
dren returned Monday from Ong, Neb.,
where they spent the holidays most
enjoyably with relatives and friends.
- The - Wageworker takgs - especial
pleasure in calling the attention of its
readers to the advertisement of the
Union Transfer Line. This linens op
erated by R. E. Morris, a loyal union
teamster, and he pledges his patrons
that only union men will be employed
by him. He deserves to be rushed to
the limit with business from the union
ists of the city. ,
Capital Auxiliary No. 11 to Lineol-i
Typographical Union No. 209 met at
the home of Mrs. Fred Ihrlnger Wed
nesday afternoon and the officers for
the coming term were installed. The
Auxiliary is planning an active label
campaign for -the spring and summer
months. "." .-,
No one who believes in the "square
deal" or in union principles will pa
tronize an unfair printing house. The
Crowell Publishing company, Spring
field, O.i publishers of "ihe Woman's
Home Companion, is an unfair firm
We mention this fact "lest we forget."
If after hearing a man withtrtf union
card boast for fifteen minutes febput
his unionism, he shouldrMft a "scaV"
hat from his "head to- wipe away the
perspiration, and then jtake a chew, of
"scab" tobacco wouldn't that jar you?
A week ago' James cfrabtree was of
fering to bet $20 thatu the unions
could not get his scalp. The chances ,
are that he wants to cut the bet in
half and get long odds by this. time. ,
The Wellington, New Zealand." jIty'
council una aecioea to enter into ah "
industrial agreement with ; the - enf-"'
ployes on the ' municipal tram-ways' .
concerning wages and hours ot labor.
The agreement provides that all em
ployes shall join the tramway union r
within one month of joining the ser- '
vice and that disputes shall be decided
by the appeal board. '. V
Secretary Mayne Of the Y. M. C. A. -irforms
The Wageworker that Rev. f
Charles Stelzle, the machinist-preach
er who is at tbe head nf tho i
ment of Church and Labor of the Pres- i
byterian church of the United States, f -will
address the men's meeting at the .'
Oliver on some Sunday afternoon this "
winter.1' Twhen he does come be should
be .greeted by ; an enthusiastic crowd ; 1
of union men. . ,
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