HOUSE PUTS THROUGH INITIA
TIVE AND REFERENDUM.
KILLS COUNTY OPTION BILL
Legislative Reference Bureau May Be
Permanently Established Kill a
Liquor Bill Total Appropria
tion Bill Now Over a
Million.
The legislative week beginning
Monday promises to be as lively as
any that have passed. The senate
has put out of the way the two big
events of the session , initiative and
referendum and county option , and
has acted favorably on a Sunday
baseball bill. The chouse has dis
posed of none of these measures , but
will get into the game this week. Two
measures which stand near the top
of the list are the initiative and ref
erendum and county option.
As far as the house is concerned
there seems to be no doubt that the
house initiative and referendum bill
will go through with but few votes
against it. It will then be in order
that a conference committee be ap
pointed to get together with a like
committee of the senate to patch up
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JOHN A. MOREHEAD.
Senator First District and President
Pro Tern of Senate.
the differences in the bills on this
subject in the respective houses. The
senate initiative and referendum bill
is still in the hands of the house com
mittee. It has not been reported out
because it would thus complicate the
situation. The house has gone on
record as to the kind of a bill it will
vote for and it is not the senate meas
ure. If the house committee .recom
mends the senate bill it means a
complication. If it recommends that
the senate bill be killed there will be
nothing to compromise on. Thus the
reason for holding it up temporarily.
County option will be defeated in
the house in all probability. It will
lack one or two votes of passing , just
as the same bill lacked in the senate.
The vote is to be had merely to put
the members on record , and it is un
likely that it will be brought up un
less practically a full attendance is
on hand.
After a two hours' deadlock in the
house Tuesday .morning the support
ers of the amended Hatfield initiative
and referendum bill won a complete
victory over the opposition and passed
their measure by a vote of 75 to 23.
This result was not accomplished
without the most tense situation seen
in the house during the session. Men
were corralled in every part of th'e
house by groups of other members ,
who were pulling them this way and
pushing them that way in an effort to
persuade them to change their votes.
The result was that the supporters of
the bill were the only ones who se
cured changes , the opposition failing
signally.
The fight is not yet over. After the
bill was passed the house , on motion
of Gerdes of Richardson , asked the
committee on constitutional amend
ments to report the senate bill at once
and made the consideration of that
measure the special order for Wed
nesday. Although the house bill has
gone to the senate , and although the
senate bill was passed in that body
with only two amendments of consequence
quence , the opponents to the bills as
they stand , who had strength enough
yesterday in the house to block the
passage of the Hatfield bill for two
hours , will attempt to insert their
amendments into the senate bill.
The Oklahoma senate defeated a
bill authorizing the' corporation com
mission to suspend the operation of
the "jim crow" law.
The insurgents , or as some call
them , the wet democrats in the state
senate were joined for a time by Ban
ning of Cass and Skiles of Butler ,
both democrats , who voted against
county option , and by a union of dem
ocrats and republicans a sifting com
mittee was appointed. The standpat
and wet democrats , including three
senators from Douglas , who were not
consulted in regard to the slate , were
taken completely by surprise. The
committee appointed gave Ollis of
Valley the balance of power. It com
prised seven members.
Smoking In the House.
That the membres of the house
should not become EO degenerated as
to repeal the anti-smoking clause of
their rules cards were being circulated
among the representatives giving the
result of tests made by a former physi
cal director on smokers and nonsmokers -
smokers and their respective mental
and physical qualifications as shown
by the investigation.
Although there were few of the lov
ers of the weed in the lower house
who paid attention to the cards , there
were tw or three nevertheless who
considered that they were a distinct
insult on the intelligence of the house.
They contended that there was an in
timation therein that those who per
sisted in the pernicious habit of tak
ing occasional drags of pipes and
puffs at'Havanas did not possess the
necessary mental qualifications to
either initiate or pass good laws for
the commonwealth. To this they excepted -
cepted , and declared that , in their
opinions , really bright mentality could
not become so smoke befogged as to
be incapable of legislative discern
ment. The senate has not condescend
ed to admit weakness because smok
ing is now allowed in its august cham
bers.
Bridge Bill Passed.
Cronin of Holt carried to a suc
cessful termination his effort to se
cure state aid In the construction and
maintenance of bridges over streams
more than 175 feet in width. It had
been anticipated by many members
that the bill would never get through
on third reading but Cronin was able
to count fifty-six votes. The bill pro
vides for a state levy "of one-fifth of
a mill , or approximately $100,000 , for
the biennium for aid in construction
and maintenance of these bridges.
Schol for Dependents.
H. R. 84 , by Hatfield , a bill to
abandon the present state schiol for
dependent children , formerly known
as the home for the friendless , and to
place the children now in the home
and those who in the future are com
mitted to its care by order of juven
ile courts into the care of a board of
control to be appointed by the gover
nor was committed to the committee
on public charities for amendment.
Pure Food Legislation.
The senate committee on medical
societies was surrounded Monday by
a crowd of able lawyers and lobbyists
who represent manufacturers through
out the country. The lobbyists direct
ed their talents against H. R. 276 , a
bill that requires goods in package
form to bear the net weight , measure
or numerical amount. The committee
listened to argument and took the bill
under consideration.
University Medical College.
The senate followed the example ot
the house and instructed its special
committee on university removal to
go a little further and dig into the
question of the separation or union of
the medical college of the university.
The instructions to the committee
were given by a motion offered by Dr.
Talcott of Cedar county , who is a
member of the state senate.
Legislative Reference Bureau.
The legislative reference bureau
will be a permanently established
state institution if a bill which was
recommended for passage by the
house committee of the whole be
comes a law. The bill creates this
bureau and places it under a partial
jurisdiction of the board of regents
of the university and affiliating the
bureau with the department of law
and sociology.
Salary Appropriation Bill.
The house has completed considera
tion of the salary appropriation bill
and ordered it engrossed for third
reading. Another $3,000 increase was
added to it , making in all a total raise
of $44,100 over the bill as originally
introduced which was larger by more
than $100,000 than the bill two years
ago. The total of the biU has now
reached $1,176,040.
Defeat of County Option.
Every member of the house who
voted on the county option bill when
it came up for third reading stayed
by his pre-election pledge , without a
single exception. But two members
were absent , Regan of Platte and San-
born of Sarpy , both of whom were
pledged against the enactment of
county option legislation.
The house passed bills all Monday
afternoon with ninety members pres
ent. It killed the Moody pool hall bill
and the Grossmann wage exemption !
bill , and saved the life of the initiative i
and referendum bill only through a |
hasty adjournment. An agreement I
was made by forty-one members to I
vote against the house bill , and to try
to amend the senate bill when it j
comes up in the same manner that
the same men had failed on the house
bill two weeks ago.
Lien for Attorneys.
The senate passed- . F. 143 , by
Tibbets , a bill to give attorneys a
lien upon documents , money or
property of clients coming into their
hands or in the hands of an adverse
party for services performed on con
tract , either express or implied.
Two bills restricting the liquor
traffic more than is done now under
the SloSumb law came up before the
house Friday. One was Hilled , the
Dther was rushed on to third read
ing. ,
TURIN EXPOSITION IS NEARLY READY
" THE&RITISH a ACTION THE BELGIAN AND FRFflCH
ONE GREAT feature of the Jubilee of the Italian kingdom , celebrated this year , is nearly completed. This is
the elaborate industrial and art exposition in Turin , which is scheduled to open in April. The exposition
grounds He along the River Po and the various buildings erected by Italy and other countries are very handsome.
DEFEATS ICE TRUST
Boy Lets Pails Filled With Water
-Freeze and Stores Cakes.
Got Idea by Thawing Out Pall In Hen-
yard and Now Is Capitalist Him
self Sells Product to His
Neighbors.
Ware , Mass. How would you like
to be Independent of the ice trust
next summer when the hot rays of
the sun are beating down and your
refrigerator is empty , though you
have had a card in your window for
several days and have telephoned the
Ice trust and been choked off with the
reply , "You will get your ice when It
arrives and not before ? "
The 11-year-old son of a Ware sign
painter has solved the problem. Hav
ing already made two tons of Ice and
sold It to his father for 30 cents a
hundred pounds , he is busy making a
further supply which he proposes to
sell to neighbors next summer. Je
rome is the "son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Henry Eldredge of 57 East street and
is one of nine children.
It is a case of hustle to keep the
family supplied with the necessities
of life , and to each of the children old
enough to be of assistance is assigned
a task which make's the burdens light
er for all. Jerome feeds the hens ,
which are supposed to keep the fam
ily table supplied with fresh eggs , but
usually fall in coming up to expecta
tions. He also feeds the lone family
pig and keeps Mrs. Eldredge supplied
with coal and kindlings from the
shed. Jerome has a longing to get a
college education and become a law
yer , but has been told repeatedly
that a college education costs money ,
and the only way he can get It Is by
strict economy and thrift.
It was while watering the hens one
cold morning that Jerome hit upon
the scheme of the Ice plant. The pan
containing the water was filled with a
cake _ of ice each morning , and It was
necessary for Jerome to turn the pan
bottom side up and pour hot water
on it , the cake of ice then dropping
out. In a short time there was a pile
of ice that worried Jerome , because
It came from water that had been ren
dered muddy and Impure by the hens
and was unfit for use , but It occurred
to him that he could draw water from
the kitchen faucet that was pure ,
place it in receptacles , allow it to
freeze , then get the cakes of ice out
In the same manner as he did from
the hens' pen. He asked his father if
he would pay him the same price for
Ice that he had paid the iceman last
year. Mr. Eldredge said he would be
glad to do so if the ice were of good
quality and he would contract for two
tons. The ice has been delivered and
paid for. v.
Jerome has about two dozen recep
tacles of various styles and sizes. He
first began with what stewpans and
kettles he could abduct from his moth
er's pantry , but now he has pressed
the family washtub , coal hod , wash
pan , wash basin and about everything
else into use , and has made square
wooden boxes , which he fills with wa
ter and makes large cakes of ice in.
These boxes he has already sold to
his mother for use next summer for
flower beds. The price was more
than cost of the lumber to make
them.
The cakes of Ice vary in size from
two to seventy-five pounds , and dur
ing zero weather Jerome has made as
many as fifty cakes of ice in a day.
Jerome attends the seventh grade in
the South street school. His four-
year-old brother , John Harold , sug
gested a few weeks ago that he be
taken into partnership on a percent
age basis , and he would keep the
business moving wiiile Jerome was in
school. The suggestion was favorably
received , and Johnny is as interested
in the business as any one could be.
When the neighbors' boys come
around Johnny keeps his eyes open
and allows none of them near the ice
plant , explaining that the ice must
be clean and pure or it cannot be
marketed.
The boys have met some discour
agement in the ice making businsss.
At first Jerome used ordinary wooden
pails and tin pails , but with the first
freezing the palls were hopelessly
ruined , as the ice burst the pails In
many places. The boys have learned
that common enameled ware Is best.
Tin pails that are small at the bottom
and large at the top are also useful ,
as the ice swells at the top much Uk
a loaf of bread , and does not burst
the receptacle.
Warm weather is also discourag
ing , as the ice that has already frozen
in the dishes thaws. Jerome says
they can literally see their money
melt away. Each morning the Ice
made during the previous 24 hours is
packed into large dry goods boxes and
sawdust Is packed around the cakes.
Jerqme says that he will build an Ice
house In the spring.
MAN IS MOTHER OF CHICKEN
Pennsylvania Farmer Hatches Out
Little Chick In His Bed by
Warmth of His Body.
Pittsburg , Pa. Oscar Helnze , a
farmer of Clifton , holds the human In
cubator record.
Little did he expect when he took
his bedtick to the barn recently and
filled it with straw that he was to
become parent to a chick.
The straw happened to contain a
hen egg , but Heinz did not know. For
a couple of weeks he slept on the
newly-filled mattress. before he was
aroused by a "Cheep ! cheep ! cheep ! "
He lighted a lamp and searched the
room , but could not find the source of
the sounds , which had become louder.
Finally he was convinced the
"cheep , cheep" came from his bed ,
and with a knife slit open the tick.
Inside , near the surface , was a lively
chick , which the heat of his body
had hatched from the egg.
Ammonia Produced From Air.
Berlin. '
Professor Haber's new pro
cess for utilizing atmospheric nitrogen
for the production of ammonia is re
ported to be so successful that syn
thetic ammonia is about to be placed
on the market.
CANADIANS CALL FOR GIRLS
Hundreds Storm Agent Who ! In Lon
don Seeking Brides for Young
Farmers of Northwest.
London. Thomas Howell , the Cana
dian immigration agent who is con
ducting a search throughout England
for brides for the stalwart farmers of
Canada , has given up searching , and is
really trying to lose himself , as brides-
to-be in a veritable army , not content
with bombarding him with tons of let
ters , are here by the hundreds seeking
personal interviews.
There are touches of humor In some
of the letters received by Mr. Howell ,
who.has been oerwhelm d with invi
tations to teas and other functions
dear to the feminine heart.
One of the letters received is from
a youag woman In a London work
house , who , with unconscious irony ,
writes :
"Please come and see me. I can
make you quite at home. "
Women , however , are not half so
anxious as the men of England to go to
Canada. It la estimated that fully 150-
000 English mechanics , farmers and la
borers will leave for the Dominion dur
ing the coming season.
By direct route from London nearly
17,000 passengers will start for Canada
in March , and in addition , during that
month about three thousand immi
grants will reach that land of promise
via the United States.
The phenomenal immigration is at
tributed to the general prosperity and
Immense advance in railway construc
tion in Canada. Fully 30 per cent , of
these Immigrants are skilled workmen ,
and nearly all of them have means
upon which to subsist for months after
their arrival.
There is no doubt that immigration
Is being stimulated by English imperi
alist organizations which expect
through these sturdy Britons to neu
tralize the effects of the great rush
from the United States to "Our Lady
of the Snows. "
HOUSE KEEPS ITSELF
i
One Woman's Experience in Au
tomatic Housekeeping.
Not a Bit of Bother for the Modern
House Wife as Mechanical Labor
Saving Appliances Are
Now Applied.
London. The modern woman de
mands , above all else , that her time
or the greater part of it shall be her
own. She Insists on freedom to earn
her own living , to acquire culture , or
to educate her children and be a companion -
o
panion of her husband , and therefore
the modern house must needs "keep"
itself.
This it will not do if the vexed do
mestic servant question is continual
ly to the fore , and some women are at
last grasping the great comfort of let
ting mechanical labor saving applian
ces do their work for them. I hap
pen to know one of these present day
women , says a writer In the Daily
Mail. She is married and has two
children , but she is busy every day
with many interests outside her home.
Yet her house is better managed than
any I know.
Some days ago she showed me over
her dwelling , and let me into some
of her work-and-worry saving secrets.
"My 'wonder box' is packed with in
sulating material and lined with steel.
The children's nurse or I merely cook
our dishes on a gas stove for a few
minutes , then pop them In here , and
go out and forget about them. When
I come back in the evening they are
cooked and hot ready to serve , in
fact. The children's meal is put in
earlier in the morning and is ready
by midday. Delightfully simple , isn't
it ? "
On the sideboard were several de
vices for producing breakfast with the
least possible effort. This meal was
always cooked on the table , I learned.
An egg steamer , a chafing dish , a
coffee percolator and an electric ra
diator for making toast were the most
prominent Items.
In a corner of the room stood a
small electrically worked vacuum
cleaner which made light of the toll-
some business of sweeping and dust
ing. The floors , which were all lin
oleum covered , were washed with the
aid of a self-wringing mop.
A porcelain anthracite stove occu-
plecl the hearth , and over this my
friend waxed refretful. "I hated to
give up my beloved open fire , " she
confessed. "But it went dead against
my principles , and it made more work
than all the rest of my household put
together. This stove Is the next best
thing , for at least I can open the front
and toast my toes at it It only re
quires stoking every twenty-four
hours , and it makes no dust"
When I demanded' to see the kitch
en , she told me there was none. "A
kitchen only exists for the comfort
of servants , " she reminded me. "I
have no servants , so why should I
have a kitchen ? Come and see my
workshop , though. " And she led me
into a small square box of a room ,
containing only a sink , a gas stove ,
a table , and two cupboards built into
the wall. Of that coal devouring ,
work producing monster , the kitchen
range , there was no sign.
"But hot water ? " I protested. "How
can one live without constant supply
of hot water ? "
I was told to put my head Inside
one of the cupboards , which I did ,
but I withdrew It again hastily. The
temperature was at least 80 degrees.
The cupboard , it appeared , contained
an automatic gas hot water heater ,
from the tank of which small pipes
extended and circled round the walls.
They met again in large pipes , one of
which carried off the water to the
kitchen sink , the other to the bath
room.
The gas burners under the -tank
were lighted each morning and
burned at full power for ten minutes
or so , till the water "Became heated.
Then the burners lowered themselves
automatically to mere pin points of
flame. When the tank was emptied ,
or partly so , it refilled itself with cold
water , and the burners popped up
again and heated
the tankful once
more.
"And the cost of keeping house by
your methods ? " I asked.
"The Initial cost of furnishing Is
perhaps rather high. But I think our
weekly bills would make most house
keepers open their eyes , " was the an
swer.
Doubles Children's Savings.
New York. J. W. Ellsworth , phil
anthropist of this city. Is doubling
the savings of all children under 16
years of age in his boyhood home.
Hudson , Ohio , to encourage their
thrift. The only condition Is that
children must go to school and earn
the money after hours. Each Is ex
pected to write him bow the money
was earned.
FAMILY PRIDE.
Prof. Stork And how are we
ting on with our studies , Ernestine ?
Have you been promoted to the flyIng -
Ing class yet ?
Little Miss Quacker Oh , no , pro
fessor. Mother has decided that I
shall not take that course. She says
anybody can fly fcut only the best
families take to water naturally.
WOULD LIE AWAKE ALL NIGHT
WITH ITCHING ECZEMA
"Ever sinc I can remember I waa
a terrible sufferer of eczema and
other Irritating skin diseases. I would
lie awake all night , and my suffering
was Intolerable. A scaly humor set *
tied on my back , and being but a
child , I naturally scratched It It
was a burning , Itching sensation , and
utterly Intolerable , In fact , it was so
that I could not possibly forget about
it It did not take long before it
spread to my shoulders and arms , and
I was almost covered with a mass of
raw flesh on account of my scratching
it I was in such a condition that my
hands were tied.
"A number of physicians were call
ed , but it seemed beyond their med
ical power and knowledge to cur *
me. Having tried numerous treat
ments without deriving any benefit
from them , I had given myself up to
the mercy of my dreadful malady , but
I thought I would take the Cuticura
treatment as a last resort Words
cannot express my gratitude to the
one who created 'The Cuticura Mira
cles , ' as I have named them , for now
I feel as if I never suffered from even
a pimple. My disease was routed by
Cuticura Soap and Ointment , and I
shall never cease praising the wonder
ful merits they contain. I will never
be without them , in fact , I can almost
dare any skin diseases to attack me
so long as I have Cuticura Remedies
in the house. I hope that this letter
will give other sufferers an Idea of
how I suffered , and also hope that
they will not pass the 'Cuticura Life
Saving Station. ' " ( Signed ) C. Louis
Green , 929 Chestnut St. , Philadelphia ,
Pa. , Aug. 29 , 1910.
A Ruling Passion.
"Uncle Pinchpenny spent a great
deal of time at the home of George
Washington. "
"Yes. He couldn't be persuaded to
stop looking for that dollar George is
said to have thrown across the Pete
mac. "
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA , a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children , and see that it
Bears the
Signature
Tn Use For Over SO Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Plenty of Time to Fatten Up.
Cheerful Old Idiot I say , you'll ex
cuse me , but d'you know that you are
the thinnest policeman I've ever seen ?
Robert Yes. I'm a new hand , and
haven't got to know the cooks yet
London Opinion.
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE will
cure uny possible case of DISTEMPER ,
PINK EYE , and the like among horsei
of all ages , and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera , dnd dog distemper.
Any good druggist can supply you , or send
to mfrs. 50 cents and $1.00 a bottLAgenti
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co. ,
Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen , Ind.
His Place.
"The trouble about my son is that
he never knows where he is at. "
"Then why not get him a job with
the weaker bureau ? "
RUBBERS BECOME NECESSARY
And yonr shoes pinch , Allen's Foot-Ease , the Antt-
soptlc powder to be shaken Into the shoesIs jnsttha
thing to use. Try It for Breaking In New Shoes.
Bold every where , 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. a
Olmsted , LeRoy.N.T. Don't accept any nibsUtutt.
A woman can straighten up a man's
desk in five minutes so effectually that
he won't be able to find anything he
wants in five hours.
You will sneeze ; perhaps feel chilly.
You think you are catchinic cold. Don't
wait untilyou know it. Take a dose of
Hamlins Wizard Oil and you just cant
catch cold.
To render your neighbor a service
willingly shows the generosity of your
character ; to preserve silence over it ,
the grandeur of your soul. Puysieux.
Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor
ite family laxative.
And the man who is driven to drink
by adversity probably would have it
brought to him by prosperity.
ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE. "
That Is LAXATTVB BROMO QUININE. Look lor
the signature ot E. W. GROVK. Died thTworfd
orer to Cure a Cold In One Day. SSc.
Her savings are the saving of many
a business girl.
All druggists sell the famous Herb rem
edy , Garfield Tea. It corrects constipation.
Modern application Is likely to ex
tract the teeth of an old saw.
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