THE OMAHA DAILY 1J13B : SATUHDAY , DKCKMUKK 'J ,
HIGHWAYS OF BYGONE DAYS
Recollections of Life on Famous Trails Be
fore tna Railroads Came.
WHEN BULLY/HACKING / WAS IN FLOWER
u unit Ilomttncc * In ( lie CnriM-rn
of IliilIwlnu-kcrH Aluiiu tinI'lnh
mill .Simla ! < < ; 'I'rnllM l'rclalit-
IIIK In tli Wf.il ,
The death of Mr. Henry Intnan at Topcka , : |
Knn. , and of Captain John 1 . Ireland nt j '
Snn Ilernftrtllno , Gal. , within the last month !
has ntartcd n reminiscent mood among the
old-tlmo plainsmen throughout the west
concerning the glorious days of bullwback-
Ing , or freighting with ox learns along the
Utah nnd Santa Fo traits , when railroads
were unknown west of the Missouri river ,
and 'When ' the plains nwarinod with buffaloes
and Indians. No one knew the life of plains
freighters hotter than Mr , Inman and Cap
tain Ireland , sayH a western correspondent of
the New York Sun. The Utah trull was
called also the ( Ircat Salt Lake trail , and
bccamo v/oll known because the Mormons
chose that route to the Inland sea In their
migration from Niuivoo. 111. , under the leader
or Brlgham Young In 18IG nnd 1817. The
route had , however , been traversed oeveral
years previous by the expeditions under
Fremont , Stansbury nnd Lander from I'ott
I.eavonworth to the Cioldcn ( Jate. With the
finding of gold In California In 1849 th
Utah or Great Salt Lake trail became the
Jiialn highway across the plains , Hackles and
Sierras to the Kldorado In the west. Ite-
twrcn the years 1819 and 18Gr seine 17i"OCO
\vhlto people went over the Utah or Great
Salt Lake trail to California , besides mil
lions of pounds of provisions nnd merchan
dise from the cast. The discovery of gold
In Colorado In 1858 led to the I'ike's Peak
excitement , nnd tens of thousands of men
nnd many long trains of ox teams traversal
the Utah trail as far as the HocklcH. until
the building of the Union and Control Pacific
railroads from Omaha to San Francisco In
3RC9. Then the central western trails sud
denly became a memory.
The Utah trail was some 2,100 miles long.
It led up the level valley of the Platte river
from the Mlsaourl river. For 500 miles there
was no obstruction , nnd the Choyenucs and
Sioux In that region had had such severe-
looses In tholr campaigns against General
llnrney that they were peaceable to whites
after 1810. Westward from Fort Lararalo
the route bccamo moro dllllcult to travel
and the Indians moro hostile. Through the
Black Hills on across the Rockies , over the
barren alkali deserts of Oreen river , among
the grim mountains of Utah , across the great
Wasatch range to the eastern Hlopo of the
Sierra , the traveler found constant dlfllciilty
In travel and ir.nny hardships , not to spoilt
of dangers from roving bands of Indians
nnd occasional Mexican outlaws.
TIio Simla I < V Trull.
The Santa Fo trail lay several hundred
miles to the south nnd was much older than
the Utah trail. A good part of It was fol
lowed by Coronado In 1C 12 , when the south
west territories nnd Colorado nnd western
Kaunaswexo Invaded In quest of golden
treasure among the aborigines. Traffic be
gan over the Santa Fo trail in 1805 , under
the lead of a French Creole named Pcro Lo
Lando and a Kcntucklan named Pursley ,
"who had made their way from the Mis
sissippi to Santa Fc , N. M. The dangers
nnd romance of the trail among the Co-
manohes , Klowas and Navajos , besides the
great profit there was In hauling freight
from St. Louis to the rich Mexican pueblos
at Santa Fo and Albuquerque made bull
whacking on the Santa Fo trail a pursuit
that many young men In the west clung
to for years before the Utah trail bccamo
knonii. For twenty years the solo means of
transportation to Santa Fo was by pack
mules , but by 1843 ox teams had become
common.
Until the Atchlson , Topcka & Santa Fo
railroad wan built along the old trail In
1878 the bullwhackcr was 11 picturesque In
stitution In the southwest. Many a gray-
haired man In the west , who has became a
uattlo king , a mining capitalist or the
owner of square mlleu of grazing land dates
the beginning of his prosperity to the hard
training ho got In bullwhacklng on the Santa
Fo troll. In many ways the etory of the
Santa Fo trail Is moro Interesting than that
of the Utah trail. Mr. Inman recently said
that the Santa Fo trail was an elongated
grave yard from Independence , Kan. , to
Albuquerque , N. M.
The Santa Fo trail when first established
by the government under the lead of Kit
Carson and Jim Drldgor of Now Mexico , In
1814 , lay entirely through the Indian
country. Until 1851 the western line of
Missouri wan the eastern boundary of the
Indian territory. That year Kansas ter
ritory wan organized , but there wore In-
Olaim along the route as long as It was
used. Until the late ' [ iOs there was no whlto
man's habitation from Weslport , now
Kansas City , to the Spanish pueblos in New
Mexico. Indians were plentiful. On the
first .part of the trail , that Is , from In
dependence to the Arkansas , there was little
danger from savages. This part of the
territory was peopled by the Shnwnce ,
Pottawotomle , Kansas and Osage Indians ,
who not only did not molest the tradorB ,
but ilrovo back the fiercer western tribes ,
rendering that part of the road safe.
\ VliiTLTr iil li > Coulil " Found.
From the Hlg llcml to the crossing of the
Arkansas was the most dangerous part ul
the road. This region was frequented by all
the fierce plains trlbej. North of the Arkansas
wore the hunting grounds of the Cheycnufs
and the Arapahocti , thu handsomest , bravnit
nnd noblest of nil the plains tribes. Tlioy
fought their enemies with an unrelenting
vigor that was their religion. They Iwl
good lodges , were well fed and cllhe4 , and
had largo herds of ponies. Thulr hunting
ground was a vnut park on which rang d j
countless buffaloes , elk , deer , nntclcpcj , nnl
smaller game. They never attacked tin ,
whiten until years of wrongs drove them
to do so.
North of the Hlg Horn wore the Pawnees
ti\l ( Sioux , both warlike tribes , who f e-
qucntcd the Santa Fe trail. South cf the
Arkansas worn the treacherous Klowns , In
the later duytt Santnnta made thuppo *
Arkansas valley the weno of his operations.
From their homos In the Wichita mountain * '
the warlike faninnchcs often reaehicl ih1
trail further west , and ftlll further wou
were thu murderous Apachrs.
Overland trains by both III" Utah and
Santa Fe trails ulartrd from the Mirtnurl
river points for the west In April nnd May
of each year. The matter of grass lor ox
teams along the routes \\ta the matter of
chlcfetit consideration for iho plains freight
ers , and when there were assurances lint
the last snow of the season hal fallen , and
that thnro was fodder along the way , the
htillwhackers started on tholr long and dan
gerous Journeys. From Fort Lavcnworth
to Sacramento the journey usually coinuraml
four months , often live months. It was dan
gerous to attempt to cross the Slcrrai after
October , when tlto early snows fall thura
nnd the trail wna obliterated. The trip from
Westport , now Kansas City , to Santa Fo by
ox team wus between two and three months
long , and from Santa Fo to Albuquerque It
wau two Wuekii longer. If the trip to New
Mexico was made In good time and the
freight return waa not heavy the ox train
etarttxl Immediately bark for the M.mourt
river. Thus u round trip wai g ne-ally
made In one season of gratis by the frc g In
ert * . It Is Itiu boast of many old-tlmo bull
whackers that they made a round trip from
Ihn Mlsnourl river to SanU Fo In 110 ot 120
days.
I'rclKlitlnir nn nn Inntltiilliiii.
Freighting by ox teams became eo Important -
portant nn Institution on the plains by
ISS2 that two companies with capital of
about 140.000 each made the transportation
of freights from the east over the plains
and across the mountains to California and
New Mexico a regularly organized enterprise.
Alexander Majors , who Is known all over
the west nn the prince of plains freighters ,
began freighting In 1S48 on the Santa Fo
trail with six wagons. James Fuller began
a year later with twenty oxen nnd two
wagons on the Utah trail. In 1855 the firm
of Uusaoll , Majors & Waddell was formed
nt St. Joseph , Mo. , nnd by 1SCI the firm
employed In Its freight transportation to
New Mexico nlono 5,000 men , 2,300 wagons ,
nearly HOO horses , 18,000 oxen and 5,000
mules. The capital Invested at that time
was upward of $1,800,000 , and the profiss
of the huslncra were enormous. The United
States paid $270,000 to Hussell , Majors * i
Woddcll In 18CO for freighting to army camps
nnd even moro during iho days of the civil
war. The company formed by James Fuller
for transportation of mechandlsc
, army sup
plies and hides over the Utah troll did n
smaller business because the transportation
facilities by the Isthmus of Panama formed
a great competing factor In the California
freight business. Nevertheless the Fuller
company employed oxen , wagons , horses and
mules that represented a vnluo of $700,000
In 1S59.
All the reminiscent veterans of the plains
love to dwell nowadays on the wonders of
the freight outfits cf the early ' 60s , when
Liu- transportation business for them was at
Its height. An ox-team freight train con-
sletcil of twenty-five wagons. Severn ! trains
used to move together , making a stream of
ox teams and wngolis more than halt a mile
long. Sometimes a freight train would bo
a mlle long , consisting of 500 ox teams , 120
wagons nnd about 130 mon. The earlier
wagons were large and carried from f.,000
to C.OOO pounds of freight , but later still
heavier wagons , with oval whlto canvas or
loose cloth tops , called prairie schooners ,
came Into use , each wagon being loaded with
from three to three and one-half tons. The
goods were protected with two or three
shoots of ducking. Some wagons bad peep
liolos In the sides from which the freighters
looked out , rlfio In hand , when n band of
savages was menacing the train.
Tin.Motive I'otvi-r.
Each wagon required six yokes ot oxen
for motive power , and twenty or thirty head
of extra oxen always accompanied the train
to supply the place of those that were lester
or crippled. The custom of trailing a wagon
caino into use In later years. In camping
the wagons wore arranged In a circle sldo
by side , with the tongues outward , and a
log chain extended from the hind wheel of
ono wagon to the fore wheel of the next
ono , thus making a solid pen.
The yoking up ot the cattle and the startIng -
Ing of a freight train across the plains was
a trying period in every bullwhackcr's ex
perience. There are hundreds of thrilling
stories still current on the plains of ex
periences In the first yoklngs up. Several
hundred tough , bellowing , and often vicious
steers , bought from the ranges , were driven
Into an oval-shaped corral made by a lot of
pralrlo schooner wagons clcse together.
Two or three dozen bullwhackers or ox
teamsters stood at the narrow opening to the
corral , each with an ox yoke across his
shoulders. When the captain of the wagon
train called , "yoke up , " the men would
diva Into the corral among the bellowing ,
jumping , pawing bulls and oxen. In a
eccoml each man , heedless of horns and
kicks , was yoking the beast he had had his
cyo on for certain work of hauling In the
wagon train. Many a man has been gored or
squeezed to death among a lot of vicious
cattle in tha corral at yoking time.
The force of men for each train , consisted
of a wagon master and assistant ) a team
ster for each wagon , a herder and two or
three extra men. The average distance
traveled was from twelve to fifteen miles a
day with a load , nnd twenty miles with
empty wagons. Horses were first used , then
mules , but oxen proved to be the- cheapest
teams. They did good dally work , gathered
their own living at night , and If properly
driven would travel 2,000 miles In a season.
The teamsters were largely Mexican or of
some mixed race. They were paid $1 a day
and expenses. Each man had to take his
turn standing guard at night nnd watching
the cattle , which were never left without
two herders. The men were divided into
messes of six or eight , one man doing the
cooking , while the others brought water and
fuel , or stood guard. On the read the team
ster walked beside his team , carrying a
whip with a lash twenty feet long , with
which ho could cut through the hldo of a
stubborn ox , or clip the head of a rattle
snake at ten paces. The cracking of the
whip was like the report of a gun , and the
crossing of a bad ravine or the entrance tea
a town was accompanied by a popping of
whips that sounded like the fire of a
skirmish line.
AinltlUoii iif Hit * lliillwliiiekpr.
The ambition of every true bullwhacker
was Koine day to bo a wagon-master of a
Irelght train. The wagon-master was the
boss of everything In the train. His em
ployers gave him full control of the train
and its freight. Ho gave orders with an
Imperial will , and when ho shot nnd killed a
man who was willful or refused to nccrpt
his authority there was no ono to call him
to account. Many times n wagon-master
was entrusted with the transportation of
$20,000 , oven $50,000 worth of freight over
2,000 mllc of trull through a hostile Indian i
country , where no whites had passed for
weeks and where no law was known. The )
wagon-master kept close watch over the
men on the wagons. Ho knew what bullwhackers -
whackers know how to work the oxen , and I
what bullwhackers were lazy. Ho examine ! I
thn wagons several times a day ; he had I
loads shifted from weak to strong wagrns ;
ho know where water could be hal and [
where each camp was to bo made ; he reck .
oned how long food would last and wtat
i pots In the long route would ho the most t
llkoly ones for attacks by savages , For th's
ecrvlrc he got | 125 a month.
Another man next In authority to Iho
wagon-maeler was the herder , who eom-
tlmcs acted as deputy wagon-mauler. In the
day ( Imp the herder rested In a wagon under
the canvas top. The moment camp was
reached hla work began. Ho bosseJ the men
.
about feeding the oxen , getting the mete of
flapjacks , coffee- and bacon , and occasionally
nome elk. bear or buffalo meat. Then whlla
the men slept he kept wn'ch of the camp ,
lest the oxen might stampede In frlglr or
Bomo Indian- } draw near. When diyl'gbt
:
came ho called : "Roll out , roll nut , 10 1
out" to the men. Then when ho had ea'en
hU morning flapjack * and drunk his coffo
ho would KO to bctl ti the wagon. I.a'R3
volumes might bo lllled with stories con
cerning the days of freighting alont ; the
Utah and Santa Ko trails. Neap Wagon
Mound. N. M. . there Is a boujder surrounded
by eleven white creeses. The spot In plainly
visible from the Atchleon , Topeka & S-inti
Ko railroad cora , A gang of Mexican
bandits lay concealed there one day In June ,
18C6 , when a freight train of unusually
valuable merchandise waa expected that way.
In the battle that was waged betwoju the
bullwbackerti and bandits eleven of the
farnier and four bandits were killed.
CHIAP RAILROAD FAKBS
FOH TUB HOLIDAYS
VIA "THE NOHTH-WKSTKIIN LINC"
KAST
WKST
NORTH
New City Otllci-s ,
1401 & 1403 Fnrnara St.
Depots 10th and Marry Sta. ,
l&th Wclwtcr Sta.
ARK NOT MUCH INTERESTED
j
Insurance Agenla Express Indifference at
Supreme Oonrt Decision
POINT OUT ITS DESIRABLE FEATURES
Sump of Tlicm Alfto IU-cnll II * De
fect * Hn Vnlilniivc In \u Wnv
AfTct'tN the InturcilN of
. \Kfiit.i.
Local Insurance men arc not much In
clined to grow enthusiastic , cither In com
mendation or disapproval , of the recent
decision of the supreme court whereby the
Weaver Insurance Law , which created a new
Insurance bureau at the state house under
the supervision of the governor Instead ot
the state auditor , was declared unconstitu
tional. Some of them were Instrumental
in securing the passage of the Weaver law
at the last ttcsslon of the legislature , but
! even they are but mildly regretful over
i Its unhappy fate at the bands of the court.
, Some of them were opposed to It , but chlelly
i because , they say , of Its unconstitutional
I features. It was held unconstitutional on
the ground that It was class legislation , as
It sought to discriminate In the matter of
Insurance In favor of Nebraska companies
and against those ot other states.
Cap I u I n I'uliiier'N Opinion.
Captain Palmer said that agents were not
much Interested In the decision , as It makes
very little difference to them. "Personally , "
said he , "I regret the decision , ns 1 be
lieve that the Weaver measure was the best
for several reasons. There was nothing
materially new In It , except that It pro
vided for a closer supervision and Inspec
tion of companies coming Into the stutu to
do business. It also provided for the pay
ment of a little higher taxes , im a tax ot
2 per cent was levied upon the gross pre
miums ot companies from without the state ,
which was paid direct to the state
treasurer In a lump. Under the
old law Insurance companies are required
to pay taxes upon net premiums and they
are paid to county and municipal treasurers.
The local agent Is now personally liable
for the tax li-fllctcxl upon his company ,
while under the Weaver law the company
was debarred from doing business In the
state until the tax was paid. Under the
old law , taxing upon net premiums. It Is
first neccpsary to find out the total pre
miums received In the state , deduct from
the amount the expenses and losses to ascer
tain the amount upon which the company Is
taxable and then notify each local agent
Just how much of the aggregate he Is to pay
to the local treasurer. The trouble with
the Weaver law Is that It discriminated
between Nebraska companies and those from
outside of the state by taxing the former
upon net premiums and the latter upon
gross premiums. "
Mnjor Wheeler TalkN.
"It really doesn't affect agents at all , "
said Major D. H. Wheeler. " 1 was satis
fied nil along that the law would not be
sustained , ns it is in violation of the state
constitutional provision for the taxing of in
surance companies. The Weaver law was
a good ono In that it Included provisions
for the taxation of life Insurance companies ,
which -were not before that taxed upon any
thing but real estate. It also Included mu
tual Insurance companies , which were be
fore that touched very sparingly by the
law. On the other hand it was bad In that
it provided for the payment ot the insur
ance companies' taxes to the state treas
urer , thus depriving counties and munici
palities of any of the benefits of the taxes.
As far ns agents arc concerned , .however ,
the holding of the supreme court Is ot lit
tle concern , for It docs not affect them. "
How It AITeulN 1,1ft ; IiiNiirniK'c.
The above are representatives of fire In
surance companies , but even mutual com
panies , upon which this law was the first
to Inlllct a tax , are not jubilant over Us
overthrow. John Steele , speaking ns the
representative of a mutual life company ,
said : "I would rather have seen the law
sustained as It was passed. As It was first
Introduced , under the Inspiration of Llchty ,
it was decidedly objectionable and full of'
vicious features that would have inflicted
untold hardship upon life Insurance com
panies. My company raised no objection to
the law as It was enacted and , while there
are some who think that life insurance
companies should not bo taxed , ns It is
simply placing a new ( burden of taxation
upon the policy holders , other states have
taxed them and It Is not unreasonable to
suppose that Nebraska will do so also. "
Other Insurance men seen had not found
the old or new law of sufficient personal In
terest to familiarize themselves with the
provisions of cither , nnd knew not the dis
tinguishing features of the two.
TON OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
DIxcnriltMl Voliiiiii'M from Oninlin
SuhoolN Will lie I'HCil Inortli
Carolina MnuiitiiliiN.
Several weeks ago tne Iloard of Education
granted permission to Rev. W. N. Mc-
Candllsh to gather up such books as were
unfit for use In the public schools In the
Interest of the children of North Carolina
| mountaineers. It was pointed out by Mr.
McCamlllsh at that ttmo that about ono-
third of the children ot school age In that
section have no books at alt owing to Iho
j poverty of tholr families and arc obliged
to pick up what crumbs of learning they
' can from lessons on the blackboard. The
school ills , lets In the mountain regions eni-
brace large territory and children are often
obliged to walk many miles to attend
i school.
I Mr. McCandllsh has been engaged for
'
povenil weeks in gathering up the dU-
carded books from the thirty-eight schools
of the city and has now on hand 2,000 pounds
of books in nil stages of dilapidation. The
I volumes are all considerably the woreo for
wear and many of them lack covers or sec-
j ' lions of the reading matter. They will
all bo gratefully received , however , by Rev.
I J. H. Mitchell of Murphy , N. C. , in charge
' of the work in that locality. The rail
roads have offered a onu-fifth rate for
transportation and the books will be sent
' as soon as funds' can be secured from anyone
ono who may bo Intcrestc-d In the under-
taking.
'
An effort Is also being made to supply the
Carolina missionaries with bibles for dls-
trlbutlon , and contributions sent to the
American lilblo society. New York , for the
credit of Mr. Mitchell will bo directed to
this end.
Ml'KClU , LOW IIVTKS
Vln Oninlin .t SI. I.ouU It , II ,
Account of the bolldayB. For rates , limits
and all Information , call at "Qulncy Route"
ofllco , 1415 Farnom street ( Paxton hotel
block ) , or write Harry 15. Moores , C. P. &
T. A. , Omaha , Neb.
Conl Fund for Hie Poor.
The Associated Charities appeal fj our
benevolent cltlztns for funds to purchase
coal for distribution among the aged and
tile ) ; poor , deserving widows and deserted
wives with families. The calls are nu
merous and require Immediate attention.
Checks payable to the Associated Charities
will bo thankfully received at 1810 St. Mary's
a\enuo. JOHN LAUGHLANI ) .
Secretary.
Ciiiifrrt'iii't. oil Volluu
The committees appointed by the iky
council , Uui Hnard 01 1-Jduealiun nnj the
ccunty comml.-tslcner * have held u meeting
to confer on the purchase of voting ma-
rhliut * for the spring . ' ' N >
w.is d-f'i liU'd upon , howvvpr. i ii'i , - ; Pu1
opinion f the < lty aitnrncy n i u'.oi.nr
the Introduction of innc-nlnes t. in im > n >
with the lonntltullmi nnO pi itir. Tlv
city attorney Is now looking up ( . > . . !
of similar Innovations' , but win r < > n.ii ; < - > >
( Uirmlfp ns to whrther he will i imimr Mic
"curbstone" opinion given om s. \ -riil dass
go that the machines rnnnnt be ! sa'ly '
used.
YATES ON CURRENCY BILL )
Oninlin llnnUcr AiMirovrM tinItcporl
of Cnnuitrollrr IIM.M , llli Vil-
llltllllinl
Henry W. Yatcs of this city r-nntrthn oi
to J. Sterling Morton's Conservative n ntippr
approving the plan for cnii'rgrn.y iurr < U'y '
proposed to congress by the comptr. Her of
the currency. In his nnnuul repori ih
year Comptroller Dawcs repeatH Ins form * r
request for the authorization of HIP Issue
of n limited amount of national bank notes.
under conditions which he thinks will tnnko
of them nn emergency or temporary 111011" %
supply to meet the necessities of pxtrnordi-
nary money situations. Mr. Yales says
"That something of the kind Is needed
In our financial fabric , I think must lie np-
parent to any one giving the subject any
close nnd careful attention.
"Wo have In the United States an Im
mense volume of credit securities and obli1
gallons which , If their amount could bi > In-
dlcatcd In dollars , would reach a sum ot
almost Incredible proportions.
"Against these we have. It Is true , a very
largo volume of currency composed of fov
eminent notes , bank notes and gold and sll-
ver coin but this volume of currency , largo
ns It Is , compared with that of credit obli
gations , carries a very small ratio.
"For this ronpon , It Is with us. but a
short step from a condition of plethora to a
condition of stringency , bordering at time *
upon panic.
"Repeatedly within the last frw years ,
and notably only a few weeks ago , have
these changed conditions suddenly boon
manifested nt our financial centers. * * *
"The utility nnd bciiellc-enee of some-
scheme which will supply nn emergency cir
culation are clearly apparent. Against the
proposition there docs not srcm to exist n
single valid objection , viewed from the
standpoint cither of the public Interest or
the Interest of the banks themselves.
"It Is therefore to 'bo ' hoped that as the
present congress Is to be a business ein-
grcfis the comptroller's recommendation will
at least serve the purpose of attracting at
tention to the subject , nnd thus lead to the
adoption of some practical measure In that
direction. "
LETTER CARRIERS WIN OUT
I'll ) ' fur tin * Ijxfrii 'I'line 1'ut In
VCIII-H AKII li Finally
AlIlMVLMl.
The fifty Omaha letter carriers who are
interested are In high glee over the an
nouncement that they are to receive pay
for extra time put In from 1S92 to 1893. The
amount to be received will be between $15-
000 and $20.000 , less 20 per cent , which they
pay the attorneys who prosecuted the
claims.
In 1S02 an order was Issued which cut
off the carriers of Omaha , Chicago and
San Francisco from- making overtime In
excess of nine nours per day. The matter
was presented to the department , where n
case was made and argued. Some time ago
a decision was rendered in the case of the
Chicago carriers , which was Identical with
that ot the Omaha men. A few days ago
word was received hero that the case of the
Omaha carriers had .been decided in their
fa\or. It | s expected , that payments will bo
made about the middle of January.
MOVING FOR & BRANCH MINT
Oiillilill I'lMiplu Art * ANkliiK C
to Lnuult * r. .Miilioy-.MuUlnii i : -
tiilillNliiiioiit Here1.
Upon the understanding that a branch
mint Is to be established by the govern
ment somewhere In the west , the Commer
cial club Homo time ago suggested to the
Nebraska delegation at Washington the ad
visability of taking steps to lead to Ha lo
cation. If possible , nt this point. In ac
cordance with that suggestion Congrefs-
nan Mercer writes the club that he has
introduced a measure in the house to that
nd , and Senator Thurston writes that he
will Introduce one at once in the eenate.
Quito a number of bills have been Intro-
Jucod by members of congress from other
states looking to the location of such an
Institution In cities rf the west.
OMAHA TU BE REPRESENTED
KrHliht Committee AVI 1 1 Si-nd IJole-
jiiile lo KniiHiiM City , lo1 -
The freight committee of the Commercial
club met Friday to dlscurs the advisability
of eending a large delegation to the meetIng -
Ing of Jobbers nt Kansas City next Wednes
day , at which a protest is threatened !
against the proposed increase In western
freight rates. Considerable time wnr de
voted to consideration of the prospective
liicreawj In rates , the result of which was
that no largo committee was authorized , as
had been intended. Commissioner Utt was
directed to attend the meeting In behalf
of Omaha. Ho will probably bo accompanied
by a number of local Jobbers.
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[ RTISTIC cover piece is printed
in three colors from design made
specially for this number of The Bee.
It the of the Christmas
represents pealing 'I '
mas bells , with a white dove of Peace
encircling a beautiful child with golden
locks holding armfuls of holiday greens ,
The cover by itself is a picture well
worth framing.
Public SchooSs
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Idealistic reproduction article on mod
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process of Hofinann's Nebraska schools illustrated -
famous painting of the lustrated with characteristic -
boy Christ , hung in the acteristic pictures of
! royal gallery at Dres school room work in
den. Particularly ap several progressive
propriate to the Christ towns and cities. Plow
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inas season. Size of
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plate and border is tots.
10x12 inches. Q
WHOLE stocking full of good
things in the way of literary and
y pictorial representations of people and
8 places all around us.
Santa Clans from actual life.
Some real Christmas children.
Sacred Passion Play performed by
Indians.
Western Sports and Athletics.
Picturesque Old Fort Kearney.
And others innumerable.
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NEXT SUNDAY , DEC , 24th
You Must Not Miss It.
