TITE OMAITA DAILY RER: SUNDAY, RETTEMllEn 6, 1903.
1JS
PATHS TO CIVIC BETTERMENT
rhiloioptj of ths MoTmnt Embraced in
the ImproTement Association.
A FACTOR IN MUNICIPAL PROGRESS
Plana and Possibilities nliraMfl by
. Frafeaaar (Hff I Triage o(
Cklrato I'alveraHy la
the Chaataaqaaa.
Tn the world In which w live thrt la
little evidence of the conscious possession
by any croup of men and women of the
full community sense. Business Is com
petitive and Individualistic, and conducted
to the end of private profit. It Is true, a
modification In the Industrial system was
made when the legal fictions of the firm,
the corporation, the trust and other forms
of rotnbtnalfon were devised. Rut in truth
these corporations socialite their business
only within the- limits of the group, their
motive still remaining selfish and egotistic,
NoW and then. In time of want and special
crises, as during: the coal famine of the
past winter, the terrible unrelieved selfish
ness of the business world stands revealed
In all Its ugliness. Every man's hand seems
raised against every other, or, where com
binations have been formed, the different
groups selxe every opportunity to prey upon
the public at large. Ruskln's plea for the
socialization of business has apparently not
found lodgment In any mind. No one has
conceived how an advantageous code of
business conduct can be based upon the
octal affections.
The union which hue been effected In the
labor world Is In like manner superficial
nd partial. There Is, of course, a growing
class consciousness, and It seems likely
that In the next few years the labor world
will be quite fully solidified. It Is Important
to note that already the group contract Is
superseding Individual contract, this fact
pointing directly to the socialisation of
labor Interests within the labor group.
Combination Is the order of the day, but
mo union ui uie cunmcuiig eiouroma wuu
th5" public has yet to take place. In labor
disturbances the public Is of all the parties
concerned the first to be disregarded. In
deed strikes depend commonly for their suo
ceas upon the amount of suffering and In
convenience which can be Imposed upon the
. pnbllc.
Polities Is based openly on a party sys
tem, the absurdity of which In matters re
lating . to the general welfare has not es
caped the notice of political philosophers.
The party system Is social to the degree
that the trust and the labor union are so
chil, and no more. The tendency Is for
prijltlca not to purify, but to degenerate Into
a, means of profit at the hands of schem
ing politicians to return, that Is.v to the
level of business. How little communistic
In, its motive politics Is may be seen at
4 1 mes when a public good Is desired, such
if 8W; parks and schools, and then every ef
rv fort is made to keep these matters "out of
pontics." In view of the partial nature of
party action It has been deemed necessary
fdf the people to demand the "Initiative
add referendum," these being devices to secure-
so far as possible the record of com
munity will.
The truth will probably appear that there
Is pot a single democratic. Institution In
Arrferlea. either In politics, or business or
octal life. A very positive Interest, there
fore, must attach to what. Is called the Im
provement association, which is In fact a
new publlo Institution, taking shape be
. Heath the play of certain communal forces.
A New lastltetlon.
Tbe Improvement association Is different
from other voluntary associations In that
Its purpose Is political la the true sense of
the word, and Is virtually a new Institu
tion. It Is proposed, Indeed, as a substi
tute plan for one which has failed to work.'
mere is someming wanting in tne constitu
tion of government some Inherent defect
In 1L The failure noted Is not limited to
any one locality, nor can It be said to be
due to the site of tbe city, for the defect
Is equally obvious tn other places and In
towns and villages.
A few days ago I listened to a report f
the Improvement association of Morgan
Park, 111. Reference was made to the ap
parent inability of the town council to get
the most necessary things done, or even to
correct abuses where things were left un
done. The streets or parka were not prop
erly cared for. The space about the rail
road station was an unsightly waate. There
was no gas or other means of lighting in
the village. The improvement association
was formed to do precisely what the Orig
inal town government wss designed to do,
but which it was practically unable to do.
What we perceive, therefore, la the birth
of a new social Institution, and this insti
tution. It will be observed, is the only one
so formulated as to embody the community
spirit. The Improvement association is, in
short, an Improved type of the town meet
ing eo Improved, however, as to consti
tute vlrtuallly a new organisation.
The "town" is perhapa the most demo
cratic of American political institutions.
Above the town the principle of represen
tation la employed, and in consequence the
county, state and national forms of gov
srnment reveal a constant tendency toward
bureaucracy. To show that I am speaking
not simply as a theorist, I may mention
that I have an intimate knowledge of town
government, having held its offices in a
community where' local ' aelf-government
counted for a great deal. I now see that
while the town is the most democratic! o
our Kovernmental divisions. Its one fault is
that it Is not democratic) enough. There is
no real reason why the members of a town
meeting should be limited to men of legal
voting age.
Such a limitation may be Justified In view
of the Increasing difficulty of delegating
authority in the higher stages of govern
tnent. but on the popular plane suffrage
should be absolutely universal, without lim
itations of race, aex or age.
It la at this point that the tlrst distinctive
feature of the Improvement association is
noted. Membership In the association goes
by right of residence. I am not informed
hether or not any "woman suffragist"
Is at the bottom of this movement. Per
haps, without Intending It, the problem of
suffrage has been solved In a perfectly
natural and spontaneous way. And now
that we see the success which attends the
efforts of a united community to help Itself,
It Is quite evident that the tallure of former
Institutions wan due to their partial nature.
What more natural or more necessary than
that women should assist In housekeeping
a cltyT And not the least good accom
plished Is the rsre the children learn to take
In maintaining the good report of their
nelghborhhod. Never before have the
children been brought In to co-operate In
the maintenance of order. The Inculcation
of, patriotism In the public schools on
special days devoted to the celebration of
Washington and Lincoln anniversaries la
of little Importance If the lesson of oltlten-
ship Is not learned In the community near
by.
A second distinctive feature of the Im
provement association Is its principle of
voluntary taxation. In the long tun vol
untary service la the beat and mott per
manent. There has been some talk of se
curing log elatlve taoction for theae associa
tions, enabling them to lay taxes for public
Improvements. This modification of the
voluntary plan I ahould view with dis
favor. When a law Is established counter
currents are liable to be engendered In
opposition to the law, rich antagonisms
rendering the united action of a community
Impossible. Behind a tax legally laid stand
tne police and the army. The unity they
secure Is an outward and formal unity.
Bald Walt Whitman: "Were you looking
to be hold together by lawyers? Or by an
agreement on a paper T Or by arms? Nay,
nor the world, nor any living thing, will so
cohere."
, It la much better, then, to place the
emphasis upon a common need and educate
tile, community to a united action than to
risk disruption . by compulsory methods.
The immediate dependence of the work of
the-association upon tho support of the
neighborhood will lead to carefulness and
economy and wise expenditure. Only In
this way can the association escape the
satire of Emerson upon government when
he said: "Of all debts men are least will
ing to pay Is the taxes. Everywhere they
think they get their money's worth, ex
cept for theae."
A Genalse Hoc 11 Farce.
I hope you do not think I am treating
this subject too seriously. What is an
improvement association to call out a dis
cussion involving questions of political
philosophy! Perhapa you have thought the
object of the association is simply to clean
streets and dispose of garbage, and' la of
passing Interest at best. For my own part
my interest in the organization is aroused
because it promises to become a genuine
social institution. Those who administer
the various associations are certainly con
vinced of their permanency. I am a mem
ber of a committee of the - South Park
Improvement association of Chicago, which
Just now giving out contracts for the
planting of trees, and plans have been
made to bring our whole dlstrlot within a
single scheme of landscape gardening.
This much of the work at least is done In
faith, and thus far It has the marks of
permanency. It is among the possibilities
that this association will some day build
a town hall of a new type, not a place for
political chicanery, but the center of social
culture.
Looking at the subject with a broader
view we perceive that there are . other
causes besides local' improvement waiting
upon the developement of the community
plrlt. To take a - single instance, con
elder for a moment the program ' of the
Municipal Art league of Chicago.
This league Is organized "for the purpose
of promoting art in the city, and of abat
Ing public nuisances as preliminary to the
tlmulatton of civic pride." . Among the
publlo Improvements thought worthy of
consideration by the league are:
"The suppression of the amoke nuisance
as a necessity for making an other im
provements appreciable.
The Improvement of the whole lake
front; not only the Lake Front park, but
the boulevard system of the North Side
and Its connection with the Lake .Front
park by an outer viaduct and bridge or
subway.
The Improvement of the designs ' in use
for gaa and electric light posts, patrol
DOXes, and waste paper receptacles, and
the Introduction of electrically lighted
street nam signs.
'The proper regulation of billboards.
'The harmonious grouping of business or
private houses belonging to different own
ers, without detriment to the Interests of
each.
'Conversion of vacant lots into temporary
lawns and playgrounds, by consent of own
ers and co-operation of neighbors,
wit
IIARRIMAN BEATS STANDARD
Bulroad Kin.5 Whips Bookefeller in Tight
fcf California OiL
GETS CONTROL OF KERN COUNTY OUTPUT
Seathera Paelfle nays Annual Prodnr
tlaa af Associated romanny,
Whleh Means Fonr-rifths
f Total Yield.
After a long, hard tight the Standard
Oil company has been vanquished by the
Southern Pacific in its endeavor to secute
control of the Kern county (California)
oil production, which amounts to more
than that of all other sections of
the state combined. While Harrlman has
not yet succeeded In completely "corner
ing" the market, he has got In on the
ground floor sufficiently to crowd out his
rival. Rockefeller. Paradoxical as It may
seem for the Rockefellers to be whipped
In an oil deal, they have been soundly
thrashed In this Instance, and expert oil
men here say that conditions are such as
to warrant no hope for them to wrest
control from the Harrlman faction.
Despite the long period over which the
fight was dragged, it was conducted with
the utmost secrecy. For some time It was
generally supposed that important devel
opments were taking plnce In the transfer
of the control of the county's output, but
It was not known who was getting the
corner.
Neither the Southern Pacific nor the
Standard company made any particular
effort to secure the oil land, both knowing
that any such attempt would likely prove
futile. The Southern Pacific owns some
oil lands In California and Texas, and
once owned practically all of the most
productive In this county, but unacqualntod
with Its resources, sold It out at the nom
inal sum of $1.60 an acre. The railroad
company has In the past sought to regain
possession of this land, offering as high as
17.000 an acre for It and meeting with re
fusal in each case. Oil men say that much
of this land Is actually beyond any land
valuation, so fabulous are Its oil resources.
Until the discovery of oil, four years ago,
Callfornlans wondered what much of this
territory was ever Inteided for, alnce lta
rolling surface and shallow depth of soil
made It unfit for irrigation and barren
without It
Associated, Bos of Contention.
The fight between the Southern Pacific
and the Standard was to get control of the
output of the Associated Oil company, for
that company produces four-fifths of Kern
county's oil. It embraces twenty-three
smaller companies and Is the largest pro
ducer, not only In Kern county, but In the
state. It is capitalized at MO.000,000, half of
which Is Issued. It operates In the Kern
river and McKlttrlck districts, both of
which are within a few miles of this thriv
ing little city of Bakersfteld. In the Kern
liver district alone there are now about
1.200 wells, not all of which are In operation,
however. The Associated company Is pre
paring to erect Its general oi5lce buildings In
this district, transferring the general head
quarters from Ban Francisco. Already the
district resembles a young city, so com
prehensive Is Its equipment.
At one time recently it was thought the
Standard company - had laid the fatal ax
to the Southern Pacific, the former's control
of the output amounting to probably 75
per cent. It was then that the Harrlman
people buckled down to business with a
grim determination to beat the Rockefel
lers. Now, while the Rockefeller agents
are still claiming big things. It Is manifest
that their lords cannot dominate the situa
tion In view of the fact that the Associated
company, producing four-fifths of Kern
oounty's oil, has sold Its output to the
Southern, Pacific. Moreover it should be
stated that the Standard people never have
been able to even gain an entrance Into any
but the Kern river fields, having been
barred from the Sunset and McKlttrlck dis
tricts by the Rothschilds.
Mite Left to Standard.
"Now, then," says a prominent Bakers
field oil man, "with the Southern Pacific
In control of the Associated company's
output and the gates of the Sunset and
McKlttrlck districts closed to them, about
all left for the Rockefellers Is to fight It
out with the Santa Fe and Rothschilds for
control of the remaining one-fifth of Kern's
output, and even In this fight they are at
a disadvantage, for the other two powars
have a firm footing
In the light of these facts It Is of In
terest to note that in the Kern river dis
trict, near the Santa Fe and Southern
Paclflo Joint in-let road and within a few
rods of the Associated company's office
J headquarters, the Standard has a group of
"Improvement of. the designs for signs eighty reserve tanks, each with a capacity
- i i...iiai. - a ii -.a, 1 et lYM! Ksa iia1s and ntfisst rvnf ra In
-MILWAUKEZ-
l'n the early days, of Wats brew
ing the belht of beer perfection
was aimed at aud achieved. To
nulntulu thla standard to brew
th.it self same good beer without
variation in flavor or qtinlltr -t-aue
" a fixed Blati ambition.
Eviry detail from selection, of hops
"and barley to the filling of the bot
tle la a llluts science. Always
ths Same Good Old Blitz.
" VAU IUU MEW 1X6 CO.. .WAvIEfc WH.
Oaaaba Branch, Mil Douglas St. Tel. 1 01 1.
BLATZ MALT-VIVINE
Naa-lntealcut Par Taste
PSVOOISTS.
on buslneea buildings, and asking co-opera
tion of the real estate board in the adoption
of standard designs for lots for sale and
houses for rent,
Spirit of CeJOperaHlea.''
Such are some of the objects of this most
praiseworthy association. To a reasonable
person there is nothing unreasonable In any
of the suggestions made tor. clvla better
ment Tet why Is Improvement so slowT
There Is no lack of support for other In
stitutions. A Crerar founds a library, a
Rockefeller endows a university, a Field
builds a museum, a Hutchinson supports
an art Institute. But there Is no Napoleon
to rebuild Chicago, and. In the nature of
things, there can not be. Chicago must be
reconstructed by its cltlsens working In ths
spirit of co-operation and mutual conces
sion. . , - "
The other Institutions mentioned ers in
a sense external to the Ufe of the city.
They exist and flourish because they are
externalbecause they depend for. their
malntenanoe upon the accumulation and
overplus of money and property in egotlstlo
hands. It Is to ths Interests of these cu)
tural Institutions that the Individualistic
method of business be retained. Mors than
one library has been built out of what from
another point of view Is a public nuisance.
For the sake of additional libraries ws will
put up with smoke-befouled air; we will
sacrifice the general comfort and health
Ws will harden Our hearts to the cries of
the oppressed; we will hearken to the al
derman who tells us If we do not like Chi'
cago to go elsewhere; for prosperity, for
sooth. Is created out of smoke. The more
smoke, ths more libraries; the more libra
ries, the greater the smoke nuisance.' But
municipal art strikes at the heart of bual
ness Itself. It Insists that selfishness and
personal greed shall be driven from the
commercial process. It demands mil dusi
ness shall be socialised.
l a social civilisation too much to hope
for? Must antagonisms always exist among
the Individuals of a community? Are we to
be forever driven by economic fear? Might
not a city of rational being devise a method
of lllng ontentedly together?
It la Juat poaMble that In solving our
problem of local Improvement as Srs mak
ing a contribut.on to the history of civiliza
tion.
Get Heady,
' In many cases passenger rates to points
In TEXAS. OKLAHOMA and INDIAN
TEHKITORT for sxcurslon Tuesday, Sep
tember IS. will be very much less than
one faro for the round trip over ths 'Frisco
System. Liberal limits and stopovers. Fur
detailed information call on or addresa W
C. Melville, Passenger Agent. Jut S. 14th
St., Ocnaba.
of 36.000 barrels, and other reservoirs In
other parts of the field. These all were
built, however, when it seemed that the
Rockefellers would get control of ths pro
ductlon.
An element of California oil men adheres
to the belief that eventually the Standard
will get Its tentacles on the Kern county
production, that it Is too great an item
not to be grabbed up by this oily octopus.
The production Is Increasing at a remark
able rate. While the total output for the
county last year, 8,600,000 barrels, does not
seem so enormous, new wells are multl
plying so rapidly and are producing so
successfully as' to make it Impracticable
If not Impossible to give a fair estimate
of the probable output next year. Indeed,
conservative oil men refuse to offer any
statement on the subject. During May of
this year the Associated oil company sold
KO.000 barrels and that was not its entire
output, either. All these 600,000 barrels were
sold to the Southern Pacific.
Predict Conataat Increase.
Oil men asy the production will go on In
creasing at enormoua ratios for years. They
figure the average age of the wells a
twenty years, but no human being possibly
can offer any conjecture as to the hundreds
of thousands of wells that may be opened
In that time, or of the possibilities of the
future beyond. Callfornlans have come to
view and speak of the oil enterprise slmpl
as the most gigantic natural Industry the
state ever knew. While the average age
of the wells Is estimated at twenty years,
It ahould be borne In mind that the firs
well was only discovered In this county
four years ago, leaving the Industry, there
fore, on the threshold of Its infancy.
As hss been said there are about 1.200
wells In the Kern river distinct, probably
a third of which are now In operation.
There are not quite as many more In the
other fields of the county.
The dally yield per well runs from SO to
1,000 barrels. The 1,010-barrel well Is, how
ever, the exception and not the rule. Yet
there Is one well In the McKlttrlck district
that spits out tOO barrels of oil every day in
the year and has been doing It ever since
It wss bored. A well that will yield zoo
barrels a day Is a good welL And there are
many such on the Associated company's
lsase. The depth of these wells Is from 400
to l.tOO feet, varying with the character of
the soil through which they are bored.
The most productive wells aie those In the
neighborhood of 1.100 to 1.900 feet.
The price of crude oil Is better this sum
mer than It has been for some time and the
Industry which reoelved a slight set-back
a year ago la on a firmer footing. The rul
ing price at present Is 80 to M rents a bar
rel. Considering that It haa been as low
as I cents these are splendid figures and
will yield big dividends. Toe boom pries
this ssme crude oil wss II a barrel.
Then everybody who had his hsnd In oil
was considered rich.
Oil. Pined to tne Trains.
The Santa Fe and Southern Psclfle have
projected a Joint line of railroad Into ths
il fields. The oil Is piped and loaded Into
the hue;e tanks right on the tracks. One
man may look after the loading. In this
way, of several trains a day providing he
Is of that strenuous type of twentieth cen-
iry man.
Oreat preparations are being made to
tore the oil. Until Just recently the Asso
ciated Oil company had practically no
means of doing this and was forced to let
Its product go ss soon as It earns out of
the ground. But that company has this
ummer completed a mammoth reservoir.
the largest of the kind In the world, having
capacity of 430,000 barrels of oil. Its
diameter la 430 feet. The reservoir Is
tightly sealed, but built with no other
flooring than Mother Earth, which will, of
course, macadamize when saturated with
oil. The earthen sides are soaked by the
same process. This method is preferred to
that of cementing the floors, like the Stand
ard company did In building Its huge reser-
olr. The oil Is simply piped from the wells
Into this reservoir as It Is to ths smaller re
ceptacles and cars.
OH for fuel Is the cry of all California
nd It Is believed that the day Is not far
off when oil will supplant every kind of
fuel, not only in locomotive and stationary
nglnes, but for domestic use as well. It
has made extensive Inroads in this direc
tion already. The Southern Pacific Mid
Santa Fe have almost entirely abandoned
the use of coal In this section on their loco
motives. Indeed It Is a rare thing to see
locomotive in California operated with
coal. They have been equipped with Im
mense oil tanks and are burning this sub
So extensive has become the use of oil
for fuel by the Southern Pacific that that
conoqrn has found it necessary to organize
separate corporation to handle that
branch of the business. This new cor
poration will assume title to the exploited
oil lands In this state and Texas which
the Southern Pacific holds at 13,000,000.
Most of the lands of that character In
California are the grants In the San
Joaquin valley, which the Southern Paclflo
believes will bo found rich In oil. x
Great Savins to Company. j
Up to July 1 the Southern Pacific had
transformed about SOO of the company's
1,400 locomotives Into oil burners and the
transformation of the remainder is steadily
going on. Mr. Harrlman Is accredited with
the statement that he is now saving fully
$700,000 a year In fuel by the use of oil and
that when he gets all his engines in con
dition to burn oil he will save $1,600,000 an
nually. The experiment having worked
so successfully on railroad locomotives and
on n few ocean engines It Is the under
standing that all Harrlman sea vessels
may be burning oil Instead of coal very
soon.'
But ths use of oil for fuel Is not creating
any more interest In California Just now
than Is its use to settle the dust problem.
which la one of the most annoying this
state has to contend with.
In this and other sections of ths state
oil is being used very generally, instead
of water to sprinkle streets and roads.
In the Santa Clara valley, portions of the
Son Joaquin and In the Los Angeles coun
try Its use for this purpose is common.
not only In towns and cities, but throughout
the country districts as well. It makes
a much more satisfactory road than water.
tor in time it practically macadamises a
road. As to cost, using oil. In the lonn
run, is said to be even cheaper than using
water, . Obviously it Is not necessary to
sprinkle as often with oil as with water,
After roods and streets become accustomed
to oil two annual applications will suffice.
But the use of oil as a dust settler Is only
in its embryonlo stage. The people of
California hope some day to have It gen
erally In use and when one knows some
thing of the real magnitude of this dust
problem in this beautiful land he can
reaany appreciate the wisdom of thess
people In urging the use of oil on their
roads and stieets.
Why L'so ts Restricted.
Railroads are wetting down their road
was in tne state with this oil.. too. But
nereon hangs a tale. Ths Pennsylvania
Mil. . .
'""" was wise enougn to get out a
patent for the use of oil as a dust sprinkler
ana held the right at very high royalties.
This established somewhat of a barrier for
the California roads, notwithstanding
wnicn, however, the Santa Fs finally mus
tered up courage enough to pick up soms
stray oil it found lying around and slap
it on its road-bed without asking the Penn
sylvanla for permission and accompanying
the request evlth ths necessary lucre. Forth
with the 'Pennsylvania instituted suit
against the Santa Fe and when ths clouds
of the legal battle that ensued had rolled
by the Quaker system was found to be the
proud possessor of a Judgment against Mr.
Rldgely's line for $15 a mile for a distance
of 600 miles of road-bed which had been
oiled. After that things went according to
formal prescriptions.
This lends to a reason for the stunted
development of the . wagon road and street
oil rprlnkllng Industry. Three men hold ths
patent right for this business In California,
that Is on all but ths railroad thorough'
fares and their royallka corns high. Boards
of supervisors and city councils which are
responsible for the expenditure of public
funds do not take to this means of dis
tributing the people's money as readily as
to certain other methods.
OUT OS Til 12 ORDINARY.
In the cltv of New Tork there are only
737,477 white persons Dorn or native parents,
No suacles of flower shows more than
two of tho three colors, red, yellow and
blue.
The Income tax returns show that cltl
sens of Oreat Britain have invested abroud
t,W0,5V,6o0,
Germany owns 10,230 miles of telegrap'
cable, or one-twenty-fourth of the entire
system of the world, while Oreat Britain
Orchard & Wilhelm earpet Qo.
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from 10 to 18 inches from rtoor. Full swell or double serpentine front. Pretty oval and pat
tern shape mirrors.
fc35 Prison Dressftr. best 94000 Glb"on Drw"w'' u
.laiiuoumo iiavicm mirror, richly or
namented with caning (T f
special ..4)3U
figured quarter-sawed
piano polished JlOEi
golden oak.
60.00 Gibson Dreeiser. very exquisite pat
tern, ornamented with rich hand carving,
made , of best figured quarter-sawed
. golden oak, piano polished A Q
apeclitl for 44 V
DINING ROOM By far the largest line of dining room pieceB we have ever
" shown Some very special values are offered for early Sep-
FURNITURE
Dining room chairs In golden oak finish
85c, $1.00, $1.10, $1.25, $1.35. $1.50
Dining chair mode of quarter-sawed oak,
panel back and seat, finely golden fin
ished, strongly made and substantially
braced 2.50 value-our 4 7 CS
price -L -
12.75 select, quarter-sawed oak dining
chairs, full back post, broad panel back
and shaped wood seat tf
, -kP
special
3 dining chair, very choice pattern.
two broad panels In the back, pat
tern shape seat, quarter-sawed oak,
, polished flnlrh
special dmf4miy
Dining table, select quarter-sawed oak
top, flnoly polished, pretty moulded
rim, fluted and turned legs, tJIQ
special at kPO
Other pretty patterns at-
$10, $12, $15 $18 and up
Ws want you to seo ths new dining
table that carries Its own leaves.
Dining table. can be extended In a
moments notice. K. perfectly work
ing extension table that shows, from
all appearances, a solid top, yet Is
easily and readily extended even
after table Is set and .trimmed for
tho meal.
These new tables on sale Monday at
$12, 5IJ.75. $I7.$I8,J22.
NEW FALL CARPETS
The new patterns of Wilton and Body Brussels are bere in such well known nnd established makes its
BIgelow, Lowell, Uartford. Victoria and Wlttal, the manufacturers of the best carpets made. It win inter
est you to see these lines In thejr entirety If you expect to buy cuipets this season.
SPECIAL, FOR MONDAY
Smith Extra Axminster, regular price fl.45, Monday 1.15
Smith Saxony Axminster, regular price 1.25, Monday 1.00
Smith Velvet, regular price fl.25, Monday 1.10
Magee Velvet, regular price f 1.20, Monday 90c
A carload of Ingrain carpets In special sale Monday. Being crowded for room we are goliig to gire the
public a chance to buy carpets at less than cost. These goods are new In designs and colorings, regular
price Is 75c to 80c. will be on sale Monday for 55c per yard.
$500,000 1RJ PRIZES .SrS.?
School Children's Competitive AavernsitiK womesi nu."0'
VWj .cu t
e Reason yo'iL
cdr piaviljf sea,
' ex at Brfasfc
This sketch was made by Belle Booth, age
11. Long School, Omaha, Neb.
Ws give a cash prise of 16.00 for .any
drawing of tnU character waloh we accept
and use. All school children can compete.
Full Instructions will be found on Inside of
each package of Kgg-0-9ee, telling what
to do to get tbe prize and bow to make
the drawings.
owna two-thlrda of the total mileage.
tarly to bed and early to rise" Is not
sucn a s-ooo maxim, aner an. A rencn
scientist hss discovered that the most fatal
hours are Irom 1 to In ths mornlug.
A bolt of lightning tore oft the shoes of
a Pennsylvania farmer near Altoona on
Tuesday utternoon lust anil killed the two
horses he was hurriedly driving from a field
to the barn. The farmer survived.
There were cremated last year In the
United States, J.163; England. 4u2; Germany.
bM; Italy. iUZ; France, i.tub tol which 3"4
were iaid lor: tiuuDera are cremated)
Bwltseilund, 217; bweden, 44; Denmark. 4i
The heaviest trainload ever hauled by
one locomotive waa one or elsnty-iour
loaded cars, weighing In the aggregate 4,787
tnna. which was hau.ed a distance of aixty
three miles at tbe rate of thirteen ruiies aft
hour. '
All the foreign-born population tn ths
I'nlted mates. Li.ii ner cent, are of th
English-Teutonic stock, and iO.t are Celts.
Thus practically three-fourths of the foreign-born
in the United States are of Cng-lixli-Teuionlc
and Celtic atocka.
Mm. LetltU B. HemKen of Plain field. N.
J., has Just passed her hundredth year.
S hen asaed on her hundredth, birthday
what she moat desired she said a ride In an
automobile would gratliy her more than
auything else on earth. She got the ride.
A. J. Caraatt while in control of the Cam
den & Atlantic railroad made a summer
resort of Atlantic City by transporting
hundreds of thousands of visitors lo the
irnii e free. Now h has undarlak.cn to re
habilitate Long Branch, which has bem
fulling Into disrepute among the fashion
ablra of late. Ilia acheme cuntemplaiea tne
erection of several hotels for the accommo
dation o( visitors, ot moderate niearus.
James L. Yates, a policeman In Oiford.
Ala., has recently come Into poattASolon
of one of the famous "Tlpptuenoe and Ty
ler too" handkerchiefs ud during tae
presidential camueign which reaulted In the
election of Wtl.Uni Henry Harrison and
John Tyler as president and vkce president
of the Lulled males. The souvenir came
Into the possession of Mr. Yatea' a rand
mother slaty-four years Sso. who preserved
It txu ber aeaxa a suun urns eluoa.
Grocers almost universally report tho sale of Egg
O Be larger than that of all other-Flaked Wheat
Foods combined. There Is a reason for this ths
consumer finds that It Is tho same- weight pack
age that ordinarily retails for 15c, and that ths
Quality la much superior and that It
Retails for 10 Cents
Ths largest food ml'.J In the world and with all
labor-saving devices enables us to produce a suu
peiior product of full weight at this lower price.
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR TUG GREEN PACKAGE.
If yoar grreeev sees aot keep It, send as his Basse Xo eeatra aatd we vrfll
Bead yaa a package prepaid.
Address all communications to Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co.. Qulncy. lit
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Makes the skin as soft as velvet.
Beet ahampoo mads.
prevents dandruff.
Stops hair from falling.
('urea all skin eruptions.
More soothing than cold cresm.
More beautifying than any cosmetic
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SORTITEll STEAMSHIP OOaTPAXT
Steamer North West leaves thiluth Tuesdays 11:10 v
dsys for Buffalo touching nt Intermediate tx.rU. Cloae
tlons ar made by both steamers at buffalo for Ne
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