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lN A BLIND ON TUB PLATTE RIVER.
"A DliAD BICA1)' S1ICK)TIN(J KHOM A UMNO.
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TWO OMAHA HUNTERS SHOWING THE RESULT OF TWO HOURS' SHOOT1NQ.
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I0TR1EVINO A WHITH OOOSE IN DEEP WATER. I
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TIEN spring returns and unlocks
the rlvora and ponds of the great
western prairies tho hunter olla
up his duck gun, overhauls hi9
decoys and arranges for a few
days in the open. No state In the union
affords more or better spring shooting than
Nebraska. Much us the custom is depre
catid and there are good reasons In plenty
Why spring (--hooting should not be tolor
ated it is not only prevalent, but Im
mensely popular. From north to south and
from the Missouri river as far bftk as thu
Rocky mountains there is a network of
streams and ponds, many of the latter
dignified wiih the namp of lake, which af
ford splendid resting places for the water
fowl In the annual migration, while the
great grain tlelds of the state furnish
feeding grounds the like cf which do rot
exist elsewhere. Just about midway be
tween the winter feeding spots and tha
summer breeding section, the waters of
Nebraska form an ideal break in the long
flight and that this is known to the bird-l
Is admitted by the hunters. Spring shoot
ing is attended by more of discomfort than
tho fall sport, for the height of tho sea
son comes Just at n time when the streams
are swollen and full of Ice, and the hunter
Is exposed to the danger as well ns the
unpleasantness of a ducking in Icewater;
while sudden changes in tho weather inci
dent to tho spring "breakup" are such us
often involve tho duck hunter In a March
blizzard or something of the sort. ISut this
docs not deter the enthusiasts who are
now out in their favorite haunts and each
busy bagging all the birds the law allows.
The pictures printed here were made last
spring at Herryman I'.ros.' camp rear
Central City, in Merric k county, and show
what the Fprlng hunters contend with and
What their reward Is.
Rabbi Frederick Conn, who preached his
Inaugural Bermon in the Harney street tem
ple Friday evening on "The Mountain of
Holiness," could have hail the Omaha
charge in when it was then vacant, but
he did not then wlh to leave Achdulh Ves
Kulom temple in Fort Wayne. Rabbi Colin,
although only 30 yi.rs old, hat, won an en
viable reputation as one of the most schol
arly among the Jewish divines In the United
Status, ills writing!-, have been published
In many leading periodicals. Senator Hoar
at the Emerson memorial quoted largely
from an article of Rabbi Cohn's on Emer
son. Tha poet Edward llaxkham also al-
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MRS. MARY ANN JARTMNE, ONE OF
OMAHA' 8 LEADING Cll'ARITV AND
PHILANTHROPIC WORKERS, WHO
DIED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8, im.
mired him. Mr. Cohn was born at East
liattlelxirough, Mass., August 2-i, 1S73. Dur
ing his early boyhood bis parents moveU
to Providence, R. I., where tlsey now live,
and where ho received his curly education.
In 1MJ he graduated from the high school.
Ho re"ived the Senator Anthony medal
for oratory. The same year ho entered tho
University of Cincinnati and tho Hebrew
Union college. He graduated from tha
former In 1S9I with the degree of li. A. and
winning tho Jones prize fur oratory. Two
years later he finished his theological course
ut Hebrew Union, college, winning the de
gree of M. A. and also 1'lii lieta Kuppu as
valedictorian of the class, lie was imme
diately elected rabbi of the Fort Wayne
temple and took charge as soon as ordained.
Mrs. Cohn and the two children do not
come to Omaha until spring. Mrs. Cohn,
before her marriage in waj Misa Esther
Hagen of Cincinnati.
Mrs. Mary Ann Jardine, who died at her
home during the week, was one of Omuht's
leading charity workers for many years.
Sim had lived in this city for thlrty-tlvo
years and during that tinu had Ken active
in chuich and club. She was one of the
critical members of the local Women's
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KAnni KltKDKKK'K COHN, WHO HAS ACCEPTED THH CHAnrIK OF THB
C '. ! R E A'! H)N OF ISRAEL, uM.UIA.
Christian Temperarue union urbanization
and waf. iilwas in live in the wo: k .f this
organization, giving her nttcntion to tli)
services In Id at Hie J ills and s'-in l ir pi ire.s.
Sin; was u charter nien.ler of the tirst
charitable and pliiln iitbrople el (-aiilzaM-ni
formed in On. alia and us far back us 187 j
she piovlded lor ihe inalnt.-niine of th
Omaha City mission by giving a building
for its uses. Mrs. Jardinc's work waa
ri'ciignUed by the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, which placed a
tablet to her name in the Willard memorial
In Chicago. Sim was M yeuis old.