Tnn OMATIA DAILY TIDE: SUNDAY, AT'OfST 6. 1905.
UPLIFT IN COLLEGE LIFE
Glowing Account of Edocation'i Outlook in
the HiMonri Valley.
SAUENT FEATURES OF PROGRESS NOTED
Hew State latversltlrs Are Rn. Aklt
Teahlaa- Corps, nkolriomf In
dent Life nnd llleh Asplra.
tloas Realised.
Fifteen years ago Famuel A. Kllot, I). D.t
president of the Amerlean I'nitarlan as
sociation, ilted the west and delivered
the ceimmencement address at the 1'nl
verilty of Colorado. Thin year he made
a similar Journey for a similar purposo.
On both occasions he visited several state
universities In the. Missouri valley. The
(treat changes noted In lfr6 compared with
the college conditions of 1830 forms the
basis of a glowing tribute to western col
lege progress In the Huston Transcript.
Ir. Eliot says, In part:
Nothing can surpass the academic dig
nity of a commencement at a western state
university. The perfection of the disci
pline, would mako our elegant, but often
distressed, "master of ceremonies" at Har
vard green with envy. At our eastern col
leges there are still Individual Idiosyn
crasies and perverse prejudices and tradi
tions of similar days tr be considered.
There are some old-fashioned members
of the faculty who Just won't wear the
aondomlo gown or the appropriately col
ored hood, and there are always some reck
less seniors who will wear. Ian shoes or a
straw hat. Not so In Kansas and Colorado,
In Iowa and Nebraska. There every pro
fessor and every senior wears his uniform
as If he wero used to It, each one knows his
place and his part and performs It Impres
sively. The academic proceBslon. headed by
the regents In their gowns and followed by
the members of the various faculties with
their characteristic hoods and stripes, and
by the senior classes of the college and the
various professional schools, Is perfect In
Its orderly procedure, and the commence
ment exercises themselves are carried
through with a solemnity which Is some
times awesome, I caught myself almost
wishing that some senior would forget to
take off his Oxford cap at the rroper time
or trip on his gown as he oame up the
steps of the platform to get his sheepskin,
but no such accident marred the imprcs
tlveness of the occasion.
nlanlly Means Growls Strenath.
The capacity for taking ones self
seriously was equally observable at the
alumni dinners which I was privileged to
attend. It was certainly not the presence
of olergy that made us serious, for there
was not even "grace before meat." Even
when the orchestra played popular airs, no
body hinted that we should do such an un
dignified thing as sing. The state universi
ties are, of course, all co-educatlonil Insti
tutions, and more women graduates find
time for attendance at commencement than
men graduates. Their presence lends grace
to the festivities, but does not add to the
liveliness. The stiffness was not relieved by
the fact that the speeches of the represen
tative alumni were apparently committed
to memory, and somewhat artificial In de
livery. I recall only one Instance whoreln a
speaker permitted himself to be In the least
jocose. At the University of Colorado, In-
J t . V. & m-hlln ra Hnr Innriernhln und C.On-
taglotis enthusiasm of an old member of a
Harvard crew, who has been for fifteen
years past a regent of the university, did
succeed In provoking some cheers and one
song, but for the most part we sat and ate
and listened In reverential silence.
The dignity of the academlo occasions at
the state universities Is an Indication of
the growing strength and stability of the
Institutions themselves. They have aut
grown the prankish days of Institutional
lmrnaturlty- The material equipment of
the state universities Is annually becoming
more complete, permanent and beautiful.
It was noticeable at the St. Louis exposi
tion, last summer, that the exhibits of
most of the state universities of the west
consisted of plaster models of the grounds
and buildings, and photographs of class
rooms and laboratories and power houses.
This Is Indicative of the temper of the
governing boards of these universities.
They are Interested in the things that make
a show, and which can be pointed out to
the taxpayers as adequate results of
efficient administration. Each one of the
four universities I visited has now a vision
of Its own material development. The Uni
versity of Kansas has laid out a scheme
lur lis proBpteruve uuuuingw anu tut? uc-
velopment of Its extensive property on the
beautiful hilltop at Lawrence, which It can
hardly catch up with In fifty years. At
Iowa City the university, which occupies
the old state capltol grounds, has recently
employed the Olmstead Bros, to give ad
vice about the placing of enough new
buildings to suffice for the needs of the
next half century. At Boulder, Colo., under
the Influence of the aforesaid regent with
Harvard traditions, an endeavor Is being
made to work out on the Mesa, backed by
the snow-clad mountains, a quadrangular
design something after the plan of the Har
vard yard. The new buildings are hand
some and well designed, but one ventures
to raise the question if the emphasis Is not
put too strongly upon equipment, and too
lightly upon the real purpose of a univer
sity. In one direction, moreover, the build
ing operations have been curiously inade
quate. No one of the universities that I
visited has yet established a dormitory
system, though the introduction of such a
system has long been urged by the facul
ties. The reluctance to build dormitories Is
partly owing to the feeling of the regents
that the state has nothing to do with the
private and domestic, life of the students,
and partly, also, to the political and social
Influence of the people In the towns where
tho universities are located, who derive
their Income from letting rooms and fur
nishing board to students. The beginning
of a dormitory system haa thla year been
made In Several universities, by providing
for the building of small, detached dormi
tories for young wonen. and It is expected
that if a foot hold Is once Ruined for the
dormitory sstem It will r-iptdly le ex
tend, d.
How State rnlversltlea re Rnn.
Most of the state universities are tinw
provided for. as f.ir as their running ex
penses are concerned, l.y a pertain d'-finltej j
proportion of the tax Inpotne of the state,
but for ths development of all new depart
ments and the erection of new buildings
they nre still deNndent upon eelal oc'.s
'it the legislature. A legitimate state prldi
ohllges the legislature to be generous in
these matters. In the east we are some
times made painfully aware of a desire in
certain communities to tax the college.
What a curious ami unpleasant contrast
this presents to the willingness of the
new states of the west to tax themselves
for the S'ipport of their educational institu
tions. Consider the attitude of certain
rltlzens of Cambridge or New Haven who
want to exact a few thousand dollars each
year from Yale and Harvard, and contrast
it with the attitude of the cltitens of
Kansas or Nebraska who tax themselves
for hundreds of thousands of dollars for
their universities.
A state university is gnverhed by a board
of regents. In some states the rcgrmts are
appointed by the governor, In others elected
by the legislature; In others elected by
popular vote on the party ticket. As a
rule It can be stated with sufficient ac
curacy that the appointed boards are the
best, and those elected by popular vote
the weakest. This Is accounted for by the
fact that the regents of the university are
the last candidates to be nominated In the
party conventions. The places are, there
fore, too often given to some disappointed
candidates for the higher offices without
regard to their fitness to administer an
educational Institution. The nomination is
a kind of consolation prize, end the board
Is In some danger of becoming a sort of
political hospital. As a rule, however. Judi
cious, Intelligent and successful business
men. with a comfortable sprinkling of law
yers and Journullsts, serve on these boards,
but one still hears comical and tragical
stories of the "hayseed politicians" who do
sometimes get elected and who make no
end of trouble for on enlightened president
or chancellor and for the heads of depart
ments. The regents are rarely experts ln
education, and their tendency Is to spend
money freely for the plant and to cut their
expenditures for teaching too low. They
rarely make nny ;provislon for the promo
tion of research as apart from learning and
teaching. The regentB and the faculty find
a common meeting place In the functions
of the president, and tho state universities
are remarkably fortunate today in the char
acter and ability of their executive chiefs.
Very Able Teaching- Corps.
The salaries of university professors In
the west are deplorably small and It Is al
ways difficult to securo or retain the serv
ices of good teachers and administrators.
Tho heads of departments are not only
poorly paid, they are allowed very few as
sistants and are obliged to undertake them
selves a great deal of the drudgery that
ought to be assigned to othera. Conse
quently the changes in the teaching staff
are frequent. Tho faculty seems to be as
much of a "proccsbion" as the student body
Itself. Nevertheless the universities have
profited greatly by tho self-forgetting serv
ice of devoted scholars and administrators,
and the public confidence which they enjoy,
as well as the efficiency of their service. Is
largely due to the patient and long-continued
effort of men like Dean Currier and
Prof. McBrlde at Iowa, Vice Chancellor
Carruth at Kansas and Presidents Baker
and Blocum in Colorado; men who have re
fused offers of higher pay In the great east
ern colleges and stuck to their posts for
periods of fifteen to thirty years In order
that they may place on firm and lusting
foundations the higher education of the
new west. These men and their colleagues
serve a great causo with ability and unsel
fish patience. Inspired by their love of
learning, thejr seal for teaching and their
Interest In the fascinating problems of a
progressive institutional life.
The multiplicity of educational Institu
tions supported by public taxation In the
states of the Missouri valley is a well
known source of weakness. The state of
Nebraska, following the good example of
Wisconsin and Illinois, Is concentrating all
the state educational Institutions at Lin
coln, but Kansas, Iowa and Colerado have
followed the bad example of Ohio and the
majority of the older states of the Missis
sippi valley, and scattered the educational
Institutions In different localities and placed
them under Independent boards of govern
ment. Thus in Colorado the State ulnver
slty Is at Boulder, the Agricultural college
at Fort Collins, the Normal school at
Greeley, the School of Mines at Golden, and
so on. The result Is not only an Injudicious
diffusion of energy, but real waste and
sometimes deplorable rivalry. Doubtless it
Is now too lato to rectify this mistake.
Provincial Jealousies and a sense of local
ownership are too strong to permit of de
sirable concentration, and these states are
probably permanently burdened with tho
necessity of sustaining half a dozen insti
tutions which must often duplicate equip
ment and courses of Instruction. In Iowa,
for Instance, the State university and the
State College of Agriculture and Mechanlo
Arts, which enjoy equally the bounty of
the legislature, are hardly to be differen
tiated In the work they do. They are In
deed widely separated geographically, and
It may be held that Iowa Is big enough and
rich enough to support two universities, but
the duplication is plain. There is a con
stant tendency and pressure at the agricul
tural and technical schools to introduce In
struction In the liberal arts, and even
courses leading to the degroo of bachelor of
arts, and there Is an equal pressure at the
state universities to emphasize technical
and scientific Instruction. The most obvi
ous tendency. Indeed, at the state univer
sities Is the Increasing demand of the young
men for technical Instruction. The crowded
courses In these universities are the courses
In civil, electrical and mining engineering
and most of the great new buildings that
are In process of erection are for the engi
neering or the scientific departments. The
liberal arts courses are in too many cases
relegated almost exclusively to the young
women. In on" university, for Instance,
the professor of English literature told me
that In his Bhskespeare courses all his
students were women. It Is obviously de
sirable that the young women should have
training In letters and in arts, but It Is to
be deplored that the young men seem to
be deserting the Id.als of general culture
and pressing Into the courses which lead
directly to money making.
A Wholesome Student Life.
The life of the student bodies In the
state universities Is remurkably pure and
wholesome. In the great agricultural
states of the Missouri Valley the majority
of the students are from the country, eager
for knowledge, earnest in work and clean
In life. They come, as a rule, from families
of moderate means and are bound to get all
they can out of the Institutions. One
misses something of the sentiment which
attaches to tho older universities of the
east, and to their hallowed traditions and
associations, hut this Is gradually growing
and university loyalty Is not as uncommon
as it was twenty years ago. Nevertheless,
I noticed at the commencement season that
the speakers frequently addressed them
selves to urging the alumni to take more
Interest in university affairs and to be more
constunt and regular In their attendance!
upon university functions. There is no
doubt that athletics play a great part In
the development of college sentiment. The
evils which attend Intercollegiate athletics
in the middle west and In the east are not
unknown In the Missouri valley, but Inter
collegiate rivalry contributes to the up
building of college loyalty and also has an
appreciable effect upon the standards of
living in the undergraduate body. A col
lege cheer, a college flag, a college song,
have a place In a college education which
is far from contemptible, and I should have
been glud of more, and not less, of boyish
enthusiasm and exuberant esprit de corps
In the festivities I attended. The social life
of the students is depended chiefly on the
Greek letter fraternities and sororities and
the various clubs and societies. These
bring the young men and the young women
into congenial groups, und while they
sometimes cultivate an unnecessary exclu-
slvvness and a bit of harmless snobbishness.
they are for the most part healthy In their
influence.
High Aspirations ReallxVd.
In 1&M James Bryce wrote: "Most of the
western state universities aim at
covering more ground than they are as yet
able to cover. They have an ambitious
program, but neither the state of prepara
tion of their students nor the strength of
the teaching staff enables them to do Jus
tice to the promise which the program holds
out. They are true universities rather In
aspiration than In fact." In the sixteen
years that have elapsed since these words
were written the promise has been fulfilled
and tho universities have rapidly grown
toward the measure of their ambitions and
hopes. More than any other Institutions
they now mould and Impress and Inspire tho
higher life of the commonwealths they
serve. A visitor from the east can never
feel quite sure how far his Judgment of
western Instltutlems has been affected by
the cordiality of the welcome he receives,
but no one can help being struck by tho
life and spirit and sense of responsibility
that pervades the state university of the
west. It la contributing to the industrial
and political and Intellectual and spiritual
life of America elements of Incalculable
worth. Without depriving vigorous youth
of the originality and heartiness and ag
gressive force characteristic of our west
ern communities It presents the opportunity
for refinement., Its Influence make for the
creation of an animating Idealism. It Is a
great privilege which the administrators
and teachers In such a university enjoy, in
that they bear gome part In upbuilding, not
merely a great and beautiful mechanism.
but a spirit, a mind, a temper, a character.
They are bullclng their lives not merely Into
a great and permanent Institution, but Into
that which lives and moves and has Its bn
Ing In tho hearts, the emotions, the Intellect,
the conscience of tho coming generation
They have tho Joy and the power of be
queathing good, of stimulating virtue and
patriotism, of breathing ' ' ' customs, In
stitutions, open minds an rnteful hearts,
a breath of life and energy which will
never become extinct.
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lhatou get the
Dreddlhat has
The Little
Snow Flake
Label.
It Is on every loaf of Snow Flake Bread and Is a guaranty that
It Is the beat bread that money, tklll and cleitullu.,.. can .rmlu..
Tte sivatest .eller lu Omaha. Ifg 5 ceuta a loaf. Over four
Hundred jrocerg sell It. Ask jour Krooer for Snow Flake.
tT. P. STEAM BAKING) CO.
BOYLES WILL GO TO YANKTON
Bertlllon Clerk in Cblef or Police
Ofllce Resigns to Go Iuto
Business.
E. W. Boyles, for five years secretary
to the chief of police and superintendent
of the Bertlllon department for the ldenti
flcatlon of criminals, has resigned, to bo
come a partner In the Yankton Business
college at Yankton, S. D. Mr. Boyles'
resignation becomes effective August 15
and has been acted upon favorably by the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.
in his written resignation he expresses
keen regard for the character of the chief
and the commission, and says he thinks
the department is In a higher state of
efficiency than ever before.
In entering upon the direction and main
control of the Yankton Institution, which
he will enlurge and Improve, Mr. Boyles
returns to the line of endeavor that
brought him to Omaha. He came here as
an Instructor In shorthand and typewrit
lng in me noyies uusiness college, con
ducted by his cousins. Later he was In
the legal department of the Cudahy Pack
ing company for five years. He came to
the police department when the Bertlllon
records were two years behind and leaves
them In excellent shape.
Chief Donahue says: "Mr. Boyles is one
of the most competent men I ever saw for
a position such as the one in my office.
He Is absolutely reliable and straight as
string. v e woraea togeiner nve years
and never had an unkind or angry word
between uo I could leave the office In
his charge, feeling perfectly safe. I re
gret to lose such a man, but I am glad he
Is undertaking an enterprise about which
there Is no doubt as to his success."
Mr. Boyles plans to move with his wife
and two children to Yankton sdme time
this month. The college Is one long es
tablished and In a prosperous condition.
AFTERMATH OF THE RUNAWAY
Colored Man and Woman Arrested on
Chars of Malicious
Mischief.
Charges of malicious destruction of prop
erty were filed in police court Saturday
morning against Tony Ingraham and
Emma Countee, colored. It U charged the
couple caused the runaway of a horse
owned by the Jones livery and hired by
the prisoners. The buggy was completely
demolished and the animal received such
Injuries as are believed will necessitate
killing It.
WILL MAKE LEVY ON TUESDAY
Hesitation of Major Moorts on City Levy
Resolution Cauiei Delay.
MAYOR THINKS SCHOOL LEVY TOO HIGH
County Assessor Heed Will Plnee
Woodmen Heserve Knnds on
Roll, but County Hoard
Will Knock. It Off.
After a consultation with City Attorney
Preen Saturday morning tho Board of
County Commissioners decided to meet next
Tuesday for the purpose of making the an
nual tax levy. The mayor had not yet
signed the resolution for tho city levy and
is undecided as to whether or not he will
sign It at all. Ho Is dissatisfied with the
levy made by the school uoa-rd, which he
considers too large. '
When the county board makes its levy It
will be on a total valuation of SJ9.S19.3O0.
This does not Include tho Woodmen of the
World reserve funds, but It does Includo
all raises made by the state board. County
Assessor Reed has been directed by the
state board to place on the tax rolls for
assessment the reserve funds of the Wood
men of the World and the Woodmen Circle
about 2,nno,ooo. This he will do, being
amenable to the orders of that body. It Is
expected that the county board will strlko
this Item off. and thus tho organizations
mentioned will escapo taxation of their re
serve funds.
Jet. When he turns on the air the gas Is
driven back and all the pipes In the build
ing are filed with the air. Considering the
fact that Important experiments requiring
gas may be going on In tho laboratories,
the mischief Is often disastrous. Dr. Metx
ler has Invented a valve, which Is placed
In the gas pipe underneath the student's
table In order to prevent the gas from be
ing driven back. If it proves satisfactory
In the test which he Is to make it will be
used throughout the building.
PAXTON INJUNCTION PUT OVER
i
Answer of Defendants la Filed and
the Hearing; on Merits Will
He Had September 11.
LABOR UNIONS IN POLITICS
Plans to Bring; the Voting; Strength
of Organised Ijilior to
Bear nt Polls.
At'the meeting of the Central Labor union
Friday night a vote was taken on the sub
ject of "Shall the labor unions exercise
their political power as a nonpartisan
unit? And If so, shall the Omaha Central
Labor union prepare and submit plans?" A
vote had been tuken In each separate union
and the vote was reported at the meeting
Friday night. Both propositions carried by
a majority of about 7 to l.
The different propositions submitted to bo
voted on by the various affiliated unions
are:
An election of organized labor shall be
held for the purpose of making a choice of
tho various candidates for olhVe at the suc
ceeding state, county or city elections.
Such union election shall be held at I,ahor
Temple on the second Tuesday before such
regular elect lou from 8 u. m. to 10 p. m.
Any member of organized labor In good
standing may, on presentation of his card,
be entitled to vote.
The Omaha Central Ivibnr union shall
havo charge of the details of such election
and supervise the same, providing ballots
und omccrs of election, l'rovliicd thiirt no
elee-tloneorlng of any kind shall be allowed
In the hall where such election is held dur
ing such election.
No pel son shall be ellsrlble to be voted
upon unless he has been nominated by
purty or petition for the succeeding elec
tion, and In addition, unless a petition or
reejiicat signed by twenty-live members or
erganlzcd labor shall have been filed with
the secretary twenty-rour hours neiore said
union election requesting the placing of
such name on said union bnllot.
The person receiving the highest vote for
each oftlee shall be considered the choice
of organized labor and It shall be the duty
of all members of organized labor to sup
port In all legitimate means the election
of men so selected and refrain In every way
possible from supporting nil exponents for
the offices for which such selections are
made.
Any member of organized labor who shall
be guilty of bolting such selection or
threatens to vote against any person fo
selected, or advises eithers to so vole, or
who solicits or receives money or favors
for such conduct after such selection, shall
be deemed guilty of conduct unbecoming a
member of organized labor.
Any Investigation of such conduct shall
be made primarily before tho Central Labor
union on notice to such member and the re
port and recommendation shull be made to
the organization of such accused member.
MEN FOR NORTHERNHARVEST
Omaha Is Furnlshlntc Many Hands to
Garner Grain In Dakota
Fields.
Omaha employment agencies report a
good demand for harvest hands to gather
In the wheat crop of tho northwest, but
they say the conditions are normal and
about the same as in several summers past.
Several hundred men are being shipped out
of Omaha dally for the Dakotas and south
ern Minnesota and tho average wage guar
anteed is $2 a day. The wheat harvest Is
In full blast In South Dakota, but will
hardly get under full headway In North
Dakota and Minnesota for a week. Crops
nre reported good, though there Is some
damage from rust. Around Aberdeen, Red
field, Watertown and Egan Is the greatest
demand for men and In some cases as high
as $3 a day is being made. It is hard to
get men to work around Egnn because of
the alkali water. The demand for harvest
ers, however, Is not greatly exceeding the
supply and no danger of a workman famine
Is threatened.
Few men are belnp handled into Nebraska
and Kansas by the Omaha employment
agencies. The male population of these
states seems to be nearly equal to the
amount of labor at hand and In the Imme
diate future. The Kansas field Is pretty
well covered, so far as Nebraska 1b con
cerned, by the efforts of Deputy Commis
sioner of Labor Bush, who Is again operat
ing his free employment bureau.
The Taxton hotel Injunction matter was
to have had an airing before Judge Sears
Saturday morning, but went over by agree
ment. Rome Miller, the plaintiff, w ho seeks
to enjoin the making of a lease to the
Kitchen Brothers, will have until September
1 to make a showing In support of his de
mand for an Injunction, and In the mean
time the restraining order will remain In
force. Defendant will then hiwe until
September 11 to reply and the hearing will
be had on that date unless further post
poned. The Kitchen Brothers Hotel company,
composed of James B. Kitchen, Ralph
Kitchen, George K. IMitchett and J. J.
Points, has filed an answer to the petition
of Rome Miller in district court. The
answer reviews all the dealings between
the parties, changes made In tho hotel,
debts and expenses at different times and
matters of thut kind. It specifically denies
that there is fn,00u or any other sum nvall
able for payment of dividends, and sets out
that there is a mortgage Indebtedness of
t'W.OuO against tho property running to
James B. Kitchen. The answer also denies
all tho other allegations In these terms:
"Each and every allegation, each and every
sentence, each and every part of a sentence,
each and every word." It concludes by the
statement that the restraining order Is do
ing great Injury and damage to tho business
of the hotel and should be vacated.
ANNUAL TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
Many Prominent Kdnrntora to Attend
and Mnke Addresses And
Assist in the Work.
Superintendent Hodwell's office Is busy
arranging for tho annual Douglas county
teachers' Institute, which will bo held at
the high school building August 21 to 26.
Among tho prominent educators who will
attend and deliver addresses will bo State
Superintendent McHrlen, Presidents Crab
tree and (.Temmons of the Peru and Fro
inont Normals, Superintendent Davidson of
the Omaha schools, Superintendent Clifford
of Council Bluffs, Miss Minnie Roselle of
Des Moines. Other lenders in educational
work will also attend during the sessions,
which rromlse to be very interesting.
You Believe ii the West
Then why not invest your money
in western territory? You believe
in life insurance everybody does
then why not insure with a
western company, writing western
people and investing its funds in
gilt-edge western securities. Life
insurance is the highest form of
material investment, and the
safest is always the best. No pol
icies on earth excel those of the
I Bankers Reserve Life Company.
a Dascom II. Robison, President
I Home Office, Omaha, Neb.
aces
Detention Home llii- Plnce.
On Friday there were twenty-one boys
and girls domiciled at the Detention home
of the Juvenile court. On Saturday this
number had been reduced to fourteen
seven boys nnd seven girls. Mrs. Heller,
the superintendent, is Uncling her time com
pletely occupied by her duties at the home,
having been unable to leave the home In
four weeks until Saturday morning.
YOUR NEW BUILDING
NEEDS TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WORK
To be permnnent it must 1)p properly prepared nnd correctly
laid. Repairs a specialty. Koch knows how. New furnaces
Installed and old ones rebuilt. -:- -:- -:- :
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SIXTY DAYS JF0R THIS PAIR
amniera Bad Jrmlift Draw Light
eateure ta Abseara of
Froaecntloa.
Fred Bummers and Harry Jennings, the
two young men arrested a week ago In
their rooms at Ktghteenth and Dodgo
streets on the charge of blackmail, were
each sentenced to sixty days by Police
Judge Berka SatureJay morning. The men
were charged with vagrancy, tn the absence
of the attorney who made Ue complaint
agxlast ths men.
SHOWS AT THE AUDITORIUM
Manager Glllan I noble to Book Any
Attractions for His Bin
House. Manager Glllan of the Auditorium has
returned from Chicago, where he went to
loeik after new attrue tions and new scenery.
He found any amount of desirable scenery,
semie of which probably will be bought for
the Auditorium, but he was unsuccessful
In booking shows. 60 far not a single at
traction h.ts been booked for September
and Mr. Glllan went to Chicago In the
hope of securing something there. At the
White City he found a number of good
shows, but they are under contract until
November. For August and October the
Auditorium will have all the shows It can
accommodate. The lasj two weeks of Au
gust the pure food show will be here and
October will be fully tuken up by Bousa's
band, the Banda Hossa, the horse show and
the 8t. James' Orphanage fair. Workmen
of the construction company which built
the Auditorium are busy replasterlng the
ceiling above the box spuie. the work in the
first place not having been done according
to agreement.
CHOKING OFF MERRY JOKERS
Dr. Metslrr Haa Vulva that Will stop
Students' Kuu In Dental
College.
Dr. Metsler, head of the Creighton
tental school, is working on an invention
which is calculated to circumvent the mis
chievous student In Ms favorite pastime
of blowing out all the gas In the building.
If a student puts his mouth over a gas Jet
and blows with all his force he drives the
gas back toward the meter and 1 all the
lights on the floors above are extinguished.
In the Creighton school he does not have
to use his mouth, but Is provided with
an easier way. Nt;ar every gas Jet Is a
compressed air pipe. He can use a piece
of rubber pipe as a short circuit, connect
biff the compressed air pipe And Una aas
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Every one who goes to Colorado reports "a splendid
time."
No wonder.
From the moment you get there until you leave the
days are fully taken up with splendid outdoor sports
a score of different forms of recreation.
And the Colorado air and sunshine, mountain scenery
and crystal drinking water constitute the best medicine
possible to find.
Fast through trains on the Rock Island equipped with
standard and tourist Pullmans, wide-window, electric
lighted chair cars and coaches cooled by electric fans.
Direct line to Denver as well as to Colorado Springs
and Pueblo.
Low excursion rates in effect daily. Unusually low
round trip rates August 12, 13 and 15".
Full information at this office.
F. P. RUTHERFORD, D. P. A., 1323 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
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