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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1905)
TnE OMATTA DAILY HEE: MONDAY. ATOFST 7. 1003. CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA which Is not considered a large number. The Institute was conducted along the lecture plan. Dr. Ira W. Howerth deliv ered the last lecture. BHE agSsSgggg 213 i 4 i i COUNCIL KAILKUADS LET DOWS EASY fottaw&ttamie Connty Gets Small Faror from Executive Council. RAISE ON ROADS ONLY $2,000 OVER 1904 Th I Dlaappnlatlna Hont la Made nn IV err Mileage, bat Roads with Mont lllena Manaaed to ffior m Itedaetloa. While thankful for small favors, Potta wattamie county la mt enthusiastically elated over the railroad assessment for tlie county as returned by the mate executive council. Jt la true that the Union Pacific assessment was boosted IfiO.WO, yet at the name time the Hock Island and Northwest ern assessment was reduced 173,000 In the ag gregate. The Great Western la raised ahout $29,000; the Illinois Central Is raised some $8,000, and the Omaha Urldge Si Terminal ia lowered about $L'3,0UO. 80 In the main the revenue for all the railroads will only be about $2,000 over last year. Following Is a comparative atatement for tlie two years: Railroad. " . w Oina. Bridge & Ter $ 3.:!W..t0 Burlington Si.4J4.3'J 14. $2rt,:e.23 t,l ! 6J7,7tj0.10 it).2.ri7.iw 75.14i 30 IM.uTili.SH ajl ,i77.x2 Kock Inland b,,.ix.i Valasli &- Illinois Central .. Kt.K&.n Inlon Pacific 244.f."0.4 Northwestern L'mi.H'JS :U Milwaukee i!0K.n"S .'.) Oreat Western 11!1, 440.72 i,.'WS. Totals Jl.707.o9). 95 J 1,705,578. 57 It will be observed that the Increase Is generally for new mileage, of railroad. Then tha reduction comes In the two roads which have the largest mileage In the county, the Northwestern and Rock Island, which have a Joint milage of sixty-three miles, out of a total of lMt miles for the entire railroad system of the county. Last year the Illinois Central was taxed on seventeen and sixty-two hundredths mllea and tha Omaha Bridge & Terminal company on four and seventeen one-thousandths miles, but during the year the Illinois Central haa come Into possession of all the terminals on this side of the river except half a mile. This would have made the Illlnola Centrals mileage for the pres ent year approximately twenty-one and fourteen hundredths but for some unex plained reason it Is assessed for only nine teen and seventy-two hundredtha miles. Anuht Woman's Act, Word waa received here Sunday evening that Mnggle Faith, one of the three women of the Ethorton crowd that assaulted Mrs. ronner at First avenue and Thirty-ninth street la now at her home In a nearby town, thoroughly repentant of her asso ciation with the Etherton gang. The atory of her restoration to her home and people possesses a human Interest In which a prominent club woman of Omaha figures conspicuously and nobly, but whose name la withheld for obvious reasons. The Omaha philanthropist had seen an account of the Etherton-Honner episode, and tlie subsequent dismissal of the three women from arrest on condition of their leaving Council Bluffs, and she waa satisfied that ahe knew the wayward girl giving the name of .Mugls Faith.. as 4 person of respecta ble parentage. The result was that the Omaha philanthropist set out to hunt Mag gie Faith and succeeded In doing so, as the party of women had gone to Omaha. The girl Maggie, waa scarcely 20 years of age, and very prepoeeaslng In appearance. Bhe was only too glad to leave the life he had started out upon, and her Omaha friend provided her with a presentable out fit of clothing, cared, for her a day or two and then paid her way home, accompanying her to the train. The incident Is told, to show that the milk of human ' kindness has not been wholly absorbed by the creameries of selfishness and that' a good turn and kind word at the right time can save an erring one from Inevitable destruction. ITnntlnarton Family Bunion. The annual reunion of the Huntington family was held Saturday evening at the residence of J. H. Pace. 738 Mynster street. nrnm nrnreded on Friday by fmllv nlcnie at Ike Manawa. Those ,-? present and participating were: W. R. ' and Charles Huntington of New York City, I Oeorge B. Adler and daughter of Salt Lake City, B. C. Hodder and family of Omaha. F. E. Bliss and: family. Mr. and Mra. R. H. Huntington, W. U Hunting ton and family. O. E. Huntington and fam ily, Carl Cooper and family, Clyde Cooper and family, John L. Templeton. Mrs. F. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. E. Huntington, Mr. and Mra. Pace and daughter. Police After Antonioblllata. Strenuous efforts are being made by the police to gather In the automobile party that caused the runaway of J. W. Temple ton's team near the Bhugart farm, six miles east of the city, Saturday morning. It la thought that the machine was an Omaha outnt. In addition to the Injuries received by Mr. Templeton in being thrown from his vehicle by the runaway, Warren C. Springer,' ati employe at the Shugart place. Suffered a broken leg In trying to stop the runaway team, which had broken loose from tha vehicle. Springer waa kicked by one of the horsea. Redwood Rathtnb Factory, The Commercial club of Council Bluffs Is aealousty .undertaking the Incorporation Of a plan- to secure the establishment of a sanitary bathtub manufactory In the city from redwood to be shipped from Cal ifornia. The tub Is a patent affair, which Is said to practically revolutionise the present bathtub material. The matter la still In Ita early Infancy, but the Commer cial club thinks It can be moved Into a healthy reality by a little agitation and la going after It. Hew Addition. A plat of the first addition to the new town of McClelland, on the Great West ern, haa been filed with the county re corder of Pottawattamie county. The tract Ilea northwest of the platted town and la of a triangular shape, 516 feet on one side and 362 feet on the other side. N. T. Plumbing Co. Tw. ISO. Night. F6S7. City Council Meets Tonight. The city council will meet In regular session this evening. . The most important feature to come before the meeting will be the third reading of the waterworks purchase ordinance. Councllmen Weaver. Maloney and Tounk man will submit a report on the cost of the publication of tho . Narl and Tlnley report upon the waterworka purchase mat ter, and the award for the contract for t LEWIS OUTLERl I MORTICIAN I 1 ZB PEARL STMroB omLii I Lady Attendant U Daatrad. BLUFFS cement walks will probably be made. The bidders are Nels Jensen, Hesley Hrlck company and E. A. Wlckham. PYTHI 4S OFF FOR DtVF.PORT In I form Rank Men and Grand Lodge Delrante Left Sander Afternoon. The Council HHiffs contingent for the state encampment of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias and grand lodge meet ing to be held at iJavenport, la., left Sun day morning by special car over tha Rock Island for that city. The dates of the state encampment are August H to 11, In clusive, and of the grand lodge, August ft, and 10. Tlie Grand Encampment Uniform Rank delegation from this city consists of Colo nels E. J. Abbott, C. A. TlblKtts; Majors W. M. Frederick. M. R. Enshach. M. J. Bettlnger. B. J. Steepy; Adjutant (1. O. Ietson of fhe brigade staff; Captains M. W. Frederick, 4f. L. Hill; First Lieuten ant D. Kost, Second Ucutenant M. F. Kimball ami Knights George Hunter, Herman Koch, George K. Dandoe, If. Mc Cartney, T. N. Peterson, C. C. Shift. P. O. Alleshouser, A. E. Ferguson, Peter Reed and John Oleson. The delegates to the grand lodge meet ing are: Bt, Alban's lodge No. 17, W. M. Frederick, C. A. Tlbbetts, E. J. Ablnitt and George Hunter; Concordia lodge No. 62, Clem F. Kimball and George I.. Hill, delegates to the grand lodge Rathbone Sisters, the auxiliary to the Knights ot Pythias. Mrs. J. M. Matthews and Mrs. C. A. Tlbbetts. The Old Knockers SnrprUe Module. The "Knockers" base ball club of Coun cil Bluffs, one of the old-time clubs of the Missouri valley and western Iowa, got together Sunday and went up to Modale and gave the Modale club a taste of their old-time strenuoslty. The game was fast and furious and resulted In a score of 16 to 4 In favor of the "Knockers." Among the players was one of the original mem bers of the club, who Is now so close to 50 years old that he will not have to knock at the 50-door but twice to get close to the Osier freshman class. Modale Is a little, but gamey, town on the Sioux City & Pacific, above Missouri Valley, and tlie whole town and country about there came In to see the "Knockers" pulverized. Well, that old crowd of "Knockers" didn't do a thing but mop up the Modales to an everlasting finish, and they were still so surprised that they forgot to bid the "Ktiockers" goodbye when they started for home. They were simply dazed, not discourteous. The result has been as might be ex pectedthe "Knockers" have got their blood up and they have challenged the crack Newmeyer ball team of Council Bluffs to a game at Lake Manawa next Sunday afternoon. August 13. Tho New meyers have accepted and a great game Is booked. Held lor Dipsomania. A dipsomaniac warrant was issued from tho office of Sheriff Canning Sunday for William B. Fisher of this city. Informa tion waa filed against Fisher by friends, and he will be taken before Judge Wheeler Monday morning at 9 o'clock to show causa why he should not be declared In sane. Thla Is one of the very few warrants that have been issued under the Iowa law re garding the forcihl edetentlon and com mittment of dipsomaniacs. MINOR MEKTIO.X. Paris sells drugs. Stockert sells carpets. Borwlck. 211 S. Main, sells pictures. Plumbing and heating. Bixby & Bon. Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl street. Woodrlng-Schmldt, undertakers. Tel. 33a! eOorge F. StroU of Dee Moines Is at the Grand. Leffert's Improved torlc lenses give satis faction. Ir. Q. A. McMaster guest at the Grand. of Stanton la a Evans laundry, 522 Pearl best work. Tel. 290. Lowest prices, H. E. DeKraag of Fort Dodge Is a Council Bluffs visitor. A. O. Mason of Sioux City waa a Sunday Visitor In Council Bluffs. I.. P. Dixon of Shawnee, O Sunday guest at the Grand. T., was a H. A. Smith, Jr., of ottumwa ia In tho city, stopping at the Grand. More Hiawatha pictures at 15c and 36o. C. E. Alexander. 333 Broadway. Fall term Western Iowa college opens August 'A. Send for new catalogue. Duncan. 23 Main Bt., guarantees to do the best shoe repair work. Give htm a trial. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. P. Froom have re turned from a week's vacation at Blue Lake. Dr. Luella S. Dean, homeopath, diseases of women and children. Room 3, Brown Bldg. Tel. 309. The fire department was given a race at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon to Seventeenth avenue and High street through a false alarm. The assault and battery charge against II. Whitehook, In Justice Field's court, has been dismissed on motion of the prose cuting attorney. Miss Josephine Revnolds of Beatrice Neb., teacher in the public schools there, Is a gest of Miss Emma Gillespie, 104 South Fourth street. The trial of the Mahlon brothers and John Geraney, charged wltn larceny of a quantity of Iron pipe from Milwaukee cars, has been continued In Judge Scott a court to August M. The funeral for the late Peter Keegan will take place at St. Francis' church Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. Father Nugent will officiate. Interment will be In St. Joseph cemetery. W. T. McArthur, clerk of the United States circuit court, waa In the city Satur day with a view to drawing a list of names for the grand Jury for the coming sesKion of the federal court. The local aerie of Eagles Is making elab orate arrangements to attend tlie conven tion of the national association at Denver next week. The committee on arrange ments have selected tha Union Pacific as the official route. There Is a prospect of the headquarters of the Kretchnier Manufacturing company being changed from Red Oak to Council Bluffs. An amendment to tlie incorpora tion papers of tlie company to IuaI effect has been tiled at Dea Molnca. No new developments have yet shown up In reference to the safe-blowing and rob bery at tlie Bronson Drug company es tablishment Saturday morning. Tlie police are, however, on a clew that promises to throw some light on the matter later. Trial notices have been filed In the dis trict court of Pottawattamie county for the September term as follows; W. H. Ware against the Motor company; I Gil more against Ira Hendricks et al., and Council Bluffs Savings Bank against S. B. Wadsworth et al. It begins to look as If L. C. Besley will at an early date enlarge his brick plant in tlie east part of the city, and will add tlie man ufacture of pressed brick to his concern. A line quality of clay for press brick pur poses has been discovered mar the plant, it la stated by brick experts. Has .New Commercial Club. MISSOURI VALLEY la.. Aug. .-(Spe-clal.) A number of the leading business men of this city braved the heat Friday evening long enough to throw the old In effective Commercial club Into the waste basket and form a new one, with the fol lowing officers: John Anderson, president; J. B. Lyon, vice president; C. W. Kellogg, secretary; W. J. Burke, treasurer. To those were added the following directors: A. Edge comb, W. II. Fensler. W. Neurind. J. 8. I McGavern, J. C. Schulmelater. Bee Aait Ads Are tiie best Busings, Boosters. STATE FAIR IMPROVEMENTS More Barn Room "Will Is Provided! for Cattle and Horses. CENSUS OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY Completed Retnrna Show Population of RI.BTT Tonnell Muffs Shows Decrease of Nearly Six IDindred. (From a Ptaff Correspondent.) DBS MOINEM, Aug. . (Special. )-Tha Board of Directors of the state fair have been In session here for the past several days making arrangements for more barn room for the cattle and horses and other stock that will be shown at the state fair this year. The date for the close of the entries waa Tuesday, and after figuring up all the entries It Is discovered that the capacity of the cattle barns at the state fair grounds Is K2 stalls short and there will have to be about three good slfced barns built between now and the (fpenlng of the fair. Full arrangements had not been made when the directors ad journed for over Sunday, but carpenters will be put at work at once erecting tha additional barn room. Irfist year there were 340 stalls occupied with tho cattle exhibit. The entries in the horse class have not been figured up yet, but enough Is known to know that the fair will have to provide additional barns for the horses as well. Ist year outside pens were built for the hogs, and the same thing will have to he done again this year. Pottn natlimlr C'enans. The full census returns for Pottawatta mie county made public Saturday night, show that the census of Council Bluffs has fluctuated considerably. For the past thirty years It has been as follows: 1875, 9.2S7; 1SS0, lS.Ofi3; 1SS5, 21,557; 1S90. 21,474; UI95. 20.1S7; 19f, 25,8(12: If', 25,rc. The popula tion of Pottawattamie county Is divided as follows: Males, 26.44S; females, 25,l; males, foreign born, 4.010; native born. 22.43S; females, foreign born, 3.2S5; native born, 22.124. In the townships and towns the popula tion figures are as follows, the figures for townships not including the population of the towns In the townships: Belknap, 559; Oakland township. '933; Boone township, fws; Carson township, 4!H; Carson, 577; Center township, finfi; Crescent lownsnip, v.'o; oamer township, 1.3"fi; Grove township, tVU: Hardin township, Sol; McClelland. 71; Hazel Dell township. 1,032; James township, 6T7; Kane, 135; Council Bluffs. First ard, 4,557; Second ward, 4.533; Third ward, 3.K9S; Fourth ward, 3,337; Fifth ward. 562; Sixth ward. 3,(W9; total, 25.22K; Keg township, 709; Knox township, (MS; Avoca. 1,815; Layton township. Ml; Walnut, 935: lwls township, 1.123; Lin coln township, K37; Macedonia township, 473; Macedonia. X.:; Mlnden township. 7S2; Mlnden. 4i: Neola township, 774; Neola, 1.011; Norwnlk township, 827; Underwood, 31H; Pleasant township. fi.V); Rockford town ship. 9"2; Silver Creek township, 5ti7; Treynor, 9"; Valley township, 2H; Han cock. 23; Washington township, 820; Wave land township, (514; Wright township, 614; York township, 631: total, 51.R57. Boiler Contract Let. The Board of Control has let the contract for the erection of the boilers for the Glenwood School for the Feebleminded to the Sterling company of Barbertown. O. There will be four boilers of 150-horse-power each In the batteries of two boilera to the battery. Wanted at nnrllnarton. Governor A. B. Cummins has been Invited to make, an address at Burlington, Septem-, ber 13. at the municipalities convention there. A telegram was received late Sat urday night asking him to hold the dato open and that an official Invitation would reach him later. , Carry Clearfield Matter Pp. The controversy over the location of the Clearfield school will be carried to the su preme court, and will be the first case of Its kind to be ruled on by that body. The history of tho difficulty is this: The people voieu in nonas ior tne erection of a school building on a certain site. It was the proposition to erect a J15.000 building, and It was therefore necessary to vote $fi.000 more bonds. When this proposition was presented for a vote the people de. feated It. It was shown to Superintendent Rlggs through a petition that the people In sufficient numbers would vote the additional bonds If the location of the school was changed. The district court here ruled that the superintendent could not reopen the matter after once deciding on the location. Superintendent Rlggs found many Instances of former superintendents reopening site questions. Tho people Interested In th" site being relocated will carry the matter to the higher court, as Superintendent Rlggs, it Is believed, will not accept the option of the district court and dismiss the case. Can't Get Adding; Machines. Because of the failure to get more adding mnchtnes, the census worn Is greatly de layed and It will be the close of the year before the matter Is finally tabulated and ready for the printer. The department has eleven machines and some of these are bor rowed. Ten years ago the tabulating waa not concluded till the end of the year. This year there has been gathered a great deal more Information, especially In agricultural statistics. Without adding machines the work would be an endless task. It is pos sible that some of this information will not be used for this census. Divide Inheritance Tax. A bill will be presented to the next legis lature providing for a division of the col lateral Inheritance tax between the state and the county in which it Is Imposed. The plan has the endorsement of State Treasurer Gilbertson and It is endorsed In his biennial report, which will be Issued soon. It Is believed that the state law would meet with better enforcement under such a provision, as county officials would look after collateral inheritances If the county waa to get a share say 25 per cent of the tax collected. It Is also proposed to give the county clerk some remunera tion for the work done. At present the clerk must do a great deal of work for which he receives no extra compensation. Heredity and Intemperance. The report of the superintendent of the Mount Pleasant state institution for Inebri ates shows that of 2S2 patients admitted to the lnebrlacy ward the fathers of 115 were Intemperate and both parents of eleven were intemperate. Of the 2S2 the condition of the parents of 110 were un known, but If the same percentage fol lowed considerably over one-half of all tha inebriates admitted to the hospital had parents who drank to excess before them. Further statistics show that 39 formed the drink habit before reaching the age of 15 years. 103 between 15 and 19 years, 71 be tween the ages of 20 and 24, 37 between the ages of 25 and 29, and 17 between the agea of 30 and S9. Of the 22 fifteen were women. Thirty-tyo of the men were college gradu ates and twenty men and two women were high school graduates, and 238 were native born, Iowa furnishing 134, Ireland 10. Swe den 8. Norway 3, Denmark 3, Scotland I, England 6, Germany loita Teacher Adjoarn. IOGAN, Ia.. Aug. 6 Special.) The thirty-second annual Harrison county teachers' Institute adjourned here yester day after having been in session only one week. The enrollment bad reached 140, BOOT OF PAll, DKMAY FOISn Denlann Man Who Attacked Wife with Hatchet liana Himself. DEN 1 SON, la., Aug. 6. Guided by the barkings of a dog, two men today found the body of Paul Demny hanging to a tree In a thick growth of timber near his farm west of Ivnlcon. Demay com mitted a murderous assault on his wife last Friday, fracturing her skull with a halchet. and then disappeared. Evidently believing he had killed the woman, he procured a piece of rope from a haystack and with It banged himself. The body was beginning to putrlfy when found. No inquest was held. Mrs. Demay Is In a serious condition but may recover. RKillT TO ORDER DII'PIG liEMF.D Jndge Whltlna; fettles Injnnrtlon Case In Favor of Stockmen. HURON, S. D.. Aug. C.-( Special. H-TTie decision of Judge Whiting of the Ninth Judicial circuit, in what is known as the "cattle dipping case," Is received with much Interest. One hundred or more farmers and stockmen combined to resist the enforcement of sn order by the state board of cattle commissioners requiring all cattle In this,' Beadle county, to be dipped, regardless of whether or not they were Infected with "scabies." Application for an Injunction against R. W. Clark, county cattle Inspector, was made to Judge Whiting, and the motion was argued at length here some days since, scores of farmers and cattlemen being present. The dec'slon of Judge Whiting Is very exhaus tive, and deals with every phase of the case. He holds that the state board has the right to declare quarantine against a coui.ty where the cattle are Infected and the facts warrant such quarantine, but the board has no authority to make an order requiring the county Inspector to dip cattle or have them dipped. There Is an entire lack of supervisory power In the state board over the county inspector. Such Inspector Is given full power to do every thing necessary to protect cattle In his county, but can only require cattle to be dipped where he has made an Inspection and found them diseased. Great Northern Plans a Branch. ABERDEEN. S. D., Aug. . (Special.) At Ellendale, N. D., tf Is reported that the Great Northern la preparing to build from that town In a southwesterly direction to Leola, 8. D., and onward. It is stated that at least fifteen miles of the extension will be built yet this year. It Is certain that Great Northern officials have displayed grett Interest In this section during the past few months, although they have taken no one into their confidence In the matter. A Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Better Than Three Doctors. "Three years ago we had three ' doctors With our little boy and everything that they could do seemed in vain. At last when all hope seemed to be gone we began using Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and In a few hours he began to improve. Today he is as healthy a child as parents could wish for. We feel that we cannot afford to be without this medicine in our home." Mrs. B. J. Johnston. I. In Miss. DEATH RECORD. Amos Gntes. PAPILLION, Neb., Aug. 6-(Speclal.)-Amos Gales, a resident of Sarpy county since W55, died at his homo near Gllmore this morning at 5 o'clock, a. m., after a brief Illness. Ho was a' heavy stockholder In the Packers National bank of South Omaha, and owned several line farms In Bellevue precinct. Deceased Is survived by his wife nnd the following children: Ed Gates of South Omaha, Charles and J. M. Gates, Mrs. T. R. Danlell, Mrs. Thomas Gledhill and Mrs. J. T. Ltlley, all of Gllmore, and Mrs. Fred Trutnble of Pa ptlllon. Anscnst Hesse. PLATT8MOUTH. Neb.. Aug. . (Special.) August Hesse, one of the veteran em ployes of tl.- Burlington In this city, died last evening after a short illness with lung trouble. Mr. Hesse was about 53 years of age and leaves a widow and six children. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen lodge, No. 81. News has been received from Sacramento, Cal., reporting the death of Mrs. T. C. Clifford, formerly of Plattsmouth. The do ceased was a sister of Mrs. M. Waybrlght of this city. Mra. Anna Karris. AUBURN. Neh., Aug. 6.-(Speclal.) Mrs. Anna Farrls died at her home In this city at 2 o'clock Saturday morning, aged 33 years 7 months and 4 days. The funeral took place today from the residence. A Brave Flicht against stomach, liver and kidney trouble. Is always successful, If carried on by means of Electric Bitters. 5fc. For sale by Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. Bee Want Ada Produce Results. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Fair In Xrhraskn Today, Warmer In Eaat Portion Warmer In West ern Ions Today, WASHINGTON, Aug. .-Forecast of the weather for Monday and Tuesday: For Iowa Fair Monday, warmer In west portion; Tuesday fair. For South Dakota Fair, continued warm Monday, warmer In extreme western por tion; Tuesday fair. For Nebraska Fair Monday; warm In east portion; Tuesday fair. For Colorado and Wyoming Fair Mon day, warmer in east portion; Tuesday fair. For Kansas Fair, warmer in north and west portions; showers in southeast por tion Monday; Tuesday fair, warmer In aoutheast portion. For Missouri Partly cloudy Monday, showers In southwest portion; Tuesday rair. I. ocn. I Itecord. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU OMAHA, Aug. K ( IfflclHl record of tem- j-iaiuie uini precipnaiion compared with the corresponding day of the last three years; ir1B. 19o4. 1901. 19,12 Maximum temperature .. m M 75 7$ Minimum temperature .. I!7 K 86 (a Mean temperature 76 72 7) 70 Precipitation 06 .On .no 60 mniioiuir aim n - j i i ion uepartures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, h'i-i rfinpnimiMi won i ne iasi two years' Normal temperature Excess for the day loiai excess since .March I, r.M pa Normal precipitate n .1" inch Ienclency for the day .07 Inch Precipitation since March 1 1?'?-' Inches Deficiency since March 1 K Sri inches Deflclencw for cor. period, lfiO 3 61 incheg Iieflelency for cor. period. I:i3 3.3S Inches nrpurn iru ill siauous at Station and State Tern, of Weather. 7 p.m. Bismarck, clear c Cheyenne, clear 7( Chicago, partly cloudy 74 Iaveiioort. clear 7S Denver, clear 72 Havre, clear CM Helena, clear M Huron, dear 82 Kansas City, partly cloudy. H North Platte, clear k2 Omaha, cluudv 7i Rapid City, clear so St. Ijouls. cloudy M St. Paul, clear 7S Salt Ike Cltv, clear K Valentine. ck-Ar 2 Willlston. cloudy M T P. M. Max. Raln- Teoi. fail M .00 " .00 .(') M T 7S T .00 Kl .lift .00 M .ml M T M T f T W .no fo .) K .on (& .00 T ludicates trace of precipitation. 1 A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. I"; V a mom ""m if J Dir KJ t "i ski n s j 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 ne 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. L',aui..Jil. ..si 'JTCTTWrTPs? Mlu T IHwVHMI tflr"TMII titti i ai !!',"' Wrf'W''1 1 I'l1 W 'IM'TI ' ataEBEBa rT T - i;y;.I3C 1 ' ! r-a i 1 gjaH g)0 August 12, 13, 14 and IS the Burlington will sell tick ets to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo and return at this remarkably low rate. Colorado is a mile higher than tide water. Every cubio foot of her atmosphere is charged with vitalizing ozone. A complete change of atmosphere and living are the first necessities of a vacation. Colorado's crisp mountain air, cool nights, vivifying waters and outdoor life thoroughly restore a depleted system. Better go! Write or call at this office and I will be glad to furnish you with a copy of our new Colorado Hand Book just off the press which contains a wealth of information about hotels and boarding houses in Colorado. It's free. LIVELY RUN WITH AN AUTO riillklns Starts the Machine and a Story at the Same Time and Gets In a Mlmop. My friend Phllklns had Invited me to take a ride with him in his automobile, and while wnlting" for It to come around he began to tell me a story about a coon hunt. The machine came before he was ready and he stopped his story and said: 'Oct right in. I will tell you the rest of It as we go along. Now we are off. Vou see, we had got the coons up a big oak tree" Here he ran over a dog and waa inter runted for a moment. We had got 'em up a big oak tree, and the doga were barking all around It, and Jim" Here he took the wheel off a buggy hitched in front of a store and was switched off aaln. "And Jim, who had the rifle, waa trying to get a shot. We were all excited, and knowing Jim as I do I knew that he might bring about an accident. I had Just opened my mouth to " Here he ran the machine up on the side walk and chased a woman Into a bakery, A Liquid The true Malt-Tonic rich blood-making properties is It is made up of 14.60 per cent of nutritious Malt extract and is a perfect digestant non-intoxicating delicious tasting. The ideal tonic for convalescents. Sold by all druggists and grocers. Prepared by Anheuser-Busch li rewind Assn SI. Loots. U. S. A. 333: ad P. RUTHERFORD, D. P. A., 1323 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. COLORADO AND BACK Dally until September 30 tlcketa will be on sale to Colorado and return at 7.50, with return limit of October 31at. ; J. B. REYNOLDS, Ticket Agent, 1502 Farnam St., Omaha 1L but got off without any damage and went on: "Juat opened my mouth to yell at him when he tripped over a root and came down with a crash, and the gun went off. Well, sir, for a minute my heart" Hre he caught an old man going across the street and knocked him thirty feet, and then had to dodge a street car. It waa a full minute before he could go on: "For a minute my heart ceased to beat. Then I called out to know If any one had been hit, and the relief at finding all had escaped was like being drawn back from the grave. When I could get the lump out of my throat" Here we ran down a peanut man and smashed his machine to pieces, and had to put on speed for the next half mile to escape a policeman. When It was safe to alow up Ptitlktne continued: "The lump out of my throat I grabbed Jim and gave htm a ahaking he will re member for yeara to come. He has been mad at me ever since, but" Here we picked up a stray dog, sent a grocer'a toy flying over the fence and climbed a stone wall and rested In a field and while Phllklns was consulting his state map to see where we were I slipped down and ran for life and left huu alone. It wasn't a polite thing to do, but a young Food in tissue-forming, s TRADE MARK. lady was sitting on a Veranda not fas away, and I knew that his next move would be to lift his hat and run her Into tha house and upon the roof to escape him. Joe Kerr. In Washington Star. FIRE RECORD. Bara Barns mt Schnyler. SCHUYLER, Neb., Aug. tSpeclal.)-. At an early hour this morning fire de atroyed the barn and all the outbuildings of Charles Engeles, who lives In the out skirts of the town. Two cows and a calf that were In the barn were burned tn death. The fire department waa ursibla to reach the place and could do nothing tn save It. The buildings were a total loss there being no Insurance. HYMENEAL Rarr-I'ullvr. WEST POINT. Neb.. Aug. ft (Special.)- Harry Ilarr and Miss Minnie Pulley were united In marriage by County Judge Dewhld at his office Wednesday afternoon. The young couple are well known la eastern Cuming county, where they will reside hereaiter. Bee Want Ada Produce Result 1