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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER. 1. 1005. J K TI' A DUDGE AND tXTRA SESSION HMt 8t.t Const i:io Obstacle to EfftctiT Inti-fiailromd LegiiUtion. POPULAR UPHEAVAL IS NECESSARY II Qirrrar Call, fee.hrr t ( nrrrrt fitlnna Ilntls t.vclalatar Ti Kslstla ") Ttilnk flt Skoal Art Without nla. and longing for the tnsn who ar td sirr tha pop! aa leader. Th corporations and Yrsted Interests hay attorneys in vsrr rounty of th stt, and among th ranks, arc a few who have the ability. Ideals and aspirations whereof statesman are, made, but there ia not one of them, to my knowledge, who ts not dependent upon bis retainer aa an attorney, for the sup port of his family. When we hare men of lnd"pendant means and ability, seeking public office for the honor that It hrlnpa. we will hava better laws on our statute books." "I iave been reading with great Interest the profit comment upon the supposed de ip' f Onvernor Mickey to rail an eitra session." says It-prcnntatlv N. P. Dodge. " Imagine the .hjct would be to enact ome legislation that wculd be In harmony with the administration's policy of Increas ing the governmental control of railroads. "If this railing an extra session is being serlooaly thought of and It Is not merely bel.!g aKltated as a political shlbbol'th to sr.ln some other vantage. It should be care fully considered and only resorted to In re pons to a widespread demand from all arta of the state, if there Is no popular lemand for legislation having for Its object th control or restriction of railroads, tariffs and service It would be useless to call an tva session, for the legislature can but cs.-Ty out the wishes and desires of the p-ople. . . "There Is no doubt this question was not n Issue In the last campaign; and for that matter, there was no state , Issus of any kind, except In a few counties where the new revenue law had proven unpopular for reasons that were purely local and wherein the evils would soon cure thmselves. In fact, all state Issues were utterly lost In the nitlnnal campaign, which was rather colorless In comparison with the over whelming brilliancy of Roosevelt's popu larity. In the grent desire! to continue him In office we forgot all Issues or Isms, feeling confident that Willi hl:n In office we were insured of his co-cperatlon In- all needed reforms. Annthello State Convention. "Another reason why there were no Issues In the state campaign was that we had a very apathetic stut" convention, where tfte aiomlnatlons were Jat d and the delegations were pawns In tie hut. da of powers un known to Do-jgl ts county, whose vot-s ere not consvtfed or counted on. Tho platform wan njjpted after the nominations were made ivfi. when most of the delegates had gone ho jre. ' "The . erage state platform Is a mm kery -.)(l always will be, until we have direct r:.t nary nominations, when a candl ctntu r4r.st go before the people on a plat form nudo by the common " minds of all vjtes. and expressions of their desires. " May not have the sonorous ring of tlie ' otiventlon-nmde platform, but Its plank will be ever present In the popular mind, tind Its Issues will bo decided, clear-cut. at tnn primaries. Therefore, It may be said that although railroad legislation was uui n issue in tne last campaign. It may still be a fair question whether the peoplo of Nebraska felt the need oT some form of railroad regulation of freight rates. This luestlon may still bo an open one, and Oovernor Mickey is In a position to know wnai tne feeling Is In all parts of the tate. We In Omaha can only Judge of the local conditions In that regard. memoer or tne house, I can say unoro seemed to be an almost unanimous :feellng that some legislation was needed In order to give the people some relief for poor railroad servlse, excessive freight rates and unjust discrimination. Even much measures as maximum freight bills and other moro radical bills regulating ser vice and shipments, Introduced In all sin cerity and In response to local demands. received heavy support. The railroad com- jmiscion Dills were passed almost unani mously In the house. If the house was any narometer to record popular pressure In this direction, certainly the support of theso bills and the mere volume of them, was sufficient to overcome any lack of expres sion In the previous campaign. Ought to Give Ample Time. "If Oovernor Mickey should call an ex tra session It ought to be done long enough uijraa bo mat eaon district in the state could fully discuss the form of needed leg lsladon. If any, and so instruct Its mem o-irs of both houses, so that they would aot have to flounder around when leglsla lure convenes seeking somo way to please il parties concerned. 1 for one feel that Nebraska can very easily keep pace with progress by following Iowa's example creatine a railroad commission, with power to fix maximum tariffs. Iowa has in this way been able to give Its citizens lower fr jRht rates and no railroads are passing '"vldmds as a result. I would oppose nil mure radical measures, as I did in the last r-oBston. for 1 believe no legislature Is qual I tied to enact freight tariffs. Involving as It does a thorough study of local condl Hons in each instance. "K distance tariff is ruinous and absurd and is only talked of by those who wish to Kill ail forma of rate regulation. But to create n railroad commission means to amend the constitution, and here again we meet with further complications. Unless itomo change is made In printing constitu tlonal amendments and In correcting the re turns It Is almost useless to try tu puss an amendment at election. '"The chapter In the statutes providln for constitutional amendments evldentl Intended that they shouldbe printed upon separate ballota and deposited in separat ballot boxes. If this were done it would be possible to pass an amendment. Hut In tha election law statute the form of ballot provides for placing a constitutional amendment on the regular ballot, as is done now. On the big ballot the am-nd ment la overlooked and It can only be passed by having the law amended ao that straight ticket will count for the amend ment. Another change would be to .imen tha present law ao that a mnjorlty of votes cast upon the amendment would carry It, and not. at now. a majority of all votes cast at the election. Final -( Ion To Consider. "80. when we consider all the obstacles In the way of railroad legislation that would be effective and reasonable, wo come to the ttiuil question in regard to an extra, seHSion: Can the legislature under our pr.-s.nt and out-of-date consitutlon, enact any laws that would attain the de sired rultr 1 have no doubt of the spirit of the houve to pass any laws tlio people demand, but it will take a popular upheaval, and the votes of the people at tha pulls to bring about the result most desired a ronstlullona! convention, or Several amendments to the present con stitution. ' "When any reforms are really demanded by the people, a special sesniun would ba the Wet means to bring it about, for all the members have had experience u legis latlv work and the work of the session could he limited to the essentials and not wasted on the nonessentials, aa ia the caaa in regular sessions. "Moreover, our sessions are too ahort. Massachusetts has only a fraction of our Area, but l legislature meets four or Bve months every yar. The Illinois legis lature waa In session about six months. The spectacle of our senate trying to pasa month's work of the house. In three, days, would be a farce, were it not so serious in Its result by tha losa of many good bills. "Whan one becomes Interested In publlo Matters In Nebraska, and aeea the many, many needed reforms In the . process of svvenuuoat, h Wuka villi bewilderment O'JR LETTER BOX. Manrteraon nn State-Owned Railroads. OMAHA. Sept. ?. To the Editor of The Bee: My attention has been caljed to a letter from one Walter Preen In The Bee, criticising my statement as to the contrast between railroads In this country and In Eurcj-e. I have no acquaintance with this corres pondent and do not know his business, or what opportunities he may have had to compare by observation the different rail roads of the world. He may or may not ava traveled In foreign lands, but If he has and has seen with no better discrimina tion than he reads, his evidence Is of little worth. I eommend to htm a more thorough course In English before he at- empts to criticise. He says I make an Important gross mis statement" In the "assertion that state owned railways In Europe pay no taxes." made no such statement, for In some, but extremely few foreign lands, the govern ment does pay local or municipal taxes and all others It does not. The sum mentioned by this correspondent as having been paid Into the national treas ury In Prussia does not go, to the extent a single copper, to psy local or munl- Ipal taxes. The amount thus paid shows the profit In the operation of the .roads nd this Is reached by reason of the high rates charged and the small wages paid: for while German rates are the lowest In Europe, they are considerably higher than urs and while our engineers are getting $4 to $4.50 per hundred mile service, on an average throughout the I'nlted States, in Gerruany they get hut $2. DO. and all other railroad expense, constructive and opera tive. Is In about the same proportion. With he highest wages paid anywhere, American railways afford the best service and give the lowest rates. My comment upon foreign roads was that they gave poor service for both passengers and freight and that first class accommoda tions did not equal ours In any respect and were charged for at much higher rates. The American jsho travels abroad Is In a constant state of exasperation at the treat ment of himself, the utter disregard for his comfort, the lack of care for his baggage nd the discourtesy of railroad attendants; especially frqm the public officials of government-owned railroads, the hands of every one of them outstretched for the 'tip" or bribe that Is the additional charge or every courtesy or comfort. Imagine offering a gratuity to a railroad conductor n this country for the privilege of getting seat already paid for,' and another to an American station master for seeing that one's trunk is placed upon the train without check or receipt. I have Just received a letter from an Intelligent gentlemen,- well known In Omaha and an extensive and ex perienced traveller. In which he says: L,ooklrg after baggage and finding de finite seats In the railroad trains is mak- ng me prematurely gray." The balderdash In Mr. Breen'a communi cation about the nonpayment of taxes needs no comment other than to say that the facts will be conclusively proven in ' the causes now pending In the courts that the railroads of Nebraska, which In fat and lean years have always promptly paid their taxes, when their property . has been as sessed with even the least semblance of fairness, are now assessed far, very far, be yond their value aa compared with all other taxable property In the state. They have neither been concealers and coverera of tax able property nor shirkers of payment, but have poured Into municipal, county and state treasuries sums that stagger belief, and It Is their contribution, annually made. far beyond their fair proportion, that haa prevented bankruptcy and repudiation by the state. The point made In my former Interview, which your correspondent In his haste to rush into print seems to have overlooked, la my suggestion that If the Vnlted Btatea should own the railroads not a single dollar would be paid, nor could It be paid, for city, county and state purposes, and the en tire burden of local government would fall upon other property. I do not believe tha taxpayers of Nebraska are ready for that. The question of the means of acquiring this railroad property, all of which Is pri vately owned by hundreds of thousands of stockholders all over the land, does not seem to trouble the minds of thesa vision aiies. I'nder the constitution of the t'nlted States private property cannot be taken for publlo use without full compensation. It would cost from ,000,0n0,000 to 19,000,000,000 for the federal government to take over tnese railroads. This vast sum Is many times greater than the cost of a gigantic war and five-fold the cost of the conflict be tween Japan and Russia, which Is straining the credit of both countries. I presume our populist friends sea no difficulty In the matter, for to their minds tha setting, the engravers and presses to work to lseue government promises to pay is rather a desirable, method. But pay day comes to nations as to individuals, and this tremendous burden, cast upon the tax payers of the country, will have no com pensation in reduced rates, for tha no torious fsct is that when the government runs a business It Is ever at great cost. The public printing office at Washington Is a fair Instance, for It costs the govern ment at least 30 rer cent more to do Its printing than It could be done by private parties under contract. Neither does the prospect of such an enormous Increase of holders of civil political place disturb the populist equani mity, nor does he trouble his alleged mind over the question of the constitutional right of the federal government to con duct railroads in sovereign states, which Is at least debatable and calculated to worry a legal mind. There can be no recovery against tha I'nlted Etutea for death, personal Injury to employes or passengers, killing or maim ing of stock, setting out of d -structlve fires, loss of baggage or freight, damage to land or crops from overflow caused by embankments and bridges and the numer ous other causes for which demands are made, upon railroads every hour and tha payment of which, either by adjustment with clalmists or as tha result of suits, entails almost the largest single outlay they are compelled to meet and xuna Into maay millions of money annually. No court would have Jurisdiction of such suits against tha United States, and those who suffer would have to appeal to eon gresa for a specinc appropriation, for no money can be drawn from tha treasury without It. and congress has' persistently refused to appropriate money for claims of similar character. I recall with soma chagrin the fact that when a member of tha senate committee on military affairs I urged with sll my powar payment, by way of appropriation, to the heirs of on cltlsen killed and to another injured while walking upon the highway, where they had the right U ba, by over-ahota from regular soldiers engaged In target practice Con gress would not establish the precedent that lb govsrnment waa liable for Ux negltgenew of its servants. And ao on might go on at wearisome length t show th troubleaom results that would com with government ownership. That Tsndora's box of ills will never b opened and It will be buried out of sight with the greenback cri, the free ailvar vagary and the other whimsies of erratlo mlrds CHARLES F. MANDETtSON. Neither Pag Sor Tkemsi mt Faalt. OMAHA. Sept. 30 -To the Editor of The Bee: In The Bee of last Sunday appeared an Item purporting to be based upon state ments of the city attorney ofthH city conveying the Impression that B. K. Thomas and E. C. Page, who ar working upon a compilation of th ordlnahcea of thl city, had secured a contract for the pub lication of an extravagant number of the same. While the city attorney felt that th number to be published as at first sug gested was unnecessarily large and the same has since on his suggestion been re duced, yet he did not, nor did he Intend to, attribute any fault In that matter to either Mr. Thomas or Mr. Page or. Indeed, to anyone In particular. Mr. Thomas has a contract to do the work of compilation simply, and his compensation Is In no wise dependant upon the number of such bok published; while Mr. Page has no other relation to the matter than that of having been employed by Mr. Thomas to aaaist the latter In the work of compilation. JOHN P. BREEN, City Attorney. PART THE ASSAYER PLAYS How Yalnei of 0ri Are Determintd by Eoientifia txperts. SEPARATING PRECIOUS METALS FROM BASE 1 MISSISSIPPI IS LAUNCHED Skip with Lightest Draft f Any Being; Ballt Takes t Water. PHILADELPHIA. 8ept. 80.-In the pres. ence of a distinguished party of guests, the battleship Mississippi was launched today at 2:33 p. m. at the yards Of th William Cramp Ship & Engine Building company. The vessel's sponsor, was Miss Mabel Clar Money, daughter of United States Senator Money. Owing to the pre valence of yellow fever In the south. Governor J. K. Vardaman of Mississippi and his staff were unable to attend the launching. The governor was represented by Senntot Money. The guests included Admiral Dewey, Lieutenant Commander Wood, Rear Admiral Rogers, Mayor Weaver of this city, naval officers stationed here and In Washington and many promi nent civilians. ' The christening party consisted of Sena tor and Mrs. Money, Miss Money and her fiance, Dr. William Whitney Kitchen. They were escorted to the yard by General George B. Williams, Cramp's Washington representative, who accompanied them to this city. Immediately after the launch ing, luncheon was served in the Mold loft. Special Interest Is attached to the battlo ship Mississippi since It will carry the smallest displacement of any United States battleship now being built with the excep tion of the Idaho, a sister ship. The displacement of these two vessel Is 13,000 tons each, while all the later battle ships, including the Vermont, Kansas and Minnesota, now building In other shipyards, have a displacement of 16,000 tons. The Mississippi will be equal to many bat tleships of 16.0U0 tons displacement and no vessel of the same displacement In any navy of the nations carrlea equally heavy batteries. The main batteries will consist of four 12-lnch ' breech-loading rifles, mounted In two turrets; eight 8-Inch breech loading rifles, in four turrets; eight 7-lnch breech-loaders, behind casement armor, and 21-inch submerged torpedo tubes; also three secondary batterlea twelve 8-lnch, six three-pounders, two one-pounder auto matics, two one-pounder rapid-fire guns. two 8-Inch field pieces, two machine guns and six automatics. The vessel will be STB feet In length on the water line and the length over all will be 383 feet, with extreme beam of seventy seven feet. The speed requirement Is sev enteen knots. The ship will be equipped with triple expansion twin screws of 10,000 Indicated horse power, fitted with eight Babcock A Wilcox water boilers, set In watertight compartments. Except for the windlass and steerage fear, practically the other machinery will be run by electricity. Wireless telegraphy apparatus will be In stalled and. In fact, the Mississippi will b so equipped as to equal In every way the highest standard of requirement for modern warships. There will be commodious quar ters provided for the crew of 760 officers and men, with special attention paid to aanltary needs GERMANY PREPARES SHOWING DeBnite Proposals (or Commercial Treaty Will Ba Rent to America- Boon. BERLIN, Sept. 30, The Qerman govern ment's definite proposals to the United Slates for a commercial treaty are about ready to forward to Washington where they have been prepared because of a re quest of the Stale department, which In quired In June, precisely what it was that Germany wanted if the existing arrange ment was Unsatisfactory. Chancellor Von Buelow asked th German chamber of commerce and the organization of th Individuals trades to Inform th govern ment of their Ideas of th lines a new convention should take. These reports. some of which have been cabled, form a mass of material on which tha second division of the Foreign office, that devoted to trade policies and consular admin istration has been working. Dr. Von, Koernor, director of the depart ment, who more than any one els carried through the difficult Russian and Austrian treaties, has tha American affair In hand. Americans doing business in Germany, who have built up the Import trade in Ameri can manufactures, are continually asked by Germans what they think of th prospects of a reciprocity treaty and they usually reply that th outlook is doubtful. but they have been considerably cheered by th recent action of the New York and other American chambers of commerce in favor of a trade treaty. Method ft Kampllng Ore aad Then Hedarlag the Sample to an Kmact Flgare of Vala by th Fire Teat. Do you know anything about the work of the assayer? Dos It seem mysterl .us to you that a man can take the most com plex piece of ore that you can bring bi.n and In a ahort time tell you Just how much lead, silver, copper or gold it may contain? Not only this, he will be Just as accural as to the baser constituents the lime, the silica, the barium. He can tell you whether It Is an oxide, a sulphide or a carbon.ite. If he has had long experience he ran tell you very near the locality from which th or came. After he haa told you what you have In the ore, he can also tell you the best way ; to get It but, and this may mean a great ; saving to you. When all these things ar ) known you can operate your mine with economy. Th aasayer looks at your piece of rock and he may ask you If this ts a fair sam ple of what you have In your ledge of ore. Perhapa you aay you don't know. Then, If you will b advised, you will go back to your mine and go over the whol of the exposed surface of your outcroppings. or the face of your drifts, or tunnels, or shafts, as the case may be, and by gather ing a large number of pieces taken Indis criminately you will get a fair sample. What the Assayer Does. The assayer will look at these pieces. If they look weather-beaten, or of a red rust color from Iron, he probably will de cide that the samples are oxide. If the samples are black, or show bronie yellow crystals, or give up white fumes on heat ing, he will say they are sulphide. Then he will crush the ore to finest powder and mix with It what he calls fluxes, such as soda, lime or silica, as the case may re quire. These, with the ore, cause it to melt much more easily. Now, the most important thing he puts In, if he is testing for gold, is something that will gather vp the minute particles ct gold or sliver and bring them together. This, the assayer has discovered to be litharge, one of the oxides of lead. This acts in melted ore much as the eggs a housekeeper uses with which she settles her coffee. He puts with the litharge some form of carbon, flour, argol and charcoal. This reduces litharge to metallic lead, and In this state It acts as the net, so to speak. that gathers the precious gold. If the ore ts a sulphide, there need not be ao much charcoal or flour, or argol used; and there lies one difference In the two clauses of ore. When he has made this mixture to' his satisfaction, he puts it in a crucible and covers It with salt and sometimes with borax. This salt keeps a more even tem perature In the charge and prevents spat tering. He beats the mixture he has made to a high temperature, in a gasoline muffle furnace, or coke-stove, for twenty minutes. The melted ore Is poured out and cooled and the lead, with Its gold and silver, Is found settled to the bottom, In what la ailed a button. The next operation is to separate tha lead from th gold and silver. The button is put In a cupel, a little cup made out of bone ashes. Now put this In the furnace and you will sea the cupel getting yellow while th lead disappears. The heat, with air. makes, the lead Into an oxide again, and th bone-ash absorbs It as fast aa It la formed. Not so with the gold and silver. They will be left in a little globule, after th lead la all gone. eparatla Gold from llver. Now the assayer must be careful, for this little globule Is easy to lose. But with long experence, he picks It up and puts it In a little vessel called a cassarole. To sepa rate the gold from the sliver the cassarole is filled with pure nitric acid. This will dissolve silver but not gold. When the silver la dissolved the gold Is collected and weighed. If you have weighed the little globule before you put It Into the acid, as you should have done, you take the weight of gold from the weight of the globule and the difference will be the weight of tha silver. Now you know th weight of gold and silver, and you should know how much or It took to yield what you have got. Did you weigh your ore when ' you had it crushed? The assayer does. Then he can figure In this wise: If a half pound of or gave me 1 cent In gold, and 1 half-cent In silver; a ton of ore, which is the usual weight of ore considered, will giv me 840 In gold and S20 In silver. This is the great question that the miner wants answered, and, telling it roughly, the assayer goes about it aa herein described. 'BL Frederick Co. LEADING HATTERS AND FURNISHERS 1504 Farna.rr Street 3 The New fall Dunlap and Stetson flats In all the correct blocks and proportions. The imported Heath hat on sale here. We show a complete line of soft hats, Der bys and silk hats at $3, $1-, $5, $6, $8 aid $10. For thirty-five years this store has , met the requir ements of Omaha's best dressed men. We are now offering the newest, most exclusive and desir able creations in men's cravats, shirts, hosiery and underwear. There is a newness, style and variety about our showings of men's hats and dress accessories that interests men of taste and gives them the assurance of finding what they want and know ing that it is the best the market affords and up with, the fashions. Special Display and Sale of new arrivals in men's shirts. Also on several new lines of hosiery, fall underwear and neck-, wear. Our Prices Are Kept Down by our extensive buying You get more for your money here than in any store in Omaha. Call and See Our Lines and Prices C. H. FREDERICK CO. 1504 FARNAM STREET 11 Molony, McElvain & JUST We do not try to see how cheap we suits, but how good Beck, THAT'S ALL can make our I PAFFENRATH BACK IN OMAHA Retarna to Local Rsaaine Managemeat Hone of Mcoll the Tailor. of Civil Service (burn. The I'nlttd States Civil Service eom mlsMlon announces the following; examina tions to secure ellKlblps from which to make certification to fill existing vacancies: (K-tober 6 and Tor the position of as sistant examiner In the pat-nt office, at sn entrance of 11,100 per annum. An limit. 20 years or over. This examination is held in adilltlon to that announced for October 18 and 19. in view of the utKcnt need of eliethlrs. and It Is dexlrert that all per sons who are qualified apply for and tak this examination. November 1. For the posltVin of railway mall clerk in North Dakota. This examlns tlon will take place at Fargo Orand Forks and Pembina. N. D. Age limit, 18 to 33 years. November 1. For the position of assistant engineer and electrician, I'nlted States penitentiary. Fort Leavenworth, at $i0 per annum. Age limit, 10 years or ovr. November 1. For the position of assis tant superintendent and two vacsncles In the position of Inspector of seed ware house and seed distribution. In the Bureau of Plant Industry. Department of Agricul ture, at salaries ranstnc from $1V to 12S per month. Ate limit. years or over. JTh many friends of Fred Paffenrath will be pleased to learn that he Will re turn to Omaha to resume his residence her as well as the management of Nlcoll The Tailor, a local establishment which he haa managed for twelve or fifteen years. Recently Mr. I'affenrath was called to Chicago by the head management of the concern and was proffered the traveling audltorshlp for the establishment's numer ous branches throughout the country. He went to Chicago with his family, but did not transfer his household goods, and as Urs. Paffenrath did not like to make her home In Chicago, they have finally con cluded to return to Omalia. Mr. Paffen rath's business will be to look after the Omaha branch of the house and Its other brB.nch.es throughout this part of the west and be may succeed in locating the travel ing auditor's office here. In writing to a friend of his intention of returning, Mr. Paffenrath states that, "Oinuha. is tlta only place to live." FOR THE LEAST MONEY. Suits to Order - - - Overcoats to Order - Pants to Order Molony is the cutler tkaJ inaxtfureJed thoie large roomy suits. Let them cut a suit for you. 320 SOUTH FIFTEENTH STREET. 'PHONE 5028 $2.00 to $40.00 25.00 to 60.00 6.00 to 15.00 2Z Pre.ldrat Apitolats Old Frlead. ST. PAUL, Sept. KL A special to th Dispatch from Medora, S. ., says that 8. M. Ferris of Medora haa received a personal letter from Prealdent Roosevelt stating that he has been appointed register f tha Dickinson land office. Mr. Ferris and hi brother, Joseph, were the first men Roosevelt became acquainted with her on his first hunting trip to th bad Lands twenty year go this month, Jossph taking Mr. Roosevelt on th hunting trip when he killed his first buffalo. Th brothers perauadvd BoVMValt lv ( lot U tuck b-vtiiaaa. REED MUST GO TO LINCOLN County Aasvaaor la summoned aa Wltar.s la Woodmen (sic at the Capital. Much to his surprise, County Assessor Reed has been summoned to appear In tli supreme court October I ss a witness in the case wherein the Stale Hoard of Equalisation Is seeking to have th re serve fund of the Woodmen of the World assessed. Mr. Heed thought his part of the transaction was ended when he turned over his books to tha County Board of Equalisation, but found out different when Secretary Bennett of the slat board sum moned him Saturday morning. In assess ing the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Reed aald he had considered the reserve fund In that he hud assessed that portion of It which had accumulated from th Nebraska, business. A Mlraealoaa Karas from bleeding to death bad' aT Plnska, Naahotah, Wis., who hald his wound with Bucklln's Arnica Balv. Xc. . Fur i by Bbermajt A McCooasU Druf HI 01 WA all i west V SETTLERS' RAT y ES AND NORTHWEST DAILY UNTIL OCTOBER 31 FROM OMAHA San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle .$25.00 Spokane and Eastern Washington $22,50 Butte, Helena and Salt Lake City ,.$20.00 Cody, Wyo.s (Big Horn Basin $16.75 Daily tourist sleepers and through car service Omaha to Montana and Puget Sound points Daily through tourist sleepers Omaha to California, via Denver, Scenic Colo rado, Salt Lake City and Southern Pacific. Tourist sleepers from Omaha Thursdays and Fridays-are personally conducted. Daily through tourist Bleeping car servire from Omaha to Loa Angeles via Denver, Scenic Colorado, Salt Lake City, thence to Southern California over the San Pedro Route. Through tourist sleepers from Omaha every Saturday night for Southern California via Kansas Citv and the Santa Fe Route. These tourist 6leepers provide high grade facilities at half the rates for standard sleepers. The cost of double berth t)maha, or from Nebraska pointB, to the Coast is but $5.75. Let me send you folders about these colonist rates and our through ecrvice. Describe to me your trip and let me advise you the least cost and the bet way to make it. J, B. REYNOLDS, City Passenger Apt, 1502 Farm Stout, Cmatia )) '