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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1906. 6 Y.W.C.A. READY FOR CAMPAIGN Effort to Sconre Money for Haw Building Begins March 15. GET-ONt BANQUET HEARS THE NEWS Mrs. Harfwrd mm Mrs. Brers Make Kathoslastle Addresses to the Mrmkrri and Predict Raccese for the Movement. Two hundred women, half of whom were new member, attended the "Get One" ban quet given last night by the Young Wom en's Christian association and served by the women of the First Methodist church. Enthusiasm for the money collection cam paign for the new building, which Is to liegln March 15, was aroused to a high pitch by the addresses of Mrs. W. P. Har ford and Mrs. nmma F. Rycrs. Mrs. Har ford was to have repeated the address she wade at Chli-ago at the mating where the two different branches of Women's Chris tian Associations were merged, but she adapted It largely to lo.-al application. Mrs. Harford pointed out the Increased opportunities for young women In cities by the merging of the two national bodies known briefly a the national board and the American committee, of which the Omaha association ban been a part. The new or ganization, which is arranged for. but not consummated, is to be called the National Association of Toung Women's Christian associations. Parpoae of the Association. The association. Mrs. Harford explained, will minister to. the, working women with and without nomea In the matter of good food served In the lunchroom, gymnasium, rest rooms for recuperation and relaxation, and in the knowlodfro of homomaklng and domestic science. For mental Improve ment. Instruction In various subjects, lec tures, concerts and semi-social gsthorlngs are arranged, and for the apir1tuft needs means of assistance are provided In Bible study, gospel meetings anil In other ways. The National Board associations have devoted their energies largely to the room ing and boarding feature, while the Ameri can Committee organizations have worked along the other lines, such as that In Omaha. With the union of the two both plans will be carried out In the new build ing, which will permit of greater and more satisfactory work by removing . the ob stacles of cramped space and lack of proper facilities. Mrs. Harford had been awsured by officers of the American committee, that the work done In Omaha Is a typical one of the association's. - . Mrs. Byers' Optimism. Mrs. Byers' talk. was. full of encourage ment for the workers In the money getting campaign. "I am unite .sure." said she, "thnt few women'who discussed tho matter a few years ago had any thought of the splendid building . that comes before our eyes tonight. tes than five years ago we talked of a $50,000 structure. Our ideals have grown larger and wo realize now that the building must be greater than we planned. Today we own our own lot and we are going to ask this city for 1125,000 to build a home for our young women, one that will stand as a monument to Integrity and spiritual power. "We. stand on the threshold of a great effort. We must raise this 1126,000. The finance committee has been working on the problem for many months. The cam paign will begin March 15. The way we shall get this money will be by organized effort of the women of this city who be lieve In the Young Woman's Christian as sociation. We are going to fight a battle. One of the first things we have to face is the fo' X)f discouragement. We must make sure that though 1.000 persons refuse us money we will ask 10,000 others, or as many as necessary. It seems to me tonight that the promises are sure. Women Who Are Interested. There are today 10,000 self-aupportlng women In Omaha. Many of them are with out the kindly protection of a home, a Christian organization, a mother or a friend to make them better and stronger, and when you realize this you will feel the necessity of the work we are trying to do. In a city like this are many temptations for a young woman to do the things that are not right and pure and to lead them away from the best things In life. For these there Is great -need of a downtown home and place of rest, recreation and com fort. Especially do we enlist the services of the young women In the effort, for en thusiasm means much and it comes easily from them.'! i WIFE MAY KEEP THE GOODS Coantr Jadaro Lealla Derides Replevin .' Salt In rstor of of Mrs. PUant. Judge Leslie of the county court haa de cided ...In tho replevin case of Peter A. Pliant against Emma Pliant that the wife Is entitled to the possession of the property in dispute. This consists of household fur niture which she took from the family resi dence last October. Shs testified that she had notified Mr. Pilant she was not going to live with him longer and was going to get a divorce. Then one day, hlle he was at work, she packed up what she consid ered her share of the common ' holdings and carted It away. Judge Leslie found that the property taken was held In common, as was the part she left; that she had followed the dress making trade and had helped to purchase the same and that she is entitled to hold It aa against the claim of her husband to . possession. The divorce suit Is still pending;. WRITERS CRAMP or RHEUMATISM WRIST V PLASTER 3. Tear mm ABeckfs PlmtJtr m two, lengthwise, . apply s shewn abas. Yoa will be but- pebed bow it wiH relicT all paia aa well J as strengthen th anosde. f !V MtlVrftT tJXH rlAVnt SjT CORN PLASTERS I . For kVeiid and Car WOMAN 11 CLUB AND CHARITY Vnder the auspices of Its educational Committee Superintendent Clifford of the Council Bluffs schools addressed the social science department of the Woman's club and a number of teachers Monday after noon at the clubroonis. It was n, plea for education. lie spoke of the evolution of the high school and college course since IK20, when I.ngfeIlow graduated from col lege with its Illy-balanced course of the "rule of three" and the classics that would not graduate a pupil from the Omaha HlTh school today, up to the present complete high school course. He Justified the empha sis of the classics as productive of per sonal Ha tisf action, as well as from a stand point of usefulness and as a developer, and contended that children were not competent to choose, unadvised, the course of study they should follow. He asked a closer ac quaintance of parents with teachers and school conditions: that politics be elimi nated from the schools; that higher stand ards be required of teachers and that the public do Its part In helping teachers to at tain iind maintain those standards. , While commending the progress In the courses of study, ho said that .there still re mained much to be done In perfecting the buildings and the physical conditions under which this studying Is done. Poorly ven tilated and heated and over-crowded school rooms, he said, are a too prevalent condi tion today. Principal A. IT. Waterhouse of the Omaha High school opened the discussion. He said that the Intelligent support of the parents was the Important need of the Omaha schools today: that when parents came to realize to what exent the time and drill elements must enter Info study there would be better results. Irregular attend ance he mentioned as a serious Interference with high school work and suggested that parents make sure that their children are In school every day that they suppose them to be there. "The high school Is a business proposi tion," he said, "and It rests with the par ents to see to It that the children make education their business during the years that they are in school." Mr. Frank Haller spoke of high school and college education from a strictly busi ness standpoint, presenting the advantages of i-arly business experience and training in a way that called out the challenge of the school men. He named five conspicu ous deficiencies that are general among graduates of high schools and colleges: Poor writing, poor spelling. Inability to compose a simple business letter. Inability to solve common problems of addition, sub traction, multiplication or division with rapidity and accuracy, and lack of observ ance of details and unmethodical. Mr. Hal ler did not. consider a high school or col lege education necessary to business suc cess, and counted the graduate beginner not worth more than t-S in the ordinary commercial establishments. He said that many young men missed their opportunity to demonstrate their usefulness because they were not content to continue at this modest salary until their employers saw fit to advance them, believing that their school education had fitted them for higher positions. He called attention to the fact that many big corporations would not take Into their employ a man over 30 years of age nnd questioned whether men had time for so much schooling. Mr. C. C. Belden. as a business man, be lieves In education for employes. He ad vocated that business men supplement the school education by taking young people into their employ during the summer mohths and so . give them that training. He held that no one hut the business man who had been denied an education can realize the handicap that Its lack Is to him. He urged the responsibility of men In keeping In touch with the schools. Superintendent W. M. Davidson pro nounced education one of the most Impor tant of businesses and said that If it were not for our great educational systems there would be little demand tor the great In dustrial systems. "Education is an invest ment," he said. "We must not charge the shortcomings of the graduate to the school system entirely," he continued. "The home, the parents and business have their share In the responsibility. The public school has been the Jackscrew that has Jlfted the masses of today up to the standards that were tin mountain tops held by the few only a few years ago." Dr. 8. R. Towne spoke briefly of the re sponsibility of the parent The local Women'a Christian Temperance union Is making an effort to ret inth.r all of Its former members who have dropped out ana Decome scattered during the last few years. Next Wednesday afternoon an educational meeting will be held In the membership parlor of the Young Women's Christian association at 8:30 o'clock, to which all members and ex-members are asked to come. Mrs. Rood, the president, will preside and Mrs. Edwards of the Child Saving institute will be the speaker. The members of the union were assisted by Rev. Charles W. Savldge at the gospel services conducted at the county Jail Sun day. February 15 has- been fixed by the United States senate Judiciary committee for the hearing of the proposed constitutional amendment providing for woman suffrage. It Is highly appropriate that Miss Anthony's birthday ahould have been selected for this hearing. You like to be remembered by the houaea from which you buy, don't you? Why not please your out of -town customers by send ing them a copy of The Bee's New Tear's Edition ond Birds-Eye View of Omaha? BUMIOM PLASTERS si Coma and Backs A 1 BIDS ON THE CITY PRINTING Council Committeo Liitenito Argument on Pries Question. QUINBY PROTESTS AGAINST FORM OF BID Represeatntlve of Central Labor Inlon Insists that Prices Made Are Extravagant nnd Will Cost City Largo tin. The city council coniinlUee took uo definite action on the city printing bids at the meeting yesterday afternoon, though the subject was debated at length before it by L. J. Qulnby. representing the Central Labor union on one hand and by Tom Klopp of the firm of Klopp ft Bartlett, the low bidders on the other. Mr. Qulnby spoke for u delegation of union labor men, headed by President Ouye, and Vice President Keagan of the central body. He charged that tho form of bid ding blank did not permit conipetltio-.i. caused the city extravagance and high prices, and BHsertcd that the system em ployed In soliciting proposals and peddling out the work Is a "continual and annual opportunity for graft of which the linn that has held the rontract for years has not failed to take advantage." He read the resolution adopted by the Central Labor Union demanding that all bids be rejected and proposals advertised for under a new form, calling for bulk prices on entire quantities estimated to be needed during the year. Lot nnd Balk Bids. Mr. Qulnby showed that In a number of cases the prices of the Arm of Qulnby Lynnequest were from two to three times lower on bulk estimate than those of the Klopp Bartlett company, but were not available as low bids because the forms called for prices for smsller specified quan tities. One of his assertions was that the lithographing, on which Klopp ft Bartlett has no competition. Is quoted twice as high as last year, but that even at the old figures much money Is "thrown away" be cause the work Involved could be obtained at greatly reduced prices for etchings, en gravings and photoengravings Instead of the lithographing. No business house would dream of having Its printing done In the manner followed by the city, according to Mr. Qulnby, who said that In the past the city has paid from two to three times it should for printing. This year he admitted that In the aggregate the Klopp ft Bartlett bids are from one-third to one-half lower than last year by reason of fear of compe tition. What the County Pld. In response to the suggestion that de partments might find difficulty In estimating the year's printing needs Mr. Qulnby said the county officers had displayed great apti tude, and had calculated so expertly as to have almost enough printing ordered under the former high prices to last during the reign of the reduced charges submitted re cently. Mr. Klopp told of the extreme difficulties hampering city hall departments from or dering In quantities, and how It Is the cus tom to order In small lots: also of the perils of under or over estimates. He pronounced the bidding blanks to be the proper thing and said any change from the system used would result In nn Increase In printing bills of from 14,000 to $3,000 a year. Chairman Schroeder said the council would act upon the matter when tabulated bids are submitted to the council tonight. BVEST9 OJf RVHXIXQ TRACKS Bolomin, lO to 1. Wins the Last Rare t Oakland. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 22,-Boloman gave the talent a surprise In the last race at Oak. land today and won at 10 to 1. The winner displayed rough tactics during the race and knocked The Trojan against the fence, causing that horse to finish last. Oosalper proved herself a very consistent and speedy mare in the third race, beating the fast Angleta. Weather fine; track good. Re sults: First race, three and a half furlongs: Blagg won. Elmdale second, Our Anna third. Time: 0:53. Second race, six and a half furlongs: Pronta won, Mlmon second, Nonie third. Time: l:2i Third race, five and a half furlongs: Gos slper won. Angleta second. Instructor third. Time: 1:084. Fourth race, one mile and seventy yards: Ksherin won, Birdie P second. Major Tenny third. Time: 1:46'. Fifth race, six furlongs: Martinmas won. Benighted second, Eqorum Rex third. Time: 1:1 44. Sixth race, seven furlongs: Boloman won, Tenordale second, Tom Roberts third. Time: 1:2V LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 Results at Ascot: First race, six furlongs: Willie Gregg won. Sheriff Bell second, Plcquet third. Time: 1:11. Second race, three and a half furlongs: Sweet Klttv won. Early Flower second, Horace B third. Time: 0:41 H. Third rare, six furlongs: Search Me won. Patsy Brown second, My Surprise third. Time: l:14t. Fourth race, one mile: Cutter won, Mas terson second, Big Ben third. Time: 1:3HV Fifth race, one mile and a sixteenth: Chickadee won. Cotillion second. Miss Betty third. Time; 1:48V. I Sixth race, six furlongs: Susie Christian I won. Sun Mark second. Seasick third. Time: ' 1:HV. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22 Results at fair grounds: First race, three-quarters of a mile: Mias Teeds won. Buxom second, Bulmer V third. Time: 1 :1UV Second race. 2-year-olds: Mimic's Daugh ter won, FTstelle H second. Friction third. Time: 0:44H. Third race, one mile, handicap: Hermakls won, Charlie Thompson second, Los Ange leno third. Time: l:4iV. Fourth race, handicap, Ave and a half fur longs: Third Alarm won. Deux Temps sec ond The Ram third. Time: 1:10. Fifth race, one mile and twenty yards: De Reszek won. Macbeth second, Mainland third. Time: 1:4M. Sixth race, one mile and a sixteenth: Latheron won. Brilliant second, Henry O third. Time; 1:S34 Results at City park: First race, selling, one mile and au eighth: MelgeretMi won. Arab second, Merry Acro bat third. Time: !:03S- Second race, steeplechase, short course: Oliver Mc won. Chanley second, Imgfellow third. Time: 8:34. Third race, five furlongs, selling: Brnshup won. Airship second, liulshot third. Time: 1:03. Fourth race, one mile, selling: Gus Hei dorn won. Msnfred second, Ivanhoe third. Time: 1:4C. Fifth race, selling, six and a half fur longs: Oauze won. Heart of Hvaclnth sec ond. Maudlna third. Time: 1 :3Ai. Sixth race, six furlongs: Pat Rulger won, Js-'k Dolan second. Huita third. Time: 1:21H. IOWA COLLEGE BASE BALL GAMES Sehednlo of Trams aa ' Annonnced After Meeting at Iowa City. IOWA CITY. Ia.. Jan. 22-(8peelah The following schedule for the base ball teams of state colleges was announced by the respective managers following the recent conference In Iowa City: State Normal April 4. Cornell at Mount Vernon; April 28. Simpson at Indianola; May 6. Iowa at Cedar Falls: May t. Coo at Cedar Falls: May 11, Simpson at Cedar Falls; May a, Iowa at Iowa City; June 2, Coe at ceoar rutpias. Simpson April lt. Normal at Cedar Falls; May 3, 1'niversity of Misauourl at In dianola; May 11. Normal at Cedar Falls; May 2S. Urinnell at Indianola: May Orlnnell at Grinnell; May 30. Iowa at Iowa City. Cornell April 14, Normal at Mount Ver non; April fa, Coe at Cedar Rapids; April 7-2s. eastern trip: May 6, Grinnell at Mount Vernon; May 10. Iowa at Iowa City; Mav 11. Cornell at Orlnnell: May 19. Iowa at Mount Vernon; May 3t. Normal at Cedar Falls; June 8. Coe at Mount Vernon. Orlnnell April 14, Coe at Grinnell; May 1 Co at, Csdax JUpioss Kay &, Cornell at SPORTS OF A DAT. Mount Vernon: May U. Cornell at Orin nell; May 18, Iowa at Iowa Cltv; Mav If.. Simpson at Indianola: May 19. ftlmpson at Urlnnrll; June 2, Iowa at Orlnnell. Coe April 14. Orlnnell at Orlnnell ; April 21. Cornell at Mount Vernon: April 80, Iowa at Iowa City; May 4, Orlnnell at Cedar Haptda; May 18. lows at Cedar Rapids: June 2, Normal at Cedar Rapids: June , Cornell at Mount Vernon; May !. Normal at Cedar Falls. 8tate University April 80. Coe at Iowa City; May 6. Normal at Cedar Falls: May 12, Cornell at Iowa City: May 1. Coe at Cedar Rapid; May is, Orlnnell at Iowa City; May 1, Cornell at -Mount Vernon; May 28. Normal at Iowa Cltv: May 36, Ames at Tows Cltv: May 3. Simpson at Iowa City; May .V. Ames at Ames; June 1. Orlnnell at Orlnnell. WITH THE BOWLER. The Mets. Bros, team won two games from the Armours last night. The flint went to the brewers all the way bv a good margin: the second whs close. Then the Armours ran away with the last and piled up enough pins to lead on totals hv Tour pins. OJerde was high man for the night with three consistent games, totaling 801. Potter's was the top single game. A sneclal match will be Ixiwlcd tonight, as the Krug Park and Black Kat game haa been postponed to Wednesday. Scores: MI3TZ BROS. 1st. 2d. Sd. Total. Hrunke 1Xt 174 'ssi 5" Potter J4'j 1T4 ITT. ! Huntington 2na a 13) M7 Y.urp 147 . 21 n 1ST T.40 Deninan 1t 17S lt',1 507 Totals T,9 J4', 1C4 2,779 ARMOURS. 1st. 3d 3d. 1M , 21'4 "J1 17f 2n; Total. H73 o62 Neale Jones OJerde .... Hartley ... Tonnemsn 1 1M im mi 1M m v 17 ljo Totals 8!W JI 93 :,783 As usual the Life Malts got three games from the Hugo F. Bllz' on the Metropolitan alleys. Walens had high single game with 203. Sutton was high on totals with 54fi. Patterson was the onlv man of the Blls team that got to the 5O0 mark. Score: LIFE MALTS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. Sutton ITS 193 1W D4 Johnson iri 174 M4 Stapenliorst lfU JR2 1H7 512 Wilson 17 177 5n3 Walens IR?. If, I LiK 540 Totals MS Km 901 2.60.1 Hl'OO F. BILZ. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. 124 US 13S J6I 1M 17 . 171 frf4 lffit 17i li7 172 H8 12ii 119 181 M0 1J 470 Rice 1'atterson .. W. Nichols Orifflth R. Nichols Totals ..'. 73 759 84 2.179 President tVII In Town. President Norrls O'Nell of the Western league was In tho city for a short time Monday in conference with several railroad officials to see what srrangements could be mad to have the league tennis plav odd dates on the lines of the Burlington and 1'nlon Pacific on the Jumps between the western cities. Hastings. Oraud Inland. Kearney and North Platte all have good teams and odd dates could be flll1 to ad vantage at these towns, according to the magnatea. Mr. O'Neil said: "Qulllln will stay in this league, as Lin coln's claim on him will stick in spite of the desire of the Ttoblnsons to secure him for St. 1-ouln The downtown park at Pueblo will prove a winner, as It is onlv two blocks from the postofllce. and this wiil Increase the attendance considers hie, "Lincoln is as good a. town as-anv except for Sunday ball. This state Is prosperous and the capital city Is as prosperous as any. The schedule will be made at a meet ing to be held in Des Moines some time In March. I am going to my home In Oakland. Oal., and will stop at Pueblo to see how the newly Incorporated company Is getting along." Basket Ball Friday Xlgrnt. The Wahoo haaket ball team will be In Omaha Friday night for a game at the Young Men's Christian association gym nasium with the OmaJia High school team. These same teams played a close and ex citing game a couple of weeks ago at Wahoo and this game should be full of In terest. As a curtain-raiser the freshmen and sophomore high school teams will plav a match game on the same evening and at the same place.. . riesrher New Line. Iu1s Flescher htut made arrangements to manufacture motor tvcles In Omaha during the coming year, -ale has contracted for some of the most modern two-cvllnder en gines, which he will Install on bicycles, giv ing Omaha a first-class cycle manufactory, flescher says that considerable demand exists In this section of the country for motor wheels and that his new machines will be able to get-up a. speed of seventy miles an hour. Trnelc Meet la Cincinnati. CHICAGO. Jan. 22 Cincinnati will be the scene of the next track meet of the Ama teur Athletic union. This was decided to day at tho annual meeting of the directors. The meet will be held the first week In March. This year's American Athletic union basket ball tournament was awarded to Evanston, March 15, 18 and 17 being the dates. Anne Beats Gertrnde. In a match race at half a mile at tho Auditorium Monday night Miss Anne Kane gave Mls Oertrude Foyle half a lap and then def-ited her easily. The race was a walkaway for Miss Kane, who could have won with a handicap of a lap. Sporting; Brevities. Fred Tenr.ey is said to be anxious to trade oft Dolan. The day after abolition of foot ball at Harvard the eleven elected a captain for next fail. Looks like the boys have not given up If the faculty haa. The Big Nine has decided to do some very radical stunts with foot ball and whether the game will be recovnlzed when the ref eree blows for time In the fall remains to be : seen. ! The New Zealand foot ball team, which i has been making Hitch a record in England, sailed for New York Saturday. A game will probably be arranged for New York against an All-Canadian team, and another game in San Francisco against the Vancouver team. As long as the managers InslHt on open ing the base ball season before the appruuuh ; of warm weather they will have to give their players a warming out in some I warmer climo if they want them in con , dition. Many of the National league clubs will not go as far south as usual, the Giants I stopping oft at Memphis. The Chicago Na i tlonals will cut out the California trip, because the benefits were not apparent. I The best start the Cubs ever got in a ruoo 'was the year they trained at Champaign ! and that Is not farther south than Chicago. The While Sox will go to New Orleans, but will train for a shorter period than usual Detore tne opening oi tne season. EMPLOYES ASKED TO PROTEST I'nlon Paelfle Snop Hands Enlisted In . Campaign Against Rate Regulation. The railroad campaign against rate regu lation is taking on an active form In Omaha. Letters addressed to Senators Mil lard and Burken and Cungressman Ken nedy have been handed out to employes of the Union Pacific shops, with a request that they be signed.- The letter to Con gressman Kennedy reads: OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. -. 1. The Hon. J. L. Kennedy, House of RepreacntatlveH, Washington, D. C. : Dear Sir I hereby re spectively ask you to use every effort In your power to have any bill or bills which would give the interstate Commerce com mittee the right to regulate and control rates of railroad companies to be not passed. I understand that such bills are before the house now, or are to be, and aa I think the ultimate result of such a measure would be to leaen remuneration paid by railroad companies, I earnently solicit your aaslatance in the matter. 1 am an employe of a railroad company and I do not care' to suffer. Thanking you for any attention you can give to this matter, I am. your truly. Mortality Statistics. The following births and deaths have been roorted to the Board of Health dur ing the' forty-eight hours ending at noon M?rtha-Mlchel Digin, 1419 Garfield, boy; Albert V. Klnsler. Sm Farnam, girl: Ous Peterson. 310ft South Twenty-first, boy; Fred Hood. li4o South Kleveuth, girl. Deaths-Elizabeth Fox. 2214 Wirt. k; Reginald B. Turrell. 272" Decatur, 2 months; Axel Pierson. South Thirteenth. 3; Fete McGinnlxB. Fortieth and Popi.leton, to; Lee l'townlng. Fortieth and Poppleton, 65- hpereklesa with Wonder gie the friends of those cured of Stomach, Liver and Kidney Trouble by Elect rlo Bit ters. 50e; guaranteed For sale by gnermaa Movvu. a v- j GAMBLE ON IRRIGATION Senator frtm Sooti Dakota Tells (haD(ti in that State, LARGEST EARTHEN EMBANKMENT IN WORLD People of State Greatly Interested Recognise Value of the Recla mation Act, Farmers Or ganising Societies. WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 22. tSpeclal.) "The work of national reclamation of the public arid lands has been proceeding along practical business lines, and outside of the I localities which are directly benefited, haa excited but little notice. This Is rather re markable when It is recalled that the works under construction by the reclamation ser vice In several states and territories are among the most spectac '.ar ever attempted by engineers," said Senator Gamble of South Dakota. "L'p In my own slate work is well under way on a project which involves an especi ally Interesting engineering scheme, towll: The construction of . the largest earthen imbankment In the world. This will be a great mass of earth more than a mile In length, over U5 feet In height In Its high'st part and containing more than l,ot.ooo cubic yards of material, or about the amount estimated for the Uohlo dam In Panama. This mammoth structure, which will be faced toward the reservoir with rock, will create the largest body of water in South Dakota, a lake sixteen miles in length and varying from one to five miles in width. It wil store 246,000 acre-feet, or 80,1B4,000,000 gallons, or more than three times the storage capacity of the Crolon reservoir in New York. "We feel somewhat proud In South Da kota of the fact that our people recognized tho value of the reclamation act and came to the front with the required pledges to the government without any delay.. There was no hanging back over local matters; the farmers organized, the citizens of Belle I Fourche and Sturgis Joined in the move ment, and there was less delay over prelim inaries to this project than on any other government project which Involves private lands. "The estimated cost of the government work Is $2,100,000, and the area to be re claimed is about 90,000 acres. Chances on the Belle Fonrehe. "Before the appearance of the government engineers In the Belle Fourcho valley, all agriculture was subordinated to stock raising, and the farmer who plowed was the exception. I'nder the new regime, which is to follow the completion of this government work, the large ranch will be cut up into small farms, extensively culti vated. Compact rural settlements, with Improved schools, and with the luxuries and refinements of the town will replace the isolation of the rural farm house. Right in the midst of the Belle Fourche project the government has located a town site, which it Is proposed to equip with modern water supply and sewerage sys tems. It is probable that considerable power can be developed along the main canal and can be utilized for lighting and other purposes. "The whole valley haa enjoyed a remark able boom since the initiation of this pro ject. Belle Fourche has more than doubled In population and the prices of city prop erty have been lncerasing steadily. Farm property, which before the advent of Jhe government work had little sale at from $t to 110 an acre, Is now selling In many places three and four times that amount. The Indications are that Belle Fourche will grow Into a town of 5,000 population, a modern, wide-awake, up-to-date city In the midst of one of the most populous and productive irrigated areas In the north west. "The valley is tributary to one good rail road system, but two others are extending their lines rapidly in this direction, which will assure the valley of first-class trans portation facilities. "The valley is so Jam full of possibilities that it takes a man of some daring to place any limit upon the future develop ment, which Is to follow the introduction of practical soil culture." SWENEY SUES BALL ON NOTES Another Complication Added to the Lives of Men Married to Same Woman. Two husbands of one woman Robert A. Ball being the Nebraska husband and M. A. Sweney the Iowa husband of Zenetta Ba.Il Sweney were plaintiff and defendant be. fore County Judge Leslie Monday after noon. Sweney sued Ball to collect 1290, al leged to be due on three notes. Ball testi fied that the notes were given for the pur chase of a one-fourth Interest In the busi ness of Sweney A Co.. an employment agency, he having already paid 8100 for a quarter Interest. The notea would make his interest equal with Sweney's, he said. Later when Ball wanted to get out, according to his testimony, Sweney suld he would de stroy the notes and call the deal even. While Ball was on the stand Sweney and his attorney, J. M. Macfarland, smiled on him benignly, and when Sweney was sworn he denied Ball's testimony point blank. Judge Leslie took the case under advise ment and the lawyers will submit briefs. I( Ton Fear Uiphthernm Beware of m Cold. The best authorities now agree that the chances for contracting diththerla are greatly enhanced by colds. If the child has a cold it is much more likely to con tract diphtheria. The same Is true of any of the much dreaded catching diseases. The cold preps res the system for the re ception and development of the germs of these diseases, that Is why one child will contract a disease, and another exposed at the same time will not take it. The one that takes it, aa a rule, has a cold. Even alight colds are dangerous and should have prompt and intelligent attention. Whether for a child or sn adult you can find no better preparation than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It can always be de pended upon to effect a quick cure. There is no danger In giving it to children, as it contains no harmful drug. CTORZ MALT EXTRACT doe cot dope or drug, but feeds th body and soothe tn c:rve in the most pleasant, tut cral W5y. It si boon to the braia-woxksr, the convalescent, the Boning mother, or any on needing nutritious, palatable beverage to coax back strength ta tie body or the flush of Lealth to the checks. Prominent shirsi cjass recommend k. Order a caw (S dus. bottles). At St: tit CM I MBAeWMMW- Bt- f There is no clement of speculation in the quality of Old Uivderoof Rye It is good beyond compare. CHAS. DENNEHY & COMPANY, Chicago. The The One Who is MANLY, VIGOROUS AND STRONG Is the man who is not suffering from the ravags of private and sexual dis eases nor the blighting effects of Nerv ous Debility, Weakness, etc. Com parisons am usually odious, but the weak, sickly, debilitated man cannot help comparing himself with regret to "THE OTHER MAN." If we could but see and treat all men when the first symptoms show themselves there need be no such com parisons and there would be few men seeking a rejuvenating of their physi cal, mental and sexual powers, and there would be hone marked with the indelible stamp of constitutional Syphilis, and the sufferers from Varicocele, Gleet, Stricture, Hydrocele, Impotency, Gonorrhoea, Emissions, Nervous Debility, Rupture, Kidney and Bladder Dis eases.' would he reduced to a minimum. But as long as MEN continue to disregard the golden adage, "A stitch In time saves nine," and continue to neglect themselves or to exercise Indifference or poor Judgment In securing the right treatment at the outset. Just so long will there be multitudes of. chronic sufferers. Many a bright and promising career has been blighted by Injurious habits of folly before the age of knowledge and understanding and many have been cut short by-the unfortunate contracting of some poisonous special disease which through neglect or im proper treatment has completely un dermined and shattered the physical strength and mental faculties. No greater mistake can be made than to consider lightly the first evidence of the Introduction of any private disease into your system or to neglect the first symptoms of weakened mind and ap- We maJtB no misleading statements or unbusinesslike propositions to the afflicted, neither do we promise to cure them in a text daps, nor offer cheap, worthless treatment in order to secure their patronage. Honest doctors of recognized ability do not resort to such methods. Wo guarantee a perfect, safe and lasting cure in the quickest possible time, without leaving injurious after-effects in the sjrstem, and at the lowest cost possible for honest, skillful and successful treatment. rprr Consultation If you cannot call write for symptom blank. rntt and Examination Offlce Hours 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 1 only. STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 130S Farnam St., Between 18th THE E-L1-I-N0 TREATMENT APPEALS TO MEN WHO THINK. People who investigate give their unquallified endorsement to Dr. E. C. Scott's Prescrip tions because he rejects all elements that produce drug habits or leave bad after effects. E-LIM-I-NO overcomes Weakness and Depression without alcohol, whisky, wine or strichnine stimulants. E-lim-l-no acts by cleaning the blood of poisonous waste products and thus restores the circulation. E-LIM-I-NETS Cure Chronlo Constipation and make unnecessary the continued use of physic They are a delight to all thus afflicted. E-LIM-I-NA-TUM Stops Pain and Relieves Soreness without the use of opium, morphine, cocaine, or other narcotics. E-llm-l-natum acts by dissolving from the tissues and joints the poisons that are settling and causing pain. IT KELPS CORRECT FAULTY LIVING To maintain (be blfh tenatnn of satrenneui lire mes reaort to tha wtilp and apsrof ittmolsttoa. Moat men uae tea, coffee and nieata to tirraa. to wblcb many add the uae of tohacro. and sold aud alcoholle drink,, all of which aUmulat but rauae an a cumulation uf polaonoua waaie In tbe ayatrm. Wben bealtb fatla tber bar rearbed tba limit. To attempt to whip up tbe falling ayateni with more atlmulunu or to dradrn their (rowlus pains wllb oplatoa aad narcotic only aggravates llie trouble and brine on the calamliy of drag hablta. Aa tbe ) trin la already loaded with polaonoua waate products tbe only wlas ronraa ta to clean out tba polvina. Thla la what tba Ellmlno Remedies do. By Ibua clearing tbe eyatem tuey give eaae aud comfort nd reatore bealtb and natural bouyancy. Are You Willing to Be Shown? To prove the great superiority of the Elimino Reme dies over alt other medicines for the ailments named below we will send a maked copy of Dr. E. C. Scott's New 64Parje Book Free to all sufferers who will place a cross (X) in front of their ailments and send this announce ment in with their name and address plainly written. Poor Circulation Despondency Low Vitality Drug Habits Catarrh Constipation Sleeplessness Varicose Veins Send no monev, the Book Is free. You get the medicine of your druggist. Eliminets 35c; Elimino ana Eliniinatum $1.00 each. If your druggist does not have or will not get ' them for you, they will be sent direct, prepaid, on receipt of price. 4 1-1 1 .1.1. 1: 1 1 .1 ! CI II I M " k. incnc icmaiaaoie rcmcuica aio uiiacu ujfuii inv new fiiui- I iVll V W Bow rinlf, ct fliminatirtn inatpad of tlie rnmmrm nrji'tii-A of fihmu. . I M-rN AT U Mil to be in every 1X'-V.WVVV ELIMINO mm suchhince NEu ; I 1 w TWELVE MILLIONAvVSlEFFfLL-SOlTE company I I PACKAGES LAST YEAR: SOMt The Janitor service In The Beo Building is as near perfect as it can oe, remembering that janitors are human. Offices from $10 to $4? per monthseveral desirable ones from which to choose. JffMltVi J l -heir MaBi The Men's True Specialists proarh of nervous debility, caused by Improper or unnatural habits, ex cesses, dissipations, etc. Huch Indifference and neglect of the first symptoms are responsible for thousands of human wrecks, failures In life and business, domestic discord and unhappy married life, divorce, In sanity, suicide, etc. Men! Why take such desperate chances? The mani festations of the first symptoms of any disease or weakness should be a warn ing for you to take prompt steps to safeguard your future life and happi ness. Tou should carefully avoid all uncertain, experimental, dangerous or half-way treatment, for upon the suc cess of the first treatment depends whether you will be promptly restored to health again, with all taint of the poisonous disease removed from your svstem. or whether your disease will be allowed to become chronic and sub ject you to future recurrences of the disease, with the .various , resulting complications, etc. and 14th fits., OMAIIA, NEB. Rheumatism Neuralgia Sciatica Lumbago Kidney Trouble Stomach Troubel Heart Trouble Dizziness 1 Ut ion and stupefaction. The Book and the remedies deserve home. Write today. Do it now. Address MEDICINE CO.. Da Moinea. Iowa 5YBACUSE.NEW YORK . IN Z-FIt ioc FActAUE,3. EJ-