Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECKMHEK 12, 1)0G.
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Senate File No. 1 A Prophecy
From Th I3e, January 23, 1903.
ll.e ccmpulKory waterworks purcha. bill a water commlimon for Omaha, whv not
ban bn rallroad-d through the lenats also empower him to apiolnt a water
without ulBCUKMon a an emergency mean- commliwlort for Lincoln? Why rfbw em-
ure. While trlctly local In Ita .cope and power him to appoint the mayors and
affecting only the taxpayer! of Omaha and counrlle of all other towns In the state, so
South Omaha, this bill violates a funda- as to Insure nonpartisan government, on
mental principle of silf-governrnent. It Is. tho lines laid down by Benate file No. 1?
In fact, an Indictment of the Intelligence ' There might be some excuse for the gov
and integrity of the cltlirnshlp of Omaha ernor appointed police commissions on the
and a public declaration in lavor of placing
OijTfi:a In the hands of a receiver, or ap-
icIuk a guardian to protect It from it-
plea that the public safety demands the
extension of police powers over large
cities. But no Nebraska legislature has
ver sought to deprive the citizens of any
town or village of the right of self-government,
which Is at the base of our en
tire fabric. ."'"
Incidentally .and quite apart from its
anti-American spirit. Senate File No. 1 Is
crude and seriously defective In many par
ticulars. It contemplates the purchase of
water works on the three appraisers' plan,
which would ex pope the city to the risk
of paying from one to two millions more
for the works than Uiey could be duplicated
for, or force It Into the quicksands, and
shoals of new construction on engineering
estimates that may fall millions short by
the time the city got through building.
It Ignores and rejects the right to pur
chase the plant by the condemnation
The salient features of Senate File No. 1
e that Omaha must either buy the exlst
g water works or build water 'works of
s own by legislative mandate. With this
1 directed to appoint a water commission
composed of six citizens, clothed with un
limited power to negotiate for the purchase
of the water works now existing or to
proceed with the construction of new water
works, and when the purchase or construc
tion Is completed to operate these works,
purchase the supplUe therefor, collect the
rents and, in fact, become a government
within the government, responsible to no
body and removable by nobody after they
are Inducted Into office.
With the exception of Issuing bonds al- process under eminent domain that would
ready voted and voting more bonds here- give the city the privilege of appointing
after for the consummation of the pro- all the appraisers and rejecting the ap
posed purchase by the commission. Omaha pralsement in case It lsvdeemed too high.
Is to have nothing to say about the man- Under the provisions of the bill no ap
egement of the water works, which will pralsement of the works can even be sub
Involve an ovtlay of anywhere from three mltted to ttie people without the approval
to six millions until after the expiration of of the governor appointed water board. If
four years, when the governor appointed this board should be Induced, by fair means
commission is to give way to a commission or foul, to balk the negotiations for the
elected by its cltixens on the gradual In- purchase of the works, no proposition could
stallment plan. be submitted to the people. While the bill
The darkey In that woodpile Is the provi- empowers the board to compel the mayor
slon requiring the governor appointed and council by mandamus to submit a bond
water commission to appoint a water com- proposition, there is no power given to the
mlssloner at any salary It may see fit to courts by the bill to compel the water
pay, and we betray no secret In saying board to take action In the rremlses.. They
that the progenitor of this scheme and are constituted a trust unto themselves,
author of Benate File No. 1 le to be tho Not only Is this close corporation to be
beneficiary with an Income anywhere from above the mayor and council and cltlxen
15,000 to 110,000 a year. That this Is to be ship of Omaha, but above the governor
the outcome if the bill should become a even.
law In Its present form may be judged from After it hse once been Installed all va-
Its context, which provides only such cancles are to be filled by It, and not being
qualifications as Mr. Howell believes him- removable for misdemeanors In office by
self possessed of. In this regard Benate the governor, or by anybody, It may be de-
File No. 1 la decidedly Ingenious. The pended upon to hold the fort until the Job
creator of the commission expects, of which Mr. Hovell Is trying to secure for
course, to be favored by the commission, himself has been snchored. l nder the
nd to make sure of this result he makes provisions of Senate File No. 1 the water
the paramount duty of the commission commissioner cannot be removed artcr tne
auDoInt the water commissioner lm- flrst'year except for cause by less than
odlatulv after Its organization, although a vote of two-thirds of the full board.
by reason of lltiftntlon, or by failure to There are other holes in that water works
eeure noDular endorsement of the bonds skimmer which should be plugged .before
the commission may have no water works the bill passes the house. The bill grants
to manage or to plan for from six months authority to the water commission to
to two years after the Induction of the operate ten miles beyond the corporate
high-salaried water commissioner. - limits of Omaha at Its discretion, but no-
If the people of Omnha can be trusted where does the bill make provision for ae-
to elect an honest and capable board of countablllty to South Omaha In collecting
water commissioners four years hence, why water rents, planting nyaranis or fwu
sJX.re they not equally competent to elect ng water mains. That omission nlone ln
Jm honest commission before the negotla- sures sufficient litigation to complicate the
Flons for the water works are submitted negotiations and acquinltlon of the water
for their ratification? Why should the works for months If not for years,
citizens of Omaha be deprived of the right The safe plan for the house of representa-
''' of homo rulo In the selection of a water lives would be to Indefinitely postpone the
commission so long as they have a right bill or to recommit It to its parent for- re-
to elect, their mayors, treasurers, comp- construction on the llnee of home rule and
trailers, police Judges and city councils? popular sovereignty.
If It is right for the governor to appoint
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MAYOR VETOES ORDINANCE
Dahlman Disapproves Street Oar Transrer
Meainre by Conn oil.
TAKES COMPANY'S PLEA ' FOR ACTION
Basis Derision on Argument that Bill
Would Impose Practically an
Impossibility on the
Corporation.
take eight votes to pans the ordinance over
the mayor's veto.
Before the mayor decided what he would
do with the ordinance he gave the street
car company officials a hearing, or rather
received from thein a statement .setting
forth the alleged Inconsistencies of the new
ordinance.
Mayor Dahlman Tuesday morning vetoed
the new street car transfer ordinance
paused by the city council lost Tuesday
evening.
Tho mayor gave as his reasons for not
t nlntf the document the argument ad
ianced by the street car officials, namely,
that the ordinance requires almost an Im
possibility when It Orders the street car
oompuny to give transfers at any and all
? .Ints and proposes at the same time to
rniit the company to protect ltsi If
f iltalmit round tripe for one fare. The
4lr,.Al no nmnrnr nrrAAfl tn rirrv mia-
sengers from any starting point to any des
tination for one fare, but maintained the
company should have the right to desig
nate the points of transfer and request
that passengers ask for transfers when
fares are paid.
This ordinance was passed by the coun
cil by a vote of 10 to 1. Councilman Davis
voting alone against the measure. It will
The Nebraska Mercantile Mutual Insur
ance company of Lincoln, Neb., does a
purely city and town business, .and Is
strictly a Nebraska Institution. It was
organized In 1W". Judge Coffin, president of
the company, says that this year has been
a mot successful one. The company Is
represented In Omaha by C. L. Smith on
the ground floor of the McCague building,
who has been so successful here lnthe
company's work for the last six years. The
company's reputation for fair adjustment of
losses and prompt payment of them seems
to be unexcelled. A Nebraska institution
for Nebraska people.
Births and. Death.
The following births and deaths were re
port, d to the Board of Health during the
twenty-four hours endlnir Tuesilay tinon:
Births Harry Hill, 2iu7 Webster, by;
Henry Koehler, 1411 South Fourteenth, buy;
Hans Ott. McArdle precinct, girl; C. A.
Olsen, 420 North Seventeenth, girl; C. Sorvn
snn, 3109 Franklin, boy; John Fife, Wti S mth
Twenty-first, girl; Anton Hoson. I.!il9 Pop
pleton, girl; John Hlndik, U47 South Four
teenth, boy and girl; Herman Jensen. S14
South Twenty-eighth, girl; Carl Blomqulst.
Fifty-second and Boulevard avenue, girl.
Deaths Joseph 8trotnberg, Fortieth and
Poppleton, 75: James Fapan. South Omaha,
40; M. C. Homes, 304 Chicago, 62; Mrs.
Mary L. Shoemaker, 43L1 I'arker, 61; I.
Bw-son, lhi' Ohio, S months; J. J. Swift,
23ti6 South Thirteenth, Jf3; Gertrude Thleler,
1413 Bancroft. 1 month.
Christmas Pianos
Nothing so worthy the giver as a Piano. No place in
America where good Pianos are 6old so reasonably as in
our store. The llospe plan of one price and no commis
sions. Save 550 to $150 on a, Piano
In every grade of piano from the cheapest to the most costly, room after room
la filled with magnificent Instruments.
Kranich & Bach Pianos The Inty comer grands
and upright grands in models
of classic beauty. The Kranich & Hach tone Is exemplified at
Its best in these new creations. Most advantageous pricee- In
the United States; $376 and upwards $12.50 a month.
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LADIES' DAY IN LAND TRIAL
ceTeral Women Tell How Trlplett Induce
Tfcem to rile.
LIKE MEN, THEY DIDN'T INTEND TO SETTLE
One tVomaa Testifies that Trlplett
Frankly Told Her II Was
the Agent of Itlcharda
nd Coanatock.
Tuesday was "ladlea' day" In the big land
trial before Judge Munger In the United
Btales district court.
The first woman witness was put on the
stand Tuesday morning, following the brief
evidence of Frank M. King, a banker st
Alliance, who was called to testify to tho
handwriting of Aqullla Trlplett. Objec
tions were made to King's evidence on the
ground he was not a qualified expert and
the objection was sustained and the witness
was excused.
The women all testified to having been
solicited by Triplott to make filings on
lands within the Spade ranch in the vicinity
of doxen or more miles of Ellsworth and
were treated with the some liberal courtesy
as were the men who made filings under
the Inducements proffered by Mr. Trlplett
and others for the easy acquisition of a
640-acre farm under the protecting aegis of
the Spade rknch fence. These solicitations
were made In 1SKH under the Klnkald act.
However, different inducements were of
fered the different women according to
their business capacity and estimates of
the value of the use of their namea in the
land-grabbing enterprise.
Tlioucht Trlplett the Ayent.
Miss Bergctta E. Mangan, a milliner of
Alliance, wa the first to testify. She had
been asked by Trlplett to make a filing
and did so.
I understood," she said, "that Mr. Trip- I
lett was the agent for some one else, bul
he did not mention the names of his prin
cipals. Nor do I know who he was agent
for. He said that in case I wanted to sell
the land there would be people In the mar
ket to buy the land, but If I did not want
to sell the land was to be mine when I
proved up on it to do as I wanted with it.
I never saw the land before filing on It. 1
saw the land but twice after making the
filing. It was located about twelve miles
north of Ellsworth. I paid my own ex
penses on both my visits to the land and
was reimbursed by Mr. Trlplett. On my
last visit to the land I saw some -building
material there, which they said was
for my house. ' I was to let them have the
use of the land for making and maintaining
the Improvements for five years. I did not
intend to live on the' land at all."
Great American Technicality.
Mrs. Anna Mclntyre, formerly a Miss
Molcher of Chndron, but now the wife of
the railroad agent at Mullen, was retidy
to testify to her experience as a land In
vestor through the wiles of Mr. Trlplett,
but some technical objection was made and
her evidence was lost to the world.
Mrs. Martha J. Reed, a widow of Alliance,
told a similar story to that of Miss Mangan
with a few additional embellishments. She
said:
"Mr. Trlplett told me first that I could
get $600 for my claim when I proved tip,
and as I thought it would be worth more
than that, he finally told me I could net
$1,000 for It. I 'asked him if I had to live
On the land and he said I did not."
In the cross-examinutton of Mrs. Reed
she admitted to having been called upon by
Mr. Hobbs, a secret service official, and
made a statement to him relative to her
understanding of -the agreement with Trlp
lett. Hobbs did not tell her that he had
the power to compel her to coma to Omaha
to'testlfy. -
Acts for Richards and Comstock.
Charles W. Reed, a son of tho preceding
witness and a former bar keeper at Alli
ance, said he had been solicited by Trip
lett to file on land within the Spade ranch
and continued:
"Trlplett told me fte was locating people
on tho Spado ' ranch tor Richards and
Comstock. Trlplett and I had a misunder
standing about the $500 I was to get on
final proof, so I went to Ellsworth and
saw Mr. C. C. Jameson about It. Jameson
suid to me; 'Certainly, we will pay all of
your expenses and the $500 when you prov
up. You do your ptirt and we will do
ours.' "
The defense objected to the testimony of
Reed aa Irrelevant and immaterial, but the
objection didn't go, and the testimony went
into the record. The defense then strenu
ously undertook to make the witness Im
peach his own testimony rolutlve to the
agreement with Trlplett and Jameson as
to the disposal of the land or anybody elpe
after final proof. But the witness was un
shaken and adhered to his original state
ment. Kdwnrd O. Bryden. an old soldier from
the Dsnville, III., Home for Disabled Volun
teers, said he had been employed by Ami
B. Todd In the early part of 1K04 as an
agent at the home for securing declaratory
statements. He suid:
'He wanted me to act as his agent for
securing old soldiers to make declaratory
statements relative to filing on lands in
Nebraska. I told lilm that I would do so.
He said he would pay all the expense of
nllng and told me that if the men would
prove up on the land they could sell the
land for from $; to J900 per claim if they
did not want to keep tho land. He ap
pointed Mr. Fitzgerald there at the home
M the special agent for the men to go out
and make the tilings."
Hon Mot Fossil on Floor.
The following bon mot was picked up In
the federal court room Monday afternoon
after the adjournment of the land trial:
Letters are fetters not eaMly spurned,
'Twere better that letters when written
were burned.
The pen and the sabre are potent I ween.
The Mubre may puncture, but the letter
is keen.
Its edue like ;he sabre's Is not weakened
by yea i s.
As when It bobs up again It roasts and it
sears.
Douglas county lelslatlv delegation have
been Invited to lunch with the exchange
and an effort will be made to have every
member of the exchange presrnt.
Ths exchange will Inaugurate Tuesday the
blackboard system of giving information to
its members, and the reslty men will place
on the boaid such things as they wish all
their fellows to know.
LINE ON WOMAN INSULTER
Police Have Trap IjiI for Insistent
camp and Say They Will
Get Hint. V
'An Interesting Christmas present awaits
a certain male passenger of Park line cars.
This person has been making a practice of
late of thrusting his attentions on women
who have to ride on the same cars, some
times, that carry him and they have be
come so annoyed by his Impudence that
they have reported the matter to the poliee.
Chief Dcnahue, therefore, may be this crea
ture's Santa Clnivs, and if plans do not mis
carry he may be able to present him with
his girt before Christmas day.
Two plain-clothes officers have been set
to work to trap this Impostor and they
have such a complete description of him,
that, together with his brasen impudence,
they cannot long fall to get him and when
they do
A certain Indignant husband says he will
do the same thing when he lays his hands
on the "cur," as he terms him.
A short time ago a young woman living
in the Hanscom Park district had been
down town on business until comparatively
lnte and was standing back from the side
walk. In front of the Wabash ticket office
door at Sixteenth and Farnam streets, wait
ing for her car. Before she knew it this
creature stepped up and placed himself be
side her, remarking: "I guess there is
room for two here, Isn't there?" 8he Im
mediately, without replying, raji to the
edge of the street. He went to an opposite
corner, but hopped on the same car she
did and continued to annoy her with his
stare.
On two or three occasions the same young
woman has been annoyed by, the same In
dividual. The meat recent annoyance he
gave her was by paying her fare. She
knew nothing cf this until when she handed
the conductor her fare he declined It, say
ing: "That gentleman on the platform
paid your fare."
The young woman protested that she
knew no one on the car and objected to
any one paying her fare, insisting until the
conductor took It from her. Meantime the
man on the platfcrm stood grinning at her.
The conductor noted the fellow's annoy
ance and description, as did several passen
gers. This matter has been passed along
to other conductors and the chances are
one woman ineulter will soon go out of
business.
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Overcoats at $18
ANEW shipment of "High Type Overcoats"
is what we wish to draw jour attention to
today and not loosing sight of a very popular
price. In these overcoats you will find materials
and trimmings that usually go into $2."i and $;50
lines. Finest imported Kerseys Vicunas and
Meltons. Also in this collection is a quality of fine
Humbo cheviots. Exquisitely tailored nothing
like them in town. You will find these coats worth
coming after. We are selling them at a closer
margin of profit that our customers may be pro
tected against the introduction of any worthless
materials or cheap workmanship. Thvse gar
ments are all finely hand tailored. The styles are
form fitting in 45 inches long, also Chesterfield
44 and 48 inches long. Examine
these garments in the strong
of comparison. You 11 admit
$25.00 and $30.00 can replace
Oar price
light v?
Farnam Street
at Fifteenth
FATHER WORKS FOR SON'S BAIL
Puts In Day and Maht to Raise
Money So Boy Can Enjoy
Christmas.
Arthur Grants and Frank Jotchett, who
are accused of robbing the drug store of
B. Boblnson, 616 South Sixteenth street,
about two weeks ao, were arraigned in
police court Tuesday morning and bound
over for trial In the district court. Qran'.s
was bound over under bond of $300, while
the bond of Jotchett was fixed at (100 as
the latter Is a resident of Omnha and of
a poor family. His father has been work
ing night akid day since the arrest of his
son to earn enough money so that his son
could be released by Christmas.
. The two boys are both under 18 years of
age and an effort Is to be made to have
them sent to the reform school by Judge
Button.
After a preliminary examination in
police court Tuesday morning Lawrence
Donovan and Joe Sutton were bound over
for trial In the district court under bonds
of $W each on the charge of burglary. It
la alleged that the two men broke Into r
box car In tho yards at Sixteenth and
Nicholas streets on the night of Decem
ber 2, and stole several sacks of flour.
Donovan was arrested by Officer Crowe,
but Sutton succeeded In making his
escape. Sutton was later captured at
Lamar, la., and was brought from there
by Detective Pattullo.
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ments. We sell a beautiful new Bush & Lane for $350 $10
monthly.
Kimball PlailOS These, Chicago' best product, the
best In the west, the piano that took
the prize at the Chicago exposition. In very latest and most
beautiful case designs, are sold by us at lower prices than
anywhere else In the United States. 1200 buys a beautiful
Kimball $8 monthly.
Crammer PianOS Theae sreat popular-priced Instru
ments surpass even their former
good quality and high atandlngv We have them In beautiful
cases that are strictly up-to-date, jit $190 $6. $7 and $S a
month.
Ccllbert Pianos
at $115
Brand new, double ve
neered mahoennv
cased Instruments at this price are bargains unheard of else
where $6 monthly.
$165 PianOS Are the middle. In this class of goods.
like in the beat, we furnish a superior
quality. In no other store can you possibly buy such good
9 Pianos for the money. ,
Why Day $50 to $10 more than is necessary? Save this sum by taking ad
vantage of the Hospe plan of one' price and no commissions.
A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas St.
All the $5 per month Pianos reduced to $200 or la&s.
STERLING SILVER Frenier, 15 A Dodge
DEBATE ON GREATER OMAHA
Van Dnaen Will Lead the Interested
Opponents to the Merger
Proposition.
J. H. Van Dusen and other citizens of
South Omaha will appear before the Omaha
Real Estate exchange Wednesday n.n
to discuss tho quentlon of the consolida
tion of Om.iin and South Omaha. Mr. Van
Dusen is against consolidation, but it is
understood there will be addresses on both
sides of the question. All members of the
DENTISTRY
t have remsdiss that sabls ms
to fill and crowa tssth 1tlout
pals. Of eourss it J oat Mats axs
not sensitive yon don't feci the
m4 of paiiUftssiMss la your dsatal
work. Bat If thy srs sensitive
you'll appreciate it, no doubt.
My ehargss ars vsry rsasoaabls.
DR. FICKES, Dentist.
Ml. Sou. 3T
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Announcements of the Theaters.
Funny little George Sidney has a new
edition of that popular farce, "Busy Izzy's
Vace-tlon," this season, which he will pre
sent at the KruR theatre next Sunday
and Monday, and It Is needless to say that
fun will pervade aa usual. Sidney Is well
known to theater goers through his ap
pearance In the Ward & Vokes offering;
and his starring; at the head of his own
company four seasons.
"The 8iuawman," which opens at the
Boyd for a short engagement on Sunday
evening next, is by Edward Milton Royle
the well known actor-author, and has been
an approved success since Its first offering
to the public in New York lust season
It tells the story of a young Englishman
who left his native country under a cloud
Innocent, but suffering for another's sins.
This young man settles In Wyoming and
becomes a rancher and "squawmsn," and
doesn't make much of a success. Just in
tho middle of his troubles comes the word
from England that his way to the peerase
Is cleared, that the girl he loved is wait
ing for him. and thnt the stain on hi
name has been wiped away. He Is he'd
back by his Indian wife and son. Here
Is the tragic situation of the play.
The next matinee at the Burwood theater
will be Thursday afternoon. The bill this
week, "Northern Lights." Is attracting a
good deal of attention for Its historic Inter
est, and for the excellent way in which Di
rector Long has mounted It.
TEST ON POSITION OF BOARD
fhowdown of CouQtT Commissioners on
Frsoner Feeding Matter.
FIRST BILL FILED BY THE SHERIFF
Proposition Will Come Vp at Next
Meeting; of Board When Its
Attitude Will Become
Known.
A test of the position of the county
board In its controversy with Sheriff Mc
Donald over the feeding of county pris
oners has been precipitated by the filing
of the first claim for board by the sheriff.
The bill Is for $1,220.52 for board for 2.W1
day units at 41 H cents a day and Includes
only the month of February. The clash In
the board will come over the allowance
of the 414 cents a day demanded by the
sheriff.
Last February the board decided to allow
the sheriff 35 cents a day for feeding pris
oners and furnishing the Jail supplies. An
Investigation showed the average cost of
supplies for several years was CV4 cents a
day. The allowance of 36 cents was based
on JS'4 cents for feed and 6V4 cents for
supplies. Some time ago the sheriff asked
the board to allow him the entire 36 cents
for feeding the prisoners, the county board
to furniBh the supplies. The board deciccd
It had no power under the law to do this
and took no action. The sheriff's bill Is
made out on this basis and It will now be
up to the board either to allow or reject
it. The bill probably will come up at the
next meeting of the board.
NOVELTIES Frenier, 15th and Dodge.
SALOON MEN PLEAD GUILTY
Tat Moras Is Fined Hundred Pollars,
Which Is the Maximum
Imposed.
The saloon men who were caught In the
tolls of the law for selling liquor Sunday
In violation of the Slocumb law all pleaded
guilty In police court Tuesday morning and
were fined according to the varying degrees
of their Iniquity. The heaviest penalty was
that given to Pat J. Moron. 11Z3 Douglas
street, who was fined flOO and costs, which
was paid.
Moron admitted selling the liquor to Offi
cers Waters and Russell and also admitted
that he ran a lodging house on the prem
ises with an unsavory reputation.
Claud Davis also admitted selling liquor
ns a bartender at 1500 Capitol avenue,
where whisky was bought on Sunday
by the dllligcnt officers, and was
ordered to be separated from $60 and costs
by judge Crawford. Charles Semrnd, Thir
teenth and Dorcas streets; George Dwyer,
1124 Farnam street, and George Klnzler, 412
South Thirteenth street, were each fined
$25 and costs for keeping open on the Sab
bath. The complaints were filed by the city
prosecutor Tuesday morning, after he had
had n conference with the arresting offl
rern to ascertain if conviction could be
secured without question, but the saloon
men had promised Chief Donahue that
pleas of guilty would bo entered. Judge
Crawford kept his promise that he would
assess heavier fines In the new cases and
Intimated that the good work would be
continued If other offenders against the
Sunday closing law were brought before
him.
600 Set Rings Copley, Jeweler, 215 S. 16th.
BRUNING AND TRAINOR GO
Two Members of Doualas County
Board Attend Commissioners
Meeting at Kearney.
Chairman Brunlng and P. J. Tralnor ot
the county . board will represent Douglas
county at the annual meeting of the State
Association of County Commissioners,
which opened at Kearney Tuesday morn
ing. The meeting will close Thursday.
The Douglas county members of the as
sociation profess Ignorance as to what will
come up before the meeting and so far ns
they have been informed the meeting will
not be a very Important one.. Mr. Tralnor
Intends to present the merits of the cement
and steel permanent bridges to his col
leagues and will try to secure some Ideas
he will be able to utilize In Douglas county.
He Is an advocate of permanent bridges on
permanent roads and favors either a cement
structure or a steel bridge with a cement
floor. He believes the cost In the long
run would be no larger than the expense
of maintaining and rebuilding wooden
bridges and the permanent bridges would
give better service.
Open evenings, Frenier, jeweiee.
A Solution of the
Gift Question
AS Xmas gifts, what could be more certain to please and of
urer utility than a beautiful sit reproduction? The pcculial
sppropriatencs of the Cellier proofs for decorating the home, the
dcn," the school-room, the library, the office, and club has been
quickly recognized and the vexatious problem of "What shall I
give?" has been well solved.
To satisfy a growing demand for fine pictures, P. F.
Collier & Son are now publishing reproductions of
the work of Frederic Remington, Jessie Willcox
Smith; Walter Appleton Clarlt, F. X. Leyendecker, A.
D. Frost, Maxfield Parrish, and Charles Dana Gibson
You must know, as every one conversant with current literature and art
doe! know, that these sre the foremost American artists. They are under
contract to work exclusively for Collier's, and their present and best work
can be had only in the form of Collier's proofs, whether in color or in
black and white.
Because of the wide range of subjects and of the prices and the various
methods of mounting, the Collier line is sdaptable to every taste and you
sre sure to find some pictures that sre "just what you want."
Go to the best art, picture, book, jewelry, stationery or depart-
M ment store in your town and ask for the Collier proofs.
Insist on your seeing them. T.hey have our pictures, or
they can get them.
.
If they will not get you copies, send for our proof catalogue and make your choice from
that. The Collier proofs range b prices from ic cents to 2.50.
A Vtellnble flt-merty fop Cronn.
With the dry. cold weather of the early
winter months, parents of croipy children
should be on the alert for ominous symp
toms. There ' no cause for anxiety, how
ever, when f aamberlain's Cough Remedy
Is koct In the home. If this medicine la
given as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even ufter the croupy couxh has ap
peared, the attack may he wardod off
Mrs. 8. Roslnthal of Turnf. Mich., says:
"We have used Chamberlain's Cough med.
iclne for ourselves and children for several
years and like It very much. I think It Is
the only remedy for croup and can highly
recommend It."
Marrlaire Licenses.
The following marriage licenses have been
sued:
Name and Residence. Age
LesUr P. Jacobs, Omaha i
Edith M. Mrtgre. irvlngton. Neb ....A
Herbert W. Johnson. Omaha 2
H e Ruinohr, Omaha !i!!!l9
Herbert Y. Cook. Omaha v.... .40
Surah Hale McAahtin. Omaha .'.'!.)
John Hegland, Omaha 29
Chriallna Ash, Omaha .....U
Jaet b A. Frlacus, Omaha .' 39
Hume Fuller, Omaha !!!".'.
Philip H. O'Connor, Council RlurTs. Ia S"
Florence G. Lauter, Council bluffs, Ia!!"js
tZ-Vi Wedding Rings, Kdholm, Jeweler.
Building; Permit.
Otto Johnson. Thirty-fourth and Call
forniu. 1 ti dwelling; J. N. Crawford
Twenty-eighth and bxiulJlng. 2,Uu awilll
nit: M. A. Iiisbruw. Twentieth and liard
i.'.uio addition to warehnus -.
lies Want A us yruduce results,
CtyrifJkt
Ctllirr't
9. ' . V 'fc fA
An Exhibition of the Collier Collection of origin-1 drawings and paintings
hii been given in the ait galleries of New York, Philadelphia, Washington,
Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc. Al representing
the high regard for and the appreciation of the collection by the newipapert, w
quote th H'mhittftoH Star: "Not only doei k comprehend cxamplea of the
foremott artittt, but it represents them at their beat."
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WHEN WS1T1NO, ADDRESS
Proof Dept., P. F. COLLIER & SON
403 West Thirteenth Street, New York
BE SURE TO READ COUPON
Omaha merchants can help Christmas shoppers
Mzn, women and children arc pondering what will
be a suitable Christmas present for friend and relative.
You can help with a well displayed advertisement
A timely suggestion is more than welcome now.
The Bee's Christmas Number
will be very carefully studied
It will be issued Sunday, December lGth, nine days before Christmas, just in time for yam
suggestion and plenty of time for thejr selection before Christmas. r
All copy must be in early so don't delay. Better write the ad now and 'phone Douglas 233.
"We will call for copy at onco
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