THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: TEBUTJAUT 24, 1907.
HO STAMPS FOK JAMESTOWN
TIMEU REAL ESTATE TALK.
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Handsome Homes That Adorn the Shady Avenues of Bemis Park
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At a meeting of advertising men om night
lent week . A. Benaun made lb rcvd-ie-
tion that Twenty-fourth u( Farnam
vtrej'ta would one flay be the center of ths
retail district of Omaha and that Omaha a
main retail street would be Twenty-fourth
street, between Leavenworth and Cuming
streets. Tbe building of a cross-town street
oar line, tbe oomtng of teterurban Une.a,
the fact that Twenty-fourth street la In
line from Florence and Benaon to South
Omaha and the general growth of the city
from tlie river westward were given hy Mr.
Benson as reasons for his belief. He said
the only way to hold the business where
It now is. is to build a free brides over
tbe Missouri river to attract tbe trade of
CooncU Bluffs, which is not farther from
Omaha than some of tbe outlying districts
of tbe city.
D. C Patterson then explained Ms rea
sons for , nty business would run south
om Sixteenth street and Sixteenth and How.
ard would become the renter. Alexander
Charlton told why the retail cent! r was
bound to work north on Sixteenth street.
Bach of the speakers had hlF adhcre-its.
and from the liveliness of the disc -asion
It sms doubtful that tbey will ever agree
oa the matter.
The probability of crown-town line has
much to do with the location of new build
ings on streets where lines would be likely
to go in the next few years and also on
the character of buildings creeled rn these
streets. . Just at present every man who
Intends emoting buildings on Twenty
fourth street has some problems to figure
ut with regard to these things.
Bd (X Mid B P. Hamilton have these
things to thick about In planning for tnelr
SiO.MiO flat building at' Twenty-fourth and
Farnam streets. Tborwald. the old home
of John M. Thurston, at the northwest
intersection of those streets, la to be moved
way and a fins five-story flat building,
in appearance much like the Hamilton
flats on the same block, is to be built
there.
Whether to place the building at the west
nd of tbe property, leaving a broad ex
panse of lawn in frost or to plan It along
Twenty-fourth street, that part of the
Prompt
is ONE of the things -which has made the
Equitable Life Assurance Society
OF THE UNITED STATES
PAUL MORTON. PRESIDENT
STRONGEST EWORLD
Notwithstanding the recent rigid examination, perhaps
the hardest test ever given any life assurance society, THE
EQUITABLE still holds that distinction.
STRONG FINANCIALLY
PROMPT IN SETTLEMENTS
The Omaha Bed
TrIC Btt PuuaM!r Co. PKOPHrFTCl,
'DAILY, ImornmsmndEncws SUNCAX WLLK1Y.
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Carves
Mr. H. D. Neely, Manager,
The Equitable Life Assurance
Sooiety of. the U. S., Omaha, Neb.
My Dear Sir:--
I am glad to acknowledge receipt of
your Society's check, paying the claim
presented to your office in Omaha,
September 12, 1906, on policies on the
life of my father, the Hon. Edward
Rosewater.
My father's life was insured for
$201,449.00 in fourteen different
companies, the largest amount in any
onei company being held in the
Equitable, and you have made good your
assertion that the Equitable would be
the first to pay any money to the
estate.
Thanking you in behalf of all th-'
family and executors for the prompt
mannar in which you have made the
settlement, I remain.
Tours very truly,
H D. NEELY. Manager for Nebraska
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UU BEXKY EE01VN. Cashier
Cecrce ILL Cooper,
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Ceteral Agrats, Omaha
Joe Klein,
Ceteral Acts, Lkctla. Kck.
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TOLF HAKKET?. THlHTT-FUfRTH AND LTNTOLN BOTXEVARH.
lower floor may be utilised for stores, is tbe
question. Of course, a street car line cross
ing Farnam at Twenty-fourth would nuJte
such stores valuable.
Borne argue that a 11ns on Twenty-fourth
street would injure that street by scatter
ing stores and brick rooming bouses among
the dwelling houses, while at tbe same
time it would detract from tbe Importance
of Sixteenth street. Others argue that
clusters of business houses would arise only
at the intersection of cross-town lines with
the east and west lines, and Twenty-fourth
street would be greatly benefited by street
cars.
The opening of spring will find the con
tractors through with most of the big Jobs
they have under way and ready to begin on
the big structures to be erected by the
Northwestern, Union Pacific and Herman
Cohn. In all probability the Brandeis build
ing will be the only one which is far from
completion when the construction of other
new ones begins. Work on this structure
has been moving very slowly in the last
two or three months. The Methodist hos
pital on Cuming street is another building
which has been rising very slowly, but the
third story has now been completed. The
Payment
a Sept. 17, '06.
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Carpenter I'aper company's building- at
Ninth and Harney streets la as far as the
floor of the fourth story. Interior work
Is being done on the Rome hotel. Work
men will begin laying- brick on the addi
tional three stories of the Racine-Sattley
company's building as soon as Uis weather
gets warm.
Perhaps the quickest irk that has beea
done In Omaha the last two yers was on
tbe Nash warehouses for M. K. Smith A
Co both of which are under cover before
the time set In the contract. The roof Is
partially laid on both, on one two months
before tbe time set and on one a month
early. Two or three months will be re
quired to do the work on tbe interior.
J. H. Pumont & Son report the follow
ing sales for last week: The home tf
S. E. Howell on Park avenue, to Oran E.
Klapp; tw.o acres In Solomon's adcTitlon,
to Robert Wiklund; a house at iulB
Blondo street and another, 1017 North
Thirty-fourth street (Bemis park), to Mrs.
Settle Schuhl, for investment; 160 acres
in Kimball .oounty, belonging to an east
ern estate, to a local sj-ecuiator.
"Some day when I have plenty of time
to get the information required, I shall
figure out the number of brick used In
Omaha in a year and the distance thty
would reach if laid end to end," said J. C.
Ward is of the Capitol City Brick and Pipe
company. I believe it would astonish
even a builder." The remark was made
lust after Mr. Mardis had figured on a
piece of paper for a few minutes and had
oome to the conclusion that the brick In
the M. EL Smith warehouses, laid end to
end, would reach a distance of more than
1,100 miles, or about two and two-thirds
tbe length of tbe state of Nebraska. Forty
trains of material of twenty cars each
have been used on those two buildings.
The demand for building sites la Increas
ing and each day the real estate men have
numerous Inquiries from purchasers who
wish to build homes. While the bull dins
in Omaha has kept the pace with other
cities for the last year it has been mostly
for large retail concerns and lobbing
houses. There Is a great demand for
houses. This is to be expected, for every
line of Industry has been increased and
mors men havs been put to work, so It is
of course necessary that these find houses
in which to live. With the increase of but
a few extra trains the street railway com
pany finds Itself with 100 mors men on the
pay roll than at this time last year. Other
labor employing firms have Increased in
tbe same way and the addition of a few
here and a few there ium added to the
population of Omaha.
The supply of dwelling quarters for
colored families has for years been limited
in Omaha, but a tendency to invest In
such dwellings has developed lately aud
houses will be mors plentiful before the
Tear is out. The latest announcement of
new quarters for colored people nas been
made by M. F. Martin, who will eren a
three-story brick building at Twenty
fourth and Cuming streets, whore be baa
Just bought a lot.
Bids will be asked In a few days for
the construction of the Toung Women s
Christian association building, so the asso
ciation officers say. The plans iind tbe
specifications have been completed and
now await tbe approval of the beard of
directors. Test holes are now being ,unic
In the site of the building to determine
how deep the Inundation will have to go.
Bhlmer sc Chase have arranged 1 1 red
seven new houses In Bouevard park this
spring. These axe all for different jieopie,
and In addition to these four or five others
are about to be started.
A visiting real estate man last week .sug
gested to the Real Estate exchange a
pbti. for advertising the west, and the n. li
ter is to come up for discussion la the ex
change. Tbe man was John Malone of
Denver, an officer of the Denver exchange,
lie suggested an organisation, its person nol
to be made np of members of real eat lis
exchanges of the various cities of the wm t
and us object to be tbe advancement ef
the entire west. Mr. Malone thinks Ne
braska. Colorado. Vtah and California can
work together far their mutual benefit.
Many of the local realty men think the
plan worthy of consideration.
"Bill" MoCune. who catches the Indians
lor "Buffalo. BUI wild West show, is a
resident of Omaha and believes In Omaha's
future. Am fast as bs gets any money ba
Is investing It In local real estate. Be has
bought three residence properties In tbe
last few months, the latest being a B3.a
house at Twenty-fifth and Caldwell streets.
Bs will spend some more of his money in
building another bouse beside It. "No Be
at tie er Xjos Angeles for me, says Mr. Mo
Cune. "and no farm lands either. Omaha
really looks good to me and every dollar
X caa get I am going to put tnt tt"
John A. Cushlng has bought from W. M
Aldersnn a ninety-acre farm three and
one-half miles south of Be roth Omaha, pay
ing fls an acre.
Tbe office of A. T. Tukey It Soa has beaa
Anmg a roaming business hi the last few
days. This concern has luxt aeonrvd CSO.WI
of property belonging to one concern and
baa placed ft en the market. Moat ef the
property was obtstnel by f '-recloue p-o-osedlngs
and settlements. Among the pieces
old are: Thirty-nve lota In Kelley's ad
dition, south of ths Country club, at fS
each. A strln of seventeen and one-half
feet oa Farnam street at about tbe place
where Twenty-second street should bs was
wild tbe first thing. Seven lots In Bowling
Oreem, west of Dundee, went at 130 each,
and four acre tm Bonflsld aoulh at Buser s
iFark.
SEW FARMS FUR TflOUSAXDS
Kuy i.eret in Blaok Hills Eseion te It
Added to Arrioulton.
GRLAT BELLE F0URCHI IRRIGATION PROJECT
esse Dv tailed Iefersnatlea Ceaerra
las tbe Ills I ndertaktas; the
las; te Cesssletlea.
BELLE FOURCHE. fS. D.. Feb. 3 (Spe
cial.) Every one has beard or read cf the
Belle Fourche Irrigation project under con
struction by the government of the Vnited
States under the condition! of the reclam
ation act of June 17, 1C but few. even
here, outside of those directly interested
or having something to do with it. know
much or anything of its details, and few
people in tbe east know anything what
ever about It.
The Belle Fourche Irrigation project will,
when completed. Irrigate about 100,(100 acres
of land, most of which Is north of the Belie
Fourche river, about K..&I0 acres In Butte
county and the balance in Meade county.
No attempt will be mad at the beginning
to Irrigate land with a slope of more than
t per cent.
The water for irrigation win be taken out
of the Belle Fourche river about a mile and
a half below the city of Belle Fourche by
means of a diverting dam. This Is of solid
cement or concrete SW feet long and Just
high enough to raise the water out of the
banks of the river. This dam is flanked
on the south side by a dirt wing about ten
feet higher than the concrete dam. and
win be faced on the upper side with stone.
In a flood the water will run over ths con
crete dam onto an apron of stone and con
crete to prevent washing. There are gates
in this dam so that ordinarily the water of
the river can be turned through without
raising 1t stage tnatnially. When water
is turned Into the Inlet canal the stage of
the river will be raised enourh to form I
lake extending to Belle Fourche. The di
verting dam is now complete with excep
tion of snrne ef tbe ferine; on the dirt wing
and one section of the concrete dam tn
the middle of the river, which will be com
pleted early rn tbe summer, as soon as
work can be resumed.
Isxlllarr Werk AWee Real Gatew.
The head gates opening tnte tbe Inlet
canal are north of and adjoining the eon'
Crete dam. The canal starts from the
bead gates and runs northeast acmes Crow
creek, where there Is another concrete dam
or sluice, with gatea In order to com
plete the diverting dam the river win be
turned into the inlet canal by means of a
coffer dam and let through tbe gates In
tbe Crow creek sluice and ran back into ths
liver a short distance below. Tbe Inlet
canal Is forty feet wide on the bottom,
sixty feet wide on top and eerrles ten feet
or 1.S31 cubic feet of water per second, and
is about six and a half mflee long to where
it empties mto the dry creek be sin through
a cut rn the divide forty-four feet deep.
The failure of the Wldell-Finley company
a year am, who bad this oontraet, has
delayed the completion of this somewhat.
but the work has been pushed by the gov
ernment engineers and will bs completed
early tn the summer.
Great Storage mi etr.
The storage dam la Just below erheie
Dry creek empties Into Owl creek and
about twelve miles northeast of Belle
Fourche. This is of earth, will be CB0 feet
long on top, IIS feet high In the center of
Owl oreek, 100 feet through at tbe base
and twenty feet wide on top and will be
faced on the upper side with concrete
blocks eight Inches thick to prevent wash
ing. This will make a reservoir with a
capacity ef 230.000 acre feet, or enough
water to cover 226, QUO acres ons foot deep,
an but about 1.000 acre feet of which can
be drawn off through the steel and ood
crets gates which will be pat In the dam.
This reservoir will cover about LOOP acres
when full, about 1.300 acres at ths level
of tbe gates, thirteen miles lens; cZ deep
water from the mouth of the inlet canal
on Dry creek to the upper end of the res
ervoir on Owl creek above the dam and
will nave a shore 11ns of more than Aft y 1
miles. In building this dam ' the dirt If
put on in layers about ten Inches thick,
thoroughly wet and rolled down with
heavy traction engines. Tbe dirt is han
dled by the use of a large steam shovel
and four narrow-gauge engines and trains
of ten dump cars each on a track, two
elevating graders drawn by traction en
gines and teams with dump wagons.
About 2. (KM yards of dirt are moved in
this way per day when all of tbe ma
chinery Is used. Ormaa ft Crook, the con
tract era. have a second steam shovel on
the track ready te take out te the work
and other machinery ordered. It will take
three years yet te complete this dam. but
as aeon as it is oompleted te a height
above tbe outlet gates water caa be
turned through and into tbe ditches Work
en this data has been suspended for tbe
winter, as tbe froeen dirt ran not be rolled
down.
Werk em tbe CaaaL
The north side canal from ths dam to Ic
dian criisk. about nine miles kng. Is about
& per oant completed, but a large part ef
ths remaining work Is in a deep cut in
which Orrou A Crook have their steam
shovel at work. It will be finished the
coming summer. Indian creek will bs
crossed by a steel and concrete syphon.
Tbe south aide canal from the dam to tbe
Belie Fourche river, about nine miles long.
Is very nearly completed. Water will be
turned Into this this summer.
Water from this flitch will be carried
across the Bells Ftmrche river through a
arvbua Ave test la d meter running under
CHARLES a BEUEX, SS HA1TTHORB AVJENLJB.
tbe river. Tbe canal south of tbe river
has been surveyed and work already com
menced on the approaches to a tunnel
nearly a quarter of a mile long, which
will be lined with concrete and be eight
feet wide and six feet high inside.
To furnish the gravel for all of the con
crete work on the storRgp dam nml below.
of which a great deal has already been
used In sluices, bridge abutments, etc.,
Orman Crook have opened a gravel pit
on the north side of the river, five miles
smith of the flam. The g-svel is bundled
with horses, run through a rock rrupher
driven by steam, eievnted, screened and
run into bins, from which It Is run into
wagons and hauled to where it is used by
thlrty-two-horse power Reeves traction en
gines, hauling trains of four wngon each.
These trains load about forty-two tons
each. A narrow gauge railroad is being
built and hereafter grovel will be hauled
to the dam by trains.
About three months ego Orman & Crook
completed a three-Inch artesian well at
their Owl creek camp. 1.407 feet dep. which
flows about sixty gallons of water per
minute with a temperature of M degrees.
They have made a contract to have ar-.
other well put down, which is to be eight
Inches in diameter at the top and five ut
the bottom.
Gevernmeat Ex-serisseatal Farm.
The northeast quarter of section 24. town
ship north, range 5 east, has been se
lected by the Department of Agriculture
as an experimental farm: about half of
this will be Irrigated, ths balance will be
above the ditch, so that experiments will
be made In both Irrigated and dry farming
This win be of Inestimable value te the
residents of the Irrigable area, as well as to
those outside. A part of this land will be
broken this year. It was Intended to break
some of It last year, but for some reason
It was not dons. Bites for severtfl towns
have been reserved by the government:
Section 2, township north, range east,
known as tbe townsite. as It is the prin
cipal one; the northeast U of section
14, township north, range 4 cast, about
four miles east of the dam; the northeast Vi
of section 1. township 8 north, range 7
east, northeast of the village of Vale,
and It Is quite likely that a town will bt
built south of the tlVer, either at Vale
or at some point west of there, but as
that is all patented land, that cannot be a
government proposition.
Oeet ef Watew RlSTbtm.
The oost per acre for the water win be
about B2. payable to ten equal yearly pay
ments of about & each, without Interest.
This will Include maintenance for the first
ten rears. We b-'lleve that this is little
more than a fair rei-tal for tbe water, even
if it had to be paid for all time. No pav
ment win be required until the first crop
has been raised by the use of the water,
provided the water Is turned onto the land
on or before April 1. When the water
right Is paid for It becomes appurtenunt
to. or belongs to. the land, after which
there will be no cost, except a small amount
for maintenance and administration of the
project by the Belle Fourche Valley Water
Users' association, of which every person
owning land under the ditch is a member.
All dams, flumes, gates, etc. will be built
to such an absolutely permanent manner
of steel and concrete that the cost for
MDalrs will be very light.
The homesteed unit has fixed at f acres
of irrigable land or 40 acres within a ramus
of two or three miles from the townsite. j
In many cases a homestead unit will con
sist of 160 acres, from 40 to acres of
which are irrigable. This unlrrl gable land
will be valuable for pasture. Only water
for tbe actually Irrigable land wUl have to
be paid for. Tbe government wili con
struct the ditches to the edge of each farm;
each person will have to construct ths
ditches on his own land for his own use,
only, which he can easily do himself,
qwrtrr Beetiea Uemtt.
Under the law, no ons person ean secure
water for more than 100 acres, and for
this reason there Is considers ele patented
land for sals Bt from C4 to taO per acre.
Home lands are held much higher than this.
It to safe to say that this land has already
Increased two or three times Its original
value since the commencement of and ss
the result of the project and Is constantly
increasing in value and we believe that
when the water right Is paid for tbe cheap
est land under the ditch will be worth H9U
and more per acre.
There is, and win continue to be. an un
limited amount of work on the Irrigation
project for men and teams, a'bere home
steaders can secure work at good wags
until the water Is turned onto ths land.
Orman at Crook alone win employ from
l.flflO to 1.600 men during tbe coming year;
S2.X to CU per day Is paid for common
labor.
About half of the irrigable area art pat
anted, about 1.600 acres of school land;
part ef tbe balance Is Included la onper
fected entries, but there is yet quite a
largs amount ef very desirable land sub
ject te homestead under the conditions ef
the reclamation act.
Film mt tbe (errtea
Tbe north and south aids canals will
each be about 46 miles long. There will
probably be is miles of main latterals and
l.eso miles of eub-laterala Indian. Horse
and Wlllou creeks on the north side and
Wbttrwood creek on tbs south side, . as
well as the river, will be crossed by sy
phon Tbs Willow creek syphon will be
I. nut! feet long and tbe White wood oreek
syphon will be six feet rn diameter.
There will be lb.uuo barrels of cement
used In the diverting dam, l.euo barrels to
tbs Crow creek sluice and &.9O0 barrels
to ths storage dam. On December C 1SW6.
tbe government bad disbursed teUT.est.lS.
and the total cost of tbe project will be
more than RtuO.ar.
Ormaa . Crook have deVaW invested la
camp outfit and snanrlnery. Tbey have al
ready placed tavM rtrda (4 cart la the
storage dam. which Is about one-fifth of
the total amount.
The irrigation district Is located from
to to miles from tbe rich gold mines of
the northern Black Hills, which makes one
of the best markets te be found anywhere.
The products of the Irrigable area win be
all kinds of grain, fruit, vegetables includ
lng sugar beets, and hay, particularly af
falfa. The soil and climate are adapted
to the raising of sugar beets; a number of
fields of beets were grown last year with
very satisfactory results. One of the
greatest Industrie! wUl be the feeding of
thouHunds of head of cattle and sheep dur
ing the winter, which have been driven to
from the ranges north of the project.
Six thoueaiid acres between the river
and Owl creek will be irrigated this year
and rf.ooo acres on Indian creek will be
Irrigated In the season of 1S08.
The soli Is as good as can lie found any
where and when the water Is turned on.
the land broken up and put In cultivation
and the country settled up, this will be
one of the richest irrigated sections to be
found In the west.
CENTENARY OF ANTHRACITE
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a Febresry 11, IMM, sal
Wills ee ha rr Is Gelas; te
OWerve It.
WTLKEPBARRK Feb. 28. On February
11 1H08, Wllkesbarre Is to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the day on which an
thracite coal whs first burned to an open
vrjite. Incidentally the ruthless searcher
after facts has shown that what was sup
posed to be history was merely tradition,
for it has been learned that ths original
grate Is not now to existence and that the
grate now carefully preserved in the Fett
house in Wllkesbarre as tbe original Is a
duplicate which was placed in the original
fireplace in 1B7TL
Before tbe experiment mads by Judge
Jesse Fen In his tavern in Wllkesbarre, on
the old WUkesbarre and Eastern turnpike.
now ivorthampton street anthracite coal
was held to be of little value, for It was
thought that t would not burn; except
under forced draught. Py burning anthra
cite in an open grate Judge Fell opened
the way to an Industry which now gives
employment to 168.000 men, who produce
O.ooo.ono tons of anthracite annually, and
which baa given minions of dollars in royal,
ties to the owners of tbe lands.
Just firry years after his experiment
four young men were traveling toward
Wilkeabarre. One af tbem was a grand
son of Judge Fell. He had that day been
reading in an old oopy of a weU known
masonic book an account of tbe experiment
made by his grandfather. When he men
1 tioned it one of the members of the party
recalled that ths experiment had been
made Just fifty years before. The young
men determined that something must be
dona
When tbey arrived In WUkesbarre they
called a public meeting, to be held in the
same obi tavern to which Judge FeU made
his experiment. Tbe four young men were
James Plater Dennis, a grandson of Judge
Frll; Henry Martyn Ho)t afterward gov
ernor of Pennsylvania; John Butler Cunyng
hara and Stanley Woodward, afterward
one of tbe leading lawyers of tbe state.
Thus they became the founders of the
Wyoming Historical and Oeulogloal society.
It is this organisation that now proposes
to celebrate the lOOth anniversary of tbe
experiment of Judge Fell.
It was at a meeting of the society that
the facts concerning the old Jesse FeU
grate were learned. A paper on "Where
Is tbs grate on which Jesse FeU made bis
successful experiment of burning anthra
cite coair was read by the Rev. H. E.
Hayden.
Mr. Hayden has come to tbe conclusion
that the original grate Is not now to exist
ence, and that the "only well authenticated
grate extant belonging to Judge FeU is
that heretofore known as tbe Kleman or
Eick grate and now to tbe possession of
the society.
Concerning the origins! grate ae aiany as
six statements are mad a The first Is that
the grate was made of hickory withes
Mr. Hayden declares this te be untrue.
Next eomes the marble grata, so called
because Its claims were first put forth
by Colonel J. M. C. Marble, president of
tbe First National bank of "Uis Angelea
He status that while visiting bis grand
father at Wyoming hs was told the story
of Judge Fell's experiment.
According to this story some iron bar
were set to tbe old chimney, which Is still
in existence In tbe FeU house, bricks were
piled to front and on both sides and on the
Iron bars a fire of hickory wood was built.
Coal was then procured and placed on tbe
fire, and it was found that it burned nicely.
Judge FeU was so pleased, the story con
tinues, that be took out this grate and bad
another more substantial one made on the
following day. This. then, disposes of tbe
original grata
la lae there was ao grate in ths flreplaoe.
Tbe projectors of the historical society
secured from a Mr. Carpenter an old grate
which had been used by Judge FeU and
placed h to the fireplace for this celebrstloa.
Tbe old grata was worn out. and whether
to was tbe one made by Judge"FeU after
his first experiment or what became of It
afterward Is not known.
Later to Judge Fell s lifs be married a
widow named Culver. When to 1H0 thry ,
moved from ths old Fell bouse they took j
the grate with tbem, and this Is tbe grate
now to tbe possession of tbs histuriacl
society.
Tbe old grate now In tbe original fireplace
at tbe FeU bouse, was. according to Cap
tain Calvin Parsons, plaoed to the fireplace
by him to 1K7&. when a centennial celebra
tion was held fur tbe Wyoming massacre.
When to like tbe original tavern was
torn aowa the old tuwpiso and chimney
wore preserved intact and now eeoitpy a
nlaoa. yt hrfianr la Uta saw
Tbe bureau of engraving and printing, la
Washington. Is preparing to print the new
series of postage stamps to rommenurate
the iih anniversary with the settlement
at Jamestown, which is to be iasued con
leniKraneouk with the opening of the
exposition at Norfolk. Msy l. xna
striking f nature of these stamps will be a
nejuttlve one none of the stamps will
portray either Captain John Bmlth. whose
Ufe via saved by the Indian maiilen.
Pocahontas, or Pocahontas herself. Such
a condition of affalra seems clmust as in
congruous to the &:.. stamp collectors)
to the Vnited States, as would the omission
of Hamlet In the Shakespearean tragedy
of that name to tbe theater-goer, and ret
it Is true.
When the Postofflce department after bav
ins previously turned down cold tbe L wis
and Clark people, who, in accordance with
previous custom, asked for a special aerie
of stamps for the Portland expueuion.
yielded to strong pressure and finatTy
agreed that the Jamestown show should
have special stampa It was regarded as a
foregone conclusion that either Pocahontas)
or Captain John Smith, and probably both,
would be pictured on the stampa Tbe de
partment officials charged with the isfrue
of stamps Indicated to the public that
sketches and Ideas for the new stamps
would be welcomed and given consideration.
John ttmlth and Ponahmtae.
As a result of this announcement the
d'"partment received great numbers of sus
gestiona and as might le supposed the pre at
majority favored depicting Captain Johsj
Smith and Pocahontas on the stampa This
was In harmony with previous ideas of the
officials of the stamp division and con
firmed them in their determlnatlrn te
picture tbe famous couple on these pedal
stampa end they at once set about serm
Ing suitable photographs for the purposa.
After searching the entire country for
likenesses of Pocahontas, the officials were
compelled, absolutely, to abandon the Idea
of portraying the Indian maiden upon a
postage stamp that should circulate ex
tensively among civilised people. Even
tbe photograph of Pocahontas, which ap
peared to present her at her best depicted
a female, so ugly that the stamp experts
simply threw up their handR In despair
rnd declared that Pocahontas was Impos
sible. Felrly gnod portraits rf Captain Joh
Smith were found, but It was not deemed
aflviRnWe to honor the gallant captain with
out showing equal courtesy to the dashing
red-skin In petticoats, who had saved hie
life st a time when his life was very dear
to him. Thus the hero of Jamentcwa
suffers because of the lack of personal
charms of his dusky savior.
After eliminating Captain Smith and
Pocahontas from the list of ellglbles the
department experts were completely at
sea as to whst to do. It was proposed by
many that a picture of the ftrrt church
erected in America, at Jamestown, should,
adorn one of the stamps. This church
was in fact simply four long poles stuck
In the ground, over which was spread a
ship's saO as protection against sun anj
rain. The engravers of the bureau of en
graving and printing did not seem to think
this subject could be worked up trrto a
satisfactory design and It also waa aban
doned. Owe Water Breae.
It has, however, been decided that on
of the stamps shaU depict a water scene.
group of people by the ses welcoming
or bidding adieu a fleet of vessels stand-
tog out from tbe land. This design has
been approved and the engravers are now
at work making the plate. The design foe
the other stamp has not been selected.
The seriea if indeed It can be termed a
'series." will consist of but two stampa
of ths demnomlnatlon of 1 and 2 cents.
A strong effort was made to increase this
number to three so as to include a 6-cent
value for foreign postage, but the depart
ment adhered to Its original purpose te re
strict the Issue to two denominations.
The Jamestown stamps will be the flftjj
commemorative series issued by this gov
ernment. First came the Columbian
stamps In IFtfS, comprising sixteen denom
inations, from 1 cent to SS, generally re
garded as among the most beautiful stamp
ever printed. The Omaha or Transmlssls
slppi series followed in 1898, whh nine de
nomlnattona, from 1 cent to C Next ap
peared the Buffalo or Pan-American series,
famous because of their tao colors and
errors."' with tbe central figure upside
down, a oopy of the t-oont denomination
of which sells for about (300. This seriea
waa issued In 101 and consisted only oi
the 1. 2. 4. (. I and 10-cent denominations.
In 1904 the department Issued ths Louisiana
Purchase or Bt Luls stamps, still fur
ther reducing the number of values to five,
the 1, 2. I, and 10 cents.
Tbe department was strongly opposed
to giving the Jamestown people mors than
a single stamp, the -cent denomination,
but finally consented to Include the 1 cent.
With only two values three stampa will
be required to frank a letter to a foreign
country and a parcel requiring 111 oents
postage win need eight stamps.
The stamps for Jamestown will be about
tbs siae ef the Pan-American, allghtly
smaller than ths current stamps, longer
horizontally than eertlcrl and will be
printed In only one color each, red for the
J-cent and green for the 1. These stampa
will be on sale during the life of the ex
position only, but win be good for post
age for all time, as are all ths commem
orative stampa They will be supplied to
all postmasters making requisition for
them, but it Is understood ths regular Is
sue win be supplied unless ths special
stamps are specifically requested.
Several millions of collectors throughout
the world are eagerly awaiting tbe appear
ance of the new stampa and sufficient
numbers wUl be sold to foreign coUectors
to pay ths entire cost of production.
A
CHANGE DENTIST
TOOTS TAXK BO. 10a.
If you ve noticed your dentist
grow indifferent and careless you
lio doubt con template a chance
Now if yeu wish to eltnitnute that
element ef chance (always to a
chang oome to me.
Of course you can readily detect
the thought of sell -interest In this
ad. but aside from that for vocr
own good, pluase Invent tgate thene
up-to-date, cleanly, pamiee, meth
.oda of luiue.
DR. F1CKES, PentUt
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