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THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: MONDAY, MAltCII 11, 1P07. V LETTERS FROM BEE READERS ir. QroTrt L. Miller tod Beary W. Yatts CcniriVu, Spoial ArUolea. WHAT RAILROADS HAVE DONE FOR WEST AnraIUhnini f alUere, PmI Preatal, and lUkn of he Two-Out Far BUI Plntr4 Oat. Contributions on tlmeiy tor-les era Invited from r,adra of The fla. Communications ahoulil be written IfKiblyon ont aid ot the paper onlr nd accompanied by tha Mma and cidrem of tha writer. Tha name will not be utd If tha writer aaka that It b withheld. Vnuaed communications will not be returned. Correacon-Jenta are advised to limit their lettera to S-0 worfle or tbejr will be aub)ect to being cut down to that limit at the dincretlon of the editor. Publications of vlewa of correspondent must not be taken to commit Tha Dee to their endorsement. Ratlroada ! tha Writ. OMAHA. March . To the Editor of Tha Bee: Mr. Eaaterllng of Kearny I drop the final "e" because General Kearny's name wu not apetled "ney," but "ny" speaka of ; my recent dlacuselon of government owner- ahlp with the Bryan-Whitney debate for a . text. My Kearny reader refers to "red 1 rlruleta," which I mentioned aa certain to occur If confiscation of billions of property should ever be attempted by the federal power, and adda: "This la need lens alarm." I beg Mr. Eaeterllns's pardon. I was ; not In tha least alarmed. I am not now. I merely meant to show what would happen if It were ever possible for madmen to Air to 'undertake confiscation of private property In time of peace, f I also meant to sharply criticise two eminent men for coolly discussing- government ownership by using the word confiscation, although, as I said In tha closing of the article, that only partial confiscation was In the minds' of both, through purchase of all trunk lines of railroad by federal coercion In fixing their valuation. But Mr. Easterllng has this to say: Kven If Dr. Miller Is rlrht In his prog nostication, I prefer to take chances on securing my choice of a president under government ownership than to live and die without hope under tne Harrlman-Uould regime. I beg my good stranger friend to listen to me a few momenta. I have nothing further to say about the political conse quences of government ownership, except a single remark;. that because, and mainly because. Just such Intelligent men as Mr. Easterllng see no danger tq republican gov ernment and Institutions from federal own ership and control of trunk lines of rail road, a real danger exists that this national calamity may come upon us. Mr. . Easterllng says he prefers to take chances on securing his "choice of a presi de it under government ownership than to live and die without hone under the Harrl-man-Oould regime." If I did not know from personal knowledge and experience that my Kearny friend, and thousands of other good people, have been living for years In that prosperous community In the midst of exceptional circumstances of pros perity and happiness, I should bow down In profound sympathy for at least one of Ha respectable cltlsens. I lived near Kear ny more than forty - years ago when no nan ever dreamed that white men could live on Its soil. If anyone had seriously said In those days that such, a city aa Kearny, opulent In Intelligence, In happy homes. In educational Institutions, In such comfort and luxury, and with so much of solid wealth as now almost smother It with countless benefits and blessings, he would , ifiave been promptly ajdjuiged a lunatic or a . I . , livui. 11 any man nm men even imnKmeu r Hint Kurraio county would ever raise mora bUHhels of corn to the acre than any other ' county In the state, which It did actually raise for at least eleven years, even the Indian would have sneered him out of the country. My friend Bays In substance that he will "live and die without hop under the Herrlman-Oould regime." With out hope of what, prnyT With the understanding that the Harrl mims and Goulds Include the Ames, Podges and Durants of the early slxttee In Mr. Easterllng's terrible regime, let me tell him a little story. I must condense It for want of space. At that time I lived In a military garrison of the regular nrmy. In plain sight of the present beautiful city of Kearny. It was -the pasture land of the buffalo, the hunting ground of the In dian. Peter"A. Dey, first chief engineer of the Vnlon Pacific railroad, said to me I "The locomotive will be here In three years." I scouted the Idea as the ab surd vision ot an enthusiast. Mr. .Dey represented the Ames Durant Dodge regime of that day. Government subsidies of land and money were In front of thesu great men, but Investors would not advance the money to make good the conditions upon which thla dreadful regime could re ceive them. Durant became personally bankrupt In fighting his way for "the first forty miles" Into the Platte valley. Oliver and Oukea Ames,' the Boston ehovelmakers, personally furnished and raked together tha money, and the transcontinental rail way on the, line of forty-one and a half be came a possibility to that generation of men by a financial device called credit j ... - - - j - Prediction that "the locomotive would be In the Platte valley In three years." By its mighty agency a half a continent, a ' greut empire of national, atate and In- , dividual wealth and happiness, was con- 1 duered from naked barbarism to civilisa tion,, and California and the Pacific coast were rescuea xrvm ine imnunem uanger from the union. Credit moblller was ec rated by the people as a crime, Oakss - A nits was ' expelled from eongress tor, his S part In It, and died prematurely ot a broken heart. Ar.4 yet and yet I speak with knowledge when I say that the j , I'nclilo railroad would never have been : built east of the WQth meridian through ' the Plaits valley to Omaha and Chicago but tor U French financial scheme that bore the nam of credit moblller. George Francis Train brought th law from J . France, bad It enacted In Pennsylvania, I and he was th man who taught Ames, Durant and Dillon how to us IU This la Iturrlman-Uould regime No. i. je cam jay uould In peraun. wtu be came controlling owner ot th property. t Millions had been previously xpended by f regiui No. 1 In advertising tl new land I and In planting populations upon alternate sections anitwacad In th land grants. Fur (uilllons of acres there was not market at i 4y prc west of Columbus. There was i y.w rreigni or passenger iraroo at that time. , Mr. Gould's ownership Was coincident with wltat la remembarea as a tragedy ot drought and grasshopper that practically destroyed the corn crop and all other crops. Thousands were driven from their home. IJve block was given away and shipped Into Iowa at enormous kaa. Mr. Ooukl blnuwtf was on th scene of suffering and sorrow, II conferred with th relief, committee. end much with th then editor of th Omaha Dajly Herald, tils new property seemed to be damaged beyond repair. What 1 did Mr. Qould dot II opeued his road for . free transportation over his whole line for supplies to th needy. II ordered. In my present, as Ms personal subscription for rrJlct, thousands of sacks of flour, and Crew his private check tor )S.uuu tn i Thus gvrarou acts ro sapnlemsnled by A btg subscrlytlua for th Uulon FarifUj wipe.". vLUh never shopped tUilcf until the people were fed. houeed and cKthed. This Is man-eating regime No. i. which spent millions mere to develop this great empire. Next cam Charle Francis Adams. Fred Ames, son of Oliver of realm No. 1. And ether stout men, who added mors mflllonB and the genius which makes great states and rations snd such cities as Omaha and Kearny out of raw, material as with the wand nf the msRlclsn. Tne Piatt valley and th whole state whs becoming a land of wealth, a garden of agriculture as rich as the valley of' the Nile a literal mirage of wonders to mankind. And this Is Hartl-man-GovId regime No. 1 Th Vrlon Faclflc was bankmpted and fell Into the hands of receiver. It was finally delivered to a private corporation on payment of the government debt of SHO.OOO.ono. Financial magrntee of Wall street turned up their pug noees and filled Its airs with noisy proclamations of dis aster and more receiverships for the Union Pacific. They did not know and could not be made to understand the capabilities of the agricultural and mineral region of the Union Pacific kingdom. Rut there was one man who could and did. I mention him with fear and trembling and his other name Is E. II. Harrlman. He marked his entrance upon the Union Pa cific stage by placing In the hands of Horace Burt t9,0f)O,0W) with which to prac tically reconstruct 1,000 miles ot rosd be tween Omaha and Ogden as a starter. One of the best roadbeds and tracks lu the world; one-third of a double track In sidings; holes bored through granite moun tains to shorten distances and reduce grades that tfe might meet competition with rival lines, north and south; he' did everything, in factto secure a maximum of capacity at a minimum of cost. And what else did this satanlc son of a preacher flo? The answer Is that he has In lees than nine years spent $50,000,000 Without raising rates a fraction of a cent, for rail road progress and development in this great center of the continent and $300,000,000 west of the Missouri river for railroad ex tensions snd betterments which Included the purchaae of heavy steel rails for a mileage of 7,600 miles'. And what else has this man done to "fright the souls of fearful adversaries" and to ad vance the development of the central and mountain etntee? Let A. L. Mohler tell th story whose strong head and hands have directed the mighty work of E. H. Harrlman. Let him tell the gruesome tale of stricken, destroyed San Francisco, as only he can tell It. and of what the heroic Harrlman did to uplift a ruined city ot 400,000 people starving, homeless, dying peo. pie. E. H. Harrlman, with the courage of a Hon and the heart of a Crelghton. led the forced march of succor and rollef In person. All- the enginery of his vast rail way system and service under the orders of Vice President Mohler was Instantly In motion to carry supplies of a world's contributions free to that terrible scene of desolution, destitution, despair and death. All who sought to return to the east were brought back tree with tender care by the grand army of railroad men.. Millions were spent by Harrlman In- this work for hu manity. And this Is the Harrlman-Qould regime No. 4. Since writing the above I have read Mr. Karriman's proclamation for peace and co operation. It contains a confession and ad mits causes of popular clamor among the people. H openly says that It Is In part due to his own mistakes of policy and abuses by railroads, and makes open over tures for future frank co-operation with the government and the people. Colonel Hepburn evidently sees In this attitude of Mr. Harrlman an abject surrender and a cry for quarter. This sentiment will b shared by President Roosevelt, who, I have reason to think, Is much more alarmed about consequences of the present agita tion than Mr. Harrlman Is, and by nine tenths of the -newspapers of the country. Mr. Harriman's main trouble Is that In the Titanic battle for control of railroads he has become enormously r! .h by his genius for manipulation In the world of high finance. He Is the Jay Gould of this great epoch, and must take the consequence. But this I say, E. H. Harrlman, J. J. Hill. A. B. Stlckney and other great railroad men have added hundred of millions to the wealth of this trans-Mlssourl empire In the last ten years, and have advanced, beyond any1 man's power to estimate, its growth, development and welfare, without doing the least harm to any Interest. What their subordinates may have done In deal ings with shippers Individually I may not know, nor do I care, for the purposes of this argument. But this Is what I say, these mighty men, through their managers In the last twenty years hav reduced freight rates in ths whole country from 8, 4 and t cents per ton per mil on the long haul to 7-10 of a cent per ton pef mil. Bo tar as Nebraska, Omaha, . Lincoln, Kearny and all other towns are concerned. and so far aa every farmer and owner of land and property In our larger towns are concerned, these gTeat ralload hav made everybody rich and nobody but drones, dul lards and barkrupt politicians poor. Per sonal wrongs and Injustice - hav been done to Individuals tn the Infinite details Of traffic, and the Invasion Into politics, and ambition to control, arising largely In railroad rivalry, hav been a mistake and wrong to which much of popular senti ment Is due. But so far as practical re sults are concerned these railroads are the breath and bread of life to every man, wo man and child In this state and city. I want to say to Mr. Easterllng that without railroads Bellevue, not Omana, depending on Missouri river commerce. would hav ben a town now ot about th sise of Hamburgh, la., and Council Bluffs would have been another Westpart, Mo, Omaha would hav been a' suburb of Council Bluffs, with one blacksmith hhop, a poNtofflc, and a single country store. Lincoln would hav been a farm, Kearny woujd never hav been known, and Red Cloud and th buffalo would hav washed their feet In Cherry . creek, where great Denver now astonishes the world. Land In Douglas county might now k worth perhaps from $5 to $1 and near Omaha's crossroada pos toffies 20. on account of CouncU Bluffs as a market for early vege tables. Without railroads my old per sonal friend. Red Cloud, and the buffalo and antelope, would be now. and far from fifty to 100 years hence, the sole owners and occupants ot their old huun's from the British boundary to the Arkansas and from, about Kearny to tha foothills and snow-clad heights -ot the Rocky utoua talns. Land west or Lincoln and Colum bus could not now be given away to n actual white occupant unless h should want a permanent camp tor the slaughter of birds and animals for sport or for nomadle gain. These lands no longer than forty years ago could not have tem sold for SO cents an acre, even In small Tots, and at wholesul they could not hMve been sold at all. Their conceded value now Is from 119. Sttt, W0, $40, 119, i0, S7S to $100 an acre. Much of them are now occupied by the liappieet a ad suost prosperous people who ever worked with their heada and hands for a living on this planet. Is It not so. Mr. Easterllng? But I siiust slop. I have had my last say upon tnattera of great pith an4 mo ment to Nebraska, to Oaouha. to Kearny, and to 1,300,000 prosperous. Independent and happy people. I know but too well that little heed will be paid to wbut I am trying to say by the noble army of young r men. who are too busy to study the grave prvbleius which coo from this section, state and city. . Prtwtdent Roosevelt seat Theodore P. fcUouu from Uie Whit Uout t Xw York a few days ago to call upon all the people of the United Plates to stop their dangerous war on the rllrads which he himself led for th removal of certain evils end abuses which hav undoubtedly long existed. Mr. Rhonta, st a dinner, did his part bravely. He was too late. The damage has been done beyond Immediate repair, and progress In this great renter of th continent has been put back for twenty yemra. Confidence and credit hav been disturbed. They are not yet shaken. Ptocks are slumping and sub: ring downward In Wall street. Th bond market Is hit hesvlly. Railroad cor porations are rapidly retrenching. Contracts for extensions and construction will b can celled, and no new orders for steel. Iron snd equipment beyond the actual current needs will be made. Even the New York and Pennsylvania Central, and the Lackawanna, as well as the Harrlman-HIU systems, are borrowing for these purposes on short loans, and they are paying higher Interest on this paper than the banks of Omaha are demanding on commercial paper. Wise men like Stlckney and Harrlman talk of panics. Talk doe not make the panics. It sometimes prevents these calamities by checking speculation, but not for long. My Inst warning Is to all Nebraskana, stop their war on railroads. Put your houses in order and be good to yourselves. Stop this war on the rich. All wealth Is relative. Stick a big peg right here: N nation, no state, no city, Is worth blowing up with powder that can not produce whole brigades of rich men men of brains and capacity who can literally move mountains. I want every railway corporation to make money I men large money. Why? Because, draining their money largely from foreign nations and from other peoples, through International and Interstate commerce, they enrich us all by Increasing the national growth and development. Unlike my es teemed critic at Kearny, I want more Har rtmans. Hills, Goulds and Stlckneys, and Burlington giants like Charles E. Perkins, and a whole battalion of Mohlers and Hold regos. "God blees them, every one!" GEORGE L.. MILLER, The) Railroad tnetleat. OMAHA, March . To th Editor of The I?ee: A few days ago th writer ventured to vole hia opposition to the 2-cenl rail road bill at a meeting of th Commercial club. The position taken by me was at tributed by the newspapers to railroad subserviency. No one in any manner called my attention to that meeting or asked me to attend It. I was Impelled to go there solely from the interest I have In the pros perity and Welfare of this city, tn which my whole lit since early manhood has been passed. Those who know me are well aware that I have never permitted the connection I am said to have with a railroad to Influence I me when the interests ot Omaha have been Involved. To those who have borne the brunt ot battle In the past for the advancement of Omaha interests and Omaha men, the pres ent situation, to sey the least. Is discour aging. Omaha seems to be pulled and buf fetted in any direction that will promote the small temporary Interests of the men who seem now to bo In' complete control of Its political affairs. Our national repre sentation for effective results, so strong tn the past, has been entirely destroyed and our most Important Interests must now be committed to hands which have no especial concern for Omaha and, In fact, may rep resent Interests directly hostile to ours. The crowning act was reached in forcing an or ganisation supposed to represent the busi ness Interests of Omaha to take a stand directly antagonistic! to what has con tributed the most to Its past growth and upon which Its future prosperity must largely depend. The action taken by the club was. not supported by a single busi ness reason and was not even required In the Interest ot the 2-ceot bill. It was politics, pure and simple, The J -cent bfil Is now a thing of the past and must stand or fall as the law courts determine. 'The effect of Its passage, how ever, remain, and upon this I wish to say a few words. The) action taken by the rail roads In suspending and perhaps abandon ing their contemplated Improvements In Omaha Is depicted tn the newspapers as spite and bluff. - I hop that tt Is bluff. but I do not believe it There are other reasons which It seems to me have con tributed to and perhaps determined th decision. It Is generally assumed that th railroads are made of money; that In order to put through any contemplated Improvements or extensions, all that Is required Is to draw upon an overflowing treasury. Butt this Is an error. For Instance: Th Urlon Pacific may not be willing to take $1.26fl00 from Its earnings and put It Into a build ing In Omaha, r.nd the Burlington Is not likely to us Its earnings In the construction of a branch line In th North Platte val ley or elsewhere. Th means for such work must be obtained from the sale of stocks and bonds. The market for rail road securities has been unfavorable for some time past, affected undoubtedly by the agitation concerning railroad manage ment. Th clamor In the east for a J-cent pas senger rate has perhaps had little effect for the reason that railroad construction hss there practically cased and a heavy trafflo justifies the rate. But when a far western state like Nebraska undertakes to enforce the same rat by law, a state which wants more railroads, whose ex isting lines are comparatively new and it la notorious that the maintenance of the rat on some of them will result In loss,' not profit th effect upon the market far such securities must be unfavorable. Cap ital will not b3 tr.veetd la enterprise where th risk of virtual confiscation is so clearly shown, and henc a halt must be called In railroad expenditures. ' The railroad companies. In my Judgment, do not ask or expect from the communi ties In which they wperate anything but justice and fair treatment. Th 2-cent bill la neither fair nor just. If a set of men. without inquiry or knowledge of the sub ject, esq arbitrarily fix a 2-cent tariff, they can make It 1 cent. In fact. If the opinion of th attorney general can be relied upon, ! they may abolish passenger fare alto- getber and let the people ride free pro vided the railroads can obtain from freight earnings sufficient to save them from bank ruptcy. It may be that the expression of public sentiment so far given In Omaha does not correctly reflect tha opinion of the com munity. The few votes cast at the Com mercial club meeting may not be the views of Its large membership. If this should be the case, then It Is about time that a proper showing should be made. Although U may be expecting too much, even the newspapers and their following may conclude that they have gone too far In what they have accomplished. What may yet be dona cannot, perhaps, repair the damage already Inr.icted, but It snay guard against still greater disaster. HENRY W. YATE8. Rew Doable Tracks ( Steel all the uay from Chicago to Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New York on the Penn sylvania Short Line. It is the route of the world-famed "Pennsylvania Limited" tha pioneer of real limited passenger trains. Passenger snd ticket agents of connecting lines wilt cheerfully give Inquirers the full-, set Information regarding the excellently equipped through service of the Penmi. vanla System from Chicago. Address V, jj. Rowland. T. P. Agt., U. 8. Bank iJlug., Omaha. Ket. ' If you have anything to trade Advertise It tn the Kor Exchange. colura tf The Bea Want Ad page. A AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Clerk Esodon Month'? Eutemrnt f tbs Oitj'i Finances. SOME fOOO f OR ANTUNNEXATlONISTS Little Pafclla saprTememt Eseept eh as Are Secared by Seclal Aesesesaeats Aaralast Property. The city clerk ' Saturday Issued his monthly statement of th condition of the city funds. By a glance at the appended table It will be seen that the collections which have been made outside of the .levy have amounted to $14,810.18 since the be ginning of the fiscal year. This Is a pretty large figure and Indicates that the levy will be swelled by at least. $30,000 bef-re the year Is out It Is likely that this amount, which goes to th general fund, may be distributed to the other funds and made available for extras to the new city hall. There are number of changes of plan In contemplation, among them the roof and the heating apparatus, which are already decided upon. The cost of maintaining the city offices for the lost month Is estimated by th clerk at $3,90.E7. During the por tion of the year now past the city has ex pended $1,S14.0S for salaries of Its officers, $7,499.23 for th repair of streets. For po lice protection It has spent $9.t0.93, and for Interest on city bonds $27,984.23. In the street repair fund there is now $78.12. The total amount expended to date Is $100,702.25. There remains $124,600. 77 yet In the treas ury. This amount will be Increased by $10, 000 from collections. The estimated cost of running the city for the present year will be about $230,000. The only public improve ments from this whole amount expended is the $7,499.16 for street repairs Of a tempor ary nature. All other public Improvements, such es paving, sewers and the like, must be paid for by special taxation and the voting of bonds. The antl-annexationlsts say they would get no public improve ments from Omaha, but where. It might easily be asked, are their Improvements coming from now. The following Is the ta ble In detail: Amount of levy, 1900-7 $191,409.18 Balanoe of levy, 1903-6, brought over 2S.173.86 Collections reported by City Treas- fines. Interest on balances, and scavenger collections under the Revenue lawa. 14.810.10 Receipts. Levy Balances and CoUectl ma. $ 1S.S62 R7... 23.3'i2.J... una'- Present Bnl. I QjeriV I 9.9(11. ?5 11.810.40 ll,$S2.f Salary 23.W7.61... Public Light 1B.6H8. 65... lis 'n Judgment 11,414 6. water Strent Repair ... Police Interest Library Curbing; paving. "X" farks . FcavcriRer Premium 19.270.91 7.S77.&3.... 16,W27.... 71.or2.00....-, 4.5n0.fK 8.832.B4.... 2.4M.22.... 8,US97..,. 933.60.... S39.S3 Total 231, 463.02 S124.S60.77 Two Held for Trial. Two prisoners were bound over to the dis trict court yesterday morning. They were 8. C. Moore and Oeorge Smith, colored. Moore was brought back from Pittsburg, Kan., by Chief Bflmrs on the charge of beating his wife. Intending to do great bodily harm. He waived preliminary hear ing and was bound over under (500 bonds. He is making an effort to secure a bonds man. The second was the negro who en tered the store of Wf .Wright on Twenty sixth street. He pleaded not guilty and was given a brief preliminary hearing. The two officers caught him In the act of taking shoes off the sheTves" of' the store and the evidence was so clear that he waa at once placed under bonds to appear in the dis trict court. . On default of bonds the two men will be taken to the county Jail to await trial. ..It has been reported to the officers that several, houses have been en tered after the residents of these houses Tiad hired some one to do work, such as cleaning cellars or taking ashes from the basement. It Is thought that the parties seeking this kind of employment have in several cases at least, taken the keys, If such were found. In the basement doors. Then they waited a favorable opportunity to enter the houses. While there are many honest people who do work of this kind the police are Inclined to warn against giv ing such work to strangers. Maarle City Gossip. P. C. Caldwell, Justice of the peace, notary public, real estate, fire Insurance. 3517 N. Henry Pappe of Sioux City ts vlnlting' his brother. Theodore Pappe, over Sun day. The Sunday afternoon services at Work men temple will be for all classes, men. women and children. Ths Omaha Packing company Is building a ten-foot board fence between the rail road tracks and its plant. Joe Trapp, Th)rty-first and X streets, reports that some one stole a revolver from the dresser drawer of his rooms. The death of Alma Anderson, aged 2 years, occurred yesterday at the home, 181 North Twenty-fourth street. Tne nre department made a run to Twenty-third and II streets yesterday morn ing, but found no fire. A chimney was purning oui. ' Albert Holseson. Forty-fourth and W, reports the birth of a son. Henrv liovlen 60S North T.wenty-flrst. reports the birth or a oaugnter. Clover Leaf camp, No. 8. Royal Neigh bora of America, will tld a siwclal nrnir Ing at Modern Woodmen of America hall inuTsuay evening. Frank M abort caused the arrest of Mike Koftane yestt-rday for disposing of a pledged watch, lie waa assessed t damages and oobis yesteraay in juage Caldwell's court. Mrs. w. t;. iamoert and her sister. Miss Hilda Condron. assisted by Miss Maud uennis, Mrs. Clarence Ewell and Mlsr iMinice r.nacir, enieriamea tne W, W. W, club yesterday afternoon. rnrougn error it was announced that Dr. Henry was to preach al the First rresoytenan cnurcn this morning. Tii a nut in, m. uw. n, u neoier will me saagic cuy .Kings Daughters will give a Ua st ths home of Mrs. X. H. Van Iusn. 'A D street. Thurednv LttZ. noon, March 14. Mrs Mary Andrews of vhibii wm wiA up Kiim moral training of the child. Pearl Burrows, .aged 20, daMKhler of riaim Duirvni, uiru VI luuercu jOSiS of the inruui i in nome ur ner imrer in Coun cu Biurre. The funeral win i, hi.i n 10 a. m. this morning and the Interment in Laurel Hill cemetery from Letter's Ma- murmjrnurcn. Dne was a Wister of Mrs. KTt,un'ra1 ' Mr Js.rh Stollmock will i 7 miur, cnurcn at 2 p. m. muiiiiiui., 'jiea Saturday morn ing. nne was wile d one of the best known leaders of tr Polish families of South Omaha. She leaves four sons and iiv uu,iii,. nne oied in Bt. Joseph hos pltal alter an operation. . srtin. daughter of M. A juariiu, in m raau carrier service, enter tained a Burnt cf her little rnnri. terday In huo r of her sevinth birthday Twenty-one $ aests wtre present. The lltu miss recttlvtA a lane numlwr of nru l t w presents si,,e came from Bn 4urlt f the west and 'join from relatives In the east. Good Ceae), Medicine for Children. The rKon. for coughs and colds Is now at bar en(j tO0 niuch care cannot be used t P'..tot the children. A child Is much more likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet 'vr when he has a cold. The quicker yu cut his cold the less the risk. Cham Aerlaln's Cough Remedy Is the sole re liance of many mothers, and few of them who have tried It are willing to use any other. Mrs, F. F. Btarcher of Ripley, W. Va., says: "I hsve never used anything other thar. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy fur my children and tt has always given good satisfaction." This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a chUd a to an adult Compiles with all reqalrmtitii of IS6Bst'' v tr i x ivt i wi I i rfm rca.: . , "We dined in some of the finest hotels and restaurants, but tiid not find anv coffee to exerl in quality ArbuckWARIOSA." That is what one lady writes and iruuions ol others prove they believe, by using more AiWyes ARIOSA Coffee than all the other packaged coffees in the United States put together. " The fact that Arbuckles' ARIOSA Coffee costs less and has suited the health and taste of rvt American people for over BIG FURNITURE STORE OPENS Miller, FtfWirt & Beaton Hold Formal Esocpiion All Tay lfcn3ay. EMPORIUM OF HvUSEHCLD G0CD3 Large Establishment Is Sew and o la I2rery Article In It from th Top Floor to Bottom. Miller, Stewart & Beaton's magnificent new furniture storo needed no special dressing up fot the grand formal opening which Is to be held today, when a large souvenir sale will begin. The entire establishment with Its new stock Is al ways on dress parade and when the date was decided upon for the formal opening It needed no change, but simply an n- 12,4:i3.7j nounccment of the day and the rest waa 78. IS resdy. The three members of this pro it R&! M 43'-,6T'n Sresslve firm are all actively engaged In 1,142 40 I the business and are all practical furniture C.SK.St men, being reared In the business, and are 2.101 4fl i "4- ' able to recognlie and provide for the needs and demands or mis great ana growing western country. Having decided ufon Monday for the grand opening and souvenir sale, the pro- Drletors have Issued an Invitation to the '. public to come In force to see their new establishment. While equipped to handle . imn retail mrt tha Arm also Jobs furniture and all Borts of household supplies to dealers of the west at prices i commoaes ana cnairs. no sucn an assori equal to those In the east, besides saving , ment of bed rrom furniture, was ever the freight. ' -hown ,n- the WC8t- As one enters the new store on Sixteenth street between Harney and Howard he la at once Impressed with ttie magnitude of the concern and the fact that everything Is new, all the old slock having been sold out at the old store, and was not moved. The full flood of sunlight which permeates the entire structure Is also a most notice able feature. The sunlight Is augmented i .f5, '-jj Six million people read the Review of Reviews, Success Magazine and the Woman's Homo Companion. 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Address The Twentieth Century Farmer, Omaha, Neb. tH ftaUoaal lwr Food Law, Guarantee t C ft 1 V F ST SSL ,-. sT 11 i r jm m . aw f . m s I f tl wi , w "v x J J t, r 11 11 . W W II I 11 II MTU V i TtA II rr v De 37 years, ought to induce every body to at least sample it. The cities hide many country girls and boys who secretly sigh for a cup of good coffee like "mother M made. "Mother" probably used the old original " Arbuckles the first roasted packaged coffee. See that you get the sealed by myriads of electric lights. An elegant passenger elevator takes the seeker for furniture and a freight elevator In the rear Is used for moving, the furniture. Both these are operated by electricity. Novelties on First Floor. The first floor Is full of novelties. With Its high ceiling the effect Is relieved by a spacious mezzanine, or balcony, on which la located the offices. The first floor Is divided Into room effects that the furniture may be better shown. Here ere exhibited the novelty pieces of furniture, clocks and brlo-a-brac and all small furniture. Dif ferent classes of furniture are shown In the different rooms or alcoves. In the rear of the first floor Is the shipping de partment. All sorts of kitchen furniture Is shown In the basement, which la given up en tirely to that class ot goods. Linoleums, oilcloths and straw mattings are shown In profusion. Here sre also displayed a full assortment of gocarts, children's chairs and reed and rattan rockers, 'the rear of the basement is used as a packing depart ment for outside shipping. On the second floor Is displayed furni ture for the dining room with massive tables as well as some that are not so massive. Sideboards that delight the eye are In abundance. On this floor may a's be found office furniture, roll, top desk, flat top desks, filing cabinets, buffets, din ing room chairs and all kinds of required furniture for office or dining room. Nothing but bed room fittings are shown n the hlrd fk-or. which Is strictly the j ed room floor. The elegant stock of brass 1 oeas is oewiiaenng. uesiaes mese are Iron tJ and wooden beds with dressers, Display of Oriental Roars. Journeying to the fifth floor the display of oriental rugs first catches the eye and J one longa to linger and gase at the costly and magnificent display of the wares of the orient. This floor Is 132 feet square, as It and 'the sixth floor takes tn tha en tire structure, or that part which Is also over the store of O'Donahue, Redmond A THE BEST OFFER OF THE YEAR These Three' Dig Magazines and THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER AT NEARLY ONE-HALF THE REGULAR PRICE WOMAN'S DOME C01IPAMCN Has the largest subscription list of any 10-cent magatlne three million people real this one maga tlne erery month, besides the help ful, intimate things that women want to know, there are delightful stories and articles by Kate Doug las Wlggln, Elisabeth Stuart Phelps, Jack London and Mary E. Wilklns Freeman; Inspiring edi torials by Dr. Edward Everett Hale; Miss Gould's fashion pags, her dressmaking lesson and her free shopping service; Miss Farm er's cooking department; the chil dren's own pages; in aU twelve useful departments something tor all the family and for the woman everything. No, 2041, filed at Washington. .'AvV J package, one pound full weight, aring the nameARBUCKLES' ARIOSA COFFEE and the signature of Arbuckle Brothers, which entitles you to presents. That the e-enninw arriclf, no matter where you buy it or what price you pay for it. Same old Coffee, same old firm. 1 If your grocer won't supply, write to ARBUCKLE BROS., NEW YORK CITY Normllle. The fifth floor Is the carpel floor and here Is aim shown an enormous supply of draperies. Miller, Stewart Beaton arc Importers of Ince curtains and the firm points with pride to Its varied dls. play ot these, which Is said to be ths largest shown by sny Arm west ot Chi cago. Curtain Material Is also shown on this floor. The visitor Is not taken to the sixth floor except to Inspect It, for here Is the manu facturing department, where furniture Is made over. UpholstcMng Is also dona here. . The floor space used by this firm In Its new home covers nearly four acres, giv ing ample room for Inspection ,ln all de partments. The entire house Is provided with a sprinkling system. Miller, Stewart & Beaton have Issued a general Invitation for the public to come to the store Monday and Inspect all de partments. This does not mean tha vis itor has to buy. but simply to come and get acquainted with - Omaha's new and magnificent furniture store. Buffalo Robes Are Scarp. "Buffalo robes will scon be a thing ot the past," sold a local dealer- who has had six robes on sale this winter the prop erty of a citizen who could not afford to keep the precious skins longer. Five of them have been sold, and while lo00 has been offered for the last of the let, the dealer Is holding It for 1600, the ' price demanded by the owner. The robes are not unusually large, either, and were undoubtedly bought by people who Intended to use them for rugs, to retain as curios, or for some such purpose. Imagln a carriage being driven about ivwn, a iu ruuc inruwn carelessly tver the seat while the, owner stepped into a business house for a few moments! Few people would recognize the robes as valu able, however, as they have no more stylo than the ordinary fur robe sold at (6) or so, but the' value Is there, as the pur chasers will learn who pines for the skins of a real buffalo. "I rerriember "weTl 'enough "seeing buffalo robes sell here for 110 apiece thirty years ago," said the old timer. Kansas City Stun 5i -4; $1.00 $3.o0 $1.00 .$1.00 Our Price S3i 0.00 SUCCESS MAGAZINE Enters upon its tenth year with an editorial plan and policy differing from that of any other existing periodical. It alms to be the one indispensable magazine In the home "The Great Home Maga tlne of America." White still re taining as a foundation principle the idea of Inspiration and Uplift, it has broadened into a far wider field the Work of the World. la the lighter and more entertaining Serial and Short Stories, and in 1U Special Departments, It will pres ent the best work of the most bril liant writers of th day. The art covert of Success Magaalne are fine reproductions of paintings.