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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. MAY 15, 1P07. IS3SS3B Iff? ftpiif! . ui.ih.h w. FREICHT RATES"; DISCUSSED IrprWRUtlTM of Tartou Boals Confer ths State Ctnmlnloii OBJCCHCSTO COT OF FlfTEEN ftR CENT a east ef jUMKmnt Mikfi aaaO) Bmiae la he Immiul el tm riflt Cur CVea (lTnm a Staff Correspondent.) IXWOOLN, Mar, 14. BpeclaL) fleveral freight men representing various railroads doing business in the state met with the Btata Roll-war commission this afternoon te discuss the maximum freight rate law enacted by the recent legislature. ' During the discussion Attorney Oeneral Tbompeon ant to the commission two opinions on the bearing the maximum freight law and the law providing for a reduction In express charges had to rales made by the com mission, fn each holding that Inasmuch as neither law had gone Into effect the onm m Union should take no notice of either. but after three months from the time of adjournment these laws would go Into effect and remain In force until modified by the comnilmton. Among the railroad men here weret J. A. Munrne and Charles Lane of the TTnlnn Pacific, B. F. Miller of the Northwestern, H. H. Embry of the Rock Island, J. O. PhlllipT! and Charles Knight of the Mis souri pacific, Lyman Sholes and Mr. Pierce of the Minneapolis and Omaha, O. E. Btoher of the fet. Joe A Orand Island. C. E. Spans, O. T. Dlckeson and J. E. Kelby of the Burlington and 15. O. McVann of the Omaha Grain- exchange. The" railroad men showed a disposition very rnuch adverse to that 16 per cent re duction as provided for In the maximum j freight ra? j law and Mr. Munroe mitt ' gested that the state be divided Into dis tricts, the reduction In the eastern section bring 15 per cent, in the central part of the state lJVi per cent and In the western portion 10 per cent. The meeting was Just an Informal discussion, the railroad men trying to find out what the commission la going to do and the commission ..Just as studiously refusing to let them know. ( Shippers Gettlaa- Anxious. Representative Kelfer of Nuckolls county was m Lincoln yesterday and, among other things..' he said some cf the shippers out In his section of the state were getting a little bit restless because the State Hallway com mkwlon was doing nothing to get a reduc tion In grain rates and better service In moving live stock. While the shippers re alize the. commission was up against a hard proposition, Mr. Kelfer said, they were of the opinion that matter of freight rate should have been taken up first and the paasenger rates later, ss the former Is of the greater Importance. ' . Increase In Pnllman Assessment The Stale Board of Assessment has ns sesecd the Pullman company at $115,714.77, an Increase ovef the return made by the company of $7,656.71. The Pullman returned Its standard cars at a value of $11,615 each, and the .board boosted this to $12,600. The tourist cars were returned at a valuation of $7,611.71, and the board valued these cars at $8,000. 'The total assessed value fixed by the board last year was $KM,.3S, making thus the value this year an Increase over the valuation' of last year of $10,749.39. The board has practically concluded to assess all the other car companies at the same figures as last year. The board spent the afternoon talking with' President .Toy, owner of an Interur jf,n Una In Dakota county, which Is used jy the people: there to cross the river and fft, tJ "a .gcd nshJnVfcliice. Mr. Foy said hmd had mid 'l75'kTaxea before he k bought it,, ana so rar naa proved a losing T venture. It cost him about $39,000.- ( May IS has been set apart as a day when i " any . taxpayer Is welcome to come before y, the board and produce evidence to offset the arguments of the railroad representa- rives. This meeting will begin at 10:80 a. m. S Ela-at Indicted by Grand Jnry. ' The grand Jury, which has been In ses- slon for several weks. ground out eight inClCimenis, inciuump iwu .muges auu vue clerk of election In the First ward. These are charged with .knowlnRlv permitting Il legal voting. They are William ri. nennett, clerk, and Morlti Artier and John Harrop, Judges Twenty-one counts were found against the men. At noon John Harrop, the third 'mem ber of the First ward election board, had not been served with a warrant. Deputy Sheriff Oabel tried to Jini Harrop and serve ( a warrant on him, but learned that he was Two cointa charge that thro members of the election, board put two ballots In the box anf wrote the names of one W. O. Wllke and H. J. Smith on the books as having voted when they knew that these men did not vote and did not have the legal right to exercise the franchise In that pre- elnct." ' ; . ; An -iadiotment .was brought against Mrs. Mary C- LeFever, charging her with black ' mail gnd estnrtlon. It -is declared that on T April I aha threatened to file a remon strance against Saloonkeeper Sol Ksensky before the excise board unless' he paid her $1(. Mrs. LeFever. appeared before the court this morning and offered Dr. William J. A damson as bondsman for her appear- ance later. He was accepted and qualified In the sum of , Fairbanks Looks to Nebraska A confidential letter has been received In Lincoln asking what chance Vice President Fairbanks had of securing a delegation from Nebraska to the next national con vention. The letter was from a personal friend of the vice president and be re quested toe exact political situation out hers regarding a presidential ranaiuate. Tan Denton Goes to California. Tom JBenton, representative of the Pull man company, left this afturnoon for Ios Angelas fr. a summer vacation. On June I the "daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Benton will be married In the California town Boar to Ask KewBida. The 8tats . Board of Public Lands and Buildings intends to re-advertise for M.ls for supplying tho penitentiary with a new engine and a dynamo. Bids were received several days ago and the contract was tentatively let, but as the specifications did not call for a dynamo, and several of the I bidders objected to the proposed action of ron mi T i Hi :oat. & 1 0 .' '"':";::::::::::::::::::v:v::o:::';:;:::Xv':':'"'i f: NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS Tmperataw ftill Contintiei to Ee Eelow the Kormal for the Week. PRECIPITATION IS ALSO DEFICIENT Fare Part of t,ast Week Was Cold rail Latter Portion Wnrm, with High Winds Precipitation Light All Over State. Katarno Is made under the origi nal formula of I'cruns. Xr. Hart man baa sold the original prescrip tion under which Peruna was man ufactured, to tho Katarno Com pany. Millions of families have been users of the original Perwna for many years. They have become convinced of Its" groat value as a household remedy. They can con tinue to secure the original Peruna by Inquiring for Katarno, mium f art u red by the Katarno Company, 89 Vesey St., New York City. PO SAXS BT SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORES 15 tli and Douglas Sts.; 10th and Chicago 8t. OMASA, HXBBA8KA W. Cor. 24th and N dUt. OUTS OMAHA, BZBBASKA Stb Ave. and Main St. ooukcix. Bx.urrs, - - iowa LINCOLN, March lt.-The first half of the last week was dry, cold and partly cloudy, with light wind. The last days of the week were clear, dry and very warm, with high, southerly wlnd. The mean dally temperature for the week was about ten degrees higher than In any preceding week this year since the first of April, but it was still four degrees below the normal for the second week In May. The first days of the week were cold and frosts occurred quite generally In the central and northern counties. Sat urday and Sunday were warm and maxi mum temperatures between 85 and 90 oc curred at many places. The precipitation of the week was very light. A few scattered showers occurred Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In moat of the state the total weekly rainfall was less than one-tenth of an Inch, and In a large part none fell, or only a sprlnklo, with an amount too smalt to measure. Tho total rainfall from April 1 to date la gen erally decidedly less than one-quarter of the normal amount. O. A. I OV ELAND, Seotlon Director. Lincoln, Neb. Iowa Corn In Fine Shape. rFS MOINES, la.. May 14 (Special. That the weather conditions have for the past week been very .favorable to the com crop and that the damac from the cold to the small grain has not been nearly as great ss at first predicted Is the report of the crop service bureau for Iowa todny. The report states that the greatest damage thus far Is to the meadows and pastures and the hay crop Is likely to be light. The report says the lowest temperature for the past week was the morning of the 11th when It was 26, and the highest was on the 12th at Sioux City, when It was 90. The average for the week was 8 to 8 be low the normal. The greatest damage to fruit Is In the southern part of the stte xind over the greater part of the state for the week ending Monday there, was Jit Ue or no rainfall. The dry weather, how ever, saved the corn and the moisture was 1 sufficient to maintain the life of the seeds. Withal the report takes a hopeful view of , the crop conditions for the state. TTt 7 VTTI7 Kjjo iiou wear imoes For Comfor! As Well As For Style? h 4 ) the beard, it has about b?cn decided to re ad vertlse tor bids, at least so far as the dynamo ts concerned.': ' - ' Knla-ht at Pythias Rrnnd Lodge. The Orand Ioriff. Knivrhta of . Pythias. met this morning Tin representative hall J rherclal club, supervisors and with a goodly number In attendance.' Gov ernor Sheldon welcomed the knights to the city and the response waa' by Grand Chancellor Wilbur S.- Leyda of Falls City. During his remarks Governor Sheldon said he wished he belonged to the Knights of Pythias. "Tfou would be a much bettor man. governor, If you did." said the grand chancellor, humorously, In his response. Last night the visitors held a social ses sion at the Ltndcll, told stories and smoked cigars and had a tood time generally. TRIAL OF Bl!VDY IKGI9 Shot H. E. Ansttn of North Arlsona nartna Jealous Fit. TEKAMAH. Neb., May 14-(apecl.il Tele- DRAHAGE PLANS IX DODGE COVSTY One Proposition Withdrawn and An other One Projected. FREMONT, Neb.. May 14. (Special Tele gram.) After laboring for over a year the drainage committee of ten, appointed at a farmers' mass meeting, withdrew the pe tition before the County Bosrd of Super visors for the formation of the Plntte-Elk-horn drainage district, a monster plan to reclaim wet lands In Dodge county. Maps had oen drawn and the special committee had even secured the pessage of a law by the late legislature providing for the work. Opposition developed at the last minute, some of the strongest supporters falling and the committee withdrew the petition. ' Tho preliminary steps toward the forma tion of the Farm Land, Fremont and Rail road drainage district were taken with the filing of a petition with the county board. This Is the first actual effort made toward the prevention of the Platte river over flows at, Frembnt' and vicinity anil comes after many conferences between the Corn el vll en gineers of the Burlington, Union Pacific and Northwestern railroads, all of which are back of the proposition to prevent any further overflow here. The .matter will be taken up Thursday next by the county supervisors. OVERTinXIKG OF WAGON FATAL Earl Smith Killed Near Instantly Blair. BLAIR, Neb., May 14. (Special Tele gram.) Earl Smith, salesman in this county for the Kawlelgh Medicine company, was instantly killed this morning by the overturning of his medicine wagon at the farm residence of ' F. K. Warrick, four miles north of Blair. Mr. Smith attempted 1 , n in,n Vile aaffnn nur a Kllirht enltmnk- gram.)-The trial of Bruce Brundy tT the , . ... cramDe, and over- murder of H. E. Austin, on April 4, 1907. , ,, . fhrwlnr hlm beneath the box. was commenced in the district court this j crUHhlng hl8 Bkuj. H, leaves a wife and morning. F. S. Howell of Om. ha will as- I f(jur ima cnlIaren- Mrs. Warrick wlt- 6 J If you do, nml who docs not, then we are nt your service nnd you need us. Bring Us Your Shoes, and you'll find that the old way of a "stitch in time saves nine," holds good even today. Modern machinery for the proper repairing of all kinds of footwear has been installed and under the charge of on expert who knows the shoe business from A to Z. 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We Dye While Canvas Shoes We have every facility for dying these shoes and if you wish your shoes to match n dress, bring us n sample of the dress and we'll reproduce the color in the shoe. a .35c .35c .35c .35c Nova Alice Blue Nova Lavender Nova Brown . . Nova Old Rose. Nova Gray 35c Nova Green 35c Nova Purple 35c Blanco White Cleaner. . . . 125c Blanco White Cleaner 15c FREE! FREE! A Handsome Box of Choco late Bon Sons will bs given free to every purchaser at this store Wednesday, May 15. "1 SPECIALTIES Men's and Ladies' Shoe Trees, Men's, Ladies', Misses', Chil dren's and Infants' Ankle Supports. Men's and Ladies' Arch Sup ports. Knee and Heel Protectors, Heel Cushions, Corn Cure and Plaster, Foot Ease and Comfort, Bunion Protectors, Pugsley's Ankle Supports, Colored Skins for Pillows and Fancy Work. STANDARD 3HOE REPAIR CO. 1804 Farnam Street 3BEIKK33 SflSnSEESSS n MvaW JHfr Iw aVUttlUusja JlliHfchseJ 2 SI the home of Ernest Middlestadt, which was near at hand, but was dead at the time. ' He 4was sixteen years old. slst H. Wade Glllls for the de-nse and Ed Bmlth of Omaha will assist Cot nty At torney Blnghaua in the prosecnt'on. A special venire of fifty Jurors iris ap pointed by Sheriff Phlpps yesterday and It la thought a Jurj will bo secured , today. Bruce Bundy, a single man, and H. E. Austin, who had a wife and daughter, lived In North Arizona for a number of years. Their houses were about 200 yards apart and Austin and Bunrty were boon companions up until about a year ago, when Austin accused Bundv of being too Intimate with his wife. Relations were Ptralned and each warned the other, to keep off his premises. On the morning of April 4 Bundv was seen st Austin's by Austin, who was work ing In the field close to the house. Austin immediately came to the house, put his team in the barn, and went over to see Eundy. Austin's hired man. Tommy Qreg, and Frank Darling, who were at Austin's at the time, followed him over and were tho only eye wltnessea When they got there Austin had Bundy down and was pounding him. Bur-dy told them if they did not take hlm off he would hurt him. They proceeded to raise Austin up .and as they dlJ so Bundy shot him twice, both shots entering Austin's in testines. He was taken home, walking part of the way, and medical aid was summoned. He died April t. nessed the accident and rushing to the high spirited team caught it before it got away and then telephoned for assistance, she being alone at the time. He carried a life Insurance policy for 12.000 in the Mod ern Woodmen lodge, holding his member ship in this city, also a funeral Indemnity policy for $100, upon which he had paid but one assessment; ' WOMAX MKKT8 DEATH IX FLAMES SHIRTS raa im teas a vaia, vms host aaa stowt. eastxeev etTAiLe a starter aa atoa a as aaa ewrre. aia awita iTt aaa raaav raaatcs. Ma aaa vaa eivcrr ewjwr aaa L,, e tw auMvr fcaast., CLUCTT. PCABODY A CO., ava Mra. George ci eta. b . Covered with Barnlaa- Gasoline. TiX-LMSEH. Nrb.. May 14. iSpeclal Tel- eram. Mrs. Wilson, wire of George Wil son, waa fatally burned at the family home iu VeMa, eight miles west of Tecumseh, yesterday afternoon. She died at t o'clock this morning. A can of gasoline which was back of the kitchen stove became heated and exploded, throwing the burning oil over her. She ran into the yard, where hrr husband put out ths fire with few buckets of water. . Mra Wilson was the daughter of Lew Kaley of Fllley and waa about 28 years of age. She had been mar ried to Mr. Wilson but a year and leaves no. children. Her husband is a merchant of. Vesta. GREEK BIO ENTERS NEBRASKA Farmers of Stella Find Evidences .of I.Ittle Insert om Tfcelr Crops. STELLA. Neb.," May 14. (Special Tele gram.) The green bug has made Its ap pearance In this' vicinity, but so far has not done any harm. Farmers have noticed the Insect for a few weeks but paid no attention to them until the recent ac counts of their ravages. Fremont Council Settles Dispute. FREMONT, Neb., May 14. (Special Tele gram.) At an adjourned meeting tonight the city council settled any chance of fur ther threatened disputes In the council chamber on the question of closing Platte avenue for the Fremont college by appoint ing a special citizens' committee of seven men, who will hold a conference with Presi dent Clcmmons cf the normal and endeavor to affect an amicable settlement. Since Clemmons' visit to Lincoln last week, the citizens have been aroused and fear of losing the college started a number of pe titions asking the. council to rescind Its action In turning down the closing of Platte avenue: The council chambers were crowded tonight, but the petitions were not acted upon, after the action taken by the body, which shut out further parley. SHIP OMAHA STICK UN A SAKDBAR Heavy lalad Makes It Impossible la Coatrol Ita Taw. NEBRASKA CITT. May 14. -(Special.) The steamer "Omaha," which Is en route up the river conveying a barge, is having a hard time ef It aa the wind whips the bust and barge onto the sand bars and keeps them out of the channel. The boat pnaaed Nebraska City Saturday but en countered bars four miles north of here and at last reports the boat captain was till looking, for the yhaaiuiC Pall Breaks Yaaaa Maa'a Xeek. PILOER, Neb.. May 14. (Speclnl ) Ber nard Orusslng. son of Ernest Orusslng, met with a serious accident -which cost him his life. He waa returning homo from a dance on horseback, riding, along behind a bugtry, when his horse stumbled and fell, throw ing him between the wheels of the rig, breaking his neck. He was carried Into TEN DAYS From Coffee to POSWM bag dona much for MANY. It may do much for YOU.' i "ThitYs i Ret-son." News of Nebraska. HUMBOLDT. Two new cases of diph thelra are under quarantine in this city. EDISON James Chase Is the new village marshal and Banker Miller Is olerk and treasurer. ' EDISON Twenty cars of cattle and three cars of hogs were shipped from here last Tuesday. PRIMROSE At a meeting of the busi ness men held lust night It was decided to celebrate the Fourth here this year. STELLA A. J. Helinlck and J. A. Har mon have.eat'h filed applications for saloon .license during the ensuing year beginning June 1. PLATTSMOUTH The body of Mrs. Eliza beth Lloyd, aged S6 years, arrived from Omaha today and was Interred In Oak Hill cemetery. HUMBOLDT Farmers In this section are beginning to feel anxious about the lack of moisture, the ground being dry to a considerable depth. HARVARD The South Platte Land com- fiany of Lincoln has been engaged In grad ng streets and seeding lands preparatory to selling lots In a new addition to Har vard. BKATRICE The Beatrice Commercial club will hold Its annual meeting and Hmoker next Monday night. H. M. Bush noil of Lincoln will deliver an address at the meeting. BEATRICE A small bridge on the Bur lington not far from Adams was destroyed by fire and the company was obliged to send several of its main line trains through Beatrice by way of Wymore. PLATTSMOUTH Simon Hanson, who at tempted to commit suicide by eating the phosphorus off from the heads of a large number of matches, has been taken to a hospital In Omaha for treatment. PLATTSMOUTH Grandpa Joseph W. Wlrscott passed away at the home of his son, Oeurge, In this city, lie wus 77 yeurs of age and Is survived by four daughters and three sons, Charles of Omaha being one. EDISON Rev. Samuel Francis Smith, 81 years old, the celebrated sailor, scout, soldier of two wars and Methodist Eplsco- fiul preacher for nrty years, lius had his ife, full of hair-breadth escapes, printed in bouk form. HUMBOLDT. The local Epworth league seniors and Juniors rendered a special firogram at the Methodist church last even ng In honor of the eighteenth aniversary of the founding of the league organisation in the United States. BEATRICE W. II. Moseley. who has been agent for the Adams Express company I. ere tor many years, nas resignta nis posi tion and left for Lyons, la., where he will make his home. He Is succeeded by R. E. Taylor of Pittsburg, Kan. ORCHARD Sunday, May 12, during the electrical storm the residence of Otto Bailey was struck by lightning. Luckily the house did not take fire. Mrs. lialley and two children were in the house at the tine,Jut escaped injury. WEST POINT-Rev. Joseph Ruesing. state president of the Catholic Knights of America, left for Cincinnati, O., uutt even ing as a delegate from Nebraska to the supreme council of that order, which will convene today and remain In session one week. ORCHARD At a meeting of the business men held Saturday evening It waa decided unanimously to celebrate the coming Fourth of July in Orchard. About -Ut was sub scribed at the meeting and a soliciting com mittee was appointed to further circulate the subscription paper. NEBRASKA CITY The Nebraska City Telephone company hss notified those who were having telephones fre tluit under tho law enacted by the lust legislature tele phone companies are claseed as common carriers and that hereafter all having tele phones must pay for them. . BTEILA E. Wlthee, living a few miles west of town, was surprised on going down cellar Saturday morning to find that his Incubator had burned during the night. The family smelled something burning, but supposed It came from a lamp which they left burning in the room. NEBRASKA CITY William J. Rlchter, who has ben a resident of this city for the but thirty years, living nearly all of that time in this city, died Sunday at his home near Paul, aged 6k years. He leaves a widow and a family of grown children. The funeral wsa held Monday. BEATRICE Charles (Herman, the Bur lington conductor who shot himself In ths hreust Thursday afternoon at his home in Wymore wlvh suicidal Intent, died Saturday night. lis was 43 years of sge and leaves a widow and, three children. The remains were Interred at Wymore yesterday. , FAIRMONT Fred Burger, who has been living with John Pluck, one mile east of tola city, loll ita (aria yesuxdoy at about 3 p m. He took a bay pony weighing about 7(H) pounds, a road cart and harness, a 22-callter Btevens rlflo. He Is a short,' heavyset boy, about 16 years old, has brown hair, which he parts in the middle. NEBRASKA CITY Sunday. May 12. was the forty-seventh anniversary of the de stroying by fire of this city and, strange to say, there was an extreme hot and strong wind from the south Sunday such as there was on May 12, lNiiO. At that nre nearly all the business portion of tho town was destroyed, forty-two buildings being burned. BEATRICE The funeral services for the late Mrs. J. N. McGill were held yesterday at 10 o'clock from St. Joseph's Cathollo church. Rev. Mr. Pctrasch officiating. Six uncles of the deceased acted as pallbearers. They were J. F. Kline and Joseph Meehan of Friend, Neb., Eugene Mullen of Lin coln, James O'Neill of Wymore, Charles and P. Meehan of Cortland. BLATRICE The Board of Education met last night and elected teachers for the coming year. The list numbers forty-seven tind includes most of the old corps. The new teachers elected are Mary Llggitt, Grace Dillon, Winnlfred Neff, Matilda Poeverlth, Bthel Mattoon, May Tennyson, Kathcrlne Hepperlen, Wlnworth Williams. A small general Increase In salaries was umde. HARVARD A. R. Weaver, who for sev eral years has been engaged in the Jewelry business in this city, has sold his stock to Mr. L. Soper, from Bladen, Neb., and has bought a stock in Hastings, to which city he will soon remove his family. Mr. Scott, who has been with Mr. Weaver for the last two years, will open a new stock, having rented space with the P. Moore tic. Co. drug firm. , WILCOX The funeral of Edward Skilea, who dropped dead Sunday afternoon while nhivlnir a name of bail, was held at Mo- line this afternoon. In a game between Ash Orove and the Zeebarth teams the young fellow was pitching and It seems that his heart was overworked and when he took his position at bat he struck at one ball and immediately fell upon his face and expired. YORK The lunlors of tho high school had what they called a skip day and about thirty of them absented themselves from school without excuses and picnicked on the Blue. They kidnapped two of the teachers. Misses Rowan and Craig, and held them prisoners the entire day. Two or three times the teachers escaped, but the students managed to overtake them and bring them back. NEBRASKA CITY The liquor license fight at Dunbar, this county, promises to develop into one of the most bitter con tests for some time. The village board has hired l. W. Livingston to look after Its interests. The applicant. Bernard Carl, has J. C. Watson, while the remonstrators have Wolfenbarger, Stearns A Wilson. The case will be heard Wednesday. Carl has notified his attorney to sue for slander. FAIRBL'RY Isaiah Bouham of Mahaska, Kan., has bought a lot at the corner of D and lillth streets, on whlcn he will erect a two-story building, the lower story of which he will occupy with a banking house. This will make the fourth bank in Fairbury outside of the 8iil;n bank. The work of tearing down the building on t he site of the new hotel building is completed, and the excavation for barement of the new building of the Boone Hotel company will be commenced at once. The site covers an area of VJxlC feet and will be three stories In height. TABLE ROCK. Mra Leonora A. Allison, wife of Rev. A. C. Allison, died yesterday at her residence in Table Rock after a week's Illness with pneumonia. In her 71st year. Mrs. Allison, whose maiden name was Leonora A. Barrows, was born No vember -1. l'vfi. at Bridgeport, Vt On Sep tember 14. l.vJi, she was married at De catur, III., to Rev. Adam C. Allison, where they resided until the fall of '.KM, when they removed to Table Rock, Neb. Six children were born to this union, five of whom, with the aged husband, are left to mourn her lose. The surviving children are Mrs. John Fulton. Table Rock; Frank T. Allison, Plttston, Pa.; Walter W. Alli son, Walthlll, Neb.; Burt Allison, Good hope, Mo.; Mrs. John Endleman, wymore. Neb. BEATRICE At the Gage county 8unday school convention a paper on "The Possi bilities of the Teacher" was givesr by Rev. F. E. Dark, Miss Mamie Haines of Lincoln, state superintendent of primary work, spoke on the subject of primary work. In the evening Miss Haines gave an account of the International Sunday school convention held in Toronto, Canada, last summer. Rev. Charles H. Lewis, pastor of the English Lutheian church of Wlllier, attending as a substitute for prof. Steldley, the field secretary, addressed the convention on "The Value of the Buy and the Ulrl." These officers were elected: E. A. McGlasson, president; O W. Heck with, vice president; Miss Josephine Reynolds, secretary-treasurer. Delegates choaen to the state con vention at Hastings, to be held June U to 2". are the president, vica president a-u4 the eortaxr-UaaJUxar .. awfT" mini j i s iisoih in i is jm mhh lis i.iTiii,nmT3 Wealth in GrEgatsoo New Opportunities to Acquire a Home CHEAPER THAN PAYING RENT CHOPS LARGE AND CERTAIN. On Tuesday, May 21st and June 4th and 18th, 1907, I will personally conduct excursions to the BIG HORN BASIN", Wyo., to Wculand Basin, Gray bull and Lovell along the Big Horn river; to Garland and Cody on tho Shoshone river, where you can enter 160 acres of lrrli?ated land under the Carey act, at 60 cents per acre, plus cost of a perpetual water supply, not ex cetdltig $30 an acre, on terms easy as paying rent, and every dollar paid on a Carey Act Water Right la a dollar saved, that is Bure to double In value. A!fo Billings, Mont., in the Yellowstone Valley, where, on Just as easy terms, you can buy deeded irrigated land near a million dollar beet sugar factory. Thwc lands, adjneent to the Burlington railroad, are rich and productive and lie along beautiful rivers carrying an abundance of pure mountain-water. Plenty ot timber and coal. The climate is ideal. I am employed by the Burlington railroad, and my services to you are free. ROUND TRIP TICKETS on these dates from Missouri river and Nebraska points only S20. I leave Omaha on above dates on Burlington train No. 3 snd Lincoln on train No. 43. Trains Nob. 13 and 41 connect with the ex cursion Rt Toluca, Mont. NEW FOLDER FREE. For new folder, with large map, telling all about these lands, and how to acquire title, write to D. CLEM DEAVER, Gen'l Agt. Land Seekers' Information Bureau, 1004 Fornam St., Omaha, Neb. ! Mai j j (Pibiui Bin ii iy ii iiaiisjii i li i in ii nil mum w m.w mmmmmm Wt kfmtm.mMXMmmfm -jrmil gssssnsj 'in IliWslil tm 1 1 mmaammmtm9mvmajmimMmmmiMMtfmlmmM f eu p .ii We w iFifjpi w y . i mUmm a i mm m mm j ymmimmmt i mn i n a u i nw v-y men' - sfioe for men fauL. The Pewckard hat not been cheapened to meet increased cost of material. It would be poor economy to sacrifice the reputation we have attained for the amount involved, Urge though it may be. Hon esty in construction is an integral part cf the Packard Shoe, and will be so long at we make it TSoUat 13.80 $4.00 tS. 00 iaall Styles if your dealer does not carry the u ouw, write ug ior catalogue auu uamea oi nearest dealer does. who M. A. PACKARD CO., Brockton, Mass. DR. McGREWSROO WILL CURE YOU for U PAi- WHAT YOU CAN and begin yoor treatment now. Men, I have a treatment especially adapted to all your aliments; 31 years' experience makes It possible for me to cure where all other full 25 years U Omaha. Treatment by malL Office hours all day to 8:80 p. m. Ear day. 9 to 1. Call or write. Box 786. Office, XII South Fourteen ta St. Omaha, Neb, j
