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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1907)
D , . .. i. . ... -i Tige Talks .i. ' V - . , -'.-l. .. - A ,VAVv,v& u r. . . I . .. 1 r;ij uw ... ., r- If - " '. ...V -. .-, , WHY TIGE FEELS OL look aa If you had stuck jour nose Into a rat trap and It has prunn on you," remarked Tige, arcaatlcall, to his old friend. Towaer. aa the two met In a va cant lot. Towour looked dcjvtdly thro'ijrh a contrlrance of wire and leather strap. Tire .was sporting a brand new leather bead piece which waa pulled raklshly down over on ear. "I don't know that you can say much." barked Towaer. "You don't nrfm to be ablo to kerp your own millinery on traJht" This happened a few days after hla honor had Issued his ukase prercrlblns the proper thins In canine wear for the next ninety daja. Owing to his public Importance and the tact he was a general favorite in high and low places, Tlfce was looked upon as the sage of dotrdom, and whatever he had to ay was listened to with a Kood deal of Interest by thoroughbred and mnna-rel alike. After the preliminary pleasantries had pared. TIge squatted down on his hautchea. closed one eye and looked thoughtful. "I have Iiesurd somewhere that every dog baa his day," h remarked after a few min utes. "I was Just wondering If It la true. If It Is I know a slender man with a very bald head that will get his when my dav comes around, lasso or no lasso. O-r-r-r-r-r. "I was making the rounds among the gang today and. s&y, you ought to have seen some of the things I saw. It was enough to make a self-respecting dog weep. woman going along Farnam street had tier little spits pup with her. Now a spits pup always makes me feel Ilk I wanted to go back to the tall woods, but this little fellow) who couldn't put up a decent fight with mouse, was dragging a leather head piece that was so heavy with silver buckles aad things that he couldn't hold his head up. Them over on the north sld there Is Tar old friend. F'rt". who lost his muzzle a scrap over . hnno ana was airaia to out on the street until he had Jammed la head Into a bird cage. Afraid a pollre- bisa would corn along ana try to execute When the rvtxr wnim. how much am I of- fered for t,hl saddle? It U Aw guaranteed to be tie original and genuine Pat Crowe saddle, which he rod away In on that mem orable night. The gentleman start It ct 13. - Why such a bid Is an Insult. Gentle men. In five year that saddle will bring 1600 from oiy museum In the country. Three dollar I'm ottered who'll make It four? Three dollar once, twice, thrice, and sold to the gentleman over there for ;t." Such was the line of talk to be heard all of Tuesday afternoon In the polio court room. The occasion was the an nual aale of unclaimed property which had accumulated at the police station during the last year. Of what did this property' consist? It were difficult to enumerate ad tedious to hear. A few article will suffice for an Insight. There were fifty-eight revolvers; there were knlve and watches of all descriptions, clothlpg, kodaks, bicycles, sine, brass, copper, furniture, slot machines, trunks, grip, harness, umbrellas, furs, "hop" lay out, canned goods, shoes, clothespins, scales, razor, etc., ad lnfln. Ordinarily th personal effects of pris on v returned to them when they are released, except "contraband goods" such as revolvers, gambling devices and the Ilka, which are confiscated, but this "un claimed" property Is accumulated In vari ous ways. Prisoners escape from the chain gang or rouk pile, others die and neither ever calls for his property. Ex pressmen frequently bring trunks and grip to th station which they have been unable to deliver on account of a defect In the address. Much of the unclaimed Junk consists of stolen property which 4a ' -7 - -J Ibk'w ,m- 1 t i 1 1 t I - X I if ;fHv 0 w7 j ('I m; 'S - V: FRED MTEKS POtCITT SAPDI-ES THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 19. 1907. mll mt . . to Towser Concerning Troubles Due Hit - i .V ?. TIRED. him and the mayor's proclamation at tho same time. "That waa worse than a little bull terrier I know, who has bad 'em so bad ever sine he heard about that proclamation he put his master's base ball mask over his heal before he will stick his nose outside th fence. Hasn't got a real muzzle and h gets the next best thing. "I have another friend who is so old hi teeth have all fallen out and he has played with babies ail his life. Tet he has to go around with a lot of straps choking him and rubbing the skin all off his nose be cause some dog over in the north part 08 town snarled and snapped at a butcher' boy who used to throw stones at him. "Say, what makes me tired when I thlnH of this business is the way some of tnose mongrels who haven't got the nerve to fight ran come up her now and make belleva they are as good as any of us, and what can you do? It makes me feel sick to se that shaggy cur from acrres the street come around with Ms muzzle harrfng down under his chin, grinning and sneering at us respectable dogs that can't wear our negligee. Then It makes me despondent to Jump for a bone and find I can't get my mouth open wide enough to grab It. and) some urntart of a pup that he n't nny owner to provide a muzzle for him -sneaks It away frcm under my nose and runs down the street with It. I have to stand for it. But that len't the only thing we have to put up with. Think of running a scraggly black cat Into a corner and then havlna: to back down for fear of gettins hurt. That' Just what we respectable dogs are up against. Sometimes It makes me wish t was a yellow mnnyrel running the street without a friend to pat me on the head. Instead of a pampered eompanirn of a spoiled child with everything I want but the right to chase cats and fight over bones, I would rather get a kick now and then and go hungry half the time, and be ablo to defend myself or hold my own In a ftrtit over a big. Juicy bnne, than to havsj the best kind of kennel, three meals a day and a nice, soft bed at night and have to Police Sell at Auction Their has not been claimed by its rightful owner. it was a cosmopolitan crowd that thronged th police court iccm, and the races, colors, sexes and previous condition of servitude represented there were al most as varied as the unclaimed articles offered for sale, and the appearance of some of the most ardent bidders was such as to suggest that they themselves were In the "unclaimed" class. And yet they all had money. They Jostled each other and pressed against the railing In their eager ness to pick up bargain until the police had to repulse them. Colored men were perhaps the strongest bidders on razors and pocket cutlery, and the rivalry be tween thenv was so Intense that many of those article sold far above retail price. Much of the clothing was bought In by Russlana A bunch of almond-eyed Celes tials were In the market for "hop" lay out, of which there were fifteen. Th prices obtained throughout were the best since these sale have been held, which I Indicative of the prosperous era which I upon us. A second-hand shotgun which retail at X! brought CO. One of the police sergeants had his eye on a box of fifty dozen clothes pins, which retail at 1 cent per dozen. He stayed in the bidding until 60 coma, th retail price, waa reached, and then dropped out. The bidding ran up to SS cents, at which price they were sold. The selling of th grip and trunks was where the "sure thing" man and the man with gambling proclivities parted company, for It was simply buying a pig In a poke. Tou saw the trunk or grip, but not th content, and th price obtained dtpandad 1J . . -,.,-v : -.:.-t HEAXT FOR THE POLICEMAN Jo, GENTLEMAN largely upon the Imagination of th bid ders, as stimulated by the auctioneer. In th bidding on these ""hidden treasures'' a "hunch" played quite as large a part as it does in the betting ring at the race track. For instance, Mr. Jones sees an old canvas telescope grip with the letter J written on it- He at once begins to get Interested, and the chance are that Mr. Jackson also ha grown keen to the situation and begins to count hla money. They both have a "hunch" and from then on It is simply a question of which ha the most money, for he'll win' the prize. Some unkind. Irresponsible person ha In timated that many of these "banchea" are manufactured by the pollc for the oc . 4. u v ' V 1" . , ...... . Hwr."""- t iZ'-i ',-.- ... ;-"t hsv . W9 sW J . -wm 0ijS" KVw. V i- 1 "o- v v AIX.J 5.N 1 A I : x -5 , - , 1 7 eiMMl IN FTTTX DRESS. casion; that they know certain Individual who will attend th sales who have strong falling for certain "bunches," and that they fix up a select assortment for them. When questioned about this. Captain Mos tyn ridiculed the Idea, and said such a thing was impossible for the reason that no man ever. bit twice on the same hunch. It I an Interesting study to watch the process of complete disillusionment as it comes to these buyer of pig In pokes. A Twelfth street tailor and companion carried to hi hop four heavy telescope grips which he had bought at S3 each. Ar riving in hla shop they laid their burdens down. The tailor glanoed furtively around the shop a though to make sure ther -TV y ... N-'V?;.-v.f 1 ax 1 .. 1 : JOB BONNENBURG STIRRING UP BIDDERS. 7 Y .. sv.-' I r V'TI! I ' -wash. - it: ii j j v. . in. i-i? v. si J 1 m It Xkj "DOPW LAYOUT! THIS "FUENDS" EN'TIEDk 57W,'l JllWi'l'llttUrsssi v" "S. . - "' A IV- , U li l , BABIES' PET IS 8AFE NOW. wear one of the3e things on my face. It' the first time I ever envied the alley dqg. Now I think how happy he mupt be. "I went over to the court house when they were maklntc all this fuss alxiut us. A man they called Ignatius Jehovah Dunn was talking nn.l the may he talked abut US was the worst I ever heard. I would rather be klckel Ground from morning till night than to hear my friends run down that way. That man Greevey must be a peach. I'd share my last bone with him If I knew I'd never have another. "How can a srlf-respectlng dog hold his bead up any more with one of these things over his face? I always thought I'd die of humiliation If I ever had to wear one of those red dog blankets, but I believe this Is Just as bad. When I have mine put on in the morning I Just naturally slink along as if I was afraid someone might see me. When I do get my nerve up . and try to look as if I didn't mind It some yellow cur comes along and dares roe to come out into the alley and what can I do? "As I remarked at the beginning, Towser, when my daj comes look out. I've got some of these so-called humans spotted. I'm papain g up even the lowest down Weary Willie now and I haven't had a mouthful of trouser leg for over a week now, but Just wt till my time comes. Just .because these two-legged animals are In power now is no sign they always will be. Walt, I say. until my time in the sad dle comes. When old Tlge climbs into the mayor's ehair things will begin to go some. Maybe it Isn't true, but I've heard there are muzzles and muzzles. Also there are rabies and rabies. Only a few days ago a man in the next block got drunk and hit his wife. When I cot into the mayor's chair here Is the first proclamation I am going to Issue: " "Whereas, An epidemic of lushing ap pears to prevail among a certain species of animals called humans, and " "Whereas, Complaint has been made that this state of affairs Is bad for the Unclaimed Goods would be none to steal his treasures; then he bolted the door and began to unpack. The situation was growing uncanny. Th first three grips contained worthless, moth eaten clothing and rags simply that and nothing more. The last grip examined had evidently belonged to an aged woman. The clothes in it were clean and neatly folded. There were her specs, her thimble, her knitting needles and a writing- tablet In which a letter had been begun. It was written in a trembling hand and began: "My dear son; I am not sure where you are, but" That was all. The tailor was of the opinion that the grip and content represented the woman's sole earthly be longings, and be wished that be might re- f - f V7 3 m j i . .i urn iij . to Aayor's Orders r ' . ii TOWSEH FEELS Hip PIBGRACEL public at large and Is hurting the soda water business, "' "Therefore. I. Tlge. by the authority In me vested, do hereby proclaim that It shall be unlawful for any man to run at large without having firmly attached so as to completely cover his head a muzzle so con structed as to prevent access to his mouth by anything larger than a soda water straw. Any man found violating this proc lamation, etc. Cheer up. TIGE. Mayor." "I guess that would hold some of these fellows for awhile. Then I would put a bulldog on every corner and we would see California's Golden Harvest uc Dt.i. sf r9llfnrnia secures all I " I annual Income from Its orchards Ja 1 f rnnra than t3.VW0.0M. It DTO- duces more than one-half of the country's peach crop, a third of the pear crop and seven-eighths of what are termed subtropical fruits. It supplies practically all of the prunes, apricots, lemons, Jigs and the bulk of the oranges grown In America. Put into fig ures, this means 175,O0 tons of prunes done, 1.030,000 boxes of lemons, nearly S.000 tons of olives, 6.0C0 tons of fls. 2.&X). 0CO bushels of peaches and 10,(k0 tons of walnuts and almonds. As 85 per cent of the oranges and lemons . raised In the state are distributed through the fruit associations at Los Anceles, the business done at this center will give an Idea of the Industry in southern California. It aggregates 30,000 cars with a value of $17,(j0,000. An average of 8.000 carloads of fruit of all kinds have been sent dally during the chipping season out of the thir teen counties of which Los Angeles Is the selling center. In Freono county, where 80 per cent of the raisins cured in California are pro duced, fully 50,000 tons will be the record for 1906, the revenue from this fruit aggre gating fully $4,000,000. Thirty year ago turn them to her. '"Let us hope," he said, "that the poor aoul ha found her 'dear son' and that he is taking good care of her." The total proceeds of the auction sal were 1700.35. This money goes Into the fund of the Police Relief association, which was created by an act of the legislature In 18S7, and which Is contributed to by a 1 per cent per annum levy on the salaries of all policemen, and also from other sources. On the death of a member of tie police force his family receives from this fund the sum of 1500. and during an officer' sickness or disability he receives the sum of S3 per day. Pointed Paragraphs Fortune teller re fortune sweller for themselves. Courtship Is the Juicy grade and marriage the appendicitis. Many a man takes a better half In a half hearted manner. Judge no man's sincerity by what he,ay. but by what he doesn't. Present a small boy with a watch and bo'll have the time of his life. Hot air la the motive power that operate the human talking machine. Many a man beconu a Jailbird through Ms strenuous efforts to feather his nest. And the mining prospectus gets the coin while the hard-luck story is bumping the bum pa Did ycu ever notice how few people there are present when anyona happens to say nice things about you? A successful financier Is a man who can Separate other men from their money with out the aid of a sandbag. Chicago News. J hp . - r-A f 0 9 THREE OF THE BUTER8 WUX PLEA BED. things began to happen. Then I think I would Issue another proclamation to muszle these men who stand around cigar stores and street corners and talk politics all day. I would make the family cat wear padded gloves and the neighbors' chickens have their toes manicured every day. I would make It a real muzzling proclamation. "Well, maybe you can get some consola tion out of that, but I can't," responded Towser. who had been listening attentively, "My throat strap Is choking me." "I repeat. Just wait till my day comes,"" replied Tig. not more than 25,000 orange trees were In bearing in the 6") miles of fruit belt stretching from the foothl.U of Mount Shasta south to San Diego. The orchards at the present time cover more than 75,000 acres, nearly all of them being the seedless variety, raised from two little shoots which were planted at River side in 1873. The area containing the great orchards of California consists principally of tho Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, with what la locally termed the Los Angeles country, comprising the five counties of southern California. While irrigation is needed for a large proportion of the orchards In southern California, the yield In an average year Is so large and the financial returns so gTeat that many of the companies wllo control th larger orchards could sell them at a price averaging 12,500 an acre, al though this land prior to Irrigation was not worth S3 an acre. Although oranges will ripen In California nearly every month of the year, the har vest season is usually from November 1 to June 1. A fast a a wagon load la picked it Is sent to the packing he use. There the boxes are credited to the grower, then prepared for market. Here the oranges are dumped Into a long, narrow tank, filled With water, at one end of which Is a big wheel with a tire of soft bristle. A the wheel revolves the brush works In connection with another set of brushes In a smaller tank underneath, and the oranges, after bobbing about in the big tank, pas between the wet brushes and come out bright and clean. At some of the packing houses the old method of hand washing Is still In use, and groups of women, each with a brush and a tub of water, stand under an awning and scrub busily. After the bath the oranges) are spread upon long, slanting racks to dry in th sun, and from the lower end they roll Into the boxe and are carried into th shade of the warehouse to cure. After the hours of curing tbey are fed Into a hopper which drops them single file Into a belt that runs between revolving cylindrical brushes. They come out sleek and shiny, and are carried In a belt ele vator to the sorting table, where they are graded Into fancy, choice and standard. The grades are determined by the size and appearance. This sorting table Incline slightly, and the dividing stream posse In two file upon narrow track of moving ropes, which di verge gradually. The smallest oranges fall through first, the larger size further on. grading themselves and falling Into their proper bins. Ther are a dozen sizes, from th small ones that run SCO to a box, to fruit that cannot b spanned with both hands and which pack forty-eight to the box. Both, extremes ar subject to discount from the market price as off sized. Orange are very tender and muxt bo handled with great care. Finger nail are kept short, lest a slight bruise be made on the skin In handling; and wherever an orange drops even an inch or two spouts, bins and tables are padded. I'sually the warehouse Is on a elding or in the direct lira of railway, so that the boxes can b loaded Into the cars from the building without loss of time. A carload 1 from m to 600 boxes Moody Magaztns, w n - 1 i 1 y