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TTTR OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMHEU 24, 1907.
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RIEWS
OF TH
NO PANIC WITH BUILDERS
Houses and Land Still Good Invest
ment for Spare Money.
TALK ON MISSION FUENITTJEE
Dealer Declare Stolid, Substantial
Kind of Old la Beln Ileplaced
hT Mach that Will Not
Stand Teat of Ce.
There may be a panlo in the east, there
may be crop failure! aomewhere In the
world, there may be other tormente of
humanity In different parte of the world,
but there la no evidence of auch condl
tlona among Omaha bom builders. The
recorde of the building Inapector'a office
ahow an undiminished healthlnese and a.
vlgoroue strength that glvea no Indica
tion whatever of being undermined by
panlca or rumora of panics. The people
have the money and If there are any who
do not have confidence In banka the money
flurry aeema to be acting merely to apur
them toward putting their cash Into a
house where panlca and atrlngenctea do
not corrupt and where thlevea "cannot
break through and ateal the house and
lot on which It stands. Builders and con
tractor have had a week of undiminished
activity In house building and the new
orders received lndlcatea that the work
will be rushing throughout the winter.
"Home bulldera and furnlahera should
take care as to the material they put Into
their furniture a well as Into their
homes," said an Omaha cabinet maker.
"The mission style of furniture hae a
great vogue at present, but, like many
other things. It la being widely and very
basely imitated. The mere fact that a
chair Is mado on straight lines with rig
idly severe legs and back and Is stained
' a more or less pronounced black doea not
muke that chair a mission piece. Sonre
people think they can take a pine board
home and with a saw, a hammer and a
few nails can turn out mission furniture
at an amazing rate. This Is apt to prove
an expensive bit of economy. It Is apt
to be like Bill Nye's famous instructions,
"how to make a rocking chair out of to
'mato cans," which the humorist gave dur
ing the era of enthusiasm for making all
kinds of beautiful things out of barrels
and cracker boxes and so forth.
"There la nothing that ahowa the qual
ity that is in it more than a piece of fur
niture. And In the long run quality will
win as surely in a table or a chair as It
will In human character and makeup.
Look at the old mahonany furniture made
by patient skilled handicraftsmen in the
old daya. Some of those carefully wrought
center tables are now worth ICO to $100.
Some of the fine sideboards are worth
hundreds of dollars. All because they
have he quality In the wood and the
workmanship In the making.
"The same la true of the mission furni
ture. This was first made by patient,
palnatakjng monks and when It was fin
ished it had a character of its own, an
air of homely stability and comfort that
charmed and brought it Into favor. But
the cheap Imitations ono sometimes sees
today are merely grotesque things to be
laughed at. The moral of all this la to
do well what you do and to have good
quality in what you do have."
A new house near Twenty-fourth and
Blnney streets has a modal outdoor sleep
ing room set Into the second floor In a man
ner that la charmingly artistic and archi
tecturally economical. The house is a one
and one-half story cottage. The design la
low and wide. The roof slopea toward the
atreet gently with long lines from apex to
eaves. The sleeping porch la cut into this
long sleeping room In a way that mukes It
look as though a giant had stuck a knife
into the roof and pried up a liberal space,
for the Bleeping porch. The porch Is com
modious, well celled and flnlshedt The side
of this sleeping room comes up to a height
of probably three feet so that the sleeper
cannot be seen from the street. A door
leads from the dressing room to the sleep
ing porch. The latter is closed In with
wire mosquito netting on the three open
aides.
"Electricity Is occupying a more honored
position than ever before In Omaha homes,"
aald E. J. Gillespie of the American Electric
company. , "People are beginning to real
ise the charming effects that can be so
cured by the proper use of electricity. The
beauty of the fixtures manufactured today
for electrlo lights makes the beauties of
this species of Illumination especially at
tractive. Most of the homes of the medium
and finer claas now being built in Omaha
are being provided with electricity and they
are being made doubly beautiful by the sub
tle quiet charms of elcctrlcley. Not only
" la It useful for illumination but for heating
in a amall way. It la also turned to doing
other little labor saving tasks which are
so small that If the wires were not already
in the house these thing could not be done."
A business man's home In the West Far
Dam district has several model bed rooms,
lie and his wife have paid special atten
tion to this part of the house. One uf the
rooms they call the "ivy room" because
the wall ptywr has the ivy design on it.
Another la called the "hollyhock room"
for the reason that It Is decorated with wall
paper of that design. Both are models of
cosiness. The windows extend nearly from
the floor to the celling and are made with
small panes of glasa according to the olden
day design. There are two curtains In
front of each window. One of these la of
luce and the other of opaquo material to
be drawn at night. There la a fire place
in each room and several deep comfortable
looking chairs. A few pictures of restful
subjects and harmonious design are oil the
wall.
"A house should partake of the Individ
uality of the bulldera and those who expect
to live in It," aald a local architect. "Peo
ple must not be swayed by what la the pre
vailing style or mode. I do not think
Omaha people are swayed by anything of
this sort. They build the kind of houses
they individually like and the result shows
that their tastes are not freakish or gov
erned by the dictates of mere fashion. A
plain hard working sensible family living
in a house with a lot of frippery and frop
pery aud Louey Kans and Louey Kattorzo
ion COXSLM1TIVK.S
A specialist of a noted Kuslern clin
ics gives the following formula us the
best knew formula for consumption.
Jrtlx two ounces of glycerine with eight
ouuees of good whiskey and add one-half
ounce of Concentrated oil of pine. Take a
teaspoon ful or a tublespoonful every four
hours.
Care should be taken to get the real
Cuncuntrated oil of pine, which comes on.
ly In one-half ounce vials sealed In mind
air-tight screw-top cases. The ingredients
can be procured at any drug store. The
above formula will also cure bad coughs
aid colds very quickly
E BUSY HOME BUILDERS
furniture In It reminds one of a bull in a
china shop and Is Just about as appropriate.
A glance at Omaha homes shows them built
along lines of utility snd substantlalness.
In other words they reflect Uie character of
dur practical people. The colonial and the
broad Moorish designs are the favorites In
this vicinity and they are the most sub
stantial designs In house building."
OPPOSES PLAN OF SLABAUGH
T. J. Mahoney Ways Krhoola and Hos
pitals Shonld Not Par In
heritance Tax.
"The agitation started by Judge Bla
baugh and Mr. Shotwell to tax Crelghton
university, SU Joseph's hospital, the con
vent of the Sisters of Toor Claire and
the House of the Good Shepherd by way
of an Inheritance tax, not only on what
they get but what they fall to get. Is not
only absurd but It may result In a positive
Iobb to the county," said T. J. Mahoney,
in disoussing the proposed plan.
"The law encourages the settlement of
disputea and the avoiding of litigation, and
no court will visit a penalty on a party
for an honest settlement of a dispute.
Besides, the right of any beneficiary to
entirely renounce a bequest If It sees fit
Is beyond question. But an agitation of
thla kind may be found a two-edged sword.
Our revenue act of 1903, two years later
than the Inheritance tax law, apeclflcally
exempts from taxation property devoted
to educational, religious and charitable
uses. This exemption may possibly not
be raised by these institutions, but if an
attack Is to be made on them which
Is manifestly unjust and Illegal on th
theory that they can thereby be Induced
to Duy tnelr peace, no one need -be sur
prised If they make a stand for the full
benefit of their legal exemption. It will
do no harm for the county commissioners,
before authorlilng such an attack, to con
alder Its possible effect In dpfonHror th.
collection of any Inheritance tax from
these institutions."
WASHINGTON'S TERM IS CUT
Sentence It educed from Life to Fif
teen Tears on Plea of
Cnllty.
Will Washington, the negro who was
convicted by a Jury in criminal court of
the murder of Anton Kasper. with a
penalty of life Imprisonment, will not have
to aerve the sentence. Judge Troup Sat
urday morning sustained the motion of
Washington's attorney for a new trial and
County Attorney English permitted him
to plead guilty to murder in the second de
gress, Judge Troup sentencing him to flf-
lenn years In the penitentiary.
Kasper was stabbed to death last June
near Ninth and Capitol avenue. He ruBhed
Into the Goldsmith saloon with a knife
sticking In his back and expired before
he could tell his story. The evidence
against Washington consisted principally In
the Identification of the knife as one that
had been given him a short time before
and an alleged statement he la said to
have made to Ernest Wilson, Just before
the tragedy that he was going to "cop"
some one as he needed money.
B. F. Baker, his attorney, pleaded that
there was a lack of evidence to support
the theory of premeditated murder and
Judge Troup sustained his motion for a new
trial. Washington said he waa willing to
plead to aecond degree murder and his plea
waa accepted.
CORNERSTONE LAYING SUNDAY
th an ares Made In Program of Young
Women's C'hrlntlnn Association
Collection Taken.
A few minor changes nave been made In
the program for the ceremony of laying the
cornerstone of the new Young Women's
Christian Association building Sunday
afternoon, and in announcing the following
con pleted progrum the board wishes the
public to understand 'that no subscriptions
will be asked nor collection taken at th3
exercises'.
At Boyd's theater at 3 p. m Mrs. W. P.
IJarford, presiding.
TJoxology Audience.
Scripture response.
Prayer Rev. J. W. Conley, D. p.
Te Deum (In B minor) Buck, Mr. Ben
Stanley and choir.
"The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion," President Isaac Carpenter.
"The Ministry." Rev. S. D. Dutcher, pres
ident of the Ministerial union.
Anthem "While the Earth Rcmalneth,"
Maunder, Mr. Ben Stanley and choir.
"Our Building Project," Mrs. George
Tllden, chairman of building committee.
'The Purpose of the Building." Mrs.
Emma P. Byera, general accretary.
Scripture lesson.
Hymn Audience.
"The Contents of the Box," Mra. Emma
P. Byers, general secretary.
Placing the stone, Mrs. W. P. Harford,
president.
Prayer of consecration and benediction.
Rt. Rev. A. U Williams. IX D.
MAN DIES WHILE AT WORK
Charles Eagrbrerht Drops Dead at
Twenty-Seventh and Maple
Streets.
Charles Eggcbrecht dropped dead while
working at Twenty-seventh and Maple
afreeta at 10:30 Saturday morning. He was
employed as tender for Nlcholae Herrlck,
a contractor. His body waa taken In
charge by the coroner and an lnyuest will
be held. He waa a man about 40 years of
age and heart failure Is thought to have
been the cause of his death.
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TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Omaha Dealers Optimistic in Pace of
Present Conditions.
CASH SALES ARE PLENTIFUL
Slight Falllna; Off In Amount of
Transfers Declared to Be Doe
to Temporary Conditions
Only.
Will real estate rise above the present
financial flurry, or must the market come
to a dead halt within the next three weeks,
when the crucial test is to come?
This Is the question which Omaha real
estate dealers have been asking the last
week, when the market has been quiet and
the records showed transfers placed on file
of but $72,000 for Douglas county, and a
large part of the total consisted In country
sales and the city sales fell off. Nearly all
the sales made during the week have been
placed on file and very little old stuff was
recognized among the deeds filed.
In the transfers for Tuesday, which are
given as I155.9S9. the refiling of the deeds
to the Ramge building, purchased some time
ago by G. E. Shukert, amounting to $127,
GO0, which cannot be considered In estimat
ing the week's sales.
The result of the next three months of
real estate dealing are expected by real
estate men to be full of tremendous Import
for the future. Real estate will Join the
panic or It will rise above It. C. C. George
of George & Co. believes the light Is break
ing and that the reid estate market stands
on the rock of the country's prosperity. If
the rock cannot be shaken the masses of
business men will see that their fears are
groundless.
When the reports of transfers for the
first day of the week showed up around
$8,000, real estate men were getting a little
uncertain, but have been pushing ahead,
disregarding the fact that things were com
ing to a halt for a time. Then the next re
port came along with transfers of $28,489
for the second day, $9,874 for Wednesday,
$13,781 for Thursday and $12,772 for Friday.
But business was better Saturday, with the
sun shining, and one firm made a sale of
16,000, another of $2,500 and a third of $1,400,
sending the week out with a whirl and a
good outlook for the coming week.
"It's like watching a wave come In on
the beach," said a real estate man. "Great
crests of dark waves will swing in on the
shore now and then, smash up the boats
and beat against the lighthouses. Such
waves can be compared to the panic of
1873. But the present wave will never
reach the boats and lighthouses. Its force
has already been checked. Half way up
the beach It met a body of quiet water,
which reduced Its force, and by the time
It reaches shore It breaks harmlessly on
the lower beach. Such Is the effect of the
present panic on real estate. It looked
like a monster wave for a time, but it has
struck quiet water, and I predict that the
wave will break harmlessly on the sand."
That real estate In Omaha has not been
hurt by the panic or financial flurry more
than to make the market temporarily
quiet Is shown by the offers received Sat
urday by dealers for unimproved property
at a time when other forms of Investment
security were being slaughtered. As an In
stance, George & Co. offered the north
east corner of Twentieth and. Burt streets,
for Mra. Mary J. Ellis of Antwerp, N. Y.,
and received four cashNoffers for the prop
erty within forty-eight hours, selling it
for cash to the first one who made the
offer-William D. Glffln, who will improve
It promptly.
Bankers and real estate men are unani
mous in expressing the belief that It will
only be necessary for the mnrket to hold
Its own for a few weeks, or perhaps until
after the holidays, and when recovery in
other lines begins a new era of prosperity
will dawn for the real estate deapers.
"New prosperity is inevitable from the
fact that the earning power of
men and women Is as great as
It ever was, and they are making a greater
effort to-save," said a real estate dealer.
"We have had any number of applications
for paying from $10 to $25 per month on
lots ranging In price from $250 to $1,000.",
A few believe that tho' time has come
when real estate will not bring as big re
turns In rentals and that after all America
cannot expect to have holdings In real es
tate which will return 10 and 13 per cent
when the older countries have reached a
plane where 2 to 3 per cent la high. It Is
believed by a few who have had experi
ence that real estate will continue to re
turn from 6 to 15 per cent for many years,
but gradually the lower plane must be
reached. t
A simpler form of warranty deed la
sought by the real estate men of Omaha
and President Graham of the Real Estate
exchange may suggest a Joint meeting of
the attorneys, abstracters and real estate
dealers of the city to agree on a short
form which will not cost as much to re
cord and will not be as apt to be picked to
pieces by fault-finding attorneys. W. K
Selby has suggested that a mortgage re
lease bo secured which will not be as long
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HOW THE HOTEL LOYAL LOOKS TODA Y.
ss a mortgage and cost as much to re
cord It as It usually charged for re
cording a mortgage. "But we will always
have a lot of trouble with forms," said
Mr. Selby, "aa long a attorneya them
aelvea dlfTer aa to the legality of deeds,
mortgagee and releases. I have submitted
a deed to one attorney and had It accepted
and the next attorney would turn the same
Instrument down. Lawyers and real estate
men should get together on forms, but
even then an attorney now and then would
pick to pieces a deed which had been de
clared good by thirty others."
Real estate dealers of Omaha may ask
the next legislature to reduce the fees
fixed for filing or pass on some simple
forms, auch as are used In Iowa.
Crelghton's First addition will bo the
name given by the D. V. Bholes company
to the new tract which will be placed on
the market about January 1. The new
addition Is Just west of Hanseom park, be
tween that beauty spot and the Megeath
addition. It will be one of the desirable
residence districts of the city, within easy
reach of the cars and overlooking the
park and southern part of the city. Lots
will sell from $500 to $1,000.
Reed Bros, have platted a new addition
at Forty-eighth and Farnam street and
will call It "Sunset." The addition will Be
sold only In loo-foot lots and the lots not
sold to anyone who desires to build a res
idence costing less than $5,000. The per
manent Improvements of the addition are
well under way and lota will aoon be on
sale.
C. C. Carlberg has platted an addition of
eleven lots on Thirty-eighth avenue, be
tween Mnson and raclflc streets. Five
modern cotages will bo erected on the
property at once.
Sale of the fine lots In the new Ihindee
addition, for which George A Co. has the
e-xcluslve agency, continues and five new
homes are under construction, all costing
more than $3,500 and one costing Ifi.O'O.
0. I. Patterson of the Pacific Exnrss
company has purchased two lota at Fifty
first and Underwood avenue for $1,325. He
will build a new home on the lots at once.
The beautiful residence of C. C. King
at 1334 South Thirty-second street haa been
sold by a colored real estate agency to
Mrs. Ida G. Caball. a colored woman from
Missouri," who paid $5,000 for the residence
In the exclusive south-side residence dis
trict and when she occupies It, December
1, she will be alone In being the only col
ored person to secure a home in the dis
trict. Bankers' troubles are not hindering the
home building In the suburbs. The home
builders and lot buyers are as active aa
ever, and those who have purchased lots
are going ahead with Improvements as
rapidly as possible. Some who had con
tracted to buy lots on the Installment plan
have drawn money which they had In
banks and paid for the lots. On'y now and
then la a deal called off by an Intended
purcahser'and the financial flurry given aa
an excuse. Real estate dealers declare
that those who refuse to go ahead with
deals because of the much discussed
money stringency are only the ones who
are seeking to get out of the deals and
use the financial flurry as an excuse.
N.' P. Underhlll has sold his place In
Archer Place, South Omaha, to Kate Me
Phearson for $4,000. Tho home Is ono of
the comfortable residences In the extreme
limits of South Omaha, being almost as
far out as Albright. (
The Byron Reed company has sold to
Louis Segall the residence at 181$ Burt
street for $2,500.
LOVER SHY JMARRIAGE FEE
Lacks Just Two Dollars of Enough
to Boy a License
to Wed.
Because he had only $3 and his marriage
license and marriage service cost $5, David
Condon was forced to leave his marriage
certificate "In hock" with Marriage License
Clerk Furay until he could raise the other
$2.
Condon applied for a license Friday to
wed Maggie Eberly of Denver. After the
document was Issued he requested that
Judge Leslie perform the marriage service
and the Judge did so. After they were
made man and wife Condon produced the
$3, but was unable to rake up the balance
of the fee. As the county Judge haa no
power to undo even his own ceremonies,
he was powerless to do anything except
accept Condon'a offer to leave his certifi
cate as a guarantee he would return and
pay the $2. The certificate Is still In a
desk in the office awaiting its owner.
George Lasker and Agnes Stanley of
Marne, la., were refused a marrlag? license
Saturday morning because the brtde-to-be
had secured a divorce In Iowa only six
weeka ago.
Eneonrnclna; the Lawyer.
A North Carolina lawyer says that when
Judge Buxton, of that state, mado his
first appearance at the bar as a young
lawyer he was given charge, by the
state's solicitor, of the prosecution of a
man charged with some misdemeanor.
It aoon appeared that there was no evi
dence against the man. but Buxton did
his best, and was astonished when the
jury brought In a verdict of "guilty."
After the trial one of the Jurors tapped
the young attorney on the shoulder.
"Buxton," said he. "we didn't think the
feller waa guilty, hut. at the same time,
didn't like to discourage a young lawyer
by acquitting him. Lipplncolt'a Magazine.
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ScTcnty-scTcn
for Grip and
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Guaranteed by the Manufacturer under
the Food and Drug Act, June SO, 190.
The manufacturer also' guarantees
that Humphreys' geventy-seven does
not contain anything that Is harmful
to the most delicate person or young
child.
Seventy-seven Is more often cur
ative for Colds and Grip than any
other known remedy.
Seventy-seven breaks up Colds that
hang on. All druggists, 25c.
Humphreys Homeo. Medlrlne Co., Cor.
William and John Streets, New York.
'CUSTOM
GRADE
"VTOTE the feet of the well
dresser women of this
town. On most of them you
see our "Queen Quality" $4
Custom Grade Boot.
The choice leathers, the refined
style, the glove fit are meant
for women of discrimination.
Your pair is now ready.
Hay-den Bros.
AUDITORIUM
The Peerless Roller Skater
MISS JESSIE DARLING
All This Wk. Uoth Afternoon
and Evening.
Admission, 10c. Skates, 20c.
Window Glass 1
We do glazing. 'Phono our
Paint Department your ord
ers. Tel. Douglas 3425.
Myers-Dillon Drug Co.
Paint Dept. 1416 Harney St.
iw.iak:wi.'iMiiiyi,iwi
Gold and Siiver Plating
Tabla Ware, daa FUtQTea, Briaa
Bfcdi and Jewelry Revlatad aa Kaw
OMAHA PLATINO CO.
Keliatla Gold and Ellvar Flatara
Eatabliahcd 1S98 1330 Barney 8t.
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SIXDAY:
11:39 a. m. to 8:93 p. m.
1508-19 Howard Street
Poller's MandolIa6rebeslra
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Heat - Fuel - Money - Wasted
Some Common Sense Facts
FACT 1 If iur bnNrniciit n 7.1 to 8.T deirroos nd tjr cov
ering tho you reduce It to M) to TO dcjjrecs, vvluit Ix-comcs
of the heat? You save it and It ase on to the rooms; there,
can bo no other nlaro for It to go.
PA IT a After tho heating plo In your Imsoinent are cov
ered with AmMer Asbestos Air fell covering the hent run not
radiate or escape, but is forced upstairs, where Jou want it.
PACT 3 Many heating plants are not totccessful because
the furnace or boiler rapacity In not sufficient to allow for the
waste heat lost In the basement.
PACT 4 Uncovered lien ting j)lMs In your basement shrink
your hard-wood floors on account of the excessive heat In the
bnsenient. To keep your floors looking right Is worth the cost
of covering alone.
PACT B It Is difficult to keep your winter supply of vege
tables and fruit when tho pipes are not covered in the basement.
FACT 0 Some manufacturers of loilers recommend Ambler
Air Cell covering for their boilers, because they know It Increases
the capacity of their boiler.
FACT 7 Millions of dollars are spent yearly for pipe cov
ering because It saves more millions in fuel.
Tlop one us Pouglaa 1397 lirOiirPf'fi
on Ambler Asbestos Air Cll Hioa Covering
Keusbcy fit Ktfatflson Co.
1113 Harney Street, Omntia, Neb.
Manufactcrera of Aabeatoa and Mr,?neaia Plpa and Boiler Coverings.
Factorita, Amblar, Fa. Offlcta in Principal Cltlca.
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3lltn'H,n(lllWMrill.,llrT'II'fWIWT'4"lIW'(l1f
HAT the new rate has accom
plished more than we expected
is a fact. In one month 234 old
and new houses were con nected
to our lines. Whv not vours?
Reduced rates. - Investigate.
Omaha Electric Light & ' Power Co.
TEL. DOUG. 1062.
C. B. HAVENS & COMPANY
BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, CRUSHED ROCK, SAND, BRICK AND
SEWER PIPE.
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' Get Oar Quotations Before Placing Orders Elsewhere ,:Vr;
Phone Douglas 317
1 i-.ifirs j
. ' When you stop to think about it, you, of
course, realize the grave danger that menaces
your. children when they play in the streets
v. on which there are street car tracks, but do
you think about it often enough?
And do you caution your children about
. it often enough t '
Are you sure that YOUR children are
not daily exposing themselves to the danger
of being struck by a car in fact, jeopardiz
ing their lives,
'Eemember that when children are play
ing, their minds are engrossed with their play
vand theyare utterly unheedful of approach
ing cars and frequently dart directly in front
ofthem.
Assist Us in Preventing Accidents.
Omaha Council Bluffs
Street Railway Company
Take
ocky Mountain
Limited
The newest and most luxuriously equipped trln
between Chicago and Colorado.
Such important thing aa a new mlselon-ityle llbrary-buffet-obaervatlcn
car a barber f lectrlc light and
fana, Garland car ventilator: these differentiate the
Rocky Mountain Limited ai the BEST.
But one night en route. Leaves daily at 11:17 P. M.
A aecond dally train leaves at 1:85 P. M. carrying
standard sleeping cars.
"Rock Island to tho Rockies0
Aak (or dainty llluatrated
booklet deacrlblng the
Rocky Mountain Limited.
Y. M. C. A. BLD3
1805 Farnam St.
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Zt. V. A, stock Xn)d l.lat
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