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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1908)
D Making: the Ice Crop for a Great City While the r OW doth the buay littU Ice man HI Improve each freezing hour, I that he may Improve each milium uuur next Bummer, whea the sun's warm rays beat down on the children of men and the eight of an Ice wagon Is as welcome as money from home. One has but to take a little trip to Cut-Oft lake on the trolley or on foot to see how the Ice man comes unto his own and how he packs away large sections of coolnens for distribution In the days when the bosom of Cut-Off lake Is covered with ripples and small raft and lightning bugs. Today the lake Is covered with a thick shell of concealed matter formed by the crystallsatlon of water sub ject to atmospheric changes. This con cealed matter Is known as Ice, something vhlch has no particular social standing In winter time, but which Is courted by the populace along about July time. The Ice man loves extremes. When the thermometer registers I, 10, 13 or U below, then the Ice man chuckles a few chuckles, eats a hurried meal or a hot roast beef aandwlch and then hies himself to the Ice field. lie galhereth many laborers around him, gives them tools wherewith to gather the Ice and promises them slmoleons on pay day. The extreme cold weather warms his heart, for the Ice man has a heart. An eminent sciential has examined the ice man and has declared he has a cardiac re gion which responds to extreme heat or cold. When the weather glass registers 100 above, then again It Is a token for the Ice man to be glad, for he knows that the law of demand will yield him many coins Creighton ,.Ms4 Harland X Masstnan. 1ST Monday evening - th four LI young men whose picture are I shown above were selected to in the debate with the Univer sity of South Dakota, which will be held at Vermilion, 8. D., between HlWb 1 and April U, th exact date to be fixed - by th South Dakota Institution. Under the two-year agreement signed by representatives of both universities, th question for this year's debate was sub mitted by th South Dakota school, and Creighton wn given its choice of aide. The question turn on th wisdom of na turalisation of the Japanese by th United States, and th local university, believing that th Interests of this country will b best served by denying to th Japan th right to becom cltlsens of th United States, chose to defend th negative of th .debate. The question Is of mor than or dinary Interest at this time because of th rapid strides n ad by the Japanese In re cent years along maay different line of activity, and particularly because of th disturbances which lately took plac on our Paclfio oast. CrelKhton' speaker wer chosen by th method In vogu in other larg univer sities. Th question for debate was an nounced and the first preliminary wa held ten days later. Out of th number of speaker who entered this first contest th judge Hon. C. J. Smyth. Hon, Le 8. E teile and Rev. M. J. O'Connor, vie presi dent of th university, choa six men. tare of whom they placed on each aid of i - ' , . . a ,. ; ' - r . '.'.'.., j. . - t -' "r ; l' V "t i ! t I 2 1 M. V 1 V ' .Mil)' ' 'I PLOWING THE ICE. for the Ice he plucked from lake and river. To thoroughly appreciate Ice cutting one must go out to the lake In a proper frame of mind and get into the atmosphere of the Ufa have a thought for the forces of nature which caused the Ice to be, and a due regard for snow-covered sections of thin Ice where the first crop has been cut. Aside from the atmosphere that covers the lake and Is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, there Is an atmosphere that Is only in evidence during the Ice cutting season that atmosphere which artists get Into their paintings and poets Into their poems. Hav ing gotten Into the right frame of mind, the searcher after truth and nature will find much that Is Interesting even at Ice cutting time. ., At the conservative figure of $5 per ton, at least 11,000,000 worth of Ice Is being taken from Cut-Off lake alone this season. This la based on figures reasonably correct. The large Swift Ice house on the southwest end of the, lake holds 60,000 tons, while the Bwlft house across from Courtland beach has a capacity of 80,000. The two houses operated by the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company on the southeast end of the lake have a combined capacity . of K.000 tons. That makes 196,000 tons stored on Uie lake. Even In Ice cutting there must be system and organisation. When that system begins to operate, then the Ice goes into the house at the rate of 8,000 tons day with a reasonably large force at work. That Is at the rate of about seven tons per minute during the day's work. The first work in cutting Ice Is the mark Law School and Its CREIGHTON UW SCHOOL, DEBATERS. Hugh J. Boyle. Arthur W. Proctor. th question for th second contest, which was held last Monday evening, resulting in th (election of Harland L. Mossman, Arthur W. Proctor and Hugh J. Boyle as Crelghton's team, with Charles Haffke as alternate. AH th speaker are members of the law department of th university. Mr. Mossman hall from Sioux City, la.; Kir. Proctor from Omaha; Mr. BoyU from Darlington, Wis., and Mr. Haffke from South Omaha, Next year the two universities will de bate In Omaha, and Creighton will then elect th question, leaving th choice of side to th visitors. Th excellence of the work exhibited In these two preliminary contests Is In keep ing with the splendid record which the Crelghtoq law department has been mak ing this year. The new enrollment this year exceed the total enrollment of last year, and this year's matriculation Is nearly SO per cent larger than that of last year. At its last meeting, held at Portland, Me., In August, 1307, the Association of American Law Schools admitted the Creighton Col lege of Law to membership-the thirty seventh school to receive this signal recog nition out of the 100 law schools In opera tion In th United State. Th Nebraska legislature, at It last session, passed a law permitting graduates of th Creighton law department to be admitted to practice In all the court of th state without ex amination another Indication of th quality of Creighton' work. That the department' reputation 1 not 1 i THE OMAHA .' : ing by plowmen with horse Ice plows, these plows marking off long strips twenty-two inches wide. Then these strips are marked in the opposite direction at spaces of fourty four inches, the marking showing a section 22x44. A channel Is opened In the Ice from the field being worked to the elevator at the shore. After the markings have been made by the plows the marked sections are separated Into large sections, eight strips wide and about thirty long, making a solid piece of Ice about sixteen feet wide and about seventy-five feet long, this sec tion having already been marked off Into small sections 22x44 Inches. Having re leased the large sections from the main body of Ice, men with long poles and hooks guide the small floating Islands of Ice Into the opening of the channel by walking along with what corresponds to low paths. Al though these large sections weigh many tons one man can push one along with little effort. The rythemlc motion of these little Islands of Ice. as they float and glisten under the sunlight, has a soothing effect for tired nerves. One of these large sections weigh from fifty to seventy tons. Having floated the large sections to a point near the ele vator at the shore, other men divide them Into smaller parts and in turn pass the smaller sections on to another gang which cuts the Ice as marked out by the plows, namely Into the 22x44 Inch pieces. When cut Into the 22x 44-Inch pieces the Ice Is ready to be placed on the elevator and put into the house. The elevator Is a revolving apparatus, suggesting a large tread mllf, one end dipped into the water Debaters f Charles Haffk. merely local 1 evidenced by the fact that this year's enrollment Is drawn from a large territory," bounded on the west by Colorado, on the east by Illinois, on th south by Kansas and on the north by Wisconsin and Minnesota. Its work ap peals to lawyers, as Is shown by the fact that a number of the students are the ons of lawyers, and that the course here compares favorably with that of other high grade law schools Is shown by this, that a number of students, who mad part of their studies In such schools, have this year enrolled at Creighton, where they have been well pleased wtlh the training given. Creighton' success Is due In large part to the seal and unselfish devotion of the members of the Douglas county bench and bar, who are co-operating with the uni versity authorities In the effort to main tain a high standard of scholarship. This Interest of the local lawyers lends sest to to the work of the school land gives It a practical turn which Is api to be lacking In a school whose teachers have either never been practitioners or who have abandoned the practice to devote them selves exclusively to academic work. The staff la recruited, almost entirely, from th rank of local practitioner, who received their theoretical training In th leading law schools of th country, and who are therefor In a position to live to th Creighton students the benefit of experi ence gleaned in many fields. ' Th Creighton College of Law 1 pcull- vjr. ,, ;( w if SUNDAY HEE. FEHRITAUY s J T :. i ft 1 i V L1,. BREAKING UP THE RAFTS. to catch the ice cakes and the other end at an angle of about forty-five degrees. These sections of Ice, each weighing from 600 to twO pounds, are carried aloft on the elevator and released at the top, where they go sliding along over metal strips along a slightly Inclined runway, where men impede te progress with hooks and keep the runway cleared by passing the ice Into the house. It is just fuiiny to watch those cakes of Ice gliding along that runway, if, as Emer son said, "haste Is vulgar," then ice on a runway Is vulgar, for It runs along with Increasing motion until It bumps Into an other piece of ice and comes to a dead stop, or Is stopped by one of the men with long poles. And those men with poles have to be alert, for a cake of fee weighing SCO pounds moving along a runway like a cat sliding down a bannister Is no trifle. Oc casionally an Inexperienced man gets his feet in the toad of one of these sliding cakes of ice and then something happens. If the man Is quick he may grab a beam and save himself from falling. Sometimes he is knocked over and has just time to get out of the road of another piece of ice coming along with brakes off. To the observer It seems that then cakes of Ice are In a hurry to be packed away In the big house, but the truth Is the movement of the Ice is accelerated by the force of gravitation and a pair of metal runners. The elevator is operated In one place on Cut-Off lake by a eighty horsepower en gine, which really moves three elevators, one being used for loading railroad cars. artly an Omaha Institution. It founder, the late Count John A. Creighton. was closely Identified with Omaha for many years; Its building wai erected by him and named after his brother Edward, who was a pioneer of Omaha and the west; Its staff of instructors Is made up exclusively Gleanings from Story Teller's Pack No Flattery Necessary. OU NEEDN'T begin Jollying me," said the gruff man to the man who had land to sell. "I'm not a man that can be affected by flattery. When I'' "That's just what I said to www in interrupted the agent. "I told him, when he suggested your name to me, that It was a relief to call on a man who did not expect to be praised and flattered to his face all the time. I tell you, Mr. Grump, this city has mtghty few men such a you. Nine men out of ten are simply dying to have some one tell them how great they are, but you are above such weakness. Anyone can see that at a glance. I'm glad of It. It's helpful to me to meet a man who rise superior to the petty tac tics of the average solicitor. It' a real and lasting benefit, and an Instructive ex perience." Ten minute later, after a few more such comment on the part of the agent, the man who could not be flattered Into sign ing the contract was asking which line his nam should be written upon. Success of Convincing. Colonel Plummer of New York, who hates the sight of an automobile, bought the other day a handsome brown mare to match Barbary Belle. A day or two later he asked his groom what he thought of the new arrival. John replied: "She's cer tainly a fine lookln' 'oss, sir, but I'm afraid her temper's a bit too touchy." "What makes .you think so?" asked the colonel. "She don't appear to take kindly to nobody, sir; she don't like me to go Into the box to feed her." "Oh, she'll settle down in a day or two. The surroundings are strange, you know. I do not think there i anything wrong with her temper." "I didn't at first, sir," said John, "but you see ah kicked me out o' the box twloe, and when you comes to think about It that' sort o' convlncln'." Pittsburg Press. NeLUr. A policeman saw a man acting rather suspiciously near a Jewelry store In Ger mantown one evening, so, going over to him, be demanded to know who he was and what he wanted. "I'm thinking of opening a Jewelry store in this neighborhood," replied the man. "and I'm watching to see If there is much trade." The policeman went on his way satisfied. Next morning word was received at th station house that th Jewelry store hsd been entered and robbed during the night. The policeman who had accosted th stranger said reflectively : "H may be a thafe, but he' no liar." till at the Froat. John Henderson, a state senator of New York, says he was riding in the smoking car on a little one track road In th north ern part, of the state two weeks ago, and In the siat In front of him sat a Jewelry drummer. H wa on of those wide awake, never-let-aay-one-g?t-the-better-of-bim style Of men. Presently the train stopped to take on water, and th con ductor neglected to sond back a flagman. A limited express, running at th rat of tea miles an bour, cam along and bumped th rear end of th first train. Th drummer was lifted from hi seat and pitched, bead first, against th eat 0, 100. ' , ..... .. . ... . .A . . . -,..:., c' When the ice Is released from the ele vator it Is guided by a series of runways, the highest one being used last when the house is nearly fllieu. lake, lor instance, the 80,0u0-ton Swift house opposite Court luud beach. Uhe runways are a bene of platforms outside the house at different stages trom the ground up. Ice men find it convenient to pack Ice from the ground up, slanting all Ice six Inches toward the center of the house for every sixteen feet of Ice. This protects the sides of the build ing. To glance into that large buiidtpg before it is quite full Is to see a rather Imposing spectacle. One might imagine all the Ice In the world was packed in there. Going back to the workmen. Each Ice house has a superintendent, who divides his men according to the class of work. Last week there were ISO men working at the southwest Swift house, while a force of 212 men was at the other Swift house. The Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company had about 200 men at both houses on Cut Off, making a total of nearly 600 cutting Ice on that lake. The Swift company maintains during the Ice cutting season a dormitory across from the beach. In which building 150 men are given lodging free and furnished meals at 20 cents each. Coffee Is furnished the men each morning at 10 o'clock without price. A uniform wage of 20 cents an hpur Is paid the ct ters, who work ten hours a day. The Omaha company has a bunk house for the plowmen, who begin plowing the Ice at 6 o'clock each morning so as to have of Omaha men, and Its success Is due to their untiring seal and devotion which not only redounds to their credit, but makes them co-workers in the achievement of an Ideal worth any man's effort the main tenance of a high standard of legal educa tion. ahead. His silk hat was Jammed clear , down over his ears. He picked himself up and settled back In his seat. No bone had been broken. Then he pulled off h hat, drew a long breath, and, straightening up, said: "Hully gee! Well, they didn't get by u anyway!" Cleveland Leader. ' A Care for Love, W. E. Grange, author of the "History of Primitive Love," referred, in the course of a lecture in Boston, says the Herald, to the modern cynical view of love that prevails. "I remember once," said Prof. Grange, "hearing two very ordinary men, a brick layer and a plumber, discuss love in a smoking car. " 'I hold,' said the bricklayer, 'that If you are terribly In love, the way to cur yourself Is to run away.' "The plumber shook his head and sneered: " 'That will cure you,' he said, 'provided you run away with the girl." " Talked to tbe Wrong; Man. The other day an Important-looking gentleman took a seat beside a quiet man In an Arkansas railway carriage, and began a conversation. "I'm going up to Little Rock," he said, "to get a pardon for a convicted thief. I'm not personally acquainted with the gover nor, but he can't afford to refuse me." "Is the fellow guilty T" asked the man. "Of course, he Is; but that makes no difference. His friends have agreed to give me $j00 If I get him out, and the thermom eter Is very low when I can't put up a good talk. Where are you traveling?" "Going to Little Rock." "Do you live there?" "Yes." "Perhaps you might be of some service to me. What business are you In?" , "I am the governor." St. Louis Republi can. Aa Uneertala Iavestment. Morris Sellers Largey,' th young Mon tana millionaire who 1 devoting himself to the theatrical business, said -at a dinner apropos of his new theater In New York: "I think that theatricals offer a fin field for shrewd investors. They are very steady. They sre not as the slave trade was during the civil war. "Perhaps you have heard of the lav who wanted to buy hi freedom. Thi wa before the war, and, since he was a very good slave, his master would not sell him to himself at any price. "But as the war approached It end the master not unnaturally changtd his mind. He sent for the slav on morning and asked him If ha wa still of the same mind about purchasing himself. "Th slave scratched his head, looked at th ground, and faltered: " 'Well, Mars Henry, ah did wantep buy mahse'f, but Ah been a-studyin' erbout It right smart lately, sah, an' Ah done com to de 'elusion dat la dese times niggah prop'ty am too onsartin, sah, to put any money in.' "New Ycrk limes. - Ifo Par (or Old gersaosuk "In th last analysis there Is nothing new that any of us can say," ald Booker T. Washington in Cambridge. "Th doctrine of love, of punishment, of reward, and of th future life are aa old a th world. "This reminds m of an old negro whom I met In th bill down south at a church where I wa beseeching the audlenc to stand by their pastor and pay him, a salary. Frost King Reigns OUIDINO THE RAFTS TO THE CHUTES. Ice marked off ahead of the cutters. The plows are drawn by horses and cut Into the ice a few Inches to mark off the cakes. Men with large saws cut the long sections referred to before. Calvin Hasard, who drowned In the lake last week, was a plowman. He was crossing the lake before daylight and stepped onto thin Ice formed after ice had been cut. The men seem to thrive at the Ice cut ting business. "The people uptown are asking how lea cutters like their work," was a remark made the other day to Robert Furrey, manager for the Omaha company. "This Is the healthiest business en the earth," Mr. Furrey answered. "Why, pork and beans taste Just like pie when you are cutting ice. Tou eat and sleep well, you Just can't get enough to eat. It seems. Pale people should work on the Ice a spell." Men of all ages engage In the work. Several old men were seen on the Ice last week, while many beardless youths were there. A humoroua Incident occurred during the week at one of the Omaha company's houses. Robert Furrey wanted a few more men to fill out that day. He saw five likely looking candidates for his pay roll wandering along over the Ice toward his scene of operations. He turned around to give attention to some detail of the work, then turned again toward the approaching five men. Just In time to see the quintet go down as one man Into the water inside the Nebraska Editor J. P. T. ALBIN, editor and publisher of the People's Banner at David City, Neb., has disposed of his newspaper plant to J. A. Con stant at Sabetha, Kan. J. F. Albln came to David City from York county, Nebraska, ten years ago and took hold of the People's Banner, which at that time was neither a paying or profitable proposition, but under the care ful management of Mr. Albln, whose ability as a newspaper man Is far above the aver age, the Banner rapidly became one of the strong papers of the state. During the first few years Mr. Albln pub lished the Banner as a populist paper and It soon became the official organ of that party in central Nebraska. After the cam paign of 1896. Mr. Albln, who la a careful student of events, concluded that he could best serve his country by advocating the principles of the republican party, and, aa 1 characteristic of the man, he renounced I spoke s eloquently as I could. I watched my audifftc and saw that I had every on wtth m but this old fellow In th rar, who kept mumbling to himself whenever I finished an argument Finally I called out to him. and asked why he opposed paying a salary to hi hard-working minister. " -No, uh; no, sun; w shan't pay him ao more salary thl year. H' giving us th am sermons h gav u last year.' h said."' Boston Herald. -' Bertie Goeffct Kerry Ma. Kobart Walton Goeiet, at a masting f th if ;. 1 - 'x v-'s-: ., - . ' r -.' ' .r. : . "v " ... . .. .,' L . ' . ., ., 4 v.':.-.. - .,' -. .. r. . '. - . v: - ? f ' I ' '.- 5 K.-Hv. - . , V "water box," a boarded enclosure nea the elevator. Five soaked men were fished out, taken over to the bunk house, dried out and given some hot coffee. Then Mr, Furrey gut out his time book and mad motions like a man about to add flv names to his list of employes. But he did not add the names. The five men got cold feet. No Ice cutting for them. Fur rey told them about the pork and bean tasting like pie, but that bad no effect. They went their way and did not turn back once until they reached Locust street. "I would bet you five women would not have quit the game that early If they wanted work," remarked Mr. Fur rey. Unusual rare has been taken this year In keeping the Ire clean. Snow Is scraped off first ai,d all foreign matter removed from the top of the Ice before It la packed Health Commissioner Connell ha beett active this season In this regard and a glance over the hike will show his order are being enforced. Within a few weeks or so the lake will break up and the acres of Ice will dissolve to mingle again with the lower water from whence it came a while bock. There will be no Ice In the land then except such a was stored In the Ice houses. The peopl will begin to shout, "Give us Ice I" And the Ice men will answer back, "Com ing up!" Then it will be summer ttm and pork and beans will not taste like pie to th ice cutters. Lays Down Pen -. . i . . v ... '.- f. $ r i .-.?... ALB IN. his allegiance to populism and came out strong for the republican party, since which time he has done yeoman service for that cause. Under the careful management of Mr. Albln the circulation of the Banner ha jumped from a few hundred to ovnr 1.0(H), which shows that Mr. Albln has been successful and that ;he people of But lor county appreciate his work. The only reason for Mr. Albln selling out after getting the Banner on a good paying basis is on account of poor health. He has not at th present time decided what he will do, but Intends to rest up for awhile, then probably engage in the news paper business again farther west. Mr. Constant also purchased th David City Journal and will combine the two papers, and, a soon aa h can conveniently do so, will put In a first-class printing press and strictly up-to-date machinery and Job print ing plant. Aitor Trust company's director, laid of a certain broker: ' 'The man' nerve is amaxlng. It shocks me. It reminds me of a money leader 'whom a friend of mine, a great rider to hounds, once restortfid to. " 'Yes,' said th money lender to my em barrassed frttitid. 1 will renew your note, but only an on condition, sir; namely, that during th next paper chase at Lenox you scatter from your bag these 1,000 pink slip bearing my nam and th word. "Money advanced on easy terms." Is It a ge sir "Now York Bun.