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EDITORIAL SECTIQ.I
FACE 1 T() 8.
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Omaha
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' Vm-"X-X" OMAHA, SUNPAV MOKXl.Nn, FCTKUAKY IMS, srvm,. n,
if
uFPQ frOnflc kTIO5nl ne thousand yards of host
, -vov ,wu arc mm enus ana come in lengths from one yard to two and a quar
ter yards long, and can easily he "matched. Actually worth to $1.39 t
JM1"i Jionuay, yard
All Colors In fine French inrmn
. . .
irom one to three yards, easily
Now
Embroideries
Embroidery Hamlin", match
ed widths, values from BOo
to 75c. at, vard sa
Swiss and Nainsook Edglnss
and Insertions Ho match,
from two to six Inches wide,
all new pattern, values up
to 26c at, yard So
e Lace, white and butter Banding, Galloon I ll
and Medallion, four to six Inches wide, worth up to 12 00
a yard, at, ynnl 83c I
X.AOB AID WMOLID KOBE 8 OH SAX I MOW AT AT M
Bennett's Big Hardware
Special Sales of Valentine Cookie Cutters
Xtr rood quality H.art Cntt.rs -
Or Ion
And 10 OtMi Trading Stamps.
Heart and diamond shaped Moulds-
special, each SHcil
New Process OH Heaters, regular!
$4.25 value special f 3.36)1
Boilers, all kinds and prices, upG
noui 90
And 40 Green Trading Stamps.
Household Scales, with and without
BI!0P---'- 980 and 91.35
aiiu iv wreen Trading stamps.
Boys' loo Ska
piai ...:::.:::.60o
uiris ice bkates. regular $1.00 spe
Scrub Brushes, Vice ' root," Palmetto-
75o
vn ii, viiifice
And 10 Green Trading Stamps
10o
WoTld-aFamous tlobks SSSlXSBaSIr!
FATE ;FAV0RS THE BUILDERS
Ilements Nor Business Stagnation
Casta Gloom in Omaha.
OUT100K FOR SEASON BEIGHT
"While Nw Btractarea WIH Go lp
to Nambera, Old Once M ill Come
liown (JnUer Official
Orders. .
Omaha is favored, indeed, by fate. Tho
pestilence of business stagnation may bi
raging elsewhere, men may be Idle In fac
tories, and building may be at a stand
still In other places. But It has not come
nigh Omaha, Only with her eyes, like the
l'salmlat, has she seen and beheld tho deso
lation ct tho wicked, those wicked who
have ventured too far Into the depths of
watered business.
Descending now from Pegasus and speak
ing In plain, unadulterated prose, Omaha
has started the year Mus with buildings
more than 10 per cent greater In value than
the buildings for which permits were Is
sued In January of last year. Thla Omaha
has done In the year 1908, a year following
a yea of panic in the financial market
year blighted In Its beginning by the fact
that it Is a "presidential year," that bete
noire of years.
During January of this year seventy-nine
building permits were Issued by tho build
ing Inspector; during the preceding Janu
ary seventy-eight permits were issued
The value of the buildings to be erected
under the permits Issued during January of
this year Is $188,760; the value of those
erected under permts Issued during Janu
ary of last year was $170,773. Of these
permits forty-flve were for dwellings, rang
ing In value from $1,000 to $10,000.
Not alone is there to be a great deal of
new building in the city, but the building
Inspector Is going to take drastic ateps for
the weeding out of the undesirable bulld
Inga, the unsightly shacks and the daner
ous and unplcturesque structures which
have served their use and have seen their
day, and which are now not only a blot on
the landscape but a menace to life. April
1 is the day which the building Inspector
has designated for the destruction of these
huildlnga which have served their useful
ness, and having passed the Osier age are
to be chloroformed and returned to the ele
ments. The places which have known them
shall ,know them no more. Their founda
tions will bo overgrown with grass, which
everybofly agrees will give a more pleasing
appearance than the buildings have given
for ths last twenty years.
Boms of these shacks are located upon
valuable ground, and no doubt they will
be succeeded by a generation of buildings,
handsome, up-to-date, modern, fitted to
the life of the city, an ornament and even
a source of greater profit to' their owners
than are the present old and unsightly
structures. The condemnation order being
Issued, two weeks will be allowed the
owner to demolish the building In ques
tion. The very cold weather of the few days
last week, had some effect In stonpltiif
building operations. However, where then
was no absolute necessity for a pause, the
work went merrily on. In a number of
cases the contractor had been wise enough
to use the mild weather to get his build
ins; enclosed and when the freese up came
he, could continue to push the work upon
the luslde of the building, which he could
heat. Bricklaying, was really the only
Work which suffered on account of the
cold. Mortar could not be made to set
under the Intense cold. But It was not
too oold to cut through the frosen ground
and make the excavations for new build
Inks. At Nineteenth and Orare streets the
gTeund was taken out in great frosen
chunks wbers cellars were due for Uu-ee
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an1 r.-v, 10
00 lncnea wiae ana coi
matched, worth 75c: Monday, per yard
wide and
Complete assortment,
important feature being
matched set of bandings,
matched aots of edgings
and In wort ions, . matched
seta of flonnclngs and In
sertions all new patterns
made from latest Tarls
designs.
Embroidery flouncings,
K 1 liiWMaMsaB
JEWELRY
First class Watch
and Jewelry Repair
ing and Engraving;
expert workmen, cut
prices. We make
any article in the
Jewelry dictionary
to order.
Watches denned
31.00
First Quality Main
Springs
Sl.OO
Aii work guaranteed.
Ilroulerte Anglais effects,
up to 18 Inches wide
at, per yard
15c, 25c and 29c
French and Oerman Val. I -ace,
values up to $1.00 per dozen
yards, at, dozen yards... 19c
Cotton Torchon traces. Edg
ings and Insertions, worth
up to 10c, at, yard So
Bet Cutter, heart, diamond, club and
I ima.
spaae, per sat . a So
And 10 Green Trading- Stamps.
Dust Pan, with cover, worth 15c spe-
.100
Dust Pan, without cover, worth 10c
special 5
Roller Skates
tioys' and girls' steel Rol
ler Skates, Monday. G9c
Maple Ilolls, strong and
good, set of eight 8c
cottages which are to be erected there.
Just a block south four big dwellings
built of cement blocks were in such an ad
vanced state of construction that the cold
weather did not Interfere with work on
the interiors.
Builders and contractors say there is still
a large increase In the use of tile and por
celain faced brick in finishing the homes
being built in the city now.
"Anyone who has seen the admirable use
of tiling in a bathroom, for example, can
well understand why It is so popular,"
said one. "it has every advantage of
durability, sanltarlness and moderate price.
The only place where dirt can gather In a
bathroom finished in tile is the corners,
where the floor and wall come together.
This has been remedied largely by the so-called
'cove base' or hospital tile. With
the use of these along the base the angle
Is rounded out so that even there there
Is no lurking place for dirt 'and the terrible
germs.
"Moreover, the Introduction of tile of
variegated colors and even of designs of
artistic beauty has done away with tho
objection that it was too plain and glar
ing. The floor of the bathroom Is now
frequently covered with ceramic moslac
In place of the ordinary floor tile. The
mosaic design can be made In the most
artistic arrangement of color and shape.
With a wall and floor of this material and
with cove base used at the union of the
floor and wall tiles It Is hard to conceive
of any future Improvement in this kind of
a room.
A pretty home nearing completion in the
Walnut Hill district Is built on the south
ern style of architecture. It has a gable
rdt)f, . with the apex running parallel to
the street. It has green shutters on its
broad windows and it has a front porch
very high and with Its roof supported by
massive round pillars. ITp to this porch
steps built In pyramidal form lead. The
doorway is massive and elaborately orna
mented. It will be painted white and
equipped with a heavy bronze knorker.
HIGHESf RESIDENCE LOTS
'letr Dollars Per Front Foot Paid
for Property by Jh A.
MeShane.
When Walter L. Selby closed a deal Sat
urday between Thomas Kllpatrlck and the
Columbia Investment company for the lot
at Dewey avenue and Thirty-seventh street
for $15,750. the highest price per front foot
for Omaha residence sites was paid, beins?
exactly $no per front foot.
The Dewey avenue property is a building
site, IfiTxliiO feet, and is considered the
"cream" of Omaha society property. J'he
Columbia Investment company is a Mc
Shane corporation, and though Mr. Selby
refused to discuss the deal further than
to say that he had sold the property to the
Investment company for $!) er front foot,
it Is known In the architects' offices of
Omaha that John A. McShane bought the
property for his daughter, Mury Lee lie
Shane, who is to marry Willurd Hosford.
Plans have already been drawn for the
residence. It will cost as much or more
than the high priced lot on which' It will
t reciea. aoine changes wli: be made in
the plans to make the home suitable for
the lots.
The values of Omaha real eBtate are
shown in the price paid by Mr. McShane
for t'e Kllpatrlck lots, as it has been only
a .little more than twenty-five years ago
that the whole block In which the lots are
located, were offered' for $000, and soon
afterwards a buyer secured them for that
amount, paying M down. The transaction
between the Columbian Investment com
piny and Thomas Kllpatrlck was an all
cash deal, and the deed went pn record
Saturday.
Moat Weaderfel UeaJlec
After suffering many years with a sore.
Amos King. Port ByTon. N. T.. was cured
by Buck-Ira's Ante" BaJvs. Sc. Fgr sale
by Beatm Drag Os
i
54 and 56-ineh pntin-
FREE
An
come In lengths
29c
good
Second and Final Week of Our
Great February Clearance Sales
ALL WINTER MERCHANDISE SHOULD BE CLOSED OUT'THIS WEEK
WE INTEND MAKING THE BIGGEST EFFORT AT PRICE CUTTING YET
ATTEMPTED; WATCH THE ADS-AND PLEASE WATCH THE BARGAIN
TABLES ASSORTMENTS ARE STILL GOOD AND EVERY ARTICLE IS
STRICTLY GUARANTEED.
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CLOSING FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE
WE ANNOUNCE A ROUSING BARGAIN SALE OF FINE FURNITURE CAR
PETS AND DRAPERIES ON THIRD FLOOR. BEGINNING WEDNESDAY OF
THIS WEEK ALL' ODDS AND ENDS OF HOUSE FURNISHINGS WILL-BE
SACRIFICED. PRICES IN PLAIN FIGURES AND ONR vnw.v. td at t
Bargain Sale of
Exceptional bargain opportunities are offered in this big
opportunity, for securing outing flannels, pillow cases, bleached
positively below cost to produce. -
10c and lliVi-c outings, special
42x36 pillow ca.sos, Monday
81x90 bleached sheets, Monday
VALENTINES AND
VALENTINE BOOKS
Bipgest display ever shown In
Omaha. Comics, sentimentals,
mechanicals and postals 1 cent
to $7.50. See the gorgeous cor
ner window.
25c 1 Vaccination
TIMELY REAL ESTATE COSSIP
Advertise Omaha is the Slogan of the
Exchange. - '
SYSTEMATIC MISSIONARY WORK
Progressing; Business Men Will 'Com
bine Their Skill and Means In
Movement to Promote
Welfare of City.
"Advertise Omaha" will be the resolution
of all members of the Real Kstate ex
change during the coming year. It was
not made New Years, not a month later
on the Chinese New Year.but the members
are -of the opinion that the dealcrs will be
enabled to accomplish mUch, as a start
has already been made and neat slips will
be printed by the thousand to go out with
ftll mail from the business houses of
Omaha. Stationery with new views of the
Omaha business district is also to be used.
Incidentally, the real estate dealers de
clare they will collect statistics regarding
the amount of trade In Omaha and the
value of goods manufactured here. Said
one dealer, "We have been criticising the
newspapers because they do not do more
to tell the people of Omaha about their
own city. We tell them we want the
figures. Acting as a committee of one I
asked a prominent manufacturer of the
city what his business amounted to during
the yeur. He became as silent as a clam,
snd also Informed ne that it was not his
habit to tell the newspapers how much
he did, as they did nothing but tell the
other fellow. I also learned that the busi
ness men of Omaha who want the city
advertised will not even give the commis
sioner of the Commercial club the facts
regarding the amount of business which
we do here, though it Is my idea that they
do not hold buck because the amount is
too small. They simply have the idea that
It is none of the public's business how
much business they are doing and they
tell no one. I heard it stated by one en
thusiast who wanted to know about the
manufacturers of Omaha that four out
of five to whom ho wrote for information
regarding the amount of business done,
that he might publish it on an envelope,
replied that they did not care to place any
estimate on their business. The Commer-
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HarTui.i..
f - ' "T -man.
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noma cur captaxm v. u. uwbexck, tut north ami street.
FREE
elegant Silk Petticoat of any
sale made free.
Skirts made to your own measure without
cost. Any color or black silk on sale, with extra
values and special bargain prices
Written Kuarantee with our famous "Cleola"
Domestics Monday
Monday Gc
12V6?
48c
COAL COAL
100 Green Trading
Stamps with each ton
Capitol Coal, the larg
est seller in Omaha
'on
Sample Sack, 3Uc
r09
0
Shield. gec-.,-.-.10c Lsp Robes and Hsrse Blankets
SLSJiEEiSS
tnat they want someone to gather the
statistics and publish them so the world
may know how much business Omaha is
doing."
To surmount this difficulty Is one of the
purposes of the Omaha Real Estaie ex
change. The advertising committee has ex
pressed a determination to "find out." if
they have to break Into a private account
book, how much business is done here and
use it In various ways to let the people in
the east know the magnificent opportunities
in the west.
The committee has a collection of book
lets and books, newspapers and circulars
advertising the various cities of the coun
try. From Pittsburg comes an tlghty-flve-page
book, which Is sold for $1 per
copy to the business men of the smoky
city, and they send it to their friends.
It Is a magnificent pleco of the printer's
art, and shows those who receive it that
Pittsburg is really the "powerful, fourth
in manufacturing, second In banking capi
tal and first In tonnage." The Manufac
turers and Merchants' association of Mil
waukee published a bulletin, while a neatly
illustrated booklet says on the outside cover
"Just a Few Facts about Louisville." The
amount of stuff which is received from
the western cities is almost beyond belief,
while a large Illustrated paper from the
promotion committee of Hawaii, over
shadows in Interest anything published in
the United States, giving as It does not
only pictures and a history of the chiefs,
but facts which are interesting about the
resources and opportunities.
Mortgage money Is to remain perma
nently 1 to IVs per cent higher than
for the last two years, according to J.
W. Chambers of the Minneapolis Loan
and Trust company, who spent a day
looking over the situation in Omaha dur
ing the week. "There will be plenty of
mortgage money," said Mr. Chambers,
"but it will cost from 5H to 6 per cent.
No more 4 or per cent loans
on either farm or city property. At the
new rate money is cheap. It Is worth
6 per cent. There will be plenty at -that
rate to give the builders and workers
all they will need to do a normal sea
son's business."
Some such book about Omaha will he
attempted by the Real Estate exchange
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FREE
Fancv Linens ,,"wn ork c"rN nd (Miu,m 'nhrowomi crr,, mtm
J W4J " "quart's, cluny hue ccntors. 1 latter, r- 1,..- .- ..
silk on
one price, worth up to
72-inch bleached all linen satin damask, beauti
ful designs, no . napkins to match, worth
11.12 Mi per yard, yard.. 89
22-lneh grass bleached all linen damask napkins,
Silk.
our regular $3.60 quality, dozen ,$2.50
f f 100
yet
style)
at. . . .
maim aisle:
WEST
bargain section Monday An
sheets and the like at prices
Good size blankets, Monday 39c
$1.25 blankets g5c.
$1.6:) and $1.50 blankets, Monday $1.00
Lunch and
Luncheonettes-
Hest noonday and afternoon re.
twit In the city for tlio fatigued
shoppers.
Dainty dishes and dainty prices.
Everything you want.
after some other plans are completed, the
feeling being that whatever Is sent out
should Interest both classes of people
those In the east who have money to In
vest in the west, as well as the artisans
and workers or the east, who are seeking
a location in the west, where the! may get
out of the overcrowded east and 'Vrow up"
with the west. The real estate dealers
want to tell them that Omaha is the place.
Just now the Dodge street viaduct propo
sition is being revived and those Interested
In real estate beyond Forty-sixth street
are seeking to make some deal with the
traction company and the city council to
build the viaduct over the belt line rail
road at some point other than Dodga
street. Tho suggestion started from the
fact that many abutting property owners
will ask heavy damages should the city at
tempt to build the viaduct, Instead of
waiving all claims to damages as the city
council had hoped thoy would. In tho
opinion of many good real estate Judses,
the west Dodge street district would be
greatly benefitted by the viaduct. "Ixiok
at the viaduct from the Union depot," said
a dealer. "I believe that structure is a
benefit to such wholesale houses as Paxton
& Gallagher, who are enabled to have a
light office on the top or near the top
floor, with an entrance from the viaduct.
I don't suppose the wholesalers would ac
cept a large sum of money and tear down
the viaduct. It Is something the same In
the west Dodge d'strlct. The reinforced
concrete viaduct would not only make
the street perfectly safe by eliminating
the railroad crossing, but would be a bene
fit to the property holders."
Reed Bros. Bold
J. W. Paddock farm on the Center street
road, about ten miles from Omaha, to
Kate Root during the week for $10,000.
i..B nuoi ramny owns a farm adjoining
the Paddock farm, and Kate Root de
sired to annex 1 10.00 worth nt t,
The Paddock farm became famous when
Eddie Cudahy was kidnaped. It was In
the deep woods of the farm that tho $25
000 In gold was left by Mr. Cudahy" to
pay the ransom for his son and the Pad
dock farm leaped Into prominence. On
the maps in the real estate offices the
"very spot" is marked whero the money
was planted.
Demand for acreage tra.t. i
abated. During the week M. L. Fisetle
sold to Fred Nelson five acres west of
Fontanelle park for a consideration of
$5,500. The property has some Improve
ments. One of the small farm sales was
the transfer from Sir Offley Wakeman
of England to John Bates of thirty-six
acres near Irvlngton for $120 per acre.
The "enclosure" which the Real Estate
exchange is ti publish by the thousands
Is simple, but tells some facts not usualiy
distributed in any other way. It says:
-.Lyou ,k.now 0lna'a Is the geographical
railway, financial and commercial center
lion'" m8t p,uductlve "'ction of the na-
i-L-",1;'' ba,'k rlMirln)" 19 exceeded
I.,0ot'.0ii0, an Increase of 13 per cent ovr
city' fn Ameerlca'K,',t by ttny
The corn crop for Nebraska for 19ci7 was
valued at $;M:S(.fiuu, or practically the same
as the total gold production of the United
States, including Alaska
Omaha's manufaeturingifnd Jobbing trade
for 111"? aggregated iif7,34i.000. an increase
of 15 per cent over itssj.
lniM,m nan'"t'd 43.uuo.000 bushels of grain
TllO Combined nBrll'llltupnl ....I.. ii..
stock production of Nebraska in 1UU7 aggre-
n .i--.i.iu.,..7, or nearly equal to
the gold output of the entire world.
Omaha has the loweut .tenth rut..
clly in America-
(imana packing houses turned out food
llf'ta lis tet I'UIl B" l'u 111 .w4 t ! T Ja. luiA
35 per cent more than the capitai stock of
the Standard Oil company.
Ana now we are going to navigate.
The demand for modern brick flats eon.
tlnues, with the result that there Is a
tendency to reduce the rents for am all
bouses and cottages. Hastings A Heydan
fcJ.SO, rat h
New models arriving daily
from the foremost designers in
iNew York!
Styles,New
$19.50, $25, $35
and $45 '
Millinery
Prices cut far below
cost. All high
grade hats selling
up to $23 (with
out plumes, will
WAISTS
Net, laces and taf
fetasdozens of new
models at
be months In
5.00
All hats under $10
tor S2.50
Children's School
Caps at Half Price.
Bennett's
COffCCS Thre thousand two-pound
Two thousand pounds, fresh roasted Santos Coffee, lo.,
pound , lot
And 30 Oreen Trading- Stamps.
Mountain Home, pure fruit nnd siiRar
Jama unci Jellica mid fruit butters,
jur 12'z-io
And 10 (iifen Truulnir HtaiiiDH.
Southwell's Imported M.irnmlnde. per!
Jar aool
And 10 Green Trading Stamps.
Bennett's Capitol Kxtract, but tie . . ltic
And 20 (Ireen Tradliiir iStainps.
Marshall's Fresh Mackerel, eau... SSc
And 20 Oreen Trading Slumps.
Gail:ard' Imported Ollvn Oil. hot.35o
And 20 Ureen TradlliK Stamps.
Tea Garden Preserves, Jar 30o
And 20 Green Trading Stamps.
Peanut Butter. Jar ..aoci
And 10 Green Tradlnor Stamps.
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, u.uart 6c
broke ground during the week for a double
pressed brick flat at Nineteenth and St.
Mary's avenue. The building will cost
$7,500, and before the material was on the
ground the firm had inquiries to rent both
sides of the flat. On the other hand, the
rental for small houses will probably be
reduced 10 to 20 per cent before another
winter. Cottages which cost $2,500 to build
are renting for $25, and usually they bring
that rent for from three to five years after
they are finished. The reliable real estate
dealer holds that a house should bring
annually one-leiilh of Its cost und no more,
regardless of the location. Sooner or later,
according to the conscientious dealer, rents
will reach that level In Omaha, though In
most Instances they are higher than that
at present, notably for the small houses
costing from $2,0W) to $.1,500. During the
week a young woman seeking an investment
bought three three-room cottages for $2,500
lots and all, while the houses were just
completed. Or.e Is rented for $12 and tho
other 'wo will rent for the same, giving her
$432 annually on an Investment of $2,500.
According to the rule of the real estate
dealer, the Investor Is receiving the same
rent which should be received for a home
costing $1,300. The cottages should rent
or $7 per month, $252 per year one-tenth
their cost, annually.
BIDS ON JAIL WORK OPENED
Without the Steel Work the Job
Will Cost Between a Thoosand
and Fifteen Hundred Dollars.
Bids on reconstruction work at tho
county Jail wero received and opened Sat
urday morning at the meeting of the
county board. Only two contractors of
fered figures and neither Included the Iron
and cell work. William F. Rice offered to
make the alterations for $1,100 and Wil
liam Mayer for $1,431. The Pauly Jail
Building company did not submit u formal
bid, but made an .offer on some plans of
their own. Their prices ranged from 3.toi
to $4,212, including the steel work. The
board had estimated the cost. Including tho
steel work, would be about $3,000.
The plans bid on were substituted for
the first plans, which It was found would
cost more than $13,000. The board took na
other action than to refer the bids to the
court house and Jail committee.
Contrary to expectation, tho contract for
the tuberculosis ward was not let Satur
day morning. It was found that the plumb
ing was not Included In the specifications.
The board will hold an Informal confer
ence with the county hospital physicians
Monday afternoon at J:30 o'clock, at which
the matter of plumbing will be taken up.
The contract will probably be let Tuesday.
Contracts for furnishing lumber for tho
coming year were let to the Chicago Lum
ber company, the Omaha Hardwood com
pany and the Western Bridge and Con
struction company.
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PALACE CLOTBSMG CO.
Temporarily Closed on Account of Fire
which occured Friday night, 11:30 P. M.
As soon as losses are adjusted store will be open for
business. Watch papers for announcement of sale.
PALACE CLOTMMG CO.
COR. 141h AND DOUGLAS STS.
9X.JUI
17-Inch blenched all linen crash, red border. Just
the thing for dish toweling, worth 9c. yd.rtU-
Beautiful white walsttnus. In all the new designs-checks,
stripes, dots and embroidered
figures, strictly up to date; special lot, worth
SUITS
Chic
Cloths:
Big Grocery
cans Bennett's Breakfast Coffee,
48
Cents
Bennett's Pancake, pnekatfe llo
And 10 Green TradlnK Stamps.
Horseradish Catsup, bottle 22c
And 10 Green TradlnK Stamps.
iMetuline for PollshlnK. 40c packavn
i or kuo
And 20 Green Tradlnc Stamns.
Palace Car l'reserves, larne Jar...30o
And 30 Oreen TradlnK Stamns.
Woodcock's lixtra Macaroni, pkK..15o
And 10 Green TradlnK Stamps.
Three Star Salmon, can ISo
Advona Tomatoes, can So
j Red Clover Corn, can o
I Pineapple Cubes, can 100
And fi Green Trading Stamps.
Smoked Salmon, can ISc
And 10 Green Trading Stamps.
Cre.. Uln... H!M fa
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FAIR ONE AFTER SAUNDERS
Minnesota Widow Seeks Home of
Nebraska Bachelor Statesman.
HE
HAS NOT GIVEN HIS ANSWER
Senator Raises Chickens as Hobby
and Ills Admirer Hays She Is
Something; of a Hen
Herself.
Charles L. Saunders, state senator, bache
lor and good fellow, is the object of a
leap year proposal. Tho fair one who
seeks to win his hand is named Elsie. She
lives in Minneapolis. She says she Is a
widow of 31 years, has no children, has
good looks (her friends say so), is hearty
and healthy, loves society, and, moreover,
likes the country for a change.
Decidedly, the widow from tho city of the
north makes a strong bid for the hand
of Mr. Saunders. In tho first pluce, Mr.
Saunders is a keen connoisseur of feminine
charm sjid lnvellness-and the widow says
she has good looks (so her friends tell her).
Mr. Saunders Is hearty and healthy; so Is
the widow. Mr. Suunders Is a society man.
and the widow loves society.
But the tactful widow makes a ten strike,
she holds the royal flush, she makes a
home run when she gets In that part about
liking the country for a change. For Mr.
Saunders has a hobby of raising chickens
when he is not busy at the legislature or
In selling real estate or in counting his .
money. The widow says she dearly loves
chickens, "and," she odds, "I'm a good
deal of a 'hen' myself." Which proves
that the widow possesses humor, a quality
amiable in a woman.
What now Is the attitude of Mr. Saunders
toward tho fair widow? This Is an Inter
esting study, considering the fact that he
has successfully resisted the charms of
Omaha's fairest daughters, lo these many
ynars. And what greater test can there be
to a man's callousness toward woman!
Mr. Saunders, In a word, docs not take
tho widow seriously. He believes that the
widow Is not a widow, but only a Joker.
Nay, he goes farther, and declares that
she does not exist in reality. He thinks
the letter was written by some friend or
friends of his In Omaha.
When asked what he would do If tha
widow were really real Mr. Saunders
shakes his head and a faraway look comes
Into his eyes.
"I do not like hypothetical questions," he
says, with a, mysterious smile.
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