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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. Jt'NTR 8. 190. CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS OAaa, IS tt M. Tel. 4. EPWORTII LEAGUE MEETING Practically All of Next Week Occupied by Two Gatherings. BISHOP LEWIS MAKES ADDRESS to District Conference Opene Thursday and Dea .Molaea Conference Con vene Wednesday, Continuing Three Days. The seventy-second semi-annual district conference ar.d the fourteenth annual dis trict convention of tho Epworth h-ague of the Dvs Moines conffrence of the Metho dist churrh will be l.tld In this city next week. Both meetings will be held In the Fifth Avenue Methodist church and the district conference will be In session Tues day and TVedrsd(iy, June 11 and 17, and the Epworth' league convention on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, June 17, 13 and 19. ' One of the principal features of the Ep worth league convention will be the pres ence of Dr. W. 8. Lewis, president of Morn incMde College at Sioux City, who waa elected one of the new bishops of the Methodist church at the recent general conference lit Baltimore. He la on the pro gram for an address Thursday evening, Jure 18. Thl la the program for the two gather ings: District Conference. TUESDAt, JUNE 16. 9:f0 p. m. nerotional, W. L. Holly. p. m. Business. Examinations In course of study. 7 UK) p. m. Devotional, E. Frultt. 8:00 p. m. Address. MORNINO SESSION, JUNE 17. 8:3f a. m. Devotional, Roy Thomas. 9:00 a. m. Ruslness 10AA a. m.-The Christian Atttltude Amusements. C. M. Ward. 10 20 a. m. Discussion. 10:40 a, m.-The Relation of Christianity to Socialism, T. K. Thuresson. 11:00 a. m. Dlscussk n. W. W. Bollinger 11:20 a. m. Important Items In Closing the Conference Year, C. D. Nye. 11:40 a. m. Discussion. A. E. Burlff. 12:00 m. Ad Inurnment. Entertainment, lodging and breakfast centrally located. Two conventions) In one, Excellent programs. M. R. Tally In charge of the music. Epworth Leaane Convention. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17. 1:30 n. m Pentecostal hour. 2:00 p. m. Address by District President Feter Jacobs. 2:1!0 p. m. Address, Mrs. Mable Quam hllhish. Dps Moines. Ia. 2:55 p. m. Address, Rev. C. L. Nye, dele gate to genernl conference. 3:30 p. m. The Junior Problem, Ida V. Jontz. Waterville. N. X. 4:00 p. m. Reception. :.0 p. m. Pentecostal hour. S:uo p. m. Address. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE IS. 6:00 a. m. Love feast. 8:30 a.- m. Pentecostal hour. 9:00 a. m. Institute hours. 11:00 a. m. Business session. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 1:30 p. m. Peratecbatal hour. 2:00 p. m. Address, Simpson college an nlversary. 2:45 p. m. Memorial service. 8:30 p. m. Junior league hour. , . 4.30 p. m. Junior leaders' hour. 6.O0 p. m. Business session. thCrsday""evenino. 7:30 p. m. Fraternal greetings by vari ous young people's organisations. 8:00 p. m. Address, Bishop W. S. Lewis, D. D., Sioux City, la. FRIDAY, JUNE 19. 8:30 a. m. Pentecostal hour. 9:) a. m. Institute hours. 11:00 a. m. Address, Rev. J. A. Crowthers, Mitchell, 8. D. 11:30 a, m. Installation of offlcera. 11:45 a. m. Consecration service. terday. The deed is dated March i 19, and the bonds are due March 2, 1968. The truat deed beara the signatures of Oeorge P. Harris and T. 8. Howlsnd. president and secretary, respectively, of the railroad com pany; J. N. Wallace and M. Ferguson, president and assistant secretary, respec tively, of the trust company, and Oliver M. Spencer, Individual trustee. The mort gage covers the entire property of the rail road In the states of Illinois, Iowa, Ne braska, Colorado, Missouri. Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, South Dakota. Wis consin and Kansas. The railroad has an aggregate mileage of 8,699 miles. Lodge Elections. Several fraternal aocletlee held their an nual elections last week, aa follows: Council Bluffa Tent No. 32, Knlghta of the Macfcobeea Commander, Frank Elgan; past commander, C. L. Sanvllle; lieutenant commander, '. T. Jonea; chaplain, Ray Williams; sergeant, Roy Cnzad; master-at-arms. M, A, , Peterson; first master ' of guard, C. Johnson; second master of guard, H. Capper; sentinel, J. W. Kllbane; record keeper, Alva Smith; finance keeper, I -on Jensen; trustees, Alva Smith. O. Mauthe and T. J. Roberta. Installation of officers will occur Wednesday, July 1. Pottawattamie. Tribe No. 2L Improved Order of Red Men Sachem, Frank Simp son ;"enlor sagamore, E. I. Hanna; junior sagamore, Charlea E. Cooper; prophet, Frank Elgan: delegates to the great coun cil, to be 'held at Iowa City In October, Frank; Elgan and Ttank Hover. Twin Brother Encampment No. 42, Inde pendent Order of Odd Follows Charlea E. Cooper, chief patriarch; J. J. Watt, aenlor wurden; W. H. Mullen, Junior warden; M. Stewart, high priest; Thomaa Mc Millan, scribe; A. W. Hawkins, treasurer. Jan Huss Castle No. 141, Royal High landers Illustrious protector, Frank Elgan: chief counsellor, M's. Stella Sklpton; worthy evangel, Mra. J. L. Collins; warden. I'aitl Beeiley; sentry, Oeorge Bremholir. ; member of board of managers, Charlea E. Martin. Hawkey Lodge, independent Order of Odd. I"ellowe Nohle grand. Charla Lar snnj vk't grand. Charles Anderson; secretary,- James Stare; treasurer. E. P. Corbcr l.y. : II A R It T O. SMITH KILLS HIMSELF Domestic Trouble Supposed to Hare Been the Cause. Seated In a chair with a bullet wound In the head over the right ear and a re volver lying on the floor at his feet, the lifeless body of Harry O. Smith, a plumber living at 24na Avenue A, was found yester day afternoon In a small building, origin ally erected for a chicken house on a lot owned by Smith at the corner of Avenue A and Thirty-second street. The discovery was made by Smlth'a wife, wh had gone to the place about 2 o'clock to take her husband his dinner. Circumstances indi cate that Smith had taken his own life In a fit of despondency and the belief la that the unfortunate man fired the fatal shot sometime Friday night. Smith had not been living with hla wife for some time and lately has been making hla home with his mother, who lives at Avenue C and Twenty-first street. He owned two or three vacant lots at Avenue A and Thirty-second street, where he had made a garden. In the little frame struC' ture which he had planned for a chicken house lie had placed a table, two chairs and a small gasoline stove and he Is said to have "bached" there while attending to the garden. He had been drinking heav ily. It Is said, and this caused a disagree ment between his wife and the tatter's father, with whom they made their home at 2406 Avenue A. Mra. Smith stated to the police officers who investigated the case that she had not aeen her husband since last Monday, until Friday evening, when she took his supper to him to the little house at the garden patch. After he had eaten his sup per Smith and his wife worked for a time In the garden and when It was growing dark he accompanied her on her way home as far as Twenty-fifth street and Broad way. Before parting Mra. Smith said she told her husband not to come home for six months and that It would be better for him to stay with his mother. This, ahe said, she told him because her father would not permit him to atay around the house while he was drinking. Her husband, Mrs. Smith stated, said something to the effect he could not atay away that long from her and their daughter, Evelyn. Aa he bid her goodbye Bmlth aald something which hla wife did not quite understand, but she said she thought he said he would try, meaning that he would try to atay away aa ahe had suggested. Yesterday, about 2 o'clock, thinking that her husband would be back from hla work In Omaha, ahe prepared and took his dinner to htm to the little building at the garden patch. She found the door open and, look ing inside, noticed her husband sitting as If asleep in 'one of the two chairs. She then noticed the blood which had oozed from the wound and dried on his face and clothing. The fact that her husband waa dead and had evidently, been ao for aeveral hours became apparent to her and ahe at once went to aome neighbors for assistance. The police and Coroner Treynor were noti fied and Dr. Treynor, Acting Chief of Police Schaffer and Detective Callaghan went to the place. The body, on orders from Cor orjer Treynor, waa removed to Cutlers un dertaking rooma. It Is not likely that an inaueat will be held. The revolver with which Smith killed himself waa purchased by him In the early part of the week at a Broadway pawnshop. A box of cartridges waa found on the table In the small building. Smith waa 37 yeare of age and waa employed at hla trade, that of a plumber, in Omaha. church, and music will be furnished by the membere of the Rebekah lodges. Attorneys O. H. Mayne. O. 8. Wright and N. Fllckinaer will leave today for SL Paul, Minn., to attend the hearing of the appeal taken In the Union Transfer com pany bankruptcy matter from the decision of Judge McPherson of the United States court. The hearing Is set for Monday. Robert McKay, on complaint of his son. tawrence McKay, was sentenced to thirty days in the county Jell for Intoxication, yesterday, by Justice Oreene. It Is said that the elder McKay had recently received Sl.5o0 and was doing his beet to spend It on liquor. The son made the charge In or der to give hla father an opportunity to aober up. Frank Peterson, member of the Board of Park Commissioners, filed an information yesterday In the Juvenile division of the district court charging four boys, Frank Hnmharh. Jolly Robothem. Glen KneDher and Hay Foss, with the theft of three bot tles of olives from his store at the corner of Broadway and Park avenue. The boys entered the store to get a drink of water and are alleged to have grabbed the bot tles of olives aa they were leaving. Notwithstanding the Washington dis patches to the contrary, Attorney George H. Scott did not go to the national capital to represent the West Council Bluffs Im provement club In the hearing before the nterstate Commerce commission In the matter of a 6-cent fare on the street railway between Council Bluffs and Omaha. Mr. Scott stated yesterday that the olub was unable to raise the funds necessary 10 uerray nis expenses to aslilngton. During the heated season the Rundav aft ernoon meetings for men under the aus pices or trie lounn Men s Christian asso ciation will be held out of doors, except when rain prevents. A choice place has been selected on the hill in Falrmount park, near the California redwood stump. The first meeting will be held there this afternoon at 4 o'clock, when the suhteet ior discussion win oe ine Message or the Hills." There will be an open session of the forum Tuesday evening at asso ciation headquarters, 122 South Main street, when some interesting social featurea will be introduced. The meeting will be orjen fur women aa well as men. This evening the local Danebo society will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Its organization at the Danish hall. The entertainment will open with a banquet for the membere and their families, after which there will be a short program of speeches and music. President Ole Hansen will deliver the address of the evening. At the close of the program the floor will be cleared for dancing. The Danebo society was organized In Council Bluffs thirty years ago with a small membership, and today numbers close on 200 members. C. Johnson Is the only remaining charter member of the local society. The enter tainment thla evening will be for the mem bers and their families only. Graff Liked at Marshalltown. MARSHALLTOWN, la., June .-(Spe-claU-Ellls U. Graff of Rockford, 111., who was recently elected principal of the high school at Omaha, Is held In the highest esteem here by hla many friends and the general public. For three yera, prior to 1905, Mr. Graff was principal of if-.e local high school. He ranked high as an edu cator and supervisor of the work of the school, and he held the good will and esteem of not only the twenty-two teachers who worked under him, but of all who knew him. He resigned to accept the prlnclpalshlp of the Rockford school only because the local board could not afford to equal the offer the Rockford schools held out. Friends here rejoice at his good fortune In securing the excellent position in the Omaha school. Moore Pleads Alibi. CRESTON, la., June 7. (Special Tele gram.) A. J. Moore of Vllllsca, former'.y postofflce Inspector, but now a traveling salesman, was arraigned before Federal Commissioner Hanna here today charged with visiting the postofflce at Craig, Mo., last January, representing himself aa still inspector, and securing over WOO from the postmaster. Moore furnished II. COO bond thla morning and the trial waa set for June 23 In this city. Moore says he can prove an alibi. PROMOTIONS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL Mnety-One Enter from the Grades at Fall Term. With the closing of the achool year ninety-one pupila from the eighth aecond grade were promoted to the high school. Of thla number fifty-six go from the Wash ington avenue school, fourteen from the Second avenue achool and twenty-one from the Avenue B achool. These are the pupila who will enter the high achool on the opening of the new achool year on Monday, September 7: From Washington avenue achool: i. Burllnsjtoa Mileage Filed. A .copy of the trust deed given by tho Burlington Railroad company to the Cen tral 'Itusl company of New York and Oliver M. S?per.er, trustee, to aecure 300,0,000 of bonda was tiled for record In the office of the "j reorder of Pottawattamie county yes- WALK EASY FOOT POWOER" ' Shake Into Your Shoes It relieves painful a w o I 1 e n. smarting nervous feet and in atantiy takes the sting out of corns and bunions. The moet wonderful com fort dlsoovery of Uie age. iry it today 850 at any druggist. CACTUS Cora Cal lous Compound le a certain cure for corns, bunions and callouses at any druggist, for aso. If vour drurglst does not have these foot menu in stock send us bis name and price and we will mall Walk Basy root Vowaet or Cactus to you promptly. CACTUS REMEDY CO.. JCeasaa City, Mo. Clara Avers Mabel Anderson Ethel Anted Klmeta Boysen Kulalla ( a pel Veia Cadle Helen Dent (lertrude Ellia l.Ulth Ksancy ."i-cll Fisher filennle German. Kuth Unrliam hut her Green In ne Holder l.iltie Harris Hessle Hewitt Kieonora Herner 1'iatrlce Hooker Florence Jonea Irene Klnti Florence Kern Lottie Kretteck Stella Krlnt-ie Tressa McCarthy Florence Mullm Jeanotte Marcus Emma Martlson Flora Mynster From Second avenue school Ether Nelson Hazel Noonen Mary Of horn Harriet Rledcr Anna Rupp Luella Rapp Amelia Roekwiti Kllzaheth Smith Marion Saunders Hertha Schneider l'hoebe Spencer Marjorle Skadnn Carrie Southard Neva Steinbaugh Marguerite Sharpies Anna Sweeney Florence Thomaa Clara Vreden burgh Mildred Voegler lldamy Madden Douglus Smith Kenneth Sherman Carl Taylor George Thompson Horace Welch' Ray Wilson Joe. Weinberg KnJ- Winn Floyd Muthls Raymond Nelson Kilward Sherman Mabel Alexander May Clark Clara Jacobson Noomle Lee From Avenue B achool: Edward Baker Fay Foster Jt sepn eeaumont Sidney Bellinger Elmer Fauble Carroll Highsmtth Joe Schmidt Lee Smith Harry Sorenson Fairy Badger Koeey Consoli Leaihy Epperson Km ma Petersen Blandena Polen I-rena Polen Dora Parks Lillian Roper Kva Sunderland anidred Wills Aurel Hedger Sadie Hendrlcka Hlldred Herbert Florence Kilmer Bessie Patterson Prarl Samuels Ruth Williams Josle Wen Helen SHU Elks' Lodge at Shenadoah. SHENANDOAH, la.. June 7 (Special Tel egram.) The Elka of Council Bluffs will come here next Friday to Install a new lodge and It la expected a class of 175 will be put through. The initiation will be held In the opera house and will be followed by a banquet In Company E's armory. It Is expected that 600 or 600 Elks will be here for the ceremonies. Local Elka are planning to erect a 110,000 club house Two Injured In Runaway. CRESTON, la., June 7. (Special.) C. A. Green and his wife who live a few miles west of here, were the victims of a runa way last night in which both were seriously injured and it is feared Mr. Green's Injuries may be fatal. He ia unconscious moat of the time. Buffering from Internal Injuries Mrs. Green had a leg broken and may loae the sight of one eye. They recently came to thia vicinity from Maekeburg. Iowa Travelers Elect Offlcera. DAVENPORT. Ia.. June 7.-The United Commercial Travelera of Iowa closed the convention here Saturday. A. V. Weldel of Sioux City waa elected grand counsellor. L. I. Edson of Council Bluffs grand secre tary and W. A. Gray of Dea Molnea grand treasurer. The convention will be held at Mason City next year. Marshalltown Elks Bay Homo. HARSHALLTOWN, Ia., June .-(Spe clal Telegram.) Marshalltown lodge No. 312 of the Elks today purchased property In the business section of the city for 17.000. on which it will erect thla vesr business block or lodgo hcAne to coat about 13.500. Vflfin FOR wa and nervoue ssea rUUU Ul who find their power te NFUVF woik and youthful vigor -. iibivibJ gone as a reault of ovr ora or mental exertion should take OKAY NEH hi FOOD P1LL8. They will sua you eat and &lap and be a otaa sila. 1 Bos) 9 boass fa. SO by mall. UUUA k MoOOSKELI. DMUU CO, Cur. letn sua Inxtjfs St. OWIj EBtVa COMrAlIT Cut. 10 tli aua Uuuf huk. biutaa, Hek MIHOU ME.MTIOJt. i R. H. Williams of this city hss received a commission from William F. Stone, ser-geant-at-arms of the republican national convention In Chicago, making lilm an aa. aistant sergeant-at-arma. Rev. Henry De Long performed the mar riage ceremony yesterday for J. P. Dailey of Omaha and Adeline Henderson of Min neapolis and John Jackson and Effle Mor ns, both of Omaha. Mrs. Mary Deboit of Macedonia, Ia.,' aged 6. died yesterday at the Edmundson Me morial hospital. Besides her husband, ahe leaves three daughters and three sons The body will be taken today to Mace donia for burial. The June meeting of the Associated Charities will be held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. B. Atkins, 640 Sixth avenue, at 3 o'clock All persona interested In the work of the association are cordially Invited to attend. The aeveral lodges or Odd Fellows and Rebekaha of the city will hold their annual memorial services this afternoon at 1 o'clock In Odd Fellows' temple. The ad- Will b lt.lVr.t KV Rot' 1r,imm I Williams, pastor of Broadway Hethodut J (Jxufllata. Iowa Mews Notes. CRESTON Verne Marshall, a 6-vear old boy living south of here, fell from a wagnnload of wood and sustained frixht ful Injuries. The flesh was torn from hid face and both eara nearly severed. It la feared Ins hearing has been destroyed by me accmeni. CRESTON committees rrom the vari ous fire departments of southwest Iowa will meet here on Monday to dlscuns mat ters pertaining to the tournament to be held at Atlantic July 2 and 4. Atlantic is making extensive preparation for this event ana vaiuaoie prizes and purses wli ne onerecj. CRESTON The Knights . of Columbus will Initiate a class of sixty-five here Sunday. Degree teams from Councl lilults ana tiioux luty will be r resent. A ouirei mncn win De served In fne even ing and a smoker tended to the members afterward, when Father Hogan of Fair field. J. H. Gillespie of Burlington, John P. Organ of Council Bluffs and Rev. Father P. H. Landers of Red Oak will give addresses. MARSHALLTOWN A year In jprlson for every 2 cents he stole of Harry Farrar la the lot meted out to Lester Shlndlc, aged 19, of Rockwell b ythe district couit of Mason City Friday. The Jury spent three hours arriving at a verdict. Shln dle was sentenced to twenty years In the Fort Madison penitentiary. Farrar was held up under a viaduct a short distance south of Mason City and robbed of 4j) cents, al lthe money he had on March 14. Shlndle escaped from the police, but was captured the next day while in hiding at Rockwell. MARSHALLTOWN A young man giv ing the name of George Hughes, who la believed to be the man knon a- "Blacky." w-ho la wanted at Valley City, N. D., for the murder of a policeman fn 1906. la under arrest here. Hughe waa arreated by the police last night and to day he waa sent to Jail for ten days while the police are investigating. The prisoner tallies closely with the descrip tion of the man wanted at Valley City for murder, even to the loss of his right thumb. Valley City offlcera have been notified and the prisoner ia being held pending the arrival of a detailed description. c . O,' m 1 THE STURDIEST peoples of the earth drink beer drink it from childhood to age. And those are the peoples who suffer least from nervousness and from dyspepsia. When one needs more vitality, the Doctor says "drink beer." The barley is food; the hops are a tonic. The trifle of alcohol is an aid to digestion. : The proper drinking of beer but not the abuse of it is good for the weak and the well. And not the least of the good comes through flushing the system; in getting rid of the waste. But a beer to be healthful needs to be pure. And it must be well aged, else the after-result is biliousness. That is why we are so careful withvSchlitz. We double the necessary cost of our brewing to insure absolute purity. And we age the beer for months before marketing. It gives you the good without the harm. A" it V I as a' Ash for the Brewery Bottling. Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlits. To avoid being imposed ufion, see that the cork or crown is branded Schlits, Phone flpend5.', Argil I Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. of Neb. 710 So. 9th St., Omaha 5 - The BeerThat Made Milwaukee Famous CUMMINS FOR THE T1CKE1 Says the Progressives Loyally Accept Verdict of the Primary. r PREDICTS SUCCESS AT POLLS At the Same Time He Annoonces the Progressives Will Continue the Fight Along; Same Lines as ta the Past. Will Car Ceasaaipttoa. A. A. Herren, Finch. Ark , wrltes:"Foleya Honey and Tar la the beat preparation for cougha. colda and lunr trouble. I know that It his cured consumption in the first stages." You never r.tard of anyone using Fole 'a Honey and Tar and not being aatla- (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. June 7. (Special.) For the first time since the primary election Gov ernor Cummins discussed the matter today. He would say but little, claiming that theie was little to be said. He expressed his ap preciation for the fight his friends had made and declared that he was for the ticket and that it would be elected In No vember. He said: "The progressives are all good repub licans and consider the results of the prim ary election aa final. We will continue to fight for the thlnga that we have fought for In the past for the reason that they are Just aa Important and the princlplea are Just as vital now as ever. The republican ticket will be elected next November. Of that I am sure." Ta Balld Clabhonse. Dea Moinea business men today organized for the purpose of erecting a business men'a club house which will be the club home of the business element of the city and will be used for entertaining visitors of note. Charged with Embesslement. Thomaa Jonea, formerly a traveling al?a man for the National Biscuit comrany of thla city, waa arrested today in Sioux City and will be brought back to Iowa on a charge of embexxllng $900 of the company a money. School Lair Revision. Members of the commission to revise the school laws of Iowa are in session today and will continue for some time In an effort to formulate a report. A consider able amount of time today was spent In discussing the question of school llbrarl?s. The present law Is efficient to get the boots purchaaed. but not to get them used. 1 his feature of the matter waa pointed out to the commission by Mlsa Alice Tyler, aecre tary of the Iowa Library commission who was before the commission. Better for Major George. The court-martial trial of Major George at Fort Dea Molnea today took a better turn for tho defense when It was proven In the cross-examination of Major Gal braith, the general Inspecting officer, that Major George had been perfectly frank in anawering the queatlona of Major Galbralth when first charged with misuse of mileage. It waa ahown that bad Major George in tended to uae the mileage for hla own use and criminally he would not have been able to make the ahowlng he did when first accused. At the conclusion of the testi mony today the court adjourned till Wednesday next at 10 o'clock. Violating Natarallsatloa Lares. Frank Stek of Blevera. la., a native of Bohemia, waa bound over to the federal grand Jury today for violating the naturali sation lawa, the claim being that he algned papera that he had lived In Iowa a year, when It waa ahown that he had not. A Mr. Pratt of the aame city waa bound over with him, and other arrests are promised. Daaker Attendance Swells. Twelve thousand Dunkers are In Dea Molnaa today for the national conference. It la kelleved that by tomorrow the num ber will be fully 10.000. as many are com ing ta tonight. John Zuck. an Iowa man, wag aaederator of lb mseUog today. Oo the platform today sat 100 of the oldeat men and women of the denomination. 1 Record for Rainfall. , The month of June haa already acquired a good start to break the record of May on rainfall. The records at the weather office show that for the first alx days of the month the rainfall haa been 1.61 Inches, while the normal for the first six days Is .96. Heavy ralna fell over Iowa last night. Carroll reported 1.2S Inches, while Des Molnea was a close second with 1.14. Iowa Falls reported .84 and Boone .S5. Judae Restrains It!t,-h Work. SIDNEY. Ia., June 6. (Special.) An lm. portant decision has Just been handed down by Judge W. R. Green of the dis trict court, enjoining the county auditor and Board of Supervisors from establish ing a drainage ditch for the West Nishna botna river In District Not 2. Two ditches covering a distance of twenty miles have already been cut in this county by the Rankin & Cowdcn dredge boats for the straightening of the East and West Nish nabotna rivers to prevent overflow. Last year the board voted to establish another ditch In the northern part of the county, but a large majority of the property own. ers and taxpayers offered opposition and appealed to the courts, and the project has been knocked out. Dave Rankin, the famous Missouri mil lionaire "Cattle King," has for a good many years been buying up lands along the river and Is now the owner of several thousand acres. He first began ditching for the Improvement of his own lands, and later the county had the work continued. Judge Green's decision adverse to the new ditch was based on the grounds that the territory to be drained would not be suf ficiently benefited to compensate for the cost of the ditch. snnBaansaajj Puget Sound Points VIA Baptist Chnrrh Anniversary. DENISON, la., June . (Special.) The First Baptist church celebrated its fiftieth anniversary Wednesday. The church was organized by J. W. Denlson. founder of the town which was named after him. The first meetings were held In the office room of the only hotel in the town. At the anni versary letters were read from former pastors and prominent members who had moved away. This church has sent two strong missionaries to foreign fields. Rev. Robert Carroll of Fort Dodge was present and delivered his lecture on "The Power of Influence." The present pastor is Rev. Mr. LaReau, who came here from Lake City. Students Have Hard Fall. BOONE. Ia., June ti. (Special Telegram.) The commencement of the Boone High school last evening might have been at tended with disastrous results. The con tractor erected ar. amphitheater of aeats in Lincoln armory for the High achool chorua. Aa the chorus, numbering seventy five, rose for the opening number, the aeata collapsed, precipitating the atudentt to the floor below. Superintendent King immediately allayed the feara of the large audience by announcing that not a atudent waa injured. Child Killed bi Wheel. TABOR, Ia., June . (Special.) Rev. Roy Culley and wife of Mornlngslde, a suburb of Sioux City, brought the body of their I-j ear-old boy here for burial last evening. They are building a new house at Morn lngslde and the little fellow was riding on a load of dirt when he fell off, a hind wheel passing over his body Just above the hips, causing Instant death. Mrs. Culley ia the youngest daughter of Mra. C. J. Piper of Tabor. PORTLAND 44The Way to Got the Most for Your feloney" BE SIRE VOUR TICKETS READ OVER THE UNION PACIFIC Inquire About Low Rates at V? ' 4. CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1324 FARNAM STREET. 'Phone Douglas 1828. 15-00 CHICAGO AND RETURN via ILLINOIS CENTRAL Tickets on sale June 12th to ICth, good returning until June30tb. Tickets and sleeping car reservations at City Ticket Office, 1402 Farnam St., or at the Union Station. The Yellow FerU. Jaundice malaria biliousness. vanishes when Dr. King s New Life Pills are taken. Guaranteed. 2Se. For sale by Beaton Irug Co. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS CALADIUMS, Mammoth Bulbs', tach 25c; 5 for . TUBE ROStS, Mammoth Pearl, dot. 35c; 3 doi . GLADIOLI, in Superb Mixture, doz. 30c; SO fir . CINNAMON VINE, Extra Large, each 10c; 12r DAHLIAS, Assorted, each 19c; 12 fir . . . . 51.09 $1.09 $1.03 $1.03 U.O) THE NEBRASKA SEED GO.. 1613 Howard St. i