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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1910)
TIIE I3KE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAKCIl .1, 1910. U. P. TO BUILD DESPITE SUIT Some Things You Want to Know Right Overland's Headquarters Will Not De pend on Merger Decision. Chewing Gum Industry. It- WW V 11 i irL Mr. W. II. Hawkins, Frankfort, Ky., R.R. No. 2, writes: " I have used Sloan's Liniment (or backache and sciatica with a!rnt instant relief." ft Mr. J. V. Stewart, 1216 Chapel St., Cincinnati. O., 'vjites: "I had suffered with sciatic rheumatism for 14 . inonths when I began using Sloan's Liniment. I got relief Rt once, and am now entirely well."' AV TV jen tsn a MM Ms, best for lumbago, rheumatism, neuralgia better than plasters also for sore throat, croup, sprains, ctc- . . . Prices, 25c, 50c, and $t.OO. FAVOR A COOTY DEFESDE1I Judge and Attorneys Endorse The Bee's Plan to Save Money. COSTLY OUTLAY NOW NECESSARY Sutton Says MMlplc to Cope with County Attorney' Whould He En snared V. I.. Weaver Kuit vata Another I'lan. The creation of the offlre of public de fender as a measure ofjdounty economy, at suggested editorially- by The Bee, hus at tracted the InU'ifiMit '., find Indorsement of mans Omaha lawyers., ...They agree thut for a salary, of probably, about l?,000 a year the services of a. highly efficient man could be obtained- to take up the cause In court of the pauper criminals. The county under- the existing system of ap pointment by the Judge for each Individual case spent; S3.746 last year. It la further pointed out by lawyers that advantages beyond the- pecuniary saving In the matter of Utem would be gained by bucIi a change. . t . "We-ought to have a public defender," declared? Judge Buttbh. ""! personalty am of the opinion that the object should be attained by 'legislative enactment. A gbod man- should be available for, say 2.500 a year: ' The 6f rice WdSil require a man of ability .flfttftl tertdhp'Vltlr the cuunty at torney In -the trial of Important' cases. Would Expedite Buslneaa. "A publlo defender would, I believe, ex pedite much of the work of the court, too. He would not be called upon to resort to any measure of trickery In behalf of his clients, such 'as lawyers appointed for a single case, frequently young men, some times . fee) rconatraliMHl' to do. It would mean defense In the same terms as the prosecution, on the square. Where, under the present system a lawyer often makes a hard fight for a guilty, client., the public defender could plulnly say 40 his client that the fuots showed his Biilrt and advise hlnj to plead guilty. "On a rough estimate1 I believe that about one criminal case 'out of three re quires the appointment ' of a lawyer for the defense." Judge (ran ford I. Ikes It. "The plan: -stiresled. In- The Bee seems very feasible,' to ,1ml;''1, sjld Bryce Craw ford, pollcevJve,',.wl)i hfard many of the criminal caae la the beginnings In -his court. "It woul4," obviously "be "a saving to tho county, and ift good1 man- could be had for $2,000 a yvar.V ; - "The. idea' Is altogether new to me," 'said Frank T Weaver, preslrtnM of the Iouglas County par association, ''but It appears that It mltrftt be . Very good thing for the county treaenry anT fur the public. "Now.oyer ifv federal coujVt they appoint lawyers for, th (Wens. oC criminals, and the United-States allows nothing whatever for his servicee. That Is another way of saving,". ; ' ''.'.. f. ; ; , 1 WALKED FROM OMAHA TO OREGON AND CARVED FORTUNE Joha Klernan of Portland Totes Back fitBO.OOO of Independent Telephone Uonds. A real pioneer la thut John K Ionian of Portland, Ore., who brought to Omaha 1350.000 In Independent Telephone company Oregoiv bonds, as the representative of this collection of securites, to co-oyerate In the reorganization of the company. Botlr tall and broad, erect, though white of hair and beard, Mr. ' Kleman's step Is Just aa bold as It Was In the 'Ms when he set ouUfrom Omaha to tho Pacific ocast. He walked most of the way, too. "Omaha was Just u little hamlet of a few shacks on the river bank then," said Mr. Klernan. "The principal staplo handled on the markets here then wus the old wagon train ration of flour and bacon." Mr. Klernan located In Portland when It was but a small ' settlement. The great northwest wus but In Uie Infancy of Us development. He stayed and prospered. Mr. K,lernan has been made a member of the reorganisation committee which is now In charge of the affairs uf the reorganiza tion of the Omaha Telephone company. vm jpA LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL USE. Out of the truuit valuable qualities of Mother ' Frioud is that It safs-tuaxda the future health of the mother. It Is a liniment to b applied externally to tha body, the use of which lubricate the muscle and trudons, softens the glands and ducts, prevents lump foraititj in the breatts, and relieves the pain, nervousness, nausea, and other trouble from which so many expectant mothers suffer. Whon Mother's Friend tl used itxularly t &ts and prepares. the system for an oasy and natural consumma tion of the term. Women who massage with thi great liniment are always saved much Buffering when baby comes, and recover more Quickly, and without ill effects. Mother's Friend i eold at drug stores. Write for our free book containing valua d Information for expectant .mothers., . " THE DflADFZLD CO., ATLANTA, GA. For Lame Back HERE'S THE PROOF. City Pays Water Company Big Sum Council Passes the Appropriation Bill Carrying $123,000 for . Old Bills. The city council passed the concurrent appropriation bill carrying $12,000 for the Omaha Water company among other Items Wednesday morning. The ordinance wus passed to permit the Northwestern to lay a service track from the cast line of Twelfth street to the east line of Thirteenth in the alley between Douglas and Podge. ' By the terms of another ordinance passed all hospitals will be required to protect with bars or heavy wire screens the rooms wherein patients of unsound mind or de lirious from any cause are located. The ordinance was prepared and passed at the request of Health Commissioner Connell, as a result of the death of Anton Wetzel by Jumping from a window of the Omaha General hospital while left unwatched dur ing delirium. INJUNCTION TO STOP WORK ON COURT HOUSE ASKED Order is Sought on Petition of Percy P. ( overt, Who Says He la - Steel ' Worker." .. ' ' ::. . . . An Injunction to prevent work on the new Douglas county court house is being sought In district court on a petition filed In behalf of Percy F. Covert, who alleges that the structural steel work is being Im properly done. 1 ' Covert Is a member of the steelworkers union. Caldwell & Drake are employing nonunion Workmen. .. . Charges are made that the work of rivet ing and bolting the steel stringers and up rights together( is improperly carried out. These charges were made to the Board of County Commissioners the last time a pro test was made against ., nonunion work men. .... ',. At this time Superlntendente ' Shane for Architect Latenser made a careful inves tigation of the woTk and pronounced the Charges without any subetance whatever. Covert, the petitioner, .worked on the City National bank building until three weeks ago as a steel worker. He sets forth In his petition that he a taxpayer in Douglas county, and' his attorney, John O.' Yelser, says he lives north of the' city. Covert's name Is not in the city directory. Commissioner Jeff W. Bedford,, chairman of the buihllng committee declared that In his opinion the charges" arc false. ' Covert alleges that the specifications of the contract are Dot belruj followed out by, Caldwell & Drake. Superintendent Balbln Zlepier for Cald well & Drake asserted that the charges are "ridiculous." "Theie are two Inspectors constantly on the job here," Bald he, "and they would Instantly note anything like the allega tions of the. petition." . MITTAUER'S BODY CREMATED Taken to Davenport, la., sr Brother, Where Disposition Will Be Made. The funeral of Oeoigj Mittaucr was held at the Cole-McKay chapel under the au spices of the Omaha lodge of Elks. After the services the body was taken to Daven port, la., for cremation ly, Frank T. Mit taucr. a bnother, of Baker City, Ore. 'Mr. Mlttauer was 56 years of age and hud re sided In Otnsha for t.wtonly-four yca.rst He was prominent In German circles of the city. He died at tlie Methodist hospital Monday morning . . , , The Klk'a exercises were participated In by a large number of the membership. Exalted Buler W. W. Cole, officiated, and the chaplain of the lodge, Dean George A. Beecher, acted In that capacity at the ser vices. "Thanatopsls" was recited by Tast Grand Exalted Ruler George P. Cronk. Mora Bottled Beer. Delivered promptly to jour residence at samo prices as formerly. Chas. Slorr., next dour north of Stovz Brewery. Phones Webster i:(0, Iud. B-1201. as Nearly J. 000.000.000 sticks of chewing gum will be manufactured In the t'nlted Biates this year, and most of It will be chewed a fast as It ) made. There are numerous factories scattered throughout the coun try, and It Is said that few Industries show greater cleanliness of operation than is the rule In the American chewing giim establishment. A report of the Department of Commerce and Labor declares that tho second cleanest factory of any kind In spected by that department was one where chewing gum was made. The process by which the gum Is made Is full of Interest. Its basis Is chicle gum, and this Is boiled to the required consis tency In copper kettles, after which l added the flavoring and the necessary sugar to give It sweetness. It Is then transferrd to large centrifugal receivers, whipped Into dough and then removed to table where it Is kneaded In powdered sugar. After this It Is rolled Into sheets, cut to the desired size, dried, wrapped by machinery and placed In boxes for mar keting. Repeated attempts have been made to mix or adnlterate chicle, or to get a substitute for It, but there seems to be no substitute except spruce gum, about ri.nno pounds of which are gathered In the woods of Maine each year. Of course this Is mere drop In the bucket compared with the amount of chicle brought Into the United States from Central America. Chicle Is not medicinally valuable, but has proved an excellent vehicle for carrying such drugs as pepsin. A British court has held pepsin chewing gum to be a drug, and under the English pure drug aci a drug gist was fined for selling some that con tained less pep?ln than was called for by the label. The mastication that goes with chewing gum produces n flow of saliva which Is highly beneficial In certain forms of stomach trouble. While gum chewing has been principally an American habit. the people of other countries are becoming Initiated to its delights. A big American manufacturer estimates that tho United States produces enough Annually to give two sticks to each man, woman and child on earth. Chicle cornea to us from tropical America at the rate of more than 6,000,000 pounds a year, and costs In the raw state about $2,000,000 annually. The tree which beam It la to be found In the dense forests of the tropics. The, operation In Its gathering Is not dissimilar to that of gathering maple syrup In the United States. A chicle gatherer has little more equipment than the versatile machete and a piece of rope- He places the rope around his waist and the trunk of the tree, which enables him to scale it as conveniently as a tele phone lineman goes up a pole with the aid of climbers. He makes notches In the tree Into which the sap flows. Later he comes around and gathers it, securing from ten to fifteen pounds a day In the height of the season. A tree may be tapped profit ably for twenty-five years. An effort Is be ing made by the growers to Induce the men .to work by the week, as their ambition to make good wages by the so-much-per-pound system has resulted In great harm to the trees. Planted 400 to the acre, the trees yield 2,000 pounds of gum annually. Land where they will grow sells at from S3 to I IS per acre. The wood resembles mahogany, and the door and window frames made of it are still in an excellent state of preserva tion' in the prehistoric tains of Mexico.' It' Is In great demand by cabinet makers. The tree grows to maturity in a little less' than fifty years. 1 ' When the sap Is gathered Is has a milky appearance which changes to yellow when exposed to the air. It Is carried to the boiling sheds where It Is concentrated to the proper consistency, then kneaded into loaves and made ready for export. The duty on It Is 10 cents a pound, and was laid only after the hardeM sort of a fight when the Payne-Aldrich bill was framed. The chewing of gum Is by no means a new habit. Our fathers chewed birch bark, slippery elm and Shoemaker's wax years upon years ago, but even their pleasure in molar activity Is far antedated. Christo pher Columbus left behind him a letter which proves conclusively that chewing gum was used more than 400 years ago, and that he regarded It as of sufficient Importance to offer some to Ferdinand and Isabella afl a part of his Inducement to them to finance his second expedition to the new world. He offered to bring them as much gold as they would need, as many slaves as their navy would require, chew ing gum, spices, etc. The gum, he said. SUIT OVER BITE BY DOG INVOLVES ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY Jens Tbornaeu and J. R. Reswear Qnar ' . rellna; Te-r "Character" of Ani mal Which I sed Its Teeth. Before Jens Thomsen and -J. B,. Segear finish their litigation In district court ex perts In comparative psychology may have to be called to the reserve, because the "character of a cross dog" Is now Involved In the suit. Thomsen sued 'Segear for damages be cause a dog, belonging to Segear, "bit lilm In the middle of the street." Segear came back with an answer to Thomsen's petition In which he admits having "a cross dog" chained In the yard, but says he had a notice posted, so that ho who ran might read, to the effect that the animal was dangerous. But Thomsen, he aljeges, crossed the yard and struck at two peaceful, lamblike dogs, not the cross one referred to. These t-nlm dogs, when struck, bit Mr. Thomsen, according to Segear. Now comes Thomsen back' with a reply tn whloh .he moves that Segar be ordered to make specific disquisition as to the "character of the cross dog" referred to In defendant's answer and for exposition of the character of the two peaceful dogs and to state more definitely which one of the three dogs did the biting. WILL SIGN FOR NO EXPERT Heal Ratate Fxchnnare Not Willing to Ask (or tiovernnient Water Scientist. Harry Tukey, Jr., was elected a member of the Real KBtate exchange Wednesday noon, and then elected to the office of as sistant secretary and presented with a chair.' The father of the youngster was subjected to considerable good-natured raillery. W. T. Graham reported the re sult of the special water meeting at the council chamber and said the committee thought some good would result. The committee was cnntinuid In office. Mr. Graham said that every real estate man who did not clean up around his property should ' be arrested and the ex change voted aye on this report. The ex change refused to sign a petition to the governor to ask that a government expert be sent from Washington to examine the water supply. The efficacy uf Chamberlain's Unlment In the relief of rheumatism U being demon stratd da) was to come from Chlow, and It has been reasoned from this lhat the chewing gum of Columbus' day was . a sort of gumy clay, which was reputed to have mcdlctnal qualities. But the habit of chewing gum may be traced even beyond Columbus' time. Ac cording to an anoient Kanskriat poem the soft-eyed Hindoo maiden, even In the times when the Hindoo sun-worshipers were a budding puople, had the habit of cluwing "kashnlr' gums, which were supposed to sweeten the, breath, redden the lips and put color Into the cheeks. The stvry of the discovery of the avail ability of ; chicle for chewing purposes reads like a romance and Involves some of the leading characters of American his tory. If General Fam Houston hnd not banished Santa Anna from Texas, or If the attempt to make gum shoes for chicle had not proved a failure, the chewing gum habit as America knows It, might not have been acquired by our people. Back In the forties a young man from New Jersey went to Mexico, where he made the ac quaintance of Sahta Anna He spent some time in that country and then returned home. When Santa Anna was banished from Texss, he went to New York, looked up the young friend of his better days and, It Is said, lived with him Incognito for some time. During his stay he sug gested to his host that the sap of a certain Mexican tree might be made Into gum overshoes. When he returned to Mexico he sent a bale of raw, hard gum for ex perimentation. The effort to prepare the stuff for gum shoes was a failure, and a big chunk of it was relegated to th? wood shed as useless. But the boys of the neighborhood soon set aside the "useless" verdict. They be gan whittling off pieces of the gum for chewing purposes. This was a suggestion to the father and he again got out his kettle paraphernalia. This time he made It Into unflavored gum and placed it upon the market. By doing so he laid the foun dation of a princely fortune. The next proposition was to get flavoring Into the gum. This was a task to which the em bryo chewing gum millionaire was not equal, so he employed an Englishman, who was an amateur chemist to conduct a series of experiments for him. The chemist borrowed J300 from outside sources and with thla perfected the original process of flav oring chicle gum. From that time the success of the chew ing gum business was assured. Today those boys, who taught their father the secret of utilizing the old Junk In his wood shed, are millionaires. Bofore they gave him the tip that waji to develop Into a great fortune, he was doing odd Jobs around Jersey City. . From this small be ginning has grown . a business which amounts to more than $30,000,000 a year. It bas made millionaires of more families than this one. and has helped to pay the rent of thousands of stores, small and large, from the 'Atlantic to the Pacific. Some of the big .factories of today sell their own gum ' to the trade. Others are simply manufacturers for the trade, and advertise , to make gum In any quantity and in sticks of any slzo, prepared ready for the wrapper.1 ; In this way any person who Is willing to pay for the expense of manufacture can put a brand of his own on the market and tempt millions to come his way, One' . C8&''buy rum at all prices from 5 cents a package down to 1 cent for lve' sticks. -'. :o 'ni. OS ' -- It Is said thttt Whita the aggregate sales of chewing gum- are growing because of the Increase of the habit In rural districts, the competition of the nickelodeon and other rivals for .'children' pin money is seriously , felt' In the cities. If the prac tices of the chewing gum factory were generally adopted. It , would mean ruin to the business. The operatives are prohib ited from chewing gum while on duty. On the other hand, berry growers furnish their pickers with gum In order to give them a happy frame of mind while pursuing their work. The advent of the chewing gnm slot ma chine as an automatic salesman did more to stimulate a demand for pennies and nickels than any other agency except thi street car. It now requires an annual supply of about 100,000,000 pennies and more than 50,000,000 Beent pieces to meet the demands of the trade. It Is said that the penny works oftener in buying newspapers and penny-ln-the-slot gum than for any other purpose. By l-KBDEBXC J. HASXZBT. Tomorrow Sta Island Cotton." HEARS SWEET STRAINS COME FROM MANHOLE OF SEWER Bnt Unacsthetle Policeman Shatters Symphony and High Art Loses Another of Its Devotees. Standing on the cover of a manhole at Twenty-fifth and Farnami streets Marshall Brown heard celestial, ethereal and other brands of music. So rapt was his atten tion that after standing as one dead or ossified for more than an hour he did not notice the stealthy approach of Officers Reigelman and Dillon, who slipped up be hind the dreamer and hustled him in a waiting police auto. "Don't you hear dot music, iosi?" he asked Officer Reigelman. Relgelman nocked his ear and listened intently. "Nothing doing In the symphony line here," said he. "Don't you see dem golden harps and dem big brass horns," he pleadingly ap pealed to Officer Dillon. The officer put on Ms glasses and searched the atmosphere carefully. "Come on, you're off your nut." said Dillon as he gently lifted Brown Into the auto. , Brown appealed to several bystanders with tears In his voice, but to no avail They could neither see nor hear anything. Thursday morning the man will have an opportunity to explain to Judge Crawford where he got the idea. CRAWLS INTO COALHOLE AND UPSETS CHINESE EQUILIBRIUM Charles Canaon Disturbs Proprietors of Uolden Kaule Itestaurant by l'naeemly Method or Calling;. A study In black and yellow was held In police court when Charles Caason, a negro, appeared before Judge Crawford to explain why he disturbed the slumbers of two Chinamen at the Golden Kagle restaurant. It seems that Castion had taken on a load of gin Tuesday, which transformed him from a rational human being to some spe cies of the animal klrgdom which burrows In unusual places. HeVhose a coal hole In front of the restaurant as a likely spot to Investigate, lie crawled through the hole and so badly frightened two Chinamen sleeping In the basement that they were hardly able to tell the police of the pres ence of the Invader. Casson told the Judge he did not know what he was doing and was as sumrisnd as the Chinamen to find himself In such company. He was discharged, after being cautioned agatuut making hi calls In such a conditio; M0BXER EMPHATIC ON THIS POINT Vice President of In Ion Pact He (Ires the Amu ranee that the A'err Offlre Home Will Soon Be Started. The government's suit to divorce the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lints. whatever my be Its outcome, will have no effect upon the Improvements planned by the Harrlman lines In Omaha. "Our new headquarters building is a sure thing," said A. I,. Mohler, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific "We need the building and the merger hearing will not block our plans any more than It would Interfere with the building of the Panama canal." This announcement from the head of the Harrlman Interests In Omaha will allay the fears of many who have been led to believe that the merger suit would, in its outcome, determine whether or not Omaha Is to have the new twelve-story office building at Fifteenth and Dodge streets. "Within a few days," said Mr. Mohler, "We shall know definitely when the work on the new structure will begin. "I ex pect to hear from Jarvls Hunt, the ar chitect, this week, and he may be In Omaha shortly." Asked about the prospects of erecting a new freight terminal in Omaha, Mr. Moh ler said: "No plans have been made for enlarging our present freight headquarters. We have bought some land In the vicinity of the old terminal at Ninth and Jncxson streets. The fact that the transfer of property between Jackson and Jones streets has been mado to the Union Pacific has prompted the belief that the Union Pacific Is to put up a new freight house. However, it Is generally thought that the plan to build a new freight terminal would be de layed If the merger caBe Is decided against the railroads. A contrary decision would mean that the Union Pacific would lose out In consider able continental freight inasmuch as the traffic would be scattered to other lines. This would li'ssen the necessity for en largod freight headquarters at the Mis souri river. I A Fortunate Texan. E. W. Goodloe, Dallas, Texas, found a sure cure for malaria and biliousness In Dr. King's New Life Pills. 25c. For sal by Beaton Drug Co. THOSE SUDDEN STABS IN When the kidneys are sick, sharp, dart ing pains strike you In the back, loins or sides pains that almost take your breath away, and often make you cr out In agony. It Is almost impossible to mistake these kidney pains, for they seem to center about the small of the back where the kidneys are located. And still there are many persons who think backache Is merely a muscular trou ble something that Is expected to pas away with a little rest, aided by a plaster or by rubbing with liniment. There is no plaster nor liniment that will reach the inside cause sick kidneys. What is needed is a kidney medicine a kidney stimulant, to start the kidneys working as they" hould a healing, sooth ing tonlo, to relieve and cure congestion and inflammation in the kidneys. Sick kidneys can not get well alone. They need quick help. And If It Is not given, the useful work of the kidneys stops. The filtering of the blood is sus- pen'd. Poisons clculate freely with the blood attack muscles, brain, nerves and vital organs. The kidneys ewell and throb and that is what makes those sud den stabs of pain in the back. Tou won't be rid of the trouble until the kidney are cured. boafs Mmm IftteWitiirjiHj JtiYwKlilnwk Sold by alt dealorji SI ft Si M mm mj mm emm w ? GUsugb H6s Ussii irani eaite foern MM Bl fcJ M 1 n- sv 1 m U bottom of the Baking Powder Question. Buy a ran of Calumet today. Put it through the most rigid baking test that you know. If it docs not fully rotne tip to your standard ; if the baking it not just at good or better lighter, more evenly raised, more drlicioui and whole some, take it bark to the grocer and ret your money. C. Calumet it the only strictly high grade baking powder telling at a moderate cost. Don't accept a substitute. Insist upon CaJutoet and get it. mm CALIURfa Received Highest Award World' Pure Food Exposition, Chicago, 1907. c Dr. Davidson Gets Distinction Omaha Man Elected President of De partment of Superintendents of the N. . A. Prof. E. U. Graff, principal of the Omaha High school, has wired from Indianapolis that Dr. W. H. Davidson, superintendent of the Omaha schools, has been elected president of the department of superin tendents of the National Educational as sociation in session there. I TRUSTEE TELLS OF CONNOR Patrick Duffy Testifies for Propo nents In Will Case In the District Conrt. Patrick Duffy was the principal witness In the Connor will trial at the Wednesday morning session. Mr. Duffy, who Is on. of the trustees named by Connor for the parochial schools he wish to endow, testi fied to conversations with Mr. Connor alxiut the parochial schools and about a provision for Miss Grace Connor.. Following Mr. Duffy, the proponent in Are Twinges That Tell You of Hidden, Dangerous Kidney Troubles. Price Socenb. Fosm-Mitauiw Co.. Buffalo. rrrY-ftrrrrt.. "Evtry Picture A u iai)s;)jDiL, 1 ."sWittr WffltBJtTr' ';'"JSBlas'tS- . BBn fjswffr (i2asWf1 VjaaamaMH. mus- a1, 34 JtfMsUsfcntttttw. LF1L,IUJ03 Why do you pay rent? The money you pay as rent is the owner's profit on liis in vestment. His investment is probably the result of economy and saving. If he can own a piece of property and make money on it why can't yout In today's Bee will bo found a large list of desirable liomtft, advertised for sale on the easy torni plan a little cash down, bal ance like rent. Thursday Is home day Get at tho Dakfnc Powder iVfe -4 jJiaJWI Itkast UAiMlM.Jlftf troduced the testimony of nurses who were at Connor's last Illness. The relatives of tho deceased will soon take the stand and the case will gain in Interest with their tes timony. THEATER READY. DAY AHEAD Heady for Applause," Slays Kastl Brandrla of Playhons Whloh Opens Doors Thursday. "Tho theater la ready for the applause," said Emll Brandels as ho watched a small army of men at work, wiping off the seats and polishing the marble. "Everythlns verythlnj. is readw ie of th Is In Its place and the theater a day ahead of time, after one prettiest building races ever seen In Omaha or the west." Skilled workmen of all classes have been divided into three shifts, so there has not been an Idle minute ror some weeks. The ' men worked In eight hour shifts and thu filled up the entire twenty-four. A re hearsal of the show will be held Thursday afternoon that the electricians may be come accustomed to the switchboards and that there may be no break in the per formance. The beautiful, new curtain is hung as is also the asbestos curtain. The . mantels are in place and the theater now V stands completed. , Tho Key to the Situation Be Want Ads! THE BACK There is no other remedy for sick kid neys quite equal to Doan's Kidney Tllle. This simple vegetable formula has been In use for 75 years and has never been excelled because It is a remedy for the kidneys only does not act on the bowel nor on nny other organs. It boothes while It stimulates, relieves all conges tion and Irritation, cures backache, reg ulates the urine, and restores a perfect filtering of the blood. 1 ' OMASA FKOOl1 W. II. Rage, retired. 4211 Burdette Bt., Omaha., Neb., says: "The great vnlue of Doan's Kidney Pill was first proven to me in 1899. My back had troubled me off and on for three or four years, es pecially after a hard day' work r If I caught . cold. The constant, .stooping re- ,; quired In my work no doubt affected my kidneys and caused the backache. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me promptly and I have since taken them off and on with the same great benefit." "l The above statement was given on April II, 1908, and on Jan. 30, 1909 when Mr Sage was Interviewed, he said: "I willingly verify my former endorsement of Doan's Kidney PI Its. Ihave used this remedy on several occasions since then and It has never failed to bring prompt relief." PILL N.Y.. Proprietors. if i li it to n JfttuftlBliThCM H I