TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 5, 1910.
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Time Brings Many Changes in the Destiny of Omaha Railroad Men
ERHAP8 tvsry youth who enter
the. service of a railway com
pany bulldi castles, more or less,
wondering how long In the ka
leideseoplc shifting of fate It
will be before he becomei a gen
eral manager, a general passenger agent, a
general freight agent, a general aollcltor or
general something else. Ambition la a part
of the makeup of every youth In free Amer
ica, the land of poaalblllties, and the many
high station In railway service are a goal
much longed for by beginners.
Some wise men say that luck plays a
part In the game of railway life, as In
everything else. Others perhaps equally''
wlit, pooh pooh the luck theory snd hold
that merit and haid work combine them
selves into a pass key to promotion. Be
that bh It mny, there are not enough Job
carrying the prefix "general" to go around.
Homo aspiring novice must be distanced In
the. race. ' They ciijnot all bo high offi
cial. So, after all, there is an element
of clntncci In tho proposition.
An old photograph recently unearthed In
Burlington hcadquurters brings up the
story of what happened to a group of em
ployes who wers In the service of that
load twfnty years ago. Some of tliem high
in tin; service, are wi;iilrig Burlington
should r strap t iduy. O her have dropped
Into other lines of vol I;. Ami still otherj
are pegging an ay at the snme old stand.
But back to the story or tho photograph
In the summer of 1SW u photographer
happemd to visit the Burlington headquar
ter and proposed taking u croup plcturo
of all the employes of tnc building. Homo
were enthusiastic and other Indifferent,
but the entire force of sixty-eight men
marched lu fruit of the building and hal
their pictures taken.
Today, when but ninteen of the original
force aro employed at the headquarters,
where 630 men are at work at various oc
cupations from general manager to elevator
man, the plcturea are highly prised. Flvo
of the group are dead and the whereabouts
of four ara unknown. Thqee who are dead
are Frank Smith, W. W. Wells, T. Han
son, F. H. Jones and George Cole. The
missing are A. Sterrett, Elton Hull, N. W.
Glover and J. Fltzslmmons.
The following whose faces appear In the
picture are still "with the Burlington: J.
Hodge, J. E. Kelby, F. B. Thomas. N. J.
Nelson, R. E. Hayward, H. J. Ross, K.
Montmorency, O. H. Vaughan, O. B.
Welty, Bob Hayes, E. F. Vlnqulst, A. J.
Prohaska. W. Whitehorn, F. O. Elmlgor,
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Hodge. J. E. Kelby, F. B. Thomas, N. J. Nelson, A. V. Brock, V. W. Thomas,
O. B. Welty, B. Trussell, J. O. Hold. G. H. Vaughn, F. Montmorency, C.
Hull, I. Hale, Bob Hayes, V. H. Brotchie. J. Gustafson, B. F. Vlnqulst, A
E. A. Elmiger. C. Ekstrom, R. E. Hayward. C. Mahanna, W. Frank, R. Hanson, John Brown, E. W. Black, ... Colo, TT. rearman.
Radekin. F. Haver, R. G. Ross, J. Fltzslmmons, F. Cole, T. Hanson, G. A. Dunn, G. Troniler, C. Wilkinson, N. W. (Hover. Ellon
J. Prohaska. W. Whitehorn. W. W. Wells. F. Q. Elmlaer. R. Copley. A. Summon, je. II. JoneH. H. J. Koss. J. mancis, j. M.
Guild. C. J. Canan, O. Blakeley, C. Hardy, 8. 8. Smith. A. Bterrett, A. J. Diiteher. T. J. I'enell, C. R. Davidson, W. H. Vaughan, Frank Smitn, K. . I-lvsey, v . yavmaon, c. w . Aiiadrson, j. 11. Lsmpoeu,
J. F. Buckingham, R. W. Taylor, E. McBrlde, C. C. Elnugor, D. T. Beans, J. Richard.
GROUP OF BURLINGTON HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYES PHOTOGRAPHED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO.
In a hank at Billings. Mont., while Carl Former Chief Clerk I. Hale has given up
Ekstrom, a clerk, is now a leading the- railroading to engage In the wholesale gro
alrlrnl man t.lnvlnir out of New York, cerv bUMiness In Philadelphia and J. M.
C. Mahanna. who was employed In the Guild, the present commissioner of tho selling cigars more prof itablo and enjoyaiite
passenger office. Is now with the Railwav Commercial club, was formerly a freight than railroad work, so he .resigned some
Contracting company of Los Angeles. E. clerk. time ago from the staff of the freight
ir T3iu . i..i, ,h ,,it-3 4 t nntdior a nnp-timn nnHscnucr office. C. C. Elmiger, E. Trussell, T. Han-
left the Burlington for the Union son, J. M. campueii ana r.
C. J. Canan, W. R. Vaughn, J. E. Buck
ingham, C. W, Anderson and J. Richard.
Out of the former clerks at the office,
T. J. Penell, discovered that he had mu
sical talent and went abroad to Italy to
atudy music. He no longer adds up col
umns of figures, unless possibly it Is the
various sources of his Income, as he Is at
present an Instructor In the Conservatory
of Music at Seattle. A. W. Brock, who
was chief clerk In the general munugtr's
office, Is now a general manager himself,
being, In charge of the American Llnsccd
Oil company of Chicago.
F. W. Thomas, ont of the stenographers,
is now holding down an Important position
Paclfio and
tsenger and
quarters at
at present Is traveling pas
fieight agent with lie.id
Chlcago. E. McBrlde found
office,
a
'Is now
newspaper man in Omaha, clerk,
Cole are at
the present time working for the Cudahy (
Packing company; O. Radekin and O. - A.
Dunn are employed at the X'nloii Paclfio
headquarter.
D. If. Brotchie, a former clerk In th
auditing department. I now a bookkeeper
for Hugh Murphy of Omaha, while 3.
Gustafson, janitor, I now the manager of
a tannery business in Stockholm. Sweden.
R. Copley, a clerk In the freight auditing
department, I at present working for tha
Adams Express company In Omaha. S. 8,
Smith, a former freight clerk, Is now try
Ing his luck as sgent at South Omaha for
the Chicago Great Western Railroad corn
pany, while C. R. Davidson, who was con
nected with the ticket office, is now as
sistant general passenger agent fur the
Chicago Alton at Chicago. W. Davidson,
who was cashier In the ticket office, is now
connected with a landseeklng establishment
In Omaha.
One of the clerks, G. Blakely, Is now
In the United Ftates army, stationed at San
Francisco. R. G. Ross Is at present con
nected with the Booth Fish company at
Columbus, O. F. J. Francis, a clerk. i
now with the Rock Island at St. Louis,
as rat clerk. Many of the men who re
mained with the Burlington since the pic
ture was taken twenty years ago ara
holding Important positions In the depart
ments, where they then were mere clerk.
J. K. Kelly is now general solicitor; J.
E. Buckingham, who was chief clerk in the
general passenger agent's office, la now as
sistant general passenger agent, while E. F.
Vlnqulst has been promoted from a cleric
in the auditing department to a special ac
countant. Ralph E. Hayward, who was a
clerk In the paymaster'a office. Is now con
tracting freight agent In Omaha. Fred
Montmorency is now assistant general
freight agent, but when the picture waa
taken ho was a clerk in the claim depart
ment. G. H. Vaughan now heads the, audit
ing department, but twenty years ago ha
was a clerk In the office of which ha Is
now the head.
A. Simpson has left the general office,
but not the service of the Burlington, and
today he is division clerk In the auditing
and ticket department at Denver. Twenty
years ago C. W. Anderson was rate clerk
In the general offices, but today he Is city
passenger agent at Denver. C. Wilkinson,
who was In the freight department, is now
working In Detroit. H. Pearman now K -resents
a business concern as traveling
agent out of New York. J. G. Hohl has
given up railroad work and ia now at the
head of a prosperous business In Prague.
Gossip About Noted People
ox
Eugene Field Tamed the Tables.
UOBNB FIELD could appreciate
El a joke as well as any man, even
I when the joke was upon hlm-
National Monthly. One time he
turned the table upon a friend
no sought to play a Joke upon the gentle
poet, completely to his friend's undoing.
Mr. Fluid showed a lack of utter Indiffer
ence when It came to be a follower of the
fashions. His clothes were always neat
and tidy, but they were not made after
the prevailing fashion; he had not con
sulted Worth, and this was agonizing to at
least one of his most fashionable friends,
One day. In an off-hand manner, so as
not to be offensive to the poet, Mr. J.
inquired of him if he would wear a suit of
clothes if he would buy it for him. Con
trary to expectations, Mr. Field replied
that he would be only too glad-o accept
the suit and to wear it.
In a few days Mr. J. had occasion to be
at Jeffersonvllle transacting soma legal
business, when he had a happy thought.
. By some means he procured a suit of
clothes msde by (he state for one of Its
. citizens. And the state does not believe In
changing fashions, manifesting a decided
predilection for those patterns that are
characterized by broad stripes, black and
gray.
On his return to Chicago the suit went
with him In a telescope and Pandora's
.box never held more trouble to the square
Inch.
In a neat little speech before a crowd of
his friends called in to observe his triumph
and the crestfallen Field, the suit was
duly presented.' When, lo! to the surprise
of all, it was smilingly accepted in an ex
tempore speech that made Mr. J.'s studied
effort, with Its set phrases, seem like "tink
ling brass and a sounding cymbal."
It was nearly noon next day. Mr. J.
sat In his elaborately appointed office, busy
with some financial matters, when one of
his friends rushed frantically up the stair
way, entered the room like the house was
on fire, and asked him what he meant by
allowing a convict to hang around about
his office, even if he was an old friend; it
was a dead give away, and waa the talk of
the whole town. He told him the convict
would even accost persona inclined to pass,
In order to tell them that he was out on
leave and had coma to pay his respects to
his old friend; that he ought to get rid of
him at once, and the sooner the better. If
his reputation was not already ruined.
1 1 1 "
Mr. J. made haste to investigate. It was
the genial Field, who had dressed up in
the suit presented to him the day before.
Nor would he leave till Mr. J. had paid
mm most noerauy.
Hooaevelt and Piatt.
In the Chapter of 'the autobiography of
the late Senator Piatt, which was pub
lished in the June number of on of the
magazines, there purpbrts to be explana
tion of the manner In which Theodore
Roosevelt was compelled to accept the nom
ination for vies president upon the ticket
with McKinley, In 1900. Like many auto
blgraplHoal statements, writes a correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Ledger, the report
is true as far as it goes, although It is
apparent to Governor Roosevelt that Mr.
Piatt and some others planned politics
which would take the governor from Al
bany to the serenity of the vice president's
chair at Washington, Roosevelt met a few
friends at the Union League club In this
city. He then declared that he would not
permit the New York politicians, supple
mented by the report of William C. Whit
ney, to shunt him from Albany to Wash
ington. When the governor made that state
ment he 'had no idea that any politics might
be developed which would compel him to
accept the nomination. He went to Phil
adelphia fully determined not to accept It.
Those who were closest to him and who
were permitted to see him In his rooms
at the Hotel Walton had no doubt tha't he
would do what Silas Wright of this state,
once did peremptorily refuse the nomina
tion, If It were made. But there came unex
pected and overwhelming demonstrations
with which . Senator Piatt had nothing to
do. Delegation after delegation from west
ern states, particularly from Kansas, came
to him, representing their determination to
nominate him, making It clear to him that
this disposition was a sincere one, inspired
by the personal popularity and confidence
which he had gained in the west. These
were the demonstrations which first led
Governor Roosevelt to waver, and at last
to say to his friends, "No man can refuse
a nomination for vice president, made as
these delegations propose to make It, and
have any hope for a public career after
ward." It so happened that these great
bodies of western delegates were uncon
sciously and without any political strategy
acting In perfect sympathy with the ma-,
chlnatlons of Senator Piatt and Senator
Quay.
The Coast of "Badwelser."
The Count Bresky von Blrkenfela of Bo
hemia, doesn't mean much to Americans,
but when one knows that he Is a $50,000,000
magnate of 'Budwelser and owns all the
Budweiser that goes Into the Imported beer
bottles and that, he is a widower and Is
stopping at the Hotel Knickerbocker well,
that gives his name added Interest, says
the New York American.
The delightful old nobleman for. he says
he is an old man, although his looks so
belle his words that the interviewer asked
him for the recipe of "eternal youth"i-is
here in the interest of 'his business and like
wise for a change and pleasure. He doesn't
want to marry, as he says he Is too old
to again choose a wife, but he looks so
young that a girl In search of a fortune
title need look no further.
He smiled when the subject of an Amer
ican marriage waa broached. "But there
are plenty of younger and handsomer men
In Bohemia who would gladly marry your
American girls, but they have too much
good sense to marry an old man either for
title or money or for both, and I 'have too
much common sense ever to think of mar
riage again, although I must admit that it
makes my heart feel young to look upon
so much beaufy and so many wonderfully
gowned -women. No women in the world
that I have seen dress so well as yours.
Their taste and style is superb," added the
count enthusiastically.
Mrs. Champ Clark s Favorite.
Democratic leaders are assuming im
pressive proportions in view of recent
events and their personality 1 a fruit
ful theme even over the tea cups, says
the Washington Bur. Every state may
pERprq xoio Gtax) xj-jktt rrsr g Qmo?
Children Needlessly Blind
NE of th greatest classes in the
history of Peru is about) to be
graduated from the normal.
The class is very large and the
Individual members are strong.
This la evidenced by the fact
that already about one-half of the class are
IOJ
elected to positions paying an average of
30 per cent higher salaries than those paid
(j any previous class. The class officers
are Miss Mattle Cook Ellis, adviser: A. J.
Stoddard, president; Agnes Van Driel, vice
president; Margaret Btetter. secretary; R.
W. Whitfield, treasurer. The class publi
cation, volume three of the Peruvian, is ing portraits of all the faculty members
one of the best annuals published in J,he and members of the various classes and
state. It Is edited by Varro Tyler and is organizations. The book also contains a
bound In brown morocco and printed on strong alumni department The cost of
glazed white paper. The material in the the publication Is about $2,000 and the sub-
bcok represents all the school activities scrlptlon list has already reached the 575
and it is elaborately illustrated, contain- mark.
11
T IS an astonishing fact and one
not generally known outside
the medical profession that one
quarter of all the children in
the schools for the blind of this
country are needlessly blind.
tittM children ara doomed to lifelong dark
ness because at the time of birth their
eyes were not properly washed and treated
by the attending physician or midwife.
The causa of this preventable blindness
Is ophthalmia neonatorum (ophthalmia of
th new born), commonly known as "in
flammation of the eyes of the new born,"
"babies' sore eyes" or "cold In the eyes"
on of the most dangerous menaces to vis
Ion when treatment la neglected or de
layed. "It is a veritable world plague," says
Dr. Lewis. "It occurs everywhere, and no
country has yet succeeded In getting it un
der control."
From New York to Japan, from Japan to
Australia, from Australia to Couth Amer
ica Its cases are scattered. In Mexico It ia
the common cause' of blindness, and that
country claims at least i.W) victims. In
tbe New York Stat School tor the Blind
at Batavla 80.7 per cent of the children ad
mitted in 1W7 were victims of ophthalmia
neonatorum.
At the Pennsylvania School for the
Blind, at Overbrook, the average In l'J0
was higher M per cent At the Sheffield
School for the Blind (England) Dr. Simeon
Buelt report to the British Medical esao
clstlon 137 cases out of 3 Inmates 12.U
per cent, and still higher, the Henshaw
Schoel fur the Blind (England) reported In
1908 that M out of tot chlldrcn-45 per cent
UUuA from this disease.
"Two cents worth of nitrate of sHver
solution and two minutes of the nurse's
time Is tha cost of prevention in eases of
ophthalmia neonatorum," says the same
writer. "As for cures, they are very rare
once the inflammation is set up. Unless
prompt measures are taken the disease is
nearly always fatal to the sight of one or
both eyes', and In . the majority of oases
the little victim becomes a charge upon
publlo or private charity.
"In tha New York State School for the
Blind at Batavla the per capita cost of
maintenance and education Is MOT. 43 a ear,
as against the $30 a year that It costs to
educate a normal child in the Buffalo
publio schools a difference $777.43 for the
blind child that must be met by state ap
propriation. "This total of mora than $60,000 In tha
Ohio State School for the Blind, the
Batavia School for the Blind, and the New
York Institution for the Blind that might
have been saved annually does not take
. Into account the blind In private institu
tion or those remaining in their own
homes.
"It is estimated that tha total cost of
tha needlessly blind throughout the state
of New York exceeds $110,000 a year, and if
the blind citizen Is a dependent for IJfe
the cost of his maintenance will be not less
thati $10,000. These figures do not include
money paid out In pensions under the pen
sion system obtaining In Nsw York City,
Ohio, Illinois snd Great Britain or special
appropriation for buildings."
Tha failure to us the slmpla precautions
outlined 1 laid at the door of the mldwtves,
who. In th citlea with a large foreign
population, attend most of th births. Mo
Clurs'a MagazJo.
Peru State Normal School, Class 1910
Nellie Anderson Aker. Howard'
Kathryn Allen, Tecumseh.
Ethel Belle Armstrong, Fllley.
Lota Baer, Firth.
Ethel Florence Ballance, Platts
mouth. Rosa Bell Banks, Wausa.
Mary Opheia Barnes, Auburn.
Edna Florence Barnes, Auburn.
Manie Barnhart, Louisville.
Charles Gordon Beck, Peru.
Wilhelmlna Beckord. Utlca.
Janet Holland Beeilsnn. Ashland.
Eugene lielden, Fullciton.
Leora Myrtle Benneit, Randolph.
Mary Neva Best, Homer.
Esther Edith Ulunkenshlp, Peru.
Paulina Belle Bolejack, Hum
boldt. Wilbur S. Boslder. Peru.
Frtnces Fern Broun. Spring-
Bruner, Ran
Beutlcr, Weep-
vlew.
Mabel Agatha
dolph.
Mildred Mary
ing water.
Goorge Edward Campbell, Os
ceola. Sarah Wright Canfleld, Tecum
aeli. Barbara Wilton Cardwill, Omaha.
Lillian Agnes Carlson, Omaha.
Ay is Darleene Carse, Peru.
Lewis Coalo, Bennett.
Clarence L.ien Culborn, Hardy.
Robert Dill Cole. Peru.
Helen Roberts Co)eman. Auburn.
Mary Elizabeth Cun v. Harvard.
Myrtle F. Dalllng, Lincoln.
James Burton Iiennl, Peru.
Elhel Helen Doty, 1'liger.
Ethel Gray Dunn. Lincoln.
Myrtle AlblrU Easley, Salem.
Inez Eaton, Aurora.
Dora Km. wall. Florence.
Gertrude Catherine Ely, Otk.
Jennie Belle Emery, liuiiilolph.
Esther Eujrenia Evans, Seward.
Elisabeth Kversun, Alma.
Emma Mary Falter, Platls
mouth. Laura Leone Fields, Crete.
Genevieve Kathryn Ford, Mars
land. Rolla Thayer Fosnot. Daven
port. Leola Hannah France. Syracuse.
Lena May Frelduv, Rising City.
Theo. A. Frye, Chester.
Lewis F. Garey, Beaver City.
Bessie Frances Gasklll, Valen
tine. Frances Amelle Oilbert, Johnson.
Arthur Oilbert, Johnson.
Joseph Goldstein. Dawson.
Marlea Grafton, Western.
Charles Leonaid Crimes. DIll'T.
Mabel Gustafson. AlnswDith.
Vera Johannah Haeffetin, West
Point.
Annie Myrtle Hahn, Valentine.
Frances Hale. Table Rock.
Carrie Christine Hansen, Ho
mer. Christina Dorathea Hansen,
Plattsmouth. -Grace
May llaiman, Beatrice.
Helen Gertrudo Heacock,
Springfield.
Hettle Josephine Hennke, St.
Edward.
Mau:le Henderson, Superior,
tiara Edith Hendricks, Wahoo.
Elizabeth Mullen Henderson,
Wahoo.
Goldie Charlotte
York.
KKa Hill. B'alr.
Frank D. Hughes.
Lola Belle Hunter,
Alice Mary Hunt,
Lena Mary Jackson, Friend.
Kalpli Oliver Jackson, Upland.
Frank Jennings, Peru,
llarrv Walter Johnson. Oak
land. Dora bee Glen Jones, Peru.
Judd.
Rising
Blue
H 1 c k m i
Fllley.
. Guide Rock.
Fanbury.
Myrtl Louise
City.
Viva Juniata Kinney,
Springs.
Lela Florence Kite, Peru.
Marie Helen Krunibach, Shelby.
Arnold Christian Kuennlng.
Cook.
John Wesley Lang, Cordyon,
Indiana.
Minnie Lansdown, Auburn.
Grace Mabel Lawrence, Brown
Wile. Florence Irene Lee, Nebraska
City.
Oren Ellsworth Lincoln, Peru.
Bessie I-onxfellow, Peru.
E. W. Lown. Wilcox.
Frances Ella Lynch, Peru.
Mary Louise Lyon, Glenwood,
Iowa.
Bernlce Beulah Marker, Ina
vale. Susie Ellen Mathia. Greenwood.
Ward McDowell. Hardy.
Ieah Eleanor Elizabeth McEl
hiney, Lexington.
Augusta Mi Grew. Auburn,
Stella Blanche MrNare, Arabia.
Darleue Corey Merrick, Osceola.
y.ella Hope Messenger, Fair
bury. Missouri Monier. Lincoln.
William Thomas Moore, De
Wlltt Flossie Dell Morris, Exeter. .
Venns Fredericka Mueller,
Omaha.
Audubon Henry Neff, Rural
He treat. Vs.
Clara Helva Nickel, Western.
Frederick Clary Nellson, Dan-
iiebrog.
George Henry Nelluon, Dan
llebruW. Harriet Elizabeth Nolle, Long
Pine.
Marv Novotny, Center Point.
E. E. Odell, Farragut, la.
Stella Opp, Par.illlon.
Anna J.eota Paine, Boise, Idaho.
Nona .May Palmer, Bradshaw.;
Mabel Parker, Pender.
Celia Parker, Wilsonville.
Glenn Allen Parriott, Peru.
Wlnnlfred Perkins. Mullen.
Edison Pettis Peru.
Edith Lucile Phlliipe, Peru.
Winona Orinda Proper, Ne-
City.
Robinson, Hum-
braska
Gertrude May
cox.
Theresa May
City.
Esther Emma Raabe
Quade, David
Stanton.
Lee Wlllard Kedfern, Peru.
Winifred Orvcllo Reese, John
son. Opal Marie Rlre. Sterling.
Evelyn E. Richards, Beaver
City.
Edna Elizabeth Rincker, Craw
ford. Edna Elizabeth Rlngswald,
Peru.
Mary Adelaide Robertson, Peru.
boldU-
Gertrude Ixule Purlnton, Wll
Marion Geraldine Rosa, Platts
mouth. Ellen Ada Scheldt. Friend.
Jacob Qcbhart Bchott, Peru.
Adeline Schulls, Tobias.
Coia L- Sehwenker, Western.
Hattle May Schwer.ker, Western.
Davis Shackelton, Be-
Murri'l Shaffer, Fair-
Harriet
atrlce.
Eulalie
bury.
K o r a h Stuckey Shambaugh,
Omaha.
Clyde Jewett Skinner, Peru,
Ada Snyder, Alma.
John Burget Bloat, Harvard.
Cora Smith, Murdock.
Mabel Spafford, Adams.
Ora Spencer, Wood River.
Besaie May South, Nebraska
City.
Ermlna Bertha Spear, Seward.
Mildred Spencer, Dakota City.
Lillian Oliver Stephenson, Falls
City.
Margaret Carley Stetter, Val
entine. Alexander J. Stoddard, Auburn.
Minnie Belle Sublc-'jie, Nebraska
City.
Mode Sudik. Wahoo.
Bula 11 Swan, Fairmont.
Pearl Adelle Sylvester, Surprise.
Delia Tartaeh, Plattsmouth.
Jennie Ruth Thompson, Falls
City.
Olive Thompson, Falls City.
Victor Hugo Trukken, Peru. -Rex
Truman. Peru.
Varro Eugene Tyler, Auburn.
Irene Tyler, Auburn.
Louise Arfgeline Upson, Odell.
Arthur Monroe Vance. LiiKaMn.
Agnes Cecelia VanDrlel, Malmo.
Inez Adell Wachtel. Falls City.
Nellie Stelle Wagner, Randolph.
Pearl Warwick. Oukdale.
Daniel Harry Weber, liarnston.
Cecelia Welirs, Milford.
Eu a Dolores Wester, Panama.
William Russell WhiVleld, Peru.
Dalti Urainard Whitfield, l'eru.
Emma Elizabeth Wllkins, Hub
bard, Everett C. Wilson, Wahoo.
Horner Q. Wrlghtsman, Peru.
Edgar 8. Wycoff, Wilber.
Mary Ardella Wynn, Rural Re
treat. Va.
Vivian Alice Young, Wood
I.kw.
Mabel Irene Zentz, David City.
have its favorite son, but in Washington
Representative Champ Clark of Missouri,
the leader of the minority on th floor of
the house, commands unusual atteptton.
Those who know Mr. and Mrs. Clark best
say that it was reckless prodigality of tha
fairy godmother to have placed two such
brilliant and witty people in the same
family. Either would ha.ve made the repu
tation of a large circle of kinship, with'
something to spare. Mrs. Clark is one ot
the public-spirited women of Washington
. officialdom, and she has been devoting
much time to the Congressional club, with,
the end of having that unique organization
realize its potential mission.
"It appears at first glance ralher an Im
posing task to make the Congressional
club responsible for the uplifting of thai
entire Caucasian race," said Mrs. Clark.
"But this Is my ambitious project, and in
it I am aided and abetted by the think
ing women who make up what 1b locally
known as the congressional set, "
"If the women who make up the families
of the members of the lower house have
done nothing since they banded together
for social intercourse and domestic im
provement except their efforts In regard
to the memorial services In the house and
senate, that Is something to point out wltlj
pride."
Harriman's Work Goes On
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structionthen he withdrew from the or
ganization and his name was soon almost
forgotten.
There is pjetvy In the subllmo scenery
through which the rond winds Its way-i
the Pacific coast rocks and rills and vfr
dant valleys and plain, forming a con
tinuous pictorial punorama enroute. But
there Is prose real, practical prose In the
story of how the business of the Union
Pacific has grown. Look at these figures,
study them, contemplate the contrast they
show, and then you will have a mind pic
ture of Union Paclfio earning expansion.
Here follows official statistics:
Freight earnings for year 1870 were $3,0"l!l.
614.71; freight earnings for 1909, $.12,965,.
099.62.
Passenger earnings for the year 170,
$3,818,627.65; passenger earnings for 1909,
$9,719,646.12.
Mall earnings for the year 1S70, $274,513.5i
mall earnings, 1909, $2,070,342.70.
Total earnings, Including parsenger,
freight, express, mall and miscellaneous
1870, $7,625,277.13; total earnings, same
sources, 1909, $47,710,2(12.39.
An increase of $40,000,000 in annual earn
lngs!
Is It any wonder the Union Pacific IS
seeking more commodious headquarters?
By way of keeping tha record straight It
should be explained that the 1870 figures
are for the calendar year, while the 1909
figures are for the fiscal year, taking a
part of 1908 and a part of 1909. For the
purpose of comparison, however, accuracy
Is preserved, for the reason that the num
ber of months in each instance Is the same.
A perusal of the foregoing figures reveals
the interesting fact that while in tha
early days freight and passenger earnings
were of about equal Importance, freight
in the present era outstrips tha passengeif
business by far. Thus Is explained th '
why of the general freight agent'
gradually growing importance. Th pas
senger agent may be tha flower of th
flock, but the freight man gets th money.
Much has been written of Union Paclfio
history and the story of how It construc
tion was interlaced with federal govern?
ment affairs, has been written and re
written until every school boy know It.
Further, the story of th Union Paclfio
receivership, a process of elimination and
filtration, is an old story. No other road
was built under similar circumstances. No
other road ever attracted so much atten
tion in its lnclpiency. No other road so
featured Itself in the destiny of th west.
The name of Omaha suggests Union
Pacific. The name of Union Paclfio
suggests Omaha. They both come In th
same breath; they are linked by a comta
bond. i T
Wherefore, all Omaha rejoices to look
on with hearty amen, while workmen lay
the foundation for the magnificent build
ing on Fifteenth1 and Dodge streets.
I'ofated Paragraphs.
Tl season for heated arguments Is now
open.
The ainner Is in no hurry to collect hi
wages.
Inquisitive people acquire a lot of Infor
mation that isn't so.
Only those who have no worries csn af
ford to look worried. . 1
Any man who looks for troubWU'bllnd
to his own Interests.
Must men would be ahead of th g) if
thy could exchange what they know fur
something different. Chicago New.
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