1 til. t .M,I1. the omaiia SUNDAY nKK: OCTOBER 3, BIG HORN HAS BIG GROW In Wonderful Changes Wrought in Basin by Railroad. SETTLED II IN TITB.EE YEAE3 Valley vipinitr rowrii, Wy., Was lahablted by Prairie Dobs aail ( ojotri a aort Tim Ao. Wonderful changes have been wrought In the rtlK Horn bailn lnca the advent t tha nurllrifton railroad, and especially luring the last few years sine tha several Irrigation projects hava begun to bear fruit The discovery of oil at several poltita haa also acted a a stimulus tn Immigrants, who hava flocked to tha basin by thou aanda. Tha progress mad In tha Big Horn basin during the last three yeara Is remarkable whan tha present condition la compared with tha unsettled condition of that coun try three yeara ago. In 1907 the valley In tha vicinity of Powell. Wyo., the head quarter! for the government project, waa imply a barren valley with a little salt ag and a good many cactuses here and there, and occasionally a cheap ahack with no on living In It In fact the only Inhabitants at that time were the gov ernment engineers and those working on the government project, together with the prairie dogs and coyotes. Today, with the advent of water running through the gov ernment ditch, the best cropa growing along the entire Burlington system are now being grown and harvested In the vl clnlty of Powell, on thla aame land that waa so barren such a ahort time ago. The post master at Fowell, Wyo., who last year homesteaded a forty-acre tract adjoining the townslte. haa the entire tract except about one-half of an acre In alfalfa thla year. The second crop la In stack and the third crop la now growing, and he can ell hla two cuttlnga of alfalfa that are now In slack for enough to more than pay the total coat of hl water right, and will have the third crop and pasturage until Christmas, In addition thereto. As a mat ter of fact about 16.000 acre of this great valley of 1.9,000 acres that la being Irri gated by the government, la a garden spot so to apeak, today, and the same condition exists around Garland, Lovell, Oreybull, basin and Worland," as regards changed conditions during the past three yeara Oil ladastry Thrtvea. At Cowley, where the new oil refinery la now In operation, and fines oil Is being market along the Burlington iinea In the north w eat. there waa nobody except the most venturesome prospectors that believed there waa any oil tn the country three years ago. Three yeara ago there were only a few people that believed the lands In the Big Horn baaln eould be safely con Idered as apple lands, but the faith of the local people haa been shown In the fact that hundreds of acre of commercial orchards are already being set out and fruit trea agents are to be met In every town In the Baaln. D. Clem Deaver of the Burlington home- Meeker Information bureau said recently "On tha occasion of my last trip to the Big Horn Basin I visited the farm of J. M, Grant two miles eaat of Lovell, where aw tha beat field of sugar beets that' have seen growing this year or any other year, wltfcaut ecxeption. And this la the fourth arop that Mr, Grant has grown on tha ssuae land, which shows the strength o tha soil. Mr. Grant has 136 acres in augar beat, all In on field, and he tell tn that he expects his rat profits from tht field will be between S0 and 70 per aore, ad four years aga Hr. Or ant wanted me to sell this land for him at 138 per acre. This la itself shows the progress to some stent that la being mad In that locality. At Ofwybutl, Wyo., the division point on tfv Burlington's new main line through tha Big Horn Basin, there was nothing hut Motion house three years ago, and a few boxcars set alongside of the track that the workers lived In. Today Oreybull Is IK, growing town, has fin two-story tjene buildings, haa cement sidewalks, lm proved streets, natural gas, hlSh grade oil Jkd a tremendous country surrounding- it t!ut is partly Irrigated. The remainder sooo will be Irrigated. Oil Operators Active. Tha Sistarvllie, W. Va., crowd of on operators nave spent no lees than $160,ooo tn this locality In developing natural gas and oil, and this company now controls sufficient land to give them a working ! for extensive operations. About one' half way between Basin and Oreybull th Turlington recently put In a sidetrack for a vitrified brick manufacturing concern and the plant was started In full blast last weak. The officers of this brick manufac turing company report they have suffi cient erders already taken to keep them runnng for more than six months, and they have put in a very large plant, especially for a new oountry. The town of Basin, which three years ago was struggling along for existence, has today grown so fast that people who were there even six months ago are amascd at the progress that has been made during the last six months. In fact, nearly as many new bullldings have gone up since the first of January la th town of Basin as were there before that time. Th growth of this new grow ing city Is simply remarkable, but It can be aooounted for when we take Into con sideration the fact that the city is sup plied with natural gas, has oil wells In the Immediate vicinity, haa as rich farm lands as the sun shines upon, with good water rights, has a flouring mill, electric lights, sewer and a water system. The people of Basin are also greatly Interested In or charding, and are setting out several com mercial orchards on all sides of the town. Good Causae foe Orchards. "There la no reason why these people should not be sncouragod In setting out fruit trees," said Mr. Deaver. "The llaalu country is practically the only country on the entire Burlington system whr there are any apples to amount to anything this year. Last winter was as hard a win tsr as they may ever expect to thave, but trees In the Big Horn Basin came through In good shape and are bearing heavily this year. They were fortunate in vot getting tne Ute frosts that we had in this locality. "The same general improvement Is also shown at atandsrson and Worland, wu.re new buildings are going up on all sides C the towns and In the towns, and where the geuerai air of prosperity prevails tn th eoUre community. "Prof. Buffurn's seed breeding farm la act of th wonders of th Big Horn basin. No person who is able to appreciate the work he Is doing can visit bla farm without becoming Impreued with the great Work which Prof. Burfu) la doing for humanity as well as for his Immediate locality. "The town of Thermopolls la also taking on new growth since the railroad began running trains there on June It The grea springs of this town are. Of course, the grvatekt attraction there, but the town of 1'hermopolla is surrounded by unknown wealth, that only awaits the coming of new capital to develop the natural resource. Bis; Iter at Cody. Cody, which la to be the county seat of Puk county, the new county receutly torsued. Is the oldest substantial town of KANSAS BOY WHO HAS MADE GOOD a speculative seu.emenl would near. '"The Hlg Horn basin, of course, la des tined always to be a stock raising and farming country, for the reason that there are laiae srens of the basin that will never be avalixlile for iithinn but gt axing, while the rich Irrigated Isr.'ls will furnish tne feed to fatten the stork for market that are raised on the rangts. But one thing lliat Is suing to add iue to all of tne farm and range land In this locality is the fart that the basin Is a siur"-huuh of minerals, containing a vast dsposit uf a very high grade of coal, suipliur, oil, nat ural gaa, linen, cupper, and considerable ltuei est lias been aroused In hunting for tiie precious metals. The day Is nut very far distant wnen the Big limn river, the Urey buil river, and the Simsiiuni river will he lined with factories of ail kinus, but before tins day arrives there musi be many thou sand more people move Into the bin Horn basin, because factories cannot be run un less tiieie are ptople to be etnploed to work In them. This Industrial proposition is going to continue the market lor ti.e small farmer. There are being sulppeu LhouVanda of dollars worth of but.er. c.,n- limbed milk and i-kss into tne 11. a Hum I baaln (hat ought to be piodjoed in inti locality, and there ie greU opportunity to day for the small faruwr to eel in on t..e ! ground floor and get his land and water i rights at first cost, snd help supply t..li demand fofood products that is to.. slant, y Increasing instead of diirtln. slung." MAN'S PROWESS IN DANGER ArtlTltlea af a Merry Grass Ksddrslr Halted in Oklahoma. Wldaw f'RED M. NTfK. A Kansas boy who has made good In t'tah la Fred M. Nye of Ogden. A native of Eurejta, Kan., he came to the Inter mountain country In 1R01, and for the past eleven years has been In business In Og den. He now owns the finest stock of clothing and gents' furnishing goods In the city and is one of the "live wires" of the woBtern gate city. Unmistakable Imntesii. "Yes," the old farmer was saying, "in Some ways a pig la a good d.ftl nae a human critter, luu may nevei nave lieard It belore, but a pig sometimes sutler liom rheiiinatiz. same as if he was a man." But how can you tell wnen a pig has rheumatism?" asked the visitor. "Oh, he does a lot of gruntin over It, same as a man does. "Chicago Tribune. Progressive matrimonial Industry, hith erto monopolised by disreputable man. Is threatened with Invasion by woman. At least a start has been made, and not a bad one, either. Home of the later-day bluebeards. peaceful and fascinating, have accumulated wives all the way from a. pair to th top record of nine, with which they formed a string of domestic way sta tions along their routee. They did not bother about divorces, because they were expensive. Simply aviated from one to the other as fsncy dictated, or the last one's money vanished. The record of matri monial crookedness is no longer exclu sively masculine, since a woman Just cap tuied In Oklahoma is accused of having four living husbands, one in each of the ktatea of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. In iast sad victim is Jamea E. Young, a (C)hlcaio contractor. Youn expresses sincere regard for the much-marr.ed woman, whom he married four montns ayo. "I met her In Toledo last spring, ' he baid. ".she was a fluent taikar, obviously well educated, and she attracted me from the first. She said that she was 44 years old, s widow, tiiat her name waa Alice Goodwin and she had with her a daughter, O.ive, a little girl 10 years old. "After I returned from Toledo we cor responded, ehe went from that city to Afton, la., where she said she had rela uis. Boon after she came to Chicago and on July S, a few days after her aintai, we went to Aurora and were married. "I fitted up my little home here and she certainly made as tine a wile as a man couid wish for. (She had taught In a cook ing school and could almost work miracles with a gaa range. "he made her own clothes and was aa fine a housekeeper aa I have ever seen. Everything went all right until I got a letter from a man named Moffet In Afton. la., who said Mre. Good win had a husband living and that he would send m the mane address if 1 would write for It. "I said nothing to my wife and put the letter with my ether correspondence, but she nuH have found It, for when I came nomff tne next uaj m uvun daughter and all her belonging were gone." Subsequently Young got Into communica tion with Uraham and learned that when "Mre. Goodwin" left him In Toledo afte had taken a large amount of money and much of her husband's Jewelry. There was money in the Young home at the time of her departure, but she took none of It. On a bit of paper found in the lining of an old purse left by hi wife Toung found th name of Hugh Hosklns of Wellington. Kan., and through the police of that city learned that they were married about three weeks ago. Last week he received a letter from the woman dated Medford. Okl., and this gave the police a clue which led to her arrest. An officer haa left to bring her back to Chicago. "I cannot Imagine what made the woman act as She did," said Young In conclusion. "She la apparently Intelligent, but she must be mentally unbalanced. It certainly was not my money she was after, for she took none of It." Three husbands promised to greet her on her return to Chicago. , Ta Dissolve the Unlnst of stomach, liver and kidney troubles and cure biliousness and malaria, take Klectric Bitters. Guaranteed. SOc. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. HERE'S A NEW LINCOLN STORY Voaehed For aa m Freeh Owe fcy For- aaer Congressman from Mis- Prof. James T. VcCteary of Mankalo. Minn., who for fourteen years represented a district of hla slate In conn' ess, told a new Unooln story while in New York last deek. "A friend of mine out west who Is now about to told tne that when a boy he at tended, with hla father, one of the famous U,ncoln-l-ouglaa debates in Illinois," said Prof. McClary. "My friend father was a Lincoln man, but the plaoe In which tii.s particular debate took place was a I 'outf its stronghold. "louglas spoke first, and he was fre quently Interrupted by vociferous app.ae. The cheering and the hand-clapping at the end laMod four or live minutes. When Lincoln' was Introduced the crowd bioke out Into cheers for Douglas and kept It up for several minutes. Lincoln meanwhile waited patiently. "Whtn at length the enthuslaum had subsided Lincoln extended his long rU.it arm for silence. When he had partly got this he said In an Iniprvsslv lone: 'What an oialor Judge Douglas is!' "This unexpected tribute to their friend set the audience Wild with enthusiasm. When this applause had run its course Lincoln, extending his hand again, thla time obtained silence more easily. "'What a fine piesance Judge Douglas haa!' exclaimed ti.e speaker earnestly. , Agnin tumultuous applause followed the tribute. More and more easily the tall, gaunt lawyer got silence as he went on with admiring exclamations: . " 'How well rounded hla sentences are' How well chosen his language Isl How apt his Illustrations rl' ending up with What a splendid man Judue Douglas Isr "Then when the audlenc had asaln become silent at his call. Lincoln leaned forward and aald: " 'And now. my countrymen, how many of you can tail me one thing Judge Doug las said?' "My friend told me he searched his own heart for an answer and found none. Afterwards he asked hi father If he could remember anything Judge Douglas had said, and the latter remem bered practlcslly nothing. 'But.' tn friend said to m Impressively, "ven now, half a century UtT. I ran recall practically all that Lincoln said." Nw York Sun. Da-Bana FEUilc-, Sanatorium gwieVra tea1 llils Institution 1 the only on tn tha central west with separata buil.UUKS Miuute.l In their own Hivplo gtouruls. yft entirely dis tinct and rendrlu It posalbla to classify ciises Tlia ona building being fitttvl lor and devoted to the treatment of noncontagious and nonuieutal ulseuaes, no others be inn admitted. The other, Rest Cottage, being designed for and dvotd th exclusive treatment of nelf t nuntal cases, requiring for a lima watchful cara and spe- in! nursing Ihe Basin, and many eastern people are surprised to find that one of the stores there utilizes 30,000 square feet of floor! space. The business done In this town Is simply surprising to many of the easterners who go to visit the Big Horn basin. The new Cody road to Tellowstone Park, while not entirely completed, has been put In Very good shape, and one can now go In an automobile from Cody to the edge of the park and return In a very few hours. All these towns in the Big Horn basin are full of opportunities for business and professional men, and the new Irrigated lands that are bnlns brought In are at tractive to the farmer this dry year, for th farmer In the Big Horn basin does not have to wait for rain In order to supply his orops with moisture, but simply opens the head-gat and leta the water run on the land. In my experience I have never seen any locality develop as fast as, and along as rational lines, as the Big Horn basin," said Mr. Deaver. "There haa been no wild-cat speculation of any kind. On the contrary, all of thla progress haa been made In a conservative and substantial manner, and this means much more for the futur than 3S3BE3S35 Z3& Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Breaks up Grip and Epidemic Influenza. The prevailing; Epidemic of Influ- enza-Cold-ln-the-Head la perfectly con trolled by the use of "Seventy-aeven." Taken early cuts It short promptly Taken during Ua prevalence, it pre occupies the system and prevents its invasion. Taken while suffering from it, a re lief Is speedily realized, which may be continued up to an entire cure. "Seventy-seven" la good for Coughs, Colds. Sore Throat and Catarrh. At all Drug Stores 25c, or mailed. Humphrey' Homeo. Mdlcln Co., Cor. William and Ann Btreet, New Turk. ' in r 111 i - s 1 H 111! .- wir niii r TlTlWiTlTl lLilTiTr EsLftsxaaaS Twenty per cent is quite a lot of money on, say, a hundred dollar purchase it's $20 saved. Yet, that's what you benefit by trading here, in South Omaha, where our rent and operating expenses are even more than 20 pr cent LOWER than the cost to the big: Omaha furniture houses with their expensive down town locations. Of course, you know, we make as much profit from each sale we make as the Omaha stores do in spite of the fact that we sell 20 per cent cheaper. Seems strange, perhaps, but it's true-there's just that great a difference in the cost of doing business down town in Omaha and out here in South Omaha-and just to get you to come here and trade we offer you all this saving worth while, isn't it? Well, then, simply request a transfer from any Oma ha car to any South Omaha car and ride to 24th and L Sts, South Omaha. Every South Omaha car passes our door and the extra ride takes only a few minutes. f".'"mwinB if ia M U I ii T7 V LrnW a standard II It If A" ril aWJ II e-r 3 77 . 1 1 ' IT UN in" 11 If R'i-r.-- : . rju flw can t II II :r.... TT 1 mji mm vnrt. , A Larger Carpet & Rug Stock Than Most any Omaha Store This Is drop head and Solent! f I made machine. tn best m Used In it co tlon. Th f a manufacturing In no "com that' why w ell It so ohaap, ."l-i? muz. PROMPT jP7 J) DELIV-. feT?W" ERIES IkA MADE Cllpg OMAHA I P2l Steel Ranges Stupendous Carpet Barg'ns $8.50 $12.50 Dining Room Furniture Solid polished oak, six foot extension, like Illustration. A beautiful, substantial and attractive piece CA of furniture. BU Chairs to atato for well w won't quote the price her. We will let you com down and be surpris ed. They are most reasonable. xll Brussels Rug. Latest seamless pat terns and beat workmanship. Tby will wear an awfully long time and always look good. fxll Brussels Rugs, In most dis tinctive and exclusive designs. They will certainly pleas the ere and our Immense stock aires a fin opportunity for wide range of se lection ixll high grade Velvet Ruga tbeee are great values at our price. It you are not sure of that Just make a few inquiries and learn what others charge for 9x12 Vel vet Ruga. Do that. $6.50 6x9 Seamless Bras-' sels Rugs. Most at tractive dlgns and very good values even at $10.00. 017.50 $17.50 for our beautiful 9x12 Axminster Rugs. . If you have ever priced Axmlnsters you oan appreciate the flguree we quote. We say to you: "Don't make a purchase before coming here." You can aave from 17.00 to $12.00 on this very rug. That's worth while. Isn't it? We have some most attractive designs In this grade and they wear and hold their color longer than you will expect them to. 4-hole Steel Range, with warm- $ incrJoset. onlv fcl o ' 6-hole Steel Range, with warm- SOfi' ing closet, only ayll Thftsa are onlv two of the dozens of kinds of Ranges carried in our enormous stock. We have others down to only a few dollars, as well as the most expensive makes that one will care to buy all, however, at most reason able prices. Stoves Sold on Payments Bise Bnriert tod Nickel Pitted Heaters' One of our big features Is the substantial line of heating atovee. The best makea known the world over. The kind that burn cheap coal and still throw satisfactory heat. We can aave you aeveral dollars on a Btove purchaae, and will guarantee the transaction. Heavy Brass Ded Like tha Illustration. Beautiful satin finish. You will pay $20 for this article In Omaha i stores. Our price only .1r f 7 We toll you about how rood you'll (eel after taking a CAiCARET that millions of people buy, use and raootamece Uiess Bat that's talk you auy a bos now take as directed f-mght and gat the proof tn th morning After yau kaow CASOAKETS you'll never be wtuioul tbeso. na CasCASBT ioe a ws foe week's litaimenl. all 4rrf Mile ks Im Mtta. kiiuM kwM as 1 "j r J u U2 la. . . 't"ll ""oT-sssJ j WbMMIl ! -fUtt, Hull tO-OAl. CURED ia cm-i$ PIT la otkwr woxU, Ion oui pr cHir ill" II prof-Ms UKHM AN - IHtllK iN INSll I tTE, I loo OiuJ At., k.uM Cur. Mo. C i IttlM I II II "-I4.JU IB M. Ill Solid Oak Rocker This Is certalny a trade brlnger. Any store that lls a solid oak rocker like this one for only f l. certainly deserves your patronage. tUuu uaK OFFICE DESK $1750 Yes, solid oak, rolling top, spa cious pigeon holes, ample draw ers, eta It's really the desk they charge you $25.00 or $30.00 for in Omaha. SOLID OAK TABLE S1.45 14-Inch top. Msde entirely of solid oak and attractively inlahed. value. X very toud Mahogany, Leather OQfOO Uphohtered 3-plec set V Oft.- This Is a solid mahogany finished Parlor Suite that cannot be duplicated in Omaha for less than $50.00. Genuine leather seat and back. SaniUrT Couch A handsome Sanitary Couch, uujuatable so as to be made into a bed In a few sec onds, purine the day It folds Into an or namental piece of furniture. A regular It 00 value In any Omaha store. Transfer from any Omaha car to any South Omaha car and pay a visit to our store. You can make money by it. All South Omaha cars pass our door.. Oak or Mahogany Stand S6.50 Finished In the finest style. It Is really a very ornamental alec of furniture. &.nitarr d ftpringe VJ l Strongly con structed and guar anteed n5t to sag nor lose its shape. We have them to fit any bad. Th price quoted above la tor full alia. list - v jjn 85c lot! Fiber Fill Rtltim 512.50 Finest quality, especially selected. lon fiber felt Thl is not a "stuffed mat tress, but is hand made and guaranteed to always lve perfect satisfaction. In Om aha stores It sells tor lit. I. Hanlwouil Chair Itocker to 4 Muh V 5J Polished and neatly finish ed. Most stronsly constructed. i TTTTD)TTTffimTOTG i-j ! i h i a I evi l n u 1L lyjilxjiiii JirliJ 24th L Streets 0 South Omaha