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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 15, 1911.
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IOYA MAN STRIKES IT RICH!
Aged Inventor of Concrete Tiei Be
comet Multi-Millionaire. 1
TATENT BOUGHT BY A 8YNDICATE
Years ml trngartlae; Poverty rowned
vrlth Uolden ganahlno Details
f the His Transae
tloa. By the recent signing of a contract la
Kan Francisco. Oeorge . a struggling
Inventor of Ran Jos. Cal., bom In Iowa,
will bwome a multl-mllllonalre through the
nale to a syndicate of eleven of the great
mt railway systems of tha United States
of his patent right to a concrete railroad
tie which he haa Invented. The price to be
paid for the new tla, aa retorted by prin
ripala In the transaction. Is ftf.GuO.OOO.
Tha successful concrete tie Is considered
the greatest railway Invention sines the air
brake. It Is not a mass of solid concrete,
as might be inferred, but consists of a
patented composition of substances that
afford extraordinary resiliency, and, at
tha same time Is as durable as the concrete
need In a city skyscraper. The tie Is rein
forced with thirty-six strands of barbed
wire. It will spring ona and three-quarters
Inches and come back to line. And a
Ingla machine will turn out the ties at the
rata of 8.100 per dsy.
Tha deal became known locally through
the deposit In escrow of 1500,000 In the
Crocker National bank of San Francisco.
This deposit. Mr. Oatee said, will be tha
frrst payment of a total of 117.800.000, which
he will receive for the exclusive rights
throughout the world for the concrsta rail
road tie and steel fastener which he has
invented.
TI. 8. Renwick. president of tha San
Joaquin Valley Eleotrlo railway, has been
Oates' principal backer and first intro
duced the tie to the attention of eastern
railway magnates through a series of
demonstrations on his own railroad.
Mf. Renwick said: "I have seen tha con
tract which has been entered into between
Gates and eleven of the big; rallroada. Ac
cording to the contract. Gates Is to receive
117.600,000 for his patent. The rallroada
take over the entire properties of the
Gates Concrete Tie company and the Na
tional Concrete Tie company, which has
the sole right to the patent."
Gates lives In a modest cottage at 12
South Twelfth street, Pan Jose, Cal. He
la small, spare and unassuming. He pre
sents the appearance of a typical Yankee
worklngman, and because he Is out much
In ths air he Is sunburned, and does not
look over 60 years of age.
He was born In Ottumwa, la., and served
through the civil war, enlisting from his
' home town. He was married In 1869, and
cams to California and, after years of work
ss a railroad man, ha laid off about fifteen
years ago to devote his time to Inventing.
Those were hard years. But the old In
ventor, who never tslks freely at beat, has
but little to say of his struggles, to perfeot
his Idea, and to get big railroad men to
take It up.
Years ( traa'gle.
These struggles lasted for years. People
uaed to tap their foreheads significantly
when George Oates came arouond. He
was regarded as a joke.
It was not until President H. S. Ren-
wick of the Ban Joaquin Valley Klectrlc
railway took Gates' claim seriously, and
bought soma of the concrete ties from
him, and gave them a test by laying rails
on them, that Gates' pretensions aa an
Inventor wars seriously regarded.
Railroad men everywhere were amased
at tha results of tha tests. The concrete
ties proved cheaper than wooden ties.
They gave a smoother roadbed; fhey were
unaffected by heat or cold, and were 1m
pervious to rain. Besides this, they could
not be destroyed by boring Insects. They
did not crack, peel, or spilt. Indeed, they
seemed Indestructible.
After a trial on the electric railway- the
ties were finally placed In ths yards of a
local railway depot at Ban Jose, whdre
they successfully stood the wear and tear
of transcontinental traffic. The heaviest
engines on the coast division were brought
to Ban Jose, and the new concrete tie was
submitted to the most rigorous tests. Ths
fasteners also worked like a charm. Cars
were run over the ties for many weeks In
' an effort to detect flaws and delicate
mechanisms were Installed to test the Jar
of the coaches on concrete ties as com
pared to wood ones. The result proved
a victory for the Ban Joee man.
Greoa Fortune Gets la.
Gates wrote to Edward Oreen, son of
Hetty Green, and told him' that the con.
oreta tics weae actually In use on a Cali
fornia Interurban electric railroad whlolt
did a large business. President Renwick
of the Ran Joaquin Klectrlo railroad
Joined with the inventor In inviting the
representatives of the eastern lines to
witness ths tests of tha new concrete tie.
Tha invention brought out a score of east
ern millionaires, capitalists, promoters, en.
glneers, railroad officers, and others In
terested in the seemingly extraordinary re
suits achieved by tha concrete tie. Tests
mads for the party, who were guests of
President Renwick, served to convince the
visitors, and the deal for the sale of the
concrete tie and rail fasteners was con
summated.
Another deal which will be comprised lu
tba U7.K0,U purchase Is the sa!e of the
patented machine which automatically
manufactures the ties at the rate of I.mju
per day. This machine was invented by a
disciple of date. Roy E. Cagle of Lodi,
Cat., who hat followed out Gates' Ideas
and has worked In close touch with the
aged Inventor.
Oates haa been working on the concrete
tie for about ten ysaers. When ths merits
of concrete were widely exploited, Gates
conceived tha Idea of a concrete tie as a
aubstttute for the wooden tie. He foresaw
that there was a time coming when the
railroads would be seeking something more
durable and less expensive.
He cast thousands and thousands of con
crete ties In those yeara. and was not dis
heartened when they failed to stsnd teats
and crumbled and cracked under the vibra
tion of heavy traffic.
The Idea last Vie.
One day about two ears ago Gates was
leaning against a barbed-wire fence. He
was almost at the last ditch. His meagre
funds were almost gone. He was almost
ready to give up. but the barb wires sug
gested a means whereby he could reinforce
the concrete. "I will Jrst cset acme of
those barbed wires In the concrete." he
thought. It was a happy thotfcht. and one
that afterward proved to be north millions.
Ties wero cast with harhed-wlre strands
running lengthwise. Teets showed that
thirty-six strands twisted In a certain
manner obtained the beet results. Yet even
then csi.ltollats. whose names are known
throughout the wcrW, and who are de
lighted to buy at a bargain the patent
rights of the civil war veteran, would pay
no attention to the offer which Mr. Gates
made to them. They regarded h'.s Ideas
as those of one of the myriad of Imbecile.
Inventors with which railroad officials are
pestered.
Tha Identity of the purchasers of. the
Hates' patents haa not been revealed.
President lien wick of tha Sag Joajta
Valley railroad was reported to have said
that Edward Green, son of Hetty Green.
M heading ths syndicate. When asked
CANDIDATE FOR UNITED
STATES JUDGE
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LORING E. GAFFY.
Lorlng E. Gaffy. Plerre'e popular candi
date for United States Judge on the South
Dakota district, was born in Clinton
county, N. Y., In IffiO; removed to Fon Du
Lac county. Wis., with his parents In 1855:
was educated in the common schools and
high school of Fon Du Lac with two
terms In business college; read law for
two yeara with Judge Drury; worked on
his father's farm when not In school until
11 years of age, when he went west to
Grand Island, Neb. Shortly after this he
went Into the law office of George H.
Thummel at Grand Island. In 1876 he was
admitted to the bar. In 1ST? he went to
Deadwood, 8. r. In 1RS0 was nominated
for territorial senator on the republican
ticket, but was defeated In the election by
John R. Wilson, democrat. In 1881 he re
moved to Pierre. S. D. In 1888 he was
elected prosecuting attorney at Pierre and
re-elected in 1890. In January, 1894, he
was appointed Judge of the circuit court
of the .Sixth Judicial circuit, was elected
to that position In 1X98 and re-eleced in 1902.
At the close of his term In 1906 he vol
untarily retired from the bench to resume
the practice of his profession at Pierre,
where he has since been an active prac
titioner. If the statement as published was correct,
Mr. Renwick said that the matter as pub
lished locally could be accepted as authen
tic. Many of the capitalists snd engineers
who bought rights to the concrete tie prefer
to keep their names out of the transaction,
as they work merely In the interests of the
eastern railroads.
As a result of the demonstration and of
further tests conducted in the east, Gates
was made the offer which places him in
the millionaire class.
His Invention comes at the right time,
for wooden ties are becoming so scarce
that huge Importations are now taking
place from Mexico and more particularly
from tha Island of Hokkaido, North Sea
Province, Japan. The first shipments of
oak railway tloa from Hokkaido began In
1908, and have Increased to such an ex
tent that the tla export Industry ranks
second only to the fisheries there. In 1907,
6,000,000 feet of ties were exported from
Hokkaido to San Francisco. Besides this,
large quantitlea of ties were sent to China
and Australia. The exportation of ties
this year will exceed that of 1907. The de
mand Is three times greater than the sup
ply, snd the tendency Is toward an annual
Increase of from 10 to 16 per cent In the
value of ties. New York Times.
To Move Iowa Town
People to Colorado
Plan for Each Buiinen Man to Have
a Branch in the New
Town.
If ths plans of J. F. Sweexy of Omaha
and William Rood, cashier of the Webster
City, la.. National bank materialize, they
will transplant tha latter town to Deer
Trail. Colo. A special car carrying many
of tha buainess men of Webster City
passed through Omaha Saturday on the
way to Denver, there to leave Its pas
sengers for a trip to Deer Trail, fifty
miles away.
Mr. Rood, who conceived the idea of
getting his townsmen Into tha project of
building a second community at Deer
Trail, Is financing the Idea to a large ex
tent. The plan is for every man Inter
ested In the undertaking to conduct a
farm as a bide Issue and establish a
branch of his principal buslne.a at Deer
Trail. The town's name may be changed.
t.as Those a.' theerfol Jest.
Augustus Thomas pulled this one at the
annual dinner of the Association of Theater
Managers of Greater New York:
Two undertakers happened to meet on
Broadway.
first Undertaker Hello. Mike, how is
business?
Second 1 Tndertaker Fine. I've got two
on ice and three crossing the river. New
York Telegram
Coincidences in Life
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O. L.. CASli.
Not withstanding that two business men
ot LBn, la., are of the aame name (Case)
and that they were born the same day, tha
same month, the same year. In the aame
state, but they are ot no relation. Co
incidences of life with theae two men are
also exemplified in that they were mar-
TURKEY'S YANKEE ADMIRAL
American Sea Rover Anchored in 0t
toman Nary.
IS REAL SAILOR OF F0RTU5E
rerner main liny aa f akes Shews tha
Tarke llnvr ta Tell aval
Jtak Fram Real
Warships.
On the register of a New York hotel a
short, squarely-bulit man wrote the other
day, 'It 1. Bucknam. Constantinople."
That is the way Bucknam Pasha,, vice
admiral of the Ottoman navy, aide-decamp
and naval adviser to the sultan,
puts himself dow'n when he gets among
his old friends. The admiral Is. or was,
sn American. He has had a career of real
adventure. Twenty-seven years ago he
was a cabin boy on a schooner on the
great lakes.
Ransford D. Bucknam was born In Nova
Scotia. In 1MB, but his parents almost Im
mediately removed to Maine. At the age
of 14 he felt the call of the sea and fol
lowed It to the great lakes, where he be
came cabin boy on a schooner whose
skipper wss Its owner. The captain and
his wife took a liking to the youngster.
At 1 Bucknam went out from New York
as quartermaster of a schooner bound for
the Pacific. When the little vessel reached
Manila the captain and the mates died ot
cholera, and as the boy was the only per
son left on the crsft who hsd studied nav
igation he went before a special examining
board, got a master's certificate, became
a captain at 17 and brought his vessel
home.
About twenty yesrs ago Bucknam sailed
out of Tamplco In command of a steam
ship laden with hemp ahd silver bound
for New York. Twenty-four hours later
he smashed his propeller on a sunken
wreck. The captain called for volunteers
to go back to Tamplco In the ship's long
boat and cable New York for a tug. The
mate and three men stepped out. They
accomplished their task without mishap,
but the steamship drifted without motive
power and the tug searched for it twenty
days before finding It.
Dodging a Dry Dork.
Arrived at Key West, It wss assumed
that the ship would have to put In dry
dock, but Bucknam wasn't paying out
money for what he thought was unneces
sary. He crowded all his cargo Into the
forward holds, which had the effect of
throwing the ship's stem almost out of
water. It was not quite enough, however,
to enable thev propeller shaft to be re
paired, so the resourceful skipper bought
a little schooner, tied it to his stem and
loaded it with stone ballast. This pulled
the bow down and raised the stern, so that
Bucknam was able to achieve the dlstinc
tlon of being the first man to put a pro
peller In a steamship without docking It.
An American admiral who saw the opera
tion' said It was one of the cleverest
achievements of Its kind he had ever wit
nessed.
But Bucknam had to dry dock his ship
after all, for the shaft had become twisted
and It pounded so on the way to New
York that most of the bolts in the hull
were loose when the ship reached Bandy
Hook.
After that Bucknam went to the great
lakes again and became commander ot
the first of the whaleback steamers Just
building. Ills first trip on the Joseph L,
Colby was exploited far and wide. He had
charge of the b.tlldlng of the whaleback
passenger steamer Christopher Columbus,
and was in command of her during tha
world's fair. Soon afterward he went out
to the Pacific coast, where ho built tha
whaleback Sydney. In 1896 he beoame a
mate in the service of the Pactflo Mall
Steamship company. Two years later ha
was captain in charge of the Island of
Naos, Panama. While there he Invented
an electrical device by which a compass
may be made to trace the route of a vea
sel. About ten years ago Bucknam was
put In command of the new steamship
City of Pekln and became a transpacific
skipper.
Bucknam had not made many trips
across the Pacific before he was asked by
the Cramps of Philadelphia, to become
their nautical expert. When tha battle
ship Maine made her trial runs ha was in
command ot her ,and whan the Cramps
finished the Turkish cruiser, Medjldla he
was assigned to deliver her and sent to
Turkey with a three months' contract to
train the crew.
Improving m Jake.
The Turkish navy had been a Joke, at
least since the battle of Navarino. Some
how Abdul Hamld took a fancy to tha
American sailor and asked him how ha
would like a Job as naval adviser to him
self at a princely salary. Bucknam asked
for long enough leave to coma home and
get married. After a hurried trip to Ban
Francisco, he reported to the sultan on
April It, 1904. Ha started to put things
shipshape so far as ho could. It was not
long before the aultan mads him a pasha
and admiral, conferred on him tha Order of
Oumanlleh, and gave him a medal for
distinguished service.
Report has it that Bucknam saved tne
sultan's life when an attempt was made
to assassinate Abdul Hamid several yeara
ago. While tha sultan was returning to the
Ylldis Kiosk from the Hamidleli mosque a
bomb thrown into the imperial escort killed
scores of men and horses, rent the ground
thereabouts and shook neighboring- build
ings. Bucknam Pasha stepped to tha aide
of the sultan's carriage and shouted that
ha would lop off any hand that dared to
stretch forth toward the sultan. He walked
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J. T. CA8E.
rlt-d about the same time, both have child
ren, two daughters in each family; both
are of tha eaine complexion, both are bald
and both have lived in Logan the same
number of years. In vocation they differ;
O. U. Case is a real estate dealer; J. T.
Case Is a hardware merchant.
FAITHFUL EMPLOYE TO
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JOHN RYERSON.
At the close of twenty-five years and
eight months service at Logan In tha em
ploy of the Chicago It Northwestern Rail
road company, John Ryeraon, aged 70
years, has been placed on tha retired 'Hat
and pensioned to tha amount of S12 per
month. During Mr. RyerSon's long ser
vice he was never granted a leave of ab
sence and he never lost a day from duty
as watchman In the tower at the Eighth
street crossing rn eighteen years and five
months.
sword In hand beside the carriage all the
way to the palace. This act Abdul Hamld
never forgot. 1
Bucknam Pasha Is the first Christian who
ever had actual command of the Turkish
navy. He won the suits n'a favor by his
honesty. It used to be the system, so It
Is said, for European shipbuilders to get as
much money as possible for ships as nearly
worthless as the sultan's officers would ac
cept. The sultan paid In one Instance
11,850,000 and got In return an Iron tub
filled with Junk, the whole worth perhaps
$800,000. Of the money that went out of
the sultan's purse his own officers got
11,800,000 and the contractors pocketed the
modest sum of S4&0.000.
On several occasions the American, who
usually was sent to shipyards to take de
livery of vessels ordered, refused to take
the tubs contracted for until changes had
been made bringing them up to contract
requirements. This made him no friends
among the shipbuilders of the particular
government which had the monopoly of
Turkish contracts at the time, and one day
a note from the embassy of that power
suggested to the porte that the builders of
the new vessel would prefer some one else
than Bucknam to take delivery of that
ship. .Abdul Hamid'a reply was to make
an admiral and pasha out "ot Bucknam.
Maklagt a Bigr Hit.
While bringing one of these new vessels
around from tha Atlantic Bucknam made a
blf hit with Mohammedans by neglecting
te salute tha French flag In, Algerian w
ters. The Ottoman government had never
recognised the French occupation of Al
gerla and no Turkish ship had ever put
into Algiers since the occupation.
A breakdown In his machinery late one
evening off the Algerian coast obliged
Buoknam to take refuge In the port of Al
glers, which by careful timing he entered
Just before daybreak. Three times the
French commander sent out word that he
was ready to return the Turkish salute,
Bucknara'a guns did not boom. The port
commander came to the conclusion that
the habitual worthlessness of Turkish war
ships extendJ to the guns of this vessel.
But the Mohammedans came out in small
boats by the thousands to see and touch
tha ship of the one great free power still
ruled by Islam's great caliph. They kissed
the ship, they crowded its decks, they
filled flasks from ttie sacred water that
washed its sides and they prayed. From
far away in tha Interior faithful Mussul
mans made a three days' pilgrimage by
camel back. The excitement became so
great that the French authorities, fearing
for the effect upon tribes further Inland,
forbade the natives from visiting the ship.
When Abdul Hamld was overthrown
friends of Bucknam Pasha in this country
were worried because no mention of htm
came In the dispatches, but his resources
and his ability, they felt, would keep him
going. A friend of his who was visiting
him while Bucknam was stationed on the
Island of Naos tells a characteristic story.
"We were sitting on the balcony of his
house when In the moonlight we made out
a boat containing three men sneaking
through the shadows of the loading
wharf. Bucknam watched them until he
became convinced they were whisky
smugglers. We went down to the wharf
and he took off his shoes, coat and hat.
" 'What are you going to do?' I asked.
" 'I'm going to teach thoe fellows that
mean what I say when I forbid whisky on
the island,' he replied.
"Just as ths boat got underneath us In
the shadow Bucknam dropped over and
landed right among Its occupants. One he
knecked overboard with hii f:st. Another
sot after him with a paddle, but Bucknam
grabbed it and threw the man over the
side. The third man ha knocked endwise
with his fist, 'i en he spent eeversi min
utes ahoving f rat one and then another of
them under the water aa they tried to catch
hold of the boat. When he thought thev
bad had enough Bucknam rowed around to
the land ng stage, and. climbing out of the
beat, kicked it toward tha smugglers.
" 'Now you can, go he told them, 'but
don't let me catch you trills' to smuggle
whisky Into Naos aga'n.' ' New York Sun.
NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND
CORPORATIONS PAY TAX
Collections for Year frna Xebraaka
Concerns Total A paroslmatelr
913B.OOO.
Vnder the federal corporation tax levy,
S.41S Nebraska corporations made returns
during 110. Ross P. Hammond, collector
of revenues, assessed taxaa for the year
aggregating S18.I44.14, with penalties
amounting to 11,174.41. making a total of
Ill's 44.62. On, account of erronlous assess
ments the abatements of ths year total
II. Kir. The collections for tha year
totaled HM.ITt.M.
.. Shoollagr Serosa
with both parties wounded, demands 1
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve. Hsala wounds, j
sores, burns er injuries. 26c. For sale by i
Beaton Drug Co,
ECHOES OF THE ANTE-ROOM
Knights of Columbus Install Officers
for Tear.
COUNCIL GOES TO FREMONT
Oasaha Member Attest laatallatloa
f w OraaaUattett Xotes af
Work of Mo4era Wetaaifi
Hlghlaaelere Meet.
At the regulsr meeting of the Knights
of Columbus of Omaha council, held In
their club rooms In the Board of Trade
building. Tuesday evening-. January 10.
District Deputy Jsmes F. Fltagersld and
Ms stsff Installed the ofticera-elert for
the coming year.
It was voted that Omaha council go to
Fremont today in a body, there to attend
the exemplification of the three degrees
and the lnatallatlon ot a new council. A
special train will leave Union station over
the Union Paolflo at 8:30 Sunday morning.
re-turning Sunday evening at midnight.
The officers Installed for the coming
year were as follows: Grand knight. Dr.
L. B. Bushman; deputy grand knight.
John Mullen: chancellor, John Bennewits:
financial secretary, E. F. Iesry; recording
secretary. A. I. Tamlsisiea: advocate,
Thomas Lynch; warden, F. C. Thomas;
outside guard. N. L. Doorley; Inside guard,
J. N. Remmel.
M. W. A. laatall Officers.
Omaha Camp No. ISO, Modern Woodmen
of America, Installed officers at an open
meeting last Wednesday evening, followed
with a banquet, music and several ad
dressee by the outgoing and Incoming of
ficers. Tha officers for the year: Vener
able consul, C. H. Schoessler; worthy ad
viser, George D. Nagel; banker. E. C.
Oschenbetn; clerk, C. H. T. Rlepln; escort,
Thomaa Broadhurst; watchman, J. G. Ed
mundson; sentry. Louis Johnson; board of
managers, T. H. Miller, J. C. Snyder end
John Kllllan; examining physicians. Dr.
L. A. Merrlam. Dr. N. F. Stetner, Dr. R.
A. Marble. N. A. Bemateln was the In
stalling officer.' He was presented with
the Jewels as a past consul. Captain II.
C. Martens was reappointed as captain
of the team; this is the fifteenth time
the team has been placed in his charge.
Hickory Camp No. 6128 installed officers
last Tuesday evening. The new officers
are: Venerable consul, J. E. Evans; wor
thy adviser, August Feldhousen; banker.
C. J. Meyers; clerk, Oeorge A. Boywer;
escort, II. J. Wllletts; watchman. A. M.
Johnson; sentry. Leo Magner; board of
managers, William Quackenbush and L.
M. Engle; examining physician. Dr. S.
McClenneghan.
Magnolia Camp No. 1B33 Installed offi
cers Tuesday at an open meeting. Past
Consul L. H. Oldfield was installing offi
cer. Those Installed were: Venerable
consul, J. K. McCombs; worthy sdvlser,
William Adler; banker, C, B. Newton;
olerk, J. L. Houchln; escort. C. E. Critch
field; watchman. Qua Llnd; sentry, W.
Randall; board of managers, W. W. Rager.
Royal Hlarhlandrrs.
Ferncllffe Castle No. 48. Royal High
landers, held regular Installation of offi
cers Friday evening at Fraternity hall.
Nineteenth and Harney streets.
1. O. O. V.
Omaha Lodge No. 3 will have work In
the second degree for next Friday night.
Beacon Lodge No. 20 will have a candi
date for the first degree on Tuesday night.
South Omaha Lodge No. 14S will put on
the first degree work Monday night.
Dannebrog Lodge No. tit will have work
In the second degree Friday night.
The Douglas County Past Officers' asso
ciation will meet at Odd Fellows' hall on
Monday night, January 23. This will be
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the first regular meeting of the aoclatPn
and officers will be elected for the yesr
of 1911. snd other Important matters win
be up for connlderatlon.
Relief Corps Installs.
George Crook Women's Relief corps In
stalled officers Friday at the hall.Twenly
fourth and Ames avenue. The officers
are: President. Mary H. McKay; senior
vice president, Emily Beatty; Junior vice
president. Nelly Toney:. treasurer, Anna
Richie; secretary, Geneva Reed; chaplain.
Celina Stevens; conductor. LJssle Bugh:
guard, Rosa t'a"iday; patriotic Inupprtor.
Addle Hough: assistant conductor. Esther
Wlsll; press correspondent. Klvn Hall;
Assistant guard. Anna Watson: co'or beer
ers. I.ucy Wlnlgsrd. Louise Mason. Susan
Shnfelt, Emma Craven.
Geheva W. Reed, past president, was In
stalling officer.
Royal Achates.
At Union lodge. No. 110. last Thursday
evening, renewed saal was shown for the
reorganisation of the degree staff and the
putting forth of an energetic social cam
paign In the lodge. Emma A. Stoddard
waa appointed to take charge of the ladles'
degree staff and namea of cadets were
taken to take part In the drills at the next
meeting. Thursday evening. The entertain
ment to be given on the last meeting night
in the month waa another matter given
consideration and plans sre under way to
have a Jolly time then.
Brotherhood of Asnerlcaa Ye-omea.
Homestead Ixidge No. 1404 ot the Brother
hood of American Yeomen met In regular
session Thursday night and Installed the
new officers for the year: C. E. Stallcop.
grand master of ceremonies, from Drs
Moines, la.. Installed.
Mrs. Draper served a luncheon.
The Fraternal I'nlon of America Invited
the Yeomen to their spacious apartments,
where the two ordera Joined !n merry
making. Fraternal t'nloa of America Installs.
Banner lodge. No. 11. Fraternal I'nlon of
America, held Its annual Installation of
officers Thursday evening. There was a
large attendance. After the business was
over there was dancing and refreshments.
The following officers were Installed:
Fraternal master, A. Langfelt; Justice.
Nellie Van Horn; secretsry, J. B. Mason;
treasurer, Cora Carrlngton: mercy, Clara
Curtis; truth. Minnie I-angfelt; guide, John
Kent; sentinel, Louisa Curtis; guard, Harry
Downs; musician, Emily Gorr.
A Guarantee of Business Prosperity
The Bee Advertising Columns.
South Omaha Man
is Killed by Team
Found with Skull Crushed Supposed
that His Wagon Ean
Over Him.
Tony Natoyll, Twenty-fifth and Q streets,
South Omaha, died Saturday morning at
the South Omaha hospital from Injuries
supposed to have been sustained yesterday
when his wagon ran over him near the
railroad tracks in Union Stock yards.
Natoyll waa found by some boys in the
stock yards Friday night. His skull
had been fractured and many bones
had been broken. It is supposed
that while underneath his wagon, doing
some repairing, his team became fright
ened and ran over him. Natoyll had been
employed at the Swift Packing company
for five years. He was 21 yeara old. The
accident to Natoyll had not been reported
to the coroner at a late hour Saturday
mcrnlng. The man's brother. Pete Natoyll,
who lives In Omaha, was notified and will
make the funeral arrangements.
i
at the-
a Land Show
January 18 to 28, 1911
will he Just one mora revelation of
the resource of the wonderful west
Tills is one exhibit that will certainly delight the hearts of the old disciples
of Isaac Walton and create many new ones.
The exhibit will show the fish in sll stages and ages from the tiny egg to'
tha huge catfish and the swift and gamy trout fully equipped to do a battle
ivyal.
fish Recognized by Sttte s Beiof Aaoojj Its Great Resources
Flan are a great seaet to a'ny country nnd the watera of the western
plains sbound with Isrge supplies of the bent varieties known to man.
The land show cornea at a most opportune time for the exhibition of the flah,
for it ia at that time of the year when the trout are hatching.
Large troughs of running water will be used to show trout In various
stages of incubation and lecturers will explain the methods used for artificial
hatching and also gte the visitors an opportunity to see the work that Is
being done to stock the streams of Nebraska with food-pruduclpg fish.
All visitors wll be assured of a pleassnt ss well ss sn instructive time at
the exhibit.
The Omaha Bee and
The Twentieth Century Farmer
wisli to convince the people sbout Die wonderful possibilities of the et. th1
they sre backing up the W eetern Iud-Products Exhitit Itecauao thev reaii.e
tliit an exhibit of this kind lit thow Meople more of the real truth about this
wonderful section than any amount of pure talk: and their real Interest In the
upbuilding of thle empire ia due to the fact that they realize that it la upon
the west that Omaha mist depend for its future progress and greatness.
LAND INFORMATION BUREAU
So niany of our refers have written us from time to time, asking us fur
reliable Information as to soil, climate tind value of land In localities in which
thev were thinking of locating or buying for lnelment, that we have de
cided to establish a Land Infi rn atlon Bureau.
This bureau will make ii. eMlsations and gather data, no that it will be
able te either answer Inq itrles direct, or give parties wanting Information the
nainee of reliable persons 10 whom ttey can write.
When writing, addre.'J i.nd Information Bureau. The Twentieth Century
Farmer, Omaha, Neb.
Prict) of Admission 25c Takes you all through the show.
KANSAS REALTY HEN ACTIVE
Haye Publicity Han Similar to Pro
posed Nebraska Scheme!
WOULD REPEAL DOUBLE TAX
Well ae the Mnm Who Orrae
the Property that Has
. Been Mortsjaaed.
To raise IHAOOn and to repesl the mort
gage law. which Imposes two taxes on
mortgaged property, are the unusual plana
of Kansas real estate men, according to
Egbert C Mlsner. who arrived from To
peka Friday. Mr. Misner Is a member of
the Tste-Ehrhsrdt Renl Estate company,
and represented the Omaha Real Estate
exchange at the meeting of the Kansas
Real Estate association at Torek a
Trlmed with the new Ideas he had
learned at the meeting, Mr. Mlsner re
ported Saturday that several hundred Han
sens will come to the Land show In Omaha
and attempt to spread the doctrines they
have formulated for themselves.
Over 200 real estate men from all over
the state attended the meeting Monday
and Tuesday at Topeka. In the space of a
few minutes at the banquet, which closed
the affair, the gathering voted to raTff?
SM.OCO for the purpose of advertising the
landa of the state, and to get another
150,000 from the atate at large for general
advertising.
Advertising; Purposes.
"According to the plan adopted at the
meeting." said Mr. Mlsner. "every member
of every reai estate firm in the state will
be asked to subrcrlbo to the advertising
fund. There are from 8U0 to l.OOo such busi
ness men snd it Is estimated from this fact
that the association will have nearly SM.OOO
on hand in a short time for Its purpose.
This money is to be used exclusively In
the direction of sending out literature
through the railroads, exploiting Kansas
real estate and stopping the flow of Immi
gration that has been going through the
state into other aectlons. Nebraska real
estate men would do well to follow this
plsn Inaugurated in Kansas.
"The other fund of $50,000 which Is to be
raised Is for general newspaper and period
ical advertising. The real estate men who
fall to subscribe according to the order of
the association will be forced to quit carry
ing on business In the state, If the associa
tion can have its way."
Mr. Mlsner was enthusiastic over the pro
posed bill advanced on the mortgage law.
He explained the Kansas association plana
to Introduce the bill Into the state legis
lature and have It passed, repealing the
tax on mortgages. "The same evil from
the mortgage law exists in Nebraska and
other states as well as In Kansas," he said.
"By reason of this law the man that holds
a mortgage haa to pay a tax on it and the
man that holde the mortgaged property is
forced to pay a tax on his property, thus
forming two taxes on one piece ot property.
This condition is an unjust one, and should
not exist.
The Key to the Situation Bee Want Ada,
BURGLAR DRAWS A RICH HAUL1
Fnrs and Jewelry Worth Five Hn
dred Dollars Taken from Rel
dence of C. J. Corkhlll.
Furs and Jewelry worth SG00 were taken
from the home of C. J. Corkhlll. 1SG6 Pratt
street, by burglars last night. The thieve
entered between 7:90 and S:J0 o'clock.
The robbers broke the glass pane In a
door and turned the lock from the Inside
in the absence of members of the family.
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