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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1911)
unday Bee PAST SIX WOMAN'S SECTION TAGES OSE TO EIGHT. PART SIX DRAMATIC SECTION PAGES OSE TO EIGHT VOL. XL-NO. .13. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKXIXO, JANUARY 2!. 1!11. StXOLK COl'Y l-'lVK (MINTS. Words of Warmth From the Comforters and Blankets Wllh marly three months or pippins winter wrathi-r still ahead of us the news of these special prices should le of untold value to every housew ife. The full-size wool Illankets In many different plaid combinations, of the finest quality, sell regularly at J5.50, Monday, a very special, a. $3.08 AVe Just received some new comforters with dainty cover patterns In inviting designs that were made to sell at 11. SO, our special price Monday will be $1.45 We're showing some Seamless Sheets, in sires 81x90, mad ' of a very heavy fine sheeting, told regularly nt 95c, Monday they go at 70? "I Just Saw Similar Pillow Cases Valued at $5.00 in Another Store" So until a woman looking at the corner of a pillow case that we are now telling at, pair. . . .S2.50 "Are you mire of the price?'" she added. Yea. we are sure of the price and we are Just as sure that the quality la of the H.OO kind a e re sure that It la not of the $5.00 kind. Thin la Just to ahow that our January clearance ha made some remarkable price reductions. Thcae cnse are hand-embroldercrf In all linen, sizes 4rx3B. originally ll.no. new, pair S3. 50 72x90 Bleached Pattern t.'loths In a large assortment of patterns, $3.75 kind, Monday, each ta.69 rancy linen in Bcarfs and Squares, because they show handling, they were rrdered to reduce their prices to , 890 Ail-Linen Huck Towel In large sizes, colored boidtrs, i educed from E9c to, each 350 We dn all kinds of stainplnjj In our Art ITsedlS Work Department. Fatten Eschanged to Suit customers. Fhe Omaha U. Ten Thousand Yards of Silks and Dress Goods at Nearly Half One Mill and One Silk Importer asked us to turn their surplus goods into cash. Here Goes! The goods offer wide selections and dressmakers will keenly hoard up lots of them, for it is fair to say that the same fabrics are good all the year, if they meet fashion's demands at all. These do. Every yard was new this winter and at the sale price, such an event Omaha hasn't known for years past. To have used the names of either of these houses that sent us these goods would have been to draw a throng we couldn't wait upon. But we promised not to print names. These goods are specially arranged in the Silk and Dress Goods aisles, under fine light for more accurate selections. This is a bargain sale for gentlewomen of fabrics that are the acme of quality. The Fabrics In Black 59 a yard, regularly $1.00. 36Mnch guarantied Taffeta. 49 a yard- regularly 89c, 33-inch Black Tourist Tongee. . 79 a yard, regularly $1.25, 36-inch Oll-bolled Chif fon Taffetta. , SI. 48 yard regularly $2.50, 54-Inch heavy Taffeta for petticoats and dresses. 4J a Yard Regularly 79c Messallne, that beautiful luBter kind, and hundreds of yards of Peau de Soles. Peau de Cygnes, Failles, In all the patterns sent across from Tarls this season, similarly reduced. DRESS GOODS INCLUDED Nearly a half of these stocks are New Dress Goods Fabrics, including Voiles, Silk Vnrp Batiste, Poplin, Taffetas, Serges, Plaids, Silk Mixed Fabrics, Etc., in every itopulnr color known to the large manufacturer, who made thein These goods are made to sell for $1.00 and $1.25, Monday they go on sale, at a scattering price of only, per yard J9 AW . I .id A 11,1,1 'i i : I Pi J Literally Hundreds of Women's Wraps Swung Into One Nighty Clearance Not a fashionable kind missing! Nor a fashionable style, nor the right wrap for any spe cial purpose, whether to look beautiful at the opera, or dancing party, or to go n motoring, or for the hardest kind of every day wear All have tasted the .January Clearance spirit and are now wearjng juices that will send them living Monday ' All our Silk and Voile Costumes, now at Half Price All our Velvet and Corduroy Suits, worth to $73.00, go now at Half Price All our Hand Tailored Suits, worth to $4."),00, now go at $15.00 All our Pony Fur Coats, now reduced to .One-Third Off All our Wool and Voile Dress Skirts now at Half Price All our Silk Lingerie and Tailored "NVaist now go at Half Prico All our Peter Thompson Dresses for girls, worth to $20.00, now at Half Price All our Women's Eiderdown Path Kobes, worth to $13.00, now $5.00 All our Black Ileatherbloom and Satin Petticoats, origin ally sold at $3.30, for $1.95 All our Women's Flannelette Gowns, worth 85c; now at 59c New China With Their . . Pr.cos Below Par. These are specials that should find a home in every section of tQwn, the choicc ness of the selections is queenly Novelty Cow Creamers Worth 25c, go Monday, at.. 10c 4-Piece Stone Baking Sets That regu larly bring 50c, Monday sell .at..25c Plain White Open Combinettes Extra heavy and serviceable, $1.23 kind, Mon day, at . . . . . . . 98t; One Lot of Dinnerware at Half Price. Of course they're our broken lines, but pieces from butter chips to large plat ter are included in' this group." $1.09 Will Fit You in One of Our $2 or $2.50 Corsets Monday These models are beautiful trimmed in Dainty Val Lace, on the best grades of Batiste , or Coutil. They have the ex treme long or medium length skirt, made on. extra good nou rustable boning, . and are equipped with shir string at the bust line. You'll find these are genuine treats, that an early visit will aid you to sharo in , the feast; originally $2.00 "' and $2.50 mo-dels) for.' .$1.09 We told you last week that our method of selling sewing ma chines would save you from $25 to $35 on all priced machines. And it's kept us busy all week proving this fact, but not a single visitor was disappointed, we sold 22 machines and the savings was made in full, in each case. Our policy is "A (treat Saving" to the mass of the people, not a robbery of the few, or in other words, "A great volume of business with small profits in place of a little business at large profits." This is the policy that thinking people know to be the best. See our ruaahines ' at And compare it with any machine that others ask $45.00 for. The sale' of our ' mactyne wm dm your answer. 513.75 Yard Pictures at Less Than Half January Clearance Sweeps through our Art Department and leaves a trail of price re ductions, the variety this year exceeds that of all previous years, too 50-yard '. pictures, all Floral Subjects, framed in -e i t it. . i-mcn gold mouiaings, origi nally priced $2.00. Monday, -vnoice. Bennett's Big Grocery Specials for Monday and Tuesday ( Bennett's Breakfast Coffee, 2-lb. can....JOt Bennett's Golden Coffee, lb..... 22 Teas Assorted, 68c grade, lb. 48 Tea Sittings, lb. package Ill $1.00 98c 10 100 250 100 100 B. C. Baking Powder. 6-lb. can. And 100 Stamps. L. W. C. Table Syrup, can. B. C. Oats and wheat. 2-4 b. pacakge... ., And 10 Stamps. German Lentel, special price, lb Five lbs. 7c Jap Rice for , Pickles Assorted, bottle And 5 Stamps. Horse Radish, new, bottle And 5 Stamps. Double Stamps on Cheese and Iluttorine. bars Diamond "C" Soap .-250 6 lbs. new Navy Beans 250 t20 lbs.. Granulated Suar $1.00 Balsln Bui.. Monsoon Seeded Raining 2 lOc-packagea for,...18o B. C. Pura Maple Syrup. -gallon can 6O0 Gold Medal Corn, 3 cans g9o OUT Oil Bala. Qalllard's Pure. H-aaUou.-uaa tl.4 OalUard Pure, quart can 75o Gaillard'a Pure, pint can ......... .400 ADYIGE FOR NEBRASKA ROADS Minnesota Expert Telli What is Needed in This State. COOLEY TELLS WHAT TO DO Hrooiumrndi that ! Kaalneer ,.f Ito.d.He Elected Pro vision ! Made for F.adi. - Minnesota' acheme of road building waa thoroughly, entertainingly and practically explained to thousands of Interested Ne brankan Thursday at the Iand Show. Hy this scheme Minnesota has accomplished more in the matter of building roads and brlitKr than any state In the west and It was with unusual Interest that I-and Hhow visitors absorbed all mat was said by Oeorge V. Cooley. who gave the lec ture, rupiilementlng his remarks with an excellent aeries of stereoptlc Illustrations. The lecture was of . esioclal Interest to KebrHKksns, for there Is a general sen li me nt In this state for a plan of systematic road bu'lding. Mr. Cooley. who Is state enulncer of Minnesota having full charge of the road and bridge building In his state, sntil: ' "The true value of a system of highways to the state depends upon many conditions, among which may be cited continuity, thus providing for the requirements of transportation over distances greater than can be economically traversed on Inferior and sometimes nearly Impassable roads; hardness and smoothness of surface, with easy grades. ermlttlng a reduction In the cost of haul, and un administration that will furnish an economical and judicious expenditure of the funds used in construc tion and maintenance. It has been shown that 96 per cent of all products carried by rail or steamship must first be transported over the primary roads of the country, and II i.t. therefore, to thexe, the most Im portant of which at this tlmo are the common earth roailx. that our attention 1 at present directed. Many .Miles ut Hniil. 'The records of the piiblic road office show that we have In the I'nlted States about S.2S0.CO) miles of roads, which mileage may be approximately subdivided as fol lows: Of common ordinary earth road. Mi result of continuous travel, but unscientific and unsystematic methods of maintenance, altout 90 per cent: of fairly Improved roads. I. e., roads which under our prexent stem have been turnplked or Krnded ac cording to the various methods in vogue in the different states, about 10 per cent, ard of good roads. In the latter class built to a permanent grade line and properly ui faced with, gravel or broken stone, not fur from T er cent of the whole. This small proportion of permanent roads em 1 .races only those which under the regula tions of the various hiKhway commissions or under the suervtslon of competent l ctl authority have been so constructed as to do away with the future necessity of regradlng or of resurfacing, except so far a may be made neceasary by the ordinary wear and tear of travel. One of the greatest mistakes generally made with the opening up of a road system In a new country Is that induced by the belief that no eng.neertng skill Is neces sary and that any man versed In the hand; of tool or mad machinery Is tboiougbiy cvuiitnt . lu build a road. Such a mistake frequently finds its legiti mate fruitage In expensive changes of location, regradlng or Insufficient drainage and requiring after the expenditure of large amounts of money for construction that much more must be provided to remedy the errors originally m:de. It eiinlrruieu ts for Kosda. "The subject of road building on a plan commensurate with the necessities and fi nancial ability of the people then resolves Itself Into but three parts first, sufficient engineering skill to properly locate and drain our highway; second, competent su pervision in construction, and, third, money to pay the bills. It Is not always neces sary to procure from long distances euch material as gravel or broken stone with which to construct first-class modern high way's, for the earth road must be first made and well made, and the surface con tinually maintained so that when condi tions permit there may be found a solid roadbed on which to place a finished sur face capable of withstanding the wear and tear of the heaviest or most rapid travel it may be called on to stand. "Our system of., surveys, by which the state Is divided into sections a mile square makes it appear necessary, and in many cases advisable, to locate our roads along the section lines, so that farms will not be cut into irregular tracts, and the cost of the right-of-way held down to the min imum. This system is not always objec tionable, and In many casea gives the beat results with the least cost, especially in those portions of the state which lie com paratively level, but even under such con ditions not sufficient attention is paid to the drainage systems, and many miles of road have been built by merely carrying the earth from the so-called ditches at the side to the so-called road between, build ing a so-called turnpike. Such a method of construction provides our ordinary earth road, which when partially packed and made reasonably smooth under the effect of travel becomes a passably and satisfac tory highway for a time, and during the continuance of favorable weather; but such a road has no laxttng qualities; its surface becomes softened by rains and by stand ing water In the ruts and side ditches; frequent repairs are necessary to keep It In passable condition, and eventually when the road funds permit of further expTidl tures for Improvement. It la found neces sary to regrade, redrain or In many cases to rebuild, so as to enable It to carry a permanent surface of harder and more lasting material. "For many years to come the people of this statu must tlmlent themselves with the common ordtnary earth road built of the material at hand, whether it be clay, sand or vergtable loam, and It is proper that we should carefully study that prob lem first, and eliminate from our future work those practices which have united in giving us such a vast mileage of inferior roads. I'rruiauent Kountlatioa Needed. "There are two primary considerations in the construction of an improved system of highways first thorough drainage, sec ond a Yerinanent foundation considera tions that have to a great extent been ig nored in the conduct of the Internal Im provement sstem cf all our western states. "The temporary methods of road work for so many years In use in this state and in fact all through the west must be done away with and a more careful system adoptw wfor we can nsve roads of such a charatWr as to beu the traffic of a progressive agricultural community, and enable them to market their produce at a minimum of cost in time and labor, not only during the most favorable times of the year, but at all times and under all circumstances. Roads have been built and can be built again that will comply with such requirements, but In order to accom plish such, results we must abolish all an tiquated methods and invoke the aid of Improved machinery and the assistance of the modern road builder. No progressive farmer uses today ' the flail or sickle of fifty years ago; tbut on every farm we near the melodious noise of the reaper and listen to the rumble of the steam thresher as it delivers to wait ing hand the golden product of Ne braska' fields. It we had advanced In o'ur system of road construction as we have along the lines of agricultural develop ment there would be no necessity to urge the people to put forth greater efforts in that line. But thlB we have not done and It becomes our duty now to take up the road question and carry it on un ceasingly until the primary transportation facilities of the state are equal to the reasonable demands of an up-to-date and progressive community. Highway Commission Needed. "Legislative enactment should prepare the way for intelligent supervision, and an individual responsibility, by providing for the appointment of a highway commis sion for the state, a superintendent of highway In 'each county, and a road in spector in each town; men whose duties require them to understand the condition and requirement of every mile of high way under their aupervlslon. W want the peopleNof the western Btates to give this syBlem a fulr trial, believing that as soon as such officers become acquainted with their duties und the need of the toads in their particular district they can much more intelligently use the road funds" en trusted to their care and make every dollar expended count at least one hun dred cents toward permanent road con struction. "The work required of these men should be not to build, even with the aid of the 'state, expensive macadam roads, but only such roads as are suitable to the condi tion and requirements of the people and such as they are able to properly main tain, and so for many years our energies must be directed to the construction and maintenance of the common earth road. We must see to It that our roads are well drained, ditches kept open and free from weeds, so that in those portions where the slope of the land ts very slight the waterway may have free access to, through and away from the side ditches Into some previously constructed or natural line of drainage. "Hence it becomes necessary to employ in many cases a competent engineer to se cure a suitable slope to the ditches, and a few dollars so Expended will Insure suc cess on this most important work. Cul verts should be provided wherever needed so that no water be allowed to stand for any length of time on the road, in the ruts or in the ditches. "On such soil as you have here water is an ever working factor in the destruc tion of your roads, and the road surface should be kept as hard aa possible to pre vent the formation of ruts, high and round, so that the water may find ready access to the ditches, and as smooth as possible so that no depression shall afford a chance for standing water to soften and destroy the surface. "Do nut be discouraged by the fact that the land Is level or nearly so, and that ' apparently drainage la Impossible; set your engineer to work and he will soon find a way to get the water off. In the original construction of many of our roads you Will find that sod and vegetable matter of different kind has been worked up In the preparation of the foundation or the road bed, a grievous mistake that will take years to remedy. No sod or veg etable matter of any kind should be al lowed In a road within three feet of the surface. "In the construction of a permanent road through a prairie country the sod that covera that part of the right-of-way where the ditches are to be should be taken off and carried out of the way, and only the solid earth used to raise the roadway. If these sods could be laid smoothly and uni formly down on the surface between the ditches at the bottom of the turnpike there would be little objection to that use of it, but It is - generally cheaper to waste all such material. The main objection to the use of sod Is in its uneven distribution, and when It I thrown up Indiscriminately into a turnpike, a when a road Is built with an elevating grader, Its use I fatal to good road construction and cannot be too strongly condemned. Get tiood Drainage. -' "Bear these two rules In mind, 'Get good drainage, and make your roadbed high, round, smooth and of solid earth.' These are very simple rule, easily understood, and there 1 not an Intelligent road over seer in your state that doe not know their value just as well a I do. But hav ing been handicapped every year with lack of funds and many pieces of bad road, requiring some repair, it Is hardly to be wondered at that they have failed to put in practice those simple principle of con struction. But the time ha come when the people demand of their road officials something better than yearly patching and temporary repair. "My advice to your road Inspectors 1 to pick out some bad pieces of road In your district and apply the proper prlncl- water off quickly Into the ditches, keep the ditches clear, and If you have pre viously built your road of proper material you will always have a good road. One thing I would like to call your attention to, do not make your drags too heavy, they are not intended for grading a road, only for keeping it in condition. One pair of horse is enough; If your drag is too heavy for one team it is unnecessarily heavy. Send to the office of the public, roads at Washington for a drag pamphlet and read it up. You may not find very much In it that you did not know before,, but If you get one new Idea and put it into practical use the whole people will get the benefit of It, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that your work has the endorsement of men who have worked on the roads themselves for many years. Moat Have Secure Foundation. "No matter how unimportant a struc ture be, whether a building or a highway, It cannot be expected to endure the wear and tear of occupation or travel, unless the foundation I secure and permanent. Without such security the superstructure must fall, either Immediately after the work 1b put into commission, or within such a short lapse of time as to demon strate the folly of an lnadvlsed and in competent beginning. "Road are built for all time, not for a day or for a year, and when once located are very seldom changed. It would seem advisable then, that all work done on them should be so dons as to render it unnecessary to rebuild; but we find thou sand of mile of our public road con structed without due regard to these pri mary principles which have to be en tirely rebuilt before they can be put Into proper condition to carry a permanent sur facing. In all the roads of continental Europe, as well aa those In the Scandinavian pen insula, ena rule Is absolute and Invariably enforced, that no perishable material of any nature Is allowed to be placed in the roadbed. So Important Is this requirement considered that the utmost care Is taken during the construction to remove all such Have Your Ticket Read BurVmgton ii o one oTOinu Winter Tourist Fares Daily. Jacksonville, Fla, direct routes amrn srft Jackson vlUe, Fla., one way via Chicago and Washington other way via Cincinnati or Louisville ; . . . . 'sro Kn Jacksonville. Fla.. nil ft VSV Via Vow Hrtaan. . . 1 V -7 " " " w.ichud, uiuer way uucci ruuies Tampa, Fla., via Chicago or St. Louis....".".! Miami, Fla, via Chicago or St. Louis , Pensacola, Fla., via Chicago or St. Louis ', Ht. Augustine, Fla., via Chicago or St. Louis. . , Ormond, Fla., via Chicago or St. Louis Palm Beach, Fla., via Chicago or St. Loula. . . .' K'AUr n.l..na Tn ..t m . H. Liij ui, xjuuia Udl flfii New Orleans, La., via Chicago Havana, Cuba, via New Orleans and steamer, oV via Jack stTamer Kn,gbta Key or Port TamPa. Fla.. and ,,avrnjub. via New 'Orleans' and Knights' Key o"r" Port'87'00 Mexico City," Me'! $05. OO Mobile, AU via Chicago! Kansas' City1 'or St." Lo'uYs! '. II? 2 Corpus Christ!, Tex., via Kansas City Sjo Galveston, Texas., via Kansas City. ....... I H fifS'Si San Antonio. Tex., via Kansas City S'-JS'SS Houston, Tex., via Kansas City . . . f . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 0l-5 'POO.OU pie of road work to that single piece. 1 material and all sod containing vegetable Do not be content with merely making It passable for the present, but lip out that old rotten corduroy or brush or whatever was used last spring to help teams over the bad spots and fill up the holes with something that will stay there. See that the water gets Into the ditch and then follow that ditch down and find out why the water does not get out. Po not worry If some fellow over In the other side of the township kicks because you are not working on his road, tell him to be patient and you will reach him some day. Stick to it; what you do do well, and you will find not only satisfaction In doing a good piece of work, but before long you and your neighbors will realize the fact that you are at last on the tight track. . For Keeping I p the Honda. "Now as to keeping up your roads. You have heard me talk of road drags. There are several kinds of them, all illustrated In the Minnesota Road Red Book. You tan make them easily and at only a trifling expense, and there is no known appliance that Is so economical or con venient or satisfactory when properly used as any one of the different kinds shown. Use them right after a rain, when the roads are soft, draw them up one side and back on the other; all they do is to ke;p the rut out of the road and restore the crown and that Is the whole secret of earth road maintenance. "Keep the ruts out of the road, let the matter that may be turned out in grading the side ditches is carried away for other purpose and only the solid earth used for earning up a grade. This care In the preliminary work of providing suitable drainage through careful engineering and the construction of a solid, substantial base has made It possible for the coun tries of the old world to secure a system of highways that hns excited the admira tion of engineers and travelers from all other nations. It has done more: it has provided an object lesson for us and placed before us an example worthy to be fol lowed if we would secure as good a sys tem of highways as Is enjoyed by the peo ple of less favored lands. eed w Methods. "The methods now In vogue In this country, on a large percentage of our road mileage, are simply a continuation of those methods adopted when we were without experience In road building; slues the introduction of road machinery much better work has been done, but In many cases a lamentable lark of intelligence and expcrlt nee In the use of such machinery Is Indicated by the condition of surface, vaxtly inferior and less adapted for travel than before Its application, and It Is the common experience of those who use the highways to avoid those stretches which have Just been subjected to a so-callal improvement. This condition arises as much from a lack of Intelligent super vision a from any other cause. au 01.50 Ma. io i72.f0 Mi.oo S5U.70 Mo.oo Pensacola. Fla New Orleans, La . . Mexico City, Mex., Galveston, Tex., . . . Corpus Christ!, Tex. Kan Antonio, Tex . . Houston, Tex Mobile, A la Homeaeekers' Round Trip Fares 25 Days Limit February 7 and 21 -932.50 $32.50 54.50 27.50 A27.50 ' $27.50 &27.50 $32.50 St, Lcuis Special at 4:30 P, m; Kansas City Trains al 9:15 h, M., 4:30 P. M 10:45 P. M. Chfcago Trains at 7:15 A. M.f 4:20 P. M.f 6:30 P. M,, 11:40 P. M. answer, ksv. Liberal stop-over privileges: write or call tor publications, information, etc., and let me help you plan an attractive tour of the south. J. B. REYNOLDS, City Passenger Agent, 1502 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. conditions wlil continue until the sys tem is so changed as to require that al! such work be put In charge of compet t.i road builder. This cannot be done wltti out a radical chantte in the laws. As the law now stands we elect or aiipolrft In each town every year from four to twenty or more road overseers, none of whom are required to be qualified In that particular line, although many of them are, tut even those qualified may be removed at the end of their term and the work placed the following year In the bands of others who may be no improvement on their pre decessors. "In the work of laving out or construct ing new roads, accural survey are im perative. Drainage, belnt; of primary im portance, Is provided for by a system of leveling and grade lines are established the same as required in the construction of a railroad. No plea of lack of funds or urgent need of the road for use Is available to prevent this preliminary work, and no publlo money are put Into any blKhway until such work Is accomplished to the satisfaction of the county englhoer and tils superior officer. In grading, no perishable mateiipl of any character is allowed In embankmtnts and ample time Is given for such portions of tbe work tq become thoroughly settled before a finish ing surface is applied, " t