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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1911)
r THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1911. 1re BIG YIELD FROM SUGAR BEETS Territory About One Factory in Mon tana Highly Productive. ACREAGE NEAR EN Q THE LIMIT Productive Area Can Only Be Increased by Additional Plaata for the llfilnclloa of Pnlp. HELENA, Mont., June l-(Spcclal) The only beet sugar factory In Montana Is at railing. In the YellowMone valley, which wi built a few yearn ago at a cost of I,2"iO,Ono and produces annually 25, OOO.OuO pounds of siiRnr. Last year 1500 acres were planted to sugar beets to supply thla factory. This year the acreage will be somewhat In creased, but until additional factories are provided the cultivation of thla crop will be limited to a region within a short haul of Tellings. The success of both factory and growers will no doubt lead to the erection of other factories and the ex tension of the cultivation of sugar .beets which produce abundantly and of high saccharine strength In many parts of Montana, where they have been grown as an experiment. Sugar beets arc raised on Irrigated land. One settler on the Huntley government reclamation protect planted forty acres In sugar beets and the net returns for his crop were U.700. The champion grower Is Perry Young, who has made affidavit that In the year 1910 he harvested 15 tons of sugar beets from 69 acres of land, the gross value of the yield being 'AM.hl. an average of $131.85 to the acre. C. O. Stout of Ballentlne realised IW.M an acre on a yield of 31.6 acres or a clear profit of $15 'per acre. Returns of the fifty best crops In the Billings territory representing 1,438.30 acres show an average yield of 16.M tona to the acre. The average value of the crop per era was 1100.30. Throughout the district the net revenue exceeded 330 per acre. Much of the cultivation Is done by con tract, the cost rarely exceeding 350 an cure. In addition to the profit from the sale of beets the tops have a selling value as well as the pulp. Doth are good food for cattle and sheep, many thousands of which are fattened In the neighborhood of the factory and shipped to the stock yards. Boon Ready to Let Contracts, for Dam in the Sun River Engineers at Work on Surreys and Preliminary Drilling is Nearly Completed. GREAT FALLS. Mont.. June I. -With several parties o engineers In the field making the final surveys and a diamond drill working; night and day on the dam Its for a division dam In the Sun river irrigation project, there Is but little more to be dona before the government will call for bids for thla $9,000,000 work. The first proposition will be for a work to cost 33,000,000. . Ths litigation has been ended and the government now will have a clear right-of-way for the completion of Its undertak ing. The court decree was ordered spread of record and the board is clear for con tract work to begin. Ther has already been a large dam tarted at Willow creek, which will pro vide the first storage reservoir. Then there Is another storage reservoir at what is known aa Warm springs. Just below Warm springs a few hundred feet Is the diversion dam, which la what the engi neers are now testing by borings for the dam site. Thla diversion dam will divert the water, some of It to the Teton county country and some of It to what Is called the Sun river bench. The plnn of thla dam Is already agreed on and the specifi cations drawn, and tha test now made will bow how deep the contractor will have to go to get the foundation demanded for the dam. With these things all adjusted, an ra of good times and largo business will be open In the Sun river country and reach, this city. It Is expected, about July 15. Road Plans Based on Hope of Reciprocity Campaign is on for Construction of Highway in Montana to the Border. GREAT FALLS. Mont, June .-(Speclal.) Ona of the manifestations of a belief here that this country and Canada will coma to some form of reciprocity agreement Is the campaign now on to construct a public highway from thla city to the International boundary Una at Coutts. The rosd has already been assured from Steele, about twenty miles north of here, to the Can adian line, and that the twenty miles will be built la apparently assured from state ments of members of the county commis sioners, among them Kenneth B. Mclver, chairman, all of whom have declared favor ably to tha road. The road runs through a most fertile sec tion of country. Shelby, Sun River. Conrad and a doaen other smaller but prosperous cities and towns are touched by tha road. The counties and townships along the Una have voted favorably to the construction and In some cases actual work la now In progress. The plan Is to make the road bed suitable to change it Into a pike road later when tha population Is more dense. The belief here Is that reciprocity Is sure to come and that being the case the people hera see a great fertile trade territory to the north of the boundary, which they want to be ready to claim when the duty wall has been pushed away. A Frlarhtfal Kiperleap wim miiouuieas, malaria and constipa tion is quickly overcome by taking Dr. a nww uit nils. Dc. for sale by uraion urug Co. Maelaaja e aa old Sport. Tomorrow morning doesn't have to be one of those mornings after. Just clear each jump-and you'll stick for tha distance. You don't have to stand for tha elbow tuff In the straight and narrow path. lrlr alts still with his hands in hla irp but desperation starts something. If the' game looks pretty bad, buy two bits' worth of lilacs- and tota 'em home and roll In em. We've never discovered the truth that's raid to be in wine unless the other feliow was telling It. Several times when they've got us out ou a limb, we've found it covered with bio soma When we're laying down the law to ethers, we're Jes' teliin' 'em; but when they try to ounvlnce ua, why, they're bully, log ua. fcvrry time we fall to Imagining the pitcher Is so akwrart of us that has going to walk ua. he lubs 'em right through the groove and the arbitrary man In the blua Suit says wa're out. New York World. Oklahoma Man Buys Large Tract of Land For the fif ennonites T. W. Crow Gets Six Hundred Acre. to Be Held for Colony of Rus sian Farmers. CARLSBAD. N. M., June 2. (Special.) A deal has Just been closed under the United States reclamation service project here by which T. W. Crow of Oklahoma City pur chases 000 acres of land for a colony of Mennonitea from Oklahoma. The land was sold for $60,0110. The Carlsbad project has proven one of the most successful that the reclamation sen-Ice has undertaken. The history of the project Is Interesting. The late J. J. Hagerman. a Colorado millionaire, dis covered the Pecos valley of New Mexico In the early '80s. He came to New Mexico after building the Colorado Midland rail road, then considered an engineering mar vel, and bringing with him several million dollars which he had made In Colorado mines. He built the Pecos Valley railroad from Roswell to Carlsbad and connecting with the Texas & Pacific at Pecos City and built the first modern Irrigation project In New Mexico in the Pecos river at Carlsbad. A sugar beet factory was built; car loads of colonists were brought In and hundreds of thousands of dollars expended. The project was taken over by the Pecos Irrigation company. Disaster after disaster followed the work of the pioneers. Floods In the Pecos river car ried out their dams and washed out their head gates. The sugar beet plant was destroyed by fire; most of the colonists left the country and those who stayed eked out by a meager existence from the land because of the uncertain water supply. Then the government stepped In, bought the project and built a thoroughly modern. enduring storage and canal system. There are 20,000 acres under the project and every acre Is now under cultivation. Lands under the project He 'south of the town of Carlsbad and this year the whole' district looks like a garden. The land Is held chiefly In forty and sixty-acre tracts. Sub stantial farm houses and barns have been built. Hundreds of acres of orchard have been planted and the Carlsbad peach has become famous. The Mennonltes who have just bought in this district are a sub stantial class of energetic farmers. It Is probable that the government will ma terially extend the acreage under this pro ject In the near future as abundant sur plus water Is available. Oakland Youngsters Help Movement for City's Improvement Appeal of Boys and Girls is Heard by the Voters and Bonds Are Approved. OAKLAND, Cal., June 1 (Special.) what age the civic influenoe of boys and' girls becomes effective was not settled defi nitely at the bond election In Oakland, May 16, but it was clearly demonstrated that youngsters In the primary and high school can make an appeal to the voters that tha community acknowlegea to be logical and founded on justice. v The proposition before the voters of the city of Oakland was to authdrisa bond propositions amounting to approximately $3,000,000. These propositions were for the enlargement, purchase and Improvement of sites, play grounds', school grounds and for the municipal auditorium site and building to cost $500,000. Oakland Is not behind even progressive cities In provision for public schools, but ths additional equipment was demanded on the ground that the children of Oakland are entitled to the very best facilities pos sible to be obtained. The campaign for the bonds waa largely made by the school children with com paratively little assistance from their eld ers, except In matters of advice aa to the methods of procedure. One of the features of the bond cam paign was a parade of 4,000 boys represent ing all of the forty-two grammer schools and three high schools In the city public school system. This procession marched through the principal streets of Oakland In the middle of the afternoon before the day of the election and attracted a larger crowd of spectators than haa ever been brought together In Alameda county by a political demonstration. The result of the election which folowed tha next day waa a vote of seven to two In favor of the bond issue on all the propositions submitted. Tho woman who uses poor ipices hasn't realized the possibiliticsincooking. TdheOrosSrcej add the proper, snappy, fresh flavor to all your bating. Tacked fresli la air-tight car tons -ginger, pepper, aaustaiU, cloves, etc. Grocers, loc TONE DROC, Dts Mo. I. Jl detect Ifctmcfl! T roUNTAINsj, MOTHS. OH ILSf WHCRg , Gat tha Original and Genuine HORLICK'S MALTED MILK ica mux. halt axm txrxxcr. rorou Not ia. any Milk Trust tW Inaut on "HORLICK'S package fcocaa All our Satin Suit and White Serge Suits, also Whit and Cream Serge Suits with black atrlpea will be Included In our wonderful sale ot anr, suit la the house for l0.75 and 115.75. ' Do not miss this sale; see ad page 10. ORKIN'S DOUGLAS 8T. STORE. - " DAM HELPS MONTANA POWER Hauser Lake Work Makes Water More Nearly Constant. tIGANTIC WORKS OF CONCRETE Uk Wall One Hand red and Thirty Feet High and Six Hundred Feet I.onar la Com. pleted. GREAT FALLS. Mont., June J.-(Speclal) The completion recently of Hauser lake dam, near Helena, more than 115 miles from here by the MJssourl rlver'a course, the great power potentiality at this place. It Is said by experts, has been highly Im proved because of the fact that there will be a more even flow of the water at all times of the year. Tho Hauser dam Is the greatest engineer ing project ever undertaken In this state and completed It cost more than $2,500,000. It provided a mountain lake eighteen miles long and thousands of acres In area. It made possible 25.0iO-horse power of water force, thus adding that asset to the power potentiality of the Missouri river In Montana. The great dam Is of concrete and was built to take the place of a smaller dam which was washed out a few years ago. The big dam Is 110 feet thick at the base, which Is lxty-flve feet below the bed of the river. It Is 130 feet high and nearly 650 feet long. It Is made of solid concrete and Is said to be the first dam ever con structed wholly of concrete. ) There are only six creeks of any size be tween the dam and this city. The Sun liver and the Smith river also enter the Missouri between this city and the dam. Dut the flow from these streams, it Is claimed, is not sufficient to seriously affect the volume of the river and that with the new dam In Place the potentiality of the water power here, which. It Is claimed equals 350,000 horse power, of which 90,000-horse power are already available, Is materially Im proved. " When the gates to the great dam were closed the water In the Missouri river at Latest Market Prices Omaha Food "Specials" in Ourv Fresh 4 plain Lettuce .So 11 bunches Radishes loo Sntnach. oer Deck Bo Pineapples, each ..So, lOe and 15 Lemons, per dosen 80o Head Lettuce k&o and lOo Peaa, per quart Be Per basket BOo Celery, Mushrooms, Egg Plant, Cauliflower. New Beets, Limes, Cherries, .looseberHeH, Tomatoes, Itomalne, Fancy Apples. J-lh jar Nabob Preserves . ...SOo S-lb. tin Armour's Boston Baked Beans ISHo 4 cakes Maglo Washer Soap ,.15o Stuffed Olives, assorted, 10c, 15a and 8So 4 pkgs. Uneeda Bibcult 16a' t cans Nabob Soups, assorted BOo 16c tins Imported Sardines ...so Grape Nuts, per pkg. 10a 80c can MiDle flutter 800 48-lb. sack "Lotus", flour . .91.90 4 cakes Sapollo goo 20c box Imported Macaroni, ae- aorted loo Batter and Cheese Department. "Lotus" Creamery Butter, ln ear- Nov is the Time for Hams and Bacon Hayden's Meat Dept is the home of No. 1 Hams and Bacon. PRICES THE LOWEST Picnic Hams, per lb e S. No. 1 Regular Hams, b. ... 7c 12c Dressed Chicken, lb 7c Ground Bone chicken feed, 10 lbs. Hayden Bros. this point, according to a standard river gauge at the Rainbow power site dam, fell one foot In thirty-six hours. NEW RAILROAD FOR KEARNEY Arranarementa Mad by Commercial Clab for Completion of Line to Tlelolt, Kan. KEARNET, Neb., June 1. (Special.) A committee of ten prom.-iirnt business and professional men of the city, John N. Dry den. W. W. nann y. C. II. Gregg. A. U. Dann. R. D. Garrison. F. G. Keens. John O. Lowe, Dan Morris, Warren Fratt and W. L. Stlckel. has been placed In charge of the final arrangements for starting work on the proposed Dakota, Kansas A Gulf railroad, which will run from Kearney to Belolt. Kan. At a meeting of the directors of the Com mercial club Monday a proposition from the general attorney of the company. K. T Burnham of Kansas City, was submitted and unanimously voted the most tangible ming that has been considered and by resoultion was accepted by the Commercial club. The plan Is that the present Indebt edness of the road be paid and that the work of construction be turned over to an eastern company which stands ready to assume the obligation of building the red forfeiting a $50,000 guarantee bond If they iui to carry out the contract to construct. Subscriptions are to be paid in preferred tock and under this contract are to he refunded to the amount of their subscrip tion In the event that the company taking uver me wont rails to perform It. Flanta Lead Charm. If more women reallied the charming ef fect of a growing plant or two in the home they would visit the florists with greater rosularlty. It may only be a brlKht u.rA genanlum. a tiny tree of starry daisies or a low dish of ferns on the library table that Klves the note of greenery to the room, but the result Is so homy and so jtrt,.. desirable that the women who have not already practised this little household diplomacy should hasten to do so. Walking " rwm ln wnicn a growing plant Is discreetly placed, there comes the feeling at once that the place Is livable, that some one who has the home love has placed It there. The plant need not be of an ex pensive variety. In fact the most effective ones at this season are the scarlet and crim son geranium or the bright colored prim rose. These convey the air of something living and growing that takes the formality rrom a room and makes one feel Instantly at home . 'i Pure Center Fruit and Vegetable Dept. tons, per lb, V V K-vunlrr "utter, in san itary Jars, per lb 88o Strictly fresh Eggs, from the Bran dels model farm, per dox. ,tso Imported Swiss Cheese, per lb. 3Ba Domestic Swisa Cheese, per lb. ao Edam Cheese, each $1.00 Fancy jar Cheese, each 10a, i0 nd BSo Cottage Cheese, per pkg.. . . . . . .loo Chow Chow and Celary Relish, per quart 15o Coffee Department. "Lotus-Ankola" Coffee, per lb. 35o J lbs. for B1.00 Fresh roasted dally. Try a pound with your next order. Courtney'a "Lotua" Japan Tea, ?uarantend to he absolutely free rom all coloring. Per H-lb. package 38o Per 1-lb. package SBo "Lotus" Peanut Buttr Always freah. per Jar lOo, IBo, aso, 48o Bulk, per pound aoo J ' I I j,, ,., . .in,.., .mm. i a mm ii i ii i luMiuuMi ii a JJ I We Sell Sizz in Fam ily Size Bottles 25! bottle makes 15 drinks. $1.00 bottle makes 70 drinks. Every home should contain a "bottle of Sizz. It's a great help when company unexpectedly ar rives. Orange, lemon, root beer and cel ery flavors. Two teaspoonfuls to a glass of water and you have a cool, effervescent, delicious drink. Try a Bottle Today. tgfeatacr n Cof Bulk Sausage, lb. Corn Beef, lb Boiling Beef, 7 lbs. for. Mutton Stew, 7 lbs. for,. . . , ..5c ..5c 25c 25c for 25c Jeat Dept. BROME IS PREPARING TWO NEW ORDINANCES To Give the Fir Warden More Fewer aad to t reate F.ianialnx Board. Two ordinances, one for creating a new examining board for electrical engineers, and the other giving the city fire warden power to regulate the Installation of fire escapes on new buildings, are being drawn by Clifford Rrome, assistant city attorney. Mr. nrome hopes to get both ready for In troduction Into the city council next week. The ordinance for examiners will provide for a board of three, to be composed of practical electricians, and will be drawn Vfel- HL 1 nn mm OMAHA. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1911. GREEN PEA IN OUR MIDST Reception in His Honor by Mr. and Mrs. Busy Shopper. MISS ASPARAGUS FLYING HIGH She Haa Been Keeping; Company with Driver Iloarronn, "Speed Klne-,M and Can See No One Else at This Time. Mr. and Mrs. Busy Shopper were host and hostess to Mr. Merry Green French Pea, at the annual home welcome of the visitor from Kansas and other states of ' this glorious union during the last week. Omaha was Just all abluster AVer the arrival of these little appetising mem bers of the Graden Set, and you could see women shoppers talking glbly to the little green fellows at every market place. Soma of the local members of the Vegetarian Clan were looking for French peas, . pilgrims from the land of fashion and other things. This business of looking for things from Paris and other European centers gets you nowhere when you want . things to eat. Fashion cannot shape the growth of vegetables, so even the members of the 400 or Is It the 40,000? must eat things that are grown at home ln our own little ,-ardens by our own little gardeners. It really Is a shame that people cannot get irreen peas, sliced tomatoes, oucumbers, etc., from the merry center of Paris. Those vegetables would be so much more delicious If they came from Paris and breathed of the Rue de la Patx, or If they were shipped from London and had the atmosphere of Bond street or Buck ingham palace. French Peaa Sell Well. Theae little French peas, however, to get back to American, were sold for 10 centa a quart. Not very expensive, con sidering their fine flavor and their power to satisfy a hungry appetite. Among the other arrivals of tho week were Mr. Exhausted Cucumber and Miss Highflyer Asparagus. Mr. Cucumber wta not In such great demand as some of the earlier arrivals, but he expects to get around to all his friends during the week. He is sure to be wanted as an after dinner speaker at many tablea. He Is a good fellow, but he has his faults, so many people do not like to Invite him to their homes. Mlas Aaparaaraa Too Fast. Miss Asparagus has been keeping com pany with Driver Ray Harroun of In llanapolls. so It was hard to catch her. She la flying so high these days because her sisters have not been able to reach market and pull her down. She looks food to everybody, but It takea a higher flyer to get her. Some of the aeronauts will be able to reach her within the next few days. Pineapples are at their best now. The Florida splnlea are selling faster than the other kinds. Lemons are ln greater de mand than for several months. Prices are very low, because dealers have a large supply Cheese went down 1 cents lower than It was last week. Fresh eggs have not changed their prices. Butter haa been higher. The best butter sold at 30 cents. This price Is t cents higher than last week. Pork has noi altered Its price for more than a week. AH green vege tables are cheaper, because there Is a large supply on the local market. Cali fornia fruits are arriving In large allot ments, causing a lower scale of prices. Got What Waa Mia Dae. All the pent up wrath of Olassboro, (N. J) bridegrooms who had suffered from tomfoolery and so-called "Jokes" at their weddings was let loose upon Raymond E. Bhute, who had been one of the ringleaders In the silly game for several years. Shut waa married himself a few days ago, but managed to get away by a sub terfuge. Tbe plotters were busy, how aver, and they "got" him. Upon the return of the newly wedded couple to their homo they were overpowered by a company of visitors and given tha ride about town In tho cart which bad een sarvloec so often under Shute's lead. The along the lines of the prevailing ordinance which governs plumbers' examinations. It will also do away with the present board, which la composed of the city electrician, chief of the fire department nnd building Inspector. The fire . ordinance will give the city warden power to fnrce the ptaclnrr of fire escapes at practical locations and will dele gate him with authority to force hotel owners to change the escapes when they are so situated that they can be reached only through a room. A Viper la the Stomarh Is dyspepsia, complicated with liver and kidney trouble. Electric Hitters help nil such cases or no pay. 50c. For sale by Iteaton Drug Co. 0' Cut Price Millinery hiita Butler's 600 Sample Hat Sale It's the Talk of Omaha The complete stock of the Fashion Manufacturing. Co., of St. Louis, was bought at positively ridiculous prices. Now being sold at this cut-pfice shop at prices so absolutely low that they are wonderful. Entire Lot is Going at 25c on the Dollar Stock embraces tailored, semi-dress and porgeous dresa hats, beautiful trimmed Mllans, French Hemps, Neapoli tans, etc.. In all latest models of black, white and colors, trimmed ln gorgeous flowers, aigrettes and ribbons. Largo brim hats and cloBe fitting turbans, all beautifully trimmed. Entire Stock Sold at Four Prices All and All hats Every hat Dalance o f 910 hats go at one price, only marked from 910 to 915, sell at $1.75 $3.75 $450 $6.50 MISS BUTLER Cut Price Milliner Third Floor, Paxton Block. SHOPPER dbesseo ihaeken At Tlie .Public IVIarRet Pig Pork Roast Steer Pot Roast xoung veai Koagt , No. i Armour's Shield Bacon No. 1 Rex Mams FREE ICE We will give Free Saturday, Sample Dishes of led Cream froeen tn a Trimo Vacuum Freezer. No crank to turn Freeze the cream ln 3 minutes. Freezes Itself.. An Omaha product. . DEMVERT WAGONS LEAVE AT IO:0 A. M. AND 3 P. M. That 's what you get when you eat SUNDGREN'S Malted Milk Bread ; Ask your grocer. H THIS IS THE TRUTH Our market la neat and clean cleanliness and quality la a law with us. (everything la kept strictly clean and you appreciate It. Quality makes an attractive Inducement for your trade. Our cash and no delivery system saves you money. Fresh l'ressocl . Chickens . .HHo Pork Loins lOUo Pork Roast 7H Pork Chops laHo Pork Rteuk l6o Pot Roast, prime . ...lOo, Bo, 7o Rib Roast, prime ao Home made Pork Hausage lso Home rendered Lard lauo or 10 lbs 91. So Opes Bandars from 7 to II a. m. Jos. Bath's Gash Market TsL. D. 6984. 1881 Tuua. bride was then taken to her home, while tha crowd proceeded to work out its re venge. Bhute waa first taken to the public fountain, where he was compelled to take off his shoes and socks and wash his feet. He was then taken to the Auditorium ball room and there did some spectacular dancing in hla bare feet with his trousers rolled up to his knees, to the great delight of the many dancers. Next he waa hurried to a waiting auto mobile and taken to a cafe, where his face was blacked and he was forced to eat a aalted cocoanut pie. Some sugared oysters had also been prepared for him. but tha brigade relieved htm of that ordeal. This concluded the program and the bridegroom was taken back to his bride. Throughout the whole performance Shuts never balked. Chicago Inter Ocean. FAREWELL TO REV. F. D. ZAUGG rantor of the First Heformed CboreU la to Leave to TnUe Vp NfW Work. A farewell reception ' wl'l be given to Rev. F. . Zhii-;c nnd wtfo. pastor of the First Reformed church, Tu.sciny evcnlni;, June It, 8 to 10 o'clock, nt the church. Pastors of the ciy and friends nre cor dlally Invited. Mr. ZaugK h aves In a few, days f r North Carolina, where lie taks up pastoral work: under the direction of t'.ie Home Mission board of the Reformed church. Persistant Ad vertislns the Road to Big, Returns. L 9 worth 913 to 91H, will go at superb hats, worth up to 923, go at Money Saving Effected BBSS (IMl q 7if.G.j 10H " iovII CREAM d r A f am. 7js idiu Harney m. v Phones, Done. 2144 and iRd. -A2147. 1 m r. -m KM FREE Fine Premiums A fins deck of play ing cards, a bottle of rtne California Port Wloa, Hand Paint d Bread and Batter China Plata, Oold Rimmed Whiskey OIass and Pocket Ccrksorew with every order of 4 full nu.rt. nf fin. kV. i 1 key at S3.10. Charges MaI your ordr to Meyer Klein Wiiolssals JCiqior Dealer. Cor. 16th and California Streets. 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