THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1911.
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Scene of Accident at W. 0. W. Building
COME TOGETHER IN CLUBS
Bookloveri' Contestant Find Ways to
- - - Make Picture Solving" Eaiy.
BOARD DIG HOUSL SOCIETY A HIT
Dors Jest What Oraanlrer Hoped and
Drlnsa Maar Members Inte tfce
Meetings on Wedaesdar and
Satardar ntfnlnn.
fin (rreat hb the Interest In the Be
Bookloveri content become that In many
placed Book lovers' contest clubs are bln
formed, that each member may have the
benefit of the brains of all In solving the
dally picture pussle.
In this connection many contestants
have written the contest editor asking how
a club may be formed and how the beM
results may be obtained. The editor can
do no better than to print the following
letter from a correspondent who has ae
compllrhed the very thing and whose club
Is deriving much Interest and advantage
from the work. The letter follows:
Diinrillni Moose C 'Inn.
"We formed a club In our boarding house
within a week after the contest started,
and we have found It a source of much
entertainment. We call our club the
Omaha Bee Bi-weekly Literary club, as
we meet every Wednesday and Saturday
evenings. Every one In our house Is a
member.
"A different member Is chosen to preside
at every meeting. When all are assembled
a set of coupons for the previous three
days Is given to each member, with a
copy of the catalogue. Each person Is
given ten minutes on esch picture, or
thirty minutes in all to seek his answer.
When time Is called each. In turn, reads
his answers to the three pictures.
"Each person Is then allowed five minutes
to defend his or her choice, after which
a vote is taken, and the consensus of
opinion Is set down as the club's guess
on the picture. Thus we will turn In a
single set of pictures With no duplicate
guessesT Bhould we win a prise it will
be the property of the club.
"The duet of our club are six cents a
week, with an initiation fea of thirty
cents. This money buys the catalogue
and coupons for each member. Prises also
are contributed and awarded to the mem
ber who gives the best reason for the
choice of answers."
A score of other clubs, along slmlllar
lines, have been formed, but with vary
ing rules. The one outlined In the letter
seenjs to be the most practical, and la
recommended to those who contemplate
forming such & society.
Mat of All Prlsea.
The prizes to be awarded are as follows.
First A White Steamer automobile, a
beautiful five-passenger car, celebrated for
Its durability and speed, valued at $2,000.
This car is exhibited at Drummond'a,
Egihteenth and Harney streets.
Second A ten-acre ranch In beautiful
Tehama county, California; delightful cli
mate, rich fruit land,: value, $1,260- Full In
formation concerning this land may be had
at the office of Trowbridge-Bolster com
pany In the City National Bank building,
Omaha.
Third A beautiful Krell Auto-Qrand
player piano (have the music of the mas
ters in your own home); value, $900. This
prise is exhibited at the Bennett store, Six
teenth and Harney streets.
Fourth One lot in the business district
of Ralston, a lot 15x100 feet, on Maywood
atreet; value, $375. Full information may
be had at the office of the Ralston Town
site company, 300 South Seventeenth street,
Omaha.
. , Fifth In the beautiful suburban town of
Ralston, one lot In the residence portion,
60x120 feet; this lot Is valued at $225. Full
Information may be had at the offloes or
the Ralston Town site company, 309 South
Seventeenth street, Omaha.
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Three seta
(twelve volumes) of Nelson's Loose-Lear
Encyclopedia, the encyclopedia that cannot
grow old; eaoh act valued at $S& These
books are exhibited at the store of W. A.
Hlxenbaugh & Co., 1S14 St. Mary's avenue.
Ninth and Tenth The Book of Knowl
edge, or Child's Etacyclepedla, a universal
work for school children, twenty-four vol
times; each set $38. These books are ex
hibited at the store of W. A. Hlxenbaugh
Co., 1814 St. Mary's avenue.
Add to this forty-five cash prlsea,
follows: Five $10.00 prises, ten $6.00 prises,
ten $2.00 prises, twenty $1.00 prises.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
MAY PUT BOND AUDITOR ON CASE
Home Members of Council Want to
Make Carefnl Inqalry Into Past
Issues of City Paper Horse
ad Hired Man Missing;.
County Must Fight
Over Bridge Claim
Standard Bridge Company Turni
Down Compromise Offer and
Croei to Court
Legal action to foroe the Board of County
Commissioners to pay the Standard Bridge
company $896 for steel railings on bridges
will be started by the Standard Bridge
company, according to T. L. Roberts, man
ager of the company. Bo said Mr. Roberts
yestsrday afternoon after he had rejected
an offer of the board to compromise lta
differences with the bridge makers. The
commissioners Indicated they aro willing
to go Into court.
Two months ago Commissioner O. 3
Plckard raised objection to a claim of the
bridge company for $896 for railings
charged as "extras." He said the railings
were Included In the bids on the general
structures. The board stood with him and
rejected the claim. The bridge company
demanded a hearing and It was had a week
ago. Mr. Roberts said wooden railings are
Included In general bids, but steel railings
never.
Yesterday afternoon the board met with
Roberts, and called Deputy County Attor
ney Maguey into the conference. Mr. Mag
Bey said be saw a fine chance for a law-
ault and It was Impossible to guess who
would win. He advised compromise.
County Takes Over
" Library for $3,600
Commissioners Vote to Bay Creighton
University Interest in
Booki.
Purchase of Creighton university's
M.M0 Interest In the $15,000 law library of the
Douglas County Law Library association
was voted by the Board of County Commls
loners yesterday afternoon. Judge How
ard Kennedy of the district court, William
M. Ciller of the Omaha Bar association,
Secretary Smith of tha Law Library asso
ciation and John w. urossman, attorney,
were present.
The following plan was agreed upon:
The county will pay the Law Library as
sociation $3,600. Ths association will pay this
sum to Creighton university and take over
the university's Interest In tha library. The
association then will turn the library over
to the county and It will be plaoed In the
room prepared for It In tha new county
building. A competent librarian will
employed and the various law reports will
be added to the library from year to year,
All expense will be defrayed by an assess-
sent of $10 a year dues to each attorney
using the library.
Never too late to nUr the Booklovera
CaniesU
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SHOWINO THR BOOM WHICH COLLAPSED AT NEW WOODMAN BUILDING, KILLING E. E. KIRKPATIUCK AND IN
JURING FOUR OTHERS.
nveitigating Committee Does
Pear Loss in Bond Matter.
Not
Although the committee that examined
into the alleged bogus bonds now being
floated In New York City has agreed upon
conclusion setting forth the Immunity
of the city from pecunary loss In the mat
ter, there Is a deal of hesitation about pro
ceeding further.
Yesterday afternoon Assistant City Attor
ney Samuel Winters, acting for the legal
department of the city, met with the mayor
and city treasurer In the treasurer's office
formulate a report of the committee
work. After a conference, however. It was
decided that the report should be prepared
and signed by a majority of the Investigat
ing committee who would present it for ap
proval to tha city council next Monday
night.
A wire to this effect was immediately dls-
patched to Kountse Brothers, the New
York fiscal agents of the city.
The members of the committee, while
very conservative In their expressions on
the subject, confess their Inability to ac
count for the duplicate bonds now in New
York, while the original ones are In the
vaults of the treasurer's office.
Some of the committee want to put a
bond auditor on the case. Councilman Tom
Peterson, a member of the finance com
mittee, scld yesterday afternoon: "I would
like to put an auditor to work on the case.
think the city bonds for the last twenty
years should be examined now. I am for
getting to the bottom of the affair no
matter where or whom it strikes."
Mayor Tralnor also said that he thought
the party or parties floating the duplicate
bonds should be apprehended. Assistant
City -Attorney Winters said he could not
see that the apprehension of the persons
holding the paper would warrant the ex
pense entailed by the pursuit of them.
Treasurer John Glllln urged that the mat
ter be Investigated to the end.
Messenger Leaves with IMa-.
Mrs. M. Glynn of Wiley's ranch at Child's
Point, had Illness In her home Thursday
morning and was compelled to send the
hired man to town for a doctor.
Tha Jehu hitched the best horse to a road
wagon and loft the farm at 10:30 a. m. He
covered the distance between tha farm and
the town In short order and dispatched the
doctor without delay. The doctor arrived
at the farm, atended tha patient and de
parted long before the arrival of the mes
senger. Mrs. Glynn waited patiently for
her hired man. but until a late hour last
night she had received no word of him or
the horse and wagon.
Now the police are looking for a horse
and wagon and a messenger that fell from
graca while on an errand of mercy.
Church Services.
Brown Tark Mission, Twentieth and S
streets. Bible school at 9Aa a. m.
WeBt Side MethortlHt. Sunday school at
2:30. Preaching at 3:30 and S p. m.
Elfler Memorial. Sunday school at 10
a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. evening
services at 7:30.
Bethel Baptist church. Forty-third and I
Streets. Bible Bchool at 2:30 p. m. Preach
ing service every Friday evening at 8
o'clock.
First Methodist church. Services in Odd
Fellows hall, Twenty-fourth and M streets.
Rev. J. ftl. Uuthwell, pastor. Sabbath
school at 0:45 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m.
Epworth league at Brass' chapel at 7 p. m.
United Presbyterian church. Bible school
at 10 a. m. Preaching service at 11; sermon
theme, "Knowing Chrlat. Voung People's
meeting at 7 p. m. Preaching service at
8; subject, "Paul's Epistle to Philemon."
First Baptist church. Twentv-flftn nnil
H streetB, C. T. llsley, pastor. Bible school
at 9:45 a. m. Morning worship at 11; sub
ject of sermon, "City Missions." Idling
People's union at 7. Evening worship at
8; sermon by the pastor.
St. Luke's Lutheran, Rev. S. H. Yerlan,
pastor. Rally day will be observed next
Sunday at Sunday school, which will be
held at :45. Morning service at 11, when
Rev. L. P. Ludilen ot Lincoln will ureach.
Catechetical class at 6 p. m. Luther league
at i p. m., with Dr. I.udtlen as leader;
subject, "Our Field In Puerto Rico."
Muvlo City Gossip.
A number of too:s were stolen from the
Artitlolal Cement company last night.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Randall report the
birth of a son at their home, 271$ J
Street.
Miss Dessle Robinson returned home yes.
terday morning after a visit to friends at
Lincoln.
F. A. Broadwell and party returned yes
terday from Lincoln where they attended
the state fair.
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Brewer have re
turned home after an automobile tour of
the eastern states.
A farewell party was given Tuesday even
ing in honor of Miss Marie lieatty at her
home, 814 North Twenty-third street.
The Shamrock base ball team will play
the Young Men's Christian association on
ths Shamrock grounds this afternoon.
For the month of August up to Septem
bor 1, the books of the city treasurer show
a balance of $237,107.43; carried over from
July, $306,210.36; disbursements, Jlol.Oufi.'Cti,
receipts, $33,213.93.
The funeral of J. W. Casey, who died yes
terday morning will take place Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at his late resi
dence, 2514 F street. Funeral services will
be held In St. Bridget's church and inter
ment made in Holy Sepulcher cemetery In
Omaha.
Lost "Togo" Davis
Found by Grandma
Mrs. Marion Clarke Finds Daughter
Took Babe to Keep Him from
Husband.
Fears of Mrs. Marlon Clarke of Sioux
City, that her grandson, Theodore or
"Togo" Davis, had been kidnapped and
possibly have met with harm were ended
last night, when she located the little one
for whom she had been searching for three
weeks, at tho home of Mrs. Cora Camp
bell, 2731 South Sixteenth street. He Is safe
and sound. The mystery of disappearance
is cleared up. William Messlck, who had
been under arrest at SlouX City, charged
with kidnapping the 8-year-old, has been
released, according to word from Sioux
City.
"Mrs. Clarke found her grandson here
last night," said Mrs. Campbell. The boy's
parents are Ruthford and Elizabeth
Davis of Sioux City. While Mrs. Davis'
mother, Mrs. Clarke, was away from Sioux
City on a visit, Mrs. Davis had trouble
with her husband and he wanted to take
Theodore. She was afraid he would, so she
took up the boy and brought him to
Omaha and put him with me for safe keep,
ing. That was four weeks ago. When Mrs.
Clarke got back to Sioux City and found
the boy gone, she didn't know what had
become of him or his mother. Davis didn't
know, either. He had Messlck arrested,
suspecting him because he was a friend of
Mrs. Davis.
"Mrs. Davis went to work here. She
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Few Dollars for This
Great Furniture Sale.
The immerse vsrlsty of fur
niture shown and the actual
reductions In price msks this
a supreme tpportunlty for you.
Wo other firm In this city
has ever been able to offer yon
at this season, such substantial
savings savings that rna
from 88 to 60, averaging at
least 33ia.
Combined with this great
September sale we offer you
thousands of manufacturers'
samples of furniture obtained
by us at extraordinary dis
counts. These samples repre
sent the makers' test efforts.
They are their rery best nn
chotoest pieces.
Ton don't need eaah to
cure these savings remember,
your credit la good.
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Specials
$11.83 Dining Boom Chairs
Uolden finish, wood st'St,
brace arms: sale 7Q
price. 3C
$5. 00 Sanitary Couches
strong fabrics, reinforced
with three rows nf in
supports, sale price.
$12.50 Solid Osk Dresiers
three large roomy drawers,
Trench plate mlr- J7 Cn
rors, sale price livw
$B.R0 Klteher. Cabinets two
large 60-lb. flour bins, two
cutlery drawers, JO TC
sale price a.lJ
$10.00 Vernls Martin Iron
Beds, massive 2-in. C C f
posts, sale price. ...
Made of
American
Quarter
Sawed
Oak
Highly
Polished
fjj For this Beautiful $16.50 American
vW Quartered Pedestal Extension Table
Rxactly Like Illustration and a value that you must admit aurpassea any
thing ever offered yon by any other furniture store, it la only due to
the wonderful resources and unsurposwod buying abilities of this great
organization that we are enabled to offer you such wonderful such sub
stantial values. Examine the Illustration carefully, look at it with a
criticising eye, and your better Judgement will tell you at once that this
is a most remarkable value. These tables are massively constructed of
American quarter-sawed oak and are rubbed and polished to a high
brilliancy. The large square tops are fitted with easy operating six-
foot slides and have a heavy square pedestal base sup
ported by massive feet. To really appreciate this
wonderful value you should see the tables. Actually
worth $16.50, but the special price Is only
$9
Base Burners,
Steel Ranges,
and Soft Coal
Heaters.
We tre now
showing a full line
of these stoves at
most attractive
prices.
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We sre showlnir base
Tow"."".:?.... $24.75
Steel Ranees In
prices up from
Soft Coal Heaters In
prices up CC tn
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uperaung six-
$9.50
Two Big
Rug Values
For next week's
selling; we offer
you two excep
tional rug values
from our Big "day
light'' rug department.
910.80 for a handsome
$17.50 Tiger Brussels
Hug. size 18x9 feet.
Firmly made of a
special grade of tap
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ing, specially noted
for Its splendid wear
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didn't know and neither did I that Mrs.
Clarke had returned to Sioux City and was
looking for Theodore. We didn't see her
advertisements In the papers. A Sioux
City man finally told her where Togo was
and she came to my house and found him
last night."
Mrs. Campbell Is a waitress. Mrs. Davis
Is working as a waitress in Omaha.
Advertise In The Bee Want Add
umns and watch your business grow.
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Boy Breaks Friend's
Skull with a Brick
Joe Jalinek Hit in Head While Trying
to Outthiow Hit Com
panion. While playing with boy friends at Eighth
and Bancroft streets last night at 6 o'clock
Jos Jalinek, 2530 South Seventh street, was
struck In the head with a brick. His skull
was fractured.
Jalinek and his friends were throwing
bricks Into the air, trying to dstermlne
who could throw the highest. Whllo
Jalinek was not looking Joe Xaspe threw
a- brick which landed on his friend's head.
He was attended by Police Surgeon Peppers.
Enter the BooKJovera' contest any time
TREIS KAIDEKA ADDS MEMBERS
Mahna Berry, Wallace Sheppard and
Robert Edwards Attend
Campfire.
Three new members were taken Into tho
Trels Kaideka club of the Omaha High
school at its semi-monthly campfire at
the home of Herman Jobst, 309 North
Thirty-eighth street, last night. They are
Manns Berry, Wallace Sheppard and Robert
Edwards. The evening was spent sitting
around the campfire, singing songs and
telling stories. Refreshments added to tha
pleasure of tho occasion. Tho Trels Kai
deka club is one of the best known organi
sations of the high school.
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At the Duffy Malt Whiskey Co.'s
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are files ot letters from men and
women of over seventy many who
have almost reached the century mark
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key fifty years ago, and today In the
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MR. R. H. CHASE. 79 yearB of age.
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Wakefield, Neb., Sept. 11911.
Messrs. Trowbridge-Bolster Co., Omaha, Neb.
Sirs: On August 17th, 1911, I was one of the party
that left Omaha for the Lutheran Colony land, Tehama
County, California.
What I saw there was simply grand beyond all de
scription. We arrived at Red Bluff Sunday at 6 P. M.
Everything passed off nicely all on board feeling tired
but happy.
Then the next thing was a trip over to the land. Upon
arriving at the ranch we were treated to a fine supper
and accommodations for
the night. After a good
night's sleep on the veran
da, we were treated to an
automobile ride through
the country, visiting fhe
orange, peach, prune, pear
and other groves in profu
sion, where Nature does
her best. I have seen
groves of oranges at Kiver
side and other parts of
California, but in truth to
all concerned, this land is
equal to any part of South
ern California raising
anything that sunshine
and water will produce.
One thing in particu
lar was the demonstration
in the growth of an orange grove on the ranch. These trees
were two years old and had made a growth of 3Vs feet
actual measurement. This goes to show how things will
grow when properly taken care of. Nothing has been over
estimated, if anything, it is not presented highly enough.
Twenty-five years ago I lived in California and it
was then I fell in love with the country, but circumstances
prevented my going back until now. I concluded to buy
again, so I seized the opportunity of going and visiting
the Lutheran Colony, and was well pleased with same,
and contracted for twenty-four acres.
I have been up and down the coast from Seattle to
San Diego, and back and forth to the coast, and wherever
I have been there is nothing any better in the Sacramento
Valley than this land. Amongst some of the places I vis
ited was tho 80-acre ranch which netted the owner $30,
000.00 on the trees.
Hoping this will be of some service to the Company,
I beg to remain yours respectfully. O. II. Bannon.
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Young Orange Grove on the Lutheran Colony Land.
Why spend the hard winter in the Middle West?
Would it not be better to go to California?
Here are few advantages to be had in the Lutheran
Colony:
A perfect climate.
A deep, rich soil.
Telephone line.
Electric power and lights.
People who are now building houses.
Easy payments.
Perhaps you have asked the question Could I make
money in California t Fol
lowing is a clipping from
the Sacramento Union,
dated August 22, 1911.
"Picking Bartlett
pears on the pear orchard
ground on tho Cone ranch
is nearly finished. This
year's yield was 700 tons
which sold for $31,500
which is equivalent to
$400 an acre tho orchard
has been in bearing fifteen
years."
The Lutheran Colony
adjoins the Cone ranch.
Again we quote from
the Sacramento Bee, Aug
ust 21st, 1911, from Grid
ley, California, which is in
the Sacramento Valley, a few miles south of Red Bluff,
where the Colony is located:
" Eighteen acres of Bartlett pears near Oridley
brought the owner the goodly 6um of $9,000, making an
average of $500 an acre, not much of which will be con
sumed in expenses. The George Thresher orchard has
been leased to tenants, who gathered 2,000 tons of pears
from the trees. The large yield and the prevailing high
prices resulted in the record profits."
Our next excursion leaves here via Union Pacific,
Sept. ICth. The fare from Omaha to Rd Bluff is $25.00,
and the sleeper is $5.75.
Go with us and see for yourself the land we are of
fering at $100 to from $150 per acre. Call on us or write
for literature.
TROWBRIO-BOLSTER COMPANY,
40-t City National Bank Bldg., City.
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