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:S3 ELIZvVBBTII ERADI.KY
Is an Omaha youni? woman
who )a making good on a 1W
acro ecctUm of South ln;;ota
Inni up In Tripp count on
tilS Ti05Pbtlt O'-CIICV. Twn
Jears aKo MIsa Tradley xvas in the van
suard of tlio clty s oCice women; now
ho Is an enthusiastic rrr.ir'.ier ar.d buc
cossful exponmt of the bac',:-to-tho-land
gospel.
In October, IOCS, six months after Tripp
county was thrown open to hcmeRteadrr.,
Miss Dra.lloy took her fate Into her own
hands, braved tho Ulscourcsements of her
friends and tiic uncoriaiiuiea or an un
tried and until'icd land and filed. Xoxt
May sho bado farewell to office llf?,
packed her belongings ar.d started forth
on her vcyago cf discovery. As If to
forestall any wcaUcnlns fha choao to
tnake a five-year proof, paying one-fifth
on her land a year rather than to set
her homestead by tho fourtoen-monUis
commutation.
Miss Bradley's quarter Bictlon Is four
teen miles from Winner, tho county scat
and terminus of tho Chicaao & North
western railroad, and twenty-nine miles
from Dallas. Sho d-iclded to set up her
Lares and I'enatcs on a slight elevation
.'In the rolling pralrlo and named tl:e
;plac -Prairie Hill." As a pioneer i:i a
Miew country the very first thine to soo
about was putting up u habitation. Mho
F-radley not only planned and oversow
ihe bilildin,-; of her littlo homo, but did
much of tho aclual work on it. Dawn on
; her hands and knees with hammer and
mouth full of nails, she laid the flooring
of her dwellln. Some luxury-loving; city
folk mHrht call the house a shack; It Is
really a very cosy I'.ttlo home, exactly
suited to the r.eeJs of one bachelor Klrl
farmer. Intent en leading -the simple life
in n Pakota Arcady.
It measures 18x22 feet. The living
room Is lUilS and the rest of the place Is
divided between bedroom and kitchen.
Just a "cor.iry" little apartment set out
on a wide expanse of prairie in the
Kosebud. To bo sure, there are no mod
ern' conveniences, but why should one
sich for plumbing or even a soda foun
tain, when she has her vory own well
dug twenty-five feet deep Into her good
farm land
M!-3 Bradley had all to learn about
farming:. She studied soil and crop bul
letins and n-.agaz'.nes from early morn
until dewy" eve. In a short time, with
tho aid of some hired labor she had a
portion of her land under cultivation.
Last summer and fall she wrote her
Omaha friends glowing accounts of sweet
potatoes and peanuts of her own raising,
melons by the thousand, tomatoes of
enormous size and a wonderful galaxy
of tho commoner vegetables potatoes,
squash, turnips, pumpkins, onions and
beets. She has twenty good acres cf sad
corn and some bis stacks of bay which
she is holding to cell nc::t spring.
But M!:s lirnJiey Is not a'.ono a farmer.
At tho bcclnniutf of tho year she hung
out her shing'.o "U. B. I;ra;ey & Co.,
Farm Loaua, Ileal Uotole, Insurance,
Notary i'ubllc, Relinquishments." "12.
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B." was used Instead of "Elizabeth," bo
cause it seems more business-like. The
"C." is "IC. B." herself; she Is also the
officers, hoard of directors and the office
force. Her office Is the desk In her liv
ing room at Prairie Hill. Kvery day after
her chores are done she marts out with
her horse and buggy on her round of
business affairs, looking up real estate
and loHns.
Miss Bradley has also established quite
a substantial reputation as a locating
aent, and Is employed much of her
time selecting lands for applicants who
drew sections In the recent Kosebud and
Pine Itidse drawings. Kile has studied
the nulla and can te'.l by slKht and touch
the heavy cUy loams of the north part
of the country from the black sandy
loauis of the southern part.
How she enjoys being a first settler
let her own words tell:
"There's nothing like It," she declares.
Starting thliiKs and watching them
grow and develop, learning ever new
and Interesting secrets of Mother Nature;
seeing an entire sunrise or sunset from
your own front stoop and being out of
doors all you want these are a few of
the things, which, according to Miss
Bradley, make farming It delightful.
Although sho Is a mile from the near
eft nclghbpr, she Is never lonesome. Her
evenings are spent In studying on her
business deals or writing news of her
township for the Tripp County Journal
or tho Colomo Times. She Is greatly In
terested In the Sunday school which she
started soon after settling on her clnlm.
Hers Is a most Informal Sunday school
We wish you all
A Merry Christmas
Store closed all day
R. S. WILCOX, Manager
ELIZABETH 3. HS&LILET
held in the school house a niilo from
Prairie Hill. It Is not restricted to chil
dren nor to Sunday. The whole family
comes to Miss Bradley's Sunday school
kiddles, parents, grandma and grandpa
and they stay as long as they like.
Through the aid of a New York wonvm
Interested In her work. Miss Bradley has
collected hymnals, Sabbath school books
and a folding oruan. She has planned
a big festivity for her little parish at
Christmas time.
-LYNCH IN SAINT NICK ROLE'
County Commissioner Remembers
Children of Hia Ward.
WILL HAVE CHRISTMAS TREE
Cires Orders tiiat livery Child la
the TcntU "Ward Be Trovlded
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with Chrtstmns Trcsent
fi-oi.i Beautiful Tree.'
: Johnny Lynch of t the Tenth ward will
rlng elaxlatee- to- every girl and boyln
j'V V'aftt thought a Icn iime on a'
;ran V ,h&ii-:ua:acist' lias "Christmas Joys
of Omaha children and finally decided to
J-.av n bis Christinas- tree and to load It
Vltha. Jrc3c;it for every child under 15
J ears.
. "And sea that they all get candy," ho
paid, as he handed a check to Miss Ida
V. Jontz of the Associated Charities and
asked her to manage the affair. "And
don't let the reporters find it out. You
see, I don't want the kids to know who's
doing it. It will bo lota more fun."
' And Miss Jontz kept tho t-ecret well,
but one of Johnny's friends thought it
was too good to keep and whispered it to
his desk neighbor, and the desk neighbor
poke of it to the news vr!ters.
The Christmas tree was made ready
early Saturday. One man worked until
midnight prejiiln;; the illumiratlon fea
ture. It will be a beautiful treu and each
bough will bend with its load of presents.
Jt Is at the home of Mrs. It. W. Lloyd,
S3"0 Davenport. The children will be in
vited to come Christmas morning at 9
O'clock and remain till noon. The place
will be theirs and thy are waiting for a
Jolly good time, although none of them
have yet heard who their 8anta Claus is.
Newsies Will Enjoy
wj Big Christmas Feed
l Contrary to tho recent announcement of
lioEey Ctrr.stain that there would be no
Christmas dinner for the newslea, over 1W
cewsboys af Jacobs memorial hall New
Restaurant Christinas morning at 11
o'clock. They will be the guests of The
rbmaha Dally Bee and World-Herald.
Turkey will be dished up to tho boys with
'all Us trimmings.
There 'will be no donations whatever
jand the two newspapers have arranged
;for the tables at Courtney's. A repre
sentative from each paper will have
'.charge of the boys who peddle their
respective sheets. Michael Barto will
have charge of The lice boys and Tony
XoB'anzo will be at the hctd of tha
World-Herald boys. Every newsle f;;
!The Bee ar.d WorlU-Herr.ld will receive
thelr papers free of charge Chrlstr.iaa
morning ar.d their returns will be all
.'profit.
CASS KifiDERGARTNERS
? REMEMBERED BY KEYN
- Lester and Jerome Heyn, the popular
'.'photographer brothers, laid aside the
-burden and ruhh of holiday tiai'.e to Vrins:
Uho Christmas joys to fifty children of
.Ihe Cas school klndergardcn.
Boxes of candy, popcorn and a beauti
ful Christmas tree furnished by these
'young men mado the hearts cf tlr.
Uhlldren glad, and furnished pleasure to
'those who were privileged to be wllii the
l;ildren and their tree on Friday after
f v uoon.
HARVESTER MEN GIVE
r FEED TO THEIR BOSS
At the Millard yesterday L. L. Leat-e,
former assistant general a-vr.t of the In
ternational Harvester ruirpanv was h.
fi;uest of thirty of his fjlluw employ a at
dinner. The dinner was a sort of a fara
well function, given m account of Mr.
l-ea?e's promotion t3 the position of -t :i
Tiral agent for the company at Crawford.
rMeD. As a token of appreciation, Mr.
l.ae as presented with a fine leather
tratvellnf baj, the gift of his office us.-
clates.
Putting Presents on Lynches Christmas Tree
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JOHN C. LYNCH HAS MISS JON TZ BUY PIIKSENT8 FOR TUB CHILD RBN OV THE TENTH WAItD,
Needy Poor Helped
by Salvation Army
Nearly two hundred and fifty poor
families In Omaha were made happy
yesterday by the Salvation Army when
the distribution of the Christmas bas
kets was made.
In each basket a whole chicken, pota
toes, fruit, cereals, milk, sugar, coffee, J
tea, bread, crackers, celery and corn were
placed, and the size of the baskets cor
responded to the size of the families re
ceiving them. These donations were made
possiblo by the liberality of pedestrians
who dropped coins Into the "boiling pots'
en street coiners about the city.
"Our soldiers have been working hard
In tho last few months getting lists of
nams of deserving poor people," said
Adjutant Thomas, "and I think that the
ba-l.'-tn will all find their way into the
places for which they are Intended. Wo
hae worked hard to secure money td
buy these baskets, and we thank the peo
ple of Omaha for their liberality. They
have made' several hundred poer families
nappy."
Y. M. " A. BOYS TO HAVE A
BUSY CHRISTMAS WEEK
During vacation the boy's department
of the Youns Men's Christian as.wlation
T.T.I be un :3ually active. Epeelal sehtdul-s
fcr gyn.r.a: ium work and swimming have
been arrangrl, clving the boys adill'lopal
: opportunities for fun and exercise. A
j number of "hikes" aro being planned, as
j well as several trips to industrial plants
I about tha c!t3". The I'ark Wild Hoy's club
I Is j.;A:reK.!ii'.;; under the direction 'f the
b"'.i d:: arl.rient. Mr. C. V.'teel, ona
of the active niuii.bers in the (;ymnus!um
work, took the meTibers out for a short
cross country run recently, which they
all enjoyed.
THOUSANDS ARE MADE HAPPY
Charities Office ii Clearing House
for Many Donations.
DONORS RESPOND' LIBERALLY
People Have Tsjken Bio re Interest
In Work of Charities Organisa
tion Than They Have)
Ever Before.
Miss Ida V. Jonts of, the Associated
Charities says this Christmas season has
been of more value to the little tots and
the grown-ups than any other ever held
in Omaha. "It has 'been the personal
touch,"' she said, "that has made It so
successful. I'eople have taken mor In
terest in the work of the charitable or
ganizations than ever befora And there
has been more co-operation In the work."
Three thousand individuals have been
made happy by the Charities. Christmas
baskets were distributed to 400 families
and hundreds of presents were given the
little kids who were beginning to doubt
the existence of Old ftanly.
At the close of the day Saturday the
work of the Charities In providing Christ,
mas cheer had been completed. Through
out tbe day new names of needy families
were telephoned to the' office and big
hearted citizens met every call with lib
eral donations.
All Willing to t.lve.
"I thought at first," tald Miss Jonts,
"that. we could not provide for all, as
so many new names came in, but the
good people hero uetnied to rl.-e to the oc
casion. A i. time would be no more than
received when the telephone would ring
and somebody would tcll us they were
sending i.'.oney Lrouud. And heaps of
presents to be distributed where need. id
by the Charities came in all day. Just
look at that bunch, of clothes and. toys
there!"
Charitable associations made the office
of the Associated Charities a clearing
house and came here to compare lists
and secure new names. The spirit of co
operation was the finest exhibition of the
old plea for good will toward all and evil
toward none. By co-operating, the asso
ciations eliminated the waste of piling
many presents into a few needy homes
and distributed them equally to all to
whom they brought cheer.
Stock Shares Given
to Payne Employes
Following the plans of a great many
other corporations, the Fay ne Investment
company has adopted a new system of
Christmas remembrances, and this year
distributed about fr.500 worth of stock
among the older employes of the com
pany. Those who were thus favored re
ceived from one to five shares of stock,
according to time of service and salary
received.
The company is capitalized at tO.OOO,
but with the surplus and undivided profits
the capltul Is now about ;jK,000. The
munificence of tlio distribution was
heartily appreciated by all the recipients.
There are at the present tlmo about
forty people employed by tho company,
over half of whom are recipients of
stock and the others were given valuable
presents.
Held for Killing- Mm. Kaufman.
CHICAi, l-c. 2H Frederick O. Itone
ham and William it Channell wer held
to the grand jury Unlay in connection
with thu Murder of His. lliittli- Kauf
man, who was shut by one of four nu n
lio alighted lli'Ml RU n'lt'iiri'iliile n fx.nr
of her home while she was returning
lioln a Ill.-uU-r leeentiy. Tho VelU i i iliaj
urged the police to make every effort t
capture George Itab. nan and John SDieey,
Implicated in lioneham's confession.
BIG FIRMS PLAY SANTA CLAUS
Sheriff Erailey Also Gives Men Un
der Him Turkeys.
OMAHA NATIONAL GIVES GOLD
tmbrrtlaa ,Are Distributed by the
Enndrrlnnd tiros. Company
McCiirri-Itrndr tJlTrs
(ink,
The Christmas season Is an en.loyable
one for tho 147 employes of the Bunder
land Brothers' company, as each one of
them hps been remembered with a Christ
mas gift. Math man and woman In the
offices, including yard siiferlntendent.t,
officers, nalcsmen and clerks has . been
presented with a Bilk umbrella, silver and
ebony bundle, on which the namo Is en
graved. The teamsters, yardmen and the
mechanics In the weather strip and tile
departments each received a big tat
turkey.
At the Omaha National bank each em
ploye was presented with a gold piece as a
Chrlstmus gift, tho value depending upon
the length of nervice with the bank. Tha
value of the gifts ot cold reached up Into
the thousands.
Sheriff l.i alley presented every deputy
and employe under him with a turkey,
lie gave away twelve birds averaging
about sixteen pounds each. Tom Collnny,
the only bachelor of the squad, was pre
sented with a box of olgars Instead of a
turkey.
Tho McCord-Ilrady company remem
bered Its employes with cash gifts, noch
person in tha employ of the company for
two or more years was given a present
of two weeks' pay; those employed one
year, ono week's pay, nnd those who had
been employed six months or Jess, a
smaller sum.
The strict railway company announced
Its Christmas present to Its employes
about Thanksgiving time. Tho wages of
each motormun and conductor will be
raised 1 cent an hour after January I,
ivgardle.is of the length of time the em
ploye has been at work for the Omaha
compuny.
Tho 1'axton & (lallagher Co., will give
each employe a turkey, a custom of that
firm for many years. Two big wagon
loads of turkeys were needed.
The Havld Cole Creamery company
presented to Its employes, twenty-six In
number, de)slt books In the Nebraska
Savings and Loan association, each book
having an Initial deposit of from 15 to
$2.1. An accompanying note from Mr.
Cole emphasises the gosel of thrift and
the importance of saving a part of one's
wages. Mr. Cole has been a director in
the Nebraska Savings and Loan associa
tion for twenty years.
WOLFE WILL GIVE CATFISH
FEED TO HIS FRIENDS
It. IT. Wolfe, boiler Inspector, has ar
ranged to give his friends a big cat
fish feed on Christmas morning at thu
Wroth restaurant. Two huge catfish will
be baked In the altogether and served so.
Theso flu were caught by a 'friend of
Mr. Wolfe in the Missouri a few miles
north of Omaha and floated to the city
In a Uve-box. They have been displayed
In the Wroth windows and have attracted
considerable attention because of their
unusual size.
RAILROAD EMPLOYES
HAVING A VACATION
There are Just enough people remain
ing In the llurllngton's auditing and
uceountlng departments to take rare of
the routine business. The most of the
men and women are off on a vucatlon,
given them by the company. This va
cation commenced Friday afternoon and
will continue until next Tuesday
morning.
Fire Destroys (olllery,
SHKNANIMIAII, l'a., Iec. 2J.-Flre of
mysti nous origin tonight dtstroyed tho
West Hdersndi.ah colliery, owned by the
l'htlaiiclphla Heading company. The
loss in estimated at $l,un0,om. About T.inA
men and buys ure thrown out of employment.
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Why not give your friends and relatives "an all year" Christ
mas pre wm t of some popular magazine and at tha same time give a
bedfast Invalid a chance to make his living.
John Oorrlon, tho mpgaTlne agent, at 2423 South 24th Street,
has sacrificed EVERY cent ho poBPCBses to gain public interest in
earning a prize of $5,000 for charity, bo that ho may have the
Interest of $300 a year, which will by no moans support him, but
till will hinder his ever having to return to an alma house.
If people only knew and realized what a terrific fight for ex
istence, against indifference, prejudlco and other odds this para
lyzed men with a broken back Is uaking, no one would hesitate for
a content, or even forget when their magaxlne subscriptions expiro,
to send them to .
iOilBOn TLSff!fSf. a Omaha
For 500 subscriptions to the Ladles' Home Journal and the
Saturday Evening Post each month till June, tho publishers will
deposit $5,000 with the Conservative Savings & Loan Annoclatioa
for his benefit, the principal to revert to some CHARITY to be
chosen by the VOTE of his subscribers.
He is working night and day gradually sinking Into debt be
cause cf lack of support and lnfluonclal lacking. Mr. Gordon must
have 137 more subscriptions in DKCEMDEH or he cannot earn Ms
pension.
It Is time to rally to his support or he will be overwhelmed by
failure. Don't hesitate, mail or telephone your order or renewal
at once. . Gift subscriptions will be acknowledged with a beautiful
Christmas Folder announcing your favor to reach your friends
by Christmas. f
NOW RUSH THEM IN!
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