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ENGLISH AFTER LID LIFTERS! OLD CONCERN MAKES GOOD'f
1.912 IVIarRis Nearly TTiIity Years
of Continuous Success for
Sunderland Brottiers Company.
Notice Served on Hotels. Rooming
Houses and Other Places.
Sunderland Preparing- to Celebrate
Thirtieth Anniversary Next Year.
HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1883
From a 1 err Small Hesnulna"
l.nrae and Praeneroas Baslnesa
Is I'.inlvert by ftanrierlfl nil
Urn then.
FITZGERALD NOTIFIES OWNERS
Proprietors Will fir Olrrn n (kinrt
to Sinn l.w 1 lotatlon Refers
tne llrtl Prosecution la
Ilea an.
T. A.. antUrievnd
THE OMAHA SUNDAY W-iK: JANUARY
K. E. Sunderland
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Prosecutions of more tlinn a tlosen
hotels, rooming houses and olhrr pine
wher It Is bfllfvpil linior anil oilier las
re being; violate!, win be Instituted un
less Uie proprietors Immediately quit any
illicit biislneM In whlrti Uiey may 1 en
t'aged. nrcordlnu to notlc srrvrd upon
(Me propiirtor ! I '-put v County At
tirny .1. M. Kltrjrcrald, under direction
f County Attorney Jame r. Knol'sh.
Serving- of notice begun Saturday,
(inly a short time after J. M. l.eldy of the
.nt I -Saloon league furnished Pherlff Felix
J. MfSiiane. Jr.. with a lint of nineteen
plp.ces at whirl) it Is nllepid tho law was
beliiK or lia 1 ln-en violated.
"Mnny of the owner have leaned their
properties In (food faith and d'i not know
their tenant lire violating tho law. If
they are." si id Mr. riuxerald. "Wo are
Kivlng the tnant an opportunity to quit
violating the law, If they are vIolatiiiK it,
before we commence action aaalnft them.
It I uselec to pile tip work and cost
for the courti when many of tho people
can be forced to quit without the neoe
ilty of our starting lansults against
them,"
Secrecy (ins attended the serving of
notice on the prnprlctoi and Deputy
Attorney Fitzgerald tva surprised when
a reporter approached him on the subject.
South Omaha Men
Protest Against
the Special Taxes
South Omaha property owner, under
the leadership of Charles F. Kunct, have
started action In diatrlnt court to restrain
"the South Omaha officials from collect
ing special taxes for sidewalk, building
and grading. The taxes are alleged to be
excessive and to a certain extent confis
catory, and the ordinances under wnlch
they are lavled are alleged to have been
Irregularly passed. ' The assessment
against each lot Is. about W.
Nick Dato Drinks
Glass of Beer, Dies
Nick lato, a laborer living at Twenty
first street and Poppleton avenue went
Into the saloon at Twentieth street and
the avenue at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
He ordered and paid for a glass of beer.
Me took It to a table, sat down and after
taking a couple of swallows of the liquid,
appeared to be In great . distress,- goon
he became unconscious and the police
were railed.
ln the ambulance Dato was hurried to
frt. Joseph's hoapltil, where he diodes
couple of bours later, . 4 '
SLEIGH TURNS TURTLE
AND OMAHA PEOPLE HURT
Returning at ! o'clock Saturday morning
from a social gathering at Weston, twenty-two
miles east of Council muffs, the
sleigh In which a party of Omaha merry
makers were riding, turned turtle when
It struck a railroad crossing near Council
Muffs, and all of the occupants were
thrown out and badly shaken up. Dr.
and Mrs. F. H. Cochran of 1201 North
Twenty-fourtl. street and Charles Mo
loney, Thirty-seventh and Charles
streets, were the worst Injured, and they
were taken to the Mercy hospital In Coun
cil Bluffs. Muloney suffered a badly torn
face and Mrs. Cochran a twisted ankle,
lr. Cochran received serious Internal In
juries. All were given first aid and cared for
until late Saturday afternoon, when they
were brought to Omaha In the Council
Uluffa ambulance.
UNION PACIFIC HAS
RECEIVED ITS MEDAL
The gold medal awarded to the Union
Pacific by the Canadian government at
the exposition recently held, at Toronto
has arrived and has been turned over to
the passenger department of the road.
It Is of solid gold, about the site ot a
M) gold piece. On one side It la appropri
ately engraved and on the reverse bas
relief heads of the .king and queen of
England.
, The medal was awarded to the I'nlon
Pacific on account of the excellency of
Its block signal system, a working model
of which was Installed and In operation at
the Toronto exposition.
JOHN WESTBERG IN RACE
FOR COMMISSIONERSHIP
The latest aspirants for the nomination
for coinmlHxioner are C. W. Pitkin and
John Westbtirg.
Forty commissioner blanks have been
taken from, the office of the city rlork
and all except one are being circulated
for signatures. This one Is now on file
with the proper number of names.
THREE CHILDREN SENT
TO THE CHILD INSTITUTE
Thiee children belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Peters were eent to the Chlid
Paving Institute by Judge Howard Ken
nedy of the Juvenile court. The mother
and rather have been divorced and the
iliildren liave been living with th
mother. Their environments led proba
tion officers to Leliev that they would
stow up "vil lous."
Conflicting the fact thst co eminent
sistlstlcs show the ultimate fsllure of 90
per cent of all huoines venture, the un
usual record of conspicuously successful
concerns becomes the more Interesting.
To old-tlnio residents of Omaha the
eight of loaded wagon, hub deep In the
mud of down town streets, va not un
common, and It was not ciisy to haul a
load of conl from tracks hear the smelter
to the outlying residential sections.
It was under these conditions that the
coal business of Sunderlnnd Ilros. was
Marted In 1W3. It wo a very small be
ginning. The company leised ground for
a yard at Eighth and Davenport streets,
nesr the smelter, and rented a small of
fice room In a one-story frame shack at
209 Houth Thirteenth street. The total
Investment In conl sheds, building ma
terial, warehouses and the stoflk of goods
to rell was less than the amount of money
now Invested In tesms and wagons alone.
In the early days teaming was done
by contract. Proprietors of teaming out
fits msde contracts with the Coal dealers
to haul coal at a certain rate per ton.
The teamsters were responsible only to
their direct employers who owned the
teams, it was not a matter of much con
sequence whether or not the coal was de
livered In a manner satisfactory to the
customer. The driver mode, money for
the team owner (and for himself, for be
shared in the per ton basis), by deliver
ing as many tons In a day as possible.
This resulted In gross carelessness, and
It was common practice for the driver to
load his wagon with unscreened coal, full
of dirt, dust and screenings. Cellar win
dows were broken or left open; gates,
fences and house damaged by careless
driving, bounties annoyances resulting
from the 'failure of coal drivers to do
their work as It should have been done.
But that was In the old days. It Is not
so now. The Runderlenda could not stand
for that sort of service long. Ity persis
tent hard work and constant attention
to business, by dealing fairly and squarely
with their patrons, the company built up a
large trade and by thrift and economy
In their management became able to buy
their own teams and wagons. This was
the turning point In the ooal business of
Omaha. With company ownership of the
teams and with drivers working under
company direction It became the rule that
all coal must be thoroughly screened and
all deliveries made In a manner satisfac
tory to the customer.
Another custom back In the eighties
(still la vogue except with companies oper
ating exclusively their own teams) has
been entirely abandoned by the thunder
land company. It was the custom to have
teamsters keep their, teams In their own
barns on the outskirts ot the city. This
saved much time, because the dealer could
send late In the afternoon a load of coal
to some addres near the home of the
teamster. This was a dangerous custom,
for It was found that some ot the team
sters seldom, It ever, bought any coal,
the conclusion being that the customer
who was not watchful did not receive all
of the coal that was sent to him.
To avoid this and to Improve upon the
service generally, the Bundurland com
pany has built up the most extensive and
best delivery service known to the al
buaineae of the country. All teams must
bo returned to the yards each night and
be Inspected by the superintendent. Only
trustworthy- teamslsr are employed, for
It requires dependable, experienced drivers
to properly handle the big, powerful,
proud Bunderland teams; but, In order
to remove temptation, losds of coal are
sent out In the direction opposite from
where the teamsters live.
Improvement In the delivery service
logically called for the building of yards
In various parts of the city, and today
the riunderlands can reach almost any
address with a short haul from tbelr near
est coal yard.
The Sunderland company tends a signed
guarantee certificate with each delivery
ticket go that every purchaser can de
mand money bark It not satisfied. The
use of the guarantee certificate baa es
tablished a high standing ot excellence
for Kunderland Certified coal, ot which
thirty-one different kinds are carried In
stock.
At the main office more than forty
people are constantly employed and a
busy sight meets the eye of the many
who call there. The Buaderlanda have a
private branoh telephone exchange (both
kinds) In charge ot a trained operator,
who first receives all calls and conneois
the proper department.
Sunderland Urol her Company Is one ot
Omaha's biggest Institutions, doing a vol
ume of business equal to that ot some ot
the largest wholesale houses. Measuring
success from the standpoint ot personal
wealth the Sunderland do not lay claim
to any special achievement, but from tho
standpoint ot developing a vast commer
cial business that comes Into contact with
nearly every citlseit of Omaha funderlaud
Brother Company Is a consplousru success.
if
DsiBtMu F Bailey.
Sanatorium
This institution Is the only on
Id the central west with separate
building situated In tbelr own
ample ground, yet entirely
distinct and rendering it possible
to classify cane. The one building
being fitted for end devoted to the
treatment ot noncontagious and
r.oamcmal diseases, no others be
ing aduiated. The other Uotl
Cottage, being designed for sud
devoted to the exclusive treatment
ot select mental cases, requiring
tor s time we.ttb.tul cars sod i
vial burslng.
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Old Folks at Poor
Farm Have to Sing
Without an Organ
Kegulnr Sunday religious service are
being held at the poor farm by liev. I
W. lleuton of bishop William's City
Mission staff, but little progress can be
made In the singing rervlce because there
Is so musical Instrument of any kind at
the home.
The old folks at the farm are obliged
to stay In on account ot tho cold weather
and the only thing they have to look for
ward to le the Kunduy iiflemoon ser
vices. Although the services are a great
succtss and prove a great benefit to th
shut-Ins, If some generous person would
provide (he bom with an organ to lead
the hymn services on Kunday afternoons,
itev. lleaton thinks that Interest In the
services would be doubled.
January Coal Bargain-S7.50 for $7.00
To introduce a new brand of coal, such a coal as the fuel
users of Omaha have long needed, such a coal as they would
welcomo even at a much higher price, we offer as a genuine
January bargain our
"Yellowstone" Certified Coal at $7.00
We are not given to making extravagant statements.
We do not depend upon misleading offers to attract one-time
buyers. So when we have a genuine bargain, a money-saving
coal proposition, the people of Omaha accept our state
ments as absolutely true. Buyers of Sunderland Certified
Coal know that the Sunderland Guarantee Certificate which
accompanies each delivery ticket makes their coal purchases
as safe and satisfactory as a government money order.
Here are the Facts About Yellowstone
There is positively no soft coal offered in Omaha, not
even $9.00 coal, that is equal (price for price) to our new
"Yellowstone." Two sizes lump and stove.
Yellowstone" comes from a very deep vein in a new
coal district, recognized by the U. S, government as one of
the most remarkable deposits ever discovered.
"Yellowstone" coal is a "discovery." It is in news
paper terms a "scoop."
"Yellowstone" is a Sunderland "scoop" exclusively be
cause we have bought the output of the mine. No other
dealer can furnish "Yellowstone" or any coal equal to "Yel
lowstone," for it has no equal.
Our Introduction Price is $7.00
To introduce this splendid coal, which should sell for
$7.50 or $8.00, we have decided to disregard present profit
and put the coal into general use. At this price our capacity
for furnishing the coal as fast as needed will be tested to
the utmost.
Yellowstone Coal for Furnaces
Being strong, lasty, clean, clinkerless, Bootless, smoke
less, this coal is a safe, satisfactory and economical substi
tute for hard coal. Splendid, in fact, for every stove in which
coal can be burned. Great for grates!
The Oldest Coal Concern in Omaha29 Years
Thi3 company was organized in March, 1883, by its
present president, J. A. Sunderland.
The beginning 'was very small, the entire investment
being less than is now represented by our teams and wagons
alone.
The growth of our business is parallel with the growth
of Omaha as a center of population and commerce.
The map of Omaha today is dotted with the various
Sunderland coal and building material yards, offices, ware
houses, trackage properties and residences.
Sunderland Record a Record of Progress
, The Sunderlands have been foremost in progress; fore
most in tho use of up-to-the-minute business methods; fore
most in integrity and in the right consideration of their
patrons; foremost in putting the coal business upon a basis
that is dependable, respectable, the peer of any line of busi
ness; foremost in building permanent, convenient, extensive,
modern coal and building material yards; foremost in their
office facilities and selling organization; foremost in creat
ing a model of delivery service (for the "big yell-o wagons
and proud, powerful teams" are not surpassed in any city) ;
foremost in building a better, bigger Omaha; foremost in
loyalty to Omaha as the best possible place to invest money
in office and store buildings, trackage and residence prop
erty; foremost in the employment of competent men and
women (125 families are supported by Sunderland employ
ment) ; foremost in civic interest.
Officers and Directors
The company is officered and managed by men whose
entire time and thought are devoted to the business.
James A. Sunderland is president of the company;
Lester T. Sunderland, vice president; Ralph E. Sunderland
is secretary; James A. Rockwell, treasurer. The' officers,
together with E. M. (Roy) Sunderland, form the board of
directors.
Many of the employes of the Sunderland company have
a substantial interest in the business as stockholders.
Main Office, 1614 Harney Street Phones: Douglas 252 and Ind. A 1251
MUST USE HOME SEED CORN
Experts Say Cora from Other States
Will Not Grow Well.
SOME COUNTIES HAVE SEED
Bart, Warn. Stanton and Camlust
May He Called l iton to fcnpply
the State for the Cum
ins; Vrr,
Manager Parrlah of the publicity bureau
of the Commercial rlub, who "ill con
duct th good seed corn campaign that
hue been decided upon, says the farmers
ot Nebraska must tent until they Ret
enough home frown corn for seed, us
corn from other stales will not do well
here the first year.
Prof. C. W. Pitgsley of (he urlculUiral
extension department of the I'ulverxity
of Nebraska called attention to this In
his address at the Commercial club Sat
urday. "Kansas corn Is a southern corn and
does not mature early enough In Ne
braska," he said. "South Dakota corn
would do better, but thl year the South
Pakota crop Is In as poor condition for
seed as the Nebraska crop. Iowa seed
will not do well the first year In the
greater portion of Nebraska.
"It Is advisable to get seed as near
home a possible. We hope to (Ind sumo
district In the state where good seed may
be secured In lurge quantities."
It has been suetited to Mr. TartU-h
and Mr. l'ugsley that Wayne, Burt,
etanton and Cuming counties might fur
nish good seed corn, as grain men auy
weather condition were different there
than In many other counties and the
gruln ma'ured earlier.
BANK CLEARINGS SHOW
INCREASE FOR THE WEEK
Hank clearings started the new year
with great promise. Clearings for the
week were about fci.MO.uuit ahead of the
same week last yr. the figures beln
15.7tii.ilU and in.tT3.MC, iHspecllvely.
Omaha has reached fourteenth place in
the list of cities and shews a larger per
rent of gain In bank Hearings than any
city la th United Slates. .
Kav to Ui t3UuaUon.-.Ute AdvtrtUins.
Den or Not the Den
Depends on Weather
Cold weather will be considered In de
ciding on the place for the annual meet
ing of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Hen, for
which lioth date and place are to be de
rided by th board ot governors next
Monday evening at the l.oyl hotel. If
the beard decides that th Pen ran be
made wiirm enuugh. the meeting will be
held there, otherwise, somewhere else.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL IS
PAROLED TO TEACHER
Iteeause she persisted In keeping "com
pany" with a divorced man a 15-year-old
high school girl was brought before the
tuvenile court and paroled to her teacher
til the high school. The man was Billy
Clark, who had taken the girl to two
dances. Complaint was made by two
friends. The father an J mother said
they had sen nothing wrong In Billy
Clark, as he was a young fellow appar
ently very "nice." The court gave the
girl specific instruction to hereafter cut
Ur. Clark from her culuu- Usb
BRIEF CITY NEWS
nave Boot Print It.
Omaha General XospitaL Dong. S55.
fcas. si.se. lu.u.kt, .-.u.. c.v
3.00 Coal. W St 8. Harmon & iVeeth.
Keep Tour Money and Valuables In the
American Safe DepoHit vaults in the Bee
building. Iloxes rent for Vi per year.
Et-A-Vlrp Danes The Kt-A-Vlrp club
will give Its regular monthly darning
party ut Chambers' Thursday evening.
KoOrew I.esss a atom C. Mc
Grew has Icitied the J. H. Brown reel
deuce at 218 Kouth Thirty-eighth avenue
and will I'tuilde in It.
Xa th Dlvoroe Court I'lvorce suits as
fol.oua imvo been started In district
court: Crank T. Heacom against Mary
K. Beat'om, Muggle against Wllllum Ja
cohsen, BulllTSn Buys a Moms Judge J. J.
Sullivan has bought the former residence
of D. C. Bradford at 323 .South Thirty
seventh street. The price Is suld to have
been something under I1&.00O.
Bus (or Grain tost For grain al
leged to liiivu been l"M by leakage in
tihiisii the TranstmsalKslppl Uraln com
pany has started suit against the I n. on
I'tiiric 1 tali road company for Jl.0 in
district couit.
Tails and Breaks Wrist Miss Helen
M. Katou, ,i clerk In the office of the
collector of Internal revenue, Is In the Bt.
Joseph hospital suffering from a badly
fiuctured wrlt-l as the result of slipping
on an icy tldewalk Thursday.
runtral Bald Sunday The funeral of
the latu Wuldemar Spohr, who died
Thursday, will be held from the family
residence, VXX Wirt street, Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock. The body will bo placed
In the receiving vault at Forest Uwn
cemetery. Mr. Spohr wss '9 years of age
uud hud lived in tur. aha twenty years,
having come from Kuada here. He was a
musician of considerable prominence.
ues Saloon Keeper Thomas M. Brod
ciiiK, wtio wtts biabbed lit a yuarrel in
Henry C. Haun's .-.uloon by Billy Maher,
a bartender, on November 2, 1W1, has
started suit for .0x damages agalntt
Itann and his bondsmen, the Bankers
burety company. It U alleged In the pe
tition that the trouble resulted from Brod
erlck's drinking ut Kami's bar until he
became iuarrclsome and Harted trouble.
The bartender, It Is alleged,' also had been
drinking. Maher recently was given a
hurt Jail sentence for assault and battery.
our party has today or will have In the
coming campaign."
More Auditorium
Stock Given City
City Clerk Dan D. Butler has received
several new' donations of Auditorium
stock which will apply on the purchase,
price of the building If the city buys It.
The latest donors are:
V. P. fitram baking Co., share M
Dr. Henry B. I .e mere 10
Alexander Shields 1
A. M. Peters 1
C. K. Hopper 10
CASESX ARE TO BE ARGUED
BEFORE COURT OF APPEAL5
Vnited State Attorney Howell and
Arthur Wells, attorney for the Burling
ton, have gone to tit. Louis, where Mon
day they will argue two case before the
court of appeals. These cases. In which
the Burlington Is alleged to have vio
lated the 28-hour law regarding the ship
ment of cattle, were decided by Judge W.
H. Munger several months ago against
the railroad. They were appealed.
In one of the rases It Is alleged that tho
Burlington kept seventeen carloads of
sheep on a train from Clearmont, Wyo.,
to Mouth Omaha for a period of thirty-
two hours, in the other It Is charged
that some cattle shipped from Minne
apolis to Bcrtrand, Nt., by way of
.Sioux City, were not watered, fed or re
leased from the cars for noariy forty
hours.
TUKEY HELPS SELL LOTS .
FOR OLD PEOPLE'S HOME
"Even a real estate man sometimes
does work for charity," said Harry A.
Tukey.
A year ago Tukc-y & Son agreed to sell
some property for the Old People's home,
without commission, and Saturday they
succeeded In doing so, with the help of
Reed Bros. The sale was that of two
lots In Dundee, owned by the honfe, to
J. P. Palmer.
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION
Sample ballots, with the names of 10
nominees f jr the directorate of the Com
mercial club, have been mailed to club
members. The annual election Is to be'
held next Wednesday, when sixty direct
ors will be chosen and new articles of
Incorporation for the club adopted.
In the list of 1 JO, each line of business
In the city Is" given a number of nominees
commensurate with the ratio that the
club membership of that Una bears to the
full membership of tha club, with the.
exception of two or three lines, In which
the membership la small and which are
classified as miscellaneous.
Proxies have been sent out for the Vote
on articles of Incorporation, as the adop
tion of new articles requires a vote of
US6, or two-thirds the membership of the
club. Proxies may also be used In the
election of club directors, according to
th by-laws of the club.
Presbyterians Hold
Their Housewarming
A housewarming was held by the
congregation of th Westminster Presby
terian church last evening at the church.
After a dinner prepared by the women
ot the church and served by the young
mon of the congregation speeches were
made by several of the church members
and visiting ministers.
8. A. Searle acted as toastraaster. H.
J. Stirling gave a toast to the youns
people, to which tho response was by
James Houston. The toast to the women
was by' Warren Swtlzler and Mrs. Stout
responded. '
Rev. William Keames of Lincoln talked
on the "Church's Wide Outlook," and
Kev. Lton D. Young of Beatrice on
"Signs of the Times."
I. J. DUNN A CANDIDATE
FOR DELEGATE-AT-LARGE
I. J. lunn announces himself as a
candidate for delegate-at-large to th
demooralln national convention, subject
to the April primary. In his proclama
tion Mr. Dunn reasserts his feulty to tho
cause of William Jennings Brysn in this
languuge:
"I consider the Influence of Mr. Bryan
and the confidence that progressive demo
crats have In his leadership, courage,
honesty and devotion to the principle of
true democracy the most valuable asset
,wsi-'iessnt j mi 'g I mi mj T"f T-f yf p 1
A SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION
u
OF THE
New Home Sewing Machine
Mr. P. J. liullis of New York will visit Omn.ha next week. While here Mr. Bullis
wil' demonstrate the great possibilities of the
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Sewing Machine. He will illustrate just how easy and what a great saving it is to make
usefulaud ornamental things with the "Now Home."
Duriug Mr. llullis visit we will have a grand clearing sale on all makes of machines.
Oor Prices and Term Will Sail You Our Ma:hhej Pleisi All. Read Theic Prices:
Wheeler & Wilson $12.00
Singer (Cabinet) $8.00
Domestic (Drop Head) $9.00
Goodrich A (Drop Head) $15.50
Goodrich B, (Drop Head) $15.50
Aviator (Drop Head) $25.00
Duplex (Drop Head) $22.50
Duplex (Cabinet) $30.00
New Home, Box Top, Used $8.00
New Home, 5-drawer $35.50
New Home, Rotary $10.00
New Home, Automatic $50.00
HAYDEN BROTHERS g
Special Demonstration Is In Piano Department Douglas Street Entrance. II