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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATUKDAY", MAT 25, 1912.
Clothing on Credit
And OUR'Sis the sort YOU would
be proud to wear; honorably made
garments; modestly styled; 'fault'
lessly put together. It's all possible
At $li a Week!
WHITE SERGE COATS. We have
just received a ; new shipment of
those popular whit serge coats, so
much worn bv the women of today.
We offer a $25 quality at $14.75
HATS CLOSED OUT. Every bit of
millinery; every ladies' hat in the
house must go. Buy something ex
quisite in the way of a hat at as low
as $2.98
MEN'S SPRING SUITS-Easy pay
ments or no easy payments; there
isn't a snappier line of men's suits
in this entire western country. See
the suits shown here at from $25
down to as low as ......... $10
mm
PtopU line$ of mn' trou$r$ arm
making and holding any amount of
trad. Immtni lint at from $7. SO
down to at low a . , . . f2.Su
Thi$u thoy$ama "PooplM gfore"
I formerly $itaaUdatl6th&Farnam
PRIZES IK CASHJOR ESSAYS
School Children Have Until October
14 to Write About Omaha.
GIVE! MORE TIME FOE STUDY
All af th SehMta. Iaclwdlag Fere-
ehlal, ' PaUla aa Collegee af j
IIT aad Sahara. Will Ea- , i
trr the Casaawrlttos. i
Almost t& wtU be offered in prize to
student for the beat essay on Omaha,
which, according to Superintendent E. U.
Qrt.it, mutt be turned In to tha judge
i befora October K
Superintendent Graff bar found it bet-
; ter to five the pupil mora tiro A to work
Ion tha atudr of Omaha and Instead of j
aiklng that tha essaye be turned In dury
inc tha . present school term, baa post-1
ponad tha latest data to tha earl; part of
next term. ' ' I
By thla decision, tha promoters of thej
Know pmaha campaign believe tha In- .
; terest In knowing Omaha will extend over 1
' a longer period, while Superintendent j
; Graff feela a more thorough Mudr of ;
Omaha can be made and better Bessys
i written. i
! First and aecond prises for compositions I
will be awarded to students of tha fifth. j
sixth, seventh and eighth grade of the!
public and parochial schools of Omaha, j
South Omaha, Benson and Dundee. Two :
prizea will be offered to students of the
Omaha and South Omaha high schools '
snd Brownell HaU. There win be first and i
second prise for students of tha first !
and second years, and first and second
prlsaa for tha third and fourth-year stu-'
dents. ' .
Tha essaya wfll be limited to 500 words j
for tha public and parochial arhool pupils, i
l.Oa words for high school students and i
i f for local college students, which also '
will be entitled to compete for prises. ;
U COMPAlirB FROZEN OUT
t franco-Wyoming Concern Bleep!
t' Its Opportunities. .
IS MOVWO TO OTHER FEU
Ksieaeiv rraaamtl helag Made
- In Wroalag Praer Oil treaa
. the Earth 0ld Bela
. Mlaed, Taw.
Tha France-Wyoming Oil company la
"avIdeaUy being frosen out of tha Salt
creek fields la the vidnfty of Cssper
and la translenink It operations to tha
Bad Water river la tha vicinity of 'iho-
eboaL where it has commenced sinking a
, number of test walla .
In tha (ait creak country north af
Caspar, tha field an far aa tested Includes
bout a township of land. Tha Freeco-
. Wyomlag company got In early.' but
tept eel Its opportunities, filing -en but
one sectloa. In tha meantime tha Midwest
.aompany ouletly lasted tha field and be-
Ing sallsffcd, took lease on tha entire
. township, other than tha section which
the Franco-Wyoming got Ha filing. Tha
result waa that when tha Franco-Vyotn
ng awoke. It found Itself In a pocket, tha
Mid wast people having control of avery
r thins for mile around. ' '
I Pre mar for Bastaees.
The Midwest la preparing for aa ax
tensive business during tha summer, hav
ing hired or bought Ms head of horse to
be put Into tha freighting business ee
twasa Caspar and tha field, a distance of
forty ml bat
While flhaaoni is expected to boom ta
soma exumt. because of tha prospecting
by tha Fitenea-Wyomtag company. K is
also seeklnkr to work up a mining boom
Weat of there a company baa completed
gnd put Into operation a dredge that is
working tba Wlad river for gold. Tha
dredge I handling t,M ton of gravel
every twenty-four hour and It la said
oonalderabla coarse gold hi being secured.
Peterson Hangs ' ;
Himself from Tree
A eoronar'a jury yesterday decided
that at. D. Pataraoa of M South Thirty
fifth street, whoa dead body waa found
Thursday afternoon hanging from a tree
In a pasture near Forty -elsth street and
Poppleton aveaue, came ta bla death by
his awn bands, with suicidal Intent It
waa adduced by witnesses that tha da.
oeased bsd besa drinking early la th
week, and that ha waa brooding over
something. He hi supposed to have hung
himself early Thursday morning. The
funeral will be bald Sunday afternoon
from tha home, tha Danish Brotherhood
being m charge. Interment will' be la
Spring Hill cemetery.
PRINTERS BEAT RAILROADERS
. . AT INDOOR BASE BALL
The Reee Printing Company defeated
tha. Burlington Indoor base ball team
Thursday at tha Young Men Chris
tian association In oloaaly contested
gems by a scors of f to 1 ,
The batteries -wer: Reel i Printing
Company; Murphy and Johneoa, Burling,
ton. Ooodell and MoOrath. - ...
Tha Reea Printing Company would
Nke to hear from any other fast indoor
bass ball team la tha airy.
For games call Reee Printing company.
aeTia
V Exclusive
Silver
for the
Spring Bride
Chest of Silver new. elsumte and
complete. Price range by numuer of
pieces you my wiah.
6electloe can be made to auit any
desired amount
An elegant gift for tha sprirg bride,
Aa economical plan la buying Jew
elry la to ge to a store where there
Is abeolutely so Question siMut qual
ity. When you buy here you don't ray
any score than yoj wvuid at an In
different store, bat you're certain
about ta ouallty. That's sun Im
portant In choosing diamond, ew
airy. watcbee and silverware than al
most any other articles af mercnen-
C. B. BROWN CO.
lata acd Panax eta.
HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
. WILL .HAVE A BANQUET
. At a meeting af the members of ths
Omaha High school senior class, held at
ths scSval aaeeasbiy bS. H was decided
to hold tha annual "senior" banquet on
Thursday evening. June 11
Tha following committee was appointed
to arrange for tba place of tba affair and
ether detail: Oeorga Grimes, chairman;
Man Kathertn Davenport and Carson
Hathaway. "
A baddea CalUpaw
of stomach, liver, kidney and bowels Is
roost aursly prevented with Electric Bit
ters, tha safe regulator. M cents. For
sale by Beatoa Drug Co. -
Keokuk is on Map
With Its Mammoth
Hydro-Electric Dam
"Tba town of Keokuk, la., la on the
map. Tha Immense dam and power house
of the Keokuk and Hamilton Power com
pany haa brought enormou capital and
many people to our eastern rows villa fc."
said Arthur Maador, at tha Millard, "lb
street car system ts being re-constructed
and heavy rail being laid. Everything
poinla to a, great boom for Keokuk."
'Tba dam and power house, tha cost of
which is eeti mated at ia.000.00u, I Bearing
completion. By. the first of the year if
will be In operation. Tha Stone
Webater company , ha purchased the
electric light and railway franchisee and
Intend to extend Ha lines Into Illinois.
A double track will be laid over the
dam whett- It la completed, connecting
the two aide of In river. Tha govern,
ment will use the lock In tha dam now
being built, and 'do away with Its old
lock system. It will ba aufftdent In
site to accommodate vessels of all river
tonnage. . J : , ,u
"Tha Mississippi Is backing up for a
distance of forty miles because of the
ton of concrete already put into the
dam. Tha Burlington railroad ta taking
up Ita track near tha river edge and
building along the bluffs oa .higher
ground. Tha bridges and grade of the
new line are already In tor tha whole
dnttanoa between Burlington and Keo
kuk " ;
Blair Finally is .
' Selected as Site for
the Cadets' Camp
After three week af preliminary ar
rangemanta. during which time Blair.
Olenwood and Atlantic wer considered
aa sitsa for tha annual encampment of
the Omaha high arhool cadet regiment.
Captain Arthur g. Cowaa of Fort Omaha
commandant of tha drill eorpe, Thursdsr
afternoon signed contract for a cauip
sits flva blocks from Blair. A positive
statement lies now been Issued that
Blair will be the seen of tba maneuvers
from June t to I Inclusive.
Eleven acres of level farm land ht
been leased from P. Peterson at Bls.r
Thl site will provide plenty of room for
drill purpoaea aa well aa tha layout of
tents. . j ' -
FRST BATTALION CADETS
TO PICNIC AT ELMWOOD
Tha first battalion of tha Omaha high
arhool regiment will hold a picnic At
Elmwood park aext Tuesday afternoon
when about T cadeta will attend and
Indulge In a general good time. Uuneh
and refreehmenta will ba sorted during
the afternoon after which a bell genu
will be played off between two of the
company nines. i
All of the four sltgtbte eotnmisslonej
officers of tnja batalllon refused to choose
sponsors tnia spring ana nit upon tnis
plan as a snore Inexpensive meana of
entertaining tha cadets enrol led. The
officers who planned tha picnic art:
Vergil Rector, major; Oeorga Metcalfe.
captain of Company F; Rex Uoulton.
captala of Company B, and Sidney Meyer.
csptala ot Company A. ,
Brlsm Brothers
318-320 South 16th. St.'
At Mir Exctoie Store
crlaoi Our High Class Stock
' Opens Saturday Morning at 8 O'clock
Tailored Suits So,d p&Vob
Don't be confused by others who try to follow us. 1 his
is the one great sale that Omaha women have been waiting
for, because, they have learned from past experience that this
great event means a sale of high class tailored suits-styles that
are one season in advance and cannot be had elsewhere at
any price. '
Everyone will be surprised to read of this .extraordinary sale so early
in the season, but we must make the sacrifice now, as we have a limited
amount of space to take care of our enormous busineis and in order to
make room for our summer stock of ; lingerie dresses, linen suits, linen
coats, etc., we must get rid or all
our wool and silk tailored suits with-
out stopping to consider cost, value or former
selling price. You will find an enormous stock
oi high class garments to choose from.
French Serges. Diagonal Whipcords, English
Tweet's, Mannish Worsteds, Imported Nov-
lty we are 8 and Silk Taffetas.
TAILORED SUITS SOLD AT
$25, $29.75. $35, $40 and $45-
Your Qholco SATURDAY at
BIG COrajOCATEME
Omaha Furniture. Manufacturing Co.
Otto Site at Stliton.
IT WELL EMPLOY MAST KES
Tkrre-Aere lit Meared aad Kaea
eatlaa Will etart saertly
Will Bxklbll rim Darlag
Kaaw oiaaka Week. ' -
One at tha largest furniture manufao
turlDg eompaolea west of Chicago, to ba
knows as tha Omaha rurnltur Manufac
turing eompanr. la coming to - tha city
ltd a paid la capital of I. 000. and build
a mammauth factory at Relet on.
A three-ecre alia for tha , plant . ha
been purchased and excavation will be
begun Immediately for a place Where
mora than Ms workers, who will bring to
the city their families, will be employed,
riene already bare been drawn for the
factory,-showing It -will eiavr a floor
space of 4n.0( square feet.
Tha officer and. director of the new
company are: t ,
M. C. Powell, formerly of St. Joseph,
ale., preetd.nl.
J. Emerson Dodds of the Dodds Lumbar
company, Omtha, vice president.
Dwtght Powell, formerly of He Joseph.
Mo., secretary.
K. H. Weeterftetd. Omaha, director and
attorney.
t. I U. II a fMrhf nt Miller. Kt.W.
art' ' Beaton Omaha, director. ,
Old Vlras Hebrgaalaed. -Tha
new firm te a reorganlsatlan of tha
Taiga Lounge company which ha beea
operating a plant at 8t Joseph for sev
eral year and ha been sending out
furniture to tba knit of Ita factory ca
pacity. ' .
The new plant will do an extensive
manufacturing business, making couches,
dsrenporte... rockers. , library - table,
kitchen cabinets and other- furniture. A
specialty will be made of kitchen cabinet
on which tba company halda many pat
ents. Tba Omaha Commercial dub haa beea
after tba new factory for more than a
year, contesting with sis other cltlea to
secure 1L dome of the competing cltlea
offered bonuses and held out tha offer
of It dtlsena to purchase large Mock
In th Institution, but believing that
Omaha offered superior advantages, th
company coma here.
C'eT.re Urse Territory.
Tha 8t Joeeph company haa covered a
territory extending over Missouri, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and a part of Nebraska,
Tha Omaha factory will retain that ter
ritory and add tba Dakotea, Iowa and
tha northwest territory tributary to
Omaha.
Tha acquisition of tha new concern
considered a great booet to Omaha aa a
manufacturing center. Tha Omaha Fur
niture Manufacturing company will take
an active part In the special window dla
play to ba put oa by tha Omaha Manu
facturers' association tha week of June
J to s. It has been assigned space for
th exhibits ot its products In tha Orchard
db Wilhelnj Co. s windows.
FISHERMAN LANDS FINE
SPECIMEN AT CARTER LAKE
Dropping In a hook and line and com
fortably settling himself tor a cob pipe
smoke and a luxurious wait In th early
morning air, Peter Bwansoa of lit Hickory
street waa given tha surprise of hi Ufa
yesterday morning at Carter lake.
Down Into tha deep went the Una and
Swansea laid back-dragging bard on bla
old cob pip. Then came a yank and a
pull and 8wanaon waa on his feat In
flva minutes be had a six-pound has
beating out Its Ufa oa the shore.
That waa sufficient for this fisherman.
Ho shouldered hs prise and made for
town. Coming up on tha car he waa
plnchlag first himself and then tha flab
to sea whether It waa ail real.
"Wall, le nt that a beauty T" exclaimed
fellow passengers en tha car.
"Tab." said Cwaaaoa. "and It ain't ato
Dtpe dreest either. I got that baas la
Carter lake."
Permit to anwaa. s centa. An dealers.
4 ! -wi"V . .4g!.l3
- High School Cadets Ready for Dress Parade
- a'bai rffW. -rhj& 5 t m
lie KJ iWJid
Hoi Days Are Coming
The unprecedented demand for Fan dur-
aaaBaaaaaaam
ing the hot epell last year exhaasted the fan
stocks of all Omaha dealers, and many people
had to go without fans because they waited
until the thermometer exceeded 100 degrees
in the shade. .
We cannot predict what the demand will
be this summer, but now is the time to exer
cise a little foresight by preparing for hot
days and nights, that will in all probability,
be with us again. .
fans for gale by all dealers. Order now.
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OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT
& POWER COMPANY
if'
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New Families
are coming to
Omaha all the time
so if you have vacant apartments
or rooms advertise them in The
Bee. Well-informed Omahans
always advise strangers to look
over the announcements in its
columns, knowing the best places
are listed there. .
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