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    THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. JUNE S. 1912.
GUESSING ISUVELY PASTIME
Manufacturers' Contests Are At
tracting Wide Attention.
ANNOUNCE WINNERS JUNE 16
Some of the Boxes Are Delnn Filled
Second Time and Picking of
the Winners Will Not
Be Easy.
Winners .of thi guessing contests being
conducted by the Manufacturers' asso
ciation, which Is conducting the window
displays this week, will be announced
June 16.
The manufacturers believe it will take
ihat long a time to pick out the winners.
Many of the' guessing boxes are already
iiiled with the little blank, cardboards
g.ven out in the stores and some have
begun filling boxes the ' second time.
I I. Ellick of the Omaha Printing com
pany found that the box at his display
1n the Walk-Over 'Shoe company' con
tained 5,100 guesses the second day of
window display rweek. The contest 0
the printing company. Is unusually diffi
cult,, too. A 'glass jar, filled with pieces
of type, i. there, the number of pieces in
the jar to be guessed- There Is no possi
ble way of counting them and the winner
undoubtedly will be one who li able to
take a random shot. . It will be a guefs,
pure and siitfple. .
- Hard Ant to Crack.
. ' The printers ' seemed to have chosen
the most puzzling problems of any of
the manufacturers. The National Print
ing . company,' which has a display In
Ins City National bank building, has a
guessing contest, , the winner of ' which
must be a good linguist, a person of
steady nerves, -good eyes and a plethora
of patience. In the. . window are two
frames of printing done in several lan
guages . in aniall and large type. The
contest Is' to count the number of "As"
contained in the printing In the two
'frames; One man, after figuring on the
thing for an hour and a half gave it up,
saying he would wait until he could get
a day off and bring a camp chair down
In front of the wlidow. .
; In the space from Seventeenth to Four
teenth streets and from Dodge to Jack
ton streets, the district of the displays,
there are many problems less difficult.
Fen-, however, have as valuable a prize
as is offered by the National Printing
company. A gold , watch and fob will go
to the winner of this guessing contest.
The contests will be open Saturday
night and a rush is expected by the re
tailers. . At the meeting of the Manu
facturers', association yesterday It was
decided to hold the contest until Monday
evening after arguments came up about
closing them Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
It was stated that Saturday night would
be the very time every' one would want
to register a guess.
Good Citizenship
Day to Be Observed
Sunday Before 4th
;Rev, T. M. Evans of Fullerton, Neb.,
representing the' Nebraska Christian En
deavor union, has requested the city com
mission to turn the parks over to his or
ganization for religious exercises on the
Sunday before the . Fourth of July. The
:oun:it has deferred action until Tuesday.
Commissioners generally objected to the
porposat made by Mr. Evans on the
LTnnntl that : . ha vine renpstedlv rpfTlfted
to open the parks to public speakers,
breaking, the rule now . would ultimately
mean any religious,, political or civic or
ganization could secure permission.
;-We want this Sunday before the
fourth to be observed as Good Citizen
ship day," said Rev. Mr. Evans. "The
sxert ises would be under the auspices of
the Young Men's Christian association,
pur purpose, is to have clergymen, states
men, lecturers, educators, reformers and
editors, as well as newspapers, maga
aines and periodicals, vie with each other
in bringing to the minds of the people
their best thoughts on good citizenship
in its various phases."
Each member of the council was given
a circular, with a quotation from James
1:22, "Be ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only." Quotations from many
men, all of whom had endorsed the good
citizenship idea, were given In the circu
lar. Mr. Evans said the move was a na
tional one. The organization's motto is,
"I will honor, my country's flag and obey
its laws."'
Auto Freight Line
Opens Up Between
Omaha and Fremont
The automobile has began to compete
with the railroads in the matter of
hauling freight, a car having been put
on between Omahir and Fremont.
The Omaha-Fremont automobile freight
line now has one car in the service and
expects to put on another inside of a
week. The car now in the service is
making round trips daily and carries
close to five tons at a load. Loaded, it
makes the going trip from here to Fre
mont, forty miles, in two hours.
PREACH G00DR0ADS GOSPEL
Omaha Boosters on Automobile Trip
to Kansas City.
FARMERS ARE ASKED TO HELP
Tonrista Are Being Greeted All
. Along the Route of Their Two
Day Run by Enthost
astle ritisen.
All the way from Omaha to Kansas
City the gospel of good roads Is beinj
preached by a party of local automobilisU
was started yesterday morning at T:15
from the Fredrickson garage. In the big
Chalmers six with H. E. Freenckson are
J. A. Sunderland, S. E. George, Ward C
Gifford, assistant commissioner of the
Commercial club, and L. H. Pollock of
Plattsmouth.
Word received from Commissioner Gif
ford tells that the party arrived at Ne
braska City about 11 o'clock. Mr. Gifford
states that the party Is being greeted by
large crowds all along the route.
Road ia Ilelns; Marked.
. Stencils to mark the road between Kan
sas City and Omaha are being distrih
uted to the good roads enthusiasts '.n
each town, and talks are being made to
the farmers and townspeople by Mr. Sun
derland, who Is chairman of the good
roads committee of the Commercial club
The Fredrickson car was accompanied
on the trip by auto parties from . atony
the route. At Plattsmouth a large gath
ering awaited the boosters. In his ad
dress to the farmersX at that place Sun
derland asked them to urge the state
legislature to establish a state highway
commission so that the farmers might
be able to get to market when the mar
ket Is right, instead of having to wait
until the roads are right.
Will Be Gone Two, Days.
The boosters will spend two days in the
trip south.
They stopped for noon luncheon at
Auburn and spent last ntght at Falls
City. A stop will be made Saturday noon
at Atchison. The boosters will arrive in
Kansas City Saturday night and return
to Omaha Sunday. The entire distance
to be covered will be 222 miles.
The towns through which they are
traveling are La Platte, Plattsmouth.
Maynard, Murray, Union, Wyoming, Ne
braska City, Julian, Auburn, Howe, Stella,
Vernon, Falls City, Atchison, Leaven
worth and Kansas City, Kan.
BELLEVUE PRIZE WINNERS
ANNOUNCED BY SCHOOL
An important feature of the com
mencement exercises at Bellevue was the
awarding of the prizes won by various
students during the last year for excell
ence in scholarship and other school
activities. The college has been success
ful in securing .the largest and most
attractive list of prizes to be offered to
the students of any college in the state,
and they offer an additional incentive to
hard work on the part of the students
The winners of the prizes are as fol
lows: , , . '
II. T. Clarke oratorical prizes, R. L.
Oilman, first, Paul C. Johnson, second.
,C. M. WUhelm declamatory prizes, Har
old Graham, first, Raymond Jones,
second.
' C F. Manderson debate prizes, team
composed of Stanley, Stookey, Rinold
OJiman,' and Earl Fowler, first, Paul
Kamanski, Orle Webb, ' and Archie
Kearns, second.
F. E. Webb Academy , declamation
prizes, Talma Jensen, first, Stephen A.
Douglas, second.
Jfhn D. Haskell prize scholarships to
freshman.' Eulalia Glilan, Miriam We!n
land, and Catharine Phelps.
Haskell prize scholarship offered to a
sophomore. Constance Welnland.
Ilaskel prize for excellence In mathe
matics and physical science, awarded to
William FIndiey.
S. W. Lindsay biological plze, awarded
jointly to Herbert Jones and Miss Sylvia
Robertson.
Bryan prize for best essay on socla1
and political reform. Joseph Clabaugh.
President's-scholarships offered to one
man of each of the three lower classes
who earned a "B" and led the "B" men
of his class In scholarship, awarded to
Ralph Quackenbush, freshman; Orle h.
Webb, sophomore; : and Paul Johnson,
Junior. '
.Two of the prize winners, Paul C.
Johnson of the junior class, and Harolr!
Graham of the sohpomore class, are
Omaha boys.
REV. M. B. WILLIAMS
PREACHES BACCALAUREATE
Rev. M. B. .Williams, pastor of the
First Methodist church, will peach the
high school baccalaureate sermon at Ins
church Sunday morning. Mr. Williams
delivered tho baccauaureate for the Uni
versity of Omaha last Sunday.
Long Talks Are to
Be Tabooed by the
New Commissioners
Fourth of July oratory has lost its sa vor
for the city council. Its taste is bad in
their mouths. This much they gave a
promising orator to , understand this
morning when they frowned upon his
earnest effort to speak from 12 to I:S-.t
o'clock. The earnest member was Jo-'
B Hummel. Colonel Jack Ryder first
voiced his disapproval of the efforts of
the gentleman who heads the park de
partment. "Make a motion! Make a motion!"
advised the colonel, "what's the use of
talking about it all day." Hummel
grinned. Gracefully he submitted. He
made the motion and Colonel Ryder
voted with him. It was a matter of
minor business and had been discussed
with enthusiasm for thirty minutes.
"Can't say that I can see any use of
Fourth of July orations either," said the
mayor. Hummel looked pained, but he
made no protest and remained very meek.
Hereafter, it Is understood, when there
is to be an oratorical effort on the part
of any commissioner previous announce
ment of the fact will be made. There
is a growing suspicion, however, that
speeches will be made subject to a five
nilnute limit.
Crop Damage Not
Bad as Reported
Assistant General Freight Agent John
son of the Burlington is back from a trip
Into the South Platte country, where he
went for the purpose of ascertaining the
condition of the wheat crop. His trip
carried him to the west part of the
state and along the lines into Kansas.
After having traveled 1.000 miles
through southern Nebraska and northern
Kansas, Mr. Johnson finds that winter
wheat has been considerably damaged by
the dry weather, but not nearly sd much
as if the temperatures had been high.
He finds the crop extremely spotted. In
some localities, the growing grain Is ex
cellent and filling well, while in other
places but a short distance away, it has
"fired" and not more than a half crop
Is expected.
Corn does not seem to have been badly
damaged, but owing to the continued cold
weather, it is making little progress.
Some of It is being seriously injured by
cut worms.
According to the railroad weather re
ports, the South Platte country was the
only portion of Nebraska visited by rain
during the last twenty-f iur hours. At
Minden there was an inch, and one-half
Inch at Holrege and Oxford Junction,
while at Norton.-Kan., and along the
St. Francis branch, there was from an
inch to an Inch and one-fourth.
Cold weather confines all over Ne
braska, at Sidney last night the temper
ature running down to 40 degrees above
zero. "
WILHELM BUYS HOME ON
WEST JACKSON STREET
C. M. WUhelm of the Orchard, WU
helm company has purchased the home of
Attorney Joel W. West at 3623 Jarkgon
street. He will remodel the big residence
somewhat and move into it this summer.
Mr. West is moving to Dundee."
Frightful Palna
in the stomach, torpid liver, lame back
and weak kidneys are soon relieved by
Electric Bitters. Guaranteed. 60c. For
sale by Beaton Drug Co.
4k 1
Extraordinary do
tiling -Sale
Over
800 Suits
that sold up to. $16.50; on
sale Saturday at
12.00
These are also broken lines
of our regular spring stock;
biwu, gray, Scotch mix-,
hires, dark colors; two and
three button coats. Every
garment this season's model.
By Omaha's Greatest Clothing House
U)orihuvto
BOYS' SUITS
0 Discount
One Day Only
SATURDAY
ATURDAY Morning, June 8th, we will inaugurate a
Mid-Season Clothing Sale, consisting of broken lines
of Men's and Young Men's Soring Suits. These suits
have been taken from our regular stock after this sea
son's immense business. We have made
no special purchase for this occasion, but
are offering Kuppenheimer, Schloss Bros.,
Stein-Bloch and Society Brand clothes
which you know are the foremost makes
of mens garments in the world; every
suit is this season's model all the
new shades and styles for fat
men, slim men and regular
built men, college chaps and
the young fellows should
not overlook this oppor
tunity. Suits worth up
to $22.50 and a few that
sold for $25, on sale Sat
urday, at 7
Your unrestricted choice of any Boys' Suit in this store. Every suit is this sea
son's model. Russian and Sailor Blouse, Norf oiks, single and double breasted Knickers
blue serges, grays, tans, browns and Scotch mixtures. Every garment marked in plain
figures and you deduct one-fifth from marked price. As our line of Boys' Clothes are
sold at a very close margin xve consider this extra discount means a saving to you of
nearly one-half what you would pay in any other store. Remember this sale is for
one day only.
Ladies' $1.00 Silk Hose
onsaleSatur
day at, pair . . . OuC
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EAVENWORTM STREET'S
SATURDAY BARGAIN OFFERINGS BY PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS ARE PRESENTED HERE.
THE height of baking
perfection has been
realized in BUTTERNUT
BREAD-the
bread without a fault.
Its pureness and
delicacy of flavor is
the result of many years
of hard labor and experi
menting. Many housewives have aband
oned the idea of home baking and now
use none other than Butternut Bread. It's
wholesome, nutritious, delicious, absolutely
pure and reliable INSIST on having it.
AT ALL GROCERS. FRESH EVERY DAY.
TO ENGLAND
LOOK FOR THIS
LABEL0N
EVERY LOAF
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COMMISSION MEN ARE FINED
Haled Before Court for Allowing
Filth on Sidewalk.
DISTRICT TO BE CLEANED UP
ConimiMtioiiera Hide Through Whole
ale Section and Give Strict
Order lo the Carelew
Merchant.
Two commission merchants In the
wholesale district at Eleventh and How.
ard streets have been fined !n police
court for piling rotten fruits and vegeta
bles on the sidewalks. Sanitary Officer
Coffee has received instructions from the
city commissioners to see that the whole
sale commission district Is kept in a sani
tary condition and to arrest all persons
refusing to obey orders.
Charles Benson, manager of the Gll
llnsky commission house at 1017 Howard
street, ami Charles Trimble of the Trim
ble Commission company at Eleventh and
Howard streets, were fined $25 and costs
on tliis charge. Ororge Gifford of the
Oifford 'ommiss;on house at 1021 Howard
street, was fined $5 and costs for ob
structing the sidewalk In front of his
store with his automobile. All three gave
notice of appeal to the district court.
I-'!Itll IS t IlKtlHIKU-.V.
Trimbis and Benson slated It had long
been the custom to rort out the fruit and
pile it in barrels on the sidewalk. The
barrels, according to Officer Cnffee.
leaked, and the filth was a constant
menace to residents In the neighborhood.
In many cases, he said, garbage was not
even piled Into the barrels, but was
dumped out on the street and washed
Into the sewers by the first rain. He said
the city had incurred considerable ex
pense In cleaning out sewers blocked up
in this manner.
Complaints have been sworn out against
other commission men and will be served
at once by Officer Coffee.
The commissioners made a trip through
the district Wednesday and notified all
the dealers that they would have to keep
the streets and walks clear.
, HYMENEAL
Hanna-SeqnUt.
Miss Selma Sequlst, daughter of Peter
Sequlst of Woodhull, III., and Buc! H.
Hanna of Gcntseo, 311.. were marrlel by
Rev. Charles V. avjge Thursday at :!
p. m. at the tifcldonce of tha brides
brother. Con Sequlst, 4118 Blnney stree'
There's Great Pleasure
Whn you opeu the dally pack- a
age of bread to ttnd fresb.
clean, bright looking loaf of
:un:'gren's M ltcd Milk tread
The Bread that Is Pure
through anil through and con
tains those ingredients that
are most needed to make a
healthy, robust constitution.
At all grocers, fresh every day.
Baked only by
Simdgren's Bakery
(Look for the label
on every loaf.)
POLL
THEATER
Coiner Georgia Avenue and
Leavenworth Sts.
Omaha's Rest Ventilated Moving
I'ktiu i Show House.
Large rotating Fans keep the
house cool at all times.
THE BEST PHOTO
PLAYS aLL THE TIME
Entire change of program three
times a week. Don't miss - the
special Sunday night show.
THREE-PIECE ORCHESTRA
Vocal Selection Every Tuesday,
Friday and Sunday Wight.
Continuous Evening Performance
starts at 7:80. No more Sunday
matinees until the weather is
iioler. Admission 10c; kids, 6c.
WM. THOMSEN
MERCHANT TAILOR
Hew Location, 2833 Leavanwortt St.
Ask your friends or neighbors about
him.
' Phone Harney 4107.
Pressing and. Repairing.
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Wm. Ffeiffer Carriage Wks.
BUILDERS OF AITO TOPS
Painting. Trimming, Repairing.
Phone Douglas 6922.
Cor. 25th Ave. and Leavenworth.
JifJflJha-aiLuatlon-Beo ..Ad varUslnE.
BLIND'S MARKET
The best meats and poultry at all
times and at the lowest prices. Out
of the high rent district
2304 Leavenworth St.
Fhonea Ind.' A-1718: Harna T18.
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