THE BKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, .1AXI AKV IS. 101.1.
BRIEF CITY NEWS
Burnt' Celebration January 27
Btaok-ralconar Co., -Ondartakari.
Kara Boot Xfrlnt It Now lleacon rrs
lighting rutnrei, Ilurgess-aranaen Co.
Ballsjr tha Statist, City Nat'l. V. S56.
Yon Can Start a Savings Account at
the Nebraska Savings and Ixan Ass'a
with 11.00 or more. 1006 Farnam street.
Tha Btata Bank or Omaha pays 4 per
cent on time deposits, 3 per cent on sav-
Ing accounts. The only bank In Omaha
whoso depositor are protected by the j
depositors Guarantee fund of the itate
of Nebraska. 17th and Uarney streets.
data Additional leave Jacob n. Shu
gort, wntchmnn at the federal building,
who has been off duty for some month
on account of til health, ha Just been
granted an additional five months' leave
of 'absence without pay. as his health has
not yet recovered sufficiently for him to
take up his work.
Oinahan Killed lu Canada W. li.
Bridges, chief engineer at the fedeiul
building, received a telegram from his
mother in Kansas stating that his half
brother. Clyde Donaldson, had been
killed In Canada. The brother was a
young man Just past 31 yearn of age and
was a locomotive engineer.
Seeks Hairs of Tloyd Reynolds Ilblrs
of one Floyd Reynolds, who died In
Omaha five or six years ugo art; beliii;
sought by W. D. Tuttle. attorney of Cort
land, N. Y. Reynolds' father, Benjamin
F. Reynolds of Rochester. N. Y.. died u
little more than a year ago, leaving i
small estate, a part of which will go 'o
Floyd Reynolds' heirs If he left any. Any
one knowing nught of tho Floyd Reynolds
family Is nsked to communicate with Mr.
Tuttle.
To Check on U. S. Treasury Begin
ning February 1 the checks drawn by
the custodian of tho federal building !n
payment of the help of the building will
be drawn directly on the United States
treasury instead of on the local banks.
This change was ordered by Socretary
McVeigh and I considered more conven
ient for the banks and the Treasury de
partment on account of greater conven
ience in clearing amounts.
MAN WITH TWENTY-SEVEN
INSURANCE POLICIES IN BAD
I.lfe Insurance policies with no cash
surrender value make up far llio greater
part of the assets of V. H. Hansen, who
has filed In federal court a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. Hansen Is a
merchant. He carries twenty-seven In
surance policies, mostly life Insurance,
and carries these In twenty separate
rompanlcs. Sljc fire Insurance policies arc
among those listed. The rest are life nnd
accident policies. By listing as assets the
great quantity of Insurnnco policies, the
sum total of the assets appears to be
vastlv greater than tho liabilities. Most
of the policies, however, have no surren
der alue. The liabilities aro listed as
$15.J0:.. while the assets total JS3,853.5i.
Of this amount J66.145 Is tho aggregate
of the insurance carrlod. Ileal estuto Is
listed ut K'Oi1. A homestead Is claimed
to bo exempt.
Argument by G. W. Wattles Before City Commissioners
on the Question of Seven Tickets for Twenty-Five Cents
Fortunately we do not nave to resun
to speculation or guess work as to tho
effect the proposed ordinance to reduce
the fares of tho street railway company
would have on tho Income of that com
pany. Facta and figures ore available
tq all who can Intelligently analyze them,
so that wo may know precisely without
suchswork what would happen If this
reduction of fares should be forced upon
the company at this time.
''It Is proposed by this ordinance to re
duce the fares of this company from R
cents to seven fares for 23 cents or 3.57
cents each. Tho first reason why thin
ordinance should not pass lies In the
fact that tho actual cost of carrying
ach passenger during tho year ending
June 30, 1912, was 4.4ft cents per passenger.
In other years this cost has been os high
as 4.86 cents per passenger. In order
that the figures I use may be available to
anyone who cares to Investigate them I
have taken the year covered by t'ne lat
public report to tho state railway com
mission ns the basis of my calculations,
and for that year the operating expenses,
taxes, rents, damages, repairs, deprecia
tion nnd Interest on bonds, to say nothing
of any dividends either on common or
preferred stock was tho, exact amount
I have stater of 4,48 cents for each pas
senger carried during that year. If tho
proposed schedule had been lit force
during that year the street railway com
pany would have lost .89 of a cent for
tach passenger carried, or the total sum
of JI55.H5.87. In other words, It would
have lacked this amount of having earned
enough to pay Its fixed charges, to say
nothing of any dividends whatever on Its
Jtock.
I am aware, of the fact that In some
cities in this country and in Canada
lower street car fares have been estab
lished. I assert as a fact, however, that
In most of the cities of this country ond
In nearly all large cities the fi-cent far
Is maintained. Among these cities might
be named the following: New York,
Boston. Philadelphia. Cincinnati, Pitts
burgh, Buffalo, Chicago, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, St. I.ouls, New Orleans, Kansas
C)ty, Denver, San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Wo have here In Omaha an entirely dlf
fcrent situation than Is found In eastern
cities. Our problem' la to gather up our
patrons from tho suburbs and outskirts
of the city, covering an area as large as
.s covered by New York City, and bring
them dcrwn to the business center In the
morning, then take a part of them homo
to lunch and nil of them home In the
avenlng between the hours of 5 nnd 6
s'oJock. To do this wc must build, main
tain and operate many more miles of
trnol; than other cltlea of our population.
Then, too, the wages of our men, tho
i litli cost of power, the steep grades on
jur streets and our high taxes nil tend
;o make tho cost of operation greater
-here than In other cities where" the pop
ulation Is morn congested, wages aro
oner, power Is cheaper and taxes lees.
Illustrating these facts I have selected
the three principal cltlea where lower
fares havo been established for com
parison with the cities served by our
Mreet railway system, and have made
ihe following comparisons:
Operating expenses, maintenance, de
preciation, taxes and bond Interest per
revenue passenger;
ilmaha cents
-'lev eland 3n cents
REFUSES TO CERTIFY MILK
Dr. Langfcld Says Big Dairies Do
Not Come Up to Standard.
AHWOOD DAIRY MILK SOUR
Owner Sny tlint Insufficient Cool
I n It tn III Absence Spoils the
nntput of the llnlrr
for Two Ilnya.
City Battel lologist Langfeld has refused
to certify milk sold by the Arwood und
Frleslond dairies, declaring It l R farce
and Imposition to stamp milk sold bv
theso firms hs purer than othr milk
when It Is not up to the standard set by
the milk .commission. Insufficient cool
ing Is hild the chief cause of tho preva
lence of bacteria In the milk furnlsheil
by these dairies to the Alamlto dairy -ind
distributed by that firm to consumers.
Or. Ixmgfold has warned the public that
soma or the milk sold by the certified
dalileo Is no purer than that cold by tho
uncertified concerns. Tests of milk this
month, under the direction of the dairy
Inspector, have shown hut two dairymen
selling the eltv milk with a score of
more than 1&0.M0 bacteria per cubic centi
meter, the maximum number under city
ordinance.
Certified dalHea must make the follow
ing scores: 95 per cent on clennllness of
dairy; 4 per cent butter fat: not more
than 20.000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.
Frequent failures to make these scores
have. In" the opinion of tho city Iweter
ologlst, disqualified two certified dairies
frcm selling milk as approved by the
Omaha milk commission. This milk com
mission Is composed of local chemists,
bacteriologists and physicians.
Numerous complaint were made Satur
day. Sunday and Monday against the
Arwood dairy's milk, which led Dr.
Ingfeld to Investigate. Tho milk as de
livered was sour. Ryder Wood, owner
of the dairy, and the Alamlto management
appeared before tho commission and
nsked for twenty-four hours' tlmo to cor
rect the fault. The explanation was
made that Mr. Wood was at Uncoln at
tending the state convention and that In
his absence, Saturday, when the mercury
.arcd so high, the men at the dairy
did not properly cool the milk and It
soured.
Mr. Wood Bays that his entire time Is
now taken up In tho production of tho
milk while the Alamlto company, dis
tributes It to customers In Omaha. Tho
plant was not sold, but simply the dis
tribution of milk arranged for.
Manager Schwager of the Alamlto com
pany says there Is no substitution of
milk as that would be suicidal on his
part, but that In some cases Alamlto
milk was left at homes this morning be
cause tho Arwood milk was sour. It was
not lnbelcd wrong.
Sertoli Breakdown
results from chronic constltpatton. Dr.
King's Now Life Pills relieve1 headache,
stomach, liver and bowel trouble. He.
For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Advertise
ment. Milwaukee 3.K cents
Montreal 3.95 cents
Topography of cities:
Omaha Hilly, many grades
Cleveland Levol
Milwaukee Level
Montreal.... Generally level, some grades
But the most expenslvo factor In our
situation lies In the widely scattered ter
ritory served by our lines. The com
parison Illustrating this situation, show
ing tho total population served, tho total
miles of track and the number of people
served per mile of track, li aa follows:
Popu- Miles People
latlon of per Mile
Served. Track, of Track
Omaha & Council
Bluffs St. Ry... 190,000 ir.3.7 1.19j
Cleveland 50,000 273 2,381
Milwaukee 275,000 142 2,640
Montreal 000,000 160 3,,50
Another advantage which the com
panies In both Montreal and Milwaukee,
havo over the Omaha company lies In j
tho fact that In both of said cities the
exclusive electric light and power busi
ness Is done by tho street railway com
pany.
Wo have yearly reduced the fares ny
Increasing tho distance passengers may
rldo on our lines for 6 cents. Forty years
ago the company received the same fare
for a maximum ride of two miles it now
gets for a ride of sixteen miles.
if I Interpret rightly the demanas oi
this cpmmunlty. theso demands are for
more servloe, better service and oxten
ftons of lines. Tho street railway com-
nanv Is doing Its best to respond to this
demand. In 1912 wo Increased our mile
age by 255,823 car miles. We manufac
tured and placed In servlco twenty-nve
new large cars and will add the same
number this year. If thts ordinance
uhould become a law. the street railway
company would hayo no alternative. It
must at once reduce In a drastic manner
all expenses it must cut down the
wages of the men, reduce the service
now given, stop all extensions and bet
terments, and even then the company
could not make Ita fixed charges, to say
nothing of any dividends whatever.
A few years ago an occupation tax of
S per cent was levied on the gross re
ceipts of the street rnllway company.
While I cannot tay that there was any
bargain or agreement on the subject, 1
do assert that there was an understand
ing between the city authorities and the
company that If this tax was accepted
und paid, it should be In lieu of any re
duction In our fares. We did not believe
then, nor do we believe now, that this
tax Is legal, but under the understanding
above mentioned, wo have paid It without
protest and shall so continue. We havo
paid Into tho city treasury for occupation
taxes during tho past three and one
fourth yearn 1179,571.09 and are now pay
ing at the rate of about 40,000 per an
num. It would be manifestly unfair and
unjust to collect this extraordinary tax
nnd then reduce the Income of the com
pany to where It could not be paid. In
other words, you cannot burn the candle
at both ends and expect It to last long.
A reduction of fares within tha city
limits of Omaha would be an unfair dis
crimination against the poorer claasea of
people who live In the suburbs outside
of tho city limits, who now pay the same
taro 03 those who live within tha city
limits. The flat C cent fure la peculiarly
an American Institution It does not pre
vail In foreign countries where fares are
paid in accordance with the distance the
passenger travels. In this city a man
ran ride from Albright to Bunson ot
Florence fur the same fare It cost him
Takes Five-Dollar
Bill from Friend,
but Returns Half
James Gardner met his friend, John
Shanley Sunday night near the corner of
Tenth street nnd Capitol avenue, nnd
asked him for the price of a. bed. Tim
latter refused, with the rcault that the
lust of physical ascendoncy boiled over
In the blood of Oardncr and be bounced
upon Shanley nnd bore him to the ground.
Shanley called for help and police chain
feur. Harry lluford. standing a block and
a half away, answered It. By that time
the aggressor was on his way, but was
overtaken by Butord and both wero wcro
finally hauled to tho station.
An argument there ensued as to who
owned the $3 bill that Gardener took from
Shanley. but after a little while they
enme to an agreement that each owned
half of it. With tho Jurisprudence of
Solomon Gardner then tore the bill
squarely In two and now each owns his
part. Pleased with this fine discrimina
tion the police discharged Gardner.
SUBSTITUTE CLERKS
FOR NEBRASKA NAMED
Nine substitute ctofus have boon ap
pointed from Nebraska to the railway
mall service In tlu Fourteenth division.
They aro as follows'
Christopher W MuMastrr. Uncoln;
Kenneth H. Jones. Iawrenee, Luther D.
Pierce. Ord; Albert W. Westberg. Lin
coln; Frank l Klnyou. Dullols; Gerald
H. Oates. Hastings; Gustuf A. Nelson.
Shlckley: Glen W. Black. Rushvlllc;
Dick E. Coover. Broken Bow.
Frederick A. Andorson. stenographer !n
the United States Indian school nt Rapid
City, S. D., has been transferred to n
like position in the office of the super
intendent of railway mall service at
Omuhn.
JUST WHAT'S WHAT
In II our qnnlUy nnd Beauty for
SlirlnK, lltia, Shown In Won
derful tofferlnK of Itnir llar
Kfilna at .Hnyilen'a lie
nrlnnlnir Saturday.
I Saturday, February 1, we will Inau
gurate n rug bargain giving event sur
passing tn breadth of assortments and
values offered any ever known In
Omaha, in August of last year we began
preparations for this sale, selecting the
best: rejecting the undesirable; and with
our buyer back from the cast and all tho
purchases on tho floor we nre ready for
a sale that will be long remembered on
tho best ever. Over $100,000 worth of
choice 1913 rugs will be Included In this
sale, all perfect goods, no mismatched
or obsolete pattern In tho entire stock.
Morn rug temptations here than you
would ever Imagine. We do not bellevo
there Is a rug demand you can make
that can't be mot at lower prices than
you ever knew for perfect new goods.
Watch Sixteenth street windows. Com
parison of values will Insure purchase
here. HAYDEN BROS.
Advertisement.
to ride one block lh tho center of the
city. Wo believe this to be in the Inter- !
est of the working men. It gives them
tho opportunity to go out Into the sub
urbs and acquire homes of tholr own
Instead of becoming tenants In 1 large
apartment houses, uh prevails In many
other cities. A reduction of fares within
tho city limits of Omaha would be dis
crimination against all theso people who
live In the suburbs or beyond the city
limits It would create confusion in the
operation of cars; it would tend to de
stroy tho value of outside real estate.
It has been said that one of tho pur
poses of this ordinance Is to force a phys
ical valuation of the property of tho
street railway. Wo have opposed physical
valuation for tho reason that It would
entail the needless expense of ft large
aum of money and could not accomplish
any good purpose nt thts time. Suppose,
for argument's sake, that a physical
valutlon would disclose that a part or
even all of the common stock of the
street railway company represented "go
ing value," "unearned Increment," or
"water," as you may choose to call Jt.
In other words, that after forty-five years
of operation of this company lta owners
should find themselves possessed of one
fourth or one-third of Its stock which
represented the profit on their business
operations. Would there bo anything
criminal or strange or unjust If a condi
tion of that kind should be disclosed?
No reasonable man would say that In a
hazardous business like that of conduct-.
Ing a street railway, where any day the
company Js liable to have an accident
that will cost $100,000 or more, that In a
hazardous business of thts character a
return of 10 per cent to the stockholders
would be unreasonable or unfatr. What
difference does It make to this community
whether the street railway company pays
10 per cent on 14,500,000 or 5 per cent on
K.M,000 of stock? I am aware that there
are those who say that a public service
corporation should not be permitted to
earn more than the lowest possible rate
of Interest on the physical value of their
property. I do not agree with any who
may entertain such unfair Ideas. Even
the suggestion of this doctrine In Ne
braska has effectually stopped all In
vestments In public service enterprises
here.
The Omaha street railway company
was started forty-five years ago. The
heirs of some of the original founders
are still stockholder In tho company. A
large majority of Its stock Is owned by
our own cltliens. It waa aa necessary for
the growth of this city tq have a stret
railway constructed, aa It was to have
large buildings built or banka established
or other business enterprises conducted.
(Let us for a moment compare what has
i happened )n other lines of business with
the results that have come to the street
railway owners. In 1867. at about the time
the street railway waa atarted. Jot 5 In
block 117, being the corner occupied by the
Omaha National bank building, waa sold
by Milan Hunt to Joseph If. Millard for
12,000. Thla lot today, If unincumbered by
:any building, would readily be worth
j $300,000. In 19CS lot 1, block 140. now occu.
i pled by the Board of Trade building, at
Sixteenth and Farnam, waa sold by
(Aaron Cahn to the city of Omaha for
' I.60a This lot today, If unincumbered by
any improvements, would readily be
worth J3M.C. I might point out to you
a large number of other actual transac
SOCIALISTS FOR CHEAP FARE!?
Ask Commissioners to Force Seven I
Car Rides for a Quarter. I
WATTLES ANSWERS ARGUMENT 1
Dr. 1,. 11, Mnmmsji nnd llnrry It,
7, 1 nun nil pprnr for Soolnllitt ,
na Does AIo n tVoninn
from Denwr,
Socialist, led by Dr. 1 B Minsman
and Harry H. X.lniman, the latter ns at
torney, marshalled their argumentative
strength In the city council chamber
cstcrdu to fight for an ordinance re
cruiting the sale of scncji street car
tickets for 35 cents. They were met bv
President (1. V. Wattles of the stieet
tallway company, wlvi declared that such
an ordinance would mean virtual confis
cation. After hearing the two sides of tho
caso for an hour, tho city commission
postponed action until next Monday
President Wattles presented nn array of
"facts and figures" showing the relative
cost of operating street cars In this city
and other cltlea of similar sire. He said
It cost 4.46 cents per passenger to oper
ate cars In Omaha last year and that any
reduction In price would mran a corres
ponding reduction In expenses of the
company, meunlng a decrease In tho
wages of employes, abandonment of pro
losed extensions and less efficiency In
service.
Mr. Wattles attucked the socialists'
proposition to force physical valuation of
the company, saying It was neither
needed nor demanded nnd would serve
no good purpose if securod. Ho declared
that Investments In private enterpilses
had rcnllr.ed from 100 to 1.000 per cent
during the same time the street car
company's Investment had paid only a
nominal return. Most of tho stock of thn
company Is lu the hands of Omahans,
he said.
Dr. Morsmati produced figures from
other cltlea of iC.ooo and up. showing nn
almost unbroken list of cities where
street car fares nre sold six for 25 cents
or even cheaper. Physical valuation, he
said, would ultimately be forced by the
people. The working classes, speaking
through the socialists, demand cheaper
fares and physical valuation, ho nsserted.
Fifty-eight per cent of the cities of tho
United Stntes or a population of 25,000
or more have owl cars, declarod tho so
cialist, and practically all cities abovo
125,003 have owl car service. Physical
valuation, he maintained, would show
that tho company here could carry pas
sengers at a profit for 1 cent each.
Mrs. Mnry 1,. Geffs of Denver, socialist,
appeared lu favor of the seven for-a-quarter
ordinance, saying It would mean
that working girls would bo able to live
In tho suburbs, when now they are forced
Into the tenements. She said public own
ership would come and woutd be a boon
to tho poor people.
The Persistent and Judicious Use of
Newspaper Advertising Is tho Road to
Business Success.
tions In read estato In this city which
would show that during the last forty-
five years those citizens who Invested In
real estato havo had an Increase to the
extent of 100 to ono or more. The samo
has been true of private corporations,
such ns banks, mcrcnntlle houses and
manufactories without number.
The motto of our state Is "Equality
before the law." If this mcuns anything
It means that money Invested In ono
kind ot property shall have the same
rights and privileges as money Invested
In other lines. Is It fair or Just to say
that these men who have built up the
splendid transportation system tn tho
city of Omaha shall not be permitted to
make more than 5 per cent on their In
vestment, while those owning property
through territory whero new street rail
way lines are built, get an Immediate. In
crease of valuo of 100 per cent to 1,000 per
cent?
So I maintain that at this time, when
we ore asking for no additional fran
chlse rights, It Is not Important to know
whether or not the physical property of
this company Is worth the entire amount
of Its outstanding securities. We can
spend the $25,000 to !,Y,000 necessary to
ascertain tho physical valuo to better
advantage by Increasing the number of
cars or extending our lines Into some
new territory. The agitation of this
question at this time would only serve to
Injure tho credit of the company and
would accomplish no goofi purpose.
I am aware of tho existence In our com
rhunlty of a society whoso members do
"hot believe In private property rights.
They would destroy the street railway
property today and tomorrow that of the
banker, merchant or home owner, If
they could have their way. There are
others who continually attack public
corporations for political purposes, but
happily our peoplo are falrmlnded and
take but little notice of either class I
have named. Just now, when the future
ot our city looks so bright, when new
enterprises, new men and new capital are
coming here. It would be a long step
backward to unjustly attack one of our
established properties In which hundreds
of our citizens aro financially Interested
Other states and cities are calling a halt
on such attacks, having found that thoy
reiara tneir growtn und prosperity. Is
Omaha to sound a note of warning to
capital and enterprise by an act of con
fiscatlon such as la contemplated by this
ordinance? Have wo not gone about
rar enough in controlling and restricting
public corporations? Already wo havo
feared away millions of capital we
might nave secured for Interurban roads.
which would have brought blessings
equauy to urban communities and bust
ness centers. Today capital Is hesltat-
Ing to enter our state for the develop
inent of water powers which would bring
us cneap power and encourage manufac
tures. The Idea that the business men
and armers and home owners of our
state will vote to amend our constitution
80 that $50,000,000 may be rainsed by bond
ing the state to develop these powers.
then turn them over to the management
of politicians. Is only a reformer's
dream. If water powers are developed In
Nebraska during our generation, It will
be done by private capital. If we want
private capital to develop our resources,
we should at least encourage It to I In
extent ot treating fairly such capital al
rtady Investor. Cl. W. WATTLES.
President Omaha and Council Bluffs
Street Railway Company.
j Omaha, January 27, 1913.
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A Sale Without an liqual in
America From Any View Point
WEDNESDAY
We will offer you unrestricted
choice oi our entire stock of
Women's and Misses'
COATS, EVHON(iWRAPS
GOWNS, DFESSES, ETC
Whethor the price was $50, $65, $75,
$85, $100 or oven $150 at tho ono price
Evening Wraps Exquisite Costumes Street Coats Afternoon Wraps
Evening Gowns Automobile Coats Dinner Gowns Street Dresses
Besides I ho imported models in evening wraps and costumes t here
are oopies of desigud by the world's most famous designers.
WARRANT OUT FOR DOCTOR
Dr. Connell Asks Arrest of Dr. Van
Fleet for Failure to Report.
HAD SOME SMALLPOX CASES
All IMiyslcinnn Are Warned tlint
Tliry Must llrpopl l'nrli Ciixe
of Cnn tnu Ioiik Dlarnsr- or
lie I'roarouted.
Warrant for the arrest ot Dr. 15. A.
Van Fleet was sworn out by Health Com
missioner It. W. Connell ycBtorday
charging violation of a city ordinance In
foiling to report smallpox lu tho home of
U. V. Day, 1S14 Bpruoo street. Van Fleet
Is u prominent local physician. Tho Day
rnmlly consists of Mr and Mrs. Day and
four children, all of whom uro now suf
fering from smallpox, but not seriously.
Dr. Connell says Van Fleet believed
tho disease was chicken pox at first, but
tho health commissioner points out that
all contagious diseases must be reported
to his office at once by tho attending
physician.
Warns l.ocnl l'litelniia.
Connell has written all local physicians
a letter declaring he will continue to
swear out warrants and prosecute all
physicians who vloloto the city ordinance
requrlng that contagious diseases be re
ported to the health department at once.
The health commissioner says during
the year 1912 physicians were so negligent
In this manner that In casca ot several
contagious diseases a greater number
actually died than were reported aa hav
ing the disease. This fact has led htm to
pursue the course taxen wun ur. van
Fleet.
Particular attention ot the physicians
la being called to the prevalence of tuber
This Coffee
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beans. We roast and blend them per
fectly and send them to you, uncut, with
their original flavor and strength. Cut or
ground coffee cannot be at its best or go
so far, as it loses its goodness soon after
being cut. In addition, you do not have
to pay for expensive tins in buying
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It is packed in strong, air-tight, damp
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This is only one of the reasons why we
give better quality than you get in tins.
Tone's Old Golden Coffee is used in
thousands of homes throughout the
Middle West and is the most economical
and satisfactory for you and your family.
Always fresh always uniform in taste.
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MilUn of thm famaUB Ton Bro, Spict
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culosis, and thev aro wnrned that c'ium
of this disease must bo reported as woll
ns other diseases, und that any failure to
do so will ho followed by Immodlato
prosecution.
Barney Quinn Dead
at East St, Louis
News ot tho death of Harney F. Quinn
has reached hero from Hast Ht, Kouls
where Jio died Sunday morning ot typhoid-pneumonia.
Until a few week ago
ho was In charge of tho salt meat de
partment of tho Cudahy plant In Bouth
Omaha and stneo IiIh departure from
theru hua been located lu both Kansas
City and East St. IxjuIs.
lie had been III for five weeks and
his outlook was very good until the other
day when a sudden change for the worse
set In. One sister survives him, Mrs. Cra
han of Ilrockton, Mass., whero the body
will be sent for burial. Ho was n mem
ber of tho lilks' lodge In Omaha.
0LLIE COOPER. INGENUE,
MARRIES STAGE MANAGER
raiwln II. Cuttls, stage manager at
Iloyd'a theater, nnd Miss Ollle Cooper, In
genue for Vaughu-aiascr Stock company,
wero married yesterday at the county
building by .lustlcn of the Teaco Itav
Crossman. Arthur 1-aKuo of tho Vaughn-
Olsser company was beat man and Ml.
Maude Hroch maid of honor.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis left for.PUtsbuigh,
where for two weeks they will be thu
guests of relatives of the groom, Then
they will go to Washington, D. C, where
they will organize a -stock company of
their own.
Curtis Is :iT years old, hlu bride, tsCiojo
home was In San Francisco, Is !0.
19
1
Holdrege Finds
State of Nebraska
Looking Splendid
General .Manager Holdreno haa returned
from an extended trip over tho Nebraska
linos and overywhero ho found tho form
ers and business men In tho best of
spirits over prospects for next season.
Iilvc stock men, according to Mr. Hot
drege, are Jubilant over the way tho
animals aro coming through tho winte1'.
Tho weather has been so mild that with
the exception of cattle that havo been
In the fattening pens, It has not been
necessary to feed any groin and whom
there has been plenty of range, but llttl.)
hay haa been fed. On account of tho
mild weather cattlo have taken on flesh
rapidly and nre lu much better condition
than usual at this tlmo of year.
Mr. Holdrege found tho winter wheat
aoreago large and apparently In prlmo
condition, even It thoro hat been less
snow than normally. Talking with farm
ers, he found that many ot them hold
to the opinion that a light snow fall
during tho winter Is better for tha
grain than to have It buried under snow
banks, provided tha normal rainfall oc
curs during the growing soaaon of ths
spring and early summer.
PAXT0N FIRE NOT CAUSED
BY DEFECTIVE WIRING
Employes of tho city electrician's office
announce', after Investigation, that the
fire at tho I'oxton hotel Sunday morning
waa not dun to defective wiring. Tho
cause could not hu ascribed by them, but
they feel certain It was not from electrlc
wlres, as the current waa turned off and
the wires leading to tho placo where tho
fire originated were dead.
OLD GOIDEH
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