5-S
Bringing Up
FOLLOW HIGH COST OF LIVING
Prices for Seeing Base Ball Games
Are Being Boosted.
SIZE OF BLEACHERS CUT DOWN
Cheap Senti Olven Tour Location
In Order io Force the Fan to
Iluy Where Ihe Price
Are Higher.
NEW YOItK, March 29. Base ball Is
going to coat n. whole lot more this season-that
ii, It the fans want regular
eats from which they can see things
happening In the field. Ileal seats have
heen advanced in prices. The 60-eent
bleacher seat of the old days Is being
eaten up gradually by grand stand addi
tions and the erection of now stadiums
and tho older 2G-cent accommodations
are disappearing slowly but surely. Not
so many years back the 60-cent bleach
ers at tho Polo grounds, for Instance,
started behind the first and third base
lines. Now a scat In the same location or
thereabouts costs 75 cents and upstairs
JL while the old DO-cent hlcacherlto la
shifted to"tho back'of the grounds where
field glasses are almost a necessity.
When Charllte Bbbets made his little
speech on the high cost of bate ball. In
connection with his new 1750,000 base ball
stadium In Brooklyn, lio Inadvertently,
perhaps, started a flro of Indignation
among the fans, which has been smold
ering for a couple of years. Kbbets says
the price of base ball Is going up, makes
no bones about It, nnd Intimates that
the fans must foot the bills. In other
words, they will be taxed more for seats,
which formerly cost them from 25 to CO
cents less. The Dodgers' owner explains
this by saying players' salaries have in
creased and everything elso has gone up,
too.
In mapping out a plan of recouping,
Ebbets has decided that there'll bo fewer
25-cent bleaohers at his new stadium, a
raise of W cents In the price of box
seats besides, and a smaller number of
tO-cent seats. Kbbets, however, Isn't
alone In the movement to raise the prices,
for supporters of the Athletics In Phila
delphia have seen their cheap bleachers
replaced by grand stand extensions, and
Boston rooters also have had their 25
cent seats decreased in numbers.
The Giants' management, too, have felt
compelled to stretch the grand stand (at
higher prices, of course) around both
afdes, and the old-time bleacherlte has
been steadily pushed further away from
the home plate.
While the base ball publlo lets out long
and raucous yells of protest against the
Increased cost of the national, sport the
magnates are emphatlo in declaring that
higher prices can't be helped, because to
make both ends meet It Is necessary to
charge more on account of the great
rise in players' salaries. Then there are
other expenses an owner must incur to
turn out a winning team.
Mnnufcer's Task,
The situation that confronts the mag
nates Is made known by John B. Foster,
secretary of the New York Baso Ball
club, who has been Identified with the
diamond game for twenty-five years.
"The base ball public little realizes the
tremendous oost of base ball," said Sec
retary Foster discussing the pending
movement to raise the admission charges
in some cities. "Big crowds are seen
at the Polo grounds, and the fans -gel
the idea that fortunes are made over
night In the game. But the profits are
not so great, when, say, that out of a
crowd of S0.000. probably 5.000 are dead.
heads.
"Base ball owners, like other people.
have been forced to alt back and see ex
penses steadily climb during the past
twenty years. Take one item alone, nlav.
era' salaries. Men like Mathewson. Cobb
and Wagner are paid any way from 25
to 0 per cent more than the stars of the
brotherhood days. The Increase in the
wages of the average run of players Is
much more. A player getting $1,000
twenty years back was thought to be
well paid, but the same man today is re
ceiving I2.W0 or 13,000. Even the minors
have cut In on the higher scale with an
increase of ti per cent in their salaries.
"To carry a team through a season
now requires the services of nearly
twenty-seven men. In the old days four-
een ana even twelve player were
deemed sutfltlent. The raise In players
wages began when the Amerlean league
was created and the resultant keen com
petition with the National league. Teams
started, to bid against each other for
star players, with the result that now
many are paid bank presidents' salaries.
Hack In 1ES9 a team's franchise could be
purchased for about $36,000. but that sum
srould hardly buy two players of the Cobb
and Mathewson typ now.
Wages Increase,
"Along with that of the players, the
wages of umpires and other officials
were Increased (0 and 100 per, cent Then
to take up another Item of expense that
it transportation. It costs about 900 per
rent more to send teams around the
country now than It did in the days be
fore the Interstate railroad taws went
Into effect Arriving at a hotel a base
ball manager finds that It cost $5.60
day to bouse each member of his team
CTE t7w OMUSh'T 1 ' r- BOT- hCBHiu HR DONf , jONE COlri oi? I'LL I wv SPOILED BfcSH v - r K&9 " 450 1 E3 W
i theatre i j rH , LL' SK 0F -n ii Lk l5H' v ;habwt rl nS IS SIS",J hm
.r . LjlfJ WLD! I FATHER! WtT SANV TACil' n ii (iTSLwJ
) " '' 'V ' " t
Father
I
I Hotel arrangements were vastly differ
ent In tho old days. Then It was cus
tomary for the hostclrles to cater to the
ball teams and tho best rooms In the
house could ho had -for. 12.23."
Secretary Foster hero divulged some
Interesting (acts about' the' polo grounds.
"Just to open the grounds," went on
the spcrctary, "costs tho club $200. Bo,
when only a small crowd turns out It can
readily be seen (hat the loss to tlio club
In this one particular Is considerable.
"Tho greatest cost, however,, that was
saddled on the. magnates was the build
ing "of tho great stadiums' In New York,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Tltts
burgh, Boston and Brooklyn. Th'o fans
became very , high-toned In their tastes
and wanted only their stands constructed
of iron and steel. Naturally all. this .costs
a great deal of 'money, In fact several
of tho stadiums represented an outlay
of over $1,000,000.
Prices liaised.
"This burden proved too heavy and tho
Philadelphia' American league club,
shortly after the beautiful Shlbo park
was completed, was forced to abolish tho
25 cent seats. This move was taken, not
withstanding the fact that the Athletics
havo had champion teams since 1905 and
Philadelphia Is 'a good base ball city.
While tho figures were never given out
It Is believed that the Philadelphia club
Just barely made- expenses during this
period."
Getting back to the New. York club, Mr.
Foster said that the Giants lost money
every year from-klRS9, with tho exception
of 1CKM, until tho Into Mr. Brush took
charge. The secretary concluded with
the statement that base ball, from the
side of the mugnate, was a huge gamble.
A club can lose in ono year tho profits
made In three, and the second .division
clubs do business on a trusttoluck.polcy
like a race'goer who hopes to get a good
break from the barrier. ' '
Secretary John Heydler of the national
base ball commission agreed with John
Foster that cheap ball was on Its last
egs. Mr, Heydler voiced the opinion that
the. higher cost 01 the. diamond sport was
Inevitable,
"Base ball expenses have outstepped
the charges to the fans' said .the secre
tary, "and the days of 26. oent base ball
are over, really they were over flvo years
ago, for then tho tide began turning to
the high-scale bt prices. A true' rfan,
nevertheless, will cheerfully come across
Ith SO, "5 cents or 41 to see a good
game," declared the genhtl secretary.
UNIVERSITY " TEAMS
Hindered by. cold
e
1 (ContiKvioS.Jfrdm PageVjne3)'H
inkle, Clark uiul.Ilacely jvuro pluked to
L'onrVose the. teim with Llndntruiir ajid
ilutcs as .alternates. , '
Sprluir l'out llnll Practice.
Although Htlehm had planned on the
first spring foot ball practice, Monday It
was Thursday beforo the stuad finally
assembled. The meeting resulted In noth
ing more than organising and active
practlco will begin next week.
Htlehm carefully outlined the features
which he expects to tukc up In spring
training. In the squad wcro a number of
luat year's veterans, Including Captain
urdy, .
Nebraska's newly established wrestling
department will hold Jls first tournament
f the year next Saturday with the JJnl
veralty of Iowa. Tho. Cornhuskcrs will
wrestle the lowans at Iowa City.
Injuries have crippled the Nebraska team
and It will be the last of the week before
the team Is definitely selected, Tryouts
were held last Thursday, but anqther
series of elimination bouts will be held
to definitely select the representatives,
In the lightweight class the Cornhusk
crs have two classy men Gans and
Phares-and the scrap between the two
la a close one. Clans won last year and
succeeded in taking his match against
the Iowa man after a tussle lasting nearly
an hour. Guenther has been selected
definitely to represent the Cornhuakera
In the welterweight class. In the tryout
Thursday he failed to seeurn a fall from
Franklin, but showed greater speed, skill
and experlenee, and was the unanimous
choice of the judges.
nates and Kecr nre yet to decide the
middleweight class representative. Bates
Injured his knee severely nnd the bout
had to be put Off Thursday.
In the heavyweight class it Is conceded.
that MeConnlek. the foot ball man, will
have the call' providing he Is in shape to
Vfrwttle, nut he recently Injured himself
In a praettae bout und. may not be In
shape to go on.
The team la scheduled to leave for
Iowa City Thursday and tho last work
outs will be held Wednesday night.
DUCK SEASON NEARS AN END
(Continued from page On.,)
spending several day in Omaha visiting
relatives, reports that the shooting on
the ponds stJnvundlriK Geneva has been
very good this spring, although few big
page have been garnered by the sports
men In that region. Mr. ' arson says that
while coming to Omaha he saw thirty r
more dead birds strewn Along the banks
of the Platte, which bad no dcubt met
THE , OMAHA
Copyright, 1913, International
Local parties which had beon planning
campaigns out In tire state last wook and
this have nearly all. abandoned the Idea, i
owing to, the 1 Nutter which has swept
the city.' Those who Were out have mostly
all returned and as far as Omaha shoot
er aro .concerned tho ulrds have little to
fear from them during the remainder of
Ilia goanon.
Jiggs Donahue Dies
in Insane Asylum
CHICAGO, March 29. The fart that
John "Jlggs" Donbhue, the former Chi
cago American league first baueman, who
won fame in the world's series games of
lfOti, between the two ChlcciSo league
teams. Is dead, became known here to
day. The man who was. termed the great
est first baseman he had ever known,
by President Coinlsky of the local Ameri
can league club, died in an Insane asylum
near Columbua, O., five weeks ago. Mrs.
Donohue was notified of his death yester
day by an Insurance company. In which
he had a policy.
The players first big league engagement
was under "Connie" Mack at Milwaukee
during the infancy of the American
league. In 19W he accepted T,98(i chances
at first base, a record which, has never
bem equalled. "Jlggs" also had the rec
ord on thu fewest number of clmncos
in a single game, on May 23, having, only
one, Ho mads one usUt, . It Itad hover
been known In base ball before Vrhere
a first baseman was not given n Plmnco
to make at least one putgut,
"JtSEe' was one of nine brothers, all
of whom werebaee ball play ere, liono
huo derived tiw nickname "JIjsbV from
his dPtf Utuithis,
GOOD ROADS ARE NEEDED
MORE THAN BATTLESHIPS
"Battleships against Good Iloads'' as
topic for debate nlways enlists the
warmest responses from George K. Dan
iels, vice President and gcnernl mannger
of the Oakland Motor Car company. Mr.
Daniels has some very doelded views on
tht comparative advantage nf ell-constructed
hlkhway over huge navies, and
It Is his opinion that greater benefit to
the ftoUntry at large can be secured
UlfftUHH. i good rpads movement than
tliretlBft'rf piirl to increase the equipment
t our .navy,
COOPER HAS WON A PLACE WITH
- - r THE -GIANTS.
Claud Cooper, the recruit outfielder of
the New York Giants, whom Manager
MoGraw has assured that he will be
permanently engaged. Cooper's hitting'
i has been timely. Itls vurlc on the bases
I unsurpassed he has shown lightning
I spied in the outflild and his throwing
arm equals that of any major Uagusr
ineir ucam aunn Hin aiorm. t , UlTr urtriuiAU nutiuks.
fltK JVff ianei qk
SUNDAY BEE: f MARCH
News Service.
OToole Looks Good
ROME PLAYERS SHOW FINE
Omaha Magnate PleaseS with His
Beoruits and Regulars.
NO SLICING F03, SOME; .TIME
' -iV;
UiTlngr to the Knot that . Workllss
Nut ProKreaaed'tRa' aat )aapit
Should, the Axe Will Jioi
Vail for Awhile.
(Continued from Page One.)'
was on third and Congalton at second.
A hit meant two runs If properly placed.
He allowed the first strike to be called
on him and then drove a hot one through
short so fnst Dowllng had time to make
no more than a futile tab at It, both
runners scoring. In the third he sent a
long fly to center field, which, had It
not been dead against a forty-mll'e gale,
would have gone over the fielder's head,
but It was caught. In the sixth he
slammed out another single to left and
In the eighth, after Cobb's home run had
tied the score, Shestak opened the sec
ond half by laying the pill far over the
left field fence, winning the game un
assisted, for no one scored thereafter.
Tvro Men Hnrd Hit.
The two youngsters that appear to
have the hardest row to hoe to a regular
berth are Neff, an Inflelder. and Bright,
an outfielder. It would be next to Im
possible for any club short of the majors
to put In an outfield superior to Coyle,
Thomason and Congalton. The first two
have been tried and found .worthy by
Omaha, and Congalton never hit below
300 since he entered the American asso
elation several years ago. Trils 1st what
Bright is up against. Yet he should not
have cause to worry If he should not
make the Omahas, for Rourko has said
he has had several offers for him and
that he can place him to advantage.
-eit nas somewnat ot tne same tninn
to contend with In his fight for 'a station
Inside. Kane promises to play his 'best
season this year at first. Schlpke at sec
ond and Justice at short both are going
well, while Grubb at third looks like a
phenomenal youngster. A book could be
written eulogizing his prospects, but iXith
a publication might turn the head of a
more experienced hero, and since up to
the present time Grubb Is a, model young
ster for modesty, It prohably would be
better to suspend publication for a while
at least. Neff has shown ability 'both
In the field and with .tlie. sflck. There Is
k possibility that ha may be able to play
a better game than some of 'those now
on the Infield and cyen if he' does not
make a regular berth, he still has n
chance of beating Scaulon out for utility
Inflelder. Scanlon lis been In poor
health and has not reported.
Weather Unfavorable.
The weather here since, the Rourkes,
went Into camp has been characteristic
of that encountered by the major
leaguers this spring. It has btn a bad
spring everywhere and if anything the
Omaha club has been favored more than
'30, 1918.
Drawn for The Bee by George McMaiius
Marty O'Toole the
"$22,000 beauty" of
the Plttaburgh Pir
ates' twirling staff,
who Is expected to
pitch to his true
form thisyear, has
been roudtng Into
form very slowly,
but at the closs of
last season appeared
to have alt the bat
ters in the Natl6nal
league on his nip,
llarty Is expected to
be a big factor In 1
keeping the Bucca
neers In the race for
first honors this
season. Western
league patrons are
'especially interested
in O'Toole, for It
waa In this league
he first attracted
notice. His pitching
for Sioux City was
of the sensational
order that after-
' wards raised him to
the position of the
highest prloed uall
player ever sold. He
lias, not been a
disappointment at
Pittsburgh, for the
reason that he has
shown just the sort
of ability hs was ex
pected to have. That
his record of game
.lost, appears to be
"against him Is- due
to the fact that the
Pirates have al
ways seemed, to play
their poorest back of
him, while It waa his
luck to have op
posed to him the
class of the league
In the way of
pitchers.
the. majority., Storms have been general
all over the country, many of the teams
that are starting home have not had
more workithan has Omaha, rind as soon
me eiwct pt the .present storm has
passed, which will -.bei within the next
day or two, conditions flere will -not be
(so bad.. One of-the good features of the
local. ball park, for spring' jraJnes is that
the soil is extremely sandy, one or two
daya being amply rsufflctent to permit
Play even .after the vont .downmun
The jrroundkeeper expedited' (the drying
.iruccss oy getting busy before the four
inch snow started to rriett and jscraplng it
off the diamond. On aocount of the lo
cation of the grandstand and the. direc
tion of the wind, drifts near th Imm
plate were five or six feet deep.
Don't Walt.
Buy your rubber goods of a ruhh.r
house; rubber footwear' and aum pn.
Omaha Rubber Co., 1008 Harney.-Adver-tlsement.
Traveling: Too High.
Senator William m tinw.t. i
atratlng that It is alwayVbest to ft
miliaria yourself with tf Xr.A.Z
XS' t0 "tferienc.
tune teller. canea on a tor-
"Lady," ' said the fortune teller im-
?Ity nkJS,m "hufflltHf al deck of
cards and fading away Into a dreamy
v nc.7i . 'i18 "ave decreed you a
beautiful future. You will visit foreign
lands and mingle with great pftople.
Nothing but success and happiness will
be yours for years to come. Finally,
conquering your rivals, you will mrry
the man of your choice, a tali, dark,
handsome man of distinguished ancestry.
"You don't really mean it!" exclaimed
me young woman, "win n be young? '
"Yes," waa the reassuring reply of the
fortune teller: "young and rich."
"very beautiful." commented the
young woman with a smiling glance at
the fortune teller, "but how am I to get
rid of my present husband?" Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Queer Style ot Authors.
"From the Mystery of Mary" A roar
of silence followed.
Saturday Evening Post Her feet were
swollen from standing In wet, salty
water.
"The "Danger Mark" Her throat was
run or tears. "-rom her eye teeth, prob
amy. comments a -run maker.
"The. Master Mummer" But Isobel, 1
am more than twice your age; you art
IS and I am St.
' "A Marring of Convenience." Lik.
Adela, he had dark brown hair, with
enormous black eyebrows, a moustacht
and a short beard.
, From a Serial Lord Winter at that
time vt.aa a favorite; at court rand the
spoiled ,pet of all the women of. his sex
.0- 'K- .Cheeterton .The two dark eyes
pn each aide of his protuberant oost
KUttenefl gloomily, like black buttons
YeU, .fixed foe eyes. Bpston Transcript
Not Personally IlUraahle.
"So It's your .son. Is It. who orokn the
windows in my empty house end stt fire
to the summer kitchen? Welt, 1JI j
that he's put where he can't do an
more mischief."
"You ' wouldn't be as unreasonable as
that, would you? Th boy isn't to "blame.
It's tha fault of his" artistic tempera
tnent."
"What's that got to 60 with wrecking
or house?"
"Why. he's an artist."
"An artUtr
' A specialty artist He only paints
ruins." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
NOTlCte.
PROPOSALS FOR-STBEET IMPROVE
MENTS. Healed proposals are Invited and will be
received by the City Clerk of the City of
Omaha on Tuesday, April 1, 1913, at 9
o'clock a. m.. In the council chamber. In
the city hall. Tor the following street im
provements, v
Farnam street from 4llh street to the
east line of the Omaha Belt railway
rlght-of-woy In Street Improvement Dis
trict No. 12S0 by repavmg. readjusting
the old curbs and replacing all defec
tive curbing, and that part of Farnam
street from the. east. line of. the Omaha
Belt railway rlKht-of-way to 4Sth .street
by paving and orfrbtng. In accordance with
Ordinance No. '
37th street from Dodge street to Daven
port street In Street Improvement Dls-
V n 17i r .1 1 1 I r i nnA nlli'li In.' In
"accordance with 'Ordinance No. 7S09.
Pratt street from Sherman avenue to
the west line of 19th street south In
Street Improvement District No, 1231, by
paving and curbing,
Ordinance No. 7657.
Walnut street from S."d 'street to 35th
street In Street Improvement District No.
1299, by paving .and curbing, in accord
ance with Ordinance No. Vs3.
Alley between Farnam street and Har
ney street from Hth street to 16th street
In Street Improvement District No. 1325,
by repavlns, in accordance with Ordi
nance No. 7997. '
isth street from Fitrnam street to Har
ney street In Street Improvement District j
old icurbs and replacing defective curb
ing, in accordance with Ordinance No.
018.
Alley between Douglas street and Far
nam street from 2uth nvenuo to 2Cth
avenue. In Street Improvement District
No. 1332, by paving, In acCordanco with
Ordlnarco No. S0G3.
Bids for such Improvements must b
made upon asphalt, stone, vitrified brick,
vitrified brick block, artificial Btone, ma-
I cadam and creosotes wood mock, ana
must lie mnae uuuer unu 111 uvi-uruutii-e
with p'.ann and specifications tor raid
work prepared by and on file In otflco
at the City Engineer and In accordance
with the provisions of Ordinance No.
6S64 and Ordinance No. 7120 as approved
by the mayor and city council of Bald
City of Omaha, and all .bidders are re
quired to designate the locality.. iuarry
kiln or factory from which will be fur
nished the Bpeciflc niatorlal to be fur
nished by therm with Its commercial
designation. ..... ,
Contractors snaii uckiu wur wi.ium
ton lavs after iccclving written notice
from tne City Englnj.- and mid work
shall be carried on regularly land un
Interruptedly to coinpU tlon. within n .cer
tain numoer or. auys, iy uo uesiKpaieu
bv the City Engineer, unless otherwise
determined by the, Mayor and City
Council.
Proposals must be male upon printr.a
blanks to be furnished by the City En
gineer, who will also furnish Instruc
tions to bidders,, together with specifica
tion and forms of contract and bund upon
application" at his office, and as evidence
or good, faith and guaranty that con
tract witl be sutured into and carried, out
as enter.J Into us to tlma.'of .beginning
nnit an ta time of compleUon. thereof.-und
good and sufficient bond furnished should
award ce maae uieieon, eaca uia ijiubi do
accompanied by a certified check on some
bank In tho city of 'Omaha, payable to
the City ot Omaha, in' an amount not less
than ton tier cent of the total of each
bid, but In no case to be les than 1100.00. 1
which shall be, considered -as liquidated'
damages, ana wnicu snaii db .rorieitea to
the City .of Omaha if said proposal Is
accepted and 'the ' bidder" falls '16 enter
Into contract prepared-by the City, Engin
eer and under whloh the proposal was
made or if such contractor shall fall, to
begin to carry on or to complete such
work within tlie tlpie provided In such
contract
Proposals must be addressed to Thomas
J. Flynn. City Clerk, Council Chamber,
City Hall, Omaha. Nebraska, and marked
"Proposal for Street. Improvement dis
trict No. ," giving the number of the
district bid upon.
The city reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Omaha, Nebraska, March IS. 1913.
THOMAS J." FL.YNN.
MISdUt City I!erk.
NOTICE
PROPOSALS FOR SIDEWALK- CON
STRUCTION. . .....
Sealed proposals are Invited and will be
reoelved by the City Clerk of the City of
Omaha until Tuesday. April 1. 1913. at 9
o'clock a. m., for the construction or
widening of such sidewalks aa may be
ordered by the Mayor and City Council
during the year 1913, of stone, artificial
stone, brick tiling and white pine Jn ac
cordance with plans and specifications
prepared by the City Englneer and
adopted and approved by the Mayor and
City Council. , M
Eaoh proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check In the sum of 13,000 as a
guarantee of good faith, and to be for
feited to th City as liquidated damages
in event of failure to enter Into contract
If award be made theron.
Proposals must be made upon printed
blanks provided by the City Engineer,
and no proposal will be considered If de
tached from the package in which It was
bound, but the entire package must be
unbroken and In good ordor when the
proposal la deposited.
Prices must be stated In words and fig
ures In the respective columns provided
In the printed blanks.
Proposals must be sealed, marked "Pro
posal for Sidewalk Construction," and
addressed to Thomas J. Flynn. City
Clerk. Omaha, Nebraska, and will be pre
sented, to the "City Council unopened at
the regular meeting 'o be held on Tues
day. April 1, 1911. at o'clock m. The
Council -reserve the light to reject any
and all bids.
Published In accordance 'with the pro
visions ot Section 8 of Ordinance No. S133.
Omaha, Nebraska. March 19. 1913.
THOMAS J. FLYNN.
M1M10L. City Clerk.
VL v alssaHH&HaB
PATH E Pi ET
In here 'Too've
LIVING IN LAND OF HORRORS
PUcrlm Right fronv the ,Hpot Daz'en
Reporter with Welt'd
- Tale. . 7,
You can't cat) a man "a naWfe faker:
It's libelous. So wc won't say that about
Alexander Waltole, who came to. New
York from Turks Islands In the. Ba
hamas. " --
"I'm a New Englander," said Mr., Wal-
tnln "nnrf fAp'. firtt. Aft '14 ...... t
hnve lived, In the .'Land, of' HbrforV
Turks Islands. 4 ' '
"The four-o'clock-' Hxard Isn't so.' bqil,
and ncitiier. is the barber-Pole snake, but
the gloom owls got- on ray nerves.
."The four-o'clock lizard) gets its name
because .'anyborif it' "bites 'always dies at
4 o'clock. It bit me once, .but I Put gun
powder" in the wound and blew out the
poison. It's about eight .lncnes" long anil
has horns.
"The barbcr-pole snake, soys 'Woofl
Woof!' when It wriggles. It has black'
and white stripes,, nnd, If It bites you,,'
hnlirn. Tt'R n Cfimninn t trh f in flnri n nn-
tlvp lying alongside the road laughln?
himself lntb fits. The snake's scientific!
name is 'ukkpldonder.' '
"Tho -Ramsonlan bug attacks phlckens
and pulls their feathers out. Oneday I
wont to -my chjeken coop and found all
the hens plucked clean. '
"The gloom ol has long leg, ,lIg, lu
mlnotis eyes and1 utters a weird sound.
At night you will be walking along and
hear the gloom owl stalking you.
"You run home oriil'cllmb Into bd--and
happen to look out of 'Jjie window. There
sits Mr. Gloom Owl, staring and hooting
at you! Then we have but the re
porter, had fainted. Nevf York Mall,
, ,rt One Lllie Her nt Home. ,
A large 'touring automobile- containing
'a nikrl'and' his wife In ar narrow road
met a hay 'wagon fully loaded. The
woman declared that the farmer mut
back out, but her husband contended
that she was unreasonable.
"But you can't back the rhutomohlle
so far," she said, "and I don't intend to,
move for anybody. Ho should hava
seen us."
The husband pointed out that 'this was
Impossible owing to an abrupt t'lrn In
the road. '
"I don't care," Insisted. "I won't nova
If we have to- stay here all night"
" The man in the automobile wj start
lrig to argue 'the' matter when the-farmer,
who had been sitting quietly -on the hay,
Interrunted: i
-"Never mind, sir!" he exclaimed ''I'll
tr to 'back -oUti- I've got one- mot llko
her nt homtT-;nicagt'.leeora-He"rald.
CITY OFKIOiAL NOTIOH.O '
NOTICE TO SEWER. CONTRACTORS.
By authorlty.ioX. the. City Council, In ac
cordance with .Resolution No. 1298,. cur
rent series, sealed proposals, are Invited
and will be received- at .the office of the
City Engineer Room '-4W., City Hall,
Omaha, Nebraska, -until two o'clock p, m.
Wednesday,. pri,l;.2d, .1913, fpr the con
struction of, stofm sewer. In 39th 'Street
from Pacific streetttoMasontatreet. which
requires: - , . Lin. Ft
3-foot 0-Inch two-ring brick circular
sewor . 468.5
3-foott 0-Inch one and one half ring
brick circular sewer.. r 61.3
Proposals, are. to Jje made upon printed
blanks which will, upon application, be
furnished by the City Engineer, arid all
the plans, profiles and specifications fo
work must be done.Jn accordance with
evidence of good faith, each proposal
shall bd accompanied by a certified check
on some Omaha bank payable to the
City of Omaha in an amount not less
than five per cent of the, total of eaoh
bid and In no case to be less than one
hundred dollars, which amount shall be
held by the City of'Omaha hs liquidated
damages If the successful bidder faild to
enter into contract with good and- suf
ficient sureties within ten days after
award has been made, therebn.
Proposals shall be addressed to "City
Engineer, Omaha. Nebraska."' and rViaTKed
"Proposal for Sewer Construction,"
The City reserves the right to- reject
any and all bids.
Omaha, Nebraska. March 27. 1913.
WATSON JOWN8END1,
V City Engineer.
M-27d-t
LIQUOR LICENSE! APPLICATIONS
NOTICE MATTER OT APPLICATION1 OF
John F. Koaur Oo. tor Llauor Llctni No
tic ii hirehr si tktt Jna F. Itouur Cb.
did upon th lTth itj cf Much, A. D, 4H3L
f II t application with th Cltjr Council el th
cut ot Omaha, (or Jlca M U mall,, aplrltu
oo and lo'aa liquor at No. tit 4 Faraaa
tret. -w'oll. Hrit door. : tr Jit fMt
Tnlrt wara, uuiiu., r.mui, iivra- iu iinl
' . , . . 1 . . K . , I J ...
0ar Ol ,ihuji .v " ..- jr i .
Urf. 1111. II mr vm no nujcGiioa, noon.
trasc nr protfit tllxl vlthla two wk tnm
i lb llth oar of - Uarcb. A- Or lilt. U .U14
I IImi will I- srantM. JOlUf BV. KQUSAti, pu..
, k John r. P-ouaar. rVlnt. Applicant.
' f UcUt-Aprl
TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
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