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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2H, 1913. AMERICAN GOODS 60 ABROAD jfj Substantial Gam in Exports Daring Last Fiscal Year. HEAVY INCREASE IN IMP0RT8 Golf and raetfle Coat Por Are llnplrtlr ClImhlBK Up on Thoifl an the Coast of the Atlantic. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 Tho increaa 1ns ahare of the gulf and northern bor der port In the receipt and distribution of our foreign commerce la Illustrated by a. comparison of the figures of Im ports and exports by customs- districts Id 1913 compared with those of 1900, Just completed by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Department ot Com merce. It show a distinct decline In the share which the Attantlo porta handle, both ot Import and exports, and that their loss Is chiefly diverted to the gulf and northern border ports. Tho Pacific and Mexican border porta show ltttlo change In their percentage) ot the total trade. The share of tho Atlantic porta In the exports of 1309 waa per cent, and In 1913 but B per cent: that of the gulf porta In 10. K per cent. In 113. M Per cent; that of the northern border porta In 1, 7H per cent. In 131. 1SH per cent; while the share of the Pacific porta was, In 1S0O, 6 per cent, and In 1913, 6 per cent Atlantic ports show an Inereaso ot 40 per cent in the period from 1000 16 WIS; gulf porta 133 per cent; northern border ports, SSS per cent; Pacific ports. 109 per cent The actual gains were: Atlantic ports, 188,000,(09; gulf porta, 1300,000,000; northern border porta, IOT.000,000; Pacific ports, 76,O0O,00O, and Mexican bonier ports, ?i 000,000. On the Import Side. On the Import ctde the Atlantic porta show a smaller losa In their percentage of the. total, the aharo which they han dled of the imports having been. In MOO, 31 per cent, and In 1913, 7 per -cent. Tho gulf ports, which handled lsa than 3 per cent of the Imports ot POO. handled C per cent In 1313; northern border ports, 7 per ent In 1S0O and S per, cent In 1813; and the F&cttta porta, a little less than 7 per cent In. 1309 and a little more than 7 per cent In 1313. The figures of Imports and exports through the six great groups of ports Atlantic, gulf, Mexican border, Pacltlo coast, northern border and Interior are aa folksws: Fiscal Tear Ended June j0. 4111 V' a , Atlantic coast ....fflS,nVS Oulf coast 23.R8.KM Max lean border... WTT.M) Pacific coast , ISJIMU Northern border. M 89,917.858 Interior M9..0U 1r,378,81,8.6 1C0,1X,09 J7.063.DG0 123,895.004 153,61t,6fl 3,ff7,8lJf Totals ma.Mt.lS4 tl.SU.S78.ZM Fiscal Tear Ended J una 30, Extort. 1510. 1911 Atlantic coast ...t M3,7 Oulf coast 234.1OT.4T1 Mexican border.. ?.ia,l7 Pacific coast 70.Vrt.067 l,S4S.klt.30O M3.07ft.t7S 24.0Q3.CtS 1,S6,6 401.W7.S1S S23.H3 Northern border. l9tZ67,0S7 interior Totals l.4,4eS,0G S3,4SS(,lU Trade with Caaa&a. The tecreaae I the movement through tha Mrtbera border ports Is chiefly duo to jrrswth In trada with Ca&ntln. The tatAl value of. exports passing thnpjh nort&em border porta hi VJQ9 was 1M mjm mA exports to Canada In that year, were JK,W,0W. In lifts the exports tWQU4 the aorthera border osrta trvre valued at and tlie exports to Caaada fUS.0eO.Ma,. Thus, while the out iranl saaretntat thteugb, northern border porta la im waa greater by .10e0.0CO the Mve actual export to Canada, thsy' were la i13 less by $13,000,000 than tl9 total aaaorta to that country, tho ex potts to Caaada from tho Nor;h Pacltlo and North Atlaatto porta having agire gated HS.000.coa. Tito gala In expotto through the gulf ports occurs chiefly in trade with Eu- rope. South America and tho West In dies. Increasing- quantities of otton. lumber and breadstuff pass out of tho gulf pOrt. chiefly for Europe, while these porta also show a dtatlnct lncreasa in tho movement of manufacturea to Latin America. Of tho Importa throuzh the gulf porta about one-third ere from Uracil, chiefly coffee; about one-fourth from Cuba, chiefly tobacco: the remain der chiefly from Europe and from Mex ico, Central America and tho West Indies. Tho Pacific and Atlantlo ports aro more distinctly cosmopolitan. In their trade than tlioso of tha aerthera border or even the gulf. About o's.-half of the exports from the rati Re coast porta to ip the Orient, tha remainder being- distributed ts Caaada. Europe and Latin America, la the enter named. About two-thirds of tit imports of the Iaclflo ports are from ska Orient. On ' tho Atlantlo front tan . , l with Eurona. South inuM Atetev sd Oceania. About two-third nc igt mat with the Orient still passea thfinWi Atlaatto porta. la" Enlisted Man is Next to the Top WASHINGTON. Auff. A-Bccretanr Daniels announced, today the names of the aaveatean men who stood highest In examination foe second, lieutenants In the United Eta tea marine corps. Buty l's took the examination, among whom was one collated man, J. C: Poster ot Carlisle, Pa ha took second. Those who passed la tho order or their standing- ore aa follows: If. I. Larsen, Denver, Colo.; J. C. Foster, Carlisle. Ps-t W. II. nupertua. Washington: J. I- Underbill, Ban Fran dscoi I E. Pagan Jr.. Oermantown, Pa.: It If. ftocokey. PblUdalohta B. C. Mur- onison. cnaneston. n. c; K. t. IJoyd, Wasmngtan ; Alpaonxo de Carre, et. Lotus ; A. ir, Tunw?. Karmvlllfti N. C.; O. W. Hamlltoa Daltpn. Qa.; U M. Bourna Jr., A(bTtU. N. C. j O. I toayta. ewarkv j,; tavia . tinier. Mertihanlsvllle, X. J.; M. II. Kingman. Dea Moines, la.; v. b., uaucr. Oakland, cat, and J. r. a Xorrts. Berkeley, Cat Prayers Answered and the Girl Dies Y0NICEB8. N. T. Aug. 2t-nuth Hamlltoa died today In answer to her prayers. Brief period of lucid neas during the night, which alternated with long Upees teto. unconsdoucneas, were spent y tV gbl a prayinr that she might Join her boy lover, Charles Rich, who ih?t himself after mortally wounding her Wednesday night.. They hail been sweet Marts a. few months' and had agreed to Ho together.' . . ion. why d.on"t 1 do?, Wty didn't lie jshoot me rlghtt I want, to be- burled wittt him," lUittt moaned' continuously. 'unnecIns' the tears of her tno'ncr and sister at her bedside. Thfjt v.erV Iwldnu: hfr hand hn sho died. MEN'S FURNISHING 25c Lisle Bqspenders, cleanup price. 9c 00c Silk Hose, , cleanup price,' 25o and 50c Leather Delta; cleanup price, 15c 25c Soft Silk Collarn, 3 for Sto or each. 15c FIRE HAZtiRMETS GMTER Underwriters' Cbmwitteo Critioize Water Soard in Its, Xepert. WAXES. ?XUiU3tE DfADXftUATE Kaalvment at Vlro Ilouaea, I Re ported to Be Bef Iclent Too Few Ptremen and Itot Knou.h Klro nydrants. The Tire hazard In Omaha Is grrowlnir greater, In spite of the extra water pres sure due to tne construction ot a forty-elsht-tncti water main from tho Mlune lusa 'water station, according to a com mittee of tha National Hoard ot ITlro Underwriters, which has prepared and published a comprohenolvo report on tliu flro protection and water Hervlco of Omaha. . ' In this report the committee of three Enslneera C. T. Blasell. Robert 8. An- drews and Floyd 11. Hazard sharply crttlclte tho Omaha Water board tor the manner' In which Its records are kept. Tha records aro accurate;" tho commit- Uo aas. "buf onlyfalrly completo and not In convenient form.' Following tho summary ot conditions existing; In tho city the committee reoom- menda an Increased flro deportment, n better fir alarm ayatem, a sreat many mora tiro hydrants In the town district. annual 'reports from the board of dlrec tors of the Metropolitan Water District. tha construction of a new S0.000.O gal lon reservoir at the Florence station, more uniform building; specifications, new fire fighting' apparatus. Water Not Aetaatr. Referring 'to the water preasuro the re port ot th commUUo says 'Flro flow tests showed that In the congested section and most residential dlstrlqta there are minor mercantile, man ufacturing and residential districts where adequate quantities ot water cannot bo obtained." Tho fire alarm system, saya tha com mittee's report, haa not kept growth with the city and Is now antequated. The use ot the telephone to send In tlco alarms Is deplored, because tho, telephone Is "less reliable." Equipment at flra head quarters Is called deficient." Ilalldlna l.av Incoherent. Building laws aro declared 1ncohernt and net sufficiently comprehenslva" and tho engineering and building- Inspection drpartiiie nt is urged to hurry the prepara tion ot new specifications and regulatory laws now being- prepareid. Tho "Inflam mable material lavs" are raid to be "good." ' After criticising tho luck of propor jqolllllea for sending fire alarms and sug gesting that red lights bo placed over all flro alarm boxea tha coramlttue pro cceda to analyse tha electrical situation. -There I no ralnspectlon of old elec trical work," the report asserts, and sug gests additional blip In the electrical In spection department. Sot KnuuBh Hydrant.' Although the Water board has failed i to furnish sufficient hydrants In the bust- 1 neas district the committee nays any r.re should bo confined, to the block In which It originates, owing to the irlde streeu and low buildings. Two hydrants at tho Intersection ot streets. In the business dis trict and one at the Intersection ot resi dence streets Is imperative, the commit tee, believes. The committee recommends thu, retire ment ot firemen, at the ago of (S years unlera they are "unusually efficient." A new flro engine house at Thirty-second JOHN A. SYVANSON, Tres. SHOP EARLY. DURING AUGUST THIS STORE CLOSES AT G P. M. SATURDAYS. EXTRAORDINARY FINAL CLEAN-UP SALES Most? Wonderful Opportunity of the Year to Lay In a Big Supply of High Grade Clothing and Furnishings Any man can well afford to como hundreds of miles to attend this great sale. "We're clearing out all spring and summer merchandise regardless of cost. Fall goods fire crowding in and wo must crowd out all present stocks to make room for the new fall goods. Men's and Young Men's Suits Oil ENTIRE SPRING All SIMMER STOCK MIST 60 Majority of These Suits Are Suitable for Early Fail Wear. Buy ' Your Fall Suit Now at Half and Less Than Half Price. Mens and Young Men's S1B SUITS Finn! Cleanup at Men's1 and Young Men's $20 SUITS Final Cleanup at $10 $7.50 MEN, BUY SHIRTS NOW Ktm't? 91 Fancy ahlrts, ' all slzo3. Cleanup price 65c Men's 92 Silk mixed and fine per cale. Shirts at $1.15 15c . Soft Solsette Col lars, cleanup at. 5c and Morth streets Is needed, the num ber of men la tho ho cospanlea on duty constantly should, bo considerably In creased, a modern teteaTaphta lira alarm system should bo installed and two new combination hoso and chemical auto fire trucks should be purchased. Chiefly, tho commute believes, the trouble Is with equipment and tho smalt number at men In the flro department and building and electrical Inspection de partment The heads of the several de partments aro highly praised aa, efficient and trustworthy oftlclaia. Nothing the Matter With' Kansas, Says Tax Commissioner KANSAS cm'. Kan,. Aur. 22,-Tho drought In Kansas and Its effects bavo been exaggerated. Uccordlne to a re- 5?f5.road by tho tax commissioner of Kansas. Only corn, among all Its pro ducta, says tho report, waa harmed, and there won a bumper wheat output. per cont moro than any other state, with tOJO.000 acres In alfalfa. Kansaa mlllera.have reported to F. D, Coburn, secretary of asr.culiure for Kans sot, that this year's wheat .la tho boat that over came to ml!L "Personal dtocorafort Is laricely ro sponslblc" cays tho report, "for tho desponded feeling- now prevalent In some parts of. Kansaa. Six montha from now tho proMnt exprUnce(1 w, ba lonrotten. The early years of tho Wi, especially 9I, were far worse In bad rcaults than now. Tho heat and dryness ot thl season may bo second only to that of '71, but In how much bettor condition is tha ststfo now to recoup losses than, In tho years aureostcd. Tho recuperative power of Kansas Is simply wonderful. The bad effect of the heat and dryness of this year -will speck only by tho site ot a pin point tho white map of the state's prosperity. "The assessment of personal property In tho state this year exceeds by J15.13T.W7 me assessment of last year." COOLER WEATHER AND RAIN FOR KANSAS AND MISSOURI KANSAS CITY, Aug. n. After nearly a month of high temperatures that have hung over Kansas and parts of Mis souri and Oklahoma, tho heat wavo throughout the three states waa broken effectually today. With a drop or 10 to 20 degrees In temperatures that dally bavo ranged above tho 100 mark, camo heavy rains over wide aectlona and fur ther precipitation waa forecast. At 11 o'clock tho temperature here was 76, or 1 degrees below that of yesterday Tha weather bureau at Tppeka. Kan., re ported a temperature of 3D degrees be low the average ot the last nineteen days, following scattered showers through cen tral Kansas. Other points reported 8 to 3) degrees drop. BUMPER CROP OF PRAIRIE CHICKENS IN SIGHT THIS YEAR WHBSTBR, a I., Aug. it (Special.) Prairie chickens have propagated rkp Idly In this section of South Dakota dur ing the last year under tho protection Afforded them by tho stato game Lw, snd farmers and others who havo born through tha country ttato there will bo n bumper crop In Day county thw fall. The county wi)l be a sportsmen'a ara dire hv the time the open hcason arrvfs Men's and Young Men's $25 SUITS Final Cleanup at GOODS-FINAL SLASHING REDUCTIONS 25b Silk Neckwear, cleanup price, 15c Men's 91.60 Ex cello, Faultless and Empire Shlrte go at 95c 50c Silk Xockwear, cleanup price. MenTs 9 Caspar lilale Thread Shirts or Drawor8, cleanup at 39c JOHN A SWANSON.MKS. WM L HOlZrtAN.TaeMI i i CORRECT APPAREL FOR From Our Near Neighbors ?prlnsrfleld. Mrs. Dart Lament is vlsltlrur her mother, Mrs. Ck Adsett. Claud Martin haa moved his family from Berlin back to Springfield. Miss Martha Zimmerman of Tekamah Is visiting- relatives in this vicinity. , Dr. A. J. Peters Is taking; a post grad uate coura in the Chlcugo university. Dr. C II. Mo rain of Omaha Is taking charge ot Dr. Fetors' practice for a few weeks. A. H. Uhley ot Elmwood haa charge ot tha railroad station, whllo J. C. Qolb s away. Mra. Abram finlder. one of tho early .-esldenU of this vicinity, la very 111 at her home, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gelb nro on a tour ot the west and will visit Salt Lake City and Denver. Threo one-hundredth of an Inch of rain Is the record of thatrallfall here since tho first of August. Algy Blunt and Robert Sweenle aro back from a six montha' visit to parts In British Columbia Mr. and MrK Roy Witney returned from their visit In Illinois. They made the trip In an automobile. . C. W. Eonborn family have moved to Bethany, Neb., where Mr. Sanborn lately bought a farm. The annual Old Settlers' plcnlo hero ) drawing a largo company from those who formerly lived hero. C E. Smith aaa gone to Sheridan, Wyo-, to join the family there and visit at tho home of Mrs. iS. J. Robinson. Mra, 11. B. Kolley and Mra. Pearl Kelley of Peru and B. 8. Kelley ot Denver are visiting at tho homo ot U A. Bates. Jamea Morrison, who haa been at the local hospital ths last two Weeks, waa ablo to go to his homo Thursday. John Ward tt Omaha and Mrs. Alice Cohen of Staeko City, are, hero totattend thlr mothtr. lira. Abram Snider, who Is seriously 11L Dr. Charlea Armstrong is, visiting- hla mother. Mra O. Adsett. axter an uh. sence ot ten years, lie la practicing medi cine at Preston, la. Iyd Swain of Columbua stopped off the north bound train a few hours Tues day to see old friends. Ha Is manager ot tho Columbua Telegram. Tekamatu Mrs. II, W. Monroe was down from Lyons Thursday for a visit at the home ot her orotner, (jnoriea Metzier. Miss Velma Warren returned to her noma at tjcnuyier alter a several weeks' visit with friends In Tekamah, Edith Sutherland and Mrs. Sutherland returned last Saturday from a two- months visit at their old home In Canada. The Knlghta Templar party who took in ma uenver conclave nave an returned homo and aro enthusiasts about Denver. County Institute has been In session hero this weelc and Tekamah has been well filled with handsome school ma'ams. Jim and Jake Lydlck, Pat Mayer and Tom Elliott will leave Sunday via Mr. Li-dick's, auto tor a tour through Wyo ming. Mrs. Joo Bruno returned Sunday from a three-months visit with her brother at Portland. Ore. Sho visited Tnkamah friends In Seattle and Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Conger and little son from Mesa, Ariz,, were in Tekamah. over sunaay, guesui at ina nome or Mr. Conger's sister. Mrs. J. R. Sutherland, Miss Maggia Kennedy, chief operator at the telephone exchange, returned Sat urday from a twa-weeks" visit with her friend, Mrs. Johnson, at urana island. Jerry Allen has purchased the Bert Bruce reaidenco. property and his friends aro wondering; why tho move la being m&da on Jerry s Dart. Mr. liruce and family contemplate moving to Oklahoma in the near luture. New homes that aro rapidly Hearing completion are tho cottage of Jamea Mover and the Walter Hopewell rest dence. The one Is In tho northwoatora part ot tho city, the other in tlie ex' tivme, i-astern part Will Hudson and son and daughter from Omaha bavo been tne guests of the William Johnson family In the Silver WM. L. Note over item in this advertisement, space prohibits mention of hundreds of items on sale here nt the same greatly reduced prices. And please remember that our ab solute guarantee of satisfaction is the same at sale prices as at regular prices. Men's and Young Men's S30 SUITS Final Cleanup at Si 5 Men's and Young Men's S35 SUITS Final Cleanup at ALL UNDERWEAR REDUCED Men's 25c Porous Shirts or Drawora, final cleanup at 15c Men's 92 ' Union Suits, extra fine quality, all styles at $1.15 in ssssssssan eat- MEN AND WOMEN. Creek neighborhood. Mr. Hudson waa formerly the owner of tho' form upon which Mr. Johnson lives. Robert Smith and wife and daughter arrived last week from their home at San Diego, Cat., for a visit at the homes ot Mr. Smith's brother. II. II.. and his sis ter, Mrs. It. L. Adams. Mr. Smith lett nere noma seven' years ago for southern California and cornea back well satisfied with the change he made, for It restored his wlfo to health. Weeplnnr Water. Chris Snell and family have moved to Rosalie, Neb.' Miss Agnes Rough is spending: this Week In Kansas City. A Bon waa born to Tlnv. And Mra. T. F. Townsend August 15, Fred Wlldrlch and fomllv are. vlnltintr relatives in Dorchester, Neb. Mrs. 8. V. Gerard la cntertalnlnir her niece, Miss Warden ot Columbus. Mrs. Hadlev and daughter of Platis. mouth visited friends here this weex. Mrs. Charles Pooro and son are villi. Ing at the borne of Mra. Barbara Davis. Mr. und Mrs. Oscar. Roberts made a trip to Missouri, this week" on business. -Mrr and Mrs. Treat Askaw of Ornnh visited his parents' here several days this week. Mis Anna Chrlatner nf Montana In vin. Itlng here with her aunt, Mrs. C. V. Walker. The Mtss'ea Vera and Gladys Warner of Lincoln aro tho guests ot the Misses Ralston. - Mrs. J. rtVL Thomas In visltlmr In Gal latin. Mo., with her daughter. Mrs. L. It. Boust. W. D. and 8. J. Ambler aro enjoylne a visit from their niece. Miss Edna Tollcs of Liberty, Miss Margaret Donelan ot Plattsmouth was the guest this week of Miss Juan- nctto Teegarden. Mrs. Martin Nelson and two children went to RaVenna to visit and nurso Mra Nelson s aged mother. Dr. A. A. Randall of Nebraska City will f)ll the Methodist Episcopal church pulpit Sunday morning and evening. Government soil surveyors have been at work In this county, with headqu,r ters at Weeping Water, for the last threw weeks. Superintendent H. H. Relmund and wife, who have spent tho summer at Alliance Neb., In Institute work, aro homo agajn. Miss Jeannette Teegarden celebrated her eighteenth birthday Wednesday eve ning, entertaining a large number ut her young friends. Mr, and Mra. E. O. Beeman of Sioux City, la arrived last Saturday to visit Mrs. Decman'a parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall. William Newham ond family left on Wednesday for Proctor and Wellington. Colo., to visit a coupla of weeks with relatives and friends. R. T. Williams, manager of tho local telephone office, with supervision oyr neighboring towns, has resigned nd hii place has been filled by Leo Marshall. J. F. Colllster, Do Witt, and W. H. Colllster, Falrbury, have been attending their brother. T. J. Colllster, who was seriously Injured recently In a runawuv. L. R. Xxonard. who had charge ot the Sheldon & Sheldpn lumber yard here, which waa so.d to 8. S. Pennel. left Mon day for Swift Current, Canada, to take cnargo or a yara. Misses Katherina and Elizabeth Ralston entertained a large number ot young friends at their homo last Friday evening in honor of their visiting friends. Misses Warner ot Lincoln. The marriage ot Murray Haffley ot Valparaiso ana aius Agnes uetana, dauxhUr of Landlord Beland ot tho Gib bon hotel here, took place In Omaha August la. ana im nappy coupie camo here for a short visit and left the tint of the week for their future home In Valparaiso, Principal M. M. Redenbaugh of the academy and hla Sunday school class of seven boys rounded up a 100-mile tramp and arrived home on schedule time, tak ing In Murry, Plattsmouth, Nebraska CUV Berlin and Avoca. Neb . and li- HOLZLN, Treas. EXTRA 450 Men's and Young Men's V $18 and $20 SUITS at This lot of high-grade Suits comprises nil lots of $18.00 and $20.u0 Sulfa nf wMrh only two or threo suits of a kind. To send Uiem ont In double quick time wo have assembled them In one big lot- All sizes, out they go, at. . . -S8.75 Men's 91 Unisn Suits in all Btylcs and proportional at Men's 92 a n d $2.50 OIur com bined Shirt and Athletic Drawers- at 15 S1. 75o Union Suits, cleanup price, 45c Underwear. Shirts or Drawers, cleanup price, 25c clflo Junction, Tabor, Thnrman, McPaul i nd Perclval, la, J. W. McKeo .while riding a motorcycle four miles south of town struck a rut and was thrown off the machine, which fell on him. Ills right leg was broken above tho knee. Ho waa discovered by a man driving a team' and buggy an assisted to town.. The Blde-a-Wee club held a meeting- at the home of Miss Mable Dudley Tueu3ay afternoon. A miscellaneous snower re sulted In a number of useful household contrivances .falling into tho possession of Miss Hazel Jameson, whose marriaxo to J. Wnlnwrlght Love Is' announced tor Friday .evening; September S. , . Elkborn. J. A; Gibbons was at Millard on Tues day. Ed Faber visited in Omaha over Sun day. Mrs. Ed Bhultz waa an Omaha visitor Wodnesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Behrens were in Omaha on Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Mllke and daughter. Hoso, Visited in Omaha Friday. William Gabernowltz entertained for his birthday on Baturday. Mrs. Jack Wlnterburn visited with Mrs. J. W. Housley on Thursday. Miss Alma Hansen Is entertaining two nieces ot Omaha this weelc Mrs. J. M. Jtrunner entertained the Kensington on Wednesday. Fred Martens and family visited Sun day with his mother, Mrs. F. Martens. Philip Seetus, who spent several montha in Germany, returned home on Monday. . Mlu Maud McArdlo of Omaha come .Thursday to visit her aunt. Mrs. C. W. uaiawin. Roland & Ray(mon Qulnn visited over Saturday night with their aunt. Mrs Van Alot Mrs. Anna McGrew returned Friday from Pennsylvania, where she had been visiting the last six weeks with her aged mother. A number of friends of Joe QuLnns surprised him Saturday evening by gath ering at his home to remind hlm.ot.his birthday. The body of John McCormlck, sr.. who died Sunday in Council Bluffs, was brought hero for burial Tuesday. Inter ment at Prospect Hill cemetery, Tho Misses Dorothy and Amanda Hoteldt and Miss Dosdemona Baldwin went to Waterloo on Wednesday to at tend a houso party at tho home of Miss Mabel Doherty, . Papllllon. Miss. Lizzie Behrendt Is vUltlng In Omaha for a few days. Messrs. Karl and Kenneth Brown re turned Tuesday from a sightseeing trip In Colorado. Hay. L. A, Thompson was called to Bell Flower, Mo., on account ot tho serious Illness ot his mother. The Christian Endeavor society will give an Ico cream social on the court house lawn, Thursday evening. Tho election for park bonds carried with a vote of 113 to 7. Tho Intention Is to buy tho Horn park near tha bridge. Miss Edna Wilson returned Wednes day from Denver and Coloradd Springs, whero she has been spending her vaca tion. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Tlmmerman and Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Tlmmerman bavo gono to lorest City. Ore., for a few weeks' visit with relatives. "erman Boiling. Christ Christlanson and Fred Wilde left tho first of tho week for Saskatchewan. Canada, for a visit with Mr. Boiling's son. John, who Is farming there. Valley. , Mrs. F. C Kennedy has been tlt'sevrra! days this week. . J. J. Miller haa returned from his trip to Hot Springs. S. IX Mrs. Annie Robinson relumed from Vr vtit at Gothenburg Wednesday after noon. Thnma. Hunt., waa A fanl.a- nf the Valley schools by tho Board ot Edu- i cation Monday evening. Miss Alma Lindgren and her mother left Tuesday for North Platte. After a Visit there they will so to Denver. Mrs. Charlea Wet entertained the members ot the Birthday club Wednes day afternoon All members wero yre- The Busy Store "Every time I tome In here or go by this store I see you aro busy.- I've heard that you're doing the busi ness of tho town," aatd a prominent Ornahan . yester day. Tea., Tha Haw- He braska is a busy place. We aro striving to give the val ues of the town, and .If we are doing "the business of the town" the values we offer are the reason for "It SPECIAL 75c , Men's Shirts cleanup price 45c 10o Men's. Hosiery, cleanup prjca. 19c. " Llelo Hose, ' cleanup price, 12c SUi exc.Wt Mrs. Kennedy and Mro. John. ""oA very enjoyable afternoon wat rollowed by 'a dettelous- lunch:5 wn..a ,fin(!e , Vh wbre left Wednesday afternoon to bo 'the' guests f ' Prty f Alpht Chi girls" or the Etote university at Lake Okoboji, la.. The Valley cnautauqua opened Thurs day afternoon. There T .will doiIx day..' arternoon and evening sessions. A iaA numDer or tickets have been sold. inlr.,nd MsTOv- Wbltmoro. Bur- ton. Ruth nnil T?raiic r.tiiM..i . o...a ... evening from their nutomobllo trip lii ..uuai oguiMM. vnnncenor ana Mr. vy Joined them In their automobile at Hastings and came, homo with them for a short visit. Tho Woman's Christian Temperar.c nnlon held their election of officers at the home of Mrs. Butts Friday after noon. The following aro tho newlv elected officers: Mrs. 8. Q'. Carlson, president; Mrs. Mons Johnson, vice pres ident; Mrs. Frank Rice, secretary; Mrs. Simon Rice, treasurer. , Mrs, Sewall Would Put Peace Statues Along the Canal THE HAGUE,, Aug. 22.-"Two mlllior. women in America protest against the fortification of the Panama canal," wa.i the assertion -made today before tha peace congress by Mrs. MAy Wright Sewall of Indianapolis; She drew a round of applause from the' delegates ax she added, "the canal ought to- be free for thes whole world and should bo adorned with statues of peace at Its entrances." Dr. William F. Siocum of Colorado Springs, a member of the Carnegie foundation for tho advancement jof teach ing, offered a resolution - inviting tht? United States government never to fortify tho waterway." It waa laid on tho table. Tha congress adopted a resolution In troduced by Prof. Feldman nf New Tork denouncing war loans? and one intro duced by Prof. Slayden of Washington, opposing construction of military air ships. Victor Hugo Ruras of New Tork pre sented an invitation from- the mayor ot Ban Francisco to hold the congress ir UU at San Francisco. tJniversal Peace ' Talk is All Hot Air, "Says General Wood DEADWOOD, S. D.. Aug. 12,-Th, arm Is tha national Insurance policy, Secretary ot War Garrison tgld. the Deadwoor Business club last night. . The nation de serves to losa Its protection if It did noi see that proper clauses were- inserted ir tho policy that protected the. country The army was never better equipped oi hod better fighting men than now, h said, but ROOO soldisrs for. a standing army was woefully small. The country he said, had but two -resources, either c big standing army or a reserve body. Universal peace talk waa hot air and a little steam, Genera Wood, chief of staff, told the club. He urged tbo en couragement of state militias and con stabularies. With the right encourage ment suoh bodies would make a great tlxhtlng machine, he said. A Ton of Gold could nay nothing better for femult weaknesses. lame back and kidney trouble than Electric Bitters. Only 80c For sale by Beaton Drug- Co. Advert! menu 0,