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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1914)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1014. ROOTS OF CROPSARE SOAKED JHoit of State Gets Rain of an Im mense Value. CONTINUES ALL TUESDAY NIGHT Henvltat Downpour la Orer Countlra Along thn Mlaaoarl Little Dnm rrc U Done to the Line of the nnllronil. Morning reports to tho railroads lmll cato that the rain of Tuesday night tvas general over the east half of Nebraska and that In numerous places It was one of the old-fashioned root soakers. Gen erally It commenced early In the evening and continued during a greater portion of the night. According to the reports, while the rain was one of the heaviest of the season, It came down gently and continued for so long a time that It did little damage to the railroads. The Burlington was the only line sustaining any washouts. This road lost about 700 feet of grade on the O'Neill line two miles east of Randolph In Cedar county In the north part of the state. There was a continuous downpour all the way east from a line drawn south from O'Neill In Holt county. The heavi est rainfall was In Clay county, whero at Edgar and over a large portion of Clay county the precipitation was from three to three and one-half inches. The Burlington reports from one to two inches of rain at Beatrice, Nebraska City, Nemaha, Hickman, Wither, Strang, Plattsmouth, Schuyler, Grand Island, St. Paul, Randolph, Aurora, Crete, Ashland, and Clay Center, this precipitation cov ering a dozen or more counties. Lincoln had three inches of rain, while up and down the Missouri river valley It was nearly as heavy, there being two Inches at Blair, one and one-half inches all through Burt county and extending well up Into Thurston. In the southeast corner of the state where there has been a lack of precipi tation, the rain was general, extending far down Into Kansas and well over into Iowa and Missouri. Around Kails City, Tecumseh In Nebraska, over at Blanch ard, la., and Westboro, Mo., there was more than an inch of rain during the nlfht. Clondhnmt nt Hnnklnn. In the vicinity of Hosklns in Wayne county there was a cloudburst. Inundat ing the lowlands between there and Win side, eighteen miles east. This section is In the vicinity of the headwaters of Humbug creek, and, according to a report received at the offices of the Omaha road, a district fifteen miles east and west and two to three miles north and south was covered with water to a depth of from a few inches to a foot Senator Kenyoh to Talk at Eepublican Banquet on June 22 A state wide republican banquet !s planned to be held In Omaha June 22. Amos Thomas, secretary of the republi can state committee, wrote Senator George W. Norris at Washington about tho possibility of getting some national figure to speak at a state republican banquet soon. Senator Norris has wired back that Senator Kenyon of Iowa Is to bfcllln Omaha June 23. It was this fact that determined the date upon which the banquet Is to be held. Senator Kenyon is-to be the principal speaker of the evening. Editor Polcar is Taking Census on People's Memory Editor Joe Polcar Is taking a census of Omaha memories, prompted, Mayor James C. Dahlman belteves, by the prob able necessity of having to forget where he was on certain nights If T. G. Hansen and F. M. Plckard are brought back to Omaha to testify in the Burns-News at tempted bribery case. "Where were you a year ago?" one of Polcar's representatives asked city hall men. v "Where were you a month ago? A week ago?" The Polcar sleuth said he was trying to find out how long some men's memories were. He said some people had a pecu liar system of remembering things by keeping notes or mementoes of tho TC-caston. Polcar's polling of tho memories of city hall officials developed into a joke, as the word was passed on ahead of the "sleuth." The sleuth's notes show that a large number of the city hall men de veloped a sudden destro to go to church and attended most every night. The others all stayed at home with their families. TODAY is the Performance Nets Nice Sum for Nurses Between $M0 and t500 was cleared by tho Visiting Nurse association on the production of their play, "The Butter flies," Monday evening. As some of the ticket sellers have not made their reports the total proceeds will probably be awelleJ still more on the final count. ESTELLE REFUSES TO TAKE DAMAGE CASE FROM JURY Decision by District Judge Estelle that a Jury should decide whether the city of Omaha should answer in damages to Henry C. Behrens for Injuries sustained when run down by an automobile In which City Commissioner Ryder was rid ing on his way to inspect the streets at the public market, if sustained by the supreme court, Is expected to have a far reaching effect with regard to the posl. tion of the city as defendant In damage suits. Tho judge declined to take the case from the Jury on the ground that Ryder was not acting within the scope of his duties as head of the police department when the accident occurred, but was merely seeking to familiarize himself with conditions in the vicinity of tho market. REV W. A. MULF0RD NEW OLIVET BAPTISTS' PASTOR JEANETTE JOHNSON WINS CHILD'S STORY CONTEST InaliKrMlon and Weak Stonmchn. Take Elecetrio Bitters, it elves an an petite, strengthens the digestive organs, lessens the work of liver and kidneys. 60c and 11.00. All drucKlsts. Advertise. menu Jeanette Johnson, 11-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Johnson, 424 South Thlrty-flfth street, has distin guished herself by being the first Omaha child to win a prize in the story writing contests conducted by. "Every Child's" magazine. Her winning story is printed In the June number of the publication, Just out. The magazine Is edited and published by MIbs Grace Sorenson in Omaha. "The Cave In the Woods" Is the title of little Jeannette's etory, which la a fairy tale showing great imagination on the part of the youthful authorcsB. WEIGHING OF MAILS TO BE FINISHED TUESDAY The quadrennial weighing of the malls will be completed In this division on Tuesday, according to Instructions re ceived from Washington. Owing to the fact" that the tabulation of the weights made in 1910 was made- in Chicago, it is Impossible to compare the weights this year with the last general weighing In this1 division. However, It Is known that a substantial Increase is shown, much of which Is attributed to the Increased weight of the malls due to the Inaugura tion of the parcel post. JURY IN ICE CASE GIVES A VERDICT FOR $109 A, Jury In Judge Troup's district court found that Margolin Bros., Independent Ice -dealers, should pay $109 to James Whelan, who held an assignment from John Gunderson of a claim for cutting and 'storing ice. The same deal was involved In this case as in the recent "ice tcust case" In Judge Day's court. The defendants al leged that Gunderson was prevented from fulfilling a contract to fill two Ice houses for him by the "ice trust." MORE ACRES IN SMALL FRUIT AROUND FLORENCE Growing of small fruit In the Florence district Is on the increase, according to the .returns brought In by Deputy As sessor S. B, Letovsky, who has been making a canvass of that locality. For the - year 1912 he reports an acreage of 220, while for this year It totals 403"i acres. A comparison of four fruits in acreage Is as follows: 1912. 1911. Grapes 153' i 251 Blackberries 47 714 Raspberries M-n 51 Strawberries 27V4 H Tired Feelln Swollen Hand and Feet Dae to Kidney Trouble. Your kidney surely need help and quickly when your hands and feet thicken, swell up, and you feel dull, slug. Elsh, lose your energy and appetite, and there Is a puffy look under the eyes, Take Foley Kidney Pills at once. 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