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3 Nebraska OMAHA'S LARGEST STORE for MEN AND BOYS Iff BOARD'S RIGHT TO GUT YALUE Nance County Members Do Not Stop tn V.nnnlirp Them ALL THINGST0 ALL MEN! Some Candidates Would Run on j Four Party Tickets. "6ft aoiwr" "-Home of Quality clothes; COUNTIES COME IN CUT DOWN MAKE AFFIDAVIT TO EFFECT THE BEE: (VrAIL, WEDNESDAY, JVLY S, 1914. i Nebraska rwM 41k. niniiiiiiiiiiiiiiifek ssisisisisb EIH6-PBCK CD. 1. 1.111a.. I 4 . . . . i-i-uimui...; inni lrnrM tnnin lnn Will no Severn! Million Dollar Ilrlorr Yrnr Aro n TurnM In. (From a Stuff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb.. July 8. (Speclol.) Whether a county board can make a 10 Per cent reduction In the valuation of a county will have to bo settled by the State Board of Equalization when It meets to equalize the county assessments of the state. Secretary Henry Seymour of the State Board of Assessment received a letter this morning from J. A. B. Kirk, county assessor of Nance county, that the county board had ordered a reduction of 10 per cent on the valuation of the county as returned by the precinct assessors. He desires that the secretary notify the board nt what time they will take tho matter up so that tho county attorney can ap pear and defend the action of the board. Tho statutes provide that a county hoard can reduce Individual assessments or can reduce or raise any precinct to make It correspond In value to the rest of the county, but there seems to be no provision for the lowering of a complete county. AVIinl l.iiiT Pro lilrn. In a case of State ex rel., against Ed wards. 31 Neb. 369;. 47 N. W, 1018, the opinion of tho rourt is that "A board may consider and ralso or lower each class separately In one or more precincts, but the aggregate valuation of all pre cincts cannot be reduced below that re turned by assessors." Tho returns of the county assessor of Nance county as received by the state board this morning show that the assess ment of Nance county la j:S3,lSI lower than returned to the state board a year ago, the valuation In 1913 being $4,171,543, whllb this year It Is $3,SSG,261. Still VnliiiilloiiN l)rL. Flvo counties reporting this morning showed a reduction of $377,3X1. At the rate the decrease Is making there will prob ably be a falling off of In tho neighbor hood" of $3,000,0)0 or $4,000,000 by the time tho last county reports. Following arc counties reporting this morning: 1913. 1914. Burt $ ,996,S2fl $ 6.832.19S rjnrflold 724,fi9i-. 769.1.7) Hitchcock 1.3S7.351 1,70.1,263 Nance 4,171.54-. 3,SW.:1 Vane 6.70-.M5U 3,701.214 Totals $19.4S2,.7 $1S,903,194 EARLY INDIAN LIFE TO BE PORTRAYED AT STATE FAIR (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, .luly S.-(Speclal.)-Sccnes from Indian life in the pioneer days of Nebraska will be reproduced at the Ne braska state fair this 'fall. Tho band of "first Inhabitants" of the state .will como from the vicinity of Chadron. Indian village llfoi will be por trayed. There will be four exciting In dian dances. These will be the Omaha, the ghost, the wolf aId tho scalp dances. Three squaws using nine horses will give a dally relay race. Four squaws will also engage In a mllo race. This will not bo a Wild West performance in any sense of the word, but a genuine Indian entertainment. Owing to the strict government regula tions the engagement with the Indians has been hard to make. They will pay eppeclal attention to reproducing the village scenes of the early days. In this they will be assisted by some of the best Indian historians. Srcrrlnrjr of Stittr Una Nnmrron lccnllnr Claratlonii to Annnrr with nenrd to Political Qnnllf lent inn. Tladlj Puriicd, hnt Snvrn Child. STAPLETON, Nob.,- July 8 (Speclal.) Cliarlcs Sterling, a fireman on the Union Taclfle here, had his left hand badly burned whllo saving a little girl from what might have been a serious accident. He grabbed a lighted sky rocket from her hand Just In time to receive the full force of the fire on his hand. Obstinate Acne Yields Quickly Cheeks, Temples, Nose and Chin Nicely Cleared (From a Starr Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July S.-(Speclal.) Secretary of State Walt today received a filing from F. Kemp Heath of Cody, cherry county, asking that his name be placed upon the primary ballot as a republican candidate for the state senate from the Twenty-eighth district, comprising the, counties of Cherry. Sheridan, Dawes, Box Butte, Bock, Brown and Sioux, which was represented in the last session by Senator W. H. Reynold. Whllo filing as a republican and mak ing affidavit that he affiliates with the republican party, he asks the secretary If It wll be "legal and permissible" for him also to file as a democrat for the same office. Mr. Walt will Inform Mr. Heath that If he can find twenty-five democrats who will sign a petition asking that his name be placed upon tho ballot as a demo cratic candidate and he can tako oath that ho affiliates with tho democratic party when accepting tho filing that his Mma can be placed thereon. Itcrcent Four Pnrtlen. Another candidate, Thomas N. C. Bir mingham, has filed as the candidate of four different parties for the nomination for congress In the Fifth district, In each cae making oath that ho affiliates with each one of tho parties, democrat, prohi bition, people's Independent, and today he files as a republican. George E. Hall, who has already filed for the democratic nomination for state treasurer, will have a chance to file as a people's Independent candidate, a pe tition coming In from Custer county to the secretary of state's office asking that his namo be placed on the ballut as the candidato of that party. IJeVoe l,rnvi' llnoe. L. A. DeVoe, who filed for the repub lican nomination for representative from the Seventy-seventh representative dis trict, comprising the counties of Klcth, Lincoln and Dawson, has made applica tion to the secretary of state to have his filing withdrawn. Mr. DeVoe thinks ho had rather run for the office of county attorney of Keith county, but assures the secretary of state if he will let him know if thcro is a vacancy In tho filing for representative In that district he will get out and hunt up a good man who Trill run. This district wasreprcscnted In the last session by Edwin M. Searle, Jr., of Ogalalla, a republican. POTATO VINES GROWING TO TOPS. SAY EXPERTS 1 1 P!liK:HUii By the Public Held in High Esteem , j Dignified by all Pi a-FF uvtu ! SparklmgWholesome; and Supreme !l IOO BROADWAY. N.Y. '. As with a Fairy's Wnad f "Aha!" Tou say "they are disappear ing fast" after a short use of 8. B. 8., the wonderful blood purifier. Yes, those pesky little red spots do fade away quickly nor do they come back. Looking through a powerful micro scope you find tho skin a marvelous network of tiny blood vessels, glands, ducts, and cells in all of which the active principle of 8, 8. 8. is at work; it is driving out Impurities, through the skin pores and new materials rush In to create and sustain new healthy tissue. This Influence Is carried to the outer skin where the broken down cells and their deadened nerve bulbs are rebuilt, the red spots dry up, fleck away and ara replaced by brand new skin. You will thus waste no more time with external ointments for any form of skin trouble. Be sure to get a bottle of S. S. S. today of any druggist. Shun all substi tutes. Don't bo imposed upon. Insist upon S. 8. 8. Write for book "What the Mirror Tells" to The Swift Speciflo Co., 101 Swift Bldg., Atlanta, Da. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July S. (Special.) "Somo complaint has been heard about potato vines going all to tops and not setting any potatoes," says Secretary J. R. Dun can of the State Horticultural society. "I have looked over a few patches here at Lincoln and find that ln the patches examined a generous number of potatoes have set on and that In the case of the early Ohio that from three to flvo In each hill are of marketable size. Several small ones are to be found In each hill so that weather conditions favoring from now on a good crop of potatoes will be hnrvwitwl. Tn mv nwn natch it vines are from two and one-half to four feet In height and I find that there are from four to six good sized potatoes to each hill. Prof. Hood of tho State Farm, who has several different varieties un der test, reports that the early Ohlos which they are digging for market at thls time will average eight to ten po tatoes to the hill and somo hills have as high as fifteen large and small potatoes In them. Digging at this time will not give quite as high a yield as later, but a better price is secured. Another variety. Undo Gideon's Quick Lunch, average from four to eight to tho hill and weigh ing three to four ounces each. Still an other variety, Burpee's Extra Early White potato, averaged about fifteen to tho hill, the size of hickory nuts. These potatoes have very vigorous tops aver aging from two and one-half to three feet In height, ftlr. W. L. Minor, deputy state auditor, reports practically the same general results In part of his thlr-teen-acro field of early Ohlos that Is on tho high ground. On the low ground the set was not jjultc so good, but tho cause is not attributed to excessive growth of vines. In his experimental plat compris ing some thirty varieties ho finds a good' setting on early varieties. Some advise to tut the tops off where tho vines are making an excessive growth i,,..i.r nniv mrt of the vine. Some ex- icatitin w... n..imni hnv been carrlea on ai one of our neighboring state experiment sta tions along this line. Where the tops had made a growth of over two reel xne ras was cut off. Favorable results were obtained In somo Instances. This Is not to be recommended as a cureau, however. If the potatoes are left alone with the present amount ot moisture tho ground a good crop or poiaioun be expected in the section where exces--ulna Vihv nroiuced a vigorous growth of tops, rotatows must have good vigorous tops, to produce a cruii i tubers. They have the tops now and with good growing weather for the next two or thrco weeks will turn out a good harvest of potatoes." WORK ON PERUUBUILDING TO BEGIN AT EARLY DATE (From a Statt Correspondent) . ,..t vi iiiiv s rRneclal.) As a re- suit of a conference between Thomas J. Majors and A. U caviness oi u.e normal board and J. H. Craddock of Omaha, architect, who will make plans for the new building at tho Peru state normal school, work will be begun as soon as possible. The building will cost $83,000. A levy of S3 per cent of a mill has been l ade for the state normal schools by the legislature and the board has apportioned the amount and each institution will take Its turn In having a building erected. ' Ilerrlvm Fractured Tliticli. HARVARD, Neb., July . Opeclal.)- Clarence Waters received a fractured thigh today as he rode his mcycie into a wagon, , Pawnee City Lowers Electric Power Rate PAWNEE CITY. Neb., July S.-(Spe-cial.) At a meeting of the council hero this week the rate charged for electrio energy for motors by the municipal plant was revised, and an ordinance fixing new rates adopted. The minimum was fixed nt 50 cents per month per horsepower. A consumption of from one to 100 kilo watts will be charged for at the rate of 9 cents. Each additional 100 lowers tho price a cent, all above '500 kilowatts be ing rated at 4Vi cents per kilowatt. The lighting rate remains nt 12V4 cents. Work of installation of the new street lights for the downtown district of this city Is being rapidly pt-shed, and tho system will soon be completed and In operation. Part of the "white wny" has already been connected up. The system will consist of over thirty ornamental poles, each bearing five lights. Three llrntrlci- Mnrrlmcn, BEATRICE, Neb.. July 8.-(SpeclaI 1 Edward King and Miss Georgia Starns, both of this city, were married at Lin coln last week. They mannged to keep Again we have demonstrated this dominant store's leadership in values Today's active selling was ample evidence of the wonderful values afforded by our HALF PRICE SALE OF MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S QUALITY SUITS All new season garments not a stock that has been infected with "special purchases" of "sale made" clothes but thousands of the world's best tailoring products every suit perfect in every detail. Sizes from 29 to 54 bust. $25 Suits, now half price $12.50 $30 Suits, now half price $15.00 $35 Suits, now half price $f 7.50 $40 Suits, now half price $20.00 ENTIRE STOCK OF ROGERS-PEET CO. FINE SUITS AT HALF PRICE WAMTBb HxprUnod Clothing; Baltim.n at Ono. Apply Mr. P.ok, $10 Suits, now half price $5 $15 Suits, now half price $7.50 $18 Suits, now half price $9. $20 Suits, now half price $10 their marriage a secret until Tuesday. They have arrived In the city to make their home. Announcement was received hero yes terday of the marriage of Miss Hazel llackely of this city, which occurred at Omaha July 2 to It. A. Kohl ot Omnha. William 11. U. Hock and Miss Iela Arnctt were, married Tuesday by Judge 11. D. Walden. VETERAN LINCOLN FIREMAN STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 8.-(.Speclal.)-nohcrt Bradley, one of Lincoln' veteran flro mcn, was stricken with paralysis while sitting in front of Knglne House No. 1 yesterday and taken to his home. One side Is completely affected, hut tho phy sician thinks he may recover to some extent. Klilllmmt o SpenU nt Norfolk. PIEHCH, Neh July 8. (Speclnl.)-O. S. Spillman, candidate for the republican nomination for congiess of the Third dis trict, gnve an address Tuesday at Center to thf republicans of Knox county In con vention On Friday he has nn Invitation to address a meeting of the Congrega tional and Methodist Episcopal church of northeast Nebraska at Norfolk, Neb. Next week ho has accepted Invitations to address republican county conventions held In counties over the district I HILTON HELD FOR SHOOTING LOWE AT PLATTSMOUTH PLATTRMOl'Tlt. Neb. July 8 -(Bpe-clnl Telegram.) County Attorney Taylor filed a complaint today In Justice Arch er's court charging Tony Hilton, colored, with having shot Fred Iowo In this city on July 4. The prisoner was given a preliminary hearing and hound over to the district court under bond of ll.ono. Corn Outlook Kxrrllmt. HATtVAUD, Neb.. July 8.-(9peclal.) -Harvest is practically completed In this vicinity. The yield per ncro Is greatly In excess of anticipations thirty, thirty- flvo and forty bushels having been re ported from fields already threshed. Tho quality Is excellent. Corn cultivation is also reported tn progress, as well ns al falfa cutting. Prospects for a corn crop aro the lxst for many years, thcro being i a fine stand and the fields unusually free i from weeds. I 4 HARVARD TO ENTERTAIN FRIENDS IN FALL FESTIVAL HARVARD, Nob.. July .-(8peclal.) Tho Harvard Community club has taken steps for holding a fall festival in this city on August 1- mid 13. Tho matter Is In the hands of the proper committees and tho proposal In to have entertnlnment equal to, If not superior to, anything be font hcld-a clean, square deal for tho entertainment and amusement of the peo ple of tho surrounding country. DEATH RECORD Mm. II. K. Mrv. Mrs. II. H. Meyer, aged M years, 2330 South Thirty-second street, died at her home after a six mouths' Illness, De ceased came to Omaha from Wisconsin thirty-two years ago. Surviving her be sides the husband are three children Alfred O., Miss Ida and Miss Bertha Meyer-all living at home. Funeral serv ices will be held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and Interment will bo at West I.awn cemetery. Mr.. Knthrrlnc llrrrkmnn Sclinylcr. NEW YOMK. July S. Mrs. Katherlne Ilecckman Schuyler, wife of Montgomery Schuyler, who Is well known among magazine writers and art critics, died at her homo in Now Ttochelle last night. Sho was president of the Damea of the Revolution. The Immediate cause of her death was a paralytic stroke on June IB. She was burn on Juno 2S, 1SU. Mrs. Bchuyler was the seventh In descent from Itoberl Livingston, first lord of the manor of Livingston, Uee Want Ads Troduce Results. DENVER TUNNEL BONDS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL DKNVKTt, July R. The state supreme court today held that the Denver city bonda for driving a tunnel through tho continental divide to be used by tho Denver & Rait Ijike railroad were uncon stitutional on the ground that it would lend public credit to a prlvato enterprise. At a special election last February the elector of Denver authorized the Issu ance of J.J.000,000 city bonds to drive tho tunnel, the rood to contribute Jt.500,000. In an agr eement between the city and tho road the latter was to meet the Interest payments on tho bonda and provide for their redemption. In the agreement the city was given right to use the tunnel, Some Nuts to Crack Thursday The copy cats will have an interesting time trying to crack some of the NUTS which we give them in this ad for THURSDAY'S SALE Our attention has been called several times recently to a somewhat childish attempt at competition. Customers have noticed when we have ticketed special items in our window one of our GREAT institutions immediately displays something similar at a lower price. Childishness, gentlemen, better quit it and indulge in more manly methods. Yes, we will give the name to any one really interested. Nuts to Crack 1 hursday in Ready- Wash Dress Goods West Aisle, Main Floor to-Wear Section AVo mudu a specinl purchase way under tho season 'b price Egyptian tissues no more serviceable summer fabric, overy good color, stripes, checks and plaids, Thursday at 18c per yard. Croup und Cough Ilrmedr Dr. King's New Discovery gives almost Instant relief. First dose helps. Best remedy for coughs, colds and lung trouble. 60c and 1100. All druggists. Advertisement WASH DRESSES, in white and colored. The whole stock goes for this July sale, $3.50, $5.00, S7.50, $10.00 and $15.00 They sold previously up to $50.00. Not Easily Matched. COATS ALSO. For the go-aways or for early fall (incidentally days are getting shorter already yet.) ' Goats of-Wool, pold previously up as high as $35.00, at $9.08 the wool. Coats of Silk, sold previously as high as $35.00, at $12.50 the silk. Nuts to Crack in Children's Section Read carefully past prices and then cast your eye over Present Prices Hnt her Hard to Crack. Two lot of Cotton Dresses, all nRes, white and colored. Past prices marked to sell up to J6.50, Present Prlco at , 81.7A Past Prices marked to sell up to $15.00, Present Prlre t t $2,50 All the Junior' Suit's sold at IV.BO,' V2V.66 'and V30!bo. Thursday, each 91(.Ou Infants' Clothing How much more sensible mothers are In clothing their Infants! How the poor darlings have suffered in tho past swathed and bundled In flannels and furbelows! In our baby section we have Dressos, Petticoat, Pillow Cases, Pique Carriage Covers, hand embroidered all off former prices. One lot of Baby Dresses and Petticoats, sold up to 2.50, at OHc Others, sold to 13.00 and 3.50, for 1.50, and some at 2.50 which were 4.50. When we mention prices that were It means that we sold quantities of similar goods at the quoted Past Prices. No fake mark up to mark down. A month ago we confess we wero somewhat fearful that we might have to carry over quite a lot of fine goods. Wo decided then to take our medicine and cut tho prices so dooply that you could not resist buying. And we are still at it. Thursday a big lot of Imported fabrics, 42 to 40 Inches wldo, staple colors sold up to 2.00, at Bc per yard. Looks as if we would not carry over one yard now for the last 30 days they have melted like the snow upon tho river, a moment seen then lost forever. In tho Basement Thursday Special Wash Goods Sales at 7Hc, Hc, 12Hc and lHc Full site sheets, 81x99 fJOc, Instead of 85c. July is u big Hosiery Month. A real snap for Thursday. Blacks and tans, tho 1 grade, for BOc pair. Union Suits Clearing them out at a7c, 03c, 70c, 08c. Great values. Men, Keep Your Woather Eye Open Sat urday. We will do things for you. Don't mind hinting "It's a Shirt Sale" and our shirt sales are dffferent. Watch our window! Thursday, tell the good wife to buy somo of tho Cambric Night Gowns, selling nt 59c each. She will find bargains for you also in Underwear and Neckwear, etc. THURSDAY AT SILK SECTION Our entire stock of Kimono Silks, tho kind which Bells at 69c, for one day 44c per yard. The window contains 3 Big Specials Also. Thursday all the very best Imported Challies at 30c per yard. Bold as high as 65c and 75c. Nary a Parasol to carry over, that'B the dictum Would yo know how we do it? 8.00 Parasols for $3.08; 3.95 Parasols for $2.48; 2.50 Parasols for $1.08. Half price for discontinued makes of corsets La Ca mllle and Modart, front lacers. Rodfern Madame Irene La Camllle G. D. Warner's It. & G. these laco In back. Some remarkable offerings at tho Linen Section Thursday morning G3, 72 and 81 inches in diameter, Round Cloths naturally, embroidered in Germany, similar sold up to $7.50 -for quick sale, $2.98 each. .Japanese Toweling scarfs, or, ns they say in England, Scarves and Centers, worth up to $1.50, nt 39c each. ABk Mrs. Sns to show you tho specials. Unmatchable Damask Cloth Unmatchable Is perhaps not the best word for it is possible to got goods of equal quality but rarely such a combination of quality and low price as you will find on Thursday. Head the before price and the now price. 8-4 Damask Cloth, Before 3.25, Now $1.08 8-10 Damask Cloth, Before 4.00, Now 52.47 5-8 Napkins to match, before 3.50 doz., Now .... 92.10 Just a few Colored Austrian Linen Breakfast Sots Lot 1 Before price, 10.00; Now price $0.50 And here's a beauty, was 15, on Thursday $8.05 Cleaning out rapidly the odd gloves in silk and lisle and small wonder, for tho prices are very trifling. Dost need stationery? Small lots being closed out nt absurd prices. On the basis of three bottles of ink for five cents yes, that's the price at which ink is soiling no, not selling, goincr out in exchange for nickels. Dinner Cards, V! price on Thursday if you will mention where you saw the announcement. Will you do it?