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. dress will bo changed nn often us reqneated.
None without something to be thankful for
today.
Be thankful you live in peaceful United
States.
Yes, and be sure to save come for the turkey
hash postscript.
General Funston got out of It for once with
out having to gwlm any rivers.
Well, now that the gringoes are out of Mex
ico, Mexico, of course, will recover.
That Job of secretary of the State Board of
Assessment must be a regular hoodoo.
It is understood that the warriors are not be
lng paid time and s half for overtime.
ThankifiTingT.
Americans as a whole evidently have come
np to this Thanksgiving Imbued with the belief
that they have never had more peculiar cause
for thanksgiving than now. The spirit of the
ration la reflected In these key words of the
president's annual message:
It h Wn vouchsafed to ua to remain at peace
with honor and In some part to succor the suffering
and supply the needs of those In want. We have ten
privileged by our own paca and self-control In some
degree to steady counsel and ahape the hopea and
purnonea of a day of fear and distress. Nev-r
before have the people of the United Rates been so
altuated for their own advantage or the advantage
of their neighbors or eo equipped to aerve themselves
and mankind, 1
And never has mankind needed the eervlce
wo of all nations can render more than it needs
It now. If tomorrow we should be drawn Into
this maelstrom of war. we would realise this
even more than we do at present. But It is not
the peculiarity of our blessing that gives the
cause for thanksgiving, except as it moves and
enables tis to extend our benedictions as far as
possible to our neighbors In distress. We should
imt a very cheap price on our present isolation
from active war to view It from the low level of
the vaunting Pharisee, who stood up and
thanked God that he was not as other men.
"Freely ye have received, freely give," is our
thought. "It has been vouchsafed to us to re
main at peace" that we might pass on the fruits
of our peace to our kinsmen beyond the aeas.
A vain thanksgiving. Indeed, it would for
Americana smugly to rejoice that they were
still among the living, still permitted to enjoy
the inalienable right of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, still surrounded by peace
and plenty and friend and family, while others
groaned In the agony of war, unices we did
what in our might we could for their relief and
the world's belief In the folly and fatuity of
war. But their great works of mercy and
philanthropy show that Americans have caught
the force of this thanksgiving, and are- there
fore feeling the full effect of their citlsenship.
For no one ever feels the full power of a noble
relation unless he is true to It.
Now,' looking off to the end of the war, an
other phase of thla picture of national altruism
looms up In the coming of thousands from these
troubled lands, as their fathers before them
have come, to claim for themselves these in
alienable rights inherent In American citlsen
ship. How shall we receive them? Will we
then, the war clouds dispelled, still feel this
same throbbing impulse of sympathy and wel
come tbem irt the name of the common brother
hood of man? That will be our greatest opportunity.
Ours la, indoed, a precious heritage, but we
have no monopoly on it.
Applying the name "holy war," makes It
nonetheless what Sherman said it was.
But so long as "watchful waiting" keeps the
peace honorably we will let It go at that.
Nebraska's hungry democra'lc brigade could
be much more thankful with slight provocation.
As the Psalmist aald, "Let ua come before
His presence (especially this day) with thanks
giving. Portugal la going to Join the allies ."when
needed." Those Portuguese will do well to stick
to their knitting.
Not to be outwitted at good excuses by Euro
pean war lords, Carranza describe! hit retreat as
"a strategic maneuver."
It'a a real Thanksgiving we'll wager for the
returned American soldiers and marines who
have been tjxlled In Vera Crus for over si
months.
, George W. Perkins has Issued a call to meet
"us" in Chicago December 2 to discuss the fu
ture of the bull-moose party. Stop your snick
ering, there.
Department of Agriculture experts forecast
the greatest wheat area in the world'a history
for the 1915 harvest. Just count on Nebraska
to furnish its share and then some.
In his magaxlne story, Richard Harding
Davis may bewail all be will his fate. "To Be
Treated as a Spy," but he would not have had
the atory if he could not figure out that they
had treated him that way.
Three contests filed for legislative seats, and
one contest for police Judgeship, all alleging
fraud or misconduct, notwithstanding our new
lection commi--loner law, which waa to have
4 made election contests impossible. ,
If 100,000 United States citixeng "have vol
unteered to efcllst in Canada for service In the
European wa. no one need be apprehensive
anoui iacit or volunteers In case Uncle Sam
called for theai on his own account.
Mayor Dahlman agrees with The Bee that
the electric signboard arch' disfiguring- the beau
tlful court house approaches should be trans
planted. ' Let us remind the mayor that for
this purpose thla I a good, a transplanting sea
son as any.
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"PC'. frJ . r, ft
The marriage of Thomaa A. Dillon and 'Mlaa Haul
A. Kellly. daugtiUr of Mr. and Mia. Thomaa Retlly
took place at MkIjt family thurh. Father Bchauoal
officiating. Miaa Jtnnlo Delloae was brUUxmatd and
Mr. Farrell of Chicago, the boat man. A reception
followed Bt the rca.denoe of Mr. aud Mrs. Rellly
on Ca atret.
Chartae Fisher waa united In marriage to Vllaa
jtiinnie w ittdorr ty Judge Ik-nfka.
John Mllee hua Leeii initiated a a member of
the police fi.ne. ,
Peyke Uroi. cninmUaloii houae a , exhibiting n
Rocky Mountain ahotp with horna fir Inches thlc
at the oaae.
Will H. Da'.ltla ot roller kat:na notoriety, n
again in omnia.
Mrs. D. Q. Hull lft to vlait In tilngharaton,
iew lork.
Ilobert J. Taylor died at hla realdence, norlhweat
corner of seventeenth and lcuglua, aged 40 yeara.
l(y the number of ti'rkeya In the market It would
aetrm that they tad not betta rooallng very high thia
year. The wh'Usaole irioa u.uott on fcr dreaaed turkey
U II to U ctula a jwund.
Looking to Sources of Food Supply.
The government's experts forecast the larg
est world area of wheat In history for next year.
American farmers and farmers everywhere are
striving as a result of the Kufopeun war to in-
reasa their acreage to Le utmost. Kvea tue
warring countries, winch normally produce half
the world'a wheat erop, me atralnin every ef
fort in thla direction. They ar drafting every
available labor resource; old men or others ex
empt from military service refugees, prisoners
of war and women and children ar in the field
wherever possible. It is u, reminder tht the
business of keeping opt n every posnihlo Uanaol
of production Is a vital factor to the conduct of
war, more so In the present titanic struggle than
ever before. That nation whose food supply
holds out longest will have the upper hand in
the fight. ... .,-
But come what may, the odds are against
Europe getting in anything like ft normal acre
age of wheat, which mean nothing les than
that the United State wilt next year, as now.
have to be depended on for ft large portion ot
broadatuff needed for the natlona now nt war.
Of course, although fall sowing Is said to ho be
hind at present in all the European countries
toe late nana season in parts or France aud
Italy which next to Russia is the biggest Eu
ropean wheat country will permit a good deal
ot work In the field yet.
Tuborculoiii Sunday.
Next Sunday the pulpit and press and other
mediums ot public communication will .be ex
pected to come down with one hard, united blow
on the old enemy known as the "white plague,"
for it will be "Tuberculosis Sunday." It la moat
incongruous to call it that when It marks the
annual celebration ot the progresa achieved thus
far In the propaganda of . stamping out thia
dread malady, but then there la nothing in a
name. The fact, is it is a good thing to Join at
least once a year in a concerted emphasis of this
magnificent fight we are making.
The biggest victory of thla crusade baa been
won, though the battle Is only begun. That
victory was accomplished at the outset in beating
down stubborn barriers of ignorance and indif
ference and getting the people to aee that, after
all, the most powerful remedy lies' In the natural
elements of aunthlne and air. thug making pre
vention Instead of cure the prime treatment for
thla scourge so long believed invincible.
Not 8o Eaiy at it Looks.'
- One ot the proposals which is to be put up
to the legislature by local civic organisations
calls for a change In the revenue laws so that
property In Nebraska shall be assessed for tax
atlon at full valuation Instead of, as nowv 0
per cent of the full value. The object In view
Is wholly praiseworthy, being designed to do
away with the. contusing computation, and more
particularly to strengthen our credit, and make
salable our toads which have suffered because
ot the apparent, but not real, excessive percen
tage of Indebtedness to tax valuation.
But to make this change is not so easy as
it looks, because numerous laws gauge the tax
levy on a 10 per cent assessment. For ex
ample, we have a 1-mlU university levy fixed
by law, which would produce the equivalent of
a 6-tulll levy under a full-value assessment, and
likewise with the limits tor the levies for all the
various state and county funds. If we retain
the 20 per cent basis for state assessment and
make the change apply only to the city assess
meat, we will have to guard against unwittingly
increasing the school levy.
This. feature ot our tax assessment can and
should be satisfactorily worked out, but only
the exercise of scrupulous care will avoid mak
ing ft bad matter worse.
Nearly every slate in the union sees ft com
ing president is it latest elected governor.
Thanksgiving Day
Ortatn aad (tlaaltr
Prealdent Waahlnirton Instituted Thanksgiving day
ss a national festival on tha last Thursday In No
vember, 128 years aso. President Lincoln gave It
continuity on the same month and day. In the crucial
year of 13.
ltween the term of the two great prealdents the
date eet by proclamation varied greatly. Even Wash
ington departed from the original month and dav,
and In 179S chose February (. Preeident Adams' fa
vorite months were April and May. Officially the
observance lapead In Prealdent Jefferson's term, no
proclamations having been leaned, but It was revived
at tha request tf congreas by Prealdent Madleon, who
first chose the third Thursday of Auguat, 1M1. as a
day for Invoking divine favor on the arms of the
United mates then engaged In war with Great Britain.
Net year Madison changed to tha second Thursday
cf Feptember. No Thanksgiving day was appointed
for 1814, but the following year Madison issued two
proclamations: both at the Instance of contrreaa, one
namlnc January 1J. 118. aa a, day for public humilia
tion, fasting snd prayer," due to the continuation cf
the war; the second named the second Thursday In
April. IRIS, aa a day of thanksgiving for the close of
tha war. Thla waa tha last Thanksgiving proclama
tion by a president until Wi. when the civil . war
brought the country to a realisation of tha gravity
of tha crisis In the life of the nation.'
Credit Da Lincoln.
To Abraham Lincoln belongs the credit tif estsb
llshing Thanksgiving day as we know It now. It was
not at flret Intentional with Lincoln to make the day
a national Institution. On April . lMx," Lincoln, by
proclamation, ashed the people of the north to meet
at their customary placea of worship on the next
following Sunday to give solemn thanks for the suc
cesses which the union arms had recently won. In
July of th nest year Preeident Lincoln repeated Me
recommendation and appointed Thursday, August .
aa a day to be apent by the people In "thanksgiving,
praise and prayer," following recent victories of ths
union forces on land and sea.
This proclamation seems to havo suggested to I4n-
coln the idea of Instituting a national day of thanks
giving to be observed annually, for in October, VU.
lie Issued another proclamation, naming the last
Thursday In November as a day of praise to heaven
for blessings conferred on tha United States without
reference to any particular success of the military
naval forces of tba union.
This proclamation was tha first to use the now
familiar reference to the fact that ."The year now
drawing toward Ita close has been filled with, the
blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies," a
sentence which appeared In but allghtly modified form
In many other subsequent Thanksgiving proclamations.
Orlalnala oa Fit.
In the files of tha State department may be soen
today the original manuscript from which the first
national Thanksgiving proclamation waa drafted. It
waa Issued by George Washington tn October, 1799,
six months after he took tha oath of office as first
president of tha United States. The manuscript In
the State department, however, is not In Washlna
ton's handwriting, and neither are the numerous cor
rections In his hand. Thus Washington begun the
custom, which has been more or lesa observed since
his time, of letting some minor official, usually some
one in the Department of State, draft Thanksgiving
proclamations.
Since President Lincoln made Thanksgiving day an
annual affair the proclamations of the presidents have
lost some of their special significance. Tha writing
of them has been largely delegated to officials of the
State department, and the references to national
events snd International ' relations have not been so
markod aa In the early days. There have been ex
ceptions, however, as In the case of President Mc
Klnley, who based his Thanksgtvlag proclamation -of
18M oa the conclusion of tha war with Spain. Mr.
McKlnley wrote one or two of his own Thanksgiving
proclamations, and President Roosevelt wrote, almost
all of hla. On one occasion . President Roosevelt
preached a sermon to the people of the country, taking
as his text the parable of the talents.
Ara Awthoraalwa. ..:: . i' ' - i
Though the president Is auppoard to he. always the
author of the' Thanksgiving proclamations which ap
pear over, his signature, It no longer is any secret tn.
Wsshlngton that this la more often not the case
While tha State department endeavors to keep anony
mous the authorship of those not written by the presi
dent himself, Its endeavors ttavw not been successful
It baa been the custom for the officials In, the ex
ecutive offices at the White House to notify the State
department In October of each year that s Thanks
giving proclamation Is expected as usual. , A draft Is
prepared and submitted to the president for -hla ap
proval and sliroature.
After the president has made such changes as he
sees fit the document Is returned t the State depart
ment, together with a formal order to the secretary
of state dlrectng him to affix the seal of the United
Statea to, the original draft of tha proclamation. . This
is done and the secretary of state adds his signature
to the proclamation, aa ta the case with all papers
bearing the seel of the United States.
For more than a century the Thanksgiving procla
mations were always drafted by hand, and carefully
written out by some expert penman , of the State de
partment. Now,; however, like nearly every other doc
ument, they are typewritten.
People and Events
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Itte scanning wintry bluata of tiie North Sa are
likely to be altered materially by the "hot Ore of
the enemy." ; .
The lata Mayor Moo res of Omaha strove diligently
to popularise the song. "There's a Hole In tha Bot
tom of the Sea." He would be an audacious warbler
who sprang that merody ls England Just now.
A notable sUra of progressive uplift Is that in trp"
to-dete apartments the folding beds go 1 with, the
house. In former tiroes all loose fixtures went with
the. tenants, and the practice has not yet become ft
loat art. .
The people ot the United Statea drank more, than
two billion gallons of beer during the last fiscal
year. l oose wno man see wiwir mimn
months of this fiscal year la which, to absorb the
suds deficit. , -v ' , .' i
By popular vote California has banished prise
fighting. Tha losses sustained In the Jerfrlesslohnaoa
affair and the . successive flstlo con r games of San
Francisco wire a shade too much for tha sports of
tha citrus bait., and they .delivered the solar nie
when the chance offered. ' ' ' ' '
Does Kansas admire Major Cktnarai Fred Funston?
IJsten to the Joyous scream of William Allen White's
Kmporla Gatctte: "There he stands, five feet alx. a
fine, round figure of a man, major general of ths
United States army, and twenty-five years ago he
waa swinging off (the ends of Santa Fe trains In
Emporia as train auditor. Hla promotion does not
come too late; he still has fifteen years of geod fight
ing, and In that time ha can whip tha world, and all
Kanaaa will Join the United Statea in helping him."
Owalag; aa Aste Make a Difference.
BRUNINO, Nov. S.-To the Editor of
The Bee: In your Iseue ot the 24th you
have an item as follows:
A slate with ftO.Oflo automobiles does not
nd to worry about a tew horses going
cut of the state.
If the writer of this Item were the
owner of an automobile he might think
differently. - He would then know that
one team In the hands of our foe (auto
mobile owner) makes It Impossible for
SO.ono automobiles to get over. .Too. who
make thla assertion, may not own an
automobile, and your interest may he
with those who want to buy the horses,
but who Is It that gets the horses? Our
friends? I should think not Where did
they stand from 1M0 to I'M? Something
must have changed their minds. And
about that Pacific fellow, where does he
stand? And Mr. Omaha Bee, where do
you stand? J. DUIS.
rioar fer Belsrlaa Relief.
LINCOLN, Nov. S.-To the Editor . of
The Bee: I would suggest that each and
every subscriber cf your paper give one
sack of high patent flour (I say high
patent) as I feel the best ts none too
good to give our poor little Belgian
neighbors across the water. '
Our grocerymen will without 'doubt sell
and deliver the flour to any central
point In the city for actual cost of han
dling. We feel the transportation oom
panlea are doing their part by seeing that
cur food and clothing are carried free of
charge to Belgium; so It Is up to us to
help push the good work along by send
ing our neighbors somethotng to eat and
wear. I
If the people In the United States were I
In the same plight as the Belgians are
today . there would not be a nation at i
war among themselves at the present time 1
hut what would send us aid.
I will kindly ask the Nebraska news
papers to take up the Important question
of what Is the best way to get this flour
and clothing to our needy friends. I
well know there Is power In printers' Ink,
f properly used. There are very 'few
people In this world but what have a
Streak of charity In their make-up. If
they can be shown they are not being
Imposed upon. E. H. BATTY.
Wants Kennedy for teaator.
OMAHA. Nov. 2G.-TO the Editor of The
Bee: John L, Kennedy would make a
great senator. In my Judgment he would
more completely fill this high place than
any other who may aspire to this office
from Nebraska. .
He came to the United States when a
boy from Scotland In the steerage, and
be has fought hla way up through Ufa,
unaided by the fortune of birth or social
caste. He has. made a success In his
profession and In his business, and more
than that he haa made a success In Just
being a man. He Is strong, rugged and
faithful in standing by what he believes
to be right yet he Is kind, forgiving and
considerate. He has reached the full ma
turity of his mental and physical powers,
and he Is fortified with a . life record
that la worthy of the emulation of any
man. No person, clique, class or creed
controls hla' conduct or thought. . He is
his own master and as such would rep
resent our state in the senate.;
Z have seen him refuse honor because
H waa tainted. I have seen him cast
aside power because it. was wrong. I
have seen, htm decline to bow his knee
to a selfish: interest. He thereby stood
tlie acid -test of real manhood not for
glory, but Just for right I have seen
him give freely ' to the poor, sick and
distressed. ' I have seen him stand and
right for causes that he thought Just and
noble.
I have. long watched hla Ufe In hla pro
fession, business, politics, church and
home, and It has -appealed to me aa be
ing almost a perfect life one that haa a
lsater that will live on and make the
world better for having possessed it
Therefore, I nominate him for the re
publican nominee for United States sen
ator from Nebraska In 1914. '
FRANKLIN A. SHOTWELL.
- Thaw aad Ilia Money.
OMAHA. Nov. 26. To the Editor of The
Bee: To turn your readers aside for a
moment from the war and woman's suf
frage, I send you this Item , of newa
Harry K. Thaw has taken up hla real
dence for the winter in the city of Man
chester, N. H. Two Sabbaths ' ago he
attended the Hanover Street Cong-resr-tlonal
church and put S3 tn the contribu
tion box. which shows that the lawyers
have not yet got all of his money and is
proof positive that he la much too sen
sible to be confined in aa insane asylum.
M.
Twice Told Tales
bet Fleeter.
A very pretty girl from a western town was the
latest arrival at a aeleot boarding school tn Massa
chusetts. Being pretty and well dressed, she became
became very popular.
She was elected to be an usher for the monthly
mualrale. and, being painfully shy, she wss much
wrought up over It. She never could do It no. never!
But the election was positive there waa no drawing
out. The evening found her a perfect flutter of
pink frills, awaiting to receive the early comers. Each
of the other young wemea who were acting in this
capacity bore forward an, Imposing auditor, aad Elsie
found herself Inquiring of a very old and elegant
gentleman, la a voice scarcely audible: .
"Sir, shall I show you to a eat?'
"What what, what?", demanded the austere oU
fellow, holding his hand t bla ear: -
"8lr," she screamed tn ft flusUred voice, "shall I
ssw you to ft sheet?" Harper's Magasiaa.
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Corking the Vodka
Philadelphia Record. If Russia has be
come sober in ft day it will be one ef the
miracles at the world. We must await
the return of peace te see whether the
Demon Rum has really been banished
for all time from the csars domains.
Springfield Republican: An experi
ment la nation-wide prohibition that ac
tually prohibits appears to be one of the
lacldental object lessons which Is to
coma from the war. It Is declared in
Petrograd that not a drop of strong
liquor la to' be obtained anywhere in
Russia.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Of the effects
ef vodka drinking, being almost pure al
cohol, the world Is more er less tern li
ter. That Its prohibition would work
wonderful changes in Russia cannot be
doubted, but that absolute prohibition
of atrong liquor of any kind can or will
be enforced permanently la Russia re
mains ta be demonstrated.
Chicago Tribunes Petrograd Is the only
capital in Christian civilisation where
alcohol is not sold. The atate first re
nounced the huge revenue . It received
from the sale of intoxicants and then
denounced the liquor traffic Russian
soldiers go te this war sober. That baa
been commented; on as significant They
did not go sober against the Japanese.
Indianapolis News: The Introduction ot
absolute prohibition in the Russian em
pire means that henceforth the use of
liquor Is forbidden to ISO.900.000 people.
living In a region comprising one-sixth of
the habitable part of the earth. Con
strue this as they msy, liquor Interests
the world over must be impressed. The
new order of things In Russia Is of Ira
pertanoe not easily exaggerated. In
Russia the government has bad a virtual
monopoly ef the liquor traffic. From the
sale and distribution ot vodka It ob
tained an annual revenue of eOOO.OOO.Ooe,
which means that to produce thla sum
vodka te the value of fl.ooo.au0.ooo had to
be sold. . Even among lSu.000,000 people,
the eoneurnptkn of f 1.000,000,4a) worth of
alcoholic drlnka In a single year means
aa appealing degree ef drunkenness.
Nebraska Editors
W. 11. Thomaa baa sold the Neper News
to Hana A. Peterson.
Ray P. Burch .has purchased the Cres
ton Statesman of Mrs. Anna Roberts,
who haa been conducting the paper for
some time.
The Loup Valley Press association will
hold Its next meeting at Palmer In Jan
uary. Karl L. Spence of Franklin haa added
the Ns ponce Herald to his string of
papers. Mr. Spence la also owner of
the Franklin County News and the Up
land Eagle.
Horace M. Davis, editor of the Ord
Weekly Journal, haa declined the office
of deputy state auditor. He says he
csnnot afford to leave his own business
to work for the state.
SUNNY GEMS.
"Here'a a story of an advanced Woman
who waa not allowsd In a barber shop
when she tried to go there to have a hair
cut "
"She mlpht have known thst barber
shops are unly for the males. That'a why
they're postmarked." Baltimore Amer
ican. "What do you think of a man with a rip
In his coat and only three buttons pa hla
vestr"
"He should either get married or get a
divorce." Chicago News.
"My boy has bad luck all through
college."
"How's that?"
"He never srete over his base ball In.
Juries soon enough to n.ake the football
team." fbuaaeiphla Bulletin.
Teacher Now. If I tiiti! one man 12 a
day for seven days, another $3 60 for ten
aay and anotner 4.75 lor six flays
Keddy iJackrow (whose rather belongs
to the unlon You'd have the lurndet
strike on voiir hands you ever aaw,
teacher. Puck.
Orateful Patient Doctor, bow can I
ever repay you for your kindness to me?
Doctor Doesn't matter, old mno. Check,
money order or cash. New Xork Times.
Walter What will It be sir? Sauer
kraut or pate do fola gras?
1-Ham and eggs. I'm neutral! Har
ard Lampoon.
Wife Don't you think vou mlRht tnnn
age to keep house alone for a week, while
1 go on a visit?
Husband I guess so; yes, of course.
"But won't you be lonely and miser
able.?" Not a bit."
"Huh! Then I won't go." New Tork
Weekly.
THA1JKSQIVIIIQ.
Joel Benton In LcsIIo's.
Another year of sun and rain, '
Of alnfrtnir birds and summer flowers,
Brings us this hallowed day again,
With Joy that life's great gift Is, ours.
A'prll, date with skies of blue.
And scurrying clouda , and budding
trees,
Hue helJ her rosiest promise true.
The trembling, pale anemone's
Frnll cup. niid all the pomp of May.
With June's transcendent cavalcade,
Brought us this heritage today.
For this boundlesa year waa made;
For this there came the bobpH-.s's "train.
And the song-sparrow's dulcet thrill
The opulent crops renewed again.
That crown each autumn vale and bill.
The chestnuts that the frost unlocks,
Our orchards of Hesperldcs.
And all the fields of growing- flocks
Conspired In generous league with
these.
Tet this sure globe goes not alone,
Through any force fortuitous:
The Hand upon Creation's Throne
Proffers unmeasured wealth to us.
So. for tho rich Thanksgiving feast,
Lt gratitude today arise.
For Joy and sroort once more Increased,
And love descending from ths skies!
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NwTrcs social centre
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districts, C-?
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Tanrini Car wuS Sedan Top
RoadtUr with Cvup Top, tlStS
F. O. B. Detroit.
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CADILLAC CO. OF OMAHA
XHstribators I
sdett-M raraaa BV. Omaha, Vet.
Real Comfort
in This Car
The Sedan and coupe topa for ths
new Hupmoblle turn open summer
cars into luxuriously comfortable
closed winter cars. . . ,
More than that, they give you the
effect and the benefit of two cars, at
a cost of little more than one.
Thus is partially explained the ex
cellent fall business we are doing.
Almost every Hupmoblle buyer or
ders one of the demountable tops s
a matter of course, seeing ahead a
winter of really pleasant driving.
Thongh readily detachable, thee
tops are finished within with all the
trlmness that characterizes the cost
ly limousine.
They are free of rattle, most sub
stantially built, with best coach glass
wlndowsi wide doors and plenty of
head-room.
Where women end children are eon- '
cerned, their cosy protection from
wind and rain ' and storms makes
t them a necessity.
A touring car fitted with' the Sedan
top la now in display. Please call
and see it
WMk
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Leaving Time of .the Roch Island's
' t "fcT U "El
Leaves 6.-03 p. m. daily. Have dinner on the train
arrive La Salle Station, Chicago in the heart of the
business district ready for the day no time lost
' Carries sleeping car for Tri-Cities may be occupied
until 7 a.m.
Other Solid .Through Trains Daily
"Rocky Mountain Limited' . 12:35a.m.
"Chicago Day Express" . . 6:30 au m.
"Chka go-Colorado Express" . 4:40 p.m.
Automatic Block Signals
Finttt Modern All -Steel Pasaenger Equipment
Abeoluto Safety
Write, phone or call at Rock Island Travel
Bureau, 1323 Famara Street, for tickets, reser
vations, information.
J. Si NcNALLY, Division Passenger Agent
Phone Douglas 428
