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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 24, 1916.
STATE MASOMS TO
COHVENEIN OMAHA
Complete Flans for Laying of
the Cornerstone of New
Temple October 4.
STEUCTT7EE BISES FAST
Masons from all over Nebraska,
with many from adjoining states, are
expected in Omaha Wednesday, Octo
ber 4, the occasion being the laying
of the cornerstone of the new $500,
000 temple being erected at Nine
teenth and Douglas streets, on the lots
west of the Fontenelle hotel.
Plans were made for laying the
cornerstone last spring, but hind
rances came and the date was post
poned. Now, with a greater portion
of the structural steel in place and
everything ready for pushing con
struction to completion, Masons feel
that the time has arrived for holding
the ceremonies.
It is planned to have the cornerstone-laying
ceremonies at 2 o'clock
the afternoon of the day named. That
afternoon, Omaha Masons and the vis
itors in the city, who will include the
grand officers, will gather at the old
Masonic Temple, Sixteenth street and
Capitol avenue, at 1 :30 o'clock. There
a procession will be formed and pro
ceed to the new building, where the
exercises will be held.
Grand Lodge Officers in Charge.
The ceremonies will be conducted by
Most' Worshipful Grand Master of
Masons of Nebraska Andrew H. Viele
of Lodge No. 55, Norfolk, Neb. Grand
Master Viele will be assisted by offi
cers of the' grand lodge of Nebraska,
who are: Deputy grand master, Fred
erick L. Temple, No. 61, Lexington;
grand senior warden, Ambrose A.
Epperson, No. 139, Clay Center; grind
junior warden, John J. Tooley, No.
258, Anselmo; grand secretary, Fran
cis E. White, No. 6, Omaha; grand
chaplain, Charles M. Shepherd, No.
54, Lincoln; grand orator, Charles L.
Richards, No. 43, Hebron; grand cus
todian, Robert E. French, No. 46,
Kearney; grand marshal, Joseph B.
Fradenburg, No. 3, Omaha; grand
senior deacon, Lewis C. Smith, No.
136, Valentine; grand junior deacon,
E. M. Wellman, No. 1, Omaha; grand
tyler, Alexander E. Porter, No. 19,
Lincoln.
All Masons Invited.
All Masons are invited to partici
pate in the exercises, which will par
take of the nature of one of the most
important public functions in the his
tory of Masonry in Nebraska.
Arrangements are in charge of a
committee selected by the masters
and wardens of the several lodges of
Omaha, of which Worshipful Brother
Joseph B. Fradenburg is chairman.
Further announcements as to details
will be made later. Work on the
splendid building has advanced to a
point where it is the hope of the
craft in Omaha that the next session
of the grand lodge of Nebraska may
be held in the new Temple. The
steel work is practically completed,
and the laying of the brick and stone
will be pushed with all speed, so that
the building will be enclosed before
cold weather sets in. The work on
the interior will be carried on
through the winter months.
Friends of North Nebraska
Are Building New Church
AIlenNeb., Sept. 2j. (Special.)
The Spring Bank meeting of Friends
is beginning the erectionVif a modern
new meeting house on its ground two
miles east of Allen, to cost $6,000.
This new building will be the third
meeting house at Spring Bank. The
first one was built in the spring of
1883. On the first one the carpenter
bill was only $16.50, as nearly all of
the work was done by the members.
Spring Bank is the oldest religious
center in this part of the state. A con
siderable number of Friends, from
Pleasant Plain, Jefferson county,
Iowa, tettled here and in Dakota
county, in 1869, and the early 70s.
CITY TO CONTEST
CAR LINE RIGHTS
Action to Be Started First of
sYear to Determine Franchise
Sights to Streets.
CITY SHOWS ITS PLANS
The program of the city commis
sioners and city legal department in
connection with the disputed fran
chise of the Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway company contem
plates beginning an action on January
1. 1917, which will result in a legal
settlement of the divergent claims of
city and company.
This situation was brought out at
a conference held in the city council
chamber, attended by citizens of the
northwestern section of the city, Cor
poration Counsel Lambert, City Com
missioners Kugel, Butler and Parks
and General Manager Leussler of the
traction company.
Ask for Extension.
The conference was called to con
sider the merits of a petition from
citizens asking for a street car ex
tension from Thirtieth and Spaulding
streets, west to Thirty-tmrd street,
north to Kedman avenue, west to
Thirty-seventh street, north to Kedick
avenue and thence west to city lim
its. The discussion developed into a
spirited review of certain phases of
franchise rights of the street car com,
pany. The matter of extensions
stands at a deadlock, because the
company will not accept the terms of
the city, which terms, the corporation
counsel explained, were imposed to
protect the city when the time comes
to contest the company's claims to a
perpetual franchise.
City's Contentions.
"I contend that the street railway
company will be without a franchise
on January 1 and the course our de
partment will recommend will be to
start an action January 1 to establish
the relative rights of the' city and
company," said Mr. Lambert
"I am told that if the commission
ers should grant the company an un
restricted permission to make any ex
tensions an efiort will be made by an
organization of this city to secure
a grand jury investigation looking to
ward the impeachment of the com
missioners! and it is my opinion that
the commissioners cannot legally
grant the company any extension
iigiiio ai ,ina nine, nit, wifuifliiuii
counsel added.
Silence Means Consent.
Mr. Lambert explained to the com
missioners that silence on their part
would be equivalent to an affirmative
act, if the street car company would
attempt to make an extension without
accepting the terms recommended by
the city legal department.
"I am given to understand that the
company will claim a perpetual fran
chise under the tennis of an act of
the legislature of 1887, consolidating
the tramway and the horse car lines
and giving the properties of the con
stituent companies to the new com
pany in perpetuity. The legislature
could not grant any franchise rights
in perpetuity, according to the con
tention of the city," was another state
ment by the corporation counsel.
Wheat Makes Jump I
Up of Three Cents
Since Friday Close
Wheat on the Omaha market con
tinues its upward flight, reaching
$1.56 per bushel, a gain of 2 to 3
cents over night. The bulk of the !
sales, however, were made at prices j
ranging between $1.49 and $1.53. The
durum sold Jn the sama notch as j
the No. 1 hard, $1.56J4. Receipts for :
the day were eighty-nine carloads.
Corn was strong and 'A cent up, i
selling at 78 to 82 cents per bushel,
with thirty-two carloads on the mar
ket. Oats were up 'A to H cents per j
bushel, and sold at 45 to 46 cents. !
Receipts were fifty-seven carloads. i
One-Day Auto Trade Trip
To Be Run Next Thursday
The one-day automobile trade trip
into Iowa is to be conducted Thurs
day, leaving Omaha at 7 o'clock. The
towns on the proposed itinerary are
Weston, Underwood, Neola, Minden,
Avoca, Walnut, Marne, Atlantic. Gris
wold, Lewis, Carson, Oakland, Trey
nor and back to Omah...
Announcement ! I
Al Jacobs and Henry Lee
wish to announce to their
friends and public that they
have purchased the drug store
at 17th and Douglas, formerly
known as the Yates Drug Store.
And 're now in a position to serve
you with th best in drugs, toilet
articles and sundries. Perscriptions
compounded by registered pharmacists
only. The purest drugs of known qual
ity being used. WE NEVKR SUBSTI
TUTE. Free delivery service to any
part of the city at all times.
Jacobs - Lee
Drug Store
N. W. Comer 17th ud Doualai
fhooa Uouflaa 4185.
Humphreys' Seventy-seven
For Grip, Influenza
To get the best results, take
"Seventy-seven" at the first feeling
of catching. Cold lassitude weak
ness chill shiver.
If you wait until you begin to
cough and sneeze, have sore throat
and aching bones it may take longer,
all drug stores, 25c.
TONIC TABLETS
(HUMPHREYS')
j For the convalescent, for the weak
j and the weary. Price $1.00, at all
: Drug Stores or sent C. O. D., ad-
dress:
Humphreys' Borneo. Medicine Co.,
156 William Street, New York.
More Grocery Stores ;
To Close on Sundays
Recently more grocery stores than
ever have agreed to close all day on
Sunday. Numerous stores have from j
time to time ciuooea togetner in a
given community and agreed to close, j
The effort to get an ordinance on the
subject failed, but the clubbing sys
tem worked pretty well, until at the
present time the Retail Grocers' as
sociation announces that practically
all the grocery stores west of Thir
tieth street are closed all day Sun
days, as well as a great many of the
grocery stores in other parts of the
city.
fall Display of HOMEFURNISHINGS
26 EXTRA FEATURES
73 NEW CONCEPTIONS
7 NEW-TYPE BODIES
127-INCH WHEELBASE
48 HORSEPOWER
41 F- - B- RACINE
4 I JCJ FOR TOURING CAR
MID-YEAR
MODEL
500 Exhibitipn Cars
Luxury Bodies, Designed for January Shows
The Mitchell Company is building just 500 enclosed cars
exactly like designs perfected for next season's Shows. Some
of them are now on exhibit here the most luxurious bodies
you have ever seen. Come and see their unique attractions. s
There are only 500 of these bodies built The de
mand for Mitchell open models has trebled in a
year. For months it has called for more cars than
this factory could turn out y
So no city will have more than a few of these
luxury models. And those who get them will have
the smartest cars seen this fall and winter.
s 257 Models in One
John W. Bate, the great efficiency expert, took
charge of this body-designing.
First he had his experts and artists examine 257
this year models all the finest cars produced In
Europe and America. So these new Mitchells com
bine all the new ideas, all the luxuries and attrac
tions known to fine body-building. Each has a score
of features and touches which no other one car has.
The Favorite Types
The favorite types the all-weather models are
made In three designs.
One is the Springfield type of Touring Sedan a
dainty, roomy Sedan whose win
dows drop, creating an open Tour
ing Car.
' One Is a Cabriolet a warm, cozy
Coupe, which changes to an open
Roadster.
One is a new-type Demountable
Top.
The Mitchell Limousine, with
seats for seven, is a magnificent
production. All the plate glass
windows drop. The Mitchell Coupe,
MITCHELL MODELS
3 passenger Roadster, $1325
5-passenger Touring Car,
7-patsenger Touring Car,
- Equipped with Demountable
Top Only, law Kitra
3- pasaenger Cabriolet,
4- passenger Coupe,
7-passen;er Springfield Sedan,
7-pasMnger Limousine, ,
AUprkast.o.b.Rach
with seats for four, has many new comforts and
luxuries. ,
All Bate Creations
v All these extra-fine bodies,like the Mitchell chassis,
are due to John W. Bate. Like every detail of the
Mitchell, they typify his ideas of efficiency.
Mr. Bate has made In the Mitchell car more than
700 improvements. He has brought every part to
his idea of perfection. He has given every part at
least 50 per cent over-strength.
For the heavily strained parts he uses Chrome
Vanadium steel. For 440 parts he uses drop forg
ings or steel stampings three times as strong as
castings. He uses almost no castings.
The result Is a lifetime car. Seven of them have
averaged 175,000 miles apiece over 30 years of
ordinary service.
Mr. Bate also built this model Mitchell factory,
and equipped it with model machinery. The result
is a saving of 50 per cent on our factory cost
You get in the Mitchell, because
of this saving, at least 20 per cent
extra value. You get 26 features
which other cars omit
Come and see this car equipped
with these exhibition bodies. Come
now, because our allotment is
smalL We shall not have" them
long on show.
MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, Inc
Racine, Wis, U. S. A.
$1325
$1360
$1775
$1850
$1985
$2650
J. T. Stewart Motor Co
Phone Douglas 138
Distributors
Omaha, Nebraska
2048-52 Farnam St
At T TITIAN niTTCITTIMP PAMDAIVTV 16th and
the umur uuii iiimu vasith jack,0n
Our Fall display of Furniture, Rugs and Stoves
is NOW ready for your inspection, with an EX
TENSIVE assortment of RELIABLE, SERVICE
GIVING goods. The fact that we have an INEX
PENSIVE location and that we are able to do a
VERY LARGE business on a VERY LOW operating
expense, coupled with an IMMENSE buying power,
that enables us to secure our goods at the very
Sts.
LOWEST cost which SAVING we pass on to our
customers enables us to quote you LOWER prices
at all times. Our ABSOLUTE guarantee goes with
every article purchased at this store. You are AL
WAYS welcome to call and inspect our merchandise
you will not be urged to buy, and a small account
is just as acceptable at this store as a large one
as usual, YOU MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS.
YOU MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS
JUST
LIKE
THE
SOLID OAK DINING
ROOM TABLE Like il
lustration, circular top,
fitted with 6 foot slides;
a splendid table.
Jur nnce.
$9.75
n... I
I, a
vary
flna
valua
in a
hlh
grade
floar
lamp.
PARLOR
FLOOR
LAMPS
Just like cut
heavy stand
ard, mahog
any finished.
with h a n d-t-some
silk
shade, trim
m e d with
braid; long
silk cord, com
plete with two
electric chain
sockets. Our
price
$117S
YOUR
CREDIT
IS
GOOD
PICTURE j III I 1 1
ifiBi
We invite you to visit and in
spect our bif, "daylight" rug
repartment, where you will
find ah immense assortment of
rur of all sizes and grades at
very low prices. This week we
offer you s splendid 9x12 all
seamless Brussels Rug. in the
latest patterns,
at our low
price of
$16.75
$11 50
11
For This Massive
Upholstered
Solid Oak Rocker
This massive and handsome
rocker is exactly as illustrat-
s ed above and is upholstered
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiin Spanish MorOCColino that
bears both ours and the fac
tory guarantee for two years
The top has the "tailor-made" effect,
and the frame is of solid oak, finished
fumed. The upholstering is done over a
fine grade of tow and cotton filling, and
there are two invisible straps on each
side that give it firmness and strength.
It is an' unusual value at (Ml CA
our low price, of t. iplladU
i
ill
HSlurtl
COLLAPSIBLE
DRESS FORMS
That enable you to
greatly increase
your wardrobe at
little or no extra ex
pense. Fully adjust
able. Our CO C
THIS QUARTER SAWED OAK
BUFFETT, finished golden- and
just like cut, made of a select
ed grade of quarter sawed oak,
with plenty of room tfA CA
space. Our low pricey 170U
' price.
ALL-OVER UPHOLSTERED TAPESTRY DAVENPORTS
Just like cut and upholstered as you will notice in a splendid
neavy grade oi nanasome lapenrry. Has three separate re
movable cusnions in tne seat. This is a hand- j
some and durable piece of furniture and our ,
low price is only
s separate re-
$46.50
Goods sold out of
town on easy
payments.
Freight Paid 200 Miles.
3-Room
Home
Outfits,
'69
BJ V our own
terms ill do
No Money Down on
Columbia
Grafonolas
Let there be music in
your home. A full line
of these wonderful
"Columbia" Grafon
olas and Columbia
records to select from.
Prices from
$15 to $150
We invite you
to visit our en
larged stove
d e p artment,
where you will
f i n d a com
plete assort
ment of cook
stoves, cast &
steel , ranges,
comb ination
coal and gas
ranges, base
burners, How
ard over-draft
heaters that
burn hard or
soft coal or
wood ; also a
line of soft
coal heaters
All are fully
g u a r a nteed
and bear our
low prices.
Your Old Stove Taken
In Exchange.
PRINCESS VACUUM SWEEP
ERS Combining a suction
vacuum cleaner with a sweeper
brush. Our low (J j? QC
price... '. . .
SOLID OAK CHIF.
FONIERS With 5
large drawers. Our
price .. . $4.95
i C 5
4-Room ;
Home jij
Outfits, !;
, $99 I
Your own '
terms will do. I I
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