THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918.
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" NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.
55,483 Daily Sunday 50,037.
Dwlirni Wllllama, etreulatlon meneter of The Baa
Publl.hma rompanr. betni duly aworn, aaya thai too
averate circulation for th month of November, llll, wa.
SMJ dally, and 60.HH Hunday
DWIOIIT WILLIAM, Clrmilatlon Manaier.
Sobeortbed In my preence and aworn to before ma
thta Ind day of December, llll.
C. W. CARI.RON, Notary fhiblle.
3ukaorlbri leaving Id city temporarily
hould hare Tha Bea nailed to tbam. AoV
. .rest will be changed aa of Ian aa required.
Now is the time for the tardy early Chriitmai
shopper to speed up.
Looks as if the weather man were trying hard
to band us a white Christmas.
A swelling national deficit shows no signs of
worrying the "pork bar'l" division of congress.
The Whit House will also witness Woodrow
Wilson's wooden wedding. How'l the allitera
tion? ,
Catching wild horsei in Arizona mutt be tome
thing akin fo towing wild oatt In more civilized
communities.- -
Of course, Attorney General Reed's request
for a $100,000 prosecution fund Is a mere drop in
the dry bucket. '
As Berlin views the situation, the case is hope
less for the Allies. Only the wicktd persist In de
fying divine wrath.
1 Omaha it to have that federal land bank,
as we are assured, It would show up beautifully
in our Christmas stocking.
A huge ttack of private pension bills filling
pages of the Congressional Record are cheerful
reminders of campaign promises on the way to
ward fulfillment.. '
Rival calculations of enemy lottes on the
various firing lines are interesting not to much
for their accuracy as for the pervading note of
mock melancholy.
War heroes in the matt are woefully short
lived. Today worshiped by the populace; tomor
row, mayhap, a mass of scrapped idols. Only the
warriors at the finish get the applause.
At last a contract hat been actually let for one
of the new school buildings for which bonds
were voted at a special hurry-up election nearly
two yean ago. The school board evidently be
lieves haste maket waste.
The nation'! military chieftains declare the
army volunteer system is a failure. Similar criti
cism wat heard after the first Bull Run, but the
volunteers pulled themselves together and in due
Lime became seasoned veterans.
' Undoubtedly grape juice factory spots a
c.ming want hereabouts. A foundry for apple
jack built on the Jersey plan would be equally
iinctcious at a drouth preventive. Opportunity
i trent del Nebratka toft drink enterprise as never
before, r ,
Mr. Bryan's Commoner prints several' col
umns, of "Generous Expressions from Friends"
anent his part in the recent election, among them
letters from president, senators, congressmen and
governors, but not a word from any democratic
senator, congressman or governor elected in his
home ttate of Nebraska. Silence is' sometimes
significant!
Prohibition An Issue
t St. LavU Cloka-DaaMcnl. .
The action of a majority of the house commit
tee on the judiciary in recommending the sub
mission of a prohibitory amendment to the leg
islatures of the several states, when taken in
connection with the results of recent state elec
tions on the subject and the incessant activity of
the prohibition forces, proves that prohibition is
to be a live national isue, regardless of whether
either of the major parties espouse it in its
platform. Some of the most sagacious advocates
of the amendment prefer that it shall not be made
a party question. Their success in the states has
generally come from their influence on individual
candidates.
The submission of an amendment would give
. the friends of national prohibition a great tactical
advantage. It is generally agreed that an amend
ment that is once submitted can never be with
drawn, nor can it ever be said to be finally re
jected. The ratification of an amendment by the
legislature of any state is final, while rejection it
not. Thu would permit a concentration of efforts,
livery state gained would be permanently won
while there could be no permanent loss.- There
are now twenty-three of the forty-eight states
which have constitutional prohibition. There are
several other states which are wet on a state
wide vote, but which generally elect dry legisla
tures, owing to the potency of small dry margins
in country districts. Some of the dry states are
in the south, traditionally opposed to extenainn
of federal power, but it it not certain that a feel
ing of logical consistency would cause a really
zealous advocate of prohibition to oppose it on
the ground that it was a state problem. There
is the tame element of doubt at to the attitude
of a dry member of a legislature in a state which
has defeated prohibition in a itate-wide vote.
The prohibitionists will not only enjoy an
advantage through geographical distributiou out
veighing population in the ttate legislatures, but
they will gain still more through geography in
the nation. The states have equal power with
respect to constitutional amendments, regardless
of popnlation, which ranges from 81,875 in Nevada
to 9,113.279 in New York. There are seven dif
ferent ttates with less population than the Tenth
district of Missouri. The prohibitionists have
reasons for rejoicing that the United States is
not a pure democracy.
No Enlightenment in Lloyd George'l Speech,
In his speech to the House of Commons re
ferring to the note from Germany, Premier Lloyd
George doet not give promise of early peace. His
utterance is worthy of a place alongside that
of Von Bethman-Hollweg on the day the note
was dispatched. France and Russia have already
similarly referred to the proposals, that the
Alliet are willing to fight on, but await with inter
est to see what Germany offers. If it is, as the
emperor is reported to have said, the peace of
a conqueror he offers, the war will continue for
some time to come. Russia still wants its open
way through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles;
France it not ready to forego Alsace and Lor
raine after the sacrifices of the last two years,
and England must protect the passage to India
and Egypt. Germany wants its path to the east
cleared, its place in the sun, and there you have
the main items. The restoration of Belgium, the
re-establishment of Poland and Lithuania, the
rehabilitation of Serbia and the recovery of Italy's
lost provinces now are thrust into secondary
position in the possible peace bargain.
What it really of more interest than the pub
lic addresaet of the several prime ministers of
Europe it the proceeding! in the cabineti. The
counsellors of Europe alone know what the war
has cost, it costing and will cost, and with them
at present rcttt the determination of whether
the price will be paid, Lloyd George sheds no
more light on this point than any of the others,
and thut leavet the entire matter in the realm
of speculation. Each of us may hold his own
opinion at to the probable duration of the war,
and the opinion of one it just at good and no
better than the opinion of the rest.
Nebraska and the Dairy Induttry.
Impending dedication of i new $200,000 labora
tory building at the Nebratka College of Agri
culture, devoted to the science of dairy farming
is a reminder of the progress this ttate hat made
In thlt important branch of food producing. Corn
and hogt, wheat and cattle, and a few tatellitet,
inch at alfalfa, potatoes and tugar beets, usually
monopolize the tpotlight, and only now and
then doet the beholder get a glimpse of the cow,
patiently producing milk. But the long milk
trains, unloading their millions of gallon! daily
at the- great butter factories of the state, afford
proof that the cow is an important factor in the
prosperity of the people, and just ai we Improve
in our knowledge of how to make and market
dairy product! we will increase the profit. The
University of Nebraika is now better than ever
able to serve Its supporter! with exact Informa
tion on all matter! relating to milk supply, its
production and uses, and Nebratka should greatly
benefit through this latest addition to its scien
tific equipment.
Bryan'! Attitude Toward 1920.
Mr, Bryan't Commoner it alwayi ai interest
ing, and often more suggestive, because of the
article! specially selected for reprint aa for the
original contribution! of its editor. If anyone
had deluded himaelf into believing Mr. Bryan's
presidential ambition to be wholly abandoned,
his mind will be disabuaed at perusal of the con
tent! of the current number from thia point of
view.
, From a California paper an article is repro
duced, for the benefit of Commoner readers, cap
tioned "The Campaign of 1920," which, among
other things, says:
President Wilson will not be available in
1920 and the democratic party will have to
select another candidate one who has an un
blemished record on the question of prohibition.
That man will likely be Bryan, W. J. Bryan,
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and
Florida, the man who has thrice fallen in such
contests, but who arose ttronger and more
optimittic after the ballots had been counted.
Lett there may be any misunderstanding, an-'
other article with the heading, "Bryan and 1920,"
it credited to the Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat,
from which thii extract ii taken;
The Bryan ahadow looms portentiously on
the horizon of 1920. Mr. Bryan has repeatedly
stated that he never again expects to be a can
didate for office, but he has also stated that he ex
pects to devote his remaining years to the serv
ice of the people in all ways open to him and
without reserve, As the foremost champion of
prohibition he may find himself, in 1920, in a
position where he cannot escape the call of
those who believe with him, that the power of
liquor in politics must be overthrown.
Pointing in the same direction is a reprint
of the election comment of a New Jersey paper
volunteering thia information:
The two leaders now visible for 1920 are
Bryan and Roosevelt for the nominations for
president.
In politics, as elsewhere, actions speak louder
than words. Especially it thit true in this case
when it it remembered that every time Mr, Bryan
hat denied being a candidate for president he
has coupled the denial with the declaration that
he will not give bond never to become a candi
date again. No one who follows Mr. Bryan and
hit political methoda can escape the conclusion
that not only will he not inn away from a nomi
nation In 1920, but that he might be persuaded
to run halfway to meet it.
Pitting of the Handcar.
The Lehigh railroad ha! decreed the ban
ishment of the handcar on the advice of effi
ciency experts, who have ditcovered what any
lection man could have told them, that pump
ing the car winds i the men. Thus does science
push romance off the map and the old-time, slow
moving machine that has always had its place
in the railroad thriller goes to the scrapheap. Of
courae, the new motor car will get the rescuing
hero over the road quicker, but it will be no
longer possible to have the villain knocked out
of time by the flying brake. The passing of the
handcar will take with it much that is pictur
esque in railroad life, although the smiling face
of the section hand, leaning on claw-bar or tamp-ing-rod
just inside of safety, will stilt greet pas
sengers on the flying "limited," but "Jerry, go ile
the ca-a-r" will lose its poetry when the motor
taket the place of the man on the section.
What't the difference between joyriding by
public ofhciala in autos paid for and maintained
out of the municipal treatury and junketing
around the country by public officials on railroad
transportation and traveling expenses charged to
public account? A wide-awake and fearless
comptroller, clothed with ample authority, would
make injunctions by taxpayers unnecessary.
This is the season when the fire risk is great
est and the need of safety precautions most ur
gent. Take no avoidable chance on being burned
out of house and home.
Gorged With Gold
-Htm Yer Latter, Beatea Trmaecript-
Midaa had his share of the troubles of the
rich but consider Uncle Sam, his family and their
servitors. Gold comet so fast from abroad that
in the United States assay office in New York
there is no more room for storing it. not enough
men or smelters there to smelt it (although em
ployes have been increased), and the building of
the subtreasury has had to be commandeered for
storage space, while the mints at Philadelphia,
Denver and San Francisco have had to help the
overworked assay office to catch up with its job
which still it cannot do, for in the first place
"immigrant gold," all gold arriving from foreign
lands, must be weighed.
It has been potiible to weigh only from two
and one-half to three million dollars' worth a
day. Of the nearly $51,000,000 in gold received
here last week the overwhelmed assay office, even
with the help of the Philadelphia mint, could pass
upon and try, by scales and chemicals, only $25,
000,000 worth. Not till the metal has been
weighed and perhaps melted can the assay office
tell the value to the smallest of fractions, and
not till then can the governor pay to importers
or consignees its checks representing 98 per cent
of the demonstrated value for bars and 99 per
cent for the demonstrated value for coins. Mean
time the appropriation set aside for assaying by
the government has been overspent. Plants are
running at a deficit. Secretary McAdoo has had
to ask congress for $107,500 to make good the
operating losses at the assay office and in Denver,
Philadelphia and San Francisco mints.
If you are a truckman with a load of gold you
can easily find this treasure house. Driving into
the midst of many sumptuous money changers'
templet yon merely tearch out the dingiest, most
temporary and casual looking entrance in the
neighborhood, back up and trundle your iron
bound boxes up a temporary inclined walk and
under a signboard almost erased by the wind that
ceaselessly skurries through the canyons. The
door mat has no "welcome" on it. The shift of
workers tee in your precious approaching cargo
only a piling up of more and more labor. Except
that there are armed guarda ttanding at the en
trance and at odd corner! of the great rooms, you
will tee little that it different from the interjor
of any orderly factory. Quiet and aystem every
where Superintendent Bovie attendt to that. -The
great important machine! are the giant scales,
which have delicacy of balance down to the last
notch, and the cauldron, or melting pot.
For all gold it melted and much of it refined
tnd tetted at toon at may be after delivery. All
the bright proud tovereignt of England, all the
beautiful well-wrought napoleont of France, all
the splendidly worked multiplei of yens, drach
mas, rubles, florins, lirat, krant, marks, on which
gifted designers have spent imagery and symbol
um all of these that come thia way are cast into
the melting pot like ordinary nuggett. Unlike
arriving people, arriving gold, whether in coins
or bars, muit become immediately "naturalized."
They must go into the common melting pot, and J
men inrougn me letting, separating, renning pro
cesset till they reach the American standard, all
except the gold coins of France and Britain,
which have the same quality as our own.
United States Kold coins, 25.8 grains to the
dollar, 900-1000 line, no limit on the issue, cor
respond in amount of pure gold and amount of
alloy to the gold coins of France and Britain, so
sovereigns and napoleons are not aubjected to
the ditintergrating proccesses of other coinage.
The iron-bound boxes in which they arrive are
opened. The bags of sovereign! and napoleons
are lifted out and weighed and dumped at once
together into the melting pot. For other coins
and bar material for coma there are icarching
analyaei, tests and electrolysis operations because
thev contain different alloy, the latter, like bul
lion, are put through course! which dissolve them
into their component parts. First the silver is
drawn from the gold, and ran into special molds.
Next from the residue is separated the gold, plat
inum, iridium, etc. The gold procured in thit way
it absolutely pure and it molded into bars. These
are tetted and ttamped, then put away until
needed either for coinage or for use in manufactures.
Uncle Sam's family hat a wealth of $320,000,-
000,000 this week three times, the comptroller of
the currency says, the wealth ot Uermany in lyil,
twice the wealth of the British empire before it
gathered in German colonies by force of arms.
In the year of the outbreak of the war gold
production was speeded up. It has been for all
countries: i
1911 $461,939,700 1913. .'.'. . . .$459,941,100
1912 466,136,100 1914 455,676,600
Efforts to produce in the midst of carrying on
war have been continuous. Thit year't produc
tion it likely to average welt, for the October
gold output of the Trantvaal wat the third largest
in war-time; the $16,825,000 produced having been
exceeded only by $16,920,000 of laat March, the
$16,940,000 of last October, and the $16,869,000
of May. 1913. March. 1912. broke all records with
$17,643,000. The word from London is that if
America requires more gold shipments against
what is owing for munitions and supplies, "gold
is available." This week $20,000,000 is expected.
In this connection one finds interest taken li
the remark of one of Harvard's assistant profes
sors, B. M. Anderson, "all of the gold in the world
could be little more than adequate to pay for
two years of our exports at the present rate."
American total export trade for the fiscal year
ending June last, the treasury secretary reported,
waa $4,333,658,865. Then all the gold in the world
two years ago was too small by $666,000,000 to
pay for two years of American exports at. present
volume. Mr. Anderson makes the indisputable
conclusion to be paid for at alt, pay for exports
to enormous must be taken in something else
than gold; in commodities, or manufactures, or
securities.
One it told that the probability it that, while
it hat already got back American securities to
the amount of three billion from abroad, Wall
atreet would, rather than gold, prefer to receive
more of the forty-odd million Stock Exchange
tecuritiet still held by Europe.
I ronAVi
Thought Nugget for the Day.
'Tin sweet to hear the watch-dog's
honest bark
Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we
draw near home;
'TIs sweet to know there ta an eye
will mark
Our coming and look brighter when
we come. Byron.
One Year Ago Today In tho War..
French blew up German trenches
near 8t Mlhlel.
l.'laahee between Greek and Bulga
rian troops at the Albanian border
reported.
Austrian took by ntorm Montene
grin helKbta near Berane and Bjelu
polje. t'nited States protected holdup by
British warships of parcel pott from
America to tiweden.
In Omaha Thirty Yearn Ago.
President Max Meyer of the Expo
sition association ttatea that the as
sociation prdpoaea to remodel the an
nex and make It the finest and most
complete dancing hall of Ita alae In
the west,
John Mulvaney, Judge Dwtght Hull,
O. H. Rothaker, A. L. Sorenson, D.
W. Haynee and John W. McKlnney,
manager of Mansfield's "Prince Karl"
company,- occupied a box at the "Rag
Baby" entertainment at the Boyd.
The lot and building of the A. L.
Strang company, at the corner of
Tenth and Far nam, haa been told to
Fred L. A men.
Article were filed with the county
clerk of tha Nebraska Christian
Science Institution. The object of the
association la to teach the science of
curing disease without the use of med
icines aa prescribed by Mrs. Mary Ba
ker Eddy. The Incorporators are
Mrs. B. B. Fenn, Mrs. C. R. Courtney
and Mrs. Adelle Day.
It is announced that a son of Col
lector Calhoun from Nobraska City
of the revenue office in this city Is
soon to take a place as assistant to
Mr. Doud, now In charge of the oleo
margarine records. It is' also hinted
that young Calhoun will become some
body's successor before very long.
A movement Is on foot for the build
ing of a new Presbyterian church In
tho western part of the city to re
lieve the other churches ot the tame
denomination, which are now over
crowded, probably near Park avenue
and Leavenworth street.
The county commissioners received
a resolution from the trustees of the
newly-Incorporated village of Park
Vale asking that a separate precinct
be made of that Incorporation. The
matter was laid over until after
Christmas.
People and Events
By a system of thought-transference mystify
ing to the victims, the laundries of Minneapolis
put into effect a 10 per cent uplift in prices last
week. Concerted action is denied. The raise
simply had to come, you know, and, like Topsy,
"just growed" without seeding.
Before the family romance went to smash
Mr. and Mrs. Karr of Independence, Mo., planted
a patch of potatoes, from which eight bushels
were dug in due time. Mrs. Karr didn't want
alimony, but insisted on an even split of the
spuds. She got them with the decree.
General Nivelle, the new commander of the
French army on the western front, is 58 years of
age, a six-footer, as straight and slender as a
beanpole. Only a colonel when the war started,
he fought in Alsace, at the battle of the Marne,
at the Aisne, Soissons and at Verdun since May
laat.
The Bar association of Brooklyn duly investi
gated the charge of fee splitting among members
of the profession and rendered a verdict of guilty.
By quick action on the part of counsel for the
defense the names of the guilty onet were sealed
up and carefully filed in the safety vaults of the
association.
"What are the greatest safeguards against
temptation?" A minister put the question to
Thomas A. Edison. The wizard replied he did
not know, never having had experience in such
matters. "I have never had the time, not even
five minutes,'' he said, "to be tempted to do any
thing against the moral law, civil law and any
other law whatever. If I were to hazard a guess
at to what young people should do to avoid temp
tation, it would be to get a job and work at it
to that temptation would not exist for them."
This Day in History.
1780 England declared war against
Holland.
1841 Great Britain, France, Aus
tria, Russia and Prussia signed a
treaty for the suppression of the slave
trade.
1847 First line of telegraph be
tween Bast St. Louis and the east com
pleted. 1858 John Brown and his men
went into Missouri, liberated four
teen slaves anaV returned .with them
to Kansas.
1860 South Carolina passed an or
dinance of secession.
I860 American steamship "Starry
Banner" wrecked off coast of Ireland,
with loss of 123 lives.
1881 Horace Gray of Massachu
setts was commissioned a Justice of the
supreme court of the United States.
1882 Overdank, a soldier, was exe
cuted for attempted assassination of
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria.,
1883 Opening of the cantilever
bridge at Niagara F'alls.
1889 "La grippe" made Its first ap
pearance tn the United States and soon
became epidemic throughout the coun
try. 1890 The Toronto city council de
cided that street cars should not run
on Sundays In that city.
1891 Preston- B. Plumb. United
States senator from Kansas, died sud
denly In Washington. Born In Dela
ware county, Ohio, October 12, 1887.
The Day We Celebrate.
Prince George, fourth son of the
king of England, recently admitted
as a cadet at the Royal Naval college,
born fourteen years ago today.
John W. Kern, recently defeated for
re-election as United States senator
from Indiana, born in Howard county,
Indiana, sixty-seven years ago today.
Theodore E. Burton, former Untted
States senator from Ohio, born at Jef
ferson, O., sixty-flve years ago today.
Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president
of the University of Chicago, born at
Jamestpwn, N. Y,, sixty-seven years
ago today.
Frederick Merkle, first baseman of
the Brooklyn National league base hall
team, born at Watertown, Wis., twenty-eight
years ago today.
Branch Rickey, secretary of the St.
Louis American league base ball team,
born at Lucasville, O., thirty-tive years
ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Rt. Rev. John 8. Foley, Catholic
bishop of Detroit, -today celebrate the
sixtieth anniversary of his ordination.
Chanukkah. or "The Feast of
IJghts," will be celebrated by the or
thodox Jews throughout the world to
day. The annual convention of the Amer
ican Association of Hatters meets at
Cincinnati today and will continue in
session over tomorrow.
An ornamental stairway erected on
Boston Common as a memorial to
Curtis Guild, former governor of Mas
sachusetts and later American ambas
sador to Russia, will be unveiled today
with ceremonies in which the Russian
ambassador at Washington and other
notables will take part.
A large party of American mission
aries Is to sail from New York today
on the steamship City of Glasgow,
bound for Capetown, from which city
they will start on a missionary jour
ney into the heart of the. cannibal
wilds of the Belgian-Congo country.
StoryeUo of the Day.
She had been Bitting in the furni.
turo shop for nearly two hours In
specting the stock of linoleums.
Roll after roll the perspiring crerk
brought out, but still she teemed dis
satisfied. From' her dress he judged
her to be a person of wealth and
thought it likely she would .have a
good order to give.
When at last he had shown her the
last roll he paused In despair.
"I'm sorry, madame," he said apolo
getically, "but If you could wait I
could get some more pieces from the
factory. Perhaps you would call
again."
The prospective customer gathered
her belongings together and rose from
the chair.
"Tea, do,", she said with a gracious
smile, "and ask them to send you one
or two with very small designs, suit
able for putting in the bottom of a
canary's cage." Philadelphia Ledger.
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Karfy Doings in Calhoun.
Calhoun, lVeb.. Dec. 18. To the
Editor of The Bee: The city of Cal
houn was formed, laid out and sur
veyed by the Clark brothers In 1 S r -t
and my father settled in Calhoun in
1856. In the summer of 1854, when
Calhoun was laid out, a party under
the leadership tt Charles Davis tried
to Jump the townlte of Calhoun. After
a hard battle, with three or four men
killed on eueh side, the Davis party
was repulsed and in 1856 Jim Peter
son triftd to Jump the claim of Kill
Cook, but, when the smoke of battle
cleared away, Jim Peterson was tak- j
in,; a inp across me (.real uiviae ny
the claim Jumpers route. In the sum
mer of 1866 occurred the murder of
Hans Urp by the outlaw Bill Frazer
Kan. Calhoun then formed a vigi
lance com mi Use, which chased all the
outlaws away from Calhoun and the
surrounding country.
CHARLES STOLTENBKHG.
t man told in- that he knows persun
i ally of one nVtd of potatoes containinK
j twenty acres that was bought up In
; the wav I have minted and that tht
i potatoes are still In the ground.
one farmer sold a field of potatoes
I to one man who gave some name and
as he did net have the "potatoes dug
i he farmer tried to find the man, but
on iimulry found that no such person
existed at the address given him. If
these reports are true, the coming
legislature ought to devise some law
fur the punishment of men concerned
in such infamous trnnsactions. Men
who will be guilty of such transac
tions uuKht to be severely punished.
F. A. AliNKW.
CHEERY CHAFF.
'Do you think tjurc t really any gonrt
in the Propomd two--.'nt-and-a-half piece ?'
"(Vrtatniy. Then when you have a nickel
in church, you can Ki lo the forelKn ml
aiytia fifty-fifty." Baltimore American.
Violently the loving wife ehook her hus
band'H tthouldef.
'Wmkp up, Ueorne," he unlet. "Th doc
tor nan just nerit your ulecplng draught."
Judge.
Not the Brenner Hotel. j
Omaha, Dec. 18. To the Editor of
The Jiee: There appeared in The Ree
an account of the hotel fire at Irving
ton, Neb., which burned December 1 .",
and your reporter referred to the ho-
tel an the "Urenner hotel." I wish i
to have you correct the wrong im- -press!
on conveyed, as ! have not in ;
any way been connected with the ho
tel above mentioned for over three
months. GEORGE BRENNER. .
In famous If True. j
Omaha, Dec- 18. To the Editor of
The Bee:, Reports are going thei
rounds that during the fall this year
men went out in the country from 1
tmaha and other cities and bought up I
fields of potatoes and then left them I
there and that the potatoes are there !
yet. .
t is also reported that men went
out in the country and bought up or
chards of apples and then left them
there to rot and freeze. A well-known
Vanity
Boxes
More
popular
than
ever.
They are
made in
i very-
artistic designs; plain, en
graved or with gold stripe.
Sterling Sihrer, $11 to $20
RYAN JEWELRY CO.,
Rom BIdg., 16th and Farnam.
THE XMAS GIFT SHOP. ,
Fine Cigars
By the Box for
CHRISTMAS
We are in a position to make very low prices on cigars by the
box, and furnish brands that will make acceptable Christmas
Presents for the most fastidious smokers. Come to our cigar cases
and talk it over with our experts.
Garcia Grande Perfecto Super
iores, 15c quality, T(J
box of 25 va.il O
Foil Wrapped Manila Cigani
Florentine size, Off
box of 12.... OOC
Imported La Pazy Buen Viaja
Manila Cigars, Per- d 1 Ot
fecto size, box of 25 V 1 ..CO
Lady Curzon Choice Domestic,
Invincible size, a dQ AA
mild smoke, box 26,VataaUl
Hand Made 3-50-2, d1 ff
tin of 25 PiaUU
(The above makes a nice pack
age for a small Xmas gift.)
La Providencia, Clear Havana,
a very small but choice dJO
cigar, box of 50 VaG
Chancellors, Imper- d QC
iale size, box of 25, V 1 aOO
Chancellor Club djO Cf
House, box of 50, JO.OU
Black and White, a cigar sold
from ocean to ocean, we handle
in club house, londres, invin
cible and perfecto d"0
P.bstSV
tte en
15c size, box of 60,PVaJl
shapes, box of 50
Webster Havana,
La Preferencia, Victoria,
straight size
box of 60 for. .
10c
$4.00
CUBANOID After Dinner aize, a large, rich d Cft
smoke, cannot be excelled; box of 25 for vl OU
Pletora Choice Porto Rican,
makes a very full, d0 Cf
rich smoke, box 60,IO.OU
Royal Sovereign, Invincible
size, box of 25 dJ OC
for P.eeeVO
Flor de Murat, a choice blend
of shade grown Havana and
Porto Rican Tobacco. 16c Fron-
tenac size, box of
25 for
Roi Tan, 10c straight
size, box of 25
Cyona, Invincible size, manu
factured by Straiton & Storm,
a nice, mild amoke, J 1 OP
box of 25 for ipl.atiO
Princess Mercedes, 10c straight
Regalia size, box of dl A ft
60 for PteUU
El Teano, 15c dC CA
size, box of 60 JOeOU
$2.75
$2
Cuba-Roma, Breva size, many
cigars told 3 for 25c are not as
good, box of 50 2 50
La Saramita, 10c straight, Ad
miral size, box of d Aft
69 for Ip.UU
Reio, 10c straight, Common
Sense aize, box of d I ft ft
50 for ip'I'aUU
Robert Burns' Conchas Regalia
size, box of 50 3 50
Roi Tans, 10c Conchas Bou
quet size, box of 60 50
El Paxo, i6c High ' djC Cft
Life size, box of 50,P3.OU
Smoking, Tobaccos, all the
standard brandB in handsome
l-lb glass jars, humi- Qft
dors, per package tJC
Our Beautiful 19th Street Store
Christmas Shopper will find it plmaur to visit oar 19th and Farnam
Struct Store, where merchandise la well displayed In altogether the most
attractive and commodious druf store in Omaha. This, tog-ether with
Sherman A McConnell Service and Pricee.
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
CORNER 18TH AND FARNAM
CORNER 241 H ANU r AKIN AM
"THE HARVARD"
CORNER 1TH AND DODGE
CORNER 18TH AND HARNEY
"THE OWL"
l Give An Pfil
( y Extension Telephone yl
) lor Christmas? A
YrS I saves running; up Q
Vfjl I ani down stairs. 9 I
m a mr a tv inwt
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