THE HUE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. FEBRUAUV
1 : I :
REAL ESTATE IMPROVED
Miscellaneous.
TUB OREATBST OA1N e8,7SI
IB paid want-gde aver made by an
Omaha paper, la ttaa racord of THS
OMAHA BEe (or lall,
BEST hKSULlS LOWEST RATI
MODERN BUNGALOW
Vina location, aaat front, paved street
I roosne, hardwood, tloora and flntah, doe.
ta acbool and ear. A bargain at 13.000.
Kaay term. Call owner. Doug. lTfl.
FIVE rooina, new, ouk mileh, fully deeo
rated. all modern, etc., 12.7(0: 1200 caab.
balance monthly. Doug. Mil.
MEW bungalow, alao ll-r. and gardening
your terma and price; Inv. wltb 1400, rent
I bouaea leoet M.SOOl. .a.ioo. D. 21 07
J. B. ROBINSON, Keal Estate and Irianr
ance. 442 Bee Uldg. lxmglaa 0T.
R. S. TRUMBULL.
Ill World-Herald Bldg.
REAL ESTATE Unimproved
North.
AFTER looking at MtNNA LL'.SA, 3lt(i"dlt
ferent buyera decided that tt was the beet
propoeltlon on the market and they
backed their Judgment by buying lole.
IK TOU will come out today you, will
Pnderetrtnd why the others are buying. .
CHARLES W. MARTIN & CO.,
748 Omaha Nat. Hank Bldg. Tyler 1B7.
In paid want-ad ver mad by any
Omaba, paper la the record of THE
OMAHA BEE lor mi.
H B8T K E 91 1 1 ,T S 1 A W KHT R 4TB.
CUMING, near mil St., 22 or 44 foet, must
ba sold to cIobu fstate. Orlmmel. S49
On aha Nat'l Bank Bldg.
REAL ESTATE Investments
APAiTi M UN T
176,000. Liicom 12 per cent; one year old
very flue location; morttage 36,000 and
will accept $30,000 In trade; balano
eaeb or negotiable papers.
CALKINS A CO.,
pmiglfta 1B18. City Nat'l Bank Bldr.
SEE US FOR
INVESTMENT AND
SPECULATIVE PROPERTY.
A. P. TUKEY 4 SON.
REALTORS.
20 Flrit National Bank Bllg.
REAL ESTATE To Exchange
9ROOM house. tr. modern, on Dodge St.,
cloee In. clear, to trade for 2. 3 or 0 acres,
Improved, not too far out.
INTER-STATE REALTY CO..
9-3" City Nat. Dong. 8CJ.
WE navtj aunie goud Oonie "and rental prop
erties for Neb. or Iowa land Eilwnrd F
Wllltama Co., Omaha Nat'l Bank Bldg.
REAL ESTATE Suburban
Dundee.
A Little Less Than An Acre
In Fairacres
Opposite beautiful resident . and af
fording a fine view to the aouth, weit and
north. Paving In and paid or In full.
Thla tract can be bought at a very low
price lor cash. One of the choice loca
tions in FalracreH. For full Information
call
George & Company,
Douglas 75ti. 902 'ity - -Mjnitl Bank Bids.
"BAHTON Dundee home. (5,000; 8-rooin, ah
modern: large lawn, with garage. V. P.
Wead. 310 S. 18th St.
Florence.
ANNEXATION or fiortriiee will t nermann the
value of acreane. Not ha way. Klorent-f
South Side.
MEDIUM fKiCKU .HOMES.
On the South Side, on fulMlied ma,
raoglng from to a,ooo in dltfeient
.localltlee, with all City Improvements,
near schools and churches; can be bought
from us on a small cash payment.
KOUTH OMAHA INVESTMENT CO.
4921. 8. 24th St. Phone South
Misc eiianeou
acre for sa.lj high and sightly; on
Military paved r-,:ul ;h rlflr; easy terms
Tyler 914 or Box 1G42, Bee.
HMAI.I. ALLlKAliU FOR KENT.
?tt acres. North Omaha; gardening dis
trict. 4-room bouse; barn, hog 1 me, etc,
ARMSTRONG-W A l.SH COMPANY,
Tyler 1630. iuii Rose Bldg
REAL ESTATE Other Cities
i'OR SALE T j "-story brick building. 24x
1&7 feet. Adapted to . ercantil business.
Address Box 403, Tecumt-eli, Neb.
REAL ESTATE WANTED
AN'i'KU . na o-fouinud iiouscb ma'
can be aold tor 10 cash, balance U per
month; send co.iiplt.te description .first
latter.
W. FARNAM SMITH & CO.,
IMP Farnam. Tel. Poug. lftM.
LIST your b and
urn onusc witn us
WB SELL THEM
CO. Dong. 11.
OSCOilNE K Li ALT '
J WILL buy a good Dundee home, nix to
iaht rooms, fur cash, vent of 49th and
.ant of f.:M. Box 30", Omaha Bcr
, WILL ouy a guud Duiiout' home, Si to
eight rooms, for cash: west of 9tb and
east of find Box 30T, Omaha Bee.
FARM AND RANCH LANDS
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT
When vou can own a farm in the Trin
ity River Valley of East Texas, for $25
per acre. Eaay terms to actual settlers.
Our next excursion Is March 0. Write for
literature.
W. S. FRANK,
: SOI Neville Block. Omaha. Neb.
THE GREATEST GAIN- -53,788.
In paid want-ads ever mad by any
Omaha p. .-er, is the record -1 TUB
OMAHA BEE for 1916.
BEST RESULTS -LOWEST KAxK.
Nebraska Lands.
240 ACRES, eight miles north ol McCook.
Neb. Partly under cultivation and clear of
Incumbrance, to exchange for merchan
dise or clear Income. C. C, Strong, South
Auburn, Neb.
WB FARM the farm wo sell you.
THE HUNGERFORD POTATO GROWERS'
ASSN.,
Co-operativo Potato Farming.
15th and Howard Stn opposite Auditorium.
WET land made dry enough for crops or
00 pay. Is our way of draining land. No
tract too large or too wet Guarantee
Drainage Co., Oakland, tieh.
FOR SALE Best large body high grade
medium priced land in Nebraska; very
little money required. C, Bradley. Wol
bach. Neb.
Florida Lands.
ALFALFA IN KLORIDA (Natal
By this winter. First cutting, 90 days;
t0 to 180 annually on 840 land. 62t
futon Blk. Walnut S'w? levnlnjgs).
Iowa Lands,
F&A SALE an Idea, combination grain and
stock farm, containing 187 acres, situated
ear Council Bluffs, la., and ltt miles of
shipping point. A beautiful home on main
traveled road. R. F. D. and telephone
line:. Can glrs possession March 1. For
farther particulars, address Frank Brom-
1 fey. S06 Pearl St., Council Blaffs, la.
Michigan Lands.
FOR BALE CLO VEtt-LAND FARMS.
Grains thrive. Droutb. hall unknown.
Root crops, dairying, grazing, ideal. Fine
roads, market; 143 growing days. Aver
age Killing rrosis uctODer 2, i.erraa easy.
George Rowelt, Jr., 23 Bacon Bile, liar
quette. Mich.
FOR SALE 1,040 acres for utock ranch;
running water; land Is good blaclr 10am,
with enough timber for buiUmg; win
pay you to look thlt, up for It must sell,
Cash or terms. Address owner, L. 1.
Dayson. Baldwin. Mich.
Missouri Lands.
SMALL MO. Farm 9tu cash and $6 month
ly; no Interest or taxes; highly productive
land; close to 3 big markets. Write for
photographs and full Information. Hunger.
A-110 N Y. Life Bldg.. Kansas City. Mo.
tJRBAT BARGAINS 15 down and 86
monthly, buys 40 acres, good fruit snd
poultry land, near town, southern Mis
sourl. Price only 1200. Addrss Box 80S,
. Excelsior Springs, Mo,
FARM AND RANCH LANDS
Wisconsin Lands.
WE OWN 160,000 ACRES.
$7.50 to $25.00 per acre.
Reasonable terms.
GRIMMER LAND CO.,
Marinette, Wisconsin.
160 ACRUS rich aoll, SI cleared, balance
timber, pasture, house, barna, alio; bor
dera uiee lake. 1:1. nitlca town, are per
acre. Easy terras. Tom O, Meaun, Cum
berland, Wle.
FARM LAND WANTED
HATCHES.
Farm Lands, bought, sold, s
S h and R. E. K..;.? sorcery.
f htttigfd.
FINANCIAL
Real Estate. .Loans. Mortgage!.
CITY and farm loans promptly mudr. Races
5, and i per cent. RcKSonable com
inlssio. .
UNITED STATES TRUST CO..
:i2 South 17th.. Omaha. Neb.
City and Farm Loans
6, (tt and I per cent Also first mort
gages on farms and Omaha real estate for
sale. J. H. Oumont Co.. .16-lk Kuetin
Bldg.. 17th and Harney.
XHfc. UKEA'i'eiST OA1W OS.VII
In paid want ads ever made by any
Omaha paper is the record of TUB
OMAHA BEE for 111 8.
BEST RESULTS LOWEST RATE,
i PER CENT to t per oent on bast Class city
residences in amount ii.oou up; also
farm loans. Reasonable commission.
PETERS TRUST CO., laSX Farnam It
a.OOO MORTGAGE, bearing t per cent
seml-ann., secured bv property valued at
$16,M0i. Taltnadgc-Loou.ls lnv. Co., W. O.
W. Uldg.
SHOl'EN CO.. PRIVATE MONEY.
w&OO.OO to loan on Omaha real estate or
Central Neb. tana.
W. L. Set by A Sons, Kcellne Bldg.
MONEY
to loan on improved farms and
. We also buy good farm mort
KlokJ lnv. Co., Omaha.
ranch t;
gages.
RELIABLE Insurance. See O'Nell's Real
Estate and insurance Agency, tiran
rels Theatwr Tel. Tyler 1084.
MONEY on and for city sod
farm loans. H. W. Binder. City
National Bank Bldg.
5V2.
C1TK
LOANS
OARVIN BROS.,
im. Nat Bk. Bldg.
6C'7 MONEX HAHKiaOH a MOHTOH.
O 91 6 Omaha Nat Bank Bldg.
OMAHA HOMES, BAST NEB. FARMS.'
O'KEEFE R E. CO., 1010 Omaha Nat'l.
FARM and city loana, 6-6 and 6 per cent
W. H Thomas. Keellne tSldg. uoug. lets.
WOULD REALTY CO.,
Sun Tbestsr
Bulidlng.
CITY and farm loans, lowest rates.
E. H. LOU U EE, inc., bM nee ne mag.
Jioo to flO.ouo made promptly. F. D. Wead,
Wead mag.. iatn ana rsrnsm sis.
LOW RATES. C. Q. CARL b ERG.
Brandt-Is Theater Bldg. u. tnt.
so DELAY in uiusitig loans.
VV , T. Urabam,
604 Uea Bldg.
Abstracts ot Title.
Kerr
Title, Guarantee and Abstract Co..
805 S. IV th st, ground floor.
Bonded by Mass. Bonding and Iris. Co.
ueed ABSxirACT Co.. oldest sbstraot of
flee Id Nebraska. 30U Brand els Theater.
Financial Wanted.
WANTED A large loan on 1.000 acres good
western Iowa land, two sets ot improve
ments. Call Douglas 2410.
Miscellaneous.
GALLAGHER & NELSON
Represent prompt pay Insurance com
panies. tJ44 Brandela Bldg.. Cawba. Neb.
AUTOMOBILES
WILLYS-OVERLAND, INU.
USED CAR DE T.
Douglas I29-. 2047-:. Farnam.
Tourlnir cars and roadster of Overland,
Studcbaker, Max, .ell. Ford, Oakland,
Mitchell, Bulck and Hudson uakes.
TERMS IF DEsr'.ED.
Prompt atlentlou given to ell interested
out-of-town buyers.
AUTO CLEARING HOUSE
22(!. Farnam St. Douglas 38 10.
1014 ifunmoblle "32" 1300
1916 Saxon I'M
101 j overland Touring 1375
1014 Chalmers "B". .. . . . . . .Sacrifice
FOR BALE CHEAP Now Walte 8-16
tractor, road speed 1 to lit miles, working
! ?eed 1 to 3 miles per hour; weight
?"L) lbs.: Waukeshaw motor. BttXB
can be oiiulpped with rubber tires for
road work, Factory price $860, our price,
$01)0. The T. G. Korthwall Company.
BARGAIN Seven -passenger Hudon 54 tour
lng;.has detachable Berlin top for winter
use, acat covers, extra tire snd rim, shock
absorbers; excellent condition: for your
convenience this car can be seen at Guy
L. Smith's garagt.
15 PCX.
Cash rebate on your auto Insurance pol
icy If your oar Is equipped with
PERRY LOCK.
Phone Douglas 3217. 894 Brandels Bldg.
WANTED To ti-.de a speedy roadster for
a h in, mobile 32. 1-y car is In good 1
rhanteal conditio:, and very fast. Phone
D. 7556.
C. VV. FRANCIS AUTO CO.
Used Car V :.
2216-18 Faruara St. Douglas 151.
Almost any make at reasonable prjess
FOR
SALE Four-passenger roadster. Six
cylinder Continental ir.tor; all standard
parts; two extra tires, spot ngnt, etc. ,
Farnam.
WE will Wade you
new Fbrd for your
old one.
INDUSTRIAL OARAGE CO..
20th nnd HarneyJ Douglas 6881,
f!ASJT FOR YOUR USED CARS.
AUTO EXCHANGE, 2107 FARNAM. D. 6035.
2 IN 1 VUL. CO.,
161)1 raven port St.
ka Tnr Cunt Hfivod nn Year Tire Exoi
WILL pay CASH FOR several used TWC
CYLINDER CARS.
Phone Harney (706
and ask for JOHN.
HHK'rsrHY "Kan-Flx-It." Southeast cor
ner iiOtb and Httrnoy uougiaa zana.
TEiih& BIN K LE Y, auto repairing; expert
mechanics. 31S Harney St D. 1S0.
ONE Bulck truck, 1,600 lbs. See Blhler. Ill
S. 13th St.
Auto Livery and Garages.
EXPERT auto repairing, "service car al
ways ready." Omaba Oarage, 2010 .Har
ney St Tyler 656,
Auto Repairing and Painting.
linn reward for magneto ws can't repair.
Colls repaired. Bayedorfer, 110 N. 18th.
NEB. Auto Radiator Repair Service, snd
prices right 218 S. 19th. D. ?lf0.
Motorcycles and Bicycle
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES Br
atns In used machines. Viator Roos, "The
Motorcycle Man." 8708 Leavenworth.
PERSONAL
THE Salvation Army Industrial Borne
licits your old clothing, furniture, maga
cities. We collect. Wj distribute, i'hon
Doug. 4iat and our wagon will call- Call
and inspect our, new home, 1110-1112-111
Dodge St
THE GREATEST GAIN 61,788
In Paid Want-ads ever made Sf
Omaha paper. Is the record ot THB
OMAHA BEE for lilt.
BEST RESULTS LOWEST RATE,
MISS LARSON Baths, massage and mani
curing. Seal? and facial massage. Stasis
Institute, li06 Harney St D. 7087. Opes
evenings and Sunday.
LUELLA WEBSTER,
massage snd maul-
curing. 618 Paxton
Blk- Red 2400.
MISS B. BENJAMIN, manicuring, facial,
scalp treatment Stasis ins. 1606 Harney.
MAE BRUGMAN, sclentlflo masseuese and
baths. 203 Karbscn blk. Red 2727.
SWITCHES, pompadours and curls made
from comblnga. Call Colfax 2653.
ALL Right Private Maternity Home, 8011
Miami St Webster 2106.
SCIENTIFIC massage. tiiO Bee Bldg. Phone
Douglas 637iJ.
Manicuring aod mass. 1628 Farnam. Rm, II.
MISS LIlLY. bath massage, 1321 Farnam St
E. BROIT Magnetic massage. 2424 Cuming
Give your Want Ad a chance
make good, Run it in The Bee.
MONEY TO LOAN
COULD YOU USE
1:40.00 OR MORE
;-4 00
If you could get It t a very tow rate
of Interest and whre you vould be pro
tected trim high rates and - ufalr treat
ment. Why deal with a company that doss not
treat your deal with utmost privacy.
We do not advertise misleading rates
and we give you a contract book showing
just what you are charged for the loan
and the amount of each payment per
nonth.
Our bond and license protects you be
eidtM v,-e have been In business twenty-five
yuars.
OMAH.. LOAN COMPANY.
140 Pax ton Blk. Tel. Douglas mi.
FURNITURE, pianos, lnd. Botes as security.
!--i-mo. h. tt. gas., total cost, u..o;
4t " Indorsed notes, total cost. li.tJe,
BroallfT. larger am'ts.. proportlonat rate
PROVIDENT LOAN SOC1ETT.
Organised by Omaba Buglnses Use.
41K Rose Bldg.. th and Farnam. Tv. SI.
Vj n Dla. Qroas. 410 N. lltb. R. .011,
Horses Live StockVehicles
PEHCUKRON pedigree -horse; 1 yeare
old, for sale; weighs 1,900 lbs.; registered;
No. 1 horse. Matt Trier we Jler, Fuller ton.
b.
FOR SALK Pair of gray mares, weight
2, NOP, Team, harness and wagon and coal
box. $S7S. 4821 S. 26th St., South 8hl,
CLOSING out horses, harness, wAgons and
buggies of all kinds. Jones Stable. 1114
Podge St
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
rank Szukls and wife lo Stefanta
Saniuk et at. Thirty-third street, 63
feet north of I street, west side, 4X
xISO I 1.700
smes M. Simpson and wife to Will-
lam M. Simpson, Seventeenth street,
H0 feet south of Sprngue, west side,
40x185 1
. Perimeter and wife to Moses Fan
ger, Douglas street, 52 fet west of
Thirteenth street, south side. 25x66. 12.500
Irma L. McShane and husband to
George C. Cunningham, northwest
rorner Fifty-first and Farnam
streets, 75x135 I
Ruth M. Pritchett and husband to
Leonora S. Foster, Fifty-second ave
nue. 152 feet north of Dodge atreet,
ast side, irregular, approximately
100x128 1
Anna T. Sprague and husband to Lock
Stafford, Thirtieth street, no reel
south of Sprague street, east side,
45x118 2.850
Philippine Body
Wrestles With Grave
Matters of State
(Correspondence of The Associated Preee.)
Manila, r. I Ian. JU. Laying the
foundations for the future govern
ment of the Philippines, the new
Philippine congress has been wrest
ling in the three months of its ex
istence with various problems of or
ganization which have for their
fundamental basis the foundation of
svstem of novernment like both
that of the United States and that
of Great Britain.
Out of count ess o ans and sug
gestions has now risen a council of
state soon to be named bv Governor
General Harrison. The council of
state will include both the speaker
of the house and the president of the
senate Sergio Osmena and Manuel
Quezon, respectively. Just what
other members it will include has not
been stated. It will probably include
also the secretaries ot the executive
departments.
As originally planned tnese secre
taries were to form a cabinet. Under
the law organizing the new depart
ments. the secretaries and their as
sistants may be required to attend
sessions of either house of congress
to aid in the discussion ot any law.
This gives the executive departments
remi ar reDresentation witnotii a
vote in congress. 1 nen tne plan was
broached of naming as secretary of
the interior, an office held over Horn
the old reeime and conseouently open
to a member of congress, Speaker
Osmena. The Jones bill, passed by
tli United States congress in 1916.
specifically prohibits the naming of
a member 01 congress to any unite nc
has helped to create. 1 his provision
barred the local congress trom carry
ing out the British system to its logi
lI conclusion.
But Sneaker Osmena, after mature
deliberation, declined the appointment
as secretary of the interior. In offi-
r . nrr e it was treciv stated-
though not verified that Osmena
would not accept a cabinet appoint
ment unless Quezon were also ele
vated to the cabinet. Politicians saw
in this a rnmincr struggle for suprem
acyfriendly though it might be be
tween these two men, ine uig ugiuce
of Ph iooine political lite toaay.
t7i,v,.r nn.rnn rlrr ined a caoinet Ol
fice or the provisions of the Jones bill
made such an appointment impus
.,HU Whatever the truth of the mat
,.r riempn.'s declination made the
plan impossible. It had been hoped
to make, his position as secretary of
the interior, who. was also a member
of the lower house, analagous to that
of the British premier.
The desire to secure an analogy to
tt,. DrWl.h svstem. however, is served
by the council of state. Whether this
council of state will provide for a
premier the future alone will tell. Ij
there is to be a premier, it is declared
. .r,.,t hp (Ismena. as ne is nm none
.n.alrr nf the house, but president
of the nationalist party, tne preuom-
ir.n, nnlitiral irroun m tne isianus.
Friends of Osmena state that he does
r.r, m he nremier at a time when
Pilininn control is not absolute. He
f..la that the failure of his govern
mnt miirht he brought about by cir
cumstances over which he had no
control. Yet he personally would be
held responsible and might jeopardize
his entire life-work. He is not yet
40, and his career in Philippine life
is brilliant with promise.
Scottish Rite Masons
To Hold Spring Reunion
squish TCite Masons will hold
their spring reunion at the cathedral
March V)-LL, inclusive, tne nrsi uay
he devoted mainly to class or
oanization and the work ot tne Moun
Moriah lodge of Perfection. Semper
ridelis chapter, nose vroi. Brume
work March 20. and that evening and
on the following day. St. Andrew
PreceDtorv works. Ihe Nebraska
consistory has the final day ill to it-
self.
LEGAL NOTICES.
MATII-R Of HTOCKUOLDf R8' JlS
Motlee la hereby given that tha regular
annual meeting of tha atockboldera ot the
South Platte Land Company will ba held
at tha offloa of aald Company, Room m,
hm. National Bank Building. Lincoln. Na
braaka, at 11 o'clock a. m.. on tba Seventh
day ot March A. D 1117.
Lincoln. Nebraaka. March 6th. ltlf.
C. U. MOKKILL, Pre.ld.nt.
W. W. TURNBR. Secretary and Treaaurar.
a.7-rdit
STOCKHOLDERS' MEKTINO.
The annual meeting of the atockboldera
of Tha Bea Publlahlng Company will ba
held at tha offloa of aald company, Omaha,
Nebraaka, at 4 o'clock p. m.. on Monday.
March tth, 117, for th. .lection of th.
Board of Director for the anaulng year
and for tha tranaactlon of auch other Dual
new aa may properly noma befora the neat
Ing.
By order of tha Preatdent,
N. P. FBIL. Secretary.
S,a ridllt
PHILIPPINES HOT
MAKINGMUN1TI0NS
Islands Become Prosperous
and Bumper Crops Are
Being Raised.
PRODUCT PRICES HIGH
(Correspondence of The Assuolattnl Press 1
Manila, Philippine Islands. Feb. 12.
Though the Philippines have no war
munitions lactones and no vast plants
for the supply of belligerent Europe
with its needs, the year 1916 saw an
era of remarkable prosperity in the
islands. There were several causes,
but chief of them was agricultural
prosperity coupled with a good de
mand for insular products at high
prices. A subordinate cause was the
act that tne threatened exonus 01
Americans, due to greater Filipino
control, did not materialize, or at least
materialized to a very slight degree.
Many Americans, taking advantage of
the provisions of the retirement law,
ave given way in the government to
Filipinos, but some proportion of
thein have elected to remain in the
stands and the places of many of
those who have said goodby to the
slanas haye been tilled by new ar
rivals establishing themselves in busi
ness here.
In agriculture bumper crops are re
ported. Rice, the staple food of the
bilipino, is abundant. All the rice-
growing sections, favored by good
weather, have produced almost record
rops. 1 he dearth ot work animals
produced by the ravages of rinder
pest and the government quarantine
has been a handicap, but has only
made the harvest slightly less abun
dant. There will be need this year
nf rice importations from Saigon and
apan, as there always is, but there
will be a big decrease in the usual
amount of rice imports and the money
thus saved will add to the prosperity
of the islands.
Hemp Crop Suffers.
The hemp producers, who in 1915
uffered under the combined cloud of
decreased demand because of the war
and decreased crop because of heavy
storms the year before, have been,
during 1916. extended to their limit
to supply the world demand at high
prices. The output has not been the
best on record, but it has been ex
cellent, and it has secured record
prices. In the hemp rovinces it is
no uncommon sight to see a lowly
peasant hemp grower walk into a
store, make Jus pick of goods he wants
and give 20 peso bills to pay tor his
purchase. A 20 peso bill to such a
man in previous years was more a
matter of hearsay than a tangible real
ty- . .
short crops lor two years in the to
bacco regions were followed the last
year by a crop little below normal.
roreign and local demand tor Philip
pine tobacco has never been so in
sistent (1 prices broke all records,
A quasi-corner in Philippine leaf to
bacco helped the upward trend of
prices, but the growers shared in the
prosperity the high prices betokened.
Ihe .Manila cigar, heretofore ex
ported as much to Europe as to the
United states, faced a dismal future
when the war cut off the European
demand. But that future changed its
aspect very materially during 1916.
Europe was still not m the market,
but the United States purchased 114,
000,000 Manila cigars, an increase of
70 per cent over the previous year and
more than 90 per cent more than in
1914. Ihe government collected hi
the internal revenue on these oiaars
$700,00&, just 100 per cent more than
in the year 1-915. lhis increase in the
cigar exportaCions was reflected in in
creased prosperity for the cigar man
ufacturer in some instances.
The average price obtained for
Philippine cigars in the United States
were lower than in iyi5. Manutac
turers. of the finer grades of cigars
have viewed the increased export wiwi
grave alarm. Ihey declare that it
means that the Philippine cigar has
been definitely established in the
American market as a cheap smoke,
Some of them have ceased advertis
ing their cigars in the states as "Phil
ippine" for this reason, and are using
only their standard factory names. A
ola n is afoot now to secure a combina
tion ot lactones to prevent tne cheap
ening of the better grades ot Philip
pine cigars in the Amerit.vn market,
Good Sugar trop.
Last vear saw also a fine crop in
the suear orovincea of the islands and
excellent prices for the product. The
Fhiliomne sugar industry is still in
primitive state because of the lack of
modern sugar plants. Many plans are
afoot for the erection of centrals, but
few have been brought to realiza
tion. There are no sugar rehnerie
in the rslands. The few planters who
have the advantage of centrals and
modern machinery have had a won
derful vear. Several companies, on
the verge of bankruptcy before, have
pulled themselves out of the slough
and will pay dividends, reaching in
some cases to 40 ocr Cent.
Cocoanut planters, with high prices
for copra, have also made a notapi
financial success during the year.
Bud-rot, which had at one time
seemed a menace to insular trees, has
been wined out and favorable weath
er aided the Dinners as much a high
prices. There are only two plants of
anv size manufacturing cocoanut oil
in the islands, but their initiative: has
been well rewarded by their ptofrts
durine the last vear.
Last vear saw also tre-mondoua
strides in an industry which had here
tnfnre been in its infancy embroul
ery and laces. The closing of the
European markets to American buy
ers caused a boom in the local indus
trv. At least four big American
houses have ooened branch manufac
turies in Manila and each month sees
a big increase in embroidery exports
to the United States. A group of
astute American business men who
oot into the field early are making
fortune in the export of embroidery
and laces to the United states.
There in another business whici
has brought big profits to the Philip
pinesthough to a limited group.
That is shipping. Interisland ship-nino-
comoanies have not shared
greatly in this prosperity, since their
rates are limited by government con
trol. But a few venturesome spirits
who have bought and sold ships have
made enormous profits. One of them,
a Filipino, was a government clerk
ten years ago at $20 a month. His
shipping operations in the period
since the opening of the war have
netted him nearly $2,000,000 and he
enjoys the distinction of paying the
largest income tax in the Philippines.
WHO WANTS A GIRL?
LASSIES WILLING
Three Lonesome Oirls in New
' York State's Capital Angle
Here for Mates.
"TALL, DARK YOUNG MEN"
Here's a chance for three ' tall, dark
young men."
Miss Martha Busold of Albany. N.
has asked Postmaster Charles E.
aiming to publish her address, care
f Nusbaum & Livingston. Broadway,
Albany, in order that she and two
other young women may get into
correspondence with anv western
ouths who are interested. "
The. three voung women dssiring
such correspondence are " young and
of good character and standing in
their community," Miss Busold writes.
hcv "orefL.- tall, dark gentlemen be
tween the ages of 25 and 30, although
ne may be older.
In order to stimulate results
Cunid" Fanning is informed that
Young Woman Xo. 1 is 25 years of
age, blonde and ot medium neigni
ind build. Nc. I is a tan brunette,
12 years of ago. No. i is 30 a"d a semi-
brunette. Miss Unsold writes. She
suggests that correspondents address
their letters to No. 1, No. 2 or Ko. 3,
according to their tastes, and all let
ters are to be sent in ner care.
She says she will immedia.ety remit
f there are any charges for publish
ing the facts of her inquiry. Hang
the expense! Resulis are what the
girls want.
MADE A LUCKY INVESTMENT.
Bunch of Stock Purchased
For
$40 Ten Years Ago,
Now Worth $35,000.
Out at Pikes Crossing, lnd., a for
mer Pittsburgh man, James Jacob
Weaver, is at work as a teamster on a
new line of railway, unconcerned by
the prospect of soon recovering
$35,000.
A muddy bit ol paper a siock ccr
firaip renresentlnu an investment of
$50 that had been locked in a trunk
for ten years became a treasure to
Weaver, who learned trom a news
paper advertisement that search was
being made for him in an effort Jo
buy the certificate for $35,000.
weaver was sitting m sluuh i
Lebanon. Ind.. a few days ago when
he picked up a discarded newspaper,
several days old. He saw the adver
tisement, indicating trial ne may get
fortune. .
Tn the smrinff of 1906 he was at his
home in Pittsburgh and invested $50
five shares of stock in a land com-
,,v in Florida. Since that time he
had some misgivings as to the value
of the investment.
A few days ago rain kept weaver
from working at Pikes Crossing, and
he occupied the day in cleaning out
his dW trunk. He found tne certin
""I'm had that old jthing long
enough and it has done me no good.
I guess I'll just burn it," he mused.
I it., h thousrht better ot tne cer-
tificste and tossed it back into the
trunk. That is the paper now said
,n he worth .115 000.
Tn.enh F.. Wilson, an agent of the
land company, advertised for Weaver.
Wilson said Weaver's stock was being
sought by prospective buyers, wno
w,ee wining iu pay pn.-.ww ...
I'lttSDurgn uacc.
Waelltttee.
w.a o.n a branch railway train. 1.
anilen't angina, having wheeled lanonouNy
:iver equally ancleni ran., jouen w a .s'-
fi,l actio at no place in particular, mm-
.... l.cllou.ly. Borne of the paoaengers
looked analoaary out of tha window, while
other's drew their hata down over their eyo
and Cried to forget It. wnen nan an
had elapaed the onnduntor caina along.
"Here, conductor." said a qneruloua old
gentleman, "what la Ihe trouble?"
"We're taking on water.
nl'C."- ...
'Oh, Indeed 1 .nappeo i.r iu
earth don' I you get another teaspoon?"
New York Times.
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IS MAN SHORTENING UP?
i Ad irji and Eve Cc
the Pron enadc They Were
Tall a:; Trees.
iTirm jcar.s a!laliinists h.ivi--n
in a pratical way tlmt tin-
lK-iglu ot a man ur woman can be
increased to a considerable exli-nt bv
ppliauccs lnr stretching. These ex
tensions, however, have only been of
inches or tiaetions of an inch, and
giants have not been, nor are they
likely lo be, developed by artificial
means. It was a l-rench servant..
named Menrion. who, 200 years ago,
gave to the world authoritative state-1
ments as to Ihe height ot Adam and
Kve. He said that the lather of the ;
race was l-M teet six inches high and
Eve 118 feet nine inches. He noted i
that from the creation of these en-1
larged editions of humanity, degener-:
alion had been ranid: that 'nah was i
,..,...,...., M....I i..!
twenty aim Aloses but thirteen teet in
height. According to this French an -
thority, it ihe Christian dispensation
had not arrested this decrease, man
bv this time 200 years aco would
have- l,,.en mer- no,-i-,-,.,.,,i.- hi,.,.
and we may conclude that by our time
he would not have been at all. M.
Henrion did not give any explanation
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ALWAYS laflMl ALWAYS
gTODAWEDNESDAY ' '"
Wife;! S9nYCFlDVE.
I SIDNEY DREW
IN HIS
LATEST COMEDY
HsWSsSt?
He was a hard, stern, grinding man, who
lost the one softening influence in his bitter
life, when his wife died, snd the people, who
hated and feared him, called him
THE
Thou, a lititra flaxen haired girlie came
into his life, and what she did well we'd b
truing you the stosy ahead of time it we told
you, so we'll only add that you can see this
picture at the
Tues., Wed., Thurs.
Further that
Frank Keenan and Thelma Slater
play the leading roles.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
JACK P1CKFORO
LOUISE HUFF
In
OHEAT EXPECTATIONS"
PRINCESS
r . HOME OF
1P FIRST RUN PICTURES
PEARL WHITE. In Chapter II ol
"PEARL OF THE ARMY"
"THE RENTED MAN" Drama
Animated Weakly.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success !
Ihjw lie arrived at his ,-sLi'itr'e
height of ihcse ancienls, I'ei
the most gigantic story on ree-
' i '1 is that concenuntl an linninisu
Aclcton. said to have been in Sicily,
vihieii measured 301) feet in length.
This story, however, carries its own
i efulation, as it is said that fonatl
beside this giant was his w.tlkiVg
sliek, which was thirty feet loii and
thick as a telegraph pole. A eleer
calculator made the estimate thai a
walking stick only thirty feet in
length for a man who measured 300
feet would be as ridiculous as out- ot'
seven inches for a man of ordinary
stature. Indianapolis News.
VI hat I. Yonr Answer?
V'.ellnis mid uegr vlctlma of tl.- ii.t
onidi-tnic are uulszi-tl In a list ol "Di, 'w
prepared by Dr. WVbb Walll'-r. elly I'll!
i Ion of l-'orl Worth. Tex. He auks:
lo
3 HI?
ll,'Pt the ti.ilden Rule and Ih-.n sn-'euc
In si.melnHly'a face?
Curry a fine htoidk'-rehlef nnd ih- n eva-1
to .-over your mouth when oii cutish '
Know
hat grip I. a ciTnwnuiilcalLiti sll-
I Know that physical fitnoes i. pme
1 '"' aniinxt grip?
little rough i-fli-n no In h
1 Know that bodily vigor nroin-ta ku
, c-i,i?
1 Know thnt many a aavere cold
' lubi-iTuloeia or pneumonia?
Give vour Want Ad a chance to
' make good. Run it in Ttit Bee.
PBOTOHLAV
EDWARD NORTON
ON THAT
MARVELOUS ORGAN
CRAB"
Fannie Ward
In
The Winning of
Sally Temple
la -
Mrs. Vernon
Castle .
"Red Dawn"
1-. to
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Si II
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RohlFF Picture Bazaa
VALESKA SURATT, "THE VICTIM
TODAY TONIGHT
Children 1 Cant, IttlP.U,