THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 25, 1917.
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Nebraska
STATE WILL ISSUE
REFUNDING BONDS
Cities and Towns Can Reduce
Interest to Five Per Cent
at Any Time.
PAYS PAR AND INTEREST
(From a Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, March 24 (Special.)
Activity of brokers in Denver buying
5 per cent refunding bonds in western
Xeliraski municipalities has led State
Treasurer George E. Hall to issue a
statement announcing that the state
would willingly purchase these bonds.
Before the optional period had ex
pired. Ogallala issued 5 per cent re
funding bonds for a $20,000 water
bond issue purchased by the state
with educational funds, paying 6 per
cent and with the proceeds retired the
state bonds Friday.
The same firm in Denver which
purchased these bonds is bidding for
tike issues in Hemingford, Alliance
and other western cities.
"If for any reason any political sub
division now owing 6 per cent bonds
to the state of Nebraska or .any one
else wishes to retire them," says
Treasurer Hall, "it may have the
privilege of issuing refunding bonds
at 5 per cent, making them optional
at any time, and the state will be glad
to buy them, giving par and accrued
interest." '
The state has nearly $1,000,000 of
school funds invested in 6 per cent
municipal or school district bonds.
W. R. Mellor Given
State Fair Job by
His Successor
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) W.
R. Mellor of Loup City, Neb., is to be
superintendent of automobile hall dur
ing the state fair, according to a list
of new superintendents for the 1917
fair just made public py Secretary C.
R. Danielson of the board. The ma
jority of the superintendents have
been reappointed. They are:
Amphitheater, Joseph Koberta, Fremont.
Auditorium, L. W. Leonard, Pawnee City.
Automobile parkins, V. Arnold, Verdon.
Hands, W. B. Bannlnir, Union.
Boya' engampment, Charles 8 trader, Lin
coln. Camping ground, John Ha1k, Abt.
Coliseum. J, H. Harms, Upland.
ConceiKtons, H. Wyera, Lincoln.
Fish exhibit, V. J. O'Brien, Gretna.
Gates, T. H. Wake. Seward.
General, William Foster, Lincoln. '
Guards, Adjutant General P. L. Hall, Jr.,
Lincoln.
Hfinitation, J, H. Taylor, Colon.
Tickets, William James, Dorchester. '
Transportation, W. B. Schermerhorn, Lin
coln. Class "A" horses, Z. T. Leftwlch. 8t. Paul.
Class "B" cattle, G. E. Hall, Waterloo.
CIjius "C" swine, O. G. Smith, Kearney.
Class "TV sheep, W. W. Cole, Neligh.
CIhhb "K" poultry, C. Q. Cottle, Edgar.
Class 'F" agricultural products. T. B.
Needle, Mlnden; assistant, James JB. tyan,
Jnrilanola.
CIhss "" dairy, W. C. Andrew, Baa trice.
Class "H" domestic- products, Mrs. E. JS.
Bniwn, Central City.
Clnss "J" textiles, Mrt. J. P. Uasttrman,
Lincoln.
CIhas "K" fins arts, Mrs. B. D. Sutherland,
Nelnon.
Class "L" educational, Miss Alice Plorcr,
Lincoln.
Class "M" machinery grounds, C. O. Crews,
Culbortson.
Class "N" automobile hall, W. R. Mellor,
Loup City.
Clnis "O" batter babies, Mrs. C. L. LeMar,
Oiroola.
Class "Q" feed and forage, C. 8. Hawk,
Chadron.
Class "S" speed, J. W. Lamb, Nelson.
Clerk speed, C. W. Wents, Aurora.
Ice Gorge Endangers
Bridge Near Bristow
(From a Sufi Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) Ice
in the Niobrara is endangering the
bridge and connecting roadway at
Bristow, Boyd pounty, according to a
report to State Engineer George .
Johnson Saturday morning,
A jam of ice against the piers has
so dammed the stream that the water
is seriously threatening to cut a new
channel around the bridge, the report
says. ,
Ice is going out of the Platte river
in good shape, the engineer says, but
the Loup river is liable to cause
trouble, particularly in the upper end.
The four state aid bridges over the
Niobrara west of Bristow are secure
and in no danger. These are built to
withstand ice gorges and attending
damage and are located at Lynch,
Butte, Cams and McCully.
Methodist District
Conference at Kearney
Kearney, Neb., March 24. (Spe
cial.) The Methodist churches of
this district were well representd here
yesterday to consider the interests of
the denomination. Dr. H. S. Kirk
bridge of Chicago and Dr. VV. B, Hol
iingshead of Philadelphia, Fa., were
in charge of the meeting. The after
noon was given over to general dis
cussion of clerical problems. In the
:vening at 6 o'clock, the visitors sat
down to a dinner in the church basc
nent. Here toasts were responded to
Dy several pastors, Dr. G. W. Isham
acting as toastmaster. In the even
ng addresses were made by Dr. Hol
ingshead and Dr. Kirkbirdge. The
meeting was attended by about 190
'Ut-of-town guests.
Persistent Advertising It the Road
to Success.
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Osteopathic Physician, In Charf
Governor Signs
The Semi-Monthly
Rail Pay Day Bill
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 25. (Special.)
Semi-monthly pay days on railroads,
a school for irrigation at Scottsbluff
and strict prohibition of bill posting
on Nebraska bridges have been en
actqd into law, with the signature of
Governor Neville Friday. Other
measures signed are:
Appropriation of $16,000 for car ahortare
investigation by the railway commission,
already spent House Boll 311. Effective
immediately.
Appropriation of 18,000 for the Gretna
fish hatcbery Improvements. House Roll 141.
Kffective Immediately,
Requiring- counties to pay expenses of
taking boys to Industrial Home at Kearney.
House Roll No. 69. Effective Immediately.
Enlarges scope of warehouse law and pro
vides penalties for failure to deliver grain
on call, senate rue no. us.
Rural school apportionment of state funds
by census enumeration, Instead of by school
attendance, House Roll No. 11.
Irrigation school. House Roll No. 16!.
To allow cities of second class to levy for
armories and community bouses. House
Roll 177.
To require slectlon boards to file sum
mary of precinct vote all counted, with
county clerk, to bo open to the public.
House Roll No. 41.
To dispose of Itinerant "specialists."
House Roll No. 101.
Rotation of names on ballots In .cities
over 10,000. House Roll Ho, iov.
Mrs. William W. Birge
Of North Platte is Dead
North Platte, Neb., March 25.
(Special.) Mrs. Jennie Dillon Birge,
neice of the late Sidney Dillon, the
railroad magnate, and wife of Wil
liam W. Birge, died at the family
home here March 17, after an illness
of two years. Mrs. Birge was a na
tural educator and home-maker, high
ly respected by every one, and loved
by all who were admitted to her
friendship, notably children. She was
deeply interested in school work, in
early life as principal and in later life
was for six years an able and efficient
member of the Board of Education.
She and Mr. Birge were married in
1884 and their residence continued
for thirty-three years on the same lo
cation. Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church, of which she was
a worthy member, ana ror many
years a trustee, and the great pro
fusion of beautiful flowers was a nota
ble evidence of the regard of loving
friends.
For almost forty years her keen
intellect and vital powers were freely
given in support of every cause for
the upbuilding of the community,
which has lost an everyday practical
Christian woman. She is survived by
her husband, son Richmond D. and
Mrs. Alice Barber.
A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort and command.
And y.t wtth spirit warm and bright
With aomothtnf of an angel'i light.
THOMPSON YRITES OF
DRY AMENDMENTS
Prohibition Leader Says Pro
posed Senate Changes in
Interest of Bootleggers.
STRIKE VITAL FEATURES
Notes from Gage County.
Beatrice. Neb.. March 24. (Spe
cial.) Wilford Dillow and Miss
Chloe Harlan, both of this city, were
married at Marysville, Kan., yester
day. The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. U. Dillow and the bride a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Harlan.
Toshua Ford. 15 years old, was
found guilty in county court yester
day of distributing obscene literature
about town. The court ordered him
paroled to the probation officer. The
case was appealed to the district
court.
Lincoln, March C4. V. T. Thomp
son, chairman of the Nebraska Dry
Federation gave out the following
concerning proposed amendments to
the prohibitory bill today:
"The fate of the prohibition so far
as the present legislature is con
cerned is trembling In the balance.
"This bill is now threatened with
something like a hundred proposed
amendments in the senate, nearly
every one of which is framed in the
interest of the liquor business in gen
eral and the boot-legger in particular.
Not one of them is calculated to
make the law better, but each one to
make it worse.
Provisions of Amendments.
"These amendments if adopted
would:
"1. Permit the manufacture of malt
liquors, outlawed by the amendment.
"2. Permit the sale of malt liquors
likewise outlawed.
"3. Allow the advertising of liquors,
thereby defeating the effect of the
federal anti-advertising law.
"4. Allow manufacturers and deal
ers until the last of May to dispose of
their intoxicating liquors to pharm
cists in the state and to others out
side the state.
"5. Allow boot-leggers to stock up
with booze between now and May 1
and keep it on hand after that time.
"6. Denies the right to secure pri
vate counsel to prosecute violators
of the act.
"7. Deny the right of the county
attorneys to summon witnesses be
fore him to enable him to discover
and prosecute violators of the act.
"8. Deny the right of others than
freeholders tos wear to complaints
for search warrants.
"9. Limit the right of search and
seizure.
"10. Enlarge the right to sell in
toxicating liquors by allowing cor
porations and women to secure per
mits therefor.
"11. Make it more easy to secure
intoxicating liquors by requiring only
a signed statement instead of a sworn
affidavit.
"12. Restrict the act with reference
to public nuisances.
"13. Restrict the provision relating
to injunctions by providing that no
one other than the county attorneys
may bring and prosecute actions to
close places where intoxicating
liquors are illegally sold.
"14. Require more specific charges
in an affidavit, complaint, indictment
or information and more exact proof
in criminal proceeding by requiring
the day and the hour when the offense
Repairs or 141.11,
Cleans any WalCll
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
S. H. CLAY
101 Neville lld. Third FImt
lftn ana Harney
was committed to be alleged and
proved.
"IS. Limit the financial liability of
persons furnishing intoxicant. ' liquor
illegally for injuries resulting there
from. "16. They strike out the most vital
features of the act relating to its en
forcement. "17. In fact render the prohibitory
amendment a farce for the time being.
Brewers and Distillers.
"The adoption of the prohibitory
amendment put in the neighborhood
of 2,000 saloon men out t business,
and so far as ll.cy are concerned the
fight is abandoned on their part, but
the brewers and distillers want to
continue the traffic through the boot
leggers and secret agents i y getting
their friends in the senat. to cripple
the law with the adoption of the
pending amendments.
"This proposition is now squarely
presented:
"Will the senate represent and
carry out the will of the people or
will it represent ..nd carry out the
will'of the liquor interests)
"It is scarcely necessary to say that
the people of the state will listen with
intense interest for the answer the
senate will make to this question next
Tuesday."
Drueppel Wins Handicap
Match from Zerrsen
Lindsay, Neb., March 24. (Spe
cial.) In a handicap wrestling match
in which Gil Zerrsen of Genoa agreed
to throw Godfrey Drueppel of St.
Bernard, twice in an hour, Zeirsen
lost the match, he threw Drueppel
the first fall in twenty-six minutes
with a head scissors, but he could
not get another fall in the alloted
time, Zerrsen is a game and quick
worker. Drueppel put up a stiff de
fensive game and with his great
strength held his opponent. Some
good preliminaries were staged when
Johnson got a fall from Brozek in
eight minutes, and Blank got a fall
from Nathan in two minutes. Ref
ree, Joe Hoffman.
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Satisfaction Guranteed on
Used Cars
' We, the Murphy-O'Brien Auto Company, have adopted a new pol
icy of selling used cart. We will guarantee every Dodge Brothers and
Paige car we tell. We will assume responsibility for defective psyts and
give the purchaser every assurance of satisfaction. This is something
new in the automobile industry a most radical change from the policy
employed by all dealers in used cars.
Heretofore the purchaser has assumed all the risk. He has had to
depend on his own judgment, or "luck." He could never be sure he
would not have a big repair bill tacked onto the original purchase price.
We are going to change this. We are going to insure you to guaran
tee you will be satisfied. We believe this is only fair that the man
who spends his money for a used car is entitled to the same attention
and consideration that is given to the purchaser of a new car.
SEVEN DAYS TRIAL
Come down and pick out your car. We'll tell you everything we
know about it Then try it for seven days. If, at the end of that time,
you are in any way dissatisfied, bring the car back and every cent of
your money will be cheerfully refunded.
That's all there is to it. There is no red tape.
In a week's time you will know whether the car is as represented
and that is what the trial is for to determine if you are satisfied.
Then, as a further insurance of satisfaction, we will give a
30-DAY MECHANICAL GUARANTEE
We give, for a period of 30 days, the same guarantee as to the me
chanical soundness of the used car that we give with new cars. Thus
we assume all risk.
We believe the prospective purchaser of used cars will appreciate
this new policy. We know we will derive a vast amount of satisfaction
if we can say on December 31st, 1917, "We know that everyone who has
purchased a car, of any description, from the Murphy-O'Brien Auto
Company is satisfied."
USED CAR DEPARTMENT
Murphy-O'Brien Auto Co.
1814-16-18 Farnam Street.
Telephone Tyler 123.
Number of Auto
Licenses Already
Exceeds Last Year
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 4. (Special.) Ap
proximately 300 more automobile li
censes have been issued during the
first two and a half months of 1917
than were issued during 1916 alto
gether, according to the records of
Secretary of State Charles V. Pool.
The number in 1916, which was
100,5.14, has already been increased to
100,800, in round numbers, and ap
plications are still pouring in at the
rate of 200 to .S00 a day. In January
as many as 8,000 applications were
received in a day.
The present outlook bids fair to
even raise the percentage increase in
1917, which in 1916 was 75 per cent
over the preceding year.
Physician Swallows
Fragment of Glass
Diamondville, Wyo., March 24.
(Special.) Dr. E. R. Van Cott of this
place is reported in serious condition
in Salt Lake City, where he sub
mitted to an operation for the re
moval of a fragment of glass from his
stomach. While eating preserved
fruit lie swallowed a splinter of glass
from the jar in which the fruit had
been preserved. Realizing the ser
iousness of the accident he departed
at once for Salt Lake City and placed
himself in the hands of specialists.
STATE WILL SUE
LINCOLN COUNTY
Auditor Asks Attorney General
to Recover Money Due for
Care of Insane.
OTHER COUNTIES SETTLE
insane patients in state institions
from those counties, under s statute
passed in the late 80s.
Lincoln county is the only county
which has not made arrangements to
settle, and the auditor says the county
board does not even reply to his let
ters. Webster county, which owed $3,300,
remitted $500 this week, with the
promise of more as soon as it was
available.
Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue
I In A i vert icinO'
, (From Staff Correipondent.)
Lincoln. March 4 (Special.)
State Auditor Sinilh lias asked Attor
ney General Willis E. Reed to bring
suit against Lincoln county to collect
about $12,000 principal and interest
due on an old insane fund dating
back twenty to thirty years. The
action , will be brought if the county
docs not make some arrangements
for settlement immediately.
Some fifteen counties originally
owed this money, and former State
Auditor Howard four years ago first
started to collect it. Auditor Smith
continued the work.
Some of the counties balked on the
payment, and the auditor brought
suit against Stanton and Gage coun
ties in the supreme court, and the
counties lost, the court declaring
tlicy were owing both interest and
principal. The interest was about a
third more than the principal in each
case,
Lincoln county owes $5,000, besides
$7,000 or thereabouts in interest. The
state auditor is remitting the interest
when the counties settle promptly.
The money due is tor the careot
ill
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BERG'S WOMEN'S SHOP
OPENS MONDAY
AT 1621 FARNAM STREET
We know this will be welcome news to all our customers; we also are glad to
continue the service to them so abruptly terminated by the fire.
Wo mentioned in a former ad that until we get into permanent quarters again the
idea of opening this temporary shop was not fostered by the thought of profit, but
by our desire to continue for our customers the service that they have learned to rely
entirely upon. j
We mean every word of that, and, as evidence of our sincerity, we have not only
marked our new stock at the same reasonable prices that made us popular before,
BUT, IN ADDITION, FROM NOW UNTIL EASTER WE OFFER THIS ENTIRE
STOCK OF NEW SPRING
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ANY $15 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $12.00
ANY $20 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $18.00
ANY $25 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $20.00
ANY $30 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $24.00
ANY $40 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $32.00
ANY $50 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $40.00
ANY $G0 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS JN THE SHOP GOES AT $48.00
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SALTS FOR
(IDNEYS IF
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hurts
Should Drink Lots of Water and Eat Less Meat, Says
Noted Authority on Kidney Disorders
Recommends a Spoonful of lad Salts In Glass of Water Before
Breakfast to Stimulate Kidneys and Eliminate
the Uric Acid
TTrie acid Sn meat excites the kidneys, they
become overworked, got sluggish, ache, and feel
liko lumps of lead. The urine becomes cloudy,
tlio bladder is irritated, and you may be obliged
,to seek relief two or three times during the night.
'When the kidneys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll be a real
sick person shortly. At first you feel a dull
misery in the kidney region, you suffer from
backache, sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
isour, tongue coated and you feel rheumatio
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water; also get
from any pharmacist four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoocful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is mads from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for generational
to clean clogged kidneys and stimulate them!
to normal activity, also to neutralise the acids
in urine, so it no longer is a source of irritation
thus ending bladder weakness. i
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure, makes'
a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which
everyone should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists here say
they sell lots of Jad gaits to folks who believe in
overcoming kidney trouble while it only
trouble.,-
