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8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 29, 1917. LODGE ROOM NEWS OF GREATER OMAHA Benson Camp, Woodmen of the World, . Purchase Old City Hall for Lodge Rooms. MOVED TO NSW SITE One of (he youngest Woodmen of the World camps in this jurisdiction, Thomas No. .523, promises the first completed home (or, meetings and so .'ciel gatherings.; It has purchased th city hall, Benson,, and a tract of ground 80x100 feet at the corner of Krug park and Military avenue and will move the building there. ', Pomixtouslci Camp No. 482 will meet to transact business and initiate candidates May 8 in Pulaski . hall, Thirty-third and L streets. May day will be celebrated by Ben son Camp No. 288 at its regular meet ing Tuesday evening In Woodmen of the World hall, Benson. One of the most successful stag parties ever given by Omaha-Seymour Camp No. 16 was held last Tuesday evening in Crounse hall. -The mem bership was well represented and a large number of prospects made the occasion enjoyable J. E. Fitzgerald, chairman of the board of auditors, was present and made a talk on "Wood craft." The new membership banquet which was to. have been given las Thursday evening, was postponed un til a future date. Notice wilt be sent to the membership by Guy Furness. The entertainment given by Co menius Camp No. 76 last Saturday evening was a success. The member ship was present, together with their friends, making the meeting an un usually large gathering. Music and dancing constituted the evening's en joyment, followed by refreshments. Schiller Camp No. 304 wilt meet Thursday evening in German home for usual monthly meeting. Fred Klenke is chairman of the committee on entertainment. German-American Camp No. 104 meets Tuesday evening in New Bo-1 hemian hall, Thirteenth and Dorcas1 streets. Entertainment will tie along the lines of a May party. Marconi Camp No, '421 will meet Wednesday evening In Columbia hall, Twenty-second and Pierce streets. The usual monthly business will be transacted. ; lasUr , Woodmen Circle. W. A. Fraser Greve No. 1 gave a dance last Friday evening in Crounse hall. Supreme officers were present as well as representatives from other Camps. The Dora Alexander Guards acted aa a reception committee. Re freshments were served.' . ! Royal Arcanum, , - The twenty-first' session of the grand council of the Royal Arcanum of Nebraska wss held .Tuesday in Crounse halt. Thirty representatives and officers were present. The fol ; lowing officers were elected and in stalled: '-..' ? .7 Representative to the supreme council, W. Charles Sundblad; grand regent of Kebraska, Julius Roseni-vi-eig: grand rice regent of Nebraska, T. B, Dysartt grand orator, C. S. Copeland; grand secretary, S. P. Bost wick; grind treasurer. E. A. Parmelee, Omaha; grand chaplain, William Grif fiths, .Lincoln; grand guide, F. D. Burgess, Jr., Cedar Rapids; grand warden, Herbert W. Johnson, Omaha; grand (entry, E. L. Walters, Lincoln; grand trustee, three years, T. E. West, Omaha. , G, A. fairley, ' deputy supreme re gent of Des Moines, la., installed the officers, Luncheon was served the grand council at the Blackstone. ' " 1 . Order of the Eastern' Star. I Vesta Chapter, Order of the East ern Star, will give a musicale Monday evening in the Masonic temple, The program will be in charge of Mrs. Millie Ryan and Frank Mack. The Singer include; Misses Bertha Coffey, Ruh Gordon, Florence Ellsworth, Lydia Halsted, Allegra: Fuller. Carl Sibbert, Harold Rosenberg, John ; Gunn, W. E. Shafer, Louis Knettle. With the fol lowing named violinists: Clara Schneider, Gertrude ; Wieding, Isa bella Radman,, Nettie Gocttche, Joe Human. Alexander Rohrbaugh. The accompanists are: Grace Wieding, Miss Elizabeth Underwood. Daughter! of Rebekah Convention. District fc. 2, Daughters of Re bekah, of the branch of the I. O. O. F. met in convention last week in Ben son. The Friday afternoon session was devoted to Rebekah' work. ' The program consisted of team work, ad dresses and musical number, closing with a question box of instructions by Mrs. Florence Waggoner." . ... The special feature of the conven tion was the degree work by Alpha lodge under the leadership of Fred Etter, whose team put on the work for a large class of candidates. Be tween 200 and 300 members from other lodges attended the convention. . Women's Relief Corps. The next regular meeting of the corps )io. 104 will be Tuesdayafter noon at 2:30 o'clock in the memorial halt, it the court house. ' ; . Ladies of Clan Gordon. The Ladies' auxitiary to Clan "Gor don No, 63 will meet at the home of Mrs. C. J. Roberts, 1920 South Fifty-third street, next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.: , .' " War Veteran! to Meet;, Lee Forby camp of Spanish War Veteran wilt meet at memorial hill at the court house Wednesday evening.' 'v. General Lawton Auxiliary. General Henry W. Lawton Auxil iary win hold a regular meeting Wednesday afternoon m Memorial hall, court house. v . Fraternal Union Banner Lodge No. 11, Fraternal Union, will give a card party' and dance Tuesday evening in the hall in Labor temple, .. ' Bona and Daughters of St George. The St. George's Dramatic society made its debut in the performance of "Fortune Hunting," and rehearsals have been arranged .for the next pro duction, which will be the "Ice on Parle Francais." "In "Fortune Hunting," H. G. Ford, the Hon. Herbert, using his monocle with killing effect. , Miss Frances Edney and Will Jones, as the aspirins; Potters, impersonating the quarelling husband and wife inimit ably. Sam Morris took the good-natured Joshua Jelllcoe. The Misses Davie and Percy Stuart gave good renditions, their enunciation being clear and distinct and acting natural. A concert, preceded the play. The singing of Mrs. Edna Williams, ac companied by Mr. Thornton, was much admired. Messrs. Armstrong, George Collins, Stanley Green and T. B. Hoyle, sang, and the frequent en cores demanded proved their suc cess, while E. EJney's reading of "Gunga Din," Kipling's Hindoo sketch, was effective. The Vacirca Hawaiian orchestra concluded : the performance. , , ,.- Knights and Ladies of Security. Omaska Council No. 2295 wilt hold an open meeting Monday evening at the Swedish auditorium, Sixteenth and Chicago streets. ; - ?, ; ,' . .,, ; ., Tribe of Ben-Hur. ;Metca Court No. 13 will give its regular monthly dance Thursday eve ning. . . , ... i ' Sons of Veterans. The sons and daughters of civil war veterans and some of the veter ans themselves held an old-time pa triotic meeting in the court house Thursday night. - Bavid H. Mercer presided, Mrs. O. C, Redick explained the surgical work of the Red Cross society and urged the people of Oma ha to assist, either by work at the rooms in the Baird building or by contributions of money; Miss Wini fred Travis gave a recitation, "Grand father." Mrs. . Flanagan and Mr. Reynolds sang some good old aongi. Patriotic speeches were made by Rev. John F. Poucher, Rev. H. C Bur rows, D. M. Haverly and S. Arion Lewis. Refreshments were served by the committee, consisting of Messrs. Travis, Ritchei-! Bromweli and Hat teroth of the Sons of Veterans and Mesdames Stoddird, Dion, Wmship and Carmony of Anna Schamel Tent No.1, Daughters of Civil War Vet erans. A detachment of recruits, who had been drilling in7 the court house What's Under the Hood? That is question of the utmost importance to every pros pecttra ear owner. An automobile ie only as good as its weakest unit One faulty part destroys the efficiency of the entire car. There in just as much dif ference in the mechanism of auto mobiles as there is in the mechanism of watches, and scien tific construction assures accuracy of operation in both. The reputation of the Glide Six was established by per formance not promises. It has given steady, satisfactory service on all kinds of roads and under all sorts of condi-' tions. The Glide is not mere ly a show car for city boule-,. vards, but has the strength, power and endurance neces sary to climb steep hills and negotiate ro u gh country roads.-' - There is not a single faulty unit in the Glide "Light Six." Every unit Is the best that ex pert mechanical skill can produce. No unit that is ex- perimental -none that has not stood the rigid tests of actual service is ever found in a Glide chassis. Its unit Power Plant gives ample speed, power and endurance. The Glide is handsome in design with graceful yacht-line body, luxurious upholstery and refined appointments that give pride of ownership and automobile comfort. v Unit formnit specification for specification the Glide is the best "Six" at the lowest price for which a car of Stand-, ard Specifications and with as complete equipment can be produced.' ' ' , : - NEBRASKA GLIDE AUTOMOBILE CO. AVERY BLDG. JOtfc and LcTaworth Streets . -'i y . Omaha Nek. "corridors, accepted an invitation Jo partake of the refreshments. Another patriotic meeting is.to be held in the near future by the same organiza tions, t ' ' ' ' Schreiber. Offers Plots 1 "For Amateur Gardeners B.J f D..UI... W.lf.r- lis a list of twenty tracts of -land which have been offered by owners for garden cultivation tnis season. ntrc are some fine opportunitiea- for am- i- r . : - ...J..... I k plorable to allow these tracts to re main barret, i nis iana is an wnnm the limits of the city." said, Mr. Schreiber. ' Harold Blomfield-Brown Down With Scarlet Fever Harold BlomfieM-Brown. who ar rived from Honolulu two weeks ago with his wife and. child, was . taken with scarlet fever and had to be moved from the Blackstone, where they were stopping with Mrs. Blom-field-Brown's mother, Mrs. J. J. Dickey, to the home of the Harry Jordans. The Jordans went to the Sanford during the quarantine. Bertha, the small daughter ot tne uiomncia Browns, is with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Scobie. ' ' " ' - NO BOOZE "WAKES " IS CLARK'S ORDER Sends Deputies Out Into the County to See Lid Stays On After Eight O'clock. ; ! EXPECTS MUCH TROUBLE , There'll te no' celebrations mark ing the passing of King Alcohol in Douglas county if Sheriff Clark has anything to say about it And the sheriff announced that hell have quite a bit to say as to how pre May 1 festivities are carried out. ' Forces of deputies will be stationed at Florence, Millard, Benson, and Elkhorn Monday night, and the sheriff himself will head a squad which will be on the job in Omaha to guard against any "wild times." "May 1, or two daya before May I, makes no difference with me. The 8 o'clock closing law will be enforced the same as ever. I'll see that liquor is not sold after hours Monday night I believe I have a large enough force in ,nn, with tin, .ituation. and each deputy will be instructed to enforce .the law to the letter. Celebration will And themselves 'out of luck." " After May 1, Sheriff Clarity said, deputies will cover the county with search warrants and confiscate all liquor found in places where it has been sold before. ' He said that he may follow the ex ample of a southern official, who emptied confiscated "booze" into a street sprinkler and ; watered the streets with it , ' - The sheriff said that when he has scoured the county he'lt turn his as) tention to Umaha proper, "The state has been voted dry. I am going to see that all territory un der my jurisidiction stays dry." ,, Turner Park Red Cross' v Gathers Waste Paper , -Today 'is "waste paper day,'' ac cording to members of the Turner Park Red Cross auxiliary, one of the first organiiations in the city to take a step toward the conservation of waste paper, j Two large vans were donated to call at homes where paper had been offered and carry it to the headquar ters at Twentieth and Farnam streets, to be sold to a paper dealer. The funds raised will be used to buy ma terial for making hospital supplies. Bequest of Late Mrs. Doe '"!; Recalls Love for Animals Friends of the late Mrs. Anna F. Doe, widow of the late John Doe, founder and president of the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company, re call her love for dumb animals in connection with her bequest to the Humane society of Omaha. Mrs. Doe's will, filed for probate Friday, leaves about $30,000 to the Humane society at the end of ten years, when the estate is to be equally distributed among fourteen legatees. ' When the allies started 1 to : pay fancy prices for hones a couple of years ago Mrs. Doe refused to allow any of the cold storage company's animals to be sold for war purposes. She insisted that purchasers of the company' horses should give bonds that none were to.be used for war purposes. Humane society officials were overjoyed at the large bequest, the largest in the organization' his tory. ' . . f , . Council Requests Better . West End Trolley Service Five-minute service on the West Leavenworth and ten-minute service on the Cnr ctr t i,,h 1n 8:30 a. m and 5:30 to 7 p. m., were recommended by City Commissioners Parks, Butler and Hummel, fitting aa -a special committee of the city coun- , til The present service is ten min utes on West Leavenworth and twenty minute on the stub from . Forty-eighth and Leavenworth. These recommendation will be em bodied into an ordinance after hear ings shall have been held on com plaints of service on other lines. -At the first hearing W. T. Ham mond, T. E. Brady and Bert Murray represented the West Leavenworth Improvement club. ''.' . , This Safety-First Youth Knows Valor's Best Part "What part. of the United States army will stay on this continnent in the war?" a student of Dana college at Blair asks in a letter to the army recruiting station here. ' The collegian asserts he is patriotic and is thinking of joining the army, but he appears to believe in "safety ' first.",.;- The coast artillery will stay on thir continent, according to attaches ot the recruiting station. However, at -coast artillery men will be the ones who receive the aixteen-inch (hell from bombarding battleships of the enemy, army recruiter don't expect the safety-first applicant to join. ONE of the first places where the people of the United States are going to' feel the effect of this nation's entry into the war is in in creased food costs. ' This is inevitable.' No matter who ' you are or where you live, you are go ing to feel it unless you do some thing about it right away. What can you do, and how shall you do it? Everyman and woman who has room in his yard or who can get the use of a vacant lot near his home to start a garden should think, and act right ' nOW. r- v- '.' ' '- " ' :'N '- ' Prepare NOW for War -Time 1 . ' ' N Food Prices struction to be found in the Britan nica can multiply his chances of suc cess and the yield from his. patch many, many times. Tlunk of this matter of food sup ' ply seriously. It will become very se rious if the war runs on. - . . Every farmer of a dozen acres or many nun-. ; dreda of acres, trowing such staples as wheat, , You to whom this idea is new will be sur- prised to know that the yield from even a small : plot of ground will produce enough vegetables to feed a family of five all summer. Figure this out in dollars and cents and you will be sur prised at the amount of money a smal garden will save you in a single season., t Invest the cost of necessary seeds and the small amount of la boB required and you will be delighted at the additional eoodness you will enjoy in fresh gar- den truck picked right out of your own patch.: . barley, corn, rye, hay, cotton, etc., will be called Try this plan, (beginning now this month is ' upon to increase the yield and reliability if his planting time, and you will find that you will be crops. 1 The farmers of big farms will find in the distinctly benefited physically yes, and "men-. feritannica articles full of information and help tally, too by the wholesome outdoor work of - to them, for the agricultural articles and arti pottering around in the ground among growing, cles on correlated subjects are written by agri things. .-..'. . s ' s - ' . - cultural experts of world-renown. 1 y i ." 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