TENTATIVE LEVIES
FOR 1917PREPARED
County Clerk Dewey Has Ttxee
Drawn Up, One of Which
May Be Adopted
Soon.
County Clerk Dewey, coar.tj' comp
troller, has compiled tentiiive levies
for 1917 for county purposes. The
amonnts realized are bated on assess
ments as determined by the county
board of equalization. S55,65'J&Z7.
The three levies, which will be in
troduced before the county board in
tie near futtsre. one to be adopted,
are as follows: !
Levy Xo. 1, is designed to meet the ;
January estimate. No. 2 lower last
year levy and No. 3 still lower than ,
the levy of 1916.
The 1916 levy was 16.6 rei'V
The three levies, which will be in-;
trodaced before the county board by
the county comptroller, one to be
adopted, are as follows: 1
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test ruSb'ers for quality.
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pan of water to heat
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Heat water in wash boiler.
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The road dragging fund will yield
from $35,000 to $40,000, according to
County Clerk Dewey.
Table Xo. 3 should be approved,"
says Connry Comptroller Dewey, "as
it makes the tax .4 of a mill less
than last year and provides for the re
tirement of $180,000 bond issued due
January 1. 1917.
Housewives Respond to
The Call for Pledges
The five women in charge of the
work of securing pledges from the
housewives make the following state
ment: "When the call came from the gov
ernment for the housewives to sign
the food conservation pledge cards,
Mayor Dahlman appointed a com
mittee of five women. The Campfire
Girls acting on the suggestion of Dr.
Luther Culick, national Campfire
leader, volunteered their services for
a house-to-house canvass as the or
g anization has done in other large
cities.
"With the help of other girls and
cider women, every house is being
visited and signed cards are returned
to Campfire headquarters. Where the
housewife is not at home a card is
left. In many houses the housewife
prefers to mail the card direct to
Washington. In spite of the extreme
heat, the girls are covering the ter
ritory very satisfactorily and the re
sponse to their efforts is very grati
fying. "This movement is designed to low
er the prices and by signing these
cards the women who are now econ
omizing merely show the government
their willingness to co-operate.
"The thanks of the committee are
extended to all the workers."
MRS. H. C SUM KEY,
MRS. J. W. ROB BINS.
MRS. E. E. STANFIELD.
MRS. J. E. HISS,
MISS GLADYS SHAMP.
Man Fined on Four Counts
For Adulterating Milk
Another adulterated milk anfd
cream case was brought before Judge
Fitigerald when A. M. Larson, the
West Center street dairyman, whose
place was raided by Sheriff Clark
shortly after May 1, was arrested on
the complaint of City Milk Inspector
Bossie,
Two samples of Larson's milk and
two of his cream were tsken and four
complaints made against him. On
each complaint he received a fine of
$30 and costs. The case was appealed
to the district court
Man Wanted for Violation.
: Of Mann Act Makes Escape
United States Marshal Flynn re
turned from Ottumwa, la., whither
lie wrnt trt AeYtvrr Xfrc Aril n,tn,m
to the federal authorities to answer a
charge of conspiracy to violate the
Mann act
In Ottumwa he was informed that
Robert Schoonover, the man in the
case, escaped from a deputy United
States marshal who was bringing him
to Ottumwa from Sioux Falls, S. D.f
where he was arrested.
Big Shoe Sale Attracts
Crowds to the Douglas
Ladies' pumps are being sold by the
Douglas shoe store during the pres
ent sale for $1. Through an error the
ad read "house slippers." Mr. Stryker
ays he don't wonder at the error
and the pumps are selling so cheap
they can be used as house slippers.
This is the first shoe sale this store
ever had and is meeting with great
success,
Sues for Divorce on the
Grounds of Peevishness
Edward P. Barrett suing lfate Bar
rett for divorce in district court, al-
Wash peaches, cut out rot spots.
Put peaches in a square of
cheese cloth or wire basket.
Dip one minute in keule of boil
ir.fr water.
Plunge immediately into cold
water.
Skin the peaches; leave whole,
or cut. as preferred.
' Pack peaches in hot jars.
Fill hot jars with hot syrup or
boiling water.
Put rubbers and tops in p-osi-tin.
Tighten top: not air ti?ht.
I'lace jars on false bottom in
wash boiler.
Submerge jars two inches.
Let the water boil sixteen min
utes. Start counting when water be
gins to boil.
Remove jars.
Tighten tops air tight.
Invert jars to discover leaks.
If leaks are found, change rub
bers and boil again five minutes.
Vra to prevent bleaching.
Store in cool, dry place.
To make syrup:
Three quarts sugar.
Two quarts water.
Boil until sugar is dissolved.
Skim off impurities.
Keep it hot.
Don't miss any step.
LETTON IS LEAYIKG
HOTELFOHTENELIE
To Become General Manager of
the North American Hotel
Company, Owners of Sev
eral Big Hotels.
and furnishing of the Ans!ey hotel at
Atlanta. Ga. He also bailt and fur
nished hotels at Little Rock, Ark.;
Alexandria, La., and at Galveston,
J. F. Letton, manager of the Hotel
For.teneile, has resigned to become
1 general manager of the North Arcer
' ican Hotel company, with headquar
i te.-s in Omaha. H. E. Gregory is
: to be acting manager of the Fonte
neiie. The North American Hotel com
pany is the big middle west corpora
te which has during the last year
made such remarkable progress in the
wcrk of establishing its hotels
throughout Nebraska and Iowa.
Mr. Letton. who is conceded by a
prominent national hotel journal as
having the largest list of personal
acquaintances of any hotel man in the
United States, is well fitted to under
: take the big work which his new po
sition involves by reason of his hav
ing had charge of the work of con
j structing and furnishing, as well as
! the subsequent management, of a
; large number of the country's more
I prominent hotels. Mr. Letton prior
to taking charge of the Hotel ronte
nelle in Omaha, a little over a year
a 20, was connected with the building
leges she makes bis life unbearable
and is "continuously quarrelsome,
peevish, selfish and unpleasant"
He says his wife, who was a widow
before her marriage to him, keeps her
two grown children, Charles Flood
and Mamie Flood, about the house
"for the purpose of annoying him and
making his life miserable.".
They were married May 12, 1902.
Council Will Not Force
Maloney to Come Before It
City Commissioner Butler made an
unsuccessful attempt at city council
meeting to require the presence of
Stephen Maloney, 'who could not be
located when the council issued a
summons during the recent police in
vestigation. "I believe Maloney should be re
quired to substantiate or retract the
charges he made," explained Mr. But
ler. Mayor Dahlman and Commissioner
Jardine stated that the council made
a bona fide effort to get Maloney to
appear during the hearing, but they
do not favor reopening the hearing
just to bring in an unwilling witness.
"I believe that Maloney s refusal
to appear discredits the charges he
made a' few weeks ago," stated Com
missioner Jardine.
Cereals on the Omaha
Market Are Stationary
Cash wheat on the Omaha market
went to $2.80 a bushel, an advance of
3 to 5 cents over the prices of Mon
day. The low price of the day was
12.78. Receipts were the lightest of
the month, but three carloads.
Corn was a cent p :.nd sold at $2.24
and $2.30 a bushel Receipts were
fifty-three carloads.
Oats sold at 72 and 75 cents a
bushel, an advance of 'i cent Twenty-two
carloads were on the market
A Medical Mongoos
Wt can manufacture poisons with
in our own bodies which are as dead
ly as a snake's venom.
The liver acts as a guard over our
well-being, sifting out the cinders and
ashes from the general, circulation.
A blockade in the intestines piles a
heavy burden opon the liver. If the
intestines are chocked or clogged up,
the circulation of the blood becomes
poisoned, the system becomes loaded
with toxle waste, and we suffer from
auto-intoxication or ptomaine poison
ing. Something is wrong with the
liver, and we suffer from headache,
yellow-coated tongue, , bad taste in
mouth, nausea or gas, acid dyspepsia,
languor, debility, skin or eyes yel
low, the water is scant and high
colored, containing "brick-dust" de
posits and bile pigments. At such
times one should drink plenty of
water between meals, and a pint of
hot water before breakfast, and oc
casionally take a pleasant laxative.
Snch a one ts made of the May-apple,
leaves of aloe and root of jalap, first
extracted and put in ready-to-use
form by Dr. Pierce nearly fifty years
sgo, and sold by drujrgists as Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Do not take mineral oils or so
called "Russian Oil," for the experi
ments by R. F. McDonald have shown
as lately reported in a government
publication of the U. S. Publie Health
Service, that mineral oil may act aa
an irritant that produces jrastro-in-testinal
disturbances and that it may
cause tissue proliferation, simulating
cancer.
The next important organ to be
reckoned with is the kidneys. Kid
ney disease carries' away a large per
centage of our people. What can
the ordinary person do to properly
balance bodily health T The answer
is not easy, but I advise everybody
to eat less meat, eat coarse, plain
food, with.' plenty of vegetables,
drink plenty of water between meals
and take an uric acid solvent, such
as Anuric (double strength) before
meals for awhile. Anuric can be
obtained at almost any drug store
Adv.
Made in Omaha
The Great Teetotaler's Beverage
Willow Springs Beverage Company
Boiaj- 13QQ or Douglas 2108.
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Tex., where had charge for a consid
erable time of the Hotel Galvez, which
is recognized as the finest and largest
resort hotel in America.
Mr. Letton will have complete
charge of the furnishing and equip
ping of all of the fine modern hotel
buildings now under construction for
the company at Kearney, Grand Is
land, Scottsbluff and Ogalalla, in this
state, and the hotel North American
at Hampton, la., all of which will be
opened for business early in 1918, and
also will have charge of furnishing,
equipping and opening of buildings
to be commenced in the near future
at Sierox City, la, and Norfolk. Neb.,
and at other points in Iowa, Kansas
and Missouri, which will be definitely
announced later.
And, according to an officer of the
North American Hotel company,
"this is only the beginning, prepara
tions now being under way to extend
this company's rapidly enlarging
field of operations into the states of
Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota
in the near future."
Prisoners in County Jail to
Be Given Two Baths a Week
Sheriff Clark will introduce an ino
vation in the county jail tomorrow,
when prisoners will be given a mid
week bath. Heretofore county jail
prisoners observed the time-honored
custom of bathing on Saturdays
whether they needed it or not From
now until cool weather begins two
baths a week will be the rule. "None
may escape," says Sheriff Gark. "I
don't think, however, many will ob
ject to sanding under a cool shower
bath twice a week. If the shock is
too great for some, medical attention
will be available."
DRAFT SUCKERS
IN TROUBLE NOW
Win Be Sent to Jail or Placed
in First Army is Positions
of the Exempted
Men.
The plight of those men who are of
military' age and failed to register for
the selective draft is now far worse
than it was before the drawing of the
numbers took place.-These men have
put themselves in a position where
they are between the 'devil and the
deep sea.'
Instructions have been received
here by Assistant United States At
torney Saxton from the attorney gen
eral stating the procedure to be
taken with "slackers" who are appre
hended from this time on. The draw
ing in the nation's great human lot
tery having taken place, these men
cannot be '"registered for the selective
draft"
"Proceedings against these men,"
says the attorney general, "must have
issue ia one of two ways, namely,
judgment of court or selection by the
district boards."
This means that a "slacker" who is
arrested or who gives himself up to
day will have to stand trial and will
probably get a sentence in jail; or,
he will be presented before the ex
emption board of the district where
he lives and will be taken to fill the
place of the first man exempted.
Might Have Escaped.
If, instead of trying to evade the
draft law, the "slacker" had regist
ered, he might have been drawn far
down the list and might never have
been called upon to serve. As it is. as
soon as he is apprehended now he is
pretty sure to go either to jail or
into the first draft army.
Besides, if he doesn't give himself
up, he must live in constant fear of the
law. Day and night he has with him
the consciousness that the officers
may lay hands upon him at any time.
And always he has with him the ac
cusing consciousness of his own cow
ardice and poltroonry.
Saxton says federal officers are on
the trail of scores of other alleged
"slackers." Information against them
is obtained from many and often un
expected sources. A few, conscious
smitten, give themselves up.
Nick Diviak. a Serbian, was ar
rested today at Kearney for failing to
register.
Gerrit Fort Declares
Passenger Travel is Heavy
Gerrit Fort, passenger traffic man
ager of the Union Pacific, is over from
the Chicago offices to spend a couple
of days at the Omaha headquarters.
Mr. Fort asserts that, aside from ex
position years, travel to the west has
never been better than now. This
year Colorado and the Yellowstone
park catches the most of the tourists.
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, An Opportunity for Foresighted People mm
A Great Mid-Summer Sale of
Summer Win ter Furs
At Exactly 33V3 Under Regular
AUGUST may seem like a queer month to sell furs but
this is an opportunity that every woman with a
grain of real economy in her make-up will want to
consider, and consider seriously.
We Are Protecting Our Customers
against a steadily rising fur marketfor from every indi
cation that we possess, furs will cost a great deal more
next Pall and Winter than they did last, and we say in ab
solute truth , that if we were to go into the market today
to buy the very same furs we are offering in this sale, they
would cost us a great deal more, and then, too, early selec
tions are always superior, as only choice pelts and expert
workmanship go into the first showing of furs.
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Styles Have Crystalized for 1917-1918
YOU need have no hesitancy in buying these furs from an authentic style standpoint, for each article has the .
stamp of Fashion's approval for the coming season. Launching Yoked rippling coat models, full rippling
styles with big fur collars. Fur trimmings include skunk, black lynx, mole and ermine.
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Natural Musrat Coats with luxurious collars Stoles-Big Flat Scarfs
Squirrel Coats-wonderful models Large Circular Capes and
In the separate pieces come Capes, Scarfs Canteen Shaped Muffs.
By Paying a Deposit Any Fur Piece Will
Be Kept in Storage Free Until Wanted
Every woman wanting a fur piece or coat should take advantage of this opportunity NOW. It is real econ
omy. Shop around and then visit our Fur Shop. We solicit your comparisons. Charge purchases will be rendered on
October or November statements if desired.
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FurCoats
Genuine .Muskrat Coats Regular price
$145 to $200. Sale price $97 to $133.
Beautiful Gray Squirrel Coats Very
fulL Regular price $290. Sale price $190.
Hudson Seal Coats Regular price
$295 to $575. Sale price $197 to $383.
. Fur Neck Pieces
Genuine Kolinsky Regular price $66
to $S5. Sale price $44 to $57.
Jap Kolinsky Regular price $30 to
$195. Sale price $20 to $130.
Kolinsky Muskrat Regular price $27.
Sale price $18.
Hudson Seal Regular price $35 to $95.
Sale price $23.34 to $63.
Buy Where Prestige Counts
IN every community there are a few special houses
that stand out above all others Just so has Ben
son & Thome's become a place where every woman
knows she will get STYLE, VALUE and SERVICE.
In showing tnese furs let us emphasize the prestige
that stands back of the models, and the extraordinary
values.
Scientific Fur
Storage Free for All
Furs Bought Now
We have made arrangements to have all pur
chases of furs kept free of charge in a spacious, airy
vault and dry, cold air of the right temperature to
scientifically care for all garments that need summer
protection.
No crowding garments may be had whenever
wanted and are carefully stored.
Fur Neck Pieces
Squirrel Regular price $65 to $100.
Sale price $43 to $67.
Summer Ermine Regular price $45 to
$85. Sale price $30 to $57.
. Black Fox Regular price $35 to $85.
Sale price $23.34 to $57.
Black Lynx Regular price $35 to
$120. Sale price $23.34 to $80.
Red Fox (Single pieces and sets).
Regular price $7.50 to $115. Sale price
$5.00 to $76.67.
"White Fox Regular price $10. Sale
price $6.67.
Muffs to match at 331-3 under-priced.
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