THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY AUGUST 9. 1917.
OMAHAHS TAKE OYER
- BASKET STORES
Walter D. William Becomes
PresidenV.of Chain of Stores
in Half Million Dollar Deal;
. . Headquarters Here.
The Basket- Stores, comprising
forty provision stores doing business
in Nebraska, changed hands in one
of tfje biggest business deals of the
year, for which" amended articles of
incorporation were filed Tuesday. The
Basket Stores company, with u'alfer
D. Williams as president and. general
manacer.: Frank f. Burklev. vice ores-
dfnt, and Edward F. Leary, secrc-:
tary-trasuret , has taken over the j
business. ' Thei-authorized capital is
tfOu,t)00.. . ;, r- j
:A large, modern warehouse,, to re-;
place the one or tne oia company ai
Ninth and Dodge streets, looms first
in the '.plans of the" new business
heads. The general offices will be
moved to Omaha from Lincoln and
more stores will be opened.
The idea for the basket stores was
originated in Lincoln in 1908 by J.
R. Burleigh; and C S. Alvord, -the
f,rtt inrnrnririttorS. It involves the
purchase of commodities in large
quantities, distribution to stores
through the company's own agents
and no deliveries from store to pur
chaser, thus permitting cut prices.'
There are twenty-two basket'stores
in Omaha and environs and eighteen
in Lincoln. The business has grown
rapidly since its inception.
"There was an increase of oyer
300,000 in last year's business over
that of the year beforei" said Mr.
Williams. "We plan to branch out
with these stores in other states."
Mr.- Williams severs a thirty years
association with the Grand Union Tea
company to devote his entire time to
promoting the new concern. His ex
perience with the te. company, for
whom he opened thirty-seven stores
in eleven states, makes him well fitted
for the campaign of business planned
by the Basket Stores company. At
present he superintends twenty-eight
stores in eight states. ,y
Mr. Burktey is a prominent capr-.
talist of Omaha. E. F. Leary is a
well known young attorney, nephew
of Mr. Burkley. -
No Danger to Corn Crop Now, ' ".
Declares Northwestern Man
"With the arrival of rains -in ;the
nick of time farmers of Nebraska
will find tha.t their corn crop was Only
slightly damaged by the dry and hot
weather," said R. W. McGinni8,-;gen.
eral agent of the Northwestern rail
road, with headauarters in Lincoln,
who is in Omaha today. Talking
crops, Mr. McGinnis said:
"Last week in order to ascertain
the condition of corn I made an iiw
spection trip through all the counties
of the southern part of the state, go
ing out into scores of the fields. At
the conclusion of the trip I estimated
that on the whole the crop had suf
fered about a 10 per cent damage.
Since then the territory visited has
been soaked with not only one, but
by half a dozen good rains, wetting
the ground down several inches,
"In my judgment: the: rains have
ery materially reduced the damage
by neat and drouth I should say fully
5 per cent. . f' ' ,
"There is an enormMts Increase tn
Nebraska corn acreage this" year and
if the damage to the cpp of the South
Platte country would be.-10 per cent
the total yield of the state' would far
exceed anything during p.ast years.
"Of course, there ts still an im
mense acreage of the Nebraska corn
that is small and late and to bring
this to maturity we must have lots of
hot and dry weather. In fact, what
Nebraska corn needs right nerw 'is
sun. There has been enough rain and
in many localities too much, but with
the right kind of weather .from now
on and ,with a late fall the state wilt
have i corn cropV Jhat1 will be ;'a
bumper. ;-t'M fot''.
Only Tractor Made In the ' ' :
State Is at;Fretnbnt Show
Few features of the tractor; show at
Fremont attractedi :morc attention
than the demonstration, in sauare
turning given by. -the drivers of .the
Albaugh-Dover anuare-turn tractor.
Crowds constantly gathered about
the tent to see ' this monster turn.
swing, whirl, tfalte; and pirouette
round and round tortra diameter equal
to its own length It was like watch
ing the animals perform it a circus,
for the big machine v executed the
turns vith such -agility and speed. '
The Albaugh-Dver ' is equipped
with a powerful grip: drive and will
travel forward or.back at full speed.
It is credited with "being the only
sffuare-turn machine manufactured.
The manufacturers claim for this trac
tor that the driver can make his com
plete turn in the held and set his
nlow in a total of fire se.onds.
The Albaugh-Dover tractor has the
distinction of beingj the only tractor
on exhib'.Ijn made in, Nebraska. It
is manufactured at Norfolk, Neb. By
some enthusiasts this Albaugh-Dover
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Woman is Shot in Leg;
Man Captured by Police"
A man. who crave his name as los-
lyn, alias John Deltgen, was .arrested
by Ofiicers Miafer, Moan and Yates
or Council Bluffs and heft for "in
vestigation" following a shootine af
fray at 1017 Avenue , Council Bluffs,
at 1 JO Wednesday morningTin which
Mrs. Lulu Porter was shot in the leg.
, The man, who later proved to be
unarmed, was rounded up in a box
car by Officers Shafer and, Sloan, but
he frightened them away by threaten
ing to shoot them and blow up the car
if attempts were made to capture
him.
Reinforced by Yates, the officers re
turned with instructions to "do a lit
tle blowing up yourselves" and cap
tured Joslyn, alias John Deltgen.
Police say Mrs. Porter and the man
were under; the influence of, liquor.
Mrs. Porter' says -roan shot her.
He says she sfrpt herself, in a tussle,
with the gun. - '
Taken from Jail to Take
His N;w Army Examination
Leo Hall, who has been in the
county jail for several weeks awaiting
;;. action by the federal authorities on a
charge against him for robbing a box
car at Valley, Neb., was taken be
fore the exemption board by Deputy
United States Marshal Quinley. He
passed the physical examination and
did not claim exemption from army
service. He was returned to the
county jail to await action of the au
thorities in the case Dcnding against
him
Omaha Attorneys Now Known as
Damon and Pythias of 'Dandy Sixth9
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It
United OrderfOdd Fellows
To Have Big Parade Friday
Mayor Dahlman, Victor Rosewater,
District Grand Master T. B. Watkins
of Kansas City, R. L. Woodard, Grand
Lodge Attorney V Clarence Hues
ton of Kansas. City, ''Sister Anna
Johnson Pervbie of Queen, City
Household No. .2903. and Grand Most
Noble Governor Mrs. Grace E. Mulli
gan of St Louis,' were "the principal
speakers last evening at a public ses
sion of district grand lodge No. 8 and
district grand holsehold.of .'Ruth No.
IS, Grand United Order of Odd. fel
lows, at Grove Methodist hpiscopal
, i .ijiiiifciiil u ii'li i' i
church, Twenty-second and Seward
streets. ' ' .
The evening's meeting was called
to order by Brother J. C. Belcher f
Omaha" lodge No. 2226, and chairman
of the local committee. Edward S.
Lewis, district grand secretary of
master of ceremonies. -Rev. M. H.rao,ni .wn V"uu cl
concert and drill will be held this
evening at". Hohnes park, Thirty
first street and Ames avenue. On
Thursday evening a . Keep's hall,
Twenty-fifth .and Farnara streets, will
be a competitive drill, concert and
banquet. .
A street parade will be held iriday
Wilkinson offered the opening prayer
and Rev. W, G. Logan pronounced
the benediction.
Business sessions of the grand
lodge started yesterday at Grov'e
church and will be continued until
Friday.
Delegates, are here from many
towns of Nebraska and Missouri. A
and participated in by 500 members of
uniformed rank of patriarchs. A pic
nic and drill will be held Friday night
at Holmes park. -
Marriage of Bride of Two
Months Annulled by Court
Judge Leslie, sitting in divorce
court, granted a decree of annulment
to Emmett E. Allen from Enid,Sco
ville Allen, a bride of two months
Allen testified on the day thejr'were
married June 4 he found she was
the wife of another mau. He says he
immediately lefc her. , According to
the decree, the evidence offered be
fore Judge Leslie showed she was liv
ing with one Ross Dejohn up to Ue
time of her marriage, to Allen.- ;j ,
County Lets Contracts
For Repairing Bridges
The county 1oard has let a con
tract aggregating $60,000 to the Oma
ha Structural Iron Works for repairs
and reconstruction of twenty-seven
county bridges.
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IW of. .Ihdmducti $kop&
Left to right: Robert Webb and Jess Ratchford, Omaha lawyers, band
master and assistant bandmaster ot the aixtn ie.DrasKa. ror years inese i ,
two have been associated together in one way or another. Formerly they
played in circus bands together, then both decided to practice law in Omaha.
Now they will direct the band of the "Dandy Sixth" and perhaps die to
gether on French soil.
CLAIM LIQUOR SOLD ,
TO ENLISTED MEN
Clerk in Cigar! Store on South
Fifteenth Street Caught by
h : f a Marked Five-Dol- ;
t: i : . .f jar Bill. . '-i
i ' Dave Friedman, clerk In the cigar
and" .confectionery store of Fred
Barnes; 407 South Fifteenth' street, is
m bad with the government; He has
been arrested, charged with' selling
liquor to ' soldiers. Officers say that
he was caught with the goods on him.
," Since, the mobilization of the Sixth
Nebraska hat been' under way at the
Auditorium a number of the boys
have : been ; under the influence of
liquor. Officers were' unable to lo
cate the place' from which th r liquor
came or who was selling to the boys.
, Private .Watkins was something of
a detective tcfore he enlisted in the
Sixth. 1 he officers learned this fact
and Tuesday he was supplied with, a
marked $5 bill. Then he commenced
to nose around and soon learned that
Barnes' store was a popular jiang-out
with, some of the soldiers. . To him
this looked suspicious .and he con
cluded to give the place a try.
, . Buyi Pint of Whisky. :
Going to the Barnes store, Watkins
confided to Friedman that he was aw
fully thirsty,, and after some dicker
ing succeeded in buying a pint of
whiskV; tendering his marked bill in
payment.; With the ' bint in his
pocket,, he notified the police' and the
place was caided. In the money
drawer the marked bill was found and
a search of the premises brought to
light twelve pin ; bottles of whisky,
stowed away in a neatly -arranged
little compartment undertthe -floor in
a rear room of the store, , , 1 , .'
"' Both Barnes and Friedman were in
police court on the charge of selling
liquor to soldiers and the cases
against them . continued until Friday
morning. In the meantime it is ex-
oected that the case will be taken
over and prosecuted by the govern
ment. . . - : ,
Omaha Boats Unable to
,. : Handle All River Freight
There will he no pleasure boating
on .the steamboat "Elk" jm the' Mis
souri fiver this summer. The Missouri
Kiver Navigation league finds there
is a constantly increasing demand for
the service of the boat to haul freight
from Decatur to Omaha and that the
boat will have no time to take outi
pleasure parties. When the boat was
purchased the directors believed that
a run of a month or six weeks in the
serine would clean up the heavy
'traffic from Decatur, and that after,
that they would be at liberty to turn
the craft into a pleasure boat, since
the "Elk" has a passenger license and
a number of life belts.
But instead, of getting ahead, the
boat is falling behind, and the freight
is piling tip. Recently, it has been
carrying cargoes of hogs and other
live stock, bringing down two car
loads of live stock at a time.
Last week business men ,. of Te
kamah sought a means to move their
large crops of alfalfa and other pro
duce to Omaha by the "Elk." At Mon
damin, la., several hundred thousand
feet of lumber and several thousand
bushels of corn will be ready for ship
ment within the next two weeks. The
Julius F. Silber is also still operating
ctween Omaha and Decatur, but the
Missouri Fiver Navigation league di
rectors believe it will sbon be neces
sary to qbtain more boats to handle
the traffic. , , v, , .- .
Find Ritchie's Liquor "
' - r Planted in Near Cellar
Wheti Nebrask'a went dry, Albert
S. Ritchie lajd irf a stock of liquor for
use in caifl. ot" sickness. "t' While
Ritchie has not been using this liqnor,
he has notcd;the factjhat it has been
disappearing. Putting tlft police onto
the fact, warrants have been issued
from the police 'court, implicating two
men, Joe Hampton and F. W., Gil
bert, in the boqze taking. ; "
i Ritchie lives at 2123 Douglas street,
1 Bee Want Ads Produce Results.,
rsday-
-We Place on Sale Just 218
ette Crepe Blouses
$6.75 to $17.0U .Kinds at
$3.95 S5 S7.95 $10
YES 1 We'll admit it does1 seem ridiculous to advertise Georgette
crepe blouses at these low prices, right at a time when Georg
ette crepe is increasing in value and when the wearing season has
iust started, but it is just another instance of the way -.Benson &
Thome buy, which enables them to do things in a
'different" way.
We just want you to see them see and feel the quality of crepe
that they are made of examine the workmanship and finish and
then try them on, view them from the front, back and sides, and see
the full measure of style' that each blouse possesses.-.
We candidly believe you'd buy a half dozen of these blouses
at the regular prices if you could see them. Blouses featured at ,
prices that barely cover the co&t of material and. making.
-"'Fremont
13 :
"All Work" Tractor
Burns Kerosene
. , Four (Cylinders, 5-inch bore, ; findi
stroke, 750 r. p. m. Develops 28 h. p.
at belt and 14 h. p. at draw-bar. T
. - speed transmission wording in oil i autor
mobile type front axle ; self-oiling steel
( . gears, dust-protected radiator and fan
that cools absolutely.'. Turns short in 12-
-foot radius. (
; Weighs 5,000 bs. and deyeops3,O0Q;
lbs. draw-bar pull antt 4,000 lbs! on low-'
gear. Bulls three plows under adverse
conditions, four plows under favorable
conditions; burns kerosene. Runs 18
inch ensilage cutter, 28-inch separator.
Pulls an 8-foot road grader.
" A simple, durable, powerful machine
, selling at a price you can easily afford -
to pay. Built by a company with an es
tablished reputation, with numerous ma-'
v . chines at work in the fields today. Write '
fop catalog.
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.
Quincy, 111.
Box 52A
The Colors-
Rose,
Crimson
Bisque
; . Gold
Tea Rose
Chartreuse
Orchid,
Poilius Blue
j Kelly Green
Yellow
Maize
The Styles
Square neck
Full length tucks
Every blouse amply
cut Jo allow
plenty of freedom
across shoulders
Smart collars
with beaded
designs and
fancy edges
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The Trimmings--Frills
'
Tucks
Embroidery
Fancy collars
Lace Edging
Picoting
Shirred cuffs
Beaded Effects
Wide Lace Inserts
Be Sure To See
i
EROSENE TRACTORS
at the
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Big Fremont Tractor Demonstration
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f iMTBniiaMiliMllll'i
Eyeryv Farmer Can Afford a
mm Tumjm
A size for everyi&i praetors successfully burn kero- $
sene, and do it economiciJly.- Five sizes The 9-18 pulls two plows;
thel0:20 pulls threW plows-the 12-25 pulls four plows; the 20-40 tS
handles six, and thf3P-66v--piiils eigrk.t; ; '
J. I. CASE-THRESHtING MACHINE CO !
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