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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1917)
2 D THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 23, 1917. REALTORS BANQUET AT PRETTIEST MILE Charles W. Martin Entertains - Hundred Real Estate Men at the Minne Lusa Ad dition Club House. - i f "He's a jolly good fellow" were the words of a song that echoed and re echoed through thef ooms of the Prettiest Mile club house Wednesday afternoon and they were sung by 100 real estate men who were the guests of Charles VV. Martin. .For several years it has been the custom of some Realtor, or the mem bers of some firm of Realtors, to, ( about this season of the, year, enter tain the real estate men of the city. ' This year Charles W. Martini took it . upon himself to do the entertaining and invited his guests to the Prettiest Mile club house for luncheon. They went, an even 100 of them, and when they arried they soon discovered that there had been some of the gross- misrepresentation upon the part of their host. " 1 1 . Regular Banquet -Instead of a luncheon, Mr. Martin had invited them to a banquet that was served in five courses, including spring chicken. Of course there were no protests registered, but all agreed that their host had established a pre cedent that would not accord with the ideas of Food Conservation Agent Hoover. -. The good things from the kitchen having been disposed of, the. cigars were lighted and then came the ora tory and the singing, everybody join ing in the latter. .d slater presided as toastmaster and called on Byron Hastings, who went into detail rela tive to what Mr. Martin had accom plished ir transforming Minne Lusa addition from a corn field into a dis trict of modern homes and all with in three years. He paid a high com pliment to Mr. Martin as a booster for the city and a home builder for its people. ; C. F. Harrison spoke of Mr. Mar tin as a neighbor, referring to him as ' one of the men who has had much to do with the growth of the city and as a man who has, implicit faith in v its future. k . : Mr. Martin, at the request of the 'f Realtors, told of the origin of the idea of buying the land and platting Minne Lusa addition and then he de tailed the methods employed to se cure the erection of the Prettiest Mile club house, giving the women of , ithe north end , of the city credit for the successful culmination of the campaign . thaf resulted in securing sufficient money for the, erection of , the building, now completed and free irom oeDt. , ,.; , ft Mr. ; Martin in fnrmfd th PmWai-. V that the club has a membership of 300, each paying $25 per, year; that the directors are all women and that Jie management of the affairs is in tneir hands. ! Erastus Benson dosed the speak ing meeting, saying nice things about Mr. Martin and then telling a num ber of humorous stories. ; .. - After an. inspection of the club house, the procession of automobiles carrying the . Realtors went over the , streets and boulevards of Minne Lusa and then scattering, returned to the city, :' Swine Show Is to Be r Larger Than Last Year .The National Swine Growers' asso ciation, which will hold its annual show in Omaha & -ing the 4k-Sar- Sen Carnival, has ..ad a most won erful growth. ' The National Swine Growers asso ciation is an association formed for the promotion of the swine industry, i It is not a closed corporation, but an association for the, mutual advance ment of its members, .and' of the in dustry, in general, and in order to bring to the attention of the world the importance of the hog, and, further, to enable breeders to show to the world the best of their product, a national show was held for the first time in America in 1916. At this show there appeared the greatest number of highest quality hogs ever gotten to gether. All the leading breeds were represented,' and as an educational event for the farmer and breeder, , there is nothing that has surpassed it The National Swine Show js an an nual event, and this year, from October 3 to 10, will be held the stc ;ond Annual National Swine Show, at 4 Omaha. The same classifications, are made as last year, which wll insure a . great display of the leading breeds of hogs and will be an inspiration and education to exhibitors and spectators. Nebraska Gets On Map as" . State of Mineral Wealth Western Nebraska papers are call ing attention to the oil and gas leases which are being negotiated in that part of the country., Some months ago a large number tof these leases ". were made in Dawes county and the vicinity of Chadron. Just last week ' the Prairie Oil and Gas company, said to be one of the largest in the ' United States, finished taking leases . ior oil purposes in Banner county, T along Pumpkinseed creek, and drilling ' will be begun in the vicinity of Har risburg, the county seat r v Local papers say twenty carloads of materials for the first drilling are on the way. These leases run up to thousands of acres. From Julesberg east to Ogallala a large number of leases were also taken last spring. This movement, together with the potash industry and other similar - discoveries which it is belieyed will in time be made in the sand hills, may after all put Nebraska on the , map as a state of mineral wealth an ' not altogether depending upon being v corn fed. , -. , " 5 Painters Addressed by National Secretary McGhan ' A H. McGhan of Washington D. C, secretary-treasurer of the Inter- national Association of House Paint- ers and Decorators, cave an mstruc v - tive address to a large and enthusiastic gathering of local painters and deco- ,. rators rriday. In his soeech Mr. McGhan recon mended the use of paint in combat ting contagious diseases and proved - its value for this purpose from tests made by the medical department at Washington. He also urged the lo- cal painters to adopt a better method of bookkeeping. . ' Plans are being made by the local painters to co-operate with the na- tional association in a clean up ana -li'iUt tapa'grt next mnns, ? Decorated by U. S. Red Cross y t' :) "If?: 1 DORT ESTABLISHES ECONOMY RECORI Averages Twenty-Three Mile9 to Gallon of Gasoline in Road Contest on the ' Pacific Coast.' . MISS LILLIAN COOLEY. One phase of American Red Cross work that has nothing to do with battle hospitals or wars is that of "water safety." The life-saving corps of the American Red Cross is in charge of Field , Agent , Commodore Longfellow, whose, business it is to make "every person a swimmer, and every swimmer a life saver." , ' During the early part of the sum mer the commodore conducted a se ries of demonstrations at the princi pal cities of the Mississippi valley, While at Cairo, 111., he met the C. A. Wortham shows and arranged td hold demonstrations in the big diving pool of the water circus. Lillian. Looley. champion womat high diver, was pressed into service and gave much valuable, assistance to the Red Cross omciar in demon strating the ease with which a swim mer could save a person from drown ing. For this work Miss Cooley was decorated with a gold medal by the Red Cross, making her a life mem ber of the "World's Life-Saving Alli ance for Women." , " , v, ' : Miss Cooley Us the featured per former with the water circus, the big sensational aquatic spectacle with die C. A. Wortham shows, wlych will exhibit on the ''king's highway" dur ing the Ak-Sar-Ben festival. Clark Makes His Charges. Against Lynch More Definite Attorneys for Sheriff Clark have filed an amendment to the complaint of the sheriff against County Commis sioner Lynch. Sheriff Clark, as ac cuser, last spring filed papers in .dis trict court against "Johnny" Lynch, accused, alleging wholesale misde meanors In office and asking that the county commissioner be ousted. About a month ago counsel for Lynch filed a motion asking the court to require Sheriff Clark to make some of his charges more definite and cer tain. Judge Redick,' sitting in equity court, sustained the motion. Now that the amendment is filed Lynch wilt have thirty days in which to answer the sheriff's charges. The ouster proceedings probably will be heard in district court late this fall. Bee'Want Ads Produce Results. The Following telegram, dated Sep tember 19, was received by the Too-zer-Gerspacher Motor company, which, according to Joe Gerspacher, records officially another world's rec ord for the Dort: ' "Great victory for Dort in ten days' continued road economy run between Los Angeles and San Francisco under the American Automobile association sanction. No. 1064 completed this morning at 10 o'clock with following results as certified to in writing by G. F. Stephenson, th,e techincal rep resentative of contest board, Ameri can Automobile association, and his three observers; W. J. Stipe, J. S. White and L. H. Harne. The drivers were AN G. Goodwill, W. Fitzgerald and W. B. Felix. The mileage was 4,658 , miles; gas used, 195 gal lons; average jniles per gallqn, 23.93; oil used, twenty-one pints; average miles per gallon, 17.74, pjut water, used, thirty-one quarts, 601 miles per gallon. This establishes world record for economy and proves conclusively Dort is built for serv ice and economy. Detailed informa tion follows by. mail." J509 " Park avenue Friday night charged with shooting Craps. A bushel basket of cards "and poker Chips was taken from the basement where the boys were found, but only one lone dime was in evidence after the general scramble when the offi cers entered. This being Saturday, two barbers in the gang out on bond 6aid they would appear in court if they possibly could, but as business was too rushing they forfeited their bonds. The rest were fined $1 and costs. Sweden Puts Ban On , Foreign Cipher Messages Copenhagen, Sept 22. The Ship ping Gazette of Gothenburg,, Sweden, is informed by the Swedish foreign office that foreign cipher telegrams no1 longer can be transmitted. The Gazette says that as a result of Lux burg affair communication with im portant commercial houses abroad al ready is distrusted. Warm. Wcafher Puts Corn 7i Beyond Danger of Frost The railroads report warm weather all. through Nebraska, extending as far1 west as the " Rocky mountains. Generally there is considerable wind and the report is that it and the sun shine is rapidly maturing the corn that is nearly beyond the stage where it might be injured by frost. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Railroad Magnates Got C' ' West on Hunting Trip , Accompanied by' A. E. Corey, steel magnate; James Gorman, chairman of the executive Committee of the Rock Island, and, eight other eastern rail road men and capitalists, T. M. Schu macher, president of the El Paso & Southwestern railroad, spent an hour in Omaha enroute to Idaho.' In Idaho the members of the party will spend two weeks hunting and fishing. Traveling in three special cars, Mr. Schumacher and his party went west, their cars attached to the United Pa cific fast mail. 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