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-THE -BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1917.
J(N HAS PROGRAM
AT CAMP FUNSTON
Commanding' General at Big
Cantonment Appoints Offi
- cial Committee to Take
Charge of Celebration.
- The commanding general at Camp
Funston has personally appointed an
official committee to take charge of
all Christmas arrangements for that
camp.' The' business of this commit
tee is not only to arrange for a pro
gram of amusements, but also to re
ceive and answer all letters written
by persons desiring to; know the
names of soldiers to whom they could
send Christmas boxes; to attend to
the distribution oof Christmas boxes,
and. to make; all the necessary ar
rangements for the "sports" program
This committee is composed of rep
resentatives of every organization n
the- camp, including the Red , Cross,
camp activities and the Young Men's
Christmas association.'' No camp en
tertainment could be complete with
out the representation named. The
committee is directed by a field offi
cer of the division staff.
. Many of the boys at Camp Funston
will be .spending their first Christ
mas away from home, and it is the
desire of the commanding general
that the program of amusements be
60.complete and of such an enjoyable
nature that these men will continue
in such a state of cheerfulness that
the blues of "home-sickness" will have
a poor chance.
Box for Each Soldier.
It is hoped that there will be a
Christmas box for each soldier at the
camp, about 35,000, which in turn
means a good deal of complication, as
the facilities for receiving mail and
express at Camp Funston are very
limited, and for this reason the Christ
, mas committee hopes that this point
will be realized, by the kind-spirited
persons who desire tot cheer on the
soldiers, and that they will in the
cities endeavor to form some com
mittee which will receive Christmas
boxes for the camp and send them out
in large packages several boxes at a
time. It is believed that the local
Youne Men's Christian association.
Red Cross or camp activities associa
tions would be glad to assist in this
matter, and.it is suggested persons
sending boxes enclose their cards or
notes to the unknown soldier who
may receive it, that he may know
whom he may thank' for adding a
great deal of happiness and good
cheer to his Christmas day,
It Is manifest that if the packages
were sent one at a time to the in
dividual men the mail and express to
Camp Funston would be seriously
handicapped, and in order that the
manner of distributing the gifts be
understood it will be done as follows:
About 2:30 o'clock Christmas after'
noon the gifts will have been loaded
into armyescort wagons, forming a
wagon train, which will go out over
the hills guarded by soldiers and cow
boys, and as it approaches Camp
Funston it will be attacked by Indians
and bandits it wilt be rescued by the
soldiers and brought jnto Camp Funs
ton on the artillery parade ground.
There the wagons will be drawn up
in a circle around a huge bonfire, and
each organization will go to its own
wagon, hreak out the load, and dis
tribute its sifts. ; .
Xhts will provide plenty of outlet
for the' joyous spirit of the men of
the camp, who not many years ago
as small boys played at the game of
"wild west snow, and , this wagon
train attack and defense approaches
that of a historic pageant for this
part of the country. The states from
yrhich the men of Camp Funston
jcqme have all played their part in
the days of, the old "cattle trails" and
the "immigrant trails."
In the night it is planned to have
ft fireworks display. , '
; The complete program, if it can be
tarried out in the matter of fireworks,
jwill be as follows:
; '1:10 A. M. Back net,
1 1:4 A. M.Crab race. -V
i ': A. M. Centipsds rac.
irlS A. t Tuf of war. '.'.',.
'S:SS A. M. Joutln eont.at. I
IMS A. M Pu.h ball Kama.
'S:S to 10:JO A. M. Turkey ahoot. I
16:30 A. If. Broncho bustlnr content.
11:30 A. M. Hoping and tying contest.
2:10 P. M. Attack and defense of Christ
nu wagon train and dlatrtbutlon of gifts.
7:00 P. M. Klreworka from the rim rock
and hill topa above Cany funston.
G. F. Bidwell, Former Omahan,
Sees First Snow in 9 Years
George F. Bidwell,' formerly gen
eral manager of the Northwestern
lines west of the Missouri river, with
offices in Omaha, is in the' city for
a few days.
"This is the first snow I have seen
in nine years," he said. "I moved to
Los Angeles then, and every former
trip I took back to Omaha was made
in the summer time. Los Angeles is
paradise. I can pick roses-off my
own bushes every day in the year.
"Los Angeles now has a population
of 550.000. It is chiefly made up of
retired people or persons in poor
health. It is not a good place for
people to go to earn a living.
"Omaha has made an astonishing
growth. When I lived her. there
was practically no business west of
Seventeenth street, south of Howard
or north of Douglas street. Now it
is going ahead with bounds never be
fore equaled."
Mr. Bidwell called at the United
States weather bureau. He has a
mipiature weather bureau at his home
in Los Angeles, where he takes ob
servations and keeps records.
Woman Smokes Up,
Just Like a Man
"There h no privilege (puff) a wo
man should not have (puff, puff) that
a man has."
With this declaration of , indc
pendenc a huntress whose dog's collar
bore the name of Anna Backson non
chalantly flecked the ashes from a
long black cigar and resumed her
after-dinner smoke at St. Cloud. Minn.
Why shouldn t I smoke ciears?"
militantly inquired "Diana," on further
interruption. Isn t it just as good as
to be puffing at cigarets as some
women do, and also some men?"
Miss Backson unless the dogs en
graved collar belied her name-r-pro-vided
a movie-like spectacle for the
natives as she stood garbed in hunt
ing attire, a gun in the crock of her
arm, her faithful hound at her feet
and her mouth calmly shifting the
cigar from corner to corner as she
satisfied the curious that she was
"every inch a man." St, , Paul Dispatch.
H. J. Sigmon Found Guilty .
. Of Perjury by Federal Jury
Henry J. Sigmon of Lawton, Okl.,
was found guilty by a jury in federal
court Friday afternoon. The jury
was out seven hours. He was tried
for oeriurv allecred to have hem rnm.
mitted when he was a witness in the
suit of John A. Moore of Omaha
against the Union Pacific, which re
suited in a verdict of $68,500 for
Moore. . v
Moore contended (hat an nrriilcnt
on a Union Pacific train had injured
him so as to make him subject to epi-
lentic fits. Siemni and nthera tec li
fted that they had seen Moore have
ins prior to tne accident. ,
A larcre number nf witness, were
brought here from Oklahoma for the
trial of Sigmon.
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Are You Going
to Move?
Hundreds are movinc and mnar.
of them have learned from ex
i perience that it is far safer to
I move the "Omaha Van & Stor-
. age Way."
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OMAHA VAN
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Phone Doug. 4163.
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Toyland at The Central
On the Second Floor 1513-15 Howard St.
-TOYS-
of Value
Our Toy ' Department is un
usually interesting this year. You
will find it so "when you come.
. Automobiles, ..........$4,25 Up
Electric Trains and Tracks, from $160 Up.
Winding Trains from....lQ0 Up to $1.50
Hobby Horses, hair manes and tails, $1.15 Up. '
big assortment, $1.00 up
Doll Go-CarLs,
all sizes, from
85c up.
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Rattan Doll Cradles, 85c Up.
lTSSSE YTXJ M0EY THERE ARE REASONS V 1 1 . i . j
NEB. CYCLE (MOW
IS MICKELBROS. CO.
Concern Which Started With a
Small Bicycle Business is
Vast Establishment
Today.
George Mickel started a small bicy
cle business nearl 25 .years ago at
the northeast corner of Fifteenth and
Harney streets. He maintained a
shop in the north room of what is
now the main floor of the extensive
establishment of Mickel Bros, com
pany, occupying four floors and base
ment. The incorporation has just been
changed from the name of "Ne
braska Cycle company" to "Mickel
Bros, company." with the personnel
of the company remaining thesame,
being the five Mickel brotheis, whose
names are: George E., T. E., Will E.,
Arthur L. and Clyde U.
The business started by George
Mickel was incorporated in 1895 for
$10,000; today the authorized capital
is $400,000.
The company carries extensive
lines of victrolas, sewing machines
and piano. It controls a victrola
jobbing house in Des Moines, the
only Iowa jobbing house of the Vic
tor company. There are 45 employes
at the Omaha establishment. The
business extends from the Missis
sippi, river to Montana.
Six Mickel sons are growing up to
help in the business when they shall
have reached maturity.
car extension and municipal coal
plant will report a', this meeting. All
club members and South Side resi
dents are invited to attend the meet
ing. '
Real Estate Salesmen Put
Over Deal in Record Time
George F. Jones, salesman for A.
P. Tukey & Son, real estate dealers,
and Ed M. Slater of Payne & Slater
are challenging the real estate circles
of Omaha to put over a quicker deal
than they did Thursday. F. T. Bur
dick, an Iowa man, walked into the
office of A. P. Tukey & Son and an
nounced thaht he had a house at 2214
Ames avenue which he would like to
turn into money.
"I want to sell it and sell it quickly,"
said Burdick.
"I'm your man," said Jones. He
stepped across the street, put Ed Sla
ter in the machine, whirled him out
to Ames avenue, showed him the
house and sold it to him.
In less than an hour Jones came
back into the office, handed the Iowa
man his money and sent him out to
catch a train for Iowa.
Silver Has Many Relatives
Who Live Around Halifax
James L. Silver, elevator -conductor
in the Union Pacific headquarters,
has a special interest in the Halifax
disaster, in which it is reported that
2,000 persons were killed by the de
struction of a munitions ship. Mr.
Silver was bor.. in Halifax and with
Jiis patents left there wen he was
6 years of age.
k Mr. Silver has never been in Hal
ifax since leaving there when a child,
but in and around the city he has a
score or more of relatives and his
presumption is that a number of them
have been killed by the explosion.
Merry Monarch, Prize Steer,
Sells for $2.10 Per found
The record high price for beef is
$2.10 a pound. This price was paid in
Chicago when through its Chicago
connections the Clay-Robinson com
pany sold Merry Monarch, grand
champion Shorthorn steers, for $3,465.
The animal weighed 1.650 pounds and
was fed by the Purdue university ag
ricultural and live stock department. .
J The buyer was the American Short
horn association. This organization
at once put the animal up for sale
and it was purchased by the Armour
Packing company, at auction, for $2.10
a pound..' The sale was made with
the understanding that the proceeds
be donated to the Red Cross.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
Federal Jurors Dismissed
Till After, the Holidays
Judge Munger in federal court dis
missed the jurors after the trial of
Henry J. Sigmon. The men are ex
cused subject to call, as it is possible
there will be trials in federal court
in January. Judge Woodrough will
go to Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, where
he will preside in the trial f indicted
Industrial Workers of the World.
I EXTRA PIPE SPECIAL I
Important Meeting of
Improvement Clubs Tonight
The Federation of South Side Im
provement clubs will meet at the
South Side citv halt ar fl nVI
day'night. The committees on street
JJfDIROXS
SPARK SCREENS
FIRE TOOLS ,
BASKET GRATES
OAS BURNERS
WOOD HOLDERS
FOOT RAIL FENDERS
BRASS COAL HODS
FIREPLACE
FIXTURES
Tlslt ovr salesrooms. Exceptional as
ortmeat, latest designs and materials,
high grade workmanship, reasonable
prices.
w lave equipped many of the finest
homes and wish to equip yours. We
will both benefit
Entire Third Floor Keeliae
Building.
SUNDERLAND BROS. GO.
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Having Bought the Travelers' Samples of
! Wm. Demuth & Co. j
I The Largest Makers of Pipes and Smokers' Articles in
I the World I
j We Will Place Them on Sale Beginning M
I CMi..MJA.. n fill, of flnnH?jlf Prirp ; I
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1 These samples consist of Meerschaum and French " f
Briar pipes with Amber and Bakelite Bits in cases.
I Baklite cigar and cigarette holders, French Briar '.
I pipes with Amber, Bakelite. and Rubber Bits without
I cases. Metal and Leather Cigar and Cigarette Cases. ; f
REMEMBER THESE ARE ON SALE AT , .
I ONE-HALF REGULAR PRICES
I SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. I
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1 Wholesale Distributors for the Famous Wellington Pipes
and Te Be Ce 6c Cigars ' f
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ACRES
Choicest Range Land in Garden County,
Nebraska, Adjoining the Town of Lisco
In Addition, About 2,000 Acres Leased Land
FULLY AND MODERNLY,
EQUIPPED, ALL FENCED,
PLENTY OF WATER.
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Summer and winter about 2,000 cattle;
cuts about 2,000 tons of hay.
Listed at lowest price of any good ranch
in the west. Price for a short time--
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For deeded land, tirms: One-half cash, balance 6 five to ten
years. Less than 12 hours to Omaha and Denver markets;
AN ABSOLUTELY SAFE and PROFITABLE INVESTMENT. The revenue derived from
this ranchproperly operated for the next two years, in addition to the ADVANCE in land, WILL
CLEAR ITSELF. For further particulars, write
GENE MEL AD Y, Agt, Omaha, Nebraska
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