THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 16. 1918.
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GARDEN OF GODS
SOON TO BECOME
GOLF PARADISE
Chicago Course Architect
Builds Links in Shadow of
Pike's Peak Near Colo
rado Springs.
Citizens of Colorado Springs ap
pear to be determined to make Pike's
Peak region as noted for its golf
courses as for its mountains. Fol
lowing the construction of the Colo
rado Springs course came the Broad
moor club, now nearyig completion.
No expense has been spared in the
construction of this course, which is
expected to be a Mecca for many
touring golfers.
A few years ago a golf course in
the vicinity of the famous Garden of
the Gods would have been considered
chimerical, but William B. Langford,
the Chicago course archtitect, already
has completed a survey of the prop
erty and made plans for the course.
The land on which the course will
be constructed is Glen Eyrie, the
vast mountain estate of the late Gen
eral William J. Palmer, who laid out
Colorado Springs. When at the
height of his career as a railroad
builder, General Palmer purchased
and developed 2,225 acres. On this
property he built a Tudor castle,
which is conceded to be one of the
finest examples of this beautiful arch
itecture in America.
Valley Hemmed by Mountains.
The Glen Eyrie links are located in
the mountain valley lying to the east
of the Garden of the Gods. To
the 6outh is Cheyenne mountain, to
the east the high mesa, to the north
Glen Eyrie, while Pike's Peak, 8,000
feet above, dominates the whole.
The valley itself, running north and
south, permits the construction of a
course which has no troublesome west
Or sun holes. The ground is very
broken, its undulations affording the
same type of rolling ground which
has made the Scottish seaside links
famous. Clumps of picturesque scrub
oak, gnarled old cedars, birches, wil
lows, locusts, and elms and a won
derful changing carpet of ever bloom
ing, constantly changing wild flowers
make this spot a veritable paradise
for the lover of nature.
No Parched Fairways.
: The mountain stream which runs
through the valley, besides perform
ing its duty as a natural hazard, sup
plies water in such abundance that
parched fairways and sun baked
greens are things unknown. It is a val
ley cool and green in a land of blos
soming yuccas and cacti.
Mr. Langford has been able to pre
serve most of the natural beauties,
many of which have been used as
hazards. He considers these hazards
fair and efficient, difficult enough to
satisfy the expert, but not severe
enough to cripple the duffer.
.', Following the lines of modern
course architecture, Mr. Langford has
made easier paths from the tee for
players of mediocre ability. From
the front tees the course is about 200
yards shorter.
Yardage of Course.
The yardage is as follows:'
, , Out 230, 520, 335, 435, 380, 365, 330,
180. 4603,235.
- In 500, 405, 200, 480, 120, 610, 145,
450,5103,390.
. , This gives a total of 6,625 yards.
The fifth hole is known as the"49er,"
as it goes along an old trail, while the
eighth hole is to be called the "roof
of the world." The tee is on the
crest of a ridge which commands a
fine view of the Garden of the Gods
and of Pike's Peak.
Yosemite Valley Scooped
By Water and Not Glaciers
After the visitor to the Yosemite
Valley has recovered from his first
shock of astonishment for it is no
less at the supreme beauty of the
valley, inevitably he wonders how
nature made it. However did it hap
pen that walls so. enormous rose so
nearly perpendicular from so level a
floor.
It will not lessen wonder to learn
that it was water which cut most of
this deep valley in the solid granite.
Originally the Merced river flowed
practically at the level of the cayon
top. How long it took its waters,
enormous in volume then, do doubt, to
scrape with tools of sand this valley
thousands of feet into the living gran
ite, no man tan even guess. And, as
it cut the valley, it left the tributary
streams sloping even more sharply
from their levels until eventually
they poured over brinks as giant wa
terfalls. But geologists have determined, by
unerring fact, that the river did by
far the most of the work, and that the
great glacier which followed the wa
ter ages afterwards did little more
than square its corners and steepen
its cliffs. It may have increased the
depth from seven hundred to a thou
sand feet, not more.
During the uncountable years since
the glaciers vanished, erosion has
again marvelously used its wonder
chisel. With the lessening of the
Merced's volume, the effect was no
longer Jo deepen the channel but to
amazingly carve and decorate the
walls.
John V. Peterson of Omaha
Admitted to Naval Academy
Word comes from Annapolis that
John V. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Peterson, 323 Happy Hollow
boulevard, named by Congressman
Lobeck for entrance to the United
States naval academy, has been ad
mitted for a full course of training for
naval officer. Young Peterson is a
graduate of Omaha High school,
class of 1917, and was fullback on the
Omaha High School foot ball team,
fall of 1916. He received special men
tion for his high grades in his mental
entrance examination and perfect
physique.
Feed Shortage Killing Off
Working Horse in England
- London, June 9. According to of
ficials of the British national equine
defense league, curtailment of feed is
killing off the working horse in this
country and unless something is done
to ration horses, both 'in regard to
food and hours of labor, the problem
or transport will become very sen
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Empress Offers Trio of
Japanese As Headline
!
The Hatch Kitamura Trio, the fea
ture act on the Empress bill for four
days starting today, presents one of
the most sensational acts on the vau
deville stage. Monahan & Co.'s rol
ler skating novelty is said to be a
classy entertaining novelty that will
always be received and favored by
both old and young. The electrical
dance and the falling stars are bits
of cleverness that will please. Fergo
son & Sunderland have a singing and
dancing skit that is replete with
comedy. .
Heading the program for the last
half of the week are the Meryl Prince
Girls, a quaret of female loveliness,
in a number they call "Medodies De
Luxe," consisting of popular and high
class singing with a novelty opening
showing artistic posing. Singing and
talking intermingled with comedy
make up the act which is .offered by
Deibel & Ray. I he Wheeler trio
acrobatic entertainers, perform feats
of strength, which are daring as well
as appalling. La Losta & Clifton
come with a comedy sketch "In Just
Nan.
Bills for Current Week
(Continued from rage Eight.)
after article for herself by being happy and
bringing It into the lives of others. There
are tears In the play, but the clouds dls
appear at the end and a pretty love theme
comes out to the satisfaction of all. On
Monday and Tuesday will run the feature
film, "Tarzan of the Apes." This great
jungle story, where a lost peer of Eng
land's son grows up with an ape for foster
mother and the animals for playmates,
Is a drama of power and originality. The
dramatic scenes, such as the destruction
of the canntbH tribes' village by Tar
zan and with the aid of the elephant
and his animal friends In revenge for the
death of his foster mother are things to be
long remembered.
Apollo Alice Joyce, appearing In "The
Triumph of the Weak," will be the feature
play at the Apollo today. The play Is a
drama telling the story of the struggle of
the weaker sex In the battles of life, and Is
admirably acted by Miss Jovct. who Is well
supported by her company. In the dlrec
tlon of the play there has been ample op
portunity given the star to display her
powers in dramatio situations. The star la
well fitted to this style of photodrama, and
the history of the film since Its release
makes It one of her successes of the year.
Iiothrop The feature for today here will
be Constance Talmadge In "The Lesson,"
light drama love story, set In the midst
of pretty scenes, and one In which this
star appears to especially good advantage.
The play carries with It a moral for not
only the actors, but for all who might al
tow meir rooisieps De lea into the same
paths and need the lesson taught In
addition to the feature there is included
in the program Fatty Arhucltle In his
rollicking bit of humor, "His Wedding
jNignt. -
Rohlff Emily Weland, In an interesting
comedy drama of love and risk, "The Shell
Game," is the big feature for Sunday. In
the play Miss Weland brings to the game
of chance an element of the risking of
more than mere money and although all
seems lost she wins out by a lucky turn
of chance. The love story Is a pretty
one and the comedy of the piece is well
written and well 4 ted. Olive Tell will
come hrre Monday only In "The Girl and
the Judge, " another comedy drama. The
moral elde of the play brings to the
star a chance to show some clever work
in the portraying of characters. The big
feature of the week at the Rohlff is the
play of Jack Ptckford's. which will be
seen there on Friday, "The Spirit of '17."
As young Mr. Plckford Is now with the
boys the patriotic sketch has an added
interest.
Alhambra William Desmond, appearing
in the light comedy drama, "Society for
Sale," will be here today. The play Is
a feature story of the follies of modern
society life and in spite of the fact that
the love theme has been brought to a suc
cessful close in it and that there is humor
written all through the piece there Is a
weight and character to the piece that
carry a thought for all audiences In It.
On Monday will be seen Bessie Barrlscale
in one of her successes of the year, "Blind
folded." The play is one of the finest
of this star's characterization works.
Hamilton Madge Kennedy and Tom
Moore appearing in "The Danger Game"
at the Hamilton today only, are starring
In a play of action and with opportunity
for dramatic effects for both stars. The
play is not a heavy drama yet holds ample
weight and chance for artistic climax of
emotions. The work of the one star neatly
offsets the other and the two mako an
admirable team to play opposite one an
other. On Monday and Tuesday will be
seen William Farnum in one of his features
of the year. "The Conquerer."
Friendly Critics.
"f hear that Swlddler has written a new
three-act comedy."
"Yes; he read it to me and two other
of his oldest friends yesterday."
"And what did you think of It?"
"Well, we all three thought one of the
acts superfluous."
"Which act was that?"
"Oh, we each chose a different act."
London Opinion.
Strictly Blx.
"An autograph of the great Poe."
"How much?"
"One thousand dollars."
"Too much."
"Would you haggle over an autograph of
the great Poe?"
"Not If the money was going to do Poe
any good. As It isn't, you'll have to talk
turkey if you expect to make a sale. Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
LAKEVIEW PARK
Omaha' 90-Horsepower Engine
of Fun.
DANCING nSJSSS!r'
sJAZZ BARD
And Other Attraction!.
Turn on the Gat, Throw it in
High for
You, Me, Him, Her and It
Will Attend the Big
AUTO DAY OUTING
and DANCE
For Dealers, Owners, Employe
and Friend.
WED., JUNE 19
Ask Any Dealer, Garage or
Filling Station for Ticket.
Picnics at the Parks Fill
Early Summer Days and Nights
Never in the history of Manawa
park has June been such a popular
month for bathing. Last Sunday and
last Monday evenings saw larger
crowds at Lake Manawa beach than
were to be seen on any day, even in
July and August, last year. And last
year's number of bathers set new
records. "Sea horses" have been put
afloat at the beach. A new double
decked diving platform, one for those
who love high dives, and the other
for the more cautious, has been
erected. A strong force of life guards
is constantly at hand, equipped with
pulmotor and other life saving de
vices for any emergency. It has not
been found necessary thus far this
season to use them, as Manawa beach
is gradual, sloping sand, with a big
rope and posts marking the "arm
deep" limit. Four launches speed be
tween the park and the beach, and
many make the trip in rowboats.
Manager Carl I. Palm of Manawa
park has extended an invitation to
every business firm in Omaha and
Council Bluffs to hold its summer
outing at that lake this year. During
the last week the Omaha Federal
Land bank force and the Nebraska
Association for the Blind held their
picnics at Manawa.
Douglas Fairbanks, appearing in
"Double Trouble," will be the fea
ture of the Manawa park free motion
picture show this evening. This is
one of the best of the Fairbanks pic
tures. Such stars as Fairbanks,
Pickford, Mary Miles Minter, Chap
lin and others appear all the time
in the Manawa park free motion pic
ture shows every evening.
Three big picnics have been ar
ranged for New Krug park this week,
but other visitors will be cared for
just as usual. Wednesday the Iten I
Biscuit company employes will hold
their annual outing in the park. The
Loose-Wiles company employes and
customers will picnic there Thurs
day. Friday afternoon and night all
Ford owners and drivers have been
invited by C. S. Rose, manager of
the park, and the Ford company to
visit the resort. Tickets for the Ford
outing are being distributed at the
Ford factory, Sixteenth and Cuming
streets, and at all Ford , branch offi
ces and agencies in the city. Parking
space, where the cars will be guarded
against theft, will be provided for all
the cars.
All week long and the following
week as well the diving girls and
NEW OFFICERS
INSTALLED BY
OMAHA MASONS
A joint installation of 'officers of the
six Omaha lodges of Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons was held at
Masonic temple Friday night. Wor
shipful Brother Edward M. Wellman
was the installing officers and was
assisted by Worshipful Brother
George R. Porter as grand marshal
and Rev. Charfes E. Cobbey as chap
lain. Officers installed for the ensu
ing year were:
Nebraska Lodge No. 1 Charles H.
Marley, worshipful master; Harry E.
M-haffey, senior warden; Herbert L.
Underwood, junior warden; Charles
E. Cobbey, chaplain; Sam W. Scott,
treasurer; Frank Wilcox, secretary;
William G. Shriver, senior deacon;
David Northup, junior deacon; Ches
ter C. Wells, senior steward; Robert
M. McDonald, junior steward; John
Wallace, tyler.
Capitol Lodge, No. 3. Charles P.
Bradley, worshipful master; Bernard
N. Robertson, senior warden; Charles
C. Havnes. junior warden; Edwin
Hart Jenks, chaplain; Millard M. Rob
ertson, treasurer; Walter Wills, sec
retary; Stanley P. Bostwick. senior
deacon; C. Walter Blixt, junior dea
con; lneodore w. Mcuuiiougn, senior
steward; Harry C. Stafford, junior
steward; William B. Nicks, tyler.
Covert Lodge No. 11. William B.
Hall, worshipful master; Origen Wil
liams, senior warden; Edward B. Ket
tell, junior warden; John W. Dis
brow, chaplain; Charles S. McGill,
treasurer; George R. Porter, secre
tary; Fred J. Stack, senior deacon;
Ralph E. Hobart, junior deacon;
George E. Hawes, tyler.
St. John s Lodge, No. 25. Frank
H. Woodland, worshipful master;
George W. Bell, senior warden; Frank
E. Underwood, junior warden; August
G. Pinkerton, treasurer; Carl E. Her
ring, secretary; James Hodge, senior
deacon; Royal O. Babcock, junior
dercon; C. Blake Erb. senior steward:
Edward S. Arnold, junior steward;
Rufus J. Tole, tyler.
George A. Lininger Lodge. No. 268.
Frank C. Builta. worshioful master:
Dexter C. Buell, senior warden; Vin
cent C. Hascall, junior warden;
Charles H. Gratton, treasurer; Charles
A. Lyre, secretary; Paul Anthes, sen
ior deaconThomas O. Warfield, jun
ior deacon; George W. Summer, sen
ior steward; George F. Engler. iuniot
steward.
Omaha Lodge, No. 288. Walter H
Mailand, worshipful master: B. Edwin
Oviatt, senior warden; Robert E. Gil
more, junior warden; Ira A. Under
hill, treasurer; Edward L. Cain, sec
retary; Frank A. Hughes, senior dea
con; Chester W. Hmzie, junior dea
con; Robert J. Jones, senior steward:
Andrew A. Murphy, junior steward;
William b. Wedge, tyler.
SPEND SUNDAY
Away From the Heat
and Dust Be At
KRUG PARK
Where Every Minute It
Enjoyed
A New One
THE KENTUCKY DERBY
Watch It Work and Ponie Go
SEE THE DIVING HORSE
THE DIVING GIRLS, TOO
The Giant Coaster Keep You
Cool.
ADMISSION, 10 CENTS.
horses will give a double daily per
formance, once in the afternoon and-
once at night. Blue Bell, the famous
diving horse, with a girl rider, will
dive twice a day from a platform
40 feet high into a tank of water 10
feet deep. "Danceland," the popular
dancing pavilion with the famous or
chestra, and the giant coaster will be
in operation day and night.
Another big event is scheduled for
Lakeview park for Wednesday, June
19, when all auto dealers, owners,
friends and employes will journey to
the park for a day of fun.
There will be something in the way
of a special attraction to help enter
tain the visitors. The management,
as yet, refuses to disclose the nature
of the attraction; however, one can
rest assured that it will be a twelve
cylinder affair and geared on high,
with plenty of gas on hand to .keep
the engine of fun moving. Numerous
basket picnics are being planned for
the day. Ample facilities for the pic
nickers are found in the big shady
grove, as well as in the big picnic
buildings in case of rain. Parking in
the spacious garage, with enough
room to accommodate several hun
dred autos, is free. The boulevards
to Lakeview are in excellent condi
tion, which should make motoring to
the scene of fun a pleasure.
The many devices, including the
coaster, old mill, Ferris wheel, minia-1
ture railroad, roller rink, dance pal
ace, penny arcade, box ball alleys,
auto races and others were never in
better condition than now. All auto
dealers, garages, filling
stations and
like firms have been furnished with
tickets, which can be had for the asking.
DANCING -
o
FINN'S EIG BAND I
FREE ADMISSION TO PARK, Concerts, Movies Every
Night, Dance Hall Week-Day Afternoons, Automobile
Parking Place and Children's Playground
(Remember Manawa Park Wants That Picnic, Big or Little)
CK0KOCKC
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
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Nebraskans Gathering Much
Data on Their Way to Berlin;
Letters Home Are Cheerful
Sergeant A. H. Beethe. member of
a motor regiment in France, has dis
covered that Frenchmen do not drink
water.
"I have not seen a Frenchman
drink water since I have been here,"
he writes in a letter to his parents
in Seward, Neb. "The water here,
-Jhey say, is not good, so the French
drink coffee, wine and beer. And
'hey use their drinks with a lot of
'ommon sense."
"The one drawback in life over
'iere is the weather and I'll bet it has
ained every day since I arrived,"
"rites Howard Durrie, "Somewhere
n France" to his brother, Harry Dur
ie, Laurel, Neb., as he emerged from
he trenches on his maiden tour. In
describing his surroundings, Howard
i rote:
"These dugouts are sure a novel
rlace to sleep. A hole in the ground,
? line of bunks and 200 rats, and you
rave a bomb-proof dugout. The feed
consists chiefly of 'slum' and, say, if
T could sit down to one of mother's
Sunday dinners, oh, boy! But we
pevcr kick we're marines!"
"We had an awful time to get the
I'rench to give us breakfast, as they
nly have coffee and bread in the
norning and it seems that they can't
understand why we want to eat in
he morning," narrates Clifford L.
Bottenfield, member of the 4th
anti-aircraft battalion in France, to
his mother in Nelson. Neb. An idea
; of what American soldiers get to eat
over there was given by Iiotten
field in the letter. "For breakfast
We have cold coffee, cheese; for din
SPLASH
And That
PICNICKING
And Many Other Amusements
In 7 wo Concerts Today
DOUBLE TROUBLE
FREE MOVIE TONIGHT
ner, coffee, meat, potatoes or beans
or carrots and jam or figs or nuts; for
supper, about the same, so you can
see that we are well fed. The French
food is excellent."
Twenty-two airplanes, flying in the
ky at the same time, was one of the
many interesting sights detailed in a
letter by Lieutenant R. O. Gilmore,
brigade veterinarian, which was sta
tioned on May 4 at Mineola island,
to his friends in McCool Junction,
Neb. Lieutenant Gilmore stated in
the letter that his Command would
jrobably be moved shortly after the
'etter was written.
From "P. C. ' Dugout, Front Line
Trenches" Lieutenant Frank S. Lutz,
formerly a prominent resident of
Blair, Neb., sends a letter dated in
April, to his friends in Blair.
"This is my second trip to the front
line," Lieutenant Lutz wrote, "and
the first time was under fire. Were
my comrades frightened? Decidedly
not. Of course, at first the men saw
the posts move around and shot up
several, but that only lasted two
days. Now you would think that the
men had been in the trenches for
years they don't care for anything,
only to get the 'bodies.'
"The first time we were 'up,' it
rained and snowed about 11 days out
of the ten. Sure was nasty weather;
and dark so dark at times that we
almost had to get down on our hands
and knees to find our way from one
post to another. About the time -we
would get nicely started, a machine
gun would open up. Imagine the
feeling but you can't imagine it
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is fine at
Isn't All
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BOA TING-
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only way to find out is to try it. How
ever, there was not a casualty re
ported the first time.
"Another great sport is going out
on patrols hunting the 'bodies.' I
have been out throe times, was
out three hours last night, roaming
around No Man's Land and only
saw two of the enemy, and they were
moving so fast that an express train
couldn't catch them."
Mrs. John Streeter, David City,
Neb., recently received a letter from
her son, Charles O. Streeter, who is
a chief yeoman in the navy, in which
he informed her tha he was momen
tarily expecting to be sent overseas.
"Hope the orders come soon," he
wrote, "as I am certainly ready and
willing to go when I am called. I
want to do all I can to help in this
war and the sooner I get into the
fight the better." Streeter, when he
wrote the letter, was in New York.
Start Construction Work
On Elevator on River Bank
Construction has been started on a
river elevator at the foot of Douglas
street for the use of the Omaha-Dc-catur
river boats. It will have a ca
pacity of 20,000 bushels and will be
equipped with a "marine leg" which
will load and unload grain mechanical
ly with great rapidity, thus , saving
time wasted by the boats in port. Two
big barges, purchased in Bismarck,
N. D., are being brought down the
river and will be in commission with
in a week. ,
Austrian Government Takes
Flour Supplies From Peasants
New York, June 9. So great is the
shortage of flour in Austria that the
government has been empowered to
take from the peasants the supplies
which were to cover their own re
Quircments, says a Vienna despatch
to the Berlin Tageblatt, a copy cf
which has been received here.
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