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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
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MILK RATIONS IN
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ft V High Price of Butter Fat is
Forcing Milk to What May
, Be a Prohibitive
Figure.
Omaha, with other metropolitan
cities in America, is facing the pos
sibility of miik cards and milk ra
tions.' Paradoxical as it may seem, just
one thing has saved this section ot
the country from a milk and butter
famine, and that one thing has been
the poor corn crop of the contigu
ous territory of Iowa and Nebraska
this season.
Were it not for the fact that the
corn crop is a partial failure there
would be fewer cows on the farms
As . it is the corn that has ( been
raised in the fields of this section
this summer has most all been cut
up and place in silos. To make it J
valuable the farmer has had to have
cows and the ensilage is being fed
to dairy animals for milk and butter
fat production, from which they are
coining money out of "the stalks
that were shriveled by hot winds
from the Kansas and Oklahoma
plains this summer.
Butter Fat High.
Even with this condition there is
a growing scarcity of milk for the
reason the price of butter fat the
last summer has jumped by leaps
and bounds until this week it has
been quoted at 60 cents per pound.
The great increase was caused by
the government commandeering 60 i
per cent of the butter production ot
the country. Some of the largest
Omaha creameries have been forced
into the open market during the
last week and have been compelled
to buy at the retail price butter
enough to satisfy their customers
and have lost as high as 3 cents per
pound in rehandling.
With butter fat at the attractive
price it is, there is a disposition on
the part of many dairymen in this
section to separate their cream from
the whole milk, sell the cream or
butter fat at the 60 cent price, and
feed the skimmed mijk to hogs,
calves and other farm animals.
Price of milk, too, is hi'sh. This
is the result of a short hay crop
and practically no fall and winter
pasture. Alfalfa hay is selling at $30
i per ton, as against a pre-war price
of Upland prairie nay is neany
as high, and both varieties are hard
to get.
Other Cities Higher.
Omaha has been more fortunate
than most of the cities of its class
in the country. For 13 months a sta
tionary price of 12J4 cents per quart
was maintained for milk. It is doubt
ful if . this record has been approach
ed by any other large municipality
in America. On August 16 the price
was advanced to 13 1-3 cents. The
outlook is that the price will go to
15 cents before the winter is over,
rising with the price of butter fat.
Local creamery and dairymen look
for the food administration to ulti
mately takeover the creamery and
d .iry industry as haj ieen done with
flour and sugar.
New Flags Will Decorate
k f Streets Ak-Sar-Ben Week
j ' New flags and bunting will pre-
dominate along Farnam street dur
! ing the Ak-Sar-Ben fall festival as
.1 a result of a movement which has
&f been started by leading merchants
Slong the street to replace the old
fcn?gs witn newer ana more painouc
: pennants. Old flags are to be sent to
the discard and bright new standards
'S will be set up.
Ak-Sar-Ben officials and members
'. of the board of governors are en
couraging the movement. "Many of
f the flags we see along the downtown
streets during the carnival look
pretty old," said Dad Weaver.
"But this fall we are going to have
everything look brandnew."
One more new attraction has been
. ftrtnlfprl fnr tti ramivat 9 oriant a
s, real one, eight feet and three inche
. tall. - He was signed up by Dad
Weaver Tuesday. He will appear
with the Kennedy shows.
" Former Omaha Boy Now
in German Prison Camp
Lt. Robert Clarkson Millspaugh,
only son of the late Bishop Mills
paugh of Topeka, Kan., has been
located," through the American Red
Cross, in a German prison camp at
chwerdlitz, Schelesia, in Prussian
Poland.
Food and clothing will now be
sent to Lt. Millspaugh by his rel
atives, who have been cabled his, lo
cation bv the American Red Cross.
Y He participated in the battle near
Jk Chateau-Thierry July 22, and was
r wounded and later reported "missing
m action. However, his wounds
are not reported dangerous.
Young Millspaugh is a nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Davis, and a
cousin of Thomas L. Davis, all of,
this cityr
Iowa Man First Victim of
; New Traffic Regulations
Leonard Larson of Stanton, la.,
driving an auto at Twenty-fourth
and F streets, struck John Corcoran,
nt Xt -.1 Cnrroran. turn kev at
I the city jail, as young Corcoran was
getting ott tne street aooui c:ou
o'clock today. Corcoran received a
gash in the head and was otherwise
bruised. He was taken into a near
by drug store, where his vwounds
were dressed by a physician and he
returned to his home.
This is the first arrest for viola
tion of the auto ordinance since the
... r,ir iceurd hv Police Commis-
I .-:. Rinorpr. Larson was eoine in
the same direction as the car and
failed to stop when the car stopped.
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Potato' Grading Will Be
Enforced by Food Heads
The food administration is plan-
raAt enforce their ruling
I mux v 'o . -. - .
calling upon, the licensee in potato
growing uisu. .v o----
his purchases and smpments. A he
grading rules are now in the hands
c.f the Bureau of Markets, in the
-iKeeline -building, where licensees
can secure copies. . ;
SPECIALS
Baeoa Crib Blankets, six
30x40, in a biy variety of
animal and bird designs, pink
and blue, usually told at 75c,
59c
Silkoline Covered Comfort
en, filled with shredded 9
white cotton medium and
light colors; regularly $3.00,
$2.49
Women's Full Size Percale
Bungalow Aprons, several
styles; worth $1.25 and
$1.39,
89 C
Girls' Sateen Bloomers, for
girls from 2 to 12 years, in
black. Real bargains that
you should snap up.
35 c
Women's Wash Petticoats;
an opportunity to obtain
these Petticoats at a very
little price; 59c values,
39c
Women's, Misses' and Chil
dren's Middies, several
styles in this group; worth
today up to $1.00.
'49c
Women's and Misses' Mid
dies, a variety of styles in
this group; worth today, up
to $2.00,
$1.00
Women's and Misses' Bath
Robes, fancy flowered; ,full
length; all sizes; worth to
day, $3.50,
$2.69
Women's Silk Blouses, Tub
Silk, Taffeta, Jap Silk; all
sizes; worth $2.50 to $3.5Q,
$1.95
Shopping and Hand Bags,
one lot of fine samples, teal
leather, in Goat Seal, Calf'
and Cowhide; Bags and
Purses, fitted with mirror,
change purse, strap back and
envelope shapes; values to
$3.50,
$1.25
BOB
Bleached Sheets, 100 dozen,
72x90 inches, sheets with
French seam in center; made
of good quality muslin,
$1.10
Bleached Pillow Cases, made
of muslin remnants; less
than today's mill cost at
jj these prices:
45x36, at
42x36, at..
25
23
Laurel D r e a a Gingham;
plaids, checks and stripes;
long mill lengths, for girls'
dresses, etc.,
1 7 V2c
36-Inch Percale, light
grounds, with neat stripes
and figures, in 3 to 12-yard
lengths, '
20c
6 f
JVomen'a Shoes, small sizes N
only, 2H to 4!,; black kid,
cloth top, also patent in cloth 3
top; button and lace,
$1.95
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All Fall and Winter
Ready-to-Wear
and Needs Herein
Most Complete
Stocks Now. Un
usual, Friday and
Saturday Sales.
DMite Stores
This Economy
Center of Omaha
Offers Immense
Stocks of All The
Things You Need,
at Prices That
IVtean Good Economies.
Demonstrating what this great establishment offers to its immense list of custom
ers in the way of all Fall Ready-to-Wear and Needs, at a time wh6n high 'prices
are the rule and not the exception. Read carefully and see what you may save.
omen Will Come From Far and Near
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To Buy This Autumn Ready-to- Wear
These Suits $20.00
Fancy Cloths, Men's-Wear Suitings, Burella,
Poplins, Velour.
Amazing suits for this money. All-wool
materials.
Finely tailored in every detail. Materials
that you absolutely cannot find except in
higher-priced suits.
Many interlined for colckweather service.
Many have convertible collars that may
be worn high or low.
Best colors grays, browns, mahogany,
plum, navy blue.
The number of these $20.00 suits is limited
and they will be taken fast.
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These Coats $15 and $20
One of the Big Offerings of the Opening Sale.
Eich of these 200 coats is a picked model
and beautifully built from collar to hem.
The materials are the heavy, smart,
wintry fabrics that wear and look attractive.
Some are'lined for extra warmth, and
each has a big, convertible collar that is ap
preciated oji a stormy day.
At $15.00 and $20.00 each they are won
derful values simply wonderful. .
These Dresses $14.85
Serge Satin Crepe
Hundreds of women are looking for just
such dresses and will appreciate getting
them "at this moderate price.
The satin and serge dresses are smart jn
cut, and have braid and fancy trimmings
taupe, navy and Copenhagen, etc.
The Crepe-Meteor dresses are very pretty
and have new overdrape effects. These aie
in various colors.
All of these dresses are so remarkable at
$14.85 that women will buy them at sightl
Women's Dress Shoes, $5
Nine-Inch Lace, All Leather Boots, light single sole,
two-inch concave heel; sizes 2 to 8, widths A to E.
Eight-Inch Lace, All Leather Boots; double sole,
close edge McKay one-inch leather heel, medium or
long vamp, plain or stock tip; sizes 2 to 8, widths
A to E $5.00
Boys and Girls Shoes, Service Shoes,
welted soles, Orthopaedic last, flexible sole,
calf, button shoes; also dull leathers; spring
heels; sizes 5 to 8, at 2.75 and 8 to
12, at $3.00
Basement
Dress Goods
Remnants and Mill Ends of Wool
Dress Goods, large assortment of
new fall colorings and weaves, in
lengths of 1 to 3 yards; suitable
for children's and Misses' CQf
frocks; the piece Vs7l
Remnants of Fine All Wool Chal
lies, lengths 2 to 7 yards; endless
assortment of patterns and colors;
regularly sold for 69e to OQ
$1.00, a yard....' 057C
Basement.
NewFallHatsJ4.95
Large and small shapes, for
dress and street wear. Best
styles of the season. A lot
trimmed with ostrich. Hats
in two tone combinations;
very simple trimmings.
Others trimmed with
wreaths and flowers. 1
Children's Hats, $1.95
Pokes, Tams and other good shapes; also Aviation Hats for
kiddies.
' Basement
I I )
Hosiery
Women's Fiber and Silk Hosiery in black,
white and wanted shoe shades; all with double
soles, heels and toes, lisle garter tops.. $1,25
Women's Lisle Colored Hosiery, in seamless, -full
fashioned, with double soles; in all colors; a
Pr 59
Boys' and Girls' Black Cotton Hosiery in heavy
and fine rib and in all sizes, C to 10, 3 pair for
SI. 00, or a pair 354
Infants' All-Wool Hosiery in black and white,
siies 4 to 6J6 50d
Basement
Knit Underwear
Women's Cotton Fleeced Union Suits, low neck,
no sleeves and Dutch neck and elbow sleeves;
ankle length , style, in sizes 42 and 44; special,
each $1.39
Women's Heavy Fleeced Vests and Bants to
match, in sizes 4, 5 and 6, at 89 and 7, 8 and
9, t ..JM.OO
Women's Cotton Union Suits, lightly fleeced; in
Dutch neck and elbow sleeves, ankle length, in all
sizes, a suit $1.00
Women's Fancy Yoke Ribbed Vests in sizes 4, 5
and 6 in this group; special, each, at 25
Children's Natural Wool Mixed Sleeping Gar.
ments, in sizes 00 to 8, keep the kiddies warm
and comfortable g5
Basement
Domestics-An Immense Stock
36-Inch Fancy Printed Velour
Flannel in a splendid assortment
of new patterns and colors, for
wrappers, kimonos, etc.; special
at, per yard 45
32-Inch Zephyr Dress Gingham
in pretty plaids, checks and
stripes; new Fall styles; worth
regularly 39c, special, yd. .29
1,000 Pieces 36-Inch Percale,
light and dark colors; dress,
wrapper and shirting styles;
plenty ofthe wanted blue and
gray grounds; in two lots, Fri
day, only 33 nd 29
36-Inch Bookfold Cotton Challie,
genuine Passaic aad Windsor
brands, in Persian, floral and
conventional designs for com
forter coverings, wrappers, etc.;
usually 30c, Friday, special,
per yard 24
Genuine Serpentine Kimono
Crepe in a splendid variety of
pretty patterns and colorings, all
new 1918 Fall styles; special, per
yard, Friday .35
36-Inch Unbleached Muslin, fine
closely woven, for making Bheets
and slips; in two lots for Fri
day only, at . . . .23 and 21
Romper Cloth and Aladdin Suit
ing in all the wanted stripes, for
boys' and girls' suits, rompers,
etc., long mill lengths; on sale
Friday, special at .29
Mill Remnants of Fancy Printed
Kimono Flannel in a big assort
ment of pretty patterns and col
ors; special at 25d
Manhattan Galatea in assorted
stripes, medium and light colors;
positively worth 40c, Friday,
only ..( 28
36-Inch Fancy Printed Silkoline
and 36-Inch Fancy Stratford
Cretonne, in pretty patterns and
colors for comforter coverings,
draperies, etc.; Friday... 25
32-!nch Madras Woven Shirting
in a variety of neat stripes and
jacquard effects, warranted fast
colors; worth regularly 50c, spe
cial Friday 39
The Genuine Amoskeag, A. F. C,
Red Seal and Everett Classic
Dress Gingham in beautiful
plaids, checks, stripes and plaiiT
colors; 5 to 12-yard lengths; on
large bargain square . ...25
36-Inch Fancy Printed Cotton
Serge in a good variety Of neat
figures for girls' school dresses,
etc.; special, per yard....39k
Blankets and Comfortables
Plaid Wool Finished Blankets in assorted colors,
thread whipped edge; warm, closely woven nap,
full double bed size; special $4.95
Sateen Covered Comforters, filled with finest
white sanitary cotton, heavy Winter weight, me
dium and dark colors; positively worth-$6.00,
Friday only, each $4.69
Wool Mixed Blankets In gray and assorted plaids,
extra heavy and warm; thoroughly scoured to
prevent shrinking, special, paff $8.50
Silkoline Covered Comforters, medium and
heavy Winter weight, filled with sanitary
cotton; hand tufted or scroll stitched; in two
lots, special, Friday $2.95 and $3.75
Feather Pillows, covered with good quality fancy
ticking and filled with sanitary mixed feathers;
worth $1.00, Friday, special 69
Genuine Beacon Indian-Blankets, 66x80 inches;
new Indian designs and color combinations; de
sirable for auto robes, couch throws, etc.; spe
"L ek $5.95
Wool Finished Cotton Blankets, 72x80 inches, in
tan and white, with assorted washable horders,
thread-whipped edges; warm, fleecy nap, $3.95
Basement
Boys9 Suits
Very newest models, bright,
smart color combinations; coats
full and loose, belt, patch or
slash pockets; also watch pockets,
belts, loops, etc.; green, gray,
brown and tan mixtures; sizes 7
to 18 years, at $6.50 to $9.50
Men's and Boys Sweaters, slip-on
V neck or shawl collar; a very
good showing of these, $1.39
to $4.98
Basement
Soaps and Washing Powders
None Delivered and No Mail or Telephone Orders.
3 cans Sunbrite Cleanser . ..10c 6 Bars Diamond MC" Soap, at 3c. .21c
Large Golden Rod Washing Powder, 19c (DC 3 packages Lux, at 9c ,27c
This assortment is already wrapped for you. No waiting. No assortment will be
broken, or changed, and none will be delivered.
10 Bars Diamond "C Soap 38c-
10 Bars White Naphtha Borax Soap.... 42c
10 Bars Pearl White Soap 42c
10 liars Fels Naptha Soap. 59c
6 Bars Ivory Soap..x 33c
6 Bars Excel Soao 29c
Ammo or Britt's Powdered Ammonia
per package .. 8c
Old Dutch Cleanser, per package 7c
Sani Flush, per can , 18c
Lux", per package 10c
No Phone or Mail Orders or
Bon Ami, bar or powder, per package. .. .7c
1 quart "Polly Prim" cedar oil polish. '.. .49c
"Goblin" Toilet Soap, per bar 4c
1 lot Powdered Borax 11c
214 lb. Powdered Borax 22c
5 lb. Powdered Borax.. 45c
Small Pkg. Golden Rod Borax Wash
ing Powder 4C
Lar?:e Pkg. Golden Rod Borax Naphtha
Washing Powder 19C
Electro-Silicon Silver Polish, ner can 14c
Deliveries on Above Items.
BSSSBTS
36-Inch Bleached Muslin.
fine soft finish. Not more
than 10 yards to a cus
tomer .18
Boys' School Pants, dark
striped cassimere or gray
cheviots; full cut knicker
bockers; sizes 6 to 16
years 95
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101
Men's and Young Men's
Suits, snappy models, in
fancy Cassimeres, in blue,
brown or green mix-
tures.$12.50 to $22.50 H
Men's Mackinaws, coats of
heavy wool. Sport belt and
Norfolk. Sizes 33 to
44... $6.98 to $15.00
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I I 1,000 Velour Cushion Tops, I
1 I in all colors; worth $1.25, I
g special, each, this sale, 9
1 I for 60 I
SPECIALS
Boy Scout Tan Shoes, sixes
3. 8H to 2; Russia Tan Calf;
stitchdown soles, seamless
spring heel, back foxing,
$1.65
M'i.l
Children's Dress Shoe, Pat
ent Colt and Vici Kid; hand
turned sole, patent tip,
wedges or no heel, leather
top; sizes 2 It to 5,
$1.15
American Lady Corsets for
stout figures, 25 to 36; extra
wide front steel, low top and
long over hip,
$1.00 -
J Women's Lisle Hosiery, in
all colors, with double soles;
an exceptional offering,
25 c
men s wool socks, in natur-
al, black, Oxford and blue
with white feet; all sizes in
this lot,
50
Misses' Union Suits of white
cotton, - highly fleeced, in
ibes from 2 to 12, and very
extraordinary value,
89.
Boys' Union Suits, Peeler
Cotton Union Suits in fleece''
lined styles, all sizes, from 6
$1.00
Table Cloths, mercerized, of fl
fine quality damask, 60-inch g
size, scalloped, plains.a
hemstitched ends; $1.75
value,
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$1.49
Crash, about 2,500 yards, so
called mill ends, all desirable
lengths; a real 20c value,
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15
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Untrimmed Hats, Silk Vel
vet, in close fitting style;
sailors and many other
shapes; new blue, brown,'
taupe, etc.,
$1.95
Mill Ends Dress Goods, also
travelers' ' samples; every
wanted weave, and colorings
excellent value,
15
11 .ill. .1 111 w nuii aw ei
Men's and Young Men's
Trousers, 400 pairs, worst"
eds, cheviots and cassimeres;
sizes 31 to 42 waist,
$1.95
Draperies
3,000 Yards of Marquisette, Ma
dras and Grenadine, in lengths of
6 to 20 yards; special, yard, 19
100 Pieces of Curtain Madras, 36
inches wide, in white and ecru;
worth 39c, special, a yard..25
One Table of Cretonnes, pretty I
nssuruneni 01 coloring; a Dargain
at, a yard 39
2,000 Yards of Silkoline, in excel
lent quality for comfort cover
ings; pretty patterns; special a
21
1,000 Velour Cushion Tops in all
colors, worth $1.25, special, each,
for this sale
Basement v
Men's Work Shirts, made of
light and dark blue cham
bray, gray cheviots - and
fancy mixtures; lay-down
collar; sizes 14 to 17,
75c
Scrims and Marquisettes,
mill remnants, slightly ' im
perfect, in lengths up to 5
ya-ds, I . . V .. :
V
7c
Extension Rods, 100 dozen,
extra heavy; extends to 54
inches, complete with fix
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