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12 THE BEE j OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919. TWO BIG TRACTS OF BLUFFS LAND CHANGE HANDS Entire Section of Real Estate Adjoining Union Pacific Property Sold to Omaha Men. Two big real estate transactions were recorded yesterday that aroused considerable interest in business circles. They involved the transfer of the large tract of land adjoining the Union Pacific property .south of Council Bluffs and held in the name of Henry Veecler, Chicago lawyer intimately associated with the Swift Packing company, and placed the property in the hands of Omaha men. The Swift lands, bought as a threat against the , South Omaha Stock 1 arris company with the de clared purpose of the "Big Five" packers to take the stock yards from Om.'.ha and locate them in Council Bluffs, originally comprised about 400 acres, but the transfers yester day included all of section 11, 640 acres, extending from the Council Blults city limits to Manawa, the best section of the whole territory in the Manawa district. The first transaction was the transfer of the property by Henry Yecder and wife to Melvin Sturgeon of Henderson. Ia for a considera tion of $85,005. Sturgeon immed iately reconvcyed the land to John C l'ederson and John C. Bekins '..f Omaha for $110,000. Mystery in Deal. The Omaha men are now said to l e interested in large cold storage property in Omaha. Just what is behind the ileal Bluffs men have not been able to determine, but there is a belief that the transactions rep resent something more than a simple real estate deal. Sturgeon is said to be interested in Burlington rail oad affairs. The property transferred adjoins ,he more than 1,000 acre tract own rd bv the Union Pacific, part of which is now being utilized tor tne increased terminal facilities, on which the federal government is spending $1,700,000. It lies next to the last 400 acres bought by J 'resident Harriman several years ago, development of which stopped, however, after scores of railway tracks had been started. It was then --aid to be contemplated as the site for the shops and yardage of the whole Harriman system in the west. Bis Crowd Applauds Show by Employes of Burgess-Nash Store Btirgc-Xash Welfare association prevented to the Omaha public an old-time minstrel and vaudeville show last' night that brought round after round of enthusiastic approval. The audiente taxed ttie seating capacity of the house. The scenes "on the boards" were staged without a hitch until the en tertainment was nearly half over. The Keiwana club, consisting of 11 grls. tinder the direction of Miss (ioldie Vakter. 3802 Twenty-fourth street, had given three selections. The girls received enthusiastic ap plause when they played "'Down Honolulu Way," "Alola Oe" and "Hula Hula." They had four ad ditional numbers to give when the curtain was dropped without cere r.iony and the women were forced to beat a hasty retreat 'hile the audi ence repeate(lly applauded and call ed for their return without avail. The first act of the play, consist ing of 11 songs, was written by John B. Shanahan, the feature of which was given by Mrs. S. Carberry and Merwin Swaynie. The dancing of little 5-year-old Florence Doty and Miss Gladys Reese were the leading numbers in the second act. The young women of the Keiwana club were not employes of the Burgess-Nash store. E. J. Berg, with the assistance of stage hands and a score of Burgess-Nash em ployes, were unable to convince them they had nothing to do with the in cident. Off Comes Corn !n Goo Piece "GeU-It" Leaves Toe At Smooth As the Palm of Your Hand. There's only one corn remedy in :'no world that peels corns and cal ' 3es off like a banana peel, and . 'at's "Gets-It." For walkers and Put 2 drop of "Geti-It" on, and smile! . landers, for shoppers and dancers. ;. 'tere s immediate renei irom corn wins, and a quick finish for any orn or callus. "Gets-It" is applied in two or three seconds. There's no work, no fussy plasters, no wrap ping of toes. "Gets-It" dries in a second or two. That's all. As easy to use as signing your name. The corn loosens from the true flesh and vow peel it right off with your fin ders while you wonder at the sight and smile. That's why "Gets-It" is the biggest selling corn-remedy in the world today. Be corn-n 3 at last. "Gets-It," the guaranteed, money back corn-remover, the only sure way, costs but a trifle at any drug store. Mfg. by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. in Omaha nnrj rnnmniAn1ni1 as the world's best corn remedy by She: man & McConnell's Drug Co.'s Stores. ' I Yi&SBDfy&m filmland. JOHN BARRYMORE was in the making of "Here Comes the Bride," in which he is ap pearing at the Strand this week and the director wished to incorporate a scene in wtiich John saw delightful food going by him while he watched it with mouth watering. "What kind of food do you like best, John?" he asked. "Ham and eggs," replied the actor. - And then John turned the tables by eating it before the camera man could grab the waiter. Tom Mix, who is appearing the last two days of this week in "Hell Roarin' Reform," at the Muse, is be ing signally honored throughout the cities of the country, for manv of the exhibitors are forming "Tom Mix quartets" with four young men in chaps and appropriate cowboy trappings singing western songs. Alice Brady has another stirrine emotional drama, "The Hollow of-j tier Maud, in which she is appear ing at the Rialto the last half of this week. 1 he story is of a young Eng lish girl, Hetty Castleton, who at tempts to make her own living and finally comes to America in search of work which will pay her enough on which to live. She goes for aid to a married man, Wrandall, and he attempts to seduce her, and in the struggle meets his death. Hetty is protected from the law by his wife, who meets her hiding. Later the wife attempts to force her to marry a man she does not, like by threaten ing to disclose her crime and is only saved by completely confessing all to the father of the njurdered man. It is a strong play with a moral in it and the kind of story in which Miss Brady is given full opportunity to displav her talents as an emo tional star. In her newest picture, "Hard Boiled," Dorthy Dalton poses as a vampire as a means of getting the best of an old skinflint who is per secuting an old lady over whose home he holds a mortgage. Bill Farnum has a real tussle in "The Man in the Open," in which he is appearing at the Sun the last of this week. For Bill is not con- Commissioners Towl and Butler Address Community Centers Commissioner Butler spoke at tne general assembly of Iram com munity center Thursday evening be fore a gathering of about 200 peo ple. He urged greater interest be shown civic and community prob lems. The "Boys of '61" presented an interesting program. Commissioner Roy Towl in an address at the Mason center empha sized the importance of bills now before the legislature and urged that the people make their opinions known. He spoke before an in terested audience of about 100 peo ple. The Castelar community center staged a round table discussion. The following community centers have planned programs for this eve ning: Edward Rosewater, Benson, Lincoln, West Side and Monmouth Park. The South high school or chestra will take part in the program at the Edward Rosewater school and Mrs. Middleton's girl chorus will appear at Lincoln center. Temperature Drops Near Zero as Wintry Blasts Sweep City Wintry blasts swept over Omaha and vicinity Thursday night and a temperature near zero was regis tered at 3 o'clock this morning. A fresh wind turned into a moderate gale, piling snow flurries into light drifts. Notwithstanding the frigid weath er, all trains on lines in Nebraska and Iowa are running orr' schedule and telegraph and telephone com panies report no damage done to wires or poles. Street car service was hampered somewhat because of drifts making rails slippery. Taxicabs did a heavy business all night. The weather man promises the cold wave will pass speedily. Man Held for Robbery May Prove to Be Feeble Minded Sheriff Groneweg of Pottawatta mie county, Iowa has locat ed the relatives of J. L. Toner, held to the district court grand jury on the charge of being one of the two men who held up and robbed Grocer E. E. Waugh, Twentieth and Broadway, Council Bluffs, several weeks ago. The information they have furnished may show the man to be irresponsible. His brother. Dr. T. J. Toner, and his sister live at Kenosha, Wis A telegram from Dr. Toner says the man should be in a hospital instead of a jail, and that his crip pled mental condition ought to be apparent to anyone. He says his brother has ample means and is not in need of gettting money by irregu lar methods. A telegram from the sister says her brother, James, is worth thous ands of dollars and that his interests will be carefully guarded. She also says that he is mentally unbalanced. Creighton Oratorical Contest Held Tonight Talks on International commerce and the league of nations will be the principal features of the annual Creighton Oratorical contest to be held in the Creighton auditorium, Twenty-fiftn and California streets, a 8 o'clock tonight. The winner will represent Creighton at the state con test at York college, York, Neb. "International Commerce'' will be the subject of a speech to be given by Thomas J. McGovern. "Wood row Wilson, the Man," will be de livered by Herbert A. Sohm. Bren dan F. Brown will speak on "Inter national Unification." Neal J. Mc Cann will talk on "True Patriotism." "Self-Determination for Ireland" will be the subject of Ralph L. Neary's speech. Ralph E. Swoboda wil ltalk on "The Freedom of the Seas the Foundation of the League of Nations." Judges are J. M. Harding, L. C. Nacli and T. J. Nolan. On tie Screen Today BIAI.TO ALICE BRAPT In "THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND." MrSE TOM MIX In "HELL ROAR IN" REFORM." STKAVD-JOHM BARRTMORB In -HERE COMES THE BRIDE." BC.V WILLIAM FARNUil In "THE MAN HUNTER." KMPKESS BESSIE LOVE la "THE WISHING RINO MAN." BRAMEIS HAROLD LOCKWOOn In "PA LS FIRST." BOYD "THE BIRTH OF A RACE." BOI I.EVA RD 33d and Leavenworth. WILLIAM 8. MART In 'THE DARK ENING TRAIL." FATTY AR BI'PKLE comedy. LOTHROP J4th and Lothrop. ANITA STEWART In "VIRTUOUS WIVES." Big V comedy. CHANT 16th and Blnney, MART PK'KFORD in "THE EAGLE'S MATE." MACK BENNETT comedy. HAMILTON 40th and Hamilton. EIMTH ROBERTS In "SUE OF THE SOVTH." SI BIKBAN 24th and Ama, NAZI MOVA In "AN EYE FOR AN EYE." ORPHKl'M South Ride. S4th and M, THE UNBELIEVER." Community Singing. tent with his usual man-sized oppo nent to have his screen fight, hut has chosen a group of them to roughhouse him and the mix is one that admirers of Farnum's fighting abilities will like. Ring V. Lardner, creator of Jack Keefe, the famous Friend Al person, posed tor Kinograms the other day. In order to hide his embarrassment from the camera man, he tricked off the following while the noble young representative turned the crank: "Friend Al: Well Al, a bird is here taking my pitcher for the Kinograms or something and I am embarrased to death, you might say, and especially on acct. of it being a moving pitcher and its hard for me to move so it look like as if I was in for a tough P. M." Josie Sedgwick tells this one on herself. She recently went up in the air with an aviator, of course 1 She kept asking said aviator to do dif ferent risky stunts until he remarked "I thought you said you were an actress?" "I am," returned Miss Sedgwick, "Why?" "Well," replied the man. "I'm commencing to think you are an acrobat!" Women's Missionary Federation of Omaha Holds Annual Election The Women's Missionary Federa tion of Omaha elected officers for the coming year at a meeting at Kountze Memorial church Thursday afternoon. Officers elected were: Mra. W. P. Harford. United Brethren church, president emeritus; Mrs. O. M. Mettinger, Congregational church, presi dent; Mra. James Almy, Baptist church, first vice president; Mrs. C. C. C'lssel, Methodist church, second vice president; Mrs. W. H. Karnea, Presbyterian church, third vice president; Mrs. J. F. HawK, First Reformed United States church, re cording secretary; Mrs. Richard Olson, Lutheran church, corresponding secretary; Mrs. C. B. Shufelt, Evangelical church, treasurer; Mrs. J. Baunes, Christian church, aecretary of literature, and Mrs. W. T. Graham, United Presbyterian church, temperance secretary. Mrs. Edward Johnson, retiring secretary, reviewed the work of the federation for 10 years. The young ladies' branch of the federation en tertained in honor of the newly elected officers. Local Debating Team Loses to Sioux City Judea Team The Young Men's Hebrew asso ciation, juniors, taking the negative of the question, "Are the Jews a Nation?" were defeated by the Sioux City Judea club in a debate at the Lyric building Thursday , evening. The local team was coached by Rabbi Frederick Cohn and Henry Monsky and is composed of Fred White, Edward Alchuler, Jake Ber covici and Phillip Greinet. After the debate Dr. A. L. Mill ener addressed the gathering on electrical experiments conducted by the government during'the war. Hotel Men Give Banquet to Nebraska-loyya Greeters A complimentary banquet to the Nebraska-Iowa Greeters' association was given in the Palm room of the Fontenelle by the Omaha Hotel Men's association last night. Follow ing the banquet, at which Harley Conant of the Conant hotel was toastmaster, addresses were made by J. B. Miller, manager of the Wel lington Inn and president of the Nebraska-Iowa Greeters' association, R. D. McFadden, R. W. Johnston, C. H. Gouldin, and Rome Miller. Sixty were in attendance. Pullman Car Ticket Tax Is Cut to 8 Per Cent by New Law Railroad officials are in receipt of that portion of the recently passed revenue law having to do with the tax on transportation. On Pullman car tickets, under the provisions of the old law, the tax was 10 per cent on the price of the ticket. The new law cuts the tax to 8 per cent. The new law provides that on rail tickets costing 42 cents, or less, there shall not be any tax. The old law exempted tickets costing 35 cents, or less. Wallace Confirmed. WailiitiPtnn. Feb. 28. Nomina tion of Hiicrh C. Wallace of Tacoma. Wash., to be ambassador to France was confirmed early this morning by the senate sitting in executive session. OBITUARY,. XAXCT M. WILLETT. 83 years of ase, died of apoplexy Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed ward McEachron, 1907 Wirt street, the only survivor. The funeral will be held today at the home of the daughter. Interment will be in For est Lawn cemetery. LAT'RITZ LAURITZEN. 66 years old. died Wednesday at his home, 3025 Burdette street, after an ill ness of eight weeks. ' He has been a resident of this city for the last 32 years and all this time employed as laborer at the Uniifn Pacific shops. Mr. Lauritzeu was a member of the Danbrog lodge. No. 216, I. O. O. F., and the Danish Brotherhod lodge, No. 19. The only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Edward Strurrtfa, of this city. The funeral will be held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternon at the resi dence. Int3rmcnt will be in Pros pect Hill cemetery, South- Side liOGS SENT WITH RUSH TO MARKET TO GETTOP PRICE Shippers Rush AnimaTs to Omaha Before End of Month in Order to Be in be fore Drop. In order to take advantage of the minimum February hog price up to the last minute, pending the decision of the food administration changing the figures of $17 on the Omaha market, hogs are arriving liere in un- unusually large numbers- According to the statement issued yesterday at the Union stock yards the re ceipts Monday were 25,234, Tues day 20,534 and Wednesday 25,301. Information from Washington was to the effect that the minimum price of $17 would not be changed until President Wilson determined the question of embargoes affecting neutrals and other countries. It is said that food administration offi cials are contending that there is no further need for maintaining a min imum price if the world markets Vuld be opened to free trading in pork. Omaha commission men are anx ious to know just Siliat disposition is to be made of the matter. E. H. Schroer, chairman of the United States bureau of markets, South Omaha, declared that he had been in communication with Washington and had been assured that no action had been taken Thursday, but that something would be done either later in the day or Friday. Merriman Secures Work; to Make Home for Young Wife David Merriman, freed by Police Judge Fitzgerald Wednesday, when his youthful wife appeared in his be half, has found employment at the Union Stock yards. Mrs. Merriman, whose youth and charm excited the sympathy of the judge, attorneys and policemen in police court, has left her mother-in-low's home and returned to the arms of her own mother, Mrs. C. Taylor, 2909 S street. And David, who didn't deny that his people were against his little wife, has decided to accept the ad vice of the court and get a home of his own. It may be some time, of course, and the home may not be pretentious, but he has the assur ance of his wife, whom he says he really loves, that she will be wait ing to go with him when the time comes. In the meantime, Mrs. Merriman expects to keep on working. Government to Hold Sale of Stock at Fort Reno, Okl. Louis Cohn. 3322 Harrison street. has received a letter from the office of purchasing quartermaster, re mount division ot the united States army, requesting that some public ity be given a public auction sale at Fort Reno, El Reno, OH. to be held March 3, and continued until all animals are sold approximately 1,142 head of horses and mules. These animals are being sold be cause the government has no further use for them and not because they are worn out, it is emphasized. It is urged that the publication of a notice of the sale is a patriotic act, and that it is the duty of every patriotic citizen to assist the government in disposing of its surplus supplies. Head of Employment Bureau to Take Special Course P. J. Doran, head of the South Side federal employment bureau, leaves next Sunday for Washington, where he will take a three weeks' course in employment service work. All states west of the Mississippi river are to be represented in this third training school. Only one man may be sent from a state. On his return, if he completes the course successfully, Mr. Doran will become an instructor for federal em ployment bureaus in this state. Eagles to Give Smoker for Discharged Soldiers A smoker will be given next Tuesday night at the Eagle home, Twenty-third and N streets. The af fair is open to members of the An cient Order of Eagles Athletic events, and a savory mul ligan stew, served in a generous style which has made the aerie famous will be features of the entertain ment. The affair will be in the na ture of a welcome to returned sol diers of the aerie- South Side Brevities Table board, 2105 N street. Ft Sale Kive-rooni house, well located. Tyler 8835-W. Dr. J. J. Hump.il. Hannon Blk Office, South 4450. Residence, South S29S. Kindling wood delivered to any part of city. Price reasonable. South 1114. Lost, in or near Highland park, pair of child's glasses. Finder call South 62. Re ward. Sellers Kitchen Cabinets, the best serv ant in your house. See them at our sale this week. Special prices, S1.00 per week. Koutsky-Pavlik company. PEST OF AT.fc Our great sale of women's shoes at 11.45 and ?1.85 is such a success. We have added several hundred pain, extra quality shnes, at tS.BO a pair. Two more days only. Cressey, The Shoeman. A hard battle is anticipated when the South Side Trinity BaptiM basket ball team meets the Council Bluffs Baptist team next Saturday night' on the South Side Baptist floor. The game begins at 8 o'clock. Susan M. Stevenson, aged 64, of Ral ston, died at a local hospital Wednesday evenlnit. She is survived by a son. The funeral will be today at 2 p. m. at the Brewer's chape!. Intermcut in the Grace land Park cemetery. Judqe Allen Unable to Be 'Here for Meeting March 4 Judge W. V. Allen of Madison, Neb., has written to Corporation Counsel W. C.- Lamoert, advising that he will be unable to be in Omaha on March 4 to attend a hearing of the board of condemnation in con nection with the purchase of the Omaha gas plant. It is probable that by consent of all parties the hearing will be post poned until May 4. AT THE THEATERS (( A LL RIGHT. Charles, now J tell me the date of Lin M coin's birthday." It was Miss Gertrude Bishop speaking, and she was addressing her remarks to Master Charles Monahan. Nine other youngsters were ranged around an improvised scho'olroom. Some were busy with arithmetic, others writing composi tions and three others of Charles' own age paying strict attention to tne teacher. It was on the spacious stage of the Empress theater and the boys and girls were the, members of the juvenile headline feature, "The Ris ing Generation." Every day be tween the hours of 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. Miss Bishop, a graduate of the Louisiana Normal school, teaches these children all the-things taught in our most approved public schools. Perhaps m all vaudeville thjs is the only act that carries its own tu tor. That is why the children are allowed to perform in states that ordinarily frown upon juvenile art ists. They have several hours of play each dayand never less than 10 hours' sleep daily. The little stars in the act are Mary Caroline Daniel of Los Anjeles, Cal.; Charles Monahan of Philadelphia, Elizabeth and Jack Cole of New York, Althea and Duncan Young of Freeport, R. I.; Joseph Allen and Howard Mack of Philadelphia Charles Blake of Bridgeport, Conn., and the little 7-year-old comedian, lames Edward Chubb, of Galveston, Tex. A deep impression is scored by Hobart Bosworth in the one-act play. "The Sea Wolf," offered this wek at the Orpheum as the stellar attraction. A unique feature of the drama is that the preliminary stages of it are shown in motion pic tures. The play is a short version of the story by Jack London. In point of charm the high point of the current bill is the singing of Grace Nelson, a vocalist of distinc tion. The applause hit of the bill is realized by Ethel Davis and Fred die Rich in "Songs a la Carte." Harold Lockwood has Ruby de Remer playing opposite him in "Pals First," which will be shown at the Brandeis theater today and tomorrow and Sunday evening. She made her stage debut in the Weber and Fields production of "BacK Again," and last winter was one of the principals of the "Mid night Frolic." In her screen en gagements she has always played feature roles, her most noteworthy appearance being as the star of "The Auction Block." Otis Skinner, whom we are to see at the Brandeis next week in "The Honor of the Family," was among the first of the American players to offer his services for overseas enter tainment work for our men at the front. No actor, also, has been more active in the various Liberty loan campaigns, and on the last drive he spent many hours in a campaign of speech-making, and, as a result, obtained many thousands of dollars for the loan. In "The Birth of a Race," now showing at the Boyd, some vivid pictures are given in the allegory which carries the story of men up from the creation to the outbreak dt the world war. There the char acter changes, and it becomes the narrative of two families living in peaceful happy America. Hew they were caught in the move of events, and how the tragedy of war overr whelmed them is told in a fascinat ing way. Court (of fun only) will be held for the last two times today by "Slitkin and Slotkin, Refined Law yers," as interpreted by Watson and Cohan, who are at the Gayety thea ter with "The Girls de Looks." To morrow's matinee, another favor ite attraction comes for a week's stay the great Star and Garter show, from the magnificent Star and Gartej theater at Madison and Halstead streets, Chicago. With the company is J. C. Randolph, an Omaha boy, whose hosts of friends are waiting to extend a hearty wel come to him. Ladies' matinee to day and Saturday at 2:15. Ten wonderful "kiddies" " com prise the personnel of "The Rising Generation," the greatest headliner of the year, at the Empress theater. The a,ct was conceived, staged and presented by Maud Daniel, ac knowledged best in her line. Girls, as Red Cross nurses, boys as in ternes, open the act and shortly re ceive the message that war is over, and the suggestion is made to "cheer the heroes up with a song.J' Then the individual talents of the kiddies are shown, two in particu lar, Charles Monahan, the child yod ler, and Mary Caroline Daniel, the "wop" impersonator. Master Charles Blake, the smallest child, is the comedian, and he is some com edian. HYMENEAL Eyer-DuBois. Miss Edna DuBois, daughter of George DuBois of Colon, Neb., and Guy A. Eyer of Mead, Neb., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidgc Thursday afternoon at his study. Ross A. Willey of Mead accom panied them. Piper-Bolln. Miss Dora E. Bolln, daughter of Joseph Bolln of Fort Calhoun, and Ira A. Piper, were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge Thursday; after noon at his study. They were ac companied by the bridegroom's brother, Ray E. Piper, and the bride's mother and sister, Mrs. Joseph Bolln and Mrs. A. J. Lichter. IN THE DIVORCE COURT. Emma I'tterback has been granted a de. cree of divorce from William, who was charged with nonsupport. The wife was allowed custody ot a child. A decree of divorce has been entered in favor of Ruth E. Rood. The court award ed custody of Laurel. 3 years old, to the mother. Effie Allen lias filed a petition for di vorce from Leonard C, whom she charges witli extreme cruelty. She also asks for restoration of her maiden name. Addle man. Ottllea 8. Mlcheltree- has been granted a decree of divorce from Walter charged with extreme crulty. Mrs. Mlcheltree was allowed custody ot child and S2S per month for its support arrd. also 150 per month alimony for herself. Florence H. Barker alleges In a divorce p titlon that Alfred O. hVs-been guilty of extreme cruelty. and that on or nuout Sptniher 211, 1?11, hr prtmlv.-d ,, re form and agreed to treat l'ljlnilli Undly." BUTLER UP IN Alii OVER ACTIO:! OF STATESOLONS City Commissioner Says He's "Astonished" at Commit tee's Action on City Asphalt Plant Bill. City Commissioner Butler says he was astonished to learn that the committee in the legislature -which considered the bill taking the city asphalt plant away from his depart ment has reported it for passage. "I saw Representative Druesedow in Omaha last Saturday and he told me the bill was far down on the list and wouldn't come up for considera tion for a long time," said Mr. But ler. "Seems to me there's skuldug gery all around to get holt! of my job." The bill in question takes the as phalt plant away from Commission er Butler's department and places it under direction x of Commissioner Towl's department. At the time the present council was organized last May Commissioner Towl tried to get the asphalt plant in his depart ment, but was prevented because of the reading of the law. A few weeks ago the present bill was introduced, fathered ostensibly by a former job holder in 1he asphalt plant under ex Commissioner Parks. Butler Blames Towl. Mr. Butler made an investigation when the bill was introduced and says he found the bill was written in Commissioner Towl's office. "The bill, as it is recommended for passage, takes not only the as phalt plant away from my depart ment, but also the street mainte nance," said Commissioner Butler. "Why, it will make me nothing but a sort of foreman of street cleaning. That's all I'll be. Towl is the man back of the whole thing and I know it. This council has been trying to GORMAN, Texas, Feb. 21. Re ports which are considered reliable state that the Eppler well, three and one-half miles northeast of Gorman, which is down 3,000 feet, is stand ing almost full of oil and that the large storage tanks which have been building there for the last two or three days are almost completed. Every indication now has it that the Eppler well will be one of the best in the Duke field. , The Eppler well is just south of our holdings. Depository and Reference: First Nat'l Bank of Ft. Worth Mail us checks for stock promptly as there is only .a small block of stock left to sell at paT. RANGER-DUKE OIL CO. Ranger-Duke Oil Company, 4 316-17 Dan Waggoner Bldg., Fort Worth, Texas. Please reserve for me shares of stock in Oil Co., for which I herewith inclose my check $ Date Name 'get' me t-ver cince it came into of fice. Well, the people may decide differently when they come to vote again." Mr. Butler thinks his only chance of defeating the bill now is on the floor of the senate. x : Women's Desire to Hold on to War Jobs is Cause of Marital Troubles An extraordinary number of cases of marital trouble caused by the wife's desire to continue commercial work engaged in during the war are coming to the attention of the wel fare board, Superintendent Weirich says. "We have a half a dozen cases of this kind right now," he said. "Some of the women have children and in one case the wife has been married 14 years'and just resumed commer cial work a year ago. The husband now complains that their children are not being cared for properly and he wants his wife to give up her po sition and resume care of their household. "In all these cases we are doing our best. to persuade the women to quit their jobs and go back to the care of their homes, which is the true sphere of woman." Nebraska Oversells Quota of War Savings Stamps by Big Margin Figures which have just been re ceived from the Treasury department show that the Tenth federal reserve district leads all other districts in the sale of war savings stamps for 1918. Nebraska is largely responsi ble for this, as it not only oversold its quota, but was the only state in the union to sell its entire quota for the year. TheMjuota of the state was $26,000,000 and the actual sales were over $33,000,000. The campaign for 1919 is now on and every one is asked to do all pos sible to again put Nebraska "over the top." Q. O. GAIT HER GEOLOGICAL. ENCINEKB Fort Worth Texas Febr. 18. 1919. fcr. W. T. Johns, Mgr., i Ranger-Duka oil Company, 1316-17 Dan Waggoner Bldg., Port Worth, Texas. Deer Slr:- I have completed the geological survey oii ,your holdings in Block 14 - 100 acres - McLennan County School Lands - Southeast part of Eastland County, Texas - on the Leon Piver. This is well in Pennsylvania formation. I find many of the Pennsylvania fossils. I have personally inspected same. This land lies betweea tjle IJmma Terrill and Brewer wells on the north and the famous Duke and Knowles wells to the" southeast. I regard structural conditions of same good. It is my opinion that good pay oil wili I found upon this land at the point designated for the tst well to be drilled. I recommend you drill this, with standard cable tools, and a close watch upon the formation at from 850 to 890, also at 182 and at 2700 feet. I would recommend these to b drilled not deeper than S500 feet at this point, or through the bend series, which is the greatest source of production in the Ranger or Duke fields. Yours very truly, Petroliua GwTqgisii (From Star-Telegrm of Friday, Feb. 2t, 1919.. EPPLER REPORTED STANDING IN OIL CAPITAL $85,000.00 SHARES $100 PAR VALUE Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. To Be Incorporated When Fully Subscribed. Walter B. Sloan, Trustee Address DOCTOR IS GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE: SOLDmiAICA' Police Judge Orders Dr. Wil lard Quigley to Jail for 30 Days on Liquor Charge. Dr. Willard Quigley, Omaha physician and druggist, was sen tenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined $100 and costs in police court Thursday morning, when Po lice Judge Foster found him guilty of selling intoxicating liquor. The liquor in the case was Jamai ca ginger containing 90 per cent al cohol. Moral Squad Sergeant Thestruc nd Walter Peterson, 1908 Nrth Twenty-eight street, were the wit nesses for the state. Detectives Purchased "Ginger." 1'eterson testified that he had pur chased janiaica ginger several times at Dr. Quiglcy's store, 302 North Sixteenth street. He said, however, that Dr. Quigley had never waited on him. Thestrup said he had bought ging er in the Quigley store last Sunday evening and merely asked for "jack." The clerk, he said, knew what was meant when the mysteri ous word "jack" was pronounced. The sale of januica ginger in Omaha has been thres'.ied out in the courts a number of, times since Ne braska went dry. Nearly every judge has rendered decisions regarding it and in the majority of instances have said that its sale was not unlawful. Dr. Quigley's counsel served no tice of appeal immediately after sen tence had been pronounced. House Approves Land Bill. Washington, Feb. 27. The house today adopted the conference re port on the oil land leasing bill and sent it to the senate fcr final action. the Ranger-Duke to cover.