'1?HE OMAHA SUNDA.Y BEE: APK1L 6, 11)19.
Clean-sip PaiHt:iiip Week kOmalba, Apr
ill-12
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Oil Prospectors Buy Banner
County Land, U. P. Learns
Advices to the Union Pacific state
that Banner county. Neb., is enter-
ing upon the first stages of an oil
Doom, it is reporicu wti t cuiupauy,
presumed to be an auxiliary of the
Standard Oil company, has taken
leases on some 5.000 acres of land
lying midway between Kimball,
Kimball county, and Harrisburg,
Banner county, and is preparing to
drill a number of wells.
It is said that oil prospectors have
been overrunning Kimball, Banner
and portion- of Cheyehne county
during the last two months and that
following them, other men have been
quietly taking leases giving them
the right to drill for oil.
Contractors who are sinking one
well north of Kimball are reported
to have told farmers in the vicinity
that they are going to drill 3,500
feet in their efforts to find oiL
Daniels can keep him a year
more and he'll still have lime to
come in for his split of the world's
series.
Omahah in Chargeof Food
. Distribution in Hamburg
Charles T. Neal, Who Was Connected With Local U.
S. Grain Corporation Office, to Regulate Wheat
Supply In Largest Port on European Continent.
Charles T. Neal who rame to
Omaha in August 1917, to take
chafge ofjvheat buying for the gov
ernment and who was called to
Europe in February to assist Her
bert Hoover in distributing food in
war-stricken countries, has been
plated in charge of the Grain Cor
poration office in Hamburg, Ger
many. Associated Press news dis
patches of Thursday bear testhnony--to
the important work in Hamburg
entrusted to the former Omaha
man. ,
The red flag, which has been fly
ing from the city hall since the rev-
With Cook's Paint
because it will withstand rain,
sun and dampness, and beautify
as(well. Get started -early with
your spring painting. We have
everything you need for painting,
beautifying and preserving your
property. x
Get Cook's Paint Here.
(It's Guaranteed)
Q. R. COOK PAINT CO.
1416-18 Harney St. 'Douglas 7018
Clean Up and Fix Up
Make your home, building, warehouse or office reflect your
pride In the civic improvement of this week.
t Remodeling is Our Specialty
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Repairing porches, building screen porches, new screens,
' remodeling warehouses, houses, offices and cabinet work are a
few of our many features. '
A. C. J-ESSARD & SON
2021 Cuming Street.
Phone Tyler 1632.
SEEDS
and PLANTS
Hardy
Perennial
Flower Plant that will bloom this
season. Mail postal for lUt at one.
1 Dos. Gladiolus Bulbs, mixed. .. .40c
1 Ox. Spencer Mixed Sweet Peat.. 20c
1 Oz. Dwarf or Tall Nasturtiums. .. 15c
5 Packets Choice Flower Seeds: Asters,
Pinks, Alyssum Zinnia, and Electric
Light Plant, all for 15c
Address
MRS. F. C. CRAVES, Dept. Z.
3523 Sherman Ave.,
Phone Webster 1190. Omaha, Neb.
We Will Clean
Up ALL of Your
Home Except
the Woodwork
We put life, cleanliness
and sanitation into your
RUGS.
We clean your LACE
CURTAINS, Portieres,
Drapes and Hangings as
they were never cleaned
before.
We clean, sanitate and
renovate even your Pil
lows, Comforters, Blan
kets, etc. Surely, you are
not going to undertake a
few weeks of personal
drudge work when we
can take it all off your
hands, are you?
Phone Tyler 345.
DRESHER
BROTHERS
Dyers Cleaners Hatters
Furriers Tailors Ruf
Cleaners Shoe Repairers
2211-17 Farnam St. Omaha
The Victory Liberty Loan
We Started a Job in April 1917
Now We Must Finish It.
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A man said to us:
"My Liberty Bonds are worth
less than I paid and I'm afraid to
invest any more money in Gov
ernment securities."
Wear This Button
Show You Have Helped
Finis, the Job
We told him:
"Have faith in your Government,
brother!
Bonds or Notes of the United
States Government have never
failed eventually to hold up, and
in every case they have attained
a premium.
"Five years after the Civil War,
the United States Bonds advanced
to a priceof 121, meaning a $21
increase in every $100 bond.
"Our leading financiers are con
vinced that all Bonds or Notes
issued by this Government during
the would war will do equally as
well, if not better.
"Have faith in. your Government;
hang on to your Bonds and buy
more
The Victory Liberty Loan will be the last
Liberty Loan. .
Short Term Notes will be issued for this Loan
instead of longer term Bonds
Monday, April 21, the Victory Loan Drive Begins
DOUGLAS COUNTY VICTORY LOAN COMMITTEE
W. O. W. Building, Ground Floor.
Telephone Tyler S458.
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CftatlesTMcil .
olution there last November, was
hauled down as two American re
lief ships, loaded with" pjecious
cargoes of American meat to be
distributed under Mr. Neal's guid
ance, sailed into port.
Mr. Neal is well-known to Oma
ha grainmen, having been in the
grain business in Lincoln and Kan
sas City before he became "$1 a
SAYS DAYLIGHT
PLAN DETRIMENT
TO THE CHILDREN
Mothers of Lake School Pupils
Say Youngsters Do Not Get
x Enough Sleep Under
New System.
A vigorous protest against "day
light saving" is registered by moth
ers of children attending Lake
school. They say their children do
not get enough sleep under the
present schedule.
Mrs. J. C. Dauble. 2008 Ohio
street, took an informal survey of
the opinion ot mothers and teachers
in the Lake school and declares
them all to be opposed to daylight
saving.
"Children cannot sleep while it is
yet light and hence go to bed by
sun time. They must get up by
the new time in order to get to
school, said Mrs. Dauble.
"A sufficient amount .ofsleep is
highly important to children. I have
four children, 11, 9, 7 and 5 years
old and I have a hard time getting
them to sleep while it is yet light,
1 think the regular schedule is the
one to observe, - she said.
If she can get enough persons in
terested, Mrs. Dauble intends to
register her protest with officials
who will take some action, she said
"We would do anything during
war-time but there is no reason for
us to observe daylight saving now,"
she said.
year man." He retains his title as
president of the United States Food
Administration drain Corporation
Nebraska Ranks 24th in
Per Capita Manufacturing
Nebraska ranks 24th in per capita
manufacturing output, according to
a table compiled by the bureau of
publicity of the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce from the recent report
of the Bureau of Census.
The Hoover
Electric Suction
Sweeper
aids your wife in her
daily clean-up. Her
work is every day, So
let the Hoover make it
as light and easy as possible.
- The Hoover is the only Suction Electric Sweeper hav
ing a patented motor-driven brush of soft hair. It
shakes and sweeps the carpets and rugs at one time.
Does not injure the nap in any way. With a Hoover's
aid your wife will regain her sunny disposition.
You Can Pay Me a Little
Each Month.
312 So. 18th
Opp. Court House
Tyler 1011
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Clean-Up Tim
Is Mfere
Make Your Home Look Like
A Home
"OUR TRANSMISSISSIPPI
LAWN MIXTURE
, Makes a Turf Like a Carpet.
Gladden Your Home With
Tube Roses Dahlias Cannas - Salvia
Gladiolas Calodium and Peonies.
Hardy Perrennial Roots and Plants
Hollyhocks Columbine Coreopsis
Shasta Daisy Guillardia Iris
Sweet William '
The Nebraska Seed Co.
SEEDS THAT GROW
1613 Howard Omaha, Neb.
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This house was designed for Mr.
Charles W. Martin in Minne-Lusa
adidtion and has proven so popular
that a number have been built close
ly following these lines in order to
satisfy the resulting demand.
lhe exterior appearance leads tlie
visitor to expect a warm welcome.
The expectation is fulfilled when one
enters me- living room from the ves
tibule and feels the inviting rays
from the fireplace.
Hospitality is the keynote 01 this
design. This effect is carried out
by joining the large living room,
with its delightful built-in book
cases, to the cheerful dining room
by njcans of the bookcase pedestal
opening.
The guest in this house is sure to
be pleased wit hthe complete sepa
ration of th& chambers from the
kitchen and living portion of the
bungalow. Spacious closets are a
feature that will be appreciated by
those who still have an extra suit or
two.
For further information relative
to the cost of the above bungalow,
or the plans for a new home, write
or call on the architect, Everett S.
Dodds, 71S Brandeis Theater, Oma
ha, Neb.
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HAZEL DELL NURSERY
Yard, 24th and Pinkney Streets -
Nursery West of Florence.
We have a large stock of Fruit, Shade and
Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs
and Roses.
COME AND SEE US.
Phone Colfax 3495, Webster 306.
MAKE OMAHA AN
ATTRACTIVE TOWN
Retain the respect of
your neighbors use Paint
, and Varnish apply freely
PHONE DOUGLAS 791
We'll attend to your inquiry promptly.
Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co.
1 1th and Howard Streets.
dress-up jheek:
now relieved by
cleamp week
City Officials Co-Operate With
Busy Omaha Housewives to
Do General House and
Yard Renovating.
Last week Omaha drened p.
This week the order o! busineat
will be to clean up; to clean vp
yards, alleys, and upstairs and dowal
in the homes where men abide.
Mayor Smith, Health Commit
sioner Manning and City Commit
sioner Butler of the department of
street cleaning and maintenance, arc
co-operating in this annual clean'
up.
The street department will ten!
a battery of city truck and wag
ons over the streets daring the
week, to collect all heaps of rub
bish which will be placed by house
holders. Work Free of Charge.
This work will be done by the!
city without charge to residents.
City officials wish to impress hcose
holders with the statement that the
trucks and wagons this year will
not traverse the alleys, as was dono
in previous spring clean-up weeks.
Everything must be placed along
the curbing in the streets, and all
sorts of rubbish will be collected,
the only exception being ashes.
Citizens are urged to have tha
heaps of rubbish ready for the col
lectors, s the vehicles will go
through the streets only once and
according to the following schedule
Monday All territory south of
F street .inclusive.
Tuesday North of F street to -Center,
inclusive.
Wednesday North of Center
street, inclusive, and from the
river to Forty-eighth street.
Thursday North of Cuming .
street to Ames avenue, inclusive, .
and from the river to Forty
eighth street.
Friday West of Forty-eighth
street, including Benson and
Dundee.
Saturday All territory north of
Ames avenue.
Once Famous Jockey
Begs Police Judge for
Chance to Go in Jail
Though he had won races on the
nnArr mr trarlr. nf thm rnnntri
I and in his day was a favorite jockey
i with eastern and southern million
! aires and followers of the turf
1 tracks, John Fulton, nationally
known in the sporting world as
"Racehorse" Fulton, begged Police
Judge Foster in police court this
morning to be "allowed the privi
lege of being a trusty" at the city
jail. His request was complied with.
Fulton was arrested on a charge
of vagrancy. Old sportsmen who
know "Racehorse" Fulton remem
ber him as the winner of derbies on
Long Island, Florida, Kentucky and
Georgia tracks year sago.
Today, "Racehorse" Fulton show '
age. ltis hair is gray and his old
sportive instinct appears gone. He
is "broke," and says his only em
ployment now is to eat and sleep
and think of the good old days of
turfdom.
He has been in Omaha during th
past year.
Let Friend Wear Ring .
Just for One Day; Now
Sues Him to Get It Back
Irene says she let Grover take hci
ring to wear just for a day of
two and declares he refused to rc
turn it. And so Irene has taken
the case into court.
The suit of Irene Baker against
Grover Smith was filed today in
district court.
She states that she showed her
diamond ring to her friend, Grover
Smith, on March 23, and that GroveJ
prevailed upon her to let him ye"a
it for just a day or two.
Two weeks have elapsed sine,
then and, though she has asked hiii
for the ring, repeatedly, she says
he has failed to return it.
The ring, she says, is valued a
$400, and she asks that sum front
Smith, together with interest at d
per cent since March 23.
Smith works for T. F. Stroud &
Co., and Miss Baker is employed
in a women's wear store.
Take HDsky Indian Back
to Winnebago Reservation
John Bigbear, Indian of the Win
nebago reservation near Valentine,
Neb., and graduate of Carlisle uni
versity, appeared in police court
this morning to answer a charge of
drunkenness. His immense stature v
and appearance of virility prompted '
the police judge to inquire: "How
many, policemen arrested your" De.
partrrient of justice officials took
Chief Bigbear back to Valentine, no
sentence being placed against him. , .
Automobile Big Factor in
Whisky Case, Now in Court
The fate of a big touring car hangs
in balance in a case now before
Judge Woodrotigh in federal court.
Wesley Sliach of Omaha in De
cember, 1918, was arrested on the
.Winnebago Indian reservation with
a quart of whisky in his possession.
He stated that he had driven the car
for Lewis Stevshafsky, a packing
house employe. Stevshafkey says
he did not give permission to Shach
to drive.
The car is also claimed by T. W.
Ohlmann of Sioux Citv wtm W
g1
$2,000 mortgage, oo the. C44 v