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I THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; JULY 20, ldl9. (reiieva, Cradle of Red Cross, Unanimously Chosen as Seat of the League of Nations Future Welfare of World to Be Guided at. Little - City on Foot of Largest European Mountain. ; : By MARIE WIDMER. Right in the heart of bleeding - Europe there remained through all! ' the terrible years of war. frighfful nesi one sacred spot, which, at the months and years slipped by since that tragic August day in 1914, has become known as a haven of refuge '" for the homeless and a sister of : mercy for all war sufferers, of all rtianiUtie " creed,"Swit" A general view of Geneva, Switzerland, with "Rous v . . Switzerland is the one happy land msu's Islands" and the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in In Puffin u,Vira j1ifTrl1t raCfi enfl . j . ' JT-a : 7 I " " "V..r. turope, towering in me distance. . different creeds live harmoniously r ' ' . together. Allemanic, French. Ital-ty It I. i? t ! i . Si . 1, t Ian and Romansch are the languages spoken in the little mountain repub lic, who has spent millions to safe guard her absolute neutrality, which has proven an undestroyable tie be tween her people during the long perturbed years of the war. Neutral Geneva Chosen. And this most conscientious of neutrals, who, when making known its desire to become a member of the league of nations laid particular Stress on the fact that it wished even then to remain perpetually neutral, has now been chosen to become the future homeland of that heaven-inspired, noble creation of the peace conference, ith the radiantly beau tiful lake city of Geneva as its per manent abode. . While France and Belgium, as ac tual martyrs of the great war, were pressing their special claims for this honor on behalf ofthe latter. Presi dent Wilson is quoted as having told the delegates in his counter argu ment and what proved to be the de cisive speech in favor of Geneva: "You will not dare to choose a city ta the capital of the league of na tions which incarnates the enmity between races a city which has been wronged, doubtless, but which makes a reconciliation between the peoples of Europe more distant by the very wrongs it has suffered." Geneva in the Early Days. - Geneva was occupied by a settle ment long ago, but there is no ex act record when the colony began. Caesar found here a town of the Al loborges that he called Geneva and he actually cut the bridge over the Rhone which connected it with the right bank of the river, in order to prevent the passage of the Helvetes. When Gaul was organized under Roman administration, Geneva was included in the province of Gallia Narbonensis. The city adopted Christianity in the fourth century and quickly became the religious capital of a great diocese. Occupied in the fifth century by the Burgun dians, Geneva formed part of the first kingdom of Burgundy, and fell along with it, in 534, into the hands of the Franks. In 888 the second Burgundian kingdom, east of the Jura, was founded on the ruins of the Carlov ingian empire and Geneva became one of its chief towns. The last king, Rudolf III, left his crown to the Emperor Conrad the Salic in the year 1032 and Geneva thus became "an imperial city and the local gov ernment, at that time administered by a bishop, was permitted to de velop with considerable freedom. The prelate was at the same time temporal ruler of the city and spirit ual head of a diocese partly occu pied by nobles as powerful as him self, and in the end even more pow erful One of these, the Count of Savoy, Succeeded, after having de stroyed the power of the counts of Geneva, his rivals, in possessing him self of the episcopal castle and of the dignity of the vidomnat, or temporal function of the church (in 1290). , The beginning of the 16th century was marked by the breaking out of the final struggle between the i -ople of Geneva and the Duke of Savoy, when the citizens were divided into two parties, the Mamelukes, or fol t lowers of the house of. Savoy, and the Huguenots (from Eidgenossen- $10.00 FOR A TEXAS OIL FORTUNE Try and Equal This Offer 10.00 BUYS YOU 10 SHARES AND RESERVES YOU 40 SHARES FOR 15 DAYS IN THE BURKBUR NETT JR. OIL COMPANY. $35,000 ENTIRE CAPITALIZATION! PAR yALUE $1. 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Fifth and Calhoun Streets, Fort Worth. Texas, and they will mail stock to you immediately. THE TEXAS TRUST COMPANY is your security of a SQUARE DEAL, QUICK ACTION AND AB SOLUTE SAFETY. ACT NOW! DONT DELAY I PRICE MAY ADVANCE IN Fgg THAN ONE WEEK. BURKBURNETT JR. OIL COMPANY 111 Otl Operators Building. . FORT WORTH. TEXAS. . I confederates). After having seen Berthelier in 1519 and Levrier in ) 524 the latter party 'finally won the day. Treaties of fellow-citizenship, made with the various Swiss cantons, assured to Geneva a secu rity which only became definite and final after the adoption of the doc trine of the reformation, as preached by Farel, in 1535. The episcopal au thority was then abolished; Geneva became a republic governed by syn dics and councils elected by the peo ple. ' Geneva's Literary Associations. Jean Jacques Rousseau, son of a watchmaker, born in Geneva in the year 1712, is one of Geneva's best known literary celebrities. He dis approved of the unjust distinction then made between the arisrocrocy and the poorer classes and as cham pion of the latter he exposed his convictions in the "Contrat Social," which, together with his "Emile," were committed to the flames by the public executioner. Gradually Geneva and its lake be came the Mecca of leaders in sci ence and literature. Voltaire, Mme. de Stael, Georges Sand, Dumas, Daudet and Byron, Gibbon, Dickens, Ruskin, Frances Havergal, Sismon di, De Sausure, Amiel a veritable parade of illustrious poets, novelists, essayists, philosophers and scien tists whose intimate connections with that Jair and intellectual city and its environs are forever inter woven in its history. Geneva, Cradle of the Red Cross. The actual founder of the Red Cross society was Jean Henri Du nant, a philanthropic citizen of Ge neva. On June 14, 1859, he chanced to be present at the battle of Sol ferino and was an eye-witness to the vast amount of unnecessary suf fering that resulted from the inabil ity of the regular surgical corps for the thousands of wounded who lay upon the field. Three years later he published a book on his experiences and advo cated an international convention to provide for the aiding of the wound ed in war. This convention, which took place at Geneva and which was concluded and signed on August 22, 1864, neutralized the surgical corps of hostile armies and volunteer so cieties caring for the wounded. As a compliment to Switzerland, the Swiss flag in reversed colors, i. e., a red cross on a white field, was to be adopted universally and worn on arm bands by all members of the neutral staffs. Geneva has since that time been the headquarters of the Interna tional Red Cross society, which dis tinguished itself during the world war with its gigantjc activity on be half of suffering mankind. Geneva As It Is Today. At the southern end of the glorious lake bearing the same name, where the swift blue waters of the Rhone emerge from it, and a little above the confluence of the Rhone and the Arve, lies Geneva, a veritable prodigy of nature and one of the most perfect combina tions of all the elements which tend to make life attractive. Whether it be a stroll along the imposing promenades skirting the lake, where the distant Alpine chain vJh'th Mont Blano beckons alluringly, or whether it be through the old and new quarters of the city, one encounters constantly vivid proof of Geneva's dominant leadership throughout the ages. German Street Now Wilson Street. The very names of the streets, the rue Calvin, the rue Necker, the rue de la Croix Rouge, the rue Voltaire, the rue Farel, the rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, where Rousseau's father lived, the Grand' Rue. where Rousseau himself was born, are perpetual reminders of the city's glorious past. Lately, as a compliment to the president of the United States of America, the rue d' Allemange has become the rue Wilson. Old Geneva prides itself of St. Peter's Cathedral, that dignified memorial to its spiritual leader Calvin. The construction of this edifice was started in the 10th century, on the site of an ancient pagan temple, and completed in the 13th century. Begun at sa time when the round arched Roman esque architecture was at its height, the structure was finshed when the Gothic period had attained its full elorv. The interior, with fine stained-glass choir windows, is of rare, dignified beauty and the mag nificent Cathedral organ has for centuries been the delight of all music lovefs. In close vicinity tc the Cathedral is the ancient city hall, with the before-mentioned historic Alabama room and opposite is the Arsenal, containing Geneva's museum of history. The college St Antoine, founded by Calvin in 1559 and restored in 1888, is a further testimonial to the great Reformer, same as the uni versity whose history dates back to Calvin's academy, also founded in 1559. The .university has acquired world fame and the numerous pub-' lie and private educational institu tions, contributing to the industrial, intellectual and artistic phases of life, are largely frequented. Salmon Worth More Than Gold in Alaska; Natives Live on Fish New York, July 19. If Alaska had to choose between salmon and gold, there is little question that it would unhesitatingly give up the gold, for life itself is dependent, in many parts of Alaska and for long periods of time, upon the salmon. Along the stretches of the lower Yukon fish is the staple and almost the only diet for both man and dog. The rivers of Alaska are the food reservoirs of the country, and of all the food taken from them the sal mon is the most delicate and the most plentiful. The banks of the Yukon for hundreds of miles up its . length are lined, in the summer time, with Indian villages, which, from a distance, are dull red blurs from the split salmon hung out in the sun to dry. Food For Entire Year. The fresh fish supply the food for the Indians and their dogs dur ing the summer and the dried hsh throughout the winter. The dog salmon, weighing from five to seven pounds, is caught most plentifully. In drying it shrinks to one and a half pounds. These dried fish are eaten as we eat brtad. One fish a day, in the evening, is considered a fair allowance for, a dog when work ing in winter. He requires no other food. Salmon, though spawned in fresh water and though they return to fresh water to spawn and to die, often after a journey up the Yukon and its tributaries of 1,000 and 2,000 miles, never eat in fresh water. No case is on record ot a fisherman ever having found anything in the stomach of a salmon caught in the Yukon or any other Alaskan river. A Natural History Wonder. 1 Thi action nf the salmon at spawning time is bne of the greatest wonders of natural history and one which has never been explained. After hatching in the headwaters of the rivers of Alaska, they make the .journey down to salt water while still fingerlings of two and three inches in length. After 30 months in the ocean, during which ; time nothing at all is known of their i life, they are able to return to the I waters where they were spawned. What marvellous instinct it is that enables them to unerringly select that' tributary of the Yukon, either on the right or the left bank, down which they came, and, in turn, the little stream which flows into the tributary is a puzzle to science. Missionaries of the Episcopal church perhaps know the value of the salmon to Alaska better than any one else, for they live and work and endure hardships among the In dians at the fishing , stations. And the missionaries assert that while gold constiutes much of Alaska's wealth, the salmon Is more valuable to the native, because it keeps him j alive. & r. m 4 $500,000.00 Fairmont Creamery Company 7 Cumulative Preferred Stock Par Value $100 Per Share Dividends Paid on the Pint Day of January, April, July and October. CAPITALIZATION (Upon Completion of Present Financing Authorized Preferred Stack, 7 Cumulative $2,000,000.00 Common Stock 4,000,000.00 EXEMPT FROM THE FEDERAL NORMAL INCOME TAX TAX FREE TO THE HOLDER IN NEBRASKA Outstanding $1,74,500.00 2,248,200.00 For information' regarding this stock, we refer to a letter from Mr. J. H. Rosht6n, President of the company, from which we summarize as follows t The Fairmont Creamery Company was incorporated in 1884, with a cap ital stock of $5,000.00. Today, it is the second .largest Creamery in the world, having assembling plants located at Columbus, Ohio; Crete, Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska; Grand Island, Nebraska; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Spokane, "Washington, and Buffalo, New York, together with distributing plants at Boston, Massachusetts; New York City, New York; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Butte, Montana. The Company has no funded debt, and no mortgage on the real estate or plant can be created without assent of two-thirds of each class of stock outstanding. The proceeds of the new $500,000.00 Preferred Stock will be used to provide for and take care of the rapidly growing business. This stock is preferred as to assets and dividends. ' We estimate that the total net tangible assets available for the preferred stock over all lia bilities is $5,101,427.08, or more than $287.00 per share of preferred stock outstanding. Net Earnings, after deducting excessive Federal Taxation for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918, is at the rate of more than four times the dividend re quirements on the total Preferred Stock, including the new issue. Cash Dividends of at least 10 have been paid continuously on the Common Stock since 1904, and the average cash and stock dividends since 1914 on this stoek have been over 16. Over $819,000.00 has been carried to surplus out of earnings in the past five years. We Recommend This Preferred Stock for Investment PRICE $100 AND ACCRUED DIVIDENDS M&'lfflATlSTCO Ground Floor, Omaha National Bank Building Phone Tyler 100 Omaha, NebrasKa" Affiliated with THE OMAHA NATIONAL BANK Sis 4 14 Wkl VfJBR DOLLARS HELP BUILB THIS LARGE INDEPENDENT D L' h Qrimi Junction, Wyoming FOR THE LANCE CREEK REFINING COMPANY And Share in the Resulting Profits OF THE Most Highly Profitable Manufacturing Business in the World. Midwest Refining Co., Started About Five Years Ago at Casper. Wyoming, With a 3,000-Bbl. Refinery and Capitalization of $20,CGG,CC0. Their capacity is now 55,000 barrels daily and their reported profits for last year were over $56,000,000. -Lance Creek Refining Co. is starting construction of a 3,000-barrel refinery with the very low capitalization of $1,000,000. Judge for yourself what the shares of this company should be worth in one year, two years, five years from now and how rapidly, the shares should increase in market value and earning power with 50 per cent of the profits re-invested each year by the company in increasing refining and marketing capacity, filling stations, etc. The company will not only REFINE oil, but will likewise MARKET its own products. Consider the large profits made by jobbers and distributors such as the L. V. Nicholas Oil Co. and' others who buy their products from the refiner and you get a glimpse of the large additional profits possible to the Lance Creek Refining Co., refining with their own refinery and marketing through THEIR OWN jobbing organization and FILLING STATIONS. More Than. Sufficient Crude Oil Is Assured the Company to Guarantee Running at Full Capacity. I SALT 1 f BUTTE I ftV5.0 1 SS f& V 'J-N Vou. field V0S.2l -srv o f& ) r j Oo.Lr,ELo muddy . . r r r r ra B immm) ntLD I OOOO K I V CRUDE OtUSTORAfrC VnkV I J ST CAM S TILLS ' Vrx AAoooo ljb j. J V V. V J v J acittop 1 Oil fie lb I VJH I v n n n n rTin.oU BRCNNIN 01L.F1!LD BASIM OILFIELD A m t A A s p o o o n ID D D D av I 16LUDSE POOLS) ) j f oftLcn HCiuSK VSTOKMt OAOINS TRACKS WTAMK CAPi0 t ;"H-J.Ho'wT' l'?ME--WiveH 'mM . ' " i " - i 1 1 " v 1 v VmorseN ' . I CRCeK ncio DOMC 1 V OIL J V OILFICLO ft: t CENTRAL, TO ALL TMC CARSEST OIL nLOS tW WYOM1NS LAKCE CREEK REFINING CO S Refinery Location Is Close to the Largest Producing Oil Fields in Wyoming from Which a Large Volume of Crude Oil ; U awaiting pipe lines and refining facilities, making immense additonal quantities of crude' oil available to the company as . soon as the company deems it advisable to further enlarge their refining capacity beyond the initial. 3,000 barrels daily. The location is served by TWO RAILROADS and, as plenty of water is most important to any refinery, the North Platte -river, which flows alongside, assures an ample water supply at at ALL times for the running of their plant. Crude Oil Costs Only $1.80 Per 42 Gallon Barrel Refined Into Gasoline It Sells for $7.75 Per Barrel Refined Into Lubricaitng Oils It Sells for $15 to $40.00 Per Barrel Approximate Realization from a 3,000-Bbl. Refinery DAILY EXPENSE. 3,000 barrels crude at $1.80. 180 barrels casing-head 425 tank cars, $1.33 day.... Labor Fuel, etc . $8,400.00 3,240.00 S6S.25 225.00 200.00 Insurance and taxes 350.00 $9,980.25 CAPITALIZATION 4 ONLY $1,000,000 A LIMITED ALLOTMENT OF SHARES NOW SELLING AT ONLY CENTS Per Share- DAILY INCOME. ' Pet. Bbls. Gals. Casinghead ,. 180 Gasoline .'. 62 1,860 78,120 18'c Kerosene 6.7 201 8,442 8V2c Distillate 7 310 8,820 71ic 600 lubricating- stock 6 1 80 7,860 SBc Oil 11.8 354 , 14,868 $1.20bbl. Loss in distillation 6.5 ' 100.00 14,847410 T17J1T 661.50 2,646.00 ' 424.80; 19,097 JT ' 9,880.25 Gross dally income , Less daily expense , i e Dally profit v s 9,117.11 . Allowing one day a month (or cleaning stills days 29) 264,417.45 Monthly profit , Months YEARLY PROFIT $3,173,009.76 Depreciation and unforeseen contingencies 1,000,000.00 NET YEARLY PROFIT , ) .$2,173,009.78 Available for 100 per cent cash dividend 1,000,000.00 12 ear loads of materials already ea refinery site, more being RUS HED. Surplus balance available for working capital, Increasing capacity of plant and future earlngs. , $1,173,009.70 iismfiv All .i j Refinery expected to be completed and running by Jan. 1st. it- f CAPABLE, progressive, honest and, experienced management. ov per cent oi au net pronia IS IS stockholders as dividends. NO SALARIES to officers until company is producing. H No promotion stock your dollars go into building the refinery and developing the company's assets. THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR MONEY THAT YOU EVER HAD IN YOUR LIFE Scores of large fortunes have been made In the refining of oil. - u i.-jT tho,!.t' l,il,ZnT wU1 f,f'r '"' thr funds and largely enhance their value. To the salaried man, or man of' limited means, it is THE OPPORTUNITY which heretofore has passed quickly by him as he plodded on. To the wage earner it to nothing IessUiaii For Profits Buy LANCE CREEK REFINING CO. Shares Annnv ii rr n r m pi i r o lib hi widmi.vi TRUST GQIWY Century Building, DEflVER, COLORADO BRANCHES' MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA MILWAUKEE OMAHA ADDRESS i P. O. BOX 213. Great Western Trust Co. Century Building, Denver, Col. CUT THIS OUT AND MAIL WITH REMITTANCE Bur.i.'orini! Virri' ViL,.i;.V.!!,"ZM. and non-asseesable shares of the LANCE CREEK REFINING CO., at 25 cents per share, for which find enclosed $ la full payment for same. NAME , ADDRESS B, CITY.