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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1919)
Y THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919. EGGS. BUTTER ON STEADY CLIMB ON OMAHA MARKET Prices Show Advance fop Fifth Consecutive Week Many New Fruit and Vege table Arrivals. ' For the fifth consecutive week the price on both batter and eggs has gone up 2 cents. Butter is retailing on the local market between 64 and 73 cents' a pound, the best packing creamery butter selling to 73 and the tub butter from 64 cents up. "LAST DAYS OF THIS MICHTY PHOTOPLAY u COME EARLY1 Eggs are selling for 52, 55 and 64 cents a dozen, Market price remain the tame and many new arrivals in fruits and vegetables aft being received from' the southern and California grow ers. Some of the fruits are Cali fornia peeled peaches at 35 cents a nound. seedless raisins. 25 cents a pound, and stewed figs, 30 cent a pound. Southern Vegetables Arrive, Southern vegetables are arriving on the market every day. Some ot the vegetables already here are challots, carrots, beets, endive, pars ley, escarol and mustard. Radishes are not expected to reach here for two or three weeks yet Ripe tomatoes from California are selling for oi cents a, pound, Apples are exceptionally high, the best delicious apples selling for $5 a box. Balfour eating apples re tail for $2.40 a box. Cooking ap pies bring 85 cents a peck. Make Their Own Bread. "Housewives are Kettinsr back to the old habit of making their own bread," says Al King, manager of the grocery department ot liayaen Bros, store. "We have sold more flour this month than any thjrec months before, and I believe the women will save considerable by baking their own bread. "Not only in bread baking, but in other things as well, are the food buyers of the house showing that they are making an effort to defeat the high cost of living by doitij? more things themselves in the cook ing line instead of buying it already prepared. The DrcAci Kid Says: "My dad buys 4ne Steel Shod Shoes be cause he doesn't have to buy them so often. He says they are the best kids' shoes made." Boys sizes, 1 to 5y2, $4.00 Little Men's, 10 to 1312, $3.50 Drexel's Boy 's Shoes 1 We now they are the best shoes made for boys. We have been Selling them for more than thirty years and have proven to thou sands of Omaha 'parents that STEEL HOD HOES are the cheapest shoes for them to buy. You will find that one pair of these shoes will outwear two pairs of, ordinary boys' 3hoes. ' DREXEL SHOE CO. Nevf Home and Lqve Needed By Boy Old Offenders Are GivenhMore Consideration 1419 Farnam St. By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. By what queer mental twists are our judges and jurors passing sentences these days? Byron Michaels, 12-year-old Beatrice, Neb., boy has been sentenced to nine years in the reform school for stealing books which he took to quiet corners to read "a sign of intelligence which many good parents would be glad to see in their own sons. Byron threw these out of the library window, two or three at a time, until the number reached 59 and the judge has darkened the rest of his young life in the reform school, a boy's prison. Tlnf tViia wan Rvrnn'a second offense. Once be- v v vaskj vv mm - fore he took silver from some good citizen's home and so he must be gotten rid of. A menace to the com munity. , His second offense, could not be forgiven for, indeed the judges of today are not the Christ of yes terday. , We are moved to wonder what kind of treatment, environment and training Byron had between his two deeds of misconduct? Was the judge a man who be lieved more in punishment than in guidance? Or did he know only too well what kind of a' life the child would be sent back to, and decided on the reform school as the abetter of two evils? Can our mother hearts be silent? , Can our mother instincts lie dormant while they see the spirit of a little boy, an inveterate reader thirst ing perhaps for better things, crushed and warped? Our court records show that the vilest fiends are sometimes sentenced to from1 30 to 60 days for attempted assault; for forging large checks men often get a parole 1 n Women (with influence) walk into stores and steal thousand-dollar fur coats, "lift" whatever their fancy happens to light upon, ancLare given reprimands; when a banker robs his depositors he is often given new trials, many of them, and paroled. But ..this child of small town streets is given nine years at the reform school the best nine years of his life. Did the boy want education? Perhaps he. needs lpve and sympathy. We are sure he needs new environ ment. Or-has Jean Vffl Jean and his judges come back " to earth? Wonderful mothers, who have reared geniuses and statesmen, have confessed the trials they experienced while teaching, training and loving away tendencies to be dishonest. Are Byron'-s parents incapable of this gfeat task? . Could it be possible that these podr parents were, given a son who, through dishonesty, would be forced to leave them to enter the home of superior foster . parents, who would, give him the care and training 1 and, most of all, example, that' he needs? "God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to per form" and Byron's sentencemay .be the open door through which he climbs to splendid manhood, by the guidance and love of foster parents who will give him education, a new home and a fair chance. Does Omaha ihold within its heart, such a couple? The Bee ysterday informed us that a pardon could be secured for Byron provided a suitable home was found for the erring boy. ii lis Service Is the Keynote Here IF there is one thing above all else that characterizes this store it is an earnest i ... desire to serve. Always someone to di rect you properly when you come in al ways someone to suggest when you are in doubt always someone to be of genuine service to you. . 1 v ; . ? Years of experience in doing business with young ' men and men who stay young studying their fan- ciesr-knowing what to give and to expect doing things their way is what has made our SERVICE popular. n v v t 1 Man Badly Burned When - Load of Hay Catches Fire Arthur Peterson, truck driver for the Union Stock Yards, suffered a mangled hand and severe burns of the wrist and arm, yesterday, as he attempted to disconnect ignjtion wires on his truck to prevent ex plosion of the engine from flames when his load of hay caught fire, on South Thirty-third afreet near L street, South Side. Police Arrest Man Said to Be Wanted in South Detectives Brinkman and Jensen arrested , Allen M. Jackson, alias Jack Hale, 822 South Twenty-second -street, yesterday upon or ders from Sheriff C F. Worley of Falls Valley, Okl. He is booked at central police station as a fugitive from justice. The letter from the sheriff states that Jackson is wanted for the theft of an automobile. It further states that he was arrested August 24 in Oklahoma City.Tttid while enroute to Falls Valley overpowered the sheriff by beating him over the head with his handcuffs and escaped from the train while it was in motion. Jackson was working as a firemaa at the Her Grand hotel when arrett ed today. 'He told police that hi wnnlrt r,ltrn tr Pall Vtfw Mih.ft .. . . . , .'ivj 1.IUIVV, extradition papers. ' OMAHAp NEW STORE Buy Perfection Heater Friday a4 Saturday at HARPER'S, IT sad Howwf. FUttrea BMf. 7i y V 1 for young men who want the newest ideas in clothes are here in a Jarge variety.! New peak lapels; incurved waist; deep chested; bell curved sleeves. All of them quality fabrics, expertly tai lored, with all'round in-built style'. Mb'i, Yetmg Mtn'i and Boy' Clothing En tin Second Floor Main Building an Aim. SEE OUR WINDOWS ' TODAY. I0 O fit COMPARE OUR VALUES ALWAYS , CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND BOY8- ... Mm m ts 8 mm J. 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See our big dis- lay In our basement ( 1 iced up from $69.50 A Complete Showing of Gas Ranges r .An endless chain of fine fas ranges on display, featuring U sizes and styles of the high grade "Peninsular'1 make. Mod . erate prices prevail. I EAST TERMS. Celebrated Economy High Oven Ranges Both, the "Cole's" and "Peninsular" makes. This range does your heating and cooking, besides burns anything ana holds fire for 24 hours. Fully guaranteed. EASY TERMS. Combination Ranges The simple action "Gar land" bakes with either coal or gas or with both fuels at the same time. No parts to change nothing to forget The big warming closet will accommodate all left overs. Step In and see tbis fuel saver demon strated. All prices up from . $125.00 Stove: on Easy Terms Dining Chair Value piinniniDiiiiiiin Columbia Grafonolas As handsome an oak dining chair as you will find anywhere , selling under $6.50. Has genu ine leather box seat, sturdily constructed, exactly as illus trated, offered Saturday at our very special price The World's Best Musical Masterpiece Sou have, of course, already made up your mind that you will get a Columbia. They are unquestionably the best made. We have the exact style and finish that will match your other home fur nishings, toev- There's sure to be-a scarcity of better models long before the holidays. It's safer to select now., $25 to $250 . No Interest Coal and Wood Ranges Here Is any house keeper's pride. Has roomy top, spacious, warming closet, pouch feed doors, duplex 1 grates. The finest baking oven you ever saw and Is easy to keep - clean. Ask to see our ' leader at - $49.75 Leather Seated Rocker Ir) $4.95 VW S1'00 a Week m 1 1 if iifflr(,TlirP"il 1 1 n Bf uri r TP j If ' you like a rocker with a big roomy, comfortable seat and a rest ful back, here is a bargain for you. This rocker Is constructed of solid Oakland comes in the fumed finish the comfortable seat Is made of genuine leather Saturday's price $18.75 Credit a Means to Com for r Bargains in Rugs 9x12 Seamless Brussels Heavy, all-wool rugs, in ill the new patterns md colorings, Satur 'ay's pnee $27.75 9x13 Seamless Wilton Tel vet ' feveral choice designs from a lot Just received.. Offered Saturday at $34.75 Complete Bed Outfit At a bargain price. A full size bed with 2-inch continuous post and 2 inch fillers. A set of sturdy springs, a thick, com fortable mattress and a pair of soft, downy pillows. Come early Saturday and buy the complete outfit, as pictured, at "$29.85 MIS1? Living Room Suites Attractive styles, upholstered in vel ours, damasks and tapestries, in plain and fancy carved frames. BAST TERMS. Solid Oak Dresser n s Period Dining Suites x A complete showing of period dining room furniture in the brown mahog any, walnut and Jacobeon finishes. EASY TERMS. 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