THE BEE! OMAHA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28,-1920.
OMAHA TO GAIN
BY RELEASE OF
WYOMING LAND
Signing of Oil Leasing Bill
Means Rapid Influx of Men
and Capital to Trade
Territory. ,
A rapid development of more than
1,000,000 teres of Wyoming oil
land, which will be a direct benefit
to Omaha, it predicted by Burling
ton railroad officials as a result of
the signing of the oil leasing bill by
President Wilson Wednesday.
The Wyoming land opened by the
signing of this bill is located in the
Big Horn Basin, ir northwest Wyo
ming and in the vicinity of Lander
and Casper, according to S. B.
Howard, colonization agent for the
Burlington. Practically all of it is
in Omaha trade territory.
Release $5,000,000 Depoeta.
A rapid influx of men and capital
to this territory is anticipated by
Burlington officials. The land re
leased includes all withdrawals
made by the government in the past,
or about 1(1S1,629 acres.
The opening of this land will also
result in the release of about
$3,000,000 put op as deposits on
withdrawn land by developers,
which will be largely used in irri
gation projects in Wyoming, Mr.
Howard says.
John L. ' McCague, chairman of
' the oil development committee of
Jie Chamber of Commerce, said:
Omaha Wants Crude Oil.
"The oil leasing bill will release
a number of producing wells now
controlled by the allied oil interests.
Itwill also make it possible for in
dependent operators to find new oil
deposits. This may so increase the
output of oil as to overcome the
capacity of the allied oil interests'
refineries, and the logical result will
be the establishment of a pipe line
to Omaha.
"What maha wants is crude oil.
It is logically situated for a pipe
line, as its altitude is lower than that
of the oil fields and there are no
mountain ranges intervening."
It is understood here that 2,500
acres is the largest tract accessible
to one corporation for development.
The total area of oil lands thrown
open for lease under the bill is es
timated at more than 6,700,000 acres.
Olcfer Employes of
The Bee Present Watch
To Victor Rosewater
Victor Rosewater ha a. handsome
watch, presented to him Thursday
by seven of the older employes of
The Bee, heads of departments, who
wanted to keep him always re
minded of, the cordial and intimate
relation that had exisOrd between
them. 1
Mr. Rosewater, replying ' to the
few words of T. W. McCullongh in
presenting the watch, said:
"My greatest regret in severing
my connection with The Bee is
, breaking off the close touch with
those whose friendship has been
built up through a long ieries of
years. The greatest asset I have
had has been the loyal and efficient
support of those who have worked
with me to make The Bee an in
strument of service.
"I have not tried to conduct The
Bee as a great profit-producing en
terprise, but more to represent a
principle, and to help build up the
community and the region it served.
I feel a deep sentimental regret in
giving up the institution that has so
long been connected with the fam
ily name, just as I feel the end of
the daily communication with those
whose loyalty and abiliy I relied
I pon for so long a time."
R. W. Clark, New Sales
. Manager for Nicholas Co.
A change in the executive staff of
the L. V. Nichoks Oil company
bring R W. Clark, formerly with
the J. C. Blair Paper Produce com
pany, to Omaha as sales managei
for the oil company. O. L. Roberts,
who had occupied that position, will
remain with the company. Mr.
Clark was a representative of the
paper company in the northwest and
. south for 11 years. Previouj to
that connection he was chief freignt
solicitor for the New York Central
lines.
My HEART and
My HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations
of a Wife
What Lillian : Underwood Did
When She Examined the
Alice Holcombe Letters.
Before I answered, Lillian' ques
tion, I walked up to her, took her
by the shoulders and held her at
arms' length away from me.
"You wonderful woman 1" I said
fervently. "Who else in the world
could have gotten me out of that
cross-questioning, with no one sus
pecting your real reason for taking
me away?",
"You did a clever stunt in signal
ing me, yourself if anybody should
happen to ask yon," she retorted,
"and it struck me that you. didn't
particularly care for the line of talk
they were handing out."
"I didn't mind that lso much," I
said, "but I was wild with impa
tience ,to show you these."
' Before I could get the brown pa
per package from the pocket of my
motor coat, she had pulled two low
chair close together, put a towel
over the keyhole and was taking
down her knitting bag from the nail
where it hung.
Light Words.
"Nothing like setting the stage,"
she said dryly. , "Remember, you're
to have taught me that new stitch
by dinner time. Luckily nobody
knows what particular stitch I
meant, so I'll just set up something
I know how to do. Go ahead. I
can think better with these things
in my hands." ' s
She sat down in one of the chairs
and the long, polished needles began
to flash through the brightly col
ored wool which she had taken from
the knitting bag.
"Thi is a lovely mid-Victorian
picture," I said dryly, "but I am
afraid I shall have to spoil it.for
I want you to look at these things,
I never could explain them to you
orally."
"Easiest thing I do," she" said
lightly., "Just a minute till I fin
ish this setting up."
She finished the thing she wished
to do, laid the bright wool and shin
ing needles in her lap and looked
up at me placidly.
"Ycu may fire when you are ready,
Gridley," he said with a distinct
twinkle in her eyes.
For a Vninute I. was nonplussed.
It isn't like Lillian to treat so lightly
an appeal from me for advice or
help. The answer came to me
quickly, however.' She, of course,
had seen that I was under high ten
sion, and this half-mocking non
chalance was her way of calming
me.
"I'm not half so upset as you
imagine," I said demurely.
She glanced up at me shrewdly
and laughed outright.
An Absorbed Moment
"Aren't you the psychic person,
though," she said, "but nevertheless,
notwithstanding, you're like a tense
violin string, and I never did like
to hear one snap. So you must par
don my persiflage I'll put it in
words of one syllable. Do-not-take-things-to-heart-so-much."
Her smiling comprehending eyes
caressed me and quited the nervous
ness that I subsequently knew was
consuming me. I felt my nerves
relaxing, as they always do under
the influence of Lillian' steady
common sense.
"I'd defy anyone to have nerves
with you on the job," I retorted lov
ingly. "But I think you'll agree
with me that these are enough to
upset me."
I handed the anonymous missives
to her. She glanced at the super
scriptions of all of them first
"Clever work," she commented.
"This has been done on One of
those folding typewriters which can
be carried around with you. A per
son can have one of those and no
one but himself know it, while a big
one is always very much in evi
dence. It will be hard to trace the
authorship of these, for those
stamped envelopes can be obtained
at any postpffice, and I see he has
mailed them each from a different
place, and always at night. Prob
ably dropped them in corner boxes."
"I notice you say, 'he,'" I ven
tured, for she had not yet shut her
mind away from everything and
everybody, as is her way when
studying a problem, and I was sure
the interruption wouldn't annoy
her.
"Oh, I've no doubt it's that un
speakable private detective again 1"
she returned.. 4"He's certainly doing
a fine see-sawing job,, trying to
frighten first one and then the other
of you two girls to death. 1 sup
pose you heard from Miss, Hol
combe today about these?"
"Katie told me shortly after I
came home," I said. "I telephoned
her from the drug store, and then
took her to Mrs. Wynne's tea room,
where she gave these to me." '
"I see."
The words were perfunctory, and
I taw that the was fully absorbed
in the contents 'of the envelopes
which she was examining carefully
in the order of their sending, as
Alice Holcombe had marked them.
When she had finished the last one
she dropped them in her lap and
looked across at me, her face flushed
with anger.
"I'd like to have the lynching of
that lad 1" she said. "I've always
been opposed to mob law, but I
don't think I could keep my fingers
off a rope if he were the lynch-ee."
(Continued Monday.)
For Colds, Grip or Influent
and a a Preventative, takt LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE Tablet. Look for K.
W. GROVE'S signature, on the box. 30c.
Kan Found Dead.
Topeka, Feb. 26. An unidentif!o4
man was found dead in the ytrdt
here today. '
To Heal a Cough -Take
HAYES" HKALINO BONIT.
NEW YORK ... OMAHA
SIOUX CITY LINCOLN
For Saturday,
CONANT HOTEL BLDG.
SIXTEENTH STREET
Our Initial 1920
SALE
of
SPRING
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An announcement of this sort, so far in advance of the Spring
season, not only exemplifies the constant activity this store
exercises to present to the women of Omaha the new fashions as
quickly as they are released by the manufacturers, but it
means economy as well, which to many is far more ' important.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING , ABLE TO QUOTE ' THE FOL
LOWING LOW PRICES, FOR WE FEEL THAT FEW WOMEN EXPECT
TO BE ABLE TO BUY A NEW SPRING SUIT SO THOROUGHLY REASONABLE.
New Spring Models
Worth Up to
, $79.50
$45
$65
Every
One a
Wonderful Value
The strictly tailored model is well represented and shows graceful
lines and finest workmanship; semi-tailored styles that have their severe
ness relieved by neat treatments of embroidery; novel vests, braid trim
ming and binding, buttons cleverly applied. Straightline, blouse, and
ripple effects are shown in many diversities. There are Tricotines, Poiret
Twills and Mannish Serges in all sizes for Women and Misses.
SUIT SECTION SECOND FLOOR
Final Clearance Sale
Fine Furs
Drastic Reductions on Every
v Fur in Our Stock!
Many Reduced 38ft to 50
A FEW OF THE MANY BARGAINS:
$129.75 Marmot Coatee; very youthful -model, ZQ C(
collar and cuffs of natural raccoon. pOy jU
$350 finest quality French Seal Coat; 86-inch long, (Ni nn
full shawl collar and wide cuffs, long belt P 1 O U
$695 Genuine Scotch Mole Coat ; large shawl collar 3 Q fr
and deep cuffs of natural squirrel 4)J 7 J
$595 Hudson Seal Coat; large shawl collar and (2CA
, wide cuffs of natural squirrel, long seal belt 4)JJU
' $495 Genuine American Mink Cape-Coatee, cape (tQC
back, stole fronts with pockets and belt, beautiful. $s3
$225 Skunk Marten Stole, finished with pockets Ji 1 OCQ
and trimmed with beautiful tails, spendid value 11 L
$150 Genuine Scotch Mole Set, long handsome stole n f
with large canteen-shaped muff to match, sacrificed . . P J
$45 Brown Wolf ..Animal Scarf; wonderfully (t'' Cf
beautiful entire skin with head, paws and tail-w. jU
Numerous Others ' Priced Very Low!
FUR SECTION SECOND FLOOR.
For Saturday, a Sale of
New Spring Model Hats
Very Specially Priced at
1000 and 1250
. r There are beautiful novelty straw braids combined
with latest novelty importations; many very distinctive and :
unusually smart combinations of straw and cire, taffeta,
hair braid and maline; also very dainty combinations of
flowers and various materials, often veiled with maline,
that fairly breathe SPRING in appearance.
Unusually Good Designs and Patterns in
New Spring Veils and Veilings
All New cl fro All New
Colors Pl UL $0 Meshes
MILLINERY SECTION SECOND FLOOR.
A Splendid Assortment of
New Spring
Dresses
Showing Many New and
Attractive Styles andColorp.
Very Specially Priced
for Saturday's Selling, at
; $24-75 ;
Included Are
Very Smart Taffetas
' i , Dainty New Georgettes
Extra Quality Satins
Tailored Tricotines
Smartest Style Serges
Attractive Combinations
, Exceedingly smart are these pretty Frocks for every
occasion. They are exceptionally Well made and much ,
artistry is shown by the correct trimming touches that .
takes them far out of the commonplace and gives them in- .
dividuality. v
DRESS SECTION SECOND FLOOR. . '
