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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1920)
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1920 BUSINESS MAN HERE ASKED TO AID NEW BRIDGE Omaha Interests Expected to Invest $300,000 in Yank ton $1,300,000 Railroad Across River. Omaha manufacturers, wholesal ers and other business interests will be asked during the next lew day to invest $300,000 as Omaha's share n financing the projected $1,300,000' tailway and wagon traffic bridge icross. the Missouri river at Yank ion. S. D. D. B. Gurney of Yankton, presi dent of the Meridian Highway Bridge company, in charge of the bridge project, and the seven direc tors of the company arrived here late yesterday for a whirlwind cam paign to raise the remaining quota of funds needed to start immediate construction of the bridge. A total of $800,000 worth of stock in the bridge corporation already has been sold in and near Yankton. Mr. Gurney announced. He and the company directors will propose here that if Omaha ' investors will subscribe the requested $300,000 the company officials will go back to Yankton, a town of 5.000, and raise the remaining $200,000 necessary fully to fiuance the bridge construc tion, - New Branch Railway. . The proposition f.o Omaha men will be on a basis of spreading half of the amount subscribed over a period of two years and payment of the other half when the bridge has been completed and a new branch line of railway is. in operation from Yankton to Fordyce, Neb., 12 miles south, where it will connect wtih the Minneapolis and Omaha divi sion of the Northwestern. This 12-mile stretch of railway, Mr. Gurney stated, will be the, first section completed of a line which it is planned to build through from Omaha to. Salem. S. D.. a distance of 170 miles. Articles of incorpora tion will be hied tor this project soom This railroad connection 'and the new Yankton bridge, officials of the bridge company point out, will cut from four to live hours off the pres ent fastest roundtriri - passenger schedule between Omaha and Yank ton, via Sioux City, a. ' Boost Omaha Trade, i They explain the bridge-railroad connection would open up to Omaha business interests a rich trade ter- An Exclusive Feature . of the ; x A SMM f v it ml ? J W US . &L- X.-Yttl I i 5 J ! , ft ritory and divert here thousands .'of dollars worth of buying and addi tional thousands of dollars worth of stock and grain shipments that now go to Sioux City. The bridge contract is expected to be let within the next two weeks and construction work probably will be under way .early in July, Mr. Gurney announced. There is now no means of crossing the Missouri at Yajikton. A pontoon bridge was washed out by the recent flood and the Yankton ffrrv boat was smashed by ice and wrecked. President Gurney - of the bridge corporation is president of the Gur ney Seed and Nursery company. Di rectors of the bridge company,, who will assist him in the Omaha cam paign, are T. A. Anthony, banker, Warsaw, Neb.; W. B. Roberts, president of the Union Light & Power company, Omaha; William Ifealon. president First National hank,, Yankton; Dr. S. M. Hohf, di rector Dakota National bank, Yank- Ion: William P. Ohlman of the American State bank, Jankton-,' and ,red:Hoesing, fanner, .Cedar soun ty, Nebraska. " ' ' - They' are stopping at the HoteH Fontenelle. Subscriptions of $20,00Q already have been made by Omaha nieii, they announce. ' : ', . Superior Progressives and $15,000 Park Bonds Win Superior, Neb.,, April 7. (Spe cial.) In a spirited election in which nearly .3,000 votes were cast, the progressive slate was elected by 32 votes. Bonds carried by 17 ma jority to purchase additional park space for $15,000. The city scales plan 'was defeated by a two to one vote. Frank Bossemeyer was elected rgayor; councilmen, Ernest Hays, 1-rank Abbott and Bart Anderson; clerk, Charles Haut, and engineer, Fred Smith. The conservatives cap tured the school board, electing Dr. Piercey and Fred Myers by 200 ma jority. - Geneva Women Support $20,000 Bonds for School Geneva, Neb., April 7. (Special.) The city officers elected here were: Mayor, William -Aldrifp; v clerk, Charles Underwood; treasurer, L. O. Swails; councilmen, Henry Nice wander and C. O. Shaw. Bonds for a $20,000 combined shop and gym nasium for the city school district carried by a majority of 107. The women turned out well to exercise their right of suffrage and their votes were strongly in favor of the bonds. Break Eight-Foot Snow Drifts to Plant Oat Crop Aliburn. Neb.. Anril 7. fSnecial. 'AS Julian yesterday J. R. Graham broke 'a road through snow drifts ranging from three to eight feet deep to get to a lield on his farm ; in order to sow oats. A large field had been swept bare of snow by the high wind that raged during the recent blizzard and conditions were just right for oat sowing. The oldest inhabitant cannot recall a similar circumstance in the metcrological history of the county. Thor Electric Ironer ; Shirt Shoulders, Collars, ' Cuffs, Embroiderij Edgings, Laces, Ruffles, Etc. can be satisfactorily ironed with the ,Thor Electric Ironer, as it has an open end cylinder. -The Thor is the only Ironer so equipped which is the reason it can da 95 per cent of all your Ironing. . ' . , , . , See Demonstration At Electric, Shop Retail , ,. Nebraska f amain at Fifteenth" Power Co YOUR ELECTRIC. 23t4Kt.Saife Two Light Companies. Lindsay, Neb;; April 7. (Special.) j The Nebraska -Light and Power 'jCpmpany '-has ' ju9t completed their IransirirSsioi'u line here and is fuf nishiiig light to those who wish to connect with its line. Lindsay now lids two light and power companies. 'V Headaches From ' Slight Colds LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets re lieve the Headache by curinn the Cold. A tonic laxative and (Term destroyer. Look for sixnature E. W. GROVE on box. 80c. Hoover Not In Favor of His Name on G. 0. P. Ballots in Any State (OoBtioued Form' J'nge One.) - state delegation and has not been nixed in a pre-convention campaign that has brought him enmities has ,i chance at Chicago. I'.oth Hoover and Johnson live in California, and, therefore, Hoover is violating none of the niceties of po litical precendent by asking for, the suffrage of the Golden state. By their line of reasoning Johnson will be out of the race if he is defeated in California despite his victory in Michigan. Bitter California Contest. Only Hoover and Johnson are running iu California, and the con test will .be bitter. Senator Johnson at the .closs of his campaign iti Ne braska is expected to hurry to CaN jfornia and. .remain until after the primaries on May 4. Johnson is known to have alien ated many of his friends in both the northern and southern part of the state by his opposition to the treaty in any form, and Hoover, who fa vored it, with adequate reservations, thus has a great chance to win.. Consequently the -efforts of Hoover will hereafter be toward winning California's 26 delegates to give him standing, in the conven tion, and then to work up a senti ment for Hoover to break the dead lock which is believed certain. i Fremont Turners to Sell Hall Built 17 Years Ago Fremont, Neb., April 7. (Spe cial.) The Fremont Turnverein, or ganized 20 years ago, has decided to dissolve and sell th Turner hall, built 17 years ago. Activities ended when the war tpok the young men from the turner classes into the army, and Prof. Stephan A. Kostlan left Fremont to insfruct in physical education at the state university. The building will be sold for $8,000 and the proceeds divided among the 40 remaining members. The Bush-, nell wagon shop- has asked for the building; 1,000 Sheep Killed in South Dakota Blizzard Buffalo. S. D., April 7. (Special.) The greatest loss of live stock suf- f?red by any one ranch this winter is that of the Nick Lale sheep ranch, near- the south end of Slim Buttes, where 1,000 sheep were frozen to death in the last blizzard. When part of their sheds were blown away the sheep scattered and it was sev eral days before their dead bodies were found, in an old lake bed into which they had fallen. Women's Candidate for Mayor Loses in David City David City, Neb.. April 7. (Spe cial.) b. A. Coural, present mayor, was elected over the ladies' choice, O. E. Davis, by a majority of 61 votes. There was a large vote polled. J. C. Lichliter, John Schweser and Georee Krahl were elected councilmen. KEALING LOOKS FOR LONG FIGHT IN CONVENTION Indiana Political Leader Be lieved , to Favor Pershing As Probable Compromise Qandidate. . Hitchcock Will Launch Campaign Here Next Week - Lincoln, Xcb., April 7. (Special.) I; nitcd Mates Senator U Al Hitchcock, entered in the April 20 nrimarv as a candidate for the demo cratrc presidential indorsement, will address. Nebraska- voters in several cities of the state, including Grand Island and Lincoln next week. - i ' (hAKFOJZD Marie 7o. 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The former na tional committeeman did not state his preference, but it is believed he will favor General Pershing as a compromise candidate. Expects Long Fight. ''Up to this date there have been selected in various states 276 dele gates, nearly one-third of the num ber that will comprise the conven tion, and of this number 226 are un instructed," Mr. Kealing said. "The very fact that there are so many of the delegates uninstructcd when such a hard tight is being made by several candidates indicates that the rank and file of the republicans have not yet made up their minds whom they want for the next standard bearer. I look for an old-time con1 vention, which will name the nomi nee after a long fight and many bal lots. I do not believe that any one can now safely predict who the nominee will be. It may be some one not now actively a candidate." In political circles in Indiana to day the discussion was almost wholly of tne effect the Michigan primaries would have on the In diana primary here May 4. Besides General Wood the candidates to be voted on in Indiana include Senator Harding, Governor Lowden and Senator Johnson, Admittedly General Wood's chances to catry the Hoosier state have been dimmed : by his severe reverse in Michigan. He is further handicapped by the fact that in the next three weeks he must compete with three candidates running be fore their home electorates Low den in Illinois on May 13, Pershing in Nebraska on May 20, and Hard ing in Ohio on May 27. The campaigns of Lowden, Per shing and Harding are all pitched on the theory that any one of them would make a wide popular appeal as the party nominee and none of them are so-called favorite sons, and that each of them will win the test in his home state seems certain. Has Hard Fight. It General Wood is unsuccessful in his effort to take the home dele gations of Lowden, Pershing and Harding, counting Michigan, he would come to Indiana with a record of four straight defeats. None of the candidates except Wood are making a direet fight for the Indiana delegation. What Hard ing, Lowden and Johnson want is an uninstructed delegation. In this they arc supported, by the two United states senators, Watson and New, and Governor Goodrich. Under the Indiana primary law to get an instructed delegation, a candidate must get a clear majori ty of all the votes cast. With four candidates in the race it will easily be seen that this is next to impos sible. If none of the candidates gets a clear majority the delegation will go to Chicago uninstructed. Man Is Held for Saying He Meant to Kill Himself Lincoln, Neb.. Anril 7. (Soecial.1 Elmer Alonso, 703 Leavenworth street, Omaha, was arrested Wednes day at his rooming house her because he told his landlady that he intended to commit suicide. He said he had stolen something and that he was going to end all his trouble by taking his life. Police found him in his room with a loaded revolver in his hand, and a razor in his pocket.- WheTi taken to the nolice station. Alonso refused to say anything about his reported remark to his landlady that he intended to kill himself. South Dakota Coal Vein Struck by Well Drillers Aberdeen, & D.: April 7. CSoe- cial.) While drilling a well on the farm of Henry J, Kienast, about six miics south of Wetonka in Edmunds county, workmen struck, about 300 feet below the surface, a vein of coal about 40 feet in thickness. The spread of the vein has not been de termined, but ft is believed to be very large. The samples brought to the surface by the drill show that the vein is more like anthracite coal than lignite, being considerably harder than the'latter. Bryan Resumes Campaign In Speech at Scottsbluff Scottsbluff, Neb., April 7. After absence from the state on a trip to California, William J. Bryan re sumed his campaign for election April 20, as a delegate to the demo cratic national convention at San Francisco in an address here. Mr. Bryan devoted part of his time, to a discussion of the peace treaty, criticising United States Sen ator G, M. Hitchcock's treaty vote, which he declared might have turned the tide in favor of ratification. Little Missouri Bridges. Washed Out in South Dakota Camp 'Crook. S. D.. April 7. Three, bridges over the Little Mis souri river went out in the spring thaw. The first bridge to go was the steel bridge here and this was followed by the steel bridges at Cap itol and Albion. The only bridge left is the one 25 miles north of Camp Crook. The citizens of west ern Harding county have appealed to the county commissioners to pro vide a makeshift crossing until new bridges can be built. Correct Arrangements of Ornn- mental Planting For personal rail and advice phone 169S. We hae no agents. Meneray Nursery and Seed Ktrtr WAut TirnaHiunv rtnn. 1 cil Bluffs, la. Adv. Five Hunters Fined for Violations of Game Laws Lincoln, April 7. (Special.) Violators of the game Jaws have been prosecuted the past week as follows, according to reports re ceived by State Game Warden George Koster today: Fred Hansen and Albert Acker man of Fremont were fined $5.70 each for hunting without a license. George Dunway and Edwin Hall of Pierce were fined $26.05 each for the same offense and Asa Mauck of Pierce was fined $16,05 for killing a spoonbill duck. Warden Koster and Federal War den Holmes have been working at Carter lake in Omaha the past few days in an effort to keep the coarse fish from entering the lake because of the high water and the game fish from swimming out. Charters Granted to New Financial Institutions Lincoln, Neb., April 7. (Special.) The department of trade and com merce, through its banking bureau, has issued charters to the Security Savings bank, Beatrice, capital. $30, 000. Officers are W. H. Davis, president; B. H. Siefkes and Charles Sonderegger, vice presidents; Fred A. Wright, cashier. A certificate was issued tp the First Trust company of Schuyler with a capital of $25,000. and D. W. Killeen, president, and Thoma Sti bal. secretary-treasurer. The following banks were granted an increase in capital stock: The Gross State bank, from $5,000 to $10,000. The Clatonia State bank, from $16,000 to $29,000. The Farmers' and Merchants' bank of Imperial, from $25,000 to $50,000. Dodge County Democratic Women to Meet in Fremort Fremont. Neb., April 7. (Spe cial.) -Dodge county democratic women will hoid their first meet ing Saturday, with Mix Kmnm Meservey, woman's county chair man. 11.. TV, n Ri.nhnnf .T 1 Rnhn and N. H. Mapes as speakers. THOMPSON -BELDEN ' 'COMPANY ' ..." The Artistry of Cheney Silks Designedor Springtime Frocks "ITTHAT every woman knows is that nine " points of the success of a luncheon de pend upon the frocks that attend. Perhaps that is why the most sophisticated of frocks elect to be of Cheney Silks. r NE may assume an air of nonchalant assurance if one saunters about in a frock whose excellent lines are developed in Cheney Satin Barre or Rubaya, especially if one tops it off with a draped turban to match. I : fin';.. 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