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A Pleasant Home.
Now, Rusty When had found
and shown to his wife a hollow
apple tree and a hole in a fence-rail,
either of which he thought would
make a pleasant place in which to
Jive.
but since the little couple were
house wrens, Rtisty's wife said she
thought that they oughtn't to be so
far from the farmhouse. ' ' ,
"Why not build our nest bchmtl
one of the shutters?" she, suggested.
But Rusty shook his liqad quickly
and with decision.
Ruity Wren Saw at Once That
There was No Sense in Arguing
With Her.
"Thru won't do." said he. "Some
body might conic to the window and
close the shutter; and then our nest
would fall to the ground. And if
we happened to have -six or eight
eggs in it. you know you wouldn't
like that very well."
I Rust'y's wife agreed withhini on
that point. But she still ""insisted
that site wanted to live near the
farmhouse; and she said that she
expected her husband to find a good
spot for their nest, for she certainly
wasn't going to spend the summer
in a hole in a fence-rail, or in an old
jtpple tree, either.
Rusty Wren saw at once that there
was no sense in arguing with her.
If he wanted any peace, he knew
that he might as well forget the old
apple tree and the hole in the fence
rail, too. He had better forget them
s M6re Truth
By JAMES J.
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'Ere rioting Reds and tombs bursting in air, ,
Gave monavchs such gruelling bother,
The heft to a kingdom took care to be there '
Should anything happen to Father.
For if Papa bumped off with the son out of town, ,
Intent on a pleasant vacation, ,
He'd find, on returning, the sceptre and crowa
In the hands of some scheming relation.(
To stick by his royal progenitor's bed,
A prince made a regular habit,
With his eye on the crown on the old fellow's head ,
And his fingers all ready fo grab it.
He never permitted the chance of a fluke;
No subtle intriguers succeeded t
In passing the' word to a plotting Grand Duke,
To collar the crown before he did.
But now' in the uttermost ends of the earth,
Engaged in the chasing of pleasure, .
These youths who were measured for crowns at their birth v
Are seeing the sights at their leisure. i
From Boston to Gotham, from Gotham to Chi,
They are journeying hither and yonder, ", j
iVith never a worry that papa may die ' '
While afar from his bedside they wander.
Forhrones, that were once very pleasant to own.
According to all the advices
That come from the shattered monarchical zone, ,
Are quoted at ver low prices;
' And though a young prince may be dished of his crown,
If he's fairly good looking or clever
He can settle him down in some live Yankee town
And live calm and' happy forever. ,
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MERELY A CHANGE OF METHOD
There is nothing startling about a wife offering her husband for ;
sale. They've been trading 'em at Newport and Reno for years.
ELOQUENT ORATORY
In politics when money talks it never fails-to an interested and
; respectful audience.
DESTROYING IT ALTOGETHER .
vWe don't think much of Premier Giolotti's plan to end Becret di
plomacy. Jf it ceased to be secret it would cease to be diplomacy.
' (Copyright, 1920, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) '
. I'M THE GUY
THE GUY who doesn't
'smoke, but takes all the cigars you
offer him just the same.
I prdend I'll smoke them later,
, "after dinner," because if I admitted
that I don't smoke you wouldn't ot
ter them to me.
Accepting your cigars saves ins a
lot of tips, and I can use them in my
business and not have to buy them
for customers I want to treat. ,
If you're easy enough to part with
them, why shouldn't . I take them?
' Of course, I know you offer them
. because you want, me to enjoy them
and-- wouldn't give,: them to the
strangers I hand them out to, but
Avhat you don't know won't Jmrt
. you. ' " ?. .
Sometimes they only truinble tn
my pocket an! are absolutely wast-
,; jtd, but as it 4V t really my loss and
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and resume liw search for a home.
So he gave his plump little' cinnamon-colored
body a shake and held
his tail at eveu a higher angle than,
usuaf, just to show people that he
was going to be the head of the
house when they should have one.
Then with a flirt of his short, round
wings he hurried over to Farmer
Green's dooryard after calling to
his -wife that he would come back
ami tell her if he had any luck.
Rusty Wren spent some busy mo
ments, about Farmer Green's build
ings. And since he loved to be busy
and was never so happy as when he
had something important to do, he
hopped and climbed and fluttered to
his heart's content, looking into a
hundred different hole and( cracks
and cramiies. t ' ' ".
But he didn't find a single one that
suited him Every place into which
he peered was eitlier top big qr too
little, oVtoo Ijigh or too low; or it
was where the rain would beat upon
it; or maybe it Vas so situated that
the cat could thrust her paw''insidj.
Anyhow, every possible nook for a
nest "had some drawback. And
Rusty was wondering what he could
sav to his wife, who was sure to he
'upset if her plans went wrong, when
all at once, he 'came upon the tmest i
l I J 1 .1.... t. I ....!
pilLC iUl 4 IIUU?C Itlrtl lit' IIUU I t CI
seen. One quick look through )hc
small round opening that led to it
was enough.
He knew right away that , his'
search was ended. So he hurried
back to the orchard to find Mrs.
Rusty "and tell her the-good news.
"I've found the best spot for ,'n
house in all Pleasant Valley!" he
cried, as he dropped, tlowji beside her
and hopped about in his excitement.
"Is it in a good neighborhood?"
she inquired calmly.
"Yes, indeed I" he replied., "It's in
a tree close to Farmer Green' bed
room window."
"A hole iii a tree!" she exclaimed
somewhat doubtfully., "Not an old
squirrel's nest. I hope?" ' '
"Xo. up!" he assured her. "It's
not rcallv in a tree. It's nailed to
a tree. Come with me and I'll show
-ou. -. ,
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:t tnai me nusiiimr nine pun lis
tened toward the farmhouse. And.
to Rusty's delight, the moment his
wife saw what he had found she
said at once hat it was exactly the
sort of. house she had always hoped
to have, some titnt.
I. ' fCopyright, Grosaet AJiuulap.) ,
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE T"
Uhey didn't cost nic anythig, what's
the odds? '
Every lime you pass '0111 out I'll
grab 'em, and- if you didn't offer 'cm
I'd nurse a grudgr.
I'm the original "something for
J nothing guy."
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(Copyright, 1920. Thompson fentur
Service.)
Condition of Boy Struck
By Truck Is Improving
David McMullen, 17. 3508 Avenue
C, Council Bluffs, motorcycle mes
senger for the Western "Union in
Omaha, who was struck by a truck
driven by Charles Jones, negro, 2220
Willis avenue, Saturday mortyng at
Forty-eighth and Dodge streets, is
reported to be getting along nicely,
at the University hospital where he
was taken.
Jones is being held by polite pend
'ingJ.IcMullen's recovery.
Bcc Want Ads Bring Results.
Service
at the
Union Stock
Yards Co.
of Omaha
The Live Stock
Market of
Good Results. '
S'sit is.. i Guaranteed
CnomMUCdlMn. 10 years.
..SiararfT I lorVit I
Guaranteed S years.
ew & Carley, Inc.
OMAHA, U. S. A.
'Service and Satisfaction"
HARD COAL
. ALL SIZES
GENUINE BEHKICE'
OZARK LUMP
(Semi. Anthracite)
B
OYER. If AN IfUR AN
LUMBER & COAL CO
CALL COLFAX 80 FOR PRICES
ORTMAN'S -1
New England Bakery
214 No. 16thv L
Branches at Centra! Market, Hayden
Bros, and Table Supply
THE AUTO TOP AND
TRIMMING CO., Inc.
"Better Work"
Perfect Tailored Seat Covers and
, . Tops.
420-22 So. 13th St., Omaha, Neb.
Douglas 7114.
BEMIS BRO.
BAG CO;
of Omaha
MOTOR
v TRUCKS
npHKKK-if not a drop tf water in
International Harvester common anil
preferred stock. Financial authorities
will tell you- there is more than a dol
lar of value in International Harvester
properties for e'ery dollar of capital
ization. THAT means that the products of
International Harvester factories do
not have vp provide a inglo dollar n!
excess revenue. It means that in the
prise of International Motor Trucks
there is not one penny of inflated
value.
The International
Harvester Company of
America
Omaha Branch: 714-716 So. IQtli St.
1 r ip Ml Cr: nx
WELDED
OIL STORAGE TANKS
HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL
Capacities 2,000 to 20,000 Gallons
- Shipment 10 Oayi.
Wlte or Wlrs Ul Vcur Ordtri.
NEBRASKA and IOWA STEEL
TANK CO.
1300 Ave.. Omaha. , '
Everything for the Office
We engrave visiting cards, wedding '
invitations and announcements
The Omaha Stationery Co.
307-309 So. 17th St.
Phone Douglas 805.
Higgins Packing
Do. inc.
i i
f 38th and L Streets
Beef .and Pork Products, Butter,
Eggs, Poultry and Cheese
Sausage of All, Kinds.
Our Motto
"Quality and Service"
U. S. Gov. Insp. Abbt. 643.
Phones: So. 4905 Tyler 44S7
Chiropractic
Malroc Yn:i
Well
nrs v..
ETir a nrvc
CHIROPRACTOR
24th and Farnam Sts.
Douglas 3445.
Omaha Printing Co.
OMAHA, U. S. A.
(V3IRE30RS,
PITTSBURGH '
PLATE GLASS CO.
11th and Howard Sts.
BUEHLER BROS.
MARKETS
Special (41 Quality Meats and Provisions
FOUR STORES:
212 No. 16th St. 4903 So. 24th
2408 Cuming St. '
634 Broadway, Council Bluffs
Carter Sheet Metal Co.
, 13th and Grace.
THE HANDY PIG TROUGH
. F. Ooesigg
OMAHA'S RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE
1 PAINTER.
CADILLAC BUILPING
2570 Farnam St. Harney 1448.
Carbon Coal & Supply Co.
WHOLESALE COAL
1905 HARNEY ST.,
Grain Exchange BIdg.
. OMAHA, NEB.
PAXTON - MITCHELL
COMPANY
Manufacturers of Brass, Bronze and
Aluminum Castings.
A specialty made of soft Gray Iron
Castings.
Carpenter Paper Co.
Wholesale Distributors
PRINTING PAPER, WRAPPING
PAPER, PAPER BAGS, BUILD
ING PAPER, FANCY
STATIONERY.
HAMILTON WATCHLS. accurately ad
justed and closely timed $35 to $125.
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The Ky to Prosperity
By PAUL GREER.
, The ,key to Omaha's prosperity is transporta
tion. . X .
Let's see iow we are fixed for hauling the
golden output of the Midwest to market.
"Transportation conditions are better at vital
points today than they1 have been any other time
this year," is the carefully weighed opinion of Carl
It. Gray, president of the Union Pacific railroad.
"The problems out west here revolve around
the box car. Particularly in times of enormous
grain crops, closed cars tend to pile up in the east,
while here we have a surplus of coal cars, which we
do not need. Under a plan of reciprocation
among the railroads, empty , box cars are rushed
back. In the last seventy days, with this artificially
stimulated movement, we have stopped the drain
on the west's cars." .
Omaha's key to prospejty is transportation,
and the capacity of the railroads is being steadily
increased. Of one hundred new engines ordered
by the Union Pacific, fifty have already been re
ceived. New refrigerator cars are also arriving, to
reinforce the trains carrying m.eat and other perish
able products. w
Ten railroads hum with traffic in and out of
Omaha. The merchandising service out of this
market is prompt and reliable.. The delays of the
war period are now largely a thing of the past.
It has been true, right along that the congestion
of traffic was principally in the east. Omaha whole
salers and jobbers, with their large stocks ordered
ahead of requirementshave been able to overcome
delays on inbound materials and serve the people
of the middle west." - ,
Let C. E. Childe, manager of the traffic
bureau of- the Chamber of Commerce, take the
stand. He can tell something new about the ad
vantages of Omaha as a njarket center.
"In point of service, Omaha has a distinct ad
vantage over many of itsl competitors," Mr. Childe
declares. "All through freight trains for Nebraska
points start at Omaha. This means that service to "
country merchants from here is just as prompt as
from intermediate points that may be somewhat
nearer. ;:
"The increase iii .freight rates brings a new
factor into the advantages , of trading' at home.
Charges for hauling interstate traffic have gone up
35 per cent. Freight rates within" the state of Ne
braska have only been increased 25 per cent. This .
gives an advantage of 10 per cent lower freight (
rates for Nebraska business houses that buy in their '
own state." . :
This is worth clinching in your mind. Jusf
make note of these two facts: -V
You get prompt service by trading in Omaha.
And you save money on freight charges.
These advantages are what might be called
differentials enabling Omaha to place its goods on
the market' more favorably than is possible for its
competitors. To .every business man it is highly
important to have an individual differential.. This
may consist of better management, better labor sup
ply, better location or lower costs of production.
Whole cities can have differentials over other
cities just as can one. business house over another.
The life blood of a city is its-business with the out
side world, and those centers that are now forging
ahead are the ones that together with natural ad
vantages, are creating new advantages by city pro
motion. . ' v '
Favorable transportation facilities is only one
factor in Omaha's growing industrial importance,
but it is a large, one. ;
W. H. XHMANSON, Pres.
W. L. Wilcox, V. Pres
W. A. Smith, V. Pres.
Tyler 5188
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Street Railway
Company
,
James E. ' Foster, 9ec.-Trea.
Merrick E, Lease, A$ty. Supt.
arcs Co.
y i Barker Block
BOXES 1 , P'4VJ
MADE
IN.
OMAHA
mmssm
sSKS? 6.000
"'-W-Zi MILKS .
Guarantee
Mill lISOTIIKClf
ait wl .
V-A '
Cornhusker Tires
NEBRASKA TIRE &
RUBBER CO.
1 3187 SPAULDING
Eat l
Purity
Sausage
Purity ' Provision Co.
2424 Q St. South 2404
GASOLINE SAVER
All kind of flavoring extract!.
HOLCOMB FOOD CHEMICAL
PRODUCTS CO.
913 No. 16th Tyler 49C4
PHONE TYLER U
WALNUT i2t
Geo. A. -Roberts
Grain Co.
Receiver and Shippers
GRAIN HAY
r SEEDS
Consignments a Specialty
230-31-32-33-34 Grain Exchange
V Omaha, Neb. '
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: EFFECTVE EFFICIENT
OIL. AND COMPRESSION TIGHT
GILL PISTON RING CO..
. 1923 Farnam St.
American State Bank
18th and Farnam' ,
SOLICITS YOUR BANKINjC
. BUSINESS
Phone Tyler 80 I
Whistle Bottling Co.
. Tel. Weh. 2131
RADIATORS
and Radiator Cores for Automobiles.
Trucks and 1 mi-tors
MADE AND REPAIRED
Send your radiator by express, guar
anteed work, prompt service and rea
sonable charges.
OMAHA AUTO RADIATOR MFG. CO.,
1 819-21 Cuming St. . OMAHA.
SCREENS AND CABINET
V . WORK
Residence Phone Walnut 4633.
Business Phone Tyler 1832.
A. C. LESSARD & SON
Remodeling' and Building
, Contractors.
2021 Cuming St.
JOHN DEERE PLOW GO.
Agricultural Implement
i Jobbers
' Sioux Falls Sidney Omaha
RALPH DeLONG
Common Brick '
Yard e C. B. 4 Q. R. R.
312 KARBACH BLOCK
. ' ' Tyler 4348.
Attention Mr. Automobile Owner-
Ws overhaul your car, rebore the cylinders, make pistou and rings or any
parts you might need.
P. Melchiors & Son Machine Works
417 South 13th St.
Central 'Automobile, Machine and Blacksmith Repair Work.
"BUSINESS iS COOP THANK YOU
Nicholas Gasolenes
Give
POWER
LV. Nicholas Oil Company,
"Little Red Wagons"
Grading Contractors' Equipment
.s-::..,-... TRACTORS .
$TROUD & CO.
Colfax ??-3. 20th and Ames Ave.
KOPAC BROTHERS
Automotive and Shop Equipment
Holt Caterpillar Tractors
Tires and Trucks
.Wholesale Branch Norfolk, Neb.
- Main Office Omaha, Neb.
Norfolk David City Columbus
Schuyler, Neb.
Not only Lumber, but Millwork, Hard
ware and Paint.
WE PAY THE FREIGHT.
C. Hafer Lumber
Company
135 W. Broadway
Council Bluffs, la. i
Distributor! bf Quality.
ELECTRICAL
MERCHANDISE
and Supplies.
Omaha Sioux City
"Omaha Liberty Fire
!he Height of
Perfection"
"You SHARE n THE PROFITS
while having PROTECTION."
OLD LINE' STOCK COMPANY
Pail In Cash Capital. .$200,000
Surplus Paid in Cash. . 200,000
Remewiber it costs no more
to : insure your property in
OMAHA LIBERTY than in any:
other responsible company and
yea s,hare tn the profits.
Insurance against loss by fire,
ligtitning and tornado. Auto
mobile and hail insurance.
Home Office: 1817 Douglas St.
Phone Tyler 2621.
FAIRBANKS MORSE
& CO.
OIL , ELECTRICAL
ENGINES MACHINERY
FARM ENGINES SUPPLIES
WIND MILLS "
FAIRBANKS SCALES
(JrnKucim
IJH3BR J
The
HUGH MURPHY
Construction Co.
PAVING CONTRACTORS
D. 834. 206 Karbach Bldf.
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