THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1921.
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Tiny Mountain
Railway Issues
Dry Time Table
Toy Train Which Puffs Up
Mountain Side Makes No
Trips Ea6t on Dry
Days.,
Br International Newt Senie.
Kane, Pa., June 18. One of the
most unique time-tables issued by
any railroad in the United States has
just come from the printers. The
table was issued by the "Kushequa
Route," the little mountain railroad
' belonging to Elisha K. Kane, pro
hibitionist and philosopher.
The "Kushequa Route" railroad is
the only connection the town of
Smethport, county seat of McKean
country, has with th outside world.
Smethport is a town of probably
close to 5,000 inhabitants way back
"nowhere" about 35 miles from
Bradford.
The "Kushequa Route" isn't much
of a railroad as railroads go, but it's
better than nothing, the people of
Smethport will tell you. It zig-zags
down the mountainside from Smeth
port to Mt. Jewett, Pa. It crosses
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burgh railroad at Backus, Pa. Backus
is a place where the Baltimore, Read
ing and Philadelphia flyers give one
wild whoop and stop on signals for
passengers off the "Kushequa
Route," if there are any.
No Trains Dry Days.
But to go back to that time-table.
It has all the dignity and looks like
those issued by fullgrown railroads.
It has the usual announcements. It
has one unusual one. Across the top
is the wording: :Time table No. 41.
Fire season 1921."
Then in bolder type.
"No trains east of Kushequa on
dry days."
Although the oner of the rail
road is what might be characterized
as a strong dry advocate, the ref
erence to "dry days" in the time
table of his railroad has nothing to
do with the Volstead act.
The "Kushequa Route" passes
through a large stretch of woods
from onK.end of the line to the other.
Every year up in the mountainsides
there are many forest fires, some
dangerous and costly.
Sparks Fly High.
The equipment of the "Kushequa
Route" local is not modern and it
has not been equipped with any of
those "dog-goned" new fangled
spark preventers. On the contrary,
the little train toiling up the moun
tainside gives quite a correct imitaJ
tion of a Mississippi river steamboat
in a hot race, a Pittsburgh blast fur
nace in full eruption, or the Denver
and Rio' Grande trying to haul a
hefty Pullman train up Soldiers'
Summit,
Nattttally the sparks fly high, wide
and wild. Therefore no person along
the "Kushequa Route" criticizes the
railroad company's endeavor to pre
vent forest fires, but the suspension
of train service out of fear of start
ing these forest fires is a brand new
OmaHa's High School of Ye Olden Days;
It Stood On Present Site of Central High
Banks Now Seek
Small Savings
Indifference Formerly Paid
Little Accounts Disappear
From City Institutions.
On branch of banking to which
but little attention has been paid
until recently is the savings depart
ment. Practically from the begin
ning of the present banking system
up until a few years ago the man
of very limited means felt that the
average bank had little to offer him.
A change has recently taken place,;
and at the present time a great deal
of attention is paid to small savings,
and practically every large city
bank has a well-equipped savings
department whtre they not only re
ceive accounts of $1 or, more, but
spend a great deal of time and
money in soliciting this business.
Employes are trained to know and
meet the problems of the small de
positor, to advise him regarding his
accumulated savings, and to assist
him in establishing a financial foun
dation. The wage earner with a mod
erate income is shown the advantage
of life insurance and arrangements
are made that by small weekly or
monthly savings he can take care of
a life insurance policy sufficient for
his needs.
' Many home owners are encour
aged to begin saving for a home by
depositing $1 or more and gradually
adding to it. Vacations are pro
vided for in the same manner as are
automobiles, funds for college edu
cation, a nest egg for the proverbial
rainy day, and a competence for old
age; .
The savings department of a mod
ern city bank is the most interesting
place and one of the busiest spots in
the institution. Depositors come to
look upon this as their bank, take
a great deal of pride in it, visit the
officers and tellers in charge and
consult with them on many matters
having to do with their financial af
fairs, bring in their friends and the
work continues in an ever widening
circle. While there is little, if any,
actual profit in the conducting of a
savings department, it is, neverthe
less a factor for the good of the
community and serves as a valuable
feeder for the bank proper. ,
Love Drowns After
Romance of Seaside
Chicago, June 18, Learning to
love each other in bathing suits is .
not conducive to a happy married .
life, according to a divorce decree
handed down in circut court here.
Mrs. Louise Bennett Tolbert won ;
the decree from B. E. Tolbert,
wealthy business man,' when she tes
tified her husband's love "cooled" ';
after they were married. Mrs. Tol- ,'
bert, daughter of a prominent club
man and manufacturer, said she had
"fallen in love" with her husband ;,
when they met on a bathing beach. .
Both wore bathing suits at the time,
she said.
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one, even to the natives ot tnat
locality, and the action of the rail
road has attracted much attention.
Wild Flower Stopovers.
Sometimes a flue blows out while
the little train is crawling up the
mountain. In such cases the passen
gers sit in the coaches or wander
through the woods in quest of wild
flowers until the damage is repaired.
At other times the fuel supply gives
out and passengers and crew get out
and gather firewood. ,
' On the sides of the engine is paint
ed in glaring letters "ROOSE
VELT" When asked why he named
the engine "Roosevelt," Mr. Kane re
plied: "Because it's a rough rider."
But the "Route" is a mighty con
venient one to the many who have
business "up t the court house."
One Wife Here Another
In China Sue for Estate
Yakima, Wash., June 18. Ah Bong,
Chinese merchant of this city, knew
the ways of a woman, and although
he had two wives neither knew that
the other existed. For he kept them
far apart one in America, the other
in China. ; ' , ..
Bong died here, recently, leaving
an estate of approximately $6,000. A
white wife in fYakima, Mary Bong,
immediately applied for letters of ad
ministration, producing a marriage
license dated September 10, 1914, se
cured in Colfax county, N. M. Before
her claims could be verified three
Chinese from Seattle appeared with
a will which they claim was made by
Bong, leaving all his property to
a Celestial wife and son residing in
China.;
The white wife and the woman
from the Orient are now engaged
in a legal contest for the right to
administer Bong's estate.
Biggest Walnut Tree
On California Farm
Chico, Cal., June 18. What is be
lieved to be the largest English
walnut tree in the state of California
has been found on property owned
by Mrs. W. G. Hottman.
The tree was planted by Mrs. G.
W. Reagan, mother of Mrs. Hott
man, 27 years ago. The tree has
a circumference of 12 feet, 10 inches
at 18 inches from the ground and a
spread of 88 feet.
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