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THE BKK: OMAHA. SUNDAY, JANUARY 8. 192:
RiverTy rant Halted inLooting Soil a t Omaha
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Bodies of Fourteen
Overseas Dead
En Route Here
ltulh IallJoron and Arslet
Stephens of Lincoln are
Among Number; Major
ity for Iowa.
Fourteen bodi of overseas dead
will arrive in Omaha over the
Northwestern Monday or Tuesday,
The name and the towns to which
thry are to go are:
Claude M. Cushman. Malvern, la.;
Maurice Stephenson, Red O.ik, la.;
John C. Dragoo, St. Joseph, Mo.;
Kalph IC. Hiillilorson, Lincoln; Ar-
skct K. Stephens. Lincoln; George
Coates, Carroll, la.; James W.
Sones, Cherokee, la,; l'atrick Mc
Manamcn, Mitchell. S. D.; Garret
Kershergen. Kock Valley, la.; Scott
A. Vermillion. Scranton, la.j I-ouis
W. Richter, Sioux City, la.; Josiah
G Mathewson, Frankfort, Kan.; Al
hcrt J. Hanson, Callender, la.;
Stephen L. Stanley, Webster City,
J a.
Adams Homesteaders
Married 67 Years
Beatrice, Ncb Jan. 7. (Special.)
l.ivinjar on a farm near Adams,
which thev honiesteaded in 1868,
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell cele
brated their 67th wedding anni
versary. They were married at East
Smithiield, Bradford county, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are in
feeble physical condition, but they
still .possess a remarkable memory
of the principal events in their lives.
Mr. Campbell served during the
civil war as a member of Company
H, Seventh Illinois cavalry, and saw
service at Sliiloh, Yickburg. Mem
phis, Collersville and Port Hudson,
and other battlefields. He was taken
prisoner in 186.3 and was held in dif
ferent prisons for 14 months. He was
released from Andersonville prison,
and more than a year elapsed before
be bad strength and health for active
life. Mrs. Campbell's maiden name
was Mary Amelia Dewey, and she
is a third cousin of Admiral George
Dewey. '"''"'
The living: children of this aged
rountc are: D. K. of Buffalo, Wyo.;
J. W. of Adams: F. F. of Wilber,
and George B. of Denver.
Building in Columbus -Totals
Over $400,000
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cial.) Columbus made steady prog
ress in the building line during the
year 1921. The building activity has
exceeded that of normal years, rep
resenting a gross expenditure from
public and private sources of near-,
1y $400,000. Thirty-eight permits for
building were issued. The principal
buildings finished in 1921 were the
Evans hospital. $200,000;' Gottberg's
garaee. $80,000; Federated church,
$100,000, and the new courthouse
under construction, $300,000. There
is in sight for the new year anoth-,
er improvement that will equal the
cost of the new1 courthbuse, an ad
dition to St. Mary ' hospital. Two
miles of concrete paving have been
laid on the Lincoln highway, south
of the city. v I .
Economic Problems
Discussed at Bruning
Bruning, Neb., Jan. 7. (Special.)
Over 200 Thayer county farmers
attended a mass meeting here called
by the Community club to discuss
. problems of mutual interest. A
threat to discontinue telephone serv
ice February lwas contained in
a resolution passed to petition the
state railway commission for better
service or lower rates.
The 'meeting opposed the plan of
discontinuing the offices of county
engineer and agricultural agent for
which petitions are being circulated.
The assemblage was unanimous in
opposing the special session of the
legislature called by Governor Mc
Kelvie and the proposed tax on gasoline.
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Three Columbus Churches
toJoin in Revival Meet
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 7. (Special.)
Three local churches the Feder
ated, Baptist and First Methodist
will join in a two weeks' series of
revival meetings to begin February
5. These meetings will differ from
the usual evangelistic services in that
ro traveling evangelists of the par
ticipating churches are to occupy the
pulpit. Rev. Ira Deal of Waterloo,
la., has been engaged to direct the
music, which will be a union choir
of local talent.
For years the Missouri river has
been more exacting than any robber
baron in - taking its toll from those
who have lived on its banks. . For
years the idiosyncrasies of this river
have cost landowners thousands ot
dollars each year. . . Whole farms
have been eaten away by reason oi
its many crazy meandenngs'back and
forth. At last the robber is about
to be subdued and forced to give
back a portion of its spoils.
For years the bank erosions of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers were
sources of great annoyance to every
one living within miles of these riv
ers. On the Mississippi many types
of dikes, . jetties, retards, piles and
other preventive measures have been
tried-out with a small degree ot
success. ,
The Missouri ; river i is forced ' at
last to succumb to the retards' held
in place by the Bignell piles sunk 60
ieet below low water mark, to which
cables attached to whole trees are
tied. The piles are anchors for the
trees. The swift current of the river
against the trees is soon broken.
The silt deposits soon form and in a
short time new ground is formed
entirely and a weak river bank is
made stronger.
The rapid bank erosion of the Mis
souri north of Omaha which threat
ened the Illinois Central railroaJ,
made it necessary to begin operations
to check the swift current as soon as
possible. Spur dikes or current re
tards were placed, extending from the
bank. They consisted of whole trees
laid as floating mattresses attached
by cables to concrete anchor piles.
The retards vary in length from
"0 to 170 feet, and are attached to the
Bignell pile, 14. by 14 inches 20 feet
long : and weighing 5,000 pounds.
Trees from 40 to 90 feet Jiigh were
cut and taken to the sife of the re
lard, -where they were attached to
the pile by cable and sunk into the
river. . '- -. "'
In many instances where several
of these retards had been planned it
was found that silting was so speedy
that all the retards were not neces
sary. . For decreasing the power of
the current at sharp - bends in the
river these tree retards have been
found as practical as anything ever
devised and, capable of handling the
unruly Missouri.
From May-4 to: August 23, 1921.
about 1,500 lineal feet of retard with
30 anchor piles were built and the
result is becoming more promising
each day. - ' , ' r . ' :
Tbe Missouri river ever has been
a threatening menace to owners of
property in North and East -Omaha
and near-Bcllcvue where the river
has been known , to do many unac
counted for things, . Each spring it
ate hundreds of acres of land away.
The last two years the river cut out
several hundred acres of tillable land
and threatened more. .
The East Omaha protection prob
lem became a hard one to solve. J.
M.- Gillan of the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce finally succeeded in or
ganizing the property owners of that
district, both on the Nebraska and
Iowa sides and Roy N. Tow! was
selected as engineer for the Omaha
district.
A nine-mile dike system has been
started and several retards have been
put into the luVer at places where
erosion is bad. The protection work
is going on steadily and next spring
the river will be cheated of a part
of its usual prey. In time, as the
work progresses, the river will be
conquered entirely, meaning hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in sav
ing as well as vast peace of mind
to property owners who were begin
ning to weaken under the blow of
losing great slabs of their land each
spring. -'.I-,, r . ;
. Woods Brothers Construction
company, Lincoln, has moved to
Omaha and has mobilized a regular
fighting unit against the old tyrant
Missouri,- - They have a sternwhcel
steamboat, .numerous' barges, and
machinery of all kinds needed to
carry on the work of subduing the
river. They maintain a sliipwalk on
the river bank where the barges used
h; their work and for the past year
have devoted the greatest part of
their time, lo outwitting the craft,.
river. . . . .'' ' ''-, ' .
Many residents of Omaha, among
them prominent business men, be
lieve that if the river could be kept
within its proper channel it could
be made navigable from Omaha to
St.- Louis and thus renew river traffic
which used to be profitable in clden
times. , . '
Wilsonvllle Couple Observe
Golden Wedding Anniversary
Table Rock, Neb., Jan: 7. (Spe
cial.) Mr. - and Mrs. Thcron L
Treat celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary at their home at
Wilson ville. They were married in
New York state and came a few
years later to Pawnee county. Their
five children were all present. Mrs.
C. I Bonhani, one of the children
living liere, is the wife of Mr. Bon
ham, president of the State bank cf
Tabic Rock.
No Trace "of Prisoners
Who Escaped Reformatory
Lincoln, Jan. 7. (Special.) Offi
cers have no clew to the whereabouts
cf four prisoners who escaped at mid
night Friday from Nebraska's barless
ind fenceless reformatory.
Members of the state board of con
trol indulged in sharp criticism to
day of contractors, who, they claim,
should have installed bars and a
high fence around the reformatory
weeks ago.
County Starts Campaign
Against Gambling Devices
. Oshkosh. Neb, Jan. 7. (Special.)
Sheriff Smith and deputies have
brarun a campaign in this county
against punch boards, slot machines
and other gambling device. Every
, xh'mg of the nature in this tity has
been put out of tcsiness nd sim
ilar actkm will be taken at Lewcllen
and Li co, -
Scottsbluff to Vote
on School Bond Issue
Scottsbluff, Neb., Jan. 7. (Special
Telegram. J'-The Scottsbluff Board
of Education has called a special
school bond election of $300,000 for
the purpose of building a new high
school. At the same time the board
began negotiations with William
Frank for the purchase of -10 acres
of land in the northwestern part of
the city as a site for, the . proposed
school. The election will be held in
February.
The votcrs'have already approved
bonds of $125,000, but these will not
be issued if the new bonds carry.
Supt. E. L.' Rouse recently completed
a tour of inspection that took him
as far cast as Cleveland when differ
ent types of schools were studied
for the guidance of the board. The
enrollment of the high school has
doubled in four years and the school
population in other grades has kept
pace.
Virginia Rea Well Received:
by Gothenburg Audience
Gothenburg, Neb Jan. 7. (Spe
cial) A packed house of music
lovers heard Virginia Rea, coloratura
soprano, and Elias Breeskin, violinist,
in a joint recital here. Irene Pav
loska, who was booked for this en
gagement, was forced to canced the
date. Miss Rea well filled Mile.
Pavloska's place. Joseph Bpnime
was at the piano.
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Prosperous Church Year.
Scottsbluff, Neb, Jan. 7. (Spe
cial) St. Andrew Episcopal church
has not only completed a basement
for a new church home, but is en
tirely out of debt - and has greatly
increased the value of its church
property, according to the rector,
Rev. C. K. Weller, who has com
pleted a little over nine months of
service.
Complete Change in Roster '
of Grand Island Y. M. C. A.
Grafnd Island, Neb., Jan. 7. (Spe
ciaL) A complete change in the
roster of the Y. M. C, A. is an
nounced by the directors. Secre
tary Bahr is retiring and Field Sec
retary Kendall temporarily taking
his place . while Athletic Director
Rother goes to Sioux Falls and Dr.
Putt, night clerk, - and Mrs. Tutt,
matron, also retire. . ..
$25,000 Fire at Lincoln.'
Lincoln, Jan. 7. -(Special.) Fire
of unknown origin did $25,000 worth
of damage to the Lincoln Tent and
.vwning company plant Burr Mct-
calf, a fireman, was knocked down
when his foot struck a live wire. '
We Rent New and Used
Upright and Grand Pianos
at lowest prices. Do
expert piano tuning,
repairing and refin
ishing. . Also, store
pianos at reasonable
rates.
Schmoller & Mueller
Piano Co.
15U-16-H
Dodge St.
Phont
Doug. J 623
16th and Jackson Street
J Save 20 to 50 in Our j
j January Clearance
THE LOW prices on high-grade Furniture
in this January Clearance Sale are sim
ply amazing, as the sensational reductions
have been made on prices that were al
ready LOW. ,
$1.00 Down Delivers Any Article Up to $50.00
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Mattive Duofold of solid oak,
upholstered. ; in imitatjon
leather; opens up into full
bS.:.. $46.50
Tn-wasssa'B if
Beautiful Queen Anno Dining Table'
Built of rich Jacobean oak, with
48-in. extension top, in the January
Clearance Sale, fe4Q Cft
very special PX.7OvJ
'Fireside Wing Rockeri In'
mahogany finish with dur
able cane seat, back and
wings; - reduced in this
ST..". $15.95
Massive Table in solid fumed oak
with large top, lower shelf for book3
and roomy . drawer, in the January
Clearance Sale 1 ! C A
for only PItiUU
Special Sale and Demonstration of the .
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Splendid Bakin g Results j
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
The World's
YEA.ST standard
TABLETS ' Quickly help build firm flesh, deer the skin, correct const!
. pab'on, aid digestion, put strength in the nerves and
invigorate tired bodies with renewed "pep" and energy.
Ceatelni Bat aalr Tewt TltaatUMe. bat til tkrn Important TltaaUaM
A, B, aal C ..attlally eeaeeatratea' and rvmblotd with ether valuable health
e"lfag ctamM wUch jeer tftiem aeedi to kata rem .traec sad wU.
MASTIN'S VITAMON TABLETS ara fully (varantMd la every respect and
taamaaaa towa thanaaad. ml (.tufted nn can Wst attwt to their beilth
fcaiM:nf Talaa. At aU gaad dnif gista. aoch a. Shermaa A McCoaneU. Adtra.
Haitht, Alexander Jacaba, J. L. Braadeie, Hajdea Bm. and Burgeu-Nua.
$15.00 Aluminum Set Given FREE With Each Range
Come to this remarkable demonstration and let a stove
expert show you how to get 'better baking results with
less fuel, less time, less work" and worry, , This is a rare
opportunity to see the nationally-advertised Howard
Range demonstrated by a man who knows stoves and
the economy of right methods in cooking as few do.
Note These Few Points About Howard Stoves
cut big corner off the fuel bill at least One-Third.
rangei hold fire over night and heat an additional room with the
fuel that doe the cooking and baking.
' Oven heat, quickly and evenly no need to turn the baking.
no worry over coal ihortage burns any kind of fuel.
Range, have two airtight drafts of intente efficiency that regu
late and control the air entering a stove.
' Aunt Jemima (Herself) Is Here Servinsr a
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When downtown chopping drop in for a ,
dainty luncheon of "Aunt Jemima" Pan
cakes and "George Wa.hington" Coffee. It
is absolutely free of charge. Ering the
children, too. ,
Howard Range Given Away Friday Eve.
feplete Home Outfits
We are specialists in Home Out
. fits' we pride ourselves in know-'
ing your wants arid requirements.
That is why you find only guaran
teed, dependable furniture here
and you share in the benefits of
our Great Purchasing Power and
the saving that comes with our
Low Rent Location.
THREE Rooms Furnished for $194.50
FOUR Rooms Furnished for $267.50
FIVE Rooms Furnished for $322.50
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J v!l Mattress
ij Springs
Colonial Buffet. Attractive'
models in solid oak with full
length French plate mirror and
compartments for linen and
silver, now is
priced at . . . .
$39.50
A heavy Brass Bed with 2-inch
posts, ornamental cans and sub
stantial fillers a resilient, layer
felt mattress - and link fabric
spring with reinforced center;
S $34.50
Union
Electric
Washer
Sturdily
baiit of cy
press with
strong, easy
running mo
tor that
does yo-ir
washing
quickly, only
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MONDAY
SPECIALS
It is no task at all to prepare a meal that win. do you credit.
with the help of underpriced grocery special.
Ten Ton oi
Cooking Raisins
3 Crown Muscatel
Large Size,
Sweet Variety,
12c
POUND
Box of 25 lbs.,
Special, $2.95
18 lbs. 10 lbs. Gallon
Pure White or Cans
Granulated Yellow Karo.
Sugar" . Corn Meal Corn Syrup
98c 17c 34c
4o"-lb. sack best quality, high
'..'...$1.65
24-lb. sack, best, high grade
i& 69c
10 bars 3 lbs. 4 lbs.
P. & G. Fancy Pearl Blue Rose
Naptha Soap Tapioca Rice
43c 25c 25c
4 lbs. hand picked
Navy Beans
4 lbs. No. 1 Shelled
Popcorn
16-oz. cans Pet or
WUsonMDk ......
25c
15 c
10c
16-oz. cans Apple
Blossom Milk . . . ,
9c
Fresh Soda or Oys- "JO,,
ter Crackers, lb. ... . 1.U L
4 lbs. of our Famous AA.
Santos Blend CoffeeiUC
Hot Doughnuts
Just like mother used to make, and made fresh AA
while you wait; dozen..... eatUC
Fruits and Vegetables
This big popular department always brimful of the choicest
fruits and vegetables the country's markets afford.
Fancy Sunkist
Lemons
18c
dozen
Fancy Ripe,
Bananas
25c
dozen
Nice, Juicy
Grapefruit
5c
each
Fancy
Cocoanuts
5c
each
Nebraska
Grown Potatoes
$1.20
bushel
Choicest
Winesap Apples
$2.25
box
Fancy
: Navel Oranges
20c
dozen
Fancy Sweet
Potatoes
5c
pound
Celery
Cabbage
20c
pound
Choice Meats for Monday
As a good judge of meats you'll enjoy buying here, where
there are so many luscious steaks, chops and roasts.
Small, Lean
Fork Chops
16 c
Steer Rib
Boiling Beef
7c
No. 1 Steer
Round Steak
15c
No. 1 Bulk Cream- QKn
cry Butter, lb.. OeJL
Fresh No. 1 Coun- QQn
try Butter, lb...... OOt
No. 1 April Storage Of
Sggs, dozen.. ...... OU L
Extra Fancy Full OQ,
Cream Cheese, lb. . . 40 C
Strictly Fresh Guar- A r
anteedEggs,doz... TkUL
No. 1 Fancy Peanut - CiX$
Butter, lb. 1&2
Home Made Fresh Cut No. 1 Steer
Sausage Hamburger Shoulder Steak
2 lbs. 2 lbs. 2 lbs.
25c 25c J 25c
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