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Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Special Sale of Women's
Drawers.

Womens drawers, of fine nainsook, pref
lilly trimmed with embroidery. Regularly
priced at 75c and Sc
MONDAYS PRICE soc EACH.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Investigate.

We have what we call The Deposit
Account Department" You profit by the
high values and low prices of the Thomp-
son, Belden 8 Co. cash system. and
THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT enjoy
all the conveniences of a credit system
WITHOUT ITS HIGH COST. We do not
run a bank; there is no cashing Of checks.
Your money earns per cent as long es
II is In our Deposit Account Department.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-16
Fifty Years old.


General Trepon would have been 81 years
old December IS. For several months he
had been suffering from a heart affection
and asmatic troubles and some time ago
was forced to abandon a large amount of
his routine work.
The revolutionists can claim responsibility
for his end. as his illness was superinduced
by the strain due TO constant fear of death,
which. with lack of exercise and recrea-
ton during the last two years, wore down
his originally splendid constitution. He
had become so nervous of late that recently
when military attache Of continental
power was unexpectedly ushered into his
room General Trepons sprans to his feet in
an attitude OF defenoe.a
Though the gravity OF his maIady was
recosniEed from the first. his death came
as great surprise. He was able TO be
up and around until the very last. He at
tended the parade OF the Pavlovsky regi-
nent Wednesday, and Thursday was at the
landing stage when Emperor Nicholas and
the imperial family embarked for a cruise
to Bjorko Wifh the emperor safely at sea
and out OF reach OF the terrorlsts one OF
General Trepon's greatest responsibilities
was lifted and the relief felt was plainly
noticeable. az n.
General Trepoff's death will not have an
immediate influence 5on the policy OF the
government. which is firmly In Premier
stolypin's hands, but in case revolution
again breaks out. Emperor Nicholas will
miss his strong will.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

the great American desert into profitable
and habitable farms. A very valuable
object lesson Of an instance where pri-
vats influence has stepped in and re-
claimed land which was formerly waste
may be found in the Wenatchee Valley.
This is not a community consisting of
hundreds OF thousands Of acres; Il Is a
comparatively small area, but every bit
Of it is intensively cultivated. wrestling
from Mother Earth every particle Of plant
life which the land can be made to give
up. The Wenatchee Valley land, before
the irrigation company stepped in, had.
I might say, no value. Il was but the
home of a few wild animals, with little
or no semblance of plant life. Under the
wise administration of the company, the
tract has enormously increased in value.
The climate is ideal: no icy winds come
into the valley to injure crops before
maturity, and the soil which had been
reeking in fertility for centuries, only
needed the kind touch of water 10 make
it blossom and bring forth fruit. We
have considered the settlement Of the
Wenatehee Valley so ideal that il has
been taken as an example after which
10 pattern the Okanogan project, N
Washington. now under consideration by
the reclamation service
GUY z. MITCHELL.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

eft only for the abode of wild beasts and
wilder men" The wonderful develop
ment of this valley has been brought
about entirely by private irrigation de-
velopment, yet the government irrigation
engineers consider 1t an almost Ideal irTi-
cation community.
Fed by the Mountain Shows.
In the first place, there is splendid
water supply. To the west are the
cleaning snow-felds OF the Cascade
Mountains whose glacial streams feed
the swift-running Wenatchee River,
which, as it emerges from the valley, be-
comes a tributary Of the great Columbia.
The valley is sheltered from the bleak
winds by surrounding hills. so that fruit
trees have never been known to be dam
aged by cold. There are no great farms
on the Wenatchee. The entire valley is
not so large as some OF the vast bonanza
farms Of the West, but every acre is
made TO produce its utmost, and land
values reach $1,000. s1,200, and $3.50 per
acre, not based on the value OF houses
and improvements. but upon the produc-
tive capacity Of the soil. Apples, peaches
apricOts, berries, Cantaloupes, primes
pears. and all the large and small fruits
yield a profit OF from 500 to $500 an acre.
Why then should not land, FIVE acres of
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

which will net one thousand to twenty
FIVE hundred dollars, be worth FIVE thous-
and or seven thousand five hundred dol
lars? The interest is liberal, is 1t not?
There seems to be something very su-
perior in the fruit raised in the North
west It finds a ready market in such far
points as Boston, and brings a price which
more than warrants the heavy express
charges. Washington apples have brought
s4.Oo box, of less than a bushel, at the
Hub. Nor are the citizens of Wenatchee,
or many ether prosperous fruit sections
of the Northwest, tied down to a wilder
ness life In order to secure themselves
large incomes. Wenatchee. for instance,
is the initial point of navigation on the
Columbia
Where Rail and Water Meet.
1t is but a few hours 10 Tacoma and
Seattle, while the local advantages are in
themselves very great. The orchards and
farms are so small that the entire valley
resembles a great suburb. 1t is but call
ing distance from one house to another.
Each has telephone, running water. and
the rural free delivery. and electric lights
are being installed. The roads are Ike
streets. and schools and churches are at
close intervals
NO more highly developed communities
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

juries, broken legs or uprOoted horns.
II was the penalty they po.d for sue
cGmbirg 70 exhaustion.
we heard the details OF freight traffic,
OF cattle trains side-tracked in the 5laz-
Ing sun, for ten and twelve hours. while
dead freight had the right or way; Of
delayct trains taking forty hours to make
hundred-mile run.
We heard Of laws which are dead let
ters and the laughing stock OF the men
they are intended 10 control. We heard
OF resultless Investigations. Of failure
crowned crusades. The scandals of cat
tie legislation were related to us. the
hoodwinking OF Secretary Wilson. tbe
lobbying Of live stock associations which
cause a needless and willful wsstc, were
laid bare before us.
1T was an officer OF tho New York
Central Railroad who suggested the only
remedy when nc said To me:
NilI Them on the Panges.
Il don't believe thei>, Is such a thing
rs q humane way Of shipping cattle on
the hoof. and II what you are after Is
mercy TO these brutes you'll have them
slaughtered at the ranges and sent East
In the refrigerator ears. The New York
board Of health diyulsed the unexpected
news that 1t had long wished 10 see the
abolition Of cattle transportation. 1t was
not that they we're actuated by mercy
TO the traIn-loads Of suffering animal.
that pour into New York. The presence
Of half a dozen large slaughterhouses IN
the heart Of a big city is q nuisance and
a menace to health. Could New York and
all cities be once and forever rid Of these
pests the death rate would be decreased
several per cent. The place to slaughter
cattle is on the ranges. where room
enough can be found 10 do il decentIy
instead OF making It a noisome abomina-
tion. The pure food delegation were. 1.
possible, even more heartily in accord.
i haven't u doubt that the women all
over the country will rally 70 our aid, "
concluded Mrs Fiske Tho women
clubs which have already proved such 4
power in the child-labor AID puro-soO
crusades. VIII help. IL we need money T.
disseminate literature, I Will give benefits
II We have tho courage to aght for
The rescue OF these millions Of tortured
hrutes. we will iEd that stronger fire :
than any our opponents cen muster VII
help US
together We shall win our victory"
The federation VIII appoint a commit
tee 10 act with Ms. Fske. a.d the cru
SADIE , III be actively carries on auine
60 w1ntNr
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
WOMAN ABOUT TOWN
Stories of Washington Life.

Ing to the theater very often. and after
one act. he said to her:
Ma, haven't we seen the one that
sang before?''
Ma remembered right away.
Why, Of course we have, pa she
said That's the one that used TO be
with De Wolf Hopper in Wang
One OF Charles Batten Loomis' friends
tells me that Mr.. Looniis Is setting on
/ foot plan for a return 10 conditions
Of an elder day. a renaissance Of the
pioneer. New York. he says. is a thing
finished and done with Il don't think so
myself. because half New York IS block
ed with building beams and torn I'D sew
ers this very minute, but I'll let that
pass. and we can afford TO disregard it).
To all intents and purposes, New York
City has merely raised Manhattan Island
10 plateau On that plateau Mr.. Loom
Is and his friends propose TO be pioneers.
They intend to build their rude log cabins
on the tops OF tall buildings. and to act
precisely as if they were settling on Un-
broken prairies. They will raise chick
ems and families twenty stories In air
They win have fresh air and view of
the horizon. ] don't know where they
mean to get the logs for their cabins,
but that Is a mere detail The point is
that New York is merely a desert OF
brick and steel, where anybody with the
true pioneer instinct in him can find
many an moccupied spot on which 10
erect his humble dwelling.
One might think that to a veteran
playwright all the tricks of the trade
would be so we'll known that no stage
situation could leave him uncertain as
TO its outcome, but l am told that one
Of the seasons new plays has actually
'stumped' no less a parsonage than
Bronson Howard. He went 10 see il
not long ago, and when. early in the
piece. there was a question as to which
Of two suitOTs the heroine would accept,
Mr.. Howard was so sure he could tell
that he offered 10 bet with a friend about
It, He wagered cents that Mss a.
would marry Mr.. B, but she didn't She
save her hand TO Mr.. c. Mr.. Howard
sent his friend a check for cents next
day. and that check Is now framed and
hung up in a managers Office as proof
OF the fact that modern playwTights can
teach a thing or two to their elder
brothers Of the craft.
II the young lady lived In Washington
she lives IN the far West, and Jim
knows too much about the ways OF
girls TO be allowed 10 SO on as he is go
ing. He bought a belt buckle not long
ago TO send 20 that girl as a Christmas
present, and he asked his sister to buy
ribbon 10 sew the buckle to. that the gift
might be complete. Sister insisted on
buying generous strip.
If it's too long she can shorten it. "
she said 1T isn't as nice q buckle as
you ought 10 have bought. anyway. so
we mustn't risk having the belt too
short"
Il know IL isn't a winner as a buckle, -
Jim admitted. but I'm very nearly
broke. I want you TO make that belt
Just two inches smaller than any you
wear'-sister is very slender. Tn going
to tell her I guessed at the size. I'll
bet anything she'll say II just fits. and
If the belt IS short enough she won't no.
tice at all what sort OF a buckles on 1t.
And sister did as he asked. Thus do
women guilefully aid men in deception
and craft
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

The orchards and vineyards OF the
great Southwest have been portrayed as
the place where lands reach their highest
cultural development and most astOund-
ing value. AS against the Eastern farm,
worth $3.50 or 500 an acre, choice orange
land in Southern California is valued at
81 200. and even 1880, an acre, And this
does not seem so highly unreasonable
when it Is remembered that oranges. figs
almonds, Malaga grapes, pomegranates,
and other tropical products grow there
Yet there are orchards in the great
Northwest which are esteemed as highly
and yield as golden a stream from
peaches, apricots, berries. and other COM
mon fruits as has ever been claimed for
the orange. Take the Yakima Valley or
the Wenatehee Valley os a dozen other
mountain valleys in Washington or some
OF the finely developed fruit regions Of
Montana or Colorado. There you can find
men growing wealthy on returns from
ten and even ave-acTe orchards. Perhaps
the valley Of the Wenatchee, In Central
Washington, affords one of the best ex-
amples Of the fruit possibilities Of the
Norshwest-situated in the midst Of that
region which Daniel Webster described as
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
The Missing Note.

From Iskra-
One Of the leading tenors in Moscow
vas called upon to sing an opera IN
which one note was much too high for
him, but he got a man in the orchestra TO
come In just at the right time and sup
ply the note. In exchange the tenor was
10 take him 20 supper The plan an
swered well, the applause was loud. but
the tenor forgot all about the supper.
Next time he sang the opera he went TO
the front Of the stage. put his hand on
his heart and opened his mouth as wide
az he could. His discontinue was great
when the expectant hush was broken by
voice from the orchestra saying:
Where's my supper"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16

can be found in the world than the irri-
gated fruit communities Of this country.
Social conditions reacn a higher plane
than in any other class or settlement
The owner of five or ten acres of orchard
enjoys practically all the advantages and
Improvements Of the larger centers, cou-
pied with breathing and a growing space
for the family, and an occupation such as
1t was intended that man should engage
In. The water for irrigating the valley is
drawn from the Wenatchee Canal Com
pany. This company is now projecting an
extension to cross the Columbia Rivera
great $4,000 combined bridge and viaduct
to carry water for irrigating 5000 addition
al acres.
The Reclamation Service.
In commenting upon the fact that the
national government is not antagonizing
legitimate private irrigation development,
but that. on the other hand, the reclama-
ton service is favorable to it and even
willing TO assist, Engineer Arthur p.
Davis, who, in Chief Engineer Newen's
absence, was found in charge Of the bu-
reau at Washington, mentioned the case
Of the Wenatchee Valley as somewhat ex-
ceptional.
Many small companies he said. have
accomplished much good in Transforming
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
LOST TEN YEARS OF LIFE.
Blow on the skull struck Out n Dec
nde in Mans Memory.

blow on the Skull Struck Out u nec~
ade in Mans Memory.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispateh
A blow which fractured the skull set
the memory of Philip S. Bradley back
ten years. All that had happened in the
last decade was blotted from his con-
sciousness He lived in the old scenes,
enjoyed the old surroundings and took
his former customary route to the old
home. from which he moved in 1896.
For twenty hours Bradley was the Philip
Bradley of ten years ago, and he re-
mained SO until his wife broke the
strange spell at the City Hospital.
Slowly memory leaped the gap that
separated 1t from the present and when
the threads were partly untangled Brad
ley said:
Il know that live at S04o Easton ave
nue. and that I have been employed by
livery company at 1852 Easton avenue.
Monday night I received my weeks pay
$14. l had few drinks with some OF
the men at the stable. / don't know why
did it. but about II o'clock put on my
hat and overeoat and left my job.
II don't remember what happened after
that until about 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning, when I awoke in a lodging
house near Ninth street and Franklin
avenue. My head was bleeding, but
didn't remember having a fight or be-
ing hurt.
I left the lodging house. Now, am
forty years old: but when / got on the
street I was thirty. was young and active
and I was a solicitor for a downtown
firm. the job had ten years ago.
My old habits all came back. Every
night on my way home 1 used TO stop
at Father Kennedys saloon at Twelfth
and Chestnut streets l lived then at
1917 St. Ange avenue.
Il walked about the streets a while
and then I went up to Kennedys place.
remember now that Il had changed
some, but I didn't notice that at the
time.
las had done ten years ago, took a
Tower Grove car for nay st. Ange home.
I was single My father and mother and
three sisters were waiting at home for
me. I left the car at the old place, Thir-
teenth street and Park avenue and walk
ed up 10 the house. II was vacant and
there were For Rent signs on the
window
Even then did not remember that
my father and mother and brother and
sisters had all died and that l had been
married. 1 was living ten years in the
past. 1t struck me that we had moved
from st. Ange avenue to SIC South Sew
enth street II seemed 10 me foolish that
1 had not thought OF this sooner.
I took a Chouteau avenue car and
went down 20 the Seventh street house.
Everything was changed. While I was
trying 70 figure II out policeman came
Up. He saw that / was hurt and he
brought me here.
All night I was thinking about how
my father and mother and brothers and
sisters would miss me at the old home.
1 never thought of my wife until she
came here this morning. Then il all
came back TO me
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
what We Drink and smoke.
From the Philadelphia Record.

tIVll4 NC FhlIadaIp ptla Record.
Beer, whisky. and tobacco have been
consumed so freely that the internal rev
enue FOR the last fiscal year ran about
Sl5,O090O above that OF the year before,
and sS,O00,0O0 above the estimates made
last fan, when one-third OF the year had
passed. During the first quarter Of the
current fiscal year the receipts went more
than $i,500,000 above those Of the CORE
spending quarter in the last year and the
commission estimates that. although the
tax Is about TO be removed from alcohol
used IN the arts. the total internal reve-
nue. collections IN the present year Will
rise 10 $3.50. .O00. 600 an increase Of $4,000 90
over the last year.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
Never Be Cross at Bridge.

Prom the Harvard Lampoon.
The Car and the Grand Duke Bluff
witch we're indulging in a quiet game OF
bridge with the Prince Milonsd. They
were sorting their cards after the deal.
The crowd Is angry without. o most
noble one" cried the chief Of police q
the Gar. BY what manner shall we dis
perse them?"
4 leave Il 10 you. sire" said the grand
duke at the same moment.
Clubs cried the monarch decidedly
and the chief OF police withdrew and
trumped the pOpulace with clubs
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
WARS ON THE JUNGLE
Minnie Maddern FiSke Takes
Up Cause Of Cattle.
REPORTS ON THE STOCK YARDS
The Actress Sends = Paper to the
New Work Federation OF WOmen's
Cluhs Detailing Her Discoveries as
soif-nppOinted Investigator - FnV-
or@ Slaughter OF Animals.

M Minnie Madeira Fiske. the actress.
has allied herself to the clubwomcn Of
New York State IN an effort 10 secure
humane treatment OF the animals slaught-
cred for our daily food. It Is Mrs. Fiske' 6
desisz 10 bring about the slaughter OF the
cattle on the ranges and the shipping of
the mat IN rcfriEerating cars, instead
OF the d eAent method OF torture, which
packs the unfortunate creatures alive ard
leaves tham to suffer all manner Of hor-
rors before they reach the abattolr.
Mrs. F1ske, on her recent Western
trip vas q self-appointed investigator
of the cattle yards. and her report was
presented by Miss Florence Guernsey Of
the convention Of the State Federation
Of Women's Clubs, at Saratoga, says the
New York World.
Mrs. Fiske's account Of her experiences
Is vivid.
"By the Anguish of Millions"
'In Michigan ono winter" Mrs. Fiske
says, "a car with every sn!mal frozen
stiff was unloaded before my eyes. II
l. incredible that a nation which prides
Itself on its enlightened civilization
should secure its food by the anguish OF
millions OF living creatures. Even II II
were not a question Of humanity, Amer
lean women ars TOO Intelligent house
keepers to set thels meat supply from
feyerish animals which have been starved
and bruised IN transit
''On one Of the cattle ranges ! Joined a
group OF waiting yardmen before tho
first car Of the long cattle train. On the
other side OF the train from the pens, n
high plank skirted the tracks.
Prem this vantage point men shoutad
at the bewiIdered cattle. poking them
through tho Stats With long. heavy prods.
until in terror they plunged for the open
door and dashed down the planks into
the chutes. They were a greWsome sight
by the llickering light OF the big torches.
Ten days travel in ramshackls. jolting
cars. packed almost to suHocA;ion. ten
days Of the physical torture Of Grazing
thirst and maddcning fatigue, had fe-
duced these one-time moaqrchs OF the
TanSe 10 gaunt and shrunken spectez.
Majestic and feTocioUs they may h We
been in the Gays Of their freedom. but
they were now a detected and pit.able lot
as they stumbled down the long run
way. where they dropped in the pens, too
weary 10 touch the food and drink which
now too late were offered them in abun-
dance. Carloed after carload DGssed be
fore US, and the horror grew.
sickeniug OGOr of BIoOI.
The fetId odor OF blood In the hot wind
yickensd u. Ugly bruise. on ;helr
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sickeniug Odor of Dioo !.

The fetId odor OF blood In tho hot wind
yic6ensd -. Ugly bruises on ;her
cRaks bora witness 70 voin resistance
agalnst brutal handling. one Ger We n
noisome chamber OF death. Twelve out
Of thirty steers lay crushed and tramDled
on the foor. Al Of them Asd mortal in
The Washington herald., 1906-12-16
Origin of Presidential Epigram.

u .
From the Chattanooga Ttimes.
It is not at all probable that the Presi-
dent got It from this newspaper, but when
he wrote his epigram that river regula-
tion Is rate regulation" he employed a
phrase that has been used top Of col
umn' time and time again in the Chatta-
nooga Times for these twenty-five years
or more. River regulation Is better than
all laws. for it is q wise provision 6T na-
turar
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-10
Trust Busting Pastima

All that has SO far. been done against
trust plundering is merely scratching
the surface. Not trust has been
forced to reduce its enormous profits
and indeed the cost Of living has
greatly increased since the so-called
trust busting began. Does not this
show that the Republican poll
although making faces at the trusts
in public, are secretly allowing them
to continue their predatory warfare
on the people. II the Republican par
ty really wished to prevent the trusts
selling their products cheaper abroad
than here, the leaders in Congress
would have allowed some sort of tariff
revision bill to pass. But all the bills
for that purpose have been voted
down In committee by party vote,
even the bill to reduce the tariff to
100 per cent on those articles that are
taxed over that enormous percentage.
The fact is the trust busting CAM
paiRn is intended to just scare the
trusts and combines enough so they
will "come down with the dust. " The
campaign fund in that way is replen-
ished and the corporations and the
Republican leaders are combined for
new lease Of life. That pleasant pas
time is rather expensive for the people
for all they buy has advanced on an
average Al per cent since the present
tariff law was enacted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-10
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers were filed
with the county recorder for the week
ending July I:
Frances Fl. Wildman and hus-
band to Julius Fravel, n 1Oa of
W fr NV sec 7-99 .11............ 8 $50
Amir. Loan g. Trust Co. to Inc
Town of Chester, lot on irreg
surv of " sw t sec 11.100-23... 100
Frank S. Erwin and wife to
Isador Dow, n Sec. IA 99.14...
Fred Baldwin and wife to o. A.
Chapman, an und int in and
to sw ! Sec. 22-1O0.13. ......... 1900
John Birtwistle and wife to
Josephine Birtwistle, lot 10 in
blk IL, Berg's add to Cresco...
Isador Dow and wife to Myrtle
Erwin, Sec.O14.99.14 ......
Marie ChYle and husband to Inc.
Town Of Protivin, a tract so
feet square, on south end of
lot of subdiv OF lot /, of irreg
surv, of " Sc / Sec. 13-97.11.,. SO
Ferdinand Schahn to Dist. Twp.
of Jamestown, one acre in a
square in Sc cor. Sc I Sec. 400.
Ia ................. u
Barney Hughes and wife to Dist.
Twp. of Jamestown, one acre
in square in ne cor. of sw I,
Sec. 33-99.14.... ..................... II