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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
OMAHA Y. NJ. c. A. UP HIGH
Has Eighth 20 the Largest Member
ship Of This Entire Com
ttncnt.

Tho board Of directors and the secretaries
OF the Young Mems Christian association
met at the association rooms Tuesday
evening and the successful year which has
just been passed and plans for the new
year were discussed.
The new prospectus which has Just been
issued shows how favorably the Omaha
association compares with the branches
Of the institution in other cities. and the
progress which has been accomplished was
the subject of an address by H.. II. Bald
rige OF the board of directors, in which
he congratulated the executive staff on
the fine showing and enthusiastic mem
bership.
In a list of cities Of the United states.
Canada and Mexico, Omaha ranks forty
fourth In population, but in membership
the Omaha association is eighth. 1t is In
the physical department that Omaha ranks
highest. as the number Of members en-
rolled In the physical department, 1885, is
the largest of any city in the list. and the
number enrolled In the gymnasium classes.
1879, is also the greatest number OF any
Young Mems Christian association. In at.
tendance at the building. Omaha ranks Sec
ond. having $3.50 TO the 1850 of the Chicago
Central association. In the number of sit
uations secured by the employment bureau.
Omaha is twentieth. while in the educa-
tionsl department the rank is not so high.
The number enrolled In this department
is less in Omaha than in forty-eisht other
cities, and in the Bible classes Omaha is
fortieth in attendance.
Thursday night will be the twenty-first
anniversary Of the entrance of General
Secretary Wade into Young Mems Chris
tian association work. and he intends to
celebrate It by giving at his home an in
formal reception for all Of the secretaries
on his staff and their families.
At the meeting Tuesday night the secre-
taries and assistants gave Individual re-
ports OF the work In their departments.
George F. Gilmore. president of the board
Of directors, presided at the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
PENALTY FOR FALSE ALARMS
Adequate Punishment II Advocated
for Malicious Ringing of
Fire Bell.

The malicious practice of sending in fire
alarms has been causing the fire depart
ment so much annoyance of late that a
project is on foot to have the city council
pass an ordinance making 1t a serious Of
Tense to cali out the fire wagons unneces-
sarily.
City Electrician Michaelsen is planning
to put the matter before the council at the
first opportunity. In reply to a n inquiry
which he sent to Missouri Mr.. Michaelson
found that the legislature of that state
has enacted a law making It a. felony with
a possible three year penitentiary sentence
of a fine of $500. This is more severe than
would DO advocated by the Omaha officials,
but at present there is no law, state or
local, which gives the police magistrate the
right to punish such an offender. 1t Is
proposed to offer a reward of $25 for the
detection Of malicious ~rneddlers, and 1t is
hoped that this win be inducement suffi-
cent to make catching them easier than it
is at present. b.
I'VE rave no objection to the sending in
Of an alarm when a person really thinks
that there IL a fire, '@9said Chief Salter.
TT is only the malicious people and the
boys hat we want to punish. / placed
boxes with glass doors about the city in
many places and the keys are kept just in
side the glass door. 1t IL were not for
these boxes 1t would be, necessary to leave
the keys in nearby houses which might
cause serious delay when a fire was act
ually seen. The small boys, however, and
others, continually break the glass in these
boxes and often ring In alarms.
"For that reason l have to remove the
boxes with glass doors and use the much
less satisfactory scheme of leaving the
key i'm a house"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
WEATHER TO MATURE CORN
Lack of Moisture and High TemperA-
ture Good for N~ebraskn's
Great Crop.

Lack of moisture for the last week and
the very high temperature has been favor
able for maturing corn, according to the
Burlington crop and soil report for Ne
braska. The fierce heat burned up some
of the late corn which the farmers were
hoping would make, but the loss in that
way is very small when compared TO the
entire crop. The estimate for the Lincoln
where most of the corn is grown,
is given at SS per cent of the average
crop or a yield of thirty-seven bushels 10
the acre. Fall blowing and seeding has
been stopped In most localities because Of
the dry condition Of the soil. On the Nc
Cook division the soil was in better shape
than In the other two divisions and con-
siderable blowing and seeding was done.
The acreage Of winter wheat is increased
over last fall. The peach crop has been
gathered and is good in the eastern half
of the state. There will be plenty of APP
pies.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
BEN HURS MEET IN OMAHA
Convention VIII BE Held I'm h City,
Drawing Fifteen hundred
Delegates

A convention Of the Tribe of Ben Hur is
to be held in Omaha, October q and Is,
which 1900 members Of the order are ex-
pected to attend. Frank johnson Of Des
Molnes, state organizer for Iowa, is In the
city making preparations. and is planning
TO rave a large street demonstration in
Omaha, and a spectacular class initiation
which will be given in the opera house Of
Council Bluffs, with a class of 400. The
committee in charge includes thirty mem
bers of the organization from Omaha and
Council Bluffs. II. Z. Keller is chairman
and 8. e. Case is secretary, both members
of the Council Bluffs court. The national
organizer OF the order, w. j. owens. and
the supreme medical examiner, DR.. ], f.
Davidson, both Of Crawfordsville, Ind, will
be present TO take part in the ceremonies.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
BRIEF CITY NEWS
ssurre q
Have Root Print It.

eA1N
Diamonds, Edholm, Jewslor.
Thomas w. B~laekbufn, Lawyer.
rudolph r. swoboda, Pablo Accountant
Bowman, III N. fe, Douglas shoe, SS.50
Pa aourks for Quality cigars. S1e s. 18TH
Rinehart, photographer. 18th & Farnam
Equitablas 1Afe-Holieies. sight drafts AZ
maturity. H.. d. Nicely, manager Omaha
The ran term at Brownell Hall opens
September 81.
Electrical wiring and Espairs-Burgess-
Granden company. i5lf Howard street
Money. insurancs papers ana abstracts
should be kept in a steel-lined burglar ana
fireproof vault Boxes in the American
safe Deposit vaults In The Bee buildlhg'
rent for only 81 q quarter.
rtnsd Tor stealing a watoh-For steal
,np a watch from Miss Ada Johnson three
weeks ago william Kirschner was appre-
ana Nv Detective Van Deusen Tuesday
aftsrnoony and wac fined $25 and costs by
Judge crawfoFdsBs
1ursisrs Cut cat q screen-By cutting
out a screen window burglars entered the
residence OF. GA Nelson, 2i2i south Thir-
teenth. street, Taesday night and robbed
Neisouas clothes OF three flve-dollar bills.
In the. room1oeeppied by Miss Irene Golden
the m~arandefs Secured an additional $50
belonging to the young woman. The bur-
glars left no Clue to their identity.
ThIrtx nays for heating womAn-D. b.
Anender, Who has Been a liberal donator
to the school funds by FORGETTING several
bonds I police court, was sentenced to
thirty days IN jail by Judge Crawford
Wednesday on the charge Of assault and
battery. Ten days ago Allender partially
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
CROOK HANDY WIFI CHECKS
Stranger Passes Out Severa Worth
less Pieces OF Paper TO Mer-
chants of omaha.

Representing himself to be the general
manager OF the leading automobile estab-
lishment of Denver, a clever forger has
swindled merchants of the principal cities
along the line Of the Union Pacific railroad
to and including Omaha out OF several
thousand dollars through tine medium OF
forged checks.
The forger, Of whom the local police have
a good description, worked under the
aliases Of Burroughs, Manning and Ray
mond and before leaving Omaha Tuesday
night succeeded in leaving a number OF his
checks with local merchants. The size Of
the checks averaged about $50 each.
From 3 leading borkerags firm OF South
omaha the tranger bought a number OF
cattle. Swing a worthless check IN payment
and receiving a bill Of sale for the same;
also borrowing $40 from the former owner
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
Railway Notes ana Personals,

A.. A. Schema, engineer OF maintenance
or the Northwestern, has gone to Chadron.
E. d. Brigham. general freight agent OF
the Northwestern, was In Omaha for a
short time Tuesday.
w. B, Kniskern, passenger traffic man
ager. OF the Northwestern, passed through
Omaha enroute east Monday.
A. l.. Ronald Of Wyoming, general chair
man OF the Order of Railway Engineers OF
the Union Pacific, is In Omaha.
w. A. Jameson OF Denver, general chair
man Of the railway conductors OF the Union
Pacific, was In Omaha Wednesday.
Ira G. Belden. assistant claim agent OF
the Northwestern, accompanied by his
brother from Boston. has gone 70 Cody
Neb., for a chicken shoot.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17

Of the cattle. II Is believed that Bur
roughs. with his aliases. has gone to Sioux
City or Kansas city and the authorities Of
both cities have been notified to watch for
his arrival.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17

new because the great country out here
where corn is grown has been too busy
raising corn to discover new ways Of pre-
pairing 1t, but we have a few his year
which are not from Vermont, New Hamp-
shire nor Pennsylvania. and everything
from hasty pudding to confectionery will
be made from corn"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
naiIdinR PermItn.

II. Zlatky, Thirtieth and Pratt. brick
store, 1855; A. X. Curtis. Thirty-fifth and
Woolworth avenue. frame DWELLING, S5,O0Oi
Charles Rosso, 72 South Thirty-sixth.
frame dwelling. 1880. GeorSs Stone, Thirty
ninth and Wright, frame dwelling, u,CO).
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
sIaahed with a RasOr,

wounded with a sun. OF pierced ny a rusty
rail, Bucklen's Arnica salve heals the
wound. Guaranteed. Csc. For sale by
BeatOn Drug Go.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-17
A BIOody Affair

is lung hemorrhage. Stop II. and cure
weak lungs, coughs and colds with DR..
Kings New Discovery. Soc and 500. For
sale by Beaton Drug Co
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
-. The Romans and Tho Sea.

Virgil Is understood to have lived
long on the bay of Naples, and he
dwells repeatedly with unsurpassed eff.
feet on the littoral phases of the sea,
but on the element at large he ex.
presses little but sense of vastness,
power, malevolence. It is toilsome
and perilous expanse, to be hurried
across and escaped.
:. Across the land the Romans went
with indomitable confidence, marking
their way with those works OF pecul-
lar permanence, so that today the Brit
on trayerses the original roads they
built, and tile Gaui walks beneath their
arches: ButAeven: In imperial times
the voyage from Brundisium to Greece
was something Of a hardship. The
ocean was a thing ;.tbestrew,d with
wreck and Disaster In its depths or
on its shores lay the bones Of those
who never received burial and hence
could not pass over the Styx.
When Tibariusz built yacht he loat-
ed It on the quiet lake Nemi and very
likely kept It anchored like a palatial
household The sea lacked that essen
fial sta bility which the Romans SO
much valued It was estranging. Ro-
man adapta bility made tia medium OF
empire, but never with the viking spir-
observance Review. #%3, Ii VI ;:s.Ss & II I:
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
WA|TEDI** 40 YEARS
During Which Time Sweetheart Re.
mains True

After waiting forty years for each
other neither, marrying in the interim,
Jeremiah OMeara and Helen Naught-
on, the former 70 and the latter IS,
were married at Stanford, Conn.
O'Meara and his bride were sweet
hearts when the civil war broke out,
and the patriotic Irishman enlisted.
Hearing that her lover had been kill
ed in battle, the heart-broken girl left
her former home without telling of
her plans for the future Returning
from the war, O'Meara began a search
for his sweetheart that lasted forty
years before being crowned with sue
cess. He was delighted to find that
Miss Naughton, now an old woman,
had remained true TO his memory, and
the wedding followed Immediately
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17

and the hostess, to the accompaniment
of miscellaneous articles of tinware,
the music 60 being produced by beat
ing or pounding on said articles with
a metallic or wooden implement, made
triumphal entry to the Powell home.
The remainder of the evening was
then given over to THE Romance
Flowers" in which the prizes were
awarded to Misses Laurena Vannier
and Lillian Noben and DR.. Hooking.
In the elegant repast which follow
ed Mrs. Powell was assisted in serving
by the Mesdames George Rhuburg and
E. ]. Moore and Miss Fitzgerald. The
color scheme used in the table decor
alton was pink, the centre piece being
two large entwined hearts composed
of carnations and ferns. At late hour
the guests departed, wishing Miss
Roberts all happiness in the new life
which she is soon to enter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
ALL FREE! NO CHARGES! NO COLLECTIONS!
~ { Ladies And Children Cordially Invited
T. A. Hoverstad, Supt.
Fargo, N. D.

for work, and there seemed to be- an
air of hard times nearly every place
he went. Another gentleman, living
near Souris, and who has been at
Chicago and other eastern points, told
US this morning Of similar conditions
to those above described, and when,
we consider these things, we may wen
congratulate ourselves that we: are
living in Dakota, the state. of No. /
hard wheat, banana-belt weather, and
where the real genuine hard times.
conditions never reaches us to the ex-.
tent that 1t does the people In the
more thickly settled districts of the
eastern states, where so many people
live high while they are enjoying
prosperity, and do not lay by any spare
funds for rainy day. North Dakota.
is indeed the banner state of the
Union. You say SO, we say 80, every
body says so.-Pierce County Tribune;
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
ELECTED
Grand Commandery X. T. Elect OF.
fiCialS for the Year

At the meeting in Minot of the
Grand Commandery, Knights Templar,
which was held Tuesday and Wednes-
day of this week, the following Off
GERS were elected to serve during the
ensuing year:
E. H. White, jamestown, grand COM
mander; D. C. Moore, Grafton, depu-
ty; A. J. Stade, Devils Lake, grand
generalissmo; William Spriggs, Grand
Forks, grand captain general; S. j
Hill, Fargo, grand senior warden; L.
J. Moultrie, Valley City, grand junior
warden; A. C. Mather, Grand Forks
grand prelate; F. J. Thompson, Fargo
grand treasurer; Andrew Extern
Grand Forks, grand recorder; L. W
Gammons, Minot, grand standard
bearer; J. w. Carroll, Lisbon, grand
sword bearer; G.. M. Pike, New Rock
ford, grand captain guard; Frank
White, Valley City, grand captain
guard.
A reception was given to the dele
gates on Wednesday evening, after
which they returned to their homes.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
An UnintentionaI Error

+, In the issue of December 20, the
Inter Ocean quoted an article from a
Georgia paper purporting to be a mar
riage notice of George w. Fryatt and
Miss Julia Judd Of this city. We are
informed in. a letter from Mr.. *Fryatt
that as he wished to transfer some
property to his wife, 1t was necessary
that they be remarked as they only in
tended to stay in Havana a few hours,
and SO could not get credentials any
other way. Mr.. and Mrs Fryatt have
been married twelve years, ana are
now sojourning in the Isle Of Pines. 4
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
HIGH SCHOOL
4 mamama aa@m@n aa@ne
By A. W, Godward

By A. W, Godward
The Tettrakappa Literary Society
met last week for it's first meeting.
A. constitution was adopted and the
following officers elected: President,
Arthur Mclean; vice-president, David
Shelver; secretary, Dan Daeley; treas
urer, Frank Palmer; program COM
mittee, Oscar Barson, Raymond
Holmes, and Howard Mckee. The
meetings will be held weekly.
The evening school is in full swing.
Glasses have been formed in English,
penmanship, spelling, stenography,
typewriting, bookkeeping, commercial
arithmetic, algebra and mechanical
drawing. The good will with which
the evening pupils attack the work
suggests the correctness of Socrates's
idea that young people should be put
to work and that men should 60 to
school. The seriousness of the effort
to make the evening school success
is evidenced by the fact that men,
Der of the board of education has vol
unteered his services as teacher. 1t
is desirable that all who wish to join
classes in the evening school shall en-
roll at once, for the work is well un-
der way already, and pupils cannot
get start in any Of the classes unless
they begin at once.
Bonds were voted last Monday for
the completion of the new ward
school. When completed the building
will be perfect in its light, heat and
ventilation. Six of the eight rooms
will have north light. The exterior
of the building will be beautiful in it's
proportions and lines, rather than in
extravagant decoration. The best
substantial materials will be used, but
no expenditure will be made for mere
show. The district will need it's mon.
ey for absolutely necessary enlarge
ment Of it's school buildings in the
very near future. Every foot of room
in the two buildings will be occupied
next September.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
GORDER TO MINOT
Major Went to Mlnot Monday to Pre-.
sent Plans for improvements

Major Paul Gorder, engineering ex-
pert of the North Dakota National
Guard, went to Minot Monday after
noon, to be present at the annual
meeting of the National Guard Asso-
citation which was held at that city
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The improvement of the camp and the
rifle range at the camp grounds south
OF the city were thoroughly discussed.
Major Gorder has signifed his in
tention of proposing the building of
conduits connected with each range.
that is, the 100, the 200, 500, 1000
yard, etc., the wires on such conduits
to be connected with a telephone and
push button. This method would do
away with the now unhandy one of
telephoning to the butts each time a
target was shot at, notifying the at
tendants in the butts as to the target.
This old system causes too m 1ch
confusion, and it is the earnest re CON-
mendation of Major Gorder that it be
changed
The military grounds will be ,b-
stantially improved this year. The
earth filling at the butts will be in
creased and the range will be leveled.
Aitkin targets will be installed. These
targets are. the latest accepted ones
for target range use. They are com
posed entirely Of steel, excepting the
exposed parts, which are of wood and
canvass. They are set in a solid
foundation of concrete. The military
grounds are valued at $4,000, and are
said to be as fine as any in the north.
west.
Major Gorder is in favor. of organic
ing an engineering and signal corps
connected with the NJ D. N. G., with
, headquarters at Devils Lake. If the
corps had headquarters in any other
city the good they would do would be
very little, if any, for the reason that
the camp ground is situated so nea,
the city that he, has reason to believe
that the company now being organized
In the city will be OF much highe,
calibres than D. the one formerly organ
4. ized. ~, 81 "a
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
No Hard Times. Here J.

Different parties returning from
visits s.. further rtl east this winter, have
told us that the people Of North Dako-
IA, and especially Of this portion Of
North Dakota, do not know the mean
Ing Of hard times. Mr.. Toner, who re-, re-
turned lI last week from a visit to Ills
home In southern Minnesota, stated to
Us ): /. that the people Of that locality
were in great deal worse circumlstanrl-
.ces y than the people here, and that
compare lively, we were enjoying the
best OF times. Jos. F'ahrnkopf, who
Just returned yesterday from d visit to
bis homo II Michigan, and who also,
visited at Chicago. tells us that III
g Chicago, he sew thousands III mel, men
around 'l the neWgpanag osasIlcaa looking
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
.ia.
WhiStier'a Hunor.

A story is told of Whittier which
Illustrates the character Of his humor.
Two Of his neighbors, an aged broth
or and sister, had accumulated com
potency. He thought they were work
ing harder than was necessary iii View
Of their age and worldly accumuIationa
and spoke of it. II. :. 4: &c: z ss;}
We must lay by something for our.
last sickness and have enough left TO-
bury U.S." said the sister. s q :$:5 sz&
MARY, =" replied Whittier did thee
ever know any one In his last sickness
to stick by. the way FOR want oas
eundsY, II, 81
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.sahn,lyse lnterprasatior,,

Ldttle Johnny was hustled OF TO
ehureh one Sunday morning with the
admonition that if he could not remem-
Der the text when he came home he
couldn't go out TO play that afternoon.
AT the dinner table he was asked the
text OF the sermon and said: VI. .5];5
Don't be afraid, you'll get the quilt
s The mother !aughingly replied You
must ~ lf be mistak ken ohnny z but he was
Esire he was n ght The matter dropped
until during the Heek, the pastor cali
40 ghen IL was learned that tine text
wal. Fear MOI, the comforter h viii
come. chicago Tribune &
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-17
Badly Burned

s Charles Beuer and Arthur CRUDE,
two employees Of the Great Northern
shops, were painfully injured BY d
gasoline explosion which occurred at
the shops Wednesday morning. NO
particular details OF the incident we're
obtainable The men were both badly
l burned about The face and hands, and
were taken % Mercy hospital, where
they aFe resting comfort ably. 1t ID not.
taoughs that the accident win result
seriously FOR etttsaer Oh the sslen. 0