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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

SITUATION wanted by 2 first class car
penters; office table, shelving, refinish-
ing. painting: all kinds OF repairs. Ad-
dress johnson a Carlson, in1 Chicago
st. 2D-Mtu 30x
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FARM avn R sAakkoEE ESTATE lIlb ron ALE


MR.. FARMER. LOOK HERE.
II you are looking for good farm land
take a look at our list. before buying. We
offer 2a6 acres In Nance Co. s miles west
OF Fullerton, rich black soil 246 acres
under plow, 80 acres tame grass, 20 acres
pasture, improvements are A No. l; lots
sale at SIS. Terms.
SCOTS BLUFF COUNTY.
100 acres 2 miles from Gering. Neb.. all
under. irrigation. s. acres under pillow, all
fenced, $3.50. one-third cash.
BUFFALO COUNTY.
so acres good land well Improved. all
fenced, near good market town, IS acres
under pillow. Priced for quick sale at S42.
Terms.
HARDWOOD & HARDWOOD.
46 Bee Bldg, Omaha. Neb.
(a)-MiS9 80
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State of Nebraska, County of Douglas. S.;
/, r. p. Hamilton, cashier OF the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
F. P. HAMILTON, Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
LUTHER DRAKE,
GEORGE E. PRIrCHETT,
JOHN F.. COAD,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of April, 1909.
LOUIS w. wEYMULLER.
Notary Public.
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Texas.
Visit Our Omaha
Colony in Brazoria,
Texas, May 4th.

Join our special excursion next
Tuesday to visit the satisfied
purchasers in the FAMOUS
BRAZOS VALLEY. over so
Omaha people have purchased
our orange and fig lands. many
of whom are living there, and
are more han delighted with
their new location. Our Mr.. j.
v. Harrow will accompany sew
eral Omaha purchasers next
Tuesday. II you are looking for
a home in the best country on
earth, come and see us. Free
sleeper all the way. Can sell
you from 8 acres up, at $3.50 per
acre, on easy monthly payments.
You can max a living on five
acres. Call at office for litera-
ture.
r. H. Landeryou, 4
As Board of Trade, Omaha, Neb.
Telephones: Douglas 2151. Ind, A-2151
FN}ni COMES g
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Harrison g. Morton
QgJ-M1l7


Irrigated. No floods or drouths. No crop
failures. Free fuel, Fine climate. South
ern Idaho, Easy terms. Ten years. time.
Special excursions. For free map OF Idaho
and particulars how to file, address The
Idaho Land Company. 222 Midland Bldg,
Kansas City, Mo, 09)-M94S NJ Sx
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Prices and Terms

These Tri-State lands lie 80 perfectIv
that a flat price has been mode on the en-
tire tract. We will sell uncultivated land AZ
No more than lO acres will be sold 10
any one purchaser. Spectators not wanted;
this land Is for homeseekers, who will move
and rent II.
ONLY oNE-FIFTH CASH, balance in
nine annual payments; first payment due
two years after date OF purchase. These
are the famous Union Pacific terms, which
have been so popular with homeseekers.
To the first twenty buyers, OF until 2OOO
acres are sold. a discount OF s. per acre Will
be made on the purchase price, on condi-
ton that the purchaser improves il this
year by building a house and barn costing
not less than 5000.
Paid-up water right from the best canal
ever constructed goes with each acre
For further particulars. see or write
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS
CANADIAN PACIFIC

weekly Sailing Between Montreal quebec
a Liverpool
Two days on the beautifui ST. Lawrence
river and the shortest ocean route to Bu-
Nothing oetter on the Atlantic than our
Empresses. Wireless ON all steamera
Ask your ticket agent. or write for san.
ings, rates and booklet.
o. =. 1NNJA1nM. a. A.
a3a South CLARK 81. Chicago.
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south Dakota.

LOOK US UP.
Then come with us TO Brule county. South
Dakota. We control 1900 acres and can
sell In tracts to suit purchasers. Prices
$50 TO $50 per acre. Write or call.
KELLEY INVESTMENT co,
220-6 Neville Bldg.
(2W-M415 30
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100000
Tri-State Canal

one OF the largest irrigation systems in the
west. IL is half again as large as the I'M
mense government Pathfinder canal.
The Tri-State Land company has practi-
cally first water right out of the North
OF water.
This magnificent body OF land at Scott S
Bluff represents the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
Payne Investment Co.

General Colonization Agents.
New York Life Bldg, Omaha. Nah
cor any Of its associate agents.
C0)-S9z so
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REAL ESTATE
Farm N ca LAND For SALE
Colorado.

COLORADO IRRIGATED SNAP.
10 acres joining townsite, twelve miles
from Denver; fruit and vegetable land;
lies beautifully; fine Wow OF the noun
tains; Ideal for home or investment. This
will be sold at one-half its present value
IL at once.
NATIONAL INVESTMENT CO.,
$50 Rrandeis Bldg, Omaha. Neb.
(20)-2Sg
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CLoSE-IN HOME

$3.50 for good S-room, g
story house, with large recep-
tion hall, strictly modern, oak
finish first floor, papered
throughout. 4 bedrooms with,
bath on second floor, built
about two years. located near
Van Saints church, on 18th st.
Easy walking distance from
: business center and close to
car line.
For further information see
GEORGE q co,
wa 1901 Farnam st.
q u9)-sss %
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Best There is in Irri-
gated Land

The two big canals. the Government and
the Tri-State, represent a combined cost
OF nearly 100000. This is evidence OF the
value Of the lands. The prices at present
are low.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30
BANK STATEMENTS

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK,
at Omaha, in the State Of Nebraska, At the
close OF business April y. iaa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

Large Groom house, diagonaily across
from Rome Miller's S5,O0O country home,
Grand Ave. and Florence boulevard. House
fronts south and east, in "a setting of fine
old forest trees; beautiful outlook TO the
east over Mrs. Levi Carter park. the Mis-
souri, river valley and the Iowa hills. Mr..
Morrison has removed from the city, but
IL here temporarily and while here wishes
this property sold. Former price, 1900,
present price, $500. Act quickly.
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OWNER SAYS SELL

Fine six-room residence on Burt st. facing
the Boulevard. modern in every way, good
basement and walks. The owner is Obliged
to go on his homestead this week. Price,
$500; $500 cash. balance same as rent.
NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMPANY.
So Brandeis Bldg. Omaha, Neb.
O9)-6A
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$3.50 Per Acre

Four sections sand hill grazing land,
fourteen miles north of Hershey. on Union
Pacific railroad in Lincoln county. Ne
braska, nine miles north Of Platte river.
$3.50 per acre. Adjoining land held at So
per acre.
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W. L. Selby.
Mexico.

4Ss Board of Trade Bldg. omaha, Neb.
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INVESTMENT SNAP

A Broom house. i'm fine condition: il
newly papered and painted in and outside:
has new sets OF plumbing and a large
vacant lot. Is rented steady 10 good tenants
who lived there for years at SSS per month.
Only $500; $500 cash, balance at the rate
OF 36D per month. 1899 s. 18th ST.
ROBINSON & WOLF,
S6 Paxton Blk.
QQ-MaA a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

WHEN you write 10 advertisers. remem-
Der that IL takes hut an extra stroke or
two OF the pen TO mention the fact that
you saw the ad IN The Bee.
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WHEN writing to advertisers. kindly men
tion The Bee.
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BUY OF OWNER

Close in property. al Grant St, s-room
house. all modern but furnace; new
plumbing; good barn. 1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-30

LIST your properly with Chris Boyer. 1d
and Cunning Sta us-SH
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WALKING DISTANCE

Reception hall, parlor, dining room. kitchen
DOWNSTAIRS, three bed rooms and alcove
and bath upstairs; fun cement basement.
Laundry. nice lawn: good neighborhood.
GALLAGHER & NELSON.
40 Brandeis Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
Q9)-M4H 30
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WANTED-To BUY


HIGHEST prices for secondhand furniture,
carpets. clothes and shoes. Tel. Doug. S9nL
(Bl-640
BEST price paid for secondhand furniture
carpets stoves. clothing. shoes Tel. Doug.
sou. iCaO-eI
The Practical AuetIoneer. 30 N. Y. Life
$3.50
STANDARD upright piano. Phone Web
ster S76. C5)-M68
WANTED-Four good, common work
horses, 10 weigh not less than 1850 lbs.
each; state age, price and address Where
they can be seen. Address s 37S. care
Bee. (3)-M4g7 2
A LARGE parrot cage; state price. 2i3O
9Th Ave- Council Bluffs, la.
CS)-M4s2 BOX
BEST prices paid for 2d-haRd furniture,
clothes. shoes, etc. Tel. Douglas ans.
CB)-S1 May q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
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By Frank G. Carpenter
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this were divided equally among the peo- pie, it would equal only one ounce per year per head. Now the average con nrmed smoker takes about three mace a day, or ninety mace in one month
 Ten mace make an ounce and this would equal nine ounces a month, or nine pounds year. Dividing the 40OO0,00O pounds by nine gives quotient of less than four and a half millions the total number of confirmed smokers required to consume all the opium raised in China In other words, if one-tenth of the pop ulation were habitual opium smokers they would consume all the opium which China now has. If the estimate Is doubled the number would be less than 10000, 900.
 Dr. George Morrison of the London Times, who is one of our most careful writers on things Chinese and who knows the country better than any Chinese am acquainted with, estimates the pos sible consumers at less than S,000,0O0.
 In fact, opium is consumed here about as much as spirituous liquors are in Eng land and the United States. Both habits are a mighty evil, and both cause a vast deal of misery but to say that every man. woman and child in China is an opium fiend is as false on it's face as it would be to alleged that every man, wom- an and child in England and America is added to drunkenness.
 III ciosiiIS tiils ltlteI l WOu1Q say that 1t will be long time before the hopes of the Chinese statesmen and patriots can come to fruition. The work of re- pression is going on rapidly, but opium is still smoked largely in secret and an enormous amount of underhand selling and smuggling is done. These people are just as human as we are and the same conditions prevail as would obtain in the United States were we to try to abolish the drink habit within as short time as the Chinese have allotted to the wip- ing out of this terrible drug Some of the officials are hypocrites. others are open ly disobeying the law, while others. bound in the Laocoon grip of the opium. ara secretly smoking the drug or are in jecting morphone into their persons be- hind their closed doors. The movement for the most part is earnest and honest, and it has already accomplished vast deal of good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
G~E,~CsC-.0
American Temperance Movement
 Surpassed by Celestials

licensss. The government commanded all farmers to reduce their opium fields by 10 per cent every year, and provided l tIat no opium at all should be cultivated | .fter the end of 10 years It required that the merchants decrease their opium sales 20 per cent every year, and close , out their whole business in the space of five years. It ordered that all public opium dens should be summarily closed and that the retail opium shops should gradually be abolished At the same time it inaugurated dispensaries where free medicines might be had to take away the opium craving, and encouraged the establishment of opium hospitals for those who had contracted the habit.
 In the same edicts 1t was provided that all users of opium should be registered that they should be examined by the police. and the habitual users should be allowed only given quantity of the drug, at certain fixed periods. These al- lowances were to be gradually reduced so that at the end of five years all per sons under 60 years of age would be free from the habit All users of opium were required to wear badges, so that every one would know an opium fend as he walked through the streets.
 All government officials, including princes, dukes. viceroys and generals under 60 had six months to give up the habit or to tender their resignations; and all teachers and scholars were re- oulred to stop opium smoking within tho space of one year. As to the officers of the army and navy they were command CT to abandon the habit at once.
 This is what China is trying to do The eoove ,roclamations have been followed by others, and today the prince regent and the grand council are doing all they can to have these laws pu- into force. They are prosecuting their infringement. anA they lave inaugurated ouch a reign of terror ss would create a revci itto1 in the United States and turn cur people and goverprnent upside down.
 Officials Made to Stop Smoking.
 It makes one laugh to think what would happen if Uncle Sam should cut of every Congressman's toddy, should prohibit cold tea in the restaurant of the Senate and not allow the clerks of the govern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

government realizes this, but, nevertae- liss, 1t insists thlt the laws be enforced. According to them, no ground can be panted to pcrpies, and the old fields must be cut dcv'n one-tenth of their original size every year.
 In some provinces the viceroys have dered the immediate stoppage of all cul- tivation of opium. and in others they have remitted the taxes for five or ten years upon opium lands which have been turned over to other crops. In Yunnan the sol diers have been directed to dig up the poppyfelds. and the viceroy of Ranking recently issued an order that his farmers must destroy their opium seeds, and that such as had planted them should dig their fields over and put in something else.
 All the opium-raising lands have been registered and the government at Pelxin is keeping close watch over the amount cultivatd. The prince regent has offerd medals and rewards to those who have changed their crops from the poppy to grains, and they are to be freed from na- tional taxes for fixed period.
 In short, there is no doubt about the earnest and active efforts of the officials and of large part of the people to do away with the opium habit. Many are resolved that it must be cut out of China at any cost, and the government is willing to submit to the enormous loss of reve- nue which it entails. for tn good of the people.
 Millions of Opium Smokers.
 On the other hand. it Is a question whether the opium evil Is anything like so great as is generally supposed. It has been stated that more than 1000O0.000 of the Chinese are opium users Some will tell you that the whole race is drugged and that all the men, women and children use opium daily. This Is untrue on it's fact. doubt whether the opium habit is as prevalent among the Chinese as the whisky and beer drinking habit is among the English, Germans or Americans. In the firet place, 1t is costly, and the bulk of the Chinese are poor. Again. the amount of opium raised in China is pretty well known. and W have accurate sta tistics of all that Is Imported. Foreign CTS estimate the total annual consump- tion at something like 100000 pounds If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

time the edict was issued They were all closed on the first of the fourth month of the year following and are still shut. The same is true of Ichang, although the shops for the sale of opium are still open. Flashing, which for years was one of the worst opium-smoking places in the province of Cheldang. has abolished its opium shops and the day of the clos ing. the opium pipes were burnt in pub lie and the people rejoiced. The same is true of many other cities, in not few of which the opium dealers have since secretly resumed business.
 Outside the officials a mighty crusade has been going on over Chil4s to stop the use of opium among the people. Indeed, there are so many different movements that hardly know where to begin. Every province has its anti-opium societies. These meet regularly; they print and dis tribute anti-opium literature and send out men to lecture upon the opium evil. There is one society in Canton which has distributed millions of pamphlets showing the terrible fate of the opium user. Pictures of the man before and after he has become the slave of the drug are published, and the horrors of the practice are vividly painted Many of the societies require their members to wear a badge and sign the pledge, and many of them offer rewards for the detection
 
 ing of opium.
 Tn some of the provinces the most rigid laws have been enacted against the users of the drug. In Kiangsu no habftual smoker under DO can appear in court as a plaintiff. He cannot institute @ suit and can have no protection from the laws as long as he continues to disobey them. In Canton there is temple which has been given over to the anti-opium cru sade. anti-opium pictures being pasted upon its walls In Yunsan opium lectures are everywhere given. and a large num- Der of refuges have been created to take in confirmed smokers and cure them. Hundreds of opium pipes and lamps are nailed to the walls of the government buildings and the viceroy is rapidly re- ducing the area of the opium farms
 At the capital of FulIien province there have been eight burnings of opium and opium fixtures during which lz36 ounces were destroyed and the following items burned: Pipes, 4433; pipe bowls, 44S2;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

<Copyright. 1909. by Frank G. Carpenter) 1 Pekin. S UPPosB that President Taft and N "sr national Congress should " Sc ~9ut an edict tomorrow that every man al. woman in the employ1e the government Afl give up the drirking of liquor or be dis ~. .from office, and that no new appoln.s4.. ..ta..'i be made to any one who had contracted the liquor habit or who would not sign the pledge. Let this edict relate not only to Washington, but to every postoffice and custom house. and let its effect be so extended as to include every state off cial, even to the county clerks, sheriffs. and their subordinate employees.
 Let another edict provide that all must show government permits before a glass of whisky, wine or other liquor will be sold to them. and so that every saloon keeper be subject to fine and imprison- ment if he breaks this law Let the edict summarily shut nine-tenths of the saloons and provide for the absolute destruction of all within the course of 10 years. Let there be laws forbiddng the
  and. in short. the inauguration of scheme of government restrictions which would entirely wipe out the manufacture. selling and drinking of anything intoxi- eating within the space of 10 years.
 It would be a good. big contract, would at not?
 The Antl-opIum Edcts.
 We'll that is just what China is trying to do as to plotting opium and the opium traffic from the face of her country
 We have had crusades against liquor, but they have been mostly begun by the twomen and carried out with the opposi- tion. rather than the assistance, of the government officials. This crusade of China begins at the top Three years ago the great empress dowager and the chief boards of the empire at Pekin sent out edicts cutting down the size of the opium farms, shutting up the opium dens and requiring all dealers in opium to take out
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