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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Young Man
Commits Suicide
to End Troubles
Unemployed and in Financial Diff
Guilty He Inhales Gas,
and Dies.

Worry over lack OF employment and A
mistake in money matters. the subsequent
breaking off Of his engagement with Miss
Mary Soukup by her and his being dis
owned by his parents for his mistake,
caused Joseph Mertz, % years of age. who
lived with his parents at 1913 South Fourth
street, to commit suicide by taking an
ounce of laudanum and inhaling gas at the
Lyons hotel, 109 South Thirteenth street,
Wednesday night. He was found in a crit
ical condition and unconscious at I o'clock
Thursday morning by Night Clerk w. H..
Jester. The man was removed in the po-
lice patrol to St. Joseph's hospital, where
he died.
Miss Mary Soukup. who lives at 1910
South Twelfth street and works at the
Voegele 4 Dining candy factory, 1916
Jones street, was the fiancee of the young
man. HI left a sealed and stamped letter
TO be mailed to her. When informed of his
attempt to kill himself Miss Soukup said
well, l guess he knew what he was do
Ing. I broke off our Engagement with him
and didn't want anything more to do with
him. Four weeks ago he received by mis-
AXE about 81 more pay than he Is sup
posed to get. He left town for three weeks
and when he came back his folks wouldn't
take him back and 1 broke the engage
ment. We met for the last time last night
He had been sick and had other trouble
| over which he had been worrying, but nc
| one supposed he might attempt to xii
himself"
Following are extracts from the letter
which was dated April q and written OF
| the reverse side of a letter sent by Mis-
Soukup to him on Her Grand stationer.
and under date Of February 10:
My Dear Little Loving Girl: I can
stand for this talk any longer. I told yo'
the truth about that money. but peopl
talk so. It was not my mistake-I had m
intention Of getting more. ] always love,
you. Forgive me and the act I am doin
now. Hope you will forget everything
Don't forget your muffler and handker
chief. My hest tears aud kiss. Your lost
broken-hearted sweetheart, JOE.
Young Mertz had worked as a pres
feeder for the Waters Printing company
but a receipt found In his clothes shove
that he had been recently paying ther
money. One or two addresses and tn
card of a salary loan firm were also in
pocket.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
TWO SUSPECTS BOUND OVER
Man Accused of stealing Alma jack
sons Horse and BuRey is
One of Them.

Joseph Gully. under charge OF horse steal
ing, and Lou Adair. under charge Of break
ing into and robbing hox cars. we're ar
raigned in police court at South Omaha
Thursday morning. Both men waived pre-
liminary examination and the former was
bound over under 5000 bail and the latter
under 1900. Neither Of the men was able
to furnish bonds and both were committed
to the county Jail.
Gully Is the man who is charged with
stealing Alma Jackson's horse at Twenty
sixth and q streets Monday afternoon. He
was arrested i'm Bellevue after having
been suspected by Fred Iske.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Washington Hall
Meeting Big One
Republican Rally There Friday Night
Will Be Biggest Thus Far
This Campaign.
Republican meetings.

Fridsy-Washington hall, Eighteenth be-
tween Harvey and Howard streets, mass
meeting. Speakers: John p. Breen, Harry
b. Zimman and George d. Meiklejohn. Nc
Kenna's hall, Sherman avenue and Locust
street, Fifth Ward Republican club.
Speakers: Harry b, Zimman and candI-
dates. Fontanelle club rooms, 1910 Howard
street, Breen Boosters Club for Young
Men. Speakers: George d. Meikeljohn
and n. B. Zimman.
Saturday-Magnolia hall, Twenty-fourth
street and Ames avenue. Twelfth Ward
Republican club. Speakers: Harry b. Tim
man and D.. A. n. Chase.
The mass meeting called for Washing
ton hall for Friday night will be the
largest meeting held so far during the
city campaign. While two other meetings
will be held the same night. one at Nc
Kenns's hall Oh Sherman avenue and the
other in the Fontanelle club rooms, under
the auspices OF the Breen Boosters, plans
are being made to make the Washington
hall meeting one of greater importance
job L. Kennedy will preside at this
meeting. and addresses will be made by
George ID. Meikeljohn. formerly assistant
secretary OF war; Councilman Harry Il
Zimman. s A. searles. manager OF Cap
tain Palmer's pre-Drimary campaign, and
John =. Breen, nominee for mayor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
tn. Inai.D MedIcIue Man.

can produce roots and herbs for every
aIlment. and cure diseases that BATTLE our
most skilled physicians, who have spent
years in the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the field
originated Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. which for thirty years has
proved more potent and efficacious In
curing female ills than any combination
OF drugs known.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Disease Germs

Cannot harm healthy human
bodies. We cannot have healthy
bodies unless we have pure blood,
tho kind Of blood that hoods
saFsapaTilIa makes.
This great medicine has an un-
equalled unapproached record for puri-
Tying and enriching the blood.
II cures scrofula, eczema, eTuptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss
Of appetite, general debility, and builds
up the whole system.
Get 10 today In the usual LIQUID form or In
ehoeolAtsd tablet form called SAFsatsbG.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23

q Union Pacific train between Green River
and Bryan, Wyo. The possibility of any
valuable mail from Omaha having gone
astray through the loss OF the mail pouch
will not be known for two or three days
yet, through complaints coming from
parties who may have had mail on that
train.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23

People past middle life usually have soma
kidney or bladder disorder that saps the
vitality, which is naturally lower In old
age. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects
urinary troubles, stimulates the kidneys.
and restores strength and vigor. It cures
uric acid troubles by strengthening the kid
neys so they will strain out the uric acid
that settles in the muscles and joints. caus-
Ing rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23

PennsyivHnia Lines ~stOpovers.
On first-class tickets reading over Penn
sylvania Lines ten-day stopovers will be al
lowed upon request at either Pittsburg,
Washington, Baltimore or PHILADELPHIA.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Moat Fond Il Pniann

to the dyspeptic. Electric Bitters cure dy-
spepsia, liver and kidney complaints and
debility. Price Oc. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23

When you buy Gold Medal Flour
he sure "a iS Washburn-Crosby's Gold
Medal Flour. This a Important.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
The Peoples Store Buys IN Entire
Line OF Ladies' sample suits
from Bergman a. TurkeI, 26
to 30 w. I7th street,
New York City

Saturday we will place on sale 1i2 sam
pie suits bought from the above concern.
They are made right and made of the new
est materials in the best and latest styles.
They are one and two OF a kind. Ladies'
and misses suits that are positively worth
t5 We will place on sale Saturday for
cash or easy payments at the one price of
SIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Fifty Men
File Petitions
for Four Places
List of Candidates for Fire and
Police Board Reaches This Total,
Time Having Expired.

Fifty-two candidates for the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners and six can
didates for city engineer have filed with
the city clerk petitions asking that their
names be placed upon the ballot at the
forthcoming city election. The time limit
for filings was 5 O'Clock Wednesday after
noon, ". f. Kuncl, for the excise board,
being The last TO file.
The following are the candidates for the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-23
Magic City Gossip.

The Christian church has engaged the
South Omaha High school auditorium for
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
.INGLEWOOD RANCHO
POPULARITY GROWS
SALES OF PROPERTY TOTAL
100000
Forty Houses Are Either Built or Un-
der nstruction-SeVeral Miles
of Water Mains in Oper-
alton

Inglewood Rancho company reports
very satisfactory SAFES for the past
week. Since this acreage was placed
on the market six months ago 100000
worth of property has been sold. This
means that sales are being made at the
rate of $1100 d day.
Forty houses have been built ana
others are under construction, ana
several miles of water pipe have been
laid.
There is a well equipped grocery store
now on the tract and another nearly
completed Also supplies are dellNeIea
daily from the IngleWood stores
The additional eighty acres whlch
was recently placed on the market is
finding a ready sale. Quite a portloll
of this acreage is planted in altalta OF
two years growth. This means an
income Immediately, and with the SIX
or seven cuttings a year Wnlch TINS
soil Yields will average an income Oh
500 a acre. -
Sales for the past week amount 10
sSO25 and are as follows;
Two acres on Fir street, w. Wooa-
ward. $1,000; one acre on Market street.
A lager. $3.50; one acre on Market
street Mrs. V. Helmine, 5000; one acre
on Fir street, f. 5. Bowen; 1928; one
ocre on Kenwood street, Daniel GINA
rich $500: one acre on Ash street A. w
Sipinski, $3.50; eight acres on OAK street,
r. 70. Moves $685.; three acres on ASH
street, D. Graham, 1925.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
MAlN-MONETA TRACT
MEETS WITH SUCCESS
SALES TO DATE AMOUNT TO
$4,000
Property on Market Only One Week
Attracts Numerous 5uyers-Forty
Acres Are Sold and Options
Secured on Others

Patton & Longley report very graft
flying sales at Main Moneta acres on
Sunday, April 25, the date of the open
ing of their new tract.
From the numerous inquiries prevl-
ously received in regard to this tract
good sales were anticipated, but the
demand thus far has exceeded their
greatest expectations.
During the week forty acres have
been sold and options have been Sc
cured on additional two and half and
five acre tracts.
Main Moneta acres is only two miles
south of Manchester avenue, adjoining
Athen- on the Hill on the Moneta ave-
nue. short line to Redondo.
The soil is excellent for alfalfa, vege-
tables, berries and small fruits and
there is an abundant supply of water.
which is piped throughout the tract
from a cement reservoir which con-
tains SIS 600 gallons.
The owners of Main Moneta acres
guarantee an abundant supply of wa
ter for both domestic and irrigation
purposes. The water plant will be
decided to the purchasers of the prop
erty.
Main Street boulevard, which is soon
to be macadamized from Los Angeles
to San Pedro, passes directly through
this property.
Sales to date amount to $4,000
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
MONTE VISTA SALES
AGGREGATE $26,O4O

Emil Firth has sold seventy-six acres
in Monte Vista aggregating $26,O4O TO
the following purchasers:
r. L. and j. w. Gage, seven acres on
Vernon avenue, south of Howard ave-
nue., for $3.50.
Emil A. Hasler, five acres on Central
avenue, south of Howard avenue, for
$1375.
Edward f. White, five acres adjoin-
ing above, for $1375
Robert f. Edmunds, five acres corner
of Vernon and Howard avenues, for
$1625.
Harry M. Hill, five acres on Oaks ave-
nue., south of Fifth avenue, for $1,000.
Matilda u. Dorchi, six acres corner
of Fremont avenue and State street,
for 1895.
Frank P. Adams. four and a half
acres on Central avenue, south of How
ard avenue, for $3.50.
Fred w Steinke, four and a half
acres on Oaks avenue, south of Fifth
avenue, for $1,000.
Herman j. Stelnke. six and half
acres on Benson avenue, south of How
ard avenue, for $1575,
Douglas Rose. five and half acres
corner State street and Lemon avenue
extending to Vine avenue for $2412.
James R. Scott, five and half acres
corner Vernon and Fifth avenues, fol-
$2475.
Jacob r. Metzger, five and half
acres corner Maple avenue and State
street. for $2475.
Norman G. Plummer, five and a hall
acres corner Fifth and Grand avenues
for $2421.
U. o. Gerlach, five and half acres
corner Lemon and Fifth avenue, fol-
$2412.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
MANCHESTER HEIGHTS
SALES AGGREGATE $4,000
Demand for Building Lots in Popular
Tract Increases Steadily Through
Free Excursions

Grider-Hamilton-O Oswald company re-
norts the sale of twenty-three lois ~
the month of April amounting 10 SiU'
00O and the demand for lots as steauily
increasing. The firm still sends out tile
free excursion daily. including SUNDAY
Characterization company re-
ports the following sales IN It's MAN
chester Heights trace:
To Anna Kramer lots 104 and 100 on
Forty-fourth street, between sno vermont
and Budlong avenues, for S900:
To Elizabeth S. Bagnall lot 49, at the
southeast corner of Manchester ana
Budlong avenues, for $3.50.
To James H. Burk, lot ISL and part
of lot 1870. on Forty-fourth street,
near Normandie avenue, for $4S! 81.
To Anna and Jacob Stuckie, lot ll9
and part of $50. on Forty-fourth
street, near Normandie avenue.
To Henry Martinez, lot III, on Forty-
fourth street, near Vermont avenue
TO George Hart, lot 300, on Seventy
ffth street, near Normandie avenue.
To Bethuel Clarke, lot 1876, on the
northeast corner of SeVenty-tifth street
and Normandie avenue, for $3.50.
To Joseph Baum, lot 277, on Seventy
fifth street, near Budlong avenue, for
$500.
To Thomas and Anna Dietrich. lot
27S, on Seventy-fifth street, near Bud
long avenue, for $500.
To Joseph Dauser, lot AZ, on Manches-
ter avenue, near Budlong avenue, for
$500.
To Clara Baum, lot 279, on Seventy
fifth street, near Budlong avenue, for
$500.
To Edward and Amelia Greene, lot
81, on Seventy fourth street near Bud
long avenue. for $500.
To Elizabeth Kaylor and Jessie Bal
ley, lots 3O5 and Ais, both located on
Seventy-sixth street, near Normandie
avenue, for $3.50.
To Thomas and Mary Roche, lot SO,
on Manchester avenue, between Bud
long and Normandie avenues, for $500,
To Miss Kate Roche, lot So, next 20
the above, for $500.
To James N. Hastings. lots 205, 206
and part of 207, on SeVenty-fifth street,
near Budlong avenue, for $937.5
To w. O. Rogers, part of 207 and 20S
on Seventy-fi street, near Budlong
avenue. for $46S.75.
To Eugene G. Rogers, part of lot 20S
and all of 209, on Seventy fifth street,
near Budlong avenue, for $46S.75.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
FIRM BUILDS SIX
FINE RESIDENCES

AHhouse Bros. have just started
three eight and nine-room houses on
Manhattan place just south of Dor
chester. They will be built of stone
and blue brick and all the rooms on
the lower floors will be finished IN
duartered white oak, Tabascan and
Peruvian mahogany and curly birch.
The floors will be hardwood through
out. The second stories will be in white
enamel with Tabascan mahogany
doors. The grounds will be large and
highly improved. The house and
grounds of cash of these properties
will represent an investment of from
$40. 900 to 1000 each when completed
They have also just completed two
new houses on Twenty-first and CHM
AKRON streets, containing eight rooms
and eleven rooms respectively, which
are finished in oak, mahogany and
birch with mahogany doors through
out: also garage, etc, making total
investment of $500 and $l2,5OO respec-
lively
They have also completed a two
story eleven room residence on the
southwest corner of Twenty-third and
Cimarron streets. which is finished in
oak and mahogany and also has garage.
etc, making a total investment OF
81, 500.
They are also getting plans out for
five more new houses to be built in the
West Adams Heights district.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
SOUTHWEST HEIGHTS
BEGINS ITS CAREER
BOOSTERSTHR0W OPEN TRACT
AT NIGHT
Rapid Growth of Los Angeles Toward
the Ocean and New Railway Fa-
cilities Assure Success
of Enterprise

Southwest Heights was ablaze last
night when it was opened to investors
by the King Realty company, 2O2-2O4
Pacific Electric building. Special cars
were run at 6:10, $780, $50, 7:10, 1880,
$50 and $40 p. m. A large crowd was
present and witnessed the formal
opening of the Southwest Heights tract
and many persons became interested in
the proposition in financial way.
Los Angeles has grown so rapidly
and especially in the direction of the
ocean, that it has aroused feeling
in the great railroad magnates who
or desire than that they must get the
most of the business between Los An
geles and the sea.
Already the Los Angeles & Redondo
railroad is preparing for a four track
system on its Inglewood division, and
the word has been passed by those
making surveys that the Pacific Illec-
trio railroad is now planning to connect
all its roads running south, southwest
and southeast by a line that will run
from the neighborhood of Dominguez
junction to Santa Monica, The survey
is said to be the correct one, and is
surely the most practical one, runs
through the Southwest Heights tract
of the King Realty company.
TWo-t thirds of the people find it in
convenient to go to see property during
the day, as their work or home duties
rob them of the opportunity that gives
the other one-third an advantage over
them that is hard to overcome. There
fore this company decided to open its
tract at night, giving everybody a
chance to see Southwest Heights with
out losing any time.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
CLOSE OF COLONIST
SEASON SEES RUSH
HOMESEEKERS BESIEGE LAND
AT BEAUMONT
In Three Tracts Twenty Houses Are
Erected and $4,000 Deciduous
Fruit Trees Planted in
Nine Months

Stimulated by the influx of home
seekers prior to the close of the col
onist rate season, which ends May l.
the sale of Beaumont apple lands and
CITY lots reached total for the week
of $3.50. Many of the buyers went
right on the land and began to plant
and build among these being William
H. Bfggs of Hanford, who took five
acres in Apple valley and city lot for
$1O5O, wherein he is already making
improvements.
Summary shows that over twenty
houses have been erected and nearly
$4,000 deciduous fruit trees planted in
the past nine months in the Cherry
Valley, Edgar Vineyard and Cherry
Valley West subdivisions, situated
north of town near the foothills. These
tracts up to a year ago were dry
farmed grain fields, without house or
fruit tree, but now contain over TWEEN
ty miles of water pipes, have long-dis-
tance telephone lines and nearly fifty
miles of graded streets. So quickly has
the population grown on these new
tracts that the school trustees have
Endorsed the erection of a new school
house to accommodate the children of
the ranchers, to be ready next term.
Through the recent requirement of
additional water rights in Wallace
creek the Beaumont Water company
now obtains its supply from three run
ming streams that rise in snow-capped
peaks of the San Bernardino range, to
the north, the other two streams being
Edgar and Noble creeks.
In a report Gervaise Purcell, the
well-known hydraulic engineer of Los
Angeles, shows these streams to have
fr,.e - oil %
miles, upon which the average annual
rainfall is BIG inches. The company
now has over $50 inches of water,
which is distributed through a system
of thirty miles of steel and cement
pipes, radiating from two large reser-
Voirs situated above the lands so as
to give pressure in the mains up to
eighty pounds to the square inch.
Since irrigation has been introduced
in Beaumont it is said that five acres
can be made to yield from apples and
other fruits more than ten times as
much as under the old system of rails
ing grain by dry farming. Likewise,
figures show that this new form of in
tensive farming has stimulated the
increase in population until Beaumont
valley now has 1900 persons as against
400 eighteen months ago.
In harmony with Beaumont's rapid
growth are recent estimates showing
over 100 per cent increase in passenger
and freight receipts at the Southern
Pacific depot for the past twelve
months. Similar increases in earnings
by the telephone company have re-
suited in steps being taken to install
a local exchange. The Western Union
Telegraph company also reports a
| heavy increase in business and have re-
Gently completed the Insulation of a
new copper wire from Chicago through
/ Beaumont.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-02
ORANGES WILL GIVE
FAME TO WEST TEXAS
TESTS DEMONSTRATE WORTH
OF REGION
Industry Grows in a Dozen Years in
in Large Proportions, and MUIR
series Are Unable TO
Supply Demand

One of the most promising industries
which will bring great fame and wealth
to Texas is the growing OF oranges and
other citrus fruits. This industry is
not new to Texas. but in recent years
the success Of those who have been
testing the industry demonstrates be
yond all cavil that the orange can be
profitably grown on an extensive cont
mercial scale in the south and south
west coast half of the state.
This industry has grown in the last
dozen years from a few small expert
mental groves to large proportions, and
the nurseries of the state have been
unable to supply the demand for trees.
Hitherto it had always been supposed
that the only successful orange grow
ing territory lay in the section between
Galveston, Beaumont and Houston, but
the opening up of the section OF the
country from Brownsville on up the
Rio Grande to about Carllso springs
thence northeast along that line, has
added increased interest to the orange
industry. as that vast semi-tropic coun-
try. of which Cotulla is about the cen
ter, has been pronounced by expert
citrus growers as being equal to cali
fotnia or any country on earth as d
citrus producer, and as in the eastern
section the experimental groves viii
soon become actual producers of COM
mercial oranges. Eastern people Wll
soon find that they will have no trouble
to supply the Thanksgiving table with
oranges, as the Texas orange region
natures fruit some weeks ahead OF
either the California or Florida product.
Of Satsuma Variety
The fruits produced so far have been
almost entirely of the Satsuma variety,
but other commercial varieties are be-
inc planted and will undoubtedly do as
we'll though the Satsuma, with graft
stock of the Japanese hardy orange, re-
suits in a fruit of exceptional size ana
flavor. and wherever marketed has
created a demand that could not be
supplied.
This section is also we'll adapted to
the growing of the Magnolia FIG, which
is a good producer and bear the next
season after planting, finds ready
market, the large canning establish
ments being ready to contract Tor the
crop several seasons in advance. Ma
laga, Muscat. Tokay, Thompson's seed
less and other varieties of grapes do
well here and are very productive, and
as they are ready for the market much
earlier than any other section of the
country always bring the top prices.
The Truck Growers Colonization
company reports heavy sales on It's
Cotulla tract, most of the buyers CON-
ing in from the northern and eastern
states. though many Los Angeles peo-
pie are interesting themselves and
the local office here is sending parties
down almost every day. 1t is realized
that the present prices of raw lands,
viz, $3.50 an acre, cannot last any
great period