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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
Mr.. GROUND HOG is HAPPY
He Sees No shadow and His
Winter SnOOEe Is Now
Over.

Colonel Welsh, weather forecaster, has
been the recipient of l;snislesG eongratula-
lions for giving the Ground Hog a chance.
He promised to fix his Groung Hog High
ness Tuesday. and got into communication
with Medicine Hat and Havre. Mont, so
tha the Ground Hog should be In no
danger OF sunstroke.
The clouds came. And when Colonel
Ground Hog poked his nose out OF his
winter warren at the hour Of sunrise
Wednesday hts eyes were not blinded by
the sun light, so he just jumped out, spat
on his hands, took three or four sommer-
saults and began at once to aunt for
sassafras roots and hens nests.
The charm was completed at noon, when
Colonel Ground Hog returned to the port
cullis OF his domioile and remarked, my
winters snooEe is over"
SO, unless there is a slip in the cog some
where, the winter is over, Al least there
won't be six weeks more winter"
Nor is the ground hog alone the prophet
OF good omen. For there has already been
noticed the early appearance OF blue Jays
an occasional. robin, a few meadow larks,
numerous flocks OF crows and hawks.
that ordinarily do not make an appearance
until the latter part of March or early
April.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03

SCHUYLER, Neb., Jan. s1-To the
Editor OF The Bee: / wish 20 thank you
for your fairness in your comment on my
communication II all the newspapers
would use the same good judgment in re-
gard to this meat boycott 1t would be bet
ter for all. AS you say, there Is a circle
that connects us all together. And every
time someone kicks a cog out Of the wheel
he interferes will the working of his own
affairs. And when the producer is hurt
you are getting at the foundation of the
prosperity of the country. In this meat
boycott the producer Is the first one hurt
snd the lsbcring man is next. The packer
Is not hurt at all. 1t gives them a good
chance to lower the price OF meat on foot.
They employ the best men they can get
to buy for them and take every chance In
the market to lower prices. / do not think
the packer is m~skihkohhy more money
than Is just, Meat is not too high, and
cannot go over the block cheaper unless
someone will loosen some hard-earned
money. Be just--think about the expense
OF the producer and the packer before you
say meat is too high. Let the laboring
man stop and think of the thousands of
men that would be thrown out Of employ
ment Il this boycott was to go on. You
SS ~ o0NiSO W ~ meat DoyCOlIeTS TO
use less beer and not go to the theater so
often Is just as wide of the mark. This
is not so. In the first place, 1 did not say
for them to cut out either one. That Is
their privilege. My suggestion was for
some to use less beer and not go to the
theater so often, IL they cannot afford to.
buy meat You speak of the brewery as a
consumer Of farm products. This is all
right as far as 1t goes. But 1t is a very
small per cent as compared with the meat
industry. Yes. we want to get away with
the one-idea man; he Is 60 the
prosperity Of the country. You speak OF
the avartcious farmer. This is unjust, as
any one at all posted knows that the
American farmers are the most generous
people on earth and q close friend to the
laooring maj in the city as well as on the
larm. The farmland lives as one of the
farmers family. He gets the best a
we can pay. What more can we do? Why
fight the farmer. Yours for justice to all.
ARTHUR J. GRIER.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
''Meanest Graft"
is Fake Labor
Agency Business
This is Judge CrawfOrd's Declaration
to B. B. Davis, Who Runs an
Employment Bureau.

TITS the meanest form of graft to take
money from these poor fellows and send
them out Of town on a wild goose chase
for a job"
Such was the declaration of Police Judge
Crawford in filming Ben Butler Davis, who
operates an employment agency on South
Tenth street.
Davis was referred to in police court as
Jim" Davis.
James A. Davies is an employment agent
Of good reputation and has no connection
with Ben Butler Davis.
TIL charge against Davis was that OF
obtaining money by false p~retenses. and
the prosecution called a German laborer
who said he and two others had each
given Davis a dollar and had been sent
to Sac City, Ia, to get work on the big
ditch, that is being constructed in that
part Of the stare. There was no work
when they arrived and Nhey were in
formed tina there was no prospect OF
anything doing. One OF the trio footed It
back to Omaha, while his comrades took
the trail for Des Moines.
The man at Sac City said that Davis
had been sending men on without orders.
but Davis, through his attorney, tried to
make the court believe he was acting in
good faith.
The judge did not, however. take any
stock in this and tho fine and a reprimand
was the order and warning.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
PUT YOUR MONEY TO WORK
Plea Of G.. G. Wallace on Omaha as
Realty Market Town.
TOO MUCH CAPITAL is IDLE
Urges Local Men 60 Branch out and
Interest other People with
Capital In Omaha Real
Estate.

What President F. ID. wead pronounced
ono Of the most profitable and interesting
addresses made before the body in a long
time was an address by @. G. Wallace be-
fore tile Omaha Real Estate exchange at
the regular ~eekly meeting Wednesday
noon.
Mr.. Wallace discussed Omaha as a real
estate market town. He took the position
that the dealers here should not SIT down
and let things drift. but should make
earnest effort to enlist capital now lying
idle, perhaps. in the large money centers.
He wanted people controlling this capital
to be interested In the opportunities that
are open in Omaha. 80 that II would be In
vested here and thus aid in developing and
building still further this city. Then, In
turn. he would have Omaha capital. or
Omaha men handling money for other in
vestors. become interested in a lively, help
full fashion, in the territory tributary to
this city.
1--WE must not be self-centered in our
city and our W particular interest"
said Wallace, but spread out: get others
In distant sections Of the country to take
a substantial interest In Omaha. Then we
in turn should take up the example OF
other places, real cities. which help to
build up the country from which they
draw trade
Mr.. Wallace cited several southern and
western cities which have been profiting
immensely by the investment OF outside
capital in large buildings and in big bust
ness ventures. This led to a lively discus
sion OF the relative merits OF local or out
side ownership. In which there was con-
siderable divergence of views. In the
course of the discussion numerous exam
pies were quoted wherein outside capital
had done good work in Omaha. and also
where y had seemed most advantageous to
have local local ownership in control and
getting the benefit Of the unearned mere
ment. The failure OF North Sixteenth
street to develop as It might nave done
was alluded to, and also the pioneering
of untried, new districts, as when the
Bennett store went to Sixteenth and Har-
ney. Some of the members insisted local
capital invested, Involving local control
development, has proven the best in
Omaha. Others did not agree with this
view entirely, and some not at all.
Next Wednesday w. L. Selby will read a
paper on the Intrinsic Value Of Real rs
tate,' and President Wead promised that
several more than ordinarily good addresses
or papers will be presented at meetings
within the next sixty days.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03

harmOny except as a few uniformed or
INSCRIPTIONS politicians inject a little lack
Of harmony into the stories they occa-
sionaily succeed In getting published.
1t is to be hoped the good people Of
Nebraska win share with President Crab
tree his earnest desire TO separate educa-
ton from the abominable uncertainty Of
ever-changlng political situations. What
ever stand he has taken in this regard he
has taken at a personal sacrifice and his
retention Will not be a victory for him,
but a victory for high educational Ideals.
II is needless to point out that the dis
mlssal Of Mr.. Crabtree would destroy the
usefulness Of the Peru Normal for esevarl
years. A number OF the best students nave
frankly said they would not continue in
Peru II the rumored changes we're made.
1t will be a triumph for education II
those few who now seek a change, for no
justifiable reason, will now lay aside their
petty personal feelings and respect the
rights and wishes of the hundreds of loyal
school men in Nebraska who stand for a
school system that shall not be hampered
in it's work by party politics and the
narrow personal wishes and whims of poll
ticians who happen to hold positions Of
power. JOY L. MORGAN,
President Glass of 1911.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
Scarlet Fever
Quarantine on
Deaf Institute

Eight cases Of scarlet FEVER are quaran-
tined at the Nebraska Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb. .,.
Health COMMISSIONS Council does not
think there is any danger of the disease
spreading to any great number OF the
other inmates. All those who hhve been
exposed, as we'll as those on whom tbs
disease has developed, are being closely
watched and the nurses attending the sick
pupils are not permitted to leave the
quarters in the building where the patients
are being treated. The clothing Of ali
other employees is being fumigated daily as
they come and 20, as Well as all the
rooms.
II am quite sure we shall be, able TO con-
troll this outbreak as effectively as we did
a similar occurrence in another educational
institution said Dr. Cornell. I'm that
case we were called In when four pupils
had developed the disease among a hun
dred or more who might have had It. BY
prompt preventive measures and quick
fumigation, coupled with strict quarantine,
we succeeded in handling the problem
without the development Of one single ad-
ditional case. At the Deaf and Dumb
institute every precau4on has been adopted
and I do not look fer any spread of the
disease"
Aside from the cases at the institute,
DR.. Connellf said, there is but one case OF
scarlet fever now under surveillance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
Costly Joust
With Tcmptress
Emil Talbot, Saloon Keeper, Found
by His Wife in Bad Company
and Fined by the Court.

Emil Talbot, who runs a saloon at Ninth
and Pacific streets, has discovered that it
is decidedly better to go home after clos
ing h~ours-better for the promotion Of do
nestle felicity and better for his pocket.
Charged with ~disorderly conduct, he and
a woman named Lillian Larson, who was
in the saloon with him, were each fined
800 and costs. He paid, but she Is still
awaiting some one to turn up to liquidate
her liability.
1t was long beyond the specified period
for closing and Talbot's chair in the ingle
nook was stlll vacant. His wife became
uneasy and she decided to go to Ninth and
Pacific streets. When she reached the sa-
loon and saw her husband and the Delilah
there her feelings a transfer
nation scene.
Indignation succeeded anxiety and found
vent on the door, which she broke In. The
disturbance resulted in the police inter-
vening and all were taken to the station.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is pleasant
to take. Children like II.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
TO INSPECT NATIONAL GUARD
Captain John w. Heavey, u. 5. A,
VIII Eye Omaha Militiamen at
ArmOry Monday Evening".

Omaha companies OF the Nebraska Ma
tional Guard viii be inspected Monday eve
ming by Captain John w. Heavey. U. s..
A.. at the new armory, 1914 Harvey street.
The three local companies, the Omaha
Guards, Thurston Rifles and Dahlman
Rifles. are all gaining strength since NOV
ing to the new armory. A rifle range with
modern equipment has been made ready In
the basement and next week regular prac-
tiee viii begin with sub-caliber rifles.
With this range in operation and a
properly equipped armory all the com
pRnies expect 10 reach maximum strength
before the date OF next encampment.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
BRIEF CITY NEWS
nave o Print 1t.


RudoIph =. BwobodA-c. p. A.
Perfect DiamondsEEdholm. Jeweier.
lighting Fixtures, Burgess-Grande Co.
STRICTLY Eona-ARads Pies, Her Grand Cafe
1s5o-NationaI Life Insurance Co.-ls1o
Charles % Ady. General Agent, Omaha.
Equitable Life Policies, sight draft AT
maturity II. D.. Medley, manager, Omaha
Keep Your Money and valuablss in the
American Safe Deposit Vaults in rhe Bee
building. 81 rents a box.
Every polar Placed with the Nebraska
Savings and Loan Assn. helps to
earn another. SIX per cent per annum
credited s~emi-annually. lO6 Board Of Trade.
Belgrade Men Buy Autos Hors-George
and Warren Andrews. bankers of Belgrade,
are In Omaha buying a line of automobiles.
They have recently built a big garage at
Belgrade.
Crsedons WIN Ada TO Creamery. P.
Creedon & Sons have secured the contract
for building two additional stories to the
Fairmont creamery building at Twelfth
ana Jones streets. Work will begin i'm
mediRteiy.
Matching Dollars 1rzpsnsive-Matching
dollars with two strangers cost w. II.
Rawlings of Westinghouse Springs, S. D.,
$50, and he made complaint to the police.
Mr.. Rawlings lost S15 to the first stranger,
whom he met at Union station, and then
dropped the other SIS trying to recoup.
May Save Daby's sight-Efforts to save
the sight of the infant son OF Joseph
Hoeldobeler at the Methodist hospital may
be successful. The baby, who Is five weeks
Of age. was sent to tho hospital by his
father after H~oeldobeler had been sum-
moned to juvenile court on a neglect
charge. -"n ir .Lnh
Police Seek Bad Actor-Captain Savage,
chief OF the city detective force. has been
asked by the police Of Chicago to look out
for u. Walter Barnes, who Is wanted in
that city in connection with the shooting
OF Aleta s. Barnes. his wife. and Mrs.
Mary servoss. his mother-in-law. Mrs. Ser
voss Is not expected to recover, but Barnes
wife was not seriously injured. Barnes is
said to be an actor and is said to ba
skiiifll with the card" o..
rP1snty Of cOaI An Enthusiastically of
coal is at an end for the present in
omaha-it there ever was a shortage and
consumers can find plenty Of all grades.
Steam coal. Of which there was a shortage,
is now TO be had In sufficient quantities
TO supply all demands. The price on this
grade has gone back to 50. It went up to
"a a ton during the shortage and was scarce
at that price, the packers being forced to
use domestic coal. which they crushed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
DARING ANTHR0POL0GIST is
TRIUMPHANT, BUT AILING
Curator Simms of Field MuHeum, Chi
cagO,' Returns from AdventurOus
Trip 90 Philippines.

S. Chapman simms. curator. OF anthro-
pology at the Field Museum Of Natural
History in Chicago. passed through Omaha
Wednesday morning on the Overland Linn
tied, bound for his home after nine months
spent in the Philippine islands searching
for specimens.
His collection. consisting OF over 1000
specimens, gathered by himself and DR..
William Jones. who was murdered on the
island Of Luzon. was forwarded to Chicago
from San Francisco in a special baggage
car.
The Chicago a-nthropologist had many
strange and thrilling experiences in the
Philippines. He is also considerably broken
down and weakened In health from his
trying days in the mountains and swamps.
The collection brought home by him Is
valued at many thousands OF dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
A Few Rensonn WHY.

OMAHA, Feb. Ito the Editor Of The
Bee: Much is being said at the present
time about the high price of living and it's
cause. A few reasons why from one who
has studied conditions in the British Isles
and who understands home conditions
might not be out of place.
1t IL being said, and truthfully so. that
the best cuts Of American beef can he
bought in Liverpool or London as Cheap
as in Omaha; this being true, what is the
cause7 Now do not blame the exporter
nor the English meat cutter; the trouble
In part is with the American housewife.
who wants the best. tender cuts, and they
want them In a hurry just before meal
time, and they must be the best. Now. as
there is a limited amount Of choice cuts in
each beef and a poor demand for the
coarser joints, the meat cutter must get
his price for the tender parts, as there is
very little demand for the coarser joints,
except at q greatly reduced price. Condl-
lions are reversed in Liverpool; the British
housewife understands how to buy and
cook economically, because money is Of
more value to her than it is to her Amer
lean cousin. The demand for coarse meats
In the British market far exceeds that for
the tender quality at a difference OF not
CAN e POullOs lA6 bIlklsn
meat cutter will cnt meat for less than
! cent per pound profit, but you will have
to ask your butcher how much per pound
he takes, and as there is no honest COM
petition at the present time In any line OF
trade l nm surprised that prices are not
higher. The packers set the price of
dressed meat for the retailers and they
Jointly agree on their profit. which Is
largely from the best joints. and the
sumner is at the mercy of both.
The American housewife ought TO study
how to buy meat in person, know the value
OF the different cuts and take home all she
buys. The meat cutter weighs up all and
then proceeds to trim the joints. throwing
the trimming under the counter: TO an
English housewife these would be the most
valuable part Of the Joint for soup pur-
poses.
What l have said about meat is true OF
every article purchased by the American
consumer. Combines by your home dealer
In every department is largely responsible
for the present state OF affairs.
One more Instance, American flour is
shipped to the British Isles, for example.
and yet bakers bread is sold there 40 per
cent cheaper than II is In Omaha; now
guess who gets the profit. Anyone desir-
Gus OF knowing where the trouble Is does
rot have to ask any member Of President
Taft's cabinet, but study the greed OF big
profits demanded by the home dealers OF
any line Of business, JAMES WALSH.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
Sane Thinking.

OMAHA, Jan. a.-To the Editor of The
Bee; You editorial entitled "The Need
for Sane Thinking" is to my mind a topic
which is Of vast Importance to the present
age, and one which the newspapers would
do we'll to impress upon the public mind.
After all, the well conducted newspaper is
the best fundamentally for education along
these lines, and 1 am glad to see The Bee
take a position which demonstrates that
they are wake to the actual situation.
Let us have more OF It. This is a broad
question:, as suggested by your editorial,
and the conditions can, no doubt, be won
doifully improved If the conservative daily
papers will only take the matter in hand.
There are scores of specific cases that
can be cited as object lessons, which will
forcefully bear out your argument and
prove convincing. Let The Bee be the pio-
neer in a campaign that cannot help but
result in good to humanity.
Al BROWN,
4" Twenty-nlnth and LeaVenwOrth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
No OVERWORK FOR GIRLS
State Labor Commissioner Maupin is
Warning Their Employers.
HE HAS MANY AS CALLERS
Placards Being Furnished by state
for Posting I'm Work Rooms and
Night Work for Girls Must
Be Cut Out.

Employers of girls and women are evlnc-
ing a deep interest I'M the Nebraska state
laws regulating their working hours, as is
shown by the all-day stream of visitors to
the rooms of VIII NJ Maupin, Deputy state
labor commissioner, at the Paxton ho.el.
Restaurant proprietors, druggists, hotel
managers and other employers Of female
labor were there to secure copies Of the
law and the large placards furnished by
the state, which must be posted in all
rooms where women work, notifying them
when they may begin or cease trelr work.
There seems to be a plain desire just
now to abide by the law said Mr.. Maui
pin, but just as sure as fate there are
going to be prosecutions in Omaha before
many days"
Wednesday night Mr.. Maupin quietly Wis
tied several restaurants in the city after
10 o'clock to ascertain whether there were
any Mattresses or cashiers at work. He
also slipped into a number of drug stores
and confectionery stores to see whether
there were any cashiers, cigar clerks or
Mattresses at the soda fountains working
after the prescribed hour.
Later Mr.. Maupin held a conference with
Mrs. Draper Smith. an inspector under the
child labor law, and Mogy Bernstein, pro-
baton officer. Their conference pertained
to the employment of children. 1t is in
timated that there are messenger boys and
errand boys employed in Omaha who are
less than "a years old.
VIII Enforce Law RiRidIy.
II am here to let people know that the
law is going to be rigidly enforced" said
Mr.. Maupin. Employers must know the
law. II they employ women or girls be-
fore 6 o'clock in the morning or later than
10 o'clock at night or work them over
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
From a Crsbtree Partisan.

PERU. Neb.. Jan. a-ro the Editor OF
The Bee; In View OF the many anxious
letters that 1 receive expressing Indignation
over the unreliable reports which appear
from time to time concerning the position
OF the head OF the Peru Normal. feel At
my duty to give the public at least a
little Information from the standpoint OF
the students, all OF whom ardently admire
President crabtree and his policies.
Those best acquainted with Mr.. crabtree
know that his only reason for wishing to
retain his position is a desire to uphold
the principle OF the school and benefit
education generally thereby. for many
times he has been offered positions more
desirable from every standpoint.
The affairs at the Normal are in perfect
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
STAMPS BEING BOUGHT
Twelve Per Cent Increase i'm Postal
Receipts Over january, 1909,
shown at POstOffice.

A ~ per cent increase in the postal re-
ceipts of the Omaha postoffice is shown
for the month of January, 1910, over that
of January. 1909. The figures are: Jan
uary, 1910, $S6, 6S7S1; January, 1909, SOS, 7s1. n,
or an increase Of $7,S05.54.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
The GLAD Hand

removes liver inaction and bowel stoppage
with DR., Kings New Life Pills. the pain
less regulators. 25c. For sale by Beaten
DRUG Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03

Acquire the habit OF keeping on hand a
bottle OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and save anxiety. There is nothing better
for Group.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03

Persistent Advertising is the road to Big
Returns.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03
DICK SHORT IN JAIL IN OMAHA

Broken Bow Man, Long Wanted on
Charge OF Horse Stealing,
a1 ts Arrested.
Dick Short, a Broken Bow man. long
wanted In that section on a horse stealing
charge, Is in the Douglas county jail.
Short is being Transferred from Des Modnes
by Sheriff Kennedy Of Broken Bow. Short
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03

= Contributions on Timely Subjects,
Not Exceeding Two Hundred Words,
Are invited from Our Readsrn.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-03

Chamberlain-s Cough Remedy is pleasant
to take. Children like It,.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-23
Modes for the Children

been a leading feature in little chill
dren's clothes. and it is still in de
mand, the simple, becoming lines OF
the tunic and the cross-stitch en-
broidery suffering less at the hands
of the average laundress than the
more filmy effects; therefore proving
the style too eminently practical to be
abandoned easily.
The long waist and short. closely
plated skirts are extremely popular
in the lawn and batiste frocks. and
here lace is used in profusion, val and
baby Irish having first place. Most
mothers prefer to use wash dresses
entirely for the little ones-hence the
necessity for extra warm coats for
Box coats of broadcloth,
with removable lining of satin, which,
may be changed for one of squirrel
fur in extra cold weather, make the
best protection against the cold winds
Of autumn and winter.