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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-28

ures. We are now selling" said Colonel
Gallup, from $50 to 700 head OF native
horses and mules every week"
Magic CITY Gossip.
Cosl-See Rowland Phone South T.
Screened nut coal only $3.50 per ton Try
II. BrOadwell- Roberts Co. Phone South o
Deputy City Clerk John Fennel Is con-
fined to his home with an affection OF the
eyes.
Camp No. 2l1 woodmen Of the World.
Will give a masque dance In Rushing's
hall February H.
The Workingluen's Social club will hold
its first annual ball February ~ in
Franek's hall, Twentieth and streets.
Phone Bell South SGs Independent F-lS6s
for case Of letter Gold Top. Prompt de-
livery to any part OF city. William letter.
Lodge No. % Of the Danish sisterhooI
has postponed the masquerade ball 10 have
been given saturday evening until febru-
airy 4.
The grand matron Of Nebraska and other
state officers will be present at the meet
ing Of Adah chapter Of the Eastern star
Saturday night.
The ladies' Of St Agnes church Will give
a card party IN the odd Fellows hall
GWenty-IOurth and NJ streets. NJ eluFsla,
evening, FebIua l.
The High school basket usII team VIII
play "A team from York high school this
evening in the Young Mems Christian a.
ISOLATION gymnasium
Miss Louise SCHMIDT has gone TO Allan
tic la, where she Will visit during the alb
sence OF her parents, who have left for "A
trip In the west and south.
The birth Of daughter is reported 70
Mr.. and Mrs j. nj. AshbuIu 1905 North
| Twenty second street and Of a con 20 al.
/ and Mrs. Ralph Clark, Zlil b street
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-28

Above XRay Photo building showing the location Ct
entrances present show windows being out to
windows and the second and third floor being
arranged first floor will also be remOdeed and
fixtures installed When these alterations complete will have the
most modern Clothing Store in the west
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-28

the methods characteristic
BRASKA and make the best arranged and modern Clothing
the haze decided alterations
first floor and shoU indoU and including floor of our build
The has awarded already begun But
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-28

ures. We are now selling" said Colonel
Gallup, from $50 to 200 head OF native
horses and mules every week"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-28

Uorknen sufficient
haze made the
such We
considered former profits But haze made
that Ui the needed
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
GOVERNOR ODD|E
IS RECOVERING
Physician Insists That He Re-
main Quiet and All ViS-
itOrS Are Excluded

Although no visitors are allowed
to invade the sick room of Governor
Oddie at the Sisters hospital, where
the chief executive of the state recent
ly underwent an operation for appendi-
citis, it was announced yesterday
that the governor was fast recovering
from the surgical performance and
that his condition indicated an early
recovery.
Only the mother and sisters of Gov
ernor Oddie are allowed to visit him.
They have been in Reno since the OPP
GRAFTON was performed week ago
last Sunday.
On account of his illness, Governor
Oddie will be unable to attend the gov
ernors' conference now in session in
New Jersey, for which he had planned
to be in attendance. Nevada State
Journal, Sept. IL.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16

meantime. the injured man suffered the
most frightful agony and only by ad-
ministering opiates was it possible to
give him amy relief. Then on a
stretcher held by four men in order to
lessen the shock, the injured man was
carried in wagon fourteen miles to
the railroad, thence by rail to Vegas,
the train being delayed by the washout
and not arriving until 1920 in the ev-
ening.
Whalen although fatally injured,
still lives and suffers. He is totally
paralyzed from the waist down, yet
the physicians believe that he may live
in agony possibly for several weeks be-
fore death mercifully intervenes.
Whalen is 81 years of age, and came
from Newark, N. J. where are sup
posed to be relatives he has not seen
for 40 years.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
MARRIED IN
Los ANGELES
County Clerk Harley A. Harmon
and Miss LeOna MCGOVern
: Quietly Join Hands

At the home of Mrs. Isabel Harmon,
in Los Angeles, on Monday morning
last. Harley A. Harmon took as his
bride one of Vegas fairest daughters,
Miss Leona McGovern, daughter of
Fire Commissioner McGovern.
The wedding was very quiet one,
only the immediate families of the con-
tr@ting parties being present. The
event was no surprise, preparations
having been long in progress.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon left for San
Diego and Coronado Beach where they
planned to pass portion of the honey
moon. They will return to Vegas
probably the latter part of next week.
In, letter to the AGE the genial
county clerk says MRS. Harmon and
myself send our best wishes to Las
Vegas friends.
Everybody in Vegas knows and has
the most kindly feeling for Harley
Harmon and all extend to him their
sincere and hearty congratulations and
best wishes for happy married life.
The bride is priced by all who know
her for her sweet and womanly quail
ties, and is deserving of every possible
happiness. The AGE wishes the young
couple Joy and prosperity.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
The Federation

The local federation of shop employ
ees of the Salt Lake Road met in open
meeting of all the crafts Thursday
night in this city to consider the strike
situation. The officers of the Las We
gas branch of the Federation have Civ
en- out a statement of their side of the
controversy now being waged between
the company and its employees. In
this the men state their position in re-
ply to tie statement recently made by
the railroads through the press, which
the AGE prints herewith. The docu-
ment is put forth by the general Fed
GRAFTON officials through the local Fed
Grafton:
'In order to correct misleading state
ments made by the management of the
Hartman lines and given to the public,
we deem it necessary that the public at
large should be made acquainted with
the facts in the case regarding the re
quests of our federation. The com
pany officials have seen fit to discuss
our proposed agreement article by ar
ticle
"They have laid great stress upon
the un-American principles of our ap-
prentice system. Regarding that mat
ter, that which we have requested is AT
the present time in existence, and in
defense of our present apprentice sys-
tenn we beg to submit the following
reasons for it's existence, namely.
That it became necessary to establish
an apprentice system on account of the
abuses that had been practiced by va
rious EMPLOYERS, which We're, that a
boy could continue his apprenticeship
indefinitely and grow gray in the en-
ploy of his master without receiving
lust compensation. We do not deny
the right of any boy to acquire a
thorough knowledge of our various
crafts, but we do insist upon the right
to judge the moral standing and educa-
tional qualifications of men who are to
succeed us in our vocations, and there
by increase the intelligence and moral
character of our crafts.
1T has been customary with various
employers to make specialists of their
apprentices, instead of permitting them
to acquire full knowledge of the
trade, and thereby placing them at the
mercy of unscrupulous and mammon
worshipping employers. We can not
see anything un-American IN the stand
we have taken for the betterment of
the American mechanic and the work
ing class at large.
CONTINUED ON PAGE y
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
The Railroads

Julius Kruttschnitt, vice-president of
the Hartman system, in refusing the
demands of the Federated Shopmen,
stated the position of the roads as fol
lows;
These are the reasons why we decline
to surrender to an irresponsible COM
mittee of the Federated employees, rep
resenting a very small portion of the
public trust confided in US by the en-
tire public and why we would not con-
cede to such committee the right to
dictate whether we shall or shall not
fulfil for 20, 900, 600 people in seventeen
states the duties clearly defined by
law.
"The employees demands are sub
stantially as follows:
First Recognition of the Fedora
ton of Shop Employees. Heretofore
the issues arising with machinists,
boilermakers. blacksmiths or sheet
metal workers were taken up by his
associates in that craft When not
successfully adjusted, strikes of the
craft have followed, but they were not
serious enough to prevent the roads
performing the public service for which
they were created. Under the change
proposed, an issue on small road of
the system in Louisiana might stop all
shop work throughout the entire sys-
TEN by requiring members to strike in
California, Oregon, Washington or Ne
braska.
"Second All present or future en-
ployes shall join the Federation associa-
tion within thirty days. This would
mean the discharge of all employees who
would not join or an absolutely closed
shop.
Third That the company agree that
the final settlement of differences shall
rest with the federated committee
representing all five crafts. This
would place the employees of all crafts
behind any demand made by any one
craft, and encourage unreasonable de-
mands, not likely to be made by an in
diyidual craft.
Fourth Restriction of the number of
; apprentices. This would deny to Amer
, lean boys an opportunity to learn a
trade
Fifth A flat increase of seven cents
an hour to all mechanics, apprentices and
helpers; an average for the entire shop
! forces of % per cent; reduction in
hours, and other demands giving l3 per
cent. additional. The Southern Pacific
is now paying higher wages than any
road in the United States and has in
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
INF ORMATION
WANTED
People of hOapa Desire to Find
Out "Where They Are AT"
in School Matters
Especial Corrc>poudencc)

Las Vegas AGE:
In last weeks issue of the AGE an
article appeared relative to a school in
Moapa The article was all right but
not far reaching enough. The facts of
the case are that in the first place, we
have no school house. Secondly we
have only one resident school trustee in
Moapa school district Mr.. Baldwin,
one of the trustees has been annexed
to the Warm Spring District. Home
Ranch. Mr. Sloan, another trustee, is
living in Logan, Utah, leaving only
Mr.. H. W. Grant to bear the whole
burden of the school business. In the
past three years 100000 has been paid
ont for rent. Last winter the school
occupied tents; this winter we hope to
have school house we can call our
own. There IRE twelve children of
school age in this district, and we are
not afraid Of little extra tax to pro-
vide a suitable pace in which for them
to 90 to school.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
Another Well Rio

Mr.. w. N. Harris, of the Winter
wood ranch. reports that the big well
rig purchased for the ranch has arrived.
Work will begin drilling wells just as
soon as the rig can be set up and
placed on the ground where desired.
The rig is a heavy one and will be able
to make the Winterwood ranch resem-
BILE sieve during the next few months.
The first well will be located about "a
half mile south west Of what is known
as the Frenchman's 5 we'll
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16

creased the pay of all It's shop craft
12la per cent. in the last five years.
Sixth Abolishing the piece, premium
or bonus system, and shop foreman
ships to be filled by promotions from
among Federated employees. This
is directly at conflict with public will,
recently emphatically expressed, that
increased expenses of carriers should
be met by increased efficiency of opera
tion and not by increased freight rates
Seventh That no form of physical
quired. This denies to companies the
right Of every citizen To require ol the
persons entering his service evidences
of competency, good character and heal
tn, and deprives the companies OF all
protection under the fellow serN ant laws
OF many states.
"Eight-If forces are reduced. the en-
ployes to Indicate who shall be laid of.
This would embarrass the company in
its efforts to increase tfi.ienry by rid
ding the service of inefficient employees.
"Ninth-That no employees belonging
to the Federation shall be discharged
without consent of the Federation. This
would require the company involved to
meet committee representing all OF its
craftsmen, which committee would owe
allegiance to general committee COM
posed of all craftsmen of all lines of the
Hartman system"
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
BACK BROKEN
STILL LIVING
James Whalen, Of Johnnie Nine,
Caught by Skip and
Terribly Crushed

A more frightful experience than
that which befell John Whalen, skip
tender at the Johnnie Mine. at 8 O'Clock
Monday morning is hard to imagine.
He was alone on the 900 foot level
and was about to come to the surface
at the end of his shift. He gave the
usual three bell preparatory signal to
hoist, followed Immediately by the one
bell signal on which the engineer
starts to hoist. Whalen it seems, had
the habit of giving the signal first and
stepping on the skip afterwards. This
time he delayed a fraction of second
too long, and fell beneath the skip as
it started. The heavy skip doubled his
body under it like so much paper, pass
ing entirely over the unfortunate man.
The frightfully mutilated body fell
back into the sump few feet below.
Although pumped out but short time
before there was enough water in the
sump so that Whalen was in imminent
danger of drowning. Although his
back was broken, the spinal cord being
entirely severed and his ribs torn from
the spine and the bones of the chest
and back frightfully crushed, he never
for a moment lost consciousness, and
was able by making superhuman eff
forts, to place canteen which he was
carrying under his chin and so keep his
head above water.
The engineer on the surface, MOTTO
ing the shock when the skip was thrown
from the track at once stopped the
drum fearing that disaster had over
taken his comrade. Being alone he
was obliged to make the descent by
means of the ladders 900 feet so that it
was nearly As minutes before he
reached Whalen. Securing help as
soon as possible the engineer finally
succeeded in getting Whalen to the
surface.
An automobile was at once dispatched
to Vegas for surgical aid, and being
delayed by the terrible condition of the
roads after the rains, did not reach We
gas until Monday evening. AS soon as
possible DIR. Martin was on the way
back to Johnnie in the auto arriving
there at 900 Tuesday morning. In the
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
Miss EaSOn Married

Miss Pearl Eason was married at her
home in California to Mr.. Bowman
Merritt. Of fillmore, Cal this week.
Miss Eason is we'll remembered by We
gas people, having been in charge of
the Vegas schools two years ago. She
has many friends who will join the AGE
IN wishing every JOY to her and hers.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1911-09-16
WHICH SHALL 1T BE-?
Strike Situation Has Now Reached Very Acute
Stage
The Contentious of Both Sides To Present Controversy Sc
Forth in Detail

demands made by the Federation of shop employees having
the Hartman question
being finally considered by the IT,
probable strike shall be called it will probably about
Saturday
In order understanding questions
the public by
both side
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17
Manuscript of Thirteenth centu

While reading French book Of
the sixteenth century in the univer-
sity library. st. Andrews. the German
lecturer. DR.. Schaaffs. noticed some
fragments of an old French poem
which the binder had pasted on back
and covers of the book.
After loosening them he removed
the glue and out of the four pieces OBJ
tanned composed two larger pieces.
parts of two leaves of a manuscript
written in beautiful and clear type
in two columns of thirty-nine lines
each. 144 in all. with red and blue in
itials. The names occurring in the
text leave no doubt that the frag-
ments contain parts of the old French
chason lie Roman de- Girard de
Viane." and from the language and
the script it appears that the manu-
script was written between 1850 and
1900.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17
Ended Cats solourn.

Felix Smith of Easton, Pa, bought
a cat the other day. He paid SIS for
her. Why did Felix pay five bucks
for the cat? Answar-Because she
was guaranteed to be good ratter.
Did Felix have rats? We should say
he did-the house was full Of EN-!
And the cat cleaned 'em out! No:
that's the curious part of it. After
the cat had been on the job a week
the rats were as plentiful as ever.
Felix couldn't understand it until one
evening he concealed himself in the
basement to watch the cat. About 9
p. m, as the cat sat with her eye on
a rat hole, Felix says that rat after
rat came out Of the hole, walked up
to the old cat, kissed her goodnight.
and then returned to the hole. After
that Felix kicked the cat out of the
house.-Boston Post.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17

attacking travellers on the trails, raid
ing exposed settlements. and occa-
sionally venturing to try open battle
with the small squads Of armed men.
In this stress of sudden emergency
every available soldier on active duty
civilians had been pressed into serv-
ice, and hastily despatched to warn
exposed settlers, guide wagon trains.
or carry dispatches between outposts.
And thus our rider. Jack Keith. who
knew every foot Of the plains lying
between the Republican and the Can
adam rivers. was one OF these thus
suddenly requisitioned. merely be-
cause he CHANGED to be discovered un-
employed by the harassed commander
OF cantonment Just without the en-
vfrons of Carson City. Twenty min
utes later he was riding swiftly into
the northwest, bearing important
news to General Sheridan, commander
of the Department, who happened at
that moment to be 1T Fort Cairnes.
To Keith this had been merely anoth-
er page in career of adventure; for
him to take his life in his hands had
long ago become an old story. He
had quietly performed the special
duty allotted him, watched a squad
ron of troopers trot forth down the
valley of the Republican. received the
hasty thanks of the peppery little gen.
eral. and then. having nothing better
to do, traded his horse in at the gov
eminent corral for fresh mount and
started back again for Carson City.
tn. he for Nf Nit
and day he had been in the saddle,
but he was accustomed to this. for he
had driven more than one bunch of
longhorns up the Texas trail; and as
he had slept three hours at Cairnes.
and as his nerves were like steel. the
thought of danger gave him slight
concern. He was thoroughly tired.
and 1t rested him to get out of the
saddle. while the freshness of the
morning air was a tonic, the very
breath OF which made him forgetful
of fatigue.
After all. this was indeed the very
sort OF experience which appealed to
him. and always had-this life OF
peril in the open. under the stars and
the sky. He had constantly expert
enced 1t for SO long now. eight years,
as to make 1t seem merely natural.
While he ploughed steadily forward
through the shifting sand of the cou-
lee. his thought drifted idly back over
those years. and sometimes he smiled.
and occasionally frowned, as various
incidents returned to memory. 1t had
been a rough life. yet one not unusual
to those of his generation. Born Of
excellent family in tidewater Virginia,
his father a successful planter. his
mother had died while he was still in
early boyhood. and he had grown up
cut off from all womanly influence. He
had barely attained his majority.
senior at William and Mary's College,
when the Civil War came; and one
month after Virginia cast in her lot
with the South. he became sergeant
in a cavalry regiment commanded by
his father. He had enjoyed that life
and won his spurs. yet 1t had cost.
There was much not over-pleasant to
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17

| remember, and those strenuous years
Of almost ceaseless fighting. OF long
night marches, of swift, merciless
raiding, of lonely scouting within the
enemy's lines, OF severe wounds.
hardship and suffering. had left their
marks on both body and soul His
father had fallen on the field at Antie-
tam. and left him utterly alone in the
world. but he had fought on grimly
to the end, until the last flag Of the
Confederacy had been furled. By that
time, upon the collar of his tattered
| gray jacket appeared the furnished in
sigma of a captain. The quick tears
dimmed his eyes even now as he re-
called anew that final parting follow
ing Appomattox. the battle-worn faces
of his men. and his own painful jour
ney homeward, defeated, wounded and
penniless. 1t was no home when he
got there. only heap of ashes and q
few weed-grown acres. No familiar
face greeted him; not even a slave
was left.
He had honestly endeavored to re
main there, to face the future and
work 1t out alone; he persuaded him.
self to feel that this was his para
mount duty to the state, to the mem
DRY of the dead. But those very years
of army life made such a task irl-
! possible; the dull. dead monotony OF
routine. the loneliness, the slowness
OF results, became intolerable. AS it
came to thousands of his comrades
the call of the West came to him. and
at last he yielded, and drifted toward
the frontier. The life there fascinat-
ed him, drawing him deeper and deep.
er into its swirling vortex He be-
came freighter. mail carrier. hunter
government scout, cowboy. foreman
Once he had drifted into the noun.
tains. and took chance in the mines,
but the wide plains called him back
once more to their desert loneliness.
What an utter waste 1t all seemed,
now that he looked back upon II.
Eight years Of fighting. hardship and
rough living. and what had they
brought him? The reputation of a
hard rider, daring player at cards,
a quick shot, scorner of danger, and
bad man to fool with-that was the
whole Of record hardly won. The
ly as this truth came crushing home.
A pretty life story surely, one to be
proud of. and with probably no better
ending than an Indian bullet, or the
flash OF revolver In some barroom
fight.
The narrow valley along which he
was travelling suddenly changed its
direction. compelling him to climb the
rise of the ridge. Slightly below the
summit he halted. In front extended
the wide expanse of the Arkansas
valley. a scene of splendor under the
golden rays of the sun. with vivid
contrast of colors. the gray of rocks
the yellow of sand. the brown of dis
tant hills, the green of vegetation.
and the silver sheen of the stream
half hidden behind the fringe of cot
tonwoods lining its banks. This was
sight Keith had often looked upon.
but always wNh appreciation. and Tor
the moment his eyes swept across
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17
Tit for Tat.

A young man, who had not been
married long, remarked at the dinner
table the other day:
my dear, I wish you could make
bread such as mother used to make"
The bride smiled and answered in
voice that did not tremble:
well, dear. l wish you could make
the dough that father used to make"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17
All He Knew.
romantic

Tell me about Spain. romantic
Spain"
Well said the motorist. there are
a few bad places as you come down
the mountains. but in the main the
roads are nretty good"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums. reduces inhamma-
ton. allays pain cures wind collie. csc u bottle.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17
USE AIIEN,s FOOT-EAsE

the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into tho shoes
for tired, aching feet. 1t takes the sting of
and bunions and makes walking a delight. Sold
everywhere. 2jc. Refuse substitutes. For FREE
trial package, address A. S. olmsted. Le hoy, NY.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17

A wise man may forgive. but only {
fool will forget.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17

To every man is given the oppor-
tunity to do som ething worth while.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1911-08-17

Everybody knows that other people
make mistakes