Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Eavs Root Plint Tt--Now Beacon Press
Life Monthly Inooms-Gould Bee Bids.
Fidelity Storage and Van Co., Doug 1915
Hight-Inoh Elsotii io rans for home use,
$50 Burgess-CIranden company.
wanted, cool City Loans-Prompt
eiosing. First Trust Company OF Omaha
when you know gas lighting YOU pre-
fer IT, Omaha Gas Co. 1909 Howard St
Investments made with the Nebraska
Savings and Loan Assn. need no renew
ing. Dividends are paid January i and
July /. 1605 Farnam St
Parcel Post RRtes-Julius Festner Of
the Festner Printing company mas pre-
pared handy cilrd showing parcel post
rates to the different zones, which he
ts giving away.
Short Berry Boxes-Iiousehoiders are
complaining to John Grant Pegg, city
sealer of weights and measures, that
berry boxes are short measure. The in
spector is investigating.
"roday's Complete Movie Program"
may be found on the first page OF the
classified section today, and appear in
The Bee EXCLUSIVELY Find out what
the various moving picture theaters offer.
ton, Lenox, Ia, umCle of Delos Ragland.
Bee solicitor. died at his home Monday
afternoon. Deceased VAS a prominent
farmer and is survived by many relatives.
Hamilton on Vocation. S. Hamn-
ton, formerly night clerk at Hotel
Loyal and now chief clerk at the Ali
son hotel Cedar Rapids, is spending
his vacation in Omaha, stopping at the
Schlitz.
90 North to Buy Land-A delegation
of twenty-five farmers from around In
dianola, Ia, went through Omaha over
the Burlington enroute to Great Falls
Mont, where they expect to buy land as
an investment. Many Of the farmers had
their wives with them.
gchonlau Manager for Be-r-Louis r.
Schonlau has been appointed manager II
the mems clothing department for the
Berg Clothing company to succeed Alvin
johnson, who has entered the insurance
field. Mr.. Schonlau has been with the
BerE company for the last sixteen years
Fsnds short Weight Ios--John Grant
Pegg. city sealer of weights and meas
nres, found six cases of short weight
sales of ice at the Hamilton apartments
Monday and has summoned the drivers
Sor the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage
company to appear in police court and
explain.
TRANSCRIPTS IL Filed-The transcript
has been filed in the office of the clerk
Of the United States district court in
the case of Douglas county against the
Imperial Investment company and others.
The suit was brought in the state
district court, but the defendants Sc
pured its tranSfer recently.
Walnu. H1n school GETS Rlag-Aocord-
sing to it's annual custom George Crook
corps No. IS, auxiliary TO the Grand
Army of the Republic gave away a silk
American flag to a local Sunday school
GLASS, the Walnut Hill Methodist ,Epis-
copal church receiving the emblem this
pear. A patriotic program was held
along with the presentation.
VIII Keep Federal Building Cool -
Twenty-Five new portable electric fans
have just been installed in the federal
building by Custodian Cadet Taylor.
Together with double shades for each
window that is in direct sunshine. the
government building will be one of the
coolest in Omaha. and clerks in the of
fices there are glad that they work for
Uncle Sam.
New Homs for nat Ptrm-WorkIne en-
have taken charge of the Strang building,
Tenth and Farnam streets, formerly oc-
cupled by the Omaha Printing company.
and are undermining it. The repairs and
changes will require the expenditure OF
several hundred dollars After Septem-
ber the entire building will be occupied
by tile Gate City Hat company with it's
5obbing ana manufacturing plant