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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

On the northwest corner Of Twelfth
street stood an old frame building,
which was torn down in 1882 to make
room for the Nebraska National bank,
which was erected there in that year
by Henry w. Yates. This is six
story narrow building and called the
"Iron building" The Nebraska Ma
tional bank still occupies it. The ad-
joining building west was for years
owned and occupied by N. l. D. Solo
mon as store. The bank sought to
purchase it. from the owner, but the
price was unreasonably high, so they
built without it. Nick Yager ran a
restaurant in the place for sixteen
years, since which time it has been
used as a saloon, run by Cackley
Bros. West of this was the furniture
house of Charles Shiverick. This firm
had two very costly fires, one in 1892
and the other in 1898, after which
they practically went out of business.
On the adjoining lot west was located
the Omaha Furniture company. This
was a two-story frame building. When
vacant it was used temporarily by the
First National bank while its present
place was being constructed IN 1887.
Ed Maurer occupied the adjoining lot,
where stood two-story frame build
ing. Permanent brick buildings now
occupy both of these lots. The small
one-story frame adjoining the Mer-
chants National bank was from 1882
to 1888 occupied by A. Martin as a
tailor shop and is now used as
cigar store.
The northeast corner of that blockN
facing Thirteenth street, where the
six-story Merchants National bank
now stands, was covered by a one-story
frame store building facing Farnam
street and was from 1881 to 1888 used
as hat store and owned by a re
tired army officer. General Frederick.
On the southwest corner of Twelfth
stood a real old landmark-thei origi-
nal home of the United States Ma
tional bank. 1t was two-story white
brick, with large basement, used for
wears by a Mr.. Gamil as a barber
shop. The first floor was occupied
by the bank. The familiar iron stairs
on the east side over the sidewalk in
1881 led to the Ogallala Land and
Cattle company's office. This building
was torn down in 1886 and the pres
ent six-story stone was erected in its
place. The greater part of the up
stairs has for long time been used
by the Northwestern railroad as its
headquarters. The bank vacated the
place in 1907, when it consolidated
with other banks and moved to its
present headquarters on Sixteenth
street. On the west of the bank, at
No. 1911, Henry Hardy ran a 99-cent
store from 1881 to 1887, since which
time it has been occupied by the
Omaha Furniture and Carpet COM
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pany The adjoining building wasS
from 1886 to 1905 occupied by Hill &
Young as furniture store. The
next place west and adjoining the
First National bank was for years
used as hardware store, owned by
a Mr.. Snyder.
The First National.
The southeast corner of Thirteenth
and Farnam was in 1880 covered by
two-story fraue building used bI
the First National bank forgthe samt
purpose that it now is. In the reaf
of this at that date ]. z, Boyd, pork
packer, had his Office. The building
was razed in 1887 and the present ond
erected. On the northeast corner
of Thirteenth and this street stands a
two-story brick, the former home of
the Merchants National bank. 1t is an
old landmark and was built i'll the
early days of Omaha. OF late years
it has been occupied by drug conf
pany. Prior to that it was the Union
Pacific ticket office. The building
west of it-was used by ]. A. Caulfeld
as a stationery and book store. Ad-
joining this was in 1880 located the
dry goods store of J. H. F. Lehman.
1t was one-story frame building.
The first white shirt purchased by me
in Nebraska was bought there in
March, 1880 The building was torn
down about 1883 and the present brickA.
was erected on the lot. In 1895 Ed
Maurer purchased the property for
$4,000, since which time he has con.
Quoted his present business-that OF
saloon and restaurant. This restau-
rant has for years been known
throughout the western country as
the most up-to-date one of its kind to
be found. The two-story frame build
ing west of this was for twenty-five
years used by John Banner as jew
elry store. He retired from business
in 1896. This is the only frame build
ing now standing in any block of this
street from Thirteenth to Eighteenth
street. The adjoining four-story
been occupied by the Postal Tele-
graph company, was erected about
1888. Sam Burns crockery store was
for many years located at No. 1918.
On the northeast corner of that block
is the Calm block" two-story brick,
another OF Omaha's Oldest landmarks.
Since its erection back in the 70s
it has been owned by the CABIN FAM
lily and was erected by Aaron Calm,
one of Omaha's oldest clothiers, The
stores facing Farnam street are used,
one as a cigar store aud the other as
a ticket office. Judge A. c. Troup and
Ed Cornish had their law offices up-
stairs for long time. In 1882 Rec
tor, the furrier, occupied the corner
store and philip Lang the other as
a shoe store.
tconclusiop of this story next sundaya
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Of the question whether it is possible
for we'll trained mountaineers to
ascend to tie SUBMITS OF the loftier
peaks of the Himalaya mountains,
more than $4,000 feet in altitude. none
of which has so far been climbed.
The present altitude record in
mountaineering is $4,000 feet, by the
duke of the Abruzzi's expedition to
the Karakoram, 1909. The altitude of
the highest mountain in the Himalaya
and in the world-Everest-is 29,14l
feet. At that height the barometric
pressure ard the oxygen supply is
only about one-third as great as at
sea level.
The experiences of balloonists is
not conclusive as to the physiological
difficulties Of such an ascent, because
the rapid rise Of balloon does not
give the aeronaut time to become ac-
climatized to great attitudes. On the
basis of large amount of data DR..
Kellas (himself an experienced noun
taineer) expresses the opinion that
man in first rate training. acclimatized
to maximum possible altitude. could
make the ascent to Mount Everest,
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west corner Of Eleventh and Farnam
streets was for years the property of
Count Creighton, where, on the Sec
ond floor, he maintained his office in
1887. In the early sos the spacious
hall was used for dances and large
gatherings and on more than one oc-
casion have I tripped the light fan
tsstic" at St. Patrick's day ball in
that old hall. This old building was
occupied at one time by F. c. Fest
ner & Son as printing office. The
Eden Musee was located on the first
floor during the year 1890 and since
then it has been a general supply
house" The adjoining building west,
called the 'Iytle block" was built in
1882 by Judge ]. w. Lytle, one of
Omaha's pioneer lawyers. THE upper
floors have been used for various pur-
poses since its erection. In 1882 Rath-
bun & Daley occupied it for COM
mercial school. The small brick west
of this was built by Ed Callahan in
1873 and has been used as saloon
since that time.
The northeast corner OF Twelfth
and this street was for thirty years
occupied and owned by Dick Wild,
who ran what was called the finest
saloon in Omaha. He was great
sport, fancy horses and race tracks
'>being his hobby. He died in 1906.
A fve-story auto supply house was
built there in 1910, covering the en-
tire length of the lot. On the south
west corner, facing Eleventh street,
is fve-story brick, used as a hotel
and saloon-morc for saloon than
hotel purposes. 1t was builtNin 1897.
In 1881 it was occupied by James Nc
Vittie, father of Tom McVittie of
Omaha, as grocery store. 1t is dig
nifed with the title of Oxford hotel"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
By A. R. GROH.
CHAPTER XV.-Dentistry.


Teeth decay and ache no matter
whether their owners live in pioneer
cities on the frontier or in the lap Of
civilization.
1t was so in Omaha. At an early
day people began to suffer from the
toothache. Unfortunately there was
no dentist among the early settlers.
The work fell upon the blacksmith
and "the village smithy," as Long
fellow calls it in his beautiful poem
of the same name, was the village
dental parlor as well.
Many an aching tooth was drawn by
the early blacksmiths of Omaha with
their tongs, usually used in handling
horseshoes and other articles less del
icate than human teeth and aching
ones at that.
But before long dentist came to
Omaha. He was RevrWilliam Leach,
a Baptist minister. He practiced dem
tistry as a side line and gave much
relief.
He remained but a short time and
was succeeded by DR.. Benjamin
Stickles, a dentist, who practiced at
Twelfth and Harvey streets. DR..
Stickles did not remain here long
either. Early newspapers contained
an item stating that "Dr. Benjamin
Stickles has sold out his dental busi-
ness and has gone to New York state
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Fascinating Story of Omohas Thoroughfores Formam Street

ra. ,...o. ,,,od - .f..
wv" N " - -,
man named Henry rarrahi' railroaa
promoter in the pioneer days Of Iowa.
II underwent what might be termed
more "sureicaI operatiousp than any
other Of Omaba's streets, From its
earliest history Il was a travelled thor
oughfare 10 t6e west. In 1880 il had
little or no sidewalks. The center of the
street was macadamized with gravel,
which proved but temporary make
shift. The balance OF the street was
one continual mudhole. 1t must have
been the sight OF this that caused
SAKE, the poet, to write his version
OF Omaha when he wrote;
Hast ever been to Omaha
-, Where runs the dark Missouri. sa down s.,
An An smnty wagon through The town
| do not know when he penned
these lines but | do know thew were
in no wav lacking in truth in 1880,
II was the usual thing 10 see this
street torn IN and blocked on an ay-
erape Of six or eight times a wear
for one reason or another, II was
first naved with Sioux Falls granite
in 1855 after which il was dicoyered
that the sewers were Inadequate. me-
cess;tating new ones. then came lat
erai sewers and various connections,
followed bv larger pines and sundry
other reo,irements In 1910 the stone
navement was removed, asnbalt fax
Inc it's nlace
10 CO. r.,s r..;,.
m iaue ~"'',seu "Ns
The grade IRON Fifteenth to lwen-
tleth was changed on two occasions.
AT each meeting Tor that purpose the
owners OF abutting property. almost
came to blows. ! recall one instance
OF this IN the early part OF 1888, when
one evening while reclining against
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one to translate his message and en-
tered the, college.
That, howeveA was after his guar
dian on the farm had said, You'll
spend lot of money on an education
and then will die in the poor house"
Still he got grades that ran 90 per
cent and better in all his branches
during his first term. The English
language began to come to him.
He had no money, so he had to
work on the farm half day every day
to keep himself in rye bread and po-
tatoes.
For this kind of hardship he had
been we'll trained, for his life had
been life of hard work. He was born
in Vosecek. in Bohemia, November
%, 1859. At 4 years of age his father
brought him with the rest of the fam
lily to Cedar Rapids, la. With almost
no money, the father bought farm
and little Vaclay had to bend his back
and dig hard with the hoe and shovel
to help meet the mortgage. When the
father died the uncle took the lad,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

earth came booming noise like the
reverberation of a gong. 1t was the
answer OF the genie to the insult we
had cast at him; again and again and
again is sounded; the water OF the
pool doned up; the dome burst, and
with roar that resounded from the
hills the Great geyser sprang to life.
The earth shook with its coming and
it leaped 100 feet high almost in a
bound. There in clouds OF steam it
stood for one terrible moment, strug-
Cling like maniac tangled in sheet,
sank, rose, sank again and vanished.
The steam clouds rolled away on the
wind, and the plain and the sky and
the hills resumed their sinister calm.
The geyser frightens you. Such an
outburst of fury and strength in that
desolate region disturbs the mind Of
the onlooker. To the imagination
there is something evil in the whole
business.-Youth's Companion.
At recent meeting Of the ROYAL
Geographical society, DR.. A. M. Kel-
las presented an elaborate discussion
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Another Interesting Chapter from Ed Moeys Recent Book of

others. Finally compromise was
reached by agreeing upon three-foot
cut. This proved very fortunate
compromise, yet, had the cut as ad-
vocated by the Rosewaters and Others
been carried out, the street would
have had better grade and it would
have long since been better retail
street, as evidenced by the wisdom
displayed by the Harney street prop
erty holders, at that time engaged
in similar struggle.
Passing this event, I will now en-
deavor to describe the street as it
was in 1880 and as it is this year, 1916.
Now Junk Shops.
Commencing on Eighth street, |
found at that time on the north side
OF the street a number of small cot
tages east of the Union Pacific head
quarters, most of which are now used
as junk shops. Those, together with
the headquarters, covered that side of
the block, while on the south side, in
the middle of the block, was in later
years livery stable. Adjoining it was
a frame cottage, the home of Mr..
Fox, the contractor.
On the southeast corner OF Ninth
street was the old Garfield house, run
for years by George Garfield, who up
10 1881 had been passenger conduc-
tor on the Union Pacihc-the house
has changed hands frequently since
Garfield gave il up. Among others
who ran it was ca Fred Elsasser i'll
1910. The property was owned by
S. II. II. Clark. On the northwest
corner of Ninth street was vacant
lot. 1t is claimed that the Nebraska
territorial capitol was once located
on it. II is now occupied as part Of
the NJ. +, Smith Manufacturing COM
pany. Adjoining this lot to the west
stands a one-story brick. This build
ing was at oRe time the home of The
Omaha Bee, In 1882 this company
built adjoining it four-story brick,
using the smaller one as the business
Office. Further west in that block on
| the northeast corner stands large
! 6Ye-story brick, built in 1882 by A. L..
Strang. The lower floors were used
by him as supply house and the up
per ones by the Department of the
Platte as its headquarters from 1885
to 1888. 1t was in later years oecu-
pied by the Omaha Printing COM
pany. On the southwest corner of
Ninth street once flourished the old
Tivoli garden, which was in its prime
| from 1881 to 1885. MANY were the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Groh]1iS History Omaha
All the truth and untruth that's ft to know

study and entered the business. An
other well-known photographer en-
gagged in it as side line.
How different is the art of dentistry
today from that OF those early davs!
Omaha dertists now have elegant Of
fees with waiting rooms furnished
with nice rugs and furniture and gcn-
orally with a young woman in charge,
and magazines on the table for all to
read and while away the minutes
while they are awaiting their turns.
Special chairs are in all Offices so
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
provided the physical difficulties are

provided the physical difficulties are
not insuperable.
A supply of sodium peroxide, to
provide oxygen as an occasional re-
freshment, would be of much assist
ance. At present one Of the "physi-
cal" difficulties OF ascending Everest
Is the fact that the government of
India will not let travellers approach
within 100 miles of the mountain
Boston Transcript,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
A Joke ON the Chief

"Say, have you heard that Chief Of
Police Dunn has gone into the tail
oring business?"
"No. Has he?"
"Well, l don't know for sure, but
! understand that he makes the saloon
keepers close"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

for the benefit Of his wifc's health,
who is an invalid"
This item gave wrong impress
sion. 1t should be stated that his
wife went with him to New York
state. 1t would not have benefited
her health merely to have him go,
as they got along very we'll together.
Dentistry rapidly grew to be prof
liable pursuit in the young and grow
ing city. A popular young watch
maker took two months course of
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

that patients can rest comfortably
while they are having their teeth fixed
up.
Teeth which in the old DAYS were
beyond hope can now be fixed up
as good as new by the art which these
dentists learn during thorough courses
in college. One has his choice OF
gold, silver. platinum, cement and
other filings. The old-time dentist
put in GOLD filings by hammering
them with a hard mallet Modern
dentists have little electric hammers
which strike 1000 1.-TWO thousahd)
blows per minute. Also electric drills
to hollow cut the decayed teeth pre-
paratory TO filling.
This is a progress of which we
may well be proud, for the teeth are
very necessary to the enjoyment Of
life by man, also by woman.
There are no finer dentists in the
world today than we have in Omaha.
American dentists lead the world.
Even in foreign lands the people turn
to the American dentists.
This is one of the things Of which
we, as nation, may well be proud
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Another Contribution.
An illustration OF calm tempera.
ment is a man who studies the base
ball score board these days. T, r.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Questions on Chapter XV.

QuestlonS on Chapter Nv.
|. Who drew teeth in early days Of
Omaha?
2. Why did Mr., Stickles go back to
New York state?
3. Describe the art of dentistry to-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

II Is to Launch.
Now is the time to launch your
ideas on the subject of preventing
the submarines launching their tor
pedoes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

WAR Notes.
One of the ways to be patriotic
is to plant navv beans in your gar
den plot. Another way is to wear
red, white and blue hosiery.
1t would seem that Vimy Ridge
was we'll named.
Omaha women are willing to do
their bit In overalls. Repairing au-
tomobiles, for instance.
This war game is pay-as-you-en-
ter proposition. Uncle Samuel bought
about $7,000,000,000 worth Of chips,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

A New Potato Joke.
Careful Observer observed a
man on the north side wrapping his
seed potatoes in paper before he
planted them. What do you suppose
he did that for?
Oldest Inhabitant-I suppose he
wanted to keep the dirt out Of their
eyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

The Last Time. .,-..
The last time Dairy Inspector Bos-
sic shaved himself was when he was
city fireman in Denver. The gong
rang and he cut piece of his ear off.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Health News.
Spring gardening has heightened
many lives,-(From U. S. Public
Health Service.)
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Do You Remember
Your first watch?
When you had to sit with a girl
in school for punishment?
The good old days when 5 cents
would buy loaf of breadi
When milk shake was per
fectly respectable" drink"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

R. S. v. p.
Whose automobile is that, anyway,
with the initials H. c. l." on the
side?
The other day they brought UP a
little weazened runt before Judge
Willis Sears, in criminal court. 1t was
nice day and His Honor thoughts
were far away-somewhere along the
grand circuit where a horse called
"Shadeline" was working out in 2:10
"The State versus William Yegg,
alias Cooney the Possum," called the
bailff.
What do you do. MILITANT" asked
the court, rather disinterestedly.
"Ah's jockey, judge"
"A jockey, ehl Ever ride horse
called Shadeline?"
"Nosuh, jedge."
Ever heard OF Shadeline"
"Ycssah, jedge; abs heard ofm.
Fast hawsc, jedge, rat peart ami
mule"
"Mm-m-mmmm," from the court.
you're charged with vagraney and
swiping doormats. I'm going to let
you go this time. Get out"
Colonel "Bill' Baehr OF the National
Guard drives fivyer while doing his
bit in Omaha, and on account of army
regulations required to wear spurs
.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

H. c. of L.
Where are all Of the Belgian hare
enthusiasts Omaha boasted of few
years ago?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-25
FEDERAL CHILD LAW
IS BLOW TO PACKERS
Prohibits Employment Of those
Under Fourteen Years.
WILL CURTAIL PACKING
Tomato Gamers Hard Hit As Season
Will Soon Be In Full
Swing.

The Federal United States Child
Labor Act, which will go into effect
on September l and which prohibits
children under IA years of age from
working in canneries and other fac
tories. is giving great concern, es-
pecially to the packers throughout
the State The packers are not the
only ones who are complaining about
the enforcement of the provisions Of
this Act, which practically raises the
age limit of children employed from
IL to sl4 years of age.
The tomato season will practically
be at its height in the next two
weeks, and, with the law taking eff
feet on the first. will prove a serious
obstacle in the suggested program
made by the government that pack
ers of vegetables should increase
their output. 1t Is said that the
new law will practically affect some
50 per cent of the children wo en-
ployed in canneries throughout the
State.
The government has been preach
ing lIOu udy 10 udN the uSCcSslty
for an increased output, said one of
the packers. and now it comes along
and takes away the means of COM
plying with the governments de-
sire In addition to the loss of the
children in this work, it is also
thought that it may affect the par
ents as well, as in most cases these
laborers travel around from factory
to factory with their families, all OF
whom engage in the work of prepar-
ing the vegetables. Now if the chill
dren are prohibited from working it
is doubtful that the parents will feel
able or justified in seeking labor in
out-of-town factories. This will have
bad effect on the city canneries as
we'll
There are several antiquities in
the law and Miss Selig, chief assist
ant to Charles j. Fox, chairman of
the Maryland Bureau of Labor and
Statistics, which bureau will have the
enforcement of the law in this State,
has made arrangements to hold a
conference with Miss Grace Abbott.
who is the head of the Child Labor
Bureau at Washington, with a view
to formulating plans for the carrying
into effect of the new law.