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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
Great Great Grandniece of Betsy,
Ross. Who Made First Flag, Here

descended to the present owner, Mrs.
Radigan, to whom they were present
ed on her twenty-6rst birthday.
In the collection is carved wooden
salad fork and spoon of King Charles
Tvs day, Peggy Shipper scarf. a
piece of linen woven by Betsy her
self, a chain and locket, silver purse,
two vanity fans, two bracelets, lace
collars and fchus and bonnet strings
and pieces of cloth from dresses worn
by Betsy Ross. Other interesting
relics of revolutionary days are in
cluded in Mrs. Radigan's collection.
Betsy Ross.
The grandmother OF Susanna Nc
Cord Turner was Sarah Griscom, sis
ter Of Elizabeth Griscom, the Betsy
Ross of history. That is how Mrs.
Radigan traces her descent. Before
her death, in an interview in the
Evening Telegram, Mrs. Turner said:
II have vivid personal recollections of
her as 'Aunty' Claypoole. She was
small of stature and was beautiful
even in her old age. Betsy was
married three times. Her first hus-
band was a connection of Colonel
Ross of the flag committee. He was
killed in an explosion on the wharf
and so the widow continued the up
holstery shop in Arch street. 1t was
as the widow Ross she here made the
first flag. Afterwards she married
Captain Ashburn, who, with his
brother-in-law, Captain Donaldson,
died in an English prison. Later she
married John Claypoole, the man who
broke the news Of her second bereave-
ment to her"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
Only One Package Of
ViCtroIa Needles at Once

Steel needles for the victrola are
now growing scarce. Some Of the
local dealers have declared partial
embargo" on the sale Of these points
to their customers.
I'VE can only sell one package"
said the sales girl in one Of the local
shops when a customer wanted to buy
five packages
Whats upf" asked the customer.
Don't know, but we just can't get
them from the factories, so we have
orders to sell only one package to a
customer. We don't know when we
can get any more"
Il suppose they are shooting
needles at one another in the war
now" ventured the buyer, pocketing
his one lonesome package OF needles.
The girl shrugged her shoulders. II
don't know, but I guess it's the war
that makes them scarce somehow.
Guess they must be using them as
hobnails for the soldiers boots
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
Heaven Our Home!
Adam and Eve Did
Their Stunt Here

Nebraska is the original site Of the
Garden of Eden, according to Rev.
NJ. L. Ballou OF Dalton, Neb., visit
ing friends here. He will not go SO
far as to specify just which section
of the Antelope state was the habi-
tat of Adam and Eve, but he is quite
convinced that if some of the archae-
logical fraternity will dig deep
enough they will find evidence with
which to corroborate his statement.
He visited Mayor Dahlman and in
the presence of that executive made
his historical claim. He feels that
the burden of proof or disproof does
not rest with him, but rather with
those that have to do with locating
ancient ruins. He made it clear that
he did not come to Omaha to locate
the Garden of Eden He is inclined
to believe that if the garden of the
first twain should be located in Ne
braska, it will be nearer Lincoln
than Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
RETAILERS ARE
ROOFING FOR SHOW
Omaha Automobile Men Get
Active Co. Operation from
Business Managers Here.
LEGION OF VISITORS DUE

Arriving at complete realization
that the auto show brings many Wis
itors and accordingly many hundreds
of dollars to the city, Omaha retailers
are taking steps to give the local au-
tomobile men their full co-operation
and do everything in their power to
aid in the success of the twelfth an
nual Omaha motor car exposition at
the Auditorium February 26 to
March 3.
Secretary Metcalfe has called a
meeting of the Associated Retailers
for Tuesday, at which meeting the re-
tailers will make plans to bring more
visitors to this years auto show than
ever before. The Commercial club
also is cooperating with the auto
men.
A number of individual merchants
have conferred with Manager Powell
OF the show on their own behalf and
he has received assurances from prac-
tically every large business establish
ment in the city that they will have
specially decorated windows for auto
week. One large store has even gone
so far as to instruct its clerks to
talk" auto show to out-of-town Gus
toners during the week of the expo
sition.
Because OF this cooperation the
auto men are receiving Manager Pow
ell anticipates the greatest number Of
out-of-town visitors in history. The
number of visitors" declares Powell,
will reach far into the thousands this
wear"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17


ell replied that it was general and
included every commodity.
Mr.. Winchell said he thought it
would not reach Omaha and other
Missouri river terminals adding, 1T
would if something had not been done
quickly, but under the terms OF the
agreement entered into, believe that
the situation will be cleared up soon
and freight will be moving"
Mr.. Winchell does not say whether
the submarine warfare being carried
on by Germany is going to have any
effect upon export business. He
thinks, however, whether it does or
not, there is sufficient quantity of ex-
port freight lying along the Atlantic
and gulf coast to furnish tonnage for
all the vessels that are likely to sail
and without drawing upon stocks
held in storage. 2@f1f ''..'s
70 Give your Want Ad chance to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
WHERE DID OMAHA
GET ITS M0NICKER?
It Starts from an Indian Name
Jesse Lowe Christened
This City.
EVOLUTION OF MUNY TITLE
By A. R. GRoH

By A. r. GROH
How did Omaha come to be named
Omahae Or, as Juliet would have put
the question,
Omaha, Omaha!
Wherefore art thou omAha7"
| see great many hands raised.
That's an easy question" you say.
st was named after the Omaha In
dams"
But there were no Omaha In
dams" answer from the heights Of
my wisdom. Those Indians were the
'Mahas.'"
That is what Lewis and Clark, who
conducted the famous expedition IN
1904, called them. In their records we
read:
I'VE halted to examine a spot
where one OF the great chiefs Of the
Mahas, named Blackbird, who died
about four years ago Of the smallpox,
was buried"
These explorers refer frequently to
the "Mahas." How, then, / repeat,
did Omaha come to be named Omaha
instead Of Maha?
II is question that has puzzled
historians. "We are in the dark as to
how or when the letter o. was pre-
fixed to the name" says Henry T.
Williams.
Probing Mystery.
| will now dispel this darkness.
My researches and Investigations and
deep thought on the subject have
evolved an explanation Of the mystery.
shall make everything clear to the
satisfaction OF the most particular.
Listen carefully, then, in order that
you may no longer be in darkness
as to how and why your city was
given its euphonious and orotund
name.
A man named Jesse Lowe lived in
Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, back
in 1858. On July q of that year he
padded q small skiff across the river
and was so charmed with the location
that he predicted then and there
that this would, some day, be the
site of great city. To back up his
belief, he staked out claim, which
was located in the vicinity Of the
west end of the present Cunning
street.
Jesse then began to look about for
name for the city. He decided to
name II after the Indians. But this
name. "Maha" didn't sound very eu-
phonious.
The First Name.
Then bright idea came to him.
Why not fasten his own name on to
the city that was to be. No sooner
said than done. He called II Lowe
maha."
The "e," however, was superfuous.
So he dropped that out, making it
"Lowmaha."
Time went on as time has habit
OF doing. People came and settled
in the growing town. They were all
anxious to grow with growing Low
maha.
The w." also was super1uous. So,
gradually that was dropped out and
tie city came to be known as 10
maha."
And then, the Il" being half silent,
il also went the way Of the e" and
the wv" leaving the city's rame with
out one supcrhuous letter, beautiful
and euphonious, Omaha"
That's the way have II "dopcd
OUT and it seems to be pretty good
dope. Anyway it's good enough till
someone dopes out something better.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
Windsor School Pupils
Enjoy "EIectrical Day.

y This is electrical day at Windsor
school.
Principal Eddy noted such an in
terest in this science among her pupils
that she hit upon the idea Of allow
ing the fourth and fifth grade children
to bring their electrical toys and have
them connected to the school wires.
The result was that the manual train
ing room looked like an Edison work
shop.
Each child gave demonstration Of
his or her apparatus. incidentally the
children cleaned information in con-
nection with the mysterious power
which is now helping to make the
world 20 around
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17

Give your Want Ad a chance to
make good, Run it in The Bee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17

sketches are being made, but the
plans have not been completed.
There are to be twelve apartments
in the building, with an average Of
six rooms to an apartment, while
some apartments will have seven and
some FIVE rooms.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
Large Apartment House
To Be Built in Dundee

A $4,000 apartment house is to be
built by DR.. D. T. Quigley in the
spring. DR.. Quigley recently acquired
the ground at the corner of Fiftieth
and California streets, where he will
have this three-story brick and terra
Gotta structure erected. Architectural
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
KILL PLANT LICE OR APHIDS
Application of Soap Solution VIII
Prove Efficient-Must Hit
Insect With Force.

Plant lice or aphids can be killed
on golden glow, sweet peas, rose,
buckthOrn, plums or any plant by ap-
plications Of soap solution. This is
perfectly safe to use, and leaves no
bad odor, and few applications ap-
parently are sufficient to rid plant of
its unpleasant parasite.
Dissolve 5-cent cake of white soap
in five or six gallons of hot water, and
apply forcibly with spray-pump when
lukewarm. The insects must be hit
with force. Occasionally bending over
the twigs and immersing the affected
leaves, shaking them back and forth
in the liquid, is more effective than
spraying. Directing a stream of wa
ter from a garden hose against plant
lice colonies is of some help, if the
later strikes them with force.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
INA ID-DNZT
Hi THE ny
lU9ZIURll
CAN DEPEND ON DAIRY COWS
Preservation of Milk Is as Essential a.
Production--Keep Out All Dis
ease Germs

The dairy COW will be called upon
TO yield her maximum share of the
worlds food supply during the com.
ing months of war. She can be de-
pended upon for production, but pres.
eIyatioa of the milk is mans part. The
value Of milk is dependent upon the
care it receives after 1t is drawn from
the COW. Consequently preservation is
as essential as production. Milk is
dangerous as human food If 1t con-
tains disease germs or worthless If II
is so loaded with bacteria that it's COM
pick food nutrients are partly decom-
posed. 1t is equally vaIueless TO the
producer anu distributor If it sours be-
fore 1t can Oe put to use.
To prevent the entrance of disease
germs into milk, healthy, tuberculin.
tested cows free from any udder I'M
fiammation or garget are the first es-
sentials. Healthy men, and pure wa.
ter from protected well or spring are
of second Importance. Clean utensils,
covered pals and clean cows come
next.
Keeping milk sweet is entirely a
matter of cleanliness and temperature
regulation. Cows free from manure and
dirt especially in the region of the I'D
der and TANKS; utensils that are care
fully cleansed, scalded and dried; and
careful protection of the milk from
flies and dirt after production, will
prevent the entrance of bacteria into
milk
Milk is soured by bacterial develop.
ment and multiplication. Bacteria can
not reproduce fast enough to sour milk
In "a hours If it is kept below a tenn
perature of So degrees Fahrenheit.
Therefore, milk should be cooled as
soon after production as possible. The
easiest and most practical plan of
cooling is to sink the cans to the level
of the milk In a tub or running spring
of cold water and to stir the milk fire.
.quently for five or ten minutes until
cool. 1t should be held at or below
30 degrees Fahrenheit if possible until
used.
The five essentials for production
of first grade milk, as given by Percy
Werner Jr. of the Missouri college of
agriculture, are: i. Healthy cows and
men; 2. Clean cows and men; 3. Clean
cans and pals; 4. Covered milking
pals; 5. Cooling milk to 55 degrees
Fahrenheit or below within an hour af-
ter production and holding it as low
as possible until delivered.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
KEEP YOUR BREEDING STOCK
Because of Increased Demand and
High Prices for Feed Hens, Sows
and Cows Are Sold.

Don't sell off your breeding stock be-
cause of high prices of feed and the
demand for live stock. Large num-
bers of hens, brood sows and milch
cows are being sold. Already there
is a scarcity of poultry in the country.
and in some dairy sections there has
been a marked decrease in the number
of mich cows.
There are two sides to this business.
Milk dealers and contractors in their
effort to hold trade and placate their
customers have refused TO pay farmers
a price for milk which would leave
them a profit. AS consequence,
many farmers have found that their
cows are worth more dead than alive.
They have been forced to sell the cows
because they could not continue in the
business which was running them
deeper in debt each month.
Advancing prices for meat, milk,
dairy and poultry products will bring a
profit oversize high cost of feed and
labor, and the farmer who has kept q
good stock of breeding animals is
pretty sure to receive handsome re.
turns.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
HE FOUND WAY TO WAKE HER
Minister, Annoyed by Woman Who
Persisted in Sleeping During
Service, Had a Bright Idea.

The minister of l. - is one OF
those quietly humorous characters of
whom there are many in the church
He has a deal to contend with in
his preaching, and the chief matter he
has to combat is sleep.
Many of his hearers begin to doze
the minute he starts preaching. The
minister arranged with the yerger that
in future he should endeavor to wax.
en- sleepers from the pulpit.
He managed this successfully for
some time, but one Sunday he failed
to rouse an old woman, a well-knOwn
innkeeper in the parish. At length
Just as he was about to yield, a bright
idea struck him.
'Tn waken her this time" he ex,
claimed.
Striking the side of the pulpit firm.
" with his clenched fist, he called out
"Anither pint here, Janet!" whereupou
the good old innkeeper started up and
replied, Coming, sir; comingr'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
He Was Cured.

once there was little boy who stole
sugar. So strong was his craving for
sugar that half his mothers time was
taken up watching the sugar bowl.
One morning, however, she filed big
tumbler full of sugar and gave it to
the little boy and told him to eat it all.
The boy took spoon and started in.
he ate about a third of 1t before he
got enough. His mother insisted that
ne eat some more-it was all his to
eat anu she'd box his ears If he didn't
eat IT. She did box his ears, and he
ate a little more, but presently he
slipped the tumbler under his chair
and slipped out to play. When he
came back, though, the tumbler was
mere waiting for him. He ate a little,
out 1t wasn't good. He said it "was
100 sweet" Every day for a month
mat tumbler was by his plate at the
'aole. on chair by his bedside, in the
uoset with his playthings-every-
where he found that tumbler. The
Mes swarmed about 1t, and the ants
came, but still 1t was 'too sweet"
mat tumbler never was finished up
Inc boy is an old man now, and takes
nls coffee straight. Gooseberry pie is
the only kind he likes. All other kinds
Are too weet."-Kansas City Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
GRASS CLIPPINGS FOR HENS
During Summer Months-GiVe
What They Will Eat.
(From the United States Department G
Agricultural

From the United States Department of
Agriculture)
Grass clippings are an excellent
green feed for chickens. The back
yard poultry flock of family often
lacks sufficient green feed, with a con-
sequent reduction of egg and meat
production. With the easy available
lty of lawn clippings the city poultry
man can always have green feed
through the summer for his chickens.
The flock can be fed daily as much of
the green clippings as they will eat.
IL any continued bowel trouble shows,
the amount should be reduced. The
remainder of the clippings can be al
lowed to dry and fed moistened dur
Ing the time between lawn cuttings.
Amounts in excess can be dried for
winter use. Dried grass clippings are
q good green feed for winter. They
can be dried and stored in sacks.
These dried clippings, moistened and
fed to the flock, are very fair sub
stitute for the succulent green feeds
Of summer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
GUARD AGAINST PESTS
Many Serious Enemies Can Be
Checked by Use of Poisons.
Coal Tar Treatment Of Seed Will
Usually Repei Attacks of Birds
and 5urrowing Rodents-Spe-
cial Formula Is Needed.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
Animal and insect pests of corn
prairie dogs, ground squirrels, gophers,
blackbirds, crows, cutworms, ear
worms, wireworms, chinch bugs, grass
hoppers-can be effectually combated.
For cut-worms. Jumps of poisoned
bait made by mixing about fifty
pounds of bran or corn meal with two
pounds of paris green, six finely
chopped oranges or lemons, and enough
cheap molasses to make a stiff dough,
should be scattered along the corn
rows at planting time or as soon as
injury from cutworms is noticed.
Treating the seed with coal tar will
usually repel attacks of birds and, in
some cases, those of burrowing rod
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
LABOR is LIMITING FACTOR
Horses Are Relatively Plentiful In
Comparison and Use of More
Is Strongly Used.

Labor is the limiting factor In crop
production this year. Horses are rela-
lively plentiful in comparison. o. r.
Johnson of the department of farm
management of the Missouri College
of Agriculture, suggests that farmers
lay aside one-man and two-horse tools
and use those that require more
horses so that more work per man
can be done. One man with three
horses to a 16-inch breaking pillow will
turn over three acres or less in day.
The same man with a gang pillow con-
sisting of two 12-ineh bottoms will
average Az acres a day and will use
one more horse. This means that by
increasing the horse stock one-third,
one man can increase his efficiency in
breaking ground nearly rs per cent.
Investigations have actually srown
that a man on riding implement will
do more work in day than the same
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
COMPLETE RATION FOR COWS
Animal Weighing Approximately 1000
Pounds Should Be Given Wide
Variety of Feeds.

A complete ration for a COW weIghA
Ing approximately 1000 pounds may
be made by feeding one pound of grain
mixture for every three or four pounds
of milk produced IN addition to: ~
80 pounds Of corn silage and 10pounds
of hay eclover or alfalfa preferred), or
(2) 80 pounds roots and Is pounds Of
hay, or (3) 8 pounds dried beet pulp
soaked r to "a hours prior to feeding
and 10 pounds Of hay, or (4) 20 pounds
of hay with 1 TO pounds of oilmeal
added to her grain.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20

ents. A teaspoonful Of tar is enough
for a peck of corn. Mix the tar with
a quart Of boiling water. After the
mixture has cooled somewhat but is
still hot, stir In the corn until every
grain is coated, and then spread it out
to dry before planting. Corn may be
Immersed several minutes in moder-
ately hot water without affecting ger
mination. The tar treatment does not
repel mice or ground squirrels.
Destruction of corn by ground
squirrels, prairie dogs, pocket gOphers,
or mice is best prevented by poisoning
the animals a few days before the corn
is planted. Strychnine is the best
poison in all cases, but to obtain salts
factory results a special formula is
needed for preparing the poison for
each kind of animal. Such formulas
have been worked out by the bureau Of
biological survey of the department of
agriculture, and special instructions
will be furnished upon application.
Paris green and strychnine are poisons
and should not be placed where chill
1ren or domestic animals can get them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20

try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Mound. l took six bottles and today /
am healthy woman able to do my own
housework. ! wish every SUFFERING
woman would try Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and find out for
themselves how good it So Mrs. CARL
A. KIEso, $50 North Ave-, Aurora, Ill.
The great number Of unsolicited tes-
timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab
Oratory, many of which are from time
to time published by permission, are
proof of the value OF Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, in the
treatment of female ills.
Every ailing woman in the United
States is cordially invited to write to
the Lydia E. Pinkha1n Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass, for special
advice. 1t is free, will bring you health
and may save your life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
Puts Price on Bed.

That the ears of little children ara
quick to pick up the strange terms
they hear their parents use is indicated
in an incident in the household OF
Judge Deery OF city court, says the Ir-
dlanapOlis News.
Mrs. Deery had been shopping with
her little daughter and when they re-
turned home, the daughter started to
sell" everything In the house as shs
had seen the clerks do.
When she reached a bedroom shs
announced that she would sell the bed
for "ten dollars and costs and penal
farm"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20

man and the same team with nipple
ments that require him to walk. The
use of bigger tools and thorough prep
aration of seed beds will also cut
down the time required for cultivation
of the corn crop. Cultivation is the
operation which limits the amount of
corn one man can grow. If a good
seed bed is prepared, some time can
be saved in cultivating the crop, and
consequently more acres can be
grown.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
FIRST OF CROP SAFEGUARDS
Farmer Should Sow Nothing But Care
fully Cleaned Seed OF Strong Germ
mating Power.

The first of the safeguards is good
seed. Only carefully cleaned seed of
strong terminating qualities should be
sown. The grains should be given the
formaldehyde treatment for smuts,
seed potatoes should be carefully Sc
lected and treated for scab and other
diseases, seed corn ought to be rested,
pure grass seed sown, and every pre-
caution taken to avoid failure 70 get
q stand.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20
cUTIcURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft ane
cIear-Trlal Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist It now and then
Is needed by touches of Cuticura Oint
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth.
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-07-20

severe pains IN my
back and sides until
] became so weak /
could hardly walk
from chair to chair,
and got so nervous
! would jump at the
slightest noise. l
was entirely unfit
to do my house
work, / was giving
up hope of ever be-
ing well, when my
eietor aska6 ma IN