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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
RED SOX OWNER
DISCUSSED WITH
JOHNSON TALK
Harry H. Frazee Says Charges
"Are Too Ridiculous to
Dignity With an
Answer.

New York, Dec. l6.-Harry H..
Frazee, owner of the Boston Ameri-
cans, declared tonight that state
ments which he had seen attributed
to Ban B. Johnson. president of the
league that he would drive him out
OF base bali, ARE too ridiculous to
dignity with all answer"
so far as being forced to sell the
Boston club, that also is too absurd
to deny" he added.
He said Mr.. Johnson had APP
preached him, through an associate,
with refernce to the sale of the
Boston club aud that he had named
price for Mr. Johnson. He said
he still was willing to sell the club
at that price but that the offer
would have to be accepted within
80 days" as he had another offer.
Declaring Mr.. Johnson's criticisms
of the management of the Boston
club were the result of personal
spite because | insist OH managing
my own business without being die
tated to by Mr.. Johnson" the club
owner declared he did not intend to
permit the Boston club to be used
as target by Mr. Johnson.
"As to the gambling situation in
Boston which regret exists in
great many ball parks" Mr.. Frazee
said, II have done everything pos
sible to curb it,"
Mr.. Frazee declared he had caused
the arrest of several gamblers at
the Boston park and had barred 9TH
ers permanently from the grounds.
The Boston police and private de-
tectives. he said, were cooperating
to help stamp out gambling, which
he considered "a menace to the great
national game
II am disguised with the entire
affair." he said.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Jack Coombs Will Manage
Philadelphia Americans

Philadelphia, Dec. l6.-John W.
Coombs, veteran pitcher, who was
with the Brooklyn team last season,
has wired William F. Baker, presi-
dent of the Philadelphia base ball
club, that he has accepted terms to
manage the Phillies next year.
Coombs, it is stated, will receive
salary of $1,000, with a bonus if
he succeeds in plotting the team to
the top of the league race, or a place
among the leaders.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-Cattle-Receipts e.
900. common light steers. steady; others
and butcher cattle. Is to Csc higher: calves
mostly CSC lower. Butcher stock: Can
ners and cutters, s6.40q6.s5. Day quota
tons otherwise unchanged.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market steady to
a shade lower: closing dull; good supply
going over in first hands, killing facilities
being over-taxed. Day quotations I'M
changed
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000; lambs mostly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

Sioux City. Dec. observation-disclosures
1000 head; market steady: beef steers
sS.O0Q1700; fat cows and heifers, $3.50 q
1885, Gamers, s5,0OQ65O: stockers and
feeders. s70O@12.OO: feeding cows and
heifers, s5500S.50.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head; market
1O@15c lower; light. s1s.75917.Oo: mixed
$16.90@171o. heavy. 17OO@17.15; bulk OF
sales, $16.9O@1705.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 2,50o hsad
market steady.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
st. Louis Live Stock.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 6.-Cattle-Steady.
15@25c lower; receipts, 1890; native beef
steers, $11.5O%1s.5O. yearling steers and
heifers, s9.50@16.00; cows. s750@l2,5o;
stockers and feeders, $S.5O912.O0. fair to
prime southern beef steers. sl0.00Q15.00;
beef cows and heifers, s75OQ15.O0; native
calves. $1.75G17,50.
Hogs-Steady; receipts. 23,S00; lights
s1725@174O; pigs, sl3.00@16.0O. mixed
and butchers, s17.25@17.55 good heavy,
s175OQ17.65; bulk. s1725@lL55.
Sheep-Steady. receipts, 2.200; lambs.
s15.OO@15.35; ewes, sS.OOQ9OO; Gamers
and choppers, S500@9.00
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Kansas City Live stock.

Kansas City. Mo, Dec 16.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, %. 600 head; market strong; steers,
s18.OO02O.O0; western. s12OO@16.00; cows.
s5.50G12.5O; heifers, s70O@13.50; stockers,
S6.50@14.25; calves. s600Q15.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000 head: market
steady; heavy, sl6.75 01735: butchers.
s17.O0@17.4O; lights, s16.75Q1725; pigs.
sl2.00@1425.
Sheep and Lambs-Recepts, 1000 head;
market strong; lambs, s1200015.25; year.
lings. s1O.5OQ120O; wethers. s9.O0@10.50;
ewes sSOOM940
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Omaha Hay.

Receipts Of both prairie hay and al
falfa heavy: demand continues good:
market firm and steady with no change
In prices. Oat and what straw In good
demand and wanted.
Prairie Hay-Choice upland, s24.50; No.
/, s225O923.50: No. .. sls.o0@2o.o0: No.
8, s11.O0@1400. Choice midland: No. /,
s220Oa23OO; No. 2. $ls.OO@20. 90. Low
land: No. !. s16.O091S.oO; No. 2. $4,000
1900; No. 3, 00@1200.
Alfalfa-Choice, $50 .0o931 90; No. l.,
s2s.oO93o.oO. Standard. &27. 800;
No. 2, s24009265O; No. 3, s21.009240o.
straw-Oat. s1.o0@12.oo: wheat. $1,000
1000,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 16.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, $4,000, including 200 southerns:
steady to strong; prime fed steers, $4,000
2O.0O dressed beef steers, $l3.00@1s.o0:
western steers, $12.00@1s.00; southern
steers, s60O61200. cows, s5.60914.00:
heifers, s7OO@1425; stockers and feeders.
s7OOQ13OO; bulls. s6.5Oqsoo; calves.
s6.50Q13 so.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900. steady to l5c
higher Bulk. s1ZOO@174O; heavy, $500
G17.00: packers and butchers, s17.15@
1855; lights. S16.S0Q1735; pigs. $4,000
1850.
lambs, s12O001525: yearlings, 10000
IL 90; wethers, ss.OO@s1O.5O. ewes, 5000
$50; stockers and feeders, $3.50 q17.00.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Turpentine and ROsin.

Savannah. Ga, Dec 16.-Turpentine
firm. 63hG63%c; sales, 367 bbls; re-
ceipts, Isl bbls; shipments, 2O6 bbIs''
stock, 29612 bbls.
Resin firm; sales. 100 bbls; receipts
1896 bills; no shipments; stock, 7S'oi-
bbls. Quote: B, D, E, F. sl3,5oQl3.65i
G, sl352la @1355; H. NS.55; 1sl3.sOq
1890; X, sl5.75; NJ. $500; N slS.25;
VIC, 1850: WV, s1675.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
COBB RETURNS
FROM OvERSEA;
WILL QUIT GAME
American League Batting Star
Announces Desire to Re.
tire; EverS Also Back
from France.

New York, Dec. l6.-"Ty Cobb
Detroits great batter and outfielder,
hope to quit base ball, He so stated
today on his return from France,
where he has served as a captain
in the army He had no intention
at present, he said, of signing up
again, although he admitted that
base ball still had for him a ter
rible fascination"
I'm going down to my home in
Augusta, Ga, and rest several
months" said Cobb. Il intend to
break away from base ball. I'm
tired OF it, I've had IS years of it,
and | wan to quit while I'm still
good. Fascination OF the game has
its hold on me, but | shall make
every effort to tear away from it
and not sign up with any club again,
when say this, naturally pre-
sumo that the release the managers
gave us last fall, with its ten days
notice is binding and they have no
legal strings on me now. | hope
so, at least,
Has Made no Plans.
"l'v made no plans watever ahead
of my rest, | haven't profession
lecause | left school at II to play
ball"
Cobb declared that the war had
rejuvenated base ball and that its
going to boom this season as it
has never done before" He explain
ed that when the armistice was sign
ed, he had just finished his train
ing and expected to be assigned to
a division which would soon see
some real action Declaring that
the American army has the finest
personnel on earth, with every one
on his toes and wide awake every
minute" Cobb said that "a lot of
that can be credited to base ball
and its close association to the
American boy" He added that
when my youngsters grow up, all
three of them are going to get
army training,
Evers Back Too.
Johnny Evers, the base ball play
er, who sailed for France as a physl-
,al instructor with the Knights OF
Columbus, returned on the Lorraine
with many stories OF the work done
in France by ball players.
He denied that the American SOL
ders abroad had any sentiment
against the big league players, as
has been rumored, and cited instan-
ces of prominent ball players who
had done their bit in France, among
them Eddie Grant of the Giants,
who was killed; Grover Alexander
Of the Chicago nationals, Eddie
Klepfer of the Cleveland Americans,
Church Ward of the Brooklyn Ma
tionals. and Hank Gowdy OF the
Boston Nationals,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
GRAIN MARKET

Receipts OF wheat were liberal with 234
cars, corn moderate with 139 cars and oats
light with SO cars. Rye arrivals were rs
cars and those Of barley 10 cars
Corn sold generally at about Saturdays
figures with the offerings In fair demand
Some Of the samples brought storage
prices and some went lower.
Oats sold readily at a decline of cent
Rye prices were a cent lower and barley
unchanged to / cent off. Wheat had
ready sale at unchanged prices
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Sugar Market.

New York Dec. 16.-Raw. market.
steady; centrifugal, 7.2sc. Refined sugar.
steady; cut loaf. l0.50c; crushed, lO.25c,
mould A, 95Oc; cubes. s.75c: xxx
powdered. 920c; powdered, else; fine
granulated and Diamond A. &c; confec-
TONERS A, $500; No. /, s,s5c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
st. Joseph Live Stock,

St Joseph. Mo, Dec 16,-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 5000 head; market. higher; steers
s9.0011S.25: cows and hefers, S15.75 @
1925; southerns, s6.00913.5O.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; market
steady; top. SIPS; bulk, s17,0O@1730.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. /, 500 head
market. steady: lambs. s12.Oo@1A75;
ewes, s7.00@900.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Dec. 16.-Butter-Market.
firm; creamery, 54667hc
Eggs-Receipts, 1883 cases; market.
higher; firsts, Sic; ordinary firsts, $50
SIC; at mark, cases included. 81 SOC.
Potatoes-Receipts, los cars: market.
steady: Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon-
SIN. bulk, s1.5O91.65; do. sacks. $500
LES.
Poultry-Alive. market, steady; fowls.
1871 @25c; springs, FAC; turkeys. zee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Visible Supply Of Grain

New York, Dec. 1.-THE visible supply
OF American and bonded grain shows the
following changes:
Wheat decreased 900 bushels Corn
increased PSI 900 bushels. Oats decreased
$1,000 bushels. Rye increased 294. 900 bush
els. Barley increased 369, 900 bushels,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

New York, Dec. 16-Final prices on
Liberty bonds were: 3h's. ss7.SS: iirst
convertible As. 1892; second As, $3.50
first convertible AVS, se7 40. second con-
vertible AVS. $3.50; Third AIS $685.
fourth AVS, 1876.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Ev.norated Appyes and Dried Fruit.

New York, Dec. 1b.-EVaporateu appIes
dull. California nominal; state 15t 916%c.
Prunes firm; California III 31OAc. April
cots quiet; choice Gle; extra choice 25c;
fancy CSC Peaches nominal. Raisins. firm
loose ruuscatels 81 Ollie; choice to fancy
seeded. 1os Q1lhc; seedless, 1l& q l2Ac:
London layers, $500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
MinneanOlis Grain.

Minneapolis. MINI, Dec. 16.-Barley-
S6@e4c.
Rye-No .. s156d1.56h
Bran-s2773
Corn-s1 41G1.43.
Oats-68h 969c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Chicago Grais.

Chicago Dec. 16-Much selling of corn
| resulted today from the government crop
| report ! Uniting to likelihood of an i'm
mense yield of winter wheat. Prices Of
corn closed heavy, Is to 1880 net lower.
with January and May both s134R to
h.35. Oats finished Y to INC GS&h, and
provisions off SOC to 81
Bearish sentiment as to corn became
pronounced when the condition Of winter
wheat in the United States was shown to
be the best in more than 20 years, with
the area seeded the largest on record AL
though 1t was recognized that estimates
made in December regarding winter wheat
could not be taken at face value, the off
cial suggestion that the total production
| might reach magnitude Of $4,000 600
| bushels gave an immediate advantage to
sellers of corn. Throughout the rest OF
| the session. corn values went sharply
down grade, especially as earlier the mar
ket had been depressed by advices that
most corn milers were idle, and that
export buying Of corn meal and corn flour
had been stopped. Prospects that unsettled
weather would delay receipts had only
transient bullish effect
Oats reflected the weakness Of corn. Be-
| sides, shipping demand was slow.
Maximum breaks for single day were
witnessed In provisions. Support seemed
to be almost entirely lacking.
Cash prices: Corn No. yellow. nomi-
| nal; No. yellow. s142@1,46; No. 4 yell
low, s1.39@1.42
oats-No. 8 white, 72973Ac; standard,
72% @74c
Rye-No. 2. s1.s291s2A.
Barley-90c s1.0l.
Timothy-sS. 411.o0.
Clover-Nominal.
Pork-Nominal
Lard-s2490
Ribs-Nominal.
Chicago closing prices. furnished The
Bee by Logan & Bryan stock and grain
brokers. 315 South Sixteenth street. Oma-
ha:
TT inh | | Ali..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Billy Miske of St. Paul
Knocks Out Pueblo Fireman

Tulsa. Okl Dec. l6.-Billy Miske,
of St. Paul knocked out Jim Flynn
OF Pueblo, Colo. in the second round
Ct scheduled l5-round fight here
tonight. Flynn was knocked down
twice before taking the count, the
bell saving him in the first round.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

New York Dec l6.-Metal Exchange
quotes lead unchanged; spot, zoe
Spelter-Quiet; East ST. Louis delivery,
spot offered at s.?5c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
a. T,Ouis Grain.

St. Louis, Dec. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
s1.4Oh January, s1.37fs.
oats-December. 73Ac asked; Janu-
ary 72c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
OMAHA GRAIN MOVEMENT
RECEIPTS IN OTHER MARKETS.
Wheat

Corn-No. white, l car s143, cars
sl.42. l rs cars sl.41; No. white, car
sl.42 (old), car $1.41, cars $40 (new).
car 1913; No. 5 white, car $I.41 (old),
car $lSs (old), car s12S; No. s white,
! car $1.Ss (oldl; No. yellow, 2 cars
cars sl.41, ~ cars S1.40; No. yellow, 6
cars $l.39; No. mixed, / car S1.44 No
mixed. l car $1.43, cars SLAP; No. 4
mixed. cars $l.40. 5 cars s1.39 tnew) 4:
No. mixed, l car s1.40, l car s1.39, 3
cars. s1.3S (new); No. mixed / car
$40 (old). 2 ears s1.5s (od); sample
mixed. l car $1.35.
7ohc; No, white. 1 car, 7O%o; 2 cars,
7ohc; sample white, l car, 7OI2c: car,
zoe; No. mixed, l car, 7012c Goats, bar
ley and wheat; / car. zoe. Goats and
corn)
Rye-No. .. 7 cars, $3.50; No. 3. 1 car,
$3.50; cars, $1,49; 80 sacks, s14s; No.
4, ! car, $1.4S.
No. 4, cars, Csc; No. 1 feed / car, CSC;
sample. la car Soc.
Wheat-No. hard. 5 rs cars, SEQ; No.
hard / car s2.2O; IA cars $219; 10 cars,
2.16; l car, $2.16 (snutty) 3 cars, S2l5
tsmutty); No. hard, 3 cars, S2.16; car
$2.14 (smutty); car. s213 6 cars, s212
tsmutty): No. hard, . cars, $214; l
car. sell (smutty); l car, s2.10 (smutty);
car s2.09 (smutty); / car, $2O2 (smut-
ty); No. l northern spring, / car, s21sh;
S-5 cars s2.1s; ~ cars. s2.l6 (smutty) !;
u car $214 (smutty); No. 2 northern
spring, cars, $2,16; 2 cars $212 (snut-
tO; cars. Sail (smutty); . cars, $40
Csmutty); No. northern spring. car,
$2.13; l car, s2.11; car, sos (smutty);
cars. $2.06 (smutty): No. northern
spring, car, s2.O9; No. / mixed, car,
s2.1s; 1 car, san; 3 cars, s2.14; No. 2
mixed, 1 car, s215; l car, s2.14; cars,
s2.ll; cars. $206 (smutty); No. mixed,
! car. $214; car, sale (smutty); car,
SILL; / car, $2oS; 2 cars, $2O7 (smutty).
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

Csc lower; sheep and yearllngs, steady to
lower; lambs, choice and prime, $14.75@
1900; medium and good, Sl3, rs @l4.75.
Day quotations otherwise unchanged,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Kansas CITY Grain.

Kansas City. Mo. Dec. 16.-Corn-De-
cember. s1.42; January. s1.4l91.411s
February. s1,3s; March, sl3s% May.
s139S.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
New York Cotton

New York, Dec. 16.-Cotton closed at
IS sec, with the general list closing very
steady at a net advance Of IS to IS points.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City, Dec. 16.-Butter-Cream-
cry, soc; flrsts, 5sc; seconds, SIC: pack
ing, 41c.
Eggs-Firsts. soc; seconds, Acc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
Market and Industrial News of the Day
MAXIMUM FOOD PRICES.

The Price Fixing committee OF Douglas
county has named the following prices
Retailers are not permitted to charge
more than these prices.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

Note ]. These prices are Tor cash over
the counter
Note O. An additional charge may be
made for delivery or credit to customer
Same price for rye or graham. Bread
prices are for cash and carry or credit
and delivery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17
LIVE STOCK
KEt EIPTS.

Receipts and disposition of live stock at
the Union Stock yards. for "a hours end
ing at o'clock yesterday:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

Today's Calendar of Sports.
Racing-Winter meeting Mt jefferson
park, New Orleans. Winter meeting Of
Cuba American Jockey club, Mt Havana.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-17

Chicago closing prices. furnished The
Bee by Logan & Bryan stock and grain
brokers. 315 South Sixteenth street. Oma-
ha:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20

Here is Mr. Aspinwall's statement of
what Doan's kinney Pills did for him:
81 suffered fro0 a pain IN my back
some four months ago, says Judge As
pinwall. When lad down could hard
ly sit UP and if / stopped over to put on
my shoes, kink seemed to take me in
my back. ha3 such pains in my back
could scarcely straighten. My kidneys
acted irreguarly. too. and were very an
noyIng. | heard about Doan's Kidney
Pills and got box from SulIvan's Drug
Store. They relieved my back right away
and corrected the other symptoms of kid
ney trouble am glad to say a good
word for this remedy.
Price CO.. at all dealers. Don mp
ly ask for kidney remedy get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Judge As
pinwall had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo n. Y. Adv
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20
Mail Order Man Need Not Worry
About Keeping His Old
Customers.
HIS FIELD NOT RESTRICTED
Local Merchant, on Other Hand, Must
Give Good Values and Service
in Order to Hold
His Trade.
(Copyright)

1t has been said that there is
sucker born every minute. If this be
true, there are LAO potential custom
ers of the mail-Order houses ushered
into the world every "a hours and the
number reaches total of $4,000 every
year.
OF course, as Mark Twain remarked
figures may be exaggerated, but they
serve TO illustrate the fact that the
mail-order houses of the big cities al
ways have new fields to exploit and
are not hampered in their dealings by
the necessity of pleasing all their old
customers. If the mall-order buyer
discovers that he has been "stung"
and registers a vigorous kick, 1t means
nothing in the young life of the mail
order man. Why should he worry as
long as there are some 99,999,999 other
persons In the United States to whom
he may make his alluring appeals.
Ever Get Money 5ack2
Did anyone ever hear of mail or
der house refunding customers
money if the customer was not salts
fled with his purchase? Don't all speak
at once, please. The big mail order
houses In the cities expect to receive
q large number of complaints from
their customers. They know that
much of the goods which they sell will
not come up to the expectations of the
buyers, whose ideas as to what they
will receive have been formulated from
the pretty pictures and alluring de-
scriptiOns given iii the catalogues.
The mail order houses prepare for
corps of clerks whose sole duty 1t is
to answer the letters of irate Gus
toners. These clerks, or correspond
ents, as they are called, exercise all
their powers of cajolery in an effort
to appease the complaining customers,
after an exchange of letters, the mail
order man has no cause for worry. His
living Is not dependent upon the Gus
toner to whom he has already sold
goods. There are as good fish in the
sea as have ever been caught" and he
turns his attention toward the landing
of the new fish.
Local Merchants Field Limited.
Compare the position of the mail or
der man with that of the retail mer-
chant In the small city or town. The
retail merchant has a certain limited
territory from which he must draw his
trade. All his business must be done
day after day and year after year
among The same people. The buyers
to whom he can appeal for business
number only few thousand at the
most and In some cases a few hun
bred. Unless he can make his GUS
toners his friends and bring them
back to his store again, he cannot con-
tinue in business. The result is that
he looks beyond the single sale which
he may be making at the time. 1t Is
to his interest to please every one of
his customers. 1t will profit him moth
ing to make q big profit off customer
on one sale if that customer Is not
satisfied with his purchase and refuses
to come back to his store again.
From which man can the buyer ex-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20
"Over the Top. :"

Robert Gordon Anderson, the man
who discovered" Sergeant Arthur
Guy Empey, the American boy who
fought along side Tommy Atkins for
eighteen months in France, recently
told the story of how the little fighter
came to write his now famous book.
"Over the Top.
Mr.. Anderson is one of Employs
closest personal friends and knew him
in pre-Lusitania days. In fact, could
qualify as charter member of the
"I-Knew- Him hen Club" When
Empey returned from France, after
serving eighteen months as member
of the British xxi litionary force and
bearing seven wounds, Mr.. Anderson
was one of the friends he looked up.
The soldier was back home, honor
ably discharged from service, but
chatting to get back on the firing line.
Anderson, who is sales manager for
q. =. Putnam's Son, publishers of
"Oyer the Top" was one of his daily
companions and to him Empey re-
counted many of his experiences in
France.
1t was Mr.. Anderson who suggested
that Empey write cover the Top"
but for months the soldier declined
the suggestion. Finally, when Mr.
Anderson put it to him on patriotic
grounds and showed him that in his
own experiences he had message of
value to every American who donned
the khaki. Empey consented to write
the book.
When Empey finally consented to
appear in film version of cover the
Top for the Vitagraph Company, of
which Albert E. Smith is president,
it was Anderson, the writer, who was
chosen to adapt the book, and he APP
pears as the author Ofthe screen story.
In writing it. he has retained all of
the punch and dramatic power that
made Empey's book great. and at the
same time has woven story of mys-
terry. love and adventure that embrac-
es all of the high lights of the book.
"Over the Top" in which Sergeant
Empey himself appears as the star,
will be shown at the Rialto Theatre
Two days beginning July %.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-20
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the Board of Public
Works of the city of Hurley for the
grading, eurbing and improvement of
second avenue from Silver street to
Oak street according to plans and
specifications of the work now on file
in the office of the city clerk. Such
bids will be received up to 10 O'Clock
a. m. August 10th, 1918, must be filed
with the city clerk and be accompani-
ed by certified check of 5000 Bidders
will state separately the price for
crushed rock and for gravel. Bids for
curbing to be per lineal foot, balance
of work in gross.
Bids will be received at the same
time for building retaining wall on
the north side of Iron street between
fifth and sixth avenues according to
plans and specifications of the work
on file with the city clerk.
Dated July 18th, 1918.
Henry Meade.
Geo. c. Foster,
Joseph Pollock.
Board of Public Works