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Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
The Bees Free Ice
and Milk Fund
SAYS BABY SMITH:

"You know how HOT Sunday
was. Well, I had my good, pure
milk just as if my father were liv-
ing and as if my mother had plenty
of money. My poor motherl She
works so hard. How l wish | could
help her sometimes.
THE milkman leaves a big bottle
of good milk every morning and
the ice man leaves a cake of ice to
keep it good. The nurse that called
to investigate said The Bees fund
PAYS FOR 1T. Some good peo-
pie contribute this fund and The
Bee pays these milk and ice bills
FOR US POOR BABIES. We
couldn't pull through the heat with
out it."
Will YOU help keep this fund
up where it can bring help to ALL
the poor, suffering babies?
If so, just enclose your contribu-
ton in an envelope and mail it to
TIL. Bee or else bring it to the Of
flee yourself. 1t will be acknowl-
edged in this column.
Previously acknowledged. .$38o.20
H. M. R. 500
Mrs. G. ]. Messmore. ...... 800
Anon E.Vu
Mrs. r. w. Engel, r. 4,
Fremont, Neb. .......... 500
Total .$393.20
The Bee Want Ads Are the Best
Business Boosters.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
CALKINS HAD TO
BE HELPED Up
STEPS, HE'SAYS
Was On Clutches From. Rheu-
matism Twenty Years
Trouble Is Ended by
TanIac.

"Before I started taking Tanlac
I was so badly crippled up with
rheumatism in my legs and feet that
I couldn't get up our porch steps
unless some of my folks helped me.
but nobody has to help me now
said H. C. Calkins, retired farmer,
living at 1875 N. Lincoln Avey
Springfield, ILL.,, to a Tanlac repre-
sentative recently.
81 had been in a bad fix for
going on twenty-six years." con-
tinued Mr.. Calkins, "of course, not
so bad all the time as I have been
for the past ten years, but enough
to make me suffer a lot. My arms
panied me like old fashioned tooth
aches, and my legs we're all drawn
up so I Just had to hobble around
on two crutches. My legs panied
me terribly all the time, but seemed
to be worse at night and I could
hardly get any sleep for the agony
suffered. Then, about twelve
years ago, stomach trouble set in
and nearly everything I ate dis
agreed with me, and l suffered a
lot with cramps and finally got so
lived mostly on light diets, but
that didn't seem to help any, and /
got awfully weak and rundown.
This rheumatism and stomach
trouble caused me to give. up farm
ing, because I wasn't able to do
any work myself and couldn't de-
pend much on hired help. had
tried all kinds of medicines and
treatments without being helped
any and got so I never expected to
be we'll again.
"Then I read about Tanlac and
saw a statement by a man l knew,
so l decided to give Tanlac a trial,
and I'll never forget how that medi-
cine started right in to help met
was simply Wonderful, and I could
hardly believe it myself. hadn't
finished the first bottle until l was
feeling lots better, so / kept on
taking the medicine and now my
rheumatism is not only completely
gone, but all my stomach trouble
as we'll, and I can sit down to the
table now and eat as big a meal as
l ever did on the farm. l don't
hobble around any more because I
have put my clutches away in the
attic and never expect to see them
again, and / can get about now as
we'll as I could thirty years ago.
Why, I actually believe I could
stand and jump on opr porch-the
same steps that I couldn't even get
up alone on crutches a little while
back, and l am just so thankful to
be free from my troubles that
can't say too much in praise of
Tanlac."
Tanlac is sold in Omaha at all
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Com
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy. Also For
rest and Meany Drug Company in
South Omaha and the leading drug
gist in each city and town through
out the state Of ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
RAISE MONEY TO
BRIDGE PLATTE
RIVER At YUTAN
Business Men and Farmers
Raise Voluntary Subscrip- i
ton to Insure Share of
State Bridge.

Wahoo, Neb., July l5.-(Special)
The business men and farmers OF
the central part of Saunders county
| have decided not to depend upon
the county for funds necessary for
Saunders county's share of the state
aid bridge across the Platte river
at Yutan which will put the towns
of Yutan, Mead, Wahoo, Weston,
Colon, Swedeburg, Malmo and
Prague in direct line west of Oma-
ha markets and save ID mites by
auto to Omaha. Valparaiso, Brain
ard, David City, and towns in the
northern part of Seward and Polk
will be about Is miles nearer to
Omaha than they are at the pres
ent time over any route that they
can take.
This bridge will also open a road
between Omaha and Grand Island
that will be nearly 40 miles shorter
than via the Lincoln highway or the
southern routes travelled at the
present time.
Yutan and vicinity has raised
more than $4,000 for the bridge. The
business men of Wahoo started
Thursday with the intention of
raising $4,000 or more and have
practically all of the amount right
now.
Merchants started their contri-
buttons first because it had been in
timated by the farmers that the
merchants were not in favor of the
bidge because they feared competi-
ton with the merchants of the
larger towns. The farmers state that
when the cities are through with
their soliciting, the rural districts
will donate more than the business
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
Sidney Men Have Fund to
Paw Fares for Farm Workers

Business men of Sidney, Neb.
have notified Industrial Commits
sioner Gillian of the Omaha Cham.
Der of Commerce that they have
subscribed a fund OF $4,000 to be
used in paying the fare of men from
Montana to work in the harvest
fields of Cheyenne county.
In Clay county the towns of Clay
Center, Harvard, Fairfield and Sut.
ton, daily are deserted after O'Clock
in the afternoon. Daily these men
eat early suppers and then, taking
automobiles, they are driven to the
wheat fields in the county, where
working until 9 and 10 O'Clock at
night, they aid the farmers in har-
vesting their small grain.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
NORTH Platte to Have
Bathing Lake in Park

North Platte, Neb., July Is
Especial Telegram. Arrangements
are being made to put in lake for
bathing at the city park and indica-
tons are that it will be ready next
summer. The contract has been let.
A club house will be erected at the
Country club grounds and will be
ready for use by September. 1t
will cost $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
P. A. Barrows, Correspondent

! ton Of distribution, l have no doubt
that unless the people begin buying
at once, there will be no averting a
coal famine in the winter months,
unless we are favored with an un-
usually mild winter.
II do not want to appear as an
alarmist, but | do feel that it is
nothing short of good management
on the part of the householder to
be sure that his supply of winter
coal is provided for at very early
date"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
Burgess-Nash Merchandise
Certificates Redeemed

During the first two days of the
week the Burgess-Nash company
we're kept busy redeeming the $3.50
merchandise certificates which were
dropped from their new delivery
aeroplane Sunday afternoon.
R. B. Wallace, 305o Redick ave-
nue.. and Mrs. ]. E. Gill, 34l6 Sahler
street, were among the first to re-
ceive the $3.50 worth Of merchan-
disc.
The Burgess-Nash aeroplane can
be seen practically every day in the
vicinity of Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
ULYSSES Dispatch Sold.

Ulysses, Neb, July 15.-(Special)
--Oren D. Kratzer sold the Ulysses
Dispatch to H. J. Whitacre of Cedar
Falls, Ia, for $4,000. Mr.. Kratzer
will devote his entire time now to
his two stores in Garrison and Lin
coin.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
Annual Picnic Arranged.

Lincoln, July Estate house in
habitants will hold their annual pic
mic at Capital Beach next Friday at
ternoon and evening, leaving the
building at 4 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-16
To Build Modern Club House

Beatrice, Neb., July l5.-(Spe-
cial.)-The Beatrice lodge of
Masons closed deal for the pur-
chase of the L. F. Fellwock prop
erty at Fifth and Elk streets for
$4,000 on which the lodge will erect
a modern home costing between
$4,000 and 100000.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
EXPECT ALL To
FAVOR MEASURE
Breckenridge, Ithaca, ST. Louis
and Alma Will Pass Gas
Ordinances.
LITTLE TROUBLE IS SEEN
Councils and COMMISSIONS are Be
lieved to BE Fully in sympathy
Company Needs.

Indications are growing brighter
each day that the Gratiot County Gas
company will secure the increased
rates which were recently asked for
by the company from the cities Of
Breckenridge, Ithaca, St. Louis and
Alma, in order that the company
might be able 10 continue TO pay ex-
penses.
Alma has so far taken the lead in
the matter, but there is every indi-
cation that st. Louis. Ithaca and
Breckenridge will follow in the steps
Of this city in giving the company
a revokable ordinance which will
raise the rates to sl.45 net, per thou
sand, and raise the minimum rate
from fifty cents to one dollar
A week ago the city commission
here filed the proposed ordinance 70
give the company tie raise for which
1t asked and Tuesday night it was
put on its first reading before the
commission adjourned.
A meeting of the council was 10
nave bttH ltll III ilNdSd bt>udF
evening, but because quorum was
not present no meeting could be held.
1t is understood that the council
there believes that the raise is needed
and that the proposed ordinance will
be passed 4 petition is being circu-
lated in Ithaca regarding the propo-
sition and is being signed by a large
number Of people there. an indication
that the people of the county feel
that the company must have more
money for it's product in the face Of
the higher costs Of material.
At Breckenridge the council has
taken up the matter in an informal
way, but it is understood that it
favors the granting Of the raise and
will ratify the measure later.
Friday evening at St Louis no
quorum Of the council was obtained.
but on Monday night at an adjourned
meeting the resolution was adopted
land, this being true there appears 20
be no question bat what the proposed
ordinance will pass the council with
out any trouble.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
MICHIGAN NORTHERN
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
New Crew of Engineers Has
Started on WOrk-StOck
Sale is Good.

The outlook for the Michiga ar
Northern Railroad is continuing 20
look good and there is every indica-
tion that this dream Of years is about
to come true, giving central Michigan
north and south rail artery that
viii mean much to the rapidly grow
ing industrial communities which dot
this portion of the state.
This past week a third crew of
engineers started work on the road.
being assigned 10 the territory near
Mt. Pleasant for the time being II
is expected that this crew will be y
Alma within a short time now.
Tonnage reports from the cities on
the line Of the proposed railroad
show that Alma is one Of the most
prosperous communities that the
road viii touch. and the most pros
porous with the exception of the ter
minals, Bay City, Lansing and Kala-
mazoo. This assures the fact that
when the railroad is constructed
Alma will be favored with a high
class service, such as is needed if the
new road is to obtain the tonnage
from this city which it hopes u
acquire.
During the past week many sub
scriptions have been taken for the
new road. a number of these being
in large denominations, one firm tax
ing $4,000 of seven per cent pre-
ferred stock. Many Alma citizens
are joining the Michigan Northern
Boosters club, which now has several
thousand ,members boosting for the
road.
A local committee is to be appoint
ed here shortly to acquire the neces-
sary right Of way in the city for the
new railroad, which will make a di-
vision point of Alma, making an
added inducement tc Alma to have
this third railroad touch here. TIE
chief engineer for Esselstyne, Mur-
ply & Hanford, engineers for the
new railroad, will be in the city
within a few days TO determine the
location for the depot for the new
road.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
NA\Y NEW FEATIRES

After triumphal tour Of the east
going up into the New England states
and Eastern Canada, the Sells-Floto
circus is now turning toward the west
and Is to be seen in Alma on Thurs
day, August Z, for two performances
afternoon at o'clock. and night at
: o'clock doors opening one hour
earlier.
As most everyone knows. especially
those who keep in touch with the
Amusement world-the Sells-Floto is
a western circus. - far as the owners
are concerned. the winter home Of the
big amusement enterprise being in
Denver. However the lengthy pro-
gram does not show any acts Of q
western nature. outside OF the Indian
sets, everything else being of the
circusey kind There are aerial acts.
wire acts, riding acts. ground acts.
hippodrome track acts. clown acts.
and in fact. every kind of an act in
cluding animal Ats, to make up a
real circus. according 10 the informa
tion given Us.
Connected with the Sells-Floto
circus are such well-known artists in
the circus world as the Codonas. the
Hodginis. the Hobsons. the Nelson's.
the Livingstons. the Wrights. the
Wells. the Elders, the Rushs. the
,Biees. the Silverlakes. the Sweeney
and Newton acts, the Bono Nor
Arabs. the Luckeys, and many other
sensational acts including Princess
Victoria. who swings and balances on
perilously swaying wire; Herbert
Beeson, the marvel in wire-dancing.
The performances this season open
with "The Birth of the Rainbow. !"
spectacular extravaganza in which
nearly 1000 people and 425 animals
are seen, and from that time until the
last act. there is not a. dull. not a
tiresome moment in the entire enter
tainment.
The parade on the morning of cir
Gus day leaves the grounds. promptly
at. II O'Clock and it is said to be the
cleanest, neatest street pageant that
has ever been in this city. There are
many novelties and then-all the
cages are open.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
MANY EMPLOYEES
OWN SWIFT STOCK
Large Number of Local EN-
ployes Have Availed Them
selves of Opportunity.

More than 10000 employees of Swift
d Company are today vested with
part ownership in the packing con
cern. Announcement has just been
made of the results that came of the
gigantic profit sharing plan recently
offered by the company to its people.
The avidity with which workers, from
label stickers to managers, seized the
opportunity to become partners in the
business, is nothing short of a SEN
sation at the company's headquarters
in Chicago.
Included among the twenty thou
sand employees of the company, who
purchased stock IN this great concern,
are large number Of the company's
employees in this city. where the COM
pany maintains a largo plant. The
majority of the employees from Man
ager Collins, who carries the cares
and sponsibilities of the local plant.
TO the less important employees. were
quick TO avail themselves Of the op-
portunity to purchase the stock at
par, which was even then quoted on
the market at higher figure
So great was the demand for shares
from employees that the company set
aside sufficient stock to take care of
such employees as are in the army and
navy and who will be back within the
next few months
I'VE are pleased" declared +. s.
Hayward, secretary. Of the company.
"at what we look on as "a vote of con
fidence on ~ part Of our employees.
Their response 10 our offer has been
fairly amazing. ! believe today that
our stock ledgers will show a greater
proportion Of employe shareholders
than any oth@ large manufacturing
concern in the country"
Stock which had been turned into
the treasury some time ago afforded
the company an opportunity which it
had long sought 20 offer shares 10 en-
ployes at par. Accordingly the stock
subscription books were opened last
May on the following plan:
Each employe earning up 20 500
a. ~Nit vas ttAtNffNN W purchase one
share Of stock at its par value. 500.
The market quotation is much above
this. Employees earning 500 and up
to $50 a week were entitled to two
shares; $50 and up to $40 week.
three shares; $40 and up to $50 a
week, -four shares; $50 and over. five
shares. No employe was allowed to
purchase more than five shares. The
stock is to be paid for at the rate of
81 share per week.
Employees whose economies for the
immediate future were committed to
the purchase Of liberty bonds were
given the right to reserve stock by
making $50 deposit on each share;
no further payment was required of
them until they had completed pur-
chase Of their war bonds. The only
pledge asked Of any one taking ad-
vantage Of the proposition was tina,
he should look on his purchase as an
investment and not a speculation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
CEASE ACTIVITIES
Company 81. Michigan State Troops,
Will Cease tn BE Active Soon.

Because of the failure of Congress
to pass a sufficient appropriation to
allow for a National Guard in Mich
igan and other states of the size that
il had been expected would be main
tained, it is out Of the question for
Company 81, Michigan State Troops,
of this city, to become a portion of
the new National Guard, for some
time at least.
The Alma company will meet next
Wednesday night for the last time as
a company of state troops. at which
time banquet will be held to wind
up the present active work of the
organization. The wives of the men,
and few other people about the
city, who have shown "A deep interest
IN the company, are being asked to
attend the banquet.
There is a possibility that the
work of the company will bc resumed
later, if there is any prospect that
the company may be made a portion
of-the new National Guard that is
being organized.
Company 81, Michigan State
Troops, as the Alma company is
known, might have become com
pany Of National Guard were it not
for the fact that Alma has no state
armory The state has a number OF
these in various cities and the Off
Gals at Lansing felt that companies
should be maintained in those cities
before other companies were mus
tered in. whore there were no arm
ories.
The local company has spent
months in drilling. having been a
recognized force for about fourteen
months IN drilling. having been a
reputation around the state. The
company has long been considered
one of the finest companies of state
troops in this part Of the state, and
Il is regretted mat il could not at
this time become a portion Of the
new forces which are being organ
lied.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
l.. B. kEHN DEAD
Well known Alma Tailor Died sun
day Morning After Severe Illness.


Louis b. Kehn, for the past thirty
years perhaps the best known of
Alma's tailors, passed away at his
home on Park avenue at 500 o'clock
Sunday morning following an illness
Of several months duration.
Louis B. Kehn was born at Fenton,
Michigan. July s, 1870. where he re-
sided with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leopold A. kehn until they moved
to Alma in 1886, where he has since
lived He was married December
"a, 1892, to Miss Nsttie NJ. Rosen-
bury.
During the fifteen years immed-
lately after he came to this city Mr..
kehn was engaged in the tailoring
business with his father, L. A. Kehn,
and since that time had been in the
employ of different Alma firms,
among them being Simon Messenger,
Cohen Bros and Morris Messenger
He was with Morris Messenger in his
clothing store until about six months
ago, when forced by illness TO leave
this work
In 1912 he was elected as an alder
man from the fourth ward on the
Democratic ticket, and proved cap
able and efficient servant.
The funeral was held from the res
idence on Park avenue Tuesday after
noon at 800 o'clock, being in charge
of the Masonic lodge of this city. of
which he had been "A member for
many years lnterment was made in
Riverside cemetery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
TICKETS SELLING NOW,
FOR THE CHAUTAUQUA
Meeting Being Held This After
noon and Reports Indicate
Good Sale.

The drive for the sale Of tickets for
Almas Forthcoming Chautauqua is
still continuing and reports indicate
that the sale is meeting with a good
success, and it is now hoped that
the guarantee VIII be met by the
time that the Chautauqua starts,
August Z.
Mr.. Harrington, the nine day man
Of the Chautauqua. is in the city
this week and is now arranging the
final advertising and the work of the
programs. He will also assist the
committee in the sale of tickets up
10 the time that the Chautauqua ap-
pears in Alma. Mr.. harrington has
brought with him some new methods
in ticket selling which wiz be put
into use during the coming week and
il is expected that these will aid
greatly in the disposal Of the balance
of the tickets that the committee has
on hand.
A meeting of the guarantors is be-
ing held this afternoon and the re-
ports on the progress so far are be-
ing made Indications early this
afternoon were that the reports
would be most favorable. but the CO.
operation Of everyone interested is
being urged by the committee that
the affair may be the success that
such an attraction should be.
It's great moral value to the COM
munity is one Of the things that the
members of the committee are laying
great stress upon during the ticket
selling campaign, ar wei as high
class entertainment features, and its
great lectures which cannot but aid
in broadening the minds Of the peo-
pie of Alma on the live topics which
are confronting a troubled world to-
day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-07-31
WANTS WORK ON
WELLS RESUMED
View Taken by City Officials is
that Contract Has Not
Been Completed.
WATER WAS NOT ANALYzEO
Claim is Made that State Board OF
Health Did Not Pass on il
as Reported.

Notice will in all probability be
served on A. II. Purcell, Jackson con-
tractor, this week asking him TO re-
turn to Alma and finish his contract
with the City of Alma with pure
water supply of 1000 gallons as the
contract calls for.
William +. Reynolds, city manager,
made a report to the city commission
Tuesday evening, that disputed one
Of the claims of Mr. Purcell, which he
made to the city officials and to
others since the city first tested the
wells in mison and found that the
required water supply was not forth
coming. This claim by Purcell was
10 the effect that the water of each
Of the wells had been analysed by the
state board of health. The report
made TO the commission. now on file
is TO the effect that such an analysis
was not made, as claimed. according
10 the records of J. f. Daugherty,
assistant state sanitary engineer,
who was in Alma the first Of the
week
The report also calls attention to a
conversation between Purcell and
Manager Reynolds on July 22, at
which time it Is said that Mr.. Pur-
cell claimed to have the O. X. of the
former city engineer on the wells.
This is hardly in accordance with
the terms of the contract, however
which calls for the acceptance of the
wells by the city council and the city
engineer.
The contract also calls for a 1000
gallon per minute supply of safe
drinking water. Until passed upon
favorably by the state board OF
health, it could hardly be regarded
as a safe drinking water, in the
opinion of the city officials.
The city officials still believe the
plan for a pure well water supply
may be carried out TO a success, and
are using every means within their
power tc protect the interests Of the
city, especially in regard to the con
tract with Mr.. Purcell.
In his report TO the commission
Mr. Reynolds also calls attention tc
the fact that so far the contractor
has failed to definitely say whether
or not ne regarded his work on the
wells here as completed. intimating
that Mr.. PurceR proved rather nimble
in leaping around the bush, when at
tempts were made TO pin him down
10 certain matters.