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D X NEBRASKA ONLINCOLN WAY Omaha to Be the Gate City in Fact on the Long Route. MEETING AT CENTRAL CITY Ire JVnmbrr Will Go from, Thla Cltr to Sfinlon ot the rintte Valley Antoniolille Asso ciation October 8. H. B. Fredrlckson has returned from the meeting of the Amorlcan Rood roads congress held at Detroit, at which place the Nebraska delegation secured the per manent location of the Lincoln highway, through this state. Mr. Fredrlckson was greatly pleased with the progress made by the local automobile men In marking the highway along Farn&m street and says that within the next ten days the official surveyor of the National Highway asso ciation will be In Omaha, and, In com pany with Frerlckson, will go over the entire highway through Nebraska. Henry B. Joy, president of the Lincoln Highway association, made the state ment to Mr. Frcdrlckson that Nebraska was the best marked state from tho At lantic to tho Pacific coast and It was because of this fact and the condition In which the roads In Nebraska arc kept that the first transcontinental highway was "routed through the state of Ne braska. Mr. Prederlckson will remain In Omaha for a. few days and during that tlmo probably will be assigned to an office In' the Commercial club rooms, where he will make his headquarters. Mr. Frcd rlckson has been appointed consul for the state of Nebraska and will attend the meeting of tho Platte Valley Auto mobile association at Central City Octo ber 8. He asserts that1 this will bo the largest good roads meeting ever held In the state.. A. R,- Pardlngton, vice presi dent and secretary of the Lincoln High way association, will attend this meet ing and address the congress on the Lin coln highway. Nearly 100 automoblllsts and good road boosters from Omaha will attend this meeting also. Mr. Pardlngton will come to Omaha on October 9 and address the members of the Commercial club at a public affairs, luncheon. The first lot of the 5,000 certificates of membership to the Lincoln Highway as sociation are pxpected to arrive In Omaha soon and a large majority of them liave already been asked for. Com missioner J. M. Guild of the Commercial club has paid In his $5 already and will bo Issued certificate No. 1 In Nebraska. Mr. Fredrlckson believes that he will liave no trouble- getting rid ot the GOO and goes so for as to say that he will haye to order more to meet the demand. THREE JUDGES HEAR CASE OF LINSEED OIL COMPANY District Judges Sutton, Day and Eng lish heard arguments In a test case brought to ascertain the meaning of the state law relating to the sale of linseed oil. W. A. Eddy, agent for the American Linseed Oil company, who was fined In police, court for the alleged selling of a Unseed oil compound which was not labeled as such, appealed' to district court. Trie defendant alleges that the labeling of the compound; which contains about 20. per cent petroeunj4oll for a'drler," is not necessary unless' it'beara a dlsttntJve proprietary name and that labels Inform ing .purchasers that the oil Is not" for In ternal use' aro sufficient. . Declare Wnr ou Colda. , A crusade of education which alms "that common colds may become un common within the next generation" has been begun by prominent New York physicians. "Here Is a list of the "don't" which- the doctors say .will prevent tho annual visitation ot the cold: "Don't sit In a draughty car." ''Don't sleep In hot rooms." , "Don't avoid the fresh air." "Don't stuff yourself at meal tlmof Overeating reduces your resistance." To which we would add when you tako a cold get rid of It as quick as possible. To accomplish that you will find Cham rerlaln's Cough Itemedy most excellent. For sale by all druggists. Advertisement. The Persistent and Judicious Use nf Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to Business Success, NY est iMlV 1 I I Mi. MM A. Jfc. mm 1 WiU Teach Special Spelling at Public Schools in Future An attempt to teach school children how to uso and spell words which they will find practical after leaving school will be made by Superintendent E. U. Graff, who has appointed a committee ot five principals to prepare several lists, ot the most useful words to bo taught as a sup plementary languago study. This action follows an Investigation by Hon. Philander P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, who finds a woeful dearth of useful words among graduates of grade and high school and business colleges. Miss Martha Powell of Long school Is chairman of the committee appointed by Superintendent Graft and the other mem bers and their respective schools are: Miss Emily Uoblnson, Saratoga: Miss Elisabeth Robney, Central Parkl Miss Mary Austin, Sherman; Miss Alice Orr. Lincoln. Superintendent Graff believes It will be better for this committee to study the words used In different business, and pro fessions and list the most common ones as well as those used to beH advantage In every day conversation. Northwestern Shows Big Increase in Its Passenger Travel The Northwestern Is out with Its fiscal report for the year ending June SO, ISIS, showing that during the twelve months preceding It did a record passenger busi ness. During tho twelve months It car ried 36,943,397 passengers, as compared with 35,700,40 during the previous fiscal year, a gain of 1,1S1,S64. The people hauled by the Northwestern during the period under consideration is more than all of the inhabitants of the United States west of the Mississippi river, with tho New England states added. The total number of passengers carried means that It would bo equivalent to carrying one passenger 1,343,376,975 miles. Northwestern officials attribute the In crease In travel to several causes. Among these they speak of the growing popu larity ot the road with tourists, the In creased number of people who have come Into tho country tributary to the lines 'and the growing tendency of people for the healthful enjoyment and the educa tional and business advantages to be de rived from travel. Baldrige Still is Trying to Settle His BigWater Bill Joseph M. Baldrige, who several months ago asked the Water board to, reduce a. water bill of $1(6 for water consumed In a few weeks, the house be ing vacant part of that time. Is still wooing the water commltsloner and the water commissioner Is still unresponsive. When Baldrige asked for a reduction Water Commissioner It. B. Howell em phatically ruled against It. There were threats that the water In the Baldrige home would be shut off, but Baldrige has 'steadfastly - refused to ' pay and Howell has made no move to carry out the .rulings of the office that require an employe ot the Water board to turn off the water of the customers who re fuse to pay their bills. 'We're still discussing the bill and no settlement Is In sight," said HoweU as ho reached for the telephone to explain why another consumer had no right to kick" about his water bill. CORONER'S JURY RETURNS VERDICT IT WAS ACCIDENT A coroner's Jury returned the verdict that Mllfred Broberg, aged 16 years, came to his death September 30 as the result of the acldental discharge of a ,22-cal-Iber rifle In the hands of Loyal Drew, aged 14 years, living .at 1531 North Eight eenth street. Young Drew, who has been held by the Juvenile authorities since the shooting, prabably will be released as the result of the verdict. I Thm Rmlngin Caht find AUTOLOADING SHOTGUNS way you look at it, the Autoloader is the high development in modern shotgun design. It puts five loads at your disposal by merely pressing the trigger. It puts the recoil to useful Work to eject the empty and slip in the fresh shell. It saves the gunner's shoulder rids his sport of annoyances in creases his shooting average. Your danger is that' in ypur en thusiasm over the autoloading prin ciple, you may forget to insist on getting the finest embodiment of that principle the Remington Autoload ing Shotgun. The paculiuf sdrviUfM f Oia Ratalnftoa era tco many to detail h. Wkat you want to 4a it to set ooa of th Remington daaleta in thta MCtion to demonatret than to you co the tun iUalf, Remiaftoa Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co, Jf BroaJwtr U NawYork Nebraska HOT FIGHT MADE ON KING Capital City Torn Up Over Police Commiiiioner. HINGES OVER SALARY RAISE Samuel Mrllek Now nnnnlng In Op position to Him an Lrsjal Pro ceedlnna Start Over Ques tions Involved. (From a Staff Corrcspondctr..) LINCOLN,', Oct. 1 Speclal.)-The fight Is on In the. capital city. Petitions for the recall of Commissioner King of the Public Safety department are In circula tion and It Is said are being numerously signed. Samuel Mellck has been pre vailed upon to allow his name to be used as a successor to Commissioner King and the war is expected to go merrily from now on. Most of the grief that King Is hetr to comes from the police department, ot which he has control, or rather the con duct of that department under Chief James Malone. Club swinging on the part of one or two policemen when mak ing arrests has helped raise a cry against retaining Malone, while the re cent act of Commissioner King In rec ommending that Chief ot Police Malone be given a raise of salary of JJ0 a month as chief and an additional allowance ot $50 more a month for his use of his own automobile has started the row. Learnt Klstht Ileiftna, This was assisted greatly the other day when Henry Hucklns ot the Lincoln Her ald made application to the district court for an Injunction restraining the city clerk from making out vouchers for the extra amount allowed Malone and the rest of the city officials. The case came on yesterday and the court denied the Injunction as far as going Into effect Immediately, but put the case over until Tuesday of next week to enable briefs to be filed when a further hearing will be had. Friends of Commissioner King, who. was the only dry candidate elected at the city election, claim that It Is all a tight on the part of the wet element to get King, but the wet people deny this and Insist that King has proven himself extravagant with tho public funds and is raising Falarles of officials when the city Is unable to put Into effect the double shift for firemen because of tho lack of funds. Several firemen have resigned from the department because ot the lack ot funds to put In effeot 'the double shift, while at the same time the. department under which they work Is the one which ,1s being criticised. Nine Omaha Boys Peged by Greeks LINCOLN. Neb., Oct. 2.-(Bpec!a! Tele gram.) Nine Omaha boys were an nounced' pledged to Greek letter societies hero today. Pledging was delayed be cause of tho failure of the fraternities to send lists to the chairman of the Inter fraternity council. Following Is the list of pledges: "Beta Thcta Phi-Morris Loomls. Kappa Sigma Lewis Waldman, Council Bluffs. Phi Delta -Theta Lysle Kushton, Bob ert Carlson and Carr nihgwalt. Sigma Cht Kenneth Craig. . Phil Kappa Pslt Edgar Klddoo, South Omaha. - Sigma Phi Epsllon Leo Lowery and Willis Miller, South Omaha. . t Phi Gamma Delta John Drexell. SIXTY-ONE COUNTIES IN STATE RAISE POPCORN (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2. (Special.) Few have any Idea of the amount of pop torn raised In Nebraska. Like tho peanut. It Is seen on every hand In the rwidy-twat stage, but not many people r.ip to think where It comes from or what part of Nebraska takes In Its production. According to figures prepared by the State .Board of Agriculture from reports sent In to that office from each county, there are 2,81754 acres of pop corn. In the state this year, Valley county leads .off with an acreage of $70 acres, Knox County has 721, Greeey county stands third with J74, McPherson fourth with 115 and Cosher fifth .with 102 acres. Howard, Washington, Sherman, Dakota and Hamilton counties report but one acre of pop corn eaclj. Douglas county has four acres and a half, while Lancas ter county has five acres. BUty-on counties are' ahrong the list of pop corn raisers. EXPRESS COMPANIES MAKE REPORT ON STATE BUSINESS (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. . &-(Speclal.)-The Wells' Fargo and Adams Express companies, under the Smith law, parsed by the last legislature, have report;.! to Secretary Seymour of the equallzatlan board. The Wells Fargo company report a gross earning of 60,61.64, , Including ex press transportation, money order, tin. The Adams company report a total on Intra state business of 425,9I4,S3. Omaha had a business of I33.7M and Lincoln 128.428.- ... Noita (ram West Point. WEST POINT, Neb.. Oct. 2.-(6peelal.) News has reached this city of the mar riage, at Elgn, III., of .Mllo David Lwavltt of Belolt, Wis., to Miss Helen Louise Hubner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hubner of Elgin. The brlda Is well known here, her mother being formerly Miss Clara Bergthold, who was born and brought up In this community. nev, Dean Rueslng of this city preached the dedicatory sermon at the dedication of the new $10,000 Catholic church at Elgin, Neb., on Tuesday. Rainy weather has prevailed more or less during the last week to the great binxClt of pastures and rlW land. Muoh seeding Is being done and fall plowing Is nearly finished. Ground Is mellow and no traces are left pf the hot and dry spell of some weeks ago. I Henrr'Lekr la III. ALBION; Neb., Oct. J. (SpeclaM Henry F. Lehr, ex-duputy state treasurer and president of he Albion Commercial club Is confined to hit home "by a painful Injury to his foot caused by stepping on A nail. naroTr-Gea-er, Hl'MDOLDT, Neb., Oct. t-fSp-j.Mat.)-At the Long Branch Lutheran church yeaterday afternoon George Burow and las Bertha Geysr were married by the tatter's father, Iter. John Gyer. Nebraska Gage County Must . Pay for Jail Guard UKATIUCE, Neb., Oct. 2.-(Speclal.)-Holdlng that the county shall pay for men hired to guard the county Jail If deputised by the sheriff or his deputy, Judge Pemberton Wednesday decided the appeal case of Frank"4 J. Kline against Gage county, In favor of Mr. Kline and ordered that the county pay him 120 for services recently rendered as a guard and also pay the costs ot the case. In giving his decision tho court spoke of the deplorable condition of the county Jail, stating that It Is not a fit place In which to keep prisoners. A desperate man could easily make his escape from the Jail. Two hundred members ot the Metho dist church gave a farewell reception to new V. G. Brown and family, who are soon to locate at University Place. Mrs. J. W. Wright sang a solo, after which addresses were given by Hew L. D. Young, G, A. Culver and Brown. Re freshments' were served during the recep tion hours, and as a token of esteem the friends of Mr. Brown presented him with n purse ot 150. , Clarence E. Myers and Miss Mabel C. Davis were married Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Presbyterian manse by Rev. L. D. Young. They will reside on a farm six miles southwest of Beatrice. Herbert T. Brown and Lucy J. Bar- tunek, both of Pawnee City, were mar ried Wednesday by Judge Walden. The will of the late Peter Hurt of Wymore was filed In the county court Wednesday, asking that John Trailer- nlcht be appointed special admlntstraator. The eetate Is valued at $57,000. Robert Stelnmeyer, cashier of the Holmesvlllo bank, and Miss Mabel Glsh of Holmesvlllo Were, married at Lincoln Wednesday. " Southern Road Will Be Built ' (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 2.-(Speclal Tele- gram.) Nebraska delegates to the na tional good roads meeting at Detroit re turning to Lincoln this evening announce that all hope of having the Omaha-Lin coln-Denver road a part of the national road are gone, the highway association refusing to go back on Its plans of mak- Ing the Platte river road through the state the national road. However, the delegation secured the friendly feeling of the association to the Omaha-Lincoln road and will go ahead to make tho southern road anyhow and do It In such a way that It will draw as much ofthe travel as possible. The road through the United States was selected for the purpose ot making as direct and quick a routo as posslblo and scenic or other conditions cut no figure in the selection. Cities like Chi cago, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Detroit, Springfield, Cleveland and Denver are not on the route and Lincoln delegates are not feeling so badly that Lincoln has also been lett out. V DATES FOR FARMERS'. INSTITUTES THIS MONTH Lincoln. Oct. 2. (Special.) Farmers' Institutes will be held at fifteen differ ent points this month, at which, places a total ot twenty days' work will b crivsn. in addition to this there will be i.,M frai. .hnrt muralta fit thn towns of Jjlershey, Paxton, Utlca and Farnam, making a total of twenty.more a ays work. This makes a total of nineteen points and forty days' work for the month. The dates follow: Institutes Hotbrook. Oct. "6i Bartley, Oct. 7; Lebanon, Oct. 8: Wauneta, Oct. 0; Champion, Oct. 10; Wallace, Oct 13-14; Stockvllle. Oct. 17; Spalding. Oct 20; ... .. - n. . i .. . ( . 1. .1 t- n.t .. WIlflTl. P.A.I, Church. Oct. 2t; Falrbury, Oct. 29-30-31. Short Courses-Hershey. Oct. 6-10; Pax ton, Oct. 1S-17; Utlca, Oct. 20-21; Farnam, Oct 27-31. RUSSIAN SENT TO NEBRASKA INSTEAD OF NEW HAMPSHIRE LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 2. After travel ing all the way from New York to this city, Statan Colsetnk, a Russian Im migrant, learned today that his steerage ticket was marked Lincoln, N. H. An error In the marking of his transfer ticket had sent htm half way across the continent. The police took charge of the man, who Is unable to understand Eng lish, and through the medium of an In terpreter learned of his plight. An effort Is being made to, get the steamship com pany to pay Ills' expenses back to New Hampshire. I Mar Compromise Brldp Muddle, NORTH BEND, Neb., Oct 2.-(Speclal.) A compromise meeting was held here Tuesday evening of the citizens of the town and Attorney Nolan, who tepre- sented Stupp Bros, of St. Louis, the con tractors for the building of the new steel bridge and dyke over the Platte river, As the time for completing the work, has expired the company was willing to make terms and the county was willing to compromise rather than to enter upon litigation. It was agreed that the .om pany should Immediately build a tern- Careful Tailoring Is yours if your clothes aro made by ub. Wo have a thoroughly competent, painstaking cutter, who is cheerful and pleasant. You are sure to like him and his fitting. Suits and Overcoats to order, $25.00. HacCarthy WllssnTalloringCo. 304-306 South 16th St. Nebraska porary brltlg across the channel. Tho original contract to build the dyke to be carried out as soon as Is expedient. Supervisor Rector and others of the county boards of Dodge and Saunders counties went to Lincoln to submit tht agreement and plan to the state board. K ALLIANCE MAN KILLS HIS WIFE AND SHOOTS OFFICER ALLIANCE. Neb., Oct. t-(Ppeclal.)-Whllo attempting to keep Special Officer Ben Jordan from arresting his wife for loitering, Archie Edwards last' night shot his wife twice, killing her Instantly, and shot the officer through the hand and toot. He Is still nt large. Alblnii rtabr Srnldeil. ALBION, Neb., Oct. 2,-(8peclal.)-A little 4-year-old son of Benjamin Tho. per, living south ot the city, was badly scalded yesterday morning. His grand mother was carrying a pall of hot water and In some manner the child collided with her, splashing the water over him. DES MOINES LAD HELD -FOR STEALING HARNESS IT. B, Collins of Des Moines, who as. ssrts he Is the 15-year-old son of J. B Collins, commercial freight agent of the New York Central railroad, confessed to Chief of Detectives Maloney that he hurled a brick through the window ot the Omaha Harness company during tht electrical parade ot Wednesday evening and stole harnets valued at considerably over $100. Collins was arrested by De tectives Dunn and Kennelly, who traced tho lad to Council Bluffs, where ho was placed under arrest while trylhg to dis pone of the plunder. Owing to his age he will bo turned over to the Juvenile authorities and his father notified. The Persistent and Judicious Use ot Newspaper Advertising Is the Road tp Business Success. 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With the exception of Howard street, between Sixteenth and Seven- , teenlh, and Seventeenth street, between Harney and Howard, which streets look very pretty In their pyramid effect, the lighting Is not as artistic as the board would have It, ond so netotlatlonn are already on for street lighting of 1014. I SEPTEMBER ABOVE NORMAL FOR HEAT AND PRECIPITATION The monthly Meteorological summary fur September Just Issued by the local United States weather bureau shows that month to have been a little above normal In point of temperature and precipitation. The maximum Fahrenheit reached was 1(0 degres, the minimum 30 degrees, while the average dally excess for the month was plus 1.7 degrees. A total of .162 Inches ot rain Is reported, an excess ot plus .6$ Inch above the normal. There were nu killing frosts, however, but on the 22d and 26th quite heavy frosts were noted. REVENUE BUSINESS FALLS OFF .DURING SEPTEMBER Business tell off :ast month with the revenue collectors. 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