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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1924)
C. of C. Insists 1 City Operate All Pillboxes Police, Fire and Health Pro tection Must Come First in l New Budget, Grimmel Asserts. When the city council meets in the first week in January to determine the municipal budget for the year, first consideration should he given to the fire, police and health depart ments, in the opinion of C. A. Grim mel of the municipal affairs commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce. After the needs of these three de partments are met, he said, the bal anc should be divided among other departments. Mr. Grimmel deprecates the neces sity of closing tlie pill box stations at Fortieth and Karnam streets and Twenty-second and T,ake streets, and operating on part time the stations at Miller and Fontenelle parks. He has no criticism to make of the policy of the police commissioner, being of the opinion that Mr. Dunn is doing the best he can with the funds he has, but he insists that for 1925 the police department should be allowed an ap propriation which will allow uninter rupted operation of the pillbox sta tions and enable the police commis sioner to add several stations. Pillboxes Prove Value. "The pillbox system has justified Itself,” said Mr. Grimmel. "Since January 1 of this year, the depart ment has answered 9,000 calls from these outlying stations. Each call was answered in less time than under the old system. Improved results were obtained. Citizens who observed prowlers invariably received responses to their calls within a minute or two minutes, and many have been sur prised at the quick responses. “The police force has been reduced since the pillbox system was started, and at the present time the pillbox system must stand the brunt of a part of the reduced operations. We must have more funds for the police department. In my opinion the city council should be requested next month to appropriate enough to man the pillbox stations sufficiently and to patrol various districts.” New Station Needed. The pillbox system was started in April. 1923. Ten stations were opened. Mr. Grimmel believes a station should be located in the West Deavenworth district. He appeared with his com mittee before the city council when the pillbox system was being dis cussed nearly two years ago. He has watched the system with particular Interest. He knows that Police Com missioner Dunn is convinced of the value of the system. “The proposition before us is to ‘sell’ our city council on tha idea, that the police department should have on appropriation for next year according to Its needs. If necessary, we can get along without some of the things which, in a way, are luxuries com pared with police department needs,” Mr. Grimmel added. County Ordered to Pay Konecky —I .! mlgc Signs Writ for Deputy— Storm Center of • Commission. District Judge Goss ordered the county commissioner* to pay the salary of Deputy Sheriff Isaac Kon eeky, when he signed a writ of pre emptory mandamus, presented by Konecky's attorney Saturday morn ing. ,Konecky stated that the county commissioners were no more empow ered to stop his salary than they were to stop the salary of a bailiff in district court. In a resolution passed by the com missioners November 15. it was stated that Konecky was unfit for service by reason of injuries received a year ago while acting in the line of duty. Their act was believed prompted by the fact that Konecky had secured a judgment of damages for his hurts. MEMORIAL FOR WALLACE, PLAN [ Washington, Nov. 22.—A memorial I to the late Secretary Wallace has ' been decided upon by the bureau 1 chiefs of the department over which he presided. Just what form It will take has not been decided, but as Secretary Wal lace fondly looked forward to the time when he could give his time to the promotion of better living conditions on the farm, the idea of establishing a professorship or scholarship at some agricultural college has met with favor. A committee has been named to consider the question. Suggestions for the planting of a memorial tree in the department grounds and the placing of a bronze tablet in the department's building have been suggested and probably will be carried out. Stove Salesman Dies. Charles E. Graham, 50, salesman for the Germer Stove company, died Friday at his home. 6015 Military avenue. He is survived by his widow. Shop in Utmost Comfort “ELECTRIC SHOP” Nebiuekd ffi Power € ft m Vpft) Extra Preparations 116" M ■ _I #' ^ ^ Conant Our sales staffs have been greatly I i I hss, urRino "os KS& rSSf5 Over Buying! Warm Weather! Backward Season! COATS! COATS! COATS! Orkin Brothers Must Sell Coats~and Sell Them We Will PROFITS AND PART OF COST THROWN TO THE FOUR WINDS When We Institute Without Reservation Starting Monday JANUARY PRICES N NOVER IER In the Very Heart of the Coat Selling Season You Take Your Pick of Our Enormous Stocks at Half and Less Than Half Price We fully appreciate that no woman in Omaha would even dare to hope for such a merchandising move before January. We know it is drastic. But our course is set. We must unload. Our vast coat stocks must be turned into cash regardless of the loss we sustain. V ^ Every New and Favored Fabric Ormandale Montubella Kashlora Veloria Velverette Chamovette The Colors Include Penny Cranberry Saddle Cinnabar Domingo Malay Oxblood Black Reindeer 0 Tans Kitfox It is no secret in business circles that the continued mild weather has wrecked all coat selling pro grams, and in the case of this store such a condition was not anticipated, we bought Coats, Coats, and more Coats, we bought in great qualities in order to get price concessions. We got the Coats, but warm weather cur tailed their sale. The time has arrived to unload, and we’ll take less than we actually paid for the Coats to get out from under this great overstock. Cabinets Crowded—Racks Packed With Beautiful Coats “They Must Go-and Here are the Drastic Price Sacrifices That Will Send Them to the Wrapping Desks in Record Time. We have told you the facts; every woman with the slightest realization of business methods knows that in this emergency lies her greatest buying opportunity. We are forced to sell—you reap the benefits. Wonderful Fur Trimmed Coats Beaver Squirrel Mar mink Muskrat Opossum Northern Seal Fox Wolf Collars and Cuffs and Often Deep Panels as Well | Sizes for Misses Sizes for Women ' Sizes for Stouts You are right—we must want coat business badly when we will give merchandise like this away at such re ductions in the heart of the season. Thank the weather man for creating a condition that has made such sell ing a possibility. Remember: Your money back for the asking on any unsatisfactoiy pur chase you make at Orkin Brothers. This is our basis of selling merchandise. Omaha Has Never Had a Coat Sale to Compare With This One Every Coat in the Orkin Bros. Store Has Been Ruthlessly Sacrificed in Price. Three Great Groups are listed—but You’ll Find Just as Marvelous Offerings at Other Prices. Come! | Compare! We Positively Guarantee That Lower Prices Will Not Prevail in January. - Never Before—Never Again—Such Selling of Coats= — l