TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1004.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Shipments of Lira Stock Increase and
Dealer Are Much Gratified.
MARKET OVERCOMING EFFECTS OF STRIKE
Xiiorttac la Car Onljr Obstacle
Which Threaten ta Ohstraet
the Rapid RceoTtrr Iran
Siege af Idleaesa.
. Live stock dealer nt the'yard here are
! 'ell pleased with last week' receipt of
' atock. For tha week 86,10 head of cattla
Wer received, 32,987 hog and S9.&33 sheep.
The cattle receipt itiow in Increase of
1.000 over tha preceding week and with tha
Increase In hog and sheep commission men
aire satisfied this Is but the commencement
of a big boom for the South Omaha market.
Stock growers from all over the west say
the receipts of cattle here this year wilt
be large from this time on, but hardly
heavy enough to wipe out the decrease aa
compared with last year'a receipts.
Aa compared with October 1. 1903. the
cHlclst figures at the atock yards offices
show an Increase of G4.70O sheep, 13.34 hogs
and a decrease of 113,122 cattle. The hog
season Is just about to begin, although real
heavy receipts of hogs are not locked for
until the winter pack begins along about
, November 1. Dealers In live stock who
have traveled through the territory tribu
tary to this market say that hogs are look
ing fine.
Very little hog cholera Is reported and
the fall and winter shipments are expected
to be unusually heavy. As for aheep,
agents of the stock yards company now In
the northwest write there Is no end to the
sheep headed this way. All that Is now
holding back some big shipments Is the
carclty of cars. This car shortage ac
counts to some extent for the compara
tively light receipts of cattle as compared
with former years.
Those engaged In business at the ex
change say this market has recovered rap
Idly from the effects of the dull summer
season which was occasioned by the pack
ing house strike. Other markers also are
coming to the front, but the statement was
made yesterday that South Omaha Is get
ting on Its f?et much more rapidly than
he other markets. From now until the
end of the year heavy receipts are looked
for. '
Stork Car Shortage.
One reason given for the present shortage
of stock cars Is the rigid enforcement of
the present quarantine regulations. Gov
ernment Inspectors are paying particular
attention to the enforcement of the regula
tions adopted by the Agricultural depart
ment In regard to disinfecting stock cara
In which live stock coming In from Infected
districts have been hauled. A thorough
disinfection of the cars such as Is required
by the government delays cars from twelve
to twenty hours. Stock shippers all over
the west are clamoring for cars and de
clare that stock Is being held back within
eight of railroad stations because cars In
sufficient numbers cannot be secured. Rail
road officials assert they are doing every
thlnu possible to hurry empty cars to ship
ping points. A large number of cars went
went yesterday and big receipts are looked
for at the yards here this week.
Aaaoclatloa Making? Repnlra.
Kepntra to the local Young Men's Chris
tian association rooms are being made. At
a recent meeting of the directors of the
association It was ' decided to move the
office of the secretary, the reading and the
game room from ihe second to the third
floor. The second floor will be used for
boys' rooms and educational classes, Bible
classes, etc. These alteratlonsnnd repairs
will be completed some time this week.
Interest In the Bible elapses is increasing
inpldly and classes in the men's depart
font will be held each week. Those wlsh
? Bible class study are requested to con
r with Secretary Marsh as soon as con
venient. i Wast Amount Reduced.
' Tla various Improvement clubs In the
tttf, with the Highland Park Improvement
club In the lead, have decided that 1100,
000 la too much to expend for a South
Omaha city hall. These Improvement clubs
will therefore recommend to the city coun
cil the amount to be voted on for city
hall purposes be reduced to 175,000. Some
time ago a petition was presented to the
city council, signed by 125 residents, ask
ing the council to submit a proposition to
the people to vote bonds in the sum of
1100,000 for the purchase of a site and the
construction of a city hall building. This
petition Is still In the hands of the city
clerk, never having been taken charge of
by the council committee on public build
ings and gro'ftnds. These Improvement
club also favor park bonds, the amount
of bonds for the purchoso of park sites
In different sections of the city to be de
termined by the different improvement
clubs and Interested citizen. A committee
fron the Improvement dues will confer
with the park board with n view to hav
ing the park bond proposition- submitted
to the peoplo along with the city hall bond
proposition at the electlcn to bo held In
November.
Name Rearlxtrara Monday.
Monday night tlio city council will name
tho board o! registration to serve at the
fall election and at the usual revUlon In
te -prlnc. South Omaha has twelve vot
I' . reel nets, two In each of, the wards,
tii. J three registrars will' be named for
f it precinct, making thirty-six In all.
l'c.h councilman will send In the name
'' m hi ward, and these will be submitted
the council aa a whole and then the
iUt adopted with the concurrence of the
mayor. Places for registration will be des
ignated but this work may not be com
pleted at Monday night' meeting, a It
take considerable running around to find
ultable room for registration. New regis
(ration book have been ordered by Clerk
GilUn and these will be ready for the first
day' registration, which Is on October
to. The second day of registration I Octo
ber tt and the third and last day Novem
ber 5. AH person desiring to vote at the
November election must register thla fall.
Arranging Street Lights.
Member of the city council held a meet
ing last evening to agree upon the location
tt forty additional electric light. Thla
work was to ' have been dono last week,
tut owing to the absence of Mayor Kout
aky end the Illness of Acting Mayor Ad
kin the matter wa put oft. The Hat !
now practically completed nd the erpic
tatiou 1 that It will be presented to the
council Monday night and adopted. Just
as soon a the list 1 agreed upon the city
clerk will notify the electric light company
of the location and the new light will
t Installed thla month.
Vupcrtntendent McLean of the public
schools sal a 8sturtay the class having no
lartflneaa duiirg the month of September
ireuld be given a quarter holiday on Mon-S-iy
afternocn. last year Buperlntsrilent
UeT.ean offered a blue pennant to the class
having no t:irllnes In uny one month end
Hie rivalry between the schools was In
(suae.' The reetilt was the tardy roll In
lear'y all of the schccls wa kept down to
a ' very low percent;. Thla year the
tenaarit system will net he adopted, but
rlr holiday will be given to clurae
llCT.ing no t!rdlne. Dy offering pupils
haucenient like thli flupilnlendent Mo
n think scholar will take more Inter
t in being prompt.
On aecounl of the heavy run ot live stock
last week the railroad running Into South
Omaha were compelled to delay the switch'
Ing and setting of ear containing freight
A the run wa light yesterday the roads
kept switching crew busy all day setting
ran so that freight could be unloaded.
When the I'nlon Faclflc completes the lay
Ing of adOitlonal tracks In the yards here
there will not be so much delay In the
handling of freight esrs. Some of the car
put on the city track Saturday afternoon
hod been detained In the north yard for
three days, the crew having no oppor
tunlty to do the switching.
Tout Maa Faaaa Dead.
Late last night tha body of an unldeut!"
fled man was found lying" on the ground
at the south end of Highland park. Twcn
ty-slxth and, D streets. He wa apparently
about 20 years of age. The body bore no
marks of violence and the Indications are
that death wa due to poison.
Maale City Goeslp.
Oeorge MoBrlrle is home from an ex
tended western trip.
B. Ft. Stouffer ha returned from a trip
to Bt. Lsuil and the fair.
Ike Shevlln of St. Joseph, Mo., la here
for a couple of day visiting friends.
Ons mains are being raid on F street from
Twenty-second to Twenty-third street.
Rev. Dr. Wheeler will preach at the First
Presbyterian church morning and evening
looay.
During September twenty-six births and
eighteen deaths were reported at the clerk
on ice.
Perry Wheeler has been chosen assistant
superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday
scnooi.
Mrs. H. L. Kennedy of Cambridge, Neb.,
In visiting her parents, Mr. and Mr. N. U.
Ingernoll.
Byron Smiley has gone back to the state
university to finish his studies In civil en
gineering. A meeting of the official board of the
Methodist church haa been called for Tues
day evening. , ,-,
William Haley has returned from Sioux
City, where he went to attend the funeral
of Michael McIIale.
Building Inspector Welngard Issued nine
teen building permits In September,
amounting to S3,6u0.
John Flynn, one of the N street letter
carrleis, goes to St. Louis today to visit the
(air for a couple of weeks.
Knoxall council of the Royal Arcanum
Is preparing to give a dancing party on
October HI at Masonic hell.
Miss lrma Horsky of Wilber. Neb., 1
here visiting her ulstei, Mrs. F. J. Havel,
il7 North '1 wenty-thlrd street.
The Circle of King's Daughters will meet
at the home ot Mrs. Jonn Klewlt, 1H13
Norta Twenty-sixth street, Friday after
noon. The Woman's Christian Temperance union
will meet Tuesday afternoon, October 11.
with Mrs. C. A. Cantield, 141t North
Twenty-fifth street.
The second issue of the Tooter, the Organ
of the South Omaha High school, came
out yesterday. The second issue la a big
improvement over the first.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Rose of Lead, S. D.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ayres of Miller, Neb.,
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Mc Bride, Nineteenth street and Missouri
avenue, v,
The local Young Men's Christian associa
tion night school will open "October 10.
Those ueslring to enter this school are re
quested to register with Secretary Marsh
tnls week.
Kev. D. K. Tlndall will occupy the pulpit
at the First Methodist Episcopal cnurch
morning and evening today. The subject
of the morning sermon is "What 1 Man
In the evening Dr. TinUall will preach on
"The Two Ways."
A special meeting of the member of
the Norwegian and Swedish republican
clubs of South Omaha Is called for this
evening at Jorgenson's hall. Twenty-filth
and N streets, tor the purposing of en
dorsing candidates for tue coming prim
aries. It K. Wedding Rings. Ednoim, Jeweler.
TESTS OF A MAGNETIC BRAKE
Notable Inieattjta by Which Little
Pieces of Iron U the Work
of a Dose a Men.
Kansas City is now In full possession of
an Inventor whose invention is more than
likely to make both himself and the town
tameua. Ilia nam is John S. Lockwoorl,
and the product ot hia inventive genius is
a. magnetic brake for use on .everything
that runs on wheels. '
The brake wa given a third and final
test by the Metropolitan last week and a
highly successful test it was. The car,
equipped with Mr. Lockwood's Invention,
started out from the barn at Ninth and
Washington stroeta. and hit a merry clip
for the steep grades out In the south part
of the city. ,
People on the streets must have thought
It a trolley party,' for the car was packed
to overflowing with excited and enthus
iastic stockholders in the Lockwood ven
ture. Mr. Charles Frltx, the Metropolitan's
chlof electrician, was acting as inotorman
and Mr. Lockwood and his as; "tant made
capable hosts.
The car wound It way out Troost ave
nue to the race track, returning by the
Holmes street line, a route that took in
a goodly number of Bleep descents. Every
variety of stop wa made with the mag
netic brake, each cne quickly and surely.
Not even when the top wa most Instan
taneous did the paasengers experience the
lightest Jolt, and the absence ot grinding
wheels and groaning rod almost led to
the belief that the car had stopped of Its
own accord.
The simplicity of the brake' construction
Is one of it greatest advantage. Thar
Is no great mass of metal, no complicated
system of cogs and wheels. A couple of
Iron sho?s, about the size of a man's hand,
resting a quarter of an Inch above the
rails, and another like pair the same dis
tance from the wheels, did the work. It al
most defied Imagination to look at those
small pieces of iron and grasp the faot
that through them the heavy car could
be brought to a dead halt.
The principle of the Invention la also
simple enough; that Is, after Mr. 'Lock-
wood explained it. Any Iron bar colled
with Insulated copper wire through which
an electric current can be made to flaw,
Instantly beedmea a magnet, and attracts
Iron, steel or anything of a similar nature.
Around this Idea the Lockwood brake Is
built. A core of Iron, wrapped with cop
per wire, and Incased in a castiron Jacket,
Is suspended between the trucks about a
quarter of Inch above tlje rails. In
the Jacket there are two 'separate and
dlstinot magnets, the lower giving magnetic
effect at the rail, the upper operating on
a plunger, thereby setting the wheel brakes.
Both are operated simultaneously, nowever,
the motorman having complete control ot
the magnetic) current by mean of a email
and responsive lever. Kansas City lndeT
pendent
Established 1 year Edholm, Jeweler.
Tha Domesticated Horaet.
Tho greatest of entomological dlscoverle
Is one recently announced, that tho hornet
Is an enemy to the house fly. A man with
any knowledge of the temperament, dis
position and other qualities of the hornet
will not find it dlfTWult to believe that it is
an enemy to the house fly. It I so easy
for the hornet to be an enemy. So far aa
known the hornet does not sustain amicable
relation with anything. He 1 always
armeu, lsiilgbly choleric. Impetuous, quick
to take offense and a ready with hln
rapier as a MacOregor with hi claymore.
It 1 suggested that If householders. Instead
of using screen and fly brushes, would
only introduce a colony of well equipped
hornets into the parlor, bed chamber", din
ing room atid kitchen they would soon have
fewer files. The hornet would also counter,
act that tired feeling, lassitude or inclina
tion to undue repose which afflicts some
persona. A bunch of well fed, self-satisfied
and ambitious hornet established in the
home circle would probably stimulate
greater activity In the family. Washington
otar.
' Dancing. Moraud ,) Hartley St. Lessons
tiiiVHie er f ma, juii.ir or .i-iult. Tel. pui
Judg i F.riusi ismovsd lo M Pax 'on blk.
ECHOES CF THE ANTE ROOV
Royal Achates,
The quadrennial session of the supreme
ledge of the Royal Achate was held
Wednesday and Thursday of last week In
Royal Achate hall. Seventeenth and Doug'
las streets. The next session will convene
lo Omaha In October, 1901 In the election
of supreme officers some changes were
made. T. F. Stauffer of Sioux City became
vice president In place ot H. L. Cbadwick
of Minneapolis, who became supreme chap,
lain. The offices of secretary and treasurer
were merged and E. L. Grlnnell was elected
for the position. F. C. Craig was made
supreme past president and J. W. Watson
supreme lecturer.
The administration of Irving 8. Barlght
as supreme president was endorsed and
he was unanimously re-elected to the head
of the fraternity. K. Hall of Dallas, Tex.,
was elected supreme marshal, Charles Msg
num of Omaha supreme guard and D. R
Wallace of Omaha supreme sentinel.
Royal Oak lodge No. too was notified that
the dispensation according it the privilege
of electing Its officers semi-annually wa In
force and officers for the last half of the
year 1904 should be elected without delay.
Woesat of the World.
Alpha camp No. 1 and Alpha grove No. I
Is arranging for a Joint (octal entertain
ment In about three week. Committees
have been appointed from each of the
lodge for the purpose.
Captain Edward Cooper ha been selected
a commander ot the new drill team ot
I nited State camp No. 22.
No meeting of United State camp will
be held -next Thursday night on account of
the Ak-Sar-Ben parade.
A meeting of Poplar grove No. SI will
be held tomorrow evening to take up the
matter of the approaching Joint soclay
meeting of 1'nlted State camp and Poplar
grove and arrange a program therefor.
Alpha camp No. 1, at its meeting last
Tuesday evening, Initiated five candidates
and received six new applications. A com
mittee was appointed to make arrange
ments for the participation of the camp
in the Ak-Sar-Ben parade Wednesday. Tho
date of the confetti dance has not yet been
fixed, but will be at the next meetlhg. It
probably will be the last Tuesday of Oc
tober. The Woodmen of the World are taking
up the matter of .the organisation of a
central committee' of the various camps
of the order In this city. The purpose of
this central committee will be to labor to
promote harmony among the various camps
and groves.
United States camp held Its first meeting
In Its new quarters in Fraternal hall, Four,
teenth and Dodge streets, Thursday night,
with a large attendance. A small class of
candidates was Initiated and a number of
applications received.
Modera Woodmen of America.
Woodmen circles are much elated over
the distinction bestowed upon the order
by the election of Head Consul A, R. Tal
bot of Lincoln as vice president of the
national fraternal congress at St. Louis
Friday.
All of the Woodmen forester teams will
participate In the daylight Ak-Sar-Ben
parade Wednesday next.
Woman's Relief Corps.
Custer corps gave a campflre and served
refreshments to Its members and friends
Tuesday evening, on which occasion there
was a large attendance. An address on the
veteran Boldler was delivered by Charles
F. Sllngerland. Miss Lulu McGreer gave a
recitation and "Marching Through Georgia"
was sung-with fervor by the entire , asT
semblage.
The handsome green and white quilt was
finally awarded to the lucky ticket holder
after the program had been rendered. The
fortunate holder was Miss Gussle Kruse.
her number being 33, out of 302 tickets sold.
Tribe of Ben liar.
Omaha court No. 110 gave a social meet
ing to Its members and fYends Tuesday
evening at Patterson hall. Refreshments
of ice cream and. cake were served, fol
lowed by various social diversions. This Is
the first of a regular series of monthly
meetings that this court will give during
the season, the last Tuesday of the month
being devoted to the purpose.
K,nia;hta of Maccabees.
At the meeting of Omaha tent No. 75
Thurdaji evening arrangements were made
for a fall campaign for new members arid a
set of dishes is to be presented to the mem
ber of the order Who procures the largest
number of new members during the month
of October. Thursduy evening, October 20,
it Is expected a large class will be initiated
and General Organizer Ermerlns will be
present to assist in the conferring of the
degrees. .
The degree team has been reorganised and
the work will be put on with more impres
sive form at next meeting. On account of
the Ak-Sar-Ben parade next Thursday
evening there will be no meeting of the
tent, the next review to be held October IS.
Knights and Ladles of Security.
Omaha council No. 41g held a social ses
sion In Ancient Order of United Workmen
temple Wednesday evening, which was
largely attended by members of the order
and their friends. President Fisher, secre
tary Rosewater and Dr. Fersch delivered
hort talks upon the good of the order.
Dancing, cards and refreshment of Ice
cream and cake were served to add Inter
est to the meeting.
.Ancient Order tatted Workmen.
The central committee will meet Monday
evening for the transaction of mlscellan
oua business. Important mattera ara tn
com up for consideration for the gocfl and
advancement of the order.
Daaghters of Rehekah.
Ivy lodge No. 33 held a largely attended
meeting at Patterson hall Wednesday even
ing. The occasion was the celebration- of
the fifty-third anniversary ot the order.
Addresses were mad by prominent mem
bers of the order, which were followed, by
a social session, in which music and re
freshments were the chief feature.
The degree team is in active training for
th state meeting ot the order, which as
semble at Lincoln October 18.
Rayal Aroaaam.
At Its next meeting, on October 10, Union
Paclfte council No. 1069 will Institute a new
ritual, which Is a very elaborate oni- The
new paraphernalia, for putting on th work
la valued at about $400 and will require a
team of fifteen members to operate It.
Fraternal Order of Eagle.
The next meeting of aerie No. 38 will be
held October IX There will not be any
meeting October on account of tha Ak-Sar-Ben
parade.
Aerie No. 3s will hold open house at it
club rooms, 107 South Fourteenth street,
during the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival.
Banker I'alon af tho Werld.
Fraternal lodge No. I held It regular
Indlststlon Curad
To on week alth Drake' Palmetto Wis. Send
iiueial eunl reyueal lor ft- bttttUa fct irita)
wruiula Cuiupau)-, Chiuaf .
meeting at Royal Arcanum hall Wednesday
evening, at which a class of ten m.w can
didates was Initialed, alter which a short
social aestiion, wlih aancing, care and
various social diversions was enjoyed.
BIGGEST OF CAPTIVE SHARKS
It's Mae Footer, Weighs SMKI Poaada
ana JJwell vtlth a Tartle la a
Hew lark atasrlta.
There never had been a shark so large
In any aquarium, the expert sold, and if
the great creature had not been almost In
a state ef coma when It was brought up
from the lower bay. Just this side ot Sandy
Hook, It might never have been on exhibi
tion. One slap of Its powerful and elusive
tall would be enough to knock down even
man aa steady on his pins as the giant
Jeffries.
That, the expert said, was the only thing
he feared about the big shark. It has no
man-eating. propensities; in fact, It would
flee from a man swifter than a coyote
would, and It did not like anything except
dead flesh, anyhow. Nevertheless, It was
a great acquisition, and, with the turtle,
made the Aquarium far ahead of anything
In It lino elsewhere In the world. All
the Ash exhibits at the St. Louis exposition,
the expert said, were mere side shows
compared with the New York Zoological
society's exhibition.
The big shark wan caught on Friday
morning in a pound net by a fisherman
named Schmoor. While pursuing Hsh It
became entangled in the net, which it
broke in many places in Its effort to releaso
Itself. The fisherman thought at tint,
from the commotion the fish created, that it
was little less than a whale. After it
had wearied Itself Into a condition of com
parative calmness, the fishermen, who uso
beamy naptha launches nowadays, las-
sooed the big creature fore and aft with
hawsers and dragged It ashore.
They saw that there was money In so
large a fish and decided to take it to the
aquarium. They put it In a scow pre
viously filled with water, and, after making
the shark fast, put' the acow athwart the
wide launch and headed for the Bnttery.
They were forced to go slowly, as the
hark weighs nearly BOO pounds, and they
did not know when It might revive a bit
and try to switch Its tall.
It took the fishermen five hours to get to
the back door of the aquarium, and they
found there -right men ready to receive
the shark. The aquarium expert thought
when he first looked at the creature that it
was dead. But Its tall moved slowly a few
times, and then, the eight men forced a.
piece of canvasl under it and lifted It to
the pier. They curried It into the aqua
rium and. let it slide from the canvas Into
the big tank.
For more than an hour It lay so still that
thero was an Impression that It was dead.
But when the aquarium folks came around
yesterday morning they found that the
shark Jiad done llkewlsn.v It stzzed about
the big pool like an auto boat striving for a
record, but It did not molest the big leather,
back, which had been dumped Into the
pool while the shark was recovering its
wits. '
Being somewhat of an amphibian the
leatherback was not much Incommoded bv
Its long absence-from tho sea. It wns
caught a few days ago off Bay Head.
N. J., by men who were hauling a seine.
It is a 400-pounder and Is about Ave feet
long from nose to tall. Measured across
its powerful flippers the expert said that
It had a beam of nearry seven feet. In a
swimming contest It might prove almost
as swift as the shark,'' but it would not
be much In a land race New Tork Sun.
Widow Was In tfonbt.
Scientists say that the " hair and nails
grow after death. Sonje'.thpory of that sort
is needed to explain the , experiences ot
widow at a spiritualistic seance.'
"No," said tha little widow emphatically,
"I will never attend anqther dark seance."
"Why not?" asked her friend. "Didn't
you have any acquaintance among the
spooks?" - -
"I am In doubt about the materializa
tions." f
"Not distinct enough?". .
"Well, It was this. way: The medium
said my husband was there and wanted to
speak to me. It was too dark to see him
plainly, but I thought I recognized the out
line of Jim, and I kissed him."
"Wa it Jim?"
"That's what I would like to know."
"What makes you doubt It?"
"The spook had a lovely mustache."
"Oh!"
"Jim never had one."
And the little widow looked thoughtful.
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FROM OUR LETTER BOX
Omaha's Water Contract and Rate.
OMAHA, Oct. 1. To the Editor of The
Bee: Omaha's contract -with the water
work company which was made when
what has grown to be a seml-met-ropolltan
city was a straggling vil
lage, with a woll-and-bucket water sup
ply and cesspools for sewage, proved
then and has proven since an unmixed
blessing to the people of this city. With
out a dollar of their own money Invested,
a problem of vital Importance to them wa
intelligently solved, and for more than
twenty year one of the best and most
complete and .efficient system of water
works In the United States has given
health, comfort and luxury to tens of
thousands of homes, mado possible our
admirable sewerage system, Insured, re
markable protection against the destruc
tion of millions of dollars of property by
fire and has furnished ample water for
every public use. For this great contribu
tion to the character, welfare and growth
of the young city, the people have paid
what they agreed to pay under a self
imposed and entirely honorable contract,
which no honest citizen of this city would
violate If he could. Nor would any such
honest citizen seek to purchase this vast
property for a single dollar less than It is
factually worth, either under the com
pulsory purchase law now In force, or by
any other means whatsoever. Men who
think otherwise do not know the people
of Omaha, the army of young business
men, honorable and true, brave and brainy,
who will defend Omaha's character and
credll against all comers, e well as I do.
But a loud cry goes up agalnBt hydrant
and other water rates which Omaha has
had to pay for the Inestimable advantages
which Its people have enjoyed for twenty
three years from our splendid water works.
It Is easy to quote the low rates in other
cities under municipal ownership, without
mentioning the cost for Interest on bonds
and expense of operation and maintenance,
wMth the supply easy and inexpensive, but
no one can truthfully deny that municipal
ownership of water works for Omaha
twenty-three yenra ago, as a financial
proposition, was utterly out of Omaha's
reach. It is beyond its reach at this day
at the price which James E. Boyd, who Is
a member of the ' Water board, and
a man of sound business judgment and
mechanical skill, believes, and knows, that
the plant can be had at under the Impend
ing valuation that the Board of Engineers
wrtl probably put upon It. At this time,
when the contract with the water com
pany has practically expired, hydrant rates
and general rates to consumers appear to
be, and are, excessive, but I make bold
to say. In the face of every intelligent and
candid citizen, that, taking the rates for
the whole period of twenty-three years,
fair consideration bolng, given tti the risk
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and appetizing or lust
means better lunches every
always sweet and fresh.
spoil the lunch. The airtight packag
the butter fresh. AsK your dealer for
lunch with satisfaction.
btAlRICE CREAMERY COMPANY,
10th and Howard Sts.
taken by Investor who furnished the mil
lions to build the great plant. I am free to
say that the water rates have not been
so wickedly unfair or high aa some people
would have us believe them to have been.
On the contrary, I go farther and say that
they have not been far from reasonable
and fair. The hydrant rate have gone
Into the general mas of taxation and
they have not been seriously felt. Nobody
has been robbed, nobody has been wronged,
nobody has been oppressed. Everybody
has been blessed by these great water
works for both public and private use In
health of mind, body and estate. Has any
individual been wronged, or robbed, who
own a home, or rent one, In thl town, on
account of water rate to the consumer T
If so, let him speak out and tell other
people how much he pays a year for water
In his home for domestic use and for
lawns. Tens of thousands of our people
pay as much In current pin money 'for
needless trifles and for horse show, the
ater and small expenses In a month as
they do for water In a year and never
give It a thought. What I 16 or $8 or
(10 a year, or even 130. for the boon of
plenty of water for home and lawn? An
old-fashioned pump and bucket and well
cleaning, with much pumping and often
a limited water supply, cost those sum
and much more in other days.
I respectfully say that the people of
Omaha, through the executive committee
f the Commercial club, should put the
question of the renewal of the contract
j wtth the water works company Into prac-
tlcal form as soon as practicable. Nobody
need longer dream or dally with the pur
chase of the water works. Bonds for that
kind of ruin will never be voted In this
town until, after year of ooetly litiga
tion, the supreme court of the' United
States shall direct them to be voted by Its
own mandate. If the compulsory law under
which proceeding are now going on fur.
nlshes any Just and lawful ground for
'contestlnK ,t8 vall(1ity befor, tna judicial
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opinion from the outspoken expression pf
the sentiment of scores of citizens in all
occupations. Who properly control in our
affairs, since the large meeting wa held
at the Commercial club a week ago. The
way out of this wilderness Is broad and
plain. It Is, as I see It, to renew the con
tract with the water company for fifteen
years, and for not a year more, under a
fair reduction of all rates. If this prfve to
be practicable. Long before such a con.
tract would expire. It Is reasonable to say
that a Platte river canal, the true source
of supply of cheap, sand-filtered, pure
water, without settling basins that do not
settle, without costly double pumping, and
without the menace of the destruction of
the plane by the Missouri liver, will be
built, owned and controlled ,by Omaha, or
by somebody else. .
GEORGE L. MILLER
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day because it Is
No taint or
AGITATION DIDS0ME GOOD
Foarth ot July Lorkjaw Reeora m
Gratifying Improvement Over
Last Year.
Tf th use bf pistol, cannon crackers,
cannon and cartridge canes had been pro.
hlhlted on the Fourth of July there would
have been only one death from Fourth of
July tetanus In the entire country thla
year. This statement Is made on the au.
thorlty of the Journal of the American
Medical Association, which for two years
has collected Fourth of July accident
tistlcs In the most complete possible man
ner. As tt was, 105 case of tetanu wera
reported. In ninety-one of which death la
known to have resulted. In seventy-four
of these case blank cartridges caused the
Injuries. i
The record, bad as It 1,' I . nevertheless
gratifying In comparison with that of a
year ago, when 415 tetanus cases resulted
from tho glorious celebration, among which
were only seven known recoveries.
The Journal finds that tetanus due to
other causes than Fourth of July Injurte
is. If anything, more than usually common
this summer. It also believes that last
year's record of Fourth of July death waa,
net above the average for recent years, ft
therefore feel Justified In Inferring that,
th campaign against the "lockjaw Fourth"'
In the piiblto and professional press, taken
In connection wtth the stricter legislation,
and the more careful medical treatment of
accidents which have been brought about
by it. Is responsible for the "greatly Im
proved showing ot this year's celebration.
It urges that the efforts for a sane Fourth1
which have been' thus far made should be
continued with even greater vigor until our
national holiday will become again a pride,
Instead of a cause of disgrace, to the coun
try.
In Chicago, where the death list was re
duced from the sixteen of 1903 to five, fur
ther action should clearly be taken. The
first thing to be done Is for the council to
pass an ord'nanco prohibiting ab)ott!iar
the sale of toy -pistol and similar death
machines. Instead ' of merely prohibiting i
their sale to .minors aa at tressnt -Bs
yond that, however, saltation stieuTfJ;;
begun for the passage by the state general
assembly ot a law prohibiting the' manu
facture of such article. - "
When the toy pistol, the cannon cracker
and the cartridge cane are driven, out of
existence, plenty of varieties of flrewcrk
will still remain to give old and young sTI -the.
noise and all the entertainment they
can need on tho year's day of greatest en
thusiasm. Chicago Record-Herald. 4
rtomeseeker' Rates to North Dakota.
Every Tuesday until October 28 the Chi
cago Great Western Railway will sell round
trip ticket to point on the above named
state at a great reduction from the usual
fare. For further Information apply ta
Geo. F. Thomas, general agent, 1611 Far
nam street. Omaha, Neb.
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