EDITORIAL SECTION.
The Omaha Sunday Bee.
PAGES 13 TO 20.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 187L
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, AF1HL 2, 1905.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ,
The Nestor of a Discount on
Cash Purchases:
Green Trading Stamps
IT'S A VICTORY NOTHING SHORT
OF BEING A VICTORY
A VICTORY FOR. THE LITTLE GREEN STICKER,
The State of Nebraska in 1'arlinmont assembled passes
a bill regulating Trading Stamps. So doing it places its seal
of recognition upon the Little Green Sticker as a something
to be reckoned with, a something that's a power in modern
retail merchandising, a something that's here to stay!
ALL WE HAVE TO SAY We Lave fought for tho supremacy of
Green Trading Stamps In this section of tho country, have stormed tho,
citadels of opposition, scaled the walls AND WON!
The little green-eyed trader who has been telling you with much
feigned rarnentnens that "Ilennett would soon give up tradiug stamps,"
loses out. Bennett WILL NOT give up trading stamps. The State of
Nebraska passes a law that's entirely In conformity with Bennett's wishes
tnd the wishes of the S perry & Hutchinson Co.
STATE RECOGNITION! What more would we want? Only this
more customers and more green trading stamps collectors.
Hoop La! Uow'b your stamp book coming?
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps Qn
with can Omar Peaches it7V
T-n (fl.uu) Green Trading Stamps with
three-pound can Tablo 124C
Ten (1.00) Vireeii Trading Stumps with
three-pound package Diamond f-
Crystal Salt ,uw
Ten H.00) Green Trading Stamps wltn
three cans Rocky Mountain 25c
Cream auw
Ten (ILOO) Green Trading Stamps
with iris cakes 0?c
T .mind mid v
JTWrtrfltret!'n Trading Stamp with
two jars uiamona o 2IIC
Irrvee V
BENNETT'S BIG
GROCERY
The Greatest Varieties, the
Largest Storks, the Finest Good
ad the trftvrrat Price that's the
Story!
forty (tt.OO) Green Trading Stainns
with sank Excelsior
Flour 4
Fifty 15.00) Green Trading Stands
with live pounds Japan BLr
Rice oov
Twenty (JiOO) Green Trading Stamps
with two-pound win Bennett's 4ic
Breakfact Coffee ,uw
Twenty (J2.0OI Green Trading RSC
Stamps with pound Tea
Several hundred doien cans Ej,
corn, earh c'w
Potted Hum, tXc
can 1 w
CHKKSK.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading StninpM with
pound New York full cream flf
Cheese
' Ten (1.0t) Green Trading Stamps
with pound Sage Olc
Cheese
ni'TTKH.
Bennett's Capitol Creamery,
pound
Fresh Country Butter,
pound. .
29c
29c
Preserves,
ren ($1.00) C
pint-bottle A.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
Catsup
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three packages
Cod Dsn
25c
25c
Bennett's Candy Section
Twenty ($2.00) Green. Trading Stamps
. with pound-box Bennett's Otc.
Speclul Chocolate Creams.,. .,."-'
Birds' Nests, filled with
eggs, each
KHater Novelties, each
10c, 5c and
.Be
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with twenty-five cents worth Kaster
Novelties.
CIGARS
Beirut, a Turkish Smoking To- 25c
bacco, one-ounce box " w
Five (D0c) Green Trading Stamps.
lH-ounce box 4Sc
for JW
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps.
3',s-ouncs box ROc
for wvw
Twenty ($3) Green Trading Stamps.
Wyona, a long filler Sumatra wrap
per Bo cigar 7 for 26c, J, 60
El Bogod'or. a genuine Porto f
nii lo-nr S rr Kin. Kit fnr... VV
Bennett's Great
Shoe Section
Greatest Because of Value
Men's liussia Calf Iilucbcr Ox
fords with wide eyelets, strap
aud buckle, band welt soles,
JAP TOE, THE NEWEST
THING, SPADE C A
SHANK JU
Men's Patent Colt Blucher Ox
fords, Goodyear Welt, WALL
STKEET CAP TOE, the new
drop toe C A
effect JM9
Boys' liussia Calf Bluchers,
BOOK OAK SOLES, on new
JAP TOE Z A A
J.UU
LAST
25 now styles in Dorothy DoiM Ox
fords, I'unijis and SUppprs, TANS,
BLACKS, CHAMPAGNE, CHOCO
LATE PATENTS AND
VICI KID, ? !.(H)
and
2.50
Kodaks, Cameras and
Photo Supplies
ALL AT IUGHT PRICES
FRESH GOODS
INTELLIGENT SERVICE
PHOTO DEVELOPINO'NDTIX-'
- 1SI11NG A SPECIALTY
WITH US.
SATISFACTION A CERTAINTY.
Southeast Corner, Main Floor.
-fww 11,1
iMaanfaunn
Bennett's
GreaJ Millinery
Extraordinary Bargains Offered Morda.y
s fully conceded that Bennett's millinery leads a
ier niillinerv outfit in Oniaba nnd inn-assertion Unit v
1 i A, . , 1 . . i 1
iteuneu s nuuiuery is me
Biggest, Best Stocked, Best Arranged and Best Value-Giving
Millinery west of Chicago, is pretty, nearly admitted by our competitors.
Ia service we easily take first place. We have the best milliuerd in the city to wait on
our trade. Milliners who are first-rankers in millinery opinion and judgment in the west
A Gala Da.y 'Mong Re&dy-to-Trim Hats
7S
READY-TO-TUIM HAT bniuloci
aud limnl, haud-mnde over wire
frame, comoH In straw and vari
colored straw and chiffon, also In
straw and maline combinations a
hat that requires but the slight ad
dltlon of a bit of ribbon, bow or
flower to make It natty, stylish nnd
dashing Monday up AO"
from O.ZC
READY-TO-WEAR HAT A hat
for all occasions, a hat that's adapt
able for theater, for party or walk
ingJust the hat you'd want to wear
on general principles, easily 7Q
worth $1.50 yours Monday. r C
A UEADY-TO-TIHM HAT just
waits your idea of ciuticllislniicnt
Just needs the least little bit of hiik
gostion ou your part mid we'll trim
It to your perfect satisfaction, a hat
that's easily worth from $''.H) to
$..50 of anybody's money,
yours Monday up from ..
Others graduated In quality and
Style-Lvalues up to $4.00
Monday up from ,
A READY-TO-TRIM HAT-Specla!
all over lace, with hair braid shir
ring on edge turbans . and drim
ehapes In blacks and white,
a 53.00 value for
98c
1.25
1.49
Street Hats, Bijf Showing of Street Hats Special attractions
STREET HATS Specially gotten
up In our work-rooms, from London
models, duplicates perfect, exact,
faithful of the aristocratic west
end of London styles
$10.00 aud
7.50
STREET HATSA special J'Sln
clalr" style, combines the practicar
billty of the street hat with the ef
fectiveness of the trimmed hat, it's -
easily an $8.00 value, it's
yours Monday for
.5.00
BEAUTIFUL SHOWING OF OM
BRE VEILINGS Beautiful styles,
interchangeable silk that glints and
gleams as the light plays on them,
this lino of veilings is an cxcluslvo
Bennett affair, 1 1-2 yards long
a Teal G9c value yours
Monday for :....tlfC
Flowers, Roses, Violets Forget-Me-Nots, Lilies of the Valley, Daisies,
Poppies, Apple Blossoms, Lilacs Sprays, Bouquets, Wreath's 7,
.dardetjq pf Flowers.
' Foliage sweet enough for Mother Nature herself to own. Everything for Ideal millin
ery embellishment and ornament. Watch the windows indicators . most faithful and
dependable of the trend Of modern fashion in things to wear.
W-'
EnameledffrnnHpR
The most attractive showing in Omaha today
in that it is the largest and most varied. You
must see our Beautiful straight line effects, new
color combinations Pompeiian and cream oxi
dized copper, burnished porcelain and navy.
We have two cars on hand, mostly displayed
on our Third Floor. These prices below are rag
ing bargains.
1.25
$1.!o value scroll design
finished, at
$2.50 value, thoroughly braced, fln
lHhrd with hard baked f
enamel, at ' -
Jt-i value, continuous poatO QQ
close tilled center, at J
$5.96 value, continuous pot, ex
tended toot end, beautl- O n't
ful design, at
post, fin-
4.95
$6.75 value, continuous
lshed in two colors,
solid gold chills, at...
$10.00 value, continuous post, ex
tended foot end, heavy fi n:
filling, at U.VO
$11.60 value, continuous post, brass
spindles, head and foot 7 .C
end, at.! .tO
$13.00 value, masslvw continuous
post, extra heavy filling, it Q(S
handsome deslgnj at IvVJ
$17.60 value, maaeiye design, brass
scrolls head and foot J 50
$22.00 value, massive continuous
post, extra heavy filling, brass
spindles, head and foot Ifi QC
end, artlstio design, at.
Specials ia Hardware for Monday
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with Children's 19r
S-pieca 'Garden Set IC
Ten ($1.00 Green Trading Stamps with Children's..- fE
3-plece Garden Set
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with Children's oe
S-plece Garden Set.. ...
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with extra good Qp
Garden Trowel
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with. 'extra good' Q
Garden Weeder "
Twenty ($2.00) Green -Trading Stamps with extra good A C,
14-tooth steel Garden Rake ."
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with 14-tooth OAn
Malablo Garden Rake '
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with 24-inch
8tcel Lawn Rake .
Thirty ($T0O) Green Trading Stamps with extra 7Ar
heavy Spading Fork ,Mit
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with extra - fil-
heavy Spade JiJV
DOUDLJS GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON ALL STOVES
MONDAY.
Remember we are headquarters for Gasoline Stoves, Gas
Stoves and Ranges.
DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON ALL PAINTS.
We are headquarters for Jap-A-Luc, ready mixed Faints,
White Lead and Pure Linseed Oil.
The Great West's
Greatest Crockery
MONDAY Sl'KOIAL IN GAS PICO
TION, Gas Torch and box of thirty
taprfM, a ijc vuluv, .Monday )q
GAS PORTABLE Complete with
burniT, mantle nnd globe, en
a $J.mi value fur ItOU
Twenty t$.'t Ureen Trading Stamps.
SPECIAL IN DINNKRWAUK. John
sun's Unis. brst English i'unellMn
I'lnner set, iOU pieces, plain ulid gold,
has lieen a good seller, want f
tu clo.e It out. Monday
Double Green Trading Stamps
BKACTirCL ENGLISH CHINA
WALL OK PLATE RACK PLATES,
old KiiKli.sh patterns and colors, new
rrivais. ten dim-rent . R4tr
.... -'v''
.3.00
kind.--, at..
Others at $1(0. $1.25 up
to
llEAl'TIFI'L TOILET SETS, latest
shape, treatment of gold and deoora
tioii.i a full 13-pk-ie set 5 00
SOME EXCEPTIONAL VALVES IN
DAMAGED OR SHORT SETS. Price
no object, must be closed out. clot In!
NEW GLASSWARE ARRIVING
DAILY a beautiful clear ulas? berry
or fruit set of 7 pieces '-lflr;
for.
SECOND FLOOR.
Importvxnt Sale of
Fine Art Pictures
Commencing
Monday, April 3rd
250 Ann 'Photogravures, handsomely
framed in elegant quarteraawed oafc
mouldinp to harmonise with the beau
tiful black and brown tones in the pic
tureseach and every one n specially
selected subject very suttable ns an
Enster gift pictures urn post- f fCi
tlvely a :l valuefor tbl sale.,..
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps
with each.
Following fire few pf the celebrated
old nnd modern masters chosen: Raphael,
Rembrandt, Harnblnl, Murillo, llofman,
Van Huvsdacl Ia Vnnee. orot, Hurne
Jones, Millet, Hodonhausen, Kerrtizzl anil
many others too numerous to mention,
here.
NOTE OCR WINDOW DISPLAY ON
SIXTEENTH STREET.
Sale of pictures will be held in our new
Rrown Room the first of Its kind In the
West. This Urown Room will be used
permanently for only the best reproduc
tions of the master Art Painters, nnd
prices will bo rlnht. We earnestly re
quest every Omnhan to Inspect these
pictures, and would be pleased to receive
your opinions of thn same.
A ItAROAIN TAP.LE OF PIC- OCr
TERES two for AOW
Ten ($1.0") Green Tradrtig Stumps with
each purchase.
PICTURE FRAMING Wo understand
the art of framing thoroughly and prices
are right.
FRUIT. FRUIT.
TEN GKEEX TKAD1NG STAMPS with
each of these items nil day MONDAY.
1 dozen Large Fancy Lemons for. ..... 15c
1 peck Fancy New York Baldwin -Apples
for 30c
1 pound English Walnuts (large soft shell)
for 20c
6 measures of Peanuts for. . .. . ...... 25c
Little Sn&ps in
Little
Woodenware
$1.R0 Wringer f ,C
Washbeuoli.
$1.25 Folding QQr
Ironing Table..
Uasswood Cur- QCr
tuln Stretcher..
Six Foot
aip)lalder..
Attractive CKC
Clock Shelf.... OAW.
53c
Clothing Section
No, you can't fool him. Look inside this coat and see
that "Perfection' label. Styles as manly as can be, yet built
for rough and ready service. Every strain. point double-stayed
and seams and knees are re-inforced. i .
That's part of "rcrfoctiou" wlndom come niid comprehend It all. 3 to 8. all
. . , , . -. . . ... i .. ,,u, 1 mm M
tne laieBi styics, o to iu likewise, (jou vuy a u.w imue, J 1
At .
.,.........
Younc Men's
Sul-12to20
years 815,00,
12.50, $10.00,
S7.60 and
$5.00
Never hare
had so much
froodness ia
clothes before
style, goods
and make.
There'e a sat
inn for you.
furnishing
Goods."
Shirts, best of
makes, new up-to-date
pit
term, worth up
to 81.50, at
75c
Fifty ($5.00)
Groen Trading
Stanps.
DOWN TOWN RENTS IN OMAfll
What the Agents Bay About Charges of
Exorbitant Eentals.
PRICES ASKED ARE NONE f00 HIGH
, Ucniti fro at Business Tropertr a
Answer to Assertion and Renest
tow Location an Judica
tion of Demand.
Real cstat men taka exception to the
tatotnenU In a letter to The Bee sifned
by "VS. 3. W" in which it la asserted
renta In the retail district are exorbitant
and tend to restrict the growth of trade.
"Rents In Denver for retail properties
are 26 per cent higher than they are in
Omaha," said W. Farnam Smith, who han
dles a large amount of business property;
"they used to be 50 per cent nlgher. Offices
In Denver right now are a half higher than
they are In Omaha. It Is a wrong state
ment to say our renta are excessive. The
best retull district In Omaha is small and
there Is a strong competition for these
locations. This tends to make the renta
for some properties higher than they would
otherwise be, but the good retail section In
Denver Is larger than ours, yet the rents
are higher. Omaha business properties are
not paying more than a Just Income."
Statements Are Baseless.
N"I don't know who writes such a letter
or what his object la, but his statements
are baseless and must come from misin
formation," said an owner of large prop
erty Intercsta here. "Taking all our prop
erties, the best of them npw pay only
per cent and lota of them ilo not puy 4 per
cent. 1'erhaps we were able to build as
reasonable in Omaha aa In other cities, so
that you see Omaha business property la
not bringing an exorbitant rental. These
percentiles alito ure what we are getting
In these prosperous times and are much
higher than that we were' getting In the
liurd years. When you cama to count In
tho deterioration of the buildings, which
may amount to aa much aa 10 per cent a
year, the owners of good bulnes property
are not asking more rent than they should
for their buildings. 'There Is no foundation,
for the statements that merchants are not
making money here; I don't know a place
In tho country where they are doing better
for the capital they have invested. I have
talked to a great many merchants and in
the last two or three years, particularly
the laHt, they have done remarkably well.
I should say you can't And a man of ability
who has stuck to his business and paid
attention to it who has not succeeded.
As large a per cent of business men have
succeeded here as In other cities."
Demand for Business Property.
F. D. Wead1 says: "That letter which
was printed in The Bee Is a very good
advertisement for Omaha business. It
says that The moment a store room Is
vacant fifty people, 90 per cent representing
outside firms, are on the ground.' If that
Is true, and I know It is to a certain ex
tent, it means that Omaha business men
must be making a good living notwith
standing the rent they pay, and that
Omaha Is a good place to do business. The
outsiders know thut and are eager to get
into good locations here. You could not
expect the property owners to reduce their
rents when the stores are taken so eagerly.
I know a chsb where a man was offered
$3,t00 for his lease of a Fa main street
store room and of another who gave a
bonus of $2,600 for a two-year lease. The
owners do not do that, it is the business
411 en themselves who want certain loca
tions. Ia one Sixteenth street building
there hus not been made a single lease
running more than a year ou which the
lessor did not lose money, lie could al
ways lease it after a year at a higher
figure. Omaha rentals I do not believe
are higher thun in other cities. In the
Jobbing section I know they are very low."
Rents and Vacant Lots.
Graham & I' re say: "If Omaha retail
property brings In such handsome Incomes
as V. J. W. says, why is It that so few
buildings have been putup in the retail
section during the la at ten years? We have
vacant lots or lots with poor improvements
all over the retail section, it the rents
were so very high it seems reasonable
theses places would be built up. There
may be some old buildings on especially
well located corners which bring in a high
rate of Interest on the money invested, but
that Is due to their value as a location. It
is safe to say that no modern business and
office building In the city rents for more
Pi ban per cent. The Hougland building
Is being put up on that basis, we are not
particularly Interested In business prop
erties, but we know that the owuers are
uot getting excessive rents. As far as the
rents keeping the merchants poor anyone
who has lived here a few years has seen
the growth of these businesses."
WHAT STENOGRAPHER SEES
Frank Butcllffe Talks of the Exhibits
and tho Numbers They
Cot In Trials.
Frank J. 8utcll(Ic, the court stenog
rapher, after "taking" a session In the
Bemls trial, was philosophising on the
peculiarities of law suits. Mr. Sutcllffe
has had a somewhat wide experience in
the taking of testimony, and talks from
experience.
"Take numbers," for Instance," said Mr.
Butcllffe. "On several different occasions
I have noticed that the most significant
exhibit, where there have been more than
a few, have been 'numbered 11 I recall
a case where all kinds of exhibits were
put in during a murder case In Sarpy
county. Among others was - the head of
the man who had been killed. Just In
the condition it was after the surgeons had
got through with at the autopsy, except
that it was dried out That was exhibit 12.
The next exhibit was not so gruesome,
but It as the one that did the work.
It was a whisky bottle out of which the
men had been drinking when the fatal
quarrel arose. It became exhibit 13.
"In this trial of the suit of Mr. Bemls
against the city there have been numerous
exhibits received by the court and shown
to the Jury. In soms Instances these have
been introduced by the defense and In
others by the plaintiff. Up to exhibit 12
they were of the ordinary character that
go into such cases, but exhibit IS Is a
drawing of the frsme work of the bill
board which is alleged to have fallen over
and hurt Mr. Bemls.
"These are but two sample Instances out
of mar.y I have seen and heard of, but. If
you observe closely In murder cases and
cases of severe accidents and things of
that kind, you will find that nearly alwtys
the figures 13 wjll be affixed to the exhibit
which is 'it,' to use a slang phrase.
Fish Season Opened.
From now on those who like to fish may
have it all their own way in Nebraska, us
the open season for ail kinds of finny
tribe, except trout, opened yesterday.
Everything except trout may be caught
without fracturing the law, and trout will
be l-Kal plunder in June. The rights snd
privileges connected with the opeu season
are sh1 tutUl November 1.
TO BURN TOOLS OF TIGER
Superintendent McCaffrey of ths Court
House as Fireman. '
RELICS-OF - GAY GAMBOLIERS THE FUEL
Only an . Order of Court Seeded to
Complete tho Destruction of
Confiscated Plunder from.
South Omaha. jj
Superintendent Joe McCaffrey of the
county court housa is planning bonfire
that will destroy a good many articles
that have been sources of pleasure and of
loss to numerous hot sports of South
Omaha. All he Is waiting for Is a court
ordr that will authorize him to cut loose
with hUj trusty tomahawk and & torch.
Stored away In odd corners of the court
house basement for the last year there
has been a big pile of round and oblong
tables covered with green baize. They
have also accumulated some dust, but
not of the substantial kind that was erst
while used to be plied on them. This
new kind sticks, though; the other species
was wont to take wings and blow away.
These tables, say a man who haa seen
their like when men were busy around
their edges, have been used In times past
for games with cards. There were also
present as parts of the outfit chips and
marbles and a whirling wheel or two,
and one looks as If It might st one time
have had on It numbers and the little
tin box from which a methndiral man
pushed out with his left hand the pictures
and the spots which Indicated whether the
men sitting In front of him were like
Oyama or mere used-to-bes, like Kourn
patkln. So many have sat down with
much money and arose with much sighing
that In history the man with the box und
the stony face Is safely niched as the
victor.
Faro, roulette, the festive stud and the
solemn draw have attracted all manner
of men In times past to these useless
looking and care-worn old tables. On their
surface has been placed and played the
hard won slmoleon.of the laborer and the
green ana goldbacke of the opulent per. I
son who thought he was playing ths bank
when he was Just being played.
Dragged from Their Lair.
Then one night the peelers dropped in
for an unexpected call and the tables were
hauled away from the lights and the noise,
the Joy and tho Jlnglo, away from the
elated man and the one whoee system was
'Just getting? good." They vanished from
the sight of the human spider and the silly
fly, and were thrown Into the darkness and
the safety of a subcellar over which Jus
tice was perched, with the bandage off.
Now, after lingering long In that condition
which democracy's one-time great thun
derer has made famous as innocuous desue
tude, they are again dragged into the light
for a killing.
As a climax of the revenge that states
take on even the silent transgressors of
their laws, all these gambling appurte
nances will be burned up even as was the
money of those who lolled and labored
about their edges In the days gone by. But
even In the matter of destroying the de
stroyers the law proceeds with dignity and
In due order. Hence before Superintendent
McCaffrey can get this dead elephant, or
tiger, off his hands he must have a duly
signed order of court In order to give it
lawful burial. .
It has been suggested to McCaffrey that
he might advertise a public funeral, or cre
mation, erect a proper pyre and charge
an admission. There are those In great
numbers, say the men who talk thus, that
would willingly pay a dollar to see the
wiping out of that to which they have
paid many and many a similar coin. But
that, may not be. The things that began
In glory will end In smoke.
Mortality Statistics,
The following births and deaths liavs
been reported lo the lioaru or Health dur
ing thu tweuty-fuur hours ending ui noun
ridUtrday:
Wliilis Matinus Paulsen. 2R10 Ames ave
nue, girl; David Kt-cd, M Merce, girl;
Charles UumafMon, Uenson, boy; iluiiry
llulcoinb, ioii Maole. boy; Judge Xioicber.
441 South Twenty-fourth avenue, girl;
Thomas J. Brunei-, Mi Dewey avenue,' girl;
1'eler rrocopio, li'lli Davenport, girl; Kd
I-'ruy, 6u6 North Fourteenth, boy.
Deaths Dowell Jamison, a71o North Ser-entet-iali.
6 months; S. W. I'ollnck, 2116
North Twenty-slxlli, 4u; Margaret Kyan,
Mil Urant. 11; Joni-ph Srra, Council lilutls,
; I'uul i. Nash, Seward. 7 months;
Hrah Mahr, 414 bouth Eighteenth. 44; Kuth
(. Washington. li North Twenty-third. 4
mouths; Gardner O. Truman. lf bouth
Twenty-sixth, K2.
Wall finishes, every shade, Kennard
Olajsj and I'alnt Company.
COPIES OF fHE HEW CHARTER
Citj Clerk Elbourn Will Be Sent After
Certified TransoripU
OFFICIALS ANXIOUS TO LEARN PROVISIONS
Belief that It Will Allow Paving to
Proceed Is General and
BIsT Campaign Is
j'1-, Looked For. . jAI
At ths direction of members of the coun
cil City Clerk Elbourn will go to Lincoln
Monday to get a certified copy of tho new
charter, provided the governor signs it. He
Is Instructed, also, to bring back as many
copies of the bill us possible for Individual
use of city officers. On Monday afternoon
the council plans to get together and with
the assistance of City Attorney Breen learn
the Ins and out of the new law und arrange
to proceed under Its provisions.
City Engineer Rosewater has called at
tention to the fact that the law segregates
the street cleaning und grading repair de
partments from tho engineering depart
ment and that the council will have to ar
range by electing a street commissioner
to have charge. Inasmuch as the charter
sets forth a particular way In which new
offices are to be created, and the ordinance
must be published a certain length of time,
it will take several weeks to create a ifead
for the new department. It hus been sug
gested' that Joseph Hummell, who
in all probability will be electod street com
missioner, e re-eniptoyed as general fore
man of streets by resolution, so that tke
cleaning and repairs may not be stopped.
As an appointee of the Board of I'uhlio
Works, which becomes extinct. Hummel
and all the men under him would be out
of a place as soon as the new law takes
effect. As there Is much street work
under way snd a great deal mors consid
ered necessary it Is important that Hum
mel and the men under him be retained
without walling for the formal procedure.
How It Affects Pailusr.
Though City Engineer I'.osew aler still
declines to dlxcuss the paving outlook un
til he has looked over a certified copy of
the charter, other city officers are declar
itg that IVJ6 will be a big year for street
Improvements In Omaha, City Attorney
Breen says:
"There Is little doubt but that the council
will pass the technical decisions in making
specifications up to the city engineer and;
that both will be able t6 proceed amicably
under the new law. The point has beea.
raised by dlappolnted paving contractors
that the sixteen or seventeen petitions now
on file and completed for paving
will have to be withdrawn and
new petitions signed and filed in
stead. Whether this Is necessary or not
I cannot say at this time. I have heard
It stated the disgruntled paving contractors
would seek by litigation to have paving
work tied up and sections of the charter
declared unconstitutional, but I suppose
this will be governed largely by their suo
cess In getting contracts. In any event, I
have the greatest confidence that the pav
ing sections will withstand all attacks upon
them from the point of constitutionality
and I do not fear suits of this kind."
Temper of the Council.
Councilman Kvans says: "This Is going
to be n great year for paving. The council
Is disposed to let the people do as much of
this work as they want to. Since the pas
sage of the charter becamo assured peti
tions have been circulating In different
parts of town calling for paving. The
chance to select specifically the kind of
brick paving desired Is appreciated
and is popular. Any paving
contractor who attempts to prevent pavlns
by getting out an injunction simply bo
cause he didn't get thu Job will sound a
note of buttle to both property owners
and the council. We are disgusted with
this' kind of thing and we don't propose
to have any more of It."
At tho city hall the two years' warfare
over pavliiK specifications is generally re-ganh-il
us a thing of tho past. It Is thn
imprcHHlnn that the mayor end council will
let the engineer decldo all purely technical
points und buck up his decisions. Under
the law he makes thn specifications and
tho mayor and council approve them or
direct alterations.
Marriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses have
Issued :
N .nun and Itesldence.
John Kolh, Omahu
Clura llolilis, Omaha
Ivert 10 tioff. Omuhu
Mary K. rimitli. Omuhu
Iwldor Hriiloviel, Omaha
Ht-rtlia Nadler, Omuhu
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