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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1918)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 28, 1918. 'IllA GAS COMPANY TO KNOW FATE AFTER ; CITY ELECTION Corporation Counsel Lambert ; Explains Steps Which May -1 Be Taken After Voters -i' Make Wishes Known. . The franchise of the Omaha Gas company' will expire on December 20 ol this year, and at the city election May 7 the voters will express them selves on the proposition of whether the city shall proceed to acquire the Dlant according to the provisions of i city charter amendment enacted by th legislature. f ! Corporation Counsel Lambert has prepared a statement, from which a vfew excerpts have been taken as fol lows: ' "If the proposition to take over the ?as plant receives a favorable vote it the coming election, it will then ome the 'duty of the city to apply :o the supreme court of the state for 'he appointment of three judges, one : whom shall be from this judicial district. These judges shall consti tute a court of condemnation to as certain the value of the plant, f To Issue Bonds. ' As soon as this 'court of con demnation arrives at and reports its value, the city may by ordinance elect to abandon the condemnation pro ceedings within 60 days, but if no such election is made within that time, then the company may appeal to the district court within 20 days, if dissatisfied with the finding of value and award. .Thereupon the matter shall be tried out in the district court. The city may at any time, by tender ing the amount of the award, take immediate possession of the property. Either party may appeal from the de cision of the. district court to the su preme court. : Upon final judgment m the proceedings, it( becomes the duty of the city to issue and sell bands to pay for the property taken over. "It will be seen that if the vote at the coming election is favorable, nothing remains to do but to proceed with the acquisition of the plant to the extent at least of ascertaining its value in the manner provided by law. At this -point, the city may discon tinue further proceedings if it takes the proper steps within the 60 days provided by law, if-it is not satisfied with the value fixed b; the condemna linn rnnrt. If it allows this oeriod ' to pass, then it is irrevocably com- fliillliliiillllliiX lour rSi 'Weak A? Spot? The survival of the. fittiest will always be the law of na ture. If you don't succeed in business or your profession, nine times-out of ten it's your own fault or rather weakness. - You may be too sparing of the "midnight oil" when v others are studying and perfecting themselves for the battle of life. You may be bright, ambitions even brilliant and LACK STAYING POWER. You may be TOO EASILY SATISFIED, or too easily discouraged and give up without a struggle for supremacy. Somewhere in your make-up there's a weak spot that you , mukt locate and overcome. I can honestly claim without a trace of egotism, that I am a competent Doctor of Dental Surgery, and en ' titled to the respect of the public and the profession YET THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER DENTISTS EQUALLY AS COMPETENT AND SOME WHO ARE UNDOUBTEDLY PROFESSION ALLY SUPERIOR, who are wasting their lives and talents in dark, obscure offices eking out a bare liv ing because they have not found their "weak spot." Some of these dentists are still causing their patients un necessary pain some are still "making caps over teeth"" and calling them crowns, some are using inferior material, .others are incapable of giving their patients artistic, dur able dentistry and many are charging entirely too much for their services. My success in building up so large a practice has been due to forsaking the path of custom and striking out over the rougher and less certain road of orig , inality. I found a way to lessen pain I found a system that en abled me to save over half the waste in time and mate rial jn my office I found that hard work hour after hour and day after day, enabled me to handle double the num ber of patients satisfactorily. - These had all been "weak points" common to the profes sion, and as soon as, I overcame them I took the public into' my confidence showed them how I could give them better dentistry for less money how I could save; them time and pain and risk. It sounded true because it was reasonable and IT WAS REASONABLE BECAUSE IT WAS TRUE. It does not take the public, long to heat a path to the door of the man who deserves patronage. PAINLESS WITHERS, 0 423-428 Securities Bid. 16th and Farnam SU. . OMAHA, NEB. Office Hours: 8:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sunday, 9 to 1. mitted to the purchase of the plant at whatever value may be finally fixed. Appraisal in 1912. "In 1912 the city had an ex haustive appraisal made of the prop erty of the gas plant ' In bis ap praisal of the physical property W. M. D. Marks fixed what he said was a fair value, namely $1,501,276. I do not know that the gas company completed its valuation of the plant and consequently have no word from that side as to the claimed value thereof. But what is known from the history of controversies of this kind, it would seem a sage prophecy to say that the company would claim a value not much short of $4,000,000, and that if the matter' were finally settled in court, a value would be ar rived at somwhere between the ex treme claims of both sides." ! Mr. Lambert notes that Marks made no lowance for franchise value. He ako refers to depreciation since and a.v to estimated improve ments of $501000 or more. He further notes that a' the time of the Marks' appraisal th price of cast iron pipe was from $2-f to $30 per ton, while at present the rr'ce is $55.95 per ton. The 1912 appraisal shows approxi mately 220 miles of cast iron pipe lines. The corporation counsel fig ures that the advanced cost of iron pipe and and labor would add mate rially to the 1912 appraisal. "So that," he continues, "it would seem safe to estimate that if the plant was taken over at this time it would cost the city at least twice as much as if taken over under normal conditions, that is, conditions prevailing generally before the war. 4t must be remem bered that the prices prevailing at the time the city enters upon the acquisition ct the property will be the prices winch would determine the appraisal vaiue averages over pe riods of fivtf to 10 years Usually em ployed in appraisals for rate making do not pre til when the purpose is to acquire th property." Mr. Lambert also states that an examination cf the records convinces him that during the last few years "there must have occurred a falling away of demand for gas for certain purposes, su. h as light.'-' Five Sons of Iowa Woman Fighting for Uncle Sam Five sons of Mrs. A. Minner 5 of Glenwood, la., have enlisted in the service. Burton enlisted in Kansas, Phil and Fred in Glenwood, Carl in Kearney, Neb., and Louis enlisted in the navy in Omaha. Salesman Arrested on Charge of Embezzlement Fred M. Johnson, salesman for the Universal Chemical Co., 314-16 South Twelfth street, was arrested Satur day afternoon . on a warrant issued by his employers, charging embenle-ment. Where' s There's usually something wrong with people who don't make good.. CONNOR THRILLS OMAHA AUDIENCE WITH WAR SPEECH Soldier-Author Tells of Un speakable Atrocities Com mitted by Huns; Here to , Boost Liberty Loan. Major Charles William Gordon, better known to the literary world as Ralph Connor, former chaplain of a Canadian regiment serving in France, was in Omaha for a short time yesterday, and spoke at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 o'clock in behalf of the third Liberty loan. Later he left for Kansas City to continue his work in behalf of war finance. Tells of Atrocities. Tales of unspeakable atrocities of the foe whom we now are fighting on the blood-stained battlefields of France and tales of almost unbeliev able exhibitions of valor on the part of the soldiers of the allied armies, carried a large audience with the speaker. Frequent applause met statements of Major Gordon, while almost the next instance tears vied with laughter for possession of his, audience. While admitting the showing made by Omahans and Nebraskans in the third Liberty loan drive practically exempted them from any urging in future subscriptions, the speaker as serted not one-half of the American people had come to the point where they appreciated the seriousness of the present struggle and said that when the nation did so it would not only invest surplus money in Liberty bonds, but would go without neces sities gladly to help finance the war. Long War Expected. "We are fighting a ruthless foe," declared the speaker, "and we must meet him on his own grounds. Do not delude yourselves into believing that W W JLff'A JL rf in WLJJ I Walk to Work lc Bridge Toll OWN YOUR HOME Every $ ,00 Lot U Down This magnificent addition is just across the river on the car line between Omaha and Council Bluffs, on the north side of Broadway. It facet two sides of the new Nathan P. Dodge Park. Twin City Gardens is only ten minutes' walk to Omaha's largest industries. The Bridge Toll is only ONE CENT on monthly tickets. The car fare is only five cents to Omaha on monthly tickets, and five cents to Council Bluffs without tickets PAY CAR THESE LOTS WILL SELL LIKE WAFFLES Why?, Because they are only ten to fifteen' minutes' walk from work for twenty thousand men and women in Omaha. You can pay for lots with the car fare you save. It only costs a penny toll to walk across the bridge on monthly tickets. Why hang on a strap or even waste time and money to ride twenty, to forty minutes to and from work when you can walk across the bridge and put the time in on your garden, or in feeding your pig or chickens? These lots are cheap. Hurry up! Bring your dollar, and come today or tonight. HOW JO GET TO TWIN CITY GARDENS Remember, we sell only from our office on the addition. Contracts delivered on the ground and bur office on the addition is open for busi ness day and night and all day Sunday. ' ' COME TODAY Come Sunday if you are too busy to come during v the week . ' Phone Douglas this war will end in a short time. Any military machine that has been 40 years in the process of organization cannot be destroyed in an hour, in a week, or in a few years. It takes time. We have the men, the munitions and everything necessary to win, and we will win. Nothing can stop a nation or a gathering of nations from win ning in the end if they .are in the right and determined to assert them selves. "England and France have sacri ficed untold numbers of men in this cause and this country is bound to put its share into the melting pot. When the casualty lists begin to come home, then you will wake up to the situation which confronts you and do your duty here at home. "At present that duty consists ,of financing the fight, and I am proud of the way people in and around this city have come to the front. You must buy bonds, then buy more bonds and when you have no more money go in debt for them. Do everything short of stealing to get money to lend your government at the time it needs it most." Major Gordon's literary works have won for him a warm place in the af fections of the people of the United States. His "Sky Pilot" and "The Man from Glengary" are among the better known books. x PROF, DOPE HAS .NEW STORY FOR GAYETYPATRONS Prof. Dope is back and he's just as full of that stuff as ever he was. Lew Kellv has made this character so com- Lpletely his own that he doesn't need to copyright it, and the welcome he got when he walked out in full view of the big audience at the Gaycty last night must have convinced him that his year of absence had lost him no friends. He no longer chases the wary whifHepoof, but he does spend a moment or two on pursuit of the elusive wozzlebug, and does other things that are funnier than they would look in cold ptint. His travesty of the inspector in "The Thirteenth Chair" is immense, and with others he revives memories of bygone de AMF IN TWIN FOR YOUR LOT WITH THE FARE YOU SAVE JL To If U it fj -1 Emm MILE WlfS SAL AND KEEPS ON UNTIL ALL LOTS ARE SOLD 829 N. P. DODGE & CO., Owners Boy Scouts to Give Rousing Dr. E. C. Henry, recently commis sioned a major in the United State army, will leave Omaha at 6:30 o'clock tonight. The major has been ordered to the east for active service. Major Henry is president of the Boy Scout organization of Omaha. Scout Executive English has issued a call to the Boy Scouts of Omaha to meet at the Union station at 6 o'clock to give the major a farewell demon stration. Dr. Henry established the Lord Lister hospital, which will be left in charge of Dr. Charles H. Newell and Mrs. Henry while the niajor is in active service. A son, Frank Henry, who is a lieutenant in the army, re cently wrote his parents from ' an American seaport that he expects to sail for France soon. lights through a clever burlesque of "Shenandoah." Other funmakers are George Doug las, John Honan and Vic Casmore, with Lucile Manion and Ameta Pynes assisting on every play. Marie Spar row is pretty well down on the bill, but she surely brings 'em up stand ing with her rollicking specialty. She, too, reminds some of the old timers of a day that is gone, for Maggie Kline in her heydey was very much such an instigator of riotous fun as is Miss Sparrow. Regulars last night gasped a little in amazement and then applauded in joy when the chorus showed up, for it is the real thing fresh, sparkling and willing to work. From start to finish the proceedings go along with snap and with expen sive and attractive costumes, special scenery and effective stage group ings and dances, the Behman show fully sustains the good name it has made for itself among patrons of mu sical burlesque. Grand Larceny Charge Against Alleged Tire Thief Samuel Steinberg, 2108 Cass street, was arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of grand larceny. He is charged with the theft of two automo- hile tires on the night of April 14, BUYS A LOT FROM 16th AND FARNAM SUS (Half a Mile from 9th and Douglas) 0 CITY GARDENS One f 10c a day, car fare Person $3.00 a month $36.00 a year Two ( 20c a day, car fare Persons &0JmoBlh $72.00 a year Take Omaha and Council Bluffs car to second stop going east across the bridge, or the next to the last stop going to Omaha before reaching the bridge. Or call at our office at Northeast corner 15th and Harney, Omaha, and our free auto will carry you to the addition, all day and evening and all day Sunday, free of charge. E STARTS Dr. Henry Farewell Tonight TO I MAJOR E. C. HENRY. from an automobile belonging to Samuel Riseman, 2213 Cuming street. Both tires were recovered. State Commercial Clubs Meet at Alliance May 21-22 A meeting of the Nebraska State Association of Commercial clubs will be held May 21 and 22 at Alliance. For the last two years these state conventions have been held in Om aha, and the western city was select ed this year by common consent. All members of the local chamber who will attend the meeting are, asked to communicate with the commissioner at an early date in order that they may be designated as delegates. e i i . PaVS far Wo LOtS J 1 ' - r rays for 3 Lots J ' TODAY Office, 15th and Harney, Omcha BOY SCOUTS GET j $37,750 ON FIRST i DAY OFCLEANUP Carl Ohye Sells 54 Bonds, Ag gregating $5,050; Many Scouts Fail to Make -f Returns. : f The Boy Scouts of Omaha in thcii first day's work sold 176 Liberty' honds, amounting to $37,750, accord ing to reports received by Scout Ex ecutive English Saturday night Many boys living in districts far but did not report their day's work, owing to the ram. P "' Carl Ohye, son of Henry Ohye, 713 South Twenty-seventh street, sold 54 bonds aggregating $5,050, which was the hesf record of anv of the bovsv reporting. -. Federal Authorities Will Probe "High Cost of Shaves,; Federal authorities are investigat ing various reasons of top-notch prices which are alleged to be forced upon embryo-soldier lads who . ar strangers in the city. Two soldiers, Michael J. Sklemar, Camp Cody, i"V whose parents live at 908 Dorcas street, arid F. J. Sazama, St. Paul, Neb., complained to the police that after receiving tonsorial service in a barber shop, amounting to a hair cut and a shave, Saturday afternoon, they were presented with checks of affair occured in a South Fifteenth street shop recently opened. Each lad said they asked for i and received nothing else but a hair cut' and a shave. Owing to the fact that ' Sklemar' and Sazama would be on able to appear in court against the barbers . the latter were not held. Phases of federal law state that it is a serious offense to overcharge sol diers for anything. Federal authori ties will investigate. ' Withcat Interest cr taxes for Two Yesrs CAR FARE SAVED PAYS FOR LOTS COME TONIGHT We sell day and night on the grounds only !SSllS1181IIii A.