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COUNCIL
TAX im IS LOWERED SOME
' t Accomplished hj Cutttnp, Ei Mjllifroa
, , the Bond Fund.'
"increases in several other funds
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ii.r.lt Aa.nut ! Tlirr Mill Extra
j-1 :TUe4' Onto tho Improvement
. .. , Kui t Dredge Indian
. " Creek.
' ' Th flnnc 'committee ot the olty coun-
til, oonutrlRed, of Aldermen Gilbert, Crip
k and .Younkerman, has decided, to rec
'' cm mend that the tax levy for 1M lit 36H
;' mills, being 1 mill leea than that for 1908.
The levy for 1903 and that recommended
by the finance" committee tor Itot follow-. ,
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Mill. :...uo
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1804.
M1U.
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GvrU'iul fund
Oua and kiret lighting ....
Wstrr
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I lirldBe
. lmni'uvoment
JiKigment ... c.
ljlbiary- .,..t,.
Library' building
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The greatest reduction. It will be noticed,
Is made hi the levy for the bond fund,
rwhJeh In 1J wm 11 mills, while this year
u the committee eetltrtates that i mills wilt
sufllce, In liMS-the bond fund levy of 11
mills was made up as follow: . .
, ' - ,'i . , . ... Mills.
Interseetton, pavfngv and grading
intreemloa Sower , i
J?3r Hond loan 1
' x Fundud debt i. t.. I
- Total .11
This year the committee figures that no
levy will W necessary for either the ta-
temetlon sewer fund, or the funded debt
fuudi tiiere being. It Is claimed,, sufficient
money on hand In.' both these funds to
muet thu Interest for - nejt, year. This,
J therefore, makes a reduction of 4' milts.
. Three mills, he committee estimates, will
' be sufficient to levy for the Intersection
a grading And, paving fund, being t mills less
than that for 1903, making a total retluc
" tlon pf mills In the bond fund levy. The
j lvy of t mills, for-the poiid loan fund U
kept the aama as for 1903.
tome ( Increases.
f While savins- mills on the bond levy,
the committee will recommend ' that the
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levy for the general' Improvement fund be
Increased from I -mill -to 4 mills In order
to meet the expenses , of dredging Indian
creek hnd other work aKhough this will
not be sufficient to provide funds for the
paving of Lower Jiroudway as demanded
by the residents of the Sixth ward.
The lovl-for the general and watcj
funds are the same as for 1903, the amounts
bolng the limit allowed by law. The levy
for the water ' fund Is' Insufficient! to pay
the hydrant rental and the deficiency has
to be fnade up out of an appropriation' from
the general fund at the beginning of the
fiscal year in April. .
The levies for the-lighting and' bridge
funds are each Increased Vi mill, while
those for the sewer and Judgment funds
are increased each 1 mill.- The levy for
the maintenance of the publlo library Is
2 mills, the same as for 1903, this being
the agreement with Andrew Carnegie, when
he donated the 170,000 for the new building
now la course of construction, This year
the 1 'mill levied for ' the purchase of the
library site will not be needed,' so here
the committee was able to lop off 1 mill.
The levy of tVt mills for the maintenance
of the city parks, decided upon by the
Board of Park Commissioners, is not In
cluded in the city levy proper, as the
board has the right , to fix . Us own levy,
while the library board recommends Its
levy, which has to be approved by the
city council.
Dedication ef the like.
The business house on the north side
of Broadway between Main and Bryant,
being that portion of the city's main
thoroughfare which Is to be ' henceforth
known as "The Pike," and to be christened
as such this evening, have made elabor
ate preparations for the event, which
promises to be one unique In the history
of this city. .'''
' At a meeting of the committee having
the. arrangements Is charge last evening
this program was decided upon:
1 p. m. Ceremonies of dedication from
hali-ony of Odd Fellows' building. Bolo,
'The Pike," c. 8. Uuverslock. Addreis,
by representative of Mayor Mucrae. Floral
chriHienlng by Mis Verna Mauer.
t,l p. m. Exhibition run of Companies
I and 4 of thti lire deoartment.
SO ID H m hlraainrba rM .l-,rl.l
9 to 10 p. m. Band concert.
Among the novel features of the band
concert T.yi be the playing of "Sallle on
the Pike," "March of the Pikers,", and
other original pieces. " 1
Grand opening of Tucker'a Brpadway
studio Saturday evening, August 1J. Flow
ers, muslo and souvenirs free. We are
s'.Hl on the ground.
Dredge la Kew la City.
The engine and remaining parts of the
M.ttuO dredge for Indian creek arrived yes
terday and were hauled to the creek at
Seventeenth avenue, where the scow on
which it will ha operated Is moored. The
firm supplying the machine has to place It
tugetlivr and operate It for fifteen days,
but the city has to stand the expense of
hauling it from the depot to the creek. The
englnerr who will operate the machine ar
rived In -the , city yesterday, lie is san
guine that he will have the dredge ready
to commence work by Wednesday next.
The contract with the Bt-llefontalne com
pany fiirnUlilng the dredge provides that
It should be ready for work by August IS,
I..' win v " v, 1. 1 j vi, .iic (i.l t 14 HIV
raii,ottj. n jetting the boiler and othfr
,l(,rts of the machine here. Alderman
Mvr will have charge of the wotk. The
iKU the dreJa WiJl b CjUJ
but there was a delay on the part of the
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has been named the 'Andy Gilbert, "
honor of Alderman Gilbert, who has- been
assigned the position of skipper 6f the ves
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OMAHA ABKB BLCFF9 TO HELP OCT
Coal Rate neatlon Taken I'p vrltli
Local -.Dealers. .'1 ';" i
' A committee, representing the couj deal
ers of Omaha, headed byi Comraissiener E.
J. McVann of the Commercial Tlub' of. that
F'ty, held a conference yestdf day "afternoon
with the coal dealers, of this; city in the
rooms of the Commercial club relative to
iha dealers of this city taking some action
to prevent the raising .of railroad rites, os
threatened.
The meeting resulted from the recent ac
tion of the railroads in raising the' coal
rates to Omaha and It had been Intimated
that the railroads were figuring-on-giving
Council Bluffs a dose of the sume irfedlcine
by raising the rates from Missouri; and
Kansas points to this city.
The trend of the discussion at yesterday's
meeting "showed that the Omaha dealers
believe th4t if Council Bluffs can avert the
raise of rates to this city the dealers across
the river will havo ft' better chance te in
duce the railroads to rescind the recent
raise. -At the same time It was pointed out
to the local dealers by the-committee from
across the river that a raise in railroad
rates from Missouri and Kansas points to
Council Bluffs would mean considerable, as
the bulk of bltdmlnou coal used In this
city comes from those two states, the sup
ply from Iowa mines being limited.
Secretary Reed of the Commercial club
was . present -at ' the conference, which re
sulted In the local dealers' requesting that
the Commercial club at once take up the
matter and forestall, if possible, any In
crease In rates to this city. .
Several local dealers, when seen after the
meeting,' said they did not anticipate any
raise In rates to Council Bluffs,, although
possibly such action might be contemplated
by the railroads. If such was contem
plated. they said, they had not been ad
vised. The local dealers generally ex
pressed themselves to the effect that
Omaha was practically asking them to help
pull its chestnuts out of the fire.
Great Western Officials In City.
President A. B. Stickney and a party of
officials ef the Oreat Western arrived In the
city last evening and this murnlng. will
make an Inspection of the local terminals.
The party left Uayfleld, Minn.,' yesterday
morning, being on ft tour of Inspection of
the company's lines. They occupy two
special cars, Nos. 100 and 101, which last
night were placed - alongside tile freight
hquse. The party, after eating supper, went
to Omaha. In the party, besides President
Stickney, are Ansel Oppenhelm, vice presi
dent; 8. C. Stickney, general manager; O.
A. Goedell, general superintendent; P. C.
Stohr, general freight agent, all of St.
Paul, and Division Superintendent Cornel
sun 9t Clarion. ...
Real Ratals Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
August 12 by the Title Guaranty and Trust
company of Council Bluff:
Emma Zoeller to Alhert .ooller et it,
art rS nw"4 IS-TB-lu, w. d I 1
vieman ana hnslmnd to Emma
x.uautT, n nwi H-,tt-n q.
Totul two transfers
c. d 1 6j0
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I'tumhlng and heating. Blxby Sk 8n.
lion Mr Voles l uaUlil,
Just to add a little to the excitement to
night we will, during the big "I'lao" cele
bration from 7 HO to lu, give double votes on
all cash purchases and payment et every
kind; two votes fur every cet.l paid. This
is your cli-uie to bwwat Ir i our filn.W in
DAILY DEE! SATURDAY,
Lo
Long limit and many stop-overs allowed. The Wabash is the
Wabash trains leave Chicago daily at 11:00 a.m, 3:00 p. m.,
Falls 1:00 p. m, August
main entrance World's
In' I'the 'married couolex' votlnUT contest.' De-
xai9 ruuiug .ana isia.uonery company,
on the Pike.
MIDSUMMER WHIST LEAGIH SCORES
Attendance from 'Oatalde Points is
.-t- Dlaesioln.tl-. ,
. The- attendance yesterday at the opening
of the midsummer meeting of the Central
Whipt association 1wa(hpt tip to expecta
tions, there being bnly a few pluyers from
outsldo towns except Omaha present. The
afternoon play for tha palrtonte.it brought
out eight tables 'Only,. Mlthen and Schurs
of this city securing high score, plus 11'4,
for north and south, and, PrlnW and Slev
ers of Grand Island for east and west with
plus 874. The second play In this contest
was held, last evenlne.,. .
' The concluding play 'Will be this after
noon, when the high average Jo,r the three
games will decide the winners. This even
ing the meeting will close with the free-for-all
match... The "tournament is being
held in the larga. ball room on the sixth
floor of the Grand hotel Instead of at Lake
Manawa, as it has been In past years.
The score for the afternoon play follows:
' " NORTH AND SOUTH.
Mlthen and Schurz
Joplln and Albright
Hurncss and Dreyfoos
rtedlck and ('rummer
Lewis and Brulngton
Klwe-I! and Hlce
Walters and Benjamin..., ,,
Barstow and Benjamin
EAST ANI WEST.
Prince and Hlevers .....i
Bailey and Martin''
WaLuia aiid l'Miiualny .y.
Kills and Martin
Alice and Uurrell I...
McNutt and Bushman ...........
Coutant and Ciapp
Hoes and Hhugart
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In the evening play the high scores were
by Redlck and Crummer, Omaha, north
and south, and. Waters and Parmaley,
Bloux City, east and west. The score by
pairs was as follows:
NORTH AND SOUTH.
Redlck and Crummer
Barstow and Benjamin
McNutt and Bushman ...........
Coutant and Clapp '..
Wlckham and McAshland
Walters and Benjamin
L. Wlttes and Klce
Col letter and Crummer;,..,,.;;..
Lewis and Brulngton
EAST AND WEST.
Waters and Parmaley
l:Uey and Martin
Aiiee and uurreii '...;.;.:.',.'
Prince and Hlevers ,,.
Joplln and Albright .....'.'..
Mlthen and .rhutx
Burners and lreyfoos ......
Kills and Martin
Ijuwleit and Brulngton '.'
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I- 1 2-9
- X 2-9
- 1 2 9
- 0 8-9
0 7-9
1 7-9
1 7-9
10 7-9
- 5 7-9
-17-9
- 0 7-9
01-9
0 2-9
r-. 0 1-9
1 2-9
.- 4 1-9
4 2-9
Those in attendance from "out of town
are: ' Messrs. Waters and Parmaley, Sioux
City; Messrs. Prince and Slevc-rs, Grand
Island; Messrs. McNutt and Howlett, Kan-
-as City; Mrs. Coutant, Mrs. Clapp, Messrs.
Allee, Bushman, Crummer, lledlck, Bur
rell, Joplln, Dreyfoos, Bumess, Ellin; Mar
tin, .McAshJund, Mrs. . Martin .and Mrs.
Bailey, Omaha.
N. T. Plumbing Co.. Tel. W).. Night, TMI.
Fob Heat.
An excellent office location, 20x7 fret,
fronting on Pearl street, only half a block
from 'Broadway, with a nice large show
window which can be used for display
Bee cilice, 10 Pe-irl street. Council Bluffs.
Married C'onplea Conleat.
The leaders la DeLong's married couples'
voting contest last iilfcht. were: Mr. and
Mrs. Wood. .1.794; Tullis. 1.412; Brown.
4.407; Mauer. 1.3S2; Benjumln, 2 .C-S; Wt-lker,
l,4ai; Larsen, l,7wJ; linffcorn, l.SM. During
tbe I'lke celebratl.in ton.uM fr.iui 7J lo JO
double viilil will he given on all tian lur
cliaaef and paj un mo j t.u .v.uii4 fur tveiy
IQWA
A l OUST 13, 11)0 1.'
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14.
Fair. All agents can
cent paid. Tonight's ballot will be printed
in all the. Sunday papers. .
MINOR ME5TI0K.
; Davis sells drugs. .
Leffert's glasses fit.
Stockert sells carpets.
Schmidt's new studio, 404 Broadway.
Swell photos at shrunk prices, William.
. Special sale on wood for Pyrography,
C. U. Alexander; 831 B'way - .
Tucker's new B'way Studio, still on the
ground bet ween Pearl st. and postofflce.
The ladies -ot the ' Fifth -avenue church
will have a bakery exchange at IblO Sixth
avenue, Saturday. . " ' '
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
to Rubers Pease, aged 22, and Vora Splnt,
aged 1H, both of Osceola, Neb. -
Lst, a bunch of small keys and one
large Key, with national bank tag; Return
to Bee office and. get. reward.
Mrs. M. A. Arkwrtght of Mynster street
has been called to Montrose, la., by the
critical illness of her aged mother.
Joseph Miller, a pioneer resident of this
city, is lying seriously 111 at his home, 128
Benton street, Mr, Miller Is 75 years old.
County Treasurer Conslghey yesterday
turned over to City Treasurer True 4,041.U6,
being the city's proportion of the tax col
lections for July.
Sixty members of the Council Bluffs Re
tail Grocers' and Butchers' association will
hold their' annual outing and fish dinner
Sunday at Augustine's.
Deputy County Auditor W. M. Frederick
is home from Waterloo, "la., Where he at
tended the meeting of the state grand
lodge of Knights of Pythias.
C. J.' Annls, . formerly of this- city,- now
chief clerk of the Elliott hotel in Des
Moines, who has , been visiting relatives
here, will return to the capital city to
day. Ira Odell has gone to New York to take
charge of the eastern business of his com
jxiny. Mrs. (jieii win join nun tneie
shortly and they will make their home In
New York.
H. M. Banger, treasurer of the Council
Bluffs, Tabor & Southern Eleotrio Railway
company, was In the city yesterday en
route from Tabor to Boston, where he goes
to renew his eflorts to lloa.1 the company's
bonds.
The preliminary hearing of Chester Eg
bert, charged with breaking and entering
T. N. Petersen's barn and stealing two'
buggy cushions and two carriage lamps,
was continued in police court yesterday
uniu una morning.
Walter Mellmann, who was seised with
an epileptlo At in the Northwestern yards
Thursday and taken to the city Jail, was
removed yesterday to a private boarding
house by his companion, H. T. Parsons,
who will care for him until he Is able to
continue on his Journey east.
The funeral of James H. Newton will
be held this afteroon from the family res
idence, 8(3 South Eighth street, end burial
will be In Walnut Hill cemetery. The Coun
cil Bluffs tent, Knights of the Maccabees,
of which deceased was a member, will have
charge ot the funeral.
E. M. Estes, charged with assaulting
John Mcintosh with a hatchet, was finad
$6 and costs before Justice Pratt at Cres
cent City yesterday. Mcintosh, who was
charged with assault on Estes, received a
like line. Estes and Mcintosh are farmers
living In CreHcent township and recently
had a fight over a boundary feuce
Secretary Dillon Ross of the .Board of
Education is preparing to take the school
census for the school year of l'Mi-6 next
month. Last year the census showed
children of scnool age In the Independent
school district of Council Bluffs. Secretary
Itoss Is of the opinion that the enumeration
this year will show a total of over 7,0uu.
The police spcrft considerable time Thurs
day nlg-ht investigating a report that a
man named Young, huahand of a. woman
employed at tho Grand hotel had been shot
at a boarding house on boulh Tenth street.
The report proved to be a hoax, and was,
it la believed, started to Induce Mrs. Young
to visit her husband, from whom she has
been separated for some time.
After a thorough Investigation, It has
been decided tnal piling Hill lie unneces
sary under the foundation of the new
administration building at tne Iowa School
for the lieaf. A six-foot concrete base
will be laid at a denlh of fifteen feet and
this, it Is believed will form a solid
foundation for the walla of the bulhling
at the point where it was thought owing
to the nature of (he soil piljug would be
necesary.
The last concrete pile on the CarneKls
binary sue was d"vvn yeaterday alier.-iooii
and Contractor Hnyiiiuri'l at one om
loeticed the removal ot the pondeiou ma
chine whlcli bus proven such an attraction
for tlie ltt nionitt. Wink of lnli!if tr:e
ci.ncicte la almost completed In-I
l.l.i--ia. Winchester si t'ullen, the g-neiei
contractor lor the lnnMli.tr expect lo
h. rin layiiiHT brick Monday.' The lion and
1 ii.'l' l:iiklul lur tli building la al living
u-nir.
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NATIONAL GUARD IS READY
ImptOTed Serf ioe Condition Brought About
' ; " by New law.
PRESENT 1 OFFICERS COMPETENT MEN
Tablet isi 'Memorr ot HeTltlonry
Soldiers Burled In Jovre. Place
. the Histories!
Betiding,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES. Aug. 12.-(Spectal.)-If
thero Should soon come again the necessity
for quick mustering In of volunteer regi
ments In the service of the United States,
Iowa would be able to demonstrate In mo.it
satlafaotory way the- results of the new
militia, law which brings the state organisa
tions Into close touch- with, the regular
army and places the state service on ex
actly the same basis aa that of the fed
eral government. The work of. reorganis
ing the guard to conform fully to the reg- I
. . . - 1 - nll1V ' Ml 1
uiationa pi ins war iu
steadily and surely. In a few years the
Iowa, National Guard wl'l pe as near per
fect as anything can be outside the regu
lars. ,
An Illustration of what Is being done was
given this week when a military board ex
amined a doten applicants for commissions,
including a lieutenant colonel and major.
Even the colonels and the assistant adju
tant generals submit to rigid examinations.
This system of examination before commis
sioning has been In vogue only about three
years. , It is a part of the plan to place
the guard on regular army basis.
' The character of men who are coming
before the board for examination for com
missions Is vastly Improved," said General
James Rush Lincoln, president of the
board, one of the finest tacticians in the
dountry. ' "We are getting better officers.
The men are finding out that before they
can get commissions they must show com
petency. They prepare themaslvea for the
examinations. . Formerly they would come
here and depend on a "pull" to get them
through. When a man elected to be an
officer Is sent back for Iptampetency he
sees to t that the next time he comes up
he knows his work. W are making the
examinations a little more rigid, for at
first we had to b a little lenient. Now
when the men come up for examination
they are generally those who are in every
way worthy of promotion. The whole
guard Is being officered by men who have
learned what they have to do. And men
are not elected now who are Incompetent.
rormerly almost any 'good fellow' could be
elected captain or lieutenant or to other
TI10 Giriko io Giill Goinn On, Out
Our Prices Aro Lovcr Than Ever
SIRLOIN 8TEAK, per lb.. 0c
POKTEHHOUHE HTEAK, It lb Oc
UEKT UOUNI) STEAK, 3 lbs. for, 2GC
IIOIUM1 I)EE1 per lb 2C
BEEF. ROAST, per lb , OiC
GOOD HAMS, per lb.'...; Qc
Central Grocery
' Ttlifi-t 14. C33-C92
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OSTEON
only line that can
11:00 p. m. Special
AH information at
position, but It la not so now. The system
is working a . transformation. In the Iowa
National Guard and It Is eomlng up more
pearly to regular army standards. There
is too much at stake In allowing Incompe
tent commanders to secure positions of re
sponsibility, for now we do not know when
these regiments may be .taken hodLly Into
the volunteer Bervlf e and seq aotual war
fare. But Iowa' 4s. sotting ready to meat
any emergencyi'V .
Hiatorle Tablet Placed. '
Curator Charles AldricH today placed in
position In the state historical building the
bronze tablet provided for by the Iowa So
ciety of the 8ons of the American Revolu
tion "To the memory of revolutionary sol
diers burled in' Iowa." The tablet Is ot
bronse, made In .New York and mounted
on a green marble slab. It contains the
names of five William Blair, Charles Shep
herd, John Osborn, Oeorge Perkins and
Timothy Brown, whose graves . are all
marked. It Is known there are alr3 some
others lying burled- in Iowa soil. -No
Rrtdfers In Prison.
B. W. Garrett, pardon clerk In the office
trf the governor, who has charge of the
records of the state penitentiaries, 'doubts
the story from Monona county that a con
vict named Rodgers from Delaware county
is In fact Ed Corns, wanted In Onawa for
killing Sheriff Strain a year ago. '.The rec
ord do not show any Rodgers from Dela
ware county, or any other convict of that
name who has recently been placed In the
prison. A reward was offered py the gor
ernor for the-arrest of Corns.
Plumber Rons for Congress.
The fourth district, democrats have nomi
nated W. O. Homan of Mason ' City, a,
plumber, as their candidate for congress
te make the race against Gilbert N. Hsu
gen of Northwood, the present congress
man who Is running for a fourth term.
The convention lacked In spirit nd It Is
believed that the democrats will not at
tempt to make much, of a race.
Independent Packer' Not Held.
William Agar, one of the owners, of the
packing house in Des Moines, states that
the Independent packers desire the ending
of the strike as much as the other packer
do-, And that the Independents have not re
ceived any benefit by the failure, of the
large packers to supply their customers.
The advantage they had was-more than
offset by the stories of high prices for the
meat, which nearly stopped all demand for
meat.' James 8. Agar la at the' head 'of a .
committee of meat producers In Chicago
engaged In trying to settle the strike. '
New Reboot BnlldtnaT.
LOGAN, la., Aug. 11 (Special.) Orson, a
small town In Jackson -tpwnshdp. Harrison
county, Is soon to have, a new .school build
ing. Plans- have been drawn, already and
th building will be let to the lowest bidder
Monday. September t.
and M ':t.
V.'ct Ert:!r:i, C:.:i I V:..:.