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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1906)
TEE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 11, 1906. I1MELT REAL ESTATE TALK Iitsrert of Outsiders in Omsha Property Csntinnes Good. GROWTH OF CITY OF HOMES IS STEADY Manx People ("online Here in Live Dny Property- Oatrlght and Keep the Eipimion la This I Dlrertloa iJtrsc How Farnam Street is Being Developed For al Least a Mile of Frontage ROW OYER BILLOT BILLS LItsIj Borsp Between Cenntr Board and Printers si to the Price. AUDITOR SMITH WITHHOLDS HIS 0. K. 11 Asserts Claims Are Too High 1'rlaters Declare Thrlr Inten tion to Go Into t oart to Force I'ayment. r Another sign of the Inrrenslnir tendenry of wilprn capital to Invent In Omaha real estate wias evidenced last week, when Ooorge D. Long of llsrrlsburg. Pa., bought the Aetna hotel, which stands at thi C northwest corner of Thirteenth and Dodge f streets. Mr. Long has much money In vented In land In Nebraska and other western states. The Nebraska farmers have been pay ing off their mortgages and recently have raid a considerable sum of money Into his hands. In casting altout for invest ment he began to Inquire, about realty values In Omaha, the growth and sub stantial prosperity of which he had been watching for a year or two. The result Is thst he has made his first Investment In Omaha, paying $18,0oO for the Aetna hotel. It will continue to be used for hotel purposes. It -was formerly owned by the Northwestern Mutual Life insur ance company, and the sale was tuado through Alfred Kennedy. . Not a week goes by but the realty men report tales to men In other towns who will come to Omaha to make their homes. Such sales have been common at all timet for the last two years, but their num ber Is mora noticeable this fall than ever. There Is no better evidence of the steady growth of the city. Alfred Kennedy re ports three sales last week to men out In the state who expect to live In Omaha. Ona was to B. Somberg of Oraff, Neb., who bought Judge Kennedy's two houses at the southwest corner of Twenty-second and Howard streets. Truels Martensen of St. Edward, Neb., bought a lot In Lowe's addition and says he will build a hou.se on It. Another Nebraska, man bought through Mr. Kennedy from the North western Mutual Life Insurance company a home at 216 North Twenty-second street. Dundee, which Is a part of suburban Omaha, continues to grow at a rapid rate. Many new housos have been erected there this season and a number are now in course of construction. Many improvements have also been made In the way of side walks, grading and paving. In the spring George & Co. will place an extensive ad dition all leveled and platted on the mar ket. It lies west of Fifteenth street and north of Dodge. This firm has been at work for several months grading this ad dition, and there Is so much work to he done yet before winter sets In that a sub contract for 90,000 yards of dirt is being advertised. The addition looks rather rough now, but those in the neighborhood say It will be a beauty when the work Is completed. Oeorge & Co. are saying as little about It as possible, as they do not expect to sell any of It until the entire work Is done. To guide .the destinies of the Real Es tate Exchange through another year the following officers were selected at the meeting last week: President, 8. P. Bosl wlck; vice president, W. L. Selby; sec retary, Harry A. Tukey; treasurer, Oeorge Morton; executive committee, E. A. Ben son, Byron Hastings and Oeorge O. Wal lace. There Is no doubt In, the minds of the real estate dealers that the Union Pacific Is the bona fide purchaser of the greater part of the block at the northeast corner DENTISTRY If you dislike painful dental work, If you are particular, suppose you In vestigate these modern methods of mine. Painlessness. Cleanliness, Rellabil lty. Moderate Prices are among the leading features of my practice. Fillings and Crowns, $1.00 and $5.00 upwards. DR. FICKES, DENTIST, 338 Bee Bldg. 'Phone, Douglas 537. It not very much, yet pennies soon amount to dollars. Why don't you be gin to save today? One dollar will start you, and a dollar or two depos ited every week will oon place you on the road to prosperity. Savings ac counts earn Biz per cent per annum, credited In January and July. With drawals In sums of $25 are paid on thirty days' notice, and monthly pay ment loans are made at reasonable rates, with easy payments. Omaha Loan Cl Building Ascociation, New Location, Se. Cor. IB & Dodge , W. Loom Is, Pres. O. M. Nsttlngsr, y SWmcliW'Ci " Builders of Modern Houses Z it ever so humble There's no place like home." Your means must determine the site of your investment Hop pi. nest auj contentment It quite at often found in a cottage at a palace. Draw a pencil sketch of the house you would build. Wa develop ideat and relieve you of II the details of construction, SIIIMER & CHASE CO. tiding Sites, Suburbia Acreage, Ksxsi 1609 Ftrn.m. Ground Floor ' Ooula 3687 pi . i" - -I : j rr;j " -jV, I ..-,- . ------ , I! -jj -. . , t ;.- i in )iiiih- "'" UNITED STATES SUPPLY COMPACT AT NTlJTH AND FARNAM. of the Intersection of Fifteenth and Doug las streets, the property a few weeks ago announced as the site of the big head quarters building the company will erect. Deeds were filed last week recording the transfer of the property to the Union Pa cific from the McCague investment com pany and others who had secured pos session as agents of the railroad from the original owners. That the concrete age has dawned for Omaha Is evidenced by the fact that the Truesed Concrete Steel company of De troit has established a branch office here. The concern makes a specialty of modern fire-proof buildings, erected on the Kahn system of reinforced concrete construc tion. This method Is being used for the first time In Omaha In the construction of the Carpenter Paper company's new home at Ninth and Harney streets. One of the best bits of good news re cently was the announcement that the two giant buildings Mrs. Catherine Nash Is erecting for M. E. Smith & Co. are to be eight stories, as originally planned, in stead of seven, us was decided later on account of a cost consideration. Two eight-story buildings, each 132 feet square, will lend a decidedly metropolitan appear ance to the Ninth street jobbing dis trict. J. H. Dumont & Son report the sale of a lot near the Country club to Anton Larsen for improvement; also the Nelson property at 1524 South Twenty-sixth street, to Herman Frelcke, as an Invest ment, the price being (2,200. Last week saw the beginning of work on the First Christian church . building at Twenty-sixth and Harney, the Wead building at Eighteenth and Farnam and a large eight-story brick warehouse for the Standard Distilling and Distributing company at Fourth and Pierce streets. The usual large number of proposed residences and flats was announced, the largest in this line being the $76,000 row of flats to be built at Twenty-ninth and Dodge streets by W. R. Homan. The Eyron Reed company la having plans drawn for a number of St. Louis bricks on Dewey avenue, between Thirty-third and Thirty-sixth streets, and work has already been started on two. A. L. Reed has let the contract for the erection of a J7.600 winter home at Thirty-fifth and Harney streets. The architects generally are busy drafting plans for residences In various parts of the city. One who has been out of the city for two years came back a few days ago, and In speaking of the improvements, re marked among other things the removal of the poles from Farnam street, saying the city had really begun to look as a city ought to look. Walking up Farnam street he also noticed a number of stores which have recently been fitted with glass fronts, and spoke of that as a sign of satisfied prosperity. One such Improve ment he saw, is in the building occupied by Bam Snyder, at Thirteenth and Farnam. The whole front of the old, homely brick building has been, torn out and In Its place a glass front has been put. This means that the owner of the building has decided not to erect a new structure on the site, at least not for several years. Last summer, at the request of Mr. Bnyder, the owner announced he would put up a new store building, but this has lately been given up, owing to the existence of some legal complication In connection with the title. IMPLEMENT -MEN'S MEETING Kebrnskn and Western Iowa Retailers Hold Convention In Omaha Three Days. From 800 to 1.000 people are expected In I Omaha next week for the annual con 1 ventlon of the Nebraska and Western Iowa Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers' association, which will be held at the Com mercial club Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The rate Is extended not only to dealers, but to such of their customers as wish to select from a larger stock than Is afforded In their own town, and owing to this fact the number of visitors will be greater than at any previous convention of the association. The South Flatte dealers, though they held a convention of their own at Lincoln, are coming In force. A traveling man for one of the Omaha implement houses said Saturday that on his entire line between St. Joseph and Denver he had found but two dealers who did not expect to attend the convention. The Jobbers have put their sample rooms iir good shape , for the meeting and some of them have arranged progams of enter tainment. Most of them will serve lunch. The sessions of the conventions will be held In the morning and the afternoons will be spent in the Jobbing houses. BANDLE MAKESBIG RECORD Register of Deeds shows Largest Business for Any Month In Years. The report of the receipts of his office Just compiled by Frank Bandle, register of deeds, shows the largest business trans- acted in the office for any month In recent yeirs. This is held to be due to the great activity in the real estate business In Omaha. The report shows during the month 1,271 Instruments were filed and the receipts of the office were $1,653.36. Some Id. a of the Increase In the business of ths office this year may be gained by a com parison with the report of the correspond ing month last year, when ' instruments were filed and the receipts amounted to $1,123 Si SAN FRANCISCO ON THE MEND Active Currents of Progress Tf.lt in All Linti tf Eusincis. WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION C0ES ON Vigorous Action Against Outlawry stnd Graft Scorched Looters Invoke Forgotten Laws Against ( Kewspapers. California Is proving to the world that no lasting damage has been done the state by the San Francisco disaster of laat April and In fact that notwithstanding the mag nitude of that disaster the state Is showing remarkable development. Duta secured by the California promotion committee shows that the entire stale Is benefiting by the era of prosperity. Thirty thousand people went to California to settle since the fall tourist rate on overland railroads went into effect, and this population has been largely responsible for the greatly Increased busi ness noted in all the cities of the state. It Is especially noted that the tendency of this new Immigration is toward the agricul tural portions of the state, as the peculiar advantages offered by California climate and soli are now being recognised all over the country. Demand for labor, especially in the build Ing trades, continues strong in all the cities of the state. This is especially true of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Rosa and San Jose, where great activity Is shown In building. In Ban Francisco the many new dwellings that are being completed and made ready for occupancy are rapidly providing for an increased population, which Is but waiting the opportunity to obtain housing facilities. In addition to these dwelling houses the hotels are con stantly improving and within a few months will be ready to accommodate all who may come. Reconstructing the Burnt District. Since the fire more than ,000 buildings have been erected In San Francisco's burned district, and more than J50,O00,0O0 have been spent in improvements in the city. Thirty-five class A buildings with stood the fire so that they could be re paired, and all but one of these are now partially occupied and will be completely repaired within the next four months. More than 35.000 men are doing construction work in San Francisco and 200 cars of de bris are being removed daily. So effective has this work been that Market and its de bouching streets have been practically cleared of debris and all the sidewalks are rapidly being repaired. Bulldfng In San Francisco has been going forward with enormous strides and permits to the value of $27,030,033 have been issued since the fire, this total being within a million dollars of the value of the permits Building Increase The upturn has come, building operations in the principal cities for October showing a gain over the .corresponding month a year ago. According to official reports to Construction News, permit, were taken out . th.rty-e.ght of the leading cities during' CITY. Brooklyn Nw York. Manhattan' and the Bronx c nr. axo Philadelphia ".!!"!! St. Louis.... Seattle , Los Angfloa. . , Cincinnati Milwaukee I'lttsbuig Clevela HL Nowark Fortland Detroit Minneapolis . . , , Kaiiras City. . . fU. Paul Denver Buffalo To'edo Atlanta Louisville. . . . Tacoma Grand Kaplds. , umaha , Duluth New Orleans. Salt Luke City.., Allegheny Lln oln Wllkesrarre Peterson Hiimtngham. . .. Knoxvllle Mobile I lavenport puehlo Washington Total 112,546, $12, 074, 81711, 380, $40,82,70 The most conspicuous features of the situation are the heavy decrease In New York City and the remarkable activity in the Pacific coast cities. The prosperous cities of the middle states continue to make a very satisfactory showing. In I New York City permits were taken out I this Octobar for 343 buildings, to cost 4aV 419.936, against 3 buildings, involving 19,630,190, an increase of 54 buildings and decrease of $6,210,256. or 61 per cent. The coast clilts are making a remark able showing and It is to be regretted that the figures for Spokane are missing. The condition on the cost is abundantly illus trated by the figures for Seattle, where during the month Just closed permits were taken out for 832 buildings, involving a total cost of $1,929,879, against tsS buildings Involving an aggregate cost of $372,544 tor . -i ' Issued in Baltimore during the two years after the Are in that city. Of the 4.486 per mit Issued 2.012 were for permanent build ings. The wonderful growth of building operations in Ban Francisco since the fire is shown by the following table: Number of permits. Valuation. To June SO . 3.bu0.t0 July 4 0 s.uli.ui0 August l.m 1 ,&,.o3 beiember . 1,JW b,w., October- 1,134 7,7u,Tii During the month of October 300 building contracts were recorded at a total valuation of $3,180,870. Real estate transfers numbered 800 at a valuation of 52,875,000. The story of the clearings speaks volumes for the business of the cities, there txlng a constant" and steady increase. In San Francisco the clearings of the banks for Oc tober amounted to $189,906,966.45, showing an Increase of 11.16 per cent over the bank clearings of October, 1906. The bonk clear ings of Oakland amounted to $13,969,226.34, and those of Los Angeles made a total of $47,158,71.31. Relief Work, A special correspondent of the New York Evening Post furnishes an interesting sum mary of the relief work In San Francisco. The cash receipts since the earthquake are said to aggregate $,319,S9, this counting the Red Cross fund in Washington of nearly $2,000,000 and several small sums from Pacific coast cities not yet paid to the relief corporation. To this total is to be added $2,500,OuO contributed by the gov ernment In food and supplies, $170,000 dis bursed privately by the Standard Oil com pany, and $10,000 from the New York Chamber of Commerce fund spent in Berkeley, the entire amount of money sent to the Golden Gate city thus being more than $11.0u0.000. The figures make a mag nificent tribute to the generous sympathy of the American people. But there was more than money sent. Two thousand carloads of supplies were furnished also, 1,850 of which brought food and the remainder clothing and blankets. But owing to the Impetuous haste atten dant upon the work of getting relief quickly to the hungry populace there was no careful checking of this material with any view to an estimate of its value. The figures themselves Indicate that generosity was unstinted In this direction, as well as in the cash contributions. The correspondent also gives an Idea of the condition of the funds. The govern ment donation and the Standard Oil com pany's gift have been spent, as have about $4,000,000 of the relief corporation money, leaving a balance of $j.000,&ij0 on hand for carrying out plans already formulated, and for the necessities of the future. Some of the money will be usad for the specific purposs of "rehabilitating artisans, mer chants and professional men who foundered In the calamity." About $2,000,000 Is to be devoted to this work. Much will be re quired for completing the 4.SO0 refugee cot tages, about 3.000 of which have already been built. Thene two and three-room "shacks" have no luxuries connected with them, but each has a door number, a During October October for 12.6; buildings, Involving a total cost of $42,074,817, against U.3M build- ln8B at an eltlmaled cost of $40,tiS2,970 for the eame ,crl0'1 a J'ettr n. an Increase of M .bu,w,nf" 1and ..W7. or 3 per cent. 1 o 190J. o c lDuS. Per cent. Cost. Cost. Gain. Lops. 1.328 $ . 541. 062 !,!!$ r,404,fS6 343 S4S 4.419,935 2X9 9.630,190 . . 52 5,219,901 724 4.918.155 1.993.200 1,696,363 372.544 1,348.666 1,460.850 . . 847,622 1,427,066 . . 1,177.545 . . 1,260,191 . , 371. C97 918.160 909,665 . , 720.160 417.865 579.985 . , 766,697 ., 254.471 268.557 349.474 . 97,668 224,378 424,700 . 239,620 236.192 102.645 189.575 . 80.606 81,170 76.378 107.475. 118,7761. 31,4151 62.820. 17,2Scij. 10,258 ... ml; 78. 41:1 . 38 . '19,. 1,54 853 832 Ihi 317 3X4 346 4.879.6001 1.189 2,863.976 7s2 686 1,070 259 338 329 1.929.879 1,859,267 488,405 1.266,747 1.099 52 1. ,1.088,76i'l 990,44 8 884.165 1,516,800 820,720 7 '23 7 21 8031 607 262 451 487' 493 370 287 235 256, "431 289 243 205 348 124 . 5. I 6. 6;. 417 764,700! 427 245 193 287, ' 3 21 163 571,204 665,424 493,610 ! It 491,780! 466.023 278.920: 264.365 93 74 170 2- "i 1 76 '48 33 19 179 130 119 246, 2S2 119 100 87 ' ' V7 60 365, 1GU 243,476 238. 0S6 68 49 ' ' 5 N 75 62 80 37 14 1 83,400 172, 2551 119.263 107,9031 1.135 89,9201 16.8941. 63.308 25,200 13.470 833.9651 70 51 3 64 "" is 81 "32 21 1 82 69 13 21 615 5! 2i 26 414 36 3 the corresponding month a year ago, an increase of 419 per cent. Tacoma shows an Increase of 170 per cent, Portland 124 and Los Angfles 38. Of the thirty-eight cities there were gains in twenty-three and losses In fifteen. Chicago, which for a month or two prior to October showed a falling off because of the tremendous activity a year ago, is again on the right side, the In crease being per cent. The most notable increases othei than those, referred to In clude Philadelphia 119, Toledo 93, Salt Lake City 78, St. Louis 78, Atluiita 74, Milwaukee 49, Lincoln 48, Detroit 65, Mobile 69, St. Paul and Washington S, Wllkesbarre 33. The heaviest decreases were in Cincinnati 67, New York and Davenport 52. Knoxvllle 32, Buffalo 34, Pueblo 23, Pittsburg 23, Newark 21, Birmingham 18, Omaha 14, Minneapolis . Alkgheny s, Cleveland T, Ptavcr t BLOCK AT TWENTIETH AND stove and a landlord, a rental of $3 a month per room being collected by the re lief corporation. Those who have been liv ing in tents for the last six months have not suffered many hardships from incle ment weather, but they are reported as greatly pleased when they are able to oc cupy one of the cottages. Solo the Editors. An almost forgotten section of the penal code, known as the "signature law," which provides that all newspaper articles tend ing in any way to Impeach the honesty or Integrity of any person must be published with the writer's signature thereto, has boon revived by the filing of two suits for $1,000 each against R. A. Crothers and Fremont Oldw, publisher and man. aging editor, respectively, of the Bulletin. The suits were filed by Bertram M. Meadly and are based upon editorials pub lished in the Bulletin on October 5 and 9. The editorial of October 6, In which Abra ham Ruef has already caused proceedings to be commenced against R. A. Crothers for criminal libel, connects Ruef with al leged grafting in the acquisition of a mu nicipal water supply, and ulso mentions tho name of Will S. Tevhj,- president- of. the Bay City Water company. The article of October Is headed, "Boodlera Cannot Hide Behind tho Shield of Abuse." Section 259 of the penal code, passed by the legislature In 1E99. provides that ail ar ticles In which any dlshonost acts are at tributed to any person, or In which any suggestion Is made which might be in jurious to character, must, when published in a newspaper, bear the signature of the author. A failure to do this, according to the law, is subject to a forfeit or penalty of $1,000 for each such article, which may be sued for and recovered through civil action by any one who wishes to bring such action, regardless of personal connection with the case. If the forfeit Is recovered the plaintiff retains half and Is to pay the other half into the state treasury. Crime and Graft. The only disturbing feature of the sit uation in San Francisco is the comparative freedom enjoyed by desperadoes in com mitting robbery and murder, and the dis covery of widespread graft in official cir cles. Organizations of citizens determined to exterminate both have produced a wholesome effect on the highwaymen, and action against official highwaymen is pro ceeding with determined vigor In the courts. The reign of crime Is very injurious to business. Women are afraid to go out shopping. The theaters are almost empty, as very few persons care to expose them selves to being robbed or killed on their return from the show. The clubs are poorly attended, and those who do attend spend much of their time discussing the situation and examining their companions' weapons. The street csrs run up and down the streets almost empty during the day and actually empty after dark. Even owners of automobiles are afraid to venture out at night, as several of these vehicles have been stopped and their occupants robbed of their possessions. The residents of the suburbs stay away from both San Francisco and Oakland on account of the reign of terror. Those who venture out of their homes to at tend to business which cannot be neglected return as quickly as possible without lin gering at stores or show windows to see or examine wares. The wholesafe hardware men and deal ers In firearms say that within ten days 6,000 revolvers were sold within the borders of San Francisco alone. This shows, per haps, better than anything else how alarmed the residents of this city are on account of the activity of the "gas pipe bridage," as the robbers and murderers are called in the local papers. Women fear to wear Jewelry, men do not carry either money in large amounts or wear gold watches. There Is not a vacant safe deposit vault either In San Francisco , or Oakland, as all of them have been j rented by perkons who do not wish to take . chances In keeping their valuables at home. 1 Handle of Public Craft. In addition to the detailed charge of hold ing up the I'nited Steeds Railway company for $50.000. some say $700.0n0, for he right to change from tho cable to the electric ft .1.. f "Out food was good- IVar eteak, flapjack, fresh bread, eHc-, but nothing teemed to warm and strengthen lu at much at a cup of ARIOSA Coffee, which we kept in the original package and ground at Deeded." Fran e snilasias sow ia BaaUxas. aVbuciW ARIOSA wet the firrf routed packaged coifee, packaged (or the couumtf' fcotectioa sad the pores of each berry seeled after the rotating with fresh eg;i end tujar lo keep die goodaaw ia asd make dr. c.ffr; i-tlla dear aad quickly FARNAM. system. Mayor Schmlts, Abe Ruef and the graft combine are accused of holding up builders for millions of dollars. The Call puts the sum at nearly $3,000,000. reallred on permits for temporary buildings. "The extent of this feature of the administra tion's system of theft," says the San Fran cisco Call, "is amazing In Its extent. Moreover, It has developed that Mayor Schmlts wo the bigger wolf of the two arch conspirators. The mayor's appetite for gold was Insatiable. With him It was always "More, more." Time arid .vin when Ruef faltered the mayor urged him on. Incontrovertible evidence has torn the mask from the ssnctlmonlous face of the mayor. Stripped to his true self, he pre sents a picture of avarice almost beyond human comprehension. His lust for gold took almost the form of monomania.' The Impression that Ruef devised all the vile schemes for robbing the city, both in Its glory and in Its sorrow, must be corrected. Schmtti pilfered when the city was over flowing with wealth and again when it lay prostrate amid its rains. "Evidence which is In the hands of Heney and Burns proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the building graft was worked for gigantic sums. The best known architects in the city can testify to the truth of this. Moreover, they will testify." NOTED MEN VISIT OMAHA Archbishop Ireland and Dick Kerens Take Time After Reunion to Come to Gate City. Among the more prominent citizens brought to Council Bluffs and Omaha by the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee Is Colonel Richard S. Kerens of St. Louis, for many years the leader of the republican party in Missouri. Colonel Kerens was an Omaha visitor Saturday morning in company with Archbishop Ir. land. Colonel R. M. Campbell, postmaster at Peoria, III., was an Omaha visitor Saturday and, in company with Postmaster Palmer, made an Inspection of the Omaha postofflee, which he thinks is one of the finest in the United States. "Dick" Kerens will be long famous as the leader of the "young republicans" of St. Louis and Missouri 1ft opposition to the Chauncey I. Fllley gang "Boss" Filley's crowd. Though he Is up In years now and has been called a boss himself, his debut In politics as the antagonist of his old teacher at the game clings to him. WALKER SETTLES WITH ONE I'nihrella Financier Satisfies Demands of One of the omerou Cred itors Filing Claims. One of the creditors of the defunct Omaha Umbrella company, whose brief destinies were presided over by C. II. Walker, who has several civil and criminal charges now pending against him for ob taining money under false pretenses, has at last been satisfied In the person of Henry G. Meyer, who obtained Judgment for $160 In the court of Justice Cockrcll Friday afternoon. Mr. Meyer sued Walker and W. J. Rum ple, officers of the umbrella concern, for services rendered in the organization of the company, and It Is reported that tho defendants settled with Meyer for a con sideration after the decision had been ren dered against them. It Is also reported that Walker is trying to settle with persons who Invested their money In the company on the-basis of 50 cents on the dollar In consideration that the pending suits would be quashed. Births and Deaths. The following births and deaths were re ported to the Beard of Health during the twenty-four hours ending Saturday noon: Births William Wilke. W18 North Twenty-seventh, boy; B. 11. Fanchey. 2x0 Jack son, boy; O. F.. Newton, 3425 Mason, glii; John Hardy, SM5 Jones, boy; Frank Pi-ttlt. Florence, girl; W. A. Gordon, loot North Twenty-fourth, girl; Sam Noviisky, 1104 South Thirteenth, girl; John Kynuvewshl, 2508 South Thirtieth, boy. Death Muloiti R. Gundy. Twenty-eighth and t)ak, 4f; D. T. Thoinss, 25f,4 "unmix, 78; Mrs. Anvl A. Seeger, Modalo, la., I'x Talk about " toasted fresh daily," the way to get a cup of coffee that tastes Lie coffee, with all the delicious flavor and aroma intact, is to buy Arbucklet ARIOSA and grind it as you want to Ue it. WanBUf il e hit Oarsk Ae lam iv zxir 1 " n-sf x f 1 ruyi u.ui e.'AM r: af 0 A lively scrap over the payment of two claims for printing the ballots for the September primary was the feature of the meeting of the Committee of the whole of the county board Saturday morning. The bills lit question are those presented by the Omtha Printing company and the Roberts Printing company. The former printed the democratic and the latter the republican ballots. In the bill of the Omaha Printing company Is an Item of $1,617.60 for 2,691 changes In the ballots, due to the rotation scheme of arranging the names, at CO cents a change. The Roberts company charges $1,994 for 3.988 changes, at 50 cents a change. County Auditor Smith would not approve the bills, asserting tho claims for changes nere too high. He contended the ballots c""ld have been printed with a much ' c:r.llor number of changes and declared 10 cents a change Is enough. As there was an average of five changes for each stop of tho press this would allow 50 cents for each stop. According to his figure thl would clip about $3,000 off the two bllis. Mr. Solomon declared himself In favor of reducing the two bills $1,435, al lowing 4n cents for each new form that had to be made up. Mr. t're Insisted on a ctill further reduction, and after a long dis cussion the committee meeting adjourned without reaching a decision. The printing companies "stand pat" and Indicate they will carry the case Into court if the bills are not allowed. The matter will be taken up again next week. "olomon'a Resolution Laid Over. Mr. Solomon's resolution providing the county Jail shall be used only for Douglas county prisoners came up, but was laid over for further consideration In committee of the whole. Deputy County Attorney Foster rendered an opinion that the county board had a right to forbid the uso of tho Jail to outside counties, especially since it Is over-crowded, except in emergency cases which are provided for in the resolution. The board voted down a resolution by a vote of 2, to $ to employ James Ruan as special accountant to examine the books of county officers for ono year at $100 a month. Mr. Ruan has been employed checking up the books for some time, but he notified the board he had been offered higher wages and unless he was assured his employment with the county would last a year lie might quit. Solomon, Tralnor and Brurilng opposed hiring any help for any definite period and voted against reso lution. Superintendent Shoop of the court house . was authorized to employ an engineer at $76 a month. J. II. Riggs of the Waterloo Gaxette was appointed a delegate to the Transmtsstsslppt Commercial congress, which meets In Kansas City November 20 to 23. BLACK AND HARDING HERE Distinguished Arms' Officers Aro Guests of Postmaster Palmer of Omaha, General John C. Black, chairman of the United Civil Service commission, former commissioner of pensions and past national communder-ln-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic, is an Omaha visitor, the guest of Captain H. E. Palmer. Another distinguished guest that Is being enter tained by Captain Palmer is Colonel A. J. Harding of Chicago, general western man ager of the Sprfngfield Fire Inuurance company. Colonel Harding is a pioneer of Ne braska, having resided at Nebraska City forty-five years ago. In 1858 he was con nected with the United States geographical surveys and assisted in the survey of practically all of northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. He left Nebraska about thirty years ago, locating at Chi cago. General Black and Colonel Harding were given an automobile ride about Omaha Saturday morning by Captain Palmer and were entertained at lunch by him at the Omaha club. General Leo Rassleur of St. Louis, past Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic was in Omaha Saturday, homeward bound from the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Council Bluffs. He was accompanied by Mrs. Rassleur. PARTING BRINGS RELIEF Man and Wife Aarree to Sever Rela tions After Years of Stormy Life. After a married life of several years, which had been attended with more storms than calms, Robert McMahon, 816 North Fifteenth street, and his wife agreed to part company for good Friday evening. The agreement evidently did not causa much anguish to either, but the disposition of their only child led to a disturbance which was finally quelled by the appear ance of an officer. II is siVged that Mo Ma lion was slightly intoxicated and re fused to let his wife have the child. She snatched it from his arms and ran into the home of Mrs. Slevors, 814 North Fif teenth street, and was followed by Ho Mahon, who broke down the stovepipe In the house In his attempt to beat his wife. McMahon was arrested and fined $6 and costs Saturday morning in police court. stake tha snaaBe saiy. CsSa lam itt ideatky as coin after bans srouad Ca whaa atpaaad bo S air. Never buy loose coffee out of a bag, bin or tin. If it were good the roaster would not be ashamed to sell it in a package with his name on it Tha uim J AiUcklea' ARIOSA aiowl W af al Sa oW packaard cuiaaa whiaad it ia a baal ot4i iur you, sad nasi ym laak If your grocer won't supply, write to AHBUCKLE BROS, f Nr Yk G 1
