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TTIE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JULY 24. 1000.
Nebraska's Municipal Problems
The Commercial Clubs and similar organ
izations scattered over Nebraska must be not
only the directing force but the business custo
dian of the municipality.
Organization is the chief impulse of this
century; the achievement of any given purpose
with the least loss of time and energy.
Our cities are too young to have yet meas
ured the chief real obstacles to be overcome in
their development. We have not yet evolved a
coherent public opinion through which the state
as a state can "find voice." We are de
pending largely upon economic accident, and
personal initiative, for our progress along these
channels in which we have all a common
interest.
The quickest and the cheapest way to build
a state is to build it by associated effort. When
that is realized it will be acknowledged that the
first step is the federation in some form of
the commercial clubs of Nebraska.
Such a commercial federation would have
to be developed as expediency suggested. It
could start with no cut and dried program. But
it would begin, and labor, and be guided by a
mastering idea.
Such an affirmation would foster a watch
ful spirit of state pride, an active conception of
civic honor, a respect for the state, and the
cities of the state, equal to the respect we each
feel for our family and our home.
Civic pride lies at the bottom of the city
beautiful. Every promoter is a booster. Few
boosters are promoters. "The Story of Nebras
ka," is being continued each, week in The Sun
day Bee and from time to time will speak of the
different commercial clubs of the smaller cities,
what they have accomplished and what they
hope to accomplish.
NEXT SUNDAY POLK COUNTY
Ben B. Lindsey
on Work of the
Juvenile Court
Says it Will Not Stop Crime, but Can
Do Much to Lessen Number
of Offenses.
Judge Hen R Llndsey of the Juvenile
court of Denver, while on hi wey to Belle
ville, Kan., to deliver a Chautauqua lecture,
was taken slightly 111 on a train and stop
ped off at Omaha to reat up. He li due to
lecture at Itellevllle Saturday.
"Laws enacted by the recent Colorado
legislature have given the Denver Juvenile
court much greater power1 to deal with
youthful law breakers," he explained, "and
Increased immensely the efficiency of Its
work. T'lidi r the new law we have a
chancery division of the court through
wl.loh the parents are made to co-operate
with us In making children obey the laws
of iho state. Formerly, we had a chancery
division for the children, but now the work
Ih with the parents, and all caaea are done
In this illvlslon of the court.
"The Juvenile court can never atop youth
ful crimes, but It can do a great deal to
i men the number of offenses. All we
; i in to do In lenver Is to use Christian
nie .hod In dealing with the children. We
P an .li got at them through their parents
ly 'iKikliii,' them obey their elders. The new
I.m, furivM the parents to lend us their aid
uii'l we already have done much this sum
mi r that was Impossible before."
JikIku l.lrulsiy spoke of the Omaha Juven
ile court, commending Its work and Judge
Estelle's success as its head.
'Toil bavs a good Juvenile court here,"
he said, "and I think It is one of the best
In the country. I bavs watched Its work
and think it Is doing much for Omaha's
children. Judge Kstelle is a personal friend
of mine and I believe he is one of the best
Judges that could be selected for a Juvenile
court."
George Orr Loses
Life in Breakers
Son of Attorney for Missouri Pacfio
Drowned While Swimming1
in San Diego.
George Ollck Orr, son of James W. Orr,
general attorney of the Missouri Pacl(lo at
Atchison, was drowned Thursday morning
on the beach at San Diego, Cat. Mr. Orr
was married on June 21 to Miss Florence
Ouerrler of Atchison and they were on
their wedding trip. He was bathing on the
beach and was carried out to sea by a
breaker before help could reach him. His
body has not been found.
Mr. Orr had Just been appointed local at
torney for the Burlington and Rock Island
at Atchison. He was 26 years old. His
father and mother are now in Canada and
have not been reached by a message. A
new house, all furnished, was awaiting
Mr. and Mrs. Orr's return.
Mr. Orr had been repeatedly warned
about the danger of the breakers, but as
he was an expert swimmer, he did not heed
the warning until It was too late.
INTERSECTION FUND SHORT
Local Paring Campaign Likely to Be
Much Curtailed.
DOWN TOWN STREETS COME FIRST
rir Engineer Sara Business Thor
oaah fares Will Get Attention 1
List of Streets to Be
Cared For.
E!ds have been Invited on pavement on
many streets which can not be paved this
year on account of the condition of the
city funds, is the opinion of City Engineer
Craig, and, according to City Clerk But
ler, rone of the advertised streets can be
paved this year If the council next Tues
day night returns to the bidders their bids
on pavement and instructs the clerk to re
advertise. The engineer tays that It would take to
pave the Intersections in all the streets
advertised about 225,000 more than the city
has In the Intersection fund, and the city
clerk says that to readverllse, proceedings
would have to be begun at the very bottom
again, and that with all speed three
months would elapse before contracts could
be signed.
"It has been our Intention to pave only
those streets in the down town business
district, mostly within a radius of 4.590
feet of the city hall," said City Engineer
Craig. "The new charter gives us power
to do this paving without the property
owners petitioning for the Improvement.
We have about 164,000 In the intersection
fund. The down town ptvement will cost
about Ifi2,000 for Intersections. About
275,000 would be required to pave the In
tersectlons In the twenty-one paving dls
trlcts advertised, and we have not th
money."
Bntler Mates His rase.
City Clerk Butler says he has not over
stepped his powers In advertising for pav
ing bids and says that It Is not necessary
for the council to pass a resolution to In
struct him to advertise. This Instruction
he says, Is contained in the ordinances
creating paving districts and inviting bids
on various paving material. Contained In
the title of all these ordinances Is this
portion of a sentence: "and directing the
city clerk to advertise for bids upon as
phalt, stone, vitrified brick, vitrified brick
block, artificial stone and macadam." Mr.
Butler says that Councilman Johnson evi
dently confused other kinds of advertising
which requires a resolution directing the
clerk to advertise.
"It would take about three months to
get contracts on paving If the council re
Jects at the next meeting the bids I have
advertised for," says City Clerk Butler.
"The council cannot simply readvertlse for
bids on the old ordinances creating the
paving districts and include in that adver
tisement proposals for creosoted wooden
block pavement, for creosoted wooden
blocks is not mentioned In the ordinances,
New ordinances recreating the districts
and mentioning creosote blocks togethei
with other kind of pavements would have
to be passed. This will take two weeks.
Then fifteen days will be lost In advertis
ing the new ordinances and for bids. The
bids received would be referred to the city
engineer for tabulation and this would take
another week. Still another week would
be lost In. advertising these bids. Then the
property owners would have thirty days
in which to select the kind of pavement.
Their petition would then go to the city
attorney and that department is allowed
two weeks or possibly longer in which to
make return. When the city attorney re
ports back another two weeks would bs
consumed In passing the contract ordinances
and a third week In securing the approval
of the mayor.
"After all this is done we would find our
selves away along in the fall of the. year,
and It would then be too late to do any
paving this year."
Streets Affected.
Of the twenty-one streets advertised by
the city clerk, ten are In the residence
districts. The streets advertised, showing
the dates on which the petitions were filed
and when the ordinances creating the dis
tricts and instructing the clerk to adver
tise were passed are as follows:
Howard Street From Seventeenth Street
to Twentieth Street First petition filed
February 23, lSiw. Ordinance creating dis
trict and ordering clerk to advertise passed
May 11, 1909. Approved May 14, 1S0B.
Patrick Avenue From Twenty-fourth
Street to Twenty-seventh Street First
petition filed February 27, 1909. Ordinance
creating dlstriot and directing clerk to ad
vertise passed May 4, 1909. Approved May
10. 190.
Hickory Street From Twenty-fourth
Street to Twenty-sixth Street First peti
tion filed March 8, 190Q. Ordinance creating
dlstrlet and directing clerk to advertise
passed May 18, 1SU9. Approved May 20, 1909.
Alley Between Dodge and Davenport
Streets From Thirty-second Avenue to
Thirty-third Street First petition filed
March 27, Ifrt Ordinance creating district
and directing the clerk to advertise passed
May in, IW9. Approved May zo. i:i.
Saratoga Street rrom Twenty-fourth
Street to Wrst Line of Saratoga Court
First petition filed March K 1W9. Ordi
nance mating district and directing clerk
to advertise passed June 1, Approved
June 5, m9.
Twentieth Street From Vinton Street to
South City Limits First petition filed
August 12. 1!". Ordinance creating dis
trict and directing clerk to advertise passed
June 15, 19Ut. Approved June 18, 1909.
Webster Street From Thirty-eighth to
Fortieth Street Petition filed April 13,
13(19. Ordinance creating district and direct
ing clerk to advertise passed June 22, 1909.
Approved June 26, 1909.
Eighteenth Street from Webster Street
to Cuming Street Petition filed April 7,
19H9. Ordinance creating district and di
recting clerk to advertise passed June 22.
Approved June 25, 1W9.
Eleventh Street From Jackson Street to
Dodge Street No petition filed; inside 4.500
feet district. Ordinance creating district
and directing clerk to advertise, passed
June 22, lW.i. Approved June 25, 1909.
Twelfth Street From Jackson Street to
Dodge Street No petition necessary, (4.500
ft.) Ordinance creating district and direc
ting clerk to advertise, passed June 22, 19U9.
Approved June 25, I!.
Thirteenth Street From Harney Street to
Howard Street No petition necessary,
(4.500 ft.) Ordinance creating district and
directing clerk to advertise, passed June
22, 19(J9. Approved June 25, 1909.
Thirteenth Street From Douglas to
Davenport Street No petition necessary,
(4.600 ft.) Ordinance creating district and
directing clerk to advertise, passed June
22, 1909. Approved June 25, 1909.
Fourteenth Street From Howard Street
to Davenport Street No petition necessary,
(4.500 ft.) Ordinance creating district and
directing clerk to advertise, passed June
22, 1909. Approved June 26, 1909.
Howard Street From Ninth Street to
Sixteenth Street No petition necessary,
(4.600 ft.) Ordinance creating district and
directing clerk to advertise, passed June
22. 1909. Approved June 25, 1909.
Capitol Avenue from Fifteenth Street to
Sixteenth Street No petition necessary
(4,500 feet). Ordinance creating district and
directing clerk to advertise passed June 29,
1:09. Aproved July 2, 1909.
Capitol Avenue from Fourteenth Street to
Fifteenth Street No petition necessary
(4,500 feet). Ordinance creating dlstriot and
directing clerk to advertise passed June 29,
1909. Approved July 2, 1909.
Allev Between Chicago and Cass Streets
from Twentv-flrst Street to Twenty-second
Street Petition filed May 24, 1909. Ordi
nance creating district and directing clerk
to advertise passed June 22, 1909. Approved
June 25, 1909.
Twenty-seventh Street from Chicago
Street to Central Boulevard Petition filed
April 24, 1909. Ordinance creating district
and directing clerk to advertise passed
June 22, 1909. Approved June 25, 1909.
Mason Street from Eleventh Street to
Thirteenth Street No petition necessary
(4,500 feet). Ordinance creating district anil
directing clerk to advertise passed June 29,
1909. Approved July 2, 1909.
California Street from Sixteenth Street
to Twentieth Street No petition. Ordi
nance creating district and directing clerk
to advertise passed June 29, 1909. Approved
July 2, 1909.
Alley Between Chicago and Cass Streets
from Seventeenth Street to Eighteenth
Street Petition filed May 24. 1909. Ordi
nance creating district and directing clerk
to advertise passed June 29, 1909. Approved
July 2, 1909.
New Rails Delay
Job of Repaying
Cuming Street Must Wait on Street
Railway Company's New
Equipment
Delay in paving Cuming street Is caused
by the nonarrlval of the heavy rails and
special work which the Omaha & Council
Bluffs street railway will use on that street.
The company has ordered 100-pound rails,
which will be used In the downtown sec
tions wherever the streets are newly paved.
These larger rails will require special work
at all intersections. The street railway
company has ordered these, but has written
to the paving contractor that It did not
know that the street was to be paved until
fall and that the special work will not be
on hand until September 1.
GASOLINE STOVES SET TWO
FIRES EARLY IN MORNING
Housewives Disturbed In Getting;
Breakfast by Explosions ol
the Tanks.
Two fires starting from gasoline stoves
were pit out by the fire department dur
ing the twelve hours ending at 6 o'olock
Friday morning. No persons were burned
In either and the lasses were nominal.
Mrs. Joseph Grlppando, 1311 South Fifth
street, was standing almost over her gas
oline stove filling it while it was lighted.
The flames caught In the fluid and did
2100 damage to building and contents before
the fire was extinguished.
While Mrs. Lee G. Moore. 1525 North
Seventeenth street, was getting breakfast
Friday morning, she discovered that the
gasoline tank on her stove was empty.
She took the tank off and filled It out
doors, but accldently spilled some of the
gasoline on the stove when replacing the
tank. The resulting blaze entailed a loss
of (100.
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14th and Farnam Streets. Omaha, Nebraska. I
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Call of Harvest
Field is Heard
Army of Workers Flits to the Coun
try to Bring: Home the
Bheaves.
Ths army of unemployed has heard the
call of the farmers In the Dakota for har
vest hands and are hurrying there In
answer to the appeal from the wheat fields.
For two days trains going north from
the Union station to ths Dakota have
been carrying scores of men bound for
the harvest fields of those states. Accord
ing to the depot officials the men seeking
work In the north outnumber those of any
previous summer for the last three years.
It Is a motley crowd that is going north,
too, being composed of former farm laborers,
tramps and college students wanting work
until the middle of September.
Bin- Harvest A round Pierre.
PIERRE, S. D., July 23. (Special. )-IIar
vesting has begun generally in the central
portion of the stats and indications are
for an Immense crop. This section of the
state generally has not had the trouble
with too much moisture which has troubled
the eastern section, but has had an ample
supply to mature all crops, and the har
vest Is excellent In quality and will bring
a good return to the farmers who have
been spreading out their acreage of grain
to a great extent every year.
NOT FOR FIDO, FOR IRWIN, YES
Intelligent Dos; Aids Master In Fitfht,
but Evades Arrest bjr Talc
Inar Flight.
Will Irwin, a teamster living at 2218 Paul
street, has an Intelligent dog that places
such trust In its master that whatever is
done by Irwin Is regarded by the dog as
all rlpht for It to do.
So when Irwin, to celebrate the Inaugura
tion of the fourth week of enforcement of
the 8 o'clock law, became duly hilarious
Thursday night after quenching a largo
number of thirsts and got Into a little
squabble In the Falace pool hall on Four
teenth street, the dog did likewise.
Only Fldo wax smart enough to get out
of the way when Policeman Flynn hove In
sight, whereas Irwin was taken to jail,
lie was discharged in the morning.
CUTS DOWN LIGHTING BILLS
More Than Hundred Dollars a Month .
for First Six Months of
the Year.
City Electrician Mlchaelsen has deducted
$747.17 fur outage from the bill of the
Omaha Electrlo Light and Power company
for street lighting for the first six months
of the current year. For every hour a
street lamp la dark 2 06 cents Is deducted
and street lamps were dark SC. 204 hours
during the last six months. Most of this
dark period was In February, when storms
disarranged the wires.
Kind Treatment.
It was in Egypt, and the old lady In the
tourist party was much Interested In the
camel boy and his camel.
"He Is a good beaut?" said the old lady,
Interrogatively.
"Yes, ma'am," responded the boy In
broken English.
"And you treat him well?"
"Ah, lady, I have driven that camel five
years now, and never once have I Btrurk
him a blow."
"Dear niel Such humane treatment of
dumb brutes is worthy of consideration.
Here la a silver piece for you."
"Thank you, lady, very much. No, I
never strike Hainenns. When he is bad I
twist his tail." Chicago News.
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