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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1911)
.1. Council Bluffs Council Bluffs Automobile in Wreck Minor Mention. Speeding Down Hill OMAHA NUMAV 15hr: AUiU Toe CcmnoU Bluffs Office of The Ontlu Bm la at IS Boott Street. Both Phones 43. Invt. drurs. Leffert's, optician. I lav Morehouse emboss It. 'orrlan, undertakers. Phones 14S. For authority on watches soe Leffert. KAtTrtT 1IKKR AT KOOKK3' BUFFET. ljrvia Cutler, funeral director. Phone, !7. DH. UOflK II. KICK. Hell phone only KT7. Wood ring Undertaking company. Tel. 389. (.'all 14! for a cane of Ound'a Peerless beer. J. J. Klein Co., distributors. (let those photoa taken at Kuhn'e studio. Ho. Wain Ht. Co. Bluffs. Open Sundays. For Hale Three white Bplti puppies. Bee them at Korth's drug store, 5th Ave, and Main HU Masses that relieve lieadnchn, nervous-iir-M and Improve the vleluii are the kind that we fit. Leffert's, opticians. P. J. Merleua and Alma Menning, both of Omaha, were the only persona to apply yesterday for a marriage llcenee. Why not let as do your picture framing now; we can do It much cheaper and bet tar than when the rush iwaxon oorornenoes. II. Borwlck, 211 tiouth Main street. A. J. Young yeatenlay trued the Rook Island Railroad company for the value of a car of household good which were de stroyed by fire when the company's freight station was burned on March IX. The amount asked Is Ifttu.M. Dry weather, short pasture and pros pects for high feed during the winter has caused the market price of butter to take sudden Jump. Creamery butter was sell ing In Council Bluffs yesterday at 18 cents a pound with a prospect of the 40-cent mark being reached within a week. , Tha police laHt night raided the rooms over the Beth May saloon on the corner of Broadway and Bryant street, half a block from the police station, and captured four wimen. They were lonknd up upon failure to find the $25 cash bond required for each for their appearance In police court this morning. The raid was made by orders of Chief of Polios Froom. Henry Acbnelder, a former employe of H. A. Wickham A Co., yesterday began a suit In the district court asking Judgment for tW.OOS for a painful injury to his right hand, sustained September 10, U10, while engaged In laying sewer pipe on Kaat Pierce street. Suit for the same amount was Instituted last fall and In a trial dur ing the January term .Schneider lost. In the present suit he makes William P. Baker, foreman for Wickham, co-defendant. OROCERY SPECIALS Dressed spring flhlckena, per pound, iU cents; large Min nesota potatoes, per peck, 40 cents; Colo rado Uartlett pais, per box, IS; HUberta peaches, per box. l.lu; home plums, per basket. 26 cents: lance banket tomatoes, per baakat. 2ii cents; watermelons, from ft) cents up; home-grown rnuakmelons, &, U and 14 cents each; Lily cream iiour, warrantee.. uer sack. U.2S. Farmers, why buy shorts when we will sell you flour for feed at 11.63 per hundred? Cheapest feed you can buy. L. Green, 134 Broadway. Tel. 324. Opposite C. H&fer Lumber company. LADIES DO YOU know that you ought to get busy It you Intend to can California Bartlett pears? They won't last much longer. Today, $2.30 per case. Elberta peaches, $1 per case, extra good. We have muakinelons almost as Urge as pumpkins. the kind that have the fine flavor, 15 cents each: others at & and 19 cents. Water melons at 30 to 40 cents; fine home-grown grapes at 26 cents basket; wax beans, per pound, 6 cents; egg plant, 6 cents; corn, 16 cents dozen: Jersey sweet potatoes, shipped from New Jersey, at four pounds for 25 cents'. We Just received two tubs or mack erel, as white as snow, 15 and 26 cents each; codfish. 16 cents pound. Bartel ac Miller. Tel. 36!). ' Don Macrae, the 19-year-old son of Dr. Donald Macrae, was exonerated In police court yesterday from the charge of having driven one of his father's automobiles at too swift a pace while hurrying homo on Fifth avenue, after having taken a young friend home. Dr. Macrae explained that he told tha boy to be back In five minutes, "lie's a good boy and obeyed Instruction, as he always does," said Dr. Maorae. A revised statement of the evidence upon which the charge of fast driving was based convinced Judge Snyder that the boy was not going far beyond the legal speed limit. and much slower than numerous other driv ers, older In years and machine usage, have been In the habit of moving along the avenue. Tha boy was discharged with kindly suggestion not to take the advice of his father on such occasions too uurraiiy Four ears of corn were brought to town yesterday gathered by Robert MInter, fore man on the l.SOO acre farm of Ben Marks, south of Manawa, which had been taken from a field covered with rich, sandy sou that nromlses a yield of seventy-five bush els per acre. The four ears are each more than eleven Inches long and one measures einht Inches In clroumference. One would have been almost a prlse-wlnnlng ear If tha tin end had' not been marred by hungry worm. The ear la filled out to tha extreme tip and has not a naturally blem ished grain In the twenty-one rows. The corn is the yellow giant dent variety and was iran from hlah-Drlced seed obtained by Mr. Marks after the corn show here last fall. Tha field has been well cultivated throughout the summer, largely after the dry farming methods ao successful In the west. The land Is exceptionally -located also In relation to the river, as the surface la only a few feet above the river level. - Harry MoAllduff yesterday brought suit a ml nt w. K. Brown for 16,000 for alleged maiinlnua nrusecutlon and repeated arrests. Brown and MoAllduff have occupied the attention of the Justice and poiloe oourta more or lasa constantly for tne last montn, each having the other areated on assault and battery charges, and appeals have been taken to the district court. Yesterday Brown again tiled an information in police court, upon whloh MoAllduff waa arrested for tha third time on assault charges. He uut ud a 160 cash bond and Immediately started the big damage suit In the district H aiTeves In his Petition that Brown first had him arrested on. July 3 and taken to the police station on the charge of being drunk, but that the officers refused to book htm. discovering that he had not even been drinking. On August 7 Urown a arain filed an Information and Mo Allduff waa arrested on a warrant from Justloe Cooper's court and required to put up a bond for xiou. when tne case was sailed he was promptly dismissed. On Au aunt 15 another information waa signed by Brown which led to the last arrest. He aliases that the original trouble grew out of an attempt to oollect a debt of 16 for labor performed by Brown. MoAllduff has had Brown arrested almost as frequently, Machine Belonging: to 0. C. Brown Driven Into Trolley Pole During Teat by Repair Man. Two automobiles, declared by spectator" i be racing and traveling at from thirty to forty miles an hour, caused a smashup at East Pierce and Nicholas streets early at evening. One of the automobiles swerved and struck a trolley pole at the treet corner with such force that the lht-lnch pole was cut off at the ground, bringing down the trolley wire and partly wrecking the auto. The men driving them were Edward Prasse and Richard Man- Hie, employes of the Council Bluffs Auto mobile company's garage at 610 Pearl atreet. Both escaped unhurt. The wrecked auto belonged to O. C. Brown and had been left at the garage for repairs. During the late afternoon Manville took the machine out for the pur pone of teatlng It. Prasse accompanied him In another machine belonging to the garage. They denied they were racing, but admitted they were going more than twenty-five miles an hour. Prasse waa ahead when they started down the steep bill at the Pierce street school, and he claims that the brake on the Brown ma chine failed to work, and to prevent run ning Into the machine ahead he turned Into the curb and hit the trolley pole. According to the poiloe department re ports from evidence secured by Chief of Police Froom and Deputy Marshal Crum. who personally Investigated It and placed the men under arrest. It was plain race at a speed of more than thirty miles an hour. Manager Blerer of the auto company, who was out of town during the afternoon, said last evening that it was an accident, due to failure of the brakes on the Brown machine to work, and that In the condition the machine was In It could not go faster than twenty-five miles an hour. Prasse and Manville were required to put up a bond of $M each for their appearance In police court today. BAM SNYDER LOANS MONEY on household goods, horses, cattle and all ehattel securities at a big discount of the usual rate. Office over 330 West Broadway, AUDITOR M'ANENY REPORTS Makes gkonlasT of I nadltlaa v City's risssres at Knd at .Inly. Tha report of City Auditor McAneny of the otty's finances at the end of July was completed yesterday and will be submitted to the city council at tile mooting on Mon day night. It shows that there is a total balance of S&7.10S.0! In the general fund o the total of S.0U0. appropriated at the be ginning of the fiscal year, April L It cost I2.uvr.36 to maintain the police and marshal' department during the month and (2,106.06 for the fire department. The streets and alley department spent S1,M6.6 during July; the engineering department, 1646.66; the city hall department, S&3.45; the electrical depart Ricnt IIW. and the city health, 1169 26. The following shows the total In all de partments, the first set of figures show Ing the totals tor the month and tha second the amount used since April 1: Total grneret fund t 8.0U3 .17 Improvements 12 14 Gaa and street lights l.?:2.21 Kewer department 1.U6.7S bridge department.1 v.t3 Judgments ls.6 Water department Intersection, paving and grading 1,17008 Bond loan Road Water worka sinking 46. (jo t tl.SW 98 S.M7.67 7. 107 8 6,747. . ati.t 47.6li.L- 1.36 00 paving refund, special .7.W7.M .I1T.4M1.S fUI.991 Totals K. T. FlumbUa Co., Tl. XW. Night L-17vi SAVE MONEY Read our price for Saturday: Bartlett pear, case, SI. 98; PrS basket, 25c; peaches, basket, 25c; cantaloupes, two for 6o and up to 10c each; quart Mason Jars, doien, 63o; Jelly glasses. dosen, 29c; Jar rubbers, three doien for 25c; cuoumbera, three for 6c; tomatoes, basket, lOo; sweet potatoes, half peck, 26c; Corn Flakes, pkg., Ho; Jello, pkg., 7o. Meat department specials: Rib roast lb., 12V4c; pot roast, lb., up from 8c; beefsteak, lb., up from lOo; Libby's lamb tongue. Jar, 48c; spring chicken, lb., 20c; hens, lb., 1214c. Hardware specials: One-quart Ice cream freesers, each, (9c; others up to 14; fruit Jar wrenches, 16c; fruit Jar holders. 25c; 20 per cent dlsoount on all rubber hose, lawn mowers and hammocks. 3. Zoller Merc. Co.. 100 to 108 Broadway. Phonea 830. EAGLES WILL JOIN PARADE Decision Reached that They Will Take Part la Labor Day , Celebration. At the meeting of Council Bluffs aerie of Eagles laat night It was decided to Join In the Labor day demonstration and to call upon every Eagle In the city to Join the parade. Labor day will be a holiday and all of the members will have a chance to leave their work. It was also decided to Issue Invitations to the members of the order In all of the surrounding towns ask ing them to coma here and participate in the parade and be the guests of the local aerie during the day. This decision win add ats least 600 men to the prade, which will begin and end at the Commercial olut carnival grounds. Every labor organisa tion in the city has decided to Join the parade and since the Eagles have made the start It Is probable that all of the fra ternal orders will do likewise. Preparations for the carnival are being pushed with unremitting vigor. Electrician Damon haa completed all of the- wiring required for the illumination of Baylies park and the carnival grounds with the exception of the booth a The work of build ing the booths has been under way for the last two days and last evening nearly half of tha rough construction was completed. Tha booths will extend all of the way around the park, with the exception of the Pearl street side. The park will be illumi nated by 1,600 lncandeeoent lights and per haps several of the huge flaming arcs will be slipped Into the positions now occupied by the .regular arc lights within the In closed area. It Is certain the Illuminations will be very much more extensive than has been provided at any previous carnival. Amateur photographers wanting best re sults get finishing done at Kuhn's studio. 26. 8. Main. Council Bluffs. Open Sundays, Real Estate Transfers. Real estate transfers as reported to The Bee, August 18 by the Pottawattamie County Abstract company of Council Bluffs: Lena M. Fuller and husband to Henry , luai, ioi a in uioca i, fiarnnon street addition to Council Bluffs. la., w. d...t300 Jessica J. Bledentopf and husband and ,ilen M. B. Haas and husband to Benjamin Co., lot 7 In block 18 In Central subdivision, and lot 4 In Mock 28, Central subdivision, lot 4 In block , 18. In Mullln's subdivision, all In council Bluffs, la, q. c. d l i Two transfers, total J.iOl EqtJAL NUMBKrt BOYS AND UIHI.fl Irkeel Ceases of Jefferson Connty hows I ul Condition. i JKFFERKQN, la., Aug. W.-Speclal.') "A nice little girl for a nice little boy" can be sung with charming originality In this county and the words can be set to the sweetest music. County Superintendent Obllnger In making out his report which j he must forward to Slate Superintendent i Deyoe, finds that there are 4,720 children In the county of the school age. That is ( nothing strange, but when he discovered j that the number of boya and the number of j prise depleted on every part of his counte- nance, two tnousana seven nunared and sixty boys and the same number of girls. Railroad Men t barged with Theft. DEN1SON, la.. Aug. 19. (Special.)-Detectives of the Northwestern road have caused the arrest of two employes for breaking open a car and taking out a case of beer. The men charged are P. L. Forna worth and William Clark, both of Boone. It appears from the evidence at the pre liminary hearing that a tramp who had been put off a freight train at Missouri Valley gave a Northwestern detective the Information that the train had been atopped between Dow .City and Dunlap, a car broken open and a case of beer thrown out, which was later taken In the way car. The detective boarded the train and found the beer cooling. They have been bound over to the next term of court at Dentson, which meets In four weeks. Cow Klled r Aatoaaobllo. ROCKWELL CITY, la., Aug. 1 (Spe cial.) While driving an automobile at twenty-five miles an hour Pearlle Owens truck a eow near here, the collision caus ing the car io turn turtle with Ita five oc cupants. Owens waa crossing a bridge when the eow came onto the grade. The passengers of the car escaped without seri ous injury, bu the cow waa killed. Of " Freedom of the Plains A Home in the West Means Manhood, WomanhoodNew Life i . Thousands Are Coming From the East This section offers opportunities not found in any other part of the United States. Cramped conditions, which prevail in the east, do not exist here. People are flocking to the west They are buying land. There is no possible way in which they can lose. Nebraska and Iowa lands, as well as Colorado and Wyoming and the far western states, are growing more valuable every day. Now is the time for you to buy. Buy Nebraska land, Iowa land, land in the Dakotas or Wyoming. It will be gold some day. After awhile the man of moderate means will not have an opportunity to acquire any of this property. Live land agents and real estate dealers are keeping you posted through The Omaha Bee about lands in the West Read what they say. Watch the property offered in today's paper. The Bee should be -valuable to you now. Call TyIer-1000 and ask ques tions. Or write us if you wish to buy or sell, addressing Omaha Bee Land Department. 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