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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1912)
! 8 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATUBDAY, JTJLY 13, 1912: 'J 5 1 1 1 1 ?! I i; "BRIDGE REPAIR MONEY HELD rr' ' . Commissioner! Decide to Investi j ' gate Method in Vogue. C03IBACTS LET WITHOUT BIDS tlnwr Says tkat He U Being I- aord br the Otkcr Members i of the Board of Ceat- 4 alssloners. J Following a tour of Inspection of county fcrldfes by the Board of County Com anlssionert Thursday afternoon the koard rejected proposals of County Sur veyor McBrlde for 18.000 worth of bridge Repairs and ordered a full inveetiaatlon Jot bridge work with a view- of deter inlninf where the money for bridge work 4s being spent, how it la being spent, and whether or not the county ia getting Ua tnlney's worth In bridge building and fcirdge repair. ; " Commissioner Tom O'Connor went to the aupport of Chairman John C. Lynch, Jwho favored the Inveatigatlon and the Rejection for the time of the bridge re pair proposal. Commission Elsasaer and Harte were on the other aide, but 5had not a majority of the votea. Com jnlssloner Frank C. Beat waa absent I The Investigation la expected" to dis fclose that tha rule requiring competitive slda and contracU for all work In excess tt Hut in cost has been Ignored ia sev eral instancea. work coating far more than 1100 having been let to construction fcompanle without blda or contracU. j XVmut Sisrt to Help. Commissioner Elsasaer offered resolu tion for repaira on the Valley and Noyes fcridgea, to coat aeveral thousand dollars. , These resolutions also were beaten by Lynch and O'Connor, who declared in the case of the Valley bridge that Saun- era county and the state of Nebraska re bound to help repair the structure, ut so far' have contributed nothing. Commissioner Elsasaer made a fiery peach to the general effect that he ha hetn Ignored by members of the board in 'their conferences, and demanded that in 'future he not be kept in the dark. He jfald that In hla absence the board called llor a report on charities expense, though fe la head of the charity committee, l4nd that Commissioner Hart and Sur veyor McBrlde conferred about bridges In !4hispers so that be might not hear, j 1 Commissioner Lynch explained that no Wiecourteay waa 'meant In calling for tha laritiea expense account. The time for illing for tha report arrived; Mr. Bi ster was out of the city; the board w no reason why it ahould wait until Tils return, knowing that were be present jte would favor calling for the report. ir. Hart explained that his conference 1th McBrlde was entirely private and fcjbunty buaineas was not discussed iMasten Looks Over the Western Lines Superintendent John II. Maaten of the fourteenth division of the railway mail ervice ha Just returned from a tour f tea days through Colorado, New fkxlco and other western points on hla division., From Callaway, Neb., he made '&e trip over the new branch line of he Tnlon Pacjflo to Stapleton,' thirty vfn miles distant, to gather data with eiview to getting the railway mall serv le esUbllshed en , this- branch. The agreement, pf .the railway company : to rry the null If the department so da agres was also secured, j This together fith the map of the star route now in operation and the data secured will be submitted -to the department at Wash lagton tor consideration. It usually takes about three weeks after the submission of the data for the railway mail aervlce te be put into operation on a new line. ainsFall Over Corn Sections ! Up to 7 yesterday, rooming the little jSrlMllotf rains that had fallen during the receding twenty-four hours had aggre gated oply .04 of an inch In Omaha. There were parts of the state, however, that received more. One-half to two thjrde of. an inch we, reported from a auraber'of points and Broken Bow ri jpcrted it inches. Minnesota and Dakota received good ralna In moat sections, local rains were reported from parte of Kansas. The major part of tha corn and iwheet belt pf the United Btatea waa Malted by ralna. of. varying amounts. After the two days of agreeable, cool weather the thermometer again stood at si at aioon today. The temperature at T o'clock in the morning wa 74 degree, or five ide trees warmer than the day before at the corresponding hour. , , 1 1 -, . Stroud-Must Stand '; ; Water Main Expense i First action under the new rulea made y the water boarJ by which property jownera must pay SO cents per front foot jteward the coat of cenatructlnt water mala extensions eras , taken when a water imala flletrlct was created and an ex. ttenaion front Commercial avenue Into itfte Stroud, Manufacturing plant author Used. . ' - -; . .This extension wilt be along- fiOO feet ot 4he street and the Stroud company owns lland on either aid It will be a aix-lncb Kost of this and other mains will bo cparjsd to the property owner, not tn ;ceea ot 80 Cents per front foot. The cost in exceaa of the amount raised tn this manner will be paid by the water 'board. Wheel Tax Measure j is Out of Question City Attemey Rine has pronounced the wheel tax ordinance, by which the city expected to ralae SU0.CW to flSO.OOO Pfr year. In violation ot the charter. No attempt will now be made to paaa uch an ordinance, but the city commis sion will seek come other way of raising this amount of money, 1 which will I needed, unless the - charter la rewritten and the Sl.000,000 annual levy Increased. A wheel tax ordtaanoe , was first pro posed by the comptroller's department. Jt was planned to levy a graduated tax en ail vehtclca, especially on automobiles. Mt. Rine ha been examining the char ter In an attempt to find legal Justifica tion for uco an' ordinance, but be re ported to the council at an Informal aea .ion that it was "out of the Question." Xtbo4r U Tom Old to learn that the sure way . to cure a eouah, cold or aore lungs 3s with Dr i King's New Discovery. 50c and $100. For tJ by Eeaton Drug Co- , SIM This event is grade Muslin Underwear Throngs of women have Women 'g CORSET COVERS All kinds hundred! ot dif ferent styles all also lace, embroidered m r 'and plain 25c and Jir 39c values at..... vv Children's Muslin Pett'coats Alt sizes 25c values, . speciali at . Women's Striped Gingham Petticoat, Worth 85c, at 18 ........... - - 0 'I'PJ ifjjX rfj Mussed, But rJWdi3 An Aw As a pici'aUieiraECf Baxfain we oiler the Ideal nidsomcer Cctiag ad Vacation Hats Bleached Feiaut Braid traw Hats ia Fftsama Shapes Newer and just as service able and smart as the ex pensive Panamas trim-' med with chiffon drapes,' white fancy feathers and flower effectsbest col-; o r 8 a r e r e p resented,' white; lighi v blue; pink. and empire green-soft , straweasily packeddoes burn' and will star white and $10 values, 2d Floor, S) FECIALS. . Human SHOOK FXtOOX AVS for' CENTRAL STATION PROPOSED Police Commissioner Byder Has Flan pi Increase Efficiency. ' MAY SUBMIT A BOND ISSUE Flea ia Npt Onlr. to. Erect fire Hoaaea, bat Etabllh Sbpe- , f lice Itatloa Ot the . , . 'City. 1 i c l'r ''; With money raised froiu a lioo.000 bond Issue the city commissioner expect to lubmtt to the voters this fall not only will four new tire houses be built, but It la planned to conotruct two pew subpoHce stations and a central station.' ; Police SuDerintsndent Rydar la worklnir oil plans for a central station, which may be built In connection with a central firs station If the bonds are voted, He will also build a workhouse in con nection with the central station and will attempt to put In force a policy of eetrre- gating Juvenile otfendera from the "hard. end criminals." ' , ; In this central station. If it - is built. will be the headquarters ot the Juvenile vuun, mi miron s ueparirapnl, , a path house and other convenience. , "What we would like to do." 'saJd Mr.' Ryder, "la to give men who are arreeted ana convicted In police court an oDDor- tunlty to make good. We could alve them worn at im woranouae,: clean tnem up and perhaps get them a Job. or after two or inree weekr work send them out with a little money and a little more hope." Mr. Ryder would follow in the tracks oi the larger clues, all of which have made a success of such workhouse. He aaya It would be self supporting. A Pay I nil Proposition, Commissioner Withnell and Mayor D&hl man favor the bond Issue of $100,00o be cause, they aay, rent la being paid fer tire &oues now that would pay toe In tereat on such bonds. It Is Mr. Ryder's desire to have a uV ponce station in the north end of the city and another in the south section Such stations, he says, would do much toward eliminating tha night hawks who can work several mlnutea now ' be. fore the officers can reach the scene ot their operations from the Dodge street station. ; V 1 ' ; Should the $100,000 bonda . be voted.. th Dodge street " autlon, wblohsis near the rauroaa tracka tn a manufacturing tec uon, woma be sold- Ryder sava it 11 not a fit place to centralise the work of the department. ', Th Persistent and Judielous Use . of Newspaper Advertising is the Bead to Buslneas Success. Stores THOUSANDS OF FRESH Ml certainly the most extraordinary of the Clearing Sale. We have grouped all our and reduced the prices for marveled at the bargains Women'i DRAWERS All sizes, all kinds lace, embroidered and plain values flO np to 50c, at ...,4vC Children'8 Ideal Waists All sizes -well known , to all moth firs flt ) not C - $8.50 V Tti Saturday. ...... . Hair Goods VOUTXIAir BOOM . $3 Switches, 22 inches long-made of silky . human hair,, at 75c' $4 Natural Wavy Switches, made of fine a a 1UL A-c of 1UL y ' ; FJU. wavy, naxr, special, at '.. $1.75 $2 Puffs, 15 in cluster; for ........ 90c Beautiful Puffs, 38 in cluster; worth $4.00, leading ...... $1.98 and 60c; Mandamus Orders ' lire to Deliver Tax Scavenger Tax Deed Right of a scavenger tag title buyer to a scavenger tax deed when part of the taxes against a property remain unpaid waa tested by City and County Treasurer w. O. Ure before Judge A. C, Troup In the equity division of the district court, when the treasurer refuaed to deliver auch deed to D. C. Patterson, a tax title buyer, until he was compelled eo to do by a temporary writ of mandamus. The court eustatned Pattereon's contention. Under the scavenger tax law Patterson went Into court with application for con. flrmatlon of a sale to him of a tract of land In Hawthorne addition at scavenger sale." The Bale was confirmed and Pat t arson Immediately called upon Ure for scavenger tax deed to the property. The treasurer refuaed the deed on the ground that since Patterson's purchase of the tax title, several years ago, no taxes had been paid on the property, and for aeveral years Patterson had permitted subsequent delinquent taxes to accumu- f tate. - v ; - Patterson then asked for a mandamus commanding Ure to deliver the deed. Judge Troup held that the deed should be delivered because the, deed Itself specifies that the title is granted subject to pay ment of subsequent taxes, and unless Pat terson pays them eventually the property will again be sold at scavenger tax aale. I simply wanted to make a teat,1' said Mr-. Ure,, "I wanted the court to rule. There waa nothing personal about my re fusal. I simply don't want to give scav enger tax deeds to people unless they are entitled to them, and the only way I eould make sure en this point was to re tuae to deliver the deed and let the eourt rule." ' ' ' ' ; PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Senator E. E. Placek of Wahoo lala the city tor the day. , Andy rahey. police patrol conductor, haa gone to Boston for a month's vaca tion, v - . Representative Edmund 8. Quacken bush, well-known Auburn lawyer- and legislator, spent a part ot yesterday n Omaha, departing laat night for an ex tended Jtrlp to .the Pacific coast Fred Schroedcr - former councilman fnom the Seventh ward, waa pains around the cigar today. The tork via Ited the Schroeeer home at 1114 South Twsnty-aeventh street last night and left a baby girl. . . rtr A. W IPif clirtmnn f kl. ...... mobile tn front of the Brandela building nu weiu m ma room on me lourth floor. ' When he returned a medicine case, containing surgical tools and medicine, had been stolen. (Breat NEW WHITE GARMENTS AT WONDERFULLY REDUCED PRICES this lale almost in the window and lit 4 i' wf M W' HUSLIN UNDERVEARwthspt.$i.t48c' Hundreds of excellent quality Night Gowns, Skirts, Chemises, Combi nation Garments, Drawers and Corset Covers in the styles now' in greatest demand good, up-to-date 'undermuslins the A sTy greatest assortment and by' far the best qualities ever swLJ5C Undermuslins at 63c Undermuslins of all kinds. Including dalaty princess slips and combina tion a arments of corset cover and skirt or corset' cover and drawers all sizes, worth to 11.60 at ...r.. 68c i I-Iuslin Undenrear worth Exquisite. Princess Slips, Combination Suits, Gowns, Chemises, Skirts, Drawers and Corset Covers elegantly trimmed with q fine laces and embroideries wonderful variety I 1 vnlnoa nn in &'7 ?A at " A9J Gehiiihe French i Reduction The real Convent, hand made French' Undermuslins bought at a great concession at one-third less than their regular prices slightly mussejl wonderful bargains. v SATURDAY WASH GOODS Flna Silk Ratine, the most wanted fabric of ' the sea- , son for soft, clinging street and evening gowns new,' Another rare bargain extra fine quality silk stripe voiles, all plain shades made from double hand- shades for summer twisted thread fall; worth at, per yard 19c wide, worth 36c at, per yard. Effort Being Made to Retain Valuable State Water Rights Governor Aldrlch and othera In state authority have been shown the value of Nebraska water rights; which some are seeking to have cancelled because ot non use. These rights are wortn at least 150, 000,000' and a combined effort will be made to retain thejn. , ... t During the laat few seasons there has been sufficient natural moisture in the North Platte country to insure good crops and for that reason water rights have not been used. Certain persons, seeking private benefit, propoae to have the water rlghta cancelled. The governor and other state officials, as weir as representatives of the UiJon Pacific, took a tour of Inspection In the North Platte country thls week. Judge Permits Lad to Stay in Country Mra Edna turner's' application for an order restoring to her custody ot her adopted child, who tor four years haa been at home with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickson, near Tekamah, waa denied by Judge Lee S. Eatelle in district court The Judge eaid while he believed Mre. Turner waa conscientious in her desire to have the child and would make every effort to give him proper care, yet he believed the boy would' be better ' oft on his farm than In the city, more or lese on the streets while his mother was at work. ,4. - Public Hearing is ,. Ordered for the New Weight Ordinance Public hearing will be had on 'the "weights" ordinance prepared by the city sealer ot weights and measures and the secretary of the grocers' organisation be fore It Is placed on its final paesara The ordinance was given it first and second readings bsfore the council and referred to Mayor . Dahlman. who will name the date for the public hearing. This ordinance was prepared for the purpose of compelling grocers to sell all merchandise by weight and it fixes the scale ot weights that ahall be the stand ard. An pra'""Tniiln. ltj. ciltB)aj3or. past beliet Many ot tnem are mussea, dui inousanas arc ircwi aim new. Saturday will be the grandest bargain day in undermuslins Omaha has ever known . mm m mf F 1 Undermuslins at 88c Fine muslin .undergarments, made ot splendid fabrics, carefully sized and beautifully trimmed all sizes every kind actual $1.75 and $2 values ..for.,.. .......... u I 88c p to $2.50 it $138 SPECIALS -BASEMENT K One case of tine white cot ton crepe with pink and lavender rings very soft ' for underwear and house 27 inches dresses 32-lnches 15c worth 20c, clearing sale price, yard. for engineers to blow whistles and ring bells during the night and unnecessarily was passed, McGovern and Hummel vot ing In the negative. ' Contracts with the Independent f Tele- phone company were ordered canceled from and after July 1, and the .company. Banner Trips i ;v. -6 Newark. Boston Niagara Falls , Buffalo Albany Saratoga r Adironaacks 1000. Islands NewEndland SeaCbasi ChairtauqutV Montreal Quebec WhHe Mifs Washington NewportNews Bar Harbor lonj Island Sound OldfcintCcrofort 1st irl. " 111 "' - JersQ2 Qearii 1 I a. Women's 50c and 75c CORSET COVERS 29c Extra special lot of fine Cor set Covers, elaborately trimmed, worth and 75c; all sizes; UC at, each V Women's White Lawn BIB APRONS Regular price is 25c . each spe- 1C cial at ...Itfly Immense Sec tion Devoted to This Sale 2d Floor. Sale of Women's Women's Oxfords and Pumps Odds and ends, also broken lines of our most popular styles. Tans and blacks, patent leather, dull kidskin and dull calfskin not a pair worth less than f 1 3 most of them are even $0 all sizes at, pair. Women's Tan Calfskin Pumps, Oxfords I and Colonial Pumps Low heels and 1 Cuban heels $3 to $5, values in all sizes at, a patr $2,48 Women's White Sea Island Duck Shoes Flexible welted soles, plain or . tip ped vamps, high arch and short fore parts all sizes at, pair. . . . .$2.85 Women's White Canvas Colonial Pumps With silver buckles, light turned soles Just the thing for hot weather at, a pair. ... , $2.48 Women's Pumps and Oxfords, regular t, $3.50 and $4.00 footwear, at, a pair $9.48 Women's Colonial Pumps, In white buck skin, black satin and patent leathers, at ... $3.4$ Women's Pomps and Bntton Oxfords, aea Island duck, at, pair $9.48 Women's Shoes in white buckskin, worth $4.00 per pair, at pair j $9.48 Women's Colonial Pumps, $5 values, at. h pair Clearing Sale Specials in Bags Large Real Leather Bags Leather lined, with 11-lnch oxi dized silver frame in grape and assorted designs; - worth $2; sale price, each. , . 1 All Leather Bags, black or tan, leather lined, with 10-inch oxidized and nickel frame, worth $1.50; special sale price, each. SC Real Leather Bags, with 9-inch silver and nlckei , frames worth $1 at, each. .... ........... OUC 25 discount on anjr piece of Solid Gold or Gold FiUed Jewelry. 25 discount on any Tea Set or other Silver HoUow Ware. :, . width; 10c was directed to remove all its devices from the city hall free of cost to the city. . The bond of the electric light company eoverlng the new contract was referred tQ the l.egal. department. This bond Is for $10,000 and is given by the National Fi delity and Casualty company. .Corporation Counael Baker rendered a Mr - - it .Hundreds of delightful places to spend a summer Taxation. Including fascinating New York and historic old Boston, The Sea Shore and the picturesque New England mountain resorts. All "back east" excursions at greatly reduced fares. See that your tickets, which ire on sale at your home ticket office during the summer, read via NewYomftntelllnfe Th Water-Levtl Liberal stop-over privileges, affording oppor tunity of visiting Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland,' Toledo. Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Detroit, Pittsburga, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Montreal, Springfield, Mass,, and many other points of interest. The convenient and comfortable train service snti interesting scenery make the trip' a most enjoyable part of your vacation. Let tie Plan Your "Back East" Trip Tell us la s general way what yon require, the nnnber In your party, , and ue amount of money yo want to apend. and we will propose one or two trips for your consideration, with complete loionsauon. and send you a descriptive folder. . 7 Omaha Office, 323 City National Bank Bldtf. 3.S. WUIebranda, General Agent Peseeager Department , Or apply to your local agent for round-trip fares, ticket and sleeplns- ear accommodations. medium and high I. .-., I . as MAnf OHXSKEITB mrsKix PETTICOATS With Waists Attached V Actually worth 35c ea. extra special, on 2d floor, at ......... I8c Children's Tucked ' MUSLIN DRAWERS? All sizes a special bargain at 6c Women's ) Striped 7. ' Gingham Petticoats, Worth 35c, at 18 IsEECEi I Midsummer Shoes worth s ana r$1.98 $3.48 written opinion holding that the enact ment of the commission form of govern ment did not abrogate the powera of the city council over the streeta and alleys and public lands, and that no streets could be used by the Water board until permission had been granted by the coun cil. Route" - i r A enact- w 4 1