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I' REAL ESTATE CITY IMIOPHHTY l'OU S.VLR. Opening Safe of Glendale Lots 4 , v.- ;'f'4 'One of in.6r&'Iotci in tliis benutiful uow ndditiou, locatod in Florence, on tho ::ftotQ8t Iiawiv cnr lino irad pavocl road. Only 5 blacks west from Mnia Fior-'oiiCQj-highsigMly lots have largo shade trees. Beam itifui. parking along. the 'smith sido' of "the; addition, whicli is maintained without any cfSsfc to property dwners in Glendale" Those -lots will bo sold on our easy payment plan of ' . k $5 Down, $5 a Month And at the remarkably low prices of $200, $225, $250, $275, $300 Only a few higher. These will surely all bo- sold in a few days at such low prices and easy terms. Will mnke terms of $10 down and $7.50 a month if two lots aro taken. Don't miBS' going out today or-Sunday; a beautiful car ridd. Take car marked "Forest Lawn," which will take you right to"- tho Addition. 1 Salesmen will be on the ground all day Saturday and Sunday, rain or skitio;-1" . Building restrictions on all lots which will assuro a good class of Myer.a. - iFine'fora " ' . , J . Home or Investment k r The way to start saving and got a home is to buy one or more lots-in this - . beautiful addition 't located OR car line and payed road. y . " .. . 1 ' - . . HASTINGS & HEYDEN ' . 1614 Harney Street . ; . J A'- Fire and Tornado Insurance Good, strong companies. -Orin S. Merrill Co. . 1113-1214 CHy Nat. Bank Bldg. Out of Town Owner Is In Omaha, t6 tell home of 7 rooms) all modern; fine lot, with fruit, S312 La f oyette Ax., Beml Park. Place la worth 13,800, but I will take Una, as I live too far away. Look It over on outside and If Interested phone Harney 3923. SEE THIS Owner Leaving City AND MTJBT SELL ALL NEW 5-ROOM COTTAGE BUNOALOW, FULLY MOD ERN, FURNACE HEAT. LARGE RE CEPTION HALL,, LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM FINISHED IN OAK. BUILT-IN COLONNADE AND BOOK CASES. BUILT BY THE DAY FOR A HOME. FOR QUICK SALE, PRICE 32.CO0. ONE-THIRD CASH. LET US BHOW YOU THIS AT ONCE. PHONE) DOUGLAS 3161. OR SEE L, B. Scott & Son ' 1126 CITY NATIONAL BANK BLDG. COTTAGES FOR SALE TO BE MOVED. tot 'Particulars Phone Deuslaa -3331 MUBT SELL My 5-r. modern bungalow, 2930 3. Boule vard, S. Hanscom Park. See It. only 3230 cash, bal. monthly. Phone Doug 8307. OWNER LEAVING CITY Must sell 6-room. all modern house; full lot; nicely located, good neighborhood. SOU Mere dith Avu Web. Mtt. MAP OF OMAHA STREETS, Indexed, free at our office; two stamps by mall. Chas. E. Williamson Co., Real Estate, Insurance, care of property, Omaha. Also Omaha Red Book, vest pocket lxe.- TO BUY, BULL OR HUNT, FIItST 8KB JOHN W. BOBBINS. 1302 FABN.M ST. REAL ESTATE. FARM A RANCH LANDS FOR SALIC. AriunMt, 180 acres, fine valley farm, 32.(00; so' acres fine valley farm. 11,400; 120 acre upland Improved farm, 31.000, part on time. Lock Box No. 8. Hatfield. Ark. EXCEPTIONAL BARGAIN SO acres. $160, terms, (10 down, (10 per month, big list free. Ward, the land man. Mountain )iomt, Am, Colorado, CAN YOU BEAT ITT Wo have a country where the sun shines 800 days out of every year. Where the winters are hot too cold and the sum rnera are not too hot. Where a new railroad Is just being constructed. Where coal can be hauled out at the rate of a hundred tr&inloada a day for half a century without making any perceptible decrease In the whole. Where an av erage crop of hay Is 3 tons per acre. (Where wheat averages 40 bushels an acre and where oats average CO. Where potatoes weighing as high as live pounds each aro dug at the rti u. nt tm hmhili per acre. Where there is plenty of water for irrigation and domestlo purposes. Where flue mesa land can be bought for from 110 la l per acre, and excellent improved irrigated ranches for from 390 BEAR RIVER RE ALT r COMPANY, Hayden. Routt County, Colorado. I own section 7, 8, S3, near Arriba. Lin coln county, Colo. 825 acres, all good till able land, unimproved. Want to find tome one who ran sell this for me at reasonable srtue for cash or on time. pox w, rmnnonu jainn. Mlnnusotsu SEND for tree list of Minnesota farms. 30 to 373 per acre. Minnesota Land Ag.enoy, Court Block, St. Paul, Mian. REAL ESTATE cxxy piiopkiity run salt;. Today and Sunday - A Chance to Buy v . IlEAXi ESTA'XE. FAUM & RANCH LANDS FOn. SALE. Calltortiltt. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY ALFALFA and FRUIT Lands. Southern Padflq and Santa Fe main lines traverse our absolutely level tract. Only 15 feet to water: also urteslan wells. Five hours' run to either San Francisco or Los Angelas, with a combined popula tion" of-Tar over 1,000,000. $W PER ACRE-EASY TERMS. Join our half-rate excursion to SUNNY CALIFORNIA In May. Bee the- ' FONTANA ORANGE GROVES, located on the electric !ne from Lo Angeles to Riverside. Make your reseratlons early and tet us how you the "GOLDEN STATE" from Ban Francisco to San Diego. For. tree handsomely Illustrated book lets on all .matters Callforl&n, see or write,, i i . KARL BREHME. 615 BeV told. FOR SALE Farm land In tho Antelope valley, the milk bottle of Los Angeles. Land In the suburbs of Los Ancclcs Is becoming so valuable ror subdivision rur nnM that the dairyman Is belntr crowded out. Just recently it has been discovered that water can 'be had in large quanti ties in the Antelope valley. As this promising valley Js only 10 miles irom me rapidly growing city of Los Angeles, and because land car. still be had at a low price, farmers and dairymen are buying thousands oi acres or mis nne rich land. We can sell you 20 acres or more for $100 per acre, on .easy terms, located one mile from a good town. This Is choice alfalfa and pear land. kVip furtliAp nnrflrulnra write to Cen- tlnela Land Company. 1009 Title Insur ance liUllaing, UOB Angeios. uaiuorniiu Oil.TDVnMTi lanri A Tfnil rl nn lilt And td Tues. W. T. Smith Co. 815 City Nat. Bk. Nebraska. FarmsFarmsFarms Driving distance of Omaha; bargains. Let us show you the goods. All sUes, all prices, all terms. nn UllltN tS. JVltilUUUU Rooms 1813-1214 City Nat. Rank Bldg. SO ACRES OF SOUTHEASTERN NE BRASKA LAND FOR CLEAR VACANT LOTS. . . .. CC5 acres of Platte valley land, is miles fmm North Pln.lt nnd S miles from Hershey, Neb.; will stand close Investi gation and worth more money. Price 115 per acre; half cash or g6od Omaha .in come ana oaiunce oacK on mno. AiABx SBx BOLD, 217 McCague Bidg., Omaha. a K . ...... . k . InM I incumbrance, in Holt county: Nebraska, to trade' on quarter or half section of eastern .neDrasKa laiiu, jinrj-ic couuijr preferred, J, R. Collins, 103J Omaha Na tional Bank Bldg.. Omaha Neb. ' Nerr York. NEW YORK STATE FARM FOR SALE. The eyes of the world aro turned to ward York State Farms Bargains. 128 acre farm, 2 miles from vlllago, price, 112 per acre. 142-acre farm, 2 miles from village, 14 to Syracuse, 324 per acre, fi acre hen farm, excellent land, river front village, xrouey ana Doai lines ' roan. 13 miles from Syracuse. State macadam toad all the way. Price $1,000. WO cash down. Railroad fare to purchaser. E. Munson, 2128 & Sallna, St., Syracuse, N. Y. Miscellaneous. ADVEBTISBMENT On May 20 a personally conducted ex cursion will leave Omaha via C, M. & St. P. Ry. for points In Montana, Idaho and Washington along the C M. & St, P. Railway. The construction' of this new road has opened up .a vast extent of new country In which excellent farm lands near rail road can be purchased at from $10 to $30 per acre. Irrigated farm and fruit lands can' be purchased at from $100 to $250 per acre. Government homestead lands free. The party will be personally conducted by Traveling Colonization Agent F. L. Sherwood, who is thoroughly familiar with the country traversed. For further information call on or writs F L. Sherwood, Traveling Colonisation Agent, C M. & St- P Railway, 1317 Far nam St. Omaha, Neb. Persistent, Advertising 1 the I to ad to Big Returns. THE BEE; REAL ESTATE CITY PUOPKRTY Von 8AU3. RBATj estate farm a ranch land for salic Montana, 8IXTY THOUSAND ' acres Carey land open to entry at Valler, Mont.; fifteen annual payments; section famous for grains, grasees, vegetables) Well adapted to diversified farming, For particulars write -Valler Farm Sales company, llox 102S, Valler. Mont. REAL ESTATE LOAMS. MONEY oh hand at lowest rates for loans on Nnbraska farms and Omaha city property In any amounts. H. W. BINDER, 823 City National Bank Bldg. MONEY TO LOAN ON OMAHA HOMES. NO DELAY. J. H. Million Co., INC- 921 CITY NATIONAL BANIC BLDG., DOUGLAS 1278. MONEY To loan on business or resi dence properties $1,000 to $500,000. W. H. THOMAS, 228 Stat Bank Bldg. OMAHA home's. East Nebraska farms. O'KEEFE REAL ESTATE CO. 1018 Omaha NattohaUJ Douglas 2715. LOANS on farms and improved city property, 6, 5H and 6 per rent; no delay. J. H. Dumont. & Co.. 1G03 Farnam Bt. t REAL ESTAniTlUNS. WANTED City loans and warrants. W. Farnam Smith Si Co.. 1320 Farnam 8t. HARRISON & MORTON, 1 Om. I?t n A TMTXT BTjna Loans 3500 and un. Wanted City Loans Peters Trust Co. 1622 Farnam St. $100 to $10,000 made promptly, F. D. Wead, Wead Bldg., ISth and. Farnam. ft of, CITY LOANS, Bemls-Carlberg Co., "7 310-3U Brandela Theater Bldg. LARGE loans our specialty. Stull Bros. REAL ESTATE WANTED. . LIST your house- with us. We have buy ers. Osborne Real Estate Co. Doug, 1474. ANCHOR LINE BTEAMSHIPfl Sail every Saturday to and from NEW YORK LONDONDERRY GLASGOW Ocean passage 7V4 days. Moderate rate. For book of tours, rates, etc, apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS, Gen. Axis., 26 W. Randolph St., Chicago. OR ANY LOCAL AGENT. WANTED TO BUY. Dolgoff 2d-hand store pays highest price for furniture, elothes. shoes. Web. 1007. WOULD Ilk to buy a five or ulx-roem house to be moved on a lot. On in the neighborhood of 14th and Clark preferred Telephone Rd 4S0L :.i P-EBT prlct for furniture. Call D. 7W. P. 80M. quick buyers of furniture. WANTED TO RENT LIBT your nous with us. We bar bur era. Osborn Ral Estate Co. Doug. 1474. LIVE STOCK MARKET OF "WEfJT Ship live stock to South Omaha. Save mileage and shrinkage. Your consign ments receive prompt and careful atten tion. Llva Stoak Commit ion Merchant. BYBRS BROS. Sc CO, Strong, reliable. CLIFTON Com. Co., 222 Exchange Bldg. MARTIN BROS. A CCv, Kxch&tig Bldg. OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY BAIXWAY TIME CARD. UNION ITATIO.N Tenth And Mnsom Chicago Jt-, Northwestern KORTUDOUND. Twin City Kxtmi.. .,....... iMjB i,ia- DnoUi rwttr TiUim s :5i5 tlai CHr tl... kt:lira litlZ Mlanitot BtrM T:Mrt iH.'lJiS Tle Cir Umlted W Era ?'S KASTDOVND. 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A( 10, (epl I7 OANADIAN SERVICE Montresl qube Hvr n Cla (10 Cabin tmr rwtM atcaaaa la Cam it ha srattttiltnrta atrrlo LlfAVB (IVUBEO I.a Touralna iitf it, Juno 11. Nlis'art Julr II. Au. II. T..rMi!ft taieactiMrtaeTai ttst llaav Wtf kM uktrtpb, rnbnurlM tall tlfnali Kkl m SCanrle "W. Xocsalmskl Ba. T em Agt-t 139 2V. Baiborn U tasateagg. w any 4 - THE PURPOIE C "Th purpote of a jeuraev f not 0nltr to arriv at tSt paaU but t find tniaymtnt on thl irav "lltnry Van Dyk. feat tfnorlbai iti WblU ttar tVirulnloo Caawllaa SrrilM lr tSa vletaraaqaa. land loa4 fit. Lawraaca routa to Kurap. SAILINGS TUESDAYS Fron Montraal c Que baa irtu Largist Cojaadian Llacra Atk th nearw( Agnt Fr PaTttcuUn i WKCTC ITflR-gOMIMtlN ( LINE oiiaOaoo. I H. K. Corner Madison and LSa!I fits., unicago, or ixicai Agent, TiKGAL NOTICES. NOTICE TO CONTBACTOBS, Bid will be received at the office ot the secretary of Mate, Lincoln, Nebraska, until 11 o'clock a. m., May 26, 1913, for the erection i f a brick, steel and con crete agricultural hall at the state fair ground, Lincoln, Nebraska, according td the plan and sitec iflcation, which may bo had upon implication to Secretary W. II. Melliir; atnta capltol. secretary of state, or Architoct Burd F. Miller. 734 Branded theater butidlng, Omaha, Neb. All application fcr plan must be ao companled by certlflc-1 check for Ui.00, payable tu tl o serrtitaty ot state, ADDLON 1. WAIT, . SeareUry of the B. P. U & B. M.17-d7L Young Men la search of opportunity WH1 do well to read the "Help "Wanted" column In The Bee every day. Many & man baa found hi chance through the want ad col umns of till paper. Read Bee Want Ads. tll:II tm 00 tn I ts tm iiM 8Miti int.. ;! 1 17, 1013. Ooiinoil Bluffs GREAT DAMAGE BY STORM High Wind Threw Tall Elevator Out of Plumb. FI00D COVERS WIDE AREA llrarlriat. Rnlns Krer Itrcontrit l"lll Vnllejs In Cnntrnl 1'nrt of l'otln Trntinmte Conntr nnd Will' I'aow Heitvr Lose. It was discovered ytsterdaj- morning that th most eetiotis'-damnfa Inflicted by the storm that passed over Council Bluffs Wednesday evening was auffered by the Trnn-MI.lstrrl elevator, n 1.200,000-huhel structure, filled to ca pacity with grain. Th wind forced, tho huge structure out of plumb, and It now hit a decided list to the east. The Omaha Elevator company' building -aU most as large, lost' A) rWttf Us rodf nut wns not otherwise aamagen. The damage to the Tran'MIlslppl bulldlhg I ot such a character that It cannqt be determined until expert elevator builder come here and make nil Investigation Just a few days after the Raster tor nado the Trnna-Mlssleslppl people placed a tornado risk of ll7,00i) on the build fng and 1100,000 on contents through the agency ot John I. LuU. . The loss may be 210,000 or It may be 210,000, not de terminable until the extent to which (he, building has been strained has been determined. Thq .toss on the Omaha, elevator will approximate- only a 'few hundred dollars. . It was, alao heavily Insured. .-,.. ' Mr T.tltr m MnftflMl veatfrdftl'. fit Why smalMos wh'l6h h'V been pro. tectud.by Insurance tJken, ut Muoo the Eaater storm. Many of them are In the country. Tho brim of Edward Cllee, northeast of Council Bluffs, which, wa completely dr stroyod. hy tho. Kaettr dls oterr lwd Just been rebuilt, finished on' Saturday. It was ngaln badly dam ngcti: Only 1200 Insurance remained on the Boat club house nt Manawa, vhltfh wns torn don on JCaster nhd .again, rlppnd. up on Wednesdaj'. wining. The policy had, not keen renewed, nnd It, took all but 3n0 of tho original1 risk to re pair tho first damage, Tne low' on the Bradley, Mcrrlattv A Smith garage "wtlt hot Ve' more thrtn tt.OW. It titfl' tiUo protected' .by 'InBurancc, a about every other building In tho city has been. There was a. terrific hllt6fm and cloudburst through the CentrAl north e.at section of rottawattoml county. Uati of large U fell over a large area, and In the vicinity of Macedonia, Un derwood and as far wot t Moaelland, beat -tho growln: crops Into the earth, culminating )h the most terrific, rain. further along Its track tlat has been recorded in twenty years. The deluge sent a t,eirtflo flood down' MOstiulto creek,'- Yosierday hooYi the stream ,4t Underwood, In., was a mile wide, and a large section ot the Bock Island main line was washed out, tying up all of tho train for the day. The trains got In from the east before the f!$od arrived, hut, before 10:10 the track wits' out and nil trains were annulled. The Milwaukee nnd Illinois Central fared is badly, and tho Burlington and. Northwestern were the only Chicago trunk line nbl ojtet trains thro,ukh fifteen trains,' many of iheril belong Ing td othei' Un, left thV .Northwestern station a closely together a they could bo run.- The Nbriabptna rlyer 1. th highest kn6wti In, gencrntlon nnd (.btf fanious draldaga' ditches hsA, the tVrst .opporlm nlty to' showf thelM vftluet i rrlo -t0 Wednesday ,I(tfi,s"'d'lu'ge "tho1 'dttche pprf9rrne4 e.drolraplft.. service'. While the water In tho vicinity of Harlan, wher4 a three-mllo stretch remains to. be .ox oavated, .was half a mile wide, tho oham net aboro and below was carrying ihe flood. Yesterday, however,, the, . water rdso and spread out a mile wide at Mace, donta and Ml ttm way from Oakland to Carton nearly tho whole valley was filled with a rushlnff flood, and there I wa nothing visible to indicate the line of the dllch or ft orrtbankinetV Orcat I damage 'will be done. ' ' yVoman Leaped, f torn Car; Sues (jpmpany Mr. France Stophons, who became frightened while Hdlhr on a street car Sunday morplg -when' a! fuse burned nut, and yielding to an uncontrollable Impulse leaped from the car -while It wo run ning at full speed, yesterday flleQ a ault pfcainit the cbmpanV for 3,00o damffe. Tho young woman wa painfully bruised about tha head and face when h fell ieY)ly upon the pavement near Broadway and, Eighth street, where the Incident occurred. The soft metal fuse are safety device ' to protect th mo tors, and tuning with' a bright flash and a sharp sound, is quite a common oc currence. Thomaa Q. Harrison, her attorney, filed notice of a lien to the amount of 31,(00 on the 33,000 Judgment asked for. SWITCHMAN HIT 8Y BULLET, SELF-DEFENSE IS ALLEGED Jay Btlll, a switchman employed by the Northwestern- railroad, (wn' taken- to Mercy hospital last night 'to have a bullet extracted from hi left arm hlc)i'cam from a .revolver' tired at him W Frank Oum, an old man residing a. Thirteenth street and First avenue. Still, in company with another man, went to tha home ot Frank McBee, Four teenth and First avenue, In an Intoxi cated condition and got- Into an alterca tion with MoBee. MoBee left his house and went to th horn of Qum. lie wa followed by Still, who wa itfuaed ad mittance when he reached th home of Qum. Still tried to force the door and, falling, kicked out two of the lower panel. Oum, armed with a revolver, met the Infuriated man at the battered door and fired two shot, one 'of which truck Btlll In th' arm. The man wa taken to the office of Dr, Fred Bellinger, who ordered him to the hospital after dressing hi wound. Qum' wa taken to the police station, but wa Pormltted to return to hi home upon hi own recog nltsnc . with Instruction to appear In police court thl morning. Btlll' 1 a young man and live at 120? North Eighth street. Qum Is, an old man, who find employment on the street and a a water work laborer when he Is able to work at all. He de clared last night, that 'he only used hi" revolvar whea it became nwetsary to protect his home from the assault of an Infuriated man. Still's companion es caped and the police were unable to find hlra Ut nlghf Council Bluffs Minor Mention Council Blnff Office of Th Baa Is at 14 HOBTH Main Bt, Tlphon 48. Davts, drug. Vlctrolo. 115. A. Itospe Co. Bradley Eleclrlo Co, phoho 3D3. CarrlRAns, undertakers. I'hone 14S. 1 Wootlrlng Undertaklnit Co.. Tel. 9. . Blank book work. Morehouie A Ca DAM6N ELECTIIH' CO. Bhone 1K." 1UUST BEER AT BOGGIIS1 BUFFET. COLFAX WATEn delivered. Phone J. Lewi Caller, funeral director, Fhone T. The highest grade optical work In j'te city I done at Loffertr. ..F''.11" Pl0 Oonemlan beer. Vh'on to. Delivered to any part ot city. Bee Borwlck for wall paper and paint Ing. and 211 Bouth Main street. Scientific watch repair work, the Kind that la appreciated, at Lefferf. to save on to Bonnow. see c. b. Mutual Bldg. & Loan Ass'n, Iti Pearl. -UUDWEISEIt on draURht-The Orand. Budwelser in bottles at all flrst-class b&rs, IfpB BENT- GOOD ROOMS, with bath, upstairs. 14 No Main, apply Bee office 14 No. Main Bt The'Wom'en's Belief corps will meet thla afternoon at !30- o'clock In tho Orand Army of tho Republic hull. . It' time to get your Panama and straw hat cleaned and reshaped. Take them to Cook's, m Broadway, Pianos In all the latest fancy vsnecr of the very best make, procurable at .VP Co W Broadwftyr Council Bluff, la. KAy payment. Mrs, Mary Ulatt. wife of O. Hu Mlatt. died at Mills county yesterday wher sho was vUltlng relatives. 8ho wa 111 only three navs. 8h will b burled in ML SHon cemetery at Mol'aul thlaft etnoon at J:S0 plqlock. ,8h , had been- A rldent of this city forfourlen month. Iter husband, and two daughter survive her Urrriony chapter No. S6, Onlr of. tha EasterU mar, will mt In special tension this evening, opening, prompuy at 8 o'ulocV Sirs, Alia Hulllvan of JiYilrflcld. grand .matron, and Mr. Luella Crooks of HootVr, associate grand matron, will lib present. All member of tho ordor ai cordially Invited to attend thl met Ing. Mt. Clara Doty, 70 year old, died yesterday at the home of her nleco, Mr. Clnra Aldrlch, 230 North Twenty-second streeL oftsr two wvbks' illness 'from heart troubl. 8M had btCW a resident ot Council Bliiffn fur four year. She 1 survived by her brother, residing nt Fort Wayne., nd five nephew nnd flvn niece. J. J. ItUghe, C. J. Duff and Tom Da laney. repreeentatlves of tho Council IHlirr KnlghU of Columbus at the state convention at Milan City, returned yes terday morning. They report a dollfthtful time t the Convention. John B, KMfo ot Hloux City wa elected state deputy In place ot ti. Q, Dunn of Mason City, J. J. Hughes remain district deputy. The Bluff delegation wa greatly de layed on their return by washout. George McBoreley, 1A years old, wa brought into Juvenile oourt yesterday upon the charge of the theft ot a bloyoif. Hp happened to pass Urn ltock Island trelght houso nt 6 o'clock AVodnostiay mOrnlng nnd spied n. new bike Unguarded. IU mofinted the wheel and rode away, The. loss wa ilulcKly detectod and the thnft traced to the boy. Ills father, Ed ward McSpreley. brought thp lad to tho police station nnd turned him oVer to Probation Office- Horner, who ordered him ent to the Croc he to await disposi tion of his case. NMIce ha boen secured upon the offl rers of tho Standard Oil oomrwny In tho suit for M,0C0 taxm Instltuled by McCoy Sc. McCoy, tax ferrets, upon tho basis ot one-half of the amount collected, accord ing t official returns received yexlorday from the Mhnrlff's offlCo at Denver. Th return ehflw that the service wa ob tained ,by reading the original nfttleu of the suit to H. t. Wilson, president ot tint Continental Oil I'nmtxlny. wlilch dis solved II Iowa corporation and left the statu after .hearing that tho suit was contemplated. Th officer dissolved the rorporaiion, cniouy py proxy voting, pe. fore service wa obtained nnd had loft tho state, transferring all of the business to tho Colorado Oil comnanv. Whether tho servlco Is of any value Is now an open question." ' ' . ' Pure Water Now ' Furnished Patrons In the season of spring rain and high xrater when the 'natural turbidity of tho rjver water is greatest, pooplo pf Coun cil liiutrs are Doing served ror the first time In thirty year with water that I about a clear aa th proverbial crytul. The novelty of seeing the bottom of a bath tub when half filled with Water, and of getting a fourth dimensional vlw of the content of a glkso of'drlhk Ing water, I (omothlng the people. ar having n pleasant time getting accus tomed to. At no period In the. history of. the. ety water plant ha, the water been as . clear and pure a It 1 at tha present ttm. Th Improvement I due altogether to the operation of tha new system, of nub aldary basins at the Thlrtyvehth street pumping station, where now prac tically all of the mud and silt I de posited and quickly wahd hock Into th river. In tho first comportment, Into whjch' th water Is, pumped directly from th rJvr, nearly 60 per cent ot the mud I precipitated This paslhi which contain twenty-two feet' of water, wa drained a. few .day ago and found to contain, ten (pet of mud. The twenty-four-inch valye and pipe leading from the baslrt to the river was opehtd and this vast quantity of mud was waahod back into tho rlvor, n distance of practically mlt sixty feet, with little cost and no delay. The water flows In a thin sheet over it broad wter from th top of thl basin to .an adjoining1 compartment ot much greater capacity, where it ngaln find tme -quietly to precipitate some mc-e of It silt. It find it way then into another, whlch takes only the clearest water from th surface. Her t again rests quietly until the upper stratum ha brcomo .as llmp'd a spring water. It then flow by gravity, In a deliberate and orderly manner to the storage bay sins on Broadway. It enter the grav ity channel through, a floating valve with twenty-four-inch aperture which main tains a constant position of on foot be neath the surface. ' The Thirty-seventh street basins con tain more, than 3,600,000 gallons ot water. Thl flow slowly jind constantly, by gravity without .being stirred up In it passage vnlil It reaches the Broadway basin, whtre Is arrive without any dis turbing haste and is again permitted to tttle for another period o twenty-four hour. ' When it finally reaches the pump to be forced Into the Falrmount basin It con tains only five part In a million of sedi ment. Oddly as It may appear the water fn much clearer at the pumping station than It Is jp town, due to the deposit In main. At the present time direct pressure 1 being constantly used on account of the reconstruction ot th Falrmount park reservoir. Thl ivdds con siderable to the turbidity. When the res ervoir Is finished and again put In Us Council Bluff will have the distinction tit furnishing water a free from edt ir.ent an the, most limpid spring water, 19 Council Bluffs Work on tho Falrmount park basin 1 progressing rapidly. Tho wholo Interiol In being covered with lx Inche of re inforced concrete thnt will bo sufficiently trong to sustnln tho water weight If th bnsln wa standing unsupported on th ground. Ilrnl Kntnto Trnnafcrw, The following real cstato transfer w'tr reported to The Bee Thursday by tho Pottawnttamlo County Abstract com ,pany; William F. Hype and wife to Adolph K. Brno nnd Uharlcn A Beno, tots 6, 7 and S. block fi, and i of 9 and parts ot lot 2 and 3, block 6, Mynstor'n odd. to Council Bluff, w. d ,. .$3,(00) Huffln A. Brown to llegena M. Owens, lot 3 nnd 4, block 6, Pierce's subd. to Council , Bluffs, w. d 1.00 E. W. Petit and wife to P. B. Bmllh, lots 4 and 6, block 3, JUilnon 3d ntld. tn Is'rnla- la lOot. John C. Stone and wife to C. K an anion, s.i ion ot 101 1. jiuo i .ubl. of lot & 7. 8 abil 0. block 1. In Olcndal add. to Council Bluffs, w. -a Four transfer", total .7,601 Mnrrlnscr License. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to th following named person! Name and Address. Age, ,T. J.'Jnne. Omaha: i.. ....,. S? Virginia Tlioma. Omaha .1 40 15. .7. Itofrman, 8hrveport, Ija.......... 3t Elsie Itnrtwell, Phllllpebtirg, Krt,,. .. 21 LAWN MOWrcrtRWe carry the Uert line made. Price, $2.60 to $15.00. P, a Dorol Hardware .Co., EOt Brdndway. Courtship is Not 'Part of Brakeman's Official Duties DEB MOINES, In., May 18. The BOeU Island Bnllroad company Is nol liable tor tho Injury of Mis Elma Johnson of John. son county, which resulted when it braka man In II employ delivered love mes sage, weighted with a signal torpedo, tt her last aummer. ' The Iowa supreme court so decided to. day. From the oourt record It appeared tha( Mis Johnson' hbme was noar the ralN road. It beenmo th brakeman's habit to throw her note from th train on whloh ho was passing. One .day he de aired to eend a me'ssag to th .ftlrl and a signal torpedo was tha handiest weight he could find. A stater ot Mis Johnson carried th torpedo-weighted message to her, but In some manner ah dropped It and.wa hurt tn th explosion. The oourt In Ha opinion today sajdt "Like other department ot ttovernmnL th oourt ara progressing along aomr line. But It will be com time before the court can hold that a mere Act of courtship ran be deemed refornble to th commands. of th employer." The vcrdlol of the lower court In favor ot the railroad company was Affirmed'. STATE COMMISSIONERS TO TALK OVER VALUATIONS (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN) May U.-(Bpec1at,)-Chalr-man Henry T, Cldrko ot tho railway commission wilt prbbably ntlend at meet ing of the western railway c0mmtsalon era to bo held In Des Moines June 0, having received an Invitation froth Clif ford Thorn of the Iowa cominllon to be present at the mooting. Physical val uation matter ro to be taken tip, which at this time I especially ot interest to tha Nebraska commission, Tho Interstate Cdmmerco .commission I to mako a physical valuation' ot alt railroads In the country tlurlng th next five years and It Is thought that by getting together In meeting of thla kind tho state commission may bo of great assistance to the commerce com mission. Th cost of taking the valuation I e tlmatcd to bo something like 3C0OO.OO4 nnd at a secret meeting of the railroad Interests In New York a short time ago It was agreed that thp roads, whllo op posing tho proposition at the time it passed, would now 'Join In assisting tha commission In talcing tha valuation. CHATTANOOGA. IS CHOSEN FOR G, A. R. ENCAMPMENT (From tt Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, tyay lflj-tBpeclal-CapUln Trlmblo of tho Qrand Army of thq' Re public received n6tlce this morhlng from Commander-in-Chief A. B, Beers that th encampment committed Tind ac cepted the Invitation ot Chattanooga. Tenn., to hold the 1313 national encamp ment of th Orand Army of the Bo publlo at that place. Thl It th meet ing that it was proposed to hold In Omaha. ' but on account of the propo sition coming up at th time ot the Kniter tornado whan .all-available fund were being used for the relief of the storm sufferer the' Omaha people turned th proposition down. The encampment will be held some time In -4Ptember. GOVERNOR M0REHEAD MAKES SPEECH AT BEATRICE B&ATRlCB, JTeb.. May J6.-(8peclaI Telegram.) The booster banquet glVcn hero this evening; by tho Beatrice Com merclal club wa attended by about 130 Of tho business men of this city. CJov. errior Morehead, the principal speaker talked for nearly an hour on the- affairs of the state. The other speaker were Judge .Bellerk of Lincoln; Robert Peaao and Samuel Rlnaker of thla city. A campaign for a 37,300 budget tutid for club expenses, Improvement of roads, etc., wa launahed. White In the city, Oovernor Morehead visited th feeble minded Institute and Investigated affairs there. He was ac companied by Adjutant General Hall. HANSEN GIVES SPREAD TO NEWSPAPER MEN From a Stuff Correspondent.) liTNCOLN. May K Special Telegram 1 Several newspaper men were tfco guest of ex-Food Commissioner Nell P. Hansen at an eight-course dinner at the Lindell hotel here thla evening. Mr. Hansen told them -that he wanted to how hi Appreciation of the fair treatment accorded him by tha repre sentatives of the press when he was fcod commissioner ot the (tat. Among Hkmo present were Will b. Jone and John M. Thompson ot tha State Journal; Harry Bobbins' and Thome Brown of th New; E. Its. Wolfe of th Star and P. A. Barrows ot Tit Omaha Bee.