THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1!)13.
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Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs
AUDITOR REPORTS FOR CITY
John F. McAneney Files Statistics
for State Department.
GOOD SHOWING OF PROPERTY
Statement Made of Itcrcnne nnd
ObltKittlon, Together trlth Ite
oarce of City nnd Cot of
nnnnltiR Government
The taxpayers ot Council Bluffs paid
out for all purposes during the flscul
year of 1912-1913 the large sum of $787.
196.49, and contributed to tho 'publics
treasury In various forms of taxes tho
turn ot JSSI.SS0.97. The difference doei
not Include a deficiency, but ariies from
the Use of funds In which balances- hod
accumulated to tako care ot pending ob
ligations. The figures are contained In the an
nual report made by City Auditor John
V. McAneney to tht State Municipal
Accounting department and to the United
States Census' bureau. Tho report shows
tiiat $3(X,2W.9e went Into permoent ' im
provements during Hit- ye.ir, of which
5143,000 was expended for the extension
d improvement of tho water plant and
M3.000 for the ptvjmcnt pf lands bouslit
for tte new rlvsr front park. The total
oxpcncs for city .vovorr.ment reached
cnlv Jli.CH!, which Includes tlw payrolls
r all the munlcjj.. departments, while
Ibts police nni fire departments, repre
entmj the protec:n ofv life i,nd prop
erty, aff&rciatcd $C3,X1.G0. .
.Satoau Hvrniite
The repel uhow that tho :lonn
iltxntej yielded JeO.IJJ.Kl and the pollct
eouri tinea t3.216.Sii. Tho total upeclal
assessment taxes p.ld Aurlng the year
amounted to C07.35S.S2, which luclude
povlnnr. sidewalks, etc. Th-s report wakes
thel nte.'eitinK disclosure that the net
cash balanco on band at the beginning; of
.ne .iscjl year, aj.d urou wMch tho
banks ndst pay interest hereafter, ;
'.eacltei tho comfortable nvm ot ?)!,-
Synopsis of llc-pott.
Following Is a synopsis of xhi reports
rAY.MENTS. 1912-15
General government Sl.W&U
Protection of life and property.. 63,351.32
Health and sanitation 14.7SS.CS
Streets and allelys, highways.... 169.S32.C6
Libraries .' 12,077.95
Ilecreatlon 28,207.19
Miscellaneous Items ' 6,102.89
Waterworks 00,391.1.5
Markets 840.00
Interest, general ,, 9,633.47
Interest, special, waterworks.... 27,000.00
General city bonds 24,000.00
Special, street openings t 26,902.00
Outstanding warrants 24,844.60
Refund taxes, etc 635.87
Private trust accounts C7,T78.C3
Total all payment JSSi.8S6.97
Cash balance on hand April
1, 1913 102.309.S2
Grand total
RECEIPTS, 1912-13.
General levy, city gov., 31 mills.
Gen. levy. Ind. depts.. 12VA mills
Franchise taxes
Mulct tax and saloon licenses..,.
Poll tax. for city government
Departmental permits
Pollco court fines and forfeits....
Dog licenses, etc
Markets and public scales
Other business licenses,' etc
County road fund by Supervisors,
Kxecutlve offices, permltB, etc....
Gifts, Individ Is. nnd corporations.
Water works charges
Total special assessments,,........
IUfund receipts ,
Private trusts.
Outstanding warrants and orders.
Outstanding, opening ot streets..
Total receipts, 'all sources S597.03S.00
Cash on hand, April 1, 1912 190,158.4
J787.309.52
S133.8S1.S1
61.277.15
10,371.87
60,433.33
2,896.00
335.50
6,345.50
1.0G5.CO
S47.35
5.321.4G
2.193.C7
8,733.61
10,6(2. CO
112.005.52
107.958.22
3,159.29
56,251.64
26.7SS.4S
14,660.00
Grand total 1787 W.'a
Auditor McAneney'B report Is full ot
.Interesting Information In addition to the
financial statement It shows that the
city has a population of 33,600 and an
area of 16.25 square miles. The total
taxable valuation of all kinds ot prop
erty is 118,103,566. The value of general
municipal property outside of the water
plant and the city parks, is shown to
be JK4.CW. The present value of the
wat.r lant is placed at 1878,000, the
parks at $618,500 and the public library
and Its contents at $180,800, showing that
Council Bluffs is rich enough to own
$2,040,077 worth of property.
The report shows that there were at
the beginning of tho fiscal year 34.54
miles of brick paving, 64.18 miles of main
Mowers, 239,48 miles of sidewalks and 52.8
ml'es of water mains, with 310 fire hy
UtcnU, G.200 water connections and 2,200
water meters.
General Dodge Makes
Rapid Improvement
Major General Orenvlll" M. DoCge
realized the best traditions uf the Ameri
can soldier when he submitted to the
ordeal of the surgeon's .tnlfe last Thurs
day at St. Mary's hospital In Roehebter,
Minn.- A telegram received yesterday
afternoon from his nephew, N. P.
JX'flifo. jr., ald the general walked Into
tho operating room and climbed upon
lhi table ac coolly as if he were taking
h Mt In n, barber's chair, on "vUhstood
the operation Ilka a sol-!r. General
liodge sent greetings to hi friends at
V.ume 1p telegrams announcing his fine
condition. -
A telegram sent during the aftemocn
j estbrdny t6 the Saturday Afternoon club
Rt the Grand hotel by N. P. Dodge, Jr.,
is a fair sample of the others received
during the day. Tho telegr.im reads:
"The general had a serious operation
cn Thursday. He walked Into the
operating room and climbed on the
operating table as coolly as 'f It were
n barber chair. lie withstood the opera
tion liko a soldier, and Is now out of
danger and rapidly recovering, lie sends
greetings to you all and to all of his
friends nt homo Address St. Mary's
hospital. Rochester, Minn."
Tho cheering Jicv.-g relieved tlte great
anxiety felt by his frlendk, who realized
the seriousness of the operation nnd took
into consideration tho oxtrome age, S2
years,' of General Dodge. Inquiries of
Drs. Mayo elicited the information thct
the operation had been, in every tespect
successful and would relievo General
Dodge of a distressing complication that
has annoyed him for many years und
whlcK had caused him great pain within
the last three weeks.
General Dodge is expected to make a
MurKlcal recovery within a few davs, out
he will possibly remain at Rochester
until after the hot weather is over.
Electric Features
Will Play Big Part
in the Carnival
Further work was done yesterday
toward the evolution of carnival attrac
tions. Several things were evolved that
wilt add to tho novelty and originality
of features, it was decided to havo two
electric fountains at the Indian Creek
dam on Bryant street. Spot lights
erected In the towers of the Auditorium
building will flash the colored rays upon
the falling water, producing an effect
even more beautiful than If the colors
were sent up from a chamber beneath
the fountains.
Another feature agreed upon was the
addition of flambeau torches to the
myriad electric lights that will line banks
of the lagoon. Soma ot these torches
will get their energy from gns pipes
ccpable of sending up sheets ot flame
many feet In height Into which will bo
Injected at Intervals charges of mag
nesium powder. Charges of motallc cal
cium and sodium will bo thrown into the
water during special aquatic carnival
eventR that will emit hU.ilog flames from
tho surface of the water an they dance
along down the stream.
Architect Cox yeslercay announced tho
completion ot plans for am exact repro
duction of the famous Hlalto bridge over
tho Grand canal In Venice. It will bo
erected nbout 1W feet above tho Bryant
street viaduct. It will be Illuminated nnd
modernized by Innumerable colored elec
tric lights. Chinese ceeso and ttately
black and white swuhh will swim In the
Grand canal during the evenings and
afternoons of the carnival.
An heroto sUiturc of Heb gazing down
into the mirror of wateis while nn Illum
inated fountain pIs-yH at her side was
another feature agreed upon yetteixiay.
It was decided by the carnival commit
ten yesterday to have the main carnival
cntrur.ca on North Main street located
Just north of tha KorIcv' building, thus
leaving all of tho business nectlon of tho
street unaffected by the temporary Clos
ing of tho thoroughfare.
A plan for erecting all of the booths
and doing the greater part of the build
ing and carpenter work In the shortest
possible, time was discussed yesterday
afternoon. It was proposed to secure an
agreement by all of tho building con
tractors not to work on Friday and Sat
urday before the carnival and then appeal
to tie carpenters' union to put overy
carpenter In the city at work "on tho car
nival work during the two days, paying
the men the" full scale price for their
labor. It is believed that the 160 carpon
ters who will thus be available may be
ablo practically to 'do all of the construc
tion work during tho two days, thus ob
Tlattng tho necessity for closing tho
streets for a longer period prior to the
carnival week.
Plans for1 taking down the North Main
street bridge trusses, supporting the floor
on piling and widening It to tho full
width of the street were also dlscussod
yesterday afternoon. Charles R. Ilannan
was delegated to consult Contractor
Wlckham in relation to the plans. As
the old bridge has to come down this au
tumn to make way for the new concrete
viaduct, the additional cost ot temporary
supports may not be great. Vf
The members of the carnival cimmlttco
viewed with much interest the slowly ac
cumulating water abovo the dam. The
water comes from dozens of springs that
drain into the' stream and is fresh and
clean. It rose four inches in twenty-four
hours, but Architect Cox was Instructed
to continue his Invocations for assistance
from Jupiter Pluvlus, the fabled god
of storms. '
Minor Mention
OeaneU Bluffs Offle. of
Zht B. Is at 14 XOXTK
Kala St. Telephone 4B.
Bluffs Drill Team
Will Goto Capital
The First Rank Drill team of St. Al
ban's lodge. No. 17, which has been se
lected honor team of the grand lodge
meeting at Des Molnea and put on the
Damon and Pythias play, has Issued a
handsome booklet giving the program.
A dozen or more full page photogravures
show the team In the various Bcenes of
the play.
The team will go to Des Moines on
Tuesday and put on the work before the
grand lodge on Wednesday. Tho Council
Bluffs delegation has also another pleas
ant duty to perform the election of Clem
F. Kimball as grand chancellor of the
state. The Bluffs degree team will ap
pear In the caste as follows:
Damon, a senator ot .Syracuse, Ogle M.
Jensen.
Pythias, a soldier friend of Damon.
Charles W. Atwood.
DionyHlus, general of the army, Frank
J, Hart.
Phllistlus, president of the senate, D.
Deo Daiiey.
Procles, captain of the guards, Spencor
V. I la rod.
Captain ot drill team, Samuel J, Cul
ver. Kxocutloner, Eph. Strong.
Paraphernalia man, Frank J. Barlow.
Senators-Chester A. Tibbltts, A. C.
Lane. Kdwin J. Abbott, J. K. Deffen
uaUKh, S. J. Bradford, Kd. D. Carr, J.
G. Hollenueck, H. B. Thomui, Ed W.
Rhodes.
Ouards-C. K. Culver.. C. C. Berkshire,
H. I.. Cade, A. Morgan. John Iltflln, K.
L. Darling.
Offlcers-C. C, Ray Cook; V. C, B. C.
Beaumont; prel.. If. B. Thomas; M. W..
J. Q. Ilollenbeck: M. A., O. A. Noreno;
I. G., William J. Barghauien; O. G.,
Henry Herman.
doPrmcmfwyp crnfwyp mwyp hrdlu ulu
JUDGE ARTHUR UPHOLDS
WILL OF JOHN SKINKLE
Tho Ilral .MeUlclltr lu the World.
"My luti girl had dysentery very bad.
1 thought she would die. Chamberlain's
'ollc. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
ured her. and I can truthfully say that
I .hlnli it Is the best medicine In the
world " writes Mrs. William Orvis. Ciare
Mich. For sale by all druggists A dver.
' tmcnt
In a decision handed down yesterday.
Judge Arthur sustained the validity ot
the will of John Sklnkle, who left an
estate of about 350,000 to his widow and
his stepchildren, The widow has Blnce
died and all of the estate has gone to
the children.
Following the death or Mrs. Sklnkle,
Perry G. Sklnkle and other brothers and
ulsters of Joh Sklnkle filed a district
court suit against Vic Sadouslil and the
other heirs, attacking the validity ot
the wjll on the grounds that undue In
fluence was exerted upon John Sklnkle
and that the will was executed only a
few days before his death when his mind
was clouded by fatal illness after being
weakened by the lingering disease from
which he died. Judge Arthur declares
that there are no reasons to believe that
Bklnkle's mind was affected when he
made the will. The 'Court also passed
upon the offer of the plaintiffs In the
suit to compromise their claims for the
lump sum ot S2,600 and pay half of the
court costs. He holds that this offer
may be taken and udvlses but does not
speelficuily direct the administrator, W.
S. H.iinl, to accept It and thus end the
possibility of an appeal end continued litigation.
Davit,, drugs.
Vlctrola. no. A, Ttospe Co.
Damon ElectrTu company, Fa.
Bradley Klectrlc Co. Phor. SM.
Corrlgans, undertakers. Phone Kt
"Woodrlng Ucrtakln Co. Tel. 5-
Blank book work. Morehouse & Co.
GARDNER PRESS. Printing. Phono 63.
F AVST BEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET.
Lwls Cutler, funeral director. Phone 97.
The highest grade optical work In the
city is done at Letfert's.
See Borwlck for wall papor and paint
ing. 209 and 211 S. Main street.
Scientific watch repair work, the kind
that Is appreciated, at Leffert's.
WANTED Boy to carry Tho Bee west
of 1. C. tracks. Apply Bee office.
TO SAVE OR TO BORROW. SEE C. B.
Mutual Bldg. &. Loan Ass n, 1S3 Pearl.
BUDWE1SER on draught-The Grand.
Budwelser in bottles at all first-class
bars.
We carry n full lino ofHot Point Elec
tric Irons, Percolators and Toasters. See
us. 1. C. DeVol Hardware Co.
Tou will be surprised now nice we can
make your old suit look. Give us a trial
Cook's Cleaning Works, S3 Broadway.
Lewis Cutler returned yesterday after
enjoying several weeks of comforting
Miss in tho cool mountain resorts ot
Colorado.
The fire department was called to as
sist in extinguishing a tire that started
in a small shed in the rear of tho Dell
G. Morgan drug store on Upper Broad
way. Tile damage wus sllgnt. i
House for sale. Strictly modern; 7
roumR. Large lot. YS7 Mudlson avenue.
Offiwr Lullt fnr hnmp nml now moved to
j Chicago. $3,500, on easy payments. An-
in a & nomine, i can sirceu
Tho condition of Miss Mary O'Donnell,
who has been lying at tho point of death
at Mercy hospitul, remained unchanged
yesterday. Dr. Dwyer of Omaha, who
l.iis been ussisting Dr. McAtec. said last
evening that there was no hope for her
rujovisry
Charle, tho J-year-old son ot Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Straubi. died at their home
in Norwalk township yesteraay after a
three weeks' )llnrs from stomach dis
orders. The funeral will bo held on Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. Mr. ryler of Neola.
J, E. DlffcnbaURh has returned from i
Cincinnati, where he attended the Moose
supremo lodge meeting. At the conclu
sion of the supreme lodge meeting ue vis
ited relatives and friends In other parte
of Ohio, finding a fairly cool.plnce dur
ing the hot weather that prevailed.
It's tho quality and pnee of our work
that counts. That's why we do such a
large amount of work In our cleaning and
prosUug department. Onco you start as
ii customer, you will be satisfied; you
wilt stay with us. We asuuro you that
there Is no better work done. Let us
havo your work. Bluff City Laundry,
cleaners and dyers, phone 2S11.
Coroner I H. Cutler will leave this
morning for Colorado to enjoy several
weeks' rest and recreation In the moun
tain resorts after attending tho conclave
of Knights Templar at Denver this
week. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Cutler and daughter. They will stop
at Lincoln to meet friends who will ac
company ttwm throughout their trip.'
Alice Eleanor Peterson, 6-months-old
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Georgo A.
Peterson, 1721 South Eighth street, died
at 6 o'clock 'yesterday morning of chol
era Infantum, after ten days' Illness.
Four, other children survive. The fu
neral will be held at 1:30 today at the
residence. Rev. J. E. Cummlngs will
officiate and burial will be at Fatrvlew
.cemetery.
Another severe duststorm occurred In
Council Blntfs last evening, when nature
made a periodic windy effort to produce a
little rainstorm. For a few minutes the
street lights were almost obscured by
stifling clouds of dust, large quantities
of which were deposited in the heated
homes of people who dared not close
doors and windows. The grateful reduc
tion of temperature fully compensated
for the annoyance by the dust.
Clyde Wilson, 12-year-old son of Mr,
and Mrs. W. E. Wilson, died at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning at the family home,
3201 Third avenue, from pneumonia, after
a five weeks' Illness. He was born In
this city, has lived here all his ltte, and
was a student at the Thirty-second street
school. He Is survtded by his parents,
five brothers, Marian of Bartlett, la.;
John of Omaha, and WlUlam, Guy and
Henry at home; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie
Miles and Mrs. Stella Berger, both of
this city. The funsral will be held at
the residence Monday morning at 10:30.
Burial will be at Falrvlew cemetery.
Jacob C. Larson, 24 years old, died yes
terday at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter C. Larsen, 1621 North"
Seventeenth street, of tuberculosis. Mr.
Larsen had lived In this city for the last
twenty-three years and until a year ago
was in good health. Ho is survived by
his parents, one brother, Chris Larsen,
and three sisters, Miss Elslo Larsen,
Mrs. Carrie Kellogg and Mrs. J. P. De
laney. The funeral will be held from the
residence of Mrs. Delaney, 1723 South
Seventh street. He was a member of the
Danish Lutheran church, and the pastor
of the church, Rev. Mr. Gertsen, will
conduct the services.
Benjamin F. Wilson died suddenly of
heart fullure yesterday at his home,
1202 South Sixth otrert. He wus 70
years old, and Blnce Its organization
here has been one of the earnest and
helpful members of the Union Veteran
legion. Mr. Williams enlisted on August
1. 1861, In Company O, Eighth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry and was mustered
cut on September L 1864. Ho la sur
vived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs.
J. C. Cooper, of Lincoln, Neb., and one
son, Randall Wlllams, at home, Tho
funeral will be held at 3 o'clock on
Monday from the residence. The service
will be conducted by Rev. G. W. Snyder
of Omaha. The service Ht the grave In
Walnut Hill will be conducted by the
members ot tho Union Veteran legion
and all members of the legion aro re
quested to be present.
The two young hoboes picked up in
the Northwestern railroad yurds on
Tuesday by Special Officer Glllaaple and
who gave their names as Harry and
John Fisher and Parsons, Kan., as their
homes, were discovered yesterday to
have escaped from the St. Charles In
dustrial school forty miles from Chicago.
Their real names were found to bo
George Parks and John Gulms, each 14
years old. Their Identity was disclosed
when the aunt of one of them, residing
In Council Bluffs, called at the Creche,
where they had been taken, and iden
tified them. They have bren assigned to
the care of Probation Officer Horner
pending their return to the Illinois insti
tution. After tho lads were washed and
dressed In clean clothes they were not
recognizable as the forlorn creatures that
enlisted the sympathies of the police
headquarters force on the previous even
ing. Both admitted they had been con
signed to the Institution by a Chicago
Juvenile court for serious delinquencies
in connection with property and money
belonging to others.
Overture Morning, Noon nnd Night..
., Suppo
"Babbllage" Glllet
"The Mouse and the Clock" Bratton
Selection. "The Goldon Girl" .Howard
"A Hunting Scene". Buccalosl
III.
March The Man Behind the Gun....Sousa
Overture Light Cavalry Suppn
Popular Song (selected)
"Modiste" Herbert
American Patriotic Airs
Vonr nnrn ?-e1 I'utnt.
We have an overstock of Standard Red
Barn Paint In barrels. At S cents; In half
barrels, nt 70 cents. C. Hafer Lumber
Co.
WANTED A boy to oarry The Ben
west I. C. tracks. Apply Beo office.
Young Larsen Dies
of Blood Poisoning
Blood-poltontng front' a slight Injury to
one of his feet, which occurred five weeks
ago, caused the death yesterday ot Chna
larsen at the homo ot his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Larsen, 1218 East Wash
ington avenue. Mr. Larsen wan only 19
years old. He was employed at a foundry
in Omaha and while at work a sntuil
piece of red hot Iron fell on his foot. Iln
attempted to kick It away, but tho Inertia
drove It through th leather and caused
a slight burn. The Injury was treated In
the usual way, but did not heal properly.
Thrco weeks later blood-poisoning devel
oped, which tho physicians were nnablo
to control. Immediately after his In
jury the young man suffered a slight at
tack of typhoid fever, but had almost rc
cocred when the more serious malady developed.
You can have a nice player piano,
S33; a better one at 1375; still better
player pianos, S150; on easy terms. A.
Iloepe Co.. 407 Broadway, Council
Bluffs.
Organs CO cents a week at Hospe's, 407
Broadway, Council Bluffs, la.
Tho PersUtent and Judicious I se of
Newspaper Advertising is the Road to
Business SuTte?
ARTHUR E. SMITH BAND
TO GIVE CONCERT TODAY
The eleventh of the series of band con
certs In the various city parks will b
given this afternoon at Lincoln park at
thi head of Oakland avenue. A platform
will b erected near the Lincoln Memorial
monument and room will be found for a
large audience. The Arthur E. Smith
band will render this program. -I.
Mtrch Kuterprlner Lampe
WalU-KrolU Bull Klange. Lumleye
Kxce'Pts from A .Stubb m Cinderella." '
Uiand Helec'lon of ticuitmli Foil,
St-igs and Dancfs Arr Lampe r
l'
Ren I t;tnie Trnimfera,
The following real estate transfers filed
Saturday were reported to Tho Bee by
the Pottawattamie County Abstract com
pany: J. J. Klein and wife to Peter Rlef.
lots Zi and 24, block 6, Manuwn
park add. to Council Bluffs, v. d..) 200
John C. Lutz et. al. to Walter S.
Johnson, lot 11, block 10, Morning
side add. to Council Bluffs, w. d... 1,000
Harry M. Gunderson to Bankers'
Realty Investment company ot
Omaha. Neb., lot 21. block S, Stcelo
& Wood's subd,, East Omaha 250
Three transfers, total.... i , $1,450
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could buy nothing better for female
weaknesses, lame back and kidney trouble
than Electrlo Bitters. Only 60c. For sale
by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement.
You can make
your business grow
through the proper use of news
paper space. The small merchant
may find display space too ex
pensive, but he always can use the
classified columns of The Bee to
great advantage, The expense is
only a few cents a day and the
results are amazing.
The Bee classified pages
offer you a large circulation
among people with large and small
incomes. They reach the people
who buy most willingly.
Use a Bee ad for a while. . Phone it to
Tyler 1000
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