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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER o, 1913. 5 BRIEF CITY NEWS aroophaffua. Ufhtl&r natures, Bors;ess-aranaen.Oo, iter Boot Print It Now fisacon Press. Xldsllty Storage ft Van Co. Doatf . 1019 arann tcana, S and 5H; city loans, SH and 6. Municipal and corporation bond. UNITED STATES TRUST CO., 213 So. 17th SL Cadet Tailor Baok Cadet Taylor, col lector of cuitoms for the district of Omaha, has returned from California, where he spent the month of August with his son on the tatter's ranch Just outside of Los Angeles. Charities In Hew Offices The offices of the Associated Charities at tho city hall will ba moved this week to Jacobs hali and the Visiting Nurse association will make Its offices at the city hall in the rooms vacated by the charities. XUffner a Belerate George J. Kleff ner, assistant superintendent of malls at the Omaha postofflce, has been elected a delegate to the National Association of Supervisory Postofflce Employes. The convention will bo held In Toledo Septem ber IS to 17, Inclusive. Arrested lor Hot Paring; Tax Mrs. Peter Columbo, arrested last winter by government officers for the alleged sale of liquor without a government license and who was released on her promise to pay the tax, was rearrested yesterday for failure to do so. She was released on (1,000 bonds. Baok from Vacation Rev. John 'Wil liam Jones, city missionary superin tendent of the Episcopal church, has re turned from St. Louis, where he has been spending his vacation by taking charge" of the Holy Communion parish. He wilt preach at St. Paul's church Sun day morning. Hew XetaU Shoe Shop The latest ac quisition to Omaha's rapidly expanding retail business la the O. 3. shoe shop, under the management of Otto Gllck of Chicago. The new etoro is located at room 202, Woodmen of the World build lng and will sell only popular priced Ines of footwear. Mr. Click formorly con ducted a. similar shop in the Masonic Temple In Chicago. Boom In Xarrlag-e Zdoensea September brides In Omaha, In point of number, bid fair to rival June brides, according to the marriage licenses Issued at the court house. On both the second and third days of the month twenty licenses were is Bued. Last June was a record month, for brides, but on no day of that month was this sumber surpassed by more than three or four. Telephoas Oirls JUtura Tho eleven telephone girls of the Nebraska Tele phone company that went to St. Louis some weeks ago to work in place of some of the Btrlkers on the switchboards there, have all returned to Omaha. The strike there is all settled and adjusted now, with girls formerly employed" there hav ing the privilege to go back to work as fast as the company neds them. The Omaha girls say they had a "dandy" time in St Louis and regard it more as an out ing than as a period of hard work. Vassengvr Ken Qathsr En route to the national convention Of railroad pas senger men to bo held in Minneapolis next' week, general and assistant agents of 'the Union Pacific from tho west are expected to gather' n Omaha .Saturday. for a family meeting. Eltbor Saturday night or Sunday mornlng.ln a special car over -the Northwestern, .their .wlllp,, on tq Minneapolis. ' The m'eetjn? hVre ' will be lnfcjrmalvand will', be presiaedover by Passenger Traffic Manager Fort, 'who Is now Itv Chicago, but who will be home the. last of the week. 'Steal Hsh Story Commercial Agent Hennesfcy of the bock Island Is back from an outing at Walker, Minn., where he spent two weeks fishing In Leech 'lake. While he did not shatter the Minnesota game lays, according to the tales told by Mr. Hennesey he 'landed 'the largest muskle ever taken from the lake with tackle. With him Mr, Hennesey brings an affidavit Instead of the fish. The Hennesey muskle, according to the affi davit, weighed forty-nine pounds and measured five feet elffht Inches. Mr. Hen nesey played -the fish low hours before he could bring it within gaffing distance of tho boat. Burlington Men to Look Over New Work to West of Omaha Burhngton officials are laying their plans tor an extended trip over the lines west of the Missouri river. When the trip is completed, It Is expected' that some thing definite will be known as to when the line from Casper, east to Orln Junc tion will be completed and when work will " begin on the construction' of the proposed line from Oumsey to Orln Junction. These extensions are a part of the Bur lington plans to put Omaha on the short "line between Chicago and Seattle. C O, Burnham, Burlington vice presi dent In charge of traffic, is now In tho city and H. E. Byram. vice president. In charge of operation, will arrive Saturday, and together with General Manager Hold rege. they will go out on the trip that will cover all of the Wyoming lines and most of those in Nebraska. Relative to what would be done and what would be recommended, Vice Presi dent Burnham said that he could not express an opinion until after he had looked over the ground with his asso ciates. However, he expressed the opinion that there would be no delay In the com pletion of the gap between Casper and Orln Junction, as the money for for con struction had been appropriated and set aside for this particular work. WORKMEN BUILDING AT STATE FAIR ATTRACTS ATTENTION - One of the places that is the center "of, attraction at the state fair at Lincoln li'tho Ancient Order of United Work men building. A constant stream of people passes through the building. It Is prominently located, suitable chairs and settees are provided for, plenty of Ice water' for the thirsty, and has every modern convenience. Among the officers present are. Grand Master Workman A. M. Walling. Grand Recorder F. C. Whittlesey and the three members of the finance committee, composed of Judge Joseph Oberfelder, Sidney; John H. Ben nett, Omaha and Nicholas Ress, Jncoln. Each visitor is presented with a suit able' souvenir. The Ancient Order of United Workmen is nearly 40,000 strong in Nebraska, with a reserve fund of '400.000 Invested in Nebraska securities. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS . - . . I a m ..1, Venntrai Assistant. tjt 6 i?""J.i opeus or me jiuriwisiuii. -from Chicago, haying come over to look alter spine p"c u" way commission. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to SUg Returns. Two Water Works Reports Dissected by an Expert Thero have been two reports issued during tho last month relating to our water supply; ono by the general manager of tho Metropolitan Water District anil tho other by tho National Board of Fire Underwriters. Tho criticisms made by tho latter report aro serious, for, while most diplomat ically worded, they authoritatively detail conditions which must bo remedied in order to expect or to bo able to demand lower Insuranco rates, or to bo immune to an extraordinary flro risk for tho community. Report No. 03, National Board of Flro Underwriters, says essentially! "Capacity of pumps on high serrico is inadequate." "Alain arteries are of sufficient capacity; secondary feeders Inadequate in outlying sections." "Thought that 05 per cent of total is used In city of Omaha." "Over 80 per cent of servlco connections metered and about 10,000 set past year; 210 connections aro 3 inches and larger. Pressure at flro hy diants in downtown or low servlco districts same as in 1007, but in high bcrvico districts tho pressure averaged only O-l pounds, a decrease of 10 pounds sinco 1007." "Pressures aro well maintained at pumping stations and satisfactory in high valuo districts, but aro greatly reduced during periods of heavy draft In tho higher part of city." Thus Indicating that tho new 48-inch main provided successfully for increased total of consumption where connections to it wero large and direct enough, but that in the high and outlying dis tricts tho small cross mains wero not properly proportioned or connected. "Hydrant fire flow discharge tests gave materially less flow In 101.1 than in 1007. There aro many minor mercantile manufacturing and rest dentlal districts where adequate quantities cannot bo obtained." "Tho' high consumption could bo reduced." Tho amonnt used during the past year Is probably greater than that which will bo used the coming year, as many of tho meters wero not connected during the larger portion of last year and consequently more pay will bo received for less water. Ac cording to tho published reports, less than 1,000 meters wero Installed dur ing April and May, 1013, although at that titno thero remained over 4,000 unmetcred services, and it is imperative that all should bo completed as quickly as possiblo in order to havo following table, taken from National relative conditions to June 1, 1013: FOR ENTIRE Average Popu- Tear. Consumption. latlon, 1908 16,062.000 147,(00 1912 21,3)1,000 1S6.S00 1013 U9.OSO.000 1&9.200 Omaha only. tThe average reduced consumption of the stock yards and packers probably amounted 'to 400,000 gallons during this eleven months, thus showing a net reduc tion In consumption between 1912 and 1913 of 1,720,000 gallons, while the number of services was increased about 1,139. This reduction of consumption will be still more marked in next year's report, when all services will probably have been me tered for nearly the whole year. Now, considering tho Water board's report, it is quite difficult to ar rive at the samo conclusions that they do, or, in fact, to understand tho reason for tho missing links. However, taking their gross earnings figure of $858,031 and dividing it by 20,000,000, wo get 12 cents as the average charge per 1,000 gallons, and as wo understand that one-UUrd of this total is used by tho packers at 8 cents (although they aro paying 10 conts for purt of it), tho other two-thirds must figure at 14 cento in order that tho whole should average the original IS cents, but wo have paid 35 cents and 81 H cents all the whilo and aro now eral pinholo leaks somewhere. Next, deducting the Interest charge expenses leaves a balance for actual operation of $277,529.57. The oper ating cost for tho year 1011 of $200,000 was the most tho water company was ablo to spend by most herculean was tho estimated operating cost for to indicate that tho figure thus charged of $277,529.57 may iaclHde some thing which should have been cltarged 'care'df MNHU6nd and' renewals by other ally provided for in this report. Next, why not retire water bonds instead of cash to the staking fund? They can bow tie purchased below par and draw 4 J per cent Interest instead Of 4 per ceat, as "Used for this estimate, . Next, tho surplus of'$40,282.07 is not seeded for a working capital for a municipal water plant, nor should any fund bo created for emergencies which may never happen. . The fallacies of the "Additional covered, and they can be confirmed by any and every man adding np his meter bills for tho last twelve months and comparing them with his "flat rate" of tho previous year if his meter Is working. Next, wo should appreciate having water "comparablo with European standards," but there seems to bo no good reason to suspect "tho sowage of Omaha and suburbs" as worso thnn that of our up-stream neighbors. The 1 2-3 per cent charged to depreciation is an estimating figure and not cor rect to use for an existing plant. "Tho profit of the water plant truly be long to the people," but how can the peoplo who own them get them sayo through proper water rates now? Wo all want municipal ownership, order to most nearly attain that result experienced management. In tho first place, we know that over Omaha, havo both municipal ownership and much cheaper water. Municipal water plants aro operated for two purposes, namely, supply lug water for domestic and industrial requirements regularly, and for firo protection upon emergency. But in order to fulfill these purposes it must bo so cheap that the poorest peoplo will use it freely enough to Insure the maintenance of sanitary conditions tho industrial plants can afford to liko concerns elsewhere? and it must to the fire hydrants at all times to meet efficient fire-fighting requirements. The foregoing aro properly termed necessary requirements, but there is an other which is most essential if we just an ordinarily attractive city, and that is that it must be so cheap tkat people can afford to use it freely upon their lawns. At the present price it costs from three-quarter-inch hose for sprinkling ner month for just ono hour's use per These kind of costs seem mora pertinent than those for various sized leaks which are not necessary, and usually only experienced by the careless few. It is a pretty well understood fact that the Omaha Water company made a good profit while It controlled the jlant, and anybody can show a profit with Omaha's municipal plant so long as Uiey charge high rates, but our Water board lias a glowing opportunity, if not a duty, to cut existing rates materially, to remedy defect In secondary main capacities and pressure and reservoir facilities to meet the recommendations of the National Board of Flro Underwriters; and to havo operating efficiencies improved to such an extent that tho plant will still show a small cash balance, remembering all tho while that it would be far preferable to show a deficit than to fall short of the requirements Just enumerate. Consulting Engineer, Brandeis Bldg. MoMer Finds Many Farmers Along New Line in Fine Shape T,Ment Mohler of the Union Pacific is back from a trip over the lines In the North Platte valley, and up in that part of the state finds crgjWin excclUnt con dition. All through the counties trlbu ,n h tinea farmers have hajvented an immense crop of small grain and the corn promises to be luny an average crop. In the counties In the western portion of the state north of the Platte there have been seasonable and abundant rains i,.v. kpnt the around moist, thus preventing the corn from "firing," as it did farther south. iident Mohler is of the opinion that the farmers and ranchers along the Union Pacific lines north of the Platte are in better condition Khan ever before and that this will be ono of the best years they have ever experienced minimum and equitable rates. Tho Board of Firo Underwriters, shows SYSTEM. Per No. Capita. Meters. 116 10.164 133 K.RKS 121 21,094 No. No.Hy Services. drama. 19.5C3 1.W7 SC.S31 1.5S2 paying 28 cental This indicates sov of $315,081.03 from total' operating efforts, and it is stated that $211,000 this year all of which would seem elsewhere. It is proper to take fuHds, and they havo, been specific' Profits" paragraph have already been but we also want cheap water. In we must liavo tho most efficient and other ciies, with no material advantage upon their premises, and so cheap that uso it and satisfactorily compote with flow in sufficient volume and pressure would have a "city beautiful," or even cent to 10 cents per hour to use a purposes, and that would figure $3 day if you have a meter working. A. C. AREND, City Makes Formal Request for Center Street Car Route City commissioners at a meeting yes terday formally passed a resolution asking the street railway company to build an extension on Center street In stead of on Forty-eighth street. The Forty-eighth street route was chosen by the street railway company, but owing to protests the council chose the Center street route. The city legal department holds the council cannot force the com pany to build on Center street, but unless the company does build there City Com missioner McGovern of the department of finances and accounts will refuse to Issue the company a permit to tear up the street to build on the Forty-eighth street route. Death on tbe GkIIotts Is sharp, short agony. Tbe lame back of Kidney trouble is dally misery. Take Electrlo Bitter for quick relief. 60c For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement AFFAIRS ATJOUTH OMAHA Schools Well Under Way, with Big Registration. FOOT BALL PRACTICE STARTS First Scheduled (lame Will Taka Place netween Utah School nnd Alumni Week from Saturday. School work started with a rush yes- terday and athletia activities among the students kept pace. About 4,169 children registered for the opening day a num ber largely in excess of any previous year, according to Superintendent N. M. Graham. Yesterday, the second day of school, the students turned out on the field for foot ball practice. About fif teen boys lined up on tho campus under coach Patten to get used to practice drill. The team wilt play the Alumttl two weeks from Saturday and Omaha about three weeks. This necessitates some heavy work between now and then, according to the tads. Collins Keep Quay. Justice of the Peace George S. Collins claims to be the marrying Justice ot Douglas county. The justice says ha "ties 'em" in four minutes. Yesterday he took eight minutes because he had two couples. They were Harry Ivong ot Modale, la., and Lena Llndesay ot South Omaha, and John Calloway of 8U Joseph, Ma, and Pearl Mills of South Omaha. Justice Collins, who has what opti cians call a great power of accommoda tion, says he believes in doing everything In shipshape and for that reason he lends as much as possible of the min isterial air to his services as a marry ing Justice. He keeps a long black ooat In his private office, together with a white choker and a sanctimonious aspcot especially reserved for weddings. The, only drawback Is that Collins has red hair. He thinks that red hair is not clerical looking and sighs for the ro mantic raven locks of tho more favored ones. Show Pays License. It took Assistant City Attorney 8. U. Winters, City Clerk Perry Wheeler and Chief ot Police John Brlggs to bring a show company now exhibiting opposite the city hall to a sense of respect for the city ordinances sufficient to force the company to pay a license fee yesterday. The show company has been on the streets for several days and without a license. It has used the driveway on Twenty-fourth street and without a li cense, It Is said. The counoll, a week ago, refused the show people the right to use the streets for show purposes, but the show people came and showed on the streets just the same. Now some of the city council say they wilt begin an Investigation. Yesterday City Clerk "Wheeler and As sistant City Attorney Winters got to gether and called upon Chief of Police Brlggs to see that the license was paid or the show closed up. The show was running as usual last night. No Appointments Yet. Everything was ready for the long ex pected Are and police board meeting yes terday when Mayor Hoctor was called away and the expected appointments went over once more. Both the appli cants for places and some -members ot the board are getting restive under the continued delay of tho appointments. Call for the Fair, Mayor Thomas Hoctor this morning issued the following call to the cltlsens to attend the Omaha-South Omaha day at the state fair: Inasmuch as Friday, September f. has been designated by the management of the Nebraska stato fair as South Omaha and Omaha day, it is naturally the de sire of the good people of this city to make as good a showing as posslbls. Therefore, I earnestly request every cttlsen who can possibly get away to attend the state fair, September & A special train has been arranged for and will leave the Burlington freight denat at tho west end of the L street viaduct. Thirtieth and L streets, promptly at b:u a. m. , , A large brass band has been secured to furnish muBlo for the trip. The city offices will be closed for the day. All merchants are earnestly requested to allow as many of their employes a day oft as possible. The packers, the Union Stock Yards company, are urged to ro lcase as many ot their employes as they can. Those holding round-trip tickets can return on any Burlington train up to and including September 9. In a spirit ot patriotism and a desire on the part of our local people to always make a splendid showing. I hope and trust our people will turn out .In large numbers tomorrow morning. Maarlo City Uoaatp. Attorney J. Dean IUneer has returned from his trip to his ranch In Michigan. Miss Lillian Sugrue has returned home after a delightful visit with friends and relatives in Chicago. Attorney W. R. Patrick returned yes terday from a two weeks' vacation at Denver and western points. The Presbyterian Kind's Daughters will meet at the church, Twenty-third and J streets, Friday afternoon. C. J. Collins, who has been spending the summer on his ranch near Hyannls, Neb., Is In the city for a few days. For a case of .letter's Old Age or Gold Top beer call So, 868. Prompt delivery to all parts of th6 city. Wm. Jettor. Detectives James Sheahan and J. C. Walker returned yesterday from a ten day vacation to New York and eastern points. The Ladles' Aid society of tho Hills dale Baptist church will meet at the church, Forty-third and I streets, for an all-day meeting Thursday. This bodv of the unidentified man. who was found near the Intersection of the Union Paclflo and the Missouri Pacific tracks near tiaiiion yesieraay, was burled In the county graveyard yeiter. dav afternoon. The condition of the bodv rendered the Interment an immediate necessity. DON'T ENDURE SKIN HUMORS -USE RESINOL Don't stand that itching, burning skin torment one day longer. Oo to the near est druggist and get a jar of Rednol Ointment and a cake of Reslnol Bonn, Bathe the patches of eruption with Resl nol Soap and hot water, dry, and apply a little Reslnol Ointment The torturing Itching and burning stop Inttautly. you no longer have to dig and scratch, sleep becomes possible, and healing begins, Soon the ugly, tormenting humor disap pears completely and for good. Reslnol Soap and Reslnol Ointment are also speedily effective In even the stub .bornest cases of pimples, blackheads. dandruff, sores and piles. Preecribed by doctors for eighteen years, and sold by very druggist In the United States. Trial .free; Dj. JJfc-P, KailnyJ. llaltiow Deprived of Water, Ejected from Home; Matron Gives Aid Three days ago the charitable and kind hearted directors of the municipal water Plant ordered the water at the home ot Mrs, August Hansen. HIS South Sixteenth street, shut oft because she could not afford to pay the exorbitant rates, be cause her husband was out ot town and without work and her two children v, ere too small to do anything toward the support of the home. Yesterday an equally kind landlord sent a constable to the place and had Mrs. Hansen's furniture moved Into the street. Mrs. Hansen Is In a delicate condition and was surrounded by a group of equally impoverished neighbors when Police Matron Gibbons heard ot her predicament. She made the trip down there and tent the mother and ohlldren to the City mission for the time being, and mean while she will try to find a better tern porary home for the unfortunate woman. Mr. Hansen Is now In Tocumseh look ing tor work. No Further Clues in Alvord Case River men and friends ot Alva J. Al vord, tho missing cashier ot the M. C Peters Milling company, have abandoned their search ot the waters of the Mis souri river, believing that If Alvord waa really drowned, the body has floated far away. The pollco department, except tor keep ing one detective at work and warning all officers to report any clues as to At irord's whereabouts have praotlcally abandoned the case also. The reward offered by Mr. M. C, Peters has been augmented by another 2100 by an offer made yesterday by one of Al vord's relatives. Mrs. Alvord Is verging upon nervous prostration and the suspense Is working havoo with her. Keep it in the Cellar N 'Twill Be Ready When You sfluenw W. C. HEYDEN, Mgr. FUwi B.nrwUiI AsinuiUA'ZHi CARL FURTH, DUtrifeitor . 71B 3. isih Slmt, On. Neb, 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 Omalia-OwnedAuto Found in Cornfield In a cornfield west of Thirty-fifth street, half a block from Fourth avenue, Council Blurts, the police yesterday re covered an automobile believed to belong to H. I Mallo, 4S1I Webster street, Omaha, stolen Monday evening from In front ot the Brandeis store. The license number ot the car had boen changed, and with the exception that all ot the tires had been removed, the car was apparently uninjured. The presence of the car in the cornfield was reported yesterday by a Mr. Hatha way, a retired farmer. As near as can be determined, the car was brought there about M: Tuesday night The car had been taken Into the field by a circuitous route and the corn rows knocked down by Us passage had been straightened up as far as possible. Mr. ffleejwwdyVaejijejdlfWej jrm warn u m m m m m To Real Esfife Owners and Agents! it Tho large and well known party, diamond morohanta and Jewelers, nave decided to opon a handsome store in Omaha, with an extensive stock of fine diamonds, watches, jewelry, silverware, etc, and wish to make a long lease in the most desirable location in tho business section of Omaha. Our Presi dent and General Manager will bo in Omaha in a few days to close this lease. Real Estate men are kindly requestod to submit anything they desire to offer, giv ing1 tho lowest rent, and full particulars, in writing, to our Omaha Manager, Mr. Roy M. Scott, 409 South Sixteenth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, M (rSniPniiitnii)ini isassSfssisisisisisisisisisisisisis Mallo came over later In tho day and Identified his car. Howell's Junkets; City Foots the Bills That the Junketing business plays no favorite Is shown by the personal expense accounts cashed In on the water fund by Water Board Boss Howell. Here are a few of the items which have been un. earthed In the comptroller's office: August, 1911, to 8U Louis and New York tlM.M September, 1911, Bt. Paul. Minn 48.04 Msy, 1912, to Chicago... I M.73 Qiptember, 1912. to Battle Creek, Mich 172.29 May, 1913. to Kansas. City and, St. Louis, for R. B. Howell, Prlnoe and wead . 2107, 6S July, 1913, to Minneapolis, Minn 3 H July, 1913, to Chicago, for R. B. Howell and Georgo T. Prince TT.St Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Bg Returns, house of Loftia Bros. 8s Com- Want It mm Since 1854