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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1919)
ii THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1919. I VATER PROJECT SUIT NEAR END IN U. S. COURT $1,000,000 Involved In Dis ; agreement Over Contract 1 to Transfer Management of Irrigation District. ( Federal Judge Woodrough heard arguments yesterday in the suit be tween the Tri-State Land Co. of Scottsbluff and the Farmers Irriga tion district to enforce a contract which calls for government control of the big irrigation project and in volves $1,000,000. Specific performance of the con , tract will force the bondholders to cancel $203,000 in bonds, reduce the interest on the balance of $2,000,000 from 6 per cent semi-annually to 4 per cent annually and give the farmers the government system of payment on the bonds. The gov ernment allows 20 years to pay principal and interest , Purchased in 1912. ' The Farmers' district which was puchased from the Tri-State Land company in 1912 covers an area of 63,000 acres and adjoins the r-'. ernment project of 150.000 ac. s. Attorneys for the Farmers' dis trict allege that the bondholders committee has refused to comply with conditions of the offer claiming that the state laws of Nebraska do not provide for the taking over of irrigation enterprises by the gov ernment. Unable to Pay Taxes. The evidence dates back to 1914, and it is alleged that the farmers were unable to pay their taxes and that interest on the bonds was not paid. Witnesses testified that a number of differences between the farmers and bondholders have arisen and that at a meeting in Omaha it was decided that the project could be advantageously handled by the gov ernment in connection with the North Platte project Attorneys tor the bondholders contend that in several particulars the contract with the government for "taking over" the project does not meet with the proposal made by the bondholders. They insist that the contract ca)ls for a trust con veyance and that the government plan does not meet these require ments. Man Whose Car Killed 13-Year-0ld Boy Arrested J. H. Wise, 3101 South Twenty-fifth street, was arrested yesterday after noon on a charge of causing the death of William Kucera, 13 years old, while exceeding the speed limit in an automobile, Friday afternoon, at Sixty-second street and Military avenue. Wise, whose arrest was ordered by the county attorney following an investigation, was arraigned in po . lice court and was bound over to the district court on a bond of $5,000. . - ,., , - The Kucera boy lived at 3108 North Fifty-seventh street. Brief City News Ht Root Print It Beacon Free Tudu Clwim Bnraeea-Oraadea Co. Floor Purchase -The United Grain corporation announces that It purchased last week 50,000 barrels of first clear flour at prices ranging from M-JO to 19. JS. Bnye Chicago Property James Pick, Omaha real estate dealer, has purchased the leasehold in an eight story apartment building and a two story store and ofrlce building in Chicago. The- consideration was said to be $150,000. Denied Garbage License Applica tion of George Urlach for a license to haul garbage to a hog yard lo cated along the Missouri river was denied by city council when pro tests by a large number of people living la that part of town were re ceived. Four Couples Married William S Warren and Lillian 8. Denlon, Edward Riha and Nellie Elliott of Walthlll. Neb.; Frederick C. Morton and Margaret Olson of Sioux City, la., and Ciftord Smith and Anna Slater of Baiter, Kan., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge. Doctor Wins Suit District Judge tslie yesterday took from the Jury the suit of Eleanor Shulde, formerly a clerk at the federal reserve bank, against Dr. J. H. Thomsen for $25, 000 and decided it in favor of the physician. Miss Shulde charged that the doctor had not Riven her proper care following an operation for ap pendicitis. Omaha Sailors Promoted Word has been ecelved at the navy re cruiter station, 210 South Four teen' street, that Mlchal Balkoric, f,. South Fourteerfth street Oma- .4 Vi r, ka.ii mAvmnnaA trnm HAjamfin second class to seaman first class. Balkoric Is now serving on the U. 8. 8. Nebraska, Rollln C. Turpln, 114 South Twenty-sixth avenue, Omaha, haa been advanced from seaman first c;lass to store keeper third class. Turpln la now at the Great Lakes Training station. Plan Elaborate Program In Ships for U. S. Navy Washington, Dec. 9 Recom mendations of the navy general board for the building program for 1921, include two battleships, one battle cruiser. 12 Scout cruisers, five submarine "flotilla Jeaders" and six submarines. , The navy of the United States should be "equal to the most power ful maintained by any other nation of the world" not later than 1925, the report adds. i How would you like to go barefooted this weather? If you have wearable clothing that you can spare, pleat send it to the Y. M. C. A., and the Society for the Friendleit will see that it is given to needy peron. - V 4 FLOOR BARKER BLK OMAHA, NEB. POPULAR PRICED GUARANTEED DENTISTRY M en's Heavy Knit Slipover Sweaters-Rope Stitch Grey and Brown Two to a Customer 10 to 11 Mala Floor, Men' l'umihlilnc Section. ' BURGESS-HASH COIIPAIIY "VERYB0OY5 STORE IS u 10 to 11 I oouu rair I Men's Merino Hose 20c 5 Pair for $1.00 J! Limit 5 Pairs to Customer II1PA1JY! 4 tt BURGE SS-fJASH GC 2kS . "aniimrTmnii mam HistI Mr. Ringer Has -Left Omaha on an Errand of Mystery Police Commissioner Ringer took the train Monday night at 6 o'clock of a mysterious Journey. Nobody knows whither he went At least his confidential secretary, Harry Silverman, who sits constant ly at the outer door of Mr. Ringer's private office, doesn't know. . "He has gone away," said Harry. "Where did he go? he was asked. "I don't know," said Harry. "When did he leave?" "At 6 o'clock Monday night," Harry admitted. "Go to fetch a new police inspec tor, maybe?" said the reporter. - "He might have," said Harry. But Harry doesn't know where Mr. Ringer has gone absolutely no. Ice Companies Are Clearing Off Snow For Annual Harvest i The wave of lero weather now hovering about Omaha, has ex pedited the ice-cutting prospects at Carter lake, according to officials of the Lake Side Ice company. The depth of ice on the lake yesterday morning was estimated at seven and one-half inches with an equal depth of. snow on top Seventeen teams of horses began clearing the ice of snow yesterday, and it is expected cutting will begin within the next three or four days. During the ice-cutting season the Lake Side Ice company employs from 300 to 400 men, and the sea son usually lasts from four to six weeks, officials say. j To Cost $2,418 to Repair New Cadillac Police Car An estimate of the damage to the new Cadillac police car which was smashed in an accident at Twenty eighth and Farnam streets, last Sunday night, show that it will cost $2,418 to repair it about two- thirds the original cost of the car. The estimate was presented to the city council yesterday. Five police officers were badly injured in the wreck. A new cabinet for phonographs and records is mounted on two legs and two wheels, so that it can be mored easily. When troubled with indiges tion or constipation give Cham berlain's Tablets a trial. They are excellent. Only 25 cents per package. Dr. H. Stark of the Scholl Manufacturing Co. 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