THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1920.
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Vceeplance of
Bids on Paving
Halted by Court
ard of Contracts for Work
n County Roads Worth
$1,500,000 Blocked Today
by Restraining Order.
A restraining order signed by
District Judge Sears was served
upon the Douglas county commis
sioners at 11 .yesterday, stopping
them from "accepting any bids or
proposals" for the paving of ap
proximately 32 miles of county roads.
Hearing of the application for a
temporary injucition was set for Jan
uary 6 at 9 before Judge Sears.
This will be the day after A. D.
compton, democratic commissioner,
goes out of office.' He will be suc
ceeded by T. F. Stroud, republican,
and a practical road builder of long
experience.
Commissioners Surprised.
John P. Breen, the attorney who
led the successful fight of- various
civic organizations against awarding
of large contracts for "Warrenite
bitulithic" paving by the democratic
commissioners last summer, is at
torney in the present case.
The plaintiff named in the case is
Judson L. Haskin, secretary of the
Omaha Automobile club. The de
fendants are Sophus Neblc, A. D..
Compton, Thomas O'Connor, Henry
S. McDonald and Charles Unitt, the
five county' commissioners, and
Douglas county. ,
Commissioners seemed surprised
wen notified that they had been en-
ied from letting the big contract.
Government bv injunction.
They're dying hard," said Commis
sioner O'Connor.
Compton Is Silent.
"They think they can get better
results-out of the next board," said
iiophus Neble. i
A. D. Comptoft'f , ' who loses his
place after JantiSfj '5, said he had
"nothing to- say."
Charles LJn'tt arid Henry McDon
ald, republicans, were gratified at the
court actioo.
Both of these fought aaainst ad
vertising fbf bids at the present
time because cl rapidly falling prices
and the certainty of getting bids at
lower figure two or three months
hence. '
They were outvoted, however, by
the three democratic commissioners
and the contracts seemed on a fair
way to being awarded until the
restraining order was secured yester
day by united civic bodies who arc
behind the present movement.
Bids Show High Prices ,
Bids opened at noon yesterday
showed prices much higher than the
high prices of last spring and sum
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Tour contractors submitted bids
ranging from $5.60 to $6.46 per
square yard for brick paving. The
five and a half miles of this paving
let on contract last spring and laid
last summer, on the Lincoln highway
cost $5.25.per square yard.
. Prices oa other kinds of ipaving
flfl'e also much hicher than last
spiing.
These firms submitted bids for" va
rious parts, of the proposed work:
Allied Contractors, Inc.; Hugh Mur
phy company, American Paving cor
poration and Bauer St Johnson com
pany. , i
Bee Shoe Fundi
The' Bee's Free Shoe fund closes
December 31. The following addi
tional contributions have come in:
Previously reported ..j.. .$1,S16.S3
P. P. Zlmmer 'S-00
A Friend, Grand Island, Neb..... 1.00
Total. . .
..tl.682.8S
FINAL CLOSING-OUT. SALE
Discount - 25 to 50 Per cent.
M. D. FRANKS
; JEWELER
201 So. 15th St.
Room Vacated January 1st.
Skin Tcrtored Babies Sleep
Mothers Rest
After Cuticura
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iddreM: CMlcttLfeMaerUs,rttatXKlai,IIui.
MOTHERS FRIEND
t?. Pnvtenr Mothers
mi booklet o ormmiooo (ait, rai
luuuu tiaaurei Co. otn. s-o. itlamta. a.
January Clearance
Reductions at the
Union Outfitting Co.
Save 20 to 50
Furniture, Rugs, Stoves anJ
Draperies at Years' ,
Lowest Prices. ' ;
With everythinln Homefur
nishings reduced 20 to 50
at the tJnion Outfitting Com
pany, homemakers will find it
profitable to take advantage of
the January Reductions now. be
ing offered, f
There are complete suites for
your Living Room, Dining Room
or Bedroom, as veil as individual
pieces in all the favored woods
and finishes at practically any
price yoa wish to pay.
Draperies, .Rugs, Stoves and
Bedding are also marked at Jan
uary Clearance Reductions. At
the Union Outfitting Company,
located Out of the High Rent
District, no transaction is con
sidered complete until the. cus
tomer is ; fully satisfied. As
always, you make your own
terms. Advertisement
Des Moines Man Who
Will Le Boy Scouts
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OmqJia Commerce
Body Extends
1921 Greetings
Optimistic Forecast Given by
Committee for Future Pros
perity of Farmers and
Stockmen.
Gilbert H. Gendall, scout executive
of Des Moines, who will assume the
duties of executive for the Omaha
council of Boy Scouts January 15 as
successor to G. M. Hoyt; who has
resigned to resume studies in the
University of Chicago. , .
Mr. Gendall has been scout execu
tive in Des Moines four years. He
developed an organization there of
35 scout troops and 800 scouts. His
former home is Scranton, Fa. He
was in boys' work with New York
Y. M. C. A.'s. and for three years
conducted the New York City Men's
camp in the. Catskill mountains. For
five years he vAs pitcher on the base
ball team of the Montclair, N. J.,
athletic club. .. . '
Gun Found in Package for
Prisoners; Youth Jailed
Tack Pioer, 17, Fourteenth streef
and Missouri avenue, was locked in
the county jail yesterday under un
usual circmstances. (
He brought to the jail a package
containing food for his pals', George
Snyder, Clifton Hill and Buster
Uoah. held on charges of having at
tempted a robbery at the pawnshop
of Jake Kyte, 211 South Twelfth
street . v . r .. . ,
As Jack opened the package in the
sheriff's office, a revolver fell to the
floor and thus caused the youngster s
undoing. t . ' .
"The world has to be fed.
People must buy and consume all
manner of merchandise. The
American farmer knows that de
spite worry and fear and depres
sion the old world is going right
on as it always has. It doesn't
stop because conditions are not
so good as they might be. Today
the American farmer, exponent
of bold, fearless action in the
face of uncertainty, is challeng
ing ' business to do business as
usual." J. C. ' Mohler, secretary
of the Kansas state board of
agriculture.
Quoting these words of a farm
expert in the neighboring state of
Kansas, the Omaha Chamber of
bommeree, through the agricultural
bureau of which H. F. Mcintosh is
manager, extends its New Year
greeting to the farmers and stock
men, of the west. After saying that
the business interests realize the dis
advantages and disappointment
under which agriculture is laboring,
the situation is thus hopefully re
viewed: Situation Not Hopeless.
"It is foolish td offer agriculture
the consolation that a great many
other industries are similarly! em
barrassed. It is perfectly fair tosay,
however, that the agricultural situa
tion is not hopeless and not quite as
bad as some would have us believe.
"When we look about us we see
many individual farmers courage
ously going forward, with faith "in
the future. Some lines of agricul
tural production, such as dairying,
are still prosperous, because of cheap
feed, though their product sell1 on
a lower price basis. '
"The extraordinary corn crop with
which our country is favored and
which is almost wholly used in the
live stock industry by farmers them
selves cannot properly be regarded
as a misfortune, though it sells much
too low just now. Its feed value is
not impaired, and it .is the basis for
rebuilding all our live stock indus
tries. It also affords a 'carry over'
to insure against a shortage of feed
from any cause next year. This
surplus of corn is vital to the per
manency' of animal husbandry, and
a large yield of corn in all districts
of our great country can not but be
a better thing than the partial crop
failure of several years past which
made famine prices for corn, under
which a few favored districts en
joyed unwonted prosperity through
the loss of all others.
Wheat Good Prospect
"The large amount of wheat still
on hand has a present' cash value
which would have looked good to
any farmer in pre-war times. And
the growing wheat, though reduced
in acreage by a small amount com
pared with last year, is a good pros
pect. "Many stockmen, even in the range
country where hardest hit, are mak
ing a brave and winning fight to
keep in the game. They know that
as long as population flourishes,
meat will be necessary food. They,
too, have faith in the future.
Banking Is Sound.
"The banking and credit machin
ery of the people has proven in the
present time of strain not only sound
to the core but sympathetic with
every embarrassed industry. The
federal reserve system of rediscount
ing is ably seconded by the state
guarantee of banks in extending
credits and protecting depositors.
This is a most encouraging aspect of
the present situation and arouses
hopes for an early restoration to nor
mal business conditions, in fine con
trast with former times of depress
ion when our financial system was
the first to give way and by its col
lapse caused financial ruin in many
communities.
"The agricultural committee of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce sees
a silver lining in the cloud of de
pression which in the early fall set
tled down on farming and live stock
industry. We believe that prices will
readjust themselves, not to war
levels perhaps, but to a proper rela
tion of production costs to market
returns. There will be a legitimate
and i reasonable basis of profit for
carrying on farming as well as every
line of necessary industry.
Parents and Grandparents
Contest for Boy's Custody
A spirited contest for jhe custody
of Jack Carl Noah, 4, is being held
in district court between Joseph Carl
Noah and Edith Louise Noah, the
boy's parents, and Henry and Lizzie
E. Holbroak, the childr's maternal
frandparents.
The Holbrooks allege that when
the child was a baby their daughter
promised that if they would care for
him she would never take him away.
They further allege that on Decem
ber 11 their daughter and son-in-law
took the boy to live at 2810 Sher
man avenue. ,
The boy lived with the grandpar
ents for nearly four years.
Samaritans Hold Services.
A vgtch service, beginning at 8,
will be held at the Samaritan Res
cue Army headquarters, 2420 Cum
ings street, tonight. Refreshments
will bes erved during the meeting.
Store Hours:
8 A. M. to
6 P. M.
Saturday:
3 A. IH to
9 P. Hi:
Take Elevator Save $10 TluZ
BARKER'S
6 P.M.
Saturday:
8 A. Ml to
9 P. M.
For Young Men and Men
Suits and Overcoats That Sold Up to $60.
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Suits and pyercoats That Sold Up to $85.
f Some; Suits Have 2 Pairs of Trousers.
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. This is the extreme in value-giving, and the
assortments are up to the standard which this
store is noted for.
iehty Feet Above High Rents
ARK
CLOTHES
4 ,
Second Floor 16th and Farnam
Securities Bldg.
Arrest of Junk Men
Leads to Probe of
Metal Thefts Here
The arrests of Max Wintroub,
1332 North Nineteenth street, and
Max Papernv, 4823 North Thirtieth
street, junk dealers, led to an investi
gation of alleged thefts of thousands
of dollars worth of valuable metals
from the plant of the American
Smelting and Refining company, ac
cording to statements of officials of
the company and the police.
The discovery was mad through
a shipment of bismuth from a St.
Louis junk dealer to the American
Smelting and Refining company in
Chicago, this metal having been
traced to i shipment from the Omaha
plant.
Wintroub stated that Paperny
bought the bismuth from strangers
and was innocent of any wrongdoing.
A careful investigation is being made
by officers of the smelter and the po
lice, as it is believed thefts have been
going on for a period of several
years.
Section Men at Brady Run
Still in Railway Tank Car
4 North riatte. Neb., Dec. 30.-(Spe-cial.)
Hubert and Clyde Smith, sec
tion men at Brady, were arrested bv
Marshall Elliott, for operating a stiil
in a tank car at Brady. They were
brought here for trial in the county
court and found guilty and fined
$200 and costs.
STORE
CLOSED
ALL DAY
NEW
YEAR'S
DAY,
SATURDAY
JAN. ist
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A Happy, Prosperous
New Year Our Sincere
Wish to Our Thous
ands of Friends and
Patrons.
JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.
WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas.
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I Bye .
J to 1920"
66IMy
Your New Year
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FRIDAY MORNING
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HE Mightiest Clearance Sale in History will continue until
everv dollar's worth of this enormous stock is sold but
New Year's Day is Saturday, it means that two overwhelming
days of business will come to this store FRIDAY.
Therefore, The "1 Will" Man Says "Come early FRIDAY
morning if you can, possibly do so. We will positively not
be open Friday night after 6 o'clock. We will close' all ,
day Saturday, New Year's day and in the name of the ''"'
service we strive to render, we urge all to ,
SHOP EARLY FEIDAY MOENING IN AMERICA'S ORIGINAL
A,.j,.h
PMICE A
OUR ENTIRE ENORMOUS STOCK
OF MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S
l nit
Must Be Sold Choose as Follows:
and Overcoats $ 50
Half Price LlLl
372
, $75.00 Suits
and Overcoats
Half Price
$50.00 Suits
and Overcoats
Half Price
$80.00 Suits
and Overcoats
Half Price
$25i
$40oo
$30.00 Suits
Half Price
$35.00 Suits
Half Price
$60.00 Suits
and Overcoats
Half Price
$100.00 Suits
and Overcoats
Half Price
$17
$30
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The cream of House of Kuppenheimer, Society
Brand, Hickey-Freeman, Fashion Park, Campus
Togs, Langham High and many other famous
quality lines of Suits and Overcoats.
Thousands upon thousands of garments, even all
blues and blacks, included. (Full Dress Tuxedo
Suits and Mackinaws alone excepted) in this
sale.
Included in this sale all fur collar,' fur lined or leather lined overcoats it's
clean house sale of gigantic proportions, never before known in the history
of retailing men's clothing.
Special Notice
In? this sale tie following rules will
PPly
POSITIVELY NO C. 0. D'i..
SO EXCHANGES.
ALL SALES FINAL.
Not more than two Suits or two Over-.
coats to one customer. -
None sold to dealers.
Partial payment of one-third will be
accepted and purchase held for ten days
only. ' ' - v
Deliveries by regular auto routes only.
No Special DellTerleo.
No Exceptions to These Bales,
A SMALL CHARGE FOR
ALTERATIONS.
Men's $65.00
to $125.00
Leather ,
Overcoats
Half-Price
$32 to
Men's $100.00
Leather
Lined
Ulsters
Half-Price
$5022
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THE "I WILL"
, MAN'S
WINDOWS
TODAY.'
Men's $250.00
and $300.00
Fur Lined
Overcoats
Half-Price
125!S and
'150
SEE
THE "I WILL"
MAN'S
WINDOWS
TODAY.
CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND W0MEN
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