Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1902, Page 11

AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Ordinance Providing for Oondemnatien of 0ld Bhaoks is Propossd. MOVEMENT TO CLEAN ALLEYS AND YARDS Intend th Keep Garbage iring Big the City Omelal Wagons Moving Washouts—Notes from Magie Ofty. City offick; are figuring on having an ed giving the right to the nd an adyisory board to con- demn old shacks and have them razed. En- gineer Beal sald yesterday that he had sug- gested to Clty Attorney Murdock the neces- sity for an ordinance giying to the en- gineer and a committes of the council the power to order shacks ‘within the fire lmitss torn down. It is understood (hat as soon as Mr. Murdock returhs from his vacation he will look into the matter and if his views poncur with those of the mayor and members of the stréet and alley committes, an ordinance will be presented. City Engineer Beal asserts that at least two dozen wooden shacks are now standing within the fire limits and that for the pro- tection of the adjoining property those should be torn down. 1t was pot very long ago that Chlet Etter of the fife department talked about this matter to a number of city officials and jt ‘was then practically agreed that the pro- posed -ordinance would meet with no op- position. Merchants in the business portion of the city are interested in having these shacks gorn down, as 1t is asserted that possibly a decrease in the insurance rates might be made on account of less risk. The matter ## to be pustied by those who e bulldings 4n close proximity to the shacks included in the engineer's report. More Cleaning Up. Since the mayor has Succeeded in having the street force do a little work on the river road Sanitary Inspectof Jones pro- Poses starting out to serve a lot of notices to have thé alleys and backyards cleaned 1ip.. Not for & number of years has the city been in such a poor sanitary condition. The city authorities are not, however, all to blame, as 1t was found impossible to find sultable dumping grounds for refuse. Now #hat -arrangements for a road to the river bave beon made it is the intention of the eity officials to keep the garbage wagons ‘moving, and the orders to clean up issued by the inspectors will be enforced, even though It be necessary to go into the courts. Already Inspector Jenes has caused half @ dozen warrants to be served on property «owners who permit waste water to run Into the gutters instead of making connections with a sewer. The health department pro- poses demanding that every one who can |without too much expense make connec- 'tion with a sewer must do so. A couple of larrests wero made yesterday on this \charge and more will follow today. > Secretary Marsh Talks. Secretary Charles Marsh of the local Young Men's Christian association sald yes- terday to a Bee reporter that preparations Pzsra being made for the season's activities ®iong ail nnes. “The membership,” Mr. Marsh said, “is tmuch larger than ever before. On August ‘1 the totai was 406. The rooms of the as- Mociation were 5o overcrowded last season ,tbat the board of managers decided to se- 'eure additional quarters and.the rooms ;secured on the second floor will add greatly !0 the floor space and relieve the pressure on the upper rooms. These additional rooms will be fitted up shortly, and with the help ot the Woman's auxiliary made as attract- dye as possible.” d. P will deltver an addrzes ac the muen’s meeting Sunday afternoon. Hustling for Dirt. “City Bngineer Beal and the members dt the street and alley committee of the coun- ell are hustlipg for dirt to make fills in three of the big washouts. At Twenty- jpocond and L streets it is estimated that it ‘will take about 1,000. cuble yards to make while the eame amount will be Twenty-second and Q streets. As for the Dbig washout at Twenty-third and E streets the engineer estimates that It will take B0 rards. There was some talk of the city advertis- ing for bids and having these holes filled Wy contract; but consideration of the mat- @irt trom private parties, as it is considered ‘cheaper. As little it any grading is being flune in the viclnity of any of these wash- puts just now dirt for this work will nec- ily come high, especially in case of a baul. Unless grading is commenced ‘of the lots east of Twenty- fourth street the city will have to pay a ?amn-net building his S Th R ‘@m et i 2 family have returned :Eb.. where they spenta x!&'.un ix'-:ch. iu oturned ! on lmr N street, "ll'Il fi my '-ho Markeson's, fi’.‘i %t& lln to Improvi Ay 1 and will mn‘tn '¥'.‘.-"" o S g Im- “ ty-n. formerly a resident ot ut now located at Daven- =.l‘bo Mur'-. 1s here for a 2 MERCER SEEKS ENDORSEMENT Congressman Learns, Realty BExeha in Polttion. Wowever, that e i1a Not At & meoting of the Real Estate ex- change it leaked out that Congressman Mer- cer had solicited members of that organiza- tion to secure an endorsement of his candi- dacy for re-eloction to congress from that body and that up to the present time the effort had met with failure. The fact came out in the discussion which followed the in- troduction of a resolution declaring the ex- thange to be out of politice. This resolu- tion, after having been defeated last woek, was brought up again by E. A. Benson. President Green .took the floor iff opposi- tion te the resolution. He said that as long es he held the position of president such a resolution would be useless, as he would see that no political action would be taken by the organization. Mr. Benson sald that since the rumor that the exchange had gone Into politics became current he had been approached by a mem- ber of congress asking that the body use its influence to secure his remomination. An- other member of the exchange who seemed to kmow all about thée matter sald: “But the congressman learned that the exchange was not in politics, eo I think there will be no more trouble from that source.” ‘W. T. Graham opposed the resolution, say- ing that if it were passed it would be con- sidered as a reflection upon ceftain mem- bers of the body who aspire to political honors. At the conclusion of Mr. Gra. Lbam's talk the resolution was withdrawn. At the request of the Christian church convention committee a committee consist- ing of W. T. Graham, Charles L. Saunders and H. B. Payne was appointed to visit the Coliseum and pass upon the question of expense which will attach to the changes necessary in the building to fit it for the convention, with the understanding that the exchange will later attempt to raise the funds to meet the cost of the work, The committee having in chafge the question of meter service by the water company stated that an opinion had been asked from City Attorney Connell. and that pending the receipt of that opinfon mo re- port would be formulated, but that from the comstruction of the ordinance the mem- bers of the committee did mot believe that the water company could charge more than the term Rervice rate on houses classified in the ordinance, aven though it Installed meters at its own expense. A short talk was made by Rev. Robert Yost of St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church and the subject of “Parks” was made a special order for the mext meeting. Look out for malaria. It s seasonable now. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters s a sure preventive. Amusements. Krug Park. Ideal summer resort weather and two rag-time concerts as special’ featurés of a lengthy and varied program brought out one of the largest crowds of the season at Krug park yesterday. The afternoon at: tendance was mostly plenic parties, com- posed of women and children, and in the | evening the big rush came, as Wednesday has become quite s soclety night. It was snmpnlimant to coon melody. attesting its popularity with all classes. The encores responded to were as numerous as the numbers in the regular program. . Repeti- tlon was requested in many cases, for dx- ample, “The. Bowery Buck’” was asked for and repeated no less than three times. Huster graciously acknowl d the com- pliments, with juests with his usual good , and played ‘“The Holy City” for a” bone “solo. The pretty moving picture production of the favorite old_fairy tale, “Jack and the Beanstock," ‘was the treat of the evening for the chil- dren, twice as many juveniles belng present as on any previous occasion. Yerxa, who is styled the human vampire, presented his contortion act, and “The Passion Play” was given to climax the pleture exhibition. On Friday evening Hustel's band will ren- der & program composed of selections from popular light operas. . W. orove. This name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab- lets, the remedy that cures a cold in one day. 2§ cent YOUNG RETURNS FROM WEST d with Vast Amount of Im- provements Being Made by Rallroads, Charles 8. Young, general advertising mabager for the Burlingten & Missouri River route, has returned fromt an extended trip to the Pacific coast. His route was from Omaba to the northwest coast polnts, over the Burlington and Northern Pacific, taking in Butte City, Heléna, Seattle, Ta- coma, Victoria and other polnts of Interest. From the northern coast section he pro- ceeded eouth, through Portland and San Francisco to Los Angeles, visiting all south- ern California attractiops and the Catalina Islands. His return trip was made through the central west, over the Denver Rio Grande and Burlington, Mr. Young visited all the general western agencies of the Bur- lington. He returns much impressed with the vast amount of improvemente and con- struction work being done by the railroads of the west and is convinéed that {fils 1s an age of construction. Awful Loss of Grre Follows neglect of throat end lung dis- eases, but Dr. King's New Discovery cures such troubles or no pay, B¢, $1.00. e —— POPULAR AND CLASSICAL NIGHTS. Classteal Program Tomorrow Night at Courtland Beach—Popular Atrs Saturday. - ‘The Courtland beach: orchestra uun the directorship of Mf, it Nordin, v]ll render an exclusively ¢ tomorrow, MMI cm night = popular ulouuou. 'l‘h Friday ro- ts of compos lv ulm wenka, Verdl, Koutsky, St Mcndelssohn and will Be. . lovers of the classical. In *! tor tatlure. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TBURSD;AY, AUGUST i4, 1902. CATCHING UP ON STUDIES High Schosl Pupils|Whe Are Behind Make Up for Lost Time. GAIN POINTS BY DOING VACATION WORK Many Who Falled in Part of Thelr e Are Trylng to Get om Even Footing for Fall Promotion. Considerable complaint has been mani- fested against the unit system recently introduced into the Omaha high school by puplls who have been compelled to forego the greater part of thelr summer vacation and devote time to making up studies which they expected to have for rest and recreation. If these puplls who have had to continue their school work through the summer months wore satified that their backwardn was due to themselves they would doubtless compiain less, but they for the most part insist that they have been kept back by being assigned to. the slow classes and that under the system In vogue before the unit schedule was intro- duced they would have had no difficulty in completing thelr course under the regular instruction during the school year. By a rule requiring them tq make up units in which they are deficient #hd to do 80 not by home study but by lessons and recitations to regular teacher of the high school they have boen required to pay tuition for instruction which they should Have recelved In the high school, supported by taxes paid by their parents. While the teachers say that they no mot care for these summer pupils who interfere with the enjoyment of their vacations, some of them nevertheless have been making quite a neat addition to their salaries by private in- structions to deficlent high school pupils who under the rule are not allowed to patronize any sther teachers. What the Principal Says. When these complaints were brought to the attention of Principal Waterhouse, he explained the situation as follows: “At the Dbeginning of the season we divide the work to be dome in the year into two equal parts, and expect the averago pupfl to complete each part’ within To illustrate: We will say are to be completed by & certain class within the semester. This is subdivided into portions of 50 pages each and.each period is known as a unit. The puplls of one grade will start in the same place in the book, but there are many divisions of the grade reciting the lessons to different teachers. It will soon become a nt that certain puptls will work faster than others, and these bright pupils are placed together, the slower puplls being placed together. The result is”that one stbdivision of the grade will accom- plish all four unils in the course of the term, whilp ,another subdivision of the same grade ‘will accomplish but two or three. Each pupll receives credit for the work he does, and there is no setting back The siow pupils accomplish the work of their more rapld.classmates, but it 1s done in longer time. “This year the total faflures at the High school in one or more studies was 247, the number [alling in more than omne study being 191 The total number of studies u which fallures were made was 438, this equal to & total falure of 110 pupil ur 8.1 per cent, the percentage of the af tendance on the last day falling in one study or more belng 20.1 per cent. How Points Are Obtained. ‘“The puplls are advanced from the ninth grade to the tenth grade upon the com- pletion of elght studies, which gives them eight points. To advance to the eleventh grade they must secure sixteen points. The twelfth grade is attained when twenty-four points are secured and when thirty-two points have been placed to the credit of the pupil he is graduated. It frequently happens that at the end of a year a pupll will have fourteen or fifteen points to his credit and he will desire to make up the one or two polnts necessary to permit his advancement to a higher grade during the summer vacation. This {5 permitted, the only requirement belng a certificate from one of the teachers In the High school that the work has been done. We also insist upon the pupll devoting much time during the vacation to the study &. would devote to it during the school term. As he carries four studies in school, one-quarter of the time devoted to onme #tydy dusing vacation will be accepted it his recitation periods are one hour durinkg the vacation instead of the forty- five minutes required at school, the time is aghin reduced by one-quarter. *“No teachers are required to teach pupils during vacation, any bargain they may make with the puplls being satisfactory to the school authorities. The teacher may charge the pupil for her time or not as she ‘We have no way of teliing until t ginning of the school year the number of puplls who are making up studies, but there are several, as we have already re- cetved some certificates of proficiency from some of the teachers. OW DO YOUR PAINTING Right after a rain is a fine time to paint ~no dust then. At 1o the KIND of paint to use—we mefer you to most painters or architects, and to ALL WHO HAVE USED SHER- WIN-WILLIAMS paint. Bolu' are the names of a few pf the Ill‘l\dl of Omaha people who' have them—ask them 'hlt they lhlnl of e quality, oovoflnl capacity and dura- hlllly flf r‘u bearing lhn SHERWIN- James P. |lonnl *Danic ow J R. Ring L 3 Ba.ns nmnut-r‘ B. H, Lancast lish, attorney, Omaha Na- ding. "-upor\’:un'anu mails, contractor. Del 4 teil :3‘3:‘-‘ N I i oset you b3 1 85 your Job of painting. snrpn& llal:onnall Drug l:o Thoh‘a;Boon No Ch-ugo th u-pnnd-m .P‘u.. ouh- t 0 lnl - ellllll in the "fifir CoupPARE SUs TI8T vltl oury other one you can how people’s claima 0_NON-SECRETS RTII NIGHT. CUT PRICE DRUG STORE 16th and Chicage Sta, Omaba. Neb. fi unufi"" 16¢ LY mn'( remlrhble and opportune Peoy now wanting eh(ldrenl dresses, eto. ’V"‘.f."::.%".:‘i‘."‘ 4 r"lnd '!y“.h effects of [h”l (“.’ ‘. Sn R ’l:ul & yard. Our price . Sensational Sale LADIES’ WAISTS Here Is bayond question the greatest bar- Baln ever presepted fm this store. These 'lllh m all of this. season's styles, well different patterns and over 200 dosen OppoFtunlt (o '3&:1‘,"..2"(" Thesd par tn, we wm" only sell two to each oul mer, are real 75c ues, but our price ( fifteen cents. $1.00 Umbrellas at 6€@c Each, (. Here's, snother umbrella bargain. On fromt bargain square we place on sale 1,000 fine Continuing the Sale of Handkerchlefo women and children. In almost every style of hemstitching and embroldery and fancy sewing, Absolutely worth as high as $1.50. On sale today at, 2C, S¢, 10 S 3:zc, 5¢, 10¢ and 25c¢ IN THE BASEMENT One big table of 40-inch wide dotted drapery Bwisses, worth 25¢, go today, as long as 5 C SRy Jant, WEMPRNA LT e AR 26c Wash Goods at 10c dimities, batistes, nalnsooks, etc., that we will begin to close lOC out today at elght o'clock, for, yard.. P PP Cloging out one big table of 36-lnch wide $2 Shoes and Oxford Ties for 89¢ For today;' we offer fully 3,000 palr women's button and lace shoes,” women's oxford tles, women's strap sandals, made by C. M. Henderson & Co., of Chicago. 8 9‘ : $1.50 pr. Many would codt $2 and some of them as high $2.50 pr. The entire lot goes on sale today at.y.. 3 —" & YOUR EYES A s & careful fitter. Lindsay's rellability is firmly estab- l&hiu Omaha. Let us do this work for you. LOOK FOR THE NAME. S, W. LINDSAY, The Jew Wlll(l dresses, meres, other 0- of imported challls, thn 750 Ladies' Qolored Shirt Waists, 150. ll lll. lmu :'&m walsts mercerized gloria silk umbrellas. All kinds of han- Here are nearly 1,000 dozen of the finest kind of handkerchlefs for men, Special Bargains for Today Your cholce of Gur entire stock of 16c, 1% and 2ic printed percale, worth 26¢, at a yard ...............000.0. e ‘These are worth without doubt, at the very lowest, Bhould recelve attention. Our optician is an expert and 1516 Deuglas St. er, only Keeley Institute in Nebraska. Cures Drunkenness. Drug Users. Booklet free. Address all lstters to 734 8. isth. Home 'I'rnu'nom for 'I"obnooo Habit, cost 88 That’s the Shoe Have You Heard of it? The ‘“‘Onimod” $3.50 Shoe. All the men who wear it praise It a beauty,” “It fits," “It wears,” and other commendatory phrases ex- press the fact that our new “Oni- mod" $3.50 shoe is the shoe of the hour. ::Lév INSTITUTE Price Always $3.50 .and $2.50 Keep Your Fest Cool Having too large a stock of canvas shoes we have decided to close them out at the following prices; Men's Linen Bals., $1.75 grade at $1.00, Men's Liven Oxfords, §1.50 grade at §1. Men's Canvas Bald., $1.50 grade at $1. Boys' Canvas Bals., $1.25 grade at 90c. Youths' Canvae Bals., §1 grade &t 86¢, Little Gents’ Canvas Bals,, $1.00 grade at 80c. These shoes aré the best quality linec and canvas with solid leather inner soles and counters. No shoddy. Omaha’s HM‘. ihoe House, 1419 FARNAM STRUET. Knows a Good Thing. Well, “we should smile.” Can't be beat, Metz's beer. Made from best grades of barley, malt and hops, {n accordance with proved methods. A perfect brew. Pure, wholesome, nutritious. Unexcelled tonle and mild stimplant. Gives health and vigor. Get the brewery wates | Metz Bros. Brewing Co. ‘-‘uggifid Or Jacol '-.ul-nl;-.r' ;&.::u Neumayer Hotel Council BiuRs. You are not for wrmo@#u.uanafoncco EQUAL o TMPORTED CT. LR MERCANTILE CIGAR OO, Maaf, it louls Exios Made Very Special Sales Take Place at This Store Thursday Morning W ey ot ket Tole et e 75¢ and 95¢—all at one price.. ... .u4 ..u.lgc They are made of imported ginghams, madras cloths and plain chambrays. ALL OUR WOMEN'S WASH WAISTS that sold for $1.45 and $1.90 will go on sale Thursday morning all at one price .. ...i «..... 45c Remember! These waists are all this season’s most desirable , garments. Bought to be sold in the regular way: They were not made for special sales. They are positively MARVELOUS VALUES. Important Notice to Mothers THURSDAY MORNING, we will place on sale 610 pair of knee pants that sold for 75¢ and SIS - %, 2 4 01 T 6558 s baisais s n s 250 They are made of the very finest cheviots and cassi- meres; in all desirable patterns and colors. The Values Are Simply Wonderful. Be Prompt. Come Early If You Can. The Best Go First. Sacrifice Sale of . Children’s Suits About 300 in all—made of cassimeres and cheviotu, 2da "B In " $Ra Tntant dovble heaoséad soa made up in the latest double breasted coal blouse—values up to $3.50. They all.go on sale in one lot-—‘lkursday—choice 75c¢ sessanan o—uumnfimummmdmg- | (lssued Under Authority of the Rallroads of Nebraska. e Statement of the Property Returned for Taxation in Phelps County, Nebraska And a Comparison With the Census. Some Figures Regarding Delins - quent Taxes Which are Interesting. !um"nt showipg variations ir assessments in Phelps County, between 1893 and 1900: ‘niirl.‘ to) Auon-nt in 1863, Returned for Assessment in uon.' o Per | Units : ! Value. Unit 282,078 $ 616,680 237,088 Acres improved land..§ 491,928 2.07 63,070 74,981 Acres unimproved land 109,677 1. 41,021 62 Hors . 112,248 1212 84,047 17,444 Cattle 46,331 266 s 18,109 Hogs . ceee 24,399 135 12931 Agricult plements 17,121 162,388 Rallroad and ‘l\l-cnph 173,154 * 308,956 - All other property ... 347,045 X $1,307,118 Total Assesement...$1,322,808 The census reports for 1900 gives the following returus for agricultural wealth in Phelps County:: k! 2 Value Value Farms. Farm Bldgs. eeree §6,671,330 $1,202,620 Live stock Products not fed to live stock Percentagé of 1and value returned for taxation .... Percentage of agricultural implements value returned Peroentage of live stock value returned for taxation ...... «.......10 3-10 per sent Canfirmatory of gliove statement, we give statement of lands sold in this county the present yeAr, the consideration received, and the amount returned for taxation: y " Bection Town- Range or Considera- .Assessed Valua« i % or Lot ship Block tion tion,1803 13 5 19 5,600 1n L] 20 3,500 1 b 4,300 325 ] 1 3,500 %0 - 4 1 4,600 340 5 1 4,350 335 18 1 4,000 Y ‘zw that & county returning such & small portios of taxable & ptiitement shows, would be able to soon catch up delinqusnt taxpay- ers and not be materially in default in payment of state taxes. However, this county owes state ixes amounting to §37,469.45, of which $5,324.77 are for 1801, which could be assumed 1o be ' process of col’ection. This leaves $19,134.68 as properly being delinquent. states taxes owing by Fuelps County. When is is considered that the ouly reason for aiy stéte indebteancws cxisting is the fact that there are & lot of taxes due the state from different counties that are in default, this statement may be inter- esting. . Why should, Phelps County not pay to the stats her due share of state tax? This is but one /and we have more glaring instances yet to offer. The assessment for tadation would have ralsed pleuty of revenue to run the state with no indebted- ness #cfruing, but the default allowed in some of the counties has worked a hard- ship to {he state administration an injustice to their neighbor counties. Bince 1882 the delinquent taxes have been only on a par with most of the other counties, but this large delinquency, which occurred from 1574 to 1881 should either be patd, omproniised or eettied in some way. L. STATE DEBT MAY 27, 1902, $1,910,909.98. ENT TAXES DUE THE STATE MAY 27, 1902, $2,788,068.04. UENT TAXES WERE PAID THERE WOULD BE A S : PLUS IN THE STATE TREASURY. "RABLROADS PAY ALL LEGAL TAXES WHEN DUE, DELIN X il o — PSS