Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-13
COMMISSIONERS TAKE CITY
County Supervisors Assume Management
Of Omaha for Three Days.
STATE CONVENTION is IN PROGRESS
Judge EsteIIe FOR Mayor Moores De-
Hvers Address OF welcome,
Throwing the City
Open 20 Guests.

The eleventh annual meeting of the Me-
braska Association of County Commission
ers and Supervisors began at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the Willard hotel
with probably half of the members still
enroute to the city.
Judge Lee s. Estelle, on behalf Of Mayor
Moores. who was not equal to the task OF
welcoming such a husky organization to
the city. delivered the address of welcome,
in which he assured the visitors that
Omaha belonged to them as long as they
remained and what they failed to have
set before them they could get for the
asking. No key was turned over TO the
delegates. as Omaha has not known such
an instrument for years.
John Gallagher of Grand Island, president
of the association. then delivered his an
nuar address. which, though brief. con-
tained some good suggestions for the con-
duct Of the organization and for the bene-
fit of the varioes counties.
1t was the intention to begin the meet
ing at 10 a. M. but, owing to the late ar
rival of the delegates. the time of meeting
was postponed. The morning, as well as
Monday night, was spent by those here In
getting acquainted with each other and
looking at Omaha's points of interest. Com
missioners Peter Hofeldt Fred Bruning,
Mcdonald and Trainor of Douglas county
were selected as guides to show the Wis
itors around. and, as they began the night
before the meeting was scheduled this was
| given as another reason for the late start
! Gallagher and Beach Busy.
President Gallagher and Secretary f. d.
Beach of Exeter arrived on the ground
J early and have since been putting in strenu-
Gus hours getting things started right. Mr..
Beach guided the work OF the organization
through the last legislature and it is said
he knows more people in Nebraska than
any other man in the state. even If he
| can't see across his farm with tele-
scope.
The program Tuesday afternoon included
an address on the Juvenile Court" by
Judge A. c. Redick of Omaha; THE De-
| tention Home" by Rome Miller, while
| Wednesday addresses will be delivered by
| Edward Rosewater on Equitable Taxa
| tom" Lewis 8. Reed on Relation Of the
State of Nebraska to Omaha" and w. S.
| Wright, president of the Commercial club,
on Commercial Interests Of the State"
The program was arranged by the county
commissioners OF Douglas county at the
request ct Secretary Beach, after he had
been unable 70 get the program committee
together to do the work.
The meeting will be devoted to a discus
sion of various subjects of vital interest
to the commissioners and the counties
which they represent. and will continue
until Thursday night. At least 300 delegates
are expected by Wednesday morning.
Pleas for Juvenile Court.
Tuesday afternoons session was devoted
| exclusively to the discussion of the juvenile
court and it's auxiliaries, in which Judge
Redick, Rome Miller. II. C. Bronze. Mrs
Heller, superintendent OF the Detention
home. Dean Beecher, Mr.. Penock and others
took part. as.
Judge Rcdick, in his, address, said the
juvenile court was the result of a be-
nevoient revolution ahdit meant everything
TO the future of the country. Education
, he said. was the greatest enemy Of crime
. and the future safety of the country de
| pended upon the salvation of the chill
dren. ..'....
Rome Miller, member of the visiting
, board of the detention home, was hearth!
In favor OF the juvenile court. and gettins
down to the statistics of the home saiC
il had Cost cents a meal only to fec
the inmates. but that even If 1t had cos
. more the money could not be spent better
He figured that IL cost all told, for heat
> light, schooling, rent and everything, jus
rs cents a day per capita to run the in
stitution.
Dean Beecher spoke in favor of the de
. tention home and urged county commits
soners, in setting aside their expenditure
of money, not to overlook this nccessar
department of the county government.
. Mrs. Heller, who had been highly com
plimented by Mr.. Miller, was urged t
| make a statement of her experiences il
the home and in a brief talk she told o
the workings In the home. II is conducts
like a great family. she said, and amon
:. the inmates were some of the brightes
|, minds she had ever met.
II. c. Bronze and Mr.. Penock, who wer
: instrumental in securing the passage o
the juvenile court law, and others. mad
y short talks.
The election of officers will take plac
| today.
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