Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03

Auto Phone 1911. Bell A-2596
G. n. Porter. MANAGE.
tiun OF the company was Increased to s7eO.-
ep for the purpose Of taking over the Lin
coin Sash and Door factory. Ht q valuation
OF S7b.Om The factory war bought 10 en-
ahle ths rompsuy 10 make it's own frames
and woodwork for its machines. The sash
and door factory Bt that time is alleged TO
have hBd an indebtedness OF s11n. eOn. which
the defendant company is sald to have as
sumed Since that time the plaintiff claims
that an Indebtedness Of about 81. mn has
been contracted. He wants the question Of
the priority Of claims Of the different cred
itorE passed upon by the court and asks
that in case OF 3 deficit an assessment for
an unpaid portion Of the shares Of the com
pany stock be levied 10 meet the indebted
ness.
The persons named as defendants along
with the company are the following A. @.
Taylor, J. J.. kaufman. William Grady,
w. N. Leonard and r. {. Hsinter
Plans for water works Reservoir.
The plans FOR the new LOCI. 0OO-Eallun con-
< 4NIAhnE 1AhI IENETNAu IL lnt MNEhELl
pumping station were adopted ny the cuun-
Gil al the regular business meeting Mon
day night. After the recommendations OF
the city engineer the city clerk was in
structsd 10 advertise for the bids. hTe en-
Eineer's estimate OF the cost OF the resEr-
voir is s1s.0Oo. The only dispute Of the
meeting arose when the matter Of the shape
OF the reservoir Was brought VI, some IA
rvu-fur Tkn nrrf-- u6u-1I uT-vr-fr--r
whiel others favored the saucer shaped
walls. In addition TO the adoption Of The
plans for the new reservoir bids for the
new fire station at Twenty seventh and
Pear streets were reported, ana the hid
OF c. r. BRras accepted.
Councilman Hoppe reported that he had
investigated the reports Of the gas in
spectur and had asked for tests to de-
termine whether this Eas conpsny's tnstru-
ments or the city'E were al fault.
state Federation Of Churches.
The meeting of delegates FOR the forms-
ton OF q state federation OF churches is
being held today at the First Presbyterian
church. In the morning a temporary Or
Eanizstion was effected by ~electinE Rev.
M. WickRm temporary chairman and Rev.
:. z. Bstten secretary. Delegates from
al over the state are in attendance al the
meeting. Plans for the formation OF the
federation were discussed in the morning
session. Important committees were APP
pointed including a finance Rnd 8 consti-
rutiunal COMMITTEES.
Al the afternoon session the Rev. r B.
McBride OF Omaha delivered sn address
upon Federation and the BvHngelistic
Work The necessity Of cooperation in
church work was presented by Nj Mo
Bride. Dr.. c. o. CUvan OF Crete, spoke
on The Main Proposition. Both Of the
addreHscs were along the line Of union in
church work. The constitution committee
viii make 6 report late this evening and
this viii be followed by the election OF
officers. A night program TO be given al
the First Presbyterian church mas been
arranged Tor.
Following il the list Of delegates 10 the
meeting
Baptist: S z. Bstten, L. J. Pope, Grand
Island.
Congregational: w. A Bullock. J. W.
CowRn. Crete; M. Is. Hawks, McCoOk; {.
n. Rogers.
Evangelical Lutheran: c. II. Lewis, /.
Methodist Episcopal: J.. L. Wallis. Al
liEnce: c. z. Council. Gordon: y. ". NC
kee, Grand Island; e. Z. Garter, y. s.
Watson, Carroll; L. >. L0veland. Omaha
c. Z. Cook, Alma; S. J. Shank, Bertrand;
r z. Matthew'S, Sargent; J x. Getteys,
David City: W. 7. Cline, FBirbury: M. j.
Sitter. BED Cloud; j. ". Jones, Lincoln.
Presbyterian: z. H jerks, Omaha; w.
W. Lawrence. Lincoln: G. ". Williams,
Lexington Charles z. Eve superior; r 7.
WiEton. Edgar; EdERr Clark, Gordon.
United Presbyterian: r A. Mcbride,
Omaha Charles Gilmore
Reformed church; Rev. P M. Orr Lin
United Evangelist: Rev. A E. Miller,
Lincoln.
A. Smith. eBRtrice: ". c. Miller, York.
Protestant Episcopal: Arson r Graves,
Kearney; James Coupe, keHrnsy; L. H
Young, Hastings W. H LHnnsrs, Broken
Bow.
More JObs Than Men.
''Of course il pBys 10 advertise, re-
marked Deputy Commissioner OF Labor
Mauphin this morning. i have received q
number Of letters from men who wanted
farm ions this season. and not knowing
what farmers might be in need OF help, ]
asked the newspapers 10 notify the farm
erE that ] could supply q few hired hands,
The papers kindly consented. and nov ]
have more requests for men than ] have
requests for places. This morning mail
brought requests from seventeen farmers
who want help, ana one OF them wants
four men and another one three.
Several Of the farmers vHnt TO give
employment 10 married men, offering 10
furnish house, garden patch and feed for
one COW.
Now that ] have more requests for men
than ] nave for employment. ] want the
newspapers 10 spread the news that men
who are out OF work Bnd wsnt farm Jobs
can have their wants supplied by applying
to the deputy commissioner OF labor. There
are certainly 3 lot Of men VINO are looking
for work. and I have had II demonstrated
10 NY satisfaction that Nebraska farmers
are looking Tor men.
Newa from State Normal.
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