Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-03
Nebraska
KANSANS LIKE new CITY PLAN
J. A. Cable Of Kansas city, Kan, Pays
Visit to Lincoln.
FIRE WARDEN VISITS wAHoo
Condemns Number OF Buildings in
that City-Go,. AIdricb Issues
RequisItion for Two Men I'm
Council Bluffs.
Fron a staff Correspondent


LINCOLN. Neb Sept. 2.-(special)--J.
A Gable. who Is one OF the five commits
sioners Of Kansas City. Kan. was In the
city today investigating the local water
plants plan Of conducting municipal water
affairs. According to the visitor the com
mission form Of government is very popu-
lar with the Kansans and though they
have enjoyed IL but little over year they
have no desire TO revert TO the use OF the
old system of city government.
When told that Omaha voting on
the adoption OF similar system today
Mr.. Cable asserted that he believed oma-
ba would find the system remarkably well
adapted TO its needs. II anticipate that
when Omaha gets a good taste OF the
commission form of government" said he,
lit will never want to go back to the old
style of running it's municipal affairs
Fire warden Keeps Busy.
State Fire Warden Charles A. Randall
and his assistants have inspected buildings
in Wahoo and as a result have condemned
twenty structures. OF that number six OF
the owners will be allowed to repair. and
the others win be obliged to tear down
or remove the buildings. The structures
have been found to be dangerous TO sur
rou ding buildings from fire standpoint.
Farmer CowIes Back Again.
Land Commissioner Cowles has returned
from a visit tC the asylum at Norfolk.
Contrary 20 his usual custom ne did not
take a garden fork and dig few hills Of
potatoes and bring the samples back with
him. He brought some good apples which
were grown on thirty-five acres rented by
the state. The crop Of apples VIII be more
than enough to supply the institution. Mr..
Cowles watched the housekeeper can COG
gallons Of apples to be stored in the cellar
for winter use. Another Improvement that
meets with Farmer Cowles' approval is a
silo constructed on the asylum farm for
the purpose OF supplying dairy cows with
green fodder during the days when the
billiards come and the wind howls around
the corners Of the barn and the hired
mans fingers freeze
ScOtt's Bluff Has Fine Crops.
Secretary of State Wait has returned
from SCOTS Bluff. where he attended
meeting OF old soldiers and old settlers
he delivered two speeches; Judge Deal
of Broken Bow talked twice and speeches
were made by w. H. Thompson, Captain
W. r. Akers and others. Ninety-eight OLE
soldiers registered at the meeting. Mr.
Wait was the guest Of Al Bowen, formerl!
of Lincoln. He says the North Plstt
valley east and west OF SCOTS Bluff lie
fveritable garden. made so by irrigation
and the industry Of the farmers. on
hundred thousand tons of sugar beets vii
be raised in the valley for the use of tn
gugar factory at SCOTS Bluff. The fac
tory has agreed to pay $3.50 ton for beet
that come up TO the test. and il 10000 ton
are raised IL will add twenty-five cent
a ton to the price. At every railway sta
tion chutes have been built TO enable farm
ers 70 load beets into cars for shipmen
10 the factory. Within thirty days tn
Union Pacific intends TO have cars run
ming TO Gering.
RequisitiOn for IOwans.
Governor Aldroh this afternoon issue
= requistion for c. w. West and L. I
Mutt held In jail at Council Bluffs. Il
The men are charged with securing none
nneer false pretense The charges al
made by w. f. Nickle of College View
TIE alleges that Mr.. West and Mr. Nut
secured deed to forty acres of land /
Missouri which belonged to him by. givir
him notes represented 20 be worth $500
He claims the notes are worthless.