Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
Council Bluffs Office OF
The nee IL 81 IL North
Main ~. Talsphons a.

Davis Drugs.
Nictrola. tlO. A. Hospe Co.
Woodring Undertaking CO., Tel. as
Gardner Press. printing, sol list Ave.
Lewis Cutler. funaral director. Phone y
For wall paper. decorating and paint
MS, see Berwick, al South Main.
BRADLEY ELECTRIC CO, WIRING
AND FIXTURES. Phone 3s4
DIR. II. A. Woodbury., dentist, moved 70
"1-Soo sapp black. Phone Black 500.
TO SAVE OR TO BORROW. SEE Z. Il
Mutual Bldg. and Loan Assn, 123 Pearl.
Furniture and chattel loans y usual
rates. Estab. Is years. 4. A Clark & Co.
The Board OF County Supervisors spent
nearly the entire day yesterday checking
up the county treasurer and making the
regular semi-annual settlement The bal
ance sheet shows that Treasurer Chris
densen had on hand and in banks In the
county the sum of SIG, 956 80
A transcript OF the application for
letters of administration OF the estate OF
John T. Merritt, wealthy resident OF
probate court yesterday TIE property IN
yolyed is stated to be In excess of s4O,0 900.
william =; Merritt E SON Is to be t the
is located in Council Bluffs, which makes
II necessary to docket the case in the To-
cal probate court Mr.. Merritt died
March IA. leaving as his heirs, three chill
dren.
A summer campaign to Keep up the re-
ceipts at the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION has been inaugurated by the
Board of Directors, who yesterday di-
rected that a quiet effort be made to
secure new members among the business
men. 1t is believed that during the sum
mer the business men can receive the
greatest physical benefit from the physi-
cal culture paraphernalia at the institu-
ton Every year the activities of the as
ISOLATION drop to low ebb during the SUM
mer, and there Is comparatively small in
come from memberships ana other
necessarily keep up. Secretary Hadley
and q committee of the board have gone
over the expenses and reduced all ex-
penditures for the summer to a mini
mum, and now the board members are
seeking sustaining memberships to keep
up the income.
The monthly report OF the police ee-
partment, completed yesterday, shows lSz
arrests for the month of May, represent
ing twenty-three classes of offenses
against state and city laws. There were
sixty-two arrests for intoxication and
less than 10 per cent of the persons were
residents of Council Bluffs, and fifty-siN
of the remainder were held for investtge-
ton and violating city ordinances The
on vagrancy charges, seventeen in num-
Der. There were eight arrests for larceny
and twelve accused of being disorderly
and disturbing the peace. There were nc
arrests for serious crimes and no such
offenses were committed in the city dur
ing the month. During the month there
were only 129 dodgers accommodated. For
the previous two months the number
reached 1000 per month. The other work
of tine officers covered a wide field and
was of the usual varied character.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Bcllinger will return this
evening from Rochester, Mimi, where
she was taken by DIR. Bellnger several
weeks ago for an examination by Drs.
Mayo. The noted surgeons advised an
operation, which was performed imme-
diately, with most successful results.
Friends OF Mrs. Bellinser will be de-
lighted to know that she will return IN
a condition of almost complete recovery
and will be delighted to meet them at
her apartments in the Grand hotel. Dr,
Bellinger. who has made several trips to
Rochester after leaving Mrs. BellingeT
there, has arranged for the trained nurse
who has cared for her from the first to
accompany her to Council Bluffs. She
will arrive about 1880 tonight Mrs. Bel.
linger has been writing most cheerful
and helpful letters. to her friends here
for the last week or more, indicating the
happy frame OF mind that marks her re-
turn home.
]. w. Casey. a former well known Coun-
ell Bluffs man, who has been held to the
grand jury on the charge OF being i'm
plicated with young Wade, Jitney driver,
IN the loss of jitney car in his charge
the Jitney business in Council Bluffs, has
submitted statement showing that he was
In no measure responsible tor the dissp.
instead Of being In Omaha for two days
without knowledge or consent of the
owner Of the jitney he had driven to Mis-
souri, Valley and Logan on business mat
ters for which he had arranged. On their
return from Missouri Valley at night he
says they were followed by two strangers
in car whose driver asked permission
TO follow closely on account OF fear OF
losing his way. Casey says in his state
ment that after reaching Council Bluffs
before putting the jitney in the Piersal
garage he accepted the Invitation Of the
strangers to go to Omaha and get q
drink. The car was stolen Immediately
after Wade, the driver, in whose custody
the car still remained was induced tc
leave It for a few minutes. The car, q
Ford, has not been recovered.
The Council Bluffs Elks are to Joir
the Omaha Elks in the observance oi
Flag day at Hanscom park, tomorrow
afternoon. EmmeL FINLEY will deliver the
address recalling the history of the flag
and his presence on the program make;
it certain that very large crowd OF
Council Bluffs Elks will comprise the
party that will accompany his across
the river. The start is TO be made from
the club house at 2:15 p. m, and the
members are privileged to bring theii
families as the services are to be public
Those who have automobiles and room
for more passengers than their immedi-
ate family will have an opportunity Z
take as many guests as they desire anc
a pleasant afternoon is assured, II the
weather permits. The local lodge desires
that all meet at the club house and 81
in a body 70 join the Omaha lodge a.
their club roms and parade to Sixteenth
and LeaVenworth streets. where stree
cars or autos will carry the Elks TO thu
park Painter Knox, A. l. English and
William Schnorr are the committee II
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