Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-14
AFFAIRS Al SOUTH OMAHA
Work is Going Begging for the Men
to Do Il.
LOADED CARS AWAIT A WILLING sHOvtLtR
Porter nnd Jnnitors send for Friends
60 Come and Avail Themselves Of
Plentiful Opportunities-Gos-
sip Of the Magic city.

Times arc certainly good In South
omaha" said a merchant yesterday. Il
say this because Il is so hard to secure
laborers." Investigation showed that the
packing houses were sending out for men
and that merchants we're having a hard
time TO find laborers. When asked why men
were so scarce at this time one prominent
merchant said that It was because there
was plenty Of work here and that nearly.
II not all. of the ormerly idle men we're
employed. A packing house man said that
some OF those formerly employed in pack
ing houses here had gone 10 the country
for a short time in order 10 assist in harry
estinR the crops. II is. a fact that men TO
do day labor can hardly be secured. Cars
OF coal arc s~tsnding on the tracks waiting
to be unloaded and the owners are paying
dcmurrage because men cannot be secured
to do the unloading. 1t seems TO be the
same in all lines.
In going about the places usually FREE
quented by men out Of employment there
is found a scarcity of men who are willing
TO work and in some instances work which
needs to- be done al once has to be per-
formed by contractors themselves. Car
penters and brick masons are scarce just
now as well as laborers, Even porters and
~janitors are scarce and those now employed
here are sending word to friends In other
states to come to South Omaha, as there
is a prospect OF work at once and good
wages.
Etter Serves Notice.
Chief Etter Of the FIRE department, ac-
companied by Inspector Jones, yesterday
served notice on a dozen or more business
men in regard to the cleaning Of
This matter has been talked OF on the
streets and through the papers for some
time past. The chief holds that the throw
ing of rubbish into areaways should be done
away with and he proposes to stop 1t IL
such a thing is possible. In some cases
promise has been made to the chief that
the areaways would, be covered and in
others 1t was asserted that there would be
a general cleaning up. Chief Etter said
last night that a general inspection is to
be made and that the ordinances in regard
to the throwing of paper and rubbish into
areaway would be enforced. After this
there will be a weekly inspection and vio-
lators OF the ordinance will be prosecuted.
Need More Room.
Both the city treasurer and the city clerk
are asking for more room in tho vaults. At
the present time the f~ireproof vaults in both
ofices are crowded and some place will
have to be arranged for in order that old
records may be properly taken care Of. As
II is now the records of both the clerk and
the treasurer are piled in such shape that 1t
takes a long time to get at them. This lie
no fault Of the officials, but OF the city
fathers in Aeglecting to provide sufficient
room in which records might be stored.
Breen Wants once.
J.. ]. Breen, one OF the well known demo
cratic politicians of South Omaha, is q
candidate for the position of deputy county
!. attorney under English. He is pushing his
claims by securing letters from democrats
here. II is reported that South Omaha
is to have a deputyship, but so far Mr.
English has not named HIS man. Severa
other attorneys are in the field. H. B
Fleharty, w. r. Patrick and r. J. NolaI
are also reported to be looking for thu
position.
MayOr Files Veto.
Mayor Koutsky yesterday filed with the
city clerk his veto on the pay account o.
Clark Howard, which was allowed by th'
city council recently. Howard has beer
drawing $50 a month from the city fol
years and the mayor stopped his pay. Th'
veto, which will be read at the next meet
ing Of the council, says that the appro'
~priation bill is Allowed with the exception
Of the Howard item. This is erased fol
the reason that Howard had been removes
from office by order Of the chief execu
tive. The council will have the chance o
voting on this veto next Monday night,
whaIen Turned Down.
Mike whalen is now at the city Jail,
pensioner on the city. An effort has beei
made to have him sent to the county hos
pital, as he is incapable of working on &C
count Of rheumatism. Some time ago Coun
Gilman Welsh tried to get Whalen into tn
hospital, but Superintendent Oest refuse
him admittRnce. Whalen came back to hi
friends In South Omaha and has remaine
here in a helpless condition for some time
DR.. W. S. White, the assistant county ply
sician, assigned to duty in this city, ha
given whalen a card TO Superintendent
oest, but II did no good. as oest wante
orders from Commissions o'Keefe. It l
expected that o'Keene will be located som
time today and that be will give the orde
placing Whalen in the hospital.
Sons of
Lodge No. 80, Sons Of Hermann, an ex
elusive German-American order, has bee
instituted in South Omaha. At a meetin
held last night the following officers wer
installed; +. J. Freitag. president; OFT
Maurer, vice presidents Henry Geest, sec
rotary; Joseph speri, treasurer. The trus
tees are Joseph Hoffman, Rudolph Schmid
and Ferdinand Jansen. This lodge start
with three dozen members. A. f. Kieh
the grand organizer of the order, appear
90 be well pleased with his work here. II
said last night that the South Omaha lodg
would soon be one of the best In the stat
Moving BIum's Hail.
Martin letter Of The letter brewing CON
pany said yesterday afternoon that he Wa