Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Clean Up the City is the Order New Being
Strictly Enforced.
EFFORT TO AVERT SUMNER DISEASE
Authorities Ask Citizens to CO.
operate, to the End that Clean
Illness Shall Prevail In-
stead of Dirt.

Clean UP back yards and alleys is the or
der that has been issued from municipal
Headquarters. Within the last week over
200 notices have been served and more
were prepared yesterday to send out today.
westcott, the city garbarge master. has
four teams working night and day haul
ing refuse to the river. The board Of health
proposes to see to 1t that the city is
thoroughly cleaned before warm weather
sets in. In order to do this 1t will take
the cooperation Of the residents. What
Is wanted is to have every back yard and
every alley in the city cleaned Of all gar
bage and refuse matter by the end OF the
present month. DR.. Sapp. city physician,
says that by a thorough cleaning q great
deal Of disease can be prevented. During
the winter there was little sickness as
compared with the winter before. Only half
a dozen smallpox cases were reported and
the emergency hospital has been without
a patient for some time. The small
amount Of sickness during the winter is
due, in a measure, to the general clean
ing up last fall. Physicians say that when
the city sewer system is extended there
will be less sickness than there Is now.
The extension of the N street sewer to
the river will take care Of sewage Of an
area covering $50 acres and do away with
the open sewer to the river which has
caused a number Of law suits. with a
good sanitary sewer, complaints from those
living down M street and Missouri avenue
way will cease and property in that To-
cality will command a higher price than
1t does now. Mayor Koutsky asks every
citizen to clean up yards and have the &C
emulation Of the winter hauled away as
soon as possible. In this way the present
healthy condition Of the city may be MAIN
talned.
Etter Lands appointment.
AS stated in the papers Friday after
noon, L. F. Etter has been appointed
deputy postmaster for South Omaha. The
appointment went forward about ten days
ago, but through some hitch word was
not received here until yesterday forenoon
of the approval of the appointment. 1t
appears from the records received that
Etter's application for the place was ap-
proved on April 2. His bond in the sum
OF Sc, $50, was Immediately forwarded and
1t is expected that the new deputy will
commence work on Tuesday morning. At
the present time Etter is chief of the fire
department. He said he would tender his
resignation on Monday. Mayor Koutsky
stated that he would place George Curtis in
charge of the fire department when Etter
rendered his resignation. Curtis said the
mayor, will be placed on the roll as act
ing chief. 1 will leave it to the fire and
police board to name a chief of the de-
partment."
Little Bill Posting.
Since the enforcement OF the bill post
ing ordinance and the appointment Of a
city bill poster the Omaha theaters have
given South Omaha the go by. No bill
boards in the city are used now by COM
panies playing at the Omaha theaters and
oniy two window displays in the city are
made. City Bill Poster Kelly said last
night that the reason for this is that press
agents are cutting down expenses and that
as little paper as possible was being put
out. Omaha bill posters say that the or
dinance is obnoxious and that there will
be little or no bill posting in South Omaha
until the ordinance is modified.
Mcmillan Enters Denial.
John Mcmillan called at The Bee office
Friday to say that he is not a candidate
for Henry Oest's place at the county poor
farm. The original report that Mcmillan
is a candidate came from the county court
house. Mr.. Mcmillan says he has his bust
ness interests here to look after and that
he is not, at this time, looking for any
political ONCE.
Raising Church Debt.
W. D. Stambaugh, pastor Of the Methodist
church at Springfield, Neb., is in the city
endeavoring to lift the debt of the Albright
Methodist Episcopal church. The plan is
to make this a memorial church and when
out Of debt will be known as the Letter
Memorial Methodist Episcopal church.
When sufficient money is raised the in
debtedness will be cancelled and improve
ments to the property made. A pastor for
the church. to be permanently located in
Albright will most likely be appointed at