Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-25

The books are tagged with a large labaI
pasted on the inside of the cover and this
label bears printed number. Anv person
finding a book belonging to the school dis
trict can easily return it TO the proner
authorities. Only few days ago a school
book was picked up near the West Side
school and turned over to a member of the
Ooaru' When taken to the superintendent's
onice It was found by referring to the
records that the book had been issued 10
certain pupil Of the Brown Park school
and had been marked on the records as
lost With the increase in the number Of
pupils this year IT is expected by the board
OF education that at least 10000 books will
De issued during the coming year. As the
check system proved so satisfactory last
year II VIII be continued this year.
Water and NOEsIe Test.
Thursday afternoon at the Swift plant
test OF water pressure and various kinds
OF nozzles was made. Packing house
superintendents. fire chiefs of the packing
houses and stock yards, Chief Garratt of
the city fire department, Supt. Charles
Collins of the Omaha Water company and
others witnessed the test At one time
twenty streams were throwing water to
various heights. Different styles of nozzles
were tried and those who witnessed the
test were well pleased. An enormous quan-
tity of water was thrown in the short time
the twenty streams were running
EARLY Morning Meeting.
An adjourned meeting of the city council
was held at s a, m. Thursday for the pur-
pose Of hearing read for the second time
the ordinance providing for the issuing of
bonds for the repaving Of Twenty-fourth
street Another meeting is to be held this
forenoon, when the ordinance will be called
up for third reading and final passage.
After the ordinance has been signed Clerk
Gillin will be instructed to advertise for
bids for the bonds. This advertisement will
run for two weeks and 1t will be about Sep
tember IL before bids will be received.
High School Alumni.
The Alumni association of the South
Omaha High school will meet at the high
school building this evening for the pur-
pose of admitting to its mysteries the class
Of '05. In addition the business of a very
prosperous year will be closed. AS the ses-
sion is sure to be an interesting one, all
members and candidates for membership
are urged to be present,
No Chance for Friction.
Speaking of an item In an Omaha paper
OF Thursday regarding the possibility of
friction In the appointing of principals to
fill vacancies in the schools DR.. Schindel,
chairman of the teachers committee, said
that there was no chance OF friction. Con-
tinuing, DR.. Schindel stated that as the
question Of naming two principals to fll
vacancies was not settled at the meeting of
the board last Monday night he had
directed Superintendent Mclean to fill the
vacancies when the assignment Of teachers
is made. More than this DR.. schndel stated
this matter would not again be brought to
the attention OF the board
Masons Enjoy Outing.
Members Of Bee Hive lodge No. 1884, An
cient, Free and Accepted Masons, enjoyed a
picnic at Manawa Thursday afternoon and
evening. Two special cars loaded with
Masons and their families left Twenty
fourth and o streets shortly after 2:30
o'clock for the lake. Some OF the members
could not get away until later and these
went on regular trains. Games of base ball
and quots were played. luncheon was
served and a most enjoyable time was had
by all who attended. The party returned
in special cars leaving Manawa at 10 p. m.
Crap Shooters Arrested.
Of1cer Todd arrested five young men for
shooting craps Thursday afternoon. and in
cidentally played quite a joke on the play
ers Todd has the West Q street beat and
in the rear Of barber shop at the end of
the car line youngsters about 16 years of
age have been in the habit of shooting
craps Whenever the oficer entered the
place by the front door the boys made a
dash for the rear door and got away. When
the game was getting interesting yesterday