Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-31
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Unique Scheme for Advertising City is
Being Put Into Effect,
ACHIEVEMENTS OF MAGIC CITY EXPLOITED
City Treasurer Howe Has Envelope
with Information Printed on Back
60 send TO His Out-of-TOwn
Correspondents.

City Treasurer Howe is advertising the
/ Magic City by means OF data printed on
! the back Of the envelopes he uses in his
J office. According to the information gath
| cred by the treasurer the city has twenty
| one and half miles of water mains and
seven miles of paved streets. Ten miles
] Of street car tracks are In use and the same
number Of miles Of gas mains. There are
1852 street arc lights and 225 fire hydrants
/ The public school property is valued at
| SS,0O0 the postoffice at 10000 and the
public library at $4,000. Viaducts costing
$4,000 are in service. At the present time
thirty-three miles OF graded streets are in
good condition. The assessed valcation for
1906 is s112S,OOO. and the tax levy is "a
mills. At the present time the general
bonded debt Of the city is S691, ,1SS. Ten rail-
| roads enter the city. For the year ending
! July 81, 1905, 800 building permits were Is
! sued, representing an expenditure of $4,000
These envelopes are used especially for out
of-town correspondence and were printed
for the purpose Of letting non-residents
know what is going on in the city.
Improving Lewis Block.
| Contractor Fluor started Wednesday maxi
| ing some repairs and alterations to the
Lewis block. Twenty fourth and L streets.
Another story is TO be built after the roof
| has been raised, and light shafts are to be
placed in the building 1t Is expected that
F. j, Lewis, the owner Of the property. will
spends about 5000 in improving this prop
erty. Stores now occupy the ground floor
and when completed Offices and living
rooms will be arranged for the second and
third floors.
Big Price for Range Beeves.
There was considerable stir al the stock
wards uyh Of Wv
oming beeves averaging 1900 pounds sold
for s. the hundred weight. The cattle were
the property Of Clark & Carpenter of Lit
tie Bear, Wyo., and attracted a great deal
of attention on account of the quality and
finish, Most of the herd were 3-year-olds
and besides being well bred were dehorned
Mr.. Carpenter brought the shipment in
and was more than pleased with the re-
suits. He said that instead of being turned
out on the range last winter the herd was
kept up and fed plenty of hay. Mr.. Car
penter appeared so well pleased with this
market that he asserted that he could see
no reason for shippers going to eastern
markets with their cattle.
Principals Meeting Called.
Superintendent Mclean of the public
schools has called a meeting of principals
of the schools to be held at the high school
DNiiNihb "N = " NibNh OdN NutudS dlNeInOOI,
September o. The object Of calling the
meeting far ahead is to give all Of the
principals now away on vacations to reach
the city in time for this meeting The
schools open on Monday. September II.
Methodist Church Picnic.
Friday afternoon members of the First
NJ. church will hold the annual church
picnic at Hanscom park All members and
! THAR 70 4
bring along well filled baskets. The band
stand in the park has been designated
as the meeting place and 2 p. m. is the
hour set, Dinner is to be served at $3.50
p m. Pastor Tindall is quite enthusiastic
over the picnic and promises a good time
to all who attend.
Magic City Gossip,
DR.. w. II. Sabaugh has returned from
Colorado where he spent ten days vaca-
tion.
Chief of Police Briggs left for Wood
lake yesterday afternoon to remain for a
few days.
Miss Nettie Harrington, general delivery
clerk at the postotice, is taking a fifteen
days vacation.
Joseph Koutsky and C. E. Beck leave to-
day for North Platte for two weeks
cnIcken shooting.
NJ. ]. Grady left Wednesday afternoon
for Portland to attend the National Letter
Carriers convention.
w, J. Mangan left Wednesday for Port,
! land, Ore, as a delegate to the national
convention of letter crriers.
| l.. +. Etter and wife returned from
| months stay in Colorado yesterday. Mrs
, Etter Is greatly improved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Anderson have re
turned from Ogden and Salt Lake City
| where they spent several weeks visiting
friends
! City Clerk Gilin is receiving a number
OF inquiries regarding the IWenty-fourtl
= street paving bonds which Will be Offered
for sale on september II.
t Rev. and Mrs. h, l.. Wheeler have re
turned home after a vacation spent in tn,
east Dr. Wheeler will occupy the pulpi
G...-' next
There Will be due on September at tn,
state nscaI agency, in New York city
sJ,64J interest on outstanding imprUNcinen
bonds. There Is money on hand ~ NEE
| TINS payment.