Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-23
OMAHA SUBURBS,



Attorney Rogers was business visitor
at Blair Thursday afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Erck went to Calhoun Sunday
20 hold services in the church there,
Charles Brewer of the Omaha Water
company visited friends in Calhoun Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold of Omaha were the
guests of their daughter, Mrs w. NJ Fuite
Tuesday afternoon ana evening.
e. d. vancourt has had his men at work
during the week putting In the ney artl-
fcal stone crosswalks on Main street.
George Sorensen, the florist, left saturday
for California and will visit tho exposition
at Portland before returning home.
Miss PLANT has been assisting Miss Pru-
dence Tracy in the postofhce the last Week
Miss Tracy is taking much needed rest
Fred Rustin, the newly appointed chief
engineer of the Omaha Water company,
and A. B. Hunt, the superintendent, have
been here a couple OF days TINS week look
ing over the plant and grounds
Mrs. Henze and daughter, who have been
here the last three weeks, the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A Taylor and mrs 5.
Grossman, returned to their nome at nay
Springs, Neb., Monday.
william Tucker underwent another opera
ton at his home Tuesday afternoon. lie
has been very low since, but has made a
along all right.
The matter Of seats in the park was
taken up by the city. council at MONDAY
nights meeting and the offer of Orchard
s. Wilhelm to place six seats in the PARK
carrying their advertisement was accepted
The lawn social given by ST. Philips
Ner 9hureh in bdt the Gy S peSpe pSpk Sens
ent. Father Mclaughlin of st. Peter
church of Omaha was master OF cere-
monies. The proceeds of the social go 70
the expenses OF St Philips Neri church.
The Omaha Water company has had 9
force of men washing the reservoirs the
last week. This is on account Of the hlgI
water in the river More mud is pumped
| into the reservoirs when the river Is hlSh
A new light was put in the park Tues,
day near the fountain: This Isl, rs an AR an
| The council went into special session after
| the regular meeting for the purpose o.
egHaSlEns assessments ass smonnt fos a the new cin
der walks were assessed against the lot
| on the east side OF Main street from Har
rison street south and east on Washington
| street A new walk was ordered put In ol
J the south side of Madison street, from
Main street west to Bluff street.
The Florence Improvement club me
Wednesday night and transacted the regu
] lar business OF the meeting There Wer
| several new things before the club In IN
way of improvements A committee wa wa
urge that a permanent walk be constructs
on the east side Of the city park and ina
the fence be taken down from around tn
park. The fence was put up some year
ago to protect the young trees. Now IN
trees have grown so large that fence !
not needed to protect them. The telephon
committee reported that nearly 100 tele
phones had been subscribed for in the eoun
try. A Misunderstanding having develope
I'm reference to charge for poles, peopl
living off the main line being asked to pa
rs cents for each extra pole set. Mr.. Hard
ing of the company conferred with the con
mlttee and promised TO take the matter u
with the company and see II he could nc
change the ruling on the extra charge 70
the poles The building committee reporte
that they had secured an option on
building for the hardware man from MI
ford. Thomas Price has decided to eret
another dwelling house for rental purpose
This new house will be built on his IL
east OF his residence.