Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-30
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Pair Increase in Ressipts Of Cattle and
Sheep During Fiscal Year
NUMBER OF HOGS FELL OFF SLIGHTLY
Fuad Tor new Y. ". c. A. Quarters l.
Reported to Ne GROWING TO the
Desired Proportions ny
the Canvassers.

Today closes the nscal year OF the Union
Stock Yards company and on Friday morn
ing the twenty-second annual report of the
company will be ready for distribution.
AS compared with the fiscal year of 1905
an increase is shown in the receipts OF
cattle and sheep and a small decrease in
the receipt of hogs While the offcial hg-
ures will not be made up until after
o'clock this afternoon. when the yards close
for the day. the figures given out last even
ing will not be changed to any great ex-
tent. Today being holiday the receipts
will be so hight that the total Will hardly
vary more than a few hundred from the
figures given below.
From January [ OF the present year up TO
last night e47. 75l head OF cattle were re-
celved. as compared with sT6O16 head for
the same period of time in 1904. An increase
Of Il. 735 head Is shown Sheep receipts this
year were 1,s7O.075 head, while IN 1874 the
receipts were 1876 4s5. an increase Of 2O9,59O
head Hog receipts this year were 2O7s.O2i
head, while a year ago the receipts totaled
2.0s5, IA head, a decrease OF 9.T23 head.
While the figures given on hog receipts
show a decrease for this year live stock
dealers assert that there was an actual in
crease. In standardization of this statement
attention is called TO the fact that last
year Armour's plant at Sioux City was de-
stroyed by fire and over $4,000 hogs were
bought on the Sioux City market and sent
70 South Omaha TO be slaughtered. The
loss to Sioux City in the slaughtering line
was a gain to South Omaha. Armour's
Sioux City plant was opened for the
slaughterng OF hogs on December 1 last
year and since that time few hogs have
been sent here to be killed. In the face Of
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the decrease TO South Omaha is very light.
Another point in the hog receipts is that
Nebraska and western Iowa farmers have
been 80 busy in the fields that they would
not take the time TO ship hogs to market.
Now that cold weather has come, making
out-of-door work difiicult live stock qom-
mission dealers expect that there will be a
4 large increase in hog shipments to this
market.
! The range cattle season is about over and
buyers are looking for good beef cattle and
an increase in this grade of beef is now
! looked for.
An increase of over 10000 head of sheep
in eleven months goes a long ways to-
ward showing what sheep market South
Omaha is getting to be.
J When the annual live stock report is pub
lished by the stock yards company it will
be full Of data interesting 10 those who are
engaged in the live stock trade
subscription Fund Growing.
Secretary Marsh of the local Young Mems
Christian association last evening said the
fund being raised for the associations new
quarters had reached $2,0l1. This amount
In cash and pledges, has been raised since
last Friday morning. The association will
need $3.50 to build gymnasium and TO III
ha tTo rp.,
fourth street. Members of the association
are confident that the balance can be Sc.
cured before midnight tonight
This evening. in place OF the usual
Thanksgiving reception to men away from
home, there win be public reception, wher
f'the results Of the canvass will be an.
nounced. All members of the association
and friends are invited to this reception
Wednesdays subscriptions were helped ma.
terially by the banks donating $50 each
After the money is pledged contracts FOL
the new gymnasium and the alterations ir
the main building to be occupied by Tho
association will be let.
Cold weather StOpa Paving,
The cold wave has put a stop to the paw
ing on Twenty-fourth street, but the con
tractors expect to resume operations IL
case the temperature rises 60 about tn,
freezing point. On the east side of tn,
street the pavement is laid from street q
, point midway between G and II streets
From there on south the roadway ie tori
up and in places is almost impossible. jim
Parks, who is in charge of the paving, 1,
being severely criticized for tearing up S,
much OF the old pavement when a chang,
in the temperature was expected any day
Between X and L streets the roadway &
he ar eli nd sI,n
side the street is covered with sand an,
broken stone so that teams must use tn
west street car track. The street car tract
on the east side has been raised and put h
grade and IL is impossible to drive over Il
Unless the weather softens so as to permi
the finishing OF the work as far as the road
way has been torn up the street will be Il
very bad condition all winter.
Eleventh Annual Hail.
Last night the members OF the soutl
Omaha police department gave thei
eleventh annual ball At the Exchange build
ing Nearly 1900 tickets had been sold am
} the large dining room, which had beel
cleared for the dancing, was crowded. Tn
music was good and those who attende,
appeared TO enjoy themselves. A lare
sum Of money was raised by the sale 0
tickets for the benefit fund OF the depart
ment
VIII Observe ThankAsivinE.
All lines OF business in South Oman,
VIII observe Thanksgiving today. At IN
packing houses only enough men will b
Kept on duty to keep steam up while Their
VIII be no market at the exchange Al
live stock arriving will be fed, watered an
! yarded but there will be no market. Tn
, city offices and banks will be closed al
. day and there will be only one deliver
Of mail Union Thanksgiving services wi
be held az the First Methodist Episcona
, church, Rev. w. ID. stambaugh. pastor !
, the Leher Memorial church. will preach IN
sermon. Services will also be held AT IN
, Ehghsh Lutheran church, twenty-five
and X streets, Rev. Ralph IJvers a.,