Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-15
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Noticeable Increase in Volume Of Businsis
in Two Weeks
BANKS SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE
Employment Plentiful and All Pack
ing Houses Feel scarcity Of Good
Men-PIants Are Running
Full Time.

noticeable increase I'm the volume OF
business transacted by local merchants.
August was a very dull month, and Sep
TENDER was but little better with the
coming Of october the fall trade picked up
remarkably. Nearly every merchant In the
city reports a slight improvement over
| September and the second week in this
month was better than the FIRST.
This increase in trade Is shown by the
transaction OF more business at the banks
! and better showing on the daily balance
sheet Of merchants. All of the bankers
In the city look forward to a steady in
crease In business from this time on. They
say there is general prosperity in this sec
ton Of the country and that the demand
| for loans to carry on business enterprises
shows a healthy condition Of affairs At
the packing houses employment is being
given to nearly all who apply for work
and there is a scarcity of good men at
this time. With a continuance Of heavy
| receipts of live stock the packers are run
| ming their plants full time and are con-
tinually on the lookout ror competent men
to work in all departments. In case severe
weather holds OF for awhile some of the
| improvements contemplated, such as paw
Ing and building operations will be the
means of furnishing employment to a large
number. The more men employed makes
more business for merchants. The outlook
for brisk business for the next few months
is stated to be more promising than a
year ago,
Three Registration Days.
Assistant City Attorney Winters has pre-
pared an opinion to the effect that three
days of registration are required The first
day of registration will be on October 49,
the second on November q, and the third
on November 4. In compliance with this
opinion City Clerk Gllln Is preparing a
new set of registration books to be used
on the days specified. There is to be a
revision of the list of registrars and very
likely the completed list will be presented
at Monday nights meeting of the council.
Some Of the members of the registration
board will be retained, but in several Of
the precincts new officials will be named
As far as possible the registration booths
will be located where the election will be
held. Attorney Winters holds that the
registration on primary day has nothing
to do with the usual general fan registra-
ton.
Lutheran Church Organization.
Today the congregation of the English
Lutheran church will meet at Masonic hall
for the purpose of completing the organiza-
/
church council elected and installed and
new members received. DR.. Luther p.
Ludden of Lincoln will assist Rev. Ralph
I w. Livers, the pastor Of the new church In
the organization. South Omaha people are
| invited to attend and listen to the sermon
1 to be delivered by DR.. Ludden at II a. m.
Odd Fellows Enthusiastic.
On Tuesday the grand lodge of Odd Fell
lows of Nebraska will meet at Nebraska
City. About forty members of South Omaha
lodge No. 14s propose attending this session
OF the grand lodge and endeavor to secure
the next convention for South Omaha. The
| first degree team of the local lodge will at
tend, twenty strong, under command of
! Captain Thomas Galloway. L. f. Rtter and
I Thomas Parker are the representatives Of
the lodge here to the grand lodge.
| Members OF the order here say that every
effort will be made to induce the delegates
to the grand lodge to vote for the Magic
City as the place for holding the 1906 ses-
sion. Other cities in the state are after the
honor, but the South Omaha delegation APP
pears confident of coming out ahead.
improvements Again Delayed.
All OF the telephone, electric light and
motor poles on Missouri avenue have been
| set back inside the curb line and now there
is nothing to prevent the curbing OF the
avenue but bad weather. Contractor Nc
Gowan has started work at Thirteenth
street and IL the weather is good this week
will push right along, Aside from the re-
setting Of the half block of stone pavement
at A street nothing has been done towards
the paving on Twenty-fourth street. Parks
Johnson & Parks announced last week that
work would be started at once. but delay in
securing tools prevented.
| Wet weather a StOn IN the uyorir nv,
the Union Pacific depot and on the new fire
hall yesterday.
Joseph KOutslEy Seriously Ill.
Saturday morning Joseph Koutsky was
removed from his home to the South Omaha
hospital, where an operation for appendi-
citis was performed by DR. Belts of Omaha
and Dr. John Koutsky. After the opera
ton the statement was made that the con-
dition Of the patient was serious. Mr.
Koutsky was taken i'll in Denver about ten
days ago. but felt able last week to be
brought home, Since his arrival in South
Omaha his condition kept growing worse
and Friday it was decided that an opera
ton would be necessary.
LeHer-Rieh wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ Rich have is
sued invitations to the wedding of their
daughter, Mabel Clair Rich, to Charles Mil
lerd Lener. The ceremony will be per-
formed at the First Presbyterian church.
Twenty-ffth and streets, at s p. m. oc-
tober Is. Rev. DR., r. L. Wheeler will Of
hciate The bride-to-be is one OF the popu-
lar young women OF South Omaha and the
groom is well known young business man
Magic City Gossip.
Storage and hauling. Brewer. Tel No. 30
Mrs. Daniel Curfman is recovering from 3
recent Illness.
Robert b. Montgomery has returned. from
business trip to Chicago.
Charles Stranger, Twentieth and s
streets, reports the birth of a son.
Rev Andrew Renwick will preach toda,
at the United Presbyterian church.
George w. Mosher Is reported to be crit.
leally Ill at his home near Sarpy Mills.
Dave Haney, one OF the local mail car.
Hers, Is taking two weeks vacation.
John Riches will leave this week foI
Texas where he will spend a couple o
weeks.
A son was born yesterday TO Mr.. an,
M IRE De-. Fra-