Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-21
Run Of Range Cattle is Not Looked for
Before Middle Of August
GRASS IS LONG AND CATTLE DOING WELL
stock Yards OmciaIs and Others Talk
of the OutIOok for n Plentiful
supply OF Grass stun when
the Rush Begins.

well. AS long as the cattle do we'll on |
the ranges and continue to thrive, ship |
ments will not be heavy. One inspector |
said yesterday that It might be as late |
August 10 before heavy shipments from !
the ranges started. The stockmen are pros
porous and are not in need OF money, so
the report goes and therefore they will
hold their herds back Until the cattle take
on an abundance Of fat and the market
price shows some signs of strength.
Hundreds of cattle from Texas have been
shipped north this year to fatten on the
ranges an while some of these will reach
market this year, the bulk will be held
over. But without these southern cattle
coming this year, live stock dealers assert.
the yards will soon be full Of rangers and
that when they arrive the larger portion
will be in fine condition. Last winters
losses were light as compared with former
years and ranchmen had plenty of hay to
feed, so that when the herds were turned
on the ranges in the spring very few
steers showed signs Of weakness.
September and October are looked for as
the months for big receipts of range cattle
this year, although the movement is ex-
pected to start the middle of next month
with the receipts expected, the present
deficit in cattle receipts at the yards here
will most likely be wiped out.
Twenty-Tbree Dogs Needed.
G.. r. McGill, the city poundmaster, says
he needs twenty-three dogs yet. before the
dog fund is exhausted. A few dogs are be-
ing picked up every morning and evening
and as soon as the dog license fund is used
up he will stop picking up CANNES. He
figures that even al the latest date, he will
stop traffic in dogs on August l. There
has been less trouble this year about dogs
than for years past More tags were pur-
chased and in many cases those who did
not care to purchase tags telephoned the
pound to come and get a dog or two.
Even after the dog catching season IS
over, the pound will remain in working or
der and stray live stock will be picked up
and impounded until the close of the sea-
son. over $500 was taken i'm this summer
| for redeemng animals. Dogs not redeemed
\ after being held four days at the pound are
drowned and the hides sold to an Omaha
| purchaser of animal skins.
Telephone Conduit Ordinance.
Tuesday afternoon City Engineer Beal
prepared rotations for an ordinance to be
drafted by the city attorney giving the
| Nebraska Telephone company the right to
open certain streets and alleys for con-
duits. While by ordinance passed some
time ago the company, Is compelled to lay
conduits in downtown districts, no ordi-
nance has been presented yet giving the
company the right to ,open streets for this
purpose. City Attorney Lambert will have
| this ordinance ready for the council by next
Monday night and after its passage and
signature by the mayor, the telephone
company will be at liberty to commence
work at any time, 1t seems to be the de-
cir - kl,,
pany to start work some time this month
If the ordinance is passed. Conduits will
start at F street on the north and will
run far south as Q street and take in
the territory from Twenty third to Tween.
ty-sixth streets Plans are being drawn
for the telephone company's new building
to be erected at the southeast corner OF
Twenty-fourth and X st IS, but work or
this building will not b" started until the
conduit system is well under way.
Business stin Dull.
While South Omaha merchants report
business very duh, the local banks con
tinue to show an increase in deposits. Thi!
increase comes from the live stock bust
ness. Another source of the increase Il
from the country banks. Reports SHOW
that the banks all over the state of Ne
braska have plenty of money and farmer
! are sending their money to city banks
} taking time deposit receipts. A well-to-d,
} farmer from out in the state said yester
day that nearly every farmer had none!
and that the conditions showed prosperit
} on every hand. Instead OF being borrower
now the farmers have money to loan at in
terest.
Children Arrested for Stealing.
Mike Becksil, Thirty-seventh and ]
streets, reported to the police that boy
in the neighborhood had entered his HON
and stolen three watches md $50 in money
Captain Shields Investigated and he foun
that two youngsters, one and the othe
I years of age, had wandered into the Beck
sill house and had carried away a silve
watch and a sack of tobacco. The boy
were given a lecture by Captain Shield
and turned over to their parents. tn
!, silver watch was returned to. the owner
a Many After Concessions.
A great many men and some women al
applying to the workmen Carnival club
K chairman for concessions for the carnivj
to be held here in couple Of weeks. Jill
i Hall is looking altar the concessions an
s has been obliged TO turn down a lars
II number who are looking for concession
'e which the club will not grant. Even vii
10 the number Of applications refused the
4 win be a goodly number Of concession
a granted and the carnival promises to
Z the feature of the year In the amusemei
h. line in South Omaha
Repairing Emergency Hospital.
While the mud is too deep for teams
% reach the city emergency hospital ne
~ the river bank, repairs are being mad
j. When the river reached its high wat
h mark the hospital floor was between ty
ie and three feet under water. The silt h
IN been removed and the exterior and /
n interior Of the building is being painted.
III will soon be ready for patients. At one tlr
there was some apprehension regarding t
security OF the foundations OF the hosplt
but the waters subsidized so slowly that I
building is as good as ever except for t
general cleaning needed.
Magic city Gossip.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Parsley. TWenty-f
T. A. Cudahy has gone TO his sunni
home at Mackinac island 20 spend a We
or two.
The Union Stock Yards company Is ID
ing a new foot path at the east end Of
. street viaduct.
Judge Levy makes the announcement Il
his daughter Anna Is 70 be married
a. September ~ 10 A. II. Blank OF Des MOin
~ NJ. r. Murphy, general manager OF
Cudahy Packing company, spent ThursC
" In Kansas City. He Is expected home tod
II f L. Lackey, the switchman who y
m injured BY falling from a box car In