Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-23

children to The evening exercises at 49,
to see Santa Claus.
The Young Mems Christian association
viii close it's rooms Saturday evening to
open in the new quarters in couple Of
weeks. Young men are coming in and
taking advantage of the old membership
rate. which Is in force until February !
to all who pay cash; after that it will be
Sc. get one" club is being organized
to increase the membership. This club
will run until January 81 and be open to
all members who bring in one new member
by that time. complimentary banquet
will be rendered the club early in February.
Special arrangements are being made for
the Sunday meetings to begin January 4.
Several speakers from out Of town are
being secured and music provided Volun-
tary subscription are coming in from those
who were overlooked during the canvass
but who wish to have a part in the new
movement.
Implement Club Meeting.
The meeting OF the Highland Park I'M
provement club Thursday evening was at
tended by a fair number of members in
spite of Christmas season attractions. \
delegation of Omaha citizens residing on
Twenty-1fth street was present to CO.
| operate with the club in its efforts to have
| that thoroughfare opened. and steps were
! taken to finance the work. The committee
/ on the grading of street from Twenty
sixth west to the tracks reported more
than a majority of signers secured and
/ that the petition was now in the hands
| Of the clerk for presentation to the council
| When this street has been graded the
| F street viaduct will be pushed.
! A movement was started to have Twenty
| eighth street graded, but tine residents
| Of that street present did not agree on
the limits Of the grading district and the
matter was carried over to the next meet
ing.
Without any announcement or warning
the members jumped into the city hall
proposition. After the smoke had cleared
away II was found that the club had
! ordered resolutions drawn to this effect
| Since the city hall bonds. had been sold
and since a majority of the preferential
| votes for a site were cast for sites north
OF o street and on account of the increased
valuation of o street property, a board
of appraisers of five or seven citizens, moi
personally interested in any site, should
be appointed in the regular way to choos,
and condemn suitable property for a cit,
hall site. Such a board should be mad,
up of citizens from different parts of TIL,
city. The club, as citizens, believe tina
such board will perform that duty in
manner satisfactory TO the citizens gen
orally and incidentally relieve the council
of an unenvlable task.
Magic City Gossip.
David Sullivan, Eighteenth and u streets
| Of do q
Miss Eva O'Sullivan, science teacher here
goes TO her home at West Point Neb, TO
the holiday vacation.
Mariana Hubbell of the South Omah
schools has gone to Willow Springs. Mo
for her Christmas vacation.
Colonel r. B. Montgomery, formerly cit
attorney, has gone Chicago on a yisi
in which business Is combined
City Attorney w. c. Lambert is able {
be around again since his recent Hines.
He will be able 20 take up his duties afte
Christmas.
, Fred Slocum of Dodge City. Kan. is i
the CITY,. visiting with his sisters. Mlsse
June and Florence Slocum, at 10 Mort
Twenty-second street.
J. Austin. secretary of the Moder
; brotherhood Of America, has moved fror
his former residence on Twenty-secon
, street to $40 North .Twenty-hfth.
- A large percentage of the teachers q
the South Omaha. schools will attend til
{ session of the Nebraska Teachers sssocia
, ton at Lincoln on December "a to 90.
| NOru mas lately come from John Ryal
who is still in the gold fields of Goldfiel,
Nevada. saying that rich ores have bee
found on claims in which he is intereste,
John Lind, who rooms at 2513 NJ stree
! and works in the Union Pacific gard
reports that his roommate William Andel
-Fson, stole s50oand0a gold watch from n
. 1 room and skipped out. r.t
Gustin. Bacon & Co., manufacturers
5 hose and fire supplies, are making Offer
b ! to the city, hoping to sell the city suppl,
I for the new fire house, which is rapid
approaching completion.
Miss Clara Freitag, daughter of Fri
Freitag, Twenty-ffth and @ streets,
very ILL., About ten days ago she wt
taken Ill while at the office OF the cleI
n of the district court, where she is employe
: Colonel c. NJ Hunt has gone to Wasl
= ington, ID. c., to look after the final settl
= ment and titles to land in Eureka, Cal,
{ the Humbolt timber country, in which |
;. and number of South Omaha people a.
q interested.
n The Minnesota Life Insurance compan
which owns a block of $4,000 worth
u South Omaha funding bonds, Is inquirir
how the city intends to refund the bond
They will be referred to KountZe Bro
of New York 1t may be that they w
: wish to exchange the old bonds for Il
q new.
!. South Omaha High school argued Il
i question of womans suffrage In a seri
d of tits with three on side yesterdf
afternoon at the high school auditorium
The affirmative. was championed by Nam
Bulla, Raymond Oben, VINO is a PhiiippiI
l. boy, and Mamie Nilsson. The negative d
- baters were Marian Dennis, Iva Holt al
e Eddie Krause. The affirmative carried
II the honors OF the debate. There was
70 | literary program also.