Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-18
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Effort TO Expedite Nissoari Avenue Paving
Case Proves Failure.
WATER COMPANY APPEALS. ASSESSMENT
Joe BInha. Poundmsster. FinIshes Up
Hts Seasons work and the south
Omaha DoR L. Now ont
of Danger.

avenue suit advanced to this term Of court.
40 that the legal questions might be settled
and not excuses left to the contractor for
not beginning the paving. as being 80 far
devoid Of result He was IN Omaha yester-
day and waited on Judge Day. who in
cllned TO the opinion that in eases Of equity
OF this kind It was more often the rule
than not they should not come to trial In
the first term, or tho term IN which the
dispositions are filed. II is possible, there
fore. that the Judge may adhere TO this
opinion and the ease will be laid overt to
the next term OF court In that event there
will be little. hope OF having the paving
done this year. as the cold weather will no
doubt set In before the final settlement Of
the legal tangle. further effort will he
made to show the court that there are
circumstances in the nature OF an emer-
gency existing which should influence the
court to grant a speedy hearing OF the case.
The above Will be most unwelcome news
TO the people on Missouri avenue. as there
Is no doubt that II means longer delay
TO the Improvement which has already been
delayed beyond the bounds of all patience.
II Contractor Murphy were willing. there
is at present no restraint on his doing the
paving, but It Is evident that he does not
care to do So
water Company Appeals.
The Board of Equalization has been
served. through the city attorney, with
bill of exceptions fled by the water company
OF Omaha, obiecting TO the assessment of
its personal property I'm South Omaha at
s735.0OO. The bill contains a transcript OF
all the evidence produced before the board
at the time OF its sitting, when the assess
ment was fixed The water company will
prosecute on error before the district court.
t..t. Ia.
In Omaha respecting this valuation namely
that the board OF appraisers appointed by
I the city Of Omaha. with view to the
purchasing of the water system. fixed the
value of the property in South Omaha at
$4,000. This item among the others was
summarily rejected by the Omaha Water
board as being too high. on the day of It's
presentation II this il taken as a true
valuation and even accepted by the water
company as correct, the assessment Of the
South Omaha board is S2Ss,Oo0 too high
There can be frsaal; \ 2ubt that this appraise-
,~,ment will be used Tor all It is worth by
"a the Omaha Water company in it's contro-
yersy with South Omaha.
Deg Pound CLOSED for Season.
The South Omaha poundmaster Joe
Blaha has finished the work of his de-
partment Of the city economy. that of
Kidding it Of the excess Of the dog family
He has closed UP his headquarters, sold
his catch Of dog pelts and bottled up -un-
knewn quantities of ultra-valuable dog
grease. He says he has cleared over 81 900
since May 1. $500 of which was paid by
the. city and the rest secured by his
thrifty management OF the business. The
latest announcement is that he has Sc
CURED q contract with the poundmaster OF
Omaha where the season is just getting
busy, for all the valuable hides which
he may care TO secure for skinhing. He
also win transfer his novel rendering works
from .this city to Omaha. where he an!
ticlpates q harvest of dog oils Of every
spseino gravity in the catalogue. On good
pelts he realizes as high as 20 cents, and
fat dog will yield greater value still
in: oil. depending somewhat on the size of
the dog. 49,
Ten Dollars for Kicking Boy.
Thomas johnson was tried yesterday be-
fore Judge Caldwell on the charge OF
assault and battery. II developed that
he haA kicked and otherwise injured and
maltreated Joseph McPhee, a boy working
under him at one OF the grading camps
on the Interurban line south OF the city
The boy was sick Monday morning and
unable to work. but the foreman insisted
and ended by committing the assault. His
defense was that the boy had used ar
|, offensive epithet, which had angered him
Judge Caldwell considered the defense in.
adequate in view OF the boys condition
and fned johnson $40 and costs.
WILSON must Pay for balls.
TIE case OF Mccain against Nilsson. con
corning the conversion OF property belong
ing to the plaintiff and others being TIRE,
base balls which the defendant had taker
possession Of after they had been fouleC
upon his property from the bats of tn,
boys who play each evening at Twenty
eighth, and u streets was brought to 1
hearing before Judge Caldwell at 4 D. m
yesterday. The defense of Nilsson wa
purely technical. being that Mccain wa
not OF age and therefore could not sue
Thereupon the plaintiffs uncle. being o
required age. entered suit in his stead
The case then proceeded to judgment an,
the judge rendered verdict for the boys an,
ordered that Nilsson pay $40 and the cost
OF the suit. The costs will amount I,
nearly $40 The attorney filed an exception
70 the procedure on the ground that tn
substitution could not be made on tn
same case. This was overruled on tn
ground that the requirement OF the Law
contemplated only q party responsible 70
the costs Of suit. Nilsson has ten day
in which to appeal He declares that h
will secure an injunction restraining tn
boys from allowing their balls to drop o.
his lot by accident,
Good Prices for Cattle.
The commission men OF South Omaha wer
rejoicing in a comparison OF the sout
Omaha cattle market with that OF Chicag
yesterday. For the first time In a year tn
top price for prime beeves was identica
In both markets being s6.S. The compari
son, they assert speaks remarkably we
for the Importance Of South Omaha as
market center, One reason for the sim
lsrity was the fact that there was a heav
run OF cattle Monday at the Chicago yard
and this was followed by a sudden fal
from which Tuesdays market also sumere,
Nevertheless. the stockmen assert ths
South Omaha will continue TO crowd Ch
eago more closely from year TO year.
Fortune Awaits Harold.
South Omaha police have been trying
locate a man by the name OF George Hai
old, who Is known 10 have worked IN Sout
Omaha packing houses some ten years az,
He is wanted by Chicago law Arm. VIII
are the administrators of a large estate I
which he Is one OF the heirs. Wealth await
him II his Whereabouts can be discovere,
A. representative OF the firm examined a