Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-02
ORCHARD HILL INPROvERS
Pleasant Session Of Club Held at the
Wagner Home.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS PUT UNDER WAY
Miss Mccartney Again Endorsed for
Wink Inspector and Long
waited Trolley Exten-
sion Outlined.

! The Orchard Hin Improvement club held
| meeting Thursday night at the residence
! OF Mr. and Mrs j. F. Wagner 1852
Charles street, in which business and
social pleasure were combined This
club has large membership Of wo-
I men. and they were much in evidence at
! this meeting Floyd Campbell, president
OF the club, occupied the chair during
the business proceedings, with Miss Nc
/ CARNEY as secretary.
The secretary was directed to prepare
petition to the city council for the con-
struction Of a sidewalk and suitable cross
ing on Franklin street between Thirty
| sixth and Thirty-eighth streets, not alone
for the general accommodation OF the pub
lie, but for the children attending the
| Franklin school as we'll. The matter Of
getting the play grounds on Charles street
! and Thlrty-eighth in proper shape for the
summer with new swings and other attrac-
lions for the children was discussed, and
the suggested Improvements ordered made
at the expense of the city by the play
| grounds committee.
street Railway Extension.
The street railway committee reported
that Il had received a tip from the street
railway company that the Ames avenue
line Is to be extended TO Fontanelle park,
thence around by the Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb, and thence connect with
the Walnut Hill line, and that this work
is likely to be done this summer.
The committee on prize awards for the
best kept lawns, recommended that owing
to the lateness of the season In getting the
lawns in proper shape that the money at
one time appropriated for prizes for the
best kept lawns be not appropriated
this season, but that II be devoted to the
Identification and further equipment Of
the Fairgrounds The recommendation Of
the committee was adopted.
The committee appointed to confer with
Mayor Dahlman relative to the recon-
mendation of the club for the appointment
of Miss Mccartney as milk inspector re-
ported that 1t had been unable to meet
with the mayor thus far. but letter had
been sent him embodying the Endorsement
OF the club for Miss Mccartney for that
position. The committee was instructed to
continue it's work and labor diligently for
the appointment OF Miss Mccartney.
Agricultural sOciety's Plan.
C. w. Hervey, a member OF the club and
also a member OF the Douglas County Agri-
cultural society, submitted verbal report
relative to the cooperation OF the work OF
the City Improvement league with that OF
the Agricultural society and believed that
II would prove mutually advantageous. He
stated that at recent meeting Of the
Agricultural society the city of Omaha
had been made a precinct OF the Agricul-
tural society for county fair purposes, and
advised that the city and the various i'm
provement clubs participate i'm the contest
for premiums. He believed that each Of thu
clubs could secure one more of thu
,, | premiums offered. He made the further
interesting statement that 70 per cent o.
r the vine products seeds sold in the United
l. States are produced in Douglas county, il
n the vicinity Of Waterloo and Valley H
n urged that Omaha precinct make an earnes
effort to be represented by special booth
at the county fair to be held in connection
: with the Ak-sar-Ben carnival this fall
Social Hour IL Pleasant.
q The business part OF the meeting havinl
been finished, the gathering was thei
turned over to Mrs. Wagner and inter
esting and entertaining musical and literar!
Is program followed Those participating il
II the program were Miss Gertrude Weeth
who gave a couple OF piano solos; Mis-
% Alice Chandler, who possesses a sweet con
e tralto voice. sang a couple of numbers
r. Master Joe Berger gave a piano solo; Mrs
l. C. d. Hutchinson gave a recitation, fol
e lowed with tenor solo by Mr.. w. II. VIII
e Der of the World Herald accompanied o.
h the piano by Mrs. WILDER; a song by Mis-
IS GLADYS Chandler, a recitation by Mrs
?. Berger, baritone solo by Hal Fink of tn
i Daily News, accompanied on the plano b,
o Mrs. Fink, and concluding with recitation
n by Master Joe Berger.
: vote OF thanks was rendered all tn
e participants on the program. The mex
It meeting will be held two weeks hence a
It the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. George O
e Ostrom, SS43 Franklin street
n Gigantic Conspiracy.