Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-21
EVENTS IN OMAHA SUBURBS
ConinES and eoings Of People in Busy
Towns 5urrou1 liag thu Big City,
COUNTY coNNsslONtRsWtw ROAD WORK
Florence Canning Company Has Al
ready Contracted for n Large
Acreage Of Tomatoes for
the Canning Season.



Mrs Hans Goetsche was visiting friends
and relatives in South Omaha Tuesday.
Mrs. Andrew Anderson Is spending few
Tekamah, Neb.
II. II. Robinson Of the Nebraska Tele-
phone company was business visitor In
Florence Friday.
Mrs D. Gilispie and Mrs. Fred Hambut
Of Omaha were the guests OF Miss Jessie
Tucker Monday last.
Mrs Swanson. accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs John Pearson and daughter Olga, were
visiting friends In Omaha Sunday last.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Presby-
terrain church VIII meet at the home OF
Mrs. Irving Allison next Thursday after
noon.
Miss Ada Berg spent Sunday and Monday
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Bondes-
sen, the guest OF their daughter, Miss
Sigma
Mrs. d. C. Hass visited with Mrs. J.
Swanson Friday afternoon. Mrs. Hass was
a former resident OF Florence, now OF
Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Carlson; Mrs. B. F,
Reynolds and Miss Prudence Tracy at
tended the presbytery at Omaha MONDAY
evening.
Mrs. F. b. Nichols and Mrs. ]. Weber
jr, attended the Literary club at the
home Of Mrs. Frank Gould, Park avenue
Omaha, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Christene Gum arrived here Friday
direct from Scotland and Will spend the
summer here with her sister, Mrs. william
Gorden. and brother, J. S. Paul.
Mrs W. A. Yoder and son, who have been
spending a couple Of weeks visiting friends
in the Vicinity OF Fremont Neb, returned
70 their home Monday afternoon.
Dr. jerks, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain church at Omaha, officiated at the
funeral OF the little son OF Mr.. and MIS-.
n. II Olmsted Wednesday afternoon.
L. ~ Warbler spent a couple of days
at home this week and while mere let
contracts for some piling to be furnished
for some trestle work on the new cut-oH
for the Union Pacific near Millard'
RaplFIoV Of Omaha spent
Wednesday evening mere drilling the de-
gree stan of the Royal Achates. Miss
Prudence Tracy is the captain OF the
Century lodge degree team and Mr.. Rack
lev who is captain of the Omaha team,
was renderering his assistance.
Florence has already started It's building
boom for 1907. The building is general and
not in one place in town, although the OUT
look is Florence Heights, the new add
ton, will gets its proportion OF the build
ing The new grades and boulevard that Is
being planned probably will be completed
curing the early summer.
The Florence Canning company has con-
tracted 10 acres for tomatoes 50 far Thls
will make enough acreage for 1000 cases,
which will make a good long, steady run
during the greater part of the sumner.
The company IL contracting to pay 30 cents
per bushel, which is as good a price as
the average on the Omaha market
NJ. c. Hamilton is getting his sawmill In
shape for the summer saving, and expects
to make q good run. lie has contracts to
I'll for the East Omaha Saddle Tree com
pdHy. 1nebe trees are bhNeu rum NpANolA-
wood Mr.. Hamilton also fills contracts
for dimension stuff which is very desirable,
II being better than pine as long as it is
kept in the dry.
The Florence Athletic club is now fully
organized, with seven directors. Grounds
have been leased for the purpose of playing
base balls Teams have been at work on
the grounds and they are being put In
shape. George Slert the manager of the
team, is picking out the best men and there
will be a strong nine, with plenty of sub
stitutes to uphold the Florence team during
the season OF 1907.
The county commissioners spent Tuesday
IN and around Florence, via the automobile
route They were looking over the road
north OF Florence, which has been graded
the last few months preparatory to paving.
Considerable work should be done on the
river road running north around Prizes lake.
The road TO the lake IL in good shape and
plenty wide, but beyond that the road is
narrow and very low and In wet weather
Is very rough.