Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-03
EVENTS IN OMAHA SUBURBS
Ice Firms Have Been Busy Cutting from
Waterworks Reservoir.
HOUSES ARE NOW ALL OF THEM FILLED
Florence Canning Company Elects
Omcers and Plans to Run at
Full Capacity During
Coming Season.
Florence.


Mr.. and Mrs. w. p; Sparks are spending
a couple Of weeks visiting relatives at Sur
prise, Neb.
Miss Pearl Kanouse has been on the. sick
list this week, but at present Is consider
able better.
p. Emerson Taylor Of Tekamah spent
Sunday here, the guest OF the family of
Mrs. Mary PLANT.
w. r. Wall. wife and daughter have
taken up their residence at Brown's hotel
for the rest of the winter.
Mrs. Mary PLANT and daughter Clara
were visiting Tuesday Mrs. PLANTS son,
who is In an Omaha hospital.
Mrs. Luke Simpson of Crescent, Ia, was
here Sunday, on her way to visit her daugh-
ter, who is very sick at Benson
Miss Jennie Everson of Omaha made a
way home and visited Mrs. w. r. Wall
Sunday evening.
Miss Prudence Tracy. postmistress, was
visiting her cousin, Mrs. E. l.. Cain, In
Omaha, Sunday evening last and attending
church In Omaha.
Mrs. s. p. johnson has been confined to
her bed the past three weeks with rheuna-
tlsm and Is not able to be up but very lit
tie at the present writing
Mrs. Johanna Franklin and family ~and
funeral of Mrs. Mccarthy in Omaha Mon,
day. Mrs. Mccarthy was the mother OF
Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. William Butler, who resides
four miles west of town, stopped mere Wea-
Wall for few hours. They were on their
way to visit Mrs. Buffers brother, VINO
lives at Fort Omaha
w. II. Clubhouse of Moorehead, Ia. is
here this week on account of abe Illness OF
his son Miles, who has been here Tor q
couple of months attending school and
making his home with his aunt, Mrs. W.
X. Hollett.
The F'raternal Order Of Eagles, Fontanelle
Aerie No. 1852, held rousing meeting Wed
nesday ndght, the occasion being the
initiation of eight candidates. The Benson
team. which took first prize at Milwaukee
last summer, was on hand and assisted the
Fontanele team with the degree work.
p. N. Petersen, who has been here the
last week relieving the agent at the depot
vase called to Coleridge, Neb., to take
charge of that station w: H. yolendeI
former agent, d. c. Swinford, having ac-
cepted a position with the Great Northern
railway at Sioux City, Ia, so 1t is under
stood.
The directors of the Florence Canning
company held their first quarterly meeting
of the new year last Saturday afternoon
electlng the following officers for this year
w. A. Saunders, president; r. H. Olmsted
vice president; ]. B. Brisbin, treasurer; w
r. Wall, secretary and general manager
Contracts will be entered into during Feb
for this seasons pack. Enough acreage
will be contracted to keep the factory at IT.
full capacity during the entire season.
The past week has been the best Of ic'
weather and the ice firms have been takint
advantage of 1t and harvesting with large
have been putting up ice under the direc
ton of r. II. Olmsted. 1t has its houses
filled and has been putting ice into carr
! firms, who are storing IT, The firm hai
been cutting all it's ice from the reservoir.
at Florence and at the Burt street ant
Walnut Hill reservoirs in Omaha. Their
has been no ice cut from the river at thi
point so far this season and from the out
| look there will be none cut, as there VII
be plenty secured from the reservoirs
Robert n. Dech has filled both of his ic'
houses at Prizes lake. which is of the yer!
| best quality, as this lake Is fed by spring
/ dirt.