Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-16
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Concerted Effort to Be Made to Shut
Of Supply Of Chronic Drinkers.
GIVE THE POLICE MUCH TROUBLE
saIOOnmen 60 he Notified Not 60 sell
60 This Glass or TO Permit Them
60 Hang Around Their
Places.

It Is announced that a concerted effort is
to be made TO remove from the city Of
South Omaha some twenty habitual drunk
ards who have been giving the police no
end OF trouble for more than a year.
These men when sober work in the packing
houses al common labor and as such
are as faithful as their insatiate appetites
will allow them to be. As often they
get a pay day they 60 on a spree and
spend all their money. and end by being
arrested for disorder. Then they have to
serve all tho way from a week to thirty
days to sober up In the city or county
jail In the meantime the families are
destitute. Many Of the families are sup
ported by charity while the husband Is in
Jail
The Board Of Fire and Police commits
sioners is considering with the police the
sdvisabihty OF taking stringent action both
upon the inebriates and upon the saloon
men who allow them to have the liquor.
All Of these characters are we'll known to
the police and TO the saloon men. 1t is
proposed to issue an order to the saloon
keepers TO observe the law prohibiting the
sale to habitual drunkards or allowing
any one to buy the liquor for them. The
saloon men will be requested to keep these
men out OF the saloons altogether. as far
as possible 1t is argued that the saloon
men would be all the better off by being
rid Of this class Of men entirely, as the
profit Of their custom amounts to little
in any one Of the score or two Of well
krcwn cases.
Public school Field Meet.
The grades Of the South Omaha schools
are to engage in a field meet Saturday
afternoon at Kennedy's park. The meet
is under the auspices Of the local Young
Mems Christian association. A number of
the contestants met at the gymnasium
Wednesday night and received the final in
strnctions to the rules governing the
contest. Much enthusiasm was manifested
by the boys. Nearly every one Of the ten
graded schools had representatives at the
meeting. Each school will be out with a
strong team Saturday. The teachers were
also present Wednesday evening to assist.
the athletic secretary in the arrangements.
All of the schools are entitled to enter and
the representatives in each school are re-
quired 10 hold an average in scholarship
Of IS per cent. The event is to be an annual
affair hereafter and handsome banner is
to he presented to the winning team.
New Ruling on Letter Delivery.
In a letter from the Postoffice depart
ment the postmaster OF South Omaha is in
formed that letter carriers are not per-
mtted to deliver mail to the different rooms
in apartment houses and that where there
are no letter boxes in the lower front hall
arrangements should be made with the jan
itor or other responsible person to receive
and distribute the mail to the occupants
Also carriers are not required to deliver
mail above the second floor of office build
.ings not equipped with elevators Post
master Howe suggests that, TO meet these
rulings, parties living in, having offices
above the first floor in such buildings,
should place boxes on the first floor for
the receDtion of mail