Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Bohemian Catholics Planning for 9
Fair to Be Held Next Month.
RAISING MONEY FOR SCHOOL
New Packers National Bank Building,
Now Completed, object of Much
AdmiratiOn--Thieves Return
Stolen Property.

A Bohemian Catholic fair. enlarged
enough In scope to include all South Omaha
business men, is planned to begin october
IL and to continue until october Is. This
fair will be held at Franek's hall and park
at Twentieth and Q streets.
The object is to raise money for the
maintenance of the Bohemian Catholic
school at Twenty-second and S streets. An
invitation has been extended to all the
South Omaha business men to assist the
project. This appeal is said to be meeting
with great success.
Many of the business men have agreed
to open booths at the fair. These will be
used for the sale of all kinds of merchan-
disc and to add to the charms of the mid
way features. The Bohemians have erected
a fine school building. Already there Is an
enrolment of more than 900 children and
the number will be swelled to nearly 800 be-
fore the close of the year.
To get the school securely on its feet at
the start they are bending every effort to
plans which will yield a monetary return.
New Bank Building Attractive.
Many people stop every hour in the day
as they come from the South Omaha yards
to look at the completed Packers National
bank building at Twenty-fourth and o
streets. The management has announced
that the 10000 building will be occupied
September Il. The building will be thrown
open Saturday afternoon and the public is
invited to make a full examination OF Its
conVeniences. The location at Twenty
fourth and o is manifestly better than at
Twenty-sixth and N streets. 1t is at the
point where all the stockmen and COM
mission men take the cars for Omaha. A
move is said to be on foot to have the
course of the car line changed, so that
the loop cars will turn north at Twenty
fifth and Q and again turn east at Twenty
fifth and o streets. This would be an adj
ditional convenience for the new bank, pro-
vided that o street be made the transfer
point.
The Packers National bank building,
though only one-story high, has been de-
signed solely for banking purposes. Every
room and apartment is designed espe-
cially for convenience and security In
this kind Of business. The main public
lobby is finished in a dark green antique
marble, highly polished. The lighting is
from windows on three sides and from a
large skylight above. The walls and cell
ing are frescoed in bronze of the lighter
shade, even bordering on yellow or gold.
The ceiling contains an elaborate system
Of lighting, the lamps being set in the in
verified cups of bell-fiowers. Tn vault and
safe are both as secure as possible to pro-
cure. The private offices and the lobby
are all done in a mahogany finish In the
matter OF furniture. In the basement a
lunch room and other accommodations for
the employees, including bath rooms and
storerooms. are located.
Stolen Property Returned.
Two cases of tender conscience were
brought to the notice Of the police yester-
day. The first was the theft of a bicycle
belonging to c.. A. Young. the secretary
Of the local Young Mems Christian asso-
citation. lie loaned it to a boy to ride over
to the Burlington station at ThiTty-seventh
and L. When the boy came out after de-
livering a message at the depot Wednesday
afternoon he found that the bicycle had
been stolen. The police were notified. They
suspected a boy employed part OF the time
at the station and threatened to place the
boy under arrest. About an hour after this
the wheel was discovered where 1t had been
returned and carefully placed at the rear
Of the depot. No one saw the boy, who IS
supposed to have used the wheel. return H.
The second was a case OF the theft of a
harness Of considerable value from a man
living at Thirtieth, between K and l.
streets. The owner Of the harness notified
the police. Detective Shields was working
on the case when he was called to the
telephone early Wednesday morning and
told that the harness had. been returned
during the night.
funeral of James A. Coates.
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