Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-20
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Nebraska Stock Judging Team Will
Go to Chicago.
PLAN TO TRY SKILL AGAIN
city clerk ADVERTISE for Bids ON
Paving in Thirteen Districts
w f. Too Elk
pensive.

Inc AllNU STUN 4 aAa9 COMPANY A -
ranged with the agricultural school Of the
University Of Nebraska TO send a stock
Judging class selected from the student
body to Chicago, where the boys will com
pete in the judging Of stock at the annual
fat stock show next week. The class Will
be composed Of six or eight Of the most
skiilful members Of the school. Last year
Howard Gramlich Of South Omaha was
one OF the favored ones.
The Union Stock Yards company will pay
all the expenses Of this delegation, as we'll
as a large visiting delegation composed Of
the entire senior class OF the longer course
in agriculture. There are about seventy
five seniors. Chancellor Avery and perhaps
Governor A. c. -Shallenperger, VINO is a
most enthusiastic stockman, will accom-
pany the students.
Last years team in the stock judging
! contest won several prizes. The present
years class is unusually promising and 1t
is likely that still more prizes may be cap
tuIed by the Nebraska delegation.
city Clerk Advertise Paving.
The advertisement for thirteen paving
districts Of the northern section Of the city
appeared for the first time yesterday.
These districts comprise the following
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been taken to bring the improvement to
the point Of letting the contracts:
Nineteenth. from Missouri avenue to M;
Twenty-second, from N to NJ; b, from
Twenty-seventh to rwenty-eighth; Q, from
Twenty-third to Twenty-fifth; A from
Twehty-third to Twenty-sixth; Twenty
first, from G to 1; Eighteenth, from l to
M; Twentieth, from S to N; Hector boule-
ward, from Twenty-first to the north city
limits; f, from Twenty-first to twenty
! seventh. ThirtV-niutb street and Thirty.
ninth avenue, from p to VI; Twenty-first,
from Q to Railroad avenue; alley between
Nineteenth and Twentieth, from M to MI
souri, avenue. .
Is is likely that most of the districts
be paved with asphalt or asphaltic c,
crete. The creosoted wood block paving,
although admitted to be the best kind of
paving, is reckoned too expensive for the
present improvements.
Singers Arrive Today.
Ferguson's Jubilee singers will arrive in
South Omaha today to resent the first
number Of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION lecture course at the high school
auditorium. These singers were in South
Omaha last year and drew the best house
Of any of the other attractive numbers
The troupe consists Of seven members.
They present a variety Of plantation songs,
lullabies, mimic songs, and the negro
classic melodies.
Magic City Gossip.
@. H Brewer has returned from a weeks
trip to New York:
Albert Muldoon of North Platte is visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. @. F. Copper.
letters Gold Top Beer delivered to any
part OF the city. Telephone No. 8.
The New Century club was entertained
last evening by Mrs. George Parks.
A fire caused $500 damage in Theodore
Adolph's store, at 2512 Q street, last night.
Harvey Backman of Kansas City is visit-
ing his uncle, II. T. Backman, OF, South
Mrs. L. w. Caughey is visiting in At
lantic, la. She expects TO be there for
ten days.
Phil Kearny post and the women's Re-
lief corps Will meet in regular session Sat
urday night.
social and business session last night at
Brennan's hall.
Robert Clark and Miss Pearl Wilson of
South Omaha were married Thursday aft
ernoon by DR.. II. l.. Wheeler.
Samuel Mcdowell has gone to Chicago
with business for Armour & Co.
John Roberts is laid up with a wound in
the ball OF his foot caused by stepping on
a nail. The accident occurred Tuesday.
]. ID. Bennett underwent a delicate sur
gical operation on one Of his eyes yester-
day at the Methodist hospital in Omaha.
A. j. Caughey and wife are at Los An
geles, Cal, from which place Mr..
! Caughey's health is reported about on a
parity with his normal condition.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood will meet
this evening at the residence Of DR., r. l.
Wheeler. Important business is to be con.
sidered. The hour Of the meeting is 10.
p. m.