Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
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sub-Treasury 0verburdened with Col.
lection Of Taxes.
NEW Law MAKES BIG CHANGE
Ct'- --~~ 9~r~r sfsIcher Puts Tn Pro-
ct ~'"~t mount Of work
~' ~ Him by
T-.r La.v.
NEW Law MAKES BIG CHANGE

'st ing rstner anxiously
Ger y commissioner for
nfflcc rs head Of the
~ 'm lt r'tretiury. III r. allowed
@ 'aIary from the state law amounting to
100 per month. but this is not In the con-
Ftruction OF the city treasurer to cover all
tho expense Of collecting end keeping
record Of the county taxes collected in
South Omaha. The Omaha office has had
n number OF additional deputies who had
charge OF the South Omaha books, but
these were not transferred to South
Omaha. The treasurer says he Is loaded
down with the additional duties and wants
another deputy at SIS. The collection OF
county taxes has begun and the office ls
making ont as high as fifty or sixty re-
celpts daily for county taxes. J. w. Crib
bic has been taken off his former duties
and has oil he can DO as cashier.
tn bookkeepers have been working
nightly until 9 o'clock to clear the books
for the next days receipts. This kind Of
thing can not last long and for this rea-
son the city treasurer is anxious that the
Board Of County Commissioners lake ac-
tion. This they have promised to do. Until
the commissioner take action the treasurer
can not make an appointment.
sundays Services.
Rev. George Van Wrinkle will preach from
the topic. More Than We Can Ask Or
Think" In the evening his theme will be.
How a Winner Looks" All the Protestant
churches VII unite with the Baptist church
during the week IN a series OF evangelistic
services. The hour is 1880 p m. beginning
No-doy.
Rev. 3. II. White will preach morning
rnT pgfpfur A. shn TTpffoI proghrfarfan
church \ communion service will be OBJ
Fervtd at the morning hour.
Or r. L. Wheeler win preach from the
subjsct. Faith Sunday morning. In the
IE,cnlnR his theme is evangelical
~ Martins Sunday school will convene
m 10 a. m The morning service Is at Il
r. NJ. Il which the holy communion will
lo celebrated Right Rev. A, l., Williams,
lANup. tho Omaha diocese. win lead the
e., otlcrs ara wiz preach a sermon in
lr. ~ 10. Cedicat'on Of the new pipe
orar.
.'r '.so vices will be observed at the
c,ir5 rc'c; p: churches.
-;0rgun ucaTey Hurt.
'fi r. G.afey seriously injured himself
'ht sday evening while fastening 70 the
.. aidcnce OF Mrs. Margaret Butler. 500
N nth Twen,y-sCcond street. He was hur-
ryinE to take charge upon the death OF
Mrs Butler. The way to the residence is
down a steep flisht of stairs, as the house
is below grade. He lost his footing In the
darkness and fell fourteen steps to the
bottom. His bruises were thought to be
very serious for several hours. His face
was badly discolored. His neck was badly
w~renched, and very painful bruises were
@ inflicted on his arms and legs. He was
able 10 be- in his office only a few hours
yesterday.
Y. d. G. &. Notes.
o-ilThe first basket ball game OF the season
at the local gymnasium was played last
night between the sophomores Of South
IS Omaha ana the lightweight team of tho
Council Bluffs association. 1t resulted II
a victory for Council Bluffs by a score o.
so to 2S. John Collins was easily the stal
. for the locals, scoring eighteen OF tn,
+, twenty-eight points. Manifee did the bes
work for the visitors. The game was at
tended by the members Of the J. ]. c
After the game the girls entertained tn,
boys in an exhibition of fancy basket ball
and also gave a musical concert. TIL,
lineup was as follows; SouAh Omaha
Harding, center; Van Wrinkle, left guard
Lee and Manifee, right guard; Collins
Is right forward; Foley, left forward, Council
rr Bluffs-Don Keynett, center; Goldsmith
~. right guard; Clark, left guard; Keynett
left forward; Herbert Manifee, right for
ward The first half ended with the scor
II to ~ In favor OF South omahs. TIL
officials we're viii Swartz and HarT
Creviston.
Reserved seats for the associations lee
ture course will be placed on sale mex
Tuesday. In order to have the seats re
served for the entire course the seaso
tieket which has been purchased throug
Mr.. Beavers OF others will have TO be pre-
! scented at the association office after
a. n. on that date. One seat can be re
served for the course for 50 cents. A sea
for each number will cost lb cents.
Al the directors meeting last night Elme
i. wiers was appointed chairman OF tn
finance committee and @. s. Campbe
chairman Of the membership COMMITTEES
frhe expense OF remodeling the lobby ha
been assumed by the Ladies' auxiliary
Il which has appropriated more money fo
? the decoration, Under the management {
Mr.. wiers the directors beneve the associs
tion can he placed on a good financll
basis. A united effort will be made. men
berships will be pushed and the social fes
lures emphasized.
Magic City Gossip.
Five-rOom cottage, and barn. 6i0 n. 1Bt
The Shamrock club will give a dance
Rushing's hall next Wednesday evening.
The women OF the United Presbyteria
church will hold their annual chrysanth
mum fair on November IS and 10 at Il
church, Twenty-third and Z streets,
The Rebeeoa club viii give a doll par
for all the children at the home OF Mr.
EtteT, TWenty-second and II streets, satu
day afternoon. An admission OF 10 cen
win be charged
The Presbyterian Kings Daughters we
entertained by Mrs. r. l. Wheeler al
Mrs. Spraktus at the parsonage. Abol
fifty women were present. There we
fourteen babies.
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