Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-25
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
County Attorney Brings an Action
Under the Pure Food Law.
SALVATION ARMY STORE MOVES
Patronage Not sumcient 90 warrant
Its Further Msintenance-County
Opens store 20 Care for
Local Charities.

J. Altman and Robert Zieve were arrested
yesterday afternoon under charge OF SELL
ing food stuffs without the proper brands
or labels. The two men are Hebrews and
run n small retail grocery business. The
specific charge under the pure food law Is
that they sold an article known as Golden
Egg Noodles" The complaint Is that their
labels did not bear the wright Of the pack
age nor the ingredients contained in the
manufactured articles. The complaint was
sworn out by tho deputy county attorney.
The hearing is set for Wednesday at 2
p. m.
The noodles in bulk were bought from
Paxton & Gallagher Of Omaha. Ernest
Meyer, proprietor Of the Bee Hive grocery,
signed q bond for the release of the prison.
ers.
miscellaneous Income OF City.
The city. clerk has, prepared a tabulated
list OF all licenses. and other collections
made during las. The items are as fol-
lows; Interest on daily balances of city
funds, Ss.osa97; fines. ss57.5o; royalties.
&,tSs.u; licenses. s~2.4s245s miscellaneous
collections, 1925. Tie tcfals revenue Of the
city from theses sources is 3d. 6s.0s. This
probably Is an lave rage Of the collections
outside % the revenues which would apply
20 any year. Thetmoney derived from such
sources has been used formerly to swell
the funds as provided by the charter and
Produced by the general levy. The state
legislature has a new bill providing spe-
officially for the expenditures of these
moneys and IL is proposed TO make the
appropriations high enough 20 that the
expenditures shall keep strictly within the
levy. Then the collections from other
sources At the end Of the year can be APP
piled with the net balance brought over
from the previous year and reduce the rate
OF the levy. In support of the proposed
clause In the charter II Is maintained that
in this way the exact state OF the finances
may be known, while II Immediately added
TO tho funds IL leaves,all at loose ends and
gives opportunity for Moose finance.
salvation Army store Closes.
Tho Salvation Army store. which has been
IN business in South Omaha for two years
at As North Twenty-f;fth street, closed out
yesterday and was moved back TO Omaha.
The managers had been doing a general
secondhand business. mostly handling
wearing apparel and light household arti-
cies. Part of the time the place was fairly
we'll patronIzed, but on the whole. 1t is
understood, the proposition did not warrant
the ptationing OF member Of the army in
South Omaha.
The store was run. as is customary. some
what in the nature of a charity establish
ment.
County Commissioner r. ]. Trainor has
secured a room at ali North Twenty-fifth
street for the establishment Of a county
store. An agent viii be in charge, ap-
pointed from Omaha. Tho stock has not
been put in yet. but probably will be in
ster-H "A ron. After hat time the charity
.!sfd Dayto be attended to in South Omaha
4ss WIS necessity OF making the trip
to-. j Cases have been known when
the applicants had not enough money to pay
the necessary car fare that they might Sc
cure supplies. Often the parties are sick
ana INDECENT. In this respect the new store
will be a great convenience both to the
subjects OF public charity and to the Of
ficiais who must take them in charge.
Inquiry About Power Plant.
Hearing that South Omaha was on the
point Of erecting a hydro-electric power
plant of considerable dimensions, II, L.