Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-25
AFFAIRS At SOUTH ONAns
City Treasurer Preparing Statement
of City's Finances.
BONDED DEBT IN HIGH FIGURES
Total WIN Reach one Million Nine
Hundred Thousand DOIIars-sheep
Receipts Are Keeping Well
UP with Record.

UP with Record.
The city treasurer Is preparing an annual
report, which will be ready to present to
the city council next Monday night This
report shows many things OF interest con
corning the city finances At the beginning
Of the last fiscal year there was balance
In all funds remaining amounting to s25i,
lls. During the year the receipts from all
sources amounted TO t4sS ,9e6. During the
same period the expenditures for all pur-
poses amounted to s445,64s. leaving a balance
in the city treasury OF Ssos.a74 The amount
Of money collected In the 1909 levy amounted
to S217, Oe6. and the total collection Of taxes
amounted to S227, eco
The bonded Indebtedness for all purposes
has reached a total Of 81. 7sS,s45 including
| the 5000 of bonds sold TO Splitter & Co.,
just before the close OF the year. Paving
ordinances have been passed which provide
| for an issue OF bonds which will equal
fully 100000 more. This WI ping the
bonded debt Of the city UP to nearly $780,
900. The charter limitation under the pres
ent valuation Of S24,OOOoO is 10 per cent,
| or total OF g. 10000.
The money received for these bonds was
used to complete the numerous paving con-
tracts, and numerous contracts remain un-
complete.
The treasurer IL preparing a table show
Ing the taxes per capita which are collected
| from the residents Of South Omaha There
were 400 on the tax rolls last year. OF
these over 1900 paid less than 81 apiece
for taxes,
Another Good. Market Day.
The South Omaha market received 80, $50
sheep yesterday, which lie one of the largest
receipts on record for a single day. All
good grades of sheep sold at fair prices.
The market was slightly lower. The western
run lie about At it's height now. During the
next two weeks large numbers of sheep
will be on hand. The buyers were plentiful
yesterday and the shipments were easily
handed and the sales steady, The various
grades sold all the way from 1910 to 800
per hundred. The greater per cent OF all
the sheep marketed were feeders.
Seven thousand cattle were on the market
yesterday. Prices were stronger and the
tops were made by e. T. Graham, with
fine bunch OF 1,6O0-pound steers which
brought 500 This price was paid once
before in June. The bulk of the feeders,
however, sold around A5O to $3.50 Beef
cattle sold from $500 to $500 Many stock
mon from Montana were on the market
yesterday, where they have been compelled
to ship early on account Of the dry
weather.
Gray-CutIer Match.
AL Gray of Kansas City and Marty Cutler
of Jack Johnson's training quarters are
scheduled to box ten rounds August 81. be-
fore the Tri-City club at South Omaha
Both men will weigh in at $50 pounds.
Cutler challenges all heavyweights except
Jack johnson and Sam Langford This will
be the first heavyweight contest seen in
South Omaha for a number Of years.
Gun Club Invites Officials.
The Omaha Rod and Gun club has sent
an invitation to all the South Omaha Of
ficials to attend the entertainment and
celebration by that club. Thursday of this
week. It Ia expected that most Of tho Of
ficiais will accept the invitation.
l Magic City Gossip.
: Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Gillin spent Sunday
at Randolph, Neb.
. Good Kimball piano and furniture for
, sale. Inquire at 2JR1 st.
The New Century club gave a social >or
Dan lannon's lawn last evening.
j, c. Walker and wife are spending q
q weeks vacation at Manitou, Colo.
The Menorreh club gave a hay rack party
Monday evening, visiting Hanscom park
I 8. l. Winters has returned from a visit
= OF two or three weeks at Mount Pleas
ant, la.
d John Briggs ana Dana Morrill, have gon,
2 attend the state shooting tournament al
Mr. and Mrs. b, w. wallace and Mr.. and
drs. J. E. Wallace are visiting friends In
South Omaha.
-, Thomas s. Galloway was presented with
. a chair at surprise party given him BY
e the ODD Fellows Monday evening.
n The city clerk has Just received Sa,0c
o from the county treasurer which is to b,
: added to the South Omaha school funds
Mrs F. A. ANEW has bean IN ChJoa r.,
= and returned after a visit of q month, Sh,
r has been taxing lessons in china painting
and decorating.
The sunday school OF the First Christian
Rlverview park Cars will leave Twenty.
fourth and L streets at 10 a. m.
SToRz Delicious Bottled Beer delivered
Brodoriok q Maslowsky.
william Washington was arrested yes
, terdGy by Officer Joe Ballew as a suSpec
l in a bHEglary case in Omaha He wa'
Mrs. w, q. Tagg ard son have returne,
4 from a visit to Louisville and Cincinnati
Miss Eliztbeth Rooney returned with Mrs
Tagg and will be her guest for som,
weeks
Women Of the First Methodist church will
serve q dinner in the pariors OF the church
at nooR Thursday.
Phone Bell South sss. Independent F 1856
= for case Of letter Gold Top, Promp
d delivery to any part Of the city. William
II letter.
l. The womsn's Missionary society of tn
# Presbyterian church WIN meet Thursdas;
a North Twenty second street. Mrs r. b
e fowl viii deliver an address on Mexico.
n Special sale--s5 per cent off on all wal
, ! paper during the month OF August. Watcl
l. our Windows for other hot weather bar
gains. AZ North Twenty fourth street
? The 4. M Hughes Paint company. 'PhOn
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