Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Council in Called Session Tries
to Clean Slate of Business.
ONE MORE SESSION MONDAY
Council Decides to Do Nothing on
Question of New Fire House
sites and Refer it Back TO
Commissioner.

The South Omaha city council, after ad-
Journing without transacting any business
Thursday m Friday morning in a
called session and finished up most of
the pending business which is to be con-
sidered by the present body before 1t dis
solves to give place to the coming lem
ocratic regime. The council ordered the
purchase Of the p. j.. Barrett property,
which is an addition OF six acres to Man
dan park. The purchase price was 5000
and this purchase had the recommendation
OF the Board of Park commissioners The
question Of the purchase was suspended
during the campaign when it might have
been used as a political lever.
The bids for the several fire hall sites
were referred back to the Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners for further rec
ommendation, which means that the pres
ent council will have nothing to do with
the purchase of any Of the several sites
offered.
The council took a last glance at the
South Omaha public drinking fountain and
ordered Offerman Bros. to move the same
to Twsnty-sixth and l. streets and there
to set It up according to the terms OF a
previous contract. The company will re-
ceive $S5 for moving the fountain.
All bids on paving which were pending
and which were not opened according to
schedule were returned unopened to the
bidders and a readvertisement will be re-
quired.
The bids for an automobile for the city
engineers department were referred to the
committee Of the whole and will prob
ably be acted upon in the last session of
the council Monday night. Much of the
routine, including the last payroll, was
disposed of before adjournment.
welcome TO Head Consul.
Five hundred members of the Modern
Woodmen of America met last night in
South Omaha to welcome A. y. Talbot, the
head consul of the order from Lincoln.
The delegations were from fourteen camps
of the local district including: South
Omaha, No. 1895; Merchants, No. 40S5: Flor
ence, 4lO5; Omaha, No. 100; Benson. No.
1864; b. & NJ, No. 9i5; Hebrew, No. 49A:
Nebraska, No. All; Magnolia, No. 1893;
Hickory, SIPS; Beech, No. 1i54i Fort Crook,
No. $3.50; Bellevue, No. 1913 and Rock
Springs, No. $3.50.
The order of the program included music,
vaudeville, special competitive drill by the
Woodmen teams and addresses by Judge
A. l.. sutton, Nelson c. Pratt of Omaha.
and by A. r. Talbot, the guest Of honor.
The music was furnished by the Pioneer
Quintet and by the Mid City trio. Each
rendered several acceptable numbers The
vaudeville was by Arthur Lempke and
Gretchen Simmons, and by Alfred Parks
and Florence Lempke, sketches consisting
of singing, dancing and dialogue. All the
artists were young children Of the city.
Judge a. l.. Sutton, on behalf OF the local
order delivered an aHdraaa pf Wa1ppnp lie
dwelt largely on the objects of the meet
ing and on the spirit of the order, Nelson
c. Pratt, OF Omaha. responded eloquently
in a similar vein.
a. r. Talbot was then introduced and
made the address OF the evening, He spoke
along lines of fraternalisn which would APP
peal especially to the Modern Woodmen OF
America. He told first o. the rapid
growth Of the fraternity mentioning as a
climax that I'm February over 1900 and in
March over 10000 members were added &c
the order. He then took up the wide in
fluence Of the order, and as an example
he mentioned several instances in which
the local order had influenced legislation
In favor OF the fraternal societies and had
prevented skillfully laid schemes to enact
laws detrimental to the societies, lie men
toned a recent case in Pennsylvania
Mr.. Talbot then dwell OIL the patriotic
features and the object OF the order in pre-
serving and strengthening the homes OF the
members. He was many lines enthusiast
cally applauded.
The local lodge presented its secretary,
c.. F, Dennis, with a handsome cut glass
punch set. The convention was one OF the
most successful OF any which has been held
between the lodges OF a single district.
COunciImen Afraid 90 Meet.
Three members OF the old council failed
10 appear in the council chamber last night
at the call OF the adjourned meeting. They
appeared to fear that some plan was afoot
70 hustle through unwarranted legislation.
Those absent were John HasbOrEh. George
Hoffman and Swan Larson. II was planned