Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Council Says Mrs. Gsrrst Must Estsb-
lish Claim by Suit.
UNREST AMONG PACKERS MEN
Labor Mass Meeting Held, at which
Effort IL Made to Get Beef
BuEEers to Ala the
Truckers.

D The city council concerned itself with
routine affairs last evening and little above
the usual round occurred to add special
interest.
The city attorney recommended that the
application Of Mrs. David c. Garrat for a
pension under the Smith law be not al
lowed on the ground that the city had no
fund from which TO pay the pension. He
said that he regretted to make this report
because Of the deserving features Of the
case. He declared in private that such a
claim could be paid from the Judgment
fund. but that It would require a trial 10
establish such a claim.
The office OF second assistant city at
torney was created by the passage Of the
ordinance, which was introduced at the
previous meeting This assistant is required
70 take the place Of the present claim
agent and to attend to the police court de-
tails. After the passage of the ordinance,
II. C. Murphy announced hat he would app
point Robert e. McNaily to this position.
The regular assistant Of the attorney has
yet been announced Miss Matilda Wogen-
sen was appointed by Mr.. Murphy as his
stenoRrapher The appointments are not
subject to approval by the mayor or coun-
ell
The office of sidewalk inspector was
created by a proposed ordinance and q
salary OF SIS was provided
Bids we're opened for the pavement Of the
alley between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth streets from d TO E. Dan Harmon
appeared to be the low bidder
The council agreed to sit as a Board OF
EQUALIZATION on May 10 and II. a con
tract for a sanitay sewer on Twenty
seventh street was awarded to @. e
Beck. The city clerk made a report oi
his appointees.
Labor Mass Meeting.
A labor meeting was held last night a.
the Labor Temple and an effort was mad'
to get the beef luggers Of South omahS
TO 10 out in sympathy with the truckers
and leaders Of the packing houses and t
make a further demand for increased pay
on their own part. The representatives
OF the luggers met In private committed
room and voted-7 to 14-against going ou
at this time. The efforts Of the labo
agitators we're then directed to calling
general strike. The first move was th'
appointment OF a committee to walt OF
the hackers today with plea for thu
striking truckers and in the event OF un
satisfactory results to call a general mas
meeting this evening to consider the ad
visibility Of a general strike. The matter
OF asking for q representative from tn
business men to go with the strikers wal
rejected Jake Davis presided over th'
meeting Speechs were made by Georgt
Sterrett, p. c. Caldwell and a number o.
others Finally Jerry Howard was called
and made one OF his characteristic
speeches. He denounced the committee o.
the. Central Labor union which ejecteS
him from the ranks Of organized labor.
Thrifty Farmers Hold HOEss
The temptation Of fabulous prices doe
not induce the thrifty farmers Of the stat
to deplete their hog lots, but many ar
taxing the view that now is the time II
keep in the business and raise mort hog
for the market Of next year, Such ~ IN
belief Of S. STREET. OF Overtop, Neb,, VIII
is down from the Elm creek country o
Valley county with good consignment
He said: MANY farmers in our section
have let all their hogs so, even the broo'
sows upon which they depended for tn
next years product. 1 can't understand
why they should do that. ] have seventy
small pigs and will have some later in the
season The prices are high this year,
more than we ever expected to get, but
what does It matter If we sold all our
hogs and went out of business? Then we
could not enjoy the good prices any longer
I have advised my friends to keep back
their breeding animals.
'There is another class OF farmers who
sell out as soon as prices get below 5 or
cents. That is wrong, too, for the price
will be sure to advance again. 1t don't
matter what we can get for our hogs II
we haven't got them. The best way Is
to keep steadily in the business and feed
carefully. s.-
1--WE have little politics up in our end OF
the state We haven't heard of county
option and / doubt II many know what q
means. / think the farmers in our county
would vote wet, but couldn't say abou
the rest"
Parents Held Responsible.
The attention of the street commissioner
has been directed to numerous cases OF
wanton destruction OF property by gangs
of boys in all parts OF the city. This de
structIon Is especially directed towart
sidewalks. Not only the wooden walks are
torn up, but they pTy up bricks from al
the walks where they can be moved, Tn,