Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-21
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Boosters Plan to Attend Omaha
Land Show in Force.
DISCUSS STREET LIGHTING PLAN
Evans Thrown from Ills Wagon In
Runaway and Seriously Injured
body OF A. W. SpraEuc
g. Buried.

South Omaha boosters. at their meeting
last night accepted the invitation OF the
Omaha Land show management TO at
tend the show, ana it is expected that
goodly number will he present tonight
In the absence of Chairman Trainor.
through whom the invitation came, Sec
rotary John Kennedy presided at the
Booster club meeting.
In the matter Of street lighting It was
shown that the proposed system would be
an ornament 20 the business district and.
assist in increasing the value Of business
property. The lights are to be fixed to
iron standards. which shall uphold arcs
OF 2,000 candle power each, three lamps
being allotted to a block.
At the meeting il was brought out that
while the club was in favor of the inn
provement it could not take the initiative
in bringing the matter before the coun-
Gil, which will have TO be pettioned for
the establishment of the new system
The signers of the petition must be
property owners within the district af-
fected.
Speaking for the property owners whom
he represented, a prominent real estate
man assured the club that there would
be no difficulty in getting a sufficient
number Of names for the petition.
Plans for Land show.
Plans for South Omaha night at the
Land show have been in course OF prepa-
ration for several days. Mayor Trainor
will invite the attendance of the city
council and the Booster club also will
attend. Members OF the school board
and teachers will be there together with
all the real estate men. Prof. r.. IL,
johnson, in charge Of the high school
| orchestra, will provide the music for the
occasion.
The local demonstration has been in
the hands of the local real estate men
with j. w. Murphy as chairman. Mayor
Trainor has looked after the official end
of the program, while Prof. Johnson
and his orchestra have been preparing
the musical numbers.
I'VE will all be there" said Mayor
Trainor last night. "and South Omaha
will have a big representation
body OF sprngue Buried.
After being held Tor several days in an
effort to find relatives the body of A. w.
! Sprague of South st. Joseph was buried
| yesterday. The funeral was held at the
residence OF his daughter. Mrs. Frank
Baur at Seventeenth and Q streets yes
terdaY morning at 1890 O'Clock. Rev.
Andreason performed the funeral service
and interment was made in Laurel Hin
| cemetery. The deceased is survived by
his two daughters Mrs. Frank Baur, Of
Seventeenth and Q streets, and Mrs. Tom
Smith of Oskaloosa, Ia. Sprague had
| lost his wife only three weeks ago and at
the time of the accident was on his way
to visit his daughter, Mrs. Baur. He had
omitted to send any word of his coming
other than a telegram and tho news of
his death after the accident at Fort
Crook was some time in reaching Mrs.
Baur The body was first taken to
! Papillion and for a time some doubt as
TO the dead mans identity was felt. AS
soon as Mrs. Baur learned of the death
OF her father she assumed charge of
the funeral arrangements and had the
| body conveyed to her home. Mrs Smith,
the other daughter of sprague, was un-
able TO leave her home in Iowa.
Farmer Thrown from Wagon.
Jack Evans, a farmer residing near
Papillion. was thrown from his wagon
Wednesday evening on the road be-
tween Papillion and South Omaha and
| injured about the head and left ankle.
| Evans had been out with a load of APP
| pies and was returning home about G
! o'clock when his horse became fright
! cned at an automobile and ran away,
throwing the driver heavily to the
| ground.
Evans was rendered unconscious by
the fall and remained prone on the road
until picked up by General Superintend-
ent a. DeBernardi OF the Missouri Pa
cific railroad, who was returning to
Omaha with a party from the inquest
at Papillion.
The injured man was taken in an
auto to Papilion, where Doctor Petors
attended him and found that he had