Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-10
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
ArmOurs Buy Six Prize Beeves for
Local Use.
HIGH PRICES PAID FOR SAME
state Farm Herd Sold 90 Yards, One
YearlInE shorthorn Bringing
Eleven Dollars ana n
Half.

Armour q Co. bought six head OF
prize beeves from the state farm for
, the patrons OF the Exchange Dining hall
at the Union Stock yards. The load OF
cattle came In from the State farm under
Prot. Gramlich and included some of tho
show stuff prepared for the Chicago In
ternational stock show.
One yearllng Shortaorn weighing. 1850
pounds, brought sii.6O. A yearllng Angus
weighing about 100 pounds less, brought
the same price per pound. The yeRrllng
Shorthorn won fifth place at the Chicago
show as calf, Others Of the bunch were
also prize cattle.
With less than 1000 head OF hogs on the
market yesterday local offerings took a
| jump of 10 cents and the top price for
the day was ss.a6. This as against the
falling prices of other markets save the
local trade much announcement.
Alton Going youth,
/ Councilman Tom Alton, who owns
! forty-acre farm. minus the mule in Texas.
near Brownville IS only waiting for his
term to end in order to migrate to the
land of cotton and cane, The property
traces back directly TO a grant from the
| king of Spain and Alton holds the deeds
showing the grant. The deed of sale in
recent years contains a restrictive clause
perpetually forbidding the use OF liquor
upon the land. In case this clause is
violated the land reverts to the maker
OF the clause
Advise Court inquiry.
Complimentng the city treasurer and
the city clerk upon the excellent man
agement OF their respective offices, the
special auditors who have recently COM
pleted their work upon the city books, ad-
wise the city council to look into certain
cases In the police court where the fines
appear TO have been collected but not
turned In. The cases are cited by the
auditors as eight IN number and they
aggregate something short OF 800.
The auditor also reports that the police
court Melted tho city something like sl,lil
in twelve months. being less than the
salary collected by the police judge. The
council is advised to take up with the
police Judge the eight cases cited in order
to find out the final disposition Of them
juniors win Opener.
The juniors won the opening game Of
the class championship series last even
ing from the seniors at the high schoo
gymnasium. The final score was TO 8
|
per hand and played the juniors off theil
feet, the score at the end standing to 3
In favor of the seniors. In the seconC
half the juniors took the lead and rar
up six points. The seniors failed TO show
up in form, their wind being badly out Of
tune.
The sophomores will play game pre-
liminary to the Papillon-south Omaha
= game next Friday evening, with the
freshmen.
Christn mas for Poor,
Chief of Police John Briggs and Pro
baton Officer Paul Macauley, together
with other citizens, have begun prepare.
lions for Christmas celebration for tn,
poor children OF South Omaha, The club
wants to help in the good work and h
has asked the newspapers to assist him
I'VE are going to make round Of al
the city," said the chief yesterday. III
order to obtain donations for the cause