Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-09
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Packers Are Not to Import Help
Should More Work offer.
PLENTY OF IT HERE RIGHT NOW
Larger Hospital Planned 60 Care
for Patients that Now Seek
Admission 60 Magic city
InstituttOn.

Admission 60 Magic city
InstitutiOn.
I'VE will hire local men for any work
that may result in consequence Of the in
creased demands put upon our plant since
the closing OF the Chicago stock yards"
said r. c. Howe yesterday in denial Of
q rumor that butchers had been brought
here from Chicago to meet the conditions
following the shut down Of the Chicago
yards because Of the appearance there Of
the foot and mouth disease among cat
tie and hogs.
Local packing men in the labor depart
ments have been doing little more than
thirty-five hours per week and very few
better than forty hours. A great many
have been Idle, but in view Of the fact
that much of the stuff that will be ship
ped into the yards will be transferred at
once TO the slaughter pens Of the pack
ing houses and not sent out to the feed
lots as usual. It is expected that the
local killing pens and packing houses
will be running full time next week with
many extra men.
Some said yesterday that with the open
ing Of the market next week they ex-
pected to see packing house laborers
working sixty hours a week. This may
be a BIT exaggerated, but in any case
many OF the skilled laborers, such as
butchers and the like, will be lifted from
common laborers and room made for men
now idle.
Tho packers were unit yesterday in
saying that they would give preference
to home men and that there was enough
labor to supply all possible demands
here.
Wool Growers to Meet.
Twenty delegates from South Omaha
will leave here at midnight Tuesday to
attend the convention OF the National
Wool Growers association, which will be
held on Thursday. Friday and Saturday
of this week at Salt Lake City. The men
will trave, over the Union Pacific rail-
road.
Larger Hospital Planned.
Under the stimulus OF the new manage
ment, the South omSha hospital board at q
regular monthly meedng of the board last
Wednesday night announced the inception
of plan to build larger and better hos.
pital to supply the needs which the present
hospital can no longer do The report OF
tho authorities showed that the hospital
is unable longer to supply the demands
made on it, II is crowded, and often.
times physicians are compelled TO find
quarters elsewhere for South Omaha peo'
pie who wish TO register there
The hospital was built by the people OF
the city and is non-sectarian in principle
and management. The officers and boar
members serve gratuitously. Miss Myr
/ f..
has just returned from a convention o.
hospital superintendent at Chicago
w. B. Tagg of the board, speaking yes
terday to the newspapers, said: I'VE ap
preciate the hearty cooperation we hav,
received from the medical fraternity ant
the press. We are anxious to provide tn,
best that can be had for the city. Divl
dends aud profits from the hospital q
to improve and extend the hospital work
But the present hospital is not adequate
to the needs Of the city In the next few
months the board hopes to start q move
ment for building a larger and bette
hospital and one that will be a credit t.
the town"
Rides fin New Car Now.
Miss Anna Fluor. a stenographer in tn
Patterson block. Omaha. now rides II
al dulOlilODAle " ITOul neE WOTk
The machine is Maxwell. equipped will
all the latest devices and motor com
forts, She owns the car herself ant
drives 1t. She got the car at the Bess
theater in a contest last week. II wan
to thank the management Of the Bess
and all the friends who helped me viii
the machine. 1t is some car"
Improvement Club Plans.
A central committee OF improvement
clubs in South Omaha is to be organized
after the pattern OF the League of Oman,
Improvement Clubs. according to a reso
luton passed at the meeting Of the North
east Improvement club held Friday nigh
at the Garfield school. c. F. Winters, J
e. Heath and ]. II. Devine were ap
pointed a committee from the Northeas
improvement club to confer with H. simi
lar committee from every other improve
ment club OF the city with a view I
forming a central body. At the meetln
John l.. Kennedy spoke on the, 'yalu
of Improvement Clubs"
Altman to Rock Island.
Lee Altman, for many years residon
and business man OF South Omaha, Wi
leave in a few days TO make his HON
In Rock Island. ILL.,, where he will engag
in the wholesale fruit dealing bushes
with a relative. He conducted a Ioa
office in South Omaha and was reeog
nized as one OF the fairest men in tn
business. At times he has rendere
much valuable assistance TO the polio
in tracking down criminals.
Tibbets IL suffraRIst.
Becaus5 the good deities vouchsafed I
give him baby girl, Seth A. Tibbets G
44S4 + street, has Joined the ranks q
suffragists. Tibbets and his wife have
family OF four fine boys. Until yesterda
? they had waited in vain for a girl. whe
the stork promised a visit this time Til
bets made a promise that he would SUI
2 port woman suffrage If he had a daugi
ter. The daughter came a day or tw
. after the election. when suffrage was d,
: feated. but Tibbets says he will supper
! the measure next time.
, BOnds for Policemen.
South Omaha policemen will be T,
! quired to furnish official bonds in az
. cordance with the law, although the
have not done so for years. This wa
I whispered about yesterday In police eli
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