Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-23
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Business and Yards Men Enthusi.
astic Over Plans for Greater
Omaha Election.
WARD ORGANIZATION FORMED

L
Thirty-seven South Omaha business
mon met at the business place of n. T.
Carter last night ana formed a citizens
organization to adopt the best means of
bringing out a majority affirmative an
nexation vote June 1.
One Big Omaha" with one set of Of
ficl6ls big enough 10 govern Greater
Omaha, and a steady, consistent pull
against legalizing by popular vote the
$4,000 Park board improvement bonds
were the nutshell statements voiced by
the numerous speakers present Politics
was unanimously voted to the rear and
the meeting resolved itself wholly into
one insistent shout for annexation and
the defeat OF the park bond issue.
Joe koutsky, recognized leader of local
business men. opened the meeting and
| N. z. Carter was elected chairman with
Ed Roggen as secretary. Park Board
Member Ben Sanger spoke briefly
explaining the evident intention Of the
Park board to buy up more land should
the bond issue receive the popular ap-
prevail and urged the men present to work
for the defeat OF the measure on June /.
He was seconded by an effective speech
from J. ]. Breen and the latter introduced
motion urging the defeat Of the bond
issue deal" which received the unani-
nous vote OF all present
AnnexatIon Slated AffirtnativeIy.
Koutsky took the annexation matter to
a rousing welcome by discussing the mat
ter from the laborePs standpoint. I'm
Omaha" said the business mems leader
1.-THE Commercial Club, In cooperation
with the Improvement clubs OF the city
| Is making an organized effort to mako
the vote there so large as to make It
( impossible for us TO defeat the measure
should we be so inclined. But the fact of
tho matter is, the majority OF the people
OF South Omaha arc for annexation OF
necessity. Today we are in vital need of
more manufa cturers OF the small town
| variety who can offer our laboring men
1 from eight 10 ten hours day labor. In
F., the packing houses at present the aver
age man lahorer gets from three to seven
hours per day with hundreds constantly
out OF work. The forceful power of the
Omaha Commercial club To- bring new
manufacturers here will not be won by
any attempt on the part Of the people OF
South Omaha to oppose this bill. We
must meet the people of Omaha with
open arms and then they will give us a
square DEAL
For One Big City.
Attorney A. II. Murdoch argued for one
big city with one set OF officials big
enough" 10 govern a Greater Omaha. The
facilities here in the way Of trackage
and other valuable natural sites mark
| the south side OF a Greater Omaha as
having wonderful possibilities - the peo-
pie residing here would cut out person
alities and bauish the imaginary line. he
argued Colonel Fitz-Roberts corrobo-
rated his statements by declaring that
South Omaha was situated in the finest
corn raising telt In the country with a
| capacity TO handle more live stock than
any other market In the world outside
OF Chicago.
Judge ]. ]. Breen and Ed Roggen stated
that every year the city of South Omaha
was compelled to send east from 10 TO As
per cent interest ON the outstanding So
10000 debt in issued bonds. Breen stated
/ that from IS to 30 per cent OF the prop
/ erty on Twenty-fourth street was owned
/ by people living outside the city.
Markey Hits Nail on Head.
! ]. J. Marley. prominent local baker
7 said: when you go to hit a man you
don't hit him with your fingers stretched
apart. You clench them up In a tight
! fist lock. Suppose we tried TO induce
an eastern manufacturer or one just con-
templating building a new house TO como
here as we are divided, Florence, Benson,