Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-15
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Eleven Dollars a Hundred Paid for
Hereford Beef at the
Yards.
H0WELLS MAN RAISES THEM

~. R." cattle are fast becoming
famous.
For the third time within a month
this brand of beef has broken all rec
ords for high prices at the local yards.
The latest top price was established
yesterday morning when two-load
consignment sold at $ll per hundred
weight. This is the highest price paid
for beef cattle in the history of the
local market.
Joe Hagergast of Howells. Neb., is
the proud breeder of the winning cat
tie. According to his story the stock
was first raised on Texas ranch by
an Englishman named Vincent ROLES.
ROLES returned to England some
years ago to take a seat in the British
parliament, and has not been in this
country since. His feeders, were sold
to live stock men the country over,
and according to information at hand
Haggergast at Howells is the only
Nebraska breeder who possesses
some OF the original breed
Miss Green Stockings" remote
but exquisite among her own, will
perform at the high school this eve
ming. The class of 10, under the di-
rection of Prof Nathanal E. Reed,
will present the famous three-act
comedy at the high school auditorium
Miss Lucille Nitsche will be leading
lady as Celia Farraday, or Miss
Green Stockings" while Ralph Gold
berg will be her opposite, the captain
of hope, Colonel John Smith, alias
James Nugent Vavaseur.
Magic City Gossip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry James, 4o1i South
Thirty first street. have just returned from
two weeks visit with friends in Chicago.
The Beru Indians defeated the Avery
Town baseball team by a score Of 10 to
9 Sunday morning on the Maple avenue
baseball grounds.
The local order of Macabees Washing.
toms tent No. 81. will hold their annual
regular meeting at the Red Mems hall
Wednesday evening, June IA.
The Boosters Athletic club will hold
their first grand ball at Rushing's hall
at Twenty-fourth and streets Wednes-
Oak Council, Knights and Ladies' Of
Security, will have an open meeting and
entertainment Friday evening at the Moose
Home clubrooms at Twenty fifth and NJ
streets.
I. F. Henline and F. NJ. Arbuckle promi-
nent stock shippers at Kearney, Neb, paid
the stockyards an inspection trip yester-
day morning. The two men expressed great
abstraction at the splendid improvements
recently made on the yards.
Twenty-six heifers. averaging 775 pounds
and brought in by l.. Smithburger of Stan
ton county. sold at the highest price ever
paid for this class of stock at the local
market. The consignment brought $40
per hundred pounds,
We wish to thank our friends and neigh
bors and Clover Leaf No. s, Royal Neigh
bors and Modern Woodmen 1895, for their
kindness and sympathy during the sickness
and death OF our beloved wife and mother,
and also for the beautiful floral tributes.
E. Kroeger and Family.
The funeral of Andrew Scheller aged
81 years, who died yesterday morning at
his home two miles south Of the city on
the Thirty sixth street road, will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
residence. Interment will be made In the
Laurel Hill cemetery. Rev. r. L. Wheeler
will officiate Scheller Is survived by a wife
and Ave children.