Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-06
HAPPENINGS IN
THE MAGIC CITY
Nebraska University Students
Accept Invitation of Yards
for Annual Trip.
FOUR HUNDRED COMING

f. Buckingham, vice president and
general manager of the Union Stock
Yards, has extended the annual invi-
tation to the faculty and students of
the Nebraska Agricultural college to
visit the stock yards and packing
houses. Tuesday, February IS. About
400 students and their instructors
have sent word they will make the
trip here.
A special train leaves Lincoln
about 7:50, arriving at the yards
shortly after 9, Tuesday morning. A
large corps of guides will meet the
visitors, and escort them to the var
iouS packing houses, where displays
of various cuts of beef, pork and NUT
ton will be arranged for inspection.
Luncheon is to be served at the Ex-
change dining room, after which a
trip will be taken through the various
departments OF the stock yards, af-
tordlng All opportunity to inspect and
judge stock.
AT 6 o'clock the entire student body,
together with various representatives
OF the South Omaha market and local
press. will be guests of the Stock
Yards company at luncheon, in
Guiding entertainment following.
The visitors will return to Lincoln,
leaving here at about 9 o'clock.
Breen Introduces Bills.
Three bills vitality affecting local
civic affairs were placed before the
state legislature by Jerry Howard last
week. Judge Breen, author of the bills,
has. returned from the state capital
with the information that the meas
ures are now up for passage.
The most important of the three
requires a re-division of the municipal
court field, alloting one district, in
GLIDING the South Side. By this one
OF three judges will OF necessity sit in
the local city hall This will satisfy
the many complains that have been
coming from hundreds of citizens and
attorneys, who have had use for the
court to settle petty claims.
The second important bill refers to
the necessity of passenger railroad
station on the Burlington and Rock
Island railroads. On petition of 100
property owners living outside
three-mile radius of the Union and
Burlington stations uptown, it will be
possible to compel the building of a
passenger station convenient and suit
able to South Siders.
The third bill refers to local boule-
Yards and the possibilities of building
the same through bonds.
Myron Tibbits Enlists.
Myron Tibbits, II years old, for sew
eral months first assistant to Circu-
lator Elroy Tibbits of the local Bee
office, surprised his friends yesterday
and enlisted in the United States
army for a period of from one to
seven years at his own option. The
consent of his parents was obtained
and although under age, he was
granted admittance to hospital corps
in the Nebraska legion. He will en-
ter the service today, leaving for an
Iowa training station this afternoon.
Famous Tenor to Sing.
Under the auspices of the Garfield
and Jungman schools, Prince Lei
Law, Hawaiian tenor soloist, will give
recital at the South High school
auditorium, Wednesday afternoon,
February J. The program will open
at O'Clock.
Morris Resumes Hog Killing.
Morris and company started hog
killing again yesterday for the first
time since the big fire which de-
troyesd their plant few months ago.