Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-11
HAPPENINGS IN
THE MAGIC CITY
Exchange Men to Go to Ne
braska Stock Growers Meet
ing at Valentine in spe-
cial Car.

All arrangements have been COM
pleted by Secretary Stryker Of the
Live Stock exchange for the excur-
sion to the meeting of the Nebraska
Stock Growers association at Valen-
tine, June IS and 10. The party will
leave Sunday in special car, spending
Monday and Tuesday at the meeting
in Valentine. Wednesday the stock
men will visit Grin Junction and
Douglas, Wyo., reaching Wheatland
in time to attend the Wyoming Stock
Growers meeting, June Il. June p
and p the party will visit Scots
bluff and Alliance NeO.. arriving in
Omaha Sunday afternoon, June "a
Lowell School Class Day.
Class day will be observed at Lowell
school Wednesday, June Is, when six
pupils will graduate from the eighth
grade. as follows:
Mary Bieksel Marie Tletemeyer
Mary Groves Pearl Sanders
Charles Bohaty Lyle Daley
An interesting and entertaining lit
erary and musical progl am has been
prepared BY the pupils
Traffic Managers Confer.
E. 7. Hitchcock, traffic manager of
the Sinclair Packing company, Cedar
Rapids, la (; Harry W. Davis, traffic
manager OF the Morrell Packing COM
-pany, Ottumwa, Ia, and R. L. Ellis,
traffic manager of the Decker & Son
Packing company, Mason City, Ia,
who were in Omaha to attend the
meeting OF live stock exchange repre-
sentatives Saturday, spent the fore
noon visiting the South Omaha stock
market. After luncheon at the Com
mercial club the traffic managers held
a conference in the pensioners room
of the Union Pacific headquarters for
the purpose of getting together on the
assessment of freight on live stock on
what is termed the "hoof weight"
Liberty Loan Baby.
The South Side boasts of at least
one Liberty loan baby born at $50
Saturday morning Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond f Nausler, Forty-eighth
and N streets, are the parents. Mr..
Nausler called for his certificate Sat-
urday afternoon.
Magic City Gossip.
sneak thief relieved F. W. Williams of
pair of hip boots Saturday. They were
taken from his office in the Exchange build
Ing.
Attorney ]. ]. Breen DR.. r. f, Schindel
and Perry NJ Wheeler. clerk of police court.
have been appointed on the registration
exemption board for the South Side.
Jim Jones, formerly city meat inspector
and well known at the stock yards one of
the pioneers is seriously i'll at the home of
his son, Frank Jones, 4512 South Twenty
second street.
Childrens day exercises were held at the
Grace Methodist Episcopal church. corner
Twenty fifth and E streets, Sunday morn
ing in both Sunday school and preaching
service. The pastor baptized large class
and received number into the church.
Thirteen cars Of cows and calves, pui :
chased in Texas by Wood Bros. OF Lincoln,
en- route to their ranch In North Dakota,
were unloaded the South Omaha stock
yards for feed and water Saturday, At pre-
vaiing prices this bunch of cattle Is valued
at $1,000.
Several changes were made in the fire de-
partment at station No. Saturday The
horse ladder truck No. 8, which has been
replaced by a motor truck. was sent 10
Benson. Edward Caldwell, son of Judge
Caldwell, received an appointment to the
department and has been assigned to duty
at station No, as a member of hose COM
pany No. s.