Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 1, 1915, Page 5

e ] WHEN SOUTH OMAHA WAS BUT A VILLAGE 0ld Town Record Discovered When Transfer of Public Property Be- ing Made to City of Omaha. DUNDEE GETS INTO LINE Among the records received yes- terday by City Clerk Flynn from for-| mer City Clerk Perry Wheeler of South Omaha was an old ‘ Village Book,"” containing the minutes of the first village board of the Magie City. The first meeting was held October 21, 1886. E. P. Savage, later gov- ernor of the state and now in Seat- tle, was elected chairman of the board Other members were C. M. Hunt, W. G. Sloan, I. Breton and S. J. Sliter. Daniel O'Connell was village clerk. J. B. Grice was elected attor- mney for the village and at- that first meeting was directed to draw an or- dinance for the regulation of saloons. The old book, with other records and Books, will be made nart of the records of the Greater Omaha and will be placed in the vault of the city clerk's office In the city hall here The first village by the county commissloners years ago South Omaha was being estab- lshed as a prospectiove packing center, prominent Omaha business men being be- hind the venture. Working Out Problem The city commissioners are now facing & situation rein there are many little board was appointed B $18 Jacobean ™ Rocker or Thirty problems to be worked out in connection with consolidation. Yesterday the com missioners and some of thelr clerks took inventories of the public property turned over. They also receiv records from the former South Omaha officlals At the city council meeting this morn- ing Mayor Dahlman will have some rec- ommendations to offer regarding the ad. ministration of the annexed territory particularly South Omaha: It 18 ex- pected he will announce the appointments of olty prosecutor and clerk of police cort for the southside territory Com foner Drexel of the street de- partment has decided to retain John P Fennell, former street commissioner of South Omaha, as general foreman of the southiside street cleaning and maintenance wark There has been some question regard- Ing the payment of salaries of South Omaha policemen and firemen for the period from June 15 to 31. These men have been advised to file thelr claims with the city council and when passed upon | by the city legal department, it is be | Heved there will be no delay in disposing | of that indebtedness, now that the South Omaha funds have been turned over | There are elghty-six saloons in the | South Omaba territory. These saloon men jhave paid their annual licenses up to May these licensés will hold until thelr expira- tion, when a proportionate license will be required to complete next year and thus brings all of the saloons up to January 1, 196 Licenses of peddlers, junk dealers, pool halls and others in South Omaha expired yesterday. license TInspector Hoffman states he will collect for the balance of this year under the Omaha license schedule Dundee officials yesterday | were served with a writ by a deputy sheriff. Clerk Hume at once turned over his records to City Clerk Fivnn and the work of consolidating the officlal business of Dundee will proceed automatically with that of South Omaha. 1 of next year and it is asserted | afternoon | Work is now in progress for the joining | BEL: THE of the Omaha and South Omaha fire Alarm systems, so that all alarms will be | recetved at the central office In the oity hall SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER HURON, 8 D, June % —(Special.) Joseph Higge, aged 68 years, a well known farmer of Beadle county for many {years, dled from the effects of the in juries received when his automobile turned over him. Several of his ribe were broken, causing perforations of the lungs, which caused death in a few |nours. There were four other people in |the car when the accident happened, and none of the othors was Injuged |driving at about elghteen miles an hour, a short distance west of Waessington Springs. & blowout of one of the tires caused the machine to lurch to one of the rond. [This threw Higgs hea against his son, who was driving, and the latter lost his hold on the wheel, the car turning suddenly to one side and golng over. IRON AND STEEL PRICES (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) COPENHAGEN, June 10.—lIron pric fn Germany continue to rise. The price minimum price of bar fron is $%, and iron ore is quoted at $11. Pig iron is 826, but scrap iron has fallen in prive owing to the heavy stooks seized in France, Belglum and Russia FROM UNEXPLODED SHELLS (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PARIS, June 10—A favorite pastime of moldiers at the front is reported to be the carving of rings out of the aluminum fused of unexploded German shells. They e highly prized souvenirs. KILLED IN AUTO UPSET| While ARE HIGH IN GERMANY |: of steel is now more than $0 a ton, the | OMAUA, "THURSDAY, Sub Catchers Hang Jinx on Playing of | Mister Slim Sallee% | Cardinale’ atar | ton. He St the twirker thinks 1t substitute catcher while Sallee has at least one superst to warm up with a walting for the/ mlucky regular catcher to don his toggery after| the Cardinala have finished their turn| at bat | Sallee will throw the ball to the first baseman while waiting for the regular| | cateher to get'into position, but he won't | throw to a substitute baokstop. | Why not?' he was asked { e It Jinxes me,” was his answer TURKISH SNIPER HAS i BODY PAINTED GREEN | (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) | cairo | June 10.—A Turk, who had | been treated to m coat of green paint ¥o as not to be percelved in the tree where | had hidden himsel?, was brought |down by a wounded Australian who s | |now lying In a hospital here with a but« let through hia ankle. The Turk wua dls- covered only by chance, after he had mado himself quite obnoxious as & sniper Aceording to the wounded man, the Turka are full of ruses, many of them haffling |to the Brittsn troops Mr»I m20 TWENTY THOUSAND FILM { WORKERS GO TO WAR | Assoclated Press) | | (Correnpondence of th | LONDON. June 10.—Close to 20,000 film | | workers employed with moving pleture | | houses joinod the colors since the decla-} | ration of war. In most of the picture | houses women have taken the places of | the patriotio men. Oak Chair. . G_tTO Jacobean Oak Sofa .. was $12.50| ORCHARD & WILHELM’S A_; 17 Oak Table. . 918 Jacobean Oak rocker or chair.. . $12 $28 Mahogany rocker or chair $20 I_szl.ao golden oak rocker & $14.50 chair or chair K_l33,50 Jacobean oak rocker $22.50 Orchard & Wilhelm Co. JULY SALE OF LIVING ROOM FURN A Greater Sale for Greater Omaha PRESENTATION of livi ng room furniture of the very newest designs and finishes that outdistances any sale hitherto offered by this store. Price concessions that ju stified the purchase of several carloads of this beautiful living room furniture were offered by a prominent manufacturer running and his organization The offer was too guod to in order to keep his factory intact during the dull months. pass by, and now we offer this furniture to Greater Omaha at savings exactly proportionate to the concessions we secured. Every reduction is genuine—and every plece is strictly first quality. The assortment comprises fresh ture in twist and combination twis , new patterns of Jacobean oak furni- t and plain lines—tapestry and cane combination chairs, rockers, settees, desks and desk chairs, tables, etc. Also mahogany chairs and rockers both Adam and Jacobean style. in cane and tapestry, upholstering in Don't Fail to S8ee This Display on our Main Floor. KEY TO ILLUSTRATIONS: Jacobean oak table, handsome twist leg design, 22x36, regular " price $17; July sale price, $12.50, Jacobean oak rocker or chair, twist design with wing back, cane seat and back, regular! ly $18; July sale price, $10. Jacobean oak sofa, twist design with tapestry upholstered seat cushion and two loose back cushions, 6 feet 2 inches long, regularly $70; July sale price, $52. Jacobean oak rocker or arin cushions tapestry price, $17. upholstered, chair, twist design, seat and back regularly $23; July sale E Jacobean oak rocker or chair, twist design with cane panel back and cane seat, regularly §18; July sale price, $12. F Mahogany rocker or chair, Jacobean fireside design, seat and = back tapestry upholstered, regularly $38; July sale price, $26. G Mahogany rocker or chair, Adam design, wing back in cane panels and cane seat, regularly $28; July sale price, $20. H Jacobean oak chair or rocker, twist design with slat back and " cane seat, regularly $16; July sale price, $11.75. Golden oak rocker, Mission design, with seat and back uphol- stered in leather, regularly $21.50; Jacobean arm chair, twist design, K- tapestry cushlon, regularly period, with cane panel ba July sale price, $14.50. slat panel back with loose $16, July sale price, $11.50. High back Jacobean oak rocker or chair, fine example of this ck and loose tapestry cushion, reg- ularly $33.50; July sale price, $22.50. Jacobean oak rocker or arm cane panel and loose tap: larly $32; July sale price, chair, high ornamental back, with estry cushion, twist design, regu- $21. The illustrations deseribe only a few of the many at- tractive items iccluded in this sale, amoug others are the fol- lowing items: $80 Jacohean $19 Jacobean $36 Jacobean $54 Jacobean igh-backed Rocker, July Oak Table, July sale price. Oak Desk, July sale price Oak Desk, July sale price. .......... ... . 820, Oak Desk Chair, July sale price. ... \ §§2_§ sale price. . . $19 Jacobean Oak Table, lulz sale price . .. $21 Jacobean Oak Desk $22.50 High-backed Golden Oak back, July sale price EVERY PIECE FRESH A 414-416.418 , July sale price. ... and ... 815.00 Rocker, tapestry seat ND NEW——REAL BARGAINS, South 16th St. $23 Jacobean Oak = rocker $38 Mahogany rocker or chair $26 416 Jacobean oak rocker ?-;Mr ...... $l l 075 $16 Jacobean ::ll:l chair .. sl l -50 $82 Jacobean oak rocker or arm 32 l chair tailored grrments, S GREAT TABLES are piled high with thousands of these exquisite suits-—which represent every broken line of our entire mammoth assortment of Men's and Young Men's styles. This sale offers you an amazing opportunity from a very unusual quantity of incomparable gar- ments.. Instead of waiting the usual sale time after July the 4th we are going to offer you a chance to enjoy the pleasure events of the 4th and 5th'in a brand new, without an equal, suit at exactly It HALF PRICE $12.00 SUITS, $10.00 SUITS, s $22.50 SUITS, *6 American models and fabrics. P Semi~Annual Dividend Announcement V4 - The Supremacy of this store’s merchandise will be demonstrated Thursday in our Grand Semi-Annual HALF PRICE SALE of the world’s BEST and BEST KNOWN makers of the highest class of strictly hand $25.00 SUITS, e 12" %15 T . Suits for all sorts of men—young or old, stout, slim, short or regular—suits that include the season’s newest productions and latest touch of fashion in English and BERG SUITS ME nmr>I m20 $16.00 SUITS, $ 7 50 $30.00 SUITS, $18.00 SUITS, $20.00 SUITS, 90 °10 $35.00 SUITS, $40.00 BUITS, This Company's Semi-Annual Dividend of 41%, for the period ending June 30th, 1915, which is at the annual rate of 84% on the par value of stock, is being disbursed by mail to- day, Thursday, July 1, 1915. Pankers JRealty Fruestment Ground Floor Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. ( smpany LHE. OLD Douc SWORBODA R§ DEA 2 umns. The&'re Bee rers too intelligent to overlook the opportunities in the “Want ad" col- RE " 8AN FRANCISCO Geary at Taylor. BELLEVUE HOTEL