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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1924)
Record of Omaha s Progress During 1923 *- Scout Movement I in Omaha Makes Rapid Strides Boys Prove Able Assistants at Public Events — Total Enrollment Now 1,650. Scouting In Omaha for the year 1923 has far surpassed records of previous years, according to Gilbert Gendall, executive of the Omaha Council of Boy Scouts of America. Nineteen twenty-four, it is clamed, will witness even more startling strides In organization and develop ment of the scout movement. There are 68 troops of Boy Scouts organized in Omaha today, boasting a total enrollment of 1,650 Omaha lads between the ages of 12 and 18 years. A few of the many commenda tions received by the Omaha council follow: Praised By Police. ! “My Dear Mr. Gendall: ' “We wish to extend to yourself and the boys In your command our sincere appreciation for the assistance you have given us during the Ak Sar-Ben parades and carnival and times past. “We want you to know that your help In taking care of the crowds, assisting at the crossings and help ing us in preventing accidents has ^ been a great deal of assistance to us. f1 "3. 3. FSZANOWSKI, "Inspector of police.” Aided Health Campaign. "My Dear Mr. Gendall: Please accept our thanks for your help and co-operaitlon in obtaining the Boy Scouts to assist us In our recent Clean-Up campaign. "A. S. PINTO. M. D., “Health Commissioner.” There Is also a letter from Presi dent Carl R. Gray of the Union Pa cific acknowledging the assistance of Boy Scouts during Union Pacific day, September 15. The scout list of community good turns during the year 1923 include: List of Good Turns. Safety first traffic duty at schools throughout the year; assistance In Veterans of Foreign Wars drive; demonstrations at Americanization meetings; duty as orderlies at Fort Crook over night training school; scout ushers and aides at opening of new Humane society shelter; distribu tion of Easter service literature at churches; distribution of clean-up week literature; planting of 100 trees Arbor day at Camp Gifford; garden made by scouts of Troop 71 for el derly lady; assistr.nce to Veterans of F reign Wars on Poppy day; guard service at Chamber of Commerce bar becue; guard service In Memorial day parade; assistance In Flag day exer cises; erection of Camp Fire girls’ summer camp at Little Sioux, la.; service in American Legion baby show and Elks picnic; service as guards of honor when the President Harding funeral train reached V Omaha: usher service at Harding J memorial service; service as guards * of Alt Sar-Ben parade; distribution of posters for the Community Chest drive; distribution of campaign ma, terial for the Nebraska Tuberculosis association; operation of annual toy shop In which 1,500 toys were re paired and distributed to 400 children in 150 families For every 75 hours which a scout devotes to public service, he is award ed a gold star. Ten scouts have won stars this year. Four of these have ■pent over 150 hours each in public service. They are Donald Potts, troop 66: Fred Darkln. troop 42; Rob ert Christian, troop 65; and Cyril Davis, troop 42. Others awarded one gold star are Billy McCully. troop 9; Chatham Walker, troop 65; Newton Jones, troop 14; Joe Anderson, troop 34; Arthur Balser, troop 9, and Bert hold Bescher, troop 34. Camp Kept Busy. At the scout camp at Camp Gifford near Child's Point, 348 Omaha scouts have spent six 10-day camps. Twenty six boys, who were not scouts and who had no prospects of a vacation, were entertained at a epecial feur and a half-day free camp. Thirty scouts from Wahoo, Neb., were guests «t the camp at a cost of 18.7c per scout per meal. A total of 70 hours of Instruction work has been received by scout leaders. Twenty five courts of honor at which 1.336 merit badges for efficiency In various lines of scout instruction were swarded were held. Ten scout* were able to meet the requirements and beanie Eagle scouts. Boys Earn Money. A hundred and twenty-eight scouts earned money through employment secured this summer through the scout employment bureau. Of these, 98 used thir money to attend Camp Gifford. A total of $795.63 was earn ed by these boys. Over 28,000 copies of the Scout. News were printed and distributed during 1923. Omaha now has 32 scouts and officials who have had five years service In scouting. The tree surer s report shows that after meet Ing all expentiures the scout, organ ization has a balance of $1,338.08 in its treasury. Juvenile Court Finds Improvement in Boys Twenty-two more cases were han dled In Juvenile court during 1923 than during 1922; yet the number of boys who were committed to the state -Industrial school was h-sw dur ing the last year than during 1922. Twenty girls and 33 boyn were committed to Industrial schcjols dur ing 1923, as compared to 20 girls and 39 boys given similar sentences In 1922. The total number of children whose cases were handled either In or out of court was 2.735 as com pared to 2,448 during 1922. Omaha Bank Clearings Increased During 1923 Bank Clearings In Omaha for the ear. 1923, were greater by $121. 945,783-93 than they were In 1922. In 1922 the total clearings amounted rto $1,881,529,345.32 and In 1923 they amounted to $2,103,475,129 ■■;, -pi,, figures were compiled I v'wVlIlam It Hughes, secretary „f N, ,|H|, , Bunker* u*Mnrwitnin 'j , , j,,,, In December were $189,183,574 SI. ^ j V Foreign Trade Needed, Walter Head Declares Restoration of a normal foreign market is essential to a prosperous new year, Walter W. Head, president of the American Bankers' association, declared in forecasting the business outlook for 1924. Mr. Head said 1923 dawned with an outlook for good busi ness and. although over sanguine ex pectations were not realized, reason able hopes for a year of sound prog ress were amply fulfilled. Prosperity Is Shown by Record of County Clerk Business Increases 25 Per Cent —Sales and Leases More Numerous—County on Cash Basis. An increase of fully 25 per cent In business passing through the office of County Clerk Frank Dewey is shown In the annual report of that office. Fully 4,000 more sales or leases have been handled by the county clerk during 1923 than during the preceding year. This indicates that prosperity Is gaining momentum rap idly, according to Mr. Dewey, who points out that without a feeling of confidence in the future and an as surance of good Incomes people do not make purchases on time. Report of Clerk. The report follows: N-mber of chattel mortgages, leases and artisans' Hens filed — 24,609, amount,ng to $19,197,775.18. Number of chattel mortgages, leases and artisans’ bens satisfied— 18.618, amounting to $11,669,351.93. Notary publics qualified—312. Bills of sales on personal property filed—457. Physicians and dentists registered In Dbuglas qyunty—90. Nurses registered In Douglas county—102. Firms filed articles of Incorpora tion—202. Firms filed articles of partnership —51. Total fees earned by county clerk to he credited to general fund— $10,581.50. Claims Paid. Total number of claims filed sgalnst Douglas county for 1923 — 8,269. amounting to $2,430,876.58, of which $96,441.33 was rejected, and $2,334, 435.25 was paid from the following funds: General Fund— All expenditures, county hospital. Rivervlew home, courthouse, etc.$756,263.43 , Bridge Fund— Construction and repairs, bridges . 112,497.75 Road Fund— Grading roads, etc. 24,649.42 Road Drag— Ditching, graveling and dragging roads . 141,279.08 Permanent Road— Permanent improvement. 4,497.00 Highway Construction Paving. maintenance*... 629,368.02 State Highway Fund— Construction and mainte nance of state highways and bridges . 380,959.34 Mothers’ Pension— Pensions paid . 26,612.75 Soldiers Relief Fund— Provisions and fuel. 10.754.46 Agricultural Fair Fund— For annual fair provided by statutes . 7,500.00 Bond Sinking Fund— $50,000 courthouse build ing bonds, paid balance Interest on bonded Indebt edness . 240.254.00 Total.$2,334,485.25 ( ash Basis Used. Douglas county Is now on s cash basis In every fund and has a total bonded Indebtedness, as follows: Highway construction bonds.$2,400,000 Courthouse building bonds.. 750,000 Courthouse equipment bonds 200.000 Courthouse reconstruction bonds . 750,000 Total bonded Indebtedness.$4,100,000 Total valuation of Douglas county property, real and personal, etc., for 1923. .$367,060,310 Total state lax levy for 1923.2.0 mills Total county tax levy for 1923 8.3 mills Total.5.3 mills M>\EBTUnflKl A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy Cheeks—Sparkling Eyes —Most Women Can Have Slays Dr. Edwards, a Well-Known Ohio Physician Dr. F. M. Edward* for 17 year* treated ■core# of women for liver and bowel ail ment*. During the*# year# be g*\# to hi* patients a prescription mad# of a few well-known vegetable ingredient# mixed with olive oil, naming them Dr Edward#' Olivo Tablets. You will know them by their olive color. There tablet* are wonder-worker# on the liver and bowel*, which cause a nor mal action, carrying off the waate anti poisonous matter in one's ayatem. If you have a pale face, sallow look dull eye*, pimples, roated tongue, head aches, a listless, no.good feeling all out of sorts, inactive bowel*, you taka on* of Dr. Edward*' Olive Tablet* nightly foi a time and note the pleasing result*. Thousands of women and men take Dr Edward*' Olive Tablet *-*-tbe successful substitute for calornev—now and then ju»t to keep them fit. Iftr and AOc. In Society a cold is a serious han dicap. Get rid of it easily and speedily with Weeks Cold IhIJett At Your I l,ru#4u''» 35,961 Enrolled in Schools Here; 1,308 Teachers Opening of Technical High Outstanding Event in Year’s Work—Two Other Build ings Completed. Omaha's public school system now has an enrollment of 35.961 In 53 ele mentary and four high schools. There are 1,308 teachers, principals and supervisors, and the value of the physical property Is nearly $15,000,000. The outstanding improvement last year was the completion and opening of the new Technical High school on Cuming street. This school plant will cost $3,500,000 when all features have been finished. On the opening of the new quarter, Jaauary 14, this school will have an enrollment of more than 3.500. The North High school, Thirty sixth street and Ames avenue, is be ing erected. It will cost about $800, 000 and will be ready for occupancy hext September. Last September, the Washington school was opened at Fifty-fifth street and Mayberry avenue. The Minne I.usa school was also opened at that time. For the fiscal year beginning Au gust 1, the expense of the school dis trict is estimated at $4^69,000. In structional service, including books and other supplies, will cost $2,600, 000 this fiscal year. The last school tax levy of 11 >4 mills, applied to $326,906,958 will yield $3,759,430. The school district bonded indebt edness at this time is $8,491,000. There is now in the bond redemption fund $538,076.63. When bonds have half matured, yearly amounts are then set aside to meet the payments when they are due. The last school census yielded a total of 48,555 persons from 5 to 20 years. The school census in 1922 was 46,483. Money in Treasury. Treasurer Bauman's annual report shows total tax collections were $30,888,364.11 and disbursements $29, 669,707.11. These include city, school, Metropolitan Utilities district and count}’ taxes. Larger Fire Losses, but Fewer Alarms Fire Chief Charles Balter's report for the first 11 months of 1923 shows a total of 2,172 alarms received and a total loss to property and contents of $2,297,145. Of that large total, II, 750,000 was due to the Armour pack ing plant fire last February, this be ing the most disastrous fire of the year. The total alarms for 1922 was 2,766, with a fire loss of 1897,695. The alarms during 1923 averaged about one less per day, compared with the previous year. This reduction, tho chief believes, is attributable, at least In a large measure, to the fire pre vention campaign which had been promoted on a nation-wide basis. City Improvements Cost $2,100,000 Paving Mileage Is Increased Over 30 Miles and 35 Miles of Sewers Are Laid. The department of public Improve ments, in charge of City Commission er Joseph Koutsky, supervised a pav ing, sewer, grading and aidewalk pro gram amounting to $2,100,000 during 1923. During the year. 81 1-2 mllea of paving were laid, bringing the total mileage of pavement to 320 1-6 miles. Thirty-five mllea of new sewers were l»ld during the year. There are now 483 mllea of sewera In Omaha. The department reporta 40.15 miles of grading. Forty miles of new perma nent sidewalks were laid under the direction of the sidewalk department. The cost of the work Is reported as follows: paving, $1,246,829; grading, $161,523; sewera, $530,000; sidewalks. $161,348. Automobile Licenses Show Big Increase Money received by the county treas urer’s office for automobile licenses during the last year la between $70,000 and $75,000 more than during 1922. Licenses Slump Due to New Law Marriage Regulation Measure Makes Big Cut in Number of Ceremonies Per formed Here. Total marriage license issued in Douglas county during 1923 were 1.959. as compared to 2,708 Issued in 1922. This is no indication that the power of Eros is waning, however, but rather a tribute to his petulant haste, in the opinion of License Clerk Stu bendorf, who points out that ths state law requiring that marriage licenses be posted 10 days before the ceremony is performed is the cause for fewer licenses issued. During the first seven months of 1923, more licenses were Issued than during the first seven months of 1922. But the new law cut the total for the last five months by several hundred. Moreover, only 216 marriage cere monies were performed during 1923 In county court as compared to 259 ceremonies In 1922. There were six licenses filled out but uncalled for at the end of the necessary 10-day per iod. Marrlaga Marriage License* Ceremonies 1922 1923 1922 1923 January .189 206 18 18 February .212 181 23 41 March .186 144 29 38 April .2"9 177 27 17 May .208 243 10 33 Juna .330 838 21 32 July . 1 88 288 18 23 August .215 97 20 8 September .257 85 28 3 October .288 88 20 2 November .251 73 13 1 December .218 84 34 1 Total .3,708 1.981 261 218 County Judge Reports Increase in Business Annual report of County Judge Bryce Crawford shows a big Increase In the number of liquor cases heard, in the number of estates probated and In the number of Justice cases. The report follows: 1923 1922 Number estates .809 755 Number guardianships ....231 237 Adoptions .11$ 84 County court cases .178 154 Justice cases .617 359 Liquor cases .251 77 Records show that of the number of estates probated, one-third died leaving last wills and testaments. Welfare Board Has Extremely Busy Year Superintendent Wallace Wilson of the board of public welfare reports that 1923 was the busiest year In the history of his organization. His staff handled 2,724 ca^es, the prin cipal classifications being as follows: Collection, 1,148; domestic relations. 451: charity, 188; juvenile, 80; legal advice. 107. There were 200 more cases If) 1923 than in 1922. The department administered near ly *15,000 through a trust fund and a revolving fund. Many persons, w'ho had wages due and were In Imme diate financial need, were given ad vances of money and assignments taken. During the year, permits were l» sued for 2,181 dancee, which yielded fees in total amount of $4,262. Tbt free employment department placed 6,620 men and women in employmSB Bonded Indebtedness. City of Omaha ...$18,976,288 School district . 8,491,000 Metropolitan Utilities district— Water .. 6,892,000 Gas . 6,000,000 STYLE WITHOUT [5J®. EXTRAVAGANCE DOUGLAS ST January Clearance Min Herzberg’s Babyland A disposal of this all new, select stock at prices temptingly low. The assortments are so varied, so broad that to classify them is quite impossible. 0 Clearance of Knit Goods Hand-made wool sweater sets—caps, sweater*, hoods, bootees, mittens. Every article priced for quick clearance. Winter Coats and Bonnets For infants of 1 and 2 years. Beautiful coats in chinchillas, broadcloths and nov elty coatings. Every new and desired color. Trimmed or plain. Many of the coats with fur collars. Hand Made Dresses A selling of exceptional importance. Dain tiest of hand-made dresses in fine nainsooks and batiste. Infants, six months, one and two-year sizes. 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