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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1924)
State’s Need of ^Farni Help Solved by German Youths Nebraskans Pool Funds to Provide Means for Import ing Labor—Good Re sults Shown. West Point, Neb., Jan. 3.—The United States, particularly the middle west, is due for a large and constant influx of German young m^n, if the methods now being applied Should be come more widespread. Farmers of this section, aided by* .some of the biggest, business men In the United States, are systematically spending definite sums of money for the im poTTation of German youths who are in harmony wtlh the agricultural life. Many of the young foreigners have been brought to the country and many more arc to follow. In the event that a farmer is in need of a dependable farm hand, who will be faithful and diligent, applica tion is made to a group of influential Americans of this vicinity who are of German birth. These prominent German-Americans then furnish the help-seeking burner with the/ name and address, and further recommend some of their relatives, or friends, in the old country for the positions. In this way the farmer is sure of get ting the best of farm help and the stock that comes over is of such a general high type that the bigger business men of the country are be | hind the movement. One industrial magnet of this state rhas furnished money for a perpetual immigration fund. A certain sum is kept constantly in pool. From this | collection of funds an amount suffi cient to bring an immigrant to this country is deducted whenever neces sary. After the foreigner has been in this country for some time he is able to pay back the money advanced to him for his passage to America. This money is immediately put back into the pool and the operation is in a sort of perpetual motion. It is thought that the importation of the northern Europeans, who make very excellent agriculturists, will to a certain extent offset the farm to-the city movement. At the present time it is calculated that $231. will bring an immigrant to Nebraska, paying his transportation and providing him with sufficient pocket monoft'. ' Nebraska News Nubbins BEATRICE—C. W. Tumblln of Wy more, chairman of the legfslatlve committee of the National Rural Car riers’ association, has gone to Wash ington on matters pertaining to en actment of legislation for rural car riers. Mr. Tumblln is the oldest rural carrier in active service in Gage county, having been on the Job for 25 years. BEATRICE — Announcement has been made that the new Paddock hotel, which is nearing completion, will be thrown open to the public January 24. E. L. May, who was formerly proprietor of the old Pad dock, which was destroyed by fire five years ago, will have charge of the new hotel. BEATRICE—I. R. Clayton of this city has sold his 80-acre farm in the south part of the county to L. L. Burkhalter of Wymore for $14,450. The farm is fairly well improved, and is located in Sicily township. BEATRICE—Politics Is warming up and candidates for various offices are preparing to get in the game. C. F. Overbook filed as republican can didate for the legislature from Gage county, and F. E. Lenhart, who is serving hlis third time as district c lerk, filed for re-election on the re publican ticket. County Judge Mess more, democrat, will ask the voters to renominate him at the primaries, and District Judge L. W. Colby may also enter the race for re-election. PLATTSMOCTH—Believing intro duction of more h gh grade dairy cat Jle into the farming industry in this part of the state will help the farm ers sol(e present day problems, the Farmers State bank or Plattsmouth has sent Col. Rex Young, auctioneer, into the dairy cattle section of Wis consln to personally select and have shipped several carloads of tubercu lar tested Holstein cows. The bank is undertaking this Importation of dairy cattle without expectation of making profit from their sale at auc W tlcn. ^ BLUE HILL—Harry Grub, engi neer on the Red Cloud-Hastlngs line, Ms slowly recovering from serious / burns sustained when playing. Santa t'laue at the home of a friend Ip Ox ford. HARVARD—Beginning of co-oper ative marketing of poultry product# in Clay county was evidenced at a recent meeting at Sandy Valley school, when an agreement wa# teached whereby grading, marking and shipping will be supervised by the county farm bureau^, HAMLET— Hamlet, recently incor porated, recently received the distinc tion of being the only town In Hayes county on a railroad, when the Bur lington built a small station here and installed F. A. Wilcox as the agent. HOLBROOK—A fur overcoat, a pair of m ttens, a fur cap, two pall# of heavy woolen sox and a horse blanket, were presented to James Land, rural mall carrier on Route 2, by the people living on his route, where he has carried mail during the last 15 years. RED CLOUD—A half mile of road has been graveled north of here on the Red Cloud-Masting# federal rood at a cost of J400.28, The gravel, w hich was laid four Inches thick, was bought for $1 a truckload. * 'HASTINGS — Graveled roads for Adams county, a dairy row campaign and booster trip# for Hastings are the projects which found favor in the discussion by Hastings retailers at a group meeting at the Chamber of commerce. HASTINGS—Box car burglars are "gain active. According to a detec ^0tlve,, they steal a car and h-avo the • seal Intact, by swinging the ilisirs oft the guide rail arid replacing the door after removing contents of the ear. When the car reaches Its dc#tInatlon it give# the appearance of not having been touched. Eighty, Likes Her Pipe Julia Walsh, 80, received assistance In lighting pipe from New York’s ' | acting mayor, Murray llulbert, who helped in spreading cheer among for : gotten parents cn Welfare Island, New York, with a Christmas party. Mrs j Walsh likes her tobacco strong and her coffee black. Lovers Quarrel Over Christmas Gift He Gave Her Candy—She Wanted Gloves—Donor, - Not Gift, Forgotten. fly MARTHA ALLEN. HOLIDAYS are just^ ruined for me,” writes Cecile. "My sweet heart and I had a big quarrel because he gave me a five-pound box of can<jy for Christmas and I told him that I was on a diet. I wanted gloves instead. He left in a bad temper when I told him and I haven’t seen him since.” Gifts aren't supposed to be loot or graft, Cecile. They shouldn't be con sidered contributions to your support. A gift is a token of friendship or love. It offers nothing but a little pleasure to you who receives It. Why be so ungracious as to find fault and show a mercenary attitude? When anything is unselfishly given take It for what it is worth. Such a material longing to get something for nothing is appalling. I don't blame your sweetheart one bit for leaving in a ’huff,’ Cecile. He was anxious to make you happy. When a gift is offered at any sea son of the year try to be grateful for it. Isn't the Impulse of the donor more Important than the gift? The only kind and decent thing to do If the offering doesn't happen to suit, Is to accept In a gracious spirit. The best thing you can do, Cecile, Is to apologize to this young man for your rudeness. At the same time, make a New Y’ear resolution, al though a little late, that you will be kind and thankful towards others who think of you. You are only ninking yourself and those about you unhappy by being grasping and tact less. \ I'rys Herself to Sleep. Dear Miss Allen: I am in serious trouble and I wish you would advise me. I have been going with a/ young man, 25 years, and my age is 18. I have lreeqme engaged to this young man but I do not think I love him ns an Intended wife should. About two months ago I became acquainted with U very handsome young man of 22. I have learned to love him also. This boy of 22 has asked me for sev eral dates but I reused them all. I would like very rnich to go with hint but I know my Intended would cause serious trouble. I have often thought I would like to break the engagement and take the younger boy. Now. Miss Allen, please let me know what I should do ns I am very troubled about this affair. I cry my self to sleep every night over this trouble and it is all my fault. The Uoy of 25 just worships me. ALICE. When It is so evident and when you are so positive that you no long er care enough for the mnn to whom you have promised yourself. Alice, there shouldn't be one minute's hes itation In breaking off wltjj him. The enslest way to get rid of trouble Is to face it and have done with It. No use trying to save the older man's feelings by postponing the day of reckoning for your rash promises. You are only making mntters worse hy letting the affair continue. If you are quite sure that the sec nnd man's handsome features that hnvn come before your eyes haven’t blinded you to any faults he might have, then break with the first mnn before you get Into deeper trouble You ttro too young to think ser iously of anv mnn so that Is Just why you are having difficulties at present. Don't he so ready to he engaged. Stay free from any such entangle ments until you Are older. Then yon won't be bo likely to change your mind. Reader—In Io\$a when getting a marriage license It Is necessary to have a third party present to swear that he or Bhe knows both inan and woman who are seeking license to marry. The age limit In Iowa to that girl* must be of 18 years If they mar ry without the parents' consent, and the boys must be 21. With the par ents’ consent a girl can marry in Iowa at the age of 14 and a boy at the kge of 1G years. U. P. Office Boys of 30 Years Ago Get Promotions^ Nebraska Man, Curtis J. Mer- ] riani, Rewarded for Long Service by Appointment as Assistant Auditor. Union Pacific headquarters an- I nounced the appointment of Curtis Jay Merrlam as assistant auditor, and Edward J. Doolin ns auditor of mis ccllaneous accounts, yesterday. Mr Merrlam succeeded Walter B. Wil kin*. who retired from the service on January 1, after 44 years of eontinu ous service, and Mr. Doolin succeeds Mr. Merrlam in his former position Mr. Merrlam Is a Nebraska boy and has been In the service of the Union Pacific for 31 years. He started his railroad career at the age of l.>as an office boy In the auditor of disburse j ments office at Omaha, and held var | iou* clerical positions In the offices of the nH,ditor of disbursements, auditor, j and general auditor until February 1919, when he was appointed auditor of miscellaneous accounts. Mr. Doolin was born at Kan Fran cisco, and has been tn the service of the Union Pacific for 30 years. Mr. Doolin also started his railroad career at the age of 15. os an office boy in the office of the sudltor of passenger [ accottats of the Southern Pacific at San Francisco, nnd has hold various positions in the auditing departments. For eight years, he has been specinl accountant and statistician on the staff of the general auditor. Gage County Pioneer In to Be Buried at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., Jon. 3.—Mrs. J. J. Carmichael, 75. for 40 yours a resident of Gage county, died nt the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Davis, at 1 Sterling, Neb. She and her husband, | the late John Carmichael, were promi nent tn Grand Army and Woman’s ' Belief Corps circles. Mrs. Carmichael j Is survived by five sons and one daughter. The body will be brought to Beatrice for burial. Homo Burn?, $3,000 Lops. Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 3—Flro sup posed to have originated from a de fectlve flue destroyed the farm home ; of Boliert Humphrey* near Blue ! Springs, l.ilt.e was saved. The loss Is plHOcd at $3,000, partially covered by Insurance. AI>VKKTIMKMKNT. AOVKKTIHKMKNT. i \ ' Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother! Fletcher * Contort* ha* been In u»e for over 30 yearn a* a pleasant, harmlean substitute for Cantor Oil, Pnrettorlr. Teethln* Props and Soothing Syrups. Contains no nareoticn. Proven rtlrectlonn nra on each package. Phyelclana everywhere! recommend It. The kind you have! always bought bears signature of] “WHY I INVESTED EN OMAHA” 5Y MARK W. WOODS of Lincoln, N'eb. President of Woods Bros, Corporation; director in the following com panies: Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co, Central Trust Company of Illinois, Burgess-Nash company, Standard Timber company, OTiara * / ^ Coal company, M. E. Sm:th & Com-iny, Woods-I rdlke Land Com pany, and president of Woods Brothers Silo it Manufacturing Co. « - •‘The reason that Woods Brothers were in duced to invest money in the M. E. Smith and Burgess-Nash Companies lies in the prospective development of Omaha as a City and the trading territory as a producing sec tion. Omaha is near the heart of the corn belt, which virtuallv has a monopoly on the corn production of the world. “Within the memory of many residents of Omaha this city was founded and up till less * than fifty years ago it was scarcely more than a trading outnost. “With the continued increase in ' population the TTnited States will pass tKe 200.000.000 mark with this generation, and in mv judo-jnent the Greatest increase will he noted here in tills im mediate section. “Experts tell us that the loess soil which is characteristic of western Towa and the eastern , half of Nebraska insures the highest land valuations of the world in time. “The day is coming when there will he developed in the west era part of Nebraska, South Dnkota and Kansas, through the process of irrigation, an area of production of unlimited possibilities, and the day is near at hand when there will j)P extensive traffic on the inland rivers in cluding the Missouri an hundred miles upstream from this point. The trunk line railroads from the west and from the east center in Omaha. One-half million people will reside within its municipal limits in the courep of a few years and its retail trade will rea^h out far to the eastward and into the mountain cprtmns, yes. beyond to the westward. ilJ iVp flip rrrpat retail pstahli‘'h fnpnts of Npw Vorh Fifv and ffO T pvappt fhp hllciu<^SQ of f "F1 Smith pud Bornrpcq.^C ash Comnanipc t o orr*on- cteadilr in vaIiitpp and at tain a magnitude of similar proportions. “The future of this re m en, than whieh there is no more fpi'filp on the prlohp• the future of this pity. idea!lv loeated and favored as to transportation: tTip future of M. F. Smith* flr<l Bnreess-Nash is a eertaintv. It only remains for intelligent pn terprisin? rnnnarpmprit to attain the highest level of the possibilities.” \ * # Burgess-Hash Shares Are a Good Investment for You, Too Such men as Woods Brothers, Ward M. Burgess, S. A. Megeath and other successful business men are heavy owners of the Burgess-Nash Shares. These men put their money in Burgess-Nash Co., because they know Burgess Nash shares are a safe, conservative and profitable investment. Burgess-Nash Profit-Sharing Preferred Shares Pay 7 to 10% We Have Never Missed a Dividend The Burgess-Nash company has never failed to pay regular dividends on any of its securities, in all its long history. * No business institution can have n better record than this. We have the utmost confidence in the Profit-Sharing Preferred Shares that we are now selling. The success of our business depends upon our employes and customers We could not afford to sell them anything in which we did not have the utmost confidence. We know that every one of our employes and customers that buys one or more of these Shares, will be making a profitable Investment. These Profit-Sharing Preferred Shnres will pay 7 per cent to the owner, and in addition, after the Common Shnres receive 7 per cent, the Pre ferred Shares will continue to share in the profits of the business up to a total of 10 per cent. x » / A New Policy for Burgess Nash Company Under our Profit-Sharing plan we are permitting our employe*, cus tomers. and other friends, to share in the Profits of Burgess-Nash Co., to the extent of 7 to 10 per cent on their money This plan is a policy of Fmploye-and-Customer-Ownership. a policy which lias been adeoted by many of the most successful business insti tutions of the Unite States. , To do this, we are selling a limited number of Profit Sharing Pro. ferred Shares in our Successful Business. the Burgess Nash Company. We believe our rapidly growing store will become even larger and — will grow faster when the vast number of\ur Customers become part owners of the Burgess-Nash Store. Several thousand owners of Shares in our Store will mean several thou sand more good friends for Burgess Nash. You can readi'v see that this policy is of benefit to 11s and to those who buy these Shares The security is of the highest character, and pays an excellent return on the investment. We are selling these Shares at the par value of $100 per Share, either for ca*h, or on partial payments of $10 per month per Share. We pay interest on monthly payments and your money will be refunded with interest, on 10 days’ notice any time before final payment. Cumulative, Preferred, Tax Free and Profitable Cumulative: These Shares are Cumulative up to 7 per cent per Share per year, therefore, the company must pay the dividends in full at the rate of 7 per cent per year before one penny of dividends can be paid to holders of Common Shares. , Tax Free: If you live in Nebraska you will not have to pay any city, county, or state taxes on the money you invest in these Shares. Also you will not have to pay the present normal Federal Income Tax on the in come. or money ^ou will receive ns dividends, from this investment. Buy Shares From Any Employe BURGESS-NASH CO. “One of America's Great Stores" FILL OUT AND MAIL TODAY I I RESERVATION BLANK l*ta.1954 | The Bulges* Nanh Company, Omaha. Nebraska. ! Klndlt reserve for me . Cumulative Profit Sharing ■ ,'r to UK-, Preferred Shares of the Burgess Nash Company which I i desire to purchase at *100 00 per share. I , . Payment In full * I will make my First payment under your payment plan * da.. I Signed . * .******.******.«t.*SMW a a » I AddrtMia... | .» I I I c,t*"■...