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kNCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.TIirHSDAY, .1ANUAUY 9 1!)10
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BIG GUARANTtE HIND ON HAND
lU-pnrt of Secretary Tooley of State
Banking Hoard for Past Two Ywirs
Shows $74,000,000 Increase
Lincoln, Nebraska An increase of
tn nnn ono in the deposits of Ne
braska's Btr.te banks during the past
two years la neported by Secretary J.
j. Tooley of the Sfte Banking board
in Bis annual summary of banking
conditions, transmitted to that body.
His report, in part, follows:
"There were, 934 banks operating
under state authority at the close
of business on November 1, 1918.
During the biennium 110 new banks
were opened for business, three
voluntarily liquidated, while 12 con
solidations were effected, thus pro
ducing a net pain in number of 95.
The aggregate capital and surplus
combined shows an increase of
$ 5,303,288.66.
"Within the same period the total
of deposits has advanced from $ 1 6 f ,
527,529.66 to $239,815,326.66, a net
increase of $74,287,833.04. The item
of loans shows an increase of $69,259
639.46. The guaranty fund now ag
gregates $1,883,697.92, the increase
for the two years being $689,773.
"These figures w' 'le representing
with reasonable accuracy the won
derful growth of the banking busi
ness during this period, do not, by
any means, reflect the vast accumu
lations of wealth in the state. In this
connection t' e fact must not be over
looked that the patrons of these
banks have, without doubt. Invested
heavily in Liberty bonds and contri
buted to other war funds, an amount
at least equal to the Increase shown
In total deposits. Then too only about
one-half of the business of the state
is done through state banks. Includ
ing these essential factors, an approx
Imate estimate of the wealth aceutn
ulations of the people of the state
may be made.
"In the analysis of the individual
reports due allowance should be
made for the call following so close-
ly upon the fourth bond drive. In
most cases the low reserve and ex
cessive overdrafts are directly at
tributable to this fact. Since the date
of the report, however the depar.tr
nient has been advised of a return to
more nearly normal conditions. The
one big outstanding problem which
has confronted the banker during the
past year and a half, and in the solu
tion of which he has been charged
with a large measure of responsibil
ity, has been that of the organization
for and the flotation by popular sub
scription of the four Liberty loans.
This service coupled with many other
incidents to the war, has taxed ' his
ability and energy lo the limit.' It is
worthy of note that tese gigatic tasks
have been uniformly accepted in the
light of a privilege as well as a duty."
Secretary Tooley visited Alliance
on Saturday, stopping over on a busi
ness trip throughout the western part
of the state. He, in cmopnny with
other state offiicers, turns over his
oflice today to the Republican regime.
BAKER APPROVED THE
ACTION J)FY- M. C. A.
Secretary of War on Katurdey Issue!
Statement Itcgunliiig Order which
Fltectetl llev Fred Mack of Here
On Saturday at New York appro
val of the announcement policy of the
Youngs Men's Christian association to
restrict its contingents of secretaries
bour-1 overseas to educational, enter
tainment and physical work special
ists, was experessed by Seeeretary of
War Raker in a letter to John it.
Mott, head of the war work council,
made public there.
"" he wnr depart. t. ' ?aid the
secretary, "is in thoro i.iiieeinent
with the plan being followed by th
wav work councU an dotlier organiza
tions in it fru'r'i.g from sending over
seas any farther worker'. .;.cpt ihcse
whu iri new absolutely etsential.
As soon as the armistice was
feigned the wpr department felt that,
with the exception of a few high'.y
trained experts who were needed i'.i
inediately tj till vacancies in speci
fied positions, no additional men
chruild be sent abroad under appoint
ment and waiting to sail.
"The action of these organizations!
in withholding overseas recruits
should be. understood as in direct ac
cord with the wishes of the war de
partment fvd should not be the oc
casion of criticism."
It was this change in the plans of
the organization which affected llev.
Fred Black, former pastor of the Al
liance Presbyterian church, who
reached New York City, took his
short period of training and secured
his urlforms and equipment, only to
find that he would be unable to go
Across.
Rv. Black recently sent The Br
ald an interesting clipping from the
New York Evening Sun, in which a
British nurse wrote concerning the
delights of "Sammy's" conversation
to a
a Lincoln newspaper, as roiiows:
Sammy is in my ward and I like
him
His face he decrlbeB as one or
the sort that only a mother couia
love but somehow, lantern Jawed and
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"He came over "the big drink' some
nronths ago. He had a pleasant voy
age, saw no tin fish,' and had plenty
to eat six meals a day, three up and
three down. On arrival at the port
they got into 'the dinkiest little train
ever,' Before it started the captian
asked for a key to wind it up with.
Sammy says that personally he in
tends to take one home as a charm lo
hang on his watch chain.
"They went into camp where they
spent their time 'hiking' about the
countryside. The 'eats' here were not
overgood. They were given tea 'which
taster like the last water Noah kept
afloat in.' and tish 'that was never
caught but must have given itself up
However, they made their motto
'Work like Helen B. Happy, and
stuck it out bravely. The one thing
that really' got their goat' was having
to sleep on terra firma' That Sammy
says, is Latin for terribly hard.
"Ultimately he and his companions
crossed to the front. The country
pleased Sammy, but he found the lan-guagr-difficult
and the French people
slow of comprehension. On one occa
sion he wanted a pair of duck shoes,
so he went into a bootmaker's and
quacked but he couldn't get the old
dame 'wise' to it.
"For the tight that put him out of
action Sammy says his Lieutenant
was responsible. 'He was sure tired of
his position and crazy on becoming
a Captian or an angle.' Sammy was
ready enough to help, but a Boche
shell intervened and insisted on send
ing in his name with an application
'for immediate transfer to the Flying
Corps.'
"Hence his presence in hospital.
"It is my duty to give Sammy hi
letters and today as he read a volum
inous epistle his face brightened to
such an extent that I was forced to In
quire what good tidings had arrived.
He hesitated, then grinned. 'I don't
mind telling you, nurse.' he said. It's
my wife writing, and from what she
says I calculate when I get home
tbre'll be something besides a fence
running around my little place In
Seattle."
TELEPHONE TARIFF TO TAKE A TUMBLE
BURLESON PLANS RADICAL CHANGES
Postmaster (leneral liuielson Has in
Mind an Fiitliely New Method
of Toll Cliuigesi
Sweeping reductions in long dis
tance and toll telephone rates by tho
adoption of a basic charge of six and
one fourth mills a mile, airline mile
age, and half Hie day rate for night
service up to midnight, and one
fourth the day rate after that hour
were announced recently by Postmas
ter General Burelsou. They leeoinj
effective January 21. The new rates
were recommended in the first report
of the committee on rate standard
ization and Mr. Burelson's statement
said their effect is to equalize the
toll and long distance charges over
the country, "removing disparities
and preferences and providing a
, scientific basis for future reductions
contemplated as unification of tele
phone and telegraph wires proceeds.
I "A night service rate," said the
statement, "which is onehalf the day
irate is tstablished between 8:30 and
12 p. in. Between midnight and 4:30
a. in. the night rate is one-fourth of
the day rate. These are greater re
ductions in night rates than have
ever been made in any country and
doubtless will be extensively used, es
pecially, for social and family pur
poses. A person might talk from
San Francisco to New York for about
$4, whereas the day rate is approxi
mately $16.
"A station to station service is es
tablished such as now exists in the
lance of the world, that is, when a
connections is established with a
man's house or office, the opportun
ity to converse is provided and the
station to station rate, which Is the
basic rate appliesand is payable,
whether the particular person desir
ed responds or not. This rate, up
to twenty-four miles, is at t' e rate of
5 cents of six miles and for greater
distances G cents for each'eight miles
or about 6 1-4 mills a mile. The dis
tance is computed by air line methods
and not by pole line or public high
ways. The air line distance are com
monly about 100 miles, when the
others would run 150 miles. It is
stated by the committee that more
than sixty varieties of toll rates have
existed in the United States up to the
present time. The effect of this uni
form or basic rate in the station to
station service is to reduce or not af
fect about 70 per cent of the rates,
tho necessarily slightly raising about
30 per cent in the process of stand
ardization. "It requires about two and one
half times as much work to establish
connection with u particular ierson
than the station-lo-station service.
Hitherto the rates have been the
same for both kinds of services, no
thing being paid, however great the
services performed on the failure of
the telephone institution to secure
the particular person.
io eminent Ih'fraudcd
"The particular person service has
also been used to defraud the govern
ment out of its toll revenues. Dislgn
ing . persons employ codes under
which, altho the desired telephone is
reached, the particular person is said
not to be there, but words of explana
tion given from bis 'phone answer all
the purposes of the call under the
code arrangement."
"The particular person Bervlce is
not discontinued but the rate therefor
is so modified as to pi event these
abuses and compensate the telephone
service in part for the extra expense
of labor and plant involved and a
charge of 25 per cent of the statlon-to-station
rate 1b made for such serv
ice, when the particular person is
secured and a report charge of 25 per
cent of the station-to-station rate is
made when the house or office tele
phone is obtained and his where
abouts or refusal to talk is reported,
i "In many large sections of the
country the smallest toll rate has not
been less than 15 cents. Under the
new sceine for short distance the
retes are reduced to 5 cents and 10
cents for the cheapest form of hervice
the person can talk five minutes as
compared with tree minutes now, or
in some cases only two minutes or
one minute. Free toll areas where the
exchange rate was designed to cover
the free service or a low -charge there
of are not affected by this order."
BURNS SOLD SECTION
OF BOX BUTTE LAND
C. O. Itosenherger of llemiiigford
f Pun based Section from (I. M.
Burns at Good Figure
C. O. Rosenberger, well known
Heniingford business man, last week
purchased from G. M. Burns an Im
proved section of land seven miles
foutheast of Ilemingford. the consid
eration being $55.00 per acre. Mr.
Burns purchased the land about three
'yearB ago and moved from Alliance
jto the farm which he improved to a
large extent.
; Mr. Rosenberger has purchased a
'.new Case tractor and will far mon a
jlarge scale. He has handled quite a
large amout of Box Butte real estate
in pa6t yars and has bten very suc
cessful aa well in farming, having
11,000 bushels of potato' ; 'or the
market and over 90 stacks " grain
not yet threshed from last season's
crop.
Nineteen years ago Mr. Rosenberg
er was a pupil of Mr. Burn's in a
Nebraska school.
If you are not a regular subscriber
of The Herald you do not get all the
news while its news.
SLED POTATOES ARE WANTED
More Scl Needed Than I'sual In th
Koiidiern !otati District
41hler in IKinaiul
The milder weather of the last few
days and the brighter tones of the
larger markets has Induced western
Nebraska potatoes to start ou the
move again after a dormant period
of several weeks. There are etlll
IJarge stocks in western Nebraska to
be shipped. Favorable weather "will
nee many of these moved during the
present month. '
The potato situation over the coun
try is favorable. Seed potatoes for
Texas and other early growing dis
trlcls are moving and the demand
is good.
I The market situation as reported
,by The Packer, for last week was as
.follows:
Kansas t'lty Market Good
I Kansas City The potato trade i
bowing continued improvemet and
slight price gains early last week la
response to both lighter receipts and
'better demand. Receipts are lighter,
as Is generally the case Just betweeft
tho direct movement and the storage
movement. Very few storages have
been broken thus far. but attention
is being turned in that direction and
the first storage shipments of the sea-
son have been made.
The supply of potatoes coming in
from Minnesnth to Kansas City has
been cut off almost entirely and prac
tically no trading in Minnesota whites
and Burbank are evident. Loadings
of that state are reported to be very
small, and what is loaded is sent to
,the Fast, where a better market si
found.
Not all verities Phow gains for the
week, but Northern and Western po
tatoes sold generally 5010e higher,
.with Ohio Bed Ulver, carlots, U S.
No. 1 selling at $1.85 1.95 per cwt..
Western Bed McClures, carlots, U. S.
No. 1, $1.80 fo 1.95, Western whites,
U. S. No. 1. carlots. $1.65 rti 1.75; Ne
braska whites, U. S. No. 1, carlots,
$1.60 ii 1.70; Nebraska Karly Ohios,
carlots, U. S. No. 1, $ 1.70 (i 1.80; and
Western Russet Burbanks, carlots, U.
S. No. 1. $1.751.90.
Steady Market at St Ijouls
St. Louis A fair demand was evi
dent for IiKlitrjKAV-'fUvaca.lntj.
week and a generally steady tone rul
ed over the market. Northern whl'
stock sacked in quoted $1.50 2.0i
per cwt. and Bed River Karly Ohios
at $1.901. 2.00
The ljfcht receipts of new Florida
Triuinrs potatoes are draggy and
are quoted at $2 2.75 per bushel
box.
I ;i'eelev Potatoes MovIiik
I Greeley .Colorado Receipts from
growers of potatoes are light, al
though the demand shows consider
able improvement. Good quality
round whiles sold In wugonlosdd at
Irackside the lirst of the week sold
(Continued on Page 3)
SECURE EMPLOYMENT
FOR RETURNING BOYS
Hie GovernWiit Will Assist War
Workers in Finding New Jobs
Through Civil Ken ice
The thousands of civilian war
workeis in the government service
who will soon be dismissed because
.their services are no longer needed
j will be assisted in finding reemploy
ment through plans now being ar
ranged by the Civil Service commis
sion. I On the recommendation of the Civ
il Service Commission the president
issued on November 29 an executive
order which provides that the names
jof persons in the competitive civil
pervice with unrestricted status who
were appointed either permanently or
jprobationally prior to the date of the
order, who have served less than the
lliree years who are recommended for
; furl her employ ment by the govern
inent because of demonstrated effic
incy in the olllce from which they
jure separated will, upon request, be
entered by t he Civil Service commis
sion upon appropriate eligible regis
ters for reappointment, eligibility
'hereon to continue from one year
from the date of separation. The re
j employment registers thus establish
ed will be used so far as is practicable
jfor filling positions in the govern
ment service.
It is expected however, that there
will be a surplus of eligbles on these
reemployment registers, and in order
that thosle who cannot be replaced
in the government service may find
positions in private employ .the Civil
Service commission has asked the co
operation of labor In the work of
finding suitable employment In pri
vate establlshm?ts for dismissed war
workers who can not be further em
ployed by the government
"It Pay to Advertise"
Alliance merchant have bought of
the advertising space of The Herald
this week to the extent that it was
necessary to go to extra pages to ac
commodate the demand. They fully
realize the value of its columns to the
progressive retailer.