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Greater Insurance Companies lean a Greater Omaha
The thousands of men and women
ip Omaha and In Nebraska who pay
liremiums for Insurance, with but
few exceptions, do not realize the
important part that is played by
the immense funds accumulated at
the home offices of the insurance
companies.
The accumulation of these funds
is for the purpose of establishing
reserves. The reserves are used to
pay the claims—death claims, dis
ability claims, claims for loss and
damage due to accidents, theft and
Are.
These reserves, which amount to
hundreds of millions of dollars,
must be kept "at work." The money
must be loaned at interest. In al
most every Insurance premium, par
ticularly life insurance premiums,
the Interest, or earnings of the re
serve, Is taken Into account in the
setting of the rate of premium.
In other words, the amount of the
premium is less than it otherwise
would l>e, because the interest earn
ings of the reserve is taken Into
account.
The great Insurance companies as
we know them in the United States,
the millions of Insurance policies,
the billions paid annually in In
surance premiums, the hundreds of
millions paid back to cover insur
ance losses, is an Institution that Is
peculiar to our own country. There
are insurance companies in other
countries, hut they are small com
pared to those in our country.
In the use of the immense stuns
of capital thus accumulated by
American insurance companies has
been builKup in great measure the
prosperity of the United States.
Railroads have been built, great
buildings erected, homes construct
ed, farms Improved. Everywhere
throughout the country, If one coukl
examine the epurse of the funds
used In building the foundation of
American industry and American
business and home life, he would
find that billtons of dollars of it had
come from Insurance reserves.
Field and factory, home and In
dustry, owe much to the fact that
In the insurance reserves has been
for years the greatest source of
liquid capital that the world has
ever known.
This brings prominently to the
Assets January 1, 1923.. *150,217,592.20
Prenttum Income 1922.». 30,264,853.82
Total Omaha Salary Payroll (Annual). 1,747,815.57
Total Investments (Nebraska). 14,501,085.97
Total Clearances through Omaha Banks (Receipts and
Disbursements) 1922 . 73,372,086.13
Omaha Bank Balances January 1, 1923. 2,529,240.91
Amount paid Policy Holders, 1922. 14,000,301.95
Total Taxes paid, 1922. 250,268.45
Amount paid for Postage, 1922.*.. 168,405.65
Amount paid for Printing and Miscellaneous, 1922. 1,114,832.42
Total paid for Rents, 1922. 209,693.83
Total number Policy Holders .1,244,534
Total number Omaha Employes. 1,055
fore one of .the truly big things
to lie taken into account in the
building of a Greater Omaha and
a Greater Nebraska.
In our city we have the home
oillqes of 24 insurance companies,
equipped to handle all kinds of in
surance risks.
These Omaha insurance com
panies are sound, well financed,
well managed. They deserve the
consideration of every man and
woman in Nebraska and par
ticularly in Omaha.
It means to our city and our
state that insurance reserves, which
grow out of Insurance premiums,
should be built up here In Omaha.
It means funds of liquid capital
available in Omaha for Omaha and
Nebraska uses. It means the
recognition of Omaha as a financial
center.
The record of the Omaha com
panies is already a splendid record.
It Is a record that justifies con
fidence and an increased use of
these companies for Insurance pur
poses. Everyone in Omaha and Ne
braska, who contemplates extend
ing his insurance should keep these
companies in mind.
Nothing will so surely advance
the strength and Independence of
the. city and state as the building
up of our insurance companies.
The figures of these companies
are available to January 1, 1923.
The year of 1923 added material
ly to all these figures, showing a
continued growth and Influence
The figures available are shown
in the accompanying table.
The Omaha Bee Urges a careful
study of these figures. They can
he materially Increased by an in
creased patronage on the part of
Omaha and Nebraska men and
women.
It is well to keep in mind what
Uier cities have done In this re
gard. Who doe# not think of Hart
ford, Conn., when life Ineurance and
fire Insurance is mentioned. Yet
Hartford, Conn., is not as big a
city a# Omaha. Their Insurance
companies were founded before the
insurance companies in Omaha
were founded. The city of Hart
ford was a city when Omaha was
a camping place for Indians. Hart
ford has only about 150,000 popula
tion. Omaha, the site of Indian
wigwams when Hartford was a city
has passed it in population. It has
a greater future than Hartford as
a city.
The insurance companies In Hart
ford are great companies, but they
have no greater intrinsic worth
than have the companies in Omaha.
As we have passed them in popula
tion, why may we not pass them
in insurance accomplishments?
Deg Moines, la., is not as big a
city as Omaha—but it Is much hig
her as an Insurance company cen
ter.
With the foundation already laid
by our Omaha Insurance companies,
we may well look forward to the
day when they will be as big as the
biggest. What it needs is the rec
ognition of the fact that they are
among our most Important assets.
If all of us will do our part in
making them bigger—we will at the
same time be making our city big
ger—we will be laying upon a solid
foundation our plans for a Greater
Omaha.
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Lloyd George Urges Spain to Withdraw From Morocco
By MO YD GEORGE.
(Ei-rrfmlfr of Orwt Britain.)
London, oct. n.—Spain is in
real trouble in Morocco. It has
the Riff mountain goat by the
horns, but can neither tame It nor
let It go. Its butts are fierce, sudden
and occasionally staggering. The
mountains do their best for the re
fractory animal. Mountains love
lebels who fight for freedom and
they give them shelter and oppor
tunity.
Why Is French Morocco compare
tively quiet and prosperous, whilst
Spanish Morocco Is a constant source
of anxiety and bloodshed? It Is be
cause, In the French sphere, the
bulk of the population lives on fertile
and accessible plains and Is thus
more easily dominated. The Spanish
zone, on the other hand. Is a tangle
of mountains and defiles.
Two years ago I visited that part
of Morocco which Is now the center
of military ferment and activity. It
was then a picture of tranquillity. On
the Mellila side of Spanish Morocco
the Riffs were In full lnsurgenca.
They had Inflicted heavy defeats on
considerable Spanish armies, raptur
ing large quantities of arms, ammu
nition and stores. This was a serious
factor In a country where the arms
hitherto possessed by the tribes were
of an antiquated type and the am
munition wss very limited. Smug
gling from the French zone and the
sea had provided them with a cer
tain equipment, but they were too
poor to buy arms on a considerable
scale. Their captures supplied them
with new and better gun* and am
munition than they had ever pos
sessed and their captives furnished
them with money to keep up the
supplies. Spain paid a heavy ran
som to purchase the freedom of Its
soldiers who had fallen Into Moorish
hands, and the ransom has already
been converted Into a means of tak
ing more prisoners. The situation
was thus radically changed for the
worse by the Mellila disaster. Before
these defeats, Spain had to encounter
brave, but 111-armed raiders. After
wards It had to deal with first class
fighting men, flushed with victory
and armed with the *hest modern
weapons. That Is why Its efforts f*>
reconquer lost territory have heen
marked by caution and why the re.
organized and reinforced troope of
Spain have contented themselves In
‘the main, with holding the Mellila
const and the,more accessible and de
fenslble country In Its vicinity.
It is always too readily assumed
that the complexity and cost of mod
ern weapons have Increased the odds
on the Side of well equipped authority
to such an extent that rebellion has
but a poor chance of success. Th.
events of the last 26 years In South
Africa, in Ireland and In Morocco
disprove this hypothesis. In order to
conquer a small colony of farmers In
Mouth Africa, the British empire had
,o send <00.000 ">*" a<T0*" **'• "aa"
and to spend lBO.OOO.OUO pounds and,
aftar threa years’ costly and Ing orl
ous fighting, ths war waa dstarmlnad
by u peace which restored virtual In I
dependence to the Boer peasantry.
What Is happening now in Spanish
Morocco? The rebellion has spread.
While the Mellila area was In a con
dition of armed quiescence, the Te
tuan zone appeared to have been com
pletely subdued by the Spaniards. I
visited Spanish Morocco early In 1923.
Shortly before my visit, the roads to
Tetuan had been unsafe, owing to
the activity of snipers from the over
looking hills. The making of an ex
cellent military road to Tetuan and
subsequently of a rsllrosd. cost many
lives, and the workers had to be pro
tected the whole distance by military
guards and forts. A wise Spanish
governor, however, came to terms
with that redoubtable old highland
chieftain, Raus Ralsull, and he, for
a consideration, enjoined peace on hit
turbulent clansmen. By that very
act, he seems to have forfeited hie
claim upon their confidence. Hie In
fluence rapidly waned and now the
mountaineers of the Tetuan hinter
land are In full revolt and the Span
leK government has ordered retire
ment from the advanced posts, held
In apparent security a year ago. 1
waa assured In 1923 by the Spanish
authorities that a journey to fihe
shuan, In the Interior, was as safe
aa a trip to Granada. It Is so no
longer. The roads are Infested with
Riff guerillas and the Spanish troops
have been ordered to fall back on
Tetuan.
The Spanish dictator and hi* cabi
net have therefor# to take a declalon
of tha kind which demsind* from
statesmen more than ordinary cour
age. They have to make up their
minds to order the Spanish flag to
be withdrawn In face of the Insur
gent bands that have successfully
flouted Its authority. The alterna
tive le a costly war. which may last
for years. Spain, If It were prepared
to face the necessary expenditure of
life and treasure, could undoubtedly
win a complete victory In the end,
hut It Is more than doubtful whether
the result would be worth the cost
and It l» "l"o doubtful whether any
victory achieved In that wild country
could be permanent.
There Is no humiliation Involved In
abandoning the costly and profitless
task of subduing those hill tribes
Other empires, similarly situated
have deliberately abandoned such an
enterprise without loss of prestige
The wisest emperors of Home often
rotlred from barren contests with
warlike frontier tribes, preferring to
hold a more defensible position In
more valuable territory, where theli
en off. The British empire has also
assailants could be more ensily bent
been repeatedly confronted with the
same problem on the northwest fron
tiers of Indln. The most sagacious
viceroys have always deprecated cam
palgns of contest In the mountainous
regions that divide India from Af
ghanlstan. Now and again, expeditions
have been organized to punish raid
eis from these hills, who have broketi
into the plains snd Inflicted damage
upon those who depended uron Hi it
Uh arme for protection. Those punl
tlve expeditions have always been
coetly and, as soon as the moun
taineers have been adequately chas
tised the Imperial army withdraws
oij the promise of good behavior In
future. Tears of peace follow these
expeditions and the prestige of
Britain suffers nothing from the
withdrawal.
When I look at the map of Great
Britain and see what an inslgntflcant
part of It i» occupied by that rocky
territory known as Wales, it fills me
with wonder that It took nearly 800
years for such warlike racee aa the
Saxons and Normans to conquer so
small & province. At that time It
must have been sparsely populated
and the hillmen muat have been poor
and Ill-armed. All the same. Offa'a
dyke was built from sea to sea. not
to protect the poor Welshman
against the rich and powerful Baxon
Thanes, but to protect the Baxon
against the raids of the audacious
men of the mountains. Saxon and
Norman kings, time after time, pene
trated with great armies Into the hills
and overwhelmed reslatance. But aa
soon aa they retired, the mountain
clouds rolled down once more Into
the valleys and English sway van
ished In the enfolding mists. The
Norman kings then resorted to a poli
cy of occupying the coasts and rich
er valleys, building huge castles to
defend every estuary and glen. Some
of these constitute the finest archi
tectural specimens of medlaeyal fort
resses In Europe. Their ruins today
are impressive for their magnitude
and strength, as well as for their
form. Nevertheless, Burke points out
In bis great speech on conciliation
with America, that even 300 year*
after the so called conquest of Wales,
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©Mr PnMic Servants
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The Plumber.
The popular conception of a plumb
er 1» a man who come* out to your
hourse, look*
nbout, and then
innouncea that
he will have to go
mck to the shop
ind ret another
tool or two. It la
customary to cuss
the plumber and
nil him a robber,
ind other pet
names. That la be
muse he asks you
to pay a dev cut
wage for doing
work that nine-tenth of na wouldn't
do If we could. Hornet line* he works
under conditions that would send
most of his critics to the hospital.
Nobody wants a plumber around
until he le needed, and then he I*
anathematized because he lan't there
before you can hang up the tele
phone. And he Ian t needed until the
w’sterplp* bursts and floods the base
ment or the bathroom. He l» a nece*
■ary cog In modern life. If he is a
good plumlier he not only adds to
your convenience snd comfort, but he
prolongs your life by safeguarding
your health. Maybe you think the
plumber revels in cold weather he
cause pipes free** up nnd hurst. If
you do you are mistaken, lie likes
decent weather, and he greatly pre
fers working on new houses. He
Isn’t a plumber because he likes to
work In filthy places. I'slinlly he I*
a plumber because he has a lient for
mechanics and likes to work with
tools and make something worth
while. He Is a pretty Independent
aort of fellow, as he hns a fight to be.
for all good workmen have a right
to feel Independent. The next time
you call a plumlier, treat him like a
human being when he conies He
will act like a gentleman, do hts
work as well nnd as quickly as pos
sihle, and appreciate courtesy quite
as mu.lv/as your social guests By
the way. he is usually Just as much
sntitlsd to 1L W. M. M.
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By T. \V. M’CULLOL’GH.
One of the outstanding features
of Ak-Sar-Ben from the first has
been the Coronation Ball. Accom
panied by all the distinguishing
characteristics of a royal social func
tion, the ceremonies of crowning a
king and his royal consort each
year adds notable distinction to
the closing of the carnival setfiion.
Its brilliance In every regard gives
the affair a quality that justifies
the departure from the routine of
democratic procedure that otherwise
Is the dominating quality of Ak-Sar
Ben In all Its manifestations.
Skillfully applied, lavish and cost
ly decorations turn the Interior of
the Pen Into a veritable bower of
elegant luxury. Lights are so ar
ranged and manipulated as to obtain
the utmost in appeal to the senses,
and to subdue here and heighten
there the illusion. N'ot all Is Illusion,
however, for most of the decorations
are of the finest texture and quality.
They are displayed with the utmost
care and taste to obtain the exact
effect produced. When the elabo
rate and costly toilettes of the
ladles, the costumes of the cour
tiers, and all the other appropriate
elements of dress and personal
adornment are presented In the ever
shifting movements of the throng,
the picture Is one that arrests at
tention, and must Impress even the
least appreciative mortal as an evi
dence of true beauty, possible only
under such circumstances.
After one has witnessed one of
these really remarkable spectacles,
It Is rather difficult to adjust the
understanding to the primitive sur
roundings of the first attempt at a
formal social function in Omaha.
In the winter of 1855 the first and
only "Executive Ball" ever given In
the city was held. It was In honor
of Mark W. Izard. Governor Izard,
who had come with Governor Burt,
first of Nebraska’s governors, as
marshal, rtas appointed to the office
in February, 1855, succeeding
Thomas W. Cuming, who had been
acting governor following the death
of Governor Burt. The legislature
was In session, and It was thought
appropriate to mark the accession
of the new executive by some for
mal ceremony.
Accordingly a grand Inaugural
ball was arranged. Omaha had
been accustomed to dancing. One
of the thriving places In the town
was a dance hall. This was not to
be the scene of the dignified fes
tivity. So the City hotel, a one
story building then at the corner
of Eleventh and Harney streets,
had the honor. Pr. George L. Mill
er wrote for the Omaha Herald In
1867 the following graphic account
of the affair:
"Izard was a stately character
no Kngllshmen dare leave ths high
road.
The Scottish Highlanders lived In a
state of semi Independence until as
late as 1745. Before that date they
inflicted many a defeat on Knglish
armies which had been sent to quell
their turbulence. Kngllsh sovereign?
were generally content to leave them
to be governed hv their own chief
tains. In accordance with their own
laws and customs, so long ns they
remained In their own glens.
If Spain decides to pursue In Moroc
co the cautious policy for which the
history of many great empires pro
vides ample precedent. It ought not
to be regarded ag any humiliation to
Its pride. Spain has made greater
progress In recent years than during
ths previous 200 years of Its history
The loss of Cuba waa an unmlxed
blessing to Its people. The taxes
extracted from ths peasant to main
tain forces to suppresa Cuban re
(billons were impoverishing the land
Pines that drain on Ita resources
came to an end, Spain has been able
to devote Ita revenu* to developments
and Improvements at home. if s
foolish military pride Impels It to st
tempt the subjection of the Atlas
mountains to Its will. It# Cuban ev
psrtenr# will he repeated. Money
and men will pour across the seas
and get lost In the Afrtenn fastness,
while the urgent needs of the home
land will be neglected. I doubt
whether any dictatorship or dynasty
could long survive under such con
ditlons.
The,other alternative Is to hold and
fortify the coast, with enough htnter
land to guarantee elbow-room and se
curlty. That Is all It needs, whether
for trade protection or for honor.
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physically, mentally rather weak,
and accordingly felt a lively sense
of the dignity with which the ap
pointment clothed him. He had
never known such an honor before,
and It bore upon him heavily. To
the few persons who then consti
tuted the principal population of
the city the governor was careful
to Intimate a desire to have hie
gubernatorial advent suitably cele
brated. The facetious and wary
Cuming suggested the Idea of giving
Izard an executive ball. The larger
of the two rooms which then con
stituted the building was the the
ater of a scene perhaps the most
ludicrous that was ever witnessed
In the history of public receptions.
The rooms had a single coat of
what was then called plastering,
composed of a frozen mixture of
mud and ice, a very thin coating at
that. The floor was rough and un
planed, very trying to dancers, and
not altogether safe. It had been
energetically scrubbed for the occa
sion. The night being dreadfully
cold, and the heating apparatus
failing to warm the room, the water
froze upon the floor ^nd could not
be melted by any then known
process. Rough cottonwood boards
on either side of the room were
substituted for chairs.
“The hour of 7 having arrived, the
grand company began to assemble.
Long before the appointed hour his
Arkansas excellency appeared in the
dancing hall. He and Jim Orton,
‘the band’ of Council Bluffs, reached
the scene at about the same moment.
The governor was very polite to Jlth,
who was Just tight enough to be
correspondingly polite to the gov- m
ernor. Governor Izard was the guest
of nine ladies, who were all that
could I>e mustered, even for a state
occasion. In Omaha. They were Mrs.
T. B. Cuming, Mrs. Fenner Fergu
son, Mrs. J. Sterling Morton, Mrs.
C. B. Smith, Mrs. Fleming Davidson.
Mrs. A. J. Hanscom, Mrs. A. D.
Jones, Mrs S. E. Rogers and Mrs.
G. L. Miller Two of the ladles could
not dance, and accordingly their
places were supplied by the same
number of gentlemen
“The governor had a son by the
name of James. He was his excel
lency’s private secretary, and wish
ing to present a high example of
style he came in at a late hour, es
corting Mrs. Davidson. His hearing
was fearfully stately and dignified.
He wore a white vest and white kids,
as any gentleman would do, but
these were put In rafher discordant
contrast with the surroundings.
Paddock, Poppleton, Cuming. Smith.
J.Iorton, Ferguson. Goodwill, Clancy,
Folsom, besides a large assemblage
of the legislators, attended. The lat
ter crowded around, gazing with
astonishment upon the large number
of ladies In attendance.
“Jim Orton was the solitary fid
dler, occupying one corner of the
room. The dance opened. It was a
gay and festive occasion. Notwith
standing the energetic use of green
cottonwood, the floor continued Icy.
During the dance several accidents
happened. One lady, now well
known In Nebraska, fell flat. ^Others
did likewise The supper came off
about midnight, and consisted of
coffee with brown sugar and no
millff sandwiches of peculiar size;
dried apple pie: the sandwiches, we
may observe, were very thick and
made of a singular mixture of
bread of radical complexion, and
bacon.
'The governor, having long lived
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Twenty Years Ago
Russ-Japanese War
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National Victory.
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May Wheat Was 96
Cents; Com, 44.
Battleship Nebraska
Was Launched.
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By A. R. GROII.
EVERY day the pages of the
paper were full of the battle
raging between the Russian and
Japanese armies. General Kuropatkin,
the Russian commander, reported suc
cess. "Czar Nicholas Sends Regrets”
Is one headline which seems odd In
the present democratic day. The
monarch, whose black fate In 191S
could hardly be foreseen then, was
sending regrets to England for an
attack by the Russian fleet on British
vessels in the Baltic. For a time the
British lion roared at the Russian
hear, but the diplomats "got to
gether."
"Magnificent, New Baptist Church
Dedicated” is a headline of October
23, 1904. A group picture of the build
ing committee of the new edifice at
Twenty-ninth and Harney streets,
showed Rev. J. W. Conley, pastor,'
Amos Field, Dr. E. E. Womersley,
H. H. Baldrige, John R. Webster, J.
A. Sunderland and D. L. Slane.
__ "Fairbanks I n -
* .. .... ,vades Nebraska.”
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Speeches but c_ w., then
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M® ana and a eandi
- J date on the repub
lican ticket for vice president with
T. Roosevelt. He spoke In the
City auditorium to 5,000.
On the previous evening, October 9,
Eugene Debs, candidate for president
on the socialist ticket, spoke In Wash
ington hall and predicted big things
for that party.
"Democratic Chairman Predicts Vic
tory.’’ It was a statement signed by
Tom Taggart, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, expressing
the certain view that It was all over
by the shouting for the democrats and
that victory was perched on their
banners.
_"Even Indiana,
R..t the ] New Jersey and
New York are cer
9 tain for the demo
u- . rr&ts,** said Tom.
Wrong. But Indiana cast
/ 307,907 republican
votes to J49,141 democratic. New Jer
sey polled 231,3S3 republican and 179.
719 democratic votes, and New York
went 859,513 republican to only 683,
981 democratic. It s interstlng and
amusing to compare the results of an
election with the predictions of the
prophets.
At Seattle, on October 7, Mary
Mickey, daughter of Governor Mickey
of Nebraska, broke a bottle of real
champagne over the prow of "Uncle
Sam s largest battleship," the Ne
braska, as it slid into the water at
the shipyards.
May wheat was 9® to 98 cent* in
Chicago, compared with a present
in a hot climate, stood around shiv
ering In the cold, but buoyed up by
the honor thus showered upon him,
he bore himself with the most ami
able fortitude.
"There being no tables in those
days, the supper was rass%d
’round. At the proper time, the
governor, under a dep sense of his
own consequence, made a speech,
returning his thanks for the high
honors done him."
The story hag often been told be
fore. yet It will bear telling again,
for nothing can more vividly Il
lustrate the progress made In the
course of seven decades than the
contrast between the first executive
ball and the Coronation Ball of Ak- |
Sar-Ben XXX.
Many of the names mentioned In ,
Dr. Miller’s story came to be known t
nationally. Ladles present that ]
night later graced presidential re
ceptions at the White House, and \
took part In other high functions,
but none ever forgot Omaha's first
and only "Executive Ball."
price of over $1.80. May corij in
Chicago sold around 44 cents. Today
It is better than $1.38. (And yet some
farmers don't think the republicans
should continue In office!)
A rate war between the North
western, Grea^ Western and Illinois
Central railroads brought the excur
sion rate from Omana to Minneapolis
and return to $6. And the regular
round-trip rate to St. Louis exposition
was $8.50.
By J. T. ARMSTRONG. -
□PPEARANCE: Bushy hair, some
what unruly and worn In pom
padour style. It is brown hair.
Gold rimmed glasses. Smooth shaven
and rather plump of countenance
Smiles broadly and easily. Wear*
clothing of somber hue.
Mannerisms: Talks slowly, drawl
ing slightly. Usually seems In a con
templative mood, but becomes anlma
ted upon occasion, especially when
the conversation turns to books or the
philosophical side of llf«. Is most at
ease when his hands are in his pock
ets.
An Idlosyncracy: Delights in at
cumulating scrap books, which usual
ly relate to decisions in unusual law
cases or .legal manuscripts by famons
lawyers.
First Job: Laundry route driver
and collector at Oakland, Neb.
Identity: Carroll O. Stauffer. Judge
of the district court.
School Girls Entertain
Wymore P. E. 0. Member?
Wymore. Oct. 11.—Members gt
chapter “Q" of 'he Wymore P E
O.'s. were entertained at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Pennington of
Wymore, at a luncheon and sdclal
meeting. Yellow and white color
schemes were used throughout. The
luncheon was served by the girls bt
the Wymore High school domastn
science department, following which
a program was given.
Mrs. Cecil Neuman, a noted com
poser, of Wymore. sang Spar,-*.
songs In appropriate costume. _ Dor
othy Pennington, 9-year-old daug! tei
W the hostess, gave a comic reading
Mrs. Charles Vance of Lincoln, f«r
mer old-time resident of Wymore. ant
first president of the chapter, Rave
the early history of Wymore chapter.
Mrs. Adam McMullen of Beatrice
formerly of Wymore. and ft' rmei
president, made a talk. Mrs. -Jobe
Lang of Wymore gave a tribute to
Mrs. Vance as first president.
Mrs. George W. Norris of McCcx k
wife of Senator Nofris, told of w rk
. f her chapter at McCook. Mrs
Eunice Baker of Wymore. read ar.
instructive paper on home work.
Other out-of-town guest# were Mrs.
P. L. Gillespie and Mrs. Dudley Scott
of Beatrice.
Parent-Teacher Body
Organized at Da\id City
David City. Oct. II.—A community
Parent-Teacher association has beer,
organised at the Bellwood High
school The off.cers are Mrs. J P
bell, president. Prank Kreizmgei ar..:
Mrs. Envart, vice presidents: Lcui«
Kreizlnger, treasurer, and Beaular,
McCleery, secretary.