Thousands Enjoyed Hospitality of King Ak in 1924; 1925 Prospects Bright Ak-Sar-Ben Year Successful. With Prospects Bright Samson Den Show, Races, Fall Festival Enjoyed by Thousands in 1924. In 1084 Ak-Sar-I ion was consptru nus in Its activities of good fellow ■ship and entertainment in an civil affairs of Omaha. The year was successful for Ak-Sar Hen from many standpoints; the mem liership reached 3,775, not as manj as in 1023, hut what was lacking lr numbers was made up in enthusiasm Fourteen presentations of the show ‘ Bullfornla," were given at Ak-Sar Ben den. A total of 7,470 witnesset these performances as members ant his majesty had the honor of enter tatning 0,441 visitors. The Jargesi attendance was on July 2G, when 1,37; visitors witnessed the special per •formanre put on for the international convention of Lions clubs. Fall Festival Success. The fall festival program was per haps the^ most successful that Ak Sar-Ben has ever held. Fully 250.000 witnessed the fall street pageant, and it was judged the most beautiful ever staged In the history of Ak-Sar-Ben. A conservative estimate was made 2® that 35,000 drove into Omaha October 1 by automobile. The coronation ball, the crowning feature of the festival, was witnessed by 2,230 men and 2,453 women. From a financial standpoint the year was satisfactory, as the receipts were vithin a few hundred dollars of the iishursements. Th6 Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition com pany, during 1024, held three success ful race meetings. The spring meet ing of 21 days was bV far the most successful running meet ever held in this part of the country. Nearly 600 horses competed for prizes aggregat ing $R5,000. The fall festival running meeting was well attended and satis factory. Army Field Meet. In addition to this, through the courtesy of the Seventh Corps area of the United States army, a track and field meet with army maneuvers . was held October 2. Fully 12,000 en joyed this program, no charge being made for admission. Perhaps the greatest polo tournament ever held west of the New England states was staged here. Ak-Sar-Ben, in conjunc lion with the United States army staged the first horse show at Ak-Sar lien field, which was well attended. The hoard of governors feel en rouraged at the prospects for 1925 and the members are determined to make it an outstanding year in the long history of the organization. Eugenics Law Has Dealt Heavy Blow to License Mart Only 886 Permits to Marry Issued in Douglas County in 1924; Iowa Gains. The Nebraska eugenics law dealt “Cupid” Herbert Stubbendorf a cruel blow. Once “Cupid” worked busily all day long and frequently was calle< from his home at night to issue mar riage licenses. Hut now—wedding bells may ring brides may blush; bridegrooms ma> mislay their rings, but most of it Is done in Iowa. '“That law has taken my battlnp average down from 3.041 to 886,’ mourned Stubbendorf, as be compiler his yearly records. The eugenics law went Into effect August 1, 1923. The table shows how marriages In Nebraska have been af fected: 19:1 192 January . 296 4 February . 111 6' March . 1*4 3! April . 177 6: May . 24 ; *1 June . 336 14' .1 uly . 266 August . *7 September . 66 October . 3 November . <2 l>tcember .. 61 *' 1.956 8*1 For Colds, Grip, Influ enza and as a Preventive 7J ! Structural steel . 2.082,634 Tents and awnings . ^ 312.130 i Women’s garments .. * 272 000 Water service.’.. 1,125.000 Total .1310.018.641 Total 1923 .>381.813.15ft Increase for 1924 . > ft 205.385 The factories employed 34.420 men and women In 1924 nnd had a eom Lined payroll of $54,583,958. One Thousand Rabbits Killed in Lodgepolc Hunt Dodgepole, Dee. 31.—Over 1.000 Jark rabbit* were killed In thl* vicinity Sunday amt an many more got away from the hunter*. The rabbit* have been hunt? up nnd frozen and will be shipped to Omaha for distribution These pest* have practically de stroyed a number of corn field* which were not picked before the Know cov ered the ground. Pianist Joins Chautauqua. Beatrice, Doc. 31. — Mins Franc* k Green, pianist, of this city, loft yes terday for Valley Falls, Kan., where she will Join Minn Jane (louder, a reader. The two will I ravel on the road for several months in tho Inter eat of the Kidpath Ilorncr lycoutn bureau. John M. Bono, 78. I lies, Beatrice, Doe. 31 John M Bone. 78, for 40 years n resident of No Lrnska, died at his home In West Beatrice after a brief Illness, He survived by his wife arid a numhn of children, all grown. Ho had boon a resident of Bis trice for 10 year Scully I,and Taxes $15,892. Beatrice, Dec. 31 -V. it Johnson agent for the Scully land* In flriRi county, Nehraikn, and Marshall noun ty, Kansas, paid Into the treasurer', office here the sum of $15,392.94 n, taxes for *h* Scully holding* for the year 1924. CORN IS HELD FOR PAWNEE FEEDERS Table Rock, Dec. 31.—Pawnee coun ty seldom raises sufficient .corn to meet the demands 4nf local feeders, hut this year the Farmers' union ele vator of Pawnee City, which already ha3 6,000 bushels in storage, expects to fill the building to Its capacity, 10,000 bushels. Tills corn will not he shipped out, but will tie held in stor age to supply the demand of Pawnee county feeders next summer. This plan also probably will save the feeders some money by reason of having no freight charges to pay. The Farmers’ union elevator is re ceiving corn dally, and those who sold last week were ren^nded of the war time days o' 1017 VSIS. who'll local buyers paid $1.10 a bushel the latter part of the week. Loan Association Distributes Big Dividend in City • i $1,800,000 to Be Shared by 90.000 Members in Semi Annual “Melon"’ Slicing. The semi-annual melon rutting feast of the aha rrh older* of the | building, paving.** and loan associa tions of Omaha is now on. Dividends j 'totaling $1,SCO,000 have been declared i out of the earnings for the last half [of 1924. and art- being disbursed ] among the 90,000 or more members! in cash or credits. This 1m the largest distribution made, by the 12 associations <>f the city fori any half year. Dividend disburse-! ! rr.ents for the year ugg^gate $.1,500,-1 000. Normal prosperity was the chief; characteristic of the ycay’s business in loans for home building and buy-j ing. During the first half of the year demand for home loans fell j short of the supply of funds. Sev eral asMorintinns restricted the inflow "f invi ; unent money and relieved the stress of idle rao*ney by reducing the loan rate to f> per cent. The j educ tion stimulated the demand for build-^ ing and buying during.the last six months sufficiently to absorb the surplus of Idle money. A year ago the resources of the 12 associations totaled $71,613,422. The new year finds them with resources aggregating $80,250,648, a gain of *S,637,226, in 12 months. Following are tho official figures; Aasocla tlona. n*B<>urr«* i Munha Loan A- Tlulldlntr $ in,.1 ?7y Conservative Savings A* [,«an : J.a27.ft ’s • 1T|fi»ntal Jlutldlnir A Loan . lfi.OlU'.son Nebraska Mirvlng* ft Loan . ,1010,F,f..* < ‘omm*rclnl f**vin«rs f- boas. 7'iMA^ barker* luvlnr* «v Loan-. 1 1 r»J **70 Prudential Savins* A L>>nn.... 1.118 17 Hint# Savinas A f.onn ... Onion Building A- Lean. r 4 A S ft Standard Having* A* Lonn . 100 *87 Metropolitan Bu'dd ng *A Loan . 008 m at us I In Ing* A Loss 14 Tot* 1 . t**» $10,641 Thrift Throughout State. Co-operative associations of the state continue to grow In resources and rendering practical benefits to the communities served Official re ports as of .Tune 30, 1924, show 82 associations with resources aggregat ing $123,000,000, fin Increase of $14, 000,000 In 12 months. Deserve fundi* lequlred by law and undivided earn ings total $4.1 HI.927, equal to 4 per cent, of the mortgage loans. The period of greatest growth of Nebraska association* I racist by the records embraces this post-war wars, UcMottrce* have doubled in that time, ! lining from * .7.000,000 in 1919, to $123,000,000 in 1924. During these *dx vents Nebraska associations made loans foj 14.947 new buildings, mostly homes, or about 4a per cent of the total busi ness of that period. Cojuid,—Mrs A L Davis. 25 > ears r» resident of this vicinity, is «U#id Her funeral was held Friday at the Methodist church. $ 330 Convicted by Countv Attorney: 298 Guilty Pleas 1921 Report Tops Record for . Four Years in Douglas County; 798 Com plaints. In 1924 the county attorney's office secured the greater* number of eon vi 'inns in district court that have ' l obtained within the last four years, according to the annual state inent of County Attorney Henry Beal Two hundred and ninety eight de fendants pleaded guilty in 1924: 4 i were convicted by Juries, and eight .were b un I guilty after trial by court1, making the total of convictions, 359. Tv. :>t dhla-c persons were acquitted . In 1923, 23T convictions and 44 nc,initials were recorded on the dockets: in 1922. 309 conviction* and 52 acquitnis, end in 1921, 303 convec tions find 29 acquittals. Tire number of ■ “-s handled by the county attorney's office in 1921 and 1922 was swelled by indictments under the blue sky laws and prose cution following tite courthouse riot About 100 blue sky law. cases are still pending. County Court Slumps. Fewer rases were hendled in coun ty court in 1924 by the county attor ney than in 1923. Out of 174 r conducted by the county attorney's office, 70 convic tions were obtained Twenty-four i*er sons were acquitted; charges against lfi dismissed In court anil 31 dis missed by tlie county attorney. Six teen persons were bound oyer to the district court and - nr case was trans ferred to juvenile court. Thirteen cases nre pending. *!)H ( oinplalnts. Seven hundred and ninety eight complaints, ranging from joyriding to first degree murder, were filed by the county attorney's office during the year. The year was s busy one for th» county coroner also. Records show that the number of cases handled by him annually 1ms been steadily in creasing for the last four years. Forty-four Inquests were held In 1924 into the deaths of persons by murder or accident. Two hundred and sixteen Invest rations were con ducted by county Investigatnrs. Additions to Gas. 7 Water System Total 83.1 Miles Many Major Improvements at Utilities Plants Are Completed in 1924. The water department of the Metro politan 1'lilitles district laid 26.3 miles of six-inch and 2.6 mileH of eight-inch service mains during 1624, which in creases the water system to 444 miles. The gas department laid 24.6 miles of pipe, ranging in size from four to 16 inches. There are now 361 miles «f mains in the gas system. In ad dition, the gas department laid 26.3 miles of service pipes between mains and property lines. This makes a total of S3 1 miles of pipe laid by water and gas depart ments during'the year. Gas services Installed numbered 2,032; total now being served. 43,800: water taps made, 2,830; total water services, 43,700. During the year the new filter plant at Florence was competed at a cost of $648,764; also 50,000,000-gallon higli service pump at cost of $166,387, and 50,000,000 gallon low service pump at cost of $101,079, / Other major Improvements during the year were reported as follows: Building for high eervlce pump. $73. 075; building changes for low service pump, $10,965, fireproof to'of over boiler bouse, $33,638: repairs to north Intake, including traveling screens and suction line, $63,513: 36-Inch pumping line from basin B to basin 4. $27,580; 42-inch line from filter plant to pump station. $16,315: 48 Inch main from Florence station to Twenty-elgh’h avenue and Tlant sireet. $223,881; 36 inch main In alley, between Poppleton avenue and Pierce street. Twentieth to Twenty fourth streets, $34,622. \pw Extension Planned. It Is proposed during 1625 to extend the new 48-Inch main frorfl Twenty eighth avenue and Plant street to Thirtieth and Hamilton streets, a dis tance of 21,000 feet, at an estimated cost of $714,000. This new main, when completed, will give the city additional protection In time rtf special need or emergency. During the coming year the south Intake at the Florence sta tlon will tie rebuilt at a cost of $35,000. The gas department Is now complet ing a 4.000,000-cubie foot gas holder on a 25 acre site adjoining the gas plant on South Twentieth street. This holder will he In service within a few weeks. The big container, together with accompanying gas plant additions and improvements. Involves an ex pendlture of $900,000. During the first nine months of 1624 the average dally water consumption was 26.846,000 gallons compared with 23.426.000 for 1623. Average daily gas consumption for first nine months or 1624 was 4.560 noo cubic feet: during 1623 average daily was 4.251,500. Beginning January 1 the gas Jf?; I.-,He- a meeting of the member# fot— ie purpose of holding a buffalo baiwr1.' t hr i e early in Jan . ary. i CHIROPRACTIC OPE$S GATEWAY : TO HEALTH I t § Acute and chronic diseases re spond quickly to our methods. Nd cases taken that I can not j help. Office adjustments are 12 for $10 or 30 for $25. Office l hours. 0 to 12:30 p. m . 2 to fi p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. Lady attend ant. DR. FRANK F. BURHORN. the Chiropractor Suits 414-420 Securitie* Bide. * Phone JA ckmon 5347 a ^ *---4 (Tenth year of aucceaaful practice in Omaha) ■ - - — Illinois Central System Says That Railroads j Strive to Merit Public Confidence I Nearly five years have elapsed since the railroads began to operate under the terms of the Transportation Act of 1920. During all of this time the rail roads have been on trial. The Transportation Act has been on trial. The public has been waiting to determine whether the new system would work, whether the railroads under it would he able to improve their facilities and service and establish themselves for the future. For the first three years business conditions were unsettled, and the new SNstvm of regulation could not be said to have had a fair trial under normal conditions. In the two years that have just ended, conditions generally have been more nearly stable. Business has increased, prosperity has returned, and there has been an unprecedented demand for transportation service. These two ! , years—1923 and 1924—constitute a reasonably fair test of private railway op eration under the Transportation Act. What have the railroads accomplished in these two years? They have put their properties in better condition than ever before in their entire history. In the two years they have raised and spent more than 2 billion 136 million dollars for improvements anck extensions, in addition to large maintenance expendi tures. These recent expenditures of more than a billion dollars a year for im- « - provements and extensions compare with a pre-war average annual expendi- jf I ture of onlv about half that amount. w ? I With their improved facilities, the railroads have handled in the last two years the greatest volume of traffic ever known, and they have done so in s most satisfactory manner, with practically no shortage of facilities. By every test of operating efficiency, the railroads in these two years have improved im mensely the character of their service to the public. m j The railroads, however, cannot stop where they are. They must continue to keep.pace with the growth of business. Their capacity is a limitation upon i the country's prosperity, and they must grow if our greater population of the I future is to have its full measure of prosperity. This dependence of pros- 1 perity upon adequate transportation makes the question of future railway growth a matter of the greatest public concern today. f The railroads have proved their confidence in the continued fairness of the public by making extensive investments for better service. By the result of the November election the public has indicated that it has confidence in the rail roads. The railroads are going to strive to retain that confidence as their most valuable asset. They are planning now to spend 1 billion 100 million dollars for improved facilities in 1925, having an abiding faith that the public will j permit them to realize a fair return upon their increased property investment. In the improvements scheduled for 1925, the Illinois Central System, as usual, will be found in the front rank of progressive American railroads. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. ^ _ A C. H. MARKHAM, * President, Illinois Central System.