w • ■ ■ .....1 j . . _ ,. - • ■ ■ • ■. • • ■ ' .vv. - . ■ ^ >. -* N-- 1 1 > • - »'• • ■ ; __i_;-; — 40,000 Persons Came to Omaha in 1924 as Delegates to 175 Conventions j 172 Conventions in 1924 Attract 40*000 Delegates ^W'.ions Club and Other Large * Meetings Help to Make Omaha Known to World. Omaha, through tha entertaining ot 44,000 persona at the 172 conven tions held here during the last year, surely can say It is one of the im portant convention citiee of the country. The delegates and visitors to Omaha during the last year brought approxi mately 11,500,000 in cash to the city, merchants here say. The largest convention during the year was the International Lions club. The convention brought a reg istered list of 1,816. Following this convention Omaha really woke up to the fact that the city could Jiandle much larger con ventions. At this time plans were started to secure the annual convention of the American Legion, which is to be held in Omaha in October. Between 40, 00(1 and 50.000 visitors and delegates are expected. Meetings Increase. Other national conventions In Omaha, during the year were the American National Livestock associa tion, the Farmers Equity league. American Medical college, American Railway Car Service, International Crder of Twelve, National Sign Paint ers association, Farm Mortgage Bank ers of America, National Grain Deal ,«k jfrs’ association, National Millers Hip ederation and the Phi Beta Pi •HE’N ternity. ' The bureau of publicity of the Chamber of Cqmmerce maintains a convention staff that works every day of the year to bring conventions to the city. Two of the biggest jobs of the bureau are the seeking of con ventions and the handling of them. The bureau was organized about a decade ago. At that time Omaha en tertained but 30 conventions. The following conventions were held in Omaha in 1924, according to the bureau of publicity of the Cham ber of Commerce: Nebraska Farmers Educational Co-Oper • live union. Mid-West Implement. Dealer* association American National Live Stock aaaoci at ion. Fla stern District Dental aof !et.v. Nebraska Pioceslan Council Episcopal church. Fairmont Creamery District agent*. Farmers Equity union. Nebraska Millers association. , Nebraska Fraternal congress "Western Association Electrical Inspec tors. Peoples Progressive party. Memorial Draftsmen of Nebraska. (Nebraska Legislative league. 1 Nebraska Retail Clothiers association. Men's Apparel club. Nehra< a independent Telephone aaao ^ Cl*Unlon Pacific Shop Employes associa te Lumber Dealers Association of Nebraska. Lumbermen* Mutual Insurance cora P*Nebraaka branch. American College of jf Greater Omaha Osteopathic association ' ountv Treasurers association. Nebraska Retail Plumbers. _ ) Douglas County Sunday School aaaoci f *‘alocation Railway Sp^IaI . VnuiJ'es ' A shot iat Ion American Medical Colleges. Merchants Spring MM'Ket First American Pi version reunion. Scottish Rue reunion. W »’ 'I*. IT state convention. Nebraska State Florist* association. Nebraska Tuberculosis society. , , ebraxha branch, Daughters American P^WVohil i*in. Nebraska State Rowling aaaoolatlon , Nebraska . onference. Auguatana synod. Womens Missionary society, Augustana i Nebraska federation of Women* Clubs, B district 11 . ,. i Midwestern Association Amateur Aih , let it; union. , . [ Vmeii m Railway asaoclatlon, car setv r Ice division. .. c'entral western advisory board. • Students of Irwin, la L Western Seedmens aasociation. Douglas rountv democratic convention. L d< uglas county republican convention. ' Nebraska commercial contest Fast Nebraska conference. Latter Day Knints «; .irtrl council. Royal Arcanum. District Luther league, students of Neola. Ta Nebraska Cosmopolitan clubs, f State democratic convention Nebraska Stare Elka association. , Nebraska Academy of Science Nebraska state Elks bowling tourna fltate convention. International Federa tion Catholic Alumni. Associated Vikings of Nebraska. Catholic Daughters of America. Yeoman Ream* of Nebraska H,;h school students. Modal* la. High school students. Tekamah. N*n. Nebr.i d:a Electric Light ansoria-on \> .. Benefit Aasociation Maccabees. Anniversary Nebraska, lodges, I. O. O. F. Kekebah lodge. District 11. Neb: a ska Federation Music Clubs. Nebraska Radiological society. District 11. Nebraska State Nurses a s -ociution. Nebraska State Medics! society, j.Md es "f Elks convention. H. I* <> K. of Does. Stud nt6 from Craig. Neb. I >od -•• Douglas county Royal Neighbors .\ud-\\ **. i district, American District A onn t ,i n- « \t i, . i.n Rase Hospital No. 49. , a Fun**rai Directory. \,.i.; . Retail Harness Dealers > i.ra.-kn Veteran Fiee Alaaon assocla I ,,i »n Iifi- Pensioner " nsso« isrton. \ ,, i i.ti Amerlun Wm Mothers. Roy -FiiIm Flub of Nebraska. ^ , i iW|r.pates, National Retail Ci *. ■ istion State V 'ci ana Foreign "W ars. .lecfrii Railwa.v a .ssociatlon. Women's slate golf tournament. _\i . v . : Musicians asaoclat on. S*oi over delegates Disabled Veterans V - r id W»* Sta' Veterans Foreign Wars Filer trie Railway *88f>N«tl®n, o.i ' n s -»*»e golf tournament.. | J ifj,.-ft Musicians association, jfiop-o er delegate* Distabled Veterans Dj* ' qpventlop, D*gee of Honor, jet- .-ional Lions clubs 1 Disirii • No 9, Ncbraska-Iowa elubs. Al ph T*dik Aleph Omaha Diocesan Branch Missionary so ciety Association Catholic Women International Order cf Twelve, g • ix Valiev Ey« and Ear Academy \ger.cy convention. Guarantee Fund L Nabraaka Stata Sh»»t Matal Contrae tot * I \j hodlst Area conference. Brock 1 • n Dally Engle tqur National Sign Painters' aasociation. ► Nebraska Cosmetologists. Stop-over delegates. National Floriats l * »• iat ion. Wllly«-Ov«rUnd aa-nta. _. l>ou*lau an.l Sarpy County Country r# tiK* i - sssoi iat ion Editors’ summer outing. M.nhmtl' Kali Marknt wa»k. t hevrolet agents. .Nebraska Poultry, Rutter and F.gga aa | a a flop i v - lii asks Reserve officers. ' i ,i rm Mortgage Hankers of America i -..biuska Methodist Episcopal confer f ** M»*ihodlst Conference of Ministers. | Nebraska Hairdressers end Cosmetolo 1 * Yard masters association. Union Paciflc « lort I.ine. Kpiscopsl synod Ns. I. province Epla colal «hurch Womans auxiliary No. •. province [ Bpiacopal church. < ci sl ' hurch _ . , _ . Se» ret a» y and Treasurers. Federal Land ] bS"!* _ . Hosshud day Dmahs Western 'onfersnr# National » hlldren « F Motion Picture Theater Owner* aaeocla f I rr " nmm'a n»u»f norpi 4l*trlrt m»tln« Woman's Missionary society of ' nitet. tittthtran church .High schon! rtndent* Neola Ta |ft*s*e l ibrary association l^'eoraska Foraetrv srsoclatlon j* 'ate ngenta tire tneuraaci companlee. ¥ Omaha Spends $3,000,000 in 1924 for Paving, Curbing, Sewers, Walks Th« public improvement depart ment, in charge of City Commissioner Joseph Koutsky, reports an improve ment program of approximately $3,000,000 completed during 1024. This work is divided as follows: Paving, $1,480,000; curbing. $220,782; grading, $70,043; sewers* $951,828-; per manent walks, $161,086. Thirty-five miles of new paving laid during the year increases the total of paved streets to 348 miles. There are 350 miles of unpaved streets. The sewer department reports 20.2 miles of main sewers finished or con Street* paved with asphalt—six-inch base, 1-2*4-5. or. if f»nr«] gravel was used. 1-5 mix. 1*4-inch binder. l*4-lnch tnj*.... Old brick and stone streets surfaced with asphalt, average depth of binder, 1.98 inches; top. 1.40 plus inches.. Total amount of binder used. 3,776.72 tons, average cost per ton $9.39. Total amount of top used. 2,679.15 tons: aver age cost per ton. $9 39 Streets paved with asphaltic concrete six inch base; two inch top. Streets paved with 3-inch brick 6-inch concrete base and asphaltic filler. Streets paved xt* if If '4i»i»h brick. 6-inch concrete base and asphaltic filler... . Alleys paved with artificial stone -six inch in depth. 1-3*4 mix. The cost given does not Include ex of old pavements where surfacing was <1 The amount of grading done in inn at a cost of $88,382.34 or an average r< 24-inch combined < urb nr.d gutted In 64 53 miles, costing $220,782.90, or an a f5treet * where concrete base and r square yards. tracts awarded. The total mileage of sewers Is now 500. The Grace street sewer, now under construction, ex tends from the river to Fifteenth and Grace streets, and Is over a mile In length, including an open-ditch link. During the year the sidewalk de partment supervised the laying of 47.67 miles of permanent walks, which bring the total mileage of permanent walks to 715. City Engineer Terman Beal pre pared the following statement of pav ing costs during 1924, which he be lieves will be of Interest to property owners; * Average Number Total Cfkst, Yard* Coat. (Sq T4.) 38,164.00 $101,912.11 $2 67 381,080.00 60,380.68 1 58 31 7.837.40 758,617.59 2 385 33.431.20 112.941.77 3 38 19.058.10 76,434 13 4 01 20.467.20 35.933.17 1.76 traa except rolling of base and cleaning one, portion with paving la 165,510 cubic yard* *t of 53.4 cents ..I l ;; mix 340.71 2.3 11n*nl feet equals ’■era ire nf 64* e«nl* per lineal font, urb was laid and not finished, 79,642 Tax Collections in County Total -- Disbursements Are $28,301, 688.95, But .Higher Income in December Will Bal ance Figures. County, city, school and Metropoli tan Utilities district collections from December 1, 192.1 to Decerpher 1. 1924, amount to $25,362,428.05, while dis bursements during (he same period total $28,301,688.95, according to the arinual statement of Otto J. Bauman, county treasurer. Collections during December have been high, however, he said, and by the first of January collections and disbursements will he almost equal. The distribution of tax collections and disbursements follow: Regular city tax collections for cur rent year, $6,325,716; regular city tax collections for har k years, $299,052.41; special tax collections, *2,164,112.41; city disbursements, $8,703,125.11: po lice relief disbursements. $37,166.39; city, school and miscellaneous collec tions, $5,346,060.01; school disburse ments $8,031,314.18; water fund col lections, $3,176,472.60: water fund dis bursements, $3,459,472.44; gas fun i collections. $3,167.112 61; gas fund dis bursements, $3,140,683.31; Ice fund collections. $228,415.75; Ice fund dis bursements, $195,636.20; regular county tax collections for the current year, $1,964,108.21; regular county tax collections for back years, $161,665.44: miscellaneous license collections, $530,103.07; total county disburse ments, $4,734,491 .33. Boy Shot in Eye. Table Rock, Dec. 31. — Clyde Thomas, coach of Table Rock High school, has received word that his youngest brother, 11, wns shot In the eye by a “nigger” shooter In the hands of a playmate, and that there was little hope of saving the sight j of the eye. The family lives at I>ong Beach, Cal. Student* of Flats!#, W«virly and Ash land. N>h. Nebraska Sfa'e Bankers associa’ion Nebraska. Association Horse Shoer* Blacksmiths and Wheelrlghts. Division superintendent* air msil service Crwjghtsn Dental Alumni association. Creighton homecoming day Monticello Alumni association. • reighron Medical association. Nebraska Millers association Douglas County Royal Neighbors Lutheran synod Evangelical church Nebraska Creamery Ru ter association District 11. N S T A Ford dealers agency convention. Midwest lmp!em*»n- dealers. National gram dealer* Christian an Paid for posfasre. J924. 294.493 Paid for advertising printing and supplies 1 924 .. . .. *87.582 Rent* paid in Omaha. 1924..., 831.242 Average* monthlv bank balance in Omaha. 1924 . ... 4.645.32! Total Nebraska investment. De rember 1 1924 $141.633 925 Here is the 1923 table of statistics Premium income. 1923 . . $ 38.2 1 4.222 Number of Omaha, employee* Omaha bay roll. 1923 . $ 3 960 939 (Includes salaries and payments to t- -i dent agents.! Paid for postage. 1923 . 278.74* Paid for advertising, printing and supplies. 1923 $54,060 Rents paid in Omaha. 1 923 3 1*.732 Average monthlv bank balance in Omaha. 1923 . 4,469 *90 Total Nebraska investment, December 1. 1924 $195,707,450 Masons to Give New Year's Party in Temple at Ponca Ponca, Dec. 31.—Lodge No. 101, A F. ard A. M., Is planning to give a large New Tear's party in the local temple here Wednesday evening M‘ re than 125 Invitations have been and sent out. An appropriate mu sical program will he followed by a carnival dance. A six piece orchestra will furnish music for the dancing. Bcc Postmaster Dies. Brainard, Dec. 31.—W. B. Thorpe, postmaster at Bee, died here Tuesday at the home of hie daughter. Mm. A. K. Smith. He was a veteran of the civil war. He located In Sew ard county in 1866 and was twice county treasurer. He organize , the first bank in Butler county in 1877 and served as Nebraska state bank examiner for two terms. Auto Bus Upsets. Beatrice, Doc 31.—The big auto bus running between Beatrice and Lin coin went Into the ditch near Piekrell and turned over on Its side Five pas sengers were In the car at the time and aside from a severe shaking up they escaped injury. The accident, It Is said, was due to the slippery con dition of the highways. 20 Gases Set for Trial. Columlufs. Dec. 31.—Twenty cases, of which five are on the criminal docket, were set for trial at th® Janu ary term of Ihe district court • y Dis trict Judge TJghtner in coherence with the attorneys. It !« oee of the heaviest dockets sJatM for any Jury session her® in recent years. County Debt Is Only in Bonds; $2,611,503 Claims 25,043 Warrants Issued to Cover Bills for Which Payment Was Ordered by Officials. Douglas county Is running on a cash basis in every fund, and its only indebtedness ig in outstanding bonds, according to the annual state ment of Frank Dewey, county clerk. The bonds are being met as they fall due. Nine thousand six hundred and fifty-two claims, totaling $2,629,567.37, were filed against the county in 1924, and 25,043 warrants, amounting to $2,611,503.53, were issued to cover payment of the claims. The claims rover the following ex penditures: County hospital total cost.. $ 17fi.457.73 Courthouse building end up keep . 1SS.M1.27 Rlvrrview home, total cost .. 19.557.9k County offices (Include* mar of running all office* under county government) . 834,538.42 .Mother's pension allowances . 30,684.14 County ators. chanty to indi gent poor, total. .. . 24.429.45 Bend sinking fund ($50,000 ! ' fur* house bonds redeemed, $210,713.50 Interest, paid)... 250,713 50 Total expenditures on all county roads and brldg*’* (includes paving grading, graveling. maintenance, bridges, culverts etc). 218,182.84 Total expenditures on all state highway* (Include* paving, grading, maintenance, cul verts, bridges, etc.)...,.... 878 251 05 Total .$2.511.503.8$ Omaha Is Second Stock Market __ 3.697.690 Livestock Received Here During 1924, Records Show. Omaha I* the second largest live stork markets In tha world, having received thla distinction during the last year, after following Kansas City as the third market for yean. The south aide received during the year a total of livestock amounting I to 8,697.690, compared to 8,498,889 in 1928, a gain of 268,801 head. Following Is a comparison of the cattle received In Omaha In 1924 and In 1923: Tear 1924. cattle 1,882,548: hogs. 3,978,288; aheep, 2.844 421; horaes and mules, 12,435. Tear 1923, cattle. 1,792 932; hogs, 3.649,496; sheep, 2,969.652; horses and mules. 16,809. South Omaha stockmen said that it took 129,798 cars to hrlng the cattle,I hogs, aheep, horses and mules to thei market. Beatrice.—Heinrich .Tantgen, fori nearly 60 years a trident of Gage: ; county, died at his home seven miles I west of Beatrice on the place where he settled 48 years ago. He was born In Germany In 1858. His wife and six children survive. ■■ lHIH HHBV JHHPf flsv To Oi/r Many Policyholders We aVR Extend Rest Wishes and pF^F Happy New Year’s Greetings ^MA WAU. TO THE AGENTS H Our New Year’s Greetings Are A new line of policies con- %Km taining new features that Bflr will at once appeal to your gEA clients, not offered by any Columbia Life Ins. Co. E2 2044 Harney St. Omaha, Neb. 11 /11 i J J111 i i i / / /1 i i i * m I Juvenile Officers Handle Cases of 3J67 Children During Year; 566 Cared for at Riverview Home Juvenile authorities handled the cases of 3.1K7 children during the last year, according to Miss Esther John son. Judge L. B. Day heard the ease* nf 924 children In juvenile court, and iuvenlle officers settled difficulties of 2,143 juveniles out of court. Juvenile officers made 18,784 visl tations during the year. Five hundred sixty children were cared for at the Riverview home. The various kinds of delinquency encountered and the number of of fenders follow: Theft. 159: transient children. 125; 'trespassing in railroad yards, 95; in corrigibles, 84; runaways from Oma ha, 74; truancy, 59; immorality, 46; destruction of property, 42; speeding, 33; breaking and entering, 17; disturb ing the peace and violation of police regulations, 15; drunkenness, 9; for gery. 5. Seventy children were placed In private homes by juvenile authorities. Right were committed to the Home for Dependent children, Lincoln; two to the Industrial Home for Girls, Mil ford; 24 to the State Industrial School for Girls, Geneva; 45 to the State In dustrial School for Roys, Kearney; I five to the Feeble Minded Institute, Beatrice and 23 to the local school of correction. One girl was placed In the state home at York, while 55 children were placed in institutions for adoption. Only one rase In juvenile court w^s dismissed. Bee Want Ads are tne best business boosters. 2,461 Fire Calls in 11 Months Here, Reports Show Sparks From Chimneys Cause 328 Blazes; 483 False Alarms Turner! in. During the first 11 months of 1924 there were 2.461 alarms of fire, the principal causes being listed below: .Spark* from ehimnev on roofs... .326 Fa!** ...... . Burning Weed? gra?« etc. 197 Automobile* taking fire . 117 Ci^ar or Clgaret stubs .106 t'hlmnev-s burning out . 146 Hot ashes . 3 3 Electric wires 57 Not known ... . . . 6* Spontaneous combustion . *' 1 children »nd match*? . 51 Furnaces, stove?, rang*? ov*rh*a?*d 3 4 Dumps burninr 6" Carelessnes* with matrh*s .30 Chimney? defective . 34 Outside cltv limits . 60 Sparks from Fonfires . 41 Ignition of gasolin* . Oil heaters Igniting . 24 Mica »nd matches . 13 Sparks f'om Locomotives ... . 26 Meat and Grease on stove* . 15 Oil furnaces leaking . 16 Electric fia* irons . 7' Supposed Incendiary . . 19 Seventy firemen were Injured dur ing the 11 months while attending fires. Nine persons wer# pescued from buildings and 22 citizens were injured. Fire caused 12 deaths. Total loss to buildings and contents for the 11 months was $834,123. There were 25 fires during the 11 months. In which the loss was $5,000 or more. The largest fire of the year to De cember 1 was at the Cudahy Pack ing company’s plant where the lose was $156,742. The next from the point of loss was at th* Food renter build ing. the loss being $85,960. Mr*. Arabella Seit* Die* After Stroke of Paralysi? Table Rock, Dec, 31 —News haa been received here of the death of Mrs. Arabella Selts at her home In Humboldt Sunday, following a stroke of paralysis the previous day. Her maiden name was Arabella Clark. She was born in Ohio in IMS. and came to Humbolt in 188^, where the family ha* since resided, she is survived by five children, Samuel A of Hum boldt, Minnie Postal of Omaha. Molly James. Council Bluffs; Etta Parker, Humboldt, and E. Selts of Crete. She was an aunt of Max Selts, who lived southeast of Table Rock for ««'■ eral years, and who was killed in a run aw*v accident some years ago. «*- I 251 Arrested by Sheriffs Deputies * in 1924 Dismissed Records Show Only Seven Of fenders Bound Over to Dis trict Court; Five Federal Cases. Charges against 251 of 666 persons brought Into police court by sheriff's deputies In 1324 were dismissed, ac cording to the annual report of Sher iff Mike Kodres. Fines levied on the remaining de fendants total $11,051.50. Three per sons were bound over to district court. Four out of 54 offenders haled Into county court by sheriff's deputies were bound over to district court. Twenty five of the r>m»ining 50 were dismissed, and $2,400 in fines were paid by the other 25. Five cases were turned over for prosecution by federal authorities. Four are pending, while the defend ant in the fifth was sentenced to serve six months and to pay a fine of $300 for Illegal possession of still, mash and liquor. Two hundred forty-one prisoners were confined In the county jail January 1, 1324. Five thousand four hundred forty-eight prisoners were received during the year, and 136 prisoners are now harbored In the Jail. Choice of the House Sale of Neckwear ■ * 1 > » \f PRICE £Positively no res ervations. Won J derful assort- ■ MHB M m#nts I p Beautiful Cut Silk and Knit Ties The wanted patterns—everything that is new— 4 both plain and fancies. -'*• $1 00 Ties. 50* $1.30 Tie..75* $2.00 Ties.81.00 $3 00 Ties .81.50 „ $4 00 Ties.82.00 Alperson’s Men’s Shop 321 South 16th St. At 16tk and Harney ' — — — —_ _ _ ^ m Bu O Thr fatec, s-"’" L\ . 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