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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1925)
r---- 'j Forty Years in Nebraska. By WILL M. MAVFIN. Compared with many others my residence In Nebraska is somewhat limited, but 40 years In ths good old state has given me an opportunity to watch the commonwealth's growth and development. However, little my part has been In the Industrial and agricultural development of Ne braska, I have had some part In de velopment along another line. In proof of which 1 point to five sons and five daughters, all born in Ne braska, four of the boys and four of the girls yet living. Forty years is not long in the life of nations, however long It may lie In the life span of man. The purpose of this article is not biographical, hut historical; to point out some of the many things that have taken place in Nebraska since that 40 years ago when I landed In Falls City as a typographical tourist. 'rhat was in February, 1885, and with the excep tion of a few month's banishment to Iowa, I have been a resident of Ne braska ever since. When I lit In Nebraska the popu lation was less than half what it is tod^iy. The Burlington had not yet completed Us line northwest to Bill ings, the Alllance-Denver line wns-~not yet an idea, there were no railroads up the North Platte valley, nobody dreamed of Irrigation, and the west ern half of Nebraska was practically an open range country. James E. Boyd, William A. Paxton and other pioneers In the stockyards may have been dreaming dreams about it then, but where South Omaha now stands was either unbroken sod or big corn fields. Omaha's depot was the old cowshed of sorrowful memory, the capltol building now about to be de molished was uncompleted, trolley cars were unknown. Then the state's institutions were the capitol, the penitentiary, the Lin coln asylum and the Kearney Indus trial school, the latter housing both hoys and girls. Dawes w'as governor and the state house force was not as numerous as the force now employed iu the office of the state superin tendent of public instruction. The Burlington was just getting ready to build Its bridge across the Missouri at Rulo, nobody thought of a railroad from Kearney to Callaway and beyond, the site of the present city of Scottshluff, was a homestead, Sidney was little more than a mili tary post, Fort Robinson at Crawford and Fort Niobrara at Valentine were garrisoned, and Lincoln was scarcely larger than Hastings is now. Alliance was expected but yet unborn, and homesteaders in the extreme west and northwest had their annual scares of an Indian uprising. Since that eventful day In 1885 the Union Pacific has constructed Its North Platte Valley line from North Platte to Voder, 185 miles, and the line from Kearney to Gandy, more than 100 miles. The Burlington has constructed lines between Alliance and Denver, and up the North Platte river from Bridgeport to Casper; also the line from Ashland to Sioux'City, and completed the line from Lincoln to Billings. Then Nebraska had but one normal school, nt Peru. Now it has three others. Kearney, Chadron ami Wayne. Instead of one Insane asylum there are three. There are two penal in stitutions instead of one, two homes for soldiers and sailors Instead of none, a separate industrial school for girls, a tubercular hospital, and an orthopedic hospital. The Rock Is land belt across the eastern end of Nebraska, and the Union Pacific re built its Omaha bridge and double tracked across the state. The liorse cars In On. Ha and Lincoln have been supplanted fcy the electric cars, and the horse cars at Nebraska City and Red Cloud abandoned with nothing to take their place, unless it Is the automobile. During those eventful 40 years Ne braska has risen from about the 36th place In agricultural production to first place per capita and per acre. The dairy Industry was unknown in Nebraska. Today it claims the larg es creamery in the world, and Omaha is the world's largest butter market. Then there wasn’t a packing house In Nebraska, but. today Omt'ha is the third largest packing center in the world, the second largest livestock market and the world’s largest pri mary livestock market. Forty years ago Omaha did not have as many miles of paving as the little city of Ravenna now boasts, and was the only city In Nebraska with any paving at all. Then the man who tried to till the soil west of Hastings was looked ui>on as being lacking in mentality and winter wheat simply could not be raised In the state. Now Custer county is the largest coi n pro* during rounty In the state, and Ne braska tanks third as a producer of winter wheat. Nobody knew a thing about alfalfa then, but they do now, for Nebraska leads the states in al falfa production. In 1885 great piles'of buffalo bones could he seen along the Burlington high line, awaiting shipments to fer tilized factories, and Buffalo "chips" were the main fuel of homesteaders In the west end of the state. Two thirds of the states population lived within less than 100 miles of the Mis souri river, corn was Hie chief agri cultural product. In fact it was about the only one. Ami politics was the chief Industry of the cltltzens. The University of Nebraska was embryonie, having less than 500 stu dents, and the Agricultural college was yet unborn. Now the University of Nebraska has more than lO.OOO students snd the Agricultural college is one of the best known in the re public. This day 40 years ago three fourths of tile adult males wore Whiskers, mul women wore skirts that swept the streets. Jazz wak unknown and the popular songs of the day were "fiweet Genlveve," "Walt Till the Clouds Roll By,” "Only a Pansy Blos som.’* and "White Wings." The quadrille had not yet be supplanted liy ths fox trot and ths waltz was still ths favorite dance. Cowboys still Indulged III shooting up the cow towns In western Nebraska, oiien gambling flourished everywhere, and Volstead was ntlll an eventuality of future time. Uniforms worn hy vet erans of ths Civil war wers numer ous snd ths O. A. R. reunions wero ths big events of the year, next to ths fourth of July. Grover Cleve land was soon to lie Inaugurated and a majority of Nebraskans thought th» i, i y v.as going to tlio dcruultlou Woman Will Preside at Fraternal Meet More than 500 delegates are expect ed to attend the second annual dfs slon of the Nebraska Fraternal con gress, February 12 at the Elks club. The convention program will be fol lowed by a banquet at 6:30 P. m. Fourteen fraternal orders, are mem bers of the congress, which was or ganized by Katherine Remington, supreme banker of the Woodman circle. She will preside at the con gress. bow-wows. There wasn't an electric light outside of Omaha and Lincoln, a telephone was an extreme luxury, the automobile was unthought of, and this particular printer chortled when ever it was suggested that some day somebody would invent a machine that would s<et type. Forty years is indeed a short span, but the last 4n have been eventful, especially in Nebraska. Now that 1 have just completed that term as a citizen of Nebraska it is wonderfully pleasant to just sit and think of what lias happened in this commonwealth during that spuce of time. TWO NEW COURSES AT UNI OF OMAHA Two new courses open at the Uni versity of Omaha next Tuesday. One is in principles of community organ ization and of special interest to teachers, business people Interested in community forces, and social work ers. It is practically the same as one given in the University of Chicago. The niher is in criminology and Is of special interest to law etudontsand practicing lawyers and social workers and all interested in crime preven tion. Dairy Meeting. Columbus, Neb.. Feb. 7.—The Ne* braaka Dairy society will hold a cow demonstration and a dairy develop ment meeting in Columbus February 12 under auspices of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. A similar demonstration and meeting will be held at Humphrey, Neb., the next day. Sues for Divorce. Madison, Neb., Feb. 7.—Ira W. Hyatt of Norfolk has filed petit ion in district court of Madison county, for divorce from lima Hyatt to whom he was married lit years a^n at Ma son City, Neb. Ho alleges desertion. AnVKHTISFMI.NT. Beauty A Gleamy Mass of HAir 35c "Dandcrine" does Wonders for Any Girl's Hair Olrls! Try this! When combing and dressing your hair. Just moisten your hiWr brush with a little "Danderlne" and brush It through your hair. The effect Is startling! You csn do your hair up Immediately and It will appear twice bs thick and heavy- a maaa of gloamy hair, sparkling with life nod possessing that incomparable softness, freshness and luxuriance. While beautifying the hair "Dan derlne” Is also toning and stimulating each single hair to grow thick, long and strong. Hair stops falling out and dandruff disappears. Hot a bottle of delightful, refreshing "Danderlne" nf any drug store or toilet counter and Just see how healthy and youthful your hair becomes. AIM I K l iniOUCNT. Healing Eczema With Cranberries The mild add Juice found In Crnn berries seems to kill the tiny skin parasite which Is the direct, cause of Kciienin and most, skin Irritation*. With the raimc removed, the healing take* place unlckly. Crnnolene Heal ing Cream, used externally. Is baaed on this dlscoverey. In till* cream the chanberry Juice* have lieen combined with aoothtng, cooling, healing nil*. It Instantly ,*!op* the Itching and speedily restore* the akin to It* tint unit health and color. Crnnolene 1* aold by druggist*, 3ic, and $2 f.O or *rlit postpaid on receipt of price Sample* free. Addreas: Craolene, Girard, Kan. • * / rYear by year, for more than thirty years, an increasing number of thoughtful people have come to recognize that an Orchard-Wilhelm Sale is an event worth anticipating, worth attending and worth ex pending a shopping hour or two upon—we believe they always find it profitable. ■ . ' ' , Bookcases Large Mahogany Finished Bookcnses, with glass doors /a In ut Buffets —60-inch Buffet with match ed veneers of genuine wal nut, as illustrated, 50.00 —With Extension Table, five side and one arm chair; 8 pieces in all.125.00 —Same design with smaller Buffet and Table; 8 pieces in all .98.00 Mirrors 12x48-inch richly guilded Mirror as illustrate ' li 1.50 Several 22tl2-incU guilded ami polychromed upright Mirrors. Regular 17.50 val □ Bookracks Built of gum finished antique brown mahogany. C HVL Special at .I tf A new circular End Table in antiquo brown ft QPC at .u*«/W Windsor Rockers or Chairs An extremely Rood value In Kiddle Back Windsor Arm Chairs and Rockers In birch, finished monk brown, by Stlckley Bros., Is Q offered at . Every McDougall Kitchen Cabinet Ts Greatly Reduced. Snle Prices 46 >° 5400 723o Kitchen Tables with Porcelain Tops These I a hies have white en amel buses and 25x40-lncli lops; 9.00 value. H pT/k Special price Is. i o-o Enjoy the Privileges 0/ an Orchard-Wilhelm Charge Account To defer payments most con siderate '1ERMS will be ar rsnsed. so ihst you can take advantage of this sale. \ » Seamless Axminster Rugs In view of the excellent qual ity of these Rugs we recom mend them as a most desir able bargain; 9x12 size; for merly 62.50; sale price spe cial, at only.52,50 Other good Axminsters in the 9x12 size— J35 9x12 Axminsters, 29.50 S15 9x12 Axminsters, 37.50 ?54 9x12 Axminsters, 43 50 Seamless Velvet Rugs A dependable quality Is of fered In good Oriental and small all-over designs. The regular 45.00 quality in the 9x12 size is offered at— 37.50 Congoleum Art Rugs (Without Borders) 5.70 quality, 6x 9 size 4.35 8.55 quality, 9x 9 size 6.35 11.40 quality, 9x12 size 8.35 7.15 quality, 7-6x9 size, at only .... .5.35 9.98 quality, 9x10-6 size, at only .7.35 Congoleum Rugs (Slightly Imperfect) 9.00 quality, 6x9 size, at only .6.25 15.75 quality, 9x10 size, at only.11.25 11.25 quality, 7-6x9 size, at only .8.25 18.00 quality. 9x12 size, at only.12.50 Several hundred small Wil ton and Axminster Rugs are in the Rile at prices radically % reduced. Every Oriental and Chinese Rug Reduced J'lxnmpIeK— 197.50 Chinese, Ivory ground, soiled. 10x8 .167.50 800.00 Chinese, taupe, line border, 11 6x9 .. 265.00 150.00 Chinese, ivory, rose border, 9x6 .135.00 235.00 Anatolian, copper rose, neat border! 9-9x7-11, at only . 210.0Q. 55.00 Ferehan, red ground, unwnshed, 6-3x4-l, on sale at only.45.00 160.00 Picture Chinese, Eight Immortals, 6x8 ..135.00 160 50 Chinese, In two-tone brown coloring, 9-10x8-2, •t only .145.00 195.00 Kerman, m e d a 11 Ion center, used, 13-10x9-3, on »ale .175.00 150.00 I.ilahan, rose and blue, e :*5-8 at.139.50 100.00 Iran, turquoise blue, 6-8x3-10 at .92.50 16.60 Hamadan Saddle Bag (Tr.) 3-3H-8 .14.75 37.50 Mosotil, Ferehan Pat tern, 3-5x5 .32.50 Inlaid Linoleum 1 65 to 2.00 qualities, 6 feet wide, special.1.25 2 25 quality, 6 feet wide, spe cial. at .1.50 Printed Linoleum 1 10 and 1.35 qualities, 6 feet wide .85^ 1 25 end 1.10 qualities, 0 feet wide . 95£ ■ KCOND FI.OOB r o OOO-; Enjoy the Privileges of an Orcliard-Wilhelm Charge Account To defer payments most considerate TERMS will be arranged, so that you can take ad vantage of this sale. ooo--—— ocy 2-Piece Living Room Suites Consisting of Davenport and Hi Back Chair. (Several styles, not previously offm .1, :»n- now on sale.) In blue and taupe cut velour, 1 OO CA two pieces... l&A.OU In rose and taupe jacquard 1 QQ AA velour, two pieces... luOiUU In fine plain taupe mohair 1 *70 AA with cut velour cushions .,.. In rose and taupe figured mohair, 1 QJ. Oft two pieces. 10i,uv • Low Back Chairs or Rockers to match— * 37.50 30.50 52.00 54.00 Large Size, Three Piece Queen Anne Bedroom Suite In antique mahogany, including full size bon foot bed, extra large dresser with large ini; cor and extra large 1 |'Q ehifforobe. Regular 265.00 \ nine; three pieces.... ^ One of a Score of Equally Desirable Bar gains from Our Bedroom Furniture Dept. 8-Piccc American Walnut Dining Suite This is a carefully constructed sujte with slender lines, attrac tive finish and excellent accommodations, consisting of 60-ineh Buffet, Kxtension Table, five Side and one Arm 1 OQ £A Chair, upholstered in tapestry. * Several eight piece Walnut Dining Suites in the sale are of fered at.1.159.00, 179.50 and 223.00 I 3(111.00 eight-piece Black Walnut Veneered Suite., consisting of (iti-ineh Might la g Buffet, (>0x4'-’-inch Kxtension *)*Y7 (W) Table, live Side and one Arm Chair. * * JtO.(K) six piece Dining Suite, built of selected gum finished American walnut. Suite includes Buffet, Kxtension Table and four Chairs with genuine leather seats. Sale price... ' And Many Others Cretonnes at 49c In this group of ci o. ues you can find every conceiv able design and color com bination. Values range from 75c to even 1.50. Marquisette Curtains' Plain Marqnisette Curtains w i'.n Cluny lace insertior and edging; white and ecru; tegularly 3.50. Sale price, per pair .1.50 Fringed Curtains Super Filet Curtains in ecru only, with bullion fringe; two good patterns, formerly selling at 4.75; special, at, per pair .2.50 Filet and Casement effects In most attractive designs are offered at, per pair— 2.65. 3.75, 4.85 Ruffled Curtains Of sheer dotted marquisette in small and medium size dots; 2*4 yards long; each pair with tie-backs. Former price, 3.50. 1.79 All One and Two Pair Lots of Curtains Of which there are several w ill be sold at— HALF rniCE Curtain Materials of Artificial Silk Plain and figured artificial silk MarqiffSettes, Gauzes and Casements, in cream, ecru, gold, bronze, oyster, etc. Reg ular 1 09 to 2.00 values. 36 inches wide, at— 58c 75c 95^ \ Duplex Window Shades Green on one side, white on the other, of hand oil opaque shade cloth of exceptional quality. 32 inches wide: 6 feet long, special. 95c MAIN FI.OOP. O ' O Comforts A few lovely silk and satin romforts with pure, new Iz.mb's wool filling in laven der. blue or rose colorings, 'allies from 35 00 to 47,50 now— 19.0029.00 THIRD FLOOR v---O Our Annual Sale of Hartmann Ward tv he Trunks llrings Our Trade Substan tially Reduced Prices. Easy Pack Rags In FIRST Ql'AUTY cow hide. with waterproof pock els. in tan or bro»m, 14.50 MAIN FLOOR o-o Orchard-Wilhelm ■ SmiiliNTU ASH UUW.UiU Slum's r Secretary 110.00 Genuine Mahogany Secretary with accommoda tions similar to illustration. Special .'..75.00 1 Simmons Bed and Spring Built of steel with 2-fnth round continuous po&*s: fin ished in American walnut; price complete at— 14.50 A similar style, bed only, 1* offered at .7.85 Cai'pets Heavy Saxony Axmlnster car pets, soft nap, excellent for hard service; five pattern* tor covering rooms. Special, per yard, at .2.75 Carpet Remnants 27x42 inches in Wilton and Imperial Bundhar weavea_^__ (Used as samplesi. These fab^"*,i rics sell for 9.00 per yard. Th* remnants ipeasure more than a yard, and are oniv ..2.95 All Cotton Mattresses Special, All Felted Cotton Mattress in fancy art ticking. pA'c",.15.00 Special, All Cotton Mattress with felted cotton top. bottom and sides, in attractive art 10.00 ■ , Lloyd Carriage large sire fiber in brown or ivory— ' 35.00 ' ClrrlJre. ii j ( 1 V 50 Ivory or White Bassi nette with dust proof drawer* below bed. 15.00 Sitnmosa Ivory Enamel Crib*. ft., with convenient irop side . 10.S5 Youth's Sue lvorr Bed \ Icet.18.00 o....o Enioy the Privileges cf an O rchartf-Wilhelm Charge Account ^ To defer payments nwi con* w Stderaie TERMS will he ar ranged. so that von .a;-, tab* advantage of this gale, .^i,