THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1007.
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Statement Made to the Comptroller
oi the Currency, August 22, 1907
RESOURCES
Loads and Discount , $8,040,581.98
Overdrafts 3,470.45
V. S. Bonds, for circulation 423,000.00
Blocks and Bonds 628,025.81
Banking Houm and Safety Deposit Vaults 200,000.00
17. S. Bonds for Deposits . . . $02 1, 000.00
Pn from Approved Reserve
A genU 1,032,030.30
Due from Other Banks. . . . 1,423,106.48
Cash on Hand 1,224,776.08
Due rxm U. B. Treasurer. . 30,000.00 4,056,602.76
$13,353,033.30
LIABILITIES
Capital ...... $1,000,000.00
Surplus Fund 200,000.00
Undivided Profits 180,186.57
Circulation 600,000.00
Deposits 11,873,496.03
$13,353,033.50
THE Bank's deposits represent
actire, lire acoounts. A
record of over 40 years of suc
cessful commercial banking.
Depository of the United
States, County of Douglas, and
City of Omaha.
Officers and Directors:
J. H. MILLARD, President.
WM. WALLACE.Vice-President
C. F. McGREW, Vice-President
W. H. BUCHOLZ, Cashier
FRANK BOYD, Ass't Cashier
W. M. Burgess
Guy C. Barton
I. W. Carpenter
A. J. Simpson
C. II. Brown
J. E. Baum
Safety Deposit Vaults, 210
South Thirteenth Street
Thirteenth Street, Between Farnam and Douglas
LUTHER MIKE, WATI T. BIMllTON, r. P. BM!ITM, D. H. MKl'.E,
fresidtit Vlce-Fresldeot Aul Cashier A1 Cashier
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Merchants National Bank
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of-Omaha. Neb.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Capital Surplus and Proiits - $800,000
Deposits - - - - - - $6,250,000
DIRECTORS t
LUTHER DRAKE FRANK T. HAMILTON JOHN F. COAD
GEO. S. ROGERS G. E. PRITCHET
A STRONG CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTION
The Capital and Surplus Offer
Ample Protection to Depositors
PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO ALL BANKING
BUSINESS ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE.
is conveyed by wires from the generating
department. Thero is n. dangerous shaft
ing or belting in the establishment. Re
cently two direct current generators, ens
of l00 and the ether of at horsepower,
were added to the equipment.
Details f the Plants.
Bach of these four great packing estab
lishments has Its own police force and its
own force of firemen with fire pumps and
reservoir. At each establishment fifteen
policemen and ten or twelve firemen are
constantly on duty. Beds ars maintained
for these men and reading rooms, billiard
tables and other means of entertainment
art provided.
Several records have been broken during
the last few weeks at the stock yards. On
September 23 of this year 48,000 head of
sheep were received at the stock yards.
The largest previous dally number was
37,000. During the week ending Beptember
7 there were received in ths yards 2,530
cars of various kinds of stock. The largest
number previous to the time was 2,300.
Eleven locomotives and thlrty-llvs miles
of railroad track are owned by ths Union
Stock Tarda company and are used, to
gether with ths vast extent of yards, alleys
and runways In caring for the millions of
head of stock thst come Into South Omaha
annually. These yards have a capacity for
60.000 sheep, 40,000 hogs and 30,000 cattle.
The sheep alone are housed in a mammoth
re-proof structure, covering 185.000 square
feet and equipped with everything for swift
and profitable handling. There are also
fins barns and sale pavilions for ths han
dling of horses snd mules.
Outline of Its Growth.
Some Idea of the growth of the packing
Industry In South Omaha may be gained
from these facts:
In 1884 receipts were 88,603 cattle, 3,686
hogs snd 5,593 sheep.
In 1885 receipts were 116,963 cattle, 152.524
hogs snd 19,484 sheep.
In 1S96 receipts were 686,103 cattle, 1,186,726
hogs and 204.870 sheep.
In 1906 receipts were 1.02C.392 cattle, 1,293,
956 hogs and 1,970,502 sheep.
In 1906 receipts were 1,679,371 cattle, 2,f9V
651 hogs and 2.165.116 aheep.
During this same period receipts of
horses and mules increasea from 489 In 1884
to 42,269 In 1906.
These figures are too big to be graspeJ.
Statisticians might figure out how many
times around the earth ths animals re
ceived at South Omaha In a year would
reach If they were placed head to tall In
one great line. They might also figure how
many times as high as the Washington
monument they would be if they performed
the fancy trick of standing one on the back
of the other. But even then the mind
would have difficulty in grasping the en
ormous totals.
It required 87,148 cars to bring all this
stock receipts to South Omaha In 1906.
In other words it took 2,176 trains of forty
cars esch, every car loaded full of cattle.
Shrew or hogs.
Total receipts of live stock for ths year
1906 were 6,680,309. Of these 2.393,651 were
hogs, 2,166,116 were sheep, 1,079,873 were cat
tle and 42,269 Were horses and mules.
Of the total receipts 3,075,616 head cams
from Nebraska, 785.723 from Wyoming, 702,227
from Iowa, 370,670 from Idaho, 304,000 from
Colorado and 442,173 from other states.
Wonders of the Maa-le City.
Such then are the four big packing plants
and the big stock handling plant which
acts as a feeder for them. But around
these great business concerns employing
about 10,000 men has sprung up a great city.
It has come Into existence within . score
of yeara with a rapidity of growth and at
ths same time . stability of foundation
that proves its right to Its soubriquet, "the
maglo city."
The volume of business done in con
nection with the packing and stock indus
tries Is enormous and there ars thrtte big
banking Institutions that handle most of It.
Ths Union Stock Tarda National bank Is
located in" the Exchange building right In
ths midst of ths yards. It was organised
In 1886, nationalised In 1891, has a capital
of $300,000 and surplus of 160,000. Its re
sources on August 22. 1907, wers $4,818,926.
Its deposits Increased from $2,839,527 on
January 29, 1906, to $4,249,649 August 22, 1907.
The Packers' National bank has a cap
ital of $160,000 and a surplus of $100,000. Its
resources on August 22, 1907, were $2,732,930
and Its deposits were $2,330,313.
Ths South Omaha National bank has a
capital of $250,000, a surplus of I2EO.O0O and
profits of $100,000. On August 22, 1907, Its
resources amounted to $4,131,168 and its de
posits wers $3.3(10,841. This institution's re
sources in 1886 when it was organised wero
$29,25.
First MaidDial lul
Oroalia, Nebraska
1,000,000
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Capitol Surplus Profits
C. X. KOUNTZE,
President.
L. L. KOUNTZE,
Costlier.
F". H. DAVIS,
Vice-President.
T. Li. DAVIS,
Asst. Cashier.
DEPOSITS:
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S1.230.C00.10
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August 22, 1884
$1,890,862.04
August 22, 1804
$4,119,475,63
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August 22, 1004
7,869,291.34
August 22, 1907
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS
307 SOUTH 13Uv STREET
DEPOSITORY OF THE UNITED STATES. STATE OF NEBRASKA
COUNTY OF DOUGIAS. CITY OF OMAHA.
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UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
THE NEBRASKA NATIONAL DANK, COR
NER TWELFTH AND FARNAM, RESPECT
FULLY SOLICITS THE ACCOUNTS OF MER-
CHANTS. CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
AND OFFERS SUPERIOR FACILITIES FOR THE
TRANSACTION OF YOUR BUSINESS. WE PAY
INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
ANCIENT DOGFS . FUNERAL
Rare Spectacle of Solents Splendor
Witne.ncd on Venetian
Waters.
Had I timed my visit to Venice, I could
not have done better, for I assisted at a
ceremony that orlgnally took place nearly
00 years ago, snd vlll never take place
again. I was present at the funeral of a
doge! Now, Venice has not been ruled
by a doge tor more than 100 years, but this
particular doge, Bebastiano Veniero, died
over S00 years ago, and was decently burled
at Murano, and ona might havs supposed
that that was ths end of him. This was
not, how.v.r, the plsce indicated in his
will; no attention was paid to his wishes
until his remains, with ths heart intact,
wers brought to Venice in June last. Then
all that was left of this distinguished doge
and brave soldier for he commanded, the
Venetian flotilla at ths battle of Lepaato
In 1S71 waa placed In ths Church of 88.
Giovanni and Paolo, where his statue, done
by Antonio Del-Zotto. stands In a con
spicuous plsce. I had been aaylng all the
time I was In Venice that It was a great
pity one could not see the gondolas decked
In gay colors and manned by gaily cos
tumed gondoliers, as In ths days of the
doges; and hare, aa though by ths touch
of a necromancer's wand, ws were taken
back nearly 0 years. I had not heard
of the funeral and was drifting about idlya
In my gondola, when the scene of splendor
burst upon my gass. Tou may be sur
prised at the Idea of a funeral being a
scene of splendor, but the barge In which
ths remains of ths great Veniero lay was
gay In red velvet and ctoth of gold, and was
towed by a gorgeous gondola with gon
doliers In ths costumes of his day. In ths
ons black covered gondola sat a cardinal
In robes of scarlet, and before him In an
open gondola draped In black came the
one surviving Veniero, the ons living de
scendant of the Ashling doge, sn old man,
the very Image of his ancestor, dressed in
black broadcloth with a dop mourning
band upon his tall hat. There was nothing
mors Interesting In ths whole pageant than
this gray-bearded descendant of ths great
doge; the last of his line, too, for my gon
dolier told me. with a tone of reproach In
his voles, that Big. Veniero, though rich,
was a bachelor.
As ths funeral cortege floated by we fol
lowed It to the doge's palace, where It
landed and was met by a cordon of sol
diers and sailors and a military band play
ing a funeral march; the very march, I
should say, judging from ths styls of the
music, that was played at this dogs's first
funeral, centuries sgo. Putnam's Magazine,
grain trade of the city has been trebled.
Ones ths grain was shipped directly through
Omaha and, for the most part, it was han
dled by foreign capital. Now all that la
changed. Big elevators have been erected
with a capacity of e.040,000 bushels, and the J
home companies havs grown to such an ex
tent that they handle the bulk of the grain.
Nebraaka does not have to ship its grain
east to get it out of the way and take
whatever price Is offered; It stores the grain
In the elevators and awaits a favorable
market.
In. IBM Omaha was the third primary corn
market of the world, and this year It is rac
ing for second place. 80 far it la ahead of
St. Louis, and bids fair to finish the yeai
next to Chicago. Corn receipts havs In
creased 133 per cent since 1004; wheat re- I
celpta have increased 179.7 per cent and
oats receipts havs mads the remarkable
gain of 179 per cent Total recelpta of all
grains for 1904 wers 18,433,286; total receipts
for 1904 were 44,p3O,300 bushels. If shipments
continue aa heavy for the remainder of ths
year as they are now, 1907 will close with
about 50,000,000 bushels of grain to ths credit
of the local market. I
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WHALE TEARSJJP THE RAFT
Sportive Monster Waits His Tall and
Wtiaki l.os Llk. Tootn.
nicks.
A whale hunt will be held on the waters !
of Puget sound near Seattle In the near
future If the antics of the sportive monster,
now haunting this vicinity do not ceaso at
once. The latest prank is reported from
near Maury Island, where a tow of logs
from Robinson's point to Seattle was dis
covered by his whaleshlp and under the
apparent impression thst it was a new
gams solely for his amusement the big
msmmal slid beneath the raft of logs and
began to wag his tall. The result wss In- ,
descrlbable. Immense fir trees were thrown
Into ths air liks toothpicks. The crew on
the tug, having failed to sea the whale,
thought that .a submarine mine had ex
ploded or a volcano broken forth beneath
them. They were panlc-stricicen ana in
helpless fNght watched for several minutes
the log raft fly Into the air and descend
only to fly up ones more.
Then, , apparently tired of his gsnie, the
whale emerged, apouted a column of water
Into the air by way of thanks and dove
from sight, leaving the low tow In a dis
mantled condition and the whole scattered
In varloua parts of the surrounding waters.
The tug men spent hours reassembling ths
tow and then proceeded toward the city,
where they will arrive this afternoon,
meanwhile keeping a sharp lookout with
funs snd harpoons for ths return of this
frollcsoms specimen of the order Cetacea.
The cannery bark Harvester waa pro
ceeding down ths sound this morning, re
turning to this port with salmon from
Alnska for ths Northern Fisheries com
pany. Suddenly the lookout was seen to
rub his eyes and heard to mutter: "Vot Iss
der matter wld me? Do I vake or am I
dreaming? Do I see a whalsT Can ills
be Seattle or am I gone bughouse?"
Hs celled to the other sailors to coma
and see.
"Ders shs blows!" cried companion In
wild excitement aa ths whale came to the
surface for a moment Just ahead of the
bark.. Instsntly the crew plunged Into a
discussion regarding ths kind of whale and
its slas. Boms claimed It was ISO feet In
length, with about a ten-foot beam. There
wers defenders of ths opinion that it waa
a sperm w hale or chacholot of the division
of Odontoccte, and they sven asserted thst
they saw ths teeth of ths monster when
It smiled to substantiate their statements.
Others wers equally positive that It waa
a wbalcbons whale of the family Mystlcets
and pointed out the plates of baleen hang
ing from the upper jaw. Bow head, hump-
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
$1,000,000.00
A WELL managed Bank is
careful in the selection of
j its loans. So should an
individual be careful in the selec
tion of the bank in which they
deposit their money.
The United States National Bank
with its strength and conservative
management offers its services to
those who desire such a depository
Certificates of Depesit
payable on demand
without interest.
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payable In 6 or 12
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back, finback and rorqual were some of
ths names hurled back and forth by that
disputants, while the whale, obvious to
the discussion it wss causing, slipped
swiftly through the water ahead of the
bark.
. When a little south of Smith Cove ths
whsls disappeared and was seen no more.
It Is Impossible at this hour to state
whether ths monster is a right whale, a
gray whale, a Greenland. Antarctic or Bis
cay whale, but definite Information In tho
matter Is expected before ths end of ths
week from Captain J. Ketchlog Hughes,
one of the best informed whalemen on ths
front, who Is cruising in the bay hourly In
.-arch of ths monster to Identify and If
possible capture it. Seattle Times.
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