Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 22, 1908, HALF-TONE SECTION, Page 3, Image 19
THE OMAHA SUNDAY HEE: NOVEMBER 22, 1908. T MODERN OFFICE EQUIPPED WITH SANITARY FURNITURE D 1 .... u f ') t r t f ! i 4 , It i-4 WITH the Increased pros perity In the west, busi ness houses have bright ened up their offices, counties have put new furniture in their court bouses aud many new business houses have been established. To provide the newest and most up-to-date office furniture for these the Omaha Printing Company five years ago decided to add a new department to Its Immense printing establishment and to carry a complete line of fine office furniture. The wis dom of this move was long ago proven by the Immense volume of business which Is done In this line by this en terprising firm. To provide room for this enormous Increase In business has been a prob lem with the firm, whose offices are at Tenth and Farnam streets. The es tablishment has spread upward and outward until It Is a huge establish ment covering a quarter of a olty block, and still it Is somewhat crowded for room. On the desk sales floor over 200 different patterns of flat and roller-top desks are carried, while on the fourth floor, or warehouse floor, over $76,000 worth of stock Is kept Work of r EVERT BODT tn Omaha and the region roundabout could know the great worh being done by the Child Saving lnstl- tut it would be ay to raise money enough with which, to 1 w ui a better alte and for a new. com- niotrioua building." remarked a Omaha bualneaa man. Th Instltut wu organised for th "amelioration of children, the providing of temporary care and abetter for children. the providing of home for homeless chil dren, rescuing of children from cruel treat ment and from Immoral and degrading sur roundings, and uch other and further re ligious and charitable work a th board of trustees (composed of ome of Omaha' best cttlsens) may from time to time deem advisable." Thus 1 shown two most Im portant department of th work, vis.. hlterlng and placing In borne homeless emiaren na ei.o renei worn m assisting parent tn keeping their children. While other departments are Important, these are th most prominent. gotae children are brought by th polio, oro by th Visiting Nurses' association, th juvenll court, Aaaoclated Chrltle. City mission and other organisation. Tele- phone meeaago com from all part of th city and long distance meaaage from Ne- braak a and Iowa towns, and letters concern- Ing children who are homaleaa. neglected or In distress, a ad appeals are made for their adnilaa. Oreat car Is taken to I , II II I Mill T- - -- . - 1 '.- . . . - AH - ; ... - : . . v i . . ' " INTERIOR VIEW OF OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY'S OFFICE. continuously on hand. To build up this enormous business In the short space of five years has been the especial task of Charles C. Cope, Jr., manager of the office furni ture and stationery departments. He has worked assiduously and to his efforts may be attributed in a measure the large number of big contracts which have recently been tilled by the Omaha Printing company. Model Show Room. Believing that the best way to sell goods is to have good wares and then to show them well, the Omaha Print ing Company has fitted up an office of its own which is a model of the latest sanitary and convenient office furni ture. On entering the plant one is amased at the beauty of the furniture which Is used by the office force of the company. During the last few years there has been a change In the finish of office furniture and the dark golden hM given way to the light golden oak, which makes a much prettier effect. The Omaha Printing Company has recently secured some of the largest contracts for office furniture which have been let In the west One of these is for the Inside fitting of the the Child CHILD'S SAVING INSTITUTE) NOW. Investigate and In many caaea matter can be adjusted without breaking up the home and separating children from parents, Sometimes parents bring their children to the Institute to get rid of the burden of aupportlng them. They are not re- ceVed. a m-nman with two Titir,,t .hiirfm an. peared at the Institute recently and wanted to sign paper of relinqulehment to have the girls go Into home for adoption. tating that her husband spent his money for drink while she and the children suffered for food and clothing, and that she had decided to quit and go to another state and begin life over. She wa not per mitted to sign relinquishment paper, but her husband was Kwn and ha straightened up and now brings horn his earning and support his family. Th Institute stand for th horn and ndeavor to Drevent homes from belne- trek,,, p nd to prevent the separation of parent and children. Score of mother have brought their babies to the home to give them up for adoption and have been shown how unnatural and wicked It would be for them to do such a thing and that th Institute would not be a party to such a crime, and have been persuaded and hown how they could keep them and, a- Hated to do ao. After all the efforts In prevention work In co-operation with th work of th juvenile court, hundred of children are thrown out, home are broken up, parents office of the John Deere Tlow company building, which Is now in the course of construction. This company wanted the best to be had and after visiting In Chicago and other points in search of the kind of office furniture wanted the manager visited the establishment of the Ouuha Printing Company and found Just what would suit him. Those who have seen the plans for the John Deere Plow company offices say that firm will have the most complete and most splendid office equipment to be found west of Chicago. The order in cludes denk8, chairs, tables, filing de vices and steel fixtures for vaults. Another big contract Juat receiver is that of fitting out the county court house of Natrona county, Wyoming, of which Casper Is the county seat. To equip the judges' rooms and all the other offices in the building will require an outlay of $5,000. Some of the other county court houses which the Omaha Printing Company has fitted out Include Crawford county, Denlson. Ia., $6,000; Seward county, Seward, Neb., $8,000; Kearney county, MInden, Neb., $7,000; Russell county, Russell, Kan., $3,500; Cherry county, Valen tine, $6,600; Sheridan county, Rush- Saving die, little ones are abandoned and must be taken In for shelter and muat be fed and clothed until home ean be found. Car Is taken to secure legal papers of re- llnqulshment or guardianship through tho county court for those surrendered for adoption. N'earlv wuk uh.m mm country precinct making Inquiries as to how a child can be secured for adoption. A oon a Information come concerning families desiring to adopt a child a blank application paper la sent with the request that It be filled out, giving from three to five name for reference. A soon a th application reaches th office letter are written to th parties whose name are given for reference and other Utter are written also to reliable person in th community making Inquiry concerning th character nd ability of th people making the application to receive and adopt a child, and also asking their opinion of these applicants, and whether, In their judgment, it would be advisable to send a child. Theae neighbor are assured that what they write will be held tn th strictest confidence. It often happen that when th letter of endorsement come, th question 1 at once decided that th applicants could not be permitted to take a child away from th Instltut for adoption and they are o Informed. If, however, th letter of en dorsement r favorable, arrangement are mad for a personal vliit a soon as pvs- 'JJS. - - vllle, Neb., $7,500; Grant county, Hy annls, Neb., $3,600; Saunders county, Wahoo, Neb., $3,000; Grundy county, Trenton, Mo., $4,500; Gllliman county, Oregon, $3,000, and many thousand dollars' worth of new furniture and filing cases in the Douglas county court bouse. Several large libraries have also been supplied from the plant of the Omaha Printing Company, including the Carnegie library at Carroll, la., at a cost of $2,000, and the Carnegie library at Hastings, Neb., at a cost of $2,800. Over 100 banks In western states have been fitted out with new office furniture by this enterprising firm, which has alBo supplied them with desks, chairs, tables and steel fixtures for their vaults. Ilimlneiis In Die - Locally this firm has also received its share of the business in this line and some of the most handsome busi ness offices In Omaha have been sup plied by the Omaha Printing Company. The elaborate furnishings of the M. E. Smith Co. building came from the same block. Other firms supplied are the United States Supply company, the Institute of Omaha tble to the home of the pcopl making th apnllcatlon. It BometiniPi happens, whfn abundant In formation has been securrd concerning the desirabllitj' of the home, the child Is taken by an asent and then If conditions are found favorable, aflur personal interviews with neighbors and after careful study of the home and surroundings, he reaches the conclusion that the home would be a good one for a child. The pooiile are then In- formed that they take the child for three to It months on trial and if at the end of that period everything Is found mutually satlsfactoryi consent Is Issued to adopt by the inBtitute and the final papers executed In the county court where the family re side. It aonie times harpene that the people become dissatisfied with the child at the end of a few weeks and the child Is re turned to the Institute. Unles there is mutual affection between the child and the foster parents final adoption would be Im possible to consider. It sometimes happens also that In spite of precautionary measures taken by the Institute in the selection of homes, during the three to six m:ths trial develops that the people are un worthy to have the child and the child Is returned to the Institute. The whole business of selecting homes for children Is far more difficult than most people Imagine. It would be a tjreat mis take to suppose that every one making application for a child should be permitted to receive and adopt one. Tlie best Inter ests of the child must always be taken Into account. "It la a surprising condition to many to "find there are many more homes for children than there are children for adop tion." says ev. A. W. Clarke, superin tendent of the home. "Twice as many people every week want children than the homeleea ani dependent children, number on hand. The rreat necessity at the present time It Is estimated that every year from 100 tn, work of the Institute is a new build to SOO applications for children cannot be n.-, Four or five years ago property was filled. "We have every reaaon to believe that very many of them are In every respect most desirable hemes," adds Mr. Clark, "Hundreds' of these good people have waited two and three year In order to find a child of the particular description they desire and have visited most of the child- .....i..n. a.ai nt riiioc in search of such a child and are still waiting, Th question then naturally arise If ther ofTice of the rarlin, Orendortt & Mar- Jn a cloned room in winter with these pany is the largest to he found b tin compr.ny, the Omaha Elevator com- desks and filing cases. It Is different tween Chicago and San Francisco and pany, tht Updike Grain company, the now. Th furniture l built on leM the volume of work turned out by this Fairmont Creamery company, the so that It Is easy to remove the dirt, concern has reached enormous propor tion Pacific headquarters building and with the sanitary bases the raised tlons. The plant Is most thoroughly and th Jon Pacific new commissary sanitary desks afford absolute freedom equipped tor doing all sorts of work building; the Burlington headquarters, from accumulated wast and dirt and and everything In the printing and where over 100 new desks have re- are really a feature of great merit. bookbinding line Is haudled by skilled cently beun Installed; the. Nye- A complets lln of all kinds of offlcs workmen. Schneider-Fowler company of Omaha, furniture Is carried and on the sample Two linotype machines and two and also Fremont; the Klrby Lumber floor one may find desks ranging In monotype machines are used In this company, the Wabash railroad, Blats price from $10 to 250 among the 200 modern office, which has some con Brewing company, the Standard Bridge or more from which one might choose, tracts which would stun a manager of company, Cartan & Jeffrey, the Sherl- The lines carried are manufactured by an ordinary plant. The force of 125 dan Fuel company, the C. W. Hull the largest and best known manufac- people in he printing and bookbinding company, the Forest Lawn Cemetery turing plants In America and the firm departments always has all the work It association, the Hen Biscuit company, does not fear to go Into competition is able to do. the LooBe-Wlles company, the Updike with the world with the goods which Ten years ago the Omaha Printing Lumber and Coal company, Merriam are always on .hand to display. Company would have thought It had Grain company, the Omaha Gas com- Not content with wsltlng for what the prise contract to receive a Job pany, the Cavers Elevator company, business might show up. this enter- amounting to $2,000 or $3,000 and the the J. H. Hamilton Grain company, prising firm has three traveling men Job would have seemed almost too Paxton & Gallagher, Gulou & Ledwlch, n Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas who are large to handle. It Is different now, the Carpenter" Paper company and sev- looking for firms which need new fur- for that firm has two or three contracts eral offices In the federal building in nlture and for court houses which of $10,000 each and has had one con- Omaha, One of the big state orders which this firm filled 1b that for fitting out the offices of the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at grown to great proportions in the west ness firms and for counties and cities. Grand Island. and the Omaha Printing Company Is All sorts of loose-leaf ledgers and One of the greatest Improvements out after the business, as Is shown by loose-leaf devices of all kinds are car which has been made in office furnl- the list above, which Includes orders rled. This makes a most' complete ture Is the new sanitary feature. With from saveral states, Including an order combination, for this establishment la the old desks, which were built close from Oregon. therefore able to furnish most of the to the floor, dust and dirt of all kinds Printi Department. material and supplies needed for fit would accumulate to such an extent The printing and book-binding de- ting out a large new court house or mm that it was really not healthy to stay partment of the Omaha Printing Com- up-to-date business office. &...v. . mi mi m m' 1 lllll'IMMT .; I-,..; , ; , 4 , -A $ . -"- 1" f f It:1 ".i.V'i x mm , , A(f u are so many people wanting children why aheuld It be necessary to keep them at the Institute on the average of from two to three monthi. The answer la that people want children of certain deacrlptlon and are not willing to take others who do not come up to me meai tney nave set ior 'Hem- selves. In addition to this it often hap- pens tfiat a brother and sister or two little slaters cling to each other and we are not willing to serarate them and must wait until home can be found where both can remain together. In auch cases It would be necessary to visit quite a number of homes before a decision can be reached. In addition to this it must be taken Into account that In the multitude of applica tions tor children we are anxious to do the best for the children, taking Into nccount at the same time the priority of applications and claims of people from different points of view. We try to do Just In dealing with all parties desiring children while we are endeavormc at the same time to work for the best Interests of every child committed to our care. "So many things must be taken Into ac count In the final decision In placing the child that it 1s often found difficult and requires time. We recognise that the whole future of the child will dopnd to a great extent upon our decision and the re sponsibility Is very great and many ele ments enter Into the problem. These ex planations are made with the hope that many who have made application for chil dren will be patient with the management of the Institute, letters of sharp criticism often come from people who have made ap plication and they blame the Institute be cause others received children and they did not. These things are also mentioned because It 1a a splendid commentary on our modern civilised society that so many homes In the west are open to receive donated to the institute at th corner of Klghteenth and Ohio streets and nearly $15,000 expended In additions to the old building which stood on theae grounds, Very soon after these additions were made th volume of the work of the institute was such that the building was over- crowded. Room have been rented In the naiirhhnrhnnd and one cottaice nearby has been rented for more than three year and the work ha been carried forward 1 7 must be supplied with Judges' benches and desks for the clerk and other ofQ- cers, and filing cases for the county and district clerks. This business has ILLUSTRATION OF THE MODERN SANITARY until a demonstration has been made to the entire community of the value and ncceaalty of the work. Now the old build ing occupied by the tnatitute are ao dilap idated that they muat be torn down and rebuilt or a new structure erected on a new rite. The truateea have decided to select a new Quaint Features of Life Profits on Ten Cent. OHN ROBERTS of Watklns, Schuyler county, N. Y., a well driller, purchased of Angelo Du pree, a Junk dealer, an old pump for 10 cents. It was apparently of no value, but he thought there might be some part that he could use In 'his business. When Mr. Roberts and his ass slant took the pump to one of the well they were drilling and started break ing It up they were greatly surprised to see gold coins drop out of the hole the made. They at once finished the Job and found 14,000, nearly all In $20 gold pieces. Who the pump tw longed to at the time the m"ney was hidden or how long It hid been there Is a mytery. The latest date of one of th coins waa Its. Mr. Robert at once depos tsj h s find In the Farmers' and Merchants' hank at Watklns. He is willing to surrender the find ta anyone who can prove ownership, but no claimant has yet appeared. i Mine Hunter Killed In Blaine. Nine person hav been killed and eight 'seriouely wounded In U149 first month of the Maine hunting season, clos.ng October SI, while thos who have be n sllshtly Injured or who have had narrow escape from death are too numerous to mention. Of those killed three dragged guns by the muzzle; In two cases the gunner "didn't know II was loaded;" two victims were "taken for deer," and two death were caused by the reckless handling of tire arms. Of th wounded, four were mistaken for game; one got In range of another man' rlf.e; one wa struck by a stray bullet from an unknown source; one dragged a gun by the muzzle, and another handled a r.flo careleasly. Th fatalities and aerlou accidents this month exceed the usual number for an en tire ataaon of ten weeks. "Too many ex cituble persons and gren gunners In the woods" la the explanation commonly ac cepted. Ska Step WrtkTst m Time. After succumbing repeatedly to slumber that last from on to thre weeks, Louis iana HIet of Lowell, Mass., Is wrapped in another sleep. She bus not been awake sine October 30. Her last long sleep was from June ( to June 2$. Physicians are at a loa to account for hr slumbers. Mis Vlett seem to feel no ill effect from her long period of unconsciousness. It Is her usual Impression that she has been asleup only on night. Coblee Corn. A year ago H. J. Sconce and Tsylor Gar lough of Vermilion county. 111., purchased a quantity of sued com In Indiana. In tlw shipment waa a freak ear, which, ins lead of th ordinary cob, wa composed of a core of husk, th grain being neatly wrapped upon th oft foundation Ilk pea In a pod. Mr. Sconce waa impressed with the nov elty of th find and decided to plant all th kernel found on th freak ear. To hi surpri th ears produced this fall war fcsVsWJ tract for a number of years amounting in Itself to $30,000 a year. A specialty Is also made of blank? books for records of all kinds for bnsl- DESK. location and make an appeal to the publle for 175,000 to build this new building and purchase a new site. It la believed that this movement will have the sympathy and oo-operatlon of the general public and by the time of another annual report we hope to give a complete deacrlptlon of the loca tion and the building." found to bo exact, reproduction of th ingle ear. He ha decided to plant more of the corn next year and will endeavor to improve upon it. He believe that there Is more to It than froaklshness. The ear produced this year yielded as much corn 1 a those provided with a cob, and th kernels were large and solid. Th ear wera well Hlled, kernel evsn growing among the silk. Th freak ear were placed upon exhibi tion at a country fair at Sldell and at tracted much attention. As a result of this discovery the corn 00b may disappear. Has Fingers and Toe to Spar. When It was announced In the Wall (8. D.) Record that a boy baby with six finger on each hand and six toe on each foot had been born to Colonel and Mrs. Weath erby of Wall, 8. D.. the colonel waa filled with pride, uncommon even among new fathers. Colonel Weatherby himself ha ix well developed finger on his left hand and six toe on each foot. He aays that extra fingers and toe can be found tn his family for five generation back. "But," ys th colonel, "this baby Is what I cull normal. lift I the first on of the family to have two let of six. Now that he I balanced all around h make rather a fit youngster. "I am expecting great thing of tfhe boy, etipeclally if he ha any musical talent. Think what ho would do on th harp with twelve finger, for example. Why, he would discover harmonic never before known to the world. I am not much on muslo, but even If I had been with five finger on one hand and six on the other I would get some notes crossed. "Or if the boy doesn't take to nutate, wouldn't he ahlne on a typewriter or on of these printing machine that look Ilk a typewriter and spit out stick of type I tell you. watch my boy Jim." A Heavy Welaht Centenarian. Centenarian In these days have becom o numerous that attainment to the age of 100 I rapidly ceasing to be an unusual dis tinction, says Leslie's Weekly. In every part of the country persons of both sexes who have crossed the century mark ar being reported almost weekly. It ha got ao that something beside mere length of day la neceasary to attract attention to a centenarian. A venerable Ohio woman, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, ha come to thl front with a sufficient flavor of novelty about her to make It worth while to take public note of her. She 1 Mr. Mary Bock of Vanlue, Hancock county. In the Buckeye state. To Mr. Beck apply the usual things said of very old folks, to the effect that h la still hale, quit active and Interested In th world's affairs, but In addition to thl a curious credit attaches to her. fcTh boast of a family of five children Peter, Sam uel. Rachel, Israel and Harmon all pretty well advanced lit years, whoa weight, with th mother', aggregate nirarly 1,000 pound. It 1 believed that thl eaa fe aX firmed of no other centenarian to tfc United States.