THE OMAHA SUNDAY HEE: NOVEMBER 22, 1908.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
