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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1909)
I u THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEORUAKY 21. York County One of Nebraska's Most Fertile and Prosperous Sections - 1 fc.. r , - 1 i I v. . V ' : ' " rV-" "i ' 'r. S 4 '.vvy.'. sv t if it i'-jV W2 -V.' t Lit W My STREET BCENB IN TORK. ON El BIDS OF 8QUARE. TORK. ENTRANCE TO CITT PARK, TORK. TT 11 a - J ' , ' . , - - 1 f r - it I.! 1 TORK HIGH BCHOOU 4 - " -it r i " - - ,J ! ' I - 1 T t i ' i M TORK OOtXas TORK. ORB than half ft century ifo th cout lin of th pioneer wan thrown out along tha Blue river. Qradually. but it'tSJ uraly. th frontier receded be- 1 for tha rnaolute horaeateader and home builder. The trapper and fur trader gave way to the farmer and cattle man, and where all tha aotlvltiea of man had bwn devoted to destruction, all the energy of thoae who followed waa expended In production and building. Nothing In tha world of modern effort la more interesting than tha aolld achieve ments of the men who have been and are building up York county, and who are really building a amall empire weat of the Missouri river. Poetry hae teen . written about theee pioneers, Imaginary pictures have been painted of them, apeechea have been made to them, and votes have been coaxed from them. York county Is In the center of the very best farming country In southeastern Nebraska. Tha county i.i lo cated fifty miles west of Lincoln, and about forty miles north of the Kansas 1Il. It Is of tha regular standard else, twenty-four miles square, and contains 818,1X0 acres, 262,000 acres of which are un der a high state of cultivation. Thla county has a population of 22,000, and Is different from most counties of the state, In that it has ten thrifty railroad towns out side the county seat. It Is also one of the best watered counties In tha state, having three streams traversing the county from east to west the Blue river on the south. Beaver creek In the center of the county and Uncolti creek In the northern part. Some of these streams furnish excellent water power, and add much to the wealth and beauty of the entile county. York county enjoys excellent transportation fa cilities. Three railroad lines pasa through the county, paying taxes on 100 miles of track. The county Also hfca about 1,000 miles of publlo highway, and aa good road sentiment Is becoming stronger each year, these highways are. passable almost any Urn of the year. Tha principal output of the county is corn, wheat, pork and beef. This county old and shipped out last yoar 17,000 head of fat cattle and 60.000 fat hogs. It also shipped 1.086,000 bushels of corn and 1,670,000 bushels of wheat and nearly 100,000 bushels of oats. Theee figures will not mean much to the reader unless he stops and considers tha number of car loads these figures repre sent. The county 'Is especially favored in tha growing of alfalfa and tama grasses. There Is nearly 15,000 acres of alfalfa and K,000 acres of timothy and clover In the county. , One can hardly realize tha productiveness of "York county soil and the great returns from It. Mr. C. Detloff. living six miles northwest of York, secured and planted one bushel of choice seed com on six acres of ground. This fall he harvested 640 bushels, or ninety bushels per acre. Among tha many noted herds of tha county Is that of tha Chriatian Clover Leaf Farm In which are some of the greatest prlsa wlnnera and best specimen of nearly every noted hard. York, the cour.ty seat of York county, la a railroad center, having the beet of ship ping facilities. This thrifty little city has an unusually good class of citizens. Every business man seems to be a booster. The Commercial club Is composed of active, pro gressive men who are always ready to as sist every worthy enterprise. This club has secured many Improvements for the city. Among the many Is the splendid new Bur lington depot, also the Chautauqua. Much of the excellent brick pavement has been brought about through the perBistent effort of the Commercial club. The streets and cement sidewalks are a model in every re aper t. A few years ago a wise city council made a small levy to create a fund for building a sewerage system. By the time this was needed thn city had sufficient money In the treasury to pay lor an excellent sewerage system. Their splendid library building was donated by the late Mrs. O. W. Woods, amounting to $10,004. Tha educational ad vantages of this city are unusually goott. Besides the public city schools there is a business college and normal school and the seminary. The Elks of York are building a 0,000 club house, the government is build ing an $80,000 poatofftce. The total city bonded Indebtedness Is $37,000. The city has a first-class water works sys tem and an electric power and lighting plant, operated duy and n'ght, a steam heat ing plant and an Ice factory. It also has a gas plant for heating, lighting and cooking. The thirteen church edifices add much to the morals and beauty of the city. The city has four good weekly newspapers and one dally. It also has many small manufac turing Institutions of different kinds. There Is a good opening here fur a wholesale grocery house, a corn grit mill and a mod ern up-to-date hotel. The city 1st becoming quite a center of conventions of different kinds, and these In turn are doing much to advertise the city and bring to it the best classes of citizens. A $2,000 home in York pays $27.10 taxes. The population Is 7,600, and It is making a most wonderful growth. York has never had a boom, but its growth has been steady, in creasing each year until It Is today one of the best little residence and business cities to be found in the state. J7 V T i I j -. ; t . .fisr ! .' - - -..." . j PUBLIC LIBRARY, TORK. r 14 e 1 i I r " I ! FARM HOME OF CHARLES DETLAFP, TORK COUNTY. Wraps for Auto Wear Made of Wool Rather Than Furs Now Stylish .EW YORK, Feb. 19. Winter N sports have been late In arriv I ing this year, but the women them early in tha seaaon, and motoring at least wa hava al ways with Ms. Moreover, whenever there Is even a moderate chill In the air heavy garments are a comfort to the motor woman, so all through a mild November and early Droembar fur motor eoata and fur lined or fur trimmed motor coats war la use. . , There I ' greater variety In these gar ments than would seem possible at first thought, and If on Include not only the severely practical models, but also the motor coats of n or luxurious type for town use, on flPdJ larf field to cover. The ' luxurious coats, meant for wear over elaborate frocks and often slipped off and ' left ' In the car hen one makes a vUlt cr attends a social function, often represent an appalling sum of money. Thu costliest, kr not. however, the most or nate, the latter, even when superbly em broidered or braided, not approaching in value aome of the . untrlmmed fur ooats. loose, rich, air enveloping garments of sable cr sealskin, or fin mink or chinchilla or breltschwans. ' 'The restored prestige of seal has mad It one of the prim fvorlUa fcr coat of thla class, though like all soft hair furs seal la pot practical tor hard motor wear. It can be easily freshened after wetting,, but duet and roud-ar very hard on it, V and the same la true in greater degree of the Hudson seal; French se and various other Imitations of the real sesl. Thee Imitations are unusually good this winter and, moveover, are fashionable, th French maker having used them for ex tremely, smart models. : Bom of these models are of pronounced Ulructolr type, but tor the motor coat a alrnpler, more ampl garment Is desirable, and we have sa om remarkable good looking sea ceats resembling . In line the roomy cloth raglan with hlfh, close collar and with no ornamentation save targe buttons and handsome satin lining. These coata might be slipped on 'over any sort of frock, and Indeed over a coat and skirt or coat and princess costume. Rather more dressy and not so essen tially for motor wear Is a seal coat of the sort pictured here, simple and loose In line but trimmed about its edge with sabie, mink or marten, slasked up th sides and finished Inside th fur collar and ruffa with plaited frills of silk mous selln or silk. Another seal coat, enc more of th ampler and more sporty lines, had for trimming big ornaments of very heavy brown sarin cord and large satin buttons set down th front, on th outside of the rather full sleeve and at th very faintly Indioated short waist line In th bark. Sable la, ot course, the moat superb of fur for th looa enveloping cloak, but sable I for th few, and the same Is true In a lesa degree of seal chinchilla and fin lUe are used for a boat of coata. th best It 1 Impractical for hard service, though many lovely big cloaks ar mad of it. - On o -e"r itdsomet of the which we have seen a woman allpped off and handed to her footman before going Into an upper east aid house where a fash ionable musical waa In progress. Th coat waa of th softest and most lustrous black moire lamb and covered th wearer from throat to heels, being seml-fltting and draped loosely across th front to fasten at th left hip, with a big ornament of dull gold, studded with Jewel. A narrow fold of' cloth of gold embroidered In rich colorings, jewel color on might call them, finished th neck and th sleeves, and as the coat waa taken off one aaw that It was lined throughout with soft satin of a gold yellow. But all this belongs to th realm of th plutocrat. For th lesser figure In th fashionable world less costly fur suffice; whan motor coats ar In question, cara cul, pony, reindeer, wolf, etc., and sine many of theaa, though chio and service able, ar In no degree dressy, numerous women prefer handsome cloth coata fur trimmed, possibly fur lined. Pony skin ha been over popular for two seasons, and though th furriers hav Improved It greatly In respect to supple ness and luster. It has lost Its vogue among th exacting. Still, amart coats ar mad up In thla fur at very moderate prices, and they are mora modish for motor wetar than for street. Caracal In both black and brown re tains Its prestige, and though cheap, qual Itels ar used for a host of coats, th best grade Show their claim so clearly that that hav suffered little by th cheap fur. One model sketched for this page is excellent for caracul or any of the short haired furs and may be successfully carried out too In the soft, heavy motor cloths. Th shape Is practical and comfort able, as well as excellent In line, and tha atrap and slide trimming down the front and on th sleeves gives originality to the garment. These straps may b In cloth or leather, according to tha mate rial with which they are used. It would be hard to say too much In praise of th woollen cloths which, the manufacturers ar now producing for motor coat us. They achieve warmth and th appearance of It without being heavy, and are as supple and light of weight aa they ar comfortable. The colors and designs, too, are admir ablesubdued, subtly blended mixtures which have Individuality without being con spicuous one tone diagonal or hemming bone weavea In rich color and In material of slightly rough surface and great soft ness, block and broken check in similar rough, soft woolens and In two tones of gray, gray and white, two tone of brown, brown and white, brown and black, etc. The plain one-tone stuffs of fine quality in rich deep red, blue or amoke gray, with or without fur trimming, ar extremely smart and while they show soil more readily than the mixed effects, give good service. Some of these plain, heavy, soft stuffs are made up in cap form long, ample, covering completely th costume Young Men Who Are After Oratorical Distinction R E SOLVED, That th Galveaton Plan of City Government by a Board of Commissioner In sure Increase of Efficiency Combined with Deereaa of Corruption la City Affairs.'? This question will be debated by team from the law college of Crelgh ton university and from th law de partment from th I'nlveralty of South Dakota In Omaha on March t. . Th de bat will be held In the university au ditorium and Crelghton will defend th pegatlve. South Dakota waa given th choice of side by Crelghton which chos th subject. ' Crelghton will be represented by Charle J. Thtelan, '11; William P. Sternberg, '10, and Eugene D. O'Sulllvan. '1. Th three men were chosen by competition, even originally signifying their deslr to enter th debate. These seven students submitted paper on th subject and they were graded by a board of Judge front th school. Then they delivered their oratlona before another aet of Judge composed of Attorney Edward Blmeral. Arthur Wakeley and Qeorg Merton. In this contest one waa eliminated, th Judges passing on th delivery. The six remaining were divided Into t team and th subject was debated be fore Attorneys Hlmeral and Merton and Rev. Albert Wise, and Messrs. Thtelan, Sternberg and O'Sulllvan war chosen. Jamea M. Lannlgan was at th am tlm chosen a alternate. Rev. William Dooley, th tew vie president of th university, la training th debaters. Th debate will b th second with the South Dakota rhool. Mr. Thlelan and Mr. Sternberg both com from Eariing, la, and both took preparatory work In th undergraduate department of th Crelghton law school. Mr. Thlelan was born on September I. 1111. and Mr. Sternberg waa born on April T, 1$S. Mr. O'Sulllvan come from Hutchinson. Kan., and waa bora on May tl, 1181. H took preparatory work at S. Benedict' sollege, Atchison, Kan. i ( Charles J. Thlelan, 'IL William P. SUinberg, 10. Kugen V. O Sullivan, '1L CREIQHTON VNlVk-tUJlfV DfcBATINO TEAM. worn beneath. But a coat i more practi cal for general use. Where a fur collar Is not a feature of th coat a high collar of cloth which may be buttoned closely around th throat la essen tial. Many models hav collars which may bo turned down, but, on occasion, may b buttoned up high around th throat. Other hav permanently high collar such as th collar of the plaid model sketched here. This model, by th way, la an excellent on for htpahap appearance and comfort. The material I a broken plaid of good quality and practical coloring, mixed grays with a little black and .white and a mere fleck of dull rose. This Is brightened by th flap down th left front, th collar and th cuffs, which are of dull rose broad cloth. Buttons covered with black aatln ar used and th buttonhole ar bound with black satin. Th same modol Is made with old blue In place of th rose and In a brown plaid with plain brown trimming. Comparatively few of the leather suit which wer exploited for motor wear in earlier seasons ar to be seen, but an oc casional leather coat, usually In one of th browns, appears, and there ar smart leather waistcoats for wear with coata of woollen atuff when additional warmth is needed. Sweaters are, however, the or dinary thing for such a purpose and many variations of th loos coat aweaters are on th market. Whit still heads the list in sweater colore, but there ar more pretty models In dark shades this season than there hav ver been before, and some of these darker modal ar quit aa good looking a the whit In addition to being much mora practical. A dark blue, not too aombre, a green of similar description and the gray are th moat popular colors, though there ar pretty browns and an occasional red, and many of the most attractive models have high, close collars and button down th left side. A whit collar, a band of whit down th opening, whit cuff and white at the pocket top brighten th dark garments, and ;h effect Is really more chic thau that of th all whit sweater. Where the high eollar la not desired on can of course obtain models cut down at th neck, but for motor wear th high collared model is mora modish. Of motor headwear we hav recently poken In thes columns, but th piquant hoods and bonnets multiply, and some of th plain low fur turbans make excellent motor hat. ) Th French maker have aent out various models designated skating costumes, but suitable for general rough and ready weir, and aom of these models are extremely attractive. The short fur trlminsj frock for. wear under a fur coat or at th In door rink which enjoy considerable popu larity both In Paris and London la con spicuous, and tha mode of the season lend themselves readily to good effects of this kind. Th great difficulty 1 tha adaption f pret skirt line w th requirements ' of th skfter or other athlete, but this may be done by allowing more ripple to the circular model or by introducing plait at tha side. Th aoft rough cloths, heavy diagonal weaves, etc., are somewhat smarter than broadcloth for the skating costum. and some charming models are shown In vel veteen, which combines a look of warmth nd richness with a capacity for hard wear. One of the model pictured here, for ex ample, was of velveteen In a warm though dark alloe green with trimming of brown fur. The arrangement of fur tails held by dull gold buckles at the throat and girdle 1 original and worthy of note, quite apart from any consideration of sporting costumes. skunk fur, which is distinctly fashion able this season. Is much used for trim ming the skating frock, being durable, ef fective and not expensive. Caracul and broltschwans, too, ar popular trimmings, the glossy black relieving admirably n: i color. One little frock very simple in lln jw obtained Individuality through the Intro duction of long, slender points of th sup pi black fur both on skirt and bodice, th fur being set under the cloth and th two edges of ihe cloth held by little buttoned straps of the same cloth crossing over tha fur. Suml-mllttary short coats frogged and braided and having high collars and cuffs of Persian lamb are trim and charming for youthful skaters and we saw a akatlng costume prepared for a Canadian visit which was of this type in a military grsy blue. A smart military round cap with Persian lamb brim, blue cloth crown and a silff black brush trimming accompanied the suit and In addition there was a mili tary cape of the Italian type which could be donned for additional warmth when the wearer was not skating. j Th fur turban, which aopears to be tiU. deinlc, is in lis really chic forma an ideal' thing for the skater, or, for that matter, a piactlcal tiling for any out-of-door sport. Of course, the exaggerated models are absjrd, but there Is a host of (lie tur bans In good fur and moderate shapes, snd with neck furs and the mammoth muff to match they will convert any good short skirted, serviceable street suit Into a smart costume for the Ice. , The high boots with strsp and buckle at top, which are designed for motor wear, are liked for all kinds of sporting wear, and the genuine aportswoman who Intends plowing about in the snow will Invest in a pair of the high water-proof boots which are more practical than beautiful, yet pos sibly more Unutlful than arctics or rub liera and leggings. Knickerbockers of black satin or wash silk, flannel lined, should be in the winter outfit of every girl who likes out-of-doors sport, but these should bj very carefully fitted, and the average ready-made article, with Ita bunglesoine string and shirring, should bv altered to smoothness and a band. If one doe nut car U hav Ui kulckers mada to w4er 4.1 :
