THE BEE: (WAIT A, TIUTliSOAY, .JANUARY 1, 1914.
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Progress Made Along Social and Religious Lines in Omaha During 1913
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MUCH MONEYFOR CHURCHES
Expenditures Amount to Over $150,
000 During Last Year.
SEVERAL DAMAGED IN TORNADO
Aside from the Vanol Improve
ments the Storm "Wrecked Sonic
nnd Partlr Demolished
Others.
The year 1918 was a record breaker In
church building, ovor $160,000 having been
fpent en houses of worship during the
last twelvo months. Tho destructive
Raster tornado was responsible for much
of the building activity In church clr
' i'let) ni olght churches were totally
wrecked or badly damaged by It, neces
sitating rebuilding of extensive, repairs.
Uowovor, congregations whose church
buildings were not affected by the ter
rible storm have also been actlvo In
making additions and repairs, or con
structing new edifices.
Within threo months after the cyclone
Ihe Trinity Methodist cnurch at Twenty
first and Blnney streets was rebuilt and
rededlcated, although It hud been almost
completely destroyed by tho big blow.
The cost of restoring It was about $7,000.
The Pella Danish Evangelical Lutheran
church at 2217 North Twcnty.-slxth street
was completely destroyed by tho storm,
but a $10,000 frame edifice at Thirtieth
and Corby has already been built by
the congregation to take Its place.
Foundation walls for tho new St. Paul's
.Evangelical Lutheran brick church and!
parsonage at Twenty-fifth avenue and
Evans street have been completed and
tho cornerstone was laid recently. When
finished the building will have cost about
$32,000, taking the place of a $12,000 frame
church at Twenty-ninth and Parker
streets, which was wiped out by the
tornado.
Others Also DnHdlng.
Temporary repairs, amounting to about
J1.000, were made on the McCabe Metho
dist church building at 4007 Farnam
street, which was badly damaged In the
storm. The congregation, under the lead
ership of Rev. W. II. Underwood, plans
in the spring to commence work on a
$40,000 church, to be located on recently
acquired lots at tho southwest corner
of Forty-first and Farnam streets.
The Southwest Methodist church, which
lost its old framo building in the tor
nado, is now completing a handsome ce
ment block building at Forty-ninth and
Ieavenworth streets at a cost of over
P.000.
Extensive repairs, totaling $1,000, were
made on the church at Twenty-fourth
and Ohio streets, owned by tho Reor
ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter Day Saints, another religious body
that suffered In the cyclone.
So far the members of the Plymouth
Congregational church have not roplaced
their edifice, which stood at Twentieth
and Spencer streets, and was completely
destroyed- in the storm. However,, the
pastor, Rev. Frederick Leavltt, Is going
head with plans for a new church to
be erected in the spring at the north
west corner of Eighteenth and Emmet
streets, at a cost of about 1C,000.
55Ion Baptist church, colored, has al
ready put In the foundation walls and
laid the cornerstone of Its now church
an Grant street, near Twenty-second
itreet, which will cost almost $30,000
when completed. The old church build
ing valued at $15,000, was demolished by
'.ho tornado. .
Cathedral Joins: Forivnrd.
Over $100,000 was spent during 1913 on
tho magnificent St. Cecelia's cathedral,
which the Catholics of Nebraska are
erecting at Fortieth and Burt streets.
To date, the expenditure has been $253,000,
and the cathedral when finished will rep
resent an outlay of about $400,000, with
out the costly Interior furnishings which
will follow.
In addition to the tornado victims,
among tho churches, tho Swedish Holi
ness congregation has built a $5,000
church at Fifty-second and Leavenworth
streets, and tho Omaha Free Methodist
longrogatlon has Just taken out a per
mit, dated December 23. for a new $2,000
frame church at 4011 Maple street. A
U000 brick addition has also been built
on tho Grace English Lutheran church,
1320 South Twenty-sixth street, and the
First Presbyterian church. Seventeenth
and Dodge streets, has spent about $1,000
on a new root and interior decorations
for its present edifice. Rev. Edwin Hart
Jonks, pastor of the church, and a com
mitter of Its members are now at work
on the tentative plans for a new church
to be built at Thirty-fourth and Farnam
streets at a cost of about $125,000.
No building permits were required by
the city for the churches which had to
be rebuilt or repaired because of tornado
damage. The operations were merely re
ported to the building inspector's office,
which provided men to averseo the work.
Prosp
erons Year
With the Street
Railway Company
With the Omaha Street Railway com
pany the last year was a prosperous one.
Traffic, with the exception of exposi
tion year, was the heaviest In the hls
'ory of the road, and bad accidents were
few.
While the company made money, at
,lhe same time It expended $307,000 In ex
pending tho system, relaying track and
ddlng to the equipment. Tho principal
extension during the year was the Sher
man avenue line, where a new piece of
road from Commercial avenue north to
Brown street, a distance of more than a
lillo, was built at a cost of $10,000.
The reconstruction of track, at a cost
of $150,000, Included Farnam, from
Twenty-fourth to Fortieth; Twenty
fourth street, from L to O; Vinton, from
Sixteenth to Twenty-fourth, and Twenty
Tmirth street, from Vinton to A.
At a cost of $100,000, In the company's
,)maha shops fifteen motors and sixteen
.railer cars were built. At the company's
ijower house a 6,K0-ldlowatt unit, costing
1123.14)0 was added. Twelve thousand dol
ars was expended in the paving of ap
ironches to the Douglas street bridge.
At tills time the company has not out
Ined plans for 1914, and will not do so
until after the annual meeting to be held
this month. A number of extensions of
lines, however, are known to be under
consideration.
Statistical Report
of Librarian Shows
Increase in All Work
Tho most noticeable item to be found
In the annual report of the librarian of
tho Omaha public library Is that which
relates to tho Issuing of books outsldo of
tho city limits. Tho town of Dundee paid
for the use of the library during 1913 a
tax amounting to $395 and received the
fame service as the citizens of Omaha.
Florence has the matter now under con
sideration and may use tho library next
yenr on tho sarao terms. Towns farther
out In the county have requested how this
Use might be brought about and have
under consideration tho passing of a like
ordinance, showing that Omaha will In
all probability eventually have a county
library.
Few changes have been made In the
rules, but tho one most noticeable has to
do with fines on books overdue. This
will be reduced from 5 cents to 2 cents
per day aftor January 1, 1914.
Tho system of deposit station Is prov
ing a success. The plan Is to develop
this system and plnco In each school dis
trict a school deposit station nnd a de
posit of books also ut some storo or placo
of like character, thus eventually supply
ing everyone with library opportunities.
The total circulation shows an Increase
from 267,371 for 1912 to 302,280 for 1913.
Among the books added have been some
noticeable titles for the reference depart
ment. Thcso havo been selected with n.
view to satisfying the many calls of the
people who frequent tho library and of
building up a useful reference collection.
The necessity for additional space for
library purposes Is emphasized In tho re
port and the librarian usks that the pres
ent building be remodeled so as to make
the spaco more useable. If It Is not pos
sible to build an addition in tho near
future.
Statistics for 1913:
Circulated from main library....
Circulated from deposit stations
Circulated from schools
Total circulation
6I.S90
21,390
16,521
.802.801
Total number of book' borrowers.... 20,218
Number borrowers registered, 1913.. 7.9J7
Visitors to reference department 29,416
Visitors to reading room 42,393
Visitors to museum and Byron Reed
room 18,806
Books purchased 6,327
Books received to date 130,480
Books withdrawn to' date 33.126
Total number books In library 97.23J
Volumes bound In library bindery.. C.809
Amount city appropriation. 1913.... $29,000
Population of Omaha In 1910 124,090
Y, M. C. A, Reports a
Year of Increase in
All Its Activities
The year 1913 hns been a very pros
perous one for tho Young Men's Chris
thin association, despite the tornado and
other conditions which would ordinarily
not bo conducive to tho best interests of
a philanthropic Institution.
The senior membership on December 31
was 128 larger than a year ago, making,
with the boys' membership, a total of
2,278 members. Practically every depart
ment of thn orH shows a pronounced
increase over last year.
Over 130 men and 200 boys are en
rolled in Bible study at the present time.
Tho season for tho outing park on
Carter lake was a particularly propitious
one, several hundred people living on
the ground during the summer.
Some 3C0 men and 373 boys are doing
regular work in the gymnasium, while
the attendance in tho physical depart
men In November alone was 7,050.
Changes In arrangement In the physical
department mado during tho summer
have proven beneficial. Numerous ex
tension groups in athletics are conducted
by tho physical department In churches
and social settlements.
It has been a particularly good year
In the educational department, with a
present enrollment of 448 in that depart
men, as compared with 330 last year.
About thirty different subjects arc be
ing taught, with six classes in English
for foreigners being conducted 'n
various neighborhoods In South Omaha.
About 150 men are living In the dor
mitories and several hundred aro being
served each day In jthe cafeteria. Tho
twenty-flvo boys who' carry the Sunday
morning papers are sleeping each Sat
urday night In tho rooms of the boy's
department.
Sheep Receipts at
South Omaha Take
Leading Position
Sheep receipts took first place at tho
Union stock yards this year; hog receipts
went down nearly 350.000 head less than a
year ago; cattle lost 55,415 as compared
with tho receipts of a year ago.
Tho foremost featuro of tho live sto-dc
receipts at South Omaha last year has
been the heavy gain In receipts of sheep.
Notwithstanding the generally predicted
loss, 3,214,640 head arrived at market dur
ing the twelve months, an Increase tif
264,133 head over last year, while the other
largo markets show decreases, demon-'
stratlng that beyond doubt It is the com
ing sheep market of the country. This
Increase Is accredited to the fact that the
winter of 1912-1913 was mild throughout
the western states, the lamb crop fairly
good, with few losses on account of se
vere weather.
In the matter of cattle receipts, the de
crease of 55,415 head simply reflects the
general shortage of cattle In tho country.
j Heavy loses on tho ranges In western
Nebraska, .caused by the severe otormu
late In the spring of 1913, account for the
decrease shown In the cattle receipts at
South Omaha. Cutting up of the Ne
braska ranches, without doubt, has had
a great deal of bearing on the decreased
receipts, some of the large ranchmen hav
ing either cut down their herds mate
rially or gone out of the business en
tirely. South Omaha shows a considerable de
crease in hog receipts this year, largely
because comparison Is made with 1912,
which was Omaha's banner year, when
nearly 350,000 more hogs were received
than ever before. Losses by cholera Bnd
tho short spring pig crop also cut a big
Jigure in the decrease and tho same
causes a count for tho losses at other
river markets.
SCHOOL WORK IS EXTENDED."
Vacation School and Institution for
Backward Boys Installed.
MANUAL TRAINING EXPANDS.
Parent' McctliiKft Arc Held nt thn
IIIkIi School Superintendent
lirnff Tells of the llrondcn
Inc of Scope of AVorlt.
Ellin lr. Graff, superintendent of publlo
schools, summarizing tho work done In
tho school district for the year 1913, says:,
"During tho lost year many Improve--inents
have been mado In the work, of
tho publlo schools In the direction of
greater efficiency In tho regular work.
For the first time a vacation school was
conducted with nn enrollment of mooo
than SCO pupils and with a high percent
age of success In their studies. More,
than 90 per cent of thcso pupils complete!
a semester of regular work and were
enabled to advance a grade on tho open
ing of school In September who would
othorwlse have boen obliged to spend an
other half year In the grades. This was
accomplished without undue strain or
overwork on tho part of cither pupils or
teachers.
"Tho year lias witnessed a great ex
tension of public library work in con
nection with tho schools. Branch libraries
have been established at Monmouth
Park, Kellom, Castellar and Pacific
schools and these branches havo boon
tho means of circulating thousands of
books among tho children and parents
under tho direction of the regular force
of publlo libraries. Credit for this work
should bo given to Miss Edith Tobltt,
who promoted the Idea and has beon en
thusiastic In carrying It out.
"Tho Miller Park building was opened
for the first time In Soptembcr. This is
a slxteon-room building of modem type
and provides up-to-date facilities for the
chlldicn of this growing district.
Fort School.
"Tho special school for boys, called the
'Fort school,' was opened In September
with an enrollment at the beginning of
twent boys. Tho membership has In
creased to forty-five and there are others
who havo applied for permission to at
tend this school. The purpose of the
school Is to provldo handwork and pre
vocatlonal training for adolescent boys
who aro not well adapted to the work as
ordinarily carried on. The capacity of
this school is about sixty pupils, and
from present Indications It will bo more
than full before tho closo of the present
year.
"Tho work of manual training In the
grades has been extended to several
buildings, and now only five schools of
the city are without this form of work.
"The High School of Commerce has
shown substantial growth and, Indeed,
has entirely outgrown Its present quar
ters. Tho school has been recognized
by being placed on the accredited list
with the University of Chicago and sev
eral other universities of tho middle west.
This recognition Is particularly gratify
ing as the course was not planned with
particular reference to college prepara
tion. "At tho Central High school r series
of parents' meetings bavo been held wltli
tho object of acquainting the parontu of
high school pupils with tho school and
the conditions of its work. These meet
ings havo beon well attended and have
been very successful.
'A 'safety campaign' has been In
augurated for the purpose of Instructing
children In tho dangers of street and
railroad traffic and emphasizing the Im
portance of care in going to and from
school.
'Along with these various Improve
ments and developments the regular
work of tho schools has been carried on
more thoroughly and efficiently than
ever beforo. The regular subjects of tho
course of study have received tho prin
cipal emphasis and attention and results
havo justified tho efforts put upon them.
"The last year has been ono of prog
ress, but not of Btartllng Innovations.
Tho Omaha schools aro developed along
lines of work which have proved their
value In education and not to educa
tional experiments."
Omaha is Second
in the Number of
'Phones Per Capita
There is now ono telephone for every
five inhabitants in the city of Omaha.
That makes Omaha second highest in
telephone development in tho Unltcd
States, which means In the world. Only
San Francisco has a greater percentage
of telephones per capita.
The Nebraska Tclephono company In
stalled 1,142 new telephones In Omaha
during tho last year. This makes a total
of 31,130 telephones In Omaha proper now.
While Omaha Is tho forty-third city in
tho United States In point of population
it Is twenty-second In point of the num
ber of telephones and second In point of
telephones per capita.
Tho payroll of tho company In Omaha
this year was $885,000, which represents
salaries to something over 1,180 em
ployes Wise Hospital
Shows Big Increase
in Work for Year
Substantial Increases In the work of
Wise Memorial hospital havo been made
during the year JUBt clofcd. Tho capac
ity hoc been increased from Klxty-flvo to
eighty patients, and a new $15,000 homo
for the nurses has been built next to tho
hospital building.
Following the tornado fifty patients
were cared for, no charges being made
for anything except the special rooms
furnished patients on request, all cost
of nutslng, operating, drugs, supplies,
dressings, etc, being donated.
Patients admitted during 1911 l.ssj
Patients discharged during 1913 1,394
CHARITY WORK.
Jewish patients $1,501.20
Non-Jewish patients 2,641.93
MANY BABiESB0RN DURING
THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
nirths reported to the health depart
ment total 219 for the month of Decem
ber. Several births will be reported later
In the week as the report comes to the
health office two or three days after
tho first of the month.
Internal Revenue
Collections for 1913
Show a Decrease
Tho fact that the Internal revenue, col
lections for tho enlcmlnr year of 1913,
which constitute tho largest collections
under any authority of state, show a
decided decrease, seems to be largely duo
to tho fact that the tax on spirits, which
Includes whisky, show n decrease of
nearly $200,000.
Ross I Hammond, collector of In
ternal revenue for tho district of Ne
braska, has completed his report tor tho
calendar year, though the amount for tho
last three days of December, 1913, are
cstlmuted. The report shown a decline
In tho manufacture of whisky nnd a
marked Increase In tho tux collected on
beer. Tho production of beer, estimated
from the revenue collector's roport for
the yenr, shows that 29.106 more bnrrels
of bcor were mndo In Nebrnska during
1913 than during tho year 1912.
Less tobacco wns manufactured Into
cigars, cigarettes nnd plug during 1913
than In 1912. There Is nlso a slight de
crease In tho amount of process butter
manufactured In tho Nebraska district
during tho last year.
Tho tax paid by corporations during
the last year shows a marked Improve
ment of tho condition of corporations In
this territory nnd tho Increuso In their
taxes paid thn government this year
amounts to $42,866.67, or an Increase of
more than 40 per cent over the total of
the year 1912. This tax is paid by cor
porations which show a net profit of
more than $5,000 for the year.
Internal Revenue Collection.
The following tablo shows tho collec
tions in the different classes for tho year
1913 as well as the samo table for tho
year preceding: 1912. 1913.
Regular list $ 11,2,S2,63 $ 6.213.00
Corporation list 109,012.43 151,979.00
Special tax 101,906.33 99,71X1.09
Tobacco 6,572. 4." 6.303.00
Cigars 87,239 3S 82.40S.0O
Spirits 2,074.y73.M 1,884,316.00
Case stamps 1,226.00 1,726.00
Process buttor 1,045.21 607.00
Boer 427,527.00 4.'i,693.00
Mixed flour 21.50 75.00
Playing cards 3.00
Documentary stamps 1.50
Totals $2,819,908.01 $2,6S9,948.00
Creighton Medics
Help the Sick in
Daily Clinics
Tho free dispensary of the Creighton
College of Medicine, which enters upon
Its twenty-second year of cxtstenco to
day, treats an average of forty patients
por day. Tho cllnlo Is open throughout
the entire year, only closing Sunday and
national holldnys. Tho books of tho cllnlo
show that tho students give about 10.000
treatments annually. Tho out patient de
partment handles about 1,200 cases a year.
The lncrcaso in tho number of tho pa
tients and tho charnctcr of the diseases
treated has mado It necessary to add a
number of additional rooms for clinical
use.
Each department of tho clinic Is under
the direction of a physician under whoso
direction tho studcntB work. After two
years of mostly book and laboratory
work students aro eligible for clinical
work They spend a greater part of their
time In the clinics In their last two years
at the school. Each case that comes In
Is tabulated and assigned to either a
Junior or senior, who obtains tho history
and proceeds to treat tho case under tho
supervision of the physician at tho head
of his department. The nature of tio
malady determines to tho department to
which tho patient is assigned.
Practice nt IloapltnU.
Dr. Mulrhead, dean of tho Creighton
school, states that 90 per cent of tho men
who attend tho Creighton clinics aro un
married, as are a majority of tho women.
In eddltlon to the clinical facilities nt
the collego the students gain expcrlenco
at St Joseph's, St. Bornard's, Mercy ond
the Douglas county hospitals. At St.
Joseph's hospital they witness operations
In the ampitlieater.
The senior class is divided Into sections
at St. Joseph's hospital and are assigned
to cases, which they follow from the
time of commitment until final discharge.
St. Bernard's hospital, Council Illuffs,
has 250 beds for nervous or lnsano pa
tients Mercy hospital 1b nlso In thn
Iiluffj and offers Interncshlps to Creigh
ton men each year. The county hospital
can accommodato 300 patients and Is ex
cluslvely a charitablo Institution.
The clinic was begun In tho year 1S92
when the collego was first inaugurated
In tho old St. Joseph's hospital. Twelfth
and Mason streets. At that time It occu
pied three rooms and during that year
treated about 500 patients. In 189S whon
the college was moved to the building nt
Fourteenth and Davenport streets, erected
with $100,000 given by Count John A.
Creighton, the clinic was installed In part
of its present quarters. Later when the
north wing of the present building was
erected clinic rooms wero installed on tho
first floor of the now wing. It now oc
cupies nearly all of tho first floor of the
$25),00i) structure.
School Pouulation of
Omaha Is 28,368
The total school population of Omaha
as shown by the last census was 28,368.
This number Includes all children be
tween the ages of 5 anil 21 years. While
tho public school enrollment for the pres.
cnt year Ib 21,303, tho averago dally at
tendance for the first half of the school
year has been but 14,816, a decided de
crease compared with the complete fig
ures for 1912, although the attendance Is
expected to increase during tho second
semester.
Enrollment In the publlo schools for
the present year Is divided as follows:
In high schools, 2,490; In grammar grades,
6,823; In primary grades, 9,873; In the
kindergarten department, 2.112; In night
schools, 966.
There are 503 public school teachers.
The average number of pupils per teacher
on attendance is 26.1. The number of
teachers was increased tills year from
607 to 663, which Includes the ordinary
Increase In tho grades und the new staff
for the high school of commerce, where
twenty-nlne new teachers are employed.
j ANSWERED THE LAST CALL
Prominent People in City and State
Join the Great Majority.
SOME NAMES IN YEAR'S RECORD
HnnL of I'loneern Thinned by the
Silent .MrnnrnK'-r .Ml ('tinmen
He nrcHriitcd iij- Those Sum
moned Hence.
Omaha's death roll for 1913 carries the
names of many men nnd women whoso
loss is keenly felt not only from tho cir
cles of family and fr ends, but from tho
actlvo forces which make for tho
city's betterment and prosperity. As
usual tho ranks of tho pioneers of city
nnd state wero grlovously thinned.
ied Tho
Odd Fol-
"oldest Mason" nnd thn "oldest
low joined ma great majority, l'rores- j Nov. 15 Mrs. Mnren Johnson. 95. oldest
slonnl and business life, generous workers i rjnident of Unwind county: S. V. Hayes,
among the poor. puMIc servants, railroad KWA'tr
men and civil war veterans comprise a of Wayne county; William Henry lUrrl
roster regrettably long. n, ex-postmnster and pioneer of Grand
... ...
Jan. 12 E. R. Duffle, age 63, former
Judso of district court.
Jan. 24 Dr. M. ti. Donahou, 47, pioneer
osteopath.
Jan. 20- 1). II. Buck, 70, real estate
agent, killed by automobile.
Feb. 2 Henry T. Clarke, TJ, pioneer and
founder of Itcllovtiti college.
Feb. -7-Wllllnm Randall, 71, freight audi
tor of 11. & M.
Feb. 14. Mrs. William Dalton, 76. pio
neer pettier In Ilnllevue.
Feb. 15-K. V. Smith, 83, territorial pio
neer. Fob. 18-W. M. Glass, 4S, Vice President
Lee-Ulusa-Amlrcsen company, wholesale
hardware.
Feb. lii-Mrs. Harry D. Heed. 50.
Fob. 20-K. C Marlon, 46. capitalist.
Feb. 22-Cnlvln D. SchulU, 72, pioneer
newspaper num.
Feb. El-Mrs. F. Ilnrton Mlllnrd, mom
her of the Daughters of tho American
Revolution. ; A. u, Davenport, 70, hotel
clerk and charter member of Omuhu
Wilts' lodge; William Dalton. 75, pioneer
of 1858.
Fob. 26 Mrs. Mary Sanger. 91, pioneer.
March 3 Richard C. Gushing, 69, mayor
of Omaha, lSMMrt.
March ;I6 Kdwnrd K. Hatch. 69, pioneer
bank cnshler.
.March 23 David Anderson, 88, South
Omnhn territorial pioneer; T. It, Norrls.
renl estnto dealer; George 8. Duncan, au
tomobile advertising department. Omaha
Iiee.
March 27-Mrs. William Bushman,
ploneor.
54,
April 3 Charles A. Tracy, mayor of
Benson, clgnr denier
April 15 Thotims Cormack, 59, veteran
police officer.
April 17 LoulB Hclmrod, 65, United
Status gauger und promluont German
American. May 2 Jerry Rlordnn, 70, pioneer
butcher. South Omnha.
May 12-Dr. E. W, Foster, 43,
May 18-Horiico G, Hurt, 64, president
of tho Union Pacific, lfas-1904.
May 20-W. c. Bnrtlett, 45, auditor
Union Pacific rallrond.
May 21 John Chrlstophcrson, 76, pio
neer rnllway mall agent.
Juno 1 John J. Sullivan. 73. retired loco
motive engineer. Union Pacific railroad.
Juno 11-Dr. P. H. Jensen, 68, pioneer
physician.
Juno 20-E. D. Van Court, 64, pnvlng
contractor.
Juno 21 JnmcB B. Donley, 75, civil war
veteran,
.Tune 30-Zachnry Taylor Lindsay, 67.
wholesnlo rubber merchant.
July 8-Davld S. Porkhurst, 71, livestock
commission. South Omnha,
July 10-Wllllnm Rochoford, l, building
contractor, killed In auto collision with
street car.
July 12-Frederlck Schnnke, 78, pioneer
German newspaper editor.
July 13 Sherman Saunders, 49. grain
merchant.
July 15-Prnf. Felix von Blnnkenfcld, 71,
music teacher.
July 16-Kd A. FlUgorald, 59, hotel
clerk,
J,"'y 1 J- A. Holtiman, 61, pioneer
painter, Florence,
July 23-Mra. A. J. Vlerllng, 59.
July 2, Kdward Sterrlcker, 72, pioneer
cltlnen; Joseph Sonncnberg, 73, pioneer
pawnbroker.
July 30-Captaln C. H. Townsend, 78,
chlof clerk army headquarters.
Aug. 5-Mrs. Nettle Collins Gates, 63.
Aug. 8-Ralph W. Breckinridge, 53, law
yer, killed by automobile.
Aug. 13 W. ft Shoemnker. 69, civil war
veteran, lawyer nnd politician.
A"S-. 14. F. E. McOlnnls, 40, railroad
conductor.
Aug. 31-U H. Wrcnn, 64, Insurance
agent.
Aug. 6-F. H, Blake, 69. conl denier.
Aug. 9 Ralph O. Van Ness, 93, pioneer
nurseryman.
Aug, 27-Hcryl Crocker. 20, collego nth
Iete. Sept. 3-Dr. William Arnold. 94, pioneer
Wiy'.c,aP ,nml 01 v" war veternn; Mrs.
Kllzabnth htcurns, 83, member Daughters
of tho American Revolution.
Sept. 4-Phllllp Iing, 80, civil wnr vct
crun and plonc'cr shoe merchant.
iH0tPti6Ta"',8' s.".lly ZtB'". TO. prominent
In Jowlsh charities.
Kept. 11 George McBrlde, 53, county
surveyor. '
Sept, 23-Walter 8. Mlsener, 79, architect
and contractor.
Sept. 2G Cornelius Norrls, 66, locomotive
engineer. Union Pacific railroad.
Nov. 4-Frank A. Furuy, 40, former city
nnd county treasurer; Mrs. Frank Gar
rlty. 65, ploneor resident.
Nov. E-Wllllam B. Christie, 77, pioneer
resident.
Noy. 6-Jnmes William Vnn Nostrand.
4. pioneer lawyer.
i.PV 7-Cnarlc Turner, 90, pioneer cap.
""'ion
Nov. 8 Henrv
Herckt, 78,
O'Reilly, 6S,
fresco
South
painter.
Nov. Dennis
Omaha pioneer.
Nov. 12-Mrs. Gertrude Perrlne, 82, plo
neer resident.
Nov. 13-Frank Garrlty, 71. civil war
veteran nnd pioneer.
Nov. 15 Will H. Poppleton. 45. Inwvcr.
Nov 16-.WIlllam G. Chambers sV p7o
neer freighter.
Nov. 20-Prof. E. W. Hunt. 63, associate
litnr Twnnl Ath rv.ni...... !.--.'.
:3?E:::;rr
i?.tl.T' .!"! E' Hellgsohn. 70. pioneer
charity worker.
Nov. 23-Mrs. Emma Oanson. 60. mem
Hon DftUK,lter" of ,ne American Rcvolu-
uflkreas'ioctn' lhn
ImXitmV ,lryHn, a' dea,er ,n fa
Dec. 9-Oeorgo Burtch, 79, Bellovue plo-
Dec. 11
pert.
-Al Blmlgor, 61, mechanical ox.
Dec. 23 Frank R. Emmons
manager John Deere rmn......
35, sates
Dec. 24-Joseph Cullen Root. 69, founder
and sovereign commander of the fraternal
UijilrHnco order. Woodmen of the World.
l''on Purine slioxumn.
Dee. 27-Thomus H. Dalley. 60, civil war
veteran, former city councilman, deputy
city clerk Thomas Griffin. 70. civil war
veteran, for fifty yonrs clerk In nunrter.
masters department; John Hughes, 63
stock dealer. South Omaha,
Klnle nt l.nrirr,
r,:l2n,T.-777Vcrne Mrcr. M. Gibbon, oldest
Odd Fellow In the state,
Jan. 10-Hurvey W. Hardy, SS, twice
mayor of Lincoln.
Jan, 13-W. N Huse. K. editor nnd pub-
Vim"1". of &or,,k 1al,v '; Charles O.
Whedon. 66. lawyer, Lincoln.
.iHn. 19-Colonel S. S. Cotton, 87. pioneer
or Norfolk.
Fob. 7-John lllckey. "I, Gretna, pioneer
of Sarpy countv.
Feb. 21-C. Fr Ellis. Sterling, com
mandant of Soldiers' home, Grand Is.
land.
March 1 John Lew-Is, C9, Lyons, plo
neer of Burt county
MHrch 11 -I 11. Emery, 73. Valentine,
civil war otetan., W. L. Blckly, 66, p0!
neer of Madison county.
May-George W. Scott, 04, attorney,
ureeiey.
June 10 C. T. Hoggs, real estate dealer,
Lincoln.
June IS Judge K. 1 Adams. Mlnden.
Juno ?0 Joseph M. Fry, 79, Tablo Rock,
pioneer of Pawnee county.
June 21 -Alexander M. Rose, 82, pioneer
or fuming county.
June 25 Gcorgo 1. Reynolds, 72, Insur
ance agent, Fremont.
July 5-Jnmes U. North. 7R. Columbus,
state pioneer nnd democratic lender.
July 20 Reuben H. Schneider. 60. grain
mercant. Fremont
Aug. 10-James Ireland, 77, chll war
veteran and pioneer. Falrbury; Milton
Knight, sheriff of Cuming county.
Aug. 17-D. u Haines, S3, pioneer of
Franklin.
Aug. 18-Frank R. White, 3S. Lyons,
director of education, Philippine Islands.
Sept. 19 Joseph Hunker, pioneer lumber
merchant. West Point.
Sept. M-trvIng W. Haws, 52, Mlnden.
president Ktnto Fair association.
Oct. 4-H, n, Travis, 60. district court
Judge, Plattsmouth.
Oct. 9 Melancthon Scott. 70. mayor of
South Auburn
Aiuton Khoiles. m. lie
I ,,ron'. former treasurer of Thayer county;
! ism n M Wr,Kl"' S3' rt"rT f HoMovuo.
I "I1H.
Nov. 22 "Old Man" ltenaud. 95, Oak
land, once nn Arab captive In north
Africa and one of DumRS' characters.
Nov. 26-Mrs. Jano Southwell, 83. plo
neer of Hurt county.
Nov. 27-Dnnlei J. Crellln. 83, West
lolnt, pioneer lawyer of Cuming county.
Nov. 29-Arthur J. Kvnns. 64, David City,
pioneer Judge and state senator.
.f' 'r,),ncon l-ugene Kemmcrer,
5?. Baptist minister, Lincoln.
Dec. 25 William B. Ie. 81. Dodge
county pioneer of 1S.VI.
Dec. 26-Jncoh V. Wolfe. SO. Lincoln,
state pioneer, former state officer and
member of state legislature.
Young Women's
Christian Associa
tion Holds Its Own
Although tho big membership ram
pnlgn annually u;ed by the Young
Women's Christlnn association to build
up Its enrollment wns next to Impossible
of adoption In 1913, becniiso of the
EaRter tornado nnd Its results, the asso
ciation has held Its own during the year
Just closed.
Tho membership on December 1 wsi
2,482, which represents only a slight loss
as compared with tho previous year. The
membership loss was tho principal do
cronso in tho association's records, the
storm sweeping the city the very day be
foro tho big membership canvnss was to
begin. In other lines tho orgnnUatlon has
enjoyed rcmarkablo prosperity, consider
ing tho circumstances.
Among tho now features Inaugurated
during tho last year wero tho summer
homo, known as Summer Hill farm, near
Bennington, which was maintained dur
ing tho three warm months of the year,
with 282 guests, nnd tho branch lunch
room on Eleventh street, which wns
opened in November for the accommoda
tion of working girls In the wholesale
district, with nn averago dally attend
ance of 123,
OrKnnltc iNeir China,
Bible study was also Inaugurated among
a group of High school girls In South
Omaha. Two now clubs wero orgnnlxed,
ono nmong the girls of Boyle's Uuslr
ness college, and the other, known as the
Tip Top club, among tho employes of tho
association. A clasa In English for Bo
hemian girls wns hold regularly in South
Omaha.
Aside from new feaurea and exten
sion work, advance work was done in
tho older clubs and In the existing de
partments. The ' association has just
completed Its third year of supporting
Miss Ruth Paxsan as association secre
tary hi China.
Social affairs for young women of the
city wero held monthly during 1918, with
an average attendance of 112. Frequent
parties wero nlso given by the various
clubs and departments. The social hour
on Sunday afternoon, following the
vesper service, was expanded, music and
readings being added to the former pro-,
gram of refreshments? conversation and
general singing. This mndo a pleasant
home center for young women on Sunday
afternoons and the average attendance
for tho year waa ninety-three,
Clinimc Secretnrlrs,
There have been only two secretarial
changes during thn year. Miss Edith
Wnlkor came from Park College, Mo.,
to bo office aocrctary, and Miss Clara
Brewster canie from Des Moines, after
being physical director there for three
years, to occupy that position with the
Omaha association.
In the physical and educational classes,
619 students were enrolled for the 1913
fall term. About tho same number were
enrolled In tho classes last spring, mak
ing tho year's totnl more than 1,000. Tho
English classes ' had eighty-four members
at the close of tho year.
Useful work has been carried on by the
secretaries In securing employment and
suitable rooming nnd boarding places for
young women, and In assisting them at
depots when travelling alone. A cafe
teria lunchroom has also been con
ducted throughout the year.
Improvements Made
i. 04 jr A. -1- - T7- .
ab aouifl umana laras
During Last Year
Over $200,000 were expended during the
last year In Improving the facilities at
the South Omaha market. A large sec
tion of the old hog sheds were razed
nnd a modern hog division constructed,
tho pens being entirely covered with con
crete paving, equipped with concreto
troughs, and ample sewerage to keep the
pens In sanitary condition at all times.
The entire pen urea Is covered by a stel
and concrete roof, the roof being built
on tho "saw-tooth" plan, making It the
best lighted and ventilated hog division
In the country. A concreto and steel via
duct, to facilitate the movement of stock
to the Morris company plant, completes
the east end of this new hog division,
costing approximately $40,000.
Another addition Is the construction Of
a new horse barn. This lias been a long
felt 'want at this point und now places
South Omaha In the position of offering
to the horse shipping public facilities un
equalled by any other market. This
enormous structure waa erected at a cost
of approximately $150,000.
The new F street viaduct. Just com
pleted, for the use of residents of the
northwest portion of South Omaha, en
tailed an outlay of approximately $20,000
on the part of the South Omaha. Stock
Yards company.
POSTOFFICE JHAS INCREASE
Addition of South Omaha Swelli tho
Figures in the Totals.
PARCEL POST ALSO HELPS
More Snlnrle Are Pld Them Be
fore Increnses Are Shorrn In
All Ihe Varlnnn Departments
of Ponlofflce.
The business of the Omaha postofflcet
for thn calendar year, 1913, shows a
substantial lncrcaso In every depart-!
mcnt, much of which, however, I at,
trlbuted to the fact that the South'
Omaha office has become a part of the.
Omaha office and the parcel post has'
also been added to the gross amount oO
business done through the postoftlce de-'
partmcnt.
"The splendid showing mads by this?
office during tho last year does not lni
dlcate hnlf of tho progress that hasr
been made In the administration of thej
postoftlce here." declared Postmaster
John C. Wnrton. "The Increase -ofj
good fellowship nnd brotherly feeling
umonr the employes has made It pos-j
slblo for us to cope with such unusual
sltuat.ons as tho first parcel post Christ-)
mas. Before Christmas, we felt like sol
diers going Into battle. It was a battle,!
too, though It was a fight of toll nnd
sweat Instead of ono of bullets and cnn-l
non.
A feature of tho annual statement of
the ostofflce Is tho marked Increase!
In the salaries paid through the OmahaJ
postoftlce. In addition to this, "there
Is nlso a marked lncrcaso In the num-'
her of employes who receive this money.i
The payroll for 1912 Included 152 clciksj
and 116 carriers, or a total of 248 persons.!
The payroll for 1913 Includes 194 clerks
and 178 carriers, or n total of 372 employes!
of thu postal department. In addition
to these there are about sixty subatt
tute carriers nnd clerks on the list,
which might be Included as employes
although they are not regularly In thej
postal service hero.
Statement of the business of the Omaha,
postoftlce In 1913, as compared with that!
of 1912:
MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT.
1913. No. Amount.
Money orders Issued... .134.445 $ l,2$6,510.6ij
Money orders paid 449,904 4,266,353.23f
Remittances received... 38,639 B,549,526.04
Totnl $1I,102,38S.S9
1912.
Money orders Issued. ...116,240 $ 1,103,465.00
Money orders paid ....415,000 4,164,352.00
Remittances received... 37,412 5,573,612.01
Total $10,841.460.0ol
Increase ... 2fiO,92S.K
CASHIER'S DEPARTMENT.
Gross receipts, 1913 $ 1,325.256.301
Gross receipts, 1912 l,14t,851.61j
Increase, 182.401.69
Salaries paid:
Rural carriers, 1913 $1,188,293.31
Rural carriers, 1912 1,061,996. Qij
Increase $ I06,303.3a
Hallway mall clerks. l13 $ 408.310.9
Railway mall clerks, 1912 349,160.23
lncrcaso $ 59.169.8S
Local employes, 1913 $ 429,770.H
Local employes, 1913... 351,t06.i
Increase f 77.814.63
REGISTRY DIVISION.
, . 1913. 1912.
No. pieces registered 120,381 lS9.oq
No. pieces reed, for dellvery.,115,661 100,901
No. of pieces delivered 116,126 108,753
No. pkgs. handled In lrans!t..384,281 278.15
PARCEL POST.
Insured C.O.D.-4
''' t'vaiuiMGC Ib.bOU
South Omaha 2,ioo
Hnlon Depot Sta... 3,844
Station A 4is
Station B 600
Station C
Walnut .Hill station 614
Ames Aye. Station. 622
Stock Yards Station 125
Benson ... 20
Contract stations... 4.500
. w . ,u uc j" unij.
GROSS INCOME OF U. P. 1
RAILROAD SHOWS INCREASE!
The Union Pacific's report on opera-!
Hons during November hns been given
out from the company's New York oW
flee. While the business for the month
was not up to some of the months oi
the past, It was better than during sonJ
periods, t
The gross revenue amounted to $8.584,J
100, with a decreaso of $183,xw. Th'a
operating expenses and taxes were $2,969 1
000, an Increase of $270,000. ' '
From and Including July the gross ln-1
ul, tne,f,ve mont amounted tn
$44,618,000, an Increase of $7Sl,0CO over h3
corresponding period of last year Tha
operating expenses and taxes during the?
flvo months aggregated $27,635,000, an ln-i
crease of 3,630,crA During the earn)
period tho operating Income wn. ir i
000, a decrease of $1,749,000.
NORTHWESTERN ORDERS i
MUCH MEW EQUIPMENTS
OmsJin offices of the Northwestern road'
have recplved notice that the componri
has given out contracts for $4,000,000 ot'
nev equipment to be furnished the gy-,
tern during 1914. This Includes euperJ
heater switch engines, forty mikado typ
freight engines and twelve Pacific typ
passenger engines. The order provides!
for 2,000 steel gondola cars. 1
The Information Indicates that wlthlal
s, short time orders will be placed fop
the construction of a number of steei
passenger coaches. '
ROSS CARRIES OFF THE 1
HONORS AT PRAIRIE PARK'
Last Monday's pay In the Prairie Parfcj
Whist club match, playing duplicate,
whist, New England schedule, thirty-
three boards, was easy pickings for Ross,
who had gained a positive score of l3
l-en the evening was completed. Scores
WINNER8.
IiOOSHRK
Ross ., H
nmce 2
Nelson
Dorst ,
Rowland 6
McCann
dlack li
niCKier 3,
Hanson
UUCK
Palmer
even
even
Lucke S
ALL DEALERS NOW BELONG '
TO AUTO SHOW ASSOCIATION!
Four more dealers were elected to ratm4
bershlp In the Automobile Show assc-4
elation by the board of directors, In aes-j
slon for the first meeting Tuesday night.'
The Orr Motor Sales company, the OpA
per-Van Vleet company, If. PeKon an4
the Avery company were elected to mem-j
bershlp, which makes every dealer la!
Omaha a member ot that assoel&Uoaj
and all wiU exhibit their cars at ths
19U show to be held in February, Pianal
for the mi jbovr ytr Ueu4,
19.542 2.810 7M
1.940 52 1961
1.532 1,000 'Oa
705 20 29
898 15 60(
562 12 2i
925 2 2
"it 11 S
238 6 i
29 li
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