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Live Stock Exchange a Lively
, Organization of Live Wire Men
highly- Developed System of
Service for Stockgrowen
r rand" Packers and Great
5 Work It Does.
The South Omaha Live Stock Ex
Change il certainly a "live" stock
exchange. It it the "livest" ttocle
'exchange in the whole world, to the
4est of our information, and knowl-
'The average layman or man outside
Jhc"cirt;les of the big cattle, hog and
heep business, doesn't differentiate
'fcnch between the stock yards com
; "kanx-and the live stock exchange. It
ill -sort of goes in together in his
tnind with the business.
"'They are two separate organiza-
Jhnni. however, though both are con
ierned with the great business on the
boutD bide. .
I iThe Live Stock exchange might be
'described a the selling- oragnization.
while the stock yards company owns
"nd operates the facilities there for
receiving, holding and shipping the
cattle, hogs, sheep, horses ana males.
Membership Roll Large.
iThe South Omaha Live Stock Ex-
vfimnre ii. therefore, an organization
of live stock commission men and
traders doing business on the Omaha
live stock market It has forty-seven
commission firms, and twenty-five
firms of traders, on itt membership
Toll.
These firms have their offices and
'business forces in the big exchange
"!;lHm(r nn th atnck varus srounds.
JTliia building is owned by the stock
wards company, which rents the of
fices to the firms. Here are also the
telegraph offices, postoffice, telephone
I'"The commission business today Is
highly specialized. The various firms
('have salesmen for each class of stock,
"U a general rule. These salesmen
'are experts in their lines, and have
wide acquaintance among live stock
nen. Some of tht firms even have
7n or three cattle salesmen, two
;ut three hog salesmen, and so on,
i ,. Serve the Shipper. -
M'The live stock is sent here, con
signed by the owner to some com
mission firm. It is unloaded by the
Stock yards company and delivered
tt the pens. Each commission firm
r he r.rtain oene in the yards aet
apart for the reception Of etock eon-
- Cattle received are sorted Into thejr
' several classes, according to their
....i..-- it,. , ta which they are
" to be put. whether they are Intended
I for safe to the packing houses, or to
be oscd-at feeders until they fat-
''ThVstocV U then fed, watered and
offered by the salesmen for sale. All
J the packing houses have their buyers.
: Eacfuack!ng house has a buyer for
teach class of cattle highly trained
r apecialista in judging beef on the
hoof. Each packing house has also
S a, buyer in each of the several divt-
aions of the hog and sheep market
Agenta of Owners.
Thus the commission men, who are
: the agents of the owners, get to
' aether with the people who want
; cattle, and the .prices, are, adjusted
:,and sales made.' .' '
-- It is noteworthy here, that while
' the price of live stock has been tend-
ing upward for a long time, and the
."stock yards company has improved
't its facilities right along, it today
charges only the commission charged
- twenty years ago. While everything
: that the company must buy has ad--nH
in nnce. its one commodity,
service, has bn kept down to the
" same price. And the cattle seller on
,vhis ranch can get more' and better
service here than anywhere else in
- the world. ' "" ' .
Bulk Nebraska Business.
& Sixty per cent of the live stock re
' ceints of South Omaha originate in
Nebraska, the balanc coming from
r-irt..Jn VT....Ha TiMva Idaho. Ore-
r:Ron, Montana, Wyoming, Utah,;
South Dakota and Missouri. ?
S:- The live stock raisers of Ne
braska alone received more than $t0,
"000,000 for animals sold in South
" Omaha last year. The packing plants
It and the stock yards together repre
sent an investment of $25,000,000.
. .employ an average of 10,000 people
and pay approximately $6,000,000 a
ear in wages. The packing industry
, 'represents more than half of the total
'-'manufactures of Nebraska and ex
'ceeds the total gold production of
.r.the United States and Alaska by
.--more than $20,000,000.
' In thia great industry the mem
A hers of the Live Stock exchange are
.-the lively agency standing between
sellers and buyers.
'.; 1 his great organization makes and
;nforcea all rule for trading on the
.'market. . ' ' '
- Commercial Moral High.
"We have keyed the commercial
.".moral tone to the highest possible
; standard," said A. F. Stryker, secre-l
tary and traffic manager, "The busi-.
'liness is done on the highest plane of,s-j
l' honor. Dishonesty or sharp practice
I will not be tolerated among members
t Tof the exchange
"The exchange is ready at all times
to Investigate complaints of poor serv
""ice on the part of railroads, the stock
( yards company or anyone else."
The traders on he exchange occupy
- the same position in handling "feeder
",Iive stock as the other firms do in
;v-;their line. And they are firms of the
.Vstme large volume of business in live
J stock sold for feeding and fattening
. t purposes. The exchange also makes
l1 viand enforces the rules that govern the
l traders. -
r .-- C. J. Ingwersen is president of the
. I ;,South Omaha Live Stock exchange.
..V, B. Tagg is vice president. E. P.
J Melady is treasurer, and A. F. Stryker
jt', J is secretary and traffic manager.
f: -i Disputes Art Few.
-J About one-third of a million trades
I were made on the market last year.
.gnaws, a, tt.
4soT a, attk at
ROBERT PARKS
I Heating and Plumbing Co.,
(Incorporated)
Omaha, Nik.
When going away order
THE BEE
sent to your summer address
Telephone Tyler 1000
'"'- Ail far -ClralattMl Department.
and only seven cases of dispute out
of all thia great number came up, so
perfect U the working ot the ex
change.
Cases of disputed aalea are re
ferred to the arbitration committee.
The committee of the South Omaha
Live Stock exchange are as follows:
janltrnoa unnllta.
H. T. Qant, Store Francla
Chairman u. F. Oullfoyla
w. F. Danny 3ret Htckox
Aftneala Commlttaa.
B. B. Blenenard. E. a. Smith
Chairman T. W. Farrla
W. J. Daarth Um Wolrihalmar
JMnt Exectle Committee.
Claaae Clifton. H. O. Edwarde
Chairman R. W. Henley
H. R. Dennr C. H. Van AUttna
Hailrocn ana maen laraa wwwiiw
Will H. WMd. Charla Burka
Chairman F. O, Krllof a
Alaa O. Bnahanan " B A. Boaa
Adrertl-lna and FabUrltr CmnnritSaa,
S). W. Cabow A. E Rotara
Chalrmaa J. B. Root
E. Boeklnffham Ban Roth
froaantlai Cammlttaa.
O. W. Oraana. N. R. Bryaon
unainnan n. u. nioooo
Flldbla SoUellor OammlltM.
John Bmlth. Frank Anderaon
Chairman tJ. n niooaro
I'raaa Oammlttaa.
0. 3. Inrworaon. A. F. fltrykar
Chairman W. B. Tata
Belgian King May
Always Be Found
In Front Ranks
(CorraaDondanco ot Tha Aaaoelatad Fraaa.)
Flushing, Netherlands, Sept 25.
King Albert of Belgium has aged un
der the heavy cares and sorrows of
the present time, and his hair is be
ginning to turn gray, according to the
latest news from the Bejgian front.
Hia majesty never leaves the small
strip of territory over which the
Belgian flag still flies, refraining
from visits to places in France or to
Ste. Adresse, where his government
has its teat If the king of England
or President Poincare want to meet
the Belgian sovereign, they have to
go to this corner of the Yser.
The soldiers deeply appreciate the
fact that their sovereign and commander-in-chief
shares with them the
monotony of this marahy bit of coun
try, waiting, like them, for the day
when Belgium shall be free once
more. His majesty is frequently seen
by his men in the trenches, in bar
rsfcki. on the aands and in the dunes.
It is said, indeed, that no one knows
better than he the twenty-five or
thirty miles of trenches hert tne
Belgian troops keep vigilant guard
day and night He it particularly
fond of visiting the advancing posts,
and his troops alwaya feel aome
amount of anxiety when they decry
the king'a tall figure traversing the
footbridsrea only .some hundreds of
meters distant from the enemy.
Queen Elizabeth, on the other hand,
hat with her own hands bound up
many badly wounded men in the
Ocean hospital. Here she is in daily
attendance, speaking an encouraging
word here and there to the patients
and distributing tobacco and cigar
cttn. Instances are related in which
she haa stood by the dying bed of
simple soldiers, ner majesty la nriu
in great ' venerataion , by the, entire
army.,- - ' ' f i
' Key" to the Situation Th Bt
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TEN MILLION DOLLAR
IRRIGATION PROJECT
Elephant Butte Dam II to Be.
Dedicated When President
Visits New Mexico.
LARGEST m TEE WORLD
Lat Crncea. N. M Sept 25. The
crowning event of virtually twelve
years' construction of what it regard
ed as one of the greatest irrigation
projects in the world will take place
when Preaident Wilson comes to New
Mexico to dedicate the. great Ele
phant Butte dam, on the Rio Grande,
north of Rincon, October 14. The
dedication ia to be coincident with
the holding of the international irri
gation congress, October 14 to IV, the
international farm congress and the
international soil products exposition.
all at El Paso, Tex.
The Elephant Butte, dam is the
largest and most important of the
irrigation projecta that the United
States hat undertaken In efforts to
reclaim the desert lands of teveral
western states and make them pro
ductive. The work wat begun in
1904 when the firat borings for the
foundations of the monster dam were
made. Actual construction was com
menced in July, 1910, so that the dedi
cation by President Wilson will be
tht final formal event of six years'
work on the project
At to tha Cost
Actual completion of the construc
tion occurred May 12, last , The dam
is the largest piece of masonry for
the storage of water in the world. It
contains 608,000 cubic yarda of re
enforced concrete. It ii of the gravi
ty type, straight in plan, 1,318 7 feet
long at the top, which it 206 feet
above the original level of El Rio
Grande. From the deepett excava
tion the top it JUO teet nign. un
the top there it an eighteen-foot
roadwav. The cost of the structure
alone wat $5,000,000 with an addi
tional $5,000,000 for tht many canals
and other work necessary for the
distribution of the stored water. All
of thia work is not yet completed.
The total capacity of the dam is
2,642.292 acre feet of water, or suffi
cient to cover this number of acres
to the depth of one foot. .Putting
it In another way, the reservoir be
hind the dam when full, will contain
862,200,000 gallons, which, if spread
out one foot deep, would cover 4,285
square miles, an area over twice that
ot the state ot Delaware.
Some Short Line.
The reservoir, pronounced the
largest artifical body of water in the
world, and known as Lake B. M.
Hall, has a shore tine of more than
200 miles, and an average width -of
two miles. Mexican towns and vil
lages, many of which have stood for
a century or more, already are sub
merged or will be when the lake is
filled. Owners of this property were
compensated by the government, as
were inc proprietors oi vast sirercnes
of grazing land also submersed
The spillway it of the combination
weir and tunnel type. The weir is
275 feet long, divided into five sec.
tiont, with an elevation at the crest
of 193 feet above the orignal river
oca. i nere are lour tunnel outlets,
ten teet in diameter, with a capacity
permitting the safe discharge of 8,000
cubic feet of water per second. The
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discharge it controlled by ten-foot
diameter xylinder gates.
All Solid Masonry,
The dam it a solid wall of masonry
and concrete with a width of 215 feet
at the bate, tapering to a thickness of
about twenty feet at the top. It is
built to withstand anything but the
most severe earthquake shock and ia
said to be practically 'indestructible.
Some time ago reports were current
that Mexicans from across the line
planned to dynamite the dam, and a
company of troops was sent from
Columbus for guard duty. Reclama
tion service oniciala held that this
precaution was unnecessary, pointing
out that nothing short of a trainload
of dynamite, the placing of which
would require more than a year of
drilling, would be sufficient to mate
rially injure tne asm,
Waters from the dam. which ia lo
cated in Sierra county, will irrigate
JZU.WU acres ot land in tne Kio
Grande valley, m New Mexico. Texas
and Mexico, state of Chihuahua, ex-,
tending 130 miles below the dam.
Water for Mexico.
By a treaty with Mexico the United
States agrees to deliver to Mexico
20,000 feet of water annually without
cost In return. Mexico waives all
rightt to the watert of the Rio
Grande from the New Mexico-Lhi-huahua
line to Fort Quitman, Tex,
approximately seventy-five milef
When arrant-ementa for the dam
were first made, farmers owning land
to be irrigated came to an agreement
to pay the government $40 per acre
on land on which the water was used,
and it was estimated that .this would
reimburse the government for the en
tire cost of the project But the cost
greatly exceeded the original - esti
mate, and it waa finally determined
that the cost to the farmers would be
$65 an acre. Protest against the in
crease followed, with the result that
Senator Fall of New Mexico intro
duced a bill in the senate, limiting
the cost of the project to the farmer
at $20 per acre, the balance to be
borne by the general government
Got a DoatUV.
Arnitla waa oomlnf to taa! You know
what that maana. Tha boat tat aarvloa
h,Aii-hl a., -nn - no l-a h ... ....
foetlonar'a for tha dalntlaat cakaa. Alio
tha chtldron carefully arrayad In beat frouka.
with atrlct lnatruotlona aa to behavior and
deportment, on whloh aubjeet nuntlea are
alwaya atronr.
All went well antll tha and of tha meal,
when auntie became awara that little
Haala ,had bean atarlnt hard at her for soma
time.
"Why are rim looking so oloeely at me.
aarunar ane eimperoa.
"Looking for dual," waa tha reply.
"Duet, darlina."
"Yea: and I can't lea any. Daddy laid
you'd been en the ihelf for yean, but you
don't aaem at all duity anywhere."
"And there waa alienee until auntla had
zona, when a email voloe waa uplifted la
pain. iionaoa Anawera,
COMMERCIAL
Savings and Loan Assocfation
4931 South 24th St, South Side, Omaha, Nebraska.
W. R. Adkint, Vice Pres. Jas. J. Fitzgerald, Sec
V FINANCIAL STATEMENT
' July 1, 1916, $1,125,409.90 1
i Dividend periods are at January 1 and July i,. npon which
datet at the option of the stockholder, the dividends are either paid
In cash or added to the principal
This association makes first mortgage "real estate loans for the
purpose of buying or building a home, which can be repaid in large
or small monthly payments at tht option of the borrower.
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THIS BUNCH
Has Never Really Entered a -
BEAUTY CONTEST
But They Are Daily
WINNING FRIENDS
Among the Stockmen of tlie Country
Complete
Organization . . ; Jr
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1, 1916.
MELON AT TOP OF
POLEBIG PRIZE
Harvest Festival of the Pueblo
Indians Is Row On and Bun-
, ning at Full Swing.
DANCE TO THE SUN GOD
tCorreapondtnce of Tha Aeeodatet fS-eaa.)
Taos, N. M., Sept 29. The dance
to the sun god by the Pueblo In
dians, residents of the ancient com
munal cliff dwellings here, begins to
morrow with the rising sun, in cele
bration of the annual harvest festival,
ot feast of San Geronimo. It will
be the occasion of a meeting ot an
intensely modern civilization, in the
nrraona of the manv spectators from
near and far, and one so ancient that
its beginning has been lost in tne ob
scurity of time.
Taos is the purest type aa well as
the most ancient of the cliff dwell
ings extant Itt ttoried height! are
decorated in preparation for the featt
which alto it tometimet known at
the annual thanksgiving to the sun
god for the bountiful harvests of the
year. The history of these com
munal dwellings is virtually unknown,
even to the inhabitants themselves,
who appear to have preserved no
traditions regarding their beginnings.
- Dance Until Sundown.
The celebration of the harvest
thanksgiving takes place in the vil
lage plaza, where will be erected a
fifty-foot offering pole. This is to
be followed by a mass in the little
chapel for the Indians attend mass
and have their padre. The mystic
sun dance begins in the late after
noon and lasts into the twilight, or
until immediately after the setting of
the tun. Thit it danced by the train
ed dancera of the community, chant
ing the tun dance aong.
At night come the tacred and sec
ret ritet in the kiva, or ceremonial
chambert of the underground cav
erns. . These are attended by the in
itiated only and, it is said, have only
once been witnessed by a white man.
While nothing definite has ever been
learned regarding these rites, it is
said, they have been handed down
from generation to generation fron,
time immemorial, and that they are
essentially unchanged from those
held in the pueblo long before the
coming of the Spanish discoverer and
conqueror.
Melon at Top of Pole,
To the top of the offering pole are
hung the harvest ottenngs ot melons.
iuuuj.iJuajuuL
,MiHi:wmmiii)nit,wffHiiiiHnWH,.ii,iiimi,ii,w,w,,Hm,miwn
bread, a slain aheep, and other sac
rifices to the sun god. In the later
afternoon these are the reward of the
dancers and the grotesque clowns
who furnish the greater part of the
day's amusement. During the danc
ing the women, from the roof of the
casa grande (great house), thower
the dancert and spectators with
broken bread in token of the tun't
bounty.
Symbolical painting, foot racet bv
the fleetest runners of the village.
shopping from booth to booth along
Brown Park Mineral Springs
Sulpho-Chlorine Baths
For Ladies and Gentlemen
Ladles' department open from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. Gentls
men's department open day and night N
A natural spring mineral water bath for those who want to
keep themselves In proper physical condition as well as for those
who are sick and want to got well.
The Brown Park Sulpho-Chlorine baths are now conducted by
tht Omaha Osteopathic sanitarium, under the personal direction
and supervision of Dr. John A. Niemann, D. O., the examining
physician.
. A private consultation and treating room has been added and
such patrons desiring Osteopathic treatment in addition to the
baths can now bt accommodated right at the sanitarium at reason- '
able prices. Absolute cleanliness, individual attention, efficiency
and thoroughness In every department, with competent masseurs
and masseuses will be our watchword.
The intention In most diseases is the elimination and throwing -off
of the poisons and impurities from the body provided the me
chanism which produces and distributes its fluids and forces is In
perfect mechanical adjustment. We are now admirably equipped
to combat and overcome these obstructions by such natural meth
ods as Osteopathy, Hydrotherapy, Massage and Electric Currents,
Vibratory and Therapeutic treatments. '
Sulpho-Chlorine is a saline laxative water acting on the bow
els, liver, kidneys and the secreting glands throughout the sys
tem. . It is absolutely pure, containing no trace of organic matter,
germs, bacteria or microbes and is very beneficial in the treat
ment of rheumatism, dropsy, gall stones, renal calculi, etc., and is
a great uric acid solvent and blood purifier. This water is sold
only at the sanitarium. - '
By the above mentioned methods astonishing and most wonder
ful results can be obtained. A few days spent at this most effl-'
ciant health restoring 'sanitarium will do wonders towards the re
storation of bodily vigor, which in the modern stress of life. leaves
all of us too soon, unless the proper precautions are taken.
We will be very glad to have visitors call at any time and have
us explain anything you may wish to know about these baths and
treatments before trying them.
1 Omaha Osteopathic Sanitarium I
1 25th and O Stmts, South Side, Omaha, Nebraska. . ,
1 Phone South 879. jg
1 Take any car line to South Omaha and you will be brought to gj
within a block of the sanitarium.
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the gaily decorated plaza,
features of the feast of San Geron-
rrao
which ends witlt tne teuma
the sun.
Paearvat ta Be Hanoa.
n.M," uicd tha teacher of a roor-n
p-faoat
lad. "can you tell me who Oeorfa Weahlnt
t'II ma'am." w tha quick reply.
waa tha flrit preaident ot ", "jr.- -Ad
"Quite rliht. rep let tha teacher.
o.njoJ tall ua what ha waa remarkabla
'"?. ma'am." repllad ,Snffi"tn.2!
waa remarkable Decauee ha told tha truth.
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