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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
12 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1. 1920. I0NS0LIDATED SKINNER GO. IS HUGE CONCERN Great Independent Industry Is Owned by 5,000 Stock holders One Big National Sales Organization. The Skinner pute food plants will egin the new year under the man gement of a consolidated company known as "The Skinner company," operating ft new and modern pack ing plant. South Side, the world's largest macaroni plant, a wholesale baking plant at Council Bluffs, and t poultry, cutter, egg and cold stor age rlant now beirg constructed at Twelfth and Douglas streets. This is .a notable event m Oma ha's business life and it may be Stated that this great independent company is owned by 5,000 stock holders, among whom are some of the prominent live stock producers of the west. Officers of the company state that the consolidation will mean only one national sales organization and a material reduction of overhead op erating expenses cr.rried by the three companies. The policy of the con solidated company will be, insofar ai possible, to distribute its prod ects through the regular channels of the wholesale grocery business. The nresent officers of the com-. pany are: R C. Howe, vice president and general manager; Llovd M Skinner, president; Robert Gilmore, vice presid-.nt; Paul F. Skinner, chairman ot board; D. C. Robert- ion, secretary and treasurer. The company reports that all de partments ar doing a capacity busi ness. The f.fodurt department will ioon occuuv the new plant at Twelfth and Douglas streets, which will increase the business of this department materially. Larger plant are being considered for the macaroni and baking departments to meet the demands of increasing business. The company intends to ipare no expense to become a grow ing and important factor in the food production of this nation and at the same time insure a safe and froftiblc return for the capital in vested. AH products are being marketed under the trade name of "SHnner'a." The Skinner company announces that it will onen its new packing plant, in the South Side within a tew weeks. This plant has been constructed according to the most approved ideas known in the en gineering science as applied to an establishment of this kind. It will be one of the business show places of Omaha. It is an imposing struc ture and is considered by experts as a masterpiece of builder's skill. This plant will be under the per oral management of R. C. Howe, ice president and general mana- er of the company. mahans Read Nearly Half Million Books From Library VAUh Tnhitt. nuhlie librarian, re- iorf that Omahans read 424.961 poks last year. i Th total is distributed as fol- Iws; Main library, 228,861 ;l South ide branch, WW, Central Mign hftnl hranrh. 22 369: Hich School K Commerce, 20,357; South High Jbhool, 10.106; stations, including Schools, drug stores, etc., 68,299; classroom libraries, 25,030. f Books added during 1919. 12,983; visitors o rcauuig auu nicicutv ooms, 00,6.5.5; toti. numoer oi reg itered borrowers, 9,541. Mi Tnhitt Mtimates that 10.000 public school children take advant- fte of the school libraries ana ao h t have cards registered at the fcain library I A h train and South Side ll- lat vr 120641 volumes of fi ction and 55,339 of non-fiction were tad by adults. T? ntifti'ner culinHrr Of CUttinS V 6 J 7 - , f ortac sin Ohio man has V. Q.Mtrw ts-tn1 a tnnl featured bv a metal ribbon of high electrical resistance, which becomes intensely not wnen tturrent passes through it Figures on Nebraska Crops for the Year 1919 Figures of the final estimates for 1919 of the yield, production, and value of Nebraska crops have been issued in the official report of the co-operative crop reporting service by the Department of Agriculture, bureau of crop estimates, of the United Statets, and the Nebraska Acres. Barley 217,174 Beans (edible) 1.810 Broom corn 890 Buckwheat 983 Corn 7,029,811 Flaxseed 2,848 Grain sorghum 20,435 Hay (tame) Alfalfa ..1,180,324 Clover 60.213 Timothy 46,724 Timothy and clover 185,233 Other tarn 138,994 Millet 114,406 Hay (wild) 2,771,234 Oats i 2,133,45 Onions 374 department of agriculture bureau of markets and marketing. A. E. Anderson is field agent for the federal department of agricul ture in this section, and George A. Williams, chief of the markets bu reau in Nebraska. The figures "follow: Av. Yield Value per (bu.) Production. Unit, bu. 25.7 4,6 x400.0 16.0 26.2 5.0 19.0 2.7 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.02 32.8 104.0 Pop corn 7,397 xlCOO.O Potatoes (Irish) 103,977 55.1 Rye 408,160 16.3 Speltz 26,716 23.0 Spring wheat 667,572 8.5 Sweet sorghum forage. 277,151 3.1 Sugar beets 60,191 9.6 Winter wheat 3,716,159 14.8 Tons. xPounds. 5,584,944 8,326 356,000 15,728 1S4,362,094 14,240 388,265 3,214,999 120,426 74,758 333.419 222,390 215.498 2,842,304 70,133,995 28,496 11,835,200 5,737,312 6,656,629 614,468 5,699,458 878,335 577,833 55,280,969 1,00 5.00 x.05 1.80 1.25 4.00 1.25 20.00 20.00 18.00 18.00 17.00 15.00 16.00 .63 2.00 x.04 1.50 1.20 1.10 1.95 10.00 10.00 2.00 Total t Value. $ 5,584,944 41,630 17,800 28,310 230,452,617 56,960 485,331 64,299,980 2,408,520 1,345.644 6,001,542 3.780,630 3,232.470 45,476,804 44,184,416 56,992 473.408 8,605,968 7,987,955 675,914 11,113,943 8.783,350 5,778,330 110,561,938 Growth of Omaha Schools During Year 1919 Marked By Huge Building Program New High School to Be Erected at Cost of $1,700,000 Many Additions Planned for Grade Schools Teachers' Salaries Increased Medical Scope Broadened New Courses of Study Inaugurated Average Daily Attendance Now More Than 25,000. staff ' of the schools, for the year ending June 30, 1919, was $1,172,309. and trie estimated payroll for the school year which will be closed June 30, 1920, has been fixed at $1,464,700. New Courses of Study. The budget which was fixed for current expenses of this school year amounts to $2,452,203. added to which is an item of $273,922, to ap plv on deficit, thus making in fact a total exepnse of $2,726,125 for this school year, June 30, 1919, to June 30,1920. The total expenditures of the school year ending Juna 30, '919, was $2,020,212. The last tabulation ahows a total enrollment 'of 32,784, as against 31.221 in 1918. The average daily attendance during the last complete school year was 25,067, as against 24,392 during the previous year. The school census for 1919 was 43,074; 1918, 41.467. Branch fublic libraries have been extended in the schools and motor bus transportation has been provid ed for children attending schools in Florence and Benson. New courses of study, embodying ideas of "better English," and sim plified arithmetic, were prepared last year for adoption about Feb ruary 1. Many Improvements to Roads and Bridges In Douglas County A vast amount of work on the county roads was dons during 1919 under direction of County Engineer Louis E. Adams Seventeen steel and concrete bridges were built, a total of 672 feet in lsngth at a cost of $61,896. Two new wooden bridges, 62 feet in length, were built at a cost of $1,100. Eight wooden bridges were rebuilt and repaired, a total of 400 feet in length, at a cost of $4,308. Ihree steel bridges were refloored, a total of 950 feet, at a cost of $3,427. Three reinforced concrete pipes, 92 feet in length, were placed at a cost of $1,151. Seven reinforced con- ciete arches were built, 414 feet in length, costing $15,827. Reinforced concrete retaining wall, 125 feet long, Avas built at a cost of $3 875. Grading to the extent of 29,573 cubic yards was dore. It cost $11,295, or 38 cents per cubic yard. Sixty-three miles of road were turnpiked under contract at a tost of $6,103, an average cost of $96.50 per mile. Two eight-foot and ont 12 foot grader were used, drawn by tractors. Twenty-eight miles of road were turnpiked with county ma chines at a cost of $964 for labor and $310 for oil. The engineer's office has main tained 244 miles of road with road maintainance at a cost of $871 for labor and $419 for oil. Eighty-five road drags were work ing under contract at a cost of $1 per mile and 10,725 miles of road were dragged. A large amount of work has been done also in preparation for the big county road paving project. Three million dollars were voted for this work and $1,000,000 is available for work during 1920. Work will start as soon as the weather permits. Thousands in Omaha , Entertained in City Recreation Centers The activities which came within the jurisdiction of the recreation de partment of the city park system last year included swimming, skat ing, base ball, foot ball, g If, hand ball, tennis, supervised dancing, or ganized hikes, community .enters in schools and many features of the public playground. The new public bath house In Jefferson square was turned over to his department for management. A new playground was established in the Mason school grounds Four teen playgrounds were maintained, the total attendance heing 163 436. The recreation department super vised 43 amateur base halt teams whose games during the siason were attended by 250,000 fans. Ltixrs and Holm;s ball parks were l-ased to accommodate the earns. The first municipal hand bill court was opened at Morton pa-K. Two thousand golfers registered during the season at Mit.'er and F.'niwood park links. Owing to the coal situation, com munity centers were not opened last November, but they will be resumed as soon as the Board of Edutation gives approval. Activities at these centers include athletic classes, dra matic and choral clubs, movies, community singing, programs, lec tures and social dancinc At Hanscom park pavilion, where free use of the dance floor is given for non-commercialized dances, properly organized, 153 permits were issued during the year. The total attendance was 8,386. The recreation department went through the vear on its budget al lowance of $20,000 which is allowed by the city council. To Awaken a Sleeper. With an alarm wrist watch is supplied an electric batterv to awaken a sleeper at a designated time by sending a current through and warming a strip of metal on his arm. The growth of Omaha's public school system may be expressed in terms of figures by stating that the present enrollment is nearly 35,000; average daily attendance, more than 25,000; budget for the current school year, $2,500,000; number of teachers, 1,200; outstanding bonded indebted ness, $3,683,000. The recent authorization for the sale of $5,000,000 school district bonds, for the carrying out of an extensie building program, was the most important event affecting the school district during 1919. New High School. An important feature of the building program will be the erec tion of a modern commercial-technical high school, on a site between Cuming" and Burt streets, from Thir tieth to Thirty-third streets, and to take the place of the High School of Commerce plant located on Leav enworth street from Seventeenth to Nineteenth stree s. This new institution, for which plans are being prepared, will cost approximately $1,700,000 and will ac commodate more than 2,000 attend ants. It will be equipped with gymna sium, shops, laboratories and other features, including a large audito rium. The High School of Com merce, which was established six years ago, has had a phenomenal growth, the present attendance be ing 1,750. It is operated on an all year basis, with brief vacations of four weeks for the entire calendar year. Another New Building. Next in importance on the build ing program which will be started this year is the proposed North High school, for which a 10-acre site was purchased last year at Ames avenue and Thirty-first street. It is esti mated that this school will cost $1,000,000. Other features of the building pro gram follow: Thirty-four-room juri ior high school, Twenty-second and Chicago streets; 32-room junior high school, Twenty-fourth and Corby streets; 12-room junior hign school, west of stock yards; 22-room addi tion to South High school, four room additions to Mason and Lake schools, 16-room buildings and audi- . ' r f - . i ,ir. i . lonums ior oaraioga anu vvamut i Hill districts, new 12-room school to I replace Benson Central school, new eight-room Sherman school, new six-room Belvidere and Minne Lusa schools, addition of auditoriums to new Park and Cilfton Hill schools. The school officials have become convinced that two classes of chil dren need special training: the men tally defective and retarded children and those who are especially bright. To determine the proper classifi cation of these children, mental tests are applied, according to a system that has been approved by the best school men of the country Last summer the board of educa tion maintained summer classes for accelerated pupils who had been rec ommended by their principals. Two hundred boys and girls qualified for these scholls which enabled them to skip classes. An accelerated room is now main tained in the Field school duri'-.g the entire school year. Opportunity rooms are maintained in various schools for the benefit of children who are backward. Medical Scope Broadened. The scope of the school medical inspection department wa? material ly broadened last year by the taking over of a free dental lispensary which was opened in the city hall. A staff of 18 school nuises cover districts with which they become familiar. Follow-up work among the children has been urged by Dr. E. T. Manning and Charlotte Town send, in charge of this department. Health Crusade clubs have been organized in many rooms in connec tion with the promotion of sanita tion and hygiene. The promotion of Americaniza tion work in the night schools, which were opened tiuring October and interrupted on account of the coal situation, was another impor tant feature in the schools last year. This work will be resumed when the evening schools are reopened. An increase of pay granted to teachers last year increased the pay roll budget more than $200,000 a year and established the following new standards: Elementary teachers, $900 to $1,400, with a possible maximum of $1,700 by allowing for credits; super visors, $1,700 to $2,000; high school teachers. $1,100 to $1,700: orinrinals. $1,520 to $2,300. Tht payroll for entire teaching ( Start the New Year Right Get rid of the badly broken down abscessed teeth that spoil your appearance and ran down yonr health. l&t us fix rip yonr month with attractive, serviceable, health-promoting teeth. You can greatly increase your earning capacity, business success and material happi- Our Modern Dentistry We make a eareful, critical examination of your teeth and mouth, using as an aid, lieu necessary, the X-RAY, which shows clearly the true condition of the roots of the teeth and other deep tissues. 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McKenney Dentists 1324 Faraam St. Corner 11th and Farnam Phone Douglas 2872 Have your teeth ready fdr your New Year's dinner. hmMng Badkwairdl w3F th Pant Year - WW We, the Burgess-Nash Company, believe that this business has been a Worth) one, one that has played a useful and distinct part in the retail storekeeping of this city, for rve have resolutely and increasingly given the best in us, and have endeavored to be at all times of the "greatest service to the greatest number" We are delighted and marvel at our wonderful growth in so short a time as six years, and, especially during the past year, which has been our greatest and most successful year but all that we. have done in the past seems like little compared to our future plans, and it is with pleasure that we start LkM F3f wairdl lmt mtoi Yeair W2) It is very gratifying for us to be able to announce on this, the first day of 1 920, that all contracts have been let, and that the erection of our new nine-story building will be started on the first of February. It pleases and encourages us to realize that the people, through their trust and confidence in us, have made it possible for us to build this handsome building, which will be the largest and most magnificent retail establishment in the middle west. To give to the people, a store that will not only fill their every need, but a store thai will contain every convenience for their com fort, will be our greatest ambition. The new Burgess-Nash building will contain beautifully appointed lounging rooms, one entire floor will be devoted to a cafe, still another floor will contain a large auditorium with a seat ing capacity of several hundred, which will be used for the enter tainment of the public. Every other convenience, such as check rooms, telephone booths, post office, etc, are to be installed on an elaborate scale. The ninth floor will be devoted to the exclusive use of the employees, with cafeteria, club, hospital and educational rooms, as well as a recreation roof garden. It will be our inspiration to continue the development of our store to make greater progress every day and every month of the year to bring together the best and most trustworthy merchandise procurable to give our customers the benefit of the lowest prices possible, consistent with high quality to train everyone in our em ploy to the highest degree of efficiency that they may continue to serve the public in the most skillful manner to build up a store that will grow and keep on growing, becoming more useful every day to our patrons and to the people employed therein. We sincerely wish that 1920 will be A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. . ? ; , y ' (. "J.J'? ' I J 12
