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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
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f ortac sin Ohio man has
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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
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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
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The knowledge thus gained enables ns to eliminate much unsatisfactory work and
produce better dentistry in every way.
Seasonable prices prevail all the time, and you receive the protection of a responsible
guarantee.
Come in and
see ns during
your holiday
vacation.
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Dentists
1324 Faraam St. Corner 11th and Farnam
Phone Douglas 2872
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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
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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.
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