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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920.
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RECEIPT RECORD
NEARLY BROKEN
AT STOCK YARDS
During the Year More Than
8,750,000 Head of Stock
Of All Classes Were
Received.
' The total receipts of cattle, hogs,
sheep and horses at the Union
Stock YaVds last year almost
equaled 4918, which was an excep
tionally heavy year, breaking all
records.
During the year the yards re
ceived more than 8,750,000 head of
tock of all classes, only 80,000 head
less than 1918.
The South Side stock yardi holds
Its place as the second market of
the world and this market still ranks
first as the largest feeder market,
due to its location in the center of
the corn belt, and transportation
facilities, each yeir bringing in
creased numbers of buyers from
urrounding states, for feeder cattle
and sheep.
A decrease in receipts of cattle
tnd hogs is noted for the first part
f last year, on account of crop
conditions, but the second half of
the year showed a marked increase.
. Receipt Records Broken.
P During 1919 the records for re
ceipts were broken as follows:
Largest number of cattle jn one
day, October 13, 32,567 head; larg
est number of cattle in one week,
September 13-20, 64,358 head; larg
est number of cars of live stock in
one day, Septepiber 13, 1,358 cars;
largest number of cars in one week,
August 23-30, 3,558 cars; largest
number of cars in one month, 14,780
cars, in September.
The stock yards cover a tract of
200 acres, of which 175 acres are
paved with brick or concrete. The
equipment includes concrete water
ing troughs, 18 improved type of
scales, 4,021 pens in use and 211
more being constructed, 121 double
unloading chutes and the finest steel
and concrete hog sheds in the
world.
Among the improvements made
during the year was an immunizing
plant, built under federal super
vision, for the sanitary vaccination
of feeder hogs. More sheep pens
will be built this year. The Union
Stock Yards company is building
a subway to the new Skinner pack
ing plant, at a cost of $300,000. The
yards supply 13 South Side pack
ing plants, 54 live stock commission
firms and 124 feeder and order buy
ers operate at these yards.
About 60 per cent of the cattle
and hogs and 25 per cent of the
sheep receipts originate in Nebras
ka, the other stock being shipped
from Wyoming, Colorado, Oregon,
Idaho, Nevada, Utah, South Dakota,
California, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas
and Minnesota.
The stock Yards company oper
ates it own 34 miles of -railway
track, with nine locomotives, round
house, machine shop and coaling
plant.
Payroll Twelve Million.
The yards employes number near
ly 900 workers and the packing
plants have nearly 13,000 employes.
The annual payroll of the stock
yards and packing plants is more
than $12,000,000.
The following is a comparative
list of live stock receipts for the
last five years:
Cat Us Hor Bhaep Rorte
19161.225,000 1.6SS.00O S, 810. 000 41,600
1916 1.4S4.1I0 3.110,120 3,170.908 27.48S
1917 1,7:13,119 3.114,193 1,031,466 22,840
1918 1,99S,J J, 429, 633 3.386,696 21,774
1919 1,976,000 S.160,000 3,600,000 25,600
OMAHA PACKERS
REPORT LARGE
1919 BUSINESS
New Plants Being Erected In
dicate Record - Breaking
Year In Industry for
1 1920.
Figures grow eloqir" whrn re
counting last veaV activities in
Omaha's great pat ing house center,
one of the mcst important in the
world.
More than 60,000 cars of fresh
meat and other packing house prod
ucts were shipped, and the com
bined output of the packing houses
.has been estimated at nearly $300,
000.000 for the vear.
The payroll of the plants and stock
yards was more than $u,uuu,uuu.
Millions Are Expended.
The following is a resume of m-
tormation furnished by the principal
packers:
Cudahv Packinsr Company Paid
$65,145,367.72 for 1,500,000 head of
live stock during year ending No
vember 2, and $10,000,000 additional
for lumber, tin, cartons, salt, sugar
and other supplies. Daily average of
3.000 employes in plant, exclusive of
crtice force and traveling salesmen.
Annual payroll nearly $5,500,000. Ex
pended $150,000 during year for im
provements. The output of the
Omaha plant was estimated at $80,
000,000, including by-products.
Swift & Cojt Average daily em
ployes, 2,944, with annual payroll of
$.586,516.48. A new fire statio'i was
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1417 DOUGLAS STREET
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Men's and Young Men's
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Clothing sales," and in the majority of stores
this ip the condition, but here is one store that
r" idot tolerate the carrying over of merchan
ts from one season to the next recrardless of
the Scarcity.
' h. order to effect a quick and absolute clearance
it our great overcoat stocks we have cast present
Say worths to the four winds and inaugurated
prices that will startle the entire city.
LOT 1
ty Overcoats for Men and
g Men m plain and novelty
tures. belted" and patch pock
ets J Xfanv mini l flonts for avftrv
of wear.
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Coats to $45 At
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LOT 2
From the conservative Chestcr-
I field to the most daring styles of
the season - are included in this
lot Plain fabrics and fancy mix
tures. O'Coata to $75 At
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Use Your Credit,
Men, come in and supply your
Overcoat needs at once. You
can do so on our easy payment
plan. It's a service youll
gteatly appreciate.
All Better 0'Coats to Go
Every Overcoat in the house that sold at a higher prioe than
$75 will he sacrificed in this great clearance event at exactly Half
Price. Dressy Coats, Great Storm Coats, Fur-Collared Coats all
go at Half Price. - " '
Clearance Boys' 0'Coats
One of the biggest value events in this
, entire clearance is this offer in Boys' Over
coats. Sizes 4 to 8 years.
Values to $15v 5
Choice in Sale
"We do not expect this lot to
last throughout the first day of
this big sale.
Fancy mixtures, nobby belted effects, several
wanted colors. Bring in your boy and fit him out
in one of these extraordinary value Overcoats.
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erected last year and a new utility
building for employes will be built
this year.
Two New Plants.
Armour & Co.$72.000.e00 paid
out for live stock and $6,700,000 for
supplies. Total output of year is
estimated at $88,000,000. An aver
?ge of 3,000 employes were paid
$4,050,000 during the year. Fifteen
thousand carloads of product were
shipped during 110.
Morris & Co. Average w.mber of
employes, 1,625; annual payroll,
$2,410,687. Last vear 100.000 more
hogs and 125,000 more sheep were
slaughtered than in 1918. Enlarge
ment of power house, instal'ation of
400-ton ice plant, erection of a sub
power station and a new summer
sausage factory involved ai expen
diture of $300,000.
Higgins Packing Company
Erecting new plant.
Live Stock Slaughtered.
The four large packers reported
:hat they slaughtered live stock dur
ing 1919 as follows
Cattl. Rota. Sheep. Calv.
Cudlbr .... 170,(27 HI. Hi S34.7S 4J,.H
Swift 180.640 (4I.4SO 444, 40,0
Armour .... 2SI.0I.O 700,000 412.000 80.000
MorrU 175,000 tiOO.000 300,000 10,000
New Work of Department
Of Public Improvements
Last year the department of pub
lic improvements, in charge of City
Commissioner R. N. Towl. super
vised the following new work:
Seven, 20.1 mile I30,43
Grtdlnr. 4 1 mllfl 86.095
Pevtnf. 7. milre 416.699
51delks, 6.75 miles 20.613
Total . (869,049
At the close of 1919 Omaha had
247 miles of paved streets, 563
miles of sidewalks and 325, miles of
sewers.
Read The Bee want ads every
day ond keep posted on the best
places to get bargains.
MARKED DESIRE
OF FOREIGN BORN
TO GO TO SCHOOL
Truancy in its Strict Sense Is
DisappearingMost Ab
sences Due to Sick
ness or Work.
J. B. Carver, chief attendance of
ficer of the public school system,
notes a marked improvement in the
desire of foreign-born parents to
send their children to school.
"We have found that one-third
cf our trouble was due to the foreign-born
parent's failure to appre
ciate the value of education to their
children," Mr. Carver said.
He summarized the year's work in
the following words: '
"The work of the attendance de
partment has grown with the in
crease in population. This was evi
denced in one district by the en
trance of 250 negro children from the
south during the fall months. These
children have had little education
and not much inclination for more
education. Many other schools have
had a proportionate increase and
added problems in attendance. Some
schools have been confronted by the
problem of children attempting to
leave school and go to work. The
parents, especially the foreign-born,
were inclined to believe that it is
more necessary and profitable for the
children lo work than for them to be
in schoo
"The increased cost of living has
caused more mothers than formerly
to leave their homes and find work.
In many such nomes the oldest
school child of the family is ex
pected to stay out of school and care
for the smaller children. Or often,
vhen a child from such a home is
fenf to bchool, because of lack of
home supervision, he becomes a per
sistent truant.
"Truancy, however, in the terms in
which it has been thought of and de
fined for many years, is not applica
ble to the majority of absences of
school children today. The greater
part of present-day absences is due
to the above-mentioned conditions,
or illness of the child himself.
"Indifferent, shiftless parents have
to be dealt with always. Much of
our time is spent in working with
this class of people. Many of these
parents are quite persistent and in
genious in evading the law. In a
large number of cases repeated visits
have had to be made to one home.
Some of the parents and children
were brought into juvenle court
more than once.
"In addition to the attendance
work this department has charge of
The Omaha Dailv Bee Shoe fund.
which is collected by The Bee. Vol
untary subscriptions are sent to the
newspaper by generous hearted peo
ple. All applications for shoes are
thoroughly investigated and strict
account is kept. Credit should be
extended to the teachers who give
their time to going to the depart
ment stores with the children and
seeing that they are properly fitted.
"All cases of destruction of school
property have been investigated and
adjusted by this department. When
unable to collect damages the de
partment brought the case into
juvenile court and damages were
collected there."
1919 BUSINESS
OF RAILROADS
BIG INCREASE
Volume of Freight and Pas
senger Traffic Both Show
Material Gains Over
1918.
Railroad officials report that the
volume of freight and passenger
business in 1919 was materially more
than the previous year. Their state
ments have not been prepared suf
ficiently to enable them to give any
definite figures.
Union Pacific officials state that
there has been an increase of near
ly 15 per cent in passanger traffic
and that the average journey of 163
miles per passenger during the year
yas 63-10 per cent more than in
1918. The Union Pacific motor trans
poftation service showed an in
crease of 17 per cent for the vear.
This road hauled nearly 20,000,000
tons of freight and used 56,000 cars
of Sherman gravel ballast for road
bed improvement. An addition to
the Omaha shops increased the di
mensions to 150x1,000 feet, ma'-ng
it one of the largest industrial in
stitutions in the country. New ma
chine shop, 195x410 feet, opened dur
ing the year at Cheyenne, is the
largest structure in Wyoming. A 40
stall roundhouse, a steel coaling sta
tion, a machine shop and a power
house were opened at the Council
Bluffs terminals. Improvements
were made at other points.
Burlington officials report that $1,-
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(58.000 was scent duVina the ye for
improvements of line! west of tlrrm
ha. L VV. Wakeiy. general pislen
rer agent, reported an estimate, of
25 per cent increase of passenger
traffic tnd a substantial increase of
freight traffic
The Chamber of Commerce esti
mated that 5,000 Omahans were
away at all times during the year.
Cupid Did a Record
Breaking Business in
Douglas County in 1 9 1 9
A record-breaking year in Doug
las county in mariage licenses was
1919, as shown by the report of the
mariage license bureau in the county
judge's office.
The total number issued was 3,150.
June of last year was the biggest
month in the history of the office
with a total of 367 licenses issued.
The biggest year before 1919. was
1917 when the office issued 2,916
licenses.
County Judge Crawford performed
357 wedding ceremonies, which also
set a record for the office.
Number of licenses issued last
year by months was as follows:
January, 174; February. 225; March,
205: April, 243; May. 263; June, 36 ;
July, 245; August, 250; September,
327; October, 295; November, 333;
December, 324.
Bonded Indebtedness of
Omaha and.Douglas County
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Offering for Friday. Jan. 2d
$50 $65 $75
Wonderfully Beautiful New
DRESSES
The Monarch of All
Dress Events in
Our Merchandising
Calendar
Sale will start promptly at
9 a. m. -Friday, with an
augmented sales force of
intelligent people who will
take extra precautions to
see that you are complete
ly satisfied with your se
lections. There'll be a
rush, but well be as af
fable and painstaking as
possible under these in
tensive circumstances.
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Gorgeous Embroidered Tricolette Dresses
Embroidered and Beaded Velvet Dresses
Embroidered Tricotine and Serge Dresses
Dainty Satin and Taffeta Dresses
Severely Tailored Velour Dresses
Dresses of Jersey, Georgette and Crepe Meteor
Hundreds of Beautiful Advance Spring
Style Dresses Secured in the Greatest
Purchase Ever Made by
THE EMPORIUM
Past sales fade Into insignificance as the wonderful magnitude of
this event is appreciated. For miles around hundreds will come
to enjoy the rare opportunity to share in such marvelous offerings.
The opportunity to buy a dress far above the commonplace" at a
price that barely covers the cost of making alone is here. Take
the fullest privilege of this great offer, and share in these won
derful savings.
Buy Two or More Dresses in This
Sensational Dress Sale 1
Because here you will find Dresses , many being advance
Spring styles, and Dresses that are suitable for all oc
casions, sizes 14 to 46. Every net color is generously v
represented.
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We must suspend the usual re
torn privileges daring this sale
no 0. 0. D.'s no exchanges
no refunds bo exceptions to
this role.