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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1921)
A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 2, 1921. Seven Members Enter Race for Speakership Republican House and Senate .Caucuses Will Be Held Mon day Night Politicians Are Arriving. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.) A race for speakership in the lower house of representatives, which promises to evolve into a "hoss race," was the center of interest to day among politicians who began to crowd the lobbies of Lincoln hotels preparatory to the opening of the fortieth session of the Nebraska legislature Tuesday. The contest for president pro tern of the senate is interesting but lacks the element of exciteiueat which is centered around the lower house fight for speakership. Seven candidates are out; for. the lower house speakership. They arc: Anderson of Lancaster, ' Axtell of Jefferson. Snow of Chadron, Byrum of Franklin, Rodman of Kimball. Good of Nemaha and Druesdow of Douglas. Byrum Fighting Governor. Byrum is an attorney living at Bloomington and everything indi cates he will absorb all the open anti-McKelvie strength among lower house members as he is in Lincoln with two anti-McKclvie bills ready for the hopper, while at the last session he was constantly taking is sue with McKelvie policies. Wheth er at the present time any Targe number of those with anti-McKelvie proclivities have sufficient courage to come out in the open and show their teeth to the governor by voting for Byrum is problematical. ' Dopcsters today declared it .was Byrum against the field with odds favoring a candidate representing country districts who would handle McKelvie's pet measures with a proper degree of respect. , .Snow of Chadron, Axtell of Jef ferson, and Rodman of Kimball, are all looked upon as candidates who would draw farmer votes in the low er house. There was talk today that before the lower house republicans go into caucus Monday night. , Snow of Chadron and Rodman of Kimball, representing the extreme . western section of Nebraska, might unite their forces by one withdrawing in anticipation of tempting committee appointments in the event the other won in the caucus. Strength Undetermined. Good of Nemaha is a banter from the southeastern section with pre vious sessions to his credit. His strength and standing with other members is undetermined. , Anderson of Lancaster is looked upon by members as an American Legion candidate. He was not in the legislature two years ago. Occasionally, the name of Diues Charles L. Saunders, the veteran and bies as a candidate for the speaker ship. The seriousness with which members look upon his candidacy is another mystery in the 'complicated race which only the caucus vote will unravel. In the senate race for president pro tern everything indicates that Charles L. Saunders, the eteran and respected Omajia solon, can get the job if he will make a fight for it. The long, enviable record of Saund ers coupled with the respect and es teem of old members for his work apparently makes his election a "walk away" if he will get into the game and really desires the position. ' Omaha members have been con spicuous by their absence in hotel corridors. Smith Quits Race. Hoagland of Lancaster and Cronin of Holt with other sessions to their credit are looked upon as likely candidates. Norval of Seward, who was in the constitutional convention and years and years ago served in the legislature, also is mentioned as a candidate. Charles H. Randall of Randolph, is another candidate. He served in the senate two years ago. . The rate for chief clerk of the house was a three-cornered affair. Frarik P. Corrick of Lincoln, ..with strong backers in republican ranks in and out of the legislature, has been busy in hotel lobbies for two days. Will F. Hitchcock of Ster ling, who served as clerk two years ago, is a candidate again this year. O. G. Smith of Kearney, the third in the race, late today announced his withdrawal in favor of Corrick, who is said to have a slight advan tage. Hitchcock made some en emies during the last session who are actively working against, him. There is no opposition to Clyde Barnard as secretary of the senate. George Higgins, a man who served on the dangerous side of the At lantic and lost an arm in the St. Mihiel drive, is endeavoring to get a job as sergeant-at-arms in the lower house. , The senate and lower house will caucus at the same hour in differ ent hotels Monday night. Change of Venue Is Granted Bridge Firm In Dodge County Suit Fremont, Neb., Jan. 1.. (Special Telegram.) A change of venue has been granted to the Standard Bridge company of Omaha, who are suing Dodge county to recover $9,000 which they claim is due them for the building of a fill for the North Bend bridge over the Platte river. The petition for the change was granted on the claims of the plaintiff that , actf had been committed by the county attorney prejudicial to the rights of the bridge company. At the annual session ot the Dodge County Fanners union in September, W. M. Cain, representing the county, appeared betore that body and ex plained the law relative to the facts of the case. W. J. Courtright in sisted that the statements made be fore the body prejudiced the minds ot the larmers Detore tney were aware of the true facts of the case. Courtright was recently restrained ry an order of the court from pub l:sh:ng propaganaa in newspapers relative to his view of the case and asking the people of the county to- urge the payment ot the claim. He . stated in his answer to' the petition, requesting the restraining order, that he was oniy publishing the facts in opposition to the prejudice that had been formed by the acts of the dc- tendant. Mr. Courtright may still publish his accounts of the case, but only in pamphlet form, which are to kg distributed figty in. odg? oun,tx. Court Orders Change In Fremont System of Sewerage Disposal Fremont, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special Telegram.) The city of Fremont is prohibited from continuing the present method of disposing of sew erage in the vicinity of Rawhide creek by a decision of the district court in a suit brought by the state of Nebraska. The court ordered the change completed by July, 1922. The expense of making a change in sys tems will cost the citv about $100, 000. The case has' been in and out of the courts for 25 years. Property owners alleged that the dumping of the' city sewage into the Rawhide constituted a nuisance and a menace to health and life. The state was defeated in court once before on the same cause, but later other develop ments occurred and they again asked the jurisdiction of the judges. An attempt was made by the city to turn the blame of the nuisance upon the Chicago & Northwestern railroad and the Fremont Gas com pany, who allow acids and impurities to enter the system, the main cause of complaint. The court decided that this permission to use the city sew erage system had been granted to these parties and that the city was responsible. The expense of a new' system will be met by a future levy upon the people. Beatrice Woman Remembers Lover in $20,000 Estate Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special ) The will of Miss Mae Ryan was filed for probate in county court. By the terms of the will her sister, Mrs. Pearl Turner of Chicago, re ceives $10,000, the First Presby terian church of this city; $500, and K. C. Koons, her sweetheart, the re mainder of the estate, which is val ued at about $20,000. Wants State to Help Young Men To Obtain Farms Cedar Representative Has Bill Providing for Issue of State Bonds for Purchase Of Lands. Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1. (Special.) The South Dakota plan of state issuance of bonds for the purchase of lands and accepting first mort gages, to insure the money is proposed in a bill which Lynn of Cedar has in his pocket ready for introduction in the lower house. Lynn is a state banker living at Magnet, who served in the house in the early 90s. The forthcoming session will be his first in the 20th century. Lynn stated today that the intro duction of his bill would depend up on the text of the governor's mes sage in outlining a method of mak ingmoney available for young men desiring to buy farms. Lynn de clared that personal investigation of the South Dakota plan, after which his bill is copied, showed it was a success and he proposes to give Ne braska an opportunity to scan it un less the governor proposes a better plan in his message. The Lynn bill provides for the appointment of a commission of three by the governor to superin tend the issuance of these bonds. The rich man who might borrow state money and buy more land is barred under the bill by a provision which makes this money available only for men who live on the land for which they ask the state to loan them money to purcase. Lynn also as a bill ready for in troduction which would make the sky the limit for state banks to pay on time deposits. t Lynn declared today that under the present law which limits the interest of state banks on such deposits, the national bankers have an advantage because they may pay any interest rate they desire, as, according xo Lynn, the national banking law doesn't set a limit for time deposits. Blue Springs Odd Fellows Pay Off Debt on Their Home Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.) The Odd Fellows ot Blue Springs held a meeting and paid off the last dollar of indebtedness against their building. Plans are being made for a big meeting Monday in celebra tion of the event. Beatriee Pioneer Dies Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.) --Mrs. James Leary, 78, a resident 'if Beatrice since 1879, died at her home here. She leaves one daugh ter. Mrs. W. W. Luherger of this city. Big Improvements Finished at Red Cloud Red Cloud, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special Telegram.) The last asphalt was laid here to complete paving dis trict four, which provides a paved street to the Burlington depot. Red Cloud now has more than four miles of paved streets. During the past year the city lias seen the completion of two notable improvements. The Bcsse auditorium and the Sale pavillion were completed in the spring, representing an investment of over 100,000 and nearly 60 blocks of asphalt and concrete paing were completed in 1920. A large garage building was also added to the num ber of the business institutions of the city. ' Plans were also made for opening a hospital and are to be carried out as soon as the building purchased for this purpose is vacated by the present tenants. WW i 1? 1 w 1 53 are J JIB''"'!., I in link FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF GOODRICH ITH the dose of 1920 Goodrich completed firtyyearsofservice.TohaveIiwd these fifty years is much. To have grown the full fifty years is more. For the true test of an insti tution is more than its ageit is how much it has written into the progress of the world, and how much benefit it has been to the industry it represents. Fifty years ago when Goodrich was founded the uses of rubber were few. It was just beginning to be appre ciated as a factor in industrial life. Since that time the ingenuity and inventiveness of man have created of this material many thousands of products which today are absolutely essential to the continued progress of the world. The site of the little factory of fifty years ago is today part of the city that Goodrich built the"city of rubber," comprising 63 great buildings of brick and steel, tower ing into the air, reaching into the ground covering 110 acres of land. Throughout America and the world its influence is felt and its products are in wide .demand Looking back through these fifty years, it is worth while to realize and appreciate that the Goodrich organi zation has always endeavored to meet its responsibilities and perform its tasks with a full sense of its obligations toward the public From the day when Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich opened his small .factory in Akron, Ohio, in 1870, one ideal, one principle, has always dom inated its efforts. It is die simple creed voiced by Dr. Goodrich when the company was founded: "Let us make goods destined for service." Goodrich is what it is toda y because during these fifty years it has adhered to high ideals, and the years have woven a web of tradition which is not only sacred to the organization, but which also furnishes a powerful incen tive to pass the heritage on from one generation to another. An Interesting Booklet Few person i realize the interesting side even the romance of the rubber industry and its history. 'We have published a booklet, commemorating our fiftieth anniversary. It tells the story of rubber. This book, "The Golden Year of Goodrich, will be tent in response to a request on your business stationery. THE B. F. G OODKICJi CJDMPANY - AKRON, OHIO icik id i7f 0