THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1921.
Trade Livens U
Jietweeu Unialia
And Oulstate Men
Nebraska Cashing! in Corn-r-ludustrial
Depression Fad-
Manufacturers and
Jobbers Here Report.
' f-'ruiii now until March Nebraska
will be cashing in its corn and even
at the prevailing low prices this is
expected to remit in opening up the
channels of trade.
That bright spot on the map is
Omilia. and the industrial depres
sion instead of spreading here, is
beginning to fade, according to
business men. Hankers and mer
chants who are in touch with condi
'ons in this tra-'e territory find the
interchange of business between
farm and city resuming its volume.
Harm products arc flowing in free
ly and this is reflected in a livening
up of trade among the manufac
turers and jobbers who send finished
goods back into the rural communi
ties. Some observers believe that it
may he after the next crop before
the' full volume of trade such as ex
isted a year ago returns.
"I find that people are beginning
1o look ahead instead of backward."
i , the way Walter W. Head, presi
dent of the Omaha National bank,
presses it. "Regret for the disap
pearance of paper profits is being
replaced by a spirit of confidence in
the ability to do a prosperous busi
ness on the new price levels.
Used to Pay Debts.
"A free movement of corn, wheat
and hogs is under way. The pro
ceeds are not reflected in increased
deposits in the country hanks, Dut
., j j.i... i
iney are uscn 10 pay uems,
are being reduced and the country
brinks are putting themselves in a
position to reduce their obligations
to city banks.
"Stocks of merchandise in the
country are very low, and the mer
chants arc beginning to place orders,
which mean much to the supply
houses in the city."
1 The weekly report of business
conditions in the Omaha district,
which is sent each week to Dun's
Review by the Chamber of Com
merce, anil which is compiled with
out any attempt to impart a rosy
line, bears this statement out. The
summary, dated tost Saturday, de
clared: v "Large convention of retail mer
chants in Omaha this week. Visitors
report improvement in business, de
pending almost entirely on farm
p;odncc.
"Wholesalers report very good
business in novelty lines and new
spring goods, but few orders for
staples, ex'cept groceries.
Manufacturing Increases.
"Manufacturing operations are in
creasing in anticipation of orders,
with resulting improvement in the
employment situation. Bankers re
port slight improvement from pre
vious week, with need of continued
pressure for liquidation.' Whole
salers report collections slow since
the first of the year, with slow im
provement." J. David Larson, commissioner of
the Chamber cf Commerce, said to
dny that he did not believe their was
any reason for pessimism in Omaha.
.'"No one thinks that we are going
to. jump right into an era of great
prosperity," said Mr. Larson, "but
business is on a solid basis, plugging
along more carefully than formerly.
We have our feet firmly on the
ground and the Onward Omaha
movement has provided a healthy
spirit of couilence that helps a lot."
If You Can Prove This Ford
i Yours You Can Have It
Want a Ford touring car? Call
at the sheriff's office and prove that
a car found on the Military road
last Wednesday night, bearing li
cense No. 207707 is yours and you
can have it. That number, the sher
iff found, is registered under the
name of Frank A. Richardson, Val
ley, Xeb.. but inquiry in that town
failed to reveal any man by that
name.
Nominated for Cadet .'
Washington. Feb. 1. (Special
Telegram) Congressman McLaugh
lin' today nominated Orion M. Wied
man of McCool Junction, as princi
pal to take the examination for en
trance to the naval acidemy at
Annapolis.
The telescoping joints, of a new
rwtnl lead pencil can be drawn out
.until it forms a foot rule.
Wife Slayer's Mother -"Cannot
Understand"
ft I
m v. '-fry j m
When Diiriicll Lawson, 21, goes
to trial for, killing his young wife
he will have at least one supporter,
his mother.
M rs. Lawson came to Omaha from
Little Rock to be with Iter 'son. She
says she cannot understand the
youngs man's action.
"He had always been a dutiful
son," she said, "although he never
confided his troubles to me much, lie
had never been in trouble before. I
don't know much about the circum
stances, but I think there must be
something in his favor."
Hardware Men -Consider
Retail
Trade in Bis Meet
-r - .
Dealers of National Promi
nence to Address State Con
vention Here Exhibit at
Auditorium.
Problems of retail marketing of
hardware will be discussed from
practically every viewpoint during
the 20th annual convention of the
Nebraska Retail Hardware associa
tion which opened yesterday at the
Hotel Rome and Auditorium.
Registration of delegates took
place all .forenoon at the Hotel
Rome.
W. W. Bass of Anselmo,' president
of the organization, operfed the first
session at 10 o'clock yesterday. Ad
dress of welcome was made by
Mayor Smith.
Prominent among the speakers at
the convention will be Matthias
Ludlow of Newark, N. J., president
of the national association; Herbert
P. Sheets of Argos, Ind., secretary,
and Walter W. Head, president of
the Omaha National bank.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the hardware exhibition dur
ing the evenings. All available space
in the Auditorium is infuse, every
thing from attuning fork to a nickel-
plated lawn mower being snown.
Members of the Nebraska Retail
Hardware association and their la
dies will be entertained -at a theater
party at the Orpheum Wednesday
night. A social program with a
"feed" and dancing has been ar
ranged Thursday night in the par
lors of the Chamber of Commerce.
A distillery for the production of
alcohol from sotol. a native plant,
has been built in Mexico.
Ready
whon you
want lt
Ricker, purer
and more
economical
Hardware Exposition
Tuesday to Friday Evenings
OPEN EVENINGS TO, PUBLIC
Interesting exhibits by factories
" from all parts of United States
Free at Auditorium
Somerset Coal
Highest Grade Bituminous Free
Burning Big Hard Lumps No Slack
Updike Lumber & Goal Co.
General Office, 45th and Dodge Streets
Phone Walnut 0300
Appeal Ls Made
For Protection
Of River Front
Congressman Jefferis Urges
Governmental Action to Stop
. Erosion From Florence
To Omaha.
Washington, Feb.' 1. (Special
Telegram.) Hardly had Commis
sioner Larson of the Omaha Cham
ber of Commerce reached Omaha
from last week's trip to the national
capital, to participate in a discussion
of the housing problem conducted
by the United States Chamber of
Commerce when he wired Congress
man Jefferis that the Missouri river
was again liable to break .out of
hounds and again take toll of Doug
las county's valuable lands.
Mr, Larson wired: "The Missouri
river is cutting and is likely to break
through the north of Carter and
Old Florence lakes, endangering 3,
000 acres, where residence and in
dustries are located. Protection is
needed along five miles of river
front. . VVe should have $150,000.
Drainage districts are practically or
ganized for building of a dike."
Knowing the devastation caused by
last year's freshets along the path
of the river outlined in Commission
er Larson's telegram. Congressman
Jefferis and Randall K. Brown in
terview Chairman Rodenberg of the
committee on flood control and pre
sented to him conditions as they ex
ist along the Missouri river on the
Nebraska side of Florence to Omaha.
They urged that governmental ac
tion be taken to stop erosicn.
Crowd of 300 Answers Ad
For Five Men in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ind., ! Feb., 1 A
crowd estimated at 300 men today
was jammed around front and rear
entrances of a local 10 to 25-cent
store- in answer to a newspaper ad
vertisement for five persons.
Sales Tax Opposed
In House by Frear
'
llilrfigB Trihunc-Oma t lira d Wlr.
Washington, Feb. 1. Opposition
to the sales tax was expressed by
Representative Frear of Wiscdnsiix,
a republican member of the house
ways and means committee, today, in
a speech in the house. Mr. Frear
declared the excess profits tax should
not be repealed unless "some law
that fairly reaches corporation
profits can be substituted.'"
in, my judgment any p:rty that
passes a sales tax law will be held
strictly accountable to the people
for such action, particularly so when
the purpose in view is to relieve, cor
porations from large profits known
as excess profits and the burden of
over $1,000,000,000 is to be placed
upon the 100,000,000 people through
the increased cost of sugar, salt,
shoes and everything they cat, drink
and wear," said Representative
Frear.
South Dakota Soldiers
Bonus Measure Is "Lost"
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 1. The
soldier bonus bill which was to have
been introduced in the South Dakota
senate today as a committee' bill,
failed to appear. Members of the
senate military committee said they
did not know the whereabouts of
the measure tonight. The bill ap
parently is "lost," they said.
Repeal Cigaret Law
Little Rock, Ark.. Feb. 1. The
Arkansas senate today passed a bill
repealing the law prohibiting the
sale of cigarets.
Cloture Petition
Presented in Senate
On Tariff Measure
Washington, Feb. 1. Senate re
publican leaders in accordance with
their program for procedure with
the Fordncy emergency tariff bill,
today asked unanimous consent for
a vote Fehurary 15 and, on objec
tion, presented their petition for
"cloture, or limitation of debate."
Senator Pomerene, democrat,
Ohio, objected to the proposal for
a vote Feburary IS, after denouncing
the bill as "taxing about everything
that goes on the breakfast table of
the working man."
The cloture petition presented by
Senator Penrose, in charge of the
bill, bore names of 34 republicans
and will be voted on at 1 o'clock
Wednesday. It requires a two
third vote for adoption and its de
feat was conceded by both republi
cans and democrats. .
Bankruptcy Asked for
Crown Rubber Company
Involuntary bankruptcy proceed
ings were filed Monday in federal
court against the Crown Rubber and
Tire company of Ralston, Neb. No
specific amounts of liabilities were
named. Petitioners were the New
some Valve company. St. Louis: An.
chor Webbing company, Pawtucket,
R. I., and the A. Daigger company
of Chicago.
Capital stock in the company was
sold a year ago throughout the state.
Many stockholders live in Omaha,
it is said. .
CLOSING OUT
ALL WINTER
CLOTHING
35.00 Overcoats 15.00
35.00 Suits .15.00
6.00 Trousers 2.95
8.50 Trousers 4.48
6.00 Shoes..... .2.95
2.00 House Slippers 1
1.25 Rubbers..... 4.39
J. IIELPIIAND
CLOTHING CO.
"314 N. 16th St.
JBLBi
"VTffOCALIONS of me-
dium size and modest
price, larger ones of va
ried design to suit every
taste, tke superb Art
i
Styles you will find
ttem all i
em an in our o
ffices.
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1807 Farnam St.,
Omaha, Neb.
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, MjMA SODA CRACKERS
Since away back in 1860, the year that Omaha first boasted of
having a cracker bakery, Twelfth street has been CRACKER
AVENUE in Omaha.This fact just happened to work out this
way, but from the first day of the cracker industry in Omaha
every cracker plant has and is today located on Twelfth street. "
And that Omaha is fast becoming a great cracker manufacturing
center can be seen from the growth of the Iten Biscuit Co. Ten
years ago the directors of this company equipped their plant
with four large rotating ovens, it was then figured that these
ovens would be able to handle all the business this territory
could produce. Today the Iten Biscuit Co. is operating sixteen
ovens and they feel that the field of opportunity has only been
scratched.
Omaha is the natural center for cracker 'distribution. Its rail
roads make it so, and with the greater development of this great
cracker industry, so does Omaha grow more work is furnished,
more money comes to Omaha banks, everybody prospers with
them. .
Let'a all take ud their slogan, "Keep a 7y2-Pound Can of "
. Crackers in Your Homes." Let's eat more crackers. Let's
boost for Omaha-made crackers and Omaha.
'a1'. ;
Corn Exchange Nat l Bank
The Bank With an INTEREST in YOU.
1503 Farnam Street.
Our February Sale of .
Fashionable Fabrics
Is of more than ordinary interest. AVe have assembled a collcc
lion of cloths having all the merit of Fashion and Quality,
'which, by reason of the wise selection of the time of pur
chase, we are able to offer
At Tremendous Redactions in Price
Materials of Wool, Silk Fabrics, Wash Goods
These notations ore but a fraction of the attractive offerings throughout the
.West Aisle.
Silk Fabrics i ,
New Silk Shirtings, formerly $4.50, now,
30 pieces all-silk Chinese Shantung1, 33-in. wide, yard,
$2.50
69c
3t-iach Chiffon Taffetas, old price $4.00. new
price; per yard, S2.95
' 36-inch Satin De Luie, old price, J 4.00. new
price, per yard, ' $2.95
' 40-inch Crepe de Chine, old price $3.50. new
price, per yard, 2.25
40-inch Charmeuse, old price $5.50, new
price, per yard, $2.95
40-inch' Fairy Spun, old price $7.50, new
price, per yard, $3.75
40-inch Crepe Satin, old price, $6.00. new
price, per yard, $3.95
33-inch Jap Pongee, old price, $330. new
price, per yard, $1.00
40-inch Showerproof roulards, old prioe,
$4.50, new price, per yard, $2.95
Dress Materials of Wool
Special lot all-wool dress goods. Many shades; 42
to 50 inches wide. Sold up to $5.00 yard, now, yd.
$1.69
44-inch Storm Serge, old price $2.50, new
price, per yard, $1.50
52-inch Storm Serge, old price, $3.00, new
price, per yard, $1.69
54-inch All-Wool French Serge, old price,
$3.50, new price, per yard, SI. 95
54-inch All-Wool Jeisey Cloth, old price.
$5.00, new price, per yard, $2.95
48-inch All-Wool Tricotine, old price $5.00,
new price, per yard, . $3.50
54-inch All-Wool Tricotine, old price, $7.50,
new price, per yard, $4.95
54-inch All-Wool Tricotine, old price $10.50.
new price, per yard, $8.50
54-inch All-Wool Poiret Twill, old price.
$6.75, new price, per yard, $4.50
New French Chillies, New Plaids,
New Coverts, New Shepherd Checks.
Wash Goods
ECONOMY SILK All colors of this wonderful silk warp fabric, 'de
sirable for so many purposes underwear, linings, dresses, nr
and many art purposes. Sold last year at fl.5u. Kecent V.
price, $1.00. February Sale Price,
PLAIN VOILES In all shades (dark and
light, also white).- Promenade, recent price,
$1.00, February Sale 69
Superba, recent price, $1.50. February
Sale, 98
PLAIN' "POPLINS The great fabric for
Skirts and Dresses. Washable and durable.
kJCurses use it; in largely white; 36-ineh
width; reduced from $1.00 to per yard, 75
GINGHAMS 32-inch English and Scotch.
Reduced to, per yard, $1.00 and $1.25
Two Great Groups of
Printed Voiles
LOT ONE Iincluding a group f attractive
patterns in figures, blocka and atripes.
Mostly dark grounds that have CO
been $1.00 to $1.25. On Sale at D7C
LOT TWO Splendid 2-ply English and
French voiles that QQ
sold up to $2.00, "OC
Gillette
Wednesday
Safety Razors
$5.00 and $5.50
Silver Plated Models
$295
J!fai Floor Main Aisle.
A very unusual transaction enables us to make this
offer covering a certain definite quantity.
These are not only firsts, perfect fin every way, but
are the very best produced. Packed in leather or
Nickel Case with one dozen double-edge blades in
cluded, i
Wednesday and for a few days. We cannot promise
beyond present quantity. ,
A great gift opportunity. Boj at once this
most phenomenal bargain.
These Items Are
Hangovers from January Sales
And that's something we can't permit, so out they go.
Prices for Wednesday will carry them away.
Women's Muslin Nightgowns
The modest kind that protect the neck and back. Very neat and genteel
trimmings. The price has been $2.25 and $2.75. Wednesday all you want
while we have them, at, each
'1
Women's Suits
for Wednesday
$25
$50
$75
5 Suits, former! sold to '
$79.50, Wednesday,
7 Suits, formerly sold to
$150, Wednesday,
6 Suits, formerly sold to
$197.50, Wednesday,
1 only, Brown Suit, size 38, long lines, all
over silk embroidery, with rich collar and
cuffs of Kolinsky. Original (MO IT
price, $375, Wednesday. CpluD
Women's and Misses' Section
Second Floor
House Dresses
HOUSE DRESSES 100 house dressea of
percale in plaid and stripe ef
fects; trimmed in contrasting
colors. For one day only,
Wednesday,
$1E
Junior Specials
$35
J - Second Floor.
.Valentines are readyEarly selection is always advantageous
6 Suits (sizes 14, 15, 16), formerly sold to
$49.50, Wed- M C
nesday,
9 Coals (sizes 14 to 17), formerly sold to
$56.50. Wed- t9tC
nesday, pZJ
2 Bolivia Coals (size 16). formerly sold to
$u.t0, Wed
nesday, , ,
Second Floor.