Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-15
No. Of loans made for payment
of homestead mortgages during


No. of borrowing stockholders 1886
No. of nonborrO wing stockholders 1914
No. of minors holding stock In
the association ................... III
Average rate per cent of interest
charged borrowers during fiscal
year ............................ $50
Average rate per cent of divi-
dends declared during fiscal
year OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3-lO
Average running time of stock
matured during fiscal year. lO6 mo Il da
By comparison important Items are found
to have been increased and diminished
during the year. as follows:
Resources increase ............... 81, 051. 7.0s
First mortgage loans Increase. D9, 7.7S
Stock loans decrease. .............. 1903 S
Real estate dc crease. ............... 4312.04
Furniture and stationery increase H. H1.O9
Cash increase ....................... sl3 174.06
Delnquencies increase ....,....... 3103.93
Expenses and taxes increase...... 1O9.5o
Other assets increase .............. t443LSO
Running stock Increase. ....,...... 6Il,3U2.34
Full paid stock increase.......... ~, 49,. OF
Undivided profits ................... S.763.14
The association did a business during the
pense, including salaries, Of $lo3,iSl2 70
There were l96,O30 shares of stock lii force
with only ISIS shares delinquent. and only
payment of dues. There were 1873 mort
cages subject to foreclosure amounting to
l3o,S7S.94, and thirty-two mortgages in
b2S.84
Corn Contest.
Lincoln is entertaining hundreds OF boys
and girls from over the state who are
interested in a vital manner at this time
| in agriculture, and the cooking of corn
products, because of the prospective OPP
portunity to land substantial prize and
the distinction that goes to the winner.
Headquarters at the Lincoln hotel were
crowded this morning with youthful ap-
plicants in corn growing and corn cooking
contests from the public schools within
the broad confines of young and progress
| sive Nebraska.
A few registered yesterday, but they
were simply the advance guard of the
| hosts who began arriving this morning and
continued throughout the day. AS fast as
the youngsters were placed on record,
either as contestants or delegates to the
contemplated Nebraska Domestic Science
association and Nebraska Boys Agricul-
tural association. they were registered and
told where to go by a corps of polite
| boys.
Deputy Superintendent Bishop, Chief
Clerk Hartley, Secretary of the State
Board Of Charities Piper and two women
assistants were surrounded by anxious
numbers of boys and girls eager to see
|
they be sent as fast as possible TO the
| state farm, where judging contests and
other interesting things were on.
At tonight's session In Memorial hall a
! crowd Of school children OF the state wit
messed the browning of King Corn and
| Queen Alfalfa and the christening of the
heir, Sugar Beet.
Chancellor E. b. Andrews spoke on THE
Reformed Country School," He said he
hoped the time would soon come when the
salary of teachers would be increased one
third. He believed the profession digni-
fed one and that it would be greatly bene-
fitted by permanency of teachers in the
| profession. He also hoped teachers would
recognize that permanency in situation
| would vastly assist their efforts and raise
the value of their instruction.
Prof. John Hamilton came to the meet
ing as a personal representative of the De-
partment of Agriculture in Washington
He advocated the Capitalization of country
schools brought about by the transporta-
tIon Of pupils The contest. he said. was
the first of its kind ever held, in the United
States and he prophesed that the example
set would greatly benefit the cause of edu-
| cafion