Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-28
STEWART is TO GO
TO RUSSIAN ASIA
Omaha Man to Become superin-
tendent of Smelling and Rein
ing Plant in PARKWAY Land.
CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS

For the last six and half years
quiet young man has been work
ing at the local plant Of the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining company.
He has not made much noise, nor
has he been heard of as men fire.
quently are heard OF and from. He
has been on the job every day and
has tended to his knitting"
This young man is j. s. Stewart, 30
South Thirty-seventh street. Next Tues
day he will leave Omaha for brief
visit with his folks at Mansfield, o. Then
he will 90 TO New York and February 10
will sail for London. where he will meet
the consulting engineer OF the Irtysh
corporation. From London he will pro-
coed with the engineer TO Elibastous. a
town sixty miles from omsk. in Russia in
Asia. where he will enter upon his new
work as superintendent of lead smelt-
ing and refining plant.
Bkibastous Is not on the map; that Is
60 say. not any map of references Mr..
Stewart has been able to find. but he Is
satisfied the place Is there, because he
has received cablegrams to that effect
from London. All OF the final negotia-
lions have been by cablegrams.
The town that will be Mr.. Stewards
home for the next two years Is on the
Irtysh river. II Is a smelling and refining
center and so located because of its near
ness to a coal mine. The ores are trans
ported along the Irtysh river from a
point sixty miles away. This young man S
nearest town of consequence will be
Omsk. a city OF eO.Oo0 population and
about sixty miles from Ekibastous.
IL omsk is not TO his liking Mr.. Stewart
can go to Tomsj<. city of 10000. or to
Tobolsk. of about 1900 population.
Mr.. Stewart will be many miles from
| the sounds of the European war. He
! will be In a mountainous section and q
stranger In a strange land. He will have
I to master new language. but he says
he will have plenty of time for that form
OF education because the social demands
OF Ekibsstous are not many. He will be
sixty miles from the nearest picture show.
roller rink or clothes pressing establish
ment.
Has Two-kenr Contract.
He takes the situation as nonchalantly
as II he were going to Lincoln to attend
peace conference. He modestly told OF
his devastating of Omaha; said he had
a two-year contract with London COM
pany. but was not inclined to elaborate.
His friends, however. say he had recon-
mendation from high officials OF the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany, whose word with the Irtysh corpor-
alton OF London was recognized as gilt
edged. He viii receive q splendid salary
] for the two years OF his contract. and II
IL understood a fine promotion awaits
him II he cares TO remain In the far
| away field longer than the agreed time
He will have full charge OF the plant
where he Is going.
Mr.. Stewart Is n graduate OF the Mis-.
souri, School of Mines and a member OF
the University club of this city. He a
under 80 years OF age. During his service
/ In Omaha he has perfected a process IN
connection with the smelling and refin-
Ing OF ores His present position is head
4 OF the safety and welfare department OF
the local smelling plant. He was a su
pervisor Of the social centers of tn,
Recreation board. taking up this worl
last fall because he liked Il. rather thar
for the nominal pay received. He hae
charge Of the center at the CASTELAR,
school.