Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1916, Page 72

. > “Hgpith and contentment are per- quis| to efficiency.” | is the altruistic theory -which actugigd R. C. Howe, general man-| age the Armour & Co., packing South Omaha, when he or- d later sanctioned, the plans [ new office building. The re- office building de luxe, ohe “best structures of its kind in 1d. The completed building t $200,000. r insufance for the em- fiicost more than . The :was spent for the installation lil:d;u‘li nufibine, 'whou i thing ure, air in the % X:w‘::m- the air in h room is every twenty minutes. When winds howl, the machine heats hed air and ships the warm through dustless ducts into vergitorner of every room. When " sum) sun sizzles, the ust cools the air and sends like spring zephyrs to fan : gomfort every ome of the ~ officemployes. . . / he air id let into each in manner a8 to avoid drafts. ir current is made to ih‘y another current and their & place ia close to the cellhm. e air filtered throt lungs, it is sucked from the through several apertures. o ANy M x, two or three of gather on a piece of sedurniture, tll: sutomatic vac- n‘e'; immediately whisks them may ride down in your car, re fortunate enough to have Armour &:Co., to give you 180 The thi an officejob. In the basement of the new building is a garage which can accommodate a dozen autos, Then, if you feel the need of a shave or a shower bath, all you have to do is to go up one flight and get one and take the other. The tonsorial parlor is a miniature of the best that metropoli- tan hotels afford. The shower raoms are of Italian . marble, Then you may go and rest awhile in the big loung- ing room for men, while you puff blue rings from favorite tobacco. Then, wher, you. have sandwiched in some efficient work, you may ask the build- ing’s chef to prepare some palate- pleasing morsel, and it will be served to you in a'dining room de luxe. If it will h:l‘nyour appetite any, you may aleo know that the food was cooked in a_kitchen which, on the word of a Chicago restauranteur, is the best eflui ed of its size in the country. Nearly, every bit of kitchen work is done by electricity, except the cooking, which is done by gas. The women are going to have a rest room on the third floor which a re-incarnated Cleopatra might envy. office girls selected a com- mittee of two, the Misses Ring and Lonln to buy the furniture, and Gen- eral Manager Howe told them to no expense, Rumor hag it that they complied Hmnltlfi' with Mr, Howe's mandate and the result will be a rmml invitation to lounge'in the luxuriously upholstered. chairs and divans, e rest room adjoins the parlor. The girls are also 1oinl to have a roof garden, a real, palm-bestrewn re- treat where summer’s heat will be set at nought. One of the features of the general managers' and superintendents’ of- fices, in addition to the black oak woodwork and the grey velvet car- pets to match the ‘grey walls, is the silencer, That invention absorbs loud sounds and magnifies a whisper. It absolutely kills echo. The occu- pants of the room next to the tele- graph office will not be able to he the click-click of the key. The op- erator may be sending a message to any point in the country by the Ar- mour special wire arrangement,/and | an ‘eavesdropper at the keyhole, who was farniliar with the telegraph code, could not get the sense of the mes-|j sage. !‘hen there are the marvelous vaults, which would make a pessimist of the most experienced bur*lnr plan- ning to steal their contents, The cages of the cashiers and auditors are ar- tistic wonders in their line. The in- laid doors and the waxed oak floor lend additional elegance, The building is 150 feet by 80 feet. Pressed brick, about one-half the size of the ordinary house brick and extra heavy, compose it. External and Internal Use. “Yes,” he sald, “we must cut down and economise, I've brought home a sample bottle of very cheap cluret, which I think 1 shall have to drink in the future” “Good!" she responded. “And I have made & pint of furniture polish from an old recips, ever so cheaply.” Ib was & fow days afterward that the breese aross. ' “How was I to know," he stormed, “that you'd put your furniture polish into & wina bottle? Great wonder I'm not polsoned!" “And how was I to know I was polishing the table with your old claret?” she fired back. ‘‘Anyhow, it anawered very well, and when you drank the furniture pollah you| 467 #a)d 1t was & very good wine for the price!” | A ~=Pittaburgh Chionicle-Telegraph. i . P s 1916. DAVID CITY, Nebraska Candidate for Election on the Non-Partisan Ballot for Judge of the Supreme Court L. S. Hastings, the subject of this sketch, was born in Boone County, Illin- ois,, November 1, 1866. A few years after his fatherwreturned from the war he re- moved from Illinois and settled in Butler County, Nebraska, which has been the ‘home of Mr. Hastings for the past thirty- eight years. Twenty-eight years ago Mr. Hastings took up the practice of law in David City. During these twenty-eight vears his rise in the profession has been steady and successful. He has been iden- tified with most of the important cases that have passed through the courts'of this county.: Notable among these was the Lillie murder trial, in which Mr, Hastings was the prosecutor. He has a large prac- tice in the supreme court of the state, many cases coming from other parts of the state. During his residence in Butler County he has served as County Attorney two terms, was a member of the State Senate from this senatorial district, com- prising Butler and Seward Counties, dur- ing the session of 1903 and 1904. He also served two terms as Mayor of David City, during which time many public improve- ments were made. Among them were the paving of the streets and the establish- ment of a municipal light plant. Mr. Hastings was a member of the Board of Education during the years 1912 and 1913, and served as president of the board. He has enjoyed the confidence of the people of Butler County to a large degree. This is shown by the endorsement given him at the }mmary in April of this year, when they gave him 2,018 vofes out of 2,400 cast at the election. To urther show that the people of Butler County are back of the candidacy of Mr. Hastings,'the Re- publican and Democratic convention in conjunction passed the following resolution: “\Ve, The Republicans of Butler County, in conjunction with the Democrats of said county, desire to recommend L. S. Hastings of this county as a fitting candidate for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court. We do not do this in a partisan manner, but as citizens of Butler County. Mr. Hastings has lived in Butler County for ‘more than 30 years, has held various offices of trust, and has always performed the duties of them in an able and efficient manner. His 28 years’ active practice in the law profession and the success he has attained therein fits him for the position of Su- preme Judge.” This resolution was unanimbusly adopted by both conventions. Mr. Hastings is a deep thinker, and a man of strong convictions. Nothing has ever swerved him from what he thought was right. He is careful and deliberate in matters which he has for consideration. . His long practice and the success attained particularly qualifies him for the position of Supreme Court Judge. ms\mnmmmmx ; -mmm@rm? I MR, E G E g i ) . T T e e