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MAKE EVERY TAX DOLLAR WORK.
State-wide organization of a Taxpayers' league
is forecasted in dispatch from Aurora. It ia dis
tinctly encouraginjr to find that public intercut in
the problem of reducing public expenditure has not
dimininhcd now that the political campaign are
over.
It ia not enough merely to elect new men to
nfflco or to have extracted new plodgci from old
officials. The people have to atay on tho job, watch
ful for waste and vigilant in pointing out ways of
economizing. Moreover, specific instances of poor
financial administration should be sought out and
concrete plans for making each dollar of taxation
produce the utmost benefit to the people should be
presented.
Some critic! of government declare that it Row
cost a dollar to get GO cents' worth of public work
done. Many will suy that this is an exaggeration,
but the real point, which generally is missed, ia
that each dollar of taxation should bring in more
than a dollar's worth of results. In privately con
ducted bunincHS there is always a profit, and often
two or three profits paid to as many different agen
cies. In public business, the citizens are them
selves entitled to absorb this profit in the form of
lower taxation. If proper public spirit can be
stimulated, officials should work as faithfully and
as energetically for the community as they would
for a private emjtJoyer.
From the top to the bottom of our governmental
divisions there are men elected to office who are
not called upon to do Bny real work but who fol
low the custom of appointing a deputy to harxtle
affairs. One of the functions of a Taxpayers' league
should be the abolishment of , all such sinecures. If
it is found upon examination that 4he township gov
ernment is costly and unnetressory, this should be
abolished. If county administration Is found to be
inefficient, there should be no hesitation over pro
ceeding to alter its form, consolidating some offices
and systematizing the work. It may be discovered
that though tradition favors the theory of local self-
government, there are many duties that are carried
on more efficiently and with no loss of real democ
racy by larger units.
Starting with the home community, every branch
of government in Nebraska should be overhauled
by these organizations of citizens. The town and
city tax problem needs careful scrutiny. The ad
ministration of the schools is another great ques
tion. The state government, which has borne the
brunt of criticism, likewise must be watched and
studied.
A state: meeting to form a permanent taxpay
ers' organization has been called for December 11
in Hastings. The Hamilton County Tax league,
which is backing this expansion of effort, has set
the goal at a reduction of $10,000,000 in the ex
penses of counties, cities, towns and school districts,
and of $5,000,000 in state appropriations. This
seems rather more than can be secured, but the aim
is a worthy one.
The fact to be held in mind in carrying on this
campaign for lower taxes is that no reduction should
be carried far enough to cripple the service of gov
ernment to the people. The elimination of waste,
the encouragement of efficiency, the more economical
letting of contracts and the improvement of the
methods of taxation are things to be desired. But
nothing that would harm the schools or weaken
other proper functions of the government should
be sought. The way of economy is to secure the
performance of all necessary public duties at the
least possible cost and to the greatest public benefit.
KNOWING NEBRASKA.
A recent editorial in these columns, relating to
the ignorance of Nebraskans, has been reprinted
with approving comment! In so many Nebraska
newspapers, that The Omaha Bee is impelled to
mention the lubject again.
How many Nebraskans know that one of the
largest music publishing houses in America ii lo
cated at York, or that the composition! of iu owner
and manager, Trof. J. A. Turks, are more widely
sung by choirs and choruses than the works of any
other living composer? How many Nebraskans
know that the largest smelter of fine ores in the
world is located in Omaha, or that Ord and North
Loup sell more popcorn than all other towns in
America combined? How many Nebraskans know
that Kearney wus the first town west of the Mis
sissippi river to be lighted by electricity generated
by water power, or that Lowell, Kearney county
now an almost deserted village was at one time
the third largest town in Nebraska?
There are some queer things in Nebraska, too.
In Carter canyon, Scottsbluff county, are a dozen
cottonwood trees, and the late I'rof Uessey declared
that they were the only known cottonwoods of
their species on the North American continent.
Custer county produces the bulk of the silica used
in this country as the baso for soap powders, tal
cum powders and polishes of various kinds What
are perhaps the world's greatest fossil beds are in
Sioux county. You have long considered Nebraska
as merely a pmirie state, yet the Falls of Wauneta
in Chase county exceeed the world-famed Falls
of Minnehaha for scenic beauty, and one of the
grandest automobile roads in tho country is the
one over tho Wild Cat range of hills between Ger
ing and Kimball. The beauty of the Palisades along
the Hudson 'are famed in song and story, yet they
pale into insignificance beside the beauties scattered
so lavishly before the eyes of the traveler by auto
mobile from Omaha southward through historic
Bellevue and on through Plattsmouth and Ne
braska City to Auburn, with the turbid Missouri on
the one side and the wooded bluffs upon the other.
The more Nebraskans study their state, the
more they will love it, and the greater their efforts
to make the real facts known to the outside world.
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From State and Nation"
Editorials from other nervipapen
UNCLE SAM PAYS THE FREIGHT.
Comptroller Mcllarl, who was transferred from
Broken Bow to Washington, seems to have been a
good investment for the government. His latest
discovery is that large sums of money have gone
to transportation companies in form of overpay
ments, because no one understood the method of
calculating charges. He will remedy this by pro
viding for a more careful scrutiny of transporta
tion bills, to the end that the government does not
pay more than is right for services rendered.
Mr. Mcllarl explains the situation thus:
'There Is little wornler that overpayments are
frequent mult r the system In voisu. The de
termining of a eorreet transportation charge, In
volving aa It often ili most Intricate qurattona of
rates mid rlaeaWciitinn. in a mot difficult tusk
nml demands both real anil eprlenc?l talert anil
an extensive and ever changing library of clnaslft
rations, tariff, division ahvrt and othor dntu."
When it Is recalled that in all large shipping
centers eiperts are continually at work, examining
freight billa to determine If their clients are being
overcharged, the dilemma of the government may
be understood. In development of the so-called
'scientific rate making a system of tariff sched
ules has grown up which U a veritable labyrinth.
I'ven ri'nad cler do not always understand the
hair-line ilivlaion in eUutlWationi, the technical j
points involved iu dirTiTenttals and the like, and the !
result I mrjr rnaae criiain pi inr inin vj ap
tly ing a rate that be compensatory, whether it
is the correct ene r not.
Comptroller M'lUil ptvbably will save the pub
lie tome millions of dollars by hi pnpoi4 new
methoj at alt buaint. Th. it another way in
whUH Nv! raa hut !p.l ,h ry without
making- n.4sh tf a fua
lOWANi KNOW A GOOD THING.
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SCHOOLMASTER IN THE SENATE.
For eight years the United States had a school
master in the White House, and congress AmBrted
at times under his reproval. Now the matter is to
be brought" a little closer to the legislators, and the
pedagogue is to sit on the floor of the senate, and
take part in the actual work. Woodbridge N. Ferris,
senator-elect from Michigan, is the head of a school
in what used to.be the pine woods of the Peninsular
state, and when he isn't busy in a political campaign
he is engaged personally in giving instruction to
pupils who go by other colleges to get into his.
Governor Ferris has been pretty busy in politics,
for he is one of the few surviving democrats in
Michigan, and in his home district they have to run
him for something almost every election in order
to fill out the ticket. After he was defeated for the
officer of mayor of Big Rapids, because the citizens
of 'that town of 4,500 regarded him as being too
strict in his discipline, he was twice chosen to be
governor of the state. Other honors and distinction
have come to him, and he is now to be a senator
of the United States.
Primarily, he is a schoolmaster; he took up that
profession when but 16 years of age, over half a
century ago, and still pursues it as his vocation.
Also, he is repeating the tradition that in order to
get somewhere in America, one should be born in a
log cabin. The cabin in which he opened his eyet
still is standing at Spencer, N. Y. Ben Franklin's
autobiography gave him his inspiration, and hard
work did the rest. That his discipline was too strict
for the folks of Big Rapids is the best advertisement
for his school. Any college boy who starts to do
his stuff" around the senator-elect is immediately
detached from tho roll of the school. Similar treat
ment is accorded those who, through indifference or '
similar reason, fall behind in their school work.
The Ferris college was originally started for those
who desire an education, and is continued on that
line.
His record as governor during the great copper
mine strike in the northern peninsula is an earnest
of what may be looked for when he gets into the
senate. He is for the soldier bonus and against the
ship subsidy; lie wants to restore the excess profits
tax and repeal the Esch-Cummins law, and has some
other defii'-ito objects in view. The world will prob
aby know when Ferris of Michigan goes to Washington.
Neither the army nor the navy should be held
responsible for the doings in I'hiladeipnia mat,
stirred the indignation of the Washington official
a i i
visitors. It has long been an open secrei inai lor
a "dry" town, "Philly" is one of the wettest places
in the world.
In Russia eight men convicted of swindling the
government in the construction oi an eiecincBm
plant on the Volga have been sentenced to death.
Americans can scarcely regard this as an atrocity.
A joint debate between the Tiger of France and
the outgoing democratic senator from Nebraska
might draw a crowd, whether it settled anything or
not.
Mr. Bryan, however, will not be generally re
garded as a rival to either Cupid or Hymen.
The Road to Education
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The Klan Ouster.
From tha Wichita Mtacoo.
The ouater suit brought In the nu
prema court HKuinst the Ku Klux
Klan in Kunsna la a nlliclentty str"iu
h'K'il indictment of tho orKunlziitlnti,
and will have it very Important Iwur
I in; on tne rutura tlvvelnprneiitH re
K.inliiiii tli klan. It is iippumit to
iiiiist tlilnkliiK nun that no unit of
civil Kuvermncnt liould grant a
cluirter or aunrtlnn to operate to tin
organization which propone to regit
lute the murals of the community, re
fuslriK at th same tmiu to imtke
known Ita identity no a to assume
responsibility.
An organization of this kind ha
no more dignity or claim to respect
than a crowd of rnwdlea playing Hal
lowu'tn pranks. It is farcical. It la
a mockery to the orderly processe
of rlvll government.
At the name time legal proceeding
are being taken In Kansas, Governor
John M. farker of LotilNluna I ta
lug a cleclnive atund. Ilia Indictment
tell of outrages being perpetrated
Louisiana by masked member of the
klan.
Champion of tlio klan In Kunsn
claim that this organization doe not
sanction Much outrages, and therefore
should not be Judgi-d In that HkIi
Thl argument entirely besldo th
point. Even If none of the Kansa
unit of the klan were guilty of vio
lence and It In quite certain that
some of them are guilty the fact re.
mains that tho territory Infested by
the klan has seen an epidemic of vio
lence which Is clearly traceable
the klan. and tho klan stand resnon
slble In the minds of an Impartial pun
lie. ICgurilli-KH ol all It nrotcsla
tlorm, the Kansas klan I tarred by
the same stick that Ih used by . th
masked bands of Louisiana ond
Oklahoma and Texas.
Governor Parker tells an nppalllna.
tale of the net of the Louisiana
band. A 65-year-old man wa merct
lessly beaten. Two young men with
splendid record of moral uprightness
were aelzcd by member of the klan
soon disappeared and are now sun
posed to be dead. One of them leave
a widow and three children. The gov.
ernor tell of othur Instance nil
cownrdly In the extreme.
Here In Wichita you will find many
men who defend the klan. Not a sin
gio one of them will admit that he
belong to It. Kvcry man who de
rends the klan donle that he i
member. Even the organizer denies
that 'he 1 a member. The members
have some circuitous psycholoflcal
process by which they Justify this de
nial. Naturally the outsider cannot
be blamed for drawing Inference
which may not be Justified by actual
filCtH.
Wichita and Kansas must get rid
of this unwholesome, shifty thing a
thing which Is bound to damage
friendships, create suspicion which
may turn out to be unjustified and
split communities Into whispering
group plotting against each other,
It is n. noisome, naasty thing. Let's
have tho pure clean sunlight.
study of accident prevention, Are eon
trot, safety appllaneea and other
thing designed to make tha life of
tha miner mora aeeure, and y-t ac
cident occur ttutl bring heavy Iowa.
A coroner Jury at hpangler, I'm., re
turned a verdict that the operating
company wua responsibly through
neglif't, for the gas explosion thjit
killed 77 miner. Hmh a tragedy
ought to emphasize how important
It is to protect the men who dig tha
coal. Their pay la not big, their hard
ship and denial are many mid their
danger, under the bt conditions, is
always great.
"THE PEOPLE'S VOICE"
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Page Sherlock Holmes.
From tha Aahevllia Tlmca.
What a pity that Sherlock Holmes
Is not alive in the flesh to solve the
latest Scotland Yurd mystery! It is
Just the kind of problem that would
excite his wits. He would find it
none the less interesting because the
crime was directed at Scotland Yard
itself, for Holmes was never quite so
happy a when he was beating the
yard at Its own work.
Kir William Hopwood, the distin
guished htud of the London police
establishment, received some choco
lates through the mail. True to mas
culine instinct, he ate them without
pausing to Investigate their pedigree.
He wa taken violently III and subse
quent investigations showed that the
candy contained heavy doses of dead
ly poison.
The detectives are scouring Iondon
In their man hunt. They are spurred
to greater activity because the of
fense 1 a challenge to the intelli
gence of the yard Itself. They may
find the culprit and then again their
efforts may prove unavailing. liven
if they are successful, however, their
solution of the mystery will lack tho
dramatic qualities with which Holmes
would have invested it.
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Hazardous Employment.
From the Sioux City Journal.
Every consumer of coal could be
expected to agree that the price
charged on delivery is high enough.
The overage consumer also might
agree that it Is too high; but reason
able, just consumers, who understand
the conditions attaching to mining as
an occupation, would not insist that
the miner is overpaid for bringing the
coal out of the earth. The cost of
coal at tho mine mouth as compared
to the cost in the consumers cellar
is considered by economists os being
out of all proportion to trado prac
tices. It costs more to haul a ton of
coal than to mine it, and the various
middle protlts collected along the way
of trnnsit help to make the miner'
compensation appeer Insignificant.
The next step In any fair adjustment
of coal production and selling would
have to be one dealing with the fuel
after It leave the mine.
t'oal mining Is hazardous employ.
ment. Three mine disasters In a lit
tle more than two month have taken
the lives of 47 men at Jackson, Cat',
77 at Kiwouler, l'a., and 90 or more
at IllrmliiKhiim, Ala. They were not
lha only victims, for many of them
left fnmlliea behind when they went
into the mines and died. The aver
age miner nix a not make atitncient
mnnev to carry heavy Insurance or
to build up a formidable saving ae
rount. Ha dor not own th house
In which he Uvea lie may live al
inoat from hand to mouth Juat ba-
eauaa fir nnd It lmposlll to gel
ahead. Than, whm an acr!.nt ruia
ahort Ma enrrrr, thiwa ilrprmtriit
upon hi i have a rutr rt.ain aa than
if Brief al'le weie til burden.
To the rredlt of the c-mA miner It
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aura this aide if ht sia. Ilia da-'
mm U aa a rule li.ie t.i rfii with
rrinil.l -ifr , tetter Wtikln(
r-Hi.l i:oiia ana atea.lv hi pi is.nl.
11 u rut afraid, ii'inrm'lr. or be
j iii.ght ak eieee in ln merit. Ktill
; u K-tird la Ihaie, aa ''rta i'f none
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! tin diitger i t In h i own H iii.le
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Man I. t .l their ra. m.I .a ?
t- l .h 1 a fe-lar .uia4
, f tiunea aae . te aa ..,!. a
Invitation to Hide.
From tha K'atrlc Ktpraaa.
No one drive an auto long on th
public load before becoming familiar
with the wayside traveler who ask
for a ride, rlumetime in tho even In if
uch pedestrian will disconcert one
on lonely rond by making an arrt
lug geture. Hegglng a ride I be
coming quite common. Very oft
ma Oliver can not clieeg tils peei
till It is too late to answer the pe.
ncairians uppeai. Men wltli good In
tentlon are often In doubt a to
whether they should accept these
passenger, and there are several rea
on why it pay to be careful.
'the driver of an auto Iim a right
to be susplclou of men who spring
from the dark Into tho glar of tho
Headlight and motion for a ride,
Often the action! closely resemble
holdup and sucM men should receive
nu coiisuieraiion. The night la no
time to make uch request. Anoth
er transportation beggar i the wnn
dering soldier. It is almost Impnssl
ble to appraise thl gentleman cor
rectly. Jl may be a hosnltal natlen
on a furlough who ha the money to
pay hi railroad fare back to the boa
pltal In til pocket, but prefer thrlftl
ly to save hi money, liut there are
other soldier and fake soldiers who
make It a practice of traveling over
ma country In thl manner. Their
mere presence In the highway with
service cap or mime other insignia
is a request for a ride. They grner
any repay their benefactor with an in
terestlng yarn which may or may not
be true. It Is Interesting Just tha
same.
It should be remembered, however.
that taking passengers Is a rlskv busi
ness, If the guest Is Injured he may
sue tne owner or the car for dam
age. Then, again, there are thug
roaming the highways, who from the
comfortable back seat find It easv to
hold up a driver. The accommodat
ing autolst may find cold eteel under
mi ear wnne ms nand is on the throt
tle. Granting free rides to unknown
wayfarers should be confined to broad
daylight and well traveled roads,
One Nice Utile Woman.
From tb Chicago Evening Pott
Women are indeed hard to please.
wncn a man says of one of their num
ber: "She Is a nice little woman."
he feels that he Is paying her the
best ort of compliment. As a aen
eral thing the woman so designated
accepts It a a compliment. She may
realize that the speaker Is needlessly
condescending- in manner, but she
knows he means well and give him
credit for his amiable Intentions. No
normally constituted woman will
quibble over anything in the form of
praise.
One woman has come to the front.
however, who resents being called a
nice little woman. This Is Mrs. Annie
Dickey Olson, defeated democratic
andldato for senator in Minnesota.
fihe says if somebody had not said of
her: "She is a nice little womun. but
cannot win the election," and If the
saying had not been caught up and
gone the rounds, she Is sure ehe
might have had at least 100,000 more
votes.
Mrs. Olson is a nice little woman in
11 respects, according to account, but
though she does not go Into particu
lars, she undoubtedly knew that when
his phrase got Into circulation not
ess than 300,000 voters at once
thought of her as admirably quali
fied for domestic life, but not equipped
to be a United States senator. For
how could a nice little woman who
was of course fitted for home life
represent Minnesota In the senate?
And so they voted against her. not.
as they would probably say, for lack
appreciation, but out of tho sin
rest regard for her true spirit. And
it's such unexpected Impediments as
these that women are likely to meet
ltn in their commendable efforts to
purify politics.
Women's Common Sense.
That woman who Instructed spell
riders of her sex "when you have
othlng more to say sit down." should
be hired to coach a lot of men orators.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
"In Times of Peace "
Patriclun of Ancient Rome I?y the
ay, Marcellus, some of good wife's
latives are journeying to Rome to
Visit us. Do you happen to know of
good reliable assassin? Life.
I'raUa I'l.llcy of The lire.
Omaha. Tu the Kdltur of The
llee: The editorl.il In Monday' )!e
relative to the legislature Just le ted
I nn admirable statement of what
the people of Nebraska want theae
It'Kialutiu to do to promote iihhI gov
ernment. The govei norelact, and
the meuibei ,f tha leglslsture, will
be expected to work together for the
uiuuie good,
Thl duty Is very well set forth in
your editorial us follow: "I'nrty
prejudice must be set aside, and
whatever action I tuken should be
based on what la beat for tha citizen
and taxpayer of Nebrnakn."
There are different kind of
prejudice. There 1 thi party
prejudice, which approves of anything;
and everything that th party may
se fit to do. Voter thu alWeted
will alway make a cross in the party
circle, fnrty loyalty may be properly
advocated during a polltlrul cam
paign, but when the election I ended
then th men elected are required to
take the oath of office.
Thl obligation takes no cognisance
of party loyalty. When the people
have rendered their verdict, the can
didate elected become the servants
of all the people and not merely par
ly representative.
We live In a democracy, Imperfert
Indeed, hut It arouse higher Ideal
than under autiwratlo government.
There are other prejudice than
those of party. There are racial, in
dustrial and religion prejudice
which should not be In a campaign.
or after the election. The least desir
able and most offensive of these
prejudice la the racial prejudice.
Wa are striving to harmonize th
difference of race, language and re
ligion, to eliminate race prejudice, the
chief cause of war and the princln.l
cause of the barrier In the pathway
of good government. Industrial and
religious prejudice also, iinfortunute-
ly, enter Into our political campaurn
and election. Political parties should
pay more attention to principle and
policies than to the availability of
their candidate on the score of in
dustrial or ri llgiou prejudice. When
men are nominated and elected be
cause of their prejudices, the aim
and purpose of good government are
undermined, if men are nominated
nnd elected chiefly on account of
race, language or religion, then the
voter wno ravor candidate for such
reason and no other are not help
ing to promote the cause of popular
government. The world cannot be
made "safe for democracy" in that
way.
The candidate who 1 nominated
chlelly on account of such prejudice
will not, If elected, represent all the
people. He will eupport the meaeurea
and policies that find favor with the
prejudice of the special group ha
represent. The advice of The Omaha
Bee Is timely, which, if followed dur
ing tne next two years, will be a
wholesome Improvement on the past.
D. F. DO LAN.
Advice fo the Tiger.
Pueblo, Colo. To the Editor of Tho
Omaha Bee: Clemenceau, tile Tiger
of France, came to pay us a visit and
as a private French citizen the Amer
ican people extend to him a hearty
welcome, characteristic of American
hospitality to welcome any distin
guished citizen from a foreign coun
try, but when he tells what we should
do and what we should not do and
he tries, to dictate the policies of our
government he will wear out his wel
come. The American public voiced
their sentiment about the Leaarue of
Nations some two years ago.
Kecent events in Eurone nrove
their wisdom and foresight to stay out
of the mess. He wants to frighten
us with the old etory about Ger
many's new war who Is the most
militaristic nation in Europe today,
with nearly a million standing army?
France, of course, yet afraid of beaten
Germany and why? Because France
insists on keeping an array of black
troops In Germany, .contrary to all
lvillzed rules. If she Is afraid of
iermany, Russia and Turkey, as ehe
claims to be, why has France officered.
equipped and flnanced,.the Turk and
encouraged them to beat Greece? It
Is like reviving a dead rattlesnake.
The Turk was dead and driven out
of Europe and the hope of centuries
all Christendom was nearly real
ized. Who invited them back to dic
tate the policies of the Dardanelles?
ranee, In her mad Jealousy of Eng
land. France ha nothing to fear
rom Germany or any other nation If
she will Inaugurate a policy of toler
ance toward her enemies. But it is
the deep rooted hatred of one nation
towards the other that has been bred
In the European nations since they
became so-oilled nations with their
eneered civilizations that kept them
nd Is and will keep them at each oth
ers throats as long as there are two
left to tight.
Just now our own country has its
troubles. From the filth of Europe
we were not Immune to get Inocula
ted and infected with that selfsame
nithy dler of race and religious
hatred ill th form of a Ku Klux
Klan and. Ilka the cancer. It spread
at nn alarming spied which will tako
tun to overcome and eradicate. No,
Clemenceau. wo bad enough of Eu
rope; w hud enough of your qnur
Ma and of your wars. Wash your
dirty linen at home, we have our
own washing to do. You must work
out your own aalvutlon.
You mme to tell us what we "Mould
do. Her I a prescription for you.
Apply the golden rule love your
enemies, practice, tolerance toward
them, extend theiil a Memllv hand
and gain their respect. A fur Ku
ia, treat her aa we do a bankrupt
hero, Olv them a chance t make
good again. They are a people of a
primitive nature. Just now suffering
convulsive agnnlea of pnln of labor
preceding the birth of a new nation.
Your people went through th same
experience. You aboiild sympathize
with them and not fear them. Aa
for the Turk, It la the Frankenstein
yon have created. None but yourself
i to blame. You must find the rem
edy yourself, or not hinder England
In her undertakings, who 1 capable
of mastering any altuntlnn, A for
u. w Ilka you. we fought wltli you
and for you with no hope of compen
sation, but we are not going to en
tangle ourselves with you In your
further scheme and your war and
your own brought about trouble.
J. K.MJI.r.MA.'N.
ABooko) Today
IViielnpe'S Problem," W
the, Caallehun. puMlahrd by the I age)
company, Uoston, haa those element
w in. n timku If a f.iBcinatlng book lor
glils, eillly of flapper age.
t'eiielope I'oindexter Is an orphan
who t th little drudge In the tiom
of her mule and aunt, and their
a. Iilsh, spoiled daughter, Evelyn. Vrti
ha artistic talent, like her father
bad, unit she struggle! agalnet odd!
to give It play.
Into her l.fe coiiua Drxter Alan, a
young but uiisin oef ul author. Fen
helps him tu Mtieees and lie Is duly
grnt. ful. It's a tin. wholome story.
"The Heart of Little Khlkara," ac
cbiinied the best atmrt atory of WU
by the O, Jleiiry memorial award
e..iiin!ltee of the rlixiety of Art and.
hclenees, I on of the aim lea of the
oul of (lour and of animal life In a
volume enlltl. d "The Heart of Llttla
Hlilkura and Other Htorle." by Edl
on Marshall, published by Little,
Ilrown Co. "The Elephant Remem
bers." declared by th committee to)
bo one of the best I& torle of
I also In the Interesting volume. Mr.
Marshall know animal and write
of them In heroic manner.
CENTER SHOTS.
A new Item any the best Judge of
mushroom In the eountry lives in
Toledo. The poorest Judge of them
doesn't Uv any pi'"'. Detroit New.
"This will be a normal republican
year. National I'tiairman Aiiam
last week. The democrat hope o.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot.
Piohlhltlon Commissioner Hayne
lays the nation la ' dry lis a pone.
President Harding say the present
ongress I the beat we ever had.
Next. Tampa Time.
Hafety In Number.
Maud It aiema terrible, doesn't It
fur a young fclil of 1 to marry
man of 7".
Alice It nilebt 1 worse he might
bo only ;. Life.
WOKUH OF I.KICAT MEN.
W"Ha of ret turn nn. anl thrill U
Vt'lih a lii-arlfcil e'-alaay,
Anl Ilia hllaa Hk which I her fill
Haatfia to llnsr cenalantlr.
Wa It almnle apeak In llalan
With a lirla Jey.and itear,
Vhil eur va, .TrWllil, ajllelen
In Ilia wholeaoine etmoaphare.
Cjr.lv mn who think they're !fta
I'lay ih haimhiy, hnietaroua role
Ms4 ' shoulder upward llflad,
Cl.iliniiig CJ'iil Alinighty'e goal.
Thv wlwae words and darda ramlnd tot
lit lha lu.liln and lha true
Ar Inil emu""" nn h"hiiid ae
Helping us our dull do.
And to thm Ih deht we're ewlng
for ih prlvllaae lo live
Wonhy Uvea and honest, knowing
Wliut lo lake and when to give.
Rohert Worthlngien Davie.
Reduced Fares Via
CTo Chicaqo and. Return
Account
International Live Stock
Exposition and Horse Fair
Dea.aake, 2 9, 1921
A Great Annual Event. Brilliant Evening Entertainments
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