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IF SECRETARY FALL RESIGNS.
Rumors of an impending cabinet change, affect
ing the Interior department, do not contain any ele
ment of surprise to those who have been closely
watching proceedings. Secretary Fall has differed
sharply with Secretary Wallace of the Agricultural
department concerning certain matters of policy, and
it now appears the president leans to the side of the
secretary of agriculture. If Secretary Fall is so
thoroughly committed to his views as to feel his use
fulness is ended because he can not have his own
way. his resignation will naturally follow.
Chiefly the difference between the two cabinet
officers grows out of the control of the forestry
service. This bureau was originally organized and
has been developed in connection with the Depart
ment of Agriculture. It has been kept there be
cause of its close alliance with certain other bu
reaus or divisions of the department, from which
it can not well he divorced. A certain amount of
overlap in jurisdiction is thus created, but it has
not presented anything in the way of complications
that can not readily be overcome. In fact, the work
has progressed smoothly enough, and with little if
any friction prior to the coining of Mr. Fall as sec
retary of the interior.
Forestry is growing in importance every day in
the United States. The several states of the union
are taking it up seriously, and most of them now
have forestry departments, in charge of experts,
who look after the culture and propagation of tree
growth in every way. In New England, Pennsyl
vania, and the southern states, the work is carried
along on a scale of great commercial operations,
and is found to be exceedingly profitable. Public
interest was aroused to protest when the removal
of the bureau from the Agricultural to the Interior
department was proposed, and it is quite in line
with his general character that the president, after
full examination, should decide against the change.
Another thing that may in some regard affect
Secretary Fall is the fate of the so-called Bursum
bill, which was intended to open to settlement cer
tain lands now in possession of the Pueblo Indians
in New Mexico ami Arizona. It is not necessary to
inquire into the merits of this measure, if it has
any. Generally it is regarded as an untimely effort
to deprive the Indians of rights that are theirs, to
make way for what threatens to be a great specula
tive enterprise in the way of reclamation. The gov
ernment is in need of land to meet the demands for
farm homes, but it can not afford to secure that
land at the expense of further good faith with its
wards. Too much scandal already has been created
by the record of our dealings with the Indians to
allow another threat of repetition to go without
challenge, and so the Bursum bill has gone to a
grave in' the committee archives.
Secretary Fall may resign, or he may accom
modate his own to the views of the president. 'If
he chooses the latter course, he will find opportun
ity for great service in administering the affairs of
his department, which is one of great importance
in the housekeeping of the nation. Certain great
programs have been initiated, and President Har
ding is inclined to carry them on. and the secre
tary of the interior, whoever he is, will have em
ployment enough in doing the things that are under
way for the good of all the people.
CUT LEGAL RED TAPE.
A vast and promising movement is on toward
the simplification of legal procedure. The mass of
technicalities, designed one by one for the protec
tion of the parties to legal action have finally so
cluttered up the temple of justice as to constitute
impediments. The process of law has become over
costly and slow, but by no means no more certain
than of old.
Dean Henry M. Bates of the University of Mich
igan Law achool covers the situation in the follow
ing words: “General simplification of course must
be sought if the courts are not to lose ground stead
ily. Great advances have been made in this state,
and while at each change there is a howl from some
members of the bar, the%succesaive reforms have in
the main been received in good spirit and every one
of them is now heartily approved."
These remarks were drawn forth by publication
of a proposed procedural reform act by Hugh E.
Willis, professor of law at the University of In
diana. The proposal is to abolish the present and
provide a new system of legal procedure, both civil
and criminal, by authorizing the supreme court of
each state to prescribe forms and rules, and gener
ally to regulate pleading, evidence and practice.
Mark well what Prof. Willis has to say:
"The purpose of this act is to make legal pro
cedure a means for the administration of justice
instead of an end in itself. Today, as always here
tofore, legal procedure has been an end. We are
litigating procedure. Over one-half the cases ap
pealed involve no questions except procedure. At
torneys may be Interested In these questions, but
clients certainly are not. Society (and that means
clients) is complaining of the delays, uncertainties
and expense. All of these are due to the fact that
so much time is spent in litigating procedure. It
is as though physicians should pay no attention to
the question, whether or uot the medicines they
prescribe are good for their patients. Society
would not tolerate such physicians. Attorneys do
not ask whether or not their legal procedure is
good for their clients. Society la beginning to ask
why there is this difference between physicians
and attorneys."
His proposal, which is endorsed by Dean Roscoe
Pound of Harvard University Law school, Dean
John H. Wigmore of Northwestern University Law
school, and in principle by Elihu Root, the leader
of the American bar, would require notice pleading
instead of essential fact or issue pleading. It would
also give judges greater control over the conduct
of trials, and would abolish reversals for technicali
ties. All rules of legal procedure would be directory
rules instead of mandatory, statutory or common
law rules. While these changes will be best under
stood by lawyers, it is evident enough to the lay
mind that they would cut a lot of red tape that
now seems to hamper justice. There is, of course,
opposition to the plan among many practicing at
torneys, but there is also strong support from
others. The general public will welcome any move
far speeding up and simplifying justice.
FIRM FOR CLEANER PICTURES.
Nebraska and, Iowa exhibitors who have declared
they will not attempt to show “Fatty” Arbuckle films
display good judgment. They should be congratu
lated. for their determination is not solely based on
recognition of the protest that has been sent up from
all quarters against the proposal, but has in it some
sign of the general policy of these exhibitors to dis
play only films of high quality. They cater to the
citizens of states well known because of the intel
ligence and high moral standards of general citizen
ship, and know that to maintain patronage they must
meet the requirements of people whose tastes are
for the decent.
One cynical distributer says it will be up to tl^
public entirely if Arbuckle is allowed to return; that
unless the people want the films, they will not be
shown. This is looking at it entirely from the wrong
end. That man and every other producer and dis
tributer kngws that films have been made and shown
that never should have been put before fhe public,
and because they have been patronised, as such
things always are, the producer has salved his con
science with the statement that was what the pub
lic wanted. A heavier responsibility than this rest*
on the producer, the distributer and the exhibitor.
Each is part of a great industry and in a largt
sense each is a keeper of public morals. Unless thej
are eager to have rigid restrictive censorship laws en
acted, they will heed the warning many times given,
and be diligent in cleaning their own house. If the
future of the moving picture depends on the showing
of one or two so-called “stars,” who have fallen
into eclipse through their own misconduct, then it
would better shut up shop, and employ its capital in
something else. Happily, there are plenty of moving
picture actors whose records are clean and whose
popularity is not challenged by malodorous private
records, and these, as well as the public, deserve pro
tection from the unworthy.
LOOK AT THE PRINTERS.
“A drop of ink makes millions think,” runs the
rhyme so familiar to all, and another well-conned
adage is, “Of the making of books there is^no end.’’
Just how many drops of ink are employed in making
the 110,000,000 people of the United States think
will never be known, nor is there a close and accur
ate account of the number of printed sheets laid be
fore them. However, the census of the printing in
dustry for the year 1919 is at hand, and it contains
some figures that may interest the public.
, In 1919 there were 32,476 printing establish
ments of all kinds in the United States, a decrease
of 3 per cent since 1914. These employed 455,822
persons in all capacities, an increase of 8 per cent
in five years. Capital employed was $1,150,505,2.47,
an increase of 59.7 per cent over 1914. Salaries and
wages paid amounted to $563,584,011,-an increase
of 69 per cent, while the value of products from
these plants was $1,699,789,229, an increase of 88.5
per cent.
In the newspaper and periodical publication \
branch of the industry were listed 17,362 establish- 1
ments. as againSt 19,317 in 1914, a decrease of 10
per cent. Persons engaged were 228,630, on 7.8 per
cent more than five years before. Salaries and wages
paid were $228,198,701, an increase of 60.5 per cent,
and capital employed was $614,045,344, an increase
of 59.6 per cent. Value of products was $924,152,
878, an increase of 86.4 per cent.
Nebraska had in 1919 541 newspapers, devoted
to news, politics and family reading, 36 less than in I
1914, and 17 fewer than in 1909. Ten papers de
voted to the printing of agricultural, horticultural
and similar information were published in Nebraska
then; 15 college and school periodicals, and four
devoted to commerce, finance and insurance; 11 for
fraternal orders, clubs and societies; four for the.
Boy Scouts; three labor papers; 11 religious, seven
trade journals, and three classed as miscellaneous.
In the other classifications Nebraska is listed among
“all other states.”
In 1919 in the United States a total of 20,489
publications had an average circulation per issue of
222,481,983, a decrease in number of publications of
2,265, and an increase in circulation of 17,087,086.
Daily newspapers numbered 2,441, with an average
circulation of 33,028,630 each day. Nebraska had 29
daily newspapers in 1919, with a daily circulation of
371,309 copies. This was a decrease of five in num
ber, and an increase of 41,469 in circulation.
These high spots will afford a notion of how well
the American public is supplied with reading matter,
particularly in the way of daily papers. In Nebraska,
for example, it means that more than one paper for
each four of the population is printed every day.
No excuse for not being informed exists in this state,
and mighty few people who are not informed, for
the average Nebraskan is a persistent reader.
Surprise is expressed that a factory hand did
not “bite" on the fake turkey his companions pre
pared for him. The real wonder is that the plot
ters thought they could get away with it.
The Burlington is wheeling into line with orders
for motive power and rolling stock on a large scale,
keeping up the Hill tradition of being ready.
» It is all very well to expel bootleggers from the
senate restaurant, but where does that leave the
senators? ,
The British debt commission is on its way to
America. Here’s a hope it brings along the check
book.
Press Agent Hays
From the Louisville Courier-Journal. 1
In reading Mr. Hays' reasons why, in his judgment,
the ban against Arbueklo should be lifted. Americans
with a fine sense of the fitness of things can not fail to
regret that the disposition of this case could not have
been intrusted to the director of the American stage
rather than to the director of the American screen.
It is difficult to imagine that a man of Augustus
Thomas' irreproachable taste could concur In the maud
lin sentimentality or specious reasoning that equally
mark the Hays pronouncement on the subject.
It may be argued that an applicant, for dommuta
tion of sentence deserved consideration by reason of
alleged reformation, but It is none the less true that a
decency loving public merits equal, if not greater, con
sideration from the director of the motion picture
business.
That public should be safeguarded against the pos
sibility of having revived in its daily consciousness
things connoted by the name of this forbidden figure
in filmdom.
Very willingly, and without the faintest trace of
lingering malice or ill will, the decency loving public
would consent to have all that Arbuckla represents
speedily effaced. Millions of movie patrons will not
share Mr. Hays' leniency.
The importance of taste, as well as of executive
capacity, in positions like that now held by Will H.
Hays has seldom If ever been so strikingly illustrated
as by this decision.
Reintroducing Arbuckle, Mr. Hays" will figure as
having been the alert press argent of the screen when
he declared him banned, and the alert press agent of
the movie clown when he reintroduced him. Mr.
Hsys is, by training, a press agent rather than a re
former
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“From, State and Nation”
—Editorials from other newspapers—
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f^»te Parks.
From th« Plmtte V»ll«y N«w«.
Plans of the state park board to
recommend to the legislature the ac
ceptance of various tracts of land in
iftiTerent parts of the state, to be per
manently cared for and preserved as
state parks, will meet with welcoming
interest by Nebraskans everywhere.
We pay too little attention to
beauty, in building a commonwealth*
It is the experience of every large
city tfcat after it has attained ma
terial prominence it finds that it has
neglected to provide for spots of
beauty, and the result is that it be
comes necessary to condemn, at large
expense, blocks of city land to be set
aside for park purposes. City plan
ning. in the first place, would have
prevented this waste.
What is true of the city is true, in
a larger sense, of the stats and the
nation. Whilo our national park sys
tern is being developed along splen
did lines, there has been a neglect of
a state park system, and this neglect
should be remedied before Nebraska
becomes much more populated.
We of this wonderful valley know
that for scenic interest, and for his
torical significance, 'this region is
without an equal in the slate—but
how many other Nebraskans know
that this is so? By setting aside
tracts of land in various parts of the
state, and by gifts that may be ex
pected to he made from time to time,
the state in a few years will have a
state park system that will not only
be attractive to Nebraskans who are
vacationing, but will also prove a
magnet to bring tourists from other
states to us.
The move toward the creation and
maintenance of state parks is a move
that will meet with cordial response
from Nebraskans everywhere.
The Akron of Swat.
From the Washington Siar.
This is a news note:
Plans for a republican meeting In
Akron, O.. In February “for the pur
pose of aiding and encouraging the
republican parly in Ohio to get
back to first principles,” were an
nounced here yesterday by Repre
sentative Knight, republican, Ohio.
Fifteen or twenty, “progressive”
representatives, Mr. Knight said,
will be there to hear an address by
Senator Borah (republican), Idaho,
on “The Necessity of Rededicating
the Republican Party to the Service
of the People.” The meeting," said
Mr. Knight, “will not be for the
purpose-of launching, aiding or en
couraging any third-party move
ment in Ohio, or to encourage the
candidacy of any man for the presi
dency.”
Vi notices of this kind it seems al
ways necessary to assure the public
that a third party is not in the cal
culation. Whether democrats or re
publicans gather separately or to
gether for a conference as to the fu
ture the project of a third party is In
variably denied.
Suggestions are multiplying thnt
"the lady doth protest too much.” If
the democratic party, as some demo
crats assert. Is Indistinguishable from
the republican party, and the republi
can party, as many republicans as
sert. has become the mere tool of the
"interests," why should not both be
scrapped and the way cleared for a
new party, or two new parties, to
serve the country In the present emer
gency—the greatest it has known In
60 years?
This Akron meeting will attract at
tention because Ohio is the president’s
state and the Buckeyes who’ will par
ticipate in it supported Mr. Harding In
1920. If, as they claim, therefore, tho
republican party now needs a "rededi
oation" to the service of the people.
Mr. Harding in office has failed.
As a matter of fact, however, Mr.
Harding, in a message to cogress, has
Just delivered sentiments as forward
looking as any the country *»as heard
and far more practical than many for
which his critics are known. Why
move against him, directly or in
directly?
The Force of Consistency.
I'rom the St. Louis Globe- Democrat.
Someone has said that a man who
makes consistency his god never geta
anywhere. That may be. but con
sistency adds weight to an argumeht
and force to a criticism.
A\ hat "William J. Bryan says about
the rule of wealth is true. The mere
possession of money and property in
vast quantity is given entirely too
much consideration by our governing
agents, including lawmakers. But
since the same heady consideration is
accorded it by tho individual citizen,
by Mr. Bryan himself, one wonders.
how the matter can he arranged sat-1
isfactorily until human nuture is
chang/d.
Mr. Bryan is not only a wealthy
man, hut he has always selected his
intimates and associates from among
the wealthy men of his day and vic
inage. His Florida home is found in
what is denominated as millionaire
row, and his Intimates nre nearly all
men of exceptional wealth.
Consistency should begin to make
demands upon the great commoner.
It is recalled that Mr. Bryan sprang
into the limelight as the champion
of the masses against the classes,
and enunciated an alarming doctrihe
of sectionalism wherein he attempted
Daily Prayer
Giving thanga always for nil thing* unto
God and fhe Father. In the name of our
Lord, Jesu* Christ.—Eph. 5:20.
But thank* he to God, which giveth u*
the victory through our Lord, Jeaus Christ.
—I Cor. 15:67
Our Heavenly Father, for all Thou
hast given and all Thou hast forgiven,
we thank Thee. For every gift of
nature, and Thy favoring provi
dences, and Thy great salvation
through Christ, we thank Thee.
For blessings within us and around
us; for everything by which Thou hast
brought good and drawn ns to Thy
self through all our lives and tho
lives of our kin; for our power of un
derstanding, of loving, of homemnk
Ing, of sharing friendships; for the
good hope concerning loved ones who
have gone from the ways of earth,
and for our own expectation of shar
ing heaven's Joy with them through
Christ's saving merit—we thank Thee.
Help us, O Father, to live and work
with the cheer of a grateful spirit,
overcoming all trouble by the pati
ence of hope and the wisdom of love.
So may we share the fellowship of all
who follow Christ, both near about
us and In all the world. Amen.
REV. WILLIAM ALLEN KNIGHT. LLD,
Boston, Mass.
to array one section of tha republic
against the other. But he, himself,
has never toiled, nor even associated
on terms of equulity, as did Tolstoy,
with the classes he made pretense of
serving and applauding
Mr. Bryan has accumulated a for
tune. how great we c-annot say. but
sufficient to enable him to lead a life
of luxury and ease. lie has accumu
lated this fortune through the magic
of his tongue. Ono searches In vain
for a contribution of value he has
made to the society of his time. A
lawyer, it does not appear that he
has practiced law in many, many
years, ll/s own record squares per
fectly with .he definition of parasite
which the class he has championed
and so frequently reprobates.
The wealthy man that in particular
arouses the eloquence of the common
er is lie who tires the wheels of in
dustry by keeping alive a great cor
poration, thus adding to the achieve
ments of his country and supplying
hy his courageous daring profitable
employment to thousands of cilizetui
If the commoner himself ever pro
vided a Job for another man it was
either at the expense of the state and
to a "deserving democrat," or as a
servant in his own luxurious house
hold.
In the known circumstances, for
William J. Bryan to prate about the
rule of the rich is very similar to the
brewing and distilling interests
launching their attack on the non
enforcement of the Volstead act.
Voting for (‘resident.
From the Gordan Journal.
We believe that Senator Norris is
r.ght in proposing to do away with
the presidential electoral college by
a constitutional amendment. People
can just as well vote for the presi
dent direct, and there would be a bet
ter chance for an independent candi
date to make a good showing. The
Nebraska law does arrange for a
vote for president direct, but it is
tile only state that does this, and we
have been told that it would be found
to be unconstitutional If anyone was
disposed to contest it. However. It
is so logical that on one has ever felt
like doing this.
Weekly Street Car Tickets.
From (he National Municipal Review.
The weekly, interchangeable pass
is one of the weapons being used by
street railways in their lust gallant
stand against bankruptcy and utter
dissolution. The most recent user of
the pass system is tfle Chicago ele
vated railway system, but it has had
its real tests in smaller communities.
For example, in Terre Haute or 20
other cities, you ran huy a card good
for the calendar week at the reason
able price of, say. $]. It is good for
any number of rides for the bearer.
Walter H. Jackson, who introduced
the idea, says, "We surely make 'em
ride."
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Seven Mistakes of Life.
From tha Wichita Beacon.
1. The delusion that Individual ad
vancement is made by crushing oth
ers down, t
2. The tendency to worry about
things that cannot be changed or
corrected.
d. Insisting that a thing is Impos
sible because we ourselves cannot ac
complish. i
4. Attempting to compel other per
sons to believe and live as we do.
5. Neglecting development and re
finement of the mind by not acquir
ing the habit of reading fine litera
ture.
6. Refusing to set aside trivial pref
erences. in order that important
things may be accomplished.
T. The failure to establish the habit
of saving money.
Common Sense
By J. J. MINDY.
The Value of a Plan of Procedure.
Maybe one of the reasons you do
not have greater success, is due to
the fact that you are in such a hurry
to do the physical work necessary to
the performance of certain tasks, that
you do not take time enough to think
out your plan of procedure.
You dash into things and try to
think and plan as you go along.
If you do. then you have to spend
a lot of time thinking how to get out
of difficulties which never would have
existed if you had planned out things
in a way to have avoided trouble.
Every successful man of big or
little business does his planning
ah gad.
He has a definite course to pursue
and considers ways of getting out of
certain difficulties which are bound or
likely to come up. lie is prepared.
Planless rushers ure not the ones
selected for big jobs.
You may be ambitious, but you ex
pend most of your time in muscle ex
orcise just rushing around, and losing
out in the main object.
To keep your hands and your feet
moving does not indicate that you are
getting anywhere, unless you have a
plan to start with and make your mo
tions bend to its carrying out.
Plan ahead and then make your
movements count.
(Copyright, 1121.)
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“7 he People’s
Voice’*
Editorial* from roadora of Tho Morning
Baa. Raadars of Th* Morning Boo
aro invited to uio thio column frooty
for oxprooaton on matter* of public
intormt.
• Rural High Schools.
Heartwell, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee; I read most of your
editorials and find among them some
real Interesting and truthful, while
In others you are as badly mistaken
and miss facts by far.
The editorial I have in mind is the
one in which you are condemning a
Central City correspondent who criti
cised our present high -school system.
This Central City correspondent stated
facts about as they exist.
He did not say to keep them on the
farm was to give them no education.
It’s the free high school he was con
demning, and It is one of the worst
enemies the farmer has to put up
with today. The man that has worked
hard and has tried to make something
out of this country Is taxed to bank
ruptcy to educate his children and
some good for nothing neighbor’s chil
dren . free of charge.
This free high school law should be
repealed. Every parent should pay
for the high school education their
children get. You say. boys and girls
do come back. Yes, many do; but the
real farmer won't say they are the
best farmers; far from it. If you elty
farmers will come out and farm a
while and find out what high school
la doing to the real farmer, maybe
they would not talk high school so
much. The real dirt farmer does* not
ask for any high.school advice. We
have had enough' of that and think
it’s about time we gave some advice.
FARMER BEE READER.
Must Standardize Farm ’ Products.
Kearney, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha feee: The importance of
grading farm produce, such as pota
toes, is shown by the experience of
the California Fruit Growers' ex
change, consisting of 10,500 members.
This is a nonprofit cooperative or
ganization which sells nearly ♦100,
000,000 worth of citrous fruits an
nually.
To quote from G. Harold Powell,
late general manager of the California
Fruit Growers' exchange, who in one
of his last statements on co operative
marketing, said: “During the almost
complete collapse in the machinery
of distribution and marketing that oc
curred in 1921 most of the California
growers received prices for their fruit
crops that returned more than the
cost of production.
“The establishment of uniform
grades of agricultural produce is one
of the most important questions af
fecting American agriculture. It is
equally important to the producer, the
trade, and the consumer. The waste
that occurs in badly handled, un
graded farm products is one of the
leading causes of the high cost of dis
tribution. because this waste must
either be deducted from the farmer’s
price or added to the cost of distribu
tion. It is important to the wholesale
trade because the merchant can not
sell at low gross margins unless food
stuffs are uniform and dependable in
grade and quality. It is equally
necessary to have an equitable, de
pendable supply of a food product In
the hands of the retail merchant. If
he is to add only reasonable margins
in the sale of his products.
“In the course of an experience of
30 years in the California fruit indus
try the exchange has found no place
for miracles in solving the farmers’
complex marketing problems. The
former average loss of $1,500,000 an
nually, caused by decay clue to bad
handling by the individual grower,
has been practically eliminated by
standardized association methods of
harvesting and packing. The cost of
distributing the fruit from the pro
ducer to the wholesale trade, exclu
sive of freight, has been reduced from
i5 per cent to 2 1-3 per cent. Including
the cost of national advertising."
Mr. Powell was one of the ablest
minds on the subject of co-operative
marketing. It was under his guid
ance that the California Fruit Grow
ers’ exchange became one orthe most
successful co-operative marketing as
sociations in the world, and at the
time of his death had an annual turn
over of approximately $100,000,000.
finder Ills guidance the question of
distributing the citrous fruits to the
Consumer, including grading, packing
and national advertising, was reduced
from 15 to 2 1-3 per cent, and during
the year 1921 they sold $69,000,000
worth of citrous fruit at a loss of
only $9,000 of the delivered value of
the fruit, and the cost of running this
business was about 2.3 per cent. Their
success has been laid wholly upon the
one principle that oo-operatlon must
take Into account the consuming pub
lic as well, and their stand for a
high grade product has won them this
success.
Here we have the cold facts before
us from such an eminent authority
as Mr. Powell, who has made good
I with an organization that stood the
| acid test during the greatest calamity
,-JBowm£_.
Closing Out
Sale
CASH OR TERMS
Now Is the Time to Buy Draperies and
Lace Curtains While the Prices Are Down
#
On account of not being able to renew our lease we are compelled
to close out our mammoth stock* of homefurnishings and have
marked everything in plain figures, showing the big savings to
be had. Easy credit terms will be given if so desired. Purchases
made for future delivery will be stored free of charge until or
dered sent out.
CRCC Next Thursday at 8 p. m. we give away an eight
t 1\ l-« i s piece Walnut Diningroom Suite and 45 other useful
household articles. Come in and register. No purchase required.
HOWARD STREETS, BETWEEN 15TH AND 16TH STREETS
Have the Metropolitan Van and Storage Co. Move You
k
that ever befell the American prP
ducer. Those producers who prot*#1
against being required by Nehrarfcl'
law to grade th» lr potatoes are hetAlra
in the wrong direction. The market
for Nebraska potatoes will ho made
tetter by establishing high standards
fnr shipment, and leaving the culls
at home to be fed to stock. It does
not pay to ship poor potatoes.
CO-OPERATOR.
Real Object of Prohibition.
Chadron, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee; John Davidson's
letter In your Monday morning edi
tion offers nothing to those of us who
have voted for prohibition as provid
ing better conditions for our growing
sons than we suffered during the J6
years of pioneering here, I believe
Sergeant Williams of the Omaha dry
squad to be faithful an<f vigilant In
his duty and to be sincere and moder
ate in his statements of the condi
tions.
We become provoked when a brutal,
fanatical and Idiotic spectacular of
(leer ignores the rights of citizens to
privacy and freedom from lawless
misuse of lawful rights; and because
of these outrages, which are almost
daily In Nebraska, are prone to for
get that the real object of the prohi
hitlon amendment Is to provide 11s and
ours a better future to eternity; to
secure which we will endure cheer
fully the burden of taxes until this
traffic is destroyed. Fanatics who
will drink a fatal poison are as good
as fanatics who would hang a boot
legger. and neither of them cares for
my son's future, nnd neither rares
for any law but that one which is
his pet vice. Make the community
show equal respect to every law and
safeguard fnr our families no matter
what it costs, while.the laws are be
men who are not alone (cheap poll
ing administered bv hralny, honest
tioians. ARTHUR O. FISHER.
Approves The Omaha llee's Stand.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I want to congratulate
you upon the good editorial regard
ing Roscoe Arhuckle, appearing In
your paper this morning. I heartily
agree with your, statement that this
is an Insult to public morals. -
I trust that your paper will con
tinue to exert its influence against
the attempt to reinstate this moral
degenerate in public favor.
I appreciate your work in trying
to keep the moving picture industry
decent. G. S. BROWN.
r Safe
Milk
‘For Infanta,
InnaHdt A
k Children
The Original Pood-Drink for All Age*.
Quick L unchat Home ,Offi ce ^Fountains.
Rich Milk, Malted Grain Extract in Pow
derfcTabletforms. Nouriahis«-Nocookta*.
Mr Avoid Uutation* and Substitutes
j)
that same smooth, simple style which
marks his other stories.
Ward Jjitlsan, grandson of a lum
ber pioneer. Is aqueesed out by the biff
corporations through their Held agent,
Kufus Craig.
fie goes to old Echford Flagg,
doomed to he the next victim of tha
heartless corporation, and hires out aa
drive master.
Enters Miss I,ida Kcnnard, grand
daughter of old Eck Flagg, who**
father had been driven from home In
nor childhood. Young Eatisan knows
not her family connections.
He falls in love; complications enter
the light over water rights; and the
girl dons the drive master's macki
naw and cap, brandishes her grand
tather'a club, and leads the drive.
Holman I)ay knows how to tell *
story, and In this novel he hHS woven
a story worth the telling. There I*
plenty of action, with a city vamp
and a crooked detective, gunmen, In
lians and real men all taking part.
And the love element is not over
played.
The ficket Agent
Like any merchant In a store
Who sella things by the pound or score.
He deals with scarce perfunctory glanea
Small pass-keys to the world’s Romance.
He takes dull money, turns and hands
The roadways to far distant lands.
Bright shining rail and fenceless sea
Are partners to his wizardry.
He calls off names as If, they were
Juat names to cause no heart to stir. ^ ^
Tor listening you’ll hear him say
•• and then to Aden and Bom
bay . .
Or " . . . ’Frisco first and than to
Nome,
Across the Rocky mountains—Horae . /*
And never catch of voles to tail
Ho knows the lure or feels the apell.
Like any salesman In a store.
He sells but tickets—nothing mors.
And casual as any clerk
He deals In dreams, and calla it—work I
—Edmund Leamy in Harper's Magaalne
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Typewriter Repairs on
Any Kind of Machine
We sell as well as repair all
kinds of typewriters. We
guarantee both our typewrit
ers and our repair work.
All-Makes Typewriter Co.
205 South 18th Stroet
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Keep up the
Christmas
Spirit
by becoming
a member of
our
Christmas
Savings Club
By depositing small amounts weekly your savings will
grow into a fund that will enable you to observu
Christmas in a generous manner without Inconvenience
or sacrificing any other worthy purpose:
Conserve the Dimes, Nickels
and Pennies
The small amounts that usually slip through the fingers
with Indifference, will soon grow into Dollars and you
will have money for Christmas that you would probably
not have had under other circumstances.
Save—Save—Save—Save!
Join yourself—set a good example. Let the family
join. Be sure to have the Baby become a member.
The Books are Open for your name. Enroll now and
start with the crowd.
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Enroll Now
Have You Faith in Omaha?
Large Increase in the Volume of All
Lines of Business
Do You Know Why Property Values Are
Constantly Increasing?
Downtown Business Property Is Appraised at
Higher Values Than Ever Before
Mortgages placed upon Omaha business property of
good earning power are as sound as a government
bond and yield double the interest rate. Home Builders.
Inc., with assets of $1,250,000. own and recommend
to conservative investors First Mortgage Bonds secured
by first mortgages on certain business properties built
to order by Home Builders for reliable owners.
These bonds yield 6% and 7%, tax-free in Nebraska.
to 1° years. Interest payable semi
$500 and$l!o00ed “ denominatlon* of $100, $250,
Full description of property and bonds offered given
upon request.
American Security Company
Brokers
18th and Dodge Streets Omaha, Nebraska
