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The Sunday Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THB BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY NBL0ON B. UPDIKB. Pobtiahsa Ik BREWER, Ce-n. Manager. MEMBER OP THB ASSOCIATED PRESS Hie AssocUUd Press, of which Th* JJae la • member, is exclusively mi titled ts tbe uss for republlcaUoa oI ail new* dispatches credited to It or not otiianlM credited in thla paper, anri aiao tbs local news published berate. All rtfhu of repviblicatlona of out aperial diaratcbea are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Priwatd Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department \J Jnntic or Pdreon Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.s Editorial Department. AT lantio 1021 or 1042. 1000 OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnnrn Co. Bluff* • - - 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 21th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. m GETTING BACK TO GOD. A general revival of religion appears to be in : progress of development, not oply in America, but generally throughout the world. One of its most hopeful aspects is that it partakes of the fundamentals rather than the credal elements that involve the ( lieglible forms of belief. In a general way, it may be said to bo the acceptance of the first and great commandment, “Thou shalt Jove the Lord thy God.” Men of power in the pulpit are stressing this j'oint, and are meeting with response from those to whom they make their appeal. Some are examining very closely the bases of belief, but with very . reverential scrutiny, and apparently are finding the crust of dogma easy to crack and peel off, to expose the central truth of God. In this they are realizing the opportunity opened to them by the war. One ! of the singular effects of the terrible conflict was to bring all men closer to the stark, elemental truth regarding the relation between God and man, the facts of life and death, a breaking through the film of skepticism that had come with the spread of an in tellectual civilization, a return to the simpler beliefs of an earlier stage. Chaplains who ministered to the men in the trenches testify to this comforting fact. From it • they learned lessons that they carefully absorbed ’ and are now as scrupulously applying. It is God • man wants, not doctrinal disputations or exegetical ! refinements. The human mind naturally turns to the Maker, and the preacher of today finds his job easier when he gives his time to the plain teaching of the Word of God and the Way of Life. Another of the hopeful aspects of the apparent revival is the effort on the part of all to apply the teachings of the second of the great commandments, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Many who listen only to the surface din may doubt this; but the hubbub of strife and dissension is caused by an insignificant minority, when the whole w-orld is surveyed, and ample proof is available that never before was the majority so concerned to help all the rest. Cain’s question is being answered everywhere in the affirmative. “I am my brother’s keeper” is the thought uppermost in the mind of man today, and the effort to discharge this sacred charge is shown in such profusion of ways that it would be difficult and tedious to present them all. One gen eralization will serve: Never ir» all the world’s his tory was the humanitarian impulse so strong as it is now; never did men give so freely to undertak- . ings for the lessening of human suffering and the ’ncrease of human happiness. The church is growing, not so rapidly, maybe, as some would like to see, but its influence is spread ;ng far beyond its circle of communicants. Men are turning to God, and the world is being made 1 etter, because some of the ideals, old as the race, perhaps, but beautifully embodied and expressed with crystal clearness in that answer of Jesus to the law yer, who asked what are the great commandments. GOD IN THE COAL MINE. “Prayer,” says the old hymn, is “the upward [ lifting of the eye.” It does not consist in the elo quence or poetry of utterance or expression, nor is its efficacy or sincerity measured by the unction of its appeal. The earnest resolution to amend, the genuine longing for Divine aid or favor, gives to prayer the quality of contrition or sincerity that makes it a real supplication or merely words. • My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” What a lesson for the wavering soul is found in the example of the Illinois coal miners, who assem ble at the bottom of the shaft, to attend prayer be fore dispersing in the darkness of the drifts, to as sume again the danger that lurks always, death in awful form being forever present with them. “The Lord shall dwell in thick darkness,” said Solomon, when dedicating the temple, and surely this may apply to the blackness of the coal pit. He is there, and He will be as easily rpached by the simple prayer of the earnest man, who lifts his voice whole his fellow workers stand with bared heads, asking mercy and protection from the God of all. In the prayer book arc petitions for those who go down to the sea in ships, for those who mine coal, for all sorts and conditions of men. These miners have extended that service, and are using it, not verbatim, perhaps, but in its holiest spirit to start off their day’s work. Who will scoff at their simple faith? / LOVE OF LIFE. It is strange that one who values his own life so highly should not have had more regard for the lives of others. Back in Ohio, Joseph Farry, at the age of 23, has been found guilty of murdering a woman and her son. Given a choice between death in the electric chair and life in the penitentiary without hope of pardon, this youth chose the life sentence. Perhaps it was unfair to put the choice before him. Some may argue that for a man to seek the death penalty is equivalent to suicide. Yet a con fessed murderer could hardly be expected to have any conscientious scruples against self-destruction. As to whether he was weak-mindpd or strong in his choice opinion will vary. What is certain is that he is' resolved to cling to his own precious life in spite of everything. To live in a cell, behind prison walls and to he shut off from the world for fifty yeurs or more— never to lea\e except in a hearse- that is not much for youth to look forward to. With no chance of redeeming himself in the eyes of the world, with nothing but the pangs of conscience for his com panion, what ran life hold for this pitiful and de graded creature? Unworthy to live, and afraid to die, this criminal presents a strnnge problem. And he may outlive many of those who bask in the sun shine of freedom. Secretary Hoover is of the opinion that high prices of sugar In the United States is due to a combine of foreign producers. No mutter who responsible, he will find himself mighty unpopular when his idcnti4# is disclosed , FORGOTTEN BUILDERS OK NEBRASKA. Romans, in the heyday of the Republic, had a maxim to the effect, “It is sweet and proper to die for one's country.” This encouraged the soldier who went forth to fight, for “Romans in Rome's quarrel Spared neither land nor gold, Nor limb nor life, nor son nor wife, In those brave days of old." The citizens saw on every side proof that the heroes were not forgotten, as monuments of all sorts were raised in their honor. It was not until the Republic had fallen and the Empire succeeded that the emperors adopted the foolish pretense of divinity, borrowed from Egypt, and celebrated themselves as gods. Long before the degenerate days of intense imperial egotism, the pride of a sturdy citizenship found expression in statues, col umns and arches, commemorating services done the state by one or another of the true patriots. Pub lic appreciation of deeds that brought glory to Rome was manifested in enduring works, and quite aside from the material rewards of grants of "plow-land” and the like, the men who did something to make or preserve Rome found the sentimental regard of their countrymen worth even more than the com fortable addition to their fortune in the way of money and possessions. Other nations have had similar regard for pub lic servants. America has paid proper tribute to its illustrious dead, and it is almost time Nebraska was doing something along this line. A few months ago The Omaha Bee seriously proposed that a “Hall of Fame” or something similar be included in the new state house; that painted or sculptured effigies of the builders of Nebraska be there assembled, that visitors might be apprised of the names, at least, of the men Nebraskans should delight to honor. We do not now, any more than then, propose to compile such a list. A long catalogue of men who deserve such remembrance might easily be proposed from among the men who laid the foundation and superintended the starting of the superstructure of the state’s greatness. Many of these have passed on, leaving behind them records of devotion to the interests of the commonwealth and its people, and deep impress on the affairs of their day. And, in the busy life of the present day they arc being for gotten where they should be most honored. Again wre suggest to the commission that has charge of the construction of the state house that some provision be made for reminding the world that Nebraskans are not unmindful of the contri bution of its pioneers and the efforts of its builders to give substantial life and useful application to the high ideals of human service that have so happily been embodied in the character of the state. THE OLD-TIME REVIVALS. A Nebraska newspaper recently made some dis paraging remarks about an evangelist who had re cently held a meeting in the newspaper’s town. A revivalist who happened to be holding meetings in the town when the article appeared took exceptions to the remarks and addressed an open letter to the editor. The trouble was that the editor took in too much territory when he inferred that all evangelists were alike in their methods. The evangelist over looked the Biblical injunction to “turn the other cheek” and lashed out in world fashion. The incident serves to emphasize the » let that tlie old-fash'.oned religious revival is coming back. Not the acrobatic, emotional, spectacular and gymnastic revivals that swept the country for a time, but the revivals wherein the minister makes a spiritual appeal, relying upon the “gospel that is the power unto salvation,” and wielding the “sword of the spirit” rather than the weapon which Samson so successfully used against his hereditary enemies, enemies. The world seems turning once more to the plain and simple teachings of the Nazarene. Weary of the constant bickerings of theologians who split theological hairs while human souls are lost in the darkness of sin, men and women are fleeing for refuge to the rock upon which the Carpenter of Gallilee builded for ail time—Peter's notaWe confession, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” They are concerned only about living as nearly as possible as He who spake as never man spake before said they must live if they would inherit eternal life and enjoy the peace that passeth understanding while yet on this side of the dark river. There is a sign and a portent in the sky. It is pointing the world again to the old paths. EARLY SETTLERS ON WESTERN SLOPE. Reported discovery of a group of skeletons in Oregon, which a local archaeologist has pronounced as contemporaneous with Constantine the Grent and his immediate successors, is interesting, but will not evoke such discussion as that accompanying the dis turbance of the rest of King Tut. Those fellows are mere upstarts, even when compared to the mum mies exhumed in Peru, and surely do not rate nlong with the Calaveras skull, the discovery of which ex cited the world and still holds a high plnce among relics. Stimulated by that find, the antiquarians of California were moved to consider in a general way the early history of the region. Bret Harte, In a most edifying fashion, has set down the proceedings of one session of one group of these, telling of "the row That broke up our society upon the Stanislaus." Thompson, it will be recalled, had reconstructed from some bones he discovered nt the bottom of a deep shaft a prehistoric animal, and was proceeding with an interesting discourse on the probable habits of the same, when Jones broke in and suggested that the bones were the remains of a mule he had owned, and which liad wandered into the shaft at night some years before. Thompson apologized and admitted "That be clearly was nt fault— U seemed he had been trespassing on Joneses family vault.” _ Affairs from this time on Warmed up, until "Abner Dean of Angels raised a point of order, when A chunk of old red standalone struck him In the alMlornen. lie sfhlled a sort of sickly smtie, nnfl sot down on the floor. And the subsequent proceedings Interested him no more.” * This may not be entirely relevant, but the Na tive Sons of the Golden West will have to look to their laurels if the Oregon “mound builders” gain serious recognition frront the scientists. “He is sunyved by It children, 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren,” reads the death an nouncement of Dan O’Leary of Council llluffs, who whs 99 years old. What greater monument could a man leave? You may have noted that every plan for reliev ing Kurope gets back at some point to t'ncle Sam's pcckstbqok. Out of Today's Sermons ‘‘The CoiupleteneM of Christ" 1s the sermon topic of George A. Miller, pastor of First Christian church, Twenty-sixth and Harney, this morning. He will say: Paul says of Christ, "For it pleased | the Father that in Him shall all full ness dwell.” In two journeys through Palestine the one question that con stantly came to my mind was: What was there in this land, what was there in the ancestors of Jesus, what was there In His time to produce the life and character of Jesus Christ. He was the product of the same time as thousands of others, he had the same ancestry as all other Jews of His day. He dwelt in the same land, breathed the same air, viewed the same land scape as they, and yet how much greater His life and His power. What produced that life? What made possible the sermon on the mount? Whence came this man's power and influence. The only an swer is in the statement of Paul. If you deny this statement then you have a greater miracle ‘than any Christ ever performed while on this •arth. After 1,900 years can we say this statement is absolutely true? Does history bear it out? In this life mankind is divided into male and fe male. The masculine has different charac teristics from the feminine. This is true of all animal life.. In the one, there is strength and eourage, power and protection. In the other, love, tenderness, sympathy, modesty. It is a sad day for the world when these characteristics are lost or disregarded. How about Christ? In Him wo see commingled both of these. He had the greatest power and strength of man and the most tender love and sympathy of woman. Mankind was blended in its fullness In Him. A Universal Christ means a Univer sal Savior. He is the only being of whom such a claim could be made. He is the liedeemer of a lost world. Following Is an extract from Key. M. Alien Keith’s sermon at Pearl Methodist church today on the topic, “Jesus Christ—Neces sary or Convenient?” St. John, 14:6. If Jesus Christ is indispensable to the welfare and happiness of human ity, |ct us do hirn the honor to bo consider Jlim, if merely convenient iet us not pay much attention to Him. Which is He? One thing is certain: JeSus Christ Himself never for a moment consid ered His life and teachings a mere convenience, a superfluous luxury, a linishing polish, to human life—no such insipid, colorless, pusillanimous appeal did He ever make. He spoke with authority and conviction when He said: "I am the way, the truth and the life. . . . Without Me ye can t do nothing. ... I am the resurrec tion and the hfe .... come unto me,” etc. These are not the words of a person who is offering a mere convenient, nice, perfectly harmless luxury to the world—they are the Im passioned, dynamic appeal of One whose message Is imperative, indis pensable and absolutely necessary— they are words bathed in the blood red earnestness of Calvary, coming from a heart burning with an undy ing compassion for mep. What about us today, O Church of Christ. O sons of men! Do we preach, pray and live as though Christ were our very life and breath, our joy and j strength here, our hope and crow n ! hereafter? Do wo accept Him as j necessary or merely convenient? Are we convincing the world that He Is its Imperative necessity or a mere luxury? Ilev. John Mbert Williams of the Kpiseopal church of SI. Philip the licacon will have as his sub ject this morning “Christ mlnded ncss,” anil will say in part: Christ mindedness Is w hat the world" sadly needs today. Tho world cannot have It until Christ's professed followers themselves obtain and mani fest It. "let this mind be in you which was also In Jesus Christ.” The essential elements of Christ mindedtteaa an* humility, unsellish ncKs, self-sacrifice. Humility is the 'f revealing virtue. It shows us what we really are, It teaches us "not to think more highly < f our elves than we ought to think.” Pride, its opposite, is the self-drrelving vice. It deludes us into tho belief that wo are what really we are not. It leads us to place a false Intellectual, moral and spiritual estimate upon our elvcs, which Is I’hariseeism. Humll itv pushes self bark and thinks first of others. Prl le crowds self forward and subordinates all other claims to Its Imperious demands. Is not this tho spirit largely domi nant today? Does not selfishness, the unholy offspring of pride, underlie the strife ami discord, the pa sions and prejudices, the Jealousies art! quar rels which belle r.ur better nature, that very nature which f’hrlst aesum • d. been use it is a worthy thing, amt joined it to His Divine Person, to en able It to fulfill Its high destiny? This voluntary self emptying of Daily Prayer j l hiii give thnnka unto Th*« forever.— 1 Pa. 30:13. Ctdrial Father, help us to think wise thoughts, to speak kind words, and to do good deed* through all the hours of this new day of our live* Help us to see things ns they are, and also as they ought to be. We would have a hand In making the world a teller place in which to live, and, a-, Hie nearer duties are the most pres* lug. we would h-gii, nt home. To the beloved beings In this household, there fore, we will cnneecrafo*our nhllliy to ho cheerful and helpful, finable u* to lift the burdens of the weary, and to bring happiness to the sorrowful about our own fireside, and then hs our strength and wisdom are in creased, to Impart them to others iic.ii and far. How full of the p.wsl buttles of usefulness Is a single day' How sweet to think that In a single moment of a single hour of ihis one. wo may render some service that will increase the sum of human virtue and happiness. Help us. O laird, to do It! f.lvo us a new assurance of Thy love, and a new sense of the dlgnlt> and value of life. He prnv T^ee that WO may be able to sav, when our rail conies, "Chid did I live and glad do I dl«. and I lay me down with a will Amen. CH a Ft Lien Fiurnrruc nan* on Cincinnati. O. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY, 1823, of THE OMAHA BEE Hally .71,558 Sunday.78,661 I B. BREWER. Con. M,r. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir M«r. Subacrlbcd and aumtt to baloia ma lb la 10th day of March, 1»2S. W. M. Qt'IVEY, I Seal) Natai y Public -J> Kink wooes the half breed girl, but unhappily for him, before the wooing was well begun, she saw Carpenter returning with the rest of the goods that hail been left behln 1 after the men had abandoned their canoes on the freez ing of the river. Whether the daughter of the Long Knife llndian for white man, because he carried a sabre), was as beautiful 'as Helen, Guinevere or other heroine of classic tales, she at least shows a pure maiden who was true to her lover. Had she been Helen she would havj accepted one of the comrades and eloped with the other. Blinking, dazed With sudden light and panic fear, they gazed About the frozen wasteland then they saw Eight laden ponies filling up the draw, ^ Their nostrils steaming, slack of neck , and slow. Behind them, stumbling In the broken i snow, Three weary trappers trudged, while I In the lead I Strode Carpenter. A goodly sight, indeed! Upstanding, eagle-faced and eagle eyed. The rase of latent power in his stride. lie dwarfed the panting pony that he led: And when the level sunlight 'round his head Made glories in the frosted beard and hair. Some Gothic fighting god seemed walking there, Strayed from the dim Hercynlan woods of old. How little of a story can be told! Let him who knows what happens In the seed Before the sprout breaks sunward, make the deed A plummet for the dreaming deeps that surged j Beneath the surface ere the deed emerged ; For neat appraisal by the rule of thumb! The best of Clio is forever dumb, To human ears at least. Nor shall the Song Presume to guess and tell how all night long. While roared the drunken orgy and the trade, i Doom quickened in the fancy of a maid, The daughter of the Long Knife: how she saw. Serenely moving through a spacious I awe I Behind shut lids where never came the brawl. That shining one. magnificently tall. A day-crowned mortal brother of the sun. Suffice it here that, when the night was done And morning, like an uproar in the t east, m Aroused the town still heavy with the feast. All men might see what whimslc, fa tal bloom A soil, dream plowed and seeded In the gloom. Had nourished unto blowing In the day. Twas then the girl appeared and took her way Across the snow with hesitating feet. .She bore a little pot of steaming meat: And when midmost the open space, she turned And .Jield it up where the morning byrned. As one who begs a blessing of the skies. Cnoonscious of the many peeping eyes, Erect, with wrapt uplifted face she stood— A miracle of shapely maidenhood— Before the flaming god. And many heard. Or seemed to hear by piecing word to word, The prayer she muttered to the win try sky: 'O Sun. behold a maiden! Pure am I! Look kindly on the little gift I give: For, rave you smile upon it, what can live? Bright Father, hear a maiden!” Then, as one Who finds new courage for a task begun, She turned and hastened to the deed. They say There was no dearth of gossiping that day Among the lodges. Shrewish tongues there were That clacked no happy prophecies of her. And many wondered at the chieftain's whim. The Cong Knife's giyl had wrought a spell on him: Why else then was he silent? See her shrink A moment there before the tent of , Fink. As one who feels a sudden sleety blast! But look again! She starts, and hur ries past! All round the circled village, lodges yawn To sec how brazen in the stare of dawn A petfed girl may be. For now, be hold Was ever maiden ot the Bloods so bold? She stops before another tent and stoops. Her fingers feeling for the buckskin loops That bind the rawhide flap. 'Tis opened w ide. The slant white light of morning falls inside. And half the town may witness at whose feet She sets the little pot of steaming meat— 'Tis Carpenter! : His Divine glory that He might re ' I deem mankind by His life of obedient. I patient Buffering, love, service and | .sacrifice reveals "the mind which was | also in Christ Jesus." which ClirUt | mindedm ss His followers must strive to attain and manifest In their daily j lives. Rev. C. K. Segeratrom, pastor of the First Swedish Baptist rhurch, has for his subject this | morning “The I nselflsh Christ." He will say in part: Selfishness Is one of the underlying i rasons for all the worlds sorrows 1 and trouble*. Christ came to do away | with that spirit. Instead of fighting His enemies He loved them, prayed for them and finally gave lit* life for them. No wonder we adore Hun now and ever will, when we stop to con eider how different Je*us was. He l< ft the glory, which Ho had with the Father, well knowing the awful hat tie with the devil It would mean to "destcoy his works." Yet he was willing to "make Himself of no repu I tntlon. taking upon Himself the form | of a servant sod w as mads in the like | nes* of man." j Ho laid down His life "a ransom for manv " Almost anyone can die for a dear friend, but to die for one that hates and despises you can only bo done through the spirit of Christ Therefore, when His spirit controls selfishness will cea -o and love. Joy , and pence will take its place. Now the jyorld says: *T must enjoy, I j must have a good time." Jesus said "I must die. sorrow Is my portion." But now Jesus Is exalted in glory while the selfish, pleasure seeking world Is perishing. The way of the | cross means victory. Is that the way : you, dear friend, havo chosen? I I VI | it SHOTS. A Joy ri ler Is some one who Is rid |ing while we are walking and a jay i walker Is some one who Is walking v Idle wo are riding.—Pittsburgh Sun. A movement i« on foot to cet the finger print" of the nation. Why not 1 collect all the old telephone directories and simplify the work?—Dayton News. A man who means well doesn't si v ays keep w ithin his means.—Nash- i v 111* Tennessean. Prairie Gems A petty girl does not have to doll up.—Hastings Tribune. ViVII. there is one relief to the v. hole business, congress has finally adjourned and we will not have that ■a trouble us for nine months. If the fate legislature would hurry up and dose Its work, there would be an- | •her very good reason for returning thanks.—York Democrat. South Dakota is to have its own Portland cement plant at Rapid City. I N t a bad idea—York News Time*. Figures compiled by the city man- ’ ager of Alliance give some very In teresting facts about the schools in lhat city. He finds that it costs the ■ tv tl.&OO to graduate a pupil. Clrade teachers receive a daily wage of 11.10 and high school teachers 11.30 for the time actually spent In the school mom. The figures further showed that each wage earner in the city, in cluding both men and women, must inntrlbute a month's work each year to the support of the schools, the average cost being >106 for each wage earner.— Harvard Courier. The best things In the world are things that money can not buy.—Uer ing Midwest. It is interesting—and enraging—to note that while there are a half mil lion tons more sugar surplus over the usual supply at this time, sugar has liecn highly boosted In price by the gamblers and speculators recent ly. Evidently the law of supply and deni nd does not apply to sugar.— McCook Tribune. It is observed that many of those strong willed person* who "can drink or In it alone" will not tolerate any Interruption to the full exercls of all their rights under the option.—Wahoo \\ tap. — A. N Mather, speaker of the house of representatives. Is being mentioned quite frequently of late as a good prospect as candidate for gov ernor at the next election. The voters could not go much farther out In the slate to make a selection, hut they could do worse —‘Aurora Republican. The Purchase of a PianofromtheOakford Spring Piano Sale Which Begins Tomorrow Closes the Avenue to Future Regret Wonderful Pianos At $95, $135, $165, SI 85, Etc, The man or woman of good judgment will certainly look here before buying because wre have the extraordinary piano value to .fit every taste and purse. Ea*y (TVIJCFOJ2D419SO 16th, Payments MOjtric CW Omaha. Nebraska Ideal for Timber From Hip Omaha C'Hambpr of Commerce Journai. That pine timber will thrive in Ne braska, lias already been proved be yond a doubt by the record made by the Bessey Nurseries at Halsey, under tlie supervision of th' forestry depart ment of the United States Department of Agriculture. Twenty-one years ago 6,000 acres of the sandhills in Nebraska were planted to pine timber. There are now in this plantation trees 40 feet tall. In 1912 t lie plantation was thinned out in order to give the trees a better chance to thrive, and also to select superior trees for replanting. At that time a small portion of the timber was sold. In 1920 the plantation was thinned out again and enough timber was sold on contract to pay for the operation. In 1921 enough timber was sold to more than pay for the establishment and maintenance of nurseries at Hal sey, Neb., and every tree standing on the plantation represented a profit to the government. The nursery supplies hundreds of thousands of trees each year to farm ers In that part of Nebraska and there are thousands of groves of thriving pine and cedar trees, eloquent evi dence that pine timber can be grown successfully in Nebraska sandhills. Those in charge of Bessey Nurseries declare that white, yellow and jack pine will grow better in Nebraska sandhills than anywhere eise. A rancher settled near Valentine, Neb., in 1901. He was partly influ enced in his choice of a farm location by a grove of cottonwood trees near by, Since that time this rancher hasn't paid out a penny for fence posts, or fuel and has supplied prac tically all of his lumber needs. He now has more trees than when he set tled upon the land. In 1921 the state of Nebraska, ac cording to governmental figures, paid out 16,000,000 in freight on lumber jnto the state that could have been raised In Nebraska. Iowa paid out Jo,000,000 for fence posts and now Iowa Is starting a state forestry re serve. In 1921 Minnesota, in spite.of the vast timber resources there, imp' rted 111,000,000 worth of lumber for farm use. A forestry department has now been established. Officials at the Bessey Nurseries keep "a careful measurement of the plantations at t'hadron. Done Pine. Valentine and Halsey and find that the average yield of board timber to the acre each year is 1,600 feet. It is quite easy to imagine what the yi»-ld on 200,000 acres would he an nually with timber at *40 a thousand. According to T. W. McCullough, president of the Nchraska Forestry association, the average railroad in the United States carries 2,500 tons of freight one mile for every inhab itant of the nation. At the same time the Missouri river carries 2.500 tons of soil one mile for each Inhabitant. The freight is all good farm land washed away by the erosion of the : river during flood times, following lieavg rains and changes in its course, it is said that this freight is picked up near Bismarck. N. IJ., and toll Is t»ken along the line until it joins the f *slssippi. Kach year thousands of acres of land are washed away by this river. 1 in Nebraska whole farms under culti vation have been taken and barren wastes left when the river. In its | many idiosyncrasies, concluded to take another course to the Missis sippi. fcixperts declare that the planting ] of trees along the bluffs, gullies and on the banks of streams leading into the Missouri would stop this erosk n : and save this great annual loss in ter ■ tile soil. With the establishment of the plan iations. President McCullough de clares that in 20 or 30 years enough pine timber could be had to supply the timber needs of the entire «tat* with enough surplus timber for sale that would mak" lumber one of the great industries of the state. In 10 years a jack pine wdl grow large enough to make in excellent fence post. In 20 years it will supply two cross ties. In 30 years it can be converted into a telephone or tel». graph post or excellent pine lumber for building purposes. The Spice of Life 'Th* time will rom*. * thundered th* lecturer on women # right#, “when women will **t mtr'i wages." “Yes,“ said a weak littlt man in the hark r*at. "next Saturday night:— Pearson s Weekly. Fort Dodge railed Des Moir.ee Informa tion for a *ax)dermi»t When told there was no telephone listed for a taxider mist. the query cam* bark, “Can you tel! j me the number of a t*Xi company that would have one? ’—The Northwestern Bell. E'.i* — The bride nearly fainted dur -g th* «*rerr.ony and had to be support ed by h*r father until It was ov*i Ed.'lh— Yen: and now I h*ar her fa ther i« supporting both of them —Shef-^ field <Fng!and> Telegraph. Indication, oCtrue discrimina • tion, and musical under standing in its owner is the/ presence in any Koine of the matchless jitemt<njtitn ^ Ike^iano that requires no explanations,for it is the one piano without equal among all the pianos of the world — without exception. 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