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The Morning Bee ___ MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO. NELSON B. UPDIKE. President B. BREWER. Vice President and General Manager member of the ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusive!? entitled to the uee for repubilcatlou of all ne-re dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published herein. All debts of repuhllcations of our special dispatches are also reserred. _ . BEE TELEPHONES ~~~ Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT (antic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: 1000 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs ... 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. A TALE OF TWO FIELDS. On one side of a road leading out of Lexington, Neb., there lies a fine field of corn. Every year the crop is good. But on the other side of the road the harvest is usually scanty. Last fall passersby marveled that there should be such a difference in two fields so close together. Great, fine ears weighted down the stalks on one farm, while nothing but nubbins grew on the other. It was irrigation that made the difference. One farmer brought his moisture by a ditch from the river, while the other depended upon the uncertain ties of rainfall. Such contrasts as these make plain the advantages and actual need of irrigation in' Nebraska. It explains also the rapid growth of in terest in this subject. In Current History magazine for June, Charles Frederick Carter tells how irrigation adds to farm profits. One of the instances he cites as follows: "In a period of eleven years years the average wheat crop of Canada was 30 bushels on the dry plots and 63 on the Irrigated, an advantage of 76 per cent in favor of irrigation. Even in the fa mous 1915, when all conditions for dry farming were ideal, as shown by the fact that the dry plot produced 63 bushels of wheat to the acre, the irri gated plot a few rods away produced 94 bushels, or 49 per cent more than the best dry farming ever could hope to/ do. Such a practical demonstration did not leave much room for argument, especially when backed up by 108 bushels of oats to the acre on irrigated grounds, as compared with 70 bushels on the dry plot: 78 bushels of barley, to 43 on the dry plot; 41 bushels of peas, as compared with 27 bushels, and 487 bushels of potatoes on the irrigated plot, as compared with 237 bushels on the dry ground, a gain of 105 per cent. To clinch the point, crops on the nonirrigated plots were invaria bly planted on land which had lain fallow the previous year, which is the accepted model for dry farming, while on the irrigated plots a system of rotation was followed, so that the watered land produced a good crop of some kind every year, while the dry land produced only one crop in two years.” A tremendous increase in the agricultural pro duction of Nebraska will result from increased use of irrigation. Omaha, as the market center of this state, needs irrigation, and will give its support to those western sections of the state that are seeking the establishment of government irrigation projects. The contrast between those two corn fields in Daw son county has set the whole state to thinking. BACK INTO THE UNION. Who can this mysterious stranger be? The face seems familiar, but on its lips are unaccustomed words. The Constitution of the United States is a living thing, not dead—this is the new, if not astounding tenor of the newcomer's remarks. The convert is none other than the editor of the World-Herald. It is gratifying indeed to note that at last this organ of dissatisfaction has found something in that venerable document that it can endorse. With this stamp of approval the Constitu tion is assured at least a few more years of ex istence. For a time, it ie true, it appeared that this parchment was about to be tossed into the editorial waste basket. Day after day it was held up to » the view of readers as a curious piece of bric-a-brac handed down from the colonial period, a bit cracked » and chipped around the* edges, and with the tinsel • hadly frayed. Some of the later attempts to re • novate it, such as woman suffrage and prohibition • amendments, were made over the protest of that newspaper. Later it even seemed that the editor ; was willing to elope with the “wet” governor of New York, who is doing his best to nullify the 18th amendment. But now among those paying their respects to • the Constitution is this mysterious stranger. How • strangely fall these words: “Shield of our liberty,” ‘ “Charter* of our liberty,” “Bulwark in time of stress.” With the zeal of a convert we are called ' to fall down and worship. For, “It is the Constitu ; tion that protects the humblest citizen as well as i the mightiest against the tyranny of majorities, however well organized and however hard driven ! by the prejudices of the passing hour.” What has happened? How was this discovery » of whet was obvious to every thinking American made at last? The answer is that the supreme court for once has agreed with the views of the World Herald, in revoking the Nebraska language law. The country is safe and the Constitution is a docu ment to be admired rather than criticised—until some future decision goes counter to the editorial bias. MILK, ICE AND MERCY. Somewhere in Omaha a little baby, only a few day* old, is gasping because of the heat. He is hun gry, too, and uncomfortable in all the ways a little baby can be. His mother is doing all she can to make him happy and healthy, but she lacks means to provide the ice and food he requires. Here comes the angel of mercy, in the form of a Visiting Nurse, on her daily mission. She is ten der and practical, and gives the mother needed as sistance and good advice. More than that—she • gives her orders that provide a plentiful supply of ice and good, rich milk on which the baby can thrive, and another future citizen of the American republic is prepared to fight the hardest of all bat tles, that of a baby during hot weather. Back of the Visiting Nurse is another agency, iunctloning 100 per cent all the time. It is The Omaha Bee Free Milk and Ice Fund. The Omaha Bee is only an agent in this good work. • It collects the contributions from its gen erous readers, and turns the funds over to the Vis iting Nurses, who know how to put the money where it will do the most good. Kach summer for many years this paper has collected this fund, run ning into thousands of dollars, aqd hundreds of little ones have been saved to grow up into useful men and women because of it. Big-hearted grown-ups and interested and gen erous little ones, all contribute during the summer to keep the good work alive. It has novel failed, and never will fail, because it is an appeal that can not be resisted, that of the helpless babies to a great world for the right to be well fed and cared for during the summer tiime. You can’t beat this game. *# BUS LINES IN OMAHA. The people of Omaha, believing in fair play and competition, are watching with amazement the moves of the city council in the case of the motor busaes. Some time ago these conveyances were licensed to operate on the streets of the city. Now, by a vote of 4 to 3 the city commissioners have ordered the permits cancelled. Furthermore, Commissioner Koutsky has brought up a proposal to repeal the old ordinance by which such permits were legalized. Passage of this measure would in effect prevent or delay the development of a modern system of transportation supplementing and competing with the street railways. In what way can it be^ in the public interest to bar busses from the use of the highways? If bus lines can be forbidden, why, by the same course of reasoning, could not taxicabs be ruled off also? Well may it be asked who owns the streets of Omaha. Repeal of the old licensing ordinance would leave only one way for a motor bus company to ob tain permission to do business in this city, and that a costly and slow process. This is through the sub mission of a franchise to a vote of the people, a thing scarcely to be carried through successfully except by a heavily financed company expecting to do business on an immense scale. It may be that bus lines can not be operated suc cessfully in Omaha, but the men who are willing to risk their investment in the experiment are entitled to a fair chance. , Certainly they should be charged a reasonable tax for the use of the public highways, but they should not be placed under prohibitive con ditions. LIFE ON A BUSIER BASIS. Great expectations are shadowed forth by Charles Merz, who writes in the current Century on “Twentieth Century Medievalism.” Anticipat ing the early development of super-power, by which he means the successful generation and transporta tion of hydro-electric energy, or even electric cur rent produced at great central power stations and distributed from them over all the country, he fore casts a complete readjustment of industrial, po litical, and consequently social life. Farming oper ations will be affected by this in as great a measure as any of the others. With power produced and distributed at so low a cost that it will not pay to put in meters, the charge being made on the number of plugs, he sketches in outline a new world. Industry will be come decentralized; indeed, it already is. Trans portation will be put on a fairer basis, and one of the great difficulties will disappear when population is better distributed and congestion of production and distribution is broken up. Problems of labor supply will then be removed, because of a better employment of the labor available, with fewer days of idleness, shorter hours of work, and a more ef ficient use of the means of production and dis tribution. Many noted engineers are working on the great plan. Steinmetz, Hoover, and others are dili gently inquiring as to the correct method for the transportation of electricity, and Mr. Merz says if the next decade witnesses proportionately the same advance as the last, the victory will be made com plete. It is a new world the engineers are opening to humanity, one in which the big things will exist, but in more evenly distributed units. Life will be fuller, busier and happier. Machines will do most of the work, and people will have more opportunity to live, because they will not be so steadily tied to material things. Education, religion, politics, all social activities, will feel the impulse that is to cbme from the superpower that is promised when the “juice," now so easily made, is so controlled that it can be sent cheaply and surely from place to place. “BRYAN UPHOLDS LANGUAGE RULING.” When the proposal was made in the last legis lature to repeal the obnoxious features of the Ne braska language law. Governor Bryan’s voice failed. At that time a word from him would have given the proposal the support of enough democratic votes for passage. Now, however, the United States supreme court has knocked out the statute, and immediately the governor's vocal cords recover. Not only does he acquiesce in the judgment, but he even commends it. And, as evidence of his sincerity, patriotism or something, he points to the services of his son in the world war. It is a bit late for him to take any posi tion on a matter that is already settled, and with out his aid, but perhaps he feels that there was some doubt as to his position in the past. Too many drivers are only watching one car, and not that very well. Safety requires that a man drive at least three, the one in front, his own and the one following. Astonishment is registered by some on learning that more barley is now raised than before pro hibition. What do you think the home brewers use? Iowa ex-service men are not feeling downcast over the proceedings at Des Moines on Saturday. Bonus checks will be next in order. An Iowa man lists debts of $1,653,650 and as sets of $585, which may be taken as a proof of suc cess quite as much as of failure. In the estimation of the democrats, "Al” Smith has raised hades and put a chunk under it. Canadian enforcement officers are stopping some jf the leaks in the northern boundary. The bird who "steps on the khb" can be spared. Homespun Verse —Hy Omaha’* Own I’oet— Robert Worthington Davie KEEP AT IT. Keep at It. Don't falter when gloominess cling* I'nto your thought* like a cloudlet, ami bring* Tear* to your eyes, and your hope seem* to fall Keep at It. Don't lose your Incentive at all. Keep at It. for sorrow won't hinder you long, • You re right until figure* have proven you wrong, And something enchanting will venture In eight — Keep at It forever with all of your might. Keep at It; the work you have chosen to do. Amt make It a purl of the virtue In you There* nothing so great that It can not he done Keep at It with vengeance till vtet'ry I* won. Keep at It, and skyward you slowly will climb, Vou'll get to the coveted zenith In lime. And treasure the pleasure of knowing you're light Keep at It forever with all of your might. *r “The People's Voice" Edltorlili Iron ratdera of Tkd Morglng Bn. Braden ol The Morning Bag art Invited In uta thla column fraaly tor tnpraaalon on mattera ot gubllt Intareat, Legislator Suggests Continuous Sessions. Newhall, Cal.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I notice that Sena tor Norris is busy agitating the idea of a smaller legislature, one able to give us better laws, because it would be composed of members better quali fied, professional lawmakers, as it were, if I understand the idea, these men were to be in practically con tinuous session, but X am wondering if the diminished membership is not. after all, only a modified form of the old argument that the people are not really fit to govern themselves. If a few men can make the best laws, why not get the full benefit of con densed wisdom, and have only a very few? Nay. more, why not condense it down to only one, or at most an “executive council"? You can easily see the application. But lot the sena tor argue the merits of the diminu tive legislature. Now, just for a change, why not a continuous session ot the legislature as now constituted? It would cost something like $1,000,000 a year, but it would save more than that in be ing always ready to act on wtuttever might come up. There might even be monthly or quarterly sessions, with all of the stated hill Introductions cut out, and a new system of law pro posals inaugurated by which the great flood of bills might never be attained. And as another novelty, let the mem bership be divided into four sections, with 25 per cent of the members elected each year. Or. if the election laws did not permit, elect 50 per cent at each election, and let the term he four years. But keep the volume of members, even if the two houses were consolidated. With this arrangement there would be no studied effort among officials or others to discredit the legislature, and it would he worth while for all officials to forget politics, and give to the people and to the state the best service possible. It was a matte? of common comment at Lincoln among the officials and would-be officials that no one eould tell what would be done until the legislature adjourned. But this comment never included a contingency other than that pertain ing to a political deal of some kind. The officials transacted the state’s business with an eye only to effici ency. apparently knowing that the 133 men collectively represented the lawmaking will of the people, and that as Riich, they were both honest and sensible and patriotic enough to recognize genuine merit without re gard to party. No. I predict that Senator Norris’ Idea will fail as long as there Is any genuine wish that government by the people shall continue. And thig Is »aid without any other thought but that the senator honestly believes in his idea. But Just the same the thought Is strictly in line with im perialism. The real danger to Amer ica and American lawmaking Is not in the men who make laws, hut In the men who refuse to enforce the laws after they are made, or who, realizing that the legislatures are oh stacles in the way of their purposes and ambitions, may create a false sen timent that will sweep the country to a point where a king or emperor might seem more desirable—and that attempt to ’’educate” the public to this idea is much more prevalent than most people think Let us hope that Senator Norris will not lend his In fluence toward that end. A B. THATCHER Rutte. Nch. \ Visit to Luther College. Walton. Nch - To the Editor of The Omaha Ree: Religious education' How wrought with meaning' Do we reaJ ize its Import? Perchance we think it a performing of certain religious eremonles, a something that we per form In the same spirit that we say our multiplication tables, a something that lacks soul. I had the privilege a few days ago to visit Luther college at Wahoo, Neb. Educational men and women every where will often tell us that a passing into a school room and passing si most immediately out and imbuing the atmosphere is quite sufficient in order to be able to Judge that school I felt the truth of this statement the moment 1 entered the little chapel in the main building on College Hill. The Maytime blossom and the bird song alike made their way into the room. The sunlight stole In through the colored windows arid rested on the pipe organ and the grand piano. Within this room were the devoted Instructors and as fine a looking group of young boys and girls as one could find anywhere on the globe, I be lieve. When I entered an atmosphere came over me that was almost over whelming. It seemed almost a sacred place; there was not a trace of any thing crude, of any smartness, nor of any of the rnwdlness that Is almost sure to creep in here and there among the very best organized schools. There was a silent, holy hush. Perhaps some of my readers will think the boys and gtrl* must have been simple folk, behind the times, ••tc., In order to be thus. Rut behold! the room was modern enough to contain a Mapper nr two, whose hair wai growing- -Mg— their darling hearts! and -dime of thp boya wore the very latest cut In hoys' clothing. Then. If my readers might have henrd the programs 1 afterwards had the privilege of listening to. the musleauil the readings given, they would soon have been ditdlluslnned. They would soon -have realized that It is possible '-veu in our da v and age to And voting *olk who cherish In their hearts the religion of the Crucified One. Do not misunderstand me Do not think I believe all those hoys and girls are mints or angels, they seemed Daily Prayer TBer that wail upon the herd ahall ra. new ihalr atraneth—laa. 40.11. O Ood, our Heavenly Father, H im hast declared Thy love for Thy dill dren by sending Thy Son Jesus Christ Into the world to be out Redeemer. We beaeech Thee to enable tie to live today and every day In thankfulness to Thee for wlmt Thou hast done and ait doing for ug. In nil our tcntpta Ilona amt trials, In all t he-alulles tllat are to he performed, teach us to seek Thy grace, which In sufficient for ns and seeklhg It, to use It an thnt we may not fall Into sin, nor fail to ful fill the work thnt Thou hast given us to do. drnnt us ever to keep In the forefront of our remembrance the fa, t thnt ns Christ tja* enlightened ns, so we nto to Iw* a light unto the world. Preserve us from the sin of denying Thee by our lives while we confess Thee with our lips, and from bring log harm to others by our imnnala tency and neglect luciease out faith, our hope, htul out love, nod use IIS "lust a* Thou will." and when, and where." ns instruments for the pro motion of Thy glory, and for the mil wit Ion of the world. We ask It In tin' Name of Tin Hon. .leans Christ, our laird. Amen HISIP.iP JnunPH M I RANI IS. lil>. Indianapolis. In it, a HENRIETTA M. REES, a native of Omaha, has come to be one of the most authoritative and wide ly quoted writers on music in Amer ica. Miss Rees studied music from childhood, and was graduated from the University of Nebraska, where flio took a special course In music m addition to her work in the College studied with great masters in the of Liberal Arts. Since then she has United States and Europe, and Is an associate of the American Guild of Organists, She also taught piano for seme time after leaving school, but finally gave up her classes, and has since devoted herself to writing. As the music editor of the The Omaha Bee Hhe has gained a high place among the critical reviewers of the country, her erudition and re search giving Her authority. Her Sun day articles are widely read and copied by musical journals. In ad dition tu her work in this field, Miss Hess lias written a number of poems, some of which have appeared in eastern magazines, and several one act plays, which have been well re ceived She is an active member of the Chi Delta Phi literary societies at the university, the Omaha Woman's Press club, the Clef club, the Otnvha section of the American Guild of Organists, and has traveled exten sively abroad, where she has given particular attention to the develop ment of music. intensely human, but they had im bued a something from their sur roundings that made them feel a deep regard for holy things, and this gave them an unusual air of refinement and humility and dignity of manner. This visit made me reflect upon a number of things; it made nie wonder If. after all, our public schigils in which we Americans are so intensely interested rapnot find a way to give a religious training to our children that would give to them this same attitude nf reverence for school, for authority, and a reverence for holy things. A VISITOR. Credit and < ash. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; Headline* say that $3t, DOO.OOO.OOO are deposits in banks. Still, there la less than f5,000,000.000 in existance. Bank deposita are d'bts. borrowed bank credit, deposited after credit, or rather checking privilege is loaned, payable in lawful nionei Bank deposits are debts of the lienka. is well as debts of the bank’s mat out ers, if banks liquidated their loans, deposits would be $5,000,000,000 or less, therefore $$4,OOO.Op®,AOO deposits represent $4S.oo0.ooo."oo of defd di vided between the hanks and banks’ customers. Credit is a substitute for ntonev. Interest is a tax on business. T. S. F. Salute From a Flapper. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Thank heaven! There are a few broadminded tolerant peo ple Mill left in the world of critical, narrow, ' better than-thou" sons «>f Adam. I have diligently searched through ream after ream of scorching editor ials bitterly denouncing the "modern girl 1 and until this evening was forced t(. the depressing conclusion that as a whole we were pretty rotten which conclusion does not tend to "uplift" the inind or lighten the nerve racking steady routine, which we "modern girl«.” for all nur paint, powder and “awful" clothes, nevertheless go through with every hour of the live long shrew making day. At last! At last we have a cham pion in "M II..” whoever she or he Is. and a more generous, sensible ar ticle 1 never before read. After all. we girls are only human, don't >ou know, and human beings as well as the poodles of the "social elite." de mand a trifle of praise along with our humdrum "Ihrtlless’ existence. There is so much good in the worst of us," etc . was not idly spoken, and we poor "flapper*." after all, till nur niche in life to the best of our abil ity and permit. It gives us new heart for the performing of our daily duties in the realizing that everyone Isn't against us. after all. Just Is* cause wo don't wear our hearts upon our sleeves for jays to pick at is not a sign that we don't have those neces sary evils, an.l when all’s said aticf lien- M II s philosophy will do more gissl than llie criticisms of a half dozen so-called "upllfter*.” Three cheers for "flappcrisni" and a 'vouthfullzed' world—Uah! Kali1 Knh' * IS23 WITH A VENGEANCE Nome Nuggesllons \nyvvay. After (lie commencement season Is ovet we shall know a groat deal more of tile a.tv is ihtlitv of entering the world court. possibly—Pittsburgh Gazette Times NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MAY. 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.71,181 Sunday. 80,206 Dom not include r*turna, left, tmrv aamplea or paper* apoiled in • printim *m| mciuiWa no *p*cl*l i aalea B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr V A BRIDGE. Cir. Mgr. j Subitribad and sworn to betor* me tin* :M »l*v <tl .1 tine, 1023 W H QUIVF.Y, I (Seel) Notary PuH|<c ♦ . _i “From Slate and Nation —Editorials from Other Newspapers— | Militarism. From the Nebraeka City Preas It Is not true that the University of Nebraska is striving to instill a sense of militarism in the breasts of the young men who take instruction there. Military Instruction, whch is taken by cadets who seek physical betterment are not being taught that war is lovely and that peace is a chimera. Statements to this effect were made by the Norfolk Press the other day. They should not be permitted to go unchalleneged. because they are un true. But It is true that military In struction is desirable. It is true that the National Guard, which contains the flower of the young men of Ne braska, should not be permitted to languish and die—as some of our pacifist brethren and sisters, refusing to take a lesson, would like to see happen. It is true that America needs protection, especially from roes with in, and there Is but one way to do it —teach men the rudiments of military training to the end that we may not be overrun by the gents who preach pacifism for ulterior reasons alone. It iB wicked to insist that there shall be no military training In America. Tt would be Just as wicked to preach that America shall scrap all her battle ships while other nations are permit ted to keep their navies in trim. We have just had a concrete example of what a prepared nation did to the re inainder of the world. We shall have other concrete examples of it before this century is dead. We shall con tinue to have those lessons and ex amples just as long as we have a race of humans thinking in different chan nels. believing in different ideals, wor shiping different gods American citi zens who scoff at the sort of train ing the boys receive in the univer sities are short-sighted, forgetful and careless. They lose sight of the mi* portant fact that eternal vigilance is and ever has been the price of liberty: they lose sight of the more important fact that a nation unprepared is the prey of the strong, ever has been and ever will be. To a Six-Hour Day. From th* Fort Scott Tribune. Extremists In the east are seriously talking of a four-shift day. The old dream of "eight hours to work, eight hours to sleep and eight hours to do what we will,” paving been realized, we occasionally hear a demand' now for ' six hours to work, six hours to sleep and twelve hours to do what we will.” The fol lowing recent communication to the Newr York World states the Idea up to date, which is to keep all stores and offices and factories open for business 24 hours a day: We are on the threshold of great changes, yet most of us see them not. Our moralists deplore the night life of New York, yet that night life Is hut the preliminary step toward a vast and inefficient future change In our mode of life To gratify our emo tions we have turned night into the day: we have eliminated the old re strictions that confined our activities to the hours of daylight, and now but one further step is needed. We must learn to utilize the entire 24 hours of the day for all the activities of life, business as well as pleasure. I-e: us look a little way into the future. We can see a four-part day —a day divided into four equal parts of six hours each, and each part as busy in every way as every other part. No business house, or office, or store, or restaurant, or theater would ever be closed. At the end of a six hour period one set of employes would call It a day and another set would enter upon their duties. We would each work for six hours and have the other la hours to do as we pleased. Our transportation systems, our stores, our theater*, eould more than double their income without increas ing their equipment Our subways would not be congested for a brief period and largely unused the bal ance of the time. Our streets would not he blocked with traffic for a few hours and deserted the rest of the 24. The price* we pay for everything have to carry a vast overhead ex pen«e, and this overhead has to be borne at the present time by the bu*1 ness that can be done In s few hours of feverish activity, whereas, if this overhead could be distributed over a large business extending throughout the entire 24 hours we could sell at lower prices and still make more profit. The strain of living of every one. rich and poor, would lie lessened. We would have more leisure and less work, more pay and lower prices, more freedom and less crowding. New York City is ripe for the change. Only the old habits that originated when electric lights were unknown stand In the way. Louisiana Still Pretty Sweet. From the New Orleane Times-I'icayune Revised figures by the federal bu reau of crop estimates concerning the sugar output of Louisiana for the past year show that we are a pretty sweet state still. In spite of all that has been heard about the cutting up of sugar estates,'our 22 sugar growing parishes harvested cane from some thing over 240,000 acres of land, the largest acreage since the war. The years actual sugar out put was a trifle smaller than that of the previous year, because of a generally lower cane tonnage per acre, but was larger than any of the three years 1918, 1919 and 1920. Indeed, save for 1921, we have to go back to 1912 to find tli/, equal of our 1922 production. The spirit of centralization observ able throughout the world Is seen in the past year's reduction of our su gar factories from 124 to 112, show ing that in the twelve-month one dozen sugar plants passed away, per haps never to return. Times have changed since the days when each sugar planter made It a point of pride to have his own sugar house where the rane Juice was t»olled to "la cqlte" In the great open kettles that to this day are found here and there in the sugar belt used as cattle Watering troughs. Ht. Mary's parish still holds thp ban ner for sugar acreage with 44.823 acres cultivated, and laifourche is second with 30,807 acres planted, other big producers being Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Terrebone. Assumption, St. James. Ascension, St. Martin and Iberia, in the order named, those par ishes Incidentally possessing what is undoubtedly the most fertile soil to be- found in the United Stales. But for small amounts produced in Texas and Florida. Louisiana produces vir tually all the cane sugar grown in our land, having produced during 1922 something like five pounds for each and every man, woman and child within our boundaries, with a total of 590,190,213 pounds. Students From 4)ther States. Edgar Howard. In the Columbus Telegram There are more out-of-the stale stu dents in the Nebraska university than in any other state university in the United States, proportionately. By some Nebraskans this is regarded un favorably. They say it costs the uni versity much more to educate the out siders than the tuition fees. Well, what of that? How better may the grandeurs and the glories of this prairie commonwealth be made known to the world than through the agency of boys and girls who come from: other states to have their intellects brightened and burnished on the grindstone* of erudition so faithfully I and Intelligently revolved by Chancel lor Avery's magnificent staff of teach- i ers? Instead of having too many non Nebraska students in our state uni-1 versity, we ought to have more of! them. Some of the big universities | in the older states would pay big: money for the secret of chancellor! Avery's success In drawing to the' great free university of Nebraska *o! many students from other states. Abe Marlin Ther’s no longer any doubt o’ th’ superior intelligence o’ some ani mals o’er that o’ quite a number o’ human bein’s when it is known that no photographer has ever been able t’ line up a wart hog. Speakin’ o’ burnin' coal twice, who’d think o’ all th’ little ways t’ curb if it wuzn’ fer th’ rich? (/opyrlcht. 1923. $6.00 My Ambition forJune is to place as many pairs of glasses as possible in homes that really ne**d them. That is the reason for pricing our large round shelltex frames for dis tant e-or for near ^rerk. Kit her spec tacles or eyeglasses for only $6.00. Bifocal Lenses, distance and near combined in one lease. only $7.00 Same service in our South Side Store. 24tb and N streets. Flitton Optical Co. 1318 Firet Naft'1 Bk. Bid. JA 1953 So. 5. Store. 24th mod N.M A. 0784 “Home Owners” W e want the loan on your home. 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Uniting these community organizations are the Associated Companies of the Bell System, each responsible for service in its temtory Linking together the Associated Companies is the American Tel*phone and Telegraph Company. It operates the long distance lines, develops nation wide policies, standards of practice and equipment for the improvements of the service and for the benefit of all In this commonwealth of service the best interests of the nation and of the community are equally served "Bell System" Northwestern Bell Telephone Company - Ona /’vlivv. Una Sytnm, Lmi-.rui jiarcncv, an J all Jo octarf ftirgtj jJJf| ^ A