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The Morning Bee mornin g—e V e N 1 n g—s u n d a y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee Is s member, la exclusively WtlUed to the use for rapubllcallon of all newi dispatches credited to It or hot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republieatlohs of our special diapatchea are alao reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Prlvata Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department .t| .. or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: ,,n,,c Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1000 OFFICES Ha in Office—1 Ttn and Karri am Co. Bluffs ... is Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—288 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago . . 1720 Steger Bldg. CLEAN UP THE UNIVERSITY. The story from Lincoln with reference to the possible resignation of Chancellor Avery of the Uni versity of Nebraska has certain ominous features. We are not setting out upon any defense of Chan cellor Avery, who is quite able to take care of him self. It is not an argument against him, however, that he has been chancellor for 15 years, and has not yet accomplished all the things his critics or op ponents think should have been done. Maybe that fact is in his favor. Men have been known to head great educational institutions for a longer time than 15 years, to do much good through their long service, and yet not carry out every plan or change sug gested to them by subordinates or outsiders. What especially will strike the careful reader of the story referred to is that secret sessions were held of the investigating committee named by the late legislature, and that from these emanate rumors of the forthcoming withdrawal of the chancellor. Also plots among the faculty, wherein certain of the professors are said to be seeking the removal of the head of the great school, are alluded to. These things are dangerous. If the committee that investigated the univer sity, and which was under direction of a man no toriously opposed to Chancellor Avery, discovered any reason why the chancellor should get out, that should be disclosed in order that the people may know what is behind all the talk. Faculty members who are plotting to remove their chief are not show ing that sense of loyalty that is needed for the prog ress of the school. If they know any good reason for getting rid of Samuel Avery, they should tell it openly. Before the war and during the war, the Univer sity of Nebraska suffered greatly because of loose talk, of charges and insinuations that never were made plain or substantiated. Now that things in the world are being readjusted, it might be well to have a general understanding of the university. It is one of Nebraska’s chiefest institutions, and it should be wholly free from suspicions, from plottings, jealousies or rivalries that hamper its work. A very plain duty is before the Board of Regents. Complete inquiry should be made, every secret nook or cranny explored, and health be re stored to the university. Its work will lag as' long as the situation now referred to prevails. Justice to the people of Nebraska ns w’ell as to Chancellor Avery demands the investigation. LIPTON COMES CUP-HUNTING AGAIN. Our friend Thomas Lipton, sir and all, is back in America, talking of another yacht race in 1925. He has a lot of pleasant things to say about the pros pects, and will undoubtedly get a lot of attention if for no other reason than that he is a good sport. Four Shamrocks have tried their luck at lifting the America's cup, and each has been turned back a loser. The bit of "pewter” is the most costly thing of its kind in the world, when reckoned in worth by the amount of money that has been expended in the competition for its possession. That old and anti quated mug represents something that is finer than money, finer than the first place in sailing races, finer than anything that is material. It typifies the generous rivalry between the two great nations, striving for supremacy in all matters, not merely for the sake of holding first place, for that does not mean anything, but to stimulate the spirit of progress among the people. America would not have brought the cup to her native land, had she not been the better boat; the trophy would not have stayed here so long. Seventy two years ago America sailed at the invitation of British sportsmen to take part in the regatta at Cowes. She won the race, established her supremacy, and defended her title against all challengers. Out of that has grown much that is of service in naval architecture, for it is not only racing craft that have been improved because of the purpose of one group to defend and the other to capture the trophy. Omaha has an interest in Sir Thomas Lipton, be cause he had an interest in Omaha in the early de velopment of the meat packing industry here. We may no longer drink his tea, nor eat his bacon, but we do admire his pluck and persistency, and wish him all kinds of good fortune, for he is a true sport. Yet he might have spared us the irdny of his remark that we no longer need the cup for we have nothing to put into it. We would like to ask Sir Thomas if he ever heard of “fruice”? HOW WILL THEIR EYES BEHAVE? So it is now decreed that dancers when danc ing must not look into each other’s eyes. How do they get that way? Dancing is ono form of ex pressing natural emotions, and when indulged by Bane, healthy people as a social recreation, it is in dicative of the joy of living. Solemn and stately ceremonials are illustrated by dance movements, and in the list of dances permitted on the ball room floor are some as sedate as the most prudish might wish. True, at times young folks have gone to ex tremes in their gyrations, but even they now have given over such performances as silly and unworthy the effort. Jazz has to a great extent re formed Itself, and the true poetry of the dance is slowly being restored, because common sense has the support of good taste at all times. No rule, regulation or law ever was successfully applied to control hot blood. Yet this should not be permitted to justify forbidding people to mingle to gether under all proper circumstances, and to give vent to their exuberance in such way as does not offend against propriety. And, as for preventing the meeting of eyes of partners in waltz or one etep, it simply can’t be done, for as Byron puts it: “When Music arose with Its voluptuous swell Soft eyes look'd love to eyes that spake again, And all went merry as a marrlnge bell." The Kalamazoo plan may be tried, but it should be tested by the suggestion not long ago made by n Sunday School worker, also in Michigan, that the church set up a room where young folks might be taught the art of making love. Get a happy medium between the two proposals, nnd let nature take her course. Secretary Wallace of the Agricultural depart ment also endorses the Omaha plan for buying wheat, which is further proof of its excellen MAN GOES AHEAD ANOTHER NOTCH. It can be done. Never was there any doubt as to the feasibility of the night flight of the air mail. Mechanical diffi culties had to be overcome, chief of which was to provide the pilots with guideposts to direct their way over a land they could not otherwise distinguish. These markers provided, it was a problem solved. One more step has been taken in man’s upward march. Within a century the steamboat, the railroad, the telegraph, the telephone and the radio have been added to our means of communica tion and transportation. Modifications and varia tions of these methods are numerous and all service able, until in many ways the refinements seem ns if devised to relieve man of any exertion greater than that of thinking. Now comes one of the greatest of recent improvements, the transportation of written or printed communications in bulk over the vast expanse of the continent, from coast to coast, mak ing a journey that once required months, in the span of a day and a half. Indeed that is progress, and those airplanes that flew across the United States carried more than the mail sacks on board. With them rode the hope of commercial aviation. Uncle Sam was making the test, proving the proposition, and on his success will be built other lines of air ships, carrying on private business affairs in a most expeditious fashion. Americans have lagged a little in taking up this form of service, but its usefulness is recognized, and more and more it is expanding into general applica tion. Air men of all grades watched the flight on Tuesday night with utmost interest. Omaha saw one of the most notable gatherings of government offi cials and leaders of air craft building yet assembled. These men wanted to know, to see the thing work. What happened here was in no sense spectacular. Eight minutes after the plane came in from Chicago, 60 minutes ahead of schedule, the next plane hopped off to Cheyenne, with 42 sacks of mail on board. That was all, but the visitors saw what they wanted to see, that the stop and the start and the transfer and all could be cared for in the middle of the night. It was a great night for the aviation industry. STRANGE STORY FROM KANSAS. Kansas has turned up a great/many things that bring attention to the state, and among the latest is a farmer who is making money. He was found by the Jewell Republican man, who opens his story of the wonder man as follows: "We found Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wolfe, at Brown Creek's township, living in a very tidy home 1 among evergreen trees, on a farm of 80 acres. We told Mr. Wolfe what the charges against him were, and he pleaded guilty. He said he bought the bare eighty 21 years ago, going into debt to the amount of $1,600, and that during all those years, good and bad, wet and dry, he had not failed during any one of them to make some money. He said that while he was getting out of debt and paying for his house he farmed two other quarters besides his own land, but late years he has just farmed his own little eighty, and he was surprised to And that he made as much money as before. He didn't know that he had any particular patent right on farming, but he had observed what things paid him and followed along those lines and let the things slide that didn't show a profit." However, Mr. Wolfe does not gain h!s profit by raising any one crop exclusively. He feeds some stock, never any scrubs, and gets his feed each year before he gets his stock. He raises turnips, when his neighbors raise none. Alfalfa, oats, cane and other forage crops furnish this food for his stock. He has hens on the place as well as hogs; and does other things out of the ordinary. The story goes on to relate that Mr. Wolfe takes life rather easily, he and his wife frequently going into town for amusement, and generally enjoying life together. One of the things they have prac ticed is to be certain of what they can better do themselves, and what they need to hire help for. Also, they have tried in a small way to find out what will pay best before they undertake to produce it on large scale. The main point of this is that it supports the assertion made by an energetic and successful Ne braska dirt farmer in a letter to The Omaha Bee some days ago, that some farmers can make a farm pay and some can not. Success in any business de pends on management in the end. Columbus comes to the front with a pair of twins that weigh 1914 pounds. This will make Hon. Edgar Howard prouder than ever of the town he picked to go to congress from. Omaha folks may be Elks, Eagles, Moose, or any one of the other animals in the menagerie, but they are not camels, and refuse to go seven days without water. The Omaha man who has a government certificate of his Heath in his pocket ought to be interesting to life insurance people, who might be puzzled to catalogue him. Coolidge says we will have coal, but what most of us would like to see is agreement between opera tors and miners. “You never miss the water till the mud gets in the mains,” is the popular version of the old refrain in Omaha. Train robbing is not a lost art In Oklahoma. Aviation is certainly getting up. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert W'orthinuton Davit DREAMING AND KNOWING. When I see the formers hauling the alfalfa from the Held. And n-roundlng up the corn rows with the gumbo or the clay. Something with the lure of freedom 1* enticingly re vealed. And I think how I would love to be a farmer boy today. When I see them tanned and brawny, In the heyday of their years, Ever free to breathe the fragrance of the wholesome out-of-doors, Thoughts arise above the cover of my haven—there ap pear* A de*lre to bo appareled In my Jean* and do the chores. There'* a chuckling satisfaction In the Joy that freedom gives. And the healthy, robust farmer seems to realize that ho Get* ns much real enjoyment ns the richest man who lives, Even though he can not always from the clouds of gloom he free. But I know his trlhulallons, and the things he needs to meet— I’m aware of all the gambol, I'm familiar wilh the way, And. perchance, the home I treasure on a narrow, noisy street, Arid the certainty of wages give more happiness— and pay. unce umftiiR had no city water pumping plant, hut an long ago as 1874 the question of such a supply was rife A commission had been appointed to visit eastern towns where Buch plants existed, and had made a report embodying Its views, and the next step was the votnig of bonds to carry out a definite pro gram. Mr Rosewater discussed the situation trom time to time through i he columns of his panes, and on Wednesday, April 8, 187 4, he printed this editorial. "WATER WORKS.” "We again ask the citizens of Oma ha to weigh well the water bond proposition submitted to them at the impending election, and carefully con sider whether they can In justice to themselves and tho progress of the city afford to do otherwise but vote in lie favor. Recently we have said litlle upon this subject simply be cause it had been fully discussed tome weeks ago, and the report of the wattr commission failed to elicit any new facts or suggest any more tangi ble plans than those heretofore pro posed. With one exception, the mem beis of this commission were opposed to public improvements at the outset, and it is well known that they even expressed the opinion in advance that it would cost nearly half a million dollars to erect proper works. There fore it was no surprise to us that they should return with a report made up to substantiate their predictions. In stead of submitting u deta.lcd teti mate of cost of pipes, boilers, en gines, reservoirs, engine houses, etc., ns had been done heretofore, and as they promised to do, they presented to the public an estimate lumped in even figures at $450,ClUU, thus barring any chance of refutation of figures in detail. Their Intention to exag gerate is plainly evinced in the mis statements in relation to pipe neces sary for alternate streets from Nich olas to Leavenworth between Ninth and Twentieth. Instead of sixteen miles as they represent It. the high est estimate would be only twelve miles. They propose for Omaha what no other city of double Its size pos sesses, a most extensive system of machinery, with three 4,000,u0o-gallon settling reservoirs and one immense distributing res rvoir with a stand pipi . and yet they say the Missouri lias not and in all probability can not lie successfully filtered. Why, then, all this extraordinary expendi ture for reservoirs, etc ? They admit that at Kalamazoo the city is supplied from a well 60 feet In diameter, with a rapacity of 2,000.000 gallons daily, and that the cost of the water works there, with 11V4 miles of pipe and 102 hydrants was i nly $135,000; and yet, with apparently the object of de feating the proposition, they tacitly avoid all allusion to this plan and have nothing to say ns to whether a similar plan might not be feasible on the Missouri bottom, or at the Lowe farm, where one single spring alone sends forth a volume of good clear water daily of 50,000 gallons. "There is scarcely a sentence In this report which does not breathe forth a spirit of opposition to bonda under any circumstances. How ab surd, for instance, Is that part of their exhibit which claims that the cost of the Peoria fire department was $11,000 less for the year before the entire completion of the works in that city than that subsequent to It \\ < do not doubt that there is some foundation for the figures, but we nre satisfied that the real causes are de signedly omitted, for the purpose of creating an unfavorable opinion. We believe and admit that water works, when connected with all the pipes that ultimately will he required when the city attains a large growth will cost considerably more than the propo sition calls for. Put for the ru-xt few years we are satisfied that $200. 000 will answer all purposes. Aside from this, tho law expressly pro hibits that more bonds shall ever he Issued than 6 per cent upon tho ns sessed valuation of the property of the city. This Is nhout $490,000. and as the bonded Indebtedness already ex ceeds, $2*0,000, luit little more than Is called for could be legally Issued until the assessed valuation will be mnteriallv Increased or the law changed hv the legislature. "We believe that now Is the time for the city to begin the needed pub lie Improvements; they will Infuse new life and vigor Into our business affairs and give an Impetus to the progress of the city. The erection or works will hring eastern capital here, some to be expended In labor, and a large amount will remain a permanent investment Omaha ran never rank as a first class city until she lias the conveniences afforded hy modern towns everywhere else. Property will he worth much more and confidence materially strengthened when people passing through see the city progress mg with a view of rapid growth. We hope the citizens will not merely pass this by because they think It will not be adopted, but give It mature re flection. and vote ns they believe the Interests of the city’s progress de mands.’’ Daily Prayer I railed upon the l.nrd in distress: the Lord anewerod me—I'e 11 a ;5. Our Father, Who art In heaven, we thank Thee that Thou art our Father, that we ure not orphans, hut sons ami daughters of the Lord <Jo<1 Al mighty! Hallowed he Thy Name. May It he the work of our lives to render holiness to the Name of the I.ord In all the earjh. Thy Kingdom come In the plenitude of Its power and the fullness of Its Messing, ,.i d he spread abroad upon the face of the earth until the kingdoms of the world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord arid Ills Christ, Thy will he done on earth ns It Is In Heaven. Wo know tbit It Is done gladly. Joyfully and cheerfully by Thy creatures in Heaven, and may It ho so done by Thy children on earth Hive us from day to day our dally bread, and teach us that, having food nnd raiment, therewith to he content, for godliness with contentment la great gain. Lead us not Inin temptation, hut do liver us from the evil one with nil his power and perils, and Thine shall he the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, through Jesus Christ, our Savior Amen, nitv. Z. T. HWKENKV, Columbus. Inti “The People's Voice" Edltorluli from main il Tkt Murging Bm. Staler* of Tha Morning Bag art Invited to use thla column freely tor axpraealon on mattera of gubllo Intoreat. Sicks Bryan on the Bakers. Magnet, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: It has been rather amus ing to me to read from time to time of the solicitude of the bakers of Omaha for the wheat raiser. Their statement: "We can stand a 60-cent raise—in price of wheat and still sell bread at the present prices,” indeed is strange logic and strikes me as being srongly flavored with bunk and hot air. Why wait for $1.60 wheat before reducing price of bread? I am told that at the present time In Chicago a loaf of bread that sells for 10 cents In Omaha can be bought there for 6 cents; larger size at proportional price. I remember the close organization that exists not alone among the bak ers of Omaha, but throughput the state us well, and the united front they presented In opposition to the Smith honest weight bread law. How, through high-priced attorneys, they have fought the carrying out of the law in the Nebraska courts, and is now held up by appeal at the in stance of tihis organization before the United States supreme court. It’s a joke to assume that their attitude to wards the wheat raiser is sincere or worthy of consideration. When the bakers who have spent thousands of dollars to defeat a law whose only requirement was that they sell an honest weight loaf of bread, now she dbrlny tears of sympathy over the deflated price paid for wheat, and in the meantime rob every pur chaser of a loaf of bread by price and short weight, It makes their attitude a very transparent joke, to say the least. If Brother Charley as gov ernor of this great commonwealth Is looking for an issue to get back into the confidence of the people let him turn aside for a time from hlR mu nicipal coal yard issue and tackle the unscrambling of the bakers’ combine. ROBERT LYNN. Disorderly Conduct. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Sunday afternoon at Fontenelle park several rowdies were amusing themselves by tormenting an intoxicated man of probably 60 years of age. Their umusement consisted of pulling out the old man’s shirt at the belt and pulling his hat over his face, and then pushing him from one to the other, much to the disgust of the respectable people who were wit nessing the ball game, or endeavoring to do so when the rowdies desisted for a moment or two from their particular amusement. Finally I spoke to one of the ruf fians, requesting him to desist, since the old man was intoxicated, but I was told to mind my own business, not only by the party I addressed, but hy another of the clan also (presum ably this latter party was the chief "cut-throat,” at least his face de. noted as much), who, after addressing n.s select ( a English to lae for a few minutes, called a friend of his. a mo torcycle officer in uniform by (he way, and when this very worthy person came over to the seat of war, he wras informed of what had happened, hut, of course, did nothing except to laugh as heartily over the old man’s di lemma as the toughs did when they were teasing the elderly individual. Rowdy No. 2 pointed me out to the officer, but Just why Is not exactly clear to me. unl.-ss he thought that since he (Rnwdv No. 2) was a friend of the police officer, that I would beg his pardon f t- interfering in the dis graceful proceeding and thus avoid arrest. However, the officer was too busy laughing over what had been toll him to give thought of showing bis authority, and consequently T waas not molested by him. and, of course, he should be given some credit on that account. In conclusion, desire to ask if drunken men and ruffians are to h' Id free rein at Omaha parks, or should our policemen see to it that all dis orderly persons are either given a ride in the pollre patrol automobile to Eleventh and Podge streets, or fold to remain in a minus quantity at all public parks, etc. H I, SEWARD, 1634 Victor Avenue. Dot This Right. Holdrege, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; ]n your editorial, Rides and Riflemen.” in this morn ing s paper, you convey the idea that Private First Class Delbert I^ftl/r Is a member of the 134th Infantry. I realize how easy It Is for you to get this Impression, however First < lass Private la ffier Is a member of Motor Transport Company 137 of the onth Division train. Quartermasters corps, Nebraska National Guard. I might also add that the quarter master company had live of the ten hich rlflremen in camp, the first four high men and the seventh high man CLAIRE C PA HER. Hasnnd I.leut. Q. M. C N \ n ft Might Help. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Iter: While watching the spring at Elmwood park this morning It occurred to me that It would be very picturesque to have II turn a Utile overshot wheel to furnish P over for a popcorn or similar ma chine near by. A. E. YULE. I’rlco of Bran. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha ltee: Vour editorial, August 17, ^"Bring Wheat Up Where Bread 1k, ' Please show what the farmer h.i*s to pay for bran and shorts In August of 1321, 1322. 1323 Itrnn tons. $12. $14 nnd $24 today, ns I re memher It. L. GRIFFITH. WISE CRACKS. Trim your lamp so that It will give more light nnd less smoke, and carry It in front so that your shadow wiil fall behind you.—Henry Van Pvke. The Pivlne Mind Is ns visible In Its full energy of operation on every low !>' bank and mold, ring stone ns In the lifting . f the pillars of heaven, and settling the foundation of the earth — Buskin. He was more than a humorist who said that "our women have become fur hearing animals."—Our Dumb Animals NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for July, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . Sunday . Doe« not Inrtiid* return*, left overs, mini Irs or papers spoiled ir I printing nnd includes nr special Mil**. B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. | V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. I Subscribed and sworn to before me tbis 4th d*y of August. !t)2-t. W. II QUIVEY, (Seal) Notary Public. “From State and -Nation” Editorials from other newspapers. Coinir Opera at St. Ikiuls. From the Kansas City Star of Aug 13. The story of the live season comic opera enterprise in St. Louis, which appeared in the Star yesterday, is calculated to make envious music lovers in other citieB. But. regardless of the immediate adaptability of the idea elsewhere, the St. Louis operatic success is of more than local im portance. Now firmly established with an annual margin for continuous betterment, it would seem inevitable that the St. IaiuIs example should be emulated In at least some of the other large cities. Kven one good comic opera company, running on a paying basis, giving numerous productions each season, furnishing a medium and an incentive for composers and librettists, establishes the best possi ble school for the development of singers and players for this delightful class of music. It would tie a delight ful hope to many theatergoers that from such local endeavors as that of St. Louis there migifit eventually come a general revival of comic opera, presented by companies comparable to those of the past. The best of the old companies were the products of local stock companies. Who would not welcome a prospect that the stage again might see such an aggregation as the Bostonians, with Karl, Mac Donald, Barnabee, Cowles. Frothing ham, Marie Stone. Jessie Bartlett Davis, Josephine Bartlett and Car lotta Maeonda, not to mention the best known personnel, a personnel that varied later, but without loss of distinction? If there could be a re turn of such companies as the Duff, the McCall and the Bostonians, or even those of somewhat lower stand ard, sueh as traveled extensively SO years ago, there would not only be improvement In theatrical entertain ment, but progress in muscical com position. At least it is good to know that St. Louis has started something in music and made It a success, with prospects that Its Ideals may reach far beyond the local population. Our Shrinking Planet. From the Chicago Evening Post. America gets smaller. It Is not so long ago, as time is measured, since a journey from New York to Califor nia took months for performance; the months were reduced to weeks, and the weeks to days. Now we count in hours—26 hours and 40 minutes by air, without a stop. San Francisco is no farther from New York than tomorrow. It is a great achievement which puts the names of Lieuts. Kelly and McReady on the scroll of fame in the annais of aviation. The enterr.Cse. skill and courage which accomplishes it entitled them to all honor. But the significance of it is greater 'han the tribute which it brings to : hese daring navigators. America gets smaller. The world gets smaller. On a shrinking continent in a nar rowing world the old policies, the old relationships of men and nations can not persist. Bit by bit our planet is bping whit tled down in time dimensions to a size that must presently come w!*hln the comprehension of even a parochial senator from Idaho, California or Wis consin. Before long his telescope which he fancies necessary in order to make Europe at all visible, will be useful only to maintain the illusion of dis tance by looking through it wrong end foremost. Abou' that time some parochial edi tors, who still think It a safe amuse ment to feed racial prejudices and promote international asperities, may become conscious of the fact that they are living in a world where neirhhorli noss is a necessity if life is to be pos sible. The Faw a Failure. From the Kinei City KiTi’in The national bureau of economics announces that more than 12,000.000, 000 worth of property was stolen in the I’nlted States during the last 12 months. This of course excludes the amount acquired through sharp business deals, undue dividends and excessive profits, which is doubtless very many times that sum. But even nt $2,000.000.000 loss through theft in one year, it is evi dent that the law against stealing is violated and a dead letter. The thing to do, Recording to the logic of the wets, is to repeal most of the laws directed against stenting, and make it legal to steal in ail ways except hard boiled ones What do you think of such a propo sition? Would it lie urged by folks who want to stop theft, or hv such as would make stealing s'ill pasler and only lower the record of it? Sad Disappointment. Howard Carter. Egyptian excavator, has recovered from his illness, to the great disappointment of believers in the occu't.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The New Sugar I-oaf. The 11 ycott proposes to give sugar a loaf until the price comes down.— Lowell < iourler-CItlxen. LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press Ford and La Follette are tied in a straw vote taken In Cuming county, while such men as Harding and Mc Adoo, Smith and Johnson are hardly rememliered. Looks like a lot of real straw judgment when the people pick a malcontent of the senate like La Follette as a choice for the presi dency, in preference to so many real good men whose names have been mentioned in connection with that high office.—Madison Star-Mail. Senator Capper is quite right when he declares that the railways can well afford to make a reduction of 25 per cen In wheat freight rates of grain and flour for export. We believe that the public largely holds this, view.— Kearney Hub. The embattled farmer of the middle west will he talked to death by vis ionary politicians and mountebanks unless he arises in his wrath and de fends himself.—Nebraska City Press. News dispatches tell of a man right from Norway who, while kneeling in prayer in the railway station at St. Paul, was taken in charge by the po lice in tile belief that he was insane. But offering prayer should not he considered proof <>f mental disorder, especially in St. Paul, named after the apostle. But in traveling, evidently popple should he careful not to pray so that policemen can hear them. In stead, to lie understhrid by modern po lice officers and get along well wi'h them, they should seem to talk in telligently of the la'“ Willard Firpo prize fight.—Wayne Herald. For president. In 1924. Henry Ford For vice president, John D. Kocke feller. Platform: Let’s work both sides of the street.—Gerlng Midwest. The baby "Marlon” that Ezra Meeker t< ok with him in his first trip aaross the plains is now 72 years old. He is 93. lie says it was almost im possible to find a camping place free from the stench of dying cafle, and that 5,000 pioneers who started never got across. Must have been quite a Abe Martin wSsss&i, V J ^'Yaney \l^Lt ^XjlT | ]*%%£?** I ■/&£rs&zsz~L Smart, well informed folk* are alius on th’ ur.pop’lar side o’ any question. Dabblin’ in politics 'll put th’ farmer on th’ hummer ter quicker’n 85-cent wheat. (Copyright, 1923.) I bit of travel on IJnroln highway even in those distant days.—Aurora Regis* ter. ^ HAVE The Omaha j Morning Bee or The j Evening Bee mailed to you j when on your vacation, j Phone AT lantic 1000, ’ Circulation Department. Wien youlw/Soap' what do you get for your money? THE price you pay for soap doesn’t tell the story. It's what you get for your money that counts. Cheap soaps or cheap bulky washing powders are really the most expensive things you can buy. Look at the chart and you will see why. Out of every dol lar you spend for cheap soap or wash ing powder, 40 cents buys nothing but moisture. You pay 25 cents for soda ash or caustic soda. Filler, valueless as a cleaner costs you 15 cents more. And only 20 cents of the dollar really buys soap —soap made from cheap, low grade grease. Now look at the chart that shows how Linn is made. Linn is 50% soap, made from pure tallow blended with cocoanut and lemon oils. Neutral sodas and natural water softeners compose another 25%. j The moisture content of Linn is low. i Here, then, in a nutshell are the reasons I, why Linn has first place in so many homes 11 as the ideal soap for all cleaning. Your \ grocer has Linn in the 10c size and in the large, economical 25c package. T-pulverized for vuurcaoauetKe NexWUt* Natural WjKt Soitcnen A beverage that in taste and color resembles a sweet red wine—fra grant, sparKling and refreshing—at all fountains or by the case from your grocer. lOc per bottle Delicious ns ft flavor for frozen tees and other des serts—or mixed with fresh fruits, ft delightful summer punch. I Anheuser-Busch ST. LOUIS w 5c per gi&ss Paxton & Gallagher Co. PtitributmiB Omaha, Nebr.