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The Morning Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I 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 a member, fa exclusively entitled to* the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department at* i*ntle or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: -a Oflffc Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or AT. 1042. OFFICES Main Office—l?th and Famam Council Bluffs—16 Scott St. S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. 3t. Louis—Syndicate Trust Los Angeles—Homer-Laughlin Bldg. Bldg. San Francisco—Hearst Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. DOGS AND MEN. ' Betsy cried to be locked in the city jail, because her master was in jail. Thereby Betsy, who is a fine black and tan terrier, showed that her heart is better than the heart of most humans. (Certainly we shall not use a neuter pronoun in speaking of such a dog, notwithstanding the grammarians.) It made not the slightest difference with Betsy that her master was denominated a "vag” by the police. She loved him and, when the patrol picked him up, she slipped up the step and into “the wagon” too. When the police sought to separate them at the station, Betsy set up such a terrific barking, and wailed so pitifully, and scratched with her little paws at the door where she had seen her god disappear, that the police finally unlocked his cell and let Betsy rush in and cover the “vag” with joyous caresses. She seemed to say, “Never mind, master, we’ll soon be out of here and I don’t care what these dreadful policemen say, I know you are all right." Then she curled up under his bunk and went to sleep, doubt less keeping one eye open so that no one should harm him. Betsy would love her master just as much if he were a multi-millionaire and a deacon in the church, but not a bit more. It’e a way dogs have that can’t be understood by men and women. HO—HUMMM1 ’ Life is very dull, especially for aviators. Three of them lounged in the lobby of a local hotel the other day. They had just landed, after a swift flight by airplane from San Francisco, enroute to St. Louis. Said one: "That old mail ship I flew would make a good canal boat. She can’t do a bit over 100 an hour. The thing I get a real kick out of,” he added, brightening, “is driving an automobile.” It is less than 100 years ago since the legislators of Pennsylvania solemnly pointed out that railroads could never come into practical use because, at any speed greater than 10 or 12 miles an hour, they would be a menace to live stock. Yes, the world moves, but life is dull, very dull. THE PRINCE AND THE RANCHMEN. Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, prince of Wales and heir to the British throne has the sunflower silo filled on his ranch in Alberta, Canada, and now, though we haven't seen anything about him for a day or two, he is probably getting some of the other farm chores cleaned up. The boys probably are used to him by this time “out thar whar men are men,” and call him by one of his seven first names. It isn't hard to imagine them in the ranch house eating breakfast by lamplight at 6 in the morning. “Have some more bacon, baron?” asks Alberta Al, a long, lean son of the prairies. “Thanks, old fel low,” says the prince, sliding three or four pieces off the platter on to his plate. “Will you please pass the syrup, Renfrew?” says 'Manitoba Mike, the foreman, and, as Wales passes ‘it, the foreman adds genially, “Bet you don’t have no flapjacks like these in Buckingham palace.” “By Jove, you’re right, Mike,” murmurs the prince as he stuffs a big forkful of the delicacy into his royal mouth. “But we’ll have ’em every morn ing when I get back, if I have to call a special session of parliament to get ’em.” The conversation then turns to the toil of the day. The prince inquires what he shall do. “Well, your highness-” begins the foreman when he is royally interrupted: “Now, Pete, you know we don’t want any of that ‘royal highness* stuff on this trip. Call me Renfrew if you want to or call me anything you like.” The boys all smile. The prince is a “regular fel low,” indeed. “Well, then, Renfrew, I was think ing you might take the flivver and some wire and staples and hammer and drive along the north fence and fix any wires that are down,” the foreman con tinues. “Fine! That’s my job for the day,” says the prince. “And if I see any of the calves outside the fence I’ll get ’em back in. Leave it to me.” And the heir to the throne of the British empire stalks out of the ranch house with the rest of the boys and goes to the day’s work. He’ll have a lot to tell the folks when he gets back to London. And he bids fair to become as great a popular favorite as was his grandfather, Edward VII. WALTER HEAD, PRESIDENT. Election of Walter W. Head to the presidency of the American Bankers’ association brings honor to Omaha as well as to Mr. Head. The association includes, in its membership of 25,000, the greatest bankers of the country. It is pleasing to know that Walter Head stands for more than business activity in Omaha and the nation. He is a leader also in civic, church and philanthropic work. These are times when a cool, sane man is needed to head the bankers of the country. When all is said and done, the banks are largely responsible for steering the industrial and agricultural ship through troublous seas and the banker’s life nowadays is not an easy one. Omnhans know Walter Head and have confidence in him. News of the arrest of the “Spanish prisoner” swindlers in Spain will be hailed with delight by many victims in this country. Employes of the Philadelphia mint have to work 12 hours a day. But they're making good money. t ---— Governor Walton may find himself in the position of the man who grabbed the lion by the tail. Successor to R. R. Howell as water and gas man ager will have to wear big shoes. Conditions in Germany put a heavy strefcs on Btrcsemann. , REPUBLICAN EFFICIENCY. Economic accomplishments of the republican na tional administration are pointed out by John T. Adams in The Congressional Digest. The republicans have reduced appropriations from $6,454,696,000 in 1920 to $3,706,777,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. Taking out $1,250,000,000 interest and sinking fund on the pub lic debt and $400,000,000 appropriation to the Vet erans bureau, ordinary expenditures are shown to be practically back to a prewar basis. Along with this has come a reduction of $2,044, 641,000 in the interest-bearing public debt. In the last two years, civilian employes on the pay rolls have been reduced from 619,830 to 612,173. When the republicans came into‘control, Liberty bonds were selling around 85. Now they are near par. The republicans have reduced income taxes and the returns show the greatest reductions were made in states where people have modest incomes and the least reductions in the centers of big fortunes. ' In all agricultural states the income tax collec tions show reductions of 50 to 65 per cent. This scotches the demagogic misstatement that the repub lican income tax law was framed to benefit the wealthy. Passing of republican legislation, introduction of efficiency into government affairs and the practice of rigid economy are responsible for this record in the interest of the people. -. SOURCE OF OUR OIL SUPPLY. A Pennsylvania professor advances the startling hypothesis that our stores of oil are inexhaustible because they are being constantly replenished through fish. He asserts that fish constitute our sole supply of crude pretroleum, and that vegetable matter has nothing to do with it. Nor is it difficult, in the light of recent develop ments, to believe that this Pennsylvania professor is right in his deductions. He might have gone fur ther and indefinitely named the exact species of fish that produces the most oil. If not that, then the name of the species that produces the most profits for those who play the oil game. That member of the fish tribe commonly known as “sucker” seems to possess the greatest oil potentialities, at least for the promoters. And the supply seems never to di minish. On the contrary, Barnum seems to have been very conservative in his estimate of one every minute—unless ho happened to mean that one spawns every minute. And it is well known that when a sucker spawns it deposits several millions of eggs. If the Pennsylvania professor is right, and our oil supply really does come from fish, then oil well promoters may rest well satisfied that the “sucker” species will continue to provide material in plenty for the exercise of their wiles. WHAT SHOULD A GOLFER TALK ABOUT? A writer in the North American Review deplores the intellectual poverty reflected in the conversation at golf clubs. He says: " 'It' and ‘X’ are the words most in use In these deliberations. ‘If it had not been for the slice which I developed on the sixth hole, I would have played a brilliant game. You should have seen me last Sunday. I spent the week end with a friend on Long Island. He Is a member of the Excelsior club and we played the 36 holes. Every drive I made went straight down the center of the fairway, every approach was a gem and every putt, within four yards of the pin, sank. But today I was all off. I don't understand what has,come over me.' "This is the cardinal theme in every club and is embroidered with numerous monotonous vaHatlona gathering around the ego of the player. The one reform to which the intelligentsia among golfers must address themselves is to oxygenate the rarificd mental atmosphere which at present prevails in the average country club and which causes a slowing down of the Intellectual processes and a stifling of the imagination in so many devotees of tho game..” What would this writer have? When the golfer lies one on the green within six feet of the hole after a 276-yard drive from the tee, should he remark, “It is my opinion, after deep study and cogitation that the world court is a better guaranty of lasting peace than the League of Nations?” Or having landed in the rough after five drives on a three-par hole should he inquire, as he takes his stance to get buck on the fairway, “What is your opinion of the Russian influence in the literature of today?” Colonel Bogie forbid! Golf is played for recrea tion. The cares of the office, store and study should be forgotten. The brain should revel in the game in order that it may return, refreshed, to the more serious things of life. _ Jonathan Folk of Iowa, who will be 106 December 3, says he has never smoked, drank, seen a baseball game or horse race. Henry Dinkman of Pennsyl vania is 101 and has smoked for 84 years, drank when he could get it and is a first-class baseball fan. Of course, the “antis” can point out that Mr. Folk is five years older than Mr. Dinkman. Albion (Neb.) girl tops the market in Omaha, soil ing a 1,040-pound steer at $11.75 a hundred. Custer (S. D.) woman lassoes a coyote. Not much of the “clinging vine” about these western women. It may be all very fine for the squadron com mander to “take all the blame” for the loss of seven 4 ships off the coast of southern California. But lives are too precious and ships too costly to have take.a chance officers in the navy. The usual crop of men and boys, who pull guns out of vehicles and thfough fences by the muzzle, is being harvested this fall. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own I’oet— Robert Worthington Davie JIM RILEY’S ORPHANT ANNIE. Every time Jim Riley read the folks carne riding In To listen to Ills homy rhymes that seemed to pierce the skin, And everywhere Jim Riley went they flocked to hear his song Because he always took his Orphant Annie Girl along — Jim Riley's Orphant Annlo Was everybody's Annie— He never knew exactly to whom she did belong. He fathered her and mothered her with words that ne'er will die. And he loved her like the angels thnt loved her In the sky— At least he knew his Annie Was the angels' Orphant Annie, And she had a hoipe In Heaven when the hour came to die. When Riley went to Galilee he knew he'd made a place til every heart for Orphant Annlo as long ns there's a race, And When there's none his Annie— IBs Little orphant Annie Will And Jim lUley waiting With a smile across blsftu*. “The People's Editorial! tram rgadsm at TIM Manias Isa. Headers at Tin Moralit Baa ara laaltsd ta uas this column trial* tor ixnrouloa on matters at tublla latsrest. Kainonn tie Valera. West Point, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: There Is much about the Irish civil strife, which has been shattering the peace and happi ness of the little Emerald isle for the last five years or more, that is indeed baffling to the outside world. De Vulera, one of the main spirits of the movement for freedom in Ire land, was early chosen president of the self seceded and unrecognized re public. After waging a bitter war on this small people in southern Ire land in the attempt to stamp out the movement tor self-government, and even resorting to such awing meth ods as the cruel and merciless execu tion of w^r prisoners, England, see ing that brutal force could not prevail against this Invincible little nation, finally proposed the so-called Irish j Free State. There Is certainly much about the whole situation which is beyond all understanding. Also would it be very unfair to England not to say that she has shown such magnanimity to ward Ireland in the last decade; the latter's exemption from the draft act during the world war, for instance. And it seems quite apropos to remark here, too, that after all that has been done and said in the relations of the two countries, the present government of England, with King George bear ing the crown with the meekness of a school boy, is guiltless of the in justice and oppression that the past generations have heaped upon de fenseless Ireland. Perhaps the ignor ing of this important fact is much to blame for the uncompromising attl luue 01 tne extreme revolutionists. In the present struggle, however, there are at least three things quite manifest to all impartial observers. The first is that this little bund of men could never have carried on their struggle as they did against the Free State organization, supplied by the crown with all the wealth and means of warfare they wished to have— unless the country had been over whelmingly on the side of the repub lican forces. The second Is that the late elections could not have been fair play in these chaotic conditions, with hundreds of the insurgent troops incarcerated and the Free State or ganization in full control of the po litical machine. The third, and most important perhaps to the world today, is that the present Cosgrave govern merit must still feel itself very wenk if it fears to grant these men the freedom of its own country after they have agreed to let their' arms rest. F’or nun that are willing nobly to sacrifice everything to uphold their convictions are not the kind that lightly break their word and turn traitors. Finally, we get an Inkling into the strange stolidneaa and fortitude of their leader now behind prison walls stripped of the political honors and prestige that could have been his for the accepting, and almost crushed physically under the burden of grief and sorrow over his fallen comrades and the severance of all family ties, one must recall the maxim of the sage: The voices of true honor come from within—not from without.’’ To form an estimate of the charac ter of Kamonn de Valera and of the other republican leaders who have already passed from the scenes of this world, one must turn back the pages of history to the Immortal Socrates, who was condemned to drink the fatal cup for openly praising the prac tice of Justice and rebuking injustice: to the ( hrlst Divine, a few centuries later, who suffered the death of the cross for preaching mercy and love and upbraiding the world for its hypocrisy, selfishness and hate, and to the hundreds rtf other examples, all down through the ages following, of noble men and women who opposed with their lives despotism in all Its forms—that the principles of Justice and honor might he perpetuat'd in the mutual relations of mankind. ARNOLD S. MISEREZ. Defending the Klan. Missouri Valley, la—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In Tuesday's Bee I was interested In some Interroga tions in a letter hy II, Stanley Wil son. In which he felt thht the whole rank and tile (if good citizenship was with him in condemning the Kn Kim Klan. I do not know much about the klan. only what I rend and what I hear and whut I try to find out fur myself. My field of information is just as large, I am sure, ns Mr. Wil son's, but I am leary of this patriot ism that a whole lot of fellows seem to especially pride themselves and ad vertise. A lot of "patriots” worked for a dollar a year during the war and stole the treasury empty. You'll find this type of citizen against the Ku ivlux for keeps. At any rate, you don t find the Ku Klux hollering about how our government should be run, and their main offense seems to be that they attend strictly to their own nusiness until It ts time to strike. The Ku Klux Is a result and not a cause. The Ku Klux may be on the hum, hut It cannot he any worse than some things that go on In our own government. Even my city govern ment and yours. Here a month or so ago some swell .lane did the speed net in your own little burg and through Influence got away with It. Home poor jockey's wife did the sains thing and got seven days In the coop. Let me ask a few questions. Have you ever attempted to free your mind of prejudice and consider the thing from the light of a cause and not an effect? Have you ever lived In the south and do you know the people and their problems down there? or Is It guess work, what you read and Daily Prayer Happy la ha »h«( hath the Oral of Jernb for hla help-—Pa. 140:5. We rejoice, () Ood. that we are not lonely orphan* lit the world Wo gladly realize that we can look unto Thee find call Thee "our Father." Lead u« to note Thy ncarnesa. In the midst of the hurry and flurry of the day. quiet our live* anil prompt us to listen to Thy voice, and to Interpret aright Thy message, wp thank Then for the bright sunshine and the blue heavens, for fresh air and wholesome food. We praise Thee for the prlv llego of study and meditation: for up lifting books and ennobling thoughts. We are grateful for good friends and loving companions. May our lives ns well as our lips, toil Thee of our gratitude. Speak with our tongue*, work with nur hands; send our feet on Thy errands; possess our whole being; "Lot that mind be In us which was In t'hrlat .lestis." Save us from llstleasnesa and lazi ness: keep us from fllmslncss and frivolity: deliver na from seltlshneas; till ns with cheer, end lead us to brighten the lives of all we meet. He move us from alt malice and mean ness. Help ue to fly from evil, follow after righteousness, and tight the good light of faith, ltroaden our vision, deepen our oarneetness, lengthen our love, Intensify our reverence and In i reuse pur usefulness, we ask In our Master's name. FRANCIS II UUFI N. \ M . l.ut. U, VYl Cheater. Penn The Omaha Ree welcome* let ters from reader* recording In timate observations of animal* or plant*. A bird perhaps un< has seen while waiting for a street car, or a voluntary flower or some creature one has come upon in the woods away from the noise of the city—these are—and always have been—of interest to ether*. SQIIRREL8. I have always been Interested In watching squirrels hide their food— corn, nuts, etc.—under leaves, grass and the bark of trees. I was especially curious to know just how they located the cache when hungry. I had observed that there was something that might be used as a. land mark, a log, a bush, a rock, and that this, with their sense of imell, appeared to be the key; so after seeing a squirrel several times in nearly the same place, laying up his winter's store, a few days after I thought he had finished, I moved a log that 1 believed he might have used as a. guide, a few rods, and left It in exactly the same position as be fore. I watched the hidden food for some time and it was untouched; one day while watching for the return of the squirrel, he came and evidently located the log. and then, hy scent and sight, tried to locate the hidden food by going almost the exact direc tion and distance from the log, and (searched very thoroughly over more than a yard square of leaves, but finally gave It up. I then replaced the log to exactly the marked loca tion, Its former position—then watch ed for results. In less than a week nearly all the food was gone, and I am sure that It was the same squir rel that took It. and this Is merely one of many that I have watched. FRED EATON. Wisner, Neb. prejudice? Are you a member of the klan? If you are not, isn't it so you are dealing with hearsay and other things besides your own knowledge of facts? Are you fully acquainted with all of the facts about Governor Walton and the whole affair in Okla homa? You ought to know by this time that when you read a news paper that you get just what certain men care to have you get and noth ing else. I do not Intend to be im pertinent or rude in any way at all, and crave pardon if I offend, but oh. how so many of us read and hear a little and then start off in a tirade of condemnation and abuse before we know’ what we are talking about. Isn’t it true? I. T. DUZZENMATTER. Tlie Prevention of War. Wausa. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: We read a short time ago of a prize of $100,000 being of fered the person giving the best re cipe for the effective prevention of war. No doubt a large number of persons are racking their brains In an endeavor to formulate an effective prescription. Many were they who thought the League of Nations cov enant would solve the war problem. But, unfortunately, that covenant was founded on the wrong principle—that of might. And no array of power will ever prove an effective preventive of war, because greed and Jealousy will divide a combination of might against itself. It being evident now that the League of Nations is a disappoint ment as a preventive of war, new plans are sought. But why grope around in the dark when we have the light? There is an unfailing rule, and one only, for the prevention of war, and it was given to mankind nearly 2,000 years ago aud has been broadcasted throughout the civilized world these 20 centuries. And yet men are straining their men tal powers to discover it. It reminds one of a person hunting for his glasses which he has shoved up on his fore head. The correct rule for the abolition of war was proclaimed by the Prince of Peace when he spoke this command: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets " This rule, known ;lb the "golden rule." applies to nations as well as Individuals. And when the nations of the world will adopt this rule and apply It each to themselves then, and not until then, will wars be a gruesome past history of man's Inhumanity to man. This will not be possible, however, until the nations cast out the cherished selfishness and greed with which the most of them are at present ani mated and blinded. J. E. B. Ford for President. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I read the little spiel that the trainmen of Lincoln had to say in regard to Henry Ford as pres ident,and I note their objection to him as lietng unfair to organized laltor. If wo had a man like him at the ' head of our order Instead of the man * that Is there the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Trainmen would have bet ter working conditions and a living wage without ha\lng to tight for it every time. I want to say one thing to these brothers: That there would be a lot of them walking to work instead of riding if It was not for Ford. I know why these brothers talk this way; they have had among them some sal aried speaker to make them this spiel at some special meeting. Railroad officials do not want Ford for president, I am surprised to think that a hunch of men (hat arc as smart and skilled as these train men htve to be to hold their Jobs would make a remark like this. AX RAIL. Itcmarkablc Old Man. Isom Hall of Mnyklnft was In to see in and tells us that his mother Is 98 and has Just returned from a sov oral months' visit to friend* anil relatives In Harlan county and Is still In the very best of health. She is one of (he oldest women In the county WhlteeburK (Ky.) Header. N ET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for AuKuat, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE : Daily .72,114 I Sunday .75,188 Dora not Include rrturna, left overs, sample* or paper* spoiled it printing ami include* nr • pec la1 Rales. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn 1o before me this 4th day of September, 1923. W. H. QUIVEY, (Seal) Notary Public “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspajters— Importance of Editorials. From the Philadelphia Ledger. For a week now New York has been without editorial opinion. Ex ternally the people seen In the streets and avenues look quite the same as when they were provided by a fa vorite newspaper with the editorial "we” and all that It applies In the way of detachment, real or affected. However, there are thousands, per haps hundreds of thousands of read ers of public news. Intelligence or oc currences who before forming an In dividual opinion consult some editor ial page for the digest it may contain upon what has happened. A dlstinguised member of the Union League club when asked the other day what he thought of the outlaw strike of the web pressmen against the morn ing and evening newspapers of New York, replied: "Bless my soul if can tell you.” line was a man whose habit it is to look for his "remarks or observa tions” upon any given current topic in the columns of some editorial page, his practice being to let trained minds create his viewpoint. In the midget newspapers of the metropolis issued since the strike there have been no editorials, all the space available be ing given over to news, features and some dramatic criticism Six million people have been put to the task of doing their own think-! ing on local, national and Interna tional affairs. Not a single editorial has appeared upon the newspaper strike. Oh, yes, the socialist daily, enjoying an increased circulation of 50,000 or more, has been telling the people what it all means: but that Is only one-sided opinion from a box office gainer in the refusal of web pressmen to continue to pull the lev ers of the huge printing machines. The history of the editorial as a fac tor in the shaping of public opinion began with Swift, Defoe, Boling broke and Fulteney in London. "If the newspapers had only a Swift to write to the core of this strike and tell us exactly what it all means,” continual the gray haired Union leaguer, a shrewd light entering his eyes as he added; "I can make a guess how Edward Cave would have written about this strike. He would have handled his pen after the fashion in which he dealt with the house of parliament, w hen he was forbidden by a standing order of that august body to presume to give in written or printed news paper# any account of the debates. He went right ahead and wrote his opinions under the guise of Debates in the Senate of Liliiput.' France was Blefu scu; I.#ondon was Milendo; pounds were sprugs; the duke of Newcastle was the Nardac secretary of state, and so forth.” But it appears that Mr. Cave wrote in 1754. IJttle Feet and Willing. From the Milwaukee Journal. They came In beaming—the little girl of 10 and the hoy of 5, one from the fourth grade and the other from kindergarten. It had been a great day in school, cramped full of Interest from the first bell until dismissal. Nothing in the old picture of little prisoners in the classroom there; noth ing c.f the poet's idea of rebellious feet creeping like snail unwillingly to school.” There, probably, is our greatest gain in our schools. We may still be a long way from a solution of ah our school problems; we may still be teaching things that we ought not to teach, and leaving untaught some things that ought to be in the cur riculum. But we have made school a place of interest for the child, to which he goes with a sense of delight and from which he returns with a I learning face. King Jack's I .a test Bluff. From th* I>aPr Okiahoman. If Governor Walton had deliberately set out to foment a civil war in Okla homa and cause bloodshed, so that the people outside of this state would be lieve the governor's previous untruth ful statement that an insurrection ind rebellion existed here, he could not have done anything more likely to achieve h;s end than hv following i the course which he has followed. He has aroused hatreds between classes. He has branded law abiding citizens as law-breakers, merely to serve his own selfish ends. And now he orders all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 45 to arm themselves. This ts a blanket authorization for criminals of the worst type, the horde that Walton has pardoned from the penitentiary, to arm themselves, along with other citizens. If It were not for the sanity and good sense of the people of Oklahoma, Governor Walton's course, no doubt would result in bloodshed. But the people of Oklahoma are not in rebellion and have no intention of opposing the duly-constituted au thorities, except to uphold their rights, when that may be necessary, by legal procedure in the courts. Oklahomans have a keen sense of humor, and most of them will get a good laugh out of the swashbuckling King Jack's latest exhibition of stage strutting. Auto-Broke? Hardly. From the Norfolk Newts There Is one automobile in Ne braska for every 6.1 persons in the state, according to figures compiled by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which lists California as first with one car for every 3.8 per sons, and Iowa second w.th 4.8. Of course we all understand that Cali fornia ranks first because of the num ber of cars in that state which were purchased with money earner! in Ne braska and Iowa. And, speaking about Nebraska money, readers may recall the fig ures given out by a representative of the state banking department which showed that Nebraska's wheat crop was not sufficient to pav the cost and operating expense of its cars. We had hardly digested these figures un til the banking department issued an entirely new set. disclosing that de posits in Nebraska state banks had Abe Martin Maybe th’ plasterer is giftin' too much money, but we kin see what he does t’ git it, an’ that’s more’n we kin say fer a lot o’ other over paid folks. One great trouble with th’ steamship Leviathan is that a waiter has t’ walk two miles fer a cup o' coffee. (Copyright. 1*23.) materially increased in the last year. Evidently Nebraska has not main tained third position on the automo bile list at too serious a drain on its pocketbook. The old state has spent lots of money on cars, gasoline and tires, but th<r© seems to be plenty mere where that came from. 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