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The Morning Bee liORNIN G—E V E N 1 N G—S UNDAY THE BEE Ft.'BUSHING CO- Publluhrr. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Dress, of which The Bee is ■ member, it exclusively entitled to the use for republicxtion of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our epeciml dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department at lantle or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: 1 |UO| Editorial Department, AT Untie 1021 or AT. 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17 th and Farnam Council Bluffs—16 Scott St. S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansae City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg, jos Angeles—Higgins lildg. San Francisco—Hoilrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg WATERWAYS LOOKING BETTER. Congressman Sears has proposed a drainage dis trict to include in its boundaries the area between the Alleghanies and the Rockies, to be administered M a unit in applying federal development of water ways. Here is a really constructive proposal, not so much for the reason as set out, that the rivers of the interior have been neglected because of lack of political influence, as for the greater reason that other demands have seemed more urgent. Coastal harbors have been given the greater at tention, because the coastwise shipping of the United States has been developed while the shipping on the river decayed. Before the war the coastwise commerce of the United States was fully equal to the overseas trade, and it was carried exclusively by American vessels. Such an important branch of the carrying trade could not be neglected, and, as the cry of "pork barrel” rose higher, the money set apart for river and harljor improvement dwindled, until there was scarcely enough available to care for the coastal harbors and nothing for the rivers. Railroads have reaped a rich harvest because the rivers have not been improved, but even the railroad men now admit the need of the service that can be had from the great systems of which the Mississippi river is the main stem. Organizing a great drainage district, as is suggested by Congressman Sears, should have the effect of bringing to bear on the general topic the force of a systematically arranged program. Work on the rivers will no longer be piecemeal, but every step that is taken will be part of a well considered whole, the end of which will provide a co-ordinated service of river transporta tion. The president favors this in his message. It is not to be brought about all at once, but little by little, until in the future the whole will have been achieved, and at no great cost to the country, cheap in fact when compared to its service. The Scars plan will aid in carrying out the Coolidge idea. THE HUMAN EQUATION. * The recent disaster on the New York Central * yuils renewed attention to the human equation in the railroad problem. Millions spent on safety de vices and block signals, and men drilled for years in safety first, but despite all these devices the fail ure of the human equation at the critical time re sults in the death of many and the wounding of more. Automatic signals may be errorless, safety devices may work without fail, but men will go to tleep, will grow careless, will forget. The insensate machine may work perfectly, but the human ma i hine is prone to fail at critical moments. It would seem that the . great railroads of the • ountry have about reached the limit of safety ap pliances. But of what avail is a block signal if it is not seen, or if seen not obeyed? The, American craze for speed, the almost insane desire to get else where from somewhere in the shortest possible time, nine times out of ten without adequate reason, is more directly responsible for railroad accidents than any other one cause. It tests the human equa tion beyond the limit of human ability. In this par ticular disaster the engineer of the train that plowed into the rear of the train ahead was a man of more than a quarter century’s experience. In response to the insistent demand for more speed, and still more speed, he was compelled to run too fast and too close to the train ahead. When the section ahead hvas forced to stop there was no time to send a flagman back a sufficient distance with flag and fuzee, and a dense fog obscured the signals. The mechanical devices worked perfectly, but the human element failed when the test came. It will probably always be so. And the danger is intensi fied every day by a growing speed mania that must be satisfied, and without any particular reason save a growing desire to get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. Not because time is valuable, but because of a foolish desire to an nihilate distance that does not mean a thing worth while when the desire is accomplished. It would not be detrimental to business or pleas ure if the American people calmed their nerves a little bit and suppressed their passion for senseless and often d*structive speed. It is far better to take a little more time and get there all in one piece. I BILLY PINKERTON IS DEAD. “The eye is closed!” William A. Pinkerton ha succumbed to the fate that waits for all of us, and sleeps with his father, the great Allan, who first gave to the name its terror for evildoers. “W. N. 8.” will still shine over the entranre to headquarters, but the guiding spirit of the service is gone. His disciples will carry on, for he trained men to work in the ways he found effective, and under his tute lage others have become adept in the finding out of the secret things men alo and try to conceal. William A. Pinkerton knew as many newspaper men as any circus advance agent that ever went over the road. He was always good for a story, not often the one the reporters most wanted to get, but one that was worth printing. Mr. Pinkerton also knew most of the bankers of the country, and nearly all of the worth-while criminals. He person ally paid very little attention to the small fry of the underword, but he was intensely interested in the big boys. These got from him a high tribute; he studied them, analyzed their methods, and became acquainted with all their little peculiarities, until he could tell, when a crime was described to him in de tail, just about which one of the notables had a part in its planning and its execution. One of Billy Pinkerton’s pet theories was that no man is wholly bad. He believed that in everyone is some spark of good, and that it, might be sought out and fanned into a purging and redeeming flame. In this characteristic of the man his friends found much to admire, for he practiced it steadily, and used it as a guiding principle in the carrying on of his great business. Many a former criminal, as well as many who are not reformed, will feel sorry when they learn of the death of the man who befriended them as often as he pursued them. 1 DEBTS AND NATIONAL HONOR. Coming along with the announcement that the United States will permit American experts to sit in on the economic inquiry that is to be made into German affairs is the equally important news that Secretary Mellon intends to urge that France make some gesture in the direction of paying the debt it owes the United States. This has been one of the little issues that has cropped up in the popular aslnd every time a new turn on the screw has been made by the French in their occupancy of the Ruhr. President Coolidge explicitly explains that the presence of the American experts on the inquiry commission will be entirely unofficial. Their action does not bind the United States government to any course of action. What is sought, however, and earnestly, is some way whereby German conditions can be stabilized. The restoration of industry and commerce, the ordinary life of the nation, demands that some steps be taken, first, to find out exactly what conditions are, and then to determine the nature of the remedy and apply it until a cure has been effected. It is admitted that Germany can not recover without some outside help; the disposition of the German people to help themselves will be ad mitted, even if the way they take does not meet the approval of everybody. But they will not recover until some of the bonds that now hold them back are released. As to the French debt, it should be kept in mind always that it has no relation whatever to the situa tion in Germany. Money was loaned to the republic of France, by the United States, not on the uncer tain security of any prospect France might ha^e of collecting indemnity from Germany, but on the security of the honor of France. We should not lose sight of this pertinent fact, nor do we believe that France has forgotten it. Poincare, shrewd and en ergetic politician, has kept to the foreground the implication that America’s bill would necessarily have to await any settlement that might be made with Germany. On the other hand, the government at Washing ton has steadily held to the opposite view. No mat ter what the adjustment between France and Ger rrfany may be, our claim is just, is past due, and it is highly desirable that some attention be paid to it at Paris. Terms that were acceptable to England are offered all who are indebted to this country, and a movement in the direction of settlement might not be disapproved by any. There never was any support here for the proposal that all debts be pro portionately scaled, or that any be forgiven. Pay ment of these enormous sums of money may not forever prevent war, but the course proposed will certainly tend to postpone conflict, for no nation can fight long without money, and a bankrupt has difficulty in getting means wherewith to carry on profligacy. Several hundred students of a Michigan high school went out on strike because one of their num ber had been suspended. According to the press re ports they finally “consented” to resume their studies pending arbitration. It is tp be hoped that the arbi tration board took the shape of a well applied bed slat. Charges that the Grand Island football players were pepped up by hootch to win a game may re mind some t)f the old timers of the remark Lincoln is said to have dropped when told that Grant drank whisky. “One Hundred Liquor Cases” was a headline cal culated to arouse great interest until a reading of the article below disclosed that they were not cases of liquor. There are no more slips twixt the cup and the lip than there are between recommendations for eco nomy in public expenditures and actual economy therein. Palms from the French academy have been awarded three French clowns. But, then, they haven’t as many politicians in France as we have here. Presumably the next time “my dear Buff” throws an affinity’s letters into the furnace he will be mighty careful to see that there is a good fire going. Over in England they throw bricks at candidates. Then English men and women come over here and throw rocks at us, first making us pay for the rocks. Frank W. Stearncs is the personal manager of the Coolidge campaign. But it will not be that kind of a chase for the nomination. Governor Bryan complains that he lacks power. Now who’n thunder has been monkeying with the gubernatorial aerodynamics? — i It is easy enough to understand why Europeans are eager to get to America, after one reviews what is going on over there. Horrible suspicion. Is the Klan hacked by cotton manufacturers hopeful of an increased demand for nightgown materials? There are eight women in the British house of | commons. Of course there is no gag rule in the house of commons. A Chicago opera singer fainted from effects of her zeal. Usually it is the audience that needs re lief. No Nobel peace prize this year, and just look what they are doing down in Mexico! Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie MORE LAWS ARE NEEDLESS. We do not need more laws to cure the Ills that often show Because there nre too few to form these laws who really know The hardships they will bring to them who ever for ward go. And time will come when legislation shall the laws re vise, And now and then repeal an ant the people all despise. Which has been passed by men who had no vision In their eyes. And let us not top quickly force Impulses Into might, Put wait until the subject lias been wholly gleaned by thought— Unless we'll go—as we have gone— regretting meaeuree wrought. And let us not confuse statesmen with others aeektng fa me Upon the strength «• polities, devoid of nobler elm— Unless we wish to coma at length to misery and shame i “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Better Pasture*. From ths Sslt Lek* Tribune; A committee appointed hy the Amer ican Society of Agronomy is seeking practicable means for the conserva tion and Improvement of the pastures which feed more than half of the cat tie and other farm animals of the country. Two-thirds of the cultivated area in crops In the United States Is devoted to the production of feed for livestock, the proportion varying in different sections from 91 per cent in New England to 51 per cent In the west south central states. It appears that since all the forage consumed in one year would feed about 50.000,000 adult cattle or their equivalent, and since there are more than twice that number In the country, it follow* that over one-half of their feed was fur nished by pasturage. It is estimated that pasturage costs only about one fourth as much as harvested crops. "The neglect of tame pastures and the abuse of natural wild pastures is a disgrace to American agricul ture," the committee reports. "Only the fact grass will stand an almost Incredible amount of abuse has pre vented its utter destruction. Rele gated to land too rough to till, neglected by the farmer, abused hy the grazier. Ignored by the investiga tor, the permanent pastures still fur nish at least one-third of the feed con sumed by domestic animal*. 'Better pastures’ should become the slogan of American agricultural progress." The outlined investigation pro vides for the preparation of maps of the grasslands, both natural and ar tificial; studies of pasture plants, soils and the effects of grazing; production of meat, wool, etc., to the unit area; period and rate of grazing; fertilizers; troublesome and poisonous plants; animal and Insect pests, and economic and social problems. The proposed investigations would be carried out on farms of from 150 to 300 acres, lo? cated In the principal grazing areas of the country. In view of the enorm ous importance of pastures, there Is need for liberal appropriations to conduct the necessary investigations, have heretofore been much neglected, due to lack of funds to do the work. Health a* a Problem, From the New York Suo end Cilobe: The Milbank Memorial fund has an nounced its Intention to spend $2,000a 000 on what la probably the greatest of all human problems. It will study sickness and death in "three typical communities.” In Cattaraugus coun ty. in the city of Syracuse, and prob ably in a New York city tenement section the agents of the fund will try to discover which diseases *re most easily preventable and what the cost of prevention is likely to be. The In vestigation will necessarily take the form of an effort to improve actum health statistics by actual work for health. For Instance, an Infant mor tality rate of 50 per 1,000 is one con templated goal. The dramatic and fundamental as pects of such a crusade obviously are not apparent to the average citizen. If they were the study of the war on disease would not be left for en couragement to the accident of pri vate benefactions. Yet the importance of such a struggle is plain. We maintained fighting soldiers In Europe for 16 months. Yet the total deaths from battle causes among them were less than the deaths for any one of six diseases in this country during a single year. Pneumonia alone is tak ing an annual toil of 120.000. and tuberculosis, cancer. Bright's disease, influenza, etc., show a capacity for j devastation that might Justly ha the i despair of any human Inventor of destructive agents. The American public has. of course, Paid considerable attention and de voted not a little money to the Im provement of health. Our constant governmental expenditure on sanita tion. good water and purer milk are evidences of a genuine concern with a recognized problem- But the Mil bank enterprise, like the Rockefeller Foundation activities, shows how un comprehenslve has been our effort. We have never spent much money charting the problem and studying the question of what we could afford to do toward solving it. We have been satisfied to wrestle with individ ual aspect* of preventable disease as these have pressed themselves to our attention. The federal appropriation for field work and study in 1922 was less than 1400,000. This is all understandable enough. Th« comprehensive survey and the general principles are not naturally attractive diet to humanity in the mass. For this reason the existence of the millionaire with his occasional ability to do as an individual what the race ha* difficulty In doing Is sometimes a matter for comfort if not for rejoicing. Hut Convict leasing Continue*. From the 8t. L*>ul« I’uat DUpilrli; With the payment of 120.000 to the family of Martin Tnbert hy the Put nam Lumber company. It I* probable that the *tory of the North Dakota boy and the Influence of hi* death a* peon In a Florida lumber camp came to a fairly definite close, bln- a Tabert *■" arrested for stealing a ride on s freight train and flogged to death by an overaecr In February, 1922. a change of heart and of legislation ha* come about In Florida. The con vict leasing ha* been ended In the state and corporal punishment In prison camps Is prohibited by law. Coder the pressure of public opinion * 1 ’rlda has cleared herself of the peonage evil. How many victims went down to an unnoticed death under that system before It was abolished nobody know*. Daily Prayer Ssm'Tl'j h*lh L#rd “• I <> laird, nur Lord, Creator, preserver and Imuntiful benefartor of men, In Whom we live and move and have our being, we adore Thee for Thy loving kindness and tonder mercies With shame in our hearts we confess be fore Thee our many sin* Our live* do not meet Thy requirement*. Our footstep* havo wandered front the pathway of rectitude. Our Father, look upon u* In mercy, and do Thou l>e pleaaed to have pity upon u* In our alna. Look upon Thy bon. W ho dlml for ua. and do Thou for III* sike accept tia aa righteous before Thee Ontnt that our sins may not only be blotted out of the book of Thy re membrane*, hut that by the power of the Holy Ghost we may be enabled to die unto sin, sod to live unto right eouanea*. Comfort the disconsolate, cheer the saddened, bring friend* to the frlendles*. teach the ignorant, gDr vlalona to trembling faith set the *tar of hop* (n the overhanging cloud*, and hurry the force* of truth tow.u-l , the consummation of Thy Kingdom W* i an trust nil to Thee A* our .Shepherd, lead us today. A* our King, defend Us from the men.-tc* that watch for our souls A* nur priest, teach u* the will of God foi nur salvation, o God. our Father, overshadow our pathwa) with Thy merciful providence, and lei each one of na liear some part In the advance m*nt of the Kedeemet > * lotion* Kingdom. Through Jenuti Chilat our leord. A mm W J \« MIt.I,AN I) n, lumtuoit, m>1 ^ How many are to suffer the same fate in the convict camps of other southern states before they, too, arc forced to take remedial action is equally problematical. A bill to abol ish peonage was killed in the Ala bama legislature; other states in which the custom of renting out prisoners datps back half a century have not even considered the question of re form. Yet the situation in Florida was not unique. What happened to Mar tin Tabert there might happen to other lads In Alabama and states ad jacent, probably has happened often. Against this probability the states con cerned weigh the income derived from the abuse and decide to take a chance. Musi there be a Tabert case for every convict leasing law before they are all repealed? Tax Relief of the Rich. From tho Washington Star: The opponents of secretary Mellon's tax reduction plan, in those rare In stances where the plan has been at tacked upon Its merits alone, base that attack upon the argument that It proposes to relieve the rich of their Just share of the cost of gov ernment. If it does, of course, It has not, and should not have, the smallest chance to be enacted Into law. If It does not, then some other fault must be pointed out, or It should and will, as far as Its own merits are concerned, be hailed as a good Idea by everybody. Some seven and a half million In comes of Individuals or corporations will be affected by the proposed tax reduction. Of these more than seven million are income^ ranging from one to twenty-five thousand annually, with of course, the smaller Incomes in the great majority. The single man or woman with an income of *2,000 who today pays *40 in federal Income tax would, under the Mellon plan, pay *22.00. The man with an Income of *5,000 would pay |0(f, In stead of *160. Incomes of *8,000 would pay *225, instead of *420. And so on through the list. Heads of fam ilies with two children would benefit proportionately. A 25 per cent reduc tion is given earned income as con trasted with income enjoyed through Investment in stocks, bonds, etc. This is a brief indication of what the Mellon plan proposes to do di rectly for the nan or woman of mod erate income—the milllions ardently desirous of a lightening of the tax burden which they bear. What does it propose to do with the big Incomes? It proposes to reduce the rates, but to increase the revenue paid in to the treasury, as Secretary Mellon, wise in the relationship of politics to national economics, has taken pains to point out. The current scale of taxation, which left a convenient iooph le through which the rich might evade paying big taxes through the simple expedient of Investing in tax-exempt bonds rather than industrial enter prise, has failed as a revenue pro ducer. as children are today aware. Secretary Mellon, to meet this truth, recommends a reduction upon the tax fth big incomes to a point where tax exempt securities may not seem so muclr more attractive than industrial enterprise for capital investment The plan contemplates getting capital back Into Industrial use and taxing It all it will stand before running to tax exempt cover. That is a fair statement, and one not difficult of comprehension. And the small income man, the man with a good job or a poor job or no Job at all, once he appreciates where be benefits directly and in directly by the reduction of taxes on big Incomes is not likely to be stampeded by any flapdoodle proclaiming that this is a proposition to shift the load from the rich to ths poor. The matter of holding a good Job or improving a poor one or finding a job at all Is all wrapped up in the in dustrial prosperity of the nation, and the nation knows it. The industrial prosperity of the nation is In a great measure dependent upon the ability of industry to attract capital where with it may carry on and expand, and the nation knows It. The Mellon plan Is purposed to enable Industry to thrive so that men and women In America may get nnd hold good J. bs, and so that when once they have ob tained those John they m»v p.-iy less to the federal treasury of the money they earn. That Is the truth. The ultimate fate of the Mellon plan will depend upon bringing that truth home to the peo ple. and then i-ermittlng them t de cide whether or not -they want the benefit entailed more than anything that may stand In the way of their obtaining It. \\ h»it H> Don't Know. From th* MtiwauW •• Journal: I’eopl.- are going to talk about taxa tion this winter—especially federal taxation. Ongress ^ going to be boiling with It. and n goo.) deni of what is sab! will mean little because national figures are not given In an Intelligible way. Mr. Mellon talks about a surplus, which is gratifying and interesting. I At the same time a good many non suddenly break into print with talk about how rapidly the n itlonal debt —prsetfcall.y the wnr debt—Is being reduced. I3ut they are vague. They quote the total reduction from the peak of August, 1910, which Isn't telling us how rapidly the debt Is now being reduced. It had a very large drop in the last year and a half ,.f the Wilson administration, H"'ne two and a half billions. Repie. tentative (,»arrett declares. In tbs two years and nine months since that tin- the reduction has been much slower, something like ll.dno.m.mi. according to the same authnln I here nine been good reasons why the Wilson administration could reduce the debt more rapidly than Its Successor, and anyhow that Is water gone under the bridge. The question now Is, llow rapidly are we reducing the debt? This is fundamental to any discussion of revenues, surpluses and taxation, it Is more Important to know how much of the debt is to I* reduced next year than that it has already been reduced more than *4.1100 000,000 The Interest on some thing like >22 ooo.000.ooo i* more than we want to carry any longer than n reasonable time. Neither party has oecn too Jealous or careful In giving Ihe public Intelligent figures shout government costs; both might very 0*1! co operate In reform. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for November, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily. Sunday. - | !>«•• no! include return*, left over*. *emple* n* pepei * spoiled In printing and ini lude* ito *pe« tel eate* nr free circulation of any kind B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr SubairiHerf and ivmn to before me thi* (Ith day of December, 1923. W If QUIVfcY. (Seel) Notary Pnkllc. “The People's Voice" Editorials from renders of The Morning Bee Readers of The Morning Bee are .nvitec. to use this eoti.mn freely for expression on matters of public interest. Cheap Water Power. Button. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The International bridge over the Niagara gorge la lit up by electricity. The coat to the center of the bridge on the American aide Is $43 per annum. That on the Cana dian side to the middle coats $8 a year. Both sides derive their power for the development of electricity from Niagara Fails. Then why the difference in price? Ontario’s supply is furnished at cost by the government owned and and operated hydro-electric plant. On our side we have private ownership, which must have a profit. Moreover, the Canadians pay 2.1 cents per kilo watt hour at Toronto, while the New Yorker pays 8 cents. Power costs the manufacturer 111 New York from $47 and up, while Just across the line In Ontario the cost is $18 per annum. There are 350 cities and 100 rural communities served by the public owned super-power plant of Ontario, and la the largest in the world. When the outstanding bonds are paid for, the cost will be reduced still more and the lines extended until every city, factory and farm can have elec tricity at cost. Remember this: That the more plants are united the cheaper the current can be supplied, because the load factor will be raised to a maxi mum. The United States has almost un limited possibilities In the production of this cheap power, but must not be allowed to be turned over to private corporations. Already these are busy, quietly gathering this great public heritage, that will fasten upon the people a tribute In high public rates for all time. Already private Corporations are buying up, or at tempting to buy up various small plants in Nebraska in order to fore stall a great super power system. Let the various towns refuse to sell or enter Into eontraets, „« did Sutton. Those Interested would do well to "rite the Public Ownership league, 127 Dearborn street, t'hlragn. Better still, enclose a small donation, as the league is fighting for the public b interest._ A. G. GROH. Center Shots Poincare Insists that the outside world (-i nsider the Welfare of France. He might argue with more effect if he could Induce Frame to recipro cate a little by considering the welfare of the outside world.—Detroit Free Press It should be made clear in connec tion with the Hiram Johnson boom that the eatinet volcano recently of fered Americans is in Bolivia, not California—New York Tribune.' Germany, in abandoning the Ruhr to escape the clutches of France, ap pears to be In the situation of the boy who freed himself from the school rr. 'Ster’s grip on his collar by sliding out of hie shirt. But the boy seemed very 111 at ease there In front of the whole school like that.—Kansas City Star. Tha r- uncil voted to discontinue the plan of blowing the curfew at St o'clock wh*-n property owners "kicked" be cause it woke them up.—Peoria (111.) Journal. "Which weeds are the easiest weeds 'o kill?" asked the city chap of the farmer. "Widows' weeds." replied *)*e farmer; "you have only to say 'wilt thou' and they wilt."—The Lyre. The convicts at Prlncetown have be*n shown a comic American con vict film. This confirms us in our Intention of keeping good—London Opinion It's a good thing a few of us keep walking otherwise wed have no money to lend t- some of our Blends who are struggling with the celebrated —or notorious upkeep—Milwaukee Journal. A convention of physicians in Chi cago hue d< .led tl.it hay fever Is a local infection. That Isn't nearly as bad as some name* we've heard it called —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Workers who are opening the tomb of King Tutankhamen get 12 cents a day. Yet even at that It i* probably more than the workers who tucked him In got—Tuledo Blade. There have been discovered in Cali fornia skeletons of a race that had long faces—probably because they lived in the times when there wore no tourists to sell out to and move east —Cleveland Plain Denier. Where the Tall Corn Grows The Rock Rapids Review opines that the Tom Mix costume worn by Vernon C. Hague, who wants to suc ceed Senator Brookhart. would adver tise Iowa quite as well aa Brookhart * overalls. The Knoxville Journal says It Is useless to try to exclt* the country over the league of nations. "That Is sue Is as dead as a last year's bird's nest," declares the Journal. The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune has no love for Doe Cook, but does won der why he was singled out from among an army of fake stock promo ters and relentlessly prosecuted. The Pilot-Tribune says a lot of lowans could furnish Uncle Sam with the names of bunco-steerers who have bilked Iowa pockets out of millions The Marshalltown Tlmes-Repuhll can asserts that*the quickest way to get Into the political spotlight Is to "flay somebody.” The Hampton Chronicle isay* Joe Anderson Is acting very much like a man who Is getting ready to run for governor# The Dubuque Olobe Journal sixes it up this way: Noting that the demo crat elected governor of Oregon on a pledge to reduce taxes 60 per cent has Just won a campaign for a new tax law, the Globe-Journal says: "That’s the way a democrat fulfills a promise to cut taxes—addition in stead of subtractions.” The Story City Herald admits there may be a way of working out a scheme to increase railroad wages and decrease freight rates, but to date It Hasn't heard of It. Ice Cream Feed. With the thermometer near xero one early morning last winter, a Chicago man who directs the operation of a score of newsboys, considered It a .food idea to give the boys son* food io help them combat the cold. Bo lie Invited them all Into a restaurant. "Now order what you want," he told them, ' so you’ll be able to keep warm when you go out on the atreet." And every mother's »on of them or dered Ice cream.—Everybody's Maga tine. Looks That Way. Mrs. (at 2 a. m. V—Well, where have you been until this hour? Mr. (all set)—I wash cornin' aJong th' shtreet when two men held me up. an'— Mrs.—Htn! Tes, Judging from your condition I should say that nvu*t have oeen necessary.—Exchange - ■---— Abe Martin IT 16 6W*(Tr ro^f Generally when folks say they're afraid bo an’ so ’ll come t' pass it means that they hope bo. Pop'lar movements die younp. i (Copyright. 1921 > SANTA IS COMING. Say. little man. with cheeks so red! What is it to you Kanta has said? Did he ask if you were your mother a Joy. Or sometimes, if you were a bad llttl* boy? Did he ask if you tried to help Ml some way. Or If you ran out and played all day? Soon Santa is coming, and when Id your house, You kiddies are sleeping as still as d mouse: He slips down the chimney, with h!s pack full of toys, And he'll leave some for you, If you are good little boys. —E. J. D. There Is Hope. Every time one begins to despair of the destiny of this repuhlic along come* news like this item from Phila delphia announcing that a movie fan has been fined *13.50 for reading sub titles aloud.—Detroit News. A Handy Place to Eat Hotel Conant ikb and Harney— Omaha The Center of Convenience Win $oOO! A Psychology Test Draw on Your Psychic Powers to Make $600 I have deposited $500 with my attorneys, Beveridge & Spittler, City National Bank Building, which is ordered pay able to the first person who can successfully solve this puzzle in three days, starting December 12 and ending December 15, 1923. A successful solution submitted later will not be eon * sidered. The puzzle is worth a large sum of money to adver tisers. In case of a tie, each tying contestant receives the same The plan drawn represents the foundation of a five-room house, every wall of every room therein having a door, making sixteen doors eat in ail. To solve the puttie you must rewrite the plan and with a pencil or pen, draw a Une showing passage throuch each room, and every door by using each door one time only. It makes no diffexenc* at what point you atart. Inside or outside the lines. You can recross your track and enter any room as many times aa necessary but you can only pass through each door one time. Each number repre sents a door. A picture of the first person who solves this purile will be published In each Omaha paper. Send jour solution to D Marino, 111J South 13th street, Omaha, New. - ■ - — . - - . ■ , i. — - - ■ ■ - ■■ ——* (AO,X8 JjPPI, 'I... 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