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The Morning Bee morni n g—e v e n I n g—s u n d a y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher .... N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. ,IOY M. HACKLER. __Editor in Chief Business Mgr. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Ib exclusively entitled to ihe use for rerubliration of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights o£ republication of our special dispatches are also reserved ... Th.<; °m"l’a nre '* a member of the Audit Bureau of irculations the recognised authority on circulations audits, and ihe Omaha Bees circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for ATI a* i aaa the Department or Person Wanted. I I&lltlC IUUU -1___ OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. ..cw York—-VVorlU Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Ihlcago— Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. • . Louis Syndi. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Hltlg. ■ an hranciico- Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. RELIEVE THE WHEAT GROWERS. William Williamson, who represents the Third South Dakota district in congress, knows what will help the wheat grower* He was born on a farm, worked on a fawn, anti knows farming through and through from practical contact with the dirt himself. His district, which comprises twenty-five counties, including the Black Hills and Rosebud regions, is made up of farmers and stock raisers. If he is not acquainted with the facts on the farmer’s side, no member of congress is. He has introduced a bill raising the tariff on wheat from 30 to 50 cents per bushel. This measure deserves and should receive the support of congress : men from the middlewest, the great wheat growing region of the United States. This measure is simple justice to American wheat farmers. Until some sort of relief is afforded, prosperity is not secure. The Williamson bill should be made a law without delay. The entire wheat production section is behind Mr. Williamson, and the Third South Dakota district is to be congratulated upon having sent to congress a representative who knows what is wanted and how to get it. More power to the go-getter from the Third South Dakota district. “WITH HIS BOOTS ON.’’ Asa Remsburg died with his hoots on. Not like the gunmen of the early days when he came to Ne braska as a mere boy, hut as he was pursuing his peaceful tasks among the big cattle herds he loved so well. The death of Asa Remsburg near Lisco, Neb., marks the passing of another pioneer of the old Texas trail, of another pioneer Nebraska cat tleman. More than 50 years ag€ he trailed cattle from Texas northward into Nebraska. For half a century he has been engaged in the cattle business. He homesteaded in the west when the land was young, when Indian scares were frequent, and when . the buffalo outnumbered the cattle on the prairies. | The years of his manhood mark the span of Ne braska’s state history, and in that making Asa Remsburg played an important part. When he homesteaded in western Nebraska the rails of the Union Pacific were scarcely worn, Sid ney was a mere military outpost, and the unbroken prairie stretched out for countless miles in every direction. He saw thousands of prairie schooners pass by his sod house, headed for the El Dorado be yond the horizon's rim, and he saw thousands of them coming back filled with hopeless men and wo men who later found their hopes fulfilled and their dreams come true in the young state they had once spurned. He saw the vacant prairies homesteaded, fenced and plowed, to become the greatest grain and meat producing section of America. He saw towns and cities spring up like magic. He saw the North Platte valley irrigated and become a land of magi cal production. He saw the once boundless free range cut up into farms, and the once Immense herds reduced to the small herds in the feed lots, With here and there a big cattle company still cling ing to the old ways and ranging over thousands of acres of deeded land. He played his part like a man from the day he settled down under his own rooftree. He was of the time when it meant a day's ride in the saddle to get his mail, and the time when the airplanes roared over his home and the rural mail carrier stopped at his very door. He read by the light of a tallow dip, and lived to read by the light of an electric lamp glowing because of power generated on his own farm. He rode herd through countless days and nights of storm and stress, and lived to jump into his own automobile and aniiftRto* time and distance in a way he did not dream of when he kindled his • first campfire on Nebraska soil. Within the space of Asa Remsburg's lifetime in Nebraska this state has grown and developed from a desert wilderness into one of the richest and proudest in the sisterhood of states. The clock of life struck for Asa Remsburg as he was walking among the livestock he loved, and without a mur mur and with a smile upon his wrinkled face he laid down to sleep his last sleep, “with his boots on.” One by one the pioneers of those early and stren uous days are being called from the scene of action. Nebraska owes a debt of gratitude to them for the magnificent work they accomplished. It owes it to : them and to herself to keep their memory green, to preserve their deeds and heroic services in song and story. .-——■ RULES IS RULES. BUT WHY? Rules that govern amateur sports arc complex, but generally rest on justice. One of them is now being applied to Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and may i prevent her from taking part in the Olympic games ; as a representative of America. This one simply says that a contestant who has represented one nt> * tion in the games can never represent another. On the face it seems fair enough, for it will operate to prevent any transfer of allegiance on part of an athlete for the purpose of building up a strong teain in the name of any nation that might be ambitious for champions, no matter how procured. Such things have been done. Considerable icandnl was created in our own land a few years ago, when it was discovered that colleges were acquiring ! pi*omising young athletes by me thods that would not near close scrutiny. Extension of the plan to na tions might not be so easy, and yet it could be done. Therefore, it is wise to have a rule that is simple enough to he understood by all, and which will iffectually prevent resort to any such skulduggery. Yet even the best intended laws now and then work hardship, and in the case of Mrs. Mallory this is noted. When she played in the Olympic games ns a representative of Norway, she was a native citizen cf that country. Since then she lias acquired not only American citizenship but an Americnn husband as well. She will not resign either for the privilege of representing Norway again in the games, while the rule tnkes no cognizance of her changed status, I merely regarding her as one who once took part | in the contests as the champion of one country, and so is debarred from ever representing another. The rule might easily be rewritten, without de stroying its letter or spirit, to the end that cases like this can be considered and acted upon justly. Amateur sport will be the purer if its rules are not so onerous as to defeat their own ends. EDITOR M’GEE FOES FREE. Only the mildest of interest prevails in these parts concerning the domestic politics of New Mex ico. Nebraska has enough of her own to occupy any body's attention. Yet there is something of real value in the final acquittal of Carl McGee, Albuquer que editor, on a charge of criminal libel, preferred by Clarence J. Roberts, former judge of the supreme court of that state. Editor McGee had written articles that reflected on the acts of Judge Roberts, basing his opinions on information furnished him by a member of the bar. That the judge did not sit in the case was ad mitted by the defense, but the plea was made that the editor has written in good faith, believing that what he had been told was true, and that his article was intended for the public good. The jury’s verdict gives further support to the doctrine that in such cases the editor must be guided by what is better for the public welfare than for private interest or reputation. It is a very solemn thing to deal with the character of men, especially of judges of our coui'ts. Yet it is for this reason all the more incumbent that judges so conduct them selves on the bench and off that no occasion for com plaint may arise as to their actions. Freedom of speech and publication is accom panied by responsibility for utterance; the law does not contemplate, however, that venal or corrupt men shall escape criticism or condemnation on this ac count. Editor McGee has successfully withstood trial for contempt and trial for libel, and in vindicat ing his own freedom he has aided in more firmly es tablishing that of all other Americans. DOLLARS IN HIDING A BURDEN. Along with the proposed reduction in taxes, to be included in the new revenue bill, congress is expect ed to give consideration to an amendment to the constitution which will permit the taxation of securi ties that now escape. The president had this in mind when he told the house and senate:' "Another reform which is urgent in our fiscal system is the abolition of the right to issue tax exempt securities. The existing system not only permits a large amount of the wealth of the nation to escape Its just burden, but acts as a continual stimulant to municipal extravagance. This should he prohibited by constitutional amendment. All the wealth of the nation ought to contribute its fair share to the expense of the nation.” Several billions of dollars have found a bomb proof funk hole in tax-exempt securities, and pro duce income that is beyond the reach of the collector. This naturally throws an additional load on the wealth that is employed in carrying on the industry and commerce of the country. These tax free securities represent money that is expended on pub lic improvments of various kinds, and, as Mr. Cool idge suggests, the fact that such bonds find a ready market at good prices stimulates municipal ex travagance. Early passage and submission of a resolution for the amendment of the constitution to end this situa tion will be one of the most serviceable acts the con gress can perform. It is unfair that the earned in come which represents the portion that goes to the workers, and the unearned income, which arises from wealth employed in carrying on the business of the nation, should be compelled to sustain the entire cost of conducting the government, federal, state and municipal, while billions of dollars produce revenue' to be enjoyeif by their owners solely and have no part in maintenance of the government that makes them profitable. Table Rock reports a trainload of walnut logs just shipped out, which ought to stimulate the plant ing of walnut trees, so that the shipment may con tinue. Trees can be made to pay in Nebraska, if only attention is given to their planting and propa gation. Mabel Normand thought the shots were fire crackers, while down in Kentucky the deputy sheriffs thought the firecrackers were shots. How easy it is to be mistaken at times. The death of several thousand people from sleep ing sickness last year may explain why several peo ple did not drop in and repay that five spot “next Monday.’’ The mercury seems to have recalled that passage from Dante which reads, "E’en in the lowest depth a lower depth still opened to receive me.” Thirty-five hundred tons of structural steel is the first order Omaha has placed on the 19‘_’4 build ing campaign, and it is only a starter. Fewer street lights and fewer policemen mean less protection to property. Economy might have been directed in some other channel. Such days we have had lately ought to move everybody to help the Free Shoe fund. Even a 4 per cent cut in city costs will sound good to the property owners. Contemplating past weather records does not help warm the house. Dogood certainly is no name for a counter feiter. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie THE SNOW STORM. The flaky iilr, iho white above, The crystalline below, And peacefulness—the part 1 lose And treasure of the enow. The quiet day: weird, soothing wind— Its mellow monotone Lifts daily burdens from my mind And lets me rest alone. Oh, pure wlille world! (ill, pure white sky Where (lakes so blithely plHy—« Would that we might clln.-li half as high As thou art low today, And In our hearts true gladness show Akin to your delight, And in our homes the sweetness know That gives the snow Its white. White world: soft, flaky atmosphere, Dream sky In dreams arrayed As some remote Utopia Where baby nngels played la-fore the birth of Uhrlst. Fair world above, below . Which hides the black of day arid night, And brings the White of snow. “From State and Nation'” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— North Dakota Diversification. From the St. Paul Dispatch. There were 86 members of boys’ and girls’ livestock club in attendance Rt a farmers’ institute in Fargo this week, who owned property In their own right worth $19,628, compared with 60 members, worth $6,634, at a similar institute a year ago. These figures are striking evidence of the progress of diversification of products in North Dakota and, in the opinion of the Fargo Forum, indicate a like turning away from grain farming to more profitable lines of endeavor among farmers generally. The gain In number of members is large, hut not so impressive as the profit they have made in one year, nearly treblipg their assets. The truth is that the farmers of the northwest have only scratched the surface of the pos sibilities of livestock raising. The abil ity of the United States to absorb more meat products was shown re cently in the increase of 1.300,000 pounds in the quantity handled by packers in 1923 over 1022. There is no such thing as a surplus, nor much probability of there being one In the near future, as production is still be low the figures of former years, in proportion to population. The different sources of increased farm property values, among menv bers of the boys’ and girls’ clubs, show the wide scope of their activity, as follows: Value Value Kinil— 1923. 1922 Kiim of projects.$4,0Tl $3,973 Bank account* . 3,97! 9*1 Pigs owned . 1,914 *79 Beef cattle owned. 1,07* 438 Dairy caltle owned. 1,6$$ 975 Sheep owned . *20 232 Other livestock . 1.595 fi97 Poultry . *05 1.4.',* All other property...... 8,020 2,278 It will be noticed that dairy cattle run second only to pigs and that the greatest proportionate gain has been in sheep raising. let Burbank Carry On. From the New York Herald. Declaring that he has Invested $7,000 in setting out and caring for 70.000 cactus plants on a desert tract of public, land In Arizona, Luther Bur bank, the plant wizard, has appealed from the ruling of the Department of the Interior prohibiting his further use of the land because it has not been surveyed. The California naturalist is carrying on there an extensive experi ment in wholesale cultivation of a spineless cactus developed at his Call fornia nursery. Luther Burbank’s services to agri culture and horticulture have been too important to justify the thwart ing of this experiment for technical reasons only. Eight million bushels of the Burbank potato have been pro duced in California this season. Ills Marquis wheat is being grown at various points from Texas to Peace river. His stoncless plum promises greatly to benefit the prune growing industry. These are solid achievements. They are leading contribution* to the wealth of mankind. Moreover, Burbanks demonstration of multiple hybridizing, which has been conducted on a large scale with berries, plums, cherries, nuts, shade trees and flowers, has fur nished for the nurserymen of the country a technic which is being profitably followed by many other In vestlgators. By, careful selection In a limited and controlled environment Burbank succeeded In producing a spineless, edible cactus of large size which re produces Itself true to form. This opens up the possibility of utilizing for stock raising vast tracts of desert land; provided the spineless cactus does not revert to its spiny form under true desert condition*, and pro vided it can la* cultivated at a cost that would make stock raising on It pay. To establish the facts It was necessary to experlrrjent on a large scale in several widely separated desert localities. It was unfortunate and perhaps Ill advised for Burbank to set nut his 70.000 cactus plant* on desert that had not hem surveyed; but since they are there they should be allowed to re main until the test has been worked out. The government's attitude In this matter la to keep the record clear by preventing establishment of a prece dent which might prove troublesome in the future. A Menace Ton Kittle l nilerstood. Prom the Minneapolis Trlbuns. Unusual effort will lie put forth during the coming year to emphasise the need in this country of forest conservation and reforestation. It Is strange but true that, despite the rapid denudation of timber lands by lumbering activities and by fire, it has been an exceedingly difficult task to focus the attention of congress and the aeveral state legislatures on the subject In the way the problem de serves. Indeed, It may be said that surh attention has not yet been pro cured. The question Is not alone one of wood and lumber supplies. It has to do In a very Important degree with agricultural productivity and with the economic benellts that flow from a Utilisation of the country's water pow er resources, ft relates dire, tly to the substantial Inlsrests of svery man. woman and child In ths country, and It has Its serious hearing on the wel fare of ths generations yet to come. President Coolldge has made his plea for such economic policies as will give a better chance to every American home, lie realizes that a constructive policy affecting the forests Is one of these. ■'Reforestation,” ho ssys, "has »n Importance far shove the attention It usually secures,” snd he drops the matter there, except, to sav that a special committee of the senate is in vesllgstlng the reed and that he will welcome a constructive policy based on the committee's findings. The senate committee Is not the only agency, of course, that Is study Ing the problem and seeking Its snlu thin. In nearly every etate experts rspressntlng the federal and state gn\ srnrnents are co-operating In their quest for a systematic nurturing and upbuilding of the cnuntr\ s finest re sources, One of these Is the forest products division of the American So defy of Mechanical engineers which favors Joining forces with the Feder ated American Knglneerlng society in an adequate portraiture of the facts NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for December, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .75,107 1 Sunday .80,795 \ Pom not lacings returns, left ©vara. lampld or paprri ipoilrH in I printing and includes no «p«ria| I ••leu or fra© circulation of any bind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and aworn to hefms mi this 7th Hay of Januny, 1024. W H QUIVtV. (Seal) Noty Public and the economic menace and In arousing official anil public opinion to the imperative requirement of con servation and reforestation. Tlte en gineers are interested in adequate supplies of wood for fuel, pulp and building materials, hut they are just as much Interested in an assured and equitable water flouage for hydro elec tric purposes. It is only when the average citizen comes into contact with the expert students of forestry problems, and hears the story they tell, that he gains a realization of the far-reaching import of the general question. The American people do not need new farm lands so much as they need a more intensive and enlightened use of the lands already in use. Indeed, if they have the latter It will lie many years before the other will become an economic necessity. The farmer who does not think forest conservation and reforestation has a direct beneficial bearing on his business is hurtfully deceiving himself, and so with the thoughtless urban resident who owns a home, pr pays light bills, or is ob ligated to a landlord, or settles per iodically with the grocer and butcher. It is high time that government un dertake on a comprehensive scale the thrift in forestry which, if left to pri vate initiative, will never come about. (ioud i.urk. Jack. From the Fremont Tribune. Traveling by rail won't be quite the same to the patrons of trains Number 225 ami Number 222, on the I,inwood Superior line of the Chicago & North western, now that old Jack Hedburg is gone. And life won't be quite the same to the residents along the line who for years have found in this kind hearted railroader a friend who was never too busy to give help to a per son who needed it. For 32 years. Jack Hedburg has been the conductor on this line, and during that time he has collected half-fares from children who grew up to be adults who gave him full fares, and all in good time brought other children with them with their half fares. He made his last run on the old line Monday, and is now on the re tired list at his own request, llis work is done, but the memory of him will live on in the community he served for many a year. Here is the tribute paid him by As sistant Division Superintendent \V. D. Golden: "During all his period of service he not only performed his assigned du ties ns conductor in a most creditable and satisfactory manner, but also act ed ns a business solicitor for the com pany. He was ever mindful of the comfort and convenience of the road's patrons, and his friends were legion from one end of the line to the other. "The farewell greetings bestowed upon John not only by his co-work ers and officials but by the patrons as well, were really affecting and pa thetic, and all unite in wishing for the retiring true mil faithful servant a long life of ease and comfort w hich by his untiring devotion to duty has been well and justly earned "The officials naturally regret to see the retirement of such an efficient, faithful and loyal- employe, but all unite in the sincere hope that John may long live and enjoy all the good things of life during his life. The of ficial greeting.always wound up with those words: 'Goodby, Jack, old boy. May GCW files« von, g 0,1 and faithful servant that you have l>een.'" State Bonuses I'irst. I from ths Kanes* City Times. There are lively Indications from Washington that senators and repre sentatives favoring a national .soldier bonus are hearing from the country in a pretty emphatic way. The peo ple are for the tax reduction proposed by the administration, not new obli rations that would continue present taxes for a long, long period, and pos sibly Increase them. And they are letting the members of congress know about it. There is a growing protest against granting a national bonus, if it is to l>e granted, tiefore each state has paid a bonus of its own. Nineteen states already have provided for or delivered bonuses to their former service men nnd three others are preparing to make such payments. But the most united effort for the national bonus in congress is that of democrats from the south, where not a single state has provided a bonus of Its own Also It Is pointed out that if 1 the national bonus Is allowed, these southern states would pay less than 25 per cent of the cost. Certainly members from the states that have paid bonuses of their own, or are In the way of paying them, have good reason to withhold fur ther support for that national pro vision, whether originally pledged to It or not, until all states have joined In the state bonus. Meanwhile, however, the bonus lob by In Washington, apparently well iware that time Is working against It. still Is undertaking to stampede the bonus bill through instead of tax reduc lion. They may be successful In this polity. if they will have forced through a republican congress a fundamentally democratic rneasure ns the tlrst important bill of the new session. “The People’s Voice” Editorial* from r*ad*r* of Th* Morn ing He*. Readers of Th« Morning B*-o *re Invited to us* this column freely for expression on matters of public interest. Wonderful Events at O'Neill. Decatur, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I want to vouch for the veracity of your O'Neill corres pondent which I have heard discussed hero, anti ani sorry to say that some people sccni to doubt him. For my part I believe he lias seen everything ho has written about. I had the pleasure of visiting him at one time and after a couple of hours spent in what he calls his root cellar. I saw some wonderful things myself. First, we started to hitch a tea in to the buggy, which somewhat resembled a cross between an old fashioned carryall and a flag draped caisson. After a little trouble with the le*t hand spark plug, we finally got the traces hooked to the radiator cap and stalled for town. Not much happen cd on the way. hut when I alighted at the station, I hail to walk between rows of talking white crows and curly haired snakes to where the porter, a golden haired Chinaman, set down a pink pumpkin decorated with onions and mistletoe, for me to step on in order to get into the coach. Once inside I had no trouble in get ting a seat. I had just open* <1 the window, when a purple haired mer maid with a necklace of halls drifted in and delivered a lecture on prohi bition. She then tucked the conduc tor ill the train under her arm and fell through the roof of the car. Af ter a short wait the train started and while going through the mountains missed a tunnel and we had to detour through a wheat field and across a foot bridge to where we finally came out on a good graveled road where we had to stop a few times to < hs^e % flock of singing toads out of the way. Everything went well from then on until, ns we were crossing a river on a ferry propelled by two green rr.on ke\s with oars, the brnkeman came into the car. and not liking the looks of the passengers, folded up the train and put it into his pocket. By that time.- being slightly dizzy from the effects of the roots in that root cel lar, I crawled into a lady’s handbag m the seat next to mine and went to sleep, so I don t know any more that happened on that trip, except lhat 1 woke up under a pump with a good sized stream of cold water running over me. READER. The Conflict of Religion. Omaha.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: Of course th» modernist controversy would come to any com munity where people thought and de manded the right to think. The com munity that would not welcome it would he one where intellectual stag nation reigned supreme. Pr. Oliver P. Baltzly exclaim* In Harm and in words of warning, hut the opposing stand will be stated, ar gument and counter argument made again and again, and I am sure that ill of us will he the l>etter for it. Hu man reason, faulty as It is, is full of hope for every form of progress. The modernist controversy is a religious controversy, hut it has at tracted my attention for quite tin ather reason. Religious controversies ire usually more wearisome than profitable, more confusing than en lightening. Modernism Is essentially 1 movement for freedom of thought, for unlimited exercise of the facul :ie« given to us. Not bv accident sere modernist* called ‘‘eri-lestastiral aolshevirts.” It was happily and mil logically done. Orthodox church mil state ate dlsturlied by adverse riticism and aroused to ire by out ight rebellion The safe, pleasant, ipproved thing in religion and politics s to stay satisfied Pome of us are lot content with shattering religious logma. but aim also at dogma that tecps a world of useful worker* In jondage of body and soul. We do not need to argue about God; he existence of a supreme pow'er ■eenis too manifest for thnt. ‘ Closer s He than breathing, nearer than land* or feet,” but not because a volume of high literary nnd historical value says He exists, nor because the food and gifted Pr. Baltzly declares hat a loving Heavenly Father visits ■ternal torment on all who do not iclleve the book from cover to cover. sRill In theological disputation and •reedal articles of great antiquity pave many inquiring minds unmoved, vhile kindness, patience and tender less may open wide the way to the leepest serenity and the most abid ng. intelligent faith, {experience vi llains. In hands that clasp and ■ling, in Ups that touch and thrill, in ‘yes more eloquent than words, in he love of man and woman—1* God I am not old, and much remains ihead, but twice already have I been nnde to know that an ordinary hu man being can contain enough of Divinity to carry through all the vlciasltudes of existence anil, calmly ind hopefully, up to and through the fates of death. The longest life leaves much to l>e “Xplalned, hut what It offers ought to latisfy nml fit us for another world, f there Is one. 'Keep Thou my feet; I do not ssk to see rhe distant scene—on* step enough for me.” KPMHXn R BR1MBAI GH SAY “BAYER” when you buy Unless you see the “Bayer Cross’’ on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 23 years for Colds Headache Neuralgia lumbago Pain Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism Vccept only ' Payer" package which contains proven directions. llamlv ' ll.iTri" boim of lit UbltU Also liotlW of 24 unit 100—DmpjrltU. ttl'lrlu l« Mt* ir«d» mil of n«»*r Mtnufirlurt of Uotu<«(Ylk->rl.lMtrr of btilcrUdcK LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Fresa Editor Carlson of the "Aurora Re publican insists that if the new year ts to get off to the right kind of a start a large majority of the Christ mas neckties must l>e put where they will not injure the optics of innocent bystanders. Brer Carlson must lie Jealous of some of us who got neck ties that he wanted and didn't get. • « • The York New Teller insists that the word of Secretary Hughes is lietter than that of all the representatives of the Russian soviet government put together. • • • The Neligh Leader congratulates Lieutenant Governor Johnson on be ing relieved of the troubles that lieset Lieutenant Governor Fell Barrows. "There are two important reasons," says the Leader. "One is that John son is a republican and Bryan is too suspicious to give him a chance to sit in the gubernatorial chair. Another reason, and b,v far the most important one, is that Governor Bryan, regard less of party, is not permitting au thority to slip out of his fingers." ( » • "The real ‘good fellow' does not have to be appealed to— he is," sug< i\ '■ remarks Fred Howard of the Clay Center Sun. • • • Editor Sutherland of the Tekamah Herald says Charley Sloan is "a sane, able business man, a good orator and a safe nsan to elect to any responsi ble position." • • • The Beatrice Express quotes a Bea trice woman as saying that ‘ reputa tions would get along better if ail the neighbors stuttered." • • • "Blessed are the poer in pocket," murmurs Lew Shelley of the Fairbury News, "fur a scandal in their family seldom gets on the front page." • • • The Beaver City Times-Tribunc re ports that a man in that town took a correspondence course in bee cui iure and got stung. • • • Oie Buck of the Harvard Courier juotes a local shoe clerk as saying that Harvard women want their shoes large on the inside and Small on the outside. Ole Buck of the Harvard Courier says the withdrawal from the presi dential rare of a man with Flenry F’ord's money is a great disappoint ment to a Jot of politicians. • • • Taking cognizanr* of the report that Governor Bryan “ha? his eye «n the presidential cheir," the Norfolk Press recall* sever.11 serious arridents resulting from wading out beyond one's depth. • • • Because of continued ill health Editor Shields announces the sus pension of the Benedict Booster. Benedict and the .newspaper ranks both lose. * • • • Mrs. Merwin, who conducts an in teresting department in Fleteh's paper, tne Beaver City Times Tribune, »ys with convincing earnestness: The woman who has been denied the privilege of little arms, of her own flesh and blood, encircling her neck, may take refuge in a string of pearls, but she will not find the de sired peace." Abe Martin -—V ^ We’ve made a heap o’ progress since holdin' hands wuz regarded as about th’ last stop this side o’ th’ altar. Mother kin flare up, but thank goodness she can't find an other job as quick as a hired girl. Copyright, 1924. Center Shots It does not appear that there is much danger of a war in Europe now is Jack Dempsey has said that he is going over there soon,—Newark America n-Tribune. The T'niversjty <>f California co eds who get vaccinated on the leg. "where it won't show," have great confidence n style makers.—Ko'hester Times L'nion. * Tkm't divorce your wife. Take her a dozen roses. The shock will kill her and you can use the flowers for he fdneral.—Walla Walla Bulletin. “ “ * “ It's a wise farmer who knows his -dnditlon—after reading what the pol iticians say about It.—Okmulgee Democrat. Dead leaves bring memories When nv neighbor burns them they remind ne of ni kel cigars.—Evansville Cour ier. Even to the exaggerated ego there 'omes a period of deflation.—Toledo Blade. 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