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The Morning Bee ) M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO- Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief. Busineas Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Asoociated Press, of which The Bee is a member, la exclusively entitled to ‘he use for publication of al! 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. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as sccond-ciasa matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for »T lantir 1OOO the Department or Person Wanted. lanilC 1V/VO OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnmm Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W Cr. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit— Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angelas—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta— Atlanta 1 rust Bldg. THE FIRST BATTLE. Congratulations to President Coolidge. Con gratulations to the farmers of the middlewest. His proclamation setting the tariff on wheat 12 cents higher than the rate fixed by the Fordney-McCum ber law will benefit a greatly distressed industry. The battle for the farmer has brought substan tial results, in the promulgation of a higher tariff rate on wheat. This does not mean that the cam paign is ended. It is only a step toward the goal. When the agricultural industry is placed on a stable, secure foundation, we may rest and look around us. So long as experts have to write long explanations yf why farm prices are so far out of line with other prices, The Omaha Bee will continue to fight for a readjustment. Morning always comes. No night ever was so long that it did not end in the glad sunrise of a new day. The Omaha Bee congratulates its farmer friends that a new day is begun with the president’s proclamation. It is splendid that at this critical time there was in Washington a president with the courage to act. And it is to be remembered that the president acted when congress failed. In that new day now dawning for the fanners it is reasonable to expect that the wheat, growers of the west and northwest will find relief from the problem that has so sorely per plexed them. It does not contain the entire solu tion, but it is a start, and offers a way out. A\ heat can not be produced as cheaply in the United States aa in Canady Therefore, it is unfair to require our farmers to compete in the home market with the farmers north of the border. Land is higher in value here, taxes are higher, labor is higher, and export railroad rates are higher. On these factors rest the cost of producing wheat, and the increased tariff is intended to help equalize the differences. To give the farmers of the United States the protection they need against the competition they can not otherwise fairly meet. Without this relief, the farmer’s case would be hopeless, for he can not go on, year after year, pro ducing wheat at a loss. The Omaha Bee has led the fight for this form of relief. , While other papers have recommended to the farmer that he pull down hie own house and the houses of his neighbors, through demanding free trade for all commodities, this newspaper has stead fastly contended that the correct course would be to give the farmer the additional protection needed through an increase in the tariff. It would not be in any sense helpful to cut off the consuming power of the nation through a general reduction in tariff, with the consequent destruction of wage scales. American farmers grow wheat primarily to feed American workingmen. • • • When last fall the railroads declined to make the temporary concession in freight rates asked on wheat and flour intended for export, The Omaha Bee made its demand for a higher tariff on wheat. This was pressed, until the attention of congress was •aught, and the Williamson bill was introduced. . President Coolidgc was approched, and his interest faulted in immediate response. An intensive drive wai -begun by the publication of its special wheat editiofl by The Omaha Bee. That permitted the massing of tabulations that showed the exact condi tions. Freight rates, especially, favored the Cana dian growers. Other elements that worked against iur farmers were brought out in high light. The recaption of that publication at Washington justified he labor and expense it involved. From President Coolidge down, the section was studied, and its ef fect was immediate, Henry C. Wallace, secretary r>f agriculture, wrote to the editor of The Omaha Bee: "The Intelligent and sympathetic Interest the strong city papers like The Omaha Bee are taking in the agrieultura! situation are most encouraging and helpful. We can not hope to have general na tional prosperity until agriculture Is fairly pros perous, and In helping bring this about you are cer tainly serving your constituents, rural and urban. Congressman Shallenberger acknowledged the editiort with a compliment as follows: "Any newspaper that w-lll go to the expense and trouble that The Omaha Bee has In showing up the present transportation rates to the farmer Is going to do much in aiding me to prove to committee mem bers that the farmer of the mlddlewest Isn't get ting a square deal, and Instant remedial action Is necessary." • * • One of the effects of the campaign we have so vigorously carried on was the study by the Tariff commission of the situation in the light of the show ing made by this paper. Out of that study came the report to the president that the farmers of the great transmississippi region were seriously handicapped, that their production and marketing costs were^ much higher than those in Canada. On this report the president’s proclamation is based. What its entire effect will be must wait on time, but its immediate effect wii Ibe t.o improve the farmer’s position in the home market. The steady stregm of Canadian wheat, pouring across the north ern border, will be checked if not, entirely stopped. The home grown product will benefit directly and without causing an increase in burden in the way of added cost of living. • • • We congratulate once mure the farmers of this region on the victory that is theirs. In serving them we have pursued the fixed and definite policy of Tim Omaha Bee. All the weight it has, all the power it possesses, will ever be exerted in the direction of building up the region it represents. Our purpose and aim la always to be constructive. This wonder fully fertile region, which blooms each year like a _Paradise, is worth working for and fighting for, and The Omaha Bee will always be found in the vanguard of any movement that has for its aim the development of the empire in the center of which it is published. OMAHA AND THE NEIGHBORS. One of the elementary jobs of the Omaha For ward committee will be to establish eloser relations between the city and the country. It should not be inferred from this that Omaha is not on good terms with the neighbors. On the contrary, the most cordial relations exist. To further cement them, and to extend the service of one to the other is the big job ahead. The interdependence of one on the other is ap preciated by all. One most regrettable fact is that considerable prejudice has been aroused against busi ness through demagogic agitations. Very little re flection is required to show how foolish this prejudice is. Business, big business, if you please, has done much for the world. It was business that penetrated the wilderness and brought it into subjection for man’s benefit. Big business has built railroads, tunneled mountains, built dams, set up power houses, provided transportation and markets. From all of these things benefits have been derived by all. Nor has- the farmer been the least of the beneficiaries. The city is not a great monster, fattening off the country. The city is the creature of the country. No city grows faster than the region around it and which it serves. On the other hand, the rural regions depend for their prosperity on the city, which con sumes what the country produces. Nowhere in life does one hand wash the other more completely than in this relation between town and country. And, just as the large city serves the country, so does it also serve the small city, the town or ham let. A chain of relationships holds them all- together. Without dilating on these obvious facts, it is not out of place to argue for a better understanding and a closer communion between the town and the country, whose situations are so closely allied. Whatever helps one helps the other, and the other way around is also true. If Omaha grows, it will not be at the expense or the region around about, but because that region is also prosperous and thrifty. Omaha is the market center, and from Omaha's business institutions, wholesale, retail, financial and manufacturing enterprises will flow advantages for the farms and the smaller com munities. When this element of mutual interdependence and helpfulness is made clear, much of the harm done by unreasoning debate will vanish. Greater Omaha means that all the territory around Omaha will be greater. Nothing is plainer than that, for the in terests of the city and the country around it can not be separated. COTTON SENATOR AND THE WHEAT FARMER. Nathaniel Barksdale Dial of Laurens, S. C., is true to the tradition that landed him in the United States senate. The administration has been and is trying to do what is possible to relieve the distress in the wheat-raising regions of the west and north west. Senator Dial therefore opposes any plan that is brought forward, with all the vehemence of his fiery nature. Just now he is uttering vitriolic diatribes against the measure that aims at allowing $50,000,000 to be loaned to farmers in the region affected, that they may make a new start. It is not a gift that is proposed. Simply a loan, that will in good season be returned with interest. The government has aided in the construction of railroads, has improved rivers and harbors, has done many things in times past to help others. Now it is proposed to give a little attention to the situation'of farmers, who, through no fault of their own find themselves in a dire predicament. “I do not believe in taking the money of the taxpayers to pay for any man’s mistake,” shouts Senator Dial. Neither do we. But just across the way from Senator Dial sits Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, who is trying to add $25,000,000 to the bill for the benefit of the cotton farmers of his sec tion. Has the senator from South Carolina raised his voice against this? Not so you could notice it. South Carolina is not a wheat growing state. With a population larger than that of Nebraska, the total wheat production of the state is only 1,300,000 bushels, or less than one bushel per capita. When it comes to cotton, the state shines. And it is only 10 year since we were besieged with the pleas to save the cotton farmer of the south. Senator Dial’s memory at the moment is conveniently short. The senators may not know it, but the people are much more interested in the conviction and punishment of the guilty than they are in any par tisan political advantage to be gained by the oil in vestigation. One of the Cherry sisters hopes to be mayor of Cedar Rapids. We are afraid she stands even a worse show than the ones she helped to give a quarter of a century ago. The discovery of a method whereby bugs may be heard talking does not surprise us a little bit. We long since became accustomed to hearing "nuts” talk. It appears that Editor McLean’s greatest need is an alert, efficient office boy. The “Old Faithfuls” in the senate continue to spout every day. • t Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie L_:___/ WHEN YOU’VE LEARNED TO FIND YOUR WAY. "I have asked for his assistance," sold a man whose fame Is won; "I have called uppn my father as I* true of every son. Jle has failed to do precisely as I sometimes felt he should, , But I've learned to know that father always acted for my good. • I have gnown the trials that somehow aeem Impossi ble to meet When a hoy lijjs grown to manhood and forsakes the light and sweet; I have yearned for hands to lead me through the shadows of despair; I have been depressed and lonely, thinking father wasn't there. •'But 1 ve found that he was With me when I thought I whs alone, And I've learned to tight the battles that were right fully my own, And I see. In glancing backward, bow lie wisely lifted me To the heyday "f rny greatness where lie hoped that I could be." When your father •Wins neglectful, and your lasks are doubly grim. And you haie to light your bottles—you are most In debt to him; And the guidance that lie gives you, though devoid of all display, Proves Its blessedness and prudence when you ve learned to Itnd your way. I Editorial!* from readers of The Morning Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are invited to use this column freely for expression on matters of public interest. Importance of Dairy Markets. Newark, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: At the present time there is considerable Influence of different sources working In Ne braska to promote or develop our dairy efforts to a point where It looks like every man must use his own judgment in considering the proposition for his own protection as well as for those who are already milking a few cows and making a small profit on their work. We have the influence of the as sociation recently organized, promot ed chiefly by chambers of commerce, bankers and city business men, all of whose interests are directly in sym pathy with the farmers’ interests and their efforts are well meant. It's their earnest desire to put their good will and moral in fluences at work where the most good will be done but their enthusiasm to help the farmer In his present diffi culties, by placing every farmer In a dairymans Job does not look like good Judgment. Then we have the influences of a score or more of field men put in the state by the dairy associations of the established dairy districts. These men's interests are not direct ly connected with ours. They are working for the interests that are paying them their salary and their efforts are to sell cows for the men who are paying them. Their argu ment will be that the dairymen are riding easy; have had no trouble in meeting their financial obligations, and In every way, the dairy has been successful. But none of them will tell us of the trials that must be gone through before a dairy district is suc cessfully established; that every man must be educated properly to select his cows, to care for them and feed them and, if he hasn’t a natural in clination to like to milk, he must de velop one or educate his family to liking the work. Getting a satis factory market established for our products Is another matter that must be worked out. These men will not tell us that we me considerably further away from consumers of our products, and that we have only one large city where high class manufacturing is the chief industrj, with highly paid workmen employed, to where the successfully established dHiry districts have a dozen such cities. They will not tell us that tlie cows they are offering lo sell us are the less profitable pro ducers In the herds from which they come, nor will they tell us that the worst enemy of the milk cow—tuber culosis—is prevalent in many of the dairy districts from which they are shipping, also contagious abortion, another big money loser Is quite com mon. And they will not toll us a thing about crooked veterinarians that will pass this class of stuff for transportation, hut the United States I a partment of Agriculture and the Bureau of Animal Husbandry will tell us tliat it Is a fact. Nor will these men tell us that a milk cow on high production must be accordingly fed % highly balanced ration, that she will not eat waste feed nor rustle In the corn stalks and produce milk to any hetler advantage than aomc tif our own acrub cows do. And they will not tell us that If they succeed In getting two men ivanting to buy each cow that they liave to sell, naturally the price goes up on the cow. These field men will not tell us any of these things but every Nebraska farmer knows ttieni without being told, and if he d*ei not let current Influences misdirect his Judgment, there will be no w-ild rush into an industry that Is being established In our state under unnatural influences. Then again, we have tlie influence of personal and general unrest caused by the failure of any line of farming or stock raising that we have been engaged in to ray satisfactory re turns for the effort* that we have put in for the last three years. Most farmers are discouraged to the point of considering any proposition In the line of their ability that wilt promise something more in the way of profits than the work of their own choosing has lieen paying, regardless of their natural desires or personal likes or dislikes. Some of us have reached the point where It seems that failure lias camped on our efforts and we have lost confidence In our ability and are ready to look favorably on any nrguinent that looks like a more successful position and some of us will grasp milking a* an industry like a drowning man grasps a straw, because direct and Indirect lnfluencea have made It look like a life saver. If the Nebraska farmer will use ilia own good Judgment in making Ills decision to milk or not to milk cows aw a chief source of revenue, allowing his personal surroundings and in clinations to dictate his actions, and not allow Ida desire to meet financial conditions In such a successful way as that of the picture that Is being painted of the way Wisconsin dairy men have met them; giving duo con sideration of the fact that dairying might be highly satisfactory and suc cessful In a dozen men's hands and yet lie equally dissatisfactory and un successful in one man's hands. The Nebraska farmer who is now meeting some small success with his milk sows has passed over some of the difficult spots In the business. He has gained some experience and knowledge that is valuable to him and he has jsild for his present line of profit* that he may be getting, hut If we allow lnfluencea to lead every farmer to milking cows with the idea of puiting the produce on the mar kets without giving any considera tion to the establishment of a mar krt for the product, will nil our ef forts be satisfactory or will we helf ruin conditions for those who are now making a small success of milk ings'.' BOYLt RADFORD. A legislator on Norris. Walthill. Neb.— To the Editor of The Omaha Her: Under date of March 1 The Omaha Bee published an editorial clipping from the Bea trice Express that strikes toe ns being misleading. It Is as far afield as tin) thing I have seen In many years. The article In question Is against our flitted .Stales senator, < leorge \S Norris. It accuses Srnatoi Norris of being more friendly to the bolshevik than the folks at heme. It accuses him of aiding the German cause In embarrass our government during the «nr. that be Is a destructive critic that III" work lias been almost value less, that be Is loo radical, that lie is not a republican or democrat, that he In a hybrid political entity. 1 will not comment on the above It nerds ti') comment It Is disgust Ing to read mu article like p from a place almost surrounded by corn Helds If |m» the flavor of certain In Alienees, but, thank tosl, that II I" not mandatory for us I" dlgi si Senator Norris has a deep-rooted reputation among tic voters of tin slate. Tltev like him. They have put him there. Whan be strikes ho lilts hard. He Is a power: he Is heard, and for the people. He Is Ashling for fairness snd Justice and letting the chips fall where they may. WALTER SANDQUIST. By EDWIN G. PINKHAM The Compromise of the Constitution U hen a table is to be made, and the edges of the flanks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both and makes a good joint.—Benjamin Franklin, urging coin promise in the constitutional convention. XXV III. □HEN Hamilton rose with his plan, New Jersey, to meet the views of the smaller states, already had submit ted through Mr. Patterson a plan of Its own. it called for a national legis lature of but one house with Its pow ers derived from the states instead of front the people. The executive was to be plural. The power of the legis lature w-as to be limited, like that of the congress under the articles of con federation. * Madison and Wilson spoke strongly against the New- Jersey plan. It w'as, they pointed out, a mere patchwork of the confederation which already had broken down. Hamilton now ad vanced t lie bold proposition that the stales ought virtually to be extin guished. He could see no necessity for them in any plan that aimed at nationality, fie did not scruple to declare, that in theory, the British government was the best in the world. The house of lords, as being a perron^ nent interest interposed between the crown and the commons, a bulw-ark against the encroachments of both, he regarded ns "a noble institution," hut could see no hope of Its counter part In America. As to an executive, he doubted If a good one could be es tablished on republican principles, and a good executive he deemed indis pensable to good government. He was aware, however, that the convention must adhere to the republican prin ciple. and falling in with that neces sity he offered a plan that would, he believed, give to such a government the centralized powers necessary to its stability. His plan was for a national legislature or congress composed of to assembly and a senate; the assem bly to be chosen by the people for three years, the senate to be chosen for life, by electors chosen by the people. The executive, called a gov ernor, was to be chosen for life by electors. The, federal government was to appoint the governors of the states, and all State laws not in conformity with the laws of the United States were to be void. The militia of th» states was to be under the direct and sole control of the United states and to be officered by appointment by the national executive. This was the strongest note of nationalism sounded In the convention, and. as it transpir ed. was too strong for it. At the conclusion of the debates on the various plans the convention voted in committee to report the Virginia plan, which thus, liefnre the end of June, came formally before the con vention for debate and amendment. Again the question of representa tion furnished the issue for conten tion. States' rights, equality, no despotism, were the rallying cries of the smaller states. The debates be came bitter. Bedford of J)elaware de dared that sooner than be crushed by their neighbors the small states would invite a foreign power to take them by the hand. "Take a foreign power by the hand!" cried Rufus King, springing to his feet. “I am sorry the gentle man said that. I hope he can excuse the remark on the ground of pas sion." * The alignment of the abates on this; question of voting power In the na-1 tional legislature was now as follows: For representation In both houses on the basis of wealth and population, stood Virginia. Pennsylvania. Massa chusetts. North and South Carolina and (leorgln. For equal suffrage In both houses, stood New Jersey. Con necticut. Maryland and Delaware Rhode Island and New Hampshire were not represented, and New York’s delegation was split. The temper of the convention was now such that it could make no prog ress in any direction, and South faro llna moved that the question he referred to a select committee. This wae done and the convention reresse.l for three days while the committee fought the Issue out. The committee reported on July S a compromise measure by which representation In the lower house of congress should he on the heels of population, and In the upper house be equal. As a further balancing of powers It was recommended that all revenue bills should origlnsfe In the popular branch. -The report further recommended that the representation In the popular branch should he on the basis of one delegate for every ln,000 Inhabitants, counting three tifths of all persona not free, except Indians. This was a concession to th» south, which would thus gain rep resentation for three out of five of Its slaves. When this report was read two dele gates from New York withdraw from the contention. On July 1? the de bate on the method of electing the ex ecutlve came on and Oouverneur Mor ris contended for his election by the people. The executive, he raid. If elected hy the legislature and made Impeachable by It. could onlv he the creature of that body. If the people ' Abe Martin k__ Cashier Wesley Moots of our state hank has resigned while tiler's yit time. Even if we know we're right ever'tnlng cost* so much wc can’t git ahead tCoryrlfht, 1124 > elected him he would be a man of con tinental reputation; their choice would be free; if the congress elected him it would be by intrigue, cabal and faction. Sherman of Connecticut doubted if the people would take a continental view. He though they would vote (to a man from their own state, and that nobody would have a majority of the votes. The most populous state would have the best chance of electing its man. On the question being sub mitted only Pennsylvania voted for election by the people. As the work of the convention neared its end much unfinished busi ness was left to select committees where compromises were thres' ed cut. Among other subjects this of the elec tion of the executive was so referred, and on September 4 a committee that had been appointed to consider it vested the election in a bodv of electors to be appointed by the state legislatures, such electors to tie equal In number to the whole num ber of senators and representatives On September g a committee on style was appointed to revise and ar range the articles agreed upon. The committee consisted of Madison. Ham ilton, Oouverneur Morris* King and Johnson. The document was en grossed on September 15 and two davs lntei- was laid before the con vention ti be signed. Franklin made a piea for unanimity, but it was futile. rtf the 55 delegates present only 3D signed. Washington signed first. Franklin, defeated in his at tempt to win over the if irrecon -il.-* bies, had still a last word of ehf' rv good hope. On the wall behind Washington’s (hair was a painting of a sunrise, as the members were signing Franklin pointed to this, and said lhat paint rs had difficulty In distinguishing on canvas a setting from a rising sun. "Often.’’ he said, "in the course of these sessions J have looked at that picture without being aide to tell whether the sun was rising or set ting Hut now, at length. I have the happiness to know it is a rising and not a setting sun.'' (Copyright, Kansas City Star ) ( Where the Tall Corn Grows '—-J After mature deliberation the Knox ville Journal decides that the Mellon tax plan waj designed to reduce taxes and produce prosperity; the demo cratic plan to soak the rioh and pro duce votes. "If you want to stop prosperity and cause misery and want, Just keep on shouting calamity,” advises the Hum boldt Republican. The Marshalltown Tlmes-Repub llcan remarks that if Newton D. Baker has no thoughts of being pres ident, than Newt is thinking along public lines. "Nobody else thought of It. either," says the Tlmes-Repub llcaii. Noting that a man named Damrich is In a western poorhouse, the Daven port Democrat admits that ghake speure was right whe*i he said there's nothing In a name. Somebody asked the Hampton Chronicle If people could get married on $3,000 a tear, and the Chrontde replied that it could be done easier than people could stay married on $35,000 a year. "As the voters look over th* con grces assembled In Washington they can see some good material for can ning," mutters the Dcs Moines Regis ter. The Clinton Herald admits that It would like to know what Mr. Bryan thinks of Brisbane's statement that monkeys don't think, but onjv make noise and feel emotions. The Waterloo Tribune Inform* u* that when Mr. McAdon wa* told that Senator Heed was responsible for the scandal, he became more virtuous than ever. "Sure, we ought to have a law against all taxes, ‘ sarcastically re plies the Waterloo Tribune to Sen ator Magnus Johnson's declaration that he's ag in all nuisance taxes. "When a man refuse* to testify because he might Incriminate himself, the people do not have to swalt the verdict of 12 men to knowf who Is guilty," asserts the Manson Journal. When in Omaha Hotel Conant N ET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for February, 1924, of THE OMAhA BEE Daily . | Sunday . Do*i net include returns, left overs. samples •» papers spoiled in , printini and Include* no special aales nr lira circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M«r. SufltrlM and •wot* to hilar, me tht. 4th day of Matrh, 1994 W. H. QU1VEY. ISmII Notary Publla I SUNNY SIDE UP ! Jake Comfort, nor forget | Jhat Simrt.e never J The Candidate. Who Is it meets you with a smile And warmly grasps 5'otir hand. Concerned about your health the while And saying. ‘‘You look grand?" Who is it now that pats your hack And says. "You're looking groat”— Why, hully-gee, 'tls certain-lee The anxious candidate. Who Is It now that's most concerned About how things are run; Whose heart for Justice long has burned And wants to see it done? Who Is It now that wants to save Us from untimely fate? To tell the truth, It is the smooth And anxious candidate. * Who Is It now, with strong intent Would step right in the breach To stop us going fast hellbent Beyond all saving reach? Who is it that with anxious heai t Would serve and save the state? Gor-blyme, bo. it is, you know. The anxious candidate. Adam Bede tells of how he went to a little city to make an address on community spirit and civic enterprise. So remarkable were th£ results of that speec i that a week later the Ku Klux Klan basket ball team played the Knights of Columbus team for the city championship, the game be ing played In the Afro-American gym nasium for the benefit of the Jewish Welfare league. Something of that kind of community and civic spirit jrnust exist in Hartington. Re tt remembered that Hartington is the capital of Cedar county, with a population of shout 1,800. It has the handsomest and most commodidus municipal auditorium in the west. Omaha, Lincoln and Holdrege have larger ones, but they are barn-like structures compared with the archi tectural beauty that Hartington has erected. It is a real community cen ter. When a city of 1,800 will cheer fully spend $75,000 for a community center, you may depend upon it that the aforesaid little city Is worth while. "but a handsome auditorium Is not the only mark of civic enterprise There is the splendid high school building. It was erected only a few ywirs ago, and at that time was thought to be large enough for a generation. Three years ago Super intendent Steinbach took charge of the Hartington schools. Then there were 91 students enrolled !n the high school. Today there are 19S, and the school is congested. -— i The school plant situation will be taken care of in doe time. No fear on that score. Then there is the public playground, maintained by the school district for the benefit of all the people. It has an adequate grandstand an»1 bleachcre, Is located ill the heart of the little city, and is kept up like a park. Instead of be ing an eyesore it is really an addition to the looks of the city. Yes, they play Sunday ball In Hart ington. But residents whose homes front on the ball park tell me that While the crowds sometimes get very enthusiastic, there is peter any pro fanity. and the man who offers to bet iironey on the game Is quietly notified once to forget it. The sec ond notification is by the sheriff, t^ho escorts the offender front the prem ises. Hartington also has a pretty little public library building, with plenty of good books. A hasty glance at Its records reveals that the library Is looked upon by Hartington people as something to be used, not merely something to be looked at. The Knights 'of Columbus own a handsome three-story clubhouse on tlie main street, and Its lutnuuet room is used whenever there is something big in the eat and talk line. Last Tuesday night we had the great honor to stand up and talk to nearly 300 fathers and sons who had met to eat and play together. Aside from the main address of the evening It was a wonderfully successful affair. It was convincing proof that Hartington dads are working systematically to rear sons who will .carry on when it comes to boosting Hartington and its territory. And there Is plenty of proof that the sons are going to do that very thing. Hartington has a number of well known and popular citizens, but Carl Lange is perhaps the l est known and most popular. Call is the most deco rated soldier in Nebraska. Carl is a husky young fellow, blit he has hard ly enough chest dh which to hang the medals he won during the world war. One medal would cause General Foeli to stop, salute and kiss Carl on both rheek' f Carl didn’t see the gen eral first. By the way. we are informed that | the county' council of defense of Cedar county had considerable cash on hand when the armistice wan s gned, which sum is still somewhere. As one impressed by Hartington. and by the war record of Cedar county. ■■vc suggest that the fund be brought to light and expended in erecting a bronze tablet to the Cedar county boys who rallied to the. colors when the call came. It really isn't any of our business, but it so strikes u*. Nor should another factor In Hart ington s community life be overlooked. That little c-itv has one of the pret t set. best conducted and most popu lar hotels in Nebraska. And aa is right and proper, every' citizen boosts tor it. There isn't a frame store building in the lAn. The parochial school is well attended. The churches are well supported. The average of the resi dences is away above normal. And the commercial club is always on the Job. There is no mystery about all this. Hartington ha* two live, wide awake newspapers, the New* and the Her ald. They are rot looked upon as something to be "supported.” but as something to use to good advantage. If the smailer citie* of Nebraska want to send out committees to in vestigate methods that result In pro gressive cities, develop community* sp rit and enterprise, keep the young folks interested in home affair*, and harmonize ail elements, we suggest that Hartington be given the most thorough investigation. They've ac complished all those things in that ^ splendid little city. WILL M. MAfPIX. 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