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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1924)
Today Silence and Battleships. Thank Mellon. W. L. Douglas, Builder. Wait Six Months. By ARTHUR BRISBANE y - -> President Coolidge. in the lan guage of our youth, “says a whole mouthful,” as follows: “I don’t believe thrat silence does me any harm, no candidate was ever injured by not talking too much.” Silence, to continue with mod ern English, “has it all over any line of talk." Silence is so rare among politicians that the voter saya to himself, “Since he talks so little he must be an able man.” An eagle is a silent bird. A crow isn’t. Two kinds of men are silent, great men and dull men. Very good news for the United States is this: “The president is considering the relative value of battleships and airplanes.” Those that sell battleships at $40,000,000 apiece will tell the president that the country can’t survive without plenty of battle ships. Manufacturers of hansome cabs would also have said a little while ago that the taxicab couldn’t be a real success. Before the president builds an other battleship let him ask the builder this question: “Are you willing to build that ship for $40,000,000 and guarantee that it will be afloat 10 hours after being attacked by $100,000 worth of fighting airships?” If the president discovers, as he will, that $100,000 worth of air ships, manned by men, can destroy any $40,000,000 battleship with more than 1,000 men on board, he will decide not to build battleships. Senator Wheeler will revise at leisure his statement that “Secre tary Mellon helps only the rich.” Secretary Mellon has paid off many hundred millions of govern ment debt, and borrows with low interest that saves many other mil lions. Senator Wheeler knows that little people, in the long run, pay in rent and cost of living the pub lic debt and the interest on it. What’s more important, when Harding persuaded Mellon to drop his own business, which was mak ing millions for himself, and take a government job, at the salary of a third-class salesman, he got one of the few men able to administer the finances of the United States. Secretary Mellon does help the rich. He cannot help the country without doing that. In his man rgdjnent of national finance, keep . ing; money abundant, without infla ting, he has done more than any othter 10,000 men to maintain and stabilize prosperity after the war. This country owes to Secretary Mellon a debt that it can’t pay. W. L. Douglas died in Boston yesterday. His name will be re membered among the builders of a great industry, among those that helped to free humanity from slavery, by making machines do the work of human hands. He began life driving pegs in shoes for his uncle. He lived to make machines do the work of thousands of human beings and distributed American-made shoes througout the world. Governor Small of Illinois will consider a petition asking him to reprieve a boy of 19 sentenced to death. Darrow, who argued the case of Loeb and Leopold, will ap peal to the governor. If it is desired to uphold respect for the courts, it would be unwise to hang any 19-year-old boy in Illinois until the people forget— say, six months. What is civilization? You can't answer that question, for real civ ilization has not yet appeared. We can imagine things that might occur in civilization. For instance: On the front page of a news paper you read in big type with unlimited space how “American team wins, 14 to 5, again beating the British at polo.” On the same page in small type few words about it, you read of "47 Miners Buried Alive in a Mine Blast That Chokes the Pit of a Wyoming Mine.” .Everybody excited about the polo game, reads all about it. Few pay much attention to the 47 men buried alive, and skim over that quickly. In real civilization that “news interest” would be reversed. The Danish minister of justice visiting a Copenhagen prison, says murdei'ers “usually committing crimes under great excitement and regretting them,” are the most pleasing of criminals. Something in human nature makes many of us sympathize with violent crime. After men have out grown all risk of committing minor crimes, the possibility of violent crime still remains. Our ancestors implanted that deeply within us. Many a man that would not steal food to save his life would kill to avenge his honor—and expect ap plause. (Copyright. 1924.) Farmers Protest Closing of Station at Houston York, Sept. 18.—Thorne A. Brown, member of the state railroad com mission; R. W. McGinnis, superin tendent of the Northwestern railway, and other railway officials have heard this week at Hinston protests against closing of the station there. The station was closed two months ago by the railway commission, at the request of the Northwestern rail way, which contended that it was not a paying station. Fifty fanners resid ing in the vicinity assert that, closing of the station will greatly inconven ience them and depreciate their prop erty values. The rase has been tnk en under advisement. Diversified Farming to Be Discussed at Exposition Columbus, Neb., Sept. 38.—lJivers. fied farming as the principal solution of rural economic difficulties will be One of the leading subjects stressed in the exhibitions of the nine counties participating in the Mid-Nebraska ex position here, September 23 to 26, Di. \V. K. Neunjarker, chairman of the agricultural and livestock committee of the exposition, announced today, adding that special attention would bo given dairy cattle and dairy prod ucts. I Special Values For Friday at | IN iVrist Watches M 10-Jewel, 25-Ye»r Whit. Gold C"*! ^ -a»a. An $18.00 value at ■I $8.50 Sj OS - 2 £ Elgin Watches C/i t /if A real Man’s Watch, finely ^ Jeweled, 20-Year White or ^ Green Cold Case, j ^ ^ $10.95 X e © • ■ ■■■■ “ | | | ^ I 5 Tudor Plate "* Community-Mede k . | 2«-Piece Set ^ Silverware ^ Extra Special, i ; w $8.95 3 J. HENRICKSON j | N. E. Corner 16th and Capitol j t Dairv Boosters Planning Big Trip Into Wisconsin Sperial Train to Leave Oma ha September 27 for Na tional Show; Reser vations Open. The Nebraska Dairy Development society is all cocked and primed for real constructive work. The fact that the society has not been prominent in the public eye of late does not implv that it has not been at work. It re quires a lot of organization work to get a society of that kind into good running order. And that is just the kind of work that has been going on, getting the machinery hooked up with the power plant, the belting on the wheels, the fuel in the bins and the right engineers and mechanics to keep things running smoothly omo the power is turned on. Now the real work of the society Is beginning. First, the farmers must be interested in dairying, and the way to accomplish that is to show them Its possibilities. And after they are interested they must be assisted in promoting the dairy business. Nat every milk cow is a dairy animal any more 1han a bunch of tin, four wheels and a gas tank is an automobile. The successful dairy farmer must not only know how to milk, but he must know what to milk. Wisconsin Trip Planned. Recognizing all this, the Nebraska Dairy Development society is plan ning on taking 130 interested fanners on a trip through the great dairy sec tions of Wisconsin, where dairying is dairying, not merely milking cowj. They will see model dairies, large and small, study the dairy business at first hand, get Information as to type and form and feed and keep, and then wind up at the national dairy 3how in Milwaukee on September 30. The special dairy train will leave Omaha over the Burlington at 8.30 p. m., September 27, arriving in Ap pleton, Wis., the next afternoon. There the investigators will be car ried around In automobiles for day, making a thorough study of the fa mous Fox river valley, where da'ry ing has reached its highest and most profitable development. There one finds a creamery’ or a cheese factory every few miles and both at nearly every crossroads. Waupaca county will be visited the next day, followed by visits to other points. First 130 May Go. It Is going to he an educational trip of unusual value, and destined to give dairying In Nebraska a great impetus. Farmers who are really in terested In dairying are the men the managers of the Nebraska Dairy De velopment society want to carry on this trip. There will be room for loO such on the "dairy special" and the first to apply will be given reserva tions on the Pullmans making up the train. A number of reservations have already been made, but there ts room for more. O. H. Letbers. manager of the so riety and actively connected with the college of agriculture at Lincoln, has charge of all the arrangements, and all inquiries should be dlrtfetd to him at Lincoln, In care of the agil cultural college. The expenses of the trip will be si most nominal. SI* days of lnforma tive sightseeing and everything fur nished but the meals for 550.45 looks good and It Is good. In addition lo the sleepers there will be a diner and an observation car on the trabi. But Manager Leihers w-111 tell .ill about It If asked by those who arc in terested in the trip and desirous of getting flrset-hand knowledge of how the dairy game Is played. STORM HAMPERS FAIR AT ALBION Albion, Neb., Sept. 18.—Boone coun ty fair opened Monday under unfnv erable condtions. It rained nearly all day and the roada were almost Im passable. Consequently much of ex hibit material was late In arriving. Only a small crowd was on the grounds Tuesday, but the program was carried out with the exception of races, the track being too muudy for use. The horticultural display is good, but the agricultural hall is not as crowded as usual. The live stock showing is good, but * little short in horses. There are more race horses on the ground than ever be fore, numbering 76, and among them are some of the fastest ever brought here. Wednesday was pleasant and the attendance was good, although the heavy roads kept away those from a distance. With continued continued good weather Thursday and Friday record-smashing crowds are expected. The hall game Tuesday was one sided, Klgln defeating Oak dale by a score of 15 to 2. Veteran Burlington Train Conductor Given New Run Wymore, Neb., Sept. 18.—G. W. Harpster, veteran Burlington pnssen ger conductor, who had been assigned to Nos. 89 and 90 between Wymore and Concordia, for which mixed trains were substituted recently, has taken Nos. 19 and 28, between Bin coin and St. Joseph, on this division, Ailing the vacancy caused by the re cent death of H. S. Cronkhlte. It la understood that passenger trains Nos. 19 and 28 will be taken off by the railway with the Issuing of a new time table September 28 and a mfxed train between Table Rock and Bin coin similar to the Irish mail, which ran over that territory for many year*, will be substituted. This will cause another move for several train crews. Precipitation From Fop Two-Hundredths of Inch Columbus, Neb., Sept. 18.—Two hundredths of sn Inch precipitation was recorded by A. A. Dodendorf, local weather observer, aa the result of an unusually heavy fog which left trees and grasses bending alm> #t to the breaking point by tha excessive amount of moisture. It was pro nounced the heaviest fog pver record ed in the Platte and I,oup river val leys. _ Methodists F 1 to Raise S500,()fl0 Des Moines Conference Voted Pensions for Retired Ministers. t^larinda, la.. Sept. IS.—Des Moines M. K. conference voted to raise a $500,000 fund for retired and super annuated ministers. In a campaign to start md later than November. 1925. Dr. Dun Hrummitt, editor of the Northwestern, outlined the policy of his magazine, lie would make it a paper for laymen of the whole terri tory in which every opinion will be presented. Dr. Biummitt gave an illustrated talk in open fnrum last night. Dr. Raymond Johnson of the lioard of public morals, urged every minister to preach an old-time election sermon the Sunday before the last registra tion day and get out ths voters. "John Barleycorn shows signs of life and must be stilled; the bootlegger is at large," he said. "Every minister should preach a temperance sermon at least once a year." I)r. Ralph Williamson came In from Ames with a bandage on his right hand, whlrh was rut to the Jtone on the windshield when his car collided with another and went over. BROWNVILLE GETS ' ELECTRIC LIGHTS Auburn, Neh., Sept. 18.—For the first time in the 68 years of its ex istenre the quaint little village of Brownsville, second oldest town In Nebraska, was lighted by electricity Tuesday night, when the current was turned on from the plant of the Western Public Service company of this city. The electric service com pany has been at work all summer erecting the line to Brownville, as well as branch lines to Howe and Ne maha, and is now prepared to give ample service to private homes as well as public. The town of Howe also was lighted by electric lights for the first time Tuesday. It is planned to light up Nehama next Tuesday night and a larger number of lights have been contracted for by the town with a view toward Installing a boulevard light system on its main streets next yea r. Beatrice—rj. H. Van Horne, super intendent of mails at Boairice post office, has just celebrated his J6th year as postal employe. f \ Rebuilding Sal* Friday—Sweater Day Misses’ "Bob’* Sweaters Values Beat to 15.00 || 00 New Friday II IIX Autumn Morning VIVV Shades F. W. Thorne Co. Only One Cleaner and That the Best! We have tested all makes of cleaners for mechanism — for wear — for per formance—for service. The Premier Duplex has really proven itself “first j i among cleaners." 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