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The Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N 1 N G—S U W P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER, Editor in ChiefBusiness Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' j The Associated Press, of which Tha Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also tha local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee Is a member of tha Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at j Omaha postoffice, under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for * T 1 1 AAA the Department or Person Wanted. * IhlltlC 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg. j New York City—270 Madison Avenue ! Seattle—A. L. Nietz, 514 Leary Bldg. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.00, 6 months $3.00, 3 months $1.75, 1 month 76c DAILY ONLY 1 year 14 .50, 6 months $2.75. 8 months $1.50, 1 month 75c I | SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.76, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month: daily only, 75c per month; Sunday only, 60c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.....1 month 85c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday.1 month 65c, 1 week 15c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 5C V--1 and out of that eventually conies wisdom, which brings true success. Young Fiske ought to be worth much more than $1,000 a year. He probably is. Yet it seems that even the chaste conditions of Cambridge can produce a "bit of an ass’’ at times, and the young man is proving the fact. He will have his sensation. We hope, he will recover his balance. John Fiske’s name deserves better preservation. CONSOLIDATING farm interests. Addressing the farmers of the nation, President Coolidge paid them a very high compliment. Merely stating the fact in his introductory remarks, the pres ident said; "Nobody is going to advance his own interests by playing upon the presumption of the farmer's ignorance, or selfishness, or incapacity to think ac curately. The visionary and the demagogue invaria bly discover that the farmer does not want their unsound proposals of panaceas. He does not de mand special treatment and class favoritism. He wants a fair show, and when he gets it lie can be relied upon to take good care of himself and to contribute substantially toward taking care of the rest of us." In a society where commerce and industry is characterized by the extent and effectiveness of com binations, the isolated individualism of the farmer lias proven a sad handicap. Therefore it is recom mended that he give attention to such consolidations of interest as will safeguard his position without destroying the independence that really gives him his most tangible advantage. A system of co-operative marketing and purchasing, whereby the farmer can eliminate inequalities from which he now suffers seems possible. Such a system should not, however, so operate as to concentrate control in a few hands. The mil lions engaged in agriculture should be increased rather than diminished in number, and each man would be at all times able to stand alone, master of his own acres. Preserved in this regard, pro tected as other great industries are protected, the farmer would have full opportunity for development. Nostrums and panaceas popularly proposed will not accomplish this. Human wisdom can so provide, however, that the farmer may consolidate his inter ests with other farmers as to serve him best with no loss of his independence. We need no peasantry in America, but we do need the farmer described by the president. A • m S . Squaring the Household Expenses With the Income l__ A.ND thiS GAS BU-L, SEEMS TjOWE FOR THE -AMOUNT OF UGHT AND COOK/NC-r YOU Do it's unnecessarily LARGE ? > A Sunny side up lake Comfort, nor forge t. * lhat Sunrise ne\/er failed u.s uet: CtUaLVhafteir _ , — /——————— Thoughts during a Sunday afternoon ramble about Omaha: Over St. Mary avenue In the neighborhood of Eighteenth ia an oil filling station. It occupies the former site of a circular building housing the painting known as "Battle of Gettysburg. Old timers will remember that picture. Alongside was a stable, the site now occupied by the Standard OH balding. Across the street was the old Carey House, hut the*1Ci,^£on Motor company building now occupies the site. The Fjjitlron hotel covers most of a block formerly occupied by three or four saloons. The remainder of the block is "runpied by oil stations and a tire service shop. Mayor Frank Moores used to live In a fine home on top of the hill at Eighteenth and Leavenworth. The old home is now a maternity hospital. In the old days horse drawn street cars ran on St. Mary avenue and the hill was then so steep they had to hitch on an extra horse. The avenue is now a broad boulevard. *)ra** Court has replaced the once handsome res.denee of the HamU tons, the Caldwells and the Davises. Sauntering by All Saints church brought fond recollection nf Or. T J. Mackey. What a fine man and minister he was. Dr. Mackey officiated at the funeral of many members of the writer's craft. We printers of the old days always knew I bat Dr. Mackey would respond when we called on him to say’ the last words over the mortal remains of a brother craftsman. j Just across the street from All Saints is Lord Lister hospl < tal. What stories of hope and despair, of joy and sorrow, those walls could tell if only they could speak. White clad nurses, ministering angels of mercy, flitting past the windows. Two blocks west of the hospital is the headquarters build ' ing of a cab company. Omaha's mosquito fleet. Wouldn’t mind taking a ride in one of those old two-horse haeks again, just for fun. Over on Farnam, just west of Twenty-fourth, stands a fine hotel building on the former site of the Thurston home. Time was when that home was a social center. What a wonderful hostess Mrs. Thurston was. Gen. John L. Webster has found the Fountain of Perpetual Touth. Must get him off to one side and ask him about it. * About 30 years ago he took a supposed ch>w n-and-outer into his home on a Thanksgiving afternoon and filled him with eats. That guest was a reporter looking for material for stories. Hope he lives to enjoy as many more Thanksgiving as he has already enjoyed. Flats and apartment houses by the score where nothing but hills and trees w-ere when the stroller first landed In Omaha. Are we becoming a generation of cliff dwellers? Huge motor truck carrying four or five tons of coal. Re called Jeff Bedford to memory. Wonder how much coal Jeff donated to the poor in the old days? Say, did you ever know a man with a kindlier heart? A visit to the big shopping district. Saw toys, any one of which cost more than all the toys given to all the children In the old home town when we were a boy. Home to a belated Sunday dinner and the old pipe. Omaha growing so fast it keeps a fellow hustling to remain in sight. WILL M. MAUPI.V. ! a "" OradhdVhefe the^bst is d( its Be*{ WORK FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Adam McMullen, governor-elect, has gone to Lincoln to familiarize himself with the routine work of the governor’s office. He wants to be ready to assume the details of his executive duties from the first. In this example of the governor the Iegis lators-elect should find inspiration. One group ap parently has, for the members from western and northwestern counties have held a conference at Chadron to consider the matters in which they and their constituents are especially concerned. Some encouragement may be drawn from this fact. At least one group will go to Lincoln with a definite program. By this we do not mean to indi cate that a “bloc” is forming, or desirable. Merely that members who are reasonably expected, because of common interests, to take common action aro prepared for the job in advance. No doubt others have been in consultation as well over the prospects for realizing the wishes of their particular localties. Such action is merely prudent foresight, the antici pation of what may come to pass, and should pro duce such early understanding as will tend to lessen the labor and shorten the term of the session. * * * t---s Letters From Our Readers' All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less, will be given preference. L. t The republican platform, on which the execu tive and legislators were elected, lays principal atress on the road-building program. Its expressions on this point are clear enough to permit guidance for legislative action, but without specifying just the form which the needed laws may take. The good roads boosters of the state are actively push ing their end of the campaign. They will go to the legislature with a well-considered program. Having worked out in detail the several items of the one general plan, the Nebraska Good Roads’ association will be ready to give great assistance to the law makers in their job of framing bills to meet the re quirements of the state. This is one pledge of the platform that must have full redemption in action. Another plank in the platform has to do with the revision of the revenue law. Here is a way along which the legislature should proceed with great caution. One of the causes of discontent has been rind always will be the tax laws. In Nebraska these have been tinkered with session after session, and seldom with really beneficial results. The pledge made by the republicans deals with the item of “in tangibles,'' promising to enact “such amendment of the tax laws as will cause intangible property to bear its just and equal proportion of property tax.” Be yond this, and such corrections of the law as are made necessary by court decisions, the legislators can well follow advice given two years ago, that the revenue law be touched only to give strength to what experience has shown, to be its weak points. • * • Other platform pledges, to encourage irrigation, to protect the public interest in possible water power, to continue the elimination of bovine tuber culosis, and to improve as far as possible the system of state government, necessarily will occupy time. None, however, is likely to be made the subject of extensive legislative undertaking. A study of the platform will disclose the fact that ita framers were of the opinion, whether ex pressed or not, that Nebraska does not need a lot of new laws. We trust the legislators will regard their job in the same light. The situation is not one to call for the making of many news statutes. If the incoming body desires to imperishably write its name on the annals of the state, it can do so by striving to see how few measures it sends over to the governor for signature. The lives of the citizens do not require much more regulation than is already provided for. The affairs of the state can not be greatly improved by the passing of a multitude of bills. Good roads, strengthening of the tax law, moderate appropriations, provision for a public school survey, and conservation of public interests in the use of the state's waters, whether for irriga tion or power, adoption of a definite forjstry policy, and continuation of the anti-tuberculosis campaign, aught to be program enough for the legislature. “SILLY ASS" STUFF. John Fiske was one of America’* greatest his torians and philosophers. He left a wonderful heritage of writings to the world. He also left a son, who is not so good, if his own estimate of his worth is acrurate. He offers to “lease” his services by the year at the rate of $1,000. Less than the pay of a “mucker." The young man has just endured a serious dis appointment. Living at the rate of $15,000 a year from the estate of an aunt, he suddenly discover* ■he has made another her heir. Sad, of course, but instead of his showing sign* of being a man, he rushes into the “Help Wanted” columns with hi* offer to sell himself as a “slave.” When the average youth is set on his own, he begins to hunt a job. Seldom does he find at first the one he likes or for which he is best adapted. Much changing around |g the common experience, and with each change tbs* young man adds something to his value. It is knowledge born of contuct with things as they are, ANOTHER FAILURE OF STATE SOCIALISM. A privately owned insurance company that would insist on paying only 50 per cent of the claims against it', on the grounds that the premiums received would prevent the payment of more, would be forced out of business instanter. *A few years ago Nebraska enacted a state hail insurance law providing that the state engage in the hail insurance business in competition with private companies. Farmers who insured their crops in the state conducted bureau are now being told that they will receive 50 per cent of their claims, there not being sufficient money paid in premiums to permit the payment of more. This is, of course, in keeping with the law, which provides for pro rating the claims in case the premiums are not sufficient to pay in full. Just how far would a privately conducted in surance company get if its policies provided for pro rating losses? The minute it was unable to pay in full the authorities would land on it like a ton of brick. The failure of the s'tate hail insurance de partment should be carefully noted by advocates of the state entering into business in competition with private initiative. Farmers who insured their crops with the state did so with the expectation that they would be fully protected. They have been greviously disappointed because the state failed to pay the losses incurred, although the full premiums demanded were paid. The logical conclusion is that the state should either pay in full, as the privately conducted insurance companies, or go out of the insurance business. WHAT ELSE DOES SHE DO? Another “perfect” girl has been found This time her home is in Mississippi, but she is proclaimed from Chicago. A farm girl, 16 years old, she is said to be the best among 350,000. Some advance over the “chiefest among 10,000.” Mearger an nouncement does not disclose the points scored by the judges in reaching their conclusions. The girl herself accounts for her superiority by this formula: Sleep 10 hours a night. Drink a quart of milk a day. Eat lots of vegetable". Don’t use fare powder or rouge Don't wear high heels. Miss Harden weighs 117*4 and Is five feel two ini lies tall. She goes to bed at 8 and 1b up at t>:30. Simple enough, particularly the portion that calls for 10 hours sleep each night. The young woman of this vicinity, whether .she lives on a farm or in the city, would soon find herself far behind the procession if she tried that. It would mean giving up movies, church suppers, club dances, radio par ties, about everything the young folks find worth while. Yet, perfection is not to be bought without a price. If the girl would have all the physical charms of a prize-winner, she must expect to pay for the distinction in some way. What we would like to know is what else this particular young woman "does besides carrying out the details for her formula. Does she bake, sew, take an active part in the routine of farm work, go to school, lead her classes, and otherwise lead the normal life of a healthy youngster? If so, she can boast of the perfection of physique that is hers with | modest pride. If she has purchased physical charm at the expense of the other things, she has paid too high a price. .■ - ... ... . — I, --y Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie _ HAVE COURAGE. Don’t think that those who have achieved Success of high degree, Were always sailing smoothly on t.lfe’a rough and rolling sen. Nor that they have not faced despair • Ah often as have you— Because they have pervaded strife, Ah the ambitious do. / Don’t think that those who have attained A long desired end, Have not at some time yearned to meet A real obliging friend — < One willing to advise them well, If not to lend them aid,— And with kind words encourage (hem. And make them unafraid. Don’t think that Fat* deflen you when Your fond hopes shattered lie; Begin again and you will reach The summit by nnd by. - And you will learn Hint few can judge The future till It’s goto . And you will find that striving leads You ever on and on. Permissive, Not Compulsory. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: Let us not lose sight of the main issue in the tramway fare case. As it will be presented to the state railway commission, the claim is that the present net income of the com pany does not provide for 7 per cent on the admitted valuation. The com pany is earning 4 per cent, hut the state board has said that 7 per cent would be fair. This is permission to earn that amount, but does not mean that it must be earned. In other words, the 7 per cent is permis sive only. The company wants to make It compulsory. Behind all of this another shadow may be descried. Soon the tramway company will he approaching the com munity. asking for a renewal of fran chise. Assertion of n perpetual right to use the streets is not made in good faith. When the Sellgman in tercets bought the Omaha plant some 20 years ago, the claim of a perpetual franchise whs set up and ignored. It is no better now than it was then But the managers of the company are preparing a lot of trading points, to he ready to make "concessions" in exchange for privileges. One of the latter showed up at the last session of the legislature, in the form of a measure that would have permitted the use of busses by the company. Paving between tracks and occupa tion tax may he conceded, but not the Increase In fare asked for. No objection will lie raised against the street railway company earning a fair dividend, but people should not he oppressed to make this possible. The company Is not losing money. It only complains it is not making as much profit as It would like. STRAP HANGER. Danger in Headlights. On.alia—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: If there is one traffic rule that should be made a part of the criminal code, it is that of driving an automobile of any kind at nighl without lights or with glaring head lights. Really. It is a common occurrence to see both cars and trucks without lights at all In the early evening hours on Douglas, anywhere between Seventeenth and Twenty-fourth streets. The danger of driving a par or truck at night without lights is so apparent that it hardly admits of discussion. The driver Is Inviting death and dis aster and at the same time he is n menace to every person on the street or road. Thero is no protection for the driver going In an opposite di rection. A collision is almost certain and at the same time unavoidable, for the engine of death cannot be seen until It Is too late to get out of the way. This also applies to pedestrians, w-ho apparently have no right* these driv ers are hound to respect, unless an officer be In sight. Really, they seem to glory In cutting off a pedestrian abruptly whenever the opportunity of fers. And since the safety zone sig nals of the tramway have been re moved, getting off and on trolley ears is extra hazardous. These signals should be replaced, as drivers ap parently have no respect for safety zone lines. Again, the glaring head lights are equally' as bad a* the ear without light*. These light* blind the drivers as well as pedestrians going in the opposite direction, and the glare makes it impossible to gauge correct ly the distance between the two ears, and, still worse, with cars parked at the curb. Also, cars operated with one head light. which Is not unusual, are in a class by themselves and are the most dangerous on the streets or country roads. It Is impossible to tell whether the approaching vehicle 1* a motor cycle or an auto. It Is Impossible to tell how much of the road to give, and consequently accidents are numerous Moreover. I note business people, who are also residents of Omaha, runTilng on outside license* that re Ueves them from wheel tax and also gives them parking privileges which they would not otherwise enjoy. Really. T would ask the "Big Six" commissioners If those erroneous con ditions are fair to themsevee or to the peope of Omaha? Surey. they need to get husy and give the citizens the life protection* they so rlchy merit and deserve at their hands. F. PHILLIP HAFFNER. Traffic Rule*. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omn ha Ree: Why don't the Omaha news papers start a cHmiMlgn for safety by publishing in detail the city traffic rules? For Instance, In the downtown di“ trict, how many drivers know the proper place to turn around? Many a traffic. Jam Is made worse by driv ers going around the block rather than taking a chance on violating the rules. We believe the newspapers of Oma ha could render a great public serv ice by publishing many of the moat Important rulea In display. This que* tlon was discussed at school and we are Interested In It. ELIZABETH HINR1CKSEN, FRANCES HAVLIK, MART JOSOFF. Pupils of Seventh tirade pleasant Hill School, Sarpy County. Safety First. In Sunday school a little girl was asked: "Why should you not hide your light under a bushel?” "For fear of setting Are to It," was the prompt answer.—Boston Tran script. Abe Martin > I.afr Rud measured hif* wife frr a npw furnace t'dny. Said th‘ new gov'nor o' Texas t' th’ new gov’nor o' Wyomln', “Kin you put me next t' a good di-p'otm-iker?" (lupynght, 1924 ) H LISTENING IN ' On the Nebraska Press v__/ Noting that the Oregon legislature is considering a bill to prohibit car rying d«.gR on the running boards of autos, I-ew Shelley of the Fairbury News remarks that It Is just simply too utterly wonderful to tie a re former. • • • Kd Huse of the Wayne Herald ad mits that he cherishes a kindly feel ing for the boys who remain “green” longer than the regularly allotted time. Kd admits that he was so green for a long time that every time he appeared In public the robins would begin building nests, thinking they had seen signs of spring vegetation. • • • The Neligh Leader opines that the greatest possible Improvements in the Missouri river would be an improve ment in its disposition. • • • lion Van Dusen of the Blair Pilot says some men are willing to try the Oolden Hule when everything else fails. • ■ • Kditor Tobias of the Sterling Sun admits that If he had the Income he wouldn't complain about the publicity. • • • McCook has about 1,400 church members, ami 50 of them attended the union Thanksgiving services. Frank Klmmell of the Tribuna says this reminds him of something, but for the life of him he can't think what it is. • • • Charley Botkin of the Gothenburg Independent is just the meanest did thine He declares this country doesn't need congresswomen half so much as it needs housekeepers. • • • George Benschoter of the Hay Springs News offers the suggestion that since the campaign Is over we would do well to think more about Improving ourselves and less about Automobile Salesmen Drawing account and com mission; we have an oppor tunity for experienced salesmen to earn more money than ever before possible. If you are a pro ducer and interested in your future, we have the commission plan you hava alwaye wanted. Call at Omaha Flint Company, Farnam and 26th Streets. gTCWWCWWA g FOR £ & MOTHER S n A fine new aS if GAS RANGE g XMAS A V CONVENIENT TERMS A r Gas Department It M METROPOLITAN UTILITIES SL DISTRICT €8 W 1509 Howard SI. AT ST«T A xjrTjjjFjmm 1 Qmi^k R«<W' A pWa*«n» etf*c«iv« v 3Sc ami wv •»*«*• And aiwnmlix u»e 1’ISO'S X »nd Uml Peerless Petroleum 6oke The Heavy Kind Few Ashes - - All Heat UPDIKE lcuoTle?o& I_WA I mi I 0300_ I reforming society. Is George trying to discourage the reformers? • • • The Fairmont Chronicle has Just moved Into a brand new home, and Ml tor Lew Frazer Is pardonably proud. Lew has been piloting the destinies of the Chronicle for more than 40 years, and before that he was devil in the shop, printer, then fore man and finally owner. The new home Is a fine and commodious one, and Lew hopes It will last until he quits the game 40 or 50 years henoe. • • • North Platte is to have another daily newspaper, the Farmer-Labor Herald having decided to enter the dally field. • * • Pesalmlsts who Insist that times are not getting better should sit In on the Job of exchange editor for a week or two and look through the Ne braska weekly papers. They are bulging with advertising and fairly bubbling with optimism. Going through the Nebraska exchanges these days is a sure cure for what ails you. • • • George Snow of the Chadron Chronicle Is being pushed by admir ing friends for appotntm.ent as secre tary of agriculture in Governor Mc Mullen's cabinet. Too Much KSoienry. A dealer in vanilla beans and simi lar products Instructed his clerks to learn all about raw materials and where they came from. Soon a cus tomer came in to order a ton of va nilla beans. But the clerk painted such a glow ing picture of life in Tahiti that the customer bought a ticket for Tahiti instead.—Louisville Courier-Jottrnal. Talking of brass tacks, the brassiest tax can be found in the Fordney-Mc Cumber tariff law.—Greenville Pied mo tit. mmsmssssam nPHBHSHM fJJWfy SW Uke'Gtf to / (alifornia QTOP at Salt Lake City, one of ^ the strangest and most beauti ful cities in the world. The Mormon Temple, the Tabem.de with its great organ; the Waaatch Moun tain drives; unbelievably buoyant Great Salt Lake; the Bingham mine with its mounta‘n °f ''opper are alone worth the stopover-all Utah is a scenic wonderland. I^kV*»l0o Un,on P,Klfic include ^ .C,ty- *nd »kj-iii«h Colorado runout extra cost. - l&AngeksJimlfed Lv. Omaha 9*0 a m Ar. Salt Lake City (Ind day) MS P. m. Ar. Lot Angrlr* 930 p.m Only I night* *n rout* Pourothw daily train* from Om.ha direct to ScS3££! to wiTh For kmmdtommighutratrj borMrf, nMtMhwr tnformat<o#i ask: L. Q*»2AJ»"*- *•»•- Owl . U P SrHm, a 1st) r« St o—«-• % ptwti* J«ck«.-« 5*1*—At I.vt eg]4 rr Unto. Si.: <,*, Joik .no u«t, St,„t, Union Pacific 144-11 J