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The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N ~D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publi.h.r N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLKR. Editor in Chief Bufiness Manager MEMBER OF THe" ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The 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 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 organizations. Entered ae second-class matter May 2X, 190S. at Omaha postofficc, under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHON ES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for ATI s* 1 nnn the Department or Person Wanted. ^ * IRIlilC 1 Uv/U OFFICES Ms in Office—17th and Farnam Chicago— Steger Bldg. Boston Glob# Bldg. Loa Angeles—Fred L. 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CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .,...1 month 85e, 1 week 20*5 Evening and Sunday .I month 65c, 1 week 16c Sunday only .I month 20e, 1 week 5c V_J Omaha-U^here the West is at its Best CUR OWN LITTLE "LEAGUE OF NATIONS.’” Within the time that has passed since President Harrison assembled a Pan-American congress, a generation ago, much progress has been made in direction of the object then aimed at. ■ American republics are drawing closer together all the time. Actions that show the deep sincerity of the United States in its friendly attitude toward all the lesser republics of the New World have allayed the jeal ousies and distrust of Latin-Americans. These are now showing a disposition to accept our govern ment’s professions at their face value. Proof of this is the announced proposal of considering at least such expansion of the relations between the several nations as will in effect amount to a League of Nations, covering the North and South American continents. While the Monroe Doctrine has been essentially a policy of the United States, its benefits have been chieflly enjoyed by other nations. Under it one re public after another has arisen, until there has been left not a vestige of monarchism in either of the Americas for many years. In 1898 the last hold of Spain on American soil was broken. With it went the old regime. As Brazil, Argentine and Chile have expanded in importance, it is natural they should seek a fuller share in shaping the destiny of a world in which they will play a steadily in creasing part. To this there can be no objection. The "A.-B.-C.” commission that passed upon the dif ferences between the United States and Mexico, averting armed conflict, gave a striking proof of th* service that republics may render one another. While the United States may for a long time be held t.s keeper of the Monroe Doctrine, the other re publics will be permitted to share in its application. In time, too, they will assume some part of the bur den it entails. Another proposal of the contemplated agreement has to do with the ending of war between the re publics. This, if made effective, will do more than anything else to bring about the development afong peaceful lines of the several national groups. It will in time lead to more rational political divisions than now exist, through more efficient grouping of the republics. The almost incessant strife in Central America, and the periodic upheavals in some of the South American countries have retarded civiliza tion’s work to a deplorable extent. Settling peace on a basis of law will serve humanity well down there. Such a coalition of self-governing nations may well be encouraged by our government. Especially as the prospectus includes those things for which we as a people have always stood. Development nlong orderly lines not alone of national interests, but of international relations, must he beneficial to all. So the progress of the convention at Rio de Janeiro will be watched with great interest every where. WORKHOUSE IS NEEDED. Judge Day's experience in connection with the court of domestic relations gives him a close-up of a serious situation. Many men wantonly refuse to contribute anything to the support of their wives and children. How to meet this problem has puzzled authorities for a long time. Sending such offenders •'to jail is not always effective. FVom New Jersey we recently had an account of a man who had spent seven years in jail because he refused to support his wife. He was still defiant. In Chicago a man has just accepted a term of 100 days in jail in lieu of six months on probation for a similar offense. How are such men to be compelled to work and earn money to support their families? They have assumed the position of head of a family, but re fuse to accept the responsibilities that go with that position. imprisonment in idleness does not se riously affect them. They are fed and sheltered, and without having to work. Loss of liberty appears to be amply compensated for by idleness enjoyed in jail. A workhouse is the readiest remedy. Sonic place where the labor of such recalcitrants can be en forced. Compensation to be paid to their de pendents. Omaha needs an institution of that nature. CONSOLIDATION, BUT HOW? Now that the minority stockholders of the Chesa peake & Ohio have been outvoted, the van Swearin gen system has but one hurdle to get. over before it has a clear track. The Interstate Commerce com mission has a word to say in the matter, and that word will be final. Under the law consolidation of railroads into great systems is permissible. It hes been encouraged hy the I. C. C., which hns the Rip ley report as a basis for operation. This is not sat isfactory to the managers, who have ideas of their own as to what coalitions will bring host results. While this discussion is proceeding between the. existing roads as grouped by managers and the T. r, C., the van Swearingens went, ahead with a little dream of their own. Picking up some odds and ends of railroad lines, they have put together a com prehensive system that may become a great factor Ip the central empire between the Mississippi anil the Alleghenies. Reaching the seaboard over the Chesapeake A Ohio, it connects the river, the lakes and the Atlantic, and might to become a formidable competitor for the traffic of the region it, covers. Conceding its possibilities of service, something I t-ls* must have consideration. Whether it is better to consolidate along such natural lines ns those adopted hy the van Swearingens, or to he governed by the system outlined in *the Ripley report. Rail road men like Carl Gray, Hale Holden and others who have won their spurs in service, are not en thusiastic about the Ripley plan. They have ideas of their own, which are more in line with the van Swearingen operations. With permission to consolidate granted, the more teasonable plan would seem to be to permit such combinations as may be worked out by the man agers. It is possible that this will produce inequali ties in capacity for service, but it will more than off set that disadvantage. Economic strength is the factor that should control. The strong lines should not be handicapped by enforced yoking with the weaker. If transportation is to be brought up even with the general progress of industrial development, the job should be entrusted to the men who run the roads. Aided, but not handicapped, by the govern ment. "COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.” A Methodist is not happy, unless he is shouting his joy. This may account for the gladsome whyop emitted by Rev. Dr. R. J. Wade of Chicago, who was in Omaha during the week. Dr. Wade is executive secretary of the world service commission of the Methodist Episcopal church. As such, he ought to he in position to know what he is talking about. So when he tells you that ■'there is abundant evidence, both in church cir cles and without, of a new morale and a new de termination to undergird the church in Christian stewardship and physical life,'' we may believe that things are not so gloomy as , some would have us think. Disconsolate professors of religion complain that the cause is losing ground. They affect to see on every hand proof that religion is losing its hold on the people. It is no longer the strong element of life, either private or public, that :t should be, and civilization is doomed because of this fact. ' Thus it is good to listen to his joyous man of the church, a big militant organization that is going for ward, increasing its foundations as well as its super structure each passing day. Not merely in the num bers of its adherents, nor in the so)idity of its ma terial possessions, hut in the actual spirituality of the cause it represents. Not simply an expression of denominational enthusiasm or credal exclusiveness, hut as an agency for the betterment of the whole of mankind, as the proponent of a gospel that means something to the world. Other denominations feel the same impulse. Not all are so broad in the application of their doctrine as are the Methodists, but this does not indicate a diminution of zeal in the welfare. If the contrary were true, then indeed might there be reason for the gloomy forebodings of those who do not read the r;gns aright. But, as Dr. Wade puts it, "there is abundant evidence, both wdthin church circles and without,” that the world is growing hotter. A new morale, a straightening of backs, a firmer pressure of the foot that is put forward, is noted everywhere. And the Methodists shout because this is so. President Coolidge having approved the ap propriation for payment of National guardsmen, we wmnder if any of the criticisms aimed at him for looking into the matter will be withdrawn? Uncle Sam is going after ship rats in earnest. The honorable gentleman who proposed to include rats in the jackrabbit bounty bill may yet have bis day and his monument. Brighter lights for Omaha’s downtown streets may well be afforded. Private enterprise has gone far in this direction, and the public can afford to help a little. A western ranchman advertised he had 100 sacks of alfalfa and clover seed for sale. When he went to inspect bis stock he found all gone. Does it pay to advertise? Thirty-five thousand Omahans donated to the Community Chest fund, which is a mighty good sign. It is almost equivalent to the number of families in the city. Fannie Hurst says American audiences are the most preachrd-at. audiences in the world and deserve a respite. For president in 1928, Fannie Hurst! We how to the Council Bluffs judge who sent to jail for five months a motorist who admitted he was driving and drinking at the same time. “Know Omaha” brought out many good essays from the school children. Elders should also try their hand at knowing Omaha. Election contests most Nebraska towns show that difference of opinion makes candidates as well as horse races. Lieutenant Wood says he has come home to seek a new fortune. What he really means is he is look ing for a job. The cross-word puzzle fad loads a man up with a lot of new words that don’t help him a bit when he is mad. It now appears that Senator Wheeler will vary his prosecutions by doing a little defending. T.pgislators, like other folks, hear the cull of spring, and want to get at other work. They say’ woman bloke into print the first time she put on calico. 'I'he Dollar line got the steamships by putting up the dollars. Anyhow, the senate conferees win the prize for obduracy. /-——--- s ! Homespun Verse Bv Omahii'i Own Poet— Robert Worthington Darin. K.;/ WARNING. To you who would like In he Pools, And gather a Poet's meek praise 1 want to explain, for T know It's Kxtremely severe In some ways. Jf linllad, or lyric, or sonnet. Or epic, or drama, or ode— Whatever gels loose from your bonnet Tilda fair not to lessen tbe load. Your friend* when they've learned that you’ro We.-ivlng Your outbursts In rhythm and rhyme - Will probably soon be believing That you have been off all 1h« lime: Perhaps, they'll dig down Inin hlst'ry To study your reticent kin. And strive In unravel Hie rmsl'rv That dabbling In verse ushers In. Mv warding Is honest; 1 shout It— I Peg that It's gifted with wing*;— I legl you precisely about II As wise men uuoie proverbs to king*. 1 know that you'll see how I suffer . f tray-headed, sloop shouldered rtml glurn, A weary, spet Ist-led t>kl duffer Awaiting extinction to come. I Common Sense in Dairying. From the St. Paul Dispatch. Those over enthusiastic aoula who fop in the dairy row the panacea for every /evil of agriculture will find something to give them i>ause in the second section of the report of the Department of Agriculture on the farm outlook for 192f», just made pub lic. The report definitely advises against “further extrusion of the ualry industry,’’ end assigns cogent reasons for that advice. The one-crop habit is hard to eradi cate, and its elimination is not made easier by those who, seeing the un doubted value of dairying, make a fetish of it. Jt is typical of the Ameri can people that they rush feo extremes. Our besetting sin is to run a good thing into the ground. If the advice of the dairy cow advocates were ac cepted at its face value, the farmer would he back to the one-crop system, having merely changed his crop from wheat to butt erf at. If the dairy ani mal needs a “balanced ration" as suredly the farm needs a balanced pro duction. in which no one Hem is un duly stressed. Increased production in any farm product means a lowered price on the market. “A recovery in prices of dairy products could hardly he expected should the number of milk cows he Increased," says the report. Today dairymen are asking an Increase of the tariff from 8 to 1.8 cents to protect them from imported butter. S If the volume of home product rises above domestic deyiand. we shall see ■\ lowering of the prlee of butter to thfct of the world price -and a conse quent crash. Common sense dictates that the farmer shall watch Ids market. When he permits his own business judg ment to he overwhelmed and he Is nagged and driven into growing po tatoes and into raising corn where climatic conditions doom it to failure, b Is he who suffers and not Ids ad visers. Those who confuse diversifica tion with dairying*have the same motto ns the n\an who tried to make a. dinner of mustard: “If a little Is good, what must a. whole lot be?" The Soviet Federal System. From til** Cleveland Plain Dealer. A fedend system of government was adopted by the 10th all-Russian j congress of soviets in December. 1922. This is known ns the Union of Social-, 1st Soviet Republics, a ml while each of its subdivisions maintains a govern ment of its own, there is a central au thority vested in the congress of soviets of the union, and in a central executive committee. The constituent members of the union are Ukraine, Transcaucasia, White Russia and the Russian. Socialist Federal Soviet Re public. 'Phis last is the real soviet Russia, embracing more than 7,000,000 square miles of the .8,500,000 which constitu ted lhe prewar Russian empire. The Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Re public, in turn, is made up of more than 50 governments, Including 11 “autonomous" republics and 10 “au tonomous" provinces, the whole knit together in a federal system with its '-eat of government at Moscow. Trans caucnsia, as a member of the union, is a federation of the three republics of Armenia. fleorgia and Azerbaijan, while the Urki.tine and Whi e Rus sian are hut one apiece. The soviet republics of Khiva and Rokhara are entirely independent and are outside the Russian union. And. of course, such former part of the Russian empire as Finland, Poland. Ksthonla, Latvia and Lithuania have no connection with the soviets. Cities anil Crimes. From th* Mtnn^npollii Journal. Commentators on the typhoid mur der ruse usually note that it was com mitted in the same city that Stayed the l.eopold l.neb affair last summer. Here is more than a mere coincidence. (Time Increases with the growth of cities. There Is proportionately more crime in small cities than in rural districts, nml more in large cities than In Shtall ones. The rapid growth of large < Itles Is unquestionably one of Hie factors coni ributlng to tile marked Increase of crime In the United States. Keen use of their size, heterogeneity of population, variety of temptations and opportunities for concealment and i-.-rapo. cities become the rendezvous of criminals. Present Indications sre that the crime problem will have to be fought out chiefly in the cities through the prompt detection of malefactors, greater celerity of criminal trials and severity of punishment, in addition, state constabularies are needed to co operate with the police of cities In bringing criminals to Justice, Th<^close relation of crime to cities does not indicate, as some believe, that American morality Is declining. It rgjects rathe- an Increase of law lessness attending the transformation of American life from being predomi nantly rural to being predominantly urban., This translation necessitates (hat crime be checked at Its source as far as possible and that every pan s'blo bar be put In the way of the crlmlnnt. finite lint Not Forgotten. Availing herself of her ecclesiastical privilege, ihe clergyman's wife asked questions which, coming from any body el-e, would have been thought Impertinent. "I presume you carry a meitientn uf some I Ind In that locket you wear?’’ she said. "Tea ma’am," said the parishioner. “It's a lock of my huaband a hair." "Hut > our husband la aim alive,' the tiidy exclaimed "Yea, riiu'am, but bis hair la gone." Kxchange. /--\ Abe Martin -/ Who remembers when mothers wore apron* an’ t.her daughter* held nnt’ th' string*? We guess run nin' down a rum runner Is purly much like runnin' down a rumor, tcumisbt, i»:s> Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but nsme will be withheld upon request. Communications of 200 words and less, will be given preference. _ Busbies* ami Friction. Columbus, Neb.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Ree: A man formerly in business here is said to have coined the phrase, "Too much opposition in business causes friction and friction produces lire." That sentence of 11 words contains volumes of food for thought. If business is suffering from abnormal friction, it is up to business to minimize friction and prevent re sultant fire ami consequent total col lapse. If op|»o8itlon in business pro duces friction ,as it surely does, the thought may properly be extended to every .activity of mind and matter. Of course every schoolboy knows that rubbing two pieces of wood against each other finally produces fire; but it is doubtful whether rub bing business against each other was ever thought of as a fire producer. On the basis of that thought civiliza tion and its failure may be analyzed and traced to a rational and compre hensive conclusion. By its rule gravi tation will cease to pe a mystery. Probably the relation of friction to gravitation may by the learned craft Ttave been known for ages. And by that craft* may have been guarded a* an execlusive secret; the knowledge of which by the craftsmen was consid ered to be too intricate for the un initiated to unravel. And that a test of ils knowledge would effect the common people similarly to what the fruit of the tree of the knowledge cf good and evil in the paradise of scrip ture affected Adam and Kve. Under its direction the origin of bodies float ing in the sky and every kind of inde pendent body in the. animal, vegetable and mineral field may be traced. Ro tation, revolution and evolution under the focus of the quoted phrase would appear perfectly logical. The bald fact is. at one end of friction we have the beginning of life, and at the other end we have death. Along this course of reasoning W. J. Bryan and the Tennessee legisla ture stand revealed "as indeed every individual or organization determined to uphold traditional tenets and rituals’’ will stand revealed In the po sit ion taken by the Lord in paradise Opposed to any progress or change other than what is sanctioned by them. On penalty of expulsion. Whether the latest exponent of fric tion realized the extraordinary light the application of his quotation throws upon man’s conduct is of minor importance. The expression bids fair to outlive him, and in the lapse of time clear up.many thoughts and things now beyond our vision and comprehension. O. FOLK NRR. Demands a Chance. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Hee: “Oils'* of the Grand Is land Independent wants to know what has become of “party regularity?” Seems to me I’ve heard that expres sion somewhere before, but it was a good while ago. Friend tins, there ain't no sich animal, not any more. Not since William .Jennings Hrvan de serted the Wilson « ibinet in the mid die of things. Wilson had to fight party irregularity (that is As good a name as another) and Harding had it to jight; Coolidge has got a big dose of it on his hands. The facts are that the democratic party was butch ercd by this same lack* of regularity, and the republican party stands in a fai? wav to have Its soliditv honey combed by the same worm. There is something the matter, and it has got us guessing. Me must have a change. The old pifrties are moth-eaten and gradually falling to pieces for want of regular ity. We pin.ip in a little fresh blood c’/ery two years or ko^ but It doesn't get the results* necessary to make h healthy creature of our governmental machine. We may have to dean house in such a manner ns to v»ar down all of the old structure and build a new one. We must have more ami better material in the par ties that put themselves before the people, ami thev must have better rules for carrying on the business of government. Smaller ami more d;ill ful machines— a. smaller congress and the elimination of politics for bus! ness method*- business regularity. Imagine one of the big business con cern* administrate*! like our govern ment, then think how long it would last. TOE ARNOLD. Truth and Progress. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Hee: Of course they are still at it—little men who Imagine their legislative enactments can chain the minds of the millions. Their recent efforts |o check progress in economics «" 1" ■ "-1 - ■ — > Lenten Special | LOBSTER DINNER Complete. $ J50 MENU Clam Chowder W hole Broiled Live I abater Julienne Potatoes Coffee FRIDAY Special Indian Grill Noon to 2 10 and StJO to 8:30 p. m. ^Hotel Fontenelle^ pain— prevents stiffening Quick —apply Sloan's. The at im ulating ingredients of which it Is composed bring fresh, new blood straight to the injured part. At once the pain is eased, the swelling and inflammation are reduced. Continued treat ment prevents stiffening has tens repair. All druggists—U6e, Sloan’s Liniment -kills pa m! nnil biology, by warring on Marx an<1 Darwin, arc only echoes of other days, not very long gone, when laws against the red Hag and "criminal syndical ism" wore all the rage. i am not going to lose my temper; in fact, the crusade to make America a stagnant swamp, Intellectually and politically speaking, seems only a logical expression of the same type of mind that tolled up the majority for t'oolidge in the last election. Any one who could consciously take part In that gigantic, glorification of graifd larceny would he fully rapalile of sup porting anything calculated to Keep a community, a country or mankind in the dead, unmovlng muck of things. To get angry about it were almost as foolish as to rail at a tornado for spilling people and property all over the landscape. The reactionary, ex tremely conservative sort are dis agreeable to contend’with, especially when in power, and they do seem in evitable for a time, but it Is impossi ble for them to monopolise the moans of producing ideas as they have prac tically mopo]>olty,ed the means of wealth production, lfistory is full of their failure. "The people is a beast of muddy brain" perhaps, but even mud can be cleaned nut. and even a few <1ear heads can work wonders. Clear heads are what every small-bore statesman fears, for they spell the doom of the dominating mediocrity. it is a fortunate thing Indeed that (ruth does not have to be elected in order to he truth and that progress mav he In a minority and vet become a fart. Killing powers used to boll radicals in oil: now the radicals mere ly hare laws passed against them and are imprisoned occasionally. Thus does truth permeate and progress is made manifest.' KD.MUND K. BKI'MRAUGH. Simply Messing About. K*rom th* News. Sir Oliver Lodge in a recent s|>ee< h *poke of (he fortunate scientific dis coveries that had been mad* by ama teurs who were ‘.•imply messihg about." A French girl of K». "messing about" in her chemist father s labor atory. is said to have discovered that a certain compound is soluble in a sugar solution. Jf the report is true, the young lady may have solved the world's oil problem. For it is claimed that her discovery has led to the In vention of a compound which costs a < ent and a half a gallon, and is twice as pood as gasoline for running an in terna! combustion engine. Itvis not pretroleum. but its prod uct, gasoline, that is forcing the great nations to comb the entire earth for oil deposits. Any ( heap substitute for gaftoline, providing it can bo manufac tured in unlimited supply, will end this feverish search and these inler i ational jealousies, as well as the wor ries «»f scientist* who foresee the day when our oil deposits will be ex ha usted. "Messing about" ought to be en couraged. That is what Secretary Hoover probably had in mind when he recent 1 released a new radio wave length to amateurs and expressed tht hope that thev would find a means of doing something with It. Newton was only "messing about" when the apple tell, and spt him thinking about gravi tation. Watt was "messing about" when he saw steam raise the tea-ket tle lid. To "mess about" with an in quiring mind may lead to riches; bet ter still, to gigantic leaps in the solu tion of the riddle of the universe. Willi Kid Gloves. Mayor Lever of ('hicago was talk ing about diplomacy. “In diplomacy, sometimes," he said. ' it is wisp to handle your adversary with kid gloves—to be as indulgent, In fact, hs Mis. Lush. "Mrs. Lush was awakened one morning just befme dawn by Mr. Lush’s noisy return. " ‘What's the matter*, dear?* she called down to him. " 'Matter ish." Mr. Lush answered, 'there’sh two hat racks down here, and 1 dunlin which of the durn things to—hie—hang my hat on.* "Mrs. Lush laughed and said In soothing tone*: " Hut. dear, you’ve got two hats, haven’t you? Hang one on each rack nnd come on up to bed. I know I vou’re tired ' "—Pittsburgh Chronicle. . - -- -- — i ....... i i f — -=^ SUNNY SIDE UP Hake Comfort .nor forget , cihat Sunrise ne^erfailed uS^QV^ V--------/ -* Houston. Tex.—One hns only to read a bit of T«*as history to understand why Texans are proud of their »t ite. I he other day we visited the battlefield of San Jacinto, where Gen. Sam Houston and his brave men made imperishable history. San Jacinto, Goliad and the Alamo names that bring every true Texan upstanding. Mexico will never forget the terrific strug ' gle that resulted in the establishment of the Republic of T exas, and it is no wonder that Mexicans hesitate to do anything calculated to arouse Texan enmity. It is something more than tradition that Mexicans think they could whip the l nited State* if Texas would remain neutral. Comparatively few people know that the act which made Texas a part of the union provides that whenever Texans want to they can divide Texas into four states. Of course it never will he done, hut it is possible. Texans are too proud of ths si/.e of their state, and besides what Texan would want to live in a new slate that did not hear the name Texas? Obviously it Isn't possible to have the name Texas attached to four.state*. "When the Texas capital was built Texans thought they had a bargain. The S2.000.00a state house was built by a Chicago man. who took several million acres of Tf xas land at a few cents per acre for his pay But it \v;i*n t such a bargain for Texas, after all. That land Is today worth around $106,000,000. In a year or two Houston will be a real seaport, and wh**n it is it will seriously interfere with the prosperity and growth of Galveston The way Houston is growing Is little less than marvelous. By the way, we saw something the other day that will interest every newspaper man. printer, pressman, stereo tv per. mailer and office heif>or. The Houston Post-Dispatch has iust completed a new office building at I’olk avenue and Dowling street. Hast Sunday it moved from the historic old site uptown. Only the files and office records were moved, how ever. All the old equipment was left in the old shop, and last Monday morning's issue of the po^t-Dispat< h was gotten out on new intertypes, new stereotyping machines, new' dry mat ma chines and new S«ott presses. Even the reporters and editors had new' typewriters. The new office is called the production plant. But the business departments will remain uptown, and ! soon will be housed in a new 22-story building that the owner ; of the Post-Dispatch is erecting. • Tiie old south we knew ns a boy has disappeared The new south is setting the pace in development of natural resources. The magic of oil and modern transportation facilities have com bined to speed up the south, and the old languor, the old feudal system, have disappeared. A fellow 1ms to go some to keep j from being run over now. The two popular topics in Houston now are oil and the approaching convention of the Associated Advertising Club*. We trust the Greater Omaha Committee will pardon us if we offer a suggestion. The suggestion R that the committee co ojkeiate with the Ad Sell Rea-..*:.,, ar.d run a special train to that convention. Some very valuable pointers on co-operation, civic pride and enterprise are to be obtained in this beautiful city. One of the finest educational instil ution** in America is lo cated here, the Hire Institute. It h s more and finer buildings than the University nf Nebraska, and the grounds are beauti ful beyond description. Much as we like Houston and the south we prefer Omaha j and Nebraska. Some day the oil may refuse to flow, but Ne braska’s fertile soil will never be exhausted. WiRR M. MAT’PIN. •---' CL'AAron Cry f°r m MOTHER:- Fletcher’s Castoria is especially prepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of Constipa tion, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. To i»oid imitations, always look for the signature of Absolutely Harmless - No Op; •<»<. Physicians everywhere recommend it. Who Can Best Serve You? X j Every woman knows many stores which can serve her as she requires; every man is familiar with the repu tation and ability of several lawyers, doctors, contrac tors or other business and professional men to whom he can turn with confidence at need. Hut let a death occur. The average family then is un certain in its choice of a funeral director. As in any other business, the funeral home best pre pared by experience, superior equipment, a competent staff and having large patronage—such an institution can serve best and at the most moderate cost. . Our experience covers more than 20 years in Omaha, Our plant was built especially for its purpose—so per fect that scores of other funeral directors seeking To „rv« humanity modern ideas, visit it annually. better in tim* of gr«ate»t need. Our staff is large enough to handle the largest funeral ,_ service—skillful enough to care for the most difficult " ~ * cases. Our equipment is most complete. Wo introduced the limousine hearse in Omaha, and were one of the first institutions in the country to adopt it. And because we serve the most families, our charges are comfortingly low, as before explained. • Those who need our service may command them, se ! cure in the knowledge that no detail that comforts will be overlooked—that no matter what their means, they here find a refinement of service that meets every re quirement—in price and in performance. offmann-Crosby Funeral Home Twenty-fourth Omaha Mob Telephone at Dodge St. OmAHA, NCD. J,\ ckson 3901 1M» (« tfc* of • nf w h # >«.w a M funeral diverting f*»«»tlructi • ertfirini* i\w *1 ( cm th* y-v. Ac, Coryrlfht. 1011. Hoffm«iii«-Cr*ifcy f\»m9t%\ Wnm# » 1 , *