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    THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1917.
The Omaha Bee
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FEBRUARY CIRCULATION
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ta Diea. Addraaa cheated aa ellea aa raauaatad.
Quit wsst ig your food Bnd you'll 'hive more
to tat and less to buy.
The moat unlcindest cut of all: Boosting the
alice of pie from 5 cents to 10 cents.
Well, here'a to Pa Rourke and the boys; let us
hope they trim the Mountaineers four straight,
"Soap box" oratory will have to go to the dis
card until we have more time to sow to the winds.
Prudent economy in the home constitutes ef
fective service for the nation as well as the fam
ily. ;
' Persistent 'advertising brings results. For
proof, look at those steadily-groping enlistment
records. "
A few shots from a German U-boat along our
Atlantic coast will be a big help to the recruiting
officers. ,
v The S. O. S. call to the plow and the spade
falls on heedless eara of lawmakers. Are they
afraid to go home? .
i It is perfectly safe to announce that the mar
Vet in this country for German imperial bonds
has completely stumped.
As a measure of preparedness for the May
day drouth, the April rampage of the Missouri is
I gross waste of good stuff, ,
' ' A partial concession of needed help at the
Omaha postoffice promises improvement in in
different service. For small favors, thanksl
"Slackers" from the other aide lost t haven
of safety when Uncle Sam drew the sword. Mili
tary ser vice it quite persistent in seeking out the
man these days.;
' Wheat, corn, potatoes comprise the conquer
ors of the year. Plant more of each and then some
more.' The bigger -the crop, the greater" the . tri
utnph of humanity.
: With ateel prices at present levels, leaving
those fallen bridge spans in the river bed is out
of the question, to say nothing of the law against
blocking navigation.
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,i What a grand thing it would be if . We could
go through from now to the end of the war with
out a single American citizen, native or Natural
ized, being held as a suspect for aiding the enemy.
Mobiliiation campa must soon be the order
of the day, and for that purpose the government
should not disregard the advantages offered by
the ready-to-hand quarters and equipment at Fort
Crook,.
Admiral Jellico tells us how Uncle Sam can
aid the allies wilh' his navy. In the meantime,
the navy of he allies is rendering invaluable
service to Uncle Sam by keeping the German
navy bottled tip. ;
' : The enlistment records show boya bearing
mint distinguished names rallying to the colors.
That's good, ao far as it goes. But when we mix
in the real fight we will manufacture some new
distinguished names.
' But when alt our 350 more of less thirst
ouencheries are shut down by May day dryness,
the pressure of demand upon' the Ice supply in
Omaha ought to be sufficiently relieved to bring
down the price a bit.
' Purchasers of used automobiles are warned to
make sure in each case that they get a clear title.
The "safety first" way is to deal onty with te-
sponsible people. A sacrifice sale of a second
hind automobile by an utter stranger in town in
vites suspicion.'
Nebraska Press Comment
1 York News-Tunes: An Omaha woman lost an
Irish potato in a ftreet car and the scramble to
find the tuber almost resulted in a riot call
Hastings Tribune: The Omaha Bee is right
when it says that In mobilizing our resources and
turning all our national activities on an efficiency
basis the postoffice and the mail service should
not be overlooked. t
Fort Calhoun Chronicle: Another Nebraska
idol has fallen. But if Joe can come up smiling
after, defeat, like another famous Nebraskan,
whose front name is William, he will be able to
command attention for aome time to come.
Tlattsmouth Journal (Dem.): We used to talk
about a ring in the state house when the republi
cans were in control of the state. And there is
just as big ring of democrats in the state house
as there ever , was under republican rule, if not
more prolific. We never had any love for rings,
fither in state or county.
Spencer Advocate: Hon. Billjennings Bryan,
the big noise in the pacifist camp, now says he
will enlist: as a private. Unadulterated bunkl
W hen Uncle Sam raises a regiment of bald
headed, over-fed men in the sear and the yellow
of life, Bryan may have a chance to enlist as
private along with the rest of us.
Beatrice Express: i The Omaha Bee atates that
much of the time of the present Nebraska legis
lative session has been expended in tinkering with
the banking laws. There seems to have been a
general desire in the law-making body this year for
tinkering with about every line of business it
could, and none of the members seems to realize
that too much tinkering will invariably put the
entire machine out of running order.
First 8hot of War With Germany.
Germany achieves the distinction of firing the
first shot in the war with the United States. One
of the kaiser's U-boats launched a torpedo, its
target being a torpedo boat destroyer of the
American fleet, which was missed.
This may be accepted as formally opening ac
tive hostilities and need not be looked upon as at
all surprising Last year the Deutachland and the
V-SS demonstrated the ease with which vessels
of their type could reach our shore, and the pres
ence of enemy submarines in American waters
has been expected from the beginning. Whether
it is to establish a blockade of our Atlantic ports
or to lurk in wait for a designated victim doesn't
matter.
Our navy is now to have its chance to guard the
home coasts. Elusive and dangerous as the sub
marine has proven, it can be combated, and the
advice of Sir John Jelli.coe, based on the experi
ence of the British navy in dealing with the prob
lem, wilt be of great service to our forces,
The incident will bring home forcibly that the
war we have entered upon is not to be confined
to land operations, nor to the exchange of mes
sages. It is reality in its sternest sense, waged
against a foe that uses every means of destruc
tion devised by science. None will fatter because
of this, however, and the power of the kaiser
wilt be put down in time.
The President's Warning.
President Wilson's recital of the penalties for
treason comes in good season. As he explains,
these laws are not intended to check free speech',
nor to restrict reasonable criticism of the gov
ernment. None of our many privileges, howev.er,
is more abused than that of free speech, for the
sovereign citizen dearly loves to scold and even
berate those he elects to serve him in office. But
the ignorant and irresponsible have flagrantly
violated this right on many occasions, at times
exceeding all decency in their verbal onslaughts
on government in general and the government in
particular. They have even gone so. far as to
burn the flag at a ceremonial dentonstration, an
act for which the chief instigator was properly
sent to prison. Most of this folly has been pa
tiently abided in time of peace, but the situation
of the nation is now such that demands a curb on
idlrtonguea. Sober speaking is a good, practice
for the citizen at alt times, but especially now.
Law yet reigns in the United States and punish
ment ghould surely follow its infraction. Ameri
cans can not and will not put up with traitors at
home. - ,
Put an End to the Discrimination.
Omaha shippers have won another point in
the long fight to do away with the discrimination
practices against this city by railroads, tljis time
the Interstate Commerce cofnmission declining to
sanction an advance in freight rates on certain
building materials. This gain, slight as it is, is
gratifying and ought to encourage the Commercial
club and its traffic bureau to keepup the fight.
Especially is action needed in the glaring discrimi
nation in favor of Kansas City on the passenger
tariff out of Chicago. According to distance, the
charge should be but 60 cents less to Kansas City
than to Omaha, but, according to tariff actually
charged, the difference is $2.05. The same lines
serve both cities. Just why Omaha should suffer
to this extent is nrjt plain, but the $1.45 differen
tial in favor of our neighbor down the river has
stood for some years now and it is almost time
the discrimination was being done away with.
Health Hint from Switzerland.
The regulation of the Swiss government which
prohibits the use of fresh bread is a health hint
rather than a war measure. When the doctor
orders you on a diet the first item in his list of
forbidden things is fresh bread. The reason for
this is plain; the chemical reaction that comes
with baking. Is not complete until time for the
evaporation of excess moisture has elapsed, thus
making the day-old bread really the more palat
able and nutritious; also, the drier the bread, the
more thorough, the mastication. All of this con
duces t better digestion and consequently to
better, health. Finally, less bread is eaten to
achieve the same result in nourishment and a
saving in quantity it effected. "Stale" bread is
actually the bread of good health, a fact long
known to dieticians, but overlooked by Ameri
cans, who have pampered their teeth at the ex
pense of their bodies.
Pan-American Unity In Evidence.
The solidarity of the nations of the three
Americas is emphatically evinced by the attitude
of the various governments in the present crisis.
Action of the United States in meeting the Ger
man challenge ia approved and commended by alt,
sava Mexico,, thus assuring us of the moral stu
port desired above even the material in our diffi
culties. It means, if it means anything, that
Americans of all divisions are coming closer to
gether. Their interests and their problems are
akin, and their dangers are common. This has
been recognized since the original declaration of
the Monroe Doctrine. The United States has
long stood as a leader in the new world, and
while our national growth has overshadowed that
of the others, our concern has not lessened, till
now we have reached a point where we cart be of
more service than ever to our smaller neighbors.
A third of a century of Pan-American effort is
now bearing fruit, and closer sympathy and
greater concord of action between the Americas
is certain for the future,
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American war news censorship is to be a mild
institution, tending more to gentle persuasion
than hammer swings. In the early days of the
Paris censorship persuasion won the admiration
of the press. On one occasion an editor was per
suaded to omit an objectionable article when in
answer to the question, "What if I refuse?!' the
censor politely replied: "It will be my painful
duty to confiscate your very , excellent publica
tion." A word to the wise in war time is sufficient
Each passing week tightens Omaha's grip on
the lucky thirteenth place in the nation's record of
bank clearings, Minneapolis and New Orleans
are taking our financial dust, and Los Angeles,
Milwaukee, St. Paul, Denver and Buffalo trail far
behind the corn belt pacemaker. Omaha's speed
already menaces Cincinnati's hold on twelfth
place.
If German emissariea were really trying to
atir up a negro revolt in the south, as intimated,
they would be making about aa bad a mistake
as any they have made to aay nothing of being
doomed to dismal disappointment. It has been
proved time and again that there is no color line
in Americanism.
The Department of Agriculture
Forests in Wartime.
By Frederic J. Haikin
Washington, D. C, April 15. One of the un
expected little shortages that developed under the
enormous demands for war material of the last
three years was a lack of wood for gun-stocks.
You cannot make a" good rifle-stock out of any
kind of wood; there are only a few woods that
will do, and the very best of all is American
walnut.
There was not enough seasoned American wal
nut to meet the demand. A rifle only lasts a
month on the, war-front, and the modern rifle has
the stock running the full length of the barrel.
There was a great cry from all the rifle factories
for walnut. Plenty of green walnut was to be
had, butt very little seasoned. What was needed
was a man who could devise a process for season
ing walnut in a few days or weeks, instead of
waiting on nature to do it in long months. The
man was found in the United States forest service.
He was loaned to the biggest rifle manufac
turer in the country, and he worked out a process
for kiln-drying walnut that produced as fine a
wood as any that could be seasoned. This man is
said to know more about wood for rifle-stocks
than any other expert in the world.
This is only an incident, a detail of one branch
of the munition problem, but it is an important
detail and a significant incident. It points to pre
paredness in the forest service, and the forest
service has important work to do in war. Our
forest resources will he a great asset to ourselves
and our allies in this emergency.
Take the matter of so-called "naval stores,"
for instance. Naval stores is a term that covers
the pine products which are needed in naval
work tar, pitch, turpentine and rosin. These
products are essential to every navy. In 1799 the
American congress appropriated $200,(100 to buy
up a timber reserve in the south for purposes of
naval construction. The timber bought was live
oak, which was then the most valuable material
for ship-building: In 1916 Henry S. Graves, chief
forester of the United States, remarked that the
congress would have done better to locate its
timber reserves in the yellow pine forests instead
of the live oak, since the naval stores yielded by
yellow pine have become of far greater import
ance in the navy than timber itself.
Today the southern pine forests furnish 90 per
cent of the naval stores used in the world. With
infinite labor the French government has built up
a smaller industry of the same sort on the barren
sand duns of southern France. Today such land
with mature trees on it sells for $160 an acre in
France.
Since the French have had to plan and labor
for the resources that nature gave to America
gratis, they have developed the most efificient
methods possible for utilizing what they have
built up. The forest service laboratories have
studied the French methods, and are introducing
into our own south a system of tapping the trees
for turpentine which will increase the total yield
of a tree four-fold.
Another interesting thing in connection with
the naval stores industry in war-time is the use
of rosin in shrapnel. The space between the bul
lets in a shrapnel shell is filled with rosin. The
powde7"used in such shells is also a wood prod
uctblack powder, made from charcoal. In spite
of the universal use of smokeless powder, black
powder is still used for the explosive charge in
shrapnel. No great explosive force is needed for
the purpose, and the cloud of smoke given off by
black powder is just what the gunners need to
mark the bursting point of their shells to correct
their range. .
The forest service is one of the most im
portant divisions of the Department of Agricul
ture. Numberless wood products are needed in
modern warfare, and the forest products labora
tory is in a position to work out the best meth
ods for producing and testing them, as well as to
furnish the government with the necessary in
spectors to pass on the materials offered. On the
other hand, the actual forest administration work
of the forest service is of vital importance to the
nation's meat supply, through its regulation and
conservation of the grazing.
Since the grating on national forests has been
under departmental supervision, .the number of
animals that the range supports has increased
over 50 per cent, and the grazing is in better con
dition than it was when the service took charge.
There are still 280.000,000 acres of public land,
used largely for grazing, which tie outside the na
tional forests, not under government supervision.
These enormous areas are not supporting nearly
as many meat animals as they might under a bet
ter system, A wise emergency war measure, and
one which would benefit the country greatly,
would be the placing of the grazing on these pub
lic lands under the supervision of the experts of
the forest service."
Many minor uses are found for wood products
in war. Finely ground fresh wood flour is said
to make a fine dressing for wounds. On the Rus
sian front many of the soldiers are wearing paper
shirts, made from wood pulp. They borrow this
custom from the Japanese. The shirts have many
advantages for war work, notably because they
are so cheap that they solve the problem of clean
liness, and thus do much, to prevent wound infec
tion, A dirty paper shirt can be burned and re
placed with a fresh one. The garments are said
to he warm and comfortable.
In Ahe matter of timber resources, as a source
of wood and its numerous products, the United
States has an inexhaustible supply. More im
portant even than the raw material is the knowl
edge and the methods necessary to make use of
it. The time has come when the years of, patient
work by the scientists of the Department will bear
its fruit. ' .
p People and Events
Princeton, N. J policemen ' take no chance
with st crowd of students pulling off a regular
hazing stunt. Instead of trying to haul a ring
leader to jail they take him aside, administer pun
ishment of the paddle style and leave him free
to go and commune with his injured feelings. .
Similarity of names accounts for Cheboygan,
Mich., being included in the anti-war straw votes
cast at municipal, elections in -Wisconsin last
week. Sheboygan, Wis., on revised returns, cast
10 votes to 1 against putting up a fight. The
Michigan town naturally resents being included
in the mollycoddle class.
William Falconer, when quite a kiddie in
Scotch kilts, blew into Chicago and n 1842 settled
on a patch of land outside town, when Indians
roamed thereabouts. Last week he celebrated his
100th birthday and showed a certified check for
$400,000 for the last homestead. The centenarian
has one son. He calls him "Willie." Villie is 62.
San Francisco is about to stretch its cramped
municipal legs through the southern bluffs and
into San Mateo county. A tunnel through Twin
peaks neara completion, which will, afford easy
access to an attractive residence section. Besides,
none of the county experienced the last shake
down and its comparative immunity from tremors
makes it an ideal home section.
Postmaster General Burleson advises his happy
family that the "Virgin Islands," just transferred
from Denmark, are "in the United States" offi
cially and get the standard rates and uncertainties
of the postal system. For the information of
Nasbys op the job the p. m. g. imparts the news
that Guam in the Pacific, Gum in the Panama
canal zone and Tutuila Islands stand in at regu
lar rates.
The town of Monroe, Wis,, which piled up a
prize stack of itraw votes against going to war,
iets the outside world into the secret of its strenu
ous pacifist activities. Eastern pacifist i.toney
put steam into the campaign and thel voters
cheerily helped the donors put the wherewith in
circulation. Advertisements for ' votes against
war were paid for by Detroit and New York organizations.
f taBBr-BBr-SBBtBr- ja ax
Proverb for the Day.
A now bt,oom sweeps clean-.
One Tear Ago Today In the War.
French Chamber of Deputies or
dered clocks set forward an hour.
Trebizond, an Important town on
the Black Hba, raptured by Russians
in combined land and Be& attack.
United States warned Germany that
unless submarine attacks on mer
chant ships were abandonM diplo
matic relations would be severed.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Detective Kellgh has four men and
a wildcat guarding the Erck buiUllns
on North Sixteenth street, over which
aerloua trouble has arisen between
Err k and Larkln.
Drs. Feabody, Galbraith and Henry
Homan have returned from a two
days' trip to Clarke, where they en
Joyed a most successful hunt, coming
in loaded down with Mexican ducks,
which they distributed with their com
pliments among a large circle of ac
quaintances. The county commissioners are con
sidering how they can make room in
the county building for another court
room by removing the law library to
one of the rooms now occupied by
County Superintendent Bruner.
Articles of incorporation were filed
In the county clerk's office of the
Lowe Avenue Building association.
The capital stock of the association
Is placed at (112,000 and the incor
porators are E. S. Rowley, Charles K.
Collins. Nat M. Brlgham and H. B.
lrey.
At a meeting of the republicans of
the Sixth ward, at the corner of
Saunders and Clark, the following
delegates to the state convention were
appointed: L. S. Lcifkwood, C. A. Gil
lette, B. C. Smith, J. F. Page, Charles
Rowles and Joseph V. Fooshee. The
election Judges appointed were Carl
Axford and Louis LltUffkM and the
clerks Edward Anderson and W. R.
Matthias.
This Day In' History.
1689 People of Boston and vicinity
overthrew the government and ar
rested' Governor Andros and his
adherents.
1775 Paul Revere rode from
Charleston, 8. C, with 3,000 fresh
patriots. '
1780 Lord Cornwallis arrived at
Charleston, S. C, with 3,000 fresh
British troops.
1781 The British evacuated
Charleston, S. C, after firing build
ings and left their badly wounded be
hind them.
1814 Congress authorized the col
lection and preservation ' of flags,
standards and colors captured by the
land or naval forces of the United
States.
1847 American army of 8,000, un
der General Scott, routed 12,000
Mexicans under 'Santa Ana, at battle
of Cerro Gordo. '
1892 The "first defenders" of
Washington in 1861 held a reunion
at Reading, Pa.
The Day We Celebrate.
C. B. Liver, president of the C. B.
Liver company, dealing in butcher and
bar supplies, was born April 18, 1861,
at Same, Switzerland. He came to
this country in 1873 and has been in
his present business here in Omaha
since 1892.
H. N. Wood, the insurance man, is
Just 68 years old today. He is a grad
uate of Tabor college and has spent
thirty-two years la the service of the
company he Is now with. He also
served on the school board.
Samuel Burns, Jr., of Burns, Brinker
ft Co., brokers, was born April 18,
1876, right here in Omaha. He
studied at Dartmouth college and has
been dealing in , commercial paper,
stocks and bonds since 1903.
John Mellen arrived in London,
England, by the "Stork Route" Just
fifty-five years ago today. Omaha
now points him out as general agent
of the Northwestern route.
Charles M. Schwab, who has offered
his mammoth steel plants for the serv
ice of the government, born at Wil
liamsburg, Fa., fifty-live years ago to
day. John R. Hegeman, an eminent
leader in New York insurance and
financial circles, born in Brooklyn, N.
T., seventy-three years ago today.
Clarence S. Darrow, Chicago attor
ney, prominent for his participation
in cases Involving organized labor,
born at Kinsman, O., sixty years ago
today.
Johnny Kllbane, champion ' feather
weight pugilist, born at Cleveland, ,0.,
twenty-eight years ago today.
Fred Fulton, wU-known heavy
weight pugilist, born at Blue Rapids,
Kan., twenty-five years ago today.
George, E. (Duffy) Lewis, outfielder
of the Boston American league base
ball team, born in San Francisco
twenty-nine years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Mayors of leading cities throughout
the country have responded to the
Invitations extended by the mayors'
committee on national defense to set
apart today and tomorrow as national
recruiting days.
The National Academy of Sciences,
in annual session at Washington, has
decided to devote today to a discus
sion of the work of the national re
search coancll in relation to the na
tional defense.
James W,' Gerard, American am
bassador to Germany before the sev
erance of diplomatic relations, is to
tell of some of his experiences in
Berlin at a banquet to be given In his
honor in Boston tonight.
Storyefte of the Day.
One of Yale's best foot ball men,
who is as, generous in praise -of the
work of his fellow-athletes as he la
modest concerning his own, was show
ing a girl he had known some time
about the practice field.
"See Harklns, over there?" he asked
pointing to one of the substitutes. "In
a year he'll be our best man."
"Oh, Charlie!" exclaimed the girl,
blushing. "This is so sudden!" New
York Times.
THE BRAVE AT HOME.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The maid who blnda her warrtor'a aaah
-With amlla that well her pain dlseemblea,
The while beneath her drooping laah
Ona atormy teardrop haitaa and trembles.
Though heaven alone rerorda the tear.
And fama anal) never know her' atory,
Her heart haa shed a drop aa dear
Aa e'er bedewed the field of slory.
The wire whe slrda her huaband'a aword
Mld tittle onea who weep and wonder.
And bravely epeaha the checrins word.
What thoush her heart be renl'aeunder, .
Doomeal nlahtlv In her dreama to hear
The bolta of death around him rattle,
Haa ahed aa aaered blood aa e'er
Waa poured upon the fteld mt battle.
The mother who conceala her srtet
While la her breaat her eon aha preaaea,
Then breathea a few brave worda and brief.
Kleelng the patriot brow ahe blceeca.
With na one but her eecret God
To know the palu that wetgha upon her,
Sheda holy bleed aa e'er the aod
Received on freedom's field of honor.
Snggenu Mexican Labor.
Yankton. 8. D., April 14. To the
Editor of The Bfe: Our country be
In at war with Germany, we will re
quire every acre of land to be ptft into
cropi to feed our people aa well as the
European nations.
Travelina- through the country, I
find the railroads and the farmers
have been short of labor the past
three years, and with our farm boys
enlisting. It's going; to cause a (rood
deal of land to lie Idle and unproduc
tive. While traveling along the bor
der the past six months, I And thou
sands of good Mexicans employed on
the farms, doing work It would be
most Impossible to get our laborers to
do; that Is. clearing land of brush and
timber and putting In winter crops. I
find them all very law-abiding and
good farm laborers, working early and
late and never complaining. The win
ter crops will be harvested in a few
weeks and those people will have very
little to do until next December. v
Here is where our farmers could
secure help until next Docember. The
best plan would be for our farmers In
a locality where help is. short to band
i ether where they need six or more,
its the Mexican, same as any other na
tionality, likes to see some of his coun
trymen occasionally to visit, so they
would be more contented. The farmer
would have to pay their' transporta
tion to points as Kansas City, St. Joe,
Omaha and Sioux City, where they
could meet them and take them to
their farms.
I have watched the Mexican laborer
the past ten years and find him law
abiding honest and sober. In south
ern Texas they employ the Mexican
labor in preference to the negro.
J. M. COLLINS.
SUNNY GEMS.
HoitMt Willi, your mamma t11 m yott
alwsyg mind hr.
Touthfut GuMtt Yttf, ma'am, I do. h -told
m whrn I cams lo dinner her today
not to aak for another pUro of pie. and I
ain't nevtr done It, though I want sue
awful bad. Bait Imoro American.
"Are you In favor of tbla daylight saving
chfrne?"
"Welt, -yes, you might aay ao," aald th
ranaret hue. "You ioe, 1 don't uae mucn
of it," Buffalo Express.
"There are jut aa good fieh In the sra
ever were caught."
"So everybody aaya. I often think that
one might be able to aell a lot of totk In k
fish trum on that hypotheaU." Louiavtlle
Courier-Journal.
"I think our new bookkeeper muil have
been a cirrus performer at one time."
"Why aoT"
"H makoa every entry with a flourish."
Judge.
M'hy Malls Are Delayed.
Omaha, April 16. To the Editor of
The Bee: Much has been said recent
ly In regard to the so-called reorgani
sation of the railway mall service: I
would like to add a few lines of solid
truth. I am a postal clerk In the
railway mail service with many years
experiencA. I entered the railway
mall service over twenty years ago.
During all of these years, on the
Union Psclflc railway1, known in the
service as Omaha-Ogden It. P. O.
train No. 5, an exclusive mail train,
with three 60-foot mail cars and three
or more storage cars to carry the go
ahead mail, we found from sixteen to
eighteen clerks assigned to this par
ticular train. This number of clerks
was able to complete the distribution
of the mail on the train between
Omaha and Cheyenne, so that when
the train arrived at Cheyenne all mail
was worked up for all the connecting
lines in the entire west and northwest.
In those days the service was such
that the paper and package mall made
the same time as the first class mall
did.
Today we find only eleven clerks on
this same train; there has been no de
crease in the volume of the mail; on
the other hand, there has been an ac
tual increase. This number of clerks
is sufficient to work only the first
class mail. Papers and parcels mailed,
for example, in Omaha, are sent to
the terminal, where they are held up
until such time as the force there is
able to work them over, then they are
dispatched on this train, in a pouch
which Is thrown into the next ter
minal to be worked in that terminal
again, and the same process repeated
until they finally reach their destina
tion, from three days to a week later
than they formerly did. Men trained
to the highest type of efficiency in the
distribution of the mail have been
taken from this train and placed in
the terminals to do this work, the de
partment thereby 'being able to cut
their salary from $1,600 per year to
$1,200, but it also cuts the efficiency
of the service about 50 per cent.
RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK.
W IS t FOftQW AMb
im HfVvtTO QOTO 0NL-tK
Vou "mm HE WlX MMW
fcOMEOVlE BSE rrt UE
GETS OV)Y?
NOT .P "THE Out glES
HIM M.MrrV
"Tour thesis atrikti me as being a triflt
Inconsistent."
"As to how?"
"In one paragraph you speak of our for
bears. In the nest you try to show that we
are descended from monkeys." Indianapolis
News.
'T was rether rmharrassed," remarkM
Senator Sorghum, "when I fortrot my speech
and had to make an abrupt finish.''
"What happened?"
'I made the hit of my life. They printed
articles about me aa one great statesman
who could be depended on not to filibuster."
Washington Star.
"Jack, dear, which would you rather lose
me or my money?"
"You. dearest."
"Oh, Jack!"
"But I would. Because, you see, dear. If
I lost you I would have the money to offer
a large reward and get you back again."
"Tou darling boy." Boston Transcript.
W. R. Dutton of Colfax, la., haa bought
the Merna Postal Card of C. J. Hall, who
has published the paper for number of
years.
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is always in a state of prepared
ness. We carry full stock of
all rare drugs as well as the
staples and are prepared at any
time to fill any prescription.
Because of this state of pre
paredness, you are assured of
correctly compounded prescrip
tions without delay. We never
use aubstitutes you get the
prescription just as the doctor
orders.
Sherman & McDonnell
Drug Company
5 Good Drug Stores.
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