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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10, 1917 8 D Hororary Degree for Nebraska Poet to Be Given by University H. ' By A. EDWIN LONG. The high literary accomplishment , of John G. Neihardt ol Bancroft, Neb., will be formally recognized by the University of Nebraska June 13. On that date the university will confer upon Mr. Neihardt the honorary de gree of doctor of letters. This is the highest honor a univers ity can confer upon a man for liter ary attainment. For fifteen years Mr. Neihardt's poetry and fiction have at tracted attention all over America and throughout the English-speaking world. Nebraskans, however, have hitherto been slow to recognize "the prophet in his own home." The University of Nebraska has now come forward and invited the young genius to appear June 13 and receive this honorary degree. Mr. Neihardt will thus be the only 'poet of his own generation to receive this degree. He is barely 36 years old. This honor seldom comes to a man before his fifties. William Dean Howells was nearly 50 when the de gree was conferred upon him. Mark Twain was 66 when the University of Missouri gave him the degree. Some of Neihardt's best known works are "The Song of Hugh Glass," "The Quest," "The River And I," "Man Song," "A Bundle of Myrrh." "The Lonesome Trail," "The Divine Enchantment," and others. Lived with the Indians. From 1901 to 1907 Neihardt lived largely among the Omaha and Win nebago Indians, studying their habits, character, legends, and philosophy. He stuck close to the oldest men in the. tribe, and lay Often half the night beside their fires with the scent of dog-stew in his nostrils, just to get the nucleus of a good story or legend. The result was that his Indian stories were a new departure in that line of work. They eliminated the scalping knife, and the massacre of whites, and went intoIie hardships, trials, trag edies and sorrows of members of the tribe themselves in the days before the whites appeared to tempt the red man with their scalps. It is as a poet, however, that Nei hardt looms largest in the literary world. In his "Song of Hugh Glass" he has immortalized the American fur trade period. Neihardt insists this period of American history has been . shamefuMy neglected. "This fur trade period," said Neihardt "is an epic as .: great as the Siege of Troy, Yet, here we are in Nebraska schools still reading about Helen of Troy, about Hector, Priam and Achilles, though we had men a century, ago in Ne braska and the northwest whose nerves of steel and whose deeds of daring would make Hector and Achil les look like lily-fingered dudes." Plenty of Romance Here. ; Neihardt has dragged to light these powerful men oj the northwest. His Hugh Glass" is one of them and be follows him through his terrible jour ' ney from (astern Nebraska to the Yellowstone, crawling half the dis tance, dragging a brokan leg, nursing a mutilated face, subsisting mean while on the flesh of bison rejected by the coyotes and ever creeping for ward again at break of day, sustained by that furious purpose to overtake a foe on the Yellowstone. No one Seven Riders in Big Race Drive Home on Goodrich Tires The 250-mile International sweep stakes automobile raca at Sharonville Speedway, Cincinnati, 0., May 30, was marked by victory for Goodyear cord tires, when the first seven drivers romped home on them, winners. Louis Chevrolet, in a Vrontenac, took first place, after driving a race at the average speed of 102.18 miles per hour. Ira Vail finished dose behind Chev rolet in a Hudson. Tom Milton, Otto Henning, Eddie Hearne and Earl Cooper constituted the field that wrung out behind Vail. Ralph De Palma, in hit Packard, did his bast to prevent the race from becoming a Chevrolet joy ride and alternated in the lead with Louis and -Gaston Chevrolet for 160 miles. But a splinter from the track, thrown by one of the other cars with great force, entered the radiator puncturing the water tank, and forced him from the - race. De Palma'a car rode on Good year's, also. , y The succesa which Goodyear cord tires have attained in the two race meets that have been held so far this season, it is said, portends even a more successful year than last, when they entered a racing season that was nearly half over and won a majority of 'the remaining events. . liberty Car Makes New ( Record for Shipments Announcement is made of the elec tion of the Liberty Motor Car com pany into membership of the Nation al Automobile Chamber of Commerce, this concern having passed all the re quirements imposed by the national body and ia now officially in the "big league' 'of motor car manufacture In this connection, it is interesting In rote that the Liberty company shipped more cars during the last year than any motor car company building cars in the same price class iver shipped in the first year. No man ufacturer of motor cars m the same ,. clasa ever atarted so auspiciously as urn ine j.iDcny company, ana none in its class, according to official rec ords, produced and sold as many au- lumuuuca in lis nrsi year. ( In less than ten months since the first Liberty car was- shipped, the Liberty company has shipped more than 2,500 cars. This showing was made in spite of difficulties- through out the country. Because o1 these can. ditions, President Percy Owen of tne Liberty company was compelled mini m allotments ana to turn down many opportunities. Philadelphia Gets Ready . To Get Into Racing Game Philadelphia is now going in for speed in the automobile racing game. In the aubnrbs thev ri rmnJtmi, . motordrome, which will hold 80,000 ipectators. Experts say that the two. mile track will be the fastest in the country, and they are buttressing the turns with heavy timbers to make the track withstand a speed of 140 miles per hour, v Probably this track will be the scene of many a record-breaking per- luMnance, witn rne Dig nonors won by men who have yet to be heard from. ' There is one thing that is just about settled beyond all dispute. Practically every driver will use the one brand (John Q.eihardir knows today whether the siege of Troy ever took place or whether Achilles really dragged Hector round the walls of Troy. Homer's imagi nation was powerful. Neihardt, how ever, knows of the case of Hugh Glass, for he has bought up a won derful Collection of the old musty journals kept by the post managers of the fur companies and these con tain definite, though brief, records of all the. principal events that occurred from day to day. Studied in Universities. "The Song of Hugh Glass" is al ready being studied in some of the colleges and universities as a master piece of American literature and one college professor has made a cash offer to his class for anyone who could point out one superfluous word in the" entire work . He has never been called upon to pay the prize. In his shorter poems Neihardt has interwoven philosophy, religion and heroism with a virile dash in such a way as to make his works appeal to men and women alike. He jias em ployed tricks of music, rhyhie, lilt and rhythm that never occurred to the musical Poe. He has employed vigorous plain English diction until his lines slash like a rawhide. Nebraska Thunderstorm. In his "Prairie Storm Rune" he has, gained for the Nebraska thunder storm the' recognition it deserves as a great elemental manifestation, frowning and flaming with the poten tial power of the Infinite. Here he has shown more vigor and imagina tion than Byron in his "Thunderstorm in the Alps," but because-it was By ron and because it was the Alps we hesitate to believe his production could be equaled or excelled in Ne braska. Mr. Neihardt appeared for a' read ing before the Omaha Fine Arts so ciety at the Hotel Fontenelle last winter and before another society in Lincoln a few days later. of lubricants that keep a car free from faction Dixon's Granhite Au. tomobile Lubricants. Chalmers Car Makes Record In Running on Low Gear "The fifRt IflW DHI nt tnnn duration to be made by an automo bile was completed several days ago hv a fh:ilmr .n,E,.nn.. car, driven through the streets of St. ram 10 Minneapolis, ine test lasted twenty-four hours without the motor being stopped," says F. E. Spooner. "The trial was made under direc tion of W. F. Sturm, Chalmers' con test manager, and sanction No. 1027, was secured from th Am,rir,n Auto mobile association. L. A. HHlman, technical representative from Chicago, had charge of the test for the Ameri can Automobile association. The car averaged slightly more than ten miles an uuur, covering .o mnes in twen- iy-iuur uuurs. vm consumption was three auarta. Fnnr 0a11nn f u,9tp was used. Despite the adverse con- unions or me test irom tne stand point of economy possibilities, the car averaced 7.36 mile nr gasoline. . While Chalmers cars have been en gaged in tests through traffic in var ious parts of the country, all previous trials have been made in high gear. In putting a car through twenty-four hours of continuous service with low gear only being used, and with second and frrgh gears removed, the Chalmers Motor company of Minnesota, which conducted the latest test, has done something which is not only unique but which is considered daring as well. "Ordinarily, low gear is used only in starting a car. A motor being run in low gear for any length of time has a tendency to heat and cause the water in the radiator to boil. In this test the chief idea was to prove the ability of the Chalmers to keep from overheating under the severest con ditions. It was found that the water in the radiator did not boil at any stage of the run." Argument for Employment of Convicts O.i Roads or Farms The investigations of the national committee on prisons and prison la bor into the reliability of convicts at work on roads or on farms show that inc majority ci tne sane and able hnmH mn nn... .....J : , . . ..w wiiiiucu in pcnai in stitutions, if properly handled, can be depended upon to perform the uions oci ior mem witnout the slight est fear of their escaping. ... VV.V.BUV pi.auiicis 111 six large rnarl rannl ar nn,,,.,!,. 1 i . r- t w.i..iqiinj cmpiuycu m the construction of roads. In eight f iey nave ouilt WJiat Warden Tvnan mi1j"l Cim .;i.. t the most pe.fect highway in the wur u. nicy are also tarming thou sands nf 9rr.i r,f t4 ...u:..t. .oitvi tviiiiu pro duces food used by the state institu- nuns. - There are, however, about 4,000 convicts in Colorado whom idleness is ruining in the various- penitentiaries and they should be. employed in build- mg ruaus or on siate larms. The national committee on prisons and nriinn lahnr i.-A..u out the country there is an increasing sciyirngni ior ine employment ot . w. nIIU .alma iu aasisi in relieving the food pressure which, Dccdusc 01 ine war, confronts tne na tion fcifaik I IHInHWAY I "Uli,-- iniw.-r.. . IS -v I I 1 ". Butts Wants to See You Tourists and others will find our Drug Store a real one to supply their many wants. Our Fountain stands ready with cooling drinks to rinse the dust from your throat. We're right on the Highway, across from the Evans Hotel. Drop in. Let's get acquainted. BUTTS DRUG STORE QUALITY AND SERVICE COLUMBUS, NEB. Use the Lincoln Highway as your travel guide: Use the oldest and largest national bank in Platte County as your banking guide. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Columbus, Nebraska. M. E. HELMS COLUMBUS NEWS and Stationery Company ' THE BOOK STORE You will always find a nice Assortment of tygh grade stationery and books. All city newspapers and latest pe riodicals on sale. Santa Claus headquarters and children's toy shop during holidays. GOTTBERG AUTO CO. Authorized Sales and Service Weat Thirteenth and Quincy KODAKERS, ATTENTION We do EXPERT AMATEUR FINISHING. All work is given special attention. Leave or mail us your films. ONE-DAY SERVICE, v High Grade Portraitura. PRIDDY PHOTO SHOP Meridian Hotel Bldg, :: a HI Nonr THE BEES MARTEN BAUMGARTNER i-: i-i Columbia, Neb. ASK FOR AND ia!lilllBlllilllllllllllllilWlli:illlllllllllillill.liiilliiillllill KB!H illilli!llliilliilliiljii:i:i!E:;iill Kilillll 1 KliatlllblliSlllillll X - . t A Healthful, Refreshing Beverage Intoxicating Made by the COLUMBUS BEVERAGE CO. COLUMBUS, NEB. SPECIAL LINCOLN HIGHWAY EDITION Columbus Center 0 Fine Country Among the cities oJ first importance in Nebraska, is Columbus, the county seat of Platte county. The city is lo cated on the main line of the Union Pacific and is the terminus of four branch roads. It is an ideal distribut ing point, being the gateway to a large and prosperous farming coun try and numerous smaller towns. Rail roads run to most all points of the compass, handling both freight and passenger traffic. The city is also at the junction of the Lincoln highway and Galveston-to-Winnipeg Transcon tinental roads. Platte county is one of the best agricultural counties in Nebraska, and that means in the entire country. Crop failures are unknown in this region. The county is well watered and the soil is rich and productive. The farm ers are prosperous and their -lands are well improved. Cattle and hog raising are big industries and diver sified farming is carried on. Alfalfa is a good rop and can be grown orr any farm in the county and is the best known beef and milk producer. Coltfmbus banks have larger depos its than any other city in the state in proportion to the population. The city is the natural headquarters for com mercial men making the North Platte territory and the local United Com mercial Travelers' lodge has a large and growing membership. The population of Columbus is 6,000; altitude, 1,492 feet; rainfall, thirty inches. The city lias a mu nicipal water plant and drainage sys tem, pure water, electrolier street lighting system is now being installed. The city has an excellent electrical and gas service system. Of the four newspapers two are dailies. There are five banks, with deposits of $2,500, 000; five public grade schools and one high school, also three parochial schools. Practically all denomina tions are represented in the churches of the city. Columbus is proud of its fine Young Men's Christian association building, public library, a large hospital, large government postoffice building and two theaters. One"of the' theaters, the. Swan, is said to be as beautiful as any in the state. The following business concerns are worthy of mention: Large planing mill that makes interior work a specialty; two flour mills; one beverage company; wooden shoe fac tory; bottling works; brick manufac tory, with a capacity of 20,000 brick a day; artificial ice plant; piano factory; veterinary hospital; terminal elevator, with a capacity of 250,000 bushels; fireproof warehouse and storage plant, two candy factories, creamery, four cigar factoriesrtwo telephone systems, excellent hotel facilities, two whole sale houses, a broom factory, oil dis tributing stations, marble and granite works, large wholesale establishments handling poultry and eggs, one green house, two cement block factories, canning factory. Two building and loan associations with assets of $1,200,000 are both strong institutions. The city also has sewer system, three parks, fire de partment equipped with auto trucks and modern apparatus. When you plan your trip to the Rockies this summer arrange it so that Columbus is one of your stop ping points. Call on Charles L. Dickey, secretary of the Commercial club, and he will supply you with all desired information. You will find in Columbus everything in the way of auto garages, repair shops, hotel ac commodations and amusement that you could possibly desire. STORAGE Service Station ' The Strong Right Arm of a Starting-Lighting System We can supply a Gould Guaranteed Battery to fit your car -:- -:- The Electric Shop PARKER & RODAHORST Columbus - - - - Nebraska Announcement To my many friends along the Highway I wish to announce the opening of an up-to-date lunch room and barber shop at my old location 505 West 13th St and invite them to drop in. LUNCHES, CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS THE SWAN THEATER The most modern Picture House on the Highway. Right across from The Evans Hotel. Grand Pip Organ Comfortable Seats Cool Atmosphere. UNIVERSAL PROGRAM WILLIAM FOX FEATURES BLUEBIRD PHOTO PLAYS Come in and Enjoy the Latest. Matinees at 2, Evenings at 7. 5 AND 10 CENTS. BEE WANT-ADS BRING RESULTS DRINK Non-Taxable BATTERY I Lester Gates f lii.i SSBMm V. fel