ALULA If OK HIIULD, THTO8DAY, NOV. 19, 1917.
NEBRASKA AT FIFTY
YEARS OF A6E
(Continued from Page 9)
Brown by the original owner of the rivers. Forest seed's, driven by
America. Its surer plume waved j the winds or conreyed by chance, fell
here before the helmet of the Floren-; on Nebraska soil, pressed for the
tine glistened on the Western Contl-, light and reached for the sun. Most
ncnt Its breastplate of gold preced-1 of these fell victims to the autumn
ed the discovery of California nug- fires of the plains. It was the spirit
ftta. It has contributed more to' of Nebraskans not to complain of
northwestern thrift and southern conditions but to better them. There
hospitality than any other product of urose a man who saw Nebraska's
need, with a vision loosing neyonn
he Immediate future, he appealed to
a reast to ceieoraie me uuh'-ii, American sou.
f a divorce. I "Whent, the most universal of all
So we celebrate a success: we are mir rprfas, time tried, century test
cot here to register a failure. Just , jt has followed and sustained the
as we celebrate the birth a.rd ob- COirse of empire from the crai'.lo of
eerve the date of a death. Nebraska ,nP race through peace and war. the
.concealed H possibilities from the , rts(, an,j fni) f dynasties, and the
Operflclnl and the Indolent. It be- gupression of kingdoms by republics,
came the land of opportunities to the untu lnp globe has been girdled. But
diligent investigator. Fifty years . neVer has this source of life's staff
Is the spun of a human's productive j rparhed that perfection of nourish
activlty. Kngland's greatest laureate mpnt and that satisfaction of palate
sup, 'Better f.O years of Europe than fnHt is ypariy attained under our
it evele of Cathay.' In view of the jnp rans nnd early July sun in the
barbarism into which Europe has ti,,ldl, of Nebraska.
Telapsed. we might paraphrase it by "Then, too, Is that miracle of the
saying. Better fiO years of Nebraska ' modern world alfalfa fair to the
than a cycle of anywhere else on vision and susceptible to growth, so
earth surcharged with nutriment for man
l.nix.rt.H.t Kurt and Fliiurea. nd beast, so resistant to heat and
'cold, flood and drouth, such a mar-
To tell the story of Nebraska . ...,.,. romnif.ment for corn, that
from its humble origin to its present from them come the ruby ham, the
achievement has taken the broad marhe beef, and rainbow bacon by
genius of Morton to plan ana many wnlpn Nebraska, on the well-supplied
others to gather and present in mree farmpr-8 board, in the metropolis
great valumes tne story oi JNeDrassas (.Hfp or the world's capitals, and
marvelous course and recount me , evon )n (hp trenches of European
leading facts of Its men and women.
"Nebraska a child of the War for
the Union did mare than Its full
aba re. As a territory one out of
every three citizens served In the
Union army. In the Spanish-American
war it contributed 50 per cent
more than its quota. In the Mexican
expedition Nebraska met In full the
government's demands. And In the
great world war In which we are
now engaged every appeal of the na
tion la met with that promptness for
which Nebraska has alwayB been
noted in meeting her obligations for
money and men.
"Fifty years ago nine-tenths of
Nebraska's people lived in the east
ern one-fifth of the state. Today
1.271,000 souls fairly distributed
from west to east in general com
fort and happiness reside Fifty
years ago Omaha, Nebraska's me
tropolis, then as now, had 16,083
people, while now that American
gateway to the northwest numbers
200,000 souls.
"Fifty years ago there was no
completed railway in Nebraska. Now
five great continental systems trav
erse Nebraska, carrying in comfort
and safety passengers through, In,
and out of Nebraska. Then there
were under cultivation in Nebraska
not more than 650,000 acres, now
there are in meadow and annually
turned by the plow mor e than 24,-
882.000 acres.
"Fifty years ago the money in Ne
braska banks was negligible, now
$342,592,529. It had more buffalo
then than cattle. At that time there
were few churches. Today, from
bumble chapels of the west to the
great cathedrals of the metropolis
apd capital, every Sabbath 350,000
men and women of Ood lift their
oices in prayer and song to the
Great Father of us all. There were
then no colleges and few schools.
Today Nebraska has three great uni
versities, wherein are taught the sci
ence of the ages, the culture of
Prance and Italy, the law of Britain,
and the language of the ancient
Greek and Roman. Moreover,
young men and women are prepared
for the learned professions and prac
tical vocations. There are numerous
90Ueges where competent Instructors
train young men and women for
named professions, practical toca
tjons, the art of war, and the making
Of llOI'nes. In every city and village
bte high schools advanced as far as
the academy and colleges of 50 years
ago. These render the youth librrti
education. But more important still
Is the country school, where neigh
bors' children are being gathered un
der the care of some good young Ne
nraskun to conduct them throupl
the basic elements of learning to
either fit t hem to meet the ordinary
problems of life or lay the found
tlon for broader learning, wider use
fulness, and greater capacity for en
joyment of the mental substantial?,
.and luxuries the diligence and
the genius of all the ages have cre
ated and gathered.
"The success of this system count i,
for our grade .'inong the states in
percentage of illiteracy. In 1870 it
was 5 . 5 per cent, and in 1910, 3 per
tent. From a very modest rank at
admission we reached the rank of
first at the end of the century. To
sustain our educational system we
nave 1,886,363 acres of Nebraska
land. Cash or gilt-edged bonds in
our strong box $9,060,580. A Massa
chusetts member of congress in a
.speech referred to the old common
wealth which looks back upon three
centuries of history as a great edu
cational center and a great creditor
state. I was able to state in return,
for his enlightenment, that for four
decades Nebraska has had a lower
percentage of illiteracy than Massa
chusetts. More than that, our liter
acy had been raised to some extent
upon the interest paid by Massa
chusetts to our Nebraska school fund
for the money she borrowed. At that
time the Old Bay State owed Ne
braska $850,000, payment of which
was secured by a lien upon all the
old commonwealth, including the
Berkshire Hille, Fanueil Hall, Bunk
er Hill Monument, and Plymouth
Rock.
"Upon assuming our place among
the states our per capita wealth was
small Indeed; now our wealth for
every Nebraskan equals $3,110.
Sources of Our Wealth.
"If by reason of our soil, climate,
rainfall, together with our lack of
minerals, power, and forest wealth,
we are given the role of exclusive
agriculture, our present station
shows us living up to our high op
portunity and calling. Corn is our
cereal king. It Is the one great
cereal planted and grown upon the
square. It Is a sustaining food for
man and beast. When wheat failed,
barley was scarce, and rye did not
crop, it furnished food for the nation
and was the source of 'meal and
meat It is the one important grain
warriors, has become truly famous
Moreover, out of It has come the but
ter and cream, rich, palatable, and
wholesome. These come In ever in-
drenmlng and converging Btreams
from every farm to the great manu
facturing centers until they reach
Omaha, our metropolis, the greatest
butter producing market in the
world.
"In Nebraska the cow and the hen
produce much of our wealth, but
their greatest value lleB largely in
the fact thnt they have reduced our
farmers' dealings to a cash basis and
effaced the credit system of the
early days, which wrecked many
merchant and kept in poverty many
a farmer.
"Nebraska upon admission had no
great market except far-off Chicago
Today her metropolis is a market for
live stock and grain rivaling all the
markets of the country. It stands
third among them all, and therefore
third In the world. Not content with
that, It is challenging its rival for
second place.
"On admission our capital city had
2,441 inhabitants. Today there live
within its bounds 55.000 Nebraskans
It has a busy commerce in the midst
Of many institutions of higher learn
inu which furnish means of culture
sad refinement unsurpassed in any
capital of this republic.
"Thriving, prosperous cities and
beautiful villages intersected by rail
w;.ys or standing on our river bunks
dot Nebraska's plains. But the best
of life, with all its changes and com
forts, lies in the farm home. Here
the young man strong and maiden
fair have the best opportunity for at
ta.ning reasonable wealth, the best
for I vfiic clean lives, and the best
for cioins for their neighbors and
mankind the best service. They live
in that pari of the earth which God
bath made, while their urban breth
ein leslue in man-made city.
"More than perhaps any other
state in the Union was Nebraska tree
less. A few trees there were near
be healthy sentiment of Nebraskans
to plant trees. So be dedicated a day
for that work. So his state dedicated
a day for that great purpose. So
later, nearly every state In the Union
dedicated a day to the planting of
irees. This dedication begun by a
great man for a g rent purpose has
had boundless beneficial results.
"One of Nebraska's legislative
measures which finally became a law
was naming it 'Tree Planting State.'
In the authorship of this law I take
a modest pride. It is as follows:
Whereas, the State of Nebraska
has heretofore. In a popular sense,
been designated by names not in har
mony with Its history. Industry, or
ambition; and
'WhereaB the state is pre-emi
nently a tree-planting state; and
Whereas numerous and honor
able state organizations have by reso
lution designated Nebraska as the
Tree Planting State: Therefore be it
Resolved by the legislature of
the State of Nebraska, that Nebraska
Rhall hereafter, In a popular sense, be
known and referred to as the Tree
Planters' State.
"The half has not been told. It
was said that the first electric mes
sage transmitted over the wire was
What hath God wrought.' Consider
ing what Nebraska was and contem
plating what Nebraska is, let me sug
gest the sentiment. 'What man hath
wrought through opportunity God
hath made.'
"Were I to attempt to distribute
credit for Nebraska's achievements I
should call up the shades of early
Nebraskans preachers, teachers,
lawyers, physicians, Journalists, men
of commerce, and men of the farm
and by telling their names at this
time suggest to living Nebraskans
their glorious deeds. But time would
not permit me to name all, and were
I to name some it would be an injus
tice to omit many others. So I may
say .as the ancient writers would,
Behold, are not their names and
deeds written in the books of Mor
ton!' "For those Nebraskans who live
and toll and strive to gain much in
wealth and fame for self or state I
am constrained to say they are carry
ing forward the work as worthy suc
cessors to those who made Nebraska
what it is. They will add to all that
we have now, not alone in sordid
gold or rich merchandise, but in their
manhood and womanhood's credit
able deeds and virtuous lives
strengthen and exalt the state.
"After all, Nebraska's qualities,
parts, and strength lie not in broad
acres with abundant harvest, nor yet
in flocks and herds, still less In sordid
wealth, nor yet in monuments to the
great who have passed beyond, not in
the brave, generous deeds of the
past, but in the men of courage and
wisdom, women of grace, beauty, and
Intelligence who live today. Then,
too, the children of clear, clean-lived
men and women, richly endowed with
ancestral Americanism, bright,
strong, and good, they In their time
will do their part to keep Nebraska
sound and great.
"With the new phases of the
world's commerce, the multiplied In
ventions which must perfect our fu
ture with the progress now dally be
ing wrought in the world, it Is im
possible to forecast character or ex-1
tent of what our country's celebra-
'ion may show. The prophecy of yes- '
terday in the light of tcdsy's
achievements often appears gro- I
tesque.
"I can wish my state no greater
growth, no more relative advance
ment among the states of the Union
tana was wrought by Nebraskans
under God's opportunity the first 50
years of our marvelous statehood.
Friends, the Lord seems to have ;
profited further by His experience.
Ha long since learned that for the
happiness of His people He could do i
too much. His enterprise at Eden
Wat not a complete success. He had '
done too much for the early children
of his creation. We all know that 'a
smooth sea never makes a skillful
sailor.' We know that success unin-
terupted, without serious obstacles to
overcome, never qualify men for the
highest happiness. And the Creative
Genius, recognizing and following
these principles, looked upon a desert
waBte unadorned, unproductive, and
uninviting, and He said, "Here In t ins
part of My dominion, apparently
marred by My manifest neglect, I
place a few of the choice children of
My creation. And if in the years to
come they shall through dlllgejsea
and enterprise make these apparency
barren lands yield their abundance,
cause beauty to stand where un
s i l 1 1 1 linens stood, raise cities where
solitude once sat, establish thousands
of homes where children and happi
ness are; If the wheels of industry
shall roll unceasing; if great col
leges and universities shall be estab
lished; if happiness shall be in hum
ble cot and marble mansion; if pae
ans of praise and voices of prayer
Bhall rise to My name ani glory from
humble chapel an. I vast cathredal,
lb n will I visit my children, look up
on the wc.-ks of heir creation, call .it
"good" and make My dwelling place
wltb them forever.
It is finished. He has looked up
on the work of the children of His
creation in our fair State. He has
blessed it. He has c?lled it "good";
and He is making His home with us
forever. Men call this place Nebraska.
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The quantity is limited. Do not delay if
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Exhibition and Exposition.
While the two words, exhibition anil
exposition. In modern usnge wrvn np
piled in the sense of n public show or
display of natural or artificial produc
Hons, nre used Interchangeably, yet In
some enses the words could not be used
Interchangeably without nitering th
.penning of both phrases, as an "ex
hlbition game of ball" conveys an Idee
very different from that contained In
the phrase "an exposition game of
ball. As Contrasted with exposition
exhibition deals more often with vis
ible things mid exposition with things
mental ; as an exhibition of machinery
an exposition of a text or doctrine of
philosophy. Hence in part, perhaps
the disinclination of some to the won
exposition for a show.
Wild Animals and Law.
If a human being trespasses on youi
property, or curries away or destroys
anything belonging to you, the law will
protect you or you may proceed against
him yourself even to the extent of us
ing physical force. But if a wild bird
or animul protected by the law Injures
your property, you must not destroy or
Injure It. If you do, the law will pun
ish you. Doer or moose may browse
on crops, mink or skunks kill chlckeus,
robins eat cherries, and all must go
free of harm by a decision of the New
York Court of Appeals In the suit of
several owners of bind on Eagle creek,
an inlet of the Fourth lake of the Ful
ton chain.
Save Your Fingers.
Ill putting a tack into place wheie
It Is difficult to hold It with the fingers,
fhrust It through a little strip of paper
and thus keep your Angers from under
the hammer.
Compensatory.
lite Is compensatory to this extent :
When a man reaches the point at
which his wife Is compelled to make
the living for the family he has also
reached the point at which the fact
ceases to humiliate him. Topeku Cap
(tat.
Origin Of Health Drinking.
The custom 6f drinking the healtl
of the most popular man at the tabl
has its foundation in the ancient prao
tlce originated by the Greeks ant
adopted by the Romans of drinklni
to the gods and the dend, observes at
exchnnge. The Greeks and Romani
later began the practice of drinklni
to each other, und from this arose tht
custom of toasting living men. But
health drinking in Its modern form,
originating In England In the royster
Ing days of Charles II. begins wltb
the custom of drinking to the ladles n
to any woman who happened to he tht
reigning belle of the court. Many and
various were the quaint customs asso
ciated with the toasts of those days,
For example, in certain companies ol
military officers etiquette demanded
that the cup should be passed front
hand to hand. In many midnight
gatherings of Alsatla, gallants stabbed
themselves In the arms In order tc
drink with their blood the health of
the woman on whom their hearts wert
set.
Irreverent Minx.
"In my time," declared grandm-.
girls were more modest." "I know."
mid the flippant girl. "It was a fad
nce. We may get back to It" Life.
JUST IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING
An Unparalleled Sale of the New Fashionable Apparel
jL r n up
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Including Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts,
Waists, and Children's Garments
OFF ON THE NEW WINTER COATS AND
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These offerings present values that are seldom equaled in this city and in
clude the entire stock of new garments bought to sell at twice the price
we are now asking. Not a single garment is held back you can have
your unrestricted choice of the entire assortment consisting of the new
Pom Pom, Burella, Broadcloth, Poplins, etc. Think of the saving at the
height of the mid-season.
1 A OFF ON ALL
I-t DRESSES
1-3
OFF ON THE
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1-2
OFF ON NEW
CHILDREN'S COATS
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN KIMONAS, SILK AND WOOL
SWEATERS, CORSETS, NIGHTGOWNS, HOSIERY, ETC.
The Bargain Event of the Year in Women's Wear.
Fashion Shop prices are
usually lower than other
stores. Sale prices mean
big savings.
Fashion Shop prices are
usually lower than other
stores. Sale prices mean
big savings.