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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. i L "91 'H Hf '? ' FRAM READY -JnivjvvCi3!lJIavPTi'vWff:7 . -y -c? C"" sgio-""SSa LSWi ?maivi; l JSKW - The famous schooner Fram ol antarctic exploration tamo waiting In Colon harbor, Panama, for tho opening of tho canal. sno will bo ono of the first vessels to pass through tho big waterway. Tho Fram is bound for tho arctic regions for north polo work. It was this schooner which was used by Exploror Amundsen whon ho discovered', tne south pole. 12510 A YEAR: IS E. IN S Id A R Charles S. Mellen Brings Down Upon His Head a Perfect Torrent of Arguments, Abuse and Ridicule by His Recent Declara tion That No One, in His Opinion, can Be Worth More to Any Corporation. New York. Twenty-five thousand dollars a year Is any man worth more than that? Charles S. Mollen. recently retired as president of the New York, New Ha ven & Hartford railroad, has brought down upon his head a torrent of argu ments, abuse and ridicule by his recent declaration that no man, in his opin ion, can be worth more than $25,000 a year to any corporation. How much would John D. Rockefel ler bo worth to some rival of tho Stand- Charles S. Mellen. nrd Oil company if the services of the wizard of organization woro for sale? How much would a rival banking con cern, or, a foreign banking concern have paid the late John Pierpont Mor gan for seating himself at a desk in their counting room a few hours every day? How much could a shrewd business man pay to have the epoch-making brain of Thomas A. Edison at his beck nnd call for C2 weeks? Doesn't Woodrow Wilson earn his salary of $75,000 a year, and a good bit more? Isn't ho worth as much as the hereditary monarchs of Europo whose yearly incomes run far into tho mil lions? Isn't Col. Georgo W. Goethals, the army engineer who haB probably saved tho United States $100,000,000 in the building of the Panuma canal, worth a sum which would mako $25,000 a year look like an office boy's wages? Theso and a thousand other search- - Ing questions aro snowing under the bold Mr. Mellon. So far, ho hasn't been able to find anybody to agree with him and probably won't. "I bellovo tho paying of tromendous salaries to corporation officials i3 n waste of mondy," asserted Mr. Mellen "I bollevo that no man In tho countr ' Is worth moro than $25,000 a year I kuow that I would work fully as hard i for tho Now Haven railroad for $23 000 as I did for $C0,000 or $75,000." That last statement is probably true Twenty-five thousand dollars n year men aren't as a rulo shirks. But tho Now Haven railroad is afraid literal ly afraid to pay Mr. Mellen's suc cessor, Howard Elliott, $25,000 n year. They're afraid some other railroad TO GO THROUGH PANAMA CANAL r - ,MTffiroro . ' '. -- i- ANY I IS would coax Mr. Elliott aw ay from them If they did. Mr. Elliott is said to got $1W,000 n year and William Rockefel ler, J. Pierpont Morgan, tho younger, and several othor shrewd gentlemen who sit on tho Now Havon's board, of fered him that to coax him out of a position at the head of tho Northern Pacific which itself brought him much over Mr. Mellen's upper limit. So, as economists agreo that tho worth of a thing Is what it will bring there you are! But old Chauncey M. Depew, who was president of tho Now York Central railroad so many years ago that most of us have forgotten all about It, has a shrewd analysis of tho situation. "Mr. Mellen's statement would be all right If there was a superabundance of $25,000 a year men," Bald the famous senator and orator recently. "But, as a matter of fact, tho kind of talent needed by big corporations Is exceed Ingly rare. "Tho question of Balary Is not the paramount one. "The real question Is tho worth of men of extraordinary genius. The great executive who can put a corpora tion on its foot is a genius. There ought not to be any limit to the salary of such a man. Some men with good reputations have sent promising cor porations to tho wall. Tho man with tho real capacity would have put them on their feet. Why, then, should there be any limit to tho financial worth of tho latter? "Take Colonel Goethals, for Instance. There's a man who expedited the work on the Panama canal and saved tho government probably $100,000,000. An other man would have delayed tho work five years and added $100,000, 000 to the cost. Think of tho valno of such a man to a prlvato corporation. In fact: "Salaries don't cut any ice!" And they don't. Whon a corporation of great size wants a worthy execu tive tho problem Isn't "how can wo pay his salary," but "where can wo find such a man." And the $100,000 a year man could usually Induce his company to double his salary rather than lot him go. But that kind of man doesn't ordinarily deal In such do mands. Back In 1005 thero was a great ex posure of Hfo Insurance workings It Col. George W. Goethals. was disclosed that President McCurdy of tho Mutual Llfo Insurance com pany received a Btrnlght salary of $150,000 a year Mr. McCurdy said that was nono too much that he had tho handling of assets of $440,000,000. He said theso assets wero more than II THAN 1 the combined assets of tho largest, bankB In England. Franco and Ger-i many. This last statement was found to be accurate, but tho remark brought, out somo astonishing revolatlonB of the Inconsistencies of tho salary ques tion. It was found that tho salary of the director of the Bank of England was $10,000 a year, whllo the president of the Imperial German bank received a modest $7,500) Furthermore, If Mr. McCurdy's theory that tho president's salary should 'bo proportionate to tho com- Chauncey M. Dcpew. pany's assetB wore true, the head of the Standnrd Oil company would have received at that tlme$225,000 a year. BIG CATASTROPHIES IN 19147 Mme. Thebes Takes a Bilious Squint Into Europe's Future Flood for London. Paris. Among Mme, Thebos'3 pre dictions of 1914 aro: Tho planet Mars will predominate, with war alwayB menacing. England will suffer critical perils In India. London will bo threatened by floods, a terrible catastropho taking placo as a result of the Inundations, which will arouse tho pity of tho wholo civil ized world. Portugal Is to see a restoration of tho monarchy. Austria will bo sorely tried with rioting; there will be bloodshed and fire in the streets of Vienna; tho situ ation will be even worse than that In Hungary, nnd the Austro-Hungarlan dynasty will bo In gravo peril. Germany will exporlonce a severo upheaval, bringing profound changes In tho character of her national Hfo. Italy will witness a now pope, who will bo friendlier to tho monarchy. It will bo tho good fortune of Rus sia to promote peaco in tho Balkans. Franco Is to be afflicted with scan dals, riots, bloodshed and Industrial troubles In the northeast. Paris will have a favorable year. No disaster is prophesied for Amer ica. ROTHSCHILDS IN NEW YORK Two of Richest Young Men In World Make Visit to America Nephews of Baron. New York. Two of tho richest young men In tho world, members of a family whoso nnmo has been a synonym for Aladdlnliko wealth during many r.oneratlons. aro here in Now York. They aro Anthony and Evelyn do Rothschild, bonu of Leopold do Rothschild, who is a brother of Lord Rothschild, tho present head of tho great financial family Tho voung men they caino out of Cambridge only a short tlmo ago aro horo on a pleasuro trip, rather at tho end of It as they sail for England on Tuesday. For tho last threo months they havo boon traveling about South America. Tho object of their Journev lugB, they explained, was purely tho quest of Interest and amusement, and nothing else. THOUSANDS OF AVAILABLE HOMESTEADS Western Canada's Homestead Area Being Increased. Tho groat rush for homesteads whenever a reservation Is oponcd by tho U. S. govornmont reveals tho fact that thoro Is a groat desire on tho part of tho American pcoplo to get land. Tho fnct that, teiiB of thousands aro on hand at every opening, nnd on ly a fow hundred homesteads aro avallablo shows that tho avail able agricultural lands which nro in tho gift of tho government aro rap Idly diminishing. In nddltlon to this agricultural lands that are of proved vnluo havo advanced in price to such nn extent that it becomes a serious Question to tho man with modornto means who intends to go into farming, whoro ho shall go. Fortunntcly thoro la yet to bo had In Western Canndn, either In Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, thousands of free homesteads of 1G0 ncros each, which mny be had, by tho simple process of tiling, paying a ten dollar entrance fee, and living on it for six months each year for thrco years. Thoro Is no necessity to nmko a long, tedious nnd cxponslvo Journoy, only to find you havo one chance la fifty of getting what you want. Al though this homesteadlng haB been going on in Canada for u number of years, and hundreds of thousands of them havo boon taken by hundreds of thousands of Americans, thore re mains sufficient to last for somo tlmo, and of as good land us any that has yet been taken up. In fact, in tho opinion of very many, thoso that aro left aro of tho beet. Thoy comprise lnnds that give tho opportunity to In dulge In tho growing of grain, wheth er It bo wheat, oats, barley or flax, but In addition theso lnnds nro admir ably adapted for mixed farming, a class of farming that Is cortnln to glvo better rqturns than that of all grain growing. Cattlo thrive and fntton on the nutritious grasses; dairying can bo carried on successfully; timber for building is within reach, nnd water 1b ensy to get. Theso lands aro located In the park districts of any of tho three provinces; groveo of trees ln tersporso the landscape and glvo It a beauty that can only bo attained in tho moro open prairie sections by tho planting of trees. Treo culture by tho way Is being. carried on to u great ox tent. Besides theso free grant lands there are lands which may bo had by purchasing from railways and prlvato companies and Individuals. Theso lnnds have not incroased in price as their productivo qualities and tholr lo cation might have warranted, and mny still be had at reasonably low prices and on easy Serins. The crop In West orn Cnnada In 1913 was ono of tho best of tho number of good crops that that country has raised. Wheat haB been reported with yields of from 30 to 45 bushels per acre, and othor grain with like heavy yields. Advertise ment. Household and Mental Order. Froebel, "fathor of child-study," said that "Inwnid clearness proceeds from outward order," and thoro Is truth enough In tho observation to glvo food for thought to tho caioless, untidy mother and fathor. Froobel's saying was connected, no doubt, with his In sistence that the child's play and work materials in tho kindergarten should bo tnkon out In perfect order and so returned at tho closo of tho exercises, and Dr. Monto3sori, tho Italian educa tionist, whose method Is working a chango In tho teaching of children, re quires tho samo thing In her "Houses of Childhood." There must Indeed bo a potent influence in an orderly, punc tual, wisely-administered household, and there Is no question that chlldron brought up In such nn atmosphere do show clearness in tholr mental pro cesses. Fortunately this Is nn Influ ence which Is independent of riches or poverty und so can bo oxortod by any mother. HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS For pimples and blacklieathi tho fol-1 lowing Is a most effoctlvo nnd eco nomical treatment: Oontly smear tho nffectcd parts with Cutlcura Oint ment, on tho ond of tho linger, but do not rub Wash off tho Cutlcum Ointment In Hvo mlnutus with Cutl cura Soap and hot uater nnd contlnuo bathing for somo minutes. This treat ment Is best on rising und retiring, At othor times use Cutlcura Soap freely for tho toilet and bath, to as sist In preventing Inllammntlon, Irri tation and clogging of tho pores, tho common causo of plmpleo, blackheads, redness and roughm-as, yellow, oily, mothy and othor unwholesome condi tions of tho Bkln. Cutlcura Soap nnd Ointment sold thioughout tho world Samplo of each rroo, witn -"-'-p. Skin nook. Address post card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv Sure) "Why do men got bald sooner than women?" "Heoauso thoy don't wear tholr hair so long!" The totnl amount of money kihpoh Ing on the ocpann' bottoms In the shapo of submarine cables Is $250 000.000. Horsehair Is said to mako n suIihJ tuto for rubber in tho manufacture nt automobile tires PUTKAM Color more iroods brighter and fatter colors than You cun dye any garment without tipping apart. Red Seals and Christmas Gifts, A blK-honrted purchaser of Red Cross Bonis In a southern city recently complained becauso tho seals did not como In sheets largor than 100. Ho j had prepared n ChriHtmns package for i his daughter nnd had conceived tho Idea thnt he would wrap It entirely in Christmas seals As tho present wnsi bulky, tho shoots of 100 wero not suf- j flclent. Ho solved his problem, how-1 ovor, by pasting several shoots of sealB on a largo pleco of wrapping paper, in which ho Inclosed his daughter's gift Didn't Matter. "You nro wanted at the telephone" "Hut I mil ao hoarse I can't talk." "You won't need to talk; It's your wife" Unanimous. "Sua waB nearly tickled to death ' with that tall straight feather In her I hat." I "So was everybody near her." A titer in bluing N ndultrrittion. Ol.ns nnd Mater iuiiKc liquid blue costlv. lluv Red C'tos Hill lllue, mnkcH clotlioi whiter than snow. Adv. Searchlights aro to bo found mount ed on tho observation plutforniB of sonio western railroad trains. Mrs.Wliixlon'ft Hootlilnp Hjrnp for Children teetlilnc. Hoftciisllitt guniM. rnlncei Itillmnm.v tlon.uUuj-H puln,ciircH wind emlcXou botlleJkft Don't let your lofty IdenlB bo re stricted to high llvlnc; On The Alert Watch for any sign of distress in the Stom ach, Liver or Bowels and be sure to try STETTER' STOMACH BITTERS promptl'. It will tone and strengthen those organs and help you h maintain health and vigor at all times. g GET A BOTTLE TODAY H khI The Typewriter for the Rural Busieess Man ME3SBfc Whether you aro a. "fmSi&ggJffl small town merchant E3BfffiWL or a farmer, you need prv n typewriter. 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