gradually increased the production per
acre, and have made larger the tillable
area. They have developed the dairying
industry until today the dairy cow and
the modest, hen are two of Nebraska's
greatest, wealth producers. The Agricul
tural College is returning dollars to the
state for every penny given for its main
tenance. It is of more practical benefit
fo the state than all the universities and
colleges within the state's borders.
The daily newspapers of July 4 saw
fit to chronicle the fact that there is a
famine of silver coin in the north Pacific
states. Had we know that a dearth" of
silver coin was an item of news we could
have put the papers wise to it a long time
ago.
No need to worry for fear the city
council will consent to allowing the pub
lic service corporations to occupy the
streets with private mains. Doubtless
the public service corporations are suf
fering from inadequate service from the
municipal plant, but at that they are
no worse off than hundreds of private
consumers. As a matter of fact, if a
privately owned public service corpora
tion were guilty of giving the people tle
kind of service they are getting from the
municipal water plant right now, there
would be an insurrection. The manage
ment of the water department has been
playing for a record. Instead of bending
every energy to giving good service the
managers have been trying to show up
big in the profit column-. The city should
not seek to make a penny of profit from
the water plant. It should seek to give
the best possible service at the least pos
sible cost. Mayor Armstrong is stirring
things up in the water department, and
as the stirring proceeds the water con
sumers will be wise to a lot of facts that
have been concealed from them.
Everybody will regretjto hear that Sec
retary C. E. Mayne of the Y. M C. A. is
to sever his connection with the local or
ganization to become connected with the
organization at Gary, Indiana. For elev
en years Mr. Majnie has been giving loyal
and efficient service in a cause that
means much to the young men and boys
of this city. He has proved his efficiency
by getting hold of boys in a manner that
few men are capable of accomplishing,
lie has the knack of knitting them to
him, and exerting upon them a powerful
influence for good, never making the
morals so obtrusive as to make boys with
red blood in their veins shy away from
him. Such men are all too rare. Vigor
ous, full of initiative and always "on the
job," Mr. Mayne is making a record
in the Y. M. C. A. work. His departure
from Lincoln will be regretted by thou
sands, especially by the young men and
boys who have felt his influence forgood
upon their lives. Garry is to be congrat
ulated upon having secured this splendid
worker in a splendid cause.
Lincoln Ad Clubmen who have never
been the guests of Samson in the Den of
the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha
have a treat coming. To be the guest of
Samson is to get a touch of high life, be
filled full of Nebraska enthusiasm and
sent forth to boost. Next Monday night
Samson and his loyal knights are going
to entertain Omaha and Lincoln Ad
Clubmen, together with members of the
Commercial Clubs throughout the state.
Some special stunts will be pulled off.
President Westfall and Secretary Mur
ray of the Lincoln Ad Club are desirous
of having the local organization repre
sented to the limit. If seventy-five or
more members will signify a desire to at
tend a special train will be provided, and
the clubmen can go and come when they
please. If you want to be counted in on
the splurge, just telephone Secretary K.
L. Murray. It will be a trip to cling to
the memory for many years to come.
We've been through the mysterious
reamlm of Ak-Sar-Ben a few times, and
Ave know what we are talking about,
thank you. We're going up next Monday
and take it all in again.
The office of the Columbus Telegram
was gutted by fire a few days ago, but
that won't prevent the Telegram from
coming out as regularly and as full of
ginger as usual. About the only possible
difference that fire could have made
would have been to make Judge Howard
forget that drawl for a minute and talk
real fast. And even a costly fire would
scarcely be too high a price to pay for
the privilege of listening to such.
Colonel Charley Pool, who edits the
Tecumseh Journal-Tribunal brilliantly
when he is not politicking, and always en
tertainingly no matter what else he may
be doing, says it is up to the bo;ys wheth
er he shall be the Democratic nominee
for governor next yetr. There is no dis
puting that Charles would make a strong
candidate, and were it not for the fact
that we have already picked out the dem
ocratic gubernatorial candidate we'd be
for Pool with enthusiasm. Just as soon
as Senator John.Morehead winds up two
term of two years each we will attnd to
the matter of putting Charley Pool in the
executive chamber of the convict built
stone pile that sets across Fifteenth
street..
COLONEL SAM ME LI OK.
Col. Sam Melick, than whom there is
not a better known man in Lancaster
county, lias an ambition to serve the
county as sheriff, and with that end in
view is a candidate for the Republican
nomination. Colonel Melick is no novice
in the work apertaining to and touching
upon the duties of sheriff. He has lived
in Lancaster county long enough to know
about everybody and to be well and fav
orably known by everybody. His expe
rience as chief of police of Lincoln, and
as an officer of the law in various capa
cities peculiarly fit him for the position.
He is making an active canvass for the
nomination, and the smile he is wearing
is indicative of the fact that he is well
satisfied with the results to date. His rec
ord as a citizen and as an official is an
open book for all men to read, and he is
perfectly willing to have his candidacy
judged by that record. If he is success
ful the people will have the satisfaction
of knowing that they have selected a cap
able official, and one who will do his
whole duty without fear or faor.
THE SENSIBLE PLAN.
This week is the anniversary of the
agreement formulated between the cen
tral labor bodies of this city and the or
ganization of employers. During that
period the rules of the agreemnt have
been strictly adhered to by both parties.
Labor disputes have been settled by
both parties. Labor disputes have been
(settled by means of arbitration while the
men continued at work. With the excep
tion of one contract in which jurisdic
tional controversies arose between the
men employed, there has been no strike
upon the work controlled by members of
the two organizations. Before the agree
ment became effective one year ago there
was not a week passed but what the busi
ness agents and the secretary of the em
ployers' association were not engaged in
endeavoring to settle some trouble and
return the men to work. The contrast be
tween the situation in this city and other
municipalities throughout the state is so
great as to cause astonishment to em
ployers and employees in these places.
Conservative but energetic Cedar Rapids
has as much cause to express pride in the
manner in which labor and capital dwell
in peace and harmony as she has in her
other great achievements in the indus
trial field. Cedar Rapids, la., Tribune.
WHY THE "PERHAPS."
The Red Cloud Chief, referring to the
dry spell and sounding a note of cheer,
says: "Perhaps no state in the union
can show such marvelous recuperative
powers as Nebraska." Why the "per
haps?" It is redundant, tautological and
irrelevant. The plain, simple and truth
ful statement would be this: "No other
state in the Union can show such mar
velous recuperative powers as Nebras
ka." Nebraska can stand more rainfall
and .get along with less, than any other
state. It can store more moisture in its
soil, and draw upon it longer, than any
other state. Its people get along in com
fort when the thermometer is registering
104 in the shade, while people in New
York and Massachusetts and Ohio and.
Illinois are dying of the heat when the
thermometer registers but 90 in the
shade. Nebraska corn grows so fast you
can hear it under conditions that would
shrivel the corn crop of Iowa or Illinois
or Indiana. By and large, up, and
down, around and across, Nebraska
is the most productive, most enterprising
and most resourceful state in the Union,
And there is no "perhaps" about it.
