CURRENT COMMENT
Hugh Jones and the Antelopes fully deserve all the encouragement
such an attendance would give them.
We are loath to believe the truth of a rumor now afloat con
cerning the recent "Cornhusker" episode. The rumor has it that
a little game was put up on Chancellor Avery by friends of the
Wesleyan school at University Place. These friends are alleged to
have concocted a plot whereby some letters were written to Chan
cellor Avery denouncing the "Cornhusker," the intent being to
have the chancellor do just what he did do jump in and make a
nasty mess out of something that wouldn't have attracted a bit of
notice otherwise. As a result of the mess these alleged plotters are
said to be rejoicing over what they deem a pretty good boost for
the Methodist school.
Will Maupin's Weekly has private sources of information which
supplement the crop information gathered by the railroads. The
remarkably cool weather of the past two weeks, coupled with
copious rains, has resulted in bringing the wheat crop to the fore
beautifully. Fields that were deemed hopelessly ruined two weeks
ago now give promise of fair yields, while the average fields will
Jurn out bumper yields. Nebraska has approximately 400,000 more
acres sown to wheat this year than ever Deiore. ine average yieia
per acre for the entire state will be larger than last year. This
means that Nebraska will harvest mighty close to 55,000,000 bushels
of wheat this year.
John W. Gilbert and John M. Simmons of Saline county ask the
supreme court to prevent the schoolhouse in their district from
being used for religious services. These two . gentlemen, both of
whom are doubtless well meaning citizens, evidently are living in the
past. The modern school house should be used for any kind of a
public meeting desired by any considerable number of the people. It
should be the social center of the community, the meeting place
of all classes and conditions. Messrs. Gilbert and Simmons confess
that they are unbelievers. Doubtless they class themselves as "free
thinkers." -Which reminds us of Ingersoll's famous retort to Rabbi
Wise. ."The tallest man I ever knew," said Ingersoll, "was named
Short,' and the shortest man I ever knew' was named 'Long.' I
have just been attacked by a reverend gentleman named 'Wise'."
Our experience is that the average "free thinker" is about as nar
row-minded as a man well can be.
The weather has not been good for corn, although there is no
complaint heard about the condition of that crop. It is only a little
ate that's all. And seldom have the corn fields of Nebraska been
in better shape than they are right now.
Both in immediate monetary value and in its relation to other
products, the hay crop is the most valuable raised in the United
States, even exceeding cotton and wheat. And when its relation
to the stock and dairy industries are considered it at once becomes
far and away the greatest of all crops. Just now the hay crop is
in excellent condition. The second cutting of alfalfa is beginning,
and the pastures are affording the best of grazing. As a result the
cattle and dairy industries are thriving.
As a matter of fact, this year gives promise of forever setting
at rest the fool notion that presidential years are of necessity dull
business years. The reports from all over the country are to the
effect that business is unusually good in almost every line of trade
and industry. 1
Prof. Metchnikoff is on the trail of the microbe that produces
the effect we call "old age." He has already located the "old age"
microbe, or bacilli, or whatever you call it. Now he is looking up
the microbe that will put the "old age" microbe out of business.
If he will confine it within proper bounds we hope Metchnikoff finds
the microbe he is seeking. But we want some things now in our
midst to die of old age just as speedily as possible. Among them
we may enumerate the end-seat hog, the I-told-you-so politician, the
man who knocks on the home team, the man who insists on telling
us his troubles when we want to tell him ours, and the friend who
will not be thoroughly convinced by our unanswerable political
arguments.
Mr. Root was the greatest man of the generation four short
years ago. That was when Mr. Root could be used to advance the
selfish ends of the most unscrupulous politician of the age. A few
short years ago Mr. Harriman was a great man, one of the few
"practical men" of the day. That was when Mr. Harriman con
7 rented to raise a slush fund to advance the political fortunes of that
I 'same politician. Mr. Harriman is dead, but before he died he was
villified and abused by the man he helped. Mr. Root is still alive.
and he, too, is being abused and denounced by the man who is
deeply in his political debt.
Land Commissioner Cowles may be a very conscientious gentle
man, but every now and then he gives an exhibition of pinchpenny
fussiness that rather grates on our nerves. His latest exhibition is
his treatment of Mr. Ililyard, recent commandant of the Soldiers
and Sailors Home at Milford. It is just such exhibitions as this
latest one of Mr. Cowles that convinces a lot of us that there has
been ample ground for the many complaints about the food in
several of our state institutions. Wasting the state's time to the
extent of hundreds of dollars fussing over a $2 pair of shoes or
the matter of a cornerstone of a public building may be Mr.
Cowles' idea of working in the interests of the taxpayers, but we
fail to see where the taxpayers gain anything.
The death in Lincoln of Mrs. Kate Martin, which occurred last
Tuesday, removes another of the pioneers who were permitted to see
Lincoln grow from a straggling village to a busy metropolis of
50,000 people. In the development of Lincoln Mrs. Martin had an
active part. She conducted a hotel for many years, and was known
and respected by thousands of people to whom she had been hostess
at some time during the forty-eight years she lived in Lincoln.
Will Maupin's Weekly returns thanks to Councilman Meier for
having saved the cottonwoods. His eloquence defeated the ordinance
that put the cottonwood under ban. We who pioneered in. Nebraska
will never forget the debt of gratitude we owe that splendid tree
It may not -suit the aesthetic taste of the mollycoddles who are
enjoying the fruits of the toil and sacrifices of us old pioneers, but
it suits us, and don't you forget it. And we old-timers opine that
there will always be one good fight left in us if these mollycoddles
undertake to banish the tree, that was our only arboreal friend dur
ing the early days.
Tuesday, July 16, will be "Base Ball Booster Day" in Lincoln,
at which time the Antelopes will meet Isbell's Des Moines bunch
The Lincoln ball club is now owned and managed by Hugh Jones.
a veteran in the business and one of the finest fellows connected
with the national pastime. He has assumed the job under hard
conditions, but he is game to the core and only asks that Lincoln
"fans" stand back of him. That they will do it is evidenced by
the enthusiasm that is already aroused in the "Booster Day" pro
ject. If Lincoln does her duty to her biggest advertising stunt she
will turn out upwards of 7,000 "boosters" on the great day. And
Amidst all the turmoil and strife pf the Chicago convention;
while Teddy is shouting "thief" and'liar" and the "Fighting
Pats" and Knock-'em-out Petes" are brawling around like the bar
room toughs they are, how pleasant it is to read the magnificent
speech delivered by James A. Garfield at a similar third-term
struggle a speech that . has never been equalled in any national
convention, and which resulted in the nomination and election to the
presidency of the man who made it It is a far cry from the calm,
eloquent and logical speech of Garfield 0 the ranting billingsgate of
some of our modern "statesmen." i
Mr. Dooley, the inimitable Irish philosopher, puts his finger upon
the chief weakness of the democratic party. "Th' dimmycrats
ought t' profit by th' mistakes uv th' raypublicans," said Mr. Hen
nessey. "Th' dimmycrats don't have V profit be th' mistakes uv
annybody; th' dimmycrats c'n make their own mistakes," replied
Mr. Dooley. That's what they can and by the same token that
is what they generally do. "
The new high school building soon to be erected in Lincoln
hould contain a large assembly hall, and this hall should be open
to the public for all meetings calculated to advance the social and
moral welfare of this community. The idea of investing $300,000 in
a building to be used eight hours a day, five days a week and nine
nontlis in the year is contrary to good business sense.
State Fire Commissioner Randall is an original genius. He is
doing a splendid work in educating the people along lines calculated
to lessen property loss by fire. His latest "stunt." is a series of
cards containing some mighty practical suggestions and advice.
They are neatly printed and quite suitable for posting conspicuously
and preserving as daily object lessons. We freely admit that Mr.
Randall is one public official who is earning his salary. And he
is not doing it by "fussing around" over a two-dollar pair of shoes
or a sixty cent porcelain wash-basin, either.
Charles G. Sheeley, once a prominent bridge contractor in Lan
caster county, is under sentence of one year in the Colorado peniten
tiary for an attempt to bribe a county commissioner in that state
For years on end Sheeley secured mighty fat bridge contracts under
peculiar conditions from Lancaster county boards. It might produce
some startling revelation if some interested taxpayer started A a
searching investigation of the records. Not until C. O. Whedon
butted in" as a friend of the taxpayers was there anything like
open and fair competition in the business of building county bridges
in Lancaster. But, then, Whedon is a consistent "butter-in," come
to think of it and we wish we had a few more like him.
Let not all this pow-wow and palaver over politics cause you
to forget that July 16 is "Booster Day" for the Lincoln Antelopes.
Make the attendance pass the 7,000 mark, just because Manager
Jones deserves the "boost" and the players have earned the recog
nition. '
BE A BOOSTER ALL THE TIME
It is easy to be boosting when we've struck a winning gait;
Nothing hard to keep on cheering when we've got the best of
fate.
But it's when the team is losing and the breaks of rotten luck
Have conspired to keep 'em running in the deep and miry ruck
That we love the cheerful booster who is there with leather lung,
With the words that will encourage flowing freely from his
tongue.
He's the man who never falters, never knocks and never mopes,
But keeps ever busy boosting for the good old Antelopes.
"On your toes!" he shouts to Mullen. "That's the stuff!" he
yells at Cole.
And you catch the joy of living from his ever boosting soul.
"O, you Bill!" is for McCormick, and his umps is sure a slob
When he calls "strike" for the wide oneg that are pitched to
- Barb or Cobb.
' ' Slam 'er, Tom ! " he shrieks at Miller, and his soul is filled with
glee
When Berghammer traps a hot one just as easy as can be.
He's the man who, midst disaster, keeps alive our dying hopes
By his ever earnest boosting for the good old Anetlopes.
"Overhead!", he yells at Carney, or at Stratton, back of
"home;"
And he yells at ev'ry trapped one till he shatters heaven's dome.
"Eat him up!" he yells at Dwyer when that worthy, hopping
mad, 1 -
Ambles out to make remonstrance with the man behind the pad.
"O, you Bill!" he shrieks at Dwyer, "O, you Tuckey, Jake or
Joe!"
Or "good work!" to Rip or Smithy there's a never ceasing flow
Of the dope that will encourage and revive our fainting hopes
When this cheerful booster cuts loose whooping for the.
Antelopes.
Why not all of us be boosters ? Why not ev 'ry one enthuse ?
Every time there is a winner there's a team that's got to lose.
Why not be there with the boosting, leaving all the doleful
chants
To those wearing all their brain stuff in the bosoms of their
pants?
If we win, then good and bully! If we lose, it's just the same
It's the luck that is the making of the good old base ball game.
Fill your lungs with healthful ozone; put on ev'ry ounce of
steam,
And get busy with your boosting for the good old Lincoln team.
From "Pastiming Poems," a Little Book of Rotten Rhymes
Written by Kernel Chawles Bills.
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Notice Probate of Foreign Will.
Estate No. 3084, of John S. Hurst,
deceased, in County Court of Lancas
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The State of Nebraska, To all per
sons interested in said estate, take
notice that a petition has been filed
for probate of the will of said de
ceased, with authenticated copy and
record of proceedings thereon by the
Court of Probate of Philadelphia
county, Pennsylvania, and for appoint
ment of Hannah E. Hurst and Charles
W. Wilkinson as executors thereof,
which has been set for hearing herein
on July 9, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Dated June 13, 1912.
GEO. H. RISSER,
County Judge.
By ROBIN R. REID.
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