THE OMAHA BEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1922.
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WRAY ON RECORD.
Arthur G. Wray, candidate for ths nomination
for United States senator on the progressive third
party ticket, makes this decisive announcement:
I atand squarely on the Grand Island platform
of the new progressive party, which 1 helped for
mulate. "That it definite. Third party voters know that
Mr. Wray is for the party principles officially out
lined by convention of party members. They have
his promise that he will try to put these principles in
effect if he is given the opportunity.
The question which must now disturb the new
party it: How about our other candidates? Some
are seeking nominations . in other parties as well as
on the progessive ticket What principles are they
for and what program will they support?
The Grand Island platform is an unusually spe
cific document. Among other things it favors gov.
ernment ownership of railroads, telephones and tele,
graphs i a referendum upon any declaration of war;
initiative and referendum of national legislation; re
call of national and atate officials; abolition of the
party circle on the ballot; state ownership and de
velopment of water power.
The New State, principal newspaper organ of the
new party, says it will support no candidate who
does not support the Grand Island platform, unless
ia certain cases there be no candiates running. Pre.
sumably a good many voters of the party feel the
same way. They are waiting today for their candi
dates to take them into confidence. They want "open
diplomacy" in the matter of vote-getting in Nebraska
no less than in treaty-making overseas.
CAR FARES AT THE PEAK.
Omaha street railway fares are not to be in
creased "at this time.",' ,
That is the effect of the street railway company's
announcement to the state railway commission that
it will not press its request for higher rates. It says:
The prevailing purpose in Industry Is to assist
this movement back to .normal conditions in a
general way as much as possible, and particularly
in' accepting lower incomes. The company is will
Ing to do its bit in accepting lowered incomes
during the readjustment period.
Nevertheless, the company declared there is little
doubt but that the complete valuation of its property
now under way will show increased rates justified
under the law.
If the company's interpretation of the valuation
situation is correct, it is to be congratulated on a
magnanimous act. The fact remains, however, that
even if the company lets' its rate request lie dormant,
the valuation of its property should be taken with
just as much care as though the rate question were
being pressed. This valuation may become the basis
for rates over a long period of years, arid before long
Omaha may want lower fares instead of maintenance
of existing rates. ,
"", In the meantime, the example of the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street . Railway company is respect
fully called to the attention of other public utilities'
which at this time are pressing requests for rate in
creases in the face of a general trend in the opposite
direction.
FRANK HARRISON IN ACTION.
If the majority members of the Brazilian Expo
sition commission have any friends In Nebraska, they
should by this time have received a warning that
Frank Harrison, whose resignation they have de
manded as a comember of the commission, is a trou
blesome opponent in a rough-and-tumble fight.
It is the commission's job to spend a million dol
lars, or such part as it finds necessary, to give the
United States representation at the South American
exposition. Nebraskans who know Harrison will
guarantee that, if he controls the purse strings, very
little of the million will be wasted. Harrison has a
reputation, as a political campaign manager in Ne
braska, of getting more votes with a given expendi
ture of money than any man in the business. As an
eliminator of waste he is an expert. Example: When
it is necessary to have music to drum up a crowd
for a political meeting, does Harrison hire a band of
seven. He does not. He gets up on the soap box
and plays his own cornet. .
That is Harrison. No one in Nebraska is sur
prised that his ideas of spending a million do not tally
with' those of gentlemen who, perhaps, have closer
acquaintance with millions. Probably he would not
ask Secretary of State Hughes to sing a solo to his
own cornet accompaniment but he might. And in
addition when it comes to a scrap, Frank Harrison is
one of the best little users of vituperative invective
that there is. .. . .
All in all, unless the censor gets busy, the news
from Washington is apt to be of vivid hues.
stimulates snimotity against another. Wrongs over. !
seas hsve strong echoes here, and that is to be ex
pected. The moet that can be naked it sober re
straint, the avoidance of grow untruth and props,
ganda. Elihu Root ato spoke to the point when he
declared that "More quarrels have tome from intuits
than injuries."
j INTERNATIONAL SLANDER.
In condemning hatred of other nations, in his
speech at the University of Michigan, Secretary of
State Hughes attempts to clamp the brake on a
vehicle that in time would surely bring America into
warlike relations with its neighbors. And yet it is
to be questioned whether there is as much slandering
of foreign countries by Americans as exists in many
Other lands. The French music halls and newspapers
just now are said to revel in bitter jests at England's
expense and a while back the butt of their invective
was the United States. The demagogues of Japan
are if anything more vociferous than their kind in
America.
The chief enemies of peace," said Mr. Hughes,
"are those who constantly indulge in abuse of for-
DANCERS OP UPSETTING THE BALANCE.
In the opinion of Benjamin M. Anderson, econo
mitt of the Chste National bank of New York, the
recent reduction In railway rates, and railway wages
ought to help substantially toward the revival of
business. The disposition of the public is to wait
and see. If the cost of living falls in response to
the lowered cost of transportation, well and good,
Perhaps then not even the rsilroad men affected by
the wage cuts would feel any loss. Farm price levels
have made a slow upward gain in purchasing power,
and the'situstlon on the agricultural frontier is re
garded with some confidence and little misgiving.
"It is to be regretted," Mr. Chase said before the
National Association of Credit Men, "that the Inter-
ttate Commerce commission felt itself obliged to
use the rough and ready method of horizontal rate
reduction instead of making a discriminatory reduc
tion, greatett'on articles where bulk is large and
value is low, snd least on article! where bulk is small
and value is great. The old-fashioned railway men
knew how to do this. It would have been better if
the railwayi themtclves had initiated rate reductions,
based on the experience of their traffic men, making
the discrimination in accordsnce with the principle
of 'what the traffic will bear. "
This is a point that appeals to the middle west,
not only to the farmers who ship bulky and cheap
consignments of hay, corn and other raw products,
but also to consumers of cosl, lumber and other
bulky freight. A slssh in freight charges on a pair
of shoes, a suit of clothes or numerous other finished
articles does not amount to much. Much better to
have left that where it was and slice deeper into the
heavy freight.
Public opinion coincides with the view of this
economist, who asserts that wholesale changes in
prices, wages br anything else can not hate as much
beneficial influence as would piecemeal changes.
worked out carefully and gradually, not arbitrarily
and suddenly. American business needs most a
chance to regain it equilibrium. '
UNIFORM TAXATION NEEDED.
A uniform scale of assessment is prerequisite to
justice in txation. In other words, if the valuation
for taxing purposes is low on one piece of property or
in one county, additional burden is cast on the others.
L. D. Richards of Fremont has taken up the
question of equalization, asserting that Nebraska's
system of taxation rests on the guess of the county
and township assessors, and that with ninety-four
counties we have ninety-four guesses, and as many
others as there are precincts. As an illustration he
cites the assessment of one piece of Dodge county
land lying in Platte township, at. $242.50 an acre;
sixty feet away in Elkhorn township the same kind of
land was guessed by another assessor at $150.
Minnesota and Wisconsin, where the problem of
supporting the government has been met with more
than ordinary intelligence, guard against such in
county boards should exert themselves, in view of
all bona fide transfers of real estate in a riven
period. , The tax is then laid in accordance with the
average sale prices. It is impossible to point out
any injustice in this.
All over the state this is equalization time, and
county boards should exert themselves, in view f
the general complaint about taxes, to adjust them
in strict proportions. What is needed, of course,
is a centralization oT tax administration, with a sin
gle board exercising state-wide power and supervision.
STOPPING CRIME AT. ITS SOURCE. ;
The recently reported decline in the price of
bootleg liquor was attributed to an oversupply which
promises to be absorbed by the raids of federal agents
and police. It is worth considering, in view of the
threatened artificial shortage, whether there is any
relation between plentiful supplies of intoxicants and
the crime wave.
To most this shutdown of volunteer distilleries
will look like the elimination' of crime at its source.
There can be no question that a good many robbers,
prowlers and disprderly characters obtain their in
spiration and courage by swigging from jug or bottle.
A dry campaign in Omaha will be welcomed by'
the decent citizens whose' lives and property have'
been imperilled by the riffraff that soaks up liquor
in the daytime and goes out at night seeking prey.
The Bee's
LETTER BOX
There is about as much fire hazard in an ordinary
radio receiving set as in a white enamel bathtub, ac
cording to the American Radio association. .-; Fire
insurance underwriters are said to admit that anten
nas installed wholly inside of buildings represent no
fire hazard, but proposed rulings say that there is a
lightning hazard to the antenna that extend outside
the building. This is an important matteT that
should be promptly settled.
Fifty-eight teams, with 5,000 performers recently
participated in the yearly "Gymnastic day" at Stock
holm. This is the glorification of Ling's idea of a
century ago, which insisted that what is known as
"Swedish drill" be made a part of school, to train
youth to suppleness and vigor of limb and lay the
foundation of health. It certainly seems more widely
beneficial than athletic meets in which only a few
participate.
That was a meaningful phrase, the demand of
the churches for "organization of the coal industry
on the basis of the maximum service to the nation."
Nothing here about profits or the sacred rights of
private property. One wonders how certain coal
operators will feel about contributing to the support
of the churches.
Ford's Bid for trw fchoal.
Omaha, June 10. To the Editor
of The Bee: I have Just read In The
Bee of this afternoon a Washington
dispatch with headlines ae rollout
"Roal Kaets About Pord Shoals Of
tr tow ry Kearne."
In the beginning ! with to Halt
met i am from Atlanta, lie , am a
traveling man covering several of
tii weetern states and nave heard
a good many expressions about. tha
aiuK'it winnie propoaition, pro and
con. mneiiy pro, nowever.
Not la half cantury has go Im
portent a propoaition been nroootcd
thnt means e much to agriculture
and the common day laborar a
Knrd'a offer to purchase and lea
tha government's power and nitrate
projects at NUM-ie Shoals. Ala
The big Interests are fighting thla
propoaition tnrougn their henchmen
in rongre.
Tha attack of TtDraentatlv
Kearna and his colleagues, undar the
arrogant assumption that they are
giving the real facta in tha matter.
la erotetnuely abaurd.
There Ian t a plowboy In a tingle
one or the argrlcultural statee that
does not know that thla opposition
Is Inspired by the big Interests.
I came through the states of Ten.
nesee. Kentucky, Illinois and Iowa,
had casual Interviews with quite
number in each atate. merchants
and bankers, as well aa doctor, and
every one was enthusiastically of
the opinion that Ford's taking over
the shoals would be the greatest
boon to agriculture and to the com
mon laborer that has happened in
the life of the republic.
This so-called cautious attitude of
congress Is a fragile smoke screen
and will not fool the people. If It
wasn't for the hlg Intereata Ford's
offer would have slid through con
gress as slick as a peeled onion.
Congressman Kearns need not fool
himself with . the Idea that congress
alone has the facts about Ford and
hi Muscle Shoal proposition.
The rank and file of the common
folks know where the mischief Is
they know what Is causing the delay.
Fencing under the pretense or
conserving the 'dear people's inter
ests is utterly too boshy And won't
cut Ice. But It may cost the repub
lican party the next house of repre
sentatives. W. M. HAIRSTON.
A Skeptic on Spiritualism.
Omaha, June 20. To the Editor
of The Bee: Mr. Reed's rebuke re
garding your editorial on spiritual
Ism proves nothing. Spiritualism,
if anything, proves that evil pre
dominates over righteousness, and
can In no Way be of any benefit to
those who believe the essence of
Christ's teachings, which is doing
Rood whenever we have the oppor
tunity. Spiritualism is Just an excuse
for not doing what Christ demanded
of his followers, just the same as
many other isms.
I have "Raymond." by Sir Oliver
Lodge (one of the spiritualists'
bibles), and out of over 700 volumes
In my library !t is the most silly.
There is not one good, sensible or
tangible argument in it. It consists
of excuses, not facts. There is not
reasonable proposition within its
covers that a true follower of Christ
would entertain lor one minute. Evil
spirits must have mediums in order
to be able to- fool those wno are
building on sand.
Assuming that there is something
In spiritualism, what good does it
do? Where, does any benefit to the
human family come in? How many
widows and orphans has it saved
from starving? What consolation
can it give when the facts remain
that no one knows whether the me
dium is telling -the truth or not? It
1 a secondhand proposition, to make
the' best of it, and no good whatever
to those who have a mind of their
own.
To say that there are today 1,000,-
C00 people in the United States that
believe in ' spiritualism proves that
Barnum was right and- spiritualism
shaky. I have attended, their meet
ings, and the medium reported after
ward that there was a party in the!
audience! that was not , susceptible
to spiritualism, and she could not
overcome, that. Influence, practically
admitting that she had to have a
weak-minded bunch in order for her
propaganda to work successfully.
A. M. TEMPIIN.
The Duty of a Policeman.
Omaha, June 14. To the Editor
of The Bee: Why are policemen
strongly criticized, throughout the
country?
Who is to blame for the demorali
zation of the present-day police
forces?
What are the policemen's duties?
Why should the rank and file of
American citizens suffer because of
their failures?
-Ask yourself these four questions
over and over again. The result is,
no doubt. ' almost every citizen off
hand could answer them with ease.
. But, after all, a citizen naturally
would say; a policeman is only
human. The majority of our people
ask no more of a policeman than
that he carry out the oath he sol
emnly swore to when he obtained
his job. But the 'policeman of to
day, the guardian of peaee and prop
erty, could make his job a great deal
easier If he would only use that part
of the anatomy above the shoulders
while walking a beat. By having
men who can think for themselves
a better force would result and the
people would be fully satisfied.
A policeman's job is not only to
walk his beat, which may verily
often cover an area of 25 blocks.
The duty of a "cop" who patrols
during the daylight hours is not only
to be on the lookout for desperate
criminals. There are at least 100
trivial things he should look after.
It is a wise officer who keeps his
eyes and ears open wide at all times.
Caring for small children crossing
streets, reporting bad pavements, low
awnings, to know your town thor
oughly and to give information free
ly with a smile at all times are but
a few of the duties of policemen.
By the demoralization of the pres.
OPINION-
What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying
Making a Sacrament a Faroe.
rrm tsa Buffalt Caprtaa.
The world has seen weddings per
formed In slrplanes, by telephone
snd more lately by radio, weddinga
in ilia water, paraona and all. but It
remained for Knoxvllle. Tenn.. to
apnng the lateat and moat foolish
sort or wedding yet recorded. ,
Raptlat minlatera ran one, two
with Methodist, Trenhyterlan and
Lutheran minlatera, flniahlng In the
order named, in a conteat held in
tnat city, in marrying Ave compet
ing couplee, Including two deaf
mutea. each eager to ba the drat to
wed In June and thereby win hand
some prises offered by local mer
chants.
All appeared at the courthouse
not long before midnight. County
t ourt Clerk Aaron w. Edington la
sued the marriage licenaes and by
common consent served as time'
keeper.
"Ready!" the clerk shouted to the
waiting ministers and couples, sa
hla watch, prevloualy synchronised
with the courthouse clock, ahowed
the midnight hour, and the great
rinrk struck Its nrat note.
The Rev. A. R. Pedlgo married
Ernest Messer and Ruby Ferguson
in 15 second, noting out the Rev,
N. E. Miller, who rVqulred an addi
tional second to unite Call L. Jones
and Ruth E. Smith.
Mrs. Messer, who won enough
furniture to start housekeeping,
wore a bridal veil, carried a huge
bouquet and was attended by four
girl enums.
A lane crowa was attracted to
the court by the atrange midnight
gathering, and a photographer
made flashlight plcturee of the en
tire party.
And there are still oia-rasmonea
people who call marriage a sacred
rite!
"America Last."
From tha Burt County Herald, Takamah.
It Is a noteworthy fact that the
same powerful group of metropolitan
newspapers which have supported
the unexpurgated covenant of the
league of nations wnicn nas oeen
advocating the cancellation of
Europe's debt to the united states
and which In every matter growing
out of the war has taken sides
against the United States is now op
posing violently the enactment or a
protective tariff law. Tne signttt
cance of this close relationship and
Deposition to the policy of protection
will not be lost sight or ry tne
American people.
Americans have grown weary or
the foreign propaganda and are no
lonwr inclined to listen to the
preachments of .publications which
have as their motto "America last."
Keep the Gates Shut.
From the Chictgo Tribune.
Mr. Arthur Evans, economic ob
server of the Tribune, reports that
some economic groups, putting the
clrt before the horse, are. beginning
to urge that the restrictions upon im
migration ought to be lifted to in
crease the supply of common labor."
He points out that common, wages
In the steel centers have been de
flated far more than the cost of liv
tng: that in consequence there is no
general revival of business based on
buying of other than essentials, and
that labor is refusing to take em
ployment so far as possible.
In short, we are to be asked to
let In a flood of European cheap
labor at the expense not only of our
own wage earners' but of the gen
eral social and political well-being
of the nation.
We have committed that sin be
fore. By this time we ought to
know, and, we trust, do know, the
folly of it, the tremendous cost of it.
America has not prospered and pro
gressed by underpaid work. It has
prospered and progressed in propor
tion as it has enabled its' people to
Jive on a decent level.
We want no diseased revival oi
false activity. We want no unhealthy
expansion built upon the deteriora
tion of our social conditions, the in
flux of hordes which must exist only
on terms injurious to American life,
unfortunates who cannot grow into
American jtvays, adopt American
standards, fulfill American responsi
bilities. Better a thousandfold that
our. industry should not expand; that
our material prosperity shall remain
wnere u is.
Immigration must be restricted
upon principles of American aoclal
and political conservation. That la
tne greatest duty to ouraelves and
our posterity.
Mercantile Bualnets Standards.
Tram the tanrauvtr Sun.
British world trade was built en
the prlda and honor taken In living
up to representations In respect to
good.
The label told and tails the story,
trumiuiiy.
Huaineta on the North American
continent has ahown eigne of degen
erating Into a competition of fakery
inatead of competition In service and
value giving.
To t'ounteract the 111 effect of the
lying label, the United States su
preme court haa ordered the federal
trade commission to make labela tell
the truth. The commlaaion. so It
has been decided, may order any
manufacturer to cease using any
brand or label which may deceive
tne ultimate consumer.
Continued trickery destroys pub
lic confidence, breeds Ill-will be
tween consumer and manufacturer,
retard general progress because of
thnt Ill-will.
The public muat be served, not
fooled.
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Bluejars and Cow birds.
from tha Ohio Stat Journal.
The Audubon society Is opposed
to the bluejay. who is an egotist, a
smart aleck. a disturber of the
peace, a thief and a cannibal.' In
his lighter moments he ' shows off
and raises a racket; hla serious ac
tivities are confined almost exclu
sively, to terrorising Innocent and
useful citizens of the bird commu
nity, to stealing their eggs and young
children and devouring them with
fiendish relish before the agonized
parents' eye. There is little to be
said for the bluejay's personality , ex
cept that he dresses well and even
at that he Is loud and flashy In his
tastes. He can produce a moderate
ly sweet note when he tries, but he
usually prefers to scream and shriek.
For his moral character there is
nothing to be said.
Tet to our mind there is a certain
something admirable about the blue
jay. There is no pretense about
him; he lets on to be nothing that
he is not; he is sincere; he is a
thorough-going villain and goes out
of his way to let everybody know it.
We like him for this, despite the
depths of his degradation, better
than we like the cowbird, for in
stance, who is too lazy to work and
so sneaks up when no one is look
ing and lays her egg in arlother
bird's nest, for that bird to hatch
the little hungry cowbird and rear
him. and then goes piously about as
if she had shirked no responsibili
ties. The bluejay never does an un
derhanded or sneaking thing. He
wants everybody to know what a
reckless blackguard he is. We would
infinitely prefer to have dealings
with a frank and sincere crook and
criminal than with a pious sneak
and fraud. We have more respect
and admiration for a bluejay than
for a cowbird, for an outspoken
PULBRANSEN
PLAYER PIANO
Wationalbl Vricvl
randea in tne uacn-
tough than for a hypocritical poltti.
clan or a profiteering deacon who
oppresses tne widow and the or
phen.
Child Labor and Uio Constitution.
Treat tha Chliafa Uaily Xte.
Preeident Harding aympathlset
with the etsantlal ubject of the new
ly formed national committee on
child labor and at an early day will
send a special message to concrete
urging the submission of a ronitttu.
tlonal amendment that would confer
upon eongreas the power to regulate
or aboliah child labor throughout tha
cbuntry.
Thla news from the capital will
gratify every Intelligent friend of
cniianoon.
Conircaa has made two attempte
to iei with the child labor problem
the firat undar the commerce
clauae of the constitution, the aecond
under the taxation and revenue
clauses. The courts have nullified
both attempts by declaring the child
labor laws unconstitutional.
It Is now Impossible to reach the
evil In question by federal statutory
enactmenta. Either the constitution
muat be amended to give eongreta
the power It larka In the premises,
or the matter mutt be left definitely
to the atatea, In the hope that moral
and Induktrial progreaa may in time
cause the moat backward of them to
enact wiae and just anti-child labor
statutes.
According to some estimates, the
federal child labor laws before being
declared unconstitutional actually
took about H0. 000 children out of
mllle and factories, Other estimates
are to the effect that continued and
systematlo enforcement of a federal
child labor law had one been up
heldwould have released another
150,000 children. These figures,
though not exact, 'Indicate the mag
nitude of the problem now sought to
be eolved by means of a constitu
tional amendment.
La Follette and His Foec.
From the Chicago Herald and Exemlatr.
Once again, according to newspa
per headlines, "Wisconsin foes hit
La Follette." That Is one of Wis
consin's Indoor and outdoor sports.
If La Follette were not "hit' by
some V'oe" at least once In twenty
four hours he would have no appe
tite for dinner.
Has Senator La Follette a sense
of humor? It has been denied, and
with some justice. When he was a
boy in college he won an oratorical
contest. That seems hard to harmon
ize with a sense of humor, although
Beverldge of Indiana did the same.
But we think the senator must grm
a little in secret as he contemplates
the violent gestures of those jyho op
pose him. He nas aanceo on a rait
so long while they tried to grab a
leg and pull him Into the water that
their ftounderinge muat amuse him.
La Follette, on federal questions,
goes his own wsy. He caret for no e''
body's good opinion but I Kol r
lent' He haa good eara. but he pre
fere to vote in accordance with what
he llilnka. no1 what he hears. Ha
would rather talk than listen, any
way.
But whan It cornea to advancing,
the Internals of his Wlacenaln con
atltuenta he ia uaually about on .
jump ahead of anybody else. Wla
conain haa probably the moat Intelll.
gent t of atate laws In tha coun
try. It rehttea both politlce and In
duttry mora clnariy to education
than any other atate. The develop'
nient of progreaalva public opinion
In Wisconsin, and the aatlafactlon of
It In deada. haa been La Follette'S
particular hobby. ,
He Is occasionally Irritating, but
ha Is unwaveringly honett and dan- '
geroualv competent, and the effort N
to get him down end put him out
haa so far afforded Infinitely more
enjoyment to the spectators than to -the
politicians who have made It.
Time to F.nd It
Trnm the Kewarn Pally Sitr-Courter.
. None of the testimony presented
In the Pittsburgh plus hearing haa
changed the opinion of the public
that It Is unjtiat practice that forces
the additional charge of freight
from Plttabureh to Chicago on stee!
Which la bought from Chicago mills.
Such a charge appears so unjust
that moet people are aatonlshed
when they lesrn that for years we
In the middle west have been pay
ing the fictitious freight No rea
sonable defenae for the practice haa
seemed to appear In any of the dis
cussions of the matter, so It Is to
be taken for granted that no such
ressonable 'defense exists.
The middle west Is concerned over
the quick abolition of thla charge.
It Is to be hoped that a decision to
annul the practice will be reached
A Little Bit Off the Top.
From Funeh, London.
It was bound to come. Manufac
turers of women's shoes, silk ho
siery and "knickers" have discov
ered that the face Is superfluous.
Illustrations to recent advertise
ments cut women in half; the upper
half Is eliminated, the lower Is dis
played In alluring detail. Next to
adopt the notion will be the smart
photographers, and portraits will be
taken from the waist down. Girl
friends, on being shown the proofs,
will make such commente as, "It's
perfectly splendid of you, Belle: I'd
know that right knee of yours any
where." or. "if you ask me frankly,
I don't think it does you Justice,
dear; he hasn't caught the expres
sion of your left calf at all."
WWteHoue CouwySeal 5HKf
700 'OOO "495
The Art and Miistc Store
1513-15 Douglas Street
a , ,. , , . . ... . T t j I ent day force, where the people suf-
One of the least serious atrocities m Ireland was , Jre lg but ojie an(f oniy one.
the raid by republicans on the whiskers of Darrel ; remedy for the cleanup or tne torce.
Figgis. It is hard to understand the phenomena of
politics, but it is claimed that public disapproval of
this outrage will bring many votes to his side. Is
the line-up to be complicated by a new division be
tween the clean-shaven and the bearded?
A Norwegian engineer, has completed successful
irial with his new motor car for running on snow.
The front skate-gliders are replaceable by wheels
for summer use. f the sleigh is to come back in this
way, the ordinary rattles of an automobile should be
tuned up to imitate the bells.
One might not think that the depressionjn world
commerce would riavet arreat deal of effect in such
aign peoples and their governments, who asperse their f IW,V ni.,M trl. ctrajt. Settlements, but it is
motivei and visit them with ridicule and -insult" J that M a relt 0f the rubber slump jungle
With natives of every land among ita citizenship, J beasts are moving into o,e negiected plantations.
America a resenunenu are moaeraieu go mucn so
that there have- been times when its adopted citizens
wera criticised for. overf friendliness with Vhe old
countries rather than with hostility. .
To a certain extent friendship for one eop!e
Improvements in the gas plant to cost $500,000
and water plant extensions costing $1,740,000 have
a. formidable look until it ia remembered that this
does not enter into the tax bill
That is to annihilate politics out of
I the police department.
I Every officer from the chief down
to the street cop win agree wun mis
suggestion. And not until you do so
can the people ever expect to have a
high-grade and efficient police force.
"We have 30 detectives in the cen
tral bureau, and I can truthfully say
but six men really earn 'their sal
aries," said a high Omaha police of
ficial recently. The same may be
applied to Some patrolman who cares
nothing for trying his store doors
or to give desired Information to
strangers, but merely walks his beat
and keeps his eyes hourly on hiS
watch until It la time to quit Why
is he a fixture on the force? But
one person holds him there, and that
is "Mr. Politics."
Several citizens, discussing the
J Omaha police department, have
i agreed that a sure remedy would be
the appointment of a city manager
I with the sole power to appoint a
; chief of police and his assistants.
; Leave this to almost any pollce
) man on the Omaha force and no
doubt he is Strong for the driving
! of politics Out of tbe department.
1 LAW AND ORDER.
1
over Summer ITares
to the Union Pacific West
About 25 Less Thanbcut Year
from Omaha
$O50 to Denver, Colorado Spring Ptnbto
evOr- and return.
SQTOO to Rocky Mountain National (E$te$)
O 4 "" Park and return.
Sf 00 to Wt Yellowstone (Yellowstone
40 "" National Park) and return. Four and one-.
half days' motor trip, within the park, with accom
modations at hotels $54-00, at camp $45.00. Side
trip Denver to Rocky Mountain National (Ettes)
Park, $10.50.
VJt OO Portland, Taeoma, Seattle and
& return, with 200 miles along theScenicColumbia
River. Side trips to Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain
National Parks at small additional expense.
$ rYQ OO ' San Francisco, Lot Angeles and
4 ml return. One way via Ogden, Salt Lake City,
returning through Denver.
Circuit Tour of the We$t. Union Pacific
to Portland, rail or steamer to San Francisco, return
ing direct through Ogden or via Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City. Or route may be reversed. Includes
Denver, too..
All these fares include Colorado Springs without additional charge.
Tickets to Yellowstone on sale daily until September 12. To all other
points until September 30. Final return limit October 31.
Low homes eekers' fares, good 21 days first and third Tuesdays of each
month to certain points in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and
Washington.
CfrooM fimr trip tni md far frtt dtKtiptht tvoilel
v A. K. Carta. City Pattenser Aga4t, TTnloa PaclBe Erttem
N 14 1 Dodse St.. Telephone Poof let 4000, Omaha. Neb.
avuuniiaUtui Ticket Offlr L'alon Stavtioa
U1S Dedae St., Telephoa DoasMe MS lSth aad Many Sts.
J9
$9000
No War Tom
System
New Through Week-End Sleeping Car Service to
CLEAR LAKE, IOWA
via
CHICAGO GREAT 17 ES T E It II RAILROAD
and Mason City
Leaving Every Friday Evening, Commencing June 23
Returning Every Sunday Evening, Commencing June 25
Read Down Read Up
Friday 7:40 P. M. Lv .. Omaha Ar. 7:44 A. M. Monday
Saturday 2:10 A.M. Ar., .Mason City. .Lv. 12:15 A. M. Monday
Saturday 7:00 A.M. Lv.. .Mason City. .Ar. 11:00 P.M. Sunday
Saturday 7:30 A.M. Ar. CLEAR LAKE Lv. 10:30 P.M. Sunday
Car May Be Occupied at Clear Lake Until 8:00 A. M.
"Then a Dip in the Surf
Returning Sleeper OpB for Occupancy 9:30 P. M.
This Service Is Also Very Convenient for Mason City Passengers.
Week-End Tickets on Sale Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Rate $8.90 -Return Limit Monday Following
$10.75 --Twenty-Day Limit
For sleeping car reservations, -ticket deliveries, and all other
information, call, 'phone or write:
' MARSHALL B. CRAIG, Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept.
H.'.T. Minklar, Ditt. Pats. Agt.
1419 First National Bank Building. Telephone: Jackson 0260.
CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE, 1418 Dodge Street.
Phone: Douglas 1684.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given in general to the public
that the original Indian Medicine Company, known
under the name of Was-Ca-Na, has NO branch offices
in Omaha.
It has been rumored about that there are people
in Omaha who are selling Indian medicine, claiming
it to be our own. We wish to inform the public that
this medicine is not in any way connected .with ours,
and anyone stating so to this effect is falsely misrep
resenting us. -
There is a certain company in the city of Omaha
that is selling this medicine which is pending investi
gation for infringing upon out rights. The final out
come of ths matter will be made known to the public
in a few days.
Respectfully,--.-,
MR. AND MIIS. E. R. LEEPER.
To the Active Business Man-
When a man is active in
business he may give little
thought to the making of
his will. But in reality his
responsibility ia greater
than when he has retired
from business and convert
ed his property into care
fully selected investments.
Do not postpone making
your will. Choose an ex
ecutor that will handle ef
ficiently the interests you
leave.
- As your executor or trustee,
thi Company hats qualifi
cations and advantages
which an individual can
rarely possess financial
responsibility, c o n t inued
existence and fin ancial
judgment.
You will find our booklet,
"Safeguarding Your Fam
' ily's Future," of iatereat.
Call or write for a copy.
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