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J THE 'OMAHA BEE: SATURDAY, JULY '!, 1922. The morning Bee MORNIN6 EVENING SUNDAY THE UI rUIUSHINO COMPANY WEUON I. VrtllKH.'PvklMkw. . Hit WEB. Cm. MuW, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED MEM TM ata-lalal Paaja. a nut "V. la la aaali eathlaa) u IM Kaa fna matium at all mt tmum araaiua w u af M aiwrwiM IMIal M ! MM, ! elan UM kawl Ma) WlMM SaMUS an nw aa aawmni af ataeM! mill rial a (at Mm Net averaie airt.Ltlaa af TW Oatalu Em, Jiaaa, IS2J Daily 71,731 Sunday.... 77,034 ,. ,m. Hawaii, gmw eaaaagar ELMER S. ROOD, CtnuUlMa MaHW Imi to and etibacrlbeal befere m this lib ear ! Jlr, I Ml. tseau w. h. quivey. ttfn r. Taa Osaka Baa la a Maaa, af a A Mil ar Maaalallaee. kf raMfaiaM autharur M etnaiauaa Miia. aM Taa Baa etraalatlea to ajm aiu aaajia. ar uau avaaaiMuam. BEE TELEPHONES .-. IV. ., klt.k, r.lla A It mm ia w i 4i mm Editorial Department, AT laatw 1011 ar l(t. 1000 orricu Main' Office lTth and Feraea Ce. Staffs .... II Seett St. Smjtn Bid . 4111 S. 14tk Bt New Yark Ui Flft Aveaae Waahinftea . . 421 Star Bide. Chieae . . 17IS liege Bid fana. rranoa 429 In at. Honor. Tka average paM daily circulation of Tht Omaha Bn far Juna. 19.2, wa 71,711, sala of It.ItT ever June of 1921. Tba averaie paW Sunday (Irtulatlon of Tha Omaha Be for Juna. 1)22, waa 11.414, a sela of 20.12 ovar Juna of IMi.- Thla la a larier gala than thai aiada by any etbar dally or Sunday papor. WHAT THEJPRIMARY VOTE SHOWS. It is a little too soon to undertake to draw exact . lessons or deductions entirely sound from, the vote cast Tuesday at the primary election. Yet some of the outstanding features are obvious, and must carry a lesson to the thinking students of civics. One of the really astonishing; facts in connection . with the vote Is ?Uteweakness shown by the progres-j sive party. Th'sjy be ascribed to the peculiar tac . tics adopted "by -ewe- group of the leadership, which, , in its efforts at bargaining with the democrats, sue ceeded only in alienating a considerable part of those who sincerely "believed that a reform can better be achieved through a new than any of the existing political organizations. Voters who might have fo!-. t lowed tha original Grand Island program seem to have abandoned it because of the lack of trustworthi ness exhibited byjhe leaders, who sought advantage in the Norton-Wraj dicker. The vote for Butler indicates a similar feeling on part of the democrats. While one end of the Hitch - . cock machine was giving its aid to Norton, and the other was undertaking to consummate the unholy alliance of wet and 'dry between the senator and Bryan, the disgusted democrats voiced their" protest by supporting Butler, who was regarded by the machine as a negligible factor in the contest. Most important of all is the impressive size of the republican vote.' In itself, the total is an answer ta the, assertions' so freely and recklessly made by the opposition that the republican piarty was in a nay to dissolution in Nebraska. As pointed out by The Omaha Bee some days prior to the voting, the names' of a' remarkably strong, group of candidates were presented the voters of the party, and the verdict js such as supports the statement. The close ness of he votes 'is ;a distinct compliment to the can-, didates, who conducted their campaigns on clean-cut declarations crt ' principles and policies, without acr'mony or personalities of an unpleasant nature. , Here is an element of strength that is undeniable, and which will be felt as the days between now and ' November go by., Republicans can rally to support ' the ticket they hvjY chosen, and can confidently in vite scrutiny and criticism of their candidates. The platform convenffon will shortly determine the form in which the issues, are to be presented to the voters,'". but the assurance is given in advance that it will be devoted to a forward-looking, steadily improving ad ministration of state affairs. ' Good government, impartially and effectively ap plied, at the least cost, divested of extravagance, and responsive to demand f of improvement, is what the people of Nebraska seek, and The Omaha Bee belfeves this is promised through republican success this yean MARRIAGE IS NOT A JOKE. . Judge Morning of Lincoln has given a couple of . venturesome young; people something to think about. They were out with' another couple, on a joy ride, and, varied the monotony of the occasion by getting mar ried. The bride asked divorce, saying she thought the whole affair ar joke, and that she was engaged to wed another man. Judge Morning has told her that the reasons she gives are not such as form grounds for divorce in Nebraska. She voluntarily and openly married a man, and so must abide by her action. When the "prlriTlple involved in this is better un derstood by a lot of people, the divorce problem will largely answer itself. The public has a direct as well as a collateral concern in every marriage con tract that is entered into. Persons who contract mar- riage are not alone m the proceeding, however much they may think s.' Our government rests on the home and.famttyfand the home and family rest on marriage. What in any way tends io weaken the institution of marriage tends equally to weaken our government, because it destroys the foundation of the home. Therefore it is that the law lias surrounded marriage with such safeguards and restrictions as t will protect it from the Jlippancy or levity of persons who regard their personal responsibility too lightly. Marriage is easily entered into; law makers have wisely refrained from putting obstacles in the way of sane persons contracting in wedlock. Under cer 'tain conditions, plainly specified, the bond is dissolu- ble, Dut it-can not tie taken on or put off as a mere whim- or fancy, or even as a joke.. Ifthe contract ' ever is a jest, it is a sorry one for all hands. carry their liquor more gracefully than Americans. The rase against sumptuary legislation in America must be put en better grounds than that it does not discourage drunkenness. " HENRY AND ME" ARE OUT. For sentimental reasons, perhaps, one might wish that the test of free speech under the Kansas indus trial relations act might have eons on in another form than as between Governor Allen and Editor White. Yet it is appropriate enough that it should be as it Is. Each of these gentlemen! an advanced positivist, so far as his own personal views are con cerned. When one or the other has outlined policy -or set forth a principle, his spear knows no brother. - Governor Allen has expressed no form of lympa thy or personal leaning in the present crUli, save for the law he engendered. To this ha turns with rever ence, and demands from Editor White the same, as he does from all other Kansans, and after them the rest of the world.. Now, Mr. White, relying on the fact that the governor was an 'editor also before he became a lawgiver and executive, undertakes to as sert the freedom of the press, and to hold at naught the ukase of the attorney general of the state. This deft was promptly accepted aTopeka, and it is pos sible that we may have the spectacle of another of the feuds political that have given our otherwise en. joyable neighbor such eminence in the realm of the factitious. The matter has proceeded too far for either to gracefully withdraw. One or the other must give in. On the surface the governor has rather the better of the argument, for a law is a law, and ought to fit all alike. Against this it msy be cited that Editor White has back of him the sympathetic support of the citi zenry of Emporia, and relies on the ancient saying, The will of the people is the supreme law." At any rate,. Henry and Me are out, and the issue will he awaited with more than' passing interest by all con cerned. ' 1 . k "ONLY-TWO-JAGS IN AMERICA." A tale that-ts frequently heard to fall from the lips of returned'tourists is to the effect that in Eu rope, where the sale of liquor is unrestricted, drunken men are almost -never seen. For France, for Ger many, for Belgium and for Italy the' story is the same. '. , The tables aid now turned in novel fashion by Dr. Robert Hefood of Lausanne, Switzerland, a di rector of the International Temperance bureau, who has spent threW" Vionths studying the effect of the prohibition laws In America. In visiting the principal "cities from coast to coast, he declares, he saw only two drunken 7net( one in New York and the other in Butte. "We have be, told in Europe," said Dr. Herood, "that there was, jnore drinking in America than on our continent 4ftore drinking than before prohibi tion. After all. I ;bave seen and heard, I must say that the situation has been absolutely misrep resented." , " Comparing the Bowery in New York with the alums of Whitechapel in London' is like comparing heaven and belLTbe declared. Perhaps this Swiss investigator gel as near the truth as do Americans who tour Abroad. At all events, there are drink sodden districts suck as the mining towns of Belgium for which Antenea never had a counterpart. The most that can belaid is that Europeans customarily OMAHA ON ITS OWN AT LAST. 'By their votes on Tuesday the citizens of Omaha cut the leading strings that have tied them to the legislature of Nebraska. ' Not' that the city is goings out of the state, nor has severed its political connec tion with the commonwealth of-which it is a part Every law of Nebraska still runs in Omaha just as it. does in the smallest community of the Mate, and is respected and observed here the same as there. But Omaha has become. self-governing city so far as its own. affairs are concerned, under the con stitution and laws of the state. From now on it will not be necessary to go to the legislature to secure permission to amend the city charter or to do other things that are needed for the welfare and proper government of the city. Sixty days after the elec tion, or about September 19, the charter adopted on Tuesday will become the charter of the City of Omaha, self-governing community, adopted by the citizens of Omaha, and not because it is presented to them by thejegislature. In the change comes an added responsibility, for the future the city council may initiate amendments or changes in the charter, or such may be brought forward by citizens, but none will become effective until it has been adopted by a vote of the people. This charges the citizens directly with the form of their fundamental law, and will not permit them to pass the buck to the legislature or to assert that sin ister' and unholy influences have controlled. Home rule should be the destiny of any im portant city, and Omaha is entitled to the privilege. Having the trust at their own request, it is nbw up to the people to show that they appreciate it by the care they bestow upon it and the wisdom with which , they exercise the power they now have. JUNKING A GREAT FLEET. Under the Washington agreement to limit naval, armament the United States must scrap or convert to peaceful uses 845,000 tons of war vessels. Some of these doomed craft are already being broken up. A single Philadelphia, company which is engaged in turning guns into plowshares now possesses a fleet greater than that of Italy at the opening of the war or of the United States in 1910. , - Its junking operations will extend to battleships, cruisers, monitors, coast torpedo boats, torpedo boat destroyers, Eagle boats and even a castoff submarine. Every gun, from the one-pound quick firers to the ! huge rifled cannon of the battleships, must be cut to pieces. The steel armor of what was once the most powerful unit of the Atlantic fleet, the Maine, is now being-stripped off in twenty-five-ton pieces. Here is concrete evidence of the good faith in which the United States is' carrying out the pro visions of the Washington conference. The burden of supporting and manning these ships has been lifted from the people. It is an amazing demonstration of the sanity, confidence and friendly intentions of America. ' OPINION- What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying LOWER INTEREST FOR FARMERS. Congressman McLaughlin of Nebraska and Con gressman Towner of Iowa Tiave introduced Bills pro viding for the increase of the loan limit'of the Fed eral Land banks. Five years of successful experience with this co-operative form of credit has at once jus tified the land banks and indicated directions in which their service could be extended. There are many cases in which the limitation of land bank loans to $10,000 is an obstacle to the pros perous clevelopment of agriculture. In fact, this maximum gives a monopoly of large farm loans to the privately conducted joint stock land banks, which enjoy exemption from taxation, and to the privately conducted mortgage companies. John Carmody, president of the Association of Secretary-Treasurers of the Eighth Federal Land Bank-district, declares that in many places farmers borrowing $25,000 are paying 2 per cent above Fed-J erai Liana DanK raies. i nis wouia amount to an an nual unnecessary loss of $500, or a total loss during the life of a federal farm loan of more than $16,000. That is for one farmeer, and the total for all of agri culture must be a staggering amount - Mr. Hitchcock's paper sneers at his opponent as a "plurality candidate." It is an honor to be a plural ity candidate in a race where four good men-divide the vote. And that plurality will easily be converted into a majority in November.' ' "Pussyfoot" got where he did not have to ride On a "Yankee booze barge," and narrowly missed a watery grave. He might relish such a death, but he must realize that the American ships are at least safe. If that California woman couldn't restrain her im pulse to kill her rival, how on earth does her attorney expect her to refrain from talking? , These are the days when you can "hear, the corn grow in the night" . Hornsby and Ruth have the right idea as to strikes. "Bon voyager to the Good Will Girl Freveotlaf Eroatoa by Rivera, rrura lb Kanua City Journal. In the course of a comprehensive editorial advocating the prevention or erosion by the recurrent over' flowlna of river bank, the Kuturday Rvanlnc Poat advoratea dlvanton dams In the upper Mlaaourt and re tard work In the Ohio and Its tribu taries a an effective preventive of the d aastrou MlaalaaiDPl noons. Great basin for the retention of xcras water. It la pointed out would supplement these preventive meaaurea and would relieve the atraln on the work nearer the mouth of the river. Thee method have been advo cated for year by the leader of the movement for utilisation of the Mis souri river ae a transportation -unit The eolutlon of tha problem tore to the rlfht place the aourc of den ser. Prevention applied near tne aource will be Incalculably more ef fective than the eame effort applied far down the river. The cumulative effect of flood waters ia obvloua. To allow them to ao unhampered for many mile and then to apply costly reatrlctlon meaaurea la not only ll toxical, but enormously expensive and heretofore Ineffective. Tha lorlcal solution of the prob tern la to curb the waters before they acquire momentum which multiplies the dlfflcultlee and the expense of later control. . A riven volume of water can oe anread readily over an area large enough to force it to jink Into the (round before any appreciable dam axe has been done. At the very leaat. the notentlal damage can be very materially reduced long before the accumulated waters are nuriea upon the land nearer the mouth. The DOllcy or applying remeoiai methods at the lower danger point cannot possibly succeed to 1 the ex tent that preventive measures ap plied at the source of the flood water would solve the promem. Prevention Is proverbially better than cure. The weakness or nooa nrotection measure I the miscalcu lation aa to tha real danger point which la far above the area attacked by the cumulative floods. British Title Under Fire. From the lornnto Mall and Empire. It Is nrobable that in future Eng lish titles will be distributed with less liberalitv than in the past, and that when they are given the merits for which they are conferred will in each case be mentioned. It Is also a possibility that when contributions are made to the campaign funds of the political parties the fact will be made Dubllc. In the past It has been customary for the official announce ments concerning the grant of hon ors bv the king to be accompanied by a brief note showing for what ser vice to his sovereign, his country or his king the recipient has thus been rewarded, but this is often omitted. The last list has been criticized much more severely than most or us lore runners. In former years it was cus tomary for the new. knight to be welcomed by his peers in a few per functorv words, or to be received in silence by that section of the press which did not approve the awards. For instance, the t)utlook offers this unfriendly comment: It is of course no new copipiaiin that the honours list is disfigured by rich nobodies (whose) main ac tivities have been no less and no more self-regarding, no less and no more worthy of respect than those of any fried-fish shop-keep er in the Old Kent Road. Sir. Harry- MallaDy-Deeiey, wno went altruistically thougn not without advertisement into cneap trousers, may have highes. claims as a. trading philanthropist,- out why any man should receive a bar- . onetcy for ms investments m war loans .passes our comprehension. Then we have the case of Sir Kd ward Sharp, described as "head of the firm which bears his name," and president of the National Sun day School union. Whlcn won tne Sharp baronetcy, totree or ine Sunday schools? The editor of a small weeKiy navai paper, the owner of a small weekly journal and the author of some poems which are aescrmea as - pa triotic bosh" by this , critic are among the mew knights. An Austra lian knighthood has been described by a labor conference as an "insult," but perhaps labor conferences are not judicial-minded when discussing such matters. Gen. Smuts has been, obliged to tell the house assembly that a South. African knighthood was given without consulting him or the responsible ministers; ana sir .ToseDh Robinson of Cape Town has beggedOfing George's permission to decline a peerage. If there is a growing public sentiment against the granting of titles, especially her editary titles, it is not Decause tne empire is . growing sensibly more democratic; it is because so many unworthy men, obscure men and greedy men have In the past been thus rewarded for some service to, party that -was not a service to the country. There was not a dissenting voice when Mr. Balfour became the earl of Balfour. Everybody felt that he was honoring the peerage by becoming a member of Ifc-- "Patriotic Iiibertlnes." FTOin tha New York Tribune. - The Inventor of a new phrase, es pecially tme that is abusive, is now admired in select literary circles of a certain sort more than he who taketh a city or develops a new idea. So congratulations may go out to F. B. Kaye.- who, in the Nation, coins a novelty. In articles expressing his disgust at love of country as com monly practiced, he speaks of -the abandoned persons who display it as "patriotic libertines !" What roues, then, were Nathan Hale and William Tell, and the boy who Stood on the burning deck! What a lascivious old creature was Walter Scott when he wrote the lines about the man who?e soul was so dead! - As for Roget de Lisle and Francis Marion Key, they were ob viously vermin of the deepest mire. In the clear language of James Jovce, in the much-admired ''Ulys ses." "Prfffxt!" "Whoopsah!" When psychology digs a little deeper It will doubtless shovel up a reason why natriotism is so hated. But why picTted on all the time is a mystery. Why can't the school of simperers let it alone? It has done no harm to them except, pernaps. to breed in them a sense of their own unmanliness. But they knew this be fore. ' The Fancy Fanner Rejoices. From the Now York Ereninf Poet. When ia a farm not a farm? Many a conservative citizen has thought he was operating a farm until the internal revenue, office con vinced him to the contrary by re fusing to let him deduct farm losses. The government' view, until quite recently, has been that a farm Is not a farm unless it Is conducted as I a serious business enterprise, noi, as a hobby. The tendency has been to count 'dirt" farmers aa the only farmers capaoie or losing money nonesxiy. But a federal judge In Connecticut, observing the dent which Morton F. Plant's farming operations made in his income, permits him to deduct I from - his return an agricultural! deficit so large that no "dirt" farm er could stand the gaff. There are states where not even a federal Judge believes that any real farmer could lone more than 1200.000 and still have money left for a lawyer. If the Connecticut view holda. life for the well-to-do begin to take on niore alluring colore. What with t-harltaole gifts deductible to the extent of IS per cent of Income, and a country place where expensive ex periment! In home environing may be carried on at little or no net coat, exlatence for. a generou squlr- achy become snmothlng mor than drudgery. In that case there will remain merely the problem of clari fying one' agricultural program, once the government let u know how many yew tree and fountain are permitted per acre of farm ana The President' Spirit Frnrn the Waehlnstoa Star. . The president preserves a cheerful spirit. He give abundant time to work. He sees many caller. He con siders many subjects. The situation on Capitol hill and throughout the country Is plainer to him than to most men. Many of his visitors pour out their troubles to him. In one way or another he Is made acquaint ed with the fact that there Is a good deal of trouble In the country. But be does not despair. Hi con fidence In the ability of the country to ride out the storm ana rignt it elf is supreme, amr- he share It with hi visitor In conversation, and with the nublic addresses. It Is the only proper spirit tor tne times. It Is the only spirit tn wnicn we ran hope to conquer. It 1 Idle to shut our eves to the situation. We are In rough weather, as. Indeed, all the world Is, and it may continue for a spell. But as we have the best boat afloat, and know from expert ence what rough weather is, wny should we despair? Why not copy the skipper and keep our faith' in our craft? It is no time for striking, but men are striking. It is no time for flout ing legal tribunals, but some men who ought to know better a"d are In positions of leadership are doing that very tning. it is no time ior declining conferences looking to the adjustment of differences between capital and labor, but there are some representatives or labor ana some or capital holding oft stubbornly. Still, we can stand an tnat. ana still make nort if we will to do so. The will of 100,000,000 people led by a man of will is strong. Exit Fog. From the Boston CHobe. In the field of radio activity one discovery doth tread upon another's heels, bo fast they lollow. When Senor Marconi talks of ex ploring the short wave-length and of Drolecting a flying shaft of radio wave in a desired direction straight at a receiving station intended to receive it, more is meant than meets the mere lay ear. But an immediate by-product of this new discovery Is clearly indicated, a conquest of the clement which has hitherto baffled navigators fog. It seems clear that the latest development .win maice possible quite accurate navigation in thick weather, thus reducing tne hazards of seafaring v by a large margin. " '. Bevond this, however, it is all somewhat stupefying to the average layman. He feels as though things wer"e happening over his head which are fraught with his weal, but also possibly freighted jvlth his woe. Here is a new force Of nature which man is rapidly harnessing, and be fore he has. managed to harness the forces in his own nature which Im pel him to misuse the forces of nature which he has already' har nessed, j THE BEE'S LETTER BOX Nebraska Notions SeeavtMee ia ttt4 as a hraaateaailaa atallaw litre h kh Maid en f The Omalts Ha may aaaak ta aa aeUeBea eaatwrlas well akae IM.M aa eubjerle ml tMaMla lataraat. leMeea ahawW ae a)iarl aal mare I Baa lea ere. Kaaa) letter ba eaoaiaal4 by the Miae af Ike writer, IhMib k re eaeal I aal It a4 bo pubUee4. Bcllevr In Dens. Polk. Neb., July lTo the Ed itor of The Omaha Bee: I wl.h to reply to your editorial entitled "Rev olution or rialn Foolishness." I shall not quote more than a few lentenrea. You say "Kuaene Debs, recently lib erated from prison by exercise of ex ecutive clemency, calls en all strikers and union men generally to strike together, vote together and fight to gether." Does It eem strange to The Pee editor that ttugene V. Debs should talk that way? I well remember slong about 1155 anti-slavery men were quoted a laying mor revolu tionary thing about the alavery that existed In the southland at that time than Debs I quoted as uttering In the above quotation. The pro slavery people uaually replied to these attacka somewhat- this way: All sorlety la built on a foundation or mud sill: that mud sill or foundation Is. slave labor, whether It ba done by an Inferior 'alien race consigned to servitude by divine authority, or shall we rree our negroes and enalave our sons and daughters as you do In the north, where blood of your own blood end flesh of your own flesh Is enslaved? I live in a southern state and often meet with comrades who followed the Stars and Stripes to preserve the union and free the slaves, and find them opposed to the freedom of the slave of our own blood and flesh. Whatever may be said about Mr. Deb and his utterances will not alter the attitude and sentiment of those who are being enslaved. You say "President Harding is re maining calm and la proceeding with great care and deliberation." You are right, and it pains this old aboli tionist to see a man sitting In the chair that Mr. Lincoln (for whom he cast hi first vote) once sat In to see Mr. Harding so calm while he assumes an attitude toward white slavery that would shame an - ex confederate. ' . -1 fear that the party of which Mr. Lincoln was one of the founders and defenders Is In a decaying eondltlon. It may be said that Mr. Debs is the Abe Licoln of the 20th century, and his name may go down In history with the name of that great states man, and their souls may march to gether in the great march of free dom. Those who denounce Debs to day may live to see their children or grandchildren contributing 4o build monument, piercing the skies, to Debs, who was instrumental in lib erating white slavery In his day. J. H. ALLISON. Slate and Morton Estate. Omaha, July 18. To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Just as a mat ter of history I wish to state that some years ago the present owner of Arbor Lodge offered to turn the same over to the board of regents of the University of Nebraska, pro vided the board would agree to keep up the place as a memorial to J. Sterling Morton. The board considered the proposi tion and advised the muUi-milllon-aire, Mr. Joy Morton, that if he would include in the gift sufficient land so that the board would be justified to use the place as an ex perimental station, or farm, it would be glad to accept the girt, but did not feel it was justified in going to the expense of keeping up the place under other circumstances. , I thought then, and I think now. that was the proper attitude to take. II the heirs or Mr. J. sterling Mor ton were in such financial shape that -they could not keep up the place then It might be different, but even then I question whether the Mate would b Justified to kp up that memorial. . Tha fame of J. Sterling Morton a the father of Arbor day doe not require any physical monument t,o enahrlne It In the memory of Ne braska people at least. I do not know how much land Mr. Joy Mor ton offer to give with the park, but ir It only constats of the 40 acre surrounding the house X respectfully make the ausgeatlon that the multi millionaire, Mr. Joy Morton, give It to the state with an endowment whlcn will keep up the ground and tha bul dines, or give sufficient lana wun It so that an experimental atatlon of the state university may oe 'o llshed there. H. Price of Liberty Unnd. Grand Island. Neb.. July IT. To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In your editorial today. "Good for the Old V. 8. A.." you mention the fact that "three Issues of Liberty bonda old for 101 and the fourth was at par." Can you tell me what waa the reaaon those same Issue of Liberty bonda leaa than two years ago were worth only from t to 10 cents? 1 will give my anawer to the above queatlon and ask you to correct me If I am wrong: Two year ago large amount of Liberty bond were held by persons of small means who would soon be forced to sell them. The large capitalist knew this and forced tha nrlce down until the small In vestor wsa compelled t sell, and then the capitalist bought the bond, and today the bond are at par, making a profit to the present own ere of from 10 to IS cent on each dollar Invested. . ARTHUR VANHOUSEN. Arbor liodae. Omaha. July 10. To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The coramunt cation appearing In The Bee aigned "H" with regard to the tender to the state of Arbor Lodge, the home of the late J. Sterling Morton, as memorial, provided the state pay for Its unkeen. sounds like a lust cnu clsm of the donor's good Intentions. since he Is a very wealthy man and could, easily endow his proffered gift to Insure It proper upkeep. "H" say "the fame of J. Sterling Morton aa the father of Arbor day does not reauire any physical monu ment to enshrine It in the memory of Nebraska people." That Is true. The writer had the pleasure of personally meeting J. Sterling Mor ton many times as a boy trudging along the road that led past Arbor Lodge to Nebraska City, and many a time he was overtaken by Mr. Mor ton and invited to sit with him In his carriage for the remainder of the journey. Those Incidents, and similar ones, are the memorial J. Sterling Morton left in the minds of many a boy In the vicinity of Arbor Lodge during his lifetime. - The late Senator Charles Van Wyck, who lived a few miles beyond Arbor Lodge, and who for many ryears was a familiar traveler between his farm and Nebraska City, also knew all "us boys" by name, and he was never known to pass by any person on the road. to or from town without asking him to a ride in his equally - familiar one-horse buck-'j board. . . - Otoe county has produced some "big", men, but the greatest of these are J. Sterling Morton and Charles H. Van Wyck at least In the writer's opinion. I. J. C. , Authenticated, t I'l never supposed that the stories of girls' enormous appetites for ice cream were true until the other night." , "Indeed! What convinced you?" "The arithmetic. It distinctly says that one gal is equal to four quarts." Boston Transcript. I f Norfolk Newa: "ConWin- 1 tha l only guide," the proprietors of a J lake reaort announced anent bathing l suite, and thai ronclene I a good guide we proven by the fact that L the following Hunday several thou- 1 aand person found their way to the I rort 1 Hartlngton Herald: "Why I don't boose," waa the theme of a recent ' sermon In a local pulpit. Among other good reasons, the price might be mentioned. Hastings Tribune: The railroads say they are earning leas than 4 per eent and yet they pay 7 per cent on their bonda. That I barking up and going ahead at the stme time. Genoa Leader: The man who buy boota from a -bootlrtser Is Just aa guilty under the law a the man who sell It to him and If we were mayor we'd fix 'em. We would buy a stomach pump and then arrest every man who showed sign of hav ing held communion with a boose peddler, pump him out and fine him for having boose In hi posaesalon. That' whut we would do If we were mayor, but come to think of It we are mighty glad that we are not mayor: It might tke too darn much pumping. 0 - Keslhol would soothe that itching skin The first application of Resinol Oint ment usually takes the itch and burn right out of eczema and similar skin affections. - This gentle, healing oint ment seems to get right at the root of the trouble, and is almost sure to re store skin health in a short time. Xaaiool Ointment and Soap at ill dracgiea. pOLBRANSEN PLAYER PIANO WatwnaiyVrkal -Branded in inecacK. I (6) TfC , I WSLJ Cowry Seal 600 700 495 The Art and Music Store 1513-15 Douglas Street H'WiH p. 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