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WHAT TO DO IN EUROPE.
A week is not a very long time, but much can
be accomplished within its limits if sincere effort
is put forth. Between now and Monday, January
15, something of importance must transpire in 1
Europe. That is the date set for terminating the tem
porary moratorium granted Germany in the matter
of reparations. France has determined seemingly,
to put into effect her policy of occupying the Ruhr
district and taking over other sectors on the left
bank of the Rhine, despite the fact that the British
disapprove and that Secretary Hughes has warned
that such a policy will he regarded with disfavor at
Washington.
Belgium and Italy, not wholly endorsing the
French plan, are willing France may have a free
hand. Bonar Law says he thinks it better to let
France find out by experience the futility of the
Poincare plan, and then a better understanding may
he had. At the same time nil are veering closer to
the Hughes proposal for a conference of financiers
to deal with (he entire question of reparations, war
debts and stabilization of money in Europe. In
such a conference the United States will take part.
This matter is in the hands of the French govern
ment, where it is being gravely considered at present.
The “irreconcilable" group in the senate will
oppose the plan, and supporters of the League of
Nations also criticize the suggestion, but it will
have sincere support, because it offers a way out of
a serious muddle. Whether or not the work of
such a conference would lie merely a repetition of
the work of the Reparations commission is beside
the question. It is generally agreed the Repara
tions commission set a figure too high, and that its
awards should be revised downward materially.
England agrees to this, and the Bonar Law pro
posal, just rejected by France, had in it some
provision for such a revision. The Poincare proposal
presented to the conference that just broke up con
tained a plan for reducing the indemnity to 50,000,
000,000 gold marks, about one-seventh of the original
sum.
Nor is it fair to list the Hughes plan as a part
of anti-French propaganda. The present adminis
tration has rarefully avoided espousing the cause
of any particular nation or group of nations in
Europe, hut it has honestly endeavored to he help
ful to all. Not to give its support to a course it be
lieves would he a mistake on part of France should
not warrant the assertion that the administration is
anti-French or leaning to another nation's cause.
France believes Germany should pay, and so
does the world. How much is another question,
and the ability of Germany to pay is still another,
and those should be settled before anything else is
done. If the total of reparations is to lie revised,
the Hughes plan for a financial conference offers
the best, possible means for doing the work. Ger
many’s ability to pay may also be determined there,
and the entire question of restoring Europe’s credit,
with political, industrial and commercial health and
stability as the end sought, may he solved at'such a
conference. It is for the benefit of Fiance as well
as for Germany, and for the world as well as for
either.
ONE VETO WELL BESTOWED.
When President Harding returned the Bursum j
pension bill without his approval he deserved com- I
mendation from all, even the veterans who would |
be affected by the measure. It does not appear
that there is any real necessity for adding $1- a
month to the allowance now made to the men who
fought in the Mexican and Civil wars. Generous
provision has been made for them, and the nation
has been prompt to relieve any need of its old sol
diers. Therefore the' increase provided in the bill
was not given as an act of justice.
A greater objection to the hill is found in its
loose language in regard to pensions for the widows
of such veterans. Under the existing law widows
who were married to veterans prior to 1895 re
ceived oensions; under the Bursum act this was
moved up to 1915, and a clause added which made
it possible for a designing woman to gain a pension
through a loose arrangement with a veteran for
two years at any time. Considerable scandal has
been raised through the efforts of schemers to en
trap old men into marriage, merely to gain pension
rights. President Harding, in his veto message,
calls attention to the fact that under the Bursum
bill it would be possible for a woman to become the
“widow” of a veteran through a marriage contracted
sixty years after the war, and receive a pension of
$50 a month, while the widow of a soldier killed
during the world war gets but $^4 a month.
Senator Bursum says he will try to pass the
bill over the president's veto, but if the congress
has sensed the situation aright, it will give its en
dorsement to President Harding's action.
CULTURE THROUGH NATURE
One does not require a wood, a mountain or a
wilderness in order to come close to nature. “To him
who in the love of nature holds communion with
her visible forms’’ there Hie innumerable methods
of approach. There is, for instance, a whole world
of knowledge to he gained from the study and care
of hoqse plants. There could scarcely be a more
interesting hobby for girls and housewives. The
shrubs and trees on the lawn likewise offer an in
troduction to orcharding and nursery activities.
Boys’ collections of insects, birds’ nests and miner
als lead to lasting intellectual enjoyment, besides
providing a healthful, moral interest.
Miss Gertrude B. Goldsmith, an instructor in
nature study, recommends nature study as an anti
dote for the movies, which take up entirely too large
a part of some children’s attention. We are all
made or unmade in our leisure hours, and it is hard
to conceive of a more inspiring influence than that
of contact with the natural life about us.
Working in the garden is not drugery to one who
has an eye for the birds, the insects and the plants.
Love of na'v-re leads also to healthful walks and af
fords an incomparable outlet for energy that other
w ;se might be misspent. Above all, there is the
growing appreciation for beauty and the communion
with the infinite. There should be more nature
study in the schools. Happy is the person who can
attune himself to these influences.
FRIDAYS ADVICE TO THE FARMERS.
Accepting the optimism of Dr. David Friday as
the judgment of a close and careful observer of the
trend of events, his fresh advice to the farmers of
Nebraska is encouraging. He is pointing the way
to more and better products from the farm, to im
proved methods in the industry and consequently
increase® returns fo? correspondingly less of effort.
Others have expressed similar views, and Dr.
Friday simply emphasizes facts that have been es
tablished by experience. To the dairy farmer ho
recommends doing away with the scrub cow. Long
ago it was demonstrated that the scrub cow 'is a
continual source of loss, while the well bred eow is
a source of profit. The farmer who raises poultry
and sells chickens and eggs is likewise advised to
get rid of his scrubs and harbor only productive
fowls. And so on nlong the line.
Not very many years ago an intensive campaign
of instruction with reference to the slection of seed
corn was carried on in Nebraska. The farmers took
the instruction in a conservative fashion, gave it
trial and found that good seed corn paid big
dividends. No farmer nowadays selects his corn
for planting at random. He examines every ear of
his own raising for the purpose of securing the
best, and he pays fancy prices for tho seed of es
tablished varieties. Experts have gone so far as to
differentiate between localities und soil, so that the
adaptability of the varieties of corn to climatic and
other conditions is known and acted upon accord
ingly. Wheat and uther grains haVe been subjected
to the same selective tests, and profit has resulted.
It is just as reasonable to make the same dis
tinctions with regard to animals and fowls. In fact,
Nebraska farmers have gone far already in this di
rection, and will go farther. The business of pro
ducing food is well organized, and anything that
promises improvement, cither in method or result
is given trial and if proved worth while is adopted.
Tluwquestion of Nebraska’s market still is open.
Our farmers will probably always be exporters, but
they will not depend on Europe for customers
entirely. Population in the United States is gaining
on farm production,, and the exportable surplus of
food produced is dwindling as numbers of mouths to
cat increase at home. Nebraska’s principal market
today is in the United States, and this will grow
continually. Other lands may feed Europe, for our
first big business soon will be to feed ourselves.
"TIN-CAN TOURISTS” IN CLOVER.
Stay-at-homes will marvel at the presence of
2,200 otherwise sane and healthy people, meeting
in convention at a southern city and solemnly elect
ing one of their number to the exalted office of
“royal chief tin-can opener.” Anybody who did
not know the habits of Americans might be shocked
at this proceeding. Such an one should take cog
nizance of another great national organization
whose head is entitled “boojum.”
But the “tin-can openers” are in a class by
themselves. They are the product of the automo
bile and the prosperity. Men and women who are
not fettered by home cares yield now to the im
pulse to go gypsying over the country, just as man
always has. In every age and every clime some
have felt the wanderlust and yielded to it. The
open road has always had its appeal. Now the car
provides easy transportation, and the tin-can con
tains available provender, and away they go.
Enterprising and hospitable communities through
out the land have mude provisions for these nomads,
in the way of camps and shelters, and so seaside
and mountain, the northland in the summer and the
south in the winter, see these caravans of pleasure
seekers, idlers or otherwise, members of the great
lodge of tin-can openers. Each has a home and
solid interests somewhere in the land, but each
loves to break away from the grind and go afield
for rest and change.
Some distinction to be elected chief among this
brotherhood of good-natured, easy-going wanderers,
who gypsy for joy and who are welcome wherever
they shut off the gas and halt for a time. The lodge
is growing each year, and who will say it is not
doing a lot of good? For it provides an outlet for
energy that, if pent up, might cause an explosion
of some kind. Life on the road, under tents and
depending on tin cans and paper sacks, has its com
pensations.
Coue says he is not a doctor, but just a teacher.
If he can make good on his theory he will be more
than either.
Congratulations to the city commissioners for
agreeing to let the people have the police protec
tion they need.
Those Mexican duels are much like the former
battles down there; it is the bystander who gets hit.
The professional snow shoveler is now getting
plenty of work at his trade.
Criminals will please take notice that Omaha is
not to be so easy hereafter.
Lausanne may now move up front again.
The Fame of Dickens
-Stefan Zweig, in The Dial ■■■ -
By now there are millions of Dickens’ books in cir
culation: big And little volumes, thick and thin, cheap
editions for the poor, and In America the most ex
pensive edition which has ever been published of any
writer—it costs, I believe, 300.00U marks, this edition
for millionaires. But these books still retain all of their
former felicitous laughter; it is ready to flutter up like
a twittering bird as soon as one turns the first page.
This author was loved to an unequaled degree; and if
his appeal did not grow even greater in the course of
years it was Solely because the emotions had no fur
ther possibilities of extension. When Dickens decided
to give public readings, when lie appeared face to face
with the public for the first time, England *was in a
turmoil. The halls were packed and jammed; en
thusiasts climbed up the pillars, or crept under his
platform, simply to be able to hear their beloved poet,
in America, in the bitterest winter weather, people
brought JIl.ittresses and slept in front of the ticket of
lice, wallers brought them food from nearby restau
rants; but the crush was beyond control. Every hall
proved to lie too small, and finally a church was se
en red in Brooklyn. From the pulpit he read thg ad
ventures.of Oliver Twist and the story of little Nell,
Fame for him was not capricious. It pressed Walter
Scott to one side: it overshadowed Thackeray’s genius
for a whole lifetime; and when the light went out.
when Dickens died, the entire English speaking world
felt it like a blow. On th$ streets foreigners remarked
to one another that London was us depressed as though
some great battle had been lost. Ilis body was laid in
Westminster Abbey, the pantheon of England. Thou
sands streamed In, and a continual flood of flowers and
wreaths poured over the simple burial place. Even
today, forty years later, one can seldom pass there
without seeing a few flowers strewn by some grateful
I land: his fame and his appeal have not wilted In all
I these years. Today, as in that hour years ago when
England pressed into the hand of this unsuspecting
nobody the unhoped for gift of a world wide reputation,
Charles Dickens has remained the most beloved, the
most commanding and feted story teller of the entire
English world.
.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
Nebraska’s Bank Guaranty.
From th» Harvard Courier.
Bonn' of the papers tire beginning to
worry about the possible future of the
! luink guarantee law. Bank failures
| have been so numerous the last year
or two ami drafts oil the fund so
I heavy that It is certain that very few
hanks in the state have made any
profit. And what Is worse, the drafts
on file fund makes conditions all I tie
harder for the weak banks. More fail
ures are sure to come before condi
tions return to normal and the guar
anty law may help to cause some of
them. The guarantee law is a line
thing for the public. It insures that
depositors cannot lose and creates
confidence in the hank because of this
feature. But it is a hard law on the
hanks. Most people will agree that
it is unfair to compel the careful, ca
pable hank to be responsible for the
acts of the incompetent or crooked
banker. None of the rest of us would
want to have to do business under
such a law. . Wo feel that we have
enough to do when we are responsible
for our own acts without being com
pelled to tako responsibility for the
I acts of* others when we have ho
chance to control them. The public
will Insist, though, upon some form
of deposit Insurance. There can be
no change In this feature, if the law
were repealed it would promptly be
replaced by referendum. The ijues
tlop then, is to devise some means
that will protect depositors and. at the
same time, he fair to honest bankers,
i’dgar Howard thinks this can be
done by* more thorough inspection of
banks. Another idea is for hankers
to be permitted to form an organize
tlon of their own for taking care of
weak banks and preventing failures.
Something will have to be done about
it.
Candid Mr. Ladd.
/rnm the fct. Paul Dispatch.
Intelligence and a certain degree of
frankness characterize an article on
titled "What Do We Radicals Want?"
appearing in the Wall Street Maga
zine—singular medium of expression
in the circumstances!—by Senator
Ladd of North Dakota. The tirst ex
hibition "f frankness is in the title,
though it is a sort of shop window
exhibition, as Senator Ladd, who does
not carry his views to the extremes
of radicalism and probably chafes at
tile association In which he finds him
self in the senate, always thereafter
refers to hlmsi If and his political con
freres by the milder term of progres
sives or liberals.
In giving out the program of the
indicals—and there at least lie Is
radical—he makes two quie candid
admissions. First, that the railroads
must be turned over to the govern
ment because it is impossible to he
fair with them. We have legislated
so that they can not be operated for
a profit and we have forced them to
sacrifice their business interests to
the public good. To be sure he says
fhe first was "necessary” and the
1 ft was "just," but he concedes in
il.rect effect tlint the transportation
Industry is not only key, but vital,
to the welfare of the country, and
that admission covers a multitude of
sins.
Secondly, while advocating govern
ment ownership carried to coal mines,
forests and all public utilities, he ad
mits that government today is not
equal to tlift task. Too great a stu
dent not to be familiar with the fail
ure of every governmental undertak
ing in the way of business, he is too
wise to rush hpadlong into public
ownership as things are. We must
grow up to the job, he says. How
would he do this? He would obliterate
the present political alignment: he
says that both republican and demo
cratic parties are dead already and
it is only necessary to build on their
ruins, so lie would have a realign
ment into conservative and liberal
parties. Of course Ills would he the
liberal, or the progressive, as he
prefers to call it, carefuly eschewing I
all mention or suggestion of radical
ism. When this realignment Is com
plete and definite, then things are
ready tor (he program lie stands for.
This program can he dismissed in a |
few words, as it is practically the fa
miliar radical specific for n 11 of our
economic and political Ills, and even j
includes the heresy of stabilized I
prices for farm products—a subsidy
for the funness which Senator Ladd
'■specially hugs to his bosom, though
he j3 scandalized at a ship subsidy.
The Esch-Cumnilns law is to be
modified so that freight rates can be
reduced in the farmer interest. The
Federal Reserve act must be re
molded so that the farmer gets some
benefits and of course thd limit must
be gone on farm credit, though the
«ame statesmen reeently invelgliefi
against measures which would only
“plunge the farmer deeper in the
duagmlre of debt." Finally there must
he a concerted attack on capital
through taxation, restoring the ex
cess profits tax. increasing the surtax
in the higher brarkets and adding a
new tax on corporation surpluses.
There Is nothing new in the Ladd
Daily Prayer
i thank Thea and praise Thee, O Ond.
—Dan. 2:23.
Our Fat herein Heaven, we approach
Thee in the namo of Jesus Christ,
Thy Son, our Savior, that we may
rentier praise and thanksgiving to
Thee; and that wo may seek the for
giveness of our sins, the continued
manifestation of Thy favor, and the
guidance of tiie Holy Spirit in the
choices of our lives, and in the ren
dering of service to Thee. We real
ize. our Father, the shortness of tiur
vision, the imperfection of our judg
ment. and the weakness of our effort,
hut Thou hast said, “Coinmlt Thy way
unto Jehovah, trust also in Him, and
Ho will bring It to pass.” It is sweet
to rest upon this promise, and to feel
that thus we can walk hand in hand
with Thee, and that our ways shall
he Thy way.
In order that we may he true to our
high calling, give us the sympathetic
heart, the kindly look, the golden
speech, the helping hand. Make us a
channel of blessing to those about us,
that we may he the true children of
Abraham, who was blessed that ho
might bless. And now. dear Lord,
give us the strength for that which
is Immediately before us according to
the promise, “As thy day is. so shalt
thy strength be," and Thy name shall
have the glory, through Christ, our
1 Lord. Amen.
J. A DUFF, D. T>.,
I Awptnwall, Pa.
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program, except the quality of can
dor. What others have intimated,
lie says bluntly. If there were'
enough of him, the program would
be executed, probably even without
waiting for the government to "grow
tip to (he Job."
\n Outrageous Suggestion
From the Detroit Free Piets.
What does this man, William D.
i T'pshaw, one of Georgia's representa
tives In congress, mean by voicing the
utterly unreasonable suggestions that
judges, prosecutors, prohibition
agents, governors, legislators amt
even cabinet members climb on the
water wagon? fasten to hint rant:
"l,et them sacredly declare, re
gardless of what tiieir tastes and
practices have been, they never
again will build tip a bootlegger's
barbarous business.by drinking any
form or any amount of illicit liquors
at any dinner, at any function, or
in ball room or back alley. Get
every member of congress and
swur United States senator follow
suit; let every state and federal
judge and every prosecuting attor
ney in America stand' up like pa
triotic. men and declare they will
never again personally trample the
constitution theey have sworn to
defend.’*
Upshaw is plainly a dangerous rad
ical anil should be suppressed. Per
haps Attorney General Daugherty
could have the Department of Justice
to look him up. The Georgia man not
only voted for the ISth amendment
and the Volstead act. but is personally
as well ns politically dry. Isn t he sat
is fled with the action of a majority
of his colleagues In supporting and
mdintaining the measure that makes
drinking unlawful, without his trying
to deprive them of their own little
nip when they want it?
Just because a Judge sends a boot
legger who is caught to jail, does It
necessarily follow that he may not
patronize a bootlegger who is not
caught? Doesn't a prohibition en
forcement agent, engaged in the
hazardous and arduous occupation of
pursuing rum smugglers or moon
shiners need a little dose of medicinal
whisky now and then to bi’aco his
courage?
For the life of us we can’t imagine
of what Upshaw is thinking. Is ho
trying to undermine the veery founda
tions of the constitution? His idea is
outrageous, preposterous. Congress
should have howled him down.
When a House is a Home.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
Tho modern nmall house hna some
marked advantages over Its older and
more spacious predecessor. It Is
more concentrated and compact. The
dead perfection of a front parlor, set
aside in the old-fashioned way for
guests, argued more concern for ta
bles than for those what sat around
them, more thought for colli and un
homcliko spare rooms with gilt, var
nish and upholstery than for the easy
comfort of rooms whore people really
live.
Tho modern home, though it may
T>e email, is mobilized in every part.
Kverywhere in it may be uses in
forms of beauty. And this is one se
cret of making a house into a home.
The rest of the process of making a
house into * home consists largely of
such intangibles as good taste, shown
in a pleasing choice of colors, books,
flowers. music and a cheerful, kindly
atmospW'io that makes a good place
to go rmd to remain.
Common Sevse
Hood Management mu) Misfortune.
Sometimes when you see a man
who is poorly dressed or you- have
some business transaction with a
man who cannot pay you what he
owes you, you think what a poor man
ager he is.
Perhaps the tiian has had sickness
In his family: he may have made bad
investments; lie may have been un
fortunate and out of work during
hard times and now he is unable to
pay all of his debts.
Suppose! something should happen
that you would lose a sum of money
as proportionately large as this man
has lost?
Suppose you were out of a job sever
al weeks, and were compelled to pay
doctor's bills as large in proportion
to your earnings as this man of whom
you think slightingly, what would
your condition be?
Would you think tt poor manage
ment it you had a series of misfor
tunes?
If this man were commanding the
large salary you have it is a safe-bet
that he would have more to show
for it than you who criticize him.
Ton complain about him, still you
are living and spending about In tho
same proportion as this man does.
Are you not living in a house of
glass?
(Copyright, 3(22.)
“The People’s
Voice’r
Editorials from rftders of The Mom In*
Boadert of Tho MornlDQ Bee are Invited to
use this column fretly tor expression oa
mutters ot public Intereit.
“Morality of the Masses.”
Nebraska City. N* b.—To tho Editor
of The Omaha Hoe: Road this sen
tence again from your editorial on
"Morality and the Masses" In yester
day morning's issue of The Omaha Bee:
“Americans are moral by nature and
inclination, not merely from choice. 1
fmm heredity, or environment, but I
because of the natural tendency of
man to do good and bo good." That's
good if true.
Now, please, edit the news stories,
as you < all them, on the first page of
tho same Issue and compare notes. On
said page there are 27 different items
plus an advertisement and the
w eather report, t if these 27 stories 15
are a narration of crime and law vio
lations. The fact that they were
given first page space would indicate
that they are considered above the
ordinary. If the remaining pages .of
the paper were checked up. the per
centage of crime stories would un
doubtedly be raised, for it cannot be
held that you consider the narration
of Immoralities the chief features of
new spa per presentation.
Wherein lies the good of singing
the praJsf s of morality as personified
in the average citizen and voice the
contradiction of that praise iri the so
called news sections? Mr. Schwab
may have been wrong in his state
ments because they were too all in
clusive; hut is the editorial's con
clusion truthful if The Omaha Bqe's
own news items are accepted ns evi
dence that “the masses of the Ameri
can people are moral, in every sense
of the word, and that fact is the force
that sustains America.” How that
force is limping even under the sus
taining crutches of police authorities.
What a grand haven of righteousness
these T.'nited States would be if the
contents of that editorial could be ac
cepted unequivocally.
FRANCIS KRAMER.
Ocean Freight to Alaska.
Sutton. Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The Omaha Bee recent
ly In an editorial touched on the need
of transportation in Alaska, especially
along the line ot the recently com
pleted government railroad. While
this may become necessary in the fu
ture, i he pressing need now Is ocean
transportation from Seattle to con
nect with tlie Alaska Northern rail
way, mentioned above. Such a line
exists, but it is under a monopoly,
with its rates nearly prohibitive.
1 want to say a few words about
this railroad and tlie country traversed
by it. The railroad was projected by
a private corporation in 1901, and by
January 1, 1906, had 50 miles in oper
ation. From this time on to March,
1914. when congress provided for Its
completion by the government, noth
ing was done. The war and the lack
of attention by congress delayed its
completion seVoral years. The south
ern terminal is (or Was) at Seward, on
Resurrection hay, in Book's inlet. The
railroad follows the Susitna river to
its lieud, crosses at Broad pass, 325
miles from salt water, and follows
tlie Ncnana to Fairbanks, on the
T.mana, a navigable tributary of the
mighty Yukon. The total distance
is 471 miles, and opens a vast em
pire in tlie interior of Alaska with its
many navigable rivers. Anchorage,
on Turnagaln arm. however, will,
most likely, lie the Pacific terminal,
as the government has wharves, ware
houses and general terminal facilities
licie, besides shortening the rail route
b> about 90 miles. From here a branch
of 38 miles rurm to Chicaloon, in the
Matanuska coal fields. The total
mileage will be 528 when these are '
completed, with other lines in con
templation. This railroad, as stated,
is ihe connecting link between the
Pacific coast ports and the vast em
pire in the Interior of Alaska, and i.s
open for travel the whole year at
Fairbanks. The distance from Seat
tle to Anchorage is 1,600 statute
miles, and the rail distance to the
T.mana from here is 400 miles, a
total of 2,000 miles. The distance via
the mouth of the Yukon is nearly
twice as far, and is usable only four
months in the year.
Tlie population of all Alaska is the
COATS AT
HALF PRICE
$29.50 Coats . . . $14.75
$39.75 Coats ... .$19.50
$49.50 Coats ... .$24.75
$69.50 Coats ... -$34.75
Julius Orkin
1512 Dougins Street
(FVUCF0J2D
. V MCsic Co* +
PIANOS PIANOS PIANOS
AT DEFINITE CASH SAVINGS
SENDS A PIANO HOME
fplU $5 to $10 Monthly Pays for It.
STEGER
FISCHER
FOSTER
SEYBOLD
TROUBEDOR
KURTZMANN
STERLING
STEINWAY
CABLE
CHASE
( priglit CICC* *5 per
tirnnd «p 1 UtJ Month
i.'pright conn *G P°r
tirnnd «P«vU Month
l|> rig lit COOC *0 per
tirnnd «|/«Ov Month
Upright COQC ** l»er
tirnnd Month
l’layer CJQC *15 l***p
Plnlno Month
Player CdQn *20 per
I'lano Month
1 prlght COOC *♦» Per
t.rnnd tjMonth
llnby M 07C *50 per
t.rnnd 4> 1 O I U Month
Upright COQC *,s Pe«*
tirnnd Month
Upright C1QC *0 per
tirnnd tpiOJ Month
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*3.50 MdJCiC Co. 0nm,m
□SAVE and
PROSPER
* Your Funds Are Absolutely °pen "" >cco“nj
Safe in This Institution *“^7:
lolin F. Flack, President George C. Flsck, Treasurer
R. A MrEarhron, Vice President E N. Bovell, Secretary
John T. Brownlee, Asst. Secy. Robert Dempster, Director
Occidental Building & Loah Association
Corner IStli and Harney Street* Organized 1889 j
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bur ALL TH£ PENT“>
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Kline ns Lincoln—55.000—anil it is
scattered over a territory nearly eight
times the size of Nebraska, so that
each inhabitant has elbow room to the
extent of !1 square miles on an aver
age. The Husitna valley, mentioned
above, lias an area of 15,000 square
miles and is suitable for agriculture.
The Tanana valley lias an equal area.
Both have rigorous winters, but no
worse than In our northern states.
While it gets quite cold there Is. at
such a time, a perfect calm. Wheat,
oats, rye and barely are grown, while
the wild grasses, such as redtop and
bluestem, attain a height of live feet.
All tlio hardy - vegetables—potatoes,
cabbage, carrots, boons, pets, etc.—
do well. The many streams abound
in fish, while game is plentiful. Tim
ber for building is close at Itand, while
tile coal supply is the best and iio-.x
hausttble. A home market is as
.siii'i'd as gold is strewn In gravel f"r
the whole stretch of the railroad
indicates many rich placer dlggin^^*
All tin1 country need* is population
This can come only hy crossing 1.6"<y
miles of ocean from Seattle to Anchor
age. While a steamship line is in
operation by the Gugenheini syndi*
cate, the rites are almost prohibitive
They are from ? 17 to $18.60 per ton. g
rate of more than 1 cent per ton mile
The Seattle New York rate, applied
to the Gugeiihelm line, would be only
$4.26. In a few years the Investment
if $1,800,000 if this syndicate has
grown to $6,804,000, an income of 200
per cent. Is there a conspiracy to
ruin this government railroad? So
John Rustgard, attorney general for
Alaska, intimates.
A. G. GROTI.
Hartmann Trunk Special
For Thu! Trip lo Florida or I all
fornla n llartnwinn Wardrobe Trunk
la One of Ihe First Requirements.
The trunk pictured
here represents the besl
\aluc in Omaha and
has many features not
found in any othci
trunk. It is built tc
stand the hardest wear,
both inside and out,
and cannot be dupli
cated at anywhere neai
the price we ask.
$57.50
DESCRIPTION
Of This Trunk
/
Gihraltari/ed construction, heavy steel hard
ware, fastened with solid rivets, nickeled
steel collar supporting garment section, draw
ers held in place with steel locking bar, cloth
ing locked with patent cushion and retainer,
shoes in dust-proof box, gold lining, rein
forced nickeled drawers.
Freling & Steinle
1803 FARNAM. HERE 16 YEARS
«grr L—
▼HE VALUE GIVING St OPE
Closing Out
Sale
CASH OR TERMS
As a usual thing, when a good proposition is within your |
reach, you grab it. !
Now is the time tc' buy Furniture, Rugs and Draperies
while we are closing out our stocks.
We are going to discontinue our retail business and arc
making ridiculously low prices; so now is your opportu
nity to secure splendid bargains.
We’ll give you all the time you want to pay for your pur
chase in case you care to have it charged.
Everything marked in plain figures.
rnrr I Wednesday- January 31 «t 8 P. M., we give away
rKbb ! ,ree a Four Piece Walnut Bedroom Suite and 45 |
* other useful household articles. Come In and regie- [
ter. No purchase required. I ,
HOWAKD STKEET, BETWEEN 15th AND 16th STREETS
Have the Metropolitan Van and Storage Co. Move You
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