The Morning Bee v MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON P. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER. Gen. Manager. MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AMOohUd Pres*, <-f which The Pee is a member, is exc!u»lTe!y entitled ta the lit-1 for reimhJIcation of all new* dispatches credited to 1L or i.r»t otherwise credited in this paper, and also Uie local news published herein. A’l light* of repuhlica lions of oar special dlfpatches ate also rtaemd. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask lor the Department ax ur Person Wanted. Fur Night Calla After 10 P. M: hdttorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1UUO OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam t o. Bluffs • • - 15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 21th and N New York—280 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star BJdg. Chicago - - 1720 Stager Bldg. PASS THE MATHERS BILL. A practical plan for reorganizing the government of Nebraska has been presented by Speaker A. N. Mathers. It should be accepted by all parties in the legislature and an end be made to the controversy that has dragged now too long. By transferring the functions now performed by the six code departments to four of the elective officials numerous economies become possible. In the first place $30,000 in salaries paid to the heads of the departments would be cut off. The consolida tion of all inspection work of three departments un der the secretary of state would make both for economy and efficiency. These two things, the sal- i aries and the inspectors, were targets for much ora- | tory during the campaign. The people of Nebraska do not care greatly how the necessary business of government is carried on, -.0 long as it is done well and cheaply. The people desire above all things a reduction of taxes, but they are not willing to accept this boon at the ex pense of such things as good schools and good roads. The Mathers plan is a money-saver, but it is so drawn that it will not cripple any necessary activity. Partisanship must be dropped at such a time as this. The fact that the democratic platform called for the grouping of code offices in a way closely re sembling that proposed by Speaker Mathers has not prevented republican support of the measure. It should make the proposal all the more acceptable to the democrats, yet thus far they have fought it bitterly. This partisan fire should be cooled and the question regarded as the speaker suggests, simply , as a public matter in which no color of politics should be allowed to enter. No intention lies at the back of this amendment j to infringe on the powers of which Governor Bryan I is so jealous. In its simplicity and workability it is superior to the Bryan code. If anything, it will be more economical. If the present system is to he altered. Mr. Mathers’ plan is the one behind which no legislator should hesitate to stand. “DR. HALE’S BABIES.'* City folk3 who are familiar with hospitals, “twi- , light sleep,’’ and other modern conveniences, do not j rnderstand what the approach of the stork means in places remote from the comforts and triumphs of i science. At any rate, these things are of recent j contrivance or discovery, for the time is not so very ! far gone in the pust when the event was accompanied j i>y great discomfort and real danger. And here is where the good old family doctor came into action, lie was more than “philosopher, j guide and friend” to the young father and mother. He was the agent of the creator, on whose skill and -ympathy depended the outcome of a great crisis, jf Two lives were in his keeping, and as he applied his : knowledge and manual dexterity these were made certain, and the world happier because a baby had come into it. Only those who went through the ex- , perience will know the anxiety and worry that at- | tended the occasion, and the reassurance afforded by the presence of the doctor in whom nil confidence . vested, and on whom was laid the most sacred of responsibilities. We are pleased to note that out in Ravenna a number of residents have organized a society to be j known as “Dr. Hale’s Babies, being a tribute to one of Buffalo county’s pioneer doctors. They will set up a monument to his memory, he havinv closed 36 years of active practici by going on to his (ternal reward. Those babies who grew up are hon oring themselves in honoring the doctor who attended at their advent into this world. His monument, however, will not be the shaft they propose to set up in his name. It is builded firmer and truer in their hearts. Men and women l ie grateful, in spite of some belief to the contrary, i rd do carry in memory the servici s ol such a man Dr. C. A. Hale of Ravenna. LESSON IN FRED THOMPSON’S LIFE A vagrant news item will be of interest to some of the older resident* of Omaha, and may hold something of a moral tor the younger. I' teds ot bow the widow of the late Frederick Thompson is trying to induce the managers of the New lork Hippodrome to devote part of the program on the anniversary of that gTeat theater’s opening to the memory of her husband. He conceived and built the Hippodrome, and died in poverty. Twenty-five years ago two of the most popular Mid enterprising young men of Omaha were ‘ h red Thompson and “Skip” Dundy. Thompson was an engineer and architect, Dundy a promoter, and they had certain amusement concessions at the I rans 1’iississippi exposition, then about to open its ga i u the public. They put over several successful en terprises in the amusement line, and with the capi tal thus provided set upon a career that led them to the veiy top of their line. Luna I’ark, nt Coney Island, was created by Thompson & Dundy, and finally the great Hippodrome came into existence through the genius of Thompson. Misfortune overtook the firm, and its member - ns well. Full of amusement ideas, able to conceive ;,ud bring forth several novel ways to give the pub lic a thrill or a laugh, neither one nor the other oas a good business man in the sense that neither seemed endowed with the faculty of holding on to 1 any portion of the wealth that poured in on them. Others have reaped where they sowed. Mrs. Thompson is working as a dressmaker to keep soul and body together. Her appeal will be made bo men who have succeeded with the Hippo drome, but who have forgotten, if they ever knuw, who “Fred” Thompson was. Perhap* it will be a* apII to let him rest in the peace of the tomb, and vet he docs deserve to have some credit for the big things he did while living. Judge Hull of tin- democratic national commit tee says lie is not paying attention to the factions in his party. ThiBniut.es it unanimous A I.ob Angeles man who ha* survived six lulls lrom high places is looking for a job on the ground. He will probably drop into a well then. Tint* will tell wdterc lliul $tl,OOO.OOU i». CRIME A POOR PAYMASTER. A young man has been occupying considerable front page space in the Omaha and Cleveland papers lately. He achieved this by means of an over-excited imagination, confessing to having committed a terrible | murder, and seemingly inspired to do this by a de ) sire to escape trial ftfr another crime. Whatever he reckoned on, his calculations were j faulty, for they did not take into consideration the workings of the law he thought himself capable of I befooling. His story, told with definiteness and some j detail, was only worth its face value, and subject j to the test of careful examination by men who are trained to scrutinize just such tales. When sub ^ jected to the acid of legal processes of analysis, the I confession broke down, and the youth was exoner ated from his self-assumed guilt of a heinous crime. However, the law has yet a hold on him, and he j will go back to the Ohio city to face a charge on | which there is good chance of convicting him. If j found guilty, he faces a sentence of life. A more serious predicament scarcely could con front a youth. This one seems to be a wayward, but not entirely bad boy. His solicitude for his mother indicates that he is not entirely lost to the promptings of good, but. his conduct justifies the persistence with which the law pursues him. Only on one theory can he he explained. He is suffering from an aggravated ego. Crime appeals to him because of its excitement. He has found it easier to steal than to work. Released from prison, where he finished a term for theft, he immediately resorted to theft to get money. A job offered too ! prosaic a method of securing capital. He will have | ample time to study out his own peculiarities before he is free to prey again, and it may be he will dis- j cover the mistake he has made. A life in prison is quite as dull as any led by a j working man outside, with the added restriction of | ' liberty when off duty. A working man has certain hours of the 24 that are his own, a convict does not. j If nothing else should restrain one from crime, it j is that honest labor pays better in the end. This boy, like the beautiful model in New York, has paid too high a price for a little excitement. She ' is murdered at 27, just when her young life should be the fullest of zest. He faces a life term in prison ; I at 23, just when other young men are laying plans and building hopes for the big things they are to do i I in the world. It is sad, hut “the wages of sin is j death." THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. The civic community service division of the Ne i braska Federation of Women’s Clubs has spent some ' time on the study of ‘‘The City Beautiful.'’ This ! has been narrowed down by those planning the work to the home and community in which each woman lives and is especially interested. The work takes into consideration the preservation of trees, shrubbery and flowers, as well as the care and beau tifying of the home lawn, school yards and the rail road right-of-way. J? each individual would Fpend a few spare mo ments each day in the cultivation and care of shade trees, blue grass, or flowers, the stranger would carry away a different impression of Nebraska towns, fo the condition of the parkings and lawns has much j to do with the genera! appearance of the whole street. Many cities and villages have a distinguishing ] mark which sets them apart and makes them stand out from other towns in the memory. It may be the cleanline and sanitation, a .perfect lighting system, beautiful lawns and parkings, or a perfect ' f stretch of road that attracts. Portland, Ore., will I always stand out in the memory of the tourist be cause of the Columbian highway, that beautiful stretch of paved road following the river and en tering the city from the east, and from which can be seen many natural beauties and wonder*. To come closer home, what beauty-loving -oui can pass through certain portions of Fremont dur ing the summer months without carrying away a vision' of beautiful homes, clinging t ines, stately trees, green lawns and bowers of lovely flower*? Then there is. Meadow Grove in >ladison county, which received special mention by some of Eng land's road experts n a good roads meeting held across the Atlantic, because of the danger signal forcing the automobile driver to stop, think and us* i caution before crossing the tracks of the Chicago Ac Northwestern just outside the town. The perfec tion of this signal has not only caused this little vil lage of less than 500 people to stand out from other towns, but has also set Nebraska apart from all other states in the union on this one point of per fection. Winter < about over, and many of us have been thinking what to do to mprove our yard or neighborhood when spring comes Let's not forget that n -olv now. Irish republicans do not object to a tight, be it understood, but just to that particular sort of a tight. And they will enforce their views, e'en if they h«'C to fight Teaching policemen how to treat citizens is all right, but teacliinj citizens liosv to treat policemen also might help. At least, those delayed income tax reports should ha\o some clemency because of the weather. When Don lfutler does take hold, he will find a police department recruited up to full war strength. Jack Pick ford may be a “atur,” but he is not shedding much light on the movies just now Homespun Verse Itv Robert Worthington Doric THI. MONET PAD t.UE.__ Never wondered much about tt. [ was half tnrllncfl to flout, it Took if. eeldom went without If Money from my faithful dud Never thought it obligation. Never heard his hesitation liver gave me with elation All tin- currency ho had. 1 was rare free, never worried Mow J squandered, wastetd. buried IHnns uni) dollars. I was flurried Hv the sliutlowuesii of youth. Info "a* like a dream before me Nothing sorrowful "a- id r me Nothing troubled, nothing wore nr I was absent from tie truth Hat tbu diar "hi i|av» an- elided, I no longer am befi teinled. And the iu "ilous coins expended firing solemnity to me. Now I strive In vain to save them In despondency’ l crave tie m Whip; 111" dear "Id dad who ga,'»■ ill* pi | Can nut know the gloom 1 *«•. T * .- .. ' I ■ ..— ■ — ■ — The Song of Three Friends A Novel in Verse by Nebraska’s Poet Laureate, John G. Neihardt. For some days The Omaha Hoe will run upon this page extracts from ' “The Song of Three Friends" with explanations that will keep the thread j of the story. This poem, published by the Macmillan company, in 1919, was the occasion of the award to its author, John O. Xelhardt, of the prise ! of *500 given bv the Poetry Society of America for the beat poem by an American published during Mic year. It is well for the reader to bear i in mind that the story is historically true. It is concerned with the second expedition of the American Fur company from Si. Louis up tho Missouri river to its Junction with the Yellowstone, anti the futrher adventures of ; the three comrades at the mouth of the Musselshell. After the introduction, the tale opens with the division failed "The Up-Stream Men:" WHEN MAJOR t'l> river at the head of Ashley’* band, Already there were robins in the land. Home-keeping men were following the plows And through tlie smoke-thin greenery of boughs The scattering wildfire of the fruit bloom ran. Behold them starting northward, if you can. Dawn flares across the Mississippi's tide; A tumult runs along the waterside Where, scenting an event, St. Bourn throngs. Above the buzzling voices soar the « songs Of waiting boatmen—lilting ehansun ettcs Whereof the meaning laugh*, the ] music frets. Nigh weeping that such gladness can-' not stay. In turn, the herded horses snort and neigh Bike panic bugles. 1'p the gangplanks poured. Co streams of trappers, rushing goods aboard. The snub-built keellioats. squat with seeming sloth— Baled three-point blankets, blue and scarlet cloth, Bum. powder, flour, guns gaudrrie* and lead And all about, goodbyes are being said. Oauche girls with rainy April in their gaze tiling to their beardless heroes, count the days Between this parting and th» wedding morn. Unwitting how unhuman Kate may scorn The yotSngltng dream. Kcr O how tnfny a lad Would sec th‘ face of Danger, and go mad With her weird vixen beauty; aye. forget This girl's face, yearning upward now ! and w et. Half woman's wiili the first vague que*« at wee! HENRY WENT. And now commands are hollowed, boat horns blow Haughtily in the dawn: the tumult swells. The two-screw, shouldering the long cordell es Slack from the mastheads, lean upon the sag. The keelboata answer lazily and drag Their blunt prows slowly In the glided tide. A steersman sing.-, and up the river side The gay contagious ditty spreads and runs Above the shouts the uproar of guns. The nickering of horses So they say. Went forth a hundred singing men that day: And girlish April went head of them. The music of her trailing garment'3 hem Seemed scarce a league ahead. A little speed Alight yet almost surprise her In the dee,d Of sorcery: for. ever as *Mion on ••tteri of public l«t#rc«t. Why Tax lius Lines? Voik. Neb.—To th* Editor of The * */i ih t Daily B* • : it seem* from .'v-natc File 15$. regarding buses and rucks, that th~ railroads still have a -;reat deal to mjt in Nebraska regard MX the laws, for the good of the deni people. It looks as though the real object of this bill is ti> kiU off the bus lines that havo started up on account of •he p*m r serve ** of th*- railroad*, and 1 wonder aft* r the legislature h is I kiss* 11 th«* bill what will they tell the people wh** elected then a* an excuse when th* ;:•* home .and wake uP to th*- fact that they have passed i bill ih th* Interest of th** railroad* *n«l ..gainst th* p* ople w ho * lofted thtin to protect their Interest*. The l»t|* lines - far are an experi ment and should U encouraged In Mead of discouraged Hero at York we have a bus going west at 7:1'» a in ; no train until about 1:15 p. m. It goes to firand 1 aland and Hastings and comes back about 5 p. m There . - no train service from th*- w*m i»fter 2 p. m. until 10.7 5 p. m. The Lincoln bus leaves Lincoln aj»out 7 in • » m gets to York at 9:3$ n. rod s hack t•» Lincoln and makes a second trip t*. York, arriving at 4:30 r in., then hock to Lincoln. Now. fier 4 a m there Is no train fnsn Lincoln till 1:15 p. m.. and no train l.ltc’obi ;*fter J j m till |u■'*•* p. in Til* V'Mfoi . bus Irsve** York at 7 70 *. ii , go* - to Norfolk and conies hack Daily Prayer | The-.' r * . f p#op> pral Tile# — I- I IT Almighty t Jo.1 Hi iv.nly Father, Who ire ih. licht lif«- i f men, «• give Thee humble and hearty think# for all the blessings of Thy mi ndful I'.m id'in , mid «i commend ourselves tills day. and all who are near and d*ar to ua—our family, our friends, our neighbor*—to Thy divine i ire and protection, (live us grace a to live that Wi shall not lie afraid i dli. Save us from all danger- of »oul and body. Grant us sttengtli for iji dull) work, sufficiency for our dally n*emas r fiAtboit. no Msmphlf, T»nn NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY. 1923. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .71.558 , 1 Sunday.78,601 B. BREWER. G*n M«r. V. A BRIDGE, Cir. M*r 9ub»rriM and to bafora nv* thla tOth day of March, IliJ. j W H. QUIVtY, (Saali Notary Public j at WO p. tn. There no train north out of York until the freight about 11 a. m.. which doe> not give rnic any time to do any burin* s- and cn back to York, a* the last train from the north arrive* at York about 2 p. rn. Now. these bus*- are i •ent II commodatton to the people of York, a* 1 suppose they are to the other town* on the route, vet this Senate File N'O. 13t is meant as a death blow to them. .Mho. if It !« right v.•• houl l put a heavy tax on Hum. why should ue not have to furnish an all year road for them, for ivory day that they have to luy off on account of bad road* Jt cuts down tlu ir earning power and maker it that much surer that wo are putttr-' them cat of business. •JOHN Mi l lb Prairie Gems Statls'is show* that i TV* pensons were KIII«**ar Sixteen inhaled it, 4 i threw light- I mush* h into It and the v* man.mg r!b>d "etcpp***! on it'—US nr l*ih»t OlM df heard in tim I i.it**! Si;*** to.i ■ !>• pears t»# l* Man ip —r S• i; I< land 11 dependent. The guaranty depusil law lias rained t. lank f ure*. Ind*. for the few vears follow t .. th* war it's a pr*tt> * ’i»*- • Mod man j “run."—<';rar,.l Inlaid I rub pendent If sorn* fufiulb -- w vr*- half as sn ;.it as the ffrnd |»a» *-nt: t I M their t*li*1 dren t«* t•• th* dhtloau ->lnpih r r* Wotlld 1" • Ill' ll* *mpa* ‘.n — Clay Count \ Si I s «i rriflclMn* Vomu f s’ will i * * ei > \ oung but one* . an*! 1 ha • * noth i tiny an- al>out as innocent in th*:: modern fun ns \\. w* ■ «»ine upon a tinv It is wholly a ijueHion 4 the nation and will give the farmer aid t" the extent Chat he may borrow money at a com paratively low rate of interest. This i Uv will augment the tendency of the grfrulturist. In our opinion and in I the opinion of hankers and oth«r«, to t ike advantage of thi* opportunity to : 1-orrow money and thereb-. increase , ilia indebtedness. This in our minds is not the solution of the present diifl ■ ulties of the farming class L- gisla | lion that would prot o mt.'s beneficial ! to agricultural interest-- at this tlnio ind actually giro the farmer the relief ; he seeks would be a law to furnish a bettor market an-1 l-ettei pii.-es for i farm pr<-ju- t Lindsay Pool. II .1 M’hlt.i* rp Requirements «.f th*; farm credit law ai so strict that it will be of comparatively slight value. ■u’Cur'Ilhg to banker* here. Th*«e •a ho ran meet th* requirement* seidoirv, reed . 1- .*n of this chancier n * if they «!•* the money i» usually readily available fr*»an several sources. Hie New Teller, V»*k. Th* new farm credit law hit.- *x jo -lent f* .t r*-c hut in the • ] of i )»m« tu al nun in this trinity nothing I will give permanent i * lie f to th* farm nc.ii! he • . tm . price for i - -**od* • ofcm* • irat* with tin? cr**t of production net in or* debts, but a ' < ham* to j-iv ir■» **!,*« is the only * solution. Polk i oiint> IhmiH iat. Os oils. 11. .\ Walrath—Th* farm credit law should l>e of temporary benefit tor ag riculturist* and upp*«ir* to have been designed with that object. While the law may contain much of merit. Hr ! ni-mudons permit ton large an oppor* ■ i nil;* • f s •; • \ • rt ’ u its * * • f. s 10 fa . - »*«| *ecftofU* and withul ling tl*e a no fr*»m other* Agrk*nlfitp' * * • !«* but ill ci dit - !»« !*?• i*m* extiedlsm > \smri.an* granted at non * a* road to th* re. sunier? of agrt* ul* iral prtwfm ts will l*e of more !-*■* • mg belief • \\ a> in I h*iito< i h t 1 A. <‘.miner—Tin new- f.»i dm. »> • t« law will not impro\i' the tonditmn *? tin farmer. 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