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THE UNIVERSITY AND THE PEOPLE.
Too much weight need not be attached to the re
port of the legislative committee investigating the
University of Nebraska. Especially is this the case
m the first section of the report which criticises the
administrative department and makes such sugges
tions as that professors teach more hours a day and
that the teacher training courses be reduced from
four years to two years.
There were no supermen on this legislative com
mittee. In the short time which they devoted to ex
amining the state educational system theycould not es
tablish themselves as expert advisers in school affairs.
The facts that they found are now properly made
public and turned over to the attention of the re
gents of the university, whom the people elected to
handle these subjects. The conclusions drawn from
these facts certainly should not be asquiesced in if
they run counter to the best educational practice.
The people of this state did not elect the legisla
ture to run the school system. The farther away from
politics education can be kept, the better for the
children in the schools and for their parents who pay
the taxes. Educators by this time understand as well
as any citizen or politician the need for public
economy. Would it not be better to allow those
who are familiar with educational problems to han
dle them?
Under Chancellor Samuel Avery the University
of Nebraska has grown steadily in standing as well
as in size. His pay has been less than that of the
superintendent of schools in Omaha. Almost 8,000
Nebraska boys and girls attend classes there today.
The per capita cost for their education is lower than
that of any other state university of the first class.
The legislative report finds nothing wrong with
the university in itself, but the intimation has been
allowed to leak out that the members of the com
mittee would like to see the chancellor and two
other administrative officers resign. The official
criticism of the acts of Prof. George E. Condra are
quite aside from this other question, and are con
tained in a separate report.
It has been said that republics are ungrateful;
incidents are plentiful in Nebraska which indicate
the risks of misunde rstanding and lack of apprecia
tion run by those who attempt to give service of a
highly specialized nature to the public. Frequently
work of the utmost importance is placed at the
mercy of politics. It is against this demagogic
tendency that the people of Nebraska should be on
their guard.
In its petty details the legislative report illus
trates some of the dangers besetting the public
school system of this state. What parent, wishing
his children to receive thorough training from the
day they enter school until they leave, wishe« to
lower the standards set for teachers? That would
he the inevitable result of the move suggested by
the report, cutting the normal school course and
turning out teachers in two years instead of four.
This is a matter particularly affecting the rural
schools, which always have difficulty in obtaining
competent instructors. Similarly the objection that
the teaching hours of university instructors be
standardized is without any warrant in reason or
economy. These men are not farm hands or brick
layers and thcr work is not to he measured by a
'ime ciock.
Yet the schools of Nebra la are not properly to
oc held immune from criticism. Those things that
are wrong must be corrected. If there is waste it
must be eliminated. In so far as it pointed out
facts of this nature the legislative investigating com
mittee was within its proper field. These things
have to be done. But when the investigators enter
the fields of educational theory they may be ex
pected to lose their bearings.
The state legislature holds the purse strings of
rhe university. Thus by its mastery of the ap
propriations it can put heavy pressure on the regents
and force whatever changes it desires. The people
ask economy, but let it be held also in mind that
they ask that no inexpert tinkering with educational
matters be allowed.
CUT THE FEEDING BILL.
County government costs too much, and anything
that can be done for the sake of economy will be
, greatly appreciated by the taxpayer*. Douglas county
now has the opportunity te cut down the cost of feed
ing prisoners in the county jail, but this can only be
realized with the help of the state legislature.
For many years it has been the law and custom to
pay the sheriff 50 cents a day for supplying meal ,
o prisoners. Inasmuch as the fare i* simple and
here is little overhead expense, the meals have not
ost that much. In other words, there has been a
•omfortablo profit for the sheriff, in addition to his
salary. A bill now' before the legislature would
liminate this perquisite and save the people of
Omaha a few thousand dollars a year.
It is so easy to talk of cutting taxes and lower
■ ng governmental expenses, but whenever a serious
attempt is made it invariably is found to step on
some one’s toes and opposition develops. In this
. ase the sheriff himself has been outspoken against
this move for economy. He declares that the amount
of profit is small, but he does not therefor* seem
any more willing too yield it up to the public than
If it were immense. He calls attention to the fart
hat his predecessors have always enjoyed the feed
ing privilege, and let* it be known that he considers
it a personal injustice to him to talk of changing
conditions, no matter what it ssves.
The remedy Is beyond the reach of the county
government. Only action by the legislature can
make it possible to cut off this piece of privilege.
The Douglas county legislators alone can not pass
this bill, but they must havo the help of members
from other parts of the "fate.
Economy is the watchword of the hour, and here
is one p!a* e where a beginning should be made.
A mamma pig down in Johnson county received
« visit from the stork, and twenty-one little pigleta
were left, if you want to know what a real guod
brood ow ran do to? her country.
THE IMMORTAL SARAH.
Sarah Bernhardt has left the world a legacy
priceless beyond understanding. One of the glorious
company of immortals, she lavished her treasure of
art on appreciative millions, who gladly paid their
tribute to her wonderful genius. French by nation
ality, she was universal in her character, possessor
of a capacity for creation and expression such as
no other individual has been blessed with, and sup
ported by a spirit that could not be daunted, she
carried her presence and influence to the world that
could not come to see her.
Once Richard Mansfield said he would play at
; any cross roads or water tank where people would
assemble to hear him. He might have spent bis
days in one or another of the large centers of pop
ulation, but he felt that his message was to a wider
wo/id, and that those who never would get to New
! York deserved consideration. He took his art to the
multitude, and so did Bernhardt. It is the yrge oi
the divine spark that inspires genius and will not
rest confined in the narrow horizon of a limited field.
Bernhardt did not visit America, North and South,
or Russia, Germany or England, Spain or Italy, be
cause Paris and France were tired of her. She did
not make the famous “circus tent” tour of the !
United States merely for adventure or for the money j
she derived. Nor were her vaudeville trips under- |
taken solely for revenue. It was to reach the peo
ple, and millions who might not otherwise have re
ceived the message from a great soul saw and heard
Bernhardt, just because she was willing to undergo
some inconvenience, even hardship, to reach them.
It was on an American tour she met the acci
dent which culminated in ^he loss of a leg. Many
of the Omahans who packed the Brandeis theater
one stifling hot Sunday night to listen to the rolling
periods of Rostand’s “L’Aiglon,” knew that she was
suffering from pain in that newly injured leg, but
they also knew that a brave woman stood before
them, and with never a sign of her physical suffering,
portrayed the emotions of the Eaglet with such
eloquence of utterance, such poignancy of ex
pression, as rarely has been listened to. Her body !
was subjugated to her soul.
When Franre called on all her sons and daugh- .
tors, Bernhardt went into the trenches. From them :
she went to the hospital, to suffer amputation of
the injured leg. Undaunted, she rose from that
bed, and began again the pouring out of her inex
haustible fountain of artistry. It was not the vain
endeavor of an old woman to hold her vanishing j
world; it was the sincere effort of a prophet to give i
all possible in the time allotted. Bernhardt is dead, j
so far as her physical life is concerned; Bernhardt |
will live forever, along w*ith other great ones, whose |
service to mankind has won for them Immortality. I
The world will mourn because she has gone, but will j
also rejoice because she lived.
SEEDS OF NEW FORESTS.
Minnesota is moving vigorously along lines that
have been suggested for Nebraska, for the refor
estation of a great area that once produced huge
supplies of wonderful pine timber. In Minnesota
the forests were devastated by white men, for their
profit; in Nebraska the forests were destroyed by
fire, some set by men, but no profit and little use
came from the growth.
To encourage private enterprise in forestation
in Minnesota, it is proposed to amend the constitu
tion as follows:
“The legislature may Impose a fixed tax or as
sessment rate for a long term of years on land prop
erty used to get a new growth of timber
“The growing timber on such land shall not be ar
s-ssed or taxed until It Is cut, when it would
pay on output tax."
This will stimulate the employment of private
capital in a business that is neglected. But Minne
sota has a forestry bureau, organised and function- I
ing. Nebraska has not yet taken the first step, but j
should neglect tha business no longer. The people j
of the state are coming to understand what is in
volved in systematic tree culture, and realize tho
need of state assistance and oversight in the man- i
r.gement of great plantations.
A bill is pending before the legislature that has
ir its purpose tho establishment ol' a forestry bu
reau in connection with the College of Agriculture
of the University of Nebraska. The legislature j
c-uld perform no better service than to pa‘s this
measure, so a start may be made to a future when
Nebraska will not depend on imported timber to
meet it* wants.
WISDOM OF THE GRASS ROOTS
How does the grass know that spring is near?
It does without a doubt.
In spots where the heavy snow of a week ago
was melted off the sward was gTeen. Yet the weather
was much colder than It was on many days of Feb
ruary- On those warm February days the gra^s did
not pet green. Some intelligence operated down
there among the millions of little rootlets and said,
“Not yet, not yet!"
The same intelligence, now that the season Is
later, but the weather colder, seem* to say. "Spring
is here. Put forth your tender blades. The win
ter’s cold is over. Time to wake up.”
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Pittcburg—Kansas—la disturbed by mysterious
dashes of light. Maybe it's the ghoets of the Dalton
boys rehearsing their history'.
The democratic spirit is spreading its kindly in
fluence everywhere—a trce-for-all fight has just
l broken up a session of the Japanese diet.
Now comes the time of year when high water i»
stopping train* juBt a« effectively as did the snow
drifts.
Next big business in Nebraska is the election of
, town officera.
; Homespun' Verse
By Robert Worthington Davie
LOOKING FORWARD
Looking forward to the beauty which a worthy llfw
may lend
! Will at length be looking backward as the world aur
veya a friend;
1 Not with praise of golden latter*, nor of fluent phraeei.
told,
I But with reverence and Vlndnea* mor* algntflcant than
gold.
| Looking forward with th* aptrlt that Immortal la th*
soul
Will s» length be looking backward from the aenlth ec
a goal—
j Of a goal aa God designed it. simple, virtuous and high.
Wholesome and aa open and a* llrnltl*"* aa *k>
Looking forward leave* no tamiah nor a semblance of
I dlafna v,
While tlies path that lies behind 11" be.«r« tio a'ain of
Yesterday.
Into more than mortal fabric we are woven, and naceiw
Gladly ever looking forward, to th* Llf* without an and.
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While the other men are playing cards, Tnlbeau has succeeded in he
curing the presence of Carpenter And for the entire afternoon they have
been engaged in amicable game* until "That t'nseen Player Came,” for I
Carpenter beat Fink and they fought.
Then suddenly they saw Fink crouch
to strike;
And ere they comprehended what
they saw.
There came a thud of knuckles on a
jaw
And Carpenter rolled over on the
ground.
One moment in a breathless lapse of
sound
The stricken man strove groggily to
'rise,
The emptiness of wonder in his eyes
Turned dreamily with seeming uncon
cern
Upon Mike’s face, where now began
to burn
The livid murder lust. 'Twixt breath
and breath •
The hush arid immobility of death
Made there a timeless picture. Then
a yell.
As of a wild beast charging, broke the
spell.
Fink sprang to crush, but midway
met Talbeau
Who threw him as a collie dog may
throw
A raging bull. But Mike was up again.
And wielding thrice the might of
common men,
He gripiied the little man by nape
and thigh
And lightly lifted him and swung him
high
And tlung him; and the smitten tent
went down.
Then 'rose a roar that roused the
teeming town.
And presently a shouting rabble
surged
About the wreck, whence tumblingly
emerged
A knot of men who grappled Fink and
clung.
Once again
A silence fell as. leaping up, the men
Were mingled briefly in a storm of
blows.
Now. tripping like a dancer on his
toes,
The blond man sparred; while, like a
baited hear
Half blinded with the lust to crush
and tear.
Fink strove to clutch that something
lithe and sleek
That stung and fled and stung Upon
his cheek
A plying shadow left a vivid bruise:
Another—and his brow began to
ooze
Slow drops that spattered on his
bearded jaw.
Again that shadow passed—his mouth
went raw.
And like a gunshot wound It gaped
. and bled.
] Fink roared with rage and plunged
with lowered head
Upon this thing that tortured, hurled
It back
Amid the crowd. One heard a thud
| and smack
Of rapid blows on bone and flesh—
and then
One saw the tall man stagger clear
again
| With gushing nostril* ami a bloody
I grin
, And down his front the whiteness of
the skin
I Was striped with flowing crimson to
thp waist.
Unsteadily he wheeled about and
faced
The headlong hate of his antagonist, i
Now toe to toe and fist to flying fiat.
They played at give and take; and all
the while.
The blond man smiled that riddle of
a smile.
As on» who meditates upon a jest.
Vet surely he was losing! Backward
pressed.
He strove in vain to check his raging
foe.
Fink lunged and straightened to a
shoulder blow
With force enough to knock a bison
down,
The other dodged it. squatting. Then
the town
Discovered what a smile might sig
nify.
For, even as the futile blow went by.
One saw the lithe white form shoot
up close in.
A hooked V'hlte arm jab upward to
the chin—
Once—twice—and yet again. With
eves astare.
His hands aloft and clutching at the
air.
Fink tottered backward. limply |
lurched and fell.
Then came to pass what stilled the
rabble’s yell,
, So strange It was. And ’round the
fires that night
The wisest warriors, talking of the
fight.
Could not explain what happened at
the end.
No friend, they said, makes war upon
a friend;
Nor does a foe have pity on a foe:
And yet the tall white chief had
bathed with snow
The bloody mouth and battered cheek
and brow
! Of him who fell!
Queer people, anyhow.
The Long Knives were—and hard to
understand!
“The People’s
Voice”
Itftfarlalt fraa» raadara af Tba Baa
Pra*#r» at Tha Mora(a« Bra art !**»♦#< •»«
uk tali tafirma frarljr for r*tr#»*toa aa
■attrri tf tubi'o letarcat
In Dtf»M of Smoking.
Missouri Valley, la.—To the Editor j
of The Omaha Bee: Mr. Netha way s '
views on the smoking nuisance In the <
"People's Voice" column Saturday i
evening may be his own. and be Is ;
most certainly entitled to them, j
Tobacco smoke may be bad and re- j
pulslve to som» who object to It. but
as long as a whole lot of us car* to j
use it. the best thing you can do I* ,
to be a little considerate to the pleas- I
ures of others. Just because one per- |
son does not uae tobacco, that is no j
sign that the nonuser la not more ob
jectionable to his friends. In other
ways. There are a whole lot more
things to which attention eouJd be
given to better the me# thnn stopping
the use of tobacco.
As far as regulating the smoking
and use of tobacco by law n/id statute.
I think that the lawmakers have got j
jolts enough in one nr two laws they i
have made i:i the last year or so
vhi- h will convince them that the
habits and <-f n, ate not to
be monkeyed with In shooting out a
wht le lot of "shall, note "
A fellow who will smoke around
where others object to It Is no gentle,
man to be sure, but they are In th*
minority. P.ut you would get into a
whole lot more of a hell a bu lu If you
made laws to prohibit It entirely. We
have too many good-for-nothing
splnorta looking around for people
doing something wrong now. If peo
ple could do as they pleased more In
stead of being harassed by countless
fooeSIsh statutes, the natural law* of
cause and effect would make things a
whole lot nicer.
You can raise arguments In support |
of anything, -<nd support your argu j
ments with facts. Th* smoking of
tohacco can be proven a great eatl: j
a terrible thing, to be sure. But i
when you look at. It boldly and mix i
In with your arraignment, common
sense, human nature and a few other
•hinge. th« 'best thing you can do la
to leave well enough alone. Thera
are a lot of things that will kill you .
Uuieker than a few sniffs of tohacco
-moke. Let's get after them first. j
I T. mV.ZENMATTEn.
What Is a Woman's Duty?
Omaha—To file Editor of The
Omaha Bee: If a husband Is haled
Into court for failure to support his
family, how many chances ito make
good) should a wife give hint? The
court alwavs urge* them not to sepa
rate If possible where there are chi!
! rlren All mothers tolerste more or
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Daily Prayer !
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1 an* brought low, ornt H* helped to* —
r* ii n
We thank Thee, O Ood. that *t can
call Then Father, for no parent ever j
lovea ae deeply ae Thou. We
acknowledge with aorrow that we
have grieved Thee time and again,
for even when we would do Rood, evil
la preernt But. pralee Ood, when we
alnoerelv confer* our aln*. Thou aid
faithful to forgive
We thank The* for the dally bleio
In** of life, eeen and unaeen. We
ihank Thee that Thou art mindful of
ua when w* leaet think, and doat ten
derly earn for ua We pray Thee to i
i write over the door of our home, i
‘■peace ha unto till* houaehold.” Help
ua dally to create nucli an atmosphere i
In our home aa will better tend to j
hrtng an up In the nurture and ad
monition of tha lyord
Keep tie from temptation. Make
ne happy and bleared rhr!*tl*n«. and
help ua In all we do, think and cay.
that wa may prova a bleealn* unto
other*
When aorrow rnnie« into out Ihn,
may we >*t prater find and trnat Him.
And If we ehoilld lie ImprllOlied In
urlef. may the hand of Hod open foi
tip the Iron Rate, aa when prti-r wii*
l liberated. And when our work I* lln
j mhed, take tin to Thynelf In Heaven !
for Jetm*' *ake. Atiien
I, M 8IMMJBRMAN, li.l>
• M* till*CM f Md
less neglect because of the children,
but. if through gambling a father
ha* brought poverty to hi* family, re
formed for a year or *o, then fall* for
his weakness, this repeatedly, four
time*, his wife now giving him hi*
fifth chance, and 1* now going through
the reformed period, should he fall—
must she k'-ep on giving hint chance
after chance?
If a woman squanders money, lt'e
mostly on clothe* or pretty things for
the home, for which she at least can
show something for the money spent,
but what can a man show for the
money when he squanders? It Is
seldom the mother of children who
i an be accused of wasting money and
ruining her husband—nine times out
of 10 It's the men who fail to live up
to their marriage contract.
Go over a recent case. The hue
hand drank and boat her: when she
has atood enough she leavea him.
later marrying a decent man who
might be good to her. so the drunkard
shot him. What ha* he gained? Are
hla children better off now? Then
the law annuls her marriage, making
her again the wife of the drunkard.
Wl;’ can't men be good to the moth
ers of their children before there 1*
cause for tragedy’ I'm hoping the
mother does not go back to him. re
gardl-ss of the I ivv. which says: "You
are this brut. ■ wife tf he goes out
nights or drinks or beats you up. !
you must lie hi- wife for the chil
dren's sake." A READER.
His Compliments to Henry Ford.
Central City, Neb—To the Editor
of The Omaha lice: How is Mr. Kord
getting his millions? Hr selling a
cheap cor for twice what It I* worth,
by charging freight he never has to
pay. etc. He hss hasten Ktandard Oil
a million times In profiteering, J**
seem* able to fool most people. H»nry
Ford is the biggest profiteer in the
world today R. J. R.
AH'* Fair. Yon Know.
Still. It's fair enough that a war to
end wnr should be followed by a peace
to end peace.—Duluth Herald.
vou ike i?r\e artjstic
balance and exquisite
tonal qualities of
ike new small
Vose & Sons
grands, ^fou are
welcome at all times
to make suck a test'
at ihis store oi^
pleasant dealing— itr'
will prove a deliqht'
f?il revelations. J
C ome in /oworrod
trade ir\ -vrxir old .
piano /or a granct
A.^ospcdo.
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“From State and
-Nation”
Editorials from other
newspapers.
TrM* for Utility and Beauty.
From The Kearney Hub.
While perhaps little thought ha*
been given to the matter In the news
papers relating to tree planting and
reforesting, It Is nevertheless true that
the movement in that direction la
stronger than at any previous time
In the eountry'e history and Is receiv
ing Its Inspiration from practically
a multitude of sources. Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace recently address
ed a message to the people stressing
the need of immediate and continuous
effort throughout the reentry. The
forestry bureau of the government
is doing educational work In various
stAtes and tree planting associations
are active In many localities.
Hence the timeliness and im
portance of the movement that has
Just been inaugurated by Gene
Loomis, county superintendent of
schools, to enlist the cooperation of
school officers, patrons, teachers and
pupils in the work of beautifying the
premises of the county public school,
for the development of "the school
yard beautiful,” to use the language
of Mr. Loom la. Tn a circular letter
recently addressed to school officials
and teachers Superintendent Loomis
asked that the meeting* be held In
the schol bouses of the county on
March 21, to make a start In adding
beauty and oemfort to public school
grounds. Possibly the start will not
be extensive, but any modest start is
really a good beginning, and we do
not doubt that the response will be
in every way gratifying to our public
spirited superintendent of schools.
At least four civic organizations in
Kesrney have given Superintendent
Loomis a pledge to furnish prizes to
be offered to districts for greatest
number of trees aJive after one year's
planting, for most beautiful and best
arranged scheme of trees and shrub
bery, beds of flowers, etc., the pur
pose being to stimulate rivalry in
addition to the element of personal in
terest.
It is lets than 30 years since H D
Watson planted the double row of
young elm trees west of this city.
Now this mile of highway is one of
the most beautiful boulevards In the
west, with cement roadway and paved
approaches connecting with the city’s
paving system. This object lesson has
not been lost on the people of Kear
ney, even though they may have been
careless in the matter of tree preser
vation. for they are now completing
•a project for a mil* or more of elm
lined highway leading from the cen
tral part of the city to the Kearney
cemetery, this work having been
started In a small way last season. It
Is predicted that an extended scheme
of co-operation Including the entire
county will spread rspidly and in a
few years become knit firmly together
so that the entire county will repre
sent a divereifled parking panorama.
The plan tor working by school dis
trict* la the plainest kind of sense be
cause it appeals to every element of
local Interest and is just applicable
In one county as another, so that It
may not be a wild dream to picture
the spread of the Buffalo county plan
throughout the state and into every
school district.
Out of It.
from >.h» Fhllsdelpbls Subtle L»d#sr.
Bueh a story as that which com**
out of the mountain* of Sullivan coun
ty, New Tork. *eems impossible. A
croup of nine person*, ail more or
1-ss mentally incompetent or physic
ally helpless, Is found shivering in
rags and gnawing carrots, a home
living In one'of the two room* with
them, and kept alive on twig* and
bark. How could human beings re
cert ao far toward the beast? And
this In a "civilised" community. In
the ‘ Empire'' state! Tet who shall
throij the llrst stone? During the
grip epidemic of 1*18-19 there came
harrowing tale* of the dead and the
dying discovered by neighbors in the
suburb# not alone of Philadelphia bnt
of many other American cities In
the midst of the teeming life some
were In death, ar.d the high tide of
cheeifu! society and brisk commerce
about them saw nothing and knew
nothing of their dire plight.
Levites. at.d even prtesta, may pass
by on the other side, but the good
Samaritans are always ready to pro
A Needed Invention
OCCAM Of THE CATE P.6EP WHO
Of ten has to GO BREN<fAGT-lE~
ceed to the relief of the afflicted, when
they are informed. In America there ■
are ears quicker than radio to catch
the slightest whisper of affliction, in
whatever part of the world. But !
there must be everlasting vigtL not '
merely for a decent Political life, but
for a proper administration of char
ity. First aid for the socially injured
must always be at band, Us full re- j
sources ready to mobilize upon the
instant. Some are o far submerged
below the general level of the aver- |
age life that their cry is too weak to
be hegrd. They must be sought out
and saved from the result of their
own sin and folly as well as from "he
cruel pressure of a shift of fortune
to adversity. It never does to take :
It for granted that what is out of I
.sight or sound Is all right.
The Spice of Life
Mr#. Shortley was discussing »he latest *
fashions with a young lady caller
"Did you say your father *aa fond of
tbo»e clinging gowns, May”*'
' Yea. he 1‘kea one to cling to rr.e for
about threa yaara.—Sheffield (England)
Telegraph.
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Vra. Key was vurHlng eome frler.Aa and
!eft the following not# for ter nearest
neighbor
• Dear Mr* (Ysrrlaoc Would you pleaae
put out a ilttle food for the cat T hare !
be*n feeding this w rter' It will eat
almost anything, but do not put yourself
out "—Tha Booster
Das*r— 1 rr,end*d the S*o> In > our
trout,m p<Kket aat night after v^ta had
go re to rwd Walter, dear Note, am 1
not a thoughtful little wife?’’
Walter — "Well — er — yea. : ou are
thoughtful enough. But how d.d you dla
cover rh*»rr waa a hole in ray pocket? —
Baynolda' New spa per.
Prairie Gems
Harry 8. New, lame duck senator
from Indiana, is the third postmaster
general to take the office within two
year*. Ktlll. some day the American
people will have common s-'nse enough
to demand that there shall be placed
at the head of postal affairs men
who know something about the work
—Grand Island Independent.
Possibly old King Tut didn't war
relatives to quarrel over his esta'e
was the moving factor In burying so
much of It with him.—Neligh Leader.
McAdoo thinks that presidential
chair would be quite comfortable.
Better advise with father-ln law.—
York News-Times.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for FEBRUARY, 1923, of
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Sunday.78,661
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We want the loan on your
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Two Million Dollars’ Worth
of Building Construction Under Con
tract to Be Built in Omaha
This Year on (
The American Plan
(Open Shop)
The American Plan Means:
Worker* will be protected in the lawful exercise of their natural and constitu
tional right to earn a livelihood.
Every workingman is entitled to the opportunity of securing employment at
hi* trade or work, regardless of his affiliation or non-affiliation with any labor
oTrani ration.
Worker* will be paid as high wages as possible under existing conditions
wage* and material* at prices that will not permit a profit on investment will stifle
building and cause unemployment.
Reasonable working hours and the best possible working conditions
Justice and a Square Peal for all; License and Privilege for none.
Work L«t to Contractor* Who Operate on the American Plan:
Will bring prosperity to Omaha workmen for it removes the like
lihood of continued idleness due to strikes.
Will keep building costs from mounting due to strikes and the
well-known restrictive practices of closed shop unionism.
The following General Contractor! Operate on the American Plan:
Parsons Construction Co., 404 Arthur Bldg.
Jones Engineering A Construction Co.,
315 Courtney Bldg.
John Lof A Sons. 1818 Harney.
Peter Kiewits Sons, 908 Omaha Nat’l Bank
Building
Walter Peterson, 305 Wilkenson Bldg.
McGowan A Jacobberger. 1818 Harney.
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