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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1923)
Three States Lay w Claim to Neihardt, Nebraska’s Poet Laureate’s Epic Genius Wins Widest Recognition—Two Colleges Offer Him Sal ary Without Duties. ((nntimird From Pure One.I . Moj-y qf the conquest of the great went. When the American Society of Poetry awarded him the $500 prize for the Jjest volume of verse publish ed in America in 1019, the home folks began to look about them. When Henry Van Dyke wrote Neihardt to say that he liked his works even hejter than those of John Masefield, ihe English master of narrative poetry, the home folks scrutinized Neihardt a little more closely. When schools and colleges of several states began to study his works as a part of the regular course in literature, neighbors took a second and third f look, and remembered that as a boy he stole melons, as did the other boys. When Richard U. Moulton of Tun 'bridge Wells. England, recognized as a great authority on epic literature, came fortli with the statement that Neihardt had made the first real con tribution toward the foundation of; an American epic, even critics began 10 say, “On what manner of meat does our Caesar feed?" Colleges Compete for Him. Dean I,. A. Sherman of the college of literature in the University of Ne braska, pointed out that Instead of seeking to get into the “best seller'' ( lass, here at last has arisen a man in American literature who builds for eternity, s man who takes Infinite pains. “In an age when much verse is free only in the sense that" it ;s shpddy." said Dean Sherman, 1 this min Neihardt takes three years to w rite one poem, often spending a day j to, write a line, and counting 10 lines a good day's work. Hence it is small wonder that when the work appears there is thundering on far | shores, heralding the triumph.” Nebraska hud a sudden awakening when it learned that the |Hiet was leaving its borders to reside in the Oanrks. It was then that dhe legists '' ufe of Nebraska by joint resolution htjrried to make him official poet laureate of Nebraska. Only recently Carleton college. N'Ortiifield. Minn., offered Mr. Nei- ; lust'dt a resident fellowship, just *o make him a citizen of Minnesota and j n titemher of the staff of the college. I It (Was then that women's clubs, men's l organizations, social and cultural so cieties throughout Nebraska began to semi letters to the University of Ne I lireska begging that institution to 1 step lively and offer him a tempting fellowship in order to keep Minnesota front getting him. The regents are; considering the proposition now and turning every stone to find a way to ‘ raise g fund that will tempt him, now that it is too late to get the necessary* appropriation through the legislature. Missouri Would Keep Him. Meantime, Missouri claims him. »B j lie has resided for two years among i he hills in the Ozarka. Certain in 1 buences in Missouri have been set at , work, seeking to find a way to make j Missouri sufficiently tempting as a prace of residence to hold him. Among j those in Missouri desirous of retaining ' Mr. Neihardt as a distinguished citi- j zen are Stella M. Drumm, librarian of the Missouri Historical society, St. j I.ouis, and Percival Chubb of the Kthical society of St. Louis, who con stitute a kind of unofficial center of a \ group of discerning persons of that state who believe Neihardt is a giant ! in American literature, and that the state that associates itself definitely j with him is fortunate indeed. Even in Sharpsburg. 111., where Neihardt was born, a small clique is j springing up. seeking to make a 1 showing for Sharpsburg as the birth- j place of the bard. Neihardt clubs j hhve sprung up in Nebraska, Cali fornia, Iowa and* Minnesota, and these have associate members throughout the world among distinguished people who believe Neihardt is doing some of the greatest work in narrative poetry siftce the pep of Homer was laid aside. Thus tlie battle to claim Neihardt is on between Nebraska, Minnesota end Missouri—and the poet, giving lit tle heed, goes on chiseling out three to lb lines a day, hunting opossum I between times and milking the Jer- i **y cow, for he believes in the simple I ,if*' _ Re\ ifcion of Tariff Duty on Oils and Fats Opposed TVashlngton, March 31,—The tariff commission was asked by the South ern Tariff association not to grunt the applications it has received for a revision of the Import duties on vege table oils and competing fats. fj'he association's petition, among tits first to reach the commission iu opposition to proposed tariff modlfica %.ons, Insists that any consideration glVen the appeals for revision under flexible provisions of the law will mean further disturbance in the in dustries which tile rates were intend ed to protect. She applications for revision of the i it schedule, the petition said, had i trine from the soap and varnish manufacturers, who seek a lower ini Ptfrt rate on their raw products. Total of 35,333 Motor Cars Stolen in 28 Cities of U. S. Xt. Louis, March 31.—Statistics an nounced by the National Automobile itealers’ association show that 36.333 automobiles were stolen In 2k prin cipal cities of the United States In 1M2, ss compared with 37,564 In the previous year. Clarence A. Vane, mgnager, ascribed this decrease to low prtco levels for new automobiles, which, he said, “are rapidly ellmlnat in* the posalble. market for stolen motor vehicles." New York, with 7.107 sutomoblles stolen; Chicago, with *,43«, and De troit. with 3.194. led the list. . Engineer Killed in Wreck. ^ipokane, Match 31. — Engineer Oporge Koontis of Hlllyard was killed and a fireman and a baggageman were Injured In a derailment of a Hpokane. rijrtland A Seattle train 17 ntllea west of hers today. 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