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“TELL IT TO THE JUDGES.”
Part of Mr. Harding’s program, according to
Washington advices, is to promote his idea that the
United States should be represented in the World
Court. His recommendations on this point to the
i-enate were sincere, but not acted on by that body,
which will take the message up at its next session,
which comes in December, unless sooner called in
extra convention.
Latest to swing into line with the president is
the League of Women Voters, now meeting in Des
Mo.nes. More than 1,000 delegates are in attend
ance, representing all parts of the country and all
shades of political faith, but seemingly of one opin
ion as to the desirability of the United States be
coming an active participant in the court at The
Hague. Inasmuch as the court originally was an
American idea, and recalling thnt the Peace Palace
at The Hague was built by an American philan
thropist, it is difficult to understand why there
should be necessity for debate on the proposal.
Some senators, particularly those who are listed
as “irreconcilables” on the League of Nations issue,
arc expected to oppose the president’s plans, and
call for modification or rejection. Whether enough
of these will appear to defeat the propo:«l is doubt
ful, as even an irreconcilable senator may listen to
the accumulating chorus in favor of a world court.
A place to settle disputes that can be settled with
out resort to force is what* the world wants. The ,
court that now sits at The Hague is an agency for !
lasting peace, because it will make war harder to
begin. When nations will submit differences to the
adjustment of a court that is empowered to inter
pret and apply the laws and the eternal principles
of justice and equity, there will be no excuse for
setting armies and navies in motion.
Might no longer makes right, and a weak na
• tion with a good cause will be stronger in court
than a powerful nation with a bad cause. What
the war taught is the necessity of a national sense
of responsibility to its neighbors, the development
of national morals as well as national sense. In
ternational law will soon take more definite form,
once it is estabished that nations are bound by re- '
card for other’s rights, even against their own in- j
ifrests. and the appeal will be to reason and not
to force.
The president wants America to become a party
to the agreement to submit disputes to the courtl j
This does not have the effect of entering the League
of Nations, nor does it involve us as a nation in
anything we are not accustomed to. The United ,
States has settled some very grave questions in ar
bitration proceedings, which really is what, the in
ternational court will represent, and will suffer noth
ing in dignity or interest by agreeing to defend it
self in court rather than on the field. No right of
taking arms to resent invasion or imposition is les
sened, and our position before the world will be
strengthened, if we take our proper place at The
Hague.
AFFECTION WITHOUT ALLOY
•‘The warmest welcome the president received on
his return to the White House was from Laddy Boy,
aristocrat of Airedales.” So runs the press report j
of fhe arrival of Mr. Harding on Sunday, when he j
reached home after a four-w^ek vacation trip in the I
south.
Any of you doubt it? Then you are not the
o wner of a dog, no matter what his breed. The Aire
ale is said to be a “one-man” dog; down at the bot
tom of hi.-, canine heart, every dog is tliut. He may
be the most promiscuous and inclusive in his friend
liness, willing to shake hands or do his obeisance to
anybody, no matter whom, but. down in his dog's |
heart of hearts, he has enshrined one man or one
woman, or one boy, and to him or her he is loyal with
a loyalty that knows no question.
When a dog welcomes home the one to whom
he gives his affectionate, unswerving fealty, it ia no
lip service he offers, no half-hearted or restrained joy
be emits. He is sincere, effusive, impetuous. When
Laddy Boy greeted, not the president of the United
States, not Warren G. Harding, but the man he wor
ships, if a dog may be said to worship anything, “he
literally overwhelmed the president with his canine
caresses,and bounded through the White House door,
licking his master’s hand.”
Can’t you see that picture? It is just the same ns
when Spot or Penny, Towscr or Rags, or whatever his
name might have been, welcomed you when you got
borne from school in the evening, or came back from
a drive. It is what Byron meant when he wrote:
wrote;
" ’Tib bw net to hear the honest watch dog'» bark
Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home;
'TIb sweet to kt^nv one friendly eye will mark
Our coming, and grow brighter when wo come."
No welcome, however friendly and cordial, ever
excels in sincerity that the dog gives his master.
WHY BURY THE FACTS?
Army scandals crop up from time to time, and
usually lose little in the telling. The dne at Fort
Ham Houston is just now in point. Here the colonel
if an infantry regiment accused one of his captains
of misconduct, affecting his standing as an officer
and a gentleman, suggesting that he resign from
the army. Further, the colonel severely criticised
the wife of the captain, and recommended to her
husband that he secure a divorce. The captain and
hie wife sued for $100,000, alleging that, the colonel
had slandered them.
A secret inquiry into the facta in the rase ends
with nothing given to the public, save that the suit
ha* been dismissed, the captain restored to all his
r ights and standing in the army, and all hands mum.
If the colonel had any justification for the
< harges he made, the captain is subject to court
martial, and perhaps to dismissal. If the charges
were not well founded, and were made in pique,
spite, or for any other unwarrantable reason, then
the colonel should have been cashiered, for he is
not fit to exercise command. A dispatch from San
Antonio says the secretary of war is not satisfied
with the outcome, and proposes a full inquiry.
Such an inquiry should be made, that the good
name of the army be freed from the effects of what
is now creating a very unpleasant odor. I he men
who arc in the army deserve this vindication, for
themselves and for their profession.
YOLANDA WINS HER ROMANCE.
So they were married, the princess and the
dashing hero. Let us hope they live happily ever
I after.
Yolanda of Italy, daughter of the royal line,
born in the purple, is but a girl at heart after all,
just a regular member of the human family, and
not disturbed by any thoughts of superiority. Ac
cording to schedule, she should have been mated
with a prince of some reigning family, that the
strain of royal blood be kept pure. It was this sort
of thing that led the Ptolemys of Egypt and the
Incaas of Peru to practice a rite that is most ab
; horrent to civilized notions. Among them the eldest
son wedded his oldest sister, that the divinity of the
ruler be not polluted by less than sacred blood.
Setter understanding has brought better notions,
and one of Hauptmann's characters cynically pro
poses that it would be beneficial to the decadent
nobility if an infusion of peasant blood were sought
to revivify a dying strain. Yolanda was the object
of a number of royal quests, even the crown prince
of England being suggested as a mate, while the
heir apparent of Bulgaria was tthe latest. She had,
however, some ideas of her own on the subject, and
put them into effect.
One day, while watching army maneuvers, she
saw a gallant captain of the Carabinieri, riding like
a centaur, take his horse like a bird yVer a most
dangerous jump. Her maiden heart gave a leap
equal to that of the gallant steed, and she decided
then on her mate. To her royal parents she is re
ported to have said, “Calvi,' or nobody!’’ And Calvi
it was. At the altar of God they have plighted
their troth, and Yolanda has proved once more that
“The colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady
Are sisters under their skin.”
Whatever the Italian equivalent is for “A long
lifte and a happy One," we wish to the charming
princess and her soldier husband. She has given up
the tinsel trappings of a royal home for the real
throne of a true woman, that of a home where love
reigns and happiness dwells.
SUBDUE THE UNRULY GIANT
How many who attended the Columbian exposi
tion at Chicago will ever forget a certain group of
statuary that adorned the entrance to one of the
great buildings, representing the elemental forces un
controlled, and contrasting them with the same
forces controlled and put to man's service? In that
group may be seen typified the Missouri river.
This great, turbulent stream is uncontrolled, but
it is subject to control. Service of uncounted value
to man is latent in the stream that now is scarcely
more than a threat, a menace, a source of destruc
tion, What amazes the student of the situation is
that the Engineer corps of the American army, the
finest body of technical experts in the world, pro
poses to abandon the stretch between Sioux City and
Kansas City, because of the difficulties it presents.
Bordering on this section are the richest ifarm lands
in the United States, and ye^: by year, Dakota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri pay a tribute of fer
tile acres, swallowed up by the relentless current, all
for want of control.
It is idle to say this stream can not be subdued.
In other countries similar rivers have been brought
into something like subjection, Holland has been ,
redeemed from the Zuyder Zee, Egypt from the Nile, j
the Rhine, the Rhone, the Seine, and the Danube !
have been made to serve instead of menace man. So
may the Missouri be brought into subjection. Where
private property has been protected at private ex
pense, the victory has been won; what these have i
done, the government can do. Yet, if the recom
mendation of the engineers to Washington is I
adopted, the burden will be lifted from the govern- j
ment, because the middle third of the river will be
declared non-navigable.
Against this delegates representing the communi- 1
ties along the river have organized to protest. They
should carry on such an aggressive campaign that
;he next congress will note the formation of the
Missouri River bloc, if need be, and the delegations
from the five states most affected be knit into a solid
phalanx, to press for the discharge of the duty the
federal government long has neglected, that of ini
proving the Missouri river between Sioux City and
Kansas City.
The transportation service possibly is alone worth i
all the cost, but the protection to agriculture in the I
saving of farms now crumbling under the erosion
is even greater. The world can not afford to pay the
toll the Missouri now takes, and it is unreasonable to
expect private means to assume a burden that be
longs to the federal government.
A Mormon bishop saya the present generation
of boy* and girls is overeducated. A little experi
ence with the world will establish the balance. They
will forget some things they know and learn some
others they can make use of.
James M. Cox is scarcely more convincing now
than he was in 1920, when he conies to pleading for
the entanglement of the United States in the
European muddle.
The boy who was born without an appendix
just beat the doctors to it.
The jury in the Foster case exhibited its human
ity.
! Well, April, do your stuff!
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Homespun Verse
By Robert Worthington Davit"
COME TO THE WEST.
Come to tin* West, to the Middle-West, where the sweet
wild roses bloom.
And the daisies nod their than).* to t.’od, drunk with a
dream perfume;
W hero the whippoorwills chant on th* hill* while the
daws of gloaming fall.
And the coyotes roam across l lie loam, piercing the
night with ihslr call,
Where the grapevine* swing, and the blackbirds sing
a sprightly roundelay,
And the grass looks up to the buttercup while the bee*
with fervor plat ;
Where the soft winds blow, snd tempests grow out of
the. raging rune.
Tou-jhlng the soul with romantic roll—under the sklea
of June,
Come to the West, to the Middle-West, where the mam
moth Rraln fields are.
Reaching the past and lost In the vast beckoning beauty
afar;
Where the cattle graze on verdure and mnlse and awlno
In Uin pasture* run.
: And day i« left till the night has" cleft the rays of the
drowsy aun;
Where the homes are dear to the eyes that peer Into
a future high
With faith and seal which seem to reveal the stopping
pluee ns sky.
Come to the VV’eM, to the Midrib West whole men gmw
strong and true,
And gnttier the fruit of a liu< puiau.t which cries to
the ruuu in yuu. I
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We Nominate—
For Nebraska's Hall of
Fame.
□OWAHD HANSON of Waboo,
Neb., left a year ago for Rome.
He was the winner of the first
prize for American symphonic writing
in a nation-wide contest, this prize
entitling him to three years at the
Academy of American Arts, in the
Imperial City. Previous to his sail
ing Mr. llanson had been for three
rears connected with the College of
the Pacific, at San Jose, Cai.
Mr. Hanson is an intimate friend of
Thurlow Lleurance, who says of hlnv.
I consider Howard Hanson one of
the geniuses of our country. I believe
that he will come to his own and be
recognized by sll in the years to
come.”
Prairie Gems
In the sale of a residence property,
or of a farm, a man ir.ay think he is
getting a bargain, but, regardless of
the price he is receiving, let him In
vestigate Just how far his money will
go to the acquiring of another before
he determines his good fortune.—Te
cumseh Chieftain.
Only the corn and dairy crops out
rank the hen in this country as
wealth producers. The hen knows if
and lets the world know.—Arnold
Sentinel.
A perfect husband is one who, in
addition to all his other duties will
carry the ashes out of the cellar,
wash the ear once in a while, hang
up his own pajamas. leave a bath
room as orderly as he found It. and
Improve his table manners.—Grand
1'land Independent.
The legislature has passed a hill
giving the governor the power to
summarily remove officials who n»g
l".ct or refuse to enforce the laws.
Such a law, wisely administered, is
a wonderful Instrument for good. It
does, however, place an arbltary
power in the hands of a governor,
which if abused, might, work great
harm When a republican legislature
did this at tba request of a demo
cratic governor It can hardly be in
cused of 1 eing a partisan body.—Ne
ligh Leader.
Governor Bryan isn't having very
smooth sailing when It comes to pass
ing laws that give him power to run
the whole shooting match. He seems
to have as much trouble trying to
run the legislature as the ex-president
had trying to run congreas.—Hay
Spring* News.
The prince of Wales lias again been
thrown from his horse. Why don’t
he stay off If he cannot stay on He
might get hurt some day.—Wayne
Democrat.
A conceited loan it t satisfied cuss
He needs no pity. II. knows it all
and that is all there is to it. He
struts like a peacock dispensing ad
vice and information lo poor, lgnor- j
ants niuta—Genoa Deader.
The girl who wishes to he regarded
in ideal will not smoke or use pro
fanity. And every girl should be am
bttloui to reflect highest qualities of
culture and refinement.—Wayne
Herald.
Wedding rings ars still used In this
day of modernity, but most, of them
are large enought. to slip off easily.—
Pender Republic. y
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Daily Prayer
rind la faithful hy Whom j«u war.
colled.—I for. l.»
Our Father, Who art In Heaven.
Thou hast graciously answered our
petition for safe keeping through tho
darkness and dangers of another
night. For these mercies we now
thank Time. Father, and lift our r«
freshed hearts and minds to Thee In
thanksgiving, and In an appeal for
guldance as we start out Into the du
ties and privileges of a new and un
known day. Graciously cause Thy
Holy Spirit to dwell in us richly, slid
10 make real unto us a Father's om
niscience, love and power. Help Thou
us to realize whirl It really Is to have
the very heads of our head alt nunt
bered. Show us anew the deep con
corn of tho flood Shepherd ns It"
feedeth His Hock and nourtsheth •'
for the Father'a service. Cause Thy
Kingdom to com*, aud Thy will to
J lie done In and through us each mo
[tnenl of the day. Urine to our re
membrane*. Oh Spirit of..Ood, such
portions of the Divine Word ns will
Civ- us the vision, the Inspiration, and
the faithfulness thsl yill make us
profltshle—profitable to Thee hy being
helpful to thoae about, us In real need
of the knowledge of a Savior's love
and grace, These favors. t"geiher
with the forgiveness of our own sins,
wo ask in the Name of Jesus—Thy
Son and our Savior Amen
s .t M'POWKLt,, tin.
Pnltlmora, Md.
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“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
Editorial from reader* ef The Morel** Bee Reader* of The Wornlnf Bee
are Invited to um thle column freely for expreesioi.
en matter* ef publte Intereet.
Chancellor Avery.
Wayne, Neb.—To the Editor of,Tbe
Omaha Itee: The article reprinted
from the Scottsbiuff News in your is
sue of April 5 is in the main a sen
sible discussion of the university
situation. In one respect, however, it
falls into error. While giving d*
served praise to the high character
of Chancellor Samuel Avery, it re
; veals a blindness to his abilities as
: scholar, statesman and administrator.
Is it not possible to approach this
matter in an objective way and de
j fide on the evidence concerning this
! important matter?
| At the age of 43, the successful
1 head of the department of chemistry
, in his alma mater, was called to the
: large place which he has now filled
| for nearly 15 years. Had the re
gents who, knowing him well, ex
| tended the invitation and the stu
J dents who hailed the action with de
, light, and the people at large who
I expressed their appreciation in ern
| phatic terms reason for this fine en
] thuslasm? The answer is an em
phatic affirmative.
The new administrator had *1
j ready achieved marked success in
many ways. Graduated from an old
line college, where he was known for
j hi* attainment* in Eatin and Greek,
'and as an omniverous student of his
i ton-, he came to the E’nlversity of
| Nebraska to specialize in chemistry
and was awarded the degree of B. 8.
in 1893 and of M. S. in 1894. In a
year and a half at Heidelberg he won
his doctorate with the highest rang
ing at that time possible to one who
was not a native of Germany,
After a year or two as instructor
in the department of chemistry in
his alma mater, ,h# spent three sue- j
cessful years in the University of
Idaho and then was recalled to Ne
i braska to have charge of the chemi
! cal work on the Nebraska state farm
l and shortly thereafter to he head of
, the department of chemistry for the
I entire institution. When at length
the regents were seeing a successor
j to Chancellor Andrews and had
1 combed the country for a man of
; eminence and power, they found in
Avery one who had revealed the In
' stincts of the scholar and of the ad
ministrator of unusual gifts, and had
aatablished contacts with students
and especially with fhe funning com
munities that gave peculiar fitness
for the task.
That was nearly 15 years ago. a 1
longer period than the administration
of any preceding chancellor That In
itself is significant. A succession of |
boards of regents have found no suf- j
ficient reason for change. Meanwhile
"very neighboring state has made j
from one to four changes of ad
ministration. While making the
reckoning, let the people of Nebraska
omit not that.
Now, what of the growth anil char
acter of the university during this
long period? In numbers and In In
fluence It has more than held its won.
None challenges its place among the
institutions of the country. The legis
Jatlvo Investigators noted tho high
character of the fceulty and stated
that, while cdsts had Increased, that
fact was due to increase in the num
ber of students.
This growth has taken place during
a period that was marked by at leaBt
one very critical situation, that of
attempted removal to the farm site.
A little unwisdom might have done
untold Injury to the university, but
the matter was decided with a mini
mum of strain. In accordance with
the will of the people, and with funds
to carry out the great building pro
tram which absorbed the energies of
the chancellor. Lett him who would
know the facts examine the archi
tecturally be,autlful and magnificently
equipped buildings reared during the ;
past five years and then recall that -
not on» faint hreath of scandal has
ever been breathed concerning tho
management of the enterprise For
all this Doctor Avery has right to a
major share of credit.
As is always the case under such
cfrcumstances, cliques have tried *o
use the uqjverslty for their privets
and local purposes, but Chancellor
Avery has steadily held to his vision
of the institution as belonging to
the entire people, a stale, not a local
oi factional university. Naturally
ibis has created some disappointment ,
and has made some- enemies blit the
people are the gain* re
Again, at tho la-ginning >f H —
-rlous financial dep-.sslon, which.
has been so critical for the state amV
tbs university, an eminent Nebras
ka editor remarked in mv presence
that it seemed little Jess then an in
terposition of Providence, that, at
such a time, the leading educational
enterprlee of the state should bo In
charge of one so hnla.ieed in Judg
ment. so wise In eeennml«». e.r.d of
such sympathetic understanding of
our community life as Chancellor
Avery. Reverting to the scholarly
abilities of this man. when our na
tions life was In peril, the general
government regarded his knowledge
in hi« special field as of such value
that it asked him to leave his work
in Nebraska and spend some months
In research in Washington and he
complied, like the patriot he is.
Again, the printed reports and
other documents of this educationnl
leader will bear comparison with
those of any eminent man or the day
['hey are clear, comprehensive, often
artistic. In fact many may be fairly
(.tiled classics. A brilliant young
alumnus characterizes th« public
speaking of the chancellor In the
picturesque varnaculnr "The nM
chance doesn't spread much. h» 'only
talks straight on:’ hut he gives you
Hie 'real dope,' 1 like to sre his old
head work.”
This communication Is not writ
fen with any design to help Chance!
lor \very, who is eminently qua’
fled to take care of himself The pur
pose la to raise a large question. "Can
the I'nlveisity of Nebraska hope to
seoure the services of men of noble
character and commanding ability If
the commonwealth dot's not appr»
elate the qualities of such n one
as Doctor Avery? For the sake of
generations of people wo must lay
lhis question upon our consciences.
.1 T. HOUSE.
Slavery for Taxpayers.
Kansas City. Mo.— To the Editor of
Tho Omnlia Dec The packer I
control law is the biggest piece
of bunk (hat lias ever been pulled
off on Intelligent people. The
net only made a soft place for more
government pic eaters They have
not saved as much money for tho
farmer as the ink and stationery
SUMMER SCHOOL
May 29—August 17
Nebraska Wesleyan
University
University Place
Chancellor Schreckengast
I i i
cost the got ernment. There is an array
• if men employed in the department.
The law should lie repealed. We
will soon have one fat officeholder
to one lean citizen and It lieglns to
I look like a new form of slavery to the
' taxpayer. X. B. G.
Defend Railway Commission.
Lincoln—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I have sent the follow
ing letter to Governor Bryan con
cerning a mistaken policy of tax re
duction. TRENMOItE CONE.
My Dear Governor: In the press of
yesterday you were quoted as saying
"The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has control of railroad rates;"
also "Much of its powers," meaning
the state commission, "has been re
moved and many people hold that
there j» not much excuse for its ex
istence."
I am sorry for the commercial life
of Nebraska that there are a good
many people as honestly mistaken and
as ill informed on the powers and
benefits of our state commission as
these statenwnts. If correctly quoted,
commit you to lie Yo|i lived In Ne
braska IS years ago before the rail
way commission was established, saw
how the railways In their unrestrained
way said how one business should
1 prosper over another, one city over
another, one section over another;
how one friendly interest had priority
of all business, trackage, cars, ship
ments and communication; how the
friends o fthe railways got the fruits
of the business and the little fellows
and the producers the crumbs that
were left. You saw and felt the evils
of the free pass on representative
government. You raised your voice
as loudly and as righteously as any
againBt these evil things, which les
son you yesterday teemed to have
forgotten In signing a pass law that
will eventually burden us with the
old pass evil.
You heard the railways reply tn
th»«e outi-rleg "that congress should
have control of/these matters.” You
used your then powerful influence as
one democrat among us for the estab
lishment of this tribunal at our doors,
rather than at Washington, where
here the humblest citizens could go
for redress against the gigantic ad
vantage a railway holds over a little
shipper.
With the establishment of the rail
way commission you saw in the next
10 years most of the discriminations
complained of disappear and the
friendly relationship arid understand
ing between the carriers and the
shippers gradually .grow up. Then
again you saw tiie emergency' of a
great war crisis through orders of i
friendly boards, directors, officers and
courts tear down the reform legisla
tion that had cost 20 years of our toil
to build up. Whst has nbw come
over the spirit of your political
dreams, governor? Would you re
place our elected officials for bureau
' ratio government at Washington?
Would you abolish the office of gov
ernor because you didn't like the per
son elected, or the office of treasurer
because you didn't like the man in
charge?
You also are not unmindful of the
fact that the feeling of uni
dissatisfaction over rates n Nebraska :
ts shared in every state in the union. ■
Purely you do not hold the state com- I
missions responsible for this condi
tion’ Surely It is not your purpose
to abolish our commission by denying
it sufficient financial support to func
tion? This is a question of govern
ment. governor, and not a question
of a record of tax reduction. If you
would abolish our commission you
should do so by a constitutional
amendment, setting up something
better, and not by hamstringing its
usefulness. Purely you would not
turn us hack to the old conditions?
Surely you have not forsaken local
self-government by the elected repre
sentative of the i>eople and favor ap
pointive power? TRENMORE CONE.
fireat Minds.
She—So your new novel deals with
the lower classes. Something after
Dickens' style. I presume.
He—Well. yes. I believe he did treat
subjects In much the same vein as
mine.—Boston Transcript.
Wails and Weights.
(letting coal this winter has been a
mutter of long wu.is f• i the i»g ion
sumers end short weights for the
small.-(-Boston Herald.
Where Do You Bank ?
VIWHENEVER business judgment is being passed
** upon you, this question arises. You are judged
by the company you keep. And banks are most im
portant business companions.
Upon our books are the names of many of the out
standing business men of Omaha. They realize the
value of a sound, helpful banking connection and
their choice of this bank is significant.
H /u re do roc bank?
0 ,
The Omaha National Bank
Farnam at 17th Street
Capital and Surplus - - - $2,000,000
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials front Other Newspapers— l
The School Yard Beautiful.
1 From the Kearney Hat).
Under this caption County Super
j intendent Gene Uoomls Is making a
1 direct and urgent appeal to school
'officer*, teacher*, people and pupil*.
| to cop-operate In the planting of trees
j on public school ground* and other
wise beautifying the premises. There
i ..* no law requiring that this work
i shall be done, but Superintendent
j l.oornis Is confident that there will
. be a hearty response to his request
■ and that the present year will see a
1 good start made in making the coun
|ty's schoolgrounds as shady, beauti
|ful and well kept as the best kept
| private premises in the towns.
A representative of the United
State* forestry service has recently
visited vartegis parts of the state and
Is awakening an interest in the for
estry matter that has not been felt
for a decade or more. The necessity
of tree planting In treeless sections.
! and for reforesting to replace denuded
| timber lands, is pointed out by Sec
j retary of Agriculture, Wallace as the 1
[ supreme need of the hour, and great
effort is being made to arouse peo- j
pie everywhere to the urgent need of
beginning the work at once and keep
ing it up indefinitely.
The theory of the school district
movement is that it creates a great .
I number of evenly distributed units j
[of tree-planting activity which ini
turn stimulate* Interest In each lo
cality. add develops a network of tree
planting schemes covering the coun
ty, and if multiplied by counties em
bracing the entire state.
In this instance Superintendent
lyoomis lias assurance from the va
rious public bodies and clubs of Kear- j
ney that, they will contribute prizes
for Various phase* of the scheme, j
these prizes to be selected by the super
Intendent and the presidents of the
various organizations.
The Hub desires to add merely that
the scheme Is not a "fad" with the
new superintendent, but 1» a consclen- 1
tlous response to a nation-wide senti
ment that the nation must conserve
trie waste and reforest the continent
for the sake of the soil, the climate, !
and in a way of speaking, every |
organization, ‘itself. Buffalo county j
schools have an Opportunity to t^ii j
the lead In this timely movemi t, j
which we do not doubt will cover the |
entire state within a few years.
China Rack to Milk.
from the New Orleans Tlmes-Plcayuns.
An interesting story 1* told in con
nection with Chins'* "return to a milk
diet" which even though old and often
retold in the printed page is worth
brief repetition here. There was a
time—more than a century back—
when tile Chinese drank milk quite
freely and universally, but the habit
was brought to an abrupt stop by im
perial edict. A tender-hearted em
press who loved animals. It seems,
looked upon milk drinking by human
being* a* a mean trick to piay on
calve* wlibti she thought required
thlr nourishment.
So China quit milk drinking In
••!.• '-e to her command and use-1
cows and buffalo thereafter only <
t-c-Ms of burden and for meat. The '
,v-or' calve* were supplied with
more miik than they needed and the
‘ poor " children who had been Using >
simoet entirely on thi* food were com
pelled to look to other eources fc«
I nourishment. American mlegtor.arie*
are said to be responsible for China s
1 return to milk consumption, howevei
and today in that country there la a
' big demand for milk, milk product
and ice cream. We imagine a fortune
j awaits the enterprising person who
I Invades Peking or Shanghai with ice
cream cone wagons.
At first blush It may seem a little
thing but in fart the departure, a I
i though It is hardly that, moans much
to the Chinese nation and to the
I Chinese people &« Individuals. It
would be Impossible to estimate the
country's losses in health, vitality
and accomplishment incurred through
its century or more of foolish milk
abstinence. Thousands upon thou
sands of undernourished babes have
been permitted to starve or go through
Ufa as miserable, physical tncom
petents just because a royal woman
once happened to be more kind
hearted than sensible Now the habie*
and children are promised a better
chance. It likely will be years before
the country has large enough herds
to supply Its milk needs Dairying
over there Is a newly revived industry
Keep X'eihardt.
From th* Hartlngton Herald.
Neihardt. the poet laureate of Ne
braska. should not be allowed to
leave the state. The Herald endorse*
the movement to keep him here, and
to give him a chair in the state un:
veraity if that l»e necessary. We need
all the literaly people we can ge
Man does not live by fat cattle and
pedigreed hogs alone: a little mixture
of "Uteraehocir”. is also essential to
our maximum development. Mnv «
never be written of Nebraska as som*
critic wrote of Iowa:
“One million yearly for manure
But not one cent for literature.'’
Froir. <h« Yerfc Rtrublir*"
The Republican man's to be know'
as favoring tb* reoogniti^p of tbe ar‘
of John Ci. Neihardt. Nebraska'* poe'
laureate and writer of songs of wen
derful charm and beautv, by some
connection with the etate university
that mill 1>* remunerative. It is tbe
ehame of history that the poets whose
verses have enriched the literature
and charmed the souls of men have
felt the pang* of want and poverty
l^efc it be said of this day and thts
state that it recognises true genius
and accords it financial as well as Up
reward*.
CENTER SHOTS.
One-half of 1 per cent in the in
come tax and 4 per cent in the bee:
mould Impress many Americans as a
ideal adjustment of percentages. —
Boston 1Vanscr.pt.
About all St. Peter knows about you
Is the number of times yoo have hac
to hire a lawyer.—St. Joseph New*
IVes*.
■‘Art ts bunk." says a learned eo
!*ge professor IVe thick he has beer
misquoted. The great truth he rail''
have meant to enunciate is that BunV
is Art.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lord Robert Cecil has arrived tr
this country to plead the cause of th*
’.“ague of nations. Good ness sake
have we got to save that, too?—Kan
sas City Times.
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