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PUT THE LAZY, SANDY PLATTE TO WORK.
One action of the legislature is commendable,
and will be given hearty approval of all who have
taken trouble to examine into what is proposed, is
the adoption of the resolution urging on congress
the desirability of aiding in the project to dam the
Platte river to enable the irrigation of land that
does not now receive sufficient rainfall.
Thirty years ago The Omaha Bee pointed out
the now admitted fact that the work of reclamation
must be undertaken by the federal government.
This was not solely on account of the interstate
character of the rivers from which water was to
be drawn, but because the undertakings, in whole
or in part, were too great for private capital or even
for state support. What then was a vision is now
a reality. Hundreds of thousands of acres of what
was waste and unproductive land now returns mar
velously bountiful yields of all manner of things
that grow from soil that only needed water to make
it fecund. The proposed Nebraska project is in
line with the general work.
The Central Nebraska Supplemental Water as
sociation has been formed in south central Ne
braska, where four decades of experience have
proved that natural ipinfall is not always to be de
pended upon. Along the northern border of this
region flows the Platte river, carrying water that
can be used to ensure crop growth on acres that are
fertile as any on earth when properly watered. As
the name suggests, the association plans to supple
ment the rainfall with river water.
Consideration of water power to be developed
must figure some in the calculations, but the real
benefit will come from the assurance of regular
yields of the two great food crops, wheat and corn.
It is not without reason that congress is approached
on the subject. In the last congress an irrigation
bill failed because certain senators insisted on in
cluding the so-called Palouse project, which in
volved the expenditure of several times the greatest
sum of money per acre ever put into irrigation. If
that project were worthy of support, the Nebraska
proposition is more worthy. The amount of money
asked for here is comparatively small, the return
. is certain, the access to market more ready, and
all other factors in favor of Nebraska.
Our congressmen will take notice that their
neighbors are in dead earnest on this undertaking.
It is not an idle dream, but a demonstrated possi
bility, endorsed by engineers of repute, and im
peratively needed for the continuation of the pros
perity of a section that can be made to produce an
nually several tHne* tire ambunt o£ foodstuffs it
now yields. And the nation and the world needs
the food—let's arrange to raise the crops.
"PLAY BALL.”
This is the day they start. Western league base
ball players have been tugging at the leash for many
days now, getting ready to start the 1923 playing
season, and from now until late in September the
struggle for the pennant will be on. This morning
it is an even thing. When the sun goes down some
of the teams will have the start on the others. Only
one team can win the championship, but eight can
try to win it, and that is one reason why the opening
day is looked upon with such interest.
Omaha begins the season at Tulsa, meeting the
champions, and taking what may be the toughest
competitor of the lot right at the start. Local en
thusiasts are watching for the score, and sporting
editors are getting their telephones all tuned up to
tell the waiting customers who won, who pitched and
other interesting bits of important information so
eagerly sought for day after day. Here is a great
field for the radio workers. Broadcasting baseball
stories will give them ample occupation, and afford
great relief to such of the devotees of the game as
can not wait for the appearance of the morning
paper, which they will read anyhow, to verify what
they got from the wireless.
Games on the home ground will not begin until
April 25, and by that time all here will be ready and
waiting. For Omaha is known as a good ball town,
where the team gets the loyal support of as fine a
lot of home boosters as ever enthused over the
prowess of players. It is well that this is so, for
the baseball fan is always a live wire, and, while he
may seem to be wrapped up in hjs favorite sport, he
generally has room in his heart for the good of the
community, and will always be found rooting for it
as hard as for a favorite player located on third
base with two out.
SONGS FROM NATURE’S CHOIR.
“I can’t get ’em up,’’ complains the bugle, but
it ought to take a lesson from the robin, the blue
bird, the warblers who unite each morning in
a chorus that may be competition or concert, but is
of a character that is wonderful. No excuse for
• lying abed late in Omaha these mornings. Trees
are not yet in leaf, but they are alive, and in all
parts of the city the choristers of the air are pour
ing out ravishing melodies to dekght the car.
It is springtime, and the mating season, and
wooer and wooed well know it. 1 he primal im
pulse, the great link that holds all created things to
their Creator, is awakened, and the answer to the
call is spontaneous and marvelous. It Is u song of
i love, universal and tender, enfolding all and up
' lifting all. Watch and listen, and you will learn
much; maybe you know it now, but no harm will
come if you go through it all again. I he birds of
the air are getting ready for the great work of
bringing forth more birds, and they enter upon
the job with zest and purposefulness that deserves
admiration even from the lords of creation.
Omaha is happy in having a population of birds.
' One close observer lists more than 200 varieties,
and thousands of these have their habitations in the
’ trees that shade the lawns and streets in the residen
tial parts of the city. Other thousands nest in the
parks, and in the thickets along the river bluffs, and
all find life worth while, for they are well pro
tected. Welcome for their cheery presence, these
' sojourners of the spring and summer and something
more than color and music to city life. They re
mind us of the freer ways, nnd bring with them
something that soothes the grind of the daily
routine. It is a genuine joy to be awakened by
th« birds,
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MILADY AND THE BALLOT BOX.
Some folks are of the opinion that it is a matter
of no special importance whether they affiliate with
one or another of the several political parties. They
contend that the course of government will be much
the same whoever is in power, #>r whether none con
trols.
The answer to that question is obvious. Per
petuity of government, the safety of its institutions,
depends on a continuous policy. It is true that in
the United States the political divisions are aome
what hazy and indefinite, yet there is sufficient dis
tinction to warrant an intelligent choice between
them. On these differences in policy the great ma
jority of citizens have opinions sufficiently well
formed to enable them to determine which of the
lines of thought they prefer and consequently which
of the parties they will unite with.
Something of this is involved in the address made
by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton to the League of
Woman Voters at Des Moines. It was suggested
by some one who heard the address that she was
trying to induce the league to endorse the repub
lican party. That would be an admirable stroke for
her, should she be able to bring it off, yet it can
hardly be charged that Mrs. Upton, even in her en
thusiasm for the great party she represents, would
undertake such a movement. If she gave the women
who heard her sufficient of a hint to induce them to
join the republican ranks, we admit she has set
them on the right track.
What Mrs. Upton did do was to impress upon
them the importance of taking intelligent, active
part in politics. Women long sought and finally se
cured the vote, and now should not neglect it. It
is a privilege beyond price, for it is the dower of a
self-governing citizen of the mightiest republic the
world has ever known, a democracy wherein the
people hold and exercise all power. No citizen
should neglect to exercise that franchise in the full
est, and none should fail to keep informed as to
the merits of the questions that decide elections, for
the intelligent voter is the support of the nation.
Mrs. Upton’s advice to the women is good. Study
all political questions, weigh party policies, judge
promises by performance, and act on the conclusion
thus formed. Women should not allow their other
duties entirely to absorb their attention. It does
not so much matter which party they join, so long
as they make the choice deliberately. It does mat
ter, though, if they neglect to join any party, or if
they fail to vote. The negligent voter disfranchises
himself, and shuts the door on his own right.
MYSTERY OF A HALF-MADE LAND.
Lost in the Everglades! A theme for the writer
of fiction, not the prosy efforts of the news
chronicler, it would seem. Yet the news items con
tain more of real interest than any yarn or romance
could give. Twenty-four persons, five of them
women, are lost somewhere in the dense jungle and
swamp land that is listed as “everglades” in Florida.
They started joyously on the mission of exploring
a new automobile road, leading across the state
from coast to coast. Messages of greeting were
borne from notables at one end of the route to
others at the other, and the whole affair took on a
gala aspect.
W’hat happened to the party no one knows. It !
made its way far into the wilderness, and there a
heavy storm was encountered. Indian searchers
have hunted in vain for a trace of the excursionists.
No sign of them remains, and the chief1 hope of
their ever being found alive is that they soughtjand
secured shelter on ground sufficiently high to pro
tect them from the angry waters, and from which
they will be later rescued. Meanwhile, they must be
sustaining not only privation incident to their ex
posure, hunger and thirst and the presence of wild
animals, but the unknown terrors of the combina
tion of jungle and marsh.
Here is a chapter in real life as thrilling as
any ever conceived by man’s most active imagina
tion. An automobile party, the height of luxurious
achievement, swallowed by nature in a half-formed
bit of the continent, where the division between dry
land and water is not yet complete. The thought
robs the tragedy of something of its terror, and yet
the calamity is as real as such V1 event can be. The
nation is watching, and with the hope that the Ever
glades will give up those that now seem swallowed
beyond hope.
The visit of an Omaha business club to the mu- ;
nicipal gas plant is worthy of more general imita
tion. Citizens generally pay too little attention to
the activities in which their government is engaged. j
Little journeys to such other places as the county ,
courthouse, city hall and state capital would make I
for better citizenship.
January imports show a continuation of the in
crease, noted for the last several months, the best
possible indication of the improvement in business
conditions.
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Now that the motorists all are safe, let us hope
that nothing happens to the bottle of grape juice
Henry Ford sent William Jennings Bryan.
Uncle Sam collected $70,000,000 more in rev
enue last month than he did in March, k922. The
old boy’s business is looking up.
Nature has been known to fool the government
estimators, so it is too early to begin worrying about
a famine.
A woman authority says men are better dresed.
At any rate, they look less conspicuous in trousers.
The lady bootleger says she talked to much.
The world may have noted this already.
Omaha clearing house totals show how the wind
is blowing.
Homespun Verse
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By Robert Worthington Davie
THE BECKONING.
Where the cattle graze nnd mosey
Quite at home across the lea;
Where there’s many a pretty posey—
Something strong Is calling me;
Where the world Is wide but cozy,
I am hunkering to be.
Where the grasses, nodding, bending,
Heem to give a welcome true;
Where the thoroughfares are wending
To a shady rendezvous,
And the atmoephers Is blending
Mellow essences with dew.
Where the humming birds are flying,
rind In sprightly hues and bright;
Where the whippoorwills are crying
Jn the emptynesa of night;
Where the balmy winds are sighing,
l am beckoned with delight.
‘ 'From State and
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Editorials from other
newspapers.
A New Tax Remedy.
From th® Norfolk Now®.
Two men who sign themselves as
the sohool committee of the Hamilton
County Taxpayers’ league, have Is
sued and made public a most remark
able document outlining their pro
posals to reduce taxes for schools to
about a third of what they now are.
We lack space to reproduce in full
this curious contribution to an al
ready full and complete discussion of
the tax problem, but the closing para
graph of the resolution will give an
idea as to the contents of the report:
“Therefore, bo It resolved that
schools should begin at k o'clock in
the morning during the winter and
close at 7 p. m., and during the sum
mer begin at 7 o’clock in the morning
and close at 6 In the evening; that
schools be taught six days in the
week, four weeks In the month, and
12 months In the year; that the school
board may employ any person or per
sons to teach who In their Judgment
would make good teachers; that the
teachers should pay taxes on their
yearly salaries; that school districts
Hhould not furnish conveyances to
take children to and from schools nor
pay tuition for children In their dis
tricts to attend schools outside of
that district; that the public schools
should only educate the children up
to and including the eighth grade;
that the state university and state
normals should be abolished.’’
Of course mothers may have some
thing to say about starting the school
session at 7 o'clock in the morning,
but their objections are not insur
mountable. The report proposes that
the children report in relays to teach
ers who would he required io put In
10 hours daily, six days In the week,
instructing their classes. The report
might have gone further than this.
Freed from the class room at 8 o'clock i
in the summer and 7 o'clock in the j
winter, the teacher would still have a
couple of hours free hefore bed time.
Why does the committee propose to
permit this uneconomic waste? With
a tax on her salary, the average
teacher could easily eat In 15 minutes
all that sho eould pay for. Why not
provide for a night session to drive
away the tedlousness of an evening
with absolutely nothing to do and to
permit still further a reduction of the
teaching forces? The committee has i
overlooked a bet here. It should call j
back Its report for amendment.
As a service to the cause of ,
economy the Hamilton county com
mittee Is a failure. If Its purpose Is
to make the taxpayers' league ridicu
lous It has decidedly succeeded.
What Are Riches?
From the Nebraska City Frees.
A Nebraskan died the other day.
He was prominent In his community,
in all that prominence denotes. For
years he had been active in philan
thropic and community welfare, earn
ing the well-deserved commendation
and approbation of his fellows. Head
ing a great business enterprise and
directing Its multitudinous affairs, his
closest associates naturally expected
that when his estate was settled there
would be a sizeable fortune to be dis
tributed among his heirs. They were
somewhat surprised, then, wh< n It was
learned that less than J100.000 re
mained to be distributed among his
relatives.
All during his life, these friends de
clare. his income had been large and
steady—what, then, became of It? It
really doesn't make much difference
what became of the material Insignia
of his value to himself or his town,
but It Is suspected that he spent It
freely and without ostentation In be
half of those whose qualifications ap
pealed to him as worthy of his boun
ty. His wealth, for that matter, can
not be measured In terms of dollars
and cents. His record In his home
city, the Impress he left on the minds
of his -people, is the wealth he has
amassed.
Gold and silver and negotiable bonds
are very well, but the world has not
put the seal of Its approval nor the .
mark of its appreciation upon any ;
single man who gained a foothold
solely because he garnered lucre and
piled It In well guarded caverns or
safety deposit vaults. On the other
hand, those whom the world has
honored In every case worthy of com
ment. have won fame, distinction
and the right to live in the memories
of mankind because they did some
thing to make the lives of their fel
lows brighter or more useful.
ltlches are of little value except for
what they will buy temporarily. Money
Daily Prayer ||
Thou I.nrd art good and ready to for
give—r» 81 :l.
Our Father, Who art In Heaven,
we come before Thee In tho Name of
Jeans Christ, Thy Son, our Lord and [
Savior. For His sake bow Thine ear
and hear our prayer. We bring Thee
our offering of thanksgiving for all
Thy loving kindness and tender
mercy toward us. Thy goodness has
never failed us. We humbly pray for
the forgiveness of nur sins. We con
fess that in many things we have of
fended and come short of Thy Holy
Will. But there Is forgiveness with
Thee, that Thou mayest be feared.
Deliver us from the power of evil. I.et
not any sin hsve domination over us.
Shield us from all that would hurt us
In body or spirit. Order our future,
make our plans, choose our changes.
Suffer us not to lead selfish or use- |
less lives. May we do good as we
have opportunity, nnd serve our gen- j
eratlon according to Thy Will. We
commend to Thy fatherly euro our
loved ones who are nhsent front us In
the flesh. Protect them from evil,
and do them all the good that they
need, both for this life nnd for that
which Is to come. We pray for the
coming of Thy Kingdom! Pour out
Thy Holy Spirit upon all Thy church
es. May they bear faithful witness
for Thee, nnd through their testimony
Yugy tyul'itudes he brought to know
Thro, and fifcept Thy grent salvation.
fiVe trUrttblr ask all In the Nome of
Jesus Christ, «ur> l-ord Amen.
Jons k cannon. i> n.,
Ht. I.ouia, Mo.
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We Nominate—
For Nebraska’s Hall of
Fame.
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Edna wooley-lieurancb of
Lincoln, wife of Thurlow Lleur
ance, the composer, is unique
among American singers for the dra
matic character which she gives to
her interpretation of her husband's
Indian songs. Indians themselves
have shown the strongest appreciation
of Mrs. Lieurance's power to show
the significance of their own musical
idiom. She was adopted by the t.’hlp
pewo tribe in March, 1916, and given
the name of Nah Mee, "Little Sister,”
an Indication of the Indian's affec
tionate appreciation of her work. Mr.
and Mrs. Lieu ranee have a rare col
lection of Indian musical Instruments,
costumes aqd artistic accessories.
has only a transient power. Rut the
riches of the heart, the garnered
treasures of the intellect! This world
has never yet failed to pay its hom
age to the man who has used h!s
power, his brain and his money in
the furtherance of humanity.
Civil Service Annuities.
From ths Washington Star.
Tlie civil service retirement fund
built up by the percentage payments
of employes having reached the sum
of approximately $17,000,000, it would
seem practicable to increase the an
nuities of retired employes and the
annuities to be paid employes when re
tired. The matter has been brought
again to the public attention by Sen
ator Sterling, chairman of the senate
civil service committee, and it is the
understanding that ho will introduce
a bill in the next congress to increase
the maximum and minimum annuities
to be paid civil service employes on
retirement, and to increase the annui
ties now being paid retired employes
The contribution by employes of
2% per cent of their salaries since tho
uct became operative in 19-0 has built
up a retirement fund considerably
larger than was calculated, it was
computed that the contributory sys
tem would at the end of two years
result in a retirement fund of between
$8,000,000 and $10,000.000, and the an
nuities to be paid were based on a
fund of that size. The fund has
grown faster than was thought it
would, and is now about $17,000,000.
It Is. therefore, capable of providing
higher annuities. The annuities are
low. At present the maximum Is $720
and the minimum $180. These are
small figures when one take into ac
count the range of rents and the cost
of food and clothes. The plan that
Is being put forward by Scnatot
Sterling would raise the maximum an
nuity to $960 or $1,000 and the mini
mum to $240.
Another matter which the senator
has In mind is that in future an an
nuity should bear some relation in
amount to the salary paid tho em
ploye before retirement, the man with
a salary of $1,800 having contributed
to the retirement fund twice as much
as a man drawing a salary of $900.
However, these are matters to be
thrashed out at the proper time and
in the proper place. Two things seem
clear. The first la that the annuities
are very low and should l>e raised if
this can be brought alsmt. and. sec
ond, that the fund raised by the 2*4
per cent salary deduction of em
ployes Is large enough to provide for
higher annuities.
CKNTEIt SHOTS.
Without Utah's tight anti-cigaret
law, many a poor Mormon would
probably bo smoked out of house and
home.—Norfolk Virginian Pilot.
If spring is in the air. It must bo
one of those recoil springs.—Philadel
phia North American.
The Japanese, says a United Ptntes
engineer, are the coming people. That
will be bad for California.—Detroit
New*.
There Is a town In Wyoming so far
out of fashion thnt women don't be
gin wearing their spring hats till the
middle of January.—Ngw York
Tribune.
"Homo Sweet Home" has lasted
100 years. Can you imagine a song
about tho "dear old flat" thnt would
survive that long?—Detroit Free
Press.
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“The People’s
Voice’’
Editorial! tram raadara a! Tho Morolot Boa.
ReaiSri of Tha Morning Beo ora Invited to
die thla column frtrly tor oaorallloa OO
matter! ot public Interelt,
I<et Farmer Speak for Fanners,
Herman, Neb.—To tho Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Why will Mr. Roy
M. Harrop, president of the American
Economic league, pick such men as
Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison and
Harvey 8. Firestone to speak at the
Economic league and figure out a
plnn to save the farmers, when I
don't suppose any of them ever lived
on a farm in their lives and therefore
know so little about what a farmer
needs.
When we consider that the entire
farming area of the United States,
valued at $77,000,000,000, is mort
gaged to the amount of about $65,
000.000,000, and that the United
States is bonded for $27,000,000,000
and is paid by the farmers, directly
and indirectly, when added to the $65,
000,000,000 mortgage makes a grand
total of $02,000,000,000 Indebtedness,
which is more than we are worth.
Tour paper of March 7 states that
the American Federation of Ieabor
and the Big Four brotherhoods have
i»een invited to speak at this Economic
league, all labor organizations. Now,
why not Invite the president of the
farmers union, Mr. Osborn, or some
of the farmers from the rural districts
to speak and at least tell his experi
ence as a farmer and some of the
things he has been up against. Even
though his grammar may not be as
good as It might be. he might let his
wants be known, and then Mr. Ford,
Edison and Firestone might be able
to figure out some way to satisfy the
farmers' wants and save the farmer.
JOHN OBERST, JR.
Citizen Make* Protest.
Council Bluffs—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Sunday afternoon I
had occasion to be In Omaha as I
have at numerous times previous tn
the last 15 years, and as I hove always
done, I stopped at the street corner
where the street cars receive and dis
charge passengers, and proceeded to
wait for the proper car to take me
where I was going—it happened I
wanted to take a South Main street
car to Council Bluffs—so I stopped
on Douglas street at Fourteenth and .
waited, us I have times too numerois j
to mention, and an upper Broadway
car came first and I didn't take it j
as It went the wrong direction. But,
before it got under way, after loading,!
one of the Omaha polic emen w ho l
patrols that beat, came along and I ,
heard him order some one or a bunch
of people to keep moving, and as I
was watching east for the Main street
car I didn’t pay attention to him un
til he came up to me and I looked at
him and smiled for some other men
had gone on as he told them to, but he
got real hard and asked me if I could I
understand English and grabbed my
arm like I might be some murderer
or other, so I told him what my busi
ness wus there and I Insulted his In
telligence <?> by saying I was wait
ing for a Council Bluffs street car, but
he ordered me to walk around with
out telling me where I might walk
with his consent, so I started and put
tn the time till the car came, moving
along, as per command. If the new
police administration has issued or
ders for no one to stc > on the corners
where street cars stop, I would be
glad to know where I could take one
at, as I ride In them c. tsiderably, as
do my relatives and friends, and I am
sure the street cars can’t leave their
route to pick up patrons, so this
Douglas street patrolman who is on
duty at 5 p. m. should be at least civil
till he knows what he Is doing, and as
such practice as he uses isn't in style
only in Russia, he might get hard
to the wrong person some day. _
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
Railroad Kates.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: When this felllow Mc
Adoo raised freight and passenger
ratfs about 50 to 75 per cent over and
above prewar rates, he fixed the farm
ers good and plenty because the rail
roads si metimes get more than half
of the farmer's crop for hauling It to
market.
There seem to be quite a number
of McAdoos in our legislature. The
other day, when a bill came up for
passage, reducing freight rates about
jr, per cent on farmer's products,
within the state of Nebraska, It was
voted down promptly. When the rail
roads' attorneys got through pleading
their case, our farmers' representa
tives and others naturally came to
the rescue of the railroads and saved
them from bankruptcy and killed the
bill.
Farmers are entitled to a fair price
for their crops and products, and tf
they don’t get it they will stay poor
or go broke the same as a half mil
lion others have already done during
the last two years. FAIR FLAY,
It Happened In IJncnln.
In Central Nebraska—To the Editor
of The Omaha Bee: 1 have been re
liably Informed that n bill was Intro
duced tn the legislature of Nebraska
requiring tail lights to be placed on
all vehicles propelled by muscular
power.
There was a fight put up against
this bill, and Keck of Folk made the
principal fight.
And here is the gist of his speech:
••Mr. Chairman of the committee: I
am a dtrt farmer. I am opposed to
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A notable contribution to piano art—the
Vose ideal, expressed in material of pro
nounced superiority — in design of perfect
proportion and in craftsmanship of exqui
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This small Grand is so
scientifically made, that
for its size, its tone vol
ume is remarkable, so
remarkable, in fact, that
a comparison will compel
a choice in its favor.
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Everything in Art and Muaic
1513-1R DOUGLAS ST.
—And Then He Struck a Detour! 1
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—From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
this bill for various reasons. First, j
it smacks of safety to speeders first.
Second. I help with shock threshing.
As many as eight or 10 teams haul
bundles to the machine. After sup
per we go to our respective homes.
Tiie dusk is coming on, we all have
to tie lanterns to the rear ends of
our racks and proceed homeward. I
can imagine that on my way home
ward I see a bright light ahead of
me. Arriving I find a team tied to a
tree and a man standing watching
the ruins of his property. I ask what
is the matter? He tells me: ‘I was
on my way home; dusk overtook me.
I tied a lantern to the tail end of ray
load of hay. Somehow it caught fire, i
I am thankful that I and my team
escaped being burned up.’ ”
Mr. So and So arises and asks If the
gentleman from Polk will answer a
question. The gentleman from Polk
is willing.
"Should it be necessary for me to
go out horseback riding after dark,
will it be necessary for me to tie a
lantern to the tail of my horse?’’
The gentleman from Polk s’utters
a second, then replies: "I take it that
such is the spirt: of the law. As I
hirve told you, it smacks of safety
to speeders first.’’ And that was the
last of the bill.
JOHN TONGUE.
In Whose Eye Is the Beam?
Governor Pinchot wants New York
and Pennsylvania to get together on
water power. As evidence of his good
faith will Governor Pinchot repe.-.l
that tax on the coal Pennsylvania
sells to New York?—Syracuse Post
Standard.
No Closed Season.
The trouble hunter seldom goes
home with an empty bag.—New
Haven Register.
Prairie Gems
A man at York who ran a tie race
with a locomotive for a railroad cross
ing must pay the road tl for damage
he caused to the engine. Now, per
haps, he will pay some attention to
the safety first warning.—Norfolk
News.
The report of a man marrying his
sister-in-law is repugnant until you
learn that he is on his sick bed breath
ing hie last gasp and that he is worth
1100,000. Of course we can stand
most anything if there is $100,000 at
tached to it.—Nemaha County Repub
lican.
"Plan to plant another tree” is the
slogan of the National Tree Plant
ing associati'®n. Suppc.se that every
person would provide just one tree
each year and see that the trees grow
or are replanted. The effect would
1-e marvelous in one generation.-*
Kearney Hub.
Build
. Your
Home
t Dream* Can
Come True
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TRY our service — 12
years advising, plan- w
nine1, building, finar.r;rg
—Call Atlantic <8102.
Mattson & Smails
“Builders of Good Homes"
cl%e Cost of the Storm
Estimates of the damage done to Omaha's pavements
alone by the recent snow storm have been placed at
$20,000.00. The tax payers will have to dig into their
pockets and pay this bill along with all of the others
they are constantly called upon to meet.
In this case the bill will be paid cheerfully along with
the other bills created by the storm. For the snow's
of March mean a w heat crop for Nebraska farmers and
crops for the farmers w ith fair prices for them, moan
prosperity for all of us. Our interests are mutual
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