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LAW NOT A PRACTICAL JOKI?,
In .his slurring reply to the women who visited
police court Judge W. P. Wappich shows himself far
from judicious. Contrary to his evident impression
it is not out of place for any woman citizen to attend
court, or to venture to criticise the manner in which
cases are disposed of. Equal suffrage has made wo
men voters as responsible as men in the choice of
public officials and in the determination of public
policies.
When Prosecutor Dennis O'Brien invited the club
women of Omaha to take a more active interest in
law enforcement, a committee from the W. C. T. U.
promptly responded, and began visiting the various
court rooms of the city. It will not do for Judge
Wappich to attempt to brand them as insincere, senti
mental or unintelligent, for their standing in the
community is high. Having once embarked on their
investigation, they were not to be turned back, un
pleasant though their task must have been. It will
be noticed also that instead of sentimentally com
plaining of sentences as unduly harsh, they
refer to occasional instances of what seemed to them
undue leniency.
This group of Omaha housewives found many
things in Judge Wappich's court that they could not
approve. “It is not up to a judge to criticise or be
little the law’, but to enforce it,” is the way one com
mittee-woman summed it all up.
More people pass before the bar of police court
than through all the pthcr courts in the city. Many
of them are of low grade mentality, some are illit
erate and some are newcomers to America who are
ignorant of the customs of the country. This is their
first actual contact with the government, and from
it they get their first impression of the processes of
law and justice. It is easy to see that if they get the
Idea that the law is something like a practical joke
they will never stand much chance of becoming good
citizens. Or if the law seems to them' something
fickle or impulsive, they are being set on the wrong
track.
Many of these petty offenders in police court
need guidance as much or more than restraint. A
man is not a thorough criminal until he puts himself
in a position of antagonism to law. If he discovers
early in his career that the law is a reasonable thing,
designed to make life easier and not harder, then a
court is serving its full purpose. It is on this score
that the report of the W. C. T. U. committee is use
ful and important. It would be a good thing if more
citizens, men and women, would familiarize them
selves with the working of our local government by
personal visits. It is the people s government, and
the more interest they take in its workings, the bet
ter it will become.
POISONED INK.
One of the oldest and most cowardly of crimes
is that of blackmail. It persists and thrives be
•cause men and women alike shrink from being
dragged before the world in an unpleasant light. So
delicately is the good name of man or woman bal
anced, it seems, that a breath may topple it over;
not because of the breath itself, but because that
breath soon blows into a gale. The awful crash of
public exposure that comes with the commission of
a great crime is far less to be dreaded than the
gently insinuated crucifixion that follows a whisper
of scandal.
Here is where society unconsciously, perhaps,
but effectively aids the blackmailer. Thoughtlessly,
Idly, without malice or evil intent, maybe, the gos
sip is passed on, growing with each repetition, until
't finally becomes a mountain mass to topple over
and crush the victim. No one knows this better
.han the blackmailer, and he plies his cowardly traf
fic in confidence. His victim shrinks from public
ly, and thus gives protection to the bloodsucker.
New Yorks prosecuting attorney is pursuing
just now a group of ‘‘poisoned pen" workers, lo
cated among prominent club men. One of the suf
ferers from the gang’s operations has agreed to go
through with the ordeal of testifying, but many
athers, whose help will be material, have fled.
Whether the inquiry will bring to justice the gang
will be for the future to determine, but the inci
dent affords a curious sort of light on the civiliza
tion of the day. When idle club men associate
themselves to inflict cruel punishment on innocent
women, for the pleasure of seeing their victims
writhe, the time for recasting somejaf our ideas as
to enlightenment seems to have come.
PUBLIC BOOK SHELVES.
There is scarcely any limit to the good influence
that can spread out over a community from a public
library. Those towns that have no such collection
of books do not realize what they are missing, or
they would take prompt steps to improve the situa
tion. It is also true that those cities having great
libraries do not appreciate them as much as they
should. And so the American Library association
is conferring over methods of encouraging heavier
circulation of books.
In the overwhelming desire for lower taxes Ne
braska recently reduced its appropriation for the
state circulating library, which lias been vastly use
lul both in rural communities and in the .small towns.
This renders it more incumbent than ever on such
localities to establish a library for themselves. Surely
that great force for betterment, the women's clubs,
can get behind a movement for county libraries. The
institution of these is provided for by an old state
law.
By the inclination of our people, such matters
are left pretty largely to local decisions. Czecho
slovakia, that new state of central Europe, is per
haps the only country that is making national pro
vision for public libraries. Three years ago its par
liament passed a law requiring that a public library
should be set up in every town with more than 400
inhabitants. Smuller places with no schools were
given until 1029 to establish libraries. There are
now 3,343 public libraries in that country, with more
than 3,000.000 borrowers, last year. This speaks
of the high intellectual level of the people. The
same hunger for good literature and the same desire
to expand knowledge of technical subjects through
reading exists in Nebraska. The thing to he done
is to encourage this feeling to the point of action.
HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER.
1 Conditions in Mexico are now stable enough to
i warrant negotiations for a reconciliation with the.
United States. That recognition of the Obiegon gov
ernment is on the way is indicated by the arrival
of Charles B. Warren, former ambassador to Japan,
and John Barton Payne, former secretary of the
j interior, at the City of Mexico, as official envoys.
I If, as now seems assured, the Mexican government
I will give a guarantee of American property rights,
recognition will follow promptly.
Article 27 of the Mexican constitution adopted
| in 1917, not only declared all mineral wealth below
1 the soil government property but also made this
| provision retroactive. This was interpreted as con
i fiscating the property of American citizens who had
' acquired their mining and oil rights under the Diaz,
j regime. Another constitutional provision author
I iz.ed the seizure and division of agricultural land as
well.
The position of the United States government
has been that Mexico is free to adopt any policy
which it pleases with respect to the public lands,
but that it is not free to destroy without compensa
tion valid titles ^that have been obtained by Ameri
can citizens under Mexican laws. If President
Obregon and his congress are now ready to conform
to this stipulation, full resumption of diplomatic
relations are now possible.
This has its commercial as well as its political
significance. Undoubtedly recognition will result in
the expansion of trade across our southern border.
Some estimates put the possibilities of business
with Mexico as rivaling the present trade with Can
ada. In addition to this, a reconciliation will have
a profound influence for understanding relations
with the rest of Latin America. One of the points
on which the recent ..Pan-American peace confer
ence broke down was the lack of harmony between
the United States and Mexico.
DEFEATING A REAL DEMON.
Man’s interest in man’s welfare is surely taking
the place of that inhumanity which once made
countless millions mourn. At the meeting of the
Nebraska Tuberculosis association Thursday night,
its president, Dr. Solon R. Towne, announced that
100,000 deaths annually mark the toll taken by the
disease, most of which arc preventable. In this
statement is contained some measure of the work
done in the crusade against the white plague. Twenty
years ago, with a smaller population the death roll
in the United States was 180,000 a year from tuber
losis.
Singular as it may seem it is only within a
quarter of a century that the intelligence of man
was effectively directed against tuberculosis. Act
ing on the assumption that the disease was
hereditary, that it was necessarily fatal, and that
it was susceptible to cure by dosage, the unequal
upmbat was carried on with no progress. A radical
change in method followed certain investigations,
and a better mode of fighting tfle scourge has pro
duced gratifying results. Sunlight, fresh air, good
food and rest is the prescription. Breeding spots
of the disease have been broken up, its propagation
checked by the adoption of reasonable sanitary reg
ulations, and victims sustained by the knowledge
that cure is possible, and that a careful consump
tive is no more of a menace to the community than
a healthy person.
A reduction of 5 per cent in the death rate
due to tuberculosis contains more than appears on
the surface. It holds as well the saving incident to
the lessening cost of caring for the afflicted, the
gain that is due to the increase in productive ca
pacity of those who formerly could not work be
cause of sickness, the relief of families and com
munities from the terror once accompanying the
disease and finally, the promise that some day
tuberculosis will have been banished completely.
The work of the Nebraska society has achieved
much of good in our own state, and deserves thg
support of all who are concerned in bettering con
ditions in life.
When a hard-boiled prisoner mpets a police judge
who also has been in longer than five minutes, the
repartee runs up into money pretty fast, as one of the
first sort found out Friday.
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An enforcement officer from Minnesota says Ne
braska has them all beaten when it comes to observing
the dry law. If that is true, some of the rest must be
fairly dripping.
One of these days we may get a measure on
how much is fact and how much propaganda in
the accounts now coming out of Europe.
A peace conference where extra efforts have to
be made to protect delegates from assassination is
not a pleasant thing to contemplate.
Omaha's W. C. T. U. women know what good
behavior and common decency mean, even in police
court.
If the police judge did declare himself to be an
expert on liquor, we would like to know where he
gets his practice?
The Omaha has made a rpcord from Honolulu to
i .San Francisco, and is ready for other assignments.
Another useless murder is added to Omaha’s
record. How long will this he kept up?
A police court is no place for a visitor whose sensl
j Idlities are not seasoned.
Some essence of world politics seems to have in
j fected the climate.
Homespun Verse
By Robert Worthington Davie.
SWEET CLOVER
Sweet Clover, proud I greet you
True Savior of the clay;
With gratitude I meet you
i poo Die wold today.
So stalwart, yet no graceful —
A monarch of your kind,
Called alien and haaeful
In days not far behind.
Ftut vop have come. Sweel (’lover.
'I'u ehow your worth, and now
You grow the wide world over.
You turn before the plow.
You bring the wire to wonder,
You rest the weary nod.
You have the might of thunder,
You're agriculture'! Mod
From frnlllerr banka you've drifted
Acroas the region* vaet;
Dike natld vour Heede have rifled.
And he made you king at last.
You - shunned and scorned and taunted
N'ot tnanv years ago
Are praised and loved and flaunted
Whet'cvei you may glow
“The People’s
Voice"
Editorial! from reader* ot Tho Morolnt 6m.
Header* of Tha Morning Boa are Invited to
u*c thin column freely tor expretalon on
matter* ot publle Intern?.
' l)<igs for Children and Children for
Women.
Minden, la.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Hav# you ever heard
folks say: "No, I would never Ihink
! of adopting an orphan."
Poor folks! They are to be pitied.
But these very same folks will lake
; unto themselves a fourlegged ani
mal of one kind or another—bathe,
j clothe, feed, love and even carry It in,
their arms, If it happens to he a small
"critter." for Instance, like Mrs.
Jiggs' till. Dear little Fifi; yes, dear
little Fill must have pretty colored
I blankets, cut and made to fit him
just so; a rolls A of gold, beset w ith
precious jewels, or a necklace with
cute little spangels that jingles and
jingles when he runs beside his mis
tiess or on ahead of her. Fill must
go out for walks: Fifi must have the
best to eat. and when Flfie dies he is
put away in a dear little coffin and his
noble mistress weeps, oh, so hitter.
The little “four legs" are the chil
dren's playmates and not for a nor
mal woman to !o\e and care for as If
it were an infant. The "doggie" and
the "kitty" for the boy and girl, hut
the dear little motherless and father
less babe for me.
{every one to his oVvn liking, of
course. WILHEEMINA JENSEN.
Intolerance
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Intolerance of another's
religious belief is one of the deplor
able present day heritages from the
Dark Ages, and not many Individuals,
regardless of their broadness of mind
in other directions, have escaped its
blighting influence. It is. seemingly,
inextricably woven into the business
and social life of today. Many of our
finest characters, both men and
women, whose intelligence and edu
cation are far above the ordinary, and
whose tolerance with the views of
their fellow man in other debatable
matters amounts to Indulgence, are
as adamant when his religious belief
is considered or discussed.
It is difficult to understand why a
deep-seated prejudice against any man
or woman should endure simply lie
cause of their mode of w-orship, and
why this should make them less clean
or desirable as employes, neighbors
and friends.
Fair thinking dictates that feelings
of personal superiority and prejudice,
by reason of religious views held,
should not enter into our social and
business relationships any more than
should the question of a blond or
brunette complexion; neither are mat
ters of personal choice and are in no
way indicative of superior Reasoning
power, intelligence or broadminded
ness. They are purely matters of
heredity and environment—since both
our complexions and our religion are
generally speaking heritages from our
ancestors—the latter having been ln
t tilled into us during the nonresident
period of childhood, when no volun
tary selection of method or creed was
possible or permitted, and is more or
less accidental in character—a change
of environment frequently entailing
a change of Instruction.
The spirit of intolerance which is
abroad in the universe today la a
shining example of incorrect or neg«.
live thinking: it starts with nothing
as a basis and ends Jn the same way.
accomplishes nothing, and is merely
wasted efTort.
Habits, correct or incorrect, are al
ways the result of thought, conscious.
In the beginning, and later, through
piactic* and use, they impress our
subconscious mind, become fixed and
are performed without conscious ef
fort. A mental or physical practice
which does not prdduce beneficial ef
fects, docs harm and is destructive In
its nature. Constructive thought
create* love and good will, and Is a
positive Instead of a negative force.
It is just as possible to acquire good
mental habits as it is to acquire good
physical ones. We bathe, brush our
teeth and enjoy clean clothing be
cause our subconscious mind ha* be
come convinced, through habit, that
cleanlines* is beneficial to mp- well
being: we are also convinced In the
same way. that exercise is conducive
to good health. However, many of
us are content to continue to use our
mind* as the storehouse for mental
lubblsh. and harbor thoughts of hate,
greed, fear, etc., with no effort made
to dlaplaee them.
Psychologists tell us that every man
is mister of hla own mind: and he Is
therefore, able to select the kind of
thoughts he wishes it to contain. (Jood
t mental habit* ure formed through
| practice and repetition, just a* good
I physical one* are. by our being awak
I ened to their value to our welfare.
Incorrect mental habit* of many
| rears' growth, cannot tee cast off as
we do a garment. We can, however,
resolve today to put our house in
order, and. as a starting point for
tlie new regime, determine that,
henceforth, we shall love our fellow
man for all the good qualities he
1 possesses — and the profession of
I Christianity, regardless of the method
of worship, is one of the flne«t.
W .1 MARTIN
Partisanship and Prejudice.
Omaha.—To the Kditor of The
Omaha Bee: The average individual
I i« apt to think that the wrong* of the
world are of a wholesale nature, when
really some of the worst sin* of so
ciety tun canned hy the thoughts nnd
actions of man to man. It la not war.
intemperance and flapperiam that la
ruining the world, hut downright pat
Itzanshlp, prejudice and cussed self
t*hnes* In human nature This mon
ster in hutnnn relations, sticks up It*
head equally among the rich or poor,
strong or weak.
U’e cannot respect a man s opinion
unless we respect him as a man This
1 we will never do so long as we think
"f men in terms of party, race, i<
[ llglon or vocation. Ta-t us consider
! how this disease of the mind affect*
' us
I’artlzanslilp, for Instances In :l
political *cn»e, |* that pecullai i»ndl
| lion of mind, which secs no good in
1 the opposing party, nor it* candidate*.
1 If Is not hawed him in thinking, hut
wholly on prejudice It means
Daily Prayer
I w4itA(i parpntly for th* I.ord nml h«
ln« ltn*d unto me. and h»*«rd mv . r> Ha
brought me up • l*o out «»f «r» l rrlbl* j..t.
out of tha miry cia>, ami <*t my r.«,u
upon n nuk, and sstabiinhrii my golnitft
*nd he liath put e n»w song In mv mouth,
•'en prela* unto our <»<. !; many Mlieti
It and faer. and ahel| tiuat in tho Lord
nio„*t«t m that man tlmi nm»>th the
Lord hia truer—F»« 40:1-4
Our Father, In Tin** every family In
Heaven nnd earth is tunned. We
thank Thee for our own home .md
fireside We thank Thee f< i the
great family of mankind Fot our
selves and fm all our hud hem md
slaters In nil the world we prnv Tftto
thin day. Hend us forth to out own
work with willing heart* nnd ready
hands, and fit un and ail men fm the
hurdeu/i we must Item* this day Bring
un to our home thin night at the end
of fiuitful toil nod nf tin* day * ml
grant un rent and um» t sleep A« • -ept
our thank- for all Thy merries to u
uni to all men. and gi\e to un the
added blessing of grateful hearts. \V'•
ank In the Name, a* we seek to play
| in the Hpiilt. of our Lord Jenun Christ
i Amen.
WILLIAM K V'HTfi lip. Ll.t»,
Us** 1’siU, Hi.
We Nominate—
for Nebraska's Hall of
Fame. ,
JEAN P. DUFFIELD studied first
at Ottumwa, la., and later in
Berlin at the Royal Academy of
Music, piano with Profs. Raif and
Barth, musical theory with Johannes
Kchultze and Mux Stange. Mr. Duf
fleld spent several years in Iowa and
one season as head of the piano de
partment of Christian college, Colum
bia, Mo., before locating in Omaha, ,
where he has resided ever since. His
activities have been largely in the
line of teaching and playing par
ticularly as accompanist for such ar
tists as George Hamlin, Julia Claus
sen. Marie Rappold. Paul Althouao.
Christine Miller and others. Some ,
of his time has also beeit devoted to
composition. Among his most ef
feetive compositions are ' Mignon's >
Dance" and "Shadows" for piano,
"The Spring's Blue Eyes" for voice
and air anthenr to Tennyson's poem,
"Crossing the Bar.” Mr. Duflleld has
composed other compositions, and
usually he has something he Is work
ing on, principally for the pleasure
he has in creative work. ,
The Spice of Life
Department of Agriculture find*
that 1.120,000 persons have left the
farms .for the cities during the last
year. We must know how many went
back before we can draw any conclu
sion.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When a girl discover* that' her
suitor carries cigars in a metal rase,
she know-a he has loved before,—New
York American.
"What Is Your Opinion of Civiliza
tion?” New York weekly paper. We ll
tell you as soon as it arrives—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Don't worry about your wandering
lsiy. He has to do more or less wan
dering in order to find parking space.
—Hartford Times.
Put on too much speed ahead and
you may meet with reverse*.—Wich
ita-Beacon.
A bobbed hair girl judge presiding
at a soviet trial in Moscow district
has sentenced seven prisoners to
death, we see. and we suppose she
just couldn't keep it in curl.—Grand
Rapid* Press.
We suppose the longdistance gum
chewing contest will come next. That
ought to bring out a big field of ath
lete*.—Arkansas Democrat.
The doctor who says one shouldn't
eat while worried should start a drive
to take the prices off the menu card.
—Baltimore Sun.
The change of seasons is from ash
pan to drippan.—Greenville Piedmont.
“right or wrong, my party, or my
nmn." Pity the man who is partisan,
and with a portion so large that he ,
even boasts about it. He is more un
desirable than the most illiterate for
signer who votes for the first time At
least such voters Hre open for con
viction—w hile the partisan has dosed
and bolted the door leading to hi* so
called thinking apparatus,
Partisanship need hardly lie re
stricted to politics We find It in re- '
iigion. In the estimation of hide
bound secterians, a person's honesty
and ability res'* upon the denomina
tional tag Think of the injustice
done real good folks who become the
Innocent victims of this terrible nar
rowness It is the duty of thinking
people to clear the community atmos
phere of this cruel and pitiable eon
fusion.
Tlie vocational snob and partisan is
another undesirable. He tries to
arouse class consciousness Tlie
I'nlted State* of America is the great
est exponent of individualism in the
world. Where on the face of tlie
globe do we find a higher type, and
more suciessful citizenship'’ It is ab
surd to express the opinion that a
man Is necessarily n < rook, ls-vause
lie Is wealthy. On the other hand,
one need hardly assume that a man |
is a saint lietaiise lie labors with hi*
hands for a living The marks of real
manhood nre manifest In the daily
walks of life You find it In kindness.
- empathy. honesty. Industry and
moinlilv The golden life—the worth
wh le individual, may tie the huVnble t
-ection hand, or the millionaire It
is not the real estate, the profession,
nr the union (hat will count when
the obituary is being written.
Perhaps the most contemptuous
partisan is the racial snubber. To
such i»cisons. character, personality
and ability has no weight In assessing
tlie value of a human life To them
li.i - been dedicated tile self-appointed
task of naming tlie most wonderful ,
ice In the world -and It is always
Ihelr owij People aie Ivan Into this
world henring the characteristic!- of
their own race They come ** repre
sentative* of their people to suffer
rebuffs and slights from those who
too often are their inferior.
II I. F
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for APRIL, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
I tail v .76,820
Sunday. 82,588
Ho#* not include return*, left
over*. • ample* or paper* • polled tn
print inc and Include* no special
sale*
B BREWER, Cm M*r
V A BRIDGE, Cir M*r
Subacrtbed *nd *wom to before me
thie id day of May. 1021
W H. QUIVI Y,
(Seal) Notary Public
Wayne Democrat.
There is no longer rural Isolation
in Nebraska, in the sense of early
days. Good roads, automobiles, tele
phone and radio kill Isolation. Wayne
is organizing an agricultural fair
association for its tlrst exhibit this
fall. The city Is aiding In the mak
ing of better roads, and intelligently
marking the highway leading to this
place.
Ilemiiigford Ledger.
We assist the farmer in securing
good roads and good market condi
tions. Our business men help secure
lower freight, rates, advertise the
local products, furnish office for
county agent and assist in securing
labor during harvest. We tried to
secure an adequate potato-grading
law, but were defeated. Hemtngford
maintains a public library. It also
gives lots of free advice and Is build
ing a town jail.
McCook Tribune.
IV AI. Kimmell: So far as Mc
Cook is concerned, there is no such
thing as rural isolation in Red Wil
low county or in southwestern Ne
braska. The McCook Chamber of
Commerce and the AfcCook Rotary
club has among its members farmers
of this vicinity. The McCook
Woman's club and all other clubs and
organizations, cultural and Industrial,
are open wide to men and women of
the surrounding country.
Madison Star-Mail.
P. A. Barrows: Madison has al
ways endeavored to give to the agri
cultural community the service re
quired to bring about the best mutual
results. There Is no such condition bs
rural isolation at the present time,
nor has there been for years. There
appears to lie the best conditions be
tween town and country.
Ogallala News.
.1. S Kroh: Ogallala is co-operating
with the farmers of Keith county In
extension of telephones, good roads
and rural mail routes of the city; also
has excellent high school patronized
by 63 nonresident pupils. These and
over 1.200 automobiles, independent of
trucks, make rural isolation a thing
of the past in Keith county.
Gordon Journal.
Dwight P. Griswold: Gordon is
doing nothing particularly in the way
of better service to farmers, but on
the whole there is a good feeling
prevalent. 1 do not think there is the
i oral isolation there once was, as
better roads and automobile* have
changed all that.
York News Teller.
York can of course never do as
much for farmers as farmers do for
it. but tries to help In the big agri
cultural game by maintaining free
labor and information bureaus for the
benefit of all in the county. Live
stock breeders have been guests at
dinner (followed by discussions of the
problems of the industryi twice during
me past year The town is actively
interested in the county fair, provide*
entertainment, prices in carious de
partments and for country schools
participating, and plans to erect per
manent buildings It is assisting lo
organize Pig and Calf clubs among
the boys and girls this season. York
county has a good system 'if county
roads. In charge of a compel, nt engi
neer, and is bisected by th*- Meridian
and highways More than 3 SOO auto
mobiles have been licensed this year
and the York telephone exchange has
4,4*0 subscribers, with 1.960 on the
rural lines. There is not much
chance for rural isolation iti this com
munity.
Orleans Chronicle.
If, If McCoy: Husiness men and
farmer* co-operate to a considerable
extent in the industrial activities and
life of thia town and community.
Here, as elsewhere, doubtlo s business
men are more sincere and solicitous
concerning the welfare and prosperity
of the farmer than they ire given
credit for. A- the result of co-opera
tion between farmer and business man
here we have here today the largest
Equity union creamery In the world.
Rural I solution Passes
Nebraska Country Editors Discuss Factors
Bringing Farmers in Touch With Towns
This is operating today, manufactur
ing 2,000,000 pounds of butter an
nually. -lust now farmers of this
community have Launched a program
for the erection of a centralized far
iners' mill in this locality. Farmers
have the unanimous support and co
operation of Orleans business men.
A live community club in Orleans per- ]
mlts nothing to get away which has
the tendency to cement the friendly 1
relationship between, farmer and the
town man. Likewise the farmers of
this community take pleasure in co
operating with our business interests
for the industrial progress of our
city.
Osceola Democrat.
K. A Walrath: Osceola offers co
operative facilities in marketing
everything produced by the farmers
of the surrounding territory. Organi
rations distinctly designed to assist
farmers flourish here, such as the
Farm bureau and Farmers' union.
With telephone lines reaching every
farm home froth the county seat
n/id IS rural mail routes in operation
dally there is information given that
fanners never thought of 10 years
ago. All this, with $40,000 to *50.000
expended In constructing or maintain
ing good toads, eliminates what was
once rural Isolation. Gasoline and
farm trucks have aided in a practical
manner much similar to what was
brought about with steam transporta
tion in early days.
Our Waning Mail Service.
From the Nebraska Ulty Press.
Either the United States, as a busi
ness center, is growing too fast for
the mail service to keep up. or the
mail service is entirely too much out
of tfcne with business. There was an
excuse for slow deliveries during the
war. when transportation was dedi
i ated to the movement of troops and
supplies; there is no excuse at this
time because we are pursuing ’he
platitudes of peace, as it were. But
the mail service is not functioning as
it should.
Letters written 500 miles away
nave been delivered in Nebraska City
three and four days after they were
sent: important parcels worthless to
the recipient unle-s delivered prompt
ly. have been stored in some safe,
dark place in a mail terminal and re
ceived three or four days after the
"dead line" has exposed. What's the
matter with the mail service, any
way? Is it another indication that
government-owned and government
operated business enterprises are ac
tually falling to pieces, as the advo
cates of private ownership declare?
We have always held upt the postal
system as a shining example <if in
tegrity. effirj* ncv and dispatch. Un
doubtrtily the men in charge of it are
honest tend honorable: presumably
they are efficient—although under
paid in numerous instances. But the 1
"dispatch” Is conspicuous these days
by its absence Something Is wrong
somewhere. The folks who depend
upon the mail service are worrying
about it and they're willing to go to
almost any length td improve it.
Abe Martin
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— 1
COMIH&SOOH j
pM(r<LnrlGXeErtij
Ther’ s so many fellers Iettin’
ther whiskers grow till Bryan'*
president that it's goin’ t’ be purty
hard t’ locate King David. It don’t
seem no time since Miss Fern Moots
wuz a poor little pinched face girl
without even roller skates, but t’dav
she values her affections at $500.
000, earrings $12.50, an’ wrist
w'atch $9.
(Copyright. 192 S.)
Prairie (jews
The work, utterances and entire be
havior of the present encumbrance in
the governor's chair shows not the
len^-e endeavor to serve the best inter
ests of the state. Politics not tin
mixed with misrepresentation, ha"
marked his administration to date —
Kim Creek Beacon.
When The Omaha Bee asked us the
other day to "brief ' the recreational
activities of our well known commun
ity for publication in the Omaha news
paper we forgot something. 'Pan
ning the neighbors'' is. reallv, our
most enjoyable, perennial "port, and
the neighbors reciprocate hv doing »
little piece of the same —Nebraska
City Press.
The idea of Senator Norris to re
duce the offices m the legislature and
to elect fewer 'tale offices and place
them on a nonpar:.san ticket would,
no doubt, lie an ideal manner in which
to run the state government, but
when there is so much partisan spirit
in the air it will be a hard matter to
make the change.—Bloomington Ad
vocate Tribune.
Peacham's New Obligation.
It rained In England yesterday, and
presumably all the Peaoham farmer?
carried umbrellas while they were
doing their milking.—Boston Tran
script
“Home Owners”
W e want the loan on your
home. Take advantage of our •
6% Interest and Easy Terms
“ “Pioneers”
-ntdorthe job~ today
Capital and Surplus
TwcfM illio n iDolla rs
Fifty-four Years Ago, when The
Omaha Merchants Express &
Transfer Company was organized,
one-horse express wagons could
care for the business of the frontier
town.
Today this company maintains a fleet
of eighteen big motor trucks and
one hundred and forty heavy two
and three-horse wagons.
Fifty-four Years Ago, one clerk and
a safe were sufficient equipment
for operating a bank in Omaha.
Today the Banking needs of the city
and its trade territory require great
resources, intricate and extensive
financial mechanism. The Omaha
National Bank has grown with
Omaha, supplying the financial
sinews to keep Omaha industry
moving every day.
Tor fifty-four year*. tine* its *«ry atart,
Hi* Omiiha Merchant* K \prr,t a Tranafrr
Company hai horn a patron of thin hank.
The Omaha National Bank
Oarnatn at 17 th St.