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LET’S HONOR OUR OWN.
One of the really monumental achievements of
American philanthropy has been the operations of
the near east relief committee. Rather more than
philanthropy, in many ways the work of the mis
sion hag amounted to lavish generosity. We are
inclined to think, however, that Dr. John H. Finley,
director of the work in the near east, has stretched
generosity a trifle, when he proposes that Americans
shall erect a memorial at the Marathon mound.
Under this mound are supposed to be buried the
192 Athenian and Platean soldiers who died in the
battle Militiades directed against two generals of
Darius’ army in 490 B. C. Much glamor has been
thrown around this event by reason of the feat of a
soldier, who ran all the way to carry the news of
victory to Athens. Conceding the importance of the
victory to the Greeks of that day, and admitting
the fact that many long distance races have since
been run under the name of “Marathon,” something
yet is lacking to convince us of the necessity for
Americans to erect a memorial there at this time.
Twenty-five hundred years of Grecian history
intervenes, some of it glorious, some a record of
misfortune, but all showing neglect and indifference
to the historic spot. Other monuments to Grecian
heroes stand; why not let them erect the one to the
men who died at Marathon? Many spots as notable
in American history lick public recognition. Only
ry extreme exertion were the women of Texas able
to preserve the Alamo, surely as sacred to us as
Marathon to the Greeks; the home of Thomas Jeffer
son is in the hands of a New York man, who makes
a nice revenue from it by exacting admission fees
from visitors. Meager attention is given Beecher
Island park, where Sandy Forsythe and his little
handful of men fought off Roman Nose and his great
irmy of Indians. The proposal for marking the
spot in South Dakota where Hugh Glass made his'
fight for life is much more in point. All over the
United States are such places as deserve a memorial
luite as much as doe: the Marathon mound. Why
should we bestir ourselves to rectify 2,500 years of
Grecian neglect,-when our own heroes still wait for
recognition?
THE BONES OF A BONANZA TOWN.
When the headlines burst forth with the an
nouncement that Goldfield was being swept away
by a besom of flame, pictures of all the horror and
suffering attendant on the destruction of a city
sprung into mind. Second thought followed, and
people realized that instead of a town of 25,000
inhabitants, Goldfield was well nigh a deserted
village, having only about 1,000 residents.
One of the stories calls it a “ghost city.” In a
sense it was that, but a more accurate description
would have beep a dead city. Less than a score
of years ago Goldfield was on everyone’s tongue. It
was a boom camp, a bonanza town, where millions
were wrested from “dry diggings” and where ad
venturers from all the world flocked to miuglc in a
heterogeneous stream of life that eddied and swirled
by night and by day through a hectic round of inter
mixed squalor and magnificence. It was there, in
1906, that Nelson fought Gans, and there Tex Rickard
began his sporting career. Tonopah survives the
boom period, but Goldfield went broke, along with
so many of its kind.
Nevada has been singularly prolific of this sort of
ups and downs, but every mining-region in the world
lias seen the story repeated. One who can remember
Pioche and Bodie, Virginia City of forty-odd years
ago, or any of a long list of such towns, will under
stand that the fire that swept away Goldfield was
something of a blessing. It did not leave the
withered bones of a one-time thriving community to
bleach in the winds of the desert. Goldfield has its
place in history, and its end is fitting and ap
propriate.
A POLITICAL MADHOUSE.
Minnesota, with a senatorial election due next
Monday, is a political madhouse. Party lines have
?een obliterated in the struggle for Knute Nelson’s
:oga. This is not, however, altogether unprecedented
in that state, where for several years the republican
and democratic machines have periodically combined
in order to keep the Nonpartisan league and labor
forces from controlling the government. The very
ease with which republican and democratic conserva
tives ignored their party differences and fused on
past occasions has encouratfed the complete break
down of party loyalty.
To the aid of Governor Preus, the republican
candidate for senator, come Senator Norbeck of
South Dakota and Governor Nestos of North Dakota.
They, too, are republican-. But Senator Frazier of
North Dakota and Senator La Follette of Wisconsin
are listed as republicans also, and they arc backing
Magnus Johnson, the farmer-labor <and.date for
senator. From Montana conies Senator Wheeler,
democrat, with an endorsement of the farmer-labor
man. Quite to the contrary, a group of Minnesota
democratic leaders have deserted the candidate of
their party, James A. Garlcy, and are campaigning
for the republican, Governor Preus. Meanwhile a
faction of progressive republicans beaded by a
former lieutenant governor is striving to lead repub
lican votes over to the farmer-labor camp.
If this sort of thing spreads to other states, the
presidential campaign will be nothing short ol thrill
ing. Newspaper correspondents who traveled on
President Harding’s train through the west report
.hat the people have lost patience with the politicians
of both parties. "In Oregon, and to a certain degree
elsewhere in the far west, there is a tendency on
the part of politician* to cut loose from party princi
ples and stand in each individual case on platforms
of their own,” the New York Times correspondent
writes. “This condition," he adds, "is furthered by
the willingness of many people to support aspirants
for office who show independence of party discipline.”
He expresses the belief that the president’s tour has
brought some degree of a return to party allegiance
among republicans who have exhibited recalcitrant
tendencies. But the president did not visit Minne
sota. Matters there an1 completely out of hand and
it is us impossible to pick Ihe winner of that contest
as to decide wb/> won the San Francisco earthquake.
OLD-FASHIONED SCRAPBOOKS.
What a treasury of literary gems and curiosities
was the old-fashioned scrapbook. Bits of verse,
fragments of history, wise sayings, strange incidents,
amusing anecdotes and cosrfiic jokes filled its pages.
Not many of them are seen any more. For one thing,
people think they are too busy to clip out and paste
up pieces from the newspapers and mugazines. The
scrapbook, like the diary, is a disappearing household
institution*
A glimpse of the pleasure and profit to be had
from saving such literary bric-a-brac is to be had
from a recent confession by Dean Inge, a celebrated
British divine. For nearly 40 years he has kept what
is called a “commonplace book," in which he has set
down scraps of other people’s wit and wisdom, sense
and nonsense, that have come his way in the course
of reading or conversation. It is, he affirms, the
most amusing book in his library.
Naturally a considerable number of these selec
tions deal with the clergy. There is one, quoting a
Scotch preacher, who said, “My friends, we will look
this difficulty boldly in the face—and pass on.”
Another, from Bishop Creighton: “We cannot im
prove the world faster than we improve ourselves.”
And Neitzsche: “There has been-only one Chris
tian, and he died on the cross.” Archbishop Albert
of Mainz is quoted: “The heart of a man is like a
millstone; when you put wheat under it, it grinds it
into flour; if you put nothing under it, it grinds on
and grinds itself away.”
There is a satirical remark by Dumas, apropos
of a very futile person breaking his neck—“At last
he has done something.” A Chinese poem reads as
follows: “Fathers, when a child is born, wish it to
be intelligent. 1, having wrecked my whole life by
being intelligent, hope that my baby will grow up
stupid and ignorant. Then he will crown a tranquil
life by becoming a cabinet minister.” Schopenhauer
appears with the line, “Philosophy has never brought
me a sixpence, but it has saved me many an expense.”
From some anonymous source there comes the injunc
tion, “Try to arrange your life so that you can
afford to be disinterested. It is the most expensive
of luxuries, and the most worth having.”
Most of those fall under the classification of
religion or life. There are others which deal with
politics, as a fragment from Chatham, “Necessity is
the argument of tyrants, but the creed of slaves.”
Out of the past comes a remark by Tacitus that can
very well be applied to the present—“The more
corrupt a state is, the more legislation it has.” Bishop
Creighton appears again with the observation that
“Socialism will only be possible when we are all
perfect, and then it will not be needed.” He has
saved also a line from Anatole France, "The future
is a convenient place for putting dreams into.”
One might tell a good deal about the taste and
bent of the “Gloomy dean” from reading over his
selections. Even in our choice of items for a scrap
book we mirror ourselves. Perhaps that is one reason
people nowadays do not keep scrapbooks. The aver
age person distrusts his own taste and tries to like
what others whom he considers better informed tell
him he should. Whoever keeps a scrapbook shows
a firmness of character in knowing exactly what he
likes and not being ashamed to admit it.
RIDING THE WIND.
One of the things that is coming out plain and
clear from the halloon race that started from In
dianapolis last week is that the sport has come
thrills the public did not realize. Most of these
arise from the uncertainty of the proceedings. In
an airplane the operator has to a high degree con
trol of what goes on. So long as his machine holds
together, he can go up or down, turn to one side
or the other, and can choose his landing place
within a very wide range. The balloonist has none
of these advantages.
Once the aeronaut steps into the bask*i and
mooorings are cast off, he helpless as regards
most of the things he will experience. A skilled
aeronaut ran manage the going up and the coming
down of his bag, and if he finds conditions favorable
can control its direction by selecting a favorable
current of air to waft him in the course he wants
to pursue. But he is at the mercy of the air cur
rents, which frequently play him sorry tricks; a
storm may burst his bag, as happened to one pair
in the race, who dropped more than a mile, with
the basket to act as a parachute, and escaped being
dashed to death only by one of those miracles that
are not easily accounted for. Another pair, forced
to land, had to jump from the basket and allow the
balloon to float off.
Still another pair is missing, having drifted over
Lake Erie and thereby encountered the greatest
menace of the aeronaut, that of the presence of a
great body of water, whose cold air currents chill
and condense the gas and lessen its buoyancy. These
are only some of the things that happened, but they
prove that ballooning is not without its thrills.
France has at last ratified the disarmament pact.
Rut there is no reassurance in Briand's statement
that it is not bound to any limits on submarines, light
cruisers or torpedo boats. Are the French trying to
kid somebody?
Miss Alice Robertson, with her lame duck ap
pointment, manages to keep in the public eye.
It is apparent that William J. Bryan's first rhoice
is himself—but who comes second?
The bank call shows that the Omaha banks are a
long way from being without “sufficient funds.”
The world court is getting some powerful support.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
THE QUESTION AGE.
The duration age has dawned at last and sad It seems
to be;
A million things my darling asks to the remorse of me
'Tis what and lmw and when and where from every
nngle scanned,
t truly strive with fortitude to make her understand.
The world Is op'nlng to her eyes as something big and
new—
As something with a glad surprise, and many wonders,
too.
Kuril morning marks a forward step Into the shrouded
vast,
And builds n prlmnl memory upon the cherub's past.
Here from the calm of babyhood the veils of rest are
drawn,
And here the tales of Fairyland are In a measure g'>ne.
And life begins ns life needs be when .ill the ernes are
wrought
To elevate the asking mind anil burden It with thought.
From that half-sleep of true cmitern she Is awake for
aye,
The future glows with wonderment upon her mind
today—
Tile ijuestlnn age has dawned at Iasi, and though tl
brings regret.
The fact that mine hss Journeyed past I can not now
. forget. ^
Talking About the Farmer
How the Nation s Press Regards the Agricultural Situation
•'Agriculture,” remarks the New
York Tribune, "bore the brunt of thp
sharp economic readjustment which
followed the peace. It suffered unde
servediy, yet perhaps more or less un
avoidably. But it has won the respect
and good will nf the whole country
by the manliness with which it met
misfortune,"
Heading of the newspapers, east
and west, carries the conviction that
tlie wholy nation is intensely inter
ested and seriously concerned in the
fortunes of agriculture. However, it
is as the New York World observes:
“It Isn't so much respect the farmers
want as a chance to make a living."
Continuing along this strain, the
World gives it as its observation that
what agriculture is asking is equality
with business. "Agriculture, having
borne the brunt of the postwar de
pression as best it could, has sworn
an oath that it will bear no more
brunts of a similar weight in the fu
ture."
Quite clearly it Is seen that the
problem is to get prices of farm stuffs
on a level with the prices of manufac
tured articles. "If we are-going to
play safe," says Capper's Weekly, "it
is plain what must happen to bring
farm prices into line. Cut down the
bumper crops, quit putting most of
the eggs into one basket. Diversify—
spread out; get in the hen, hog and
cow game. The farmer who docs that
will not have to worry about Europe,
won't be in danger of going broke."
To this the Wichita Eagle adds this
bold declaration:
“l.nnilation of acreage. That s
the simplest way of stating It. Farm
ers generally are in favor of it,
hut most people are afraid to talk
about it. They fear that something
awful may happen if farmers work
together to limit the production of
wheat. Why should anything awful
come of it? Practically every other
industry of national scope is organ
ized, and care is taken that supply
does not exceed demand. Manufac
turing in the staple lines would go
to pot in six months if the hig man
ufacturers should go in for the
greatest possible quantity produc
tion, regardless of prospective or
past demands."
The Fargo Tribune endorses the
idea of a reduction in wheat acreage,
and evolution to ward a ‘ more profit
able combination of crops and live
stock." Adopting the slogan. ‘ Farm
ing must pay,” the Aberdeen Ameri
can declares that "So long as the
farmers are an unorganized mass,
competing with each other without
any intelligent direction, either In
planting or in marketing, they will
lie the victims of every organized
body.” The Daily Oklahoman urges
every farmer to keep his coats as low
as possible, refuse to overproduce and
market In orderly fashion. A new co
operative marketing bill paassed in
Illinois is welcomed by the Chicago
News as a step toward better times
on tlie farm. The Kansas City Star
sees "the necessity of a freight rate
adjustment that will relieve the
farmer of a portion of the transporta
tion ' costs.” .
Editorial opinion differs over the
value of the conference in Chicago
that led to the formation of the Na
lllonal Wheat council. Some news
papers claim that because wheat de
( lined 10 cents a bushel after the con
ference there was a casual connec
tion. The Omaha Drovers Journal
Stockman doubts this, but takes a
fling at the Department of Agricul
ture for issuing a set of statistics in
dicating that farmers intend to pro
duce 2X per cent more fall pigs than
a year ago. This, it Is claimed, not
only hurts the present market, but
will actually result In a smaller sup
ply than is expected.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch for
sees the possibility of every farmer re
lying on his neighbor to cut produc
tion while maintaining his own in the
expectation of shortage prices. The
Topeka .lournal warns farmers
against federal price fixing, and is
skeptical of the "eat more” move
ments.
President Hardings speeches on
agriculture and co-operation have been
variously received. The New York
Journal of Commerce criticises his
claims of the benefits of the farm
tariff and rural credit legislation and
laments the fact that he endorses the
program of the farm bloc. On the
other hand, the Minnesota Star, organ
of the Minnesota farmer labor party,
approves the president's analysis of
the situation, saying:
"In his speech at Idaho Falls on
industrial and agricultural rq-oper
ation. President Harding for once
treads on high ground. lie unquali
fiedly endorses the essential plan of
economic beftennent which the
progressives have advocated for
many years nnd which Mr. Harding
and liis colleagues until recently
have opposed.”
The Daily Oklahoman Is severe in
its criticism of the president's idea of
producer and consumer co-operation
and says what is really needed Is a
cut in the tariff From a consumer's
standpoint, the Washington Star see*
a chance of reducing the cost of liv
ing and believes the president means
business
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
Editorial from reader* of Tha Mnralnf Bp*. Paadtra of Tha Maratnf 6m
ara Invited to u«* thli column freely for exprtatica
oa matter* *f public intareat.
Endorses Poets’ flub.
Omaha - -To the Editor of the
Omaha Bee: Jack Lei s letter in The
Omaha Bee was appreciated. I under
stand tlie spirit which makes an
artist or poet seek his fellow crafts
men. Intelligent association Is al
ways stimulating. 1 know several
people who are contemplating an
organization for artists, writers, etc.
You have made a definite suggi stion.
others have talked. Let us reulize
this "spirit to co operate" at once,
if Mr. Lee will call me by telephone.
Atlantic 1475. or write to me at the
Woodmen of the World building?-at:d
let me know when I can meet him.
I will help. My home is always open.
Those I know who are already
Interested in this organization are:
Cecil Berryman, compose!*, Augustus
Dunbler, artist. Keene Abbott, writer;
Robert W. Davies, versifier. No doubt
others would come in if definite steps
were taken.
EUGENE M KONECKY.
Complain* of Traction Company. .
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I ask your Indulgence
for a few remarks' concerning the
Omaha * Council BiufTa Street Hall
way company.
The patron* of that corporation
would much prefer a circular Inform
ing them where transfers are obtain
able, lo reading th- propaganda
dodger. "Sireet t'nr Topics," telling
how the busses were enjoined
In the performance of my official
duties in the lalair department a few
night* ago. I Pad occasion to visit the
Country dub. In order not to ill*
criminate. 1 Intended to make the
Happy Hollow and Field clubs also
objects of a sociable call.
On my return from the Country dub
I got a transfer at Fortieth and Cum
ing streets on to the Farnam car. I
passed by the line to Happy Hollow
and arrived at Twenty-fourth and
FarAam streets and requested a trans
fer on South Twenty-fourth or
"Crosstown," so that 1 might go west
on the Leavenworth car to the Field
club.
The conductor refused me a trans
for. telling me that It was a violation
of the company's rules to give a
transfer at that point.
I am curious to learn the logic of
the strflet railway company In refus
Ing to give mo a transfer at Twenty
fourth and Farnam, dnee this was
the moat direct route lo my destlna
tion from the Country dub.
JERRY HOWARD.
For » Stabilized Dollar.
I>on\er.—To the Kdltor of The
Omaha Bee- With a wheat and corn
commodity dollar, which would mean
consistency and stability, we would
soon find that we would have some
thing hack of our thrift, whereas now
we have not
We could not change from a gold
dollar system to a commodity dollar
system at one Jump, but would have
to u*e both in conjunction for a good
many years. There would always he
a ratio of exchange between the two,
which would vary until no on© would
consider a deal extending into the fu
ture based on the commodity dollar,
as that is the only wav an intelligent
deal can he consummated.
If our building trades union agrees
with the master builders for a « ertaln
number of commodity dollars per day
they are going to stick on the job, for
these dollars could iUwhvm he «\
changed for a certain measure of flour,
beef, pork, mutton, bread, butter,
eggs, chickens, etc.
There has always been n relative ac
curate and steady set ratio of »\
change between essential commodities
end always will he. That is a certain
alia bln of wheat exchange* for a cer
tain size barrel of pork or a certain
size bog of » •;s, or a « * i tain Mir* tub
of hotter, or a certain numlter of
pounds of chickens, or a stack of hay.
or feet of lumber, or panes of window
ghiMs, pairs of shoes, suits of clothes,
etc.
A gold dollar stabilise «* no other
commodity, and nothing comes near
stabilizing it than that It will always
pay off a dollar's obligation Hut dol
lars loaned and dollar* returned are
too oftkn of varying desirability, and
some one is always getting dented
Asa people vv« will never accumulate’
anything of value and use excepting
the government ai ts as warehouseman
for us and issues receipts As it is
accepting gold only now . w r arc ac
cumulating it only and worrying
frightfully nh<>ut in d war's crop*
i While tin commodity dolltu is not
at present a probability, it always has
been and always will be a possibility.
The world will never be civilized
with a metallic money system, it is
always taking from one and giving
to another, causing all kinds of strife
and contentions. There is no go ahead
to it. We are repricing nature's gifts
for profits and practically standing
still, which could not be under a sta
bilized commodity dollar. If a farm
today is worth 20,000 commodity dol
lars. which would be baaed on Its
ability to produce, It would be worth
the same in 100 years, unless it Is
made more or less productive. A
bushel of Wheat has always the same
value Inot price—they are too often
confused!, for it will furnish the same
number of days' food. Isn't this
hand-to mouth state of afTu.rs trust
ing to luck, and the farmers, with no
re-Tve of necessary commodities «s
sential to our existence, skating on
thin ice’
May the time never eome when the
world has several short crops In suc
cession. If that won't disrupt civiliza
tion. nothing will. Governments are
to govern, tut their prim pal func
tion is to net as custodian for the peo
pie and receive from them one or
more of their valuables and Issue re
c-elpts which we call our money. How
can w« get anything laid by in any"
e ther way excepting by the speculator
who holds until we have to huv at a
higher price something that always
has the same value? The government
could, though, with prncticallv no ex
p< rse. hold for centuries. The gold
dollar is encased in centuries of usage
i rid after the fool silver fiasco, every
body looks twice before considering
anything new again.
HERHKRT Mr COSH DE WITT.
A Book of Today
As time passes more light is shed
on the military and political events
which preceded and caused the great
war. The myth of a single guilty
nation is slowly but surely disappear
ing. Among the leaders In investigat
ing the f.icts In this matter stands
Mr Francis Nellson. As a mem
her of parliament and an English
publicist, he gained Insight Into the
ways of statesmen, and his broad
side, "How Diplomats Make War,"
published in 1H14, is now a classic.
For some years now Mr. Neilson has
• “ i n a resident of this country ajul
an editor of the Freeman.
Mr. N'ellson's recent "Duty to
t'ivlllaatlon" (Huebsoh) is another Im
portant contribution to the history
■ f the background of the causes of
the war. The ministers of the
entente (lowers are given a thorough
examination. Mr Nellson, In fact,
places nii st of ihe blame for the dls
astrous conflict upon their blind or
vicious statesmanship. Isx'olsky,
1'oineare. Simonov. Vlvlanl. Grey anil
S r Arthur Nlrolaon, as well as the
German diplomats, come In for many
disclosures The moral, of course, is
not even that, perhaps, the allied
powers were more instrumental than
l« commonly supposed It la that as
l"Uc as secret diplomacy rules the
foreign offices of great powers, the
people will continue to lie led Into
situations whefe, Indeed, angele fear
to tread
I vldoMtly Sim Wiaii'I.
A New York woman h.ia been rnn
vbted of murder In the Aral degree,
but she nmy not have been young and
pretty.- Pittsburgh (»agette-Tlmes.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for Juno, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily . 72,799
Sunday. 77,783
Doe* not Include return*, left •
over*, ••mplei or piper* ■polled In
printing and Include* no eperial
■alee.
R. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subeirlhod and *wom In before me
tbie 7th day of July, 1923.
W. H QUIVEY,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Kortf-thr** years ago Omaha »v*» be
ginning lo fee! growing pains. an*l was
rest King out for a foothold iri the In
dustrial world. Edward RoMwaler
knew that th<* future of the commun
ity depended upon factories, and so on
July L'O, lS»jU, he wrote:
"OMAHA AMI MANl KACTl flKHS."
"It is not more than a quarter of
a century ago when all the states
west of the Alleghanies depended for
their manufactures upon eastern pro
ducers. In that portion of the coun
try which IPs east of the Mississippi
2f. years have brought a great change.
Today Illinois, Ohio and Indiana have
taken their places in the line of manu
facturing renters and ship their prod
ucts to the seaboard cities. It has
been said that the wealth of com
munities is more dependent upon their
manufacturing resources than on their
agricultural interests. Nebraska, in
common with the great west, has long
enough been shipping its flocks and
herds and emptying its granaries into
the lap of New Kngland. thereby en
riching e-aatern manufacturers and
building up industries for others at
the expense of its own. It has been
poor economy. The cost of freighting
the raw material and the supply of
breadstuffs for the operatives of the
cast and then refreighting the manu
factured products I .ark to the points
of distribution all has come out of
the pockets of the consumer. What
the west now needs is a rapid and
steady increase in its manufacturing
Interests, a home consumption for
raw material, and a saving In trans
portation charges following shipment
of manufactured and condensed prod
ucts.
"Omaha should today Immediately
turn Its attention to securing a num
ber of important industries which
would prove of no less benefit to the
state at large than'to itself as a
community. I’rom.nent among tbese
ts a starch factory Nebraska is e
■entially a corn producing state It
possesses uncqualed advantages In
this respect it: soil and climate. Thou
sands of bushels of corn cribbed along
the lines of railroads could Is* sent
to our city to Ik* manufactured Into
starch and shipped from Omaha is a
distribution point. The business w.ll
pay handsome dividends to any com
pany vvhich first takes the field. An
JLJ A\ E I he Omaha
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Circulation Department.
other line of Industry which lies open
is that of the manufacture of oatmeal
Certar Ilaplds, la., has such a mill,
which has gained a national reputa
tion, besides enriching Its proprietors
and by providing a profitable market
for Iowa farmers has assisted in
building up the agricultural interests
adjacent and in attracting trade to
the city. With sufficient capital in
vested flouring mills in our city, fitted
with the latest milling appliances,
and run on a business basis, would be
of Incalculable advantage to proprie
tors and producers. ... A branch
of manufacturing lately brought Into
prominence by the enormous profits
which it Is paying Is especially
adapted to our state. We refer to
the manufacture of glucose or grape
sugar, which is made from corn and
finds a ready and profitable market.
"The pork and beef paoking indus
tries need development and encourage
inent. . . . With a ready market
for cattle and hogs, there need he no
surplus grains In the farmers’ horns
or thn burning of corn for fuel. An
industry which sepms to us might be
profitably started in Omaha is that
for the manufacture of lead pipe. Our
smelting and refining works turn out
enormous quantities of lead, which
could lie used in this industry. Among
other manufactories which Omaha
could sustain in operation are woolen
mills, oil mills, zinc works and rope
factories. For all of these the raw
material In sufficient quantities is
close at hand.”
Daily Prayer
Jesus said I Thank Thee and Praise
The- O Lord of Heaven—Matt. 1J;25.
Our Father, we thank Thee for all
Thy gracious care, new every morning
and continued every eveening; for life
and health; for food and raiment and
home; for Thy presence which sancti
fies and and bless's ail our human re
lationships.
Maj we spend this day as in Thy
sight. Keep us. we pray, pure in heart
and clean in life Make us strong In
temptation, brave in danger, patient
and courageous in sorrow or trial,
faithful in -every trust. Preserv e un
dirnmed the light that glows on our
home altar. Guard our lips, that we
may speak no unkind or thoughtless
word; our hearts, that we may think
unselfish and generous thoughts; and
our hands, that we may help one an
other.
If it he best for us, keep us from
sickness and death, that in gladness
we may serve Thee; but If misfortune
befall us. do Thou draw us close to
Thyself and comfort us. that our faith
may not fail.
Bless all homes. Have compassion
on the homeless Through human
kindness make Thy love known to all
men. and in mercy grant us a place
at length in Thy Heavenly home,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen
CHARLES W M ORMICK DD. PHD
B.ookiyr X. T
What Necessity Has Done.
Europe, according to a Washington
dispatch, is Increasing its agricultural
production. Probably it was neces
«arv in order to feed Its armies — j
Kansas City Star
Abe Martin
After a feller reaches 50 he <i
mention it ’till he gits along at ■.<
58. "I can’t remember,” said Tel!
Binkley t’day when some.ou .
asked him if he spoke at a banquf.
(Copyright. 1*22.)
Center Shots
Chloroform is used to develop ar.
hurry the blooming of roses. Xo-.v '
the treatment could only be exter e,;
to the customer while he is payit .
for a dozen what a fine act of hurr.a:
Ity that would he:—Tulsa Tribune
Maybe som4 time the human h' ,<
with acquired characteristic* trar.*
mined, will fit tiie conventional straw
hat.—Chicago Daily News.
Reporter* are fine fellow « mw <'
the time, except when they refer to ^
man as aged just because he is
or SO.—Kansas City Star.
A diplomat is a mother who gets
the lawn mowed by discreet praise
of little Willie - remarkable biceps —
Baltimore Sun.
You've doubtless noticed tha- f
in the middle of thrift—Creenv.'le
Piedmont.
Teacher ito < lass in natural history*
—What kind of binds are frequently
kept in captivity? Tommy—Jail turds.
—Christian Sun.
"A l>eggar at the door ma'am He
ha* a sign. Deaf and dumb " Tell
him it's impossible for me to listen to
him."j—New York American.
It seems that no one has had time
to figure how many pedestrians cat;
lx run over per gallon—Kvansville
Courier.
Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
^conservative
Savings<3.Loan association
/ & / <4- ff o r n o y
rThe Nerve System
of a Great City
s I.aid in cables under the streets of Omaha or
• stretched from pole to pole above are 180,000 miles
a of wire, enough to reach seven times around
“ the world.
I Over these wires each day are carried 400.000 local
and long distance telephone calls, to or from 60,000
j telephones.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company operates
over half a million telephones in 454 cities and
. towns in five states. The headquarters of this great
^ system are in Omaha, with 1,500 people employed.
n Omaha has three telephones for every ton men,
' women and children. Only two other cities in the
world rank higher.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company it a customer of The
Omaha National Bank.
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The Omaha National Bank
<yarnam at nth St.