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The Morning Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The A*#ooUted Tress, of which The Bee Is * member, is exclusively ntitled to the use for repuhlicstion of all news dispatches credited to It «r "Ot otherwise credited In tins paper, and also the local news published nerein. All rights of republlcatlone of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. A*k for the Department lantic or Person Wanted. For Nisrht Calls After 10 P. M.: i non Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. — OFFICES ' Main Office—17th and Farnam C6. Bluffs - - - 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. TO THE FARMER AND GRAIN MAN. t So far as we Can find out there is no pitched battle on, nor has there been recently, between the Chicago Board of Trade and the Federal Trade com mission. There has been a great deal said through news papers and in other ways as to the effect the Cap oer-Tincher bill had on the market. After this bill was passed and before the regulations were is sued by the Department of Agriculture, under which the rules were laid down as to how the contract markets should be regulated, it seemed to have no particular effect on the market quotations. When the rules were given out a wrong interpretation of them was assumed by the public, and speculators, to a large extent, were driven out of the market. Hence the decline. It has now been made plain by the Department of Agriculture, also by the various contract mar kets, including the Chicago Board of Trade, that the regulations do not require publicity of the name of the party to the transaction no matter whether grain were bought or sold. It simply requires a record to be kept of such transactions and a proper report made to the Agricultural department—not, however, for publication. The Department of Agriculture, as well as the various contract markets, is doing all in its power to make it plain that nothing in its regulations pre vents a man from buying or selling any amount of grain he sees fit, as long as they are doing no illegal act. It seems to be a pleasure for propagandists who are not in sympathy with the administration, or not necessarily in favor of higher prices for grain to attempt to mislead the public for some selfish or partisan reason. In a recent issue of one of Senator Capper's papers he stated that the wheat handling machinery of the United States makes it the best and most economically handled production of the soil. The following is quoted from Senator Capper’s paper, the Topeka Capital: “The high months, however, are May and June, and In those months for the last 10 years wheat has been 10 cents on the average higher than In harvest months In the United States. They are the two final months of the crop year, and if the farmer held his crop to sell in May or June his holding charges would leave him probably a net price no greater than he receives by disposing of his crop nine or 10 months earlier. Wheat, it must ho said, is altogether the best marketed farm product, the machinery for marketing is the most complete and it operates more smoothly and economically than in any other product of the soil.” There are today in the state of Nebraska prac- ■ tically as many elevators operated by the farmers as by other grain men and there is practically no complaint from these farmers’ elevators as to the •ystem used in the grain trade. FIDDLER MUST BE PAID. •Just because the assessment has been made and the tax levy fixed is no sign that public interest in taxation has died down. Some little reduction is announced; in Douglas country the prospective levy will be 1.5 mills below last year’s figures, which, on the basis of the current valuation, will leave $434, 000 in round numbers in the pockets of the property owners. This is an item worthy of note. ,* Inquiry as to the cause of high taxes soon shows that actual cost of running government is not to blame. In the case of the federal government, the Actual cost is little more than it was in Ullfi, the big increase being due to the war debt and the activities incident to that war. The civil hill is about the same. City, county and state government vary some from this, yet the big single item in the annual bill presented to the taxpayer is that growing from some thing for which the people alone are responsible. Bond issues of all sorts for public improvements of every kind, with interest and sinking fund, ac count for a large part of the tax levy. Since 1913 the funded debt of the political subdivisions of the United States has increased by an average of more than a billion dollars each year. Interest charge on this debt at present is equal* to $4 per annum for each man, woman and child in the country. Whether the money was spent wisely or unwisely, it has been spent, and with the assent of the voters. An examination of the various bond issues and the interest paid on them may help a little when next the subject of taxation comes on for consideration. END OF THE LONG, LONG DAY. Hereafter the wnistlo will blow three times in stead of twice a day at the steel mills. One of the so-called “iron laws’’ of industry is giving way in its last stronghold. The United States Steel corporation is beginning to put its working schedule on the basis of the eighLhour day. The change will be accomplished gradually, according to a statement from Judge Gary, who also says that it will be done as speedily as possible. Some reduction in pay will follow the shorter hours, but not pro portionately to the reduction in time, the new wage schedule carrying an increase in pay of 25 per cent of the hourly or base rate. This will bring the earn ings of the men on an eight-hour trick slightly under what they were for the 12-hour.m Operating or pro duction cost will be Increased by about 15 per cent is the statement from the company. General Manager Wellborn of the Colorado Fuel Bnd Iron company’s plant at Pueblo, in a statement made some weeks ago, said the output at his plunt had so increased that the production cost was prac tically the same on the eight-hour as it was on t1'" 12-hour schedule. Perhaps the United States will have the same experience. At any rate, other of the independents have reported much the samo state of affnirs as did the C. r\ & I. In general, the change in working time is a dis ' tinct advance, and in no small degree is it due to the intelligent effort of President Harding to bring it about. The United States Steel corporation was the last big concern in the world to cling to the long work day, and its example was the subject of much criticism. Now that it has gotten into line with other institutions of the same nature, it may find that •oine of its other problems will not be so difficult, ■uch as labor turn-over, and the like. The world needs steel more than ever it did in peace times, but other considerations must have weight. Human hap piness is quite as vital to the success and progress of the race as is a steady supply of building material MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HARDING. On Friday afternoon the mightiest nation of the world, strong in its sense of rectitude and justice only, the comijjon purpose of more than 110,000,000 people, will reverently bow while the mortal remains of one of its citizens is laid in the bosom of Mother Earth. Only in the United States of America is such a ceremony possible, where the citizens do the homage of freemen to their departed chieftain. Omaha will take full part in this observance, the response to the cal! sent out by The Omaha Bee having been both generous and spontaneous. It needed but the suggestion to bring all together for the purpose of paying a tribute of love and respect to the memory of a great man. It has been suggested that the keynote of War ren G. Harding’s life was that of peace; his ambi tion was to see his country tranquil and in accord with the aspirations of all for the highest good of mankind. The general scope and nature of the ob servance here will have that central thought, and it will be the aim to give all who attend,, and espe cially to the young people, the ideal that character ized the career of the lamented president. Mrs. Harding, yvhose wishes are kept continually in mind, has asked that the ceremonies at Marion be as sim ple and devoid of pomp as possible, and such will be the character of the Omaha memorial service. A committee of representative men has been se lected to arrange for all the details of the affair, and to see that its plans are carried out, to the end that the great purpose of such demonstrations be not lost sight of, and that the ceremonies be lessons for the living, that in paying respect and the offices of love and sorrow to the memory of one who is gone, the souls of all be strengthened to carry on the great work in which he was so nobly engaged. All the citizens of Omaha and surrounding coun try will be given an opportunity to share in the memorial services. If 25,000 waited at the depot to meet the train that bore the body of the late pres ident on its way to its last resting place, it is not too much to say that on Friday afternoon we will wit ness the greatest concourse of citizens ever pub licly assembled in one place in this community. WHAT KILLS THE PRESIDENTS. Americans are stirred by the thought that the burden laid on the president is greater than any man ought to be called upon to bear. In the cases of Warren G. Harding and Woodrow Wilson this is (undoubtedly true. Mr. Wilson was called upon to exercise the greatest power ever vested in mortal man. No autocrat in history was clothed as was the president of the United States during the years of the war and immediately after; along with the power went the responsibility, not to the people alone, but to the world; not to the present, but to posterity. It was as if the fabled burden of Atlas were laid on this one man, but he had the distinct advantage of having the trust and confidence of the American people. They obeyed and followed him through the trying months of conflict. Congress responded to ■his every wish, and he was supported loyally by all classes until his great load was lightened by the ending of the conflict in the field. When Warren G. Harding was nominated for president, he became at once the target for the massed batteries of the fiercest partisan opposition that ever assailed a candidate. After his election that fire did not lessen. No move he made but met with criticism, no policy presented but was sneered at. Jealousy, envy, spite, malice, all the evil forces of perverse natures were loosened against the man who had assumed the stupendous task of restoring the country to a healthy state of affairs. In con gress and out of congress, through the press and from the platform, the president was assailed by un thinking men and women, or by those who gave j thought only to the selfish ends they sought to pro mote. If the burden laid on the president is too great for one man to carry, it is because the people make It so. When he needs help, they divide and bicker; instead of the support the head of our common gov ernment should receive, he is constantly required to battle for headway against the adverse currents of unreasoning opposition, resting on purblind partisan ship or dog-in-the-manger disposition. It is time we as a people recovered from this. Abraham Lincoln, on his knees, pouring out the anguish of his soul to God, is often referred to. Wilson and Harding, too, were praying men, and so is Calvin Coolidge, as have been all our presidents. The time will be a happy one when Americans not only pray for their presidents, but make good on those prayers by giving the man in the White House help in his time of need. The Omaha ppliceman who did not recognize the chief and his party hasn't much on the rest of the community. “Pete” Dillon has worn a uniform for many years, but seldom on dress parade. Nebraska National Guard in ramp at Ashland this week is upholding a great tradition. We hope we will never need their services, but it is well to have them ready if the time ever comes. The editor of The Omaha Bee in 1880 described the combine controlling pfico of building material as “unhealthy.” What would hb say to prices today? One of the charges against Calvin Coolidge is that he is silent. Grant suffered the same way. Volubility is not always a sign of groatr.es.-, Coolidge is also a "dirt farmer” as such matters go in Vermont, where they do not have any too much dirt to farm. Whatever else is true, Nebraska farmers are hold ing their wheat. Sunday still remains a day of terror because of careless driving. Have you heard the katydid yet? Homespun Verse —Uy Omaha's Own I’oet— Robert Worthington Davie THOSE MOURNFUL RAILS. Those gray, grim roll*—I've touched them, nmi I've aenaed vibrations through mv hand. Which pierced a number aoul (i» l Beheld the funeral tmln go by With silent Borrow.—Mortal God Destined for home'^enamored sod Those ringing rails! My hands have known The call they gavest to their own Reposing Chieftain ns lie lay In silence and lti splendor gray Above them speeding, painless—wrought Into culm death from tidal thought. From life and earth, from love and trust — Into tho Promised Regions thrust— I've touched those rails of mournful ring I ve heard their cosmic rhythm awing. I've heard the Nation's heart farewell In earth's w arm. roll discerning knclL Omaha han entertained many not ables at different times in Its history, not the leant of whom won Dom Pedro II, emperor of Brazil, who was here In April. 1S76. Th® following very lnterrstinr. If not especially deferential account of his stay »s taken from The Omaha Bee of Thurs day, April 20, of that year. • MR. PEDRO." “Who Is Emperor of Brazil.'’ "His Visit to Omaha." "His Trip Around Town." "Dom Pedro II, emperor of Brazil, and party, consisting of Viscodee Bom Kotiro, minister of state; Dr. Arthur Macedo, secretary; Dr. Iientiing, pro fessor of Sanscrit, and J. J. O'Kelly, correspondent of the New York Her ald, arrived in Omaha this morning over the Chicago & Northwestern rail way at 9:30 and proceeded westward to Ban Francisco on the 12:15 Union Pacific train. "On tho arrival of the train at Spoon lake, about 200 Council Bluffers gathered around the Pullman hotel car, 'Metropolitan,' all the way from New York, and peeked in at the win dows to get a l®ok at his royal nibs, who was quietly snoozing In the cor ner of one of the comfortably cush ioned seats, like any other railroad traveler. He was the object of this unanimous stare for about five min utes, when an engine was hoiked onto his car and started with it for Omaha. A Bee reporter, of course, was on board, and took in the dimen sions of the passengers through a keyhole, an important looking darkey having snubbed him as well as promi nent Union Pacific official, by shut ting the door to the royal compart ment. “The New York Herald man, Mr. J. J. O Kelly, happened to come into our compartment to get a drink, and we received a 'knock down’ to him. He treated us like a prince when he heard that we represented tho livest paper in the west, and asked us to take something. We told him we could lake some notes about Mr. Pedro, and he told us that Pedro was not trav eling as emperor of Brazil, but as plain Mr D. Pedro d'Alcantara. hav ing left his title at home. He was not seeking notoriety or receptions, and wished nothing of the kind. "In Chicago he remained only two hours, during which time he took a drive around the city, visiting the water works, going through th* tun nels and taking a dash through the principal streets, being much pleased with the wonderful city. "Upon arriving at the Union Pa cific depot, we presented Mr. O'Kelly with a couple of Bees, one fur himself and one for Mr. Dom Pedro d’Ala eantara. to who we sent out respect*. At the depot quite a large crowd wit nessed the party al.ght on the plat form and proceed to a couple of car riages. Mr. Dom Pedro d'Alacantara, a heavy set. gray whiskered geptie man, was escorted to the cloaed car riage and the remainder of the seat* in that and the other open vehicle were taken up by the rest of the party, under tho guidance of Mr. L. M. Bennett, superintendent of the Pullman Palace Car company, who took a seat in the'emperor * carriage. "Mayor Chase was among the crowd, and with Mr, Baldwin of th* Board of Education, mode a sugges tion that the emperor should visit the high school and see the children, which lie at first declined, but after ward acted upon. The etnia-ror gave his secretary to understand that he wished n-. receptions, introductions or demonstrations of any kind, tuul when Mr. Bennett suggested introduction, the pert secretary. In obedience to his royal nibs, put his foot down on any thing of the kind. This may explain why Mayor Cha.se did not reoehe an Introduction to Pedro, and sent his carriage uptown empty, while he walked up with the reet of the plobeans. There was considerable sympathy expressed for th* msvor, and some persons thought Mr. Ben nett should have Introduced him any way. Others were of the opinion that Mr. Bennett took the whole thing upon his shoulders and blamed him for usurping tho management of the tour around town, hut In this these persons are mistaken, ns Mr. Bennett was merely acting as an employe of tho Pullman company, having re ceived telegraphic Instruction* (which we have readi, directing him to hire carriagee, and to do Juwt exactly what he did. He waa merely obeying orders. "The two carriages went up Tonfh street to Dougins, thence to the high »horl where the emperor got out. went Into tho building and heard the children sing, being much pleased with the entertainment MBs Blanche Deuel and Miss Nellie I.ehmer played a piano duet for him after which the drive was resumed, taking in the smelting works on tho trip. After two hours had been spent in thus swinging around the clrele, tho ear rlagos returned to tIne depot and the party got on board the ‘Metropolitan.’ a largo crowd witnessing th* remark able performance. All aboard* was shouted by the conductor at exactly 12:15. nnd tho train pulled out for the west." I Daily Prayer I.Ik« n* a father pltbfh Hia children. •© I ha lord pltlelh th*m that fi*nr Him For Hr knowrih >*ur fruno . He i rm« mbet rt h that w# are dUHt Hut thr merry «.f thr •« from ©variant Ing t<> • lanting upon them (hat Par him I’a i03 13. 14. 1 t. Dear Father, Thou has given us the groat gift of a new day. May It l»c unto us a Father'* house of love where we shall serve, not as slave*, but as freemen; not ns strangers, but is friends; not as aliens, but sons and heirs. A* children come to their mothers when wearied, or conscience stricken, nr grieved bv their follows, so may we com© to Thro in anv hour of need As the confidence and love «»f our parents gives us st rength for duty, much more may tit© knowledge of Thy confidence and Thy love for us ran hie us to hear each bunion and trample each temptation under foot. And may wo have such Intimate companionship this day with Thy Son. our Savior, that truth and clean ness and gentleness and hope shall abide In us until the twilight falls, and wo lie down to sleep again be no^ith the shadow of Thy wings A men. paniki. nt ssFt.r r> n Naw Yolk Ul» N>* T. “The People’s Voice” Editorials (ram raadara sf Tha Moralna Baa. Raadtra al Tha Mornlaa Baa ara Inrltod ta uaa thla column truly tar axartialoa aa mattrra at puhlla latareat. Complains of Health Neglect. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: A short time ago 1 read in one of the Omaha papers how the health department had been trans ferred to tlie honorable mayor's otfice and how he waa going to keep th6 City clean, etc. Now, there is no doubt in my mind but what he and his "gang" do try to clean—the city —but not in that way—as X can show you at least a dozen places in the cloBe-in residence district where the garbage lias not been taken away in over two weeks, and the same thing happened in June. Now it looks to me that if our honorable mayor would pay a little more attention to such things as this and keeping the city water, clean and fit to drink and spend less of his time promoting black shirted societies and helping “de gang” in their efforts to embarrass Mr. Butler In his administration of the police department, he would have better luck—at least the city might if he don't—but, then, a person can only do as much as they are capable of. A TAXPAYER. Glad You Did. Valley, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: As one of The Omaha Bee families, I wish to thank you for the fine time you showed us on July 27 at Krug park. You surely have quite a family, judging by the at tendance that day, and especially the kiddies—they were surely in evidence and enjoyed themselves. J. H. BEACH. Omalm and the Railroad*. Chicago.—To the Editor of The Omaha Boe: It is a humiliating pic ture the associaU-d commercial inter ests of Omaha present as their peti tion for freight reduction la returned unhonored. The echo we hear here from the citadel of transportation headquarters has a sneering tone. To listen to some of those human cylinders for the railroad dictaphones you would think that the railroad made Omaha. By a long, long stretch of the Imagin ation we can fancy the Omaha group seated in the Old North Church In Virginia. We can hear the murmurs as the reading continues “our peti tions have been denied,’’ etc., but we fall to sec anyone arise and say “we must fight." No. Special privileges have sapped the initiative out of the eecond generation. True, following the footsteps of their fath er*. for 60 year* those men have been hewing wood and hauling water for the railroads until now they discover that they have created a Franken stein to return and impoverish them selves. The Associate! Retailers' advertise ment on the cost of coal transporta tion is good, hut why so selfish or provincial? Why not have the rate experts those men employ show (hat cities and towns a hundred miles nearer the Wyoming line than Omaha pay over a dollar a ton on Wyoming coal than Omaha doe*. W. H. GREEN. He Is Not Dead -By H. R. BALDWIN. - lie is not dead; he doe* but sleep: Tired from the burden he has bravely borne; O friends of hi*, forbear to weep: E'en though your hearts with pun gent grief be torn. His was a life so noble, brave: Bo clean, so loving. *o humanely broad; Too big to bury in a grave; Too great to hide beneath a soullrsa clod His is a life that ne'er shall die. While human hearts aspire to better things; While human lips devoutly cry For peace and all that peace with honor brings. , Harding, thy name securely stand*. 'Mongst ail that's best in Anglo-Saxon lands. Warren G. Harding. Our nation mourn*, the worlds in gloom. The president's body ;s in the tomb, The mortal part lies in the grave. The eternal goes to Him who gave A prince of peace has gone to rest. His spirit mingles with the blest; To him in life the setting sun Came as his task was Just begun. A world too fffll of hate and strife Looked up to him for a new life— To point the way to enduring peace That cruel wars might ever cease. Inspired hv each dawn of mom And full of hope for the day new born. He labored with both atrength and might To bring from chaos love ar.d light No sacrifice foo great to make For fellowman or country's sake: A stalwart Christian man and friend, True blue and loyal to the end. And no our hearts are waning with grief Oer the passing of our country s chief; Our nation mourns, the worlds In gloom The president's body Is In the tomb. —Lorin Andrew Thompson. Omaha. Neb.. August, 192.1, ( ENTER SHOTS-" Age is coming on when ideals con liact Into ideas and Anally slump Into deals.—El Paso Herald. A perfect day Is exactly like a per fect maid It doesn't stay long — Milwaukee Journal. New York has an automatic sav ings bank. It's the bank and not th* saving that's automatic.—Greenville Piedmont. There is not one man in a thousand capable of being a successful rogue, while nny one mav succeed ns an hon eat man.—R. \V. Ilowe. Is there anything mom unpopular than a popular song after It his lie come popular—Kansas City Star The bolshevlkl have abolished four letters of the Russian alphabet. They are e, a. t and s Nashville Banner NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for July, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .72,472 | •sundfty ......... 75,703 PotR not incluH# return*. l*ft ovfni. anmpirn or paper* apoilrd in printing and inciud#i no ppaclal B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and ■ worn to haforo mi this 4th day of Aufuit. 1B2.1. W. M. QUIVEV, Notary Public. ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ -- ■■ » ■ ■ “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Moths of the Silver Screen. From the Wyoming Stats Tribune. Young ladies who patronize the mo tion picture theaters are wonderfully impressed by the smoothness of the dramatic art. It is most obvious to them that acting Is unimportant and can be acquired at will. Grace fulness and expression are easy ac complishments; they may be assumed under the influence of studio envir onment. Success in the photoplay depends solely and wholly on beauty and charm. Was there ever a stagestruck girl who did not know to a certainty that she was beautiful? Was there ever one who did not know that she had great dramatic talent? Or ever one that doubted she possessed all the qualifications to be a great actress? As the stagestruck girl stands before the chevel glass, or the small dresser mirror, which she often does in the solitude of her own room, she ad mires her exceeding beauty. She secs that she has more than average dra matic expression, and that her move ments and gestures are surpassingly graceful. All that she needs Is opportunity, and she will be s. leading star in the photoplay firmament. It will be un necessary for her to go through ap prenticeship in a regular company and learn the dramatic art by playing small parts. She has superior beauty and intelligence, and the finish which other aspirants must acquire by train ing and experience are hers by nat ural gift. The stagestruck girl need only ap ply at any of the foremost studios for employment, and she will Immedi ately receive a contract at her own terms to be engaged for a star or feature lead part. Any of the promi nent producers will recognize her beauty and ability at once. In her opinion popular approval is an equally certain, foregone conclusion. She will be an instantaneous success. Los Angeles reveals the unrealiza tlon of these hopeful dreams. Will H. Hays has been compelled to raise 1120.000 among producers to take care of the stagestruck beauties. It will probably be necessary for him to raise much moro money to feed and pro tect them, or to send them home. The young ladies arrive in Los An geles prepared to pose themselves into fame and fortune between dawn and twilight. They believe in the look ing glass and the imagination. After a few days their money Is gone, and they must beg for food and bed. Let every girl' w ho is mad over the movie art think of the significance of this condition which prevails in Los Angeles. There are so many great stars who have never twinkled on the silver screen that the produc ers must feed and house them and by so doing be guarding parents te them. Tt takes more than beauty and win someness. more than fancy and am bition, even more than talent, to be work and sacrifice, a successful artist. It takes time. "Too Much fiovernment.” PYrim the Chicago New*. Summing up the Impressions gained by recent travel through many states in the union, one of the correspond ents of the Dally News asserted in his dispatch to this newspaper the ether day that a deep and significant issue was emerging In American politics— namely, the issue between too much bureaucracy and too much avoidable Interference and meddling by govern ment. on the one hand. anil, on the other hind, a vigorous reassertion of -American ideas of liberty, healthy individualism and private initiative. The fanaticism of certain aggres sive dry*, which has led in many cases to the violation of constitutional guaranties and invasion of the home* has been a contributing factor of some Importance in the growing bureaucrac Importance in the growing bureau racy, but in the correspondent's view the drink question "is coming to he only a part, and an increasingly smaller part, of a general reaction against every sort of unnecessary and arbitrary interference with the citizen. It is high time a powerful, nation wide reaction was developed against the tendency to multiply restrictions, set up new regulatory agencies, in crease costs of government and heap Up loose and uncertain statutes pro ductlve of litigation and confusion. Blgns of such a wholesome reaction are discernible even among the wage workers, who are often misrepresented by political radicals, and among the •elf reliant farmers, equally misrepre sented by self-constituted leaders of a supposed agrarian movement in favor of flat money and governmental fix ing of agricultural pVlces. Of late, certain officers of the rail road brotherhoods have repudiated the demand for railroad nationalization made by sundry radical groups In the name of organized labor. There are more staunch adherents to the sound old American gospel of civil and Indus trial liberty than the bureaucrats think, and they are at last beginning 10 protest against wanton, Injurious attacks upon the spirit and essence of American Institutions. Gravel Highways. Horn the Nebraeka City Preas. Gravel highways have proven suc cessful in states where the source of • upply Is not fsr removed from the roads, notably northern Iowa and the entire state of Minnesota. Gravel roads are cheaply maintained and pa trolled. They are all-weather roads and usually smooth. Nebraska might io well to investigate the gravel road jituatlon and encourage their build ng. If there Is a supply of stone vithln a reasonable distance of the llstrlct to be treated. Winning The Game. front the Tork Republican. The daily press the other day car ried a front page story of a motion picture actress of prominence who look her own life and left this mes sage: "I am tired, oh so tired. I-ife lias beaten me. It is a hopeless, tire some. useless struggle. Struggle, dis appointment, sadness—what's the use? Good bye!” This story arrested the eye of the writer because it contained a mes sage for him. It has a lesson for every person w-ho thinks fame or success or happiness are to be won out on the artificially brilliant highways of life. The content of life is found Just where you are. in doing the things next at hand and doing them to the best of your given ability. Dismiss the Illusion that cities and crowds of fer the greatest reward*—they do not. The world Is still willing and eager to beat a path to the door of any man or woman who has some thing the world needs, be it a better method, a noble character or a su perior service. The wrecks which strew the shores of human experi ence are the broken lives of those - , Abe Martin Eozraosr tfrrtf***** ELtP** CXA*** Even with wheat down t 85 cents a bushel a farmer ought t' save a little money if he cute his own hair an’ shaves himself. One good thing—if ther’s a player pian ner in your block you won’t need t’ buy one. Copyright, 1H1. who looked afar for happiness and missed it at their door. Happiness is not a thing to be won as if It were a proffered prize. Hap. plness is a reward for having per formed a service that satisfies one's own ideal of duty. If that service ihallenges the admiration of men it .scenes a recognized success. Naughty, Naughty. A countryman on his first visit to New York came out of the Grand Central station into the confusion of Forty-second street, and after stand., ing for a few minutes walked over to a traffic officer and said: "Mister I want to go to Central park.” "All right,” said the officer. ,‘To>j can go this time, but don’t you ever. v ever ask me again.”—Everybody s Magazine. HAVE The Omaha j Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. ’ j Phone AT Iantic 1000, j Circulation Department. | A Valuable Phase of Our Service is the use of our splendid funeral home. It is furnished with every convenience, and makes an ideal place from which to hold the last services. We make no charge for the use of our splendidly appointed fu neral home, as we feel that it is part of the equipment that the modern funeral director should nlace at the disposal of those he senes. HULSE&RIEPEN FUNERAL DIRECTORS 2222-24 CUMING ST. (23r4 tnd CUMIMGSTS) JAeksort 1226 >!> XlT? Sr rr* Who Answers Your Telephone? THE right girl at the telephone can do wonders to increase the business of her employer. Such a girl will take a personal interest in every customer. The girl who answers the telephone should be cour teous, pleasant and familiar with the details of the business. In many a business house the telephone is the most important door to the establishment, and it should be opened promptly, courteously and intelligently. Who nt your office answers the telephone for you? What sort of a voice and manner has she? What does she know about the details of your business? Northwestern Company