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MEMORIAL TO A TRFE PLANTER.
Julius Sterling Morton was one of the most en
ergetic souls of his time, and that included a wide
span of the constructive period of Nebraska’s his
tory. He helped to lay the foundations for the
territorial government; he was actively engaged in
the formulation and carrying out of plans that M
up to statehood, and, once Nebraska had been made
a member of the sisterhood of states, he was con
tinually engaged in the councils of its wise men for
the betterment of its life in every way.
While his services in the legislature and elsewhere
were notable, and he came into national prominence
as a factor in the affairs of the democratic party,
and was a member of the second Cleveland cabinet,
his fame rests chiefly on his advocacy of forestry.
Scientific forestry had not advanced as far in his day
as it now has, yet he understood the value of trees,
and appreciated the great need Nebraska had for
planting them. His slogan, “Plant Trees!” preceded
Arbor Day, the latter being chiefly the means through
which the motto found expression.
Thousands of beautiful groves adorn the broad
prairies of the state, a monument to the idea so gen
erously and steadfastly advocated by Mr. Morton.
What might have been a monotonous landscape now
is diversified and beautified because he preached the
gospel of three planting, and encouraged others who
worked with him and after him to the great end.
His own home he made a show place, because he could
thereby better exemplify in works the faith he had in
tree culture.
When he passed away, his splendid life work was
perpetuated in Arbor lodge, dedicated to hie memory.
This is now about to be taken over by the state of
Nebraska, as a gift from the sons of Mr. Morton, who
seek to give the whole affair into the care and keep
• ing of the people of the state to which this great
man gave so much of his life. On Thursday the
formal transfer will be made at Nebraska City, where
appropriate ceremonies will give the occasion the
dignity it merits.
Arbor lodge will be kept as a public pa»k, a show
place, for the edification of the citizens and the visi
tors to Nebraska. Its splendid collection of trees and
shrubs, its delightful vistas and its general loveliness
should make it one of the state’s most cherished pos
sessions. As the first of what ought to he a steadily
increasing number of monuments to the builders,
Arbor lodge will be doubly dear to patriotic Nebras
kans.
SILENCE NOT A POULTICE HERE.
Down from Spokane, in the land of other won
ders, comes the latest story of wifely patience. Mrs.
N'ettie F. Hammerly complains in court that her hus
band has not spoken to her in 20 years. If he has
communicated with her, it has been through the
medium of one of their children. She has stood the
silent treatment as long as she can, and now asks
that she be divorced from the man who will not talk
to her.
Such incidents have been reported before, but
are sufficiently rare' to excite comment. First thing
that will strike the average man is that this husband,
must have little comfort or consolation out of his
family life. To sit in glum silence at the head of the
family board, studiously ignoring the partner of the
finn, seated across, must have become irksome at
times, even after it became a habit. It is easy to
understand how husband and wife may become
estranged, or that now and then they can indulge
in a general quarrel or even commit assault and bat
tery one on the other. Yet either of these exhibi
tions presupposes more or less oi conversation,
aerimonius, bitter, unforgivable, but expressed in
words. %
Yet this man's grouch grew so strong and so deep
through the years he could repress any sentiments
■ hat arose, refusing utterance even when he was most
moved to speak. Just what started him is not stated,
hut it must have been something unusual. As to the
wife, we are of two minds in regard to a woman who
would rut up with such treatment for so long a time.
First, she shows a high sense of duty, both to her
children and to her marriage vows. Against this
may be asserted a lack of spirit, or else a spiteful .
determination to see whether she could outlast her
husband’s will to be silent. Sometimes there is a
satisfaction iii that, even if the spirit back of it be a
little bit Ignoble. In this case, the record is made
up, and a divorce will not he charged with severing
I wo loving hearts.
BOYS WHO KNOW THEIR STUFF.
Another of the groat indoor and outdoor sports
m Nebraska is the judging of livestock. This means
to know the fine points of an animal, and to be able
to rate it for any one of the several uses to which it
may be put. Knowledge of this tiort is gootl to pos
sess. In days gone by the successful buyer of cattle
end hogs was the one who could look at an animal
and tell within a few pounds of what it weighed.
I [is guess and the owner’s were compared, and if too
much of • f-proad was noted usually the deal was de
clared off, but if they were close enough together
the difference was split and the money paid. Few
hances to weigh stock were presented outside the
big towns, and gt>od judgment controlled the trans
actions.
Other factors besides weight entered into the con
sideration, but weight was the prime element, and
guessing contests were popular as intended to de
velop individual judgment. All this has passed be
fore the modern methods of doing business, and
estimating the weight of an animal Is of less real
importance than the fixing of other qualities that
must be determined upon. Livestock judging, then,
has come to bo a matter of careful technical train
ing, and an expert ifc one who really knows much
about a steer, ft heifer, a pig, or a horse.
All of which is prefatory to congratulating the
boys from Webster county who have just won first
place at the interstate fair at Sioux City. Cecil
Means, Alfred Sommcrfield ami Earl l’orternier de
‘enc notice for having picked up information that
will he of value to them all along the way of life,
and we will hazard n guess that each of them knows
baseball as well us he does livestock.
MOTHER NATURE’S COMPENSATIONS. ,
If Mother Nature gives us a vicious sideswipe
now and then, she must be credited with making
speedy amends. Just about the time the farmers of
central and southwestern Nebraska were figuring on
harvesting a bumper crop of wheat, along came the
dreaded black rust and blighted their hopes in that
direction. It was a hard blow, and Mother Nuturc
soon relented and sent along one of the finest corn
crops of recent yea^s. And with this enormous corn
crop comes a price that is highly gratifying, and com
pensates in splendid measure for the loss of the
wheat crop and the low price of that cereal in other
sections.
The immense corn crop means more hogs and more
fat cattle, and these mean returning prosperity for
the farmers.
The Nebraska farmer who depends upon one crop
is the exception these days. Time was, and within
the recollection of men still on the sunny side of mid
dle age, when corn was the. dependence of Nebraska
farmers. It took a long time to convince them that
winter wheat Could be profitably grown in central
und southwestern Nebraska. The idea of raising
anything in the western end of the state was hooted
at. That was intended by Mother Nature for cattle
grazing. But just as soon as the early generation of
Nebraska farmers had learned to adapt themselves
to soil and climatic conditions, instead of trying to
make soil and climate adapt themselves to the farm
ers, diversification began. Now, while Nebraska still
ranks well at the front in corn production, it is also
in the first four as a wheat producer. And along
with corn and wheat comes the succulent sugar beet,
alfalfa, potatoes and small fruits. A few states ex
ceed Nebraska in total production of agricultural
wealth, but not one exceeds Nebraska in the per
capita production of agricultural wealth. Now that
this position has been attained, Nebraska is steadily
forging to the front as a dairying state.
Mother Nature has indeed been kind to Nebraska.
Her kindness will increase as Nebraskans learn bet
ter how' to adapt themselves to her varying moods.
A COMING DAIRYING SECTION.
A number of bankers and business men in Scotts
Bluff county have contributed to a special fund to
defray the expenses of a committee to investigate
the dairy industry in Iowaf-Minnesota and Wisconsin.
This committee will soon make its report, which will
deal largely with the methods employed in success
ful dairy countries. With this report in hand the
purpose s to establish a “revolving fund” to loan to
responsible parties who will devote a goodly share
of their time to dairying.
It is Apparent to even the most superficial ob
server that there is no better dairying country in the
west than the upper North Platte valley. With beet
tops, beet puljf, alfalfa and corn in abundance, an
adequate supply of the best milk producing feed is
insured the year around. The climate, too, is ideal
for dairying. The upper North Platte valley has al
ready learned the bitter lesson that dependence upon
one crop is unwise. Heretofore sugar beets was the
principal crop, and in hundreds of instances the only
crop produced by the farmer.
While this crop has been a profitable one, it has
meant only one pay day a year. Business men real
ize that this is not good for merchandising and bank
ing, so they are determined to lend every assistance
in bringing about a greater diversification. The
cream check means money coming in every week,
and that means fewer running accounts at the stores,
more money in the banks, and greater net profits
from the beet crops every fall. Expert dairymen will
be brought into the North Platte valley to teach by
example, and young men and women will be given
evdry encouragement to engage in the industry.
The campaign will be an intensive one, and the
promoters are sanguine of ultimate success. They
realize that the work can not be accomplished in one
year, nor two or three. But the time is not far dis
tant when the North Platte valley will be as pre
eminent in dairying as it now is in sugar production.
The enterprise shown by the bankers and business
men of that section might well be emulated in other
sections.
Another way to make the corn crop profitable is
for men and women to eat more of it. If there is a
better breakfast dish than fried mush, smothered in
butter or swimming in syrup, it hasn't reached this
fa£ west.
President Coolidge has been in office long enough
for the democratic newspapers that gave him such
nice words at the beginning, to begin using their
little hammers promiscuously.
Now that the heavyweight championship remains
in the United States, let all who are glad of it lift
their right hand. We see two, Jack's and Tex’s.
With winter just around the comer people will
envy Mr. Ford's millions less and his producing coal
mine more.
The league of nations has done something the
United States senate could not do—it has amended
Article X, but we fear it is too late to fool Americans.
Armistice day is close at hand. Hut let us hope
that it will be many a long month ere an armistice
ends the gasoline ruction.
Jean Acker is right, as to the clothing worn by
prize fighters and chorus girls, and there arc other
points of difference.
■
As usual, the football heroes are stepping right
on the heels of the base ball warriors, who are just
getting off the stage.
Speaking of high wages, there’s a considerable
difference between earning and receiving.
Homespun Verse
—Ily Omalm'a Own 1’iwt—
Robert Worthington Davit
WHEN THEY GROW UP.
"I'm going to I»e a barber." said Johnny, who Is ten,
"And rut. the luilr and shave the beards of maybe n.
million men.”
"I'm not!" spoke little Bobby, "a doctor 1 will be.
And make folks well when they get sick like J>r. Flub
does me.” ,
"I'm going to be a < indy man," said Frank with accents
sweet,
"So t can have Just lots and lots of goody things to
eat."
But curly-headed Mary said, "I'll he a milliner
For Mother's sake and make all kinds of pretty hats
for her."
'TIs thus they plan the days to hq with hopeful hearts
and glad,
Much to the satisfaction of a proud and happy dad—
For he, too, Used to lell the things that he would do
some day,
And revel In the pleasure of llios* wondrous dreams of
pl« y.
Hod bless them fui their planning, hut tltn" will let
them know
The work tlmt lice before them as down life s trail
they go,
I
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials front Other Newspapers—
May He President. ,
From the York News-Times.
A prominent reputilhap politician
and political manager sa.va lie thinks
Theodore Roosevelt 2d will be presl
! dent, of the United State* some day.
This gentleman declare* the former
j president’s son Is sure to gain in pop
ular favor, and If lie does not become
a candidate too soon ho is sure to be
an occupant of the presidential chair.
Teddy Itoosevelt, Jr., may be presi
dent some day. Stranger things have
happened. However, ho lacks a good
deal of having the presidential liber
that characterized his father. His
father was only elected president
after serving the unexpired term
caused by the murder of President
MeKlnley. It is doubtful if Theodore
Roosevelt the Great could have Iioen
elected president at the time that Mc
Kinley was selected. Roosevelt knew
practically nothing about tariffs and
economics, a field that was well ex
plored by McKinley. Roosevelt made
a very good president, though his ad
ministration was noted for panics,
political scandal and double crossing,
such as the country never saw before.
Young Roosevelt has made many
breaks, but he has been excused be
cause of his tender years. AVhen he
is older, however, the breaks will not
be forgiven and he will have to stand
or fall on his own merit.
Prize Fighting as a Business.
From tno New York Evening Font.
Pugilism has finally received ifs ac
colade as big business. Last Friday,
accompanied by a host of admirers,
representatives of Jack Dempsey, the
heavyweight champion; Harry Wills,
a contender for Mr. Dempsey’s title;
Tex Rickard, boxing promoter, and
the state boxing commission, all went
to the supreme court in Brooklyn to
argue on a writ of mandamus hy
which Mr Wills sought 'to prevent
Mr. Dempsey from meeting one Luis
Firpo front the Argentine Friday
night. A contract as drawn between
Mr. Dempsey and Mr. Wills and ap
proved by the commission was Intro
duced In the proceedings and lawyers
[set to work to discover just what It
meant. The justice presiding listened
and reserved decision.
What a contrast to the days not so
long gone hy when prize fighters were
forced to sneak off to some dark cor
ner, a barge in the river, a boat on
the ocean, a carefully guarded barn or
a meadow, there to exchange punches
before a crowd of the elite who were
admitted only upon proper identi
fication. Wliat a contrast to the
purses also. Mr. Rickard has spent
$50,000 getting ready for me Firpo
fight.
Ages and ages ago boxing got its
start in some prehistoric forest on the
edge of sotpe antediluvian swamp
where two shaggy males battled to
the death. There were no on lookers
then and no prizes save food or mate
or life. Then personal combat de
veloped Into contests waged between
gladiators where one man sought an
other's death with sword and spear.
And. finally', down through the course
of knightly battles came the fight
with fists for money. Then gloves
and science were introduced. And
now. guided by lawyers, sanctioned
by courts, and paid for by millions,
prize fighting has become a business
and a great big business at that.
roolldge’s Consistency.
From the Washington Siar.
In Chicago a Coolldgefor President
club has been organized, and the sec
retary wrote to President Coolidge ap
prising him of the fact, in reply the
president outlined his attitude toward
the post he now holds and to friendly
efforts looking to his possible continu
Mice In it. Ho frankly appreciates the
motive, expressive of confidence in
him. nut makes It > bar that seeking
the nomination fnr 1*24 is at this time
secondary to a duty which has prior
claim upon Ills attention, that of
carrying on the policies of the Hard
ing administration and fulfilling to his
highest ability the responsibilities of
the office of chief executive of the
United States.
This outline of the action snd feel
ing of President Coolidge is consistent
with the course he has undevlatlngly
followed since he succeeded to th*
presidency. He has shown It In word
anil deed. Not dissimulating or dis
playing false modesty as to the nom
ination, to which any American citi
zen Is entitled to aspire in 1921. he
nevertheless foresaw from the outset
lh.it the first thing at hand was to
take up the duties of which President
Harding v is relieved by death before
thinking of politics for the future.
The American people were quick to
grasp his interpretation of his respon
sibilities and duties in the premises,
and have continuously applauded him.
Consistently carrying out this policy Is
calculated to attract more genuinely
effective supportjnext year than all
the boosting clubs that can be or
ganized.
Francis Parkman, Hero ami Historian
From tho Xttnneanolts Tribune
Tho centenary of the natal day of
Francis Parkman has Just passed. As
a historian he has been extolled over
tho wide world, but as an every day
hero ho lias been little sung, and yet
lie was as distinguished in the one
role as in the other.
Parkman was a remarkable exem
plar of a man rising above serious
physical handicaps through many
years of a busy life. His health was
miserably poor, and his eyesight for
a long period was so Impaired that
ho had to depend on the services of
others who could read to him the
ixioks, documents and manuscripts
which he made the basis of his his
orleal writings. In this disability he
mtight himself to take notes with his
own hand, unaided and unguided by
ills eyes.
Despite these infirmities Parkman
was one of the most painstaking nnd
diligent writers of his day. lie went
ns scarcely any before hint had done
to original sources for bis raw ma
terial. In this part of his big task
lie was virtually tirelpas. He had to
r< treat time and again, but ns often
as he did so ho returned to his labor,
which became to him a l ilsir of love,
and the substantive part of bis ilfe.
He lived among the Indians of New
Vnrk. Maine. Canada nnd tlie west.
Tho Hlaek Hills, the Platt river coun
try and tlie eastern slopes of the
Rockies became familiar ground *o
him ns he sought out I lie purpose nnd
spirit of the ted man nnd drew from
him legends and stories particularly
stories of fact- about personages and
events that entered Into the making
over of the North American continent
from a Innd of aborigines to u coun
try of the white man, with nil his
vices find virtues He gleaned the
libraries of kin gland and Franco. He
sought out Kuropenn monasteries for
what thev might disclose to him of
the beginning of things, their courses
and the persons and Influences that
shaped and determined them.
Most other men would have yielded
to the stresses that ravaged Park
man's body sin! thereby imposed ex
tra burden- on his Intellect, but not
Parkman He had set himself in bis
youth to a g 1*0at work In practically
' login soil, and when he died In 1811,1
It could lie said of him truthfully (hat
he fought n good fight Hint lie fin
ished liif course nod that he kept the
faith according as hr saw' and Inter
preted the duly he laid upon himself.
The name of Packman is secure ns
long a- \inei lean history shall be
read or written Whatever he the
assent tu oi UlsMiit from what lie
has set down on the printed page, he
will be adverted to j^s one who suc
cessfully challenged diversity and
touched history with the charm of
romance.
Coolidge on .Solid Ground.
From the Kearney Hub.
Secretary Hughes states the present
foreign policy of the administration
very clearly when he says, "that if
all will join In naming a commission
of experts we will participate in
academically studying the 'amount
that Germany should pay, but with
the express provlsloh that we under
take no future responsibility."
That is certainly fair enough. The
United States has no financial or other
interest In the matter except repay
ment of war debts that are due and
overdue, and for which all possible
consideration is exercised, and is
therefore a disinterested friend and
impartial adjudicator.
homo democratic newspapers, hap
pily not all, are nevertheless de
termined that we shall identify our
selves with any European program,
no matter how crooked the path nor
how far into the wildernesi it leads,
and are free In their criticisms and
slurring references to the administra
tion position laid down by Harding
and taken up by Coolidge.
A southern democratic newspaper
charges that President Coolidge “is
the victim of tho timidity, irresolu
tion and subservience to politics
which marked the foreign policy pur
sued by the republican administration
before France moved into the Ruhr,”
etc. The contrary fact is that Hard
ing and Hughes were not timid, but
using ordinary caution in avoiding for
eign complications that did not con
cern us; that there instead of "irreso
lution" a. resolute determination that
we should not meddle with the mat
ter that were the concern particularly
of Germany, France and England, and
that Instead of "subservience to poli
tics" there was on the contrary an
utter disregard for the game of poli
tics being played by tire democratic
press and politicians.
A large body of democrats still in
sist that a republican administration
shall act as administration for the fur
therance of Wilson's democratic
league policy that was snowed under
and condemned by many millions of
votes u_[ the last presidentian election.
That issue is therefore* all past and
gone, except so far as it is re-embod
ied in a Hannon's ghost with which
to frighten timid statesmen and cow
ardly politicians. Rut the Coolidge
administration, as wag that of Hard
ing before him, is immune from spinal
weakness and mental irresolution. If
I ho democrats are not pleased they
have an opportunity to take the issue
Hu to tlie people ncain in the election
of 1524 and see what happens.
Sanitarium Debates
By "BIGS" BAER.
League of Nation* seem* to be
broken toe on winged foot of diplo
macy.
Stuffed butterflies shouldn't flutter,
but league still continues to travel
rapidly backward on Its own Initial
momentum.
Way it stands now is that Poincare
refuses to open his morning mall.
Lloyd George is using his telephone
for tack hammer and some assassin
shot st Trotsky In mistake for some
body Important.
France hns refused Germany's offer
for wartime peace relations.
King Alfonso of Spain, occasionally,
and I’aris. often, is back In Madrid.
His subject* are sore and will be sat
isfied with nothing. Which Is just
what A1 promised them.
There was no war between Greece
and Italy, but Italy won It.
Fifteen thousand Armenians were
banished from Turkey for starving
unofficially.
Anything ran happen now In Eu
rope, but it will not be new. In order
to inject some novelty Into their
routine, diplomats are repeating their
old mistakes.
Belgium sides with England, agrees
with France, linos up with Germany
and is against all three. Belgium is
butcher block of Europe. When there
is any hamburger to lie pounded Bel
gium is always elected.
Twenty years ago world powers
built peace itfilaee at Hague, but that
was only to fool Holland.
America is on Europe's sucker list.
They sell us tickets to everything that
happens.
Europe's boat was wrecked on 1914
and survivors are still floating
around on anvils
Ten year old boy king of Hungary
Is exiled In Paris. Wilhelm is In bis
winter circus quarters in Holland,
other kings afo lioiinring around in
eognitowtth ex King Emanuel of Por
tugal.
East Geneva meeting of league r*
suited In some magnificent gestures
by visiting diplomats. Peace conven
tions are now getting so cooimon that
Eloyd George will bo represented by
his valet at next meeting of world
statesmen.
Those conventions are all tongues
and no . ara. Tf their object is peace.
Why don't they shut up?
Willing to He Conservative.
Secretary Havls of the la-parimcnt
of Enbor ho|a»s to sec the day when
tlicro will lie no strikes. The con
sumers of hnrd coal would bo sntlstlod
with 11 year in which there was no
strike of anthracite miners.—New
York Herald.
\\ Inu-lien Tliink o' That*
"Seeing is hclievlng,'’ began the
friend.
“I don’t know »n much about tlint.’’
retorted tlte clever woman, "T sco my
husband every time ho comes home
late, hut I don’t believo lilm."—Flor
ida Times I'nlon.
I-Pt I s <il\o II. inks’
It is pleasing to report that the en
tente hetneen Mliddgen and Texas is
unshaken; optimistic htilletlns come
from Imth the turkey and omnhorry
(fops -N*w Vork livening TVist.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for August, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .72,114
Sunday .75,138
Dot* not Include returns, left
over*, samples nr papers spoiled Ir
printing ami IncKidrs nr specie1
sales.
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subscribed and tween to before me
this 4lh Hay of Septenibei, 1P2.V
W. M. QU1VEY,
(Seal) Notary Public j
The Omaha Hoe welcomes let
ters from readers recording in
timate obser\ations of animals or
plants. A bird perhaps one has
seen while waiting for a street
ear, or a voluntary flower or some
creature one lias come upon In
the woods away from the noise of
tlie city—these are—and always
hate been—of interest to ethers.
AUTUMN’S MESSAGE.
There is a change In the air; you
sense It dimly, yet with certainty.
Perhaps It was the gathering of the
bird clans that brought it to your at
tention first They came as at a sig
nal. in small groups and large ones,
and held a farewell banquet In your
apple tree. For days they were busy
making their preparations for flight,
and th<"n one day you missed their
noisy chatter, and you saw that the
orchard was deserted, only the empty
nests to remind you of their summer
sojourn.
Or it may have been the suggestion
of frost In the air that put a rosy
touch on the apples and sent the squir
rels to look after their winter's sup
plies. Or, perhaps, you noticed sud
denly that the sunshine had lost its
sparkle and brilliancy and had lie
come soft and mellow like a beauti
fully shaded lamp.
Whatever it was, the thought filled
you with sadness, for you realized
that the year was growing old. You
looked out of your window with a
pain in your heart, but there was no
hint of sadness in the beautiful world
outside. The trees were ablaze with
gold and crimson, the road was out
lined with feathery goldenrod and sun
flowers, and acrosB the fields the
smartweed trailed a path of palest
pink. Wild asters. In their purple
gowns, lent a touch of royal splendor
to the scene, and tall, velvety cat
tails nodded in the passing breeze.
The matchless beauty held you
breathless for a moment, and then
you caught Its message; that each
season In its turn has a glory and
charm which can never belong to an
other; and although the beauty fades
from our sight, none of it is ever lost,
for it has stamped itself upon our
heart, and memory can recall it at
will, and we can feel its inspiration
again and again.
You looked at the familiar scene
with a new aonreclntlon. and you un
derstood as never before why "some
people cal! It autumn, but others call
it God."
MILLICENT JEAN’ AYTON.
Hartai rd. Neb. ;
Daily Prayer
AH the ways of a m*n are rjean Jo h.a
own eyes but the l.#r<l w*-igh‘?h the
wpirlta fommit thy work* unto th* Lord,
and thv thoughts shall be established.—
Prov. IS 2-2.
Our Father, Who art in Heaven,
Thou art nur Father, though we are
of tiie earth and impure in Thy sight.
Thou dost love us. and we are Thy
' lillilren. Thy goodness is shown in
that Thou hrarest our prayers.
We thank Thee for so many tokens
of Thy favor and abiding love. Help
us to live as Thy children should live
every day that we tarry here. May
we learn more of Thee as the days
rush on Into eternity. May all our
powers and service he devoted to
Thee. May it be our constant jov to
serve Thee and follow wh»iM»Thou
dost lead. Thou dost always design
the best possible course for us—there
fore we are safe in doing Thy will.
Teach us Thy way, and help us to
keep our feet therein. In the hard
places of life s pathway, help us.
t-ord, for we are weak, and some
times we fall. "We need Thee every
hour.” Keep us from falling into
sin. Save us now and evermore, for
the sak» of Jesus, our Master. Amen
REV. \V W VAN DL’SEN.
Ho'se, Idnhn
THE Al'Tl MVS FROST.
The autumn's frost
Brings gray and brown.
Though green is lost
When nuts fill down.
Vnd squirrels scamper
Through the wood
To till their lumper
With winter's food.
The autumn's frost
Brings husking da\s —
Refunds the cost
The farmer pays.
For lalior done
Through time of spr.ng
And summer's sun
In gathering.
The autumn's frost
Starts the sap bark
But none is lost.
For Natures knack
of preservation
Store* It In roots
For future ration
To feed spring shoot*
The autumn's frost
Brings faith's reward
For holocaust
I nto our Lord:
And labor well
Performed that we
May live and tell
This mystery.
—J. N'orry Harr!.-.
What Shi- Would l»<>.
What would your father do If t
told him I wanted to marry you?"
adkcd the young man.
"He'd refer the matter to l .t,”
promptly replied the girl.
"And what would you do?" he said,
hopefully.
“I'd refer the matter to the ytaung
man who proposed to me and was ac
cepted while you were trying to make
up your mind. —Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
('omplimenting Father.
I>o Riche—My soil, when I was
>our nge I carried mortar for a gang
of bricklayers.
Son — I m proud of you. father. If
It hadn't been for your pluck and bard
work I might have had to do some
thing like that no self.—Philadelphia
Bulletin.
“The People's
Voice"
Editorial* frooi reader* af Tit Maralap Sad
Reader* of The Morale* Baa art lavttad t*
un till* colamn treat* ter *xpr***4ap pa
aiatter* ot publia iatareat.
Perverting Commission Government.
Omaha—To the Kdltor of The Oma
ha Bee: Noting George B. Child'*
letter in Jour evening issue of thl*
date, w herein lie compares the action*
of the city commissioners to those
of department heads of a big business,
it seems to me that he has, uninten
tionally, put lit* finger on the vital
point of the whole situation.
Among the Omaha commissioners,
there is not one who is actually man
ager of his department. Pull, polities,
personal interest, or merely the desire
for publicity make It possible, under
our commission plan, for two or three
department heads to mix in at any
time and tell the manager of some
other department how his end of the
city's business shall lie run. In what
other business would this condition
bring good results? In jour own
business, could the foreman of the
press room teil the sporting editor
which reporter should he sent out to
cover the Ln-mpsey-F'irpo match? Or
if he did not like the way the said
match was written up, could the press
room foreman force the resignation
of the reporter?
This is what goes on among our
city fathers all the time. If each
one, from the mayor down (or up)
would mind ilia own business, run his
own department, and let each of the
others run his without outside Inter
ference. either open or underground,
letting each department head stand
or fall upon the results of his own
efforts, perhaps we would have better
government. At any rate, no one
could' offer any alibi if he failed to
make good, and his employers, the
voters of Omaha, not the mayor, or
any other fellow employee, could vote
thei# approval or the reverse at the
next election.
This is real commission government,
such ns has been successful in Des
Moines and other places. What Oma
ha has is a smaller form of the old
city council, with most of its ineffi
|clency, log rolling, and petty politics,
and not much of tho efficiency of a
real commission.
Hack in 1910 or 1911, when Omaha,
like other cities, wanted the commis
sion plan, certain politicians, some of
whom still feed out of the public bag,
slipped over the present so-called
commission plan. The writer, then a
newcomer to this city, does not know
who was responsible for It, but it
surely was a real package.
Probably the only real permanent
remedy would be to remr-del the whole
thing, put in a real commission form,
w here each commissioner has absolute
power over his own department, with
the recall always hanging over him
if he fails to make good, or tries to
turn the public service to his private
profit.
Don’t blame the nten in the city
hall. The fault lies in the system,
not In its personnel X. X.
Why Observe Constitution Week.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Let not those who wit
nessed the e.bservanre of Constitution
week regard it as the function of any
particular class or the worship of a
fetish.
The Constitution of the Vnited
States is at the very foundation of or
dered liberty Like politics, it seen:*
remote to the indifferent in times of
peace and uuict^jet strikingly per
sonal to all In times of war or serious
unrest.
Many have fallen Into disrespect for
law and seek to correct abuses even
to the extent of abandoning the fun
damental principles which the consti
tution has established. What are
these principles' How are they of
importance to the present-day man
In the street? What movements or
measures contravene the constitu
tion? Shall we preserve and respect
this instrument as essential to the
welfare of this country?
it guarantees permancy and stabil
ity of these rights: the government is
no higher than the individual and each
citizen no better than his neighbor.
The protection of the constitution
has been so enjoyed in this country
that we are apt to forget the possi
bilities if it were removed, though we
have before us today examples of
what the lack of constitutional limi
tation can do for the individual.
Just now there Is the perennial dis
■ ontent with the administration of
criminal law, especially in our metro
politan communities, tluit is causing
some to turn away from orderly and
constituted authority.
Many are the difficulties with which
the law contends in the field. Igiw
and public opinion do not always keep
I'i't; popular impatience of restraint;
the rapid growth of commercialized
lawlessness; the desire to protect the
innocent and prevent the develop
ment of a criminal out of the casual
offender; these and many more dif
ficulties to overcome. But there is
nothing in the constitution or the
great principles enunciated hv the su
preme court for our protection that
necessitates taking the law from con
stituted authority Into one's own
hands.
The same is true of all the flagrant
abuses, large and small' of which the
time Is prolific. They can all be rem
edied without sacrificing the great
good to be derived from preserving j
fundamentals. All personal rights are
held subject to the rights of the pub
lic health, safety and morals. And
no abuse, however needing redress,
justifies the turning awaay of the
great plan which this country has suc
cessfully and happily followed for
134 years.
The constitution was not an In
Abe Marlin
OPfitAL 6W
[w£*n*lrt»
icaer
Kju
\mrrMnt mcr
If his hat wuz th' only thing a
cannydate has t’ toss in th’ ring
he'd be gittin’ off easy, but very
often his home an’ ever'thing else
follers along-. President Coolidg<
would make a dandy feller t’ git
on a sleeper at midn:ght.
(Copyright. 1*83.)
spired document springing from th'
minds of the fathers over night. It
was not adopted until 1789, nearer
the middle than the beginning of tl
history of this country. The perso:
nel of the convention was not ex
traordinary. But the very fact that
its product! n grew out of mature r
flection and experience, made our coi -
stitution an almost superhuman!
wise provision for government.
The crying evils of our day are bn'
part of the veneer over the ma
structure Kxperiment need not iii
turb the fundamentals. But if. n
sciously or unconsciously, measurt
necessitate the tearing down of tic
framework, there is danger for us >
A number of these present day move
ments are plain violations of the to
stitution. As such they are da- -
gerou*. The danger is real ar
touches every one.
To remove this negieot ail thougi
ful citizens at this time should r<
fleet on the advisability of adherit
to the great precepts of the constitu
tion. Gratitude for the past and for'
sight for the future should cause us
to observe the bounds within which
progress should be directed.
W. It. KING.
Pine Instead of Cottonwood.
F. rt Calhoun. Neb—To the Editor
<f The Omaha Bee: The article A
E. Yul» writes on cottonwood lumh"
was all out of place. To eav that if
the state lands were planted in cotton,
wood trees then In a few years the
saw mills would have a bie business
is a rr.ls'ake All of the Nebraska
state lands are In th» sand hills, and
too poor land for cottonwood as cot
tonwood wants low bottom land
Much of the state land in the sar 1
hills la now set out in fine evercreen
forest. Let A. E. Yule eo out to
Hershey. Neb., where the state f. res'
reserve is and they will tell him thev
have no u«e for his cottonwood :
the sand hills.
CHARLES STOLTENBERG.
Purify The Streams.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: The rase of a young man
who is lying in a hospital with blood
poison contracted in one of our ponds
brings to mind again our streams
the source of many cities' drinking
water. I think hospitals and like
places should heat their sewage
fore pouring it into streams. It
easily be done in a catch basin that
discharged automatically. We are
thoughtlessly doing In peace some
thing that closely approaches the use
of gas In warfare. A. E. Y\JEE.
Th« Spirit That Builds.
Shawnee, Okl.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: The spirit of fellow
ship and loyalty to your city which
permeates each number of your paper,
is in itself quite an incentive to thr<
who are trying to create a similar feel
ing in their own home citv.
E. R. WAITE.
Secretary Shawnee Board of Coi
merce.
Her One Fault.
I hear <t he new cook joj gtt "
almost perfect."
“Ye*, the only thing she lacked "
staying power." — Philadelphia Bulk
tin.
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is Nourishing
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liullrir*! pan. then put into
the soup kettle with pota
toes, turnip*, carrot* and
onion. Add water, »immer
for two hour*. When done
*ea*on well with
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