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SAVING BY THE BUDGET.
• Enforcing business methods in the affairs of the
government means a saving of millions to the tax
payers. Naturally those called upon to disburse
millions grow a bit careless, especially if they know
there is plenty more where that came from, and
it is not their money anyhow. Old methods, clutter
ing red tape, and sloth, have too long marked the
administration of government bureaus.
The budget system recently adopted by the gov
ernment^ and now being rigidly enforced, to the
discomfort of many clerks who formerly had little
to do and now have nothing to do and are not on
the payroll, and to the discomfort of many sellers
of supplies to the government, is lopping off waste
on the one side and getting the work it pays for
on the other.
Formerly the army bought its supplies and paid
for them when its disbursing officers felt like it, and
the sellers always considered this and quoted long
prices. Now the army takes advantage of trade
discounts on its bills for supplies, thereby saving
some $200,000 during the last 12 months. A small
sum, to be sure, when compared with the hundreds
of millions the government expends, but it is a
gratifying saving, more because it shows business
methods in vogue than because of the amount saved.
The Treasury department has also been taking its
trade discounts, thereby saving more than $65,000
during the last 12 months. The tax department
actuallv woke up and installed some billing machines
and was able to save $40,000 by decreasing its force.
Through the operations of the budget system the
Panama canal was operated at a saving of $150,000.
These are only a few of the savings made by
installing a real business system in the governmental
offices. A thousand and more little leaks were
stopped up, thus diminishing the waste that had
grown to be a flood.
By eliminating waste, co-ordinating departments,
abolishing sinecures and getting a dollar’s worth for
each 100 cents expended, the bureau of the budget
saved $50,000,000 last year, and instead of decreas
ing governmental efficiency, actually increased it.
In other words, the taxpayers got more for less.
The budget system Is with us to stay. It will
render better work as the years give it greater
experience. All waste can not be stopped at once,
but it will be steadily slowed up.
THE REASONS TOO NUMEROUS.
An anonymous writer drops a card into the
editorial mail box to inquire why the daily news
papers always mention divorce cases, and seldom
call attention to examples of happy married life.
The reasons are too numerous to mention, dear
lady—for we judge by the handwriting that the
anonymous writer belongs to the gentler sex. Per
haps the best reason is that it isn’t news. When
a dog bites a man the element of news is sadly lack
ing, depending upon later developments. But should
a man bite a dog the news clement is large.
Happy married life is such a usual thing, so
apparent on all sides of us, that there is no element
of news there; only cause for self-congratulation
and congratulations fox those who enjoy it. We
are always eager to publish the portraits, with ap
propriate explanatory remarks, of those who have
journeyed hand in hand along the marital path for
a half-century pr more. Not particularly because
such incidents are properly news, but because they
build up within us, and doubtless within our readers,
a greater faith in human nature and a more abiding
confidence in the future of the race.
Not one of us but knows a hundred or more
instances of happy married life, of complete love
and loyalty and trust, for one that is otherwise.
Were we to undertake to chronicle, day by day,
every happy married couple within our ken, the
demand for news print would create a famine in
the market and result in prices even more exorbitant
than the prices now demanded. Therefore, more to
emphasize the fact that marriage is not wholly a
failure, we content ourselves with brief mention
of the occasional divorce case, extending mention
only when the parties to the proceedings are very
much in the public eye.
No, dear anonymous one, there isn’t even the
semblance of news about the fact that men and
women continue to lead happy and contented married
lives. It is a most commonplace fact; always has
been; always will be.
WE HEAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
Assurances come from Architect Goodhue that
the dark stains on the walls of the new capitol build
ing will disappear in time, probably before the
building i» completed. This gladsome tidings war
rants a sigh of relief.
Ilut how about some stains on the political struc
ture of the state, political stains that have been
visible for a great many years and do not seem to
grow less visible with the passing years? Not to
undert' k" to mention any large number of them,
there is the stain of bombast about the wonderful
ren;.e that is to be performed in behalf of the
taxpayers, and no appreciable service rendered? The
stain of unfulfilled promises to enforce rigid economy
in the administration of state affairs? The stain
of making places at the public trough for political
favorites incompetent to handle the jobs given them
and hanging on because they were useful during the
camoaign and may be doubly useful in the next one?
Nebraska, however, is not the only state thus
stained. There are forty-seven others.
Hut. while we heave a sigh of relief at the an
nouncement that the stains on the walls of fhe new
capitol building will fade away, how much greater
the sigh of relief, and how mueh greater the relief,
if we could only believe that some or all of the
stains mentioned would fade away, at least by the
time the new state house is completed.
“It looked nourishing,” remarked one of the dis
trict judges who investigated county jail affair and
peeped into the soup kettle. Perhaps a great saving
could be effected by giving each prisoner a photo
R;a“h of the soup.
MAY TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER. ,
It is to be hoped that the University of Michigan
is not guilty as charged. The report is that the
university authorities refused to allow George W.
Wickersham, ex-attorney general, to speak in a
university building on the league of nations on the
ground that a speech on that subject would be
political propaganda. •
We may be a bit old-fashioned, but we have long
held to the opinion that a university was an educa
tional institution where young men and women were
prepared for citizenship, and in this work of prepara
tion they were to be given the privilege of hearing
governmental questions discussed. If the University
of Michigan is right in its position, then we have
been wrong all these years.
But if the University of Michigan is right!, will
some one who may speak with authority for that
institution please tell what is allowable? What
questions of citizenship and the science of govern
ment may be discussed there? Certainly not the
tariff, upon which question theYe has been qutte a
bit of political propaganda during the last few
decades. Certainly not taxation, for that has been
and still is a fruitful field for the political pi^>pa
gandist. Not the Philippine situation, for just now
the country is being flooded with propaganda that is
full of politics. The railroad question? Certainly
not, for that is in politics up to its eyebrows.
If this refusal is adhered to and discussion of all
topics having a political tinge barred from the Uni
versity,of Michigan, the students who graduate there
from will afford a niighty fertile field for the pur
veyors of unsound political propaganda. They may
know a lot about football, and mah jongg, and golf,
and such like American institutions. Perhaps we
should not mention golf in this connection. Quite a
bit of political propaganda ha.1} had its origin on the
golf links of late years. But their knowledge of our
political institutions will be meager in the extreme.
But it may be that the University of Michigan
is not interested in graduating students who have
any definite ideas about their d,uty as citizens.
Mr. Kimball doubts if Ak-Sar-Ben is of any real
advantage to Omaha. Anything that builds for
greater civic pride, greater civic co-operation, greater
civic friendships, and which affords entertainment
to hosts and visitors alike, is very much worth while,
Mr. Kimball. And Ak-Sar-Ben does all those things,
and many more too numerous to mention.
“What’s the matter with the movies?” plain
tively queries the New York-Independent. In view
of the constantly increasing^ attendance, despite a
constantly increasing admission charge, we should
say they are getting along so well they have little
cause to worry.
The discovery of the fossil remains of a pliocene
camel in the fossil beds of Nebraska is not at all
startling. There are live camels walking around
Nebraska who think it has been more than 15,000
years since their thirst was allayed.
The Minneapolis Tribune asserts-that Mother
Nature is now- putting on a great al fresco style
show, but it is to be hoped it is not insinuating that
Mother Nature’s fashion of bare limbs at this season
would be au fait or en regale.
Contrary to an opinion that may have been held
by some, those Oklahoma football players did not
appear on Nebraska field disguised in peaked white
hoods and" flowing white sheets.
What, we make bold to ask, would be the fun in
a presidential campaign with George Harvey looking
after matters in Great Britain instead of pushing
a pencil in his own America?
Doubtless President Coolidge's failure to warm
up to the proposed world economic congress is based
on the fact that it would be a mighty lonesome
congress for Unci? Sam.
The time is rapidly approaching when the man
wly has been hesitating between wearing the old
overcoat or getting a new one will compromise b>
I wearing the old one.
It has just dawned upon us that we permitted
October 9 to get away from us without our saying
something about Widow Leary’s cow and that over*
turned lamp.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll says he is coming
back to the United States, but he probably was
biting his thumb while saying it.
There are 300,000 automobiles in Nebraska, most
of them rushing by the street intersection when we
are hurrying back from lunch.
The Muscle Shoals nffair seem3 to have arrived
at a stage impelling Mr. Ford to stage another
exhibition of the muscle dance.
Of course more of the raw materials produced
in Nebraska should be manufactured into the finished
product in Nebraska.
Right now the little city of Louisville, Cass
county, is staging a mighty interesting exhibition of
a speedy come-back.
And the A. F. of L. did not pnuse to take an
anesthetic before amputating its communistic ap
pendix.
Those Sooners from Oklahoma were much too
dilatory when they tackled the Nehraski^Cornhuskers.
“What of Kansas City?” queries the esteemed
Kansas City Times. Well, what of it?
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davit
TIIH Ol.n HOMK AM) MAY.
Tt's not the calf same place, you know; Its not the
cozy dell
That sheltered you ami gave you nil the things you
loved so well.
You know the knolls and valleys, the road o’er
which you drove.
And scenes are quite familiar In the quiet ntaplc
grove.
nut here a home In splendor stands where hluegrass
grew of yore.
And there u stranger dwells where lived n faithful
friend before.
As on you trend tho newness grows and you are
loath to roam
And meet the strange vicissitudes where once you
made your home.
You hid farewell to nil that was, convinced and
Nolwnn, too
That fho abode to which you moved In now n home
r«» you.
And In If lien a < harmingnc»n» exijutsit'- and the Ham**
Ah that width u**d to frmkc you love the lurid from
whence you «yune.
“From State and Nation”
—Ediloi inis from Other Newspapers—
The Pioneers.
The pioneers are holding their re
union; in some pleasant groves along
the banks of a quiet stream they meet
again tho companions of other days
and recall the experiences of long ago.
The season sqpms in keeping with
the pioneers; they who have faced the
hardships of winter and borne the
burdens of summei* are entitled now
In tlie autumn to enjoy the fruits cf
their labors.
"Old Timers,” some will call
them, arid pass by with a smile; yet
they are the makers of an epoch of
history as glorious as any ever writ
ten by knight or warrior of old. His
tory keeps alive the names of the
discoverer and the explorer, hut
greater than either is the pioneer. The
discoverer came and found the land,
arid the explorer sought out Its re
sources; both of them passed on and
left the land scarcely different from
what they found it. But the pioneer
is the man who stayed. He had
dreams of its future, and turned Its
resource© Into their fulfillment; It is
tlie stamp of his personality thut is
upon the land today.
As he struggled through the long
winters with their fierce storms
which almost buried hls lonely dug
out, he dreamed of the time when
substantial homes should provide com
fort to those who should people tho
unclaimed stretches about him; when
rich harvests should be garnered
from fields as yet unbroken; when
cities and towns should dot the plains,
and when hls children should enjoy
the advantages that had been denied
to him.
And there is the pioneer preuener,
one of the most picturesque of all
that picturesque time. Accustomed
to the cultured atmosphere of the
east, for the pioneer minister was
often a highly educated man, he an
swered the twofold call of service
and adventure which has ever burned
in the heart of youth, and made him
self a vital part of his community.
His ministry often took him for miles
across the uncharted prairies, through
tdinding snow or burning summer
heat; Ills own comfort sacrificed, and
his own interests put aside in the
service of his fellows. Many a way
side grave has been hallowed by his
prayers, and many a flourishing
congregation of today. Is the direct re
sult of his untiring labors. He ranks
in courage and heroism with the
pioneer doctor, pnd his ministry Is a
challenge to those who benefit from
his labors.
And there Is the pioneer teacher.
Few of us can realize that our
splendid school system of today had
Us humble beginnings in some sod
hou-e, perhaps the home of one of
the settlers, or in a discarded dugout.
Yet those pioneer teachers, in their
cramped and meagerly equipped quar
ters, trained and sent forth the men
and women who haVe been the lend
ers for a generation.. You may find
them in the hails of congress or In
the world of business or quietly walk
ing the humble wafs of life, but
wherever they are, most of them are
a credit to the loyalty and self-sacri
fice of the pioneer school teacher.
But it was not all sacrifice and hard
labor, for there nr* tales of open
hearted hospitality when a husking
bee nr barn raising were the oc
casions of Joyous gatherings of nil
the neighbors, and the distant horizon
was the boundary line of the neigh
borhood. There were the deep friend
ships that were through the facing
together of terrible dangers and
sharing the Joys and sorrows through
the busy years.
As we pause to give a moment s
thought to the meaning of their
achievement we realize as never be
f,,r- what a birthright is ours, and we
solemnly resolve to make oursehe*
worthy of the heritage that has been
I- ft us by the Pioneer, the Man who
stayed. _
A Dry "Straw’* In Vermont.
From the K»ns»» City Time*.
It is pretty clearly Indicated that
if there is to be an appeal for a mod
ification of the Vnljtead act in either
i t ttie next national party platforms,
It will have to be In the democratic
declaration. All along the republican
line there seems to he a determlna
I on to stick to the letter of the law
in theory, regardless of Any diffteul
I ties that may he encountered in the
' ■
This being the Indicated state of
mind in the republican ranks, there
Is a more than pissing significance
In the nomination the other dn>y of
Porter H. Dale of Vermont, repub
lican and recently resigned congress
man, for the Unite! Slates senate to
succeed the late Senator W, P. Dil
lingham. Dale was opposed In the
campaign by two candidates favoring
a modification of the prohibitory law
and by an extremist who sought to
have cigarets. also, com# under the
linn. But Dale had more votes than
all Ills opponents combined.
This result would seem to be an in
teresting i lltlcal "straw." denoting
that In the republican ranks, at least,
"booze" Is In no shape to "com*
back."
Too Much Pip Counter.
From the I.ouHvlll# Courl.r-Journ.l.
Oovcrnment operation of railroads
demonstrated one thing. above all
else—that for lack of efficiency and
lavish exiK'mllture there Is no busi
ness In ths country so poorly man
aged as that of the government. The
tame Inference, no doubt, may he
drawn from the statistics of the na
tional Industries conference hoard.
Counting 670,000 pensioners snd
other Inactive beneficiaries of the gov
ernment, the i pit ire paying sal
aries to close to 1.400,000 men and
women employed In township, village,
county, municipal, state and federal
offices. To this vast army the public
annually pays $4,000,000,000.
The national industrial conference
hoard falls to go into detail as to the
number of unnecessary jobs on the
list or the amount of money that
Daily Prayer
Follow rlKhteou»*n#M, fnlth, charity,
peat »* — II Tim. 2 22
Almighty God, our gracious Heav
enly Father, we, Thy needy' children,
would draw near to The. \\ . come
with confidence, for Thou halt al
ready manifested Thy interest In us
thin day. Thou had called the light
nut of Jnrkness, und so ush* re 1 in
f >r us a new day. Thou hast raised
uh from real In slumber, and so given
us a now opportunity to do Thy will.
Add, we tiOHoech Thee, t*» tin e evi
dences ot Thy favor, all n< * ded good
iu'm ami mercy; goodness tn provide
for our ever returning wants of hodv
and soul; mercy to pardon our past
transgressions, and to protect uh
against future temptutl* ns Grant
Use also grace this day to manifest
the Spirit of Jesus Chrlat In all we
shall think, and ? tv. and do.
Hhnw Thy loving favor to all who
are near and dear to us Guide, w
pray Thee, all who occupy pn.Mtlons
i>f authority, and trust in church, in
state, in tndiiHh \. in f ili ation, tn
society, and Ifi the home 11a on, <K
Ooil. the time when every kite shall
bow In tin* name of Jesus. and every
tongue rha.il confi • Hun as laird
These hlesslngs. and whatever else
Then aerst w shall »e • I this dav. wc
i through the merttg und titedl®
tion of ,h hum »‘lii tst. Thy Son and
our Hnvlnr. Amen
LKWIH IKYMnt'lt Ml 'DUE. I»l>.,
Hull ibImii k, I'i
might he saved by careful business
management. It points out, how
ever, that the public payroll costs
every man, woman and child In the
country $34 a year.
The operation of the railroads wan
a striking example pf lavish misman
agement. Undoubtedly In this en
ormous expenditure of the public's
funds there is also tremendous waste.
The operation of the government Is
of necessity costly, but, costly ns it
is, there Is little excuse for waste.
The budget was the first move to
ward efficiency in governmental ex
penditures. It must be followed by
other reforms If wastefulness Is to
he avoided. Perhaps at some later
time the burden of taxation will
arouse the people to demand
economy.
But a $4,000,000,000 pie counter
should be enough to make the people
sit up and take notice, to say the
least.
When Hope Is Gone.
From the Kanins City Post.
In the careful audit of men's lives
there is more of failure than of suc
cess and only the something within
us keeps us going on. About us are
tho trails of unkept faith, of broken
promises—ours and the rest—and the
only something that inspires is hope
that some day things will be better
for us and for those we love and who
love us in their trust. For even lovo
cannot subsist or endure unless the
path is lighted by the beacon, hope.
And for the minister who turned
his face away from his earthly trou
bles, hope remained only In that other
world Where it was his trust that the
God in Whom he placed his faith
would understand and forgive.
However hopeless the other fellow's
life may be, we must cherish hope for
ourselves, for hope is the something
within that keeps us going one. The
mere coneeption of ideals does not
suffice. We must picture some of It
as ours in tho days or years to come,
and with such a picture—mirage
though it be—we can struggle onward
through the allotted span. The trag
edy of life Is not the physical death
nor Is It the progressive incident of
growing old. It is when hope is gone
for ail time.
Avoidable Deaths.
From th* Waahington Pont.
More than 75,000 deaths by accident
In 1922, and the great majority of
them avoidable. So runs a record
that should give every man, woman
and child In the United States pause
in carelessness. It Is a forbidden price
that the nation pays for failure to
exercise proper care.
The above figures represent a ter
rific economic loss. Not only has the
nation In the past year been weak
ened by the loss of man power, but
the dependents of those killed, who
have suffered as a result, run Into
the hundreds of thousands.
Analysis of the record shows that
carelessness in highway traffic Is an
Increasing menace to life, for while
accidents In Industry have decreased,
those of the street have increased
Figures for recent, years shows that
this Increase Is not to be wholly
charged to the Increase In the number
of automobiles
Realization of the price that is being
paid for carelessness in street traffic
by motors and pedestrians should
drive home to all the necessity for
exercise of proper care.
Jail Sentences n Cure,
From the Salt f.ak* Trlbun*.
TVe have always contended that
speed maniacs can be cured if Jail
sentences are imposed by magistrates
upon all such offenders who are haled
Into court and the charges against
them substantiated. Throughout the
United States the number of auto
mobile accidents is Increasing at an
appalling rate and drastic measures
must be adopted in order to prevent
the farther slaughter of Innnoeents.
Salt I.ake has had Its full share of
such occurrences and apparently It
also has had Its full quota of reckless
drivers. These "hit 'er up ' fellows
are a constant menace and It Is up
to the authorities to enforce the law
without fear or favor. Of c urse.
people who cross streer* nre expected
to look out for themselves but they
cannot dodge automobiles rolling
along at a 40 or 59-mlle ar.-hour rlip,
and they are entitled to protection.
Likewise, the careful driver is entitled
to protection from the speed maniac
at the street and road rr Jail
sentences will furnish such protection.
—
The Omaha Bee welcomes let
ters from readers recording In
timate observations of animals or
plants. A bird perhaps uni has
seen while waiting for a street
car, or a voluntary flower or some
creature one has come upon in
the woods away from the noise of
llie city—these are—and always
have been—of interest to ether*.
ROVER AND THE CHIMNEY FIRE.
Rover was a black collie dog. He
early showed his rnetai and his in
telligence. When he was only 3
months old he ^vas given an auto
ride for over 20 miles, down to the
sea shore, and he seemed to take In
all the new scene* with great delight.
He excelled In gentlemanly ways
while still a pup. His careful, gen
tle, patronizing fun with the cat was
very comical, and be would allow her
to nestle under him. where they would
lie peacefully together. When he was
fed. even though with the meat he
liked best, he would wait politely be
fore he would touch It. He would
look at the food, and then up to the
one that was serving him. He seemed
to smile his "thank you." As soon
os he was left alone he woud begin to
eat with great relish.
One day his master, Norman, heard
a noise at the side door of the house,
near the kitchen. It sounded like
a loud rapping at the screen door.
He went to the door and saw Rover,
jumping about in an excited manner.
He spoke to him and went hack Into
the house. In a few minutes the
same rumbling tap was heard. Nor
man this time saw what was the mat
ter. Rover was yild with excitement
ind kept li oking up to the roof of 'he
kitchen. The kitchen chimney was
on fire and a dense smoke was pour
ing from It. Rover was then satis
fied and did his best to assist in the
preventive work. A. W. L.
LISTENING IN
On the Nebraska Press
The American farm bureau is tak
ing life too seriously. Nobody thinks
the farmer is a joke, and it will take
more than the movies to convince the
politicians that he Isn't aomethlng
very real and very much In earnest.
The supposed "hick'' can afford to
laugh as heartily as anybody in any
walk of life at his caricature. After
a while the time worn Joke about tho
man with hayseed in his hair will
drop to pieces because it has become
so thin—why worry?—York New
Teller.
When 10 miles of road can be grav
el* i for the price of one mile of pav
ing, why pave, and when graveling Is
cheaper than attempting to maintain
dirt roads, why wallow In the mud
or eat dust when not mudding It
through? All-year roa^s are not lux
tiries—they are absolute necessities to
farmers and * ity and village resi
dents. Groveling offers a happy me
dium between the almost prohibitive
price of paving and the ruinous ex
pense of dirt roads—Fort Calhoun
Chronicle.
Farmers are dissatisfied with prices
for their wheat, hut they are ap
palled when they think how much
lower the prices would lie if the re
publican congress had not enacted a
tariff that shuts out Canadian grain.
Millers would be glad of the oppor
tunity to buy at the lower prices
quoted for the Canadian product. In
any event, a larger supply In the
American market would inevitably
depress tho price still further —
HcottsblufT Republican.
This Is the time of year whs-n sen
and daughter, attending high school,
toss up a quarter every evening to
determine w bother It shall he movies
or lessons—Nebraska City Press.
S' me r-f our notoriously nasty nows
papers lire beginning to bait Lloyd
George even in advance of his ar
rival In the first pine* It Is dis
courteous treatment of a coming
guest. In the second, third and last
place, it Is Inexcusable and Indecent.
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First
Aid
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your insurance legacy—in
telligent invest m e n t and
supervision—are just as es
sential as the care of doctor
or nurse in administering
medicine. Insurance is only
the first step. Trust Com
pany administration com
plete^ the fulfillment of your
purpose.
We will gladly confer .
with you without obli
gation on your part.
S&jGfcalialrusf Qmw
OmahaRational Bank Builuaig
Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
Conservative
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The Sandy Creek
Affair
For day* and day*, to Denver town
NO mall came westward bound,
And many heart* were heavy then.
While brow* with anger frowned,
Behind the rock* and in the grass
Were hidden savage horde*,
And lurking death wa* waiting there
At many hill* and fords;
So sorrow filled the hearts of all.
And faces grew more pale
With terror, leHt some loved one be
Along the lonely trail.
The savages lay all about
Till hunger drove them In,
And then they filled the wampun belt
And left with broadened grin—
To think how they the long knives
tooled.
And how each voyager
Would pav the toll aldng the way
In this, their ruthless war.
Because the white man parried still,
They thought him only weak,
And so the hills resounded yet
With guttural warring shriek.^
And depredations bold went on
Till Chlvlngton arose
And said, •'Give me a few brave men
And I will give a dose
Of their own medicine to them—
These fiends in human shape—
And end this bloody warfare now,
For none shall me escape;
No inerey show they to the weak
That pass along their way;
For every scalp that they have won
A dozen shall they pay."
! So on they swept, an armed band.
At dawn the bugles rang;
While carnage followed in their wake
To still the forked tongue;
And anger threw the white rnan back
Again to savage age,
For belts they drew from oft the dead
Broadened their hearts with rage,
'For here a baby a silken curls,
.Matted with blood, was strung,
And men and women's silvered locks
Upon the belts were hung.
And few, if any, lived to tell
Before the tepee's fire,
Just how the white men harkened
back
Again to savage ire,
And often now 'tis written down—
"A dreadful massacre!"
Though Denver hailed them savior
men,
With her their creditor;
Each time that history repeats,
'Tis more a blackened page—
For paths of conquest ever lead
To sorrow, pain and rage.
Thus o’er the plains in tracks of
blood,
The march of progress pressed
Until the trail was opened up
That led into the west.
The red man s destiny was fixed
By white man's greed of gold,
And tame their savage hearts have
grown
Since violent days of old;
Since Chivington in ail his ire
And wrath, came riding down
On Sandy creek to clear the trail
That led to Denver town.
NONA S. FITZPATRICK.
There is possibly no way In which
the little Welshman is not better than
his critics.—Kearney Hub.
In this state seme drunken auto
mobile drivers have been getting off
with light fines, but the majority of
them are not even arrested. But not
So over in our sister etate of Iowa
where police judges give them some
thing to think about. I-ast week one
Intoxicated driver in that state was
assessed a fine of i750 and costs and
another was required to pay the sum
of 11,000 and costs If that is the
amount necessary in order to put a
stop to in’cxicated person* driving
automobiles then it should be meted
out to all drunken drivers regardless
of the state In which the offense is
committed—Sholt< n Clipper
Abe Martin
Tell Binkley suited on a
trip t’day incognito 50 1 '
throw a dinner fer him. .V
President Coolidge’ll jest r<
th’ newspaper photographer- ‘
off o’ himself as well as his t
we’ll switch over t' him.
_(Copyright. 1j- ' >_
EVEN AS YOU AND I.
By Claude CalUn In the M •*
Journal.
Mrs. Poplin 1h forever wio
neighbor to help her out < ! k
place. When she has a dress
must be finished In tire for
Kilen Poplin to wear Friday ev
she doesn't work on It the ! of *
week. She waits until Thursday
Friday and then sends out 1.
calls for help, appealing t < e\
except the dressmaker who -
for that kind of work, and she e * «
stresses the po.nt that she only w s
advice. Recently she called Mrs A
plecrab and said she warded to yet
her ideas about how to make a
She pretends never to want ar.ytr ■ •
but Ideas, and on this occasion M
Applecrab explained that her wi
was sprained and that if she - .-re
over she really couldn't dn tnv-t.1 t
more than advise her "Weil, nev*
mind then." Mrs. Poplin sail i.
see if I can't get someone else "
Poor people can own a car T “
real test of wealth is whether the
family has enough tea cups to set •
table.
Most baseball fans like a gne d. - -r.
game with the home team about five
ahead.
Ur.cle Joslah is such a well halar 1
man that he can't make a living at
nnything.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for September. 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.72,518
Sunday.75,942
Does r.ot Include returns, left
over*, samples or papers spc led ir
printing and includes nr specia
scles.
B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
•
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th d*y of October. 1923.
W H QUIVEY.
(Seal) Notary Public
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