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POST-MORTEM.
It is with a feeling akin to sorrow that citizens
i Omaha have watched the revelations of the water
vestigatifln. These contentions and disputes within
„ te city are distressing, though as in this instance,
acessary to be aired in order to be cleared up.
When the calamity of muddy water descended
last August, the first impulse of human nature was
;o seek some one on whom to lay the whole blame.
Senator R. B. Howell, who was about to resign his
position of general manager of the municipal utili
, ties, provided a shining mark. One, albeit, that did
not shift nor dodge. 1
If the people were inflicted with mud in their
homes, Mr. Howell received more than all together.
If Howell had been like some men he would have
torn up heaven and earth with denunciation of this
or that subordinate. The testimony brought out in
the hearing shows that there were several who might
very easily have beep loaded with the burden which
the general manager so calmly accepted.
Someone allowed the construction work on the
new pump to be hampered and delayed. This im
provement should have been put through more
promptly.
Who is responsible for the leakage of the filter
beds or basins is not for the public to judge. Nor is
it known as yet how the mud valve was turned on
that let the city water flow back into the basins
almost as fast as it was pumped.
C. A. Robison, as head of the operating depart
ment, has admitted his failure to check up on the
frequency with which the basins were cleaned. One
of these reservoirs, it appears, had not been thor
oughly washed for two years. His unquestioning
confidence in the unfailing judgment and ability of
A. B. Hunt, the aged superintendent of the water
plant, is open to criticism.
For Mr. Hunt, who exclaimed on the stand that
he was as worn out as his old pumps, no one can have
aught but sympathy. And yet this sympathy would
be misplaced did it endorse his continuance in this
lesponsible office. His failure, and that of others
of his associates, to report the discovery of the open
mud valve which allowed 12,000,000 gallons of water
to waste in one day when this might have been used
for cleaning the basins, is one of the inexplicable
thjngs about this situation.
Citizens of Omaha who have followed the testi
mony would not be surprised to see a more or less
clean sweep made in the staff of the water plant.
Probably the majority sentiment would approve such
a move.
Friction had existed for some months among the
officials of this utility, the inquiry discloses. Mr.
Howell, throughout his career has met opposition
from so many directions that it is perhaps natural
that he should allow himself to be satisfied by sub
ordinates not wholly loyal or fully competent. It
does not appear, however, that this was entirely
wise. Matters came to a climax as the time ap
proached to choose a successor to Howell as general
manager. Doubtless there were those who found
comfort in the embarrassment of th'e breakdown.
It is worth noting that the main criticism of
Howell’s managership has come from those whom he
has defeated politically. The people are not blinded
to the fact that private corporate interests also have
fought his claims of the efficacy of public competi
tion.
It is said of Mr. Howell that he has interested
himstdf too much in political and legislative matters.
But it is by such work that the city plants were
brought into being. Mr. Howell has been in politics,
but so have his opponents. If Mr. Howell has gone
to Lincoln to advance a bill before the legislature,
there have been half a dozen representatives of
privately owned utilities there before him, and more
after him, until the corridors of the state house were
thronged. It seems impossible to keep either
privately owned or publicly owned utilities out of
politics.
What will come of this hearing, or of the interest
of the city council and the Chamber of Commerce
in the post-mortem is mere guess work. The notice
able thing just now is that Mr. Howell has no partic
ular fnud clinging to his person. A fair picture of
the heavy problems of the job that Howell has held
lor these years is afforded by this investigation.
WHEN THE HONEYMOON TURNS COLD.
Should parents close the door on daughter when
•he leaves her husband and turns to mother’s arms
tor comfort and consolation?
An Omaha judge says yes, but the probabilities
are that he will revise this judgment when he has
given it more careful thought. No doubt a great
many divorces might be avoided if the young people
did not know a parental door is open to them. The
impulse to return to the old nest is strong when the
bicycle built for two strikes a rough spot in the
road. Maybe the quick retort, the anger and the
mad desire Ho flee from bondage would not flame
up and threaten destruction if the old home were
surely closed against return.
Ilut brides have been going home to mother
since the world began. And mother will always wel
come the daughters who come hack with sorrow in
their hearts because the roseate hues of a wedding
inorn have taken on the tinge of the cold-gray dawn
of the morning after. It is well, too, that mother is
in reach at such times, for she will nearly always be
able to give counsel born of her own experience that
will clear away the clouds and turn on the sunshine
again. Who can tell how many marriages have
been saved from wreck because a disappointed bride
had a chance to talk it over .with mother before she
saw a lawyer?
Father, too, frequently helps in these matters, for
usually he is a wise old bird and knows a lot more
than the young folks think he does. At any rate,
it is good for the bride and groom to know that
just because they have started an enterprise of their
own, they are not shut out from the old home.
Courts may be wise, but they are impersonal, and
what a young woman or a young man needs first of
aII at such a tims Is sympathy and consolation, and
the advice may come later, and this course will lead
to kissing and making up as often as it does to
divorce.
LIVE THE FULLER LIFE.
“The days of our years are three score yean
ten, and if by reason of strength they are four KWe
years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow, foi we
are soon cut off and fly away.”
In that prayer of Moses is an eloquent and poig
nant admission of the brevity and vanity of human
life when measured by days. Life “is a watch set
in the night, a tale that is told,” when only the
days are counted. Happily for mortal man, there
is in him that spark of the Divine which sets him
above material considerations, if but called upon,
nnd to gome extent for him, too, the passage of time
becomes as with the Almighty, “for a thousand years
in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
passed.”
Begin with Genesis and follow the record of the
human race as set down in Holy Writ; no need to
puzzle over Pithecanthropus Erectus, if inclined to
hold with Mr. Bryan and fcgainst Mr. Darwin; think
of Adan) and forget the Neanderthal or the Cro
Magnon man. Come slowly up from a dark and
unknown beginning, when "the world was without
form and void,” and traverse with man the road he
has trodden up through the ages. His triumphs and
trials, his vicissitudes and victories, are spread before
you, if you only will read them in spirit as well as
in letter.
Let your imagination clothe the skeleton with
garments of reality; think of the early struggles of
Adam and his children, as they wrestled with stub
born nature for the bread man was condemned to
eat in the sweat of his face. Abel, a keeper of
sheep, tending his flocks, watching them by day and
by night, and bringing the firstlings of his flock as
an offering to the Most High; Cain, a tiller of the
soil, breaking the sod to plant his grain, and tilling it
with care, that his yield might be such reward as
his industry deserved. Call up old Tubal Cain, the
first worker in metals.
• By the fierce red light of his furnace bright
The strokes of his hammer rung.”
while he fashioned the crude implements and weap
ons of his time. Think of Seth and Enoch and Noah;
of the tribes assembled on the Plain of Shinar, of
Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and so on to the
Son of Man.
Long before this authentic history was written, and
the record is available to any. It contains nothing
to disturb faith in God nor the institutions of re
ligion, but on the contrary, it does and should in
crease that faith and deepen the devotion of any.
Thus over the whole span of years, century upon
century is before the soul that is not bound up in
the little cycle that is counted by the ticking of the
clock.
The days of our years are even less than a watch
set in the night, or our life, as Macbeth puts it, “a
tale told by an idiot, full- of sound and fury, and
signifying nothing,” if we do not make use of all the
wonderful faculties of observation and understand
ing with which we are endowed. If we do but use
the gifts God has bestowed upon us, then life be
comes full of meaning, rich and precious, because we
then enjoy as it was meant that we should the many
marvels of the world we live in and the sublimity of
the Creator’s work comes to us little by little as our
capacity for conception increases and we live, not
the little span that runs between the cradle and the
grave, but through all the ages to which we are heirs,
and so in a little sense fit ourselves for eternity.
“So teach us to number our days that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
KINGS DOWN ON THEIR LUCK.
Are Americans snobs, or are they just curious
about the doings of an effete and all but obsolete Eu
ropean nobility? This comes up in connection with
tht cabled account of a wedding in which the bride
was the daughter of a former reigning king and the
groom a former grand duke. The news story says
little or no attention was paid to the wedding in
Europe, yet it is considered of sufficient importance
to be retailed in considerable detail on this side.
Kings and dukes and the like cut little or no fig
ure in the general scheme of things any longer,
even though some of the high up prophets profess to
believe that democracy is in danger more than ever.
Events since 1914 have given hereditary rulers,-ti
tles and the like some blows from which they are
not likely to recover. We hear a great deal more
about former lords of the earth who now are earn
ing their own livings, and some who are not doing
so well because they do not know how to work, than
ever we did before. The son of a belted earl is at
a decided disadvantage when he is looking for a job
or trying to hold one, for not many of them have
been taught the useful methods of a busy world.
Maybe the man who cabled the account of the
royal wedding that went unnoticed in England knew
what he was about. He tried to show Americans how
completely royalty has declined, something that may
be of value over here. A night of rest may always be
purchased by a day of toil, and hunger continues to
make any kind of food taste good. Another genera
tion may know very little about babes being born
to titles, and a royal wedding will indeed be an item
of news, even in Europe.
The Walton impeachment seems to have been
framed on the old bolus prescription, system, which
was to get in enough kinds of medicines to insure
at least one that would strike at whatever ailed
the patient.
Frank Kellogg ought to be a very acceptable am
bassador to the court of St. James. At any rate,
his recent experience should guard him against any
indiscretions of utterance, either abroad or at home.
It seems to be the general opinion that Gov
ernor Pinchot should pluck those 1,400 Philadelphia
saloon beams frdm his own optic before calling
attention to the mote in the presidential eye.
The Postofflce department is mBkjng a supreme
effort to have correspondents use care in address
ing their mail. Those who address the please remit
letters seem never to make a mistake.
Better Backbone week begins November 1. Long
ego we injected enough stiffening into our spinal
column to enable us to hoot merrily at all this
special week stuff.
The governors’ conference not only developed
a lot of hot air, but also put a lot of them into
hot water.
One point settled at the water inquiry is that mud
valve was open. Next in order is to (ind out ^ho
opened it.
Iii the meanwhile, let us hope that the mud
valve will remain closed in the political campaign.
It appears that Governor Walton backed up nnd
sat down upon his own bayonets.
When Mr. Harvey resigned the American peo.
pie seemed to be.
Prairiegraphs
SWEETEST MUSIC.
There Is music when the ocean, lashed
to fury by the gale,
Beats upon the rocky ledges with
resounding sob and wail.
There“ls music when the thunder,
backing up the lightning's play,
Rolls out deep its diapason from the
heavens drab and gray.
Music sweet when songbirds calling
from the woodland brunches
high.
Or the soft winds gently stirring
autumn leaves when passing by.
But the sweetest music ever now
begins each rosy morn
When the ears plunk 'gainst the
throwboards In Nebraska's fields
of corn.
Dan Desdunes Sets feet to tapping
with his lilting melodics,
And there’s music fcom an organ
when a master sweeps the keys.
Orchestras that m a s t e r s manage
breathe the music of the
spheres
To enwrap the soul in glory as it
fails upon our ears.
Songs by prlma donnas warbled, songs
by tenors known to fame,
May bring rapture for a moment,
then die down it» accents tame
When compared to that grand music
that each passing day is born
When the ears plunk 'gainst the
throwboards In Nebraska’s fields
of corn.
Golden notes each ear Is sounding as
it hits the old throwboard,
And the notes In quick succession
sound aloud a magic chord
That swells out to Join the chorus sung
by mighty sons of toll
Who have wrought a golden har
vest from Nebraska’s fertile
soil,
Till around the world It echoes, bear
ing In Its sweet refrain
The glad tidings of contentment
where the toller reaps hie gain.
O, 'tls music, sweetest music, when
you hear at rosy morn
That ker-plunk against the throw
boards In Nebraaka's fields of
corn.
The great American novel hae not
yet been written, and probably never
will be. But great American novels
are not few, and the prospects for
better ones are very bright. Nebraska
has already given to the world some
really great novelists, among them
Willa Gather, Ella W. Peattle and
Mary Holland Kinkald, to mention
only the few. But better novels than
any yet written are now In the mak
ing In the fertile Imaginations and
rapidly expanding brains of Nebras
ka's rising generation.
Referring again to the subject of
mtaslc, how sweet the sound of the
first streams of milk splashing on the
bottom of the milk pall!
How would It do to Invent a ployr
guided by a steering wheel similar to
the one on an automobile? Might it
not be conducive to considerably less
burning up of the highways and a
lot more turning of the fertile soil?
Time was when about the worst you
could wish an enemy was to wish
that he'd Invest all his money In a
sawmill. Now the worst you can wish
a man Is that he Invest In either a big
tractor or a threshing outfit.
Madge—I hear you have given Chol
ly the go by. How come?
Maud—Yep! He hasn't courage
enough to suit me. Actually he In
sists on keeping both hands on the
steering wheel when we go autolng.
Death sits at the wheel when John
Barleycorn steps on the gas.
A lot of society people who sneer
at the plebeian game of croquet are
very enthusiastic over roque. That
recalls Ed Howe's—or was It Bill
Nye's—remark that a chaffing dish
Is merely a skillet that has broken
Into good society.
Falling to get my picture on a
society page, I've about made up
my mind to be cured of something
and get it Into the advertising col
umns.
Enterprising advertisers overlooked
a l*t yesterday, which was Navy
day. None of them featured the
bean.
Article* about proper method* of
rearing children always appeal to
me, and I read them with avidity.
Not that I expect ever to secure
therefrom anything worth while, but
because I am always convinced that
the writers don't Know a blooming
bit more about it than I do. IIavv
ing had some part in the responsi
bility of bringing eight lusty young
sters Into the world—they very for
tunately being divided v BOBO—four
boys and four girl*—! have had am
ple opportunity to discover, ns I al
ways have, that the only method of
properly training children will be dis
covered colncidently with the time
when ail children will be standard
ized from birth. As long as they
come like the snowflakes, no two
alike, it is a waste of time trying
to figure out a proper method of
rearing. It Is the biggest game In
the world> and as Joyful as It Is
puzzling. Those of us privileged to
lie fathers and mothers never attempt
to formula'e any hard and fast rule
about rearing our children; we mere
ly experiment day hy day. The rule
and rote business we leave to maid
mi ladles and bachelor men of ad
vanced age, who are always ready
to volunteer the needed advice, which
we are never so foolish as to fol
low.
Risking the charge of lacking in
Intelligence. 1 seize this opportunity
to remark to the' book reviewers
who hove but recently expressed dis
appointment In Kdlth Wharton's lnt
est hook, thnt I never could get up
enough Interest In one of Kdith's
book* lo finish it. While about It, I
might Just ns well make the fatal
admission that my favorite authors
are Francis Lynde when he writes
railroad stories, and Ralph Paine
when he write* football or sen
stories.
A litt of this stuff about famous
authors Is pure bunk. All those un
der 8!> years of age who have read
< leorge Kllot, Charlotte Pronto or
tluy DeMaupassant, please raise
your hand*. Just as 1 exported- no
hand*. Pirt Oulda: that's different.
Which reminds me that the two
most talked about books In the world
are the Rllile and Khakespear'. And
'the least read.
A (Jarden county farmer, when)
asked how much Ills rye crop went
this year absent mlndedly replied
that It* unit a little more than right
gallons to the acre.
—
Most of us who have seen a family
grow up around us feel grateful that
our children will never have an op
portunity to read the mtlshy letters
we wrote to their null hers.
"Have you heard the latest l-’ord
JokeT"
‘ No; hut I Just bought it."
Just about tlie time Pad fondly
Imagines, after careful figuring, that
lha weekly pay check Is going to
reach over, lie hear* a plaintive voice
saying;
"Papa, I just golta have a tmw
pair of shoes."
WILL M MAUPIN.
LISTENING IN
On tlie Nebraska Tress
: Noting that Representative Willis
G. Sears' hat still fits-his head, the
Nebraska City Press observes that
Judge Sears is so different from the
average new congressman, something
ought to be done about it. A new
congressman who can keep his per
spective on straight is deemed by Ed
itor Sweet to be a Sight Worth
holding.
» * • •
Noting that 'rtmj Dennison of
Omaha announces his retirement from
politics, the Aurora Register hesi
tates between deeming him a very
bad citizen or a very much maligned
one.
• • •
Evidently of the belief that there
is entirely too much passing the buck
in this prohibition thing, Editor
Buechler of the Grand Island Inde
pendent stands up to remark that
the eighteenth amendment is a fed
eral matter and the enforcement act
a congressional act. This, however,
must not be considered due notice
that the Independent is for Pi*chot.
• * *
Noting that the Navy department
plans to abolish the pancake style of
hat worn by Sailors, John Kearns
of the Beatrice Express voices the
hope that in the not-distant future
the sailors will be given trousers that
look like real pants.
• • •
After cogitating for a time on the
reswltchlng around of Dunn and But
ler in Omaha, the York Democrat ven
tures the hope that peace may pre
vail for a little while in the metropo
lis. Editor Curran has a reputation
for optimism.
• e e
Although usually very capable of
quick and correct decisions, the Goth
enburg Independent admits that It Is
often confused trying to decide
whether Nebraska Is wet or dry.
• • •
•'Why,” plaintively Inquires the Co
zad Local, wiping the coal dust from
Its eyes, "should Cozad take coal that
will not pass inspection in Omaha?
And why," walls the Local, "should
Cozad buyers pay full price for slack
that Omaha dealers are compelled to
screen out?" About the only answer
In sight Is that Cozad buyers who do
It are charter members of the We
Have No Spins club.
• • •
The Gothenburg Independent knows
that men can Irrigate Snd save the
dry spots, but It is wondering what
is to be done with the wet spots In
this country. Recent Information at
hand is to the effect that the ulti
mate consumers are doing a pretty
fair stunt of keeping those wet spots
well drained.
• • •
Maine farmer votes defeated the
referred law providing a 48-hour week
for women. The Norfolk News sus
pects that the Main# farmer don't
want ma to get a lot of foolish no
tions In her head.
• • • *
The sage of the Tork Republican,
noting that some Franklin county
folk have gone to law over some oil
leasee, remarks that some people go
to law on suspicion, and mighty little
of that.
• • •
Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm has erected an
eight-foot fence around his castle at
Doom to keep the reporters out. Lew
Shelley sneers at the Very Idea,
knowing that an eight-foot fence Is
about 14 feet too low to balk any
llve American reporter.
• • •
Fred Howard of the Clay Center
Sun seem* to be a suspicious sort of
fellow. Noting that in most cases
where a boy goes to another town to
work soon cornea home sick. Fred In
sists that the one word should be used
—homesick.
• • •
The Aurora Sun Insists that the
white man's hope In Nebraska is the
corn crop Huh! Old Jake Q. Corn
Is not only a white hope, bi/t an ac
knowledged champion
• • •
The McCook Tribune has It all fig
ured out that the wet element In Ver
mont geta very little conaolatlon from
the primary election returns of that
state. The general consensus of opin
ion is that the average wet voter
seek* his oonsolation from Jug or bot
tle, not from primary election re
turns. *
• • •
The Tork News Times seems to be
a suspicious sort of publication. It
Insinuates that Tom Dennison Is
merely going to California so he can
hop across to Tlajuana snd see the
horses gallop, not to make California
Ills permanent home.
see
After donning his magnifying spec
tacles and carefully scanning the rec
ord. Editor Brown of the Kearney
Hub confesses his Inability to see
where Henry Ford help* hi* rase In
the Muscle Shoals affair by attacking
the motives of Secretary Weeks.
• • •
Daily Prayer |
Ha ha<h ehowod th*a. O man. what la
good; and what d<>th tha Lord require of
thc«*. but to do Juatly. and to lov* m**roy,
and to walk humbly with thy God —
Mb'ah 6 8.
Almighty God. Whom truly to know
is everlasting life, we draw near to
Thee at the beginning of this day. de
siring to know Thee as the Father of
our spirits, and to refresh our spirits
in Thy eternal goodness. As we draw
near to Thee lit worship, we pray that
Thou wilt drail near to us in blessing
nhd In* rtispiralion. f#rant us. we be
see< h Tho^. th« things of which Thou
seest our beet!. We ask for health,
for.opportunity, and for n willing mind
fhat finds delight In fruitful labor.
Grant us the consciousness of sin
forgiven, that in our labors and un
dertakings there may be no sad fric
tion of remorse and shame.
Grant us the blessing of friendship
greatly widened. We would not think
of ourselves ns too good to mingle
with the humblest. We would not live
a par l from other* In hope and sym
pathy. Hat her do we seek from The**
•Madness of the common life of all
Thy children, and the sweetness of Its
universal h< pe. Thou Who hast made I
tin of one blood, help us to toil and |
hope and suffer and rejoice as breth
ren. that In ( in- common life Thy pur
pose may be glorified, through Jesus
Christ our I,<»rd. Amen.
ItKV. HOVAKH <’HANni.FR ROIUUN8.
N>w York City. X T.
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NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for September, 1923. of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.72.618
Sunday.75/.M2 |
!>«»•* not Include return*, left
over*. «Arnpl*a nr pspcra opoiled in
printing ami Include* nr a pec lei
•slot.
B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Suharrihed and aworn In before m*
I hi* Rth day of October, 1923.
W H QUIVEY, |
(Seal) Notary Public |
Out of Today's
Sermons_
Melvin II. l-alrrl. pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church,
corner Woolworth avenue and Thir
ty-fifth street, will preach today on
the text front Genesis 26:18., “Hurled
\\ells.”
“And Isaac digged again tile wells
of water which they had digged in
the days of Abraham, his father.”
He will say in part:
•'Taken as a simple fragment of his
tory, these words need no explanation,
but as i watch Isaac and Ills servants
working away at those old wells, clear
ing out of them all the earth and
stone with which the Philistines hart
choked them up, till at last they set
free once more the cool, sweet water
that had quenched no man's thirst f<4
many a year, I can find truth in a
parable. Part of your work and mine
in the world is to look for the buried
springs of life's sweet and wholesome
water, and they need looking for. They
are often lost beneath the drift of
the years or choked up by the rub
bish that a Philistine world has cast
Into them. It is easy to forget that
they are there.
Now, one of these wellsNs the well
of worship. Our fathers drank out
of this well and worshipped in this
temple. There is in many quarters
an unmistakable voice, telling men
that this time-honored custom of pub
lic worship Is no longer necessary.
But the very insistence with which the
merits of these substitutes for wor
ship are pressed upon the public,
seems to hint at the lurking convic
tion in the heart of those who make
these claims that after all it is not
so, and that out of that old well from
which our father's drank, there Is yet
to be found water which will refresh
and strengthen as nothing else can
do. When one detaches oneself
from the body of our social life, and
takes a view of mankind In his strug
gles and occupations, one will see hnw
great a contribution the well of wor
ship has made to man's life, and how
Incalculable the loss for the nation
that gives It over.
Closely allied to worship Is the
habit of prayer. Have you choked that
well? If so, what substitute have you
found for It? If once it was your
manner of life to pray and now that
the old well of prayer has been
choked, wherever you have gone,
whatever you have done, you have
never found anything that takes the
place of prayer.
For some the Bible may be a choked
well. Yes. after the newspapers and
the magazines and the works of fic
tion and poetry have en'ertained us
and Instructed us. for life's deepest
lessons we turn to the Bible.
“In a recent Issue of one of the
commercial Journals the editor makes
this observation upon our national
life: "What America needs more than
railway extensions and low tariff and
a merchant marine o'r anything else.
Is a revival of piety, the kind mother
and father used to have—piety that
counted It good business to stop for
dally family prayers, that prayed fer
vently in secret for the home, the
church and the country."
"The Ku Klux Klan of Omaha Is
planning next spring to elect a city
ticket consisting of members of the
Ku Klux Klan. according to a letter
I received this week from one of the
members of the klan." said Rev. Al
bert Kuhn Sunday morning at the
Bethany Presbyterian church.
"My plea of last Sunday morning."
he continued, "for ^ real spirit of
fraternity between Christian and Jew
has aroused the resentment of a
memtier of the klan. He sent me the
following letter:
" ‘Dear Sir: Are the Jews of Omaha
paying you your salary that- you are
defending them in your Sunday ser
mon? Attack Henry Ford's Dearborn
Independent all you wish, but don't
attack the Ku Klux Klan any more
*' 'The Ku Klux Klan members are
your friends, the Jews are your
enemies. The Ku Klux Klan mem
hers are Americans, heart, body and'
soul.' The Jew Is an American only
for the wealth that's In it. his heart
is somewhere else
“'Now, Rev. Mr. Kuhn, as a Prot
estant minister you should not at
tack the Ku Klux Klan: if you only ,
knew our doctrines you would be one ]
of us
”'We are getting stronger day by!
day. and next spring we will place [
our men In the city hall of Omaha. j
who will run the city of Omaha with!
true American principles: moonshln :
ers, bootleggers and Jew grafters will
not have access to their office'
"'Yours truly. "'K. K. K-’”
"This letter show s," commented -
What have you seen? Are you
ever attracted by the voice of the
world of nature which surrounds
-you? The Omaha Uc<- welcomes
letters from readers on observa
tions of nature.
ALLIGATORS' LONG SLEEP.
Omaha's alligators have been put
to bed for the winter In one of the
fire engine houses, and will stay there
until spring. Park Commissioner
Hummed, who knows all about them,
says:
"The ordinary alligator hibernates
for about five months out of every
twelve. During this period of rest
and relaxation, the reptiles remain
under water most of the time They
can exist comfortably at depths five
to ten feet below the surface. On fhe
champion alligator farm in Florida,
during the winter season, the alliga
tors are sluggish and dormant. Most
of the time they remain submerged
In the pools and ponds, which are
securely fenced. In one little en
closure, about as large as the aver
age city man’s rear lawn, the w-rlter
saw 275 alligators enjoying their win
ter time vacation. The reptiles
ranged from five to thirteen feet In
length. Some of the largest ones
weighed from 1,100 to 1,300 pounds.
“The female alligator lays from
forty to sixty eggs In as many min
utes during the months of June and
July. She scoops a hole In the sand
or mud with her forefeet and In this
she deposits the eggs. Then she
throws the earth hack into the hole
with her tail. Ninety-five per cent of
the eggs are fertile and hatch out
sixty days later under normal condi
tions. The young alligators hatch
out and Immediately seek shallow
stream*, being practically self-sus
taining from the time they are Incu
bated. The male alligators will eat
their young If they can locate them.
The fact that the youngsters hide In
little, shallow pools proves an ef
fective safeguard, as the adults rare
ly enter such places.”
Mr. Kuhr on the letter. Vboth the
good and the had side of the Ku Klux
Klan movement. It has Its good sides.
I am sure that the writer of this
letter and many of his comrades
wants to work for a clean-minded,
liberty loving community, represent- i
ing the best there Is in American i
Ideals. To , that extent I am with
him heart and soul, and I shall help j
him by my vote and co-operation in :
his effort to elect men Into our city
hall w ho are not the friends and tools
of moonshiners, bootleggers and Jew
grafters, or any other kind of graft
ers.
But the Ku Klux Klan has also
Its very bad side, and this letter Is
evidence of it. It srouses a whole
sale prejudice against races who are
as much our brothers as the mem- !
hers of the Ku Klux Klan. It wants {
us to boycott them politically and so
cially. It urges us to practically dis
franchise them. This is an unamerl
ran and an unchristian attitude. The
true American stands for equality of
opportunity to every man. and Christ
fnjoin* us to do the very oppos.te of
what thej\u Klux Klan is seemingly
advocating: He asks us to give our
trust and our love to every human
being, regardless of race and creed."
Happy Thought.
If Admiral leird Beatty Is sent to
Washington as British ambassador.
President C'oolidge might return the (
compliment by sending Admiral Sima
to 1/mdnn—Halifax Chronicle.
Suffering That Is Suffering.
Few people ever suffer as villagers
0o when there is a stranger in town
ivho won't ttfll hia business—Green
Ville' News.
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The Center of Convenience
Jack Frost
Jack Frost came last night to the
country!
This morn his white mantle le
seen—
A glisten of gossamer lace-work—
All over earth's glimmering green. . _
4 '
Fall's russet leaves quiver and ru.-.ie
Like muffled gongs loath to be
struck—
And drop unconcernedly downward
On shivering youngsters who pluck
The shiny, red bittersweet berries
For fireplaces' mantle, neath which
IFlame sticks out her tongue in defi
ance
Of chill, like a wicked,old witch.
Unseen in th" darkness and silence.
Jack's stealthy, destructable wake
Made each healthy vine of tomato
Appear as a slimy black snake.
Fat pumpkins are sighing for cellars,
The shriveled corn cries to be
shocked:
Spry squirrels store acorns where
empty
Bird nests on shorn bush s ere
rocked.
Jack Frost came too swiftly, too
surely! \
So many poor people t-sl^y
Are lacking the needful efjuipme.it
To ward off the sting of his stay!
Unworried ones joy In Jack's breath*
ing.
And bow at his beaigteousness.
While thoughtlessly, maybe, neglect
ing.
God's children of men In distress!
— ALTA W RUN WICK BROWN.
Glenwood, la.
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must be a wide awake fellow and ac
customed to complaints.”
“That's me." replied the applicant.
"I'm the father of twins."—Cornell
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