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WOODROW WILSON.
Woodrow W’ilson’s place in history is secure.
More than that, it will be large. The eight years
he spent at the White House arc among the most
momentous of the country’s history. Any account
of them must turn on the president's personality.
No man who ever occupied his exalted position filled
it so completely with himself or more thoroughly
dominated his own administration. ■
It was this very positive quality of Mr. Wilson’s
character that gave to him his greatest influence,
and brought to him his greatest defeat. Unable to
modify his views to meet the opinions of others, he
preferred seeing the Treaty of Versailles and the
League of Nations covenant go to defeat rather than
to compromise wit}) those who would not adopt his
plan in toto.
Mr. Wilson’s fame, however, does not rest ex
clusively on what he did in connection with the war
or the efforts to establish peace. His motives in
those trying days were of the highest. His noble
idealism was exhibited in all his public acts and ut
terances. He showed himself a devoted and pa
triotic leader of a great people. Americans who
lived through those years will always carry the proud
knowledge that the nation stood firmly and unitedly
back of the president, who for three years exer
cised the mightiest power ever lodged in the hands
of one man. What happened after the war was suc
cinctly summed up by a great British statesman,
presenting the treaty to the house of commons. lie
said it was extremely unfortunate that the president
of the great American republic had engaged himself
to something the Constitution forbade.
Student, professor, college president, governor,
president of the United States, a wonderful journey
it was that Woodrow Wilson took. He was followed
in his public career by the unquestioning approval
of a group of staunch friends, by the equally de
voted opposition of men as staunch who did not
agree with him. Such conflicts are inevitable, and
are the real test of man’s ability. Woodrow Wilson
met his test with high courage, and did not falter
until overtaxed nature demanded payment.
It is not possible here to assess the life of this
man, who did so much for what he conceived to be
the public good, who strived so manfully to es
tablish his ideas and to gain the world to accept his
ideals. He had high honor living, attested through
out the world as a great leader. Nothing of this
was forfeited in defeat, which overtook a plan rather
than the individual, for when an unexpected shock
took Woodrow Wilson out of active life, the sorrow
of all was genuine and sincere.
Whatever the American people may feel about
the propriety of joining the League of Nations, the
league is itself a fact. The credit for its establish
ment belongs to Woodrow Wilson. There nre still
war3 and rumors of war in the world, but on the
stage at Geneva actors from fifty-four nations will
come and go, playing their parts to the central theme
of universal peace.
In days to come the debate he set in motion will
continue. It turns on principles as well as policies
of government. Such contentions are never settled.
Yet through all this debate no challenge will ever
be made to the probity, the patriotism, the philan
thropy of the man who braved the storm of adverse
opinion because he thought he was right, and felt he
was bringing to a sorely stricken world the cure for
the worst of its evils.
AK-SAR-BEN CHANGES HEADS.
Visitors watching the pageant of Ak-Sar-Ben in
Omaha next fall will miss something. They will
look long and hard, but will not see Everett Buck
ingham leading the parade, for he is no longer pres
ident of the Ak-Sar-Ben Board of Governors. For
ten years “Buck” filled that responsible position,
for thirteen he gave his time to duties of the board.
He has retired, much to the regret of all, but with
the good will of everybody who knows of the work
he has helped carry 'on.
Never has the place on the Board of Governors
been a sinecure. In connection with planning for
the parades, for the performance at the Den, and
for other features, the members of the board must
assume duties that call for especial fitness. No
community chest opens its treasures to Ak-Sar-Ben,
no genii responds to a rubbed lamp, to carry out
any commands. The Board of Governors has to de
cide upon the nature of the entertainment to be
provided, then it needs must set about to secure
the ways and means for carrying out the plans. And
Ak-Sar-Ben has come to a point where it eats up a
considerable sum of money every year. Last year’s
balance sheet showed up the tidy total of $102,000.
In this work, which the board has systematized to
the utmost, much of time and tact is expended.
Everett Buckingham did his part well, and has
earned his right to retire. The public can not rea
sonably expect more of him. His successor, W. I).
Hosford, has hud sufficient experience on the board
to know what is ah«ad of him, and will do what he
may to expand the growth and usefulness of Ak
Sar-Ben. We congratulate him on having such an
opportunity t# servo his community.
BAN/AI FOR HARRY NFW.
Postmaster General New has Just broken one of
(he bonds that have fettefed the newspapers of the
United States since Claude Kitchin set out to get,
even with a New York journal that had offended
him. In addition to the zoning system by whieh
postage rates were increased materially, distribu
tion was made more difficult through regulations that
were Applied under Albert Sidney Burleson as post
master general.
One of these regulations provided for tile omis
sion of newspaper packages when space allotted to
mail was filled, and another w as that such mail, being
-1
second class, was to have second class treatment at
all times. It was mingled with third class, and par
cels post shipments and newspapers moved along
about the same.
Nowr, the postmaster general has ordered, that
beginning writh February 1 newspaper mail, both
daily and weekly, is to be treated as first class mail.
Sacks are to be segregated, worked as speedily as pos
sible, and papers contained dispatched by the ear
liest trips to their destination. When less than a
sack of papers is offered, the packages may go in
with first class mail, or in less than filled sacks, to
move without delay.
Publishers and patrons alike will appreciate this
order of the postmaster general. It means that the
readers will get their papers in the country earlier,
and with more certainty than heretofore. It will
relieve the publishers of much anxiety and worry
over the delivery of their papers, and generally will
improve the service. Moreover, it adds nothing to
the cost of service. Postmaster General New has
shown himself capable of improving the mail serv
ice in many ways, but in none more than this.
MISS ALICE NOW A FREE AGENT.
Miss Alice has just received another lesson in
government. She has been dismissed by the Vet
erans bureau from her position as welfare director
at the soldiers’ hospital at Muskogee. Miss Alice
had applied for an indefinite leave of absence, which
was denied her. She, however, continued in her
political activities, and so has been dismissed from
the service because of her failure to observe the
rules.
Miss Alice Mary Robertson was one of the sur
prises of the 1920 election. She was elected to con
gress in a strongly democratic district of Oklahoma
on her straightforward, simple platform: “I am a
Christian, I am an American, 1 am a republican.”
Her service in congress was not altogether colorless,
but she was denied a re-election by the Oklahomans.
Her taste for political action had been increased,
however, and she is now carrying on another of. her
characteristic campaigns in her home community.
Most of us feel admiration for this line old lady
—she is now at three score and ten—standing out
for the principles she has espoused, doing her bit in
her own forceful way, trying to make her commun
ity and those around her happier and better. But
the law under which she was appointed to a position
of responsibility in connection with the hospital re
quires that she take no active part in politics. This
in order that thu institution may be kept as nearly
as is possible on a nonpartisan basis.
Miss Alice could not so content herself, it seems,
and falls therefore under the law she helped to make.
The hospital will miss her, but the campaign in
Oklahoma will be livelier because she is now a free
agent.
It is reported that Germany demands return of
the lost African colonies as the price of a recently
discovered remedy for sleeping sickness. If the
remedy works all right on the nark it might be
worth the price demanded.
Attorney Dowling of Madison is not the only
citizen of Nebraska who is of the opinion that the
supreme court of the state should drain its crank
case, till up with new oil and fuel and get into high.
Four physicians say that Fall is too sick to ap
pear as a witness, but the senate refuses to take
their word for it. Senatorial suspicions are hard to
arouse, but once aroused they simply will not down.
It appears that Mr. Anderson of anti saloon
league fame was much more interested in the morals
of others than in his own. That, however, is often
characteristic of reformers of a certain class.
Governor Bryan's determination to be a candi
date for re-election does not deprive Nebraska of a
vice presidential candidate. Roy Harrop has
blithely stepped into the breach.
The cotton crop of 1923 was worth $400,000,000
more than that of 1922, hut Pat Harrison insists on
demanding $25,000,000 for the relief of the cotton
growers.
Mr. Doheny offers to cancel that oil lease, but
he will be given to understand that he ran not carry
his own vindication around in a satchel.
Senator Reed's candidacy may add greatly to the
gaiety of the nation, but it certainly will pile up
grief for some democratic dictators.
The realtors are going to sponsor a garden con
test again. One of the best things Omahans do is
to raise "sass” in the summer time.
A quarter of a million tons of ice cut in Omaha
during January has nothing to do with the ice Omaha
is cutting in the world of affairs.
Signal lights are suggested to take the place of
local traffic cops. Why not add them and secure
that much better service?
- Neighborhood improvement clubs are doing their
share to help the rest of us make Omaha a better
place to live in.
Do not worry about what will happen next. Sev
eral other investigating committees are still to be
heard from.
A cut of 25 per cent on earned incomes has been
decided upon, and now the next move will be to earn
the income.
Harry Sinclair isn't feeling half as bad as he
will by the time his native country gets through
with him. » ,
Mr. Eppley began as a dishwasher, but look at
the hotels he owns now.
Homespun Verse
— By Omaha'* Own Toft—
Robert Wortliinj^ton Davie ^
YOUR FAME AND MINE.
There 1b within our minds a thought of those who came
and went their way.
There la within our hearts a fire that burns Incessant
day by day,
And we who live to ace the change and feel the loss
ami yeurn,
Khali keep our precious memories while pulsate etr.-hers
burn,
And we have heard the kindly words the silent ones
have nnld
Khali corne to know the naked truth when they who
spoke are dead,
And learn%from them the teachings which have moulded
us to give
Our gratitude, and strive to do our duties while we live.
There Is a way to Fame that lend* us through resource
fid years;
There are a thousand dividends In one or two careers,
And men may make the most of naught or wtth
abundance fall
To leave a mark that will endure when they have guns
their trail.
In thinking as \ve often think who rhcilsh from the
past
Kind words of those who <nnic and went, were faithful
to the last—
We feel that life n,ay he worth while, if folks will only
say
That wo have tried and done our best, when we have
APftie our way.
“From State and)
Nation" j
—Editorials from Other
Newspapers— ^
For Kewcr Hoards and Kurcaus.
From tho Kama! City Star.
A proposal of apparent merit is that
of Secretary Hoover calling for a com
mission with authority to reorganize
the government departments at Wash
ington in the interest of economy and
more effective service. No phrase is
more common in connection with gov
eminent activities than "red tape.”
(iovernment bureaus and boards ap
pear to be without limit. These have
grown up in tho various depart
ments, in many cases in a most illogi
cal fashion.
The government's concern with edu
cation for example, is displayed in
some 51* bureaus, distributed through
several departments. There is over
lapping and duplication of functions.
It is that condition, along with others,
that has brought the demand for a
department of education in which all
the bureaus and offices having to do
with the subject would be brought
together, with elimination of unneces
sary ones. Another Illustration given
by Secretary Hoover is the necessity
that ships entering United States
ports establish contact with 15 dif
ferent officials in 10 separate govern
ment departments.
Secretary Hoover's proposal for a
distinct body to deal with this condi
tion has been made to a congressional
committee at work on a reorganiza
tion plan. The explanation for the
proposal Is that the departments
among themselves could never agree
as to what shifts of duties should tie
made or what others eliminated. Fre
i|upnt clashes of opinion heretofore
among departments as to the proper
functions and authorities of each are
evidence of the necessity of working
out more logical and less expensive
arrangements through a disinterested
body.
Bryan in l sual Form.
From the Washington Star.
William .1. Bryan runs true t"
form. It has boon his custom since'
189R to appear smilingly every four
>ears with a “platform*” for his party.
Bet the quadrennial period arrive and.
|o, Mr. Bryan digs into his capacious
side pocket and pulls nut a platform,
sometimes brand-new and startling.
So now hp in on hand prepared and
‘well heeled." At a dinner given in
New York last night bv former Am
bassador Gerard he produced his line
of wares. There is nothing particu
larly startling in hto proposals this
time. Me thinks it possible to get re
duction of taxation, which every one
favors, and a soldiers* bonus at one
and the same time. He wants the re
duction to be greater than the Mellon
bill in some features ajid, as he puts
it, “to discriminate In favor of the
masses instead of holders of large in
comes."
lie is after the supreme court, and
wants a constitutional amendment re
quiring the concurrence of more than
five justices to nullify an act of con
gross. Ho leans toward a world court,
hut would preserve our light of ind*
pendent action. He would help labor
and the farmer, as would everyone,
though he does not elaborate upon
how this is to be done. He wants
both parties t<» “go dry" In their plat
forms.
Mr. Rryan is always an interesting
figure, and continues to be a power in
his party. Ife can be depended upon
to plead for bis proposed platforms
eloquently l>ofr*re the convention, with
such good fortune in getting them ac
cepted as the fates may provide.
One-Crop I nrnting and Weed*.
From the Minneapolis Tribuns.
Tliere aro some rather startling
figure* in a report by the United
Stat-s Department of Agriculture on
dockage in wheat produced on the
W'eed Infested fields of the northwest.
It Is estimated that farmers of
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana
paid $575,000 to thresh the dockage
m their 1922 wheat crop, and that
they paid $800,000 to have this dock
age hauled to central markets. Here
Is, a total of $1,475,000 paid out for
something that was a gorsl deal worse
than useless.
The bulletin informs tis that farm
ers of the northwest shipped to the
Minneapolis mills in 1922, 7,500.000
bushels of dockage, using the equiva
lent of 5,800 ears for the purpose. For
192.3 we are told that the average
dockage in wheat was 11 3 per cent
iu North Dakota, 7.7 per cent in
s°uth Dakota, 7.2 per cent In Minne
sota and 2.5 tier cent in Montana. The
•lockage op the 1923 wheat crop is
estimated at 11.550,800 bushels, or 7 5
per cent of the crop for the four
States named Hero we have the
equivalent of 13.9*0 carloads of dock
age in wheat hauled by wagon to
country elevators.
2 hose statistics help to visualize
one of the farm evils that have at
tended on a long drawn-out policy
of one crop raising. Thirty venrs or
*° «K'>- when many of the wheat
lands of the northwest were fairly
new. It was possible to produce a
murh greater yield of wheat per sere
Ihan today, and one of the reasons
was that the soil had not then 1 een
Cluttered with weeds and so choked
that It could not acquit itself well In
productive power.
Under the one crop system there Is
a minimum of soil cultivation. Weeds
favor Hint condition and thrive under
It They have been thriving increaa
Inglv In the great spring wheat areas
of the northwest. 2 h>-y not only have
helped to Impoverish the soil, but
they have Introduced a high percent
age of harmful foreign matter Into
wheat. This foreign matter cause*
needless expense for threshing and
transportation ns the figure* quoted
anovp nhow.
Those farmers who cleaned their
I.l'.J wheat before marketini? It profit
tn *" extent of 7.3 rent* a hunhel.
Meaning the * our re I* n koo«! thine
hut it Isn't enough. It Is Indlspens
nh'e. If the soli of the traditional
wheat fields Is to tie brought hark to
something like their original fertility
that there should he diversified firm
ing. crop rotation and more frequent
cultivation. Balanced farming helps
to pul weeds nut of business. It makes
systematic fertilization possible n!
comparatively small eost Kotntlon
has tlie rffe, t of fertilization In that
If rest* the soil, but still better Is the
fet tlllzntlon with the waste that so
cumulates In connection with the
raising of livestock or the put-until c
<f the dairy Industry.
Itlot Over Sugar
From th« n«tr«!t N'.ui«,
Frederick 11. Wnllls, former com
mlHMloner. recently fold some min es!
In<t experiences nt Kilts I sin ml m Ids
ndmlnlstratlon. Kvery Immiirt.int
1 hi I Cl ICO III,. I I 111,1 u
Iiir for sugar. some or them ml hm
ln«r tasted any fm a >eni. \ft
fu! consideration .. , di 'ion til
i Inn ye file ... to the sli"imslilp coni
pnnlrs- Mr Wnllls decided I., pln.e
sup,a r on I he In liles.
The first man to enter the dlnltiK
room v is n big I 'xerhnHInvnklan nml
when lie saw the liltle howls tUl.'il
with w hite i ulies lie lin t made n test
with his longue. Then with n wild
orv nf "sugar” he emptied the howl
in Ills pocktd
Hehlnd him wns nti It'ilmn wumnn
wenring nl least m skirts " jnd
SUNNY SIDE UP
'* ‘
et
never failed us yet"
CcliaThaxter j j
MAKING GARDEN.
When the catalog is handy and the
pipe Is going right
I can make a dandy garden with
great ease.
I can plan the rows so pretty they
will lie a dandy sight.
And can plant 'em with beans, cab
bages and peas.
When the furnace gives no trouble
and the kiddies are in bed.
Though the wintry winds may roar
and howl outside,
1 can raise tlie luscious radish and
tomatoes big and red,
And produce such spuds they'll fill
my soul with pride.
Sitting in the corny rocker, with my
feet in slippers thrust,
I can wield a hoe and rake to beat
the band.
I can keep the soil so mellow that it
never gets a crust, *
And no garden beats my February
stand.
'Tis witli care I make selection of
the diff'rcnt kinds of seeds.
And f plant each kind in its parti
cular dirt.
With great cure 1 see that moisture
is provided for all needs,
While no weeds may grow, my
tender plants to hurt.
When the winds of February bring
along the snow and sleet
I can sit in shirtsleeve comfort
with my pipe.
And produce the luscious string l>ean
and the modest blushing beet,
While I never feel a backache's
cruel gripe.
When the frost has made departure
and the sun with warming rays
Starts my neighbor* making garden
in the spring,
Hake and hoe I have abandoned, and
I seek the easy ways,
And depend on grocery stores for
everything.
M hetlier potatoes should lie planted
in tlie dark of the moon, or otherwise,
whether they should he planted when
the moon is waxing or waning or
whether they should he planted im
mediately before or after fctt. Patrick s,
no longer bothers us Time was when
uo ( .insulted authorities on the mat
ter. but not so now. Jtespalring of
ever getting the matter definitely and
satisfactorily settled in this way. we
settled it for ourselves by deciding
to withdraw from the potato raising
game and purchase our family sup
ply of spuds.
Neither do we vie with our neigh
hors in seeing who can harvest the
first mess of roasting ears, or the
first mess of peas, or the first handful
of radishes. Igmg ago we became
convinced that we could beat them ail
to it by depending upon the truck
peddler.
Kvcry < .immunity boasting of a
near by bill calls the hill "Lover’s
Leap.” Sometimes the legend tells
of an Indian maiden who dashed her
self to death from its summit because
her lover had deserted her; some
times It is the Indian leave who
dashes himself to death be* a use the
inaidhn of his choice* died. The
legends may vary, but there ate
enough Lover's Leaps in Nebraska
to account for the death of several
hundred Indian braves and as many
Minnehahas.
And of Rawhide creeks there arc
many. The usual legend ia that a
white man belonging to a party of
emigrants assaulted an Indian girl,
and the Indians capturing him pro
ceeded to skin him alive and present
the raw hide to his companions. But
the real story is that a freighter made
some harness tugs out of the raw
h1d»* of a deceased ox, and proceeded
to haul his heavily laden wagon
across the creek very early in the
morning. When the green hide tugs
got wet they stretched, and while
tho wagon remained in the creek bed
the team climbed the opposite bank
and walked a considerable distance.
But the freighter was wise. He
drove a heavy stake- into the ground,
unhitc hed the team and wrapped the
end of the green hide tugs around
the stake When the sun came up
blazing hot it dried out the green
tugs, and their contraction pulled the
wagon to dry land. Hence Rawhide
creek.
A favorite trick *»f American and
Mexic an cowboys in New Mexico is to
gallop along and make a cigaret by
sifting tobacco into a hit of corn
husk and roll a cigaret by slapping it
against their chap clad thighs. Dur
ing several months spent in New
Mexico many years ago wp tried the
trick enough times to scatter• about
half a ton of tobacco over the range,
but we never succeeded in rolling a
cigaret that way.
A recent reminiscence of youthful
days impels "Old Timer to write to
inquire if we remember the * c Id morn
Inga when, just before wc started for
the school house* h couple of miles
away, we thrust a hot baked potato
into each coat pocket, and then closed
our hands over them as we hurried
over the hills. M*>st surely we do.
And we remember how good those
same baked potatoes tasted at noon,
after being warmed up in the ashes
of the old barrel stove in the center
of the school house.
The report that l*oot Jeggers have
ceased making it be* ause of the in
creasing price of sugar will be hailed
with delight by our good friends out
in tho North Platte valley. Bept
raisers participate jn increased sugar
prices—the higher the sugar market
the more they get per ton for their
^ts. _W. M. MAI'PIN
the 10 skirts were no handicap as
the Italian got her bowl of sugar also.
Then came a stampede that wrecked
the dining room. To bring order all
the forces of the island had to' tie
turned out. When quiet was restored
one man was sent to the hospital with
three broken ribs and there was n«
more sugar.
One day ice cream was served s* a
treat. The immigrants were puzzled
for a while, but finally one spread the
cream on his bread and the others
did likewise, consuming the delicacy
with evident enjoyment.
At Thanksgiving time one third of
a mince pie was placed at each plate,
while the officials kept watch to sec
what Impression this American dish
made. It was stared at, poked at and
turned over, but none \entured to eat.
Then attendants brought In great
bow la of soup. As soon as this was
served the Immigrants broke up the
pie Into the soup, stirred it well and
then ate it.
”1 called up the doctors next morn
ing in great anxiety. ‘ said Mr. W nl
lis. But, to my relief, not a single
person was sick.”
“The People’s
Voice*
Lditonal* from r*ad*r* of Th* Mornlnc
Re# Reader* of Th* Morning H*« *r*
ir.vit*u to u»* thi» column fr**ly for
*xpr**»ion on matter* of public
int*r**t. _J
Explains \dmiration for Is-nin.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee. One man call* me a Mae
phcmer. Another accuse* me of being
a hero worshiper. All because I con
sidered .leans a great man—nothing
mpie. and Lenin a great man—noth
ing less.
Sensible people are discarding
heroes, except for restrained admlra
tlon. The common man is becoming
exalted because he is exalting him
self. The only hopeful movements to
day arc movements of the common
people, the useful workers with hand
and brain. Witness the new labor
government in England, (although
Just a bare lieglnnlng has been made
there.) Witness the far more ad
mni i ! labor government of Kussia.
An-1 in this connection, It should be
noted that my article on Benin
praised him only ns he represented
an idea and served It loyally and
capably. In fact, one criticism of 11
In the manuscript was that It said
so little (tbout him personally and so
much about the movement he headed.
1 do not wish to wound the feelings
of folks whose moral and spiritual
welfare require the retention of reli
glous ideas which 1 have definitely
and permanently discarded. They are
welcome to those ideas If they call
manage to get any comfort out of
them, even If they must call me
harsh names because 1 disagree.
1 believe In ileal, not because some
one has threatened me with hell the,
nor la-cause I inherited the belief,
but because 1 have reasoned tbe
tiling out to my satisfaction. The
vorv Ideas of beauty and strength
and sweetness and nobility seem to
demand In--re than a coldly scientific
Itnlvei so. II is in order Ihal these
things might tie perpetuated and
magnified among men that 1 deem
certain changes Imperative, and I
niu infinitely more Interested in
watching ami promoting, In a hum
tile mij, these changes than In argu
lug about " hat council* of old men
liioin^Jit centuries ago, and In decid
lug on various singe* In the heaven
1) hierarchy.
El 'Ml' M> H Bill MBA! (ill
Suggest* Mild) of K\olllfloil.
Portsmouth. In To the 1 alitor of
The Omaha llee: Whv do you print
such trash as Mr. I,. II Monroe and
other - wi ll** ahout evolution and
Darwin" From time to time 1 read
In the "Public Voire" letters from
people who must tmi I, imv whnt thc>
are talking about end who could do
more good for the people If they
would won \ about other things such
as the school system or other worth
while matters.
Now I have read Darwin's hooks
and se\**rnl others nnd 1 have yet to
find It stated that man defended from
the nu'iile'V It Is a waste r*f time
and also foolish for people to pn> nn\
i
attention to things they read about
if they are not ible to forego the
habit of writing to their paper when
something appears that they can not
understand or believe.
What I would suggest to Mr L. H.
Monroe and other people when they
want to write Is to pet book* to
study the matter, to attend lectures
on the subject If possible and find
out all alsiiit it lefnre thev write to
you and then they would know what
to say and would be able to write
same worth reading.
As for evolution. It would pay you
to use the space, given to the Public
V oine. for a . lean, readable series on
evolution SO Monroe and others could
find out a little about It. H. \V, \V,
\n«»er to Teapot Ibatie.
Yes Boh you're right, its mighty hard
To come up short like that,
An' hev to empty yer wallet
Jest when it was glttin' fat.
An' that a blamed old Teapot
With a freely (b win' spout
Should turn out the contraption
That ud let the whole thing out.
But, Bob, there* one thing 'bout this
deal
That, ye see, ain't quite *o sad—
The whitewash seems to’ve run out
too
For polltlclona had.
Time was ya know, not long ago,
Before our heads were white
Whichever party was disgraced
Would whitewash wrong things
right.
We re sorry. Bob. for Mr. Kail,
Or airy other lout •
M ho fails to heed the Book that ses
"Your *in will find you out "
We're sorry, too, for all the friend*
\\ ho with him bear the shame.
Fur they all hev—oh the worst to
bear—
None but themselves to blame.
BLUIN' S. WATSON.
Albion. N'rb.
When inPAIN
i_k
A chest cold, a croupy
cough, or an earache
quickly responds to
the soothing warmth
of a Ben-Gay rub. It’s
fine for little children
and mothers know it
brings them quick
relief.
Use it for:
Headache
Rheumatism
Sore muscles
Tired teet
Backache
Toothache
Coughs
Colds
baume-bengu£
f LISTENING IN j
On the Nebraska Press ^
Numerous Nebraska newspapers
are recording the appearance at
church services of masked and robed
ktansinen who advance to the altar,
repeat the lord's prayer and then
hand the minister an envelope con
taining money. No explanation Is
given of why the masks while pray
ing.
• • •
Fred Klmmell asserts in the Mc
Cook Tribune that Nebraskans are
too dad blamed modest in pres.-, ancj
speech alcccut their state. its produc
tive possibilities, climate, roads, et
cetera.
• • •
The Kennel Sun claim* to be pub
lished In the divest town in th^
stHte.
I.. K. Tobias of the Sterling
Sun exclaims that W. A. Selliek a*
the republican candidate for congress
from the First district would suit him
mighty iine.
• • •
“(inly four weeks of February—
spring will soon be here,” chortle*
the Shelton Clipper. In the interests
of accuracy we insist that t lie re are
four and one seventh* week in this
February.
• • •
Fletc-h Marvcin of the Beaver City
Times-Tribune describes a hick town
as a place where a barn fire g*-ts
more space in the local paper than
a divorce suit.
• • •
Mentor Brown, who edits the Hub
in the town where the Sinclair Pipe
company has its Nebraska headquar
ters, has cause for rejoicing. "Any
way, the investigators can not tear
up «r prohibit the use of the Sin. lair
oil pipe line, no matter if the lid of
Teapot Dome niece so high y- never
comes down."
• • •
The Wakefield Republican slug
h^ad* the story that th^ lor-al ele»mb
light plant will hereafter give L’O-hour
service. And it in only a matter * f
time until it js a 24-hour service,”
asserts the Republican.
"Most of us make fools of ourselves
occasionally." confesses Adam Breed"
of the Hastings Tribune
• • •
The Fremont Tribune has inside
information that a Fremont girl iH of
the opinion that the state press meet
ing at tlrand Island this month will
Is- a petting party. Bachelor mem
bers of the association will take due
notice.
• • •
The Tekamah Herald declare* with
emphasis that a man is not necessar
ily a progressive because he wishes
to try every fool scheme anvhsjdy
suggests.
• • •
"I Hin satisfied v. ftli the spirit '«f
America.'* says General Haller of Po
land. Still, r.f th«» stuff isn't
anythin* to brm? of, adds the Grand
Island Independent.
* * *
Notins that Hiram Johnson h*s a
lot to say about the TeaiJOt
srandal now, the Seward Wade win
der* why he didn't tell the world
about it sooner.
»0m
' Some folks rej .ee me.1 the :e' ,rn
of the robins." says Fred Howard
in the Clay Center Sun but mor» of
them will have their feais allayed by
the fai t that w irnt weather w 11 se'
the removal of the d“ dly side cur
tains from many cars."
T,ew Shelley of the Fairbury News
wondirs where the candidates throw
their hats when they are running for
the vice presidency.
• • •
Die Buck of the Harvard Courier,
courageous to the point of rashness,
still claims the superiority of the
male over the female. "You often
ses a dead lien ;n the road, victim of
an auto, but (lid you ever see a dead
rooster?" is his way c-f proving his
contention.
Uunn.ng true to form, California
ha* produced a shouting fish—Van
couver World.
f Abe Martin
Who recalls when we had t i>re.
a couple o’ eggs in a pair o’ w
booU before we could git 'em ot
“If she comes in t’night I’ll try
catch her in th’ mornin’ an’ tr
her,” said Mrs. Tipton Liud, «i >
somebuddy left a message for hr
daughter.
• :>-<
Kewpie tra/e hxptained.
Kewpie dolls were becoming a:
ingly papular here tiii“ week, t = •
mas purchases.
In a raid on the warehouse of
“specialty sa;e«n.an, ' tlie poll e
found several crate* ,.f th-a c*
each kewpie being filled with a pi
of fine grain nlool >1.
The ‘'specialty salesman'* escape-’
— lies Moines Lead*
• • • Safety for Savings • -
^fBVATlVE
J.'ONS£Rv
*• « *AJIKTY r
.~:= Zoa risjofrHbTnei'~^~r~
*
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for December, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .75,107
Sunday .80,795
Does not include returns. left
overs. samples or papers spoiled m I
printing and include* no special
sales or free circulation of any kind.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subsrr.bod and sworn to before me
this 7th day of January. 1924.
W. H QUIVEY,
< Sea!) Notary PubHc
COIN
MERE"''
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COU’YE HEARD of individuals who watch the
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And. if the owner does not do this— if he slips up for
even a tingle day- the clock win refuse to sene as a
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The Coin Clock keeps excellent time for twentv-four
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