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The Morning Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publith«r N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief. Business Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to «he use for publication of all t news dispatches credited to it or not otherw»«e credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dNbatchea are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of. Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation eudits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of Mar;h 3, 1878. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch F.AchanRe. Ask for XT 1AnA the Department or Person Wanted. ^ * IRnilC lvW OFFICES *- Main Office—JJtK &d Ffrnam , ' P.. Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. .«► VgA-.'SId*. N. w. Cr. "4tlf N. Srw York—World Bldg. .. JtJflrtjoit—Ford Chicago—Tribune Bids, i1jUfi• ai City—Bryant Bldg. * " St. LouU—Syn. Trust Bld«i3Wb( Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Frmn.—Hoi 1 rook Bldg. —Atlanta Trust Bldg. ■’11 _-I'frh ....---> GIVE M'ADOO A CHANCE TO ANSWER. Mr. McAdoo will receive very little sympathy A* X > because-his verbal indiscretions have put him in a ” much more serious plight than he had already * emerged from. He was received with great consid er eration by the senate committee. Instead of being T rigidly questioned on many details of his connection 'A with the oil concerns, he was-allowed to go after the a, most superficial of examinations. ^ Instead of respecting the/parole tacitly granted, 2 Mr. McAdoo was unwise enough to burst fhft'h in a,' » screaming denunciation of officials at Washington. ® When he joined the mob and began to shout, ‘‘Stop thief!” the most natural, yea. the unavoidable, in* f* ference was that he knew more than he had told. * * * In considering the present situation of Mr. Mc * Adoo, certain outstanding points should be kept in mind. > Before he went into the cabinet as secretary of the treasury no one had heard of him as a law yer. He had established a good reputation as a tunnel builder. The McAdoo tunnel under the Hud son river was a real accomplishment, not only as an t engineering feat, but from point of financing also. 1 On this his reputation rested. His record as secre tary of the treasury was colorless. It was through no fault of his that the revenue of the country dwin dled so that a surplus of $350,000,000 was converted ; in two years into a deficit of $350,000,000. That wqs due entirely to the free trade policy adopted by i the democrats, ivho cut the tariff and laid no tax to take its place. Mr. McAdoo adopted the easy expedient of bor rowing in anticipation of tax collections, and con „ tinued this throughout the war, so that In a single ' year the turn-over in Treasury certificates amounted to more than $13,000,000,000. Of course, this was * necessary war financing, but it cost the taxpayers ‘ 5 per cent interest just the same. Walker D. Hines, ,vho succeeded to the dictatorship of the railroads, defends the McAdoo policy that cost the government $100,000,000 a month for 27 months, saying it ^ would have cost that much, no matter who did the :ob. * * * Not long after the armistice was signed, Mr. Mc Adoo resigned his dual job, secretary of the treasury and dictator of railroads and such other commerce carriers as had been seized by the go\ eminent. At once he became an important lawyer. Great con cerns, oil .companies, moving picture corporations, and others of like character, began to pursue him with proffers of employment. Each was accom - .oanied by large retainer fees. Allowing a liberal dis •aunt for exaggeration by interested parties, it has ► been estimated that “Mr. McAdoo's income from this ouree within a few months after he retired from he cabinet mounted to more than $1,000,000. What had happened in the meantime to make his ervices so valuable? Other lawyers, who really ‘ had distinguished themselves in the profession, were oassed by, in order that this new firm might be em f oloyed. Some reason for the preference must have existed. What was it? ’ p Did Mr. Doheney send Mr. McAdoo on a million ,* lollar mission to Mexico because he was an astute nternutional lawyer? Or did the oil magnate un ‘ derstand that the late secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson, his father-in-law, t Possessed other attributes that would be valuable on such a quest? 1 * * * , Perhaps a little more complete inquiry Into the nature of this and other phases of Mr. McAdoo's ex ! tensive legal practice, which grew up over night, like •• veritable Jonah’s gourd, might bring out something * 'he public ought to know. Especially, when we ra nember that a considerable part of the gentleman's t .me was spentAiuring 1919 and 1920, when he was uppo.ccd to b” orrning these lavish rewards, in pur , ming the democratic nomination, or in doing mov ng picture stunts. A long list of questions is waiting Mr. McAdoo. 5 lie should have every consideration that is due a witness, but there will be no whitewash about his t next appearance oh the witness stand. SCHEMES TO CATCH VOTES. Rejection by the house of the Frcar amendment ;o restore the excess profits tax indicates at least temporary return of reason. In the very ecstasy of control, the group that temporarily rules in congress have done some things that will defeat their very purpose, if indeed they are sincere in endeavoring o amend the revenue law. Already we have pointed out the blunder made in adopting the Garner amendment dealing with stock dividends. One equally as inexcusable is that which provides for inspection of returns by congres sional committees. In 1804 the Income tax schedule ♦of the Wilson tariff bill was declared invalid by the supreme court. One of the chief reasons for this decision was its Inquisitorial features. The govern ment of the United States has no right to disclose the business or other private affairs of one citizen • to another. Only the courts or commissions clothed with the powers of a court have the right to make mch inquiries. Very recently the big paclfer* de • ''lined to allow Inspection of their hooks by govern ment attorneys. They have been sustained by fed eral courta in so doing. Why should the house, then, seek to violate what is s pledge between the government and the tax payer? Very well to say that the information will it id committees in doing their work. Who guarantees that committees of congress will always respect such confidential disclosures? Members of congress and senators have not always been delicately scrupulous “bout making use of any facts they gain, no matter from what source, or in what manner. Government’s function is to protect, not to In vade, the privacy of its citizens in their legitimate undertakings. Burke’s well-recalled panegyric may be quoted here. “The wind may enter, the rain may enter, but the king of England can not enter’’ the home of a citizen. Members of congress know this therefore to at tempt it is only a cheap scheme to get votes from the unthinking. JUDGE FITZGERALD’S BIG STICK. The action of Judge Fitzgerald in sentencing a holdup man to 17 years in the penitentiary will have a salptary influence. The most effective deterrent to crime in any community i» the knowledge that juries will return verdicts of guilty when the evi dence supiiorts the charges and that judges will have in mind that the greatest interest at stake is that of society. This is particularly true with the habit ual criminal. If he knows he cannot rely upon a maudlin stretching of the doctrine of tempering jus tice with mercy he will find other fields for his per | nicious vocation. Judge Fitzgerald im^wsed several -convictions that were the stiffest recorded for' some" time in the Douglas county district churt. Tije judge believes [ that mercy should season justice, at the same time | holding that society is entitled to a little mercy. One of the men had the impudence to excuse his highway robbery by saying he was but 45 days out of the penitentiary, and needed money. Seems as if he never thought of working for it. He just robbed a man who did work. “Society will be safer with you in prison,’’ said the judge, and, barring interference of the parole .board, that nonchalant bandit will spend the. next 17.years behind the bars. Others fared similarly. Another proper sentence was that of 30 days in jail to a man charged with tampering with wit nesses during the recent Griffin murder trial. This will probably have a wholesome effect on those who have so boldly operated in this fashion, even in the courthouse. Two or three more of th?m locked up would materially clear the atmosphere. Men and women ordinarily are not inclined to be vindictive, but the law should be relentless in its pursuit of criminal offenders. Inexorable in exact ing penalties from them. “I could do that standing on my head,” is a favorite expression of the burglar or holdup man, when let off with a moderate sen tence. . When those criminals who have come to Omaha with the idea that they could get off easily if caught, learn that there is real strength on the crim inal court bench, they will change their minds in a hurry. NOW RUSSIA WANTS A BIG NAVY. Russia's request for permission of the League ol Nations to build 419,000 tons of fighting ships sounds rather startling to a world that is looking for a diminution of navies. The program of the United States, abandoned at the Washington con ference, was the largest ever undertaken in the world’s history. It called for only 438,000 tons of capital ships. This shows the importance of the Rus sian proposal. Admiral Behrn, who presented the subject to the league’s commission, sitting at Rome,-argues that the ships are needed to protecl Russia’s coast. The •oTiet republic has front on three seas. It feels its coasts are insecure. The idea is strangely at vari ance with the thought so extensively promulgated, that all the soviets seek is peace. No sign is noted of attack from any outside power. The only real danger to the soviets arises from their persistent interference with the domestic affairs of other na tions. Propaganda for the communists is exten sively carried on. It is righteously resented by the established government* of the world. 9 Whether or not Russia gets the permission asked from the league, it is reasonably certain some war ships will be built by the soviets. To ask them to continue defenseless, when all other nations have means not onlj for defense but for attack as well, is unreasonable. Russian commerce js slowly reviv ing, as Russian industry begins to emerge from beneath the communistic blanket that smothered it. To deny, then, to Russia the right to protect its commerce on the high seas, a right enjoyed by all civilized governments, would be unjust. First, how’ever, the soviets should prove their peaceful protestations before consenting to their arming on so magnificent a scale. Russia's neigh bors in both Europe and Asia have not rested eas ily for some years. A “red" army in view all the time is not conducive to quiet nights in government headquarters, even in Moscow. This menace still stands, and those nearest it are not at all assured of its altruism. What really js encouraging Is the fact that the Moscow group goes so far as to recognize the rights of others as to appeal to the league of na tions. Not such a great while ago the Third Inter nationale thundered its intents from Moscow, and the soviet leaders there hastened to proclaim their fealty to the commune. A different tune it now heard from the kommissars, indicating that even they ere not insensible to the progress of the world. - r - # The governor ought not encounter much diffi culty in selling 60 cars of coal in a community where more than a hundred cars are consumed every day. That is, If he goes about it right. Bascom Slemp will show that he, too, can talk when he wants to. You will laugh at the ground hog. will you? r -* n Homespun Verse —Bj Omaha’* Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie v__/ PERPLEXITY. A fellow came to me one day and anld: "My heart la blue— I'm up against a funny thing and don’t know what to do. I know a girl woo mean* to me as much or more than Ilf.-; Hhe’a faithful, and I need her- Oh, I want her for my wife. But our religious view* are not In every sense akin. And some have Bald that auch might let discrepancy crwep In. / Your frank opinion I Implore to guide so I may Forget or build my future dream about our wedding day." Saye I "If* pretty hard to *av Just what might rnm« to you, But when a man’* In love hi* heart should tell him what to do; You both are In the same old world and trend the com rnon sod. And you were both created by and serve the selfsame (loci; if It wa* me, I'd let my heart |>o Judge In such a cns< I wouldn't place *n much upon eecle*ln*llc gfnce And I might ask lo set you atralght upon your pur sling way — "Just what haa true love got to do with how we humans pray?" f fly EDWIN O. PINKHAM. ” From Virginia Farmer to General of the Continental Army You arc the only being for whom. I hat e an awful reverence.—Lord Erskine to Washington. XVII. / —^"1 Washington had advanced I I to the forefront in thatVlr f^*| glnla society of the mid [BietiBl i8th century. A mixed so ciety of highland hack wood a men and lowland aristocracy, and.though he belonged to the latter, the leadership he exercised extended over both. Be tween the close of the French wars and the coming of those events that stirred the colonies to resistance against the crovytt he led the uuiet Ilf* of a Virginia farmer at Mount Vernon. He had now attained to full man hood, and was In every way the finest expression of manhood that age had given. "His pers^p, you know," Jef ferson has written, "was tine, his stature exactly what one could wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble." Hilbert Stuart, the painter, records that he never saw a man with such large e^ls-soekets, or with such breadth of nose between the eyes. His hair was light brown, the eyes grayish blue. His mouth was habitually con pressed, his forehead wide and high. He was what we call a hand some man, and one whom people turned to look at. He was attentive to his dress, and whether dancing or on horseback was a perfect figure for grace. Mrs. Adams, on first sight of him. wrote to her husband: "I was struck with General Washington. You had prepared me, but I thought the half was not told me. Dignity, wtth ease and complacency, the gentleman and the soldier, look agreeably blend ed in him. Modesty marks every line and feature of his face." If we can Imagine that figure in the blue and bulT uniform of a Vir ginia colonel, riding with tasseled sword, the AVashington arms glisten ing on his horse trappings, we shall not wonder at the Impression he made one May morning in 1758 when, on his way to AA'Illiamsburg, he stopped at an hospitable A’irglnla mansion for the night. And an impression he did make on one member <>f that household, who may have been look ing from the window ns he riale up. At any rate when Colonel Washington bowed low before Martha Dandrldge, the charming 26 year-old w^idow of Daniel Ihirke Custis, A’lrglnia's most notable love affair that instant began. It was not the first time AVashington had been in love. So long ago as when he was surveying "beyond the ridge” we find him writing to an In timate of his "lowland beauty." some times identified as Lucy Grymes. who married Henry Lee. Her son Harry became an officer under AA'ashlngton. and her grandson led the army that surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. Also there are letters in Washington's early tmnd to "Dear Sally," and when he was 20 he was writing to AA’Illlam Fauntleruy asking permission to call upon his sister, Tletsy, who appears from this letter to have once dis couraged his attentions. In 1756, when AVashington went to Boston upon an errand of military import to Governor Shirley, he stopped in New Aork, and at the house of Beverley Robinson, where he was entertained, met Mary Bhilipse, "a beauty and an heiress," and AVashington lingered there many days beyond the time he had appoint^# to leave. But what with surveying, fighting, and attending to his legislative duties, \\ aldington until now had never paid anything but fitful court to any lady. But when he rode away from the "White House," the Custis mansion on that May morning, he had arranged to stop there again on his way hack from AVilllamsburg. At that second stopping all was done—so ardent, swift and successful wa* the colonel’s caiurtlng. In January, 17(9. Martha Custis became Marthn Washington. Her fortune added to his own made Washington the most substantial man in Vlrgania, and perhaps In the colonies. And now was to follow an interlude uf some 16 yeur* during which Wash ington was to live at Mount Vernon f--> Abe Martin <_j , . (i B Constable Plum has censored th' film, “Th’ Enchantress o’ th’ Nile," now showin’ at th’ nickel the-nter an’ ordered 85 fart cut off th' kis: in th' second reel. Some ((iris’ idee o’ beauty is a snow white nose, cerise cheeks nn’ a nut brown throat. _ (Capyrlph t It to_ I ■ I N ET AVERAGE I PAID CIRCULATION for January, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,669 ] Sunday .80,166 Pn«« not Include return*. left overs. samples or papers spoiled tn printing and tncluda* no special , sslet or free circulation of any kind. V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mtr. Subscribed and swntn to bafora me | this flth day of February. IP24 W. II QUIVKY. (Seal) Notary Public i — the life he most loved. Cultivating his broad acres, developing the best stable In all Virginia, hunting In "blue coat, scarjet waistcoat, buck skin breeches and velvet cap," pre siding at an hospitable table." experi menting with new crops, attending conscientiously to public affairs, he was the type of country proprietor to which Virginia owed its rapid devel opment in that lull between two storms. It was the happiest period of his life; this, and the brief space left to him after he retired from the presidency, were the only times In his crowded years that he could in dulge his own tastes. His letters and his diary show how absorbed he was In every detail of the management of his great estate. He attended per sonally to the planting, the timber cutting, the harvesting and shipping of his crops—the Mount Vernon mark on everything he marketed fixed Vir ginia’s standard fbr excellence—and no slave on his plantation could shirk an hour’s work and hope to have It pissed unobserved. Nor could slave or other humble person on Mount Vernon's acres want for any thing in sickness or misfortune that the careful and watchful master failed to supply. When the Interlude was over and the call to public duty came Wash ington was ready, but full of regret for the scenes he was leaving behind. Henceforth to the end of his life the eyes of the world were upon him, and it was a gaze he never learned to bear without distaste. As a member of the continental congress he with drew from the room when Adams propoaed his name as conimander ln chlef. Brought back, he accepted the commission In a few short sentences, very like the man In their modesty and directness. He refused In ad Vane# to have any pay attached to hia commission. t\ hen Howe evacuated Boston and the American army inarched in, con gress presented a gold medal .to the general, which the British historian Trevelyan pointedly remarked was the only coin Washington ever re ceived for his inestimable service to hia country. (Copyright, Kansas City S'ar ) LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press. The Merna Messenger has turned Its 20th milestone, and looks forward with confidence to the time when It will be old enough to vote. • • • •'With a campaign coming on. a lot of voters are just beginning to find out fcow much the politicians think at them." sarcastically remarks Don Van Duaen In the Blair Pilot. • • • Hank Leggett of the Ord Qulx wants * real nice, ladylike word coined to designate women engaged In the bootlegging business. ' Soofflawesses" would be all right If it wasn't so awfully hard to pronounce. • • • W. H. Weekes of the Norfolk Press save the news that Roy Harrop Is a candidate for vice president ought to run In the “Smiles and Laughs" de partment. • • • Lew Shelley of the Falrbury News Insists that not all people who play the marriage lottery draw blanks. ‘Several Falrbury women would 1* better off If they had," remarks Lew a« an after thought. • • • Mentor Brown of the Kearney Hub propounds the following query, and waits a satisfactory reply: "What more ran we ask than a conscientious administration of the law by a high minded chief executive who has In Ids entire public life given the people whom he served the utmost reason for confidence In his conscience and his courage?" • • • Unless all precedent is upset at the Nebraska Press association meeting at Grand Island this week. Mrs. Marie Weekes of the Norfolk Press will he elected president. • • e Tn Its "Nineteen Years Ago" de partment the Merna Messenger tells of the removal of a "Bwhilly gee" pump and the Installation of one of the "Helle-go-dry" brand. Which Im pels us to ask If anybody remembers the old "frothy-on-top" pump? • • • "Shall we raise corn?" asks the Crawford Courier. By all means. It Is rfbt only more profitable than rals Ing some other things, but It it not provocative of headaches. • • • The Posad l,ocal announces that hereafter It will appear as a semi weekly. This is evidence indisputable that Corad la a mighty good town. • • • "Some congressmen should wear silencers," declares the Tekamah Herald. “The People’s Voice* Editorial* from r*»d*r* of Th« Morning fW. Readers of The Morning Bee are invited to u*e thi* column freely for expression on matters of public interest. Political Capital From Teapot Bonn*. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Kail is in disgrace, Dcnby is down and out, and Daugh erty may be the next to tfo. It is a foul smelling mess that has been stirred up In the capital of the re public. 1 shall not take scandal as an op portunity for denunciation. 1 shall not even denounce the republican ad ministration, remembering wholesale corruption and vicious war-time as saults on liberty in the last demo cratic administration. Not many officials aye personally corrupt, pet-haps. Fewer still pursue policies which they believe to be wrong. It Is quite likely that Fall, nor Denby, nor Daugherty feet any festering guilt. Everyone concerned believes in the private ownership and autocratic management of Industry. The natural resources of the country need development, and private enter prise is the only way of developing them, according to the dominant view. If Mr. Sinclair or Mr. Rocke feller make a lot of money, for exam ple, well, that means that the oil re sources of the country are being de veloped. Of course this means, also, that most of the people are left out In the cold, that poverty Is rife, that opportunity Is narrowed, that genius is stifled, that envy and hatred and suffering, a wholly unnecessary amount of evil, must obtain, but who pretends, who knows anything about it, that governments have been insti tuted for the good of the governed? Nearly all energy of mind and body Is devoted to making a living. City and country workers are not thinking about government except in a vague, spasmodic way. They vote for “great men" and “good men” year after year, men who believe in private own ership and private profit, and so every now nd then things come to a head and we have a scandal. A host of hard fames are hurled, one or two or three* are separated from official po sitions, and possibly a subordinate goes to the penitentiary. The real cause, the essential evil, is neglected. When the city and country work er* decide to have a government of their own, they can have It.- It won't take all of them either, nor even a majority. The way 1* surprisingly smooth and straight If they will only wash out eyes and ears and move for ward. The public official* of the fu ture will serve faithfully the people who really put them there, just as they are doing now. If the great mass *’f the people want to he served faith fullv. they have hut to say the word to "get up and go.” They can begin, this campaign year of 1924, by supporting only farmer labor candidates for office. That won't I* all. by any means, but It will be a good beginning. KDMCND R. BRl'MBAUGH. Too Many Motor Tiim. Omaha—To the Kdltor of The Oma ha Hee: "An average of $14,000 a day has been taken in at the office of Otto Bauman, city and county trea surer, In the last few days, since the police order that autolst* who were delinquent longef In obtaining their auto licenses would be arrested. To date 20,000 licenses have been Issued. This. says. Bauman, repre sents one half of the gasoline vehicle* In the county.” The above appeared in one of our dally papers. I cannot understand how much longer the people will stand for double taxation. It seems street railways and mllroads must have used plenty of Influence in compelling our last legislature to pass this law. making It hard for the common man to own a fliver, and then a police law to arreat those without a license State, county and city tax and wheel tax ought to be enough to pay for the privilege and convenience of owning a fliver. About the only pleasure and convenience now enjoyed by the aver age working man's family la the pos session of a flivver and perhaps a secondhand one at that, which re quires as much In license fee as a new one. Before voting for any of these feV lows who want to be nominated and elected to our next legislature, make them promise you that they will help to repeal this license law. and then see to it that they keep their promise. The state of Iowa has no license law. What is good for the people of Iowa ought to he good for us here In N'ebinska. If you wish to remove a convenience and pleasure of the com mon people, put on enough tax and you will accomplish your object. Ownership of a low-priced car is not a luxury these days but a neces sity. Over 80 per cent of all cars sold are low-price^ Fords and others— and owned by the common people. The writer Intends to buy a oar ^iext spring hence one reason why he thinks double taxation ought to be killed, O. M. R. An Old Time Postman. Merman, Neb.—To the Rditor of The Omahn Itee: We read In your paper where Mr. Swnn of Shelton, Neb., is believed to he the oldest car rier In point of service In the state. Ws have a rural carrier In this office who heats Mr. Swan's record by one year and 10 days. Rural delivery service was estab lished at this office, February 1, 1901. Carrier Claude I*. Reid accompanied hy Postmaster John C. Bailey took SUNNY SIDE UP 1 y#ke Comfort, nor forget Jfhat Sunrise never yet j PRIMARY TIME. Now come* the smiling candidate. With well-intentioned breezines*. And says the country’s needing him To settle Its uneasiness. He shakes our hand with clasp so! warm. And speaks In tones of tenderness, tie says the country's chance to live Is now reduced to slenderness Unless he's put In higher place To change Its future destiny. But, as a ruls. 'tls hard to find A more colossal post than he. Odd zooks! The candidates abound In flocks that add to weariness: With same old line of bunk to add • Unto life s load of dreariness. Far be It from us to make this de partment a refuge for those who have complaints. We would have to dis criminate because complainants are so numerous and space so limited. But now and then we feel impelled t<» break even this ironclad rule, the com plaint being so well founded and voiced* by many-. Art Shatter of Seward points out that as the price of restaurant meals soared filgher and higher, the damand fog "coffee and doughnuts" Increased by leaps and bounds, and In time be came the universal breakfast for trav elers. And then came the reaction. Walter* began saying. "We have no doughnuts this morning.’ and then followed a stiff boost In the price of the article. "This," writes Shaffer. “Is a serious proposition. Do not class m«- as a re former. but really the matter Is wor thy of attention. The hole in the doughnut has been discussed, and cussed, but now we are confronted with the disappearance of hole and all." f'ertainly we will not class yhafferl as a “reformer.” This is an epithet we reserve for use when we want to express extreme dislike of a man or his Ideas. But certainly we agree with him in the statement that this doughnut matter is entitled to consid erable attention. We, too, have suf fered. i Referring once more to the dingus the street car conductor works to sift out the fares, and our unsatisfied curiosity as to how it works, we have another query. Tou have noticed, doubtless that very frequently it hap pens while the street car is at a standstill, suddenly there will be heard a muffled grinding noise, ac companied by a tremor of the car. We have often felt (he urge to ask the conductor what caused it and thei out the first mail, and terrier Reid it still on the job. During his 23 yeiyrs of faithful ser vice he has had 12 nead of horses, four R. F. D. wagons, two sleighs and two automobiles. One winter, he has. forgotten the year, he made 62 consecutive trips in a sieigh. Mr. lfeid lost IS days on account of sickness during tit* influenza epi demic. He has traveled approximate ly 1*8.784 miles. Mr. Reid is 5* years of age. eats three good square meals each day and if there is any chance of getting through with the mail his pa trons know that It will be brought out to them. Mr. Reid makes no claim as to being the oldest carrier as to length of service, but we' will put him up against any carrier In the state as to faithful service. H. B. CA11KRO.V, P. M. An Ideal Husband. Title on animal film read. "The ostrich sees very little—on the other hand, it digests everything.” Girl in audience nudges chum and remarks: ”Oee! What an Ideal hus hgnd an ostrich would make”'—Good Housekeeping. whyfor*. but our dl“ltke of having the conductor look at u* with the »C‘1"' always accorded John Q- HU.. ■ > Hlckvllle ha*1 prevented. But if snm one would kindly come across win the information we would feel relieve-, in mind. While candidates who frequent-1 the sessions of the Nebraska Pres association last week were treat wlth all due courtesy, there was or Honmember of the profession wt was cordially welcomed. Whenev Ur. Rirh of Grand Island showed up he was welcomed as a long lor brother. * Newspaper reporters. traveling salesmen and the traveling public in general lost a splendid friend wh»t Vic Anderson, Union 1’acitic superb, tendent, died- His funeral was he! at Grand Island last .Saturday. V’ Anderson always helped the reportei out. and it was his delight to extend to the public those little courtesies that, after all, bring the most pleas ure into life. Referring to Nebraska's primar law—and certain postal rules t gether with ironclad rul»s signed t the edltor-ln-chief. icrohiblt us fron doisg so as we would dearly love to do—we hereby offer as a prize on package of our favorite brand of smoking tobacco for the best ex planatlon, or diagram, of Its provb ions, said explanation or diagram to be limited to .‘00 words or less We would feel perfectly safe In offer » prize of several million dollars would do so were it not calculate ; f arouse inquiry in certain quan We are in no position to stand senatorial investigation. For something like 4b years wehs.v been frequenting the theaters hope ful that in time we would be per mitted to see a drama wherein th» actor taking the part of the news paper reporter would act like a real reporter. To date we have suffered grievous disappointment. So far each one of the stage reporters has car ried a cute little note book, something we have never seen a real reporter do. Tour reporter in real life, Just be fore starting out, grabs up a aheaf of copy paper, folds it to convenient pocket size and caches it in the most convenient pocket. And nobody on earth save himself could decipher the hlergoiyphics he Jots down thereon. Having despaired of seeing Such a character on the stage, we have de cided to write the drama ourself, and then to cast any one of the capable and highly energetic reporters on The Omaha Bee for the part. In thle way only can we hope to achieve this life time ambition. We have the man for the character: our only doubt ia lo cating an “angel." Of course we feel perfectly com petent to writs ths drama. What newspaper man doesn't! WILL M. MAUPTO. > ♦ -Safety for ISIS . .'Tamtintim* • • U. —I. . I ■ .1 !,»■< When in Omaha Hotel Conant ANNOUNCEMENT The Prudential Savings & Loan Association Will Move MARCH 1, 1924 to Its New Home—106 South 18th Street NEW ELKS BUILDING We are sure that all our members will be pleased with the new location, and trust we may have the pleasure of meeting many new friends. We Have Nevar J»ald Less Than 6% on Savings $000 The Mott Heat for the Least Money ur°lKEj ^Carbon Coal LumberP®kcoaiCo.
