The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, April 12, 1924, CITY EDITION, Page 8, Image 8
Tm. Omaha Bee] MOM H 11| a~ v ! N I N C S UHD A Y no MF ri'B»*AMIN«; co, r*MUfc»* k ti. rrtMEK, JiAM NHH M NN. Jilt M 1144 KI Ml I dtlor |* ciMrf |iit>iM««k Urnuih Mi MK» M OF TMt AAtOtlAUM 1**1 Vi Th** A- >*i»t**d Firm, nf skirk Til# lie*# U a HhwWi fifluiiveiy »»itHk-0 to tk* tt«« for rt|<uhHmii— **f a' pr<rt ffMnM t*k M of not pikfMf'ir rnHlk I in th** i«t * * At»d sins »h« ‘<»*Al »»#»• puMithod hnoln AO rightl ♦ f r#h»ihhrit of i<«t •f***l*l disputchtr* «rt Th* ttniiki Il*o Is a momlrvr of fho Audit Hurosu «>! CJrrtilhttow*, «ho feutknril < n * * • ■ * I u t ■ •. A*M|it •, And i h# ihstkii B«*#'» clrrulatum is r*gwlArly AiiOitod hr th*ir otgonti stifh'. Knt*rrd as s<^*<ind**isns inAttor Msy 99. 199§, At Omaha pvstoffit'# uudor set of March 4, 1979. BEE TELEPHONES PrivAt* Branch t vehangA. A*fc for » *r • • • f AAA th* D*pArtm*nt or J,*r»«»n Wantc'l. “ ■ IBnllC ItWU OFFICES Main Office— 17th and Knrnani Co. Fluff* —16 Scott St. So. Slde.N. W. Cor. t4th N. N#w York—World Bldg. Detroit--Ford Bldg. I hi ag<» 1111'ltn# Bldg. Kmm» City Bryaet BM| St. Louis— Syn. Trust Bldg. Lon Angele*— Higgins Bklg ^ San Fran.—Hollrooh Bldg, Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg HOPE FOR THE IRRIGATIONJSTS. Two high points in the report to Seer, tiirv Work by tiie reclamation expert* will engage Nebraska’s attention. First of these is the new plan for basing payment for land and water. The oth(|r is the recom mendation that the North Platte project he com pleted by construction of the Guernsey reservoir, both of these are tilled with great possibilities for the settlers under the North Platte project. • • * To base payments on the amount of crop pro dueed and not on the area of the land and the water provided is not only reasonable, it is the logical method. Crops vary, while the size of the plot of ground served and the amount of water furnished remain stationary. With the variation in crop yield and market price, the ability of the settler to pay goes up or down. In good years he meets his obli gations without any strain. In bad years he falls behind, and becoming delinquent in his payments to Uncle Sam, he is threatened with having his water shut off. To shut off the water supply puts the farmer on irrigated land out of business. Such a course not only prevents payments of arrearages, but also any future payments. Worse, it ends the productive use of the ground. The Phipps bill, just sent through to the presi dent, makes extension of time for payment of de linquent assessments. The recommendation by El wood Mead will put the basis of charges on the amount of crop raised, and removes the definite date on which final settlement is to bo made, so in effect the settler will have as long as need be to pay the government what is due for his land. He will be permitted to live in the meantime, and will not be harassed by a debt the accumulation of which is due to factors he can not control. A A m Recommendation that some $27,000,000 ex pended on reclamation project* be charged off as loss may shock some folks who have not followed the development of the idea, but no other reasonable course is open. It should be no more difficult than it was to cross off the books four or five billions that were spent in shipbuilding during the war. Ef forts to reclaim waste land were as essential to pub lic welfare in peace time as shipbuilding was in time of war. If mistakes were made, and some were, the public suffered little, because in a general sense great benefit has come from what actually was ac complished. Engineers have been criticized quite liberally be cause of these mistakes, but given slight credit for what they actually did. One of the chief causes for complaint against the engineers arises from the fact that generally they set the construction costs too low. That is not^o be charged against them. It is not an uncommon experience where the work is being done far in the wilds, and under conditions that baffle foresight. The remedy is contained in the proposal that most of the added cost be charged off as loss, and that the better way of fixing pay ments be adopted. Burden* will thus be lifted from the settler, and in the end the government will lose nothing. All land will finally he paid for, and the increased production made possible will more than balance the money that has disappeared in projects that have failed or have cost more than was esti mated. e • • The Omaha Bee was one of the earliest advo cates of federal control of reclamation work In the United States. Nothing that has transpired in the last thirty-five years has modified the general prin ciple laid down by us. That is that the scope of the work is beyond either state or private control. The federal government is the only agency under whose ndministration the several plans can successfully be carried out. We contemplate without a shudder the loss of more than $100,000,000 at Muscle Shoals. Why be shocked at the thought of losing $27,000,000 in reclamation work? The Mead report is comprehensive, and is for ward-looking. It should have respectful attention from a congress whose chiefest duty is to give relief (o the people. In no better way can this be done than bjr extending to the settlers on the various irrigation projects the aid that is recommended by Elwood Mead and his associates. WHO OWNS THE AIR? Senator Howell’s bill dealing with radio trans mission of messages, just passed by the senate, looks to retention of control of the air by the public. It seems absurd to think that a monopoly might be built up in the ether, yet such is a probability unless regulatory steps are taken at this time. Individual or private rights in the atmosphere are not well defined. A certain factor of possession to the air above one’s premises Is implied by the ownership of the surface, just as that ownership implies possession of all that is under the earth. In mining law, however, much difficulty has been encountered In definitely settling the question of ownership. Pursuit of a mineral vein along its some times tortuous windings has led to much complicated litigation and to many decisions that are not always easy to reconcile. Yet through them all runs the principle that surface ownership carries with it ownership of all beneath, unless it lie especially set out to the contrary In the conveyance on which title rests. A similar principle may be applied to the air, but that Is not sufficient to govern the possible prac tice Senator Howell alms at. A great transmission agency Is already accused of attempting to secure a monopoly on the tsansmis sion of messages by radio. While this assertion is denied by those most interested, the future may bring about a situation where a vested right be al leged by of prescription or adverse possession. i iln *urh a right Motldf'ljf might eventually be fu«u4«L Under tkr Howell bill all who use the air for Intnamiaatnn of message* mutt *pcrlfie»lly «le» law that such uer dee* not ettahiwh a vmUiI right. This will certainly have to undergo u rutiiijF of the court, hut It give* the public the jump by a**ertlng the right to control of the air a* belonging to the people, DEADLOCK Of 1*01. Vivid recollection* of an exciting political drama , are called up by the pausing of I'ltarie* II. Itietrirh. ! He vva* made United State* senator in 1901 by the aurpriaing rloae of one of the most bitterly con tested fight* ever before the Nebraska legislature. A deadlock existed from the first day of balloting for United States senator in January until the clos ing day in April. Kdwnrd Rosewater was the leading candidate for the long term, to succeed John M. Thurston, and David H. Thompson was seeking the short term, to till the vacancy caused by the death of M. L. Hay ward. Hayward had been elected in 1899 to suc ceed Willian Vincent Allen, and had died before he took hi* seat Day after day the balloting went on. Sometimes the leaders were within one or two votes nl' election, but always enough of the members scat tered their votes to prevent a decision. Many at tempts were made to bring about a coalition that would result in a choice, but without avail. When it became apparent that the legislature would adjourn without election, and Nebraska would he left without representation in the senate, Mr. Rosewater decided to withdraw from the contest and advised his supporters to vote for Joseph H. Millard of Omaha. Mr. Thompson at the same time with drew and turned his strength over to Governor Dietrich. Thus was brought about a happy ending to the long and at times acrimonious contest. Charles Dietrich was elected governor in 1900, defeating William A. Poynter, who sought re-elec tion. His term of office as chief executive of the state was short, owing to his election to the senate. He was succeeded by Ezra- Perrin Savage, who served out the term, and gave way to John H. Mickey. # Senator Dietrich's health broke while he was at Washington, and for some time it was thought his illness would terminate fatally. He finally recovered, however, and although he took no active part in public affairs since his retirement from office, he always kept in touch with what was going on around him. He will be remembered in Nebraska as a busi ness man rather than a political leader. His friends will recall him as a genial, amiable man, who had a real interest in his fellowmen, and who made many sacrifices in order that he might serve. FRANCE HITS A SOUR NOTE. Renewal by the French politicians of the sugges tion that the United States turn to Germany to col lect the debt owed by France will not strike a sym pathetic chord in America. In effect, it amounts to asking us to pay the German reparations. After paying a considerable part of the French war bill, the I'nited Statea is much more inclined to attempt collection instead of shifting debtors. To begin with, the United States did not loan money to France in expectation that it would be paid from German reparations, flie loans were made on the honor of the French nation. As such they are looked on as a national asset. So far no effort has been made that would embarrass France in the way of collection, save to make it clrgtr that payment is expected. If France has not been able to get out of Germany all it hoped for, the fault ia not ours. Talk of cancellation or scaling of national debts is idle. It was indulged to some extent in England. The scheme was properly frowned upon and finally it was ended by the adjustment made under which the British government ia now paying off its debt to this country. Others will in time do the same. What is between France and Germany is another matter. The Dawes commission has made a com prehensive study and a report containing some definite recommendations. None of these contem plate any scaling down of tha French debt to the United States, t Interallied debts may he subject to some adjust ment, wherein one can offaet the other. Immediate opposition will follow any attempt to shift the re sultant burden of balance onto Germany, and make it a part of the reparations settlement. France may or may not accept the report of the Dawes commis sion, but failure to do so will not help it before the world. Nor will her appeal for a reduction In debt gain much favor in America. Uncle Sam grinds no one, but when he loans money he expects it to be repaid according to the terms of the bond. Another proof of the salubrity and fecundity of climate and soil ia found in the fact that Nebraska hens are laying eggs the aize of ostriches—eggs, of course The germ that bit the barley crop in this coun try was sired by one Volstead. It has been quite extensively damned. “TjT.w we are asked to “suspend judgment" with regard to Burton K. Wheeler. Oh, yes, Mr. Wheeler is a democrat ____ Com growers are organizing, but it Is not going to be easy to put ahackles on Dame Nature. Homespun Verse _By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie^ IT’S THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE THET CALLS ME. ire the old school house thet calls me from the retlle an’ the roar Of the little feller*’ antics which ere alius en.v m<oi». An’ their curly hair reminds me of a tousled headed lad, An’ their readln’ an’ their epellln’ seem to juvtnate their dad. JeV a room so kinder homely, but delightful—T don’t know! Somethin' sort of made it Heaven In the carefree Long Ago, An' the desks all carved with letters, an' the stove In rust arrgyed An' the winders hadn't shelters, sn' the door the teacher made. I kin sc, the riggers plainly on the blackboard, I kin hear Little fellers lisp an' si utter-retrospection 1 revere! Awkward steps of bashful atepper* lead the classes down tlio aisle. An’ the teacher'# rapid questions give true fervor to my amlle. It's the old school house thet calls me from today# content an' atrlfe. An’ so gently takes me backward to the playtime of my life Till the old erhool days I'm seeln'—1 am livin' as of yore With delight thet. oft was sorrow till the old clock counted four, Letters From Oar Readers All trllrK WHl kal MW# • HI ta «M»M4 ana Maaai* I aWWM* Hllwa ml Nt »Ma awl *##• »*ll ••• »"»» Kalamat >■ - . I'MMituie* iNmirtlk Tiisih« Dakota t H). N*h - ■ To tit# Mrtitsf i of Tit* ittnwH* Wee The Democrat# I certainly lutt # Monde I till memory. I Without ,1 n y hesitation, they h as re | rail even thing which haa transpired | alto * the Hamilton Hurt *1-1*1 si- They I • an ivlati all of the an tailed a. ait | dtla' In the MhiiiIii and Grant ad ntl|t;atration#, loll of oturN the dent oerata hate had |»rit <t It'A 11 y nothing i lae to do, tor the last *0 or it) year# • ltv|il to eland around on the nut- . aid*, iTltitlae nnd take nut**, Hut «• will have to h:tnil It to tha tlettto • tala that they are endowed with one nf the ureatoAt blessing* ever lie atow*il upon a human being, and that is they ran forget wliat they do not tare to remember. They can't remember one single commendable act of the republican party In all these years. Yet there is no country on lit* face of the earth that ever saw such prosperity h» the I rtilled States in the same period nf time, anti that too. under a republican protective tariff management. The democrata can't remember one thing alHtut tho t'le'.eland democratic free trade administration. That is. they can't remember it, or they hio so ashamed of It that they never speak of it. When the democrats are criticising and denouncing the republican tar iff. they never refer to the Cleveland free trade iidiiilnistratlnn nnd ask the voters to compare it with protective • tariff prosperity years. They cer- | talnly steer clear of the free trade , stuff, when they are denouncing pro- ( tective tariff. Judge Thomas in Me- , braska aspirant) says: "The greatest , evil the American people have ever , hod to contend with is the republican | tariff.” A person would think that , his audience would give him the , "horse laugh." At least they would t conclude that be is not well informed. ( All C. H. Pool (another democratic office aspirant) could say was: "1 am a democrat and am proud of it.” ' I might, in a casual way, Just remark ' that I have known many people who were always proud of something, that * everyone else was ashamed of. Kx Senator Hitchcock recently said' “The tariff waa the only Issue In ' 1912, and the democrats swept the country. 1 wonder if the ex-senator remembers what the Issue was two 1 years ago, when the republicans swept him clear off the map. Mr. Hitchcock also says: "The re- ' publican tariff always has and al ways will be, when In effect, a men ace to prosperity, because it is bound to increase the cost of living for ev ery man, womkn and child In the United States.” Does any one notice the ex-senator asking the people to compare the Cleveland free trade years with any republican protective tariff administration? An aspiring democratic candidate In Nebraska says: "The republican party has got ten the United States In a deplorable condition. The farmers, the laborers, all the common people, have no mon ey. In fact, no one but thy manufac turers who are protected by the re publican tariff have any money.” You democratic orators ought to know that you can't pull stuff'like that on the people and get by with It. Why, the school children of America have over $100,000,000 on deposit on savings banks. The kids In Sioux City alone have over $70,000. State and county fairs had the greatest attendance tn 192.1 of any previous year. All merchants claim 1923 the ban ner year of their business. All postmasters report the heaviest holiday mails for 1923 ever known. The "World-Herald tells us that the farmers are now using over 150,000 radios. Many of the farm sales, some of them amount to over $10,000, 00 per cent of the buyere pay cash. In 1923. over $26,000,000 was spent in the United States for chewing gum. The gate receipts for prize fights amounted to millions In the United States in 1923. The same to see haso hall, wrestling matches, auto races, and the money taken in by the pic ture shows was up In the hundreds of millions, and th# same with thea ters. The money spent by the peo ple of the T’nited States in 1923, for cigars, cigarets, tobacco and pipe* was over $6,000,000,000. Th# gat# receipts of a rscsnt six-day bicycle race were over $100,000. I wish that democrat would give us the figures, representing the amount paid out tn the United States for automobiles, trucks, tires and auto licenses. It seems singular that a democrat would tell his audience that none of them have money—but they do It. It )■ a n* It that the •lemPrral* 1 f Veliritska at* • Htn|el|fMlll|t without elan cleansed tin* di*iM"tiil mM ii| week ' that tile lenitililtl Would mat hate tu pa that aim lie that 'nullity > aii|(k •>ii wheat Anothet tentorial I fit <1 l h» taeiple 'that I '01 -I • Ig* whs pl ii In* |*ollticw, evervlMsty inuai there la tvry little wheat left n the I'nlted Hiatea and thal lha trite ef wheel W\iM IsMWd !•• an lip, m iVvddue thmivht he i**iil'l foul the la micro hi ml. uii the tariff on wheat iml make them tieUava that the tar ff was w ho 1 I,r< U|thi the price of vhcHt up Attulhet detnmrulli urn or told hla audience: "The dcniooriita lave always told you that this fa* mhllriin tariff wna Ihe whole canat Hr the low price of all farm prod iota, Now the farmers have Ihe facia licllt liofore them. t'oolldge raieed lie tariff on whent 12 rent* per tiuah i|, and In lea* than In day*, wheal vent down 10 rents pci bushel. An it her democratic speaker said "fool* dgo Is no friend of Ihe farmer. After he speculators hud gotten Into Ihelr lands every htialtcl of wheat from ihe •inner*. I 'noth! ye slapped on an extra miff of 12 n nil per bushel lo run he price of wheat up so the apeculiit ii'K could clean up a nice wad of imney " Of course wo are not L-lling the lernocrata anything which they do lot ulready know, when we say to hem. to tell only half a truth la univalent to a falsehood. Charles V. Heal la Nebraska democratl savs: That instead of the mral and city mople killing each other's vote, they hould co operate and change this re lUblican policy of protective tariff, yhlch after years of trial has proven o disastrous to all Amerlcun Indue rics." It certainly takes a lot of gull or a man to try to pull such stuff n the American people. Mr. Heal, vhy do you not tell the people what he democratic free trade has done or them? Here Is a statement thut stand* out lelf evident and undeniable: There is io country on the face of the earth chere the laborers are paid as good ;ood clothes, have the school and hurch privileges ns thay do In the 'lilted Stales today. There le no wintry In the world where ao many ahorers own their own homes, have o large bank account*, ride to and rom their work In their own autonio dies, as do the laborers of the TTnlted States. A few days ago X heard i lomocrat loading a farmer up with lia preelection hard time* stories. Vfter a bit the farmer said, “the clt zeiti of the t'nited States may not te so god awful prosperous, hut they ire not so Jesleally hard up either.” Of course, we all know that you lemocrats do not want Coolidge rtoni nated. We don't hlame you for that, >ut do not Inflate your systems with he trouble and worry that the repub licans will commit suicide bv placing ilm In nomination Save the blues h>r your political funeral next No vember. GUY MCLENATHAN Properly Charged. Two women In a country town were llscuaaing their home troubles, when >ne asked. “By the way. what Is your husband doing now?" "Oh,” said the other, “he's lust a settin' round tellln’ what's goln' to happen next election.' Then he's a prophet." "No. he alnt. Ho far aa thla fam ily Is concerned, he's a dead loss."— Boston Transcript. The Reason. “Edna say* she uses lemon juice on ler face for her complexion.” “I wondered what gave her that mur look."—Exchange. f —'-\ Abe Martin L___J It’ll alius he a mystery t’ us how anybuddy kin resign a $10,000 job unless he wuz fired first. Th’ short skirt didn' speed up th’ marriage market like we allowed it would, th' girls decidin’ t’ hold out an’ stay single as long as th' fun lasts, we reckon. (Copyright, 1IN > "From State and Nation* \ Nev|*(»atir' "larmlhw1 M gf*** lit# ftuMibitn Hm • I < Hir ti*tu»n*l !«v* nf hutti*-' has I > atallieed or eh* > sled like a fly ini | etcher th* *tor> Of Hi* Hetv* l ink ! He ora la mountaineer who Ink?' - hls| | i irni sharp imak knife Info ike MW*' Hunt of Henry W Hrady of Hi* At I hint* rwidlivllm and brandhtlted M '•■ter Ike head of I lie editor, exclaim ini, "Thl* morning th* CflkfllhHirii •aid I *•• dead You nyuat retract that atatemnnt. You mttsi onn you lied," in whom the tnlttiliahly im-j per tumble flredy reaftnftded solemnly; *‘lf the Onnntttuthm aald this morn inn ttuil you yv»re deiid. than yon war* 1 deioi Hit* moi etna Th* l'outfitutlon ] nev*r makes a mistake. Hut I'll tell you what 1 will do for you I'll Ineert your name In the hlrth column to morrow nt regular advertising rale*.' Hetmior Owen of Oklahoma may 'have hit up against Nome thing of the aanie **ntUn*ttt In some newspaper office. At any rate li* think* he ««*« an evil and proceed* at onne to suu gent it* abatement hy leglalntlon. If a hill he la Introducing in the United (States senate become* n law, no new* paper nmy have Hi* privilege* of the mall* If It refuse* to publish a sworn denial, correction or explanation of any statement It ha* made "In pre cisely the name page and position on the page" a* the statement com plained of was published. We haven't any apprehension or ex (rectalion that the measure will la>| enacted. Editing newapuimrs by law is only possible In soviet Russia. Sane people, even In Oklahoma, real ise that In the collection and print ing of new* "he who make* no mis take* make* nothing." Henry W. Cirady fully appreciated the grotes querie of hi* own joke. To strive without ceasing to print nothing that does not seem to coroe on good au thority. to reject for fuller invesllga tion every story that lacks veri similitude. and to avoid being l<eaten on real news I* the triple task of the conscientious editor. Deliberation I* impossible. Time la Riot allowed. And If through an error of Judgment or through misplaced confidence In a new* source what l* not true has been printed a* true, correction is com monly welcomed, invariably tolerated. That is the rule of modern Journal ism. Armageddon: lalmt Model. From th* .N«*w York Herald* 1'rtHij 1* Dr. Bertrand Russell, in one of his most engaging pessimistic moods, has come over to tell u* bad thing* about American dollar Imperialism He fore see* "at no distant date" an Ameri can financial empire extending over about everything except Asia. "It will lie in the highe*t degree Illiberal and cruel. ... It will make life everywhere ugly, uniform, laborious and monotonous. The world will en joy peace broken only by the dropping of bombs from airplanes on strikers.’’ This Is a titillating prospect, and it perhaps Indicates why Dr. Russell's books of sociological prophecy are so popular. Jle la one of those baffling (Englishmen of high hlrth. exceptional capacities and an impossible versatil ity who write; and is a startling dilettante In ttorial philosophy he Is constantly disturbing a literary world which never quite knows when these persons should be taken seriously. They are always so earnest about it. It is almost unnecessary to say that on the subject of sociology Dr. Rus sell Is one who is not to be so taken. This la only his avocation, and hi* achievement It is to write brilliantly, and even suggea'ively, on a subject which he knows nothing about. The results have all the glamor of thos« oid fashioned predictions of the Im mediate end of the world, and If they have an equally unsubstantial author ity they ars equally characteristic of ths ape. He deals ,it a large and lurid way with those mass concepts like ' capi talism,'’ "nationalism.'' "empire" which the modem period has pro duced to its own extreme alarm. In telligent a priori reasoning by a mind trained tu scientific thought can get surprising results in this way. and Dr. Russell, who has done sound and brilliant work both as a philosopher and a mathematician, constructs new Armageddon* with a fluency and a plausibility that would b« devastating if It were ever necessary to accept them. It la not, of course, any more than it is necessary to accept the mechanical romances of Mr. H. G. Wells' earlier period: but the fact that a brilliant mind occupies itself in this way la Interesting and significant of the age In which we writ*. People used to write and read Utopias. They now amuse themselves with catastro phes. Dr. Russell is never half so alarming for what he says as for thej fact that he says It. ! MRS. HAMLETT SAYS RELIEF WAS PERMANNFT “Five Year* Ago Tanlac Restored My Health and I Am Still Strong and Well.” So many people everywhere Ijave testified to having used Tanlac with splendid results following Influenza, grippe, operations, typhoid and pneu monla, Indigestion and other troubles that bring on a rundown condition that It has become universally recog nized b« the most powerful recon structive tonic of the present day. This incontrovertible evidence Is being strengthened dally by scores of testimonials like the following from Mrs. H. T. Hamlett, 70* Kast 13th St., Sedalla. Mo. "In 1918," says Mrs. Hamlett, "the Flu left rue almost a physical wreck and It seemed that I would never regain my health and strength. My appetite was gone and I had head aches that would put me In bed. 1 dread even now to think of those awful headaches. Oh, I was left IB a terrible rundown condition, and all my effort* to get right again proved fruitiest until I began taking Tanlac. "After taking my firat bottle of Tanlac my appetite returned and then the miserable after-effects of the Flu began to leave me. 81s bottle* of Tanlac not only rid me of my troubles, but my weight increased twenty five pound*, too. and my strength and energy all came back to me. Five year* have passed now since Tanlac brought back my health, and as I am still strong and well I | can testify to both the Immediate and lasting good one gets from this grand medicine. I also gave Tanlac to my little daughter, Elisabeth, after she had the Flu, and It proved to be the right thing for her, too. Tanlac la such a wonderful medicine and tonic that 1 am alwaya glad to praise it.” Tanlac la for sale by all good drug gists. Accept no substitute. Over 40 million bottles sold. Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills.—Ad vertlaement. gW^^B^^WWgfe^ • C/15 auQ S NNYSIDEUP Jut* Comfort.nor fortfit ■ 'that tSunriff nrterfaiUdus if*t • (kmhr ~ ^n ^ Morm ir* MTtMi mi i ch MaHhei » *« tm' »«rt ad atrafta* Ilk*. amt H !**»«* •'* •»» * &*1 »«Ct ta I tn a Mt uneasy 'haul bat Way*, ithe'a * w»lM«' round tn trstwwtlM. »* It santathlb sl>* <1 Wfot, With amt n Wank e*pi**abm In her i«r» Kv'u nuirnln' ‘fore th' tnlrmr »h» » a with bar hslr, An’ th1 wav ab* » feelln* makes h*r font* st« bet I'm a Hand lin' what* ih nau*i lhal lisa fs«a I* lineal with rmrr. All I know Is Hist sha haan't bobbed II yet Mother's WStrhin neighbor wauiaen closer lb-in a chbken h* 'k, Which la aamethln quite umisunl for her Ordinary circumstances mother ain't no hand l' talk Hut there's somethin' gatin' on. I would inlet Keep* H loaakin' through Ih' wltutews an it art «.cio* !.. *1 That she's shotrln* sign* o' lot o’ mental aate Hot me gueasln'. I'm a-onfesaln . an' t wonde. >an It t Mother Aggers that she'd better Imb her hslr, •Inal a* anion aa wt gat Hoya’ week off n "«r hands we are going lo Insist upon having a Dads week, Arad aaur i<h-n of " real weak is to not have to da* a blamed thing we don t want to, lo, for seven straight days. There's many a slip lietween Ihe filing and Ilia final count Far la* It from us to v lah our great and true friend Hill Murray, any laol lurk. Hut we hope that sum* day he will be compel leaf to ride from Haig to North Matte in the smoking >. of the North Matt* branch passenger train, arriving In North Platte to find that there isn't a berth to Omaha obtainable Ir .addition to all of which we hop* to meet him at hia office eooi nfter hi* arrival from Ha- trip, so that we can listen to what he has to say and gloat accordingly. My sympathies ate always with the under «'<■** said > fiiend In explanation of hi* vote for ,* certain candutat* Our sympathies ar» with the under dog. provided the dog hasn't laid down and whined instead of fighting its fast Strikes'' of public school pupils against unpopular teachw are liecoming too common to excite notice. How tiroes hav* changed! If we boys and girls had gone out on strike against our teacher* the hazel thickets would have been stripped am' the hickory trees denuded, of course we youngsters "f th* old»n days didn’t know one-half a* much as the youngsters of today, but w# knew aotne few thing* a whole lot better. Man things were Impressed upon our minds; many impressed else where. It is a little early, but the auto tourists are beginning to blossom forth. Mud splashed cars carrying camp duffle on the 1 unnlngboards are to be seen along the highways now. Will somebody explain it? Buy a quarter s worth of cigar* in Omaha amt tender a 15 bill in payment, and you Will get four dollar bills and the balance of the change in silver. In the west end of the state you'll get four silver dollar* and the bal ance In fractional silver. Why do the dollar bill* gravitate to Omaha and the allver dollar* to the western towns? Soma of these days we hope to be able to change a 120 bill and make note of the result WILL M. MAITPIN. I L- ----—-M When in Omaha Hotel Conant I BHSB ■ ANNOUNCING BEDDEO - WRIST WATCH DANCE EMPRESS RUSTIC GARDEN WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 16 Call at the Store for Ticket* BEE WANT \I»S BRING RESULTS Jeanne Gordon PRIMA DONNA CONTRALTO Metropolitan Opera Company “Her talee U eae af the neat remarkable er«sana the Metropolitan hat heard far maay yearn. Her trlamph aai Inatantaaeoaa.** —SKW YORK THIBC.YK. 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