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^Tj e Omaha Bee | M O R N 1 N G—E V E N I N G—5 U N D A Y ^ THE BEE PUBLISHING CO„ FuMsW N. B. UPDIKE. President BALI.A Kl> DUNN, JOY 14. HACKLE*. Krill or i.i Chief Business Mnnsger MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "»li* Associated Press, of which Th* Be* is a member, exclusively entitled to th* ns* for republication of all news dupatcles credited to it or not otherw;s* credited in this nsoer, *rd also th* local news published herein. All rights of republicans of our specisl dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Be* is a member of th* Audit Bureau of ’ Circulations, th* recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as seeond-clas* matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March X, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES • Private Branch Exchange. Ask for a x i __ »• 1 fin ft | th® Department or Person Wanted. ^ * IRTIllC 1V/UU ■ ■ —.— - ,. — - ■ OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs — 1 ft Scott St. So. Side.N. W. Cor 24th N. New York — World Hldg. Detroit—Ford HJdg. Chicago—Tribun® Bldg. Kansas City — Bryant Bldg. St. Louis —Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg c»sn Fran.—HoiIrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. Gmdhd Vheio the^st is at its Best M NARY-HAUGEN BILL ON ITS WAY. Supporters of the McNary-Haugen bill in both house and senate are moving with energy and vigor to secure the passage of the measure without fur ther delay. Tactics adopted by the opposition, which consists in the main of the radical La Follette group irt the house and the reactionary democrats in the senate, have driven the friends of the farmer to take steps that ordinarily might have been avoided. Need for some sort of legislation to aid agriculture is apparent, has been urged by the president, and has been promised by congress. Yet such is the situation at Washington that minorities, insignificant ip number, by taking advantage of the rules, can de Iriy if not defeet any legislation to which they may bp opposed. Tie combination was strong pnough to defeat the Norherk-Burtness bill, and .is now exert ing every device of ingenuity to encompass thp de struction of all farm relief, either directly or indi rectly. • * * For this reason Senator Norheck has announced his intention to add the McNary-Haugen bill as a rider to the revenue measure that is now in its final stages in the senate. This is not an unusual method o-f securing the passage of a law, and frequently has been resorted to when the situation arose that pre vented the measure from coming on in the regular form. Senator Norbeck’s resolution to so act is taken after consultation with others wb« arc inter ested in securing the passage of some law for the benefit of agriculture. The McNary-Haugen measure has been approved il) principle by those who are concerned in the situ ation, and in its form by farmer organizations throughout the country. It is designed to provide a market for the surplus product* of agriculture, by facilitating export and stabilizing prices. This fea ture of the bill has been criticized by some, hut the mnin objection to it is answered hv the fact that it does not undertake to fix prices. It merely «eek« to save lns«. Export prices are to bear a definite relation to domestic prices, and to the range of value over a period of years. The mechanism is simple, not especially difficult to operate, and by its pro. moters the plan is deemed equitable. * * W President C'oolidge, in the course of his message to congress, advised the body regarding the farmer after this fashion: “With Ills product* not selling on a parity with • the products of industry, every sound remedy that 1 can be devised should be applied for the relief of ” the farmer.” The president favored the Norbeck-Burtness bill. The only reason this bill was defeated is that some of the democrats in the senate, aided by a few re publicans, felt that the measure was an infringement on state sovereignty, and they would prefer to see agriculture languish and the farmer suffer loss rather than to abate their adherence to a doctrine whose strict application prevents the federal government from acting in an emergency that concerns all. The draft law in 1917 was opposed on the same ground. Some, notably the group of radical* in the house, headed by Voigt of Wiaconain, who ia I,a Folletta'a lieutenant, aeem to think if they can prevent any ac tion for the benefit of agriculture in the preaent spsainn, it will be of political advantage to them Frankly apeking to destroy the republican party, openly challenging it* leadership, and agitating for ft third party, they ardently devote themselves to Ihe obstructive program they have adoptee;. How ithpy will justify their course when they come to ^face'the voters is for them. It is enough now that <hey are to be met in both house and senate by a jletermined effort to pass the bill. *] m m • Members, especially those from the west, know 3-hat this congress must not adjourn without having tdone something to relieve the farm situation. The ^McNary-Haugen measure is one that will give help to agriculture in all its forms. It affects the demo cratic south as much a* it does the west. If the democrats are true to the interests of the people they represent, they will join with the republicans jn sending this bill over. Judge Haugen i* pressing the bill in th# house ss ear nestly as Senator Norheck is in the senate, and the chance for its passage is ■good at this time. MARY BAIRD BRYAN. When Nebraska people think of thp patient suf fering of Mrs. William J. Bryan for the last decade, they instantly forget partisanship and sectarianism, and everything else but their friendship and admira tion for this splendid wife and mother. For a num ber of years Mrs. Bryan has been suffering an af fliction that has rendered her almost helpless. The best medical attention has not availed, and now Mrs. Bryan has turned to faith for healing. Always a devoutly religious woman, she now declares her belief that if she but has faith enough she will be restored to health. And everywhere in this hrosil land there are men and women who will pray daily that this good woman may be hrnled. Healing by faith is no new thing. Turning to • jfailh healing ss a last resort has been s trait of •our common humanity. To pray for health and thpn doubt; to pray for help and strength and then doubt - i* to, pray in vain. . • Faith builds a bridge across th* aulf of Heath To break the shock blind Nature ran not shun, j And land* Thought smoothly on the further shore. ’ Prayer is the outward expression of an inward tnith. and that prayer is only answered in propor lion to the faith that is behind it. And the faith held by this good woman through all her years of suffering gives her strength and hope and cheer. A great many people may not know it, but Mr. Bryan’s seeming loss of prominence of late has not beeen due so much to diminishing popularity as to his devotion to the wife who has meant so much to him during all his public career. She has made his work her work, his ideals her ideals, his hopes and ambitions her hopes and ambitions. Ever and always she has been his confidant and helpful adviser. Mary Baird Bryan has very nearly approched the ideal of American wifehood and American motherhood. Now that she is tortured by pain and disease, and has turned with eyes and heart of faith to the Great Physician, from a million American homes will go up prayers that to her shall be given, even more than she shall ask. COMPARING THE PLATFORMS. Plenty of time before November for the critical examination of the platforms adopted in Nebraska by the respeetive political parties. The chief dif ference between them on state issues has to do with the form of government. Republicans declare in favor of amending the existing law to make it give better service. A further elimination of overlap and interference in administrative departments and bureaus i« promised. Democrats propose to throw overboard the entire system, but say nothing of what they will substitute for it. This plank should engage thp most serious dis cussion of the campaign, for it involves the entire government machinery, budget and all. Republicans want to carry into the administration of state affairs the same tested and effective methods that are adopted by successful business men everywhere. The democrats leave the inference that they want to re turn to the old slipshod, haphazard methods, under which the governor was the head and center of a huge tangled mass of administrative boards, bureaus and commissions, and as such the chief engineer of a great political machine. Fulsome laudation of Charles W. Bryan will not deceive anyone, nor cover up his deficiencies. To praise his efforts to improve agriculture must chal lenge attention to his action on bovine tuberculosis. While the party is congratulating Ashton C. Shallen berger for his services as a congressman, its leaders should recall that Governor Bryan denounced Mr. Bhallrnberger and his associates as grafters because they insisted on having an appropriation for the eradication of disease from among the fine herds of Nebraska. On other points the platforms are diametrically opposed. The republicans propose to go ahpad, amending laws where necessary to continue enlight ened progressive government in the state. With just as much emphasis the democrats propose to repeal these laws, and go back to where we were a few years ago. it is the old story, repeated through the years since first the democratic party as it is now con stituted was organized Republicans are looking ahead, democrats are looking backward. Republicans want to go on to higher and better things, the demo crats want to turn back to outworn and discarded things. That is the fundamental difference between the two parties. On its record of achievement in the state the republican party confidently approaches the voters. FOUR NEEDED CHARTER AMENDMENTS. Submission of four proposed amendments to the city charter to he passed upon by the voters on Tues day next should he a pleasant reminder that Omaha now actually enjoys home rule. Our people for themselves ran decide on the details of methods of government. Each of the four amendments suggests an im provement. Experience is back of them. The first requires that the city engineer prepare a detailed estimate of the probable cost of any public improve ment before advertisements asking hid? are inserted. Under such practice the property owners affected will know in advance what paving or other better ments in service is likely to cost. A basis for check ing bids is thus established in advance, and much of the juggling that has been known in the past should he eliminated. The second amendment provides for the setting aside of a sinking fund sufficient to carp for bond is sues at maturity. This is good practice. With such a law in force the credit of the city should be ma terially improved. A third amendment changes the time for paying for property taken for the opening or widening of streets. It gives the owners of benefited property ten years instead of 50 days in whieh to make the payments. Should this amendment he adopted, a number of changes in streets now hanging fire will be carried through. They are delayed, not because the need is not recognized, but because what amounts to cash payment by property owners of the cost of the improvement is too great a hardship. The fourth change will empower the city council to improve boulevards within two and one-half miles of the city hall without, waiting for a petition. Under this it will he possible to so improve existing boule vards that they will become in fact as well as in name pleasure drives. Much unfavorable comment is heard from time to time concerning the condition of these drives, which have not been improved because the commission is unable to make the necessary order under the existing law. The amendments have the endorsement of the municipal affairs committee of the Chamber of Com merce and others who have examined them, and should meet the hearty commendation of the voters. Each is a atep ahead in municipal government, and as such means progress for Omaha. The Hi Johnson section of the Cleveland conven tion will be a small spare entirely surrounded by Coolidge delegates. Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Pont—— Robert Worthington Pai ir v_/ RETURNING TO ADAIR Park again to view the cottage small, hut quaint and sweetly fair. Where the at ream flows down the valley past the ham let of Adair, Where the clover fields are fragrant In the vernal day* of Spring, And the trees are garhed In heauty am! the breast In w hlsperlng. Oh, the smile* that ever greet me, and the welcoming-* alncei e When the old companion* meet me with a "glad to see you here.’* The discreet association, the handshake arid the smile Give to life a wholesome fervor and acclaim It worth the while. Hark again where stand* the cottage lust a step above the stream. To forger the tribulation and rr. ill the fleeted dream Rack to linger In the sunshine, in the moonlight placid, fair Where the da s of vntnh*si* mem rieg in the %allc\ of Adair. f-' Letters From Our Readers All letter* mnttt be timed, hilt name will be withheld upon request. Com munication a of 200 word* and le*» will be given preference. ---/ Kountsky’* Work. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha J'.ee: Duririg the last few years the taxpayers of Omaha, in common with those of other localities, have complained bitterly and with good cause, of the steadily growing taxes, state, cour.y and city, to say nothing of the income tax assessed bv the national government. A great part «»f this increase is, no doubt, due to mm h higher material and labor costs, but the public cannot get away from the idea that some of tl/e increase is due to the carelessness or inefficiency (if those handling our public funds. Omaha, during the last three years, lias done much in the way of public iinpnm merits, and li should be thank ful that the department handling this work for the city has been in charge of a man who was efficient and hon est and whose efficiency and honesty was backed by a determination to got for the city the best of material and workmanship at the lowest prices obtainable. Joseph Kout sky did not hesitate to go outside of Omaha for bids when he was satisfied that local contractors were nor offering their lowest prices for work. Of course, this was resent ed hv the local men. who think that Omaha contractors should do Omaha's work. 1 fully agree with them, but only to the point where our taxpay ers are not called upon to pay a bonus in order to keep this money in Omaha, and Mr. Koutsky did only what any good business man would do under similar circumstances In bis own business. in looking over the cost of the en glneering and supervision of the work done by Mr. Koutskv's department, we find that during the last three years an average of 175 per cent more work done by this department over the three-year - period just prior to Mr. Koutskv's election. The cost of this work during the last three years, as compared to the 1918-19-20 period shows an increase of only 5 per cent To me. this showing is convincing of the fact that the department has been run on an economical business basis. Any sensible business man. having a good manager would certainly not discharge him after three years of economical and profitable manage ment of his department., just for the sake of putting in a new' and untried man. It seems to me that the oily of Omaha is just a big business, each of its departments in charge of a manager who spends the city's money, your money and my money. We now have a man in charge of the department where a vast sum of the money raised by taxation is spent, w lie re more money can he wasted and misspent than in any other depart ment. who has made good. Mr. Kout sky should ha re-elected for another term for the good of the taxpayers, and also to prove that honesty and efficiency in public office are appre ciated. Our voters have now an op portunity to say to Joseph Koutsky. Well done, thou good and faithful servn nt." N P. FBI I,. What to Tench the Hoys. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ' i pec Bov• week has beer a greM week for the boy*, hut it is doubtful If son-* of the lessons taught have been the best >ssons possible The nat »ral impression from much com ment is that worthv ambition consist# solely in aiming at position* of dig nity and power and praise. In other words, a boy must set out to be a mayor, a manufacturer, a banker, i railroad r resident and the like or be "nobody.” I do not agree IJf# give* the whole idea the lie The n <-• of men and women must drive nail#, cook meals, run street cars, paint, print, plow and sweep; and hundreds more are bringing on to th% ragged eders of business and professional life who ought to go to work in earnest, actu ally producing wealth, instead of di viding and consuming wealth after it has been produced. Old clothes and hard work arouse a version 1 .*•' u use they carry the (brittle slave tradition, but the fact remains as stated Ordinary, hum drum empb 1ment i* the common lot. and any w u’*3s,n cad attempt to draw the attention of hoys from this lot simply draw * them toward an abv ss of disappointment and disaster. Pov erty, however, is not necessary and the outlook of the bnv i* r.ot dark but bright. if those charged with teaching really teach th# truth. Teach th# box' that taming a living 1# only th# beginning of living that what on# doe* with his leisure hours means hi* making or breaking. Teach f Abe Martin \_j If there i- a hereafter ther’* goin’ t’ he a whole lot o’ people too tired t’ enjoy it. We don’t believe any thing tore out foster after th’ war than Liberty muffin*. 1*14.) NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for March, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,860 ! Sunday .70,360 Done not Include return* left over*. sample* or paper* spoiled in [ printing and Include* no special | • ale* or free circulation of any kind V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M*r. Subscribed end *wom to before me this 4th day of April, 1024. W 11 QUIVEY. I Seal) Note^r Public , sunny side up i *fakt Comfort,nor forget 0ftat 'Sunrise ne^erfailed us yet" Q,aK^rr SPEAKING OK THRU,IX. There's a lot o' joy In livin’ near where flshln's purtv good, An’ there's lot's o' fun a rosmin' through th' rool sn' pleasant wood; ■Toys o’ life around u* plenty when ol' nature hlooms In spring With th' fragrance of Its blossoms and the songs th’ birdies sing. Summer sun a shinin' brightly in th' blue dome of th’ sky, An' th' breezes all balm laden bearin’ health while passln' by, Hut th’ greatest joy o' summer since the day that It begins Is th' feelln' that comes o'er me when the Home Team W ins! If you want t' start me cheerin' when I'm feelln’sort o' blue, Or revive my broken spirits, all you really got t' do Is t' bring til’ gladsome tidin's that we've won another game. An' 1 11 give a whoop an' boiler till my throat is sore an' lame. I can stand t' be defeated In th' game of politics. An' 1 never git excited When my ticket turns the tricks; But it sots my blood t’ pumpin’ an' my face breaks out In grins When 1 git th' welcome tldin a that the Home Team Wins! We confess to s growing weariness because of the too fre quent resort to comparative statistics when we voice com plaint about growing expenses. No sooner do we complain about excessive school expenses than some pedagogue comes hack with the statement that we spend more for cigarets than we do on public schools. Th»n up comes some dominie to in form us that we spend more for chewing gum end face powdar than we do for churches We are Informed that if we spent less for gasoline we would have more to spend for shoes and riot lie*. All of which is doubtless true. It is also true that If we wpnt sockless we could buy more butter; If we made one suit of red flannel underwear last all winter we could support more missionaries, and if we were willing to do our bathing In a wooden washtub, like our fathers, we could save enough on plumbing hills to buy quite a consignment of woolen wristlets for tlie Hottentot*. When it cornea to comparative statistic* we claim to be some figure juggler ourself. There are about 500 weekly newspapers in Nebraska, and • very one of them vociferously advises the farmers to organize But the Nebraska Press association, a real nevvspaper business organization, has fewer than 150 members. We might use a lot of words drawing a moral to this statement, but w hat's the use' Nebraska I.lmerlck. There was a man In Valentine W no drank homebrew and home-made wine. In vain the doctors tried to save. And now above Ills new made grave The morning glories sweet 1 y twine. Speaking of the efficiency of "big business." there was the I uialfer of the building of the Sinclair pipe line from Teapot Home to Freeman, Mo, The time elapsing between the date of | beginning work on the immense project and the dale the oil that started from Teapot Pome reached Freeman, a distance of more than 700 miles, lacked three day* of being a year. The I project cost more than 127,000,000, MTI.I, M MALKIN. // " - _ — —1 ■ ■ ■ him to read regularly, even If it be for only a few minutes a day. If he can like a little real music occasion ally, or enjoy a poem, don't laugh at him, but rather rejoice that there is a rav of light In tils soul. ^ee. above all, that the heroes he emulate* me not the killer* of men and the gath erers "f gold, but the developer* of ideal* and the servants of truth. More might i#e written, something of the iiiadne** of military ti aiding, for example, of how the boys should be saved from :? if the hope* of the world aie not in be scattered again in smoke and bDod Hut that is « subject for a whole article, or for many articles, l.et it suffh e to in • 1st that love and thought and pro gress he taught, or all teaching will he *nr naught. The boy* are »1| right, and they will dc very well even against the handicap* which father* and mother* and generations nf father* and moth er« h*'* erected :n their ignorance and folly. edmrxn n rri*vrvtt»h SPICK OF I,IKK. Madge Time* the* Mabel—Wei!, let it fly Mv age is going to remain 22—Boston Tran script. ^ "The bride has a lovely going a wav dress, hasn't she?" •‘Yes. and I'm just Pondering how lovely her coming hack home to mother dress w ill be,—Detroit Free Pi ess. Reduce taxes, if you can. Hut If vo . oil t Friend (’nngtessm*r. Oh. find son.* w;»y and And It quick To ease up the arithmetic — Washington Star. Dnctoi- Tlave you taken every pre caution to prevent *p:ead of conta gion in the family’ Rastus Absolutely, dortah. we've even bought a sanitary cup and we all done drink from it.’ Tacom* Ledger. Mr s. Depeck poor young Tubbi h*s been shamefully lilted three times Mr. DepecJ TTe’d better be csre fill. Hi* luck'll be breaking *—Life. ‘ I want a n • position,** esld the ol 'fiend wnf!* 1 can meet a lot of lntetesting people." Well Mn.-' cied Senator Sorghum. I thoughtfulh maybe I could manage to get you placed as a member of the grand jury. Washington Star. Tl A doited line i* where you sign For things you buy. You uot too mv tmi cannot pay. Although you try. The agents t ails and Ails mv halls With threat* condign. I squirm and twist, but can t resist i ne . . ...! Louisville Fourier Journal. When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 llaths—Rates $2 to $.3 Burned So Could Not Sleep. Cuticura Heals. " My mother h.d Kitma which broke oul in pimple, on her scalp • ml itched nd burned d.y and night, Her halt fell out and w«, dry and lifele.a. It later broke out on her back .nd chest, .nd ,t night her hack burned ao that eh, lost many nighta' alaep. " Sh, te,d an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ointment and putchaaed aome, and alter using two cake, of Cuticura Strap and over a bo, of Cuticura Ointment ahe »“ healed.” (Signed) Mm Helma I.oe, Rt. 3, Centerville, So. I>ak., Aug. 33. 1923. llae Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Talcum -teilv and keep yout akin clear and healthy. I.a.lw M.tl Mta -OiU.ar. T«,«. n... a aula« uu. e.i....... '*0»* MW Tiletrnt »/• Trf «*»«r wow Stu*ini 5tirk. i LISTENING IN Oil III* Nebraska Pres*. The Shelton Clipper Is betting that pretty soon congress will investigate the air to see what the radio waves are saying. • • • After a careful survey of the city the Norfolk Pres* finds a few proml nerit busine*** cornet * not yet occupied b> filling station* • • • Lew- Frazier of the Fairmont <’hronh> ha* let * contract for * n*w fireproof building to hou*e hi* new* paper plan: i • * Nebraska or harr.i?:* ar* now graft ng fr Ht tree* and Lor Sh#ll*y of! the Kcrl> i ’ New* demand* a con ; gr»**innal Investigation. • ■ • ^har!** H YYa on publisher of »be L>cn* Mirror Sun. and Mips Agnes McMahan of L>on« were married on April ?4. Th» entertainment com mittee of *be State Pr*«* apsoclaticr. convention will take due notice. T e York P#mofrat ha* leen sold to the York New* Times and will be converted into a *r»te faim publica tion The J»emocrat was established In !S$1 • • • Another joy of summer," muses the Beatrice Express, ' is to aee a skinny man In a bathing suit.'' $3,000,000,000 I in Gold | 1 Gold Enough—in $20 Gold Pieces, laid edge to edge-to reach from New York City to San Fran- li eisco-Enough, in $5 Gold Pieces, to span the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Hong Kong. I'i This is the Gold Reserve of the Federal Reserve Banks—Gold actually in the Vaults of the twelve Federal Reserve Ranks or in the United States Treasury subject to their call. This Fund is the Basis of Currency in Circulation, the Founda tion of Credit, the Safeguard of Bank Deposits. « The Omaha \ational Hank is a Member of The Federal Re serve System -which entitles its customers to the benefit and Pro tection of this immense (laid Reserve. II A -—-—' “From, State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— J The Tree Planter*. From the York Republican. It la 50 year* since J. Sterling Mor ton's love of nature and hi* vision of the future prosperity of hla state from the planting of trees brought about the designation of Arbor day. Since that time it has become a na tional day and millions of trees have been planted on that day or because of the sentiment inspired by ft. No one can estimate the value of a good. tree. Its value cannot be com pitted In money. But If a scale of \al ties could be contrived Mr. Morton's Idea would be found to lie worth bil lions of dollars to the people of tins nation. It commonly happe-.s that once an observance has been recognized b> law It begins to sink into historical existence. Arbor day was not in tended to be a sentimental occasion, held gratefully In the thought of pen pie who now enjoy the shade and beauty and moisture-bringing value of trees that were planted a genera tion ago. But it was expected by the author of the day, and believed by his contemporaries, that year upon year with growing value of the im portance of the custom, citizens of the stale and nation would plant trees, thus not merely replenishing the trees that did not survive the rigors of climate or the bane of ne glect, but adding continually to the wooded treasures until waste places were reclaimed and the land made glad with Increasing verdure. It does not take the trained eve of the horticulturist to see the need for more trees. Our fathers made a good start out here on the plains in c lothing the bareness of the land with trees But It was only a start. The orchards, some of them planted with great hopes, have died from neglect, the shade trees they set out with such care are gone from blight or by the nx, until today there is a crying need for trees to take the places of those that have gone the way of neglected things. Arbor day needs a revival. The bare acres of this section should be beautified and enriched by new plant ings. The orchard* which add so much to contented and thrifty horn* * life should be replanted. Thl» state especially should remember Mr. Mor ton's counsel and example with a new pride and engage afresh in the business of planting trees, thus to make sure that in the days to come new moisture will be attracted, the bare land he beautified and the great American Desert continue to be only a long gone memory. Reclamation Reform Needed. From the St. Paul Dispatch. President <'oolidge has gone to tit# root of the difficulty confronting farm eis on reclaimed lands in the west with his recommendations for revision in the reclamation law. The president rightly contends that an immediate change in reclamation policy Is imperative to the welfaro of settlers In these areas. Inability of the farmers to pay rharges s«se«se.t against them and at the same tin■ • maintain themselves and their famil ies is in no way affected by the pre« ent. plan of temporarily extending the time to meet fixed obligations, fin the contrary this method only add« to their embarrassment. The new policy suggested content plates adjustment of rharges to eon form with the crop-producing quail ties of the soil, or with the farmers' ability to pay. Further, the preeider urges that a credit fund be established to enable settlers to have Improve ments, livestock and equipment n»ce" sary. President ('oolidge apparently ap preciates that rendition* under which farming is impossible exist on some of the government irrigated lauds. It is to be hoped that congress will heed his recommendation for enactment of remedial legislation without delay. • White Mule. Farmer Whiffletree had an eld white mule out at pasture near the road. Hut one day he transferred It to a wood lot half a mil# sway from the highway. Neighbor* inquired why. Too many motorists seemed to think it was a guide post.' explained Farmer Whiffetree briefly.—Louis ville Courier-Journal. NEW YORK and the EAST by way of Chicago-Detroit-Buffalo rwo splendid Wabash trains leave Chicago * Dearborn Station—daily for New York via Detroit and Buffalo 10:30 AM and 11:25 PM All-steel equipment and the Wabash standard of dining car service make these two fine trains models of comfort, safety and convenience. Summer ExcursionjFares via Wabash R«md mr Rrarua bn* to man* Fallen iwtri n at effect via Chicago and the Waboah Re., inciudmj ofd» mum to Nt* York and Bowen. «*», «b Niipn Falk. I noutand Itiandp St. Lam rwct Rjvwr. rcfuman^ vfci rv—o •tenner to Norfolk, ihanoa tba rnwortc Poaoetlac R_r*w err j » aahinpen or vica varaa. * "9 If ytm art planning a trip any* hen gay write, fAotie or call an me for free trrrel information. H C. Shield* Division Passenger Agent 1909 Harney St. Omaha Phona J A 0719 WABASH