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PEACE ON EARTH AND “BATTLING BOB.”
Experts working on the problem of world peace
at Geneva announce that without the co-operation
of the United States the plan contained in the new
protocol can not be applied. An economic boycott
will be of no avail, so .<mg ns an offending nation
can turn to this country, the one great neutral, and
obtain relief in the form of loans and supplies.
»’• Therefore it is essential to the success of the re
cently formulated agreement that our government
express its adherence to the terms laid down.
Unless congress is willing to be guided in ad
vance by the action of the council of the League of
Nations, no such agree.irsnt can be entered into.
This point has been debated often, and all argu
ments finally get back to the ume point. Only the
congress of the Uniteel States e*an declare war on
behalf of this country. Some eminent gentlemen
have gone farther, and insist that the question of
war be submitted to a vote of the people. It is
obviously impossible for the president or any ambas
sador to agree with another government, or an as
sociation of government . that our people will go
to war, in one way or another, applying force phy
sically or economically. Until that fundamental
law is changed on this po'nt, the question of con
flict rests with the re; •• rente;iv of the people.
» * *
But Senate: La Foilet , champion of peace and
decrier of war, has pc: ■ 1 ntly put forward some
thing that w II lead direct to war. He has said
again and again that one of his objects is to secure^
revision of the Treaty of Versailles. He Icels that
this document is in its very nature unjust and op
pressive, and should be extensively modified both as
to its terms and the methods of application.
Thoughtful persons have read the promises of
the senator along this line with something of amaze
ment. Whether or not they arc agreed with him as
to the urgent necessity for recasting the form of
the treaty, it bothers them to discover how he would
go about the job. The United States is not a party
to the Treaty of Versailles. While it is true Presi
dent Wilson assisted in framing the document, and
signed it, it was pot ratified by the senate. So the
United States has nothing directly to do with the
treaty, or with the manner of its enforcement. Col
laterally, and for the benefit of all mankind, our
government has aided in several ways to restore
order in Europe. But we have a separate treaty
with Germany, and are ou terms of friendship there
as with the other nations signatory'to the Treaty of
Versailles. This situation presents some interesting
aspects when it comes to talking of modifying the
treaty.
* * *
Only as a disinterested friend of all, or as a
special pleader for one, could the United States ap
proach the other powers with a request for the re
vision of the treaty. In either event it is not alto
gether improbable that our government would be re
quested to disclose its purpose in proposing any
change. Following this, it is not unreasonable to
expect that objection m rht be raised, by France.
. :>r example, to which ni;r answer would be—what?
Not being a party to the treaty, although acting
with the best of motives, the United States would be
moved out of court. Unless it should adopt some
other form of procedure than diplomatic persuasion.
We can not conceive Robert Marion La Follette,
apostle of peace, undertaking to coerce France, Eng
land, Belgium. Italy or any other of the interested
group of nations into letting up on Germany. Nor
tan we conceive either of the e nations revising the
Treaty of Versaille just because Mr. La Follette
asked them to. He would receive in diplomatic form
permission to go and i; on a tack.
* * *
Nobody knows tli better than La Follette, yet
be keeps right on telling hU hearers that he wants
the treaty reied. So do many others. And they
are just ns pov.-orh a I a Follette in the matter.
Short of fr-,- there i ro v.’.iy to induce Franc# to
let go of G imany. i >me way France is
• compensated. ]' i -■ d it is ready to as
sumo any p; r‘ ■ t!; v < Id gallons of European
nations, thin a i a ; cY r,j -■ in treaty terms
will be hear!-: i ' d : I Y what I 1 1 oiletle means,
that our al1 : 1- emonro on account of the
war is to , , • ; that thiyys may lie made
lighter for Euro)” : a <i btor. ?
MENACE CE INDIFFERENCE.
A victory for an ly and common sense nt .lie
next election is mem.red only hy the indifference
of the voter And it is this indifference, tlii
apathy, that is ih ■ real menace confronting the re
public today. When a people lose ■ iirht of their
political responsihiiite , become indifferent and
apathetic, the inevitable result in all history is loss
of political rights and the usurpation of authority by
Ihe strong on I the unscrupulous.
The greatest problem confronting this country
today is political indifference. Upon its solution
depends more than upon all el. . How to solve it,
how to amuse people to a on e of their responsi
bilities, demand the attention of the best and most
patriotic minds of the nation.
Evarywhcra organizations arc forming for the
purpose of arousing the people. Earnest and pa
triotic men and women, sensing the growing danger,
are exerting themlelves to avert its inevitable re
sults by impressing upon the minds of the voters
their individual responsibility to vote regularly and
intelligently. A greater and better work could not
have been undertaken at this time.
Here in Nebraska there is great need for just
such organizations and for just such far-seeing and
patriotic men and women. The slogan of every loyal
Nebraskan should be:
“Make this the year of Nebraska’s Big Vote!”
GREATER INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Nebraska is on the threshold of the big task of
building up its home office insurance companies.
There are organized in this state and doing business
here some of the strongest insurance companies in
the country. The patronage of these companies by
the people of the state is natural. On the basis of
the economic value of "keeping our money at home”
the patronage of these companies is desirable.
For this, reason it is curious that Governor
Bryan and Adjutant General Paul should have
overlooked the Nebraska insurance companies when
they made plans for insuring the lives of the mem
bers of the Nebraska National Guard.
The letter sent Adjutant General Paul by Mr.
W. A. Fraser of the Woodmen of the World ought
plaint, but to the general value of Nebraska home
office insurance companies.
Mr. Paul sidesteps the complaint against him
self by saying that the Omaha companies did not
solicit the business, and further seeks to wash his
official hands by saying that the scheme has fallen
through because 75 per cent of the guardsmen did
not agree to it.
If Governor Bryan and Mr. Paul had had the
greater interest of the state in mind they would
have immediately gotten in touch with the Nebraska
companies when the matter was originally brought
to their attention.
Maybe too, if the matter was being handled
through a Nebraska company the guardsmen could
have been more easily interested in subscribing for
the insurance. *
We recommend that Governor Bryan and Mr.
Paul at once open negotiations with interested Ne
braska companies with that object in view. In this
way they can rectify their mistake and do a service
to the guardsmen.
MUSCLE SHOALS UP TO CONGRESS.
Whether Henry Ford's offer to the government
for Muscle Shoals was a good bargain or not no
longer matters much. The offer has been withdrawn.
Mr. Ford says he made the proposal in good faith,
' ihe best terms he could suggest, and when it be
I came a complicated political question he stepped out
! of the picture. He does not want to become in
i volved in politics.
Congress was all sot to go to the bat on the
subject in December. The House already had passed
a bill to accept the Ford offer. In the senate the
Norris report was pending. Senator Norris favors
the rejection not only of the Ford bid but all the
; others as well, and the operation of the great plant
| by the federal government. It will be the first unit
J in a great superpower plant to be owned by the
public. What will become of the Norris report is
to be determined. It is certain that a hill in which
its ideas are embodied will get attention. It is cer
tain, too, that it should have attention.
At any rate, we may expect that the Alabama
Power company and other competitors of Ford will
renew their contest for the plant. That some dis
position should he made of the groat works is ad
! mitted by all. When complete the government will
‘ have a round $125,000,000 invested. It is out of
j the question to allow this to lie idle. Disputes will
| rise and fall over Muscle Shoals for many years to
come, but the big thing now is to get wheels to turn
ing down there. The public is certain to be loser
on the deal, but this loss may be lessened by using
ihe machinery.
The trouble in the LaFolIette-Harrison-Mutz
'•amp again reminds us how sweet it is for hrethren
to dwell together in unity. In this particular in
stance, however, the trouble is hailed with delight
by all lovers of clean politics and orderly govern
ment.
“Ma” Ferguson is in every way qualified to be
governor of Texas, says the supreme court. Judg
ing by what has gone on down, there, this is not
much of a recommendation.
That new anaesthetic just discovered in Germany
may be all right, but it isn’t in it with the wail of a
calamity howler when talking to the prosperous
people of Nebraska.
One reason the democrats do not need a cam
paign fund is they are sure of carrying the only
states they expect to and without the expenditure
of a penny.
C. A. Sorenson is a pretty loud talker but he
will have to talk louder if he drowns out the voice
of that $100 check put up by Joseph Cook of Fre
mont.
The apostles of discontent are experiencing great
trouble in keeping it stirred up in prosperous Ne
braska this year.
Sowing the dairy idea in Nebraska is of vastly
more benefit to the state than the sowing of dis
content. #
Chairman Rutler probably wishes hr had some
of those millions Frank P, Walsh says he has.
It would seem that Frank Harrison has been do
ing most of his thundering in his index.
What Nebraska needs is more and better dairy
row- and fewer calamity howlers.
All road are good in October in Nebraska.
r
Homespun \rerse
By Omaha'* Own Poet
Robert Worthington Ihwie
V.1
TONIGHT
Tonight I hear them calling: « mne «attle straight w.iv
home!
.’•'wed words and eehors falling upon the fibroid loam,
And slow the rows come, hawling, from whence the}
went to mam.
i Tonight I see them gassing aero:-* the lulls of gold.
Where sunset needs not praising t• * know It is • \
tolled.
Where leafless trees at** i ilslug thdi loneiv houghs
and old.
Tonight they in'" surmising, while genii} {lugs the
st ream
Its symphony surprising which borders an to Minim
While the old moon Is rising behind the sun's las! gleam
Tonight 1 hear them (ailing: Come homeward rattle,
come!
H’vpH wnnlf and echoes falling like I'.den s pendulum
Tolling release enthralling uCt lurul Christendom.
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Letters From Our Readers
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1 Brother Charlie’s Coal Balanee Sheet.
Aurora, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Brother Charlie and his
state coal joint at Aurora. Neb., com
, menced operations October. 1923, with
| capital invested, itemized as follows:
Investment.
(•round on which to operate ..$ o.000.00
*’uhI bin* . o.oou. 0o
Office . • 0.000.00
Truck .,*••••••#»••••'• . . 0,00(1.00
Coal chutes . . 00.00
Wagon scales . . *60.00
(»ne second - tut nd heating stove
One scoop shovel . 2.00
one scale book . 1 ('0
Two second-hand chairs ........ l.oo
(>n«? second hand desk .
(.'ash for operation . 0.000.00
Total Investment .$00,180.00
Operations cloned >u April. 1024 (Irons
gain on operations for six months esti
mated: $1,400,
Kxpense for operations Itemized;
One office man, six months’
work estimated.$ 500.00
Office rent, six months . 60.00
For handling coal . 0.000.00
Should pay, state tax . .67
Should pay, county tax . 1 *>4
Should pay, city tax .
Should pay. school Ihx .
Donated (estimated) to chun k* s oo.OO
Donations to the poor . *i"U0
Donations to the Red Cross . on«0
Donations to the local band . .. ml.00
Donations to the hall team UU.00
All other donations for t h*- good
or pleasure of the people . . . 00.00
Total expenses . . .$ : 60
Net gain f**r six months $ 1,030.50
Brother Charlie's 26c per. ion
commission (paid by the oper
ator) . 260.00
Total net gain $ 1.288.60
Lost, selling slack for l-.-s than
freight . * 000.00
Lost by depreciation on shells
and equipment . 0.000.00
This figures 710 p.-i *ent on an In
vestment of $180 for six months.
There was no money needed for
operations, as orders lor coal were
taken before Brother Charlie ordered
the coal from the mt^es. The cus
tomer paid cash when he got the
coal.
There was no money paid out for
handling coal, as the customer himself
shoveled the coal out of the car
(Brother Charlie's coal bins) into hisj
wagon. No expense to Charlie.
No claim is made as to the accu
racy of the above statement, but it
is approximately correct.
Brother Charlie started his%cnter
prise in October, 1923, closing it in j
April. 1924, compelling the dear pen
pie, over whom he has shed barrels'
of crocodile tears, go to the denmltlon
bow-wows or Davey Jones for their
summer’s fuel.
Surely a financial wizard with n
brilliant mind, who discovered this
cheap and effective method of putting
dealers—who have many thousands of
dollars invested in their business, who
are on the job 12 months of the year,
taking the lean streak in the bacon—
out of business.
Brother Charlie’s state coal joints
with $180 invested, on the job six!
months of the \ ear, takes the fat and1
gathers in shekels for himself.
Happily fur Nebraska, there are
only a few persons who, as governor,
would use his official position to pull
off a graft like that.
Brother Charlie claims to have
Raved the consumer thousands of dol
lars in their fuel bills. The fact 1*.
when a ton of Fredrick lignite coal is,
delivered at. $9.50 per ton. the con
sumer gets $9.50 worth ' f heat; as
coni pared with a ten of (‘anon city,
bituminous coal, delivered at *13.50,
the consumer gets $14.25 worth of
heat. See. report of the geological
survey as to the relative value of
coals mined In the Louisville (Colo.)
lignite distric t and coals mined in the
Walsenburg bituminous district. The
consumer actually loses in buying
Fredrick coal instead of Canon city.
When Brother Charlie gets to be
president, all business will be revo
lutionized. The country will be di
vided into 50 or 00 districts, contain
| ing about 2.000,000 inhabitant** each,
j A warehouse will be built in each
district, in which merchandise cf
every kind will be stored. One or two
thousand henchmen of the adminis
tration will be appointed in each dJs
triet, whose duty it will be to record
the items of merchandise wanted by
the people, and send tIi• • lists the
I warehouse, with cash paid in advance
; »<V the c ustomer. The m» r* h.mdise
! will then be delivered at their door l»T
I parcels post
( Then, indeed, will the mill* n him he
here. I’
Barrow and the Bootlegger*.
Stanton, N’eb.—To the Kditor of
The Omaha Bee: The enclosed clip
ping is self explanatory.
Here i* the same Clarence Barrow*,
lawyer, who stood before the bar of
the court and took the oath as n bar
rister, nn<l swore to protect and up
hold the law, not certain ones, hut
.ill of them. This Harrow was not
an ignorant one who did not know
I ihe significance of his act, but one
*
signified.
He is the same Barrow who re
cently helped two supreme fiends of
murders escape the consequence of
this murder—for a fee.
Here he comes now. this same Bar
row, boasting openly of'the law which
he has violated. Boasting not only of
the law. which he has violated in his
own person, but which be has a**
sisted others even, these bootloggets,
to violate. A fine typo of criminal
he. by his own admission, to he run
ning at large. Not only running at
' large hut boast!.ng of his I,iw break
Tng and counseling and aiding others
to break this same law
This Is ( laranee Harrow, the law
yer, and the felon by his own admis
sion. WILL L VVOOCKl'FF
The clipping to which Mr Woodruff
refers is an account of a party given
it Chicago in honor "f Anton .1. Or*
link, who had Just returned from
Kurope. Mr Burrow said:
“1 like Tony Cermak f like him
because he's wet and he* mse he tells
the world he's wet He doesn't grab
p foolh'h law nml hide behind It eith«
j Abe Martin
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Oh, wo oturhl t' have lot* o’ Rood
< Jiinrc t i I • h t i n' woatitor y it,’’ said
Toll (linkin'. , t'day, when some
buddy oomnliiinod o' th’ tain. Ono
o' th' wot. t combination* wo know
of is Ini* o’ pop nil' no judr/inonl
j O ul'j i lulu 1*. t I
cr. (Here the old lion took a look at
the mayor). He doesn’t say he en
forces the laws because they're on the
hooks. He says he dislikea the law
and makes no more excuses. 1 like
him. L like him because he has re
fused meddlesome reformers Hnd tie
cause lie has kicked spies out of his
office.
"No mayor can enforce all of the
laws. There are many of them on
the hooks. I could give you 50 that
arc violated every day and no one
cares. Why pick out a foolish law
like the Volstead act?
"I can't get a drink without going
to tlie bootleggers and I frequently
want a drink. I thank God bootleg
gers exist. J don’t know what the
mayor's experience has been, hut I've
always had good luck with mine. I
like Tony Cermak because he's wet
and because he doesn't make excuses.
He says what he believes—"
lie had more to say about laws and
mayors and such, but the spectators
were busy shouting and climbing to
their chairs. He never got to finish.
l.a Follette and Hie Reds.
, Indianola, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Isn’t it amusing to
read Brumbaugh's reiteration that
he is g -ing to vote for La Follette?
Why, bless your heart, of course he
is. I could have told you that before
he spoke. No man who compared
Jesus Christ, Lincoln and Lenine in
the same category would be expected
to vote otherwise. All of his color
(red) will vote for La Follette. He
says: "He does not go as far as I
would go, or as far as many of his
supporters would go, hut let him go
as far as he will, others will take up
the flag (of socialism) and carry it
on to victory.” Mr. Brumbaugh evi
dently considers La Follette a poor
substitute for Debs, Emma Goldman,
Berkman, Guiteau and others of a
like ilk. They think and say that he
is not "red” enough to lead them to
the promised land of chaos and ruin,
but he will start us off and we will
be on our way to that land where
faith and hope shall cease and where
hate and rapine prevail throughout
eternal ages. amen.
I thank Almighty God every day
T live that such people as Brum
baugh, Lenine, Goldman, rt al.. find
the American people different mate
rial from the simple, ignorant jieople
of Russia, whom they led to their
ruin.
Now’. Just a w’ord about voting for
La Follette: Hnd he done the right
thipg, the decent thing, he should
have done at the Chicago convention
in 1912, I would vote for him now.
but his action then proved him not a
patriot, not a statesman, not a pro
gressive. but a selfish egotist and a I
dog in the mai-ger. I would not com
pare Roosevelt to Jesus Christ or to
Lenine (God forbid 'the latter), but
I do thftik he was the greatest tnan
since Lin<f»ln. And La Follette. whose
chance it was to name him at Chi
cago, and turned it down, quotes him
now as others quote the Bible. And
further, Mr. Editor, don't let anyone
make you think La Follette will carry
Nebraska. He will not. Too many
voters have memories. Too many
voters shv at the sight or shadow of
a red flag. Ton many voters think
that all these pinksgthese parlor reds
these blood reds, should all be giver,
passports and allowed to go to their
I tnpia in Russia.
IV. I M COOL.
Mul/ Corrected.
Harvard, Neb.—To the Kditor of
The Omaha Bee: According lo yester
day r paper*, Otto Mutz. charges that
Frank Harrison has ruined the La
Follette campaign in Nebraska. I
wish to take exception to this charge.
Mutz and Harrison both have proved
themselves incapable and incompetent
managers, and if what each says
about the other is true, then they are
both crooks. But to lalk of the
damphonlishness of these nun af
fecting La Follette » standing among
the rank and file of the farmers and
wage e. inters, is pure rot. Thesi
voters are going to vote for lai FoJ
lette. La Follette would have car
ried Nebraska If neither of these men
had been born and he will carry Ne
braska in spite of anything these
men do or fail to do in the campaign.
These two unit are thoroughly dis
credited, and If they have the honor
of a woodchuck they will both strike
their tents and silently steal away.
.1. M PA Uto
Chairman Progressive Party.
How the Hotel (lot Its Name.
Baton, N. M — To the Kditor of The
Omaha lice: r was reading the Kve
nlng Bee of October a. last evening
and saw Mr Bill Maupin's account
of how the Hotel McCloud ai York
came to be called “Hotel McCloud
l was editor of the York Daily
News Times for five years and was
in York when the new hotel was
built. One da-,. when the hot'1 was
\IH MU I'MIt.NT.
I Ends Stubborn Coughs 1
in a Hurry ;;
- < ►
lor r»»»»l effect I % enee*. this *l«i **
llomr-liiAili* rrnifili lint no rqiinl * ‘
k’.ttnll.r nml then ply prepar'd.
You'll never know liow quicklv *
had rough cun be conquered, until you
try this famous old home-nude rem
edy. \nyonc who has coughed nil
day nml all night, will sav that the
immediate relief given is almost like
magic, it is very easily prepared,
• ti*l there is nothing better for cough*.
Into a pint bottle, put -Va ounce*
of Pincx; then add plain granulated
sugar syrup to make a full pint. Or
you can use clarified molasses, honey,
or corn svrup. instead of sugar svrup.
Kitlier wav, the lull pint saves about
two-thuds of t ho money usually
• pent for cough preparations, and
gives you n more positive, effective
remedy. It keeps perfectly, and
taste* pleasant children l.kc it
You can feet this take hold instantly,
•nothing and healing the membranes
in nil the air passage*. It promptlv
loos* ns a dry, tight cough, and noon
you *.!! notice the phlegm thin out
amt *1 :«appc ir A day's u* e w ill itMially
break up an ordinary throat or chest
cold, and it, it also splendid for bron
chitis, croup, hoarseness, and bron
chial AsthlltA
Pinei • a most valuable concen
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, th* moil reliable rem
edv for throwt end chest ailments
To avo d disappeintrnent esV vour
druggist for ' , ounce* c*' P tiei”
with direction -rid ■ !* a t accent nnv
t hin.: f’Ui i.*i.i r■ ntec.j to ,• • * nban
lute -at '«fI if»li «•? nti*ru»\ r« i iindcd
TUv 1'iuia Cu., 1*1 NNu^uc, lua.
nearing completion. I was !n Dennis
Meehan* store nnd In ths co irs* of
conversation, asked him what name
the board of director* was going to
give the Hotel. He said H* did not.
know, and asked me what I thought
would be appropriate. 1 told him, in
asmuch as Mr. I'. A. McCloud was
the moving spirit in the etilerpr.se. 1
thought it would he a good idea to
call the new hotel "Ths McCloud.
Mr. Meehan liked the suggestion and
told me to write an editorial for *hc
News-Times, suggesting the name I
did so, and a few days inter th* di
rectors met and Mr. Meehan moved
the hotel he called "The McCloud.”
The motion prevailed.
This is how the fine hotel in York
was named.
W. K. ADAIR.
Will Not Vole lor I,a Follette.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha. Bee: One of the reasons why I
would not vote for Mr. I.a Follette
is all the socialists, red radicals and
bootleggers in the coutnry will vote
for him. VVliat good American wants
t'o vole with such tin outfit? Mother
told us kids: "You boys are known
by the company you keep." So. to
take no chances, let's vote for Pool
idge or Davis. <
CYRUS OXFORD.
2023 Rake Street.
Somebody Answer.
Emerson, la.—To the Editor of 1 lie
Omaha Bee: 1 wonder why—
When the wold war was over and
Turkey subdued, she was allowed to
re-enter Europe and take up her old
stunt of murdering the Americans?
When Germany was conquered, the
victorious nations did not take hos
tages of her works of art to insure
prompt payment of indemnities?
When men have had 400 years in
which to muddle the affairs of our
nation, they should expect women
to perform miracles of adjustment
after onlv four years of suffrage?
IN A.
CENTER SHOTS.
A European critic says Americans
don't know the art of conversation.
He's probably right. It wouldn t oc
cur to us to hold 17 economic con
ferences to decide to go hark to work.
—Detroit News.
International finance is a fascinat
ing thing. It consists mainly in bor
rowing money to repay money that
has been borrowed to repay money
previously borrowed.—San Diego
(Cal.) Union.
In a new play a real meal of soup,
fish and champagne is consumed on
the stage. With all this passion for
realism, perhaps some day they'll give i
us a teal play.—Punch.
If this Is history that the w'orld is
making now. wc are almost persuaded I
to agree with Henry Ford that "his
tory is bunk."—Columbia Record.
With Gillett on one side and Shaver
on the other there ought to be no
splitting of hairs in this campaign.—
Philadelphia North American.
As the allies see it. Germany’s
treaty responsibility will not he so
attractive if they let hep roll the guilt
off.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
"Drouth is unusual along the
coast," says the geography. Also,
strangely enough, along the border.—
Brockton (Ont.) Recorder.
The national hair dressers are now
talking about the "Glorified Bob."
From which the hair dressers get the
glory and many a boh, lo use the
English vernacular—Louisville Cour
ts! -Journal.
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for Sept., 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .73,340
Sunday .73,865
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overs, samples or papers spoiled in
printing and includes no special
sales or free circulation of any kind.
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.Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of October, 1924.
W H. QUIVEY.
(Seal) Notary Public
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Woodmen of the Wot Id Bldg., Omaha, NeK.
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LONGING.
Wandering lone in the far away place*.
Counting the (lavs that a vs lying between
.We and the sight of ths loved, smiling faces,
Gathered Rt'Otind lr 'he glow of home's sheen
Slow drag the dots with my loved ones, far distant
Lonely the nighta with their laughter unfilled.
Memories sweet come with surges Insistent
When the day's noise by the night s shades ate sillied.
Wandering Jone in the far-away places, (
Longing for home and the joys waiting me.
Counting each hour o'er the wide spreading spat es
Bringing me neater where home's blessings be.
Memory brings to me music the clearest—
Laughter and song where the lights o' home shine
Promise of joy that to me is the dearest—
Getting hack home to those kiddles o’ mine!
Our congratulations to the lovers of trees upon the fact
that the Colonel, who sits at our left near the window lighting
the cubicle in which we both labor harmoniously, has been
elected head of the Nebraska Forestry association. One has
but to mention trees In the Colonel's presence to ascertain his
particular "bug.'' He knows trees and loves them, and for
years he has been promoting the forestratlon of Nebraska, and
especially of the sand hill region Not only will he lend dignity
to the office, hut he will use It intelligently for the greater
glory and profit of Nebraska.
The little racket between Mutz and Harrison, rival claim
ants for the honor of managing the La Follette campaign in
Nebraska, reminds us of an incident of the state campaign of
1894. The republican state committee bought two columns
daily on the editorial page of the local democratic organ, and
tlie resultant blaze in the democratic camp was not quenched
for a year or two.
Once upon a time Red Cloud had a street railway. It was
propelled by horse power, and, if memory is not at fault, it was
the last of its kind west of the .Mississippi rivet It connected
the city with the Burlington depot. Bed Cloud was founded
quite a while before the railroad came, and when the railroad
did come it Insisted on building the depot down by the trsik in
the valley instead of uptown on the hill. So a horse car line
was constructed and served the people until less than 10 years
ago. Paving and automobiles finally put it out of business.
Kearney never had a horse car line, but it was one of the
first cities west of the Missouri to have electric cart-. We were
there when the electric line was built and rode on the first car
run over the completed line. At one time four trolley cars
were in operation, one of mem running almost to the cotton
mill In West Kearney In all there were about 10 miles of line
operated. Today Omaha and Lincoln are the only Nebraska
cities with street cars* and if their managers are to he believed,
even they are slipping. I
Before we forget it. allow us to add that Nebraska t 'icy
once boasted a horse car line, running from the Burlington
depot to the business renter of the city. And to Lincoln prob
ably belongs the credit of hating the first street car line not
operated with horse power. John Fitzgerald built a mile <•
two and operated it with coal-burning dummy locomotives
They were, however, too noisy and dirty, anil *nor. gav» wav
to the trollsv.
WILL M. MAI PIN.
V - -'
Convenient.
Two Irishmen stood In front of a
drug store in Dublin. In the window
was a display of rubber gloves.
“Now. I wonder what is them
things for?’’ asked one of the Irish
men
“Oh." replied the other Irishman,
“ye can put them things nn an
wash yer hands without gittin- yer
hands wet.”—The Argonaut.
Every Neighborhood Has One.
“it says here that the Japs have
singing insects as pets/' remarked
Mrs. Crouch.
"Well,” glC'wied her husband, we
have a singing insert next door, butj
she's a pest, not a pet .“—Cincinnati
Enquirer. _
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