The Omaha Bee] M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee ia a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908. at Omaha postoffice, under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for AT 1 Ann the Department or Person Wanted. * laililC ll/Uvl OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. 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Executive and administrative officers and a full board of di rector's are to be chosen by the citizens who are the shareholders in the great commonwealth of the United States of America. What is to be decided upon by this balloting? Expressed in the simplest possible terms, it is the continuation of the government along the safe, sane lines and under the true progressive policies of the republican party. Or, another trial of the experi mental faculty of the democratic party. Or, an other trial of the experimental faculty of the demo cratic party, whose policies have invariably brought ’ ditaster. Or, the remote possibility of turning the government over to an agglomeration of radicals, malcontents, self-confessed failures, whose only def inite promise is that they will break down the exist ing form of government, and substitute something else. • • • What, demand the democrats and the socialists alike, with much waving of arms and shouting, what have the republicans done since they came back into power? The answer to that should be pat in the mouth of every citizen who has really watched the prog ress of affairs in his country since the war. In 1918, when the end of the war came, it was not un expected. In the senate of the United States six months before November, 1918, a resolution was in troduced, asking that a nonpartisan committee be appointed to devise plans for getting the nation back from war to peace footing. This was sent to a committee, controlled by the democrats, and there pigeonholed. The end of the war came, and found nothing ready. Two years and four months after the armi stice was signed, the government was turned over to the republicans, and still nothing had been done by the democrats to get back to peace conditions. When President Harding and his administration came into office, they found a wreck. They set about to rebuild the government. To get rid of surplus officeholders. To check extravagance. To ecenomize on expenditures. To lower taxes and to restore industry and commerce. The national life was at a standstill. -Between 4,000,000 and 6,000,000 workers were idle. Every thing was shot to pieces. Especially were the farm ers hit, for under the Underwood tariff law grain and,other farm produce was coming in from abroad. Wjiftt was done? * . . -£irst, the bill creating the bureau of budget was passed and signed by President Harding, and the president selected Charles G. Dawes to be director of the budget. Following directly because of this act was the reduction of government expenditures. From $6,600,000,000 in 1920 the cost of running the government has been reduced to $3,000,000,000 for 1924. Two and a half billions of dollars saved in governmental costs alone. Two billion dollars of lunded debt has been paid off, and interest costs retfifced to that extent. Seven billion dollars of shorttime loans have been cared for, and another great drain on the treasury thus stopped. Taxes have twice been reduced since 1921, and a further reduction is promised by President Cool idge. That would be accomplishment enough, were nothing else done. But there is something else. • * * .The emergency tariff act of 1921 stopped the flpbd of foreign farm produce that was crowding the American farmer out of his home market. The Fordney-McCumber bill gives the farmer protection on all he sells, and puts on the free list.thc things he principally buys. As to the stabilization of Europe and the res toration of orderly activity over there: The demo crats hnd done nothing of service. It was Harding who called the Washington Arms conference. It was'Hughes who suggested the Dawes commission; it was Coolidge who named that commission; it was Dawes who directed its work, and it was Hughes again who was instrumental in securing its ratifica tion by the German government. And Europe is be ing stabilized because a way to settle vexed repnra t.ieh questions has been provided through the activity ct tim present administration. • • * There is the record. Order restored at home, help given to restore order abroad. Prosperity in the United States, employment safe because the home market is secured. The American standard of living made safe. The issue is: Will this work he continued as it was begun, by the republican party? Or, will the contract, not yet complete, ho turned over to one of the opposition groups, which promises only to tear down all the republicans have built in the last three and one-half years, and then start new on pWms that have not yet been outlined? . That i« the question to ask yourself when you go into the polling booth on Tuesday. Coolidge and continued order and prosperity; somebody else and • monkey wrench thrown into the muchincry. j THINK IT OVER! As an intelligent citizen you believe in certain principles of government, and desire to elect to office men and women who believe in those same principles. You have a right to know what principles are advocated by the candidates who solicit your sup port. You have a right to know their affiliations, their beliefs, their fitness and their allegiance. If the proposed amendment to the state consti tution is adopted you will have absolutely no means of ascertaining these things. You may be an ardent prohibitionist, yet unable to tell whether a candidate is wet or dry. The opposite may be true. You may believe in a certain system of taxation, but you will be unable to tell what system of taxation the candidates may espouse. In short, the adoption of that amendment means that you will have to vote in the dark. The proposed amendment is vicious in principle. Swat it! ENGLAND TURNS A FLIP-FLAP. At least one result of the election in England had been predicted long ago. That is the disappearance of the liberal party. Close students of British do mestic politics prophesied not long after Ramsay MacDonald went into office with liberal support that the days of that party as at present constituted were numbered. The division between Lloyd George and Asquith was a fatal source of weakness. It was then said, and the event seems to verify the pre diction, that those of the liberal faith who were not really radical would cast their lot with the conserva tives until happier days come to Great Britain. MacDonald never really had a chance, for he did not have a majority at any time. He was six times defeated in the house before he determined to go to the country. It may be doubted if he had any real choice as to when the appeal should be made. The date was determined between the two groups of the opposition. When the arrangements had been made the conservatives and the liberals simply knocked the props from under the MacDonald ministry. Returns from the voting show that the conserva tive party will have complete control in the next house of commons. The labor group will form the opposition, for the liberals will be so few in num ber that they will not be able to affect the course of legislation on any subject. Americans will find chief interest in the result because of the fact that the conservatives were defeated last winter on the protective tariff issue. Baldwin is again talked of as prime minister, and he will certainly take .up his former policy. Another point is the defeat of the > laborites on their announced intention of more vig orously prosecuting the radical portions of their general platform, which were held in abeyance. Still another factor, and this is of the greatest im portance, is that the British are in the notion of getting back to work. The dole is to be dropped, and other war and post-war practices are to be modi fied. These promises were made by the conserva tives, and seemingly approved by the voters. Busier days and probably better times may be looked for in England as the effect of the flip-flap turned by the voters. SHOOTING DOWN THE RAIN CLOUDS. In the dear old days, when Rainmaker Wright stuck his joint of stovepipe upward through the side of a boxcar, and fired gas at the clouds, hope of making rain has lingered with man. Wright did not succeed, nor have any reast, at least to any alarming extent. The Pueblo Indians still hold their rain ceremonial dance, and believe that it brings rain. But the white man sticks to something else. The latest achievement is that of the air service of the United States army. Aviators mount to the clouds, and by means of electrified sand are able to cause precipitation. Experiments recently made at Bolling Field were very successful, and en courage further trial. Clouds on being bombarded by the airplanes, discharge their contents. One of the very curious effects obtained is the sharp de marcation between the portion of the cloud affected by the charged sand and that unaffected. One aviator dug a deep “well” in a cloud. Another marked a clear lane through one, and still others left sharp walls of cloud to show where they had cut away huge portions. Not only can rnin be so made, for the destroyed, cloud comes down in rain, but fog can be dispelled. It is promised the farmers will get benefit from the discovery, however it must be admitted that clouds are essential to making a good job of shooting down rain. Wright and his followers undertook to produce the clouds as well as the rain. Three North Dakotn banks closed in 1923 were reopened for business on October 30. This is a dirty, underhanded trick of the* republican national committee to make North Dakotans think that pros perity has come back. Following precedent set by democracy in gov ernmental affairs, the democratic committee will emerge from the campaign with a deficit. Deficits long ago became a habit with democrats. Has anybody heard Emma Goldman and Big Bill Hayward extolling the merits of Russia during this campaign? Em and Bill have seen it; extolling is left to those who theorize about it. We favor the ennetmont of n law making an open season on all the “I told you so” gentry that infest the highways and byways after every election. If women ever fall into the habit of betting hats on election there will he an anti-suffrage movement that will make things hum. Due attention should be given to the fact that the present administration is retiring bonds instead of refunding or issuing. By the way, we no longer have to wait for the returns from Clontarf pfecinct. Bp a pootl "X” service citizen on election dny! .. " -- Homespun Verse —By Omaha*! Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie _— FAMK. Fame Isn't the bliss from the deeds you do; 'TIs tho faith of the friends who believe In you— 'TIs the nld and the hope and the goodly rheer of the friends who follow you year by year. 'TIs the zest that words of believers true In the light and the darkness give to you; 'TIs the honor they grant with brotherly pride And the honor that, they themselves are denied. Fame Is the sndle that you understand. And the ardent grip of a brother's hand; Fame Is the Joy that the others take In knowing the wonderful steps you make. Fame would lead to a fruitless and. Were It not for the trust of a loyal friend: And fame would srom rldloulou*, Were It not for those who believe In ua. --- > Letters From Our Readers All letter* must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 word* and less, will be given preference. ^ Hard Times t'lired Him. Turk, Neb.—To the Kdttor of The Omaha Bee: The undersigned was a democrat until four days before elec tion in 1896. and I want to give you the reason why I changed. I and my family starved for three years, '94, '95 and '96, same as did 85 per cent of the American workman, laborers, mechanics and professional men alike. Three years is a long time to he put on short feed. Under the dem ocratic period I got down In flesh so I only weighed 140 pounds and three years later after the republicans got in power I gained in flesh when we could get a square meal so I got to weighing a little over 200 pounds. Normally my weight should be 190. But I did not care so much about myself as I did for my family, to see them starve and freeze and suf fer, it was more than I could stand so in place of casting my vote for William J. Bryan I cast It for Wil liam McKinley and I never regretted that I changed. We can make money under the republican administration but as a rule we Idtae it under the democratic reign. This country can not prosper under a low tariff with the high wages that the American workmen are entitled to. When the American workman makes good money working at his trade, what ever it may he, then he ran afford to pay a little more for what ho buys to eat. When you are down and out you got to do the thinking. Have you got a job today? If so, vote to keep It. If you are farm ing vote to keel) prices of grain, hogs and cattle where they are today. If you are a business man vote to keep your business a going. If you want lo prosper for the next four years vote the republican ticket. It will save the day. But if you think your wages too high, your farm products too high, if you in business are nia king too much money now, then vote the other way and we will have the hardest time America has ever seen. The three years during f’ieve iand's administration will not he In It with what ft will be if we open our ports to foreign countries so they can flood our markets with cheap goods made by cheap lahor. Voter, before you cast your vote on November 4, think this matter over, forget about your party ties and vote for your own Interest. Vote for Coolidgo and prosperity. Vote for Davis and ruination. K, c. BERGMAN. Danger In La Follette. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: The projection of the por tentous personality of Robert La Fol iette In the quadrennial presidential succession Is an Insidious subversion In tragical parallel to bolshevism. It presents a red complex, dark and malevolent, in the political affairs of contemporaneous America. It Is a mass psychology of political Illiter acy: an infectious deception of the fatuous thought of change. Bol shevism as an extraordinary phenom enon in American politics Is not a fantastic absurdity, but Is visibly threatening in the candidacy of La Follette. The nation Is, therefore, between catastrophe and education, and the only solvent Is the primitive, native reaction of Americans. To remove the constitutional and Judicial limi tations of government is a tremen dous and dangerous hypothesis. Mr. La Follette proposes to place the re public within the jeopardy of the tit termost play of the human passions, clamoring in mob psychology of nn exaggerated collective ego. To merge the discordant disruptive political elements, exotic to the traditions and Institutional Ideals of America for ex pression In the fundamentals of the organic forms of our government Is to write the obituary of that republic visualized by the founders. Wo, the Inheritors, should move in continuity with the past In conservation of a true historic perspective: a perfect consonance of the political realism of our great republic. J. BRAXTON OAR LAND. Word For Slahauglt. Omaha—To th* Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I -wish to state why the pub lic should elect Judge \V. tv. sis bn ugh to the district bench. During his 33 years residence smong us, he has been connected with every im portant movement of public uplift In Omaha. He is a real lawyer. His services ns county law officer for in years, anil ns district judge for eight years peculiarly fit him for the place. Be need such a man as one of the nine district judges. Wr. E. CLOAK. Argues For Hastings. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Rrr: JiiilgA W. G. 7fnstfnps, who 1h a candidate for re-election, dr serves the support of all the voters In this judicial district, because of his outstanding quallflcatons. I know of no one In onr state who has a more profound knowledge of law. 1 know of no one who possesses to n greater degree that characteristic of a judicial habit of thought that en ables him to assimilate facts without prejudice, nnd decide Issues on the merits of the case alone. Judge Hastings Is the kind of a Judge to whom the hard cases, the difficult, problems, naturally drift for solution. He Is a tower of strength on the bench In Douglas, Washington and Burt counties. The voters should return him to office by a large vote ARTHUR 1). BURNHAM, •U>37 Pacific street. Another Word For Hastings. Omshn—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: Judge W. O. Hastings, who Is n candidate fnr re-election, dc serves the support of nil honest, law abiding men and women. lie has a marvelous knowledge of law. and he decides cases on merit only. Hundreds know of his ability be ennse for 17 years he was head of * ho Nebraska University Law school. Ilo served unselfishly In the Interests of the foreign horn while located at B'ilhcr. lie lias a sympathetic heart. He should bo returned to office by all means. A vole for him Is a vote for a real Judge. M. GREEN, 2047 No. Nineteenth street. Illnckhtirn for Norrla, Omaha To the Kdltor of The Omn lia lire: Moat people who know the writer will agree that he la a repub llrnn of the oh! aeheol. lie feels complimented when some ultra radl rnl denomlnntea him "a reactionary” or “a stand patter'” or "a eonaerv-i tl'e.” lie has no patience with the overworked word progressi i c’ which no longer means eenatmetlvo hut is a aynonym for "ndlril" nnd a radl rnl who |a nlmoat n "soelallat" If net a ’'red.** tie aympnthlzca with hla |«a sonal friend. John VV. Davis, In that ills IIngtilaheil palrh l.m s effort to escape the nonaonalcal appellation of "pro greaalve” by auhstltutlng the Kngllah term "liberal." suffrage. Would also suggest that he explain to tho labor ing men why he opposed the Work mens' Compensation act. He. no doubt, had a reason for doing these things and there are many who would like to have this explained be fore November 4. Remember, Mr. Jamieson is now asking the voters of tho Second district to send him to congress to represent them. "AN OBSERVER.” Has Faith In Coolidge. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: With the closing of the cam paign I feci impelled to say a few more words in favor of President Coolidge and the republican party. It must not tie overlooked that an execu tive should be a man of cool, sound judgment, a conservative, rather ttmn a man of words and action. Calvin Coolidge is a bom executive, with manhood and courage to do what he believes to he right, "in the scorn of consequence." Mr. Ka Follelte Is a man of words: he is fit for the rostrum, but not for executive office. Mr. Davis, the democratic nominee, is an able lawyer and well versed in statecraft; but ho is surrounded and dominated by stirh boisterous and discordant dements constituting the democratic party (as exemplified at their late national convention! that it would be unwise to place the des llnip.s of the republic In tlielr hands. It ie an old and wise adage to "let well enough alone." The country is not "going to the dogs." I feel con vinced that good judgment will pre vail, and that the American people will vote to continue in office that upright, industrious and courageous American—Calvin Coolidge W. li. IIATTEROTH. Wlio Gels the Money? Norfolk. Neb.—To the Editor of Tho Omaha lice: Where ere these great gobs of greenbacks that our demo cratic friends call "Slush Fund?" Who is getting them'.’ We have cried “slush fund" during the last days of every campaign since r cast my first vote in 1SSS. In spite of It, thi# time honored practice, if there be such, is permitted without protest until just before voting time. To mo it hears ail the earmarks of a regular life sized "roorhnek." And now comes our good friend Norton, than whom no other would do to fill Bryan's place on the ticket, and promises to stage an investtga tlon second to none in history. Is thi* the way he Is going lo servo tile farmer? Is this id* idea of economy? Nine farmers out of every 10 know that investigations are fruitless and mighty expensive lux uries. Mr. Norton, however sincere, turned a lot of farmer votes to Adam McMullen when he made that silly as sertion, They know he cannot de liver the goods. G. H. NICHOI.S, Democrats Ought to I/cnrn. Omaha To the Editor of The Oma ha Hew: If anyone who claims to he an American after reading Henry Fold's message in The Her, can still go Mindly against this great man’s doctrine, he should have his head ex amined immediately by an alienist. I have a neighbor who is a demo ernt. He Is like some people I know who stick to old ways of doing things; old tools; old ideas and old traditions. Because the democratic party is the oldest. It must necea warily be the best, when It has been demonstrated time and again that It is almost obsolete, and that Its meth ods are ready for the scrap pile. Its tariff plank alone condemns it. And yet, we see great numbers of appar ently Intelligent people Mill holding onto the sinking ship of democracy, instead of letting go and hunting a stauncher vessel Hike my neighbor, alt the really plausible excuse that can be given is, ' Well, my folks wen* democrats," or "I don't see as there Is anv difference between the two parties." We have proven that a protective tariff Is the most essential need if we are to have continuous prosperity, yet the democrats cannot learn that that is a fact, and that very thing is slowly killing the party. Maybe they will learn in the future, but they will have to weed out some of the old doctrines. JAMES WELCH. Drive Bonds First. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: In the opinion of the writer the Hiver Drive bonds should take precedence over all others. Not that they are more important, in the long run, than school or library bonds, but that if. at this election, anyone de cides that he positively will not vote for more than one set of bonds, it should be those for the River Drive. We are sure to get the schools snd the libraries soon, but if this chance for the Hiver Drive and Parkway is lost, we shall never have it again in so good a form nor at so slight an expense. Much of the most beautiful property included in the plan is being held, for this purpose, by private citizens at a decided financial loss. They cannot be expected to keep this up; and if the remaining land is spoiled for our purpose at the rate which has prevailed for the last year there will hardly be enough left af ter another year or so to make the southern part of the drive worth while. TAXPAYER. John Johnson’s Appeal to Voters. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: The biggest writer in the world said October 29th, Arthur Bris bane, that dem Noo York Gamblers who bane staking moneys on Cal and Daws and publican party sex and Vi times one dollar on Cal and Daws to one times one dollar only on all the rest of the gang who are trying to lie presidents t'S and for all tb^ rest of dem party's dey democrats, Follet and Son party Social party, comoist party, sovet party, proletarit party or some kind offuny name Genine and Trotsky party I right dem two names right cause a fellow from Moscow Kussia belonging to dem told how to spell dent and some more party’s I not remember de funny names but dat bane plenty. Now Ay tell big secret all dem funy party’s dey kinda amalgate dat is pull togedder and all vota for Fol let and son for president FS for if Follet and Son bane president FS dey all get big Jolts and plenty pay to let Oder folks know how to talk for Fol let and son so dem two fellows can be president al! de time US like the Kaiser try in Germany to be but got fixed good and planty. Some fello the Oder day 17 and Farnam Omaha had a big pikture on de corner dat looked like Trotsky he taked much to folks and said dat pikture was Follet and you vote him for president FS and you have good times Ay dont tink dat fellow never worked his life he was a slik talker he could make folks think red color was white and so on but he get good pay from Moscow Well ay feel so good cause folks bet sex and a half times on Cal and Daws gainst de hole gang. I tell you folks I bane dls country not long in Nebraska .and dis bane good state to raise corn hogs and Odder tings on farm so I buy farm last year for mortgage and little more so ai needa moneys to heipa Cal and daws so I ask a fellow what he gave me for farm and he bane green swede too like me he says Veil Hogs corns and odder tings bring big ■ moneys now and you gotta good farm 1 tell vou what X do If Cal and Daws bone lected next week I gave you fifteen thousand dollars more for farm than you paid for farm last year as al told him what al paid for Farm and dat swede had plpnly mons and many odder farms round Nebraska so you see I bane kinda nngeious dat Cal and Daws bane lected so I can sell farm and get fifteen thousand to help pay election for Cal and Daws Xpenses. If some else lected pres dient ai not sell farm and den ai l>e hard up for next four years and hava to borrow moneys from the hank ef de bank let me have it. What al tell dis letter Mister Editor Is de truth as swede man dont ofen tell lies so you tell odder folks all over country but specially Nebraska folks ef dev want planty work and planty pay for same or Itedder flan now which bane planty good now ef dev want planty money for der farms der hogs aler wheat der cattles and odder tings farmer have to sell ef dey want planty building* for work ing man to work- on and plantv good times for everybody do i.-u tink you got good times if you vote for dat vindjammer Follet. Nay I tell you you vote for Cal and Daws and we all get good times ypst so sure some day get lected and you kan help me whole lot so I get dod fifteen tousand when at sell farm to dad odder Swinte. Now Al tink -T. \\ Davis bane good smart nmn hut not so smart some Cal So ef you not vote for Cal you vote for Davis cause ef he bane lected presi dent FS Al mean Davis hnne bedder dan Follet and son Phil running dls country. IOHN JOHNSON. “I can't get head or pig tail o' th’ Chines war," complained Gafe Bud, t’day. Th’ way t' start th’ day right is t' open your mail in th’ afternoon. (<*pp) rt»ht. 1 f 34 > SUNNY SIDE UP Hake Comfort.nor forget, Vhat Sunrise ne\/er/aite<5 j C._ __— - ‘ 1 N / Memories called up by a Sunday afternoon stroll about Omaha: Old cowshed depot at Tenth and Mason, with chute leading from street to railroad level. Old music hall and beer garden at Tenth and Harney f.ig orchestrion a feature. Stage program constated argely of llbldious songs and jokes. Patronage made up large > of out oMowners who wanted to see the otfoer side of Ninth and Farnam, old Union Pacific headquarters. Thought of Ed Dickinson, John M. Thurston, Riley Kell>. Al fred Dariow and many others. Site of Maurer’s old restaurant. Could smell the savory Oder of pig knuckles and sauer kraut and ham hock and cab bage. What big steins Ed used to set out! Northwest corner of Sixteenth and Douglas. Boston store used to stand there. Call the big new Institution by that nami now, once in a while, when memory lapses. Old Vienna restaurant on Farnam, near Tenth. Favor ite hang out of newspaper workers before majority of present newspaper workers were born. Three-story brick building on South Tenth. Was origin ally five-story building, housing Omaha Republican. Compos ing room on top floor, and printers used to flee for the street every time the wind blew strong. Building rocked like a ship in a storm. Imposing building housing big auto supply firm on site of old Washington Hall. Reported political meetings, lectures, concerts and prize fights held In old hall. In its day Omaha s largest hall for mass meetings. Twentieth between Farnam and Douglas. Magnificent building now occupies former site of three little cottages. Rived in the middle one with Dick Metcalfe in the one on the north. Old cable line went by front of the cottages. Seventeenth and Harney. Site of Boyd's theater, tn Its time finest theater west of Missouri rivet. Old courthouse perched on high hill. Saw negro taken from old courthouse and hanged in front of theater. Scene of two great riots In Omaha. Missed the last one. Southwest corner Sixteenth and Farnam. Old Board of Trade building. Good restaurant for night workers therein. Remember the old One Minute Coffee House on Farnam be tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth? Wonder what became of the Halplne Brothers? Northeast corner of Fifteenth and Farnam. site of orig inal Boyd theater. Used to be a thirst quenching emporium, just east of theater called the "Drum." Ixjng narrow en trance, and boys used to call it the Narrow- Gage. Handy for printers and night reporters on newspaper next door. Northwest corner Sixteenth and Harney. Big hotel there now. More or less famous beer garden formerly on that cor ner. Old Omaha Press club staged several big receptions to allied organizations in the early 90 s. Back to the apartment convinced that Time has fallen Into the regrettable habit of fugiting with great rapidity. Brethren, there may be some other explanation, but we have never heard It. James B. Forgan. merchant and banker, meets death with smiling face, singing a good old song of Zion as he follows the beckoning of the Dark Angel's finger. It -ertalnly was not superstition t hat gave him courage. Mr. For gan was a man of splendid ability, a successful man; he was not one of little mind to be led by superstition. The only ex planation is that he knew, without the shadow of a doubt, that to him the promise was secure: that death was merely the portal to a higher and better life. If faith can do no more than sustain one at the end. as it sustained James B. Forgan. then may anathema be pronounced upon all who would de stroy it. WILL M. MAUPIN. \—--/ A Wallin* List. "T understand the new sheriff has unde a great many arrest* for vio ation of motor regulations." "Yep." answered Cactus Joe. “it las got so that if you Want to Join n a poker game or any other social •elaxation you've got to have influ :nce to get admitted for an evenin’ it the Jail."—Washington Star. When in Omaha Hotel Gonant 250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rates $2 to $3 All I have to do is to gh'e the Note to Af) Bank, with the address of the debtor. HKJ XfY Bank bill call upon its Cone* \i spondent in the distant dtp to make bQ the collection. Eui 1 he same process applies to the collec tion of Drafts, Trade Acceptances, Checks, etc. ; | All this just a part of the Service given Customers of— I Hie Gnaha National Bank | tFv * v kjSI --— —~ ~*• - — ■«— ^^roMTU ,%!, Al»\ K1T1SI MlwNT. 1*0» ITI< \l. U>W,KT1>KMKNT. The 30,000 Home Own- I ers of Omaha owe a vote 1 of thanks to Harry G. I Counsman for the tax I reduction which they * I will enjoy shortly, and I which means a saving of I at least 20 per cent. I Vote (or COUNSMAN for County Commissioner I