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ground*, soon to be frozen and buried in snow, he
told him the portent of the sign. Other boys
learned this from their elders.
Now from interior Nebraska comes tidings that
the geese are going south. Winter is coming, for
the wild goose loves to linger a* long as possible
among the reeds and 'rice of his northern haunts.
Wa-wa can not tell how cold it will get, but he can
and does tell when it is time to get ready for cold
weather.
x TELL IT TO A GRAND JURY.
Now that the election is over, and the result, so
far as the ballots are concerned, ia past praying for,
we have a suggestion to make. Senator Robert
Marion La Follette, in one of his latest speeches,
made the statement that, if he should be elected,
many of the men now so “noisy on Wall street,”
would be' sent to federal prison. Burton Kendall
Wheeler wound up his campaign shouting denuncia
tion of the corruption that he knows about.
We would suggest that if either of these able
campaigners has any proof to support his assertions,
that he do not delay giving it to a grand jury.
Courts exist for the purpose of dealing with crimes
of fraud as well as of violence. La Follette and
Wheeler both know this. Also, they both know that
only through the courts can convictions be obtained
and punishment administered. La Follette, were he
president, could send no man to prison without due
process of law. Nor could Wheeler, even at the
head of a senatorial inquisition.
These gentlemen owe a solemn duty to the peo
ple of the United States. Have they proof to sup
port their assertions? Then they should see that
justice is done and the guilty punished. Without
delay, too. No carrying over of guilty knowledge,
even of another's crime, to use in a future cam
paign. Let us do the job now. Every American
citizen, of whatever party, is concerned in honest
government. Every one of them will applaud any
sincere effort to detect and punish guilt.
La Follette and Wheeler have a splendid chance
now. Let them tell the secrets they hint at pos
sessing to a grand jury, and get the culprit sinto
court. If they do not they will have convicted them
selves.
^ The Standing of the Teams as We,Go to Press
SUNNY SIDE UP •
Hake Comfort.nor forget.
tJhat Sunrise m\Je.r failo,clu.SeBaxter
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Things are a bit different around the polls these days.
Many things contribute to the change, not the least of them
>elng the presence of women on the election boards. And the
itmosphere thereabouts isn't permeated with the odor of alco
hol. The language heard, too, is a bit different, nor do we see
the same class of political fixers swarming around the polling
places. We don't see any swarms of any kinds.
It is growing increasingly difficult to cast an intelligent
ballot. We elect too many public officials, and we make it too
easy for men to file for office. Time was when we voted one
ballot; now we are handed a handful. M e are of the opinion
that w* will secure a better set of public officials when we
have a simplified ballot to vote.
Several voters in our precinct cast surreptitious glances at
a yellow sample ballot while marking their official ballots. Hu
mors afloat that the candidates on the yellow ballot were en
dorsed by the Klan Nearly every voter consulted a slip while
voting the board of ediseation ticket. Picking seven out of 40
unknown candidates was some job.
Serious disagreement between Lottie Clifford and ourself
over one candidate. wArgued for an hour Monday evening, and
resumed argument on wav to polls. Paused at door and arbi- I
trated. Vote for Lottie Clifford's candidate.
if conditions are as bad in tills country as some people say
they are, all we got to say Is we wasted a goshawful lot of
time Tuesday trying to save the blooming thing.
We take this means of notifying President Cooiidge that
we are unable to accept appointment as secretary of the cab
inet. This, too, despite the fact that we. consider ourself the
ultimate authority on things agricultural. When we want
authoritative advice on the rearing of our brood of lustv young
sters we go to some maiden lady of uncertain age, certain that
she knows just how it should be done. We never worked on a
farm a day in our life, which, by every quirk of logic, should
qualify us for chief advisor of agriculturists in general. s*
At this writing we do not know that a single candidate of
our choice has been elected. But we do know that we are not
worrying about it half as much as we are worrying about the
matter of a plump turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. We
long ago noted that even if all of our preferred candida’e« were
defeated the country wiggled along fairly well.
We noticed that It took the women longer to mark their
ballots than it took for the men to finish the job. This was
due. perhaps, to the fact that the average woman had to touch
her tongue to the pencil just before she made the cross
Wove had enough of politics
To last us for a while:
Knough of guff and petty tricks
And accusations vile. ,
Let's get together and forget
The charges rough and raw.
And work until we raise a sweat
For a better Omaha
* ’beer up! Four jears lsn t a long 'into, and v>.i can trv it
*«aln- WILL M. MAl'PI.V
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Letters From Our Readers
All letter* must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi
cations of 200 woids and less, will be given preference. ^
Omaha Vhete (he^bst is at its Best
NEBRASKA’S GREATEST INDUSTRY.
' If anyone thinks that public school education is
a simple matter of readin’, ’ritin’ and ’rithmetic, let
him turn to the program arranged for the teachers
when they meet in Omaha next Thursday. There he
will find such a display of^papers and addresses,
treating of an almost endless variety of topics as
might serve the average mortal for a lifetime of
study. That is just what it is, a lifetime of study,
compressed into four busy days and‘nights. Annual
conventions of the teachers are nowadays more than
the assembling for pleasant social intercourse.
Subjects and methods are under continual dis
cussion, to improve the work in the schools. Just
as constantly do we hear the grumbling of those who
left school long ago, and have failed to keep in step
with the procession ever since. Of course, they did
things well back in those old days. If they had not,
where would all the able men and women who have
kept the world moving so fast have gained their
knowledge? But, in all other things processes have
changed, and why not in the schools? No man
would discard the modern improvements in his home,
his business, his club, and, if he is equally reason
able, he will not want to do away with them in the
schools.
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Discussions such ns will be had at the approach
ing convention are the basis of advance in school
work. Resting on experience, the practical test of^
ideas, everything (hat is useful or helpful in the
public schools today has been developed in this man
ner. Nebraska has kept abreast of the times. It
maintains a state-supported system that is excellent.
Not perfect, in many regards defective, but above
the average of the schools the nation over. Such
defects as exist may be remedied, and out of such
consultations as come with teachers in convention
will flow the remedy.
One most commendable feature of the Nebraska
system is that the schools are not subject to the dis
turbing effect of outside influence. Nonpolitical
and nonsectarian, they are carried on for the sole
purpose of attending to the business of the public
school. That is to make boys and girls into men and
women. Train children to become good and useful
citizens. To spread enlightenment, and benefit hu
manity through the opening up of minds to knowl
edge.
This feature of the schools subjects them at
times to an influence that is not healthy. One of
the manifestations of this is in the complaint that
is heard every time taxes are due that the schools
are costing too much.
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In Nebraska a sudden leap was made from a
primitive situation to a place near the front. Our
citizens did not realize how badly in need of im
proved plant the schools were, until it became neces
sary to almost entirely replace buildings and equip
ment. Growth of the school population, too, added
to this, and the extension of the length of time that
children stay in school was another factor.
Nebraskans have met the problem. They have
provided well for the schools. Some other matters
remain to be settled. These can not be taken up,
however, until a general, close and accurate survey
has been made, to find out just what we have and
just what is needed. If the next legislature acts
wisely, a provision for such a survey will be made.
It will disclose some inequalities, but it will also
show the way to the proper establishment of the
achools that will bring about the best results. Ne
braskans know the value of education. They are
willing, too, to give their schools the most liberal
support. But they want to know that the money
spent is getting results.
SOUTHWARD THE WA-WA FLITS.
It was at thi* season of the year that old
Kwasind, the Strong Man, gave to the little Hia
watha another of the nature lessona that made up
the education of the Indian youngster. Had Hia
watha been a girl, old Nokomis would have been the
teacher. Just now the lesson would be given in the
open, on the muskoday, the meadow. Here they
watched the clamorous wa-wa, the wild goose, fly
ing southward. And Hiawatha learned that not far
behind came the north wind, freezing, slaying, with
his icy breath.
Harvest was over. Corn was stored, and strips
of golden pumpkin were drying in the smoky lodge.
Skin or hark coverings of the tepee or hogan had
been repaired. Earthen embankments had been
thrown up around them, to keep out most of the win
ter's cold. For the Ojibways were provident to a
certain extent, just as were the Sioux and other of
the tribes. It is true that some made no preparation
for the winter scarcity of food. They feasted in
■prlng, summer and fall, and starved when the cold
came. But most had learned the lesson Joseph
taught the Egyptiana—that of putting aside a sur
plus in time of plenty against a day of want.
So, whan old Kwasind pointed out to little Hia
• watha tha great harrows formed by the swift-flying
flocki as they moved by millloni front tha breeding
HE DIED AS HE HAD LIVED.
John Cutting 70 years ago mounted his horse and
for England and France rode (“into the jaws of
death, into the mouth of hell.” He was one of the
Light Brigade that, as Balaklava made that famous
charge “while the world wondered.” Believed to
be the last survivor of that little handful who rode
back after sabring the gunners at their guns, Cutting
has just died at Cedar Rapids, la.
For years he had been a citizen of the United
States. In his new country he carried on with the
same patriotic fervor that led him to join the army
when soldiers were needed in the Crimea. Prob
ably he w-as one of that group of whom Bayard
Taylor wrote:
“They sang of love and not of fame.
Forgot was Britain's glory.
Each heart recalled a different name,
But all sang 'Annie Laurfe.’ ’’
Such hearts as his are not daunted by ordinary
events, nor easily swayed from what seems to he
the path of duty. John Cutting's end was near. He
knew it. The infirmities of age were upon him.
Paralysis had claimed him. His hours on earth were
numbered. Was he perturbed as to what he would
discover when he had etepped through the veil? It
does not so appear. His strong heart looked yet to
what he had to do while in the flesh.
“I want to do my duty as a citizen,” he said,
“my duty to my country. Bring me a ballot.” An
absent voter’s ballot was brought, and he marked
it. His last duty on earth was done.
He had voted for Coolidge and Dawes.
“Regulations 66, Relating to Tax on Playing
Cards,” is the title of a bulletin recently issued by
the Treasury department at Washington. It con
tains not the least reference to the heaviest tax im
posed on the fellow who only thinks he has the best
cards in his hand.
A bunch of Harvard students organized a non
voting society, but that should not be accepted as
proof that the higher education is a failure. It
merely proves that one must be possessed of some
brains if a college course is to help any.
There is not the slightest reason in the world
why politics should interfere with the gening to
gether of Nebraskans to work for a Bigger and
Better Nebraska.
A number of self-constituted leaders woke up
this morning to discover that their processions had
turned the corner several blocks back.
An army of candidates are now in a position to
give us some definite information as to the bad
condition of some roadJT /
If those Chinese generals only knew they have
a chance to get back oil the first page they might
start all over again.
It is now estimated that enough straw votes were
cast during October to stuff 4,788 bedticka.
One definite result of the election will be the re
duction of cabinet possibilities.
Among the things that were is the bar privilege
at the headwaters of Salt creek.
Election being over why not have a political ar
mistice day for a change?
The fate of Turkey will soon he decided in the
Near Feast.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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EUREKUS JONES.
Kurekus .lories sat In his chair
When night had long begun,
ile said to irie, “I’ll breath a prayer
When turbulence Is done;—
I'nto my home I come n( night.
And seek deserving rest,
MV children shout with all iheli might
I’nlll 1 am distressed.
“Beside (lie rendnlscent con la
I place my rocking chair,
And while the evening onward rolls
1 seek contentment there. ,
But all I he while my children need
To shout and romp and cry,—
Without success I strive to read.
And haplessly I sigh.''
Kurekus .Innes In day* to ha
Will want that constant noise.
And often he will yearn to see
Mis little girls and boys;
And h* will trace the faded da>e
Kike one In search of gold,*
And with enjoyment paraphrase ,
Tha turbulence of old
Other Than Politic*.
Imperial, Neb.—To the I'M it or of
^h'? Omaha P.ef: This js in Chase
county, named after Col. Champion
R. Chase, a djst inguished civil war
soldier and one time mayor of Oma
na. Its home people call t’hsse coun
ty the best, county in the state and,
f you are not too j»artioular, they
will prove it. They will even say
that there never is a failure of crops
Rome years are more prolific than
others, but there are always crops.
Two illustrations: A native son.
William Clayburg, n young man.
farms three sections of land for the,
Kilpatricks. He had it all In wheat
this year and threshed out 32,0001
bushels, which he is now marketing
it $1.15 per bushel. The same land
is In wheat again with a perfect
stand.
J. E. Skaton had 100 acres in wheat
hat had been summer fallowed the
iear before, lie threshed off that 100
lores 5,000 bushels of wheat—50 bush
As to the acre'.’ Yes.
Young Clayburg, In handling that
flg crop uses tractors, and In har
testing starts with self binders, then
leaders, and finishes up with a com
flne machine that cuts and threshes
it, one operation. Kilpatrick Pros
'urnish the eqlpment and they divide
>n the crop on a share basis.
Tt is fair to say that last \ear the
flack rust completely ruined what
promised to be a fine crop on this
land.
Imperial 1* a beautiful county seat
own Thrifty, well kept, school
buildings, modern, the best ’hat
Money can buy; a courthouse, built
before costs got «o high In the
:ourt house are Miss Nelli* Dick,
munty superintendent, and Mrs Anna
R. Grant, county treasurer Chase
county Is progressive
The Frenchman river Is s wonder
ful stream, with an even flow the
year round, fed by rpriners. The
power plant that furnishes electric
njrrent for Imperial Is located on the
Frenchman, about seven miles away
In the long run this will furnish cur
rent at a low cost. I D. EVANS.
Free Energy.
Omaha To the Editor of Tin
Omaha Pee: On the heels of Prof
Henri’s discovei \ of how t«* produ* <
hydrogen at ineie nominal tost, 11• \
cornea an announcement b\ tin*
“dea Hi ray 'J experimenter of Shef
Meld, Dr. Wall, of the completion,
"except, for minor Adjustments." of
nn apparatus that produce* atomic
energy of circa, 750,000 homepower
(luring a tlire** second operation. Not
to be outdone our own Dr. O. E.
Wendt, famous on account of bis
laboratorial proof regarding transmu
tation of metals, is giving "reason
able’* promise to reveal the secret of
releasing atomic force.
To secure energy at negligible ex
pense, In a form applicable in the in
dustries. would, to begin with, bring
on cessation In production of rnal, oil,
hydroelectric power, cheapen trnns
t-\
portation and. finally, aimplify our
complicated civilization In auc-h wava
that both capital and labor virtually
would have to go a begging, until so
dal adjustment could he accomplish
id. To cope with such a situation.1
unmaking many of our present dny
monopolies and upsetting things oth
erwise, we would be forced to ar
range a social establishment of a new
order. To rationally and permanent
ly solve the unemployment amt other
economic problems arising, common
industrial ownership and rationing of
socially necessary labor time would
become Imperative.
Thus, according to the present out
look. the day of large scale and uni
versal co-operatlotl may not be so
very remote. H. MKLL,
5011 Burt Street.
CENTER SHOTS.
The Bryan brothers are probably
entitled to credit for the reduction in
gas prices, back east. They started
tii overproduction.—San Diego
Union.
A Boston lady has four great
grandparents and four grandparents,
all living. <>ur moist friends will
please take note that the lady's name
is Drink water.—New Orleans Times
Picayune.
The smallest camera ever made has
iust been completed in Rochester, X.
V. It is only three quarters of an
inch high and when closed only
l-72Sth the sire of the ordinary
kodak It is to be used t«j take pic
tures of husbands who won't let their
wives get their hair bobbed.—Chicago
Trihune.
Government s'a!ist|c» show that
American* spent more than St.ot'o.onn
last v«ar for pocket firearms. It
might be well to hold a disarmament
conference at home before we recom
mend It to the world—Seattle Time*.
Tf there should com* another war.
the common jveople should demand
that it lie fought out by the gentle
nun who were Inventing all the dead
ly war engines we read about.—Co
lumliia. Record.
ra Dizziness Is
■ Nature’s Warning
S Haadarhaa and dlnlnaaa ara Na
ll ture a warning of a diaordarad di
» gaa'ion. If ignorad, 'rkronie ill
4ffl health mar follow Aaoid thia by
111 taking T A NLAO, tha world'a great
H *■' digeativo tnadirina TANl.At'
jfl will b.nn up your atnmarh. rl»anao
■ Jnur ayatom and build you up to
{■ robuat health.
I TANLAC
B The World's Beat Tonic
At All Good Drug Stores
i|j Over 10 Million Bottles Sold
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(5eal) Notary Piihllt
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Ahe Martin
Wtei dollars had t’ come back,
ns ih’ paper ones has nearly all
been raised t' fives nn' twenties.
Even pood people don't seem t' rare
fer reformers,
ICopyrlfht, llit.)
LISTENING IN j
On the Nebraska Press.
Noting «n srticle entitled. “Why
Not Marry a Nebraska Farm? going
the rounds of the press. Charley Bot
kin of the fJothenburg independent
says he Is willing if somebody’ll bring
on the farm.
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Mr*. Lucy L. Correll, widow of
Erasmus Correll and mother of Ear
nest Correll of the Hebron .Journal,
died at Hebron on October 10. She
wa* one of the pioneers of Nebraska
and a woman of splendid courage
and faith. For 55 year* she rendered
great service to her community. The
minute* of the first town meeting of
Hebron are In her handwriting, and
for more than half a century she
wa* actively assisting her husband,
then her son. in the publication of
the Hebron Journal. Mrs. Correll
left *n indelible Impress for good
upon three generation*.
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The Craig News report* that the
business men of that city are going
to revive the Commercial club and
make a go of it this time.
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The Cozad Bocal, claiming to be
the only semi-weekly published in a
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant
250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rates $? tr 93
town the size of C'ozad, comes out
with sn edition of 3S pages to prove
that C’ozad knows a good paper when
it sees it.
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C!u« Buechler of the Grand Tsland,
Independent estimates that he would
w elcome a return of the old fash
ioned husking bee. Gu* thinks he has
discovered a method of picking out
all the red ears.
Serve Humanity
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Allow 100% of resistance
in the tissue cell by taking
CHIROPRACTIC
Adjustments
See Omaha Atlas CInb An
nouncement in Sunday Ben
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the stock room counter and starts
out for the home or office of a new
subscriber, where he is to connect
it with the Bell System, he is serv
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Each new telephone added to
the system puts you in potential
contact with the users of this new
instrument. Every new installa
tion, anywhere, increases the scope
of your service; makes your tele
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Since the invention of the tele
phone in 1876, many improvements
in equipment and in operating
methods have combined to increase
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the individual subscriber. Not only
has it been made possible to hear
clearly over the telephone, and at
tar greater distances, but also to be
promptly connected with a larger
number ot subscribers—for the
telephone serves by growing.
The number of Hell System
telephones is growing at the rate of
about three quarters of a million a
year a fact which at once il
lustrates the increasing value of
telephone service to existing sub
scribers and its increasing accept
ance by the public as indispensable
to modern life.
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