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WE NEED ROADS, NOT POLITICS.
Whatever else the good roads program may or
may not be, it should not be a political hunting
ground. Governor Bryan unfortunately handled
the problem as politics. The good roads program
is years behind as a consequence. Bryan succeeded
in jumbling what had been regarded- as a hopeful
start toward getting Nebraska out of the mud. His
mistake should be ample warning to the group of
sheirt-sighted politicians who are again trying to con
nect themselves with good roads.
Complaint from democratic sources is to the ef
fect that Governor McMullen will not follow the
lead of Governor Bryan. Let us give thanks for
ihat. The republican platform, on which McMullen
was elected, declared specifically for a gasoline tax. j
The Bryan-controlled democratic platform, con
ceived in the spirit of Bryan evasion, side-stepped
the issue. What further may be in the plans of the
governor-elect is for the administration and its
advisers to work out. Adam McMullen has not yet
outlined his plans. At least not for publication. It
might do no harm if his critics were to await his
action.
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Efforts to commit the governor In advance to
carrying over any of the Bryan appointees are also
premature. This does not imply that the state engi
neer la not well qualified for the position. His
[predecessor also was wejl qualified. Further, too,
he had made a good record in office. A special com
mittee of the legislature, admittedly hostile to the
McKelvie program, investigated complaints in which
both misconduct and incompetence were alleged
against Engineer Johnson. All the road work done
under his direction was reviewed, and the commit
tee’s report not only exonerated him from the
charges, but approved his work.
Yet Governor Bryan felt it advisable to relieve
Johnson and name Cochran. Whether political con
siderations entered into the problem or not, it evi
dently was Governor Bryan’s desire to have an en
gineer who was in full sympathy with his road pro
gram. Subsequent events have shown that the gov
ernor was not in any way pleased with what his
predecessor had done, and a sweeping change in
road building followed. On the pretense that a
deficit of several hundred thousands of dollars had
been created, must of the activities in the depart
ment were suspended, and the general construction
work was checked.
If the retention of Cochran in the engineer’s of
fice is to be for no better reason than that he was
Bryan’s selection for the job, his claims may as well
be set aside at the first.
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We have no thought of anticipating any of Gov
ernor McMullen's appointments. He will make his
own selections, and probably with little thought of
the wishes nf those who so earnestly opposed his
election. WTe feel sure, however, that the good roads
question will be kept out. of politics. The program
looks to the ultimate expenditure of more than $13,
000,000. It affects every citizen of the state nnd
must not be made part of any partisan effort. Nor
does the success of that great enterprise depend
upon the presence of any one man in office.
If Mr. Cochran and his real friends are respon
sible for the charges now being directed at Gov
ernor-elect McMullen, they would do well to call a
halt. It is such mistaken zeal as this as may render
Mr. Cochran unacceptable. It savors of a threat that
Adam McMullen could not bow to and he safe for a
day.
First and foremost in this matter, politicians,
contractors and zealots must keep in mind that Mc
Mullen muat carry the load of responsibility. Hav
ing that in mind, suppose the critics lay off for a
time and wait for McMullen to speak.
THE RIGHT SORT OF LEAGUE.
Thera has been founded in Elizabeth, N. J., a
league of the right kind. It does not plan to reform
the world. It is not intent upon Passing Laws. It
has no paid professionals going up nnd down the
hreadth of the land. It is content to remain right,
j at home, making Elizabeth a far hotter city in which
.> to live.
The League of Neighbors of Elizabeth is just
j what its name implies. It is promoting real ncigh
barliness among Elizabethans. At its meetings men
snd women of different races nnd creeds get together
and become better acquainted. They participate in
the common pastimes of closer friendship, mutual
forbearance and common purpose. Americanism,
elvic pride and a respect for the opinion of others
are among the lessons taught.
The founders of the League of Neighbors may
Hot haVe intended it to he more thnn an Elizabeth
affair. If citizens of other cities are wise they will
proceed to make the I.eague of Neighbors their big
pest and best civic organization. About the only
thing now needed to make this old world a near pec
feet as we enn hope to make it by finite effort, is
to realize the real meaning of the word “neighbor,"
anjj then do our best to do the right thing by that
neighbor. It. is not h problem to be solved by law
enactment. Professional reformer can not perform
■ nr real aervice in the work of bringing about the
solution. All that is needed is for men and women
to unbutton their hearts and let the neighborly spirit
in. There is no city too big or hamlet too small for
a good working Neague of Neighbors.
The Elizabeth idea should spread and prevail. It
is a league to which no right-mindc'd man or woman
can ohject. It can wipe out differences of creed
and politics, ignore racial lines and work for one
common purpose acceptable to all.
WHAT THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS.
Sotting aside the matter of leadership, friends
of the great University of Nebraska find themselves
concerned in some of the material needs of the
school. A survey discloses the fact that in 1874,
when the university began its beneficial work, the
primitive building in which its activities were housed
represented an investment of $1,100 per student.
In 1924, with what a great many regard as a mag
nificent plant, the total invested in buildings
amounts to $300 per student.
Tile plant has not grown as rapidly as the student
body. In some essential regards it is today totally
inadequate. The library, for example, has in its
reading rooms capacity for but 200 students. In
consequence, reading rooms have been established in
other buildings on the campus, taking space needed
for other activities. Such makeshift arrangements
are detrimental to the real service of the university.
Until an adequate library building is provided, to
house and accommodate what is really the heart of
the school, service at the University of Nebraska
must suffer.
The Dental college, the Electrical Engineering
department, and other engineering departments, are
all housed in buildings that are antiquated and of
insufficient capacity. The building given over to
electrical engineering, for example, was constructed
thirty years ago at a cost of only $13,000. It is
hardly worth half of that now. A new heating and
power plant is an urgent necessity. When other
new buildings are erected, this will have to be looked
to. It is employed to its full capacity now.
The university has no place to house its splendid
telescope. Such study of astronomy as is indulged
must be carried on under the utmost of difficulty and
. physical discomfort. The gymnasium was a fine
place when it was erected thirty years ago. This
was at a time when the university had an enrollment
of only BOO students. Now, with 10,000 enrolled,
the old building is a joke. Its accommodations can
not meet the needs of the students who are expected
to take physical instruction. When a convocation is
held there, and it is the only place for the student
body to assemble, most of a morning is consumed
in placing the seats, and the afternoon in removing
them. This takes the gymnasium out of commission
for a whole day.
Here are just a few of the things the University
of Nebraska needs. The chancellor and the faculty
are doing all that can be done with the facilities at
their disposal. It is up to the people of Nebraska to
make better provisions for the great institution that
has done so much for the state.
FACTS FIRST, THEN CONCLUSIONS.
The tramway case has moved two notches nearer
to a settlement. The company has petitioned the
State Railway commission for permission to increase
fares. The city commission has voted to ask per
mission from the state board to order an audit of the
tramway books. This latter is the first step in the
right direction. Before any definite conclusion may
be reached, the fundamentals should be known. What
is the true state of affairs as to the company's finan
cial situation. On what does its claim of value on
which to earn rest. Can the demand for increased
revenue he met in no other way than added charge
to patrons.
Examination of the books of the company will
lead in the direction of. a solution. Other things
may need to be developed, but these will come in
time. Mayor Duhlman recalls that it took two years
before the last increase in fare was made effective.
Whatever time may be required, the issue should not
be closed until all the facts are made known. The
company can help in this by letting us have the
facts, all of the facts, without hindrance or delay.
Congressman Edgar Howard insists that the Cool
idge budget is usurpation of the prerogatives of
congress. Well, until Edgar makes good on his
promise to collect nil those foreign debts we simply
have to devise some method of saving.
Hight, the Mount Vernon minister who is on
trial for murder, chums that he is a victim of Alz
heimer’s disease. The best thing to do is to choke
it off before it becomes any worse.
Complaint is made that the local tramway com
pany is weak on orthography. The company ex
plains by saying it has been suffering a bad spoil for
quite a long time.
An Iowa man of 75 Is attending enllrge. His
freshman year will not he harassed by thoughts of
how he is going to make the football tram in his
sophomore year.
It develops that the big Chicago rum robbery
was faked to cover up illegal withdrawals. Mr.
Wh eler needs more help, or less, depending upon
the viewpoint.
It is reported that Lloyd (Jrorge's head has grown
a quarter of an inch in circumference during the
last twelve months.
France insists that she can now stand alone.
Other European nations admit that they can stand a
loan.
And again, I,irk Springs semis like a good place
for the healing of democratic sores.
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Homespun Verse
—By Otnaha'a Own Poet —
Robert IVorthington Davie
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OLD SILVER CITY.
Old Silver City of my pant
Ho strange ynu *t-ern today.
Lit hold ImpraAJilnns can not l**t
When friend* have gone away.
Inyrtornfe remembrance*
Crow vague and valuele**,
And er*f while 1 renamed preinlae*
Loae all their *urredne*a.
There* la that, tinkling yearning old
Like chime* for hern * and faint —
There I* the rent that mem’rlra hold,
And recollection* quaint.
Hut theft* a re merely ihadowlng*
of that which maka you glow
ItcHpIcndently In other thing*
Ho many year* ago.
Old Silver Oily, who li t* non*
Hoin»’vvh*t * t*> th»*e ukln.
When* Ilf** m initial tank* were done, *
W here vnuth'a pinyground* h ava hi t n’
(>1 <I Silver t’lly ef cadi one
NVho from your ••iln •*
• A ml far. far lienee In Helicon
Jlalf happily d« pfuR-sI
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Letters From, Our Readers •
All letter* must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi
cations of 200 words and less, will be given preference.
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Young Folks and the Church*
Omaha—To the Editor of the Oma
ha Bee: Bishop Hughes has done
more, perhaps, than any one man to
rob his church of the vitality of its
doctrines and practices and leave only
the husk instead of the kernel of
spiritual life and power. His attitude
towards religion is at about-the same
angle as that of Brookhart, MangUi
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He would move methodism from the
solid rock of its foundation onto
shifting sands of expediency. Just
now he is engaged with masterly
addresses in an attempt to seduce
the young people of the church with
pious sweet meats rather than to en
courage them to heroic efforts aganist
evil by sturdy moral convictions. I
have enough faith In the religius
young people to believe that ate far
above the bishop’s blandishments.
if the bishop was a coach for a
football team, and maintained a logi
cal attitude, he would feed his rnen on
(.*ke and ice cream, let them smoke
« igarets w hile training, be very care
ful that they never sweat a drop
while working out. He advocates the
bolding- of young people by indul
gence instead of the scriptural way
by training aild guidance and disci
pline.
The world has never seen a finer
lot of young people than live today.
Nacrifk-e and labor ami love by the
preceding generation has given them
better health, finer opportunities,
keener Intellects, amt graver respon
sibilities than any group of young
people who have ever lived. The lu
cent ions of the day have put In their
hands unmeasured power for good or
evil. Now the question Is are they
making a reasonable use of these
adva ntages?
Hero is the darker side of the pfe
fore. Judge Ben B. Hindsey of the
Juvenile court of Denver tells us In
his !e- tures of the great amount of
crime committed by mere boys. Ol
sen of the Chicago court claims that
j* is 9b per cent. A New York Judge
while initiating a new member to the
c ourt of general sessions asserts that
we are the most liwlesa nation on
earth and that the “vast majority”
of crime is committed be- mere youths.
Besides the records of the’courts he
quotes the investigations of various
life insurance companies to sustain
his position. It seems to be conceded
that the principle cause for this con
dition is lack of discipline in child
hood. At the same time we are spend
ing 22 per cent of the national In
come for luxuries, wasting 14 per
cent, crime costing $..r> per cent; but
can only afford less than .1 per cent
for religion ntul education combined
T suppose that our good bishop
I would take a colt fresh from the pns
tore, hlt'h him to the buggy, throw
down the lines, wave his hat and lei
him go. There is no doubt but that
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Abe Martin
Folk* that hit really worth listen
in' to never lilurl out "jest whiil
they tlnink.'' Thee wur. a MO poiinc
turkey at the home o' Tilforii
Moots Thank*(fivin’ aa he'* *i
thankful he hain’t been skinned out
o’ th' isHVin* of n lifetime.
ICulO Hlbt, i il i >t
the colt would start off at a great
pa«-e but he would most likely land In
the fence or in the ditch hadlv crip
pled or maybe ruined for life with the
buggy smashed. Now the sensible
thing to do would be to hitch the colt
up with a staid old horse, not too
slow hut reliable, that would hold the
colt level while be did his plunging
and rearing and kicking, then when
he had found his paces give him his
head. Every young person should be
trained by an older head and hand,
first to lead, next to travel, then to
pull with all his might. For the
young person with all the oppor
tunities of today, so trained no load
of life can stall. But we must stop
the runaways.
F. .T. WOODRPFF.
Tax the Trucks.
Oakland, Neb.— To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Having read art it lea
on different subjects in your columns,
T submit the following for considera
tion of the taxpayers of
We, who drive automobiles or
Fords must pay a license for said car.
This li< ense money is to be spent on
the roads in the county and state in
which it is (laid, which is as .t should
be.
The telephone companies and rail
road companies must buy a right-of
way and franchise, atni are regulated
by state and federal laws. They must
I«v taxes on all their property ami
give service. We know that several
families ate kept in * ich c-un •*' I
are paid thousands of dollars each
year in salaries, these salaries are
JOHN
HENRICKSON
The Jeweler
Established 1882
DIAMONDS. SILVERWARE,
CHIME CLOCKS. WATCHES
Open F.veninfs Until Christmas
Walk Two Blocks
and Buy for Less
N. E. Cor, 16th and Capitol
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Baggage! |
Substantial Reductions
in BAGGAGE RATES
Office Open From 6 :30 A M. to 10 P. M.
Yellow Cab & Baggage Co.
| AT-lantic 9000
Lees
CKEO-LYFTUS
Quickly ercomea thoae racking
cough*. Creo-Lyprua soothe. tha in
flamed membrane in throat and lung*
‘ —iooaena phlegm and permit* normal
breathing. Try it—At vout druggiat,
I 5*1 cent*
A perf ect Emulsion of Creosote.
Eucalyptus and Pine Tar. «
Sherman & McConnell Pru* C<w
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i lloaton Prug VX
NEBR1N
The safe remedy for
colds-headaches ^
rheumatism - pains.
Docs not dc
prciii ilw hcii t
like \spinn
o it Dtuf Slates
»»ek w h»
spent in towns in which they are paid,
mid therefore help make the towns,
and 1 might add they eat the farm
ers' produce, and each family pays
their share of our taxes.
What about tiie trucks and busses
which use public highways. Do they
pay according to the damages they,
do to the r" ids? Do they help make
our country towns bigger and better?!
Do we have laws to make them run;
iu bad roads as well as in good roads?1
How n any of you readers have been!
compelled to follow a big truck fori
mill before they would let you drive
by. simply because they had a truck
and were not afraid of being knocked
ft the road, they hogged it all. Are|
yi i satisfied to let these things in
crease and help pay the damages in1
tiie way of higher taxes?
A town is known by its railroad andj
telephone service, not by Its truck!
lines. Why are we compelled to pay
higher railroad fares and freight
rates? Because the decrease in busi
ness. This is tnv ld»-a, and if I am
wrong will i>e glad to be corrected.
1 believe we need to have laws toj
resrulate our trucks and busses, as
well m the otlies corporations.
G. A. Kl'I.ls.
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Lights of Other Days.
Silver Creek. Neb—To tiie liditor of
T ;e Omaha Bee "Leaves front the.
r .f Nebraska,” ns w rltten by the i
Standard Oil-company in your news |
paper, takes me buck to the old street I
lamps 1 ii H e i leaned many of them
and filled them with oil bought from!
the Standard Oil company. We used |
■ two wheeled ' art to haul the cans1
... and took out the empty can
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for the SIX MONTHS
Ending Sept. 30, 1924
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .73,790
Sunday .75,631
Poe* not include returns, left.
•vrr», samples or papers spoiled in
printing and includes ne special
sales or free circulation of any kind.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mfr.
5«|H»crihed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of October. 1P24
W. H QU1VEY,
(Seal) Notary Public
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SUNNY SIDE UP <
Hake Comfort.nor forget ,
Chat Sunrise nei/erfailed
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WHEN HIS SHIP COMES IN.
Burton William* of Fremont has a ship coming In *oma- 5
where. And inspired by the few verse* concerning our own j
ship, Burton sits himself down and versifies about his schooner, j
thusly: . . ..
Poet* sing In expectation—
ttow they'll celebrate and gloat.
How their noise will jolt the welkin
When they recognize their l>oat.
But there'll be no shrieking whistles,
Nix on cheers, or yells, or din;
Just a sneaky, silent welcome
When MY phantom ship comes In.
I'll not neck for fairy captains,
Worry about uncharted seas;
Crab if sprites should fall to man her;
Sniff for sails on perfumed breeze.
She can he a barge or schooner.
Void of gold or lace so thin;
Smeared with blubber, grease and seagtass,
When MY ship tomes rolling in.
I admit I often ponder •
Will she really make the grade’
Fighting pirates, dodging broadsides.
Slipping past, the Dry Brigade.
She'll not need to enter harbor
Freight down with Scotch and Gin,
'Cause I'll swim that 12-mile limit. v
When MY booze ship stumbles in. f
All right, Burton; may your schooner
Yacht or ywal. whate'er it be.
Come to port a whole lot sooner
Than you could expert to see.
May she run against good weather
Till the limit interfetes;
Then well swim out, Burt, together —
May she come before New A ear s.
Mail train bandits say they cast a million or more in Liberty
bonds into the Missouri river, and prohibition agents recently
turned 6,000 gallons of alcohol into the same stream. This
desecration of the Big Muddy simply must cease.
A London scientist has invented a machine that wall regis
ter thoughts. It will have to be a mighty durable machine if
it registers our thoughts of the man or woman who would wan
tonly destroy childish illusions at this time of the year.
A public speaker should be sure Of bis audience before he
attempts to make a point. That's where we missed out the
other night. "We were seeking to make a point by telling about
the indifference of American voters, and to illustrate we asked
all in the audience who had voted in the last <de, ilon to lv Id
up their hands. AVe were going to chide about 10 per Cent of
them for their indifference. It happened to be 8 meeting of
the Business AVomen's club, and every woman in the audience,
more than 100 of them, held up her hand. Then we had to
flounder around for a minute or two before we could make a
fresh start.
There is something wrong w th the man whose heart does
not go out to every crippled child he AVe wouldn't trust
him as far as we could throw Taurus by his caudal appendage.
There are handicaps enough in life for the strong and physically
capable, but to enter life with the handicap of physical in
firmity to be physically incapable of joining in ail the plav
time of youth: to sit and watch others and feel the pangs that
must come to the heart of the child crippled and forlorn
well, as we remarked before, the man who is not touched by i
this carried around in his breast a chunk of reinforced - oncrete ^
instead of a real heart, and we hope it becomes misplaced and
chokes him to death.
By the wav. harking back in memory to other day*, do you
remember the lime when you started in eating buckwheat cakes
and kept it up every day until you contraf bd tha' thi- = ailed
"buck-heat Itch?'' " ILL M. MAIF1N.
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and put a full on* in it* place This
was done every day. The lamp* were
cleaned once a week. They did not
give very mu< h light and if the wind
hlew very strong the lights went out.
In the evening after the lamps were
lighted they w*re the hangout for the
kids. Every lamp had its gang. The
lamps were set on a wooden post and
you might know every boy in the
neighborhood had hi* name cut in said
post. The old oil lamp days were
days of leal sport. I could w rle a very
large book of Omaha a history of 37
years ago.
J. E. DOI.MAX.
RHEUMATIC
NEURITIS
Nruritii and Sciatica require external
treatment for the relief of pain. Trunk's
Adeem Liniment quickie penet-ate* to
the nerve*. nhich usually re«pond to
It* healing influence quickly. Mr*. Bet
si* Foster. Lexington M>»., *ay* in a
recent letter-- l have used Trunk’*
Aderta IJniment for rheumatism and
find nothing to excel it.” Thi* state
ment is typical to many endorsing this
liniment Trunk* Adeem Liniment
sell* for on’y 50c at drug *tore«.
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