Omaha Whefe the^st is at its Bes( NOT A HOSPITAL ALONE. For many years we have heard talk about the establishment of a city and county hospital of mod ern type. Each time the matter has been brought up it has been given a sleeping powder by some one. Conditions are only a trifle, more acute now than at any time since the new century opened. No good reason is known why the city and county should not combine in the construction and management of an adequate hospital. We question the wisdom of connecting this proj ect with anything in the nature of a big real estate deal. Away back in the “boom" days of the 80s something of the sort was under way, and the present building at the county farm was the outcome of the maneuver. It was not a particularly happy venture for the county. Conditions are materially different ’ust now. W'hat was then a rural region is now a well built up and populous section of the city. The old “poor farm” is entirely surrounded by good homes, and the development in that direction con tinues. This gives the plant a different value, far above what it had been in 1887, from a social stand point. The oommunity can derive far greater service from its use in another way. • • • Look ahead ten years, and note what may rea sonably be expected. No one can doubt that the southwestern part of the city will be far more oensely populated then than now. This presumes the need of another park. Hanscom park on the east, and Elmwood on the north, are beautiful places. Well equipped and cared for, and already patronized to the limit of their capacity. One very wise and popular method for disposing of the present holdings would be to renew the lease to the Field club for not too long a term of years. Insert a reversionary clause in the lease, and at its expiration let the city take over the tract as a public park. The fine golf course, tennis courts, ball grounds and other provisions for outdoor sports, would be greatly appreciated by the people of Omaha. Along with these would go a club house, well designed for its purpose and in condition for service. Far better this than to cut it up into build ing lots. Such a park will be needed within another ten years. It is almost an urgent necessity now. Let us make provision for it now. • • • Another enterprise suggest* itself In this con nection. The University of Omaha will in the not far off future be under necessity of looking for a new campus. Its growth is assured, but it can not reach its full usefulness nor realize its destiny in its present location. More room for its coming buildings will have.to be provided somewhere. That part of the ground now- oeeupied by the county’s building might well be dedicated to the University of Omaha. A most appropriate location, in surround ings that will always be in keeping with the design of a great school. In any event, it would be unwise If not abso lutely wasteful to try to remodel the existing build ing to meet the wants of a city and county for a hospital. Also, talk of providing a farm on which ♦ he aged and infirm wards of the public might do the work is idle. A farm to be run properly needs ablebodied men and women to look after it. The old people might putter around the place, doing little odd light jobs, but they are not farm hands or dairy maids. The need of the proposed hospital is admitted. A home for the old and helpless must be had. Why not combine the two with a broader vision, and con sider the value of the present site for other uses? Omaha is going straight ahead on other lines. It ahould make no mistake in this. RADIO ACCOMPLISHES WONDERS. “How are you going to keep them down on the farm?” queried the old song. And now comes back the anawer, riding in on ether waves: "Get a radio!" Boys and girls who used to get discouraged and dis gusted with the endless round of drudgery no longer regard the farm as a sordid sort of earthly prison. After the milk has been handled by the separator and the feed has been attended to by a grinder, and the stock has been watered by the turning on of a faucet, and some of the other needed chores have been accomplished by labor-saving machinery, then comes the long winter evening. Cosily seated In the living room, with the hot air ! furnace working well, the farmer’s family prepares to wear the time away. The electric light casts a *■ mellow glow through the fancy lamp shade. A neigh bor calls on the 'phone for a little gossip. Finally, the radio is turned on. Ovpt the space from far •way comes stealing the mystery of the night. Operic by the world’s most famous stars. An Instrumental solo by an artist. A dance number by a celebrated orchestra, or a majestic symphony, or a band con cert. Maybe Bn address on some interesting topic hy a man who has mastered his subject and knows bow to tell It. A chorus sings the old-time ballads all love so dearly. Hours go by, and the magic Instrument is used to bring into the country home music, song, speech, from widely separted centers. In fact, the world gomes r.nd goes In a marvellous way over the radio. And the lonesomeness of the farm has been van quished. Instead of being isolated and apart after the sun goes down, the country home is at once in touch with the world, through the air. That is the dream realized, and the question answered. JOGGING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. Very promptly a bill to levy a gasoline tax for the purpose of road building appeared in the legis lature. With equal promptness appeared a petition in protest of the tax. Thus the issue is joined. We would have been surprised if the opposition had not appeared. Years ago, when the good roads agitation was in its infancy, a remarkable view was given con siderable support. Generally, it was that any road is good enough when it is good, and when it is bad, the farmer is out of luck. The program for the state contemplates the construction of highways by which all will be bene fited. It is to continue until such time as each county is cared for, and every community in the entire state is connected with a serviceable high way, one that can be used 365 days in a year. This can not be done all at once. A start must be made somewhere, and some county may have to wait while another is being served. Fortunately for ihe argument, Douglas county is outside the debate. Citizens of Douglas county have provided the hard surfaced roads, bearing the cost by mortgaging their own property in the form of a bond issue. This re moves what might be a stumbling block. If it is necessary that some part of the local con trol of highways be surrendered in order that a gen eral program for the good of all may be carried out, then the concession should be made cheerfully. In time Nebraska will be out of the mud. Rain or snow will make no difference on the road. Farmers can do their hauling on days when they can not work in the fields, for example. This will be one of the many benefits that will come from good roads. Rivalry between communities should not be permit ted to interfere with the general project. No com munity can permanently prosper at the expense of another. All must go up or down together, for the growth of all depends upon the growth of the state.' Nebraska will become great just as- natural re sources are developed, and one of the steps in de velopment is to secure better means of communica tion. KEEPING THE RECORD CLEAR. Augustus Caesar had bronze tablets erected in w’idely separated parts of the Roman empire. On these were inscribed the emperor's own estimate of his achievements. Charles W, Bryan, moved by a similar impulse, sought to perpetuate some of his own claims to greatness through the medium of his message to the legislature. Mr. Bryan sold himself to the democratic convention at New York last sum mer on claims of having accomplished certain won ders in Nebraska. One of these was his compelling the gasoline barons to submit to his dictation. An other was that he had saved the citizens of Nebraska 110,000,000 on their fuel bills. Neither of these goes beyond the uncertain status of an assertion. Facts to support either are want ing. We have no doubt that Mr. Bryan will con tinue to make these claims, just as he persists in some other of his fiction regarding his beneficial presence in Nebraska politics. However, Senator Coooper has cleared the record by his motion to ex punge that part of the governor's retiring message. Said Senator Cooper, in supporting his motion: "According to the governor himaelf, this coal business has been a private venture, and not a slate activity, and I do not think the senate Journal I* the place to advertise private business ventures." We believe the people will agree with Senator Cooper. No objection will be made to Mr. Bryan’s engaging in the coal business, wholesale or retail, as a private individual. What he does or not do in that connection is a purely personal affair, private to himself. He has no right to affix such personal matters to a public record. NOT A PRECEDENT. Hiram Bingham of Connecticut held the offices of lieutenant governor, governor and United States senator within the space of 48 hours. A New York paper says this establishes a precedent. It may for thoge three offices. But James A. Garfield was a representative in congress, a United States senator elect and president-elect at one and the same time. That may properly be called a precedent. A dispatch to the New York Times conveys the interesting information that a recent earthquake shock caused New Englanders to take to their cel lars. This is a reversal of the usual. The general iule is for the earth to rock after a visit to the cellar. A New York judge has decided that it Is no slan der to call a man a card cheat. That may he true in New York, but it is likely to he fatal further west. *The story about a goldfish howl starting a fire in a New Jersey town is not at all strange. Goldfish bowls have started many a family row. Speaking of political orphans, there Is the little state-operated gasoline filling station in tho south west comer of Lincoln. Governor McMullen’s secretarial selections seem to have pleased the legislature just ns they did the public. Well, $26,000,000 a year will he that much more than the United States has been getting on its war claims. Kansas will do almost anything to get on the front page. —— Homespun Verse —By Omaha** Own Poat — Robert IVorlhington Davie THE WAY OF FATE. One who attempts to find success half stumbles through the years, And when his hopes are bright accedes to failure and to tears; Another who ambitious Is goes pushing, plodding on To see the day of opulence and Independence dawn. Fate oft’ defies us when wo're young with many miles to go. And gives us time to start against towards happiness or woe; Fate sometimes waits until we have gone far along life's roa d To prey upon us while we bend beneath our heavy load It la our Judgment, one might anv, that tslla the final taJe,— For some who strive as best they can ere life's eon elusion fall; And othera who appear to live with ll'tto thought or care Somehow escape the pitfalls ami that ultimate despair. lint gold Is not the only gnln thnt perseverance brings Success Is mensiired by so many other higher things; And those who share the rain and shine know best the wealth sublime, Whose worth remains unchanged through the \ i* Isl alludes of Time. 1 * Almost Before We’ve Got Ourselves Through the Wringer From the Last One I ! --— Letters From Our Readers 1 All letters must be signed* but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less* will be given preference. v_ —S i Farmer Is Sitting Pretty, Royal. Neb-—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In your paper of Jan uary f> there 1* an article appearing tinder the heading of "Mortgage on the Old Homestead." This article Is just too good to pass up v, ithout letting you know of my deep appreciation I have towards you tor printing such facts In your good paper. In the article Is a ‘.‘painted picture" of Mr. Roper of the Federal Farm l.oan association of l>odge county. It seems that Mr. Roper has gathered In all the Information that Is available regarding the combined products of the Nebraska fanners for this year pusr. It states that the combined products amount, to $750,000,000, or an average of $7,700 per farm. 1 am unite sure that Mr. Roper is very conservative in these figures, as I sincerely believe that each farm will produce closer to $10,000 than what Mr. Roper slates. Of course you un derstand that this $10,000 is not net to the farmer who owns the farm, as he has some expenses, the same as the rest of us. There Is the sro^l! doctor hill, the small clothier's bill, maybe a little machinery, a new tire for the jitney, etc. I would Judge, however, that the Nebraska farmer is going to clear close up to $P,0oo this year, per farm, and it might even go higher than that. I know in our community here, nnd have good reason to believe that it Is all over the state, that there were just lots of farmers who were almost i eady to give up In despair. Their farms were mortgaged for all they were worth, they owed the bank, the grocer, the doctor, the blacksmith and were backward about coming to town, fearing that they would meet some of their creditors and they could not paj up. This year, however, It Is al together different. The majority of these f.iimers hate lifted the "Alert gage on ttia Old Homestead," they have jxiid up the grocer, the doctor, the blacksmith, and they do not hate to wait until night to coins to town In fear that they will see their banker Yes. It Is certainly true, the Ne braska farmer Is sitting pretty, as the ‘‘painted picture ' states, and every body knows that when this comes about that every one else is going to prosper, as the farmer Is the goose that lays t lies golden egg. " e would like to see more of these articles printed In your good paper, as everybody with comttioii sense knows that It Is the trtttfi, or you wouldn't he printing them. 1 have serious thought* of going “O’ rour.se th' linen sales had t’ coma jest at a time when I'm tryln' t' catch up on th’ murders," said l ib I’ash, t’day, as she threw down her newspaper an’ reached fer her shawl an' hat. Remember when we used t’ hoot al th' very idee o' airships, an' (irmly believed that .things that went up would eventual ?ly come down? ' (C'upyiiglit, is:i. > | out on a farm myself next year and getting some of the "painted picture" money, and If I do I will certainly in vite you up for some fresh butter eggs an hour old, and some good old cream, an Inch thick In the crock. C. D. LUCAS, Cashier. It's All Wrong. Omaha —To the Editor 0 The Oma ha Bee: 1 note, In a s|>ccrh made In the United States senate, January 6, Senator' I«add of North JDakota con demns party leaders for ousting sena tors from party councils. But why should Senator Ladd hark the truth at Senator Edge and his Ilk? It Is liken to pouring clear water on the backs of hogs! The bosses and voters who laughed at la Eollette and Wheeler and cried. "You can never down Wall street will find out their error before the congressional elections of 1926! The states, the nations themselves yea. the whole world, is hopelessly bankrupted! And the next step Is war! It Is horrible for an ordinarily happy-go-lucky, optimistic person, T:t years young, to be eo morbid snd foreboding, but, these solemn facts, nevertheless, remain and cannot be disproved. Propert/v poor corporations already advance the claim that they should not pav tuxes on their property value, but on their actual earnings only. And these same corporation* refuse to concede to the property poor farm ers the same claim of being taxed only on what they earn. Senator* I at Kollett*, Bronkhart. Frazer and Ladd—Senators Norris and Oouzens not exrepted—have been telling the voters in their own poli tical way, of the grave perils that confront them, and yet the people as a whole, blind and ignorant, wll fully Install, aid, and abet these trusts and combinations of capital, only to bring on the anticipated doom. For they know nothing else than—and their one aim Is—usury! F. PHILIP HAFFNER. CENTER SHOTS. Describing a* "monstrous'* the de round of ttie bourgeois governments that Russia pay its debts, Krassin, soviet minister to France, throws fur ther light on the boleshevlk code of business morals.—Chicago News. In every business concern there is constant warfare between the head and the overhead—Arkansas Gazette. One thing you can *ay for the fllv. ver: It rattles before it atrikea.—Ar kansas Gazette. Fortunately, the heathen are told about civillzaUon and not shown.— Baltimore Bun. Many a garage denotes the termi nal facilities for the income.—Cleve land Times, An era of prosperity is one in which people go in debt for things they don t need—St. Joseph News Press. There are now C5 products of the lowly peanut, not counting the turn try-ache.—North Adams Herald. A jazz band is a comfort on the radio. You can t tell which part Is static—Jackson Clarion Ledger. The American airship ZR-S is now known as the "Los Angeles" It Is not stated after which film-press agent the big gn« bag has been named. —Punch. She Sees All lli* Faults. "T.ove i» blind," remarked the bro mide hound. Mine Isn't," growled Henry Peck. —Cincinnati Enquirer. AIJVKRTISF.MBVT. AUVKRT1SKMK.NT. BETTER THAN WHISKEY FOR COLDS AND FLU The senaatlon of the drug trade 1“ Asplronal, the two minute cold end rough reliever, eothorltatlvely guar antred by the laboratorlea: toe ted approved and moet enthusiaatlrall' endorsed by the hlgheat authorities and proclaimed by the people aa ten times aa quick and effective aa wills key, rock and rye, or any other cold and cough remedy they have ever tried. All drug stores are supplied with the wonderful ellalr, so all you have to do la to alcp Into the nearest drug store, hand the clerk half a dollar for a bottle of Aaplronal and tell him to serve vnu two tofiapoonaftll. Wlthl your watch In your hand, take the drink at one swallow and call for your money back In two minute* If you cannot feel the diatresslng eymptom* of your cold fading aw ay Ilka a dream, within the time limit. I)on't be bash ful. for all druggists invite you and expect you to try It. Everybody's doing It. Take the remainder of the bottle home to your wife and children, for Asplronal la by far the safest and most effective, the esslest to take and the most agreeable cold remedy for children as well as adults. Quickest relief for catarrhal croup and chil drens choking up at night. APVKft l IMKMKNT. Mothers, Do This— When llit> ( 111 III re 11 Cough, KiiIi .M iisterolr on Throats huiI Chests No telling how aoon the symptom* may develop Into croup, or worse. And then's when you're glad you liaie a Jur of Mustetole at hand to give prompt relief. It does not bit* ter. As first aid. Mnsteroie Is excellent Thousand* of mother* know It. Tint should keep a Jur ready for Inatant use. It Is tits remedy for adult*, too. Re lleves sole throat, hronchltls, tonsil Iti*. croup, sttlT neck, asthma, neural gla, headache, congestion, pleurisy rheumatism, lumbago, pains ami aches of too k or Joint*, sprain*, ant* muscles, chilblain*, frosted feet and colds of the chest (It may prevent pneumonia). To Mothers: Mnsteroie Is also made in milder form for lishles mid small children, Ask for 1 hildren's Mnsteroie. 3,'ic and i c, Jus and tubes, Itrlter IItmi n mimtni tl |»liwlrr I CARBON COAL 1 The Most Heat for the Least Money I Furnace $ coo Per I : Size ——— Ton i Phone WA-lnut 0300 UPDIKE HR» See Sample* of Thi* Coal at Hayden » Grocery Department m bs hhh It begins with a preliminary shivm- up one's spine and a sort o' stuffy feeling in one s head. After that hs progress is rapid. A shiver of cold is followed by a Hash of heat, one s head feels like it was ballasted with feathers one minute and lead the next, and each foot weighs a ton. Friends whom you loved to greet a few hours before annoy you, and noises you didn't notice before now drive you frantic. You apply a hand kerchief to your weeping eyes. The senses of smell and taste are lost, and while your stomach yearns for food the sight of it nauseates you. Your head aches, your back aches, your Joints ache, and everything is wrong. Finally you give Up and go to l>ed and are so darned cranky that you set every body's nerves on edge. That's as near as we can describe the had cold we have been suffering from for several days. An Omaha man told the Judge that ho would rather be in Jail iban live with his wife. It Is a good thing for the country that wives have more self restraint and are given to greater sacrifices. We know many men, and if their wives were like the man mentioned, our Jails would be crowded with women. Time was in free America when a man's house was his castle. Now it Is a place where he may be "cracked on the nose" If his home life does not square with the Ideals of some of our Great Social Uplifters. Speaking of the Jail feeding controversy, perhaps there would not be so many prisoners to feed if the prisoners Were compelled to work hard enough to earn their grub. But If the prisoners weere put to work an army of Sob Hquadders would be recruited to sob about the harsh treatment handed out to prisoners. For a long time we thought we were Immune from the bl'e of the radio bug. We were mistaken. We have been deeply bitten. Our veins are running blood Inoculated with the deadly virus. Now we can sit for hours on end, jiggling the dials and shrieking wdth glee w'hen we get something from a station not before connected. Our ears are so attuned that we are no longer annoyed by the buzzing and crackling. We automatical ly tune ’em out and hear only what we want to hear. Our hopes are rising. They are sending pictures by radio. In time they may be able to send more substantial things. We know Just how to tune in on Havana. The proposition to abolish compulsory vaccination should appeal very strongly to those who are opposed to the enforce ment of laws compelling sanitation. Adam Breeds Informs us that In a few weeks he is going on a big game hunt In Africa. Africa, we are informed, is the natural habitat of that ferocious game animal known as craps, and Adam, we presume, wants to shoot 'em in their lair. By contrast the gobs of silence In and about the executive offices at the capitol are almost painful.. The midwinter meeting of the Nebraska Press association will feature things Nebraskan, especially music and songs by Nebraska composers. We insist that a prominent place on ths program be given to the song. "You May Delete My Gas Tank But My Gas Talk Flows Forever,” words and music byC. W. B. Bv the way, how long has It been since you heard the ex cuse that much time Is saved by having one’s hair bobbed? "Ole:”—It draws well, the aroma is increasingly pleasant, the flavor becomes more palatable with each passing day. It is a dally reminder of an acquaintance that began when you were a lad in roundabouts and which we hope will continue through manv years to come. WILL M. MAUPIN. ) ■■■ -■ -^7.- ■ -TV Pianos, Players Band and and Ampico Orchestra Player Roils. Instruments. Special Disposal High-Grade Used PIANOS Buy a New or Used *198 *237“ *295 Piano Player *335 *365 *395 NEW AND USED UPRIGHT PIANOS Two $350 Rebuilt Three $400 Rebuilt j Piano*, Fine Shope Piano*, on Sale, $145 $98 $118 $134 $138 1 Convenient Terms (M AA OR Note the Cut Price. Below: $1.UU MORE rer week w cb,..,*, $100 40*sncb High Cabinets, f> cut to.. • DliyS $125 42-inch High Cabinets, Genuine $if°46 n