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.
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Almost Before We’ve Got Ourselves Through
the Wringer From the Last One
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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
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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.
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