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The Omaha Bee MORNIN G—E VENIN G—S U N DAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. FubUsli^ ~ N. R. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER, Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS~ The Associated Pres*, of which The Bee is n member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credit’d in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are al«o reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 19OS. at Omaha postoffice, under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONF7S rrW.t. Br,nrh Exrhsmrp. afor AT Untie 1000 the Department, or Person Wanted. “’offices Main Office—17th and Fnrnam Chicago—Rte^er Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred I*. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg, New York City -270 Madison Avenue Seattle—A. L. Nietz. 514 Leary Bldg. MAIL SUBSCRipinON RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year 15.00, 6 months $3.00, 3 months $1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.75. 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $3.00, 6 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month: daily only* 75c per month: Sunday only. 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .1 month 85c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday . 1 month 65c, 1 week 15e Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 5c V__/ Omaha-UIhere the IDest is at its Best MARKET WEEK IN OMAHA. Visitors are in Omaha this week, on business bent. They come from inland towns to inspect and buy goods and wares for their home trade. And they will find Omaha ready to welcome them. Some heavy blows have fallen since last the buyers came here to trade, but the spirit of the community is undauted. Plenty of opportunity is presented for examination e.nd comparison of stocks and prices, and the hospi tality of the city and its people is undiminished. Market Week has a peculiar significance. While it includes some approach to cencentrated buying and selling, the replenishing of stocks and provisions for seasonal merchandising, it i3 something more. Here business relations are brought close through personal contact of the men who do business. Un derstandings are improved and more intimate rela tions are established. A customer now is likely to remain a customer throughout the years to conffe. Because business dealings rest on a foundation of mutual acquaintance and personal intercourse. In other sebsons.the Market Week has proved satisfactory in all regards to both the visitors and the dealers. Omaha merchants have shown their capacity and their willingness to serve the trade in their territory, and a steady expansion of that trade has resulted. The week now under way should be no exception. Our friends will be here, and new friendships will he set up. Business can not help hut he benefited when customer and dealer meet eye to eve, and talk as man to man. And, best of all, Omaha taierchants have the wares to sell as well as the mind to sell them. The spirit of welcome does not rest on sales alone, though, hut on a sincere de sire to see the visitors who are here to be shown. The business men of Omaha will show them. DEBT TO A HOBBY-RIDER. - An Omaha doctor attained great eminece jn his profession. That brought him extensive and lucra tive practice. His wealth increased, and with it came opportunity. Aside from the science he adorns, he had a hobby. Birds attracted him. Bird life interested him almost as much as did human life. Of course, this took him into the woods, to wild places, where he could observe birds that live outside the haunts of man. Just below Omaha, adjoining the southern limits < f the city, was a bit of woodland, the remnant of the wilderness. This was about to go. The owner wanted to cut the timber and divide the tract into building lots. Enter Dr. Harold Gifford, surgeon of high reputation, Nature lover of the iandr lodge. Inspired by him and led by his generous enthusiasm and liberal contribution, a group of real public spir ited films and citizens of Omaha made up a sum sufficient to purchase the property in question. Through this means 367 acres of standing timber, the last of the wilderness along the Missouri river, became the property of the of Nebraska. Under the law it will be held forever sacred to nature. Bird* nest and rear their young in the leafy safety of the splendid old oaks, elms, hackberry, hickory and other hard wood trees, or in the sanc tuary of the dells and glades, where vines and shrub# provide accommodations sought for by the timid ' ones. Squirrels and other small animals are tame in Fontenelle Forest, for so the tract has been named. All are safe there. It is a sanctuary, indeed. Now the Fontenelle Forest association, which is a holding corporation representing the State of Ne braska, announces the further gift of lot) acres. Of this Mrs. Sarah H. Joslyn gives 73 and Dr. and Mrs. Harold Gifford donate 77 acres. Through this generosity the Forest is extended to an area of 517 acres. A finer bit of natural woodland does not exist In Nebraska. It is a home for wild life, its quality of wilderness being strictly preserved. Thousands of Omaha people visit the Forest, and many other thousands will. All because a young man settled here years ago, devoted himself arduously to the practice of his pro fession, attained great skill in its pursuit, hut never forgot his hobby. Dr. Harold Gifford ha' not only inspired, but bss brought to actual realization a wonderful achievement for the public’s use because he loved birds. NO LONGER “RIVER OF DOUBT.” We note with pain and amazement a reference in the news columns to the "river of doubt.” If there is as tream on the surface of the earth that deserves the distinction of cnpital letters, denoting the quality of a proper name, it is the Rio Dubida. No longer the River of Doubt, but thp Rio Teodoro. It is indissolubly connected with the name of a gallant American. One who, for adventure’s sake and to add to the store of human knowledge, ex plored the stream that had been hesitatingly marked on the map of Brazilian engineers. Their attitiide toward the stream was expressed by the n«mr they gave it, “River of Doubt." Theodore Roosevelt gave It fair right to be listed among the actual features of Brazilian geography. ‘ Fighting fever and famine, treacherous natives and more dangerous wilderness, Theodore Roosevelt end his intrepid companions followed the course of that’stream from its source to its mouth. And the Brazilian government honored him by naming the stream definitely known to exist., Rio Teodoro. He succumbed earlier than he should because he could not shake off the disease germs he then absorbed. Whatever the fate of his son, who accompanied him on that quest and who is now seeking further adventure in other wilds, we hope that the actual exploration of the River of Doubt will not be so easily forgotten. And the compositor who has mas tered “etaoin” and “shrcllu” should reverently reach over to the “enp” side of the keyboard whenever he encounters the name. JOB FOR A WONDER WORKER. Long before the Adamson law’ was passed by a democratic ■ congress under the duress of the rail road brotherhoods, the need for some sort of ma chinery to settle disputes in the transportation in dustry was plain. An effort to supply this need was made in the transportation act of 1920, which set up what has been known as the Railroad Labor board. This has haltingly functioned, with some approach to real success. More of failure, though, because of the persistence with which its actions and orders have been flouted by management and men alike. The Atterbury attitude on the one side, and the costly strike of 1922 on the other showed plainly how little of real use could be expected from the board. The so-called Barkley-Howell bill, intended to supplant the Esch-Cumniins board, was opposed by the management, and finally abandoned by the men, because of its many faults and deficiencies. Now, the supreme court has divested the existing board of all power, and the situation is right back where it was. Secretary Hoover is reported to be working on what he regards as a plan that will bring results. Its general nature lias not been disclosed, but he hopes to achieve a law that will provide for continu ous operation while differences arising from em ployment are being considered and adjusted. One seemingly insuperable obstacle will have to be over come, and that is compulsory arbitration. Labor will not accept this. Nor will the managers be expected to accept the compulsory presence of general labor organization on lines where now “company unions” are the rule. Between these extremes is ample room for the exercise of great wisdom in framing a law that will satisfy both sides. The real remedy seems to be agreement, but that is too much to ex pect under conditions as they exist. “JES’ WORKIN' FASTAH.” It may be an old story, but it is worth retelling because it points a moral. A colored man bought a watch on the installment plan. One day he came in and paid a dollar, took his receipt and walked out. Two hours later he came in and paid another dollar. “Well,” said the jovial jeweler, “business must be getting better.” “No, suh; business ain’t no bettah. I’se jes’ workin’ fastah.” There is a world of homely philosophy concealed in that colored man's reply: “Jes workin fastah. He was exhibiting the spirit that conquers the wil derness. builds commonwealths and founds busy cities. .Just working faster and making up. Working faster will rhake up for slowing busi ness. Working faster will make good business bet ter. Working faster is infinitely better than slow ing up and whining about business conditions. The whiner is going broke while tho man who works faster is building for better things. More and faster workers. More honest sweat. More love for the job. More interest in the work. The solution of our economic ills is not far to seek. A gay young American down in Cuba was fined $180 for kissing a Havana society girl. And a Ne braska senator raved for a week because an Ala bama society girl kissed him. Somehow or other the law of averages wobbles a bit now and then. Some uncertainty may exist as to the woman who kissed King David Kalakaua when he visited in Omaha half a century ago. but local tradition well records the names of the men who skinned him play ing poker. The senate spent four minutes raising the sal eries of its members and four hours debating about a bathing beach for negroes in Washington. ^ ot some cnators resent what Charley Dawes said about them. Prophets are going on record that 1925 will be ns big a year for agriculture as was 1924. Nebraskans won’t worry as long ns dollar corn and $14 pigs hold out. __ Visitors to Omaha’s market week may miss some old familiar signs, but they find the town full of vim and vigor, just the same. Doug Fairbanks is a ‘great movie screen athlefe, but to date no one has seen him in the act of hurd ling a board bill. Marriages may come quirker in Council Bluffs than in Omaha, but they also seem to come apart just as easily. One point on which the house is agreed i* that if good roads are built somebody will use them. The rail of the plow will soon show its effect on the legislature. ^ m A few batteries of anti-bandit guns are needed in Omaha. “Window shopping" makes nctunl buying a pleasure. Insurgency Is a great game, hut the fiddler must he paid. __ General Mitchell, it seems, made a forced landing. - ■ ■ ... ■ ' * V Homespun Verse By Omaht'i Own Poet— Robert JT'orlhinpton Davie ,V v.-----— -- CiOOO HOADS. Year unto year we re taxed to ninke The dirt road* new—a **<I inletak*! To keep them lip ft* they should ho We pay and pay incessantly* And then, what have wo left to show' For all the money that haa been Expended where the autos go, When flood* of spring come ruahlng In? Each year a road beyond repair Become* a road that will not wear— And so It ha* been alnct the days • When need was urgent for highways. The upkeep doubles a* time file*; When road* are needed there are none - The awful coat before u* Ilea . Elke front‘flipped ro*ea in the sun. Forsake the past ant! calm all fear*, And pave the roads and save all tear*; And he relieved of the expend* That’* measured by experience. Home one ha* Bald that we make Tomorrow'* t«*k~ and trouble* h**, If we today will pane# to take Cognlzsucs of preparedness. ■\ For Little Boys Who Run Away From Home and Call Names y pf f Letters From Our Readers All lettrrs must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communications of 200 words and less, will bs given preference. / Commends Mr. Matson. Ord, Neb. —To the Kditor of Th® Omaha Bee: It was with a great deal of interest I road in today's Omaha pee an outline of County Attorney Charles K. Matson's recent address before the Omaha Bar association. Some may consider Mr. Matson « pessimist, and no one will take his address to he true literally, hut figura tively speaking, he is hitting the nail on the head. It is recognized by all students of the situation that the crime wave is upon us. That It is not the product of recent legislation such as the l$th amendment, or an outgrowth of the world war. hut lawlessness, disrespect and disregard for law has been grow inf: for more than a quarter of a cen* eury. The American Bankers' association and other civic organizations recog nize that at present crime is not only a moral issue, but it if a live economic problem. Crime in i!*24 in thei'nited States cost the American public ap proximately $4,000,000,000, which Is more than the federal budget, and those figures are taken from care fully compiled data secured through a recent effort of the American Bank ers' association. It is difficult to find a cause for this condition, and If is safe to any that you can not point to any one thing. Some attic h the blame to our courts, but that charge is unjust. No ob server of Nebraska's court r,f last re yni-( ran question but what it has «l ways gone a long ways to gi\e effect to legislative enactments. Our courts are just what the legis lature makes them. Nebraska's crimi nal procedure and criminal laws need to he simplified and revised, and it the present legislature side steps this responsibility. a« It seems Inclined to do, it will deserve criticism. It Is not more laws we need, hut laws and pro cedure that meet present day condt tlons, and T may add more men to think constructively along the line suggested hv Charles K. Matson. BERT M. HA RIVEN BROOK, President County Attorneys’ Assocla tion for the State of Nebraska. Building I p the Church. Tlartington. Neb —To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee; I wish always to he ready to defend vital salvation, through Jesus Christ. Your corre spondent who signs himself "One Who Helped," writing In defense of I)r, Wagner, says that Or. Wagner does not oppose revivals. Of course he does not. nor any other means that will enlarge his church. Your correspondent misrepresents the work of revival*, In his state ment. lie aays that Or. Wagner believes "that the old Idea that In order to ——---N Abe Martin _ .Tout Itccii mix' n gliTn nmrneil linin’! no niitn 'ho limn’ loved no’ lont. A ntiniry person in hud i nouirh, hut n 'tinifV orrhentrv i' lh’ limit. (Coi'yrlfM, 1JS».) lead a. better life one must go to a revival meeting and go to the mourn ers' bench, and, under excitement, make certain promises which are likely to be broken the n»xt day, is all wrong Po do 1, and ao does every one else. Mery may lead a ' better life," even lie horn again, and never goainto a revival meeting. Hut evert t'hristian knows that the organized influences present in a well conducted revival work, are conductor to the end sought. The term "mourners' bench" does not belong In any sense to revival work. It originated very much as tho term ‘Methodist'' originated, a slang phrase used by the "Mob’’ to ridicule the work. "Under etsliement”—excitement is in no way a fart or factor of revival work. I have yet to attend a revival meeting where there was anything like the excitement. 1 have seen preachers manifest at a football game. I have seen hyndreda of peo ple converted in revival work, and It always was my aim to avoid all emo tion. I have yet to see a man who op posed revival work who believed in I "THE CONSERVATIVE" The Best Place to Save Your Money The Best Place to Borrow Money The CONSERVATIVE sV;r‘T Savings & Loan Association L“rn* Savin*! 1614 HARNEY Horn** Unless you see the “Bayer Cross" on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years for Colds Headache i Pain Neuralgia Toothache Lumbago Neuritis Rheumatism £ + Atvcpt only " R i \ cr” p.ick.ige whlcn contains pro\ cn direc tlons # J llmiilv ' lltvrr" lioTfi of I'! talil*>(« w \>.i i*of t Irt of '.’I Mill mn Pluck:.*!* AtylrU it ilit irt.it m.ii nf ntji. Uttuitcwrt vi MwiMMlutcuIttitf »( *»Ucjltt»eM spiritual regeneration. Jesus said, “Ye must be born again." Born how? Born of the spirit. ’ “Except a man be born of the spirit he can in no wise enter the kingdom of God." That is all we ask, and I do not care whether he is born in a revival meet ing or a football game. The trouble with modern Chris tian thought is we fail to discriminate between the intellectual and the spiritual aspect of human lif* The modern idea is to train people in tellectuallv into the new life. 1» ran r 1,0 done. Christianity is a spiritual phenomenon. And the church is a spiritual institution. Take fr* m it the spiritual vision and It is no longer a church. The church may held a ‘ membership drive," just hs the Odd Fellows lodge would. And it amounts1 to the same thing. It increases its membership. It .saves no nn«. I believe Dr. Wagners defender misrepresents him. Dr Wagner is an able man and a schooled theologian. He is a Methodist. We are talking about Methodist standards and if Dr. Wagner deviates from them, it is to meet a modern church half way. DR. W. M. WARD. An Advertising Cow. Little Jane was walking in the country with her mother. "Gracious!" exclaimed mother, "what is that noise?" "Oh. that's a row mooing—trying to sell her milk " said Jane.—The Progressive Grocer. Sunny side up 1 * lake Comfort.nor forget. i lhat Sunrise ne\/erfailed us yet: C*Ilol ‘Jh.afteir -— V At divers and sundry times we have expressed our personal views about private and public ow nership. We ate not discuss ing their relative merits; merely pointing out some of our own experiences. Public service corporations have learned that courtesy amounts to a whole lot, and adequate service a whole lot more. Do you have any difficulty in determining whether a workman is employed by a. private or a municipal corporation’ When you drop into the office of a public service utility are ton long in discovering whether it is a private or a municipal con cern? Have you ever noticed the difference between the pens nnd ink in the average postoffice and the average hank? One of the greatest and best changes that has taken place In modern business life is in the nintter of courtesy and service on the part of the big utility corporations And tile bigger nnd better the utility, the more courtesy you will find. - | They say that figures will not lie. hut that liars will figure. We love figures, mathematical nnd physical. We especially love figures about Nebraska. Their very immensity intrigues us. So the other day. having an hour or two at our disposal, we sat down with pencil and paper and figured a bit. Before us were the statistics of Nebraska's agricultural, horticultural, livestock and manufacturing production for 1924. We pro ceeded to reduce them to terms of car loads. The result was so tremendous that we lust had to go back over the figures sev eral times, verifying them from several different angles. They were approximately correct. And this is what we found: If we were to load all of Nebraska's products for 1924 in*o standard freight cars, each loaded to maximum capacity, and proceed to assemble .those cars Inm one train, we’d have a pretty i»ng train, believe you u*. F’rinstance. we'd assemble them in a big freight yard near Petrograd Russia; hook up our engine and start. The engine would roll down the River Neva's « hank until it reached Germany. Then across Germanv and Holland and Belgium. Thence a t is ge to ™ England, across Kengland to a bridge across jhe Irish channel, across Ireland, thence across the Atlantic to New York Gitv. From New York to Cleveland, thence to Chicago, 'hencp in Omaha From Omaha to Ogden, and then on to San Francisco. Then we'd have a bridge 1,755 miles long built westward over the Pacific ocean. And. a* the engine tipped off the western end of that long bridge the caboose would be Just leaving Petrograd. \ Supposin' the engineer In the cab wanted to call to the flag man. He'd have to pull the whistle cord nearly 3 7 hours ahead of the time he wanted the flagman to come In. There are not enough freight cars in the Fnited States to hold one year's out put of Nebraska farms, orchards, feed lots and manufacturing plants. There are not enough locomotives in the United States to haul all that stuff to market in a sinr'e day. There isn't e.iougli railroad mileage, switches, sidetracks and ‘Y's" In Ne braska to hold one half the needed cars. Some state; The more you know about it the greater your love for if. The more you love it the harder you'll work for lt« The harder you work for it the greater it will he. Working cross-word puzzles isn't half/the fun that figuring about Ne braska is. once you eet started. The garden we made in February would supply material to fill several freight cats The garden well make next month and the month after wouldn't supply enough material to fill a gnat's eye. WIRU M. MAUP1N. > ... ■ i. .... ' tts first National plBank of Omaha Fostering Thrift... The School Savings are bank#d at the FIRST. i The First is proud to be the custodian of the Savings of Oma ha's Thrifty School Child ren. ADVERTISEMENT. 6 6 6 It ■ Preemption prepared for Colds, Fever and Grippe It it the tnott speedv remedy wo know Preventing Pneumonia ADA RETIREMENT. CAPT. SNYDE WAS SURP Did Not Believe Any Medi cine Could Do What Karnak Did For Him, Declares Veteran Bur lington Railroad Con ductor. IS WELL KNOWN FROM ST. JOE TO LINCOLN Has Seen 35 Years Service With The Burlington System And Is One Of The Most Popular Rail road Men In Middle West. A m*a*AK* that will W of great !n tereat to e\ery reader of thia paper cornea front Capt. Ralph M Snyder who reetdea nt fO* s l.Sth atreet. St doaeph. Capt’ Snviler ha a bo*n a conductor on the Hurling ton railroad for the pa at thirty five vent a and t* one of tlie moat popular and width known railroad men In the middle weal. Ilia prcaenl run la between Sf ,!o*eph <\ nd Unooln ‘The wav tht* Karnak ha* taken hold of my trouble* t* one of the The Purity of Cuticura Make* It Unexcelled For All Toilet Purposes J Rt K H \NT \l>*» BRING RESILTN. VDVKKTISEMKVT. R SAYS IT RISE OF LIFE Suggest sin prises of mv life. and 1 arr. back for more.' said i'»pt Snyder as he purehiwed his third bottle of tha new mediciae and told ef the re markable facts In his case Tor three or four years I suffered sc terriblj from digestive and stomach troubles that 1 didn't have any appe tite. and Instead of setting strength from my fool It would sour on my stomach, bioat ms up with R»s and make my heart palpitate until I could hardly get m> breath. Sty liver was so sluggish l would have dtrsy spell*, any my nerves were so on edge that night* l couldn't get my restful sleep and consequently felt tired and worn out all the time. 1 trie-1 a let of dif ferent remedies, hut couldn't seem to get hold of the right medicine until a friend put me on to Kamak. "My first two bottles of this medi cine has given me a splendid appetite and rid me almost completely cf the stomach troubles. The ditty spells have gone, mv sleep Is refreshing and l fee! like a different person en tirely, l hive already told the boy* * Vive th i :M . '. , >■,- cf jyiy II peileiu-e." Kamak l« s. '..I in Omaha ewlusi'elr ov Shot man d MoOonnelt'* four store* in IVnson tv Henson 1'har ma< > in South Omaha hy Tobin's Orug Store m Klo -e by hVevta* s I'boimi - leading grust'st in even tow tv