Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 02, 1908, Page 8, Image 8
TTTR OMATTA PATLY BEE: MONDAY. NOVEMttEIT 2. 1003. HOW IT WORKS IN OKLAHOMA t snd that It vu time to apply Ihe brake order to avoid a disastrous runaway; anil, a ona of the local characters down here puts It: "It's going aome whn an OutrtntT Kot Unmixed Blein? in Oklahoma democrat gets osred about I 1 1 ' - h. M - fc. I l V e.- c.. I """"nar mum 01 a gnoa mini in " Southern State. .i k.v. Mention of this aland taken by the state BANES uthor,,,e. on becoming alarmed over the nuBiion suggest, enomer pmm 01 u matter which wag,, perhapa, briefly men tioned In a former dlspstch I refer to the ruling of Judge Houston of the district court of Logan county, who, whan the parties who had been denied charter, brought a mandamus proceeding, decided that the state banking authorities were powerless to exercise their discretion In de nying banking charters to those who made PLETHORA OF SMALL tat Ofllrrm Flat Tennener WU (at Mrtktfi mm Aaaly Cars with Great Reu larltr. rjUTHIBX Okl.. Nov. 1 (Special.) Ao t r. f m r3i-lnn nresldent of tha rirat National bank of McCloud. Okl.. tha PP"ctlon and were able to show that i... h k.v. Ai,ruased tha '"T " niny compiled wun me law. bank guaranty plan - from a theoretical ,n "" thla Illuminating Incident standpoint, have made Inadequate forecasts n"t only demonstrates that the friends of of tha bad1 feature which the acheme has actually developed In tha course of Its short trial In thla state. "Our so-caHed state guaranty law," de clares Mr. Grecian, "Is, In my opinion, tha most vlcldus ever enacted by a atate legla- latur. One of the worst effects consplcu ously apparent la the fact that new state the law and those delegated with authority for carrying out Its provisions are alarmed at the furore for starting bank which Is sweeping the state like a prairie fire, but that they are also powerless to curb or check this tendency, and that applicants for charters "all ' look alike" to the eye of the law, Just as all banks operating .... ki. h.rt.reri t ji alarming unnr that law "look alike", to depoaltors. rate, and w all know that there are al- 8,111 "other Incident auggesta that tha ready entirely too many banks In the banking authorities feel the situation need ute restraining hand. And by the same token "More lhan fifty new hanks have been 11 clearly demonstrates the fact that the atarted In Oklahoma .Inc. January 1. 1908. tnrU,t r without the power to control nri manv of them, to my personal knowl- situation or even to moderate It In any ..a.. nt h Kv ln.znerienced. In- I oegree. Pomrtent: wnuld-be bankers, who Imagine Doukl. Interest Offered. that under the guaranty taw banking will The 8allaw Bank and Trust company of be simply a 'snsp.' Sallsaw. Okl., openly advertised tt woutd "There Is no denying that. In the eyes of pay a rate of Interest on deposits nearly or the average depositor, right at the present quite double the limit designated by the moment, Ule guaranty scheme looks good; bank commissioner. The result was that the It is popular with depositors, for the de- management ef this Institution was ' posltor feels he Is relieved of all responsl- promptly called over the carpet by that blltty m selecting hla banker, what is tne orncer. Inevitable result? That the would-be banker Immediately after receiving this repri has the advantage over the substantial, tha mand the management of the bank openly conservative banker, who has spent the best advertised that while the bank had been years of his life building up a solid Instltu- Informed It could not, under the rules and ton regulations of the banking board, pay a "Of course, i the Oklahoma democrat will higher rate of Interest on deposits then 4 Immediately reply that all this Is the mere per cent, the president of the bank would statement of Individual opinion and that himself, personally, pay an additional pre fects are what count. Very well: let us go mlum or discount which would give to the in for a few facts: . depositor as high a rale of Interest as that "The little village of Harrah. five miles designated in the previous advertisement of from here, with a population of something me Panic, like 150 people all it Is likely to have for While I do not aasume to give the precise some yesrs to come now has two banks, wording of the advertisement referred to, with tntst looal dPDOslts of less than tt.5.000. it was In substance and In purpose as I rin. nt theme, banks was recently organised have Just stated. Banks operating under the under-the guaranty law and may legttl- guaranty law make no bones about paying matelv be regarded AS a child of that en- their depositors a much higher rate of in- actment. I terest than 4 per cent, thu. showing that Any Baak Good Eaoigk. the banking authorities are powerless to "Right here I might state that last fall prevent violations of the restrictions holding ,u. twn hanks was hard the rate of Interest to be offered down to 4 lilt; uiuvi . - I . r,,..h.H .nri that I came to Its rescue and per cent. i...t helnert to keed it going. But now How much a bank will pay for deposits they are 'guaranteed' and In the eyes of here In Oklahoma Is merely a question of many depositors they are perhaps stronger how keenly the banker desires the money- . K.nu Th. rapt Is they have been which In most cases where an abnormal r--in c ner cent on time eposlt-and rate of Interest la paid mean how much caving that as a normal rate to aome of he hopes to realise from the use of the our own customers. ' ' depositors' money In speculative Investments ..r .1.1. (... of the situation In which promise, to his mind, a fantastic i in nil. - I h. nttt. town of Harrah. wtlh Its 160 In- margin of profit. K.Kit.Vt. .nri its two banks, not because C. D. E. Roberts, president of the First . r-rn.l feellncs I have In the National bank of Ponsa. City Okl.. says .... km .iri hecause It shows deft- J'Raton and Falrfai are two neighbor- 1r .Ai,,.i.ivihn extent to which ing towns. When the so-called ' bank the Oklahoma guaranty , law Is hatching guaranty law went Into effect each of more hanks than the state baa any earthly "e wn- . iw need of or us. for. and also because It irut B -ton has a PPltlon of only 578. i i w iv. ... .verv fair man while Fairfax, about eight miles distant, the fact that the law Is actually -t.mulat- h .Jher ' on. new .tat. .ng the payment of absurd and .mpo.slM. . Zwo posits. Foir Baak. ta Small Tatwa "If you think that any bank can afford "And under the recent ruling of Judge to pay- per cent lntereat on time de- Houston they will get their certificates posits without taking rash and lndefirrlble to operate in these towns, making four chawea wtlh the money of the depositors, bank In each town. In each- of these th... th. nrnnniitlnn to anv banker two towns the national banks have a or Bet of bankers anywhere in America capital of 125,000 each, and quite a good n, .i.i.i. of Oklahoma. You wilt get but one surplus. Think of four banka attempting answer, and that Is that the proposition to live and prosper In a town of 678 pop !. .h...rri .nri imnoMlhla. ulatlon to say nothing of four banks at "Not far from here Is another town of tempting to get on In a hamlet or only i t u inhini. mtirh h.. fmir 470 men. women and children! . , i,.nv..,' nf .hi, h hv. henn or.-ont.ed "The state banks have 110,000 each, and . , , ..,,. ,.. . under 'Bryanlsm' In Oklahoma the state Indirete that serious ones are forthcoming. It will be the part of prudence for perple of other states to stsnd by and wait until th returns are all In before adoptlr the Oklahoma plnn. Rven If It Is successful here when It Is fully tried out, there will be amendments In plenty, and It will be time enough after all thla for the country at large to follow suit. MEYER RETURNS FROM EAST Plaa Save I. If at nallway tloit. Peve. Popalar Cob vea. Overwhelmed with requests for terms and practical demonstrations on cars In their cities. Martin Meyer, vice president of the Meyer Safety Ousrd company. Is home from Atlantic City where he attended the annual convention and exposition of street car men and where he Introduced the new safety guard. The convention was at tended by the heads of all street railway companies. Including presidents, general managers, superintendents, purchasing and claim agents and manufacturers. With this large and representative attendance the promoters of the new appliance were brought In direct contact with the official heads of the vsrious departments. "The convention was a new experience with us, and we were not prepared for anything on so large a scale," said Vice President Meyer. "All available space on the. Immense pier was occupied by exhibi tor,, and after reviewing the situation we felt somewhat timid as 4o our reception, but this feeling entirely left us from the moment the exposition opened. 'We were literally besieged by street railway men, who through reason of our circulars pre vlously sent them were asked to Investigate our Invention. "Officials from all parts of the United States and Canada sought our booth and patiently waited their turn to get the bene fit of a demonstration of our device, with the result we have hundreds of applica tions from the largest to the smallest cit ies which have requested us to present terms and give them practical demonstrations on their cars. v "Public safety commissions from the east ern state and Canada called on us In bodies, without a single" exception they compli mented us highly and predicted a great future for the Meyer Safety Quard. "Had we had a dosen models Instead of two and a dosen men to manipulate them they would have been kept busy from the opening to the close of the convention. "It now remains for us to get In shape to meet this great demand, and our direct ors are now working with that purpose in view, conttacte- having been let for the devices, which will be in such shape that we can go from city to city and give them practical demonstrations on their own car.." CLL IT3 n-3 YT-Ts U REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR UfflTY EVERY REPUBLICAN in Douglas county should vote for T. A. Hollister for county attorney, not only because he is the republican candidate, but because he is one of the best qualified men who has ever been nominated for this important office. His democratic opponent is now running for this same of fice for the fourth time and apparently seems to think that there is some provision of the constitution or laws of the state that re quires him to go on running perpetually, but this is not true. Republicans should vote for Hollister because he is the best man Democrats should vote for him because their own candi date has had enough. ;.) ., (I jjnm in iWaMiiiaiaini i nirawi i ml m i " " "i ' " DAY OF PRAYER AND THANKS Annual Proclamation Issned by President Roosevelt. THREE WEEKS FROM THURSDAY the devotion of his associates, while from his mother he takes that phase of his char acter which determines his inflexible up rightness and his indomitable strength of purpose." i Moral that bank with Its little capital and its feck less bankers Is just as good In the eyes of depositors and In the business It can get as the solid national bank, because It la doing business on the standing and .nl ir.Aii r f th. frrwirl h.nk. hnvill. rether are less than tlOO.frOO. It I. not too I ub.Untla, caplta, and 8urplus and a good That a town of only 1.000 Inhabitants can maintain more than two healthy banka Is an absurdity on the face of it, but this absurdity 1e emphasised by the fact that the total deposits of the four banks alto- much to say that this kind of thing Is tolng on all over tha state, and that plainly ky reason of thla guaranty law, Oklahoma reputation built up by years of careful and conservative banking. ' Brvanlsm' says to the people: 'You being overbanked at an alarming rate." m d.nMlt vour money ,n mv bank8 anJ iu wn cuiiiiecuuii ins ibvi anoum noi oe ,f on, of ,nem fal8 j wm wak over to sverlooked that there are pointed evldencea tne rood bank. anj put my hands into f alarm on this score In the minds of the thelr caBl, drawer, and without their con- tnen who composed the state adminlstra- ient take out enough to pay you so do lion, or at least those member, of the vnr hu.in... with the banka that come administration having directly to do with under the operation of Bryaniam' in Ok- tne application of the state "guaranty law" lahoma." The recent closing of the International bank of Colgate. Okl., which had already tnd its provisions. Tlae te Apply Brake. Take, for example, the significant action 3f the banking board and the bank com missioner In refusing to ' Issue a charter been commented upon in the public dts- patchea. Is a matter of present Interest from the fact that Its president is now miasioner In rerualng to Issue a charter " , ' T . , . .,,,,, , . ,, . , . , . . . proclaiming that his institution was to an applicant for a bank to be organ sed Prut,'""" ,,.. , i . . . . alaughtcred for exhibition purposes ana In a town of Ina gnif cant slse and a ready '! . ' . ..,,. . Jl supplied with at least three banks. The determined atand taken by the atate offi rials In. this case Indicates with striking clearness that they were thoroughly scared We Recommend The Beer Yoa Like Cases 2 dozen Oft Large Bottles ?J.7U Cases 3 dozen QA Small Bottles 0ZJ Aa allovaaoa of will be nade Upon return ui us ef ike empty com, aud allot taeeaipky bolUM ia good order, . Order will be taken (or Luxus ia lut than com loti at tha follow ing prices; $2.00 per doz. Large Bottles $1.35 per doz. Small Bottles Gladstone Bros. 1308.10 Pa-usla Strt AUTO. Allf I . DOUGLAS tit Ked-Mah Collaro TRADC MARK cents 2 for 25 Ask your Haberdasher. th.t the bank commissioner", act was un justified on any grounds excepting those of political expediency. However right or wrong may be thl. contention, two pertinent fact, stand out clearly. The bank went under and Its depositor, suffered the usual and normal spasm of anxiety; second, the grand Jury of th,at county baa returned an Indictment agalnat the bank commissioner. Tim ta Settle Claim.. To the average and unbiased observer this Incident Indicate, that bank under the occult protection of the guaranty law can close their doors, leaving anxious de posltors to speculate upon how long they are going to be kept waiting for their money; and it also Indicates that, to take the other horit ef the dilemma, the political saddle on the back of a state s banking Institutions is going to be straddled by politicians and- ridden lr.to.1he political race. The reader may take his choice of these two ways of looklr.g at this Incident but he certainly must choose oi.' of them It has not required more than one ex perience to demonstrate to the people that even under the. beneficent and occult action of the guaranty law the depositors of . a ilored bank cannot get their money off hui-d at the moment Its doors are shut. It takea time for even a democratic adminis tration in Oklahoma, with a guaranty fund behind it, to settle the cluima of the de positors of a bank and pay them back their coin. And It should be remembered that If this bank had bwn a big one Instead of a little one and had owed lis depositors a good round aum. Instead of only f.tt,0n0, the hanks do'ng business In Oklahoma under the guaranty law would have had to turn over to the guaranty fund an amount equal to a aubstanttul percentage of their de posits. And this would hsve meant that they been fortunate to have escaped general "run;" at leaat It would have put a large crimp into them. For dpoi tors will hustle around to get their money Just about as promptly If they think It is likely to be tied up for several years as If threatened with Its loss. The total amount In the guaranty fund at the present time is only about I1J6.0UO. Oklahoma has already traveled far enough on the blind path to know that bank fail ures can still occur, and that disposes of the theory that depositors will never more make a run tor their money What other lessons sre to be learned can noi surety oe lorvtoid. but the symptoms SHOE PINCHES HITCHCOCK Conarreasnan-Bdltor ia Worming: aad Soalrmlag I aider "Old Soldier" Editorial. The World-Herald of November IS. 1892, made thla alam on the brave men who up held their country'a cause from '61 to '65: The next congress will have to wrestle with one deficiency of IJ6.000.000. This Is on account of the pensions. The appropria tion for pensions for the next year must be not less than 1150,000.000. It Is therefore easy arithmetic to perceive that the ap propriation that congress must make for pensions at the next session must aggre gate not leaa than $186,000,000. This tre mendous sum would of Itself be enough to run a reasonable -government. One would not complain If It were an honorable debt, but a large proportion ta not debt because it was never earned by any aot of pat riotism or heroic service. The government Is held up and bespoiled of no mean por tion of tills, and it aoema helpless to de fend Itself. One cannot help being- curious to know how many more years it will take to exhaust tha generation which feela Itself injured by the war. It Is safe to say that never did a generation display such longev ity. ' Now. Mr. Hitchcock, editor then and editor no-a, of the World-Herald, wishes he had never" written and his paper had never published that editorial. He Is making his fourth trial for election to congress from this district and needs the vote of the old soldier with whose longevity he found fault sixteen years ago. - He now finds that, de spite his fault-finding, many of these old soldier, are still living and able to vote nd have good memories. The shoe pinches and to show how he Is squirming to soften the pain, this letter, a copy of which has been sent to many an old soldier, may In dicate: HOPBB Or REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON. D. C. OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. 2. 1908. Dear Sir: The Omaha Bee has at tacked me In this oampaign with the fale harre that I am not friendly to tne old soldiers and that I do not favor liberal 'pensions. You are In a position to know that I have carefully looked after pension mattera at Washington, end I therefore take the lib erty of asking you to say a good word for me to your soldier friends In the clos ing days of the campaign. Very truly yours, O. M. HITCHCOCK. M. C. A Jeweler's Experience. C. R. Kluger. The Jeweler, loo Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "I was so weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy clesr jri my com plexion, cured my backache and the lrrcgu ularltles disappeared, and I can now at tend to business every day, and recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as It cured me after the doctors and other remedies had failed. At all druggists. Executive Say. Proarre.s and Spiritual Eaal to Made 1" ; Material Tb tag's. WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-The president yesterday Issued the annual Thanksgiving proclamation, in- which he points out the steady growth of the nation in atrength, worldly power, wealth -and population, and that our average of individual comfort and well being Is higher than that of any other country In the world. . For this, he- declares, Americans owe It to the Almighty to show equal progress In moral and spiritual tl.lnga. The proclamation follows: By the President . of the United States of America:- A Proclamation Once again the aeason is at hand when according to the ancient custom of cur people It becomes the duty of the president to appoint a day of prayor and of thanksgiving to Ood. Year bv year this nation grows in sirengin and worldly power. Ihjrlng the century and a quarter that haa- elapsed since our entry Into tho circle of Independent peoples we have yrown and prospered In material things to a degree never known before and not now known in any other country. The thirteen colonies which struggled along the seacoast of the Atlantic and were hemmed In but a feK miles west of tid water by the Indian. haunted wilderness have been transformed Into the mightiest republic which the .wcrld' has ever seeru. Its domains stretch at res the continent from one to the other of the great oceans and extends into the - artic ai..l tropical realms. The growth In, wealth and popula tion has surpassed even the growth . In territory. Nowhere else . In the world is the average of individual comfort and ma terial well being as high as in our for tunate land. For the very reason that In material well being we have thus abounded, we owe to the Almighty to show equal progresa In moral and spiritual things; With a nation as with individuals who make up a nation. material well being is an indispensible foundation, but the foundation availa noth ing by Itself. That life is wasted and worse than wasted which is spent in piling, heap on heap, those things which minister merely to the pleasure of the. body and the power that rests only on wealth, upon material well being as a foundation must be raised the structure of the lofty life of the spirit BELLEVUE COLLEGE SOCIETIES Stadenta Debate Proposition ef Trans ferring- the Institution to Omaha. Phllomathean Literary society of Belle vue college met Friday evening. The so ciety was called together an hour late that the rally for the Hastings foot ball game of Saturday might have all present. The roll call was answered by current events. A recitation was given by Hamar J. Ad rock. The Mandolin club gave a selection and then tho floor was given to debate upon the question, "Resolved that Belie vue college should be moved to Omaha." Affirmative-Donald Enfield, MIks Al berta O'Kane. Negative George Graham, Miss Davis. A short parliamentary drill was used to close the meeting. The Sophomore Debating club met Wed nesday night. Question, "Resolved that there should be a national Income tax." Affirmative Robert Warner, George Racely, . Negative Mr. Mercer, Edward Hansen. The question was then thrown open to discussion and the meeting closed by ten minute, of parliamentary drill. The young Woman's Debating club met Friday night. The question, "Resolved that the United States will perish as all other republics and great nations have In the past." Affirmative Miss Mortensen, Miss Fow ler, Miss Glllan. Negative Miss Flndley, Miss Hayward, Miss Brown. MORGAN HAS A LIVELY BOUT Urothers Whom He Attempt. to Arrest Stnrt In to Clean Officer Ont. Emergency Officer Morgan of the police force had an encounter last night with two men at 2631 Capitol avenue which will go down In police tradition as one of the fights of the year. Two men. said to be brothers, by the name of Klser, occupy the basement at this address, and a complaint was made that they were creating a disturbance. Officer Morgan went to the scene on a motorcycle, and when he announced him self as a police officer the two brothers announced their Intention of throwing him out. One of the men, who Is large and heavy, grabbed him with the evident Intention of holding him while the other and smaller one proceeded to beat him up. Morgan Is a professional wrestler. He broke tho hold and landed on the larger of the men on the point of the Jaw. This gave him a second's respite, during which he drew hU club and waded in. Eaoh man whs knocked down several times, but ench came up 'agnln ready for fight. Finally both wero stretched on the fluor and Morsan went to the nearest patrol box to call the wagon. While he was on this errand the men recovered sufficiently to tnulte their escape and at a late hour last night had not been apprehended. It Is expected, however, that they will be picked up within a short time and then they will have a variety of charges to face. Officer Morgan came out of the melre without a scratch, but it is said that his two opponents are . radly in need of the services of a physician. Are Yon Only teajr Alive f People with kidney trouble are sa Weak and exhausted that they are only half alive. Foley'. Kidney Remedy makes healthy kidneys, restores lost vitality and waak. delicate people are restored to health. Refuse any but Foley's, 8old by all druggists. . 'S GEORGE GREENES BAND WINS Secure. '. Contract for Furnishing Music (or the National Corn Kxaosltlon. With competition from some of the best known bands in the United States, George Green has secured the contract for fur nishing U music at the National Corn ex position, to be held in Omaha December S to 19. Mr. Green's band Is becoming ono of the best known bands In the country If this nation Is properly to fulfil Its great and several times he has won first honors AUTOMOBILE MEN ORGANIZE Drivers and . Machinist. Form i Association for Mntaal Beneflt. More than fifty automobile driver, and mechanic, met last night at the Paxton Mitchell garage. Twenty-fourth and Harney atreeta, for the purpose of forming the Nebraska Association of Automobile Driv ers. Several chaffeur. In Omaha and nearby town have for sometime entertained the idea of forming auch an association and at the request of a number of these A. Schults called the meeting last night The object of the association la to advance the mutual interests of automobile owners and drlvera, enhancing the general good will. Increasing the standard of ability and efficiency and by making available to all the best literature and authorities on the subject of automobile, and automobile mechanics. A permanent organisation wa. effected and the following officer, elected: A. Schults, prealdent; Charle. Crawford, vice president; Gus Rudolph, recording secre tary; Robert Melvln, financial secretary and treasurer. Committee on by laws, Frank Decker, James Fulton, H. W. pope, A. Schults. Sidney Doherty, Arthur Noak and Orr Mitchell. C. E. Clark of the machinist, union de livered an address on the benefits which accrue from organisation and association Another meeting will be held next Satur day night when further plans will be made for the good of the association. At this time other representative, of the machin ist, union will be present and will address the meeting. It 1. expected that m .octal feature will be added to the organisation r vi that It will be extedded to Include other town, in the state where there are automobile owner, aod driver. A Brook (or Liter r from etemavh. liver and kidney trouble la made when a SSc box of Dr. King's New Ufa PHI la bought. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. mission and to accomplish all that we so arcientiy nope and desire. The things of tho body are good; the things of the Intellect better; but best of all are -the things of the soul; for In the nation as In the individual. In the long run It Is character that counts. Iet us there fore as a people set our faces resolutely against evil and with broad charity, with kindliness and good will toward ail men, but with unflinching determination to smite down wrong, strive with all the strength thst is given us for righteousness In public and private life. Now. Therefore, I. Theodore Roose velt, president of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and rrayer, and on that day I recommend that the peole shall cease from their daily work, and in their homea or in their churches meet devoutly to thank the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have re ceived In the past, and to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to deserve a consideration of these blessings In the future. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my- hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this Thirty-first day of October, In the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and eight, and of the Independence - of the United States the one hundred and thirty third. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the Prealdent. Alvey A. Adee, acting secretary of atate. TRIBUTE OF AN OLD FRIEND JeaTerle Wa. ' Well l.iked HI Old Homo mm In the New. In in competition with some of the best. Both Ellcry and Inncs bid for the corn show contract. F. W. CORLISS Rocommonds OSCAR J. PICEXARD For County Commissioner In recommending: Oscar Pickard for County Commissioner for the 3d District, win say that I have known Mr. Pickard for the last twenty-five years. His unquestioned Integrity and good and honest business qualities is what thn taxpayers want In guarding their interests In spending the large amount of County money, to be expended for a Court House, and other extra Improve ments. He has never been mixed up with any questionable transaction, either in business or politics. This Is not a political office and should not be run as such, as all parties pay their share of taxes. His record was easily obtained, for he was born In the City of Omaha, and always lived in Douglas County. A man should be Judged a great deal by the business he Is In and the way he conducts It for himself. If he Is too greedy for money, he is not safe. The temptations are great with the officers of County, City and 8tate when they have large sums of public money to spend. Some men and officers of very good reputation think It not a sin to, I might say. steal from a City County or State. ' . From my long experience in public life, and the great Interest I hate In the welfare of Douglas County, I recommend Mr, Pickard as- the safest and best man to elect as County Commissioner of the Third District at this time. Oct. 30th, 1908. F. W. CORLISS, Ex-County Commissioner. 0 JutBBKtM 1 Hedley Baldwin of Mattoon. III., boyhood friend to A. W. Jefferl and later hi. room mate at the University of Michigan paid a fine tribute to Mr. Jefferl. while In Omaha Friday when he said! 'A. W. Jefferls was born in the beautiful county of Chester on the sunny aide of the Alleghany mountain. In Pennsylvania. 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