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THE BEE: OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1010. 'rite eTNUn.v daily utz. FOUNDED BT CUWARU ROUK WATER. VICTOR. ROSKWATKR, ED1TOK. Kntered at Omaha pdetoffice as second class matter. TfcRMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. I 'ally Uee (Including ynnday), per weekL l'mly Uea (without Sunday!, per week..!; liaily ilea (w ithoutfiindeyl. una ar..4 l uaily bea anil 8incJw one J"ar DlSrLlVUIlKl.); BY -CARRIER Evening see iwlthoSt unlay. prk Ic Kvenuiy liea w Itn ilYirtay, per week.lOc Sunday .. 6ee, one )mI t?o tjatutoay Hee, una yar 1 Aildre.,a all complaints of Irregularities In delivery jp City Circulation Department. OFFICIOS. (WiiH-The bee Building. riWHh Omalie--Twent,y-'otirth and N. Council Uluffs 16 Bcott Mtreet, Lincoln all kittle Building. t hicago-154,J.ariuette Wulldltig. New York-itwoma 1101-11W No. 24 Weat Triiii -tnlrd Street. ... Washington;.: Fourteenth Street, N. VV. CORRESPON DKNCK. Communlcatiima relating to nee a and ed itorial matter ahoulii be addreaeed: Oinalia iiee, Kdi tonal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft., xprea or poetal order pavanle to "fne line I'ubllshlng Compaoy. unlv 2-cent stamps ecwved in payment or mail account. Iermj checks esvept on U rniih a, a n dja e e r.ij . e cii a nge nut accepted. .T-VLTEXST "off CI RCU UAT ION. Hate of Nebraska, Uouglas County, ss.: Ueorge B. Xsschuck. treaaurar of 1" Bea .jL'tuiUyhlnic Company, being ,u'' awrii, , HiaTtn actual number of full and-- romplete copies of The Dally. Morn lii. Evening and. Sunday Bea printed dur kng.tba.n'oiitli of August. W10, we aa fol low a: l..,......4a,67( I. ...41,490' Im r.-.-.: .42,470 .44,700 .43,480 .3,30 .43,000 .40,100 .43,440 It.. It.. 10.. II., IX.. 4. .a,tio - . , , 4a,soo 4 .. 43,540 T 40,000 s...v-;.:4a,80o ,.49,830 It ....42,730 13 43,880 tl 4S.400 J. , .43,300 , .43,40 ,.43,40 , .40,100 , .43.8S0 . .43,440 , .43,890 II... It .48,780 .48,040 .40,730 .3,8U0 .43,8C ; .43,100 14 It Total Returned Copies ,l,38J,yaO 14,887 , N at Total. ... i ... . Dally Average. . .'. ,115,443 48,438 CJEOROK B TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. . tSufiscrlbeil In ray preaence and morn to before me thia lat day of September, 191U, . id. B. WALKER, .( s , Notary Pubin ..- . .- Subscribers leaTlaa tfea city ttim porarllr ehoald ' katt Tha Ilea mailed Item, Addreaa will ba ,-haaed aa often aa recreated. ' Collector Loeb has forced the cus tom of tveiry woman paying up. Houston favors placing peroxide on the i free - list. Oh, you red-haired beaut!.' "'.''" ".' '. '"' "' tiood niorphiS, find any money In your oysters? .Is a popular greeting in Baltimore. , - . Georgians hofle. lo aee Hoke Smith president. Let them hope, it will do them good. . A lame wstnaiv wquld have as much chance In a hobble skirt as a lamb would to kill a butcher. ' Now, let us Bee if those luxurious importations fall off, since our fair onea have to pay the freight. A Kansas man spoke kindly of Uncle Joe the other day. , Look out fox Greeks bearing gifts, Mr. Speaker. One llkeB 'to 'Hear "William Barnes, Jr., talk about "preserving the tradt tlons of tho party,'" It Is' so funny. " 'J - l: i The meeting between Samson and (he president of the Baraca union pro duced a shower, of sparks, if nothing else. Lillian Russell, In her "Search for a Sinner," may not meet with the same difficulty that beset qld piogenes in his famous hunt. ' The democrats,' are asking each other to And the source of Inspiration In the Maine election, certain It is there somewhere. Bob Lorraine, actor, flew across the Irish sea. But Bob Chanler, artist got atranded when he attempted to, sail the sea of matrlmopy. I Mr. Sibley, whose health would not permit him to undergo the excitement of a campaign le.be any better under this new excitement ; "Looking Ahead With Champ Clark. Vis the-subject of an editorial . , In a. Washington .paper. . Sound lik i '"Down the Line With John Henry." ., - '"- I Now that Jttl ChTrago doctor has exposfdJttBkfcany peril of mino pie nrl ' ho 'hPI na R-a Wnnrlar ttiat V , r England Vhaa v no1 been depopulated " Tke Washington Herald says: "It is ""only fa to"say thai, the Payne tariff bill has'decreased consumption." Well, that Is one more result than it was "expected to accomplish but then every little' helps tar this war against the white plague! TV ' ' . Cardinal Vannutelll will have a reg ular Roosevelt tlru when he comes to t)maha. If the prograjoi arranged la carried out In detalf." He will also find that tho Interests of th reat church he represents aft iciost extensive here and tha; one dayVin not glve'hlm time to closely inspor them all. . In Houston. -rTsiU) they photograph couples spooning in Ine postotfice, ss a means of . breaking up this practice. And yet TVxaa "hoaa pi Jts free, un trainmeled 'democracy. It only larks now for the' stats lijlslature' to, pre scribe the method by which apooners may spoot. -What is a poit office build ing for, any avT Iowa Railroad Earnings. In pressing their, claims Xor higher rates on the ground '.'that Increased wages and cost of operation have cut down net earnings, railroads will do well to go to other states than Iowa for their material for argument. The records la Iowa do not show the facts as they state, them. It would be in teresting to know just how the reports in Iowa compare with those of other states, too. The thirty-second annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa for the year ending December 1909, Is Just out, and according to Its table of revenues for every year since, 1878, the net earnings keep pace very well with the gross earnings, in fact they show a gain as between 1908 and 1909 for Instance, both In the ag gregate and. per mile and at tbe-same time, astonishing as It may seera, thei average dally wage paid to employes was less In 1909 than In 1908. It is Important to" know this, 'Inasmuch as the railroads have based their whole case upon the facts Involved. Gross and net earnings alike reached their maximum in Iowa In 1907,. when they were respectively, 172,826,331 and $21,713,954. and like wise the bet earnings . per mile, which were $2,211, were greater that year than ever before or since. But so was everything else In the business line greater in 1907.' Earnings of nearly all kinds reached their climax just be fore the financial atrlngency, so that It is not a fair test to use the figures of 1907 In the rallrcad or any other business as the average or as reason able standards. But since 1907 in Iowa gross and net earnings .have been going up, while wages of railroad employes, from a percentage stand point, have gone down. In 1908 the railroads of Iowa had gross earnings of $67,748,279 and net earnings of $18,257,251, or net earnings per mile to road of $1,837. in 1909 these fig ures stood: Gross earnings, $69,405,- 318; net earning, $18,731,440,' and net per mile, $1,S97, a consistent gain all the way through. .On the other hand, in 1908 the railroads of Iowa had 89,833 employes at an aggregate compensation of $29,043,622, or an average dally wage of $2.33, while in 1909 they bad 44.910 employes at a Combined compensation of $29,456,- 772, or an average daily wage of $2.22, a decrease of 11 cents a day to the man. ,,The board, in Its report. says: , "The state of Iowa was the pioneer in fixing rates within state limits. . For twenty years and more the'jgeople of -the state nave ooen ea joying" much .lower local rates than any adjoining states?'-' And again: "The records of this board show that for years It has been lower ing rates within Iowa." This being the , esse, the railroads cabhot eliminate Iowa from"1 sncfal consideration. ' In fact, the weight of argument It against their contention, for If they can consistently maintain Increased gross and net earnings on a diminishing scale of lates, it ougnt to follow that they could maintain rea sonable revenues in states where rates are not as low as they are in Iowa. Bryan, the Bogey Man. Eastern democrats, dreaming of vic tory, are shocked, by the nightmare of Bryan's threat to "come back." Vainly, they imagined they- were rid of this bogey man. -Happily, they flattered themselves with the belief that the day of the "old guard', had returned, that by thrice chastising this "hobble skirt of democracy," as the Public Ledger calls him, they had spurned him into obedience, or at least submission. But suddenly they awakened and as show ing how badly alarmed they are, let this excerpt rfom an editorial in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, under the significant caption, "Ominous," testify:' : The thrilling; bugle call from Maine. which hna ha the affect of mlffenlne; the backbone of real democrata, of lifting them up. of reaagurlng- them, after a sea- aon of black doubt, that they are heirs to a great hlator:c party that haa borne It ahare In tha BtrugRlea of the republic, la now mingled with a weird, diacordant 'harsh aroan. suggetle of sudneaa, defeat deapair. Bryan la bobbing up. Bryan, peerleaa aa a Jonah, wizard In fetch ng defeat, champion partv destroyer, prince of all the powera and people that Invite and compel d'struat, g rest en t ex pert in economic guesswork.' monopollMt of "Isms " the hobble skirt of democracy- Bryan wants to "come back." Well may these, old" line democrats be alarmed; well may the east fear the bogey man, Bryan. Tbey are no more rid of him today-than they were, when in 1900, he rose, Pfceenlx-llke. from the ashes of-a most overwhelming de feat, and had himself 'nominated for a second timv. They' are no more rid of him than' they were when, 11908, after a lapse of four years, he came again and forced his nomination as the party's candidate for president Tenacity, which is inborn in Mr. Bryan deepens with each recurring defeat,' so that it has now attained a depth that well might provoke fears in the 'enemy's country." "Instead of belnr chastened by the three -chastisements administered by his rarty, this "Peer less Leader" baa bvn but driven to more intense' determination to "rule or ruin" the party Ihat,.. has refused to have him for its actual leader the old democracy. . ..- Democrats may gala4heir little .local victories here, and thexe and. bald their feeble hurrahs,. UuUthijy da not .know Mr. Bryan if they think they are through with' him.. Foi that ntaHer, they have his own word that he pro poses to stay in polltlca and in the democratic party as lonl as he ves. This picture the Publ) Ledger L has drawn Is true to life; ' ut likeness is striking' and , even ..to' unselfish; i re- a picture of pathetic Triumph of Janice. "Get the man higher up," has been Ihe cry of the people every time the government has undeitaken the prose cution of large corporations. This cry Is met, completely and aecurely, in the conviction and sentence of Charles It. IleiVe, former secretary and treas urer of the American Sugar Refining company, known as the Sugar trust. Helke's ssntence to the New York penitentiary, in addition to a fine of $5,000, is the climax of a distinguished triumph of Justice, coming after the conviction and sentence of men of less magnitude In the company's employ. It not only proves the good faith and determination of the national adminis tration to go to the very bottom of these criminal charges, without refer- tnce to persona or Interests, but It de monstrates the power of the govern ment to enforce law and punish law breakers when such enforcement Is en trusted to fearless and able authority, whether the violators of the law are malefactors of great wealth or im pecunious crooks. But what Is of ad ditional import is the fact that before the government secured the conviction and imprisonment of all these men, it secured the return to Its treasury of more than $2,000,000, which they stole through their skillful frauds. The Taft administration has shown the people, better than it could tell them, what its attitude is toward high crime. The lesson is thorough and most impressive. It will stand In the minds and memory of the people for a long time. Its effect must be salu tary. The chief instrument of the ad ministration employed in bringing these prosecutions to a head. Collec tor Loeb, it is Interesting to note. Is also the public servant who is working such great transformation in the sys tem of -collecting-customs duties at the port of New York, giving the coun try another substantial demonstration of what a strong and fearless admin istration of law can do when it shuts Its eyes to every 'constdertton except doing its duty. Truck Gardens for the West. The suggestion of George L. Mc Donaugh of the Union Pacific Bureau of Land that Omaha will some day become the gateway to a vast truck farming country to the west, is, we believe, more Important than people have "yet "Wgun to realize. That Mr. McDonaush has the right of an expert opinioi on this subject goes without saying, because of bis Intimate knowl edge) of the west and Its resources. Irrigation and other agencies of land culture), n-nd conservation are being ex tenele)y -"Practiced in the west, and yet the' system is in Ha infancy. Its HataiTa", '-result is colonization, and we have only begun to colonize this vast erfl pi rev Nebraska. Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming, to say nothing of ail the other states further away frcm Omaha, have space on the best of soil for millions of settlers. When this space is occupied more thoroughly than it is today, when the land is sub divided more generally, when each family cultivates a small area and cul Urates it upon a scientific basis, then we shall see the fruition of this dream. Then we shall see Omaha, the natural Gate City, as the gateway to thia king dom of prodigious wealth, this land of many homes and small farms. Undoubtedly the greatest induce ment wh'ch this coi;n try holds out to the farmer of the future la that of truck farming. Opportunity for the greatest wealth la along that line. Omaia, with its excellent railroad fa cilities, connecting with every section of this great west and the east, will be within easy reach, freight rates and facilities of transportation will be im proved .and distance tbua annihilated. New roads today are being constructed all through thia country and others are being planned. But the truck farmer will not be obliged to depend solely on Omaha for hla market. There are Denver and hundreds of other smaller cities and towns to help out locally. The main export center, of course, will be Omaha, for it is but one step from this city to Chicago, St. Louis and other larger cities. It is not Imaginative at all to per ceive such conditions just ahead of us and when they ' come, added to the great stock raising and grain produc ing resources, our wealth will mount to such proportions that we shall won der how we ever retarded the progress i so long. .A Minneapolis editor said in an In terview in New York that the "con servation congress" was the source of much amusement to the people of the! northwest, who knew of Its inside manipulation. It was amusing and also disgusting to people of other portions of the country, too. It proved one thing that small bore politicians ought not undertake large things without admitting that tbey do it for their own personal ends. uaiveBton may Doast as it win about the economy and virtue of Its commis sion government plan, but when It come to downright science and economy In the conduct of a munici pality, commend us to Rushvllle, 111., where, according to the Canton Regis ter, tht sexton of the graveyard this year raised enough oats In between the graves to feed the fire team for a whole year. , . If Colonel Roosevelt finds that Hearst really Is anxious to get in the fight' for titan politics in New York, he might tell him what General Sheri- publicans. It Is despair. dsn did an enthusiastic volunteer, who ssked ifbe could help win the bat tle: "The army reaches for a mile, and there Is d d good fighting all along the line. You may get In wherever you wish." Resorting to technicalities to evade the performance of a public duty Is not a new move on the part of a rail road company, but has been the tsctl cat course for years. If the residents of the west end will only be patient the viaduct on Dodge street will be built In time, but the Missouri Pacific is not graining any local popularity by its course. The Washington Star thinks the fre quency with which Mr. Brysn re iterates hia determination not to run for the presidency In 1912, makes it sound like he is trying to tempt some body to come forward and persuade him. But when the time comes. If he takes the notion he will run. per suasion or not. He moves with the spirit. " The rate Inquiry at Chicago has taken a turn that will not please some of the high financiers if it is pursued. When the people understand really the modus operandi of Inflating stock and bond issues to become a burden on the public with no benefit returned, the effort to increase rates for service will find even less favor. Omaha will not be permitted to en tertain the Nebraska National Guard because there is no fund provided for the maintenance of the boys while In camp here. At any rate, Ak-Sar-Ben showed his good will In the invitation, and some day the state may be able to give the citizens a glimpse of their own army. The governor of Iowa Is now en gaged in clearing himself of a criminal charge, the result of misdirected teal in dealing with another state official. The case is valuable only as showing that temperance in, utterance Is just as essential as temperance in other things in this life. One of Nebraska's live stock experts notes , a great improvement in the quality of cattle exhibited at western fairs. It would be cause for comment if such Improvement were not notice able after the efforts made by various influences to induce farmers to better their condition. One or two more collisions in the railroad yards at the UnVon depot may result in the removal of the spite fence and the construction of some badly needed tracks. Mark) Train la Threa Line. Washington Post Nothing aeems ao good for sn Amer ican's business' optlmiam as a European tour.' ''-; ' Raano Old Eaperleaee. At. IxHiis Globe-Democrat. Tenneeiee waa the last state to pass a prohibition law, and admits that It haa had the uaual experience of finding that pro hibition does not prohibit. Wladom of an F.arly Decline. Plttuburr Dispatch. Hale and Aldrfch are In a position to re flect with calm pleasure on the superior Judlclousneea of declining a re-election rather than leaving the people who do the electing to decline. Comlnar l.eaaon for Conarreee. Baltimore American. When congress meets again Its members will find hotel and boarding rates higher. This will be an argument against the In creased price of living, which, by Its agon ising presaure on the pocket nerve, may bring them into sympathetic touch with the rest of the country. IMajrlaa; -Both Sides. Brooklyn Eagle. H. H. Vreeland's testimony In the New York Investigation that the corporationa pay money to all partlea and to almost all candidates la simply cumulative though It appears to be regarded aa startling. Cor porationa In politics are board and lodging to many politicians, and pity It Is that they are not washing, too, 4 a l'u gallant Uoabter. t'ahrleaton Newa and Courier. The Associated Press breaks one of Its most stringent rules by sending out from Waahlngton a "human Interest" atory about a goat swallowing a tit bill which a woman had Juat drawn from the bank to purchase a new fall hat. We do not believe a word of It. No woman with a bank account ever bought a hat for $10. Heiuonatra tlon of Popalarltr. New York Tribune. With 50 per cent of the republican voters of New Jersey expressing on primary elec tion ballots their preference for United States senator, lu spite uf the facts that such exptesaions had no mandatory or bind ing force and that several of the Influential party leaders In the state exerted all their power to dissuade voters from so doing, we should say that the popularity of the pri mary system in that atale was pretty well demonstrated. Our Birthday Book number 81, It 10. John, ioudoa Macadam, whose name la perpetuated In our pavements, waa born September 21. lToC. In Ayre. Scotland. He was an engineer by profession and was In thia country during the American revo lution. He projected his system of road making In lMrt. refualng to take out a pat ent on It or to receive any remuneration beyond payment of the exenae of his per sonal auuervlslon In the building. fcilas Garber, former governor of .Ne braska, was born September 21. 1S33, in Ohio, snd died Jsnuary 1J. 1906. He came t Nebraska in 1HT0 and was a member of the leglalature before being elected gov ernor. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Con stitution, waa born September il. lto3, In South Carolina.. He succeeded Henry F. Grady In charge of the' paper snd has achieved a reputation as sn orator aa well aa an editor. ThniMI W U I )) imiitnl',fl k a n .... .4 , , ..... ! bv tha street railway Cflmiiinv. la rlhra. Ing hia seventieth birthday today. He was born In England and was brought to this country by his parents when t ytara old. He haa been In hla present position fur twenty-two years. Army Gossip Mature af xaterest Oa aa Back of tha a-lrU Lisa Oleaaet fraaa the A nay am sTary Baflater. The annual romplalnta agalnat detail of officers on detached duty are being received In the reports of department commandera. This matter haa been moat thoroughly ex ploited and every available argument used to convince the house military committee of tha necessity of the increase, if the house military committee continues In the same frame of mind expressed during the last two aesalona of congress. It Is doubt ful If favorable action will be taken on this meritorious measure. The complaints of those who have to struggle alone with commands not sufficiently officered will receive about the aame attention as In the past. No effort will be mada by the War de partment to have reversed the decision made by the comptroller that deposits made by enlisted men of the army and of course those of the enlisted men of the navy and marine corps are subject to draft by the government, when a depositor, upon final settlement, Is found to be In debt to the t'nlted States. Soma consideration has been given to the effect of this decision In the light of the long-standing policy that the deposits were not subject to sucli a levy. The comptroller's office la firm In Its be lief that congreas merely Intended by Its legislation to protect the deposit from draft to meet other than government obli gations. It Is fully recogn ted, however, that when an enlisted man owes the gov ernment and haa money on deposit with the governmert drawing Interest, It la only reasonable to take the occasion to obtain the money. The War department haa given Its ap proval to a special course of Instruction In military art for selected field offlcera to be given at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for about ten and one-half weeks, beginning January 9, 1911. On account of the necessity of economising the mileage fund and bf keep ing field oflcera with their regiments, the number detailed will probably not exceed ten or twelve, and In order to avoid over crowding quartera, bachelor quarters will be assigned them snd the officers detailed will be Instructed to leave their families at their permanent stations and to come to Fort Leavenworth unaccompanied by other impedimenta than trunka and bedding rolls. The course will be a valuable one, crowding Into a short period the best of the tactical Inatructlon given In the army school of the line, Including map problems, tactical rides, and the war game. There are indications that the War department will be flooded with applicationa for this desirable detail. It has been expected that by this time It would be possible to lengthen the period during which regiments returning from the tropical service might remain In the United States. It has been considered that this period should be four years before the com mands again proceed to the Philippine is lands. The military authorities entertain the belief that such a tour In the Unitod States is none to long to recover from the enervating effects of tropical service, es pecially when the great majority of our cavalry and Infantry officers have spent more than one-half of their services since 1898 outside of the continental limits of the United States. The Thirteenth infantry re turned to the United Statea In October, 1907, and the probabilities are that It will not sail for the Philippines before April of 1911. In the case of the Twenty-fourth snd Sec ond regiments of Infantry, the former re turned In March and the latter in May of 190 and will probably go to the Philippines In June and July of 1911, respectively. It will, therefore, be some time before there Is an adjustment of the alternating periods at home and abroad to increase the tour In the United States to four years. The report of Brigadier General E. A. Oarltngton, Inspector general of the army, for the last flacal year forolbly brings out the dire effecta of the absence of so many line officers from their commands. - He quotes the inspection reports of his offi cers In this connection. Colonel J. L. Chamberlain, Inspector general of the Philippine division, commenting upon the lack of instruction and consequent lack of efficiency of the troops In the Philippines, says: "The second cause Is abaence of captains from their oommands, and this I believe to be the most fruitful source of professional disease In the line of the army today." Lieutenant Colonel F. H. French, Inspector general of the department of Texas, invites attention to the fact that the first battalion of the Flrat field artillery, when under orders for Philippine service, had no field officer on duty with It and that all battterlea were commanded by lieuten ants, one of them by a second lieutenant of less than two years' service, whose rec ord shows no military training prior to his being commissioned. General Qarlington says that It la evident that, unless, some thing Is done to remedy the condition which deprives the troops to so great an extent of the benefit of the presaure and expe rience of their officers, results of a disas trous nature muat sooner or later be real ised. MONSTER CROPS OF ltIO. eeeat l.arest Grata Oatpat oa v Record. Chicago Inter Ocean. With 4.800,000.000 bushels of grain In sight In the crops of 1910. Uncle Bam need have little fear of starvation before the cropa of 1911 are garnered Into the nation's barns. With one exception the prospective grain crop will be the largest on record for the United States, according to the government crop estimate for September, which have Just been laaued. In 1906 we harvested a total of t,MI9, 000,000 bushels of wheat, cotn, oats, rye and barley. In 1909 the total was 4,719,441,000 bushels. Of chief Interest because It fixes the price cf the staff of life Is the improve ment In the wheat crop which Is shown by the August record. At the end of July the spring wheat had been badly scorched in the northwest and the loaa In June in the northwestern statea had threatened to send bread prlcea soaring during the winter. The August rains, however, saved much and the government's experts figure that the August Improvement sdded 7,000,000 bushels to the prospective crop. The total crop of JlS.OuO.OOO bushels will still be more then 7Z.O00.O00 bushels short of laat year's The winter wheat crop for the year totaled 4jS.0O0.0u0 bushels, against 44A.364. 000 for Wi. making the total wheat crop for 1910 Just 676.01X1,000 bushels s, a loas of' r as uaual I 61.000.ai0 from last year'a total The biggest crop of the yea will be that of corn. Of thia cereal the nation's barns will hold the stupendous total of 2.896,000,000 bushels, mors than thirty buahels for each of us 90.000.0o0. This crop suffered a slight loss In Augual. the decrease totaling about 44,000,000 buahels. The biggest corn atatea Illlnola and Iowa however, showed slight tncreaaea. The prospective crop In Illlnola la 365.02.000 1 bushelv. sgainst the August estimate of j 346,911.000 buahels; in lows, Bl.813.Oi0 bus-elf, agalntt an Auguat estimate of 103,232.000. I The greatest lose in tha corn crop fell lo Ohio, which suffered a decrease of 22.000.- I 000 bushels for the month. Indiana lust j k.OiCOuO buahela, thanka to'unaeaaonable j weather. The oat crop w ill be the largest oa ws I ord The feptembsr estimate makes It total I.Otn.OOP.om bushels, and the experts say that probably when the October figures come out they will exceed this smount. This total la S8.000.0n0 In excess of the figurea for 190 snd X38.O0P.O0O buslieU over the iws totals. Here ertaln Illinois and Iowa are In tha lead, with yields of M, ttf.OOO and ltt.stAOOO bushels, respectively. Iowa's Improvement for August was almost 10.000,000 bushels, while Illinois gained 7.000. 00 bushels. The barley crop lost about on.no0 bushels In August, an almost negligible decrease, tor the September estimate la 1S2.OrO.000 bushels. last year It was lT0.tP4.00O.ofl1 bushels. The ry crop, .which haa been harveted, totaled K.OSD.OOO bushels, agalnat S.XV.OoO bushels In 190!. All hall to the farmer whose industry thui not only feeds this nation, but must help to feed the hungry peoples of all the world! HARVEST OF FOLLY. aapreaalTe Revolt Agalnat Samptaarr I.raialatloa. St. Louis Olobe-Democrat (rep ). Prohibition, turned more votes against Governor Fernald of Maine than any other rlngle question. For many ears prohibi tion has been a dead weight round the neck of the republican party of that state. Maine Invented prohibition. When that fad first began to be mentioned outside that state It whs popularly called the "Maine law." It has been on the books there for nearly two generations. But In the larger cities of the state It was never enforced, and never can be enforced. It has never been enforced In large towns anywhere, Statute after statute haa been passed to strengthen the hands of the law admin- Istrators In the hope of making prohibi tion effective, the latest of these being the Btursis act. All were vain. Although public sentiment throughout Maine has long demanded a full and free vote of the people on prohibition, this aspiration haa been denied by the Inner circle of the republican party, republicans as well ss democrats have asked for the resubmission of the prohibition amendment to the stste constitution, but this wish has always been defeated. The republican ma chine haa obstinately and blindly clung to this impossible exclusion policy. Bill sfter bill in the Interest of liberalism and prac tlcallsm on the liquor Issue have been vetoed by republican governors. Fernald killed a measure of this sort a year ago. One of the results of the democretlo rev olution In Maine will be that the people of the state will be permitted to express their sentiments on prohibition as a state wide policy. The result of this coming plebiscite can be stated beforehand with posltlveness. The prohibition which at tempts to spread Itself over hostile ss well aa friendly communities will be abol ished, and enforclble measure, either con stitutional or statutory, will be enacted, giving counties or towns tha privilege, In dependently, of admitting Intoxicants un der proper restraints through license and surveillance, or of excluding them. A large element of the republican party Is sgainst the continuance of the state-wide prohibi tion farce. With a sensible and practicable local option act on the books the republi cans will be emancipated from all connec tion with this antiquated hypocrisy, and they will soon regain their control of the state. A TV EXCELLENT COMMISSION. Iaqalrr lato Stock and Bond laaaea of Camiaoa Carrlera. Harper's Weekly. Two economists, two lawyers and a banker that seems a sensible composition for the national commission on the stock and bond issues -of common . carriers engaged In In terstate commerce. When, moreover, It la known that the two economists, President Hadley of Yale and Prof. Meyer of Wis consin, have both specialized on railways and made themselves authorities In that field; that the two lawyers, Mr. Frederick N. Judson of St. Louis, snd Mr. Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, have both distinguished themselves In railway litigation; and that the banker, Mr. Frederick Strauss of New York, ts slso a student of economics, one feels that President Taft's selection Is pretty nearly ideal. Borne of us may have misgivings at seeing so many new torn mluslons set up. and so much governmental work turned over to them at the constant Increase of governmental machinery and the steady widening of the scope of govern mental activity. But that tendency seems at present too strong to resist, and the only thing ws can Insist upon Is that all this new work which the government Is un dertaking shall be given to the best men available. In fact respect for President Taft Is doing very -well indeed so well that most of his appointments command the Instant approval of both parties and of the whole country. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION There are three parties to a telephone call the person making the call, the person called and the Telephone Com pany. These three must co-operate if the most effective ser vice is to be given. You can assist us by Consulting the directory to be sure you have the correct number memory plays tricks. fly speaking directly Into the transmitter In a clear, distinct voice. Ity separating the figures of the telephone number when calling; fur example, Douglas 1234, Douglas one-two-three-four. I By correcting the operator li she repeats the number Incorrectly. By moving the receiver hook slowly up and down three or four time if the operator does not answer promptly. By saving much time by Identifying yourself when answering, as, "John Smith talking," Instead of saying, "Hello," and causing unnecessary delay. No mechanical device can ever take the place of human Ingenuity in telephone service; a central operator is a vital part of telephone equipment. il J!v NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY. 1 I Ct )J A. F. McADAMS, Loci! Marnier. fi r ' ORIENTAL RUGS repaired and cleAued by the expert A rnienian hand mad handkerchiefs and lace works of all kinds; also a few choice" rugs for sale. J. I. TAM1NOSIAN "Phone Harney 1279. if PERSONAL NOTES. The largest nugget of truth that has come cut of Weehthgton since congress adjourned Is this: Not all the old fossils are In the Smithsonian institution. The application of Joseph Allen, a wealthy retired farmer of Weetcheeter, CV. a years old, for enlistment In the navy has been forwarded to the Navy department by Lieutenant Carlos Bran, recruiting of ficer at Cincinnati, O. The Connecticut democrats succeeded In enlisting "the scholar in politics" In their convention proceedings, this time. Wan ltOKcrs. who nominated Prof. Paldwin. Is head of the Yale law school, while Mayor Fisher, who opposed the nomination, Is a profcfsor at Wesleyan. It's forty years now since General Slew art U Woodford was the republican can didate for the New York governorship and John T. Hoffman, democrat, heat him. At T& the general la still practicing law, but he pampers himself to the extent of taking hla Saturday afternoon off. Ill-natured critics who Insist that this grest republic Is not a mualc-lovlng coun try have another guess coming. An Amer ican genius ha patented a musical at tachment for falaa.teeth. warranted to fill the arching cavity with sweet sounds when the ja are in operation. Mrs. Savala Vandaveer who haa lived in or near Montgomeiy, Ala., for M years, la the fortunate possessor or a very vaiuaiue jtelie the ax with which Abraham Lincoln Mjt rails while working for William Smith jn Gentry tounty .Indiana, nnen no s oniy a youth with no thought of the wonderful .future that waa to be hla , nity Tanner Is the name of a 6-year-old j Blri i og Angeles who Is known as "the human orchid." Everything about her is sterilised, even the house having been built on sterilned ground. She Is heiress to fc.'5,0ou,0oe. to it Is no doubt necessary thai he should live to grow up, as the money would otherwise go out of the family. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Ta " tald little ostend as he leaned out of the wlndt of tne amoker. why do tney put tnose bulldogs In the bag- ff&Kt) 4.1.1 ? ' on account of their grips, my son." responded pa, solemnly, and then tne train rolled on. Cnicago Newa "Homeward bound, eh?" "Yes " "You seem thoughtful. Thinking of the girl you left at the beach?" "No. I was thinking about those Is plunks." Kansas City Journal. "What kind of people arr your new neighbors?" , . . "1 don't know muoh about them, but they must be awful good mitured. They A e had the same cook, for almost two weeks. Baltimore American. , , Professor (returning horns from visiting) Aha! Your absent-minded husband Ulin t forget to Dring nonm ma umunim time. See! His Wife But. Henry, when you left home you didn't take an umbrella. Boston '1 lanacrlpt- , "That man who dropped from his air ship had hard luck." said the spectator. "Hard luck," reviled the. rival aviator: "he fell out a purpose so that he could reach the ground first and claim he had won the rata' Chicago Tribune. "Pop!" "Yes. my sort." "What ate the Middle Ages? Why, the middle ages, my boy. are the onea which, when the women reach they stop counting." Yonkers Statesman. "You will have the exclusive right lo this poem," said the poet to the editor. "That should have a strong tendency ti make me solid with all the other editors. " said the facetious molder of p. O. Cleveland Plain Dealer. . "The county fair management used to take pride In show In' the finest pumpkins an' sweet potatoes an', such that could Yeadreplid' sVr'mS"'cbrutosef. n. ""But we've got way past that. What We're after now Is the smsrtest svlstors an' the most surprisln' orators." Washington Star. AUTUMN. Ladia Mitchell In Columbia Magazine. Along the meadow's daisied rim, The verdure droops snd dies. The skies grow dsrk, the sun grows dim The aster stricken lies. Sodden and brown, the garden shows No flower to charm or cheer. While' every wind that westward blows Proclaims the autumn here. The roblna to their nests have fled in southern del and dale. A ...a V, ..... . I. IK. ,, .1.1.1a hrriwn 1a Lnd The storm call of the quail The beea to honeyed cells nave come. The fire fly shrinks In fear. Death waits so near", so near for soma, When autumn time is here. 'Neath skies of June, my heart was gay, 1 wandered far and free; Life's purpose to make holiday Where blossoms deck the lea. But there's a call in frost-filled air. And Duty's voice Is clear. I onward go to do and dare Which autumn time la here.