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The School Board's Financial Puzzle.
'. The work of the expert accountant
who has . just gone over the books,
finding a surplus available of $322,
918, instead of a supposed deficit of
about $80,000, makes the school
board's finances more of a puzzle
than ever. A correction In favor of
the taxpayers of a little discrepancy
of more than $400,000 would indeed
be welcome if it were real and could
be verified, but presumably most of
it is a question of bookkeeping
methods. If, in fact the school
board had on July 1 a credit baKace
of $332,918, then it would be inex
cusable and indefensible to Increase
the school tax levy 20 per cent for
next year as the board has done.
;l The conclusion Is unescapable
that a complete reorganization of
school board finances is imperative
with definite fixing of, tierschool's
fiscal year, and installation pi an ac
counting system that will enable a
person of average intelligence to as-,
certain at any time the exact condi
tion of. the school treasury, and the
relation between income and outgo.
If legislation is prerequisite to such
a new deal,1 a proper bill should be
carefully drawn and put through the
next legislature.
llksDay iii Omaha
CQMP&SJ&D FROM BtL.1 r
EEF0EM OF C0UET PROCEDURE
and Cost Will Be Provided.
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Judge Foster' crusade against the
"masher" will not evoke a recall. ,
Ruth Bryan's first husband has
again entered matrimony but Ruth
beat him to It.
For a bossless party, it is starting
out with an unusually large array of
bosses.;; :' -'
Took a lot, of beating of the bushes
to get' that 800 names on the Ne
braska bull mooaers petition.
I Talking about renominations, look
at' what T. R. haa dons for a lot of
his former selections for the Ananias
Better come in and be annexed, Mr.
Suburbanite, if you, want the benefit
of public institutions supported by
city taxes. '. ' . ,,'
the bum of the threshing machine
is the only noise that can be heard
above the sound of the growing corn
ii Nebraska. - .- , : ' ' v ".
The Vote in Vermont. ,
If the vote in Vermont has the
significance attributed to It by pop
ular consent, the republican party
has little to fear in the outcome of
the campaign. V Figures at hand show
that the total' vote polled will be
about 2 per cent heavier than that
of two years ago, not a phenomenal
increase, 'cOnsidertrfg. , the "Issues at
stake. The republican vote will be
about 3 per cent less than It was in
1910, while the democrats show a
small increase. ; The candidate for
governor on the republican ticket
has a plurality large enough to be
convincing' and conclusive in any
other state; but, lacking a majority
of the votes east, the election will
be thrown into, the legislature, which
is overwhelmingly republican.
la view of the eiuaurdluaT ef
forts, made by the bull moosers .to
get an endorsement in Vermont, the
vote certainly ,t gives them little oc
caslca for encouragement. Their
heaviest guns were fired there. No
other state will be more desperately
canvassed by the third-termers as
was this. Roosevelt, Plnchot, Oar
field, Llndsey, and all the host , of
speakers in that movement, were en
listed to swing Vermont from its re
publican moorings, yot without
avail. :
Now that Lincoln haa been to
Omaha, and Omaha has returned the
call, -maybe the 'i knockers will 'put
away their little hammers." ', '
- Between a plenitude of parties and
a plethora of platforms, the Ne
braska voter will be permitted some
perplexity at the polls this time.
Just hof the bull moosers in Ne
braska are going to attract democrats
to a ticket made up exclusively of
republicans, or former republicans,
is yet to develop. '
Nobody has yet called k John C.
Sprecher "the' stormy petrel of Ne
braska politics," but he has been
seen flitting over the top wave of
every political storm in this state for
many years. . . .
: Missouri moosers find themselves
in much the same fix as those of Ne
braska, the law requiring candidates
to be named at a primary. Laws are
very annoying when one wants to
"progress."
Mr. Bryan criticises President
Taft's use of the veto, remembering
probably that the president thereby
thwarted the democratic effort to de
stroy the civil service organization
of the government.
It was a convention without
"bosses," but Jasper L. McBrlen was
on band to see that no Innocent bull
moose went astray, and incidentally
to make all the motions needed to
put through the : prearranged pro
gram. ' -.v
' Bringing the pr.ice of tuition at
the local high school up to a figure
approximating the cost is a move
that will not be objected to. Pupils
from out of town should come In on
no better footing than the home
uoys and glrla. ,
When the governor has time to
spare from his campaigning, he will
give attention to the strange disease
that is killing so many valuable
horses In Nebraska. The disease is
spreading, and a vigorous quarantine
ought to be established against it.
Politics in the Wron Place.
Competition is the life of trade,
and it Is all right to have a little
rivalry at times between the sheriff's
crew and the police department, but
ordinarily what is wanted Is thor
ough co-operation of all the law-en
forcing authorities. Nothing Is to be
gained by having a sheriff lying
awake nights to think up some way
to. put one over the police, hoc by
having the police watching for the
sheriff's bunch to fall down. The
chief trouble seems to be that the
sheriff, being an elective officer, has
a lot of outstanding political obliga
tions which he is trying to pay oft,
and at the same time to lay wires for
support for re-election.
Safety for Railway Mail Clerks.
. Unless congress backs up In the In
terval the flimsy mall cars, need
lessly exposing the lives of clerks
now working in them, will be a thing
o! the past In less than five years
This is to be brought about by the
limitation Incorporated, in the new
postoffice appropriation bill prohibit'
Ing the postmaster general after
July 1, 1917, from approving, or al
lowing to be used, or paying for, any
car not constructed of steel, or steel
nnderframe, or equally Indiatructi-
ble material. ..
In order not to impose unnecessary
hardship , upon the railroads the
change is to be: brought about
gradually by replacement of each
railroad, beginning next year, of not
less than 25 per cent of present
wooden equipment in the mail serv
ice with new steel cars annually. The
postoffice requirements for mail cars
already include equipment with saat
tary drinking water containers and
toilet facilities, and regular and
thorough cleaning, so that before
long the life of the railway clerk
who spends at least a third of his
time on the road, will be more bear
able, it not entirely comfortable,- and
as safe as that of any one whose
duties require constant traveling by
rail. . xv.' ;:,;;;
One statement of the colonel's,
buried In the mass of his 18,000
word statement, is that he never was
a believer In limiting campaign con
tributions. This Is not in accord with
the sentiment of some of his follow
era, but it gives Pastor Perkins a
free hand. . , T
After the court proceedings are all
over, some curiosity may be par
doned as to the reason for bringing
a questionable character back from
Chicago and making such a stubborn
fight to get him on the pay roll as a
deputy sheriff. Why was it neces
sary to have Mm!
Why is It that every newly formed
society or organization wants to raise
the membership fees "as soon as the
association gets on its feet? Sky
rocketing club dues is one of the
important elements in the increased
cost of living.
Splits among the bull moosers In
Colorado, Iowa and Missouri do not
Indicate the unity of purpose that
actuates unselfish devotion to princi
ple above all personal profit.
Nebraska has only five constitu
tional amendments to vote up or
down in November, which, is a very
modest number compared with
Ohio's forty-two. : a
Still, that convict riot in the Mich
igan penitentiary does not make the
late troubles in the Nebraska , peni
tentiary look any better or brighter.
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Thirty Years Ago ,
General O. O. Howard, new commander
of the Department of the Platte, accom
panied by Lieutenant Guy C. Howard,
his wife and three children, arrived in
the city, and were met at the station by
officers of the staff. ,
A special on the1 Missouri Pacific
brought in A. A. Talmage, general man
ager; C. L. Dunham, division superin
tendent; J. L. Hemltt, superintendent -if
motive power: Millard Ballard, superin
tendent of telegraph, and a number , of
other general officers.
Crelghton college haa 160 students en
rolled, one-third of the number being new
names.
Charles Banket of the . Postal Tele
graph, who haa been .quite 111, is re
ported convalencent (
William -F". Stoetsel,' the hardware
man. Just received a patent from Wash
ington for an eaves trough hanger.
The river has fallen to feet 2 inches
above low water mark.
Mayor Boyd has made the following
police appointments: W. V. Armour, vice
Aleck Black, resigned; G. W. Churcn.
vice Milllam McCune, resigned; Hans P.
Rltter, vice Frank Kief fner, resigned;
Thomas Ruane, Joe Orandy, Peter Matza,
Patrick Hinchey,, P. F. Walker and A. T.
Slgwart . . i
A Jolly lawn party took place at the
residence of C. Gross on Sixteenth street
In receiving the guests Mrs. Gross Was
reoelved by Mrs. Wilbur and Mrs. Kallar-strass.
H. S. Cox entertained a party of, friends
at his new residence on Twenty-fifth
and Pierce streets, at a regular old-
fashioned house warming.
Twenty Years Ago '
At the Board of Education meeting
Irving F. Baxter, newly appointed attor
ney, was present to aid it over the legal
pitfalls. The committee on ' buildings
had recommended accepting a bid for
12,870 for Installing hot air heating in
Windsor and Saratoga schools, and Mr.
Spalding, president of the board, called
in W. N, Babcock to the chair, and
launched a heated opposition to the bid.
But the committee's recommendation was
adopted.
Edward Bosewater received word from
juempms, lenn., or me death there of
Barney Hughes, local manager in that
city of the Western Union. Both were
members of the Old Time Telegraphers'
association, Hughes having been an oper
ator for the confederacy when Mr. Rose-
water served In a similar capacity In the
federal army Hughes was a relative of
John A. Crelghton and had worked In
Omaha after the war
Labor day picnic was held at Syndi
cate park, where Chairman W B. Muster
presented Mayor Bemlt, General C H.
Van Wyck and D. Clem Peaver in turn,
who made speeches. A big street parade
preceded. - ';.'.' .-,
The Milwaukee railroad declared war
on ticket scalpers, the trouble growing
out of a cut rate made to Chicago.
Ten Years Ago , ..... v.
Dr. W. O. Henry and Mrs. Henry ra-
turned from California,' whsra they
vlBlted the picturesque Yoeemlta' valley
W. H; Thompson, "BlU'and th t'LlttJa
Giant." all in ona. fusion candidate for
governor, spent the day in Omaha and
South Omaha, looking aftnr his fences.!
Miss Ellen White, principal of Comenlus
school, died auddanly after .an .illness of
only a few days, the result of a nervous
collapse, j
While John Miller was sitting alone in
his grocery store ahput 9.20. at 1501 Vin
ton street, two young rascals came In and
held him up at the point of a pistol,
getting 15. -
Mas Adler, one time German newspaper
editor and later American cdnsul to
Colocne. waa here en route to LOs
Angeles, accompanied by Mrs. Adler,
whose 'health compelled them to give up
their residence abroad.
A reception waa tendered to Dr. and
Mrs. McKean, missionaries from Slam,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs, H. M.
MnTlanahan. on Fortieth street, near
Hamilton. They were uests of the
Christian Endeavor society of Lowe Ave
nua Presbyterian ehUrch. Music at the
reception was supplied by Mrs. Sheets,
Mrs. Welahans and Mr. Shaddock.' j '
IDIT0EIA1 SNAPSHOTS.
Pittsburgh Dispatch! The Interstate
Commerce commission 1 desires to be
shown before those increases of rates to
the Pacific coast go Into effect.
Washington Post: Ormsby McHarg
haa flopped bac!t to Taft. We knew the
contests flssled out at unicaga
v Tork World: Statistics of ths
automobile trade show that the average
value of tha car exported has declined
from I1.8S0 In 1908 to $990 in IMS. A down
ward tendency of priees-for purposes of
export-Is observable in other articles of
American manufacture.
Baltimore American: A railroad com
pany In Pennsylvania has been asked to
pay damages because en of Its electrio
fans tore the plumes from a fashionable
hat. This is a new species of railroad
scaiolnc. and the outcome of the suit
will he awaited with interest.
"Indianapolis News: Speaking of dis
turbing ' business-gee whist Those
learned and long-headed lawyers of the
American Bar association, in session at
Milwaukee, almost framed up a law that
would prevent the employment of caddies
Under 14 years old! A golf protective as-
soclation is. clearly needed.
Phliadplphla Press: It Is tho opinion ol
a New Tork bult moose organ that "Sen
ator La Follette has ther sorest head that
hs ben exhibited in this country in 1
years." It is the opinion of many peo
ple, howftrer. that tha colonel is a pretty
strong competitor for that distinguished
honor.-; ';:'.. .v,'';
Harper's Weekly: Did Mr. George B.
Cortelyou or Mr. Cornelius Bliss return
$100,000 to Mr, Archbold or the Standard
Oil company? Will the colonel kindly
answer, and while he Is about it wiu
tb colonel be good enough to tell us
whether he returned, 1100,000 from a cer
tain railroad company and a Uka amount
from another railroad company f
New Tork Tribune: Pity the poor coal
operators! The aad news comes from
Wllkeabarre tbat the hard ooal reserve
la exhausted and that there la not enough
labor available to keep up with current
orders. Nothing remains but the grim
recourse of raising prtoes to the con
sumer. Is the consumer surprised? Well,
not exactly. He knew that be was
scheduled to "get his" as soon as the
operators and miners ; arranged last
spring's "padQo strike " - '
Means of lessening Delay
New Tork Times.
The American - Bar association, at Its
annual meeting, showed a keen sense
of existing evils In the administration
of the law, and of the d!credlt which
these have brought upon the Judiciary
and upon the bar. It was clearly fell.
however, by this most important or
ganization that the remedy for these
evils does not lie in the queer processes
of the recall and the referendum put forth
by the progressives, or In any cutting
down of ihe orderly and constitutional
Independence of the courts. It lies chiefly
in the reform of procedure and in se
curing rapid and not costly decisions, tot
which purpose the Independence of tht
Judic'ary and their discretion in guiding
a case must be strengthened, not weak
ened. "Justice should be prompt. Often In
justice is not-In the decision but in de
lay; often the trial Imposes greater. Injury"
than -a dec'sion. . In the present statt
of things litigation is an occupation for
life; it passes from generation to genera
tion, to the ruin of many , an unlucky
family." , -,- ,
These words, addressed nearly two cen
tur'es ago to the bar of Bordeaux by Its
presirent, Montesquieu, might apply to
the conditions prevailing in this -state
and In some other states In the union.
It Is a sweeping arraignment, but it Is
not essentially unfair. The wrong and
harm, direct and Indirect, done by the
long delay and the burdensome cost ot
the administration of Justice, if one could
reckon the total, would move every hon
est lawyer to deep resentment. Resent-'
ment there Is, widespread, somewhat
vague, but Intense and Justified. It is for
the lawyers of the land to recognise and
allay it by well-considered, practical
and Intelligible measures of reform. Il
they will not do this, the popular feMna
will find effective and 4 mlachlevoue " ex
pression in the policy that demagogues
are pressing.
What that policy is waa tersely de
scribed at the last meeting of the asso
ciation by Henry D. Estabrook of.tVa
city. j"It is proposed that the Issue (of the
recall) shall be determined not by a ma
jority vote of all eligible electors, who
are perhaps Indifferent to the proceed
ing, but by a majority of those actually
voting on the particular Issue and who
are passionately alive to it. .,
Here is an amplification of trial by
Jury that fsnscends all idea of law or
Jutitlct; where the Judge himself is pris
oner at the bar, accused of no crime nor
of anything In particular, without bene
fit of counsel or power to summon wit
nessesnot even to be confronted by his
accusers. It Is & dastardly, cowardly,
cruel contrivance that would make the
iniquity of the Inquisition almost respect
able by comparison." " " '
The bar is very generally agreed upon
the lines to be followed In lessening delay
and cost . Two points are especially clear:
First, that the rules of procedure should
not be defined by statute, Vut framed by
the courts and applied, with responsible
discretion by the Judges, so as to reach ft
conclusion as early as Is possible with
Justice to all; second, that appeals should
be allowed, not bn technicalities, but only
on points Involving the merits of a case,
and that appellate courts should have the
right- to determine .cases, "within proper
limits, instead of sending them back for
retrial. These, are, simple principles and
sound. .. , .. . .,,j . ' ".
GEDfS AND GB0ASTS.
on the corner and yelling for the police j
"Well, I've read so much about yew;
fellers in the paper that I Jes' wanted to
have a good look at one of you!" Waah
inKton Star. : . , j
"Muggins" ha made ' a pile of money,
and now he's trying to get into society.
but the question of manners comes up.
Has .he gof any?" oieried Bolivar.
Muggins? Manners? .Well I should
say not," retorted Slithers..- "Why, that,
man wouldn't give up his seat .in a.
dentist's chair to a lady." Harper's
Weekly. . . , . ' '
AT TWILIGHT.
EXHAUSTING FARM LIFE BLOOD
Dark Spot is t! Sho wing of Bumper Crops.
' ' ' (Sioux City Journal.) . ...
There Is a fly in the ointment of the
official showings of increase In the
values and - bulk of our farm ; crops.
These aggregates have grown to be
stupendous and the showing on Its face
is extraordinary. , From some stand
points they are highly gratifying, as it.
the financial effect to the farmer In a
snn like this, and to ell who r
affected by his prosperity.
But there Is a fly in the ointment.
and It Is this: that while there has beer,
an enormous increase In total crop valuo
over a series of reoent years, say ' the
last decade, there has been little If any
increase of productivity per acre. The
census bureau has recently grouped facts
showing that whereas the 1909 crop had
a value Increase of 63 per cent over tht
Vt crop, the Increase waa In greatest
part due to higher prices, and not to In
creased per acre frultfulness. Agricul
tural department, census and other au
thentic reports the last few year
demonstrate the serious fact that in ex
tensive farm' regions and these, too,
naturally the richest and long cultivated
ones tho bulk of crops per acre has been
actually decreasing, though at the same
time worth more in the market because
of higher prices. -- - '
It means, and can mean only, .that wt
are exhausting the fertility of tho soil
That, as James ,J. Hill forcefully putr
It, we are overdrawing the rich bank ae
count which nature, has been depositing
to our credit through thousands of years
We shall buy temporary prosperity, if
prosperity' Is the r'ght name for It.' at
fearful .cost if We are deceived thereby
into blindness to the real situation. Wt
are in fact . making s poor showing in
per acre product on our still compar-
at vely new land in comparison with land
cultivated for centuries in Europe.
In short? the great .word for even our
western formers., is fertilization: tThey
are right up against it even right here
generally in., Iowaright up aga'nst
maintenance and. even restoration of soli
fertility. , ,, ,' ,. . ..
Seed selection, tillage, machinery . and
many other ! points that are so much
dwelt upon lately all have their value.
But they do not touch the ona great
fundamental condlt'on, conservation ol
fertility. To the extent that they b
over-emphasis ' obscure k that basic pr'n
ciple, they are detrimental. To depleU
the fertility of the soli is like dra'nlns
the life blood from, a man. . It cannot
go on forever or for long. Tet, in spitt
of appearances in grand total crop
values, this is precisely ..what is goina
''If pretty wmen go electioneering and
give kisses tot votes, the .election will be
fraudulent." - j
"Why so?"'";- ; -
"Because every mother's son 'will want
to be a repeater. "-Baltimore American.
see you devote a great -dear of tt"i
explaining the exact operations of of free
trade and protection." '.-- " ' -r
"Tea," replied Senator Sorghum, 'I
have explained it so much that I honestly
believe I am banning to' understand it
myself." Washington' 9tAT. .
. "Last winter the gl?ls: wore coats made
of blankets." ..-- --. .".,
"I-remember." ' -...--,-"Now
they are Wearing hats made of
towels." , . . ' . ' "
l suppose tablecloths for shirtwaists
will be t:-e nex,t step."-Loulsvllle Cour-rier-Jpurnal.
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' Tm so sorry for MW' Hig'".". '
What's the matter with hsrV '
"She's had to get a dfvo:ce,irom her
husband." - : -
I'lfili.) tv mv th noor woman VS1
expecting to have a afe and sane Fou th, jvAre not the welcomes Just as sweet
tr.o, wasn't ener wppneott s ai-isa- i a welcomes long ago,
sine. , : ;-rv. - ' "
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St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Are not our twilights just as sweet '
As twilights long ago,
Are not the moments Just as fleet
. When the west Is all aglow?
And yet such precious memories wake
Of other twilights, other skies;
Again the olden path I take '
Across the dewy meadow lies, '
To where beside the garden gates .,
Beneath the lilac blooms she waits.
Light of heaven in her eyes. t
"O. John!", shrinked Mrs. Dork!ns. "The
baby' has swallowed a silver quarter!"'- -
Mr. Doi-kiiis- toole a handful or cnang
out of hl pocket fcnd lonKed It over.
And lovers' eyes, when lovers meet
With lovelight all aglow?
And yet nowhere in all the world
Were eyes iike hers for me,'. '
Humid as .meadows' mist empearled,
I.'ke Htarilirht on the sea.
And onee ngain I linger still
"Calm yourwlf. Maria." he said, i'lt was,:?" "!', .'.'SL"a.' m
to get-rid of."-CMcago Tribune.
5'Dld you get that Job; as travei.'ng agent
you, applied. for?'V . - ,; ;
v"No; it was to sell steel bridges.':,
"Why did they turn you down?' -,t;,
: -'.The managei: said; f hardly .looked
strong -.enough to -carry ;?tn samples, '-r
Boston, Transcript, v - y , ! - - s 1 j
on In this country,
BieBeeS letter B
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ObJeets to Sidewalk Space Tax.
OMAHA. Sept. J.-TO the Editor of The
Bee: Strictly speaking, If the City owns
the sidewalk space. It has a perfect right
to charge a rental to the abutting own
ers for using it. On the other hand, it
seems to me perfectly clear, as no on
but the abutter can use the spaes, that
by using it he increases the value of hit
property, which, is accordingly assessed
at a higher valuation, ana tnus Dnngs
In more taxes Uo the city; that If this
rental is to be exacted the assessor's
valuations should be reduced proportion-
ately. so that the total of taxes and side
walk area rental would still eeual the
straight tax under the old system.
While this would e falf enough on the
fate of It. It BU11 seems to me a very
objectionable scheme. Property owners
have been allowed to use this space
giving a bond to protect the city from
damages and in a great minr cases have
excavated under the Sidewalk wh'le they
were building, not because they were able
to. get a higher rental for the basement
on that account at the time, but because
It was cheaper Tto do It while building,
and because of the chance that some day
lit the future the growth of the city would
make the space of value.
As I say, even where the space is of
value at the time the building is erected,
the use being a regular ordinary custom,
the value of the land, as assessed, is
based on the customary right to use th
sidewalk area. To put a regulation into
effect that reduces the valuation is a
hardship to the owners, who will either
have to brick up their sidewalk areas
or pay a rental where there is no ade
quate return ; to the ttnant.
It seems to me also that the suggestion
that th city is not . giving the owner
e square deal and is undertaking to levy
double or extra taxes, is gojng to b dis
couraging to property owner. They will
say, .what is to prevent the city when
this system is eric ' established, from
Increasing the rate of rental? How In
practice is it going-to dsterm'ne how
much on can affordtb pay, compared
with what he is getting out of It? Why
will it not Inevitable follow that ,a
still further tax will be levied in the fu
ture for th extra 'us by the abutter of
the publio alley adjoinln-? Will not the
attitude of th City mak It better to
build a little a building as possible on
our vacant lots, so as to have as small
an Investment a possible, and still carrjC
th land with a profit? Can th clt
afford to discourage owners from rct
Ing a most substantial building as pos
sible, which adds to the assessed valua
tion of th city, and increases Its bor-
rowing capacity, its available taxes and
its available money for improvement
and necessities and luxuries? -
PROPERTT OWNER
Wltst Afcowt lhllsitkrol Loaa
Sehent s
OMAHA, 8ept. J. To tb Editor ef Th
Bee: I would Inquire further, what has
become of the proposition, to organs a
liberal loan . associailon In th city ot
Omaha, for 'the purpose of cheeking th
Inhunaalty of thos pitiless loaa sharks
that are so cruelly1 preying upon unfor
tunate humanity rlsht here in, this boom,
tng city of Omaha?-Such an association
could do a profitable, as well as an honor
able business. . t . any ,one In need of
financial accommodation fof a short tin
could get such assistance without being
compelled to sumblt to intolerable ex
tortions which characterise loan sharks,
it would be a blessing to . tha borrower,
and would tend to ameliorate the practice
of loan sharks who afflict the city. , The
project seems to have lapsed into a condi
tion of quietude, which is revived might
become a potent factor In promoting -the
nubile good.. But let me ask. why the
courts of Omaha do not afford some pro
tection from the rapacity of these usury
mongers, or It it the legislature that is
at fault? I think not. Let the policy of
Judge Landis prevail in Omaha In dealing
with these sharks, and they, too, would
look for small knotholes. Verily, 'man's
Inhumanity to man makes . countless
thousands mourn." J. 8. 8ANFORD.
RAILROADS THAT PLEASE.
Trarellas; Public Become. Critical
of Trals Service. ......
Chicago Record-Herald.
Addressing the Traveling Engineers' as
soclatloa on "Handling Passenger Traf
flc," H. - T. Bentley, ass'stant 'superin
tendent of motiv power, and 'machinerr
of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
laid stress on the fact that. the traveling
publio is. becoming more critical of trait
eervic. ; . -
"There wa a tim,".. said MrBnt
ley, "when any kind, of service .woulo
do. At th present time the road whosf
train are clean, and do not Jerk get thi
business,- while other?, are left. In tht
rut." . .; ,. - ,: 'J. . .;:
There : ar few railroad officer now
adays who hold to th old theory that
passenger service can b neglected s'nx
freight traffic Pays th greater, part ot
the revenue. - Passenger service b
comes more important In many ways a
the country grow olde.r. The kind of
treatment given , passengers.- In avers
detail, influences their op'nion of tht
road. No road can afford to neglect tht
good will of th public - . . '
'Arnold Bennett has lately pointed ou!
that wherea . English trains- start ano.
stop almost Imperceptibly , Americar,
trains start and stop with a Jerk. In port
this may b du -to, heavier paseeng.i
equipment In this country,: but every rail
road mart knows that a careful engint
drtvr can do much better than thi
vrs driver doe in this respect A
to cleanliness, there Is room for Improve
ment on many roads end, as Mr. Bentlej
says, cleanliness pays. . ; , . ( -
"What's the trouble?" asked the police
man in a great elty. , : - -
"Nothln' In pai tic'lar,"' replied " Farmei
Cbrntossel. ' -.
"'Then what do you mean by standing
A r.d eyes are lost to m.
Are not the scents nnd sounds as sweet
A those of long ago? .
ThP dewy .twillBlits lust as fleet '
When the west hath lost Its glow?
pst! the drowsy drone of a lasy mill
- i.Ahd ther creak pf a loaded wain, : .
Th fvllight or,g of whippoorwill ;
' Steals soft like an old refrain.
And through it all a rar perfum
The'ripht distills from dainty bloom
Brier roses wet with rain.
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Again the precious hours tike flight - -Like
homing Mrds on hushed wings,
A sadness settles -on the night -And
the old-time parting brings.
From Owe-' Extreme tm Another.
Nw Tork World, ..' !.
Potatoes r left to rot In New Jersey
fields only fifty mile away from New
Tork because it does not pay to send
them to market. Tet , It was ' found
profitable last winter--, to . Import po
tatoes from Boot land and sell them In th
local market at prices which. Included th
tariff duty. '. , j
'' .Ose Tm I .Popular.5
" Houston (Tex.). Post.
Bob.Lovett predicu that th wheat
fields west of the Missouri river are
going to : tax the 'railroads, which goes
to prove that the" railroads are not op
posed to taxation. "
The next time you
forget where the money
Wt,cihei&cr: thatar
National ;Cisfi f Megister?
knows and shows the
accurate record . of every
'; 1 . .. ' if
sale. The Natioral Oasji Register Co. 4
, Dayton, Ohio.
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5 Special low summr tklcets via th Chicago '
and North Wt Urn Ry. on sale daily until
Bept. 30, 1912, to Detroit, Saratoga Springs, '
Niagara Falls, New York City, Atlantic City, -
Boston, Toronto, Montreal and other seaside -. ,
and mountain resorts.' - . ;. i v
tj A splendid opportunity to enjoy a vacation
back East, away -from the usual routine of '
every day life. --:t ',
Q Th North Weifrn lint inaintains'superb 'v
daily train service to Chicago. - 4 ,
Q Th rout lies over a smooth, rock-ballasted, -i
roadbed ; automatic electric signals safeguard ,
th Journey all the.way. , , ; .
The palatial New Passenger Terminal at
Chicago, at which all trains arrive, marks a '
new era in railway station architecture in the
West' It is tb most modern railway station ,
in the world. . , .;. - .v.'.,f";';-
Q Direct connections at Chicago with fast
trains of alt lines east. . Choice of routes. ?
. Per fare, date and resarratlons, apply to '
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DR; BRADBURY, DENTIST
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1506 Farnam St. ,-
Extracting ... 33c lf
FOUngs ........ MJcfp
Crowns ...... '$210 t'l)
Rridgework ; . . ; $2.50 l"p
Plates .;.V..I 12.00 Up ao Tsars
Plione Doug. 1750.
Jllss'lng Teeth supplied
without Plates or Bridge
work. " S'ervrs removed ''
without pais. Work guar-
Oiflc. anteed ten years' v';x -
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