PAST TWO
EDITORIAL
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Oma
Sunday
Bee
PART TWO
SOCIETY
PAGES ONE TO TWELVE
VOL. XLU-NO. 14.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1912.
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laiicta E.Sossgy and
ihe Clean Dairies
Prominent featured oi
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BY FAITH LEE HOEL. ,
OU have read of he milk baths, cham-
I pagne shampoos and similar ultra-
mxunous neaun ana oeauiy laos or
Lillian Russell, Gaby Deslys and
. other petted beauties of the stage.
But will you' believe it? the
thought and care lavished on the at
tractive persons of these popular" actresses are noth
ing compared to the attention given to the cows of
Omaha. v .
The bovines are guarded and groomed as atten-
f
tively as the most delicate beauty according to the
rules made by the federal government and carried
out under the supervision of local Dairy Inspector
Claude Bossie. It seems as if nothing which could
add to their health and comfort has been forgotten.
Her highness, the cow, must have a certain amount
of fresh air and sunshine; her diet is regulated with
the utmost precision; her habitation must be sani
tary, and well-made; her recreation ground the
barnyard must be free from contamination. Truly,
enough to make cows of the past generation wonder
what magic has been at work. ' ". " ,
Inspector Bossie happened in at several dairies
merely to see how things were progressing; but at
one dairy he took the regular monthly score to
which each of the eighty-five dairies Is submitted
In turn.
It was just milkingtime at this dairy the build
ings of which were in a little group at the foot of
a green hill on which the cows of another dairy
man were grazing against the blue. sky. The
bovines were lined up in two red-brown rows, one
on each side of the long barn.
Inspector Bossie with one eye on his government,
score card and the other noticing every detail of
the place marked down the result in figures. The
dairies are scored on the basis of 100 per cent
40 per cent for equipment and 60 per cent for
methods. , ,
The inspector did not give the full 8 per cent
for clean cows for there was mud on some of the
hoofs. But full credit was given for cement floor,
adequate drain, lime-lined gutter and white-washed
walls, all of which were In "compliance with rulos.
Next windows were noticed. Each cow is, sup
posed to have four square feet of window; but in
this barn, although the windows were the right
size, there were only twenty-six of them for the
thirty cows. The Inspector called attention to
the cleanliness of the barn and to the fact that the
barnyard was free from debris.
The screen door to the milk house was open and
this did not escape the keen eye of the Inspector
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the Swedish dairyman. who was greatly confused at
his neglect. ; ....
"All barns must be freshly white-washed before
the cows are brought In for the winter." declared
Mr. Bossie. ' 1 ; , . ". - .
.;' The milk was put through the cooler first into
a big, round, tin receptacle through which It flows
through small holes down over a coneshaped con
trivance filled with Ice; from there, cooled to about
50 degrees, through cheese cloth ' Into another
tank from which It was turned into bottles. The
filled bottles' are kept in the long Icebox at the side
of the mllkhouse until next morning. Mr. Bossie
said that the racks in which the bottles are car
ried In the wagons during delivery must be filled
with ice from April 1 to October 15.
The men did not have on' their coats to their
milking suits and one-half of 1 per cent, was docked
for this neglect. But the score averaged 88 per
cent, which is high. ' ' .
"This method of scoring the dairies Is the big
stick over the dairymen," said Mr. Bossie, "because
the scores are published once a month. It is to
the milkmen's interest to have a high score because
the housewives watch the list. It has also come
to be a matter of pride with them to raise their
score." ,
When It Comes to Johns, Omaha Has Them in Profusion and Prominence in Professions, Business and Society
ETC.-ADUmmTlZTilf
REFERENCE to "the four Johns"
. about twenty years ago would with
out further explanation be fixed upon
a quartet of political himinaries that
shone brightly In the local republican
firmanent. It just happens that all
four of these "Johns" still scintillate
more or less among the political constellations,
although they no longer draw the fire that the'
enemy used to pour out upon the combination. The
membership of this political "four Johns" company'
was made up of John M. Thurston, John C. Cowin,
. John L, Webster and John C. Wharton. It Is
noteworthy that they are all lawyers bj profession,
playing politics merely as an avocation, although
all of them have at different times had political
bees of various styles in their bonnets, and have
had public office thrust upon them. - After retir
ing from the senate John M. Thurston set up a law
office In Washington, John L. Webster and John C.
Cowln are practicing at the bar here, and John C.
Wharton, now the local Nasby, 4s presiding over
our postoffice. (
Just a casual glance round about,' however, dis-
closes the fact that the "Four Johns", did not by
any means exhaust the members of "John" family.
A lot of "Johns" have figured in our political arena
with more or less success. John L. Kennedy was,
our last republican congressman, and John A. Mc
Shane warmed the sett before him. John J.
Ryder is one of our most popular commission-plan
councilmen, and John C. Lynch the head of our
board of county commissioners. John A. Rlne is
city attorney, John Mathiesen Is assistant license
Inspector and John G. Pegg city inspector of weights
and measures. In the school board Dr. John J.
Foster is in evidence, and John Latenser has been
drawing the architects' plans for our new school
houses. It seemed once that the "Johns" had
a, mortgage on the sheriffs office when John F.
Boyd, John' McDonald, John Drexel and John Pow
ers passed it around from one to another almost
without (interruption. Then our late chief of police
. was John J. Donahue. Here in the bull moose
movement the two noisiest bulls are John 0.
Yeiser and John W. Towle.
For some reason or other the "Johns" appar
ently take to law as a duck does to water, as wit
ness the long list of. "Johnnies" claiming to possess
legal talent, most of them aspiring also to be law
makers. .. Hero Is John Paul Breen, who drafted
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our charter amendments; John E. Reagan and John
H. Grossman, who were in the last legislature, and
want to be In the next; John M. McFarland, who
aimed at the supremo court last year, and at the
state senate this year; John G. Kuhn, once chosen
to fill a legislative vacancy; John D. Ware, who,
came within an ace of acquiring the title of Judge;
John W, Battin, familiarly called "Jack"; John A.
Corson, Johu D. Howe and John W! Cooper." . But
there are enough "Johns" to let medicine catch a
few like Dr. John E. Summers, Dr. John P. Lord
and Dr. John C. Davis. When it comes to preach
ing we have had Bishop John H. Nuelsen, Rev.
John Matthews, Rev. John E. Hummon, Father
John Williams and Rev. John Albert Williams.
The veteran Insurance man is John Dale. In the
real estate crowd we have John L, McCague, among
If.
the bankers John' F. Flack, with the wholesalers
John S. Brady. One'of the high-ups In the' Wood
men is John T. Yates, the all-around man for Ak-Sar-Ben.ls
John "Dad" Weaver, and the secretary
of the Commercial club is John M. Guild, who was
preceded in the office by John E. Utt. It will be
remembered that the big prize automobile in The
Bee's picture puzzle contest was won by John Bath;
and the cripple who made fame and fortune as a
magazine subscription agent is John Gordon. Last,
but not least, no enumeration of the. distinguished
"Johns" whose names are Inscribed on the scroll In
Omaha'a Hall rt Varna nna' vn..n... . I. . jjj
not mention I one ''John" equally well known and
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