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THE BEE: OMAHA, PKIDAY, JULY L'5, 1U13. TlIE OMAHA DAILY 13KE roi .-iJKu uy Ei'WAitt) noHBWATKK victor HQ3EWATKU. bditor ikb. HUiLDiNQ. fa UN am AND 17TH KnterMj at umaha poetoiiRo aa scoom' , -Sa ok suuhcription ; M j Sunday lice, one year M.W t&TZ &y. dn8 Va'r: JSSj jt'Ruy u3. na Bunaay. one year.. duvkiikd uy caiuukk. Kvenlns and Sunday, per month. . Kvenin, without Sunday, per month. Ko Dally lite. Including Sunday, per ma.iic Daliy bee. without Sunday, per mo.ttc Address all complaints of IrregularltUs In delivery to City Circulation Dept. nRMTTTAMCIt Rmlt by dtalt. express or postal order, rayuble Jo The Uee Publishing oompan. Only 2-ctnt stamps received in payment of small accounts, Personal checks, ox- :cepi on Omaha and eastern exchange, not tutceptftd, OlfFICEfl: Omaha The Uee building. South Omaha-MlS N Streot Council liluifalt North Main Street. Lincoln 2 Utile building, t lucago M Hearst bunaing. Newr kurk-ltoom 1106, &8 Fifth Ave. St. Louis io Jfiw Uank ol Commerce. N ahliiK.-& Fourteenth St.. M. CORRKSPONUEKCE. Commuiui.u. una muuny to hows arm tdltoriai inaiter should be addressed (Omaha liee, editorial department. JUMj. circulation. 50,401 Etate of Nebrahu, i.imniy ot Douglas, ss: r Dwight iVIiimiiw. circulation inunugur lot "I he Ue i-uu.uiiiiiti QuiulMny, beiiirf duly bnuiJi, buyi. tlirfi tile uxeiage Uuity clicumiion lor the injiin of juiirf, Ui. Vas OV.WL DwlUilf WILLIAMS, CircuKtion .alittgt!l. Eubscrlbea In my tinwuiiua ana futu to beioie hi tms Jd any ot July, Uli. ItOULH'f ttUH'S&U, lal.) Momry public. Subscribers lear'nii the city temporarily should Imve Tlie llee mailed to them. Address vllt be chanued na often n reuuested, ' It is too early to bogln talking ibout a abort corn crop isn't it? i Fort Omaha is still on tho signal corps map, but evidently needs some thing to anchor It. ' Off-hand, can you recall tho name of tho managing director ot tho Tl tanic, who escaped? Tho, Mud-hall of.famo seems to havo succeeded to all tho rights and privileges of the Ananias club. Tho Tammany chieftain evidently, things kalaomlno la tl cloak that cov ers a multitude of political sins. 'CaufchJ in. tho nets" no, ifo tho tonnio tournament in Omaha, not tho lobby investigation In Washington. Apparently;' Buffalo Dill and his Wild VeijV "hould hav6 kept but of the Rockies, to Jcq'p off of the rocka. . Will Investigate Wso in Price bf Coal. Headline. But that will not interfere with tho rlso, ot course. WhaMraholK power the utrlko haa, upon tho world. Even . uW-Swisa, .guards at tho. Vatican resort td It as & means bt forcing their point ' ' ' ' ' ' From a photograph ot ; tho silt jkirt that causod tho'rumpus in Itiihr ' mond we aro disposed to bollovo It , was not tho-Blit at-all that drew the :rpwds. That Daltlmoro pastor who ap peared in his pulpit without his coat - must havo though that It diplomacy sotild go in Its shirtsleeves, religion might, too. Perhaps in one respect Election "alnmiesioncr Moorhead may bo rlgjit on tho theory that tho best way to)tlll an obnostouB law is to enforco It ito tho hlU. .' h v Is that dollar4 diplomacy which Secretary Bryan proposes tor Ntcar augua'tho same brand on that ho con downed ho bitterly In tho tormor ad ministration? if any ono jot tho subordinates in jthe, offco"bf secretary 'of. ftate finds ,hle, Income inadequate to his sup port, he may quit any tlmo ho wishes and bunt another Job. fioveraor Tener of Pennsylvania 'has not found It possible slnco he took office to please the Philadelphia uejwspaper he sued for libel.' Of courso, It Just happens that way. The officials of Lima, O., havo gono those of Richmond, Vo, one bettor in fining tho wearer of a silt skirt and confiscating the garment, -which is a most delicate thing to do. Omaha and South Omaha pay routid about "$1,000,000 a year tor flreJnsurance;, and .halt that much mo ore foNfirei protection. Looka like a place Tor econoi Jray; " through offl- ;lenc Out- l5mliten hydraUlic politician , aa' nja'delrts first Vmualrport ai) at)aaeii of tho water works Any otlior )te''wantTiilsBorvicea? Omaha pa fhlftt; jOnly $0,000 uud per-luislte-- An order VrohlblUng the exporta-Aioa-6t firearms from this tountry. to Uexfco,may be Qurp,lsago if .reports o .true that 'the Mexlcalis federals iaHf idsurgcitta both havp no. money e ta Cp;tiert).; . . , )' . ' " Eroliillbn or'a taritrjjlU's 'n&ns: kt first thoy called l"oaly the Un lerwood bill, then it -became the Un-deivvpod-Slrnmous .bill now it. Is being called tho Simmons-Underwood 1)111, .Uey ,dp, n.ot urry' and pass it, tlntierwood'a name may be dropped entirely. But what's In a name? Trespassing on Railroads. . Just how well tho lawn against trespassing on rnllroad rights-of-way, , tracks and trains 1b enforced It Is difficult to soy, but one seldom hoars of a t'W"r being arrested. Ho, moro often hears of htm being in- JurPd or kUed, or suing for damages.' mo Average constaDio marshal or policeman porhapB seldom thinks of ! . . . . , ' tno hazard and costly annoyanco of . r.nnHginir ?. .pmn nrmo BU0U trespassing, ii seems no crime j to UJ)0n u,0 trncks or beat a , . . And yet this trespassing problom Is a nlghtmaro to railroad managers. They aro hold accountable for erory trespasser killed or Injured by their trains, oven though thoy may in no wise bo responsible for It. Thoy must make reports of every such caso to tho Interstato Commerco com mission, and their roads often arc held for heavy damages for casual tics. There liaa been a steddy do cllno for several years in tho number of Buch deaths, but tho number is still too large. Tho rairoads de servo bolter co-oporation in their ef- 'forts to reduce this toll. Will It Be a Poor Man's Club. Out of a r'ecent colloquy in tho senate camp this confession or is it a boast from ono member ot that august body: I am probably financially tho poorest man In the tenata 1 have, no private In come whatever. Inasmuch 'as no oho Is reported to havo rlson on tho spot to dlsputo the assertion, It is fair to accept it as truthful, with, tho corollary that, all the other senators enjoy some prl vatn income, or at least start out financially richer than tho particu lar ono in question. From which noveral questions seem to propound thomsolvos: ( Is a rich senator a poor senator, and is n poor senator a good sena tor? In aspiring to the sonato In the futuro is tho man who can boast thai ho Is poor and needs tho money to havo an advantago over tho man who nas achlovod a sufficient measuro of success that ho has an assured in como? The United States senate ueod to bo Jocularly dubbed "Tho Million aires' club." Will not the sign havo to bo changed soon to road "Tho Poor Man'B club"? . The Graceful Becond Fiddler, A contemporary remarks upon tho gracefulness with which Mr. Bryan "plays tho second fiddle," consider ing, it very commendablo in a man who for virtually seventeen years has been tho dominating forco in his party and was tho political creator ot its present titular head. But'CtB..a matter of, tact, does not Mr Bryan continue., ip oceUpx , .tho coptor of tho stago? And is riot; everything ho has dono calculated to kcop him there? Who is moro talked of In tho administration thau he? Cehaitily not - tho president Ho never was more, conspicuously In tho public eyo, than since hlf) remarkable plaint about tho Inadequacy of. his salary. ' It docs" not' mattor that much of' tho coromont 1b Unfavorable to Mr, Bryan; tho fact remains that it makds htm the most conspicuous figure in tho administration. But if Mr. Bryan were pdstmaster general, or secretary of agriculture It probably would .ho the same. It 1b a difference in ' personalities. That of .Ir Bryan will not down or bq suppressed. - Many men, though plnchtSd with tho pehury ot a bog garly. f J.v2,00t) salary, would , have Buffered untold "privatipii 'before, re sorting..to a. side employment to sup plement their income if It Involved such a bald explanation oa Mr. Bryan qiave. But it neverfeaiod Mr. Bryan Ami his Blncerity jiqedinot bo ques tioned by those w4to. understand him. Wo, just have to romerhber that it Is' me' samo oia uryan unu iut ii.k that'.' . " " ' - " Aa, to G-fldual Change,. .Senator- Bmdqt in. his opposition to tho Wllson-Undorwood tariff bill, declared that it' tfroposod to.' place on tho freq list "55 ppr cent of tho greatly lucroaaod vplurao . ot Incom ing trade- and lavy an 'average rata of duty on a.11 Imports., of puly 18 per cent, wtych. ho aatd, waa ower ttuyv tho 'Walker tariff bill of) 1850, from'- which- the present measure Is said to have been fashioned; If that Is true, it seems that 'the party's free trade proclivities havo carried It away from tho voluntary promise President Wilson mado tho country In hie speech of acceptance ot only gradual changes. On this point ho said: ; i ' H is obvious that the changes .wo make ihould bo made only at such a rate and In 'such a way as will least Interfere with the normal and, healthful course ot commerce and manufacture. t And preceding this ho said: Wc need no' revolution:' We need no excited ch&nce; we need only a new point Ct view and a new method and spirit of Wo shall certainly, get the new , pplnk'ot Ylow when poarly aH ot our.j imported products are, placed op . tho 1 free list. It mlgu't bo interesting to : 3cmw Just what tie president would i ' i - - , . consider a gradual or conservative change, , - , " . Socretary ot tho Nary Daniels, who . , ... , . . has spent hU life In the; tarry pines of Korth Carolina, is bewildered with j the grandeurs of far western scen-!,Ie,en ttnd Fu- This pre was estab erv My lust wait till ho n-ata an n,l,e'1 1805 nd h"8 Won by sueh cry. my. just wait tin no gets an we.known compo,eri, Oounod HlMt eyeful of a Nebraska cornfield I J Masnene., Debussy and Charpentler. Looking BacWani litis D$inOraaha, COMPILED FROM DEC MLE3 ? DQO OOP juijY aa.' Thirty Years Ago The paving cohtrovorsy Is at white heat. Tho members of the council who are trying to put sandstone over as against asphalt aro referred to as the 'sandstone nine," Mrs. J. 11. Jardlne, as superintendent and Mary B. Goodwin as secretary of the Omaha mission, acknowledges limonc other contributions, six barrels of veg etables from Mr. Kountze; washing ma chlno from Mrs. Doane, flour from Mrs. Dewey and clothing from Mrs. Merrill, Miss Cross and Mrs. Pundt. Mr. William Snyder, the carriage man ufacturer, turned out an elegant light top buggy today a perfect beauty, made to ordor-for Will Millard of the firm of Millard & reck, commission tnerchants. Aitnougn the umana nostorricfl has changed management Postmaster Cotitntil retained James Woodard us chief clerk and F. P. Orldley us money order clerk. Mrs. Fl W. Kouhn's birthday wob ecle brated last 6venlng by her friends. Thoso present were: Mr. and Mrs. Voos. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Keulin. Mr. and Mrs.) O. Wilde, Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Hurmestcr, Mr. and Mrs. II. Voss, Jr., Mr. n. Stanbery, Mr. and Mrs. J. Holey, Mrs. Lehman. Mrs. Peters. Mrs. March. Miss Wlldo and Mr. W. Voss. Dr. H. D. Mercer, chief surgeon of the Union Pacific, has gono to Denver to start a company hospital at that point for which Defreno & Mcndelson of thin city havo drawn tho plans, and Ed'J. Hrnnnan will be superintendent. Tho marrlago of Captain John Q Rourke, aldo do camp to General Crook to Miss Mollle Harbaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Harbaugh, took placo at tho family residence on Douglas street with Itov. John Williams or St. Uarnaba officiating. Captain Uourkn departed In the afternoon with his bride for a six months' ISuropean trip. Twenty Years Aro - Tho July heat evidently did not melt tho .enthusiasm of tho devotes at the- shiino of silver, for 2,o9) of. thcm gathered In Kxposltton hall to listen to the eloquence ot Senator William V. Allen of Madison and Congressman W, J. Rryan of Lincoln. Mayor Hernia, who presided, opened his remarks by saying that "There aro Issues which, like the ghost of Danquo, wll not down. Silver was ono of them." lie then presented Tom Tibbies, vlco president of the Hlmetalllo league, to dilate a llttlo whllo on tho objects of that organization. Allen spoo first, then Bryan. Mrs. T. K. Budborough, principal of the Teachera' Training school, left for Chi cago to attend the World's Congress of Education. Mrs. John Lewis, wife of Deputy Sher"' Low's, left for Flora, 111., for several weeks' visit Senator and Mrs. W. V. Allen and Congressman W. J. Bryan wore guests of Hon. G. W. Ames during tho night Tho Board of PublloV Works met nnd approved contracts wlthAJ. E. Riley for paving1 parts of sovwal streets In the city. The new charters, wnicn wore jusi mi tho printing press, wero delivered, 1,003 In number, to Comptroller Olson. TV-rt Vpnrn Ac W. G. Uro, secretary pt tho Beal Eatoto exchoHgo'" tax committee, re-turncd-Jrom Lincoln., where' ho had argued before the State Board of Equali sation for a talr rate ot taxation for stata purposes In Omaha. Ho said the rate ought- to bo 8A .mill, but he feared It would bo much more, as tho board seemed Inclined' to make It excessive. Arthur Chase, president of tho tnte Christian ' Endeavor, returned for the Denver convention, of which, ho said, the koynote, was evangelism. Mrs. J. J. Cobry' and children were pre paring to leavo for Loveland, Colo., for a month's visit, A matinee at the Trl-Clty Driving plub b 'ought out a large crowd at Spranue park. A tally-ho party headed by Mr and Mrs. Fred A. Nosh, and Inoludlng these; wero a feature: Mr, and Mrs Byrne. Mr. and Mrs., J. M. Dauglierty. Mrs. Crofoot, Mrs. C. C. Allison, Mrs. Charles Crcluhton and a number of yoiinger people. The rnost Interesting vent ot the day was, the tryout betwoen The Orphan, driven by W. it. Thomas, and Alia. Axworthy, a 2-year-old filly, which was entered In. the Futurity and Horse Uevlew stakes, to be run at On. ctnnatl. Tho race was In two heats and was won by the filly, tho first hcatr2:3(M and the second 3;?t. A. I Thomas drovo tho filly. Grge W. Stover, who 'was blfcten by tho dog that caused the death of his wife, left for Chicago to W treated ot th4n(Utute making a specialty of such caso. People Talked About "I made 'up my mind to marry 0-Sugene bnly last Wednesday," says Mrs. Ine Mllholland Bqjsevaln, In a London In terview. Thero wasn - anything for Qeno to do but get busy. Berlin society, or that part of' It that attracts attention In print, has gone tango mad. Prises totaling V.UH and the tango championship are to be awarded to couples showing the highest artlstte skill In pedal gyrations. Julian Hawthorne, who expects to be released on pardon from the federal prison at Atlanta, Go., on the 26th, pro poses to stretch his limbs by walking back to New York, a distance of 1.0 miles. Miss Christiana Fischer, a young school teacher at Fredericktown. Mo., as tho re sult ot strain In a game ot tennis; had an attaolc of somnolence, and slept 1-Q hours, awaktng seven, times for a few moments. One of this year's summer brides Is Mrs. Mary Brown.. SI. year, old formerly ot Kent, Eng.. but now of Victoria. B. C. Mrs. . Brown came from England to marry a man ten yearn her junior. Bo- helntlfowhnU trip "he had never A st u,, inspector, thrifty and economical, saved his salary and bought otth of diamond rings for his Iow V wire ha. be. comn a confirmed .somnambulist walks (ne 8treel(, Bt n,gnt wltH ner handjl ei. tended displaying the jewelry. Lily Boulanger. the W-year-oUl daugh. ter of, pr?fc'!!..of mn ,n ) Con; servatolre In parts, has vnn the most c8lfer,y covete, irlt. tna Qn.nA Vrix da Rome. Her composition was entitled Twice Told Tales I.onklnnr Out for II uk In mo. Jones was Employed by the Idaho Land company to boom the Boise valley. One day ho struck a little town In Illinois ami walked to the corner grocery, as usual. Nobody seemed to be around, and he went to the postoffice. It, too, was de serted, save for a noncommittal spinster behind the window. Going outsldo he saw a crowd gather ing at a houso farther down the street Jones Joined the crowd and found himself at a funeral. Tho male quartet sang a selection anu tne ministor expounded a portion ot Bcrfpture. After that the preacher announced that he was per sonally unacquainted with the deceased, and If there were any friends present who would like, to say a few words they would now havo an opportunity. There was a deep silence; somo ono cleared his throat and then moro silence. Finally, Jones got up. "Friends." ho began. VI dWn't 'know, the deceased nnd I don'tktiow ny of his family, but Jf no one'elsa-has anything to say I'd Jlko to mako n few remarks about tho climate of Central Idaho." Chicago Itecord-Iler-aid. A Definition. Thrco women hod planned a drlvo to gether, but when the hour appointed came one of them asked to be excused on on the scofe. of an attack of indi gestion. Her companl&nB expressed their disappointment and sympathy, but the elder of them insisted that the excuse was Insufficient, "You shouldn't let yourself be . gov. erncd by such Ideas," she sa'd. "It. Is really as you think. What Is lndlges tlon, anyway t" The third woman, wishing to avoid the apparently Impending discussion on mental control of , illness, broko in quickly: "Indigestion," she sold, "Is the fall uro to adjust a square 'meal to a round stomach." Harper's Weekly. Cnrrylncr Comfort Ton Far. Doctors, of course, should refrain from frightening their patients. But some d6ctors go too far. They are as bad as the doctor of the story." Tho speaker was Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute. He continued: "To this doctor a wan, cadaverous chap came with a specimen that ho wished ex amined in order that ho might know If he had consumption or not. " 'And, doctor,' he sa'd, 'what will tho charge be for your analysis?' " 'Ftvo dollars for the analysis,' was tho reply, 'and J2 oxtra If I certify you'ro all right' "New York Tribune. Stories in Figures Suez canal tolls last year amounted to $2fl.OOC,oqp. The average age of death In this coun try Is S3.'S years. Portland, Ore., has 300 combined lamp posts and rubbish receptacles. About 2,400 men will be required for the operation and maintenance ot the Pan-' a ma canal. Nine electric engines for tho New York Central will haul .1,000-ton trains at a rate of sixty miles on hour. A thirty-five mile cable- for- telephonic connection, between -Vancouver and Van-, couvor Island .has been received from England. It coat over $100,000. weighs 500,000 pounds, and tho cxpenso In laying was J20.000. Bugar-reflnlng ,proflts In Australia by tho largo company operating there wero Jl,lM,0Oi) for the six months months end Ing March 31, 1913, half of which was earned In FIJI and New Zealand. From statistics published by the Geo graphic and Statistical Institute at Mad rid. It appears that 184.410 persons emi grated from 8paln during tho ten months ending October, 1912. whereas In 1911 only 16t.2(77 persons left the country In twelvo months. Women's Activities Miss Rhoda White, dean of women at the Stato college at Pullman, Wash., says that every woman ahbuld earn the right to the place she' takes In the world. Ope of the alderman In Chicago having dlsd rocently, there will have to be nn election In the fall to fill the vacancy. At leart three women In Chicago have been named by tho friends as fully capable of serving the city In this capacity. Miss Soller Is a young Swedish woman who Is leading a band In Philadelphia. She Is the dnughtor of Vladimir BolIeK one of the leading bandmasters of Eu rope, but she Insists on not telling her own first name. She has only men In her band and Is said to be a splendid disci plinarian and to Insist upon the best work. Miss Mary Reynolds, a granddaughter of President Harrlron, recently gave Mrs. Wilson n cup, saucer and plate that had formed part of tho table service of Presi dent William Henry Harrison. Only five of the administrations are now repre sented, those of Presidents Van Buren, Tyler. Taylor. Johnson and Taft Miss Katherlne M. Stiles of Menominee, Mich., Is the editor of the Herald-Leader of that place. She did a great deal of work during the Illness of the former edi tor, and he recommended her foi the place. 'For a tlmo sho was managing ed itor, city editor and exchange editor of of the paper, and moreover, she Is a blsr well-developed woman that when a man came to the office threatening personal violence and saw the editor he changed his mind. W. D. Howells In Harper's challenges tho 'gallant" men who do not like to see the woman vote less men may treat them less 'gallantly by asking them these questions: bo you always give up your seat In the street car to the straphanglng lady? Do you always , take off. your hat n the elevator, where there are. ladles? and. What are your views on votes for Women? If the roan does hot proclaim his chivalry by answering "Yes" to the first two, 'and opposes Suffrage he sug gests disfranchisement fqr hlrn. Dem'nrr-1 n"'nrm." Philadelphia Lcflger. They -have taken the picture of Mc Klnlry from, pp'tal cards and substituted Jefferson's. The administration evi dently Intends to be consistently demo cratic. The New Way. , Boston Transcript, , Ambassadors des.'rlng to transact diplo matic business for their sovereigns this lummir are busily memorising chautau - "a date and fuadiiig up on time-tabit news. Wees WW oxl Wo Men Drrmi Immnilrall f OMAHA, July 24.-To the Editor of The Bee: There's been so much "tommy-rot" floating about over the country and world In regard to "Immodestly dressed women' mat I have long wondered why there hasn't been some woman or women with mental call bo r broad enough nnd with backbone and sand enough In their make up to suggest that "men living In glass houses shouldn't throw stones!" Of course there's a good deal In wom en's dress that Is ridiculous, but what Is there about women's legs any different from the men's? It's all In the minds of the men, Isn't It? ' . The most sensible dress for the women Is the "bloomer" costume but no, they must be bamboozled Into strictly folio Ing up the "damphoollsms" of the Par.elan men modistes! ono season or month this style and the following season or month some other "torn-fool" fashlonl Now. the short skirt (and decidedly the most sensible) and then the long, trailing, dls- gustlng, filth-gathering dresscsl Look at men's drcsg, and especially tha pants mado by our blegest artistic tail ors!' Don't they show the "human form divine?" Compare them to the. women's modest Women Bhould Insist upon thu men covering up their "physical charms" by tho Scotch frock pr kilt or shut up about the "gasps, stares and remarks of the average men, which they wouldn't lke other men to make about their sis ters, daughters or wives." GEORGE P. BEMIS. Hitch Time to Spenlc Oat . j AtmOKA, .Neb.. July 24. To the. Editor of Tho Bee: I thank you for your edi torial In The Bee concerning indecent fiction. It Is high time that somebody spoke out. I wish your editorial might bo widely copied. Glvo us some more. iREV. J. A. LEAVITT. Hoir the Council Views It. OMAHA, July 2t.-To the Editor of The Bee: After all Is said and done. It Is to the local press that the citizens of any community must look for the presenta tion of information that will enlighten them as to their Interest and incite them to their duty. It Is by tne dally thresh ing out ot facts, and alleged facts, that the press generally brings about a con crete judgment that is very likely to be right. Belleylng this, the writer desires a little space to set forth the views of the special commltteo of the council 'that worked through many meetings In reach ing the compromise agreements on bills owing the Omaha Gas company by the city and the proposed now franchise. About f60,000 Was directly saved to the city treasury by the first agreement. In the proposed new franchise the gas con sumers of Omaha havo the means of sav ing 15 cents on every dollar's worth of gas consumed. We bolleve they are amply able to sift for themselves all statements made for or against the ordi nance, and to vote Intelligently when the time comes. This belief is the very op posite to that announced by tho Real Estate exchange, when It went on record against even allowing the voters to pass on the question at tho polls. The assump tion of such an attitude would convey the Impression that, tho very clover dealers In real estate consider themselves atone ' capable of voting intelligently on this franchise; which Is absurd, to say the l least. Tho special council committee took Into consideration many elements that are be ing utterly Ignored by tho Protestants against this franchise. I No local capitalist, or group of capital ists, would offer to Invest the amount of money necessary to duplicate the exist ing gas plant, and mako whatever ex- tensions are necessary without at least 1 a twenty-year franchise. I think tho members of the municipal affairs com mltteo of the Commercial club or of the Real Estate exchange will not quarre. with this assertion, because they are al keen business men; and vast sums c money are not Invested by a slngla capi talist or group without assurance ot ade quate returns. The pending measure Is, In effect, a twenty-year franchise. When given the opportunity to vote bonds to establish a municipal plant, the voters defeated the propostton. Tho commission felt confident, as did the, council, that no Issue of bonds for such a purpose will be votod within tho next ten years. During several city campaigns dollar gas was made a leading Issue by the party that prevailed In the elections. Dollar gas was a pledge In Mayor Dahl man's platform every time he Was elected. I have a pretty solid suspicion that the two groups of hot-tempered critics of the gas franchise do not want the present administration to do any thing In the way ot positive legislation to redeem promises made. Kicking against the high cost of llvirur .Is .vehement and Incessant. Now, we stand on the proposition that the voters are 4iulte competent to say whether 'or ngt they want to keep" In their own pock tets the 15 cents for erery LOGO feet.ot gas that otherwise will go Into the treasury of the Omaha. Gas company for tho next five years. It Is fair to presume the expert em ployed by the city to value the gas plant put that valud as low as ho possibly 'could. Under the circumstances that was the natural thing to do. As between the present price ot gas and the figure named by the expert as assuring a teurnablj profit, the special committee and the council constdored U a, fair and equitable price in Omaha for a reasonable term ot years. And' right here the point should bo made that the comiiany wanted a ten-year tlxod period for contract. We stood for ten years as the maximum, and won the' contention. The company stood out a long spell for a thirty-year franchise, or twenty-rive-year extension. We Insisted on twenty-five years, or a twentyyear extension, and won out. They stood for n certainty tf 11 ate for ten eif. We stood for the right of any council to fix shorter periods, and won ouL The council committee believed it had i..ni Mmivt,M la.wvr.rM to advise with at - . - -- . . t . TIP, .till T every sici u mo . think so, and feel quite confident that every tl ht 'e-etofire held ty tho Ity lb properly safeguarded All the hullaba'oo raised by the antls has not changed our opinion on this point one lota. The proleitanU at first Insisted on sub mitting this question at a general elec tion. To this we were unalterably op posed, taking the poltlon that it should be submitted to n vote without any other matters Interfering; and when this had been agreed on we Insisted the gas com pany should foot the bill for the election. Citizens should give this matter thoughtful consideration, from the stand Point of then own Interest. Business men wno art opposing tne franchise can hardly believe that the courts, or a com mon sense of iarnes, mouIu lea.o t ,e gu company, or any other concern large or small, absolutely at the nuroy of the city at any time. We believe this Is a fair franchise and will materially help every gas user In Omaha not beginning some time in the future, but as soon as approved, and con tinuing through the years, with whatever change the city may consider wise from time to time. JOHN J. BYDEB, City Commissioner, GRINS AND GROANS. Housekeeper Vhat makes you so late with the milk these mornings? Milkman Well, you see, mum, the pure food law don't allow us more than 25,000,- 000 bacteria to the gallon, an' you wouldn't believe how long It takes to count the little dlvvlls. Lipplncotfs Magazine. "I am master In my own house, woman to dictate would allow -no me." "That's right. Let's have a cigar." "I'm sorry, but my wife won't let me smoke In the parlor." Baltimore Ameri can. The Indians had lust sold Manhattan Island for 126. "A. Eooa Bargain.' they observed, "witr the mayoralty campaign approachln; every one will prove the town Isn't worth 2 cents." New Tork 8un. 'Tou are convinced that you need a vacation?" "Yes." replied Senator Sorchum. "I'v got to get away to some Place where I can forget political cares and do some real work.' Washington Star. "Saw In the rianer that radium would hep rheumatism. What's radium worth?" Jfour thousand dollars a grain." an swered the druggist. uosh! Ain t you got something just It9s 67 Degrees Cool in Minnesota According to observations of tho U. S. Weather Bureau the average temperature of Minnesota during July and August is about 67 degrees warm enough in the daytime to wear summer clothes and bathe in tho lakes cool enough nights to sleep comfortably under blankets. Compare that to July and August Ne braska temperatures! Cool weaher is not all that Minnesota baa to offer ln&aI2,,M,nneSOta yU haV0 yUr ChOiCd Of 10000' w i?n"I7ranstns .fronl b!g 'nBhlonable resorto cover hf 1 a. C0UIity, bere 8t.h.ing is going on all innA1' I0 Becl"dod "Pots In thb forest where fash iona and conventions needn't worry you- Minnesota offers immediate relief" to hay fevei suffere nn5 aV,n1Sh,nfr-;,f yo.u love t0 "Sht the bias or Vus- w?ore h0 "yes go to Minnesota Min nesota is tho homo of the Bass, MuskollunjPIko S0ode5hae?maCn,:aPP,0 th UlUmat0 Let mo give you Illustrated literature de scriptive of Minnesota and tell you thMow est round trip fares, and remember that the Chicago Great Western istbe beet and short est line from Omaha to" Minnesota. When you purchase tickets be sure to Bpocif? Chicago Great Western beyond OmahaV P. F. BONOItDEN, C. P. & T. A. 10513 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. Phone Doug Sflo, There's Pleasure in Traveling to New York and Boston Personal comfort and good service aro fea tures of the excellent train service of the Bak ' timore & Ohio to New York and Boston. - Observation Cars afford the means of enjoy ing the famous scenery of the "scenic routo of Eastern America." (', 1 Tho round trip faro from Chicago to New ' ' York is only $J27.00, via Pittsburgh, Wash ington, D. O., Baltimore and Philadelphia, . . Return limit thirty days. Correspondngly low fare round trip tickets to Atlantic Coast Resorts. Variable route tickets to New York v and Boston, Mass., and return, including travel by rail and steamer. Tickets on sale until September 30. Liberal stop-oxers per mitted at all principal .points. ' The "Inter-State Special" leaves Chicago 11 - A. M. with Compartment Prawing, Room Sleeping. Oars and Lounging 1 Observation ! Sleeping Oars. ThA "ew ,Vork Wmlted" leaves Chicago 5:45 P r The dining car service oi all trains is exceptionally fl- e For illustrated folders and additional detail BALTIMORE & OHIO or uJ "Joan! V.an.t Tlckst kni or Adorns H. C. STROHM, T. P. A., Omaha. Neb. with expert ThP rtiavilio f annli m tUP '"' tars. Hiiiifj ws Ssitaliat2C Tor tno correct) n off deform it es requires expert skill in fitting and the most molern manufactur ing equipment such as is offered by 8 iL3r The W. G. Burgle! anil 1410-1S Barney tmt. musical Buppllo whoro pS 'Buy y as good?" Louisville Courier-Journal. "Tou can't get around tho fact that tho moving picture show business Is making apfdly advancing strides." "You bet you can't I understand that by next year an arrangement will be made with the newspapers to print all the domestic quarrels and divorces of the tUm stars same an they do the regu lar actors.' Bt. Louis Republic. Policeman (loquitur) I seen my duty an I done It I says to the captain, There's a guy runnln a tough Joint down the street." The captain says to me, "Go pull" an' I starts to go "his leg. says the rnntaln. Rn T n Kiv duty an' I done It-Judge. L0AHN'. Just a loppln' round From mawn t'll night, Jest a settln' still Till do crapples bite, Then a eatin' an 'a catin Watah million f om de rlne. L"fe down heah In Texas Suits me fine. Jest a loafln' round In de ahadder ob de cabin, A shettln' up yer maouth Too blamed hot fer gabblri Jest a wearin' holes ' In de sofys an de cheers An a mussln' up yer face Wit dem good roostln' years. Jest a pokln' round A vlsltln' the fonks, A eat n' fried chicken ' An' a crackln' stale Jokes A dodgln' ob de sunshine An' a tak'n little pills To scare away de ague An' de fever an' de chills. Jest a loppln' round, A steamin' an' a sweat In',' A stay'n' undah klvcr Till do sun am a settln', Then a drappln' ob yer line Fer perch an crapple. Life down heah In Texas Is sho' nuff happy. B ATOLL NE TRELE. Jls: Cle -elan 1 Co. M XavaUa Snppliss. F5 Sslsphonji Sonna mt your physician burs his"