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Democratic Practice and Preaching.
President Wilson's plea, made In his address
to a gathering of business men in Washington,
that closer co-operation should be had between
the business world and the government In the
framing of laws. Is baaed on sound foundation.
No one will dispute the theory, but what has
beea the democratic practice? When hat the
president or hla 'party seriously considered tho
Interests of business In formulating or carrying
out' their partisan program? Was the voice ot
the business world heeded when the Underwood
tariff law was passed, or when the regional
banks were located? At what time has the demo
cratic party ever sincerely consulted the general
Interests of the country In connection with Hi
policies? , .'
For longer than sixty years the democratic
party has been avowedly a sectional party, and
the present congress Is dominated entirely by
sectional interests, organized on sectional lines,
and operates steadily along those lines. The
present deadlock in the senate Is due to the
effort of the president to drive through thut
body a measure intended chiefly to secure ad
vantage for the cotton growers of the south.
The country will be the gainer when there
comes a closer and more efficient co-operatloa
between the business of the country and its gov
ernment, but just now congress Is far more in
need of control than is business.
The Political Caldron
retorts I ' ' -...m
Thought for the Day
afcft ky Grace Lmaitt Hrnnceck
All hcarti can ot rtachtd through music,
allhoviK it may iptak differently to nch
LouU Lombard, ;
I , , ,
Tes, and the best answer the atreet rallws y
can make to the Jitney stunt is to give the pun-
He good car service, and more of U.
Remember that solemn assurance that an
ounce of silver and a bushel of wheat would al-
'way be equal in value any tine and any place?
So long'as the president and the senate cau
cus stick to 'the burning deck of the shipping
bill the administration cannot bo accused of
"cold feet." '
Rnsm and the World-War. .
LltUe surprise will be exhibited because ot
the czar's finally declining to allow neutrals to
distribute relief among the prison camps of
eastern Siberia, at the same time refusing to
perm IB an inspection of those camps by neutral
diplomats. This is part of the historic policy of
Russia. The rise of Muscovy from the condi
tion of a lowly principality to the position ot
the world' greatest continuous empire has beea
on this foundation of aloofness.
In the, present war Russia is, as ever, an
opportunist. Russia has little occasion to love
either France or England, but at present is con
tent to love Germany a little less. At all events,
the concern of Russia for either France or Eng-
land is not likely to go very far beyond ths
point where they may be serviceable In th
furtherance of the Russian dream of world
domination. With Germany defeated, ! and
France and England seriously weakened, if not
actually exhausted at the close of the present'
struggle, Russia will be the bettor enabled to
take another step forward in that game which
is being played in terms of centuries .rather than
of years. -
The economic aspect ot the problem that
will have to be faced on termination of hostili
ties ia fairly well forecasted; the political phase
of the question is certain to be colored by the
attitude of Russia, and Russia continues to hold
aloof.
A competition la rate reduction to light ami
Jwater consumers would be much more satisfac
tory thaa a mere oratorical contest between the
general managers. . .
After a little more debate, he wRl be Intro
duced as a great electrical engineer As well as
a. great hydraulic engineer, a great civil engi
neer, ana a gfeat naval engineer. ,
4 . The best argument for the electric lighting
company against the proposed extension of the'
water district into the lighting business, would
be togive Omaha the" admittedly overdue "rati
reductions at once.
Considering the disturbance of the greatest
war in history, the bill factory at Lincoln has
managed to yield an output whose quantity i
la no way disappointing, however much the
quality may bear Inspection,
To Washington, declaration of German-
Americans, placing American Interests abovo
those ot any other country, -will find a re
sponsive chord In every. American home. It
ounda the right note of patriotism.
President Wilson urges the building of two
battleships this year. Senator Tillman, head of
the naval committee, desires to wait tor the les
son of the world war., While the political doc
tors are arguing Uncle 8am merely whistles' and'
whittles.
If Villa succeeds in establishing himself ia
control of the Mexican government, that camera'
picture of him sitting In the presidential chair
In the national palace a few weeks ago, will
take on an added significance, though not
wholly unsuspected.
The payroll brigade are expected to fight o
hold on to their jobs, but how any one can op
pose Greater Omaha consolidation. who does his
baslaeas and gets bis livelihood In Omaha,
though he happens to live Just outside the city
llmlta. Is difficult to understand.
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It remained for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
to strain the credulity of readers by presuming
that a democratic levy on offlcd-holders" salaries
for a campaign fund constitutes a news story.
That vehicle of political righteousness might
with equal emphasis assert that the rush for the
giie counter is inspired by a desire to "save tho
country.
Where Nebraska Republican! Lose Out
The official promulgation of the new appor
tionment for the next republican' national con
vention has been made, the plan having been
ratified according to its terms by the republicans
in states representing 280 electoral votes or over
twenty-five more than necessary to meet the
conditions for its adoption. The announcement
numerates the states that have formally ap
proved the new plan, but nowhere is Nebraska
to be found In the lUt, although our last repub
lican state convention unanimously 'adopted tho
ratification resolution that was offered. It
would seem that either the officers of the con
vention neglected to forward the properly certl
fled copies of the resolution or the returns from
Nebraska miscarried somewhere and failed to
reach their proper destination.
The unfortunate thing about it Is that it de
prives Nebraska republicans of any share In tho
prestige which the republicans of other progree
rive states will have for putting this Important
reform into effect and it does this when our
state should by rights have been listed in the
forefront of the reapportionment movement.
Fr&nciico Villa, Dictator.
Never in his' career has "Pancho" Villa ap
peered more picturesque than he does at this
moment, boldly proclaiming himself dictator of
Mexico. Why not, pray? Dy dint of his own
prowess he has raised himself from the condi
tion of a, lowly jailbird to that ot de facto dicta
tor, at least; he has made and unmade "presi
dents" in a steady procession, and has enforced
his ewn will without ruth for months. He has
murdered, pillaged, and wasted, and all in the
name of "liberty," and now he has committed
the climax of his career by announcing himself
as supreme In Mexico.
Villa's action crystallises the situation to
the extent that it will array all the other leaders
against one. In this regard it may be of serv
ice, for it may mean the beginning of the eni
of anarchy In stricken Mexico.
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The grand conclava of the Nvbraaka Knlghta of
rythta ban at Pyttilan hall, crnterlnc around tha
arrival ot John Van Vlli nbig of Fort Madlaon. Ia ,
arktiil clmnrellor of ail the Ktiighta of Pythiaa lotlgca
of tti World. In the oik Mr. Van Vjukcntwrg wa
!Ud liy Gorse I-the and J. t. Mutmrll. whllo
J. I. joura and Colonel Jrln alo vontrlbuted
apuhea.
Prlia lnora at tfct Bcneroknt aoclcty'a fair Ut
fciliht Included tha following: tfiik auapendra, Oeorsa
Heym; mar.louta toilet caae. Oeorge Morton; an ordr
for atk etilrta. N. B. Falconer; tidy. Mrs. I. OberfelOer;
buttardUh, Thomas F. Boyd; . (Ira screen, Mr. A.
Brown. ' '.
Bo exceptional that Tha 1J bo tea that all In
coining" tratua vera on fine laat nifeht. ;
A number of Omaha ien have "seen aubpoBad
to so to Untoln to t-etlfy on alleged acbool land
fraud, anions tbeiu Ueoige Helmrod, Edwin feycke.
K. F. Dom ad K. I.. Ijvelt.
A nev beat haa bwi created by the police author
ities coMiTleiiig Foui teenih. - iluath ae mstemtb to
Cauttoi avnu to Harney, and ia pattolad la the
dajome by officer Tom Herronet.
Still Too Kany Rills. . .
The. present legislature has been guilty of
the same fault that has marked Us predecessors,
In the introduction ot too many bills. Even
were there urgent, or only reasonable, need for
all the laws and change's iu laws proposed by
the hills presented It is humanly Impossible to
give-all the pending measures careful consider
ation within the time at Us disposal. .Mauy
good bills are Included in the long list, but these
are sure to' suffer, because of inadequate atten
tlon, while mauy bad bills are likely to slip
through In the rush that Is Inevitable.
Half-baked laws which later require much
amendment to make them effective, necessarily
lesult from this course. Other similar evils, too
obvious to require specifying, also attend this
effort of the legislature to cover too muc
ground. Us most direct, and perhaps danger
ous, effect is that the final determination of tho
fate of all measures rave thot.e for appropria
tions required by law. will be taken out of the
hands of the legislature and given over to the
sifting committee, which thus become of parj
mount Importance, as ttie real law-making body.
Prominence la .given to the news that three
ot the assassins ot Archduke Ferdinand have
beea executed and three committed to prison tor
life. Tens of thousands of worthier men have
gone Into unmarked graves as a direct result of
that crime, and couotletts thousands more are
doomed to that fate.
,.i yiru w.ii. Here ia a tot ot j.iwca, as
well sa other thlnsa. In this Greater Omaha con
solidation proposition, and its bearing on tha
coming spring city election has been canvsaeed, and
fine-toothed combed by tha strategists in all camps.
Tt will be remembered that Major "Jim" announced
himself quite a while ago In favor of consolidation,
but was emphatic that ha would not stand for taking
n Dundee, Florence or Bfnaon without taking in
Aoutn Omaha at the aame time. It will be remembered
too that Senator Dodge was always hot for annexsc
tlon until )ut now when tfa somersaulted, over to j
the antls. and his switch Is 'not wholly explained by
the fact that he now lives Irf Dundee, because ha lived
In V mm a pot whi'e serving In tha last legislature.
True, at that time he waa in neither Dundee nor
Omaha, bnt as he lilmadf remarked, "Dundee forcibly
annexed me," and he never put up a whimper. So
It Isn't forcible or unforclble annexation, but politic.
that la at the bottom of the line-up, and thia la the
way It la duped out: Dundee la "sllk-atocking," South
Omaha is "rough-neck," Dundee, Benaon and Florence
itosether cast fewer votes than Houth Omaha by a
good deal, ao that consolidation would be expected to
trengthen the "liberals" In a city election as com
pared with the "highbrows." '
A question of time and calendar also enters Into
this consolidation problem as it affects local politics.
Ordinarily a law paaaed by the legislature does jtot
become effective until the following July, which would
be two months too late to let the voters of tha an
nexed territory In on the choice of the city officers
who are to govern them for the next ensuing three
years. Tha law could become operative at one by
attaching the emergency clause to It. and paaalng It
soon enough to let ambitious statesman like Hoctor.
Tanner, Dodge and ethers residing in South Omaha
and Dundee file for the municipal primaries as citi
zens of Oreater Omaha. The only other way to effect
consolidation, and let the annexed neighbors have
representation. In tho elective city offices la event
consolidation la enacted without the emergency clauae,
would b then to rush through a special act post
poning the city election until fall, and extending the
term of the present municipal regime for about
seven months. It goea without saying that the city
hall bunoh would not object to thla program, and It
Is also more than poaalbl that those who are fight
ing consolidation hardest right now, being all of them
politicians first, might If beaten on the first round
and seeing conaolldatlon a sure thing after next July,
turn In and do their utmost to help postpone the elec
tion so they could climb In on the groundfloor of the
political game.
80 don't overlook any bets In the consolidation
matter, and don't be surprised, to so some lightning
changes It contingencies require.
It is said friends of W. F. Baxter are importuning
him to start and head another cltlsens movement
similar to the Cltlsens' Union of thres years ago. So
tar. however, Mr. Baxter ha declined to take more
than ordinary Interest in this ce.mpa.urn, urging that
his buelneea affaire aCthl" trr demand more of his
time end energy than they did three years ago when
be wss one of the moving- spirits In the CHIaens'
t'nlon. For that organisation Ralph (S under lana wss
general In command; Davtd Fitch waa aacretary; and
C. W. Alden was business manager. A aulta or rooms
In the City National bank building waa tha Union's
headquarters.
Politics sure makes strange bedfellows. Her are
I,ee Herdman and Mayor J. C. Dalhman f rlenda again.
aftar neanv nine years of political anstrangament.
This Is one of the Important political happenings 01
the week, during which Mr. Herdman called at me
mayor's office, doffed hla hat and coat, accepted a
cigar and the twain agreed to bury the netcnet ana
henceforth eat at the same political table.
The ancient and honorable legion 6f political pan-
hanrilera Is making it presence felt in the city hall
Just now, although It will be two months before the
city pnmai iw. oumts ui mem? vio.wio - -
small change for past loyalty and wbrk. while others
ask for money for what they promise to do this
aprlng. They bring In alleged political Information,
offer, auggeetlon and even claim to control vote.
Soma are fairly successful In thta form of activity)
others don't get to first base. Usually twenty-Ov
cents Is a satisfactory ante at this stage ot the game,
Twice Told Tales
Forestall Defined.
The children had read the word foresight In the
reader end the teacher was endeavoring to make It
plain.
- 'Toreslg'ht." he ' said. "Is looking ahead. Now
you give me an example of foresight If you can."
"Well, foresight would he not to eat much break
fast when you knew you were 'going out Into the
country to your grandmother's for dinner," explained
the boy. Indianapolis News.
' . Aster Wit.
Newport Is crediting Vincent Astor wttb m. ton mot
It appears that Mr. Aator had turned the cold
shoulder on an arlstocratlo but poor young man who
had continually tried to "use" him. A woman ven
tured to' take Mr. Aator to task for this snub, ami
received the telling reply: ,
'Oh, Jack shouldn't eemplatn. They who make
toola of tholr friends are sure to getcut.' "Boston
Olobe. .
StrJotly Caah Baala.
Shortly after the reconstruction period began, an
old southern planter met one of Ida negroes whom he
had not aoen el nee the latter' liberation.
"Well, well!", said th planter. "What are you
doing now. Uncle JoahT'
"i's a-preachln' of de goapll."
"What! You preaching?"
"Taasah, marater, I's a-prearhln'."
"Well, well! Do you use notes?"
"Nossuh. At de fust I use notes, but now' I
de-raands de csah." Judge.
Xtrlaf amteCavaVea am asal
ptea tarvtea-s. Viae Be aa-saaaae
a swpassatatlMjr fee evlsdeate ?
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to lniWis Vy srt 1
Aavasatloaa lajaet Abaard.
OMAHA, Feb. 1 To the Editor of The
Bee: As an Interested reader of The
Be I want to reply to the communica
tion of W. J. Woodward of the village of
Lewis, Is., who styles himself the presi
dent ot the Citizen's bank. His letter
waa certainly a display of narrowmtnd-
htsa, bigotry and very poor American-
lam. He seems to forget America I a
free country for all nationalities and all
denominations. The literacy test re
quired for emmigrants Is not an assurance
of good character of cltlsenchip, for the
crooks are mostly all able to pass such a
test, few being deficient, while good.
honest, hardworking people are rejected
due to their Inability to pass the teat.
Every American citizen desires to elevate
th conditions of the working class ot
people ot this country, but our govern
ment must devise a just way of accom
plishing this, end. President Wilson and
ex-Prealdcnt Taft vetoed tha literacy
test as a matter ot principle, and not as
a dependency of votes, as "Illiterately re
marked" by Mr. Woodward. The Immi
grant of Certain European countries a,e
not responsible for their I . of knowl
edge, Inability to withstand the literacy
test; their government, rulers arid poli
ticians are to be blamed for their depres
sion. The Bee haatway been Juat and fair
and may It always be so. The loss of the
subscription of Mr. Woodward will mean
gain of others, for hi accusations agaliuit
The Bee are unjut and absurd.
Mr. Woodward can be referred" to the
old Latin proberh "81 Taculsses, phll
osophus msnslases."
F. B. H0C8BMAN.
(ha nee for Commercial Clah.
OMAHA. Feb. 4. -To the- Editor Of Th
Bee: The Omaha Commercial club sent
a strong delegation to Lincoln to aupnort
the Oreater Omalia annexation bill, hut
no on claimed that any advantage would
accrue to the state at large or that any
realty great advsntsg would secure to
OmaJia.
But now comes th Commerctsl club of
Alliance supporting a bill to efficiently
promote Industrial development in the
state of Nebraska. . Its influence tor
commercial good might be made a hun
dred or a thousand foM that pf any an
nexation bill over dreamed of.
What wilt th other Commercial cluba
of Nebraska d about it? The question
seems warranted. A real opportunity
exists.
Of course no Commercial club would
support It because of political influence,
and it Is, Just barely possible that coma
commercial clubs will oppose it (under
cover) from a narrow, selfish Interest
There Is probably no use holding back
for any of our heretofore mighty states
men to become enthusiastic over it, be
cause there are none of the usual reasons
why they should.
ONE CLUB MEMBER.
I
GRINS AND GROANS.
"After I got through with my remarks."
said the orator, "tha people applauded
loudly,"
"I joined In that applause," replied
Ail."") cayenne.
You were Interested."
"Yes. and arateful. I was afraid for
awhile that you had grown absent
minded and thought you were filibuster
ing." Washington Star.
Mrs. Tounsrlirlde I want to act a hat
for my husband. It a to be a surprise
for him.
t lerk Nhst sixe, madam? .
Mrs. Y. Really I forgot to find out.
but he wesrs a IS collar, so I suppose
he'd want 20 or 22 In a hat wouldn't ha?
Boston Transcript.
lrste Motorist far. this darned car
won't climb a hill! Tou said it was a
fine machine!
Dealer I said: "On the level It's a
good car." California Pelican.
"Dear me." exclaimed the British
maiden to her companion, "didn't you
near sometninir rirop just now?
"Yes." answered the other. "It was one
of those horrid 2eppelln bombs, ia my
head on atralghtr Baltimore American.
riri Ui.r.l., 11., II,. mil WUu
look as if you'd been through a cyclone
sine I last met you. What's wrong?
recona itnrgiar i got into a nouse
where the woman was waiting up for her
husband, and she mistook me for him.
Boston Transcript.
HER EYES. ;
What the color of her eyes?'
Ah. the fact Is hard to tell.
Thre la ever fresh surpris
When upon those orbs 1 dwelt.
First as darkest night they. seem.
Then, a flash of oolder gray,
Next a weet and tender gleam
A of heaven's aerenest ray.
What the color of her eyea?
Changeable as April skies.
When she puts her hands In mine
With a greeting warm and true,
Then her eyes, uplifted, ahlne
With the heavens' reflected hue.
When at parting, her whit arm
Hold me close In love's embrace.
Not the least among her charms,
Eyes of brown, where Jut a trace
Of tears beclouds their changing hue.
Brown to black or gray to blue.
When I look within .their deers.
Black or brown or blue or gray.
Flame of love within them leaps,
Light and shad forever play,
blessed eyea! Their gaaa I pure
Or In sorrow or In song;
And whene'er their pleadings lure
'Tls from evil end from wrong.
Heaven snail keep her In- II ward,
And her eyes shall be my guard.
E. F. W.
Ugh! Not Calomel, Oil or Salts,
Take "California Syrup of Figs."
A harmless cure for sick headache,
ibllllousness, sour stomach, constipation,
Indigestion, coated tongce, sallowness
take "California Syrup of Flge." For the
cause of all such misery comes from a
torpid liver and sluggish bowels. t
A tablespoonful tonight means &U oon
stlpatlon poison, waste matter, ferment
ing food and sour bile gently moved out
of your system by morning without grip
ing. Please don't think of "California
Syrup of Fig" as a phytic. Don't think
you are drugging yourself or your child
ren, because this delicious fruit laxative
can not cause injury. Even the most
delicate child can take It as safely as a
robust man. It Is the most harmless,
effective stomach, liver and bowel,
cleanser, regulator and tonic ever de
vised. .
Your only difficulty may be In getting
the genuine, so ask your druggist for a
BO cent bottle of "California Syrup ot
Figs." then see that Is It made by th
"California Fig Sytup Company." Thli
city has many counterfeit ."fig syrupa,"
so watch out.
People and Events
A ststement of tbe real Inspiration and
.authorship of the deluge Of legislative bills
would vastly improve their educational value.
A three-minute telephone conversation betweea
San Francisco and New York la definitely entitled
to tha bargain rate of 'St.CS a mtnut.
' No matter what ChKago may do about varying
th faahlona In waist line, Indifferent masculine
persist in holding on to th forty-four or thereabout.
Nebraska and Ka a a lawmaker show considerable
speed In reform mejaurea, but they ane out-classed
by th Connecticut salon, who would prohibit hlp
pocketa In trousers.
Th discovery ha been made that nearly 70 per
cent of th co-eds ot tha University of California
have flat feet Too much practice for the Midway
stunt at Kan Fram'laco.
' The crusade against' sinfulness Is getting a gAp
on Ptiliadelphiane. There I now talk of reviving th
hair cloth sofa, as a parlor symbol of prim respecta
bility and mortification of the spirit.
A Texas brldoto-be ducked at the altar, shed her
bridal robe and decided to consecrate herself aa a
mlaidoiiary among th heathen. Th task of con
verting heathens I much easier than reforming a
Texan by marriage.
Along about April t literature of this Import will
!end gaiety to the vehicles of publicity: "Owing to
tite severity of the winter and the unusual tbtcknea
of the lee crop, ei.t ailing Increased labor la cutting
and atoiing, dealers are obliged, much agalnat their
will, to postpone a reduction In th arte of to de
livered to houaekaep!." No April foot Joke. ithr.
They lived nearby CtntervllW, Ind- A widow of
K. with two daughter; a widowar. with two otia
and tour daughter. Th aldi were married In
December. Apparently th brlJe did not have an ac
curate census of tha bridegroom' family, so when
sb wa introduced to the group th task of hustling
for a bunch of eight sent Dan Cupid screaming from
the ranch, and the bride and her daughters troop t
back to their old home. Nothing doing. With all
their experlone elders set aa ye-cprner now and
1 the. ... -
Who Says They Won't Workt
OMAHA, Feb. 4.-To the-Sdltor of The
See: Where Is the mart or woman who
asys the unemployed . won't work when
they have the opportunity? In cleaning
the streets of snow, preference was given
to voters, and many unemployed a wo re
that they Were voters When they were
not perjured themselves for the privil
ege of working.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
ormsl Board Saeald Be Abolished.
OMAHA, Feb. 4. To the Editor of The
Bee: The only argument necessary to
show why th Stat Normal board should
be abolished la a short review of what
they have don during the i last blen
nlum. They began by discharging Dr.
Thomas a president of the Kearney nor
mal, as they as Id for the - good of the
school. They never filed any charge
Imply because they ' had none to file.
Had they bean honest they would have
given the. real reason and aald it Was be
caua T. J. Major wa unfriendly to
Thomas, antl also because he was not
satisfactory to the gang In the School
master' club, and Cavlness, a member
of th board, 1 also .a member of the
club and th tool of this same gang.
Under th guls of making th work
mor businesslike, Major and Cavlness
fixed up a resolution forbidding' the pres
ident of each school to have any vote
ia th selection' of janitors, care of build
ing and grounds, the purchase of furni
ture and supplies, the expenditure ot any
funds or the handling of any caah funds
or fee, notwithstanding the statutes
clearly make all thla the president's duty.
These matter were all placed Into the
bands et the registrar and the local com
mitteeman. As soon as this was fixed
Major immediately discharged the head
Janitor at Peru and put into the place
mad vacant a tenant from one of his
farms, although th man discharged wa
admitted to be entirely satisfactory.
Delsell wss chairman of the teachers'
committee and had his daughter elected
aa a member of the Chadron faculty,
later he had R. C. King and B, I. Elliott
ef hi office force elected to position In
the Kearney faculty.
Th president of th board; becauae he
was a member of th executive commit
tee, succeeded In selling th normal
schools about 13,000 worth ot furniture.
With but only part of the money In sight
the board let a contract for aa t,0u0
training achool it Peru, to be know a
the T. J. Major' Training achool. This
bulldlnr contains in Ita plan a fine gym
nasium and pool, notwithstanding th
fact that the Peru normal already has
on of the best gymnasium In the stale.
It would seem that the other normal
school should have at leaat one gymna
sium ch before Feru get two.
The voter ot the state emphatically
condemned th action ot the Normal
board by electing Thomas to th state
upartntendency, yet th member of the
board who ouated Thomas ahow their lit
tleness by keeping him oft of th teach
era' committee, which haa always been
headed by th alate superintendent. Th
(expense ot the board also shows
It to be quit a luxury, being about 14,00
for the blenntus. The traveling expenses
of Cavinea ailoc is equal to If not greater
than that of any on of th presidents,
although h I not permitted under th
statute to collect anything except actual
expense while at board meetings. Th
foregoing 1 but a sample ot thla board
doing.
At on ttrao ten teachers wr dis
charged and no ether reason waa aa
signed than that the teacher wer not
needed. K)n of these teachers had been
Iu the employ of the state for fifteen
year. Th board should now he dis
charged In the same way.
D. B. JOHNSON.
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out with her beaming
countenance and beau
tiful spring gowns, all
pink and white. She
has great rolls of waxen
curls, big blue eyes and
oh dear me, when you
see her dainty little foet
and pink shoes and
stockings, you'll just
want to eat her up.
Mildred wll be ftvea free
to th little, girl under 19
years of age that brings or
mails us the largest number
of do IPs picture cut out of
the Dafly and Sunday Bee .
before 4 .p. in., Saturday.
February l.
Mildred's picture will
be in The Bee every
day this , week. Cut
them out and ask your
friends to save the pic
tures in the paper for
you, too. See how many
pictures of Mildred you
can get, and be sure to
turn them in to The Bee
office before 4:00 p. m.
Saturday, February 6.
You can see "Mildred"
at The Bee Office
More Skates
for our Busy Bee Boys
Barney Berry American Club, Nick a PI tad. Tampered
Welded Gte4 Blad. aae to fit.
This picture of one of tbe Skates will be In The Bee
every day this week.
Cut them all out and ask your friends to save the pic
tures In their paper for you, too. See how many pictures
you can get and bring there to The Bee office next Satur
day. The Skates wil be given Free to the boy that seuds us
th most pictures before 4 1'. M. Saturday. February 0.