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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. TBS BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRtETOR. Catered at Omaha poetofflce aa eeoond-elaas natter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. , Br Carrier , Br Mall par month. parraar Daf)- and Bandar See ee.00 IHlty wttboat Sunday ...... 4.00 Beefihif and Bandar 40e n-na Kewntnf withoat Sanaa Zfia 4.0 Bandar Baa only .2e S.S0 Dallr and Sunder Bee. three hi adrsnee. I10.0S. Bend notice of chance of address or Irreralarity in de nes la Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Reentt by draft, express or postal order. Only f -cent i tamps taken tai payment of small aceounte. Personal checks, except an Omaha and eastern exehenge, not accepted, OFFICES. " Omahoj The Bae Building. South Omaha MIS N street, Coanetl Bluffs 14 North Main (treat. Uneola lit Little Building. Chicago S18 People's Gas Bafldlnl. Mew York Room MI, !U Fifth arena. , St. Loam COS New Bank of Commerce. Waahinrton 72S Fourteenth street, N. W. - CORRESPONDENCE. Address eommanicatlons relating to news and editorial atattsr to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. OCTOBER CIRCULATION a si e rv !l 0 f r f aen Dwfcrht Williams, clrcolation manager of The Bee "aaHebing eompanr, being duly sworn, says that the STerage dreolatton for the month of October, 1916, waa Mil daily, and SO.HJ Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manafer. Bahacribed in mr presence and sworn to before me this 4th day of November, ll. C. W. CARLSON, Notary Public. Snbaeribora leaving thai city temporarily .LU L Tl.. Ru .IIJ (lum Aal. slroaa will b chanted as often aa required. Boost (or Omaha and keep right on booiting! Bat ha not woman always led mere man in flying; high? Only eight more days of foot ball, rooting early. Do your Still, the Mexican deles-ates mav be oardoned for prolonging their hospitable stay at Atlantic Or. If the Hon. Jerry Howard stops the nepo tism graft, his top-notch rote on the legislative ticket ariQ be fully vindicated. Stilt that circuit court of appeals salary is not apt to be allowed to go to waste aa long as did our federal district judgeship salary, Viking Omaha the entrepot for Wyoming oil would match what was done for this city by establishing the meat-packing industry here. Besides other reasons urging a quiet inaugu ration on March 4, the crop of congressional lame docks pleads against the humiliation of ragtime. The failure of the Ex-Presidents' club to in crease its membership during the year is not due to tack of zeal and enterprise on the part of the membership. Let street corner orators orate wherever and whenever they please. It is up to them to de velop enough heat as well as light to hold an audience in this chill atmosphere. l The Vernment no doubt will manufacture the necessary gas for the new balloon -school. Fears of poaching on the gas preserves of bal looning prices may be banished at once. Probers of the high cost of living should not overlook the operations of the saner kraut barons. The reported shortage in the cabbage crop also threatens the tobacco market with a rise. Experience has shown Omaha's water board to be a purely ornamental luxury, 'The general manager could run the plant just as well without the aid or consent of1 any other water boarder. , The culinary genius who compiles a break fast of four pancakes, with bacon and eggs to match for 162-3 cents comes fairly close, to de fining one vital section of the American standard of living. Economy is restricted to nonessentials, which, in reality, obstruct the inward joy radiated by the festal combination. ! A federal court holds that states controlling headwaters of interstate streams cannot rob ad joining states of their rights to some of the flow ing fluid. The ruling safeguards Nebraska to ' some degree against the hardships of the coming drouth, and constitutes notably prompt re sponse to President Wilson's appeal for "justice with a heart m it" ' The Case of Portia PhfUaWlphia Ledier- Time to Push for That Pipe Line. If conditions are correctly reported in the item we reproduce on this page from the Boston News letter, the time is ripe for revival of the several times, planned project for a pipe line from Wyoming to Omaha. Ever since the exis tence of oil in Wyoming vt3 made known, when the territory was first thrown open. The Bee has held up the prospect of making Omaha eventu ally the outlet for its refining and marketing, and the development, so long retarded, seems now to have been begun in earnest and to be at last proceeding at a rapid pace. The advantages of piping the Wyoming oil at least to the Missouri river, as soon as the volume of the output war rants, are recognized by the oil men, especially where it would be, as in this case, practically a gravity flow the entire distance, with but little pumping. What the building of a pipe line from the Wyo ming fields would mean to Omaha need hardly e expatiated on. The successful execution of such a project would give this city an impetus as an industrial center which nothing else could do, and we know of no other plan for the ad vancement of Omaha's material interests that will so well repay a serious effort on the part of our business organizations to bring it to a head and expedite its completion. Three Hundred Thousand Strong. With over 302,000 votes cast at the last elec tion, forecasters in Nebraska have a new prob lem before thein. Tne total vote in 1912 was 249,000, and in 1914 it was 238,000, facts which led the home prognosticators to estimate the vote for 1916 at around 275,000. The event showed them as wide of the nark on this as on other features of the election. The outpouring of bal lots, Beyond any experience, shows the uncom mon interest taken in the election. Issues novel and important were presented to the voters, so that considerable fervor for voting1 was engen dered, but many were only concerned in one or another of several, as the disparities in totals will disclose. It is strange that, where the voters were asked to make a choice between candidates for high offices and on issues that were sharply defined, so many should give evidence of no lack of interest sufficient to lead them to vote, and yet refrain from completely marking their bal lots. The analysis of the vote will afford much occupation for the political students of the state, and will also give a new basis for future calcula tions. ' ' . Control of Interstate Waters. The federal' court of appeals sitting at Den ver has handed down a decision affirming the right of senior claimants in Nebraska to use of the waters of streams flowing across the state line ifrom Colorado. The justice of this is ap parent, but junior claimants had set up a claim of state priority over the waters in controversy, necessitating the suit. It is a most important point in irrigation, the application of which is vital to the development of reclamation enter prises. . The irrigator falls without the common law provision that tjhe user must return the water to the stream undiminished in volume and un affected as to quality. He applies the water to such uses as preclude its return, and therefore must have a different rule to govern him. The establishment of the principle of priority without regard to state lines affords this rule. . The. court has sustained the position taken by The Bee many years ago, when it urged federal control of the great reclamation projects of the west. This paper has always contended that the work is such as generally exceeds the, capacity of private enterprise, and that it involves so much of interstate relations that it can be done better by the general government, which alone has the means and the authority. The success of great undertakings sef afoot by the reclamation service of the United States has vindicated the stand of The Bee, while the predicament in which pri vate ventures often land through failure to ob; serve the rule is shown in the case just ter minated. (: .''. j '4:.--'-t'' '.'? " The principle, well written into fkw, and firmly upheld, will aid in developing irrigation because of the stability it lends. . .-' I V; , Was the learned New York justice serious when he advised women lawyers not to wear conspicuous clothes in court or to flirt with judge or jury? If he were not, he should have remem bered that a jest's prosperity lies not in the ear of him that hears it or in, this case her. ; For the women members of the profession sppear to be greatly exercised by his obiter dictum. There arc those who affect to believe that his advice is sound. But probably more will agree with the lady from Philadelphia who writes to the New York Sun that those of her sex who are called to the bar "can be just as charming and as womanly and as businesslike if clothed becomingly as if they made of themselves spectacles and the laugh ng stock of the male crowd." The only objection to this conclusion is that it is based upon an impossible assumption. Who can figure any woman, lawyer or not, as a spectacle and a laugh ing stock? The qualities that attract are com parative, not positive. A woman who is clothed becomingly undoubtedly surpasses one who is clothed unbecomingly. Fine feathers at least helo to make, tine birds, despite the proverb, Js it not a womal lawyer's duty to her client to make as gratifying an impression upon judge and jury as . she can? . And why should the strongest feminine weap ons be taken from her? The justice apparently used the concrete word '"flirt" to express the sub tler methods of subjugation. There are men law yers whose suecees depends chiefly upon their personal influence over the twelve good men and true whose verdict they seek to sain. Thev have a full battery of tricks of voice, of manner, of gesture, even of dress. Is not a dream of a gown just aa legitimate? Shall eyes of melting blue or : appealing brown be cast down lest some juror , feel the thrill of them and decide that the ladv must win her case? Portia made an argument in the case of Shylock against Antonio (Mer. Ven. IV. 1, Supreme Court of Venice) which was ob viously unsound in law, and her aooearance was so irregular, the Venetian bar not being open to . women, that she had to disguise- herself as a man; but she used her woman's arts and won, and the chief justice and his associates, though they must have known perfectly well that she was a woman, winked at the irregularity and gave her a verdict. Why should anyone expect or wish the Portias ot our day to be more scrupulous? Importance of the Newlands Inquiry. The joint congressional committee under the chairmanship of Senator Newlands has com-, menced one of the widest and most far-reaching investigations ever undertaken by the government. In outlining its purpose, Senator Newlands ex plained the scope of the inquiry as comprising the entire range and all the ramifications of the transportation industry in the United States. Not only this, but its bearings on the external rela tions of the country are to be given considera tion in connection with other phases of the prob lem, the end sought being dual. First, the com mittee will undertake to make recommendations as to the future of the industry, whether it will be under strict regulation or government owner ship. Second, to formulate plans' for proper co ordination of all the elements of landvand Water service, that public as well as private interests in peace and war alike may be completely con served. The value of this broad inquiry wilf finally depend on its thoroughness. At the out set the committee has encountered a reluctance on part of witnesses to give testimony, but this should be overcome. Sooner or later the gov ernment must have the facts, in order that proper procedure may be determined. If the Newlands inquiry does not bring out the information re quired, another will, forhe movement now under way must be carried through to a definite con clusion. , Belated returns show the defeat of the South Dakota primary law requiring presidential candi dates to debate in the state. Unless future can didates voluntarily do a turn on the stump South Dakotans must accept the interpretations of local vocalists or march to the polls with souls bereft of uplifting music. , ': 7 .' ' . , ' The land and horse race crooks who pleaded guilty, to the charge of swindling rich farmers in Iowa, ho doubt faced the penalties of the crime with smiling resignation. The presence of seventeen attorneys, all' dolled up and nothing to do, furnished just enough pathos to moderate the humor tendencies of the crooks. Development of Wyoming Oil Boston News Letter A capitalist who has just returned from the Wyoming oil fields says to the Boston News bureau: "Development of the Wyoming oil fields is becoming very rapid. In 1912 these fields turned out 1.246,000 barrels; in 1913, 2,409,000; 1914, 3,520,000; 1915, 4,212,000, and this year the pro duction will be over 8,000,000 barrels. Most re markable strides are being made in drilling and outputting, and the larger factors in the oil in dustry are coming suddenly to realize that they must take note of Wyoming, for there is no other territory in the United States making so remark able a showing except Oklahoma and California. "Nothing except the top sands have so far been tapped in an important way in Wyoming, and geological and oil experts agree that not more than 3 per cent of available oil has been extracted. "Aside from a less "rigid policy as regards land withdrawals by the federal government, a pipe line is very desirable. This would provide a better market for Wyoming oil. "It is probable that such a--line will be built, 600 miles from Salt Creek to. Omaha, within a couple of years, following an adjustment of fed eral regulations. With railroad facilities alone, not less than 35,000 cars or, sajfj 280,000,000 gal lons, of raw and refined Wyoming oil are this year being shipped in tank cars; and production is increasing by leaps and bounds. Within a month the Midwest Refining company alone has contracted for sale to one of the European bellig erents of 20,000.000 gallons of gasoline. "Wyoming undoubtedly presents the greatest single weapon in this, country for solving the gasoline question, because of the gasoline con tent of Wyoming oil. By reason of the relative lack of competition for Wyoming oil, and the absence of pipe-line facilities for its cheap trans portation, it at present brings not much over 90 cents per barrel, while Pennsylvania crude com mands $2.60 per barrel. But Pennsylvania crude carries only 20 per cent gasoline content, iwhile a great deal of Wyoming oil has been found to have 40 to 50 per cent gasoline content. "At present the refining company with the largest single output in Wyoming is the Midwest, which is estimated to have over 450,000,000 bar rels of indicated oil untapped in Salt Creek alone. Midwest Running's earnings this year will exceed $7,000,000 net. A large part of them have been put into purchase of $2,425,000 par of the $2,500,000 outstanding, preferred stock of the Greybull Refining company, which latter company will be merged with Midwest Refining, "Midwest Refining's 400,000 shares, par $50 each, are at present on an 8 per cent dividend basis, an increase of 4 per cent per annum since February. There is quite a wide distribution of the company's shares among New England investors. Of the outstanding issue, 126,000 shares are owned in France, and their owners there have refused $100 per share at least three times within the last five months." : Nebraska Press Comment Buncombe county, North Carolina, upset G. O. P. expectations in the Tenth congressional district and turned what seemed a sure thing into defeat. The case is not exceptional, however. Buncombe infected the south and west and laid the mighty low. To Make Marriage Endurable 1. Do not open each other's letters. (For one reason you might not like the contents.) And try not to look liberal if you don't even glance at the address or the postmark. 2. Vary your pursuits, your conversation and your clothes. If required, vary your hair. 3. If you absolutely must be sincere,, let it be in private. 1 ... 4 (Especially for wives.) Find out on the honeymoon whether crying or swearing is the more effective. 5. Once a day say to a wife, "I love you;" to a husband, "How strong you are!" If the latter remark is ridiculous say, "How clever you are" for everybody believes that. 5. Forgive your partner seventy times sev en.. Then burn the ledger. (W. U Ueeegs, In Atlantis. Monthly.) ' . ... Loud City Times: Four years from now we firedict that the democratic party will take the ead and insert in their platform a plank favoring national prohibition. Hastings Tribune : James Dahlman is the latest convert to "votes for women." The next thing you know Mayor Jim will be lined up in tne prohibition ranks. Hartington Herald: Isn't it strange that the notorious Third ward in Omaha, which the demo crats charged were working so enthusiastically in support of Sutton, voted against him in the elec tion? ; . . Plattsmouth Journal fdeni): The Omaha Bee has at last consented to let President Wilson serve four more years. It was a hard proposition for The Bee to at last succumb to the inevitable. The Bee held on like grim death to the last mo ment. V . Fairbury News: The Omaha Bee attributes the election of Hitchcock and Neville to "their alliance with the wets." Witfo the wets around about 25,000 in the minority, we fail to see just where that could have proven a benefit to them. But we have ceased to speculate upon tne late lamented election returns. The more we study them the deeper becomes our confusion. The people of Nebraska may have known just what they wanted to do, but sometimes we doubt it Valley Enterprise : The Omaha Bee com plains because there will not be a single Omaha man in the service of the elected state govern ment at Lincoln after January 1. Omaha itself is much to blame for this condition of things for it has always been against the rest of the state on the wet and dry proposition and has thus built up a state prejudice against it. Now that Omaha s pet liquor dealers are eliminated from the game, perhaps it may heal that long standing breach. Albion Argus: The Albion schools did not close to permit the teachers to attend the state teachers meeting at Omaha last week. Many school districts in the state refnsed to permit the schools to be dismissed and compel the pupils to break in on their studies. It would cost Albion about $150 a day and the county about $2,000 a day to close down for this annual meeting. The state association is simply a teachers union to de vise plans for the benefits of the teachers in various ways, including advance in salaries. , The sheet ings were formerly held during summer or holi day vacations, but during the past few years, the Omaha Commercial club has influenced the hold ing of the meetings at the opening of winter and treat the teachers to a series of theater, picture and burlesque shows and otherwise show courtesies to get the meeting there at the time the merchants reap the best harvest in selling seasonable raiment to the "school ma'ams." A very small attendance was registered from Albion and the absent teachers were "subbed" by young high school girls who tilled in the time. rronAYi Thought Noci-t for the Day. Show me a man who makes no mis take!, and I will show you a man who doesn't do thlngs.-'-Theodore Roose velt One Year Ago Today in the War. French and British pressed Turks on Gallipoll with heavy bombardment and bomb attacks. Berlin reported further gains for the Teutonic armies in Serbia and capture of 2,600 men. Another British submarine flotilla, estimated at ten to twenty-flve ves sels, reported as forcing the entrance to Jie Baltic. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Mr. C. H. Cowing, who designed the system of waterworks.at the South Omaha stock yards, has completed the work and it has proven entirely, satisfactory and been accepted by the stock yards company. Albert a Ritchie and Charles P. Kaempfer, two enterprising young lawyers, have come to Omaha from Racine, Wis., and Intend to establish themselves in business here. The directors of the Omaha Ball olub got a start in the right direction by the election of Frank Bandle as manager of the club. ' T. P. Cartright will eat Thanks giving turkey with his sister, Mrs. John Burns of North Platte. Mrs. B. T. Kyan of Vail, la., for merly Miss Millie Mathteuen of this place, has come to spend Thanksgiv ing with her parents. The recent allowance made for the Increase of the clerical force In the postofilce enables the addition to the force of Bert C. Wilkinson, who will act as distributing, clerk; Miss Emma Krutli, who will officiate at th,e eral delivery window and John Schrelner, whose duties will be at the stamp table. People and Events Peter Bercovitch, recently elected to the Que bec legislature, has the distinction of being the first Jew to sit in that body. , , v i. r t ....( nA.,HAa..t... x Tii:nn: was forced to leave college at the beginning of his junior year because ol lack ot funds. Sir George H. Perley, who has been appointed Canadian overseas minister of militia, is a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Harvard, i Besides being a practicing lawyer. John J. Cornwell, West Virginia's governor-elect, is the proprietor and editor of a newspaper in his home town. ' John Marcus Davis, one of the vice pfesidents of the Baltimore & Ohio road, was a freight brakeman on. a 1 cxas railroad less than twenty five years ago. This Day In History. . , 1814 General Andrew Jackson and his staff left Mobile for New Orleans. 1819 George Eliot (Marian Evans) famous novelist, born, in Warwick shire, England. Died December 23, 1880. 1829 Shelby M. Cullom, for twenty-eight years a United States senator from Illinois, born in Wayne county, Ky. Died In Washington, D. C, Jan uary, 28, 11114. 1848 Costa Rica became an Inde pendent republic. is&Z Napoleon 111 was elected em peror of the French. 1870 Bavaria joined tne uerman empire. 1875 Henry Wilson, tne coomer who became vice president died sud denly in Washington. Born at Farm- ington, N. H., February 12, 1812. 1882 Thurlow Weed, politician and Journalist died In New York City. Horn in oreene eounty, . I , Novem ber 16, 1797. 1891 Russia Issued a decree pro hibiting the exportation of wheat and Its products, owing to the short crops and threatened famine. 1900 President Krusrer -of the Transvaal republic landed at Mar seilles, France, and began a triumphal journey- to Paris. 1S02 Frederick A. Krupp, tne lyreat German ironmaster and gun maker, died at Essen. Born in 1854. 1910 Francisco I. Madero pro claimed himself president of thOxpro visional government of Mexico. i, The Day We Celebrate. W. B. Cheek, live stock agent ot the Burlington at South Omaha, was born November 22, 1862, at Indianap olis. He entered the railroad service with the Milwaukee in 1881. Charles M. Wllhelm of the Orchard A Wllhelm company today celebrates his tlfty-elghthbirthday. He has been prominent in the Commercial club and is a member of the water board. He Is a New Yorker by birth. J. M. Dow, president of thje Na tional Roofing company, is Just fifty one years old. He halts from bonnie Scotland. Grand Duke Michael Alexandro vitoh, only brother of the csar of Russia, born thirty-eight years ago today. ' . 7 Cyrus B. Dallln, noted sculptor, re cently elected to membership in the National academy, born at SprtngvUlc, Utah, fifty-five years ago today. Frederic von Bernhardi, author of "Germany and the Next War," born at Petrograd, sixty-seven years ago today. Ethel Levey, celebrated American musical comedy actress, born in ' San Francisco, thirty-six years ago today. Folks Can Save If They Try. Omaha, Nov. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: A few days ago I read In the columns sot your paper a letter signed by A. B. MickJe, and since then a number of answers from va rious subscribers. t Personally I regard1 said A. B. Mickle as a first-class Joker, and he must certainly have many a laugh when reading his answers. However, his statement about being boss of the house and doing the buying might not be a bad idea in some homes, but in the majority, thank goodness, it isn't necessary. I do most of the buying in my home, not from necessity nor that I am boss, as there is no boss (we are all partners), but because I work downtown and can buy there as I come home from work to better advantage than I can In the smaller stores near home. y I also buy In large quantities such staples as sugar, potatoes, flour, canned goods, etc.; also fuel In the fall when such things are more-reasonable than in small quantities later In the winter, and And It possible to live quite good on '112 a week, and there are Ave in my family. 1 earn. $21 -a week and have not lost an hour for over three years ex cept on account of legal holidays. Next spring I hope to buy a home of my own, paying the savings I now have In the bank and going in debt for the balance. 1 hope to have a, garden and a few chickens to help keep down the high cost of living, and while I don't believe any one could live as Mickle claims to, I do think the aver age workman could live decently and also lay by a little for a rainy day If they really tried. D. THOMAS. Wilson and Socialism. Omaha, Nov. 20. To the Editor of The Bee: Imagine my surprise, and as well other socialists', to read in The Bee President Wilson, in his ad dress to the visiting American Fed eration of Labor delegates, . and amongst whom was Samuel Gompers, acknowledged the class struggle with Its various class distinctions. Sam uel Gompers has repeatedly denied the existence of classes and of the class struggle and so has democratic as well as republican papers. He wants to abolish class lines, struggles, etc., and establish social and economic Justice among the American people a very laudable idea but he does not know how to accomplish It, or at least he offers no remedy, which causes thinking people to question his sin cerity, and I for one do question the sincerity of any capitalist- politician who has nothing but well sounding and meaningless phrases and plati tudes to offer in lieu of actions. Classes have always existed and the class struggle has continued and will continue as long as one man, or group of men, own the tools which another has to use by which he lives, and until rent, interest and profit Is abolished. In no other way can It be done. No politician, nor set of politicians, can free the worker from wage slavery. The worker must do it himself. . Education and organi zation is the hope of the working class. . The socialist party feels proud, how ever, that a capitalist president has confounded the enemies of the work ing class, who have denied the class struggle, even though it was done .through ignorance of its consequence. JESSE T. BKILLHART, 1332 South Twenty-first Street Timely Jottings and -Reminders. The first annual conference of mu nicipal research workers Is to meet to day at Springfield, Mass.- Lexington, Ky., the largest loose-leaf tobacco market In the world, Is to open a big tobacco show today. The annual convention of the Na tional Nut Growers' association will open at Jacksonville, Fla., today and continue in session over tomorrow. . "Labor Disputes and Public Service 'Corporations" is to be the general topic of discussion at the annual meet ing of the Academy of Political Science, beginning its sessions today tn New fork City. At the federal land office in Las Crucea, N. M., the United States gov ernment Is to sell at public auction today the OJo Callente or Hot Springs reservation of 3,200 actos tn .Socorro county, N. M., Including the twenty hot springs and water rights. Storyette of the Day. A colored auntie wis taking her first ride on a fast train, when it Jumped the track'and plunged head long Into the ditch. After the crush "auntie" picked herself up and began munching w chicken wing she had brought along for sustenance. The conductor hurried up to ascertain the damage. "Were you hurt In the smashup?" Ike asked, excitedly. "Law, no!" she replied. In aston ishment "Wus there a smashup T I to't dose yere combustlflcations went right along wit de ticket" Argonaut PREPAREDNESS. . Baltimore American. , If roe hare a little aato That roa're training; sa a pet, And It's meaaure or drllshUns Tott haven't lull aa yet, . Keep an eye of cautlanon It, And don't let It etandXhont, Or the Auto Jack will rortt If you doo't watch out. He In always on the looVont ' For a very mild machine That will stand without a hitching. And will never make a scene Any time It may be started. And which never haa a doubt Whether ownecor Jack cranks It So you must look out. ' Get your own mschlne to know you. Make It fully understand It must ' take not e'en a "ens" drink, Save it seta It from your hand; Train 11 eo It barka at etranaera, At their coaxing sulk or pout. Or the Aute Jack will set It, , If yon dea't look out. ' A Trifle Sarcastic. Bedford, la., Nov. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: I read the let ter from "A. B. Mickle," where he states that he got a bargain of fifty pounds of oatmeal that had weevils in It for 46 cents. He also states that cooking kills the weevils Now, I suppose Mickle has his wife cook up the oats at once. Does he not know that by saving them he could help cut down his high cost of living? I bet he has never stopped to realize that the weevils increase each day. By good old summer time, when "oat meal is at its best" he would have a nice little bunch of fat little weevils Then for their evening meal, instead of buying 20 cents worth of cheese a week to eat for supper, they could make oatmeal soup which takes -one gallon of water, two spoonfuls of sand, one cup of oatmeal, "Including the weevils," let come to boiling point but do hot let boil, as that spoils the delicious flavor of , the weevils. I have certainly crit doom the high cost of living since' I have taken the family buying into my hands. Our family consists of four, two children, hubby and myself. My hubby works all week. On Saturday when he gets his check he signs his name on the back, hands It to the "boss" me and I do the rest. I have cut out buy ing cigars or tobacco tn any form for hubby; also I made him shave him self; instead of using shaving soap I give him laundry soap. Of course, he was sore about It at first, but since becoming used to it he is perfectly You Smokers Here U m pointer: If you want the best cigar quAlity and value in this town, youll have to set aeqnainted with our variety. No matter what your preference as to site, color, kind or price, your cigar is here the citrar you are iroing to adopt eventually. The longer yon delay setting ac quainted with H, the more daxa of smokers' delight you have wasted. We buy our cigars hi large quantltlM from tne iiiaBufac turera r distributors, and make the lowest price by hand ful or bucketful. SHERMAN S McCONNELL DRUG COMPANY Four Good Drug Storu. satisfied. YfH, I'll conffsi- 1 treat hubby and the kids as 1 imajrinc Mickle treats his family worse than we would treat a dog but, then, like Mickle, I am happy to know 1 am saving up a bank account. "WHOLE CHEKSK." . Mlckteizeri. Omaha, Nov. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: Herewith a few lines on a pertinent topic: (- A person named Mtckle Saved many a nickel By a diet well balanced with weevils. But his wife might have said, When his daughter had fled. That she chose the least of two evils. While meat prices are eteep, "Aliwday suckers" are cheap, And this masterful person named Mickle Should have made out a check. And paid for a whole peck. Thus wisely Investing a nickel. Then when meal time came, round, The. avlsill sent a. h. m iarVit annnil Ana give each one an "all-day sucker, Hla Inefficient wife would be sad. She would almost ro mad. Because the bright thought had set atruck ner. There would be no chance for greed, No fires thev would need. And for cheese, not even a nickel. And 'm making a guess That prosperity would bleas The bankbook ot bountiful Mickle. W, C. What the Press Association Aimed At. Geneva, Neb., Nov. 21. To the Editor of The Bee: A headline and a portion of the report of the meetinc of the Nebraska Press association held In Lincoln in The Bee are seriously misleading. Possibly the report was gathered from hearsay after the foot ball game. For instance, reporters are classed with the .big fish and not with the rimall fry. There was only one point oi contention in reality. The con stitutional amendments were drawn to create a voting membership that would pay st or siu per year to pay the sal ary and expenses of a field secretary and other operating expenses of the association and a non-voting member ship that would Include everybody who wished to enjoy the social and other features not connected with the actual operation of -the business department of the association. K few gentlemen residing in the city of Lincoln made loud protests against any proposal that seemed like ly to keep them from helping to run the show and they also protested against paying more than" the present nominal dues' of yz per year ror the privilege of having full voting power. They said they were not situated so that the employment of a field secre tary, would be of financial benefit to them and this was conceded. The work of a field secretary is to take out to the country publishers the benefits of organization and Ijelpful co-operation that the city men are able to get In other ways. It was felt that the city men ought not to object to the country publishers trying to benefit their condition in any way they thought most effective.1- However, there was an earnest desire to secure harmony and please everybody and hurt the feelings of no one, and the proposal to create the kindi of a non voting membership that was 'first pro posed was withdrawn by common con sent. There was also a disposition on the part of everybody favoring the field secretary plan to work out a schedule of annual dues that would permit all of the old members to vote without increasing the cost to them, even though they might reside in the cit ies) and have no financial interest in the success of the field secretary's work, but this was prevented by the lateness of the hour and the clam orous objections of the small group of city men. I still favor doing this. The executive committee was Instruct- ed to codify the new constitution and submit a report and recommendations at the meeting nex-t February, and I ks.lla.iis. It- warill ho nnaoihla . unnra harmonious action on the part of the whole membership. The statement In your report that the executive committee has power to fix dues is a mistake. The schedule adopted is exactly the same as the original schedule in Iowa $5 for the smaller towns and $10 for the larger towns as annual dues. The .Iowa schedule has been slightly amended so that papers with unusually large circulations published in small towns will pay a little extra. The vitally important thing in this whole consid eration is the fact that the field sec retary plan has proved a wonderful success in Iowa for the last two years, and that the Nebraska country pub lishers want to try the same plan in this state and co-operate with their Iowa brethren In some matters that are of very great importance at this time. FRANK O. EDGECOMBE. Whatainiy she do esrft know thai Resinol Soap would dear her smn "She would be a pretty girl, if h wasn'tforthat pimply, blotchy complex ion 1 " Bat the regular use of Resinol Soap, aided at first by .a little Resinol Ointment, would probably make it clear, fresh and charming. If a poor skin is jour handicap, begin using Resinol Soap and lee hw quickly it improves. Resinol Soap end Resinol Ointment sre sold by all drug gists. 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