THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916.
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION
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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.
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Bahacribed in mr presence and sworn to before me
this 4th day of November, ll.
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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.
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