THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. DECESR 21,1910.
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alraaa will ba changed as often repaired.
. Winter begin officially , today,
makeri are entitled to another guest.
Calendar
Berlin haa nothing on London when it cornea
to dissenting aonoroul praise of the righting men
at the front.
Expert! agree that the door of peace ia open
slightly. At much, possibly, at the celebrated open
door of China.
In quoting Abraham Lincoln, Lloyd George
citet an authority whose motives will not be ques
tioned by anyone.
While pot hunters are abroad in the world it
behooves the dt;ve of peace to fly high or stick
to the Miami perch.
One-half ot the 6,000 men registered for work
in New York City fled aa soon at the job ap
peared. Opposition to work is strongest among
then who talk loudest for It
. Warning against avoidable lira risk' cannot
be too often repeated. It is this below-zero
weather that strains heating apparatus to the limit
and keept the fire department busy.
The Santa Claut of the pie counter playa the
ome juat like Reindeer Nick. Some stockings
groin under a load of good things! others hang
in to tbt goneness of last summer' bird nests.
Attorney General Reed wants $100,000 to pay
(or that part of enforcing prohibtion which comes
under hia jurisdiction. The attorney general evi
dently believes he it to have aome job on his
hands. .
The ancient and honorable office of coroner
is about to make its exit from the board in Ne
braska with the fast approaching close of the
year; Get the "Hie Jacet" and "R. I. P." signs
i ready I . f
According to the returns, "Billy" Sunday hat
not quite converted Boston to the gospel of
"dryness," but he will probably find consolation
in a record-breaking thank offering on the last
. day of his engagement.
When a wise gamester, satisfied with his
winnings, pushes his stack to the dealer the ac
tion it popularly known aa "cashing In." - Wall
street sports are Snore polite. They call a simi
lar operation "taking profit."
. .. The vacancy on the federal court of appeals
bench for this circuit goea to the son of the
senior senator from Missouri, which leaves Ne
braska applicants again out in the cold. Nebraska
is apparently east only for the role of atep-child
in this democratic administration.
At any rate, Uncle Sam will, bring the boys
on the border home this time. Remember how
the volunteers returning from the Philippines
were given their discharge as soon aa they landed
in San Francisco and a transportation fund had to
be raised here to bring them th rest of the way?
Tax dodging know no race distinction or
national bounds. Like the Count of Monte Criato,
the world is its field. The German manufac
turer who pulled down big war business and
dodged patriotic war taxes for two yeara is not
only a model of his class but a picturesque exam
ple of German efficiency in "passing the buck."
Bryan's Optimism
Path of Safety for Our New Governor.
Just as the little boy who expects a spanking
begins to acream before a hand is laid on him,
democratic organs are already raiting an outcry
against the possibility of adverse criticism that
may be paaaed on Nebraska's incoming governor.
The Bee speaks only for itself, but we caution
Governor-Elect Neville and his spokesmen not to
yell until they are hurt unless they know it is
coming to them. The Bee will judge the gover
nor by his official conduct; we will frankly com
mend him when he does right and fearlessly con
demn him when he does wrong. While we will
criticize him freely, we will not hesitate to offer
unsolicited advice. He has his career to make, for
in public affairs he is a wholly untried man, and
if he has any definite ideas as to state policy and
adminittration they are yet to be developed.
Atide from inexperience, which is remediable,
the worst thing that can be said about Mr. Ne
ville to date is that he it surrounded by alto
gether' too many unsavory friends and invites
judgment by the company he keeps. He will be
held responsible for this, however, only in case
he fails to find them out and shake them of! and
permits them to use him for their own selfish
ends, since he must know that he cannot, at one
and the same time, conscientiously serve the peo
ple who elected him and the democratic patronage-mongers
and plunder-bund living on the
spoils of office.
Let it be understood right now that this it not
a question of "wet" or "dry," strict or liberal law
enforcement, but of honest performance-of duty.
No amount of advance noise-making will shield
the governor from criticism if he fails to go
straight and nothing will entitle him to credit but
measuring up to the full requirements of the gov
ernorship. Prance Prepare for Greater Burdens.
The French, always exemplars of thrift and
patriotic devotion, are to be put to new tests by
their new government, which is preparing for
even greater burdens to be borne during the con
tinuation of the war. Greater revenue ia required
and this is to be provided for by new taxes. Men
who are not serving in the army will be required
to contribute their share of service (by payment
of a specific tax. Exemption of income! from
tax haa been lowered from 4,000 to 3,000 franca
and the rate put up from 2 to 5 per cent. This
give a better idea of how thoroughly in earnest
the French are in the matter of prosecuting their
share in the present war. In other timet they
have thown much ingenuity in deviling taxation
scheme for raising money to carry on war of
aggression, but now they have the higher incen
tive of national defense. That the war haa so
lidified the democracy of France aa never before
cannot be doubted, nor can the French be con
sidered a a disappearing nation.
Omaha' Budget for 1917.
Heads of the several departments of the
Omaha city government are making up their es
timates for expenditure for next season and
tome rather formidable totals are being talked of.
Not all of these will be included in the budget
when it is finally adopted, but the certainty of an
unusually impressive aggregate is assured. This
should concern the taxpayers, to the extent that
they interest themselves in the purpose for which
money is to be set apart.' Omaha hat aome press
ing problems, the outcome of urban development
These have to do with the ordinary function of
city government and are paramount to any of the
novelties in municipal housekeeping to which to
much attention hat been given lately. The imme
diate needa of the fast growing city will require
aa expenditure of money sufficient to make up a
tax roll that ought to suit the most ambitious.
Economy should be the rule in all department!
and nowhere can it be better exhibited than in
connection with things the city can do without
and atill prosper.
Juat
One of the delicious humor! of the pott-election
period it Mr. Bryan't naive auggestion of a
constitutional amendment "providing for a refer
endum on any declaration of war, except when
the country is actually invaded."
' Thia ia worthy to take its place alongside that
other Bryanie suggestion that, in case thii coun
try waa invaded a million armed men would
' spring to its defense before sunup the next morn
ing. The referendum it a mighty engine of de
mocracy, but the picture of a solemn vote of the
whole country being taken, canvassed and Offi
cially declared after an actual invasion of the
land had taken place, after the battleships were
in our harbors and the soldiers had been landed
on our shores, it one that .require the Imaginative
optimism of a Bryan to conjure up.
-, While the election machinery waa being
brought out and oiled up, while the Judgea and
cterka were being named, white the voters were
thronging to the polls to say whether a defense
of the nation should or should not be made, the
enemy would, of course, be left to work hia own
sweet will.
And then there would be the wait for the
official returns, the figure from the "back
. counties," the verdict of the precinct whence a
messenger mutt come on a long journey through
. snow and ice. Suppose California, reflecting how
we had been "kept out of war" and desiring to
. remain thus kept, was close again. I ne bombard'
ment of New York, the capture of Washington
' the surprise of Boston what could the isolated
' men in the mountains know of all thatf
"This will be not only a safeguard to us.
: gar Mr. Bryan, "but it will be an examole to
the nations of Europe." It will, indeed! An ex
ample ot fathomless toliyi an invitation to come
and attack us when and how they please.
Look Out for Christmas Fires,
a word of caution to celebrants, that
Chriatmas festivities be not turned to disaster
through caretessnets. It, it become cuttomary
to ohaerve the day through much decoration of
homes, by trees, wreaths, streamers and the like,
bringing into the house much of material that it
highly inflammable, and consequently a grave
source of danger, .Especially it thia true of the
tree and th leavet of holly wreaths. Pine nee
dle! are full of retinoua juice and almost at un
stable a gunpowder in contact with flame. There
fore it i essential that trees be -trimmed and
watched with the utmost care. Especial attention
should be given to the placing and lighting of the
candles on the trees, Santa Claus himself il a
noble figure, but his hempen beard and hit cotton
trimmed clothing are about aa aafe aa dynamite.
Then, too, furnace; fire and other form of house
heating should be carefully looked after during
the holiday aeason, Joy need not be restrained,
nor any check put upon merriment of young or
old, but prudence should be conitantly on watch.
Romance in City Planning
Adenoid and the Criminal Tendency.
The presence In court of a young man, plead
ing guilty to crime after he had been operated
on for the removal of adenoids, may not shake
the faith of advocates of reform through surgery,
but it will not disturb the doubt of those who
cling to the belief that th connection between
man's moral and physical naturca ia not so intl
mate that a few snips of the scissors will make the
coherence definite. Iconoclastic though it may
seem, the psychologists have not yet fully estab
lished the accuracy of some of their conclusion
concerning the dual nature of man Clearing out
the nasal passages and removing superficial ob
structiont from the pharynx certainly will con'
duce to better health and it quite as likely to en
able the Individual of criminal instinct to pursue
his obliquity with even greater success. Theories
on this point have not as yet reached the aotid
batia of law and perhapa until we have made fur
ther advance in knowledge and ita application so
ciety wilt be as welt served if we do not abandon
all our old-fashioned notions about the punish
ment of thote who turn to crime aa a substitute
for honeat work.
National preparedneaa againat possible foreign
foe lack the urgency of preparedness against the
home made enemy. The daily grist of highway
robberka, malicious killings and outlawry of
lesser degree suggest leas comment on Mexican
banditry and more vigorous lupprettion of the
relive product. Home aafety ia the ftrat. con'
tidrration.
J aha E. Laura
Addreta Before Omaha Rotary Club.
Omaha should not permit that kind of develop
ment which center! solely around the commercial
and economic coniiderations. These,' although
important, and the basis 'of true city planning,
are merely means towards an end and that end
is a cultural and spiritual existence on a level as
high aa it is possible to attain. My observation
is that Omaha ia not doing as much as it might to
preserve the priceless traditions and marks of
historic interest which invest this brilliant young
city with a national interest.
Lately I wa a guest in New Haven, Conn.,
and in Boston, and in Newark, N. J. These
proudly boast a heritage of from 250 to 400 years
years since the early beginning of their activity.
They are prone to scorne you of the west, and yet
you may point back nearly 400 years to Coronado,
the Spaniard, who came up from Mexico to look
over these lands. Then 250 years ago came Pere
Marquette, down from Canada-way, to be fol
lowed a little more than 100 yeara ago by the
intrepid explorers, Lewis and Clark, aent out by
Jefferson, to make appraisal of what became the
Louisiana Purchase from France, of that which
is now, in whole or in part, fourteen of our states.
The records of these events so far in the past
thrilling in their interest, must yet give way to
that matchless romance which began when
Omaha had its birth born of that conception
which brought forth also the first transcontinental
railway. What a period! Westward the star of
empire was indeed taking its way. Hither had
come the earlier scouts, but now here were those
brave men and women who, turning their faces
toward the west, saw the dangers, the trials, the
toils and the hardshipa of conquering this great
western wilderness saw them not with the quiv
ering of fear or hesitation, but with flashing eye
and dauntless breast, laughed in the face of peril
and dared to do and live for the spread of civili
zation onward to the sea.
It was only about fifty years ago when this
romance began. Beyond were trackless plains,
serried mountains, riches of gold and silver and
other minerals; and. greater than all thia wealth,
was to be wealth of the rolling lands a granary
and pasture of the nation and of the world. Why
should you not preserve in a systematic way, in
a planned way, the facts and marks of all this
marvelous romance of the past?
The threwd Dane voted to tell the West In
diet to the United State and pocket $25,000,000
of the highest grade of money afloat. The trade
brightena the defensive future of thit ceamtry and
the Dane get rid of aa expensive encumbrance.
I found a spring listen, the fountain of eter
nal youth, sought by the Man don Indians but I
found it with difficulty, as though you desired
to hide it from the prying eyes of strangers.
Who has not heard of that Florida fountain of
eternal youth1, voyaging to find which Ponce de
Leon crossed an ocean? And yet what less of
romance, or, is it not a more fascinating romance
that the untutored savage went upon such a
quest, thinking to find it here where Omaha
stands? Why do you not make known to the
world, why do you not make easy of access this
center of poetic interest, and at the same time
preserve for your young people a certain meas
ure of ita hiatoric value ? For always in every land
there it a twilight zone between, tradition and
the proven record. i
The days of Buffalo Bill, the hurrying hither
of the engineers and graders, the provisioning of
wagon traina, tne Beginning here ot a city the
gateway, not a gateway of the real westl Why
are you not developing a local literary colony to
embed in novel, poem and historic volume thia
story of empire conquest, than which none mora
brilliant or thrilling waa ever achieved? The
knighta went in armor-clad to the holy land, and
literature ia rich in the telling of the story. The
Jews made that unrivaled trek from Egypt back
to their beloved Patria, and the greatest book of
all devotee large part to relating us the tale.
And yet these movements were nunv little
thinga compared with Omaha' romance, ita woo
ing ot tne great west Lincoln, the great Lin
coln, taw the inner meaning of it all, and came
here within tight of Omaha that he might per
tonally have a-hand in pushing onward the
progress of this' brilliant story a billion acres of
land with every climate known to man and every
variety of natural retource which God ever gave
to humankind, itretching onward acrot thete
vatt plaina over a mountain range down into a
table land, across another mountain range to
where roll! the Oregon, and then on to listen to
the wavet of the tunny Pacific lap the thoret of
our occidental itates. ,, ,
You' sordid souls, if there be anv aurh in
Omaha, if you want to coin romance into dollar.,
urge on thia work of collating and tystematizing,
making aistmct tnese priceless values ot the past.
I speak not for a city planning that propose
modernity at the expense of tradition, but rather
for a city planning that would oreserve intact
and emphasize these stories of the old day, these
marxa oi tne intrepidities ot men and women who
came here to found an Omaha, the gateway of
the weat.
Omaha was laid out in ita central area in a
way to express the large, fine nature of those
Sioneera. i with you had always emulated them;
ut one ia forced to aay you did it not. ..Later
came, aa alwayt come, tome small-aouled, selfish
men who lough t to extract to the last dollar what
they eould from additioni to Omaha from year
to year, and, then, too, there were thote who, not
from aelfiahness, but from ignorance, made un
scientific and unsocial enlargements of the city.
Until, at you ttudy the map of Omaha, you find
a hodge-podge, a helter-skelter, a sort of Topsy
town that "jest growed" without plan, and with
out harmony, ana was therefore uneconomic, and
unsocial, and wasteful and unbeautiful. And to
today we are attempting to correct these errort
where we can and iee to it that in the future all
new part of Omaha shall grow as they should
grow.
Finally, you cannot have a real eitv. a rrnn
city, a healthful city, an economic city, a happy
city, a clean city, a city politically triumphant of
democracy, a city of progrets, a city of industrial
efficiency, a city of commercial power you can-
uui nave una Kuiu oi a city u you neglect to
provide clean and healthful play and a meed of
thia rich, hiatoric wealth to those who come after.
People and Events
nrmav
Thought Nugget for the Day.
To the noble mind
Rich gift wax poor when givers prove
unkind.
One; Year Ago Today In the War.
Russians occupied Kum after aevere
lighting.
German Reichstag voted war credit
of 12,(00,000,000.
- Asqulths call for 1,000,000 more
men opposed In House of Commons.
Italian force attacking Monte Ml
rhale annihilated, according to
Vienna.
French captured Important poattion
on Hartmanns-Wellerkopt In the Voa
. ,
In Omaha Thirty Yeara Ago Today.
President O. W. Linlnger of? the
Lininger-Metcalfe company enter
tained his office and other employes
at an elegant supper at hia home.
Eighteenth and Davenport Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Met
calfe, H. P. Devalon, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank U Haller, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Smith and Messrs. John Haas, Mi
chael Schibsby, H. K. Smith, Frank
R. Raymond, James Wilson, A. Dal
rymple, John Johnson and William
H. Clark.
A. Hospe, jr., popular dealer in mu
sic and art goods, while at work at his
desk was surrounded by his employes
while J. L. Smith laid on his desk an
elegant gold watch. Mr. Hospe, after
thanking hia friends, assured them
that he would see that their time was
properly kept In the future. Those
Coming all the way from Nome, Alaska, to
attend the University of Minnesota, Miti Leona
M. Miller frequently sobs for a run of "homey
weather." The hyperborean belt puts, up a good
quality of winter as a regular thing, but the girl
from Nome thinks anything less than 40 degrees
below is too mild lor exercise.
Soeaking about preparedness, Tom Gillespie
is an ideal exemplar. Tom hails from Collins-
,,. i,a -:: . I- . :, t : i: -;
vine, til. Realizing tne pcrus 01 uivauing vni
eaio. he donned armor, consisting of two suit
of underwear, two trousers, five vests and two
coats. The best a trolley car could do to him
when he blocked the track was to break his col
lar bone. The rest of him simply murmured,
"Never touched me."
The witchery of native melody in the song
"Killarney" brought an aged New York million
aire of Irish birth to the feet of Miss Honora
May O'Brien, a typewriter. As a business woman
Mits O'Brien played the game from the start
since the prospect of wedding an octogenarian
Suggested substance. Before the wedding bells
rang on Monday May banked $500,000 out of the
old man's pile. The wiae take no chance,
A rural credit system enacted by the last
Philippine legislature opened up a big field for
easy money grafters on the islands, and they
Jumped to it with the speed of a cat for a cream
nan. The Manila Bulletin of November 14 re
port the indictment of several "sooners" who
had garnered shekels from farmers by selling
stock in mythical associations. The . account
fail to state whether the grafters are natives,
hut aa native are shrewd imitators it is orobable
they assimilated aome imported scheme! for
getting men nnu
sharing In the presentation were J. L
Smith, H. P. WhltmorcW. W. Bowl
by, H. H. Rhodes, Al Gordon, E. S.
Bradley, J. P. Palmer, A. B. Schnei
der, J. S. Cameron, J. A. Bennett, W.
K. Over, Henry Nelson, Erwln Vahl
camp and Frank Cole.
Mrs. Catherine Crelghton, wife of
Joseph Crelghton. died at her late res
idence. Seventeenth and Cass.
The purchase of the Millard corner
at Seventeenth and Famam Jtas been
mariA hv Mr. Booth for the New York
Life Insurance company of New York.
This company Intends early In the
spring to erect a magnificent fireproof
building on the property at a cost of
not less than 1250,000.
A successful scheme for clothing
school children was recently suggested
by Miss Maggie McCarthy, principal
of the Pacific school, to Superintend
ent James and approved by him. It
consists in receiving donations from
children of the clothing they have out
grown and bestowing the same upon
those who are so situated as not to be
able to attend school in a comfortably
clad condition.
i
This Day In History-
1J0 Pilgrims left the Mayflower
and landed at Plymouth Rock.
. 110! Earl of Beaconsfield (Ben
jamin Disraeli), famoua novelist and
statesman, born in London. Died there
April 10, 1881.
ill! Tne Bnusn approacnea few
Orleans and General Jackson and his
forces advanced to meet them.
1829 Lauira D. Bridgmaa a puna
deaf-mute who acquired a liberal edu
cation, born at Hanover, N. H. . Died
In Boston May 24, 188.
184 -Rank of vice admiral created
by congress and bestowed on David
G. Farragut
180 Tne Bioux Indians massacrea
and scalped three officers and ninety
privates at Fort Philip Kearney, near
Big Horn. Wyo.
1870 The Frenoh made a vigorous
sortie from Paris, but were repulsed.
1891 One hundred and nfty per
sons were drowned at Cordova, Ar
gentina, in a flood resulting from the
bursting oi a canal.
1900 Count von uiumentnai, tne
last Of the great German generals
who fought in the Franco-Prussian
war, died. Born July 30, 1810.
The Day We Celebrate.
Frank T. B. Martin of Martin Bros.
at Co., insurance, ia 40 years old to
day. He was born at Galesburg, 111.,
and atudled at Knox college. He came
to Omaha in 1898, incorporating witn
his brother in the present firm in 1907.
Sir Kenneth 8. Anderson, head of
the official committee to handle de
lays to neutral shipments passing
through British waters, born fifty
yeara ago today.
Charles P. Taft Cincinnati publisher
and brother ot former President Taft,
born in Cincinnati seventy-three yeara
ago today.
Dr. Edward u. union, cnanceuor oi
tha University of Montana, born in
Chicago forty-two years ago today.
Henry uroaoy umery, noieu econo
mist who haa gone to Russia as in
vestigator for bne of New Yor.k's larg
est financial institutions, born at Ells
worth, Me., forty-four years ago to
day. C, Carroll Marden, who has been se
lected to All the new chair of Spanish
at Princeton university, born In Bal
timore forty-nine yeara ago today.
Fred Wllliama outfielder of the Chi
cago National league base ball team,
born at Wadena, Ind., twenty-six years
ago today.
Walter C Hagen, metropolitan open
golf champion and former holder of
the national title, born near Roches
ter, N. Y., twenty-four years ago today.
Timely Jotting and Reminders.
Today la Forefathers' day, the 298th
anniversary of the landing of the P1T
grima Today ia the day of the winter sol
atloe, which marks the beginning of
the winter aeason.
' A new campaign for the purpose of
raising $10,000,000 for the relief of
Jewish sufferers after the war will be
Inaugurated at a meeting to be held
tonight in Carnegie hall, New York
City.
Aa a part of Ita campaign to pro
mote friendly relation! between the
peoples of the western hemisphere,
the Southern society of Washington Is
to give a reception and ball at the
Pan-American building tonight In
honor of the diplomatic representa
tives of the South and Central Ameri
can republics.
Storiette of the Day.
Andy Donaldson, a well-known
character of Glasgow, lay on his death
bed. "I eanna' leave ye thus, Nancy," the
old Scotchman walled. "Ye're owe
auld to work, an' ye eeuldna live In
the workhouse. Gin, I dee, ye maun
marry another man, wha'U keep ye
In comfoft in yer auld age."
"Nay, nay, Andy," answered the
good spouse; "I euldna marry an
ither man, for whit wull 1 dae wi
twa husbands In heaven?"
Andy pondered over this, but sud
denly his face brightened.
"I ha'e It Nanry!" he cried. "Ye
ken auld John Clemmensf He's a
kind man. but he'a na a member o-
the kirk. He likes ye, Nancy, an's
gin ye'll marry him, 'twill be a' the
same in neaven. jonns na a i:nria
Uon. and he'a na likely to get there.'
Argonaut
Another Necdlitw State Board.
Lincoln, Dec. 19. To the Editor of
The Bee: Almost every meeting of
the normal board gives added evi
dence of its uselessness. At the last
meeting A. L. Cavlness and T-J. Ma
jors, as usual took occasion to op
pose what they thought A. O. Thomas
wanted. In fact, the only reason Cavi
ness ever had in being a member of
the hoard was to serve Majors and the
schoolmasters' ring and incidentally
make a nest for himself in one of the
normals. Every time an appointment is
to be made on the normal board Cavi
ness. Majors and the rest of the ring
gather around the governor like flies
around a cake of honey. Their mo
tive is not the welfare of the normal
schools, but to land some of their num
ber in a place of power or profit.
As soon aa it was known that Prof.
W. H. Clemmons was elected state
superintendent members of this crowd
began to curry favor with him. The
same men who for years have opposed
him and ridiculed his school and his
methods now are making great pre
tense of friendship for him. This is
all done with the idea that he can
be used by them. This state of affairs
has existed in the noraml board and in
pcdlng the quary. The wild horson
would run for the nearest water holt
only to be met in the same cru"!
manner and so at the third hol
But upon arriving at the final, .r
fourth, hole the men were concealed
and the poor famished horses wert
permitted to fill their hides with al
kali water when the cowboys 1,1
loose a bedlam of diabolic yells al
most as savage as the average coIU'k
yell. Result: The boys, mounted on
fresh, fleet horses, soon had their pot
bellied, water-logged cayuse borse-dc-combat.
H. & BELL, M. D.
P. 8. Oh, avarice! What shame it
linked to thy name. Yet Lord Ten
nyson said, "Oh, discontented man.
takest what thou want; but pay the
price."
New lawd Commissioner Speaks Out.
Scottsbluff, Neb., Dec. 19. To tli
Editor of The Bee: Newspaper In
stincts and the love of a good story
will sometimes make one forget court
esy to a fellow official. Certainly
knowledge df the duties of the office
and "competent testimony" had Utile
to do with the recommendation of the
state auditor, that the state land com
missioner's office should be abandoned.
Thinking that it might be taken seri
ously by the , legislators who are in
clined toward economy, I am Inspired
to say why the land commissioner
elect does not concur in the recom
mendation. The office is now elective and should
the duties be transferred to the audl-
the ring of the School. Masters' club, i """" " "7 ZZ '.
which haa endeavored to dominate the , "r'"" "
board for ten years. The people are
sick and tired of it. If the normal
board were elected by the people the
schools would be freed from the men
ace of the school masters' ring and
the star chamber conferences.
The higher educational institutions
of the state should all be under one
board composed of really big men. To
clerk or department manager would
cost as much or more than the I2.0U0
now paid the commissioner. The se
lection of the new official would be
taken away from the people and made
by one person.
Just now the nation is breaking
away from the old and obsolete cus
tom of selection by proxy and vesting
tne power directly In the people and
place the schools under the board of JSf. liS. i. V.Tr,t .
,miv.r.itv ni. nid inmire an ero- Progressive Nebraska can afford to
university regents would Insure an eeO'
nomlcal, progressive and business-like
administration of educational affairs.
D. B. JOHNSON.
How to Catch Wild Horses.
Kearney, Neb., Dec. 19. To
the
Editor of The Bee: If you only knew
how much hilarious fun I have de
rived from the columns of The Bee
these last several days anent the wild
horse proposition you would look with
charitable benevolence upon this irre
pressible communication which pri
marily purports to give you and your
amused readers some inside informa
tion on this rich subject
But first I must say. how funny the
thing does seem. I am of the belief
The Bee has also enjoyed this pi
quant occasion from the way you have
tipped the wink in several editorial
ettes found in the first column of the
editorial page. In one of these you
paid the presiding federal Judge a sol
emn compliment upon his Judicial
temperament his sang-froid, or self
possession, under circumstances most
provoking to ordinary human amuse
ment If the learned Jurist sat
through this trial, this trying situa
tion, without cracking a smile, he is In
line for promotion to the supreme
bench.
It occurred to me a recital of the
ingenious method of catching them
(the wild horses) would be of some
interest at this time. A friend and
proprietor of a half section ot Buf
falo county's incomparably rich land
read an advertisement several years
ago in which it was stated the pro
moter had several hundred head of
good range horses he would exchange
for land or staple merchandise on a
basis mutually agreeable and equita
ble The advertisement was so adroitly
drawn as to act as an exciting cause
of a bad case of infection of a specula
tive character. In fact, the toxaemia
following hard by was soon observed
by a few Intimate friends, who were
much concerned for his mental equi
librium. The fine and fertile farm,
in which he had on all previous occa
sions shown so much pride and Inter
est, now seemed a small thing. At
length his good wife, . becoming
alarmed, quietly called upon their
banker. My friend was Immediately
sent for and subjected for hours to
the third degree when at the end
of the ordeal he made a full confes
sion, acknowledging, with great men
tal exaltation, that his dreams of
wealth were ,1"st on the eve of ma
terialization, ihat he was to receive
a tralnload of good western horses
In exchange for his monotonous farm
lands. I
It was found that he had not seen
the bronchos. It was suggested that
ne naa nereioiore exercisea common
horse sense In the transaction of his
affairs. It was intimated that he was
tired and needed a vacation trip and
that Arizona was Indicated as a mild
climate and full of picturesque nov
elty. He must go away from common
place things and spend a brief time
in the recuperation of his health
out in the wild woods, the petrified 1
forests of Arizona.
Upon arriving he felt a curiosity to
see the range and also some wild ani
mal life. At his hotel, upon Inno
cent Inquiry, he learned that the full
area of Co-co-ln-no county, Arizona,
had not been explored. But of one
fact the Informant was sure; there
were but four water holes in the
county and they were fifty miles apart.
All animal life must drink from these
pools. He learned that wild horses
were seldom caught. Yet if one must
catch one or two the scheme was to
locate a few cowboys at each water t
hole. The wild horseB came daily to
one or other of the pools. Upon the
approach of the little ponies the cow
boys would fire off their guns and
give the Apache war whoop, this s tarn-
take no backward step.
At the present time and for the next
ten years and perhaps in perpetuity
the department of the commissioner
of public lands and buildings will be
one of the most important offices in
the state for the safeguarding of the
interests of western Nebraska. This
fact rjas failed to reach the vision of
the excellent editorial writers of the
Bee, and western Nebraska may hold
them to "strict accountability" if any
harm comes of the avidity with which
they have commended the plan.
It has boen Intimated that if I would
favor the movement to abandon the
office of land commissioner it would
insure my re-election! I am opposed
to it, I am not an idler and I want
no empty honora I will not be a
candidate for any office where there
is nothing to do.
I am sorry that the auditor hi
made the recommendation. I am s. re
in hia heart he has no other purpose
than being progressive and aimo
crarJc, but he has made a mistaXe. His
proposal will not stand analysis. He
suggests the unethical possibility of
giving a mas the power to audit him
self or the bureau which he dominates.
G. L. SHTJMWAY.
The Co-operative Store Remedy,
Omaha, Dee. 19. To the Editor of
The Bee: Reading the article of Mr.
Cameron, secretary of Omaha Retail
Grocer' association. In The Bee on the
high cost of living, permit me to differ
regarding oo-operatlng. He states t
grangers were popular for a time and
are now forgotten. Co-operation
stores are bobbing up and the last
heard of them Is, "Stockholders Hunt
ing for Promoters" forgotten. Six
or seven years ago we paid 45 cents
for eggs forgotten! You remind us
of Rome in 1893 and trading stamp
season in 1907. Forgotten. That is
the trouble with us American people,
we are in such a hurry to forget!
Some twenty-five years ago a little
colony of people in the southeast part
of our city bought co-operative. How
long did it take the grocery and
butcher with whom they previously
traded to stop them from buying
wholesale? Six weeks.
Some little over fifty years ago Den
mark was confronted with the high
cost of living. They started co-operative
stores. Ask any citizens of Dan
ish birth if co-operating over there is
a success. '
Why was our market house built
at heavy expense to Omaha taxpayers
torn down and ruined except for u
trust? Why Is the Basket stores here
making a success, but keep that divi
dend the buyers should have? It is
admitted that any men engaged in
private business shall have profit, but
co-operating takes and divides the
profit. GEORGE C. NIELSEN.
SMILING LINES.
trcw Oh, sho'il be all right. She'll ukn
khelter In aome ahop.
) CreWe Exactly. That's what makes me
ao anxious. New Tork Tlmea.
DEAR MR KABlBBlE ,
I'M IM LOME VMITH ft tRMKER -tx
OU THINK SOMEB0W WILL
TfU. Wf RJUeS W30UT HIM?
-OLNE BrWES
NO - JROBABUf NOBODY fcMER
SWN HlrA WJY A Wllrirfl
But with the balanced eltortl of those flock a
of foolish guys
We get about the Bam results as though
they were all wise.
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