THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917.
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Help put the Red Cros campaign across.
Home rule is simplicity itself, if the Irish get
together,
The way Ctapde Kitchin tosses billions about
would make even the fabled Monte Cristo take
notice,
, ' A nice little rainstorm now will give the weed
puller plenty to do, but that is part of the gar
dening game. '
There ire etill uncounted idle acres within
the boundaries of Omaha ready to do their bit
if properly tickled.
Senatorial dignity is being sadly ruffled these
times, nd may yet have to be put in refrigera
tion to keep until the war is over.
Britishers are beginning to realize that Uncle
Sam has entered the war in dead earnest. This
is why they feel safer as to the outcome.
Skim milk has its uses and is of value ts food,
but it was never intended to piece out the quan
ity to be peddled by dairymen under pure food
restrictions.'
In mapping out a program for Secretary Mc
Adoo in Omaha due allowance of time for a so
cial confab with Major Jim should be made. The
last one brought results.
The senate and the free press of the country
are a unit on the proposition that "pitiless pub
licity" exercise needed restraining influence in
the executive department ,
While the spring may have been backward,
and all that, it has been a long time since corn
was is nearly all planted at this date of the sea
son in Nebraska as it is now.
Congreaswoman Rankin's experience with
acute rules differs little from that of male mem
bers, For young and old congress is a continu
ous school of hard and mild knocks.
Lingering echoes of grain' pit life suggest
"dehorned bulls" and "hidelesc bears." A mere
illusion,' Cessation of activities means healthful
rest, recuperation and time to bank the money.
In suggesting suffrage committee of house
members, the president secret with the suffra
gists and route appealing delegations to the
other end of the avenue. Smooth work. Wood
row, i i
Those uncultivated Indian reservation lands
may raise lovely sod corn, but they are doing
lots better work right now in giving food to cat
tle that are just as much needed by the world as
grain. '.' '. """ 5 " '
Spring lamb at $30 the hundredweight in
Omaha and wool at 52 cents a pound in Montana
have direct connection, and the effect of the
combination is plain enough to be seen without
glasses,
, German efficiency for organization appar
ently considered the possibility of an'uprising of
the proletariat, and had a plan laid to turn its
course to advantage. How else can one account
for the quick work in Russia?
WitS on enthusiastic gardener demanding
the extermination of the sparrow and another
wanting to do away with the squirrel, the ama
teur nature lover hardly" know which way to
turn. Maybe ft will be well to let Mother Nature
attend to the.! matters and keep" the balance
herself,
The tPrice of Coal
Perhaps the iederal trade commission under
estimates its own powers of control over the hard
coal situation, but if it will fulfill to the letter the
intentions outlined in its preliminary report to
the United States senate it will find that even the
formidable combination of coal producers and car
rier will hesitate about carrying to an extreme its
policy of extortion at the expense of the consum
ers. The power of publicity which the commission
threatens to use to check dealers who attempt to
extort extravagant profits is a potent one. The
public has been officially informed by this body,
which speaks advisedly and only after full inves
tigation of the . facts, that there is no reason for
panic as to the adequacy of the anthracite supply
and that as the present prices are unwarranted
by market and labor conditions there is conse
quently no good reason for an advance in those
prices. -
Ordinary consumer will hardly take to them-
selves the commission's warning against panicky
purchasing of coal, for this is a commodity which
the average householder or even the average busi
ness concern cannot hold in storage in any con-
siderable quantity. Siimmtr reductions in the price
of anthracite have been made expressly to encour-
age the domestic consumer. !to be forehanded in
the matter of his fuel supply and not to leave' it
until winter to buy, when the demands of the
improvident increase the troubles of distributors.
Such timely cool purchases, early in the Season;
are encouraged in theory if not in practice by the
discount offered -kr the dealers. ' r, (
It is the speculators, possessing large storage
facilities and the power to hold loaded cars, who
are to blame, 'lhere ought to be no difficulty in
locating and dealing with offenders of this class.
Such practice could not have been possible with
out the consent or contrivance of the carriers. If
the latter cannot apply the remedy the time must
come when.the . powers pf government vyitt be
brought 1o bear upon a trade that performs a
service to vital-to the We of the community.
American Ships in War Waters.
Wcinl (mm Washington anil London con
tirnir. the news published exclusively in The Bee
a week ago, that our destroyer flotilla had been
sent across the Atlantic to join the British navy
on patrol duty. Rejoicing of Britons at the pres
ence of American war ships in the troubled wa
ters surrounding the islands will have a milder
but sincere echo in this country. The actual
physical presence of the United States in the
war arena must bring to us more directly the
serious side of our self-set task. I'rirle will be
felt at the expressions of the British commander,
when he discovered the readiness of the Yankee
tars for their duties. Our terriers of the sea are
now pitted against the terror, and the hope of
the nation follows these little fighting vessels
into the region where destruction lurks on every
side, above and below the surface.' They'll make
good, just as the American navy always has
made good since the day when John Paul Jones
sailed its first ship to victory through the wa
ters where our destroyers have joined the watch
for U-boats.
Public Lands and F ood
Bu Frederic J . Ilatkin
Another Move on the Irish Question.
Lloyd George has made John Redmond a pro
posal that home rule with Ulster excluded be ac
cepted by Ireland for a term of five years, with
the alternative of a convention at which repre
sentatives of the different groups and factions be
given an opportunity to compromise if possible on
a plan for self-government for the island. Mr.
Redmond, it is reported, has chosen the alterna
tive, and a convention may be looked for.
This is proof only that the British premier is
moving to redeem his pledge to the Irish, but is
not to be taken as guaranty of settlement. It is
hard for outsiders to understand the depth and
intensity of the differences that hold the Irish
groups apart. That internal politics has much to
do with the perpetuation of the grievances is ad
mitted by close students, who point out that
neighborly relations exist between Ulstermen and
others of the Irish, save on the 17th of March and
the 12th of July. Extremists have held the atten
tion of the world for years, to the exclusion of the
great body of Irish, who sincerely devote them
selves to the pursuits of peace, and look ahead to
the time when bickering will cease and Ireland
may have a place among the nations.
It is conceivable that an Irish convention may
bring about a basis on which agreement finally
may rest. One group should not be permitted to
forever enforce its views to the detriment or ex
clusion of the others. Under the convention the
Irish will at least be given an opportunity to say
what sort of government they want, and this may
mean progress towards the solution.
. Hysteria Versus Patriotism.
. One of the leaders of the war work among
the women says economy should be made "pa
triotic, and not painful." She might well have
added that it should not be spasmodic nor hys
terical. What really is required is a simple re
adjustment of our domestic economy. Elimina
tion of wastes does not mean and should not be
come parsimony. Extravagance may be done
away with without resort to stinginess, and peo
ple need not unduly stint themselves in order to
be careful. "Business as usual" is just as es
sential as military preparation. When our peo
ple get steadied down a little, life wilt still flow
in its orderly course, and we will be all the bet
ter, off because of our preliminary shaking up.
Economy will then be practiced as part of the
daily routine and not as a sacrifice. Life will be
all the sweeter because of its increasing sobriety,
but to get onto a sane plane of living calls for
no reckless disarrangement of business.
Buying the "Liberty" Loan.
Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury depart
ment urges on citizen the desirability of sub
scribing to the Liberty loan. The success of the
issue should not be left to the banks and the heavy
capitalists, for the people are deeply concerned,
and are sincerely invited to purchase. Bonds are
issued in denominations as low as $50, in order
that modest - investors mav oarticinate in thr
loan. Many banks are arranging to assist their
customers in buying these bonds under conditions
that wilt permit payments to be made with little
inconvenience to the buyer. This will enable
many to get possession of at least a portion of
the securities. It is a good way to demonstrate
personal interest in" the government's project,
as well as to practice thrift. The: popularity of
the CaUSe Will induce manv in hilv anil almn.t
anybody on get into the game. Ownership of
a Liberty bond will draw the tie closer between
the citizen and his country.' Help yourself by
helping the country to make good.
Our Touchy Senators,
Folks who have smiled at the Russian coun
cil of workmen and soldiers berating generals
and minister for not first submitting their or
ders for revision, may get another laugh if they
will consider the spectacle at Washington. Here
we have revered senators of the democratic ma
jority railing at a democratic president for dar
ing to go ahead about the business assigned to
him under laws recently passed. When the
Council for National Defense was provided for,
it was understood to be empowered to set the
country ready for war; the resolution declaring
existence of a state pf war carried with it power
for the president to use all the country's re
sources in defense. Under this authority some
thing has been done while the congress has been
debating details of additional legislation. Sen
ator Lewis, Martin and other democrats find in
this occasion for great indignation, and demand
that in the future they be consulted before ap
pointments are made, contracts let or anything
else is done looking to preparation. These per
fectly good democrats may some day be aroused
to the fact that war does not wait on their de
liberations. Scolding the president may relieve
their minds, but it will not check the progress of
events.
The first principle of a sound revenue system
is that it shall not unduly hamper industry that
produces the wealth out of which all taxes must
be paid. Another equally sound principle is that
the federal government shall not interfere with
the sources of revenue of state and local govern
ments. The war tax. hill pending in Washington,
however, violates all principles of sound finance.
' John Bull's family accepts without a whimper
food restriction and regulation that would have
been impossible three year ago. One may grasp
tlje revolution in mode of living in Great Britain
by the simple statement that the Englishman's
afternoon tea is a thing of the past and cakes,
buns and muffins have gone along into Tne dis
.card.. ... -
Washington, May 15. With the nation organ
izing all of its resources to increase the produc
tion of foodstuffs, the commissioner of the gen
eral laud service will begin opening to entry this
summer one of the last great bodies of valuable
agricultural lands which the United States gov
ernment has to offer to it citizens. This will
make it possible to obtain fruit and grain lands,
some of them of the very best quality, for $2.50
an 'acre, payable in installments in compliance
with the homestead law. About 2,300,000 acres
will be made available in the next few years.
These are the lands which the government has
recovered by its suit against the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad company, now a part of the South
ern Pacific system. The lands were granted to
the railroad long ago on condition that they
should be sold in small tracts to actual settlers
at a certain price. They were sold at higher
prices and in larger tracts. An act was recently
passed by congress revesting the title to the re
maining lands in the government, which act the
supreme court has now decided to be constitu
tional. The land office will therefore classify
these lands as power sites, timber lands and agri
cultural lands. The agricultural lands will be
sold to qualified citizens at the stated price of
$2.50 an acre, on condition of compliance with
homestead law. Doubtless considerable areas will
be a bargain at that price.
i
The timber on the timber lands will be auc
tioned, and then these lands will be opened to
entry under the homestead laws, free of any cost.
The conditions of the homestead laws are that
the lands must be taken up in tracts not exceed
ing 160 acres; the homesteader must reside upon
his claim for three years, and he must cultivate
a certain part of it.
It is true that there are over 200.000,000 acres
of public lands, and newspaper dispatches have
indicated that much of this great area is to be
promptly plowed and seeded, so that immense
crops will be produced upon them this year. This
idea is erroneous. As a matter of fact, a large
fiart of these lands are now producing all the
ood in the shape of range stock they are capable
of producing, and any marked increase of pro
duction is a matter of time, improved methods
and reclamation by irrigation.
As Clay Tallman, commissioner of the general
land office, points out, our government has never
taken any steps to make a general and compre
hensive classification of the public lands. The
Interior department has been surveying them
since its foundation, but the government has left
the task of classification to the settler. Thus
it first offered to its citizens homesteads of 160
acres, and left them to find the lands which could
be successfully cultivated in Units of that size.
Practically all of the lands suitable for farms of
that size have now been taken. Also, many fruit
less attempts have been made to cultivate lands
which are too dry. and much money has been
wasted in that way and settlers needlessly dis
couraged. . .
Perceiving the need for allowing men to take
larger bodies of land, congress passed a law
enabling any citizen to take up 320 acres of arid
land which could not be irrigated from any known
source. It is this law which brought into being
the science of dry farming. As a result of it great
areas in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming which
were cattle range ten years ao have become a
rich wheat country, dotted with towns and grain
elevators. This act also resulted in many
failures.
The 640-acre homestead law was passed last
year, and already 20,000,000 acres have been ap
plied for in these units. The rush to get lands in
these 640-acre tracts shows that men believe they
can make a living on them. Doubtless many suc
cessful combination stock ranches and farms will
result from the passage of the law. It will lead
to the intensive use of lands which have hereto
fore lain idle. It will also have its train of fail
ures due to the bad judgment of settlers, who
will fail to estimate aright the resources of the
land they enter upon.
It !s obvious that this judgment of what land
is fit for js a job for an expert. And the need for
expert supervision in the use of our remaining
public lands becomes yearly more apparent. As
long as there was rich land in abundance any
settler could be trusted to pick out a good farm.
When dry farming became necessary, it was a
task for a scientist to determine upon which lands
it would be successful. Hence the many failures
that followed in the wake of the 320-acre law.
And to determine what lands will support a family
in 640-acre tracts by a combination of farming
and stock raising is even more of a problem. ,
The inventory and classification will be a great
aid to increasing production from our public
lands. There will be no plowing and seeding
this year, except on the areas mentioned above.
Neither can there be anv ureatlv increased pro
duction of beef, for most of those 200,000,000
acres, surveyed and unsurveyed, are supporting
all the beef and mutton they can in their present
condition. But if the present emergency leads
to a recognition of the need for an accounting of
our public natural resources, as well as of fac
tories and mines and automobiles, it will have
served a good turn to the country at large and
the west in particular.
Our Fighting Men
Austin M. Knight.
Admiral Austin M. Knight, commanding the
Asiatic' fleet, is considered one of the foremost
authorities of the United States navy in the matter
of ordnance and gunnery. His naval experience
1873. when he sraduated from the
Annapolis academy and went on the Tuscarora
to the Pacfic station. In the war with Spain he
engaged in the blockade of the Cuban coast and
in tne rorto rucan cxpeamon. m iaicr vcmis iic
has filled many responsible teaching and adminis
trative Dositions. From 1907 to 1909 he was presi
dent of the special board on naval ordnance, and
in 1913 he became commandant of the Narragan
sett Bav naval station and president of the naval
war college. From these positions he was trans
ferred early this year to the command ot tne Asi
atic fleet. Admiral Knight is 63 years old and a
native of Massachusetts.
William C. Goraas.
Major General William C, Gorgas, who was
made surgeon general of the United States amiy
in recognition of his distinguished services in
ridding the Panama canal zone of the tropical
diseases that menaced the health of the workers
employed in the building of the isthmian water
way, is considered one ot tne foremost autno i
ties on sanitation and kindred problems Born in
Mobile in 1854, General Gorgas was appointed a
surgeon in the army soon after completing his
medical education at Bellevue. He engaged in
the usual routine of service until the close of the
war with Soain. when he was appointed chief sani
tarv officer of Havana, and during the American
occupation of that city he applied methods of
combating yellow tever wnicn completely elimi
nated the disease in the Cuban capital. Then
came his selection as chief sanitary officer of the
Panama canal, followed in 1914 by his appoint
ment as surgeon general of the army.
Joseph E. Kuhn.
Brigadier General Joseph E. Kuhn, who re
centlv became head of the war college, and as
sistant to Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff, has had a varied military career since he
graduated from West Point in 1885. In addition
to the routine service that ordinarily falls to the
lot of an army officer he has held important posi
tions in the army's schools for experts. He has
also had the advantage of serving as military ob
server and attache ot the American embassy in
Berlin during the first two years of the present
war,- and, consequently, is fully informed as to
the latest developments in war tactics, equipment,
etc. General Kuhn was born in Kansas in 1864
and was aDDointed to West Point from that state.
In tho war with Spain he served as a major of
engineers.
I TODAY I
Proverb for the Day.
Better to have two airings for one
bow.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Frpnch captured fort on Hill 304
at Verdun.
Three Orman ships reported sunk
in Baltic by l.intish and Russian sub
marines. (ierman ambassador at Washington
Instructpd all German conitula In
United States to warn German citi
zens to obey American laws.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Mayor Broatch presented the fol
lowing appointments before the city
council: City engineer, O. W. Tillson;
city attorney, John L. Webster;
aHfllRtant city attorney, H. J. Davis;
street commissioner, Josiah Kent; in
spector of buildings, George C. Whit-
lock; inspector of boilers, John Jen
kins; inspector of gas, JameH Gilbert;
inspector of meats, William Karr; in
spector of sewers, Thomas J. McLean;
city physician, J. B. Kalph; veteri
narian, H. J. Hamaciottl; clerk of po
lice court, John 8. Wood; board of
public works, St. A. D Balcomb, C. E.
JVIayne and Louis Heimrod; city ap
praisers, F. W. Manville. Christian
Bpecht and C. C. Thrane.
A brilliant reception that was In
progress at General Crook's residence
at the corner of Seventeenth and Dav-
enport, was rudely broken up by fire
discovered In the attic of the building.
Frank Farish of engine house fto. 3,
who was hurt eome time ago in slid
ing down one of the engine house
poles, is improving.
Cojonei a. H. i-ornes was presented
with a costly gold-headed cane by H.
M. Kotnery, tne occasion oeing tne
colonel's thirty-eighth birthday, Henry
Parrish made the presentation speech,
after which a bountiful repast was
enjoyed and speeches were made by
Prof. Miller, P. Connolly and others.
The second annual May party of the
Ladies of Progress assembly No. 3697
Knights of Labor, was given at Cen
tral hall, the entertainment being in
the hands of the following ladies:
Mistress of ceremonies, Miss Emma
Von Trott; floor managers, Mrs. Anna
Black, Mrs. M. J. Elliott, Mrs. Bertha
Von Trott, Miss Emma Burmester,
Mrs. J. M. Kenney, Miss Ida Engstrom;
reception committee, MiBses Julia As
plnwall, Maggie Carroll, Lillian
Franklin, Anna Barry; door commit
tee, Miss Anna JVlcGutre, Mrs. Mary
Simpson, Miss Alice Henney and Miss
Mary Thompson.
This Day In History.
1676 The explorer Marquette was
buried near the present site of Lud
lngton, Mich.
1735 Prof. John Wilson, known
the world over by his pen name of
"Christopher North," born at Paisley.
Scotland. Died at Edinburgh April
3, 1854.
1803 Nelson was appointed to
command the British Mediterranean
fleet and hoisted his flag on the Vic
tory. 1822 Augustine de Iturbide was
proclaimed emperor of Mexico.
1848 German national assembly
met at Frankfort-on-the-Maln.
1862 Vicksburg was invested by
the forces of General Grant.
1883 A cyclone at Racine, Wis.,
killed sixteen persons and Injured 100.
1887 A statue of Schuyler Colfax,
vice president of the United States,
was unveiled at Indianapolis.
1892 Jacob Gould Schurman was
elected president of Cornell univer
sity. 1897 Turkey agreed to an armistice
In the war with Greece
The Day We Celebrate.
Edward F. Schurig, electrical engi
neer and president of the Standard
Electrical company, was born May 18,
1863, in Germany, where he received
hfB technical education. Mr. Schurig
was city electrician in Omaha for
nearly ten years, resigning In 1903 to
practice his profession on his own
account.
John Potter Webster Is 28 today.
He is an Omaha-born boy and is sec
retary of the City Trust company.
Crown Prince Kupprecht of Bavaria,
commanding the German armies
around Arras, where the great Anglo
French drive is in progress, born in
Munich forty-eight years ago today.
Nicholas Romanoff, late czar of all
the Russias, born In St. Petersburg
( Petrograd ) forty-nine years ago
today.
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy of the United States, born in
Washington, D. C, fifty-five years ago
today.
Samuel M. Vauclain, member of the
United States munitions standardiza
tion board, born in Philadelphia fifty
nine years ago today.
Charles M. Hough, recently ap
pointed a justice of the circuit court of
the United States, born in Philadel
phia fifty-nine years ago today.
J. Hamilton Lewis, United States
senator from Illinois and a staunch
defender of the president's war poli
cies, born at Danville, Va., fifty-one
.years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Today the late czar of all the Rus
sias will celebrate his forty-ninth
birthday anniversary as "Citizen"
Nicholas Romanoff.
. The Department of Agriculture at
Washington is to conduct a public
hearing today on the proposal to ex
tend the gypsy moth quarantine to
several towns of Vermont and New
Hampshire.
, The Old Spanish Trail association,
which is promoting the building of an
improved highway from Florida to
California, is to open a two-day con
vention today at Tallahassee, Fla.
Storyettc of the Day.
Not long ago a man was charged at
a country court with trespassing, and
niso wnn snooting some pigeons
wnicn oeiongea to a farmer.
In giving his evidence the farmer
was exceedingly careful, even nervous,
ana tne lawyer lor the defense en
deavored to frighten him.
"Now," he remarked sternly, "re
member you're on oath. Are vou
prepared to swear this man shot your
pigeons r
i aian i say ne did shoot 'em," was
the reply. "I said I suspected him of
aomg it.
"Ah! Now you're coming to it What
mane you susDect tne man?"
"Well, I first caught him on my land
with a gun. Secondly, I heard a gun
go off and had seen some pigeons fall.
Thirdly, I found four of my pigeons
In his pocket and I don't think them
oiras new into his pocket and com
mitted suicide for the fun of the
thing." -Chicago News.
LAUGHING GAS.
Mr. Howard She' as devotid as t
mother to him,
Modern Matr r.rafloui ! It ahe as indif
ferent M that? jLitc.
The Slum VtMtor I should think yow'd
be afraid to live here. There' no fire
escape.
The Slum livelier t don't need one, lady.
Whenever tho copa oine up after me. I
mflke my gaiaway over the roof. Boston
blobe.
To Ward Off V-Boats.
Dunbar, Neb., May 15. To the
Editor of The Bee: I had a subma
rine idea similar to the one I saw in
your paper. My Idea was to build a
net on two sides of a ship with arms
extending out from the whip, the net
running parallel with the ship, ex
tending In front and behind some dis
tance, regulated so it could be raised
and lowered at will.
This net would want to,extend down
Into the water the same depth as the
ship. HARLEY A. SNUWDEN.
How to Secure Food.
Omaha, May 12. To the Editor of
The Bee: Flocking of rural population
to cities is rapidly reducing production
and increasing consumption. This Is
one, if not the main cause of the in
creased cost of living. The only rem
edy for this Is to go back to the soil
and by extensive and Intensive farm
ing restore the equilibrium between
production and consumption.
Shorten the circuit between pro
ducer and consumer. A long circuit, in
spite of insulation, causes an Immense
waste of electricity, Why should not
the fHrmers sell direct to the millers
and the millers to the grocers? Why
not go back to local mills and save
transportation to distant mills and
back again to the consumer. j
rniB uuur ii'Bro nuuui ou pri rvi 111
quantity and the same in quality in
artistic milling. Why not grind the
whole wheat, abolish bolting and eat
nutritious bread? The saving of this
30 per cent would make up for short
crops and leave a large surplus In long
ones.
Waste no food. Make everything
palatable and eat all of it. The high
cost of living is greatly aggravated by
the cost of high living.
It's all right to talk about yard and
lot gardening, but It will not amount
to much. It takes knowledge and ex
perience to raise good vegetables and
fruits. Give the farmers the labor they
need and they will glut the city mar
kets.
Restore the old city markets. Bring
the farmer and consumer together and
lower the price of vegetables from 25
to 50 per cent. Such marketB would
greatly stimulate suburban gardening.
If the cereals now wasted In liquor
making were made into bread it would
greatly relieve the shortage and leave
$2,500,000,000 to pay the increased
price of all foodstuffs.
This nation has never known a real
scarcity of food, but it is now called
upon to sustain not only itself, but all
the entente allies besides. This will
tax us to the utmost God speed the
right and hasten the day of universal
democracy. D. C. JOHN.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
The matchlock musket was invented at
Nuremberg, Bavaria, just 400 yesra ago, in
1517.
Water slaet, which many persons are now
using to preserve eggs, was invented by a
German chemist in 1825 ae a solution for
hardening the exterior of buildings.
Corns Peel Right
Off With "Gets-It"
2 Drops, and the Corn is a "Goner I"
When you've got to walk on the sides of
your shoe to get away from those awful
corn-pains, there's " ly one common-sense
thing to do. Put 2 or 3 drops of "Gets-It"
Us "Gets-Iti" Tour Corns Won't
Swell In Water. Besides, They'll
Shrivel, Loosen and feel Oflt
on the corn right away. Pain and Inflamma
tion wilt disappear, the com will begin to
shrivel from that Instant then it loosens
and falls rlirht off.
There's no other corn-remover In the
world that acta Hke "Gets-It." Tf new
discovery has been made tn corn -removers
sines "Geta-It" was born. Don't forget that
fact. "Gets-It" does away forever with the
use of salveB that Irritate, bandages that
make a bundle of your toe, plasters that
half do the work, knives and scissors that
draw blood. Use "Gets-It" no more digging
or rutting.
"Geta-If is sold everywhere, 2fic a bottle,
or sent on receipt ot price by B. Lawrence
Co., Chicago, 111.
Sold 1n Omaha and recommended as the
world's best corn remedy by Sherman &
McConnell Drug Co.'a Stores.
Mow for the Diamond Engagement
Ring and Wedding Presents. Buy
them on charge account at Loftis
Bros. & Co., where prices are al
ways lowest.
Loftis "Perfection"
Diamond Ring
is the
Want.
4S3 Finest quality Diamond, perfect tn
cut and full of fiery brilliancy, 14k solid
gold mounting. Specially priced Clflfl
for Engagement Rings, at ?AU
Terms, S2.50 a Weak.
Aiilii,
Men's Favorite
533 Men's
Diamond Ring,
6-prong Tooth
mounting, 14k
solid tfCC
gold.. T00
$1.60 We.lc
Opan Daily Till P. M. Saturday Till 9:30
Call or write (or Catalog No. 903.
Phona Doug. 1444 and aaiesman will call.
Tha National
Credit Jewalar,
I0FTIS
sww bros & co ;":
408 S. 16th St.,
OMAHA
Our equipment is adequate for all
funeral occasions. We are respectful and
courteous and conduct burial ceremonies
that reflect credit upon this establish
ment. N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor
(E.t.bli.h.d 1888)
17th and Cuming Sti. Tel. D. 1060
Qui k, Painless Way
To Remove Hairy Growths
(Helps to Beautv)
Here is a simple, unfailing way to
rid the skin of objectionable hairs:
With some powdered delatone and
water make enough paste to cover
the hairy surface, apply and in about
2 minutes rub off, wash the skin and
every trace of hair has vanished. This
is quite harmless, but to avoid disap
pointment be sure to get the delatone
in an original package. Adv.
(jliSjlr'iSVtSa'lSVQ
A DRINK 4!
TE-TO
'The Great Teetotalers Beverage"
YOU CAN MOTOR
to
LOGAN INN
Don't Take Risks
If your stomach is strong, your liver active, and bow
els regular, take care to keep them so. These organs
are important to your health. Keep them in order with
iieoham s Pills
and avoid any risk of serious illness. A dose or two
as needed, will help the digestion, stimulate the bile,
and regulate the habits. Their timely use will save
much needless suffering, fortify the system and
Insure Good Health
Sold by dru!aU throughout tha world. In boxes, 10e., 25c
Diraction, of Special Vaitu to Woman are with Erory Box.
Tired Ail Over
Mr. Kate Metz Miller, of Cobden, 111., says: "I was troubled
ritb Irregularities. . . headache. . . and felt tired all over. . . I
thought I would try Cabdui and found It did me bo much good. I have
none of those troubles any more. . . My mother had been suffering
with different ailments and trouble iue to change of life. . . head-
iche all the time. She began to use the Cabdui, taking about five
bottles. . . now ahe 1 not troubled with those old ailments any more. . . 1
only wish I could induce all sick women to try It and be convinced a I hay
been." Why don't you try Cabdui J It may be just what you need.
. CSED 40 YEARS
' li The Women's Tonic
Cardu
AT ALL DBUO STORKS
THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU
Waihington. D. C.
V
Encloaed find a two-cent stamp, for which you will please tend me,
I entirely free, a copy of the pamphlet, "Preparing Vegetables."
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