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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1918.
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. Old Boreas may as well understand that he if
ittiow regarded as an intruder.
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Leon Trotzky may be a dreamer, but he wakes
Jtip when smitten by the mailed fist.
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ifc-j. "Shovel tag day" is coming nearer, but you
'I: need not wait for its advent, for you can tag
jjrour shovel at any time.
!A war department on a peace basis is all right
in peace times, but with the country actually en
visaged in war something more effective and facile
'I'm its operations than what we have is needed.
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12" General Goethals will have full control of the
'Eprmy clothing supply in the future, which means
;that some of the red tape has been cut at Wash
ington. A little more of it can well be spared.
!! Austria should encounter little difficulty in
opening a peace confab with the United States,
but Count Czernin must come to it with full
knowledge that he is not dealing with the Bol-
tfeheviki. r ' ' ' ' ;
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!! The Dutch have decided to send their steam-
f ships out to sea without permission from the
kaiser, which is another way of expressing "free
dom of the seas," although it is not so admitted
igby the Fotsdam pirates.
!!' Omaha bakers are going to have a chance to
'.jshow in court whether they are exempt from the
orders of the food administrator. One good way
i'jjto avoid serious trouble with Uncle Sam just
jjhow is to do what is required of you, and argue
(.afterwards, if any debate is needed.
jj; The kaiser is not progressing very fast with
ijiiis lessons in the English language; at any rate,
Mc has not yet learned to pronounce and define
.f'restoration" and "reparation," and until he can
jpass a satisfactory examination on these he is
Ilikely to be the subject of both restraint and
,f discipline, ' .,
, More gratifying reports as to the health of
,our soldiers are now coming. For the week end
' ing January 18 only, 46 per thousand of all the
troops in service were oh sick list, which is by
"far the best return yet made. It is proof that
recent agitation concerning conditions in the
i'-army have had the effect of stirring authorities
I to action.
Lesson la Farm Yield Values,
i Figures furnished by the Agricultural depart'
i ment as to the value of crops of the United States
' fpr the last year are very gratifying. " The total
;iarm price of all the major products for the
'year 1917 amounts to $13,580,768,000, the greatest
i sum ever aggregated for a single crop year. Of
this Nebraska's share was $522,136,000, our state
coming seventh in the list of wealth producers
of the union, A study of the table suggests the
! importance , of intensive cultivation. Illinois,
j first in rank, with a crop output valued at $842,
( 042,000, is considerably less in area than a num
ber of the slates it outranks, and it has no espe-
cial advantage in soil or climate. Therefore its
'eminence must be due to something else. This
j Can be summed up in the one word, efficiency.
(jThe farmers of fllionis cultivate all available
; ground, and do it with energy and intelligence;
reaping a reward accordingly. Texas is second
i in the ranks, because of its great area and for the
j'reason that Georgia, for the first time passes Ne
braska as a producer, the unusually high price
pl cotton. Kansas has fallen to fourteenth place,
j .because of crop failure, while Iowa holds to third
-for the same reason that Illinois holds to first,
;i)ccau5e of the intensive cultivation of the soil.
.The great lesson in these figures is that with
Ignore careful attention to the planting and cul
tivation of crops, the value of the farm yield can
Je increased profitably. '
German Demands Stand Unabated.
Chancellor von Hertling's address to the
Reichstag committee holds very little of en
couragement to those who had hoped for reces
sion oh part of Germany in the matter of war
demands. Specifically the chancellor addresses
himself to the 14 points outlined by President
Wilson and endorsed by the Entente Allies as es
sential to peace. The first four of these, dealing
with open treaties, disarmament, freedom of the
seas and free trade, the chancellor finds accept
able, admitting that the question of armament,
so far Europe is concerned, will be determined
largely by the financial conditions of the several
countries after the war. All these things are to
the distinct advantage of Germany at present.
On the fifth point, dealing with the status
of colonies, the chancellor halts, saying difficul
ties will be encountered. This must be inter
preted to mean that Germany does not propose
to relinquish its South African colonies, having
offered them to Great Britain in return for the
restoration of Belgium at British expense. On
the occupation of Belgium the chancellor is
evasive, and his statement that the evacuation of
occupied French territory will be discussed only
with France does not squarely meet the aims of
the Entente Allies. He proposes that Russian
territory can be discussed only with Russia, to
whose representatives the Germans have already
declared their intention of holding all they oc
cupy. Poland's future will be decided by Ger
many and Austria, declares the chancellor, and he
refers the Balkan and Italian adjustments to Aus
tria and Turkish affairs to Turkey, adding that
German interests in these will be fully protected.
Alsace-Lorraine will not be discussed by Ger
many. In this no nearer approach to peace may Ife
discerned. The attitude'of Austria, as indicated
by Count Czernin, is quite different. The Aus
trian foreign minister hopes that conversations
between his country and the United States may
lead to a better understanding, if not an actual
way to settlement. It is not beyond reason that
Germany may find in such an arrangement op
portunity to share to a greater extent in nego
tiations than through direct approach. The pro
posal from Vienna is far more hopeful than the
declaration from Berlin.
Significance of Certain Indictments.
The indictment by a grand jury down at Lin
coln of two county commissioners should make
public officials holding similar positions of re
sponsibility and trust in other parts of the state,
including Omaha, ait up and take notice. It
would be unfair to prejudge the culpability of the
men involved in the particular cases referred to,
but it is pertinent to call attention to what some
of the counts in the true bills charge, namely,
"palpable omissions of duty" and "partiality in
the discharge of their duties" constituting mis
demeanors in office, In other words, the indicted
commissioners are held to account for what they
have not been doing as well as for the unbusi
nesslike methods and favoritism shown in what
they have been doing. If it were known that
grand juries generally would check up on the acts
of omission as well as of commission of our
public servants we would unquestionably have
a speeding up of court house and city hall activi
ties and a closer hewing to the line in the trans
action of public business something which, we
take it, would be salutary for all concerned.
Purpose of Proposed War Cabinet
Public thought should not be confused on the
question of the proposed war cabinet. Its estab
lishment could not take from the president any of
his constitutional or war powers, nor hinder hiin
in his personal direction of affairs. The bill as.
presented to the senate merely authorizes the
president to name a council of three men, subject
to the approval of the senate, to form a central
body under which shall be co-ordinated all war
activities. The action of this body on questions
before it is to be final, subject to review and ap
proval by the president. It is not expected the
president would select men in whom he had no
confidence, nor that the senate wuld fail to
confirm his choice.
Machinery of our War department as at pres
ent constituted has shown by its workings that
it is inefficient as well as insufficient for the task
assigned to it. No other country has tried to
manage its war business on a plan similar to ours.
Great Britain long ago set up a war ministry,
while France and Germany already were equipped
for the big job of handling and supplying im
mense bodies of men in the field.
A superior war council would eliminate much
of the present cumbersome and dilatory manage
ment of our army and navy,' it would secure bet
ter results as less cost in time and money, and
so would save many lives as well as much energy.
Its only possible reflection on the president is
that it would supersede existing divided control
by centralized operation. Mr. Wilson would be
provided with a responsible and responsive war
council, instead of the dislocated and inarticulate
aggregation of bureaus and boards, whose best
efforts so far have brought disappointment.
: These facts make the president's determined
opposition to the plan all the more inexplicable.
Readjustment of our army control must come,
though, either through the president or through
congress if we are td win in the war.
Send Your Soldier a Smile
Government Builds Show House, Public Must Provide
Tickets
By Frederic J. Haskin.
Liberty The-1 with smokes" and encouragement, good ad
Washington, Jan. 22. The
aters" in the training camps of the national
army are going into action. Already per
formances of Broadway's leading hits have
been given with record attendance, and be
fore the end of this month i all '16 theaters
are expected to be doing business. This
means that about 50,000 soldiers per night
will be able to go to a show, while for the
others there will be movies at the Young
Men's Christian association auditoriums and
chautauquas in tents.
It is up to the public, the folks at home,
to send the soldiers to the shows. The ad
missions are only from 10 cents to 25 cents
for each performance the lowest at which
American stars and Broadway triumphs
ever have or ever will be shown. But many
of the men haven't even this meager price.
Many of them, who have been taken away
from good jobs, have to send back their pay
to help out at home. And even those who
have all of their pay to spend' haven't very
much.
"Smileage" is the medium by which you
may conveniently provide your soldier with
a seat in the Liberty theater for every per
formance. The commission on training
camp activities, which is the branch of the
War department that has charge of the task
of amusing the soldiers, has issued booklets
of tickets in two sizes costing $1 and $5 re
spectively, and containing that amount of
admissions to the shows, good when used.
This, of course, is not a commercial proposi
tion. The Liberty theaters were built by the
government and are operated under its
auspices. The attractions are furnished by
patriotic American theater men under the
direction of Marc Klaw. Already four road
comedy companies have been organized to
play the Liberty theaters. The casts are first
class, and the plays to be offered first are
"Turn to the Right," "Here Comes the
Bride," "Cheating Cheaters" and "Inside the
Lines." There are also four vaudeville
troops on the road under the management
of Edward F. Albee of Keith's circuit. In
addition to these attractions the "Smileage"
book coupons will be good for admission to
the motion picture shows and the chautauqua
lectures which will be held in every camp.
The soldier who is kept supplied witn smile
age will therefore be in a position to take in
everything going, whether he has money
or not.
This plan to provide the soldiers with en
tertainment is essentially a co-operation be
tween the government, the theatrical profes
sion and the American public. The govern
ment has built the theaters; they are enor
mous frame buildings with five entrances,
15 exits, a stage loft 50 feet high, regular box
offices, moving picture machines, electric
lighting effects in a word everything that a
theater needs. The theatrical profession has
agreed to furnish the entertainment at the
lowest possible admission charge which will
make the enterprise self-supporting. And
the public is expected to pay for the
tickets. This must not be left to the soldier.
His salary has a tendency to melt away, at
the first leave of absence he gets after pay
day. His family, his friends, his employer,
his best girl are expected to pay for his
smiles, keep him provided with insurance
against homesickness, loneliness, and all the
other psychic maladies that afflict men when
they are torn away from all of their usual
associations and diversions.
The public has been generous with the
soldiers so far. It has fairly deluged them
vice and fried chicken, socks and sweaters
and oratory. All of these things are grate
fully received and more or less appreciated.
But what the soldier wants most of all is
escape from the monotony of training camp
in a word amusement. That is also what
he needs. For if be can't get healthy
amusement he will take the other kind, as he
has been doing ever since the days of Alex
ander the Great, and earlier. This is the
real reason fCr the commission on training
camp activities to supply the soldier with
amusement, and excitement that won't hurt
him. It's not a question of morals, either;
it's a question of health. Like all other gov
ernment activities these days, its real pur
pose is to beat the Germans. For alcohol
and vice are among the greatest menaces to
armies; they kill soldiers and kill them be
fore they get to the front. So that "Smile
age" has an important place in the war
scheme. The soldiers know it, too.
This is from a letter by a young lieu
tenant: "We fellows in the training camps have
provided an outlet for the war emotions of
thousands of writers mothers, sisters,
wives and friends who want to 'do some
thing.' Don't think for a minute that we
aren't grateful for their sympathy, and for
all the things they really are doing for us.
But there are a good many people whose
efforts and expressions are a little too mushy;
there are others who could be of great help
but who don't understand what we want and
need; and there are others who don't talk
our language at all, though they may be
animated by the best motives in the world.
"All about us we hear the sound of
voices talking of high ideals, sacrifice, love
of country, democracy, and all the other gen
eral terms that give a kind of thrill in print.
"But what about us, actually?
"A few weeks or months ago we were
ordinary human male people, wearing stiff
collars and taking 6ff our straw hats on the
first of September. What. are we now? Ex
cept for the difference of clothes, just about
the same. We haven't become supermen.
We aren't living and training and hoping
to fight for those great ideals that people
talk so much about. We've almost lost sight
of them. A man can't drill all day long and
get his head into the clouds at night. The
reverse is more nearly true.
"We're younger than we were when we
came. By that I mean, more primitive, more
like animals. Men of 40 act like kids of 18
when the lid is taken off at night. Camp life
is devilishly monotonous, and with mono
tony comes loneliness. It's an awful feeling
and one that is hard to fight off. It's th,e soil
from which most of the evils of camp life
spring.
"What generally happens? On pay day
the money is recklessly spent. Some kind of
amusement is necessary. Bright lights, good
food, snappy shows, girls anything."
You want to help a soldier? Here is his
psychosis laid bare. He is an ordinary hu
man, bored, lonely, tired. He does not relish
sentimentalities and platitudes any more
than you would in the sajne condition.
Things to eat and smoke he appreciates. But
amusement, of the kind that calls for no ef
fort and lifts him right out of himself that
is what he craves. Smileage will buy it for
him.
Smileage will be put on sale, by special
committees in 15,000 towns on January 28.
The Coming Liberty Loan
Date, Terms and Amount Kept Dark by the Treasury
' New York Financial World. ' .
' American finance and the American peo
pie are face to face with another big prob
lem, the third Liberty loan, or an amount
that will total fully $5,000,000,000 and possi
bly $6,000,000,000. The only escape will be
through an early peace. Our country's credit
is the best in the world, as is proven by a
comparison of prices of Liberty bonds with
the war bonds of any of our allies or our
enemies. Ours stand on a four and one
fourth basis; theirs from 6 to 9 per cent and
in the case of Russia any old per cent. Our
government is concerned with keeping the
rate down and it may be somewhat signif
icant of unexpressed hopes at Washington
that the treasury is bending every effort to
bring the people around to the view that the
rate for the third Liberty loan should be
only 4 per cent in the face of the discount
on the present outstanding issues.
There may be more logic in the treas
ury's attitude than appears on the surface.
Bankers have said that a 4 per cent bond will
be most difficult to sell, but on the other
hand would not the treasury be criticized if
it should offer a 4tt per cent bond and then,
just as its sale had been accomplished,
peace were to descend upon us? Almost in
stantly the AYiS and even the present 3Hs
and the 4s would mount to a premium and
the governmerft would be accused of having
played a losing game of finance. The differ
ence between a 4 per cent bond running 30
years and i 4J4 per cent bond of the same
maturity, would be, on $6,000,000,000, just
$900,000,000 in interest. That is only a little
less than the total of our national debt be
fore the European war began I No wonder
the government is tenacious of its position.
In alt probability the people will not be let
into the secret of the rate until a short time
before the announcement is made. As a
matter of fact. Secretary McAdoo and his
advisers are undetermined as to the rate to
be fixed. It will depend upon circumstances
and the outlook at the time the bonds are
offered. Were Germany to merely express a
sincere desire to hold a conference and dis
cuss the terms as laid down by President
Wilson in his. splendid address to congress,
the treasury would be able to safely venture
a 4 per cent rate. If she is stubborn and
threatening, a higher rate or the offering of
a 4 per cent bond at a discount, with the
privilege of exchanging the 4s into the new
bonds at the discount price, might be the
wisest course to pursue. Legislation would
have to be asked to permit of the sale of the
bonds at a discount but it would be forth
coming. Altogether, then, the rate of in
terest on the third Liberty bonds is likely
to be dictated by Germany's war lords, who
have been at the dictating game for nearly
four years and haven't yet got away with it.
It's a queer situation but nevertheless a real
one.
Bankers express the opinion that prac
tically all other financing will have to be sus
pended when the third loan campaign is be
gun. Its success will depend upon concen
tration upon the one object of floating it.
With the government's protecting hand more
and more extended over the railroads and
industry generally, there are not the same
apprehensions now as there were last year
that a corresponding liquidation of private
securities will be necessary to make the loan
a success.
People and Events
Civic bodies in Minneapolis are taking
counsel of the future by shaping plans for
shortening the reach of the taxing powers of
city and state. The Commerce association
has given a hunch to city and county spend
ers that greater economy must be practiced
and taxpayers relieved of some of the local
burdens to more effectively meet the de
mands of the nation at war. The idea is
good enough for general adoption.
After dishing out the booze in wholesale
lots for 45 years, Sigmund J. Lang of St.
Louis quits the business for good with a
big disgust. Kentucky voting for the pro
hibitory amendment was the last straw. In
his brief valedictory Lang says he paid a
total of $1,880,000 in revenue tax and con
tributed $350,000 to "politicians, grafters,
fakers, women's societies, charitable or
ganizations, preachers and uplifters." The
size of his pile is not mentioned.
lino Tear Ago Today in the war.
jjii Russian foreign office endorsed Fres
'$Uent Wilson'a peace message.
'f, Germans continued to advance on
'illlffa front.
:fc: French recovered most of their po
sitions on Hill 304 at Verdun.
Irbe Day We Celebrate.
,' Dougla MacArthur, U. S. A., for
i$ner press censor, later chief of atari
rto the commander of the "Rainbow
Division," born in Arkansas, I years
lit go today.
jj, Samuel Hopkins Adams, author of
; Numerous popular stories, bora at
Dunkirk, N. Y.. 4? years ago today,
iij Frank O. Lowden, the present gov
ernor of Illinois, born at Sunrise City,
.Minn., 7 years ago today.
!?! Rt Rev. A. F. Wtnnington Ingram,
'tfoishop of London, born in Worcester
shire, England, 60 years ago today.
;Thls Day in History.
i'i', 1764 Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, the
French marshal who became king of
Jiweden, born at Pan. France. Died
At Stockholm. March t, 1844.
1782 Cornelius P. Van Ness, gov
ernor of Vermont and United States
minister to Spain, born at Kinderhook,
Y.' Died in Philadelphia, Decem
er IB. 1862.
" 1861 Louisiana, the sixth . state,
seceded from the union.
V 1866 Bismarck sought a quarrel
;with Austria, and sent a sharp dis
patch complaining of Austria's Infl-delirv.
Just SO Years Ago Today
James Gibson of the Northwestern,
accompanied by his wife and daugh
ter, F. & Capron of the Grand Trunk
railway, and Mr. Perkins of Rockford,
111., left for Los Angeles. v.
A large sleigh of young people,
headed by four plumed prancers
came to the residence of Elder M. H.
Forscutt and gave him a very happy
surprise and through a spokesman,
Clarence Paley, presented to him a
fine antique oak reading chair.
The Select Hundred held one of
their enjoyable socials at the Millard
and 200 couples were present
The Omaha and St Paul railroad
line is reported blockaded with snow
and all traffic Is at a standstill.
Chief of Police Seavey was married
to Mrs. Lillie Hollenbeck at Cortland,
Neb.
Mr. Clarence Vaughn, one of the
Hoof and Horn attaches of South
Omaha, was married to Miss Allen at
Fremont
Twice Told Tales
, Nervous Operation.
It was the first weok that the
Jinkses, who had fallen heir to con
siderable property, had been In their
new home. Mrs. Jinks was giving a
dinner party with the fond hope that
from this occasion she would be
fairly launched In society.
"Lena," said Mrs. Jinks to her new
cook, "be sure to mash the peas thor
oughly tonight."
"What, ma'am," exclaimed the
amazed cook. "Mash the peas?"
"Yes, that Is what I said, Lena,
mash the peas." repeated the mis
tress. "It makes Mr. Jinks very
nervous at dinner to have them roll
off his knife. Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Woe Betide Him. , ' ' .
Miss Eleanor Sears, the young
sportswoman, was talking In Boston
about a young man who had recently
been Jilted.
"It was his pacifist tendencies that
made her Jilt him," said Miss Sears.
"From Socialism he drifted to the I
Won't Works. I believe he became
positively pro-German In the end."
She shrugged her shoulders.
"Every girl loves a bargain. she
said, "but woe betide the man who
cheapens himself in her eyes!"
Washington Star.
Explained.
"Pop, why do people call jollying,
soft soap?"
"Because there is so much lie about
it, sou." San Francisco Chronicle.
Peppery Points
Washington Post: German peace
terms always make good reading be
tween the lines.
Minneapolis Journal: Matrimony
la all right but sometimes a wife
uses his pipe to drive a tack with.
Pittsburgh Post: Industries are
doing their part by saving coal, and
they expect the government to do its
part by moving It.
Mlnneajolis Journal: Not one of
the kaiser's six sons, who have been
fighting like tigers on the safety-first
front has been injured to date.
Louisville Courier-Journal: So far
as we're concerned the (Romanoffs
may escape as often as they like. So
many matters just now are of so
much more importance and of so
much greater Interest
Brooklyn Eagle: ' "In the sweat of
thy face shalt thou eat bread" was a
beneficence, not a curse, to Adam and
the sons of Adam. But In Mesopota
mia there was no coal shortage, and
no factories to be closed.
Baltimore American: There is a
hint of an Ice shortage the coming
summer. It Is one of the paradoxical
afflictions of a community that the
colder the winter the better is the
prospect for an iceless summer.
New York World: North Dakota
not only gives up the teaching of
German In the public schools, but
substitutes French. Parisian culture
on the farms marks the length to
which our new International sym
pathies have gone. What would they
have thought in old Granger days of
French for farm boj i
Out oj the Ordinary
European factories each week mako
about, 16,000,000 pounds of artificial
butter with cocoanut oil as a base.
William M. Benninger, member of
the Pennsylvania house from
Northampton, is the father of 17 chil
dren. ;
A Pittsburgh woman recently won a
prize of a box of cigars, which she is
now selling as wanted to her hus
band at 25 cents each, putting the
proceeds in war stamps.
jitter Jo
7 S'J
Near Danger Line On Coal.
Omaha, Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Bee: There is an error in the
minds of the people of Omaha that
there is a plentiful supply of coal.
Omaha is near the danger line.
About the first of December, 1917,
there were thousands of tons of coal
in the various coal yards. Every
dealer has been trying to get all the
new stock possible, but in spite of this
the stock of stored coal. On hand, has
been exhausted and many dealers are
out and have been for some days.
Some are only selling domestic coal
in half-ton lots to each family.
A tieup of the railroads, by storms,
for a few days would cause a great
deal of suffering in Omaha.
I think our public buildings, as the
postofflce, court house, city hall and
large office buildings should save fuel
by shutting off radiators in lobbys,
halls, etc. I notice this is not being
done. I think our fuel administrator
should request that homes should heat
only such rooms as have to be used,
and help the situation.
We are near the danger line. Better
be sure than sorry. E. H. H.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"Jane married a paradox."
"How waa that?"
"She thought her husband was a fall
man. but after marriage he proved to ba
alwaya short." Baltimore American.
Believes In Mr. Garfield.
Madison, Neb., Jan. 24. To the
Editor of The Bee: "Oh, consistency,
thou art a Jewel." One week we read
in the papers of our United States
senators dragging the war officials
onto the carpet and putting them
through the third degree because they
have not speeded up war preparations
just to their liking. The next week
we read of them being up in arms and
bristling all over, threatening all kinds
of punishment to Administrator Gar
field because he took steps to relieve
railroad congestion at terminals, to
the end that coal might reach the sea
board for coaling vessels, hundreds of
which, according to Mr. Garfield, were
loaded and ready to sail, lacking only
coal, while other tens of thousands of
tons of munitions, food, clothing, etc.,
were on the docks awaiting shipment.
Under these conditions the senate
wished him to postpone his order for
five days.
For what? Does anybody know?
When war officials do use t"he power
vested in them to expedite war meas
ures, the senate would hang a ball and
chain on them.
Their actions savor more of politics
and petty jealousy than patriotism and
a desire for teamwork to the end that
the war may be pushed to a speedy
and successful ending. I believe the
people will uphold Mr. Garfield and
other officials who seek to make war
measures first no matter if it does
work hardship and sacrifice to some
of the people. We are all counting on
sacrificing, enduring and suffering a
great deal ere the dove of peace ap
pears to the warring nations of the
earth. J. O. TRINE.
Pa Rich Are the children In for th
night?
y. Rlch--I don't known. Better go out
to the garage and count the cars. Boston
Transcript.
"Well, how's married life? How are
you setting along?"
"I dunno. My wife was a lady editor
and old habits cling."
"Huh?"
"She never accepts any of my BtorleaJ"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
AY SKOL HELP1
Ay ban von gude yolly taller,
Lumberjack '.
Yen ay vork vith ax and sawing,
Big tree crack!
Op to me to help it falling,
It ban fun!
By yeel Every taller near It,
He skol run!
Ay ban sawing planty big logs,
For sum flume,
Day ban sliding down sum log chut -,
To von boom.
Lumberyack vlth pike pole, standing
On sum brail,
Vork lak aatan ven log coming
Down on trail!
Pike pole handy, tak big log In,
Mak him stay!
Lak a toy for gude log rolling.
Ho mak play! )
Brail float off, sum fast, sum easy,
Down to Gap.
Tenk he give som boat and launches,
Little rap!
Yes, ay ban gude, yolly faller,
Ay tal yu!
Now ay bar von bugle calling.
Loudly, tu!
Uncle Sam ban speaking to ma.
Be. my Pal!
I skol help my dear old uncle,
Vork lak hal!
Nail my Flag on big tree handy,
Slide down chute.
Not afraid to meet von kaiser, .
Bet yure boot!
I skol let my ax get busy.
He skol fall! . ,
Pike pole rolling him In ocean,
Dat ban all!
MRS. JOHN PALMER NTK,
Shenandoah, la.
Final Disposal of Two Great
Lots of Coats and Dresses
SATURDAY
200 New Spring Dresses and 120
Beautiful Coats, to be offered at
ABOUT HALF PRICE.
See Display Ad on Pag 4.
JULIUS ORKIN,
1508-10 Douglas Street.
Pay of Postal Employes.
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 22. To
the Editor of The Bee: One item In
your paper I have read which does
not strike me as very businesslike.
Postmaster General Burleson has
made the boast that he has a balance
to the good of $9,000,000. I have al
ways understood that it was not the
aim of the United States government
to make this a money-mfiking insti
tution, but to try and make it about
break even. This I think is very wise.
Now for our postmaster general to
have such a statement looks to me
as though some of his employes must
have been badly pinched. I am a
wage-earner and depend on my sal
ary for a living. My Arm has given
me an advance twice in the last two
years. Had they not done so I can
assure you it would not have been
possible to make both ends meet
- As far as I know I have no rela-i
tions in the postofflce service, but this
I do know, that the mall clerks on
trains, our letter carriers on the
streets of the cities that I pass
through dally and monthly and our
several route carriers making trips
of from 25 to 32 miles daily and usu
ally over bad roads are a very poorly
paid class of men. . Every working
man, mechanic or any other class of
wage earners are they working for
the same wages as they did two years
ago? I say no. It would be impos
sible for them to do so. It is not
necessary for me to say here provi
sions have advanced fully 100 per cent,
'Clothing almost the same and fuel
likewise. I am a patriotic American,
but I think Uncle Sam is not doing
Justice to some of his underpaid em
ployes. Take our rural rfoute employes, for
instance. They are earning from 895
to $100 per mpnth. What have they
to do to earn that money? First,
they must have money enough to buy
at least two horses, harness and
wagon and some of them buy a "tin
lizzie." About six months in the year
they must drive their horses. What
does it cost to keep a team of horses
during six months in the year? Prob
ably I should say $30 to $35 per
month. Cart and harness will wear
out How much has the rural route
man left $65 or $70 per month. He
is fortunate if he owns his little home.
That saves rent Now for a family of
six to live on $65 per month. I think
that is out of the question. We, as
Americans, can't do it It might be
possible in some of the German coun
tries, but thank God, we don't live in
Germany. Think if this was agitated
and our hide-bound postmaster gen
eral (that is, out for a showing) was
fully written up it certainly would
have some effect. Hope others will
do It. R. F. WILSON.
QUICK RELlEh
FROM CONSTIPATION
Jrs. Carrie M. Eveleth of Lewis-
ton, Me., whose record for nursing
covers 33 years, has attended more
than 300 babies, and in all the time
she has been nursing has never lo6t
a case.
Mrs. Thomas Edwards of Oberlin,
O., age 95, has given her four sons
and numerous grandsons enough
canned stuff from her own garden to
supply them for the winter. She did
all the work herself, except the plow
ing. Each of the 30,000,000 workers in
the country loses approximately nine
days each year due to stickness. This
Is a wage loss of more than $500,000,
000, and does not rnclude the loss suf
fered by industry.
Twin brothers in Scotland enlisted
in the same company and were sent
together to France, In an attack both
were shot through the left ankle at
the same time, tire bullets in both
rases lodging ni the right foot. The
men were brought to England to.
gether and are 'in a hospital on ad- i
Joining cots. I
Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets
That is the foyful cry bf thousands
since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calomeL
Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician fox
17 years and calomel's old-time enemy,
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con
stipation and torpid livers.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not
tYintnin jvsfamot Kit1 a ItniK.. f
vegetable laxative.
ino griping is tba "keynote" of these
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They sever lorce them to
unnatural action.
If you have a "dark brown mouth" now
and then a bad bread a dull, tired
feeling sick headache torpid liver and
are constipated, youU find quick, sure and
only pleasant results from one or two lit
tle Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
Just to keep right Try them. 10c and
2oc per box Ail druggists.
Uncle Sam Needs
Your Walnut Trees
Our government - needs hundreds of
thouaanda of good walnut loga RIGHT
NOW for gun stocks, airplane parts and
other war supplies. These muat ba fur
nished AT ONCE for uae in the Spring
Drive. Our Boys must be equipped or
slaughtered WHICH?
It is not only your patriotic duty to
furnish every walnut tree you have, but
you can now get the highest prices ever
paid the highest that ever will be paid.
But the present h?gh prices will lait only
until the Government's needs are supplied,
so by selling now you make the biggest
profit and render valuable service to
your country.
Write us today and tell tu how many
trees you have ; ' the circumference of
each tree five feet from the ground:
from which railroad station they, can be
shipped: and how soon you can have the
logs ready for shipment We pay spot
cash when the logs are loaded on the
eara. Or, if you have enough trees, we
will buy them standing and cut them
ourselves.
Write fully today and get our prices.
PENROD WALNUT & VENEER
. COMPANY
Kansas City, Mo.
For Kn$jlWor9
55c Per Gallon I
A Heavy, Viscous, Filtered Motor L
Oil. f
GRAIN EXCHANGE BLDG. President.
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deaiyour skin with
Resinol
NSoap
Does a pimply, unattractive
skin shut you off from admiration
and pleasant associations ?
Each time you cleanse your
face with Resinol Soap you give
it a " beauty treatment' ' with the
soothing, healing Resinol medi
cation. If aided, in severe cases,
by a little Resinol Ointment, this
usually leaves the complexion
naturally clear and fresh.
All druggists sell Resinol Soap and Oint
ment. For sample of each, free, write to
Dept. U-N, Resinol, Baltimore, Md.
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparaCloa ot merit.
Helpe to eradicate dandrofC.
&C aoty to Gray or Faded Hair.
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