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    THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1. 1919.
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DECEMBER CIRCULATION
Daily 65,219 Sunday 62,644
Dwnfi circulation for lbs month subscribed and mm to x
X. B. Burn. (.'IreulaUan Mtnuer.
Subscribers leaving tha city ehsmld have Tha Baa mailed
ta than. Address changed aa el tan aa raqueated.
But suppose congress does not carry out its
orders?
Omaha has plenty of school sites, but really
needs school buildings.
Welcome, Mr. March Lion, and let us see
you turn into a lamb!
Even the legislature can do nothing to
please the democrats. It is an odd world,
heigh-hol
The "baby blizzard" almost grew into a real
child of the north, wind up in the land of the
Dakotas.
The ' president could trust the democratic
congress, for he knew it would do nothing while
he was away.
Somebody asks if the right to live in this
country is worth the price we are paying for it.
Wait and see.
Federal inquiry into the cost of living in
Omaha may start out with the premise that it
is high enough.
persons visited by the state booze hounds
have no occasion to complain that the search
wai not thorough.
Jugo-Slavia has faith in the League of Na
tions, but is getting all ready to fight for the
Dalmatian coast, just the same.
Land for the returning soldier is all right,
but if he has to wait for the democratic con
gress to provide it he will never get. the farm.
The Prince's island conference is about to be
called off, because the bolsheviki have declined
ta take part in it. Where do we go from here?
' Ellis U. Graff has been chosen to high office
in the National Educational association, a fact
of which hit Omaha friends will congratulate
him.
If the tentative draft of the league constitu
tion gets such a raking now, what may we look
for when the brake is taken off and the real dis
cussion starts?
Now, then, just what did the president say
about the Irish question? Nobody seems to
know exactly, so will Mr. Wilson please repeat
it, loud enough for all to hear?
The chairman (by right of seniority) of the
senate's committee on foreign relations is a
busy member just now, but does not 'seem to
be making much impression on the opposition.
Airplanes and similar vehicles landing in
Nebraska will be searched for contraband oil
of joy if the present bill is amended as pro
posed. Prohibition keeps pace with progress,
all right.
- A lot of painters are being kept busy mark
ing "U. S." on locomotives, and in a little while
they will all have jobs again painting out the
letters. The railway administration is nothing
if not efficient and economical.
Switzerland is taking no chances on the good
behavior of the Bavarian bolsheviki, and has in
creased its border guard. The Helvetians have
not forgotten the lessons they learned from
Julius Caesar, although some of their neighbors
apparently have.
The .bill validating army ' contracts to the
amount of $2,700,000,000, has been sent to the
president. As these contracts were all verbal,
most of them made over the telephone twenty
four hours after the armistice was signed, the
affair will one day require a lot of explaining by
the administration.
Thomas Riley Marshall, vice president of the
United States, is inclined to be testy as the
session draws to a close. He must remember
tie can not stop his fellow citizens from
laughing at "Jimmy" Reed's antics any more
than the president can keep the senators frm
talking about the League of Nations.
Orgy of War Buying
As more detailed figures arevmade public of
the tremendous purchases by the government
for war purposes, the full extent of the wild
orgy of buying becomes more apparent. And
there is no cause for wonder at the enormous
stocks of all kinds which remain in the posses
sion of the authorities. While the war was on,
much stress was laid on the fact that civilian
experts had generously tendered their services
to help get the needed supplies. If they were
responsible for what happened, their aim seems
to have been to find out the utmost that every
mill and factory in the land could produce and
then buy it for the government, regardless of
the quantity needed or which could be utilized.
It appears, also, that deliveries were expedited
so that comparatively little of the orders could
be canceled after the armistice was signed. This
is shown in a statement made by the statistics
branch of the War department, issued last
week. Only a few of the data are needed to
make clear what happened. Of woolen stock
ings, light and heavy, about 133,500,000 pairs
were ordered since April 1, 1917, and the can
cellations were little more than VA per cent.
Underwear was ordered galore, the amount
being' over 86,000,000 undershirts and more than
xi.Ci'J,000 drawers," and the cancellations a little
over one-half of 1 per cent. Nine million four
hundred and seventy thousand overcoats were
ordered, and more than 8,000,000 delivered, while
of melton cloth the orders totaled over 94,000,
0M) yards, hardly any of which were canceled.
Of duck the total ordered was 202,702,000 yards,
and of shoes 29,645,000 pairs. These are figures
taken simply at random. They help to show
why trade was needlessly handicapped and why
a prjtext was given for. exacting high prices.
-w York Times.
SITE FOR THIS COMMERCIAL HIGH.
The effort of the school board to change
again the location of the High School of Com
merce from Twenty-second and Chicago to
Thirtieth and Cuming has brought out the ex
pected protest. When money was voted few
years ago for the erection of the asked-for
building, the site now owned was purchased,
but the structure did not appear. Two years
ago, the board again approached the voters for
authority to issue a million dollars in bonds,
specifically for the purpose of constructing the
proposed high school. This money was voted,
and with the thought in minds of most voters
that the building would go up as planned.
Last year, when the bonds were about to be
negotiated, some talk of relocation was heard,
but this was then discounted. Now it transpires
options have been taken on a site at Thirtieth
and Cuming streets, eight acres in extent. In
defense of this action it is set up that the
original site is too small. That depends of
course on what is required of it. If it be to
accommodate a building for the purpose in
view, it seems plenty large; it does not afford
the ample campus that goes with an eight-acre
lot, but it has some other advantages.
The great Central High school plant is near
enough to the Twenty-second street location to
afford promise of such economies in operation
and instruction and supervision of the two in
stitutions that the size of the lot may well be
overlooked. The great campus on which the
Central High stands moreover will afford room
for all outdoor activities of both student bodies
and in point of accessibility is far superior.
The Board of Education will do well to dis
cover, if possible, the desires of the taxpayers
and patrons of the schools before it goes too
far in its arrangements to purchase another site
for the High School of Commerce.
Congress and the Country.
With certain confusion and possible disaster
in plain sight, the president positively refuses
to call the Sixty-sixth congress in extraordinary
session. He insists that the Sixty-fifth com
plete its work by noon' on Tuesday. Experi
enced members of both houses admit that it is
a physical impossibility to achieve the presi
dent's requirements.
The great support appropriation bills may
be passed, but only in incomplete and perhaps
dangerous form. Measures of greatest im
portance are doomed to failure. Among these
are such bills as that presented in May. of last
year by Secretary Lane of the Interior de
partment, asking funds to carry on reclamation
work. It was only brought out of committee
this week at the demand of the president. Time
for its consideration is not to be had, and if it
goes through it will be without debate in either
house or senate. The mineral land leasing bill,
discussed for months, is finally snagged be
cause of inability to define the naval oil land
reserves.
These are but examples of the confusion that
prevails. Democrats are desperately trying to
accomplish what their party leader now de
mands of them, with no hope of succeeding.
Their struggles are accompanied by charges
that the minority party in the present congress
is responsible for the failure of the majority
to do its work.
What shape the country will be in after
Tuesday only can be conjectured. If any of
the big supply bills fail, and the president ad
heres to his determination not to call an extra
session earlier than June, it will mean that some
part of the government will have to cease for
a time for want of funds. If the Victory loan
bill is not passed, the treasury will be emptied.
In England, France and Italy the parlia
ments are proceeding with the business of the
country, arranging reconstruction programs; in
our own land all this is to be adjourned, pend
ing the presence of the president at the peace
conference. It looks as if America were pay
ing a rather high price for the privileges of
leadership.
Pay for Police and Firemen.
The new schedule of pay for policemen and
firemen in Omaha, based on a liberal rate,
awaits only the signature of the governor to be
come law. It will go into immediate operation,
and affects the pay rolls now being prepared
at the city hall. While the increases allowed
,are not all that were asked, they are substan
tial boosts, and put the pay of these men on
a living wage basis. The outcome is com
mended to the attention of the men, as an evi
dence that sober action along orderly lines
brings far better results than would have at
tended the radical course favored by some hot
headed outside advisers a short time ago. The
men have found that their cause was considered
on its merits, and that both the city commis
sioners and the legislators were willing to listen
to them, anxious to do justice rather than to
take advantage of their situation. Faithful serv
ice is always appreciated by the public, and
while it may not always be rewarded in full
measure, the public servant with a genuine
grievance does not have to resort to violence to
secure redress.
"Icy Mitt" for Chamberlain.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon has been
punished for his temerity in trying to force the
administration to prepare- for war prior to
April, 1917, and for his efforts to force the War
department to speed up after we had gone in.
He has been "slipped the icy mitt" by the pres
ident, who can not forgive the man who criti
cized the dillydallying of Newton D. Baker, in
December, 1917, and again in the spring of
1918. Mr. Baker declared the war to be "3,000
miles away," and acted accordingly. Senator
Chamberlain, like millions of his countrymen,
could see no reason for the cavalier attitude
of the War department, nor could he under
stand why our program should be marked by
delay and extravagance, without a protest from
the executive. He said as much in public, and
brought out a sharp rebuke from the White
House. Events proved that the senator was far
better informed as to the exact state of af
fairs than was the president. This, however,
has not served to exculpate h im in the eyes of
the great man of the White House. His fate is
a further warning to democrats not to pretend
to think for themselves.
Another visitation of German t?-boats is ex
pected on the Atlantic coast, but this time they
come manned by Yankee sailors, and will be
the property of the g'ood old U. S. A., which
will make quite a difference.
No amount of investigation by legislative
committees in Nebraska institutions will de
velop a scandal to match with Iowa at present
Making America Safe for
Americans
Frederick Boyd Stevenson in Brooklyn Eagle.
Making America safe for Americans is not a
trite phrase when used in the broad American
sense. If America be not safe for Americans,
one of two things will happen.
Either America will be safe for nobody.
Or America will be safe only for those who
3re not Americans.
In the first instance America would be over
run by the bolsheviki, as Russia; and, in the sec
ond instance, America would be overcome by a
foreign power as dreamed by Germany.
So no one who is 100 per cent American can
object to the phrase, the point is right here:
What do you understand by "Making Amer
ica safe for1 Americans?"
What does America mean to you?
On the answers to these questions correct
or incorrect by the great majority of the peo
pie of the United States naturalized or un
naturalized who have arrived at the "thinking
age, depends the future of the United States.
If the great majority of the people of the
United States answer these questions correctly
America will be safe for Americans, it the
great majority of the people of the United
States answer these questions incorrectly Amer
ica will not be sate for Americans.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask T h e B e e to Answer.
What are the correct answers?
In a broad sense America is safe for Ameri
cans when the American principles of Wash-
ton and Jefferson and Lincoln and our ances
tors who founded this nation are carried out. In
a word, these principles mean that we must be
thinking of America first all the time; not from
a restricted and narrow viewpoint; not from a
selfish standard; not with the idea of exclusive
ness or of keeoinz aloof from participation in
the affairs of the world, but with the full knowl
edge that in order not to be selfish, in order
not to be exclusive, and in order that we can do
the ereatest eood when we do participate in the
affairs of the world we must, in thinking of
America first all the time, make America so
"American" that we will be a leader of nations,
and never an imitator.
Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln were
Americans all the way through. We must be
Americans all the way through or we will cease
to be Americans. There can be no compromise.
There can be no half-breed mixtures with lin
gering loyalties for other nations. There may
be a "melting pot," but we must be certain that
only the pure metal and not the dross comes
from the crucible.
What are the incorrect answers?
We can read them every day in the news
papers. Industrial Workers of the World is one.
Naval plots another.
Profiteers another.
Propagandists still seeking to create sympa
thy for America's enemies and still seeking to
prejudice Americans against its allies another.
And so one might reach on into the hun
dreds, mentioning them by topics, but there are
special concrete examples which need attention.
We are beginning to talk about a halt in im
migration. We have been very free in opening
our gates to all comers. We have been very
careless in asking questions. The result has
been just what might have been expected it
would be 6,000 interned enemy aliens and
there should be 60,000 of them. Some of them
may be innocent, but ,it is a safe estimate that
more guilty enemy aliens are outside of the
prison bars than innocent enemy aliens are be
hind the bars.
Keeping these points in mind the real Amer
icans of America are beginning to analyze the
different types of peoples who were, previous to
the breaking out of the war, flocking to the
United States. And they are beginning to no
tice which types have made good Americans
and which have not. They are taking cognizance
of the fact that citizens from certain countries,
while becoming citizens of this country, still
retain greater love, greater sympathy and
greater loyalty for their fatherland than for
their adopted iand.
There are three immigration plans sug
gested: 1 An absolute bar for four years or more of
all aliens. ,
2 Keep out the indigestibles; that is, dis
criminate. 3 Assimilate immigrants by educational
methods.
Before we enter very largely into any as
similating process by education we should thor
oughly consider the great uneducated masses
which we already have in this country. Recent
figures compiled in the surgeon general's office
of the United States show that 25 per cent of
the draft army could not read a newspaper nor
write a letter. Of the 1,552,256 drafted men ex
amined by the War department, 386,130, were
either wholly illiterate or could not pass the
simple tests. According to the figures of the
last census taken in the United States, 5,500,000
of 8,500,000 immigrants and native illiterate per
sons over 10 years of age could not read or
write English.
And English is the language of the United
States of America. .
To think in English is to think in "Ameri
can." No man can think in the terms of a
country whose language he does not read and
understand.
Can a man who cannof read nor write nor
talk in the English language answer these ques
tions correctly: j
What do your understand by "Making
America safe for Americans?"
What does America mean to you?
Wet Spots in Washington.
Only one truly-for-sure oasis in the coming
American Sahara finds support in Washington.
All the embassies located at the national capi
tal enjoy rights of extra-territoriality and may
stack their cellars from floor to sills with wet
goods in defiance of the amendment. In vain
will searchers and sleuths scout thereabouts.
No doubt the embassies a year hence will enjoy
great popularity, and mighty few invitations will
be turned down. ,
The Day We Celebrate.
J. Dean Ringer, police commissioner, born
1878.
Charles S. Stebbins, assistant general auditor
of the Union Pacific, retired, born 1848.
F. F. A. Wellman of Bliss & Wellman, born
1874.
William Dean Howells, one of the foremost
of American men of letters, born at Martin's
Ferry, O., 82 years ago.
Louis K. Anspacher, writer of a number of
successful plays,' born in Cincinnati 41 years ago.
Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of Prince
ton Theological seminary, born at Ligonier, Pa.,
53 years ago.
Aimaro Sato, former Japanese ambassador
to the United States, born 62 years ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
Seventeen offers of locations for the new
federal building have been submitted to the
government. They were opened in Postmaster
Gallagher's office and sent on to Washington.
No. 2 is the present site, block 86, offered at
$400,000. Block 115, the Eighteenth and Far
nam square, is offered at a total of $361,000.
Block 114, immediately west, calls for $290,000.
A. R. Bradon, general manager f the
Equitable Life, is in the city.
Jailer- Joe Miller took an insane man to the
asylum at Lincoln.
D. H. Moffatt, president of the Denver &
Rio Grande, passed through Omaha on his way
east.
Mr. Samuel Finlayson and Miss Margaret
Keep were married by Rev. J. A. Henderson
and will make their home at 2424 Pierce street
Many Questions Answered.
E. R. The 72d aero squadron Is
In the service of supply; A. P. O.
731A. which Is at Colombe-les-Belles
(Meurthe-et-Moselle), In the
Argonne sector. No word as to Its
return.
J. O. B. Field hospital No. 37 Is
with the Sixth division. A. P. O. 777;
it is part of the Eighth corps of the
Third army, headquarters at Mon-tigny-sur-Aube.
In the army of oc
cupation and not assigned for early
convoy.
Mrs. L. T. C The entire 82d di
vision Is scheduled to sail for home
on April 26; this should fnclude the
307th field signal battalion. Base
hospital No. 120 is at Brest A. P. O.
716.
C. A. C The 60th regiment, C. A.
C, was enroute for United States at
last report
A Sister The 407th telegraph bat
talion, signal corps, is assigned to
early convoy.
"Babe" We know of no way to
keep track of a soldier after he is
discharged in this country.
John Remers The address Is in
complete, which perhaps accounts
for delay in delivering mail; add A.
P. O. 709 to the company and regi
ment number. with A. E. F via New
York City, at the end.
A Neighbor See answer to John
Remers. r
A. J. V. The 109th engineers Is
still at A. P. O. 798, which is located
at Mesves-sur-Lolre (Nievre), south
west of Paris. A part of the 34th
division, to which this regiment be
longs, has reached America, and it
is expected the rest will follow soon.
Write to the adjutant general of the
army regarding your brother's dis
charge. M. R. Base hospital No. 87 is not
assigned for early convoy. It is at
A. P. O. 784, Toul (Meurthe-et-Mo
selle).
Mrs. N. L. S. The 10th field ar
tillery is part of the Third division
and is in the army, of occupation;
division headquarters are at
Schweich; this unit will not be sent
home soon.
E. N. L. Field bakery company
345 is in the service of supply, and
is at Tonnere (Yonne), south of
Paris.
P. S Can give you no Informa
tion as to present location of men
you ask for; all American troops
have been removed from England;
no order has been issued, but it
is probable that the first organiza
tions over will be the first returned
from now on. Write to the ad
jutant general of the army, Wash
ington, D. C, giving the name of the
soldier for whom you inquire.
F. E. S. The 19th field artillery
is in the Fifth brigade, Fifth divi
sion. Seventh corps, Third army; its
address is A. P. O. 745; it is not as
signed for early convoy.
Mrs. E. B. The entire 37th di
vision is scheduled to sail for home
on March 27; this will include the
unit you mention.
E. A. F. The 7th infantry Is part
of the Fifth brigade, Third division,
Fourth corps, Third army; head
quarters at Schweich; its address is
A. P. O. 740, and It is in the army
of occupation. The 35th transporta
tion corps is not assigned to a di
vision; it is at Glevres (IiOire-et-Cher),
and its address is A. P. O.
713.
M. C. W. The 118th Infantry is
part of the. 30th division, which is
scheduled to sail for home on March
27.
P. H. L. The Fourth Infantry is
In the Fifth brigade of the Third
division; address, A. P. O. 740. The
Third division was in the Meuse-
Argonne campaign, taking part in
the action from October 1 to Octo
ber 22, on the center of the Ameri
can line. This was a continuous
battle.
Miss A. McC. The 18th veterinary
hospital is at A. P. O. 908, Sougy
(Nievre), south of Paris; have no
word as to when it will return. The
109th field battalion, signal corps, is
scheduled for early convoy.
A Sister See answer to "A
Reader," in The Bee of Thursday.
February 27.
Mary The 104th engineers regi
ment is scheduled for early return.
Clyde The 89th division is now
scheduled to be returned home In
June. Can not say where it will be
demobilized.
Mrs. M. E. A. The 113th supply
train, which is with the 38th di
vision in France. A. P. O. 828.
Headquarters of this division have
been removed to Camp Taylor, in
the United States; cannot say when
rest of the organization will be returned.
R. The 158th aero squadron Is
assigned to early convoy home.
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Detroit Free Press: The millen-
lum will be here when peace is as
easy to make as war.
Washington Post: Our final
paroxysm of loathing of the Hun will
como when Joey Bernstorfl comes
crawling up, offering to forgive and
forget.
Baltimore American: It is to the
glory of American manhood that
there was more rush to join the Navy
wnen mere was actual danger than
now in times of peace.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: Pros
perity is coming. Maybe, some day,
the country will be so rich that
ladies' dresses will again sweep the
sidewalks with trails a foot long.
Minneapolis Tribune: If the com
ing league of nations should say:
'Let George do it," the king of
England, the British 1 premier, the
premier of France and perhaps
George Creel might rise as one man.
DAILY CARTOONETTE
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
(Prlnca Bonnla Blua Bell, Pec-B-y and
Billy, whlla waking tha growing things In
tha apring, are attacked by the Krost
Impe, who robel against going to the
North Pole, where they belong1.)
CII.UTEU VI.
Making It Hot for the Imps.
HHE Frost Imps, after their first
moment of surprise, took after
the flying chariot.
"Ki yi! What fun; we'll freeze you
as you run," they shouted.
The Frost Imps certainly were
swift. The White Rabbits skimmed
over the ground at an amazing pace,
pulling the chariot along so fast that
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The ray was like a rod-hot iron, and
it melted a hole right through
the Imp's forehead.
it leaped from one high spot to an
other, but as fast as they went the
Frost Imps were faster.
"Go away, or we will have the sun
melt you," threatened Billy. But the
Frost Imps only laughed.
"KI yi, the sun is in the sky, away
up high," they shouted tauntingly.
One of the Frost Imps caught hold
of the chariot. "I've got them," he
shouted.
Then suddenly his tune changed.
"Ki yi! Kl yi! Ki yi!" he yelped, just
like a dog that had suddenly been
kicked. .And he had good reason to
yelp, for Billy had held the sun glass
so that its burning ray shone direct
ly on his head. The ray was like a
red-hot' iron, and It melted a hole
right through the Imp's forehead.
The Frost Imp seemed to go crazy,
for he let go of the chariot, clasped
his head in his hands and spun
around like a top, all the time yelp
ing, "Klyl! Kiyi!"
The other Imps did not know what
to make of this, but a second one
seized the chariot and he, likewise,
felt the sting of the hot ray. He let
go in a hurry. Then a third and a
fourth got burned, and by that time
the Imps saw that Billy's glass was
really dangerous.
"The sun Is sending hla rays
down,' shouted some of the more
timid Imps.. "But he has to send
them through that glass," shouted
bolder ones. "Keep away from that
glass and freeze the Rabbits.
The bold Imps darted to the front
of the Rabbit team and began to
blow their Icy breaths upon the rab
bits. And now Teggy Jumped Into ac
tion. She brought out her little
looking glass and flashed a spot of
light into the eyes of tha bold Imps.
The Imps were dazzled by this light
and alarmed when they saw it Jump
ing around among them.
"The sun's rays are chasing us,"
they shrieked. "Oh, how It burns!
How it burns!" Of course the spot
thrown by the mirror didn't burn,
but the Imps knew that the ray from
Billy's sun glass burned, so their
imaginations made them feel a hot
scorching wherever Peggy's mirror
spot touched. And as they danced
about trying to dodge the mirror
spot the chariot caught up with
them, and Billy put the real hot
spot on them with his glass. Then
they did yell!
"Burn, burn, burn, rays of Father
Sun!" shouted Billy.
"Kl yi!" yelped the Frost Imps.
"Flee for your lives. Father Sun Is
burning us up. To the North Pole!
To the North Pole!"
And away they went to the North,
lickety-Bkelter, forgetting their re
belion, and anxious only to get to
the Arctic regions where the warm
rays of the sun could not melt them.
"Hurrah!" shouted Prince Bonnie
Blue Bell. And once more he placed
his trumpet to his Hps:
"Springtime, springtime with bugle
voice,
Calls to the earth: 'Arise! .Re
joice!" "
Again there came the murmuring
trickle of Snow Eives turning into
Water Drops; again came a happy
rustling of wheat and grassy-growing
things; again came the drowsy
whispering of awakening trees. The
whole world waa arousing from its
winter nap. From the ponds came
a Joyful frog chant; from the air
Daily Dot Puzzle
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came the "ay singing of homeward
bound birds coming from the south.
"Hail, gentle Spring! Oh, how
glai! I am that everything is waking
up," cried Peggy. And then, strange
to say, she went unexpectedly to
sleep herself, not to awaken until a
long time later, when she found her
self in her own bed at home.
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Vote on the School BUI.
Omaha, Feb. 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: House Roll 64 (the
much discussed parochial school
bill) passed the house yesterday.
A careful reading of what tran
spired at public hearings on the bill
discloses that Catholics do not ob
ject to reasonable state regulation
and inspection of parochial schools.
Further, it appears that the Catholic
spokesmen disapprove of nuns
teaching the public schools, and that
they desire state standardization of
classes and state tests for teachers.
Thus the sole objection to the law
aa it now stands is that it may be
drastic or meddlesome when en
forced. Some sort of supervision
over books would appear to be as
necessary as supervision over teach
ers. That there will be no interfer
ence with books of religious In
struction seems to be conceded. His
tory, the old battle ground of the
churches, will cause the trouble, if
anything does. ,
But before a cry Is raised against
the republican party, let it be noted
that of 15 democrats in the house 12
voted for this bill, two were absent,
and only the redoubtable , Jerry
Howard voted against it. Ten re
publican members voted "nay," and
the republican speaker of the house,
while voting for the bill, expressed
confidence that the senate would
make satisfactory corrections in it
before its final passage.
THOMAS LYNCH.
I on the ground from early fall until
spring, vegatation is protected and
sheltered from the injurious influ
ences of the weather.
In early days in the state of Ne
braska the farmers were delighted
to see a little moisture fall to damp
en the ground and prevent the vio
lent winds from landing a promising
field of wheat over into a neighbor
ing county.
Winter wheat is a profitable crop
in Nebraska and quite often weathers
through a bad condition with good
returns. It is only when the half
grown roots have been too long sub
merged in moisture or incased in a
heavy coating of ice that great dam
age is sustained. The roots require
air and when respiration is obstruct
ed life becomes extinct.
' It might prove to be a profitable
experiment to stake off an acre of
ground and plant a little before the
usual time. Cut the fall growth
down' close to the ground; it will de
cay rapidly and fertilize the soil. The
chief reason for this ie to allow the
roots to get a good start in the
spring before being called on to
give up the nourishment that comes
from the ground and is required for
development, force and energy. The
root is the engine through which the
stalk is fed and the seed is formed.
A half developed root cannot supply
the rank growth of the stalk and
produce a well developed seed.
GEO. P. MONAGON.
Wheat and Moisture.
Lincoln, Feb. 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: The cultivation of
wheat was the first and most impor
tant occupation of the descendants
of Adam. After thousands of years
of the production of wheat it ap
pears that there should be no excuse
for an utter lack of knowledge on
the subject of wheat production, and
above all for entertaining or teach
ing unscientific things.
It is an overstretched imagination
to suppose that the wheat crop is
improved when covered with half
melted snow. It is a mistaken notion
that moisture helps to preserve or
promote the growth of wheat in the
winter time. Every fall of snow or
ram adds danger to the prospects
of the wheat crop. In regions of the
country where the ground is covered
with a deep spread of snow and stays
FROM ME TO YOU CONCERN-
NING "FLU."
There are eo many worda rhyming with"
"flu,"
Just watch my smoke while I catch a. few
Of the easiest onea to send to you.
Tha poetry gay which came from you
In a letter read not two boura ago.
Inspires nve to show what I can do
As I He In bed enjoying the "flu".
I'p-flu-ltlo In the sky ao blue
In an aeroplane that s steady and true.
Would beat this a mile, I just bet you.
But here I lie with nothing to do
X'ept think up rhymes to Bend to you,
I tried to dodge this pesky flu,
Wore a muzzle, drank everything new.
From hair restorer to liquid glue,
I sewed on Red Cross duds with a whew.
And my knitttng needles fairly flew,
Hoping thereby to obstruct the view
Between myself and the bug called "flu."
He dodged them all like a bullet true;
He hit me square (in my tummy, too.
I pity poor sailors, Honest 1 do).
Before I even had time to say "boo"
Or flap my apron and wildly yell "Shoo".
He took possession, 'tis sad but true.
No part of my body to him la new;
Ha romped and roamed tha whole way
thro'.
Made ma cough and ache and noia leak.
too.
Made powder and pills disappear from
view,
Hot lemonade and quinine, too,
Busted my neighbor s thermometer new,
Which aets me back a dollar or two.
But here's a secret twlxt me and you,
The measliest flu bug that ever flew
From quarantine to Tlmbuctoo,
Whwther by himself or In a crew,
Could never say he made me "blue"!
Albion, Neb. E. C.
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Dallas News.
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"Maybe." commented the Fool. "But
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