THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IT. 1918.
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Resources of Omaha's building
and loan associations have been
more than doubled within the last
six years.
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What The Bee Stands Fort
L Respect for the law and maintenance of
order.
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation of the
'courts. i
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of
inefficiency lawlessness and corrup
tion in office.
4. Frank recognition and commendation
of honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
Third term? Whoever doubted it?
This is the day set for the big blow-off.
Stand aside and let it go.
. Nobody can "explain" the sugar shortage,
but consumers know it to be a fact. .
England is loc'-ing for another flu wave, but
that is one thing we can do without.
V' David Wark Griffith ought to get a corking
good scenario out of the Grey Duck episode.
"Big Jeff" is certainly making it known that
the Second Nebraska has a, representative in
congress.
The White House looks like a light house to
the thirsty wets, but the light doesn',t show the
way over the bar.
Democrats want the truth, to be sure, but
they fought four days to keep it from being
brought before congress.
With the lime light thrown on war expen
ditures it is little wonder the administration is
trying to find another issue.
Carranza's governors are going to help him
hold a "fair" election, d anybody may imagine
what will happen if it should prove unfair. .
John Sharp Williams says he did not say
he was disgusted with the senate. All right, but
what difference does it make what he said?
Lady Astor says she "fooled 'em" by not
asking silly questions. Wait until the honor
able lady from Plymouth gets ready to talk.
f hiraem mnnvrr or nrnnrinr trt His-
, v v - t l r - ,
rrihnte mnr than $10,000,000 in bonuses amone
employes this month. This is an encouraging
18 ii.
Pity the poor multimillionaires! The Wool
worth home has to be sold to pay taxes, and
Old "Jawn D." is compelled to swear off $2,000,
90 of his personal assessment. 'Stough, all
ight. '
- The mayor of Winnipeg need not console
himself, with the thought that he is alone in
getting indecent letters from the "reds." Any
newspaper editor's mail daily carries samples
of the sort.
The McNary bill is recommended for pas
sage in the house, where the scarcity of sugar
also ii a problem. Whether it can get by the
barrage there as well as it did in the senate
is yet to be. determined.
Germany promises to provide America with
ample supplies of vat dyes, apparently unaware
that plans are being! laid to make all needed
right here at home, in spite of the democratic
proposal that we must trade with Germany in
order to permit that country to pay its debts.
Senator Thomas thinks the statement of the
president is "very unfortunate." If he were not
a courtly gentleman, endowed with a great
sense of propriety, the senator from Colorado
might have expressed his views much more for
cibly. -Those who know him understand what
he meant.
Must Respect the Laws
. ' W. D. Haywood, who enjoys the distinction
of being secretary of the impudently treason
able I. W. W. organization, has an appointment
to speak in Detroit. The member's of the Amer
ican Legion in that city have been considering
if they would not prevent Haywood from deliv
ering his harangue. The mayor of Detroit has
dissuaded the American Legion from the adop
tion of suclv a course. He says he will have an
ample police force present on the occasion and
if Haywood violates the espionage laws he will
be prosecuted. .
There are laws applicable to such cases.
They may not be as far-reaching as they should
be under existing conditions; if not, the laws
should be strengthened and rendered thorough
ly "applicable. Until that is done dependence
mast rest on such laws as we have. Violence
must not take the place of laws in any event
Drastic methods are often a necessity, but they
must be legal methods.
5 The hope of the nation rests on respect for
law. There's no other road to order. Our own
Governor Roberts has gained distinction and
won praiSC, not in uio unn siaic nunc, uui au
over the country, on account of his strenuous
efforts to maintain order through the enforce
ment of the laws. Knoxville Journal and
Tribune,
MAKING THE ISSUE CLEAR.
The president's thunderbolt has cleared the
political atmosphere amazingly, but it has not
lessened the difficulty of his party in the least
degree. Democratic senators express the ut
most astonishment that such a message as that
concerning the treaty should come from the
White House, and some even profess doubt at
to its having beea made by the president
Republicans, while naturally regretting the im
passe, look ahead with confidence to the appeal
to the people proposed by Mr. Wilson. v
The New York' State Chamber of Com
merce, at its regular monthly meeting, held a
fortnight since, adopted this resolution:
Resolved, That some form , of interna
tional covenant which seeks to prevent war is
, a moral necessity;
That the differences between the president
and the senate should be composed without
delay by such mutual concessions regarding
reservation as may be necessary in the
treaty to secure ratification.
Senator Walsh of Montana, who has been a
staunch supporter of the administration, gives it
as his opinion that it is possible for the sena
tors, eighty of whom voted for ratification in
one or another form in which the question was
presented, to reach such an understanding as
will secure the two-thirds vote needed. -
The special representative of the French
government, just returned to Paris, reports
there that the opposition to the League of Na
tions draft in the senate is not political, but
fundamental, growing out of the constitutional
limitations Mo. Wilson has so cavalierly
ignored.
These are but indications of the feeling out
side the White House. The'president says he
will not compromise, but insists that the senate
surrender to him under penalty of his accusing
the republicans of being responsible for the
situation created. The issue could not be more
plainly stated. Senator Borah sums up the
republican attitude on this in "willingness to
meet the president upon this ground, and that
in such a contest before the people the president
will be decisively beaten."
Treatment of Citizen Slackers.
In common with the press generally, the
New York Times inveighs against the tender
ness shown towards alien radicals, and indicts
the Department of Labor for its attitude of
leniency. This situation would call for severest
condemnation at any time, but the course of the
Department of Labor is more than matched by
that of the War department.' Two wrongs
never made a right, and the only reason that
n&y be ascribed for the Times, having censured
th one and not the other is that so many things
connected with the administration , deserves
reprehension the editor had difficulty in making
choice between them. t
One of the most flagrant abuses of official
power, as well as a show of favoritism towards
a disloyal slacker, is the case of Allen S. Broms
of Minnesota. Broms was tried by' court-mar
tial at Camp Dodge, convicted of treason and
sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment at the
disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth,. On
review his conviction was affirmed, but the sen
tence was reduced to three years. When the
hos,t of convicted slackers were being dis
charged from prison at Leavenworth, under di
rection of the secretary of war, Broms was in
cluded by mistake. As soon as the blunder was
discovered steps were taken to secure his re
turn to prison, that he might serve out his sen
tence. The order for his recommitment bears
the significant final endorsement:
By personal direction of the secretary of
war, disapproved, in view of the fact that the
prisoner is in legal possession of a discharge
certificate and has been released from con
finement. Mr. Baker personally intervenes- to secure
the liberty of this man who was condemned for
gross offense against the government, and
who is now, according to the American Legion
of Minneapolis, secretary of the Communist so
ciety of Minnesota and engaged in propaganda
for the overthrow of the government.
All the tenderness and solicitude for traitors
s not shown by the Department of Labor, how-.
ever blamable it may be.
Wage Scale for Preachers.
In one of his illuminating discourses Rev.
"Billy" Sunday called attention to the fact that
"a prize fighter can earn more in fifteen minutes
than a country parson can in fifteen years."
That this is true is no credit to the church as
an organization. A.niore immediate instance is
brought to view at Beacon, N. Y., where the
pastor of a Baptist church has gone to work in
a hat factory to eke out his salary. The con
gregation pays him $1,000 a year, and he earns
double that making hats. No objection would
ordinarily lodge against this, but the fact that
a strike is on against the hat factory, and the
preacher is working as a strike-breaker gives
a tinge of unusual interest. His congrega
tion, which contains many of the striking work
men, is indignant at his course, but he justifies
it by pointing out that he can not live on $1,000
a year any more than can the strikers. The
parson has the better of this argument. Salva
tion is free, but a minister of the gospel de
serves and should have a decent wage for his
work. If this pastor's congregation is on strike
against wages double the amount allowed him,
what answer can it make to him? If a preacher
s not worth a living wage to his congregation,
he is not worth anything. Church members
who do not realize this ought to take a short
course in economics.
Home-Building Campaign for Omaha.
The Chamber of Commerce is interesting
itself in a home-building campaign, with a view
to reducing the shortage of housing facilities
for Omaha. So far it has only gone to the ex
tent of indicating how many dwellings should
be erected in order to meet the normal growth
of the city. The problem involves something
more than this. In no industry are conditions
so precarious as in the building. Anyone who
has tried within the last year to get bids on
construction knows how uncertain prices are.
Contractors are not to blame for this, because
everything that goes into a building has been
subject to extreme price fluctuation, the course
being almost universally upward, so that only
"cost-plus" offers are possible in lieu of bids.
This has discouraged home-building as most
prospective owners have hesitated because of
the cost If something happens to bring down
the price of material and to stabilize the market
for labor, the campaign proposed may easily
be set into motion, for Omaha certainly needs
the new homes to accommodate its people.
Plenty of coal is coming in right now, but
do not let the fact get the better of your judg
ment, .
How Reservations Are
Regarded Abroad
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
' The treaty isn't dead in Europe if it is dead
in Washington not even the reservations are
dead.
Here is some of the evidence. Read the ar
ticle from ' the Manchester Guardian on this
page interpreting the situation at Washington
to the British public. Reservations are natural
and reasonable from the American standpoint
according to this great journal, one of the most
influential in England, and friendly to the pres
ident of the United States.
Then there is the meeting of the premiers
of Britain, France and Italy now in London.
This meeting is supposed by the British press
and public to be primarily for the purpose of
fixing up some kind of an agreement between
Great Britain, France and Italy, and probably in
cluding Belgium, to serve as a substitute for
the council of the proposed League of Nations.
Some such arrangement has seemed to be
necessary to deal with Germany's refusal to
sign the protocol and comply with the provi
sions of the armistice. What is expected to re
sult is an alliance between these war allies
strong enough to make Germany toe the mark
and serve as a protection against Russian radi
calism. . - '
But that it is not intended to be more than
a temporary arrangement is indicated by press
dispatches from Paris and London to the effect
that both the French and British governments
have intimated that they will accept the senate
reservations to the treaty rather than have the
United' States stay out of the League of Na
tions. While none of these representations is offi
cial, taken in connection -with the circumstances
of the meeting of the premiers, the whole sit
uation is consistent with the theory that the
senate reservations are not meeting with the
objections abroad that they have encountered
at home. Indeed, it is Pans talk that Premier
Clemenceau is in London to confer with
Premier Lloyd George as to whether they shall
venture to let Washington know that the treaty
will be acceptable with reservations and to what
extent In support of the contention that there
are in' Paris and London no serious objections
to reservations is the fact that there has been
no formal or official objection expressed.
Europe is anxious to have the United States
in the league. If the spirit of compromise and
concession and co-operation could have as
much opportunity to guide things in Washing
ton as it seems to have in other interested cap
itals, there would be every reason to expect
ratification of the treaty without much further
delay.
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly but
briefly and a reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advise in this column. Your
name 'will not be printed.
Let The Bee Advise You.
One Industry Not Modernized
Americans like to think of themselves as a
progressive people, especially in business and
industry. They like to read about the rest
less energy and bold innovation of the great
captains of industry who are always scrapping
expensive machinery to put 'in something bet
ter and newer. They have come to believe
America achieved and holds' its leadership be
cause of this unwillingness to be bound by
past methods.
But the national vanity will come down a
little perhaps when the revelations of the coal
strike are fully grasped. That great industry
seems to have been conducted in an amazingly
haphazard manner, the evils of which appear
to have been communicated to the great coal
users also, to the railroads, public utilities and
large industrial plants. Neither the coal opera
tors nor large consumers have made any effort
to' provide a coal supply beyond the demand of
the passing day. As pointed out by The Star's
Washington correspondent, who looked care
fully into the questions of production and dis
tribution, there is system in neither. No coal
is stacked at the mines, there is none, or little,
stacked anywhere.
Consumers' have been accustomed to buying
their coal as they want it. Consequently there
is a big demand in cold weather and a light de
mand in the summer. In order to have enough
men available to produce the coal in seasons of
heavy demand, so large a force is required that
it must be idle a good share of the time in sum
mer. The situation is like that of a club that main
tains a staff of waiters large enough to serve a
heavy dinner demand, and then keeps the same
staff for breakfast and luncheon, when very few
persons wish to be served. It is convenient to
club members to have such service, but it is a
luxury they expect to pay for. Kansas City
Times.
EneVELVET.
nAMMLrtW
Tjq JKxiUw "Brooks "Baker
WARD M. BURGESS.
He takes a hand in every sort of enterprise
and trade which holds a reasonable hope of
profits to be made; for money is a medium he s
qualified to spend for any worthy personal or
other proper end; and ere a man disseminates
the justly famous tin he must connect with
some device by which it's gathered in.
He's president of Omaha's refined electric
lights, the source of pep and glory for our long
and busy nights. He helps a large and heavy
bank to wrestle with its aim, a light and airy
detail of his complex business game. He's in
a wholesale dry goods house to get them at
the start and in a retail one to finish up his
work of art.
The tall and stately revenue he daily gathers
thus he spends with some alacrity and frippery
and fuss. His nights are for society, the tog
initial S, with quality and georgeousness and
emphasis and stress. He trips the latest meas
ures in his tightly fitting shoes and snares with
dame and debutante his deep and vital views.
,When Vanderlip advised us all to skimp and
save our stuff by cutting out expenditures for
folderol and fluff, lie. nominated Burgess to
promote this trend and bent by showing us the
ways in which our coin should not be spent;
and as a model which the poor should never
imitate, he was an argument of touching clar
ity and weight. '.
Next Subject: John Lee Webster.
Vendor and Purchaser.
- Z. K. I bought a piece of prop
erty and took possession of the
same. At the time I purchased It
the seller agreed In .the spring to
lay water mains to the property and
he has not done so. Can I rescind
this contract and get my money back
for his breach?
Answer If there has been no
fraud or mistake and if the vendor
is not Insolvent, your remedy is to
sue him for damages and you can
not rescind the contract
Corporation.
F. M. Has a corporation power
to lend money where the articles of
Incorporation do not authorize It and
the lending of the money has noth
ing to do with the business of the
corporation? ir the corporation sues
upon such loan can it recover?
Answer The act Is beyond the
powers of the corporation and the
one sued for such loan is not estop
ped to set up that the act of the
corporation was beyond its powers
and therefore defeat the claim.
Contract. ,
L. W. t would greatly appreciate
if you would answer me the follow
ing question: Where a contract is
partly written and partly a printed
form, and the two are inconsistent,
which controls?
Answer The writing controls.
Contract '
J. E. R. I made a contract to
convey land to be acquired under the
United States homestead law, pro
vided that payment should be made
in part by breaking the land, and
that the breaking should be paid
for In cash. If the land was not
conveyed will the illegality of the
agreement to convey defeat a recov
ery for the price of the breaking?
Answer: It will not. ,
Constitutional Law.
J. C. Will you please tell me the
difference between the terms, "due
process of law," and "the law of the
land?"
Answering They are said to
mean the same thing.
Chattel Mortgage.
T. N. I owe a party ?500 and for
which I gave him two notes of $250
each, also gave . him a chattel
mortgage. There is a provision i
the mortgage that the mortgagee
may take possession of the property
at any time he feels insecure and
may advertise and sell the same.
Will this authorize him to apply the
proceeds to the payment of a note
not due? .
Answer It will not unless there
Is a clause In the mortgage which
provides that the entire obligation
shall be due In case of a default in
any payment.
Bank.
P. IL Can a bank organized un
der the laws of this state purchase
stock in an insurance company?
Answer It cannot.
J&tJe of cribs' (&r7b&r
Woodcraft
For Boy and
Girl' Scouts
Trailing.
By AdelU Bella Beard.
Trailing is something like the
game of Hare and Hounds, only
vastly more exciting, for, instead of
scraps of paper to follow, you have
the tracks of wild creatures. And
when you discover that the tracks
tell a story and that you can read
the story, you immediately and em
phatically decide that trailing out
classes any mere game and that of
Young Citizens
Adveoturoi
av ja m a
ass
The Day We Celebrate.
Ex-Prince Joachim, the youngest of the six
sonS of the former German kaiser, born at Pots
dam 29 years ago.
William Lyon Mackenzie King, the new
leader of the Canadian liberal party, born at
Kitchener, Ont, 45 years ago.
Dr. Pierre Roux, for many years director
of the Pasteur institute of Pans, born 66 years
ago. .
Rear Admiral Richard ("Fighting Dick")
Wainwright, U. S. N., retired, born at Washing
ton, D. C, 70 years ago.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, widely known, as
a worker in good government and other public
welfare movements, born in Philadelphia 51
years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in, Omaha.
The cars on the motor line connecting
Omaha and South Omaha began taking regular
trips at 20-minute intervals.
About 150 Scotch citizens met at Kaufman's
hall and formed a branch society of the Scot
tish clans. .
Dr. Jacobs, the celebrated Kansas City spe
cialist was visiting here.
Mr. W. A. Paxton, jr., gave a german at his
home. .
The trustees of the Creche association held
a meeting in the nursery building, Nineteenth
and Harney, and made plans for the he Id and
entertainment of the poor at Christmas, . .
Release of Attorney Iileu.
A. F. H. I employed an attorney
to bring suit for me and he filed a
lien for his services. Later I made
a settlement without the assistance
of my lawyer, but before they would
pay me the money they insisted that
I should have the lien of the attor
ney released. I went to him and
agreed to give him $200 if he would
release the lien which he did. His
services were not worth $200 and
I can prove it. Can he recover $200
from me or can he recover only
what his services are worth?
Answer The s question of the
amount of services performed and
the value of the same is immaterial.
You are liable for $200.
m
Contract.
. G. C. I am a constant reader of
The Bee and would like to ask a
favor of you and for you to answer
the following questions, as 1 know
your paper is absolutely fearless
when it comes to protecting the
rights of the weak. Can I sue
for not delivering me coal where I
paid for it and he promised to de
liver it the next day? The coal I
know was on hand because I went to
his yards and saw it there. The only
excuse he offers for not delivering it
until a week afterwards was mat i
had to have an order from the fuel
administrator. The fuel administra
tor denies this. What would be the
measure of my recovery?
Answer The coal dealer is liable
and the measure of your recovery
! depends on whether the coal man
had notice or tne purposes ior wmcu
the coal was to be used. The chances
are that you can recayer the full
damages ir tne iacta are yuu
state.
Landlord and Tenant
Tj. D. I signed a lease which pro
vided that the landlord shall have a
lien upon my household goods for
any unpaid rent. I am in default
and the landlord threatens to hold
my furniture. Can he do it?
Answer He cannot The pur
ported lien is absolutely void.
Landlord and Tenant.
F. M. T. Can I sue a landlord
for illness to certain members of my
family by reason of not having suf- j
flcient heat in the flat?
Answer If the landlord was
negligent you can recover.
Landlord and Tenant
R. E. S. My mother is an old
lady and in feeble health. We have
been living in the apartment we
now occupy for several years. Dur
ing the recent coal shortage the jan
itor stated that he could not heat
the apartment so that the average
temperature would be above 70. It
Is necessary for my mother to have
a temperature of 80 or 85, owing to
her poor blood circulation. I told
this, not only to the janitor, but to
the owner, and he said that he could
not do anything about it My mother
contracted a severe cold and has
been In bed eve? since. Is the owner
of the property liable?
Answei- He Is not.
Landlord and Tenant.
E. C. IC. Is the fuel administra
tor personally liable for exceeding
his authority in closing up places
of amusement where such place did
not use any coal or coke for heating
purposes?
Answei" He would not be liable
unless he acted In bad faith.
all the different parts of woodcraft,
it is the most interesting.
In learning to read the strange
tales aright, you really become a
detective ot the wild, and the more
practice you have, the longer the
stories grow, because there are a
number of things about tracks that
you do not see in the beginning.
At first, you have to give your mind
to identifying and following the
footprints, but later you will notice
whether they are fresh or old,
wnetner the animal was running
fast or traveling at its usual gait.
If going at full speed, there will
probably be tracks of a pursuer
close behind. In that case, you will
generally find at the end signs of a
struggle which did not end happily
for the hunted animal.
It is much easier to follow the
trail when the ground is covered
with snow soft enough to take foot
prints ( clearly, but mud will show
them and so will sand and dust
You can sometimes find deer tracks
along a dusty road. Even near a
big city, bits of country - may be
reached in a short time where you
can find tracks of some kind of wild
creatures. They may be rabbit tracks,
three 'toed and in close clusters
which show the deep impressions
of long jumps, or a weasel's narrow
tracks, or the delicate footprints of
the meadow mouse and his relatives.
Remember that a deer track re
sembles that of a cow but is very
much smaller;- a fox track is like a
dog's with often the imprint of hairs
between the toes. Mice and squir
rel tracks look much alike, only the
squirrel's are a good deal larger.
(Next week: "Our Five Senses."
Boys' and Glrla' Newspaper Service.
Copyright, by J. H. Millar.
THE LURE OF PEACE.
Hunting Eye Goes to School
By , a Alexaader.
The school bell was ringing as
Hunting r.ye came up. Several chil
dren were running into the school
house. Hunting Eye followed them
and sat down in the back of the
room. At first all the pupils and
the teacher looked at him curiously.
Soon, however, their strangeness
wore loft and presently one offered
him a book and another a pencil and
before long they were quite friendly.
When recess came they all gath
ered around the boy from the North
Woods and asked him all manner of
questions. When their questioning
died down a bit the Indian boy be
gan to ask a few himself.
"What is this?" said he.
"A school." -
"A school?"
"Yes, a school where you learn
reading and writing and geography
and such things."
"Who runs it?'1 asked Hunting
Eye.
"Here comes Teacher, ask her"
"The state government runs the
schools," said the teacher. "Long
ago the government did not think the
schools important enough to take
up its time in running them. So they
i
It was the lure of Peace that led
Along the bloody wayl
Our brother lay there with tho dead
What were their words the last they
said? .
"Ptace! It will come some day!"
It was the lure of Peace that held
Our numbers in stern line;
A hundred guns their victims felled;
"Down with all war!" our cannona
knelled
' "This Is for Peace, divine!"
It was the lure of Peace that braved
A thousand tortures there.
Peace! Peace! Twat all our soldiers
craved
Who fought Ilka errant knights, and
saved
A wide world from despair.
We who have put our griefs aside
We who so soon forget
The lure of Peace today deride
Nought leads us on but Party pride
And warfare's future threat!
Luran a Sheldon, in the New Tork Times.
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Draw from on to two and so on to th end.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
Ho There's something about yon I like.
She I always thought yon war the
most oonoelted ot men. Florida Times-Union.
'Do you think it la safe to trait money
to the malls?" asked Mrs. Oabb,
A blame alght safer than trusting It
to ths females," growled Mr. Gabb. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Crabshaw I often doubt If thers
la any such thing in this world aa poetic
justice.
Crabshaw If there ware, my dear.
something would surely ba done to some
or those reiiows wno write iree verse.
bice.
"I've got to hava a hat and a pair ot
shoes."
For too love or auks, Jennie, can t
Times-Union.
"Oh, Mrs. Arlstoeklng, coma on. let's
5o to the matinee this afternoon at the
ewel."
"But Mrs. Parvenu, I don't Ilka to go
there; ths aeoustlea are poor."
"Maybe ao. but the singing Is anally
good. Florida Times-Union.
MAS at , ij'
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LV Nicholas Oil Company
Established
1866
Family
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Joint or individual
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husband and wife; interest-bearing
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Everything required
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The Omaha
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Farnam at 17th Street
were carried on by private persons
and anyone who wanted to go to
school had to pay for that privilege.
Soon, however, the men who were
tunning the government saw that
one of the most important things
they could do would be to provide yu change that old song for the sake
an education for all the boys and , "ad, iTyo'-l
gins ot tne state, so tney estaD
lished free schools; for everyone." '
"Does the state run this school?"
"Yes, through the township. You
see, in most states each township is
divided into school districts with one
school in each district. In the city
the districts often cover the same
area as the wards. All the districts
in the township are grouped under
one head, lhe township heads are
tinder the county superintendent
The state superintendent is over all
the schools in the state. In the city
the schools are all under the city
superintendent, who is usually di
rectly under the state superintend'
ent. The head of the schools is gen
erally chosen by the school board.
the members of which are, in most
cases, elected bv the people. The
board also chooses the teaohers and
carries on a good deal of the busi
ness of the schools. , ,
"The federal government has a bu
reau of education which studies
school problems and aids the state
schools in many ways."
(Next week: Hunting fcye Meets
the Mavor. )
Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service. Ccpy-
rignt, lain, dj j. a. jniiiar.
Restraint in TJse of Language.
The old saying that the fools are
not all dead is a gross underesti
mate. As a matter of fact, the fools
are greatly in the majority. If they
voted together they would elect the
president. Philadelphia Ledger.
Good for What Alls Them.
Arresting reds and then turning
them loose does no particular 'good.
On the other hand, a long sea trip
would be extremely beneficial to the
health of 'many of them. Charles
ton. News and Courier.
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