THE BEE; OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY SO, 1920.
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K. B. Kaaan, Circulation Manatee.
Subaerlbars laavhif th city iheuld hv Th Bm maild
to the. Addre.e changed aa .often aa raquirod.
You should know that
The enrollment of school children
in the fifty-two public schools of
Omaha is over 33,000.
What The Bee Stands fort
1. Respect for the law and maintenance of
order.
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
.through the regular operation of the
courts.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of in
efficiency, lawlessness and corruption in of
fice. 4. Frank recognition and commendation of
honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
Gas plants are also going up.
Hungary will 'soon elect a king, the world
having been made safe for democracy.
. Secretary Lansing has a broad vision of the
future, but Americans must work if it is to be
realized.
( St. Louis cellars are being fitted with heavy
steel doors and brick vaults. Discouraging for
the "high jackers."
A Canuck doctor says there is no flu this
year, but he will have a hard time convincing
"victims of the fact. '
The street railway company's occupation
tax payment came in handy. A few more cars
it rush hours would also help.
Elihu Root will land on the world's court of
international justice, even if he did not get to
go to Paris as a peace commissioner.
Why drag Wilson in?" asks Senator Hitch
cock. Why, indeed, except he could end the
whole matter by a word to the democrats.
The Spanish comet has been traced to Wis
consin. Who knows but it may be Mars, winki
ing his eye, or Venus trying to make a date?
V Josephns Daniels says he can name the next
president We can not,, but we can name sev
eral who will not be, and they are all democrats.
County chairmen for the women's drive
against high prices have been named, and old
HI Cost might' as well imitate Davy Crockett's
coon.
Mr. Bryan says Governor Edwards is a dis
turbing element. What the governor says of
Mr. Byan probably will never come over the
wires.
General Wood and Senator Poindexter are
to debate in . South Dakota. It will be an
illuminating exposition of patriotic duty and
obligation.
Two hundred and thirty-two railroads are
' under government control, a simple sign of
what is involved in the prospective unscram-
Wing of the eggs.
General Pershing is proceeding with mas
terly strategy by being first to organize the
women. Other candidates will now have to
hustle in Nebraska.
Compromise on the treaty does not appear
to be so hopeless, if the change of a few words
with any abandonment of principle will bring
the senators together.
A lonesome bottle of vermouth in New York
is .pining for a bottle of gin wherewith to mate
and bring forth cocktails, and the dry law
sleuths are waiting for the match.
A French editor doubts that Herbert Hoover
is the proper man for president of the United
States, but the voters will not be greatly swayed
by French advice in this matter.
Coming Vacation Days in
Canada
Our Canadian friends who are interested in
ownership and management of summer and
winter resorts look with unruffled complacency
on the constitutional drouth in the United J
.States.- ine period 01 semi-animy wmcn nas
already conferred its blessings on the millions
of persons between the Rio Grande and the
Great Lakes has produced for them results
as satisfactory as could be expected under the
limitations imposed on inspiriting potable liquids
in ;the dominion as war and reconstruction
measures. When such regulations are replaced
. by. others designed to meet the requirements
of peace they expect an influx of visitors bear
ing well-lined pocketbooks and carefully con
served thirsts which will leave a mountain of
line gold in its broad path.
By spring the readjustments requisite to the
appropriate Canadian treatment of these so
journers from a great desert characterized by
water everywhere and not a thing to drink,
should be practically complete. The stream of
holiday travelers should begin to move early
.H j .mm in mntinn late 'Thousands of nieces
i and nephews of Uncle Sam who would not be
lured to the north by the natural attractions
of the region, thousands who do not hunt or
fish or particularly yearn v for ice palaces or
' the wild, will make their way across the border,
tad by appetite where curiosity or ambition
ali um ttka them. Hew. YfiiJf Suj
THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
Announcement by Chairman nays ot a
committee to formulate the issues oh which the
republican party will make its appeal to the
voters this year discloses a representative group
of citizens. It is not a "hand-picked" body, nor
a haphazard assemblage of names selected to
meet an exigency. Men and women familiar
with the situation and needs of the country, and
against whose loyal devotion to it no word
may be said, are asked to calmly consider and
dispassionately decide on the pledges to be
made by the next republican national con
vention.
For the republican platform consists of
pledges, not mere promises. The leaders of the
party accept endorsement by the voters as
commission to carry out the policies announced
at the convention. This is the main point of
difference between the two great parties. Mr.
Bryan scouts at the Hays plan for securing in
advance of the convention's assembly a definite
outline for the platform. He derides the
thought of asking the great gathering of dele
gates to sign on the dotted line, and insists that
platforms should be brought in white hot from
the forge, and hammered out by delegates
fresh from the people.
This is all very nice as a Bryan talking point,
but those who are in any sense familiar with
democratic practice know how far away it is
from what actually takes place. At Kansas
City, for example, "Dick" Metcalfe pulled from
his pocket a document that had been carefully
prepared in the office of the Commoner, and
"the delegates fresh from the people" gulped it
whole, subscribing on the dotted line line with
out demur. Many times has Mr. Bryan foisted
his "paramounts" on his party after similar
fashion. "Marse Henry" Watterson, in his re
cent book of reminiscences, discloses a few
secrets of the platform committee x room at
democratic national conventions. "Delegates
fresh from the people" have very little to do
with preparing the collections of resounding
phrases, aimed at expediency and few intended
to be translated into action.
The Hays plan is a good one, for it will
produce deliberate, intelligent action, presenting
a platform that will appeal to reason and not
to passion or prejudice,' embodying principles
and solemn pledges that are to be redeemed.
Sell the Bonds to the State!
Bonds to be issued by Douglas county to
the amount of $822,000 have been rejected by
certain bond buying houses, certain technical
questions as to the, validity of the issue having
been raised. The sincerity of the questions is
doubted, the real reason for the refusal of the
bidders to complete the bargain probably being
the change in the money market That the
county is solvent and that the proposed issue
falls well within the limit of indebtedness is
plain to all. The authorities are now going to
the state treasurer, where they should have
gone in the first place, with a view to having
the securities added to the permanent invest
ment of the school fund. Properly, all Ne
braska bond issues ought to be first offered to
the state of Nebraska, for under the safeguards
that surround them, no better investment is
possible for tne permanent school funds. It is
not necessary that the state be given any spe
cial advantage in the matter, but sale at Lincoln
ought to be the first and not -the final resbrt
when a loan is sought by a Nebraska county.
"Out of the Mouths of Babes." '
A singular issue of the Thrift week cam
paign is that prizes offered for the best letters'
on thrift are awarded to a boy and girl of IS,
while a youth of the mature age of 18 is
accorded the palm for having produced the best
essay on "Is Marriage Possible on $125 a
Month." Some of the elders, who have tasted
a little deeper of life's cup, will perhaps smile
at the youthful enthusiasm here displayed. "He
jests at scars who never felt a wound," and
those who have been seamed from head to foot
by contact with the stern realities of life may
be lenient concerning the youngsters who march
so bravely forth to take up the combat in their
turn. We are reminded of one poem by the
late Widow Bedott, who headed her verse,
"K. K. (Kan't Kalkilate)," one stanza of which
runs:
What poor, short-sighted worms we be,
For we kan't kalkilate .
With any degree ,of sartinty
What's goin' to be our fate.
Yet "out of the mouths of babes and suck
lings proceedeth wisdom," and these boys and
girls who have striven to produce something
worth while regarding a personal policy have
actually set forth certain admonitory 'state
ments that well may be heeded by their elders,
and surely can be applied by all, both old and
young, with profit
Messages from Other Worlds.
Without the semblance of dogmatism or
pretense of finality, we may with open mind ap
proach Guglielmo Marconi's latest venture, that
of catching messages from Mars or some other
supposedly inhabited planet As a source1 of
mental gymnastics, it is about as promising as
anything that has been offered the common peo
ple lately. Einstein's theory is for the elect, the
esoteric circles, while Conan Doyle and Oliver
Lodge have brought forth nothing new, their
excursions into the world beyond carrying them
no farther than our own sphere. But Marconi
is going to put us into touch with denizens of
worlds around us, who are jiot yet disembodied
spirits. Here is a field for speculation in which
the active mind may romp like a colt at pasture.
Ground and lofty tumbling of ideas is permitted,
and room is open for all. Go as far as you like,
but do not be disappointed if some day you are
brought back to earth with a thud. In the mean
time some of us will wonder why Marconi does
not adopt a modern way of spelling "Bill," and
how the Martians ever got hold of the Morse
alphabet
Black Hills "trail blazers" missed Colonel
Roosevelt, Seth Bullock and John Brennan from
their annual powwow, but they found .consola
tion in trying to picture the reunion this trio
had on the other side and their meeting with
Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson and
some other of their kind. It must have been
some session.
Silver mining in Mexico thrives in'spite of
Carranza, showing an output of more than
$5,000,000 a month. Under civilized govern
ment that would be one of the richest regions
in the world.
A child born in the city has five times better
chances of living than one born in the country,
according to a New York expert This should
Pot .discourage lh farmers, tnougn,
Municipal Financing
From the Dally Bond Buyer.
Financing the permanent improvements of
American states, counties, cities and smaller
municipalities in the calendar year 1919 ab
sorbed aoout $.iu.uw,uuu ot tne tunas ot Ameri
can investors. This is a larger amount by over
$250,000,000 than the total borrowings of this
character in any previous year and is in re
markable comparison with the total for 1918,
viz: $262,818,844. However, a study of the
statistics presented below discloses the inter
esting fact that the amount borrowed by states
and municipalities in the two years 1918 and
1919 was little in excess of the borrowing in
1916 and 1917, or in 1915 and 1916. In other
words, the tremendous volume of public
financing effected during the year just closed
has simply made up for the curtailment brought
about in 1918, through the agency of the Capital
Issues Committee, as a war measure.
In 1918, it will be recalled, no state, county
or town could issue securities for the purpose
of building a road or bridge or school without
obtaining the consent of the Capital Issues
Committee. To obtain this consent, it was
necessary to convince the Committee of the
urgent necessity of the improvement. The re
sult was, of course, an immediate curtailment
of public construction activities and, incident
ally, a vast reduction in the volume of public
bond issues. The Capital Issues Committee
suspended operations on December 31, 1918, in
view of the signing of the armistice. Immedi
ately states and municipalities took up their
greatly delayed public works programs, involv
ing the issuance of millions of dollars' worth
of bonds.
When everything is considered, it Is surpris
ing that the past year has not witnessed even
greater expenditures for work of this kind. Un
doubtedly the scarcity of labor, materials and
transportation is the only reason why another
three or four hundred millions were not ob
tained through the sale of bonds and invested
in city halls and electrtic light and power
plants. There was certainly no limit in 1918 to
the amount of municipal bonds the investment
markets would have absorbed and it is clear
from the records that only a'small part of the
bonds authorized by voters and legislatures
have actually been offered for sale. The total
borrowings, $748,205,783, while larger than
those of any previous year, do not represent
the amount of improvements that this sum
would have purchased a few years ago, which
is a fact of some importance when considering
the tendency of municipalities to increase the
volume of bond issuance.
An outstanding feature of present day mu
nicipal finance is the good roads movement
which has swept the country in the last few
years and has been taken up by the public with
the greatest energy and enthusiasm since the
war, due, no doubt, to the war-time demonstra
tion of the economy, efficiency and profitable
ness of shipping by motor truck over good
roads. The construction of new highways ac
counts for a substantial part of the financnig of
the counties in 1919 and will in coming years
keep the market supplied with millions of dol
lars' worth of bonds, the nroceeds of the sale
of which will pay for additional roads and their
upkeep.
With some reports missing for the last few
months of 1919, here is the record of state and
municipal bond flotations for the last ten years,
as compiled from reports to The Daily Bond
Buyer:
tees
TO
1919 $748,205,783
1918 262,818,844
1917 . 444,932,848
1918 ..... 497,403.761
1915 492,690,441
1914 .w 445,905,510
1913 408,477,702
1912 899,046,083
1911 452,113,721
1910 324,360,955
The Miserly Squirrel
The squirrel is a thriftv soul and alwavs
seems to have the rainy day we are admonished
to save for in mind. Our squirrel came out of
his warm nest where we supposed him to be
hibernating one cold, snowy day last week and,
thinking he looked hungry, we flung out on the
hard crust of snow an English walnut Mr.
Squirrel pounced upon it and, after examining
its soundness thoroughly, made off with it and
buried it just as he does in the autumn. We
flung out another, and another, varied by a soft
shelled almond or two, all of which were laid
away for that rainy day. As he still looked
hungry to our benevolent eves, we cracked a
couple of English walnuts and again flung them
torth. And he was hungry I He ate them all
and sniffed around the shells for more. He
looked up at us beseechingly with his skinny
little paw on his stomach, as much as to say,
"My, that went right to the spot." So we gave
him some more, but all the time we had a feel
ing that he was carrying the saving habit too
tar and that in his case Anthony Hope s defini
tion of economy fitted doing without some
thing you want now in order that some day you
may have something you probably won't want
Ohio State Journal.
SfteVELVET
HAMMERS
Bi Arthur "Brooks "Baker
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ARTHUR CRITTENDEN SMITH.
The ladies are a lovelv bunch of most de
lightful .dears, but ohl they need an awful lot
of thingumbobs and gears. Convulsions in the
business world with deadly strain and stress
are harsh but necessary means of helping them
to dress. The pep and pitch of A. C Smith is
tensely occupied in keeping them with frill and
hem sufficiently supplied.
He runs a wholesale dry goods house where
lesser merchants come when stocks are get
ting old and stale and trade is slow and bum.
He shows the latest samples and he tells the
latest dope on fashions made to stimulate the
female heart and hope; for woman is a fickle
thing whose tastes, can shift and move, while
man is safely anchored in his deep and trusty
groove.
But since the men at last must oav for much
the women buy, and Smith believes that justice
s a good aim tor his eve. he makes his famed
Beau Brummel shirt to decorate the males, a
thine of class and aualitv. of fine and flowine
tails, of collar bands which never shrink,' of
colors ne'er effaced, of buttons with the godly
gift of staying where they're placed.
He has a few opinions which are patently
his own, but always waits and hesitates when
asked to 'make them known, though if the
audience insists that he advance his views, the
kind request is one he won't eternally refuse.
While utter silence is of course unscientific
myth, we find a near approach in him we know
as Silent Smith.
Next Subject: Joseph Hayden.
ronAv
The Day We Celebrate.
James R. Dewar, Union Pacific Coal com
pany, born 1867.
franklin u. Koosevelt, Assistant secretary
of the United States Navy, born at Hyde Park,
N. Y., 38 years ago.
Jacob M. Dickinson, former Secretatry of
War of the United States, born at Columbus,
Miss., 69 years ago.
Charles Martin . Loefner. noted American
musician and composer, born in Alsace, 59
years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
C T. Murphy, an old-time actor and author
of several successful Irish plays, was here visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Montz Meyer and children
left for New York to be absent about six weeks.
During his absence Mr. Meyer was to visit
Havana.
The Omaha club gave a reception.
Mrs. M. H. Parmalee cave a luncheon at the
Uniga tlub ij hoaor. pi j&s, fi, ST
Thanks From the Greeks.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 23. -To the
Editor of The Bee: The unanimous
vote of the United States senate on
the resolution of Senator King in
favor of annexation by Greece, of
the Thracian territory surrendered
by Turkey and Bulgaria to the allied
and associated powers, la a very ap
propriate occasion on which the
League of Friends of Greece In
America, in behalf of all the friends
of Greece, as well as in behalf of
the Greek nation, to extend to you
Warmpst thjttiks tnr tViA valla
port you have given to the cause of
uioece irom me Degmning of the
session of the peace conference.
The Lens-na nf ivionH. nt n.-..,.
Is completely aware of the inestinv
auie services your institution has
rendered to the just cause of Greece
by the generous space you have em
ployed in order to enlighten Ameri
can public opinion and to arouse
American official nni
justly and quickly.
n is tne nope or the League of
Friends nf firooa that 4.a4i,a
- --- - v, v. v, v V"lt J U U lUOLUU
tion will lend its support to Greece
in her etrupffln for ttio unifica
tion of Other of hr nrnvincoa
which are as Hellenic as Thrace it
self, namely, northern Epirus, the
Islands Of tha Apcmii anH Ihi nut.
em coast of Asia Minor.
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF
GREECE IN AMERICA.
N. J. CASSAVETES,
Vice President
More Slacken.
Omaha. Jan. 27. T tv TTtmnr
of The Bee: As I am an old reader
of The Bee I would HkA tn nav Hunt
a few words in regard to branding
Dempsey a slacker. In the first
place, Jack Dempsey is not any
more of a slacker than some of the
rest of the pugs and wrestlers.
Some of them waitnrt till th
roned and broueht in.
Why didn't they enlist? I sup
pose thev had ilr)nHnt9 TTnM
Sam took care of all his men's de
pendents, so that's no excuse. I
enlisted in the army the 25th day
of June. 1917. I had a wife and
two children to simnort nnd thev
are still alive. I probably never
would have henn drafted hnt T
wanted to fight for the country
that's feeding me. So my argument
is this: If .Tank TeTnnoev la
branded as a slacker It 'looks bad
ror the rest of the drafted men be
cause they had a chanc.n to enlist
same aa I did. M. C. A. E. F.
Where to Draw the Line?
Mapleton. Ia.. Jan. 26. To the
Editor of The Bee: No doubt a
frenzy of fear is on the nation by
reason of new . era ideas, and the
problem of where to place the blame.
We remember how Shakespeare
said one might make himself as
chaste as ice only to become the tar
get of slander. Likewise noW the
innocent suffer with the guilty. In
deed, the drastic laws proposed 4s a
sure sign of decadence, inasmuch as
inquisitorial rulings are provocative
of the very thing they are designed
against 'While the New YorkWorld
legally cries: "Down with the con
stitution," because of violations
thereof, we might go a step farther
and exclaim: "Down with the Bi
ble!" To be consistent we must ar
raign Holy Writ as the chief cause
of sedition, because it is the heaviest
piece of literature extant when it
comes to using symbols, words, etc.,
against the overthrow of nations.
Ah! how necessary it is to use dis
cretion else Haman get swung on
his own gallows! A nice bit of wis
dom rulers have to learn is found in
the old prverb: "There is more
hope for a fool than , an old king
who refuses reproof Moreover,
American lawmakers would profit
more in the matter of vision if they
went to the Christian oracle for
their standards instead of wasting
long nights in the parlors of Wash
ington hotels hearkening to the whis
pers and signs of wicked spirits, im
personating the dead, and foisting
their razzle-dazzle over human rea
son. 2d Peter 2:4 is the key to this
mystery and the correct definition of
"hell," "tartarus," ("the Greek root),
shows the place of their habitation
earth's atmosphere.
JOSEPH GREIG.
Against Military Training.
Omaha, Jan. 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: In today's Bee there is
an article on the front page that
make me write these lines. It says:
"All Youth Must Take Army
Course." Is it possible that we are
coming to this? Did we have war
and find it so pleasant that we want
more of it? which is all this army
course can mean or why military
training? Our forefathers left their
home country to evade this military
training. My father and my hus
band left there also to escape from
mis training (wnich seemed to sig
nify that the country was in bond
age), only to see their eons do this
very thing. Seemingly we are going
1
Dollar-Maki(ig
Ideas
Selling Old-Fashioned Cooking.
By BELLB CASH HARRINGTON.
Old fashioned cooking is always
in demand. Father longs for the
dishes he used to eat when a boy,
but his high-priced cook cannot or
will not make them.
Here are three cheap, easy things,
which always sell:
Hulled Corn. Get white Or yel
low corn in the ear. Shell it For
every gallon of corn take one of
water containing one tablespoonful
of concentrated lye. Boil the corn
in this water until the outer skin and
the black speck at the tip of the
kernel come off easily, when rubbed
between the thumb and finger.
Put the kettle under the faucet for
fifteen minutes, rubbing and stirring
the corn occasionally, until the hulls
are off. Cover with fresh water and
boil four or five hours, adding a
heaping tablespoonful of salf for
every gallon of corn. Put in the salt
one-half hour before it is done. De
liver the corn the afternoon it is
cooked.
Cornmeal mush for frying is best
made of granulated yellow, meal.
Add a tablespoonful of salt to a
gallon of water; when boiling, sift
in the cornmeal slowly, stirring all
the time. Stop adding meal while
the mixture is still quite thin. Let
boil for twenty minutes, stirring oc
casionally. Don't have your fire
too hot or it will spatter. If there
are lumps in it, add one cup of cold
water, stirring briskly. At the end
of twenty minutes, sift over it one
half cup of white flour, stir
thoroughly and push to the back of
the stove for another 10 minutes.
Pour into long narrow tins and set
away to cool, i
Cottage cheese is easier to make
in warm weather because the milk
then sours more readily. Let the
milk sour in crocks or pans only
one-halt full. When it is firm like
jelly, heat an equal amount of water
until it begins to bubble, just be
fore the boiling point Stir this into
the sour milk. Soft curds will form
Pour the whole mass into a colander
to drain and cool. When cold, press
out arty remaining whey with the
hands, mix salt through it and pack
it in pint or quart receptacles.
(Girls ! How about the work of
a librarian; tomorrow.)
Copyrlcbt, 1S20. by J. H. Millar.
Every Day Science
for Boy
Mechanics,
Under the Pavement
By GRANT Vf. HTDD.
"I saw a man working at a man
hole cover in the street today,
Daddy. And down in the hole there
was a room and another man fixing
something. Is there a room under
every manhole in the street? What
was the man using a pump for:
"The pump was to send in fresh
air to keep the man inside from be
ing suffocated by sewer gas, while
he fixed the pipes or cleaned the
sewer. That s what manholes are
for.
"Although you perhaps do not
know it, there is under a city street,
a network of pipes and sometimes
tunnels in which yo.u can walk for
blocks. When they build a sub
way-railroad in a large city, it some
times takes longer to untangle the
tinder-the-pavement pipes and move
them aside than to dig the subway.
The manholes are needed to fix the
pipes because the pavement may be
DOT PUZZLE.
, j
backward, getting Into greater
bondage by adopting a rule that has
clouded the countries of our fore
fathers. -
With the high cost of living, hard
ships and profiteering staring one in
the face, and now this life is hard
ly worth living.
Is there not enough Americanism
in this country to save us from this
that has always been considered
something to run away from? Let
us have our old free country back
as before the war. 1 MRS. A. H,
Union Outfitting Co.
Offers All Dinner
Sets at Half
and Less Saturday
Sale Comprises All Sample
Dinner Sets and Sets
That Are Incomplete.
Positively the Biggest Val
ues in Dinnerware Omaha
Has Known in Months.
Although housecleaning, for
many of us, is several months
away, the Union Outfitting Com
pany announces that it has been
cleaning house in its China De
partment, and the result is a sale
of fine Dinnerware Saturday
that will be the talk of the thrif
ty home-makers.
The sale embraces hundreds of
dollars' worth of fine ware Din
ner Sets that have been on dis
play and have had one or more
of the pieces broken, leaving
the set incomplete.
It is China famed for its ex
cellence, not only in quality, but
in the beauty of the shapes and
charm of the decorations.
In order to insure a complete
Clearance next Saturday every
set is marked at HALF its former
price and in many instances much
less.
To secure splendid Dinnerware
so much under price is indeed a
treat and a savjng opportunity
that few housewives, and partic
ularly young couples, will want
to miss.
Such an event is further evi
dence of the money-saving pos
sibilities at the Union Outfitting
Company, Jocated out of the high
rent district As always, you
make your own terms.
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Apollo Player Grands.
, Apollophone (Piano, Player
and Phonograph).
Brambach Boudoir Grands.
Bush and Lane Pianos.
Kimball Pianos.
Cable-Nelson Pianos.
Hospe Pianos and Players.
La Gonda Players.
Whitney Pianos. (
Hinze Pianos.
Cash or time all same
price. Every instrument mark
ed in plain figures.
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The Art and Music Store.!
two feet thick a solid . mass oi
rock, cement or other material, with
asphalt, wood or bricks on top.
"Under the pavement, there is al
ways a service sewer a big clay
tile pipe to carry sewage from
buildings with a branch of lateral
leading to each building. There is
also a storm sewer, perhaps a con
crete tunnel, to take away water
when it rains. There is a water
main a large cast iron pipe, with
small leadpipe laterals for each
building. The gas company has
mains, too, with house laterals. In
some cities, telephone cables are
placed underground, and in a few
cities steam or refrigerator pipes
carry heat or cold to customers.
All are down at least four feet to
be below the frost line.
"In our city, where most of the
pipes are owned by the city, the
system is simple. In old cities like
New York and Boston, where these
'utilities' were once owned, by many
separate companies, there is a ver
itable network of private pipe-lines.
It is safe to say that in some cities
if a downtown block were filled
with costly automobiles, their value
would not equal the money repre-
Japanese Get Theirs.
A cynic compliments Japan as be
ing the only power that has not
claimed to have won the war. But
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to claim anything they, got theirs.
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sented by the many pipes running
under the pavement on which they
are parked."
(Boys I Tomorrow read about
how to become a . veterinary.)
Copyright, 1920. by J. H, Millar.
BABY SUFFERED
WITHRASH
On Forehead. Itched and
Burned.FormedCrust.Was
Sore. Cuticura Heals.
"Baby suffered with a rash on
her forehead, and it went into her
hair. It started with little
pimples and formed a
crust. Inched and burned
and was eore. She would
scratch and it stopped her
hair from growing. .
"I ett a free aarnnln nf
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I
bought more, and in three weeks she
was healed, after using one cake of
Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Oint
ment" (Signed) Mrs. W. IngersoU,
Chappell, Nebraska, July 25, 1919.
Prevent further trouble by using
Cuticura for all toilet purposes.
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trtt,DoptH.MahUo,laii' Sold ray-
Bliipa2r u,nHnBntoaDWc. Talcum Zfre.
sawVCuticorm Soap ihaTa without mug.
Collecting Money
, The Collection De
partment of the First
National is a most inter
esting as well as a most
necessary department.
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Collections for all the
important centers, bills-of-lading
covering all
kinds of merchandise,
notes, certificates of de
posit, coupons, etc., are
only a part of the busi
ness handled.
Documents of various
kinds are held in escrow
and contracts where
one party is absent and
where this department
represents them , are
handled daily.
Instruments and
deeds of all sorts are en
trusted to this depart
ment to be inspected" by
interested parties, and
numerous other trans
'actions of a similar na
ture are constantly tak
ing place.
Nearly a Million Dol
lars a day is handled
through this interesting
and busy department.
Mr. Williams, Man
ager of the Collection
Department, will , be
gfad to explain how this
department may serve ,
you.
First National
IBank of Omaha
Street Floor Entrance
Either Farnam or Sixteenth Street Door
"E.tabli.hld 1857