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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JAflUAKi z, iv&i. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEK PUBLISHING COMPANT. . v NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publlthar. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TM AMorliml Ptm M whU-h Th BJ hr. II i rluonlr MUUtd U Uia dm lot puMteulua fl.ldl Nlnet i-redtud to It or not othwtflM predllfd iirthta pPr, nd al lh jaal , tmbUsbr h.riru AU rthti rf publication ol out uactal ditruUchai tr ilw rwemd. BEE TELEPHONES Pri?at Bnnrh Xtohani. Art fr Tvler 1000 IM IMtwtnuot or Ptw Wanced. , , For Nlht Call Afttr 10 P. M.t , Tlr H'OJiL. Tjlar mL V.tltftrtal Dtpanmnt - I'lrculaUau Ipartniit .,..- AdrartiiUif Deuailuwiit OFFICES OF THE BEE ataln om.: Uth tnd Ktrniui I'OUBcil Bhlfft 13 Hcott SU I Smith Hid j . Out-of-Town Offices: Nw Tor 1'felom tSil Firib An. tMnM.Bldf. 1 Ul O Bt. ! Wiahlneton Pirn. 'rov. 4-0 Ruittt. Houura N The Bee's Platform 1 1. New Unifili Pnengr Station. 2. Continued improvement of the" Ne braika Highways, including the pave ment of Main Thorouf hfaret leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. on -each other and depend also on their com munity, f This increasing dependency of the individual upon his neighbors furnishes the reason for organization of men and of men-to-be into co operative associations.' RevvJake Perkins, who spoke at the Rotary club dinner, at which it was decided to continue support of the Boy Scouts and their summer camp, drove the truth home when he said that children should be taught heir relationship to thejr fellow men. But more than a mere willingness to work in harmony with the ret of the world is re-, quired. In its teaching of truth, honor and sclfi discipline, the scout movement is building a firm foundation for ?ight living and for helpful rela- tionshfps between individual and indivdual, and between them all and the state. - ' V ' ( High, Cost of Government. : Nebraskans undoubtedly gasped when they read the details of the state budget, with its tolal of $26,845,206 for the biennium, just sent i to the legislature by the governor.' It is an . indication of how rapidly the cost of govern ment has advanced within a comparatively short time. Fifteen years ago aiv- expenditure of $4,000,000 for state 'purposes for the' biennium excited comment. . s f It is well in this connection to consider what is involved "In this budget. Omitting certain items as yet indefinitely fixed, because they may vanish for want of legislative vitalization, there will remain a total around $21,000,000, required for the running expenses of the state. Out of this sum will be sustained, the government at Dincoln; the University of Nebraska, with all its important ramifications and activities;' the normal schools, the. penitentiary and reforma tories, the several asylums and hospitals, the homes for the soldiers, and other charitable and corrective institutions, whose existence is con sidered -tal to the well being of the common-- i wealthy Dndcr the government is included the numerous agencies for the "proper administra tion of the laws," each contributing to the, total it proper charge for the cost of its operation. To these' items must be-added the sums needed for construction that is imperatively required The people have authorized the erection of a new capitol, and have devoted themselves to the good roads program. V It may be fairly said, then, that the budget contains only that which is needed to carry on T the general government of the state according to the plans approved by the people. Some part of the great increase in- .cost is incidental to the Amounting expenses of life everywhere. .On sev eral occasions last summer The Bee pointed but that the salary roll, the price of supplies, and everything else needed or used by the states """"had mounted in the scalejust as the same items had gone up in private enterprises. Public busi ness can not be carried on at a lower cost than ;3nvatc. " . ' "For years we have beet adding to; the ma chinery of our government a little at a time, a . board here, a commission there, until we have built up a great, .complicated and JiT some re gards an unwieldy structure. The adoption of the "Code" law was a step in direction of 'simpli fication, for it enabled the consolidation of dup Heating and overlapping services, the elimination of-some, and the better co-ordination of t all. Part of this work was held up by the adoption "" .of constitutional amendments 1 last summer .vtych added to the (tost of government, not only by the proper increase of salaries paid to ' state officials, but by provisions for further ad-' ditions to tlteNgeneral machinery of the govern ment. All' these, things were put before the people, and were adopted by. a decisive majority Vote. j j :' ' If, therefore, the government of Nebraska is over-elaborated, -it is because the citizens have so willed it. Additions to the machinery for reg ulating the affairs pi the people in their down-, sittings and uprising cost money, and to produce that money taxes, must be levied. The budget submitted by the governor is but a reflection of . the extent to which the business of governing the state has been expanded with the consent V nd generally at the behest of thevp?ople. Omaha's Electric Light Service. Supporters of House Roll No. 1, the bill by which the Omaha Water Board seeks to change the method of achieving , municipal ownership of- an electnc light plant, should not bolster p their case by half-truths which; by plain impli cation, become untruths."" The legislators and I the people whom they represent are entitled to better treatment than'that- V Yet the issue involved in this bill hjjs been so distorted that eve'n wff usually intelligent contemporary, the World-Herald, is deceived. In an editorial statement of tlic case, it says: It is true that Omaha now has the power, on the initiative of its city government, to ac quire the existing "light and pof er plant and to entrust that plant, when acquired, to the management of the water board, which" is al ready operating the municipal water, gas and ice plants. ''-'. But it is also true that most of the active supporters of municipal electric light and -power for Omaha do not want the city to ac quire the existing plait. They believe it would cost the city too much money, just as they hold that the gas plant cost too much. They want to proceed by cstablistfing a new plant, building gradually on the very small nucleus of that now operated in connection with the water plant. And they believe that - House Roll No. 1 will. enable them to do that, more certainly and expeditiously, than if they pro- ceeded under any law that may now be in existence. f . ' , - The World-Herald is ncither,for nor against the bill, preferring to straddle. It purports merely to state "a few expository observations." Yet the plain implication of, the paragraphs quoted is that Omaha now has the right to buy the plant of 'the Nebraska Power company, but shas no power to build a competing plant. That is the impression which is being iostered Dy supporters of House Roll No. 1 and when one' so versed in affairs as the edit6r of a ruro politan newspaper, fails to discern the trtith, the danger of the sophistry is indicated. The fact is made dear by this - paragraph from the city charter: The mayor and council shall have power, to erect, construct, purchase, maintain and operate subways , or conduits, water works, gas works and electric flight plants and power . plants. ' That is the authority under which, the World Herald says, the city'may buy the electric light plant. JThe same sentence which gives the ty the power to purchase gives it also the power "to erect" and to "construct." It has and has had for a number of years the power to build l a competing electric light plant at any time that the voters authorize the necessary bond issue. House Roll No. 1 does.not add to the powef of the, voters of Omaha. It simply adds to the power of the water hoards a body which has aroused high public indignation by its increase of gas rates at a time when the city commission by regulatory power, has held electric light rates to the pre-war figures. ? , - , ; is being Rcsignntiou or Premier Dato's Cabinet. v , -(From flie Trib.) THE OAB1KKT OF PREMIER tATO RESIGNED YESTERDAY - ' aiadid. Jan. ?4. The cabinet of Trimier Dato resigned today. J MR. BYFIELD has studied so-called human nature from the vantage point of the College jnn for several years; and when he remarks Ikgr "l,rn aren't manu fwnnlp vhf want to StaV .UlCl "tv.ii ....... j 1 1 ' - . . .1.: a downtown till i a. in. wnnoui someming iu drink," he touches, we believe, a profound truth: EVERYTHING CONSIDERED. THE COMMA IS THE MOST USEFUL, MARK , OF PUNCTUATION. v (From the El Paso Journal.) Prof. Bone, head 6t the rural school de partment of the Normal 'University, gave an address to the parents and teachers of' Eureka Saturday evening. THE) Electrical World, for one. does not ex ptct tot? much from Mr. Harding. "The new administration," it announces, "will have taken office, and it will behoove business men to strike an optimistic note at that time." We WtU Supply the Punctuation. Sir: Last night f.vw. was running through the index to first lines in the Oxford Book ot Verse. She was reading aloud and I was startled A Line 0' Type or Two fl,w te the Lint, let the quia (all where they may f GEORGE MOORE and other critici take the gloom? view that art is all. jn the Milwaukee sense of "all." and assuredly art is in a bad way; for the exhibition of cubism, futurism, dada ism and other isms, including abysm, which has opened in Paris, represents only 21 names. AM American naval caDfaiii having kissed a Japanese admiral on the cheek, a colleaguei-p.p.TH Aq -hp! th HAZARDS wishes to know whether Secretary rfaniejs re- EET H A SH EALTHHAZ. AKUS. quires this. While the.matter i. bemg.mvest,! PJ. f. U gated we should like to Know, aiso, wny uors a Japanese admiral close his eyes when he being kissed? How to KeejKWell Bp DR. W. A. EVANS ' Question concerning .byftene, tenite tion and prevention et dieeaee, sub mitted to Dr.- Evana by reader of The Bee, will bo anewared pereonaHyv subject to proper limitation, where , stamped, addreesed envelope Is en closed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for individual diseases.X Address letters in cart ef The Bee. Copyright, 19217 bjk Dr. W. A. Ivsna. OX Winnipeg's Electric UrIU Kte. Omaha, Jan. 28. To the Editor of The Bee: I observed an interview in the paper yesterday slveu. by Mr. y. D. Wead concerning House Roll No. 1, in the Nebraska legislature, the-bill which would give the Water board the. right to go into the elec tric light and .power business. Mr. Wead refers to the electric, light rates 'in the city of Winnipeg, pun- that eland has returned to normal when the teeth were put in order. He reports one case or irregui.ii heart beat.- In this case me ven tricle seemed to contact twice in .mirk p.n(cession. and the patient said ho felt as though his heart was turninK over. Tins symptom a dis- rMireri. Tn some cases. vhv, ovn.ind the teeth is responsible to hear the following rather connected narra-jor exceSsive thyroid activity and tive: "It is not Beauty T demaiid, , a It is the miller's daughter. , " It. was many and many a year ago; It was not in the winter; It was the calm and silent night ., fi Jenny Kissed me when we met." This ought to furnish a'wew field of research. MR. COLLIER is advertised as "the fellow Vho put the 'gin' in originaL" And a reader who is somewhat ongweed fey that line of pub licity languidly wonders who put: the "lie" in Collier. ' - . , THIS TOWN HAS THE LOUDEST. FIRE ALARM IN THE COUNTRY. , v (From the Kent, O., Courier.) In the midst CiC the bedlam art.attemptjtas made to give the fire alarm, but no fireman could distinguish the differeaee between the noisy New Year welcome and the real alarm, hence the house-'was desroye. "DRUG store for sale; Jewish neighborhood; not much cash needed." Classified ads. "2,000 Women to Talce CashMor Starving Children." The valued Post, He who reads while running must stop fre quently for a second glance. POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. Sioux Falls. Bergdoll Can Be Spjtfed. Erom Karlsruhe comes the news that Grower Cleveland Bcrgdoll has applied for citizenship 1 vm Germany. The attempted abduction by dp s lectives, said to bcoperattng under the direction of military authorities, ofthe young man, who' is a fugitive from America, promises to stir up i little dispute, and mayscrve to remind the world that peace is not yet made between the United States and Germany. However, it would be deplorable if such a case as that of Berg dyfl's jfiuld interfefei with' the progress of res-" toration of friendly relations between the two fcoples. He was a slacker; he flouted the law and the government while the war was on, and showed fiow facile it is at times to slip through U . ihr Hutches of trTe army It does not matter that he violated his word and showed himself to be without honor o'r any sense of responsi bility; th sorrow' is that Jie was able(to impose -0n army officers as well as his attorneys, and that he could have the assistance of men whoj claim to be American citizens. As for Bergdoll ' himself, he has deliberately preferred to forfeit his fair name, the things that might have been his as a citizen. of the United States, and having made bis choice should be allowed to stay where tie is. , Neither he nor his kind add anything to the citizenship or importance of the united ' . States. x , - - i v Back of the Boy Scouts. It is particularly fitting that the Boy Scouts of Omaha should be sponsored again .by the R6taryclub. Team work is the greatest lesson inculcated by the scout movement, and team work is the motive force of ah Rotarians. -Like the rest of urban America, our city has grown too ranidlv to.be altogether natural or oraeriy. davs. meavrere more dependent on, x their individual resources. The spirit of hide- ndmre: of toinK it atone, does not fit into v the changetj- world as communities grow, larger j Losing Our Fear of Russia. ( v It is beside the point to argue wlietheror liot the' movement for resumption of trade with Russia is entirely ia good faith, The plain fact is that business and industry can never expect to function with maximum efficiency as long as this fast territory is fenced off from the rest of the world. The old Russian empire Comprised one sjxth of the land surface of the globe and oner' fourteenth of the inhabitants. Most of this im mense land has been shut off from free inter course with olher nations since the revolution that put Lenirre in the place of the czart If reports are to be believed, Russian industry is disorganized.. Mills and factories are not pro ducing the profusion of goods Vhat the radicals had anticipated from a system of communism. But no alteration in the economic or political system can disturb the great natural resources which make Russia the storehouse of the world. Mines of great yalue still containtheir gold, cop per, iron, silver, platinum, rock salt, marble and china clay. Oil beds still bear their, rich supplies, and the timber that furriished one of its chief ex ports coiltinues to grow. These are things that could be exchanged to mutual advantage for the things the rest of the world is ready to supply. "Before the war, imports into Russia consisted mainly of machinery, iron, wool, cotton, tea, fruits, vegetables, wine and oil. With the excep tion of wine,, this list would probably remain much the" same once commerce was resumed. It is not alone labor that is urging resump tion of trade relations with Russia, m order" to decrease unemployment, but business concerns Hopkins university, recently presi dent of the Southern Medical asso ciation catalogued diseases due ' to infections around the teeth. . The list included some trouble with near? ly every orgUn in the body. Have you anemia? If so, it Is well to think of the condition or your teeth. Since Hunter wrote about foul teeth as a cause of anemia, it has been the custom of well in formed physicians to send all their severe cases of anemia to the dentUjt lb have the teeth and gums put in order. While Dr. Barker reports no cases of pernicious anemia cured by cleaning up the teeth and gums, he says he has seen many cases that were greatly improved and doubtless lived foi several years, longer thap they would otherwise' have lived. He tells of a person who had a very much enlarged liver and at-the same time a very bad cane of Tiyor rhea. The teeth were bathed in pus. When all the teeth were removed and the flow of pus stopped the liver went back to the normal size. who knows that the chief work of the liver is the deirtrncfloji cf poisons would expect jusi inavi result to follow extraction or tne teeth in a bad case of pyorrhea. ninA rasps of diabetes improve when the accompanying pyorrhea is aDsorpiiot cause or not. I have tried placing basins of water over the register. This seems to help, but after the children have stepped in thehi or tripped them over by mistake a cer- t.lii mimhat nf tlinpfl And articles of clothing have dropped into them my entnusiasm ror me raemou nranaa la tharo anv rlAVlnft bv Which through the principle of capillary at traction a process ot'acuve evaiJ"'"-- ho niointnlnAil ? What should the humidity of a room with temperature at 68 degrees voe r x have interviewed the furnace man, but he has no helpful suggestions to offer." REPLY. , rrl. a vAlatlirA" "TiiitnifllV Rhnill.l Hot trn helow 40. It is not practical to have it go above 0. Very much the best way" to humidify a house heated by L hot air is to'build an evaporating pan with an automatio ..I., taari in tha Vint nir chamber. If this cannot be done you will have to rely, on evaporating aevices irau It. Kfi. mnml mintnlnR thrOWlnST SL tit itw w . very fine spray into the air near the inlets have ueen employee- meie are many, wick -or towel evaporat h market. The ob jection to the wick and the fountain devices is mat tney ciog up. jyi of them are dirt catchers and un4 sightly. Friendly GreelUjg. Tnl-.lir vfwlin rnmmnnieation be tween the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the United States has begun, tteiio, France! Cleveland Plain Dealer. that would find a market therealso are begin ning ,to regrd this move with, favorable eye. This is more true, perhaps in England, where, Lloyd George has recently made a tfade agree ment with the Russian government. As the war hysteria, passes, people are inclined to feel their oldtime confidence in the jirm foundation of modern government and industry, and. see less and less reason to-fear, contagion from the soviet system- Senator Colt, who advised Anthony CamminettiV commissioner general oi immigration, to "come down to earth" when he revived the old scare about dangerous radicals from Russia entering the .United States, voiced the general boredom at such continued alarms. If Americans have faith in their own institutions, there is no need' to" fear re-opening the gates of trade to Russia. One trust that haa.no friends is that fun by the billboard interests. Did you ever stop to think: how much better your town would look without theje ugly signs? x ; No doubt every one. who bought a silk thirt had a reason for it, but so far no'defense liasi been made public. Mr. Harding, who is reported to havcre fused many dates at Palm' Beach, perhaps pre fers grapefruit. " . ' -All aboard for the Eat-a-bite-of-mutjh, move ment. . ' .. - . ; (From the Sioux Falls Press.) What if we don't have p"alaces, V With darnp and musty walls? We have the great Sioux River, , r And greater yet, Sioux Falls. )" We don't have to go abroad, God's beauties Just to see, But stay at home And take a trip Around Sioux Falls with me. . WE confess a fondness for verse' like the foregoing, and hope some day to find a poem as good as that masterpiece - "I've traveled east, I've traveled west, I've been to the great Montana, But the finest place I've ever seen, t Is Attica, Indiana." , BUT OUGHT YOUTO LAUGH AT SUCH THINGS? ,,.. . Sir: In my town where church is our. only diversion we laugh at such things as this: The Christian minister preached a sermon on "How to Become a Christian." The Methodist pastor, not to be outdone or undone, immediately fol lowed with one on "How to. Become a Metho dist." f . - A. I. NOUR contrib, E. C. W., recently demon strated that a hot water bottle marked $1.98 is not worth $3, although the -advertisement says, ' $3 hot water bottles $1.98." No such claim js made for a bust of the Prince of Wales in a store window in Windsor, Ont. The price ticket merely announces, Was $J, "now $1.98. The Delirious Real Estate Agent. , fOr why they had to call the wagon.) The new Lake Front Improvement now assured will be the weird dream of the whole world no foot, or eye, wili ever falter, until their 'owners have drank at this delight; it will be the famous gateway to Chicago beauti ful familiar to everyone upon the face of the globe no mortal, to the end of time, will ever ask about it- every soul upon.- arth -will know all about this ' enchanting water front; social lfe; art, music, promenades, entertainments, pleasure bJats, yachts, gala swirls, fairyland, sparkling shops and foun tains, flowers, bushes, vines, trees, wild bird houses; mothers will journey far that babes be born and childhood spent amid these happy scerfes, which heaven will be patterned., after, to cheer in the life beyond. THE secretary of the Chicago Parlor of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance is; Jpne Ark. EXAMPLE OF POETIC CLIMAX. (From the Washburn Leader.) , Next comes Februarys with its-occasional day to remind us that winter is passing; then -March. either like a lion or a lamb with the superstition about Jts clostng days andsoon, very soon, April and .budding trees, the sweet fragrance of plum trees In blossom and soaked with warm spring rains, your neighbor's ( manure pile. ' - WHAT has become of the old-fashioned barber-? A sriD on Van Buren street displays the Ksjofn, "Hair Cutting Qur Specialty." ' WAS IT SO LO?G AGO? Sir: This suspense is awful. I have been lanipFng the Line for the'llast eight years, and still I do not know what became of the Pink Shirt. An immediate reply will be deeply appre ciated. , ' DADDY. . Domestic Complexes. ' Sir: Mine dreamed the oflier night that I had sassed her, and I-had to apologize at the breakfast table. Can anyone beat that? y - L. M.'S. , IT SAVES YOU THE TROUBLE. Sir: A sign in a drugstore here (Ipdfan apolis) vreads. "Big cut in razor (strops. " Why buy them that way? ' - JAY SEE "ADULTS ONLY." (From the Quincy Herald.) ' Urban's will giv away free, S30,oeo Cork Screws, call and get yours while they last. Children must not call. V THE. danger, of retiring from business and allowing the" human maclmie to grow rusty is again exemplified by the death of John Reading, 'of Jolict, at the age of 103. Three years ago he gaveup painting and paper-hanging, and his declinj was rapid. .. l . B.' L. T. Quite An Island. 1 , , The island of New Guinea, the greatest island in the world, if we classify Australia as a conti nent, was. before the war. divided between the British, putch and Germans. The British have now taken over, in the name of "Australia, the German claims. , . We think of New Guinea as a considerable natch i drv land in the expanse of the Southern ocean, but have difficulty realizing that if it could be laid down on the United States one ena wouia h- at Portland. Me., the other near Omaha, and that it would blot out an area about twice the irc of the German emmre and incluiing some thing like a quarter of, the population of these tiniiori ;fatee t contains Vastlv greater re sources than Germany also about a thousand white people and 50tl,000 aborigines. . largely rannShals. Half of it vet remains Dutch, but its predestination to be essentially British is quite obvious.Judsou, C. Welliver in Country Maga- j zinc, 7 " x urning over. 4.1110 ppeared after the pyorrhea infected teeth were drawn. . Dr. Barker has seen two cases or embolic pneumonia due to infection from the teeth. Infections arouiia tne xeem mani fest themselves at two locations First, there is the infection of the o,,v,a which we all . know as pyor rhea or Rigg's disease; and infection or tne iip-oi which dentists call apical abscess. The inflammation 01 me umug . . 1 ... ... Viiaii rtovc nns 111 1 1 1 .7 middle-aged is very frequently doe to apical abscess, rne oacierium found in these cases is me sm" streptococcus. The endocarditis of children, and youths is generally due to absorption from the tonsils and C.I1 V 1JU1U0I A , . , Of the various rheumatic infec tions, entering someviere in the head. In persons under 20 years of age most of these infections take place in the tonsils, adenoids, and sinuses near the r.ose. In middle and later life few of them are due to tonsils and nose infections.' Infec tions around the teeth take first place. Acute articular rheumatism is generally due to absorption from the tonsils, me "J re. " important, sources of infection in arthritis deformans. Dr. Ralph PemDerton, wno nuts recently revived the' importance of other 'factors in rheumatism, agree with Dr. Barker that infections of the teeth and tonsils lead an omer causes. . ' '- When Air is Too Dry.- Mrs. S. M. B. writes: "I am tempt ed to ask your assistance as to wh,at is the best method of counteracting the dryness in the atmosphere of a house heated by an ordinary fur nace. I feel convinced that the throats of . my family are so af fected that they are made very sus-J ceptible to catching cows. xney have. the colds, whether that is the ADVERTISEMENT Together "People tell me sometimes that the Puritans' plan is lecom mg old-fashioned, the plan by which people," who did not choose to tie themselves by any creed, simply agreed to "walk, together" in their . effort to abate temptation and to keep passion down'. And I often hear' moral voluptuaries, who expect to please themselves and to es cape from temptation at the same mflment, .who tell me in deed that public worship, the united - worship of the church, does not "attract: them." -' They say they prefer to commune with X!od alone, perhaps by a babbling brook, -perhaps in the comforts of a library. I do not see what your preference has to do with it. ; I neve heard thatv anybody asked what you preferred. j I do not know that anyone caret. That is not the question. "What does the world need?" That is the question. To that question hn Dnswer is . that the world needs more union and less sep aiation. il iierua mute n.v. "together" and less of the "alone." It needs the unity of the spirit instead of diversity of form. And so the'jworld needs that, like a man, yoii bear your brother's burdens, instead of. posturing, like a fool, under your own. Let each man apply that rule ''by-giving his counte nance and help in some religious society." Edward Everett Hale. Unitarian Church of Omaha THE PRESIDENT , OF M0RHINGSIDE COLLEGE SPEAKS TO ) MEN : SUNDAY, 3:30 F. E. MOSSMAN WILL MAKE YOU THANK! ada. which is S cents per K. . II. for residential service and compares such rate with the 6cent rate in Omaha. Mr. Wead refrains from letting it be known that the Win nipeg municipal plant has the ad vantage of very favorable water power, whereas, any electric light plant iu Omaha must produce elec tric light and power from coal trans ferred at least 600 miles. These radically opposite conditions would, of themselves, explaty a vast differ ence in the rates. . Aside from tills. Mr. Wead also carefully Ignores the well . known fact that municipal plants are ex empt from all taxation. The local electric light and power plant, as I am advised, pays annually almost $800,000 in taxes. This difference in expense alone would allow a reduc tion o( at least 3 cents per K. W. H. In the -local residential rate. But, of course, the people in Winnipeg, or any other city with a municipal light plant, would be paying the other 3 cents per K. W. H. in added taxes. There is no complaint either of the service or the rates of tho loca electrlo light and power com pany. And as we invited this com pany to come in and expend mil lions of dollars in building up its plant, what justification would there be to wreck the plant by municipal competition? In any event, out ex perience with municipal gas rates and service does not make us very cetiftdent as to what might happen with municipal electric light rates. FRANK B. JOHNSON. L NQW . Desk Sets n And Odd Pieces Until February lat Vi off Brief Cases And Botto Bags Until February Vl 1 7 -;4 .i - ' . See Our Windowf Omaha Stationery Co. 307-309 Sbuth 17th Street Off flOTNG TO THE THEATER? IP SO, READ THE ANNOUNCE MENTS PREPARED BY- THE THEATERS AND SELECT THE DESIRED, ENTERTAINMENT. Ifie advanced prim" ciple oP Piano corv truction embodied in. (he matchless rKSa ! a9aV BB SM atW aaaBal aaVaWj STEADY '(fflai I ! and sure : wx j growth v "business is coop thank you" ' ' - ; I itlieini?Krailiu results in an instrct ment which not onl musicians, but even scientists, and he ' cultured 'generally s declare to be iheA greatest piano (he world has ever eer " Highest praised The many dependable s Pianos this house has carried in stock for the last 47 years U prima trm Avidenca that vou receire 100-cent dollars ia honet good. 1513 Douglas Street . The Artjand Mu$ic Store I I I I I I I I I I I I J' No company can grow steadily and surely by just giving vajue for inoney ' - received. It must give with that " value, "earnest, sincere appreciation The 'L. V.. Nicholafs Oil Company is ' proud of its great host of friends and - every member of the organization, from directors to office boy, knows " arid appreciates the fact that it is the "' customer who pays his salary not theNicfroIas Oil Companj'. We religiously adhere io the policy to "sell nothing but Quality Goods just little bit better than they really neett to be." Ve endeavor to be of service to our - friends a an organization asrwell as . a distributer;of Quality Oils. V Our large business is proof thatVnen customers are niet moren than, half way, tl)ey appreciate it. ' L. NICHOLAS OIL CO. I , The Qualil) of Nicholas Oils Is Guaranteed I President. La To Omaha's Telephone People How muchdo youvSave, and where do you keep it? J Are your Savings earning something for you? "v Are you one of the people in Omaha . who has been working for several -years, but has nothing to show for it, or are you Saving, for Future Needs? 7 - - Get the Saving. Habit There is much satisfaction and a feeling of independence in knowing that you are Saving something, no matter how small the amount may be. v . . O '' - ' - ' : - And the Northwestern BeU Telephony Oompany-your Com .pnyhas generously offered to assist you. - Alt you have to do ii open an account. One, dollar will do it. - T , : " ..' Avail yourseU of the experience, the facilities and the help " f ul' service of the SavUigs Department of this bank. I 5 Ff rt tf CE t 1 ' !'BFKffE t i,.' United States National Bank ' N.W. Corner 16th and Farnam Streets The Bank of PERSONAL Attention I oaaaaaal IHT klTa I I U M .T. I I I I I I I I I I I and larger,Men have Decome more uci:uucu V ... --- i.v..'tt.