THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921.
The Omaha Bee
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NELSON B. UPDIKK, PublUh.r.
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1. New Union Passenger Station.;
2. Continued improvement of tho No
, braeka Hif hwayi, including tko pave
ment of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the '
, Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. v
4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government. ,
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Omaha and the Legislature.
The Bee firmly believes that the members of
the legislature want to do for Omaha only those
'-"things that are good' for Omaha. What these
, are may best be determined by the attitude of
- the people of Omaha, and by. the requests made
. through bodies that have some right to speak
'for the community. '. i ,
Relying on this belief, well justified by all
" 'past experience, we again call attention .to the
.'fact that House Roll No. 1 does not represent
"the aspirations or desires of the citizens of
, Omaha. It does not embody the principle of
"municipal ownership, but rather tends to, erect
a monopoly by compelling the city to purchase
!i from the Metropolitan Water District of Omaha.
0 -Nothing in its terms will operate to relieve the
' ''city from any' sort of oppression, because at
""'present the city is in a position to determine
what it shall pay for electric service. This ad-1
, vantage will be destroyed by House Roll No. 1,
;!;! which will take the power of fixing rates from
rf the city council of Omaha and vest it in the
Hf Nebraska State Railway commission. Under a
;. j law now existing the city ha$ the;right to pur
's A chase an existing or to construct a. competing
rj ; plant to provide electric service. This right
j?l may be exercised at any time the citizens so
decide by vote, and an election' may be called
' i .' by the city commissioners, or they must . call,
j!; such election on, petition from , the .citizens.
s.1 Nothing in the bill offers any form of relief to
Y the city. ' .-'
Y Furthermore, and quite important in . itself,
Y the leading civic bodies of the city, so far as
J'j they have given expression at all on House Roll.
No.' 1, with a single exception, .have .decided
Y against it most emphatically. . ;
Hi Is there anything in this to reconcile with
j if j the : sentiments of Omaha citizens the asser
l ..' tions made by proponents of the measure that
j " its opposition arises only from sinister interests,
'Y and that those who are opposing the bill. are
T;t public enemies? Such demagogic expedient?
. niay be potent to influence the thoughtless, but
' the legislator who thinks with -his own mind
.' X will not be greatly affected by such propaganda.
J The fact that eight of the Douglas county mem
. hers are firmly against .the bill while only two
. ' are openly for it ought to have Some weight with'
i the other members. Particularly when it. is re
r called that one of the members favoring the bill
Js, is the stepson of a member of the, Omaha Water
Board, and the other is the political henchman
- of the general manager of . the Metropolitan,
Water District" of Omaha. ' ' "
"H House Roll No. 1 does provide a thrd method
j of securing a vote on the question' of setting up
a competing plants but npt on the purchase of)
an existing service. It will add to the political
power of the Metropolitan Water District of
Omaha. How the people are diposed towards
that at present may be learned from theteturhs
of the primary held last April, when one of the
, veferan members of the board was defeated and
s' a second narrowly escaped defeat. , -.'.,"
,'- Omaha's experience with municipal gas'scrv-1'
; ; ice has been rather sad ; the, cost of gas has been
i advanced enormously and its quality deliberately'
reduced below the standard exacted from the
: corporation. Consumers; kick, but get.no relief.,
r The city has control of the electric service,
, fixing rates for both public and private consump-,
: 'i''-. V: . ,
House Roll No. 1 only premises in the end that
' the present situation ! will be disturbed, and. the
't , - experience with gas' probably duplicated by elec .
t tricity. But it may possibly increase thespres
tige of the Omaha Water 'Board,, which is not
l supposed to be a politicalbody at all, but which
" never has' been out of politics -a minute since'
')' it was called into existence.- r -. t
' We ask the legislators to keep all these things--
in mind when voting on HonseRolI :No.v V -;
V Congress Disappoints People. , -
We find little satisfaction in saying '."I , told
you so" "but the' congress ,of the United States
has justified the. prediction made by The Bee at
its convening last December. " Then wetried to
outline some things that 'might havi been done,
but were forced to the melancholy conclusion
that nothing beyond 'thef passage-of the' supply
bills would be achieved. ; Now this is made very
clear. Only three weeks -remain before the con
stitution puts' an end to the ' congress, and ' it faces
such a jam as means allf "other legislation will
have to be abandonedv in "order that appropria
tions may be made. ". ; ; ! . s
Perhaps this is well.' vVarious ' elements of
the public looked for relief in some form' .through
legislation, and , are , consequently disappointed
because it is not fqrthcoming. ,The Bee has
steadfastly contended that ' our 1 problems are
mainly economic, and not political, ' and ' that
any laws, beyond the tariff and 'some that deal
with finance, are hurtful in, the long run because
of their interference with the operation of the
natural la.ws of trade. It may be fortunate, then,
that the legislative hopper'was so glutted with
bills of various -kinds, and senatorial aspirations
and convictions led to such length-of "expository,
observation" as has precluded possibility: of "any
but the most urgent of measures getting through.-
In this connection, Lawrence Y. Sherman
of Illinois, who is to retire.on March 4, probably
did a real service when. he, .delivered to. the sen-
ateain connection with the:Gronna bill a speech
that consumes 97 paces of the Record, most "of if
in fine t.vjv, or the equivalent of'a book' of SOOj
pages. Whatever comfort the philosophical may
extract from the situation, it probably is well
for most of the members that they got "their
verdict' last . November instead of having to go
before the people on the record they nave made
since. "
I Now Let Them Get Together.
The' closing hours of President Wilson's ad
ministration have been marked by. one great
public service. He has refused to further inter
vene in the dispute between the railroad owners
and employes, or to ask congress to burden
the land with further regulatory measures deal
ing with' the questions. If Mr. Wilson could
have taken that view of the problem in 1916, wc
would have been spared the Adamson law and
all the' economic and political evils that have fol
lowed in its wake. Now the question is squarely
up to the men and the masjpgers. They must
accept ' the decisions of existing machinery, or
resort to the lex talionis, and may the better
man win. ' ' -
In any or all of its aspects the question of
railroad rates and wages has for six years at
least been ' made the pretext for increasing
charges' and slacking of service to the public.
Contestants ' have arrayed themselves on one
side or the other, and the war has gone steadily
on, following the precedent set by. the monkey
when he tried to divide the cheese between the-
cats, the difference between that instead of
diminishing the subject in.: dispute has continually
increased. . Advocates of government ownership,
Plumb- Plan manipulators, and champions of un
regulated monopoly,' all have found encourage
ment in the muddle,' and reason enough exists
for thinking they have ', deliberately' assisted in
roiling the waters. At any rate, they have con
tributed' very little towards a reasonable settle-
.The Bee, in common with all thinking per
son, hrtius tp'ste the pay of railroad employes
kept at a high standard; it also wants to see the
roads prosper, so that stockholders may realize
something on their investments and thus capital
be induced to venture on betterments and ex
tensions of a "service 'that sorely needs both.
But we do not believe that a continuation . of
the present bickering, the, assertion of unrea
sonable or arbitrary demands' By one side or the
other, managers or men, is helpful to the general
cause of reconstruction. Neither is entitled to
advantage over the other; there must be found
a common ground, and if the men who are en
gaged in the great transportation industry really
want to serve their- country they will immedt-x
ately begin to. hunt qut .points for agreement
instead of pretexts for conflict. r
But, if we are to have a general railroad
strike, in order to test .the relative; strength of
the organized employes' and the equally organ
ized employers, hy the ,sooner it comes the
sooner it will be over, and the public apprised
of which boss it must, kowtow to. Just now the
demands of.; two for obeisance are becoming a
little more than wearisome.
City Council and House Roll No. 1 .
Our city commissioners, by a vote of S to 2,
have .gone n record tentatively as favoring
the passage, of House Roll ' No. 1. This
action raises the question: .If the commis
sioners .really' want . to set the city into
possession of its own electric lighting plant,
why have they delayed' so long? Ever since
they . have , been' in office it, has. been within,
their power to call an election that the citizens
may pass upon the question. Each of them is
supposed, at least, to be acquainted' with the
provisions of the city charter, and" this one in
particular' must have been impressed on their
attention numerous times. " For what'- reason
then, have they failed to take advantage of the
power they, possess?. Or what .relief do they
expect to secure through passing the buck 'to
the Water Board? , Has the experience of. the
city with .the gas plant aroused any hope that
the Metropolitan : Water District of Omaha can,
accomplish something the city itself, working
through the district's board, could not? It can
not be a political reason, for no one can con
ceive any advantage arising from . the commis
sion's resigning a great portion of its power for
the aggrandizement of another and independent
governing 'biy.' .""'We ' confess we do not com
prehend the action' of the city commissioners.
. H. C. L. and the Elxecutives.
An interesting but rather melancholy bit of
information comes from London, the burden of
the item being that Lloyd George has good rea
son ,to sympathize with the' collier lads of his
native Wales. He has a hard time; to get along
on his pay, and. is, now 'presenting to his em
ployer a respectful request for an increase. Just
what sort of reception this will meet from the.
employer, in, this instance being the British Pub
licis not indicated, yet considerations of grati
tude and obligation would ordinarily dictate that
Mr. George be granted the relief he seeks. He
makes no threat of strike, or any' otheY retaria-.
tory action on-part of the .United Association
of British" Premiers, of which he is an active
member, although the fact that his petition is
preferred by; Herbert Asquith, a past president
of the .union, might nave some 'significance in
this regard. . . , , . ,
Recording to the scale of wages allowed by
other, countries, Mr. Lloyd George is sadly un
derpaid. At present exchange rates his 5,000
pounds stipend falls under $20,009, which is to
be-contrasted against the .$75,000 and expenses
allowed i the president of the United States.
Rent-free quarters "merely, adds to the living cost
of the premier, whose expenses are enhanced
by the charges incidental to maintaining the
staff needed to properly carry on business at 10
Downing street. We hope the B. P. will not be
niggardly in its . treatment of so estimable and
indefatigable a servant as Lloyd George. '
In passing, it may not be dut of place to note
that Warren G. Harding is about to enjoy a
boon not vouchsafed Woodrow. Wilson. , He will
be permitted to pay into the treasury of the
United States $18,000 a year tax ondiis salary.
Mr. Wilson was deprived of this privilege by
reason of the fact that he was in office when the
law was enacted, but we have no record that
he has ever protested against the "condition.
.Omaha's! aifmor-clad policemen may make
a. good, movie film, but'tV.e city will feel better
when they win a real battle, with bandits.
Practical tests of spiritualism have landed
several "midiums"' in jail. lately throughout the
country, but this ' will probably, not deter the
disciples of i Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle.
.An,other real. sign, of, coming spring is the
base' ball talk. ,
Mr.rGrdundhog did have a real k';L,
A Line 0' Type or Two
Haw te the Line, lat the quips fall wksre thay mar
"ONE may have his own Ideas as to the
method employed to obtain the interview with
the Kaiser," cables Mr. James. Well, we have
ours, and it is not particularly flattering.
. ' , Tills Is the Wheeze.
' "Dear Sir: I got your letter about my ac
count please by paehent I will pay you as soon
as somebody pays me I alnt forgot you If this
was Judgement day find you wm no more pre
pared to meet your God than I am to pay your
bill you would bo show to go to hell Good bye."
IT appears, from the confidential communica
tions Which accompany the foregoing jape, that
it came from a Lexington county, farmer, from
one of the customers of a firm in Savannah, and
from divers other sources. -THE
'OONERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
THAT MEETS ALL FIRES.
(From the Pontlac, 111., "Record.)
Notice In ' case- of Are the key to the
,Flre Department room will always be found .
at the Telephone Central office, and when
, ever It la used please take ft back and leave
; It there.
Albert Rice, President of Village Board.
CHICAGO sleuths are doing as well as could
be expected, and. the department would do even
better if it could have the services of a crime
hound described by a down-state paper thusly:
"Disguising himself by hiding his star, and by
sticking a ticket in his hatband, he waited at the
interurban station for a car. , , ; .
A-t-on Jamais Vn Ca?
, Sir: - Overheard on' the L:. - -
"Have you been 'to the new Drake?" .
"Yes. Don't you love the carte Ju jour?"
"Yes, IndeedA I'm Just crazy to have one.
I'm tired of my bid tea cart." -- ALICE.
"I WILL now sing for you," announced a
contralto to a woman's club meeting in the
Copley-Plaza, "a composition by one of. Bos
ton's noted composers, Mr. Chadwick. 'He loves
me.' " And of course everybody thought George
wrote it for her. ,
The Kew Patriotic Duty,
Sir: Have you seen that handsome little
orange-tawny card that our one hundred per cent
American Sinn Felners are distributing? I erf
close mjcopy, but please ' return it,-as I am
most anxious to know what to avoid. '
One notes with interest that the first malum
prohibitum,' the first British product we are en
Joined to avoid, is Llpton's tea. To be sure,
Llpton Is au Irishman; but everybody knows
that his tea is gTown In England, and that by
not buying it we shall Inflict a severe blow on
that arrogant and -oppressive country, without
injuring any American traders. . The same ap
plies to the British brands of tobacco placed
on this Index of things forbidden: we all know
where they are grown.
I am very: grateful to our Irish brethren for
impressing on us this duty, of not encouraging
importations from that vllo country England
(Including Scotland, which shamefully tolerates
and co-operates with the oppressor). This card
reached me Just in time to pf event my patroniz
ing: the opera, headed by a Scotswoman. Also, I
was just on the point of purchasing a set of
the works of Cardinal Newman and the Poems
of Francis Thompson. Hundred percentually
yours, JAMES PONTIFEX.
THE red tape that Mr. Dawes refers to so
eloquently was used originally to tie up docu
ments; but we are still to be informed when
ana where the practice began.
THE Nobel prize for the best split infinitive
nas Deen awardea to the tramer of the new ad
ministrative code of the state of Washington,
which contains this: - '
"To. In caae.of an emergency requiring es
ponaitures in excess or the amount appropriated
by the legislature of any institution of the state,
state officer, or department of the state govern
ment, and upon the written request of the gov
erning authorities of the institution,-the statei
officer, or the head of the department, and in
case the board by a majority vote of all its
members determines that the public interest re
quired it, issue a permit in writing," etc. .
And So It Goes.-
Sir: Walking past the book counter of Mr.
tV'oolworth's shop, I bought a. copy of "Silas
Marner." The sales person remarked to her
neighbor, "Gee that woman looks too refined
to be reading dime novels." .
And speaking of "nee," an ex maid writes
to me: -"Probably you remember me by my
-maiden name, Mamie Brown, nee Mrs. Henry
Jackson. , - E. B nee H. P. .
HINT to students in the School of Journal
ism: Always begin the description of a
tumultuous scene by saying that it is indescrib
able, and then proceed to describe it until the
telegraph editor chokes you off.
THE MILD SMOKER.
Sir: A new cigar is advertised "for the mild
smoker." After all, he is the pleasantest one to
meet. He never sticks you in the eye with his
cigar nor blows smoke in 'your face at crowded
corners. Neither does he lay the lighted end cn
your mahogany desk. He is a good husbana
and father, putting the ashes In the tray, not or.
the rug, and lighting up only after baby has
been filed away for the night. He treats waiters
confrressmen, cab drivers, and prohibitionists
kindly, and speaks gently to hotel clerks and
street car conductors. He Is of amiable mien,
cheerful but not gay, tolerant in his view of
Lucy Page Gaston, and generous at golf. The
world, indeed, could ill afford to lose him.
- R. O. 'R. '
IN .the Wellesley Register.1 "one asterisk
means dead; two means married."" And three
why not? divorced.
A TOUR DE FORCE.
(From the Columbus, Neb., News.)
Just before tho bridal couple descended
the stairs Miss Luzetta Snyder sang, "At ,
Dawning," by Cadman; to the beautiful
, strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march.
Oh, Give Hun Five Yards' Start.
Sir: The editor has received the following
from Lancaster, Ohio: . .
"Dear Sir: I am enrolled in the Heacock
School of Journalism and would appreciate any
attention shown to me. Yours truly, A. B. N."
The poem inclosed for consideration:
"You have studied and toiled,
" And Failure you've foiled,
May you thus glide through hfe
" Falling to meet Old Man Strife."
What attention does the author deserve? '
, R. H. L.
OUR cub reporter friend, W. H. D., who. ex
pects to run a column presently, should not
overlook the sure-fire, wheeze, "Shoes shined on
the inside."
YES, YES, GO ON!
(From the Paa, Han., Herald.) '
Mr. George Hobart, who died at Nelson
House last year, has arrived at his destina
' tion. v t . - -
FOR Academy Ghost, or Familiar Spirit, P.
D. Q. nominates Miss Bessie Spectre of Boston.
Back to Normalcy.
(From the Chickasha Express.)
For sale New Pathe phonograph, or
will trade for good milk cow. Box 283.
, "IT was a case of getting so d mad that
it was either - weep or swear," explains Mr.
Dawes. '
Probably "damned."
" YES, Mr. Bryan inspires a similar emo
tional confusion. tB. L. T.
Mexican Estates.
According to the latest Mexican census,
about 7,000 families of Spanish Creole descent
own nearly all the fertile soil of the republic.
and since Mexico measures . in all about 750 000 ;
square miles it follows that these feudal estates
average more than 100 square miles each. In
dianapolis News.
Oh, About One Prune.
. "An "overproduction of prunes" is reported
on the Pacific slope. How many prunes, by the
way, does it take to constitute an "overproduc
tion?" Boston Transcript. '
Object Lesson.
The German empire was proclaimed just SO
years ago yesterday, and now look at the
darned thing! Kansas City Star.
Can't Taki! Sun From' BUly.
If these reformers keen on the only Sunday
1 that won't be blue will be Eilly. Davtoa Xews,,
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS ,
Quaatiena concarnlnr hyflsas, aanltatloa and prevention af dlaaata, submittal
to Dr. Evana bjr raadars af Th Baa, will ba anawarad paraonally, subject te
pro par limitation, arhar a atamped addraaaad anvalopa la ancloatd. Dr Evana
will not ntaka diagnoais or praacrlbs for individual olaeaaas. Addraas lattars
in cars of Tha Baa.
Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans
UNDER AVERAGE RISKS,
These are some of the specific
recommendations found' in Arthur
this the
Hunter's Treatment of Under Aver
age Risks, issued by the New York
Life, and based on the Joint experi
ence of many life insurance com
panies.
HEART MURMURS The mor
tallty rate for a given age is raised
80 per cent for persons' with organic
neart murmurs, but with no hyper
trophy. If hypertrophy is present
the mortality is raised 125 per cent
For example, if In persons of that
age 10 out of each thousand could
be expected to die, if the thousand
had heart murmurs the number dy
ing would be 18 or 22, according to
the amount of heart hynertrophy
present.' If the heart raJrmur is
functional the mortality rate Is not
increased if the person is under 35
years of age. Persons ever 35
years of age with functional ' heart
murmurs have an added mortality
l.'Eat any
rate of 30 to 60 per cent.
Persons who are found to have
heart trouble, tuberculosis or goiter,
a physician, and have him lay dawn
rules of living. These must be fol
lowed strictly if years of useful life
are to be expected.
SLOW, - RAPID AND IRREGU
LAR PULSE If the 'pulse is less
than 5E that fact arouses suspicion
of disease, generally fatty heart. If
the pulse, as the result of repeated
examinations, is found to be between
90 and 100, the mortality rate is 72
per cent above the normal. If the
pulse is over 100 it is 105 per cent
above. A high pulse rate may mean
heart trouble, tuberculosis or goiter.
For irregular and intermittent pulse
the added mortality rate depends on
but do .not
a limited
4. It is.
15. A boy
rule are
should come
salt as
should not
the age of the subject. Irregular
of water.
pulse in children Is of very little sig
nificance. It does not mean much
in young people generally. At age
40 the extra mortality rate is 30 to
meat and the
iron foods. 'But on -the other hand
your kidneys may not be-equal to
a diet containing any or much meat
and eggs and in addition these are
salty foods.. All in all such a case
calls for careful Individual, study.
6. It Is probable that sugar or
candy will hurt you.
Here's One Remedy.
J.'L. M. writes: "i; I believe some
time ago you prescribed for exces
sive sweating in tho armpits, also
perspiring of the feet. Would you
repeat the advice? .2. Would stop
ping the perspiration . be harmful in
any way?"
REPLY.
1. A 25 per cent solution of alum
inum chloride in distilled water.
Apply cautiously once or twice a
week. Do not overdo.
2. No not if carefully used by the
average person. The skin of some
people Is .very sensitive, however.
50 per cent. , There are different
kinds of Irregular pulse. Some are
of very little signfican'ce and prob
ably raise the mortality rate little or
none. Others are more significant.
Perhaps in time the Insurance com
panies Will be able to split up the
group of "irregular pulse" into sev
eral small groups.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE The
Northwest Life Insurance company
found that in persons with a pres
sure of 141 the extra mortality was
10 per cent; with a pressure of 146,
35 per cent; of 153, 60 per cent; of
160, 110 per cent, and of 170, 165
per cent. If the blood pressure was
15 to 34 points above that proper for
age the mortality rate is raised 70
per cent. If the- pressure was up to
35 to 49 points the rate was raised
150 per cent.
In 130 per, cent of the cases re
lented on account of high blood pres
sure alone (over 160) there appeared
some additional trouble, such as
heart trouble, hardening of the ar
teries, albumin, sugar or casts in the
urine three and a half years later on
nn average. The opinion is expressed
that tests of blood presimre are of
great value in forewarning a man of
deterioration of his health, before It
has become apparent to the individ
ual himself. In fact, there are those
who hold that for persons over 45
years of age it is a better gauge than
urine examinations. Those with high
blood pressure are told that they
should have a pnysician lay aown
rules of living, and they should fol
low them. "In many cases the trou
ble can be cured through proper
attention to diet nd through tem
perance in all things.'.'
" Sherlock Holmes Is Away.-.
S. P. H. writes, asking a question
which we cannot answer publicly or
privately. His letter is not signed
except by initials. He incloses $1.
If he will identify himself we will
return ' his money.- If not we will
cive it to some charity. Money sent
BUSINESS
LV. Nicholas Oil Company
to this column is returned or given
to charity.
. Might Get the Mange.
Mrs. H. J. M. writes: "Is It con
ducive to health to pet, hold
sleep with a dog?"
I am wllllnsr to iro to the limit of
truth in opposing sleeping with -dogs.
I wish I, could turn your answer
over to a literary .doctor with a
quiver full of adjectives and adverbs.
However, there is not a great
amount of danger in the practice.
Some people get asthma from sleep
ing with dogs and cats. Some get
tapeworms and other worms from
Your Respect for
Him Invariably
Jumps Up a noted
or Two
if his clothes appear
snappy, clean, well kept,
properly pressed.
being a "well groomed
man does not entail
worry, effort or expense.
the slickest dressers i
Omaha put the care of
their clothes directly up
to us. You can, and you
should do the same.
phone Tyler 0345 or
phone "South 0050" if
you ljve on South Side.
DRESHER
BROTHERS
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Corner 18th and Harney Thirty-two Years in Omaha
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Omaha, Feb. 4.To the Editor of
The Bee: ' Several years ago Omaha
voters elected a charter
to draw up a home rule
umana. xnis commission
posed of the best material Omnhn
handling them. Some get mange and
allied skin diseases. But beyond
afforded and did its work well. Aft
er reporting it back to the city coun
cil so a special election might be
called that it might be submitted
by sections to voters of Omaha for
their approval, we find it was not
favored by the present city council,
who, after, a series. of political man
oeuvers, v killed the charter before
giving the people an opportunity to
vote on it
Now we find the present city com
mission have authorized Commis
sioners. Ure,' Towle and Zimman to
draft a new home rule charter, which
after havingbeen submltttd to the
Chamber of Commerce for approval,
was sent -te the state legislature to
be made a law.N -The new: charter,
being some 300 pages In length,
looks "like another McKelvio code
bill.
Mr. Lambert corporation attor
Indictment can not be sus
tained. I can say, however, that it
is not conducive to health.
Wlmt You Can Eat.,
C. 1C. writes: "I am a boy of 15,
and have had Bright's disease, with
dropsyfor four years.
- "1. What vegetables can I eat?
"2. What kind of bread?
"3. Water does not taHte-'good to
me. Should I drink very mu"ch?
"4. I am eating spinach, tomatoes,
carrots, cabbage, celery squash, all
kinds of fruit but bananas, milk,
butter and cottage cheese. Is this
a, proper diet? ,
"5. Have you anything to suggest
in the way of diet, baths or medi
cine that would help?,
"6. Ther is no sugar in my urine.
Will a little sugar or candy hurt
me?"
ney to the city of Omaha,
dressed & meeting in -
REPLY. :
vegetables you please,
chamber, regarding this
rule charter, brought some very interesting-features
to light-when he
use salt on them.
declared that the new charter would
grant the city council the right to in
itiate all public improvements by
resolution. It was .also brought out
that the limit over which the coun
cil has absolute Jurisdiction has been
changed from one and one-half
miles to two and one-half miles,
within ' which limit Improvement
bonds are to be issued by the coun
cil without a vote of the people.
The question was put to Mr. Lam
bert that in case grades run should
do damage so great that- the tax
payer is unable to pay, would there
2. Eat any kind of bread.
3. If you have dropsy ta,ke only
amount of water. .
of '15 with Bright's
disease should get well. The more
acute varieties of the .disease as a
more curable as well as
more dangerous as compared with
the chronic varieties, But cure de
pends very much upon control, right
living and proper diet. Could you
get a book on food for the sick?
This will give you -much informa
tion. If you have-much dropsy you
as near doing- without
possible. '- Likewise you
take an excessive amoupt
You need Iron, and good
yolk of eggs are good
Joe B. Redfield
K-B Printing
IS GOOD THANH YOlJ
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be any relief? To which ho replii A
there might be considerable "dangoi'
in that power. Mr. Lambert grants
that the danger of private interests
being favored exists. If 50 per cent
of the property owners protest
against a changt of grades within
15 day, the grading will not b
done. Thoso present pointed out that
tho tiino for protest is too nhort and
the taxpayer's rights would not be
protected. However, the most dun
geroii8 feature of tho charter is tho
provision permitting the city council
to lsue unlimited publlo improve
ment bonds by their "revolving fund
method." ' " .
if the taxpayers of Omaha do not
avake up and take sufflclonfT Interest
In their now churter to send a pe
tition 1n boots to the legislature,
this bill will be passed with theso
jokers in it, and it will then be tou
late to protest or complain. When
this is done, 'if improvements nre
Instituted by the council which in
crease your taxes to the extont that
your property is confiscated, you will
then have yourselves to blame for
sitting Idly by and permitting the
city council of Omaha to make u
foot ball of your pocketbook by giv
ing them the power to Issue public
improvement bonds without limit,
and without a vote of the people.
eonirnisnlnn
charter for
was com
who ad
the council
new homo
Taxpayers who are Interested should
demand of the Douglas county dele
gation that theso Jokers be token out
of the bill, or that the present homo
rule charter as now drafted bo do
feated.
Citizen's and -Taxpayers' League of
Omaha.
By . ROY M. HAUROP.
Secretary.
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