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The Om aha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY , TH K BKK PUBMSHWO COMPANY NEUiON B. UPDIKE, Publtiher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tit Ann-died Hnu, nf which to Bm is mabw. I -clwlnlr antltlnl te ti im for publirltlim of sll ntwi duiwictw ertdilrd ! II n nrl vttiwwtM etwtitrt In Hit MPr. tnd alio U Incsl am piblliM harrln. All rlfM ot puMlcslioe at tut tmM Cipt(bM sra lit rtmvtU, . t BEE TELEPHONES f Print Rranea Kwhint. At tai Tvll 1000 llM tprtmit ftt,Proa Violrl Far Nlgkt Calls Alur 10 a. m. tdltnrHl Dptrtmnt CtmiUtton Doparlmmi trtrtUUil Dift Trlir WMj Tlef 1000L OFFICES OF THE BEE . iljitn Offk: mil tnrt Ptrnani Couaoil Bluff U Scott at I Mit BIO. 4SJJ Bouts Sitb SU Out-al-Twa Of (leu i y M Fifth At. I Whlntim 1S11 O St. let Bid, f rartt, Prun. 420 Hu St. Hoour ym TorS CblMia The Bees Platform ' 1, New Union Passenger Statioa. 2, Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highways, including the pave ment of Main 'Thoroughfares Wading v into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3, A hort, low-rate Waterway from tha Cora Bolt to fhe Atlantic Ocean. 4, Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with . City Manager form of Government. Arbor Day, Now and Hereafter. When ypu plant a tree tomorrow and you should plant one it is something more than just setting out a Under sapling that you do. Whether you are conscious ot the fact or not, the act it self it symbolic. Not Only does it hold a proof of Juan's instinctive reverence for the mighty growth that, more than any other thing, typifies to him the creative and productive energies of nature, recognition of which in the xfirst place led him to an understanding of the Higher Power that ordains all things, but it is a proof of his faith in the future. If the tree be of the sort that you should plant, one that will be useful through a long life, it is not improbable that you will never live to sec it attain its full strength and' vigor. But in older trees around you is inhibited the symmetry and order of a great plan, the harmony of which, is the controlling law of nature, the subliniest sermon ever preached. ;;.;' Considered purely from the utilitarian stand- J point, the trees of slow growth are. the most. useful hi the end. Those that spring up sud- i denly, reminders of Jonah's gourd, may serve for shade," yet beyond that single function they are of little value. It takcsycars to make a tree. I Nebraska has need for useful trees. Trees I whose wood is of value for timber, trees whose fruit and nuts arc good for food. These will grow wherever the less worthy varieties will S grow, but not so rapidly, J la all civilized nations great attention is being t , given to forestry at this time. The late war im- j pressed a lesson on the general mind in a way that makes for permanence. Lumber prices in I 'Nebraska, for example. add to that impression. i The world is running short of lumber. It has been shown conclusively that consumption is '1 progressing faster than growth, that ever in creasing demands arc being met only at the ex- ' pense of the future,' and that the wisest and " most careful of planning and execution must !tfiv'e sway-or we kill reach the" end Of our tim- ? ber resources, 4'iid humanity will suffer because Arbot' J)ay arose from the needs of Nebraska; I it had its 'origin in the, mind of a pioneer, who successfully? sought to interest the settlers in a comprehensive plan for supplying the omission " of nature. J. Sterling Morton saw farther ahead than Ms' wn time, and his opinion was shared I in by thoughtful men, here and elsewhere, until now . Arb'or "Day is truly a national affairr only i the differcrtcc'in climate preventing its being ob is ' served m?iltaneously throughout the land To I this idea jov must be added another, that of 1 ' systematic, extensive planting of trees that will i - be o genuine U5C Whether it be taken up by state or nation, the work must be done. No in- ' dividual haesources sufficiently ample to carry s it out. i - ' I Ncbrasli'ans - should study the problem, V acquaint' themselves with what is contained in ? forestry and the suggested plants for foresta- I tion 6f waste places in the state, and as they be- come familiar with the possibilities they will urn I derstand that .Arbor Day in the future is to hold a greater sigwncance, mn n now uw, nearly realizing 4hc dream of its founder. " TudffinR byxTheir Records. 'In your owiTbuii)s, would you dismiss an employe who? was faithful, energetic. and a profit-producer for you, just to take on one ho said he would likerto haVethc job? Es pecially, when you knew something about the ' past performancoof the applicantand, had no reason to think he was qualified for the place he aspired to? City government "has many of the aspects of irivate business; it is really your business, Mr.. Taxpayer, and deserves your attention quite as much as anything else. Your money pays the expenses,' and you ought to know who is going to direct its expenditure. ,. ,W. G. Ure made good as county commis , sionet; -His record as county and city treasurer is one of ellent service. He improved the 'system Of accounting, and introduced reforms - that ' aavid the taxpayers many thousands of dollars. At a city commissioner he has done as ' well, as head o! the accounting and records de partment, where he has all matters up to date; as acting mayor, and as a councilman, leading : the way in progressive local legislation. 1 Harry B. Zimman served for years as city conncilman and acting mayor, and as city com missioner, and his record of performance is a i and creditable one. He has championed cause of the people , at all times, not as tiemagogue, but as a farscemg ousiness man. Vtwv hnistd on iustice. ' Dan B. Butler has had nine years on the city and has in his departments don good work. Dean Ringer has reorganized and disciplined the i police department, , wmcn ' found sadly disorganized, as Zimman did the rfnartment. Rov Towl's- qualifica- ' tions as an engineer are ot challenged by any, and his fitness for the itwn he .nows at inc v..it Af the oubfjc works department un- .tined Tom Falcbner has done .wonders in the parks and boulevards with the small sum f money available and the high cost ot material and labor, conditions that might have discour t aged a less competent man. : N Consider the records of, these men, and com pare them with those who are seeking to dis i . , place them. James Charles Dahlman, for ex ample. He was mayor of Omaha for twelve years. During that time he welcomed conven tions and presented keys to Ak-Sar-Btn in front of the city hall. But try 'to recall some piece of progressive, constructive or beneficial legisla tion originated by him while he served as mayor. What Omaha wants in the city hall are men who are capable of doing things. This is a growing town, and needs commissioners who can help it to grow. Victory for the People. No further vindication is needed for those citizens who, in the face of much pressure and criticism, forced the abandonment of plans to let contracts for paving county highways at peak prices last year. The new bids show a saving of, approximately $13,000 a mile 22 per cent on brick paving, and proportionate cuts on other materials. On this basis the saving to taxpayers amounts to $130,000 for every 10 miles paved. The Bee supported those who fought the 1920 t &.. road program for two reasons: It was opppiseJ to letting contracts at high prices with a tower market in sight; it favored honest-to-goodnes permanent paving rather than the use of patented mixtures not yet proven to, give 100 per , cent satisfaction. It still stands for these principles. Brick pavement has been tried in Douglas county and proven worth while." Brick pave ments of comparatively inferior quality are still in use after 23 years of travel. The only excuse for using another surface on the hignways which carry the heavier traffic is inability to get bids which compare favorably with those oo other materials. In the case of bids received Wednes day, the brick is well worth the difference in cost. Support the University. , To stint the University of Nebraska in its appropriation at this time would not be economy, but waste. Never has there been so widespread an interest in higher education, and our state university, unless the right of young men arjd women to the thorough training which they seek is to be denied, must have the faithful financial backing of the legislature. The bill allotting funds for this school lias passed both branches of the legislature, and the) senate has shown its understanding of the press ing need for safeguarding the institution, by in creasing the appropriation over that allowed by the lower house. This increase is made necessary' by the law that reduces fees to be collected from students. "yVhen the bill goes to. conference, no member of the house need fear to concur in the revision upwards. , , More" than 5,000 students are now at their studies there in Lincoln, and their parents, who are supporting them; surely desire the state to keep up its end and maintain the standard which has made the university one of the best. Thou sands of alumni, too, are among the constituents of these legislators, and they likewise would not approve of any indifference to their old school. To limit the facilities of the university would be to shut the door of opportunity to the boys and girls of Nebraska. Economy in state admin istration is desired, but there has been too much economy in the treatment of the university, and while thrift is the need of the hour, it can not be expressed through a policy of parsimony with the University of Nebraska. The Perils of Childhood. -' Who can not look back' over his. boyhood, shudder at the narrow escapes he had and marvel that he survived to manhood? ihe death ot a lad, in Carter lake, and the providential rescue of two companions comes early in' the outing season, and out of its tragedy can be drawn a warning to young people that must be impressed:, upon them. .Commissioners Falconer and Kinger do wen to call the attention of parents to the dangers of allowing their children to get out of hand in their search for recreation. If boys do not know how to swim, they must have it impressed upon them that thev are not to go out in a boat, no matter how much confidence they may have in ks seaworthiness, or .the skill of their boyisli comoanions. That false pride which leads the young to venture beyond their depth or to take" chances that larger or more proficient comrades can do is a potent source of danger. Where it is possible, parents snouio go aiong on these expeditions. It is a good thing to make chums of. your boys, and a safe thing, too, mor av and ohvsicallv. The coolness and judg ment of maturity can not be expected from the vminff. a those who recall the risks they too and the misadventures they suffered or shaved will realize. A good, heart-to-heart talk with the boy now, Mr. Father, may save rum gnevious hurt and you many hours and days of regret. Senator Lcnroot of Wisconsin, with his bill to create a national railroad corporation to onerate anv or all transportation lines, may Ihink he is making up with LaFollctte, when he is only competing hopelessly. Mail robberies must stop, declares Postmas ter General Hays, and offers a reward of $5,000 to any postal employe or other person who brings in a mail robber. , This is setting a high price on a poor article. One governor of North- Dakota, Frank White, succeeds another governor of the same state as treasurer of the United States, but this is no indication that it makes a specialty of training financiers. Perhaps the president oi Chile who told a representative of the W. C T..U. that he was in favor of temperance was Only cracking a dry joke. ' ' -' : . The railroads are announcing excursion rates, but nowadays persons are rare who leave a'locality desiring more than a one-way ticket. mm ' If the secretary of the treasury could collect the interest on the foreign debt, that would be a Mellon for sure. - . ' ' . .' . The Fremont farmer who spent $1,500 in Omaha in one week orobably thinks the people -who live here are neglecting their opportunities. Food prices in Omaha went up one-half of 1 per cent in a month, which is scarcely t mouthful. The cable reports tell of unrest in Pctrograd, which makes it seem quite like- England or Italy. . Wrhen France takes the Ruhr basin it will be in position to dean Germany. , THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921. Federal Forestry Policy Pays Government Soon WU Be Reaping Profit From Timber. (From' the Washington Star.) At the Washington headquarters of the for est service they are -very reluctant about making claims as to future profits, but they produce the figures and tell the inquirer to draw his own conclusions. Here are some of them: In 1918 sale of timber and other products from the national forests aggregated $3,574,930. In 1919 it was $4,358,414 and in 1920 the total reached $4,793,482. This shows an average in crease in receipts of about $600,000 a year. But national forest timber sales are only beginning to be developed and as yet there has been only a scratching of the surface of possibilities. On the 156,000,000 acres of national forest reservations there is about one-fourth of the standing timber in the United States, the vast bulk of it in areas which are bnly beginning to be made accessible. As privately owned timber lands are denuded this government timber will become more and more in demand and more and more valuable. And so, it is figured by the forest experts, the increase in receipts from sales will be an ac celerated one. Soon it will be jumping a million dotlars a year, and before long the yearly jumps will be two or three million dollars. All this doesn't mean much, however, until the expenses are taken into account and exam ined. There will be a net profit from the na tional forests only when receipts have caught up with and passed the expenses of administration. The significant thing is that during these recent years of rapidly increasing receipts the adminis tration expenses have remained practically sta tionary. In 1920 the direct cost of administer ing the national forests, not counting permanent improvements, such as roads, telephone lines and the like, was $3,746,236, or a million dollare less than was received from the sale of products from those forests. ; ' ' . In addition to the direct administration ex pense, there is an "overhead" charge in the neigh borhood of a million dollars a year, and a varia ble cost of emergency fire-fighting, which last year amounted to about three million dollars. The "overhead" is for maintenance of the office of the forester in Washington and of the offices of the eight district foresters. Only a part of this is properly chargeable to the national for ests, for a good deal of the outlay results from assistance given private forestering ventures. The cost of emergency fire fighting can never be told in advance, but three million dollars a year Is a high average. . Adding one million dollars for "overhead" and three million for emergency fire fighting to the 1920 cost of direct administration, we Tind an ex pense bill of $7,758,455, against receipts of $4,793, 482, a deficit of $2,964,973. The fact is disclosed, therefore, that if the expenses remain stationary and the rate of increased receipts since 1918 is maintained, at the end of five years the deficit will be wiped out and a net profit returned. With an increasing sales business to handle, it is reasonable to expect that costs of adminis tration will increase. But receipts from sales are bound to increase much more rapidly than ad ministration costs increase, so that ,the five-year stretch to a pVofit indicated by the 1921 figures will, in all probability, be reduced. In fact, receipts for the present year are going to take a tremendous jump, due to the opening up of pulp wood stumpace in Alaska. Sales of Alaskan pulp wood totaling, in round figures, a million dollars, are now in, process of negotiation, and Alaskan pulp manufacture is a very juvenile infant industry. The Alaskan paper pulp resources, with proper reforestation, are estimated to be sufficient, to supply forever one-third of the present needs of the United States. Most pf the Alaskan pulp timber lies within a few miles of navigable water, with cheap water transportation to the centers of consumption on both the west and east coasts. As we now have to depend so large-ly on im ports of pulp and pulp paper from Canada, and even from Scandanavia. it is easy to believe that development of the Alaskan "pulp industry will be rapid. - Nor does this end the stOry. of pulp wood and its possibilities in making the national for ests profitable. In natural forest lands in a wide strip of Rocky mountain territory j-unning south from the Canadian border there is enough stand ing pulp wood to make the United States inde pendent for all time of outside, sources of sup ply. A good deal of this timber now is remote from transportation and cannot profitably be ex ploited. But provision of transportation for 'open ing up these vast resources of wealth is only a matter of time. Each passing year makes it more imperative that these timber supplies shalj be drawn upon. Now, it having been demonstrated that mak ing the national forests pay a profit is a prob ability of the near future, the reader naturally will be interested in knowing what the possibili ties of those profits are. There are at present approximately 156,000, 000 acres of national forest lands, which is an area as large as the state of Texas,' with Vermont thrown in for good measure. There doesn't seem to be any good reason why, in the course of the next twenty-five or 1ifty years, these for ests should not be made as profitable as are the national forests of Europe, some of which pay a net annual profit of as much as $8 an acre. Official statistics show that in .Germany, before the war, national forests paid a net profit of about $5 an acre. As a matter of fact, the Amer ican forests, the bulk of them being in virgin timber, ought to be a great deal mOre profitable than those of Europe, which have been heavily cut over for generations. Two Men Named Bowie It would be interesting to know whether the late Henry B. Bowie of California, whose spirit is to be "deified" by the Japanese in a special shrine erected at Tokio, was related to a much earlier possessor of the unusual name, Col. Jim Bowie, the notorious "bad man" of pioneer days in Kentucky and inventor of the knife that fig ured in so many tragedies of the time. The original Bowie knife seems to have been a sort of dagger, ten to fifteen inches long ,and two inches broad, designed probably for hunting pu-joses, but used generally by desperadoes in assaults upon their fellows. Whatever the truth concerning Colonel Bowie's character, : many legends have gathered about his memory. He was one of those western swashbucklers to whom tradition ascribed the ownership ; of a private cemetery for the interrins of his victims. No doubt his bloodthirsty exploits were much exaggerated, but certainly he was far from being a man of peace. "N t . Henry B. Bowie was exactly the opposite kind of a man, who dwelt in a different age and atmosphere. He had devoted his life to the cause of bringing about better relations between the United States and Jaoan. When he died last December he was president of the American laoanese society of San Francisco. The honor now to be paid his memory by the Shintoists will be the first of the -kind in history. Hitherto no foreiorner has been aootheosized bv the Jap anese. The shrine at Tokio is to be dedicated with a ceremonv lastine a hundred days. Leaders of the best thought in Japan say the only talk of war with the United States comes from a l'ttlc coterie of professional jingoes and trouble makers. We, too, have our jingoes who seem determined to make trouble between the countries. The enlightened citizens of Cali fornia, who desire restriction of Japanese actiyU ties in their state, have no wish for war and, in deed, deplore the tactics of those who seem to be trying deliberately to bring about hostilities. Men like the late nenry a. aowie are goou Americans, rendering a service of the highest value to their country. No patriotic citizen wants to see -his country plunged into needless war. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. 'N There's No Way to Detour. 1 I None ot the modern improvements seem 10 I make the way of the transgressor soft and ' smooth. 'Chicago News, How to Keep By DR. W. A. EVANS Qtitien concerning hvtluit, sanitation and pravantian to Dr. Evan by twdara of Tna Bm, will ba anwrd nraoar limitation. whra a stampoa addrsd onvalope will not mali dlainoais or proscribe for Individual In care of Tha B Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans PLAY AS A TEACHER. Testerday I replied, to a letter from C. F. S. I objected to organ ized major athletic competitions, such ns basket ball In the grammar schools. I wrote especially about the mental and social disadvantages of such a development. Other fea tures which C. F. S. had In mind and which he expected me to discuss re lated to the physical welfare of those who played. Children play Instinctively. Their play Is determined by the drive of their ductless gland secretions, their inborn love for competition, for social qualities, mental alertness, and physical development. Play is a great educational force and charac ter maker. In It lie more possibili ties of education and training than are to be found in the schoolroom. Aside from the limitations placed on them by parents and teachers the amount of playing they do Is deter mined by their spirit and their physi cal limitations. No person can watch children play without recognizing their instinctive tendency to slow up when they get tired, various popular sayings and parental exclamations to the contrary notwithstanding (with hope that the phrase will escape the cannery.') The years of the grades are very healthy ones. The death rate at the minimum in the kindergarten years rises scarcely at all during the years of the grades. It is true that the fatal sickness rate is high during the period, but that is because of in fections, and play by building up immunity prevents enough infections to offset what it causes by contact. Children are given to nosebleed, dizziness, swimming of the head, fainting, vomiting. The prevalence of these' symptoms indicates rapid growth and ofttimes loss of relation ship between rates of growth of dif ferent organs. Nevertheless organic disease in children is rare. They have some heart disease, but that is from infection and not over exercise. They have some Brlghfs disease, but that, too, is from infec tion. I can see no objection to any school policy which encourages play. The question is. Does organized major athletics, carried out in the grades, encourage play? It does, in directly. The fame of championship base ball games nils the corner lots and quiet streets of the cities and meadows of the crossroads with am ateur base ball teams. It stimulates desire to excel in physical qualities. What does it do directly? In universities, who plays any of the games embraced in the major athletics group except those who are inspired bv the hope of making the teams? The fellows who have not that hope how is their attitude flees Omaha's Toll Gate. Omaha, April 18. To the Editor of The Bee: There is only one ar gument against a free bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs, and that Is the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company. This company is putting out prop aganda called "Free Bridge Facts," that is an affront to- the intelligence of the people in Omaha to whom it is addressed. The only point it attempts to make in circular No. 1 is that some people may not use the bridge and those who do should pay "just as we pay for our water, gas, electric lights," Krammer, etc. If this rule were applied there would not be a free bridge any where. Because some people may never use the bridges or viaducts over the railway tracks at Tenth. Eleventh, Sixteenth and Twenty- fourth streets, should we have toll gates on these bridges? The inter sections on all paved streets are tiatd for by the public. Should the people who cross these intersections pay "just as we do lor our water, gas." etc. The fire department is maintained at a publio expense, yet some people may never have fires. How woula it do to collect toll from those who have flres? 1513 The circular says. "Not a dollar would bo paid by non-resident tour- i lsts." On the Council Bluffs side of The Art the toll bridge there is a big sign. "Welcome to omana, out. as, xno tourist approaches a toll man steps out and (as they call it in Mexico) levies an estimo on him betore ne can pass on to the welcome. The toll gate is a relic of past ages, and especially, is this so when a private concern collects the bill. The street car company's plea for the poor taxpayers of Omaha would be pathet ic if it were not so amusing. Tne amasing thing about it all is that this company has been allowed to maintain this barrier between these two communities as long as it has. A TAXPAYER. "We Told You Soi" Omaha, April 18. To the Editor of The Bee: Last summer I heard a "fool socialist", predict just such economic conditions as we now have. The average man did not know what was coming until it came. It has already hit him in the stomach. I am unable to tell whether it has af fected his mind or not. Labor has always had a brawny arm and a low brow, and what little education it has been given, baa been a teacher of subserviency. Even to day the average laboring man has not any further conception of himself than that he is a machine of produc tion. I always regarded a laboring man or woman as a human being, perhaps because I was born into the working class. But I have tried in vain to teach my fellow laborers to demand human living conditions,. The capi talists live fairly well, considering their narrow-mindedness.. '. For my part, I don't see where they are any superior, and why they should be allowed to starve the rest of us simply because we are useful, isn't quite clear to me. CLARENCE SJOBLOM. Open Iicttcr from Mr. Hanley. . Omaha, April 20. To the Editor of tho Omaha Daily News: I hope your sense of fair play will allow you to print this reply which I am mak ing to an editorial you printed In the Omaha Dally News, Tuesday, April 1?, in which I was attacked In re gard to my duties as federal prohi bition director for Nebraska. You state that I am the "right hand' lieutenant of Tom Dennlson." This is a plain, malicious falsehood and was written In an attempt to reflect on the character of the seven, safe, sane, efficient, reliable, splendid men running for office as the "United Seven." This statement a lie should never have been made. I am manager of the campaign for the "United Seven," headed by Mr. Dahl man, and I am not associate.! with Mr. DeiwiKoti in any way. Mr. Dahl man has been a friend of mine for muny, niuny years, and I am fight ing y his side like any friend would do for a friend, and more than 21,000 citizens in the prlmar's showed by their votes that they believe the snnie as I do. When I took office as federal prohibition director for Nebraska, iMilllliltilllililllllliliilllllJW In favor of 1h slate Well detailed us five enforcing officers for the whole slntj of Nebraska. Later this number wns reduced and now there are but three. How can any one investigate and enforce prohlbl tion in the whole state with a trio of odlcers? You, Messrs. Thomas, High, Ringer and others, well know that I am not directly In charge of enforcing national prohibition. This work is in the hands of Paul I). Keller, federal supervising prohibi tion agent at Minneapolis, who has direct charge of the enforcement of national prohibition in the district comprised of Nebraska, Iowa, Minne sota, North and South Dakota. My duties are to administer the per missive features of the law with a supervisor capacity over enforce ment. ' In comparison with the number of federal enforcing officers in Nebras ka, look at the number of police officers at Mr. Ringer's command, which Is approximately S00, and still we all admit bootleggers are running uinuck. If Mr. Ringer with all his ofliters could not and cannot enforce prohibition tn . Omaha, how could you, he or the others, expect us with but from three to five officers to en force the liquor laws? Are these the "great many re sources behind me as federal of ficer" that you refer to? I hold no ot Uat, submitted personally, subject to ia onslosod. Dr Evans disoasts. Address Isttsra toward exercise and games affected? In the universities a physical ex aminer divides the students Into those who are permitted to enter major athletics and those who are not. Admitted that there is not the same need for this service among grade chihrlren, nevertheless there is some need. From where is this to be supplied? I do not think the danger of over doing will be so great among grade competitors as it is among the com petitors of university teams. There will not bo the same danger of going stale. Weighing It all. I thing the purely physical considerations are almost a standoff. The mental and social considerations rather argue against major athletic contests in the grades. But I wonder why, when we are starting major athletic competitions in the grades, we do not eliminate the bad features so firmly entrenced in the same contests in the universi ties and colleges. Have Baby Examined. Mrs. H. A., writes: "Baby, 5 weeks old. Is troubled with phlegm in his throat. What can it be? He hasn't a cold. He is irregular at feeding, sometimes waking four to six hours-, and then again one and ohe-half hours after feeding. Do you think boiled water, with some limewater added, should be given now at this age?" RETLT. Have you had the baby examined for syphilis? Sniffles in a baby al ways suggest syphilis. Give him plain boiled water without lime. Here's One Remedy. li. P.. writes: "What shall I do to keep my feet from perspiring so much? Every night my feet are wet and seem almost blistered, also have a bad odor and feel sore?" REPLY. There are many effective remedies. Try this one. Keep your feet clean. Once a week after bathing and dry ing them npply a 10 per cent solution of aluminum chloride in distilled water. -What Elephantiasis Is. A. F. S. writes: "Please tell me the cause of elephantiasis, and if there is any possible chance for a cure." - REPLY. Elephantiasis, is an elephant-like enlargement of some member, usual ly a leg, due to thickening of the skin and the tissues Just below the skin. The cause is some chronic obstruc tion of the veins and lymphatics running from the affected part. In tropical countries this obstruction in many instances is due to a worm or worms in the vessels. The chance of cure is slim. It I is seldom possible to remove the obstruction. brief for Mr. Dennlson. but a news paper that will maliciously, falsely and designedly attempt to poison public opinion by unfair statements is the worst menaoe to any communi ty. JAMES H. HANLK i , Federal Prohibition Dlrectoi , Who to Vote For, Omaha, April 19.To the Editor of The Bee:. In the coming city election we should only who will pledgse that they will use every endeavor to cut down taxes instead of increasing been done in this city three years. FRANK A. I SPRINGS For All Cara and Truck - INSTALLED While You Wait Truck & Tractor t Corporation I 1310 Jackson ox there'arose a question as to whether the state prohibition law superceded the national prohibition act. Mr. Elmer E. Thomas and men of his views were so insistent that Prohi bition Commissioner Krammer de cided that the state law would be supremo in Nt-.braska. Previous to this, decision I was called to Wash ington and T, bile there was promised 12 enforcing officers, but when Mr. BUSINESS IS GOOD LY Nicholas Oil my chief, after the plea, The Bee want ads boosters. of Mr. Thomas and others, decided NEW STOCK SHEET le Will pi Douglas Street. and Music Store. MUSIC POLITICAL ADVKRTJSEMENT POUTICAT. ADVERTISEMENT npHE MAN who has given Omaha honor able, faithful and capable public service in every office he has filled, and has always fought for clean, honest and efficient city govern ment in Omaha. RE-ELECT TOE City. Commissioner EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS, Anyway, President Wilson wouldn't have any trouble in making out an itemized statement of what he rot out of that Versailles trip. Rich mond (Ind.) Item. Between cider and vinegar there is what Mary Roberts Rlnehart would call an amasing Interlude. To dry agents: Watch the Interlude. Cin cinnati Times-Star. , A society woman plans to startle the world by appearing on the slage In tights. If she wants to do some thing really startling she should ap pear in a. ' long skirt.-Bajltlmore American. Slaver sent back to school, says a headline. He must have bungled tho job. Buffalo Express. Tho W.iy Of the World. After a fellow has pulled alt kinds ot wires and worked like thunder to get a Job, the papers usunlly say he has "accepted a posi tion." Biookfield, Mo.. Argus. . vote for men Leackers or voice them as has or or irvs tr umeaatau music of?en find , their fSvorifce, piarto losing its original tone a.rtd resonance. in the last AGNEW. -I (Jnlik otner piano, tar none, the supreme, 1 - i docs not. nave to be exchanged for new instrument' St. every few "years. With, proper care its matchless tone and resonance improve with age. fsJc as 6 sXowjyoa wr. ... 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