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1. New Union Faseeafer Station.
2. Continued improTemeat f lb No
braika Highways, including the pare
ment with Brick Surface of Main.
Thoroughfarea leading into Omaha.
3. A abort, low-rat Waterway from tb
Cera Bait to tb Atlaati Ocean.
4. Horn Rula Charter for Oroaba. witb
City Manager form of Government.
Another Mistake at Nebraska City.
Conceding that the sheriff of Otoe county
was remiss in hit duty; that he had failed to keep
order or enforce the law, and that he deserved
to be removed, tome doubt may be entertained
i to the wisdom of the course adopted. Ameri
cans are not accustomed to seeing their peace
officers removed from the office to which they
have been elected, or deprived of their functions
or in any wise limited in the performance of
their duties, save by due process of law.
Nebraska has a law, made especially for
emergency use, by which the governor is given
full power and authority to remove any civil of
ficer in the state who notoriously fails to prop
erly attend to the business for which he is elected.
This law has been invoked on a number of oc
casions in the past, and stilt is effective. It was
within reach of the citizens of Otoe county, who
might easily have made complaint to the gov
ernor, and he could have acted as the facts in the
case warranted. All this was omitted, however,
and we now have the remarkable spectacle of an
officer holding on to his office, drawing full pay,
and yet agreeing, with a committee of citizens
that he will not attempt to exercise any of the
functions of the office, other than to accept his
pay and sign his name on the dotted line when
told to by a deputy not of his selection and over
whom he has no control. Such a subversion of
the theory of popular government is ridiculous.
Whatever the legal aspect of the case may
be, it" is morally wrong. If the sheriff of Otoe
county is unfit to bold his office and his willing
ness to assent tb'the arrangement reported seems
to so denote he ought to be removed by process
of law. Only when the laws of the state are
properly observed by those having them in
charge may we look to see popular regard for
the law come to be the controlling factor in our
communal life.
To Make Speeding Impossible.
Fifteen miles an hour is faster than the finest
carriage horses can trot, but nevertheless it is
impossible to take seriously the proposal of a
New Yorker that this be made the maximum
speed for automobiles. The fact that 12,000 per
sons were killed outright by automobile accidents
in 1920 and that it is estimated 1,500,000 were in
jured has led to public discussion in the east of
proposals to make speeding impossible. One
man writes to the papers urging the passage of
a law prohibiting the manufacture of any car
capable of traveling faster than fifteen miles an
hour. There are others who would apply this
regulation to trucks, but would exempt other
vehicles.
In France the United States army trucks were
set at a speed of from fifteen to eighteen miles
an hour; some of the British trucks had gov
ernors holding them down to thirteen miles until
Yank drivers got hold of them and learned how
to tinker with the controlling mechanism. There
was complaint that it was impossible at any low
' speed to pick up momentum for climbing hills.
Possibly that is so, but it will behoove drivers
and owners of trucks to be diligent in their
going or they may find some such regulation en-
forced.
This, however, would not cope -with the
menace of reckless driving of pleasure cars. If
penalties for speeding fail and wanton careless
ness is unchecked, there is a chance that only fire
engines and ambulances will be allowed to be
fitted for swift going. To travel at a faster rate
than the old carriages is more of a privilege
than a right, and those who value this privilege
would do well to be on their own guard and use
the force of disapproval to discourage unwary
fellow motorists as well It would seem the
height of folly for humanity to give up any in
vention which so nearly annihilates space and
time. It will not be done, because rather than
" make the sacrifice, other and easier precautions
jk Ititim? tit Vkm fatrn
Where Change Is Needled.
When the employe of a private firm, corpora
tion or individual is injured or loses his life in
the course of his employment, the law takes
cognizance of the fact, and makes provision for
the relief of his dependents. When a policeman is
killed, he, too, comes under the compensation act,
but not a probationer. It should be so arranged,
that cases like that of Policeman Scott, murdered
while in the discharge of his duties, may not af
flict the public conscience. Scott had nob been
attached to the department long enough to be
listed as a regular, and so did not come under
the relief fund created and maintained by the
men for the payment of pensions and relief bene
fits. He leaves a widowed mother penniless and
without means of support In no sense is Scott
to be blamed for this situation. He had a record
of sobriety and industry, and had supported his
mother for years. When he started to walk a
beat as a probationer on the police force, he
looked ahead to steady employment, and prom-
l4 liit mother future of comfort. That i ill
rW in hi death, Uii while on duty. The
community hn not dtxharged jt obligation to
Stott in teeing lht h v decently Interred; it
Owe i hit berraved mother that she be pro
iM for nd not be left to (ace futurt of want
or Ihe tutenane doled cut fa pauper. Ther
it flaw In our rretent syttexn, and it fhoutj be
corrected.
Clean-Up Time for the Movie.
Many will agree with the New York congre
gation that hied William A. Brady, when he
referred to "poor Mary Pickford" in the courie
of hit impropmptu argument with Rev. Julm
Ratch Stratton on Sunday. Mary I'ickford ii
not the worst of the offenders, but the iorely dis
appointed her idmirer by her personal conduct.
Americana may tolerate but they do not easily
forgive such e.capadet as the gentle Mary's di
vorce of one liujband and marriage of another,
he but lately divorced hlm.rlf. People in the
public eye should know that such acts are of
fcn.ive and will surely bring advcr.e critici.m.
Nor it it a good drfenie that ministers are
guilty of breaches of law and good manners as
frequently is actors. The ready reply to this is
that when a preacher is caught he is dismissed
from the ministry. I f the theater were as rigid
in the application of a strict code of morals as is
the church, a new condition might soon be rs
tabliahed and much of existing cause for com
plaint Yemoved. Too frequently the offense is
condoned and the offender is presented by the
manager, until some flagrant outburst of mis
behavior arouses public indignation, such as now
exists.
A lit of those connected with the theater
who are respectable in all the ways of life out
numbers many times over the list of those who
are unworthy. In this it is the offender who
draws attention. One movie magnate, passing
through Omaha, leaves the word that Mr. Hays
is to be furnished with certain information, and
he will clean house. Why have not the mag
nates acted? They have known both the offenses
and the offenders, and they have been the keepers
of the good name of their art and industry.
It is no answer to say that $100,000,000 is at
stake. A few more messes like those recently
stirred on the Pacific coast, and that hundred
million dollars will be worth no more than so
many roubles. It is up to the managers to clean
house thoroughly.
Muddling Russian Relief.
Certainly enough of tragedy my be noted in
the spectacle of millions of hapless Russians
starving to death. Yet the misguided enthusiasts
who see humanity's salvation in the soviet gov
ernment have made the sorry spectacle even
more pathetic by undertaking to instill into it a
flavor of their peculiar politics. Beginning with
the assertion that the cruel capitalistic govern
ment of the United States had back of its pre
tense of charity the sinister purpose of under
mining the influence of Le nine and his coadjutors
through feeding the, hungry who looked in vain
to Moscow, these are now striving to build up
their own influence in the United States by
means of an appeal for aid in the name of the
helpless. Such a course may appease the ele
ment of our society that is devoted to the
doctrine of sovietism, but it will not increase re
gard for that peculiar political system. The sit
uation is slightly relieved by the odd attitude
of the bolshevists that they are so seriously re
garded here as to induce our government to de
vote $50,000,000 to an indirect effort to reach the
Russian mind through the empty Russian stom
ach. Later on they may -learn that Americans
are capable of disinterested actions, and that our
national danger from bolshevism never -was
more remote than when we began to ship grain
to feed the starving millions in the Volga region.
Townley's Mission to Nebraska.
The coming to Nebraska of the head of the
Non-Partisan league is accompanied by the
statement that his purpose is to prevent his fol
lowers from uniting with an independent political
party. It is the Townley plan to capture an al
ready existing organization through which to
worm into office. Boring from within is his
policy, not meeting issues squarely and fairly in
the open. North Dakota was captured by this
method; why not Nebraska, especially as here
we have the open primary, which affords such a
safe and facile method for voting a Townleyite
onto either ticket as a straight party nominee?
No reasonable objection can be raised to anyone
adopting the Townley or any other form of
political belief, but it is not fair for a republican
to pretend to be a democrat in order to nominate
a candidate on the democratic ticket, nor would
the non-partisans long abide the presence of
democrats trying to control their councils. Com
mon honesty forbids such practice, and the Ne
braska law was not devised to foster it. Town
ley's cause, or any other that depends on such
tactics, deserves to fail. American polities' should
be controlled in the open and not by under
ground methods.
We have now the interesting spectacle of a
group of democrats who were willing to swal
low the Wilson league whole, straining at the
Harding four-power treaty. It does make a
difference who holds the spoon.
Omaha should make liberal provision for the
care of the widowed mother of the murdered
policeman. This is not charity, but a plain
public obligation.
In connection with the soldier's bonus, folks
appear to be unanimous on two points. All want
to see it paid, and nobody wants to pay a tax to
make it possible. Otherwise the way is clear.
''Jim" McDonald's missing leg is also a re
minder of what the city owes to the men who
make up the police force.
Uncle Joe Cannon's decision not to run for
congress again will open the way to a beautiful
scramble in the Danville district.
"Mick" Collins has granted amnesty to all
hands in Ireland. Now if De Valera will only
follow suit, peace may come.
Some good reading may be anticipated, if
the house committee goes deep enough into the
history of Muscle Shoals.
Maybe the movie producers are asking too
much of Bre'r Hays. He is only a man, you
know.
Somebody is lying about what happened out
it Hollywood.
Old Boreas still has a kick, all right
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Commit Scientific Suicide
What Cmliiation Will Do if
It Continues to Permit Gas Warfare,
(Prom the CongTegationaU.t.)
Warfare by chemical prorrts is a new princi
ple. Jt is dMir. It goes amy beyond any.
thing that civilisation hat ever nctinne.. q
the de.peration of the European struggle certain
forms tt this new warfare, of a crude and
relatively inefficient tort, mrt with a retaliation
in bind. Since the shame of the lir.t employment
of poisonous git at Yprrt, a great development
in viirirtirt of gtnei hat been made, and in thrir
deadline.. Making big allowance for toanful.
ne.t on our tide 01 the Atlantic, it ttill it prob
ably true that this kind of war can hereafter
work a de.truction o( life vhivlt has until now
been undi earned of. '
A leading prinriple of civilized war hat been
to diale opposing force. Killing wat nH
primarily toueht. To wound a soldier it iimuIIv
a greater burden to the enemy army than to kill
bint. A wounded man is apt to be removed
permanently from the conflict and hit care it
burdentome and expensive, "Shoot at the en
rmy't leg, wat one of Napoleon's maxima.
Chemical war began in conformity to the old
principle of disabling the enemy. If highly sue
ceful it made him an invalid; frequently it pre
disponed hint to pulmonary tiiberciilos.ii. Now,
however, the claim, naked and uiusliamrd. which
our scientists set forth, it for the deadline of
their gae. And they follow this with the propo
sition that such warure be nude by aeroplanes
on undefended citiet. In comparison with such
tactics the poisoned bullet is the scheme of a
putterer. and the pointed spring the work of a
bygone barbarian. All past war is an amateur
performance in killing, once let the chemist be
come commander-in-chief.
We are glad that America originate the pro
posal to outlaw this method of death-dealing,
and particularly because our chemists are sup
posed to be the most proficient of any in the
world in the production of an assorted variety
of vapors guaranteed to cause such wholesale
slaughter. All credit to ex-Secretary Root and
those who arc standing back of his proposal
once and for all to deny the right to employ the
gat retort alongside the cannon factory. God
grant an end to both!
Hut the struggle to forbid is not going to be
so easy as it seems. At the present hour the
use of gaset make an appeal to one of the
strongest of the lower passions. It seems to be
throwing away an advantage. We have, or think
we have, the start of the world in the discovery
and production of the infernal stuff. Opposition
to the agreement reached is sure to develop when
the enatc is called upon to act.
There is but one thing to say. Let us look
where we are going. The continuance of gas
warfare would be a step over the precipice. Bar
barism is not less barbaric because it is severely
scientific any more than crime is less criminal
when it is highly intellectual. Civilization in
ages past has been broken down by superior
strength. It might today commit scientific sui
cide. The advocacy of lethal gases in warfare is
a threat to civilization. It will become necetsarv
to stand airainst it, and in pooular sunport of the
action of the international council. It will be a
clear case of upholding civilization against the
arguments of those who do not realize that they,
if given their way, are preparing to become un
civilized. Let us foruet the menace of Russian
Soviets as manipulated bv bolshevists, and watch
out against the much greater danger of American
chemists, as manipulated by militarists.
Wine in the Communion
The anti-prohibition forces are fighting
valiantly. We are rather of the opinion that they
are right when they express fears of what this
precedent may do to the constitution of the
United States; but are the people who are spread
ing false reports of the increase of drunkenness
and crime due to sobriety, thinking single
mindedly of the constitution? It is to be regret
ted that the other day when, from the same :n
terested source from which comes most of the
propaganda , against prohibition, there was
bruited abroad a report that grape juice must
henceforth be substituted for communion wine,
some of our clergy and bishops showed so much
heat. We are not among the number who be
lieve that alcoholic wine is essential to a valid
communion. We think that Christ would not
withhold His grace from that sacrament, if with
the intention of serving humanity, His children
should decide to substitute grape juice for wine.
Yet we can not believe that those who are con
ducting the anti-liquor crusade are so stupid as
to play into the hands of the liquor interests by
marshaling into the saloon forces an army of
priests and bishops ready for martyrdom. How
much we wish that among our bishops and arch
bishops of the Anglican communion would shine
forth some names, like that of the great Bishop
Ireland, who was hated by every saloon keeper
in Minnesota and loved in tens of thousands of
homes where his fight against intemperance had
brought decency and honor. The Churchman.
Some Words Misspelled
Now that Portland is going into the handling
of copra on a large scale, it will be well to begin
spelling "coconut" right. The "a" does not be
long to it. The word is traceable back to the
Egyptian "kuku," but "cocoanut" is a corruption
of the Portuguese way of referring to the fruit
and was first fastened on us by Johnson's dic
tionary. Sometimes the English call it "coker
nut," not because they dislike useless letters, but
to distinguish the coconut palm from the cocoa
or chocolate tree.
The rush of American life leads to brevity in
spelling and drops the "u" from the "our" termin
als, so favored by writers of England and schol
ars there generally. American magazines, cater
ing to the English trade, use it; it would be so
like the English, don't ye know, to take offense
if they did not.
"Plow" is another word that should not be
spelled otherwise; if the learner " depends on
phonetics he is at sea between pluff, plo, ploff,
plu and the rest of the "fifty-seven" varieties. .
In early days the printer attended to these
things; then came the day of the proof reader,
whose word was law while he was in the "super"
class, but he began to follow the line of least
resistance (notably when the copy "flough" out
the window).
The man who would rather make the spelling
books of the country than the bank notes may
have a head like a "coco," but it has more than
milk in it. Portland Oregonian.
Justice, Quick, Sure, Effective.
Our neighbor, Canada, sets us a good exam
ple in the administration of law. When a
criminal is convicted and sentenced there, his
ase is ended. No appeals, no commutations,
no pardons. And the penalties run twice as
heavy as in the United States. Result: A whole
some respect for the law in Canada, while in our
own beloved land the offender has contempt for
it. Chicago Journal of Commerce.
A Glory That Has Gone.
Nobody seems to have noticed it, bu one who
looks may see a sadly vacant place against the
sky where once stood the gorgeous and re
doubtable figure of the old-fashioned "colonel on
the governor's staff." Chicago News.
What Kind of a Bird Is Next?
"Grant Memorial Coins" are next on the pro
gram. The artist who drew the eagle that looks
like a humming bird or a pelican has an excellent
chance to start another guessing contest. New
Orleans Times-Picayune.
Too Many.
' The world contains too many men who think
that when all is lost save honor, they may as well
make a clean sweep cf it and let honor go, too.
Linn Countv fMo.1 Budzet.
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EMOTIONAL ABNORMALITY.
A. It. C, P. wrlie of a tnn who
la now ndjudiioil Illume, but who
befur bi'inf ao adjudged and before
any on rr-cerdtd her Intane- "was
If-Mtckiiiir. arrogant, unrcaaonubla.
Juiloaiute to get along with."
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for kite wua mljudgml inwane.
b a purl of her ahnormnlliy.
An. I, linully, aha k;
"Whut Ik dimoltlun?
"an It t auk?
"fan it be rurtd?
"(t it l traliifd or eurU J?
"fotild thi brilliant Woiiimu hint
inaa nracir over:"
To till I have no lii-nlintloii In
giving an ailirmailve anvwer. We
have phynltal limit h and phyali'iil
iliHfn", nifiiliil health and niMititl
(imrttHP, and what we cull tllnpoHiimn
htiHllh and i!lnm!uon diiu-ae,
though It la not Mlwaya pomuble to
k'-rp up the wbIIh by which we divide
the ground of h alth Into three flelda
aim that of diaenae Into the Mine
numnrr or portion.
ve hnve recognized phynlcal
iIIki anca for a long lime, but up to
! than a hundred yeura hso the
menially auk were uipnaod to be
poaneaeed of dovll which were to
ie eradicated by wh di nar the on
tlent. Whv. JiiIIh with tha cnmritiin
homoa of the innaita up to rlcht re-
cenny, and convenience and eco
nomic: nocenHiiy were not the only
renKona for that fnrt. either!
The next mop will be recognition
of the fart that a ppraon may be
emotionally M k without bc lnir In
ani. That mi-nn dlnpoHltlon. nifnn-
ne. initioiiKlie to iret on with
I In. b are dlseaaeg lust a dWInitcly
as arn dfiuentlii tiraecox, paranoia.
and pa renin mi the one hand, or
rnmimatiam. lirieht a riltwiHe or mi
tral regurgitation on the other.
It dues not follow that berauxe
there is dlxeuse of the diponitlon it
is incurable.
I hold that out of bad mental hab
its aomo insanity can develop, of
raurse, much incapacity enn result.
Out of bad mental habits there can
develop KtHtet of total incapacity, aa
well ns many 'in which incapacity
Is only partial.
I am confident of the possibility
of curlnpr much of the ImposHlble-to-Ret-ulojig-with-ness,
provided we
runt know what we are dealing with
nnd we, next, becin early, and,
finally, we work rlht.
In the Chicago public achools they
are just now making a beginning
along thia line.
Itecently I presented thia matter
to a group of teachers. In doing
so I referred to the place for the
marking of deportment in their rec
ord books and told them this propo
aal was merely an enlargement of
"deportment," an effort to make It
more helpful.
I told them of a statement made
by the superintendent of Hchools of
San Francisco, that teachers marked
pupils' deportment according to
whether the pupils Irritated them,
and, if so, how much.
I presume I was offensive in my
way of stating the case, or maybe
offensive in my personality. At any
rate, an official in the audience pro
ceeded to deny that irritation nnd
personality were factors in the case,
and In doing so he proved that he
was wronsr. He gave me zero in
deportment right there because I
irritated him. He gave the proposal
zero because, forsooth, he gave me
zero on deportment because of Irri
tation over personality or manner.
I turned in and gave him zero on
deportment and his opinion of the
proposal because' he irritated me.
Between us, by our actions, we
gave the San Francisco superintend
ent 10 for wisdom, thouph nothing
was further from the intent.
When emotion takes command
Judgment flies out of the window.
I read the letter from A. a. u. JJ.
Of course the training of the emo
tions must be begun at home. Much
can be accomplished in the schools.
Finally, something can still be done
after school age by family and
friends except in the cases or ex
treme emotional abnormality.
Let Physician Decide.
tit r wpUps "T whs sent down
here with lung trouble. Am gaining
In m1orVif T1AW hilt TT1V richt lune iS
sore and pains me awful sometimes.
Will that disappear as i grow
stronger :
T oiq. nvAarart nnt trt TVrtrlc TCnw
that I have gained in weight, do
you think it possiDie ior me to suiri
to work soon?
"My body got real thin, but my
face still remained fat, although I
didn't have much color In it. Could
you explain why?"
REPLY. v
A nafenn with f liherdilnsls should
h. mirlAf. trio enfrlanfA flf a. tlhvsi-
cian experienced in handling con
sumption.
One of the most important ques
in. fny trior nhvstoinn to decide is
when the person afflicted should
work and when ne snouia rest, mm
decision must be based on the effects
of exercise on that particular moi-
vidual. Does it cause fever? Or
cough? Or rapid pulse?
Pallnr la a tslirn nf consumption.
except that in the fever state the
cheeks are flushed. Tne pain is oi
minor consequence.
Diseased Tonsils.
r ht i? htHuo' "1. C.slti diseased
tonsils be successfully treated by in
ternal medicine r
"2. Is argyrol applies to tne tnroat
and tonils beneficial?
3. Should a slignuy diseased ton
sil be removed?"
REPLY.
1 PmiiaH not. fiood hveiene
often does wonders. The mediclnet
taken simultaneously, may get credit.
2. I do not tninK so.
3. No.
CENTER SHOTS.
There is an opera called "Snegou
rotchka." Surely by any other name
It would sound as sweet. New 'i.ork
Post. ,
France is gently reminded that
the hand that rocks the boat Isn't
that hand that rules the world.
Baltimore Sun.
TUa man 1 Vt lofl v rpannnsihle for
the present rate of foreign exchange
was tne inventor oi me pnnuns
press. Rochester Times-Union.
A Kaic Vnrlr nun. heine eiven a
wish, expressed the hope that he
might be a "bootlegger for a day."
There Is one chfcp who is satisfied
with a million. Johnstown ' Demo
crat. "
Ladies who desire to retain their
mnwlnn namm pannnt iirpvint nrntld
hsubands from parading themselves
In reflected importance by taking
their wives' names. Washington
Star.
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and it la attributed to various
caiiaoa,
I am querying whether any rrrat
numbor of the people ver will lake
tin viewpoint of mUilmti and
(hut all tha ailment of tha aoclal
bcilv ore naturally and pfrmanvntly
MMted, !--t ii a lake tun lie of tha
r.ut th.it wIiIIa the prlaona are full
the aavluma for tnxane people and
for Imbvcili-a nnd the honpltala for
the rare of tlivnuiHl and crippled
pi-motm ul ar full, and the police
courts and divorce court a are
crowded with the vletima of the
grant hllaht, and Immoral ethlhl
tiona In thautara and "movlaa" are
almoai without reatralnl. la It not
time 10 wake up ami lake an Intelli
gent view of aoclal condltlona?
I'hyHiclana know enough lo attri
bute many and varlotia dlseaaea to
one frnnrral cauae: a wrong- condi
tion of (he rlnulntlng fluids of the
body. When theae are purified the
Ldiaease j cone. A great moral phv-
Mcinn or me mat century anid: "To
carnally minded la death. Thla
covert the whole field of moral nior-
Mdnedt; and who will deny the Inti
mate relation between moral and
physical conditions? Did Paul, whin
he uttered those worda, give expres
sion merely to tha aentlment of a
religious f.inatlc. or waa he tending
down the centuries a proclamation
of eternal and unchangeable truth?
what alls modern society? It la the
blight of cnrnnlllv.
UEUIAtf V. COCHRAN.
Important QucmIoii Mark.
Lynch. Neb.. Feb. 10. To the
Editor of The Iiec: The patriots'
progress:
191". Tho Flower of Our Youth.
1918. our Young Heroes.
1919. Tho Kx-servlce Man.
1920. That Soldier Klement.
1821. VtiHcrupulous Depollcra of
Treasury.
1922. ? ?
The ubove Is the calendar of the
ex-service man us copied from the
American Legion Weekly. What
are the people of this great country
going to enter on this calendar for
the year of 1922?
fcvery single Industrial or com
mercial Interest which was used by
the government In wining tho war
was paid a compensation, every
body but the man who wore the uni
form. It seems that we can pay
$500,000,000 to our "cost plus" con
tractors to keep them from losing
some of the hugh profits they made
in the war; that we can pay $240 a
year each as compensation to the
hundreds of thousands of govern
ment employes who were safely
bedded and boarded at home; that
we can pay $2,000,000,000 to the
railroads for their own Incompe
tency and mismanagement; that we
can allow a billion of dollars in in
terest on our foreign debts to go
uncollected; that we can appropriate
$3,000,000,000 to the shipping board;
and that we can appropriate $1,000,-
000,000 a year in time of peace for
the army and navy, but if we try
to raise $200,000,000 a year with
which to pay our veterans of the
world war, a debt we admit that we
owe them, we will bankrupt the
tre-sury.
The thing uppermost In the minds
of ex-service men is this: Is our
government going to compensate
them .partially for their economic
loss while in the service of our coun
try, the same as it has the Indus
tries mentioned in the foregoing
paragraph, and, If so, why postpone
such action until, in our present eco
nomic reconstruction, the bonus
granted may afford returned service
men little or no assistance in re
establishing themselves in civil life?
The "Flower of Our Youth" of
1917 are the same lads that sacri
ficed their vocations and lives to
fill the ranks of the greatest army
on earth, who you sent away with
patriotic banquets, eloquent speech-
Support for Public
Schools
tni4 ( ) ikltaa l
The rblett forf ranting a. hitol
boards at thla tuna la a big one, viti
reducing the ie.t without impairing
he arti.letiry f he public evtioolB.
The ueuplt ate Unhanding lower
e. Imhj i a ira and yet few euggaatluna
are being uRrred herein thla ran
be ai-rnmllliet. The a.'ho oftU-eni
Id their auto mealing recently held
at Lincoln leiummm.trd culling
leachara' Magea. The Cuuen la not
In favor of beginning retrenchment
by reducing the Mlary of tearhera.
Tha truth la that a hoo iittle-eie are
loo often Ignorant of Ihe aru4l ton.
diiitma asiatlng In Ihe tu-houM and
depend upon the alreet goaeip for
their Information and guidance. The
tiering Midwet epreaaea Ilia aentl
ment of tha CM 1 1-n when it aava;
"The Midword la not in sympathy
Itli the movement to reduce (he
pay of publlo school teachera. Hut
it la In sympathy with tha auggea-
lion thil the teachera give more for
the money, and ihtia enable tig to
reduce the number of teai-here."
"As long aa we make boulevards
of publiii highways and playhoueca
out of our publlo arhnol our taxea
will be high." aald a THden tmalnerM
man recently. The above remark
wag made In the preaenre of a group
of men who had gathered at the
poMtortti-e, awaiting the distribution
of limit. The statement eeemed to
meet with approval. Judging by the
expreealoit on tha (area of thoae who
heard If. Vet th men would be
among the first In kick against bad
ronda and we doubt If a sinslo one
of them ever vMted the Tllden pub.
lie school. Tha building of per
mnnent roads came In response to
the demands of the people for bet
ter roods. For yeart ihe vast aunia
of money hnd been expended on the
hhchway and vet wa had abomin
able roada. The rends built one
year were gone before the next year
came around and the same worg
had to be done over again. Tha
people were getting almost nothing
for the money ana la nor put into
the roada. The time finally came.
after the automobile and truck had
largely supplanted the horse for
road traffic, when the publlo arose
almost to a twin and demanded that
we build permanent roada Instead of
makeshift. The Citizen believes
there haa been extravagance and
even graft In the road building pro
grams of the last few year, but in
spite of that fact great progress has
been made toward building ana
maintaining good highway. We be-
I eve it Is time to kick out tne
grafter and get our expense down
on an equality with our Income, but
we are not In favor or taking a nacK
ward step in the matter of public
highway. The same principle holds
true in the matter of the publlo
schools. It ia time to elect men as
school officer who will take a per
sonal Interest In knowing that the
taxpayers are getting value received
for the money spent In maintaining
the schools. This can be done with
out Impairing the efficiency of the
schools, in fact it will increase the
efficiency, but the teaching profes
sion should not be Insulted by cut
ting teachers' salaries below what
the same requirements and qualifica
tions receive In the business world.
making, bands and a "God bless you,
my boy" they are the same "Young
Heroes" of 1918, who stumbled over
the maimed bodies with their cloth
ing drenched with the blood and
brains of their comrades in that
"country of horrors" to accomplish
that great task you sent them to do.
and to whom you then pledged your
everlasting support; they aro the
same "Ex-service Men" of 1919
whom you received home with open
arms and hearts, the same "Soldier
Klement" of 1920 that you let clamor
for employment anything to keep
them and theirs out of the gutters,
and were finally auctioned at the
block to the highest bidder these
are the same lads that in 1921 you
were calling tho "Unscrupulous De
spoilers of the Treasury."
A promise given is a debt unpaid.
Whatever difference of opinion there
may be as to the form the payment
should take, there is no respectable
body of opinion which denies the
country's obligation to the ex-service
man. The debt stand on the
books, acknowledged, admitted, but
unpaid. , j
If you, a citizen of the United
States of America, a pariah among
the nations on earth, whose wealth I
per capita is equal to the wealth of I
the three other richest countries In
the world combined, believe that the
lads who faced the whiz-bangs,
shrapnel and machine guns while
they were singing thrir ng of
iKaih, are aa worthy f compensa
tion a tha fornuantionttd Indue,
lure, then wide your roKgreaameit
tiij iy and urge Idem M support tha
lour-fold compeiiaailimal bill thai la
up before l hie preeent aeaaion of
cungreaa.
HUNK CAHROLL POT NO.
AMKmOAN I.KtilOX.
SAID IN JEST.
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tawt" '!. I iluill I'ul l I marly tour
dauahtar, air, I 4n'l ' H - k I
(a t" ! f !" Weekly 1lte'h.
Ha Way era ,a aina alwave .
Ina a fcaiaam M"e In Ilia d"i- (
pug euni(Nin fr rM(Niaa? aha re
lh earn l tea man are al-e ga.
lag u fvhtt ciuba W .binalua I'vat,
Whr te eeneieatly faver arar m
lrl'la at latal.a? '
"I tvsolr it aaraMary," eH nlr
turaum, 'la eaehie Ilia luwpie la Ims
foraa'4 la aunt kin.t f a "a. II
aa real eaiiry 'ret. aa eaa af le.i
a a 'am -f lul," Wa.hii.aiua mar.
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