Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1909, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EPWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, BDITOR. Fintered” at Omaba postoffice as second- class matter. st it TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Beo (without Sunday), one year.$i.00 Dally Bee and Sunday, one year .. 600 DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per wekk. 1S Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week..10c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per weck 6o FEvening Bee (with Sunday), per week. .10¢ Sunday , one year " Baturday Bee, one year. . 1.50 Aadreas all complaints of irregularities in delivery to City Ciroulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Buitdmg. South Om Twenty-fourth and N. Councll Bluffs—15 Scott Street. }:;lr;mlmn;‘su;‘ue Bullding. e Chicago—1 arquette ng, Now York -Rooms 101-1108 No. M West Thirty-third Street. Washington—125 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- torial_matter should be addressed: Omaha Bees. Editorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by drafi. express or postal order yable tc The fee Publishing Company. ly 2-cent stamps received in payment of maill nce nts. Personal checks, except on Omaba or enstern exchanges, not accepted. e s - BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATLOY 8tate of Nebraska, Douglas County. s, Geo: Tzschuck, treasurer of Th Publishidg’ Company; being dut/ sworn says tha full an the actusl number of €omplete coples of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October. 19%. was as follows: 1,...42880 12, ... 41,790 Total ned copies ... g "0 Retur, Net total .... Datly average . . am GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st dsy of November, 1905 (Beal.) M. P. WALKH] Notary Publie e——aa e — —————————— Subscribers leaving the ity tem- porarily should have The Bro mailed to them. Address will be changed as often as requested. . What is the use of having a hidden brass tube if a man may not crawl into it occasionally? The Mexican bull fight gives promise of becoming almost as risky a pastime as American foot ball. —_— Those champion wru;l.;m, finance and the tariff, will next take a fall out of the German Relchst: The Hague plans to open its “Palace of Peace,” which has thirteen letters, in 1918. Who's superstitious? —_— What can have become of French gallantry, that Mme. Steinheil should be hounded out of the country? ‘With reference to the pay-as-you- enter car, “you will learn to like it,” Just as did Paprika Sehnitzel. The Omal ndian supply depot is due for another melodramatic rescue in the coming session of congress. Not having been able to get to the pole, of course Walter Wellman knows that no one else but Peary could have reached it. As a typical Frenchman, the minis- tre of war may be expected to reward the man who received the bullets meant ll!hln by kissing him on both cheeks, S—p— The Wotld-Herald neglects to state that one of fts own staff {5 a member of the Public Library board “that swal- lowed the basty dose with touching humility,” S —— According to official figures, we are not only getting back the shrinkage in our export trade, but gaining steadily beyond it. Now will the croaker be more cheertul? ——— Weary of the “Bhow Me™ appella- tion, Missouri asks for a real pet name. With seven states and ome territory bordering her boundaries, the old girl has been pretty well shown. It those Sandy Hook sharpshooters cannot hit a balloon tied fast for a tar- get, what might not & hostile floater do. Aeronautic markmanship must be stlll very much In the air, Not g trace of nonpartisanship now in those democratic papers that before election were so loudly declaiming against gubmission to party ties that might prevent republicans from voting damocrats into office. Here's a scion of & New York house cut off with the mere beggarly allow- ance of §60 a day. How does the old man expect the boy to pay his chaif- feur's fines, to say nothing of main- taining his monogram and crest on his cigarettes? The revelation that a royal press agent is at work to popularize the prince of Wales as the time inevitably draws pear for him to assume the throne recalls that when his father was prince he was his own eflicient expo- nent of publieity. A committee from the Lineoln Com- mercial club has reported that there is no “joker” in the agreement by which the local traction company wants to compromise its corporation tax with the city. Tt is assumed that the com- mittee kpows a joker when it sees it. Governor Glenn of North Carolina has come oat for Governor Harmon of Ohfo, Groyer Cleveland’s former attor- ney gengral, for the 1912 presidential nominal on the democratic ticket. m,om will no longer be the me vitor at Pairview that he once was- Congressman Hitchcoek's paper, the demoecratic World-Herald, manifests great giee over the Associated Press report from Washington to the effect that the enactment of legislation for the establishment of postal savings banks must wait on the report of the monetary commission and be consid- ered in connection with that commis- slon’s recommendations. Whether the sources of information of the Asso- 50 |cited Press correspondent are good or bad will transpire later, but the World- Herald, whose editor and publisher holds down a $7,600 seat in congress for performing officlal functions lim- ited to the free distribution of seeds, already wants to know ‘‘how the Amer- fcan people must enjoy being swin- dled” by the republican platform declaration for postal satings. One would imagine that of all sub- jects Congressman Hiteheock's paper would be chary of tackling it would be postal savings banks. Mr, Hitchcock made four campaigns on a' personal platform pledging his best efforts for postal savings. Two of these cam- paigns were successful and two unsuc- cessful, but beyond the introduction of a bill, which some one had drawn for him, his work to promote postal sav- ings banks is not perceptible. After “swindling” his constituents four times with unfulfilled promises, in his |last compalgn he took back all he had said for postal savings and embraced | the ignis fatuus of deposit guaranty in its place. His postal savings bank promises of four previous campaigns were discarded off-hand and he played to the galleries in joint debate as the champion of private banks safeguarded by a guaranty fund. But what is the World-Herald editor going to do now when he returns to congress? Will he go back to his first love of postal savings, or will he work to that object with the republicans who favor {t? Or will he stay with the democrats clamoring for deposit guaranty, which he knows he cannot get? If postal savings is defeated or indefinitely deferred it will be because it gets no help from democrats like Congressman Hitchcock, who talk on both sides and do nothing. The Public Domain, Secretary Ballinger’s suggestions for legislation affecting the public domain appear to be based on a thorough in- quiry into the defects of existing laws for meeting the conservation and reclamation policy of the Roosevelt and Taft administrations. It is evi- dent from the text of Mr. Ballinger's report that congress had in the begin- ning too little forethought concerning public lands, and that we have on the whole been too prodigal with our riches, as a result of which much substance has been wasted that with proper prevision might have been safe- guarded. Remedial laws seem to be among the immediate needs of the land office administration particularly gov- erning the coal lands in Alaska, and glving more definite authority apper- taining to coal, oll, phosphate and other deposits in the states, as well as water and timber rights. Properly avoiding any controversial comment on the admitted mistakes of the past, Mr. Ballinger wants their lessons made the foundation for en- lightened effort toward future control of the resources still within public con- trol. Whether the govenment should retain control through a system of leasing or through superviging restric- tions, is for congress to determine, but the public interests call for immediate measures to prevent either monopoly or extortion, without, however, un- necessarily impairing or impeding de- velopment. One point made by Mr. Ballinger should not be lost sight of in the zeal to administer the lands for the best interests of the people and against per- sonal or corporate greed, and that is that investment In these projects is to be encouraged. The restrictions must not be made so severe that the domain continue idle, nor so costly that the excesses be charged back ultimately upon the consumer. What is wanted is thoughtful and efficient adjustment of conservation and development go that the public domain may be really devoted to the public welfare. An American Admiralty? Conflicting reports come from Wash- ington concerning the recommenda- tions of the so-called Swift board for reforms in the Navy department. This is the board of officers appointed by Secretary Meyer to investigate naval affairs here and abroad, with a view to suggesting possible improvements in our strategy and general service. Its report to Mr. Meyer has been closely guarded, but enough has Leen dis- closed & warrant the bellef that radical reforms are in prospect. ‘The younger element among our sea fighters has urged the elimination of what it considers dry rot, and it is be- lieved that this faction has to a con- siderable degree persuaded the Swift board to some of its proposals. Among other things the Swift board is ex- pected to recommend is reorganization of the navy yards, so that they shall be conducted on modern business prineiples, like private concerns, with co-ordination in all branches, and another suggested improvement sald to have found favor is the removal of somewhat haphazard methods of ship- construction, so that vessels may be designed more absolutely by exports on sclentific lines, Instead of being left to a civillan secretary subject to con- gressional directions. The most revolutionary proposal to come, however, adyises establishment of an’admiraity beard sitetlar to that of Great Britain, a senior sea power THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, of the most eminent officer: of the service to pass on all needs for an in- crease In naval strength and all meas- ures for new construction. Whether congress s prepared to establish an American admiralty is open to doubt, and it s very llkely also th this feature will be disapproved by Secre- tary Meyer in reviewing the Swift re- port. Such radical innovations will doubtless be left by the secretary for congress to consider apart from his own recommendations, and he will probably submit the Swift report as a separate document in addition to his own views. Our traditions and custom have been against putting too great power into the hands of an admiralty, deficient though our present bureau system may be In various particulars, and congress may be counted on to go slow In acting on any new naval pro- gram, Uneasy Cuba. The recrudescence of unrest in Cuba seems on first consideration to be largely a matter of partisan contention among the island politiclans, in which cage it may amount to no more than an exceedingly lively campaign in the next election. It must be borne In mind, however, that Cuba is in the gone where political unrest begets sudden revolutionary movements, and the history of the island is not encour- aging to placid contemplation of such imbroglios as that which seems to have developed between the Gomez and Zayas constituencles. After our past experiences with our southern neighbors, it would be dis- tinetly discouraging, if not discomfit- ing, to have conditions arise that would require us to interfere again for the sake of peace and progress. It is sincerely to be hoped that the good sense of the Cubans will save us from any such further embarrassment, but in the meantime it seems to be neces- sary for us to maintain a watchful eye in that direction, with a view to speak- ing a pleasant but firm fatherly word in case the ruction gets too belligerent. The Indian Supply Depot. For about ten years Omaha has been the seat of one of five or six Indian supply depots, whose discontinuance is now recommended by Secretary Bal- linger in his report as head of the In- terior department, under which the Indian bureau comes. Mr. Ballinger's reference to the supply depots is as follows: I am strongly In favor of discontinuing the United States Indian warehouses at New York, Chicago, 8t. Louls, Omaha and San Francisco as soon as it is possible to clear up the business that will pass thréugh them under the annual contract system. The Indian service s purchasing about $2,000,000 worth of supplles each year under a system which is in nowise based on commercial methods. It 18 purposed to develop a system of purchasing through purchasing agents and to make arrange- ments for the elimination of certitied checks, contracts and bonds and to pro- vide for the settlement of all bills within discount perlods—certainly not exceeding thirty days from delivery. Mr. Ballinger does not in this make plain exactly what he wants to sub- stitute for the warehouse system, and perhaps the detalls of his proposal should be awaited before passing judg- ment on the question of continuance or discontinuance. It goes without saying that so long as the government provides reservation Indians with articles of food consump- tion, wearing apparel and household necessities there must be distributing points, and the location of these dis- tributing points must be governed by considerations of proximity to the reservations, rallway service ‘and stor- age and warehouse facilities, and also by convenience of market and favora- ble conditions for lowest prices. Omaha met all these tests when the supply depot was located here and has con- tinued to meet them, The same reasons which have made Omaha a de- sirable point for assembling and re- shipping Indian supplies in the past should make it a vantage point in any other method of distribution which may be adopted. Watching the Payroll. Coming so soon after the plea for an increase of salaries among government clerks, the publicatlon of the blue book somewhat startles with its consider- able increase in the aggregate of the payroll and in the number of persons on it, Next year the payroll will be swelled by $5,000,000 more in extra- ordinary expenses because of the census work, and it would seem as though the agitation for a higher rate of pay for public service employes would have some serious obstacles to surmount. Mr. Payne has voiced the sentiment not only of congressmen, but also of the people in his recent utterance that economy should be the watchword of the coming session. In the matter of the payroll the government is in the same position as that of any commer- cial institution, facing a never-ceasing pressure toward higher wages. It is easy to swell payrolls, and always im- possible to cut them down without in- flicting hardship, and in the face of the blue book figures it is well for all heads of departments in the govern- ment service to prune estimates to reasonable limits as a guidance for careful congressional appropriations, It ought to be Omaha's ambition to be a musieal center as much as it is a commercial center. But musical oul- ture is of slower growth and requires more cultivation than do commercial ventures. Our most enthusiastic musie lovers have enlisted in & movement to insure success for an abnual May fes- tival, which can be, and ought to be, made the musical event of the year. Public-spirited citizens should encour- age the culture side of life in Omaha by substantial support for the pr jected May festival, which when once well established may be expected grad- ually to become self-sustaining. Effort on the part of the Ilinols state factory inspector to turn the Cherry mine disaster inquest Into a child labor investigation would seem to be mis- placed zeal. Violations of child labor law are subject to his activities regard- less of the fatality. The purpose of the inquest should be to discover the blame for the tragedy in order to pre- vent similar visitations. If we were to believe the democratic organs, every time a change is made in a federal office it is because the out- going incumbent was a Rgnsavalt man. It we had a democratic president they would all go, whether Roosevelt men or not, simply because they were re- publicans. If Omaha undertook to knock on the State falr at Lincoln the way Lincoln ie trying to backcap the Corn show at Omaha, what a terrible outery would be raised at the state capital. e — ] A Speechless Jurist. St. Paul Ploneer Press. Up to date we have not received an ex- pression of opinion from Judge Grosscup of Chicago on the St. Paul decision in the Standard Ol case. Back to Starting Point. Chicago Tribune, Watterson ‘‘can’t name the next democratic presidential candidate,” men and brethren, who under the blue othereal dome can name him? Is it up to the editor of the Commoner again? If Colonel Jostling u Strang: New York World. The encouragement the law gives to hon- esty finds a curious {llustration in the legal obstacles thrown in the way of the broker who 18 trying to reopen the proceedings in bankruptey against him in order that he may pay his creditors in full. The Limit of Brutality. Baltimore American. The brutal act of a chauffeur in New York in banging a woman nearly to death in efforts to shake her body free of the machine in which her clothing had =n- tangled It has led to talk of drastic pun- ishment for speeding. This new danger of civilization has, at present, so few ochecks and such light penalties that it has made the automobile a threat to life and Hmb in every city street and country road. Both the laws and public sentiment have been too lax in this respect, and the public are paying a fearful price for this laxity. Monkeying with the Busz-Saw. New York Tribune. Lord Ashbourne, a judicious and well in- formed statesman, declares that there is ro authority for disputing the right of the peers to do as they please with the bud- get. Perhaps not. There may be no techni- cal academic authority against a man's right to monkey with a buzz saw. Ac- cording to Lowell: The right to be a cussed fool 1s safo from all devices human. But one of the iworld’s greatest author- ities long ago'réminded us that there are things which are lawful which are not ex- pedient. " New Paramount. Philadelphia Ledger. 1t Mr. Bryan wishes now to take up pro- hibition as an issue, we do not see why anybody should object, except the prohibi- tioniets, Bryan must have something to talk about, and ho has tried almost every- (bing else. This is really much nearer his comprehension than most of the notions he has taken up before, and while the prohibi- tionists may not rejoios in his unlucky champlonship, his former democratic fol- lowers ought to be pleased to have him shift his attentions to another party. As to his assertion that the “liquor Interest: defeated his presidential aspirations, will be willing to give the liquor inter: credit for so great a publio service. Br, few NEBRASKA DOING THINGS. Prize Cultivators of Corn Produce Astonishing Results, Stoux City Tribune. The boys over In Nebraska are producing 114 bushels of corn to the acre. Whatever lack of efficlency there 18 in the conduct of public affairs under the democratic administration, the farmer boys are certainly doing thelr part. In the cor growing contest for boys under 18, Wi llam A. Wiese of West Point took the $500 prize for 114 bushels ralsed on one acre. He aid all the work himself and realized $15, Including the $60 prize, for his acre of corn. He was able to sell the corn at a premium price, Along with this result in bushels and money the boy was able to make to the State Board of Agriculture a detalled state- ment of his work, showing intelligence and system as well as energy. Other boys who competed In this corn-raising contest showed good results, 93, 8, 79, 77 and 76 bushels to the acre, and so on down to the lowest on the list, who, on the hilly and washed-off land at Gretna was able to produce only 33% bushels to the acre. It all shows how the farmers of Ne- braska are attending to their business and are training up the boys to appreciate intelligent and proper handling of the soil. When the young soldiers of Iowa, Wis- consin &nd 1lllinols returned from the war, married their sweethearts and went into the little sod houses on the prairic homesteads of Nebraska, no one dreamed of the splendid achlevements they would work out in the then uncertain prairie state. The 200x400 miles of prairie, sloping up- ward from the Missourl river at the rate of elght feet to the mile, was considercd high and dry and was marked on the early maps as & part of the great American desert. The people of the older states, sending their young folks out to the new prairie nomesteads, hoped for the best, but doubted the experiment. ‘“There Is no timber for fuel or fencing or buflding,” they sald, “no spring or running water for the stock,” and what was a eountry gool for with neither wood nor water? Now these Nebraska farmers have the best water system and the best water In the world, and while they have no timber |mor coal, they have no waste land, and every acre is elther a corn, or wheat, or alfalta, or grass-producing acre, and the money income from one of these prcducing acres will pay the farmes’' coal bill for a year. Of the seyen corn states in the union, Nebraska stands with Towa and Ilinols as value of their land. They know how to et the best results and thelr boys know that It pays to be intelligent and to un- derstand the soll, There are lightwelght politiclans, ‘Mghtwelght governors, light- welght congressmeén anfl senators, buf the corn raisers of Nebraska are not light- welghts one of the three great corn states of the | world, And the Nebraska farmers know the Army Gossip Preliminary reports have reached War department concerning the work so 1i accomplished by the army board in session at Rock Island for the purpose of reducing the burdsn of the foot soldier. The board, under Colonel H. A. Greene, Tenth infantry, has taken up the question in & most practical way. It has gone into the subject with a thoroughness which s quite unprecedented in Aall the history which relates to efforts in the same direc- tion. The board is conducting tests in the field, and fits final report will be based on conclusions which are sound and which have the advantage of the demonstration of service. It {s expected the work of the toard will not be completed before March or April The adjutant general of the army has had the records searched with & view to #hotying the sources from which were ap- pointed commissioned officers of the army. It appears from these statistics that 48.5 | per cent of the officers on the active st | of the regular army October 1§ were grad. | uates from the United States Military ca- | demy, that 1297 per cent of those officers | were appointed from the army, and that | 4867 per cent were appointed from eivil life. Of the 43.07 per cent appointed from civil life, 21.35 per cent had had prior serv ice In the army and 22.2 per cent had had no such prior servic An Interesting compilation has been made In the adjutant general's office cohcerning | the most effective methods of advertising for recruits. The reports are in the line of | the experience of previous years in favor of the sight of the recrulting flag and sta- tion and the use of the recruiting poster, which attracted more than half of the ap- plicants for enlistment. Varfous methods forry house advertising, hand bills, painted wall and fence signs, moving pictures, thea- ter curtalns and a base hall score book. The methods adopted by army reeruiting officers to attract the attention of men Wwho are likely to be candidates for enlist- ment have been varied and resourceful. The use of newspaper advertisements v discontinued last February, Several retirements of army officers are in prospect as a result of recommendations made by boards before which th offl- cers have lately appeared for examination as to physical fitness. Major Charles G. Dwyer, Seventeenth infantry, who ap- peared before a board at Governor's island, has been recommended for transter from the active llst. Another officer so recom- mended is Colone! Edward B. Pratt, Thir- tieth infantry, on duty at the Presidio of San Francisco. The army retiring board In the case of ‘Captain A. A. Cabaniss, Twenty-fourth infantry, on duty at Fort Ontarlo, New York, has found that ofticer not physically disqualified for duty. Cap- taln Cabaniss recently appeared before the board which was in session at Governor's Island and of which General Leonard Wood was president. A delay has been authorized in the examination for retire- ment of Major Willlam L. Buck, Tenth in- fantry, who is in the army general hos- pital at Washington and who was recently ordered before the retiring board In session in Washington, President Taft will shortly consider the Ust of officers of the ar y who may be regarded as eligible to pointment as brigadier general In the vacancy which will take place on December 29, the date upon which, ft 1§ understood, that Briga- dlér General W. S. Edgerly will be retired upon the recommendation of the army re- tiring board, which met at Governor's island, with Major General Wood as pres- ident. General Edgerly would, ordinarily, be retired on May 29, 1910, by operation of law, but his transfer from the active llst will occur next month on account of in- capacity for duty. He has been granted leave of absence until December 2, and by that time his successor will be announced, Appointments to the grade of brigadier general during 1910 will oceur on January 24, when General J. G. D. Knight will re- tire; on March 18, when General Charles Morton retires, and on November 14, when General A. L. Myer retires. A new chief of engineers will be appointed in June, upon the retirement of General W. L. Mar- shall. The secretary of war will not issue or- ders for the stoppage of pay in the cases of those army officers who have been re- ported by the auditor for the War depart- ment as owing the government in amounts respectively pald during the war with Spatn and in the Philippines later for ercising higher command” than that de- volving upon them by virtue of their proper rank. Many officers have been un- expectedly confronted with an Indebted- ness upon the finding of the auditor, and the sums ranged from $100 to $3,000. As has been polnted out In these columni the requirement, that such officers s re- fund to the Treasury department the money, which has been pald thewm by army paymasters in good faith and received for duties properly and actually performed, operates as u distinct hardship. The War department authorities made an effort to have the obligation removed by legisla- tion' at the last sessioii of congr but, for some inexplicable reason, it was taken out of the army bill in conference. The recommendation for the rellef legislation will be renewed at the coming session of congress, and, In the meantime, the secre- tary of war does not consider it necessary to cause the stoppage of pay of the offi- cers 80 unjustly treated. PERSONAL NOTES, Eusapla Palladino s certainly good at [ materilizations. She entertained thirteen | people at u seance in New York the other | day and by do doing materilized $650. Governor Hadley of Missouri has recom- mended the ereotion of a monument to all the soldlers—union and confederate—of his state who fell at Vicksburg, and the pa- pers in St. Louls are supporting the idea, Mrs. G. W. Butler of Troy, N. Y., s awbitious to win the trap shooting cham- plonship. She 1s one of the best wing shots In the country, and in the last few months has shown great Improvement in steadi- ness and accuracy. Willlam H. Ledstone of Parkersburg, W, a., was burled the other day with wings, | His plan was prophetie, although it may | be off In detail. The great chieftains of | |the future will undoubtedly be followed to | their graves by thelr taithful aeroplanes. | Referring to the report that General . | |G. M. Dodge has iven up ‘his bustness | |otfice in New York and had returned to his |0ld home I Council Bluffs to stay this time, the Des Moines Capital says: “The people of of Towa will once more give him | the glad hand. Here's hoping he may | stay out of business and take the rest to| which he is entitled. Heretorefore when he | has decided to rest, somebody has Induced him to bulld & reflroad. Let us hope that ho may enjoy long years of tranquility and peace. O1a Lessonn Lont, Baltimore American. John Bull has & long memory, after all. The House of Lords was reminded the the | The Steady Growth ularly noticeable in the clusive Women'’s action of financal busin for meeting friends, and rest after shopping. of this bank has been partio- Department An ideal place for the trans- Mt First National Bank of Omaha United States Depository. ox- 088, for 13th and Farnam Sts. IMPROVING THE MISSOURI, Factors to e Considered in Devising Methods of Control. Denver Republican. It e reportéd that in journeying down the Missouri river the national waterways commission found the forty-five miles just above the mouth In good condition for navigation as a result of work done in the last seventeen years by the govern- ment. This may be considered evidence that e were the work extended the entire length have béem tried In a number of the dis-|of the river, slmilar results would be tricts, such as advertising In street cars, (achieved. But that conciusion is contro- verted by the fact that In the last thirty years or more the government did an enormous amount of work at many points much niore than forty-five miles above the mouth of the stream. It should be shown that what has become of that work before Jumping to the conclusion that the problem of improving the Missouri Is smple. The strength of the Missourl river current and the alluvial character of its banks in many places are two difficult factors with which all efforts at improvement must deal. 8o long as the current is permitted to strike and hence to eat Into alluvial banks, it will be exceepingly hard to maintain a £00d navigable stage of water along the whole course of the river. Possibly something of an enduring char acter would be accomplished If the current were compelled by dikes to cling closely to the rocky bluffs, which line it at various points. These bluffs are not continuous along any one side. At places the ‘ow lands stretch for miles away from the water's edge. But'in many, If not at all such cases there Is a bluff on the opposite side, against which it might be practicable to hold the current. From the bluffs little sediment would be washed; and If the cur- rent could be held to them all the way by switching it from side to side as ccoa- slon might demand, it might be practicable to keep the channel clear of obstruction. But the plan suggested would be difficult and enormously expensive. Some method of controling the Missourl will, however, have to be devised If it is to be prevented from pouring & vast quantity of silt Into the Misslesippi from year to year. Much of the obstruction to the ohan- nel of the Mi bpl comes from this Missourl river sit; and to prevent Its accumulation {s one of the big problems of river impovement. PASSING PLEASANTRIES, “In those old times when they cut off people’s heads, the tramn of events pro- ceeded on one modern idea.” “What was that?" ‘“The block system.”—Baltimore Ameri- can Mrs. Crawford—DId you manage to coax your doctor to recommend a trip to that mountaln resort you wished to visit? Mrs. Crabshaw—Yes; but I can't go, for I couldn’t get him to add that a few new frosses would do me & world ef good— ‘“There is one thir o lag, girl ean achigvat "t ouly & popu: yhat s thatr “Being at the same t s hit."—Baltimore American.. © ™™ &nd a “Little girl,” sald the ocul are In a exceedingly h:t;u“L W.l{"d“;a be wurfn‘ &ns nd have to trim ihese beautiful I o shes of mine?" responded the Hitly rl. “Nit!"—Chicage Tribune, “Could you be contented with love Cottage? timidly inquired the poor Y(I;\Im:( Oh, yes" answered the girl with large idons.” "What we saved on the al-:hol e house we could put into the automoblie 'your eyes condition. You 'Ot what use.” Asked the visitor af bench show, “is a daohshund? i A dachshund, sir,” answered the man Who owned the animal, “is made to show how long a dawg can be stretched without pullin’ hlm in two."—Chicago Tribune. “‘Oh, swear constant m "'Gee mot by the moon, the in- I interrupted Juliet. exciaimed Romeo. “If 1 . belone at ki How Bt g A § A comet do?"'-Cleveland Leader.” = 1 oo TO THE CHRYSANTHEMUM, ‘W. J. Lampton in New York World. Hall, thou, To whom the floricultural legions bow! You're with us now, And say! The wav You rag out Is a dream That makes the woman's flaring fashio. seem To be but motley stuff, Of which a little s enough, By gum! Chrysanthemum., You sure are blooming some, And in your gorgeousness ariso To flash your dazsle in our eyes, Which fills us with glad surprise; Bewildering in hues and size, You are the florist's dladem Uplifted on a slender stem, Where all its worshipers may see This Brobdignag of botany. Also, Chrys, You are the farewell kiss The summer sun at setiing gives the world Before its winter mantle shall be furled About {t and the brown earth goes Into & flowerless repose. Likewise you are The evening star In Flora's erown— The light Last seen before the night ‘'omes down. 'urthermore, o " ou are the poodie-dog of flowers; The fussy bunoh ¢ O\ Overs That has the hunch ere twhile rosy bowers a 11 That had the call, But Msten: Now, ‘hou, and only thon, In all the blooming. patch, Thou art the whole darn shooting match; A radlant, ragged queen In purple, pink and white and golden sheen’; Alone You sit upon the throne oA} How much your subjects have to pay. And they pay It, too. Oh, you!! other kinds. a Edison makes daily care. Phonograph i sake, for your that what we Amberol Records. or trom us. Nebraska, and carries page today, as well as Nebraska 16th and Harney 8ts,, Geo. other day how the nation lost the Urited States of America, Omaha., Neb. reproducing machine at its best. a talking machine. reproducing every sound faithfully—the song exactly the way the singer sang it; the opera exactly the way the orchestra played it ; the two-step exactly the way the band rendered it. That is the Edison Phonograph as Mr, Edison Phonographs - « Edison Standard Records - B Edison Amberol Records (twice as long) .50 Edison Grand Opera Records - - - .7§ Nebraska Cycle Co. represents the National Phonograph Co. in Edison Phonographs including the models mentioned tional Phonograph Co.’s announcement on this Over 100,000 Records Manager, Council Bluffs, Ia. ear if ‘yomef -the dison Phonograph You cannot judge the Edison by hearing The Edison is the sound- It is not It is a Phonograph it—the object of his constant, When he says he wants to see an Edison n every home, he means your home. Do you not want one there? Do you not need this amusement maker for your own children and for your guests ? Hear one today. Hear all the others too and compare. Only in this way can you know say is true, $12.50 to $125.00 . s ‘There are Edison dealers everywhere. Go to the nearest and bear the Edison Phonograph play both Edison Standard and Get complote catalogs from your doales NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY 76 Lakeside Avenue, Orange, N, J. huge stocks of in the Na- a stock of Cycle Co. ‘W. Mickel, 334 Broadway, - 4 )