Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 16, 1910, Page 10

BEE. THE OMAHA éimnu FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. p - b VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice as. second- class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bes (including Sunday), per waek 15e g-lly Bee (without Sunday), per week 10c ally Bee (without Sunday), one year $4.00 Dally Bee and Sunday, one year.. .00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week fo . per week 100 y $2.50 1.60 of irreguiarities Th City Circulation Department. OFFICES Omaha—The Bes Building. ¢ South Omaha—Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs—15 Seott Street. Iincoln-$18 Little Bullding. ! 1648 Marquette Buildin, New York—Rooms 1101-1102 No. Thirty-third Street Washington—725 Fourteenih Street, N W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed- itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received in payment of ageounts, Personal ohecks, except on T eastern exchangi ted. . U West TATEMENT OF CI State of Nebraska, Dou George B. Taschuck, Bee Publishing Company, sworn, says thai the actual number of fuil and complete coples of The Daily, Morn- ing, Evening and Sunday Bee prinfed dup ing the month of December, 130, Was as follows: glas County, es.: Treasurer of The being __duly 41,830 17 18 19 £EERIRRRERES Returned cople: Net Total Dally Average.... . GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st d%u‘ December, 1909, . P. WALKER, Notary Publia. Subscribers leaving the city tem- porarily should have The Bee mailed te them. Address will be changed as often as requested. _ Boston may recount, but it will not recant. This is one day when all is quiet along the Potomac. land as silent as Zelaya. Reports ;—;he lin:ll‘ul: ?lectlons read a good deal like pages of \'Pick- [wick.” “Death reveals dual identity,” says a news item. Oh, well, bury him twice. Canada plans eleven ironclads. While merely planning, why not an even dozen? John Burns kindly predicts a revo- lution in' America. Isn't he looking a long way off? Householders n’re again béglnn(nz to long for the time when the coal bin will be a has-been. Those ch;n:ph;x;uh-lp " combatants down in Nicaragua are a little slow coming into the ring. ———— The buffetings of the liners along | the coast are as nothing to the bumps of the inland coasters. In the matter of dividends the reaper combine appears to be reaping | more than it has sown. — The record-breaking aviator says his experience was one of “liquid ecstacy.” Must have been before 8 o'clock. — That Des Moines ordinance to bar crime from the stage would let out| some of the Shakespearean tragedians. | —_— While we read daily of train derail- ments, there is a notable absence of news from the water wagon caravan, Willlam Allen White opines that “‘we are spending too much money.” How stingy ““A Certaln Rieh Man" can be- come! May Mayor Gaynor's frostbitten ears be accepted as an indication that Boss Murphy had stopped talking about him? ‘While nature arranges l"or compen—i sation in the long run, it is the long hit | that will compensate the occupants of | the bleachers. ‘ A skipper of a bark which has just|gral part of our revenue system or re- | sailed into New York had not heard that the pole was found. What a lot he was spared! Now that the prosecution is reach- ing the men higher up in:the sugar ring, the price of sugar sympathetically goes higher up. The man who saved a woman from | drowning at Atlantic City has married | her, thus reminding us again that he ! 1s a brave mal | Los Angeles has Indicated what | might be done with an airship meet if it were promoted at a point really ac- cessible to the population It's an ill wind, ete. For one day, at least, the people of Denver are -spared being confronted by a red-ink horror on their front doorsteps. —_—_ Reminisecences over the good old days when things were cheaper won't THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUAR Worth While News, Anll now comes another qualitative analyst and tape-measuring statistician who has been classifytng the news in Wwhat he calls one of the best New York daily papers and measuring it up to see how tar it conforms to a ready-made standard, After comparing the results of his compllation covering a period of three months, the schedale is made public in an article in The lndopflnden!i to inform us that, of 10,029 news items tabulated as on a perforating machine, 22.8 per cent were ‘‘demoralizing,’ 16.8 per cent “‘unwholesome,” 21.2 per cent “trivial” and 39.2 per cent “worth while.” To emphasize the striking features of this distribution the per- centages are also represented graph- fcally in black lines of varying lengths to indicate the comparative represen- tation of different kinds of news, which is pronounced ‘‘worth while,” as con- trasted with that which is “‘demoraliz- ing,”” unwholesome” or ‘“‘trivial.” Presumably the author of this study has thoroughly convinced himself that he has made out an incontrovertible exhibit and that the mere promulgation of his findings should, If it does not, produce a complete revolution in jthe contents of our daily newspapers. If such is the case, however, we have no doubt he is doomed to grievous disap- pointment, and that few, if any, will be found te accept his dictum as to what is, or is not, ““worth while" of the vari- egated pabulum which the newspaper dally serves to its multi-minded readers. It is the human element that judges hether a particular plece of news or information is interesting or uninter esting, instructive ‘or uninstructive, de- moralizing or wholesome. What af- fects one person one way often affects another quite the opposite way. The chronicle of a crime may be nauseating to some, It may stimulate imitation in others, but on the average man it has a repressive effect, and the certainty that the penalty of newspaper publicity and opprobrium will be imposed, even though the penalty of the law be evaded, is the most potent ‘deterrent of crime we have. Yet we are told in the article referred to that all items about crime, disasters or catastrophes have been put under the ban as ‘“‘de- moralizing’’ or ‘“‘unwholesome.” Naturally, the author winds up the article with a protest against the low standard of American newspapers, which he regards only as a manifesta- tion of the frenzy for wealth accumula- tion, and an appeal for some plutocrat, who has confessed his difficulty to find ways to spend his surplus wisely, to endow a great daily that can “‘hold its head high among all the world's press.”” Make room, therefore, for the subsidized newspaper with space reserved exclusively for news items that are ‘“‘worth while,” according to this gauge, and which will be troubled only to find people who think it worth while to read them Income Tax Obstacles. An objection interposed by Governor Hughes in his message to the legis.a- ture of New York to the ratification of the income tax amendment submitted by congresé because it does not specif- ically prohibit the levying of an income tax upon the holders of state or mu- nicipal bonds is not being halled gen- erally as much of a setback to the movement. It was taken for granted at the outset that New York would be unlikely to ratify the constitutional amendment authorizing an income tax for the support of the federal govern- ment. In fact, New England and east- | ern states were counted against it from the first, so that all Governor Hughes has done has been simply to furnish a plausible excuse for those states which would ordinarily withhold their ap- proval. The point made in behalf of tax im- munity for state and municipal bonds rests on the contention that the federal government should not be given power to destroy by taxation the credit and borrowing abilities of independent gov- ernmental agencies, and that to do so would be a violation of state’s rights going to the very core of state auton- omy. The duty of upholding state's rights doctrine would naturally appeal much more strongly to the southern states rather than the north- ern states, which have not been dis- posed to become pauicky from any alarm about centralization. It will take the ratifications of thirty-six states to make effective a sixteenth amend- ment to the constitution, and the fact that New York holds back presents no | con- | insuperable obstacle. Whether gress, once invested with this power, should levy an income tax as an inte gerve it for emergency resources is i quite a different question Stability in Flight, While all the world reads breath- lessly of the daily d()lnxs‘of flimsy | flying machines at reckless heights over Los Angeles, it Is somewhat rest- ful to review the aerial explorations of the American people cn the other coast of the continent. The daring west may cultivate its devotees to the exploits of the aeroplane, but let it not be supposed that the spirit of loftiness is neglected in our stald old hamlets. New England, too, feels its wings, but, goaring, insists on stability. Not for the descendants of the Pil- grim fathers is the bit of gauze which falls to earth when the motor stops; instead, behold the substantial, reli- able balloon, floating majestically over the hilltops from the Berkshires to Cape Ann, and from the Aroostook to the Housatonic. The chronological help the family larder. The bread- winner has to hustle today just as he did then. record of the New England ascensions for the year fill a blanket-sheet page the | Y!hv a general idea of the extent to which the pastime has grown. Indeed, the old states are recognized abroad as having developed unrivalled enthu- siasm for ballooning, and William Car. roll Hill, official chronicler of the { Down East flights, presents an enlight. ening. history of the truly notable achievements by New Englanders in this form of exploration It is just like New England staid and sober in even so alluring a field of endeavor as aerial experiment. And it is the mark which distinguishes it from the impulsive and dashing west. When the modern aviator at Los Angeles breaks a record, all man- kind holds its breath a moment, then expends it in one great cheer. When the alrship dashes to earth, it is at least a grand smash, and again the world's eyes flash over the spectacular element. But New England takes the forsaken balloon to its bosom, cod- dles it, goes aloft with it in compara- to be in so comfortable and quiet an old- fashioned way that no one outside its borders knows anything about it till a Boston almanac rounds up the annual record of ascents, so rapidly getting to surpass the local precipitations. Permanent Embassy Houses. The officers of the American Em- bassy association, who have been making a tour of the central west to propagate the purpose of their or- ganization, which is to start out the government on a policy of building permanent embassy houses for diplomatic representatives to foreign governments declare themselves to be happily disappointed in finding no strenuous opposition. A variegated assortment of argu: ments has been presented to support the demand that the United States do as other great powers have done or are doing by establishing permanent | quarters as the pefsonal and official seats of our ambassadors and ministers abroad. But to us the subject appeals most forcibly as a plain business propo- sition. If the government builds em- bassy houses at the principal European capitals it will make them more or less £aually pretentious according to the rank of the embassy, and reduce, if not completely abolish, the present dis- parity between these positions as main- tained by our diplomatic officers out of the allowance made them, generally supplemented from their own private fortunes. The qualifications demanded of our ambassadors should be substantially the same for all, granted, of course, that the most experienced and best equipped should be sent to the most important posts. While any new de- parture in this direction must of neces- sity be of slow progress, it strikes us that it would be a sound business proposition to put all our diplomatic establishments abroad on a permanent foundation, and fix their relationship to one another and to the foreign gov- ernments more in conformity with the actual facts. Reaching for the Ringleaders. The steadiness with which the in- dictment of the membeérs of the sugar ring goes on must be highly gratifying to the public, as sustaining the popu- | lar faith in the determination of the government to bring within the toils all of the offenders whom it can un- cover. Out of such a tangle of crim- I!nlllly. extending over so long a pe- riod, it has been slow work to evolve the connec:jng links of evidence neces- | sary to conviet, but the painstaking prosecution has step by step progressed up the ladder, never neglecting an op- portunity to impale the smaller fry, but always aiming toward the man higher up. When the Ilesser indi- viduals have mutely accepted their | prison sentences, it had been feared | that the real ringleaders would escape, but now the secretary-treasurer of the combine has been indicted, in con- junction with a considerable number { of other officials, and out of these in- | dictmengs there may be evolved the full revelations for which the people have been hoping. Phe bland assurances resulting in | the adoption of a resolution of confi- dent innocence on the part of the sugar company directorate are somewhat be- clouded by the instant announcement | ot true bills against the bigger de- | tendants, being another exhibition of | the tutility of fine words in ‘the face of the blunt facts. Preserving Native Beauty. Americans at large will approve the object of the campaigners at Washing- ton who have undertaken the enlist- ment of congressmen for a national park to preserve portions of the Nia-| gara region in their pristine beauty.| Such movements are notoriously slow | of progress, while the march of the | despoiler is swift, and already the| country roundabout the falls has un-| dergone deterioration beyond recall. | wifile there can no longer be any doubt that the falls themselves are in danger. | Had the nation not reservdd the Yel- | lowstone wilds before moneyed greed discovered their possibilities, that won- | derland would by this time have been | despoiled, for even today such men as | Rdison regretfully point to the power | running to waste in the violence uf; the geysers, and it Is not difficult to| conjure up a picture of capital tapping | spouting of Old Faithful and his kin, | Invasion of the Yosemite park is even now being fostered. Such of the ma- jestic portions of the Hudson and Ad- irondack regions as still remain un- scarred are abdut to be saved by the united efforts of the states ot New of the Boston Transecript, which wili York and New Jersey, alded by the tive sanity and safety, having its fun | oury personal millions of eastern philan- thropists, It is pleasing to see the Sage, Rocke- feller and Harriman fortunes con- tributing so practically and so liberally to the work of restoring to the people the beauty spots which nature de- signed for the generations after us, | but the cupldity of capital is constantly directed against other of these wonder- lands, and it is & wige people who de- cline to surrender the few remaining marvels into the hands of commercial- fsm. There is now only one Niagara. “Counsel for His Defense.” In connection with the latest phase of the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation concerning the debate over the right of Mr. Pinchot to be represented by counsel before the congressional com- mittee, reference has been made to the constitutional guarantee. But that stipulation s specifically with regard to “all criminal prosecutions,” in which circumstances ‘‘the accused shall enjoy the right—to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.” The public lands inyestigation is not a criminal trial, but, instead, an earnest effort on the part of the gov- ernment to discover the full facts con cerning the administration of interests involve@ {n departmental service, None of the parties to the controversy has thus far shown any disability to express himself in the matter of fact or argument, and the need for pro- fessional lawyers on either side to in- terpret the procedure or to interpolate legal technicalities s not at this writ- ing apparent. This investigation is no occasion for red tape. Intrusion of expert lawyers with their devious ways of manipulat- ing the issue cannot bnt give rise to the impression that the investigating committee is not fully competent to do the biisiness, What is wanted is a clear and complete exposition of all the cir- cumstances, regardless of legal techni- calities or ord y court procedure, and regardless of the person or persons The Road to Success. In distributing New Year's dividend gifts to his many employes, one of Chi- cago’s merchant princes took occasion to tell the men how to save from their earnings, as the initial step along the road to success. The homily contained such simple details as “Walk to the store for exercise and to save carfare,” “If you smoke, smoke the cheap cigars coarsely made of real tobacco.” His rigid rule, involving minute economies, on which he rose to fortune, was the invariable saving of one-fourth of his weekly earnings. All this has a familiar sound, for nearly every successful American start- ing from lowly employment has testi- fied to the truth of some such creed. For one's self to feel the pinch of de- privation is pointed out as the means of acquiring the materials for foundation- laying of fortune, and it might be added for character-bullding as well, and personal attention ro details of the employer’s interests might be ecited as another essential. Yet of all who hear the counsel, but few respond, for it is so much easier to temporize with the primrose path than to set forth with fortitude and determination along the hard road that stretches uninvitingly so far before it turns from simplicity into the open country of comfort and ease. The American public, knowing Prof. Henry vanDyke c¢hiefly for his “‘Story of the Other Wise Man” and other books, had forgotten that he was for years pastor of the famous Brick Pres- byterian church in New York, till re- minded by the recent announcement that he had resumed that pulpit, the occasion being the death of Dr. Wil- Ham R. Richards, one of the clearest thinkers and most pleasing and en- lightening pulpit orators of the day. Dr. Richards was Dr. vanDyke's choice for the place, as Dr. Maltbie Babcock had been before him, an indication that the Brick church has come to look upon the Princeton literary man as a godfather in pulpit succession. In so large and important a congregation Dr. vanDyke will be kept too busy to do much other work, and for his value to the world at large it is to be hoped that sor, for a man who can preach so wholesomely and effectually through his books cannot be spared to the de- tails of a small and limited field. We are still waiting for our amiable democratic contemporary, the World- Herald, to make specific the accusa’ ilkm it brings against the 'Hon. John | “the chevalier sans peur et sans reproche of bourbonism in Nebraska," | We stand ready in | whatever that is, his behalf to enter a plea in abatement, | and a demurrer and set set up the statute of limitations. ——— Tlke rormer Lincoln posimaster denies the accusation that he is “in- | | surging” because he was pried loose | from Uncle Sam’s payroll. Of course, he knows the real reason, but it is worthy of mnote that he never ‘in- surged” while he was still connected with the job. Fervently do we pray that Goyvernor Shallenberger may not sugeumb to the allurements or be contaminated by Aldrich, Fitzgerald and Balley, Pinchot and Ballinger draw for their lung power. —_— One of our “best sellers'’ relates that one of its women characters “had taken advantage of a lull in the enter- on whom any disclosures may reflect. |* he soon again will fix upon his succes- | | Lee Webster, charging him with being | Y 16, 1910. physical overhauling, in slium, in the lower part of the' left wing.” Since the new fashions there appears to be no end to the mysteries of feminine anatomy. —_— When lagt heard from William Jen nings Bryan was somewhere down on the borderland between Central Amer fca and South America, but careful perusal of the contents of the Com moner fails to show any difference or deterioratfon. The Postal telegraph people cer tainly gave no thought to the con veniences of popular parlance when they picked out a name like Transcon tinental. Watch its abbreviation to “Transy." the gymna —_— What our old friend Rdgar Howard would like to know is whether the check book has been replenished so | that it will bid higher for re-election than it did for election. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Cleveland Plain Dealer: That Illinols pastor whose counterfeiting outfit was set up in the church parsonage seems to have been much better known for his works than | his faith Washington Herald: That St. Louie min- lster who says there are no lawyers in | heaven evidently thought heaven was in | need of a fine, large boost of some sort. Springfield Republican: If the Chicago £hurches adopt the plan of employing press agents and advertising,. they should see to it that their ads are always placed next to pure reading matter. Chicago Record-Herald: General Booth, | the head of the Salvation Army, fears that the end of the world Is rapldly approach- ing, and he has an idea that the destruc- tion Is to be by fire. People who live in flits which are not properly heated will find it difficult to share his opinion Brooklyn Eagle: The Fifth Avenue Pres- byterian church of anhattan offers a Brummagem English /minister twice the salary any Presbyterian church in all Fng- land can afford to pay. He will come. Hun- dreds of American Presbyterian ministers who are not getting $12,00 a year, yearn for & prohibitive duty in the divinily | schedule. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. The revolutionary army is working below the Nicaraguan scale of 30 cents. They size up at 20 cents a day. Those seeking an anti-fat treatment that | delivers the goods can secure pointers by | watching the coal pile shedding Its surplus. New Jersey's corporation foundry ie not | frightened by federal regulation or federal | taxes. The output last year was 2,118 char- ters, a gain of 500. The barbaric splendofs of the steel trust were shown off at a Pittsburg dinner cost- ing $100 & plate. King Ak-Sar-Ben's dinner to President Taft looms up as a piker by contrast. | Mrs. T. P. O'Connor comes from England to this country for the purpose of getting |a little sleep. The sonorous music of a boller shop working overtime must have a s00thing effect on her nerves. The assertion is boldly made in New York that the gas company is recouping itself on the S0-cent rate by pumping into the pipes enough wind to maxe up the differ- ence. It is conceded that the company has wind to burn, The Optical Review warns the profession that several unnamed individuals dealing in eyegl are going from place to place committing the unpardonable offense of selling spectacles at cut prices. No ade- quate punishment has yet been devised for the wandering villains. 'SERMONS BOILED DOWN., He can never know men who will not stop to know children. Some men come near proving the devil when they argue on thelr god. | No man gets far in the business of living | who lives only for business. Anxiety tries to see the mountain in the | way and trips us up over a pebble. | He who sets his salls to the winds of ap- plause steers with his back to the future. A present annoyance will try out saint- hood much better than prospective martyr- dom. Many men would be religious if their friends were not so anxlous to make It seem petty and ridiculous. Much religious speculation is like trying to explain the world's anthems by the ether waves that carry them. When o thing gets intolerably bad we usually eliminate it from the language of decency and leave it in active existence.— Chicago Tribune. THE SUM OF LIVING. Boston Transeript. If you have a friend worth loving, Love. Yes, and let him know That you\love him, ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow Why should good words ne'er be sald Of 2 friend—till he is dead? It you hear a song that thrills you, Sung by any child of song, Pralse it. Do not let the singer Walt deserved praises long. Why should onc who thrills your heart Lack the joy you may impart? 1t_you hear a prayer that moves you By {ts humble, pleading tone, Join it. Do not'let the seeker | Bow before his God alone. | Why should not your brother share The strength of “two or three” in prayer? | If_you see the hot tears falling | _From a brother's weeping eyes, Share them; and by kindly sharing Own your' kinship with the skies. Why“should anyone be glad When & brother’s heart is sad? | 1f_& silvery laugh goes rippling Through the sunshine on his face Share it. 'Tis the wise man's saying— For both grief and joy a place. old friends. THE FRANK MURPHY, resident BEN B. WOOD Vice President LUTHER DRAKE, Cashier FRANK T. HAMILTON, Ass't Cashier. H. D. Neely, Dear Sir: Society of the U. to the estate. % b Drafts j iy at e Maturity” ANCIENT HISTORY. Some people might conclude we had sud- denly assumed a virtue. 'To show our consist- ent record we will publish a few letters from Here is another: OF OMAHA, NEB. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital and Surplus $600,000 - Omaha, Neb., July 8th, 1904 Manager, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Omaha, Nebraska ~ I have received from you draft of the Equitable Life Assurance oY Thousand Dollars ($10,000) on account of policy on life of Ben B. Wood. Of five policies in ent companies this is the first payment Yours truly, Frank Murphy o . The Equitable Life Assurance Society g Of the United States. " PAUL MORTON, President. - “Strongest in the World" H. D. NEELY, Manager. Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha ¥ in the sum of Ten five differ- Administrator. LI }’ L DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Well, they are married." Was It a romantic affair?" “Oh, very. He's out of a job and she can’t ‘possibly live on less than ten thou- sand a year."—Kansas City Journal. “Was Amandy “Yes, ma, and I/gave him his conge." “Law, Amandy, don't you know no bet- ter'n to give a young man a New Year present like that?'—Baltimore American. oung Smithers here last night, Bachelor Brother (visiting married sis- ter)—Well, sis, how are you and how is the kid? | Sister—Baby's troubled a good deal with his teeth, B. B.—His teeth the dentist and have them out in a Boston Transcript. I'll just telephone to Jitty.— “What do you think? Jenks, whom every- body thought so well off, the end of his means. “Well, that's the limit ican "—Baltimore Amer- it's presumptious for you to I want you to quit it.” how do you know 1 “Geoffrey m_about me y, Esmeralda am about you? “]—er—dreamed the other night that you did."—Chicago Tribune of one Yes; it's Mr. Barberton. His wife used to beg 'him for nickels and dimes, and now he's cheerfully paying her a hundred a week for allmony."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. % has come to | ‘We Sell 100 Kinds Mineral Waters We wilj sell over 100 kinds fmported and American Mineral Waters, and, a& we ob- taln direct from springs or importer, can guarantee freShness and genuineness. Boro Lithig Water, bot., ic; case, $5.00. Boro Lithia Water, pints, dogen, 3§1.50; cese, 100, $10.00. W are distributing agents In Omaha for the celebrated waters from Excelsior Springs, Mo., and sell at following prices: Regent, quart bottle, 2e¢; dozen, $2.25; case, &0 bottles, $8.00. ipho-Saline, quart botile, 25;; case, 60 bottles, $8.00. Sulpho-Saline, quart bottle, 1.50, Soterign, quart bottle, 20c; dozen, $2.00. Soterian, pint bottle, 15c; dozen, $L.00. Soterian’ Ginger Ale, pint bottle, 1bo; dozen, $1.50. . Soterfan 25c; dozen, $2.%5. Diamond Lithia case, 1 dozen, stal Lit 2c; dozen, %c; dozen, Ginger Ale, quart bottle, half-gallon bottle, 40c; , b-gallon fugs. each, $2.00 Salt Sulphur, 5-gallon jugs, each, $2 Delivery free to any part of Omaha Council Bluffs or South Omaha. |$herman & McConnell Drug Co. 16th and Dodge Sts. Owl Drug Co. 16th and Harney Ste. | There's health and goodness in the mirth In which ail honest laugh has birth 1f_your work is made more easy By a friendly, helping hand, Bay so. Speak out brave and truly, Fre the darkness vell the land, Should & brother workman dear Iter for & word of cheer? ur seeds of kindness, The Peer of Pianos | A Then the old reliable Kranich & Bach, Krakauer, Kim- | Lea Trust the Harvest Giver. | He will make each seed to grow, 0, until its happy end, ur lite xhall never lack a friend ball, Bush & Lane, Cable-Nelson, Burton, Cramer and many others, The highest grades, the finest finishes, the most reliable | Our Birthday Book | Jauuary 16, 1910, | | Eiwood Mead, the hydraulle engineer and | irrigation expert, was born January 16, 1568 At Fatriot, Ind. Mr. Mead made his raise {In life from Wyoming, where he lald the| | foundation for hie professional reputation | and lowest prices. the subterranean sources there With |y ...ining in the same atmosphere at| Willam H. Thomas, the real estate and pipe lines and industry harnessing the | \w.chington on which Cannon and (10an man, officing in the First Natlonal | Bank bullding has a birthday today. Mr | Thomas was bovn i Utah fn 1837, and was | raised and educated in lowa, from Missouri Valley to Council Bluffs, Mr. Thomas is recognized as one of the best experts on| real estate values In Omaha. | Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, on the retired list of the United States navy, is . Forbes Robertson, the actor, is 57. He Is 1513-1515 Douglas Street Iuln!ng to give herself a thorough |an Englishman ¥ &