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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
A Significant Sign.

In a city with uncertain future and
an unstable center of business grav-
ity, building improvements always
tend to take the line of least re-
sistance. 1t Is only when a city grows
older and becomes more firmly
founded, and its thoroughfares more
permanently fixed, that 1t enters u
period where better buildings take the
place of poorer. Not until that stage
is reached do property owners realize
that 1t pays to tear down Anticipated
and out-of-date structures and put up
in their places new, modern struc-
lures, more suitable to the purposes
desired and utilizing the ground space
to fuller capacity.
1t is gratifying to note that Omaha
has already passed out of the merely
spreading era and into the improving
era. Our property owners here no
longer hesitate when occasion de-
mands to discard the old to make way
for the new. Omaha has had some
examples of this procedure from time
to time heretofore, but they were no.
table exceptions rather than the rule,
whereas today finds the business area
with so few vacant spots that nearly
every new building has to have a To-
cation cleared for it first.
We submit that this is a good sign
and not a bad symptom-that it be-
tokens growth of a more substantial
kind and indicates the more settled
status of the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Senator Bailey Of Texas will deliver the
annual address before the Ohio state Bar
association at its annual convention next
July.
In reply to the charge that New York is
the grave Of the clergy. a paper in that city
retorts that no live ministers are buried.
there.
Just for the sake OF a rest the public viii
be glad to concede that Mars is inhabited,
and that in the canal Industry the Mar
tians can give us cards and spades.
Perhaps il some enterprising persEns
would pipe and market the gas tS6m
Halley's comet, one of the necessaries OF
life would come off the high perch.
Mr.. Carnegie is said to have turned pale
when shaken by a trifling collision. ~
must be remembered hat his preparationsI
for dying poor are not yet complete.
A check for S4,OOO,OOO. his share of the
Standard OIL quarterly dividend, will be,
to John d. Rockefeller on March Is.
About that time look out for a Rockefeller
slam at the extravaganza of the American
people.
In the Missouri penitentiary ordinary
clothing has been substituted for the
stripes, and only those guilty OF infraction
of the rules will nave to wear the latter.
Unusually good order has prevailed since
change went into effect.
The growing rarity Of visits of the stork
to the homes of Lawrence, Kan, mani
tested in decrease of school children, Is
attributed to the Intellectual development
of the population. Lawrence is a unikSrsity
town and babies are an im~pedlment to In
life.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
Peary Will Prove IN.

According to reliable advices from
Washington, Commander Peary has
concluded not to rest his claim to
North pole discovery exclusively on the
recognition accorded by the National
Geographic society of this country, but
will also prove up before the Royal
Geographical society of England and
the Royal italian Geographical society.
Commander Peary is TO lecture shortly
by invitation in London and in Rome.
and he will at the same time submit
his records and observation data to
these foreign scientific associations,
whose DEGREES. II favorable to his
claims, will unquestionably remove
every vestige Of doubt as to the actual
achievement Of his northward expedi-
ton.
The hasco into which the test APP
piled by the University OF Copenhagen
TO the documents presented by Dr..
Cook turned has undoubtedly operated
abroad to the detriment of Commander
Peary as we'll by making people skepti-
cal and discreditlng American polar
expeditions in general. We in this
country are thoroughly satisfied with
the verdict OF our own Geographic
society. but under the peculiar condi
tions It may not carry the weight else
where thatNit should, and Commands
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
COLD STORAGE REGULATION.
Products to ne TaREed and
Dated.
PIttsburg Dispatch.


Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Massachusetts legislator has intro
duced a bill reflecting the general impress
sion against cold storage practices. II
forblds the retention of food in cold
storage for more than three months and
requires that no articles be brought into
that state from cold storage warehouses
in other states unless the date when they
went into cold storage is stamped upon
them.
The propriety Of such an enactment de-
Ponds on scientific knowledge of the
length of time the various classes of
food can be kept in cold storage with
out becoming unhealthy. The legitimate
work of cold storage consists i'm taking
food articles superabundant at the crop
season and preserving them until they
are scarce. This work is as useful as
that of grain elevators or ice houses. 1t
certainly requires stronger testimony than
we have yet seen to convince reasonable
persons that three months is the reasonable
limit. 1t is well known that some food,
articles can be kept in cold storage much
longer than that. There may be some
that cannot be safely kept for that length
of time. Whatever Limitation there is
should be founded on scientific knowledge
of the conditions with regard to each
staple.
Concerning the branding of the date
when the articles is stored, that seems a
reasonable regulation. The buyer has tn
right to know what he Is buying, and
If prejudice leads him to discard articles
that are entirely sound he will be the
principal sufferer. The policy of corner
ing goods in storage should be dealt with
as an example of conspiracy to create
artificial scarcity, without interfering with
the proper and beneficial : work of cold
storage warehouses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
Federal License for Autoists.
Boston Transcript.

Senator Depew is pushing a federal au-
tomobile law, so that q license issued by
the government shall free autoists from
paying fees to states in which they reside
or through which they travel. The idea
is not new, and heretofore congress has
not deemed It good. Several bills for fed
eral regulation of autos have been intro
duced, but have been Pigeon-holed in COM
mittee rooms. Their proponents have
argued that the m clause of the
constitution can be stretched to cover
autos, but committees have thought other
wise, and, besides. have been influenced
by a desire to avoid running up against
the police powers Of the states.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Another candidate who ran for the
last legislature in this district has
picked up his belongings. packed his
satchel and t~ransplanted himself to a
new location in another state. That
will not, however, stop irresponsible
or temporary sojourners among us
from offering themselves from time to
time 70 make our laws for us.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Everyone agrees that nepotism in
public Office is bad business, but It is
not confined to any one political party.
There is one way to stop nepotism, and
that is to prohibit It by law, and for
failure to pass such a law in this state
both parties are equally culpable.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
ForciBIe Hint 90 SPECTATORS.
Bulletin

F'" T"''WH'
The arrival Of nearly 100000 eggs from
Europe-the first considerable shipment OF
this sort recorded for some years-may
furnish a forcible hint to the cold storage
manipulatorsN Nm the United States. Since
nobody has accused the American hen OF
Sinking her duty, the Inference that alto
gether too much Of her product has been
held up In the refrigeatng warehouses is
tolerably plain. When egg shipments from
abroad begin to come in. it is a sign that
there are limits beyond which this process
cannot be safely carried.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
Looks Like a Fact.

IIIIdWNIpIIIF INVVVIW'
There is probably not much exaggeration
in Senator McCumber's statement that a
steer worth $50 on the hoof in the farm
er's hands. yields from 5000 to $1,000 when
served UP in small portions under the skill
full direction of the artistic chef of a
luxurious Washington restaurant. like
wise we havelf heard somewhere that a
pound of steel worth a cent and a half
becomes worth, some hundreds Of dollars
when worked up into watchsprings. Out
upon the grasping middleman!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
Safety of Legitimate business.
PhIladelphia Record.

"PhIIadeIphla RECORD.
The business of the country will not be
hurt one particle by the prosecution OF
monopolies and attempted m~onopolies. but
the business of stock spectators may be.
II the financial sharps would refrain from
trying to absorb competing concerns and
to create monopolies, and II the spectators
would not try to manipulate the market
either up or down, legitimate business
would be better than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

The Mad Mullah has broken loose
again in northern Africa, just as the
Roosevelt party is reaching the Sou
dan, Wonder what might happen If
'hese two should happen to meet and
discuss o any old sort of subject.
rhe madden Mullah happened to be
at the time the more interesting the
Interview would be.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Because cotton has again gone down
the New York stock market is worry
ing itself into Ats n fever. Cotton
will be in demand in all fabric manu-
facture and the stock market At will
make no difference.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

The reason the Wellington, Kan,
police judge fined himself for fighting
may be explained that he is a square
dealer and has been a newspaper man
by profession. He won in the fight
and evidently thought it was worth
the fine.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

The worst thing to be laid up
against Ex-Governor s~heldon's pronun.
siamento is thu two-column double
'hotted 'paroxysm that it Jared into
The editorial page of our amiable dem,
Ocratic contemporary.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
hound to ne a Hummer.
Baltimore American.

IWTNITTTVTN FNITVT n
1t is proposed that the welcome to Mr..
Roosevelt shall be made the greatest that
has ever been extended to an ex-president.
hat will not be difficult, as the country
has grown immensely since the last pre-
vious ex-president came back from a for
eign tour. There are now more
states and a good many more people to
engage in a welcoming demonstration.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

If Mr.. Bryan's Homecoming is
up to enable him to arrive in
time to write county option into the
next state platform for Nebraska dem
ocrats It is safe to predict lively times
in the democratic ring of the political
circus.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

If Chicago club refuse to
pay their taxes until they get the
ballot, by way Of p%rophesy, there will
be some good property sold at a tax
sale if this boycott of the county
treasurer is continued long enough.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Halley's comet will soon be in plain
view even in the day time. A comet
is one of those peculiar phenomena
of the hot air variety of periodical ap-
pearance which a great deal
of admiration when in view, but is
remembered only for its speed, flashi-
ness and endurance after it is gone.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

A pay-as-you-enter hotel is promised
in New York in the next few months.
Except for the strange hold it gives
the hotel men on their victims that
might not be a bad scheme.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Interstate commerce, postal savings,
injunction and statehood bills, all ad-
ministration measures, are said to be
reasonably SURE of passing both houses
of congress. President Taft has a
faculty of keeping everlastingly at
things until he gets them done
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

A French hero fund has been form
ally launched to boost French chivaIry
and heroism. But considering the
lightning speed with which France has
always turned on its heroes it might
also be a good plan to establish a hero
wrecking and salvage company.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

PHILADELPHIA Press.

TUITHUtIUTId ITVo0'
Organized labor is making acclaim
against the ~non-unlon sausage. But what
are the distinguishing symptoms of such
sausage? And IL the casing comes from
a pig fattened on corn cultivated by a nom
union pillow, how is the innocent purchaser
of the sausage to know It?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

The sooner rush" Of Oklahoma will
be re-enacted in California, and it
might be well to notice that on ac-
count of the large number Of college
men who are ready for the start the
odds are in favor of the young men
getting the land. A rush is like eating
pie to college boys.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Governor shallenberger publicly an.
n that he wants to occupy the
executive mansion. rent free. for two
years more. Some people have had a
sort of a half suspicion OF this for a
considerable time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

New Workers laugh at what they
are pleased to call western egotism,"
but It is interesting to see them swell
up and pronounce the final judgment
IF it were not for the Empire state"
and we take 1t they refer to the in
habitants in particular-the universe
and Halley's comet would be as insig-
nifcant and useless as a Russian thistle
in western Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

The comfort to be derived from the
statement that ragtime music is a sure
cure for insanity is a good deal like
the assurance that rheumatism can be
cured by the sting Of bees.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
willing to Leave the Core.
Philadelphia Ledger.

THIIHUeIVWId ItUBtT.
It seems that the magnates credited with
a desire to own Alaska have been cruelty
misrepresented. All they want is the coal,
copper, precious metal, power rights, trans
portation facilities and the agricultural
area. This leaves to the government and
the casual settler all the snow and ice,
and there is more of each than could be
utilized.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Abdul Hamld is now refusing to eat.
Ordinarily a mans literary habits
would not AFFECT his appetite, but It
must be remembered that the former
sultan is writing up the secrets Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Missouri is certainly having an ex-
citing time with the Swope mystery.
election frauds and the governors new
farm. Can 1t be that Missouri us
being shown"-up?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

It Is evident that the republican marty ia
going to nave a glorious old fight on ,ts
hands when the time for defining its nosi-
ton on the liquor problem arrives-WorI
Herald.
Perhaps SO. But how about the
democratic party?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

A bunch OF nervy New Workers constitu-
ting the Fulton Monument commission
confident Of its ability to touch Uncle
Sam. the state Of New York and New
York City and some individuals for 81. 5OO.-
900. have invited ten architects to com
pete in furnishing plans for the pro-
jected The outlined plan Of
the commission consists Of a
tomb with a historical museum on the left
facing the river and a reception wing on
the right. From these buildings enormous
flights Of steps and inclined walks lead
down to the river shore, 1000 yards away.
Here will be broad platforms extending
before the harbor. On these landings from
$4,000 to 5000 persons can assemble TO well
homecoming conquerlng heroes and
other notables, and official receptions will
be accorded them in the reception building
above.
The site is on Riverside drive from One
Hundred and Fourteenth to One Hundred
and Sixteenth streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Chicago News.

chicago news
People who are always picking out new
Jobs for him seem to forget that just be-
ing It. Roosevelt is quite a vocation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

1t is an awful ONE down for Johns
town, Pa, to be reduced from a great
food disaster to a moving picture show
smashup.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

II the city Of Omaha is going to
maintain automobiles for it's city Off
Gals it had better take out a good line
of liability insurance at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Peary will simply demonstrate his con
idence in his own %impregnable posi-
ton by inviting European g%eographers
to verify his proofs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Some people run for office because
they want to, others because they are
dragged in, and still others because
they are willing to be forced by their
friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Mrs. Hetty Green's big black cat
Satan" turned out to be a good fire.
man. but contrary to the spirit of his
namesake, wanted to put the fire out.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

A weekly bank clearings exhibit
which shows ove 26 per cent increase
for Omaha is not to be sneezed at.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

In his letter promulgating anew a
perfect plan to settle the liquor ques-
ton forever Ex-Governor Sheldon
says:
I want It distinctly understood that this
program was prepared without aid, sug-
gestion or consent Of any man or set of
men.
1t would seem that this was an I'M
necessary DECLARATION.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
~ seen in the Great American
Metropolis from nay 60 nay.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

If this keeps up the hog will soon be
the artstocrat of the barnyard.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

1t will soon be time for the crop
killer and the fruit freezer to get in
his work.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
CHEEKY CHAFF.

Figures won't lie," said the accurate
man.
NO" answered the friend, who was
looking over bills with please remit on
wish Il weren't necessary for them to be
so brutally frank. Washington Star. A
Old Friend-So the children are all mar
ried? You must feel lonesome at tines.
Father-Oh, i don't know. The boys all
married suffragettes and the girls married
trust officials, That makes the newspapers
mighty interesting. Puck
'if / decide to stay here for a week how
much is It going to cost me?"
You can answer that best yourself" re-
piled the clerk of the Florida hotel. "How
much have you got?'-Catholic StNndard
and Times. .t "
Il would die for you, my darling he
whispered. with soul rapture thrilling In
his tones.
d you carry much Of a life insurance."
she asked, with a dreamy, faraway look
in her big tender eyes.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
your wife is quite hospitabie," said the
II don't know answered Mr.. Cumrox.
Mother and the girls used to be glad to
see folks that dropped in off-hand. Now
they send out invitations, and seem more.
tickled to get regrets than acceptances.
Washington Star. -
Man with the Bullying Brow-Who is that
chap you were talking to just now.
Man with the Bulbous Nose-Hes a glue
can't stick him for the drinks.-Chicago
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

sGbscribers leaving the city ten.
porarily should have The Reo
mailed to them. Address Will be
changed - often Ne requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
sTATEMENT OF C1RcuLATION.

On ENhbNl UT YIN -
State OF Nebraska Douglas County, IS:
publishing Company. being duly sworn,
says that the actual uumpe. OF full and
Evening and sunday Rec printed during the
month Of january 1910 Maa na folloMe.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

There had been a dispute in the tene-
ment house and one OF the women priuci-
pals obtained a summons for her neighbor
to appear In the police court. The princi-
pals with their witnesses, none of whom
could speak English. filed into the court
room, and the magistrate told the police.
man on the bridge to find out what It was
all about.
How many witnesses have you?" asked
the policeman OF the woman who had OBJ
tanned the
six" she replied.
And how many has she?"
she has eight" said the woman.
G home" said the policeman in Yid-
dish. you lose"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

NEOINIH ID. IAoCftUOh,
Treasurer.
subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before rue this 3lst day OF January 1910.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

zone thing that you can't find in New
York is a professional Chinese nurse" said
a doctor. quoted by the Sun. 1.-THE town
was raked fore and aft for one the other
day. A sick American recently come home
from the Orient declared that a Chinese
nurse was essential to rapid recovery and
the doctors on the case instituted a thor
ough search for such an attendant. Some.
times / think there ought to be a few Of
them imported, in spite OF labor laws.
Every person l have met who has ever
been attended by a Chinese nurse cannot
be satisfied with any other. There are a
number Of them in Chinese cities. The
nave been trained by American and
European nurses and missionaries. but az
soon as they get the hang Of the business
they go their instructors one better in gen,
tleness and soothing ways. It is common
for persons who have known their minis
~tratIons abroad to ask for them here. hui
they cannot be found"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

sultsn's palace. and it may be that his
subject a turned his stomach.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

A New York clergyman who has Of
dictated at many funerals declares that Gre
nation is slowly and steadily making gains
Throughout the country.
He says that the one crematory estab-
lished in New York fifteen years ago had
formerly but fifty incinerations in a year.
while now there are near 1000. In addi-
ton two sub-plants are in operation in
Jersey City. Near o~ne-seventh of those
who die In this city are cremated.
The idea, he adds, has but little hold on
the masses, while appealing to the Gull
tured classes.
ut is now the rule" he says, that a
funeral shall be a simple and dignlfied fare
well. The great funeral, on which the
family sometimes spent its last cent. is al
mcst a thing OF the past. So. too, the pride
in having acquaintances send in masses of
flc wers."%
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

Tom Byrnes-Inspector Byrnes he was,
the world over-once remarked that there
were more good detectives among the news
paper reporters Of New York than in the
average police force. And Byrnes had the
reputation-and has-of being a great de-
tective. His opinion would seem to be
borne out in a recent murder mystery in
New York. Although the police were on
the case at least an hour before the re-
porters took the trail, two Of them Cow
cred half a dozen leads and "clews'
before a single plainclothes mar scented
them and were able to point out later to
the officer IN charge of the case many a
link In the chain of evidence that his men
had missed. Naturally, he was not pleased.
But he was still more grouchy the next
to read statements in several
new spapers from material witnesses that
! Is "sleuths' could not find"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21

In a large city, says Golfers Weekly,
forces have to be great in order to be felt,
and material things have to be immense In
order to be seen. Men and objects Of suf-
ticient power and size to captivate the
imagination of a small town exist by the
thousand in a large city, and remain OBJ
scure. The village clock, which because of
its elevation, size and isolation seems to
the town a great thing. something belong
ing to the whole community, something
for boys and even men to wonder at, exists
by the hundred in a metropolis, in church
spires and buildings, most of them
dwarfed by surrounding skyscrapers of
monstrous size, and practically none of
them causing a thrill. The city of New
York, however, now has a real town clock,
a clock that may be seen three miles
away a clock that looms up day and night
In the Metropolitan tower and stirs the
busy worker as he hurries on his way.
Here are some of the facts about this
clock: Twenty-six feet across the face
and BAG feet from the sidewalk. Hands.
twelve and eight feet long. Figures, four
feet high. One hundred and ninety-eight
electric lights In each dial, to say nothing
OF those in the hands. Above this clock
stretches a tower the tip Of which is almost
700 feet from the ground. In comparison
with this timepiece hundreds of church
CLOCKS In the same city are practically lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-21
rERMs oF suRscRIPTGoN.

Entegfd at omaha postofflce as second
lass matter.