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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28
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! before we got any reward tcashl
for our products vie were very
much discouraged. OF course our
notes for farm machinery must be
provided for. We had 10 have
something 10 eat. Our best clothes
week Of the coarsest and cheapest
material. We certainly pracficed
economy. At the beginning Of har.
vest the business men who con
tracted or bought wheat bad their
bales OF sasss ready af from lie 10
fgc per sack. We filled the sacks
and delivered them back to the
same parties from whom We
bought them and the price of the
sack plus one pound weight was
taken out OF our wheat In all II
amounted TO from he to i5c per
sack Off the price OF wheat Talk
about combined No matter
where we tried TO sell our wheat
the same conditions prevailed. The
excuse that the business men gave
for keeping the sacks was that the
grain could not bo shipped loose In
cars, 40 the sacks had TO go with
the wheat. However. the following
year we could get second hand
sacks for &c to &c from the same
contractors with the same brand
OF the previous year. II the price
Of wheat was soc we actually got
CSC. II Soc. we got soc. etc.
When our books were made up at
the end Of the season the man who
owned the farm did well II he had
cleared 81 per day Of 10 hours each.
The business men had laid their
plans to correspond with the boun-
teous crops T. J. TRAYNOR.
11i3 gath Ave.
Seattle Daily Star:
Sirs---I enclose hereby some sig.
natures TO the petition re Alaskan
coal fields. I myself have put In
10 years In Alaska and British
Yukon. Two others OF the signers
are former Alaskans My idea Is
and has been for years, that only
by a government owned and ope-
rated railway TO the coal fields will
the American peolle get Justice In
the matter. Yours truly.
J A. HEDsTROM.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28

were
Vacation idies.
DON'T forget 20 wind the clock and
feed the little kitty
While wife has her holiday AT
dear Atlantic City.
mot the kind that feeds out Of
Jackpot
A young woman has Just started
on a journey Of 10000 miles to get
married.
Anyway
The young man has plenty Of
time 10 hide.
Juggling IL recommended as
good exercise for nervous folks.
My husband is just begging me
10 take that trip around the world
but ! can't"
why notg~
7 always get dizzy whom ! travel
IN q circle"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28
Here's an Old One.

Here's an Old One.
The New York telegraph says
a young lady walked into a flrnad-
way mnate store and said 10 tho
clerk "Kia# Me-" She meant the
song BY that name. Tho clerk 70.
piled Come back IN an hour
when the boss ain't here
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28

u 10 the height ~ inpudsnes
saya the Mes York Sun. for a man
sitting IN . ear 20 try 70 flirt with
standing art.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28
aeIact Affair.

Select Affair.
Deputy Marshall Bowling and
Marvin AdkIna will attend the
hanging Of John Withrow NJ Blue
Ridge on Friday OF this week. We
understand the hanging win be pri-
yate Blairsyilie tGa.J Banner.
"Oh, what q shamei ] am mex
presslbiy shocked 10 hear H. And
how soon after your marriage did
he begin to display the eIoyen
hoof1
why. NJ about the same time he
began 10 cultivate The cioseH
breath"
Yes" said the callow youth. II
always speak my mind"
1--WE noticed relosned the matter
OF fact maid. that you have very
little 10 say"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28

uahbcr You ought 20 meet
Smith. Awfnliy clavor imltator.
He can take OF anybody.
Totiis twearliyl--i wish he
were here now Variety Life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-28

Dear STAR arm constant
reader OF your paper and note the
fact thar you are doing lot OF
mod. am a business mar In Sc.
Allie and have been here 20 years.
located at my present stand ~
years. made small donation TOT
out PotIafcn and my business was
the best during Potlatch week fnai
/ have ever had. What we would
Ike to see In this: The Potiatch IL
public property: publish the
amount IL cost and what the money
was actually spent for We have
done so many things under cover
that know II the business men o.
this city knew this money WASH Z
miaxpent they would come through
stronger. II you will publish just
how the money was spent VIII
eeud the committee $500 inside OF
10 DAYS after the report In publish.
"a. In the COMMITTEES handled the
money correct they have nothing
TO fear and we should know whether
We can place confidence In them
or not
Yours. ~. H. -.
Editor star-It IL certainly graft
fviug to see the reports OF good
crops from all parts Of the state,
As Jacob Furth says In a morning
uaper. Then Mr.. Furth says:
aBuslness men may now know what
TO expect and how to lay their
plans"
please. Mr.. Furth. do not lay
vour plans 40 as to discourage the
farmer. or your Back to the farm
advice will be all In vain People
will not stay on the farm II the
business men lay their plans to ex-
pect too much.
When we were on a farm In
Eastern Washington our experience
was to have an alarm clock set
for o'clock a. IN. for at least ten
monfha OF the year. We never
thought OF retiring before 10 O'Clock
D. m, and then we would be 80
tired that we did not care much
where we fell down TO rest We
we're blessed with bounteous crop,
which was very encouraging, but
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
vOting Machine pefect,.

While legislation to remedy admit
ted election evils not now reached by
Nebraska election laws is ineubating
It may not be out Of place TO direct at
tention to the fact that the New Jer-
sey assembly has Just repealed the act
authorizing the use of voting ma
chimes In elections in that state. Some
Of the evils, although, of course, not
all OF them, of which complaint is
made in Omaha grow out OF the use Of
the voting machine, ana the tempta-
ton it offers to manipulation fully
safeguarded against detection. 1t is
undeniable that in the last election in
this city the voting machine delivered
many votes to candidates for whom
they were not intended. and in at least
one instance, that of congressman to
represent the district, gave the certifi-
cate of election to a man who would
otherwise have been signally defeated.
Commenting on the action OF the
New Jersey Lawmakers, the Philadel-
phia Bulletin notes that there was lit
tie debate. and not much difference of
opinion, as to the failure of the ma
chimes to do the work which was ex-
pected of them. II declares:
Not only have they proved bitter dis
appointment TO the voters, but 20 the Of
ficials who first recommended their use
Instead Of simplifying balioting they com
plleate Il. No matter how simply they
may be operated or how ingeniOusly they
may he constructed 10 prevent repeating
the fact remains that to the average mar
they are a source of perplexity. Undoubt
eddy large number OF voters have stepped
out OF the machine voting booth inwardly
asking. did I pull the right levers? Hav,
l voted as I intendedF'' Even a Judge Il
one county IN South Jersey Il known (,
have voted the exact opposite to his inten
ton after having been instructed careful!
on dummy machine.
The experience OF Omaha and Doug
las county with voting machines
therefore. is not unique nor chargeabl,
10 lack OF intelligence. but Is the ex
perienee OF all the places where votinl
machines have been introduced. Tit
common impression has been that tn,
party lever Is the Objectionable
feature OF the voting machine, and, o
course. the party lever could not b.
abolished without at the same TIM
abolishing the circle for voters VIII
use the paper ballot. No election re
form viii be far-reaohing that doe
not take oognizsnoe Of voting maehin
defects.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21

Il has for the fortunes OF his party
in the state. On the contrary, II is
almost sure to make considerable mis-
fortune. One OF the party papers
argues that Tammany hall is a myth
and a bluff and could be overthrow
in day II only the democrats OF New
York would determine to overthrow
H. But we observe that the demo-
Gratis have thus far come to no such
determination and in the meantime
this myth OF bluff Is working at the
same old stand. welding a pretty po-
tent power. II may be an incubus
some democrats would like to throw
off, but the fact is, as stated by a
more candid democratic paper a few
days ago, "Tammany is a part OF the
democratic party" and IL Il is defeated
in the present contest It will have to
be reckoned with in the next, and that
is what is troubling our democratic
friends most.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
The Bees Letter Box
Contributions on Timely subjects
Not Exceeding Two hundred words
Are Invited from Our Readers.
Cruelty in PortuEal.

OMAHA, Feb. Ito the Editor Of the
Bee: In your last Sundays issue It seems
TO me you went considerably out Of your
way to wrap the cloak OF respectability
around the new Portugal republic. 1t may
be that you are not familiar with the condi-
tons Of affairs over there. You tell us
about equality" and fair play accorded to
all, etc. Do you think that the driving OF
thousands OF nuns from their native land,
the sacl1ing of their homes and schools
Is that fair play or any indication that
equality has rooted in the new republic?
Was the driving from the homes and
schools Of the Jesuits and other orders
who have no other mission but good-yes
driving them from their native land un-
less they repudiated their sacred calling
Is there anything in that that bespeaks
equality. or does is sound more like Rus
sian absoutism. We will agree with you
that the dissolving OF the ties OF church
and state is a good thing, but a repub-
lie that drives from her shores native born
citzens-men and women who have given
their lives to God. the poor and the uplift-
ing OF the people--is not q republic from
our standpoint OF a republic.
WILLIAM RAY
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
secretarv 70 the Prnaident.

President Taft is experiencing some
dihiculty in retaining a secretary. He
found Il desirable to give Mr.. Carpen-
ter, who went into the White House
with him, the position OF minister TO
Morocco. and Mr.. Norton his success
sor. is about to leave OF his own ac-
cord to resume private business in
Chicago. II would seem that Presi-
dent Taft should not be q hard man
TO work for. Colonel Roosevelt, be-
cause Of his strenuous character and
methods, might be regarded as much
harder man to keep up with, and yet
he went through the greater part Of
HIS seven years in the White House
with one secretary. William Loeb, ir.
The position OF secretary to the
president is an important one in many
ways. It is post not every able man
is qualified to FILL 1t requires ability.
tact and resourcefulness. to say moth
ing Of a good physical frame The
right sort Of man in that place saves
the chief executive a vast amount of
work. He stands between him and
the public and the presidents own
achievements are not remotely con-
nected with what is done by the man
in the outer office.
This post has been held by some
able men and has proved a good step
ping stone into other positions of trust
and influence Indeed, the present
Incumbent. Charles d. Norton, is about
to pass into very lucrative occupation
directly from the presidents employ
ment, though, of course, he had estab-
lished his right to be classed as a sue
cessful insurance man before assuming
his oficial duties. Lamont. Cortelyou
and Loeb found the secretaryship to
the president a. valuable training
school. Lamont, who served as sec
rotary to Cleveland, was finally ad-
vanced by the president to the cabinet
as SECRETARY Of war. Cortelyou, who
served as stenographer under Cleve-
land and under both Mckinley and
Roosevelt as secretary, was promoted
by the latter 10 the portfolio OF the
treasury and William Loeb, at the end
of Roosevelts second term, went into
his present position. one of great re.
sponsibility. as collector OF revenue
at the port of New York. where ne has
distinguished himself even more brill
liantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
People Talked About

Merle and Pearl Thelma. twin sisters,
Of Kennebunk. Me-. resemble each other
90 much Il Is said that their mother has
to tie a ribbon on one OF them to be able
TO tell who is who.
Twins born on ST. Valentines Day to
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Trip. OF Brockton.
Mass, were given the names Of Cupid
and Payche by their fond father, The
Trips now have ten children. one of the
younger Sons was born on February p and
was named George Washington Trip.
because the lawyers writing was hard
90 read. Waiter IA. Holder. a deaf man.
was cross-ey amined BY a typewFlting ma
chine In Newark court before which he
has a damage suit. The questions were
written out by a court typist ana submitted
20 the witness who answered them orally.
Miss f. NJ Boynton has been elected
cashier Of the Bay Side IN. " National
bank at a salary OF $500 a year. Miss Boyn
ton came from her home in the west 20
take q place as bOokkeaper IN a store at
Bay Side. when the Bay Side National
bank was organised she became assistant
cashier and Of late had filled the cashier {
place.
Mrs. Myra Brown, Of Savannah. Ga. has
procured from the superior court perma.
ncnt INDUCTION to restrain her husband
from interfering with her In working fol
living outside her home. The husband
! Is well 20 do and Insisted on her confirms
herself 20 household work. but she declared
that she had no inclination to ~slt Al HON,
and darn socks.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
SEEING OMAHA FROM AFFAIR.

st. Paul Republican: Omaha is not half
so wicked as some people would have you
believe
McCook Tribune: The recent destruction
Of the state capital building OF Missouri re-
minds the Omaha Bee that Nebraska is not
better situated than Missouri was in the
matter of fire proof buildings for its state
records, etc.
Loup Valley Queen German woman
was compelled to resort 20 the expedient OF
Growing to make II understood that she
wanted eggs for her breakfast in an Omaha
restaurant. We are told that persons cap
able Of using perfectly good English some
times use the sign language in Omaha res
taurants.
Beatrice Sum Jim Dahlmsn uses some
pretty good logic IN advocating a law to
make the matter Of saloon closing a local
Issue, to be decided by vote OF the people
Of Omaha. There are good reasons for
giving the people as large a measure OF
local self government as possible. but the
saloon question is not the most important
thing before the country, and It is about
time for Omaha 70 forget the daylight law
and get down to business. The people OF
Omaha can stand the night prohibition II
they simply make up their minds to II.
Howells Journai Omaha has been in
suited again. This time by having the
governor call attention to the fact that
much illegal voting was done there last
fall and proposing a way TO prevent such
fraud In the future. II IS easy for Omaha
TO imagine herself insulted None OF US
have forgotten how her feelings were out
ragged by the passage OF the elght-oclocl
closing act. still, she has recovered but
not forgotten, Later she was again NOR
titled and insulted by the cold treatment
given 20 Mayor Jim by the good people o.
Nebraska last November. She has alsS
recovered from that shock. She will doubt
less recover from her present frenzy and
come TO understand that 1t is no crime il
Nebraska to denounce ballot box stuf6ng
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
A Protest A9ninst Reciprocity.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb, l5.ATo the Edit
tor of The Bee What midsummer madness
has come over the administration that
measure which means the dealing Of
blow to the prosperity OF our beloved
west that the west viii not recover from
in our time? why. even the, presidents
speeches offer an induoement for Canadian
immigration. And with the immense
water-power now idle in Ontario and Que
bee through want of use for it. what is to
hinder American manufacturers from es-
tablishing plants there where all Industries
can be more cheaply conducted. Rice.
cotton and tropical fruits are the onlv
products in which Canada could not com
pete with the United States to the detrl-
ment of the latter lived on the border
during the years when reciprocity was In
effect and know all about II.
Then I do not mind going on record as
making the suggestion, and ! make II
from certain personal knowledge, that
everyone concerned in making such a
treaty should be lined up and made 10
declare whether or not he has any per-
sona1 financial interests i'm the Dominion
Of Canada, it's lands. mines, products or
outputs J. ;.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
A GOULDEN HOUR.

New York World: The passing OF Mis-
souri, Pacific from the hands Of the Goulds
into the control OF banking interests"
marks the end OF another railroad dynasty.
washington Post: Next to Western
Union. the Missouri Pacific was the elder
Goud's favorite asset. And now that both
OF these valuable holdings have practically
passed out Of the family. the house OF
Gould will be known as investors rather
than magnates,
Springfield Republican, The final ex-
oiusion OF the Gould interests from control
of the Missouri Pacific and affiliated rail-
roads will be welcomed throughout the
wide expanse OF country served by these
properties. This may be said TO have been
the only great railroad system left I'm the
country which has failed to come under the
new order OF things whereby railroad man
ageInent passes from amiable gentlemen OF
large stock interest and no experience to
trained experts who make II life business,
Des Moincs Register and Leader: The
passing Of the Goulds from the highest
places in railroad management Is something
OF a tragedy. Jay Gould. the father. built
the MISSOURI Pacific from a 2s7-mile line
into great system Of thousands Of miles.
He added other large systems 20 his hold
ings until at his death he was master OF
one-nnth OF the railroad mileage OF the
country, This wonderful railroad property
he left 10 his SONS. probably hoping that
with this magnificent start they would
maintain The Gould Leadership in railroad
ing and go on 10 san greater achievements.
But new George }. Gould Is BUSTED from the
railroad system built mp by his father 50
that a man willing TO eat, drink and sleep
on the Job" may take his place and make
the Missouri Pacific what Il ought 20 be
and what the father dreamed Il would be.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21

Tho titanic parliamentary battle
which has been waged In congress
over the so-called omnibus bin is not
readily understood by outsiders
Why should there be an omnibus
bill for war claims?
Why should obligations approved
by the court OF claims be yoked up
with demands which have never been
adjudicated?
Why should such a bill be pressed
for consideration in the closing days
Of an expiring congress to be voted
through by lame ducks free from all
responsibility 20 constituents?
These questions may be hard to
answer, but people have a right to
ponder on them and put two and two
together
There are doubtless many meritor-
ious claims embodied in the omnibus
bill--claims which, II thCE could be
voted on separately wOuld encounter
no opposition-but there are doubtless
also many questionable claims which
under no condition could get through
without log-rolling. To make mem
bers sulp them all down at once, they
we're TOped together in an omnibus
bill so that one will have to carry the
other. To pass such a bill before cleo
ton might be awkward to explain
when Intercepted on the hustings,
and consequently a session OF con-
gress filled with lame ducks offers
the only promising field.
Another thing that may throw light
on the situation is the fact that many
OF these claims, dating back for
scores Of years. are so moss covered
and worm eaten that the claimants
are ready to discount them literally
with professional lobbyists and con-
gressional promoters retained on con
tingent fees to put them through. One
need not draw heavy on the magma
ton to guess that II this omnibus bill
went through as originally reported,
the larger part of the money would
so to intermediates, who never BY
themselves or their ancestors SUIT
fered any Of the damages TO be REIN
bursed, or to ohance-taking speculat-
ors who have bought the claims in
from time to time at a few cents on
the dollar.
These side remarks are, of course
illusions rather than reflections, but
they may help ordinary people to un-
derstand better what is really going
on at Washington when an omnibus
claims bill precipitates a near-riot.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21

Governor Dix has finally come ONt
with the announcement that in his
judgment both sheehan and Shepard
should stand aside and let some other
democrat have the right-of-way for
senator from New York, since he is
convinced neither Of them can be
elected. IL his awakening too late to
satisfy his democratic friends, who
have pleaded with him from the start
to intervene for the defeat Of Tam
mang That is question to be de-
termined.
From the first of the contest at Al
bany the governor has emphatieally
reiterated that he would keep out of
the fight. He turned a deaf ear to the
importunats demands by the party
press and anti-Tammany leaders FOL
his influence against sheehan anc
Boss" Murphy. Evidently he ha,
now partially reeeded from his posi-.
ton. But Il is worth noting that he
did not come out until sheehan's
chances " election seemed to have
been entirely dissipated So Il win BE-
difficult for the governor to claim tn,
credit for heading Off the Tamman,
candidate, II that be his object. Tn,
Tammany candidate, II he is heade,
off. is headed Off not by but In spit,
OF the governors influence.
Regardless OF the outcome in New
York, the senatorial fight has no
made political capital for the COVER
nor. il would appear, any more thar
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21

The United States senate a few
weeks ago refused to confirm a nomi-
nation made by President Taft for
surveyor Of customs for the District
of Columbia, 30 that the rejection Of
an unfit appointment is not unprece-
denied, although 1t is exceptional,
when two United States senators are
on the ground pressing for it. II the
nomination of Cadet Taylor TO be sur
voyor at Omaha is confirmed It will be
not upon the record, but because Of
senatorial trading.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
THINGS TO FORGET.
Plttsbilrg Dispatch.


II you see tall fellow ahead Of a crowd,
A leader of men. marching fearless and
proud
And YOU know of a tale whose mere tell
ing aloud
Would cause his proud head TO in an
guish be bowed.
It's a pretty good plan to forget II.
II you know of n skeleton hidden away
In a closet. and guarded and kept from
the day,
In the dark: and whose showing, whose
sudden display
Would cause grief and sorrow and life
long dlsmay,
It's a pretty good plan 20 forget II.
II you know Of a thing that viii darken
the Joy
OF a man or woman. girl or a boy,
That will wipe out a smile OF the least
why annoy
fellow, or cause any gladness TO cloy,
It's a pretty good plan to forget II.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21

hold appropriations down for the ben
EFT OF the taxpayers TO the very last
limit But that was several months
ago, when the desire for votes was
stronger than the pressure OF inter
ested parties demanding money out Of
the state treasury. n the lawmakers
forget their promises about economy
Governor Aldrich may have TO exercise
the veto power which tho constitution
confers on him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-21
Interesting Population Comparisons

Interesting Population Comparisons.
A bulletin issued by the passenger
department Of the Union Pacific gives
some interesting comparisons Of the
population in Nebraska by congress
sional districts and subdivisions. The
census OF 1910, while showing a cred
table population increase for the de-
cade, discloses a very uneven distfibu-
ton Of the newly acquired inhabitants
BY congressional districts one district,
the First, has actually experienced a
decrease; another. the Fourth, has
barely held it's own, while the big
Sixth has increased more thar a third.
The table Is as follows
Nebraska population By congressional