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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

Charles Lane of Union Pacific fame
could qualify as chef if he should
decide to quit railroading. His hobby
is cooking. And he can cook. Probably
because he does not happen to have
wife may be the reason he has
learned to cook. His Welsh rarebits
are just dreams. His executions with
chahng dish are marvellous and he
is equally as deXterous with cas-
serole. He knows how to prepare
potatoes all gratin and in several
other languages. His spaghetti dishes
are the last word in solid nourish-
ment. And, as for his salads--words
become impotent when trying to do
them justice in any way other than
by eating them. BY the by, it is noted
that Mr.. Lane is himself a substantial
recommendation OF his own cooking.
He does not cook all OF his meals.
but does cook many of them. He
cooks by inspiration and when he
feels like it,
MY hobby is raising chickens, and
getting them stolen from me- said
]. w. Metcalfe.
Il had Sl2s worth OF chickens once,
and then some chicken thieves in an
automobile made three raids on the
coops in two months, and the result
was that ] had half dozen chickens
left.
i was raising good stock, too ]
had paid as high as SIS apiece for sew
eral blooded ones, and had fine
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

pounds OF wax and great numbers
OF quality bees, which he raises. Bee
culture is one OF his favorite topics
of conversation, and Sergeant Cook
knows his subject inside OUT.
Bees are the smartest things alive.
not even excepting human beings.
said Cook once. Among the human
beings, you'll find great many damn
fools and drones, but among the bees
you'll find very few fool bees or
drones in proportion to the number
| actually believe that bees have a
religion all their own. The majority
work hard, attend strictly to their
own business, help their friends and
pay their debts. The dishonest bee
has no place in their system of life,
and they soon get rid OF him. AS a
class, Just compare the bees to our
selves"
Somehow when nature was gather
ing together the component parts OF
c. F. Harrison's brain, it got hold
of a strange fascination for a city
And, although at that time ii was not
working in Characterization was
not born here-that fascination for, a
city was tackled to the brain cell right
next to the name Of the metropolis
of Nebraska. 1t so happened that
the proximity OF the two brought
about the results which all friends
and acquaintance of Harrison have
remarked since they can remember
anything OF his personality. He has
always had fascination for Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
Little Human Interest Stories
Picked In About the TOWN

money unwisely to the neglect OF
those depending upon him, the county
court shall adjudge him a spendthrift
and appoint guardian to take care of
his money.
But, as a matter of fact, very few
Nebraska women have taken advan-
tage OF the law, according to Ray Alb
bolt, assistant county attorney. "
No record of a woman asking a
county judge in Douglas county could
be found in the county clerks Office.
Many wives would be glad to take
advantage of the law If they only
had known it," said Assistant County
Attorney Abbott. at certainly beats
getting money out of their husbands
pockets"
Here is another right that a woman
has exclusively under Nebraska laws
Married women can sell their prop
erty without the consent OF their hus-
bands. Should hubby decide to dis
pose Of his property, the consent of
his wife must be secured.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
Groh]ss History of0maha
All the truth and untruth that's fit to know

gantic beasts, roamed these plains
and hills which are now covered by
big buildings or browsed over by the
lowing cattle and the bleating sheep.
Most historians do not go thus far
back into history. But, as ! stated in
the beginning OF my history, ! shall
be thorough.
After the mound builders came the
Indians and the buffalo. The SIM
pie red men used to camp on high
school hill. doubtless not dreaming
that some day this would be the seat
of learning.
ct is such little speeulatons and
imaginings into the past that add to
the interest OF history. In this re-
spect my history differs from all
others and this is largely the secret
of its success.)
For many centuries the Indians
lived in Nebraska, not even dreaming
| of the existence of white men. They
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

He had promised to 60 shopping
with his wife and begged the privilege
of maintaining his vigil on the walk.
The wife is inside of the store, She
told her husband that she would be
gone lust few minutes, dear" Her
idea of fewness is one of those ex-
pansive, generous kind; it means any
fight OF time from FIVE minutes to
one hour. This mere man. whom we
would have pictured as one of the
unhonored heroes of his generation,
is seen putting his corncob pipe. He
fears policeman may observe him
standing in one place for an unseem-
ly time without evidence of purpose.
Finally the evidence al his purpose
energies from the store, exclaiming,
4Did you wait long, dear?"
II Dr., Harold Clifford should be
summoned to appear before the grand
jury, would he make good eye wit
ness?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

knitting needle. This standing jo6
was hard on his back. He got box
and sat down to the Job. He was
fast at the work of feeding envelopes,
but that made no difference when
the boss came around. II was against
the rule just the same to SIT down,
So the boss carried the box away and
gave the lad instructions as to Just
how to stand so he world not grow
tired.
81 stood after that" said Bucho41-
but | never mastered the art OF
standing there so as not to grow
tired"
This job suited him little better
than carrying game cocks for his
cousin, so he went to Norfolk and
took place in the Norfolk National
bank. Banking suited him better than
milking cows, handling dogs or feed
ing printing presses.
So he stayed there twenty years,
the last FIVE years as president OF the
bank.
The Central National bank Of Oak
land, Cal, then wanted him. They
got him, too, for he went there and
STAYED two years. He might be there
yet, but ten years ago Senator Joseph
II. Willard, president of the Omaha
National bank. heard of him some way
and wanted him. Senator Millard
was in the habit Of getting what he
wanted so he reached out and
brought W. H. Bucholz to Omaha
as cashier of the Omaha National
bank.
Today he is first vice president,
and is geographically nearer back to
the old Iowa stamping ground than
he has been at any other period since
the night he trotted after the bus
with his change in his sock.
Nert week-How Omaha Got James ".
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

lar" said Mr.. Bucholz, growing rem
iniscent. He was half bull and half
bloodhound Nothing could ever lick
him. He fairly ate up the other dogs.
We thought we were having great
times. Soemtimes it resulted in a
man fight, too"
But young Bucholz grew tired of
trotting after fighting dogs and game
chickens. He knew there must be
more serious business in the world
somewhere.
One night when he had unhar-
messed the mules, fed them their corn
and MIXED the old red COW, he stuffed
into his sock what few dollars he had
and fed for the nearest town. He
would be done with the farm and the
dogs and game chickens forever.
There was nothing to it all, anyway,
he decided.
He bought ticket for Lincoln. His
rooster-hghting cousin was at the
time working as shipping clerk at the
State Journal plant. He wanted to
go there, too.
nc agent IOutcu Nun HiOuSH
Monmouth, I'll. A l5-year old lad,
away from home for the first time in
his life. he arrived at Monmouth at
midnight He saw other people
climbing into bus, so he climbed in,
too. Splashing through mud for a
mile or more, the bus halted at a
hotel and unloaded the crowd.
Young Bucholz supposed the bus
ride was free. Well, it was not The
hack driver stepped up to him to COL
lect.
Right there in the lobby, too, with
all the people standing around" said
Bucholz. Imagine me. had to roh
down my sock and get out quarter.
1t was very humiliating to me, a
green country boy"
No, the bus man never got him
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

again. When it was time for the
train to leave for Nebraska and Lin
coin, the, bus man drove up and the
crowd piled in again. All but young
Bucholz-he had no more quarters to
spare, and besides it was annoying
to have to take down his garter each
time he paid fare.
Still he did not know the way to
the depot. 1t was dark, too, and
muddy.
The young man decided to follow
the bus. Splash, splash, it went,
chugging along the sloppy road: The
lad followed as fast as he could on
the sidewalk. The bus travelled faster
and faster.
When the sidewalk ended he took
to the middle of the street. The
horses struck up slushy trot, and
Bucholz, painting hard, ran to keep
within sight of it. The thinnest kind
of crust of frost had caked over
the surface of the mud.
II broke through at every jump"
he said. my socks. and my trousers
were mud, water and frost to way
above my knees. | was sight when
| stumbled into the depot"
At Lincoln be began to feed a
press in the State Journal plant. That
was thirty-hve years ago. He might
have worked his way up there as far
as the bindery at least, for the boss
sent for him several times to try to
persuade him to serve an apprentice
ship in the bindery. He refused.
He was feeding envelopes into the
old-fashiohed press, recently har-
| messed to the steam power. The old
foot-power pedal was still there, bob
bling up and down between his legs
as the steam rolled the wheels. 1t
was awkward to stand over this flop
ping steel bar, and Bucholz grew
tired.
He was a tall lad of IS. as thin as
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
By A. EDWIN LONG.


Any one OF dozen large cities in
the United States might today be
claiming w. II. Bucholz had not
Senator Joseph H. Millard sent for
him ten years ago and brought him
to Omaha as cashier Of the Omaha
National bank.
Oakland, Cal, had him for while.
Norfolk, Neb., once claimed him. He
fed printing press once in Lincoln,
and but short time before that he
was blowing stubble behind team
OF mules in eastern Iowa.
Today he is first vice president of
the Omaha National hank.
But, as Cleopatra ably says,
There's not it." His early life was
more interesting than his career as
big city banker.
On the farm in eastern Iowa
Bucholz had a distant cousin who
kept an aggregation OF fighting dogs
and fighting cocks. There wasn't
much other amusement in the neigh
borhood, so young Bucholz trottcd
out every Saturday night carrying
lighting cocks and leading bulldogs
for his gamy cousin.
The cousin matched the fights, and
Bucholz yelled "Sick-'emw
II remember one dog in particu-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

creed or political alliance. 1t is the
same noble personality that has been
evident on all public questions. dis
GUESSING these so sancly and always
ready to give an opponent a fair
hearing, the same personality to
whom we are indebted for being
mainly instrumental in the upbuilding
Of the greatest Catholic institution in
the United States--the Catholic uni
vcrsity, J. LHARTY.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
Dy "A. N. UNon.
p

Chapter I-Introductory
Having been invited to contribute
an article to this page each week, it
occurs to me that it would be well to
write something of learned nature,
something that will have an educa-
tional value, somthing high above
the merely humorous contributions
which / find around me, so that my
column will stand out like beacon
light in the midst OF the page.
| have decided that it would be we'll
to enlighten the people on the his
tory Of this great city of Omaha, to
give them something that parents
may read to their children, that may,
in fact, be used as text book in
the public schools.
shall do this work in no triAing
manner. shall go back to the ear
hest times and shall relate many
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
Warning or lust a Hint?

warning OF just auts
c. Foster Browning, a young Phila-
delphia literary man, who spent sew
eral days in Omaha last week, got a
new angle on sign in his hotel. This
is a bronze sign placed at the door Of
each room which reads:
STOP.
Have you left anything g.,
OF course, it is intended as a
rnemory-jogger for travellers, so that
they will make sure they have left
none of their belongings
II presume" said the facetious Mr..
Browning. that this sign is placed
here by the chambermaids' union. A
very clever signT
And so saying. he solemnly placed
two bits" on the bureau Of the room
he was leaving.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
An EMULATION.

An EMULATION.
The JOY of the universe is mans
legacy. There is the bright sun
shine to warm his being into new
life; there is the refreshing rain which
bids the sealed messengers of nature
unfold themselves in glorious rev.
clation in the springtime. Flowers,
redolent with fragrance and painted
with the colors OF the rainbow, nod
him a cheering whisper Bird fill
the wildwood with their paens Of
praise. The sunset fills the west with
a majestic glow. what purple tints
have kissed the morn but newly"
Loves and friendships there are for
him who will have them. There is
the music of the mothers lullaby as
she soothes her babe to sleep, The
irritations Of the days work take
fight in the press Of trooping joys.
Man was not made to mourn, but.
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.'
Painter, paint me picture; not q
moving picture, but picture OF a
mere man with corncob pipe in his
mournful mien. He is standing on the
edge of a walk in front OF store.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
End of a Perfect Day.

Howard, the 4-year old son of 6.
N. Hypse, vice president Of the T. G.
Northwall company, was being put to
bed at his home the other night.
1t had been a turbulent day. His
youthful spirits had effervesced to the
limit. Reprimands, couple Of spank
ings and shaking had been admins
tered in the effort to make him walk
in the straight and narrow path. The
little fellow had finally been put into
his "nightie" and was being tucked
into bed He hadn't said anything
for some time. Finally he looked up at
his mother and said:
Mamma, is this the end Of per-
feet day." ..s..
His mother FASTENED from the room
to avoid weakening discipline by any
untoward display OF lcvity on so
solemn subject.
; And Howard went calmly to sleep,
not Knowing that he had added to
the gaiety of nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS. COMING. UP.FARNAn. STREET

dressed in paint and feathers and
often very little even OF these. Tro,s-
sers, shirts, neekties, overcoats and
hats were totally unknown to the
simple red men. They needed them
rot. i',.
They never had to worry about high
prices. When they needed meat they
just shot a buffalo. Cereals and gar
den truck were equally easy TO get,
for the squaws raised them, besides
doing all the other work. All the red
man had to do was fight and hunt,
both OF which he liked. When we
look around us today, should we pity
the red man OF the plains or envy
HIM All, who knows!
Here | will end chapter I of my
history. Chapter III will tell OF the
discovery OF America.
Questions on Chapter I.
|. How long has Nebraska existed?
2. Who inhabited Nebraska before
the white men?
3. What is it that adds to the in
terest OF history?
4. How did the Indians dress?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
Supreme Rights Of Nebraska Women.

la h, hal It,s ;,st h.., J;.so,..ol
'", no. 1T" ~ !us' 'eeu u'Seo'eiea
why the women OF Nebraska are slow
to become hysterical over equal SUI
frage The married women Of Ne
hr,st, h,,,. 80. ~, ..,.. 49,. a.
" asN" nav '"o'e ',sn's no" '"an inc
men, fessir, state laws favor married
women more than they do married
men. =.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

A base cfruri asscverates that in all
military engagements the correspond
ents should be placed in the front
ranks, so they may get all OF the
news. Rank idea, we think.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

When the grand jury 'adjourns,
lct's all revive that ancient and hon
orable game of "postofhce."
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

A Lamentation.
In the midst Of life man is in debt.
He was made to mourn and pay coal
bills. After the coal bills, then the
feminine spring sartorial orgie. If
he isn't paying bills, he is worrying
for fear he is going to have small
pox or BARRIERS itch In the winter
he expects his water coil to blow
up and in the summer he journeys
to his wife's folks and calls it va
cation. He wears chin whiskers to
avoid his creditors. 1t is too hot or
too cold; the fish won't bite or the
boat leaks. Street cars are cold,
policemen are never to be found when
wanted, plumbers are predatory, milk
men are mean, icemen are independ-
Mt, coalmen are cruel, realty men are
robbers and it is hfty-ffty between
the disciples of Esculapius and the
men who know the best route to the
cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11

Lips That Touch Licker Shall
Never Touch Mine" is an old song,
but how would it sound hereabouts
after May /!
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-11
Comb Honey
By EDWARD BLACK.

Yes, we think the grand jury should
probe the high price OF soap. If
cleanliness is next to goodness, how
can we expect to have a godly nation
when soap is soaring so high that the
poor man is threatened with the pos
sibility of being required to take his
natutinai ablutions m soapless waters
The soap manufacturers say they
wash their hands Of the whole mat
ter. Well may they wash their own
hands, when they have the products
for the accomplishment of such a
purpose. Somebody suggests boy
colt of soap. Win we have to return
TO the days of homemade soft soap?
We hope not. Is soap to be barred
from the daily fife of the proletarian?
This would be a prolific subject for
the social science section OF the
Omaha Woman's club.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
ANOTHER STEP.

Our dispatch of last evening stat ing that Claude Kitchin, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives, ls advocating the issuing of government amount necessary for construction. work on the Alaska railroad. as it 1 is scheduled by the provisions of the railroad bill as it was passed, is another step toward railroad con struction. For if those bonds are issued, and they undoubtedly will be if their issuance Is discovered to be the only way to meet the emergency, the fund for the completion of the road becomes immediately available with the exception of the need of appropriating it. and the money can be used for no other purpose.
 Likewise the dispatch proves that Representative kitchin Is a friend of Alaska. For with the administra- tion officials jumping sideways in an effort to meet the deficiency which is sure to confront them at the end of the fiscal year on June 30. 1918, MT Kitchin does not forget that the government has an uncom- pleted project in Alaska; one that the administration is pledged to go through with to the finish, and mak- ing his arrangement accordingly.
 The dispatches also state that bonds covering several other admin, istration projects will also be is sued, including the purchase of the Danish West Indies and the con struction of government owned ar nor plant. This means that the administration is bound to go through with all of the projects to which 1t has committed Itself.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

This creature Is the living per sonification of the rottennest con glomeration of filthy material that it would seem possible to stuff around the framework of human being, normal or abnormal. The thing" needs bath badly. Not an ordinary soap and water bath, but one made up of special ingredi- ents. such as are usually used to cure fostering sores on dumb brutes or on the human race.
 The remedy which has been sug- gested is the liberal application of a plentiful amount of tar heated to the right temperature and applied by hands willing and able. If the unusual treatment Is fatiguing to him, a bed of feathers might be add ed that he may obtain a muchly needed rest and give decent citizens the long sought opportunity of rid ding themselves of public nuisance.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

respects correct, but the oldtime "peddler" who told you that the we'll. populated graveyard at Circle con talned the remains or but two per sons who had not met a violent death. certainly was aware of the fact that ho had a stranele hold. con- yersationally speaking, on a writer who would spread his statements broadcast For a request for infor. nation on the subject on our part has eIicited the response that the old. timer merely turned the tables on you; that there are but two persons buried in the old cemetery at Circle who came to their death in an un. natural manner.
 As you state, Mir. Frost. canned goods have played their part in the development of Alaska chiefly for the reason, however. that they were the most easily transported; not because Alaskans are different from other people in the matter of resh food Nor do We deny that We are cpl cures as regards canned goods for We are forced to be. In regard to cold storage eggs, all that We would ask would be that you drop into a restaurant in Fairbanks a city by the way which you evidently did not visit, and count the number of orders for ranch" eggs at fifty cents each, and see the inadequate supply on nand. And we also might state tha in your story you failed to mention vegetables growing in the gardens, the fact that you saw flowers and if you were here at the rignt tiL of the year and were as keen an ob- server of tue natural beauties of the country as you evidently were of it's so-called imperfections as regards it's people and it's transportation facili- ties. All these along with myriads of other things which might bene.l, the country, you failed to mention
 In conclusion We would say, Mir Frost, that it is just such writers as you, with a very limited knowl edge of their subject, who help to hold back the development of Al aska, Uncle Sam's last frontier. You do not do so through malice; simply ignorance.
 You are kind enough to call us a hospitable people and to acknowl- edge that we have some culture Very well. Come back to us again. Our government railway may be completed by that time. But the next time you come, come prepared to stay a while Such stay would certainly have the effect of giving you a more intimate knowledge of the country you are writing about.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
EVERYBODY HELPS.


 Fairbanks. as well as the Outside world, feels the efforts of the ad- ministration to get on it's feet and meet the deficit In governmental funds which is expected at the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 1915. This Is evidenced by the fact that Collector of Customs David J. Will Hams has informed his deputy col lector, George Hutchinson, that here after taxable incomes are to be taxed at two per cent instead of one per cent. as was formerly the case.
 This means that those residents of Fairbanks who are fortunate enough to have to pay an income tax at all, must pay double this year what they paid in former years. It also means that the government Is determined to make everybody help to pay the tax incidental to meeting the expected deficit. The government appears to be distributing the tax as equally as possible, the dispatch es relating to the subject having shown that the persons and corpora tions with the big incomes and the largest estates, will have to bear the brunt of the increased taxation