Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-30


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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION,
4 Daily sc, 084- Sunday 81 1893
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10 them. Address changed As eften a. required.
II You should know that
I'm Omaha last year was the second
lI8 market in corn receipts, $685. /
|EH 200 bushels having passed through
|N its elevators.
What The Bee Stands For: \
l. Respect for the law and maintenance of
Hill order. Il
III 2 Speedy and certain punishment Of crime
ian through the regular operation of the
IN courts. Il
s. Pitiless publicity and condemnation OF
III inefciency, lawlessness and corup-
II ton in Office.
III 4. Frank recognition and commentator
II Of honest and efficient public service.
5. Incubation of Americanism as the true
ElH basis OF good citizenship
II Meanwhile the corn huskers are very busy.
Medicine Hat is getting back on the map
very early this time.
The big five packers appear to have been
/ ubquitous as we'll as enterprisng.
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that the stork is not oahng on the job.
Herb Hoover says lower food prices must
come, but he doesn't say how or when
Il Ak-Sar-Ben stock interests the whole COM
| munity; that is why it is such good buy.
Mr.. Wilson knows by now that the people
did not elect congress to do his bidding.
4 Whatever else may be said about d'Annun-
zis, he is sitting pretty" in Fume right now.
-
Herr Hohenzollern is reported to be sleek
l and happy in Holland He will wake up
| presently.
4 Now comes the courts turn at the new dry
lfaw. Test cases are promised Immediately by
l the brewers.
j "Not guilty" said the jury in New York's
/ FIRST "booze" case, without cracking a smile.
That came after
Residents of Gibson ask better police pro-
lection All Omaha would appreciate some
thing Of the kind.
r.. f1rs k%Aa Hteari
silent as to its plans but even that fact doesn't
seem to worry the price boosters
The widows mite is always acceptable, and
when it amounts to $4,000 it looks mighty good
to lawyer who is not -scrupulous.
The manager Of the Lincoln street railway
has resigned to take rest. Those who are
familiar with the lines will not blame him.
Government experts are trying to determine
what it costs to live in Washington Whatever
ii is, the privilege is not worth the price.
I Germany may not know that the war is over,
but the "Y" and AZ, C." huts at army posts are
being closed and that is pretty good sign.
OF course we will have to wait the event in
order to know just what it is Mr.. Baker has up
1 his sleeve for controlling the coal miners, but
| ii ought to be good.
John Bull is talking about running gov
ernn1ent lottery to raise funds. We might sug-
rest that he employ some of our expert crap
shooters on commissions.
IF the fair sponsor for the new ship City OF
Omaha should find her quest for bottle of
champagne unavailing why not use flask OF
dnfermented corn juices
Reveling IN War Spoals
The cynical comment of an NJ c. belong
ing to long past congress concerning what ne
then believed to be the overcrowded status OF
employment in the departmental service at the
national capital that. of those listed on the gov.
eminent payrols, "few die and none resign,
has three-to-one basis of justification when
comparison is made between then and now
The payroll records according to recently
published statement. show that about 3S.OOO
employees were drawing departmental pay. when
the United States entered the war and they
also show that about 100000 are now on the
tai after the