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Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Sell the Bonds to the State.

Bonds to be issued by Douglas county to
the amount of $4,000 have been rejected by
certain bond buying houses, certain technical
questions as to the validity Of the issue having
been raised. The sincerity of the questions is
doubted, the real reason for the refusal of the
bidders to complete the bargain probably being
the change in the money market That the
county is solvent, and that the proposed issue
falls we'll within the limit Of indebtedness is
plain to all. The authorities are now going to
the state treasurer, where they should have
gone in the first place, with view to having
the securities added to the permanent invest
ment of the school fund Properly, all Ne
braska bond issues ought to be first offered to
the state of Nebraska, for under the safeguards
that surround them, no better investment is
possible for the permanent school funds. 1t is
not necessary that the state be given any spe-
cial advantage in the matter, but sale at Lincoln
ought to be the first and not the final resort
when loan is sought by Nebraska county.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE.

Announcement by Chairman Hays of
committee to formulate the issues on which the
republican party will make its appeal to the
voters this year discloses . representative group
of citizens. It is not "hand-picked" body, nor
a haphazard assemblage of names selected to
meet an exigency. Men and women familiar
with the situation and needs of the country, and
against whose loyal devotion to it no word
may be said, are asked to calmly consider and
dispassonately decide on the pledges to be
made by the next republican national con-
vention.
For the republican platform consists Of
pledges, not mere promises The leaders of the
party accept endorsement by the voters as a
commission to carry out the policies announced
at the convention. This is the main point of
difference between the two great parties. Mr..
Bryan scouts at the Hays plan for securing in
advance of the conventions assembly definite
outline for the platform. He derdes the
thought of asking the great gathering of dele
gates to sign the dotted line, and insists that
platforms should be brought in white hot from
the forge, and hammered out by delegates
fresh from the people.
This is all very nice as Bryan talking point
Out tHOSc WHO arc III any SCHo0 AdIAiAdi Will
democratic practice know how far away it IS
from what actually takes place. At Kansas
City, for example, Dick" Metcalfe pulled from
his pocket document that had been carefully
prepared in the Office Of the Commoner, and
"the delegates fresh from the people" gulped it
whole, subscribing on the dotted line line with
out demur. Many times has Mr.. Bryan foisted
his "paramounts' on his party after similar
fashion. "Marse Henry" Watterson, in his re-
cent book of "reminiscences dscloses few
secrets of the platform committee room at
democratic national conventions. delegates
fresh from the people" have very little to do
with preparing the collections of resounding
phrases, aimed at expediency and few intende ed
to be translated into action.
The Hays plan is a good one, for 1t will
produce deliberate intelligent action, presenting
a platform that will appeal to reason and not
to passion or prejudice embodying principles
and solemn pledges that are to be redeemed.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Union 0utfitting Co.
Offers All Dinner
Sets at Hall
and Less Saturday
Sale Comprises All Sample
Dinner Sets and Sets
That Are Incomplete.
Positively the Biggest VAL
ues in Dinnerware Omaha
Has Known in Months.

Although housekeeping, for
many Of us, is several months
away, the Union Outfitting Com
pany announces that it has been
cleaning house in its China De-
partment, and the result is a sale
of fine Dinnerware Saturday
that will be the talk Of the thrift
ty home-makers.
The sale embraces hundreds of
dollars worth of fine ware-Din-
ner Sets that have been on dis
play and have had one or more
of the pieces broken, leaving
the set incomplete.
It is China famed for its ex-
cellence. not only in quality, but
in the beauty Of the shapes and
charm of the decorations.
In order to insure a complete
Clearance next Saturday every
set is marked at HALF it's former
price and in many instances much
less.
To secure splendid Dinnerware
so much under price is indeed
treat and saving opportunity
that few housewives. and partic-
ularly young couples, will want
to miss.
Such an event is further evil
dence Of the money-saving pos
sibilities at the Union Outfitting
Company, located out Of the high
rent district. AS always, you
make your own terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Messages from Other Worlds.

Without the semblance of dogmatism or
pretense of fnality, we may with open mind ap-
proach Guglielmo Marconis latest venture, that
Of catching messages from Mars or some other
supposedly inhabited planet AS source of
mental gymnastics, it is about as promising as
anything that has been offered the common peo-
pie lately. Einstein's theory is for the elect, the
esoteric circles, while Conan Doyle and Oliver
Lodge have brought forth nothing new, their
excursions into the world beyond carrying them
no farther than our own sphere But Marconi
is going to put US into touch with denizens of
worlds around US, who are not yet disembodied
spirits. Here is field for speculation in which
the active mind may romp like colt at pasture.
Ground and lofty tumbling of ideas is permitted,
and room is open for all. Go as far as you like,
but do not be disappointed if some day you are
brought back to earth with thud. In the mean
time some of us will wonder why Marconi does
not adopt modern way of spelling "Bill," and
how the Martians ever got hold of the Morse
alphabet.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
(GheVELVET.\l d..
HAMMERS yMaT~sA
ARTHUR cR1rTENDEN SMITH
By Arthur Brooks Baker mdGA

The ladies are lovely bunch of most de-
lghtful .dears, but oh! they need an awful lot
of thingumbobs and gears Convulsions in the
business world with deadly strain and stress
are harsh but necessary means of helping them
to dress. The pep and pitch of A. c. Smith is
tensely occupied in keeping them with frll and
hem sufficiently supplied.
He runs wholesale dry goods house where
lesser merchants come when stocks are get
ting old and stale and trade is slow and bum.
He shows the latest samples and he tells the
latest dope on fashions made to stimulate the
female heart and hope; for woman is tickle
thing whose tastes can shift and move, while
man is safely anchored in his deep and trusty
groove.
But since the men at last must pay for much
the women buy, and Smith believes that justice
is good aim for his eye, he makes his famed
Beau Brumrel shirt to decorate the males, a
thing of class and quality, of fine and flowing
tails, of collar bands which never shrink, Of
colors ne'er effaced, of buttons with the godly
gift of staying where they're placed.
He has few opinions which are patiently
his own, but always waits and hesitates when
asked to make them known, though if the
audience insists that he advance his views, the
kind request is one he won't eternally refuse.
While utter silence is of course unscientifc
myth we find near approach in him we know
as Silent Smith.
Next Subject: Joseph Hayden.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
More Slackera.

Omaha, Jan. 27.-To the Editor
of The Bee: AS l am an old reader
OF The Bee would like to say Just
a few words in regard to branding
Dempsey a Stacker. In the first
place, Jack Dempsey is not any
more of a Stacker than some of the
rest of the pugs and wrestlers.
Some Of them waited till they were
roped and brought in.
Why didn't they enlist? sup
pose they had dependents. Uncle
Sam took care of all his mems de.
pendents, SO that's no excuse. I
enlisted in the army the 25th day
of June. 1917. I had a wife and
two children to support and they
are still alive. I probably never
would have been drafted, but l
wanted to fight for the country
that's feeding me. So my argument
is this: If Jack Dempsey is
branded as Stacker it looks bad
for the rest Of the drafted men be-
cause they had a chance to enlist
same as I did. M. c., A. E. F.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

low corn in the ear. Shell it. For
every gallon of corn take one of
water containing one tablespoonful
of concentrated lye. Boil the corn
in this water until the outer skin and
the black speck at the tip of the
kernel come off easily, when rubbed
between the thumb and finger.
Put the kettle under the faucet for
fifteen minutes, rubbing and stirring
the corn occasionally, until the hulls
are off. Cover with fresh water and
boil four or FIVE hours, adding a
heaping tablespoonful of salf for
every gallon of corn. Put in the salt
one-half hour before it is done. De-
liver the corn the afternoon it is
cooked.
Cornmea1 mush for frying is best
made of granulated yellow meal.
Add a tablespoonful of salt to
gallon of water; when boiling, sift
in the cornmeal slowly, stirring all
the time. Stop adding meal while
the mixture is still quite thin. Let
boil for twenty minutes, stirring oc-
casionally. Don't have your fire
too hot or it will spatter. If there
are Jumps in it, add one cup of cold
water, stirring briskly. At the end
Of twenty minutes, sift over it one
half cup of white -four, stir
thoroughly and push to the back of
the stove for another 10 minutes.
Pour into long narrow tins and set
away to cool.
Cottage cheese is easier to make
in warm weather because the milk
then sours more readily. Let the
milk sour in crooks or pans only
one-half full. When it is firm like
jelly, heat an equal amount of water
until it begins to bubble, just be-
fore the boiling point. Stir this into
the sour milk. Soft curds will form.
Pour the whole mass into a colander
to drain and cool. When cold, press
out any remaining whey with the
hands, mix salt through it, and pack
it in pint or quart receptacles.
Girls! How about the work of
a librarian; tomorrow.)
Copyright 1920. by J. H. Millar.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Where to Draw the Line?

Mapleton, Ia, Jan. 26.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: No doubt a
frenzy Of fear is on the nation by
reason Of new era ideas, and the
problem Of where to place the blame.
We remember how Shakespeare
said one might make himself as
chaste as ice only to become the tar
get OF slander. Likewise now the
innocent suffer with the guilty. In
deed, the drastic laws proposed is a
sure sign of decadence, inasmuch as
inquisitorial rulings are provocative
of the very thing they are designed
against. While the New YorkWorld
legally cries: Down with the con-
stitution," because of violations
thereof, we might go step farther
and exclaim: Down with the Bi.
ble!" To be consistent we must ar
raign Holy Writ as the chief cause
Of sedition, because 1t is the heaviest
piece Of literature extant when it
comes to using symbols, words, ETC.,
against the overthrow of nations.
All! how necessary it is to use dis
cretion else Haman get swung on
his own gallows! A nice bit Of wis
dom rulers have to learn is found in
the old prverb: There Is more
hope for a fool than an old king
who refuses reproof." Moreover,
American lawmakers would profit
more in the matter Of vision If they
went to the Christian oracle for
their standards instead Of wasting
long nights in the parlors Of Wash
ington hotels hearkening to the whis-
pers and signs of wicked spirits, i'm
personating the dead, and foisting
their razzle- dazzle over human rea-
son. I'd Peter pa is the key to this
mystery and the correct definition of
HELL" "tartarus," (the Greek root),
shows the place of their habitation-
earth's atmosphere.
JOSEPH GREIG.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
IODA Az
The Day We Celebrate.

The Day We Celebrate.
James R. Dewar, Union Pacific Coal COM
pany, born 1867
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
of the United States Navy born at Hyde Park,
N. Y, SO years ago.
Jacob NJ Dickinson former Secretary of
War of the United States, born at Columbus,
Miss. 50 years ago.
Charles Martin Loefler, noted American
musician and composer, born in Alsace, 50
years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
c. T. Murphy, an old-time actor and author
of several successful Irish plays was here visit
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moritz Meyer and children
left for New York to be absent about six weeks.
During his absence Mr.. Meyer was to visit
Havana.
The Omaha club gave reception.
Mrs. NJ. H. Parmalee gave luncheon at the
Union club IN honoE Of MTa B. E
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

backward, getting into greater
bondage by adopting rule that has
clouded the countries of our fore
fathers.
With the high cost Of living, hard
ships and profiteering staring one in
the face, and now this-life Is hard
ly worth living.
Is there not enough Americanism
in this country to save us from this
that has always been considered
something to run away from? Let
us have our old free country back
as before the war. MRS. A. N.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Against Military Training.

Omaha, Jan. 27.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: In todays Bee there is
an article on the front page that
make me write these lines. It says:
"All Youth Must Take Army
Course" Is it possible that we are
coming to this? Did we have war
and find it so pleasant that we want
moro of it?-which is all this army
course can mean-or why military
training? Our forefathers left their
home country to evade this military
training. My father and my hus-
band left there also to escape from
this training (Which seemed to sig
nifty that the country was in bond
age), only to see their sons do this
very thing. Seemingly we are going
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Black Hills trail blazers" missed Colonel
Roosevelt Seth Bullock and John Brennan from
their annual powwow but they found consola-
ton in trying to picture the reunion this trio
had on the other side and their meeting with
Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson and
some other of their kind. 1t must have been
some session.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

"Why drag Wilson in?" asks Senator Hitch
cock. Why, indeed, except he could end the
whole matter by word to the democrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
f. title cToAy' Corner 3
Every Day Science
~ for Boy @
~ Mechanics W
Under the Pavement.



II saw man working at a map-
hole cover in the street today,
Daddy. And down in the hole there
was a room and another man fixing
something. Is there a room under
every manhole in the street? What
was the man using a pump for?"
The pump was to send in fresh
air to keep the man inside from be-
ing suffocated by sewer gas, while
he fixed the pipes or cleaned the
sewer. That's what manholes are
for.
Although you perhaps do not
know it. there is under a city street,
a network of pipes and sometimes
tunnels in which you can walk for
blocks. When they build a sub
way-railroad in large city, it some
times takes longer to untangle the
under r-the-pavement pipes and move
them aside than to dig the subway.
The manholes are needed to fix the
pipes because the pavement may be
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
japanese Get Theirs.

A cynic compliments Japan as be-
Ing the only power that has not
claimed to have won the war. But
the honorable Japanese do not need
to claim anything-they got theirs.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

The Spanish comet has been traced to Wis
consin. Who knows but it may be Mars, wink
ing his eye, or Venus trying to make datel
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
What The Bee Stands for.

l. Respect for the law and maintenance of
order.
3 Speedy and certain punishment Of crime
through the regular operation of the
courts.
g. Pitiless publicity and condemnation Of in
efficiency, lawlessness and corruption in Of
fee.
4. Frank recognition and commentator of
honest and efficient public service.
5. Incubation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

A child born in the city has FIVE times better
chances of living than one born in the country,
according to New York expert. This should
not discourage the farmers, though
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

County chairmen for the women's driv'
against high prices have been named and ole
Hi Cost might as we'll initiate Davy Crockett
coon.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

A lonesome bottle of vermouth in New York
is ,pining for bottle of gin wherewith to mate
and bring forth cocktails, and the dry law
sleuths are waiting for the match.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Josephus Daniels says he can name the next
president We can not, but we can name sew
eral who will not be- and they are all democrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Elihu Root will land on the worlds court o
International justice, even if he did not get +
60 to Paris as peace commissioner.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

General Wood and Senator Poindexter are
to debate in South Dakota. 1t will be an
Illuminating exposition of patriotic duty and
oblipation
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Two hundred and thirty-two railroads are
under government control simple sign Of
what is involved in the prospective unscram-
bling of the eggs.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Secretary Lansing has broad vision of the
future, but Americans must work if it is to be
realized.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

The street railway company's occupation
tax payment came in handy. A few more car!
at rush hours would also help.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Gas plants are also going up.

Hungary will soon elect king the world
having been made safe for democracy.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
some session.

Silver mining in Mexico thrives in spite Of
Carranza, showing an output of more than
$s,oO0,OOO month Under civilized govern
ment that would be one of the richest regions
in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

A Canuck doctor says there is no flu thi:
year. but he will have hard time convincing
victims of the fact.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

ST. Louis cellars are being fitted with heav,
steel doors and brick vaults. Discouraging TO
the high jackers"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

A French editor doubts that Herbert Hoover
10 the proper man for president of the United
States, but the voters will not be greatly swayed
by French advice in this matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Mr. Bryan says Governor Edwards is a dis
turbing element. What the governor says of
Mr. Bryan probably will never come over the
wires.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

General Pershing is proceeding with mas
terfy strategy by being first to organize the
women Other candidates will now have to
hustle in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Compromise on the treaty does not appear
to be so hopeless, if the change of few words
with any abandonment of principle will bring
the senators together.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
DOT PUZZLE.

sented by the many pipes running
under the pavement on which they
are parked"
(Boysl Tomorrow read about
how to become veterinary.)
Copyright. 1920. by J. H. MIlar.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30
Dollar-Making
~ Ideas 0.
Selling Old. Fashioned Cooking.

BY BELLE CASE HARRINGTON.
Old fashioned cooking is always
in demand. Father longs for the
dishes he used to eat when boy,
but his high-priced cook cannot or
will not make them.
Here are three cheap, easy things,
which always sell:
Hulled Corn. Get white or yell
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-30

Copyright 1920. by J. H. Millar.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20
Birds Destroy caterplIlars.

When the buds open In spring.
broods of tiny, hungry caterpillars
emerge, only to be preyed upon by the
constantly increasing flights of birds
that peer, swing, fiutter, or hop from
twig to twig through all the woods.
At this time these caterpillars are not
at all noticeable, and are very difficult
to find; still. the great majority Of
them are readily found and eaten by
birds, and therefore never become APP
parent to ordinary observation. AS
summer comes and the caterpillars
grow in size, each brood is reduced
In number, until, as they approach full
size, band which erstwhile num-
bered hundreds of little crawlers has
shrunk to a score or two, a bakers
Dozen" or even less. When the sur.
vivors pupate they are still attacked
by birds, and the moths or butterflies
as they emerge and try their wings
are pursued by their swifter feath.
cred enemtes.g s-ss
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20

THE efficacy of closing regula-
tions to suppress epidemics is still
a mooted question with a great
many people. Cities like Spokane
take no such measures and the in
fluenza comes. runs its course and
dies out while business goes on as
usual. But in the smaller cities
and towns drastic regulations are
invoked and have their supporters
who wish to play safe with the
grim reaper. 1t happens that
Rathdrum falls in the latter class,
and while the regulations are in
force it is the part OF good citizen
ship that they be observed in hope
of Fastening the day when the
restrictions will be again removed.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20

Qtems taken from Silver Blade fles)
Feb, 1900
The $50 proceeds OF the home
talent play, among the Breakers, -
were turned over to the public
school for use Ia purchasing an organ.
The annual financial statement
gave the total debt OF Kootenai
county at $l80,6ll.
On Feb. the village trustees de.
clared 40-day quarantine OF Rath-
drum to keep smallpox from being
introduced from Spokane, Butte,
Harrison and other places where the
disease was raging.
Farmers expressed fear that the
dry, cold weather would lcjure the
winter wheat.
Mrs. j. G. AndruS, aged "a, died
Feb. 6, Of typhoid fever. She came
to Rathdrum 10 1885. Among sur.
wing children were H. w. Andrus
aud Mrs. Mary Humphrey.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20
Barney stone Tradition.

rhe Blarney stone inscription is get
ting dim. 1t reads: "Cormach Mac
Carthy: fortls me fieri facit, AID.
1449." The tradition about the stone
Is, Of course. that when the Spaniards
were urging the Irish chieftains to
harass the English, one Cormach Nc
Dermod Carthy, who held the castle.
had concluded an armistice with the
lord president on condition of surren-
dering 1t to an English garrison. Car
thy put off his lordship day after day
with fair promises and false pretexts
until the latter became the laughing
stock of his acquaintance, and the
formers honeyed and delusive
speeches were stamped with the title
Of Blarney.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20
The Doctor.
(Contributed.)

There was An old doctor, who lived on the la.
Who had 20 many patients. he didn't know
what to do;
They ca;l6 day an night, rang up ON the
phone.
Til the doctor wished oft, they would lot
him alone.
But they showed him no mercy, and kent
him at work.
For the doctor was game, and too faithful
to shirk.
From daybreak to evening" from sunset tn
dawn,
He had no time to slumber, nor scarcely to
yawn;
From Rathdrum to Moab, then back to Raw
view,
At midnight he cried, Shall 1 never get
through
can't understand it, o why should it bc?-
bring rest to others, but none do | sec"
Still he felt of their ipulses, and looked at
tongues,
Examined their eyeballs, and tested their
lungs:
IL he said 1t was smallpox or fever. or flu,
His patients believed that the old doctor
knew.
Then he fights for their lives. as a bird for ITS
young:-
Shall labors like these 20 unhonored.
unsung?
or shall we not all, for service so true,
RENDER Eoaor to him to whom honor is duep
Anon.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Az American imperlalist-Old
King Coal.
1t is easier to find fault than 1t Is
to lose it again.
Poverty is more OF punishment
than it is crime.
II you would know a man study his
ln6rmities rather than his virtues.
Many hot air dispenser develops
cold feet.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-02-20

A badly decomposed body was
found Wednesday at camp 80, near
Spirit Lake, and was believed TO be
that OF tailor, who went out huuting
near the town during a snow storm
several years ago and was never seen
again, altho diligent search was made
for him. Acting Coroner Elder left
Occur d'Alene yesterday to hold an
Inquest.