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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-18

"A bachelor said the cynic. SIS ons
who looks before he leaps. and then
stays where he is.s-Pearson's Weekly
Qondon).
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-18

showed Mr.. McAdoo with the greater
number Of votes, but with Governor
Smith controlling directly or indirect
ly at least good third of the dele
gates. Neither of the two leaders
could be nominated unless the other
gave way, or unless one could break
the seemingly solid phalanxes Of the
other. 1t was under such conditions
that both took personal command Of
their forces instead OF leaving the d.
rection Of the campaign in the hands
of their managers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-07-18
Gave Credit to Democrats

1t was very evident that the keynote
speaker, Senator Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi. was not favorably impressed
with the Republicans and what they
had been doing during the past three
years, and he did not hesitate to say
so in plainly understandable terms.
In the main he centered on the vari-
Gus Investigations and what, he said,
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Among the Clubs

women's City Club-The enter
tainment committee will give an in
formal party of cards and mah-)ons
September % at 8 pm.
A dance will be given under the
auspices of the entertainment com
mittee September 20, at $3.50 pm.
Cards may be obtained at the club
house.
Club members and their friends are
invited to visit the broadcasting sta
tion of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, September 20 at
pm. Those wishing to avail tneH
selves of this invitation, extenoeo
through w. B. Clarkson ano Jonh
Waters, will please sign up on the
bulletin board, that the company ma!
know how many guests to expect. A
radio entertainment will be provided
and guides will explain the broad
casting system.
Women will begin the seasons activl-
ties with meeting of the CONNER
cial group Tuesday. Supper Will be
served at the clubhouse, 1922 H street,
at 6 pm, followed by a short pro-
gram and round table discussion.
Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, pres
ident of the District chapter. and Mrs
Harry Atwood Colman, president OF
the National League of American Pen
Women, will speak in greeting. Mrs
Clifford Lewis of the Lewis Hotel
Training Schools will be the chief
speaker of the evening. Her subject
will be advertising as a Business
Asset" Mrs. Elsie Cassat Laughlin
will preside as hostess at the supper,
and Miss Grace Hudson, advertising
director for the Grace Dodge Hotel
and chairman of the group, is in
charge of the program.
This is the beginning of a series of
o'clock suppers to be held at the
clubhouse on the third Tuesday of
each month by the Commercial group.
Some of the important factors, both
in writing and the selling of writing
on a commercial basis, will be dis
cussed from time to time by men and
women prominent in the field of
commercial writing, both as producers
and as buyers of special feature and
syndicate stories, advertising, public
ity or dramatic sketches. The aim of
this group is entirely practical. The
meetings are most informal in char
Evening star., 1924-09-14

itial trial at this meeting. The invt-
tation of Prof. Mulford to discuss
openly the rose garden problems with
those present met with a hearty re.
sponse and much benefit was derived
therefrom.
AS the season approaches for Fall
planting a special meeting has been
called for Tuesday at pm. at the
home of Gen. and Mrs. r. Z. Marshall,
on Fairfax road and Wilson'S lane.
Prof w. r. Beattie has been Sc
cured to repeat his lecture on Tne
Preparation Of Soils for the benent
of the members and their husbands.
The next regular session OF the
Garden Club will be held at the home
of Gen. and Mrs r. e. Marshall
October IA at 10 am, when DIR. b. Y.
Morrison will lecture on the iris.
Evening star., 1924-09-14

The whole of the embroidery for
Liverpoors great cathedral. which
has just been consecrated, was done
by about 20 women working In their
leisure time in their own homes over
a period of % years. Experts describe
the embroidery as exquisite. The best
frontal, containg SO figures, was in
Sured for $500.
Evening star., 1924-09-14

acter and last year were particularly
popular.
The HOunekeeper~' Alliance will
meet Tuesday, 2:30 PM, at the
Women's University Club. 1884 l
street. DR.. James Ford, executive
director of Better Homes in Amer
ica," will speak on THE Washington
Situation, and Why?" AS the al
lance deals with problems of the
home. membership in the organiza-
tion helps to make Housekeeping
easier and more efficient.
The Battery Park Garden Club met
Tuesday morning at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Lappe, on Ridge
road. Pursuant to arrangemen
Prof. F.. L. Mulford. horticulturist of
the Bureau of Plant Industry, was
present to deliver his lecture on
roses. A new daylight screen, the
latest asset of the club had its in
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
LOCATING A NEW GAS PLANT.

Certain things connected,with what is summed up
in the general phrase of municipal housekeeping are
especially pleasing in their outward aspects. Gas
works, for example. Yet the community must have
gas, and enough of it, in order to live. The plant
for making the gas must be located somewhere, and
that means some neighborhood must put up with its
presence.
Now the question up, where will the plant
be located? That which at present is serving the
city of Omaha was removed to its present site a
quarter of century ago. 1t objected to then,
just its extension is objected to now by adjacent
property owners. The Omaha Real Estate board
says it will be unwise and too expensive to remove
the plant another Site They urge setting back the
proposed container 200 feet from the street.
General Manager LeiseA of the Metropolitan
Utilities district has given estimate of the cost of
removing the gas plant from its present location to
any of several sites suggested none of them be-
low $4,000, 900. This is a which the community
eis not ready to pay. He also points out that the
container must be built for there be ex-
tension of mains additional service until the
capacity of the plant is increased.
These the outstanding facts in the situation.
The real estate board advises that proceedings
be abandoned, and the work of erection on the con.
tainer be pushed to finish. The question should be
decided without delay If the plant is to be moved
to other site the citizens in the section affected
should know it. If the city of Omaha is to be called
upon to vote for bond issue they should know
II
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
CAL COOLIDGE AND THE co.oPs.

While the farmer, especially In Nebraska, is doing
quite little to help himself, much encouragement
is being offered from other sources. Especially does
this apply to the government at Washington. The
president is using his influence in the direction of
assisting in the work of getting agriculture out of
the ditch into which was tumbled when the defa-
tion of 1920 set in.
Mr.. Coolidge's address to the national council of
the farmer cooperative marketing associations,
which opened three-day session at Washington on
Thursday, pledges "every encouragement" to the
work. The president broadly outlines the thought
he has in mind in these words:
There is need for cooperative organizations
among agricultural producers to help both in selling
their products for better price and buying their
requirements cheaply. There is likewise need
for organization of the urban commerce. to give like
benefits. The establishment of a close working
ationship between these groups ought to be the
ideal to which the larger cooperative movement of
the country should am
Lowered cost of distribution means better prices
for the porducer and consumer as well. Elimination
of unnecessary middlemen costs may not be ac-
complished all at once, but the cooperative market
ing associations moving in that direction.
If they rightly managed will in time reach the
goal
The fact that the farmer is setting about in
intelligent systematic way to solve his most serious
problem is good sign. When the men who produce
the food take interest in getting it to the people
who eat it, beyond the mere process of making a
profit for themselves it bodies good for all Dis
trbution is the greatest of all problems yet unsoved
Production long ago was made effective. We be-
lieve the farmer is moving in right lines, and the fact
that the president himself from farm and
knows at first hand what is involved in the problem
is q guaranty of his intelligent sympathy with the
producers.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
cANDHI FREE, INDIA BOUND,

Ramsay Macdonald is working out his policy with
out any waste of time. One of his recent moves can
not be fully estimated just He has ordered
the unconditional release of Mohandus X. Gandh,
the nationalist Indian leader. He thus indicates a
change in policy in dealing with Indian affairs.
Gandhi is representative of a movement that has
long been smouldering in the great empire
which Great Britain has long exercised suzerainty.
AS long ago as 1911 the viceroy of India recon-
mended that certain radical changes be made in the
system of government for India He urged this
especially in direction Of giving the natives greater
control the matters in which they most
directly concerned Five years ago the Montagu
report resulted in the adoption of what Is known
dyarchy, dual form of government for India.
Writing in the Fortnghtly Review for December,
ST. Nhal Singh reviews the effect Of the operation
of the scheme as adopted by the British government
He finds that 1t has not produced the promised re-
suits. This is due, largely he says to the failure of
the British officials in India to whole -heartedly
operate in the plan. They have thwarted the Indian
legislatures. They have extravagantly administered
where strict economy should have been the rule.
They have increased rather than lightencd the
burdens. Against this the natives protest. whether
they be non-co-operatonists not
All the opposition to English rule in India does
not center in Gandhi. True he has been the most
prominent figure before the public, owing mainly to
his spectacular methods. His release from prison
may have the effect of lessenng in some degree the
bitterness that has grown up in that country within
the last lit will not check the effort however,
to secure home yule for the empire.
England has done many mighty and valuable
works in India For this it will be called blessed 1t
is not English rule but English msrule that is COM
planned of. If the Macdonald government has the
foresight and the courage to remedy the condition
that is plain enough before it, another great step
forward will be taken When he does this the act of
Beaconsfeld in placing the imperial crown on the
head of Victoria will finally be justified
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
The RELIGIOUS War.

Omaha.-To the Editor OF The
Omaha Bee: I have just read In the
Peoples Voice" the letter, "A Critic
OF Fundamentalists.'' 1t is won
derful example of mis.statement and
misinformation. This foolish question
is propounded: 'Is 1t faith in Moses
that you have. or Is II faith In Code"
There Is no such issue Joined.
The question Is: First. is there n
God. Creator. Supreme Ruler in
the universe? Second. Is the viii of
God revealed to MANI Does the Spirit
of God communicate with the soul of
man? Third. is the Bible inspired?
Does II reveal Gods law. His win 10
man? II II is not inspired. II 1t has
no more authority than any other
book or writing. then on what can
We base any authoritive idea or CON
ception of God? There IL nothlngl
Reject the Bible and we are left with
out any religious or moral anchorage.
II the Bible Is only a book. what gave
the author either his impulse, slff.
jeet or object for weaving such IA
fairy taleY Let II be borne In mind
that the Bible does not say that Moses
was its author. But IL does say that
God spoke TO Adam. TO Cain. to Noah.
TO Abraham. to Moses. 10 tho proph.
cts. to the apostles, 70 men and wo,
men in every age that were atuned
TO His will. The fundamental ques.
tion here il belief that the Spirit OF
God communicates with the souls OF
men.
The second question is equally alb
surd and has no support In the scrip.
ture narrative. The Bible tells us
that man was created In the Image of
God. that paradise OF opportunity
was prepared for him with only the
one requirement OF obedience. hut
that man had tho power to obey OF
disobey. That satan, the spirit oi
evil, entered the serpent. and by a
little jollying of the woman persuaded
her TO disobey. AT that moment. man
by his own free will act, fell from his
lofty estate. II this Is not true. VIII
some one come forward and give A
| logical sequence OF reasoning to nc,
count for the sorrow and eufferins 4
TINT exists In the world todhy7 Hui
for the plan OF salvation that Christ
volunteered to suffer man would have
been utterly extermInRted.
There is nothing In the scripture
narrative that even suggests that God
was responsible for the sins of
Pharoah. This monarch had become
so arrogant and conceited and vile that
he would not listen TO the voice OF
conscience. Time after time he was
offered an opportunity TO repent. His
heart was hardened by the violation
| Of Gods law Even after he had let
the children of Israel start he changed
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
NO TIME FOR LYNCHING BEE.

Senator Robinson of Arkansas savagely berates
those Of his colleagues who he charges with "be-
clouding the issue with fine legal techncates" In
this case, the legal technicalties is that every
is entitled to a fair trial before he is executed
Frequently in the United States this techncaity has
been swept away by impetuous persons. So eager
are they to visit condgn punishment upon somebody
they could not wait for the slow process Of the law
Yet it is wise to proceed along the correct lines.
1t Is wise whether 1t be to nfict penalty crmi-
nal whose brutality has outraged public sentiment
or public official whose conduct does not meet with
universal approval. Our government is Of law not
men, Our institutions exist because they rest on
law that is founded the Constitution 1t may irk
one who already has his mind made up to wait until
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
Center Shots

Tex Rickard has not announced
when he will open the advance sale
Of tickets for the democratic conven
tion.--Toledo Blade.
The suggestion indicates paradox
but before annexing the north pole
I'VE should ascertain whether II will
ret us into hot water.--CleNeland
Times.
A reckless driver. in these fast NOV.
Ing times, is one who passes you In
spite OF all you can do.--Palatka
News.
Every time tho politicians get TO
talking about tho league Of nations
their conversation gets so loud Il
wakes up article i0.-Des Moines
Register.
That senate committee seems to be
trying to put the X. O. instead OF the
O. X. in Bok.-Norfolk Ledger Dis.
patch.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
SUNNY SIDE UP
Iehe Comfort, nor forget
That Jnn1se never 7ailed us yet :"
- Celia 0hoster

marked the advent of the gas wagon.
quickly followed by The Little Old
Ford Rambled Right Along and Get
out and Get Under And. be it re-
membered. too, that all this time the
rousing old chorus of 'Merrily we
Roll Along" has been exceedingly pop
ular.
In the absence of President O'Furey
and Secretary Buck of the Nebraska
Press association we make bold TO IN
vite Rome Miller to attend the annual
meeting at Grand Island on February
q. % and %. The press gang has
been so long in the habit of making
his hotel headquarters for the sum-
mer meeting In Omaha, and enjoying
his always pleasant company. that ne
may be considered member in good
standing. II he will arrange to at
tend the Grand Island meeting We will
guarantee him a warm welcome and
a seat within. the inner councils.
Just for the purpose Of keeping the
record straight, and also because II
gives the conductor of this department
| a feeling of pardonable pride, ii is
| here stated thatsthe youngest news,
paper editor and publisher is Richard
NJ. Maupin, who presides over the
destinies of the Gering Midwest. Dick
| is not yet 18 years old. but he operates
the linotype, sets ads after hustling
them, gathers locals. runs the presses.
keeps the books and makes collections.
His assistant is Lytle Snoddy, pal
his own age. The next youngest editor
and publisher is the son of Cecil Mat
thews, who edits and publishes the
n. f,t4 f<r
approaching his 10Th birthday.
Among other things we'd like to see
Is Judge Patrick smooth shaven.
Judge Root with a full beard, Rep
resentative Sears in knickerbockers
and Art Mullen in a dress suit.
We hope that we will not be under
stood as discounting the importance
of the nomination of Poynter and
Harrop for president and vice presi-
dent in convention held in Omaha
when we call attention to the fact
that they are not the first national
candidates nominated in this city. OF
course the candidates nominated by
the populist national convention in
Omaha were relatively nonentities as
compared with Mr. Poynter. who once
owned a 100000 bull and our own
Mr Harrop. who could pay off the
national debt and make money pienti-
full by the simple e1pedient of start
ing the printing presses. But in the
interest of historical accuracy We
would have you remember that Oma-
ha has entertained national political
conventions before.
Know Omaha Better" is fine
slogan. And "A Better Omaha to
Know" should be the aim Of every
| loyal citizen.
Among other mysteries Of great
city which we have tried vainly 10
solve is the system used by elevator
starters in the tall Office buildings and
big department stores. To date the
elevator we enter Is always the last
one to start up. and we are always
waiting for the wrong one when we
signal down" There are times when
We feel that we are the victim of a
Dark Conspiracy.
| WILL NJ. MAUPIN.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09

his mind and broke his treaty and. as
a consequence, was overthrown in the
Red sea-
The scripture narrative does not
even intimate that God. through n
dream. directed Abraham to cohabit
with Hester. There Is no account OF
Sarah being a mother except of Isaac.
and that was In her old age. Sarah.
because of aer lack OF faith in Gods
promises. gave Hagar TO Abraham.
and then had the Mysteries over her
own deal. typical piece OF feminisml
Tho letter Is an utter perversity of
what the scriptures relate and teach
and fails 10 intelligently give even the
arguments put forth by those who re
fuse TO accept religious belief.
s. J. WOODRUFf.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09

Ing. There Is danger in that-danger
for the cause concerned. and danger,
especially, for the men who are do.
ing It.
The vets, too. may well take note
of this verdict. They lost Originally
because public sympathy fell avn
from them on account of the things
they were doing. II they are 70
make Roadway now TO regain Their
ground they will have 10 do Il b
convincing the people that there Is
merit in their program. The way 10
do that IS to be open and above
board They might make a start II
that direction By getting the boot.
logger and the smuggler of theIr
backs.
This question OF wet and dry will
be settled finally on the plane of
mortality and public good.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
HIGH ROADS TO PROGRESS.

Good Roads: What change has in the
definition of this term? In the days of the old
Concord coach in which forebears travelled
good road wasn't much more than clearing through
the forest.
Then Stephenson invented the steam locomotive.
Good roads took meaning. good road
became road of iron, then road of steel. Freight
and passengers began moving by these strange new
roads and the Concord coach gradually became
memory. Only the farmer plodding his weary
horses used the roads abandoned by the stage coach
Good roads? Yes. Good enough for the old high
wheeled Studebaker wagon.
Then invented enginethe inter-
nal combustion engine. Selden fastened one of
them to his old buggy, it ran Lo, out of the in
ventive brain of man, almost in twnkling, came
the automobile first in the Cities then in the country
The old dirt road, the good road of fathers,
graded up and graded down. No. it wouldn't do.
Then gravel, then stone. The whirling gas bugges
swept them up. Then, oh shades of the Concord
COACH and the clearing through the
roads, brick, asphalt. Mile after mile they stretch
away out from the cities past the farm houses, up
hill, down dale like shining ribbon in the sunlight
"a firm foundation in the rain.
Some one has figured it Quit costs farmer as
much to haul bushel of wheat mile dirt
road it does in freight rates the railroad to
haul ton of wheat mile. The huge farm ton
mage hauled the railroads must first be hauled
from the farm to the railroad Small wonder the
farmer with his auto truck looks longngy for the day
when concrete road will connect his with the
market--with the great world beyond. Transporta
ton Is civilization. The quicker the smoother the
transportation the better the foundation for cviza
ton. Never in all history has man been able to
hold popf- fo one
government, until the genius of America worked it
out.
Transportation makes the nation possible That
state which stands first in good roads, good trans
portation, stands first in progress of every sort The
plans for extending good roads in Nebraska that
in the hands of the Good Roads association will and
should have whole hearted support.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
4 Railroad Parab Bile.


from the New York Commercial
once there was a man who brought
a block in a city and paid Tor IL szo.
900. As 1t increased in value he ad-
vanced his rents. At last he was
getting returns from the property
ba sed on n valuation of s20O.o0o ana
his neiphbors called him good eitlzen
and nobody proposed to take from
him either his property or his returns
from the same, neither did any man
say that law should be passed 10 give
the control of his block to group OF
politicians. He stood high in the
esteem of his community. Ills feiioW
men paid him homage.
Now, 1t so happened that the same
man built a railroad that ran from
his home town to another city IN an
adjoining state. The property cost
him 81, 100000 and yielded no return
in net earnings for a period OF years.
although it greatly helped both cites
and all their inhabitants.
At last it began to pay modestly.
At once the inhabitants of the cities
connected by the railroad petitioned
the government to pass a law giving
the politicians the right to arbitrarily
control the management of the rail-
road. At the same time they began
to berate the owner and called him
an enemy Of society.
The result was that the govern
ment did take over the mans railroad
and did manage the property after
manner to make 1t more expensive to
those who used II and of less value to
the communities 1t served than 1t had
been when 1t was controlled absolutely
by its owner. As q consequence OF
this both the owner of the road and
the communities served by 1t suffered.
Finally it came about that a queer
and eccentric man who lived in one
Of the cities asked II anybody could
explain to him why the owner Of the
railroad was berated for building,
owning and operating that piece of
property and praised for getting rich
from the business block that cost him
hut $4,000.
And after he had asked the question
no man answered, but publicly he was
branded as fool and one without
sense. Furthermore. 1t was pointed
out that when in his presence some
body had been heard to refer to the
Intelligent public" the man had
laughed derisively and after the man.
ner OF one who had heard somebody
say something that was excruciat-
in2ly funny.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
H0mespun Verse
BY Omaha's Own Poet
Robert Worthington Dduie
IMMORTALITY.

They may tight and win their battle
They whose power is less than truth
They may shout and rave and prattie,
Less profound than shallow youth?
Men whose dream is gain and glory
OF tho Age In which they shine.
But whose pitfalls write the story
Which grows sadder down the line.
For the strength OF truth Is deathlese,
Though II wavers. IL VIII rise.
When Illusions gale is brenthless
II goes soaring 20 the skies.
And the false will rue Its rudeness.
And the wise It's virtues keep.
And the dust of good be goodness
When tho savior goes to sleep.