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YOU'LL find- in buying musical
instruments that the greatest
economy and surest satisfaction come from buy,1
ing the product of men who are in love with their work.
This is my reason for offering you Crown Pianos
and Crown Combinolas.
Anyone who knows about the men and the factory
of Geo. P. Bent Company, makers of Crown Pianos,
knows that there is nothing too 'good to use in their
instruments. .
Whenever you buy a Crown Piano of me you are
absolutely certain of always being satisfied; they keep
their tone and last indefinitely. I feel very' safe in
selling them.
T. J. Threikeld
Imported and Home-Bred
Stallions
FOR SALE
We Have Two-year-old Colts Weighing Over 1800 Pounds
Call and Inspect Them
Headquarters at PALACE LIVERY BARN
SMITH & WILSON, Props
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
Think About Your Boy !
M R. FAR M ER '. By the time your boy grows up and
becomes old enough to take up in his own name one of
the new Government Irrigated farms in the Big Horn
Basin or North Platte Vatley it will be too late for him
to get one. Will you let his chance go by ? Is this fair
to the boy ? What will he think of your foresight when
he seeks for land and finds out that you neglected to
take in 1909, almost as a gift, an Uncle Sam-Irrigated
Farm that in 1919 will cost him $150 per acre? Of
course, if he has the price, all right, but; what if he has
weat if he has not ?
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If you agree with me, cut this out
and send to an Eastern Farmer.
Personally conducted excursions first and third Tuesdays
of each month. Write D. Clem Deaver, General Agent,
Landseekers' Information Bureau, ioo4Farnam St., Omaha,
about these excursions.
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REMEMBER THEMAINE
National Capital Pays Honors
to Battleship's Dead.
Eleven Years Ago Monday the Vessel
Was Blown Up in Havana Harbor.
Slgsoee Principal Speaker at Me
morial Services,
Washington "remembered the Mntno"
on two occasions Monday and paid tur
ther tribute In the evening to the mem
ory" o the men of tho battleship which
sank In Havana halbor eleven years
ago. Three separate celebrations of
"Maine day" were planned by tho
Maine Memorial association. Many
persons participated in all three core
monies. The day was opened by mass at St.
Patrick's cathedral In memory of tho
Roman Catholics who lost thoir lives
In the disaster. Among the prloats
who olllciated at tho services was the
Rev. Eugene Hnnnnu, who Is n per
sonal friend of Father Chadwlck,
chaplain of tho Maine, and represent
ed him at the services
in the afternoon tho members of the
association, with members of the
Spanish War Veterans, the Army and
Navy union and other patriotic organ
izations, made a pilgrimage to the
"Maine section" of Arlington come
tery, where the recovered remains of
the men of the Mnlno are buried.
Many veil known navy and army offi
cers made the pilgrimage. Rear Ad
miral Charles D. Slgsbee, retired, who
commanded the Maine when she Bank,
represented tho navy, and General A.
S Hurt, retired; represented the army
Wreaths for the Maine's Dead.
The ceremony of placing lloral trib
utes on the giant anchor of the Maine,
which stands among the graves, was
performed by ladies of the Maine asso
ciation. The pieces included two
wreaths from President Roosevelt, one
from the National Woman's Relief
corps, another from the Phil Sheridan
Woman's Relief corps and others.
There was a firing party of troopers
of the Thirteenth United States cav
alry, and a bugler clobed the exorcises
with "taps."
The speakers for tho meeting In the
church Included Rear Admiral
Slg.sbee, Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson, Genernl Andrew S. Burt,
Colonel John MeElroy, RoV. Father
Eugene A. Hannnn, Rev. Donald Mac
Leod, pastor of the church, and others.
Dr. Thomas Calver rend nn original
poem on "The Men of the Maine."
FLEET NEAR END OF BIG TASK.
American Battleships Do Work Ex
perts Held Impossible.
Half way across the Atlantic ocean on
the Inst long reach of their spectacu
lar cruise around the world, the six
teen battleships of the United States
Atlantic fleet are steaming In
leisurely fashion towards the anchoi
age grounds of Hampton Roads, rrorn
whence they sailed Just fourteen
mouths ago. During these months of
record steaming the heavily armored
fighting vessels have traveled approx
Imntely 45,000 miles and aro return
ing In condition still (It for "a frolic
or a fight." The cruise has been a
veritable expedition of the seven seas
and tasks heretofore deemed Impos
slble for the modern Ironclad have
been accomplished with an ease bor
dering on tho commonplace.
The stories of the cruise have been
succeeding chapters of receptions,
banquets, balls and merrymaking, but
back of all this relaxation and enter
talnlng in the hospitable ports of the
two hemispheres lias been a test of
men and material which has placed
the American navy In an enviable po
sition before all tho world. The en
gine room efficiency in the longer legs
of the journey developing a new and
unexpectedly wide steaming radius for
a battleship;, tho facility In following
the motlqns of the flagship in the fleet,
squadron and divisional manuevers
which came with constant experience
at sea, and above all the marvelous
records made at the targets In Mag
dalena and Manila bays tell of the
real work and the substantial accom
pllshments that have marked this
most notable of peace demonstration
among the navies of the world.
Tho previously arranged schedule ol
the journeys from port to port had
been adhered to in remarkable man
ner except In two instances, when
violent storms made full speed too
dangerous and uncomfortable. To off
set these lapses from punctuality the
fleet has made some of its longest
runs two whole days ahead of time
None of the undertakings imposed
upon tho Bhlps or the men has been
too difficult.
Russian Army Scandal.
Irregularities, amounting to ovor
fl.OOO.OOJJ," have been discovered at
St Petersburg, as the result of an In
vestlgatlon which Senator Garln I?
making of the' army quartermaster
The stores and offices of many leading
business firms have been searched for
evidence of tho Illegal disposition of
government supplies, and several high
officials are reported to have been Im
plicated In the irregularltios.
Shooting Bares Queer Tangle,
In the shooting, which may result
fatally, of William Smith, a carpenter,
at St Joseph there cume to light one
of the straugoBt entanglements thrct
persons ever lived under. A girl twent
two years old, who shot Smith, aver
to the police that she married him
knowing that her mothor was already
his logal wife. The three had lived
for years togethor, the mau aa the
husband of both,
MEEY TO TALK TARIFF.
National Convention in Session al
Indianapolis,
The selection of a tnrlft commie
Ion, not to fix. vntefl, but to ascertain
facts as n baslb for the fixing of rates
by congress. Is tho purposo of tho na
tional tariff convention which began
lit Indianapolis Wednesday.
There are more thnn 2,000 delogatos
to the convention, which was called
by the National Association of Manu
facturers and other large commercial
bodies According to Jnmos W. Van
Cleave, the president of tho ussocln
tlon, it is "the first national gathering
oer held for the express purposo of
promoting tho movement for compre
hensive, scientific tariff revision."
The convention 1b nonpartisan, nnd
among tho delegates are men of all
shades of political belief. The com
mittee In charge has declared that Its
purposo is not tho discission of pro
tection, free Undo or tariff revision.
Its object Is declared to bo "the urg
ing of reform In the methods pursued
in determining schedules, nnd tho dis
cussion of schedules themselves Is for
eign to Its purpose. Tho committee
stands for tho tariff commission jinn
ahd believes it Is ono of the greatest
reforms in which tho country cau nt
this time luterest Itself."
WOUD OUST PIERCE CONCERN.
Missouri Attorney General Asks Oust
er Decree Be Enforced.
Declaring that tho Waters-PIcrco Oil
compnny of Missouri has not compiled
with tho ouster decree of tho supreme
court of tho stnto, Attorney Qonoral
Major filed with tho court a sugges
tion tlint the ouster be mado effective
against the concern. Tho action of
the attorney general was based upon
the fact thnt tho compnny has not
furnished satisfactory evidence that
It haB severed relations with tho
Standard Oil company.
Henry S. Priest of St. LouIb nnd II.
Clay Pierce, cholrman of the board of
tho Waters-Pierce Oil company, filed
In the supremo court of Missouri an
acceptance of tho terms Imposed upon
the company by the recent ouster or
der of tho coutt. The fine of $50,000
was paid.
Harriman Goes to Texas.
E. H. Harriman is on his way to
San Antonio, Tex., where. It Is un
derstood, Mr. Harriman will romnln
until April In nu effort to regain his
health. Men who had known him be
fore remarked upon his pale and weak
ened appearance.
. Niagara a Tiny Rivulet.
Only a tiny rivulet, not deep nor swift
enough to carry a pulp log over the
brink, Is flowing over tho American
side of Niagara falls. A strong north
east wind has held back tho water
and nllowed the Ico to gain a foothold.
Chicago Alderman Kills Himself.
Alderman Joseph P. Kohout, long a
Democratic leader In tho city council
of Chicago, committed Bulcldo by
shooting himself In tho head in the
basement of his home, 787 Douglas
boulevard.
Five Milwaukee Firemen Killed.
Five firemen were killed and ten In
jured while fighting n flro which de
stroyed the Johns-Mnnvllle warehouse,
together with the piano and organ
plant of tho Netsow company at Mil
waukee, entailing a loss of $200,000.
Ends Life With Stick of Dynamite.
Henry Kiockard, a prospector, who
has been living in the mountains near
Taft, Mont., placed a primed stick of
dynamite in his mouth, bit the cap,
and the explosion that followed liter
ally blow his body to pieces.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, Feb. 15. Wheat for May
delivery sold here today at $1.14, a
gain of c over tho previous record
tor the season, established last Satur
day. Tho market failed to retain tho
advance, closing weak, with prices
0Vc to lV&c below the previous close.
Corn and oats closed firm and pro
visions steady. Closing prices;
Wheat May, $1.13; July, $1.00.
Corn May, 64:,lic; July, 64tf64c.
Oats May, 53e; July, 48c.
Pork May, $16.90; July, $17.02.
Lard May, $9.65; July, $9.77j.
Ribs May, $8.87,!; July, $9.05.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, $1.121.15; No. 3 corn, 63
63Kic; No. 2 white oats-, 54c.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Feb. 15. Cattle Re
celpts, 2,500; strong to 10c higher;
native steers, $4.256.25; cows and
heifers, $3.005.15; western steers,
$3.50Q5.60; Texas steers, $3.005.00;
canners, $2.003.00; stockers ana
feeders, $2.755.25; calves, $3.00
7.00; bulls, stags, etc., $2.754.75.
Hogs Receipts, 2,200; 5810c higher,
heavy, $6.25'6.42'i.; mixed. $6.15S
6.25; light, $6.0036.35; pigs, $4.50
S75; bulk of sales, $6.106.35. Sheep
.Receipts, 4,000; steady; yearlings,
$5.756.85; wethers, $5.005.40"; ewes,
$4.005.00; lambs, $0.507.50.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 15. Cattle Receipts,
22,000; strong to 10c higher; steers,
$4.607.00; cows, $3.005.50; holferis,
$3.005.75, bulls. $3.403.90; calves,
$3.5008.00; stockers and feoders,
$2.50g5.40. Hogs Rorelpts. 42,000;
1020c higher; choice heavy ship
ping, $i).006.65; butchers, $G.60&
6.C0; light mixed. $6.40Q6.60; packing.
$6.3606.55; pigs, $5.00'6.28; bulk of
sales, $6.406.55. Sheop Reoolpts.
8,000 steady; sheep, $4.253'fi 60;
lambs, $6.757.60; yearlings, $57.
OF
Scnato Passos School of Citi
zenship Bill.
Measure Commends Work of Political
Science Department of State Univer
sity Republican Senator Introduces
Bank Bill Ahead of Democrats.
Lincoln, Feb. 10. After two calli. of
the atnntc, a mistake on the part of
the secretary culling the roll, an an
nouncement by the lieutenant gov,
ernor that the bill was lost, a calling U
two men opposod to the bill and one
In favor of it, Jnto conference, nnd u
ruling that nearly caused tho loss or
tho bill, Senator Miller's bill Incorpo
rating V. J. Hrynu'B Idea for tho es
tablishment of a school of citizenship,
llnall) passed tho sonato by a vote cf
of 17 to 13
The bill Is a resolution commondlnt
the work of tho political science de
partment of the state university and
requesting the regents to establish c
school of citizenship. Mr. Miller ex
plained In the committee or tho whole
that Mr. Bryan originated tho Idea,
and that the regents and chancellor
were In favor of It.
Senator Myers (Rep.) of Rock coun
ty Introduced In thu Bouuto a bank
guaranty bill which ho has submitted
to a number of attorneys. Myera
made hia campaign on the guaranty
of bank deposits and ho will push tho
measure aa against tho Democratic
bill, upon which tho Joint committee
Is still working.
Senator Ransom and Representative
Thomas of Douglas both declared tho-
Douglas county delegation would fight
Snyder's bill to repeal tho terminal
tux levy.
BANK BILL STRIKES SNAG.
Judge Albert Asked to Remove Some
Objectionable Features.
Lincoln, Feb. 15. Tho bank guar
anty bill, drafted by Judge Albert, on
request of the house, has met with
some snags, apparently. The sub
committee to which It was reforred
has asked Judge Albert to remove
solne objectionable features to tho
mensurc nnd he will spend some time
with the committee during this week.
William J. Bryan Is expected In Lin
coln the 17th, when ho will doubtlosri
doliver nn address Itcforo a Joint ses
sion, and It is said the Democratic
leader will have some suggestions to
make at that time.
The coming week will be mostly
occupied with the bank guaranty bill
nnd the charter hills for metropolitan
cities. Tho flnanco committee ex
pectB to bo able to present the bank
bill by Wednesdnjy.
LIFE SENTENCE 'FOR GOODELL.
Slayer of Edna Kennett Found Guilty
of First Degree Murder.
Omaha, Feb. 16. The trial of the
first of the five persons In Jnll hero
charged with murder resulted in a
sentence of life Imprisonment for Van
Wilson GoodelJ, when a Jury last night
found him guilty of tho murder, of
Mlsa Edna Kennett In the first degree
and gave him life Imprisonment.
Goodell was the mark not only for
a scathing arraignment to the jury by
County Attornoy English, but fared
no better at tho hands of Judge Soars,
whoso Instructions to the jury left
little for that body to do than return
the verdict mentioned.
Goodell shot nnd killed Miss Ken
nett on tho street In the presence of
a dozen persons and then attempted
to kill himself. The bullet glanced
off his skull and after being tuken to
the hospital he attempted to escape.
He admitted on the witness stand that
ho had been desperately In love with
the girl. The jury was out only long
enough to formulate the verdict.
Lincoln Street Railway Merger.
Lincoln, Feb. 10. The consolidation
of the two street car lines of Lincoln
was effected by the formation of a
riew company, which takes over the
Lincoln Traction company and the
Citizens' Railway company. The au
thorized capital of the merged prop
erties Is $5,000,000. John W. McDon
aid, president of the traction com
pany, remains at the head of tho con
solidated roads and of the eleven dl
rectors, ten are Lincoln men. The
consolidation follows a bitter fight ol
three years between the contending
street car Interests and comes as a re
sult of a gradual centering of the
stock in the hands of local men
Nebraska Wheat Wins First Prize.
Omaha, Feb 16. First prize for
wheat for light bread flour was won
by Nebraska at the National Corn ex
position at this city. Awards were an
nounced when reports of the final test
came from the Minneapolis mills A
complete farm electric plant goes to
the winner, who is W r Stelk of
Grand Island.
Fifty Farmers Exposed to Smallpox.
Arllngtbn, Neb., Feb 16. A small
pox epidemic is threatened as the re
sult of fifty farmors being exposed to
the dlsoa&e whilo attending a public
sale at a farm some distance from
here The fact of a case of smallpox
bolng Isolated in the house at the time
did not develop until sometime after
tho sale
George E. Fayles Dead.
Codar Creek. Neb., Feb. 16. Gorgn
E. Fayles, pioneer merchant and grain
dealer of this place, Is dead, aged six
ty years. He was an early settlor lit
Cass county, having lived in this vicin
ity nearly fifty years.
NEWS
NEBRASKA
FARMERS TO HOLD WHEAT
Board of Directors of Association to
Fix Sale Price.
Hastings, Neb , Feb 15. Organiza
tion of tho wlntor wheat growers' as
sociation of Nebraska, Kansas and
Oklahoma was completed with the
closing session of the three days' mass
meeting of farmers of the three states.
Tho purpose Is to control tho price of
wlntor wheat. About 200 farmers
signed a pledge agreeing not to sell
tholr next year's crop for less than
tho pilco fixed at a delegate conven
tion, except after thirty days' notice to
the directors and failure to get the
agreed price,
A fund of $5i.O wna raised to push
the work of organization. The direct
ors In charge of the campaign aro J
S. Cnnady, Mind n; E. R. Varah, HaBt
ings; M. Hoflmeyer, Republican City,
A. S. Wilkinson, Harrington, Kan ; II
A. Knight, Holdrego; S. C. Younger,
Homestend, Okln.; J. E. Hill, Spring
Ranch; E. P. Hubbard, Juniata; M
Prossler, Trumbull.
ONE DEAD IN WRECK IN UNION.
Thomas G. Barnum, Stockman, Killed
and Eight Others Injured.
Plnttsmouth. Neb., Feb. 15. Threw
coaches of Missouri Pacific passenger
train No. 101 left the rails at Union, a
station fifteen miles south of here,
killing one passenger and Injuring
eight others, some of them seriously.
Killed: Thomas G. Darnum, Union.
s,kull crushed, died Instantly.
Injured: Frank Heavrln, tcamstor,
South Omaha, skull fractured, serious,
Amos McNamec, rural carrier, Omaha,
head, hands nnd legs injured; M. E.
Thomas, newspaper man, Omaha,
head cut, right arm fractured; Oslo
Huston, Plattsmouth, back injured,
C. MnBscy, Unndilla, serious bruises;
Gub King, South Omaha, serious cuts;
J. E. Goldsmith, Omaha, head cut, nrm
hurt; J, W. E. Rome, Omaha, arm,
log and kneo cut, slight,
Third 8torm Within Two Weeks.
Omaha, Feb. 15. A temperature
ranging from zero to 10 below hovered
over Nebraska and western Iowa last
night, following a severe blizzard Inst
Ing thirty-six hours. It was the third
of a series of severe storms to attack
tho stnto wlthtir two weeks and In
many respects waB more serious than
tho two which preceded It. Tho In
tense cold Intensified tho Buffering
over the entire territory covered by
the storm nnd In this city conditions
wero particularly acute among the
pooror classes. Tho effect on lines ot
communication was most severo and
wlios wero prostrated In every direc
tion. Freeman Homestead for National Park
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 13. A number
ot residents of this county have taken
up tho matter of purchasing tho Dan
iel Freeman homestead for a national
pnrk In memory of the first homestead
and commemoration of the net under
which many thousands of citizens of
tho United States have secured homes.
Representatives from Nebraska will
be asked to Introduce a bill In con
gress providing for the purchase of
tho first homestead and Its selection
as a national park. Tho Freeman farm
la west of Beatrice.
Retail Hardware Dealers Meet.
Omaha, Feb. 16. The eighth annual
convention of the Nebraska Retail
Hardware association opened thl.4
morning at tho Rome with a largo
exhibit nt the Auditorium, and the
Indications arc tlirt the meeting will
bo the largest In the history of the as
sociation, not only in the number ot
delegates present, but also In the nuni
bor of visitors from Nebraska and
neighboring states. The sessions con
tlnue until Friday.
Editors to Meet at Grand Island.
Grand Islnnd, Neb., Feb. 16. Ar
rangements for the meeting of the
Nebraska State Press association for
Feb. 22-24 have been completed. The
first day will be taken up In the regis
tration and becoming acquainted, hue
the two following days will be full ot
matters of Interest for the editors.
Three sessions ;V111 be held each on
Tuesday and 'Wednesday. Many Jour
nalists of note will attend.
Ponca Church Burns.
Ponca, Neb., Feb. 16. The Presby
terian church here was burned to tho
ground and the entire town had a nar.
row escape from destruction. After
tho fire was discovered It had secured
such headway that the efforts of the
fire department wero centered on sav
Ing the parsonage adjoining, which it
did' after a heroic fight. The loss will
be nearly $4,000, fully Insured.
York Man Kills Himself.
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 13. Aftet
spending two weeks here, during
which he drank heavily, Dr. Nicholas
Selberg, recently of York, committed
suicide by ahootlus himself In tho tem
ple In his room at the Lindell hotel.
Former Nebraskan Arrested.
Denver, Feb 13. Charles O. Charles
ton, said to bo a former member ot
tho Nebraska legislature, and of the
Chicago board of aldermeu, was ar
rested hero, charged with numerous
forgeries ot chocks.
Falls Into Vat of Boiling Water.
South Omaha, Fob. 16.---LJteraIly
cooked In a vat of boiling, water In the
glue department of the Cudahy Pack
ing company, John Zueba died of his
terrible injurios at the hospital.
Charged With Bootlegging.
Beatrice, Nob., Feb. 16. Godf.c
Hulshlssr has been arrested, charged
with bootlegging at Wymore. He was
held in the county jail In default of
$500 ball, but later gave bond,
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