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A. D. RODGERS
Groceries and Provisions
A fall line of fresh goods to order from
Our prices are right
Telephone orders filled promptly '
Phone 55
S. W. Cor. Box Butte Ave. and Dakota St. ; one block
north of Burlington station, on west side of street
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The New Lumber Yard
Is Now Doing Business
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typewriters, also five cash registers,
which I will sell cheap to close out at
once. Cash or easy terms.
Phone 340
Lloyd C. Thomas
tkx; 11 MJL&MmmmWUrA,',i!JiyA
Wallace's
Transfer Line
Household goods
moved promptly
' and transfer work
cr1in!-r1 PVirino a
Frank Wallace, PropV.
The Old Reliable
Hardware, Harness and Implement Firm
In order to make room .for new goods will make special
prices on
Buggies, Spring and Farm Wagons
Agent for the well known Deering Hay Tools and Harvesters and J. I.
Case Threshing Machines.
In HARNESS My motto: "How Good; Not, How Cheap."
Anton Uhrig .
NEBRASKA NEWS
Polio-Myliiis Kills Dr. Leonard
J. Schneider Suddenly.
VICTIM OF STRANGE DISEASE.
1 EMINGFORD, NEBR.
tQUmZHjH
Oniahn, Dec. 27. Dr. Lconnrd J.
Schneider died from pollo-mylltls at
the General hospital. When Dr.
Schneider became ill, a week ago, ho
scorned nffectod only with a ncrvouB
breakdown, but the fatal malady pro
gressed rapidly and death resulted
most unexpectedly. Dr. Schneider was
twenty-eight years old. Ho is sur
vived by n wife, three brothers, Dr.
A. E. Schneider of Chjcngo, Otto and
Charles Schneider of Nebraska City,
ana two sisters, Mrs. Pnul Jesscn and
Miss Mary Schneider of Nebraska City.
Dr. Schneider's death is the latest
of a scries which have resulted from
polic-mylltls, the strange spinal dis
ease which haB been the puzzle and do
spalr of physicians in this territory.
DUNN MAKES AN APOLOGY
Former Omaha City Attorney Again
In Good Standing.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 24. 1. J. Dunn,
former nssistant cjty attorney of Oma
ha, last evening apologized to the su-J
prcmo court, thereby purging himself
of contempt, and was by the court
restored to all his rights ns an attor
ney and counsellor before the courts
of the state.
A brief, for which Mr. Dunn as
sumed 'responsibility, was several
weeks ngo adjudged contemptuous,
and ho was thereupon debarred. Mr.
Dunn nominated W. J. Brynn at tho
last Democratic national convention.
ALFALFA PROMOTER GUILTY
J. Nelson Sentenced to Five Years In
Penitentiary.
York, Neb., Dec. 23. J. Nelson,
formerly a resident of Grand Island,
an alfalfa meal mill promoter, who,
when arrested, charged with embez
zlement of several thousand dollars
by the York Alfalfa Meal company,
had about completed arrangements for
the promotion of two other alfalfa
mills in this state, was found guilty
of embezzlement of funds of tho York
Alfalfa Meal Mill company and re
ceded a five years' sentence.
Pioneer Engineer Dead.
Omaha, Dec. 24. Stebblns A. Teal,
one of the first engineers to run on
the Union Pacific after the eastern
end of the road was opened, died at
Wnterloo, Neb. HIb death was rather
sudden, although he had been in poor
health for several months. He was
for over a generation one of the prom
inent figures among tho railroad em
ployees of the west. For tho last
tWrty years he was master mechanic'
for the Northwestern at Missouri Val
ley. Farmers Rush Grain In.
Omaha, Dec. 24. Considerable grain
is being moved to the Omaha market
in spite of the bad weather. Tho roads
have completely frozen over and tho
farmers arc able to haul email loads
to the railroad stations. The price
is attractive and considerable is be
ing moved. The farmers also seem to
be nnx.ibus to get grain on the road
now, knowing when tho thaw comes
the roads will bo in very bad condition.
GUARD 18 FINDING FAVOR
Sunday School Convention.
Beatrice, Neb Dec. 23. A meeting
of the district officers of the Gage
County Sunday School association
was held here and it was decided to
make the dates of tho state conven
tion June 14 to 16. A committee was
appointed to secure tho option on
three of the largest churches in the
cjty for the convention, which will
bring more than 1,000 delegates to
the city.
Lincoln Has Shortage of Steam Coal.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 23. A shortage
of coal, wbjeh may develop into an
actual famine, confronts Lincoln. The
Bupply of steam coal now in the hands
of dealers is practically exhausted
and none is being received". When
the steam supply Is exhausted it
means the manufacturing plants must
draw on the domestic product; which
is small.
Bride Dresses at Court House.
Omaha, Dec. 23. Miss Jessie W.
Gossett of Paplllion did not propose
to be married in any "golng-away"
gown. So she brought her bridal robes
to the court house and donned them
In the prlvnto office of the county
Judge. Outside ono door, Thomas E.
Thompson, the lucky mnn, kept watch
end Mrs. Gossett was sontlnel at the
other.
Regular Army Officers Are Forgetting
Prejudices.
Washington, Dec. 27. Regular a; my
officers have so fnr forgotten any prej
udice that was onco cntortnlucd in
regular army circles against tho na
tional guard that thoy would like to sco
tho guard double its present size and
aro bent on doing nil posslblo to in
crease tho guard's offlclcncy. Assist
ant Secrotnry of War Oliver, In tho
recent hearings of tho house commit
tee on miliary affairs on tho nnuy
bill, told the committee he hoped to
seo the national guard increased to
200,000. Ho said tho war department
wnB going to carry out tho policy that
had been adopted of trying to makt
tho gunrd an efficient forco.
CZAR MENACED BY BOMB PLOT
Postmaster Secor Reappointed.
Madison, Neb., Dec. 24. Postmnster
Becor of Madjson received a telegram
from Senator Brown stating that ho
and Senator Burkett had joined in
recommending him for reappointment
ns postmaster at Madison and life
same had been sent to the senate for
confirmation. Mr. Secor Js serving his
eighth year as postmaster.
Man Accused of Desertion.
Pierce, Neb., Dec. 24. Sheriff Wiley
went to Foster and arrested Jnkc
Marshall on the charge of wife deser
tion. Marshall lived with hJ3 family
on n farm near Foster, this county,
up to about two yeara ago, when he
If.fL About the same time tho wife
p- .T-n Marshall, a brother of the ac-
; 1? t home s.'.zq.
Six Conspirators Arrested; Explosives
Found In Basement.
Moscow, Dec. 27. Tho secret serv
lve pollco have unearthed a plot
against tho cznr and czarina, who are
to arrive hero soon. There wcro nr
rested hero two women and four men
who aro members of nnnrclUstlc
groups. It is expected those arrests
may throw somo light on tho killing
by a bomb n few dnys ago In St.
Petersburg of Colonel KariKjff, tho
chief of tho secret pollco of that city.
The arrest of tho. men and women
was made in u houso In Bnskakow
street, where thoy had boon living
for n fortnight. In tho house, hidden
in tho collnr, wero found several
bombs filled with a high oxploslve.
0141,250,000 GIVEN AWAY
Public Benefactions This Year Doubled
Over 1908.
New York, Dec. 27. Tho total pub
lic benefactions In tho United States
during tho last twolvo months was
$141,260,000, an amount just $40,000,
000 greater thnn any previous year In
tho history of the country, according
to statistics compiled by a Now York
paper. The amount this year was over
twice a8 largo ns was given away last
year, following tho panic of 1907. Tho
principal benefactors in 1909 have
been tho late John S. Kennedy of Now
York, $20,650,000; John D. Rockefel
ler, $12,825,000, and Andrew Carnegie,
$0,050,511. Of tho total amount given
in 1909, over a third was given spe
cifically for educational work.
WILL CONTINUE INQUIRY
Investigation of Insurance Company's
Affairs to Go On.
New York, Dec. 27. George P.
Sheldon's death Saturday at his
home in Greonwich, Conn., may cause
a hitch In tho proceedings which havo
been Instituted to recover money that
ho is alleged to have overdrawn on his
salary account as president of tho
Phenlx Firo Insurance company of
Brooklyn. The .Inquiry Into tho affairs
of' the company will be continued, how
ever. The bookB of the Atlanta and
Chicago offices are yet to be examined
and the district attorney's office hero
will continue Its activity.
CAR CRASHES THROUGH ICE
M
FIR
Motorman and Conductor Drown In
Naugautlc River.
Seymour, Conn., Dec, 27. A trolley
car Jumped a switch alongside the
Nhugnutlc rlvor during a Btorm and
plunging down tho bank, crashed
through the ice. Motorman Fred
Benrd and Conductor Marcus Donb
van, who were In the enclosed fcr
ward vestibule, wero drowned. The
flvo passengers escaped.
JUDGE LURTON RESIGNS
Prepares to Take Up New Work on
Supreme Bench.
Cincinnati, Dec. 27. Judge Horace
IT. Lurton tendered to President Tnft
his formal resignation as judge of the
United States circuit court. This
step Is preliminary to assuming his
plate as associate Justice of the su
premo court of tho United States in
succession to the late Justice Rufus
W. Peckbam.
MOB AVENGES MURDER
White Man Taken From Jail and
Hanged at Hurley, la.
Hurley, Va., Dec. 27. Following the
killing hero of Samuel Baker and the
serious wounding of his wife and two
children by the former's old enemy,
Henry Pennington, a mob of 100 citi
zens took Pennington from Jail and
hanged him to n steam pipe.
Pioneer Woman Is Dead.
Denver, Dec. 27. Mrs. Susan Walt
hall Peck, aged seventy-six, ono of the
best known of Colorado's pioneer
women, died here. Born In Danville,
111., she camo to Colorado from Charl
ton, I.a, in a covered wagon in 1860.
Passenger Kills Miners.
Shelburn, Ind'., Dec. 27. In a blind
ing snowstorm two Hungarian miners
were struck and killed by a pansonger
train on the Evansville and Nashville
railroad near here.
Miners Burned to Death.
Cumberland, Md., Dec. 27. Three
minors wore burned to doath near
Harrison, Va. Two other mon, who
boarded at tho same house, aro miss
ing. Louisville Fire Chief Cles.
Louisville, Dec. 27. Benjamin Dll
Ion, chief of tho Louisville flje dopnrt
ment, djed as tho result at Injuries
sustained while making a fast run tc
a fire.
Fltzslmmons Defeated.
t Sydney, N. S. W Dec. 27. Bi'
Lane won from Bob Fltzslmmons l
the twelfth round of a schod"
twenty round fight.
AHLI THE NATION
James J. Hill Discusses the Fu
ture Needs of Both.
LESS WARSHIPS; MORE FARMS
The Distinguished Railway President
and Foremost Developer of Our
Great Northwest Writes In the
World's Work of the Need for Pros
perous and Solentlfio Agriculture.
Land without population is a wild or
noss, and population without lnnd Is
a mob. Tho United States has many
social, polttlcnl and economic ques
tions, somo old, Bomo new, to settlo
in tho near future; but nono so funda
mental as tho truo rolatlon of tho land
to tho national lifo. Tho first act In
tho progress of any civilization Is to
provide homes for thoso who desire to
it under their own vino and flg-troo.
A prosperous agricultural Interest Is
to n nation what good digestion Is to
a man. The farm Is tho basis of nil
industry. Tho soil is tho only rcsourco
thnt renowa itself continually nftor
having produced value. I do not wish
to belittle tho importance of manu
facture or itfl relative valuo In general
growth. But for many years this coun
try has mndo tho mistake of unduly
assisting manufacture, commerce, and
other activities that center In cities, at
tho cxponso of tho farm, Tho result
is a neglected system of ngrlculturo
and the dccllno of tho farming Inter
est. But nil theso other actlvitlos aro
foundod upon tho agricultural growth
of tho nation and must continue to
depend upon it. Every manufacturer,
every merchant, every' business man
and every good citizen is deeply In
terested in maintaining tho growth and
development of our agricultural re
sources. "Preserve Jealously the Soil."
It is most important that qur own
country should roallze tho situation
and tnkc thought for its own future
. . With our magnificent areas
and tho rolntlvo Bpnrsoness of our
population as comparod with tho more
densely peopled countries of tho old
world, tho time of economic trlnl
should bo a long" way oft for us. With
greater wisdom than wo havo exer
cised In the past It may never como.
But wo must preserve Jealously the
right and the possibility of frco access
to the soil out of which grow not only
all those things that mnko happy tho
heart of man and comfort his body
but thoso virtues by which only a
nation can enduro and those Influences
that strengthen tho soul. This is the
safeguard not only of national wealth
but of national character. Tho fertile
fields of this country aro its real gold
mines from which It will gather n
richer yield than the deposits of
Alaska or South Africa or any other
land can furnish. Theso are the true
national inheritance.
For tho first timo In tho history of
this country thousands of farmera
from states like Iowa, Kansas, Mis
souri, Michigan, Wisconsin nnd Min
nesota are seeking homes in the Can
adian northwest owing to tho cheap
lands offered there and the difficulty
of (securing such lands In tho United
States. Toward saving a supply for
the future something Is now being
done. Wo are at least saving at tho
spigot though wo have not quit wast
ing at the bung. While wo are spend
ing great sums to transform worthless
lands Into orchards and gardens by
the work of tho reclamation service,
we still retain nB to other areas tho
land-laws under which for so many
years tho great heritage of tho people
has been passing so largely Into un
worthy hands.'
The Greatest Lesion of History.
For tho sake of our national future,
for the sake of the coming millions
who will bo helpless unless each can
be furnished with a piece of tillable
land as a defense against misfortune,
we should see that the speculative
abuses which theso laws have fostered
aro brought to an end. It should not
be possible to obtain public land of
any kind anywhere In the United
States henceforth except after com
plying with all the terms of the home
stead law. I cannot urge too strongly
upon every man who wishes his coun
try well and who desires nil to be
prosperous in order that ho may pros
per with them, tho Importance and
growing necessity of taking such care
of our public domain as shall preserve
the remnant of It for the use of gen
erations yet unborn.
Such close and careful cultivation as
will yield the highest profit per acre
1b cultivated In comparatively small
can best be given to and when It
farms. The greater the number of
prosperous farmers tho greater will bo
the prosperity of overy businessman.
It takes more labor to earn the sarao
profit from a tract too large to bo
tiled thoroughly. Ten farmers each
cultivating from 40 to 160 acres at tho
outside, with tho most approved meth
ods, supplemented where necessary
by Irrigation, can each earn n profit
equal to that taken from two or three
times the same area by slovenly till
age. Ten farmers Instead of ono In
crease the aggregate volume of trade
with the merchants of tho community
and add in the same ratio to the gen
eral prosperity.
The Long Neglected Farmer.
Including Alaska, this country has
about the Bame area as Europe. It
haB a little nioro than one-fifth as
much population. With a trifle more
than flvo per cent of tho populatfon ol
tho world, wo aro producing 43 pe
cent, of tho world's supply of wheats
corn nnd oata. Wo ralso more than
70 per cent, of tho world's cotton. All
political economy that Is not rnero
empty theory rests upon tho ratio o9
population to land area, the nbund
anco and vnluo of tho products of tho
soil, nnd tho propor balanco and lnter
relation of dlfforont Industries. Wo
lmvo been busy as n nation holplng
tho so-called Industrial interests of tho
country In fnct, everybody oxcopt tho
man on tho farm.
But when wo hnvo as many peoplo
to t.io squaro mllo ns Europe has now,
wo will know tho economic troubles
of Europe. Our task will bo to In
crease correspondingly tho volume ol
tho earth's product. Whon wo got
down to business and tako stock of
thoso natlonnt affairs In which wo ara
vitally concerned as workers and
home-builders, ns citizens and ns
fathers of tho children who aro to
mnko our future, we find that tho mala
thing Is tho utilization and con
servation of tho soil nnd tho resources
drawn from It. This Interest must
more nnd moro tako precedenco of all
others. Tho man must bo encouraged
to go to tho farm. Tho man on the
farm must bo considered first In all
our policies, becnuso ho Is tho koy
stono of tho nntlonnl arch. Whon ha
has produced tho Bhare of natural
wealth that corresponds to hln host
offort ho must bo ablo to find a pun
chaser at prices that will enable him
to llvo In comfort and enjoy at least
n modernto degroo of prosperity. This
hns always boon tho final test of every
country nnd every civilization; and It
will no moro chango than tho sensons
aro likely to rovorso tho order of their
succession.
A Farm School for Every Farming
County.
This country hns from tho beginning
cstnblshcd and maintained a common;
school system on the sound prlnclplo
that education Is essential to a right
dlschargo of tho duties of cltizonshlp.
Another element must bo IntroducodV
Into the educational system. To dlroct
tho mlndB of tho young to work upon
tho land ns an honorable and desirable,
career and to prepnro for thom work
whon thoy return there by suitable
instruction Is to promote good citizen
ship nnd national security. To ralca
tho productivity of our soil DO pet,
cent, would bo an Increase greater In
valuo thnn tho ontlro volume of our
foreign trndo. Theso results can ba
brought about only by a general un
derstanding nnd practice of agricultural
as modern acionce nnd experiment
work explain It; by Buch Instruction as(
wo now glvo in our technical schools'
and Institutes for tho trades. Anyona
who has studied tho growth and de
cline of nations nnd woul- read our
own Industrial future must bo con
vinced that Instruction In farm econo
my and management should becomo an
Indispensable part of tho educational
work of this country.
Why So Many Warships? ;
If I could havo my way I should
build a couple of warships a year less.
Perhaps ono would do. I would tako
that $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 a year and'
start at least 1.000 agricultural schools
in tho United States at $5,000 a year
each, In the shapo of model farms.
ThU model farm would be simply a
tract of land conforming In size, soil
trneatmont, crop selection and rota
tion, nnd methods of cultivation to
modern agricultural methods. Its pur
pose would be to furnish to all its
neighborhood a working model for
common Instruction. Cultivating, per
haps from forty to sixty acres, It
could exhibit on that area tho advan
tages of thorough tillage which tho
small farm makes posslblo; of seed
specially chosen nnd tested by experi
ment at agricultural college farms; of
proper fertilization, stock raising, al
ternation of crops and tho whole scion,
tlfic and Improved system of cultiva
tion, seeding, harvesting, and market
ing. Tho farmers of a county could
see, must see, as they passed' Us bor
ders how their dally labors might
bring increased and Improved results.
(Mr. Hill's striking articles will ba
continued in tho December World's
Work with a discussion, of tho develop
ment of tho northwest,) .
SAFER RAILROAD TRAVEL
All American Railroads Report Notabla
Advances In the Protection
of Life.
The best safety records made publio
by the big American railroads aro
now coming to light month by month.
The Pennsylvania railroad set tho
example by announcing that not a
single passenger had been killed on Its
rails In tho 12 months that ended last
December. Now follow others, says
tho World's Work.
The Erie railroad, probably the most
decried of all tho big trunk lines,
claims the unique record of having
carried more than 125,000,000 passen
gers In the last flvo years without
killing a single person In a prevent
able accident. The Lehigh Valley
makes a similar report.
Four western railroads the Bur
lington, the Rock Island, the Atchison,
and tho Northwestern claim that In
the past year they killed not pas
senger In any accident chargeblo to
the railroad. This Is a matter of tho
greatest Importance,
And there is a new spirit In tho rail
road world. In the passenger depart
ments of our railroads a deep Im
pression was made a year or so ago
by the announcement from England
that all tho railroads of that Island
bnd been operated for 12 months with
out killing n single passenger. Tho
Pennsylvania took prldo In Its record
pf last year In equaling tho English
record; and there Is no doubt' that the
other railroads aro engaged In a con
test of this excellent sort