I 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 ! The New Lumber Yard Is Now Doing Business Q Did You Get Our Prices? PRAIRIE LUMBER CO. Closing Out I have several new and slightly, used 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