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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1909)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY IMBUE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $1,25 J.N ADVANCE NORTU PLATTE, NEBRASKA I A Boiling Down of the More Impor- taut Events Hera and There Foreign. Tho Spanish cabinet lias accorded a freo hand to tho minister In forcing Mellllu to meet the serious situation there. A brlgado of Infantry at Sovlllo has been mobilized, nnd will bo sent forward as speedily as possible King Alfonso and Premier Maurn nro returning to tho capital from San Sebastian, In connection with tho bonding of reinforcements to Melllla, horo heavy fighting has boon going tm botweon tho Moors and Spaniards. Tho general opinion among tho gov-oru.-ont officials and military and navy officers nt Valparaiso Is that Chllo will remain noutral In event of hostilities botweon Bolivia and Argon tlna. Thcro Is no truth In tlio report that Chllo Is sending arms to Bolivia, A company was .formed In Borlln for tho purposo of or cc ling a great airship garago, with landing nnd testing grounds. Tho dlractorato Is mado up of many persons well known In Ger many. Six out of fourteen ouffragottes re cently Imprisoned In tho Holloway J nil lmvo boon released on account of In subordination, Tho speeches of Samuel Gompors, president of tho Amorlcan Fodoratlon of Labor, dollvored boforo tho French labor organizations aro arousing In tonso Interest In labor clrclos. Tho oxtromo socialists blttorly condemn lilm as a roactlonnry. Mohamod All, tho dethroned shah, who Is now In tho Russian summer legation, has declined to rocolvo a deputation to inform him of his de position. Slpahadar and Sardnvasad, the loaders in tho nationalist movo mont, sent a telegram to tlio British nnd Russian legations requesting thorn to tlx a tlnio when his majesty mny rocoivo n doputation notifying him of tho chango of sovereign. General. Senator Cummins Bays it Is csspn tlnl that duties on manufactures bo considerably reduced. Tho United States Is not likely to mnko great progress In aerial naviga tion during tho noxt fiscal year ns a result of lnek of oncouragomont of forcd InvontorH by congress. At tho roquest of tho two govern ments tho Bccrotary of stato has au thorized tho American ministers nt La Paz and Buenos Ayres to tnko charge respectively of tho Interests of Argen tina and Bolivia. Tho cholera situation in St. Peters burg now sooniB to bo woll under con trol. Hnrry Orchard, murdor of former Governor Stunonborg of Idaho, ac cording to his confession, wns bap tized at the penitentiary. Kansas City is to got n $20,000,000 dopot. Substantial progress In canal con struction ull along tho lino 1b hIiowii by reports coming to tho Washington olllco of tho Isthmian canal commis sion, That Minneapolis needs 100 women pollcomou, Is tho opinion of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of tho Na. tlonal Woman's Suffrage association. Charles W. Elliott, president Emer itus of Harvard, in an address before tho Harvard summer Bchool of the ology prophesied tho ndvont of a now rollglon. It has boon proclsely decided that District Attornoy Joromo or Now York will bo called into the Thaw cntfo wlion tho homings nro resumed nt Whito Plains. Tho Argentlno government has sont passports to tho Bolivian minister at Buenos Ayres, ordering him to Icayp Buenos Ayroa within twenty-four hours, Tho prosocutors of Harry Thaw aro criticized and Insanity oxports scored In a twonty pngo book which Mrs Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Thaw, Issued n few days ago. It hears tho lltle, "Tho Secrot Unveiled." Acting Secretary of tho Interior Plorcehns approved tho selection by tho stato of Colorado under tho Carey net of 14,852 acres of. land In tho Dot Norte land district to bo Irrigated by a canal ByBtem. Jainos J, Hill thinks tho host thing that congress could do would bo to ad Journ and go homo. The Wright noropluuo mado a speed of flfty.four miles an hour throughout a short flight. A falling building In Philadelphia killed Bovon people. Tho French aviator, Latham, fallod in attbinpt to cross tho Straits of Dover in nn neroplano, Hopresentjlivo Dawson invited Mr. Tuft to bo present at tho dedication of tho now Y. M. C. A. building at Davenport In Soptombor. It la ppa slblo tho president will attoud, Frank Carlson of Iron Mountain Mich., committed sulcldo Sunday on a Union Pacific train Just wost of North PlattC, Nebraska. The national G. A. II. encampment for Omaha In 1011 is tho object to ward whlclj actlvo members of tho local posts havo commonced working, NEWS NOTES j CONDENSED Tho president's conferenco dinner settled nothing moro than that every body wonders what is going to hap pen. Chairman Aldrlch seems doomed to loso his point on specific duties on cot ton goods, and tho ad valorem rates will bo substituted. Tho urgont deflcloncy bill was passed by tho house after four days of tempestuous debate Tho amount carried by it Is $404,800. Mrs. Olivor H. P. Belmont, wlfo of the mlllonnlre In New York, expects to attend tho stato equal suffrage convention in Dcs Moines In October, Reports from all parts of Moxlco in dicate that tho sontlmont In favor of a strlko In sympathy with that of train dispatchers by tho engineers nnd conductors of tho merged railroads of Moxlco, Is rapidly crystallizing. Wright brothers' neroplano broko the Amorlcan (light records in travel Ing seventy miles in eighty minutes. Lieutenant Adams, with whom Sut ton was lighting, when ho was killed, contradicted himself much in recital In court. President Fallorlos will appoint M. Leon Bourgeolso, premier of tho French cabinet. Iowa scientists aro excited ovor tho discovery of n largo numbor of skel etons to mastodons nnd prehistoric horses along tho bluffs of tho Mis souri river In Harrison nnd Monona counties. Tho war dopartmont has passed judgment that a soldier whose doath resulted from nn accident whllo en gaged in athletic contost encouraged by the ofllccrs of his regiment was In tho lino of duty. Monoy order transactions in tho postofllcos of tho country havo grown to so largo an extent In tho last year or two that It Is now necessary to maintain n forco of 760 accountants, bookkeepers, assorters and examiners In tin omce of tho auditor of tho post- offlco dopartmont. Reports from nil parts of South Da kota contlnuo to givo glowing nc-4 counts of tho oxcollent condition of crops of nil kinds. Sixteen porsons, ilvo of them wom en, mot death by drowning In tho wators olthor surrounding or in tho vicinity of New York Sunday. Edward Haydon, Omaha, head of tho great dopartmont store, dlod sud denly In Hint city a few days ago. iwo killed and a scoro Injured, ono probably fatally, was tho suddon ter mination of n basoball gamo In Lead, whon tho lightning struck In tho grand stand. Thoro woro 15,410 porsons to each library nnd nn nvcrngo of seventy-two volumes to ovor ono hundred persona In tho United States In 1908, accord ing to n bulletin Issued by the United Btatcs bureau of education. An nggrogato of $380,494,598 in sav ings doposlts In tho national banks of tho country Is shown In tho comploto report Issued by tho comptroller of tho ourroncy on roturns from tho na- tlonnl banks, under tho call for their condition on Juno 2.1. Washlnnton. A. N. Sagor of St. Louis is In Wosh- ingion ana lias nlvon It out that an lm portant movement is on to build up snipping on tlio MIbsIbuIppI river and KB triUUtnrlCB. A SlO.OuO.OOu corpora- tlon will bo chartered in Dolawnrn. known ns tho MIrsIbsIddI Valley Trans. portallon company. It will put n now tyuo of stool stonmora on tho MIrrIr. slppi and Its tributaries, both on tho upper anu lower rivers. Declaring that nnv coruorntlnn which "kcons lust nnd truo bonltn nt account,- enn mono up tuo return ro quired by tho proposed corporation tax inw and mooting other attacks on that measure Attorney General wick. orshnm made public n lottor ho has written to n Wall Btroot llrm of ac countants who chnllongo sonio provls ions or the proposed lnw as "nhnn. lutoly Impossible of application." Homo notablo InstnncnH nf thn lln, ndvnntnROB In which United Htntnn imports Into Frnnco nro nlacod bv thn operation of tho ponding Franco-Can adian tariff nitroemcnt. lust rntmnri w tuo Kronen parliament aro elvon in ronorts which havo renchnd tlio ntnt uopnrtmont. PostmaBtor Goneral Hitchcock linn concluded agreements with thn tinstnl authorities of Denmark and Jnnnn. hv which uftor August 1, 1900, parcols oxcuangou with thoso countries mny bo nccoptod up to' $80 in value, and olovon pounds in weight. Tho eleven pound weight limit now applies to nil countries oxcopt Franco and Sweden. President Taft visited n. nlclmlmlrm to 600 lllmsolf in nctlotl on a tnnvlnir plcturo screen. Tho scones doplcted woro nt rotersuurg, va,, whoro tho nres dont wont about a month niro in assist In tho dedication of tho Fort Mnnou mounmonts. Personal. M. Brland, an avowed socialist, has been proforrod tho promlorshlp of Franco. President Taft will go south In Oc tober, sailing down tho Mississippi. Dr. Miller, slayer of Bnnkor Snylor nt Wttlsoka, 111., will havo his trial In Octobor. Win. F. Wllloughby has been ap pointed assistant chlof of tho census bureau at n salary ofw $5,000 a year. Formation of a now French min istry Is now undor way In Paris. Tho. postmaster genoral announced tho numbor of clerks and lottor car riers promotod nt tho Omaha post olllco. An Insurnnco policy for $100,000 on tho life of 12. H. Harrlman has been wrltton by Lloyds, Loudon, for a Now York broker. Tho roport published In tho Lisbon nowspapors that King Manual of Por tugal is tp bobothrothed to Prlncoso Alexandria of Flfo Is given authorl- tatlvo denlnl, Samuel William Johnson, professor omorltus of agricultural chemistry at Yalo is dead. TIFF U CLASH ALDRICH AND PAYNE EXCHANGE BITTER WORDS. QUARREL IS OVER HIRE RATE Payne Backs President Taft's Demand for Abolition of Duty on This Western Product. Washington. Bitter words botweon Sanntor Aldrlch and Representative Payne Just before tho closo of an hour's session of tho tariff conferees following a three hours' session, aro reported to hnvo followed an nttempt on tho part of tho former to compel n Yoto on a motion to mnko hides dutlablo at 7& per cent, half of tho existing rate Tho session was adjourned until at 2:30, wltn the hido nnd leather tariff still unsettled. From tho variety of reports concerning tho incident, nono of which can bo confirmed, It nppears that tho Bonnto leader was angered by frequent statements mado by tho house leader that tho country and tho president were In sympnthy with tho nctlon of tho house In putting hides on tho freo list, nnd that ho doos not propose to bo governed by what it majority of tho conferees thought about tho question. A formal motion fixing IV, nor cont nB tho rnto to bo fixed on hides was mnde. At thut tlmo Mr. Pnyno la ro portod to havo said that ho could not connont to tho taking of n voto. Ho assorted that tho sontlmont of tho country was In favor of freo hides and referred to tho expressions of tho president on tho Bubjoct, Tho motion was not pressed, but It whs pending Saturdny, During tho forenoon ses sion, tho conferees discussed tho par liamentary situation, but nt night tho motion wns ronowed. Mr. Payno is said to havo reiterated his position with increased ' emphasis. Mr. Aldrlch is roportcd to havo up braided Mr. Payno for his "obstinacy" nnd to hovo said ho was tired of "dic tatorial" methods to defeat tho will of a majority of tho conferoos. Mr. Pnyno was unrelenting. Whon It was Been that nothing could bo dono, Mr. Payno's fllgnaturo bolng noceEsary for tho pairing of a roport, tne conference adjourned. Tho lntonso feeling exhibited leaked out through confidences given by con ferees to other mombors of congress. After tho adjournment of tho confer ence tho Iioubo mombors continued in session, and It was decided that a can vass should bo mado to nscortaln tho sentiment In tho houso concornlng vC rulo of that character. Whllo tho houso conferees wcra In sosslon another conferenco attended by Senators Warron nnd Clark of Wyoming, Sutherland, Borah and Dick was held, Earllor In tho day Senators Smoot nnd Cartor had met with their wostorn associates. Theso sonators decided that thoy would insist upon tho Bhoo men fulfilling their ngrco- mont to permit loathor goods to go on tho freo list in roturn for tho treat ment of hides. 8EVEN KILLED ON WABASH. Passenger Train Crashes Through Bridge Near Kansas City.. Kansas City. Seven lives lost nnd throo persons porhnps fatally injured is tho result of tho wreck of Wnbnsh road passongor train No. 4 when It plunged Into tho Missouri river thirty mllos onst of hero. Tho train left Kansas City at 9 o'clock Saturday night and was duo In St. LouIb ten hours Intor. Of the eight cars which mado up tho train, flvo and tho onglno nro now In tho rlvor, with tlio water covering all of them oxcopt ono end of tho Dos Moines slcopor, Former. White House Lady Dead. Winchester, Vn. Mrs. Ellzaboth Taylor Dnndrldgo, ngod 85 years, daughtor of Prooldcnt Zachnry Taylor, twolfth presldont of the United States, died hero Sunday ovonlng after n brief illness. Taft's Father-in-Law III. Cincinnati. John W. Horron, fnther In-law of Prosldont Tnft, Is sorlously 111, following a mild stroke of paralysis. Owing to Mr. Horron's advanced ago, 84 yonrs, It 1b Bald tho stroko may .provo sorlouB. Oklahoma Editor Mysteriously Shot. Tulsa, Okla. Mark Bassott, editor of tho Tulsa Dally News, wns found lying In a locnl printing ofllco shot through tho bond. Opinion Is divided as to how ho was shot, but tho pollco say It was nn attomptod murdor. Carj) Destroy Potato Bugs. York, Neb. Carp Baved Mr. Nolson a farmor, living nonr York, a nlco flold of potntoos that wcro about to bo destroyed by potato bugs. Tho honvy rains caused Boavor crook to overflow Its banks nnd just enough wator ran Into tho potato Hold to allow tho carp to swim in and devour ovory potato bug. Harrlman Gets Good Land. Now York. Tho long contostcd tltlo of A, K. Von Dovontor, troasuror of tho Southern Pacific company, ropw Bontlng tho Interests of B, H. Harrl man to vnlunblo land cronted at Rock. awny Point, L. I., by tho wind, waves and tides, hns Just boon conflrincd by j Judgo Chatflold in tho United Stntos. circuit court. Tho proBont worth of tho point, consldorablo In itsolf, Id of minor Importnnco whon compnrod with its potential worth as tho baso of the great railroad and shipping ter minals which It Is to bo. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Itoms of Interest Taken From Hers and There Over the State. The tonth nnnual sosslon of tho Futlcrton Chautauqua assembly will opon in Fuller Park, Aug. 13. Tho lrst Regiment band, Nebraska National Guard, of Bloomfleld, left for Ashland, Neb., for tho ten days' stato encampment Cecil Davis, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. R. L. Davis, was drowned in tho Union Pacific pond, n mllo cast of Grand Island, There Is an oil fight on in York, and consumers nro nblo to buy kero- Bono oil for 10 cents per gallon and tho best gasollno for 13 cents per gal lon. L.awrenco Barrett, a 14-year-old boy, wno drowned whllo swimming In Salt creek near Lincoln park. Tho body was found shortly afterward In 12 foot of wntor. The York .Chnutauqua will com mence Friday, July 30, and closo on Sundny, Aug. 8. Tho manngement Js presenting a duo array of talent this yenr. Tho Masonic fraternity of Grand Island purchased tho Hold cornor, and contomplato tho erection of a much moro protontlous building thnn Its present headquarters, at a cost of $20,000. A prosperous farmor named Sam Laruo, living at or near Ingham, com mitted sulcldo by shooting himself with n 44-cnllbor rovolver, n few yards east of tho Burlington dopot In Holdrego. Ho Is thought to havo boon mentally unbalanced. William Lnno was arrested In No- braska City nnd placed in Jail on tho chargo of wlfo desertion. Ho will bo held until his wlfo roaches thoro from Blanchard, la. Tho wlfo has been trying to locate her recreant spouso for some time. Juno 21 was tho fifth anniversary of tho going into effect of tho Kin- knld homestead law, and thoso "Kin kaldors" who filed tho flrBt few days now havo completod their flvo years' residence. Many of them will provo up this summer and fall. Thoy nro required to havo $800 In Improve ments. Ono of tho lnrgest public sales in that part of tho stato has just takon placo nt tho Molton ranch, seven miles Bouthwest ot Dickons. Ovor $10,000 worth of stock, implements, ote, was sold. Twonty-flva head of yearling mules sold for $90 n hoad, which is tho highest price paid thero for mules for Bomo tlmo. James Barry, tho village black smith nt Odoll, was arrested on n chargo of bootlegging, un Indictment being returned against him by tho grand Jury. Harry was arraigned bo foro Judgo Peinberton, pleaded not guilty nnd was hold to tho district court in bonds of $1,000, which ho gave. Tho first wheat to bo marketed In Kearney out of this year's crop was brought to tho Koarnoy Milling com pany last weok, direct from the thrashing machine It was of excep tionally good quality, tested Gl pounds to tho bushel, and Is Bald to havo yielded about 40 bushels to tho acre. Word has beon recolvcd at Table Rock of tho recont death at tho Is raelite colony at Benton Harbor, Mich., of George W. Myers, who lived In Table Rock until ho loft for Bon ton Harbor Bomo two or threo years ago, after giving away to this soot practically all of his property, consist Ing of several thousand dollars. Tho dlvorco suit of Luclo Blakoly of Long Branch, N. J., a former Bnntrlco resident, against Charles Blakoly was called In tho district court, nnd after tho ovldenco of Mrs, P.lnkely had beon Introduced Judgo Raper granted hor a dlvorco aud all mony amounting to $25,000, on the grounds of cruelty, Tho Blakelys woro for years prominent residents of Bcntrico. Molbourno Carrlker of Nebraska City Balled from New York City for South America, In tho Intorcst of tho Cnrncglo Institute, nnd will bo gono for n yoar or moro, nnd will travel ovor tho major portion of that south cm country. Carrlkor is a gradunto of tho Nebraska University, and this is his third trip to forolgn countries in the Interest of tho largo lnstltu Uoiib of this country. At Plattsmouth John Clnrenco wns sontenccd by Judgo H. D. Travis to serve n torm of fourteen years In tho state prison nt hard labor, Tho Judgo overruled tho motion for a now trial. Clarenco was found guilty of killing John P. Thakor by shooting him with a. revolver in a fight about 80von miles south of thoro. The men woro working nbout a corn shredder nt tho tlmo. Thnckor lett a widow and Bovoral small children. Sheriff F. M. Monnugh of Stockton, Kan., arrived in Nebrnska City, hav. Ing in chargo James Rankin, an in. snno man, and attempted to turn him ovor to Sheriff Fischer, claiming that ho was n chargo bolonglng to Otoa county. Tho officer refused to ac- copt tho prlsonor, and whon tho Kan sas sheriff attomptcd to lcavo with out taking his prlsonor with him he was arrested nnd placed in jail, bolng unablo to glvo ball. Ho Is charged with attempting to dump a pauper on this county. Tho pollco of Nebraska City arrost cd a man who had beon soliciting pic. turcs for onlargomont and collecting lu advance for tho snmo, and mado him refund tho monoy. Tho man was then, escorted out ot tho city This old schomo has been worked thero Bovoral times, nnd tlfo police havo beon instructed to put a stop to it in tho future Jainos Hart ot Clny county complet ed tho first; threshing of tho sexton. Ills crop yielded thlrty-olght bushels por acre. It was hauled from the macldna to tho elevator, and ho ro colved $1.02 per bushel. DM SO FAR "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" 13 IN THE LEAD. WHAT ASSESSOR ROLLS SHOW One County Comes to the Front With Seventeen Automobiles, Offsetting 8ame With Seventeen Dogs. Tho stato capital correspoadont of tho Omaha Bco, who has been Inves tigating Nobraska assessment rolls, finds that the automobllo may outdis tance tho horse- and tako his placo in tho affection of jtho driving public, but It will havo to go somo to got ahead of tho Nebraska dog. According to reports of county assessors now on file with the Stato Board of Assess ment the dog is much moro of a fa- vorito than tho automobile, snvo in ono county. In old PaWneo tho auto mobile has caught up with tho dog. Tho people of that prosperous county own, according to their county asses sor, Bovcnteen dogs nnd seventeen automobiles. In Rock county tho dog and the automobllo aro closo rivals for tho affection of tho people, be cause tho assessor reports $80 worth of automobllos und $8.40 worth ot dogs. Just how many dogs $8.40 will buy in Rock county is not known by tho state board, but the assessor reports ono automobllo. Douglas county pooplo also glvo evidence of caring about as much for dogs as they do for automobiles, for tho nssessor roportcd 44G automobiles and 482 dogs. Lancaster county refuses to do away with "man'B host friend," for thoro was returned 4,113 dogs, against 241 automobiles. Lancaster tops tho state with its dogs. Sallno county's dogs population has increasod from 2,580 to 2.G01. which makes it the second largest dog coun ty In Nebraska. Its automobiles havo also Increased from eighteen to thirty. Thomas county reported $17G worth of automoolles and $20 worth of dogs, but just how much this amount ol money will buy of olthor commodity In Thomas county the board has no Idea. Morrill county, the youngest county In the state, has sovdn auto mobiles, but lines up with 62G dogs. Chorry .county only has two automo biles, but It has 154 dogs. Colfax county has $2,015 worth of auto mobiles and 1,314 dogs. In most of the counties the doggie Is worth $5, or rather it is valued at that by1 the assessor, whllo tho auto mobllo ranges from $80 to $175. Incidentally tho board is very much put out because so many nssossors havo neglocted to follow the plain lot tor of tho schedules furnished them, and somo ot tho assessors may yot bo lerked"ui for an explanation. Several of tho officials liavo neglected to put In tho number of animals or com modity, though tho schedules provide a placo for this Information. Others havo reduced real estate without say ing why, when roal estate was valued last year for four years. Land Values. An analysis Of the returns made by tho county nssossors to tho State Board of Assessment shows that sov eral assessors havo returned tho valuo of lands this year less than last year. Just how this can be tho board Is un ablo to figure. Land Is assessed only once In every four years and each year the Improvements made thereon Is assessed. Every county, therefore, Bhould show an incrensed valuo of lands, As far as reported the dc- reaBos are as follows; Boone, $10,000; Dawes, $G,000; Greeley. $10,000; Hook er, $G,000; Lancaster, $34,000; Logan, $1,000; MerrJck, $3,000. Furnas coun ty lands Increased just $1, while Knox county lands were roturncd at exactly the samo valuation as last yenr. Premium Statute Void. Judge Stewart of the district court held -null und void tho statuto which prohibited tho placing of premiums ir food packages. J. R. Burleigh, a merchant of Lincoln, wns arrested foi selling food packages In which thort was a slip which entitled the buyer tc a book. Tho court hold such a statute was unconstitutional and the merchant was discharged. Will Not Be a Candidate. Judgo John M, Rngan, In whose namo was started the suit which do teatod tho nonpartisan election lav said ho decided not to bo n candidate for suprome judgo because ho was sdvlsed that his health might bo Im periled by the confining work which would bo his 'portion if olectcd. Concessions at thr Fair. Secretary Mollor of tho state board ot agrlculturo has up to date recolvcd moro from concessions nt tho state fair than has over been rocelved up to this date This Indicates a pros perous year for tno fair, although it Is tq bo hold this yenr for tho first tlmo In a "dry" town. Butter and Egg Crops. Creamery managers statu that tho butter production of Nebraska Is still bolow tho normal and that tho coun try's supply is no mora than enough to meot tho demand. Tho last state ment of tho associated warehouses, nn organization covering tho principal cities of the east, showed that on July 1, tho amount of butter In stor age was 8,000,000 pounds less than a year ago. Tho same source of tnforma tlon rov.oaled un egg shortage of 97,. 000 cases, as compared with a year ago. THE GUARANTY LAW. Council for State Arguo That it Should Stand. Copies of tho brief propnred by C. O. Whedon in defense of tho guaran ty banking- law onactcd by tho lato legislature havo been filed in tho fed eral court In roslstanco to tho appli cation for a permanent Injunction to prevent tho law becoming effective. ..fter a lengthy discussion of tho pollco powers of tho state, Mr. Whe don arrived nt the following conclu sion: 1. That no case decided by the su premo court of tho United States, nnd no principle of law cnunclntod by that court sustains tho contention that tho Nebraska statuto of 1909 deprives the plaintiffs or any of thorn, of rights guaranteed undor tho constitution of tho United States. 2. That tho stato mny, in the legiti mate exorclso of Its legislative, or po llco powor, prohibit Individuals not Incorporated-from ongnglng In tho banking business, within Its jurlsdlc tlon, and that It infringes no logrl right by so doing. 3. That as tho legislative net In- questlon oporates upon nil individu als alike, and docs not prohibit them from ongaglng In tho bnnking busi ness, but merely proscribes tho terms and conditions upon which they may engago In that business, it is valid. 4. That tho right of tho stato to onnct such legislation is sustained, not only by the supremo court of tho United Statoa, but by tho clear and undoubted woight of authority by tho courts of last rosort of tho states, tho one case from South Dakota bolng tho only ono which counsel for plain tiffs havo been nblo to find to tho con trary. In discussing tho guaranty sccUon of tho law, tho brJof said: It is said that the effect of this law Is to tako tho money of ono bank to pay tho dobta of another bank. Let It bo supposed that thoro aro In ono county of tho stato ilvo Individuals who aro incapacitated by reason of age from earning n living nnd aro de pendent upon tho public for support. Orlglnnlly each possessed $5,000. Let It bo further supposed that in tho samo county wcro flvo banks, In ono of which theso individuals .deposited the $5,000 possessed by each. Tho bank holding tho deposits ot theso in dividuals failed and tho entlro depos its were lost, and nB a consequenco theso depositors beenmo public charges. Could any of tho othor four banks. In tho county which did not fall successfully resist the levy or col lection o tho poor fund tax, tho pur pose of which was to support these live individuals? I think not And vet this would bo taking tho property of the solvent, bnnks to pay the. rosult uf tho Iocs of tho solvent ono. In conclusion tho brief sets up: First: That tho statuto, tho consti tutionality of which is hero ques tioned, does not deprivo tho unincor porated plaintiffs ot any rights guar anteed to thom by tho constitution of tho United States, or tho constitution of the state of Nobraska. Second: That nil banks In this state, whether Incorporated or pri vate, may bo required to comply with the guaranty features of tho law. Third: That tho state may, in tho exorclso of its power of sovereignty, cnnflho nil of tho bunking business ot tho 8tno to corporations. Fourth: That tho incorporated plnlntlffs have, and can havo, no. con. tract with tho stato which preventn tho legislature from placing addi tional duties and requirements upon thorn, oven to tho extent of requiring thom to set aside n per cent of their deposits for tho purposo of securing depositors. Fifth: That tho act is connMtu tlonal as n wholo, but If unconstitu tional ns to paying rewards out of the guaranty fund, or in any of Its provisions, those provisions nro sep arable, and tho othor portlonp.' of tho net nro valid. Sixth: That tho temporary Injunc tion heretofore granted should be dis solved, tho demurrer sustnlned, and tho bill dismissed. Makes for Saving Wheat. Ono reason why farmers this 'year seem moro desirous than usunl to thresh and sell their wheat Immedi ately Is declared by grain men to bo tho fear that It It Is stacked tho ber ries will shell out upon tho ground. Rainy weather delayed cutting tho wheat over n largo section of tho stato, and It was ripened beyond tho proper point when harvested, Whor avor this condition exists, some of tho grain Is llkoly to bo lost with each handling. Tho farmers, therefore, think It to their ndvantngo to thresh from tho shock and haul nt onco to tho elovator. Makes a Great Record A. E. Walter, a Koarnoy dealer In motorcycles', demonstrated tho -possibilities of a machlno whon ho start ed from that city on a two-cyllndor motorcyclo nnd raced Union Paclfio train No. 2, ono of tho fastest trains on that great road. Waltor started tho samo tlmo tho train did and went west following tho road and got to Shelton, a distance of nlnoteen mllos, heforo tho train.- High Freight Rates. According to O. R. Thompson, atato senator from the Seventh district, tho Northwestern Railway company has a clovor way of extorting high freight rates. In a complaint filed with tho stato rullway commission ho assorts that tho railway mou chargo for sheep weights far aboyo the abil ity of tho Bhlppers to crowd tho anl mnls Into tho cars. As a rosult, the Shippers aro compelled to pay a muoh higher freight rate. The matter will bo brought bofBro tho railway com mission for early adlustmeut