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Western Canada To Day the Country of Oppor
tunity for Millions
He would have been called a dream- ing on to Its confines to bring it to
SiV mSt ImaSInative class who the front as a field for most extensive
tmrty five years ago when the North- and profitable settlement
west country became a possession of
Canada prophesied the present pros
perity in the lapse of so short a period
of time Three transcontinental rail
ways have been financed through on
the ample assurance there is business
in the west to warrant their construc
tion and resources to liquidate the
consequent indebtedness
Manitoba in the eastern portion of
the country was created a province a
year after the purchase from the Hud
son Bay Company in 1870 In 1882
the western country was tapped by
the extended main line of the C P R
That year also territorial government
was established the remaining out
lying country being conyerted into
four territories Alberta Assiniboia
Saskatchewan and Athabasca with a
central government for all at Regina
The few thousand people of those
days have grown into the half million
of to day
different story In the northern Peace
River country 900 miles north of the
International boundary wheat is
grown every year 62 to 65 lbs to the
bushel from 20 to 30 bushels to the
acre and matures in 107 days from
sowing The length of day and there
fore the greater amount of summer
heat in the 24 hours fully compensate
for the disadvantages of latitude As
there are already thrifty settlements
with their grist mills large fields of
grain numerous herds of live stock in
that north country it only requires the
extension of the railways now push-
3ft
Business in the Home
The adoption of business principles
in the home is not only one of the
ways to obtain happiness It is the only
way says Good Housekeeping We are
speaking now of the average house
hold composed of an average man and
an average woman And here is the
first step toward happiness First the
husband must have the absolute right
to refuse money to the wife second
the wife must have the absolute right
to demand money from the husband
It doesnt look like affection it doesnt
seem connubial But analyze it
The whole country embraces an
area of over 385000000 acres and de
ducting water and broken land there
is plenty of wheat growing territory
to produce twenty times over the
requirements of Great Britain
As wheat can be grpwn at 750 per
acre with wages to the men doing
their own work besides and as year
in and year out the yield and price
are twenty bushels at 60 cents the
profits are 450 per acre
As live stock doubles every three
years and grows like wheat while the
farmer is sleeping we expect that this
will always be one of the leading feat
ures of the agricultural industry As
the Pacific coast or warm winds melt
the snow in Alberta almost as rapidly
as it falls the herds of live stock
live out on the open prairie the entire
year through and are in good condi
tion every spring The native grasses
are highly nutritious and retain their
Let us flow note some of the qualities the whole winter through
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dences of advancement The first
bushel of wheat was shipped in 1882
in fact the first shipment from Mani
toba merely as a sample was made
in 1877 In 1904 there were under all
crops excepting hay 1575000 acres
in the western provinces producing
17250350 bushels of wheat 18250640
bushels of oats and 2350420 bushels
of barley realizing a total of about
18500000 for the farmers
In Manitoba there were grown in
1904 41600000 bushels of wheat and
other farm products in proportion
The first mile of railway was built in
the country in 1SS0 and to day there
are over 6000 miles of road in opera
tion and further extensions are going
ahead as fast as men and money can
build them There are two trunk
lines in the country the C P R and
the Canadian Northern with the
Grand Trunk commencing its trans
continental line In addition to these
trunk lines all systems are extending
branches to all sections where there
are settlements to patronize them
The grain elevator development is
another assurance of the wonderful
expansion of the country the one
fourth of the whole area or about 95
000000 acres of the country traversed
by railways being now fairly supplied
by elevators In all there are 1015
of them in the country with a combin
ed capacity of 27683000 bushels and
erected at a cost of over 55000000
In addition to these elevators at the
head of the lakes have storage capac
ity of 18200000 Fourteen years ago
the entire storage capacity of the
elevators was 7628000 bushels to day
it is 41600000 and increasing yearly
from five to ten million bushels
What the settlement of the country
will be in the next ten years may
well be imagined from the fact that
last year the immigration was over
133000 souls
There are those who believe the
grain producing area of the country
must be limited but results tell a i
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making winter feed as inexpensive as
summer pasturage
As 2835516 worth of live stock
was marketed in that country in six
months of last year an idea may be
formed of the proportions it may be
led to attain when the country be
comes fully settled up
Dairying is the third leading busi
ness of the Northwest farmer and
may like the others be developed
while the farmer is sleeping It is
found that on account of the cost of
farm help and to avert the expense of
erecting suitable buildings for the
purpose the co operative system is
decidedly the best Under it the en
tire management is in the hands of
the government under expert opera
tives though control of sales etc
rests with the patrons The farmers
simply deliver their milk or cream
usually the latter at the dairies re
ceive monthly advances and bal
ances of proceeds of sales at the close
of the year
The schools are free and non denomi
national national There is no tax for
attendance the government defrays
the greater part of the cost of sup
port of a highly certificated staff of
teachers There are schools in all
country districts where there are a
dozen pupils to attend them and the
tax is rarely more than 4 a year on
every quarter section As each prov
ince Alberta and Saskatchewan un
der the new provincial autonomy will
receive at the start from the Federal
government 1100000 a year there
will be but very inconsiderable taxa
tion for any and all provincial pur
poses
Fuel is the bugbear of many of the
prairie countries In Western Canada
however there are but few districts
without an ample supply of timber
and as coal of the best quality is
everywhere present no farmer being
more than 200 miles distant from a
mine and the price never more than
450 per ton to him at his door it is
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readily seen the fuel problem is al
ready solved
As shown above the railways are
everywhere tapping new districts
where free land is offered to all re
gardless of religion or nationality
Even in some of the older parts there
is yet plenty of free land Manitoba
having 1500000 acres of it
The land is there for the asking
and the next ten years will see a large
area of it everywhere Jotted with im
proved farms grain elevators and a
rich prosperous and pre eminently
contented population
Last Shot Brought Death
In the battle of the Sea of Japan
the Russian vessel Borodino
I tied fighting till she sunk What was
practically her last shot struck the
Asahi astern killing or mortally
wounding Lieut Morishlta and seven
others Lieut Morishitas leg was
shot off but using his sword as a
crutch he managed to reach the deck
There he asked for some paper on
which to write a farewell message to
the Japanese navy He scrawled the
words Banzai I die a glorious
death and fell back dead
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT G A R
Order
No 7 by Department Com
mander John Lett
The following order has been issued
by Department Commander John Lett
of the Grand Army of the Republic
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY
OF THE REPUBLIC DEPARTMENT
OF NEBRASKA STATE HOUSE
LINCOLN With this find national
general order No 7 relating to the
thirty ninth national encampment to
be held in Denver Colo commencing
September 4 1905 and continuing the
entire week There never has been
and possibly never will be again such
a grand opportunity for the comrades
of Nebraska to attend a national en
campment The railroads certainly
have shown their generosity in grant
ing a rate of 1 cent per mile each way
fiom the Missouri river a rate never
before granted to the Grand Army go
ing west this rate is figured from your
railroad station over the shortest
route tx Denver
The department commander has se
lected the Burlington as his official
route and requests all comrades their
wives and friends to accompany him
on this official train The date ol
starting has not been fully determined
This with other details will be promul
gated in future general orders to be
issued not later than August 15
The department commander has ap
pointed the Euphony Cornet band of
York as the headquarters band and
they will accompany the headquarters
train to Denver
Free quarters for comrades desiring
them Cots or new double mattresses
placed in new modern school build
ings having excellent lavatory ar
rangements will be furnished Those
desiring free quarters should take
either blanket or quilt and one pillow
with them Meals good and substan
tial can be had at resaurants for 5
cents and up We are assured prices
will not be raised by hotels and res
taurants during encampment
PENITENTIARY CONVICT
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
LINCOLN William Henderson col
ored sentenced to the penitentiary for
two years from Cherry county made
his escape from that institution and
took with him it is charged 475
worth of property not his own Hen
derson was a trusty and worked as a
cook so his escape was easy Before
going he attached himself to two dia
mond rings two watches one engraved
with the word Luree and the other
engraved J W Swallow One of
the rings was valued at 180 He also
took 28 in cash Henderson is five
feet seven inches in height weighs
132 pounds and is 33 years old He
wore away one of Deputy Fairfields
straw hats and black trousers A re
ward of 50 has been offered for his
capture
Woman Commits Suicide
LINCOLN Mrs J W Pickrel aged
24 years was found dead in bed by
her husband a railroad man who re
turned home from a run at that hour
Beside the woman was a bottle which
had contained chloroform and Coroner
Graham decided that Mrs Pickrel had
taken her own life and that an inquest
was not necessary The husband
could give no reasons for the act He
had been away from home at his work
for several days but said Mrs Pick
rel was cheerful when he left her
EQUALIZATION BOARD
PROTESTS AGAINST DELAY
The State Board of Equalization is
disgusted with the way in which some
of the counties are making haste in
getting in their reports and if the
same are not forthcoming at once the
extreme penalty of the law will be in
voked against the assessors The time
for the reports to be in lapsed nine
days ago and as there are still four
conties out the board is getting tired
of waiting and some one will have to
settle for the delay
Commits Suicide In Jail
AURORA John M Parish who
was being held in the county jail at
this place under accusation of house
breaking near Philipps committed sui
cide in the jail He tore a strip from
a blanket in his cell fastened one end
to a water pipe near the ceiling and
the other end around his neck and
there strangled to death He was a
stranger in this locality
Valuable Team Stolen
BEATRICE A team of valuable
horses was stolen from A Viney of
Narka Kas He has been here at
tending the holiness camp meeting He
camped near Ellis this county en
route home and towards morning dis
covered the animals were missing
New Plan Platted
WEST POINT A new town has
been platted seventeen miles south
east of this city at a point three miles
south of the southeast corner of Cum
ing county on the proposed new line
of the Ashland Cut Off The name of
the new town is Uehling
FULLERTON Dr - Edward Mc
Millan was suddenly stricken with
apoplexy while walking along the
street in apparently his usual health
A physician was immediately sum
moned but life was extinct
STATE NOTES
The special election for voting
5000 water extension bond carried
with a whoop at Stromsburg
Will Hubresky a young blacksmith
of Schuyler aged 20 years was
brought before the board of Insanity
this morning and found to be a fit sub
ject for the asylum
The Union Pacific Railroad company
is going to put in new stock boards
east of the present yards at Fremont
which will accommodate more stock
and be easier of success
The churches of Humboldt are hold
ing union onen air services In thn rtv
summer months the various ministers
preaching each alternate service
E J Straver a farmer of Edgeley
township brought seven wolf scalps to
the office of County Clerk Boe of
Dodge county and asked for bounty on
them He dug the animals up on his
-farm
The Evangelical denomination has
organized a church at Naponee with
the Rev A Essley as pastor A par
sonage has already been bought and
money is being raised for a church
building
Benjamin F Purdy died at the home
of his daughter Mrs J C Kesterson
in Farbury He was 90 years old and
his death was the result of an acci
dent which occurred a couple of dayf
preceding
At a public meeting held in Alliance
it was decided to petition the city
council to employ a competent engi
neer to make a survey and plat for a
sewerage system and give an estimate
as to its cost
L H Brammeier livine five miles
from Syracuse Otoe county marketed
wheat this week that made forty four
bushels to the acre tested sixty two
pounds and brought 75 cents at the
local market
Charley Nolan who resides with his
parents west of Wood River was kick
ed in the face by a horse and severely
injured The force of the blow struck
him just one side of the nose and un
der his right eye
Hans Schwartz a former resident of
Cass county and for whom relatives
in Ohio have been searching has been
located in Oklahoma Mr Schwartz is
an heir to an estate valued at 25000
which was left by his father
Am steel span is to replace that part
of the Platte river bridge in Dodge
county carried out by the floods this
spring The contract for the construc
tion of the same has been let and it
will be put up in a few weeks
Chicken thieves are operating on a
large plan in Brownville precinct and
their depredations have proven costly
for their victims One night recently
Mr McCulley had his hen coop raided
and 150 young fries were stolen
Secretary Brooks of the Boone
County Agricultural association is
making extensive improvements on
the fair grounds and the society will
be much better prepared to handle ex
hibits the coming fall than ever be
fore
J W Robinson of Plattsmouth who
was wounded on July 4 while repair
ing a toy pistol died from lockjaw
Mr Robinson was wounded in the
hand but the injury was almost heal
ed when alarming symptoms of lock
jaw set in
Timothy Lane a farmer who lives
west of Tecumseh came into the coun
ty court and swore out complaint
against Harry Casford another farm
er charging Casford with assault on
the person of his 13-year-old daughter
Grace Lane
Johnnie Svehla an 8-year-old boy
was drowned in the Missouri river at
Plattsmouth He had been warned
against getting into the river but paid
no attention to the advice and was
soon in seven feet of water from
which his companions could not res
cue him
At a meeting of the Board of Mana
gers contracts were let for the erec
tion on the fair grounds of one swine
barn of fifty pens capacity also of an
addition to the amphitheatre 128 feet
in length In the matter of Polled Dur
ham cattle which were not assigned
a lot in the premium list it was or
dered that entries may be made under
the head of discretionary and that the
same rules and classification shall
govern as in Red Polled cattle and
the same money premiums be offered
A young man representing himself
to be an agent for some New Jersey
commission firm has been in the vicin
ity of Ashland offering farmers 85
cents a bushel for their wheat but
was unable to secure any at those
fancy prices as he failed to show the
cash
That there is much land in Nebraska
still subbject to homestead entry is
shown in a fifty page pamphlet just is
sued by the passenger department of
the Burlington railroad A great deal
of the land also can be obtained in
640 acre homesteads under the Kin
kaid law
Boone County Farmers who have
begun the harvest of winter wheat re
port that the crop will be the heaviest
for years All report the grain of an
exceptionally fine quality the berry
being large plump and heavy
The State Board of Pubilc Lands
and Buildings awarded these contracts
to Rokher Moxen of Avoca la
Boiler house at Grand Island 4490
hospital 4825 new barn 1190 The
new cottage at Beatrice was let to
Johnson Gustafson for 19809 the
wring for the cottage was let to the
Nebraska Electrical company ol
maha for S3H0
EBOWijM
SANDALS NOW THE FAD
Result of Idea In Fertile Mind of
Yankee Drummer
The footwear of antiquity has be
come the fashionable footwear of the
present year of the twentieth century
The large stores all over the country
not only show sandals for children
hilt also display them for dults
More than a million sandals were
made in Lynn Mass shops for this
summers rade fnd thousands oil
pairs were manufactured in other New
England towns They have been scat
tered broadcast from the Atlantic to
the Pacific
While some persons think that the
sandal fad grew out of the health cul
ture fad especially the Kneipp cure
yet for a fact it was developed In the
fertile mind of a Yankee drummer
This salesman returning from a
park each Sabbath evening during the I ropean trip noted that two children
who were playing on the steamer
deck had pieces of sole leather bound
to their feet instead of shoes They
appeared to enjoy their crude foot i
wear The salesman caught the idea
and he didnt rest easy until he got
back to his Lynn factory and had
some samples made up and shown to
his customers These first sandals
were for children only and they
proved popular
Now sandals are worn by men wom
en and children
FATE READY FOR HIM
Not Written That He Should Escape
Double Collection
A very dear old person who has no
regular church home but who wan
ders abroad and takes in the cream of
pulpit oratory was complaining the
other day about his hard luck
Its mighty queer he said but
it would almost seem to me as if it
was a put up job It must be fate
though Every time I go to church
nowadays they bring a double collec
tion on me I dont mind the usual
plate a bit but this matter of slipping
in extra demands for gold jars me
It is driving me from the church habit
altogether
Never mind said the dear old per
sons dearest friend Come to our
church and youll be treated squarely
Weve got a good minister and good
habits
Last Sunday the man visited his
friends church And for the first time
in the churchs history there were
two collections One was the regular
and the other was for the benefit of
a little struggling church away down
South in Marshall N C
It was fate with a big F but the
dear one paid up like the little man
that he is Brooklyn Eagle
Both Were Satisfied
N J Neer a prominent railroad
man had to spend an hour recently
in a station waiting for a train Op
posite him sat a stranger whom he
had never seen before Each had a
peculiar fascination for the other and
each was careful to avoid being de
tected in the scrutinizing exchange
When one looked up the other drop
ped his gaze Others in the waiting
room noticed the curious mutual by
play and wondered what it meant
They observed that both scrutinizers
worked industriously with pencil and
paper Then the principals of the
little drama woke up to the fact that
something unusual was taking place
and each grinned Mr Neer stepped
over to the side of the stranger
smiled guiltily and said
Beg your pardon I want to con
gratulate you on being the man Ive
been looking for these many years
I promised my wife that if ever I met
or saw a man who is homelier than
I I would draw a picture of him and
take it home to her Heres the pic
ture and he exhibited his pad
Well by jinks thats a funny coin
cidence aint It I promised my wife
the same thing Think that does you
justice And another pad was pro
duced as exhibit 2 Chicago Record
Herald
How Twain Got Rich
Mark Twain says that in his earlier
days he did not enjoy the exception
al prosperity which came later in hls
career It is commonly the lot of gen
ius to suffer neglect at first and ex
perience did not affect his abiding
good nature In a conversation with
Dean Howells on one occasion the sub
ject of literature vicissitudes was
broached by the humorist
My difficulties taught me some
thrift he observed But I never
knew whether it was wiser to spend
my last nickel for a cigar to smoke
or for an apple to devour
I am astounded observed Mr
Howells that a person of so little
decision should meet with so much
worldly success
Mark Twain nodded very gravely
Indecision about spending money
he said is worthy of cultivation
When I couldnt decide what to buy
with my last nickel I kept it and so
became rich Success
The Jokers Fate
It -was a sad eyed humorist
Who sate him down to coax
From out his brain a funny twist
Or two to ticklo folks
In short to write some jokes
The day was very warm Gee whiz
Said he What shall I do
Ill roast the fiend who asks you Is
It hot enough for you
I wonder if thats new
He sighed and took another sheet
Of paper and he wrote
About the man you often meet
Who always rocks the boat
Twas old enough to vote
He wrote about old shoes and rice
And Mrs Youngbrides breaks
About the man who brings the Ice
In microscopic cakes
And green fruit stomach aches
And people came and slew him there
Whose jokes had made them ill
And buried him with tender care
And gladly paid the bill
He lies at Chestnut Hill
Cleveland Leader
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ES BEST DOCTOR
MB BAYSSON PUBLISHES EESULT8
OF VALUABLE EXPEBJM0E
A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic Ho Now
Rejoices In Perfect Freedom from
Miseries of Indigestion
Thousands of sufferers know that the
reason why they are irritable ami de
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be
cause their food does not digest bnt how
to get rid of the difficulty is the puzzling
question
Good digestion calls for strong diges
tive organs nud strength comes from a
supply of good rich blood For this
reason Mr Baysson took Dr Williams
Pink Pills for the euro of indigestion
They have been my best doctor ho
says I was suffering from dyspepsia
The pains in my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable My Bleep was
very irregular aud my cohiplexiou was
sallow As the result of using eight
boxes of Dr Williams Piuk Pills about
the merits of which I learned from
friends in France I have escaped all
theso troubles and am able again to tako
pleasure in eating
A very simple stoiy but if it had not
been for Dr Williams Pink Pills it
might have been a tragic one When dis
comfort begins with eating fills up the
intervals between meals with pain and
prevents sleep at night there cortaiuly
cannot be much pleasure in living A
final general breaking down must b6
merely a question of time
Mr Joseph Baysson is a native of
Franco but now residea
at No 2439 Larlcin street San Francisco
Oal He is one of a great number who
can testify to the remarkable efficacy of
Dr Williams Pink Pills in the treatment
of obstinate disorders of the stomach
If you wonldgetrid of nausea pain or
burning in the stomach vertigo ner
vousness insomnia or any of the other
miseries of a dyspeptic get rid of the
weakness of the digestive orgaus by the
use of Dr Williams Piuk Pills They
are sold by druggists everywhere
Proper diet is of course a great aid in
forwarding recovery once begun and a
little book What to Eafc and How to
Eat may be obtained by any one who
makes a request for it by writing to the
Dr Williams Medical Co Schenectady
1TY This valuable diet book contains
an important chapter on the simplest
means for the cure of constipation
Cause of Headaches
As is naturally to be expected the
commonest cause of headaches is
some nervous disturbance or weak
ness irritated by some experience
which in prime condition of health
would produce no perceptible effect
The common causes are therefore of
two classes namely those which pre
viously exist within the body and
those which exist outside of it and ex
cite the inner or latent evils into ac
tion
Quite a Mix Up
Ralph Carlisle Hamilton of North
Carolina has confessed that he is a
girl She has been posing as a he for
five years He admits now he is she
He had courted another she and she
the other she was ready to marry
he when he that is she backed out
and she the other she is enraged at
she or rather he because he that is
she deceived her the other her that
is not him who is now she Judge
Use for Discarded Tramcars
Australia has found a new use for
discarded tramcars Sydney ladies
have them painted green and white
hang them with baskets of flowers
train creepers over the roof and then
utilize them as afternoon tearooms
London Healthier Than New York
Although the population of New
York is fewer by a good million than
that of London the number of deaths
last year in the two cities was prac
tically the same
CHANGED HUSBAND
Wife Made Wise Change in Food
Change of diet is the only way to
really cure stomach and bowel trouble
A woman says
My husband had dyspepsia when
we were married and had suffered
from it for several years It was al
most impossible to find anything he
could eat without bad results
I thought this was largely due to
the use of coffee and persuaded him
to discontinue it He did so and be
gan to drink Postum Food Coffee The
change did him good from the begin
ning his digestion improved he suf
fered much less from his nervousness
and when he added Grape Nuts food
to his diet he was soon entirely cured
My friend Mrs of Vicks-
burg my former home had become a
nervous wreck also from dyspepsia
Medicines had no effect neither did
travel help her On my last visit home
some months ago I persuaded her to
use Grape Nuts food She was In de
spair and consented She stuck to it
until it restored her health so com
pletely that she is now the most enthu
siastic friend of Grape Nuts that I ever
knew She eats it with cream or dry
Just as it comes from the package
keeps it in her room and eats it when
ever she feels like It
I began eating Grape Nuts food
myself when my baby was two
months old and I dont know what I
should have done without it - My ap
petite was gone I was weak and nerv
ous and afforded but very little nour
ishment for the child The Grape Nuts
food of which I scon grew very fond
speedily set all this right again and
the baby grew healthful rosy and
boautiful as a mother could wish He
is two years old now and eats Grape
Nuts food himself I wish every tired
young mother knew of the good that
Grape Nuts would do her
Names given by Postum Co Battlo
Creek Mich
There i a reason