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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1909.
,PAK
OTA
NOTICE TOS BIOS.
Notice Is hereby Riven that on or be
fore January 1. 1910, sealed bids
will bo received nt the county clerk's of
fice, Dakota City, Neb., for furnishing
books, blanks and stationery as follows:
Booka.
Records, S quires, plain each.
' llecorils, 8 V". printed heads, each.
Records, 8 quires, printed page, each.
General Indexes, 6 quire, ruled, print
ed head. "
Numerical Indexes, 8 quire, ruled,
printed heads, each.
All hooks to ho made of best linen
ledger paper, full Russia binding, to open
Jlat. ami to correspond with books now
In use.
letterhead and Envelopes,
Letterheads, printed, empire bond or
equal, per M.
Knvelopes, printed, n.nnlla, size No. 10,
per M.
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per M.
Knvelopes, No. 1 size, 6V4. white,
printed, per M.
Stationery.
Kanfords, Stafford's or Arnold's Ink,
per quart.
Spencerian, Olucinum or Gillette's
pens, per gross.
Faber's or Dixon's pencils, per gross.
Senate Scratch l'ads, per dozen.
Blanks.
Legal blanks, full sheet, per 100.
Logal blanks, half sheet, per 100.
Legal blanks, quarter sheet, per 100
Legal blanks, etghthh sheet, per 100.
Separate Healed bids will also bo re
ceived for:
County printing.
Publishing the delinquent tax list.
Printing bar docket and election bal
lots. Renting the poor farm and keeping the
county paupers.
County physician.
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Accepted bidder to give
bond for faithful performance of con
tract. Dakota City, Neb., November SO, 1909.
W. L. ROSS,
County Clerk.
Official Proceedings of the Board of
County Commissioners
Dakota City, Neb., Nov. 27. 1909.
The board of county commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment. Present
John Slerk, chairman; Ed. V. Morgan, J,
H. Honderson and W. L. Ross, clerk.
The following claims were allowed on
the county genernl fund:
Dick Skidmore, rubor $ 11.80
Perkins Hros., Co., mil.se 3. B0
Perkins Bros. Co 1.95
S. A. Stlnson, mdse 7.14
S. A. Stlnson, mdse 19. IB
James Kueston, election services 4.00
W. K. Lennox, repairing well and
pump at poor farm 8.60
Wm. merman, wood for Mrs.
Foster . ,v. 4.00
D. C. Stlnson, house rent, Mrs.
Foster 2.00
W. J. Manning, postage, etc.... 7.18
J. P. Rockwell, salary, etc 55.0(5
J. J. McAllister, first, second and
third quarter salary, 1909 525.00
John O. Uachert, boarding pau-
?ers, to apply on rent of poor
arm 50.00
Claims allowed on the county road
fund:
Chris Sorenson, road work $ 6T.75
Dan Hartnett, road work 87.25
Vernon Nelson, road work 15.75
John Flemming, road work 12.00
John Hobier, road work 7.50
James Horder, road work 24.00
L. H. Horder, road work ' 44.50
V. V. Blermann. road work 93.20
John Thacker, road work 157.50
Art Rymlll, road work 121.50
John Thacker, road work 233.75
Ait Rymlll, road work 60.75
Krnest Runge, road work 1.75
C. W. Dlckover, road work 1.75
Jacob Lass, road work 1.75
Charley Sundt. road work 3.00
John Sohn, road work 3.00
Joe Harnett, road work 3.00
Claims allowed on the road district
fund:
Frank Kennelly, road work Dis.
No. 18 . 8.60
Arthur Burns, road work Dis. No.
18 10.00
Frank Leseberg, road work, Dis.
No. 9 10.50
T. F. McGee, road work, Dis. No.
9 10.50
Louis Pedcrsen, road work, dis.
No. 4 15.50
Herman Nelsen, road work, Dis.
No. 4 21.00
IMck Skidmore, roud work, Dis.
No. 6 16.45
Dick Skidmore, road work, Dis.
No. 1 3.50
Dick Skidmore, road work, Dis.
No. 5 3.80
, T. W. dribble, road work, Dis.
No. 19 ,. . . . 7.00
1. V. Fisher, road work, Dis.
No. 19 5.50
Claims allowed on the county bridge
fund:
Kd wards & Bradford Lumber Co.,
lumber, claim, 1253.33 245.27
Jensen Lumber Co., lumber.... 105.55
F.i I wards & Bradford Lumber Co.,
lumber 65.38
Moved that the county attorney ap
peal the case. Martin llolmvlg vs. Da
kota county, to the supremo court. Mo
tion carried.
The following bonds were approved by
the board:
J. P. Rockwell sheriff; George Wllklns,
clerk of the district court.
Board adjourned to meet December 18,
1909.
W. L. ROSS, Clerk.
THE WEST.
As Keen ly Jacob Sides iuhI His
Mother, Wlio Six-lit Several Months
Touring tile I'aollie Const.
Editor Herald
Dear Sir; I have here a -brief write-
up of our western trip, us I find this
a wlso plan In answering Inquiries
from friends hereabouts and far away.
I have always had a great desire,
as did mother, to see something of the
far west ad our friends who reside
there. We now feel gratified, having
had a good opportunity tho pust sum
mer to see and know what lies be
yond the Rocky Mountains, but we
were glad enought to return to good
old Dakota county.
We departed Thursday. July 1, on
the Burlington, arriving at Crawford
Neb., the following morning, where we
spent two weeks visiting with mother's
sisters, Mrs. Manley Wright, and Mrs.
Lee Garner of Whitney, at which
place Mr. Garner operates a general
store and Is doing a thriving business,
Mrs. Wright has a nice homo In Craw
ford and is living a retired life.
The western Nebraska and Dakota
O. A. U. was held at Crawford from
the 1st to the 5th of July, and there
were great doings every day. Horse
rucing, ball games and many other
amusements. I wish to speak an ad
ditional good word for Crawford In
tho way of furnishing exceptionally
good entertainment for a town of its
size, while It also possesses a first
class race track and ampltheatre
During our stay here 1 saw a great
deal of the surrounding country,
which is settling up very rapidly.
On Monday, July 19th, we proceed
ed on our western journey, arriving
at Billings, Mont., the same evening
After a short stop we renewed our
Journey for the night, arriving at
Butte the following morning whe
we got our first view of the rough
mountainous country, which certain
ly is a grand sight to one who has
never seen mountains. After another
day's traveling we arrived at our next
stopping place, MpoKane. vvasii. we
at once went to the home of Mrs. Dan
Deljong (formerly of Sioux City, la.)
with whom we had a lovely visit 'and
were treated very kindly during our
utoii in Spokane. To our notion Spo
kane Is one of the best all around
cities we visited during our trip. The
fulls of the Spokane river, in the
heart of the city. Is one of the most
beautiful sights you can imagine, and
the residences of the wealthy class
are so Immense and beautiful that one
can stop and admire them Mr Hours
This citv possesses the best street
car and iuterurbun system of any city
we visited with the exception of 1is
Angeles. The west Is so much more
advanced in the operation and con
struction of their street cars than here
in the middle west that upon arriving
home It was like riding a real Foye
"gas-wagon."
Spokane, like all other western tit
les, Is quite thickly settled with east
ern people. We learned that there
were over thirty families from Ponca,
Neb., located there within the past
four years. We met Mr. und Mrs.
Will Mlcksell, of Ponca, who were vis
iting friends there while enrotite home
from the Alaska-Youkon-Pacltlc expo
sition. I spent a day nt Couer d'
Alcne, a city of several thousand In
habitants, which has a beautiful loca
tion near Couer d'Alene Lake. This
city Is said to be the seventh most
beautiful city In the world. Near
here are located the? famous Couer
d'Alene mines and the large lumber
mills which are tho mtln factor In
making Spokane what she" Is, with all
her wealth and beauty. We met sev
eral of our Dakota county friends
who, with their hospitality, added
much in making our visit nt Spokane
one to be remembered. They were:
Mrs. Myra Fisher-Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
Griff Jay, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bock,
Mrs. Grace Burley. Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel Aughey, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Learner, who are located about ten
miles from Spokane.
Tuesday, July 271 we left for Seat
tle, arriving there the following day,
where we spent a week or more tak
ing in the Alaska-Youkon-Paciflc ex
position. We also had a 'deasant vis
It with Mrs. Grace Boulton-Duncan.
Our next stop was at Enumciaw,
Wash., wher Rasmus Chrlstlanson and
family are now located and have a
pleasant home. Mr. Chrlstianson's
many Dakota county friends are glad
to hear of his success. He moved
with his family to Washington several
years ago and has been very prosper
ous. Enumciaw Is about thirty miles
from Seattle and Is surrounded by a
very rich farming country. The farm
ers are of a very Industrious class of
people. They possess their own
creamery. Insurance company, can
nery and general store, also have their
own picnic grounds, dancing pavilllons
and are very sociable.
After spending a very enjoyable
week here at the Christiansen home,
we left MoYiday, August 9, arriving at
Portland the same evening. We found
the climate here delightful and the
following day started out to take in
the sights. We first visited Portland
Heights where we got a fine view of
the city and the surrounding country.
Mt. Hood (elevation 11934) snow
crowned and majestic. Is only 35 miles
distant and looks much neujer. Mt.
Rainer, Mt. Helens and Mt. Adams
were also in plain view, tho varying
in distance from 100 to 200 miles. On
Wednesday we. went out to Forest
Grove, a two hours' ride from Port
land, where mother spent a day with
her old schoolmate, Mrs. Watrous
(nee Kate Fair). We found Mr. Mark
Fair there enjoying good health and
was pleased to see Dakota county
friends.
After returning to Portland we
again started out to see the sights,
this time by taking the observation
car, which took us over the entire city,
Stops were made at the most import
ant places, some of which were Wll
llamette Heights, Council Crest, City
Park and the old Lewis and Clarke
exposition grounds. Many buildings
are still standing but we were admit
ted to none except the Forestry build
ing.
Saturday we started for Long
Beach, Wash., boarding a steamer at
1 p. m.. going down the Columbia
river, "embarking -at -the- plaoe called
M eerier at about 8 o clock and from
here we had a 17-mlles car ride which
landed us on rubber-neck-row at
Long Beach. The next morning we
proceeded out to the Hart rancn
about two miles distant where we
found them located in a fine, commod
ious house and the surroundings ac
cording. Harry was home over Sun
day and thus we had a few hours
social chat with him. Ho is in the,
government service as civil engineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hart operate
the ranch and Claude makes a first
class rancher, too.
Here nt Long Beach we got our first
view of the Pacific ocean and I en
joyed my first bath in Its roaring surf.
Long Beach is well named as its beach
for bathing and racing is unequaled
for a distance of ten miles.
We saw many interesting sights
such as Northhoad light
house and a wireless telegraph
station, the working-of which was ex
plained to us and was very' interest
ing. From this station messages are
received and sent as far as theliawai
an Islands. We also visited one of the
great salmon canneries and saw the
way tons of salmon are placed in cans
and cooked, then packed ready for
shipment.
Having had a delightful week's visit
with the Harts; we returned to Port
land regretting that we could not
have stayed longer but as the steamer
on which we were to leave left for
San Francisco on Saturday, August
21, we were compelled to move on.
Saturday morning we boarded tne
steamer "State of California" leaving
Portland at 9 o'clock and traveling
all day down the Columbia. A short
stop was made at Astoria and we set
out upon the ocean and soon began
noticing tho peculiar movement oi tne
steamer, but nevertheless everybody
was happy and we made many ac
quaintances during the evening. Sun
day morning about 5. o'clock we were
awakened by someone halloeing "look
at the whale," and upon reaching the
deck we found ourselves passing
through a school of these sea monsters
which was certainly a great sight.
They could be seen for miles out in
ocean spurting water high in the air.
Uuon reaching the breakfast table
we noticed several vacancies and it
wasn't many minutes until I was put
on the "bum" list for the rest of the
day. Mother held her place at the
table and enjoyed the trip throughout.
On Monday morning at 11 o clock,
we passed through "Golden Gate."
The scenery was fine and everybody
was -Again feeling like themselves and
glad t get foot on mother earth again.
Here we found ourselves in the great
city of San Francisco and our first de
sire was to see tne effects of the eartn-
quake. We visited Knot Hill and saw
the ruins of the once beautiful resi
dences. The city is fast building up
again and is putting up better build?
ings than those destroyed.
We took an observation car which
carried us through the most Interest
ing putts of the city. Stops were
made at the following places: Cliff
House, Seal Rucks, luids End and
Golden Gate Park. We also spent a
day at Man Island, the naval station,
and repair yards for the navy. We
were on several of the battleships and
two of the submarine torpedo boats
in Astoria, which was quite a sight
Among the other sights was one of the
battleships captured from the Span
lards at the buttle of Manila, and the
old wooden battleship "Independence"
which saw service In the Mediterran
ean when thin country had trouble
with the pirates in the '60s. The fol
lowing day we were out to Hayward
a two hour trolly ride from Oakland
where we had a very pleasant visit
with mm. Phillip Eckhart and family.
On Thursday, August 26, we found
ourselves among our old neighbors
sod congenial friends, the Dibbles'.
After taking dinner at the J). C. Dlb
bio home we were tuken to the com
moilious house of Will C. Dibble
where we were treated most cordially
during our three days' stop In Palo
Alio. v were sorry to find Mrs. I).
C. Dibble under the care of a nurse,
but glad to note that she Is steadily
improving from a very sick spell. Mr.
Dibble, Miss Nellie Dibble ond Will C.
Dibble and family were enjoying usual
good health and wished to be remem
bered to their Dakota county friends.
Palo Alto Is a most beautiful place.
being tho home of the great Stanford
,ir. university, which is a grand sight.
Several of the buildings were reached
by the earthquake, but are being re
built. Among other Dakota county
friends we met while here were: Dr.
Edith Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Johnson, Max. Elsie and Mary Blllle,
John Stlnson and Mr. and Mrs. John
Johnson.
Snturdny, August 28, we proceeded
on our Journey, stopping at San Jose,
where we spent several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. Mr. An
derson owns an "auto," and he was
very liberal In Its use while we were
there. One of tho most interesting
places we saw during' our spins was
at Alum Rock Park and Springs,
where we had the pleasure of drinking
all we wanted of the following min
eral waters: Sulphur, soda. Iron, mag
nesia and nrsnlc, and one of the very
peculiar things we noticed was the
magnesia, arsnlc and hot sulphur all
flowing from the name rock but a few
inches apart.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have pur
chased property in the popular resi
dence district of San Jose, where they
win Dunq a fine home the coming sum
mer and make their future home.
We had a pleasant visit at the Louis
Rothford home. Mr. ltothford Is pro
prietor of a barber college and Is do
ing well.
Wednesday evening, September 1,
found us In the family circle of Rob
ert Lapsley. Wednesday found Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Fisher here. Well,
we had one of those good old "Salem
laughs" before retiring for the night.
Mr. Lapsley has a fine homo and Is lo
cated In the center of the richest fruit
growing section of the Santa Clara
valley, as Is also Henry Fisher, who
now owns a fine home and prune ranch
about two miles from the Lapsley
ranch, adjoining the town of Morgan
Hill.
The picking and dipping, etc., of the
prune crop was on and we took much
Interest In learning the prune busi
ness. We continued our visit at Ollroy
(ten miles from Morgan Hill) with the
following old friends of mother's:
Mrs. Ella McQullken. Mr. and Mrs.
Will Rush, Mr. and Mrs. Fae McQull
ken, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Parmalee and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gould, who treat
ed us very kindly and our visit to the
Santa Clara valley will not soon he
forgotten. One of the most Interesting
signis we saw on our drives through
the country surrounding Gilroy was
ai tian Juan, about twelve miles dis
tance, where we visited the old Ban-
tlsta mission, founded In 1797. We
were admitted through the old mis
sion by paying a small admission, and
a guide explained everything, which
was very interesting. We noticed the
tomb of Rev. Stephauste Tapis In the
cnapei, wno was father of California
missions. This old mission, like all
other California missions, is very pe
culiar In construction, the walls of
which are composed of a clay mud and
gravel with a coat of plaster-like sub
stance on the outside.
Tuesday, September 14. we left for
Pacific Grove, accompanied by Mrs.
Ella McQullken anil Jlcnry Fisher and
wife. Upon our arrival were welcomed
at the McQullken cottage and set out
at once"Tof a. f iw days' outing on the
shores of the Pacific,. The following
clay we took In the seventeei-mlle
drive, which trip contains tho most
beautiful natural scenery I ever expect
to see. - One Incident well worth men
tioning was a cluster of cypress trees.
the only cypress grove of natural
growth outsldo of the Holy lands.
We stopped occasionally and gath
ered many pretty shells and stones
along the ocean shore, which was very
amusing, as the surf was continually
chaslug some of us, and at times beat
ing us there. I was fortunate In se
curing a star fish, which 1 cured and
now have among my "pick ups." Dur
ing our stay here one of our main
sports was bathing. Which was enjoyed
oy notn young and old. We also vis
ited the old city of Monterey, adjoin
in" Pacific Grove, which contains
many old historical buildings, such as
custom house, first wooden building
nunt in California and the old Santa
Carlos mission. While here mother
called at the Charley Eckhart home,
and found them well pleased to see an
old friend from Dakota county. Among
old rrienas greeting us during our stay
at Pacific Grove were Mr. and Mrs.
McQullken, Mrs. Eva Preston and Mr.
and Mrs. John Paul.
Our next ston was at the beautiful
city of Los Angeles. Flowers, shrubs
and palm trees of endless variety grow
in prorusion in all the parks and resi
dence districts, which added beauty
and charm to the place. While here
we round more old Dakota county
friends, namely: Mr. and Mrs. David
Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fritz, Mr.
L. L. Bates, Miss Ida Leis, Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Fritz and W. A. Dean, for
merly of Sioux City, and through their
kindness and hospitality we enjoved
our visit in the city very much. I,os
Angeles has a large number of fine
oaining resorts of which we thought
Long Beach to be the most attractive.
While here we called at the Wallace
Long home. We saw the skeleton of
a whale mounted In the basement of
the library building, the dimensions of
which were, length, 68 feet; diame
ter, 12 feet; Juv bone, 16 feet; weight,
48 tons when alive. Before returning
to Los Angeles we went to San Pedro,
where we spent the day with Mrs. K.
W. Frazler, who Is now nicely located
in her fine new home. On Friday,
September 24, we left for Los Angeles
over the S. P. L. A. & S. L. R. H., and
after forty hours' ride through noth
ing but desert we landed In Salt Ixike
City. We at first thought tho Mormon
city to be a very strange place, as the
streets were so very broad, and every
thing seemed to be different from any
other city we had visited on our trip
so far, but the longer we stayed and
got acquainted with the city the better
we liked it. The chief Interest to the
visitor of Salt Lake City centers about
tho great Mormon temple. The "Tem
ple Block," situated in the very heart
of the city, is a ten-acre square, sur
rounded by a stone wall twelve feet
high and three feet thick. Gates on
each of the four Hides are open to visit
ors certain hours every day during the
week. We were told that more than
150.000 visitors were entertained here
each year. On Monday we Joined a
large crowd to see and learn of the
Mormon people. We first visited the
AKsembly Hull, which occupies the
southwest corner of the grounds. It is
68 feet by 120 feet In dimensions, with
a seating capacity of about 2,500, is
used for religious services, Including
German and Scandinavian meetings,
and also public lectures and concerts,
for which the Tabernacle would be
larger than necessary. As we passed
from the Assembly Hall we were re
freshed with tho fragrance and beauty
of the foliage and well kept flower
beds. After entering the Tabernacle
we found ourselves near the pulpits
and almost at the base of the re-nowne-t
organ. We were first Impress,
ed by the plainness of the building,
but us we viewed thu long rows of
scats and tremendous arched celling,
the vastnessof the place grew upon us.
The Tabernacle is feet long by
160 feet wide and 80 feet In height,
and comfortably seats 8,000 people.
This self-supportltig wooden roof Is
certainly a remarkable work of engi
neering. It rests upon pillars built or
rock which stand twelve feci apart,
and -support the wooden arches, ten
feet In thickness arm spanning the lf0
feet. One of the remarkable things
about Its construction Is there being no
nails cir Iron of any kind used In the'
frame work. Our guide, wishing to Il
lustrate the sounding properties of the
building led us through the long gal
lery to the end farthest from the or
gan. At lta distance or zmi reel our
attention was called to the dropping of
a pin and whispering, both of which
we heard distinctly, r nun the iatier
nacle we were taken to n position
from which we had an excellent view
of the temple, a massive granite ittruc
ture. The temple Is 186 feet long and 99
feet wide; Its greatest height being 222
feet. Visitors are never admitted to
the temple. The guide Informed us
that only members of the Mormon
church of good standing were admit
ted, and that tt was to them a holy
place devoted to sacred ordinances.
After leaving tne temple grounds
we visited the following places of In
terest: The Roe Hive and Zlon
Houses, former residences of Brlgham
Young, Eagle Gate, itiigham Youngs
monument, the old Salt Loke theater
and Brlgham Young's grave. One oth
er -rent sight and pleasure while hero
was a trip to Salt Air Beach on Salt
Lake, a distance of thirteen miles,
where wo went in bathing, or floating.
and had a great time keeping feet
down and head up. We had great fun
and enjoyed the day very much.
Including our visit to salt Lake City
we heard President Taft speak In the
Tabernacle, after which we saw the
"living flag," composed of 1,500 school
children dressed In the' national colors,
which was certainly a great sight.
After leaving Salt Lake City we wound
our way through the Rockies, where
we viewed some of the earth's most
beautiful scenery. On September 29
we arrived In Colorado Springs, the
gateway to the Pike's Peak region,
and many more scenic attractions.
Here we found a most delightful
place, which Is principally a health
and pleasure resort and a city of beau
tiful homes.
Some of the points of interest we
visited while here were the Garden
of the Gods, composed of curious rock
formations; Gateway Rocks (330 feet
high), Cathedral Spires, Balanced
Rock, Steamboat Rock and Mushroom
Park, which gets Its name from the
rock formations.
Our guldo drove up to Glen Eyrie,
where we found rock formations sim
ilar to those in the Garden of the
Gods. Mayor Domo and Echo Rocks
deserve mentioning. From here we
passed through Manitou. which is lo
cated at the base of Pike's Peak. We
stopped here and got a drink from the
Soda Springs, and then continued our
journey through the beautiful Will
lams Canons and Ute Pass to the Cave
of the Winds, which Is one of the great
miracles of the mountains of Colorado.
The cave was electric lighted and was
a most interesting underground trip.
From hero we drove to South Chey
enne Canon, Rock Walls, 1,200 feet
high, and many interesting features,
including the famous Seven Falls. It
was here that Helen Hunt Jackson
wrote her popular Indian novel "lta
mona," one of her best Known works.
We returned to Colorado Springs,
which ended our pleasant day s drive
The following da? we took In th
"Cripple Creek Trip," which extends
through the heart of the Rockies to
the famous Cripple Creek mining dis
trict, a distance of 4 5 miles, from Colo
rado Springs.
The sights along the way are na
ture's most gorgeous mountuln and
canon scenery.
Upon entering the great gold cafp
Upon entering the great gold camp
our attention was called from beau
After a stop of two hours seeing a lit
tle of mining life, we returned to Colo
rado Springs.
Our next stop was at Denver, where
wo spent a day In seeing the city by
"auto."
Denver Is an up-to-date city, and
we liked the place very much. We
Journeyed homeward, topping at Lin
coln, .where we spent Sunday at the
home of Joseph Sides. The next day
we left for Omaha, when- we spent
several days visiting friends and tak
ing in the Ak-Sar-lien. This conclud
ed our three months trip of continued
pleasure. Thursday, October 7. found
us once more at "Home, Sweet Home,"
and to say we Were glad only half ex
presses it. Yours sincerely,
JACOB SIDES.
HujiiiK lSufTulo on the Hoof.
How many buffalo remain of all
the mighty hosts that wfthln the mem
ory of living man roamed the great
plains? It is difficult to give exact
statistics. Three years ago, a state
ment from Washington gave the to
tal number of North American buffa
lo at 1404, a conservative estimate at
that time.
The largest band In the United States
is the Corbln herd, belonging to the
Austin Corbln estate of Newport, N.
H. This 170 head has a range of forty
squure miles In lilue Mountain Forest,
where they fend for themselves for
seven months of the year. The experi
ence of of finding their own summer
living in a comparatively cold climate
has mude sturdy Individuals of this
herd, which some eighteen years ago
bad its origin in a nucleus of thirty
head.
In addtlon to the thoroughbreds,
there are In the United Stutes about
250 hybrids, the outcome of tho exper
iments of amateur Hurbank -bison
breeders throughout the country.
Agnes Deans Cameron In The Decem
ber Pacific Monhtly.
Vliysloul Culture for DcciiiImt.
"Prince Hagen," a novel vividly por
traying some rarely-discussed aspects
of modern life, begins in December
Physical Culture, and llernarr Mar
fadden, editor of the magazine, is to
be congratulated on securing the
rights to publish this remarkable se
rial. The story is of a nature t. fur
nish food for thought and amusement
for both the grave and the gay.
"Football us a Rullder of Hody and
l'niln," und the "Splendid Influence
of the Turnvereln" are two Interesting
discussions of the work of widely dif
fering classes of athletic organizations.
Hy the publication of "The Peanut
Diet for Strength Huildlng" cheek by
Jowl with a strong preachment on be
half of the "Reef and Hot Water Diet
for Ciyisunptlon," Physical Culture
Illustrates the breadth of the field of
study opened up by modern Investiga
tions of health bulldimr and diet. Ad
ditional contributions In this number
are llernarr Maofadden's discussion of
"The Cause of Disease," "Physical Cul
ture Popular in Society," "My Physical
Culture Ilaby," "The Distortion of the
Human Foot," "An Kxperlrnent In
Cooking" and many other interesting
articles.
Woman' Homo ('oiiiMiiiloit for IV-i-ciiiIht.
The artistic features of this Ihsuo are
striking. A full page oalntlng of the
Minimum by Louise Cox, a delightful
full page Child Painting In colors by
Jessie Wilcox Smith, two panes of
profusely III ust rated humorous verse
hy James Wliltcoinb Riley, uml an
amusing story In pictures, "Their
Christmas Visit Home."
There Is good. Christmassy fiction In
this Issue by Myra Kelly, Zona Gale,
Hulbort Footner and John I). Barry.
There Is a serial by Katherlne Holland
Brown, and a detective story by Anna
Katharine Green, which proves once
more this writer's gctilus for novel and
intricate plots.
1 he glamour that surrounds nil
queens Is particularly strong about the
supposedly romantic queen of Italy.
That glamour fades awav before the
trenchant pen of Kellogg Durland,
who calls her the most unpopular
queen of Europe.
Cincinnati Is a happy city -accord
ing to Woman's Home Companion. In
vestigators have gone there to live.
and they tell In this Christmas Issue
why Cincinnati Is a fine American city.
1 his is the second of a series of articles
on American cities, and Is In vivid con
trast to last month's article on Pitts
burgh. Lyman Abbott has a Christmas talk
and there are more of Edward Ever
ett Hale's delightful Remlnlscenses.
This issue Is essentially a Christmas
one, and Is tilled with new Ideas for
Christmas embroidery, Christmas dec
orations, Christmas festivities and
Christmas cooking.
The regular departments appear as
usual, but most of these arc bigger
than In any other month.
DAWDLER BOUND TO FAIL.
Wanting; Two llunre m Dsy Menus
I.oelnir One Year In Kvrrjr Twelve
Dawdling g one of the chief Bins of
men and women that fall, says the San
Francisco Bulletin. There arc only
twenty-four hours In the day, and !t
Is possible to dawdle away five or six
of them while hardly noticing It.
The dawdler commences In the morn
ing before he geU up. His alarm clock
rings at 6 o'clock and that la , the hour
at which he ought to rise. Hut he lies
abed, stealing catnaps, for a Quarter
of an hour, and then Jumps up In a
hurry and proceeds to dress. It was
Just as hard to leave the bed at 6:15
as tt would have been at 6, and the
result of the loitering has been the
loss of fifteen minutes out of tbe day.
Remembering that he U lute, the
dawdler pulls on his first garments
In a great hurry, but his pare soon
slackens. He yawns and stretches
himself and spends half or three-quar
ters of an hour in his ablutions, shav
ing and attiring. At breakfast ho
reads the paper leisurely, and the meal
takes up another half hour. Then he
leaves the houae to so to his office,
where he arrives thirty minutes later
than he ought.
Although late, he does not plunge
briskly into his work. There are sev
eral other papers to glance through
and over these he wastes the major
portion of an hour. And when, at
length, he lays aside the papers ami
turns to his. duties he does not keep
at them assiduously,
Thrift Is not an Egyptian mystery
known only to a few favored Initiates.
Everybody sees In what thrift consists,
but not everybody having the knowl
edge puts It Into practice.
By dawdling two hours a day, one
wastes a twelfth of his entire life.
One month out of the year, one year
out of twelve, goa for nothing. This
waste, remember, Is In addition to all
holidays and vacations. What man.
having his way to make In the world,
can afford to drop a month out of hla
year? What man can afford, at the
end of every eleven years to, cease all
work for a twelve month? Dawdling
wastes time In small portions, but the
total loss Is enormoiis and costly.
DUBLIN JARVIES.
The llnppj- Hit I.im-I. fluckiuen of
the IrlMb Metropolis,
Tho Dublin jarvies are not what you
would call good whips. They drive, Ks
unladylike people say, like the divil;
Ihcy cut around corners featly enouRh
and go slashing up heartbreaking
hills, but nine out of ten of them drive
with a loose rein. They talk to the
fare, and the little horse runs on, do
ing the best he can and following his
own dauntless will. I lay no fault
upon the Jarvy. The Irish horse
shares Paddy's grngh for Independ
ence. Of hkn, too, It may he mild that
ho serves without servility.
The Jarvy light hearted lad, lie he
young or old gains in the run of the
days an average or 6 shillings. The
fares are Jolly cheap. For a "set
down" within the boundary tho charge
for two perfcna between 1) a. m. and
10 p. ?n. Is only sixpence. By time
the charges are one and six ,an hour,
with an added sixpence for each suc
ceeding hour. Still the Jarvy does
fairly well. Barney, who la not better
than the others, took nie to his home.
It was In Spring Gardens, where there
are rows upon rows of neat little red
brick cottages, with gardens and sta
bles. They rent at 20 a year. Own
ing his car as he doos, Barney pays no
car rent to any one, and if he drives
Lawler's mare 'tis more for love than
profit. Year In and year out he puts
by a bit, for the "cliildnr, God bless
'ern!" are growing and will have need
of education. In his smart little home,
with his smart little wife, there are
unluckler men than he.
"If 'twere not for the fthtln'," Bays
Mrs. O'Uea, "a better man than Barney
icver pulled a shirt over his head."
Harney, It seems, believes that aui
'losiUes should be cultivated. Being a
;ood man with his handn and blithe
md gay in battle, he colors the week's
jnd with Hot. Vance Thompson In
i)ut.infir.
There' a llraaon.
In a Sheffield school the children
were asked to como prepared with the
meaning of the word "bachelor" for the
next lesson.
This was one little girl's confident
definition; "A bachelor is a very huppy
man."
Tho tetic her wapteil to know more.
How did tho little girl know that?
"Father told niu so." Tid-Iilts.
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lU'ILT IN TIIK XIG1IT.
Telephone t'mniMniy lut Wlrrw
Tlirough St. lnl After Midnight.
A big force of men was rushed to
ft. Paul Saturday to build a telephone
line through the city. The hurried ac
tion was taken to prevent a possible
Injunction.
The Nebraska Telephone company
originally "wired" St. Paul." Some
years ago It sold to the Howard Coun
ty Telephone company, reserving, how
ever, the right to have a long distance
wire on tho pole line and to maintain
an office for long distance work. Ue
cently the York Telephone company
bought a controlling Interest in the
Howard County company, hs it did In
the Grand Island Independent Tele
phono company and there Is some
doubt as to tho eventual shutting out
York county of the Bell company. Sat-
urday night fifty men were quietly
shipped out of Orand Island to Ht.
Paul, where work on the construction
of a new line was begun ut midnight
and finished Sunday. The municipal
ity offered no resistance.
NOKM.YL. SCHOOL, IMtKSlDKNT.
l 8. Conn, of Columbus, lo He I lend
of Wayne School.
It Is stated upon good authority
that Prof. IT. s. Conn, of Columbus. Is
slated to become president of the
Wayne normal school after Us pur
chase by the state. Conn was an In
structor In the college , for thirteen
years.
Gov. Shallenbergrr has been s.ked
to appoint Phil Kohl, of Wayne, us a
member of the state normal board to
succeed S. F. Hayes, of Alliance, whose
term expires the first of the year
Thomas Kawlings. of Wakefield, for
mer regent of the state university, has
also been suggested for the place.
The purchase of the college by the
state will figure In the Wayne city
election next spring on the saloon
question and will aid the prohibition
ists. All other towns in the state,
Where state normals are located, ure
"dry."
1 hoi nlM'vg Admitted (o ltall.
Judge Welch was at Nellgh to hear
the case wherein F. M. Thomberg,
through his attorneys, petitioned to be
released on ball pending his trial in
the district court on a charge of Hhoitt
Ing and killing A. O. Huknw, After
healing the arguments the Judge de
cided that Justice would not be violat
ed by admitting the prisoner to 'hurl
and the bond was fixed at $7,500.
Cull Aid lo Sic k ln( her.
The wild outcry of children In the
Shankluun lunch room at Bridgeport
attracted passersby mid 011 Investiga
tion it was found that Mrs. Shunkmun
was In a critical condition. She soon
recovered. ilr husband, John
Shankman, disappeared a few days ago
and she feared ho had deserted her
ind the children.
New AiMlntei'N,
Charles Fills, of Tecumseh. has been
appointed adjutant ut the Soldiers'
home at Grand Island in place of Joe
Met J raw, who talked about his chief,
and was let out. W. T. t'utt, of Fair
mont, has been appointed physician at
the Hastings asylum in place of Dr.
Swlgert. who resigned to resume his
practice at Hastings.
Wyniwv Officer It oved.
Dennis Hatch, for some time night
watchman at Wyniore, has been re
moved by Mayor Ftawlings because
the merchants complained that
were not receiving the proper protec
tion ugalnst thieves. Harney Schla
gen has been appointed as his success
or. llaiiK-rs 'ot Amenable lo Statute.
According to a decision by Police
Judge Crawford at Omaha, barbers
are not "common laborers" und sre
therefore not amenable to the Sunduy
labor luws. Fifteen barbers had been
prosecuted for pursuing their culling
on Sunduy, and their defense was thut
their work Is a "profession."
Governor Sells to Stale.
The state farm through Uegent
Coupland, a special committee with
power to act, has bought of Gov. Khal
lenbergor four shorthorns, paying
therefor $1,040. The animals will be
used for instruction purposes.
Constance Without Station.
John Johns, of Constance, failed to
get a depot In his would-be town, the
state railroad commission deciding
that It was too close to Crofton und
Fordyce.
Georgo Crawford, a pioneer citizen,
,lied ut his farm east of Lyons, aged
75 years. He leaves seven grown up
children, two daughters und five son.-).
I'iro at I'nllcrtoii.
Fire was discoveied In Frank
Leach's shoe and furnishing titore at
Fullerton. It had gained such head
way that It was Impossible to check
the flames until tho entire inside was
burned What goods were not de
stroyed by flro were Injured by water.
Mr. Dcuch held un lnsuranco of $4,000
on tho stock, while the building, own
ed by James Ixiughran, was damaged
to the extent of at leujit $1,000, with
no insurance,
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TI.CI MSI.II MAN KII.I,i:i.
Iku'M Iilfe W hile HoMInrl Ixnidcd Gufc
Killing a Ktmnvtuy.
John Mandery, a former snloon
keeper of Tecumseh, wa accidentally
killed by the discharge of a shotgun
which he had between his legs, At
tho team he was driving tried to run
away.
fiandry had been camping about
fourteen miles south of Tecumseh
with his 10-yenr old son and was re
turning to enmp when the team ran'
away. The gun wa3 discharged and
tore u hole in his side, some of the
shot entering his face. The team
ran all the way to the camp where
the boy caught the horses and hurried
them buck to town with his father.
He lived for about an hour, He leaves
a wifo and six children.
SHOOTS WIFE ANI SF.IiF.
Both Victims of Nebraska Trngedj
Fntally Injured.
Fred T. Robinson went to Beatrice
from Lincoln and going to the home
of his father-in-law, nhot his wife, '
who was visiting there, and then shot
himself. Both Hoblnson and his wife
were taken to the hospital. Both are
probably fatally hurt.
So far as is known there had been
no quarrel between the two, and '
friends of Robinson say he has shown
Blgns of being mentally unbalanced.
Recently he wrote to the chief of po
lice that the "black hand" was a.fter
himself and family.
Three' Towns After Schools.
Secretary Graham of the defunc,
normal board has sent to Secretary
Ludden of the regular board the pro
posals of the towns of Crawford and
Gorden for the new normal school to
be located by the board. These towns
filed their proposals with the new
board, while Alliance filed Its propos
al with tho old board. So far these
three towns are the -only ones in
the state which have bid for the new
school.
"Editor Williams Accused? x
, Pontofflce Inspector I A. Thomp
son, end Deputy United States Mar
shal Proctor took W. r Williams,
editor of the Blair Tribune, before
United States Commissioner Slnghaus
at Tekamah recently, and charged
him with using obscene language In
one of the Issues of his paper. Ho
was bound oyer to the federal grand
Jury.
Old Slough Proves Mlut.
James Brink, who leased what Is
known as "musk rat slough," lying
north of Lyons, now astonishes the
people when it comes to raking in the
shock les for his leasehold. Already
he hn taken over 600 muskrats from
the slough, for which he was offered
-'7 cents by. an Omaha man and'ref us
ed to take less than 30 cents.
OiiiiiIiu'h Religious Census.
The people of Omaha have stood
up atid have been counted for or
aguinst Chris. As a result hey now
know where they are au in reference
to religious matters. Of the 145,000
found, 131,150, or about 90 per cent,
have religious preferences, ,.
Two Men Cleared of Cliargo. ' 1
After the preliminary hearing at
Lexington which lasted three days,
the defendants in the case of the state
against Earl York and George L.
Watson were discharged for the rea
son the evidence was Insufficient to
warrant binding them over to the dis
trict court o na charge of cattle steal
ing. -Mrs, Morton to Europe.
Mrs. Joy Morton has closed hei
home .Arbor Lodge, at Nebraska City.
and gone to Europe to spend the win
ter in the hope of benefitting her
health, which has been very poor
for several years.
Election for Garden County.
Governor Shullenberger has Issued
a proclamation calling an election In
the new county of Garden to be held
January 10. At the election the lo
cation of a county seat shall be de
termined and the county officers
chosen.
Omuliii Girl Weds Cliinamuji.
Leo Lung, proprietor of the Chin
ese restaurant in Gran Island, and
Miss Lulu Amsler, a white girl of
Omaha, were married in Cheyenne
recently.
Omaha Man Ends Lire.
Suffering from a severe illness, J.
R. Alderson of Omaha, cut hla throat
with a razor und was dead before
medlcul aid could reach him.
Robbers Frlghtem-d Away.
Robbers entered the store of Julius
Neuman & Co., at Wymore but were
frightened away without securing any
thing of value.
Central City Puin-ra Chungc.
A change has taken place among
the newspapers of Central City, Fitch
Bros, selling their publication to Will
Rice, who will consolidate tt with his
paper, the Republican, under the
tiume of the Republican and Record.