DAKOTA COUNTY E TFM ATI 0 MOTTO AH The News When It Is News. VOLUMJ Historical Society DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FIUDAY, SEVTEMKEll 2, 1910. NU3IBEII 1 SOUTH SIOUX CITY From the Kecord Mrn. Harry Edwards, of Mitchell, S. r., Is visiting her parents, Air. and Mrs. W. W. Knowlton, Mrs. Martha Shane lust week pur chased two lots across the street from the South school building. A. J. Parker has put R new roof on the Kreen house he recently purchased and made other Improvements. r H. Cooper and wife will move the first of September to the new house Just erected by Mrs. Martha Shane on West I'almer street. P. H. Swetzer, of Lonmls, Cal., who Is en route for Chicago, stopped off here this week and Is the guest of the George Hoals' home. Mrs. K. S. Macomber and daughter, Miss Luclle, left Wednesday for Wood bine, where they will visit Mrs. Ma comber's father, S. Deputy. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Westcott will move next week to their new home In Railwny uddition, on which the finish ing touches are now being made. School bells will ring again Septem ber 5, after the long summer vacation. This will be Labor day, and probably the youngsters will think the day well named. Rumor has been going the rounds that infantile paralysis has broken out in South Sioux City, but so far as The Record can learn, no case has been found here. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Sherrard were here from Hornick this week visiting the H. O. Dorn home. Mrs. Sherrard remained all week and took In tho old settlers' picnic today. J. P. Meredith recently purchased the two lots at the corner of Dakota and West Hradford street. This gives Mr. Meredith a quarter block on Dakota street. He has substantial Improve ments under consideration. E. F. Cllnkenbeard has purchased the A. A. Pearson property on Ran dolph street between Frederick and Charles streets. This Is a 10-room house with two lots and will make Mr. Cllnkenbeard and family a fine home. For the past few days a blue haze has hung over this vicinity, which the wise ones say came all the way from the great forest fires of Idaho and Montana. Wednesday evening the smell or fire was a prevalent one. re lieving all doubt as to the origin of the blue haze. Joseph English, one of Walker Is land's progressive farmers, left a sam ple of his field corn here in town. The tUalks measured 12 feet In helghth and each stalk had three ears. Mr. Eng lish could have found much larger corn in his field, but the three ears were common on the smaller stalks. Mr and Mrs. D. C. Wilbur returned Saturday from a summer's outing at Hot Springs, S. D., where they went for Mr. Wilbur's health. Mr. Wilbur comes home much improved and is feeling fine. He is back at his ac customed haunts and his friends all rejoice with him In his good fortune. Mrs. J. L. Kroesen, who had been at St. John's hospital for an operation to an affected eye, returned to the home of her son. Hurt Kroesen, and is much better. Mrs. H. E. Luoher, of Cedar Falls, a sister of Mr. Kroesen's, was also a guest here the first of the 'week, leaving Wednesday for Ute to visit her brother. Saturday evening A. L-. Mathwigs' barber shop was entered by unknown persons and robbed of razors . and cigars to the amount of about $100. No clue has been found to the thieves. Officials here and in Sioux City have been on the lookout for the goods and for a cluo as to the perpetrators, but no trace has been found. John Hurke last week engineered a real estate deal that will be of Interest to all who are watching the transfer of Walker's island real estate. Mrs. Anna E. Foye sold her 163-acre farm, which was the old Foye homestead, to F. W. Lohr, of Sioux City. Mr.. Lohr i gave $6,000 for the place, which has ' live-eighths of a mile of lake front. Mr. Lohr already had large holdings on Walker's island. Sunday evening South Sioux City people had their first experience with an automobile accident. The rate of speed maintained by autos along Da kota street has long led people to be lieve that an accident was Inevitable, and Sunday predictions were fulfilled. Perry, son of Myron Perry, who oc cupies the Duling place, collided with an nuto at the corner of Dakota and Frederick streets. Mr. Perry's buggy was demolished, but the auto received only slight injuries. The driver of the auto made a satisfactory settlement with Mr. Perry. The city council held a meeting .Tues day evening to consider the proposition of moving the Edwards & Bradford coal sheds from a frontage on Dakota street near the Omaha tracks, to a new site to be furnished by the railroad company. The Omaha Is willing to furnish the site for the coal sheds "to the lumber company free gratis, and the lumber company is willing to vacate the present location for the new, pro vided it is done without cost to them With the fine new depot to be erected by the Omaha it is probable the sheds will be moved at the city's expense and thus improve tho looks of that part of the city and also remove the danger that now exl.sts from on obstructed view of the railroad tracks. The Most Popular Book Cof-yrtht ty I'h.trtes &irt6ntr's SvHt ByThs Most Popular Man Gives In bock form ty Rcsssvelt's own hand tho sols account cf h!s African hunt. f WANT ED NOW AN m g in cgt; il Cily, Town and Village A handle JTf VV Colonel KooeveIt' AJ ' NivGra Book CHARLES SCRtBNER'S SONS 153 Filth Avenue New York ROOSEVELT'S Own Book) 1 I Mi - I I v BAIL CHIEF KILLS DISCHARGED EMPLOYE FIRES AT OFFICIAL WHO IN TURN KILLS HIM. FIVE BULLETS MISS MARK Victim of Attack Ends Life of Would- Be Assassin, Who Wa Dismissed for Firing on Man at Duluth, Minn. St. Paul, Minn Alfred O. Ray, chief special agent of the Great North ern railway, Tuesday shot and killed Charles P. Welsh, a former subor dinate In the Great Northern offlcj building at St. Paul after Welsh had fired five shots at Ray. Welsh was about 45 years old and had been dismissed by Ray about two months ago for shooting a man at Du luth. Since that time Welsh had been expressing vindictive feelings to Ray. Welsh met Special Officer John Lane of the Great Northern railway at the headquarters building and be gan to relle Ray, saying he would "get" him. Lane told Welsh to keep quiet, as he would not allow Welsh to speak disrespectfully of bis superior officer. whereupon Welsh turned his wrathful utterances against Lane, saying he would "get" Lane also. Before Ray appeared at his office Welsh walked in and Inquired of Chief Clerk Hess If there was any mall. On being told there was noth ing for him, WelBh said fee would re turn In a day or two. Shortly aftt. ward Ray entered his office and Welsh returned. As soon as he opened the door he drew a revolver from his pocket and began, to Are at Ray. At the fifth shot Ray succeeded In get ting his weapon Into action and with one shot killed Welsh. DEATH THREAT IN I. C. CASE Director of Ostermann Company Tes titles to Intimidation to Prevent Car Fraud Narrative. Chicago. Hearing of the case against Frank B. Harrlman, Charles L. Ewlng and John M. Taylor, former Illinois Central officials charged with defrauding the company through car epairs, was resumed in Judge Brugge- meyer's court Monday. Theophlle Reuther, formerly a di rector of the Ostermann Manufactur ing company, the first witness, testi fied that Henry C. Ostermann, presi dent of the Ostermann company, had threatened to kill blm If he (Reuther) told the story of the defrauding of the Illinois Central out of 11,000,000 through car repairs. Reuther told of Ostermann's alleged attack upon him In the offices of the company when he threatened to dis close the gigantic steal. Thefts of valuable records, confes sions, letters, reports and other proofs of frauds, together with copies of Important documents, came to light in the graft war as a rival to the $1,- 500,000 car-repair swindle. Documents containing evidence against the men higher up in the huge fraud disappeared from the Illinois Central offices two months ago simul taneously with the discharge of an employe in the railroad's seoret-serv- lce department. Rev. F. G. BIngley, an evangelist. who preaches to the womefn of the levee, turned the bulk of the missing papers over to Murry Nelson, Jr., chief counsel for the Illinois Central, Monday. "My boys, Paul, eleven years old, end Cecil, nine years old, found the papers floating in the river," said the evangelist. DYNAMITE TWO STREET CARS Strike Sympathizers at Columbus Wreck Two Coaches and Injure Several Persons. Columbus, O. Exploding dynamlto wrecked two street cars here Tues day night. One car was blown from the track at Long and Garfield ave nues and the conductor and motorman were severely Injured. Dynamite also wrecked a West Broad street car, Injured a woman pas senger and knocked unconscious a pe destrian. The car, south-bound, was crossing Sanducky street when It was lifted from the tracks by a terrific explosion beneath its front trucks. The wheels were shattered, the floor ripped up and windows broken. Cholera In Germany. Berlin. Fifteen cases of cholera. or suspected cholera, have been dis covered In different sections of this city and the suburb of Spandau. In Berlin proper there hns been one douth and nine suspected cases have been isolated. In Spandau there has been one death, ai.other case has been definitely diagnosed ns cholera and three other sufferers are under ob servation as suspected cholera vic tims. Palace of Salt Is Burned. Fait Lake City, Utah. Suit Palace, a strut ture built on salt, und one of tho Monk' features of Suit Lake, was (!':( roved by fire Momlny entailing a loss of $25.0(10. Defective wiring was ti e c.ui:-o of tho blazo. Frclyht Into the Hudson. AR'iny, N. V'. A freight train, I'orJi l.oiii.d. on tho New York Cen- t : . 1 rM!ro:id. Mond.iy plunged into ! Iluc-oi river at ( n.stleton, nine !iM:i so st': -.1 be re, killing Engineer Viuu t!'y llama r. COOK AFTER POLE HEGOHDS EXPLORER AGAIN MAKING DASH FOR FROZEN NORTH. Goes In Search of Papers and Instru ments Which He Says Will Exonerate Him, Copenhagen? Denmark. Dr. Fred erick A. Cook, discredited In the eyes of the world by the findings of the University of Copenhagen in regard to the explorer's claim of having reached the north pole, again Is on his way to the top of tho world. From Gootlhayn, Greenland, there came a letter which establishes ap parently beyond doubt that the Brook lyn surgeon is making his way north ward In the effort to find records and instruments he is said to have left In the frozen north. By these records and Instruments Doctor Cook hopes to establish his contention that he was at the north pole a year ahead of Commander Rob ert E. Peary. It Is stated In the letter that the Brooklyn man has expressed himself as confident of being able to convince the world he Is entitled to full credit is the original discoverer of the pole and to force the scientists at the University of Copenhagen to reverse their adverse decision. In this respect the writer of the letter asserts that among the resi dents of Greenland there exists the belief that every claim made by Doc tor Cook In cotviTt: v'ta his dash northward is based upon fact and that the, explorer will be enabled so fo p'rove. . -..., - An American steamer bound south ward recently dropped anchor In Goodhaven harbor, says the letter, and from the captain and crew was ob tained further confirmation of the re port that Doctor Cook had started a second dash northward with the ob ject of obtaining the proof which he expects will set him right before the world. TAFT PLEADS FOR HARMONY In Campaign Letter He Applaud" Work of Congress and Tells Plan of Fixing Tariff. New York. President Taft's keynote letter addressed to Wil liam B. McKlnley of Illinois, chair man of the Republican congressional committee, and was given out by the New York headquarters of the com mittee. In It the president defends the Payne tariff law, but acknowledges that there are parts of It which may be amenable to change. His plan for getting at the Inequali ties of the law is Investigation by tho tariff commission, and then revision by individual schedules. He thinks that by this means the statute may be adjusted properly without causing uneasiness in the business world. "It seems to me," says Mr. Taft, "that all Republicans conservative, progressive and radical may well abide the situation with respect to the tariff until evidence now being ac cumulated shall justify changes in the rates." The letter is a straight from the shoulder defense of h!s administration and of the congress that aided him in the formation of the laws recently passed. These are termed the most progressive legislation ia history. Mr. Taft pleads for harmony in the Republican party and urges all fac tions to drop their differences and get together for defense against the com mon enemy. If this is not done, he says, the only alternative is Demo cratic success in the congressional campaign this fall, and he points to the difficulties which would be at tendant upon an administration hand! capped by an opposing legislative branch in its efforts to further redeem tho pledges of its platform. The president admits there are oth er promises to keep, but at the same time he asserts that tho party has gone far for good under bia guidance. He outlines the economies which have been practised during his admin iteration and in this connection de clares that the present tariff, In con Junction with other economies, baa turned a deficit of $.r)8,0?0,000 Into a surplus of 126,000,000 in a little ovei a year's time. Col. Roosevelt Is Snubbed. Milwaukee. "In view of the un erhnlnrlv and unfair uosltion that Mr. Roosevelt has taken in the discussion of the movement for which I have npnt all mv swire time and energy. it Is impossible for me to accept the intended honor." This is a portion oi a letter of Mayor Kmil Seldel, Social ist, to Frank Cannon, chairman of the Mllwnukie Press club reception com niittee, in which the mayor declines to nerve on the reception committee on tho occasion of ti e visit of Colonel Roosevelt, who will be the guest ol the Press ! ib next ween. M.-.n Clown High cut Lives. (Jro' ley, Col. lilov. n feet Into the nir by a heavy cliaiTu ol dynamlto which lie i uppo. ill Iiad failed to ignite, S. L. HolTiiiMi, un engineer employed ',11 l.Il lnl;i.ti:ll prorw. eacapeu lues- i-.y with o-ily ''-' minor in Juries. Rich Tctr.-cco Man Deed. K; :! ;i. Cal. tlconse S. Meyers, i:uMinil!!lo:i.;lre tobacco merchant of -! I.oi.ii, iliiil I. i re Tuerilay ufter an ilia -S: of nt r;.l years. Tho body will in: I. ken 1u iH. I.ouU. THE UNHAPPY Mi S,WvyiS4i Si s - urn mMmj b &um ruMA&fi - win 1 IHMD IS VICTOR PILOT OF LOZIER DRIVES AT EL GIN MOST SPECTACULAR AUTO RACE. ONLY FOUR CROSS THE TAPE Livingstone Is Second, Qrelner Third Winner Averages 62.5 Miles an Hour, Comes Close to Vanderbllt Cup Contest Time. Elgin, III. Ralph Mulford, driving a Lozler car, won the Elgin national trophy In a race of 305.03 Miles Satur day at an average speed of 62.5 miles an hour before a crowd of 100,000 peo ple. His driving was of the spectacu lar kind and when he finished he was cheered for fully Ave minutes. Thirty-six times the blond driver circuited the rough course of country roads a course of eight miles 2,499 feet, or, roughly, eight and one-halt miles with but a single stop. The remarkable feature' of Mul ford's run lies in the fact that he approached within three-tenths of a milo the maximum average In the classic Vanderbllt cup event of ' a year ago. Tbat such a run could be made on country roads, with prac tically no preparation and for a much greater distance than that of the Vanderbllt cup race, Is looked upon by experts as little short of mar velous. Clone behind the victorious Lozler was "Al" Livingstone, driver of a National, who broke another record In that bis achievement was that of one man and one car In two successive races run at more than a mile a min ute, In the first of which he was vic tor, and totaling more than C00 miles. Livingstone's record as second at the goal was 60.2 miles an hour for the entire run of 305.03 miles. The third man, another driver of a National, was A. W. Greiner. His av erage time was 54.4 miles an -hour, reduced far below those of the other two winners because of jiuerous stops for repairs and gasoline. In addition to the numerous unex pected obstacles that were met In full view of the great throng of motor fans, demanding cool handling of cars and quick work on the part of the pilots, Livingstone was menaced by a danger of which none save his mech anician and himself was aware. He entered the raco in a machine which carried two big cracks in its frame. Only f iur machines crossed the tape before the Judges' stand the required number of times. All of the others, except two either machines or men met with accidents that threw them out of the running before the entire distance had been covered. PERJURY IN BROWNE CASE? 8peclal Grand Jury Is Ordered by Judge Brentano Witness Tells of Orgy. Chicago. Judge Theodore Bren tano Friday ordered a special grand jury Impaneled on August 30 to un dertake an investigation into charge of wholesale perjury In the trial c! Lee O'Nell Browne, accused of giving a bribe for the election of Senator Lo rimer.. There are two matters to be In vestigated, one of which is wholesale perjury by the defense In the Browne trial, and the other matter, sad to bo an Important one, State's Attorney Waynian win not divulge. Bread and Milk for Seven Years. Kewanee, 111. For stren years no food except bread and milk bud passed the lips of William S hnildt, a pioneer of Ili iiry county, who died Tuesday Hcwiity-thrce years old. lie was active until a few weeks n(;o. Hangs Himeelf After Arrest. NYw York. Because Patrick Gaff-n-y, a i.ober, ludut'.trlo.is mechanic of hlty, could not master liis humiliation over w'.u.t he felt v;b a l';ltn arrest, ha huiiK'd himself Tuesday in hii noire in ill" IWt tx. FARMER. 1 RENEW RIOTINS AT COLUMBUS MOB OF 2,000 BATTLE WITH POLICE AND MILITIA. Deputy Sheriff Probably Fatal!; Wounded, Four Other Persons Hurt Fifty Rioters Arrested. Columbus, O. A mob of 2,000 people battled with the police and militia Monday night when street car rioting broke out with fresh fury. Struck down by the clubs of po licemen, four were seriously Injured, one, a deputy sheriff, mistaken for a rioter, may die. chauffeur for a police automobile was struck uncr- sclous with a brick. Feur rioters were arrested and locked in the city prison. The rioting started with the wreck ing of a Leonard avenue car by dy namite at East Twentieth street Fol lowing the explosion a large mob gathered about the car and assaulted the nonunion crew with a volley of bricks' and stones. Though the car had been thrown from the track, the windows shattered an Ihe Hoot spiln-" to red, neither the miiormnn or con ductor were injured. They stuck to the car amid the shower of missiles until Chief Carter arrived with an automobile load of police. BIG CUT IN EXPRESS RATES Illinois Railroad Commission Demands That Charges Be Reduced and Made Uniform. Springfield, 111. Sweeping reduc tions In express rates within the state of Illinois were made here Saturday by the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission. Existing tariffs were slashed in two In many Instances and on small packages the reduction is in excess of 50 per cent. The promulgation of "express tariff No. 1" by the commission brings the fight of the state against the express companies to a crisis. The reduction Is made effective October 15, and tho companies are preparing for a finish fight. They dispute the authority of the commission to regulate their busi ness within the state and assert that either they will ignore the new tariff schedule or go Into court and get an injunction restraining the commission from carrying Its order Into ef fect. In a lengthy statement which the commission bands down with its tariff schedule the business methods of the express companies are severely ar raigned. The existing rates are de clared to be unreasonable and ex otbltant as well as discriminatory In character. Unlike the reductions which have boon made In some states of a flat rate of 10 or 20 per cent., the Illinois commission has prepared a complete graduated tariff schedule, based on the weight of packages and on the distance they are carrted within the state. G0TCH RETIRES FROM MAT After Taking Part In 331 Matches Wrestler Announces He Is Done With the Game. Kansas City, Mo. After tak ing part In 331 wrostling matches, not counting many minor affairs, and of this number losing only seven, five of them being handicap matches in which be failed to throw his men as many times as bargained for, Frank Gotch announces that he has been seen for the lust timet on the mat. Oldest "Eli" Is Ninety-One. Brockton, Mass. Jona White, the oldest Yale graduate In the world. Is living here at the ng of ninety-one years. Mr. Whit", who Is one of tho oldest barristers in the Ktate, gradua ted from Yale in tho class of 1814. Noted Engineer Is Dead. Montclair, N. J. Charles Talbot Porter, an engineer and inventor of In ternational reputation, died Tuesday at his home here, after a brief lliness. Ho was eighty-five years old. T .n & j u -i m i THE NEBRASKA VOTE OFFICIAL FIGURES AT SECETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. 9 COUNTIES ARE COMPLETE Vote for Attorney General, Land Commissioner and Railway Commissioner Omitted. Offclnl figures were complied at the office of the secretary of R'ate on ninety-one counties for all officers save attorney ceneral. land commis sioner and railway commissioner. Complete official figures available on the republican and democratic tickets are as follows: VN1TF.I) STATIC SKNATOlt. C ()." Whe-len (rep ! 7 Klnn-r J. Hiukrtt urn.)..- 1!1.S2 '. K. Ailnms (r.-p.) Thonuig M. ' Hlrmlnnhnm (rep.) 1.7!4 Mlll.tTt M. Hltchceck Kli'tn.) 2.1 .37 vt III1H HCPil I ili-lll. ) .i:i; Hlihnril I.. MPtcalfe (item.) l.LM Aiiri'U r-iirennnn (rep.) i.iuo uovKitxon. nun-leu It. Alilrlch mp.) 2U?7 vtiumm Kinirr ixiw in'p.i .i"" Ail.llfion K. "Hfty (rt-p. ) U,.l .l.".nii- Jtnhlnuin Olom.) l!7,li!U Ashtnn C Slmlii-nlMiiter Idem.).. 27,L'S7 LIKt'TKNANT GOVKIlNOR. Walter .lohnunn (ri-p.) 1 B. 570 M. tl. MopewHI (np.) 21.P4:! Hulph K. t'l:irk (li-m.) L'l.r.'iS Willluiii H. (iiren (ileni.) -i.22 SECnKTAUY OF STATE. AfMlxon Wiilt Urn.) 11.1"ifi .1. J Kyili-r i rt-1. 17.'M t'hrU-H V. l'n.,1 dli in.) 21.7 '5 l)r. A. T. Guli-wontl, (ilrni.) l.7i.1 AruiTon. ok pri-.i.ii? acufnts. Kltd H. itnrtnn (ii-p.) 3t.riR!i 1. J. Hewitt (ilrni.) 20.23 O. K. lirrni-rkt-r (iltm.) Iti.Gnsi STATE THKASFUF.tt. Wnltpr A. GeorRO (rrp.) V. J. KMillIck uep.) 11.R7C. Pllelnil 1). Ktiir.li vanl (tliMii.l . . . . 11KV2 J. H. M.-uflli-v (iIi-iii.) 4. Mil Georjro JO. Hull Olem.) 111.710 BP IT. OF PFBI.1C INSTHFCTION Flunk S. Perdue (rep.) 13.41(1 .Tiiini'H . Crnlitreo Urn.) 24.317 Wllllnm It. JnckKon (dim.) 24.334 Charleii Arnott (dem.) 13.9S3 Other Party Tickets. Official figures for ninety-oue coun ties, exclusive of Douglas, on the populist, socialist und prohibition candidates are as follows: FN1TK1) STATES PEN'ATOfl. WUHh E. Iti-ofl (pep.) 20 (llllii'i-t M. Ultti-luMtrk, pop.) 1.2C1 Hli-lmrd I,. .Mrti-alfc (iiul ) 1,21(1 T. M. C. HtrmlnRhum (pup.) 2"2 T. M. C. UlrniliiKham (prolilli.). . . 423 CiOVEUNon. Ornttrr T. Wrluht (prolilh.) 454 Uvite J. WrlRlit (hoc.) 717 Anliton O. SlinllenlrrKr (pop.)... 3.1US UEFTEMAN'T CSOVERNOU. Wllllnm If. di-ren (pep.) 1.461 Ralph A. I'lark (pop.) 1.3.V4 Kainuol Ulchty (molilti. ) 4r lirorge E. Slutti-i- (mp.) 735 SECRETARY OF STATE. Mourn If. Wlttstnirk (piohMi.) . . . V.fi I'lmrleg W. I'tu (pup.) l.Si"! Ir. A. T. Cutru-ooil (pup.) 1.47") John A. AmhliiR (hoc.) 732 AI'IHTOR OF Pl'lil.K- ACl'OI'NTS. P. .!. Hewitt (pop.) i,rr4 O. E. Hernlt kt-r (pup.) 1.222 ('Imrlcu J. Lambert (nmo ) 733 STATE TfiEAHFUEH. (Scorns E. Ilaro (pop.) 3!U SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN STRUCTION. William R. hnkson (per.) 1.K77 fluii'leR Arntitt (pop.) 1MI7 Kutlu-ilni! ('. Jfffryc'H (mc. ) 738 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Republican, fur II.ihiB lU'puhlli-Hii, HKaimtt H. 1 til Iirinoiiittlc, fur S.HSy I n-miH-i iit, URulliHt !.9!i5 Populist, fur I,(l.'i3 PopuliKl. HKaiiiRt 4sn Piiililliition. Iur 207 New Bond Required, The Canton Bridge compnny, which has a contract to construct a bridge at Valley, will have to give a bond other than thnt written by a non resident agent. The bond was written by an agent of tho Empire State Surety company who lives nt Kansas City, though the compnny has authority to do business in this state. The attorney general holds ttie law has been violated. Telephone Rate Dispute. The Independent Telephone com company of Omaha hus applied to the state railway commission for leave to extend Its schedule of rates to South Omaha, Florence and other Buburbs of Omaha. The company re ceived authority two years ago to publish a schedule applicable to Omaha. When the company begun to give similar rates to South Omaha and Florence the railway commission called the company's at tention to the fact that the order of the commission applied only to Omaha. The compnny now asks leave to extend the Omaha Tates to suburban towns. After the Burlington. The state railway commission has called upon tho Burlington railroad to show caiihe why it should not be prosecuted for. failing to obfene tho full train crew law on its trains Nob. 7 and 92. It has been reported to the commission that theso (rains have more than five cars each und yet the full crew of five men Is not em ployed. Pasture Getting Better. Pastures are now in first class shape since the numerous rains of the past few weeks. Many dairymen are saying that they never saw the pdHtureH pick up to (middy after a long dry spell More Telephone Complaints. The rilus ol a telephone, company to refuse to corned with uuotht company uiilil that company has dis connected btlll a third company are involved in a heririim; to he hud be fore the railway couinilnsion HOLDING THE WHEAT. Movement of the New Crop Exceed-i Ingly Slow. Four-flths of the Nebraska wheat crop for 1910 ia still In first hands, according to estimates furnished by Lincoln grain dealers. The move ment of new wheat to market has been exceetl'ngly slow, they report, except for ten days at the start of tho threshing season. Receipts at the country elevators and ' shipments to the grain centers were fairly heavy through the shock threshing period, but 6ince then deliveries have become very scarce. Sixty per cent, of the crop, grain men figure, has been stacked for fall threshing. Of the other 40 per cent, which was threshed from the shock, they think fully one-half haa been stored In the bins of farmers who are holding It for higher prices. "Several things have combined to cut down deliveries." said a line house manager, "While the mala reason probably Is an unwillingness to sell on present quotations, the farmers are busy with their plowing for fall wheat and cannot find time to thresh or haul the grain they have on hand. The rains during the past two weeks have put the ground Into fine shape a week, or two earlier than usual, and the farmers are tak ing advantage of this condition." An Instance of the scarcity of wheat for contract delivery was fur nished when a dealer telephoned to all the other firms in Lincoln trying to buy 6,000 bushels which he had undertaken to supply a customer. He offered to pay a fancy price, but was unable to secure the grain. , The glutted state of the flour mar ket has something to do with the price of wheat and, In that way, with the small deliveries of the cereal so far. In 1909, when the wheat supply ran short, many of the mills were caught without an adequate amount in storage and had to pay the high est market price to get the cereal. This year, all the mills filled their available storage space and ran ahead of their orders In the manu facture of flour. During the scare over the northwest whent crop In June and July, the mills were heavy buyers, but as soon as It became evi dent that there would be nearly a normal yield they deserted the mar ket. Since new wheat has been com ing In the millers have been buying very nieagerly. The high quality of, the yield, however, is encouraging' them to renew normal activity and ship for export trade. The Parcels Post. The parcels post Issue Is one strongly championed by the farmers' national congress which will meet In Lincoln October tf. John M. Stahl of Chicugo, the legislative agent for this congress, has been active in behalf of this measure. Mr. Stahl will attend the convention In Lincoln. Dozens of others interested in a new and cheap method of transposing small pack ages will also be in Lincoln and the Idea will bo given a boost. The small town merchant Is answered by the congress officials with the statement that a parcels post on rural routes would simply mean that the farmer would telephone his orders dally in stead of waiting for the week end to drive into town and buy Ills week's needs at onco. The advocates of tbw parcels post say hat the express companies are the principal oppon. ents of the Innovation. "To Bee orNot to Bee." "To Bee or Not to Bee" will be in terestingly solved by Frank G. Odell nt 'the state fair September 5 to 9. Mr. Odell will eater a screened en closure unprotected and unarmed with fifty thousand busy bees as Daniel of old entered the den of lions, each bee armed with his usual weapon of defense and offense, and will give tu exhibition of bee hand ling. Mr. Odell had attended all the great agricultural shows of the Unit ed States during the past five year3 Corn Crop Outlook.' Reports on the corn crop from over the state indicate that an average of fully two-thirds the normal ' produc tion will be harvested, and the pro- ' portion may run still better. " In some localities, a full crop is expect ed. A Lincoln firm had word from Its agent at Strang that practically 100 per cent, of a crop would be gathered there. In the territory around Lincoln, corn ia in fair shape, but there are places here and there over the state where lack of rain during a long period of hot weather will result In a small yield. The late rains have put this cereal Into excel lent condition, where it wai not too far gone before. Governor Cancels Dates. Owing to the bad condition of his knee, which he recently injured. Governor Shallenberger baa been compelled to cancel all of his speak ing engagements. Some two weeks ago the governor slipped on the steps at the Burlington station in Omaha and injured bis knee. It has become Inflamed and doctors have ordered him to keep quiet. Dedication of Coliseum. On Monday, Sept. 5, at 1 o'clock the new live stock coliseum on the state fair grounds will be dedicated. The dedicatory address will be made by Gov. Shallenberger. The gover nor has been a constant exhibitor of pure bred cattle at the Nebraska btate Fair for a number of years, and is now a director of the American Shorthorn Breeders' atsociatlon, therefore, said Secretary Mellow, "from a practical standpoint be ia well equipped for an intelligent d!s coui'rtd on a coliseum."