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UIO VALUES GO UP
THE COUNTY OF HARLAN ALONE
SHOWS A DECREASE.
WILL BSE TO EXPLAIN
Thirteen Counties Report Total In
crease of Nearly $10,000,000
In Assessed Valuation.
Thirteen counties liavo reported to
the stato board ot assessment and tho
Wtal :crsss Iff assessed valuation If
about 110,000,000, and H la believed
that a total Increase of $35,000,000
will be shown by all counties, thus
'increasing tho total assessed valua
tion or all property or tho state to
$450,000,000. This Is only one-fifth of
the real valuo of tho property report
ed, as the law provides that property
eh all be listed at its lull value, but
assessed at one-fifth valuo. Notwith
standing tho nig mcreuBo It Is not
lllcely that tho state levy ot C 1-5 mills
will bo reduced this year. The stato
"board will meet In July to determine
tbo levy.
Ileal estate Is valued for assess
ment In Nebraska only every four
years and this Is the year when a re
valuation Is required. It Is admitted
that land In nearly every portion of
the state has Increased In valuo with
in four years and most of tho In
crease In taxable property this year
Is caused by an Increase In tho listed
valuo of lands. Personal proporty in
most counties shows a slight de
crease. Thus far tho county of Hurlun
Las reported a decrease That coun
ty will bo obliged to explain to tho
state board o assessment and equal
ization y Its total assessed or one
fifth valuation decreased $042,000, , or
more than $3,000,000 in full Ya!u,
when other counties show u big In
crease Some attribute tho decrease
In Harlan to the fact that under tho
Mnrdln bill the county abolished tho
olllco of county assessor Others say
It Is because of crop failures during
the past few years. Under that law
elective precinct assessors, as In
other counties list tho proporty, and
tho work of tho rounty ntwssor Jh
porformed by tho county clerk and
tho uMHyMsineiil an lu oilier countlos
Is equalized by tho county board. Tho
decrease lu Harlan county has caused
tho county consldorablo unpleasant
advertising. ' Webster county, near
by, shows an Increase.
The four counties that reported to
tho Btato board last vtcck show a to
tal lncreaso of $1,920,105 in tho as
sessed or one fifth valuo ot proporty.
Kearney county shows a totnl in
crease of $134,957, Harpy $375,878,
Dixon $533,423 and Platte $881,907.
Tho report of Platto county was
Drought to tho stato house by County
Assessor Sholl Clark. Ho said he
believed ho had made a fair valuation
of proporty, but ho said ho could not
say whether rnllrwl property 1b as
cessed as high us other property bc
causo tho state board alono values
railroad proporty, He-said it was not
difficult to arrive at tho value
of farm lands, but It was a hard
problem to value raltroad right ot
way, rolling stock and railroad fran
chises and ho was glad ho was not re
quired to do so.
The report ot county uBBessors
shows that tho avorago actual, full
valuo of lands in Platto county has
Increased from $53.75 au acre to
$04.24; in Dixon county from $40 to
150.79; in Sarpy from $04.70 to
t79.27.
Tho following are tho assessed
values of different classes of proper
ty reported by tho counties that filed
statements:
Kearney- 1911 1912
Personal $1,425,439 $1,327,123
Jnrts 2,400,742 2.G9G.291
Lots ,.... 253,482 257.Z00
, $1,14503 $4,280,G20
Sarpy
Personal $1,CC7,071 $l,il,210
Lands ,.,...,.. 1,807,512 2,244,53G
Lots 2C3.G79 2C8.9G7
$3,788,805 $4,104,743
Plxon
Personal $1,305,009 $1,373,G89
Lauds ..,..i. 2,438,992 2,953,001
Lota . 273,353 284,150
$1,077,120 $1,010,843
Platto
PerfiQiml ...... ?a.47,3S0 &MWM
Lands 4,5D8,G3G 5,449,095
Lots 728,020 701,724
$7,751,511 $3,020,118
New Machinery Hall.
About two-thirds of the steel work
on the new machinery hall at tho
stato fair gtounds Is in place and
work Is being pushed rapidly bo that
tho big building will be completed in
plenty of tlmo for the fall meeting,
The building will bo 122x130
Coming Meet of Sheriffs,
Sheriff Hyors und former Shorlft
Hoaglund aro making extenslvo pre
paration for the entertainment ot tho
sheriffs of tbo state who are to meet
in semi-annual convention in Lincoln
on July 9. They have reason to be
lieve that of tho ninety sheriffs ot the
etate, seventy-five will attend the Lin
coln meeting, Tho closing feature of
the session will bo a banquet, which
it Is expected will bo ono ot the beat
of its 'class ever glvoii In tbo
state.
8upreme Judges Busy.
A great many people aro of tho
opinion that 'because it was an
nounced that the supremo court had
adjoin ned some time ago that tho
Judges were taking a layoff aud wero
cnjoylug thsmaslvcs off uoraowheie
flUiipg or visiting I" the cast with
borne folks, Fom& papers ovon wont
to tar as to Rrnip.se thm for laying
4-vn on thir JoH whe; tho Jobs
ivr J'trt btn.U'TJpj; (or vsmoone to'
lipid . O'a'fl .Jiyn. Tho foo-s in tho
Pi' It nc tn tW Judgis nro nl'
t '-' .r fee every di y.
FARMING LAND LEFT.
Labor Commissioner Tell How to
Secure It.
Labor Commissioner Guyo has pro
pared a sot of letters which bo is send
ing out to thoso who aro making In
quiries regarding tho land opened to
homestead entry which was made pub
Ho somo time ago. Since tho publica
tion of tho article a largo number of
people have written the commissioner
nsklng for information how to proceed
in order to securo any of tho land and
the following letters of information
are given for thoir bench:
Vhere nro at present, l,192,G2i ncres
of vacant government land In tho ten
northwestern countlt-s In Nebraska,
which aro as follows: Cherry, 625,429;
Garden, 151,728; Hooker, 7C.9C0; Sher
idan, 70,800; Thomas, 70,800; Mc
pherson, 08,402; Morrill, 59,255!
Scott's Bluff, 55,220; ' SIOUX, 07.1SU;
Grant, 44,930; thus giving us 1,192,021
acres in ono district This vacant
land Is scnttered all over thoso tracts
In tracts which cmbraco uovoral ad
Joining sections down to Isolated for
ties. It should bo remombored that
fair land near n town, a railroad, a
river or a lnko is generally filed upon
heforo somo of tho better land nt a
distance from theso points is taken.
Thereforo Intending settlers will un
derstand that tho greater part of tho
government land nenr tho towns nnd
nlong tho streams and by tho lakes of
these counties bus already been filed
upon, This docs not mean that all of
tho best land In such countlos has
been taken, by any means, for now set
tlers always hesitate to go any further
away from tho towns than is neces
sary and thereforo nro often content
to take land near a town which is not
as good as some of that further out.
Tho land now opon to entry under
the KInkald uct Is not farming land ns
tho term is generally used. If It wero
It could not bo bomestended In section
tracts. It Is largoly sandy grazing
land, interspersed in many cases with
small "dry valleys." Tho dry valloys
nro sultablo for cultivation In most
Heobons or mny be used to produco
hay. Tho intending settler should not
expect to make a living for hlmBelf
by farming a section homestead. Ho
should hnvo somo capital to start with,
say from $500 to $1,000, with which to
erect a house and lAiy a few head of
cattle, und ho should oxpect to mako
his living by cattlo raising.
Who May Take Homesteads.
Any head of a family or person who
has arrived at tho ago of 21 years and
is a citizen of tho United States or hua
filed his declaration of intention to be
come such Is entitled to enter a home
stead. Persons who hnvo relinquished or
lost a homestead without receiving a
consideration or whoso former entry
was not canceled for fraud.
A deserted wit may also tako a
homestead.
Persons who committed a home
stead entry heforo Juno 0, 1900.
Any unmarried woman 21 years of
ago may enjoy tho benefits of tho
homeBtead law.
Term of Bervlce (not to exceed four
years) In tho army or navy of tho
United States during tbo civil or Span-iBh-Amerlcnn
wars, or during tho
Philippine Insurrection, may bo de
ducted from tho five-years' rosldonco
required on a homestead.
Settlers havo six months from dnto
of tiling to establish resldonco. Tho
live years' rcaldenco required
June Weather.
Tho first twenty-five days of Juno
this year wero the coolcBt for this
tlmo of year over known in Licoln.
Beginning Tuesday tho thormometor
began to rise, reaching a maximum ot
9G degrees at 8 p. m. Wodnesday.
Thursday waa tho hottost so far ro
corded tills year. Last year tho high
est temperature, 110 degrees, came on
July 0 Tho thermometer bad boon
steadily rising from 104 degrees tho
first of the month, nnd thoso six dayu
wore tho hottest of the season. Tho
hlghost point previously reached bad
been 103 degrccB on Juno 25 and 29.
Farmers and the State Fair.
Secretary W. II. Mollur ot tho stato
fair board has appealed to tho farmers
ot NobraBka In UiIb way: "Mr. Far
mer, one of your great problems may
be to onihusj your boy or girl to gtvo
honest, earnest aBsistauco in farm
work during tho Hummor months. Why
not bold out aB an Inducement a trip
to tho state fair nt Lincoln, Septum
bor 2-G, where tho best exhibits und
greatest nttiuctlons'aro gathered to
gether? Just think, lu addition to tho
besthorao races, will be seen aeroplane
flights, the entlro Cheyenne frontier
days show, Llbcratl's groat band nnd
grand opera concert company, night
attractions, llreworkp, nnd a nunihr
of other ovents in addition to tho very
boBt exhibits of stock, products of tho
soil. Improved machinery, etc. Is It not
worth trying?"
Water for Prlcon.
Water Iuih henn struck nt tho peni
tentiary new well at a dnnth of thirty
two feet. About six foot of water Is
now In tho well, which has beon sunk
about six foot below whoro tho flow
begun.
Civil Service Examinations.
Tho United States civil service
commission nnnouueos tho following
oxamlnntlons to bo bold at Lincoln,
Grand Island, North Platto, Alliance,
Norfolk, Nebraska City nnd Omaha:
July 24, Junior chemist (male), de
partment of tho Interior July 24, ento
mological assistant (mule), depart
ment of agriculture; July 24, Instruct
or In nmohlno shop, foundry, otc.
(male, Indian service; August -28, 29,
nBBlstant (mala); teacher (malo und
female), Industrial toachor (male),
Philippine service. .
increase In Land Values.
Tho indications aro that the assess
ed or one-fifth valuation ot the prop
orty In Nebraska will bo Increased
this year $35,000,000 If the presont rato
of lncreaso Is kopt up. County Assess
or R. J. McKeug of Fillmoro county
has reported an Increase ot $449,020
fr hlB county and County Assessor
Charles A. Paly of McPherson county
urs reported an lncreaso of $124,125 in
' is npirscly Bottled county, making a
"t'l increase of $5,725,392 reported
ttx counties that have reported to
- eat b ard of .iMessinonL
OLD RIVALS PLAYING
Billy Purtcll, Formerly
Billy Purtcll nnd Harold Janvrln,
who wero on the Boston Bed Sox team
at ono time, aro now playing with
Jersey City. Until recently Janvrln
has been leading oft tho batting list,
SAYS BAN JOHNSON IS WRONG
Manager Who Appears on Field
Uniform Should Not Be Counted
as Player, Says Griffith.
In
Clark Grimth, manager of tho Wash
ington team, docs not ngrco with Pres
ident Ban Johnson In counting as a
player a mannger who appears on tho
field in uniform, oven though ho may
not go to bat. Ho does not bellovo In
tho Justice of the latest edict of tho
boss of tho American league. "A club
la allowed 25 players," says Griffith,
"and that ought to include players, not
coachors. I am not a player Just be
cause I wear a uniform. I wear a uni
form In order to bo closer to tho gamo
than I could be if compelled to mako
complaints to umpires nnd assist my
team at critical pinches with my ex
perience But that shouldn't mako mo
ono of tho playors allowed the club.
Harry Wolvcrton may rightly be con
sidered a player. So might Harry
Davis and Jake Stahl'nnd Jimmy Cal
lahan. They appear in legular cham
pionship games nnd figure In ..ho box
scores. But Hughio Jennings and I are
no more playors than Connlo Mack,
oven though wo do wear a uniform
and coach on tho lines. I am not in
sympathy with President Johnson in
this view of tho matter, but hardly ex
pect to make a test case, as I haven't
tho limit of players oven counting my
self." Griffith Is tho Sherlock Holinos ot
the conchlng box on bulks.
Hank O'Day Is still looking for pitch
er') to brnco up his dilapidated staff.
Pitcher McTlgho has been released
by Johnny Kline of tho Boston Braves
to Buffalo.
Pitcher Sam Frock, recently turned
loose by Baltimore, has been tnkon on
by Knnsns City.
Pitcher Walter Miller has boon sold
to the Elmlra club of tho Now York
Sta leaguo by Atlanta.
With Brooklyn and Boston nt tho'
bottom of tho percentages that old
column looks natural again.
Cub fans would appreciate It If
Cheney pitched as well with nono on
bases as he does with tho sucks crowd
ed. Hugh Kellackoy, manngor of tho
Bolso team, who died lecently, was a
brother-in-law of Bill Bradley of Tor
out" Toronto soils Jim McGlnley to Wll
keshnrro and Ed Winters to Bingham
ton, both In tho Now York State
leaguo. "
Tho reputation of pulling tho unex
pected has becomo the property of
tho Whlto Sox ns well as tho Athletics
this your.
Jack Dunn tf Bnltlmoro has re
leased Catcher Klelnow, now that
Papno Is lu shape and Bergen has
come back.
Jhonny Kllng Bays that Brldwell Is
not through ns a playor, and that even
If he wero tho Brnvos would keop him
ns a scout.
With Donlln, Wagnor nnd Hoffman
playing regularly, tho Pirates should
bo able to cuddle up a llttlo closer to
the leaders.
Helno Zimmerman will havo a halt
neUon on ono ot thoso automobllcB
by fall It ho keeps up his great bat
ting record.
Bill JameB, tho big right-hand pitch
er who was sold by Tolodo to Cleve
land last spring, has been returned to
tho Mud lions by tho Naps.
Ed KUllan, the onco famous left
haudor, who won many a gamo for the
Detroit Tigers, has been given his un
conditional release by Buffalo.
Ambroso McConnell, second Backer
ot Toronto, was sout homo to under
go treatment for what Is thought to
bo R broken bone In his thumb.
It begins to look as it tho Hrowors
hook dlco dally to sco who should bo
selected to throw away tho gumo, says
i disgusted Milwaukee scribe.
Herman Bronkle, who was released
by tho Cleveland club, Is setting the
A. A. oei fire again. He holds up a
battlni; avorago that looks like .370.
AriHmthe.
WITH JERSEY CITY
With Boston and Chicago.
with Purtell second. Purtoll played
second baso while Janvrln was on
third. Purtcll, however, was later
shifted to the outfield. Ho was a fa
vorlto with Chicago Whlto Sox fans.
PITCHERS CAN'T MAKE GOOD
Miserable Exhibition of Cincinnati
Twlrlers Has Been Great Dls- '
appointment to Fans.
The great disappointment of tho
Cincinnati RedB this year has been In
tho pitching staff nnd Manager
O'Day's fllngers. taking them as a
whole, aro putting up tho most mlser
nblo exhibition In tho National league,
their failuro having practically killed
tho hopes of Red fans for a look-in nt
tho pennant. One of tho big disap-
Harry Gaspar.
polntments has been Pitcher Harry
Caspar. The Iowa photographer start
ed oft well, but recently has Joined his
fellows on the pitching staff In boost
ing batting averages ot opponents,
says tho Detroit Journal. O'Day now
hopes to mako a trade for blm and it
Is possible that Caspar in now com
pnny will recover somo of his old
prowess.
VALUE OF PLAYERS' AVERAGES
One Can Judge Better of Man's Real
Ability by Seeing Him Work.
Than by Statistics.
. After all, fielding averages do not
Indicate exactly a baseball player's
valuo to a team. In tho long run they
may furnish some substantial indica
tion, but ono can Judge of the real
ability of a playor bottor by seeing
him work.
A good AxampU of tho zcnaral propo
sition hero submitted was shown In
Chtcngo recently when Zeldor was
given an error on a piny, which .an
alyzed, was a mighty good effort, saya
tho Milwaukee Sentlnol. Mcllrlde bat
tod to deep short and Weaver, getting
tho ball after nn offort, throw wldo to
tlrat, drawing fcsldor off tho sack. Zel
der scooped In tho ball, and at tho
same time torched McBrldo ns ho
went by. Tho uraplro waived tho play
or out, but tho Impact of tho horsehldo
and playor caused Zeldor to drop tho
ball and tho doclslon was reversed.
There was nothing to do but give Zol
der an error on piny, whereas ho
should bo commended for splendid
work nnd quick thinking.
This Indicates that sometimes where
orrora are mado, tho plays arc, as a
matter of fact, swell attempts, and
that thoso making them nro better
players than others who havo a fine
aerago becauso thoy rofuso to tako
chances.
Excitement at McKeeiport.
Thero must havo been stirring times
In a gamo recently nt McKocsport.
Tho Salem club missed train connec
tions and was 20 minutes Into for the
first gamo of a double header. Um
pire Gohlert forfeited against Salem.
When Gohlort called tho captains to
gether to give tho ground rules Man
agor Hugh Shannon ot the Salem club
walked up to Join In the confab and he
was ordered oft tho field, when he de
murred ho was CBCortod oft by the po
lice. Then late in the gnmo Oohlert
and Wagner ot Salem had nn argu
ment nnd Gohlort punchod tho player
and had him taken off tho field. Wag
ner brought information against Goh
lort, and before Alderman Mansfield,
who has had much experience in base
ball, Gohlort was scored for his ul
l'jged ofllclousness on tbo field.
SEVEN HARD HITTERS
Make Five Clean Hits in Ono
Game This Season.
Bobby Byrno and "Dots" Miller, of
Pittsburg, Together With Hoblltz-
el, Daubert, Olson, Yerkee and
Collins In the List.
Hitting out four nnd five hits in a
single gnmo looks like a great task,
but it has been frequent this season
Ifor tbo batters in tho American and
National leagues. To dato Just forty
two players havo succeeded in hitting
'em whoro they ain't, and equally di
vided, twenty-ono In tho American and
twenty-one In the National. Pour Ma'
tlonal leaguers have piled up flvobln
glos in a single contest, whllo thrco
havo turned tho trick In tho Ban John
eon organization.
Four members of tho Cardinal team
have clouted out four blnglcs in a
singlo game. Eddie Koney was tho
first to turn the trick, gotting them on
April 14, with Miner Brown the op
posing twlrlcr. Reb Oakes duplicated
the stunt' April 22 when ho opposed
Humphries, Keefo and Bngby of tho
Reds. Rube Ellis was tho next Car
dinal to get four safeties In ono game.
He did this on Mny 5 against tho Reds,
When he banged out a single, trlplo
Und lifted two into tho right field
bleachers. Leo Mageo gathered four
singles on June 1.
The players to hit safely five times
!n a single game aro Byrne and Miller
Df tho Pirates, each collecting "four
&ne spots and a double. Hobby of tho
"Dots" Miller of Pittsburg.
Reds gathered the same bevy on May
S, while Jake Daubert of tho Superbas
dld it against the Cubs with threo sin
gles, a double and a home run. There
were tho only four to turn tho stunt In
tho National league,
Ivan Olson started the ball rolling In
'the American league when he hit out
(five singles off Bill Burns ot tho Tigers
on April 13. Yorkos of tho Boston
Rod Sox was tho noxt to hang five bits
Jn the Ban Johnson organization. This
camo on April 20, when he got three
mingles and two doubles. Eddie Col
lins got five singles on May 18 In tho
ffarce gamo with the Detroit Tigers,
i Larry Doyle ot the Giants has had
'the most success in hitting VSo oppos
ing pitcher safely four times in one
game. The Giant's captain has turned
itho trick three times this season. The
Brst tlmo was April 16, with two b!i
Eddie Collins of Athletics.
glee, a double and a thrtrj-baggor. Next
came May 1, when ho (jot two singles,
n two-baso knock and a homo run,
Five days later ho again got two sin
Gles, a double and a taroo-base hit.
Ty Cobb of tho Tigers is tho only
player In tho Amerlc&n league to gel
four hits in more than ono game. The
demon Detroltor fins ripped off four
blngles twlco in ouo game this season.
Clarke Wins Many Bets.
Fred Clarke, leader of tho Pittsburg
Pirates, has won ovor $800 worth of
clothing by reason of his staying out
ot a ball game until Juno 1. Clarkb
made a number of wagers with Pitts
burg friends mostly for suits, hate,
shoes and socks. It looks ob If ClarkS
would have enough clothing to last
him for threo yoars. The Pittsburg
leader has mado other bets that ho
will not take part In a game of ball
this season, but having won the big
vest part of his bets, he may be soert
In action In tho near future, when a
dnch VU is seeded to bring in a run.
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V- ifi . "'( JS
TARIFF fiEFfll IS
DEMOCRATIC GREED
Leading Plank of Platform
Adopted by Baltimore Con
vention. FAVORS FIGHT ON TRUSTS
ctlon of Republican Administration
In Compromising With Standard
Oil and Tobacco Combines
Condemned Views on
Oilier Subjects.
Following nro tho principal planks
if the platform adopted by tho Demo
cratic national convention nt Balti
more. The Tariff Reform.
"We declare it to be a fundamental
principle of tho Democratic party
that tho federal government undor
the Constitution has no right or pow
er to imposo or collect tariff duties
except for the purpose of revenue
and wo demand that the collection of
such taxes shall bo limited to tho ne
cessities of government honestly and
economically administered.
"The high Republican tariff Is tho
principal cause of tho unequal distri
bution of wealth; it Is a system of
taxation which makes tho rich richer
and the poor poorer; under Its opera
tions tho American farmer and labor
ing man are the chief sufferers; It
raises the cost of the necessaries of
llfo to them, but does not protect tholr
product or wages.
"Wo favor tho immediate down
ward revision of tho existing high,
and in many cases, prohibitive tariff
duties, insisting that mutorial reduc
tions bo speedily made upon tho nec
essaries of life. Articles entering In
to competition with trust controlled
products and articles of American
manufacture whero sold abroad more
cheaply than at home could be put
upon tho free list.
"We denounce tho action of Presi
dent Taft in vetoing thc bills to re
duce the tariff in tho cotton, woolen,
metals and chemicals schedules nnd
the farmers frco list bills, all of
which was designed to give Immedi
ate relief to tho masses from 'tho ex
actions of the trusts.
"Tho Republican party, ' while
promising tariff revision, has shown
by its tariff legislation that such re
vision is not to be in the people's In
terests nnd having been faithless to
Its pledges of 1908 It should no longer
enjoy the confidence of the nation.
High Cost of Living.
"Tho high cost of living Is a se
rious problem in every Amorlcan
home. Tho Republican party in its
platform attempts to escape from re
sponsibility for present conditions by
denying that they are duo to a pro
tective tariff. We take issue with
them on this subject and charge that
excessive prices result in a large
measure from the high tariff laws en
acted and maintained by the Hepub.
llcan party, and from trusts and com
mercial conspirators fostered and en
couraged by such laws, and we assert
that no substantial relief can be se
cured for the people until Import du
ties on the necessaries of life are ma
terially reduced, and thoso criminal
conspiracies broken up.
Anti-Trust Law.
"A private monopoly Is indefensi
ble and Intolerable. Wo thereforo fa
vor tho vigorous enforcement of the
criminal as well as the civil law
against trusts and trust officials, and
demand enactment of such additional
legislation as may be necessary to
make it impossible for a private mo
nopoly to exist In the United States.
"We condemn the action of the Re
publican administration in compro
mising with the Standard Oil Com
pany and tho tobacco trust and Its
failure to Invoke the criminal pro
visions ot the anti-trust law against
the officers of thoso corporations aft
er tho court had declared that from
the undisputed facta in tho lecord
they hnti violated the criminal provis
ions of the law. "
"Wo regret that Sherman anti-trust
law has received a Judicial construc
tion depriving It of much of Its ef
ficacy, and we favor tho enactment of
legislation which will restore" to the
statute the strnth f whloli It lift
been deprived by such interpretation.
Income Tax and Popular Election of
8enator3.
"Wo congratulato tho country upon
the triumph of two Important reforms
domnnded in the last national plat
form, namely, the amendment of tho
federal constitution authorizing an In
come tax and the amendment provid
ing for tho popular election of sena
tors, and we call upon the people of
all tho states to rally to the support
ot the pending propositions and securo
their ratification.
"We noto with gratification tho
unanimous sentiment in favor of
The Old-Fashloned Fire.
Could anything be moro refreshing
than the smell ot the old-fashioned
wood fire In late spring or early au
tumn? There Is something grimy In
tho reek of coal, and the odor of gas
Is nauseating. Modern Inventions
may havo brought their "conveni
ences" but a Btald old senator, who
lately passed beyond, insisted that
when ho wanted a real night of com
fort, after tho foully bad all gone
south for tho winter, he would hie
himself home, build an old-fashioned
Death Shuns Man Who Is Prepared.
Ernest Feldklrch, a Gottlngen (Ger
many) carpenter of 88 years of age,
has cheerfully looked death In tho
face for 20 years. His first Ulnoss,
which camo when ho was 60, suggest
ed to him that, having no relatives,
ho should provide for his burial him
self, and as soon as be recovered bo
set to work and made himself a coffin,
which ho placed conveniently besldo
bis bed. Attor a number ot years It
began to decay, and ho was obliged to
make another. Tho second is now In
publicity beftMe the election of c&ra
paign contributions a measuro de
manded In our national platform ot
1908 and at that tlmo opposed by tho
Republican party, and we commend
tho Democratic Hous of Representa
tives for extending xto Aootrino of
publicity to recommendations, verbal
nnii written, upon which presidential
appointments aro made, to tho own
ership and control of newspapers and
to tho expenditures mndo by and In
behalf of those who asplro to presi
dential nominations nnd we point for
additional justification for this legis
lation to tho enormous expenditures ot
money in behalf of the president nnd
his predecessor in tho recent contest
for tho Republican nomination for
president.
Presidential Primaries.
"The movement towards moro popu
lar government should bo promoted .
throueh Ipalxlntlon In n.ach Btato which
will permit the expression of the pref
erence of tho electors for national can
didates at presidential primaries.
"Wo direct that tho national com
mittee incorporate in the call for tho
noxt nominntirtg convention a require
ment that all expressions of prefcrenco
for presidential candidates shall be
given i " 1 the selection of delegates
and nlterrtes bo through a primary
election r lucted, by tho party or
ganlzntl'r x ench stato whero such
exprr on and election are not pro
video xor by state law.
Te-m of President.
"Wo favor a singlo presidential
term, and to tho end urgo the adoption
of an amendment to the constitution
making the president of the United
States inellgiblo to re-election, and wo
pledge the candidate of this conven
tion to this principle.
Railroads, Express Companies, Tele
graph and Telephone Lines.
"Wo favor tho efficient supervision
and rato regulation ot railroads, ex
press companies, telegraph and tele
phono lines engagod in interstate com
merce. To this end wo recommend
tho valuation of railroads, express
companies, telegraph and telophono
lines by the Interstate commerce com
mission, such valuation to take into
consideration tho physical valuo of tho
property, tho original cost, the cost
of reproduction, and any element of
value that will render tho valuation
fair aud Just.
Banking Legislation.
"Wo opposo tho so-called Aldrich
bill or tho establishment of a cen
tral bank, and we believe tho people of
tho country will be largely freed from
panics and consequent un-employment
and business depression by such a sys
tematic revision of our banking laws
as will render temporary relief in lo
calities whero such relief Is needed,
with protection from control or dom
ination by what is known as the
money trust.
Parcels Post and Rural Delivery.
"We favor the establishment of a
parcels post or postal express, and
also the extension of thn rnrnl dn.
livery system as rapidly as practic
able. The campaign contributions plank
pledges tho party to the enactment of
a law prohibiting any corporation
from contributing to a campaign fund.
It also limits individual contributions
to a "reasonable maximum."
The Democratic congress is heartily
commended for its long list of laws
for the benefit of tho people after a
generation of unlimited power by the
Republican party. The next plank
arraigns tho Republican party for
waste of "the money wrung from tho
people by oppressive taxation."
A plank on rural credits is of im
portance. It Is recommended that an
Investigation ot agricultural credit so
cieties in foreign countries be made
looking toward devising a suitable sys
tem for the United States. A water
ways plank provides for federal con
trol ot the Mississippi and other wa
terways. The plan is to maintain an
average depth on the big river so it
will be navigable, and construct docks
to prevent further floods. This plank
nlso favors draining ot all swamp
lands.
Tho platform favors post roads. It
reaffirms Its declarations In the 1908
platform In regard to labor. It holds
thero should bo a modification of tho
InJunctiODAl laws.
It also recommends a department of
labor with a cabinet officer. .
Tho conservation plank Is also of
Importance and holds that conserva
tion and development should proceed
for tho benellt of nil tho people. Im
mediate action 1b favoied to muke
available tho coal deposits of Alaska.
A pure food and public health plank
declares for the union and strength
ening of tho various governmental
agencies relating to pure food, quaran
tine, vital statistics and human health.
This department should bo adminis
tered without partiality or discrimina
tion in favor of or against any school
of medicine. Tho civil service law
should bo honestly and rigidly en
forced. Legislation is favored to pro
moto law reform. Tho 'policy of em
perlttllsm" in tho Philippines is de
nounced. It favors tho declaration of
the Independence of theso islands.
Arizona and Now Mexico aro wel
comed to the sisterhood of states.
wood fire In tho cook stove nnd sit
around as in his old boyhood days on
the farm. "What memories It re
calls," he would say, "to hear the
crackle of tho wood and sniff the
smoko that seems to be purifying
rather than oppressive!" "Affaira
and Folks." Joe Mitchell Chappie, in
Joe Chappie's News Lotter.
Insinuation,
'Fish is a good brain diet."
"I supposo you take weakflsh for
yours."
the samo condition as tho fist, and his
friends nro urging Feldklrch to discard
It fqr a third. Tho old man, who Is
hale and happy as over, declared that
ho will mako ono more, and if he
finds it decaying, ho will give the busi
ncss up as a bad Job.
Berlin's Disposal of Sewage.
Nono of tho sewage of Berlin is al
lowed to empty Into the river or
fana,B ot that city. It is all pumped
through largo pipes to the city sow
aco farms.
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