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NEBRASKA PRESS
ASSOCIATION IP
Week of Aug. 7th Selected
As Best Time to Visit
Western Nebraska
PLANS ARE IN PREPARATION
3omm!tteeo Named Are All Working
Hard to Perfect Various Details
--Nothing to De Left Undone
for Comfort and Pleasure
of the Party.
TOWNS ALONG ROUTE TO
ENTERTAIN EXCURSIONISTS.
Many Stops Scheduled and Side Trips
Planned Special Train of Pull-
mans and a Car for Rail.
road Officials.
OVER 200 RESERVATIONS MADE.
(By J. O. Goodwin)
The forthcoming annual meeting of
the Nebraska Press Association will
be nn unique occasion. At the last
meeting of the association iu Omaha
an invitation was extended by Scottb
bluff and Gerlng, two sister towns in
the irrigated valley of the North
Flatto river, iu the extreme western
part of the state, to hold the 1910
meeting at those places. A substan
tial bonus was offered to help defray
the expense In taking a special train
of editors to that distant part of the
state. In an unofficial way It was
thought that tho two transportation
companies that pass through tho Nile
valley of Nebraska would be interest
ed In the excursion of the scribes and
would assist In the matter of trans
portation. The invitation was accept
ed in a tentative way and It was left
for the oxecutive committee to consid
er tho matter from every angle and
finally to fix tho time and place. Later
the towns of Chadrou, Crawford, Sid
ney, Alliance, Bridgeport, Broken
Bow, Kearney and North Platte asked
for stops and offered to feed tho vis
itors and furnish entertainment and,
in some cases, give small cash boni.
The fact that Nebraska has a strict
anti-pnsa law finally made it Impossi
ble for the railroad companies to do
other than to charge the regular faro
of 2 cents per mile. From assur
ances already received It seems cer
tain that about threo hundred bona
fido newspaper men and women of Ne
braska will start from Grand Island
Monday, August?, in a special train
of Pullman cars for a week's trip into
the western part of Nebraska. The
train is scheduled to reach Broken
Bow about o'clock, where supper
will bo served by the good people of
tiiat town. The visitors will spend
tho most of tho evening thcro and
will leave In time to reach Crawford
at an early hour tho next morning,
where breakfast will be served. The
train will be parked for the day and
a trip across country will be made by
automobiles to Chadron, where lunch
eon will bo served on the grounds of
the new state normal school. A stop
will be made at Crawford again on
the return trio and It Is planned to
reach Alliance in time for supper. The
evening will be spent at Alliance and
a short night run will take tho train
to Sidney by early morning. It Is
posslblo that a few of tho newspaper
men will avail thoniselves of the in
itation of the Kimball Commercial
club to leave tho special train at Sid
ney and take a aide trip to Kimball
and from Hiere auto across to Goring
In timo to meet tho train upon Its ar
rival there.
Tho party will breakfast at Sidney,
take a look at the town and country
and leave in time to reach Bridge
port about noon While tho train is
being transferred from the Burling
ton to the Union Pacific tracks the
editors will be the guests of Bridge
port hosts for luncheon. Gerlng will
bo reached by mid-afternoon and the
train will bo parked until 11 o'clock
tho next night. In tho menntlmo the
principal meetings will be held at
Scottsbluff and Gerlng and sido trips
will Include Mitchell and Minltare.
On the return trip stops will be
made at North Platto and Kearney
for breakfast and luncheon and tho
train Is scheduled to reach Grand
Grand Island in time to permit a largo
part of tho association members to
get trains to their homes Friday even
ing. It is estimated that tho local
purses that are offered by tho towns
visited will pay for tho hlro of the
Pullman cars, probably five or six,
aaldo from tho parlor-observation and
cafe car, tho baggago-dynnmo car and
the car for railroad officials that will
accompany the party.
To work out tho details to a point
that assures reasonable satisfaction
to all concerned Is not a light task,
and has kept the cxecutlvo committee
thinking hard. Several meetings have
been held and on nearly evory occa
sion thcro has been a full attendance
of tho commltteo which Is made up
of such representative mon as: Vice
Prosldont Clark Porklns of tho Au
rora Republican; Will C. Israel,
Havolock Post; N. J. Ludl, Wahoo
Democrat; Don C. Van Deusen, Blair i
Pilot; B. K. Schnerfer, Curtfs Enter,
prise; A H. Bnckhaus, Pierce Leader;
A. B. Wood, Gerlng Courier, and Sec
retary C. C. Johns of Omaha.
President Horaco M. Davis, Ord
Journal, has mado the call gonoral for
all newspaper men to attend the meet
ings of the executive commltteo and
tho meetings have been called at such
placos that It has been convenient for
many local editors to attend and con
fer with tho committee. Tho plan has
worked out successfully and has re
sulted In n wider spread interest In
tho good of tho association than was
contemplated by its author.
A committee consisting of Ross L.
Hammond, Fremont Tribune; Don C.
Van Deusen, Blair Pilot; Henry C.
Richmond, Omaha World-Herald; J. D.
Scott, Edgur Printer; and Secretary
Johns have been appointed to arrange
for the program and this feature will
not bo overlooked In tho festivities
that will be enjoyed on the trip. Will
M. Maupln, York Democrat; John M.
Tanner, Omaha Democrat; and Geo. S.
Foxworthy have been named aa a
"stunts" commltteo and It Is under
stood that It will bo tho business of
theso gentlemen to arrange for origi
nal songs and cabaret performances
that will Insure the party against n
dull moment. Governor Howard, Co
lumbus Telegram, has promised to
servo ns Interlocutor for the pilnstrel
Bhow that will be worked out. Frank
Harrison of Lincoln and Adam Breedo
of Hastings will have charge of tho
band that they aro organizing for the
occasion. It will be unlquoly costum
ed and tho instrumentation js said to
be unique.
President Davis, Vice-President
Perkins and Editor Bucchler of tho
Grand Island Independent, have direct
charge of the train and trip and aro
undertaking the details with tho rail
roads, the towns to bo visited and the
general comfort of nil concerned.
Members of Bupply firms doing bus
iness In Nobraska may accompany tho
train, but may not enjoy any rebato
from tho local guarantees. Any active
newspnper man or woman or anyono
who has been active in the business
and has printers Ink still sticking to
liis finger nnlls may go. But it Is
only fair to serve notice to all com
ers that an edict has gone out against
any liquor on the editors' train. There
Is no prohibition against cob pipes.
One of the features of the associa
tion meeting this year will bo the
consideration of the report of the leg
islative committee. President Davis
lias been in close toucli with sovoral
legislative sessions and knows how
sadly neglected aro tho interests of
tho country newspapers. He has ap
pointed a strong legislative commit
tee that will servo through his admin
istration and the one following: J. W.
Cutrigbt, Lincoln. Star; M. A. Brown,
Kearney Hub; Frank E. Helvey, Lin
coln News Bureau; F. O. Edgecombe,
Geneva Signal; and G. S. Foxworthy,
Lincoln W. N. U. To save each edi
tor having to work up individual copy
for his newspaper while on tho trip
an official reporter will be named and
his copy will bo furnished in plate
form, proporly illustrated, for evory
paper represented on tho excursion.
When a week's camping party was
held near Lincoln for the annual meet
ing of the Nebraska Press association
two years ago, it was not only novel,
but a tremendous success. That inno
vation suggested this one, perhaps,
and If present plans do not miscarry,
the Nebraska printers will hold tho
record for originality in the way of
annual meetings.
Some timo the association Is going
to accept the Invitation of tho regonto
of tho State University to spend a
week In session at tho State Agricul
tural College near Lincoln, and while
tho husbands are talking shop and
spinning yarns, the wives will be tak
ing lessons in domestic science, mu
sic and fine arts under the instruction
of the college faculty.
His Verdict.
At tho meeting of the Afro-American
Debating club the question of capital
punishment for' murder occupied tho
attention of tho orators for tho even
ing. One speaker had a great deal to
say about tho sanity of persons who
thus took the law Into their own
hands. The last speaker, however,
after a stirring haranguo, concluded
with great feeling: "Ah disagrees wlf
cap'tal punishment an' all dls heali
talk 'bout sanity. Any pusson 'at
c'mlts murdeh ain't In a sanitary con
dition." Door Bumpers.
An efficient bumper to prevent doors
from marring woodwork can be mado
from a largo spool. First get a scrow
with a head about the size of the boro
of the spool. This should bo screwed
into tho baseboard to within half nn
Inch of tho head. The spool can then
bo pushed over the scrcwhead, and if
necessary welged to hold It securely.
Into tho open end of the spool can be
screwed one of tho rubber tips used
on crutches and chair legs. A con
venient door stop may bo mado by us
ing seven empty tin milk cans of
small size, filling them with crushed
rock, then covering them with bluo
serge. Fasten them together and put
a cover of fancy design on top. This
Is serviceable and a welcomo change
from tho ordinary covered brick.
What Mist Is.
Mist is Just one of tho ways that we
seo tho water In the air. It in some
thing 'like a cloiyl only near tho
ground. From Boys and Girls' Ask-at-Homo
Questions.
GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSL
Tho state banking board has boon
served with a writ of mandamus ordor
lug It to grant a charter to tho pio
posed new state bank at Sidney.
Attorney Gonoral Rood has declined
to appear In tho appeal proceedings
relatlvo to tho ballot title for the
proposed prohibition amendment, do
clarlng that thoso interested must light
the matter out in court.
Eighteen counties havo now report
od their property assessments for
191G to tho Btato board of equaliza
tion, and those reports show an aver
age lncreaso of 3 per cent over tho
valuations of a year ago. The first
nine to bo heard from averaged over
6 per cent gain, but most of tho later
ones ran considerably lower.
Believing that a nchobl for Journal
Ism has becomo a necessity at the
stato university, members of Slgmn
Delta Chi, tho professional Journalism
fraternity, aro endeavoring to Inter
est editors of papers in ovory town
in Nebraska in tho proposal, with a
view towards Its adoption by tho stato
legislature at tho next session.
Georgo Richard, Cmonths-old son of
Major and Mrs. Arthur R. Haysol, as
sistant adjutant general, was formal
ly presented to members of tho two
Nobraska reglinonts. Mrs. Hnysol
brought thd youngster to camp and
beforo ho loft tho officers had him
doing all sorts of things queer and
unusual to tho ordinary civilian.
Insuranco Commissioner Eastham
and his associates wore pleased when
reports made out by tho department
disclosed a remarkable gain in col
lections for tho pa3t two months. The
total collections for May and Juno woro
$43,148, as compared to $20,087 during
tho same two months under tho pre
vious administration of tho depart
ment. "Your president needs you to pro
tect the rights of American citizens
on tho Mexican border. Enlist now!"
Thus in largo black letters read tho
posters being issued from tho ad
jutant general's office at the mobili
zation camp. General Hall said tho
stato is having them printed. They
were posted at tho administration
building and regimental headquarters.
Stato authorities lose control over
the stato militia as soon as tho mili
tiamen tako the federal oath and are
mustered into tho fcdoral service. Bo
foro tho troops wero mustered In
ninny of the militiamen were trrns
ferred on their request from one com
pnny to nnotber. Permission to do
this was granted ' by tho adjutant
general, who was then head of the
Nebraska troop.
Two thousand shoes and ns many
blankets will not bo issued to tho sol
diers at Camp Morehead until the war
department advises that those received
there aro tho ones intended for Ne
braska's mllltla, according to officers
of the quartermaster department. Euro
pean war shoes and cheap home
blankets were sent from St. Louis, per
haps by mistake, Instead of regular
army blankets and shoos.
"A third Nebraska regiment Is as
sured In caso tho president calls for
more troops," was tho announcement
by Col. J. G. Maher after a confer
ence with General Hall. Colonol
Maher said that 1,200 men are wait
ing tho call for a third leglment and
that Omaha and Platto county each
will furnish battalions to bo organized
largely from Spanish war veterans.
General L. W. Colby, of Beatrice,
who served as brigadier general in
tho Spanish war and who also saw
service In tho Indian war, was given
tho freedom of Camp Morehead by
Colonel Eberly. Gonoral Colby is in
tcrcsted in tho formation of a sixth
Nebraska regiment, and will, very
llkoly, .bo Invited to tako a commis
sion In such a regiment in the event
of Us organization.
Itch among the horso3 along tho
northern border of Nebraska is now
receiving the attention of tho stato and
federal officers. Dr. McKim, assistant
state veterinarian, has gono to tho
stato lino to meet a federal inspector,
to Inqulro Into the condition of horses.
A hord of horses said to bo Infected
with the dlsoaso has boon moved hack
and forth across the stato lino. Tho
stato and federal officers may force
tho owner to havo the horses dipped.
Because of tho limitations contained
in tho Nebraska votlng-by-mall law,
all of tho 1,800 or 2.000 national Guards
men from this state who go for sor
vice on tho Mexican border will loso
their votes at the November election,
unless tho conditions should warrant
their return boforo that timo. Tho law
confines the vdtlng by mall privilege
to men who aro within the borders ot
tho stato and outside their home coun
ties at olcctlon time. Anyone who hap
pens to bo outsido of Nebraska on tho
day of balloting loses tho opportunity
to vote.
Nebraska's delegation to the G. A.
R. national encampment at Kansas
Clly, August 28 to September 2, in
clusive, will go on a Burlington spe
cial train from Lincoln, leaving at
il:15 p. in., August 28, nnd reaching
Kunsas City In time for breakfast tho
noxt day. Owing to tho nearness of
the onenmpmont, It Is expected more
veterans will go from Nobraska than
when tho meotlng took placo at more
romoto points. A circular Just Usuml
from tho stato G. A. R. hoadquarters
gives full details.
AMERICAN CANNON ARE TRAINED ON
The International bridge across tho Rio Grande, eonneaing El I'nso tiud Juarez. Big United States artillery guns
arc Iu position nn the hills of El Unso pointed at the bridge nnd commanding tho span ubrosx tho river. Tho photo
graph was made looking townrds Juarez, the Mexican garrison city.
LAST
Soldiers of the National Gumd gathered around a campttro for a "Mug-song" on their last night In thu mo
bilization camp beforo departing for the Mexican border ns members of tho United States nrniy.
WAVING A LAST FAREWELL
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1'utlietlc scenes mark the departure
of the regiments for tho Mexican bor
der. All Is smiles, cheers, nnd wav
ing of flags while the boys pass by,
but once entrained, the mothers, sis
ters and sweethearts break down and
weep.
The Signs.
"Miss Gladys got no fower than
Mx gold-headed umbrellas for birth
dny presents."
"Sho must be something of a reign
ing belle."
The Way of It.
"Here comes Bill, but ho'll only
stay long enough to see If ho can bor
row Home money."
"Then with lilm It Is u case of touch
mid go."
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fuiM Jr$ JIk'A P i'l'lH rinJ,m' unnon was Invented by E. Duron, a Mexican colonel. It
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f$P jy ,jplillSft$ a llI1(' cn" ,J0 fouvenlently moted about. It weighs about 700 pounds.
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