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DRY FARMING CONGRESS OPENS.
Alms at Making Arid Western LancJi
More Productive.
Mflro llinn a thousand dologntea.
representing vcry fitato In the wost
and sovoral foreign countries, wore
prosont nt tho opening Tuesday In
the Capital Avenue theater at Chey
enne. Wyo., or tho third nnntiar trans
inlssour) dry farming congress.
Although the movement to hrlng to
getlier tho tillers of tho arid lands of
the west 1b only three years old and
Us formal organization dates from last
yonr's congress, It already ranks In
Importance with the national Irriga
tion congress and the transmlaslsslppl
commercial congress. The purpose of
the congress Is tho discussion and
comparison of methods by which the
arid districts can be placed under till
ago and tho natural rainfall conserved,
closer co-operation between the state
and government departments In study
ing dry farming methods and the em
ployment of statisticians, lecturers, ex
perimental farmcrH, etc., whose duty
It will be to visit the vurlous states,
meet the farmers personally, attend
farmers' Institutes and work with tho
agricultural stations all over tho west
In disposing of tho problems now bf
fore tho farmer of dry lands.
MINING ENGINEERS MEET.
Will Talk of National Resources and
Panama Canal at Convention,
Tho American Institute of Mining
Engineers, the society which com.
prises in its membership most ot the
mining and geological exports la the
"United Statos, began Its meeting in
Sheffield hall, New Haven, Conn.,
Tuesday evening. Tho opening topic
of the convention was "Tho Conserva
tion of Natural Resources." A papor
on this subject was read by Dr. James
Douglas of New York, and Joseph A.
Hofmcs, chief of the technologic
branch of tho United States geologic
survey, which is a member of the na
tional conservation commission, told
of the work of the commission in its
relation to mineral resources.
Nephew of President Killed.
Stewart Douglas Robinson, nineteen
years old, a nephew of President
Roosevelt and a sophomore of Har
vard college, fell from a six-story win
dow of Hampden Holl, u dormitory on
Massachusetts avenue, Cnmbridge,
Mass., aud was killed. He wan n son
of Douglas Robinson.
Educators to Meet in Denver.
Tho oxecu'ttvo commlttoo of the Na
tional Educational nsBOcfution an
nounced that tho annual meeting of
the body would be hold in Denver,
July, 5-9.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET,
Cattle Strong to Ten Cents Higher.
Hogs and Sheep Steady.
South Omaha, Fob. 22. Cattle Re
ceipts, 2.C00; strong to 10c higher; na
tive steers, $I.OOC.O0; cows and
heifers, $3.00pG.OO; western steerB,
$3.50SG.40; Texns steers, $3.004.85:
canners, ?2.002.8C; Blockers and
feeders, $2.75(5)5.25. calves, $3.00
7.25; bulls, stags, etc., $2.754.73.
Hogs Receipts, 3,400; steady; heavy,
$G.00C20; mixed. J5.905TC.00; light,
6.75?C.05; plgn $4.755.G0; bulk of
sales, $5.85(0.05 SheepReceipts, 0-,
700; steady; yearlings, $0.00(3)0.75;
wethers, $ 1.755.25, ewes, $4.004.75;
lambs, $6.5007.30.
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Noice.
Having moved my office from tho
Virst National bank buildin; to the
Fletcher block, water consumers are
lequested to call at the latter place to
pay their accounts. C. W. Bpknnan,
Water Commissioner
. N. Sturgeon
S. G. Young
Sturgeon & Young
DRAY LINE
(Successors to G. W. Zobel)
Office Phone 139.
Residence Phone 142.
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A New Ruler
At Washington.
Some of tho Novel Tealurcs of Inaugura
tion Day Devised In Honor of tho In
ducllon Into Office of William II.
Taft That "Beauty Squad."
T1IK Htory of the "beauty squad" ,
nt the Tnft Innugural ball has
been denied in n half hearted
manner, hut Is too m d to be ,
sidetracked by n disclaimer from '
Washington. Not only so. hut the
facts prove the tale. Has imt the
"beauty squad" been already chosen,
and are not the member?) of It each
and every one a blooming exnmp'c of
masculine pulchritude? If manly love
liness was not one of tho requirements,
why were mich male beauties selected?
No; the story will dot down. It Is evi
dent that Hie committee has become
frightened by the publicity called forth
by Its own genius and Is trying to
crawfish, but It cannot escape fame In
that way. The "beauty bquad" Is des
tined to go down to history as one of
the most brilliant strokes of a farj
from dull age. and the authors of the ,
plan will not be ljermltted to evade i
their well earned renown.
There will bo other glittering fea
tures of the Inaugural, things new un
der the sun nnd reforms both by omis
sion and commission. For 'one thing,
"a battle in the skies" will give a fore
taste of tho kind of wnrs the coming
man will conduct. Airship will bom
bard ench other luul go to pieces In a
way to elicit feminine "ohs" nnd -nhs"
to the heart'H content, rictures of
"Rig 11111" and "Sunny Jim" will bo
painted on tho Armament with a fiery
brush. The nniuc of Tnft will be writ
ten on the sky and will be. greeted by
twenty-one aerial guns. A pillar of
light 100 feet high will mnke night
llko day for a radius of miles. Decora
tlolis nnd arches of honor will bo more
striking than ever before. Nor are
these all or even tho best of the Inno
vations. Tlio most glorious feature of
g.09.af.
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WILLI Ml It. TAFT AN1 A VIEW 01 AN
lNAUUL'HAL l'AISADU ENTiatlNQ COUllT OJ
110NOK.
all is that only one band will be al
lowed to play "Hall to tho Chief."
Any ono who has ever attended an In
auguration will realize just what u
stupendous and welcome reform this
Is. There has also been an effort to
Induce a lot of bands to stay at homo,
but It Is feared that this laudable at
tempt will prove abortive. You can mo
more keep bands away from an inau
guration thau you can keep tiles from
a molasses barrel.
A novelty that will be appreciated hj
a certain contingency of Joy makers,
the sort that attend Inaugurals and j
other things, is a largo vacant room
that has been arranged for the deteu-l
tlon of tue'Jagged. At other Innugura-1
tlous the sides of all the police stntloua I
lltlVO blllced from tlio ovtrn nrUnnora !
It was worse than the New York sub
way during, the rush hours. This cou
gestlon it was that suggested hiring n
hall for Inebriates, Tho move will re
lievo the tension on Jail walls, to sqy
nothing of the police.
Mr. Koosevelt has shown his mag
nanimous nature by deciding that Pres
ident Taft shall have tho field all to
himself when he rides back to the
White Ilouse nfter ho Is sworn In.
Tho then ex-president will efface him
self, nnd flee to Oyster Bay. John
Adams complained bitterly that nt his
Inauguration Washington and not him
self was the hero of tho affair. Tho
father of us all got the cheers, nnd
the people could not see poor Adams
at nil. It Is determined that there
shall he nothing of that kind In this
case,
Prwldeut Taft has promised to cut
his Inaugural address short, which will
be a darkled novelty In the history of
such affairs. From nil of which wo
nro assured that this Inaugural will
witness n few longed for reforms.
Some people count the ehlefcst of
those tho fact that we are to have n
new president at nil, but that Is well
nigh loae majesty. It Is over so. The
fickle populace looks to the comuig,
not the departing, hero.' It Is the old
cry of "Tho dng Is dead! Long llvo
the king." J. A. TJDGnitTON.
FATHER OF HIS, COUNTRY'.
Spot Associated With Washington's
Birth, Lifo and Death.
People "nre much more apt to visit
Washington's tomb on tils birthday
than the spot whore he wns born, ns
the hitter Is less accessible than the
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OLD AUD NKW TOMnS OV WABIIIttOTON' AT
MOUNT VE1LVON.
former. Mount Vernon, the home of
Washington, nnd the sepulcher which
contains the bodies of the Father of
Ills Country nnd his wife are the ob
jects of frequent pilgrimages, and
groups of tourists are a common sight
In the grounds rendered sncrul through
association with the life of the na
tion's first president.
Washington was born on the Wake
Hold plantation on Bridge's creek, In
Westmoreland county, Vn., and the
old homestead In which he first saw
the light long since disappeared. Ills
stately home nt Mount Vernon lins
been more fortunate, and no building
Is now more carefully preserved than
this, a structure so typical of the pa
triotism, culture nnd dignity charac
teristic of General and Lady Washing
ton. Similar care has been expended upon
the resting place of the dust of those
revered figures In tho early life of the
nation. In 18..1 the bodies of General
Washington and his wife were re
moved from the old family vault to a
tomb, a plain brick structure, near a
wooded ravine n short distance from
the house. Through the Iron grating
may be seen the two sarcophagi con
taining the venerated dust. The home
of Washington, together with 200 acres
of land surrounding It, came Into pos
session of the Mount Vernon Ladles
association In 18r0, having been pur
chased from John A. Washington for
$200,000, which was raised In grent
part by Kdwnrd Everett.
The Wakefield plantation on Bridge's
creek, where Washington was born,
passed out of the possession of tho
Washington family several generations
ngo. Over the spot where It Is sup
posed the house which was the birth
place of the first president stood the
national government hns uow plnced
an Imposing shaft bearing a record ex
plaining the historic associations of
the vicinity.
I THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR.
Cpunt Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
and His Achievements.
Count Johann Heinrich von Bern
storff, the new German ambassador
to the United States, who was the
guest of honor nt a notable dinner at
the Manhattan club, New York, given
by lending Germau Americans, has n
splendid record us a diplomat and pre
vious to coming to America represent
ed his country at Cairo. Egypt. Ills
wife Is of American birth and was for
merly Miss Jeanne I.uckemeyer of
New York.
Count Bernstorff Is n native of Lau
enburg, tho dukedom conferred by
Kaiser Wllholm II. on Prince Bis
marck when the Iron Chancellor left
office. Tho nmbnssador is nn honorary
knight of the Sovereign Order of St.
John. He was born In 1S52. The
German home of the
Bernstorffs Is Castle
Stlutcnburg. In the
duchy of I.nuen
burg, a vast Semi
mediaeval strong
hold built of white
stone.
The Bernstorffs
pride themselves on
tho fact that they
never had a laggard
In the family; that,
though rich, the
covnt vox
hernstomt
Counts von Bern-
Btorff always earned their living In the
service of their country or tho court.
Until the first half of the past century,
when Lnuenburg passed to Prussia,
most of the Bernstorffs were attached
to the Copenhagen court or served In
the Danish judiciary or army.
Count Johann. the now ambassador,
familiarly known ns "Hans." always
earned his own living. Ho is an nrdont
student of history, statecraft and na
tional oeouomlcs. it Is common report
hi Berlin that tho kulser often Itcrrows
books from hla library on account of
the mnrglnal notes made by the count
when reiding.
t Count "Bernstorff, like Bismarck,
hates court ceremonials and personally
nnd in ids household is simplicity it
self, no wns one of the first of his
family to break with Oic tradition of
Intormarrylng with the nobility and
lives happily with his untitled wife.
Anti-Japanese
Legislation.
The Origin of tho Movement Against Ori
entals and the Status of the Japa
nese In Paciftc Coast States
Their Enterprise.
THIS agitation over the question
of nntl-.Tnimtiese legislation In
Pacific coast states has led to
discussion as to just how large
the volume of Japanese Immigration Is
nnd what the subjects of the mlkndo
who reside In the United States are do
ing, how they 'nro conducting them
selves and what there is In the claim
that they exert nn Injurious effect
upon American standards of labor and
living. President Boost-volt has said
that tho effect of the agreement reach
ed by tho general government with
Japan has been (o diminish already
the number of Japanese coming tc
this country, so that eventually the
number of those returning to their na
tive laud would exceed those coming
here. Varying statements have been
made by members of the California
legislature In the discussion over the
nntl-Jnpancse bills, some putting the
number of Japanese now in the Golden t
State ns high as 75,000, others placing ,
tho figure as low as 25,000. I
The Japanese are a very euterprls-1
lug race In u commercial way, and It !
Is this fact In part which has created )
sentiment ou tho Pacific coast In favor i
of discriminatory legislation. One of i
the bills aimed at them, which has
been said to bo In contravention of
treaties with Japan, was so phrased at
to prohibit them from becoming mem-
OOVKUNOlt JAMES N. OILT.ETT OP CAI.I
FOllNIA AND JAVANESE CULTIVATING
AUEItlCAN UICE FIELDS
bers of corporations, and as the Jap
anese generally carry on their business
upon a corporation basis the effect of
biich a'luw does not need to be fur
ther explained. Not only do they re
sort tc the corporation form of organ
ization In their conduct of hotels,
banks, stores and factories, but even
smnll shops uud laundries are usually
Incorporated, tho company being made
up perhaps of from ten to a hundred
stockholders. Not only Is this true of
the Japanese of San Francisco, but of
those In "e state at large, even
ranches j owned and operated of
ten on a bl.nllar basis.
One of the California bills so much
dlscu-sed specified that aliens should
not be permitted to acquire real prop
erty In the state. The effect of such
an enactment would be felt chletly by j
the Japanese, although they were not
singled out specifically In tho bill, j
Thousands of acres of fruit aud agri
cultural lauds are at present held by .
ineiu. am men m uicir pruspuruy iu
this Industry may be gleaned from the
fact that one Japanese who nrrlved In
San Francisco about four years ago
aud leased six acres of lnud has clear
ed some $2,500 from the strawberries
he has raised In the period since his
coming to this country.
Rice growing Is nn Industry which
the Japanese have taken up with
much profit In this country. In Texns
several colonies of this sort hnve met
with considerable success. The tend
ency of the Japanese, like the Chinese,
Is to live In colonies, aud It is claimed
that their influence, Is deleterious to
surrounding communities; hence the
agitation for their segregation In spe
cial quarters In the largo cities where
some supervision over such matters
as sanitation may bo effectively exer
cised. While they prefer to live to
gether, the Japanese do not like to bo
restricted ns to their places of resi
dence, as this touches their national
pride. In the now San Francisco they
have occupied some of tho best blocks
of tii residence quarter.
lhc troubles over the Japanese on
tho Pacini? const nro the culmination
of n movoiae'it which began somo thir
ty yearn ago, the object of which was
to prevent the Immigration In largo
numbers of Asiatic peoples to the
western coast of tho United States. At
first the movomeut applied almost en
tirely to the Chinese and resulted in
the passago of tho Chinese exclusion
act of ISSl. At that time no other
Asiatic races or peoples were dealt
with for the reason that few others
were then coming Into tho country.
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ONE NIGHT,
MONDAY,
The Stirring Musical Play
Three Acts,
by a cpmpanv. of
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chorus of 20 girls will positively appear.
The books, lyrics and" music of the
play are by Joseph E. Howard, com
poser of "The Time, Place and the
Girl," "The Girl Question," and
others, none of which excel in quality
and spirit
"The Flower of the Ranch"
in which there are 20 musical numbers.
Those having- seen ' 'The District
Leader" may expect another such ex
cellent attraction with all the stage and
electrical effects.
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I E. J. Carpenter's Great Scenic Drama I
Why Girls Leave Home
Strictly 3iora.l a,ri.a. "CTpliftirLg
The story tells of a wilful young
girl who innocently got into bad
company, but her brother, also a
headstrong person, sought to ad
vise" her by angry speech. Net
t ed by his attitude the girl gets
deeper into the clutches of a de
signing wanton. The brother,
in a frenzy, strikes her and thinks
he has caused her death, when
in reality she has been carried
away by his enemies in order
that he might be hanged for the
crime, when, by a fortunate com
bination of circumstances, all
danger is averted. A cast of
players of unusual excellence is
promised in the production of
the piace.
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It is a drama of domestic life,
wherein are pointed out the fre
quent consequences of unjust,
unguarded suspicion and stub
born self-will, how pique and
passion may be responsible for
the engulfing of innocence and
wreck of homes and Fred Sum
merfield's dramatization weaves
a thrilling, realistic story of the
misunderstandings and unyield
ing pride of brother and sister,
which well-nigh bring ignomini
ous ruin to both. .It is an ab
sorbing story, powerfully and
realistically portrayed and of a
wholesome conception' calculated
to emphasize a moral of saving
grace for those whose wayward
ness and self-will lead them to a
course of wantoness which ends
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