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to your eyes and your nose on the cross
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Prices, $2.75 to $32
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DURDETTE IS PLACED IN CAST
Western Humorist Must Keep Body
Rigid for Months.
Los Angolos, Aug. 7. Ilobort J.
Burdettc, humorist and Baptist
preacher, who Is seriously 111 from tm
Injury to the spine received In n fall
ROBERT J. DURDETTE.
ltiBt March, wns placed In n piaster
cast. Ills spinal cord' haB bocome af
fected, and the physician In attend
ance says that his body must bo held
rigid for several months.
DRAWING BEGINS FOR LANDS
Claim No. 1 Goes to Isidore Sellg of
Oregon.
Coour d'Alone, Ida., Aug. 10. Thrco
little girls plucked out many titles to
government farms from a pllo of 105,
000 yellow envelopes representing ap
plications for land In the Coeur
d'Alene Indian reservation. Five hun
dred nameB In all wcro drawn out aft
er two hours' hard work. When little
Mjss Hamilton picked out tho first
envelope and handed It to Judge Wit
ten and tho namo of Isadoro Sellg of
Myrtle Creek, Ore., was read, tho
crowd showed great Interests.
Tho names of John Hedmark and
Charles G. Cromwell, both of Spokane,
then followed In tho order named.
Rny McCarthy of Emmetsburg, la.,
drew No. 49.
IOWA COUPLEI KILLED
Banker Cravens and Wife of Spring
Lake Lose Lives.
Anderson, Ind., Aug. G. Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Cravens of Spring Lake,
la., wero Instantly killed us tho result
of a collision between their touring
car and a traction car, ono mllo north
of Alexandria. Ind. Mr. Craven's
head was almost severed from tho
body. Mrs. Cravens' body was also
badly mangled. Mr. Cravens was
president of tho First National bank
at Spring Lake, la.
CORN BETTER THAN IN 1908
Total Yield of Winter Wheat Less
Than Last Year.
Washington, Aug. 10. An Indicated
winter wheat total yield of 430,920,000
bushels, compared with 437,908,000
finally estimated last year; an avor
age condition of winter wheat, 90.3,
against 90.1 a year ago; corn 84.1,
against 82.5; spring wheat 91.C,
against 80.7, and oatB ' 85.5, agalnBt
76.8. This summarizes tho crop report
of the department of agriculture.
THREE DROWN; SEVEN RESCUED
Launch Capsizes With Merrymakers
In Maumee Bay.
Toledo, Aug: 9. Harry Dill and
Frank Lehanoy, railway employeos,
and Mrs. Mabel -Hudson wero drowned
and seven men were rescued under
difficult circumstances when a launch
containing a party of merrymakers
capsized in Maumee bay, 500 feet off
the Casino, a summer theater. All
were residents of Toledo.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Wheat prices
broke nearly 2c today, following the
publication of tho government crop
report, and all deliveries sold below
the dollar mark. Tho report indicated
a total yield of winter wheat of 43G,
9.10,000 bushels, much larger than
generally expected. Tho market
closed weak, at almost the bottom, at
net declines of lc to 11c. Corn
closed steady and oats easy. Closing
prices:
Wheat Sept., 98c; Dec, 96&c.
Corn Sept., C4c: Dec., 53i53.
Oats-Pork-Lard-Ribs-
Sept., 3Cj36c; Dec, 3CJ4C.
-Sept., $20.42j; Jan., $lG.37j.
Sept.,'11.224; Oct., $11.20.
Sept., $10.95; Jan., $8.72.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
$1.03.1.04; No. 2 corn, G768c;
No. 2 white oats, 37c.
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South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Aug. 9. Cattle Re
ceipts, 7,200; slow to 10c lower; na
tive steers, $4.75Q;7.25; cows and heif
ers, $3.00(05.25; western steers, $3.50
5.40; stockers and feeders, $2.75
5.10; calves, $3.006.65; bulls and
stags, $2.754.75. Hogs Receipts, 2,
500; 10c lower; heavy, $7.407.C5;
mixed, $7.4507.50; light, $7.4507.55;
pigs, $C.O07.OO; bulk of sales, $7.45
7.55. Sheep Receipts, 8,600; strong
to 10c higher; yearlings, $4.7505.40;
wethers, $4.0004.75; owes, $3,750
4.50; lambs, $0.4007.40.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Cattle Receipts,
22,000; steady to 10c lower; steers,
$5.CO07.C5; cows, $3.5005.25; heif
ers, $3.6006.00; bulls, $3.0004.85;
calves, $3.0008.00; stockers and feed
ers, $3.7505.15. Hogs Receipts, 40,
000; 15025c lower; chcJco heavy,
$8.0008.10; light, $7.5007.95; pack
ing, $7.2507.60; pigs, $5.5007.75;
bulk of sales, $7.5507.90. Shoep Re
ceipts, 20,000; Iambs steady, shoep 10q
lower; sheep, $4.0005.00; lambs, $0.25
7.73; yearlings, $5.0005.40.
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NEBRASKA NEWS
Mayer Datilmaii Dares Governor
to Start Ouster Proceedings.
CALLS THEnTFoUR-FUISHERS.
Action of Epworth Assembly A-ou-;s
His Ire and He Defies . ...n to
Take the Threatened Action De
nies That Law Is Violated by Omaha
Board of Fire and Police Commis
sioners. Oniahn, Aug. 10. Mayor Dahlmnn
defies Senator Patrick nud th Ep
worth assembly and dares Governor
Shollenberger to instltuto ouster pro
ceedings against ldmsolf and tho
Omaha board of fire ana police com
missioners, composed of W. J. Hoye,
C. J. Karbach, W. J. Hunter and W.
V. Wapplch.
"I am ready any time they nro and
if they want to fllo charges my advlco
to thorn is to got busy," said tho
mayor.
"Tho troublo Is they arc all a hunch
of four flushers, who grabbed at tho
bait held' out by Patrick and ndoptod
this resolution without knowing tho
first thing nbout ,lt or the conditions
rarir
J. C. DAHLMAN.
In Omaha. I am mayor of this city and
I Intend to show theso four flushora
that I am mayor. I hevo been here In
this chair now nearly .our years, havo
always upheld tho law and alwayB in
tend to. I daro tho governor to be
gin ouster proceedings and I daro tho
whole bunch.
"I am chairman of the board of fire
and police commissioners and tho
board has nover refused to rovoko tho
saloon license of this man Dmuzzo.
Wo havo taken tho runttcr up with
the cjty attorney nud aro waiting nn
opinion from him.
"Wo may be moving slow, but I will
movo slow or Just as fast ns I please,
nnu' no man down at Lincoln can make
mo go slower or faster. I believe In
being sure you nro right before going
ahead."
MRS. MORAN FREED BY COURT
Judge Dugan Holds Woman Is Illegally
Held on Insanity Charge.
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug. 10.
Judge Dugan of Hastings, who has
been hearing tho application for a
writ of habeas corpus In tho case of
Mrs. Maud L. Moran, who has been
declared Insane and ordered taken to
tho lnsano hospital for treatment at
the expense of her husband, has hand
ed down a decision in which he .de
clares that Mrs. Moran Is Illegally
held and orders her release. The
court was in session four days and
two nights. The case has nttracted
considerable attention from tho fact
that nothing of a Uke nature ever has
been heard in this part of tho stato.
Judge Dugan camo here to hear the
case because of tho Illness of Judge
Travis, tho presiding Judge.
Tho Insanity chargo against Mrs.
Moran was filed by her husband fol
lowing her suit for n divorce.
OPINION IN JUDICIARY CASE
Judge Rose Is Preparing Decision for
Consideration of Court.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 10. Tho opinion
In the nonpartisan Judiciary case is
expected to bo handed down before
very long. Judge W. B. Roso Is writ
ing It and when ho concludes it will
be passed upon by tho court, or a ma
jority of tho court. After that Arthur
Mullen will ask for a rehearing In tho
case.
Treasurer Brian is expected back
Aug. 12 from his visit to Colorado,
where ho has been with his family for
the last month, and Auditor Barton Is
expected back tho latter part of tho
week or tho first of next. Mr. Barton
is looking up tho surety companies In
tho east.
Robert Wlble Dead.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 10. Robert
Wible, a pioneer rostdent of Gage
county, died suddenly nt his home in
this city. Ho lived at Odell many
years before coming to Beatrice. Ho
was about eighty years of age and
leaves a widow and two children.
Dies on Way to Hospital.
Alnsworth, Neb., Aug. 9. Howard
McCord, a young man crushed In nn
elevator here, died nt Nollgh, Neb.,
en route to an Omaha hospital. The
body was taken to Marshulltown, la.,
for intorment.
New Elevator for Sargent.
Sargent, Neb., Aug. 9. A. II. Brooks
& Son havo ordered' machinery for n
25,000-bushel elevator and tho build
ing is soon to be eroded. This will
make three elevators for Sargent.
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8EEK TO ENFORCE LAW
Travelers Will Be Asked to Contrlb
ute to Bed Sheet Fund.
Grand Island, Nob., Aug. 9. Tho
Nobraska Travelers' association closed
its second annual convention with a
picnic at Schlmmor's lake. Tho
mouthers nro full of enthusiasm and
go nway dotormlncd to Increase tho
membership during tho ensuing year
and havo a big mooting at Columbus
noxt year.
Representative John Sink at tho
mooting took lssuo with Labor Com
missioner Mnupln over tho lnttor'a
declaration that there was no appro
priation to enforce tho hotol Inspec
tion law. Ho Inslstod that there was
an nmondmont carrying $2,000. Tho
contention camo up on n motion that
tho throo traveling men'H associations
of tho stato bo asked to contrlbuto
their flhnro to a fund for tho enforce
ment of tho Iiw. Tho motion pre
vailed, hut tho matter will bo further
looked Into.
Prosldont Aloxnnder and Secretary
McFnddon of HnstlngB wero re-elected
by acclamation and tho following other
offlcorB woro chosen: Vlco presidents,
II. A. Fritz of Columbus, J.C. Hide-
nour of Holdrego, S. F. Ersklne of
Norfolk and S. S. English of Lincoln;
nttorncy, W. II. McCrcary of Hast
ings; directors, Booth of Ilnstlngs,
Darucs of Hontrlcc, Mooro of Hastings,
Kwcll of Grand Island' and Zook of
Hastings.
DEMAND FOR REAL PAY DIRT
York County Soli U Shlppod Back to
Christian County, Illinois.
York, Neb., Aug. 9. So famous has
becomo York county for Hh rlchnoss
of so.ll and' its great productiveness
that already thoro is n demand for
soil from othor states and tho lntost
dontnnd comes from a Christian coun
ty (111.) farmer, who Is ueslrotis of
raising alfalfa, and learning that York
county soil was so rich and productive!
ho has had shipped him by freight
soil from an nlfnlfn flold, which ho
proposes to spread over n flold that
ho will sow to alfalfa ntuV ,1s linn In
tho conviction that tho soil from York
county will thoroughly Inoculate tho
Illinois soil ami by this system ho will
bo nblo to produce nlfnlfn for which
York county Is famous. If the aver
ago Illinois farmer realized that if ho
used York county boII to inoculato
his winter wheat fields and cause
thom to produco from thirty to fifty
flvo busholB to tho acre, there would
bo a groator demand for tho richest
and most productive pay dirt, paying
and returning York county farmers
grcntpr returns than the goui mines of
Colorado.
BANK 8TOCK ASSESSMENTS
Some Counties Show Decrease and
Secretary Wants to Know Why.
Lincoln Nob., Aug. 7. Henry Sey
mour, secretary of tho state board of
equalization, has written letters to n
number of county assessors regarding
tho bank stock listed on a number of
abstructs of assessment. Cage county
last year returned bank stock, both
stnte and nntional, at an assessed val
uation of $12,906 and tins year bank
stock wns reported at an assessed
value of $151. Mr. Soyinonr feelB sat
isfied that a mistake has been made
by tho assessor. Rod Willow county
Inst year roportcd no bank stock ami
this year It returned none. Hall
county shows a reduction from $101,
056 to $92,130. Cedar shows a reduc
tion of $94,200 to $70,538. Douglas
county shows a reduction of $947,699
to $850,791.
LAND FOR NEW RAILROAD
Steps Taken to Condemn Property for
Union Pacific Branch.
Bridgeport, Neb., Aug. 7. Attorney
Albert Muldoon of the Union Pacific
Railroad company was In town ana'
commenced proceedings to condemn
150 acres of land adjoining this cjty
for tho uso of tho new North Platto
Valley lino. Six freeholders to ap
praise the land are called for by the
application, and their further nuty
will bo to fix tho damages sustained
by tho owners by reason of the appro
priation of tho land for railroad pur
poses. This land Is needed for round
house, shops, terminals, sidetracks
and genoral purposes for tho transac
tion of the business of tho Union Pa
cific railroad.
LONG PINE TRAMP CASE OFF
Judge Hears Evidence and Dismisses
Complaint.
Alnsworth, Neb., Aug. 7. Tho fa
mous "barrel case," Involving flvo
citizens of Long Pine, Including Mar
shall Cox, Harry Henry, Frank Hoag,
Jules Lernan, J. F. Brldgeman, who
It wns alleged took three tramps from
the city Jail, turned them over n bar
rel and beat them unmercifully with
a rubber hose as a warning to "wear
ies" to gjvo tho town a wide berth,
was heard before Judge Potter In tho
county court. Witnesses testified tho
tramps wero beaten, but memories
wero hazy and tho case was dismissed
for want of evidence
Pink Eye at Wymore.
Lincoln, Neb., 7. Stato Veterinar
ian Jucklncss has received informa
tion of the prevalence of pink eyo in
cattle in tho neighborhood of Wymore
and out west as far as Sutton. Tho
veterinarian has prescribed for the
treatment of the disease a solution of
boraclc acid to bo used' as a wash.
Many Fine Stock Entries.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 9. Tho fine
stock entrlos for the state fair are
coming in fastor than in any previous
year, there being 240 entries at date,
with prospects for at least 636 before
tho fair opens. This number will Just
fill the new live stock barn.
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AGENT FOR
Grand Island Granite
and Marble Works
All kinds of Granite and Marble
Tombstones and Monuments,
Lower prices and less
freight than from firms
farther east
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR
PERSONAL TAX?
Taxes are due Nov. i. Personal
taxes delinquent Dec. i. Land tax
delinquent May i. Interest to per
cent from date of delinquency. Real
estate advertised for sale the first week
in October and sold for taxes the first
Monday in November. In all com
munications relative to taxes, please
give description of property,
Fred Mollrinc. Co. Treasurer.
Repair Work
Sewing Machines and
Organs.
Have secured the services of a prac
tical mechanic and can guarantee all
work done by him. Don't trust your
work to travelling repair men. This
man will be here permanently. Re
pairs and parts furnished for all machines.
FREE FROM LICE.
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