Nebraska Newspapers

    A COHY IS SUED
NEBRASKA TREASURY.
fight begun to enforce antn
trust lav.
BEGUN BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Act Applies to Foreign Corporations
Doing Business In State, and
None Have Compiled.
Attorney General Thompson Med
cult In tho county court of Lancaster
county ngnlnst tho Amcricnn Surety
company for failure .to comply with
tho Junkln nnti-trust law, enacted by
tho legislature of 1905.
Tho flpeclllc complaint Is that tho
company has failed to Mo nn annual
report with tho attorney general aa
provided by law, nnd It has also failed
to Mo an undertaking with tho attor
ney goneral, Baying that It will com
ply with tho provisions of tho Junkln
act und all other laws governing such
companies.
Tho penalty for failure to comply
with tho law Is a line of $5,000 or Im
prisonment for ono year or both.
Tho law npirfles to all foreign cor
porations except common carriers.
Not ono corporation has over Med tho
reports and all nro subject to tho
same prosecution ub that which has
Just been started.
Attorney general Thompson has
contemplated this action for somo
time, but the matter was precipitated
by tho action of tho American Surety
company In seeking nn Injunction
ngalnst the stnto bonding board and
the rates It proposes surety compa
nies may charge.
Fight on State Freight Law.
Tho railroads of Nebraska in their
light on tho Aldrlch freight- rato law
and the 2-cent faro law will stand on
tho valuation of their property ns
llxcd by tho state board of assessment.
This Htatomont wns made bjr"W. D.
McIIugh, ono of tho railroad lawyers,
at a conference between tho attorneys
for tho corporations and tho railway
commission. The lawyers asked for
a delay in tho hearing on tho proposed
classification of freight rates, as tho
hearing on tho 2-cent rato bill nnd tho
Aldrlch bill comes up shortly In tho
federal court.
The railroads will insist that tho
rates in effect prior to 1907, when tho
reductions wero made, wcro then non
compensatory and evidence will bo In
troduced to proVo this statement, said
tho railroad attorneys. Tho jovldenco
Introduced will bo tho valuation of
railroad property by tho state board.
Tho railway commission has not yet
decided whether It will grant tho de
lay to tho railroads.'
County Exhibit at State Fair.
About $4,000 Is offered In premiums
at tho coming Nebraska State fair,
Septombor C to 10, for agricultural
products. Thcso are usually shown
In county collectlvo exhibits and nro
valuablo advertisements for a county.
In many of tho live, progressive coun
ties the commissioners or board of
supervisors makes an appropriation
for nn exhibit representing that coun
ty at tho stato fair, and the result is
that tho county doing this is tho one
which attracts the attention of tho
prospective settler to a much larger
dogreo thnn those which do not be
Hove in advertising. Among tho coun
ties that have already made entries
are:
Counties' nnd In Chargo Of
Richardson Arnold Bros., Vordon.
Washington J. II. Ballnrd, Blair.
Ited Willow Stephen Bollcs, Box
Rider.
Nemaha O. P. Dovel, Auburn.
Frontier Loyal M. Graham, Stock
vlllo. Dundy W. E. Godell, Haigler.
Lancaster S. It. Hall, Havelock.
Howard Z. T. Leftwlch, St. Paul.
Wheeler C. J. Lawless, Erlckson.
Pawnoo Arnold Martin, Dubois.
York A. J. Martin. York.
Koya Palm J. W. McLaren, Spring
view. Brown C. W. Potter, Alnsworth.
Webster L. C. Pelslgor, Bluo Hill.
Furnas J. W. Turner, Beaver City.
Kearney E. B. Trough, Mlndon.
Sollno John August, Dorchester.
Occupation Tax Held Up.
Secretary or Stato Junkln Is holding
$1,480 pnld as occupation under pro
test by n numbor of corporations, who
Insist that tho now law Ib unconstitu
tional. Mr. Junkln Is holding the
money merely as an accomodation, as
thoro is no law by which' 'tho money
can be hold up, but ho has notified
tho companies ho will hold It only n
short time, pending an attack on the
law.
Boiler Bids Rejected.
Tho Board of Public Innd and
Buildings rejected all blds.on tho boil
er for tho Lincoln asylum and tho
generator and motor for tho Norfolk
asylum.
Omaha Road Pays Tax.
Tho secretary of stato received a
check for $200 from tho Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad
In payment of tho occupation tax pro
vided for by tho law onacted by the
recent legislature. Tho monoy was
paid under protest, tho company writ
ing that If understood tho law wob to
bo attacked and that It belloved It
was unconstitutional. Out of a total
of something over 7,000 lottors sent
out to corporations, ovor 3,000 have
been returned, tho corporations ha
ing go'no out of business
Nearly Eight Hundred Thousand Dol
lars on Hand.
Tho roport of Treasurer Brlam for
tho month of July, showing tho trans
actions of his ofllco for Hint period,
shows that tho balances on hand tho
first of tho month amounted to $9G2,
501.89; rccolvcd during tho month,
$379,301.G7; paid out, $558,722.59! bnl
nnco on hand at the closo of business,
$783,083.97.
Out of tho permanent school fund
thoro was oxpended for bondB $317,
377.50, leaving a balanco on hand In
that fund or $378,048.
Thcro Is cash on hnnd and cash
Horns amounting to $182,583.07 and
$000,500 cash on doposlt. The-truBt
funds aro invested aa follows:
Permanent School fund. . ,$7,3C3,428.G9
Permnnont university fund 137.953.7G
Agricultural collcgo endow
ment fund 503,383.79
Normal endowmentjund. . 77,757.35
Total $8,082,523.59
University fund warrants...$ 121,218.09
Bonds 7,961,305.50
Total $8,082,523.59
Hato Clerk Powell of tho railway
commission has made a comparison of
tho business done by tho rnllrondB In
the month of April In the years 1908
nnd 1909. Tho detailed reports shows
tho ticket sales of the Hock Island
amounted to about $2,000 more than
the revenue from Its freight business
The revenue from less than car lots
decreased, whllo tho revenuo from the
shipment of car lots Incronscd In
freight forwarded. The same is true
of freight received.
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Nebraska Political Matters.
Tho following nro stato contrnf com
mittees ns arranged by tho recent re
publican and democratic state conven
tions: Republican State- Committee,
Dtst.
1 A. J. Weaver, Kails City.
2 nr. M. Ntownrt, Tocutnseh.
3 Frank K. Hclvey, Nobrnsku City.
4 Honry Hchnelder. Plattwnouth.
r W. O. It. Davidson, ttprlngllnld.
0 Myron L. Learned, Charles L. Saun
ders. Omaha; Otto Lentln, South
Oinnlm.
7 J. F. Plner, Lyons.
8 K. A. Wlltse. Pender.
i Charles H. Kelsoy, Ncllgh.
10 Howard Heine, Hooper,
It Charles McLcod, Stnnton.
12 Alfred M. l'ost. Collumblis.
15 It. II. Harris. Lynch.
14 Allen O. Fisher. Clmdron.
IB George II. Kliulo, Arcadia.
16 It. P. Stnrr, Ixmn City. . .
17 Charlcu It. Holslngrr, arand Island.
18 J. C. Mnrtln. Central City.
19 Ocorge F. Miller, Utlca.
20 C. O. Wlicdon, Lincoln; F. C. Soverln,
Haltnm.
21 rt. It. Kyd, Beatrice.
22 C. It. Anderson, Croto.
23 F. C. Hnnsol, Hebron.
21 Clarke Koblnson. Fairmont.
25 H. a. Thomns, Howard.
20 W. C. Dorsey. liloomlngton.
27 A. L. Clnrk. HastlnKS. .
28 R. W. Uecthol, HoldreBO.
2") John F. Cordenl, McCook.
30 Ira L. Baer, North Platto.
Democratic State Committee.
Dint.
1 Henry Gordes, Falls City.
2 .lohn 8. McCnrty, Auburn.
3 F. II. Mninell, Nebraska City.
4 W. IX Wheeler. Plattsmouth.
r. K. 13. Placek, Wnhoo.
0 acowi ItoRcrs. C.,li Fanning.. John.
S. Walters, Omaha. . .
7 W. It. Ileum, Teknmah.
8 B. W. Ferguson. Ilnrtlngtoii.
!) H. S. Palmer. NcIIrIi.
10 Wallace H. WlUon, Fremont.
11 W. 13. Powers, Pierce. .
12 J. C. Dyrnes, Columbus.
13 Arthur .Mullen, O'Neill.
14 -S. S. JoIcq, Gordon.
IT, II. r. Cox, Hrcwstor.
1C J. 13. Morrlsoiu Kearney.
17 F. C. Lansmnn. Grnn.1 Island.
18 Charles Krumbniiifh, Hhelby.
19 W. H. .Smith. Howard.
20 T. 8. Allen, P. L. Hall, Lincoln.
21 C. P. Hnll. Beatrice.
22 W. 8. Collet, Crete,
23 Dan KnvnnnuKh, Falrbury.
21 II. F. Hequarctle. York.
2fi II. 13. MetzRer, Aurora.
20 George W. Hutchinson. lied Cloud.
27 It. H. Wahlqulest, IlnstltiBS.
28 C. II. Harmon, Holdrcj,'e.
29 J. II. Moonoy, Arnpnhoo.
30 GeoiBO C. Qlllan, Lexington.
Action Against Telephone Company.
Attorney General Thompson will be
gain an action against tho Johnson
County Homo Tolophono company. It
Is alleged that tho rates of tho com
pany were changed without permission
from tho commissioners.
Extra Session Probable.
Governor Shnllonbergor has received
a copy of tho proposed amendment to
tho federal constitution from Phllnndor
C. Knox, secrotnry of state. It was
announced nt the ofllco of tho governor
that no extra sosslon would bo called
merely for tho purposo of adopting the
amendment, but that ono may bo cal
led for "somo unfinished business" and
tho ratification of tho amendment
would' bo Incidental to that.
No Union Depot.
Lincoln seems far away from n
union depot. Tho Burlington has of
fored Its depot for a union stntlon and
tho matter seemed to bo In a fair way
of sottlomont, but now a lot of whole
salers havo come across with serious
objections and thoro may nothing-result
from tho offer.
Good May Move to Lincoln.
Ellis ID. Good of Peru, formerly n
member of tho stato legislature, hav
ing served both in tho houso nnd the
senate, has bought a lot In Lincoln
and Is contemplating making this city
his home.
Republicans to Move.
Tho republican stnto headquarters
will bo moved to tho Lincoln hotel to
tho rooms directly south of Teeter's
Jowelory store, on tho ground lloor.
Sample Ballots Mailed.
Secretary of Stato Junkln. mailed out
sample ballots to bo used In tho com
ing primary. Tho ballots under the
now primary law aro of tho blanket
variety. Thoy nro 2 foot -1V& Inches
wldo nnd 9 Inches long. Across the
top Is tho party designations: Demo
crat, republican, peoplo'H Indopondont,
prohibition nnd socialist. Mr. Junkln
has rotated tho nnmcs of tho candi
dates on tho sample ballots, and the
samples will bo different In tho vari
ous counties Insofar as It Is posslblo
to mako them different,
Trip to
OPyYG TXALS V SW?(?
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LARD PlVflC
Wo pitched our llrst camp on Fcbru
a.ry 15, 1909, and from then until wo
struck tho Montreal river on March
1G wo pitched camp 12 times. Wo
started on Fobrunry 14 nnd tho first
night found nn old tent thnt had been
up all winter. Bolng rather tired after
our first day's journoy, we decided to
camp there rather than go to tho
bother of pitching our own tent. Tho
tent was rather small nntf wo wero
somowhnt crowded In our closo quar
ters. In turned blttor cold that night,
nnd wo had difficulty In keeping
warm. Tho next morning, after break
fast, wo packed our toboggans nnd
moved about half a mile farther
south and pitched tho camp.
Wo had no dogs, and ns our load
was rather largo and heavy, wo wero
forced to spilt It and tako part ahead
and enche It and then take tho re
mainder when we broko camp, Tho
trails wero vary bad in places and
then again thoro wero no trails at all
and wo wore forced to cut our own.
This mndo pretty alow traveling, nnd
from February 14 to until March 15
wo traveled about 25 miles, or about
a mllo n day.
During tho winter It Is a very com
mon sight to seo a prospector along
tho trails In Cnnnda. Tho packs vary
In weight from 25 to 100 pounds nnd
the toboggans carry botweon 50 nnd
150 pounds, so, botweon tho two, a
man has a pretty good load. If tho
trails are good, tho pack can bo put
on the sled, but If tho trnll Is at all
unovon tho load Ib very apt to tip over
nnd caiiKo more Inconvenlenco than If
the pack wore carried. Tho packs are
usually carried well up on tho shoul
ders and then supported by a tump
lino, going ovor tho forehead and
sometimes bnlanccd by two shouldor
straps. In this way tho man has free
use of hls-arms.
On May G wo woreat Smoothwntor
lake. Although that lato In tho sea
son, tho river frozo nt night nnd loft
about a quarter of an Inch of Ico. Wo
wero thoro about a week after tho
spring breakup started and nt this
thno tho lco was all out of tho river;
but In tho lakes tho lco had not started
to go. Furthermore, It had not disap
peared until about two weeks lator.
Several times in May wo took our ca
noo on tho river and then had to use
Bnow-shoea In tho woods In order to
get nroun'd.
The rapids In the Montreal river at
Latchford wero not frozen ovor on
February 8, yet tho temperature was
14 degrees bolow zero. Tho rapids
never freezo during tho coldest weath
er. The railroad bridge .crosses tho
river at this point.
There wns a bad fire in Gowganda
on May 2G. Tho fire was started by
sparks from a campdro used for out
sldo cooking. First it took a tent and
all Its contents and thou Jumped to a
log-cabin nnd In hnlf an hour thoro
was nothing loft hut a pllo of charred
logs. A strong north wind was blow
ing away from thS town; had It boon
In tho othor direction thoro would
have been no city to toll tho talo.
A greater Bight which wo saw was
a forest llro on Lako Kuwaknnlkn.
Forest fires aro started, somotlmos by
cnrciessneBs nnu sometimes on mil
poso. This particular firo burned all
around UiIb lako und flnnlly burned
Itself out In a Bwamp. There wore a
numbor of bad llreB on Lako Obus
kong, there being llvo In ono any. A
numucr or men havo lost all tliolr be
longings In these fires. The fiamoB
travel bo quickly thoy aro very dan
gerous,
A favorite way of trnvcl- between
Latchford and Elk lako during tho
Hummer months Is by steamer. Tho
trip Is about forty-five miles and tnkos
nlno hours. Thoro nro mountain
chutes, flat rapids and other rapids
botweon Elk lako and Latchford nnd
aa tho boatB-tlo not run them, thoro
has to be a bont at each portage, to'
mako connections. Tho engines on
tho boats nro all wood burners nnd
run quite slow, so It mnkes tho trlfl"'
rnther tiresome.
It wns In 1070 thnt Charlos II. gavo
to his cousin Prlnco Rupert tho bold
hut none too successful cavalier of tho
civil war tho excluslvo right to trade
with the lndlnns in that great stretch
of country whoso rivers run down, to
Hudson's bay. Tho Hudson's Uny
Company waa formed by Prlnco Ru
pert nnd his associates, who exploited
tho concession, nnd Its history for
nenrly two-nnd-n-hnlf centuries has
been- one of astonishing boldness nnd
success. Furs were .tho company's
main concern In Its early days. Ub
agents, established In factories or
forts, traded with tho Indlnn hunters,
collected tho polts, and dispatched
them by tho Inland waterwaya on the
long and perilous routo to tho const
for transmission to England. Even
to this day tho company's fur trnde
Ib being carried on In like manner,
though In moro northerly regions, for
tho settlement of population In tho
south has driven tho fur-bearing nnl
mnls to tho primaeval Bolltudos beyond
In unbroken sequence for nbout a corr
tury tho company's ileot has sailed
from Edmonton down tho AthnhaBcn
Into nnd on down the Great Macken
zlo river to tho Arctic ocean, return
Ing In tho nutumn with tho Turn taken
ten months beforo.
Grandmother's Two Fads.
"My grandmother," said tho man
who wns raised on tho farm, "was n
woman of great dotormlnntlon. One
day she was showing grandfather and
mo how to selzo hornots nnd smash
In their skulls beneath tho thumb and
forefinger beforo thoy could sting
a little trick In which tho old Indj
took great prldo. Sho picked tho yel
low buzzer oft tho window shndo, the
usual faint, crushing sound was heard
and tho old lady smilingly hold tho
dead body up for our approval. Wc
showed proper admiration for the
fear, but still regretfully preferred to
slap tho Uttlo fiends with n bourd
Not till Bcvoral days afterward did
wo notice tho swollen finger, and ills
cover thnt tho hornet, by some sort ol
devllsh Ingenuity, had managed tc
string grand mother.
"Sho also used to cut up with a
hoo all tho snakes bIio could find nnd
feed them to the chlckons. Snake
ment, especially milk snakes, gavo the
chicken n peculiarly lino flavor, she
agsertod. No ono could contradict thlf
theory, tho fine flavor was thero ovcry
Thanksgiving day to provo It."
Reminded Him of Home.
A man whoso boyhood hnd been
spoilt "within a stone's throw of Bon
con hill and that mighty odlllco ir
which tho Commonwealth of Massn
chusotts Is yearly saved, was recontlj
summoned to admlro his wlfo's new
hat. Hound and steep and brllllnnt
ly yellow It was the "vory latent'
cabriolet. Tho man looked at It long
and thoughtfully, nnd then, "Thai
takes mo back," ho breathed.
"What do you mean?" Inquired hi:)
puzzled wlfo, who hnd boon prepared
for KarcttBinB, but not Blghs,
"Why, tho hat's tho living Imago of
tho dome of tho Boston statchouso If
you'd only had It Just a llttlo bigger!'
And aa ho mado his escape alio
hoard him humming: "How de-nr to
my heart are tho scones of my child
hood!"
if tjf Yf "Y
CALLS ATTENTION TO COUNTRY
Eplfnnlo Portela, envoy extraordinary from Ar
getitlnn, has risen to rcmnrk thnt Americana
could get more trndo with his country If thoy
only hnd ships sailing from Now York or somo
other central point to Buenos Ayres. As It is
now, about tho only way that Amorlcan goods
can bo shipped to Argentina Is by way of Europe.
But four American ships' visited Buenos Ayrca
In 1908. Dc8plto this hnndlcnp, tho envoy snyB,
tho residents of his land took nearly $50,000,000
of Amcricnn goods last year. The total annual
trndo Is $000,000,000.
"Tho people of our country would like to trrtdo
with America," says Portela, "but bb It Is, tho
countries of Europo can undersell yoijr on
everything except agricultural machinery, which
constitutes the bulk of tho $50,000,000 business
we do with you now.
"Amcrlcnns, nB n rule, Uttlo nppreclato tho slzo of Argentine Republic
nnd Its mngnillctuce. Tho republic Is ns blg,as all tho territory cast of tho
Mississippi, Including nlso North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Minne
sota Our country will, In tlmo, bo tho granary of tho world. In 1900 In
the United States thoro wcro 52,589,000 acres of wheat. In Argentina wo
hnvo now 80,000,000 acres under cultivation and an avcrngo yield of 20
bushels to the acre.
"Buenos Ayres Is as largo aa Philadelphia. You may not realtzo that.
It has II thenlora nnd threo grand opera Iiousob, ono of which cost $2,000,000.
Sonor Portela llrst enmo. to tho United Slates ns nn'attncho of tho lega
tion during Gen. Grant's second term ns president. Lntcr ho became minister
to Brazil, Chllu nnd Spain, nnd In 1905 ho returned ngnln to the United States
as envoy, By profession ho Is n newspaperman, bolng nn editorial writer on
La Naclon before lm entered dlplomncy.
HURLED FROM POWER
With Col. Georges Plcqunrt, alternately
France's military hero nnd tho target for her
opprobrium, fato has played n pretty gamo of
battlcdoro. A buroau clerk with n military rank
nnd tltlo, ho became a national charactor when
the Dreyfus affair waB nt Its height by Biiddenly
espousing tho cnuso of thnt officer nt the mo
ment of his greatest unpopularity. As a conse
quenco, Plcqunrt was hated, cursed, threatened,
ridiculed. But history moves rapidly In Jti hollo
Franco nnd public opinion races between ex
tremes. After Zola and tho courts of last degree,
Droyfua was freed, whitewashed, cheered and
promoted, Upon tho national wave of reaction
his frlonds Uko Plcqunrt rodo to quick popularity.
Eventually It went so far In tho lntter'u caso as
to mnko him minister of wnr In tho cabinet of
the republic practlcnl head, under tho president, of tho military establish
ment of Franco.
Now, with no sin of his own omission or commission to thank, tho wheel
lias turned round again. Col. Plcqunrt Is hurled with equal suddenuoss from
Ills pedestal, no moro to ho courted by generals and Bonntors, no moro to
grncofully rldo across tho uppor ond of tho rovlow fields whllo ennnons ronr,
bauds crash nnd divisions cheer. Bccnuso IiIb premier, head of tho cabinet,
In nn unguarded moment pormltted his tomper to run nwny with his tongue
In the chamber, to bo outpointed with the oratorical foils of llncsso by Ills
nnclont enemy, DelcnBse, tho ministry tumbles- not only Clemonccnu, but
hla fellows, including Col. Georges Plcqunrt, plaything of the Jocular goda
that be In modern Franco.
TO HEAD ENGLAND'S NAVY
Admiral Sir Arthur Mooro, K. C. B K. O. V.
O., C. M. G., who will succeed Sir John Flshor
In October next as tho active head of tho Eng
lish navy, Is n sailor wh'o has risen to his pros
cut position by Bhcer hard-AVork and competence.
He Is not n spectacular person, like Lord ChnrloH
Bcrcsford or his Immediate predecessor, Sir John
FlBhcr, but ho hnB distinguished-himself by nl
wnys doing tho Job thnt wbb glvon him in excel
lent shapo and without any unnecessary fusa
and noise. Patriotic Englishmen hope thnt hla
advont at tho admiralty will mark tho end of
tho potty portionnl nnd polltlcnl Jealousies which
havo done so much harm to tho Borvlco recently.
Admiral Mooro Ib now 02 years old, Ho en
tered tho navy in 18C0, nnd wns specially pro
moted for hla services during tho Egyptian war
of 1882, when ho commnnded tho Orion nnd was present nt tho battlo or Tel-el-Koblr.
He wns ono of tho British representatives at tho Antl-Slnvcvy con
gress nt Brussels In 1889, and ho wbb aluo a naval aid-do-camp to tho lato
Queen Victoria. Ho waa commnndor-ln-chlof at tho Capo station, during tho
South African war and hla last commniid was at tho China atatlon, Ho held
this until lnbt year, since which ho hns been on tho Inactive list.
PROPOSES GREAT CANAL
W. J. Bottcrlll, a London (England) civil en
gineer, Iiiib proposed the building of a sea level
canal 120 feet wide nnd 21 foot deep ncross Eng
land, from Yarmouth, tho naval bnso of tho Brit
ish Isles on tho North sea, to tho Bristol chan
nel, 240 mlleB nway, The proposed canal would
also have n branch to Birmingham, nn important
commercial city, making It a port for sea-going
vessels. This Bectlon, which would connect with
the main canal at Oxford, would bo GO iuIIch
long.
Engineer Bottcrlll declnrcn Jlio main Iden of
tho canal to bo commerce, but, of course, tho
nnval doroiiBO England haa expected to mako
for horself In tho European wnr that nlwayH
threatens conieB up for consideration. With thin
Idea In view Mr. Bottorlll would provldo a forti
fied nnval base at Rockland, a few miles from Yarmouth, whore 40 Dread
noughts could bo docked and there would bo 400 acres of nafo water.
Another udvnntago of tho proposed canal, tho author of tho Idea says,
would be the sailing of vessels from New York right past tho Oxford universities
"KID COTTON KING" BROKE
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he hud
JcsBO L. Llvermoro, "kid cotton king," at tho
ago of 31, when ho looked more aa if ho wore
only 21, has gonojho way of tho speculator
Jesse Is broko. Out of three big guesses us to
which way tho cotton markot would go he
guessed right once. Thnt guess brought him
$3,000,000. But ho lost $1,000,000 of this "bull
Ing" tho market In August of 190S. Tho price
of cotton suddenly dropped $2.50 a bale. Thlf
last tlmu Jesse sold short In cotton nnd nlso In
wheat, In both of which the "wheat king" of Chi
cago, James A. Patten, has boon operating. Pat
ten guessed right, but Llvermoro didn't.
Consequently his name has been erased from
tho doors of E. F. Hutton & Co.
Jesso llrst snw the light In Shrewsbury, Mass,,
la 1877. Ills first speculative attempt uottod him
With a boy friend ho took a Oyer In Burlington & Qiiluoy in a local
shop in 1893 Just 10 years old, you see, By tho time ho was 21
$8,000 or $9,000, all made In speculation.