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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
NEBRASKA III BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS 3ECTION3. ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON i Mr-. to.. . Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt. leal and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Street railway omployc3 Of Omaha and Lincoln want inoro pay. Ed McConnoIl of Falrbury drew claims In two of the recent govern ment land drawings. No rain In Gage comity alnco'July 4, and a3 a consequence the corn crop will bo ahortoned. Governor Shnllenberger has Issued hla Laobr day proclamation for the first Monday In September. Tho attendance at the Nebraska City Chautauqua this year was ahead of any former year. In Seward county apples are bo plentiful that elder la being mado In largo quantities. Tho Falrbury Chautauqua this year was tho most successful ever hold In the county. Mrs. Cathorlno Holmes, who re cently died In Omaha, was the sev enth hrldo In Nebraska, having been married In territorial days. Kearney democrats aro planning a barbecue to bo given some tlmo dur ing Septembor. Governor Johnson of Minnesota will probably be tho prin cipal speaker. Tho total Douglas county assess ment on which tnxes will bo lovlcd for next year is $35,758,733. Tho school district tax will bo levied on nn Omaha assessment of $2G,0S9,493. Kearney business men are pushing tho corn exposition In nuffalo county and expect to hold their preliminary show In October and then tako tho b03t exhibits to Omaha to tho na tional exhibit. Judge John B. Barnes spent $45.88 to securo his nomination on tho re publican tlcekt as a candidate for bu promo judge. Of thin amount $25.40. was spent for blank petitions, $14 for, getting them circulated and $G.48 for postage. Summer npplcs woro novcr moro plentiful nround Herman than they are this year. Tho trees aro loaded and there Is no isalo for thorn. Some orchards bearing tho flno3t kind of fruit have tho ground covered with apples going to waste. Charged with having plcckd the pockets of C. E. Peterson of Valley nt tho union station on August 18, . William Huffman and Ed Martin woro arraigned before Judge Damn in jus tice court nt Fromont. After n two hours' hearing thoy wore bound over to tho district court under bonds of $800 each. N..A. Darton, government geologist, was In Falrbury contracting for ce ment, stone, nand, etc., for tho now $70,000 government building to bo erected there. Ho stated that tho do lay In starting work on tho Falrbury building wns occasioned by nn over amount of work In tho archltect'3 of fice At Omaha, ono Rassmussen, jeal ous of his wife, shot her three times, then turned tho weapon on himself, dying almost Instantly. Chances for the woman's recovery aro very slim. Tho family recently camo from Iowa. E. D. Walker, living half n milo from Cedar Bluffs, sold his farm for $150 per aero. Attorney W. D. McIIugh pnid to tuo secretary of state $48,001, tho fil ing fco for incorporating tho Chi cago, Great Western railway In Ne braska. Tho company has a capital stock of ?9G,000,000. This 13 tho sec ond largest feo paid to tho secretary of stato this year, tho other having been $70,000 for filing tho articles of tho Missouri' Pacific. Tho county commissioners of Douglas county hnvo offered a reward of $100 for tho capturo of Jamos Philips, accused of killing Marshall C. Hamilton noar I-'loronco on tho morning of August' 1. Governor Shallenbcrger, on behalf of tho stato, somo time ngo offered a rownrd of $200, making a total of $300 for tho capturo of tho alleged murderer. Thousands of dollars havo boon spent during the past fow months in putting tho stato fair grounds In shnpo for a great fair this yoar, be ginning Septomebr C and ondlng Sep tember 10. Mauy repairs have been mado on tho grounds, roads have been graded, now buildings havo boon built nnd tho gonoral tono(of tho place has been grontly- Improved. Captain Jones of tho Sixth United Statos Infantry, Inspoctor of tho state militia, concludes his report on tho Nebraska National guard ns fol lows: "Tho command was found to bo generally In a fair stato of officioncy for-field scrvlco, which will no doubt Increaso rapidly under tho nblo administration of tho present ad jutant gonoral of the stato, who has doveloped tho guard greatly slneo taking tho office on tho first of tho yoar." O. K. MfEkoy, superintendent of catUo at tho 6tatc fair this yoar, says ho has booked 700 oxhlhltlon cuttle. This is considered phenomenal, slnco 600 has heretofore boon considered n full exhibition of cattlo. Every stall In all tho cattlo pens linu been let nnd moro aro asking for room. Tho Episcopalians of Iloldrogo aro rojolclng ovor the assignment to their church of Itev. Gaylord Bennott of Kearnoy as tho resident roctor. A handaorao new church was erected and dedicated tho flrnt of tho year, which has been miwHed by tho rootor at Arapahoe , ROM August 0 to to day tho rifle range at Camp Perry, Ohio, bus boon In constant use. Flvo dis tinct tournaments were held with thousands of mnrksruon, scorers and attendants In camp on tho range, Tho program Included tho sovonth nnnunl matches under tho Notional Board for Promotion of Rlflo Practice; tho twonty-sovonth annual matches of tho National Klllo associa tion i the sixth annual matches of tho Ohio Stato Klllo association; tho first nnnunl mntchos of tho Department of the Lnkos Rlflo association, anil tho regular annual competition of t'ac Ohio Na tional Guard. Tho Ohio National Gunrd mntchos woro for members of that organization exclusively. They began August 1) nnd numbered llvo matches. Immediately following came the Ohio state Hlllo matches of tho a s soclatlofi, which wero open only to its mem bers and room bors of the Ohio National Guard, 13 matches In all. Next In or der were tho matches of tho Ohio Stato Itlllo a s soc la t ion, which were open to all comers. They numbered 2S, making the total number of matches or tho O. S. It. A. 41. Tho matches of the Department of tlio Lakes It. A., which wore fihot under tho direction of the O. S. H. A., numbered six. Thoy wero confined to teams and citi zens from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan nnd Ken tucky, which states comprise tho Department of the Lakes. Preliminary practico for tho na tional mntches began on Friday. August 20, and continued on Sat urday. Sunday the range was closed. On Monday, August 23, tho national team match was opened and was followed by tho natlonnl individual rlllo match and tho natlonnl individual pistol match. Thcso matches wore com pleted by Friday, when tho Na tional Rlflo association matches began. They included 17 matches. During tho period from August 8 to 20 the targets woro manned by n brlgado of tho Ohio National Guard and shooting wns in nro- gross from olght till 11:30 a. m., and from ono to five o'clock In tho afternoon. During I ho matches of tho Natlonnl Board for Promotion of Itlflo Practico and tho Na tional Rlllo association tho range wns ofll cored and manned by tho U. S. army and tho national guard. Markers und scorers woro fur niched by the army, a regiment being detailed for duty nt tho range Teams ontorlng tho national mntch either subsisted themselves or wero subsisted nt tho moss hall. Congress appropriated $12,000 for tho "mossing" of competitors during tho natlonnl matches. 5J -WGT C rrrrrr"B i ft I mnn iim ! mmm amimff rlatlon added ronio cash prizes and nn Interesting contest wan hold with about 15 newspaper men ns competitors. Tho following yoar tho committee on publicity of tho National Board for tho Promotion of Rlflo Practice took up tho Idea ot (retiring a permanent presn trophy nnd through tho goneroslly of ono of its tnombers obtained a Bolld silver loving cup of unuBit ally graceful lines, which was turned ovor to the Nntlonnl Rlflo .association. It Is inscribed- "Proea Trophy Presented by tho National Rlllo Association of America ns n Perpetual Trophy for rllle competition among tho Prose of tho United Stntes." As tho natlonnl bonrd conducts no matches except thoso for which con gress provides tho prizes, the Press cup mntch la shot undor the direction of tho N. R. A Shooting ond Fishing having been replnccd by "Arms nud tho Man," tho latter pub llcatlon gives for this mntch a replica of the Press trophy. Tho orig inal goes to tho publi cation represented by tie winner, which ltcopj It for ono year. Tho rep- v JIT 2 OO YARDC tho cup. This nnnu nl contest grew out of n merry jest at Sea Girt some years ago. Each year there gathers at Sea Girt a happy party of nowspapcr men, who have been nttonding the Now Jersey mntchos for a number of years. Thoy havo a Correspondent's' club, which holds nnnunl meetings nnd of which Leslie R. Fort, son of Governor Fort of New Jersoy nnd publisher of n Lnkowood Journal, In presldoiit. Tho meetings aro now hold In tho govornor'a man sion nt Sen Girt range. Somo yenrs ago as a Joke tho correspondents docldcd to havo a "press match." As they woro considerably out of prnctice, thoy shot on a 1,000 yard tar got at COO yards. Even nt that a maJoWty of the bullets woro novcr located. John Taylor Humphrey, then editor of Shooting nnd Fish ing, won tho contest and when tho prizes wero presented nt tho club house that year ho wnn handed a battered tin cup by Gen. Bird W. Spencer, who gravely complimented him on his marksmnnship. Mr. Humphrey mndo a suitable response and predicted that out of tho match hotter things would como. Ho nlso "filled tho cup" according to tlmo honored custom. Tho following year Mr. llumphroy presented n handsome sllvor loving cup for tho first prlzo and tho New Jersoy Rlllo iibbo- Ilea becomes tho property of tho winner. As Iho trophy iu properly Inscribed with tho name or the winner, tho publication represented and tho score, It will In tlmo bo a very Interesting n well ns haiulBomo affair. In addition tho Nation nl Rlflo association gives n llfo momborshlp tc tho second man, nnd thcro aro n number ol cash prizes. While tho N. R. A. matches fol low tho nntlonnl mntches nnd havo boon shot at Camp Perry for two years past and will bo this year, Son Girt Btlll keeps up the "Press match." for which Arms nnd tlio Man provides a cup and tho N. J. R. A. the cash prizes. The Illinois Stnto Rlflo association and sovornl others hnvo press rlflo mntches. Each competitor was ontitlod to n cot and mattress and necessary camp furniture, such as stool, wnsh-basln, water-bucket, tin cup, broom, etc., nnd nmplo tcntngo wa3 furnished, nil through tho courtesy of tho stato of Ohio. Competitors supplied their .own blankets nnd bedding other than mattresses. A careful cstlmnto of tho number of men at Camp Porry for tho matches included 100 regular army officers, 1,000 onllhtod men, U. S. A., team contestants nnd olllcora, 00; national gunrdsmon not attachod to loams and civilian rlllo club members, 300 to COO; brigade, O. N. G., ."00. The prlzo list at tho matches at Camp Perry wns very attractive to rlfla,mon, as tho money wns Inrgoly In excess of any hereto foro divided and tho prlzo Hots woro much larger. In tho national toam match tho prizes woro ns follows: Class A. $4no, $350, $300 and $250; Cluss B, $350, $250, $225 and $200; Class C. $300, $200, $175 and $150. In nddition there was a trophy for each class and ovory member of tho twolvo teams ro colvod a medal. In tho national individual match there were 30 prlzos, amounting to $3'J0, with tho sumo number of medals. In tho du Pont tyro match, shot undor the aus pices of tho O. S. R. A., tho prlzo money amounted to $100, divided Into 42 prlzos. Tho Ohio mntchos carried from four to 12 or moro prizes. As tho mntchos of tho National Rlllo association wero conducted on n percontngo basis a groat amount of monoy was divided nnd the number of tho prlzos In tho big matches was large. In somo of tho great In dividual matches, Hl:o tho Leech cup match, tho total prlzo money approximated $000 and more. All tho entrance foes loss tho actual expense of operating the range woro roturnod to the contostnnts In tho N. R. A. matches. For tho natlonnl mntchos Congress furnished tho prize money. With a few oxcoptlons tho press champion ship trophy for rlflo shooting, which Is con tested for each yoar at tho nntlonnl rifle mntchos, is tho only big trophy of Its kind for whlch nowspnper men slrlvo aB representa tives of their publications and not personally. There nro ninny working nowspnper men who aro members or ex-momboru of tho national gunrd and not a fow havo neon service In tho army or nnvy and In tho Spanish war. Among them nro some excellent shots, and while tho restrictions surrounding tho Press cup nro such aa to prevent members of stato toama from competing and thus tho number of con testants Is curtailed, tho contost Is nlwnys keen nnd It take? n good score to carry off ARE BLONDES INFERIOR? niondo women In Chicago, Judges of tho courts and superintendents of two lnsnno asy lums disputed tho statement of MnJ. Charles E. Woodruff, surgeon In tho United States army, that blondos nro morally and physically tho Inferiors of brunettes. Thoy nlso altncked his assertion that blondes make up n grunt er portion of tho population of Jails and similar institutions. Dr. Woodruff .ronched his conclusions nftor ho had completed an Inspection of tho prisons nnd asylums In Now York stato nnd elty. Ho doclnred thcso Institutions In Now York nro full of blonde porsotis who, owing to their ner vous temperament, are unablo to ntrugglo for oxistonco in n cllmnto to which thoy aro un fitted nud havo fallon Into poverty, dlseaso and crime. Dr. Woodruff co'ntonds that tbo oxcoas of sunshine In Amorlca broaks down tbo nervous systom of blondes, morally as well aa phys ically, and makes them peculiarly Hnblo to tbo ravages of consumption nnd other deadly nil meats. "Such may bo tho enso In Now York, but it is not so In Chicago," ono aigry soolety wom an, who Is a pronounced blonde, declared. "I am sure wo aro just as good and some of us better thnn tho brunettes. Our divorce courts will show that." "I will havo to dony Dr. Woodruff's tho ory," declarod Judge Thoodoro Brontano. "In tho first placo, you seo, Mrs. Brontano Is n blonde. Judging from the standard In my homo I do not think much of Dr. Woodruff's Idoas. In my oxperlonco on tho bonch, al though I havo not paid any particular atten tion to tho complexion of tho prisoners beroro me, I bollovo thero hnvo been ns many dark persons sent to Jail ns blondes, ir not moro. "As to dlvorcos, I am suro I cannot sny whother most or tlioso who figured In them woro blondes or brmiottos. I think thoy have boon nbout equally divided." Mrs. Theodore Brontano, wlfo of tho Jurist, expressed tho scntlrnouts of hor husband. "I, do not soo why dlft'oronco In complex ion should have anything to do with moral ity," Bho declared. "In my oxperlonco In tho crlmlnul court and as a police magistrate I havo tried hun dreds of men and women," said Judgo George Korsten. "Tho chargos ranged from disor derly conduct to murder. I never noted wheth er tho- offcnderii wero of light or dark com plexion. I consider ono ns good as tho other." Investigation nt two lusano Institutions, Dunning and tho stato hospital for Insane at Elgin, failed to uphold tho theory of Dr. Vc.;1 rulf. "Of courso I cannot stato positively off hand whether thcro nro moro blondes than brunettes confined In this Institution," auid Supt. Wllhlto of Dunning. "I do not think, however, thnt thcro Is nny dlfferenco In tho numbers. I will say, though, that I havo found tho llght-complcxloncd Inmates Inclined to bo of moro nervoiiH tempornmont than tho dark patients." "It may bo truo of tho Jails and lnsnno In stitutions In Now York," commontod Dr. Pod stata, superintendent of tho stnto hospital for tho Insane at Elgin, 111. "I havo not found such to bo tho case nt this Institution. Thero aro ns many patients horo of dark complexion as thero aro blondes." Of 253 convicts In Clinton prison, whom ho ho observed, Dr. Woodruff stntes that 19 hatl very light hnlr, CI had light brown hnlr, 01 dark brown hnlr and 112 had dnrkor shados. Tho doctor maintained that this Is far abovo tho truo average of blondes. Of nearly 5,000 men admitted to tho Elmlra reformatory Dr. Woodruff found 318 blondos, DO with rod hnlr, 103 with sandy, 1,203 with light brown hnlr, 1,449 with dark brown hair, 1,400 with blnck. Ho concludes thnt unless tho blnndo Amer ican finds somo hotter menns of survlvnl than ho has at present ho will bo wiped out, ns a type, in favor of tho brunette Home in Sun for Harriman A physician's proscription which coats $30, 000 to fill may seem a bit high, even In these dnys or luxury, but If you happen to possess moro million! than you hnvo fingers nud toos nnd then n good mnny moro you may not mind the oxpenso any moro than E. II, Hnrrl man does. Sovcral months ngo tho financier's physl-, clan doclded hla patient was not getting' enough sunlight nud so ho proscribed n Kola Hum, or uun room, on tho top of tho now Ilnr rlmnn homo, nt Fifth nvonuo nnd SIxty-ntnth etreot, Now York, Tho Ilnanclor lookod nt tho prescription and turned It over to his archi tect, Grosvenor Attorbury, 20 West Forty-third street. Mr. Attorbury, In turn, called In Julius Ponbody, ono of tho cleverest of his staff, and together they drow tho plans. Tho solarium will occupy tho entlro top of tho houso and will comprlso n suuroom, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a sitting room. Each will bo so arranged thnt It can practi cally bo mado an opon-nlr room, or bo Bhloldcd that rain will bo excluded nnd nlr permitted to outer In ovont of bad weather. Then, by nn arrangement or Rhados and blinds tho sun's rnva inny bo governed so that tho tomporatura will bo kopt even. Tho sunroom proper will extend ncross the Fifth avenue sldo of tho building and will be 48x35 foot liiHldo men8uro. Looking up from Central park, tho offect will bo thnt of o greonhoiiFo, ns tho entlro sldo will bo Inclosed with windows. Along tho Sixty-ninth strecl sldo will bo n dozen windows opening Into the Hunroom, sitting room nnd bedrooms. In tho contor of tho Biinroom will bo n sky light 12x12 foot. This will. bo constructed of glass heavy enough to withstand tho most bo voro storms und bo nrranged that It may be oponcd or closed. Tho Idea Is to keep It open in ploasant wonther that air may bo admitted As the walls from tho comlco to tho main fiat roof project Inward at nn nnglo ot 45 do greou, tho dlstnnco from tho floor to tho coll lug will not bo ns great at tho sides of the rooms ns In tho contor. At tho Bides thownll will moasuro 10 root six Inches, One of tho novelties will bo nn Intorlot porch. This will bo built on tho Sixty-ninth Btroet sldo of the suuroom and will bo 14x8 root. It will bo Hiich a porch as ono might find nt tho ontrnnno to n summer houso and will permit a vlow of 8lxty-nlnth street and Central park and n bit of Fifth nvenuo. As tho sun apartments nro 05 feet abovo tho pave ment tho vlow will bo mngnlficont. Moreover the nlr at this dlatanco from tho pavement la I roe from dust nnd exceptionally fresh. It Is tho Idon to mako a Gort of conserva tory out of tho porch. Plants may bo grown hero nnd It Is likely many rare blooms will be cultivated. Enough sun will bo admitted to dnvolop orchids and ripen grapes. Ab n heat ing apparatus will bo Installed tho chill blasts of winter cannot Injure tho plants. Nor can tho hot suns of summer bum thorn, for the shades ami blinds may bo drawn and tho cool ing plant sot to work. When tho improvements nro comploted Jlnrrlmnn can practically llvo out or doors among the most beautiful of flowers If ho cIiooeos. Ho can hnvo all tho sun thero la without leaving his homo and ho can tako tho fresh-air sleeping cure It ho sees fit. With tho skylight nnd windows open ho will bo out of doors to all Intents and purposes and far enough from tho ctrcot to alcop undlsturbort by city noises. 13 von tho nlr from tho parl will suggest tho country