THE MAN OF ONE IDEA
Dy B. WINTHROP JONES.
ICopyrlght. 1D09, by American Press Asuo
clatlon, Ono morning nbout fifty years ago u
tall mau with a black beard, his head
bent in thought, sauntered along the
bank of a creek In Pennsylvania. An
idea had got Into his brain, and he
could not get It out.
There have been many men similarly
infected, but there hnve boon few a
very few who havo worked out their
idea successfully.
The man of one idea stopped beside
a trench and watched people placing
blankets on the water It contained,
then taking them up nnd wringing
them over tubs, This was the early
method used In gathering petroleum.
The oil exuded from the soil and when
collected In the trenches, being lighter
than water, rose to the surface, from
which it was either absorbed by the
blankets or skimmed in dippers. Tin
process had been borrowed from the
Indians, who used petroleum for lini
ment. The man watching the work had
scon it often before. Whence came
this oil? A vision of a great oil lako
lying below the stratum of rock cov
ered by the soil from which the petro
leiitu exuded tilled bis intiiil. And why
did it come up through the soli? He
cause of pressure. There was not
room for the oil lako in Its rock prison,
and It was striving to get out.
Then came the thought, If ho could
bore a hole in the rock the oil would
burst forth as water from a hydrant.
Ono morning in the spring of 18.7T
the man of one Idea started from New
Ilnvon, Conn., for tho banks of Oil
creek, Pennsylvania, with n thousand
dollars in his pocket, furnished by
backers, to be used In drilling that
hole. With it he bought an engine
nnd hired an experienced driller. The
engine was long In coming, and the
driller, couvinced that his employer
was a crank, tinally refused to stand
by him. The summer wore away, the
money was expended, and the enthu
siast's backers, losing faith in him, de
clined to furnish more funds.
Those who wore collecting oil In
blankets and skimming It from the
surface of water went on with their
work regnrdless of the man of ono
Idea. The people living on Oil creek,
passing day nf ter day his uncompleted
preparations, considered him a mono
maniac a man who wished to bore
down Into the earth to find n lake of
oil. What more absurd idea had ever
got into the brain of man? The sto
ries of Munchausen were no more im
probable The children In the streets
jeered him, and their parents tnppcd
their foreheads as be passed.
Tho winter came on. nnd tho man of
one idea found himself facing poverty.
Ills funds both for the purposes of
working out his dream nnd for sup
porting his family were exhausted.
Ills children needed food and clothing,
but shopkeepers declined to give cred
it to one who was looking for a pe
troleum lako in tho bowels of tho
earth.
A year passed, during which not a
ray of hope came to tho mau of one
idea. Then In the spring of 1S59 he
succeeded in infecting two others
with his delusion, and they provided
him with new capital with which to
continue his boring. He secured tho
services of a practical salt driller and
his two sons, who possessed a com
plete outfit of tools to be used In the
work.
No sooner had they begun to drill
than through tho porous soil water
poured Into their well, filling it with
mud and interfering with their work.
The drill ceased to bore, but tho brain
of the man of ono Idea worked on. lie
must Invent some method of preserv
ing his well. Various experiments ho
tried failed. Then, securing some cast
iron piping, he drove It Into tho ground
that he might bore within It. That It
was of cast rather than wrought Iron
Indicates the man's pinched resources.
It would not stand the blows neces
sary to drive it into the soil. After
more delay better piping was scoured
and a section driven in. It stood the
hammering, nnd. another section hav
ing been welded to it. this was also
pounded down successfully. Thus some
sixty feet of piping was Introduced
and bedrock renehed.
The obstacle having been removed,
the drill wns set to work. The man
was nenrlng tho attainment of his
Idea. He drilled but two days when
the bit struck a crevice, and. being
withdrawn, It wns found to be smear
ed with oil. This was on Saturday
night, and operations were suspended
to bo recommenced tho following Mon
day. The chief driller, who lived In a
Hlinnty near the well, early Sunday
morning went on an errand to the der
rick house. There ho saw a sight that
told tho story of his employer's suc
cess. Tho oil was bubbling over the
piping, running over the floor of tho
derrick nnd thence Into the ground.
Tho first Idea that entered the mind
of the discoverer was that n fluid then
worth a dollar a gallon was running
to wnste. ITaving arranged for catch
ing the flow, he went nud announced
his discovery to the mnn of one Idea.
And what did this oozing of oil
through nn Iron pipe inserted beneath
the rock mean? It meant that a new
source of wealth had been opened to
the people of the enrth destined to
produce thousands of millions of do)
lars. to give light and lient to myriads
of people, to bo manufactured Into un
limited products.
This man of one Idea, who drilled
the first oil well In Pennsylvania, wai
Edward L. Drake. A hundBome tomb
in Wopdljtwn cemetery, in Tltunvllk',
murku uii hurt, renting place.
An Early Georgia Monster.
In the fore part of August, lSt2, a
party of hunters found In n mountain
ous region uow known as Ilabuu coun
ty, On., a being nearly eight feet high
covered with bluish hair and having a
human face adorned with immense
Dnrs resembling those of nn nss. Tho
creature was stone deaf nnd on that
iccount seonn) wholly unconscious of
the approach of the men. This inon
Bter seems, from all accounts, to have
been seen upon severnl occasions dur
ing the next four years. In 1S10 a
number of adventurers from Virginia,
most of them surveyors working up
the unexplored portions of Georgia
and the Cnrollnns, formed themselves
Into a party for the express purpose
of capturing the unennny being If pos
sible. They scoured the hills and val
leys for several days and at last re
turned unsuccessful to the starting
point.
The ninny tales told of this extraor
dinary being seem to have created
pilte a stir all along the Atlantic coast.
A printed clrculr.r Issued by a land
company In 1815 says, "The climate of
Georgia Is exceedingly mild, the soil
productive, and the danger of attack
from uncouth bensts which are repre
sented as being hnlf beast and half
man are fairy tales not worthy of con
sideration." Hxchnnge.
Made It Quite Clear.
The engineers of a party In the Held
were continually annoyed by the curi
osity of the farmer folk in the country
round. Hitch and every day their prog
ress was blocked by some inquiring
soul who would have liked to spend
the forenoon acquiring answers to
questions of why and whither and
how far and what for, relates the New
York Sun. At lost a serious faced
young man took nn Interested bucolic
gruybr-ard one sldo nnd explained mat
ters. "Now," said he. "I'm telling this to
you. nnd l don't want It to go any fur
ther. We have discovered that the
ai'th Is a parabolic hexold. and tin
idlniitos ami co-ordinates do not quite
' illy by a foot or perhaps by fourteen
iii-hes The place where the gap comes
'as lieen localnl In that Held Just
ilieiul in' u. We don't want It men
'lied, but we are getting ready to
i up the spot and make an Incision
liiv beginning the operation of Join
i he i wo."
The eirJiiwr llnlslied their labors In
!"Mri' ami -solitude.
The Shilling Bequest.
The wenltlij auctioneer who reduced
Hi.- liilieiltance nf a daughter to an
,tiiiiiiit, of tin I liccnu-c she had be
.me a SecliiINt remind one of the
Id fashioned cutting off with a shll
ling " Why a shilling ruthenium iiulh
llig': lllilckMnlie oNpl.llliv The l!o
leaiif. iimmI to ot aside IIN as de
llcleiil In natural duty If they disin
herited or totally passed by any child
of the test -it or. lint the smallest leg
acy wa- m copied us evidence that the
testator lii.il not lost his reason or his
iiienior, . the law otherwise as
iiMictl he had: hence the groundless
licllcl' In Kiiglnnd that a lather could
not disinherit hK child without a
shilling, although the Kugllsh law
knows no presumption of Insanity or
forgetfulness In such a ease. Of Sheri
dan and liN son Tom' (anil of other fa
thers and sonwi the story is told: "Pn-ther-I'll
cut you off with a shilling.
Sou-I'd rather have It uow. dad." St.
.lames' Gazette.
Appealed to His Pride.
It was tiie most obstinate mule In
the lot and refused to enter the car of
a train held up at a little wayside sta
tion. Threats, cajolery and blows were
alike useless. The mule refused to
budge, and the slant of his ears told
those of the passengers who were fa
miliar with mule ear talk that where
he was he Intended to stay. Then the
aged African who was trying to load
htm in said In honeyed tones:
Whuffo' yo' behave dis way befo'
all dese strange people? Why. yo' fool
mule, doan' yo' know dnt dese people
will Jos' believe dat yo' neber done
trabeled befo' In all yo' HfoV"
The long ears lost their aggressive
slant, and the benst went sedately up
the Inclined plank with the air of a
man entering a drawing room car for
the tlrst time and determined not to
betray the fact. Uxchiinge.
To Lady Correspondents.
Our young lady correspondents will
confer a favor If they will write on
only one side of the paper. We mean,
of course, by this correspondence In
tended for the paper. As to the other,
not Intended for publication, we don't
care If they write on all four sides
and even across It.-Sylvanla (Ga.)
Telephone.
Probably on the Team.
"Such Ignorance Is Inexcusable:" ex
claimed Aunt Ilypntla. "My nephew
Porclval has been going to college
nearly three years, and when I asked
him this morning whether he knew
nnj U'ing about Homer he said: 'Sure!
A homer Is n hit that's good for four
bases.' "--Chicago Tribune.
Out of Date Now.
"Tommy, you have written this sen
tence. 'The pen Is ivlghtlcr than the
sword.' and H is lueorrect How
should It I) changed?"
"Pen ought to lie changed to typo
writer, ma'um'-Cblcngo Tribune.
Willlno to Try.
Harold-Couldn't you learn to lovo
me? Amelia-No. but I'll try nwfully
hard. Papa has promised to send mo
abroad If my health breaks down from
overvtudy, you Unow.-Loudon Hcraps.
Men nro the sport of circumstances
when the rircutuntauctm uwm Uiw tfpwt
ot muu ilyua.
HOW HE WO
HIS FIRST CASE,
By EDGAR D. GARDNER.
Copyright, 1009. by American l'reas Asso
ciation.! Edward Snelson went fron tho farm
to college. Bred to an out of door life,
ho distinguished himself there rather
in athletic sports than In his studies.
Though not a large man, he was wiry,
nnd his muscles were like steel. Whnt
ho lacked In weight he made up In
pluck, and, as for quickness, ho wns
spry ns a cat.
Snelson nftcr belug graduated stud
led law nnd returned to his country
homo to practice his profession. But
his neighbors lived too peacefully to-1
gethcr to afford him nny cases, nud bo
went to a mining district In tho llocky
mountains.
The young lawyer hung out his shin
gle and so long as no one required his
services lived In pence, lie was not
quarrelsome, and no one had any rea
son to quarrel with hltn. Occasionally
some one In sombrero hat. woolen shirt
and trousers stuffed In his boots would
rally hltn on his eastern ready made
clothes, but there was nothing in this
to wnrrnnt the shedding of blood.
But law cases were not plentiful In
tho west, when suddenly one day the
Empire Mining company employed him
In n case against one who had Jumped
a claim it owned.
Trapliagan, the defendant, had no
title whntevcr to the property. He
proposed to hold It by brute force. Ho
bad killed half a dozen men simply
by shooting tlrst. He would hide a
pistol In a pocket of tils coat nnd
shoot without drawing the weapon.
Ills method wns well known and ter
rorized every ono who enmo In con
tact with him. As soon as Snelson
wns announced ns the mining compa
ny's counsel Trapliagan stated public
ly in the Alhambra saloon that If tho
tenderfoot appeared in court to argue
the case ho would pay for his assur
ance with his life. Of course he In
tended the statement for the lawyer,
and the message went straight to
Snelson.
it was generally conceded that the
case would never come to trial. No
one thought that the quiet young ten
derfoot would pay the penalty of ar
guing a case with his life, nor was
there any other lawyer In that region
who would stand in his place. Trap
liagan did not concern himself further
In the matter, not doubting that he
would be left, for the present at least,
In possession of the claim he had
Jumped. When the day and hour for
trial came around he had forgotten
all about It. Notified that tho case
had been called, ho hurried to the
courtroom.
The sight he saw there startled him.
The court was seated on n three leg
ged stool before a hoard resting on
two barrels. The Jury occupied a
dozen cracker boxes. A large number
of spectators were present, not for the
purpose of hearing the evidence, but
to see the fun. The most noticeable
feature of the spectacle was the ten'
dorfoot attorney standing before a
barrel turned on one end. the other be
Ing covered with two long knives and
two revolvers of the heaviest caliber
Snelson looked the defendant In the
eye and said:
"I have heard that you Intend to
kill me If I argue this case. To kill
mo you must get your hand In your
pocket. The first motion you make In
that direction I'll till you full of bul
lets nnd then go for your carcass with
these knives."
Snelson then presented undoubted
evidence of the title of the Empire
Mining company to the properly In lit
igation. Trnphngnti let the case go by
default, and the jury without leaving
their cracker boxes gave a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff.
But it was evident from the look on
Traphagan's face that the case bad not
been settled between him and the ten
dorfoot. As soon as the verdict against
him had been recorded he said to the
latter:
"I don't want to kill a gal. but I du
want to give you n thrashing. I'll al
low any gent hero to disarm mo. and
we'll go out with not bin' but our fists
to find out which Is the best man."
"I have no quarrel with you." replied
Snelson. "but If you Insist upon It I'll
accommodate you."
Trapliagan was relieved of his weapons-there
was one In each of his coat
pockets nnd Snelson. leaving his lay
out on the barrel head, went outside
with his antagonist. Odds as high as
four to one were laid on Trapliagan.
who was big and powerful. Snclson's
muscles, on which there was nothing
but skin, did not show under his loose
shirt sleeve, while Traphagan's frnme
was gigantic. The big man could not
restrain his wrath, nnd no sooner was
the fight on than he strode toward
Snelson for the purpose of annihilating
him. But when he struck Snelson wns
not there. Besides, before his untngo
nWt could recover himself he received
a blow that put one eye out of the
combat. Then Trapliagan brought his
"mdrrourf flut down on the tender
li'ot s shoulder, but Snelson dtickpd sc.
as to escape roost of the weight of the
blow. His fist shot up ngnlnst tbp
bail man's nose and drew a plentiful
supply of blood. Though only n few
minutes had elapsed, from this point
Trapliagan. who was used to drinking
n good deal of whisky, lost wind nud
strength, nnd his finishing was easy.
Snelson, who by this time seemed pos
eossed of n fury, hammered his man
till he Iny uncnm-olmis like n mass ot
gelatin.
Snelson was engaged as permanent
counsel for the Umpire Mining cum
pan? at a salary of U,UUU a jVar.
Household Hlntleu.
Do not throw away old umbrellas.
By removing the cloth coer and cut
ting It up In strips you ran make n
nutnber of dainty neckties for your hus
band. The ribs properly twisted and
woven together make a very good rat
trap, and tho stick when carefully pol
llshed will do for a cane to present to
tho clergyman at Christmas.
To keep freckles from showing get
a smalt paint pot, quart size, and till
with a pink paint carefully matching
the tone of your complexion and with
h camel's hair brush paint each freckle
out.
Ypung wives cunnot be too often re
minded that they should always greet
their husbands with a smile. It Is
safe to say that there Is nothing in the
world that will more deeply Irritate
him than this, and It should therefore
not be forgotten.
If your lamp wicks give out, a very
satisfactory substitute can be made of
Irish point lace or Valenciennes, care
fully wound round the wick holder. A
knitted necktie will serve the same
purpose, but Is apt to burn fitfully nnd
give out n pungent odor. - Harper's
Weekly.
Judges on Circuit.
It was the genius and foresight of
Henry I. that saw the necessity of cre
ating a close connection between the
central king's court nnd the local
courts up nud down the land, it wns
Nortnaii nnd wandering, going where
the king went. They were Saxon and
stntlonnry. hence to link them togeth
er In ll'JI a special deputation of
Judges was for the tlrst time sent on
circuit In the country, of whom It Is
recorded that they "hanged so many
thieves ns never was before, being In
that little while altogether forty-four
men."
This vigorous ndnilnlstratlon of Jus
tlce by royal authority gained for Hen
ry the title of "the Hon of Justice" and
paved the way for the permanent insti
tution in his grandson's reign. These
traveling Judges were called Justices-In-eyre
I. o.. In II lucre, on Journey.
Their head, the Justiciar. Is still seen
In our title the lord chief Justice.
Henry 11. in ll:i fixed these circuits
ut six the home, midland, eastern,
western, northeastern and northern,
which correspond roughly with those
that still exist. London Standard.
None of That For Them.
They had been married only n month,
and It was their first experience In
seeking country board. After riding
ten long miles In a rattling farm cart
they arrived at the door of the farm
house. "And now, strangers," said the old
farmer after he had asked nbout a
score of questions, "I want to tell yeou
right now that down here with us yeou
be supposed to go to bed with the
chickens." The young man whispered
to his young wife, and then both climb
ed bade on the farm cart.
"Boy." said the young mail, his lips
compressed with determination, "drive
us back to the station."
The freckled lad grinned nnd whip
ped up the horse.
"You uns didn't seem to like the
place?" he chuckled.
"No," said the young man. "Wo havo
often read about crowded farmhouses,
but when It comes to shoving us off to
the henhouse that Is going a little too
strong. I guess we'll stay In tho city."
Chicago News.
What He Could Do,
During the South African war there
was u young otllcer Just from Stand
hurst who wns attached to General
French's staff. The young fellow has
himself achieved some distinction since
then and shall be nameless. At that
time lie was fresh and fidgety nnd was
always imagining a constant menace
of attack by the Boers, whom he In
variably pronounced "Bores." This
pronunciation General French had In
vain tried to correct, nnd It gradually
got on his nerves. One day the young of.
Ilcer came to the general to report that
he believed he could make out through
his lleldglass quite as many as twenty
"Bores" hid In the nicks above his
camp. "Bores, you say?" Inquired the
general. "Yes. sir. Bores. Can I do
anything, sir? "Yes. Don't add to
them."
A Serious Question,
"My dear Mr. Fallows." said the doc
tor, "I will admit that I am not quite
decided as to whether or not yours Is
a constitutional disease."
"Hum! That ho?" said the patient,
with a heavy sigh. "And have I got to
go to the expense of appealing to the
United States siipreim urt to find
out?" Philadelphia Ledger.
She Rather Liked It.
"I don't mind .luck's slang." said ono
of the girls. "He Is so clever In the
use of It."
"How so?"
"Why. he sent me three dozen pho
tos of famous beauties, with a card
on which the only words were. 'You're
nnother.' "
A Changed Girl.
"How Is it that .1 it I Itt Is so Jealous
nnd quarrelsome? She used to have
Mich u sweet db-p 'litlon!"
"I know, but the past year she has
been singing In a church choir." Bui
tlmoro American.
He Filled the Bill.
Mr. Woody-Music Is n most fasci
nating study. Do you know I'd like to
slug uwfully Miss Blunt (who had
henrd hlini-Oh. you do!-London Tit
Bits. Wise Man.
"1 made a hg hit with thnt woman,
sll right " "What did you say to hr?"
"NolUlii;;. I Just kept mill ami Ua-tuniM."-CLJcUGO
Noww.
NO ONE TO LOVE,
Dy FLORENCE ETHEL CROSBY.
Copyright, tWS, by American i'resa Asso
ciation, We never know when we nre on the
brink of n change for belter or for
worse. At forty I was tired of life. I
had built up a good practice in my
profession, the law. and the novelty
hnd worn off legal questions. I loved
tio one. and no one loved me. I wns n
member of several clubs, but they had
grown to be very dull places to me. As
for society, the old were too old and
the young too young for me. in short,
I had exhausted the pleasures of youth
nnd had laid no foundation for those
of Jg?.
One night I wns traveling on n sleep
er. Lying In my lrlh. I mused: To
morrow morning I shall arrive, go to
my rooms, bathe and then to the club
for breakfast. At 10 I shall reach the
otllce. to be pestered all day by clients
who nro dissatisfied with Mie law's de
lay or the Injustice of Justice; on the
way to my rooms stop nt the club for
the regular fi o'clock cocktail; at 7
hunt for some one with whom to get
through n dinner: evening forced In
order to pass the time to make a per
functory call; at 11 bring up at my
desolate quarters. And this will be my
program day In nnd day out. Oh. for n
new seiisnllou!
"Here, darling, drink this."
The new sensallon had come the mo
ment I asked for It. The voice was a
woman's, soft and sweet. In the dim
light I snw something extended to me
it wns n cup I took It. nnd In doing
so my fingers grazed a soft hand
There wns n spasmodic effort on the
part of the giver to withdraw the cup.
but I hnd got my grasp on It and re
fused to part with It. When I had
quaffed the contents I extended It. but
there was no hand to take It I put It
tinder my pillow nnd went to sleep to
the sound of an angel's voice saying:
"Here, darling, drink this."
in the morning I fished out the cui.
It wns of silver, and on It were the
letters "Bennle." After dressing 1
looked about me for Its owner and was
not long In finding both Bennle nnd
her mother. They occupied the next
section to mine. The mother's features
were us refined ns her voice. She wns
nbout thirty nnd dressed in hnlf
mourning.
Henven forgive me for hoping thnt
her boy was fatherless!
I tried to catch her eye, but never
.11,1 n .von,,.., Iw.fnr.. ..Iw.illHnlv Itrnnre'.
' : . , ,
me. She appeared to be absorbed In
her boy nnd hud no eyes for nny one
else, certainly not for me. As wc
were entering the terminal station 1
stepped up to her. doffed my lint, ex
tended the cup and said:
"Pardon me, madam. I think thin
must be yours."
"Not nt nil." wns the decided reply.
One would have supposed from the
sharpness of her tone-not nt nil like
the endearing words of the night be
foreUnit I had Insulted her. This
Irritation nnd the fact that she would
not look nt me convinced me thnt 11
she was not the owner of the cup hot
boy was. A woman on meeting a
stranger to whom she has said loving
ly. "Here, darling, drink this," would
naturally be milled.
As 1 said In the beginning, we don't
know what Is In store for us. The
night before 1 had gone over what 1
would do on the day of my nrrlval
1 did nothing, as 1 had supposed 1
would. I followed nt a distance the
lady and her boy. saw them enter a
carriage, look another myself nnd told
the driver not to let the first out of his
sight. Half nn hour later I made a
note of the street and number nt which
they nllghted. Instead of going to the
office that day 1 sat In the library ol
the club reading. What I read was
"Here, darling, drink this." In every
line on every page. One other matte!
alone occupied my thoughts I win
planning how to find out all about
the lady and perhaps make her ac
quaintance. The "perhaps" refers tc
whether some one was living or dead
When I learned that he was dead 1
said. "Thank"- and checked myself
I was not long In making the widow'
ncquiilnlanee through the good olllces
of a mutual friend What link that
she had refused to look at me on the
car! She met me with an unembar
rassed smile. My smile broke out all
over me at once, like measles. If she
only knew! Thank henven she doesn't'
During my cnll she mentioned her lit
tlo boy. Sly fox that I was. I pretend
ed to be surprised that she had n boy
I nsked how old he was. hW name
whether he had begun n go to school
She loved to talk about him. so I kepi
It up.
There was n courtship, of course
What else could be expected on my
part concerning one who had said In
the nighttime of mv loneliness. "Here
darling, drink this?" All the while 1
dreaded thnt she should discover thnt
1 wns the man to whom she hnd said
It. But this was sheer senselpss ter
lor. for 1 had confided In no onp. 1
longed to restore "Ronnie's cup. Indped
I thought of giving him n gold ono
but dnred not lest the net might be
tray tue. I waited and hoped.
When I snw that the plum wns ripe
1 plitekPil It
Ilm nnt nil ilm ilnv tut!''' dellli'l'ienl ami IT Hid amount which Is
lltlt lint till l ie (lay tie ,N mM Wlthln slxtj days from tliu
fore our wedding did I dare hrliin
forth P.ennle's cup Then I produced
It. looltlng somewhat antlnusly fot
what was In nernmpanv Its reception.
Hhe threw her firms around my neck
toughing
"Stupid I It new you tbu muaiunt 1
laid ay cyW uo uuP
For Sale.
Puro bred Duroc Jersey hoes, both
sexes, eligible to registry, Also our
registered herd boar. Al' at reason
able prices. Inquir" of or address
uLANKKNDUItO BllOS.,
North Pintle, Neb.
Above All Others.
Our cigars do not sail up with tho
clouds, but in quality and purity of
tobacco and cleanliness they nro above,
allothirsof similar price. We havo
been making cignrs for North Platte
smokers for a quarter of a century,
mil men who smoked our cigars tho
first year we made them In this city
are still our patrons. It strikes us
that this is a pretty good recommenda
tion for our cignrs.
J F. SCHMALZRIEn,
GO TO ,i,T
P. M. SORENSON
FOR
Furniture Repairing
AND CABINET WORK.
Also Woodturning.
WINDOW SCREENS
.... A Specialty.
Shop 107 East Fifth.
General Election Notice 1909.
Notice is hereby given thut on Tues
day, the 2nd day of November, 1909, nt
the voting places in the various pre
cincts of Lincoln county, Nebraska,
there will bo held general election for
i lie purpose of electing tho following
iiIlcjrD, to-wit:
STATK OFFICEUS.
Throe Judges of the Supremo Court,
Two regents of the University,
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ono CoUi ty Judge,
One County Sheiiir,
One County Coroner,
Ono County Treasurer,
Ono County Clerk.
Ono County Surveyor,
v-uuiiiy ouuerutu.-nufm, ui I uunc
n.... r. u !... i. l n..t.ii-
instruction,
0ne County Commissioner, First
District,
TUECINCT OFFICERS.
Two Justices of tho Peace,
Two Constables.
One Precinct Assessor,
One Overseer for each Uond District.
Which election will bo open nt eight
o'clock in the morning and will continuo
pen until six o'clock in tho afternoon
t tho sumo day.
Hated North Plntt Nebr., Septem
ber 27, '09.
P. II. Elliott, County Cerk.
)ltl) It OFIIKAIUNn ON I'F.TITION DIS
I'KNKLNG WITH KKflULAK ADMINI8
TUATIOM. Mntii of Nebraska. t.u
Lincoln County. I1"
In ilm County Court, October 4th, !fl00
In tliti iiiuiinr of tliu entail) of Alary T
AlcDaniti'll, tk'CL'UM'il
On rcHillutr mill llllni; tliu putltlon of Albert
lorrls, iiiayliur lliut Ilia regular atlinlnls
iiilliiii of huUI t'ftitUn li- (llMn-iiM-d wltti as
I'jvltli-tl by ht-ctloi.H MJ, to fcUi of ColibojH
i ut ale for tlni Juar Wirt,
Oittert-tl. Tlint OctotHir 2:1(1. ltKX), at 0
clock a. in.. In nsslKiii'tl for lii'iulnir Haiti
I'lllloii, wbt'ii all iii'lhons Inlrrcalrd In Haiti
uiuiur may uiiiur ui u county court to tra
lil la ami lor mild county, unci show causo
ay ilm prujer ol lliti iitallluner should not
uruiitt'd. Tills older to Uu inilillsbt d lor
x htu'ct-sslvu Inniii'm In ilm North
nit lt Tilbuui) iirlor lo October .id, ltHAi.
-a W. C. Ii.i) Kit. i titir.lv .lutlvo.
CONTKST NU'l ICE.
Htirlul No. 021177
II i:. 1I5U!
Italian nit'in ot ibu Interior. ,
United hiult s l. unci Olllcu
Nin th l'lulle. Nchnibka.
Octobers 1100.
A Ntitllult'iit contest ulllduvli having l'fa
.In din this ollbn by UUIdlhk'H II .), Iker
ower coiiii'Niuul, iiuulii.it lioint'Nicad Kutry.
in. '.'i.'ilil, rnude Nuveinlier IS, ili&. for allot
.-velum I, Township In, KmiL'eW W. ot the Dili
r. Meridian, by Aliousu Niuier Contestee, In
Aldcli It Is ulleirt'd thut Mild AltoiibO .Slater
-ins never established bis lesltlencu on said
iintli i but bu lias ubuudtiiii'tl Hie hhiiiu fur
iiiuii) than six iiiuiiiIih lust past. That bu has
ailed m linprovu suld tract In any manner
ml Iihh lulled tu oiiltlvam any pan thereof,
ulil parties uru hereby noillletl to appuar,
eniouil and otter evidence ioucIiIiik said at-
k'uilun ut If o'clock a. in. on November 15,
, tit runt tho Keulsler unci Receiver at tl o
I'ulu'd Hutch Lund olllcu In North I'latlo,
.i-hrusku.
I bu suld centuHtanl lihvliic, In a proper adl
davli. Ilbtl Dumber - IliUi. bet tot I li lucis
willed show that utter tluu (llllk'eiicu persona
hi vice ot this not Ice cunnot lu nut tie. It Is
neteby oldered and dlncted lliut bitch not
ice bu Klven by duo und proper publication
.1 K. Kvanh,
o8-Q Ueiilster.
Serial No. MK9U.
NOTION t'Olt I'tlllLIOATION.
Iieptiriment of the Interior,
U. 8. Laud Ollicn at North I'latto. Nob.
HeptSt. IWJii
Nutlet) Is hereby trlvnn that William
lluiisbtnry, of Uuillclil, Neb., who on An trust
.th. hj:t, mude Huiiii'sieud Kutry No. IU7U.
M ilal Nt. u i WW. for eust half Miulbeust
tuuiter hfiMlun 1. uutl east btilf iioiiIidunI
iiiuilerofMciluniAj, township IU iiorili, runiru
.ii west of Hie sIXl principal llterllllttlli IMS
.leii notice of Intention to inaku Hunt llvo
.ur pioor.toeMttiill-.il clulin to ibu land
iliovti tie sci thed, Ixtfore, lhn ItcnlsUT and
Ueeclver ut North I'lutle, Nebraska, on the,
Hi day of November, iwn'.
Ciulmuui. names as witnesses: .lonas N.
Itaslcruud Frank lluy, of Qartielil, Nub llort
Klluuir and John lluytsof Kilmer, Nob.
n7-S I F. Fvns. lOvUtor.
NDTIOH TO DELINQUKNTH.
Notice Is hereby itlven that Hie rental upon
i he lease coin rucis to tliu lollowltik' described
sclio I lauds In Lincoln county, Nnhrasku, an
set oniMHlte tin iihiiius of Hni holders thereof
luiMiifthls not leu said conlruci w II bu du-
c'ured forfeited by Hit) Hoard of Kduuailonal
I. mills iinil Funds and suld forfeliuru will bo
niered of record In tin) manner provided by
laws
Description Lesseo
SV4 HWU s,c SIT 11 It 2U S. It. Cullender
NKJ Sec. 3D T. It It 31 H. II. Oullendur
W'Vi SV 4 Pee iWT II U HI S. II, Oalluntlor
UWM bee 'M T III It. at Anna A I'uttcrsuu
a, u, t (iwLts. uiuiuiiattipncr.