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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARB, PubHshor.
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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
FOR THE BUSY IN
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MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con
denied Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
Congriss.
Tho nrbltrntlon treaties failed In tlio
fcenate us originally drafted.
Tho bill passed the house granting
American citizenship to Porto Weans.
Socretary Nagol urged enactment of
peal protection bill before foreign re
lations committee.
Sennto democratic members of
finance committee dccldoljto stand by
house stool tariff rovlslo33)lll.
Senator Kenyon denounced meth
ods alllcged to have been used in
election of Senator Stephenson of Wis
consin. Senator Percy announced that ho
(would mako a statement to senate in
responso to Mississippi legislature's
domand that ho resign.
Tho house unanimously passed tho
resolution for Investigation of tho
alleged shipping trust by tho mer
chant marine committee.
Tho $220,000 garden seed appropria
tion In tlio agricultural bill wns de
pleted In debate In the house na
"graft" by opponent of tho Item.
Representative Durnett declared
that If battleship appropriations woro
restored to tho democratic program
")ho public building bill must also bo.
, Tho Southern Pacific and Pacific
Mall representatives urged tho plac
ing of Panama canal ratcB In tho
hands of tho Interstate Commerce
commission.
Tlio blouse passed a bill granting to
do presldont power to sot asldo tho
loss of citizenship now imposed on
deserters from tho military service In
time of peace.
Oovornor Gilchrist of Florida at
overglades Investigation In tho house
told committoo ho desired Represent
ative Clark's position in controversy
bo brought out.
Senator Drlstow Introduced a reso
lution calling for an Investigation to
determlno whether postmasters woro
being coerced In tho interost of any
presidential candidate.
Ropresontatlvo Sulzor urged boforo
Iho territories committeo that tho
government build and operate rail
roads throughout southwest Alaska
and ongago In tho coal business.
The bill imposing heavy fines and
taxes on and prohibiting tho Import
and oxport of white phosphoruB
matches wan favorably roportod by
ways and meanB committoo of tho
house.
General.
Captain Robert P. Scott Is roportod
to havo reached tho south polo.
A receivership Is asked for tho
Kansas City, Moxlco & Orlont rail
road. A republican preferential primary
In tho Fifth Missouri district resulted'
in a Roosevelt victory.
At least four wcro killed and two
pcoro Injured In tlio wreck of a Wa
bash limited train in Indiana.
- In a long letter to Prank A. Munsey,
Colonel Roosovelt resents tho Insin
uation that ho la an artful dodger.
Georgo W. Perkins visited Mr.
Roosovelt at Sagamoro, carrying a
xnessngo from Munager Dixon.
Knrl Lindsay, convicted of having
attacked n small girl, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at Newton, la.
The senate passed tho arbitration
treaties, but lncoriorated an amend
ment which requires furthor nctlon.
Senator Brlstow'a bill for president
ial profercnc2 primaries In tho Dis
trict or uoiunumi was nuversciy re
ported from tho senate committee on
tho district
Woman's suffrage will bo submitted
to Ohio voters at a eoparato measure
wh'on tho rovlsod draft of tho consti
tution is voted upon.
Pour employees of tho P. II. Gilpin
Wooden Handlo factory at Groontown,
Pa., woro killed nnd one Injured when
tho bollor exploded nnd wrockod tho
plant
Tho now Gorman navy nnd mili
tary bills, which are to bo discussed
by tho rolchstag this Hesslon, havo
boon complotoly drafted and sub
mitted to tho fodornl council,
Sccrotary Wilson Issued a formal
order that no moro shipments of
grain or hay In tho natural stato
shall bo seized until tho dopnrtment
can Investigate tho recont pure food
orderB relating to those products.
Grain dealerB from Duluth to Now
Orleans and from Kansas City to Now
York, aro In Washington to confor
with officials of tho department of
agriculture on tho recent rulings re
lating to sulphuring of oats and ship
ment of hot corn.
Major Genernl Arthur Murray, U. S.
'A. commanding tho western division,
has been ordered from Washington
to his Btatlon at San Francisco.
Tho house unanimously passed a
resolution calling for un Investigation
of tho alleged "shipping trust" by tho
committeo ori merchant iiiarluo and
fisheries.
L. C. Ohsenrclter, the Dubuquo, la.,
business man who Is on a twenty-dny
fast, passed the fifteenth day.
Tho president sent to the senate tho
nomination of RIcnrd Sloan to bo
United States district Judge for Ari
zona. California Is to bo a battle ground
between Taft nnd Roosovelt.
There la a prospect thnt Omaha may
become an arch Catholic diocese.
In an address at Chicago Secretary
Stlmson declared himself for Taft.
William Hasklns, n well known
horsemnn, Is dead at OskalooBa, la.
Tho Massachusetts house defeated
tho bill to abolish capital punishment.
Doth houses of congress Interested
thomsolvcB In tho Lawrence strike
situation.
A hot fight Is expected In congress
over tho augar tariff nnd Income tax
bill.
Tho homo rule bill is not to be In
troduced Into tho house of commons
before Easter.
Senator NorrlB Brown led off In ad
vocacy of tho ratification of tho arbi
tration treaties.
Hugh Webster of Ames won tho an
nual contest of the Iowa state oratori
cal association.
Thoro was a mutiny of soldiers at
Peking, nnd tho city wns given over
to pillage and burning.
Tho belief nt Toklo 1b that Interna
tional Interference 1b necessary to re
atoro order In China.
Old letters of Colonel Roosovelt are
resurrected In an attempt to bIiow .tho
Inconsistency of his position.
President Madero, will attempt' to
placato Mexican lnsurroctos by mak
ing changes In tho cabinet.
Theodoro Roosovelt contends his
Columbus speech was simply a plea
for moro power for tho people.
Directors of tho Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad company
doclared nn oxtra dividend of C per
rcent
A draft of a uniform drainage and
leveo law was completed by a commit
teo of tho National Drainage congresB
in session at St. Louis.
Thlrty-ono cltleB in Prussia, Includ
ing Berlin and other largo centers,
havo been affected by tho strike of
30,000 mon'B tailors.
California wlno producers protested
to the Judiciary committee against tho
bill to prohibit liquor shipments from
wet Into dry states.
Congress passed tho bill authorizing
that a commission of ensign be given
to midshipmen upon graduation from
tho naval ucademy. ,
Rattlosnako venom hns been used
successfully as a euro for tuberculo
sis, according to a report to tho Mary
land state board of health.
No decision of tho question of Pana
ma canal tolls wnB reached at tho
mooting of tho hoiiBo committeo on
Interstate and foreign commerce.
A meeting of labor leadors, which,
according to reports from Chicago
early in February was to have boon
hold nt KansnB City, haB been post
poned Indefinitely.
Chairman Adamson of tho house
commorco committoo Introduced a
bill providing for n physical valuntlon
of all of tho common carriers of tho
United States by tho Interstate Com
morco commission.
Tho dopnrtment of Justice haB or
dered tho United Stntos marshal In
eastern Oklahoma to onforco tho fod
ornl prohibition law in tho old Indian
torrltory tho snmo ns prior to state
hood, Whoro a father has lost control of
his children through a divorce suit,
ho mny not claim tho right to attend
tho funeral of one of thorn, according
to a decision handed down In tho su
premo court of Iown.
Calrmun Sulzor of the foreign af
fairs committee, after n talk with
PreBldont Tnft and officials of tho
stato department said that ho was op
posed to any Intervention whatever In
Moxlco by United States troops.
Public buildings committee will
give hearings beforo subcommittee on
ono public building bill for each con
gressman, but an appropriation bill
for buildings probably will not bo
brought forward this season.
Orders havo been Issued requiring
all flags of tho United States, nil uni
ons of tho national onslgq and all
union Jacks to contain forty-eight
Btnra because of tho admission on
February 14 of Arizona as a state.
Tho nntlonnl Roosovelt headquar
ters made public a statomont disput
ing tho claim of tho national Taft bu
reau that Presldont Tnft, In his candi
dacy for tho renomlnatlon, hnB tho
support of Governor Hooper of Ten
nessee, Governor Oddlo of Novnda
and Governor Dcneeu of Illinois.
Personal.
RooBovelt headquarters havo boon
opened In Washington.
Plvo men who refused to revoal
their Identity made a call on Roose
velt. Governor Aldrlch of Nebraska, says
olUcIals who falter In duty perform
nnco must rotlro.
Speukcr Champ Chirk was tho re
cipient of tributes and congratulations
on his sixty-second birthday.
Senator Hitchcock discussed what
ho Bald waB tho unlawful acquirement
of tho Panama canal zone.
Woodrow Wilson Is In favor of a
presidential preference primary.
Santiago Igleslas, president of tho
American Federation of Labor In
Porto Rico, sailed for Now York.
Studentn of London hnvo started n
counter demonstration to suffragettes.
Ohalrniun MoKlnley, of tho Taft
headquarters, Issued an optimistic
statement.
Colonel RooBovelt Justifies his pres
ent Btnnd when letters written In tho
past aro brought boforo him.
A favorable report was made by tho
senate Judiciary committoo on tho
nomination Of Chancellor Pitney,
ACT GOES SMOOTHLY
SECRETARY ROYSE GIVE8 VIEWS
OF NEW BANK LAW.
MOVES ALONG IN GOOD WAY
Some Sections of the Enactment, He
Believes, Should Be Made Less
Conflicting.
Secretary Royso of tho state bank
ing bonrd made his annual report to
the governor, outlining the present
statUB of the banks of tho state and
making comment and suggestions
upon the present conduct of these in
stitutions. Ho admits that the now
bank guaranty deposits law has been
put Into effect with much less friction
thnh wnB flrat thought would be tho
case by some of the members of tho
stato administration. Secretary Royse
points out n number of things of con
siderable Importance, somo of which
ho gives, as his personal opinion,
could bo somewhat Improved upon.
ho says In part in his report:
Tho porlod covered by this report
Is marked by u very satisfactory con
dition of the banks under supervision;
no failures to bo reported, In fact Ne
braska haB not had a bank fuiluro In
five years, has not only ono In eight
years. An Increase In deposits over the
preceding year Is shown, while there
has been a general slowing down of
business the stability of the banks
hns remained unimpaired.
Since this department haB had the
plcasuro of addressing you tho new
banking act hnB been put in force,
and I am pleased to stato with loss
disturbance than was anticipated.
Some friction has arisen between the
banks and department in tho enforce
ment nnd lnt'erpretntton of somo of
the provisions of thewaw not clearly
defining elthor tho duties of tho de
partment or tho rlghtB of tho banks,
resulting in the necessity of arbitrary
interpretations on the part of the
board, and In somo instances a resort
to the courtB to determine the rlghtB
of tho banks and the intent of tho
law. It Is hoped theso defects may bo
remedied by the next legislative body
so that tho law may bo enforced with
less confusion.
A basis for levying assessments for
tho guaranty fund, section 45 of the.
banking net, provides that banks
shall, on tho first day of June, 1911,
and each six montliB thereafter, make
nnd file with the state banking bpard
a statement showing their avorago
dally deposits for tho preceding six
months exclusive of public money
otherwise secured, whllo section 40
provides that no bank which has com
piled In full with all the provisions of
this act shall bo required to give fur
ther security or bond for the purpose
of becoming n depository for any pub
lic funds, but depository funds shall
bo secured In the snmo manner that
private funds are secured. Theso two
sections of tho law being In direct
conflict with each other, should bo
amended so as to define moro clearly
the bunks' rights and requirements in
protecting depositors of public funds.
In this connection tho department has
nctod upon tho advlco and opinion of
tho legal department of the stato and
has required banks to lncludo all pub
lic as well as private funds in their
statements of avorago deposits.
To remedy what I consider a ser
ious dofect, ns instanced in a caso
whero a bank voluntarily liquidates,
clearly deslgntalng what shall bo
done with tho guaranty fund accumu
lated In that bank. If It is intended
that tho fund as a whole, once ac
cumulated, shall remain Intact and
inviolable, except to pay loss to do
poBltors of failed banks, tho law
should so state explicitly.
No Arrangements Yet Made.
Tho board of regente of tho stato
university has mado no definite ar
rangements for providing farm ex
ports to tnko charge of demonstration
farms whLoh may bo established in
various sections of the stato ns a re
sult of recont agitation by members
of tho country llfo commission. Tho
matter 1b to bo called to tho attention
of tho board at ite meeting April 9,
and it is expected that somo declara
tion of policy will bo mado at that
time.
Filings Close March 19.
"Whethor all nominations aro In or
not, I declnro tho nominations for tho
stato-wldo "primaries closed," will bo
tho Btntomont of Secretary, of Stato
Wvnlt at 0 p. m. Tuesday, March ID.
Tho law provides that nominations
Bhnll be filed thirty days prior to tho
primary election, which Is to bo hold
April 19. Mr. Walt bolleves ho could
rule that none should bo received
after March 18, but ho will glvo ono
day of grace bo that nomination pa
pers sent by mall mny reach him.
Nominations after tho 19th will not
bo received.
Reffe Succeeds Hoeffer.
Tho governor Issued a commission
to .1. II, Reffe of Hastings as a mem
ber of tho Optometry board to suc
ceed P. Hooffor of Aurora. Tho ap
pointment Is mado by tho governor
on tho recommondntlon of tho stato
optometry society. Tho commission to
draft an employers' liability bill has
boon in session for two days and has
boon making good progress on tho
moasure. It will require at least ono
moro mooting to complete tho bill and
possibly moro, as thero yet remains
eoveral points to sottlo.
TESTING SEED CORN.
Good Looking Ears Are Sometimes
Defective.
At ono plnco visited by tho seed
train special a dealer in grain took
pointed exceptions to tho ndvlce given
formers to got their seed from tho
small ears of their own crop, which
matured early and got out of tho way
of tho freeze, instead of sending away
for seed. The reason given wns that
Becd raised elsewhere, oven If It ger
minated, would require several years
to bocome acclimated and produce
good crops. The dealer came Into tho
car and exhibited an ear of corn
which certainly looked fine, and
wanted to know of the lecturers if
they pretended to say that was not
good seed. He was Informed that only
a test would definitely demonstrate
this, though they admitted It looked
good. They took the sample ear and
placed eighteen gralnB from It In a
germlnator, with a result that not a
slnglo kernel sprouted.
Chemist Redfern, who has been
testing considerable seed corn brought
to him, has one planting which is up
far enough to be sadly In need of
cultivating. This was placed In tho
sand bed tester. Two samples of old
corn show good germinating powers,
ono 87 per cent nnd some of 1910
seed which shows nbovo 70 per cent.
Tho 87 per cent seed, the highest yet
teBted by him, Is of the 1909 crop.
Plow Grasshoppers Under.
Prof. Swenk, associated stato ento
mologist, is out In a warning to Ne
braska farmers to look out for grass
hoppers this year. He says tho dam
ago done by grasshoppers has been
steadily increasing for several years
and that tho dry season of 1911 is es
pecially favorable for them. Ho rec
ommends early and deep plowing ub
a means of extermination. Tho eggs
are laid in pods near the surface and
he sayB If the ground is plowed deeply
before tho Insects hatch the eggs will
bo buried lo deeply tho young grass
hoppers cannot make their way to the
Burface. He particularly warns farm
ers against permitting land to go with
out plowing at nil, as under such con
ditions a big crop of grasshoppers Is
almost certain.
No Candidate From Lincoln.
Thoro will bo no Lincoln candidate
for tho position of department com
mander of the Nebraska G. A. R. this
year. There aro now two candidates
In tho Held, Judge M. V. King of Ge
neva, and John A. Dempster of
Omaha, and there Is some talk In fa
vor of .Judge J. S. Hoagland of North
Platte. '
Declared Not Guilty.
Tho Jury In the caso of the. state
against John Harris, the Omaha team
ster, who was charged with killing
John McFry, a local iceman in Lin
coln last July, and who made the plea
of self-defense, freed the defendant
of the charge, bringing In a verdict of
"not guilty."
For Nebraska Newspaper Men.
Dr. P. L. Hall, Nebraska member of
tho democratic national committee,
has received word from JosephuB Dan
lelB of Ralolgh, N. C, that arrange
ments for newspaper men, who aro
to attend the Baltimore convention,
nre being undertaken by a committeo
solected for that purpose.
New Plan fpr Convicts.
, In connection wih tho Idea of sep
arating the state's convicts and esr
tablishlng a reformatory for the less
criminal class and the younger of
fenders a suggestion has been offered
tho governor that tho reformatory be
established Bomewhoro In tho semi
arid Bcctlon nnd that the prisoners be
established on a large farm, which
could bo used for experimental pur
poses, the work to bo done by tho
prisoners.
Will File a Report.
The Holbrook Tolophono company,
which at first contended that It wbb
not required under tho law to submit
to a physical valuation, hns written
Judge n. P. Good, attorney for tho
stnto railway commission, that It will
comply with tho request of tho com
mission and will file a report
Temperature for February.
Tho mean temperature of tho month
of February was 25 degrees, against
an average of 24.9 degreeB. Tho to
tal proclpltatlpn was 1.31 inches. This
means 14.3 inches of snow. Tlio nor
mal precipitation for the month Is .74
inches, hence tho oxcess is a llttlo
moro than half an Inch.
Application Granted.
Tho railway commission has grant
ed the application of the Nebraska
City Gas company to Issue $30,000 In
bonds In uddltion to Its capital stock
of $45,000. The application was filed
by President Frank R. Gruver, who
provlously had proposed to Issuo ad
ditional capital stock and bonds to
tho extent of $120,000.
Murphy Has Tuberculosis.
Konnth Murphy, ono of the four
Chorry county young men who woro
sentenced to tho penitentiary for llfo
for tho murder of Charles Sellers, le
said to bo suffering from tuberculosis.
At present the dlsenso Is only in tho
incipient stage, but presents somo ag
gravated symptoms. Murphy haB al
ways lod an actlvo outdoor life, being
a cowboy, and confinement in tho
prison, has told heavily on him.
Should) his condition becomo much
worso a move for n pardon or parole
is anticipated.
TARIFF BILLS iLT
DEMOCRATS SHAPING MATTERS
FOR EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
L MEASURE AS THE LAST
Leader Underwood Doing All He Can
to Bring Adjournment Beforo
National Conventions.
Washington. Curtailment of the
democratic tariff revision program
with a vlow to "speeding up" congress
to permit adjournment beforo the na
tional conventions is now the ex
pressed aim of the democratic majori
ty In tho house
Republicans! and democrats Jn the
senate and house aro chafllng over de
lay In actual legislation that threat
ens to crowd congress later on. Demo
cratic Leader Underwood of the
house, chairman of the ways and
means committee, Indicated that the
wool tariff revlsloni bill, which Is to
be reported probably within ten days,
will be tho last of the revision meas
ures of this session of congress. Tho
Idea has been discussed by leaders
of both parties In both houses and
those who have conferred have ex
pressed tho view that congress was
likely to be away from Washington
before the agtherlng of the republican
clans at Chicago on June 18 and the
democrats nt Baltimore on June 25.
"I think our tariff revision bills will
end with the woolen schedule, which
we expect to report within ten days,"
said Mr. Underwood. "There is no
uso for us to go any further until we
find out what tho senate Is going to
do with tho bills already passed and
what tho president la going to do. We
havo passed' a steel bill. We shall
pass a sugar bill and then wo will
have a wool bill.
"We will have made our record In
the tariff with these schedules and I
am opposed to going any further If
the work is wasted."
"Will congress adjourn beforo the
national convention?" Mr. Underwood
was asked.
"I am doing everything In my power
to bring that about and I confidently
believe that It will be accomplished.
As soon as the sugar bill Is out of
the way I may bring In the excise tax
bill.
.. "I havo not quite made up my mind
whethor to follow with immediately
after tho sugar bill Is passed, but
probably will, as J view the situation
now. If not the appropriation bills
will bo taken up. The diplomatic bill,
postofflce bill, legislative bills and
others iare all ready. These can bo
hastened through.
"I seeno reason why adjournment
cannot be reached before the conven
tions." The democratic program In the sen
ate is to"! stand solidly behind the
house steehblll and, in a general way,
to supportYtho democratic measures
that couio oyer from tho house.
S
To Prohibit Injunctions.
Washlngton-Senator Norrls Brown
of Nebraska, as chairman of the sub
committee acting for the judiciary
committee, took!j testimony and heard
arguments on hip bill to prohibit fed
eral courts from Issuing Injunctions
against stato officers charged with
the enforcement f stato statutes and
with the collection of state, county
and school taxes. Judge Ira Mills,
chairman of tho- railway commission
of Minnesota, wasl tho principal wit
ness heard in support of the bill. He
was strongly uphold in his position
by the railway commissioners from
Michigan nnd Now work. Opposition
to tho bill will bof given an oppor
tunity to bo hoard this week.
President Inf Chicago.
Chicago. President Taft loft Chi
cago for Washington at C o'clocck
Sunday night. " Durlhg the afternoon
ho spoke beforo a Bohemian audience
on the west sldo and beforo an aud
ionco of Polish people In South Chi
cago. Earlier In tho day tho presi
dent met politicians tand went to
church. J
Four Killed om Rail.
Socinl Circle, Ga. jFour persons
were killed nnd nine injured, six of
thorn selrously, when passenger train
No. 4 of tho Georgia railroad, whloh
left Atlanta at midnight, collided
head-on with a freight train three
miles from here.
15 Men Killed Irt, Mine.
Merrltt, B. C. Fifteen; men aro bo
Moved to havo been killed by a gas
explosion In tho Dlamondvale colle
riea, near hero. Bight' bodies have
been recovered. i
, A Valuable Invention.
Worcester, Mass. Philip Lavery, a
mill worker, has received! $17,000 lor
an Invention which 'prowents a third
person from overhearing telephone
conversations.
La Follette Issues statement.
Madison, Wis. .jnatcr La Follette
in a statement Issued' here broke
ellenco on the presidential candidacy
of Colonel Roosevolt n? tho declara
tion thnt "In the presence of great
problems personal attacks on candi
dates should havo no mince."
Oil Stock Selht High.
New York. Standard Oil has
reached a now high ioyel, tho stock
of tho parent ccimpamy selling at $890
a share. Little Is offered at that fig
ure, most of it belnsi held for $1,000.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. M
News NoUs of Interest from Varlou
Sections.
Republicans of Scotia have formed
a Taft club.
The depot at Engle was entered nnd
$G In cash, a revolver and a pair of
overalls taken from the office.
Tho funeral cf Frederick Sonen
Bholn, a prominent citizen of WeBt
Point, was conducted by tho Woodmen
of tho World.
Commissioners J. A. White nnd
Fred Markel, leading farmors of Otoo
county, have tested out corn In their
cribs and find that 90 per cent of It
germinates.
i Ike Bower, a well known farmer
living on Dry Branch, south of Fair
bury, shot a largo American eagle on
his farm. The bird measured seven
feet from tip to tip of Its wings.
Tho entire Interior of the Christian
church at Gerlng was wrecked by an
explosion of the water heater In tho
basement of the building. The win
dows were nil broken and the doors
blown from their hinges. Tho floor
and pews were thrown to tho celling.
During the year 1911, according to
statistics furnished by the Burlington
agent at Alliance, C.151 cattle, 782
hogs, 1.2G1 horses, 4G.02G bushels of
potatoes, 348 tons of ice nnd 427.15G
pounds of butter were shipped from
that point.
Judge W. H. Munger of the federal
court has permitted tho Oelrlch &
Berry company of Chicago to redeem
thirty-six cases of sorghum syrup on
giving bond that it will not be sold
In violation of law. It Mvas Belzed somo
time ago.
In a Wymore restaurant a party of
men offered to buy Harry Campbell
eight eggs, if Campbell would eat
them raw. Campbell took the offer,
ato tho eight eggs and said ho could
eat more. Then an offer was made to
give Campbell 5 cents apiece for all
the raw eggs he could down, one after
the other. Campbell ate sixteen eggs,
which made two dozen which he had
eaten raw.
Secretary C. G. Marshall of the state
horticultural society is urging fruit
growers in eastern Nebraska who are
not members of the association to join
the society, and urging them to call
upon the society and the state experi
ment station for aid in their work. In
a letter he stateB that fruit growers
who are not now making a profit can
make money by cleaning up their or
chards, by pruning and spraying and
cultivation.
Sam Winegar, a former Omaha man
who Is homesteading about four miles
southwest of Brewster, fell partly
from his wagon and grabbed but ono
line, lo which ho held as the fright
ened team tried to run. The team cir
cled twice and on the second circle
ran In such a way that a hitching
post came in between a wheel and tho
box of the wagon, catching Wlnegar'a
foot, very seriously injuring the same.
The Nebraska Experiment Station
has just Issued Bulletin 123, which In
cludes the resultB of several years'
work In fattening hogs on alfalfa and
corn, and on alfalfa, corn and other
grains and mill products, at tho North
Platte sub-station. The results of
feeding alfalfa hay In tho rack,
chopped alfalfa and alfalfa-meal, and
of feeding various proportions of corn
and alfalfa aro compared. This bul
letin follows Bulletin 121, which shows
tho cost of keeping brood sows, the
cost of the pig when It has reached
the weight of 50 pounds, and the" cost
of growing pigs during the summer.
A determined effort Is being made
by tho citizens and taxpayers of Stan
ton county to build an up-to-date
court housj. this year. The county
commissioners havo secured the plans
and specifications of a $60,000 court
house from Architect Willis of Omaha,
it being the same ns ono that was
built in Clay county, S. D. Petitions
asking the county commissioners to
call a special election for the purpose
of voting bonds aro being circulated.
In connection with the passing of
'dope" into tho penitentiary one fact
Illustrates how difficult it is to deal
with the proposition. Tho officials
know who received tho packago which
was slipped through, but in spite of
this they can not trace tho drug.
The socialists, In their Btato con
vention at York, named the following
ticket: Governor, Clyde J. Wright,
Lincoln; lieutenant governor, W. T.
efforles, Bassott; secretary of state,
J. I. Peterson, Holdrege; treasurer, J.
W. anAUen, Fromont; superintendent
of public instruction, Mrs. Alice J.
Millie, Omaha; attorney general, Hen
ry Adeo, Steel City; commissioner of
public lands nnd buildings, Georgo L.
Pholps, Red Cloud; railway commis
sioner, E. D. Moody, Wymore.
Attorneys for Albert Prince, tho
colored convict, who killed Deputy
Warden Davis, again asked tho dis
trict court to continue the case until
April. He nBserted tho accused had
been driven to desperation by tho
treatment ho received and was not
accountable for his acts. He asserted
tthat, If given tlmo to collect his testi
mony, ho would bo able to show a de
plorable condition of uffnirs nt the
penitentiary.
Supt. II. E. Bradford of the city
schoolB at Kearney, was unanimously
ro-electod by tho board of education
nt a salary of $2,100 for ono year. Pro
vision was made for refunding $50,000
school bonds which woro taken up
February 15.
Omaha's grain market Bhowed an
enormous Increase in both receiptB
nnd shipments for February, as com
pared with those of February of 1911.
Receipts for the month wero 5,918,000
UushelB of all kinds of grain, against
2.2G0.300 buBhelc a year ago, whllo
shipments wero 3,802,000, as against
2,741,000 bushels a year ago.