THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. r i MANY KEBRASKANS FAREDJUITE WELL FREE HOMES IN DRAWING HENRY HOWLAND Several Women Among tho Winners State Labor Commissioner Chas. W. Pool Draws No, 65, QlXJOHR lira I III WJFi AN I t! M " n lini m II I ' mill ""'. Ml " ,-rg ItECBNTLY returned -.lsiler II WM$Fl& tt JV"-'X "vAWW d WE Wbf JR to tlio Orient 18 nutliority U vmJtM'U'i WJ f P$ I llil fif M Tlio report is- more Uluinl- . M- y7 V$W$30&M0Mfer -F&zK eilF nntlng than is at first re . Jm$$Misr tfliw2 InStM nc,nljoro1 Whan the young ISPff fr lPWh Itlns tlion crown prince r &ZS2Z2 I II ' "" '-71 lpZLMA .,., ,.,, American !tgJJUJl1 .MS ' SilF I 4R?SMmEs. I I .......... - 1rLfUlCl'l JinV.T ": ?.Iiis- I II .4aKVQeKBftCifIIttKfc. II roturnou homo to time up tiie zfiiJVSs-. t gSj M KWffiSiJSm II L "iwBwwsfSLig,. &g: (.ravel imrioim study of IiIh father's kingdom It was (nought that nn a matter ot course ho would fol low tho custom of tho royal house to which he liolongod and marry, nut, greatly to tho aston ishment ot tho entire realm, this ho llatly refused In do, and not ovon hiB,fnllier'a kingly "requests" could change IiIh doclslon Now, mnrrlago hy n WiamoflO monarch moans not the fclmplo taking Of ono wlfo, but tho complicated and wholesome absorption of a hundred. His Iato majesty King Ohulalortgkorn had threo wlvos when ho wns crown iirlnco and added 07 others to his house hold boforo nscondlng tho thiono, and his father, Uio great Mongkut, claimed many hundreds of Vivos Bo whon young Prince Vajlravudh turned his back upon tho buautlon ot tho court and would have nono of thorn ho established n prcco dent of celibacy unheard of In his domain since "boforo (Iniu was." Tlioro was nevor a suspicion of scandal con nected with tlio prince, olthor while ho was at Hamlhurat or tit Christ collugo, Oxford; nor dur fng his many visits to llorllu, Paris, Madrid, Vienna or Londoncovering ninny yoais of his moat ImproBBlonnblo ago not ovon a word during Ills flying .trip tlnough tho states nnd it ho went liaok to his Asiatic throne leaving his hontt hero jr In Europe tho world has nevor been notified ot tho matter nor has any particular caretaker heca nlnglcd out na the posslblo happy custodian or tlio royal gift Hut, should this rumor have more than tho Usual claim for orodonco should his majesty, iMaha Vajlravudh, tho supremo ruler of all Slam, "marry an Amoriean" what thou? Thoro Is no royul family In this domocratlo country from vyhloh tho young man could or should mnko his choice nnd by so doing commit tho bonds Unit olrondy hold his Ilttlo kingdom In far nwny Asia vory oIoho to Undo Sam's hoart Uut tUrq nro imorlcnn ladles a-plenty that nro fair to look upon, rlghtmlnded nnd talented enough to bo nuy inounrch'D quoen, nnd If this bo a culluio quost an well as a longing ot tho hem t thoro can bo uo quoBtton ot money In tho nffulr, no bargain f)f gold for a tltlo, for Slam Is ono of tho richest Of (ho littio kingdoms ot tho world nnd her sov ereign holds by the right of possession legal (lib to about evorythlug woith having In his Uutlro stnto If this then bo a qucBt of tho roynl girl, IiIh maJOHly could iimke no hotter choice (bun ono ot tho liuo Apieilcan nobility, mnny at whoso dnughlers aro already serving in slmllnr Jbsltlono of trust nnd responsibility wllli rnro distinction and dignity, though as co-uilers over smaller principalities When tho writer was a child he lomomborsi lielng taken by tho hand by King Mongkut, VnJI liwudh'o grandfather, and bolng led Into tho lilng's favorlto room his Amoilcnn room. On ho walls woro rows ot poitraltB of tho piosldents of tho United StntoB. They woro not good Hko ' noweoB -Bomo ot thorn but thoy woio tho host filB mttlvo artist could make from tho photo graphs and other pictures his majesty had so cured. Thoy wcro all thoro, however, nnd In ordor, from Washington to the mlor nt that tlmo Abraham Lincoln. "I ftm vory fond of America," said his mnjosty, as ho cloB(jd thu door, "vory fond. And some day wo uro to bo unltod." Wan IhiB a propheoy, that. uttProd n halt con (ury ago, Is to bo fuinilod by tho mnrriugo of his grandson to nn Amoriean? Old King Mongkut patterned his policy of Ylghtooua rule" as cloboly after tho principles found in tho Declaration of Indepondonco ns ho dared and remain on tho throne ot his father. Ills nou, King Ghulnlongkorn. never coasod to turnout that he was not permitted to boo tho jjromlsod land of Amorlou. Ills multiplicity of wives and his desire to bring moro than ono wllh lilm on his olllclal Ylslt caused a coldness In Washington diplomatic circles that damped liln ardor at tho tlmo nnd he Insisted upon hla non making a special offoit "to visit tho United Rlalo.'i and porsoiinlly meet tho pieBldent ot tho fjroat country of which your grandfather was so fond and which I hnvo boon unnblo to soo." There have nlways existed tho moat cordial rotations between those two diametrically op liosod govornmonts tho most despotic and tho most domocrntlc. Franco has bullied her Asiatic otbore; Uio doEcondnrtt ot u lino of prlncos dat ing back to a tlmo whon Kgypt was In her In fancy nnd before Grooco was born; ho, tho Illus trious, tho Invincible, Tho dlvluo muster of tho Immortal bouIs, haB played football nt ltugby, "friend" Slam Into giving up a very largo por tion ot her noitheastor.n territory and has been watching for more than a half century for u ripo opportunity to turn tho entiio kingdom into n French dependency; and England, on the south, is guarding hor Malayan peninsula with moio and moro skill and caro, hoping for her chanco to squeeze her neighbor into a hole and thon to extricate her at tho price of some of tho adjacent land belonging to the lord of tho white elephant. America nlono ot the tlueo most influential na tions In southern Asia haB never sought for con n.mat nf lnmi nr for onlclnl emolument for favors i.iiHi. nresent or future Her Stars and Stripes mruF-tv-mn! rimJFjwi&uY om cnpltal One of tho most beautifully situated cities in southern Asia, stretching down on both sides of tho Manam river, and sumptuously pio vlded with cool gardens, btoad highways and inviting pailcs, nuddha's city is as cosmopolitan as n united Now York, Moscow and Uudapost. On her street, nnd her waterways for Unngkok is tho Venice of tho east nnd Is provided with moro canals than roadways are to be seen Amorlcans and Chinese, English ladles nnd for tho last three-quarters of a century have French cavaliers, German barons and Russian floated from tho masthead of tho Amoriean con- " diplomats Malays, Abysalnlans, I'arthlans and !.. mwiiaiiiiiinfi nmlil .ill the voxatious rivui- I UrKS rlos for political and territorial gain which have obstinately come to the suifnco with great regu larity some ot which hao been referred to Undo Sam's lesklent deputy for settlement. So it would ccopi that If tho king of Slam woro to ninrry an American ho would bo but fol lowing his political nnd social predilections and would bo endeavoring to bind Btlll closer the bonds of friendship nnd real brotherly affection that have hold thiough the reigns of his two lm modlato foiebeais Mongkut nnd Chulalongkom Hut thoro la a better reason than this for his preference Vujlrnvudli is not only n very inde pendent but pre-eminently a piactical person, and htiB often opejily admired tho independent and practical young American women whom ho has mot both In Euiopo and hero. A man ot ti onion dons onergy and Utility himself, ho has natural ly looked for the same oharnctorlBtlca In tho women whom ho has admired enough to make hla companions, and has found thorn In the women of Amurlcn In a moro pronounced degroe than In tho womon of any other country In the world. Among his own Sinmoso ladles nro ex amples ot some of the most beautiful ot croa turos. Thoy uio Blender and small boned; thoy cany thomsolvos with oxuulslto grnce; their eyoa aro largo and luminous and nro half covered with heavy lids and long, silken lashes; tholr voices lire low and tholr hands and foot ttuly Andalu slim. Thoy nro compnnlonablo and slondfast nnd make Ideal wlvos and mothers, and, taken col lcctlvoly, llfty or a hundrod of them will combine to plonso almost any husbnnd prororably a sybn lite Hut tlio presont rulor ot tholr kingdom Is looking for a wlfo nnd not a haroni, and unloss ho chungoB fiom tho manner ot man ho hna shown hlniBolf to bo In other nmttorB pnitnlnlng to hlmsulf mid to his lulo he will select and ob tain thu girl of his choico and will make hor tho most envied bride nnd the happiobt quoen of the century She will be the biide oi a good looklntt oung man of thlity-throe, who In n graduate of Oxford and Holdolbeig. n charming conversationalist and a speaker ot and n writer In many European ns well iib ninny Aslntlo laugungoB a writer of pioue nnd pootry, of Action and phlloeoph) a good horsomnn, n fencer to be foaied. a lovor of sport and a tlroleaa woiker, with exquisite tasto as to oxtornnlB as woll as hi mntterB poitalnlng to the mind. Gonorous and loving by nnturo and with an unlimited pocketbook to satisfy tho desires of himself and bis bolovod, King Vajlravudh seems to have tho making of tho Ideal IniBband nnd lovor, as woll as an energetic and wlso rulor ot his kingdom. Geographically Ilnngkok Is usunlly consldeiod aa far removod from llroadway ns Is Mais from tho Metropolitan, but thoio aro compensations for oven tho lack of opera In this charming enst- Ever since the days of King Mongkut thoro has been a delightful colony of European nnd Ameri can society In tho capital. King Chulalongkom, with his many years spent on tho continent, en couraged tho sending of somo of Europe's best diplomatic timber to his Ilttlo "Paris or tlio South" and fostered tho Intercourse botween his natlvo princesses and tho foreign hostesses, and King Vnjlraxudh Is stimulating In every way tho mingling of tho races within his renlm. Thero aro halt a dozen clubs In a radius of a few miles from tho pnlaco, all with moro or less activity of a social nature, nnd springing from them and from tho embassies, from the increasing foreign population nnd the nilstocracy of tho native gen try thoro has arisen a laigo cultured community in Slam's capital, a community that noeds a lead er. And who can do thoso gracious honors with moro dignity thnn tho sovereign's quoen! Uut thoio Is far more than all this that tho "King of Slam" la looking for In tho American wife far moio than oven tho leadership ot tho most cultured act in tho kingdom. Vajlravudh hns stupendous ideas for his country and its poo pie, and already (In loss than two years slnco ho sot tho crown of Slum upon his head) ho has had tlmo to show ot what stuff kings nro mado. The loported rebolllon and roputed uprising ot lopubllcnnlsm he hnltod with a word; tho wishes of his late fathor In affairs of state unci religion hnvo boon carried out; ho has levlsod whoro re vision Hoemed boat and has mndo now whoro the old could no longer sorve; ho has chosen wlso counsellors and has pressed many now mon Into new positions; himself joung, he has drawn about him tho youth of tho kingdom tho now mlnlBtor nt Washington, Prlnco Trtadoa Prabandh, Is only thirty nnd, Hko hla majesty, a graduato from an English unlvorsltj and ho has planned nnd put Into execution seemingly Impossible Im provements, from tlio laws on tho stntuto books to tho trivialities of everyday living. Altogether ho Is n porsonnllty to lm wntohed, ono upon whom already aro focussed tho oyoa ot both tho oast and tho west. Vajlravudh la tho flrbt Aalatlo ruler to havo studied In western bchoolp Numberless Japan ese and ChlnoBO of high rank havo boon wel comed to tho educational centers of Europe and Amerlcn, but novor boforo has a ciown prlnco .or budding omporor been allowed to mingle with tho rough nnd ready westerner. Vnjlravudh, tlio king ot kings, head of tho most ancient emplro of the onrtli, ho, who In his supreme rulershlp holds rights and prlvllogos witblioldon from all crossed Bwords with tlio daredevils at Holdolborg, drilled as a private at Sandhurst and won his spurs In competitive thosos against tho brainiest of Ililtlshors nt Oxford. This la tho man who, nccordln& to rumor, Is Booking nn American wlfo to aid Win Jn his rule! North Platte, Neb. The last large tract of Nebraska government land was parceled out by Undo Sam Tues day, when a drawing for 538 homea In tho Nebraska national forest reserve situated near this city and tho Nio brara military reservation was hold Nebraska and Missouil citizens woro among tho most fortunate, although Iowa and South Dakota had a share In the glory. One Chicago man wns among the favored and CoJorado wan represented by several names among tho first 200 drawn. .Marvin Tritch of Kirksvlllo, Mo., was the fortunato man who drew number one. Ho will havo to pay the government about $1,100 for tho quarter section he chooses, but, valuations as high as $15,000 already have beon placed on the 160 .acres he will be entitled to flic upon. Following nro the names of thoso Nebraskans who woro fortunato In so- "urlng some of tho more valuablo tracts: 1 Monln Tiltch. Kliksvlllc. Mo. 2 rthur Sti-onil)trtf, KtiunislutrK. 3 tJInik S Itejnoltls. Loup City. 5 Ilnr'B Dufrft. Cotuiiibun. fi Pdell Ctousp. Niiponoo. 7 aiIi.ti Krjuktmii. Omaliri. 8 Jnlm Jflilcr, Oimlbon. fl Jim Vnkoc. Vordlfcrp. 11 I"). a Smith. Fiiltmont. 12 Eilfrar N. OaN. Cozuil. lfi i:. W Ilrown. Herslipv. 1" Huilicrt J. Mm tow Collcso View IS C. O. Halm, I.ewellen. 10 Krert" Hirta. Jr., North Loup. 20 jUhcit II. Ciittou. Noith Platte. 21 John H. Wutz StapliUoji. 2.' Wllllnm Mcaoncgal, Mnson City. 23 H. IX Palmer. Arnpnlino. 24 Ocoiko A'Ncrs, llroknn Uo 23 Cora Anderson, Sutherland, 2(i Oeo. T. TaUor, Wulhacli. 2S Geo. 11. 'Wilson. Oshkosh. ns Sutton II Martin, Ilroken Tioif. 34 T. AV Lmnbrecht, Sparks. 35 Hershcy Sherliek, W'citervllle. 37 W. II Mason, Lontf Pine, 3S AllKiist Kl.mse. I lncohl. 39 Von IX Uniitt, Oninhn. 41 It. D. Woile, Stookllle. 13 It. W, Ciwn Rarflcld. 41 John I. mill). Ad.iini 45 Mnty N Doudlntf. l'.illsado. 40 I. 'I. A. Si'dcnnn, North Loup. 47 M II. MpAuIIITp. Stprllnp. 40 Uertha That lccl. Kiunklln. r,l Victor Hauls. LoomlM. 53 r. AV. Amlipsen, MeCoolc. r" Axel Sund, Onialm. r,C M. D. Spprry. HuiKctt. C9 rr.ink CuitoII. Muson City. fil A. M. Gthit. Uushvilli. 62 AndiPW McKlhlnnej, Jliudon. 03 Sutniiel (iilison, Om.ilui. , fi4 Morris AVhlte. Om.ili.i. m rimrlcB AV. Pool Ivlncoln. 07 ltu'Dh lliooki. -Klluoie. nx Avmiain II. lllnck Indlniiotn. 6a Clara AValker IAIN), Nortli Platte. 70 Lpo Clnlsninn. Ilroken Bow. 71 . L,. Uolte. Snjdor. 73 -Joshua II. AWlister, Crnwf'd. . 74 raw anl AV. Hutchison. Omaha. 7." - Union Kruis-, AlPrna. 7fi -Anton NpIsou, Jtason City. 77 KtliPl Ui'ldlniT, Iltuwell. 71 Johh Donnellj, Sehujlcr. 80 1'eiry Foster, Analey. . 82 Uert Scdatn, Park. S3 I Illlo A. Fix (Miss). Wllber. S4 Sam A. Cnmbllu, Iitudy. 85 N. C ItoborlHon, O?ceolu. S7 l.ulu M. .Tones, llioken Dow. 8S Ja-nca ITiiiiiou, Dnrna. 90 ltiidnlph Kionzcr. 1lm Crpolc. 11 F. O Fil7ze.ll, Silver 'Clock. 92 I.. II. Nelman, CuitW. 93 Frank I. Holm, Loonils. - 14". J. McKeiivtr. Iluhliell. 95 vno Kennev. AVood River. "B Call Moore, Trjon. J7 Henry Riamussen. AA'llIow Island DS John Sherman. Napor. 99 Kmll Soler, Jinrtata, , . 100-GeorKe T. Il'umntin, Gmnd Island t0j Cluster AV, CI nk. riyniouth. 103 Gustavo A. Schmidt. Richland. 104 Otto J. Stu lb, N'owton. 105 l,Udwlck Larson. Brady. 10U II. I... ralge, U-uennn. 107-P. P. Filler, Eddyvllle. 10S J. I,. lliiBor, Wtchlleld 110 II.-E. Flotrhrr. Schuyler. Ill Chas. 1. AVorthlnKton, Omaha. 112 A Ij Real, AiiHley. in AV. n. l.lkens. Osall.iln. 114 M. J Kilmer, AVestein. 115 S. Losey, Nnponre 11R Mabd Mould. Omaha. 120 Alfred AValton, Smlthlleld. 121 John Crawlov. AVellllnot, 1J Edward C. Milter. Ord. 123 F. A. Marshall, Omaha. 125 Charlen E. Bennett Alliance. 12!! Ben C. D.iis, MndlHou. 12711. J. A'onnir, Snilthtleld. 'K August Rnsmusnpn. Hampton. 129-Alike Klr.ichner, Aroadla. ISO Chailcy nntiHton. I.lncoln, lMAVIlllnm I. Green, Hay Springs. 112 Harold Deinaree, Olilunn. I'd John Soveilu, Gretim. 11, HokhIo f.lnk, Stuait. 1-C llerliprt A IMtrlek, Dunning. 137--Roy PatlPJHon, Farnam. 1 "9 Prod IT Deal. Iinvenpoit. 141 .T V Ilenhett, EdKui. Hi Frank Batllc. Blue IIIH. HJ I . R Mes-erHiultli. Farnam. 141Krank Popple, AVtell. 14-AVin. Stalmke. Glenlllc. 14S Churles A. Mitchell I MXlllBtOp. lr.n Eri'eRt SanBP. Ruh1iI11p. 15I--J. AV RlniNUU. Mawm City. 152 Ro M. AVlntcrx, Coad. lul AVIHIam M Boyni, Mnonln. 1S4A E NuKilttock Grnml Island l-,-Kied Schneider, A'unt Point. 159- V II Cnrtlx, BaaMHtt. 1K0 O I.. Salisbury, Omaha. 162 Chan J Eilckson Sutton. 163 AV. E Hopkins, Fainam. 181 Albeit Cuitla Anliton. 105 I, A. Snvder, Herphey. lhfi Michael Mulchuy, Greeloy. ir.7 H E AUIngton. Oietnn. 1R8 Ellsuiliotli C Andrew, Mason City. lfi'l 15 E AVrlRht. Read. 170 William It Pendleton. Omaha. 172 John D.ixlil Broken B'nv. 171 AVIIhert O Bontlev. Qinnd Islnnd. 17fi E IT. Ploinon, Miller 177 GeorRO litukei, St Edward. 178 -Nuiiev H Taylor, Atnswortli. 179 John AV. Grosae, A'onun. 180 II. A Peternan. St Paul. 181 lit it R Freeman. Mllborn. 18j-Ruth Cook I.owoll. 1S4 i: O AVhlto Foster. 185 novum! Vnuahn. PIjsko". 180 -.Toe AVuJok. Noith Platte. ice C T. Hon Ih I.mirel. 1S9 11 S Mulvany. Manon City. 190- Mavma Tlioiupton Alma. 191 O II Ellis. I.i wellen jo7chas. Wlilpplt", Milldalo. 15-V n HrcMjks. Calnpbell. I'i9 (Icorno R Mcl'irlund, Falls City. 200 Jay Mellloce. Ill idoii, 201 I.loyd M Ronerx Haselock. 20J T. A. Bnols. Bioken Bow. 203 K E AViwlft. LuNliiKton. 205 AV J Uinard. PlalnIow. 20C P P Sea. Keiiny. 207 V I, O'Connor, Uronm. ;os EuKene .lohusoii. Ontlienbur-r. 201 A'n hlmoii, Kearney. 210 llnri RoheriH, St. Mbory. 211 O 1,, AIIku. lC'arny. 211' 1' St'itts, Millar. 3U F n Simon. 1 1 real Inn- !14 J D Cioulmr Bltett. 21KIHe lrkrt. Cidbit)ii. 2ir, .lohii S. Rkv Kiiponee St7 Krneat J. G. I'to. Gothenburg. 218 P. A B. i(anfay. So.-vntnn Walllimer. stwRrt. JJl J V. Spumsler Lincoln. tJSiIL "k . ' iMWirf A man who hoped and did not mote, AA'lth lonir nnd tnnsled hair, Sat In his little cabin door And lightly laughed nt enre. Day after day ho duns to hope, Tho winds blew fair nnd 111; Ho used no wntor and no soap. Ills hair grew longer still. Ills cabin soKged n ion ml ono His shoes fell from his feet. He sat alone, without a friend, But still found hoping sweetl At last the wnl! fell In, ono day And crushed him where he sat; Another, passing, heard him say: "I'd not expected that." MORAL. Tho man who hopes may be set one, AVIth ne'er a fear or Mutter; llopo is a staff on which to lean, But 'tis not bread and butter. snd, Too Much to Forgive. "la there anything In your paat," asked tho girl's father, "that you havo endeavored to havo suppressed? Come, I want tho Aholo truth. If you Ho to mo now I sliall find you out. 1 shall hire detectives ito hunt up your rec ord, nnd any deceit that you practlco Avlll be considered sufficient to keep you out of my family." "Well," tljo young man replied, "thero Is ono thing. I had hoped I should not be compelled to confess it, but I am going to tell all and throw mysolf upon your mercy. 1 onco started to get rich by lalsing chick ens." Of course the hard-hearted old man turned him down after that. Anotlfer Special Interest. "Why hnvo you suddenly changed your attitude on this reciprocity mat ter? You used to bo strong for a re duction of tho tariff on foodstuffs." "I know, but I understand that It will bo posslblo to bring eggs acroa3 the border freo If wo havo Canadian reciprocity." "Yes. Aren't you in favor of cheap er eggs?" "Not by a long shot. Wo ltnve thirty hens now, and aro selling a dozen eggs a week to our neighbors. This whole proposition is an outrage." A CHANGE NECESSARY. "Say," said the senior member of tho publishing firm, "we'll havo to change the title of that book on aviation that w o'r o bringing out." "Why? It scorns to mo that 'Con quering tho Air is a striking tltlo and ono that will make tho book sell." "Yes; but tho author has Just boon killed owlug to tho fact that ho and his aeroplane fell In front of a freight train." Couldn't Stand It. "I hear that old Squeedgum has de cided to move out of that dingy placo In which ho has lived so long. I auppoao ho finally had to yield to tho encroachments of business." "No, It wasn't that. Thoy estab lished n bank next door and it was broaklng his heart to seo pcoplo tak ing monoy In there every day Instead of bringing it to him." Don't Overlook Your Chance. Gather jo losebuds whllo jo may, Old Tlmo Is still ft.flylnsr. And this samo llower thai smiles today Tomoriow shall bo Ulng. Horrlck. Have up a bit of your change today, Tlmo keeps light on un'oldlng, And by tomorrow somo other may Possess the Job you'ro holdlui;. Business and Pleasure. Tho man who makes his business a pleasuro is likely to llvo a good deal longer nnd Get a good deal farthor than tho man who makes his ploasuro a business. i Clothes. A woman who roally IreaseB only to ploaso hor husband generally makes It possible fpr him to wear protty good clothos, too. 1 K JL