THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
PNEILL, NEBRASKA
--~
. "Those who are not accustomed to
jraln are frightened by it,” says a
Iwrltec. "I once saw an Arab rained on
Tor the first time. He was abjectly
terrified and demanded to have his pas
sage paid from the country—Sicily—
In which the dread prenomenon oc
curred. He had been conveyed from
the Sahara, I think, by a European,
whose servant he was, and he evidently
thought his master was behaving ab
nomlnably to him in permitting him to
get wet. By the first steamer he re
turned to his native desert abandoning
excellent wages, and shaking the rain
drops furiously from his slippered feet.”
A French writer in a scientific maga
xlne tells of the great ocean depths of
28,000 to 30,000 feet, the temperature
tending toward xero, with perpetual
darkness reigning melow depths of
about 1,280 feet. At that level plants
deprived of light can not exist, and the
animal life must be carnivorous. The
organ of sight, not being used, has dis
appeared, and yet there is light even
In that sightless world. A German ex
ploring ship found ft fish with enor
mous eyes ut a depth of 6,400 feet.
Phosphorescence is common In these
hollows of the sea; sometimes special
organs flash light.
The widening of Piccadilly hns been
the means of showing the enormous
value of lnnd In the center of London,
the sum paid by tho London county
council for a small area which, of
course, was built upon, working out at
$170 a square foot. This Is believed to
[be the record, but as It Included com
jpensation for disturbance, It cannot bo
compared with the prices paid In Corn
hill, which Is the highest rented spot
bn earth, a single room having been
let recently at between $10,000 and $15,
000 a year.
Every rope used In the British naval
service from heaving line to hawser,
find wherever It may be used on ship
board or In dockyard, has woven Into
one of Its strands, for purposes of
Identification, a red thread. The pre
sumption Is that any rope with the red,
thread found outside of such uses Is In
Improper hands. This custom In the
.British navy has prevailed since the
days of Nelson. Some large concerns,^
such as railways, sometimes use an In
terwoven colored thread.
French ships are usually named after
French provinces or towns, victories, •
ideas or sentiments, but no French'
•names excepting those of the greatest
men In their history are made UBe of.
German ships bear the names of Ger
man rivers, ports, poets, states and
characters In German literature, while
Spanish ships are almost Invariably
named after cities or great command
ers.
Guanajunato, the ruined city In Mex
ico, which was destroyed by a cloud
burst, furnishes one of the ghastliest
curiosities of the world. In one of the
vaults of the Pantheon are preserved
many mummies which were dug' from
the soil. They afford a curious evidence
of the natural embalming properties of
the earth.
Almost every little stream In rural
France has wash houses on Its banks,
where the women of the neighborhood I
wash their clothes. They use a great
deal of soap and chemicals. These so
contaminate the water that the milk of
th* cows sometimes Is poisoned.
Thomas Shevlln, of Minneapolis, has
given $60,000 for the erection of a wo
man’s building at the University of
Minnesota. There were 1,250 women In
attendance at the university during the
last year, with no specially equipped
building for their rest and recreation.
, J. P. Hall, of the Santa Fe, Is organ
izing an association composed of men
who were once messenger boys. The
list, It Is said. Includes Andrew Car
negie, William C. Van Rome, Marvin
Hughltt, W. A. Gardner, Colonel Robert
C. Clowry and A. J. Earllng.
* King Alfonzo has received one of the'
Strangest gifts ever presented to a mon
arch. It Is in the shape of two fine
rugs, made from the hides of the horses
which were killed by the bomb thrown
at the young Spanish King during his
recent visit to France. I
A - ' » ■* *
The Camous sal$ deposits of Petite
Anse, La., are known to have been
mined by the aboriginal Americans, as
Is testified by the stone hammers and,
other tools found when the deposits
were rediscovered In 1814 by John
Marsh.
George Maybell and Ira Hoeye, once
friends and partners In business, met
In the street In Fresno, Cal., the other
day, after not having seen each other,
tor twenty-five years, and at once be
gan to fight over $5 that one owed the>
other.
The Southern Pacific company Is to
begin the experiment of educating Its
own mechanics. Orders have been re
ceived from headquarters to begin the
erection of a building on the railroad
grounds af Sparks, Nev., for the pur
pose.
A. E. Eccles, of Chorley, England,
who has Just celebrated his 75th birth
day, claims to be the champion tract
distributor of the world. He has cir
culated no fewer than 40,000,000 publi
cations relating to temperance, hygiene,
politics and religion.
Mrs. Louisa Manning, who has just
celebrated her 98th birthday. Is prob
ably the only person living who heard
the guns In the famous fight between
the Chesapeake and the Shannon, oft
Salem (Mass.) harbor In the war of
1912. _ _
In France the best breed of hogs Is
(ponsldered to be the Craonnals, which
often attain the weight of 650 pounds,
In flfteen to eighteen months; a prise
pig weighed 763 pounds at the age of
10 months and 25 days.
Frau Prlelle, Who at one time was the
most popular of all the actresses at
tached to the Royal Opera house, Buda
pesth, has gone mad, In consequence, It
Is said, of reading Edgar Alien Poe’s
■torles.
France has 3.045 miles of canals and,
4,665 of dyers Improved for purposes of
navigation. The government has ex
pended on these waterways about 1500,
000 000 since the war with Germany.
The Marquis of Downshlre was among
the membera of the Worklngham fire
brigade when hand engines were in
vogue. He still responds to the call,
but usually drives the fire engine.
Mile, de Rosen, daughter of the Rus
sian ambassa-’or, when she makes her
debut In society, will receive from the
csRdna the badge and title of titular
maid of honor to her majesty.
The working classes In Mexico are
tor the most part content with one
room for a family, a room in which
the door does duty for both window
^nd chimney.
HOLDUP LETTERS
THREATEN DEATH
Writer Says He Will Kill thfl
Family of Banker
Hart.
'F $3,000 IS NOT PAID
Similar Demand for $2,000 Made 01
Schlanke Brothers, of the Vienna
Hotel—No Attention Has Been
Paid to the Letters.
Omaha, Neb,, Sept. 13.—Terror reign:
In certain quarters In Omaha ant
(Council Bluffs on account of threaten
ing letters which have been sent to
President E. 1C. Hart, of the First Na
tional bank, of the latter city, and
Schlanke Brothers, proprietors of the
Vienna cafe of this city by an un
known person demanding sums of
money, under penalty pf death If the
demands are refused.
One week ago Schlanke Brothers re
ceived an anonymous letter to the ef
fect that unless they deposited $2,000
at the Metcalf roadhouse Just across
the river from Omaha, on Wednes
day last, that both would suffer death.
The $2,000 was placed in the hands
of Chief of Detectives Dunn, who made
known the fact in certain circles that
the money would be on hand, and a
cordon of detectives was placed around
the roadhouse on the night In question,
but no one appeared.
Threatened Whole Family.
Recently President E. IC. Hart, of the
First National bank, of Council Bluffs,
received a letter to the effect that un
less he deposited $3,000 at the base of
a tree at a certain point on the road
leading to the Metcalf roadhouse, that
he and his whole family would be mur
dered. Hart paid no attention to the
demand.
Schlanke Brothers the same day re
ceived a second letter In the same
handwriting to the effect that unless
$3,000 was placed In the Metcalf road
house to the writer’s credit that the
roadhouse would be destroyed and the
Vienna hotel placet In Jeopardy.
Meantime the police forces of Omaha
and Council Bluffs were apprised of the
conditions of affairs and detectives
were placed on guard at every road
leading to the Metcalf place with a
hope of capturing the writer of the
anonymous letter.
The Sehlariks were placed In posses
sion of the Metcalf roadhouse several
weeks ago by Receiver Frank Blank,
cashier for E. E. Hart, following the
foreclosure of a $16,000 mortgage on
the property and furnishings of the
house.
INDIAN HEIRSHIP CASE.
Suit Involving $70,000 Indian Funds
Tied Up in the Security Bank,
Is Undecided.
Omaha. Neb., Sept. 13.—After listen
ing to the arguments of the demurrer
In what is known as the Indian heir
ship case this morning, Judge Munger
took the matter under advisement as
submitted and will give his decision
probably within a few days. The at
torneys representing Thurston county,
Neb., which the government seeks to
enjoin trom collecting taxes on $f0.000
of Indian funds lying In the Security
National bank at Sioux City, contend
In the demurrer that there is no cause
for action, on the ground that the
trusteeship came to an end when the
government sold the trust lands and
paid the Indians a portion of the pro
ceeds, It is held that the fact that the
government trusteeship was to run
twenty-five years was alienated by the
act of paying any portion of the funds
over to the Indians before the trustee
ship period expired.
MAN KILLED AT TEKAMAH
Said Name Was John Burthart and
That He Was Coming Hero
to Visit Sister.
Tekumnh, Neb., Sept. IS.—A man was
killed on the track Dy the 7 o’clock
passenger train four miles west of here
this morning and his body was brought
here, where an Inquest will be held this
evening when the train crew comes
back from Omaha.
The deceased rode from Herman here
Saturday with the Kelly boys and said
he was going to Sioux City to visit a
sister and that his name was John
Burthart. He was quite deaf, wore
working clothes and had no money or
papers to identify him.
He wore a brown derby hat, brown
coat and dark pants. He was about 36
years old and about 6 feet 5 inches high.
He had a dark complexion, black hair
and a brown mustache. The body was
thrown in a ditch, but was not muti
lated except the forehead was caved In.
Both arms were broken and the neck
dislocated.
OMAHA YARDS PROTEST
They Enter Complaint Against Rail
road Discrimination Against
Dressed Meats.
Chicago, Sept. 12.—In the United
States circuit court here today the
Union Stock Yards company- of South
Omaha filed an Intervening petition In
the bills of complaint of the Interstate
commerce commission against the Chi
cago Great Western railroad and eight
een other transportation companies.
The charge Is made that the railroads
assess a discriminating rate on ship
ments of live stock over that of dressed
meats from Missouri river points to
Chieugo.
AGED WOMAN DROPPED DEAD
She Had Been to Mass and Died Just
Outside of Church.
West Point, Neb., Sept. 12.—Sunday
morning Just after mass In the St. Charles
church Mrs. Justina Grovijahn, a woman
of over 70 years, fell dead just outside the
church. A hemorrhage preceded her
death. Mrs. Grovijahn was the oldest
settler In the township and a woman very
highly respected. She leaves three sons
and two daughters to mourn her loss.
GORED TO DEATH BY COW.
Michael Cauley Is Killed by the Vicious
Animal at Fremont.
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 12.—Michael Cauley
was attacked by a vicious cow Saturday
afternoon ai d gored to death. The goring
occurred 100 yards east of the Northwest
ern roundhouse.
Mr. Cauley hud led his cow to the pas
ture ground and started back toward bis
home. A few minutes later men in the
Northwestei n's supply yards saw the cow
toss the mln high in the air and atta '.
him viciously when he fell in a heap to the
ground.
FILES A LIEN ON
A BOY FOR BOARD
I
Woman Proposes to Keep Ne
braska Child Until Mother
Pays Its Bill.
ISOLATION UPSET REASON
Nebraska Farmer and Wife Were Wan
dering Through Chicago with Two
Children—Could Not Endure
Loneliness of Farm Life.
Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 12—A queer case
Is in the court here over a board bill,
the parties to the suit being relatives.
A lien was filed by a boy Thursday to
secure a board bill.
Mrs. Mary Miller came to this city
recently with her grandson from Hol
lenberg, Kan., to visit with the mother
of the boy, Mrs. Thrapp. Mrs. Miller
attempted to return to her Kansas
home Thursday with the boy, but Mrs.
Thrapp objected to her son return
ing.
Mrs. Miller stated that she had a
lien on the boy for board and refused
to give him up until Mrs. Thrapp paid
the bill. A writ of habeas corpus was
secured by the boy's mother and the
boy was placed In the hands of the
sheriff.
The writ was made returnable next
Monday. Much interest Is attached to
the affair as the parties concerned are
well known here.
ISOLATION UPSET REASON.
Nebraska Couple Could Not Endure
Loneliness of Farm Life.
Chicago, Sept. 12.—Joseph Holdoblei
and wife were sent to an asylum for
the Insane yesterday. They came from
a farm near Wakefield. Neb., and were
found wandering about the streets here
with their two children.
Neither Holdobler nor his wife wore
violent, but they did not talk violently.
Lonlellness of farm life, to which, it is
said they were not accustomed, Is
seemingly accountable for their condi
tion.
The Holdoblers lived on an isolated
bit of farm land in a barren tract. The
nearest neighbor was miles away. The
couple were almost entirely dependent
upon each other's society to break the
monotony of the dragging days. When
their first child was born great hope
was based by the parents on the future
companionship of the youngster. A
year passed and the baby had not
learned to talk. Shortly afterwards the
fact dawned on them that the child was
dumb. From the phock of the discov
ery the lonely parents seem never to
have fully rallied, even after the birth
of a second child, now a crowing,
laughing boy of 18 months.
DID DOG SUICIDE?
Omaha Police Observe a Queer Case o.
Canine’s Grief.
Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 12.—Is a dog cap
able of deliberately committing sui
cide?
Officers at police headquarters an
swer this question in the affirmative
and point to the Scotch collie owned by
Mrs. Amelia Schaefer, as a proof of
their belief.
The dog was run over and killed by
a street car in front of the police sta
tion yesterday morning.
The dog was much attached to its
mistress, who is now in jail awaiting
the action of the insanity board.
Since her incarceration the dog has
refused to eat and for the past two
days it has refused to take even water.
Yesterday morning the dog was no
ticed lying on the wall which sur
rounds police headquarters, intently
watching the passing street cars.
Shortly before 10 o'clock a swiftly
moving car came in sight. The dog
jumped from the wall, went to the
edge of the car tracks and just as the
car was almost even with it, leaped in
front of the motor and was killed.
Officers at headquarters declare the
dog committed suicide because it could
,,not find ils mistress.
- ?
TOOK POISON THROUGH MISTAKE
__ i
Young Girl After Eloping Swallowed
Strychnine, but May Recover.
Plattsmouth. Neb., Sept. 12.—Miss
Ethel Downing, daughter of G. l.
Downing, residing near Pacific Junc
tion, la., just across the river from this
city, swallowed a quantity of strych
nine.and is reported in a critical con
dition. Soon after taking the poison,
the young lady told her mother that
she had swallowed the drug bymistake,
and asked that a doctor bo summoned.
An antidote soon removed the greater
portion of the drug from the patient's
stomach, and. while she remains in a
very critical condition, it is thought
she stands a good chance for recov
ery.
Several weeks ago Miss Downing,
who is 17 years of age, eloped with a
man named Hiram Miller. The mother
of the girl followed the couple and
finally located them on the streets of
Plattsmouth during a street carnival.
The girl was finally induced to return
home on a promise that no effort would
be made to prosecute Miller. The
young lady's relatives are of the opin
ion that she Jjecume despondent over
her love affairs and took the poison
with suicidal intent. Miss Downing,
however, maintains that the drug was
taken by mistake.
SKULL SPLIT OPEN.
Young Section Hand Crushed Beneath
a Hand Car.
Norfolk, Neb.. Sept. 12.—Ralph Clair,
a young section hand on the North
western railway, lies at the point of
death at Winuetoon, Neb., as the result
of an accident In which the wheels of
a hand car ran over his head, splitting*
the skull wide open. When the car
passed over Clair's head the wheels
were derailed, the car upset and the
four other men riding on its platform
were hurled Into a ditch.
The car was rolling rapidly down a
grade when Clair slipped and fell for
ward, striking the rails. An instant
later the wheel rolled over Ids head.
The other wheels crushed his leg. It is
believed he will die.
TRAIN STRANDED ON BRIDGE.
Platte.nouth. Neb.. Sept. 12.—A wreck
occurred on the Burlington bridge here
which blocked the main line track tor
nearly three hours, and caused the
Burlington llyer, No. 2, which war. aver
an hoar late, to be run down the east
side of the river by way of Council
BlufTr.
A \ ery heavy extra east bound
! freight v.hkh was being pushed by a
; local switch engine was crossing the
| bridge when an air hose on a car near
i the head end stroke, the pressure of the
| breaking of the ho.«e causing oi.e of the
, cars to be raised from its trucks and
i throw* against the car ahead.
PAT CROWE ONCE MOREj
Seen in Omaha and Carload of Officers
Being Sent to Arrest Him, He
Opened Fire.
Omnlia, Neb., Sept. 9.—During a run
ning fight between police officers and a
man believed to be Put Crowe, the at
Uged kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, and a
companion, just before midnight last
night, Patrolman Albert Jackson was
shot through the leg, and the two men
made their escape. None of the other
officers was Injured. A large detail of
officers was immediately sent to th*
spot to try to locate the fugitives.
The fight occurred in lower Sixteenth
street, where the men were discovered
by Officer Jackson in a saloon.
Ever since Crowe returned to Omaha
several weeks ago, Chief Donahue has
had a force of officers, most of them in
citizen's clothing, seeking to capture
him. The task was extremely difficult,
because none of the officers knew
Crowe, Jackson being an exception. It
was learned by the police yesterday
that Crowe was in Omaha, and an ex
tra effort was made to locate him.
Jackson and Officer Leahy were sent to
lower Sixteenth street, where Crowe
,was believed to be. About 11 o’clock
last night Jackson saw a man whom
he recognized as Crowe with a compan
ion in a saloon at Sixteenth and Dorcas
streets. He sent Leahy to a telephone
to secure additional officers, meantime
watching the men himself. The two
men left the saloon just as a car car
rying additional officers came up, and
Jackson started to follow them. See
ing that they were being followed both
men opened fire on Jackson, emptying
their revolvers, one bullet breaking
Jackson’s leg. The other officers start
ed in pursuit, joining in the fusiiade of
shots being sent after the fugitives. The
latter, however, made good a tempor
ary escape.
Half the police force were sent to the
district in which the shooting occurred
and were put to work to locate the pair.
This they had not been successful in
doing up to midnight.
While the police have no positive
knowledge that one of the men was
Crowe, they do not hesitate to believe
that it was. Officer Jackson, who was
acquainted with Crowe, says that there
can be no doubt of the identity of tlie
man. He says the man recognized him
and realizing that he was an officer
took a desperate chance of getting
away by using his revolver. Officer
Leahy also says he is sure that the man
is Crowe. That the fugitive is a des
perate man there is no doubt, dnd every
effort is being made to secure his cap
ture, as well as that of his companion.
Had Been Expecting Him.
This occurrence is but one of many
with less tragic results. Time after
time the police have had Crowe in a
bad place, houses surrounded with
Omaha’s best and bravest officers
armed with Winchesters, shadowing up
dark alleys and through vacant iota
hand in hand with death and red hot
clues which seemed to.give him no pos
sible chance for escape. Every indi
vidual policeman on tiie Omaha force
speaks of Crowe with a set jaw and a
muttered curse, and say that Jackson’s
heroic attempt was but a duplicate of i
others which will take place if Crowe is |
seen by an officer again.
It was reported that the residence I
of John R. Creighton, at Twentieth and
California streets, was to be visited by
Crowe Wednesday night and detectives
were stationed there, but nothing cams
of the clue.
WANTED, TEACHER.
Norfolk s High School Starts Withou*
Head—Dakota Man Takes Place,
but Lator Refuses.
Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 9.—The Norfolk
high school has started out with the
principal's chair vacant as the result |
of u series of misfortunes, the last of
which was a queer hit of acting by a i
South Dakota' t.utor.
The position was first made vacant ;
by the tragic drowning of R. C. Powers, I
who went over the dam here one night '
during the summer with Annie Mc
Bride, a primary teacher. Later a Chi- |
cugo man was found who wanted the ,
place but who, when time for the con- j
tract came, wired that lie couldn’t take !
it. Then J. C. Walker of Keystone g.
D.. a town near Deadwood, was located!'
Mr. Walker wired that he couldn’t
come. School started before his tele
gram came and the headless high school
is now searching for a teacher who can
teach.
nebraskaTair crazed
Husband and Wife Go Insane Simul
taneously in Chicago and Are
Scr.t to Asylum.
Chicago, Sept. 7.—Simultaneously to- j
day in court at the detention hospital \
here, Joseph Hodobler and wife, whose
home was on a farm near Wakefield,
Neb., were declared insane and sent to
Dunning asylum. The coup e, who ar
rived in Chicago c- few days ago, were .
wandering demented with their two
children when discovered by the police.
The children were placed in a juvenile
home.
MAE SUES FOR $25,000.
For Alleged Services Rendered Senator
and United States Express Company.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. S.—Slae E. Wood
yesterday -filed a civil suit in the district
court against United States Senator
Thomas C. Platt and the United States
Express company for $23,000 for alleged
services rendered to the defendants.
Miss Wood's petition alleges that while
she was employed by the government in
the postoffire department at Washington
she rendered service to the defendants by
"tipping off” the inside workings of the
office, and by assisting to keep out of
Postmaster General Payne's annual report
of May, 1903, a recommendation of the
"post check" system, "thus saving the
express company several hundred thous
ands of dollars."
By affidavit Miss Wood sets up the non
residence of the defendants, and ask*
the court to gram a garnishment of the
xpress company.
HOLCOMB NOT A CANDIDA I
Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 7.—Friends of
Chief Justice Holcomb hate announced
that, because 'ot the poor health of the
judge, he will not be a candidate for
renomination at the convention which
meets in Lincoln September 20. M. F.
Harrington, of O'Neill, is prominently
spoken of by fusiunists as the candi
date who would make the best run this
fall.
KILLED BY A CAVE-IN.
Workman Buried Under Large Em
bankment of Earth.
Fremont, Neb., Sept. S.—Anton Miller,
aged 28 years, wlut* engaged In excavat
ing at the brick yard at Hooper, was killed
under a large embalmment of dirt that
fell on him. The embankment gave way
without warning and fell on a dozen men.
None, however, but Miller, were burled
beneath it. The others scrambled out and
upon missing Miller began to dig for him.
In Die minutes they got ton out. but he
bad expired.
EXCITEMENT OVER
OIL NEAR PAPILLION
Bored Well Reveals Indications
of Profitable Flow in
Sarpy County.
COMPANY MAY BE FORMEC
Owner of Well Is of the Opinion Tha«
If the Boring Be Carried a Few
Hundred Feet Deeper a Good
Flow May Be Struck.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 11.—Much excite
ment exists at the Henry C. Sautter
farm, two miles northeast of Papil
lion. It was only recently that Mr.
Sautter was compelled to bore a well
200 feet deep at the cost of about $300
in order to get a vein of water.
For several days the water appeared
to be all right, but now there is such
a large amount of oil in it that it is
practically useless. Mr. Sautter said
that he will be compelled to abandon
the well entirely and bore another.
The owner of the well is of the opin
ion that by boring a few hundred feet
deeper he will be able to strike a
heavy flow of illuminating oil. It is
possible that a company will be formed
for this purpose and several oil weiis
dug.
There are several places in Sarpy
county where there are splendid indi
cations of oil in abundance. The shale
along the Platte river at several points!
is full of oil. Some of the shale is used
for fuel and burns readily until the oil
‘s exhausted.
—4.—
NEW USES FOR SOIL.
Brome Grass, Macaroni Wheat, Khersor.
Oats and Alfalfa Bring Prosperity.
Lincoln, Sept. 11.—"Brome grass,
Macaroni wheat and Kherson oats are
going to revolutionize the conditions of'
western Nebraska,” asserted Director]
W. P. Snyder, of the state experimental
farm at North Platte.
"We had some Bromus inermis or
brome grass which will pay $50 per
acre for the seed crop this year. We
planted it August 23, of last year, simp
ly disking and harrowing the naked
sod. The stalks stood three or four
feet high when we cut it and the
ground was a mat of leafage. That
field stands about eight inches high
now and would make the best kind of
pasturage. The farmers of our vicinity
have watched this field with great in
terest and I know of three or four hun
dred acres of Brome grass that will be
planted this fall. It does not require
the fertility of soil necessary for grain
crops. In fact, sandy points develop
a strong sod and produce hay. Y be
lieve that Brome grass will be a great
factor in the utilization of the sandhill
district of Nebraska. You see, the
sandhills would be productive if a sod
rould be obtained and retained when
pastured. Brome grass makes the sod
and is not easily stamped out by the
cattle grazing over it.
"The hay is said to be excellent, too.
“Kherson oats have produced from
forty to sixty bushels per acre this
year. I understand that they produced
about ten bushels per acre more than
other varieties on similar soil. This
has not been a good year for experi
menting with the drouth resisting qual
ities of this variety of oats, for we
have had all the rain that we could
stand.
"Alfalfa has proved successful in
Lincoln county. We had all of the rain
necessary for a good crop this year. 1
was surprised at some results obtained
this year from ground which has been
seeded to alfalfa for two years. I har
vested twenty-seven bushels of maca
roni W'heat per acre on this ground,
w'hich had never been planted to al
falfa, the yield was only six bushels
per acre. The difference betw'een the
two yields show's that alfalfa Is a great
soil builder.”
The state farm at North Platte con
sists of three sections lying four miles
south of town. It is under the super
vision of the agricultural department
of the University of Nebraska. The
soil of that part of the state is excellent
but the rainfall has not been sufficient
.o produce crops in all years.
—t
TOMATO CAN EXPLODED.
Women and Children Were Severli
Burned as Result.
Teeumseli, Neb., Sept. 9.—Mrs. W. S.
Montz and children of this city were se
verely burned by the explosion of a fruit
1 can. She and her daughters w-ere canning
I tomatoes and Mrs. Montz placed the top
I on one of the cans before its contents had
| time to cool. The hot tomatoes were
: thrown Into the face and about the breast
and arms of Mrs. Montz, burning her
frightfully. One of her eyes was so badly
injured that it was thought its sight would
be destroyed. However, her physician
thinks he can save the eye with careful
treatment. The children were also se
verely burned, although not so badly as
their mother.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Osmond, Neb., Sept. 9.—Mrs. Matt Goe
den was accidentally shot in the neck
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
ball penetrated just at the butt of the ear
and has not yet been located by physi
cians. It is presumed that the ball came
from the stock yards where some men
were shooting.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
The adjourned meeting of the Great
Northern right-of-way condemnation
board was hold in this place, and the
lots in Dakota City through which the
line runs, and which is now graded,
were appraised, thus completing the
board’s work. The village of Dakota
City, which was allowed $650 damages
by the board, made settlement with the
company for $1,000 and the case in the
courts was dismissed.
One of the prettiest weddings in the
social circles of Wayne took place at
Wayne in the marriage of Miss Anna
Grace Gamble to W. E. Johnson of
Omaha. The nuptial rites took place at
the First Presbyterian church, which
had been tastefully decorated with
white, ferns, smilax and palms. Nearly
500 Invitations had been issued by the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Gamble, and a large number of rela
tives and friends were present.
A threshing machine, valued at $3,500,
I was totally destroyed by fire in Pierce
county at an early hour as the result
of an Incendiary fire. The machine was
on the farm of Fred Hilgert. Straw
that had been placed under the thresher
was found afterwards. The machine be
longed to Iowa men and was touring
Pierce county In its work.
The republicans of Dawes.county met
In the court house at Chadron and re
j nominated the old officers with the ex
ception of county clerk. D. Burlett was
nominated for that place and W. Gll
| llam as-commissioner for the First dis
trict. - . -.
MANY HOMESTEADS
TAKEN IN AUGUST
Still I 50,867 Acres Subject to
Entry in Platte District
Under Kinkaid Act.
STORY OF FIRST SETTLER
R. A. Welch, Who Went with His Brid*
to Section Tract, Tells of His
Success—Cattle Men Still
Cause Trouble.
North Platte, Neb., Sept. 8.—The offi
cials of the United States land office
located in this city, have just com
pleted their monthly report, showing
the number of entries, and the acreage
embraced within the same, made by
parties who took advantage of the
Kinkaid act or one section homestead
law, during the month of August, 1905.
The showing is good and most of the
entrymen seemed to have bona fide in
tentions. In fact quite a few have al
ready gone on their lands and have
begun to Improve the same, and build
homes. Some who filed during the
month have already taken their
families to the 'land, although un
der the law, they have full six months
:after entry or filing in which to estab
lish their residence on the land. The
report shows that during the month,
172 entries or filings were made, and
that these embrace 99,930.52 acres.
Many Sections Vacant.
The report for July 1, 1905 showed
there were still vacant, and subject to
entry at that time, within the district,
which embraces all of Keith, Perkins
and Lincoln counties and the south
half of McPherson, and the southwest
, quarter of Logan counties, 261,759
acres. Since that date, 110,872 acres
have been homesteaded, which would
leave 150,867 still vacant and subject
to homestead entries of one section. It
is mainly covered with natural grasses,
and splendid for grazing purposes, but
as yet the soil has never been tilled,
and is virgin.
Most of the land is rolling, although
there would be no difficulty in finding
sections as rough as desired. Many, if
not most of the vacant sections have
portions which can profitably be put to
crops, but grazing and dairying is the
v>est use to which the land can be put.
The First Homesteader.
The first man to get a homestead of
one section under the Kinkaid act. in
the North Platte, Neb., land office dis
trict was Robert A. Welch, who with
his young wife come to this city early
before the land opening on June 28,
1904. Mr. Welch inquired at the land
office, about the vacant land, and went
out and made his selection. Without
waiting for the six months to expire,
he immediately moved upon the land,
with his wife, and has resided there
ever since. He was in North Platte a
few days ago and told of his success.
He says that he has fifty head of nice
cattle, thirty-five acres of splendid
corn, ten or twelve acres of good millet,
lots of potatoes and garden vegetables
in any quantity. He has a fine lot of
water melons, which he says he will
market if the frost does not come too
soon.
Best of all, during the spring their
first child was born, and on a Kinkaid
homestead, and what was more fitting
than that it be named “Kinkaid,” and
the Hon. Moses P. Kinkaid, member
of congress from the "Big Sixth,” hear
ing of it, and its name and history,
sent it a gold spoon as a souvenir.
JAIL BREAK AT LINCOLN.
Six Prisoners Dig Their Way Out of
County Bastile.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 8.—Six prisoners
made their escape from the county jail
late last night by sawing the bars from
the window of a water closet and from
there cutting a hole through a wall of
masonry.
Two of the men were held on charges
of burglary, one for forgery and three
for swindling.
George Elsam, accused of murder and
brought here from Minden for sftfe
keeping, did not try to escape when
given the opportunity. Three other
prisoners remained.
It is claimed the hole in the wall was
'mt from the outside.
CORN NEEDS RAIN.
The. Crop in Nebraska Is Maturing
Rapidly, However.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 8.—The first half
of the week was warm with maximum
temperatures quite generally exceeding
90 degrees. The last half was cool, with
maximum temperatures below SO de
grees. The daily mean temperature av
eraged for the week less than 1 degree
above normal in all except the north
western counties, and there it averaged
2 degrees below normal. Light frost oc
curred in northwestern counties Sunday
and Monday mornings, with but little
or no injury to crops.
The rainfall of the past weelc was
about confined to scattered showers in
northern counties. In a few instances
the amount was more than 1 inch, but
generally it was less than % inch. In
most of the southern counties on rain
fell.
The past week was an excellent one
for rapid progress with haying and
threshing. The third crop of alfalfa is
now mostly in stack and was generally
a good crop. A large amount of prairie
hay has been secured the past week and
haying is now wel ladvanced. The crop
is an excellent one and more than the
usual amount will be harvested in prac
tically all parts of the state. The
ground is getting rather dry for plow
ing generally, but this work is now well
advanced, and in many counties is
about completed. Very little wheat or
rye has been sown. The soil is rather
dry for seeding. Corn has matured
very rapidly and under favorable con
ditions, except that late corn in many
places would be benefltted by rain. Pas- .
tures are in fairly good condition, but
the lack of rain has caused them to be
somewhat short.
j DOGS ARE SHOWING UP WELL
Annual Field Trials Start at O’Neill—
Largo List of Entries.
O'Neill, Neb., Sept. S.—The weather
was fine for the opening day of the an
nual field trials. The Derby race was
called first and it was found that there
were too many entries for one day's
work. Twelve braces of dogs ran yes
terday and as many more will be
•started today.
The pups all did good work and the
i Judges will find It difficult to make a
decision.