Nebraska Newspapers

    January 17, 1901
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
3
SENATOR TOM PATTERSON
II Was 1 Chi by ! u-
tar Cave- Cmimrmdm Vpmm IM
first 1 asssu
ruot irilattjr ar in sr-at ron
tr to the r-pb!iri kinl. Wlifa a
republican 2rltur hat a f-i,ator to
!- t th-r- U i.!ayii a jrr-at row ?orae-trt"-
UtiEg fcr ki, but fus'.oniiU
j.ave lirs rsadU fhort rk of tt3t
5d jtors to attending to the inter--'
f tt M-tr. The situation in N
hraska. r. ! Colorado exMnpIIfie the
. :?-r"'- Ht -i tee two. An As-4'"iatf-d
pr- dit'inaict from IVnrr
of tis Hth lct. tll bow the fui-ion
Ki-lilatur wrtfW the Equatorial con-T'--t
rtjt tber. It a a follows:
"TL joist t3v.ru of the futlon rnn
,rs of ih- lsUItur tonight derided
ti t'jpjort too'Zi l Patterson of
l-tsr for t.s.t4 Stat f-ator to
irf4 KdwaxtJ O. Wolcou. Tb?r
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5ifijK draorrt. popul-
in and jT H'Mins and of
itrt-.t y- v-r w't So th caucus.
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m'h d.?L:ij and fraud. IMitt.r I.-
Wilhaiii. of th- Pilot, has i--vi ap-
jw-;t;tel wmtiry of tLe jtate print it:
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Jz.TTr.fis of tLi tate out of many tLou
vAid d4!ar. sat or St-ufr. of Cum
tiz courty, u largely r-f ponidble for
thi rask t' which tL Hepublican
m ntio&s uc--!y a a sample chip cf
ti.- rt r prt)tniv.-d by th repub
,k:sj. lJH;r Republican.
A BANKER'S PARADISE
ikt iiUbt th t aa ku!M Hit ii-
11 -thfj Tat tb
Ai! couth tfce currency art cf March
It ha t-a Hi ;-r:4t:i.n l-& than a
-ar. riftre tL-.n new balks have
tskea o-it national bank hatters and
-.s -,:,tu:t--i !ir bus-iii -k under the terms:
: rTJ!ed ;n 'bat a t. The national
-r.k fif'. Uh!!03 UH J!;-
( . f ;i rr-
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Tb- -j.f"t r.-ir.:l-r ..f hankir..: iut!
' - .'!fTi -:.1 rit kiad that hav,
-t far !.'k'n vantage of ta tur--le
a t 41! rep--ji-'jtir.S capital
rj.-v.r.? of J.i o.;7 o...t AioH
t Cf-li. ird of te- backs hav b-n
orcatri ' ur.' r tfc- re'ilr m-nis of
1 j'-rar::; h re!-itir:r to banks with
if iSJ l l--s th its $' p. There wtc
2- of ti :.r.ks itb an a?recate
: :ta' ot f7.".:7.". Althoi'h there
r tut r.? bnr.k orsranized wit a
'-ar-itsl r-jf fV1''"" .-T over, they ftir
iirht tbe amount of capi
tal inol.' f!2 4i. Many of the
bar.ks whica t-X'k oj charters undr
t" s-v natfoua! liankinr iiw were
ftrni'-d t-ok !y to ret the l-:i-2t of the
Nervous Exhaustion
-Two rrs. ih.i tjaiaff I w la rairabl condition an the result
r rit- 1 m -':ifi-t-fy rua iowit. pa.e nl lo.lnir fleh. and so
wrTvaa tit I -04;4 tisi i.-poret3 strt rt-.u It wit dreadful to go to bed
si aijfUt s.i wora out trJ o wke fr tmiri wita nervous ness. If I did
svep it u up ta tb taornin tired a when I went to bed.
jtr td Uoitad mm crt too. l-,tti with pain und dizziness.
IT I kAtim-i over at snr tl:r I ouii tt m dizir 1 mtilrt hurrt' v . or kei
M 1:, n fu.ttr o. 1 Mac troubled
!:. trroaHi w tt rrkir troabUs. If 1 teeru a little ext lted kit
--- "-ail ( s-j t ft.;:i fardljr t oid nyihin tn tbein. 1 employed
'r u-"-n. tiit .. o-i cf litem did la? any permanent Rood.
I u 1. of eosin(.rMiu(i'r. WUitmi' Iit.s IV. In for Pale People, but had
-& say cf tbe-a t!.t Mr. !Uert Van Knrtn. of Jordan, recom
n;3dd tLe-n to m so -onrlr. from Lis own ei per lence with tbera, that I
s-j 4m ti 1 !.'' tfcs ."n! o..t w. a-d ti p I bezsn lo feel that they were
Wir m f-fi. 1 Wptoti tkins thm scerdinit lo directions and ot from
t-ri lis c.ijr real. prfiwal txtnrnx. I hav had from any remedr. It did
rM J -:J to r a tacf:: Hwpmid to -e refreshed hv It. 1 afa a Arm
i-r to lr. Williams' Pn Tiii t r ai Teopie and 1 do. and ehsll,
1 thm to n. t friend. 1 (t-cerally keeps box In tie house to take
la 1 tt 1 a uum run Cos n ."
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for Pale People
AfssMS bsts l
, as. .
y am
inducements held out by the currency
act. Others were old state, city 3nd
private fcMnks which merged their bus
iness under the new charter. There is
till pending In the treasury depart
ment a number of applications for
chart.!- that has not been acted on,
n1 Comptroller Dawes is confident
that iiie total will be considerably in
rremwd in a few weeks.' The estab
lishment of so many new national
bnks has had the desired result ol
greatly Increasing the-amount of na
tional bank circulation- Since the en
actment of the currency law the in
r rete in this respect has be?n, as be
fore stated, almost f KtQ.OOO.OOO. Prior
to March 14. 1900, the total national
bank circulation w?.s 5254.402.730. and
on thf 10th Inst, it amounted to $341,
12737. The jrrerter part of this gain
is represented by the additional 10 per
cert of circulation taken out by the
old banks, and the balance Is made up
by money put out by the rectntly or
saaized binks. Previous to the pass
as? of the act of March 14 there were
!n operation in the country Rome 13.
! Incorporated banks, banking in
stitutions and private tanks, of which
3.17 were national; 5.722 state banks
and mm compinie: 701 savings
banks without cppital stock, and
nbout 3G0 private banks f.r.d bank
ers. Comptroller Dawes says that af
er eliminating the mutaal savings
banks and (rust companies, the prin
cii tl business of thete clashes of in
ftitution being: of a rharactr 'ticoni-pHtibU-
witb that cf ccmmercial banks,
there an- ft il remaining over 7.C00
banks tjf discount jnd deposit, in-objriin-j
private bankine: concerns
inis: t convert o rwanize s
-.itioiil lnk-4 upon complying with
the f iti'torv ifKj'iirenjents.
i the brrkrrs iret ?n average inter
hI on the $341.137.937 that they have
t that will le a tax upon the
piJ of $I7.0?0fC -a year to get Into
em uT.it ion l-es'deii tho 1 per cent that
in pri,l on the lml upon which the
-jrcu!itk.n is issued. The Indepen
dent nsVs ever j- man who reads the
aiv of3ci.il- Azures to sit down and
ronf-i-tlv himself how he likes that
Kind cf "financial Ins. How do you
likf u- rny te bankers $17,000,000 a
vear for fumishinr the people money
wih whieh to do business, when the
eovernment could furnish the money
t .-online a cent?
englisFdecadence
' It U the t flri t .f l"alr Tli-iri-i tr Pollti- ,
, i
ml t futtiny ikI tfKi M u li 'oiiht-
atiui.
TL Nt w York pa pert- are devoting ,
much cpace to the discussion of the
de. au' ao of lintjlish power and her
l.-.f of prestige as the leader of the
' comn etcial nations. The woeful waiJs j
! of the English press ever trade pros- j
j pe.'ts and deep sloorn caused by the j
, -ueiionr of Do wet and Botha who won t
! te whipp-o. give.s countenance to the
dismal predictions made on this side
j of the watc r. .
j In the opinion of lb Independent
most of England's woes come from two
! causes. The late severe attacks of
jingoism and the false political econ
j orny that has been taught, not by the
i English economists, but by those in
irae anu niaauiaciuncg. xuvttv iuea
thoroughly impregnated the whole 'of
the working classes with the pernic
ious doctrine of "over-production."
That hc-s been the nare of England.
Everybody was afraid of producing too
much and "over stocking the mar
ket." If that were done, universal ruin
would be the result That idea also
gave encouragement to the jingo par
ty who said that they must go into the
conquering business to get "new market-."
The English working man, thor
oughly embueJ with this idea of pro
ducing too much, strove to put in his
time m such a manner as to produce
as little as possible. New inventions
thrt had a tendency to increase pro
dectioa were looked upon as the work
of the devil No working man would
ever mike an effort to improve the
machine he handled because he had
bn taught that that would result in
his injury.
In America this was all different.
Tie dea of every working man was
to invent scheues that would increase
production. Iut a girl in an office to
addressing envelopes In America and
she would immediately legin to in
vent ways in which the work could be
do the quickest and the best. These
ideas of improvement, doing work in
the quickest and best way possible.
t.nntwiutwith Indication ut tin tttno
6
ink Fills
bQlklattSrsatsabst.orsU hot for f2.Ba.snit msr
ua urn. vtiuasMa MCttcixic LMMNr,
pervaded every rank of working peo
ple in the United States from the su
perintendent of a railroad to the office
boy who swept out a room. The boy
would no sooner get to work than be
would begin to contrive ways in which
the work could be done the easiest and
quickest. Now all this was the very
opposite of the English working man.
He would begin to study out a plan
that would result in taking two to do
the work instead of one, and if he suc
ceeded, he thought he had done a ser
vice to his fellows as well as to him
self. He always stood in danger of
producing so much that he would be
thrown out of work. He never stopped
to consider that the danger was not in
producing too much wealth, but that
the whole evil lay in such unequal dis
tribution of the wealth that was pro
duced. Acting on this false political
economy he has become so degenerate
as a workman that an American will
on the average produce twice as much
as the Englishman, two and a half
times as much as the German and
more than three times as much as the
average member of the Latin races.
The Consequence is that America can
undersell the manufacturers of those,
countries while her .working men live
better, are more intelligent and get
nearly double the wages paid to the
European workmen. The populists
have laughed this theory of over-pro- ;
duction cleor out of this state, it is
not heard any more, although at one
time it was the chief reliance of the
republican spjll-binders. None but
the mullet heads believe in it now.
The English journals express fear
that in industry, commerce, diplom
acy and war the United Kingdom is
being distanced or beaten by other na
tions, and, in brief, that England is no
longer at the head of the international
procession. Old notions, old ideas and
old models have been clung to with a
persistency that is truly English in
its tenacity. Conservatism has re
sulted in partial national paralysis.
Because a thing was English, and had
been successful in the eighteenth cen
tury, it was retained, and all other
plans were wrong.
The English soldier is as brave as he
was in the days of Wellington and Wa
terloo, but he is still charging in the
open on breastworks defended by mod
ern guns, and that means defeat and
slaughter. Take the matter of build
ing yachts. When the America out
sailed a fleet of British boats so far
that, as the queen's footman reported,
"there was no second." did English
yacht builders adopt the America's
lines in the construction of future
craft? Not at all. They have contin
ued to send tubs over here year after
year, only to be beaten again and
again. Englishmen are probably not
inferior as sailors to what they were
in Nelson's time, but they could not,
with antiquated models. succeed
against the finer ones of this country.
A century ago England stood at the
head of the nations. Self-satisfied, self
complacent, controlled by a powerful
spirit of conservatism and wrapped in
pride, she has simply not progressed,
and at the beginning of the twentieth
century the London press awakes to
the fact that England is not what it
once was. That is true, and the posi
tion thus lost is being assumed by the
United States. England needs to be
modernized, but the penalty for' her
past conservatism will be a loss of na
tional prestige that will take all of
the newly stirred spirit to recover.
An Exceptional Offer
"The Commoner" one year, and The
Independent three months, only $1.00.
Send in your order today and begin
with the first issue of Mr. Bryan's pa
per. Address all orders to the Inde
pendent Pub. Co., Lincoln, Neb.
SOMETHING WRONG
I'nis-ersal Prosperity Seems to Have Alto
tther Too Many Exception to
Prove the Kule.
We have now another illustration of
the fact that the general public will
accept almost anything, however con
trary to fact cr ridiculous it may be.
if the daily press will only unite in
the declaration and persistently repeat
it from day to clay. Everyone joins
these days in asserting that we now
have a reign of unprecedented pros
perity. We hear it on the streets, we
see it in the papers, it is announced
from the pulpits and wherever one
goes this assertion continues to be
made. The Independent is beginning
to doubt the universality of this pros
perity. There are many things that
causes it to have doubts on the sub
ject. , Every year there are thousands of
letters received by The Independent
from farmers very many thousands.
Most of these men in writing to renew
their subscription make some remark
about the paper, the crops or the con
ditions surrounding them. Never,
since 1893, has The Independent re
ceived so many letters complaining of
hard times among the farmers as it
has received in the last three months.
When thousands of farmers scattered
over these western states, without
knowledge of or communication with
each other, write that it is with diffi
culty that they can get one dollar to
pay for their subscription, and many
others ask for time to make their
payment. The Independent is forced to
the conclusion that there are too many
exceptions to this rule to allow the
statement that this is an era of "uni
versal prosperity" to stand unchal
lenged. Besides this evidence, the
pleas for help come from too many
quarters with the sad statement that
it must be given immediately or the
people will die of starvation to let
the statement stand. Here are two
that are taken from one daily paper:
"Farmers in McHenry county, North
Dakota, are starving, according to the
Rev. John H. Mead of Fargo, who is in
Tacoma. He says: 'It is the intention
of .the Red Cross society to ask help
from other northwestern states, for it
will be necessary to keep about 150
families until their crops give an indi
cation of a good yield next summer.
At present they cannot get credit at
the stores.' "
"Rev. Alfred Lazenby yesterday
spoke on 'Female Industry and the
Consumers' League.' He said:
" 'There are thousands of women in
Chicago working from early in the
morning until late at night for barely
enough to keep life in their bodies.
They toil in almost uninhabitable
quarters, by poor light, and subsist
upon the poorest of food. There are
years of misery behind thfem and years
of misery before them. ;
" 'The consumers '. league reports
that there are 13.000 men, 11,000 wom
en, 1,000 girls and 500 boys working on
garments in, Chicago. There are no
real sweatshops here, but the 'workers
are forced ' to liye . in f earf ul. places on
account of the- small wages they re
ceive. ' v A consumptive-looking woman
and a young girl were found recently
in a - dirty, badly lighted . room work
ing upon overalls! Inquiry developed
the fact' that the two together could
not make over 35 cents a day. The case
is' one of many.' " , .
Will Print Bryan's Paper :
Mr. Bryan has given the contract
for publishing his new paper, "The
Commoner," to the Western Newspa
per Union of this city. There' was
considerable friendly rivalry among
all the printing institutions with suf
ficient capacity. to do the .work as to
which would be the favored party. At
all times Mr.: Bryan stated' that it was
not a matter of the lowest bid that
would secure the work, but rather a
matter of satisfactory equipment and
conveniences for putting-out the pa
per in the most satisfactory manner.
The first issue will appear on Wed
nesday, the 23d inst. Mr. Bryan will
feed the first copy into the press and
ex-Land Commissioner V. Wolfe!
"Uncle Jake," will turn the press for
its printing. Those who wish to get a
copy of the first issue should take ad
vantage of the special offer announced
on the first page of this paper.
Presidential Indecency
The Chicago Record in commenting
on the appointment of two sons of su
preme court judges to offices that
would be abolished if that court de
cided against the president's imperial
policy says: "The appointments men
tioned show an astonishing indelicacy
on the part of the administration an
indelicacy which is all the more- de
plorable when it is considered that the
administration cannot be excused on
the plea of ignorance of the, situation.
When Mr. McKinley selected Mr. Har
lan and Lieutenant McKenna for lu
crative positions in our island posses
sions he must have been perfectly
well aware that he was giving out sub
stantial favors to the sons of justices
before whom questions involving those
island possessions must come. It. is
in no sense a reflection upon those jus
tices to say that they have thus been
placed involuntarily in the attitude of
being put under obligations. The fact
that they will try to ignore these ob
ligations makes no difference. ' They
have been jplaced deliberately in a po
sition in which men of less integrity
might be influenced to favor the ad
ministration, while men of integrity,
but of less breadth of view might lo
influenced to oppose the administra
tion's side for the sake of appearances.
"President ' McKinley 's' proneness to
offend in this way stamps him -as a
man of wretched taste, when the best
is said of him. These shameless ap
pointments, made while the fate of,
Porto Rico is in the "balance, Imply
incredible dullness on the part of the
chief executive or.a degree of cynicism
that properly calls for & stern reproof
from the people."
The Committee's Report
One of the substantial institutions
of this city and state is the Nebraska
Mercantile Mutual Ins. Co. - It has over
seven thousand policies in force, and
nearly six million dolars insurance.
Its annual meeting was held in the
company's offices on the 10th at which
time all the old officers and directors
were re-elected. Their annual state
ment is now in process of completion
and will be filed with the insurance de
partment before the close .of the
month.
Before the annual meeting the mem
bers had a committee appointed to ex
amine the business of the company,
and the following is their report:
"To the Members of the Nebraska
Mercantile Mutual Ins. Co. Your au
diting committee report as follows:
We met at the office of the company
on. Tuesday, January 8, 1901, and on
that day and the day following we
checked up and verified the journal
and secretary's receipt book, showing
moneys turned over to the treasurer,
the treasurer's cash book, the treas
urer's bank book, the treasurer's
checks and check book, the treasurer's
disbursement ledger and all vouchers
on file, and have checked them each
against the other.
We have also audited, checked up
and verified all accounts entering into
the annual reports of the president and
treasurer, and ' have checked up the
various statements and verified in de
tail the various items appearing on the
various statements of those officers
and have found everything correct.
Dated at Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9. 1901.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. L. .LOOMiS,
R. M. TAGGART,
JAS. H. CASEBEER.
v Auditing Committee.
A special report was made- by the
city manager ; for Lincoln. This de
partment issued during 1900 1,006 pol
icies covering $733,976. More than
one-half of this is dwelling house in
surance, the very best grade of in
surance. '
The company starts out under the
most favorable conditions for the
coming year.
SCIENTIFIC FARMING
Conservation of Moisture by Surface Cul
ture Han Given Astonishing: Re-.,
suits Every where.
Prof. F. H. King of the Wisconsin
experiment station, a leading author
ity pn' soil physics, has demonstrated
that "the quantity of water required
to produce two -tons of clover -hay is
8.85 acre inches; 70 bushels of oats de
mand 10.98 inches: 60 bushels of, bar
ley. 10.7 inches: 70 bushels of corn,
11.75 inches, and ,400-bushels of pota
toes, 8.27 inches. These amounts as
sume that, no water is lost by drain
age, and that loss from soil by evapor
ation is as small as it can well 'be
made." : . ,
Recorded observations show that the
average rainfall of the west, central
and western portion of Nebraska rang
es from 20 inches to 18 inches annual
ly in the extreme western -borders, an
amount of moisture which, if it could
be carefully conserved, is sufficient to
secure much better results in general
farming than .have so far been ob
tained. At intervals in this region are
to be found farmers who are applying,
scientific : principles and careful work
to the question of how to conserve
enough of this annual rainfall to se
cure forage "and grain crops sufficient
for wintering live stock, also gardens
and orchards for family use. The
problem which . presents itself is - ho'
to conserve the moisture, left in the
soil, by the frosts of winter; how to
keep the soil in such condition that
the occasional rains or heavy showers
shall soak quickly into the soil to such
a depth as not to be speedily lost.
At this elevation the bright sun and
rapidly moving winds quickly evap
orate soil moisture left on or within a
few. inches of the surface. The second
part of the problem, then, is to keep
soil and surface in such condition that
dashing rains shall be quickly con
ducted deeply into the soil and away
from rapid loss by surface evaporation.
To the unthinking reader it may seem
that a dry and dusty soil would absorb
a, larger amount of a five-inch rain in
less time than a soil already moist.
Observation and experience, however,
demonstrate that this is not correct.
Water passes in the form of films from
soil particle to . particle, and when
soil is already moist this passage of
water by gravity is much more rapid
and it sinks away to a much greater
depth than when falling upon a soil
parched and dry. It is evident that
the ideal condition is to retain at all
times in the soil enough soil moisture
for the use of the crop and also enough
so that the water from the occasional
violent storm shall be quickly received
instead of running away from rolling
surface and shall be conducted as rap
idly as possible into the deeper soil or
subsoil, available for later use by
capillary circulation.
In early spring there is usually ai
large amount of moisture in the -;oil
remaining from the frost period. This
is rapidly evaporated from a crusted
surface. To retain the largest possible
amount of this winter soil moisture
double discing is useful. This leaves
a -loose surface which quickly stops
loss of moisture, saving the larger por
tion until needed for plant use. Care
ful soil tests made from time to time
show that evaporation from fields ly
ing ' as the winter leaves them aver
ages something like an inch in ten
days, showing that it is quite possible
to lose before the first of Maj' as much
as three inches of the soil water in
the fields, and that this three inches
conserved in any form might be the
necessary amount to carry the crop
through the trying period of late July
. and August. Numerous illustrations
demonstrate that ground double disced
late in March or, early April retains
moisture enough so that when it comes
time to list in May the disced field
turns 'over "nicely, lies evenly, and has
moisture enough to sprout and bring
the corn forward promptly. Contigu- j
ous fields allowed to lie without disc-
ing ' during our occasional dry windy
springs become so dry before corn
planting time that there is not always
enough moisture left to germinate th
corn. . ...
After planting it " has been found
useful to cultivate the surface with
shallow working machinery in such
form as. to leave a dust mulch 24 to 3
inches in depth.. It is quite important
that the tools used in the cultivation
of " corn crops shall, be three inches,
lest they should disturb the feeding
roots of . the. crop.
As an illustration of the ability to
conserve moisture working along lines
indicated by 'this principle, Mr. H. W.
Campbell in Brown county. South Da
kota, in the extremely trying year of
1S94 raised over 4,000 bushels of pota
toes from 32 acres, and this in a dis
trict where there was an extreme crop
failure.
In, the year 1900 there has been a
serious failure in the corn crop hi
Kearney county, Nebraska. Mr. W.
H. Calkinsf near Kenesaw, disced SO
acres of ground late in the fall. This
discing was repeated from the 15th to
20th of April with the result of con
serving the winter moisture to the ex
tent that his field was in most excel
lent condition for plowing and plant
ing, and the raising of a half crop of
corn in a county where many of the
farmers are compelled to buy corn fcr
feed.
Mr. WTilliain McCallum on the St.
Francis table in the' extreme north
west county in Kansas planted an
orchard in the spring of 1896. His
thought in the growing of an orchard
was to attempt to grow nothing but
trees on the ground, by careful sur
face culture to conserve the major
portion of the rainfall end to store
this in the soil and subsoil until it
should be needed by the trees when
they attained a larger size. The soil
augur showed in four years that he has
stored up soil moisture to the dept of
15 feet, when on the nearby prairie
tests fchow that the annual railfall has
not soakea down into the ground to a
greater depth than 2 feet, and sub
ject to such rapid evaporation as to
leave the prairies dry and parched
each season As might have been ex
pected in this fertile soil with ample
moisture he lias secured a vigorous
growth in his orchard, and early bear
ing varieties have already commenced
fruiting. This gentleman by the ap
plication of these principles succeeds
in growing fair crops of corn, grabi
and potatoes.
At the Pomroy experiment station
at Hill City. Kas., ground prepared for
winter wheat by prior cultivation that
should conserve moisture and seeded
in September shows 3 to 3 feet of
soil moisture, and the wheat shows an
excellent color and is in vigorous con
dition, . presaging a promising crop.
Neighboring fields have only 8 to 1
inches of soil moisture, this being the
amount they have been enabled to
save from a heavy rain which came
in September. This September rain
having been followed by a dry fall
there is a vtry marxed difference in
the condition of the fields of wheat
handled under the -ordinary and this
improved process.
Two hundred and thirty-five mile?
northwest of Lincoln, one mile from
the southeast corner of Cherry county
on the North Loup table is located one
of the state experiment stations m
care of Mr. T. C. Jackson. Here from
80 to 100 varieties of fruit have been
planted and are being cultivated ana
tested with a view to ascertaining
whether it is practicable to grow orch
ards and small fruits successfully in
MOm CELEBRITIES
Declare Peruna to Be The Greatest Ca
tarrh Remedy of The Age.
COLDS
COUGHS
GRIPPE
CROUP
S0RE-
HOARSE!
THROATj
NESS
r.Hinn justicr
CHAMBERS, OF SAMOA,. fj
Says: "I can recommend
Peruna as one of the very
best remedies for catarrh.
I recommend Peruna to all
sufferers..".
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this locality. This gentleman has also
planted 35 acres of commercial orch
ard, some 2,000 apple trees, 1,500 peach
trees. 600 pear, 400 plum. 400 cherry
and plantations of small fruits. About
half of this, commercial orchard was
planted in the spring of 1897, the re
mainder in succeeding years. This is
in a neighborhood where general grain
farming is regarded extremely hazard
ous. It is on the edge of a cattle coun
try where no attempt- is made to do
more than to grow enough fodder to
assist in wintering the large herds of
cattle grazing on the summer ranges.
Mr. Jackson has froni" the first been a
close student of the scientific prin
ciples underlying conservation of
moisture and has been diligent in their
application.
In planting he. has set the trees and
plants from 8 to 10 inches deeper than
is customary in the southeastern coun
ties of the state. This to brace them
against the violent winds prevailing in
that district. He has guarded against
the undue loss of moisture by such
frequent surface cultivation as has
served to conserve the greater por
tion of the small annual rainfall re
ceived, with the result that this mois
ture is year after year soaking more
deeply into the subsoil, year by year
his trees are increasing in vigor of
growth, and apparently are at no time
"lacking a sufficient amount of soil
moisture to secure a vigorous growth.
As an illustration of the. amount of
moisture secured, retained and utilized
second size two year cherry trees
planted in the spring of '97, in July
of 1900. had attained a 12-foot spread
of branches and the trunks a circum
ference of 12 inches, measuring 13
inches at the end of the season. Both
plum and cherry trees had made a
vigorous growth and were in fairly
full bearing of all the fruit that trees
of that size should carry. The fruit
was also of specially large size and
excellent quality. An occasional ap
ple tree planted in 1S97 commenced
bearing in 1900. peach trees planted in
'9S. though slightly damaged, by the
phenomenal winter of '98-9, were not
destroyed. Damaged tops were cut
back and trees have since made a vig
orous, healthy growth and promise
fruit during the year 1901. A plat of
strawberries 50x260 feet has yielded
1.100, quarts. This with only the nat
ural rainfall and with skilful culture.
E. F. STEPHENS.
Crete, Neb.
Implement Dealers
j The dealers in farm implements are
i the queerest lot of chaps who ever
held conventions ana had Dig dinners.
They got together down in Omaha and
Council Bluffs last week and actually
passed, without a' dissenting vote, the
following resolutions:
"Whereas, The late advance, in all
classes of agricultural implements,
farm machinery, etc., is apparently
chargeable to the producers of build
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ArPm -i;,f taalae Imparted French Tws Toae Jaeaard Ureas frtultlnr, s nnw
rSi&P,r4M1901 re rich mercerised fabric, regular S4.00 Talus. Our Tort-lit f barer !((
,,'.y'SLJI JrJf I 192 1,1.... t hiM. ffnnH. . fr a rrt ww. a.. ,),. l,o m ... .
THESE GOODS
rifrht truia the taghion
suiiaDieior dresses
teea lor eervlce,
Tril I be shown by all
reocu dress goous. by express U O. 1).. tohjoet (s exaatlaatloa. You can examine the foods aft tout exnreas office, and
if found perfectly satisfactory, exactly as represented, such a dress pattern as you could not buy from your store
keeper at home at less than Si. 00, a class of goods that is seldom found in country stores at any price, pronounced br
everyone the greatest ralne evershownin your section, then pay the express agent OUR SPECIAL OFFER PRICE $ 1 .93
and express charges. (The express charges will average 5 to 6 cents). These goods vary f rom 38 to (3
inches in width. If more than 7 yards ere wanted, 29 CENTS PER YARD EXTRA.
ftllR CDEfIM CI Oft DBIPE tsr a fall drM psttera ef ? rarda is based on the sctual cost of the en
WWII OrbUIMli QliSO rlllWb tire lot to us at a forcedcash sale under the hammer.ocean freight to New
York, rail freight to Chicago, and but our one small percentage of proQt added. We could sell the entire lot to sny
wholesale dry goods house in Chicago today at a big profit, but we want te rive our euatooaers the benett ef
this enrehase, give you for 81.98 such a drees pattern as you could not buy elsewhere at less than (4.00.
WliKER TODAY. IK'T DELAT. Won't wait te write tor samples. These goods will go quickly, and
when they are gone there will be no more. IM1EIISTAM), yea take no risk. If they don't suit you whea
examined at the express office, don't take them and don't pay a cent, bat order at enee. If you will state your ags
and complexion, and allow us to select the colorintr, we will rive yea tke baadsamest aad most breaailna tklnc wa kr.
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., CHICAGO.
Hon. M. C. Butler, cx
Governor of South Caro
lina, in a letter from Washlns
ton, D. C, says: "I 'can recom
mend Peruna for dyspepsia and
stomach trouble, I have been
using your medicine for a short
period and I feel very much re
lieved. It is indeed a wonderful
medicine, and besides, a great
tonic,"
U. S. Senator Stephen RJ
Alallory, Pensacola, Fla., says:
I have used your excellent rear
edy, Peruna, and can recommend
it both as a tonic and a safe ca
tarrh remedy.'
Hon. William Young
blood, Auditor for the Interior,
writes from Washington, D. C, ta
Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O,, a
follows: Vve often heard of your
great medicine and have persuad
ed my wife, who has been much
of a sufferer from catarrh, to try
Peruna, and after using one bottlo
she has wonderfully improved.' It'
has proved alt you have claimed
for it." A
Hon. Rufus B. Merchant
Superintendent and Dis
bursing Officer, U.S. Post
office, Washington, D. C, says:
take pleasure in commending
your tonic, having taken a bottlo
of Peruna with very beneficial re
suits. It is recommended to m o
as a very excellent catarrh cure.
ing materials, who . have organized
themselves into trusts, and have suc
ceeded in thoroughly crushing out
competition, and by limiting produc
tion are now enabled to force buyeiB
to pay exorbitant prices, which is tak
ing millions of . dollars annually be
yond a legitimate profit from our
customers;
"Therefore, We demand in the nair.e,
of the agricultural classes that con
gress enact such laws as will effect
ually control all trusts and combina
tions to the extent of preventing fur
ther extortion by taking unreasonable
profits from purchasers and users of
manufactured articles controlled by
said trusts."
Just think of that! Why don't theue
fellows "resolute" the way they have
voted for the last ten years? Do they
really think that a resolution passed
at one of their annual roundups more
effectual than their votes? Any body
of 4ealers can pass resolutions, but
it takes "men" to cast votes where
they will do some good in the direction
of suppressing trusts.
Patronize our advertisers.
Independent Democrats
Instead of throwing any light on tlio
political situation, the Jeffersonian
banquet resolved itself Into a mero
"function" the mountain labored and
brought forth a mouse.
True, some of . the speakers paid
their respects to the Dickinson and
Cleveland school of alleged democrats
and prated of a united democracy, but
those 'gentlemen might just as well
make up their minds that the thou
sands of voters who followed . Brya u
will never again follow hfm or any
other candidate In company with the
gang cf traitors that deserted the peo
ple's cause, giving aid and comfort to
the enemy. Principles may live for
ever, but the eastern frauds that pro
fessed principles without having any
can never have the support of western
men who trusted them twice and were
sold out both times. There can never
be a reunited democracy until such
cattle are driven out of the party into
the plutocracy, where they belong.
Labor Bulletin.
IT WILL PAY YOU
to send for our big cats.
1ok giving wholesaleprices
on vehicles,! mplementa.etO
This K'lamuteed buggy
PRICE
only 3-.3a. nee our
other ada la this papar.
"Th hotiM thX MTM
you mowy."
WESTERN
MERCANTILE
CO.
Dept. 5 Umha,Beb.
Dr. J. 31. MCLEOD,
1300 O Street, Lincoln, Nebr.
( General Surgery
Specialist and diseases
( of Women
First class hospital facilities.
DRESS GOODS OFFER.
I dim) fraBth annufaetarrr, fmh frttat th frcarh Ioobi ( alxrat ope-kalr tkc cost tomato.
HAVE JUST BEEN LANDED ?tfm.!l
center of France, aud weofler them in full dreas pattrraa
01 t yars sat si.BS.or in any quantity at 2 S cents per yard, &o percent less than
dealers can buy in hundred piece lots. TltEfeB iOOISAIE COOD WEIGHT,
lor young or old, and lor all seasons; Ormly word, araai
orrn with a handsome rained crepon e fleet, such fabrics sa
fashionable city stores the coming season at fancy price.
COLORINGS. tT. ean furaUh them goda la all Ike rrrj lateat ahadea aad taaibfais
liona. Ifcry inriade alaioat eiery akade aad eomblnatloa ts become all rovpleiloaa aaa at-.
flllR Nfl MflUEY nCCCD Cnt this sd. out snd send to tis, glre ua an
WUIl HU lYlUif C I UrrLrii ldeaot coloring or combination ot colors
wanted, and we will send vou a blur full dress nattern of 7yardsof this Ana. ne wstvla