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8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. August 15, 1901. THE HOME MAKERS LOCATlal I t UOfl 111 r Vlly In So Mtra IdlMTlk I Wat Watered The pwddest and secretary of the Horne Makers Company, after a care-, lei Inspection of the various av&H-&L-! location In Idaho. Lave decided cn accepting and did close a contract for a tract of fine land oa the Upper Snake river valley. It wai Impossible to acare as large a tody of land as w Lad hope!. Large enough tracts could tare hn secured, but the cost of the wsttr rights alone in one case ran cp to IT--J per acre, besides the racals were not completed and there was a question if they would be ready by the time next spring's crops require-! watering- Numerous irrigation projects are tinder way. but cannot possibly be roffipktel for a year or so trea if financial aid Is at hand- There fore after full investigation and a careful coniiieration of all phases the location was made on the Upper Snake river. The tract is watered by two Ixrrt canals already built. Consider able neighboring land is under itn proiement and In Cue crops. From the oSeial Llcnnjal report of the state engineer of the ttate of Idaho for ly-l'?K we quote ea follows: -With bet few exceptions the canals now la operation ia the Upper Snake river valley were built and belong to the irrigators thernselres. The reg- N umber of cloudy days.... 90 Number days on which rain fell. 75 Number inches rainfall..'. 10 Average rainfall for 10 years.... 13 There are no rains or storms dur ing the summer season, while crops are maturing and being harvested. No cyclones, floods or destructive storms. The death rate In itiaho Is the smallest of any state in the union, being .33. against California 1.61, and Arizona 2.6L Such diseases as asth ma, bay fever and pulmonary trou bles yield to the influence of this deli cate air, and the patient always finds relief and permanent cure. There is no swampy land, malaria and conse quent lung troubles are unknown. It is claimed, with apparent jixstice, that the climate of Idaho is unsurpassed. The altitude of our location is some what less than 6,000 feet above sea level, insuring cool nights and sound, invigorating sleep. The water is pure and contains no Injurious substances. The water of the Snake river is clear and pure and where of considerable depth presents that blue cast found only where the water is entirely de void of sediment and foreign mat ter. Many settlers use this water for drinking purposes in preference to that obtained from wells. WHAT IS PRODUCED. Wheat is successfully grown and yields from 30 to 50 bushel 3 per acre. While fall wheat is sown, the greater portion Is of the spring variety. The berry is sound ana hard and owing to A LARGE LATERAL ON OUR LANDS. elation of ir. est of then provide for a division of water among the users at the rte of 1 inch per acre; in tome c&es a more generous allowance is trade, In mot cas-s the full allow ance is tum-d out from the canal; in sotae places It is all n-ded. but more frequently a !rre proportion Is wasted. The capacity of canals already con structed Is estimated at 7,210 tecond feet, .he full capacity of lhse canals Is of course not us-d at present, but as suming that every ust receives his share, bis "inch to the acre," they would require a discharge of 3.SS0 sec ond fet: a very conservative esti mate. During the Hood season It is undoubtedly much rr.-at-r than this and it Is teter much leits; therefore this sight W taken as a fair average cf the volume diverted by the canals from May 1 to Augur: 1; after that date the demand Is not as great, prob ably not more than 3.J second feet. At this rate there would be delivered to each acre of land during an irri gatin? saon. cf tlx months, enough water to cover it to a dt-j th of 6.3 feet or the equivalent of a 76-inch rain fall during lhf growing season of crops." From the above oScial quotation our members will that the question of moisture is certainly solved in this favored locality. We could continue to quote at length from this same re port, but the sum and conclusion rearLed Is that the Upper Snake river valy is ihe test watered region of the west. Dy pending for a copy of the above mentioned report to the state engineer, Ikle. Idaho, anyone can satJUfy hlmslf as to the truth of the assertion that no other part of the west is s abundantly supplied with water. GENERAL FEATURES. The lands secured for the Home makers 11 wholly on the first river bottom. AH of.it Is smooth and with the eiceptioa of the natural fall of the valley, which Is about five feet to the mile. Is perfectly level. Aside from the canals the lands are unimproved. It s deemed impracticable to include tmproted farms in our holdings owing to the higher price and the difficulties whlfh would W encountered in making equitable distribution of the allott iseats. The entire tract Is covered with a good growth of sage brush av eraging perhaps three ffcet in height. Ily the methods In um little if any labor is required to remove the brush and clear the land, but what can be very easily done with a team, much cf it can be plowed out and after wards burned. There b-ing no sod core1rg the soil breaks up mellow and fertile and a goi crop is raised from the first year. The soil is composed of disintegrated lava, and ia extremely rich and pro luces large crops from the time it is put under cultivation nd watered. The depth of the soil Is from tbre to eight feet and Is underlaid with a strata of coarse sand and graveL When broken up me soil is ef a dark brown or conee color. CLIMATE, HEALTH. ELEVATION. WATER. No oSciai data is at hand covering the matter of temperature, but in general terms it is safe to say that the climatic conditions are not much un like tnat of Utah's. The glorious climate of California has been much vaunted, but the citizens of Idaho be lieve they have a clearer atmosphere than the far-famed Golden State. It !s bard to realize that in a region where perpetual snow shines on the surrounding mountain tops 100 degrees Is reached la the valleys in summer and from 1 to 2 dr gr--s twsow in win ter. and occxioaal!y dropping as low as 13 degree below. The state Is in the same latitude a France. Switzer land and part of Portugal, Spain and Italy. The great Japan current streams up the rariSc coast, and the wind, bora of this warm water, blows In- land for many hundred miles, modi fying an otherwise uncongenial cli mate. The winters are short and out door work Is carried cn the year ro5iud. The following remarkable ta ble compiled from U. S. government ttatirtics, girrs a true picture of Ida ho weather: Number of c!-ar days 143 TCtLZhner of fair days 136 the fair weather during harvest time is seldom injured as in eastern states. . Corn is not considered a profitable crop, owing to the cool nights, yet a moderately fair yield can be pro duced. However, little effort is made In raising corn. Oats are a sure crop and produce heavily, ranging from ou to 80 bushels per acre. They mature early ana tne grain is heavy, weighing about 46 pounds per bushel. Barley yields about 40 bushels per acre and finds a ready market. For the successful production of barley the climate could not be b?tter. Alfalfa produces enormous crops wbere properly watered. It is claimed mat a fair average crop for the season is 7 tons per acre. A mnrV as iin uvm Ma tons has been harvested from 10 acres In one season. Alfalfa hay is con tracted for in the stack by the flock masters of the surrounding ranges. The supply i not equal to the demand. This season's crop was contracted for during last winter at 1.50 per ton in the stack, the farmer receiving $1 cash down at the time. Prevailing prices at the present time are, however, much higher. The raising of alfalfa brings much profit to the farmer and is as a consequence one of the chief crops. Potatoes thrive exceedingly well and we were told of yields as high as fcOO bushels to the acre. Our members we feci sure will be content with a mucn smaller yield since the quality is of the best. Of the other crops which are success- game being found to the north and northeast of our settlement. In the mountain range" to the . east timber of fair quality abounds, and a number of sawmills are in operation. The .better quality of lumber 13 brought from western Washington and Oregon and is sold at a fair figure. Coal for fuel is brought from Rock Springs, Wyo., and costs about the same as in western Nebraska. A new line of railroad building from Black fcot rorthwestwards will open up new coal fields and lumber regions, bring ing tlxtsc two articles much nearer to us. The line is graded and trackla it.g now under way. '. OUR MARKETS. The market for the surplus prod ucts of the valley are found in the great mining camps of the inter-mountain country. The large cities, Butte, Helena, Anaconda, Pocotella, Ogden, Salt Lake City and the hundreds of thriving mining towns. It must be remembered that the productive area of the western mountain regions are exceedingly small, while the minerjl belt is practically limitless and yet in its infancy of development. As the mineral resources are developed from year to year the demand for the prod ucts of the farm increases in propor tion. It is safe to say that the day is indeed remote when the surplus farm products will exceed the demand therefor in the immediate mountain country. - , RAILROADS. Our location is situated immediately on the railroad, tributary to the high way, from the Puget Sound to Ogden, the gateway of the inter-mountain country, being on the main line from Pocotella to Butte, Mont., the greatest copper producing region in the world. The Oregon Short Line, which tra verses the Upper Snake river vallej is managed by progressive men who take a personal interest in every newcomer and endeavor to do what lays in their power to promote his ..best interests. The train service is excellent and no discomfort, will be experienced in re moving to our new homes. EXACT LOCATION. The Home Makers Company desires to withhold from this issue of The In dependent the exact location and there by gain a few days time in which to secure options on several more tracts of land lying between our present holding, where, should it become known that a large colony was about to locate thereon, would immediately be advanced in price. It is not abso lutely necessary that we acquire these extra lands, but now that we have gone to so much labor and trouble we would like to secure them, especiallj' when it can be accomplished in a few days. We can .however, announce this much, that our lands are about six miles distant from one of the thriving cities of the valley, having large business houses, a 150-barrel flouring mill, electric lights, water works, seven churches, large school houses, a brewery, two large hotels, two newspapers, in short, a city in keeping with the rich surrounding country. The above is sufficient in formation to show our members the kind of region we have selected for tham to enter. Next week we will be prepared to print a map showing the geographical location, together 'With photographic reproductions of scenes in the Snake river. ADVANCE IN PRICE OF LANDS. Making the change from locating on what is termed "dry farming" to farming under irrigation made it nec essary to pay much more for our lands. While it has been necessary to pay these advanced prices we have secured land worth four times the former in productiveness. It is a well known fact that as much and more can be produced by proper handling, under irrigation, and with almost absolute assurance of annual crops, as can be raised on four times the amount of land dependent wrholly upon rainfall. .... i ., " ; " :..:,..;: " .. . , . - v -. - " . . - j v 'i r . "!. . . -i . - ' .f ' - . - I - ' - v ' . ; . . . . ' .j.-.- '. v. ...-,. '. -Vv'! Lii"'v-r' &tx3'iti? i-'- - ti. '- li-Xtwi.jiJ'.jt. - iiVJ 1 - y W rV' Xr&frru-, t?A Vnfifr ,B AN ALFALFA FIELD ADJOINING THE HOME MAKERS TRACT. fully grown are hop3, rye, flax, peas, cabbage and vegetables of all kinds. Wgetables from this region are row being shipped as far as St. Louis and Chicago and are In great demand. FruitIt is r ot claimed for this sec tion to be what is termed an exclu sive fruit country such as is found in the western part of the state and where the altitude is about 2,000 feet. But with the exception of a very few of the more delicate varieties fruits of all kinds thrive on the Upper Snake river valley. Fine orchards are started and small fruit yields abundantly. The surrounding country for hun dreds of miles Is elevated and in the distance forms into mountains. The entire region being government land affords free range for stock. Of this range our members can take advan tage, the settlers of the valleys being entitled to the adjacent range. The thousands of horses, cattle and sheep roaming the ranges of Idaho answers the question regarding adaptability to stock raising. Hogs are raised at a good profit and find a ready market at good prices. It Is stated that hog cholera does not ex ist in Idaho. Butter and the products of the dairy find a very good market and we ad vise our members to not fail to make provision to engage to some extent In this occupation. A creamery should be an early acquisition to our settle ment. . Poultry and eggs are another source of great profit in this mountain region, the supply of the home product never equaling the demand. More profit is to be derived from the raising of poul try and eggs in the Snake river val ley than from any other occupation of like investment. Fish and game are plentiful, large laterals can be plowed out and the wa ter led to the proper places on the land. When all this can be done during the winter months the farmer's time can then be wholly . devoted to his crops the coming 1 season. No member should undertake to remove to the new location until we have filled -the entire membership (but few shares remain unsold) and until we have made a careful survey of each tract and made the allottments to the mem bers. Nothing can be gained by going in advance. We will look after the welfare of all alike. Special rates will be secured for the members and their effects when we are ready to place them on the lands. COST OF LOCATION SHARES. The cost of location stock remains as before, namely $25 each. The fol lowing allottments include water rights. ONE SHARE gives you a city resi dence lot. " TWO SHARES gives you a city busi ness lot, THREE SHARES gives you a five acre tract adjoining the city. v SIX SHARES gives you a ten-acre ELEVEN SHARES gives you a twenty-acre tract. - . . TWENTY SHARES gives you a forty-acre tract. The advance payments remain the same as heretofore. AS TO OUR OWN LANDS. Members desiring to do so will be given an opportunity to rent the com plied to us for transportation for the purpose of seeing the country for themselves. To such we can only say that we have nq free transportation at our disposal. We have ' selected the lands, they are in the Upper Snake riv er valley; ara on . first bottom; are finely watered by two systems of ca nals now on the land and completed; the country has a fine climate; has many improved farms adjacent; only one and one-half miles from the rail road and six miles from a large City. The membership is coming in very fast, and the enterprise is an assured success. Agents holding contracts for allottments should send them in as ear ly as- possible.. Within a short time we will take a committee representing the members over the Home Makers' location after which their report will be published at length in The Independent. . Subscribe for The Nebraska Inde pendent and keep in touch with our great Home Makers enterprise. When you have read your paper hand it to your neighbor, he may become Inter ested. . We only regret, that we could not secure more land as it is quite evident that twice the amount could be dis posed of oef ore. fall. The irrigated pro position suits our members better than going int a country dependent on rainfall, and they are perfectly will- mli . fci.iW in li y-'ij .m4J III n 4V -Tin a.WWg' "T V- 'r Wjyg-'' T--.rtSSrv ? v. w ;h - ? I?? ; : ri- ..'C.V.-V. - s y,V;?' -i-4 --5- , .sf- ; , 'i"5r"-i"'v -VVV.' vVl ; - j;? -u'Yi- x-CM SCENE FORTY MILES NORTHEAST OF OUR SETTLEMENT. pany lands adjoining their own on crop rental for a year or two. The company's alternate tracts are held at a minimum price of $20 per acre and will not be sold for a less amount. Land under cultivation arid some improvement readily brings from $20 to $40 per acre at theTrresent time and we leel confident that in less than three years our lands will be worth $50 per acre. The tract is especially adapted to sugar beet growing and ef forts are now being made to secure the location of a sugar factory in our vi cinity. The immigration into the Snake river valley of Idaho during the past year and at the present time is so great that in one more year the entire valley will be filled and every avail able tract occupied. The entire ab sence of alkali in the soil is a feature much prized. HOME( MAKERS' NOTES.' Frank L. Marv. nresident of the Home Makers Comcany. is now back at the home office and has taken active charge of the work of closing up the membership.. From the way applica tions are pouring in the allottments will soon be sold out. A large numDer of amplications have been held back until it was decided, where we would nrntA. From one locality report comes of ten applications for, forty acre tracts subscribed for since the return of our officers from the west. A large number of letters remain unanswered. . Parties writing will please excuse us for the delay as we havp been exceedingly Dusy tor tne past two weeks securing our lands and absence from the office of Secretary De France caused a large accumulation of mail. All will receive attention as soon as they can be reached. Tn trnine araone the farmers of the Upper Snake river valley and putting the question if they raised good crops, the reply was always the same "We always get good crops when we at tend to them properly." raKe tne amount of land you can attend to and then attend to, it properly and you will prosper in the Home Makers set tlement. After a meeting of the directors of the company at which the entire ground was carefully gone over it was de cided to adhere to the original plan as given in the prospectus, except it was round necessary to reduce the number of acres to be allotted to mem bers and to eliminate the rebate bond feature from the present settlement. By making these two changes we will be able to make an entire success of the undertaking. Every member will receive the same value for his money, less in acreage, but more in value. The amount of shares required for the various allottments will be found further on. With the two exceptions above noted the plan of the Home makers' settlement remain the same as heretofore. FORTY ACRES ENOUGH LAND. For the ordinary man forty acres will be all he can conveniently farm If more is taken it will prove an en cumbrance unless it is put into alfalfa, and then the farmer win need extra help. It may be surprising that in Utah under exactly the same condi tions as prevail in our settlement, many families make a comfortable living on ten acres. We do not advise our members to take more than forty acres unless they have sufficient help to properly work the same. Many fail because they attempt to farm more land than they should where a smaller amount properly tilled would bring bigger returns. . WHEN TO REMOVE TO THE NEW SETTLEMENT. Under the present arrangement, the canals being completed our members will be enabled to move onto their holdings this fall if they so desire Buildings can be erected, the fields cleared and everything put in read! ness for spring plowing. The smal Ing to take the smaller acreage under canals in lieu of the larger holdings in a rain belt. BRESCI NOT ASSASSIN Detective Says Granottl Fired Shot That Killed Humbert. SE0EET EEVEALED IN A LETTER, it is not in our line nor that of our members, yet I sis of interest to au to know that extensive gold mining is carried on in the Snake river adjacent to our lands carried on by means of monster steam dredges., Tbe amount of gold taken out is carefully kept secret, but the building of additional dredges would indicate It to be pront able. ' Many ask us questions which have been answered over and over in the columns of The Independent. Mem bers and those contemplating becom ing such should carefully read their pa per and keep posted as the work pro ceeds. Quite ja number of parties have ap- fm g permanently cured. We can LI 1 1 IL V faithfully promise you an ab- II solute cure no matter what llglaV your condition for External, Internal, ' Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles, Chronic or Recent, without nnderjoin any Burvinal nnirtinn or interruption of business. Thousand cured vho had given up in despair wiJv :niJTlXl'E TO SCFFKRT It cost nothing to try our treatment. Sample and particulars mailed Free. ' J nn! s T noim.tT. Paris. 111., writes: I am convinced that you know your business and can cure where all others fail. I have doctored for Piles for three years with no beneficial re sults, and your treatment has cured me m a few days. I am County Judge of Edgar County, Illinois, and will be giaa 10 assis you in spread inairnnr lmnriv YonrS trulr. S. I. HEAd-ST. Mb. Edward Somkks, Castleton, 111., suffered with bleeding, swelling and protruding Piles for thirty years -.doctors had given up his case as incurable. He was completely cured by our treatment in three weeks. . m. m MrCiov. Cmrnac. Kansas, Caotam Co. A, Fiftieth Indiana Infantry, writes: Hermit Remedy Co.: Dear Sirs I have doctored for Piles since the Civil War tnirty-six years and am now glad to report tnat, alter using your treatment for a few weeks, I am complete ly I KtiTA von can cure anyone, for a man could not get in a much worse condition than I was and live, and lam duly grateful to tou. Yours respectfully, M. McCot. Thousands of Pile sufferers who had given up in Hnsnn ir of ever beintr cured have written us letters full of gratitude, after using our rem edies for a fhort time. ou can have a trial sample mailed FREE by writing us full particu lars of your case. 3 HERMIT REMEDY CO. 73S Adams Express Building, Chicago, 111. - This week we publish a few illustra tions, being photographic reproduc ductions of scenes on and near the Home Makers' settlement lands. Next week more will be printed: The time has been too short to prepare plates adapted to large perfecting press on which The Independent i3 printed and as a consequence the illustrations are not as distinct as desired. In ail probability we will have prog ressed far enough to be ready to place members on their allottments within ninety days, possibly sooner. Unless members live close it is not edvisable for them to drive through with teams. It is a great distance and much hardship would be encountered. Hundreds of miles of Wyoming desert would have to be crossed, which af fords very little grass and water would be scarce. We will secure rea sonable rates for our members on their household goods, Implements, stock, etc., and where possible we will arrange so that two or more can join in one car and . thus reduce the ex pense to a minimum. WHOLESOME ADVICE Given by a Colored Editor bat It is as Ap plicable to the Whites as to the Itlacka Out in Denver there is a paper pub lished by colored men, called the Statesman. The editor is Mr. Rivers. The following editorial is from the current issue: - "Our lethargy is peculiarly com bined with extravagant pretenses. So cial pretenses in particular are the bane of the negro race. We are a poor people, but we simulate riches, in stead of acknowledging our state and digging for riches. The young negro who aspires to anything is almost forced into a social pretending which drains him of all financial resources and makes his general failure almost a certainty. Our girls go into mar ried life with illusions of plenteous style and ease and awake to the dis agreeable fact that a few hundred dol lars or a showy wedding do not insure against the demands of the months or years to come. Disappointment and do mestic dissatisfaction grow up largely in this way. The negro people ought to be a race ' of farmers instead of a race of servants." The emigrant col onist invariably takes that kind of a start, but the negro steadily refuses to do the hard work necessary to build a sure foundation. He does not study about the years to come. He does not live simply and within his means. This is a mark, at least, the present generation of negroes in America. A happy exception Is sometimes found in the old man or woman who has dug steadily for years and gained a substantial headway, which may yet be squandered througn the extrava gances of their heirs; or sometimes a young man is found so constituted that he can withdraw from the temptations and allurements that surround him and devote himself to money making and laving, fully indifferent to the practices tind tendencies of the vast majority of people about him. These examples are rare. The absence of de liberate patience and wise and steady ambition therefore makes the negroes endurance of suffering but a passing virtue. This is when, patience ceases to be a virtue. And when It is no long er such, it turns to a shame and a curse. Plain, sober determination and patient activity would have a salient effect upon the negro's condition in this country. He would have less so ciety, but more money; he would have less fun, but more happiness; he would have less style, but greater worth; he would not be noticed so much, but he would count for more; he would not be so loud, but he would "wield greater power. And so real worth would take the place of the Eemblance of worth and we would begin upon the steady growth which yet has to have a be ginning for the negro race, before it will become a real factor In the solid world of worth and wealth." Begnra, tko Sleuth, Declares Pater on Anarchists Are After Him For Betraying: Them, and He Must Flee For His Life Once Held by An. archlsts For Three Days. For divulging what he says is the most closely guarded of all anarchistic secrets that BrescI was not the man who slew King Humbert and for re vealing the name of the man who, it. is alleged, really lired the fatal shot Al exander T. Segura, a detective in the employ of the. Italian government, is forced, he declares, to flee the country, with the fear of death upon hlm.v The man who killed Humbert is, ac cording to Segura, one Luigi Granottl, a former comrade of Bresci in Pater son, who stood at .Bresci's side when the latter . fired on the king, says the New York Journal. Granottl Is said to have fired the fatal shot after Brescl had thrice discharged his revolvex without effect. This discovery was made by Segura, he maintains, while he was working In the guise of a silk mill hand among the anarchists of Paterson., Segura first went to Paterson a year ago to Investigate the murder of Giuseppe Pesslna by Sparandi Caraboni, alias Luigi Bianchi. a fellow anarchist. Bi anchi was the man who in May, 1900, drew the fatal number out of 113 bal lots, which called upon him to assas sinate King Humbert. Bianchi refused to undertake the desperate mission, and Bresci immediately volunteered in his place. ' Soon afterward Bianchi. In response to orders, it 13 alleged. Issued by the anarchist group El Maternel in Phila delphia, murdered Pessina, who was suspected of being a spy. A day or two later Bianchi himself was found dead, having apparently . committed suicide. In his pockets were found documents which gave tbe Italian detectives the first hint of the intended murder of the king. Segura continued to work in the mill without exciting the least suspicion as to his real mission among the anarch ists, who freely initiated him into all their secrets. Last October Segura says be was sbown a letter from . Granottl dated at Paris, in " which he declared that It was he and not Bresci who' fired the shot that killed King Humbert on July 29. Granottl declared that Bresci missed three times, and that then he (Granottl) took careful aim and brought down the King, escaping afterward In the confusion. It was said at tbe time of the assassination that four shots were heard, but that only three cham bers in Bresci's revolver were found to have been discharged. ' Segura at once notified the Italian consul, and efforts were made to cap ture Granotti, but he had fled from Paris. A week later Segura was shown another letter from Granottl dated at Glasgow. A large reward is now stand ing for Granotti's arrest. At a meeting held in Paterson on July 2 a plot was batcbed. It is declared, to kill the czar of Russia and Emperor William of Germany. Four anarchists were chosen by lot to assassinate the two monarchs. They were Victor Re goll, Andrione Cannalucci. Cuvico Mo relll and Tomaso Minelil. all of whom sailed for Europe in May. Morelll was recently arrested in Berlin. Segura learned that mail for all four men is still being received at the office of the anarchist paper La Reveil in Ge neva, Switzerland.' Learning that one Giovanni Gludich living in Barre. Vt., was to join the four in Europe, Segura went to Barre, talked with Giudici and, after learning all tbe details of tbe plot, accompanied Giudici to Montreal, where the latter sailed , on the Allan liner Parisian, destined for Berlin. Ten days ago Segura again paid a visit to Barre, where he was recognized as a detective. One dark, night, he says, he was en ticed into a lonely street, knocked down, gagged and blindfolded and thrown Into a wagon, in which he was driven to an Isolated hut In tbe woods, where he was detained for three days, being constantly- threatened with death. On the third night, he narrates, he was driven in a closed carriage to Montpelier Junction and left there aft er being warned not to return to Barre on pain of death. Luckily for Segura tbe Barre anarch ists were ignorant of the fact that he was the man who had denounced Gra notti as the assassin of Humbert. Had they known this he would, he says, without doubt have instantly been put to death. On returning to New York the other day Segura learned that he had been betrayed to the Paterson an archists, who are hot on his tralL Re alizing his peril, be at once made ar rangements to take the first steamer for his home in Smyrna, Asia Minor. Hew Game For. Bllltardlsts. The billiardist8 around the Gibson and Honing are playing a new game, says the Cincinnati Commercial Trib une. It has no name, but it reauirea J great skill to be successful. One of the ll g m M a . rea uaus is iroze . m tne lower right hand corner. In the left hand corner a line is drawn In order to make a spaco of about eight inches between the line and cornet. The cue ball must be driv en to the left cushion and then to the tmper cushion, thence to the red ball In the corner, the object being to drive the red bnll from the corner Into the space In the other corner In the least number of shots, "It looks easy, but try It, starting in the feet or ankles comes from a weak or diseased heart -a heart that cannot keep up the circulation. The blood then settles in the lower limba where the watery portions ooze out .into surrounding tissues causing bloat and T swelling. The heart must be strengthened and built up before the dropsy can be cured to stay; and the best of all heart medicines is Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. "I had palpitation, shortness of breath, pain in heart, swelling of feet and ankles, hungry spells and was confined to my bed and easy chair. A few bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure made me welL ' . Mrs. G. Osborne, Clyde, O. Dr. Miles' gives new strength to the heart, regulates the circulation, stimu lates the digestion and restores health. Sold by druggists oa a guarantee. -Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. State Convention Pursuant to action taken at a meet ing of the state committee, held in Lincoln, August 7, 1901, the electors of the people's independent party of Ne braska are hereby notified that on Tuesday, the 17th day of September, A. D., 1901, at 2 p. m. of said day, a state nominating convention of said party will be held at the Auditorium in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices, to be voted for at the general election of 1901: One candidate for supreme judge. Two candidates for regents . of tha state university. Said convention is also called fop the purpose of selecting a state cen tral committee of said party, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. The basis of representation is fixed at one delegate for each county, and one delegate for each hundred votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for Governor William A. Poynter for gov ernor at the general election of 1900. The representation of the various counties is as follows Adams . 22 Johnson 13 Antelope ...... 15 Kearney 12 Banner 2 Keith 3 Blaine ......... 2Keya Paha .... 4 Boone 15 Kimball 1 Box Butte .... 6Knox 17 Boyd .......... 8 Lancaster ..... 5S Brown 4Llncoln ........ 13 Buffalo ........ 22Logan 2 Burt 13Loup 2 Butler 21 M'cPherson .... 2 Cass 23 Madison 18 Cedar 17 Merrick 11 Chase ......... 4 Nance 10 Cherry 8Nemaha : 19 Cheyenne 6 Nuckolls 16 Clay 20Otoe 24 Colfax ......... 15Pawnee 12 Cuming 18 Perkins 3 Custer 22 Phelps Dakota 8 Pierce Dawes 8 Platte Dawson 15 Polk Deuel ..... 4 Red Willow . . . Dixon N 12 Richardson ... Dodge 26 Rock Douglas ..128 Saline Dundy Fillmore ..... 11 10 22 15 10 26 4 21 4 Sarpy 11 20 Saunders 29 Franklin 12Scotts Bluff ... 3 Frontier 9 Seward 20 Furnas ........ 14Sheridan 8 Gage .......... 27Sherman 8 Garfield ....... 3 Sioux 3 Gosper 7 Stanton 9 Grant 2 Thayer 16 Greeley 10 Thomas 2 Hall 19 Thurston 7 Hamilton 17 Valley 9 Harlan - . . . . . . . 10 Washington ... 13 Hayes .'. 4 Wayne 11 Hitchcock 6Webster 15 Holt 16 Wheeler ....... 3 Hooker ........ lYork t 20 Howard ....... 14 . Jefferson ...... 17 Total ....... i5?i By order of the state central com mittee, people's independent party of neurasKa. J. kl. EDMISTRK. Chairman. August 14. 1901. The Crop Prospects - - ... . uuiicioHj i eyurx ot the crop situation for the last week is as fnllnwa neon una ueeu warm, Wltu general showers. The mean daily .v.,,v,.i.Vu, iia,o avcittjeu x. uegree - mo maAiuium tem peratures for the week have generally . vv.0i0, uui sngnuy , uvui i en iu ma central and southern counties with ""j6 ii um one to more than four Inrhca tuViiiA . - - ' um I tl una 11 m the northern , counties - has generally The showers of the past week havo improved late corn somewhat; the stalks continue green and ears are forming; n many cases, howeve? thl ears consist of cobs w th only - Vat! tered kernals 'of corn on them - rn ThfrT11 'tatfc?-fodSj: The rains have been beneficial to r7 a tne northern and western coun- i