I ' W J- - -vr , j f . .('.- ... .. ' ... , . 3 ' , , - ... ' , J: . , THE II EBRAOKA IITBEPEITDEIIT V: it r Sopt. 11,1902 4-4 O o o o o o o o b o o o o o V 0 O o GHAMP, AAAVVVVWVVVWWVV GLAiK Pacification as It Is to the Philip pines Republican Harmony Li Illinois Personal Comment o o o o 1 u a O O 0 O 0 O i Special Washington Letter.) US way that President Roose vdt'sat down on the wrangling, Jangling, corrupt factions of the southern Republicans Is decid edly refreshing to honest men of every political persuasion ' every where. The Republican party in the south is maintained jsolely for the pur pose of gobbling the federal offices, and, the factions are merely organized gangs In search of pie. If the presi dent doesn't look out, however, he will not have a single southern delegate in the next national Republican conven tion. They want pap, Mr. President, and not lectures. No ' set of wolves were ever hungrier than they are, and they would pull down and trample on all the presidents that ever lived if they stood betwixt them and the swill trough. So you had better go a little slow In tongue lashing these famish- Ing : southern patriots or your name will be Denis so far as the prseidency I Is concerned. A Fine Delegation. V. Alabama will enjoy the distinction ) f having In the Fifty-eighth congress a delegation every man of which has seen congressional service, some of tbem many years of service, t They are all able men, some very able- all Dem- ocrats who stand up to the rack, fod der or no fodder, men who are honest. Industrious, capable and Incorruptible. ; If all the rest of the Democrats in the .' house were "such men asvthe Alabama delegation, the Democratic minority would be on top half the time and ; make the Republican majority uncom : fortable the other half. From Colonel John II. Iiaukhead, dean of the delega ' tlon, to the newest member they are : clean men, sober men, courageous men, men who honor their state and - the country. They have, old fashioned : Ideas about avoiding even the appear S ance of evil. They love truth, and they stand unwaveringly by the peo . pie who send them to Washington. I They all ought to be elected by over 1 iwhelming majorities. i . Queer Pacification. How long, O Lord, how long? How often have i we been , told that "the Philippines jare pacified?" General Otis , announced several times two or three years ago that the war was over. His successors in office have an nounced it many, many times. On the Fourth of July, . 1901, civil govern ments were established in the archi pelago, but . they, were barely estab lished before tbey fell about , the ears of the establishes with a crash that I resounded throughout the world. Then 1 military rule government by satraps I iwas re-established, and it will have to I be maintained so long as we hold on to 1 those accursed Islands., Governor Taft I iwas received with bosannas, was he? t Every hosanna was bought in some way at some price. It is absolutely safe to Bay that Governor Taft, a most capable I and excellent man, could not stay in I Manila twenty-four hours were it not; 1 for our soldiers. The war is over, is it? Even the Globe-Democrat, the most in I veterate organ grinder in the land, is rorcea to say, vine reports or recent, fighting in the Philippines will show that pacification has no yet been reached." What, in view of that dec laration, does the G.-D. say as to the rosy reports of General Otis and others that "the war is over and peace reigns In the Philippines?" Would to heaven I It were over and that the lives of thou sands of our brave boys over there could be saved! The plain, bold, un varnished, unpalatable truth is that when we were idiots enough to pay $20,000,000 for the Philippines we bought a war which will most likely last us till the judgment da,y. . More's the pity! The Washington , Post, Independent. -which is a good deal of a jingo itself, In this connection says editorially: If anything in th way of news from the Philippines could be expected to cre ate great excitement In this country, that result seems likely to be produced in the very near future. War on the Moros is sure to be a bloody, war. They fight to the death, believing that heaven's door is wide open for all of the faithful who are slain in battle and that peculiar favors and special honors are reserved for such In the abode of the blessed. Situated as this republic Is. and It is a situation the responsibility for which is on both par ties, we are bound to fight the Moros. Here is the way in which the St. Louis Globe-Democrat puts the case: "The latest killing of American sentries by the Moros was deliberately intended to provoke a war. General Chaffee will see that the hostilities rendered necessary are of the kind that hurts the savages." The Springfield Republican, looking at the case from the anti-imperial stand- point, puts it thus: I "The expected campaign against the Moros which General Chaffee foreshad I own will certainly be in line with our i' history in the archipelago. No single foot I; of it has come under the actual sway of I the United States except by military I force. The subjugation of the Moros is r simply the last . stage In a war of con I Quest," , , S We sincerely hope this, will prove to be "the last stage." and we. have no doubt i It will be the hardest the most costly in life and in cash. j .-. As to Secretary Shaw. For some reason to this writer' un 5 known the administration appears to I have put Mr. Secretary of the Treasury I Leslie M. Shaw . forward as its moutb y piece. The governor is orating general (3 ly around over the country. The Wash ington Post, which is a high tariff shouter, but which knOws enough to go in out of the rain, takes a fall out j of tfce secretary as follows: , Secretary 'Shaw Admits that the tariff I is the parent of undesirable conditions. Then why not arrange to have the parent apply the rod occasionally to the incor rigible child? Now, If the gifted and ubiquitous secretary will answer that query and the Post will comment honestly and freely on the answer we will have what Dr. Horace Greeley, another great apostle of protection, would call "mighty ricli reading." Let the secre tary answer and let the Post comment. On with the dance! JThe more the mer rier! Hope Deferred. - Surely the Isthmian canal building Is another illustration of "hope deferred maketh the htart sick." Those simple Simons who are eipectlng to sail through the canal or, rather, a canal across the isthmus In a year or, two might as well be disillusionized of that hallucination. It took ten years to dig the Suez caual, which was only twenty-six miles long, a sea level route, in which nothing but sand -was encoun tered. Even if we were to begin dig ging tomorrow It will be twenty jrears, in all human probability, before a ship goes through the canal or, rather, a canal. I say a canal, for nobody knows which route will be chosen, Nicaragua or Panama. Indeed the signs Indicate" that a third route the Darien route Is to be surveyed, there by wasting more time and making con fusion worse confounded. True, appa ratus for digging and dredging has been improved, as have all things else, since the digging of the Suez canal; but, all things considered. It may be not unreasonable to conclude that boy babies now In their swaddling clothes will be voters before the canal is opened. There is no sort of question but that the transcontinental railroads are all opposed to the building of any canal whatsoever; hence all the jug gling; hence all this superfluous sur veying; hence Senator Marcus A. Han na's thrilling oration on the subject of volcanoes; hence the defeat of the Mor gan Nicaraguan scheme; hence Lemuel Ell Quigg's doctoring of the Phila delphia . platform, i j substituting the word "isthmian'.',, for the word "Nica raguan." A Great Wool Pulling. I was recently over in, Illinois on a lecture tour and took note of political conditions In Suckerdom. The Repub licans are having a great wool pulilftx and no mistake - Hon. William " E. Mason has his war paint on and is go ing hot foot after ,the .Yates-Hopkins gang. What the Republican factions of Illinois are saying about eacL other could not be printed in any newspaper In America without subjecting it to tfce penalty of being included from the mails by reason of profanity and ob scenity. It will be remembered that the Yates-Hopkins combine rolled Bil- lie Mason at the state convention and i incidentally rolled Uncle Shelby M. Cullom, whose chief stock in trade is that he possesses a physical resem blance more or less remote to Abraham Lincoln. They thought that after roll ing Billie and Uncle Shelby they would have clear sailing. Not so, however. The rolling process appears to have in furiated Mason to the point of mad ness. He is now out for revenge, and he seems to be in a fair way of getting it. And sweet is revenge. So said Lord Byron, and he ought to have known, for he was in the habit of lathering up his enemies with aqua fortis. Mason has sprung a thing on his enemies which is goading them into insanity. Governor Yates' 'machine levied a 5 per cent assessment on all his ap pointees for political purposes, and now Mason has Induced many of them to institute suit to get their money back, and the very deuce is to pay. It looks very much as though Mason's successor in the senate would be a Democrat instead of Hon, A. J. Hop kins. Republican. Bob Williams' Just Quarrel. V The best laid plans o mice and men Aft gang agley. So sang Bobble Burns. His couplet Is likely to find a new verification in the election of congressmen in Illinois this fall. The Republican legislature last winter gerrymandered the state in most outrageous fashion. A more un fair caper was never cut, but its fine scheme to disfranchise thousands of Democrats bids fair to be defeated. For example, the Carmi district, which J. R. Williams, popularly known as Bob Williams, represents with so much ability, they gerrymandered so as to give the Republicans about 2,200 majority, according to the returns of 1U00. but the Democrats propose to overthrow their plans and to re-elect Bob with a whoop. He was renomi nated unanimously and with great en thusiasm, and enthusiasm is more con tagious than the smallpox, the measles or the bubonic plague. Consequently there are grent fear and trembling in the Republican camp, for Bob: Williams is one of the best campaigners in the land and one of the ablest men In the congress of the United States. He is a man with the courage of his convic tions. Tlrrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just And Bob Williams', quarrel Is Just both on political and personal grounds. He is right politically, and a Repub lican legislature tried to steal his seat In congress by a shameful gerryman der. ? It Is believed on all hands that be will win out. If he does, he Is jreai fleatlal timber. -Mysterious. , ; r t Hon. Joseph L. Brlstow, fourth ao- alstant postmaster general of the Unit ed States. Is likely to be known In his tory as '"the man with the magic scalp." He is a mystery that is the way he keeps his scalp on Is a mystery not as insoluble and aggravating as those other great historic mysteries, "Who struck Billy Patterson?" and "Who was the man in the iron mask?" but a mystery nevertheless. When J. Ralph Burton, the rampantest Jay hawker of them all, was elected to the senate, be made a hurry trip to Wash ington to snatch that scalp from poor Bristow's head and announced that be had succeeded. That was more than a year ago, and yet Bristow's caput etill retains its hirsute covering. Since then Burton's newspaper bureau has given it out fiat that Ralph had Burton's scalp at his belt, but he hasn't, and Bristow Is up in the woods of Maine with his capillary adornment intact. Burton has been completely blocked by Bristow, but new enemies fcave arisen for Bristow Senators Elkins and Scott of West Virginia, two of the most insatiable pie hunters in the land. Tbey want the entire bakery , Bristow was willing to give them long and numerous slices, but he wanted to re tain a few-crumbs for hungry and palpitating patriots elsewhere. Conse quently the West Virginia senators rowed to do that which J. Ralph had so often vowed to do and failed to' do that is, to remove Bristow's scalp. I place my sesterces on Bristow. Of course he's a Republican and ought to be bounced . for that reason, ! but he's better than Burton, Elkins and Scott, who hanker after his flossy topknot. "A Palpable Misnomer." ' Under the above caption the Wash ington Post, independent, goes after that blatant Republican organ grinder, the Globe-Democrat, in the following rigorous fashion: "The party that attacks trusts" Is a distinctive title claimed by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat for that great aggrega tion of voting citizens who constitute the dominant party. When a combination ia followed by an advance In prices and great profits, are exacted from the con sumer to pay fabulous dividends on a capitalization that is largely fictitious, there ia a call for an attack, and when the monopolistic exactions of such a com bine are made-possible by a tariff sched ule that is not needed for any legitimate purpose, the point of intelligent attack is obvious, and that is precisely the point which the Republican party has per sistently refused to see. "Let well enough alone" has been the response of the Re publican leaders to every suggestion of antitrust tariff legislation. As to other methods of repressing the greed of trusts the Republican party has been equally neglectful. Three bills on this subject, all prepared by Republicans, are lying cold in the pigeonholes of com mittees to which they were referred. If the Republican leaders in the Fifty-sixth and Fifth-seventh congresses had directed air their energies to the task of avoiding any interference with the trusts, their I record of "success in that endeavor, could not Jiave been more complete than it is. "The party that attacks trusts!" Does the Qlobe-Democrat use that phrase as a challenge to ridicule? It ould answer that purpose admirably if the subject were less serious. That is a strong criticism of the G.-D.'s idiocy or mendacity. Whatrvill be the effect on the G.-D.? Nil pre cisely that and nothing more. Convince a man against , his will. He's of the same opinion still. Of course the G.-D. knows better. It is simply trying to hoodwink its read ers. Any port is good in a storm. In the foregoing article the Post indicates how to bust the trusts by cutting down the tariff on articles on which trusts run up prices. One on Governor Dockery. This story is being told on Governor Dockery of Missouri: A few days ago he started to walk from the executive mansion to a hotel in Jefferson City. On the way he passed two lemonade stands which had been started up by youthful residents of the capital. He paused to observe them more particu larly, and the boys began vehemently to solicit his trade. One informed him that his lemonade was 5 cents a glass, the other that his was only 3 cents. The governor, thinking to give them an object lesson in both business and politics, bought a glass of the three cent decoction. After winking and wiping his whiskers he made a few remarks about the advantages of com petition and then asked, "Now, John ny, why ia it that you charge 5 cents for' your lemonade while Tommy charges only 3?" Tommy did not wait for Johnny to reply, but answered in a piping voice, "Well, you see, Mr. Dock ery, the pup fell in mine." Evidence of Republican Harmony. The Chicago Tribune, Republican, rises to remark: The tariff revision which western Re publicans have in mind is not revision which will reduce the income of the gov ernment, but which may increase it. The lowering to a point where only legitimate protection is afforded of a duty which is so high as to be prohibitory will increase th revenues instead of decreasing them. The incomes which it is desired to reduce through tariff revisions are the incomes of great industrial combinations which are using duties that are too high to ex- ! act from home consumers exorbitant ! crlcea for their products. By the scaling down of Illegitimate profits aimed at by Republicans wnose nearts are set on iax iflt revision the entire community will be benefited. And the Providence Journal, inde pendent Republican, chips in with: ' There appears to be . trouble In the American Protective Tariff league, ex Secretary Cornelius N. Bliss and five oth er members having resigned evidently be cause the league's influence was thrown against the Kasson reciprocity treaties and Cuban reciprocity. The president of t the league admitB it and adds that "reci ! procity is simply opening the way to free .trade." The league, then, like the Home Market club, appears to be against "the Buffalo platform" and the tariff views of Presidents McKlnley and Roosevelt. Ver tly there Is trouble ahead. Patronize HOME INDUSTRY BUY.. (B) ... HARNESS ....COLLARS ....SADDLES J Ask your dealer for them. Mfgd- by BUCKSTAFF BROS. MFG. CO. LINCOLN, NEB. . - - - t The discussions now going on be tween Messrs. De Hart and Van Vor his suggest one point relative to credit substitutes for coin or government cur rency which we should not overlook, and that-is in the difference in per manency between coin and the substi tutes..: a silver dollar, if handled with reasonable care, will last many years and be used in thousands of ex changes: but a check or draft rarely passes through more than two or three hands in actual exchange, and general ly effects but one. exchange, and then ceases to have any further power. Hence, it would be manifest error to consider credits, dollar for dollar, with money in considering their combined effect upon prices. These credit sub stitutes are momentary and to a great extent local; but coin and government notes are permanent and general. It is perhaps not far out of, the way to say that a dollar of coin does ten times as much work as one of credit. ; NEW YORK IMPREGNABLE ATTEMPT OF NAVY TO CAPTURE SECOND CITY OF THE WORLD -.- -fails.--.: BANKERS RESERVE LIFE Is Likewise Inapproachable to the Alien Enemies of Home Life Insurance. ' v When the naval 'and military ma neuvers on the eastern coast are com pleted, the people of American will probably discover that the coast de fenses are equal to the. task of pre venting the capture of the principal cities of the AtlantlQ seaboard. They may also learn that the American navy is equal to the task' of blockading any harbor and is. able to throw shells from the sea into the midst of several cities otherwise' safe " from naval at tack. ' ' ' WE ARE PROUD OF. THE ARMY ' AND NAVY t because a well disciplined army and a strong navy are the .best guaranty of permanent peace!p?,"In time of peace prepare for war" is- a maxim experi ence has taught the nations of the earth to adopt. We have every rea son to believe that Anierica need fear nj hostile attack. iDeternilned to bo independent of theg'femainder of the world in all commercial matters, we must also be able ff necessary to defy the warring hosts and floating armies of the whole earth. s s .; ' THE: BANKERS' RESERVE LIFE is building upon the American plan. It is impregnable in. its position. In dependent of all competitors, with a loyal people behind f the fortifications and an aggressive force of field agents reaching out into the western states, this Nebraska company is ; as serene in its security as Uncle Sam sitting on the dome of the: American capitol. With the most liberal policies, and the most modern, forms - of policy con tracts, Bankers' Reserve Policies are as good as government bonds and vast ly less expensive to, the purchaser or the owner. ; - ' bh. ROBISON, PRESIDENT, . OMAHA,' NEB. That the reports of the Associated press are most unreliable and dis torted, always in the interest of plu tocracy and the viler elements of the nation has often been asserted by The Independent. Its managers will order from five to ten columns concerning a prize fight and give a great conven tion of scientists ot religious workers five lines. That Is not the worst of it either. The five lines will not be the truth, but distortions and misrepre sentations. Lately some of the more decent of the religious workers are be ginning to make the same' remark- about the organization that The Inde pendent ha3 been making for several years. As the pe6ple as a whole have to rely upon the Associated press for news of current events, it. has had an opportunity to do more harm than any other thing under the sun and it has not neglected its opportunity. "Fonntic" Spelling Editor Crarob of the. Fairbury Jour nal shakes hands with himself - for adopting a system of phonetic spell ing and cites the Youth's Companion as a recent convert to the idea. But the editor of the Journal persists in adding a useless "b" to his surname, probably to distinguish himself from the publisher of maps and other such paraphernalia. n The trouble with a complete system of phonetic spelling Is that there is a lack of uniformity in pronouncing many words in common use and a full system would create nearly as great diversity as w$ now have. The man who calls it a "noos"paper 'would in sist on spelling it that way, while some other might think the only cor rect way would be "nyus"paper. One would spell it "Kiro" and another "Karo." The Independent has no de sire to stand in the way of progress in this direction, but makes a guess that many generations will be bom and die before the foreigner will cease to have trouble with the words, tough, trough, lough, hiccough, slough, etc. even if "thoro' "thru," and "thot'' have become permanent fixtures in the school books. A Wage Worker Candidate i There is a great chance for the wage-workers of - Cleveland to : sihow what sort of stuff 4 they are made of. The democratic candidate for congress of Mark Hanna's burgh is JEdmund O. Vail ' - o hlttAlremlf ri Trr1rrvrl Ktt - Vn American Shipbuilding company and well known among the laboring classes In this part of the state because of his prominent x connection .with the Knights of Labor and other union or ganizations, both as a speaker and or ganizer. He has had the advantage of very little schooling and is" entirely self-educated, but has been an omniv orous reader, a close student of eco nomic problems, and has t written a great deal upon the labor question. Several years ago he was the head of a commission sent to Europe by the daily press of Cleveland to investigate the conditions and wages of the work ing classes in England and elsewhere, and his report, won him considerable reputation. He enjoys the respect and confidence of all classes of the people who will make a notable campaign, al though he may not be elected. :Best HeWer Saw Editor Independent: s - I read your paper dated August 14 all through and I think it is - the best paper for the common people to read that I ever saw. I also like Wilshlre'a Magazine. I have been a democrat all my life, but since reading your paper and also Wil shire's Magazine I find that I am real ly a populist and a socialist. Before I fell in with these two very valuable exponents of the people's cause I had very erroneous conceptions of social ism and populism. - I was always taught that socialism meant anarchism and" confiscation. Di vision or even divide, Including if nec essary murder, etc. But I am becom ing more enlightened as I read your wonderful paper and V feel like trying to spread the gospel off emancipation from misrule and oppression. If the people could only be induced to read your paper and become enlightened. I think this last issue all through the best number I have had a chance , to read. I even read, your article on the Liberty Building and have concluded to ask you to send me a block of five and I will sell them if rl can or return them If I . cannot sell them. If I should sell four I expect to use one card for my own subscription. J. CHAS.1 YINGST. Harrisburg, Pa. ; , ' Loftier and Nobler Work Editor Independent; In reply to your inquiry of August 9 will say that I never sold card No. 4, but still have it in my possession. I did think I would have The Independent sent to some, republican who is intelligent enough to understand it and patriotic and honest enough to reason (if such a republican can b found) but I wait ed until it was too . late as the card Is not good after July 1, 1902. Am sorry I could not do more to promote the cause of national greatness and purity for that is what people who secure subscribers for The Independent are doing. ;.. , . Let no man who solicits subscrip tions for The, Independent feel as if he were working for the enrichment of the people who rub the paper for it is a broader, loftier and nobler work and the people who publish The Indepen dent could get out a republican ( paper and receive far greater financial re ward; there arepeople living in this degenerate old world who still believe that the acme of all human greatness and usefulness does not consist in sac rificing everything in order to pile up vast individual fortunes. The Inde pendent Is in the hands of such people and although they are not willing to barter away noble, principles for blood-stained gold they are entitled to substantial remuneration for their gallant services ia behalf of the peo ple and I am sorry . to Bee populists who are abundantly able to take Thei Independent refusing to subscribe" for it. WILFRED LEBERT. 3 Archer, Neb. The State Fair The state fair last week, both In point of exhibits and attendance, was by odds the best ever held in the state. The onlcers have good reason to feel jubilant over the success attending their efforts. The -Independent will, take up no space entering into details you were there; you know what it was. :: - v.-.-:- v " . , A Mad, Mad World j Long ago Victor Hugo, with the prophetic vision upon him, wrote:, "The rich are on trial in this century ,; as the nobles were in the last." They have been weighed in the balances and found wanting. Bad as the - nobles; were, they had certain ideas of their1 own duties and responsibilities. They had an expression which, now and then, was not meaningless -noblesse oblige. We have nothing analogous to it, but one millionaire has summed up the case for his class in the terse and . vigorous, if inelegant, phrase; "The people be damned." j It is estimated that it takes the savings, if not the earnings, of seven men to support one woman of the' town, and her class is railed against; legislated ; against and held up tq obloquy as a menace to - the public; It is also estimated that at least 1,000 workmen must be kept ont starvation' wages to produce one millionaire, and the millionaire is courted and feted, honored and made much of, without regard to anything except his money. It is indeed a mad, mad world, jny. masters. - ..,:' . .. ' The cities of the United States are the homes of its millionaires.and of its political corruption. "Leading citi zens" buy the votes of weak and venal citizens, and "our very best people" enter into a league with the ward heelers and boodlers to despoil their fellow-citizens. The rich have been on trial a long time; they were on trial in Boston when the subway was stolen; in Philadelphia . when fran chises worth millions were given away; in every other city in the union and the story Is always the same. They are on trial in coal mines and cotton mills, wherever coal oil gushes or sugar cane grows. ' One of these days the patient and somewhat stupid PURE WALT i, ia one of the beat known vhiflkies on the market. ' : and ia tnoat prescribed by I)hjsicians ajid moat argely used by the mea . who know what good ' . whisker la and insist on having it. It has been made for over thirty years by the f among Willow Springs Distillery and ia positively guaranteed as to parity as well ai po- sessing tne nneat flavor of any whiskey on the market. Yon onght to try it beeanae if you do you ' wiU like it and always use it. Willow Sp'gs Distillery, Omaha. Jury, will wake up and begin to, con sider the evidence. Then will come the verdict-Denver .News. . ' State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas County. ss. J ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney ft Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and state afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured "by the , use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. i FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn-to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D., 1886. (Seal) A. W. GLEASON. - Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken .Inter nally and acts directly on the blood and . mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. FJ. CHENEY & CO., Toledb, O. "Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. LOW ONE WAY RATES. . Daily during September and October this company will sell from its east ern terminals, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and the Superiors, one way sec ond class Settlers' tickets as follows: I? 2. .5 0 Points Spokane to Eilensburg. Wash ington, Inclusive, all points on the Lewiston and Stites, Idaho, branches. Walla Walla, Dayton, Athena, Pendle ton and Waltsburg. $25.00 Sumas, Washington, to Portland, Oregon, inclusive, including Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, Vancouver, Vic toria, Everett, Whatcom, all points on the Southern Pacific Railway, Port land to Ashland; Oregon, inclusive main and branch lines. STOP OVERS will bo allowed in certain territory on most tickets. Proportionately low rates from points In Iowa and Ne braska. For full information write to E. D. ROCKWELL, Dist. Pasft. Agt., Northern Pacific R'y. Des Moines, Ia. ' ( Special Market Letter -Three days of this week bring large receipts of both cattle and sheep. Cattle have kept fairly steady on all desirable kinds and as usual the com mon stuff has been hard to dispose of. The' strong demand for feeders and killers continues and seems to increase No demand for dinky little cattle at any. price. Corn-fed beef. $6.00 to $8.00, best stockers s and killers $5.00 to $5.50. choice feeders, $4.50 to $5.00, fair $4.00 to $4.50, common steers $3.50 to $4.00. choice cows and heifers $4.00 to $4.50. butcher stuff $3.00 to $4.00, canners and cutters $1.50 to $2.50, veal $4.50 to $5.50, good stock heifers $3.00 to $3.25. ' Light run of hogs. Prices range $7.35 to $7.60. Monday brought largest receipts of sheep in history of yards, 28,500. Prices declined 10c to 25c, but are now steady again. Fat yearlings $3.50 to $4.00, wethers $3.20 to $3.60, ewes $2.65 to $3.25, lambs $4.25 to $4.80. The, lower range of prices for feeders. This is the highest-priced market in the country on feedersheep and cattle. Waurika, Okla A new town on main line of Rock Island Ry., 63 miles south of Chlck asha. The only one lying in Okla homa. Lot sale Oct. 13. A demand for all kinds of business. Beautifully situated 'mid large shade trees and running water. Home seekers of Oct. 7th should purchase their tickets through, mak ing their stops at other points on going trip. Crops Every Year, Market Always Good, So Attention 1 HoinnieseekeiP Let us tell you something of the wonderful opportunities no w offered in the Cache La Poudre Valley in the famous Greeley district at Fort Collins, Colorado, These lands are 65 miles north of Denver and have been cultivated under the Keservoir System of irrigation For several years the products consisting of sugar beets, potatoes, alfalfa, -wheat, oats, barley and fruits of every kind are positive proof that the system is just what we claim for it, and far superior to the usual custom of depending on the river that may go dry at the very time the water is most needed to insure your crops. Under our system we fill our reservoirs dur ing the freshet season which never fails during May and June. When filled the question is settled for the season and the river may go dry and cause no' anxiety or loss to the farmer. We have fourteen of these large reservoirs that have cost the company over a million dollars and have a storage capacity of over three billion cubic feet. All together covering an area of over 4,000 acres. Our lands are only five miles from the foot hills and there is plenty of free mountain range for either cattle or sheep, that must remain free for all time to come. The climate is as near perfect as you will find in.any country and the society and educa tional advantages are equal to the best' in any of the eastern states. Sugar beejs and pota toes have so far been the best paying crop and it is no unusual occurrence to yield $100.00 net profits per acre. "Seeing is believing" and the distance is so short that you can take your supper in Lincoln and your dinner in Fort Collins with several leisure hours to spend in Denver on the way. We can make you a one fare rate for the round trip and will send out excursion parties from Lincoln on' each Monday until further notice. These lands will more than double in value within the next 5 years and now is the Golden Opportunity to invest. - ;;; - ' ' ''' . ;. - Our prices, range from $35.00 to $f5.00 per acre, terms easy according to location and improvements including perpetual water rights ample to insure crops. All that is necessary is to order your water from your reservoir Supt." as you want it. You have your own meas uring weir and know just what you use leaving no chance for dispute. For further particu lars address . " -'V-''." ;': 7 Woods I o vest fluent Co. Burr Block. Lincoln, Nebr.