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being spun and woven in great mills within sight of the cotton fields. Some day, and not many years hence, the hides from Nebraska cattle will be tanned in Nebraska tanneries and manufactured into boots and shoes and harness and saddles and trunks in Nebraska factories. Some day the wool clipped from the backs of Ne braska sheep will be carded and spun and woven into cloth in Nebraska mills. Some day Nebraska's flouring mills will be larger than those of Minnesota, for Nebraska is the third largest wheat producing state, and her wheat is the best milling wheat in the world. Sooner or later Nebraska's magnifi cent water power will be developed, and huge manufacturing plants will dot the landscape, working up Ne braska raw material into finished pro ducts, and supplying the world. Soon er or later, when we have quit experi menting with new-fangled ideas of shackling capitalistic cunning and have reached a sensible and fair basis, the eastern half of the state will be gridironed with interurban lines. The trouble with Nebraska is that she does not know herself. She has not even a faint idea of her wonderful possibilities; not the remotest concep tion of the wonderful opoprtunities she has within her borders for indus trial development. This little news paper is doing the best it 'can under the circumstances to arouse Nebras kans to a realizing sense of the duty they owe to themselves and to their state to work unitedly for the rapid developing of these wonderful resources. A MILITANT JUDGE. We don't know a blooming thing about the political affiliations of Judge J. II. Knowles of Midland, Texas. Neither do we care a. rap. we are for him for president, or any other old" office he may want. We like his style. He isn't hedged about with the di vinity that judges have been arrogat ing to them'selves for years. On the contrary, he secures respect by com manding it. While presiding in a case the ether day an offended lawyer called Judge Knowles a liar. Instead of fining the offending lawyer for con tempt of court, Judge Knowles ad journed court for a few minutes, and in the recess proceeded to give the aforesaid lawyer a sound wol loping. This job attended to properly and with dispatch, court was again called and after fining himself a round sum for fighting, Judge Knowles went ahead with business. That sort of thing makes a hit with, us. Nothing pleases us more than to see a sound thrashing administered to a man who thinks he can impose upon another bj reason of that other's posi tion. We knew a minister in the years agone who could not be stirred to wrath under ordinary conditions, but let some one try to impose upon him just because he was a minister, and the fur would begin flying at a lively rate. We always had a huge admira tion for that minister, much more than we have ever had for the meek ones who allowed themselves and their sacred calling to be abused by any old plug-ugly that happened to be feeling, bad about something. So, regardless of party affiliation or geographical lo cation, we are for Judge Knowles for anything he may desire in the line of political preferment. SET AN EXAMPLE. Albert Prince, the negro convict who wantonly murdered Deputy War dent E. D. Davis, should receive short shift. Here is an opportunity to show that courts are instituted to deal out jastice, not tedious delay. Let Prince have all the law entitles him to and no more a speedy trial. Let us have nene of the maudlin and mawkish sen timent too often lavished upon bloody handed murderers. Let us have none of the pettifogging pleas for delay; ne of the technicalities invoked to stave off punishment. lie committed a coldblooded murder. Not more than a month or six weeks should elapse between the date of the crime and the date of its punishment. Ex-Senator Beveridge says he is not talking for publication these days. We, commend his example to a few ether eminent gentlemen. . pmmn 57 & ANDREW M. Democrrtic Candidate Andrew M. Morrissey of Lincoln has filed as a candidate for the democratic nomination for attorney general. He is a native of the state of New York, coming to Nebraska a little over twen ty years ago and engaging in the prac tice of law. Mr. Morrissey served two terms as county attorney of Cherry county, meeting with unusual success and securing the hearty approval of the people of his county. "Although his home city of Valentine is strongly re publican, so popular is Mr. Morrissey he polled more than 75 per cent of the votes of Valentine the last time he was a candidate for county attorney. In 1908 Mr. Morrissey was a delegate from the Sixth congresional district to the Denver convention. For upwards of fifteen years Mr. Morrissey has had an extensive law practice in northwestern Nebraska and South Dakota, both in the state and federal courts, meeting with unusual success. In the fall of 1911 he came to Lincoln, seeing in the change a better location for his constantly grow-. ing practice. THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT Western Nebraska, not so very long ago the very' heart of the "Great American Desert," is giving a mighty good account of itself these days. It is no longer a desert if it ever was such. On the contrary, it is now a garden spot, producing immense yields and making fortunes for the industri ous tillers of the soil. . Something like twenty years ago that section of Nebraska now em braced in Scottsbluff, Morrill, Garden, Cheyenne and Deuel counties was sparsely settled by homesteaders who were having a hard fight against drouths and poverty. Many of them didn't have the nerve to hold on, and many of them didn't have the where withal to hold on. After the great drouth of 1890 there was a general exodus from that section, all those who could leave doing so and hasten ing back east. But there were some who were confident' that the future would produce great things for west ern Nebraska, and they hung on like grim death. Today these far-seeing men and women are reaping the re wards of their industry and their fore sight. That section of Nebraska is now rich in agricultural wealth, and fairly astonishing the world with its output. It is offering rare opportuni ties to the intelligent and industrious homeseeker who is willing to learn, and who is willing to adapt himself to soil conditions instead of trying to make the soil adapt itself to him. In that section of Nebraska is raised the best and finest wheat in the world and more of it to the acre than almost any other section. The same is true of oats and alfalfa and sugar beets and potatoes. In 1911 the beet raisers of the North Platte valley' received upwards of $650,000 for their erop, MORRISSEY for Attorney General Mr. Morrissey decided to become a candidate-only after careful considera tion and in response to pressure brought upon him by friends who saw in him splendid material for chief legal advisor of the state, and a man who would lend strength to the whole ticket. No sooner had it become known that Mr. Morrissey was con sidering the matter of getting into the race than he began, receiving letters from friends all over northwestern Ne braska, where he has been so well known for more than two decades. They strongly urged him to get into the race, and so unanimous were these tenders of support, coming from law yers, judges, bankers and business men, that he finally decided to do so. A man of splendid ability, wide ex perience and untiring industry, Mr. Morrissey would not only make a strong candidate, but would, if elect ed, give Nebraska splendid service in the important position of attorney general! ''He would be able to cope . with the high salaried attorneys of the 'big corporations, and render a good account for himself and the state. and this year they expect to receive upwards of a million. Just to show what can be done in that section will Maupin's Weekly gives a few figures of production for several years last past. J. W. Laber tew rented thirty acres of land near Mitchell, and on this patch of ground he raised 9,000 bushels of potatoes. Then he sold the potatoes for enough to buy 16C acres of equally good land. . Mr. Labertew is not worrying a bit about the future of that section. H. W. Haig put twelve acres into potatoes and harvested a crop of 4,800 . bushels. In the Mitchell valley, Gilmore & Thompson put in 160 acres of wheat. From this quarter section they threshed 8,000 bushels, an average of . 50 bushels to the acre. John Mihan has thir.ty-five acres in alfalfa. One year he sold $687 worth of alfalfa seed and had $750 worth of alfalfa hay left to feed to his stock. None of these men is worrying about the future of that section. C. C. Beers has cut nine tons of al falfa to the acre in a single year, and John Newell has raised an average of 350 bushels of potatoes to the acre. That's going some for a territory that was marked "desert" . on the school maps of a generation ago. But it merely shows what can be done on Nebraska soil by inteligent cultivation. And what is true of this particular section of Nebraska is true in a large measure to four-fifths of the 49,000,000 acres in 'Nebraska. But the man who expects to make a fortune in farming, either in Nebraska or elsewhere without work and intelli gent application is going to get left. 'There is no easy road to fortune in farming, either in Nebraska or else where. But Will Maupin's Weekly is prepared to give facts and figures to prove that for the same amount "of in-' dustry and intelligence apfietPto the soil, Nebraska produces greater returns than any other state. Other states may put forth high sounding claims, but Ne braska has the figures. These figures may be found in the statistics pre pared by the federal government, or they may be found in the figures of the statistical bureaus of the "Various states. And when comparisons are made, Nebraska is so far in; fck-e lead that she seems to be traveling all alone. In 1911, by no means a" baifnler crop year, Nebraska produced r. more agri cultural wealth per capita than any other state. She produces 1 m'6re corn per acre, more wheat per-jacre,-; more oats per acre, more alfalfa per acre, than any other state. And this yield per acre is constantly growings 'as the farmers learn more and more, about soil conditions, seed selection and in tensive cultivation. i- i- In 1911 Nebraska produced upwards of $600,000,000 of agricultural and live stock wealth, and a grand , total of $850,000,000 worth of agricultural and manufactured products. That's going some for a state less than fifty years old, and which has less than. $18,000, 000 of her 35,000,000 fertile acres un der cultivation. YOUNG MEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB For more than twenty years the Young Men's Republican Club .of Lin coln has been a big factor in political circles in central Nebraska. Some pretty big men have been produced within the ranks of this organization. It has furnished senators, - congress men, judges 'and plans to furnish others. The club has been in exist ence so long that some of its members are now grayhaired, but all of them are just as full of enthusiasm as they were when they and the cluft were young. As a matter of fact, the; older the club and its members r grow, the more enthusiastic they become not only in party affairs, but in the larger affairs that have to do with the gen eral welfare. And so it is that the annual 'banquets of this club are looked forward to with pleasant anticipation by jjls mem bers ami by those who are privileged to be its guests. Last . Wednesday. evening at the Lincoln hotel occurred ,the twenty-third- annual ,f easy of the Young- Men 's .Republican Club, and Hon. Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana was the chief orator of fmf occasion, taking for his subject "Abraham Lin coln." A poor orator indeed who could not make something of such a subject, and in the hands of tfee gifted Indianian it was a gem. :: Senator Beveridge 's plea was for' a-closer liv ing up to the ideals of the great Amer ican whose name is a synonyms Ifor lib erty and equality around the ' world. Not only was it a scholarly address, it was the product of an intellect that has been devoted to a close study of conditions with a view to' ascertaining remedies constructive statesmanship. Time and again the noted orator was interrupted with hearty applause, and when he was briefly and eloqueritly in troduced by the toastmaster,1 Judge P. James Cosgrave, the- great " audience arose to its feet and greeted him with a warmth seldom equaled 'by ".a Lincoln audience. , ' , " Paul Clark, whose subject was "Looking" Forward," maintained his reputation as a. forceful, entertaining after-dinner speaker. His address, -4; brief and to the point, -may: iell be considered the keynote of his campaign for congress this year. Governor Aldrich spoke "on 'Abra ham Lincoln Republicans," "and was as usual emphatic in his declarations, talking straight to his subject" with vim and vigor. "Party Progress," by Hon. John L. Kennedy of Oihaha, and "Party Past and Present," byjftV. A. Selleck of Lincoln, were the ot&er re sponses on the list. J As usual, the banquet of $ the club was set down as the openiigf the republican campaign in this lection of" the political vineyard, and fifseems to have started the party organization off in fine shape. But tharlways the rule with this militant -organiza tion. A .CV i ' THE WESTERN TRADER. ' ' OMAHA. - - Will Maupin's Weekly, Lincoln, Nebr. Yesterday for the first . time we saw a copy of your Ne- braska Industries number. It impressed us as being of great value in advertising the various industries of this great state, and also in encouraging the many manufacturing concerns now here to greater efforts in : marketing their products in trade : territory farther distant from Nebraska. Keep up the . good work. - Nebraska manu- factures are increasing but the many manufacturing institu- tions located within the borders of this state need more adver , you are' doing your part in giving wide publicity to them and to their wares. We are' also glad to see the fine write-up articles of both Omaha and Lincoln in the same issue ef your, paper. Anything that will add to the commercial friendship of thee two cities is to be commended, and w are glad that you and your Weekly are taking part in this good work that will redound to your everlasting credit and to the benefit of Omaha, Lincoln and the entire state. ' Wishing your Weekly the greatest financial success and extending to you personally the compliments of the season, we remain, Yours very truly, . . THE WESTERN TRADER, f ZANE THOMPSON, Associate Editor. SPORTING DOPE The Sunday games scheduled home will be played at Capital Bead as usual. There is no getting awaj from it this year, although .transports' tion facilities' and" the double admi.' sion' militate against the attendance We don't open the season at hon? , this ,. year-and-weonai , means that the first game will, be better weather, and after we've g stirred un over the Dastime. Tha ; means better ball, better weather ant a bigger crowd of enthusiastic fans. ) That Columbian league seems a suit go. And if it is it means all kinds c trouble in organized baseball. Pueblo wants us to . understand tha hereafter she just ain't a goin' 4 come t' the rescue of the Wester league when it gets into trouble. A right, Little Pittsburg. Good by an take keer o' yerself. We've got ou eyes on Oklahoma City as a life saver fj In'tJ anyway. A boxing contest was advertised Havelock the other night, but it didn' eventuate The athlete Billy King was due to punch into a comatose condi tion beat Billy to it by going up against John Barleycorn, and as usual John Barleycorn won m a single round. As a result Billy had the fun of seeing his would-be opponent stag- . T ' 1 1 il. i 1 ' ger lnxo me nag ana explain mai jw had tarried too long at the bowL King ought to sue John Barleycorn fo getting to it first. ' . A A GREAT' BIG BOOST FOR , GRAND YOUNG NEBRASKA. , Will, Maupin's Weekly, the best single-handed booster Ne- . braska has or ever had, came out in a blaze of glory last week with its "Nebraska In- dustries Number." Twenty- four pages carried an immense amount of highly interesting - f matter regarding the resources, attractions and nrniortunit.iM of Nebraska, and also numerous ad- ; verMsements of manufacturing , concerns who make good goods . in Nebraska and are not afraid to let people know it. Omaha Trade Exhibit. - - . : ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 V