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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1909)
I oup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH. PubMtWfr LOUP CITY, • * NEBRASKA A BILLION DOLLAR ERA. The Incorporation In the United States during May of railroad, indus trial and other companies having a capital stock of $268,469,900 gives an Idea of the wonderful commercial ex Parisian of the country, says the New York World. Incidental testimony to the same efTect is furnished by the speedy absorption by investors of the 110.000,000 issue of preferred stock put nut by a new dry goods combination. U. 14. llarriman said to the newspaper men w ho asked him about the report that he was going abroad to dispose of $150,000,000 of bonds, ‘I wouldn't have to go out of this house to do that in half an hour.” This is truly a billion dollar era. Where the last generation figured in millions, the common multi pie of the present day business world Is $100,000,000. To what lengths is the multiplication of millions to go? Us fates of $1,000,000 have dwindled by comparison to modest competencies At the present rate of increase the •‘swollen fortunes" of to-day may to morrow excite no public concern, be ing dwarfed by tin* greater hoards heaped up and reduced to negligible consequence in the light of the graver problems in the regulation of capital 1 which may then be expected to de niand attention. Automobile recklessness is getting severely rebuked, ns the result of sev eral ree< nt court proceedings indi • cnies. The conviction and sentence of a New York chauffeur of man t w ^ slaughter in the first degree, with a close call from a verdict of murder, for was one impressive lesson. Civil suits are also showing what can be u done in the way of holding offenders ct to accountability. A Dutchess county ' jury has just given judgment for $110. 000 dnmages to a lady who sued for injuries resulting from being run down by an auto. Perhaps the matter will be fought further and the amount re duced. 1 tut. it is apparent that the present temper of the public is strong against those who fail to exercise proper precaution in operating the ma chines. says the Troy Times. The laws seem adequate to reach such cases, and the wise automobilist is the one who keeps within safe speed lim its. It is a significant conclusion and one worthy of thought reached by the American Medical association in its eonveniton at Atlantic City that the college influence upon the public schools of the country is urging edu cational boards to increase studies so as to fit children for the higher insti tutions in preference to work suited to the pupils’ mental abilities and phy sical requirements. 1? to this influence is due the overcrowding of children's minds of which so much adverse criti cism is now made it is one distinctly detrimental to the individual child and to the nation at large. As compara tively few’ of the pupils of the public schools reach college, a forcing pro cess which benefits the few only at the expense of the many, is a system of popular education which calls for medical revision as unfitting the ma jority for the needs of the ordinary and average business life. Within a few days more than a hun dred people have been drowned be^ cause^they overcrowded the boats oi ’ soVe nKtyral born fool rocked them The treatment for people who don’t know how to behave in a boat is tc throw them overboard. Their l'att would be charged up to the law of self protection. German critics do not like American plays, but the managers produce the plays just the same because they catei to the people who buy tickets at the box office. Let us explain that the New York woman who nearly sailed away care \ lessly leaving behind $100,000 worth of real jewels, had been married only a few days before. Talk about civic loyalty. A Georgia man seeks a divorce from his wife just because she spoke disparagingly of the town. Bet the town is with him. New York lady knocks her lit! bally-west because he denied her statement that Portugal was in South America. What’s the higher educa tion good for. anyhow? One of the advantages ot having an account is that it reduces the chances of the early pocket-picker. A Philadelphia girl has had her heart sewed up. If the operation proves entirely successful, some sort of a surgical sewing machine will have to be invented without delay. An Illinois boy is a king in one of the Fiji islands, but it is doubtful if he has ever been able to develop a taste for fricasseed missonary. ■Millions ot eggs are goiug into cold storage to remain until they arrive at y jars of discretion. Now that the wireless is to have “singing sparks’’ there will literally be ••music in the air." In England necessity is the mother of many inventions in the line ot taxes? There i« one brand-new profession —the teaching of aeroplane naviga tion. Austria plans to tax bachelors, child less couples and widows. Why wid ows? j «AIRORI, British. East Af rica.—I guess everybody in the civilized world knows r that ex-President Theo- • dure Roosevelt of the United States is petting two American dollars for every word of “copy” he writes for a certain New York publication. There fore the business of bagging the gnus In this lonely spot on the world’s map has a double meaning. Spell it gnus or news—suit your self—they are pronounced alike. The only difference is that you get one with a rifle of heavy bore and the other by m^ane of mental ingenuity. Mr. Roosevelt, I have discovered* makes his own news. And he sells l ib own news. Hence his declaration that “because there are no journal ists with this expedition all appar ently authentic reports are barren ?^OOS£VFLT^m //y nunrmci $ CoStumfS falsehoods or are obtained by means of bribing rants and it stands to reason that for the sake ol of evil intentions is not above inventing falseh purpose of obtaining the bribes." Be tlint as it may, early in the month of Align velt will impart some of his news to a select gatit Africans at a banquet. You can't keep reporters quet, consequently at the time of writing there is suppose that the world will not get the former Am tire’s remarks in full Mr. Roosevelt will tell his hunting experienct on world politics and lots of other things which his staid British hosts and will.set them to thinkin The world at large is getting little Rooseve the editors call it. The reason for it is said to be desire to pursue the life of a nimrod undisturbed b; naner men. They lire on ills trail every day, but they keep out of sight. Entering the port of Mombasa, Theodore Roosevelt and his big stick made an instantaneous hit. He was strenuous. Britishers are slow of movement and thought; they are deliberate. Not so with the American hero. He thought quickly, spoke quickly and said things which made the inhabitants stand up and shout. He talked about the great country which the British had built and al most civilized in Africa. He made other points which tickled his hosts and he was solid with them from the minute he put foot on the gang plank of the steamer which brought him from Naples, Italy. He told his East African friends that he wanted to be treated like a regula tion American citizen, not like a former president of the 1’nited States, i ms, me ormsn sermr-a to minn, was a first class Invitation to treat him like a king, which they did. With his entourage riding in the passenger compartments of a primitive Uganda railway coach. Mr. Roosevelt gave a real strenuosity ex hibition by daring Acting Governor Jackson to ride with him on the cowcatcher. He said there was more breeze on the front of the train any way. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Roosevelt then stopped the outfit and took positions of vantage ahead of the fireman and engineer. This tickled the Britishers. Nobody had ever thought of riding on the front of an engine be fore in East Africa. They had always done the most commonplace thing by seating themselves on the “cushions.” So, because he was different from their kind, they liked the American from the start. The ride that day lasted .">0 miles, when the en gine. being a union engine, refused to work over eight hours and gave out. The next day the ride was repeated and to-dny half the British East African highbrows ride on the front of the en gine when they want to make an impression. Once on Sir George MacMillan’s ranch the real sport of the expedition commenced. MacMillan’s ranch is a notorious hangout for man-eating lions. They roar around the ranch at night and tear up things generally. Colorado mountain lions were easily beneath the hunting prowess of Mr. Roosevelt and he proved that Af rican lions are also-rans alongside of the Ameri can brand by depleting the kingdom of Leo by six in two days, thereby setting a new record for huntsmen in this section of Africa. A big, hungry hippopotamus chased Mr. Roosevelt one day. Formulating his plans as he sped along through the jungle, the ex-president led the enraged animal to the open and set two steel bullets clashing between his eyes when the hippo was only 100 feet away. Hermit had a similar experience with a rhinoceros and, display ing the family traits of his father, stood his ground and succeeded in dispatching Mr. Rhiro ignorant ser n bribe one jods for the it Mr. Rooee •ring of East from a ban no reason to •rican execu s. his views will astonish t "stuff,” as the hunter’s eager news at 40 yards. The beast was charging him in dangerous fashion. Not long ago Mr. Roosevelt captured two baby antetlopes and sent them to his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, who by this time doubtless has received them. More than 1,500 speci mens had been cap tured by the Roose velt party up to the time of this writ ing and before the expedititon wiigns an* -noi for other shores probably 1.000 more will have reached the taxidermists. Lions, wildebeests, antelopes, giraffes, hippo potami, rhinoceri, tigers, monkeys and dozens of other varieties are among the trophies of the chase. To Kermit Roosevelt the expedition has been a source of wonderment and pleasure. Every thing was new to him. He had read about the mysteriousness of darkest Africa but had never been given an opportunity to even peer into the confines of a real lion hunting camp. At the present writing both Kermit and his father are in the best o* health, both wearing a swarthy tan which is darker than the jungle stained khaki suits In which most of the hunting is done. A short time ago Mr. Roosevelt visited the American mission near here and he expressed pleasure at the work which the organization is doing for the African savage. The morning of the day he visited the mission he spent in hunt ing Culubra. monkeys and succeeded in shooting several, which were added to the list of speci mens. Officials here have expressed the belief that Mr. Roosevelt’s bagging of game is justifiable in view ot the fact that his specimens are being secured for the purpose of stocking up the Smithsonian institution at Washington. Perhaps the biggest test of Rooseveltian stren uosity came when the party crossed the desert west of this city. In this instance they were compelled to go for more than a week without procuring water. All the liquid refreshment they had was carried with them in great water skins, suitable for this purpose. Bwana Tumbo, which is an African expression of reverence, uas the nickname which Mr. Roose velt’s native servants soon attached to him. and when 1 met the ex-president at Kapiti Plains station, where he was obliged to stop during his travels, he seemed pleased to be reminded ot tt:e Met that he had struck a responsive chord }! in the make-up of the semi-savage Z blacks. ' Kighty-four souls comprised the small army which Mr. Roosevelt took \ with him from Mombasa. Bwana * Tumbo dressed his aides up in Amer • ican made loose shirts and khaki 1 trousers. Of their own choice were queer little skull raps decoratqd with Wall tents.* tho same ns those used by Ameri can army offi cers. provided the ex-presi dent's sleeping quarters and his patriotism was fully .shown by the fact that the American stars and stripes float ed from the flag pole before Roosevelt's tent. The colors were dipped at sun rise and sunset in accordance 1 with the United States array cus tom. The Roosevelt camp presented a unique scene Situated in the i < *nter was Mr. House i volt's adobe, which also housed Kermit Before it floated the American flag and grouped around it along m Iniature ! “streets” were the “pup tents” of the -porters, gunbearers bush beaters, cooks and other servants. Kermit Roosevelt’s personal servant, .lu ma by name, became as devoted to his young master as though the lattei were of regal her! tage. He followed him everywhere and was at his side dur ing the rhinoceros in cident in which Ker in it's life was per iled. luma’s gaudy tur ban. khaki half-hose and American-made calfskin shoes, which were a present from Kermit, marked him as a man to be envied among his fellow's. The ex-pres ident said that whenever he needed Kermit for any matter whatsoever, it was onoly necessary to scan the horizon for Juma’s gay headpiece. During his hunting, travels and speaking Bwana Tmnbo never has lost sight of his writing He is writing a chapter here and there, whenever he has the time or inclination to devote a few hours to the book of travels which he lifts half completed. Mr. R. D. Cuninghame, Mr. Roosevelt’s hunter. Is typical of the African sportsman and is declared to know more about game in this section of the world than any other game expert. No more unique sight was ever presented to the casual observer than that which met my eye when I alighted from a Uganda railway coach at Kapiti Plains, where Mr. Roosevelt and his arm> were grouped. The station is on Sir Alfred Pease’s ; ranch or estate, a.-, it is known here. "The Plains" consists of hardly more than the , signboard which tells its name. .Mr. Roosevelt’*; "army" was drawn up about him, the ex-president was conversing with Hunter Cuninghame and the former executive’s gunbearer, Abdallah hi i Said was awaiting orders from his chief. Of the army Abdallah is most devoted to his master and the frequent lashings which the heads of the expedi tion are often compelled to administer to quell impending mutiny are never necessary with this character. He is a unique type of African and be cause of his good qualities he' commands better pay than the rest of his fellows. The man who aided Mr. Roosevelt in getting his « xpedition ready cautioned him against asking any of his servants to do duties for which any of the others were hired. The labor union instinct is second nature with the attache of the African hunting expedition. Let a gun bearer try to do the work of a porter or hush heater and there is war in camp at once Neither may the game carriers beat the game into sight. Perhaps this system is for the best after all for the reason that every man specializes and therefore is able to do his own allotted work to a .better advantage. It is said here that Mr. Roosevelt’s entire expe dition will cost between $15,000 and $20,000, which to an American hunter may seem an enormous price. But hunting wild game in Africa is a heavy undertaking and in order to go through with such a task that amount of money is actually neces sary. But the party is getting results and that is what they figure is the- proper viewpoint. Having arrived in the Stoik district Kermit and his father had plenty of game upon which to exhibit their prowess. The younger Roosevelt imrnediatelj set about establishing a hunting record by bagging the biggest lion which, up to that time, had found its way to the taxidermist of the party. In the Stoik district Mr. Roosevelt shot many buffaloes, their skins being preserved for the Smithsonian insii* tution. Soldier Something of a Hoodoo. John Ross, the British general who led the force that burned Washington, was killed in a battle with the Ameri ■;.n array at North Point. Md.. near Baltimore. The Americans were de feated. Ross fell into the arras of (.'apt. McDuugall, and the same officer caught Gen. Packenham in his arms at the battle of New Orleans. Is Kept Too Busy. The real martyr never Las time to cEjoy the honor. Best and Worst Cigarette I here are two things that smokers who travel extensively are agreed upon: That the worst cigarette ever forced upon an unsuspecting stranger is the French, and the best cigarette is the Russian. One writer describes the French cigarette as follows: "The tobacco, which has been aptly described as consisting of scorched linen flavored with assaioetida and glue, is very coarsely cut, more so than for the pipe In England, and very dark. To reduce its strength it is steeped in water. The resultant cigarette is indescribably horrible: English smokers fail to recognize it as tobacco. Yet of those cigarettes, Fran< *• smokes some three hundred billions a year; in any form but that of the cigarette it would be intolera ble. An Englishman will face un j moved the armies of France or the bowlings of her mobs, but from her ] cigarettes he flies apace." The Russian cigarette, which Is so deservedly popular In California, Is the exact opposite of the horrible mix ture which masquerades In France an der rhe name of cigarette. The? Rus sian cigarette Is equipped with a pa per holder, thus giving n cool, satis tying smoke, and is composed of the most delicate blends of Turkish to bacco. carefully selected and pains takingly prepared by experts whe spend their lives In learning just what will produce the perfect cigarette. los Bern a hauled to mu. road rcu'/tb' ,\ /y£AA 1Y//YD CAYS, KY Kentucky, which is one of the chief hardwood producing states in the union, and the first state in the pr • daction *>f yellow poplar, is making good progress in the movement for the preservation of its forests. In 1906 the legislature enacted the law providing for the state board of agri culture, forestry and immigration. During the following winter the board asked and received the co-operation of the United States Forest service in a study of the forest conditions of the state. This work was begun two years ago and an examination of half the area of forest land in the state has been completed. The result of the first year’s work, covering the 11 most eastern counties of the state is published in the Kentucky handbook. 1906-1907. The second report, now in the hands of the state board of agri culture, covers 48 counties, in the cou! mining regions of the state. When this Investigation is completed Ken tucky will have an excellent inventory of Its lumber resources. The manner In which the forestry problem has been approached indi cates that the people of the state realize that the ultimate solution of the impending timber scarcity must, for the farmer, depend largely on how he handles his individual timber re sources. and that there is no better way than for him to consider the wood lot as a bank account, using the interest which is constantly ac cruing, but leaving the capital undi minished. Much educational work, however, will be needed to secure this desirable end. The second report of the Forest Service suggests a forest law. Among its most important features is a pro vision for the appointment of a state forester. The wisdom of this is evi dent since only, by the appointment of a state forester can the work in co-operation with Forest Service he maintained and carried to a success ful conclusion. Until such time, how ever, as thb sate of Kentucky is ready to assume the management of its own forest problems, the National Service is willing and anxious to co-operate in every way possible for the further ance of forestry among private own ers In Kentucky. In the co-operative investigations of forest resources now in progress, the government spent over $4,000 to duplicate a similar amount appropriated by the state. Kentucky has always been rich in forest resources, but like many oth er states has reached the point where the timber will hereafter be produced tin a continually decreasing scale, and it is necessary to protect and use carefully the forests which remain In 1899 Kentucky cut 734.000.000 board feet of hardwood lumber, in 1907 the cut was 854,903.000 board feet, an increase of only 16 per cent, in the nine years. In the same period the cut of yellow poplar has fallen off over 20 per cent. During 1 (he same time the prices of liunh i ;;t the mill have advanced on an erage of 05 per cent., and the denmnu i has increased accordingly. The forest of the United Stub I threatened hy many enemies, of wh . 1 fire and reckless lumbering are t worst. Sheep grazing and wind con • i next. Cattle and horses do much l< • damage than sheep, and snow It* ;. is less costly than windfall Land slides, floods, insects, and fungi a: sometimes very harmful. In cert :it situations numbers of trees are kill* *: by lightning, w hich has also b*•* : known to set tlie woods on fire, one the forest is attacked in many oth* r ways. For example, birds and squir reis often prevent young growth by devouring great quantities of nuts at. other seeds, while porcupines an mice frequently kill young trees i \ gnawing away their bark. Most of these foes may be call* natural enemies, for they would Injure the forest to n greater or less extent if the action of man were altogether removed. Wild animals would take the piece of domestic sheep and cattle to some degree, and fire. wind, and insects would still attack the forest But many of the most serious danger * to the forest are of human origin. Such are destructive lumbering, an i excessive taxation on forest lands, t which much bad lumbering is directly due. So high are these taxes in son * states for in many cases they amount to 5 or even 6 per cent, yearly on the market value of the forests, that the owners cannot afford to pay them and hold their lands. Consequently they are forced to cut or sell the r timber in haste and without regard to the future. When the timber is gone the owners refuse to pay tax* s any longer, and the devastated lands revert to the state. Many thousar i square miles of forest have bet n ruined by reckless lumbering because heavy taxes forced the owners to real ize quickly and once for all upon theii forest land, instead of cutting It in a way to insure valuable futur crops. For the same reason mat).* countries are now poor that might otherwise have been flourishing and rich. His Order. "Does your husband belong to any clubs, Mrs. Dubbley?" "None but the Knights of the Myst Stairway." "The Mystic Stairway? I never hearo of that order." \ ou re lucky. The members are pledged to assist the brother wl needs help to reach home and toeari . him upstairs, provided they are aP to trust themselves on the stairs th. 1 mo round and round, and after that ? try to make his wife believe that 1* was seized with sudden Illness ai i that they administered an overdose * - brandy or something of the kind for the purpose of reviving him " Giants of Vegtable Life Radish and Cabbage That Not Only Are Immense in Size, But of Finest Flavor. Two new vegetables for the kitchen garden, a giant radish and a cabbage from Hrobdingnag, have recently been introduced into this country by our agricultural explorers. They are re markable not only for size, but lor excellence o.f flavor and will be hear tily welcomed ns palatable additions to the American bill of fare. The radish in question comes from Japan, where it is known as "sakura jiina." It attains a length of two feet or more, and sometimes a circumfer ence equal to that of a man's thigh Although the seed is not planted until the middle of the summer the vege table grows with wonderful rapidity, and early in autumn is ready for the table. The government plant bureau recommends this vegetable in the highest terms, it ought, before long, be in every kitchen garden; and there 18 rea*°n why it should not t< widely planted, inasmuch as ihc sect: are already to be obtained trom m,„ seedsmen. The huge radish will he. , la "inter in a cool cellar. It mav !>•> I cooked like turnips and beets, or ,-n nto little square strips and served like ordinary radishes. As for the glam cabbage, it com. - "o.n hina, and is quite as remark able in its way as the radish It • lalns a wight of 411 pounds, and sesses so fine a flavor that eabl.av of the kinds to Which we are aeea tomcd must he regarded as i,,.rr things, relatively speaking. This i markat.le vegetable from the Flower, land has a much more deilcale ta than ordinary cabbage, with less the crude "enbbagy" Intern, in w (■, many folks find ohjeetlouable T,., nical World. Corn the Greatest of American Crops C ora Is our greatest crop. f|,at , : lbOk being valued at $1,61(1,UdO.ouo.