Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY ^ ^ NEBRASKA
Cotton is again on his throne as
king of the south.
Indian summer’s absence makes the
heart grow fonder.
That mine disaster was just about
as bad as possible.
“Does farming pay?” asks a Maine
newspaper. If it pays in Maine it will
pay anywhere.
It has been decided officially that
Turks are white, even if they do not
always act it.
Since there are so many excellent
causes to die in, football is not worth
anybody's death.
Death has claimed the sauerkraut
;king and it is proper that briny tears
(should flow for him.
■ The pole dash game has been in
vented. The dashes must represent
,the unprintable words.
! Calamities from unavoidable causes
iare pathetic; calamities from avoid
able causes are criminal.
Merry-go-rounds are unpopular in
South America, where they are trying
,to get over the revolutionary habit.
The new society for ther study and
prevention of infant mortality is wel
come in the long list of worth-while
institutions.
“Come into our store and have. a
fit,” reads a local tailor’s ad. We sup
pose the “fit” takes place when the
bill is presented.
Latest in the line of inventions is
an automobile equipped as an aero
plane destroyer. The automobile has
isome reason to feel resentful.
The Denver scientist who says lim
burger cheese will cure cancer must
believe those cancer germs have a
sense of smell well developed.
Sitting in Nome, a United States
•judge is conducting a case in Seattle.
As the distance Is 2,000 miles, the trial
,cannot help being long drawn out.
Dr. Hillis is perfectly safe in mak
Ing prophecies to be fulfilled in the
year 2909, as few of us who hang upon
his words will be here at that time.
Emperor William is satisfied to let
the Wright brothers be monarchs ol
the air. If he can be lord of the land
and of the seas that will be enough
for him.
Street dust kills 25 per cent, of
those that breathe it, but if they did
not breathe the dust they would pick
■up germs, and it’s all the same in the
long run.
—
In spite of their recent rise, eggs
are not ashamed to be seen in com
pany with the humble ham, if anyone
still has the requisite price for bring
ing them together.
Considering that newspapers are [
published in 27 languages in this coun- 1
try—a fact not generally known—why t
shouldn’t the exchange editor have an
increase of salary?
A New Jersey institution for the
prevention of tuberculosis has been
named a “preventorium.” The Eng
lish language, as well as the human
body, needs defenders.
It is said that the society belles of
St. Petersburg are angry over the situ- i
ation in Finland, since the officers
who figure largely in social affairs !
will now have to leave with their
troops for the recalcitrant duchy and
desirable partners will be lacking in ’
court-circle dances. This is sad, but
hardly the most tragic circumstances
which will arise from the situation.
Two bankers in New York have
been sentenced to prison for taking
■ money for their own use from a sav
ings association of which they were
officials. In sentencing them the |
judge said they were simply plain j
thieves. There is a great deal in a
name when it is used in this blunt
fashion, for it strips much of the
illusion from ill doing.
A New York man is suing his wife
ifor separation because he says she
>tayed out at night and left him to
'mind the children and make the beds.
i'The masculine marital worm is begin
ning to turn, but the high French heel
,of modern femininity is set so firmly
jon the writhing insect that it is
doubtful if the turn will amount to
much more than a frantic but fugi
tive squirm.
f A Roman paper says that negotia
tions are going on, on the part of the
; American government, for the sale of
a house “destined to be the seat of
the American embassy." Perhaps the
i state department is trying to find a
• home for its new ambassador, merely
as a convenience to him, so that it
■may be ready when he reaches Rome.
But it is not buying the house on its
own account.
■ There was a large increase in the
•number of divorces in Maine last year,
jbut an increase of only two in sui
cides. Whether the latter fact is to
be explained by the former is not
.stated.
That Servian prelate who dreamed
that King Peter was deposed had the
tactlessness to tell his dream to
;friends, in confidence. Thereupon
King Peter had a better dream; the
prelate is to be tried for high treason.
After this Servian prelates will take
sleeping powders, and not dream.
A hazy dazy sort of prophet is tell
ing us th'at 'the day will come when
automobiles will facilitate travel be
tween the old world and the new.
They are already greatly facilitating
travel from this world to the next.
A Greek who was held up at Ellis
island is to be deported because it has
been found that his heart is on the
right side. The immigration authori
ties are right in insisting that every
American and every one who intends
To become an American should keep
his heart where it belongs.
NEBRASKA III BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
mi SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Mrs. Ruth Leavitt lectured at
Springfield, delighting a large audi
ence.
Holdrege is making a move for a
new depot and does not propose to
be put off.
The William Gutz school house, five
miles east of Falls City, burned, the
fire, it was thought, being started by
tramps.
The Albion Telephone company has
made application to the state railway
commission for authority to raise their
phone rates.
Mrs. H. Wasmer of Fremont was
painfully burned by spilling carbolic
acid on her face and, it is said, will
be marked for life.
Engineer Otto O. Wright of the
Rock Island road died as the result of
Injuries received in the smash-up be
tween two Rock Island engines.
Congressman Hinshaw has recom
mended the appointment of Charles
E. Harless as postmaster at Polk,
N'eb., vice Origen Frost, deceased.
A northbound Union Pacific freight
train was wrecked a few miles north
of Holmesville, Gage county. The
wreck was caused by a broken rail.
Several cars were derailed and dam
aged.
News reached Norfolk of the death
at San Diego, Cal., of Dr. u. F. Keip
er. formerly superintendent of the in
sane hospital at Norfolk and for
many years a prominent democratic
politician in North Nebraska.
Frank Knoles of Kearney, a six
teen-year-old student in the first year
of the high school, was arrested on
the charge of forgery. So far three
checks have been found that Ivnoles
confesses to have written and cashed.
Airs. Milinda R. Kinney, who settled
in the vicinity of Falls City in 1854, :
and who now resides in Blue Springs. '
says that in her recollection the roads
were never in such bad condition as
they were before the recent cold snap.
After a three days’ trial in the dis
trict court Samuel C. Nelson was
found guilty of having embezzled
$1,900 belonging to the Alfalfa Null
ing company of York. The case will
be appealed to the supreme court.
Fred J. Hallstom, aged 22, of
Omaha, and Miss Gasena Stillhan.
aged 21, were married at the home
of her brother, near Lorton. Both
are mutes and first met in the state
institution at Omaha.
The Burt County Telephone com
pany has made application with the
Nebraska railway commission for au
thority to issue $75,000 in stock. The
company has been notified to appear
and throw light on certain particulars
in regard to the issuance of stock.
The annual meeting of the Ellis
Farmers’ Grain ^nd Live Stock com
pany was held last week. During the
last year the company has expended
$31,000 for corn, $2G,673.93 for wheat, j
$7,318.91 for oats and $25,767.54 for
hogs.
A great auction sale of Kimball
county land was held in the Aurora
opera house. Thirty quarter sections
of land were auctioned off. the aver-1
age price being about $9 an acre. The
sale was conducted by the county sur
veyor of Kimball county.
Some time ago Mrs. Rebecca Pond
of Nebraska City brought a suit
against Herman F. Schaden for $10,
000 for selling intoxicating liquors to
her husband, forcing her to get a
divorce from him. The case was
tried at Lincoln and the jury gave a
judgment against Schaden for $3,400.
me Nebraska Federation of Church
es, which was organized in Lincoln
last February, at a convention of
delegates from all parts of the state,
has asked that all churches in the
state devote the loose collection of
the evening service for December 12
or 18 to the purposes of the club.
Marly L. Pierson, a resident of
Pickrell, Gage county, committed sui
cide by shooting herself back of the
right ear with a 32-caliber revolver.
Her body was found in a closet at
her home by her husband. George
Pierson. No cause is known.
Albert Brown, a harness maker of
Brunswick was last seen alive Satur
day evening. Wednesday evening a
search was made for him and he
was found in the cellar of his house
dead, evidently having been killed and
dragged down stairs.
It is not expected in Hastings that
there wil be serious trouble in bring
ing about the union of Bellevue and
Hastings colleges, in accordance with
the directions given by the Nebraska
synod at the meeting in Kearney
Monday. Friends of Hastings declare
that the movement for the union of
the colleges was not urged in a spirit
of hostility to either institution.
An unknown man found in an
unconscious condition at Central City
and removed to the jail, where he was
attended by local physicians, who pro
nounced it a case of acute kidney
trouble. He died soon after without
recovering consciousness.
Under the direction of the Women's
Christian Temperance union there
was held at the Methodist church in
Harvard a Silver Gray contest, con
sisting of recitations by six women,
none being eligible to enter under 40
years of age. One woman, in her
80th year, gave an interesting paper,
which she read without glasses.
The highest price ever paid for hogs
at the South Omaha market is $8.40
per hundred, which was paid for a
carload received from w-estern Iowa.
They averaged 275 pounds in weight.
W. L. Gettle, Jr. ,son of W. G.
Gettle of Table Rock, who Is an elec
trician on the Vicksburg, the war ves
sel which is guarding Uncle Sam's in
terests in Nicaragua, in a letter to
his father, gives a description of
some of Zelaya’s army and some of
its dqings. He says that the men on
the Vicksburg are anxiously awaiting
the order to fire, which was expected
each moment.
MONEY FOR SCHOOL9.
Apportionment Is Made to the Vari
ous Counties.
State Superintendent E. C. Bishop
has filed his report, showing the ap
portionment of state school funds
among the different counties as fol
lows :
No. of
County— Scholars.
Adams . 6.045
Antelope . 4.8*2
Banner . 361
Blaine . 464
Boone . 4.462
Box Butte . 1,855
Boyd . 3.442
Brown . 1,736
Buffalo . 7,381
Burt . 4,282
Sutler. 5,008
Crass . 6.234
Cedar . 5,430
Chase . 1.205
Cherry . 2,510
Cheyenne
Clay ...
Colfax .
Cuming
Custer .
Dakota
Dawes .
Dawson
Deuel
1,274
4,244
4,046
5,319
8.701
\'.ni
5,165
914
I >ixon . 3.882
Dodge . 7.254
Douglas. 39.503
Dundy . 1,428
Fillmore . 4.814
Franklin . 3.764
Frontier . 3.201
Furnas. 4,312
Cage . 9.756
Garfield . 1.182
Gosper . 1,918
Grant . 266
Greelev . 2.866
Hall .'. 5,845
Hamilton . 4.475
Harlan . 3.588
Hayes . 1.111
Hitchcock. 2,005
Holt . 5,007
Hooker . 2 7
Howard . 4.221
Jefferson . 5.sou
Johnson . 3,520
Kearney . 3,167
Keith . 1.023
Keya Paha . 1,193
Kimball . 511
Knox . C.2S1
Lancaster. 21.015
Lincoln . 4.547
Logan. 454
Loup. 740
Madison . 6,039
McPherson
Merrick .
Morrill ..
Nance ..
Nemaha
Nuckolls
Otoe _
Pawnee .
Perkins .
Phelps ..
Pierce ..
Platte ...
Polk
6^
2.170
1.205
2.854
4.519
4.124
6.320
3,781
754
3.503
3,656
6.708
3.389
Red Willow . 3,529
Richardson . 5.654
Rock . 1.234
Saline. 6.0: o
Sarpy . 2.856
Saunders . 7.193
Scott's Bluff . 1.952
Seward . 5.038
Sheridan . 1.941
Sherman . 3,047
Sioux . 1,354
Stanton . 2,806
Thayer . 4.87o
Thomas . 334
Thurston . 2.578
Valley . 3.360
Washington . 4.342
Wayne . 3,567
Webster . 4,033
ler . 7 87
York . 5.709
Amt. Due.
$ 4.214.52
3,403.69
251.69
323.50
3.110.87
’ 1.293.29
2.399.74
1.210.33
5,145.96
2.985.38
3,491.54
4.346.29
3.785.75
840.12
1.749.95
888.22
3.446.91
2.829.83
3.708.36
6.066.25
1.551.25
1.332.33
3,600.99
637.23
2.783.18
5.057.42
27,541.10
995.59
3.356.27
2.624.23
2.231.71
3.006 2S
6.801.79
824.08
1.337.21
185.45
1,998.15
4.075.08
3.119.93
2.501.52
774.5S
1.397.87
3.490.53
207.07
2.942.84
3.695.11
2.454.12
2.208.01
7.132.24
*31.76
356.27
4.379.06
14.672.37
3.170.13
316.53
515.93
4.210.34
\ 84.56
2.210.10
840.12
1.989.79
3,150.61
2.875.22
4.406.25
2.636.09
525.69
2.442 27
2.548.94
4.676.76
2.362.79
2.460.39
3.941.92
860.34
3.231.95
1.991.19
5.014.89
1.260.93
3,512.45
1.353.26
2.124.35
944.01
1.956.33
3.395.33
232.87
1.797 37
2.342.57
3.027.21
2.486.89
2.811,78
54*70
3.980.27
Total.371,353 $258,904.23
Enthusiastic Over Corn Show.
State Superintendent E. C. Bishop 1
returned from the corn show at |
Omaha highly enthusiastic over the
educational value of the exhibit. Mr. !
Bishop stated that in his estimation
the show this year far outclasses any
other such exhibition ever held. Hav
ing at heart the welfare of the school
children of the state and knowing the
benefits to be derived from their at
tendance at a corn show like this
year's, the one thing above all others
that the state superintendent would
like to see is for the corn show to
be held in Omaha again next year,
after which he thinks the location
would become permanent.
Auctions of prize grains at the show
closed with total sales amounting to
about $5,000.
Nebraska corn was among the last
put on the block for sale, but failed
to bring high prices. The ten ears
of yellow dent corn, which won first ;
prize for Harry Seitz of De Soto. 1
sold for $10, and the second premium
corn in that class went at $7.
The prize ten ears of white vari
ety, winning the Nebraska blue rib
bon for G. N. Titus of Tekamah. scjd
for $10. and the second best ten ears
wras auctioned at $5.
The influence on future corn crops |
through the distribution of the prize
corn is tremendous. The ten grand j
champion ears alone, if each kernel j
produces one good ear, would propa
gate nearly 2,500,000 bushels of im- !
proved corn in three years.
Another Candidate in Sixth.
The Sixth district has another can
didate for congress. Robert G. Ross
filed his name with the secretary of
state declaring he is a candidate for
‘he populist nomination. Mr. Ross
'ives at Lexington, Dawson county.
Protest Money to Treasury.
By the decision of the supreme
court upholding the validity of the oc
cupation tax law, the state treasury
will soon be enriched by some $20,
000. This amount of money was paid
to the secretary of state under pro
test by some 600 corporations.
May Sue Burlington.
State Oil Inspector Mullen has cer
tified to the attorney general that the
Burlington owes his department $590.
50 for the inspection of oil done by
his predecessor. He asks the attor
ney to decide whether to bring suit
for the amount.
Woman Sent to Asylum.
Mrs. Jennie Geiger, a prisoner in
the penitentiary, who attempted to
assault Mrs. Smith, wife of the war
den, with a piece of board, has been
transferred to the asylum.
1 Mr. Towne Not Chosen.
Former United States Senator
Charles A. Towne of New York has
not yet been engaged by the state of
Nebraska to present the bank guar
anty case to the United States si>
preme court, notwithstanding reports
to that effect.
Getting Down to Business.
The resignation of Second Lieuten
ant Andrew Holt of Company G, First
regiment, N. N. G., which was asked
for by Adjutant. General Hartigan,
has been received and accepted. Lieu
tenant Holt failed to be present at
the company inspection recently and
therefore his resignation was demand
ed. Mr. Holt gave as a reason for
his absence that he had company at
jis home that night and did not care
.o leave. The business committee of
he company has asked the adjutant
eneral to rescind his order.
CAPTURE | PRIZES
NAMES OF WINNERS AT NA
TIONAL CORN SHOW.
NEBRASKA DONE VERY WELL
Other States Come In Also for Honor
and Money Reward for Their
Efforts.
Douglas county stands high in the Ne- i
braska competition for prizes in the Na- |
tional Corn exposition. The county wins :
the Robins<Mi trophy for the best county
exhibit within the state. This trophy is
a silver cup valued at $250 given by the
Rohinson Seed company of Waterloo.
The best ear of corn grown in Nebraska f
came rear being produced within the I
city limits of Omaha. Almost within gun- !
shot of where the city ends and the conn- j
try begins, on the farm of William Loner- '
pan ot Florence, a tall stalk of Reed’s yel
low dent produced this one best of all the
ears of corn that Nebraska produced in
1909.
Henry Seitz of De Sota took the first
prize for the best ton ears of corn.
Ave Bros., seed growers at Blair, took
the second prize in the best ear competi
tion.
The prizes for Nebraska follow:
For best ten ears yellow dent corn. Ne
braska only: Harry Seitz, De Sota. first: .
$50; Roland Smith. I.)e Sota. second. $30;
Charles Gram. Bennington, third. $15. i
For best ten ears white dent corn. Ne
braska only: Charles J Brush, Auburn,
first. $50; Otto Zeib. Papillion. second. $25;
Roland Smith. De Sota. third, $12.50.
For best ten ears of corn other than yel- ;
low or white dent. Nebraska only: Joseph j
M Yelk. Humphrey, first. $35; Charles J.
Brush. Auburn, second, $15; H. H. Rahlf.
F;i 11s City, thirl. $15.
Winner for the sweepstakes for the best !
ten ears in Nebraska: Henrv Seitz, De t
Sota, $155.
For best single ear dent corn, any color.
Nebraska only: William Lonergan. Flor- ,
once, xiist. $5; Aye Bros.. Blair, second, ,
$4 Ed Grimm. Blair, third, $3.
For best twenty ears corn, any variety, :
Nebraska only: Francis Seitz, De Sota. i
first. $223.
For best pock hard winter wheat, Ne- j
braska only: Edward Weeth, Gretna, first.
$120; F. J. Dolozol, Morse Bluff, second, I
$10; Charlie Paaseh. Millard, third. $4.
For best peek red winter wheat. Nebras- !
ka only: S. M. Arnold. Aurora, first. $7 5;
John T leaker. Phillips, second, $16; C. W. '
Francisco. Inland, third, $4
For best peck wheat, other than hard j
or red winter, Nebraska only: A. E.
Hinricksen. St. Paul, first, $50: Henry
Hamer. Gretna, second, $5; Dctlef Stelk.
Grand Island, third. $-!.
For best peck white oats. Nebraska onlv:
W. D. Stelk. Phillips, first. $S5; J. N.
Fenerstin. Lesbara. second, $5; F. G.
Sloun. Sprague, third. $4.
For best peck black oats. Nebraska onlv:
Arnold Martin. DuBois, first. $40; R. W.
Hopkins, Tilden, second. $5.
For best peck oats, other than white and
black. Nebraska only: I >»*tlef Stelk. Grand
Island, first. $35; Austin Taylor. Omaha,
second. S5; R. \Y. Hopkins. Tilden. third,
second.$5; R. W Hopkins, Tilden. third. $4.
For host peck barley. Nebraska only:
Arnold Martin. DuBois. first. $27: J. D.
Hosik, Abie, second, $5; Roy E. Hileman,
Gretna, third. $4.
Best ton ears corn grown in Nebraska:
Aye Bros.. Blair, first. $10.
Best ten ears corn grown in nnv other
state than Nebraska: J. M. Gillman. i
Leavenworth. Kans.. first. $10.
Best single ear rorn grown in Nebraska: j
Charles J. Bush, Auburn, first. $10.
Best single oar of corn grown in any I
state other than Nebraska: J. M. Gill- j
man. Leavenworth. Kan., first. $10.
Best ten ears corn grown by Junior. J
any state: Paul Gillman, Leavenworth.
Kan., first. $10.
Best single ear corn grown by Junior
nn.v state: Paul Gillman. Leavenworth. !
Kan.. first. S10.
August Nelson of Yernor, Neb., raised j
the best sheaf of hard winter wheat.
The prize winners announced by the
judges in the sheaf grain competition arc:
Best siieaf fife wheat: William I.aist,
Bismarck, N. IX. first; E. F. .Turgensen.
Bismarck. N. D.. second; R. J. Hughes.
TVhapeton. N. P , third.
Pest sheaf blue Ht**m wheat: Thomas
Martin. Kalmoth, Ore., first; M. C. Baker.
Cascade. Mont., second; Joseph Walmer,
W ttervfile. Wash., third.
Best sheaf hard winter wheat: August
Nelson. Vernon, Neb., first; H. T. Lape,
Roseville. 111., second; C. E. Russel. Mon
mouth, 111 . third.
Best sheaf red winter wheat: S. II.
KJoek. Great Falls. Mont, first; C. E.
Poades. Waterville. Wash., second: Simon
Baumgartner, Pierce City. Neb., third.
Best shenf durum wheat: E F. Jurg
ensen. Bisbee. N. D., first; William Laist.
Bismarck. N. P.. second; Broadview Seed
company. Broadview, Mont., third.
Best sheaf wheat other than above va
rieties: George B. Manning. Kalislpell,
Mont., first: J. W. Beskman. Cokato,
Minn., second; C. F. Nelson, Bisbee. N.
D.. third.
Best sheaf white oats: John Aeeola,
Madison. Wis.. first; John Henderson.
Cokato. Minn., second; Nelson Berry, Kal
lspell. Mont., third.
Best sheaf blaek oats: Hugh Lonergan.
Florence. Neb., first; Charles A. Sum Jell.
Rvan. Iowa, second.
Best sheaf oats other than black or
white: Hugh Lonergan, Florence. Neb.,
first: E. E. Kruger. Beaver Dam.. Wis.,
second: Arthur Crandall, Monte Vista.
Colo., third .
Best sheaf six-row barley: L. R. Zer
hel. Madison. Wis., first; J. W. Beckman.
Cnkato. Minn., second; Hugh Lonergan,
Florence. Neb., third.
Best sheaf two-row barley—Gus Seig
ling. Armington, Mont., first; John Hend
erson. Cokato. Minn., second; H. E.
Krueger. Beaver Dam. Wis., third.
Best sheaf barley other than six or
two-row: Hugh Ixmergan. Florence, Neb ,
first: Charles A. Surndell. Ryan. Ia.. sec
ond: Frank Reiman. Bayfield. Colo., third.
Best sheaf rye; H. A. Hughes. Wahpe
ton. N. I)., first; J. P. Lowell. Bayfield,
Colo., second; Gus Nelson, Verona. Neb.,
third.
Best sheaf flax for seed: R. J. Hughes.
Wahpeten. N. P. first; William Laist,
Bismarck. N. !>.. second; Brunner Bros.,
Hurley, S. IX. third.
Best sheaf flax for fiber—Hugh Loner
gnn, Florence. Neb., first: John Hender
son. Cokato. Minn., second; A. W. Jewett.
Mason, Mich., third.
Best Sheaf buckwheat: Paul Gillman.
Leavenworth. Kan., first; H. E. Krueger,
Beaver Dam. Wis.. second.
Best sheaf buckwheat: Paul Gillman.
Leaven worth. Kami?., first: H. E. Krueg
er. Beaver Dam. Wis.. second.
Best sheaf field peas: H. F. Albrecht,
Kallispel. Mont, first; L. I>. Smith, Eureka,
Mont., second: H. E. Krueger, BeaVer
Dam. Wis.. third.
Best sheaf sov beans: Hugh Lonergan,
Florence. Neb., first: H. E. Krueger, Bea
ver Dam. Wis.. second; M. Nelson, Fay
etteville. Ark., third.
The prize winners in the grass and for
age competition are;
Best peck of red clover seed: II. W.
Meekin. Fond du Lac. Wis.. first. $150.
Best four-inch sheaf red clover; LfR.
Zerbel. Madison. Wis.. first. $20: Miss
Anna Martin. Du Bois. Neb., second. $6.50;
J. M. "Gillman. Leavenworth. Kan., third,
$5.00.
Best: hale red clover: John Leader, Ft.
Crook. Neb., first, $1«0; Lewis Leader,
Papillion, Neb., second. $11; Otto Zeiz,
P* pillion. Neb., third. $5.
Best peak timothy seed: H. W. Meekin,
Zelaya Controls Monopolies.
Washington.—The report from Man
agua that the Nicaraguan congress,
probably anticipating the early re
tirement of President Zelaya, attempt
ed to authorize a number of import
ant concessions to friends of Zelaya.
calls attention to the number of vast
ly remunerative monopolies already en
joyed by Zelaya and his friends in
that counjtry. The facts as to these
monopolies are contained in official re
ports to the state department and are
said to be suspectible of absolute
proof. '
Ten Million Spent on Harber.
Washington.—In a letter directed to
the house of representatives the secre
tary of war transmitted a report of
the general board of United States en
gineers recommending the extension
of harbor projects at Galveston. Tex.,
and the appropriation therefor from
the public treasury of $3,988,480. The
report of the district engineer, which
is appended, that the depth of the
channel be thirty-five feet, but the
general board advises that thirty feet
only is justified as at the present
tima
Fond du Lac, Wis., first. $100; D. G. dale,
Manchester, la., second, $10; H. I*. West,
Ripon. Wis., third, $5.
Best four-inch sheaf timothy; William
Lonergan, Florence. Nob., first. $:;0; Miss
Anna Martin, Du Bois, Neb., second. $5;
Roy O. Homan, Eastern, Mo., third. $3.
Best bale timothy: L. M. Voider, Hope,
Ind., first. $G5; Fred Sass. Eden. Wis.. sec
ond. $10; F. O. Briggs, Fond du Lac, Wis.,
third. $5.
Best peck alfalfa seed: J. M. Gilhnan,
Leavenworth. Kan., first, $50; Lohr Bros.,
Totnpacol, Mont., second, $10; James Grif
fin. Chinook. Mont., third. $5.
Best four-inch sheaf alfalfa: John Bak
ing. Burley. S. D.. first. $20; John Hen
derson, Cokato, Minn., second. $6.5o; Arn
old Martin. Du Bois, Neb., third. $5.
Best bale alfalfa: H. P. Stevens, Max
well. Neb., first. $65; C. N. Schmale, Em
erald. Neb., second, $10; J. D. Ziller, Hia
watha. Kan., third, $5.
Best four-inch sheaf upland wild hay:
L. H. Zerbel, Madison. Wis., first. $10; J.
Hungfellow. Havre, Mont., second, $5; J.
M. Croft, Stanford. Mont., third. $3.
Best bale wild upland hay. J. T. Lough,
Hanford, Mont., first, $40; John Denker,
Phillips, Neb., second. $10; William Stelk,
Sr.. Grand Island, Neb . third, $5.
Best peck millet seed: Rothgeb Milford,
111., first. $50; Paul BurtzlafL Stillwater,
Minn., second, $10; H. T. Lap*. Roseville,
111., third, $2.
Best four-inch sheaf millet: J. H. Tay
lor. Waterloo. Neb., first. $12.50; William
Lonergan. Florence, Neb., second, $5;
Brunner Bros , Hurley. S. I)., third. $3.
Winners of Corn Sweepstakes io Zones.
F. J. Lindsay. Fox Lake, Wis.. for
single ear in northern zone. Competition
limited to states of Dakotas, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
William !>. Littlejohn, Kent land. Ind.,
for best single ear corn, any color, in
north central zone. Competition limited
to Columbiana. Stark, Wyno, Ashland,
Richmond. Morrow. Delaware. Union,
Logan. Shelby and Mercer and all coun
ties north in Ohio; Joy. Blackford. Grant,
Howard. Carroll. White. Jasper, Newton
and all counties north in Indiana: Minus,
all territory north of T. P. <v \V. Ry.. east
of Peoria and nodth of the following coun
ties: Fulton, McDonough and Hancock:
all of Iowa and all of Nebraska east of
the western zone.
F. C. Palin. Newton, Ind.. for the best
single ear dent corn, any color, in south
ern central zone. Competition limited to
all of Kansas east of western zone. Mis
souri. Kentucky, and all of Illinois. Indi
ana and Ohio south of north central zone.
T\ B. Easterly. Villa Rica. Go. . far the
best single ear. any color, in the south
ern zone, competition limited to all states
south of West Virginia, Kentucky, Mis
souri and Kansas.
Leo Brueckner. Ft. Atkinson, Wis.. for
the best ten ears corn, any variety, in
northern zone. Competition limited t>> the
Dakotas. Minnesota. Wisconsin and Michi
gan.
Frank Sar, Essex. Ia.. for best ten ears
corn, any variety, in the north central
zone. Competition limited to Columbi
ana. Stark. Wayne, Ashland. Richland.
Morrow. Delaware. Union, Logon. Shelby
and Mercer and all counties north in Ohio;
Joy. Blackford. Grant. Howard, Carroll,
White, Jasper, Newton and all counties
north in Indiana: Illinois, all territory
north of the T. P. & W. Ry.. east of
Peoria and north of the following counties:
Fulton. McDonough and Hancock; all of
Iowa and all of Nebraska east of the west
ern zone.
Joseph Overstreet. Franklin, Ind.. for
the best ten ears dent corn, any variety,
in the south central zone. Competition
limited to all of Kansas east of western
zone, Missouri, Kentucky, and all of Illi
nois. Indiana and Ohio south of north
central zone.
R. S. Brandon. Normandy. Term., for
the best ten ears corn, any variety, in
southern zone. Competition limited t » all
states south of West Virginia. Kentucky,
Missouri and Kansas.
I). M. Walter Funk. Wray. Colo., for
the best ten ears corn, any variety, in the
western zone. Competition limited to all
states wesl of Texas. Oklahoma, the Da
kotas and that portion of Kansas west of
the following counties: Jewell. .Mitch. 11,
Lincoln. Ellsworth. Rice. Rena, Kingman
and Harper; and Nebraska west of the
following counties: Boyd. Holt. Garfield,
Custer. Dawson. Gosper and Furnas.
South Dakota Prize Winners. •
Winers of prizes offered for South Da
kota growers only, in corn, wheat, oats
and barley at the National Corn exposi
tion are:
For best ten eats yellow dent corn: .T.
P. Thompson. Elkpoint. first. $50; George
H. Whiting. Yankton, second. $J8.
For best ten ears dent corn, other than
yellow: Hugh C. Pierce. Fairfax, first,
$32: Runner Bros. Hurley, second. $15.
For best ten cars flint corn, any variety:
L. IT. Krueger. Orient, first, $20; G< >rge
H. Whiting. Yankton, second $5.50; Peter
Newberg. Sioux Falls, third. $2.
For best single ear dent corn, anv color:
T. P. Thompson. Elkpoint, first. $5; John
Lakirg. Hurley, secon i. $4; George H.
Whiting. Yankton, third. $3.
For best peck life wheat: Jacob Mees,
alpena. first, $25; J. L. Jones, Clark, sec
ond. $5.
For bpst pock blue stem wheat: Charles
P. Behultz. favour, first. $"2: A't Is John
son, Mount Vernon, second, $5; Jess John
son. Beresford. third, $4.
For best pec k whet^l. oilier tlian fife or
blue stem: Charles A. Schulta. Cuvour,
first. $12.50.
For best pock white oats: Jess Johnson,
Beresford. first, $25: J. L» Jones. Clark,
second, $5.u0; Brunner Bros., Hurley,
third. $4.00.
For best peck oats, other than white:
William Scissons. Bonesteel. first, $15;
Jacob Mees. Alpena, second. $5.
For best peck six-rowed barley: Wil
liam Scissons. Bonesteel. first, $25; Nels
Johnson. Mount Vernon, second. $5.
Kernels.
When the prize stains were put on sale
at the National Corn exposition farmers,
publishers of agricultural papers and plant
breeders paid higher prices for the prize
winners than has ever been paid before
for such samples of grain. K. E. Faville,
editor of Successful Farming, takes home
to Dos Moines the prize ten ears Of corn,
having paid $335 for them. The corn was
grown by J. K. Overstreet of Franklin,
Ind , and won more than $1,000. They
are known as the “champion sweepstakes
ears." and brought almost $100 more than
the ten ears last year.
Arthur Caper of Topeka, of the Cap
newspapers. paid $2S0 for the best bushel
of corn in the world, levolving seventy
cars and at the rate Faville paid the
bushel would have cost hint $2,315.
H. E. Kugger of Beaver Dam, Wis., who
won the sweepstakes on wheat, producing
the best pei'k the world has ever seen,
according to judges, paid $101 for the
peck that he might retain it and take it
back to Wisconsin for seed.
Mr. James Hill's pride peek of wheat,
to which he gave his special blue ribbon
and grand first premium, sold for $10.50
at auction. The prize Hill w tent was
grown by If. Garfus at Acton. N. 1).. and
was knocked down to W. A. Wheeler, a
Mitchell seed dealer. Mr. Hill had de
clared that this wheat was superior in
milling quality to the grand sweepstakes
champion wheat of the show, grown by
H. E. Krueger of Beaver Dam, Wis.,
which was sold for $104._
Arbuckles ‘‘Put It Back.”
New York.—Arbuckle brothers, gen
erally credited with being the largest
independent rivals of the American
Sugar Refining company, have ac
knowledged that from 189S to 1907
they, too, failed to pay the govern
ment all the money due as customs
charges on imported sugar. In settle
ment of all civil claims against them,
the Arbuckles have offered and the
treasury department, with the concur
rence of the attorney general, has ac
cepted payment of $095,573 for trans
gressions.
“Go Naked, Be Strong.”
Philadelphia^ Pa.—“Go naked and
you will be pure in mind and strong
of body. I would not be surprised to
see the men and the women walking
hand in hand down Chestnut street
wearing nothing but the unconscious
innocence that clean mind brings.”
This is what Mrs. Raymond Duncan,
Grecian wife of Raymond Duncan, mu
sician and scholar, said. Mrs. Dun
can and her husband and their 4-year
old son Menaikas walked the streets,
followed by a curious crowd. The tem
perature was 30.
Trophies for Smithsonian.
Washington.—The Smithsonian Afri
can expedition, headed by former
President Theodore Roosevelt, had up
to December 1, taken 60.GC3 skins, of
which less than one-half have been
received at the institution here. The
collection consists of 243^1arge mam
mals, 1,500 small mammals and 1,356
birds. The collection has a series of
human skulls picked up along the
line of the ancient slave trail. This
statement of the work of the expedi
tion was made recently by Secretary
Walcott.
AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.
Will Break Up a Cold in Twenty-Four
Hours and Cure Any Cough That
Is Curable.
The following mixture is often pre
scribed and is highly recommended
for coughs, colds and other throat and
bronchial trouble. Mix two ounces
of Glycerine, a half-ounce of Virgin
Oil of Pine compound pure, and eight
ounces of pure Whisky. These can be
bought in any good drug store and eas
ily mixed together in a large bottle.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure is prepared only in the
laboratories of the Leach Chemical
Co., Cincinnati, and put up for dis
pensing in half-ounce vials.
JUST WANTED A SENSATION
Tender Passion Not the Only Thing
That Prompted Young Man's
Question.
The girl was very rich and the ;
young man was poor, but honest. She
liked him, but that was all, and he
knew it. One night he had been a
little more tender than usual.
"You are very rich,” he ventured.
“Yes,” she replied frankly. “I am
worth $1,250,000.”
“And I am poor.”
“Yes.”
“Will you marry me?”
“No.”
“I thought you wouldn't.”
"Then why did you ask me?”
"Oh, just to see how a man feels j
when he loses $1,250,000.”—Ulus- j
trated Sunday Magazine.
SORE EYES_CURED.
Eye-Balls and Lids Became Terribly
Inflamed—Was Unable to Go About
—All Other Treatments Failed, But
Cuticura Proved Successful
“About two years ago my eyes got
in such a condition that I was unable
to go about. They were terribly in
flamed, both the balls and lids. I '
tried home remedies without relief.
Then I decided to go to our family
physician, but he didn’t help them.
Then I tried two more of our most
prominent physicians, but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
a friend of mine advised me to try
Cuticura Ointment, and after using it I
about one week my eyes were con
siderably improved, and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since and
I am now sixty-five years old. I shall
always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey,
Mouth of Wilson, Va„ Apr. 4. 1008.”
Potter Drug & Chern. Corp., So’o Props., Boston.
Is Prayer Geographical?
Not long ago, in an important coun
ty in Ohio, the women and others
prayed that it would go ’'dry” and it
did. A few days later, the people in
Nassau and Suffolk counties. Long Is
land. prayed that these counties would
become desiccated and a count of
the votes showed that there was noth
ing doing. In both cases only those J
people prayed who were accustomed j
to that form of weapon. Accordingly j
there is a strong suggestion that [
prayer, like the tariff, is a local issue.
A Pair of Them.
No. 1—"Now mind, Johnny,” said the
mother of a five-year-old, “there’s a
ghost in that dark closet guarding the
jam.”
No. 2 (two hours later)—“Oh. mam
mal’’ cried Johnny. “That ghost in
the dark closet has eaten nearly half
the jam!”
A Rare Good Thing.
"Am using Allen's Foot-Ease, anil can
truly say I would not have been without
It so long, had 1 known the relief it would
give my aching feet. 1 think it a rare good
thing for anyone having sore or tired feet.
—Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, R.
I.” Sold by all Druggists, 20e. Ask to-day.
“S3ft and Nice.”
She—George, dear, do you love me? I
He—Yes, darling; very much.
She—Say something soft and nice to i
me.
He—Oh, custard pie!—Judge.
Some people suffer continually with
tired, aching and swollen feet. Little do
they know how soothing is Hamlins Wiz
ard Oil. Rub it in at night and have
thankful, happy feet in the morning.
It worries a modest girl if a man
tries to kiss her—and it worries a
young widow if he doesn't.
AI,LK\’S I.l'NO BALSAM
has been used successfully for years fordeep-seated
coughs, colds and bronchitis. Everybody should
know about It. It is simple, safe and sure.
There is a place for everything, and i
the place for slippers is very often on
the seat of a small boy’s trousers.
Lewis' Single Hinder cigar. Original in Tin
Foil Smoker Package. Take no substitute.
It’s easy for a woman to paint a ;
pretty face—if she has one.
Ibr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate and Invig
orate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated,
tiny granules, easy to take as candy.
A good guesser always boasts of
his intuition.
Piano Sale Extraordinary
That is the only term for our
Golden Anniversary Sale
now in progress. You may secure a High Grade, Sweet Toned Piano—Fully Guar
anteed, and Save from $100 to $^00— from regular retail prices. Here are son ■ of the
Bargain Values to be secured:
$230 Story & Camp at. I®
$00o Steinway Grand Square at . 73
$300 Kimball at. 85
$330 Sterling at. 95
$300 Singer at.115
$330 Ivers & Pond at.130
$230 Stetson at.13*
*2?,i Milton at.
$225 Norwood at. l^’
$330 Cramer at.lo5
Write for Complete T.ist—Catalogues anti Terms.
Don’t Tut this off—Do It Now. Terms $1 a Week.
SCHMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO CO.
Deist. W-12Est. 1859Omaha, Neb.
m ttST fttWflK TOR (§U&HSw($U>S
is as safe as it is effective. Guar
anteed to contain no opiates. It is |
veiy palatable too—children like il.
All Druggists. 25 Cents
HIS TIME WAS SHORT.
She—What do you mean, Lieut.
I Schmidt? You have known me only
{ two days and want to kiss me?
| He—Can’t help it! My leave is up
to-morrow.
CUP THIS OUT.
Valuable Recipe When Afflicted with
Rheumatism or Backache.
This is a renowned doctor’s very
best prescription for rheumatism.
“One ounce compound syrup Sarsa
parilla; one ounce Toris compound;
half pint high grade whiskey. Mix
them and take a tablespoonful before
each meal and at bed time. The bof
tle must be well shaken each time.’’
Any druggist has these ingredients
or he will get them from his whole
sale house. *
A married man can always get a lit
tle off his sentence for bad behavior.
Nebraska Directory
A Grateful Man Says of
UNCLE SAM
Breakfast Food
AS A CURE FOR CONSTIPATION
“Enables me to go to stool with
out syringe or medicine, a thing I
have not been able to do for four
or five years-”
William Ritches.
Such voluntary testimonials are
constantly received.
ASK YOUR GROCER ABOUT IT
HE CERTAINLY KNOWS
U. S. B. F. Co., Omaha
SteelWoolSole
RUBBERS
Boots and Arctics
Best Prices
Made Same
Trale Maks
Ask your Dealer for Goods with this brain*
American Hand-Sewed Shoe Co.
OMAHA
RUPTURE
Of all va- •!.
rietietj per- J
maneotly |
cured in a 1
few days without a surgical operation
or detention from business. No pay
will be accepted until the patient is
completely satisfied. Write or call on
FRANTZ H. WRAY, M. 0.
Room 306 Bee Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
IX) you want the Best Corn Shelter made? 11 kx
insist on having a
MARSEILLES CORN SHELLER
Write for catalog or see your local dealer.
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO.. OMAHA
TAFT’S DENTAL ROOMS
1517 Douglas St.. OMAHA, NEB.
Reliable Dentistry at Moderate Price*.
U/ri n|NA (autogenous) By
if bk Ul llvl thisprocessall broken
parts of machinery made go<>d as new. Welds
cast Iron, cast steei, aluminum, copper, brass or
any other metal. Expect automobile ret.air.njf.
BERTSCHY MOTOR CO.. Council Bluffs.
Birds & Animals kinds Mounted
J. E. WALLACE, Taxidermist and Furrier
2020 Lake Street OMAHA, NEB.
TYPEWRITERS &L«
MtoJi Mfr h price. Carl, or time pay.
V»» ?a **r *» price. ttHi or time pay
mente. Rented, rent applies. We ship
•anywhere for free examination No da
'gn-it Write for big bargain lint and i.fli-r
Woodman Hide Oiaafca.
Woman Suffrage
It's coraln?-sometime. but when! Rend 35 cents full
ver- and my splendid poem “Women’s ltitrhts.
which tells how women may obtain the ballot qolrklv
Address T. It. Armstrong. University Place. Lincoln. Ne b.
Salts and Castor
a* |—bad stuff—never cure,
■1 only makes bowels move be
cause it irritates and sweats them,
like poking finger in your eye. The best
Bowel Medicine is Cascarets.
Every Salts and Castor Oil user should
get a box of CASCARETS and try
them just once. You’ll see. 884
(XT THIS OUT, mail it with your address tc
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Id., and re. eiv,
a handsome souvenir gold iiou nuu i !;t_K