HEWS OF TOE WEEK
CONDENSATION^ or GREATER GR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
* BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
P- t>cAi. Pt'ac-al and Oth«r
Kifr'i mi Brief Farm for AU
C ai*cs of Readers
WASHINGTON
was charged Si Senator
Thawa* <if Colorado with reck.lt**
u: jww_rmC'-d rUNuumt
T*r >ea m .'A which Si*c.»Aer Champ
CiA - fu~C the ALaaka railroad bill
%aa i-i.r of Uaaka g**!d and *»* be!d
Is aa itiiry jrahc dr: made from the
lilt Of a mutdoa Uiai ruane-d ui
A a» r> in t '■ •!» -'Af_ui } *-ara
OF
Hiildrrdt of t i utt£dt of people
•J* h«iw* lured OM 'he Hock- «•
ck*t«ri ef V» Turk and other wo
ama! mim sa jr of their
aut • he iVnoua CoaaMi club wa«
told by * ..ator Utrti of Oklahoma.
The *•..4Mr «pc*ke on u biU to regtt
laic d<r i market*.
Ia»» ?.sa:i-*»* ut the Per# Via:
gBrtte i*:iruad and the Chicago. Rock
Island A Per she. a* propor-d by re»o
ta>it*i> pending in the house, would
cats'. >'-’«rd:a* U» »t1i—,N by tin
It •» . Tr ••Sia^rce I on.Mi-t.aB. b>
fweth I • «**• and ff '• «'*
E> idencie gathered hr I n.ted State*
Ii^tnct Attachef H Snowden Mar
•ha): of hew Turk on the charge by
tollit.cn.. iuro dewier* that the
MiCr—saiitaa Tutorro Co of New
Turk - operas. t.g its restraint ot
trad • will h* avd before Attorney
G«ria Vhib-i aoMi and G C Todd.
k» a»*o« asl. is charge of tmH prone
«B?.he|a,
ie !-}«, « pe; easiest repot'.* the .
New Vara Xes Ha«e* * Hartford
i» rust lab bad deters. tied to
aha- .i«e r-. • I'.fitif ;<ir a peaceful
4mm K.UM 4 tMir itaim. it wu
•arc uere '.hat Chairman Elliott and
kauri for Tfc* road would come to
\ha*bm*t«*t * »thm a few days to
take up the th ead* of the ..:.taa*!injt
where the* were dr->pj<ed near'r a
*. JJC#
TW- report of the meant* wubeoia-,
K:t'o «Lirk ;a««*tME*'*d !> We*t
Tars** <a iati drJtr ha* hr** £ ed in
th. t rat* by uematar Svto'ua of;
\ irjau tii^tua ol • > »«nautt«
Ul» report » -i.e (imritmai eon
4*t»t*n*‘ ia t e ftrkr Held o “maat dr
pM»ra»-le leak*-* at* 'rronjL'UdktMu.
the totHSBiUe. .SpUrti t.£ that the
TewolmMo ae'harizins it conferred on
It so power o neoouaesd re media
IfMTitliai
DOMESTIC.
ihianenMt is mow cured by
•t&wtir* aader ■ ae Ettrtioa of Prof
A-e an* a. a lore-sa surgeon. t&e ...a*
!!• aac |« *tt* the correct way of
!*»•-•» 'he Mo*th and p*
The ..br»rjr of eo»*re** at Washing
ton .» now ranked a* third ah.one the
pri Jhranr* od the word The li
brary wa» ftrvt entaV.ui.lied .c 1S40
It »a* aim©** totally destroyed in
1*41. a»d the private library of Thom
aa JeCeraon a* purr-hated by t u:. acres t
ht Wart The ro jertton aaew
* XtcUi* intends tn
make u> :»r <na« ao^t oL far the up
jotm'tuetrt at pm'atsi'i at l-iticu.n tn
nWw' tao ureeh> Ha ata - that he'.
a at to look oi er tit at
tewaoutt for the rtnou «andidate*
loa* had om is. ej*h a viem to send
tea tk* uot of a ntmar to Post
master Pii*-r about March St*.
R«*ototktt» protesting itt-n*! th«
aptr:»!a*f of trx-ato Nathan, form
er aa)(ir at hot:,* as the ttior to
tb» Pane *ns-Pads*- n put t .00 »*-r**
nd»»pt»d b> tha ciereute hoard cif
•hr American Federation of < a’ hoi if
Societies at Chicago Tha resolution
**M that all t'atbottc societies
pratest ana-sat tun. myth the prase
•eat of the Panama Pmelflr exposition
(.rata at last year s crops remain
fen oa farms March 1 formed the ash
Jnct of the department of agrieul- j
tare s crap report for March The de
partment a crop reportlcs board esti
psaiea the amount of wheat. corn, oats
sad Parley on farms, with rompari
•osi tor preceding years the propor
tut af each crop a hich will be
pn ppcd out of the rout • ies
Sntsen sinkers are unde*- military
arrest ia Tr cidad a connection aith
tnc t- :• *cd murder of Noil Smith, a
t'orheu sosnSfS miaer. a hose multi
fated body was found on the Colomlo
• Mow'hern tracks at Suflleld siding.
W » Jones pay Blaster for the
1 Co- at Ueaier. is dead of heart
C. F sad I. to. Denver. Is bead of
hear- failure Me mas formerly an j
•duester. being superintendent of the
linet»>a. Neb- st hoots and lat«g aanr
l,t a ess year term a» Nebraska state
pperiat endec t
Fhve day# St hard labor on the city
r k pile was 'he sentence for -peed
pg p>a> W. f. Barker, milljoniare
tub aaaa. by Judge J M. Stevetson
the manictpal court at Ponland.
The government's regulations re
fa.-d.ug he manufacture and sale of
pieman arise are so strict that the
akde'b as Of the law charged aga.net
f Jelke and others were i»
1 --TVtlT1^ t mas argued at their trial
Jc the Chicago federal eoun by their
•notary. John Barton Payne.
• • •
When Pooeml Letcher left ■ Paso.
Te* to marn to his poet at Chthua*
hua. P » understood that he earned
test rud ions from Senretary of State
Dr,., with refaraoc* tn the ease of
tews Terrsaaa. Jr.
I hiring tbe last year one aviator
u> killed for > ■ lailtt flown.
In m3 there were 322.831 foreigner*
ad: ’ted to the Cnited States who
were illiterate.
• • •
India rubber bus been grafted to
.tine c**--.es by 1‘rof. Beibet of Paris
to relieve an .ntestinai hemia.
* * *
ladirtRients wer*' returned at Chi
■ a-' ana : s’ Her.r> Piegel and Prank
S Voft- . de|«Y;ment store bankrupts
Two hundred and fifty convicts
from tn«- Illinois state penitentiary at
Joliet wiil be sent out to work on the
-ta’e roads as soon as the weather
will permit.
• • •
The federal grand jury at Council
Bluffs. Iowa. returned an indictment
gainst Harry H. Wood!mg.proprietor
of Council Biitffs mail order house.
»1 arcing misuse of the mails by cir
ng inMcading whruUiwtwti
Hereafter lior-e-drawn vehicle*, as
well a~ automobile- on New York
state public highways must display a
red light visible from the rear in the
wight time, according to a bill signed
at Albany by Governor Glynn.
The Ket 'M-ky • :*e of representa
tive* at Cranston, by a vote of lit) to
i. passed a hill prov iding for the
tutacs*. to the voter- at the elec
t.on it. of a constitutional amend
men: pro\ id.:.* for a 'ate-wide pro
hibition.
• • •
C Hunter Rain* at Memphis plead
ed not goiev to seventeen indict
met.is in connection with the alleged
♦ ml«-.• re!• :..••! t of more than $1,000,
•«*o from 'he defunct Mercantile bank
of Hemp:.:- i: vim i he was presi- !
:• He i .ido t:o request for bail
and was returned to jail
Mr* L. S Sht-Mim of Lawrence,
KiD, has att»< no * d herself as a can
l:date f< ■ a-m ale . .slice of the su
pirme court She has practiced law
ia Topeka and Lawrence for twenty
;>ears a: d s the hist woman to seek
a 5 .a« e on -rje oench .n Kansas. She
* a cai.c ua’e n n« ..partisan ticket.
Tie eie non in Omaha r*
- .i*ed • ’he rarr’-mg of one measure
nly. tiia' of m ven*fares for a quarter
n 'tie street raiiv.aj The bonds for
the purcha of the audi
r.uni the :• . li nk- of an .ncinerator
l> ar/ and t..e pr. j« sec home rule
charter proposi: .-n were sadly de
feated.
Ti e V. *t>r- ' P-rcc Oil company
*is lined a *t*a! of $lt.'-<*o in federal
-
com par. > fcud been found guilty on
fourteen counts of an indictment
cL.irutait tijia'.i n of the K'.kins law
T:.- company charged with mak
trig ate concessions on oil shipments
.n 1S»*4. ’ ard •*•.. fmqj Bisby, 111.,
points south .! Alexandria, in
laouisiaiia.
^ s o- f'.;* ■•'><.• has been fled
tw the >tate . : Texas a* Livingston,
Tei. i.;-i • ' the Missouri. Kansas $
Texas railway of Texas and the Beau
m"!.• & <>»•*: Northern Railway com
J»t I'e.-.altie* for a legtd violation
of the s^ate safety appliance act by
a -e *<• t < vide * ectric headlights
a :t« n.a* io spiers and power brakes
on er.g r -s covering a period of two
year* were asked
FOREIGN.
The British naval es for
tllFIS amount to 92S3.7SMM.
The rate of discount of the bank
of A .<:r h was reduced !rom 4ta to
4 per cost.
Tte extraordinary mi tary esti
mates j .- submitted to the Russian
duma auto int to over $•;",!*<jb,000.
Navigation of the Panama canal
wil haie *o be regularly suspended
during the early morning hours, or
else stringent regulations must be
enforced to .nsure safety on account
of fogs in the Cu.ebra cut. according
to t'aptain H igh Rodman. V. S. N .
who is slated to become superintend
ent of operation
Following tne recent dispatch from
Vera <j"ui to the British and German
legal ons in Mexico City of machine
guns and squads of trained gunners,
arrangements have been made to
place in the hands of ail Americans
capable ol bearing arms weapons for
seil-defense fj> the e\ent of an upris
ing in the Mexican capital.
Two Turkish army aviators, Xurl
Bey and Ismail Bev. fei] into the sea
whiie flying to the south of Jaffa
Their areoplane had broken down and
they made a rapid glide to the water
where they were able to disentangle
themsehes from the machine and
and swim ashore.
Half a century of effort to Prus
; sianize the Danish population of
Schleswig-Holstein, which has been
pass : g in review with the semi cen
tennial celebration of the conauering
>rf the province, is a failure
Princes* Sophia, wife of the ruler
of the new state ..f Albania, is said
t i t.e a high;-- gifted wot an. She is
the mother of two children and quite
a musician She piuys :h harp, man
dolin and guitar, singing to tier own
scompaniments She paints afld writes
poems and has collected about her in
Potsdam a charming circle of artists.
She grew up in the country in Rou
j mania and can ride any kind of horse.
. , .
The Turkish government has do
e.ded to admit women to the universi
ty. v here special lectures in hygiene,
domestic science and womenrights
w ill be delivered for their benefit.
• • •
Dis-entions within the Pankhurst
f-—«il> threaten to end Ms leadership
of the militant suflraget army in Loo
den; according To assertions by some
of the younger members of the organ
ization. known formally as the wom
ens social and political anion It is
Isold that the dissensions are rift.
VOTES 10 DISSOLVE
U. S. Express Company* Will Quit
Business.
ENDS SIXTY YEARS’ ACTIVITY
Effects of Parcel Post and Recent
Rate Reductions Said to be
Cause of Dissolution.
New York.—Directors of the ITnit
ed Slates Express company have
voted unanimously to liquidate it?
afiairs and dissolve it in the shortest
possible time. The resolution under
which this action was recommended '
follow s:
'Resolved, That pursuant to the
power and authority Conferred upon
the board of directors of the Tnited
States Express company by its ar
ticles of association, the board unan
imously declares that it is for the
oest interests of the company tha it
be dissolved as soon as may be. with
out awaiting the expiration of its
term of existence; and that its busi
ness and affairs be settled up and ,
finally adjusted as promptly as may :
be done. The president is directed to !
inform the shareholders of the com
pany of said action of the board.”
Committee Appointed.
A committee on liquidation, which ;
embraces the leading interests in the
company, including Charles A. Pea
body. president of the Mutual L.ife In- :
surance company, and the chief fi
nancial adviser of the Harrison
estate; William A. Reed. ex-Senator
W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts I
and Hanley Fiske, vice president of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany, was appointed to undertake the
work of dissolution.
The precise means to be adopted
for realizing on the company's assets >
were not disclosed, but it is thought
likely that a syndicate will be formed
to take them over so that tliey may
be disposed of to the best advantage.
Parcel Post Blamed in Part.
The success of the parcel post ..and ■
the recent order of the Interstate
Commerce commission, resulting in a
1C per cent reduction in express
charges, are held directly responsible
for the company's retirement from
business after sixty years of nntiau
ous operation over some of the lead
ing railroads of the country.
Earnings of the company for the
five months of the fiscal year, so far
reported, showed steady declines,
with a deficit of $32,000 for Novem
ber. Holiday business was fairly
large, but earnings continued to
dwindle until some of the more in
fluential interests became outspoken
for liquidation.
Shriners Back from Philippines.
Seattle. Wash.—One hundred and
fifty nobles of the Mystic Shrine, rep
resenting most of the important tem
ples in the Cnited States and Canada,
are here from Manila, where they
went under the auspices of Nile Tem
ple of Seattle, to install 150 novices.
The Shriners, who left Seattle Decem
ber 3o, made the longest pilgrimage
in the history of the order, visiting
the principal ports in the Orient.
.Many of the men were accompanied
by their families, the entire party
numbering 350 persons.
Unlucky for Truant Husbands.
Chicago, III.—Friday, the thirteenth, ;
was unlucky for truant husbands in
Chicago. Thirteen women appeared
before the clerk-of the court of do
mestic relations and swore out thir
teen warrants for thirteen husbands
on thirteen charges of abandonment.
The warrants were sent to thirteen
police stations. Andrew Higginson,
the thirteenth defendant on the dock
et, charged with abandonment, was
ordered to pay his wife $13 a week.
Finds Dynamite in Coal.
Fairbury-—C. F. Vinson, janitor at
the First National bank, while tiring
the furnace just as he had his shovel
pointed ready to empty it in the fur- j
nace. found a stick of dynamite in
the coal as he was about to heave it j
into the tire. Mr. Vinson does not
think the dynamite was placed there
intentionally, but that the explosive
accidently got in the coal in the
mine.
Famous Soldier Visits U. S.
New York.—Colonel Sir Francis Ed
ward Younghusband of the British
army, the first white man to lead a
military force into the Sacred City of
Uhassa in Thibet, arrived here on the
steamship Mauretania to make a tour
of the I'nited States.
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May Call An Extra Session.
Austin. Tex.—Governor O. B. Col
quit has announced that he will con
fer with party leaders over the advis
ability of calling a special session of
the Texas legislature.
Jack Johnson Forced to Leave.
Stockholm.—“Jack” Johnson, the
American negro pugilist, who was to
have engaged in wrestling matches
with Jess Pederson and others in
Gothenburg, has been forced to leave
Sweden owing to the hostile demon
stration against him.
Sterilizing of Defectives.
New York.—The sterilization of
mentally defective boy pupils in the
public schools is reccommended in a
report just made to the board of edu
cation by a special committee.
Would Arm Po'icewomen.
Chicago.—Ten policewomen recent
ly appointed and now under course
of instruction in the police school,
will carry revolvers and attend
monthly target practice if an order
; now being considered by James Glea
son, chief of police, goes into effect.
—
Richie Bests WolgasL
Milwaukee, Wis.—A knockdown
scored in the seventh round and su
perior glove play gave Willie Richie,
lightweight ehampion of the world, a
ten-round victory over Ad Woigast. '
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
J. I. Corley has assumed charge of
the postoffice at Weeping Water.
The Sunday baseball question will
be voted upon at Kearney in April.
The Southwest Nebraska Teachers*
association meets at McCook. April 1,
2 and 3.
The nest meeting of the Nebraska
Plumbers' association will be held in
Lincoln.
The Fairbury ice plant has begun
operations with a capacity of thirty
five tons daily.
F. W. Goehner has donated ten pic
tures. collected in Europe, to the Sew
ard public library.
A farmers' co-operative association
has been organized at Talmage with a
capital of $25,000.
The Burlington shops at Havelock 1
arc again running full time and em
ployes are pleased.
The liquor license question will be
submitted to the voters of Superior
at the spring election.
Twelve carloads of immigrants and
their belongings will settle near Dal
ton. Cheyenne county.
Mrs. Frank Kirkpatrick at Fairbury
has developed blood poisoning from
the use of nose glasses.
The Genoa village council has adopt
ed an ordinance making the village a
city of the second class.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Ramsey of
Beatrice celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary last week.
The Methodist church at Tecumseh
is conducting a series of revivals that
may continue for some time.
Charles A. Mohrman of the Xeligh
schools has been chosen as superin
tendent of schools at Seward.
The city council at Kearney has re
jected all paving bids because of legal
tangles in the bids submitted.
Val Kuska. a graduate of the state
farm at Lincoln, has been appointed
farm demonstrator for Madison
county.
The Upland school board has called
a special election to vote on bonds j
for the construction of an $18,000
building.
J. S. Bonebright of Cortland had sev
eral teeth knocked out by the ■•kick” .
cf the crank as he was starting his au
tomobile
A woman. Mrs. Auguste Behrends.
has been drawn as a petit juryman
for the next term of the Otoe county
district court.
Because he failed to land a job he
had seen advertised. S. P. Cook. 60
years old. suicided by gas asphyxia
tion at Omaha.
The city council of North Platte is
investigating municipal electric light j
systems with a view ;o installing one
to cost $47,000
.T, E. Mason, a carpenter, was at
tacked by a wolf in the vicinity of
Plattsmouth. but by vigorous use of
an ax finally killed it.
Norfolk has purchased the Fremont
baseball franchise in the Nebraska
State league. The entire Fremont
team was purchased in the deal.
Fred Colton, an Omaha brewery em
ploye. claims to Have drank over 2.0i>0
pints of beer in a week—a small one-*
every five minutes night and day.
S R. Anstine has been named as
postmaster at Tam ora to succeed W.
E Meyers, who recently tendered his
resignation to the postal department. I
As Orlo Ernst, near Kenesaw. was
driving an auto he had just purchased
into his garage, oil in the drain pan
caught fire and the car and garage
were both destroyed.
A movement to establish a country
club is on foot at Beatrice. The sup
porters of the project plan to lease
extensive grounds and to build a $2.- ;
SOO club house on the banks of the
Blue.
Hastings.—A chicken which has
four legs, all of which it can use to
advantage, either in pairs or ''all
fours." is attracting attention at Ed
Knosp's chicken house. According to
the owner, the chicken is as healthy
as any ip. the brood and promises to
grow to maturity.
Anton Vonasek. a farmer living
about eighteen miles southwest of
Beatrice, was found dead in the or- j
chard at his home. A physician pro
nounced death due to heart trouble
Ernest Milbum. a baker at Platts
mouth, badly crushed his hand by a!- j
lowing it to hecome caught in a bread
mixing machine.
Because he saved the life of Guard
Kennedy in October. 1910. when an en
raged convict nearly beat the official
to death. William J Holden, convicted (
of an attempt to rob the Platte Center
bank, has been paroled to his sister in
Lansing. Mich.
The Cass county poor farm cleared
almost $800 during the last year from
the sale of its products besides pro- j
viding a living for an average of sev- 1
enteen persons.
Gale Cummings, a Beatrice high
school debater, was seriously bruised !
in a near riot which occurred at Wy- ;
more, following a debate between the j
Wyraore and Beatrice teams.
Members of the First Congrega- *
tional church at Fremont celebrated ;
o debt-lifting with a dinner and pro
gram. The d< bt of $3,000 was cleared j
off by a canvass conducted during the
past six weeks.
One of the young ladies on the sten- !
ographic force at the state house at j
Lincoln is getting around on crutches :
as the result of a misstep during the (
execution of the tango dance.
For the fir'f time in a number of
years no alfalfa seed will be shipped j
into Nebraska from Germany. This is :
on account cf the unusually large sup
ply produced in the state this year
Participation by Nebraska In the ‘
Panama-Pacific exposition r.t San
Francisco next year was indorsed by
the executive committee of the Nebras
ka State Association of Commercial
clubs, which met at Omaha last week.
The fiddling contest given by the
Improved Order of Red Men at the
opera house at Plattsmouth was list
ened to by a crowded house. This
was the fourth annual contest.
The Public Service club of Broken
Bow gave its first monthly banquet to
the members and their wives, there
being sixty-three in attendance.
James G. Russell, oldest civil war
veteran :n Nebraska and perhaps .in
the entire country, and the oldest
showman in the United States, vas
100 years old March 1st. and Mr. and
Mrs. Russell kept open house all day
it their home in Lincoln.
ADVISES USE OF THE KING ROAD
DRAG.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Reader*.
Western Newsp iper t'nion News Servlcw.
Hunting Chaplain for Penitentiary.
Members of the state board of eon
trol are having a hard time finding a
man suitable for the chaplain's posi
tion at the state penitentiary. While
the vacancy exists the place is being
filled on Sundays by local pastors and
during week days Deputy Warden
Harmon is serving as spiritual ad
viser to the convicts. According to
the board members there is no dearth
of candidates for the place, but none
of those who have applied thus far
appears to fill the bill. "We want
just the right man for the place,"
said Chairman Holcomb, 'and will
not appoint any one until we are well
satisfied that that one is just fitted for
the duties that will fall upon him It
is a position of singular importance
front several angles and we do not
expect to act hastily in the matter.
If there is any minister in the state
who feels that he is fitted for prison
work and he would like to take this
position we would like to have him
come forward.”
Farmers Assist Cholera.
The farmer himself is the largest
smgle factor in. the spread of hog
cholera, according to data collected
from the four demonstration areas by
the department of agriculture. The
exchange of work is chiefly responsi
ble for this, says an animal patholo
gist at the university farm Helping a
neighbor haul exposed hogs and after
ward using the same wagon to shuck
com is a fairly certain method of get
ting cholera. Visiting a sick herd for
any reason whatever is a poor prac
tice. The vender of stock foods and
powders seeks the sick herds and is a
likely carrier of infection. Know posi
tively where the family dog is at night
If loose, he may be miles away and
bring home his load of germs. In the
winter, crows have a liking for feed
lots and range a long distance. The
old medical injunction to •'clean out
clean up. and keep -lean." should be
applied to cholera outbreaks. Make a
practice of burning at once every an
imal tbat dies on the farm. Serum is
not the largest weapon in the fight
against cholera.
Impassable Roads Unnecessary.
Impassable mud roads, savs the Ne
braska college of agriculture, are un
necessary if there is enough public
spirit in a community to give them
proper use. The use or the King road
drag is advised when used at the
proper time. There are no periods cl
the year when the drag does not bene
fit the road, but it does the most good
when the soil is moist, yet not toe
sticky The Nebraska soils, wher
mixed with water, thoroughly worked
and well baked with sunshine, become
extremely hard and impervious tc
rain. The action in becoming hard
and smooth not only helps to shed
the water, but also greatly retards the
formation of dust.
Cure for "Blind Staggers.”
A total change of feed and forage is
tlie only effective method of contend
ing with “blind staggers" in horses
Government experts have issued a
bulletin declaring that there is a di
rect connection between the green
forage, exposed pasturage and newly
cut hay which the horses eat and de
velop this disease. A complete change
of feed and forage is the treatment
recommended. Moldy baled hay has
caused the death of many horses.
Many have been slain as the result of
using fake cures advertised by un
scrupulous persons. It is reported
that in Nebraska “blackleg vaccine"
was used on 1.(00 unaffected horse*
Nearly 1,500 of these died as a direct
result of this treatment.
An asphalt paving company has of
fered a prier. of $100 to the member
of the graduating class of the Uni
versity of Nebraska who writes the
best essay on "Asphalt Materials fer
Road Construction.”
Bank Guaranty Law at Work.
Interest on all deposits to be paid
out of the lately closed First State
Savings bank of Superior, under the !
guaranty law, will be paid np to
March 10. The state banking board
so dee ded after having considered !
the liability of the state law fof in- \
terest only to .lanuary > The prob- !
lem is a new one. because the new
guaranty law has never before been
called into operation. In this case, so |
it was denoted at the meeting of the ,
board, i* is probable that most of the
bank's assets will be realized upon
Anti-Removal Organization.
The beginnings of an organization
with which to oppose university re
moval were pul on fcot at a meeting
in Lincoln in which university alumni
largely predominated. An executive
committee of seven was named with
plenary powers. It has the right to
perfect an organization throughout the
state, to collect and disburse funds,
and if it deems necessary, to enlarge
its own membership. This committee
is to exist until after the election at
which the location question is to be
settled. The members of this commit
tee. as announced by Chairman Pol
lard. are as follows: E. M. Pollard of
Nehawka. chairman: Fred G. Hawks
by of Auburn, secretary: C. M. Skiles
of David City. Val Kevser of Nebras
ka City. A. W. Field of Lincoln. Frank
Rain of Fnirbury and Miss Charlotte
Worley of Alliance.
A draft covering the $1,000 loss
which the state suffered in the failure
of the First National bank at Superior,
has been received by State Treasurer
George from the Leon Bonding Co. of
Omaha, which indemnified ttoe state
against loss.
GOOD
ROADS
RELOCATING THE OLD ROADS
Average Life tf Horses and Automo
biles May Be increased and the
Cost of Hauling Reduced.
The average life of horses and auto
mobiles may be increased and the
cost of hauling reduced, according to
the office of roads, department of
agriculture, by relocating many old
roads and the more scientific laying
out of new ones. The natural tend
ency in road building is to build a
straight road whether it goes over
steep grades or hills or not. and pull
ing over these grades naturally adds
to the wear and tear on horses and
vehicles. The doctrine of the office of
roads is that the longest way around
may often bo the shortest and most
qgonomical way home, and that fre
quently bv building a highway around
a hill or grade but little appreciable
distance is added and this is more
than offset by the reduced strain of
hauling.
The chief drawback from the farm
owner's point of view is that the lay
ing out of road on this principle of
avoiding grades necessitates in some
cases running the road through good
farm land or orchards of pastures in
stead of going around the farm line
and building the road through old
worn out fields and over rocky knolls.
This of course must raise a question
in the mind of the individual land
owner as to whether the cutting up of
his property by a road yields him In
dividual advantages and so benefits
his community as to offset the use of
such land for a road or to overcome
the inconvenience of having his land
divided. In this connection the office
of roads points out that the running of
a road and the resulting traffic
through a good farm where there are
good cattle, horses, sheep. grain,
fruit or vegetables has a certain ad
vertising value and in many instances
makes the land more valuable. In
other cases the importance of such a
Five-Ton Tandem Road Roller in
Action.
level roa.; to the community is so
great that it will repay those using
the road to give the farmer the equiv
alent in land equally good in place
of what he has sacrificed to the com
mon welfare.
At any rate the office of roads is
now taking special pains to make
clear the economic advantage of
avoiding steep grades in their roads,
even at some sacrifice of better land.
Investigations shows that the laying
of such roads over hills has resulted
more from the attention to the pres
ervation of farm lines than from
scientific attention to the problem of
road building. According to the testi
mony of farmers consulted where a
horse might be able to pull 4.000
pounds on a level rtyd it would have
difficulty in pulling 3.000 pounds up
a steep hill. The size of the load
therefore tends to be measured by the
grade of the largest hill on the read
to market. In a number of cases of
actual experiment shows that the re
locating of roads around hills has
been accomplished either with no ad
dition in road length in some in
stances, and with the adding of only
a few feet to the highway in others.
The office knows of nc. case where
a properly relocated road which has
cut out grades has led to any ques
tion as to its materia! reduction of
hauling costs.
Future .Good Roads.
Good reads in the future should be
built on the zigzag plan for the avoid
ance of hills and steep grades, the
federal officer of good roads an
nounced in declaring that the lives of
horses and automobiles could be
lengthened thereby and the cost of
hauling reduced materially. The ex
perts contend that the “longest way t
around often may be the most eeo
nomical and shortest way home,” and
decry the national tendency to build
straight roads whenever they must
risk heavy grades.
Get Busy With Road Drag.
There never was a better time than
right now to use the road drag. Try
to get the neighbors to join you if you
can. but if they will not, a couple of
days spent improving the road from
vour farm to tow n w ill pay big when
the bad weather comes on. Of course. ’
it goes a bit against the grain to make |
good roads for people who are too
lazy to help, but who use them just |
the same. However, it is better to do !
that than to suffer the inconvenience
and loss ot good marketing through
bottomless roads.
Visit the Sheepfold.
Do you ever go to your sheepfold
of a night? If not you have missed
one of the treats of your life. In no
other way can you come so near
judging the real needs of your
sheep. If one is a little thin or
in discomfort it is easy to diagnose
their case.
Inoculation Recommended
Where any difficulty is experienced j
in securing a good stand or vigorous
growth of alfalfa, inoculation is recom
mended.
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CHILDREN LOVE
SVRUPJF FIGS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood days.
Remeihber the "dose" mother insisted
on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found
ed. Their fender little “insides'' are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels reed cleansing, give only deli
cious "California Syrup of Figs.” Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-oent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs.” which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Aav.
The Sort.
"What breed of dogs would you sug
gest to guard the henyard?"
"Setters." .
A CLERGYMAN'S TESTIMONY.
The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig
ton, Pa., suffered from Dropsy for a
year. His limbs and feet were swol
len and puffed. He had heart flutter
Rev. E. Heslop.
ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer
tion. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa
tion across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
boxes of Dodds
Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sev
eral months later he wrote: I have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
ized. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills. 50c. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo. X. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
(English and German words) and re
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
Too Insignificant.
Voung Mr. Ellis was very much in
love, and one evening he determined
to ask the momentous question.
"It occurs to me, Agnes." he be
gan, "that in the relations which will
some days exist between us the
thought of—er—money might assume
undue proportions. I should hate to
think that any discussion as to m>
salary would give rise to any painful
scenes.'
"Believe me. Alan," said the* girl,
"that never, under any circum
stances, would 1 allow such a little
thing as that to come between us."—
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Needed for the Meal.
Little Henry had a pain in his stom
ach. and his baby brother was much
interested in the means mother em
ployed to mitigate the said pain. Moth
er produced a hot-water bag and ad
justed it to the spot that hurt. In a
little while luncheon was announced,
and Henry, feeling better, got up and
put the bag aside. He had hardly
reached the door, however, before a
small voice called after him:
"Oh. Tommy, you forgot your
tummv "
Quite So.
"There's nothing to order here but
soft drinks."
“Isn't that hard luck?”
How it does disturb us when all
we get for our money is the worst
of It.
NOT A MIRACLE
Just PlaiR Cause and Effect.
There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons w ould not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink
ing so severely as to cause spells of
unconsciousness And to find relief in
changing from coffee to Postum ia
well worth recording.
"1 used to be a great coffee drinker,
so much so that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became so weak I
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time.
“My friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. I would not be
lieve it, and still drank coffee until I
could rot leave my room.
■'Then my doctor, who drinks Pos
tum himself, persuaded me to stop cof
fee and try Postum. After much hesi
tation 1 concluded to try it. That was
eight months ago. Since then I have
had but few of those spe.-\ none for
more than four months.
"I feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. I now drink noth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee,
and as I am seventy years of age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for a copy of the
famous little book, ‘‘The Road to Well
ville.”
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum—must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum—is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly *
In a cup of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and 50c tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
“There's a Reason" for Postum.
—solf by Grocers.