1r>iefe 2lbteilung tft fiir bie
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licbftcn Dcutfcb iefert.
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Ginfidjt 311 fommcn, bafj ftrengere
Saitcu aufgcgogcu ©erben ntiiifen.
iUJarimiliati $arbeti pat ben 23ar*
mmgsruf erfdjallen laffcn, in ben'
fidjcrlidj bas gefamte beutfdie 93olf{
cinftimmt. Hub feber uuparteiifdjc, 1
rcdjtbenfenbe Steutrale, ©either nod)
nidjt bon ber anglopbilen Jdiigcn* unb j
^eudjlermanie um fcin eigencs fad)li* j
dje# Urieil betrogen toorbeit ift, ©irb
itjm Sftcdjt geben miiffen.
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bon im Sinne be# beutfdjen Stfolfe#,
©eldje# fthon Iangft iiber bie uitoer*
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rung Don grocifel erfiillt ift, — „ln5
ber getnb atle Gingelljciten unfere#;
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lid), ausfpioniert bat, ©dbrcnb ©ir
ciucm dliangel un# ndljcrn, Don ©el* [
d)ent 31© 3eit nod) falfche Seridjte
furfieren?
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baft fd)©ieriger fiir un# al# bie grcci*
te. G# teitrbe fdj©ieriger fcin unfere
iScbutfniffe gu bcfdiaffcn, nid)t iubc*
3ug auf SIWannfcbaften, fottberu ait
©ithtigen SRoljmatcrialicn, unb unfere
IMbausgaben ©iirben ungebeuer ftei
gen. 9Jad) breijaljriger Slodabe ©iir
ben anbere bie Steflen im SBeltmarf
te einnebnten, Don benen e# unmbg
lith fdjieu, ben beutfdjen ®anbel su
oerbriingen. Surfeit ©ir folauge
©arten? 9ieiit!
fftod) ift einc furge grift, ©iifjrenb
©either Seutfdjlanb auf griebensDor*
fdjldge eingeben fanu. Cfjne SSerluft
an Gbrc fbitnen feine geinbe einen
anneljinborcn unb bauenibeit grieben
baben, ©eldjer ben £$eg gur £erbci*
fiibrung ber eurepaiidjen harmonic
offett Idfet. Sicfe gricbensbcbingun* |
gen, fo beifet es, mbgen cine Slbrii
ftung, internationale fogiale giirfor*
ge unb 23orfd)ltige gur Secfung ber
Rriegsfoften tit fid) td)licf)eu. 9Bcr*
ben febodb biefe itorfdjlage ouriicfge
roiefen, bann bat Seutfd)lanb feine
lefcten SOerpflidjtungeu gegeit bieSSelt
unb bie ^umanitdt erfiillt. G# fanu
bann in meljr furd)tbarer SSeife al#
bi#ber Doranfthrcitcn, obne auf bie
2ln|id)ten 9ieutraler 9iiicffid)t nebmen
sit hrmtifiim
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/ langcn Slricg infolge Gtfd)bpfmtg ju
einem unebrenbaften grtebcu gctrie
ben 3u toerben. 3Senn ber dob
befdjicben ift, fo toerben toir bieStun*
be beftimmen. &'eiu neutralcr Staat
fann Pon und ertoarten, baft toir auf
fcinc Sorieile unb U?equcntlid)fcitcn
mebr Sfiicfficbt nebmen, aid auf bie
Sicfjcrbeit unfered eigenen 2cbcit3.
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furdjtfam, unb 19 SDfonate Sriegfiil)*
rung baben unfcrc Gntfcbloffenbeit
nidjt Perblaffett laffen. Gin ebrentocr
ter unb annebmbarer griebe toiirbe
und toillfommen fein; bocb bie gcf
felung ber beutfdjen durdjfcftlagd
fraft niemaldl
„33cnn ©roftbritannien nod)
einen Sfetoeid Perlangt, baft toir cd
mit Unterfcebooten unb 2uftfd)iffen
im $er3en oertounben fontten, unb
rocnn ©roftbritannien feincix gric
bendoorfcbldgen ©cbbr fdjenfeit toiU,
bid bicfer itetocid erbradjt ift, fo toer
ben toir ibn bringett."
2?raOo Ufarimiliatt §arbctt! dad
finb nacb bent langett, fiir jebed beut
fdje $er3 iiberaud qualoollen unfidje
ren £>in* unb £crtaften ber beutfdjen
diplomatic, enblid) cinntal mannljaf
te aSorte, tecldje in jebem Scanned*
berjen, and) bei rcditbcnfcubcn 9feu
tralcn, lebljafteit SBieberbaU finben
toerben. littb nur nad) bent Urteile
toirfiicb rcdjt unb ebel benfenbe 9ieu*
trale, nidjt nadj bem ber oorein
genomntenen Slnglopbilen fann fid)
bie beutfdje diplomatic ridjtctt, tocnn
fie anberd uid)t bad beutfdje flieid),
trofj ber bidfjerigen groften Grfolge
fdjlieftlidb befiegt am Soben Iiegen fe»
ben toiH.
SWciufjelutorb iro Xicuftc bed $anbeld
£cr SWeucbelinorb int Xienfte bed
§anbels ift bie neuefte <5nt^ut£itng
ber Slern porter Slrimiualftatifiif.
£cr ©eflugelbanblcr 3?aff, ber am
19. 3ioDember 1914 erftbofjett ttmrbe,
befampfte ben jubilee • £ruft. Bn*
Beit tcurbe aud) bie SSermutung aus
gefprodjen, bag feine (srntorbung in
irgettb tncldjem Bnfaiiimeubang mit
feiner iBefdmpfung bed Xruftd ftclje.
Befct bat eincr ber iQcrfdjtcorcncn ei
ne £adjlage cntlniflt, bie ait Gntjefc
licflfeit ned) bic Siofentbalfdje Sfffaire
iibertrifft. 2Bie ber 33etreffcnbe an
giebt, tourben SDtbrber gebttngen, tint
Staff tintjubringen unb bann trmrben
3tcei tperfonen, tueldje bic iflbtber ge
liefert batten, nricber Pott attberen ge
bungetten diieucbcltnbrbern aud bet
SBelt gefdjafft. £ie flJteudjchnorbet
in bett itafienifdjen Stiibicrrepubli
fen, S3 rani genatint, bie ber tRad)fud)l
reidjer tparteiganger fid) 3ur SSerfii
guttg fieflten, galteit bidlang aid aud
geftorben. 9tun finb fie in unferetr.
freien Cattbe nricber aufgelcbt. Bn.
unfere ©angfierd fcfjcincn bie ©rani
nod) 3tt iibertreffeu unb 3tnar ttid)i
blojf baburd), bag, tnie bas fdjon bet
fWofentbalfdje Balt ertciefen flat, i'cbr
ber 311 jeber Beit 3tt faufen finb, fon
bern baf3 fie gebmtgen teerben, un
§attbcIdrioaIcu aud bent SBege 31
rfiumen.
ftie bcutfdjcn „iDarOarcit".
Gin tteiblidper Sliji an§ Gnglanb
2r. Gila Scarlett — Spnoge, bit
fid) mdPrenb 'bc3 Salfanfelbiuge;
bent ferbifdjeu Stolen Jtreug ange^
fcploffen patte, toar erftaunt, aid fit
mit bett beutfdjcn Solbatcn ^ufaim
mentraf. Grftaunt beepalb, loci! fit
bapeim bie S3rr?ce’fd)c unb anbert
berlogene eitglifdjc ©reuelbericpti
au3 SBelgien gelefen patte. Sie pat
te ertoartet, mit §unneit gufammeu'
ptreffen unb fanb eiuc Stance, bit
ipr, n>ie fie opne tocitereS jugiebt
Sldptung abndtigte. „£ic beutfdjer
Solbatcn benepmen fid) tabelloS,'
fdjreibt fie. „Sie betreten fein be
mopntes $au3 opne Grlaubnis be;
Gigentiimer», nub fie nepmen nidptS
opne bafiir gu Pegapleu eber eincr
Stcquifitionsfcpein 3U pinterlegen,
3ficmal3 babe id) einen beutfepen
Solbatcn bcrgePend um fein palbe;
23rot fiir einen ferbifcpeit SBertounbe
ten gefragt. gaft intmer rourbe mit
ba§ ganse 23rot gegeben, id) tcilte
e3 bann unb gab bie eine .‘odtfte gu.
riicf." So finb biefe beutfepen §un
nett. 2?ergid)teu felbft auf ipr SBrot,
bamit ber bcrttninbete geinb feiner
hunger ftiHen farm. £a§ finb bit
Solbatcn, bie man aid blutbiirftige,
granfame SBatbaren bcrbdd)tigt pat
ShncrifaS ncue Stricgdfdjiffe.
23 a f p i n g 10 n. 23ie Slbmirt
2?abgcr bon ber allgentcinett Marine'
fonimiffioti bor bem SJiarinefoniitet
bes ^aufed ausfagte, folien bie air
ban nenen Sparine - Sauprcgramn
borgefepenen Scplad)tfreu3er, bit
cine gaprgcfcptoinbigfcit bon 3‘
Stnotcn per Stunbc paben folien, bit
getbaltigften Scpiffe ipred £t)p§ it
ber 23clt roerben. Sie tbcrbat fd)tuc
re SatnpfesauSriiftung unb §aupt
battcrien Pon je gepn Piergepngolli
gen ©efcpiipen crpalten unb alien an
bereu fetst fcpttiintnenben ftreugerr
iiberlegcu fein. giir bie ncuer
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mie ber Sfbmiral fag'te, je gepn 1G
gdllige Gcfcpiipe, bie in fiinf ®c
feepti-tiinnen Pcrteilt fein folien, boo
geftplagen.
2>tclc Slriegdfcfjiffe europaifdjet
2)fdd)te fiiprat, toie ber Slbntiral fag
te, logdHige ©cfdjiipe; graitfreidE
treffe SBcrbcreitungcn, 15%golIig«
©efcpiipe eingufiipren; SJeutfcplaut
unb ®rof)britannien planten fogar.
mie bcrlautet, bie Ginfiiprung 17g6P
Iiger ©efdpiipe.
GnglanbS SRefrutennot.
2 o n b o n. Gine ftoniglidje $ro
flamation ift attgefdjlagett toorben
tocldje bie SRefruten ber ftlaffe 1 un
ter bem SSonffriptioiijS • ©efefce 31
ben gafjnen raft, ©ie miiffen fid
bi§ sum 31. 2>idra fteHen.
£ie betreffenbe ftlaffc umfafjt bit
jiingften berfiigbareit SRefruten. Gt
finb bieS lebige junge 2eutc, toeldjt
om 15. Sluguft 18 Sabre alt toarett
SDtan glaubt, baft bie 2Rebr3abI ber
felbett nun 19 Sabre alt unb batjei
fiir ben Sflfilitarbienft berfiigbar ift.
2er gegentoartige Jlufruf frfjliefet bie
Ginberufung ber Icbigen Scanner ab.
©ritifrfje SJSferbceinfaufe cingefteUt.
$ a n f a § Gi ttj-2Ro. 2Sie @e
neralmajor g. 23. Scnfon bom ©ene.
ralftab ber britifdfjcn Slrmee fagt, ber
bier ben Slauf bon amcrifanifcben
Spfcrbcn fiir bie britifdjc 2frmee Ieite
te, finb bie Slnfaufe fiir bie brxtifcfje
Slrntec in ben 2Ser. ©taateu eiitge*
ftellt, ba bie britifdjen SBcborben, toie
c§ beiftf, cine auf minbeftcnS brei
Sabre ausreidbenbe 3abl bon Sftfer*
ben gefauft baben. Wuf bem SPferbe
marft iti $anfa§ Gift) jinb rtiefit toe
niger alS 60,000 SPferbe unb 120,.
000 SWauItiere fiir bie britifdjf Sir*
mee gefauft toorben.
gineit Jlrieg getoinnt man nidjt
burd) forttobbrenbe 9iiidfid)tuabtne,
fcnbern burd) gntfdjiebenbeii unb
riidfid)tBlofc gnergie, felbftberftanb
lid) int JHabmen beB 9?ed)teB unb ber
2ftenfd)Iid)feit, fotoeit bieB gefdjebcn
fann, obne bem eigencn 2anbe unb
©olfe 3u fdjaben.
$ie beutfdje ©egicrung bat fid)
nun auBgeredjnet ein Sabr lang in
feinem U-©ootBfrieg bie £?dnbc bin
ben laffen. 0ie bat genug
fam burd) it)rc ftanbige 9?ad)*
giebigfeit ben guten SBiflen gur
Slufredjterbaltung ber guten ©egie
bungen betdtigt. 2odj biefe 9Iad)
giebigfeit bat nur eine 0tdrfung
gnglanbB unb eine ©enadjteiligung
$eutfd)Ianb3 gur golge gebabt.
florreft.
Sit einer ©olfSberfammlung in
©ariB fragte ein fUebner mit ©m
bbafe: „2Bo finb unfere grofjen ©tan
ner? SSarum regen fie fid) nidjt?
SBarum bleiben fie fait unb teil*
nabmBloB bei ber 3tct unfereS ©ater*
IanbeB?"
Unb eine 0timme bon bet ©ale
rie antteortete: „28eil fie in ©rouge
gegoffen finb!"
COST OF MARKETING
SAYS HORSES AN EXTRAVAGANCE
ON THE AVERAGE
FARM
WINDMILLS ECONOMIC POWER
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
It takes 4,380,000 horsepower hours
of work to market Nebraska’s wheat
crop, and 6,300,000 horsepower hours
of work to market the state’s corn
crop, yet this tremendous volume of
power is but one-tweuty-fifth of the
total amount of energy required an
nually in agriculture in the common
wealth.
This and other interesting facts were
related by Prof. L. W. Chase, dean of
the agricultural engineering depart
ment of the University of Nebraska,
before the monthly meeting of the Om
aha & Council Bluffs Implement and
Vehicle club at Omaha.
According to the 1910 census, $44,
249.7S0 worth of implements and struc
tures were cwned by farmers in the
commonwealth, he said. Windmills
were characterized as the “most eco
nomical form of farm power,” and
horses as an “extravagance” on the
average farm. Wide wagon tires and
long hitches were recommended by the
professor, who explained that a nar
row tire acts on a road like a disc
harrow, while a wide tire acts as a
roller.
Heavy Auto License Business.
In the first two months this year
| Secretary of State Pool has issued
within 3,000 as many automobile
licenses as his office sent out in the
entire year of 1915. The total for
January and February is 56,241, as
compared with something over 59,000
total for last year. The expense of
the automobile registry depart ment
during February was $1,472.
Notwithstanding that Nebraska re
quires all corporations doing business
within her borders to pay for the priv
ilege of existing as corporations, the
records in the office of the secretary
of state indicate that a special tax
has no deterrent effect. A compari
son of the cash receipts from that
source during (he month of Febru
ary for the past two years is as
follows:
February, 1915.$1,947.10
February, 1916. 3.3S6.75
The total receipts of the office for
February, 1915, were $2,275.50, while
in February, 1S16, they increased to
$3,772.54.
Loan Shark Law Upheld.
The validity of the law enacted by
the legislature of 1915 legalizing the
business of so-called “loan sharks," is
established in an opinion of the high
bench in the test suit brought by Jules
Altliaus in Douglas county. The de
cision says that the provision permit
ting such dealers to charge a broker
age fee of 10 per cent and an examina
tion fee of 50 cents, in addition to 10
per cent interest, is not “local nor
special legislation” and that It does
not deny the equal protection of the
laws. It is further held that the pro
vision empowering the secretary of
state to reject applications for li
censes under this law does not confer
arbitrary power on that official. Un
der the terms of the “loan shark”
law, dealers are required to take out
annual licons.es from the secretary
of state’s offica, _
Reappra'semert of State Lands.
The state bos.rd of educational lands
and funds has approved the reap
praisement of state lands for leasing
purposes made by county boards in
eleven counties. The new appraise
ment will become effective July 1. It
covered 281,551 acres. For the work of
appraising the state paid county
boards, $2,028. The appraisements ap
proved by tha state board show an
Increase of '26S.976 in the valuation
of the land, which means an increase
of $18,128 annually in rental which
the state will receive. The rental per
acre in Franklin county was increas
ed from 29 cools an acre to 76 cents,
and in Kear.ioy county from 22 cents
to 57 cents. The other counties In
which appra'f-cments were approved
are Cheyenne, Deuel, Arthur. Dundy,
Grant, Hooker, Kimball, McPherson,
and Perkins.
The Nebraska state banking board
announces that hereafter an effort will
be made to investigate more thorough
ly applications for state bank char
ters in an effort to curb the “growing
tendency to promote an excessive num
ber of state banks.” The board an
nounces that it will herafter require
BO per cent of the stock of each pro
posed state bank to be subscribed
among residents of the community
where the proposed institution is to
be located, and it will examine closely
the needs of the people of the com
munity for a new bank.
The state board of educational lands
and fund3 has bought county high
school bonds as an investment for
school funds belonging to the state.
This is the first purchase by the
state of bonis of this kind. Hooker
country Is a sparsely settled county in
the grazing region in the northwest
ern part of Nebraska. It took ad
vantage of a state law of 1913 and
voted |8,0C0 for a county high school.
The entire county Is taxed to pay the
cost of maintaining a county high
school. The bonds bear 5 per cent
Interest.
V/akeley to Succeed Judge English.
Arthur C. Wakeley, of Omaha, has
been appointed by Governor Moreliead
to the bench of the Fourth judicial
district as successor to Judge J. P.
English, who died recently. Wakeley
is a son of the late Judge Eleazer
Wakeley, who came to Nebraska in
pioneer days and at the time of his
demise two or three years agq, was
one of the oldest lawyers in the state.
Governor Morehead received excellent
recommendations in his behalf and
also for others who had asked for
the place. ,
MUST REMIT MONTHLY.
State Treasurer May Require Pay
ments at Such Intervals.
State Treasurer Hall’s fight to com
pel monthly remittances from county
treasurers was brought to a success’
ful finality when the Nebraska su
preme court handed down a decision
upholding his legal right to require
payments at such intervals. Tht
case decided is that brought by Hah
against Treasurer W. G. Ure, 01
Douglas county, for a writ of man
damus compelling the latter to pay
over state funds in his possession
It is held by the court, in brief,
that county treasurers are required by
law to make settlements with the
state in February and October of each
year, and that the state treasurer may
require payment of state funds from
county treasurers at other times. The
demand of State Treasurer Hall that
county treasurers should remit once
a month the state funds in their pos
session is declared to be a reasonable
one.
Paid Over Lice-nse Fees.
Food Commissioner Harman has
paid into the state treasurer’s office
$115 of license fees collected during
the month of January. The money
represented seven cold storage ware
house permits at $5 apiece and eight
commission merchants’ licenses at $10
each.
On account of Treasurer Hall's re
fusal to let the food commissioner
draw out inspection fees of his de
partment, when once paid Into the
treasury. Harman has not been turn
ing those receipts over to Hall for
the last six months, but has been
using them to pay the running ex
penses of ids department and deposit
ing the ’balances to his credit.
In the case of the cold storage and
commission merchants’ licenses, how
ever, there is no provision of lav?
whereby they may be used for defray
ing expenses of administration, and sc
Food Commissioner Harman is turn
ing them into the treasury. Another
payment of this kind will be made c?
the moneys received during Febru
ary.
Warrants Issued Last Month.
Following is the list, with tht
amount and number of the warrants
issued from the office of the state
auditor during the month of Febru
ary, together with the total amounts
for the first months of the year:
Fund Amount No
General .$ 168,904.46 2293
University . 19,462.69 2-1
University Cash . 23,969.83 357
Morrill . 100.00 1
Experiment Station ... 956.03 31
State Library . 138.70 S
Temporary School .... 454,410.93 93
Peru Normal School
Library . 893.43 It
Wayne Normal School
Library . 464.98 £
Kearney Normal School
Library . 1,019.09 IS
Chadron Normal School
Library . 127.65 3
State Aid Bridg*. 671.00 1
Smith-Lever . 1.555.97 48
Fire Commission. 1,815.95 107
University Income .... 2,060.92 56
Special University
Building . 11,779.10 48
Special Motor Vehicle
Reg. 1,472.29 26
Institution Cash . 11,239.42 213
Normal Schools . 40,93-7.13 386
Total .$ 741,981.51 4012
Issued In January .... 288,492.67 3463
Total two months. .$1,030,474.18 7445
Iseued In January and Febru
ary. 1915 .$1,022,145.98
Emil Muzik, convicted of wife mur
der, sentenced from Douglas county as
the second man in Nebraska to suffer
death by electrocution, will not be ex
cuted for the crime, but will ’nstead
receive a sentence of life imprison
ment. The state supreme court in re
viewing Muzik's case, has ruled ihat
the evidence was sufficient to surlain
his conviction, but not to justify the
death penalty, and it therefore re
duces the sentence. Muzik’s defense
was insanity. He cut his ntfe’s
throat with a thin table knife one
morning because she urged -him to
get up out of bed and go to work.
The opinion of the high court, writ
ten by Judge Fawcett, taken the
ground that while Muzik was probably
not insane in the usual sense his mind
nevertheless was abnormal and the
degree of the crime was not so great
as to call for captial punishment.
A city can tax for city purposes
only property within the city, and
property is deemed “taxed” when the
tax is levied, not when it i3 valued
by the assessor. The state supreme
court so held in the case of T. E.
Hinson against John T. Nickerson of
Beaver City. The property concerned
had been detached from Beaver City
between the time of making the assess
ment and the time for levying the
taxes.
The Nebraska state fair boa-d will
go after the Gotch-Stecker westling
match to be held Labor day under
Gene Melady’s promotion. “We can
show Mr. Melady something attrac
tive,” said Secretary Mellor. “We be
lieve we can provide several thousand
more people than could any other
point at that time.” The fair will be
on at that date.
Charles W. Pool of Hyannis, has
filed with the secretary of state as a
candidate for re-election to that office
on the democratic ticket.
Alleging that it has no present pur
pose to violate the Nebraska 2-cent
fare' law, buti nsisting that the re
straining order of the Nebraska su
preme court now in effect is an in
fringement upon its right to apply for
relief to the United States court if it
should see fit to do so, the Northwest
ern railroad has filed in the former
tribunal a demurrer to the state’s pe
tition and a motion to dissolve the
; order. A similar motion and a de
murrer have been filed on behalf of
the M. & O. road, which is part of the
Northwestern system.
_
*
The federal bureau of animal indus
try, through its chief, A. D. Melvin, has
promised Governor Morehead that it
will co-operate with Nebraska to wipe
out seabbies in cattle in the state.
The bureau was obliged to take gov
ernment men off duty in Nebraska
in the fall of 1914 to cope with the
foot and mouth disease. The federal
inspectors were again put to work in
Nebraska in the fall of 1915 and have
done considerable work since that
time. Four were assigned by the gov
ernment bureau to the territory of
Alliance.
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It takes 4,380 horsepower hours of
work to market Nebraska’s wheat
crop, and 6,300,000 horsepower hours
of work to market the state’s coru
crop. This interesting fact was re
lated by Prof. L. W. Chase, dean of
the agricultural engineering depart
ment of the University of Nebraska,
at a meeting in Omaha recently. Ac
cording to the 1910 census, $44,249,
780 worth of implements and struc
tures were owned by farmers in the
commonwealth, he said. Windmills
were characterized as the “most eco
nomical form of farm power,” and
horses as an “extravagance” on the
average farm. Wide wragon tires and
long hitches were recommended by
the professor.
Every township in Phelps county
was represented by two or more men
at a “better roads” meeting in Hoid
rege recently. The meeting was called
by the County Board of Supervisors,
load overseers and township board
members, composing the attendance.
Ideas were exchanged and uniform
methods of making and maintaining
roads were adopted. Much enthusiasm
wras shown by those present, and it is
expected that the county’s highways
will benefit in no small measure from
the meeting.
A big interstate firemen's tourna
ment will be staged in Omaha this
summer. Teams from seven neighbor
ing states will compete in volunteer
hose, hook and ladder and relay
races, water fights, exhibitions of mo
tor apparatus and horse races of
various kinds. The states represent
ed will be Nebraska, Iowa, South Da
kota, Minnesota. Kansas, Missouri,
Colorado and Wyoming. The tourna
ment will be the first of its kind ever
held in this part of the country.
Plans for the furtherance of the
Great Western Handicap shoot to be
held in Omaha June IS, 14 and 15
were formulated at a meeting of the
Omaha Gun club (last wf>ek. Com
mittees were appointed to carry out
the various accepted plans of the
meeting. The Omaha Gun club and
the interstate association have ea'-h
added $500 to the prize list, which
brings the figure up to a decidedly
robust, total.
There probably never has been a
winter when wolves were noted in
such great numbers in Cass county
as has been the case this y«r. Far
mers in driving along the road during i
the daytime will see as many as three j
or four wolves within a few miles dis- ;
tance. In the last thirty days about
twenty wolves have been killed by
the organized hunting parties and
others have been killed at other times.
Members of the volunteer tire de
partment of Holdrege have decided to
buy a motor truck for fire fighting
purposes. The truck will carry 1,000
feet cf water hose and a chemical en
gine. One-half the amount required
to buy this is now ir. the company's
treasury. The other half will either
come from the city or will be raised
by a series of entertainments.
Streeter Day will’ be one of the an
nual events in Aurora if the plans of
I he Aurora Commercial club are ear
ned out. Plans are now being made
by the Commercial club and city coun
cil for an annual celebration in honor
of ihe man whose wealth went to the
city ir the establishment of the splen
did Streeter park, which has just be
come the property of Aurora.
William W. Criderman, confessed
slayer of Mrs. Heel at' and Mrs. Lay
port on the Heelan ranch, near Valen
tine, was found guilty by a jury in
Valentine and the penalty fixed at
death in the electric chair. Crider
man, after killing the two women
with a shotgun, set fire to the heuse
in an effort to cover up the crime. He
will be the first man to die in the
chair in Nebraska.
A clean toothbrush league has been
organized by the boys of the Y M. C.
A. of Fremont. The purpose of the
club is to urge the boys to form the
the habit of keeping their teeth clean.
The village of Merna has accepted
an offer of $d,500 from Dr. J. G. Bren
izer for the establishment of a public
library. There are no strings of any
consequence attached to the offer.
At a meeting of the Beatrice Queen
City Park association it was decided
not to drop out of the Nebraska Speed
circuit, and it was voted to accept the
dates of June 25, 27 and 2S.
While out walking with Mayor
Simpkins at Orleans, W. P. Pierce,
president of the State bank of that
place, was killed instantly by a run
away team. The horses dashed upon
them suddenly and Mr. Pierce failed
to get in the clear fast enough, and
was killed.
A petition signed by 125 Seward
people has been presented to the
council asking that the discontinu
ance of Sunday movies be submitted
to a vote of the people at the April
election.
The itinerary of W. J. Bryan in his
primary campaign in this state is be
ing arranged and the first speech wili
he March 22, according to announce
ment of Mayor C. W. Bryan of Lin
coln. Mr. Bryan’s entire time until the
primary election April 18, will be giv
en over to Nebraska.
Lincoln people will have an oppor
tunity to see all time records broken
in the construction of the new Ter
minal building. The entire ten story
building is to be completed by Au
gust 1, more than a month before the
state fair opens.
Steps have recently been taken
toward paving the streets of Wayne
this spring. The movement Is receiv
ing the support of property owners,
and it is expected that work will be
begun as soon as the spring season
opens.
Sixteen road dragging districts have
been created by the Adams county
board. Funds for the work are de
rived from the automobile license
fund.
The Glenville public schools have
been closed because ot the develop
ment of four cases of scarlet fever.
That a serious condition exists in
the printing trades, with every indica
tion of a complete dearth of papei
stocks, inks and other materials with
in the next fourteen months, wa3 de
clared by C. E. Corey, one of Omaha's
leading master printers, recently. He
declared paper of all kinds has ad
vanced 30 per cent since December 1.
Dyes used for inks and chemicals
utilized in the process of making both
printing and writing fluids have soar
ed to record-breaking pripe altitudes.
Annalir.e iias jumped from 40 cents
to $20 a pound. Chlorine for bleaching
preparations has been exhausted by
the demands of munitions makers.
Rollers used on printing presses are
from 50 to 75 per cent higher.
Mrs. John Seifert, over 80 years of
age, was found burned to death in a
cellar cave, a short distance from the
family residence in Grand Island. She
had not been seen for a couple of
days, and her husband supposed she
was visiting with some of her rela
tives. A search was instituted and
she was found in the cellar with her
clothing burned and body seared. It is
presumed she p,truck a match and her
dress caught fire. In her enfeebled
condition she was unable to help her
self or give outcries that could be
heard.
The Missouri river at Verdel reach
ed the highest mark for high water
last week that it has reached for
years. The bottoms twro miles east
of there was over three miles wide.
The Niobrara, or, as the Indians
named it years ago, “the Running
Water,” which is one of the swiftest
rivers in the United States, was
blocked up for over a quarter of a
mile with a large amount of ice. Old
settlers declare the water was nearly
as high as it ever was.
The City baseball league of Aurora
which furnished the entertainment of
Aurora last summer will be organized
again this year. It will be under the
supervision of a board of managers
appointed by the Commercial club.
Teams will be picked from the four
sides of the public square and a
schedule of games will be provided.
The 1916 Omaha directory, just is
sued by the Omaha Directory com
pany, estimates the population of
Greater Omaha at 217,575. This esti
mate is based upon the company's
theory that each name in the direc
tory representns two and one-fourth
citizens in Omaha. There are about
96.700 names in the directory.
"Raise Better Pigs” is the motto
of an ilustrated poster sent to all the
country schools of Dodge county by
Superintendent J. M. Matzen at Fre
mont. These posters are for the pur
pose of interesting boys in the pig
raising project of the Nebraska Boys’
and Girls’ club. Any boy or girl in the
county over 10 years old and under IS,
may enroll for this contest.
During the month of February, four
patrons of the city water system at
Weeping Water lost through leaks in
the water pipes on their premises, a
total of 210.000 gallons of water. So
great was the strain of all this leak
age that the reserve supply in the
city reservoir was entirely exhausted.
Three hundred enthusiastic hunt
ers in a wolf roundup just west of
IMattsmouth killed an even half dozen
of the pests, which have been com
mitting depredations in the farm
yards recently. The crowd surrounded
five miles and came to the center,
driving the wolves before them.
Fifty-five carloads of Nebraska and
western horses, 1,200 head, were
shipped from Grand Island a few days
ago to the Atlantic seaboard. These
horses are for the Italian and French
armies. This is one of the largest
shipments ever made from Nebraska.
One hundred dollars was the amount
cleared at the charity hall given at
Columbus for the benefit of the Si
berian prisoners. This amount will
he sent to the committee in New York
and from there forwarded to Siberia.
Seventy-five cars of horses to be
used by the warring powers of Eu
rope passed through Fremont one,day
last week. The animais were billed
to Montreal. Canada, where they will
he loaded into boats.
Sentiment is growing fn favor of a
municipally owned electric lighting
system for York. It is said tUe serv
ice is inefficient that is being render
ed by the present privately owned
concern.
The Kelley family of Lyons has fall
en heir to a fortune of about $150,
000 to be divided among fifteen heirs.
This fortune was left by their Aunt
Marj Baeley of Randolph. Ia., who re
cently died at Los Angeles.
A petition containing thirty-nine
names purporting to be of voters of
the status required by law for such
petitions, has been filed with the
clerk of the village board of Callaway
asking liquor license question be sub
mitted to the voters at the village
election of April 4.
A straw vote on the preparedness
question was taken by one of Weep
ing Waters’ business firms and the re
sult of the votes polled at the store
was a four-fifths majority in opposi
tion to preparedness.
The South Omaha market continues
to hbld second place among the mar
kets of the country. For the months
of January and February South
Omaha received 218,414 head more of
live stock than Kansas City. This is
a larger margin than wras shown be
tween the markets for the same
months last year.
The season’s record for lambs was
topped on the South Omaha stock
market last week when a shipment
from Theodore Jacobson of Goodrich,
Colo., brought $11.25 per hundred
weight.
The body of Frank Obenchains of
Howard, who disappeared four months
ago while on a hunting trip, was dis
covered in the Big lagoon west of
that place, by Paul Thiede of Has
tings.
The 600-acre Mark Coad farm at
Fremont, home of the late Mark
Coad, was sold at auction recently in
eight tracts for a total' of $92,000, or
$153.00 an acre.
Mrs. Laura Baker, who is known as
being the first twin born to white
parents in Nebraska, died at Colum
bus a few days ago.
BICHjOAHADA
Testimony Proves Falseness of
Statements as to Onerous *
Taxation and Conscription.
"The attempt to check emigration
from the United States to our prairie
provinces by publishing alarming state
ments about the enormous war taxes
that are being paid here—$500 on a
quarter section yearly—about forcing
young men to enlist for the war:
about the cold, no crops and any old
story that by their extravagant bold
ness might influence men and women
from venturing north to Canada, is real
ly in the list of curios to our people.
Knowing the country, we can hardly
take it seriously. Our governments,
however, dominion and provincial, are
taking steps to expose the false state
ments that are being made, and there
by keep the channel open for continu
ing the stream of settlers that has
been flowing to us for the past decade.
We have thought to assist in this
work, and to do so purpose giving,
from time to time, actual experiences
of Americans who have come to
Saskatchewan during late years. We
give the statements of two farmers in
this issue as follows: —
STATEMENT OF M. P. TYSDAL ^
1 lived near Lee. Illinois, for 45
years. 1 came to Saskatchewan in the
spring of 1912 and bought land near
Briercrest. I have farmed this land,
1,680 acres, ever since. I htve had V
grand crops. In 1914 I had 100 acres
of wheat that yielded 40 bushels to
the acre. 1 sold this wheat at $1.50
per bushel.
1 like the country and my neighbors.
My taxes on each quarter section (160
acres) are about $32 a year. This cov
ers municipal tax, school tax, hail in
surance tax—everything. There is no
war tax, so-called. 1 like the laws in
force here. There is no compulsion to
me in any way. I am just as independ
ent here as I was in Illinois, and 1 feel
that my family and I are just as well
protected by the laws of the province
as we were in our old home in Illinois.
What I earn here is my own. I have
seven children and they take their
places at school, in sports and at all
public gatherings the same as the
Canadian born.
(Signed) M. P. TYSDAL.
February 9th, 1916.
STATEMENT OF STEVE SCHWEITZ
BERGER
I was born in Wisconsin, but moved
with my parents when a boy to
Stephen Co., Iowa. I was there farm
ing lor 50 years. I sold my land then
for over $200 an acre. 1 moved to
Saskatchewan, and located near Brier
crest in the spring of 1912. I bought
a half section of land. I have good
neighbors. I feel quite at home here
the same as in Iowa. We have per
fect safety and no trouble in living up
to the laws in force. My taxes are
ibout $65 a year, on the half section
[or everything.
I have had splendid crops. Wheat
in 1915 yielded me over 50 bushels to
the acre. That is more than I ever
had in Iowa and yet the land there
costs four times as much as it does
here. The man who comes here now
and buys land at $50 an acre or less
gets a bargain.
(Signed) S. SCHWEITZBERGER.
February 9th, 1916.”
—Saskatchewan Farmer, February,
1916.—Ad v ertisement.
Averages.
“The law of averages asserts itself
even in holidays,” remarks the in
tensely statistical man. “For instance,
immediately after Valentine's day we
have George Washington’s birth
day.”
“What has that to do with aver
ages?”
“Immediately after we get through
with Valentine fictions we begin to
celebrate the man who couldn't tell
a lie.”
“CASCARETS" ACT
Wo sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box. >
Are you keeping your bowels, liver 1
and stomach clean, pure and fresh v
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep—never gripe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Not Very Helpful. •
“Well, golf balls are cheaper, any
how,” remarked the man who likes to
look on the brighter side of life.
“What if they are?” sneered the
pessimistic person. “That concerns
only the idle rich. Tho chief de3ire of
poor people is something to eat and
wear. They can’t eat golf balls and
most of tliem have too much self-re
spect to wear cast-off golf clothes.”
-V
Hereditary Experience.
“As a social climber, Mrs. DeRich Is
certainly a success.”
“She ought to be. Her father was a
lineman."—Judge.
