1r>iefe 2lbteilung tft fiir bie ^amiltenglieber, melcfye am licbftcn Dcutfcb iefert. . ■ <1. I~» » ■ II *1, mv M n-r>r-M-nrfVfciiT $om Sdimiplttljc be# eurobiiiidicit $ijlfcrfricin* 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 Treabitougpt-5 bat bie fiommiffioit 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. -> [ I l 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.