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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1906)
I;n V, Si )mti,MmtfmiRMMmstf M Subscription H Eitfht Pages B All if (H $1 a Year irv Advance Home Prirvt h n W!f3&f30F.,p$!l3&?.')!iM Fmw$$&vwpnximstSl VOLUME XS RED CLOUD, NEI5KASKA, MAY 11, U)0(J. NUMIJEll i To T2FTttk rfrlf"8 Sntv ft , u& f , ,-v 1 A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. U. G. Knteht Writes Reassuringly of That Locality No Earthquake Damage There. San Pkmio, (.'al., .May I. 10(H). Knuoit C'JUi:r It has boon advised in this part (if the state of California that everyone either write to his friends in the east or to his home paper and tell the truth of the late earthquake bcare regarding southern California. As it would take a long time to write to all of my acquaint ances the best way to reach them is through the columns or Tin: Ciiikp. I suppose you all have heard ere this that the quake did not visit southern California. The Hrst reports were so conflicting in regard to it that many got an idea that it was general when in fact it was only in that portion of the state where San Francisco and the immediately surrounding territory is. The -diode was not felt in thoslight cst degree here neither at that time nor at any time afterwards. The fol lowing day there was a slight tremb ling of the earth in this part of the country but it did no damage, and, indeed, was scarcely felt at all. I did not feel it at all and would not have known that there was a shake if others hud not told me. Many papers in the east had the re port that Los Angeles was shaken and that San Pedro was under water, when Mich a thing, as regards the latter, is practically impossible as the main portion of the town sits on higher ground than does many other cities farther away from the coast. The shock at San Francisco was cer tainly bad enough, but even it has been greatly exaggerated. Especially has the loss of life been over-drawn. At one time the loss of life wab report ed to have been 10,000 people, but it lias now been reduced to much less than 1000. In fact there have been less than 300 bodies discovered and in all probability it is less than r00 alto gether. When I Hrst heard of the disaster I was seized with a great desire to go up and see for myself what it looked like there but could not get away to go for a day or so and by that time reports bad come down that the soldiers there were pressing men into hard work at the point of a gun and if they didn't work they were shot and right there niv wife objected to my going. She s ul she didn t want me to be killed s.i 1 live up the trip. I hae since womleied what some of my old Ne 1 ue-k.i friends would have done had f'ov been there in that case: Iteit (Iric. or Hen McFavland, f .r instance. J hod like heroes I suppose. ft may not be generally known, al though it seems like it should be. that San Francisco is 500 miles from Los Angeles or San I'edro so that the pos sibility of an earthquake is just about as good at Denver or Kansas City as it is here, taking proximity into consid eration. In fact there never has been a shock here in this portion of the state which was any worse than I have felt them in Nebraska. An earthquake shock itself is almost incapable of causing damage if it or ears where there are no high brick or stone buildings. The quake itself 'ics no harm but the fires which fol low the tailing of high buildings is what does the damage. A shock was in or known to hint a small frame building well put together, other than to jar the plastering loose perhaps. Hut when it gets to heaving where there are skyscrapers look out for damages. There were several Red Cloud people in S.in Francisco at the time of the .shock that I know- of and I am anxious to hear from them, but do not feel alarmed as to their safety because there were so few deaths. A great many of the people from the stricken city have come to this part of the state now. The railroads brought down 10,000 the first few days free and since then there have been a good many. I have talked with a number of them and some of the stor ies they tell are harrowing to a great degree. The loss of property is the greatest calamity which has befallen ? the nation in many years. The insur ance companies state that they will pay every dollar of their losses and it is most sincerely hoped that it is true Southern California is still booming. The immigration this spring was far in excess of what it ever was before. Huilding of all kinds is going on at a great rate. Wages are good and artisans hard to get. All kinds of labor bring good prices. Here at San I'edro, which is a harbor town, sailors get S10 and 845 per mouth before the mast and are hard to get at that. What is termed Longshoremen, or men who help to discharge vessels, get 45 cents per hour and work nine hours per day. It is not hard work either, mostly unloading lumber and many a time I have seen four men lift ing a piece of cribbing an inch thick, four inches wide and twelve feet long. Of course when a heavier stick is to be taken oir they have to liflit just the same. San I'edro is a town of probably 7000 people and growing very fast. At least two million feet of lumber is dis charged from vessels here every day besides much other freight. The pay roll of the town is over 8100,000 per month. Hut for all that the greatest business is sale of real estate. Last week, in the face of the disaster in the northern city, there was over 8100,000 worth of property changed hands. Engineers aro now employed on what is termed "The Outer Har bor" which will entail a cost of three million dollars to build and must be built inside the next two years. The country is very prosperous here this year and crops will be immense. All of the former Webster county people and there are a large number here seem to be prosperous and hap py. Indeed sonfe of them have done remarkably well and have waxed fat from the richness of the country since coining. I seldom go to Los Angeles 24 miles from, here without seeing one or two and sometimes more old acquaintances of Red Cloud, Guide Hock or Inavale. There are also a number here from Riverton. When I first came to this town 1 purchased an interest in a daily paper but I found there was wlta, the boys t.;rin "too much grief," in other words hard work, connected with it, so I sold and am now on the staff of one of the I great Los Angeles dailies and have an easier time and as much money. We live here in San I'edro and I do my work here. As wo have access to the oily by electrit ear about every fifteen minutes it is considered almost in the suburbs and today Los Angeles is the largest city west of the Mississippi river. It is well worth a trip to see by anyone. Very respectfully U. (5. Kxkiiit. We have also received a letter from Mrs. E. B. Knight at Compton, Cal., which is near Los Angeles, giving about the same report as above, and telling of the relief work. In addi Mrs. Knight has some other interest things to say about her new home, as follows: "Flowers are more beautiful here than ever. The first week In April we drove out in the country two miles to buy a cow, and the roses were wonder ful to behold. One man gave us a half bushel of roses and orange blossoms. We are finding people from Nebraska 1 all the time. Old Mr. Sooloy, former- I ll' of 1! ml PL 111(1 Intnl.. lit. ii ...ll 41. .v other day. lie is HO years and his wife is HO. They live with their daughter. , Mrs. Lossing, in Compton. Also Mr. l'atmor, once a resident of Red Cloud, 1 made us a visit. He said he was go ing back to that city next month to make a visit. "A couple of weeks ago we drove into Los Angeles, and a lovely drive It Is of ten miles. There is an oiled road, free from dust, smooth and level, bordered on each side with fine resi dences, green lawns and flowers, orange trees in blossoms, and great fields of blackberries, besides in some places tall fir and eucalyptus trees. We greatly enjoyed the drive. "We are very well situated here. The climate is fine. I have not seen bnow or Ice since I came into this state. Wo had a good deal of rain during the winter anil up to the mid dle of April, but do not expect any more until not October. Wo have here plenty of water to irrigate with, and, taken altogether, we aie well satisfied with our new home." A KNOTTY PROBLEM. The Pedlcr of Groceries a Hard Nut for Local Merchants to Crack. If any one business suffers more than another from the pedler nusiauee It is the grocery trade. No one can blame these pedlers for their part in the business it is their way of earning their bread and butter. If they can go from house to house and convince people that they are saving them money, the people will buy. The fault lies largely with the homo merchant, who. as a rule, makes little or no effort to convince his customers that he can sell goods as cheaply as llillcock, Hitch r Co.. or any other retail house. The man who makes a house to house canvass inevitably has the advantage of the man who sits in his store and waits for the customers to come to him. There are two ways of meeting this competition. One way is for the local merchant to send solicitors into the country and from house to house in town, showing his goods and making prices that will put the foreign pedler out of business. However, there is another cheaper and better way. The columns of the Red Cloud papers are open to the local grocers, and by advertising their wil lingness to meet the prices of these eastern houses they can teach every family jn the vicinity. A glance at the lnnne papers will show which mer chants are making an effort to counter act the baneful influence of the mail order man. You don't hear of any one sending away from Red Cloud for their cloth ing. Why? Recause Red Cloud has two of the best managed clothing stores in Ne braska. Haul Storey and the Cowdcn ICaley Clothing Company have been persistent and consistent advertisers in the newspapers for years, and as a consequence have built a reputation for selling good clothing at bedrock prices which brings them trade fiom many miles in very direction, oven as far west as McCook. During the past week a certain grocery pedler. who has been wot king in this vicinity for some time, openly boasted that he had sold S'.'.TOO worth of goods here in the past three weeks. While we have some doubts as to the correctness of the figures, the amount has undoubtedly been large. The profits from these sales, instead of being added to the wealth of the city and county, have gone into the coffers of a Chicago concern which pays no taxes here and contributes absolutely nothing to the upbuilding of the com munity. While one may possibly buy some articles cheaper from the pedlcr than from the home merchant, the loss will be made up on something else. An other point to be looked at Is that you can always see what you are getting when buying at home, and if goods are unsatisfactory they can be return ed. You can't do this with the mail order house. Neither can you get credit from them when jou are hard up. How te Use a Road Draft. The Illinois highway commission has issued a bullctiin on the split-log drag which contains these instructions for its manipulation: The following points are to be borne in mind in dragging a road: Make a light drag, which is hauled over the roud ut an angle so that a small amount of eurth is pushed to the center of the road. Drive the team at a walk. Ride on the drag; do not walk along side. Regln at one side of the road or wheel track returning on the opposite side. Drag the road as soon after rain as possible, but not when the mud is in such a condition as to stick to the drag. Do not drag a dry road. Drag when possible at all seasons of the year. If a road isdraggeil immedi ately before a eold spell it, will freeze in a smooth condition. The width of traveled way to bo maintained by the drag. should be from eighteen to twenty foots first drag a little more than the width of a single wheel track then gradually Increase until desired width is obtained. Alwas drag a little earth towards the center of the road until it is raised from ten to twelve inches above the edges of the traveled way. The amount of earth that the drag will carry along can be very consider ably controlled by the driver, accord ingly as he stands near the cutting end or away from it. When the roads aro first dragged after a very muddy spell the wagons should drive if possible to one side un til the roadway has a chance to freeze or partially dry out. The best losults from dragging are obtained only by repeated applications. Remember that constant attention is necessary to maintain an earth road in its best condition. TEACHERS ELECTED. Several Chanftcs Made In the Corps of Teachers -Salaries Ralscd-Bulld-lns t Be Inspected. The old school board met Monday evening and finished up the year's business, following which the new board was organized. Present, V. It. Pulton, L. II. Fort, .1. O. Caldwell, B. .1. Overing and R. F. Raines. Absent, W. A. ShcrwcJod.' V. It. Fulton was elected chairman and L. II. Fort secretary of the new board. The following teachers were elected for the ensuing year: Superintendent 11. W. Dudley. High School Miss Mamie Ellis, principal; Miss Jessie Ducker, assist ant. First Ward Miss Ada Skjelver, principal; fifth and sixth grades, Miss Viola Ward; third and fourth grades, Miss Mattie Abel; first and second grades. .Miss Alice L. Coombs. .Second Waul Seventh and eighth grades; Mrs. Ilulda .Saylor: fifth and sixth grades. Miss Hluiichc Pope: third and fourth grades. Miss Mabel I Seek -with: Hist and second grades. Miss Wiuiiicd Perkins; primary, Miss Win nie Sherman. Misses hie F.llis. Mildred Thomp son and Myrl (Sittings were not can didates for re-election. On motion the salary of the princi pal of the high school was fixed at not to exceed S5 per month. On motion it was decided that all teachers not having a normal training be required to take a normal course this summer. The salaries of Misses Perkins and Reckwith were raised to SI5 per montn. The salary of Miss Ducker, assistant principal of the high school, was raised to gfio per mouth. Dr. Raines and . I. (). Caldwell were appointed a committee to investigate the condition of the school buildings and report at the next meeting of the b ard. Detective Arrested. The defense in the Strohin case sprang a surprise on the prosecution Wednesday evening when they caused the arrest of Detective Morgan, who was here as a witness in the case which was to have come up Thursday. Morgan was charged with having stolen a jug of whisky from Strohm, who swore to the complaint. He was taken before .Judge Reed and released on bond. Have you weakness of any kind stomach, back, or any organs of the booy? Don't dope yourself with ordi nary medicine. Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea is the supreme curative power. :t."i cents tea or tablets. ('. L. Cottlng. vx, . jr iimrm m-jri'mmmm ! iiiiTOiMihlMllif t fVJ --t - t. t ivi.Aaujuii . . .. .., j.-.. . , STK9II.1I CASE CONNNUED. Wauflo Jury Disagrees-Mrs. Howard Gets Verdict Aftnlnst the City For Small Amount. This has boon a bus;, week in tin district court, though without results in the more Important oases. Tin: sinoiiM casi:. Not since the Marker trial has then: boon so much Interest taken in u case in this county as has boon shown in the case of A. E. Strohm, the Inava!a druggist, who was nrrested a few weeks ago on a charge of selling liquor illegally. The case came up for hoariug Thursday morning, but on motion of the defendant's attorney continuance was granted until the Septoinbor term, owing to the illness, of Mrs. Strohm, wife of the defendant, who Is one of the most important wit nesses for the defense. About hair the population of liijivnlc precinct came down to the county seat Thurs day to be present at the trial. Tluj sentiment up there is. very strong: against Strohm. and It is probable the 1 iw-anu-onler league will not rest, until a conviction is secured. miik. iiowAitn OKI's viiitmcr. .Mrs. II. A. Howard, ...- ..mu .a. city for S.l,00( -1 for injuries., sustained by falling from a mk ... front of the Holland house about three and a half years ago, was allowed !il(l( the jury after being out for several hours. The evidence showed contrib utory negligence on the part of tint complainant, but the jury evldcntty thought the lady was entitled to some hiug for the pain of body and mini! which she had endured. However, the amount of damages awarded will hardly pay her share of the costs inv til-scum-.. , ' , IMHAOItKKMKNT IN WAUKI.K VStiK. The jury in the case of the State vs. Pearl Waulle Was discharged Wednes day uftornoon ut 4 o'clock, after hav ing been out for forty-eight hours; without reaching an agurment. The evidence in the case was submitted tw. weeks ago just before .fudge Adams; adjourned court. Last Monday the jury listened to the arguments of the attorneys and the ease was- given into their hands that afternoon with the. aforementioned result. The complaining witness in the cir-e was Miss Minnie Shaw, a nineteen-year-old girl living near Hladen, who told a n nmrknblc tale oonoorning the, circumstances uudt r which the alleged crime was committed. On the other hand. .utile, who is u young man of twenty-three or twonty1four years, had several witnesses on hand to prove that the complainant had left him im mediately after they had returned from an automobile ride, anil that she had gone away with another man. la I view of the fact that there Is no pos Isibility of a conviction, it is doubtful 1 If the case will ever come to trial 1 again. That Water Tax. It seems that Jeff Ward is not the only person who wants pay for collect ing the water tax. At the last meet ing of the city council City Treasurcr Hutler presented a claim for Sill an payment, at the established rate of 10 per cent, for the water tax which he himself had collected. While the ordi nance provides that the water commis sioner shall collect the tax. something over a year ago the council adopted a icsolution that water consumers should pay their duos to the city treusuier. , However, the council failed to provide for compensating the city treasurer for his labor. Mr. Hutler considered the , matter and came to the conclusion I that if the council had so much money to spare there was no reason . why he should have some of it. How- , ever, his claim was laid over for fur ther consideration by the council. Charged With Assault. Shortly after Judge Adams continu ed the Strohm liquor case yesterday, a warrant was sworn out for Strohtn'ft ( arrest on the charge of assaulting Rev. Hill of Inavale. He was taken before .Judge Kdson, who fined him S10 and ' costs, amounting in all to ahoutSI 1.5). ' Strohm paid his fine and was released. 1 l i try . i -i W"J ag,,,, !wHwmmnfcre 'fi