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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
SHOW TEXAS AS
LAND GRABBER
Maps Give It 1,875 Miles That
Don't Belong to It, Says
Geologist.
NO PROPER STATE MAP MADE
.Texas System of Land Survey Inher
ited From Mexico and Spain
Current Maps Made by Many
Individuals.
AURtln, Tex. According to Dr. Hoi).
rt T. Hill, former state geologist, who
bus Just Mulshed u study of the topo
krpidilcul futures of Texas uud Ih
making n report on tho subject for tho
United States geologlcul survey, until
recently nil existing maps glvo nu In
accurate Idea uh to the geography of
tho stiite, particularly with reference
to tho courses of the Mo Grando on
tho South and the Ited Klver on tho
north. Air. Hill says that all current
maps of Texas locate tho Itlo (Jrande.
which has ulwnys been accepted as the
boundary between this country and
Mexico, Inaccurately. The nuips In
clude In Texas a strip of territory av
eraging 125 miles hi width and 75 miles
in length (about 1,875 square miles),
which does not belong to It. Until the
' World wnr, when special surveys of
tho border were made by the War de
partment, nothing waH known of tho
Illo Grando district. These maps, since
published by, tho department, revealed
tho mlstako In current maps.
No Proper State Map.
There Is no map published showing
vcn approximately the physical fea
tures of the trans-l'eeos section, tho
mouutnlnoiiB portion of the state. Many
of the ranges and penks are entirely
omitted and others are located Inac
curately. Doctor Hill has made a spe
cial study of these sections of tho state
and will mnko known many Inaccu
racies through the maps ho Is prepar
ing for the government.
The Davis mountains, well known to
AID BREEDING
OF REINDEERS
United States Plans to Make Am-1 ,"K rolm,f,('r for mont- Thcse reln'
mal Important Factor in
Meat Industry.
'TRY TO DOUBLE HIS WEIGHT
Alata Has 200,000 Reindeer With
Range for Several Millions Multi
ply From Original Importation
cf 1,280 in 28 Years.
Washington. Santa Onus' reindeer
linve promise of becoming a factor in
tho meat supply of this country as
they are in Scandinavia, where rein
deer meat last enr sold at a .higher
price than beef or mutton. The gov
ernment Is going to aid In putting the
Infant itiduHry of Alaska on Its feet
by expei h.ients In Increasing the rein
deer's weight to about double the pres
ent uverago by scientifically breeding
them, locating ranges and studying the
animal's diseases, parasites and graz
ing problems. Provision Is mado In
the agricultural appropriation bill of
Ids year for that purpose.
Alaska Has 200,000 Reindeer.
Dr. K. W. Nelson, chief of tho bio
logical survey, In urging tho appropria
tion, told congress there aro about
200,000 reindeer In Alaska, of which
nbout three-fourths belong to tho na
tives and one-fourth to tho govern
ment and to white owners who havo
started n commercial Industry In grow-
PEREZ AND HIS BRIDE
Joseph ft. Perez of Santu Mann, P.
L, and Alias Salvador O. Ksplrltu of
Manllu, both students of tho Univer
sity of Chicago, were married in that
Institution, tho other day. This Is
said to bo tho first Filipino wedding
to talto place Ip tlile oeimtry.
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bnnk cashiers and others from bandits, was staged In Boston recently. "Nick
Carter," of dime novel fame, In private life Frederic Van Itensselner Dey of
Nyack, N. Y Is shown In tho photograph llrlng an automatic pistol ut tho
new bullet-proof glass, the only damage to the glass being slight dents.
TexaH residents, nro not Included on
any map. They form one of the prin
cipal range districts In the state. To
the west of these inountulns Is a long,
narrow Btrlp of desert country, low
lying valley plains nbout U00 miles In
length, running ulong the ltlo Grande,
northwest Into Now Mexico These
valleys aro not dcllned on any map
published.
Tho Diablo country consists of un
dulating plains, with peaks of various
sizes and kinds, extending Into tho
Sacramento mountains of New Mexico.
Tho railroad follows a valley scoured
out of the vast pluln, extending north
went Into New Mexico" and southwest
Into Mexico. Tho traveler from El
I'll mi to the New Mexico llnu Is nlways
either upon or In sight of this plain for
about 250 miles. Tho surface Is so
smooth, except where It Is broken
rarely by peaks, that It seems as level
as a lloor. Tho plain Is Inclosed on
all sides by a wall of higher mountain
ui'i'r uiuiiiMicu irom an original mr
portatlon of 1,280 animals made 28
years ago for tho benefit of tho Es
kimos. "People hnve .asked me whnt tho
future of the Industry Is likely to be,"
said Dr. Nelson. "I havo replied by
asking them the question: 'If 1,280
reindeer In 28 years produced tho
present 200,000 animals, what is like
ly to bo i the increase from 200.0(H) unl
mnis In the next 28 years?' Tho In
crease Is almost unbelievable. In oth
er words, tho Industry, properly bun
dled, should have a great future.
"The Alaskan firm which has started
tho Industry exported 1,000 head to
Seattle last year. The firm lias es
tablished four smnll cold Btorago
plants at points on the Alaskan coast
where tho reindeer can readily bo
driven down for slaughter to be re
frigerated and loaded for shipment.
"1 bellee Alaska contains availably
range to maintain from four to five
million of reindeer. The estimate has
beon made that It would take care
of 10,000,000, but 1 think that is too
high.
"Five million reindeer would give
an average output of about 1,250,000
reindeer a year. Dressed for market
an animal now nvernges 150 pounds.
Takltig this weight and tho present
value of reindeer meat, the fully de
veloped reindeer Industry In Alaska
should yield approximately $13,000,000
a year. Ilelndeer have been in Alaska
28 years and their Increase under
crude methods of handling lias been
almost startling. Under proper scien
tific supervision nnd modern methods
the Industry should develop very rap
idly. "There are big herds of wild caribou
about the Mount McKlnley region,
some bulls of which dress up to about
100 pounds. We plan to capture Homo
hulls of this stock and use them with
an experimental herd nf reindeer cows
for the puipose of building up a high
er grade of reindeer, having greater
weight and Increased hardiness. ' 1 be
llow? It will be practicable In less than
ten years to havo the reindeer of Alas
ka running from 250 to :i(M) pounds
to tho carcass, Instead of 150 pounds
as at present.
"The Increased weight would In
crease the value of tho fully developed
Alaska reindeer Industry enough to
bring tho potential output around vo,.
000,000 at present value. That Is more
than the fisheries of Alaska produce.
"Stefaiihson, the Arctic explorer,
was here recently. Ho Is Interested
In the lease granted by the Canadian
government for a great area for rein
deer grazing In Untlln's bay region. Ho
Informed me that In the Scandinavian
countries of Europe nbout 200,000 rein
deer are killed for meat each year.
"Wo are talking about helping to
build up Alaska, and hero Is one thing
that Is right In sight today, a .me,
big Industry, and I do not know of any
omer iiko it in tno immedlato future.
Tho future looks so promising that
(ho expenditure which wo contemplate
Is trilling compared with what the
outcomo Is likely to be."
ranges. Hut none of those features
has been plnccd on n map.
Based on Settlers' Notes.
Tho county and state maps of Texas
aro Inferior to those of other states,
Doctor Hill said, because of tho differ
ent systems of land survey used In
Texas. Jn other states tlm land has
been accurately surveyed nnd divided
Into townships and sections. The sur
veying was done and Held notes made
under United States supervision, urn
maps of the country were ulways nec
essary to acquire land. Tho Texas
systems were Inherited from Mexico
and Spain. Scrips or warrants were
Issued to Individuals, who went out,
took some natural object for a corner,
measured oft a block of acres called
for In the shape and direction chosen,
atid sent the notes to the land olllce.
Current maps were compiled from
these notes, made by many Individuals,
and tho topographic Information sup
plied was nearly always meager.
Up to 1800, when the geological sur
vey began In Texns, there was only
one point In Texas with Its exact loca
tion on tho earth's surfaco known.
This was a monument to David Crock
ett, near the old land olllce, on the cap
Itol grounds at Aiistln. It was located
by tho United States geodetic survey.
About 18S0 some women were giving
a bazaar for patriotic purposes In Aus
tin. They desired some souvenirs to
sell at the bazaar, and at their request
tho old monument was broken Into
pieces nnd taken to tho bazaar. Thin
perished the only, point In Texns defi
nitely located on the earth's surface.
--'--9M.
One Little Pig Is
Cause of Furore
Cincinnati. "This little pig
went to market, and this Ilttlo
pig stayed at home." and this Is
a' story about a little pig that
didn't vmit to do either, and In
Its efforts to get out of staying
home and going to market
caused n Cincinnati tiro depart
ment to go .clanging away on
a fruitless trip.
The pig was In n pen In the
Meyer packing house. It got
out, and soon had a throng of
employees chasing It madly
around. The pig rebounded
here and there In tl.a factory,
finally coming full tilt against
nn automatic fire alarm. An en
gine company, boo": nnd ladder
and the district fire .marshal re
sponded. Also a great number
of citizens, who for' the time be
ing were disengaged.
The pig eventually was cor
ralled, with the aid of tho citi
zens. Wants to Pay Old Bills.
Nortonvllle, Kan. Alter being ab
sent from Nortonvllle for 20 years,
John J. Sheeran writes from Cali
fornia that ho wishes to atone for
his wrongs by paying all his unpaid
bills In Nortonvllle. Sheeran says In
his letter that ho realizes now t lint
"nothing spotted or unclean can gain
heaven," and that he had made wan
dal and desires forgiveness of those
he has wronged. He Indicates that If
he does not get the bills In a certain
length of time he will kIvo tho
amount or more to charity.
His Purse Returned.
New Albany, Ind. Dr. John F.
Weathers of this city has recovered
a purse containing $21 In money and
his Southern Hallway pass as mirgeoii
for the company, which he lost In a
store Thanksgiving evening. When
ho went to his garage the next morn
ing he found the purse,' with the con
tents Intact, on n post near tho door,
where It evidently had been left by
Bomo conscience-stricken jterson. ,
Bars "Yellow Streak."
Washington. A yellow streak Is well
enough In a gold mne, but has no
placo In the make-up of humans or
noodles. In noodles It denotes use of
a dye In place of eggs, the Depart
ment of Agriculture holds In an an
nouncement, and federal food Inspect
ors havo been instructed to shut the
gates of Interstate commerce to such
dubious characters.
NEBRASHJI BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Omnhn will hold Its nnnual nuto
show March 1 1 to id.
Plans aic under way for a national
guard company at lEImwood.
Spring plow lag s in progress around
Sidney the earliest In its history.
The Liberty Christian church Is be
ing remodeled Into a modern structure.
II. 11. Hall or Iloiig has taken charge
of the elevator at the Liberty drain
Co. at Liberty.
The State Press association has
been Invited to hold Its summer ses
sion la Omaha.
D. M. Amsherry, secretary of stale,
suffered a stroke of paralysis and Is
In a serious condition.
Pllger shippers chartered n special
I rain of tweniy-seven cars to make u
quick shipment of cattle.
The Hev. I. K. Cainey of Harvard
will assume the pastorate of the
Christ Ian' church at York.
Membership In the Wymoro Com
munity club hns Increased from 08 to
12(1 In the past two months.
'. IC. ISrjner, a farmer near Calla
way, had two ribs broken when he fell
from u thirty-foot windmill.
The Federated Woman's clubs at
Albion are contemplating reorganizing
on a new and more helpful basis.
Dr. C. A. Anderson of Stromshurg
Is dead after an Illness of ten weeks
with cerebral spinal meningitis.
City politics Is boiling at West
Point, and conventions have been
called for nominating candidates.
The Union Pacific wreck at (Sllmore
Inst week was the first that has occur
red on that system In eight years.
A. V. Pease, for 42 years In business
In Beatrice,' has sold out and will de
vote some time to travel and rest.
The n-yenrrold son of Henry Ander
son, near Akron, died of ptomaine
poisoning after a few hours' illness.
The shortage caused by the closing
of the Castellar bank at Wall- last
week may reach a half million dollars.
A scout troop has been organized by
boys attending the I'.aptlst church at
York. The imstor will bo scoutmaster.
An epidemic of measles that has
prevailed among children at Lodge
Pole has subsided, with no serious
cases.
Fairmont will hold a special election
April f, to submit bonds In the sum
or !?iri,000, to enlarge the electric light
plant.
A womnii, Mrs. Mary Oherly, has '
entered the race for city commissioner
for the first time In the history of
Omnhn. '
At a special election nt Blnlr $20,
000 bonds for the erection of a munici
pal Ice plant were voted by a majori
ty, of 81.
According to the chief of police nt
Lincoln, there Is more high class erlme
going on now than ever before known '
In that place. i
William Stelnmeyer, Clatnnla farm
er, has lost three head of flue cattle i
dining the past few weeks from the
bite of n mad dog.
For the first time In last twenty
year, York has not harvested an Ice
crop. No place In the county has a
pound oT Ice stored.
The home of W. it. Dellart at Bur
well burned to the ground In a tire,
the origin of which Is not known. But
few possessions were saved.
C. 15. Bcugcr of Callaway was re
elected secretary of the Nebraska
Herefoid Breeders' association at the
annual meeting at Hastings.
Emll Kothschlld, wenlljiy Omaha
grain man, was found dead on the
kitchen lloor of his home. Death had
been caused by asphyxiation.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mitchell of Alma
last week celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary with a dinner
nt the O. A. It. hall In that place.
Trumbull's slxlh fire within n few
years wiiied out the town's Inst store
when L. llauman's general merchan
dise plnce was complete destroyed.
j'otor Truelson, 47, an Inmate of
the Feeble Minded Institute at Peat
rice, met a horrible death when he
Jumped Into n tank of boiling water.
J. C. Forney nnd son sold forty
three head of Duroc sows and gilts at
Heaver City for an average juice of
$211 per head, the highest of any sale
ever held In western Nebraska. The
first thirty head sold for an average
of .$287.
In order to relievo the housing
situation nt Illg Sjirlngs, cnjdtnllsts
have a number of new dwellings under
construction.
Omaha packers nnd manufacturers
of perishable food products face an
unheard of famlno In natural Ice.
Packers say the shortage will be close
to 200,000 tons.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
tho automobile belonging to J. O. Ham
ilton of Wahoo while the family was
visiting near Ashland. Tho machine
was parked near a hay stack, which
caught lira In an undetermined man
ner. Over $200 was renllzcd by the nig
Springs high school nt a carnival, tho
first entertainment of the kind to be
undertaken by Its pupils.
Several jiorsons were painfully In
jured when tho bleachers, erected nt
Ashland for the Pricker and Shermnn
hog sale, collapsed Just boforo the sell
ing was to havo begun.
Tho PIckrell Livestock association
did n business amounting to $S.1,747.r0
during the year Just closed. Forty-nine
cars of livestock were shipped, con-
I slstlng of 2,:tSn head of hogs, 117 head
or cnuie anu iniriy-suveu neuu ui
sheep,
Last year Mrs. Henry Barrett of
Lodge Polo produced, canned and sold
$150 worth of garden vegetables from
a plot 20x100 feet.
Olen Shannon hat secured nn In
terest In tho Elite theatre at Pawnco
and will run It full time Instead of oc
caslonnlly, us heretofore.
Women of the Wymore churches
hnve started a eanialgn for Mrs.
Maurice Jones for mayor. She boa
consented to make the race.
Students of the state 'igrleultural
school at Lincoln, to the number of
ir() recently made a tour of the Omaha
Ijacklng houses, stock yards and rac
totles. Joe Steelier of Dodge, former
world's champion heavyweight wres
tler, defeated John Olln of Finland, In
a fast and warmly contested match at
Omaha Monday night.
The 2-year-old son of Mr. Ilenston,
residing near Ileatrlce, was badly
scalded when he fell Into u pail of hot
water thai his mother was using In
doing the family washing.
Hoy South of Plnlfsmouth has de
parted for Cl i lie," South America, with
the Intention of embarking In the mill
ing Industry. He visited that country
when In the service as a sailor.
Mayor C. E. Plass of Madison hns
requested tobacco dealers to discon
tinue the imminent display of clg
arets followiiif; a fire In the High
school, said to have been stinted by a
clgaret.
Moie than 100 members of tho
Knights or Pythias from Lincoln, Wa
hoo, Schuyler, Alvo nnd Elmwood at
tended nn Initiation meeting nt Ash
laud when ten were taken Into tho
local lodge.
Hev. James A. Taneock, for 10 years
dean of Trinity cathedral at Omaha,
has resigned due to the Illness of Mrs.
Taneock, who Is now ut a local hos
pital sullerlng from a severe nervous
breakdown.
Miss Velma Lois Sutton, prima don
na of the Philadelphia (jrnnd Opern
company, n Nebraska product, will
sing at the Southwestern Teachers' as
sociation meeting nt Holdrege Maich
2;t. 21 and 'Si.
(leorge W. Koster, chief of the state
bureau of llsh and game, has received
u number of reports from various
tarts of the state of violations of state
and federal game laws In the shoot
ing of wild ducks.
Hev. Martha NIchol of Taylor Is a
Nebraska woman minister. She has
been pastor of the Congregatlonnl
church there for several months. Hev.
Miss Ware of Edison Is nnother Ne
braska woman minister.
Pandits at Mitchell entered the
HuiilngJon station, held L. Weekley,
night telegraph operator, helpless at
the point or their guns while they tried
In vain to open the safe, and beat him
up badly when they left.
Henry Stelmnan, a pioneer of Thay
er county residing near Dcshler.'was
caught by the belt of a com sheller
iimi sintered a iraciureii sicuil, a
broken arm and other Injuries, which
resulted family a few hours after
wards. The smallpox situation In Custer
counly Is clearing up. The number of
cases, especially In the rural districts,
have been rather numerous, but un
der the rigid quarantine measures now
in effect, the jellow cards are disap
pearing. The Woodman land near Steele City
Is the scene of oil well activity. Fir
toon wagon loads or lumber were haul
ed there for the construction of tho
derrick which will be eighty reel high
end requlio l.r,000 feet of lumber to
construct.
A roundup of whnt Is probably llio
only herd or wild nntclopc now at
large In the United States may lie held
In Holt county this spilng by the statu
and federal game departments, nnd
the nntelope removed to the federal
game preserve at Valentine.
Joseph Teeter, past grand command
er of the Nebraska O. A. It., Is dead
at his home In McCook. He Is the
fourth Nebraska ('. A. It. head to die
within the Inst six months, the other
three being J. S. Tlonghuid of North
Platte, Lee Estelle of Omaha and John
E. Evans of North Platte. When Mr.
Teeter was elected head of' the Ne
braska (i. A. It. in 1S!)1 It had 8,137
members. Now there nro 2,0(50.
Mrs. Nancy Oarloch of Hladen, nine
ty years old, holds several records be
sides her age. She Is the mother of
eight children, seven of them living,
forty-one grand children, one hundred
nnd forty-threo great-grandchlldien
and seventeen grent-great grand
children. On her birthday recently
the many descendants sent her n
shower of postcards nnd she received
tokens from every state In tho union
from some nf her two hundred and
eight descendants.
Fire of undetermined origin Tues
day destroyed the farm home of John
Osborne near Seward. The loss will
exceed ?7,000.
The young son of Frank Wegrzyn of
Hurwell Is dead of black dljil'flierhi,
the llrst fatality from the dlscaso
nmong a number of cases under quar
antine nt that place.
The First Christian church nt Mc
Cook Is remodeling and Improving ita
building which will Include additions
to both east and west sides of tho
present structure. The seating cajm
city will be Increased to 400, uud a
modern baptistry will bo ndded.
The state camp of the Hoyal Neigh
bors of America will bo held at Lin
coln, March 10.
A petition signed by the required
number of voters has been tiled with
the Auburn city clerk, asking that tho
Sunday amusement ordinance now In
effect bo repealed or submitted to tho
voters ut the spring election.
Under authority granted by tho
state railway commission, tho fair
board or managers has abolished the
extra Ti-cent fare charged over the Lin
coln street car lines for all progrums
at tho fair grounds given under tho
auspices of the state university.
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why
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Eatonlc helps people to get well by
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Exceptional opportunity at the present tlra
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who hnvu liad-at least two years in high school
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I bars a bargain (or jou, cotno qnlek.
W. 1 DpOI.OWH jack vabac
Vetlitr llaptds, Ioira
Plant at Victoria Falls.
The ptojeet to erect a power plant
t Victoria Fulls, on the Zambesi
river, In South Africa, has been re
vived and it Is exceedingly likely that
a lifiO.OOO horsepower plant will soon
be under way nt that place. It ha
been under discussion for many years,
but the ono thing which stood In the
way was the proximity of cheap coal,
but this fuel Is now at such a prlco
that there Is a demand for hydro
electric power. Current will probnbly
bo conveyed to the Hand mines, GOO
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Important to Mothers
Examine curefully every bottle ot
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for Infants and children, und see Unit it
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Children Cry for Fletcher's Coatoria
Wlllina to Hold.
"I've been reurcd In tho lap of lux
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"Try mine for a change," suggested
the Impecunious youug man. Balti
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With the antiseptic, fascinating Cutl
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cented convenient, economical face,
akin, baby and dusting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes su
perfluous. One of the Cutlcura Toilet
Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum). Adr.
Just as Bad.
Art Critic "Have you ever been
done In oil?" Vnnderlop "No; but I
have In steel common."
Just Bay to your grocer Ited Cross
Ball Blue when buying bluing. You
will be mora than repaid by the re
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