FEBRUARY 14,1907
1.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
FSll N a certain day recently the prices
yyi for farm products quoted by the
lucal papers, at several different towns
were as follows: ' " ' '
t ' E8S.W't.Corn.Hogs.
ffVeunweh -, . . . -,20 . 62 32 , .2
'Albion IS 00 28
Elgin . ..... IS -57 --2 - 6.40
Cairo 20 .10 28 C.25
Qhiowa ..20 .19 20 6.30
Gothenburg ....... 2.") .10 25 5.05
JSewanJ 25 ,18 , 30 6.20
Deshler ...'..'13 60 " 3(J 6.S
Fairmont 56 SI 6.38
Ckneva 20 57 2S 5.75
Petersburg 10 56 28 6.25
TJio Hebron Journal of January 27,
1881, contained those items of some
present interest;
A sixteen-pound wildcat was killed
near Hardy. ; v
Ponca has telegraphic communication
with the rest of the world.
Under . the new apportionment, Ne
braska will be entitled to at least
three and probably four members in
congress. We will also probably have
one or two more Judicial districts be
fore the present legislature finishes its
work.
In the congressional race Van Wyck
was the lucky man, he having received
C8 votes.
A regular mail hack runs twice a
week from Chester to Belleville, Kan.
Senator C. R Coon arrived home
from Lincoln on last Sunday evening.
Mr. Coon has been ill ever since he
left, and not being able to perform
his duties he was excused and advised
to return home, where he could have
careful and tender nursing. His ail
ment is diphtheria, and it is believed
by his physician that he will soon be
able to be about, when he will return
to Lincoln.
Mr. Drinkwatter of Prairie Star has
lost four (all) children by that' dread
disease, diphtheria.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott, living at Belvi
dert lost their only child, three years
old, last Friday night. Diphtheria was
the cause.
Regarding the prices and prospects
for Buffalo county lands, the Kearney
Hub says: "If we are to judge by the
price that some individual pieces of
land have been sold for, there is good
ground for believing that it is close to
a hundred dollars an acre. But to say
that all the land is worth this at the
present time would be an inaccuracy,
as there are good farms on the market
with a variation in price from $50 to
$125 an acre, depen3ing on location
and improvements.
"Recently an exceptionally well lo
cated alfalfa farm near Shelton sold
for $100, and one tract just south of
the Kearney city limits was valued in
a deal at $125, but this was all in al
falfa, and besides had other valuable
Improvements that give it this high
valuation.
"Still it must be remembered with
the great possibilities of alfalfa grow
ing and sheep feeding, dairying and
hog raising, these lands can be made
to produce what is considered a good
return on the investment, even though
the valuation should exceed $150 per
acre. Farm lands in Illinois in the
best districts are said to bring good
returns even valued at $300 per acre.
In Germany lands that will not pro
duce more than our lands will are val
ued as high as $S00 per acre. This is
because of the congested population.
This is only an indication that as the
population increases, prices of such
lands as we have must inevitably ?o
upward."
A letter from Ulysses notes that pros
perous times and easy money are pret
ty well illustrated in Butler county by
some of the recent public sales. Ten
years ago, perhaps less, it was very
unusual to receive more cash than
notes at a sale. At two sales last
month here the former condition was
reversed. At one sale amounting to
$1,500, there was but one note given,
the balance cash, while at another sale
of $2,000 there was reported but one
note given; so that the banker who
figures' on clerking a sale for the notes
at this rate would bo disappointed.
Farm land is selling at from $75 to $110
per acre about I'lysses, one, unim
proved, eighty acres, having void for
$7,5'0; a quarter section for $l7,6no, and
HO acres, niMHit four n.lles we.st. of
Ulysses, fur llo.OtO.
Thayer county has its share of the
leap in land valuer-. Said u Caiieton
Item lately: "A deal was cousuinm.itcd
.Monday whereby l II. I'ltzsluioiis be
came the owner or 1). M. Kike's f irm
not th of town at pel Ue, Look
no lo Carlctoii. will you? We well ro-
iHemln r three year ago. when Mr.
Rims bought (hi f.u in for $51 per acre, ,
how the peo,e Kiiiteil at Mm and won- t
d ied If he wan a mult l-itillllonali e." (
anv llinlfon, one of tho prominent 1
bllr-ltiev IlieH of Yolk county, frpeitftliiif i
t.f the county option till and f the
ttciithni nt for il la Yik county, cited j
the prosperous town of York as an
object lesson to show that a prosper
ous town can be built up on the anti
saloon plan.
"My father, Ilev.fC. S. Iftrrison. set
tled in York in '71," said Mr. Harrison,
"and commenced helping to build the
community with what we now call the
York idea in his head.
"He had a strong sentiment against
saloons then as he has now; from a
moral standpoint, but he had at that
time what all the business men of York
haves p.ov,' the more modern Idea that
towns can be built upland can grow
and prosper without saloons.
"The old idea was that saloons in a
town atracted the farmers and each
little town in the early days ambitious
for its own sucess was afraid to op
pose the saloon for fear that the other
towns would encourage the saloon and
thereby attract more farmers, and more
business.
"My" father believed 1 that ' a 'town
could be established and maintained
without submitting to the cold-blooded
domination and the reckless waste and
immoral effects of the saloon, and
when I see the town of York, now
prosperous and progressive as it is,
and think of it in connection with this
idea, it looks pretty good to me."
Asked about the financial condition
of York as a city, Mr. Harrison said:
"Our municipal indebtedness Is less
than that of any other town of its size
in the stite. Our tax levy for city
purposes is very low. I cannot now
give the exact figures, but I am quite
sure that there is no other town in tho
state of its size that can compete with
it in respect to that. We have only
one policeman. Our jail is empty.
There is no disorder in York. People
are attracted to York, and to the sur
rounding country, and farm lands in
the vicinity of York are now selling as
hif h as $110 an acre. The Nobes farm,
240 acres, sold within the last year for
$130 an acre. Instead of the town be
ing magnetic and attractive by reason
of a large number of open saloons, it
is magnetic and atracts the very best
class of people for its god order, and
for the safety there is, and tho pleas
ure there is in living in such a town.
"The laboring man in York is a per
manent fixture. He has his home, he is
an orderly, well-behaved man, he has
the best opportunities for church and
.school privileges and he gets higher
wages than are paid in many other
parts of the state."
Asked if there was any sentiment in
York for saloons, Mr. Harrison said he
knew of a good many men who had
come there with the open saloon the
ory in their minds who had changed
their views since living in York. About
fifteen years ago an effort was made
to work up a sentiment for open sa
loons, and, to test the public feeling in
the matter, a vote was taken in York
county, which resulted in a defeat of
the saltan idea five to one.
Mr. Harrison said that the influence
of what he called the York idea had
radiated out over the entire county, so
that among the farmers there was
general consent to the anti-saloon
proposition. "The farmers," said Mr.
Harrison, "have come to see that the
saloon in its immoral effects reaches
out into the country and affects the
whole community. They realize now
that they have a right to say whether
there shall be saloons in the town, be
cause they are compelled to pay the
county expenses, and the farmers who
have sons going to town once or twice
a week for recreation feel that they
ought to have a right to reach the sa
loon with their votes in self-protection.
"The farmers and property owners
have come to understand that the sa
loon system do not attach value to
property, but on the other hand, low
ers the value of property as well as
the morals of the people."
OMAHA. Neb., Feb. 7. How the
American Cereal company wiped out a
factory at Seward by menns of tho
pre.viium plan and th.n boosted tho
price of package goods in Nebraska,
wa.-i fold by Fred (Joehner of Seward
at tho hardware mens convention
Thursday.
"We had a plan t at Seward that cost
$30,'Uu and wee doing a nice business
until tho Aui-lcuu Cereal company
Rot after us," said Mr. 'Joehner. "V
put live pounds of actual goods In u
package, while the American company
put in thiee and one-half pounds and
made up the remainder of tho flvo
Piiud -t with articles mich as many of
Elgtutar
OAOTOIIIA,
lWt tit oa m 'l'm
Big tut ar
you hardware men carry in stock. The
people preferred to be humbugged and
the premium goods were most popular,
but even with that we were doing
nicely until the big concern began to
cut prices.
"In order to make anything we had
to sell our goods at 45 cents. I went to
the Omaha jobbers to sell them our
product, and they told me they were
getting American Cereal company
goods at 38 cents. I went to Lincoln
and the jobbers told me there they
were getting goods from the American
Cereal comDanv at 38 cents.
"The trust sent a representative to
Seward and offered to buy or lease our
plant. We would not sell, but after
long consideration we decided to lease,
provided the trust would keep the fac
tory g'dng," They verbally agreed to
keep it running, but would not make
a written agreement. We leased tho
plant to them for ninety-nine years at
$5,000 a year, which is more than we
could make by running it ourselves.
"I was in Lincoln a few days ago
and asked one of the jobbers how
much he had to pay for the goodi the
American Cereal company sold him a
few months ago for 38 cents. He re
plied 85 cents."
This story from, Mr. floehner was
brought out by a discussion of tho re
cent action of some of the railroads in
making a low classification on goods
containing premiums.
INDI4NOLA, Neb., Feb. 8. As the
result of an old feud a fight took
place at a literary society in Frontier
county last night between Ben Jusel
and the McCaighney boy6, Jusel drew
a revolver and shot one of the Mc
Caighneys In th3 abdomen, got into
his buggy and started home. He was
overtaken by the two McCalghneys
and was beaten and kicked until he
was nearly dead. The man who was
shot will recover. Jusel is in bad con
dition, though his life Is not thought
to be in danger.
EDGAR, Neb., Feb. 11 The Clay
county farmers' institute, which closed
its session last week, adopted resolu
tions declaring against federal seed
distribution. The speakers were ex
(lovernor Poynter, J. E. Atkinson, C.
W. Pugsley and W. D. McKee, all of
whom made adresses that were very
interesting to the farmers and held
the close attention of the audience.
Following are the resolutions:
"We, the farmers of Clay county,
who are a part of a great army of
home builders, assembled in conven
tion, in institute work, from year to
year, at much cost and labor, for
furthering- the agricultural interests
of our great state, find that many of
the great agricultural interests of our
commonwealth suffer from the lack of
needed legislation, and in some in
stances from too much legislation.
"We feel that we are not overstep
ping the bonds of propriety when we
express ourselves upon the issues of
the day. Therefore, be it
"Resolved, That we register a pro
test against the expenditure of large
sums of money by the federal govern
ment for the free distribution of gar
den seeds. We favor government in
spection of grains and seeds under the
department of agriculture, and we
memorialize our representatives in
congress to support such a movement
with all the power at their command.
"Be it further resolved, That we
commend the Phelps county bar in its
position taken on the anti-pass ques
tion in bringing the profession up to
the high standard it deserves by not
being placed In the position of asking
for something which is denied to
others. And we appeal to all the pro
fessions and individuals to do like
wise, and thus rise above petty graft.
"Be it further resolved, That we de
mand an anti-pass law which shall ex
clude all individuals except bona fide
employes. We further demand an
open primary law which shall Include
local and state officers, with as little
expense as possible for the qualifica
tion of a candidate. We further re
quest a two cent passenger rate."
The resolutions were adopted by an
unanimous vote, 250 farmers being
present.
.New York's Hot Spring-.
The Brooklyn navy yard hag a hot
spring Ml of Us own.
The discovery was made yesterday by
workmen who escaped parboiling by
jumping quickly. They were excavatnig
at the spot where will he the foundation
of a new wireless telegraph station, and
had gone nix feet lxiow water level. A
blow from the pick of one and they were
ankle deep in boiling water.
It wan ut first thought that th pick
men had mortally wounded a steam or
hot water pipeline, and siphoning was
resorted to, while th officer in charge
married to the hUhuii plant and laid an
InforiOHtton. Charts mid diagram of the
pipes (hut network the yard were taken
down and consulti-d, only to furnish tho
HKHuraneo that tho gush point of tho
hot water wh far from uny probability
of pipe,
Meantime tho nlphon wa to no avail,
and up to tho hour of cloning yosti-iday
tho yard could Hcarcfly b mild tu b
holding Its own.
All th- workmen raron to the opinion
that Mn find wan a nn Ad a hot iqtrint?
only f.rty-nv iiilnutfM from llroadwuy,
and of icrind nervleeahllity for ceuVo
m.iklnx ut noon hour briraftr.-Nw
Xotk World.
Mothers 1 Mothers!! Motes! If
Mrs. Wkislow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over SIXTY YEARS by" MII
X.IOKS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
While TEETHING, with TERKECT SUCCESS.
It SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS,
ALLAYS all PAIN ; CURES WIND COLIC, and
is the test remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by1
Druggist In every part of the world. Be sure
and asl! for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,",
and take no other kind. Twenty-live cis. a bottle.
PLOUGHMAN'S. ALMANAC.
Northwestern ' Christian -Advocate:
Although Charles II. Spurgeon has
been dead nearly fifteen years, his
John Ploughman's Almanac is 'still is
sued. Its chief featuro has been tho'
homely sayings which Mr. Spurgeon
puts Into tho mouth of John Plough-
man. In thousands of English homes
this almanac is as great a treasure as
was Poor Richard's almanac !n the
homes of our American forefathers.
Among tho sayings of John Plough
man in the- new almanac are tho fol
lowing: ' . 1 i;
Wine makes many whine;' gin makes
many sin.
Tho more for tho publican, tho loss
for the public.
The only true tcmporanc4--total ab
stinence from evil.
Think, think, before you drink.
Don't waste good cash on worthless
trash.
Don't give beer to boozers, nor
loaves to .loafers.- , ,
In gambling both winner and los-l
are losers. ' ' " - '
The "hire" system means higher
cost.
The buyer system is always the bet
ter system.
You can't plough the soil without
soiling the plough.
One peasant ia worth more than
many pheasants.
"Tin wasteful to-, throw ros-water
into the- sea. 1 1 , ,
The one who can wait is the one who
will win.
Don't cry over spilt milk; buy soma
more.
Vanity Fair is a poor place for trad- ,
ing.
"Unfortunate" often means "improv
ident." "Dignity" won't butter breijl or
grow potatoes.
Lent goods are apt to be lost goods.
Thrift begins with small sa'jns;H.
Angelica may be angelic, yet she's
not an angel. - n
Two dogs light for a bone; a third
"bones"" it.
You can't be Just unless you are gen
erous. An ounce of vanity spoils a ton of
merit.
JOvery mother should expect her boy
to be a hero.
Not worth wooing, not worth win
ning. Open your eyes before you wed;
shut them after.
If you keep a dog, leave growling to
him.
Life's music begins when love sweeps
the strings. :
A mortgage Is a poor ornament for
a house.
Unwearied tongues are very weary
ing. It matters more bow we live than
how long.
An outraged conscience is a bad
bedfellow.
'Tis one thing to whitewash; an
other to wash white.
As our barns get full let not hearts
get empty.
To do no evil is good; to intend nono
Is better.
To learn how to love Is to learn how'
to live.
WANTED Horses and mules of all ages
and descriptions, will pay highest mar
ket price; will bo at M'elick . stables,
Thursday, Feb. 21. J. W. McMacken.
PATENTS that PROTFr.T.
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B.LAUtT.Wash.ngton.D.C. Ettab, 18G9.
WOOD, J. C, & CO., successors to
Soukup & Wood. Expert cleaners
and dyers, 1320 N St., Lincoln,' Neb.;
Phones: Auto 1292. Bell 147. Mail
order work carefullv attended to.
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