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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1907)
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Englnncrlng at 'Vnrccslol' Polylcch- nla InliUtute f\ml Lecturer at Harvard. Ourroot convorsaUon and the periodical - odical Ilross are Cull of condomnatlon oC our lax : rostrlcUon of Immigration. All the ovlls to which our country Is heir are cxplalned by the "uudeslrablo bordo" of oJlous which Is pressing Into the land with ever Increasing volumo. 'I'ho steady Increase In criminality Which has now become unquestioned Is attributed to this "ovorflow" of the undesirables from the older countries. and th.cso countries are accused of col- luslcn with the steamship companies toward a promotion of the volume of migration. That portion of our cltl- zons which Is Interested In the labor marlcot Is In chronic rebellion against this Illtlux of choall labor. destlnod to oom11eto Ulmn an un.Amerlcan 'lJasls with Amorlcan labor. ' 1'hoso of us who are IntorestOI In IJ\\rlt ) . of politics - tics sea In the Inflowlng torrent a current - rent SIlPllly of corrullllbies upon whoso votes political machines may ho rearell and supportod. Upon every sldo arises this don un- cl .tlon of Immigration. Nor Is It a recent - cent phonomonon. J..oolc UII the 1Itera- turo 01. Immigration. and 'ou wlII find UlO decade of 1840.1850 sUllplylng Its fall' quota of "klclcs. " In goodlr proportion - tion to what our Incroasell IlopulaUon lJUts forth to-llay. For GO years we. as a nation. regardless oC whether 0\11' contlnont yet contained undeveloped torrltory. I\S In 1847 , 01' undevelopea posslblIlties. as In 1907. have been objecting - jecting strenuously to Immigration. Meanwhllo the Immigration has heen stoadlly Increasing. oxcellt dur. Ing the perlOll oC the civil war , nnd at the end of UIO GO yellrs wo onJo ) ' pho , nomenal prosllerlty. 'I'hero Is an Inconsistency hero somewhere between the theories of the llooslmlsts and the facts , and a big ono. too. What are the facts ? Question of Criminality. As to crlmhmllty. wo can tlnd 1I0no l3ullporllng the theory that In general Immigration Is of a criminal sort. Here and tllOro may bo found minor fllcts and figures ou that side. It Is truo. 'rho sou thorn Italians , without question. are unusually IIIltorato nnJ addicted to ho settlement of dllIor. ' . . . . - . . . . . . , . ' . . . . : . ' " . . . " ' , : . : . : : : : : - . - : : - - - . . . - - - - - - - - " - - - - - - . ' onces by stllotto , Wo even Identify the Italians roughly with the Dlack Hand system of blacltluall. 'I'he south Italians are but a smllll fraction of all hllllllgratlon : the class of crhnes to which they are prone Is a minor ono In our criminal records : the black- mall extorted br the Black Hand Is but a drop In the bucket compared with the volume of oxtortlon cUI'l'ontly practiced b ) ' American 'buslness mono within and without the law. against Amerlcall.born vlcllms. Viewing the situation broadly. thol'O la no doclslve ovldence polnllng to the criminality of the a"erago Immi- grant. 'I'horo Is much pointing to .hls suporlorlty ever the average naUvo Amorlcan to Industry. sobriety ami the patlont toloratlon of adverse co 11111- tlons without outbrealc. Indeed. the most decided ovldonco on this point comea from Great Britain. which COUll. try complains that of all hOl' hnml- grants the Amorlcans Ilro the most crhlllnal , being three 01' four Umes as bad as the average oC the rest and tOil times as bad as the PoieR and Hungarians. 'Vo do not conclude trom this too hastllr that America Is ultra crim- Inal. But wo quote 1l to signify that ho who seeles statistical SUPPOl.t for antl.lnllnlgratloll vlows , doing It III slncerlt ) . ancl breadth , Is allt to meet with sour comfort. Standard of Immigrants. Our own conclusions art. ! Ulat the vast maJorlt ) . of Inunhrants are slightly - ly above onr Amorlcan standards In Industrr. sobrlot ) ' and II/ltlent Belf.re- stralnt. though they 1\1'0 undoubtedly below UB 'In Inltlatlvo. They como from countries where unceasing toll Is the price of lIfo. and where the got- rlch.qulck mlcrobo Is virtuallY ur.- known , In their fatherlands drunlcon- ness Is a minor crlmo ; whereas In Great Britain and Amorlca It Is a ma- ] or one. Ami as to patlonco undOl' conditions Inviting to rovolt. America Is llrOlll1 of standing first among all the non.Latin lleopleB o { the tOlllpomto zones In her promlltnea8 tD resent pub , IIclr. br the passlvo rebellion oC the strike. If 1I0t br actual vlolenco. the III'e8enCO of conditions \II\I\ec lIsarlly hard. Our complaint against the 1m. migrants must bo that the ) ' are too patient and lIubmlsslvo for Amorlcan standards , rather thun that they are too vlolont and resontful. As to 11l1torac ) ' , It Is true that the Immigrants are below our standard. What of It ? Education is a thing of Itself. nolther conduclvo to nor antag. onlstlc to morality and haJllllness. II may bo a llowerful tool to both. But It Is often Uwd ! as an el\uully \ power. ful tool u1alnst both. Our educate , classes are not UIWa8 the 1ll\IIlliosi (1II0S. Our worst anll blggost cl'Ook ere the educuted onos. In short. a mlm Is of value to II . " ------'t' . . . . . .T. . . . . . - ' - , . , " . f ' . country solely nccordll1g to whelher ho prodllcel ! mort. , of material or of mora1lty , thun he COl1lUmell , lIe may Ilroduco vcry little , yet 1r his wanta are leRI ! than that Ilttlo ho Is ntlll a profitahlo Invcstmenl for the nation. lie may. on the other hand , apparently produce mllllonl ! : ) 'ot 1r ho consume ! ) ! moro than that. or 1r ho undormlneB : our standard" of morality. or 1r ho II ! found to llroduco actually much : . less than ho allparently producQs. ho may ho a greut source of 101s. In oplto of hll ! prominence and power. 'rho people understand thlB woll. lt la tholr habitual appllcaUon of this now oconomlc tr811uaro to men In the public eye which Is now malcJng mil. Ilonalrhun so uncomfortable. What Is Immigration Worth ? To which clnss. then , bolonga the ave rage Immigrant ? Is ho a producer or a dlsslpator oC net wealth and morality - ality ? It the former. what Is our 1m. nH rant worth , net , to the nation ? The Inw nays that a dead male adult constitutes a loss of $5.000 to his fam. 1IY. In this It strlltca a rough average and drawl ! no distinction o { any 80rt bolwecn Individuals. So It Is hard to get at It In .that way. 'rho average alult ( male Immigrant ( and hulf of our Immigrants are of this sort ) carns at lea8t $300 per an. num soon after his arrival. Rather. that 18 what ho II ! paid. 1\Iy estimates have led mo to state , olscwhere. that his actual productivity Is from throe to four t1mos that amount. the balance going to pay the cost o [ doing "busl- noss" with what ho produces and con. sumes. Dut the benefit of this doubt wlll be left. for the present. to the op. Ilosl tlon. ' 1'ho right wlll be roserved. howovor. to class all Immigrants under this fig- ure. for the majority of them have been hero long enough to expand their In como beyond $300. ' 1'hat Is to say. most of these who were classed as chlldron at the tlmo of entry are now adults. Of the women aome 11.1'0 offset - set In tholr unproductlvlty by the mon who earn moro thlln $300 ; the rest are producing mal'O than Umt value In the form of children. $5OOOO Oooo Per Annum. During the last 20 years sonto 16.- 000,000 or 17,000.000 Immigrants have arrlvod. The exact llgure does not maltCl' , for all wo wish Is an estimate of the number now aUvo and workillg , ntHI many who came before 1887 11.1'0 thut. If these people are producing an average of $300 worth of goods and children apiece their current pro. ductlvlty Is now $5,000,000.000 per an. I num. i This la 200 times as much as our now automobiles cost us lant year. This enormous fund of current income wo should have lost had wo rigidly excluded hnmlJ.raUon In 1887. lIow much capital do' these Imm1- grants embody. not In Ulclr pockets or bank accounts , ll\llin their strength of body and character ? Assume that out of the 17,000,000 aliens arrlvod slnco 1887 10,000,000 are now adult males. For each of these that you klIl his family can col. lect from you. by law. $5.000. lIe must ho worth at least half that. Tlmt is to SIlY. wo have got from Europe during the last two decades. for nothIng - Ing , a working J1lachlnc which capital. Izes Ilt [ rom 25,000,000.000 to 50.000.- 000.000. 'rhls llguro agrees fairly well with our ostlmato of tile anhnal productivIty - Ity of this great human machine. But the exactness of the figures does not mattor. It Is plain that. however they ma ) ' be modlfiod in dotall. they wlH still remain enormous. Our crops have cortalnly been enormous of 1'0' cent years , but It has already become plain that they cannot stmHI alone as an ox planation of our remarkable proBperlty. Wo not only grow hundreds - dreds of mlIllons of dollars' worth of ( .crn , wheat , and cotton at the cost of much Jabor each year , but we also 1m- blbo .from another continent , without a cent of cost to ourselves , upward of a blll10n dollars' worUI of human Uvo stocle per annum. Wo do not hesltato to assign a saUd value to every other form of I1vo stocle which the land needs for Its working. 'Vh ) ' should not our IInmlgrnnts bo figured as a similar uaset ? By Robert Watchorn. CommlsBlonl'r or Immhrntlon. PubIlc ollinion Is all wl'ong. 01' near- I ) ' so. upon many phases { the Imml. gratlon question. With moro than a mlIllon Immigrants a ) 'etll' wo cannot supply the urgent demands for labor. 'rho army of workers adds enormously to the wealth and proporlty ! of the countr ' . It Is not the scum of Europe wo are gottlng. but the Illck of UlO most earnest - nest amI hard-working of Its popula. ! Hon. As to the morality of the Imml. grants of to.day. It seems to mo that It compares favprably with that of our natlvo born Ilopuintion. All this Is not a matter ot mere olllnlon or sontlment. It Is berne out by the actual statistics. MI' . Hoevo's llgur s. it seems to me. In some 1'0 , sllCets , understate the facts. no mono tlons ; 300 a ) 'ent. liS Uw earning I1owor of these Immigrants. As a matter of fact , UIOSO men wlH earn moro , on I the avel'UIe , than Il dollar Il da ) ' . J thlllie the IIgure may lIafoly bo In- I creased b ) ' at least 50 11er cent. Wllh. In a few da's Mr. Charles Lorhn , the . Now York 11tato commissioner of la- bor. came to mo In search of mell J could 1I0t suppl ) ' . lIe ostlmated "that Now Yorle state nlollo needed 100.000 111 on , to whom 110 would 111$2 a munth and board on the farms alone. Now , that IloOR not look much l\lw \ I ovol'crowdlng 01' the hnpossl bill ty of Ilsslml1a'tlng wo llear so much Ilbout. Of the mlIIlun , or , to be CXIlCt. the It ' \ ' _ , : , _ , .1 I , . l I . . . . , . . 1,001,7iG. ! Immigrants laRt yenr more. than ten per cent. were ever the ago limit Ilnd a great proportion brought tholr wives. Aboul.50 per cent. maybe bo classed DS worltcr8. But In another sensu they wore nil workers. ' 1'hero were no Idlors. "careely ono who would shirk his duty. And as to Utelr morality , the average Is certainly good. These Immigrants are placed I upon a prohatlon tor three years. I Should Ule ) ' .got Into trouble In this tlmo they are lIable to bo doported. I.ast year there wcro for all causes less than 1,200 doportod. I question I IC our native born population can Bhow a better record. The modern Immigrant of to.day , It seems to me. Is greatly misunderstood. Wo have a great deal of talk about the menace of the humlgrant trom the south of Europe. A few decades ago mOlt of the Immigrants came from Ireland , whllo Germany ranleed second and Great Britain third. Italy and Hussla sent comparatlvoly fow. To- da ) ' the situation Is practicallY re- versed. Last year wo received 2G7.000 from Italy , 192,000 [ rom Runsla and but 2.1.000 from Jrelaml and 30.000 from German ) ' . From Austria and Hungary aomo 292.000 reached our shor05. It Is unfair to say that UIO north of Europe Is no longer repro- sonted. Dut a.ro the Immigrants from the soulhern countries dangerous or undeslrablo ? The statlstlcd of crime do not prove It. The Italian Is a hard worker. Wo should remember that the Latin people wore highly clvlllzod when the north o [ Europe was peopled - pled with savages. The southern countries may not have progressed of late , but the Impuiso Is stilI thero. and with unlimited opportunities of Amer- Ica. before tilem who can tell what they may not accomplish In the fu. turo ? As to Pauper Labor. A great deal of the misunderstandIng - Ing Is duo to the use of that term PILU- per labor. I havc estlmatod tnat every Immigrant In c mlng to AmerIca - Ica spends on an average from $80 to $100 for transportation. This Includes his faro from his homo to the point of departure. the crossing oC the Atlantic and the railroad faro 10 bls destina- tion. In ether , vords. they spend upward - ward o [ $100.000.000 a year In search of work. Lot us sUPposO. for sake of argument. that Russia suddenly hold out great opportunities for money malting ao that Amorlcans by the mll- Hon wore attracted there. It seems tome mo Umt 1.000.000 natlvo bom citizens might have some difficulty In raising $100,000.000 for transportation. And In addition this army o [ Incomers carried - ried with UlOm moro than $20.00Q.000 In cash. There Is. of course. urgent need of the restriction or Immigration. but I such restriction Is already In [ orco. The laws governing the situation are very rigid : Uley have been devised by Inte1l1gont men. famllIar Wltil the sit. uatlon. working In sympathy with these people as well I1.S In the best Interests - terosts of the country. And the laws are bolng enforcod. As the need tor further restriction occurs It wlll 1'0- celvo duo attention. Meanwhile the I demand for laborers throughout the country Is very urgent. 'rho Immigrants - grants are adding hundreds of mil. lions of dollara to the wealtlot Amorlca , whllo the ) ' helll themselveg to a broader and moro Ilrosperous me. By Emerson McMillan. Chairman Conclllalory Commlltee or the I Civic Federation. . I Decidedly I favor an Inte1l1gent 1'0- . strlctlon of Immigration on both our. eastern and western seaboards. With- 'out bolng an alarmist. I venture to say that UIO problem grows moro difficult each year and lIlust ultimately demand - mand a solution. America has accom. pllshed wonders In assimilating great hordes of Immigrants from many dlf- feront countries. but It Is a very serious - ous question how long at the l1resent rate o [ Increase she can continue to do so. Now It seems to mo that when foreigners como to us In such num. bors that they form separate and distinct - tinct communities. llresorvlns their language and traditions Intact. they constitute a monace. When Buch 11. colony Is formed It Is difficult to breale up. Assimilation goes on very slowly. As a rule. the Immlg'rant of recent years differs from us whlely In his Ideas of morality. his attltudo toward the law and In his general point of view. When wo read of the vlolont crimes committed. UIO namo.B are 'UBU' ally foreign. 'I'ho mack Hand outrages - rages , for Instanco. havc doubtless been greatly exaggorated. but such as they 111'0 Ule ' are a foreign Importa- tion. and oC very recent ) 'ears. It Is undenlablo. o { course. that the coming of UICSO mIllions o [ laborers has contributed much to the wealth l\nd prosporlty o [ the country. nut should this arm ) ' of workers be Increased - creased Indefinitely ? We Imvo 11. population - ulation to.day In excess of 80,000,000 very active and alert people. It would seem that the natural resources of the couatr ) ' coulll be develolled and the great bllslnoss of the land carried forwnnl vor ' well with our llrcsent population HlHl its natural Increaso. And I am not amen those who have an ) ' fear of race sulci do. 'rho In. crease In the nlllllber of Immigrants from ) 'ear to year III ustonlshlng. Can wo continue to rocolvo this army In. dofinltel ) ' without some dn ) ' reducing our scale of Income to that ot Europe ? Does It seem probable Umt the Slavs. the UUBaian Hobrows. the Slolllans and ethers wllo are coming to us In such nUlllbers to.day w111 In a few yeara have risen us have the Irish. and have become as good Americans ? Aud It th io ! forehners wlUI traditions and m mueLrs V(1ry dlfforent froln our own are 1I0t mUihnllated , the problem becomes a very serious ono. . " _ . . . . . . , _ . . : / ' ' (1 'L .Il ; < Hl , .11 : ' . . I. . . . ' . - - 'rhe State Capital MattcrR of Gcneral Interest - - - - - = = rnOM - - Nebraska's Scat of Government The CaGe of Harrison Clarke : Street railway employos of Omaha. , to the number of 210 have petltlonod ' Governor Sheldon not to disturb or commute the sentence Imposed uon Harrison Clarlw for the murder of Edward - ward Flury , a street car conductor. 'I'ho Ilotitioners say : "Clarko had a fall' trial : no just man donles It. Under - ' der the verdict and the law Clarke should bo hanged. No just man denlos . It. Under the law It was leU to the jury to tlx the penalty. They fixed It . at doath. It matters not what has been done In other cases. Other : murderers may have been acquitted. I Other murderers may have had their sentences commuted. This cannot at- i foct this case. It must bo presumed I that the authorities have done their duties under the facts and the law. : ' 1'horo Is no reason for Interfering with I the sentence. All reasons oxlst for , \ sustaining it. For ourselves nnd for : the street railway employes generally. whoso lives are Imperiled whlle on duty by tilO robber l111d the murdered. and for tholr fam11les and In memory at Edward Flury we ask you to let the sentence etand and tile law take Its course. " Portrait of Gov. Magoon. A fine portrait of Charles . Ma- goon , governor of Cuba. ancl formerly a resldont of Lincoln. has been framed and hung In the office of tho'ma'or In the clly hall. ' 1'he portrait Is an excellent - cellent lIIwnoss oC 1\Ir , 1\Iagoon. It was presented to the city by him upon request of Mayor Brown. The ma.'or wishes to secure the portraits of all former Lincoln mon who have become prominent In national affairs , and he has sent out requests to several Individuals - viduals for their portraits. The ar. rival of one portrait which has been promised to the city Is loolwd forward to b3' the mayor with considerable expectancy. It Is one of braham Lincoln for whom this city was named which has been promised to the clly by Robert Lincoln of Chicago. son of the ox.presldent. Ml1.yor Brown ox- peets this picture soon. County Exhibits at Fall' . In the countr collective exhibits Washington won first money In the eastern division. Kearney In the central - tral and Brown In the western. The countos ! scored and received money as follows : EASTERN DIVISION , Counties. Score. Purse. Washlnglon . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 156 $258.00 DouA'lns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.139 : ! 00.3& Pnwnco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . 996 162.8 : : : Sallno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .942 147.93 Z'\pmRhn ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 130.70 Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778 . . . . . ' \ ' ' . CEZ'\'l'RAL DIVISION. 1earne ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,102 238.65 Red Willow . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sli4 147.51 Yorlc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828 140.S2 I rnnklln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117 137.75 'Vebslci. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOli 134.62 Howarr1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74:1 : 117.44 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 110.60 Antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 8&.55 Furnas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 . . . . . WESTERN DIVISION. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 197.45 Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 105.49 , Scolt's nJurr . . . . . . . . . . . .453 104.60 Keya PalllL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 84.50 The Battleship "Nebraska. " Judge and Mrs. C. B. I _ tton have returned from a trip through Canada to the western coast. At Seattle they visited the battleship "Nobraska. " and were rocelved with much courtesy by Capl. Nickolson and took tea on the ship with him and the other officers. As an officer of the state 11ranch of the Daugllters of the American Revo- lution. Mrs. Letton wlshod to ascertain - tain when the stand of colors to be presented b ) ' the Nebraska women. would bo desired. Capt. Nlclholson stated that he had suggested Bomo minor changes In UIO ship which wouhi requlro several months to com- plete. Agricultural Board Meeting. The seml.annual meeting of the board of agrlculturo took 1 lace In tile exec11i.I\'e bulldlng at the fair grounds. . It Wl\I ; dcclded to push the worle of ox- tpnl1n the grounds that ha been , partly finished. The reclamation where the swine barns are wlll bo completed this fall. Delegates to the American association of state fairs to bo held at Chicago In December were appointed In the pursons of 'V. H. Mollar and Peter Youngers. O. P. Hendershot wlII be delegate to the Shorthorn Breeder's association at same time. Railroads Must Answer. The rallway commission refused to grant more tlmo to the railroads In regard to a hearing on freight rates on grain. The hearing wlII begin this weele with the Burlington , The ran. ways coyly aslwd that the grain rate proposition be deferred Cor two months. The State Fair. The 1907 state fair Is over. The fine horses and cattle and hogs and poultry and exhibits have been started homowar.l. The big whlstlo sounded the finish of the fair prompt , ly at 4 o'clocle Friday. and then the dhnnantllg begun. 'fho general opinion 0' ' tht' visitors 11\ that the fnl- was a magnIficent lIuccess. The vlllit. ors loolwcl moro IIr08porous than hort > . to fore and the 11remlum winners scored higher points , Fhanclal' ' th tnlr Is almost Ull to the I'ocorl ! of former yt Ars , . " / , Dobson In.apects Irrigation Work. Socretury Dobson of the state board of Irrigation has returned from a trip ) . to the government diversion darn Cor the Interstate canal at Whalen , Wyo. . forty mlles trom the Nebraska IIno. This work 18 In the charge ot Dert ForbeR , formerly nsslstaut to Mr. Dob. son , who has developed Into quite n water witch , Illlving found wnt.cr at a depth of twenty feet where all others had faUed. including old lIet- tiers who had gone there In prn1rlo schooners. The canal Is complete/1 . with the oxcoptlon of the dam at th6 head to control UIO water. By Ule beginning - ginning of next selSon : It la eatl- mated that there wlIl be Bumclont water In the canal to Irrlgato 40,000 ncreB of land , and before tIlO Be:19011 closes 80,000 ncres. most of which I" In Nebraslm. The dam Is 700 or 800 f'et long and wlIl be ma,10 of con. crete and cost about $200,000. The contractor began worle bY driving Bheet pIlIng across the river just nbove the l\roposed \ slto of the dam to shut off the water temporarily to permit - mit construction. 'Vhen thlf1 work is complete a large ditch wl1I be dut ; to divert the flow of the stream around the proposed dam. . _ - - - - - -t To EstabllGh Quar.ntlne Line. Stnto Veterlntrlali Mdlm has I asked Governor SheldOJj to fix a north and south quarantlno lIne In NohrasKn to prevent scabies from spreading. The western part of the state Is greatly - ly a.flectell with the disease. and Dr. I McKim belIeves Utat lie can 'clonn up i the eastern part of the state only by ! a vigorous quarantine. This lIne will run along the eastern boundary or Boyd , Holt. Wheeler alld Greeroy countlos. the southern boundaries of i Greele ' and Valley counties , the east- ern and southern bou11Ilarios of CUG' tel' . the eastorl1 and southern boun. I darles of I..ll1coln. the eastern IlOundnry of Chase and IIltchcock c unUea. When thin lno : Is 03tab1ls11Od. no cat. tle will be permitted to bo tnltOn from \ the western half of the state to the eastern for feeding purJoses wlt110ut Inspection or dlppln . They mn. } ' be taltOn dlroct to the slaughter houses . without elthor. Poultry at th : Fall' . ' . The state ! loultr:1 association heltl Its seml.annual meeting at the stale fair grounds. the chief business tral1l ; acted being preparatory to the annual , moetlng and oxhibltlon of UIO o.ssocla. , tlon which will ho hold in January. It " - was decided to hold the show In Lincoln - coln provldell it was found that the city auditorium could he secured for \ that purpose. The winter exhibition promises to bo larger tItan over 110foro In the history of the asso'iatlon. ow. Ing to the probablHty that the National White Wyandotte association wm bold Its show In connection. . - Looking for Lost Son _ .John G. 1\IIlleltin of St. Josoph. Mo. , - cnnltJ to the state falr thlnltll1g It would be a good time and place to se- , ' CIJ' { ! some tidings of the whereabouts , . ? of his con , L. D. MllIeken , of wbom hI ) . " , . haR lost track. He says his ron hall' been away Crom home for about tw'lro ' ( > ars , but that a year ago he had a letter from him. wrl.tten from HaTe- lock. where the son was then em. ployed as a telephone lInoman. In the ! lotteI' ho directed his rather to Mnd the response to 111m at Green. wood. This was dono. I Grain Rate Hearing. The state railway commission wtn \ - . , ' listen to the protest of the HlUroads Jfj on Monday In the matter of the or- , - - ' \ . del' reducing rates on grain an BTer- ago of 10 per cent the state 'pvor. The railroad men tried to get this hearing postponed , but were unsuccessful. They Intend to bring In a lot of e'Yl. dence , and testimony w11l bo talt.U showing the cost of hauling the grain , 1r that Is posslblo. Chairman Winnett and Rate Clerk Powell went to Iowa on Frida ) ' to Investlga.to grain rates ! In that state and to loole over the schedules. . Secretary of State George C. Junkin Is In receipt of 11. lclttor from E. T _ Roemcr. a civil onglneer of New York , In which a request Is made for coVlos of the laws governing Incorporations In Nobraslm. together WlUl Informa. tlon about franchises and charters. Mr .Roemer gave the Information that capital Is In sight In tile enst to fInance - anco the long-projected north and south rallroad running from. Nebraslm fr to the gult. Ho did not lIay which b . . ) company was being favored or the prospectlvo route. Argument on Sibley Law Caso. The motion to remand to the state supreme court from the federal court the Bult to test the constitutionality . ! of the Sible ) ' law w11l bo argued this ! woek. 'I'hls Is the case where Attomey I General Thompson. acting for the state rallway commission , filed It petition - tition for an injullctlon to prevent the xpress companies from violating the Sibley law. and which the express ompaules transferred to the federal court. DInner to Mr. Bryan. The Dr 'all luller , notice of which was pUblished SODle time ago , will beheld held nt I"lncoln , Sopt. 24. 'rhe democratic - cratic delegates to the state conven.- , tlon called b ) ' law to prepare the varty platform will be III attendance , os well as Go\ ' . Campbell of ' 1'exas o.nd other 11romillent democrats from various Rtatns. Whllo the allllou1lced intent of tl1e diner Is to boost tbe election "If the democratiC' nomlnoo for su- IIromo judgo. Mr. ryallvllI be hero iud \ud will toll what he thlnles s110uhl bo ' .Iono to secure democratic BucceS8. . . ' j . . . ' , " . .c , . ' . . . . . I . " .