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In many circles throughout the country -
try thcre Is In progress a serious discussion -
cussion as to the' advisability of curbIng -
Ing the Immigration flood. This naturally -
urally haD Icd up to the quest/on / of the
Immigrant , his value or his menace ,
and 11ls position In the social machine.
The New York Herald has Invited
opinions on the subject. and presents
the views of three men who may reason
ably be said to have studied the
5ltuatlon. We reproduce them below :
By Sidney A. Reeve.
l ormcr [ > roroosor or Slclln ! find Il'drau-
lie. 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.
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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
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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 :
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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
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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 . . . . .
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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 , .
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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. .
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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.
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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- ,
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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.
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Grain Rate Hearing.
The state railway commission wtn \ - . , '
listen to the protest of the HlUroads Jfj
on Monday In the matter of the or- , - -
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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.
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