Nebraska Newspapers

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( USTrR COUNT' ( RrpU UCAN
D ) ' D. M. AMODERRY
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BROKEN DOW , . . NEDRASKA
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LANGFORD
of the
THREE
BARS ?
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KATE AND VIRGIL D. BOYLES
( Cul'rl.lJll.y , . 31l'l'luf' : Cj"I J7. )
SYNOPSIS.
George 'Vllllflloll. It lIor ) mndllnnn ,
hlh ! IIIlnl11'1I nnll l'nHllrl'll , Henn'hl'H fill'
( ' 1I1t10 mhlShl ! ; fmlll hlH rlllll'h-tho "I.nz } '
S. " On IL wIHull'cl Allol In thl ! I'IVl'r'K IIPII
\llIll woul hnvo het'n nn IHlllnl1 hnel Ihe
Mlssollrl h'i > en ILL hlh ! wnlt ! ! ' , 111I 11IHcovel'H
IL hllntlnf lilli'llthloveH onlIcll ! In worlt-
enltll' . Ho ' ' ,
In ever hrnllllH nn l'n'ol,1I
I1l'lIr 1'I11IIKh 10 IHlII ! Iho chungln ot I Ie
"Thrl'o BlLrs" hrlLllIl on 0110 Hleor tu thu
"J. n. " I.m1l1l1. I'nlll Lnngforcl , Iho rich
owner or the "Thrco Bnnl" rllnch IH Henl
for by WIIIIKlon 111111 III IlItnrrnm ( ot the
opel'lItionH nf the ! ; IUlA' ot CILt ! 10 lhloveA-
IL band of outlaw8 1If'lLllccl hy JCS8U BlIIClt ,
wllo long IlIlvo lIellell the hlw anll nuthor-
Itles of Kelllah C'Ollllty , SOlltll lJltltotu.
with ImpunitY , hUl who , heretorore , hnll
1101 dnrell to moleHl IIIIY ot the Ilropl'rty
of the grenl " 'l'hreo Bnr8" rallchVlIlIs -
I ton OhOWH hlo relut'laney In oppohlA' ! IL
llunl10 llOwertul III IwllticlI ntH1 HO IIren- )
( II hy 1111 the cOIIIlI\ulllty. I.IIIICun1
111elllc8 'Vlllisloll hlH frlellllshill If ho
will nssl81 III hrlngillg' " .Tellllo lUnck" ILIIII
IIIH gnllA' to justice , I.nnrorll Is 8truelt
with the heauly of Mllry. cOUllI\only
known lIa "WI11IHlolI'8Iltlo \ Hlrl , " l.ouilio
lJllle , an experl courl \ . who
1\1111 \ followell hel' Ullcle , Jue1gn Inllllnontl
Dille , froUl the 1'11111 10 the "nnltulllhH , "
IInll who IH IIvlnA' wllh him al 'V.hlll Clt } ' ,
1ft relluellletl by the county attorner ,
nlchllrc1 Gordoll , tu como 10 Kenmh Ilnd
lllko testimony In the Jlrollrnlnlln' trelll'-
In ot Jellso 1Ilnclt. Shu Ilcceplll the Invl-
latlon ane1 1I1111c1i her' IIrat tl'lp 11110 lhe
wild Inl1llln cOllntrr , Arl'lvln lit Vt'1J1I'n
nerORH the river (1'01\1 Kutnllh , Khu III 1111'1
IIy Jhll Munllon , n hot IWlldel1 cowlJor ot
the ' ' 'fhreo Burs" 1'lUleh ,
CHAPTER IV.
"Maggot. "
An hour prior to this lIttle eilisodo
.1Im : Munson had sauntered up to
the tlcl\Ot window only to find thut the
train from the east wus 40 minutes
lute. lIe turned away with Il lIUlI , ;
shrug of rollef. It was u. foreign role
ho was pla 'lug-thls assumption 01
the duties of a Imlght In dancing at ,
temlanco on strange ladles. Secretly
ho chafed under It ; outward ! ) ' , he WIU
magnificently IndUfel'cnt. I lIe had u
rClJUtatlon to sustain , Il relJltlatioll 01
Imvlng yet to meet that which woul
lower his III'OIlll boast that ho Wilt
afruld of nothlll Ullllct. the sun , nellli
or man nor dovl1. But ho doubtedllh ,
aullIty so to direct the llOlnt of vlo\ '
of the lloss 01' the Scrlbo 01' the res
of the 1)Q 's of the ' 1'hreo Bars ranch
who were on a still hunt for his Silo
of vulnernbillty.
The waiting room was hot-unhear
ably so to a mun who 11racticallY Ih'el
In the allen , Ho strolled outsldo lUll
down the tracls , 'Ho found hlmsol
wishing the train lulIl been on time
Had It been so , , It-tho ImllCJullu {
meetlug-would now huvo heen I
1hlug of the forgotten past. lIe mus
needs fortify lilmsolf ull ever a ulu
Butsauntorlug down the trucl , tOWU1'l
the stoclyu1'lls ho 1\lled his cob pille
lighted It , and was comforted , I1
had 0. 45.mllluto rellrlove ,
'l'ho boys had tried most valluulI :
to pClsuado : 111m to " 1\x \ UI' ' " fa I' thl !
event , Ho hud scorned thcm ludl { ;
nantly. H ho was good enough 11
ho was-hlael , woolen shirt. red lwei !
erchlof amI aU-for men , just so wo
ho good euough for an ' femilio tha
ever lived , So 110 assumed a lIttl
swagger as ho steplled over the tic !
and trlOlI to maltO himself hellevo thll
ho wus glnd ho had not allowel1 hln
self to bo eOl'I'lIlltel1 by proffel's (
billo shirts and whlto neelterchlefs ,
Ho was apPl'oachlng the stoel'IlI'dl
' 1'hero wus movement there , SOllnd
of command3. blows , pl'ofano eilithet :
atHl worrIed ba wllngs chunged th
placid ovonlng calm Into nols ' stl'lfl
It Is r.lwu's u place Interostlng t
cowmen , Jim relegated the lights c
the coming meeting to the bac1
. . ground whllo ho leaned on the fenc' '
und , with Idle absOI'lltlon , watched tll
loading of cuttlo Into a stocl , CUI' .
switch onglno. steaming 1\1111 siliutte
Ins. stood l'eud ' to multo war fol' u :
other cl1r flS Boon as the Ilresent CJI
should bo 1I1110n , Ho was not the 011
spectator. OthOl's were heforo hh
'rwo men stl'olled UII to the sillo a
poslto as ho settled down to mush
Interest.
"Geo ! " ho SWOI'O gontl11111 ct. h
breath. "of that ain't BIll Bl'own ! Ye
It Is , for a file'Vonder whut he
n 8hlppln' now for ! " 1I0 scrambh
lightly ever the high fence of the 110
"Bulla. there , BIll Brown ! " ho 'o
ell. genially , mul < 1ng hili wu ' us 01
accustomed thl'OlIgh the bunch of I
luctant. excited cattle.
"Bullo 'ourself , , Jim ! What 'I
doln' In town 2" l'esponded the man u .
dl'e sed , pHuslng In his labol' to wll
the strerlmlng molsturo from his fac
1-10 fanned himself vlgorousl ) ' with h
drooping hat wl1110 ho tullted.
"Glil hnntln' , " uuswol'ell Jim. sob (
h' and despondonll ) ' .
"Hell ! " Brown s\ll've 'ed him wi
astonished but srmlJllthotic alillrol ]
Hon. "Holl ! " ho l'elleated. "Ye
don't moan It , do ) ' 011. Jim , hones
Como. now , honest ? So ) 'ou'vo COIl
to It , I1t last , huvo 'ou ? Well , wol
What.'s eomln' over the ' 1'hroo Bar
Whut'll the bO11 sa'r'
I1q c mo , ' oal'el' , lu d Ipwcl'cd I
, 'olce to _ . a confidential t ac. I'SI
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JIII1. how IHd It COliit' nhollt ? And
who's thl' lIuln Lord , , Jim , YOIl of nll
Ileop1e ! " 110 1tl1ghed : I1pl'OurllJls ! ! ) ' ,
"A w. como off ! " g\'Owlcd \ .1Im , In
IIC'tl1l1mt. scorll , "YOIl mnlte 1110 tired !
YOI1'I'O 111I1mh ltllley , that'll what YOIl
I UI' ( ! , 1'\11 \ nftm' the now gal rellOrtor.
Sho's dllo Oil thnt low.down , OJ'nery
train , WIsh-t-wufl ! III Itlllgdoll1
coml' , Yl'll , I do , fOl' a fac' . "
"Oh , wull , novel' mlnll ! I didn't
lI1ean anylhln { ( , " Inughed Brown , good-
natured I ) ' . "II\1t. \ . It docs hent the
halld. , Jim , now doosl1't H , how you
IleClIlo , sCllro Ilt Iwtllcoata , 'fhey
nln't Illzen-hollesl. "
,11111 loolwII on 1cll ) ' . OccllslonallY
ho condeRcelllled to helld 11 rohellIous I
I
steer shulowllrds , Ollt he01111 It was
still and sweet UllIl Ilenceflli. and the
late nHm'noon hl\ll \ ) IUt on that thh !
'vl'l1 of cool1lCSB which 111 a Godglvon
refrol1hmollt IIHor the heat of the
dll ) ' , Dut here In the pen IIll was con.
,
fusion. ' ] ho raucous cattlo'cnlls of I .
the cowho's smote the evening 1111'
slartllng ! ) ' ,
" 1101'0 , BIll Brown I " he exclaimed
Rlulden ! ) ' , "whol'O dhl ) ' 011 run nct'OSs
thnt crIUct' ? " Irq alalllCd ) the shoul-
dCI' of ( l hlg , 1'Il w.honed , 100Igcared
,
stem' as ho SiiOlw , ' ] ho anl/llal Wllf !
on the 1Iolnt or holng drlvon UII the
ahute ,
"Whnt you wnnt to Imow fOI' ? ! lslwd
Brown In surprise.
"Henaoll 'nough. 'I'hat crlttor be.
longs to UI1 , that's why ; and I want to
Imow where you got him. that's whllt
1 want to Imow. "
"You'ro craz ' . .Tlm ! Why , I bought
thut fellow from , Jesse Blael { t' other
day , I'vo got a bill of sulo for him.
I'm shillpln' a COUlllo of cars to Sioux
City and hought hl/ll to aenel along ,
That'a on the square. "
"I don't douht It-fl' fa I' as you'ro
coneornOlI , Bill Brown , " said Jim , "but
tlml' our erlttm' jest the same , ! lnd
I'll jest tote ' 1m along 'f you'vo uo au-
jecUons , "
" 'Veil , I guess noli" said Drown , la-
conlel\lI ' .
"Lool. hel'O , B11I ill'own , " .Jlm waf !
getUn hot hellledly ! ! luglT , "dlcln't
'ou Imow J csso lI1uel. stands trllli to.
monow foI'ustlln' \ that tllel'o vor '
crlttel' from the 'I'hree Bars ranch ? "
"No , 1 dldn't" Brown IUlHwered
shortly. "Any ease ? "
"I guess 'es ! WIlliston 0' the I..azy
S SIlW this verr cl'lUcr on that Islaml
where .Jesso BlIICI , holds out. " 110
Ilroceedod to I'olato mlnlltoly the stOJ'y
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to which' W11IIston WIlS going to swear
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I've Glt a BIIIof.Sale for Him.
on the mo't'O"Bllt \ , " ho conelluled
" , Josse's goln' to fight 111\0 hellagalust
IICIIhOllnd OVCl' , "
"Well , well , " said BrowlIlel'lllexed
I ' , "But the hrand. , TIm , It.'s nol
s 'ours 01' , Jesse's either , "
' ' 'Qualnted with any .T It ranch ir
these llIlrts' ! " qllerled , TIm , shrewdly
"I ain't. "
" \Vell , neither nm I , " confesse (
Drown , "hut that'a not sayln' thel' (
ain't ono somowhero. Ma'he wo cm
tl'aeo It hacl\ . "
"Shllcl.s ! " exploded .11m.
"l\ta 'be 'OIl'I'O right , .Jlm , hilt
don't PI'OIlOSO to lose the IIt'lco 0' tlm
anhnal less'n I have to. YOll eal\ '
hlame mo fOl' thut. I IJI\ld good mone :
fOl' It. If It's ' " of
'ou\"n. \ whr , COllrs (
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It.s 'ou\"u , But I waut to bo sure firsl
SUI'O 'ou'd Imow him , .Jlm' ! 110\
could 'ou be 1:10 : blamed surn ? You
boss must. range fiOOO helld. "
"Inow him ' ! Know l\lag ? I'd 1010\
l\lng ef my e 'l.'s WOI'O fnll 0' sOllllllh
eata\'llets \ , 1Io'a IIn old and trlell fl'len
0'IIluo , The meanest CI'It tor th
1.01'11 O\'el' let llvo 11I\11 that's a fae
Bllt the boss calla ' 1m his maggo
Seems to actually chmlsh a kind I
'fectl lfor the ornOlT erlttor , an
811)'S the lucl , 0' the Three Baril wOIII
sort 0' ) lenl , 1\1111 111no ( ) f ho shoul
over glt I'hl 0' the llesl , ) ' brute , 1\layb
Is ho's right. Leastwlae , the crlttcr's hi :
11. IInd when II thing's 'ourH , whr. It
, 's 'O\1l'S IInd that's 1111 thel'o Is al > out I
3d Br el'lIel" the basil Is Homo mal ]
n. You'd Ihlnl , him aud that \\'Illl'o 'ci
11. eross.g1'lllned son.of.a-sun hlld bee
: le Idnd and 10\'ln' mntes these mati
'e- 'ears , Well. I ain't met. UII with th
OI'nel' ' crUtel' fm' Homo tlmt' , Hull
) \1 thel'l. ! . llIg ! 1.001 , Idnd 0' saeal,11'
.d. now. don't. ) 'ou , 'I\'t'lIrln' thllt outJlln
llO Ish and unl > olmownst .J It ? "
:0 : , Bl1l Brown thoughtfull ) ' 811' ve ) ' (
: Is the steer whoso oWllor8hlil wus th\ \
so tltlcxpectedl ) ' dlaputed ,
! I' , "You hold him , " IlIslstOlI Jim , "I
ho alll't OIll'S , 'on eun send him aim
th with 'O\1l' next shlllI1ont ) , can't. 'OI
la , What 'Oll wobblln' about ? Ain't nft'a
JU the boss ' 11 cllll1whut nln't his. a :
t ? 'ou , Bl1l Brown ' ! "
110 "Woll , 1 el\lI't hO'11 m 'self , I glless
II ! snld Brown. In a tOllo of'olce whle
s ? told IIJlllnl ' of his landn1Jlo effort
1,0011 his nnno'anco In suhjeetloll
lis hili good fellowshhl , "Yoti se1ll1 Lun
I ) ' , ford dowlI here 11r5t thing In the 11101'
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lng , If he sa'S the cl'llter's hl8'n Ulnt
OI\1la \ It , "
Now that ho hlld cOllvlnced his
qllondnlll IlClllllllntllllcl. ! , the II1'ellont :
shllliler. 10 his ntlro lIatl8raetiOll : ,
, Jim JllIncoll at his wnleh with os.
tOlllatl01lr ! ellKe , 1118 limo hnd come ,
H all the mllllltes o ! 1111 the tlmo to
eOlllc shollid he nf ! shOl' Ill ! these 40
hall IJCon , how Boon he , ,11m MUIISOII ,
cow ) llIIlOhOl' , would have ridden thom
1111 Into the plll'lt. ' But his "get away"
lI1ust 110 dClln mill Il1gnlflod ,
" ' ' hllthel'l. . " he
1.11\01) hUllch 'Oll \ ! ,
said. cusunll ' , , t\1l'nlng IIWII ) ' with nn.
nss\1lned reluctance , '
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"I.'alr to mlddl1n. . Halll Brown with
111'1110 ,
"Shll1l1ll1' to Sioux City , 'ou said 7"
"Yep , "
" \Vell. IW long , "
"So IUIIJ ; , 8hlplln' , an ' these
days , ,11m ? "
"Nope. Boss lIlVCl' drlhhles 'om
out. When he shillf ! ho ships , Ain't
nOllo gouo over the rails IIIIICO last
fall. "
110 flteppcd oft hrIBI" ' and vaulted
the tOllce with 1111 lIghtsumo 1111 ulr Ilfl
though ho were hont on Iho olle errand -
rand his heurt \ 'ouhl ( 'hoose , and
awun ! ; UI ) the trucl , careleHsly 11\1111'
IIIlug IL tune , Bllt 110 hud a vlso.l1Iw
grill on his coh pillo , Jlls teeth ult
through the frull slol1l. Jt split. Ho
tossed the romalns awa ' with a geR-
tlll'O of nervous call tempt. A whlstlo
sounded. lie Clulclwned his pace , If
ho mlssod hor-well. the hess was 1\
good follow. tool { a lot of nOIlHonso
from the hQYs , hut there were things
he would not sluud fOl' , ,11m did not
need to he told thllt this would ho one
of them.
'fho plutform wus crowded , 'I'ho
yellow suullght fell slalltlngly on the
gllY gl'OUIIS.
"A W. MUllson , 'oll're ulunIn' . jested
themal1 CIl1'l'10l' . "Yoll ain't looldn'
fer nol > ody ; ) ' 011 lenow 'ou ain't , You
aln't got no foll.s. Don't hellevo IOIl
novCl' had nono. Nevel' heul'd of 'cm , "
"Looldn' for my uncle. " explailled
, JIm. sCl'enel ) ' . "lUeh old eodgor from
' somo'el's.
the state 0' Pennsylvulley
AIII't got nohod ) ' hut mo 10fL"
"Aw , como off ! Whllt 'ou glvln'Is ? "
Bllt .1Im onlj' wllllLed and slouched
err , 1)1'11110 ) for mOl'e adventureR. He
was enjoying hhuself hllgelr-when
he wus not thlnl\lul ; of Jlettlcoats ,
CHAPTER V.
At the Bon Ami.
Un1llw most of those who ride mnch
her escort was 1\ fast wallwl' . LOlllse
had troll hie In l\Collng ) 1111 with him ,
though she had always considered her ,
self a goo II podestrlan , Hilt Jim 1\hm
son was laho1'ing unller strange em
harrassment , lieVas red-faeedh
cousclolls o [ the attention he was at
tractlng st1'idlnglJI the InellnClI
fltl'eet fl'om the station In the van 01
the prettiest und most thorollghbrc (
girl who had struel ; : Veillon this lonf
time ,
Not that he objected to attentlor
under normal conilltions , Not. he ! HI
eoul'ted It. Ills chief aim In 1lf (
seomell to be to throw the lImellghl
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of puhllclty. Iit'st. on the ' } hree Ban
mneh us the ono nnd only In the cate
gory or ranchos. aud to be conneetel :
with It In S0\l10 \ way , howo\'el' slight
the lIuquestioned aim und ouject 01
exlslenco o [ e"OI' ) ' mun. woman and
child In the cattle Ollntry ; seconlll ' ,
on Palll Langford , the Vet' ' boss 01
bosses , whoso mastel' mind was th (
) ) \01) \ and stay of the northwest. If nol
of 1111 Chlrstondo\l1 \ ; and lastly , IIJ1011
hlmsolf , the modest , bnt loyal sel'vl
tal' In this Paradise on earth. But glt'lE
were fal' fro\l1 \ nOl'lnal conditions
'l'hero wm'c no women lit the 'l'hrO (
'l'hel'o'nevel' been
Bars , nevel' had an
woman ut the 'l'hree Bars within the
_ memOl'y of man , ' 1'0 be snre.V11I1s
ton's 1lttlo girl had sometimes rldder
over on an errand , but she dhln'l
I count. ' 1'11Is-thls was the real thln
, IInd he didn't Imow just how to dea
with It. 110 needed tlmo to enlarge
his sight. to this bl'ondened horizon ,
110 glanced with nonehalanco o\'e
his shouldel' . Aftol' all , she was enl
II girl , 1\1111 not such a big one. olthel'
Shu WOI'O 1001gel' sl < 1rts than W11IIs
ton's girl , but ho didn't bellovo shl
WIIS n day older' . Ho squared abou
hnmedlatol ' , IInd what ho had meau
to sa ' ho ne\'ol' said , on account a
IIn UlHlccountal > lo thlel\Onlug of hi
tongue.
Pl'osQntly he bolted Into a building
which 1II'0ved to bo the Bon Ami , I
rostllurantlndol' the dll'eet. sUllen'lE
Ion or the fat , voluhlo allli tragic l\In
11lgglns , where the men f\'Om \ th ,
othel' side of the I'lvCl' had right ( )
way 111111 unllmltell cl'Nllt.
, ( ' 1'0 BI COl'\'l'INU D , )
Miscd the Towpath.
'I'hero was a lIttle girl. flvo 'ears oil
01' so. IIvln In IIn lulanll town \II ) th
'state , according to the Phl1adelJlhl
Ledgct. . Near her homo thol'o'IIS n
I'IVOI' , nol' , In fllct. any watCl' but th
El'lo canal.
The child's molhol' made a visit t
Now 1'01'1 ; : . IInd on her return was tel
Ing of hel' trhl down the ba ' . and c
how wonderful the Ilea hud looked t
hOI' . 1101' lllUo girl , } 'as llstcnln
eagerly.
"Tell mo just what the sea Is llkl
mamma , " she said.
1101' mothel' made an offort.
"Thoro's the beach , " she suld , "a
smooth , whlto sand. You stand on
! d 1\1111 1001 , out IIllon the ocean , 1lI111 a
.IS 'ou call see Is watol' , just moving Wi
tel' , WllveR coming III anll breaklng-
. f nothltl but watol' and sk ) ' . "
Ig 'rho child liat h. .lng to 111cluro I
I' ! then , In all a wOII llltlo whlsllol' IIsk11
ill "Oh. mamma. Isn't. thel'o u to\
1'0 )11tll ) ? "
I , " Gliding Book Covers.
Jh Gliding 011 I > ook CO\'or8 Is done b
to meaus of cnjI'uvod ; brass 01' eluctrl
to tn1Cd Imtterns , huatod and llre31c
g- ever the gold leaf. which III fixed
11' au allJUmlnoliS slze-whlto of OSS : ! ,
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: NEBRASKA IN BRiEf
NEWO NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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, AU. SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Religious. Social , Agricultural , PolitIcal -
Ical and Other Matterg Given
Due Consldcratlon.
A Taft OI'gunlzation has heen tOl'lnel1
at Peru.
I
Hastings In IHscusslng the G o'elocl {
closing 1I10\'ement.
Stocl , shells , mltlOll at scveral hun.
111'1'11 dollars , wCl'e hurllell at Geneva.
no1.11' . Bucchncr 1mB tenl1orel1 his
I'l'slgnation as IHt.stol' of the St. Paul
Lutheran church Ilt Blllo lUll anl1aslts
to hl ) relemJel1 fro 111 his duties III about
three months ,
Thl. ! annulII JohtHon county farmers'
Instltulo wl1l he Ill'ld In 'l'eeumseh on
Fl'hl'Ullr ' 1 , 12 , 13 and H. Six state
BIIl'lIkl'l'l1 wl1l 110 In attendance and
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I th're w1l1 Ul. ! a corn show.
The Hl11allJlux condition ut the atato
Inlll18tl'lal school at Jearne ' Is much
ImlJl'ovl'd , und It Is thought that In a
shm't tlmo the Cluarantlne w11l he
raised , ' 1'hero were three cases of
genuine smallilox.
, Tosl'ph 1\1. Shively , deputy land com.
mlHslonor , has IInnounced his candl.
lIuc ' to I' lund commissioner. to suc'
ceed his chief , II. 1\1. Eaton , MI' ,
Shively halls from Dodge county. the
home of11' : , Ealon.
The dlnor attached to BurHnglon
tl'llin No , : : took fire betwl'on DOI'ches
tel' and l'rleud , 'rho bll1'nlng car was
pull ell to 1.'rlenl1 , where the l1re was
C'xtlngulshed. though the car and can.
ten ts are a total loss.
August Swartund , wealthy farmer
living near 1I0ldrego , trlod to Idll him-
) ; elf with a l'IlZOlIe made two deep
gashcs from ear to car. when the razor
h\'oko \ , 110 was found unconscious ,
but will probably recove\ \ ' ,
A 14-'ear'ohl son or PeteObbody \ ,
1I01ll'lIIlun furlller rcsldlng l'leven
miles south of Friend , lost one or his
legs whlle rlving the horsellowel' of 11.
COI'll sheller. Ph 'slelans amputated
the IImu just below the Imee.
Attorney Charles \V , Seymour , ono
of the best Imown and , perhaps , the
ldost attorney In this state. at this
wrillng Is 1 'lng dangerously 111 at his
homo In Nebraslm City. and nO hopes
an' enle\'talned \ for his recovcry.
Govel'nOl' Sheldon has received $9,300
from the government 1If ! the seml.an-
nual aIH'oprlaUon ) fa\ \ ' the support of
homes for soldiers and sa110\8 \ lu Ne.
bl'aslm , beln ! ; at the rate of $100 11.
year for each membeof \ the homes.
Orlanl1 Pierce , by his attorney , , Jolm
C. Watson , hus filed 11. suit In the Ills-
trlet COI\1't. of Oleo count ' agulnst the
\ ' ' aslt-
l\1ot'1on-GI'egson Paeldng company ,
Ing folfiOOO damages for Injuries
- receh'ed whHe worldllg for said C0111-
pan ) ' .
Senntor Norris DI'own , emphasizing
"tho Imllol'tanco of the IIl1anclal ) egls-
latlon now before congress , " has written -
ton to the secretaries of the commer.
clal clul > s , Including that of Llncoill.
I for 11. statement b ' the secretary as to
the wlahcd of the members of the clnl > .
Valeria W , Coad , wife of 1\1111'1 , 1\1.
Coad of Omaha , flied a suit 1'01' dlvot'ce
In Ihe district court at Lincoln. According -
cording to Information received In Lincoln -
coln , Coad Is a l'Ilnch owner and erstwhile -
, while l > ush1 < ' s partner of 'V , P. Cody ,
Imown as "Buffalo 13111. " 1\Irs. Coud's
. petition Is brief. She alleges non.
support.
'I'ho state auditor has returned the
$15,000 school bonds of the Sidney dls.
trlct , pl'ollerl - registered. 'I'he bond'3
) are In Ilenomlnatlons of $5,000 Il1l1t
run fl'OIll oue to twenty years , drawIng
5 pOI' cent Interest optional afto\ \ ' five
'ears , Issued for the IJUrpORe of bul1d.
In , ; an addition to the high school
building In Sidney ,
' 1'he rallway commission Issued two
orders , one permlttln the Union Pa.
elfic to put In a lowe\ ' rate on feed
corn to St. Paul , Amherst , nlvel'llale ,
Odessa 111111 BUlla and lutermolilute ,
and to permit the Union Pacific to put
Itl a 10\\1'1' 1'01'll rate to Genoa , Kent
and l\Iel'chlson and Intermediate
points ,
Suecumhlng' to an aUnel , of nervous
trouble , , Jel'I' ' lIennon , a Fl'l'mont
drll 'man , who rame Into 110Sscsslon 01
fortune plgh teen mOllths ao ! uy :1
legacr , dlC'd last weolI : IHennen
who was In moderato circumstances
was heqneathed a yallmhle farm , lt'OIl
and coal land worth $25,000 hy 11. IlS )
tant reilltlve , who died In'est VII"
glnla.
State Food Commissioner , Johnsor
l\1\1lounces \ that tllC ! requirements of the
la w In regard to the handllng mm
IInd cream w1l1 henceforth be ellfOl'C0l1
In regllt'll to teatlng cream , ho says :
"Tho Dubol'l , test must be I'mlllo 'ed
u llIg weighed sumplo of elghteel
grams , weighed on a It ( Hcato baianci
and tested In a nine-Inch hottle , gradll
3 , atell to at least 1101' cellt of the fa
coll1l11n Ilnd read but wuen th" tel11pOI'a
turo of 130 and 140 degrees Fahrell
11 helt.
It ThrC'C' fille milch cows belonging tl
11 ' .T , Jhnmc'lnan \ , who resltles north
: t. west of Beatrice , were dI'OWIH'd In th4
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- Hltle rlvol' . 'rho animals dlsappeal'l.'d
, and UftOl' a search of two dars thel
t , ' were found III the stream ,
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'I. ' Exetcl' was visited h ' another fire
Ih't'I' ' bam , ' '
was the West Side 'I'h' '
coutelltt ; of the bal'll WOI'O owuel1 b ,
Attol'l1e ) ' DC'lalle ' alld consllltl'd : 0
1)1 cloven head of horsel ! , sovel'l\l cal
II' I'lng < 's , a lot of ha ' a1ll1 feod. harllesl
11 hlanllets , robes aul1 othol' things , a' '
IY I or whlrh are a total loss , as there wn
110 Insurance.
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STATE AID FOR SCHOOLS.
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Amounts Due Sev ral Counties Under
Legislative Act.
State Superlnt ndcnt McDrlen hl1.ll
prepared hla certlficato to the auditor ,
showing the amounts due the severnl
counties that are entltlcd to share in
the npproPl'lntion or 1907 under the Ilct
providing state aid for school districts
wheRe funda are not sufficient to main.
taln school for at least seven months.
, 'I'ho Jaw nrovldes that no Rtato r.ld
shall he g-Iven any ) Hlhllc school district -
trict until It has voted the maximum .
Im'y. and until the a'ecounts or b"llch
dlsh'lets have heon audited and ap-
JlI'oved uy the county sUllerlutel1lent
of the propel' county. No distrIct shall
rlcelvo ) In mlY ono ycar any state aid
111I1101' the provlslolls of this act In excess -
cess of $120 , which nmount shall 1 > 0
appllell cxelmllvol ) ' to tlw pn ' 1I1ent oC
teachers' wages. Seven hundred and
olght districts In fortr.1\vo \ eounlles
hl\.vo . quallfled under the law for state
aid , and the total IlmOUI1 aRwd fur ex.
ceeds $90,000. 'rho amom\t due each.
county wl11 he made In two payments.
the first pa 'm\3nt \ In Januan' and t.ho
second pa 'ment on or before the last
londay In ,1uno. ,
'I'ho fol1owlng eountlos are entitled
to share , In this approprIation to the
I1mount set opposite their names :
Antelope . . . $ 16. ' IJooltcr . . . . $ 100
llannlr , . . . 1,043 Howard . , . . 23j
Blnlno . . , . , 367 Keith . . . , . . 694
Boone . . . , . lOt > . l < : eYI1 Pnha. . 1,8i3 (
Box Dutlo. , 1,045 Kimball. . . , 730
nO11 . . . . . . . 788 Knox . . . . , . 410
Brown " . . . 1,447 Lincoln . . . . 2.265
I1uITlllo , . . . . 84 Logan . . . , . 200
ClmstJ " . . . , 2Sj ( ! ) Lou ) ) . , . . , . ii41
Chert' ' . . . . . 1,471 1\Iel'hel'sol1. ] .08
Cho'enntl . . 2,505 Nemahl1 . . . . 100
Custer , . . . . 3,510 Perldns . . , . ] .617
Dawes . . . . . 80S PhelplI . . . , . Hi ! !
] ) aw80n . , . . S5 Red 'VllIo1,554
Deuel. . , . . . 1,780 Rock. . . " , . 1,651
DOUllulI , . , . 33 Scoll's muft 716
Dunc ! } ' . " . . ] ,745 Sheridan . , . 1,39IJ
} 'ronl\er \ , . . 1r.3 ! Sioux . . . , . . 89'
Furllll8 . " . t:30 : 'l'homm3. . , . 230
Garlleld , . . , 768 'l'hurstol1. . . [ ,00
Gosper . . . . . 2r. " 'heeler. . . . 1,811
lla'ls . . , . . 2,303 - -
) Illchcoek . , 2ri69 Total. . . . $49,992
lIoll . . . . . . . 3,422
GOLD. SILVER , COAL AND GAS.
Assortmcnt of Matcrlal Found by Sa.
line Prospectorg.
Fall'hurConslderablo excitement
premllR In the vicinity of Western.
over In Sallue coltnt ' , over the discovery -
ery of yaltmble minerals In the earth.
1"01' some time ) Irospectors have been
worltlng about four m11es northwest of
Western with favorable results. A
stop wus put to the wOI'k , temllorarll ) ' ,
hy the death of the man in charge ,
hut another experienced prospector
wus seeur < 'd a couple of weels ago to
proceed with the worle. A prospect ho c
Is I > elng sunl , on the Frank Nlcl:1cs ; :
farm , 'rho work Is being done wIth
a well-boring outfit. At a depth of
forty feet It Is said the prospectors
struck gold , S'llver , coal and gas , the
latter so strong that It came dangerously -
ously near asph'xlatlng the men , one
of whom was talwn to ' 1'oblos for medIcal -
Ical troatment.
Land Cases Comc In Second.
Omaha-Tho land cases sclwdul ( > d
for trial during the Februar ) ' term of
the Unlte States district court wlll
not bo tried until the 28.hour ral1road
caRes are out of the way. The land
cases against C. II , T. Babcock , John
Agnow. H , C , and Dert Firman ; James
I-I. E-Ilmlsten ; Earl Comstock and g ,
C. Harris and others ; Lawrence E.
King , Patrlelt F. Kln and F. S. Baird ;
Charles Io' . Slewl1.rt and Stewart
Wallter ; n. II. Allen ; George ' 1'0 \ \ ' n-
send , D. 1\1 , Fox , George 1\IcClIntocl ,
and W. P. 1\11Ies. The Indictments
are for consplrae ' to defraud the gov-
ernmcmt out of lands 1 > ) ' fraudulent
mlngs.
FARMER KILLS HIMuELF.
Discharges Contents of Shotgun Into
nls Breast wIth Fatal Rcsult.
IIumboll1t-Ciove Cope , a prominent
farmer of this eommunlt '
young . committed -
mitted suicide by shooting hlmsell
through the left hreast with a shotgun ,
Ho went Into an outhouse about G a.
m. , and , standing erect , placed the
shotgun against his breast and pulled
the trigger. Despondene ) ' from 111
health the cause.
Human Skull Une rthed.
Fremont-The steam shovel gnIb
worldng on the Burlington south of thl. !
river unearthed a human skull Satur-
da ' . The worl\lnen thought I here
might be some tragedy baek of It aud
brought It to Fremont. 'rho doctors
declared It to be that of an IlJIlIan who
I had ) lrobnul ) ' been dead at lenst half
, a century.
; A Prophet from Nebrasl < a.
, LIncoln-State Snpl.rlntendl.'nt ! ,1. L.
McBrien has accepted an Im'ltat Ion to
lhe toast "A Pl'ollhet from Nebrasltn , "
at the twentieth annual banquet of the
Marquette club at the Auditorium ban.
, quet hall , Chicago , On Lincoln's birth ,
day , Wednesday , Februnr ' 12 ,
, Favorable for Farmers.
nelJllbllcan City-Tho open winter
has been Yer ' favorable for fnrmen
and steel { feeders on account of feel ]
of all IdndR helng high and scarce
Alfalfa Is worth $10 Iler ton In stacl ,
Corn Is now selling for GO cents III ! 1
bushel ; hogs , $3.90 1101' hnndred.
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COW STEPPED ON HIS JAW.
Clay County Farmer Victim of Strang !
t'ccldent ,
1I01''ardWhl1e doing the Cnore !
abollt. the cow bal'll. JIt'nrr CIU'l'r ) , re
siding two and a half miles north..c > t\s
of thhr elt ' sustained ' '
o . VOI' serious In
) ' juries , Ho was ml1llng and In 80111\ \
.f . 11\0nner lost hlB balunco and tell of
I'- haclmards just In tlmo to bo tramlel ) !
I , upon h ) ' 11 cow whhh entcred the haru
11 1I1s lower jaw was hrulcll In tl1rol
,9 plnces. two on the right a1ll1 ono 011 th
! tft , side.
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IS SCENE OF BATTLE DETWEEN
MAN AND NATURE. ,
More Dirt Delng Excavated Now.
Dall } ' Titan During Entire Month
of July , 190-1-Conquest
of IsthmIan JunJle. [
\Yashlngton-Thero are these i'/11O
IIII\'C wondercd whethel' , apart from
the tropical wather. the dlnIcultieg.
of o\'ercomlnl ; the englpecrlng ousta-
les of Cule1Jl'a cut were not overestimated -
estimated ,
But wht'n it Is rememhered tl1l !
this nlnom11e trlp , Yar 'ln trom O
feet to the top of Gold lilli , west or
Culcbra. Is composed of rock , sl1mc ,
gravel nnd tropical dirt ; when It Is.
borne In mind thnt the cxlstlng prism
of this ennui Is sUbject to frequent
landslides , und when It Is conslderOll
that this region Is wnshed by a torrential -
rential ralnfnll which exceeds 12 feet
yearly. some realization of the ! lUll-
eultles presented wlll bo llosslule.
It is one thing to blust and shovcl a. 1rr
m1ll101l cuule 'ards out of Culeura.
but It Is another prol > lem so to placl }
the excavation that It w11l bo out or
the wn ' for all tlmo or so to pineo It
that It w11l ) Irotect the canal channe
on the lowlands of lIre eastern portion'
of the watorwa ' .
The investigator at Culobra. as Ork
other portions of the dltcll. Is IUI-
pressed at the outset with the fucL
that the ral1rond Is the key to thc ! '
situation both from an englneerln , . ;
" .Ind . a sonltarr standpoint. 'fhls eana [
cannot bo constructed upon a trunk
sewer plan. All orIS have intelligent
friends who seem to think that It Is.
enl . necessary to excwato and throw' ,
the dirt along the banks o [ the water- ' ;
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war. But as the tourIst obtains hl
first view of the cut at Emllre ho ob- j
sen'es that the rapidity with which (
the dirt trains are enabled to move-
out Is the measure of the day's
achievement.
Through this region. In order to assure -
sure a prism or definlto wIdth. It has
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been found nl'cessarr to Increase thl'-
proposed width from time to tlmo m ;
one landslide followed another ; :1.1111
while that Inerenses the total amount
of the excavation It renders possible'I
the Illaclng of tracks ono above an,1
other to aceommollate the dirt t 1'1\1 m\ ,
During the month oC Jul ' . 190-1.
:11,000 : cubic ' :1l'IIB of dirt were excII-
vated at Culcl > rn. cut : ono 'ear later'
the monthlr oxcnvatlon was upwanL
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month of July. 190G , 157,000 cuulC' ' '
'ard : ; were 1'U1oy'd from the nlne- 'f'
mlle strips ,
It Is worth ' of notice that on Iarch 1
H , 1907 , the cllI I " , xcavatlon was J
greater than the nmount shoveled out , _
during the first month of July citcd , , ' ,
The present. monthlr excavatloll
Yl1.l'les bet.ween six and eight hun l'olf
thousand cubic \"Ilrds. and with the- I I
) Jlssln ! of the rainy Henson lOOOOOU-
cubic 'arcls a month will bo the assured -
sured excavation record. t
But hack of this record or monthl:1" : ,
exea.vatloll and as a pre11mllll.I'Y : con-
Illtion eSfential ; to the Ilresent C'Jfi- , "
clenc ) ' or the Culehra army Is ths-
story of the cOllCluest. of the Isthmlal1
jungle. The canal cut 11I'opor has been
a constant source of trouulo to thc >
hcalth division , In man ) ' Instance ! ! -
outlets for drnlnllge are Imllracl\ea \ lQ
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IInd the water SUlpy ) ) can only I"
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ditched In one pool. The progl'eS3 or
eaeh steam shovel leaves III Its train '
new mlll var1ed dralna o ) ) roblems.
This has necessitated eonstructlnl ;
Iools br filling In , deepening ditches ,
confining the water by rough stonC' . '
walls and ditching the largo sldo pools , . t
tlms turning u11 the water Into the
ml1ln ditch , where It forms a swift .
runnln stream unfavorable to mas-
Ciulto breeding. Drip barrels of oit 11
have been vlac'd at points where tho- '
current Hlowed down , and this , com. \ 1
I1lnell with t he rapidity of the CU1'l'ellt ,
haB reduced mosquito I > reedlng In thu- " I
ennni cut to a minimum , : ;
'l'he ma.lnrlal rl'llorts of the dislrlct \
ph 'lilelan6 being tahulated , the num-
bOI' of cases III the dltferent camps Is
compared with that of the previous
three weC'hs , If thl'ro Is 11. decided
Increase of malaria lit. any camp the 1
Inspector of that district Is tolephonell
to look for the 110lnt of Infectlou ,
The mosquito Inspeetol' tales the
list and goes OVOI' the whole grounll
In ord\I' of gr < , atest Increase , locatill/ / ;
01' cor.llrmlng the Ilolnt of Infection ,
allll l ports upon the measurclI I > est
aIlIiLJ'ed for the rt'l11o'al of the same.
All the laborers of the district wllo
CllJbo slmred from the dall ) ' routlno
wo\1. arc at. once concent.l'I\tod \ at Ihal
Ilolnt to l1Iu e a swift anll cfectl\'u
en to lhe 11l0Sflulto breedIng llaces ) ,
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