Nebraska Newspapers

    ( USTfR COUNr ( RPUBUCAN [
By D. M. AMOBERRY
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ROIODN DOW , - - NEDRASItA.
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LANGFORD
of the
THREE
BARSP ?
, 7Jy
KATE AND VIRGIL D. BOYLES
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( Cul1rJ\ , I. . C , Ml- < ' : JurlCo,1101 , )
SYNOPSIS ,
GpOfle : 'VlIIlstIn : , 11 poor ranchmnn ,
hl h-mlnled ( nml cultur'I1 , lIellrchl'll tor
cntllo I\1IIHln from hl9 ranch-tho "Lnzy
S. " On n woodoll IIpot In the rlvnr'/ ! bcd
that wClull1 have hl'l'n nn IlIlnnd hlld the
MIs90url been lit hl h wntor , ho dl8covers
n I11111d of hor80 thluves engaged In workIng -
Ing over brnllll/l on cnttlo. 110 crceps
near enough to note the chan II1H of the
"Threo Dnr8" brand on ono Hteer to the
"J , n , " brllml , 1'nul 1.r1111'fOl'I1 , the rich
ownl'r ot the "Threo Durll" ranch 19 IIcnt
tor by WIII18ton nnd 19 Informed ot the
operntlonll ot the HunH ot cnttlo thleve8-
n Imnd ot outlaw8 headed by Je8110 Dlaele ,
who long have del1ed the law amI uuthor-
Itles ot ] { cmah county , South (
with Impunity , but who , horetotore , ha !
not dared to moleHt any ot the property
" ' ' " . 'VII1I8-
ranch.
of the great 1'hreo Bnrll" -
ton 8hows hili reluctancy In opposing 1\
bnnd 110 powertul In IJo\ltlcs \ and RO
drended br nil the community , t.unl'ford
. , ll'l1l'esv lI\1ston \ hIs trlend8hlp If ho
will nsslot In bringing "Jesoo Blnelc" nnrl
hili gang to justlcu , Lnn/ford / 1/1 strucl ,
with the bpauty of Mary , comlllonly
known noVlIlIllton's IIttlo "Irl , " I.oulso
Dale , nn ox pert court IItonoHrapher , who
had followed her uncle , JUdge I1nmmond
Dale , 1rom the ca8t to the "Dnl < otnhs , "
nnd who 10 livIng with him at Wind CIt ' ,
Is rel\uented \ lIy the county ntlornoy ,
ltlchnrd Gordon , to como to Jemllh amI
tl\lco te8l1mony In the IJrollmlnlll'Y hearIng -
Ing of JC080 Black. She acceptH the Invl-
tntlon and mnlcc her I1rllt trip Into the
wild Indian cOllntry. Arriving at Volpen
IlcrORO the river trolll Kemah , she III met
by Jim Mllnson , IL hot helLded cowboy ot
the "Threo Dars" ranch. In waiting tor
the truln Munson 1001(11 nt lIomo cnttlo In
the Rtock pen. In the herd being IJhlpped
to Slollx City lIy 11111 Drown ho ( letectll
old " 1\IIlg" 1\ well Icnown "oner ' " IItcer
belonging to hlR employer ot the "Three
nnra" ranch. 1\IIInllOl1 and LOIIIso IItnrt
Cor Kemah. They tnko lllnch at the Bon
Ami restaurant , comluctl'd by Mro , JIII-
Ilns , 0. great admirer of Hlchnrd Gordon ,
I I' ' the county attorney , 1.0111110 III tolll ot 11
I meat polllonlnlC plot which resulted In the
,1 , Illness \VllIllltcn , I.angtonl nnll other
' wltnesscs tor the atato In the cattle thief
I I n80 ngalnst Jes80 Illaclc. A lIuckbourtl
I tries to lIloclc the WilY of Munson's team
! it the entrance to pontoon brldgo acroll
II I the river. Munllon crowdll IJUllt the bllck-
hanrd. tcnm wrecltlng the lIuclcbonrd ,
, They arrlvQ at Wllllaton's ,
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CHAPTER VII.
" , The Preliminary ,
"I Very early In the morning of the
" I da ) ' set tor the prellmh1nr ) ' hearll1 ! ; or
Jesse maclc the young owner of the
, 'fhreo Dars rode vor to Velpen , lIe
Identified and clallned the nnlrnnl
held over trom shlpm nt by Jim's per-
I suasion. Drown , gnvo lOssesslon with
II ' n ruetul countonance.
I "Il'irst tlmo Dilly Drown ever was
! ! taken in , " he said , with great disgust.
Langford met with no Interrul1t1on
to his journey , elthor going or coming ,
I nIthough Uta.t . good cow.puncher of his ,
Jim 1\Iunson , had warned him to loolt
! I aharp to his pistols and mind the
I bridge. Jim being or a somewhat
' \ , belligerent turn of mind , his boss had
j ' not taken the words with sorlousness ,
I As for the fracas at the 110ntoon , cow-
I . men. arc touchy when It comes to n
. question of precedence , and It might
I. well be that the Inl1ammablo Jim had
IIro < lght the sudden atorm down on his
head , Paul Langford rode through I
1 the sweet early aummer all' wIthout '
fl lot or hlndranco nnd looltlng for none ,
H\ was jubilant. Now was Willis-
Ii ton'a story verified. The county at-
! , It torney , Richard Gordon , had consld-
I ered Williston's story , coupled wIth
, IJ his reputation for strict honesh' ,
h , strong and sufficlont enough to bind
7\ JC 5e Dlack OVal' to appear at the
' ! ' " , t , next. regular term of the circuit court.
.J Undel' ordlnar . ' circumstances
. , ) the
i state really had an excoJlont chance
; I of blnd1ng over : but it Itnll to deal
I with Jos m Dla lt , and Jesse Dlaclt
11ad flourished for many 'enrs west of
: the river with an unsavory charncter ,
, but with an almost awesome roputa.
tion for the phenomenal facility with
which ho 'sllpped out of the 11et In
which the law-In the person of Its
' \1nlI0)JUln1' \ eXllonent , Richard Gordon
-vas so indefatlgablr endeavoring to
enmesh him , The state was lrepared
for n hard flght , Dut now-hero was
the 'w' ry steel' Williston saw on the
, Island with Its Three Dars brand un-
. . r del' Dlaclt's surveillance , Williston
1,1 I I would Id ntlf ) . It as the same. He ,
j1 , Langford. would swear to his own ani.
! I mal , The defense would not ltUow ho
; had 'regained possession and would
\ ' ! not hn"o tlmo to readjust Its oVid once ,
II Jt would fa l down and hurt itself for
' ' the hlghor court , and DicIt Gordon
I'
; ' would Imov how to use any inadver ,
! tencles against it-wIlen the time
{ l came" No wonder Langfon } Was Ugbt.
I I hearted , In all his arrogant and un.
- j hampered career ho had nbvor before
, received such an affront to his llrldc
) and his sense of what was duo to one
of the blgge8 outflts that ranged cat ,
I tlo west at the river. Woo to him whe
bad dared tamper with the concerns
of Jaul Langford of the Three Dars.
I W1l11s1nn drove In from the Lazy
, ! I I S In ample Umo for the mill-day din ,
nor at the hotel-the bearing was set
for 2 o'clocleut bls Jlttle party con' '
I tented Itself with n luncheon )11'0 )
,
pare < lat homo and paclt d neatly ant'
' . apIetl2 : ngJY In n Un bn lcot. It wal
Ii 1/ / nohUltql , there would bo n rel.ctltlor
) , J 'at bat } . 'meat ; , It would he poor [ l Uoy
II ! , Still , ' o'uo ould not be sure , nn'd II
I , \ was mo-st : Important that Williston atE
no bad m I that dn ) " .
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Oordon met thom In Iho hol , t\lff '
IIttlo Imrlor of the hotel.
"It was good of 'Oll lo como , " ho
said to 1.0ullle , with grave slncorlt ) ' .
" ( didn't want to , " confessed Loulac ,
hOllesll ) ' . "I'm IIfmt ! ! It Is too big' and
lonesollle for me , I am slIro I shollid
have gene bllcle to Velpcn last night
to cntch the carly trr\n \ had Il 1I0t
hoen fOl' 1\Inr ) ' . She Is so-good , "
' ' 'l'hoVol'at Is over now thnt ) ' 011
ha vo conl/ucred / 'ollr flrst hlllllllllO to
II ' , " ho aald- , '
"I cried , though , I hllted myaeJ (
for It , hut I couldn't help It. You feO !
I never was so far from hOlne before , "
110 was I1n alJOrbod ! ! , 11ImlwOl'ldng'
lawyer , Years of contact with the
1I1111n , hard realltlell of rough livIng
In n new conntr ' hnd ( h'led U1l , Home- .
what , his stream of sentlmellt , 1\I11)'ho
the source was only IJlocltcd with
debris , but certain ! ) ' the stream waH
running elr ' , Ho could not helll
thlnlclng that 0. girl who cries be-
caUBe aho Is far from home hlld 1111Wh
better stay at homo and leave the
grave things which are men'a worlc to
men , But he was 0. gentleml\n I1nd 11
lelndly one , so he I\nswered quietly ,
"I tl'llst YOIl will 111(0Ia heltm' when
you Iwow us better , " I\nd , after a few
marc commonillacei ! , wenl his wn ) ' .
"Thero'H a 1I11\n , " said Louise ,
thollghtfully , on the way to McAllls.
tor's office. "I 111\0 him , 1\laI'Y , "
"And 'et there lire. men In this COlin'
try who would Iclll him If they dared , "
" ; \fary ! what do ) 'OU mean ? Are
there then so many cut.tllI'onts In thla
awful country ? "
"I thlnlt there arc many daperate !
men among the rustlera who would
not hesltato to It III either Paul Lang-
ford or I chard Gonlo\1 slnco these
prosecutlona have begun. There are
Illao many good people who thlnle Mr ,
Gordon Is just stirring UII trouble and
lIuttlng the county to oXllenso when
ho can have no hope of conviction.
'fhey say that his fnllures encourage
the rustlers more than an inactlvo
) Iollcy would. "
"Peoille who argue lIIeo that are
olther tainted with IlIshonesh' them-
selves.or . they are foolish , ono of the
two , " suld Louise , with conviction.
"Mr. Gordon hils ono Btanch sup-
11Orter , anyway , " said Mary , s111l11ng.
"Maybe 1 hud bettor toll him. Precious
IIttlo encouragement or sympathy ho
gets , poor tellow , "
"Please do not , " rellIed Loulso ,
qulcldy. "I wonder It my friend , , Tim
l\1unson , has ml1naged to escape 'bat.
tie , murder t and . sudden death , ' Includ ,
- - - - - - - -
"One of 'Em , I'm a Thlnkln' , Was
Jake Sanderson , "
Ing deuth by polson , and Is on hand
with his testimony , "
As the ) ' allllroached the omco the
crowd of men around the tloorway
drew asldo to let them IlaSS.
"Our ehances of worming oursol ves
through thnt jam seem pretty slim
to me , " whispered l\Iarr : , glancing Into
the alro1Hl ) ' overcrowded room ,
"Lot mo maleo n way for ) 'OU , " said
Paul Langford , as he selnrated ( him ,
selr from the grQup of men standing
In front , and came \II ) to them.
"I Ilnve wutered m ) ' horse , " 110 said ,
fiashlng n mel'r ) : smile I1t Mar ) ' us he I
began ahovlng his big shoulders
thr ugh the press , closely followed
lIy the two 'oun" women. .
Jt was a strunEo ! lssembly through
which the ) ' pressed : ranchmen and
cowlJO's , mO ! t of them , just in from
ranch and mnge , hot and dust ) ' from
long riding , IJ01'SIlrlng freel ) ' , rcdolent
of strong tobacco and the peclllll11' '
8111ell that betol\Ons recent and Inti.
mate conllal1lon8hll ) with that ) mrt
and 11 l'ce of the ) Ilalns , the hOl'se ,
The room was Indeed hot and close
and recIting with ba.d . odors. Ther (
were also Ilresont a largo delegatlol1
of cattle dealers ul1cI saloon men froUi
Vel pen , and some few Indians frOll !
Rosebud agencr , whoso curiosity , vaf
Insatlablo where the courts were con
cerned , far from ) llcturesquo In thel !
lIl.fitllng , nondoscrlpt cowboy gar
ments.
Yet the ) ' were l < 1nel1y , mOljt of the
mCli glithered th ro. 'l'hough at firs
tboy refused , with stolid rcsontmont
to bo thus thrust asldo y the broezJ
and J\ggresslvo owner oC the Thre
Darll , planting helr feet the mOl'1
firmly on the rough , uneven 11001' , anc
serenely obltvious to any right of wa :
BO arrogantly deumnded by the bl !
shoudol'S } , ) 'et , when they percelvel
for whom the ) ' WilY was bolng made
most of them stepllcd hastily asldl
with muttered and abashed apologies
Here and there , 11owo\'or , though al
made wa ) ' , there WO 11d bo no req
facml or stnmmQl'lng npolol ; ) ' , Som (
times the IIttlo party was followel
r Insolent eyes , so netlmes , by mali
nunt ones. ltCI'd Mary , " ' 1I118n Ipo11 ;
en ruJY when aho 1J1Itl tbo " ,111 to
bloodshed was not IncIting In tIlO
cOlin t r ) ' ?
But If U ere was altght of hatl'ml or
enmity In the hell V ) ' all' of the Imlro. (
vllwd courtl'oolll for olhel' hosldes
the hlghmllllied cOllllsel fOl' law and
order Mltt.y WlIlIslcm seellled Iwrene.
Iy IIII(1ollsclous of Il , She held her
head 111'011(11) ( ' . MOllt of I heso l1\en \ she
I"ow , She hlld done It IIIl1n's worlt
: unolle. ; thelll fUI' two years and more ,
In hm' n1l1l\'s \ work of rldlllg the ran-
geH she hlld hud good felloWHhll ( with
IIIll1lY of them , Aftct' toda ' much of
thl ! ! IIIUllt elllIuch } : : hlamo would accrue -
cruo to her fathel' for thlll dl\"s worle
11 111 011 It fl'lends au well 111I enomlos , for
the feuI' of the lawdel1ol's : was an
ouml'llresellt fellr with the small own.
CJ' , sllllltlne. ; ahroad hy lIiy and by
night , But Mary was glad and there
WIIS II new dignity IIOllt ) ) hCl' that became -
came her well , unci that grow Ollt of
thlH great call to rally to the things
that count.
A t the fa I' end of the room the '
found the jUf.lUce of the ) leace en.
thronlHl hehlnd , a long table , Ills honor -
or , 1\11' , , James H , 1\lc\lIIslel' , 11I0re
commonl ) ' Imown as , Jlnllnlu 1\IIIC , WIIS
a I'IIIIChll1l1n on a small Hcule. 110
WIlB Ignorant , hilt of an o\'OI'weenlng
collcelt. Ho had heen 11 justice of the
Ileaco' for Bevuml 'ears anll labored
under the 11I1staltcn Impression that
hu l\1oW law : hut Gordon , on short nc.
quaintance , had duhbed him "Old Ne-
, ,
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cosslt ) , In despulrlng Ironr , aCter n
cm.taln high light of earl ' te1'l'ltorlal
days who "Imeno law. "
'rho ) lrlsonCl' was hrought In , His
waa a famlllm' personality , Ho wail
Iwown to most 11I0n west of the river
-If not by ) lersonal acquaintance , certainly -
tainly u. ' hearsay.
'l'hen calUe the first gl'eat surprise
of this acralI' of many sUfJ1I'Ises , .J osse
Blnclt waived examination. It came
lllto n thunderbolt to the ) lrosecutlon.
It was not macl's wa ) ' of doing husl-
ness , and , It was generully helloved
that , as Munson had so forcibly
though Inelegantly eXIH'es30d It to
Ollly Brown , "Ho would 11ght 11\\0 \
hell" to keep out of the circuit courts ,
Ho would It III thli ! Incllliont Nemesis
In the hud. What , then. had changed
him ? 'rho county I1ttol'11e ) ' had rather -
or looltcd for n hardfought defence-
'a shifting of the bllrden of responsl.
hlllty for the mlsbl'andlng to another ,
who would , of course , he ocr somewhere -
where on a uuslness trip , to he absent
an indoflnlto length of time ; or It
might ho ho would tr ) ' to malO good a
trumlJed'UI ) story that ho had but lately -
ly IHII'chtulCd the animal from some
Indlann cattle'owner from up countr ) '
who claimed to have a blll-of-sale from
Langford , lie would not ha Ye been
taken IIlmclt had Dlack calml ) ' 111'0'
duced ! l ulll-of-sale ,
'l'ho absolnleness of the surprlso
l1ushed his cleansha.ven . face a lit tI 0 ,
although his grave Immohlllty of expression -
prossion underwent not a. . fIIclter. It
was n l1ufJJrlse , hut It was a good
surlrlso ) , .Je8110 nlaclt was honnd o\'er
under good and sutnclent uond to all-
pear at the next regular term of the
circuit COlll't In December , That much
accomplished , now he could buclele
down tor the hlg lIghl. How orten had
hu been shhlwl'eclwd In the shifting
sands of tJ. remarlmble
< J really decls-
lena of "Old Necesslt ' " and his Ielnd.
'rhls time , as by ! l miracle , ho had es-
Cl11Jed sands and shoals ami sunken
rocks and rode In deep watel' .
A wave of enlightenment swept o\'er
Jim 1\1unson.
"Ooss , " ho whispered , "that gal re-
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pOl'ter'a a h ummOl. .
"How so ? " whl8perod Langford ,
amused. Ho proceeded to tal\O an In.
terested , If 'hasty , Inventor ) ' of her
charms , "What II. Iletite lIttle porson-
UgH , to be sure ! Almost too colorless ,
though. Why , , JIm , she can't hold a
tallow candle to Williston's girl. "
"Who said she could ? " demanded
Jim , with a fine scorn and 11\uch re-
1I0ved to l1nd the boss so UI1l\PIH'ocla-
tI\'e. I den might not be lost to them
aCtor all , Strict justlco made him
add : "But aho's a. . wlso one. SIQtte 1
them blamed meddlln' hess thieves
right from the word go , Yep. ' 1'hat's
a fnc' , "
"What 'blamed meddlln' hOSD
thieves , ' , JIm ? You ure on Intlmato
.
terma with so many gentlemen o. that
8trlpe-at least 'our langunge S ( , leads
us to presumo-that I can't lieell up
with the ) lrocesslon , "
"At the brldgo ) 'Istldy. I told 'ou
'hout It. Saw 'em l1rst at the Bon
Amy-but they must trailed mo to
the stocltyards. She spotted 'om right
awny. ShO'Sl cuto'n. Made mo , shet
my month , , ; hen I was n blab bin' too I
much , jest uefOl'o the fnn began. Oh ,
she's a cuto'n ! "
' ' 'Who were they , Jim ? "
"One of 'em , I'm u thlnltln' , was
, Jake Sandersbn , a. . rodhended de\11
i who came up here from hell , I recl\On , ,
I
or Wyoming , ono of the two. NobodY
I lcnows his biz. Dut ho'll look like n .
L stopped.on potato bug 'galnst I glt
L
through with him. Didn't glt on to I
I
. t' other feller. Will next , ) 'OU bet ! "
( TO BE CONTINU D. )
Keep Burglars Out ,
Duy at any hardwnro store n small , I
plain hinge , ono and ol o. alf Inqhes I
long by one Inch wide when closed , ,
, or smaller. Screw ono sldo of hlngo
upright on to the lower rlght.1)and
corner of upper window sash , ' direct ,
Iy above the slight , flange on all up.
1101' sashes. See that the hlngo Is
toward and almost touching the win ,
dow casing. This will leave ono
sldo of ao hhlFO free to turn. When
wishing to fasten window turn tbe
free sldo of the hinge nD tar back as
posslblo. 'I'hls brings it ever the low ,
or sash , I will bo Invistblo from the
outalde , but will pront tbo lowel
snsh bolng raised or the upllor ono
lowenl. ! When hln&9 : Is elcsed II
" will nut Interfere wlt . 'l'aIDlng ' win ,
: - llow , nlld does not ells0 uro or weak.
l' on the window sash.
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NEBRASKA .IN BRIEF
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NEW ! } NOTES OF . INTEREST . FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS ,
All SUBJEGTS , TOUGHED UPON
Rcllglous , Soclnl , Agrlculturnl , PolitIcal -
Ical and Other Matters GI'/en
Due Consideration ,
York Is malting an , effort to get additional -
ditional lotteI' clu'I'lers ,
' ' ' Iinstlngs is
1'ho new hrower ) at
about read ) ' fa I' business.
' 1'ho Norlhwestern railroad has
gathered a. . big Ice crop at Valentine.
'rhe Indians u..rt' around Decatur
ha\"o just dlsco"er1Jd : that Herman has
nn ample SUllplr of f1ro water ,
P. A , Brown of Plattslltouth accl.
entall ) ' dlschal'ged his gun l\1ul put
-n : ! 2callbct' ball through his hand ,
3naltlng ! \ bad wound.
William Cubbison of Columbus Is
obliged to como Into court for having
moro wives than the law allows. It
Is alleged he hll8 had a couple of wives
for moro t1l1ln three ) 'ears.
Annn'Zube1' of ScrlbnCl' has filed ! \
peUtlon for divorce from her husband ,
the landlord of the Harder hotel at
thot. town , on the ground of undue intimacy -
timacy with ! \ woman there ,
1\1rs , Oscar Albion was painfully Injured -
jured at her home south of Wilsonvlllo
by being thrown beneath her carrlago
and dragged several hundred feet
while the team was running.
The recolpts of the office of the secretary -
retary of state for the month of Jan-
uar ) ' are nearly three times us great
as ! \ year ago. ' 1'ho 1908 receipts wore ,
$2,5U3,17 , against $ ! Hl2.90 last Januar ) ' .
'j'ho : Farmers' Elevator comlmny of
Dluc Springs has hanllled over 2fJOOO
hushels of grain during the lust two
wee ItS' . 1\luch of the grain was shlppell
to Colorado and as far west asVash -
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ington.
'lorlt county farmers , owing to the
low 111'Ices paid fOl' hogs , are killing
and putting up meat and many are
smoking and salting meat and will
have more than nccessary for tholr
own consumption.
The case of Lorenzo Hllo against
County 'freasurer Troupe of Buffalo
county and certain state oll1cers has
been appealed to the S'upremo court.
' 1'ho case In\"ol\'es the lease of 160
acres of educational lands.
The republican county committee
of Dodge county has decided to hold u
primary election for the purpose of
giving the voters an oPPOl'tunlty to
express their III'efm'ence for preslden.
tlal candid ales on Februar ) ' 29.
Wlllinm Ehmen , a farmer living
near Plcltrell , was serlouS'I ' Injured
by being rnn over by ! \ wagou londed
with sand , His team ran away , throwing -
ing him unde : the wagon , Dot his
Jegs were brolten uolow the Imees ,
Governor Sheldon Issued n requlsl.
tlon on the go\'ernor of 1\1lnneS'ota for
the return of Jol1l1 Donaldson , one of
the four men charged with robbing
passengers on a Rock Island train between -
, tween Lincoln and Omaha last fall.
The numerous farm saleD in Cum-
Ing county are notable Cor the very
high prices obtained for stoclt , produce -
duce and personal property general b. ,
At the farm sale of Otto Gehrhardt ,
n renter , the receipts were over $6,000.
T lere III'omlscs , to lJo a hot contest
at the coming city election in Wy-
more. ' 1'he question of "wet" or "dry"
will come up for the people to vote
on , and the saloon element and the
church element will each malw 11 hard
flght.
1\Irs. Louis Kreifels , wire of 0. well
Imown farmer , living eight miles south
of Nebraslm City , secmed a bottle of
carbolic acid and dranlt the contents ,
'Vhether It was accldent l or suicidal
Is not ) mo\\"n. She died from the effects -
focts of the drug ,
'fho residents of the nOl'th edge of
Adams cOl1nt ) ' and the sOl1th edge of
Hall county participated In a wolf
hunt In which twenty-three wolves
were captured ant of twen1).11ve rounded -
ed up. It 15 claimed that this is a
record breal < o1' for the state ,
Senator DUl'kett , snrs ! \ Washington -
,
ton dhpatch , callecJ up and had passed
his bill granting abont 280 aCI'es of
land to the village of Valentine , which
is part of the Ii'mt Nlobmra military
resorvatlon for reservoir purposes and
to , > he used fOI' suppl'lng Vnlen'une
with watel' ,
A larger number of contest cases
than ever lJefore are being heard this
winter h ) ' the clerlt of the district
court of Kimball connt ) ' , The price of
.relinquishments of homes toads has
gene so high , in man ) ' cases reaching
$ l , OO , that people are watching every
claim In the count ) ' for n chance to
contest It.
The report of Warden Deemer for
the month of Jannar ) ' shows there
are now In the penltontlR1' ' 402 con.
vlcts. The 11rst of the month the 1'011
showed 404 : eighteen convicts were
received , nine were dlecharged , two
, were committed and ono executed.
There were 272 convicts emplo'ed
under contract.
'Vor ( } comes from 1\Inrys1II0 , Kas. ,
tbat plans nro being made to resume
work on the l\Iarysvllle.1'o)1elcn ) cutott
at the Union Pacific road within the
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n xt few weelis. Worlt was ahut down
recently when the financial l1urrr
truck that section.
Every railroad which enters Omaha
and has executlvo offices In Chicago
pledges Its strongcl1t suPPCrt' ! to the
movement to 500l1re for Omaha the
Nntlonnl Coru exposition next fall anti
! t $ co-oporatlon In malelng that exposl.
tion a BUN It hold In .tho Nebrislel
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AS TO SCABIES IN CATTLE.
State Veterinarian Asking Information
of Cattlemen ,
Upon the recommendation of Gov.
ernor Sheldon State Veterinarian Mc-
KIm has Isstle n leller to bo mallod
to all cattle dealers cast of the lIne
of the recent ( Iuarn.ntlne proclamn-
lion 118ltlng for Information l'egardlng
the r.cahlef ; ' In cnttle. The letter sots
out that both Governor Sheldon and
the , state voterlnarlan ha\'o glvon
much tlmo and study to the question
of ' .Vlplng out the scabies which hag
infested cattle of Nebraslm more or
less for a number of years , and noW
they are anxious to get some dctulled
information on the sUbject. To each
of the men who ralso or deal In cattle
In the eastern section at the state are
submitted a number of questions
which they are requested to answer ,
Among the questions are the following -
ing :
lIow many cattle have 'ou ? 'Vero
cattle Inspected In the feed lot or pas-
tmo ? Whether nny mDl'o of the herd
ha vo lJecome Infected ? How man ' uf
) 'our cattle arc infected ? Were infected -
focted cattle bought In the vlclnlt '
or your homo ? Of whom were hey
hought ? What are the dipping fa.- .
cllltles In 'our county ? Other queS"-
tlons along the sarno IInos were aslted
and blank space left for an ) ' remarlls :
the cattle men might cnro to malte ,
Each of the persons to , vhom letters
have been addressed have had cattle
Inspected and [ lronounced unclean.
STATE PRINTERY FOR NEBRASKA
Po slbllity of the Establishment of
Such an Institution ,
LincoIn.,1A statement made to Governor -
ernor G. L. Sheldon , who returneel
from a. . trip to Topclca , where he was
the guest of Governor Hoch , may lead
to the establishment of a. . state print-
ery.
'l'he statement was made by the
manager of the Kansm > state printing
department that the department had
saved Kansas $65,000 In the last two
years and that the sa.vlng . of a third
) 'ear would pay for the plant. The
plant Is up.to-date and contains every
pleco of machinery necessary for state
printing , In one respect anI ) ' has the
neighbor slate an advantage , and that :
Is In coal bills , Kansas coal being
mined lIy convicts.
It was stated , without an attempt
at definite figures , that Nebraska' ! )
printing bill , Including the state \1111-
verslty , the capital and the state In-
stltutlom : , exceeds $100OUO per annum -
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Farmers' Elevator Pays.
Harvard-The Harvnrd Co-opern.Uvo . .
Grain and Live StacIe company , more !
usually called the "Farmers' Elevator
company , " held its annual meeting
and elected directors for the ensuing
) 'ear , Franle Dlerrlnger , 1\1. F. Harrington -
ton , Louis Nelson and Fred Kocltrow
being chason. At the l1rst meeting of
these directors the president ! \nd other
officers will be chosen , Their manager ,
1\11' . Albee , made a most lIatterlng report -
port of the business during the year ,
showing that 23.1,1i51 bushels of grain
of all l < lnds had been hought , with a. .
net balance above all expenses of
$2,200 for the year.
Nebraskan Pleases Brltlshcrs ,
Auburn-Major Church Howe of Auburn -
burn , United States consul to Manches.
tel' , En land , was the principal spealt-
er at the sixth annual dinner of the
: \ tnnchesterVholesalo Provision association -
ciation , hell1 the evening of January
23. The MancIl ester Guardian gives
an account of the affair , moro than
llalf of the space being iven to the
speech made uy Major Howe , in response -
sponse to the toast , "Our Guel1ts , "
Farmers BrouQht Money.
Anr.ley-Fred Cordis , a farmer 11\ ' .
ing twelve miles southwest of Ansle - ,
held n public sale of farm propert .
Thursday , advertising time on all
property sold. 1'he most remarlmhle
Incident ever happening a.t . a public
sale of farm properly In this vicinity
was that every dollar of the proc er1s
of the sale was paid in casl1. It was
an $800 sale.
REDUCING THE STATE DEBT.
State Treasurer Brian Calls In State
Warrants ,
Stale 1'rearmer Drlan will call In
$16,500 of state warrants and thereby
reduct' the state debt to $998,000 , This
Is the fll'st time the eeht has been
lJelow ono million dollars within the
memory of the oldest watchdog of
the treasur ) ' , . . The oilIest boolt now
l\Opt In the state audltol"s oll1co
showr. that the debt was $ lIiOOOOO In
HI07 , and It has not since been less.
The state treasurer will not have to
walt on ) > oople to wallt to the state
house to present the warrants called
In or fOI' Iho recolpt of them by mall ,
He can. turn to the vault and lay his
his hand on them any time , The ) '
are owned by the state , having been
lJought as an Investment tor the
school fund. 'l'he Interest on the warrants -
rants Is paid by the state to Itself and
will go Into the temliorarr school fund
for the dlstrllJution soml-annually to
, aid school districts.
Aged Man's Wonderful Recovery ,
'V'moro-l\Ian' Weston was on the
streets receiving the congratulations
of his friends ( ' . 1 } , his recent l'ecOVel' ) '
from n severe case of blood poisoning ,
Last Novembol' the '
tl'ollble started In
n finger , which was prolllptly amplI-
lated , but It was fOllnl1 In a few days
that the dlsoaso hlld apreal1 fl1rthOl' up
the arm. Another opo\ltlon was POI'-
formed , removing the arm just below
the elbow. Stili the disease WIIS not
checlCd anl1 fln ! I ) ' the rm was ret -
t moved just below the shoulder. Wes.
ton Is about 70 'ears of ago ,
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ONLY OPPORTUNITY. _ _ , :
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, "Doea 'our wlo talle In her sleepr
major ? "
"No , I tallt In her sleep-It's the
only chance I got. "
As a man dresses so ho is esteemed.
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PURE FOOD. I
No Food Commissioner of Any State
Has Ever Attacked the Absolute ' "
PUI'lty of Grape-Nuts.
E\'ery analysis undertal\Ou shows
this food to be made strictly of Wheat
and Darley , treated by our processes.
to partially transform the starch
parts Into n form of Sugar , and thero.
fore much casler to digest ,
Our claim that it is a "Food for-
Brain and Nerve Centres" is based
upon the fact that certain partD of
Wheat and Barley ( which wo use ) contain -
tain Nature's brain and nerve-bulldln ! ;
ingredients , viz. : Phosphate of Potash -
ash , and the way we IJreparo the food
iii kes It easy to digest and assimilate _
DI' . Geo. W , Carey in his book on
"The Biochemic S 'stem of Medicine"
8a's :
"When the medical profession fully
understands the Dature and range 0 [ '
tbe phosphate of potassium , insane
asylums w1l1 DO longer be needed.
"The gray matter of the brain l.t ,
controlled entirely by tbo inorganic
coB.salt , potassium phosphate , I
"Tbis salt unites with a.lbumen . , nnd I
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'Jy the addition of oxygen creates nerve- . ,
fiuld , or the gray matter of the brain _ . .
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"Of course , there is a trace of other , )
salts and other organic matter In .
nerve-fluid , but potassium pbosphate
Is the chief factor , and has the power
within Itself to attract , by its own law ' I
of affinit - , aB things needed to n11U - . , - I
facture the elixir of life. 'l'herefore. \I..d
when nervous s'mptoms arise , due to
the fact that the nerve-l1uld has been 1
exhausted from any cause , the phosphate -
phate of potassium is the enl ) ' true
remedy , because nothing else can i .
possibly suppb' the deficiency.
"The 1\Is \ arising from too rapidly
consuming the grny matter of tha-
brain cannot be overestimated.
"Phosphate of Potash , is to my
mind , the most wonderful curatlva-
agent ever discovered b ) ' man , and
tbe blessings it has alread ) ' conferred
on the race are many , Dut 'what
shall the barvest be' when pb'slclans
ever 'wbere fully understand the part
tbls wonderful salt plays in thB' Ii
processes of life ? It w1l1 do as much
as can be done through ph 'slologto
make a heaven on earth.
"Let the overworked business man.
talte It and go home good-tempered. , !
Let the weary wife , nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en- ' ) I
tertalning company , take It and note
how quicklY the equilibrium w1l1 bo
restored and calm and reason assert.
her throne. No 'provlngs' are required
here , We find this potassium salt I
largely predominates In norve-fiuld. 1
and that a deficiency produces well-
defined symptoms. The beginning anll
end or the matter is to supply th
lacking principle , and in molecular
form , exactly as nature furnishes It In
'w'e etll bles. frllits and grain. To SUIl-
ply deficiencies-thIs is the only law
of cure. "
Please observe thl\t Phosphate or
Potash Is not properly of the drug-
shop yarlety but Is best prepared by J
"Old Mother Nature" and stored In : j
the grains read ' for use by mankind ,
Those who hnve been helped to bottel" t
health by the use of Grape-Nuts arB'
legIon. !
"There's a Reason. "
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding , _
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A lad ) . writer who not only has donI )
good literary work , but reared n famIly -
Ily , found In Grape-Nuts the Ideal fOOl }
fa\ ' brain worle and to develop healthy
children. She writes :
"I am an enthusiastic proclalmer of
Grapo-Nuts as a regular diet. I formerly -
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for 8 'enrs while nursing ill ) ' four 4 {
children , had Insufficient nourlsbment . " '
for them.
"Unablo to eat breakfast I felt faint
later , and would go to the pantry ancl
eat cold chops , sausage , cooldes ,
doughnuts or anything I happened to
find. Delng a writer , at times my
hend telt heavy and my brain asleep.
"When I read of Grape-Nuts I began
eating it e"er ) . morning , also gave It
to the children , Including m ) . 10
montbs old uab ' , who soon grew as
fat as a little 1)1S' , good natured and
contented.
"I wrote evenings and feollng the
need of sustained brnln power , 1I0gan
eating n small saucer of GrapeNuts
with milk , Instead of my usual indl.
gestlble hot pudding , plo , or caIto for
dessert at night.
"I grew plump , nerves strong , and
when I wrote m ) ' brain was active nnd
clear : Indeed , the dull head pain never
returned. "
! ) ORT.UM CEREAL CO" I td. '
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