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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1908)
I ENTERTAINED AMERICAN TARS Sir Joseph Gcorgo Ward , K. C. M. 0. . premier of Now Xoaland , showed the tars of the American biittlo licet , during their recent visit to that country , that all colonial officials are not of Swcttcnham type. Ilo had charge of Iho entertaining of the bluejackets and ho acquitted himself royally. In addition to din ners and balls In the city he took them for a two-days' trip Into the interior and showed them the natural wonders that have made New Zea land known throughout the world. He had the American admiral stir up a filc'oplug geyser with a cake of soap , and ho had the tars poop into the blazing pit which the Maoris have always regarded as the place of final torments. Ho showed them the most . .socialistic government In the world , a country In which at the polls as well as In the courts woman has the same rights as man , and the Marol stands on the Fame plane with the white man. And no iiiiin Is 'jotter able to point out and explain the things of inturoHt In that most Interesting country than Premier Ward , for he has been In politics nearly all his life , knows every foot of the country and Is versed In all Its problems. Sir Joseph Is a typical Englishman 111 appearance , tall , stout , with a large , woll-sliapod head and wide-open eyes. He Is very ordinary in his appearance and would Impress one as a successful business man with a kindly nature and a gonlal manner. It WHS for very meritorious services that ho was made u batonet. It was In acknowledgment of his powers as nn entertainer , for he was premier when the duke and duchess of Cornwall visited Now Zealand and it was his place to receive them. And ho took Just as great pains In en tertaining the American tars as he did when he had sprigs of royalty as guests. Sir Joseph Is 51 years of ago and Is still In the prime of life. LATE TURKBSH AMBASSADOR Mehmed AH Hey , the Turkish ambassador to the United States , who has just been uncere moniously dumped out of his .position by an order from Constantinople , Is a victim of chance , just as ho was favored of that goddess when ho received appointment. For Mehmed All Bey was imula ambassador through the Influence of his father , Izxct Pasha , who was private secre tary to the sultan and one of his most trusted and Influential advisors. It Is an eloquent Illus tration of the whirligig of tlmo that oven whllo the son Is recalled by his government and , pre sumably , reduced' Ihu ranks , his father In' declared nt this moment to bo hidden in Nuw York , a fugitive from justice and sought by the "Young Turkey" loaders In Gotham , who hated him during the sunny days when his word was a potent Influence with the sultan. Not that Mehmed All was uuflttod for his position. Ho Is a man of cul ture and ranked high in the diplomatic corps , although only ! ! 5 years old. He was one of the chief counselors of the foreign office at homo'before coming to America. He Is much more liberal In his views than were most of his predecessors. t Ills father , Izzot Pasha , Is declared by the Turkish revolutionists In Now York ( o be nt this moment hidden somewhere hrthat city , with a great share of his fortune and an Interpreter who speaks perfect English and who screens his master from observation. Mumljl Boy , late Turkish consul general to Now York and named to succeed the ambassador as charge d'affaires , and who Is In sympathy with the "Young Turkish" movement , is positive that the former "boss" Is In that city , and that he will bo discovered. Just what would bo likely to happen to the pasha If the revolutionists should find him first Is a matter for speculation. SEEKS FOLK'S PLACE William S. Cowherd , who received a plu rality of the votes In the primary as Democratic candidate for governor of Missouri , will have to light for his place on the ticket In the courts of the state. Walter Ball , who landed second In the running , has started a contest , and has placed before the prosecuting attorneys of three counties evidence tending to show that many of the ballots cast for Cowherd wore fraudulent. Ono peculiar feature of the campaign which closed with tlio primaries was tlio fact that Cowherd secured his plurality in the three cities of St. Louis , Kansas City and Springfield. Every other county In the entire state went heavily against Cowherd , yet ho piled up such enormous majorities In the three cities named that ho overcame the adverse lead and had several thousand votes to spare , according to the returns. Cowherd is 48 years old , n native of the cob-pipe state and a lawyer. Ho has practiced law In Kansas City ever since his graduation from the state uni versity , except when he was too busy playing the game of politics. Ills political career may be said to have commenced with his appointment as assistant prosecuting attorney in 1885. From that position ho wont to the city.counselor's olllco as flrst assistant , was mayor of Kansas City for two years and served In congress for eight years , retiring In 1905 at the request of hhi district. In the recent campaign ho was credited with the support of United States Senator William J. Stone , himself u candidate for re-election. Ball , Cowherd's strongest opponent , was said to have the backing of Gov. Folk. The latter has been asked to scud the attorney-general of the state to Kansas City and St. Louis to assist the local prosecuting departments in the search for crookedness in the primaries , but the executive has Intimated that ho docs not consider It the place of the state officials to take any active part in any such investigation , but rather to leave the whole investigation in the bauds of the local officers. TO DIRECT NEW THEATER Donald Robertson , who Is to bo director of the now municipal theater experiment in Chicago cage , Is equally well known as an actor and a manager. Ho has from the Inception of the Chicago Idea boon an ardent supporter of the experiment , and It will bo carried out upon his own lines. There is little similarity between the now theater project In Now York and tho'municipal playhouse in Chicago. The former Is essentially a private enterprise , founded by a group of wealthy men who , seeing the need of an mi- i-Jimmelod stage for the perpetuation of the classic * drama , banded themselves together , fur nished the money to put up a magnificent build ing , and announced a scale of prices In keeping with the superior quality of the entertainment offered. 'iMio Chicago Idea , however , Is mainly educational , ami contemplates the presentation of a series of classic plays by a capable stock company for no admission fee whatever. The Chicago institution will bo lu a sonae a mu nicipal project , occupying by assignment a municipal building. It has been arranged to present a season of 30 weeks of dramatic offerings in Fullerton hall , an adjunct of the Chicago Art Institute , with performances on Tuesday evening ot each week. The season will begin with the last week In September , and the Hoberlson players will offer In historical perspective pieces from the classic Gorman , Spanish , Scandinavian , Italian , French and American playwrights. The financial burden of the whole artistic experiment will be assumed by the directors and members of the Art Institute , who num ber about 2,500 people , and admission will be restricted to the membership until the demand from that field is satisfied. Incidentally , the municipal theater In Chicago will not bo a place of amuse- meat no light cleverness nor frothy music no suporllciul problem plays nor sketchy reviews. Rather , It Is to bo heavy , heavy to the verge almost of pedantry , with the idea of educating the public tustc rather than entering to it , TWO LATE MODES The gown at the left Is of black crepe do chine. The half-empire skirt is trimmed lengthwise with tucked bands of taffeta and Is finished at the bottom with a wide band of lace re-embroidered with Jft paillettes. ' The corsage and little sleeves are trimmed to correspond , and also with a Jet fringe. The tucked guimpe and the undersleeves are of white tulle. The other gown is of black chiffon-mousellne. Undulating bands of taf feta and panels of filet guipure trim the skirt. The prettily draped corsage is of the filet guipure trimmed around the neck with * the taffeta bands. The yoke and undersleeves aru of white lace ; the girdle with pretty knot , Is of black taffeta. FROCKS FOR THE TUB. Blue and Brown Galatea Among the Best of Materials. Among the cheapest of the good- looking tub Jumper frocks are those made of blue and brown galatea. The material sells at a very small price everywhere and washes like a collar. It comes In good tonoa that do not show soil and comes out of the tub without being faded. Linen makes charming ones , but every woman does pot care to afford many linen frocks. The good quality Is the only ono worth buying , and a frock of it amounts up. When a girl feels she can afford only one , she should get it in * rose pink or nlle green in order that it maybe bo dressy enough for afternoon wear. This Is the ideal costume for church this summer , at homo or on a vaca tion. tion.Cotton Cotton duck is another material that Is excellent for everyday wear , as a whole season of constant service makes little impression on it. The reason most of these materials were not comfortable before for sum mer frocks was because of their heat around the neck and arms. TWO SMART LITTLE DRESSES. Both Suitable for Girls from Eight to Ten Years of Age. The flrst costume pictured is a smart ilttlo dress In blue checked zephyr. The skirt Is trimmed with a band of plain blue zephyr , the pinafore-bodice being bound with the same , and the shoulders and fronts connected by straps of zephyr fixed under tiny but tons. A blouse of white muslin print ed lightly with blue is worn with It. The second is another pretty wash ing-dress of pink zephyr. The skirt has a shaped piece turned up at the foot and stitched on the outside. The bodice has a small yoke of piece lace set Into a shaped yoke and platron of zephyr , the sides being plaited and laid under It. The tight-fitting lower part of slcovo Is of piece lace. Materials required for the flrst dross 3 A yards zephyr 28 Inches wide , 94-yard zephyr for trimming , 2 yards muslin for blouse. The second requires 5 yards zephyr , and -74-yard piece lace. Chiffon on Summer Frocks. V-Io slimmer frock Is complete with out its yard or two of superfluous chif fon. It Is a fad presenting such allur ing possibilities to the feminine mind that It cannot bo Ignored. 4 WAY TO MAKE NEAT HEM. Accomplishment Few Women Seem to Have at Command. It Is really surprising how few wo men know how to make a neat hem , although this was considered a neces sary accomplishment In the days of our grandmothers. It is used to finish he raw edges of goods and it is mest mportnnt that It be evenly and neatly turned down ; always turn it toward you. To do this , turn down one-quar- er of an Inch all along the edge and msto It on the crease with even bast ng stitches. Take a stiff piece of cardboard and nark on It the exact width of the lem. Place the edge of the creased cardboard at the creased edge of the goods and mark the desired width with a thread , using the short and eng basting stitch. Fold the hem on this line of thread and baste to the material along the upper edge with an oven basting. In hemming do not use a knot. Hold the hem across the end of the forefinger of the left hand. Point the needle toward you , to the right , and insert it under the edge of he hem close to the right hand. Draw the needle through , leaving an end. of the thread to bo tucked under the edge. To begin the hemming stitch-point the needle toward the middle of the left thumb and take up ono thread of : he cloth and the same of the fold. To have the thread slant in the right di rection , see that each tlmo a stitch is taken that the needle points directly across the middle of the left thumb. To have the hem appear well when finished care must be taken to have the distance between each stitch ex actly the same. Exchange. A Belting Jumper. Embroidered linen belting , in white and color , may bo bought by the yard , and a very clover little lady has used It to make herself a Jumper. A double thickness over each shoulder , from the waist line In the front to the waist line In the back , is the foundation of the garment , while a few strips across the back and front give the whole a very Jumper-Hko appearance. ! ' The four loops at the waist line formed by the shoulder straps are used to slip the belt through , so , when It Is j worn with a white skirt and blouse , | the effect Is of one of the popular one- piece dresses. It is Just such an arrangement that makes it possible to wear a blouse and skirt without a coat. Old Idea Revived. A pretty way of trimming a muslin and lace frock Is by heading the deep Insertion of lace on the skirt ( the band of dcntello so beloved of Paris ) with n beading wide enough to admit a soft satin ribbon , some two or three Inches In width , this ribbon being threaded through It nt Intervals of about a foot , tied into pretty bows , but these are not left on a level with the beading. They are pulled through so that the bow hangs down over the lace , the little - tlo ends having a ball of floss silk to finish them oft , with a bunch of fringe falling from the center of each ball These loosely hanging bows look very quaint against the lace background. Queen. Dressy Robes of Marquisette. The very dressy robes for afternoon or evening wear are now composed ot marquisette. This Is so very line that It looks like organdie or mousselino from n distance. It comes in all col' ors , too , and the colors nro very dainty and delicate. Of courao the mar qulBotto Is flimsy , but everything this season is the same. Drapers declared that goods wore to have more body a year or two ago , but heavy goods have not yet made an appearance. THE LAND OF GRAIN JAMES OLIVER CUHWOOt ) Author of "American farmers Ing n Now Nation In the Norlli" "Canncln The Udiul of OroalW Hope" . "Tho Invasion f Ortiirtila hy American Fnrmrn" "A ThwiMWl * Miles on HornotiaaU Acirof * the Do minion Provlnoon , " Uto. ( Kto , NotBo very mimy yoftrtt HO the ity of paoplo in the Uiillinl laughed at the production Iliul tlio tiny was coming wliou WoHtwii I'mitulft would far outstrip thin country III the raising of grain when , In nllu'i' ' words , it would bt'uimio Iho Hi"tli bread-basket of the world. IHiHiiK tlio past three or four yoant the oitnriuoiiri production of grain In the Dominion West has thinned the ranksi of thnno who doubled the destiny of L'liuiuln'ti vast grain growing regions ; thorrop : ! of this yearwllldlspel the doubts of the remaining few. From Wlnnlpoc westward to the foothills of Alborta. over a country nearly a thousand miles in width , the grain production this year will bo something to almost siapjwr the belief of these hundreds of thousands of American farmers whose average yield is not more than from ton to llftcon bushels of wheat to the acre , and who are finding that tholr product Is also outclassed in quality by that of their northern neighbors. The enormous grain crop of this year in the Canadian West may truth fully bo said to bo the production of "a few pioneers. " Only a small per centage of the unnumbered millions of acres of grain land arc under culti vation , notwithstanding the fact that tons of thousands of homesteads were taken up last year. And yet , when all the figures are in , It will bo found that the settlers of the western prai ries have raised this year more than 125,000,000 bushels of wheat , 100,000- 000 bushels of oats and 25,000,000 bushels of barley. It has been n "for tune- making year" for thousands of American farmers who two or three years ago owned hardly more than the clothes upon their backs , and whoso bumper crops from their homesteads will yield them this season anywhere from ? l,500to2,500eachmoro money than many of them have seen at one time in all their lives. Very recently I passed through the western provinces from Winnipeg to Calgary , and in the words of a follow passenger , who was astonished by what ho saw from the car windows In Manitoba , wo were , metaphorically speaking , In a "land of milk and honey. " The country was one great sweep of ripening grain. In fact , so enormous was the crop , that at the tlmo there were grave doubts as to the possibility 6f GETTING ENOUGH BINDER TWINE TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND. A situation like this has xiover before been known in the agri cultural history of any country. Before I made my first trip through the Dominion west I doubted very much the stories that I had heard of this so-called "grain wonderland" across the border. I believed , as un numbered thousands or others 'be lieved , that the stories were circulated mostly to Induce immigration. I quick ly found that I was wrong. As ono Alberta farmer said to me a few weeks ago , "If the whole truth were told about this country I don't sup pose you could find ono American In ten who would believe it. " This year the prospects of the wheat crop of Saskatchewan , Mani toba and Alberta are an average of over TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS TO THE ACRE , and that this grain is far superior to that raised In the states is proved by our own govern ment statistics , which show that American millers are Importing mil lions of bushels of B "Canadian hard" to mix with the home product In order that THIS HOME PRODUCT MAY BE RAISED TO THE REQUIRED STANDARD. It is a peculiar fact that while the Dominion Government is anxious for Its western provinces to fill up with the very best of immi grants , there has been no blatant or sensational advertising of these lands. For this reason it is probable that not one American farmer out of fifty knows that Canada wheat now holds the world's record of value that , in other words , it is the best wheat on earth , and that more of it is grown to the acre than anywhere else in the world. A brief study of climatic conditions , and these things which go to make a climate , will show that the farther ono travels northward from the Mon tana border the milder the climate be comes up to a certain point. In other words , the climate at Edmonton , Alberta , is far bettor than that of Denver , 1,500 miles south ; and while thousands of cattle and sheep are dy ing because of the severity of the winters in Wyoming , Montana and other western states , the cattle , sheep and horses of Alberta GRAZE ON TUB RANGES ALL WINTER WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SHELTER. This Is all largely because sea-currents and air-currents have to do with the ma king of the climate of temperate re gions. For instance , why is it that California possesses such a beautiful climate , with no winter at all , while the New England states on a parallel with It have practically six months of winter out of'twolvo ? It is because of that great sweep of warm water known as the "Japan current , " and this same current not only affects the westernmost of the Dominion provinces , but added to Us Influence are what are known as the "chlnook winds" steady and undevl- atiug air-currents which sweep over the reat wheat regions of Western ( tr \vliy lll" of lu-oiliicliiK li ll i' not * limn our own vvonini'ii mnl iKiiilml Hi ulna , Nt llDHt ( if Itll III" III" IHIIOfa Of II , hi It'll. ' mil uwiliH , Tilly , Y fir , for | IIHIIWI ( , IIM Illall ItU OHM lllllllllMlt llllHllulH < rf iiutu iii HID fiow will li" Kftllieitttl In MtUlllllIm , HllNliUlfillHWIlll , ( Hill AlllMllll , mid HOMO wlicul will u < i AH JIIMlf AH MI-TV wwiwtitt ( ro THM AOMW , Iliouuh ot JMWIHO lhln lu Kit II WftM Wiltnlv HllVHlllNHtl In Aiumlwit imiiwiH Hint Allinrlti'H twltnftt won \\HM \ iv folium In U AUwrlnMmw \ \ \ \ \v\\f \ \ 111 tfiflln II N mMftiiiuiiw'n. \ . 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Last year wo put in 100 acres of wheat which went 25 bushels to the acre. Every bushel of It was 'No. 1. ' That means the best wheat that can be raised on earth worth DO cents n bushel nt the nearest elevators. Wo also threshed 9,000 bushels of flrst class oats out of ICO acres. Eighty acres was fall plowing AND YIELDED NINETY BUSHELS TO THE ACRE. We got 53 cents a bushel clear. All our grain was cut In the last week of the month of August. Wo will make more money out of'our crops this year than last. For myself , I feel com pelled to say that Western Canada crops cannot be checked , even by un usual conditions. " An Itemized account shows a single year's earnings of this settler and his son to bo as follows : \ - \ 2,500 bushels of wheat at 90 cents Wf a bushel $2,250 9,000 bushels of oats at 53 cents a bushel 4,770 Total $7,020 V It will bo seen by the above that V this man's oat crop was worth twlco as much as his wheat crop. Whllo the provinces of western Canada will for all time to come bo the world's greatest wheat growing regions , oats are running the former grain a close race for supremacy. The soil and cli matic conditions in Manitoba , Sas katchewan and Alberta are particular ly favorable to the production of oats , and this grain , like the wheat , runs a far greater crop to the acre than in even the best grain producing states of the union. Ninety bushels to the acre Is not an unusual yield , whole homesteads frequently running this average. And this Is not the only ad vantage Western Canada oats have over those of the United States , for In weight they run between forty and fifty pounds to the bushel , while No. 1 wheat goes to sixty-two pounds to the bushel. In fact , so heavy Is Canadian grain of all kinds , and espe cially the wheat , that throughout the west ono will see cars with great placards upon them , which road : "This car is not to bo filled to ca pacity with Alberta wheat. " When I made my flrst trip through the Canadian West a few years ago I found thousands of settlers living in rude shacks , tent shelters and homes of logs and clay. Today one will find these old "homes" scattered from Manitoba to the Rockies , but they are no longer used by human tenants. Modern homos have taken their place for it has come to be a common say ing In these great grain regions that , "Tho flrst year a settler is in the land bo. earns a living ; the second ho has money enough to build himself a mod ern home and barns ; the third ho is independent. " And as extreme as this statement may seem to these hun dreds of thousands of American farm ers who strive for a meager existence , it Is absolutely true. I am an Ameri can , as patriotic , I belltve , as most of our people but even at that I cannot 4 but wish that these people , whoso lives are such an endless and unhappy * grind , might know of the now life that , ! is awaiting them in this last great west this "land of greater hope , " where the farmer is king , and where the wealth all rests in his hands. AB ono American farmer said to mo , "It is hard to pull up stakes and move a couple of thousand miles. " And so it is or at least It appears to bo. But in a month it can bo done. And the flrst year , when the new settler reaps a greater harvest than ho has over possessed before , ho will rise with 200,000 others of his people In Western Canada and thank the gov ernment that has given him , free of cost , a now life , a now home , rnd now hopes which has made of him , In fact , "A man among men , a possessor of wealth among his people. " Whistling In English Streets. In England whistling Is very com mon among all classes , and. indeed , it is rare In London to see a butcher era a grocer boy on his daily errands whoso lips uro not pursed up for the purpose of emitting the whistling ( notes of the comlo soyg of the hour. ! So prevalent is the habit that In hotels , and oven In clubs , requests are / i posted up to "refrain from whistling. " f V