THE KBJPUBLIOAN , OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA.
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presents.
MOST people will be lankful
that today closes tb iootball
season.
AT last Bryan has bi "smok
cd out. " He favoi.s county
option.
Wu can all be thankful that
Nebraska legislature \vill not be
in session this winter.
NEW YOKK people are starting
a boom for Roosevelt for govern
or of that state in 1910.
HAD you noticed that the
"non-partisan" candidates con
tributed money to the demo
cratic state central committee ,
but none to the republican com-
uiittes ?
Iv THE supreme court will take
it back Dunn says he will apolo
gise. So , there you are , and
Attorney Dunn is done practicing
in Nebraska unless. the court
relents.
THE "bawly well tony" east
has not got much on the "wool
ly" west after all is said and
done. There was a "sprinkling
of the fair sex" at the wrestling
bout Monday night.
ALREADY the Standard Oil
lawyeis are saying the court
didn't say it , and they propose to
prove their contention by having
the supreme court interpret the
lower court's decision.
ITS a long step from ' 'the people
ple be dammed" of Vandcrbilt to ,
the whinning utterance of Ex-
Congressman Hainer that the
people arc pursuing a "doctrine
of hate" against the poor down
trodden corporations. But the
people are stepping in the right
direction.
TIIK great evangelist , B. ay
Mills , is holding acrviccj at
Lincoln. From there he / jes to
Omaha. It might be pr jumed
that his meetings in Lin jln are
in a sense practice for e pur-
pose of working up his r ve and
muscle previous to L bout
with the bad in Omaha
r Gov. SHAIUWBBRGKK'S asser
tion in an Omaha interview that
"county option" will not be
written in the Nebraska demo
cratic platform next year , be
cause it means "prohibition , "
and his taking issue with Citizen
Bryan on that subject , may be
taken as an indication that the
governor's bid for the temper
ance vote will be the 8 o'clock
closing law. Kearney Hub.
DOWN at Lincoln the mayor ,
city council , commercial club and
Traction company are trying to
force thelcity into a profit sharing
agreement which the Traction
company says it does not want
and the people know they do not
want. The commercial club ,
many members of which arc
holders of stock in the Traction
company , profess to know what
the people need , whether they
want it or not , and propose , with
the assistance of the gentleman
who is trying to fiill the mayor's
seat , to force the issue and make
R , the dear people take their medi
cine. But there are a few men
in Lincoln who are not domi
nated by the commercial club and
the country club magnates , and
we shall see what we shall see.
Standard Uil Trust Illegal.
In an opinion written by Judge
Walter II. Sanborn of St. Paul ,
and concurred in by Judges Vau-
dcvcnter , Hook and Adams , with
a special concurring opinion by
Judge Hook , the United States
circuit court for the pastern dis
trict of Missouri today [ declared
the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey nn illegal combina
tion operating in restraint of trade
and ordered its dissolution.
The opinion of the court was
filed simultaneously in St. Louis
and in St. Paul.
In this decision the govern
ment of the United States wins
a sweeping victory , and accord
ing to Frank B. Kellogg of this
city , who was the government's
special prosecuting officer , the
government has won every point
for which it contended.
The case will be appealed
: lircct to the United States supreme
premo court , as the judges who
signed today's decree are in effect
the judges of the United States
circuit court of appealy , although
they were sitting for the purpose
of trying this case as the circuit
court for the E istern ditrict of
Missouri.
The decree of the court dis
solving the Standard Oil trust
becomes effective in thirty day's
when , no doubt , a stay will de
granted for the purpose of an
appeal.
When the decree takes effect
unless a stay is granted , an in
junction will be issued restrain
ing the Standard Oil Company
from a further continuance of its
business under its present forma
tion.
Lessons From Disaster.
One of the lessons of the belated
rescues from the death pit follow
ing the disaster at Cherry is the
astounding physicial endurance
of man. Most of those saved
from the tomb had for nearly a
week lived solely on the water to
bo obtained from the seepage ac
cumulating in the holes scraped
in the coal floor of the mine.
They breathed in much poison
from the gases that Oiled the
trallericls. Yet they were able
after seven days of incarceration
to stagger forth , and their re
covery when above ground was
speedy and in most cases
thorough.
Of all the animal life of earth
man alone is able to endure such
exhaustive experiences. ' Mark
Twain recorded in his newspaper
days a marvelous and veracious
report of how a party of ship
wrecked men in an open boat
had literally starved themselves
into a condition of perfect health
in spite of their emaciation-
That narrative is one of the most
striking authentic cases in print
of man's ability to "rise superior
to physical deprivation and
suffering.
The power to endure has been
the basis of calculation in many
fields of human endeavor. In
the realm of .sport it was at the
fonndation of the ancient Marathon
then contests and the more mod
ern form of the six-day foot race ,
which has beheld man lashing
himself into icquirements which
would have killed a horse in the
early stages. In the field of
labor the test of physical
strength has been exacted from
distant ages by tasktnakcrs , and
even self-imposed duties have
been made more exacting because
of one's capacity for strain. The
candle of human life will often
burn at both ends for a long time
before the final spurt of flame.
Two other no'tablc lessons arc
taught by the episode at Cherry ,
the contrast between melodrama
and real life , and the personal
value of religious training , Such
a rescue on the stage would be
enacted full of color and shouts.
But what could be more dramatic
than the survivor's quiet state
ment , "There was no cheering ,
nobody had voice enough ; we
just sat down and let them take
care of us. " Such a gray mono
tone of repression on the stage
would be characterized as over
drawn. The man had aimply and !
naturally relaxed , the tension
wan ended. In that long siege
they had been well inspired by
the unwavering faith of the rug
ged Scctchman whose religion
was a lump unto the feet of his
companions in calamity. Ilia
hearty psalm-singing in the
depths of that utter darkness en- ,
dowcd the llagging with new
spirit , and his practical and ef
ficient apprecatiou of the boy
hood lessons of a pious mother
had in them all the qualities of
the sublimeBee. .
Sand Hill Supplying Seeds.
The Ainsworth Democrat tells
of a new industry in the sand
hill section of Brown county ,
that of producing seeds for east
ern seed houses , and says that
fertile farms are being made out
of white sand by a colony of Ger
mans Jin Ihe southern part of
that county.
"The sandhill country raises
superb vegetables , and the busi
ness of seed growing bids fair to
spread out in all directions and
become one of Brown county's
staples , " says the Democratic.
"This year about ten oradoisen
men down in the Goose creek end
of the county raised vegetables
for seed by the number of acres
at a clip. One man , Parks , grew
22 acres of seed , and Otto strand
20. Watermelons , muskmelons ,
squash , pumpkins , andjcucumbers
predominate. The seed yields
well and is of fine quality , an d
and is raised on contract for
various seed houses.
' "Perhaps some of the methods
of threshing and drying the seed
may be of interest to all. Some
of the growers bought a seed
thresher , which separated melon
and cucumber seed in good shape
Onejday three teams gathered and
put through the machine 40 big
loads of water melons. The
seed is dried in frames holding
about a bushel or two each , which
is quite a particular1 process ; then
when thoroughly dry is sacked
and shipped in common two-
bushel sacks. This warm sunny
fall has been an cxcellant one for
the out door drying of seed.
"Pumpkins and squash , how
ever , are to dry too.thresh.well in
the machine so most of them arc
separated by hand. We watched
one-man as he did it. The pro
cess varies slightly with different
varieties , but his was as follows :
lie cut the squashes in two with
a corn knife ; then sitting straddle
of a box , jammed the half of a
squash down on a nail while he
raked it out with a big spoon.
When he had a lot of pulp ahead
he put some in a barrel with
several buckets of water , and
churned the mass with a garden
rake until the seeds and pulp
separated , when he raked the
pulp out and Spread the seed in
a drying frame.
"The residue of the vegetables
espically of the pumpkins and
squashes , is valuable for feed
for s'ock. "
American Breeders Meet in Omaha
While the American Breeders
Association held one meeting
this year at Columbia , Mo. , it
was early in January and the
officers thought best to call the
1909 meeting a few weeks earlier
and hold the three session in
Omaha December 8 , 9 and 10 be
cause of several other meetings
to be held in the city at the same
time and in which the members
of the assoication are interested *
Many committees were appoint
ed at the last meeting and some
at previous meetings , to make
widespread investigations on the
on the subject of heredity in plant
as well as , animal life , and the
reports of these committees will
constitute a part of the Omaha
meeting ,
The reports of the American
Breeders Association , it is said ,
have given the world more know
ledge on the subject of heredity
in the last few years than the
libraries of the world possessed
before the Twentieth Century.
They arc also the men who have
done much to harness the energy
of heredity and make it increase
production until the value of
plants and animals produced
on American farms is said to have
increased ul least one billion of
dollars annually.
Men who hav-j spent years of
work studying some one of the
subjects which will be discussed
at the coming meeting , will be
present and there is scarcely a
subject related to the improve
ment of life which will not be
discussed. No difference who
thepoducer is , he will find some
thing which will interest him.
For instance , J. E Hite o Gal-
latiu , Tenn. , will discuss the
effects of co-operation in breeding
on the lamb production in central
Tennessee. This M-ill be of
special.interest to sheep.men frotn
all parts of the country.
"Breeding Milking Shorthorn"
will be the subject of a report by
Prof. Andrew Boss of , St. Paul ,
Minn. Another report of interest -
terest to live stock growers will
be by Colon C. Lillic of Coopers-
ville , Mich. , who speaks on "Cow
Testing Association. "
The "Breeding of Barley" is
discussed by Prof. J. S. Shepard
of the North Dakata Agricutur-
al College ; the breeding of corn
by Dr. L. S. Klinck of McDonald
College , Quebec ; tne breeding of
cotton by Dr. D. N. Shoemaker
of Washington , D. C. ; principles
of grape breeding by Prof. T. V
Munpon of Texas.
Jamea J. Hill , builder of the
Great Nothern railroad , will be
one of the speakers at the asso
ciation , as the meetings are to
be held in the auditorium of the
National Corn Exposition , which
opens in Omaha December 6 and
continues to the 18th.
The East vs. The West.
We hear much complaint be
cause of eastern domination in
national legislation. Western
people were amazed at the power
Aldrich wielded in framing and
passing the tariff bill. Whatever
may be the merits or demerits of
the tariff bill , one thing is appar
ent it was put through by east
ern congressmen , western con
gressman being allowed but a
small oart in the work and but
little attention was paid to their
wishes.
The question naturally arises :
why is it that the east so domi
nates the west in matters of leg
islation ? Only one explanation
can be given , and that is , the
western congressmen , at each
session , in both houses , are most
ly new men and very naturally
are at a great disadvantage with
their long experienced brethren
of the east. The east held the
chairmanship of the commitec
that framed the tariff bill , this
being the sixtu tariff bill that
Senator Aldrich has helped to
make. Our senators , Kurkett
and Brown , were new men on the
job. This was their first exper
ience in making a tariff bill , the
long experience of the eastern
members had raised them to po
sitions of power not possessed by
the western members. Aldrich
has been a senator since 1881 , and
by reason of his twenty-eight
years' service holds the chair
manship of the very important
finance committee. This places
him in a position of power and
naturally gave him control of the
tariff bill. Senator Hale , of
Maine , who has served his state
in congress twenty-eight years ,
is chairman of the great commit
tee on appropriations , and his
colleague , Senator Frye , who has
served as congressman for twen
ty-five years , is chairman of the
commerce committee.
Senator Culloui , twenty-six
years in congress , is chairman of
the committee on foreign rela
tions , and thus on through the
list it will be seen that congress
men holding long terms are from
the east , and it is this classQof
congressmen that are rewarded
by appointments to influential
positions , such as chairmanships
of important committees , where
they can exert not only power ,
but give their country the benefit
of their long and valuable expcr-
THE GREAT PLAY
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at the
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FRIDAY , DEO. 3
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and Stockham's Furniture Store.
I HARD SOFTS
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Make Quick Deliveries in Any Quantity *
Feed for Sale-Wholesale and Retail
Highest Market Price Paid for All Kinds of Grain.
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Closing Out Sale of
Furniture and
Queensware
*
We have ordered a complete line of Harness and in
order to make room for it , we shall close out our Fur
niture and Queensware at greatly reduced prices.
We carry a full line of Studebaker Buggies and Wag
ons and our Hardware stock complete. Give us a call.
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Cusier County Herd of Durocs
This herd carried off all sweestakes , over all breeds
at Cusler County Fair in 1QOS and 'l909. J
We have a line bunch of. spring1 males for sale.
None but the best are offered.
They are large bone , great length , good color and of
the best breeding.
Come and look them over. /
REESE & MARTIN
8 Mlles West of Broken Bow
ieucc. From this it can be read
ily understood why the west cuts
so much smaller figure id nation
al affairs than New England
does , or other eastern states. We
should learn from this that Ne-
baaska and all the western states
should keep their senators longer
in service. Only one senator has
been re-elected in Nebraska ,
otherwise there has been a change
each senatorial term.
This constant change has networked
worked to the advantage of Ne
braska and the only remedy is
for the west to keep her senators
in their seats until they can im
press congress with western ideas
and thus exert greater influence
in national affairs. Edgar Sun *