The Cusler County Republican }
D. M. AMSBERRY , Editor
BROKEN BOW , . NEBRASKA
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES
FRESH FROM THE WIRE.
A WIDE AREA IS COVERED
Embracing a Condensation or Cvemn
In Which Readers Generally Are
Interested ,
WaeninfjTon.
IlcprcBenlativo McLachlan of Cal
ifornia , made a npcoch In the house
on hla resolution calling on the
secretary of war for detailed Informa
tion regarding the military readiness
of the country.
Doinlnlclo da Gama , at present
minister of Irn7.ll to the Argentine
Hcpublle will bo appointed ambas
sador to the United States. No of
ficial announcement on the subject
has been made but there Is little
doubt such Is the fact.
A study of Industrial education In
the United States has been begun
by tha bureau of labor. The scope
of the inquiry has not yet been
definitely determined by Commls-
ulonor Nolll. A special agent of the
bureau Is nUlylnjj in a general way
the various forms of Industrial train
ing.
Members of the Balllngcr-Plnchot
committee are discussing the prob
ability of a report during the present ,
cession of congress. Several mom-
hers expressed the oplnon that the
hearings could not bo concluded and
the mass of testimony reviewed and
imoaod on before congress adjourned.
Battling Nelson called on Speaker
Cannon at the capltol and after care
fully looking oror the lattor's spare
frame from a respectful distance
averred "that the speaker would have
made a great feather weight. "
After weeks of Inactive deadlock ,
followed by other weeks of careful
work of consideration , conference
and the house postal saving ball , as
favored by the republican members
of the committee on postofilco and
porst roads , was introduced to the
house by Representative Gardener of
Now Jersey. '
Genera ; .
The Standard Oil company has In
creased the wages of Its workmen
from C to 10 per cent. The order Is
retroactive and became effective May
1. It is estimated that the company
will add from .50,000,000 to $10,000,000
to its annual pay roll expense. The
now scale affects employees engaged
In the company's works and factories ,
but the office men111 not bo bene
fited by this Increase. Most of the
employees who will got the Increase
are laborers , and the advance applies
to all the subsidiary companies In the
United States. The company has ap
proximately 70,000 employees. The
Standard la ono of the very few big
concerns of tlila country which has
never had a strike among its employ
ees.
ees.Two
Two towna were wrecked and
several people killed by a tornado In
Oklahoma.
Soventy-flvo thousand mines with
$750,000 fund bohlnd them are on a
strike In Illinois.
Lllliuokulaul , former Queen of
Hawaii , has again mot defeat In her
effort to obtain 5460.000 for the ren
tals from the crown lands in Haw-
oil.
Theodore II. Price of Now York , the
cotton king , Indicted In Washington
for connection with the cotton leak
scandal of 1908 , cannot bo prosecuted
in the District of Columbia.
The senate committee has agreed
to appropriate $425,000 for an addi
tion to the Lincoln ( Nob. ) public
building.
The Hyde jury found the defendant
guilty , fixing punish .ent at life im
prisonment.
Augustus L. Rovers , the great
grandson of Paul Revere , and said to
have been the last direct descendant
of the revolutionary hero , -died at
Morrlstowa , N. J.
It was announced at Houston , that
Ddwln Hawley had purchased the
Texas & Central railway and that the
line would become part of the Mis
souri , Kaunas & Texas system.
Rev. William A. Wasson , rector or
the Grace Episcopal church at Riverhead -
head , N. Y. , a fashionable summer re
sort. Is going to glvo up the pulpit to
defend the liquor cause In the United
States.
Sir Walter Gllbey , the author of
numerous books on agriculture ,
horse breeding and sporting sub-
JoctcB , Is eorlously 111 In London.
King George ordered that military
Gentries bo posed at Dorchester
house In honor of Mr. Roosevelt , spo-
clal'onvoy of the United States.
After eluding arrest for thirteen
years , William Allen , wanted in
Barry county , Missouri , for the
murder of Samuel GIbbs , la under
arrest at Marehfleld , Ore.
Ono hundred men were killed by a
dynamite xplosiou In Cuba.
There was evidence of bad humot
In the senate dnbato on the railroad
bill. >
Reports from Nanking , the capital
of the province of Klang Su , tell of
serious evidences of unrest among
the Chinese ,
Prowldont Taft takes full responsi
bility for the Lavrlcr letter.
Astronomers obtalnodd valuable ob
servations during the passage of the
earth through the cornet's tall.
Richard Price Morgan who Is
credited with drawing the plans for
the first elevated railroad in th
United States and a former room
mate of Abraham Lincoln , Is dead ,
aged 82 years.
The Interior department is prepar
ing for the establishment of the
the bureau of mines , In accordance
with the recent enactment of con
gress , creating It as a co-ordinate
division In that department.
The Democrats In the senate refus
ed to inuko an agreement to aid the
"regulars. "
John II. Converse , late head of the
Baldwin Ixjcomotlvo Works , of Phila
delphia , has created a fund of $200,000
to carry on evangelical work.
The claim that American people
have gone navy mad was made in the
senate by Halo and Clay.
Two almost simultaneous explos
ions of dynamite , supposed to consist
of 3,000 pounds , completely demolish
ed the rural guard barracks in the
city of Plnar dpi Rio. Ono hundred
were killed.
Speaker Cannon was quoted as pre
dicting that congress will not adjourn
until July 15th , at the earliest , and
possibly remain In session until
August 1.
Five carloads of macaroni shipped
from St. Louis to Chicago and alleged
to contain poisonous coloring sub
stance , was ordered destroyed by
Judge Landls.
The house postal savings bank bill ,
as favored by the republican mem
bers of the committee on post olllces
and post roads , was Introduced to the
house by Representative Gardner of
Now Jersey.
Mrs. George M. Pullman , widow ot
the late palace car magnate , was suc
cessfully operated on in Chicago
Tuesday. Her speedy recovery Is pre
dicted.
House Insurgents are very angry
over the speech of Speaker Cannon
at New York.
Racing will not be rc-ostabllshcd In
Louisiana at this session of the legis
lature ! Governor Sanders announced
recently that ho would vote any
measure repealing the Locke law.
The United States has suggested to
Mexico that the boundary question in
volved In the celebrated Chamlzul
zone case bo submitted to some welt
known jurist of n mutually friendly
power for arbitration.
Advices received at Guayaquil state
that the Peruvian government has sta
tioned 100,000 men along the frontier
to resist Invasion.
Plans for King Edward's funeral
ceremonies Include n great military
pageant.
The first survivors of the recent
earthquake In Costa Rica , In which
more than 1,500 lives were lost In the
destruction of Cartage , arrived at
Now York.
Colonel W. T. Sullivan , n former
postolfico Inspector , lor several years
In charge at Denver , Colo. , died at
Gallatln , Mo. , from paralysis. Ho re
tired from the government service
about three months aRo.
An excursion steamer capsized In
the Missouri river but no lives were
lost.
Personal.
Hon. W. J. Bryan publicly discussed
the liquor traffic In Chicago.
Memorial services for King Ed
ward were held In Washington.
Census returns show that compara
tively few people attain the ago of
100 years.
Bishop and Lady Van , Schccle pf
Sweden will make a tour of tno
United States.
Clara Morris , the famous actress ,
Is seriously 111 with fear of entirely
losing her sight.
Representative Kendall has asked
that the eight-hour bill bo reported
to the house Immediately.
Attorneys of Dr. Hyde of Kansas
City have filed a motion for a new
trial. It will bo heard Juno 4th.
President Taft's action In sending n
letter to Gen. Gronvlllo M. Dodge ,
commending Representative Smith
for reelection has stirred up consider
able Interest In Washington.
More than twenty men were.killed
by an explosion at Canton , O.
Regulars In congress were gen
erally successful in the statewide
primary in Ohio.
W. J. Bryan , in a hall hired by him-
Bclf , told Omaha voters what ho
thought of democracy of that county.
Henry Wattcrson addressed the Ca
nadian press association on the
changing conditions in the newspaper
profession.
Congressman Walter I. Smith of
Iowa opened his campaign for reno-
uilnatlon as a sthndpat republican.
Congressman Hlnahaw has decided
not to enter the race for the gover
norship of Nebraska.
Tex Rlckard has been selected as
referee In the Jeffries-Johnson light.
Prospects are for a month's debate
In the house on the sundry civil n > -
proprlatlon bill.
Clara Morris , the famous actress
of a generation ago , Is said to be
threatened with blindness at her
homo in Yonkers.
Be Paymaster General.
Washington. It was announced nt
the navy department that Captain T.
J. Cowles , of the pay corps , will be
appointed paymaster general In plnco
of Hear Admiral E. B. Rogers , upon
the retirement of that official.
'v-.AlLjrt J. Sne l , BOU of
the millionaire , Amos J. Snoll , whose
murder hero In 1SG8 created n wldu-
spread sensation , was found dead In
bed lit a rooming house hero Tues
day.
Ti HER
WORK DONE At THE NORTH
PLATTE SUB-STATION.
BULLETIN 114 GIVES 1 HE DATA
It Is Issued by the Nebraska Export *
mental Station. Other Mattcro
at the State Capital.
The Nebraska Kxporiinent Station
has Issued Bulletin No. 114 , on Stor
ing Molsturo In the Soil. This bulle
tin IB a report of work done at the
Experimental Substation located at
North Platto.
This bulletin takes up the necessity
of storing water In the Boll during
periods of wet weather to be used
during periods of drouth. A short do-
Bcription Is given of the typo of soil
found on the Substation farm , the
manner of sampling , and the depth of
sampling. Some samples were taken
to a depth of IB feet in order to reach
a point below which the crops could
not obtain water.
A map Is given showing the divi
sion of the farm Into fields and also
one showing the soil areas of the
stato. A brief discussion of the move
ments of the water found in the soil
Is also given.
The charts show that water is con-
eervcd in the soil through cultivation
and that It Is necessary to keep the
surface of the soil loose and In a re
ceptive condition to get the water
Into the soil. Almost as much water
is gotten into the soil during the
early part of the season where a cul
tivated crop Is being grown as is con
served by summer tillage. This Is duo
to the fact that the surface soil Is
kept loose enough to hold the water
that falls until it can get down Into
the soil , and the loose soil on the
surface prevents evaporation ; It Is
also due to the fact that comparative
ly few plants are being grown In a
cultivated field and those do not draw
very heavily on the water supply dur
ing the early part of their growth.
In a small grain field m'oro plants
nro grown , with the result that the
water Is used more rapidly and less
water is gotten Into the soil. In fields
growing alfalfa or brome grass where
the number of growing plants are
largo and the surface of the soil is
smooth and hard , It is seldom that
enough water gets into the soil to
molston the soil below two or three
feet. By the method of summer till
ing practiced , from 4Q to 50 per cent
of the season's rainfall has been
stored for the use of the subsequent
crop. On this typo of soil the water
Is available for the crop.
Several charts and tables are given
in the bulletin , to show the amount
of precipitation at North Platto. One
table given shows the daily precipita
tion during the period that this work
was being dono. Charts showing the
annual precipitation and the average
precipitation by months are also
given.
This bulletin may bo had free of
cost by residents of Nebraska upon
application to the Nebraska Agri
cultural Experiment Station , Lincoln ,
Neb.
Petition Being Circulated.
Petitions are being circulated
among buttermakers and dairymen in
Nebraska protesting against the
passage of the proposed federal law
to lay a tax of two cents on colored
and uncolorcd oleomargarine. At
present uncolored oleomargarine ,
which is easily detected and which
does not compete seriously with the
butter trade , pays a tax of a quarter
of one cent per pound. Colored oleo
margarine , which Is readily mistaken
for butter , if Its appearance alone is
judged , pays an almost prohibitive
tax of ton cents a pound.
No Reduced Rates.
Walter Whlttcn , secretary of the
Lincoln Commercial club , has re
ceived notice from the Western Pas
senger association that the railroads
will rnako no reduction In faros next
October to the Farmers' National
congress , which meets in Lincoln at
that time.
Two Years for Johnson.
Dr. William II. Johnson , convicted
of performing a criminal operation
which caused the death of n 17-year-
old girl here , was sentenced to the
penitentiary for two years. Sentence
was suspended pending appeal to the
supreme court.
Charter for Bank.
The Bostwick State bank of the
town of Bostwick , Nuckolls county ,
has obtained a charter from the state
banking board. The new bank will
liuvo a paid up capital stock of ? 10-
000. The Incorporators are J. B. Me-
Grow , C. H. Waldo nnd , J. W. Kirk-
brido.
School Money Distribution.
W. D. Redmon , statistician In the
office of the state superintendent , will
bo able In a day or two to certify to
the auditor the amount of money
each county In the state Is entitled
under the semi-annual distribution of
the temporary school fund. The
amount to bo apportioned this May
Is $324,2GGS9. This will he 87 cents
for each pupil , there being 371,452
children of school age In the state at
this time. Douglas county will rc-
celvo of the fund 134,484.93. A year
ago the amount was $21)3,182.4 ) ! ) .
CHEAPER ADMISSION.
The State Fair Managers Offer Lower
Rates.
The board of managers of the state
fair mot and approved the contract
made by Chairman C. II. Rudgo and
President O. P. Ilendorshot for the
appearance of the Wright Brothers
ncroplano nt the state fair which Is to
bo held at Lincoln the first week In
September. The hoard members pres
ent were President Hondcrshot of Hebron -
bron ; Chairman Rudgo of Lincoln ; O.
W. Ilervoy of Omaha ; Peter Young-
crs of Geneva ; L. W. Leonard of Pawnee -
nee City and E. Z. Russell of Blair.
The air ship flights promise to boone
ono of the best attractions the board
has ever engaged. Flights will bo
made both In the forenoon and after
noon of each day of the fair. Vaudo-
vlllo acts will bo given at the grand
stand on the race course each fore
noon , afternoon and evening.
Night races will bo a feature of
the fair this year for the first tlmo
In addition to fireworks. To light the
track at night for racing electric or
gasoline lamps will bo used.
The trouble over securing Lorn-
bardo's band and grand opera com
pany has been settled and the band
and singers will appear at a Sunday
afternoon concert in the udltorluin
at the fair grounds. The manager of
the organization desired to give a
Sunday concert at another city , but
the board proved that the original ar
rangements called for a Sunday con
cert in Lincoln and ho agreed to coma
and sign the contract. The oragnlza-
tlon comprises 41 instrumentalists , 8
grand opera singers and sixteen cho
rus singers. Four concerts dally will
bo given.
Monday , September 1 , will be labor
day , and the fair board has decided to
glvo special Inducements for laborIng -
Ing men and old soldiers to attend on
that day. The admission will be only
25 cents , half the usual price. For 25
cents ono can stay all day and re
main on the grounds during the evenIng -
Ing on Monday. On Tuesday , Wednes
day and Thursday an admission fee of
25 cents will bo charged after 6 p. m.
This fco Is mndo low for the benefit
of those who dcslro to attend the
evening entertainments only. The
board has decided to change the form
of its tickets this year. In addition
n season ticket will bo sold for $2.
The board also contemplates putting
in cash turnstyles at all of the outer
gates so that the ticket sellers and
gate keepers may bo abolished. The
kind of apparatus in view will turn
only when n patron drops half a dollar
lar in a slot.
State to Refund Money.
It Is probable the next legislature
will be called upon to pay In the
neighborhood of $12,000 or $15.000 to
corporations which have paid to the
secretary of state an occupation tax
based on the authorized capital stock
instead pf the subscribed and paid up
stock.
Cannot Cancel Stock.
Attorney General Thompson , in re
ply to a question , has Informed the
Nebraska state railway commission
that It has no power to order the can
cellation of slock , or any portion
thereof , of any consolidated company
organized under and complying with
the provisions of section 10G71 , Cob-
bey's Annotated Statutes for 190D ,
where such company has Issued its
stock to an amount In excess of the
actual value of its properties. The
commission has this question before
it in the complaint of County Attorney
F. M. Tyrrell against the Lincoln
Traction company.
Reduction of Falls Allowed.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has been permitted to reduce its toll
rates at Elk Creek , Johnson county ,
owing to the recent installation of an
Independent exchange at that point.
The Nebraska company was also au
thorized to cut its toll rate between
Wayne/ / and Wakeflold from 15 cents
to 5 cents.
Invitation to Roosevelt.
An Invitation will bo extended to
Theodore Roosevelt to make an ad
dress before the Epworth assembly
this summer , according to an an
nouncement yesterday through the
Lincoln Commercial club. A committee -
tee of club members who are also
boosters of the assembly will send
a letter asking him to come. As
Mr. Roosevelt is to speak before the
national conservation congress at
Kansas City and fill some other west
ern dates , it si hoped that ho can bo
booked for a Lincoln engagement.
Nebraska Wheat Production.
Grain dealers estimate the probable
wheat production in Nebraska this
year at upwards of twenty million
bushels , which is about half the
state's crop In 1909. The normal
amount produced In this state in past
years has been 40,000,000 , and about
half a crop Is what the grain men
expect , taking the stnto altogether.
The southeastern counties are worse
hit than the region farther west , but
some of the North Platte territory
has also suffered , notably a part of
Platte county north of Columbus.
Sherman Cannot Come.
Vice President Sherman has written -
ton to A. H. Talbor saying ho cannot ,
come to Lincoln to deliver the address
at the laying of the Young Men's
Christian association cornerstone. An
Invitation was extended to the vice
president by Mr. Talbot when the lat
ter was In Washington several weeks
ago , and the vice president thought
at that tlmo ho might arrange to bo
hero. Since going over his engage
ments elsewhere , however , he finds
It will bo Impossible for him to vlalt
Lincoln
UE STE1EB LOSI
FRANK H , GOODYEAR BUNK IN A
COLLISION ON HURON.
SEVENTEEN SUPPOSED PERISH
Colliding Steamer , the James B ,
Wood , Arrives at Port Huron
With Some Survivors of
Wrecked Boat.
Port Huron , Mich. Families nud
friends of the missing eighteen mem
bers of the crew of the steamer Frank
II. Goodyear , which sank Monday off
Polnte Aux Barques , Lake Huron ,
after being rammed amidships by the
steamer James D. Wood , practically
gave up all hope of any of the missing
party having been rescued. The
steamer Sir William Siemens , said to
have been picked up some of the miss
ing crew , passed Detour Tuesday nud
made no report of having any of the
survivors aboard. That the Siemens
would have reported otherwise Is re
garded as certain.
Four of the rescued members of the
crew have gone to the Goodyear head
quarters In Cleveland. Mrs. Emmu
Bassctt , the only other survivor , is
still In Port Huron. The Goodyear ,
operated by Mitchell & Co. , of Cleve
land , was coming down from Lake Su
perior laden with ore. The Wood ,
owned by the Gilchrlst Transporta
tion company of Cleveland , was going
up light. There was little sea at the
time and the fog Is held largely re
sponsible for the accident.
Dips Into Politics.
Atlantic City , N. J. The PresbyterIan -
Ian general assembly Tuesday made a
formal protest against the holding of ,
the Johnson-Jeffries fight for the !
heavyweight championship of thei
world. The protest will be aeut to
Governor Gillette of California.
The college board of the assembly
asked for a movement to raise a fund
of $15,000.000 for college work to be
divided among the fifty-seven colleges
of the faith.
During discussion of the college
board's request , Dr. John Willis Baer
president of Occidental college of aCl-
Ifornla , created a stir by taking as hla
text for nn address the quotation from
Former President Theodora Roosevelt
as follows : "Tho one thing supremely
worth having is opportunity coupled
with capacity to do a thing worthilj
and well. "
Dr. Baer was cheered when he re
ferred to Mr. Roosevelt as "an\Amer
Jean citizen temporarily absent frou
the whlto house. "
The committee on temperance pre
sented its report to the assembly. It
stated that solid progress has been
made during the past year , though not
so much territory was gained for pro
hibition as in the previous year.
Peru Accepts Mediation.
Washington. The government ol
Peru has formally accepted , without
reserve , the mediation of the United
states , Brazil and Argentine In the
boundary dispute between Peru and
Ecuador.
United States Minister Coombs tel-
rgraphed the state department from
Lima to the effect that formal copies
of the joint note in English , Spanish
and Portuguese were delivered to the
president of Peru , and that he had
dben officially advised by that govern
ment to accept the mediation without
reserve.
The first condition upon which the
offer of mediation was made was tha'
the government should suspend the
mobilization of their troops and with
draw them from the border line.
To accept the mediation must mean
the acceptance of the conditions im
posed and therefore no further steps
will be taken by this government or
Brazil and Argentine until the armies
now on the frontier have been with
drawn.
Out for Office at Eighty-five.
Durham , N. C. After having served
in office continuously for fifty-two
years , John Laws of Orange county , at
the ago of eighty-five is in the field as
a candidate for re-election for register
of deeds. He is declared to bo the old
est officeholder in point of service in
the United S'ates and during his long
term has weathered many political
upheavals. It is not doubted that ho
will coino out victorious at this , the
latest battle at the polls.
But Laws' claim to distinction docs
not rest alone with his political suc
cess. His matrimonial experience has
given him fame as well. At the ago
of eighty ho took to himself a wife
barely entered on her 'teens and only
recently became the proud father of
the third child by this union.
The veteran was an old friend ot
Andrew Jackson and President Polk.
Lieut. Alexander Killed.
London. Lieut. Bo > d , the noted
traveler , has been murdered by na
tives neau Wadai , In the French oCn-
go. This bare fact reached the for
eign office Tuesday. No details arc
obtainable yet.
Lieut. Boyd Alexander , late of the
seventh battalion , British rifie brt-
gado. retired from the army in 1907.
He has led several notable scientific
expeditions.
Ho was the author of several vol
umes descriptive of bis travels.
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NOT INTERESTED IN TOADS
But Exasperated Suburbanite Was
Forced to Listen to Statistics
Until Patience Gave Way.
"Toads " began the man who la
always looking up queer statistics.
"Blast the toads ! " snapped the sub
urbanite with the ham , too bag of
flour and the lawn mower. "I am not
Interested In toads. "
"But you should be , sir. The toad
lays 81,000 eggs annually. "
"Very extraordinary , but "
"Tho female toad also lives to be a
thousand years old. Now If a hen
could live to be a thousand years old
and lay 81,000 eggs annually it would
take n cold-storago warehouse as big
as Maine , California and Texas , to
hold them. "
"Wonderful , but my train "
"Stood on end the eggs would reach
from here to the moon and back and
leave enough to fill the Pacific ocean. "
"Let go of my buttonhole , elr. I
want to make the train "
"Useless Job. The train is already
made. Listen to sense. After those
eggs filled the Pacific ocean It would
cause a tidal wave that would
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But Just then the exasperated sub
urbanite brought his bag of flour down
on the garrulous stranger. Then ha
escaped to his train.
What He Knew.
"You can tell mo the names of the
twelve apostles , Sam ? " said the pret
ty Sunday school teacher one morn-
Ing. Sam's face fell , and he shifted
his weight from one foot to the other.
"Can't do It , ma'am , " ho said , sorrowfully
rowfully ; and then hla eyes bright'
encd ; "but I can call off all of the
pitchers In the league teams , " he vol
unteered. Harper's Magazine.
In 1950.
"Did ho object to his wife's gottias
Into prison ? "
"No ; he only said It wasn't the Jail
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