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Spanish War Soldiers' Reunion.
The Spanish war soldiers of Lin
coln and Lancaster county are making
big preparations to entertain their
comrades on April 26-27 , 1911 , at the
fourth annual reunion to be heldin
Lincoln for all Nebraska soldiers and
Spanish war soldiera in Nebraska , no
.matter from what etnte or whether a
member of any organization.
Soldiers should report for registra
tion at the Lindell hotel immediately
-upon ? arrival.
The committee Is assured of the big
gest attendance yet , and will have a
news letter from each comrade unable
to come on file for perusal by his com
rades. A number of these letters have
already come some * > rom foreign
shores and the boys at headquarters
say they are mighty interesting read-
Ing.
Some comrades could not be located ,
tut the secretary has written between
150 and 200. personal letters arranging
lor comrades to meet at this reunion.
Each company , troop and band will
liave its reunion , and there will be a
"big camp fire where all will attend.
Theater tickets for one evening will
TJO furnished , all comrades from out
side of Lancaster county and the other
evening will be devoted to a banquet
lo which all are invited.
It is hoped that every soldier who
reads this article and who has not re
ceived a letter from the committee
will at once write Frank I. Ringer ,
Lincoln , Neb. , secretary of the general
committee , giving his company , regi
ment and present address1.
Wants Data on Summer Tilling.
The experiments conducted on the
Experimental Substation at North
Platte during the last seven years , and
reported in Bulletin 118 , indicate that
the growing of winter wheat on sum
mer tilled land is profitable. This
Tnethod promises so much that it wil
help greatly to solve the question of
profitable crop production in western
Nebraska. In order to collect the re
suits of their experience and give
these results to all who are summer
filling or may summer till this season
it is desired to secure the names of
all the farmers in central and western
Nebraska who have summer tilled for
"winter heat or for other crops. Let
ters from men who have summer
tilled , giving their method , crops
raised , yield , etc. , and also the name
of men who have summer tilled or
contemplate summer tilling will be
very much appreciated. Anyone in
terested may write to W. P. Snyder ,
Superintendent Experimental Substa
tion , North Platte , Neb.
Change Plans of Grand Stand.
At a recent meeting of the board ot
.Managers of the state board of agricul
ture it was about decided to change
"the plans for the proposed wooden
. jgrand stand at the fair grounds by
substituting iron posts1 for wooden
posts , every thirty-two feet This may
raise the cost to $27,000 , and stop other
improvements on the grounds. The
legislature gave only $15,000 for the
wort and the board will take its own
lunds to complete the job of making
a temporary stand. This step is taken
because the board considers a grand
stand a paying investment for the fair
and. considers it necesasry to provide
more seating capacity for the patrons
of the races and the night entertain
ments that are given at the race
-course. , -
Banks Must Obey Law.
Before state banks can advertise
ihat i&eir deposits are guaranteed by
the state hanking law they must show
the state banking board that they have
complied with the law. This may
take several months , so the few state
ianks that are now advertising on
posters in their rooms and elsewhere
that they are under the guaranty law
are somewhat previous. This is the
interpretation placed on the law by
Secretary Royse of the banking board.
Governor Aldrich Is at Valentine ,
the guest of W. Clarkson of tht place ,
who will show him where the big fish
are. The governor is out on a fishing
trip and left Monday for the lakes
couth in that neighborhood.
It is Relieved no more bounty will
l > e paid by the state for the killing of
wolves. Two years- ago the legislature
appropriated $30,000 to pay bounty
claims , but the amount was not suf
ficient and deficiency claims amount
ing to $29,000 or more have been re-
Delved by 'Auditor Barton. The legis
lature that just adjourned appropriat
ed $29,000 to pay sucn deficiency
claims and as there is no longer a
law authorizing a bounty it is believed
that some day the deficiency claims
"wall cease to come in and- that no more
snoruey will be appropriated.
Death of Dr. A. E. Davisson.
Dr. A. E. Davisson , head professor
-of the school of agriculture of the Uni-
-verslty of Nebraska , died Friday afternoon -
-noon at the Sunlight hospital after a
"irlef Illness of thirty-six hours.
Dr. Davisson was taken sick Thure-
-day morning at his home suffering
from accute abdominal trouble. Con-
lining to grow worse he was removed
to the hospital Thursday night , but
rapidly grew worse and died at 2:15 :
Friday afternoon. The doctors were
mot. prepared to make an exact state-
tneat as to the cause of his death-
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
Largely Attended Funeral.
Gage County. The funeral services
held In Beatrice for the late Frank J.
KImball , who lost his life in an auto
mobile accident , were very largely at
tended , vmany residents of Lincoln ,
Omaha and other towns of the state
'jeing ' in attendance.
Young LepinskI Ends Life.
Adams County. Count Frask Le-
pinski , a barber , aged 34 , son of An
ton Lepinski , shot and killed himself
in hie father's shoe shop. Ho has
lately brooded over separation from
his wife , who obtained a divorce.
Holdrege Is After School.
Phelps County. Phelps county as
a whole is now after the agricultural
school in dead earnest. Petitions are
being circulated among the farmers ,
who are responding UberaUy wfth
cash to be used in furnishing the lo
cation. E. H. Cannon has donated to
the committee in charge a fine thor
oughbred Shorthorn bull. The animal
will be auctioned to the highest bid
der and the proceeds will go toward
increasing the bonus Phelps county
will give for the location.
Aged Woman Fatally Burned.
Pierce County. Mrs. Pospisil , the
aged mother of John and Vacias Pos
pisil , living five miles east of Pierce ,
was burned to death at the home of
her son Vacias. The son with whom
she lived had gone to town and it
was during his' absence that the fa
tality occurred.
Pioneer Woman Ends Life.
Kearney County. Mrs. John Smith ,
living half a mile west of Norman ,
committed suicide by drowning her
self in the water tank on the farm.
She had been in ill health for some
time and was despondent over failure
to recover. She chose the same date
of the month that her sister commit
ted suicide on two years ago.
Heart Grows in Its Neck.
Nemaha County. J. J. Erwin of
Shubert , while visiting his brother ,
W. S. Erwin of Mound City , Mo. , saw
a freak of rather unusual rarity. It
was a three weeks' old calf with its
heart in its neck near the surface.
The calf is thriving and has every
respect of attaining maturity.
Child Burned to Death.
Polk County. Bruce Hewer , a 3-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hewer -
er , living seven miles south of Shel
by , went to the field where older boys
were burning cornstalks. The moth
er was later attracted by the screams
of children and hurrying to the field
found the child enveloped in flames
that resulted fatally.
"Diamonds" in Sheep.
Scottsbluff County. That there is
profit in sheep raising even on a
small scale is shown by the experi
ence of Runey C. Campbell , who lives
about four miles southeast of Scotts
bluff. Last year he purchased 51 Ram-
bouillet ewes , and in a little over 12
months has sold $300 worth of young
bucks , $64 worth of mutton , and has
on. hand 740 pounds of wool , valued
at $100 , 51 ewes and about 40 lambs.
Pictures of Presidents.
Red Willow County. At the regu-
rar meeting of the school board Mr.
M. A. Barrett , the retiring member
of the board , presented the high
school of McCook with a collection
of pictures of all the presidents of
the United States. Each picture is
will be hung in the assembly room.
Serious Charge Against Man.
Buffalo County. Henry C. Krum
was arrested on a charge of attempt
ing a statutory offense against Cy-
rena L. Brown , the 13-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown of
Amherst. Krum is not known and
had been in Amherst but three days.
He was bound over to court.
Rid of an Unpleasant Job.
State Superintendent Crabtree is
pleased because the legislature re
lieved him of the unpleasant duty of
distributing unclaimed dead bodies to
medical colleges. Under the new law
this work falls upon the secretaries
of the state board of health. The old
law required the state superintendent
to do this.
Cattlemen Harass Settlers.
Edward Ohnesorge , a Kinkaid
homesteader from Sioux county was
in Lincoln to get Governor Aldrich
to interfere if possible in the alleged
differences said to exist in his sec
tion of the state between border cat
tlemen and settlers. The absence of
the state's executive gave the west
ern Nebraskan no chance to pour his
tale into the governor's'ears , but his
private secretary , L. B. Fuller , as
sured Mr. Ohnesorge that in all prob
ability Governor Aldrich would , upon
his return , transmit the facts to the
federal government.
To Observe Mothers' Day.
Governor Aldrich issued a procla
mation designating Sunday , May 14 ,
as Mothers' day and urging the people
ple of the state to observe it generally.
Appoints Bank Examiners.
Governor Aldrich has appointed
three bank examiners , making a total
of nine now employed to enforce the
state guaranty of deposits act. The
new examiners are L. P. Albright of
Red Cloud , R Springer of Lincoln and
loseph Pigman of Broken Bow.
OUR LADY OF THE BANKS , ' PATROlf SAINT OF AVIATORS
Oft TTja MSCMZ. POJZ
. On the initiative of M. Odelln , former memher of the legislative chamber , a little chapel called Notre
PARIS.
Dame du Platin Our Lady of the Banks has just been built on the French coast near th spot where Ble-
riot started his memorable flight across the channel and which has since then been the point of landing of his
daring followers. This modest chapel has been consecrated to the aviators , and Our Lady of the Banks has
been instituted as protector of the men in the air. Medals bearing the effigy of this new Notre Dame are being
struck off and will be offered to all the leading aviators. The designs of the medal are the work of the sculptor
Jampolsky. On one side is the image of the Virgin Mary , classical in conception yet modern in treatment ; on
the other , the reproduction of the sanctuary overlooking the banks at the very edge of which Is a towering light
house.
FIND ANCIENT
Clay Diggers Unearth Steps of
Temple of Sacrifice.
Discovery of Aztec Temple , Antedat
ing Invasion of Mexico by Spanish
Under Hernando Cortez , by
Possibly Centuries.
San Antonio , Texas. If Indian clay
diggers and potters are to be be
lieved mysterious lights at night , and
strange sounds during the day , at a
site near San Miguel Amaztla have
led to the discovery of an Aztec teni-
ple antedating the invasion of Mexico
by the Spanish under Hernando Cor
tez by possibly centuries. Since time
immemorial the Indians in the vicin
ity have claimed that both the lights
and the noise had been observed by
many and it has been impossible to
get any of them to approach the scene
of the alleged phenomenon a mound
located to one side of a narrow lane
leading from the Atzcapotzalco-San-
tiago Ahuixotli road to the village of
San Miguel. Recently , however , some
of them were induced to dig clay near
the base of the mound and in the
progress of their work they came
across- the steps oil a teocalli , one of
the pyramid temples of the Aztecs.
When first found the ruins were
thought to be those of an old ranch
house or granary , but soon unmistak
able signs of their prehistoric char
acter were met. So far little excava
tion work has been done. Above the
temple , says the Mexican Daily Rec
ord , early Spanish farmers had erect
ed a low circular wall , the inclosure
being used for the thrashing of grain.
This wall was torn down a few weeks
ago and under it and at the base of
the temple wall were found idol stat
uettes , bfoken pottery , ashes and
bojes thought to originate with
human sacri'fices made to appease the
wrath of Huitziopochitli , the great god
of the Aztec system of religion. At a
depth of ten feet below the present
soil surface a cement floor was found
and under it more Aztec statuettes ,
pottery and human bones. Here also
the remains of an older wall were
discovered.
In view of the fact that the base of
the temple is ten feet below the pres
ent surface of the ground , there is lit
tle doubt that the structure is a very
old one. Possibly the surface of the
mound represents the platform of the
teocalli. The fact that ashes and
bones were found on it is ample proof
that such Is the case. The Mexican
teocalll , or temple , was a pyramid of
earth faced with stone , and on its
summit stood the sacrificial stone on
which the victims were killed by hav
ing their hearts torn from their living
bodies , certain portions of the body
being then made burnt offerings to
the deity to whom the temple was
dedicated. The remainder of the
corpse was then thrown down the
steep sides of the teacalli and left
there.
A feature of the temple at San Mi
guel is that around its present base
grows a druidlike circle of large
trees. In its vicinity are many other
mounds , mostly small , and It Is there
fore quite possible that here at one
time stood an Aztec city. Clay dig
gers and potters living near by have
found tremendous quantities of small
stone idols , jade beads , earthenware
with Aztec decorations and - itzli
knives , such as used by priests in
opening the breasts of the victims of
their creed. According to present
calculations , Aztec civilization in
Mexico , is not over 700 years old , but
it would seem that this period will
have to be added to conciderably , for
the reason that It must have taken
centuries to bury the structure at
San Miguel Amaztla.
A BIG MASC
Magnificent Structure to Be
Built in Chicago.
Work on Great Building , to Cost $405.-
000 , to Begin May 1 Auditorium
to Have Seating Capacity
of 4,500.
Chicago. More beautiful than any
Masonic temple in the country , or in
the world , for that matter , will be the
building that the Shriners of Medinah
Temple will dedicate to the uses of
the craft In Chicago at Ohio , Cass and
Ontario streets , it is declared.
Plans for the structure already are
well under way. Building operations
will begin by the first of May. Early
in April , 1912 , the dedication will
take place.
When completed the building will
represent an outlay of $405,000 , which
Is more money than the far-famed New
theater of New York cost its million
aire founders. Of course , in the case
of the Medinah temple , the cost of the
land was a comparatively small item
compared with the extensive New the
ater property that borders on Central
Park West in New York.
The Lambert Tree property , on
which the new Medinah Temple is to
PULP WOOD FRO
Professor Frankforter of University
of Minnesota Makes Discovery of
Importance.
St. Paul , Minn. Prof. George B.
Frankforter , dean of the College of
Chemistry of the Minnesota State uni
versity , has announced the details of a
discovery made by him by which , he
declares , through ' .he utilization of
waste wood and sawdust the United
States will produce one hundred times
more pulp wood than was believed
possible.
"It means , " he says , "that every
cord of fir lumber will yield $10 profit
on by-products alone , and that the
greater part of the 60 per cent , of a
tree now wasted will be turned into
dollars and cents. "
Professor Frankforter predicts that
huge plants will be built as the result
Df his discovery and that the new in
dustry will assume proportions of
sreat magnitude.
C. A. Smith , of the C. A. Smith Tim
ber company , is interested with Pro
fessor Frankforter in the process. So
convinced Is he of the enormous com
mercial value of the discovery that an
3xperlmental plant is now being con
structed , and a mammoth plant is al
ready planned , to be erected in the
[ ar west.
Doctor Frankforter has experiment
ed on his processes for twelve years.
The developed process consists in tak
ing small pieces of waste wood or
sawdust , laying them on a steel in
cline over a furnace , and subjecting
them to a chemical process of distilla
tion. Carbon disuiphide or gasoline
is poured over the sawdust , dissolv
ing the turpentine and resin , which
pass off as gases into a coil of pipes
leading to a tank. The process is
similar to the distillation of sugar.
The v.rood pulp remains , free from
pitch and suitable for the manufac
ture of paper. The present method of
distillation leaves the pulp In the form
of charcoal.
Emigrants Prove Ungrateful.
London. The members of the eml
gratlon subcommittee of the Birming
ham distress committee report that
they experience difficulty in securing
repayment of the amounts advanced
to emigrants , although many of the
persons assisted are now well able to
repay. Since 1906 the committee
have expended ? 10,000 in assisting em
igration , and the repayments amount
to $100 only. In each case the emi
grant had entered into a bond to re-
.pay the loan.
COOKS ARE ALL GRADUATES
New Jersey Club Women Are Inter *
ested in Movement to Solve
Servant Girl Problem.
Montclair , N. J. Club women from
all parts of New Jersey are interested
In a state-wide movement started by
the New Jersey Women's Progressive
league to solve the servant-girl prob
lem. The plan would provide better
servants by establishing training and
cooking schools in the cities of the
state. The students will be taught
every branch of housework.
Organization of classes for practical
instruction to housewives also is
planned.
Under the proposed system servants
will receive diplomas. The curriculum
will provide the following classes :
Special butlers' and waitresses'
course ; cooks' practical classes , early
fall course In pickling and preserving ,
chafing-dish course , camp cooking
course , lectures on the individual con
sumption of food , purchasing and
kitchen bookkeeping.
315,000,000 Is India Census.
Calcutta. The final provisional census -
sus returns give the total population
of India as 315,000,000 , an increase
of 20,500,000 as compared with 1901.
stand , runs 105 feet on Ohio , 218 on
Cass and 150 feet on Ontario , situated
directly behind the Studio building ,
which fronts on State street.
Messrs. Huehl and Schmidt are the
architects for the new building , and
Mr. Huehl , with a large staff of assist
ants , is personally at work on the draw
ings. The first floor , underneath the
auditorium , will be occupied by the
banqueting rooms. The auditorium
proper will be in the form of a great
theater , seating over 4,500 people , a
capacity as large as the Auditorium
theater before the recent alterations.
There will be three tiers , the first floor
seating 1,280 , the balcony will have
a capacity of 1,672 , and the gallery will
hold 1,580 persons. Then there will be
numerous boxes besides.
There will be large parlors , candi
dates' rooms , rooms for the caretaker ,
for the Arab patrol and for the bands ,
in the two wings on each side of the
stage. A magnificent new organ is to
be a part of the equipment.
While it has been definitely settled
that the style of architecture shall be
Turkish , it has not been finally deter
mined of what material the building
shall be constructed. Mr. Huehl said
he hoped to be able to use terra cotta
and brick. In Turkey , however , they
use for their elaborate effects a red
freestone which they can cut almost
like'butter , and so get the most or
nate decorative results with little cost.
There , too , the climate Is not quite as
strenuous as it is here , and the flight
of time does not leave upon buildings
such perceptible damage. Another Im
portant consideration is the fact that
to get the same decorative effect with
terra cotta the expense in this coun
try would be enormous.
"I would be more like engraving
than sculpture work , " said Mr. Huehl.
"and the men who do this work charge
seven dollars a day. "
Arrangements have been almost
completed for the sale * of the present
temple to Oriental Consistory when the
Shriners of Medinah temple move into
their new home. Members of Medinah
temple bewail the fact that they have
to leave their present building , which
has always been very much admired.
The move was a necessity , however ,
since they have quite outgrown their
present quarters , and It is barely pos
sible to get their members into the
building , much less into the auditorium ,
on any special occasion. There are
9,000 members of Medinah temple liv
ing today. They are scattered all over
the world , bnt 6,000 of them live ta
Cook county , and their present hall
holds barely 1,100 persons.
Everyman's business , whatever it
is , becomes a liberal education to him ,
just as soon and just as far as he livesi
not in its methods , but In its princi
ple * . -Phillips Broolr
WILL LOOK
CANADA FOR WHEAT
ONE REASON WHY AMERICANS
GO TO CANADA.
In the Chicago Inter-Ocean , of a few
days since reference wns made to the
fact that in 1900 the United States
raised 737.1.S9.000 bushels of wheat ,
and last year grew only 035,44,1.000. a
decrease of 41.746,000 bushels. The
article went on to say : "True wo
raised last year more than enough
wheat for our own needs , but It is ap
parent that if production continues to
decrease in that ratio we will soon
be obliged to look to other countries
for wheat to supply our rapidly in
creasing population. "
The purpose of the article v.as to
show that reciprocity was to be de
sired. This is a question that I do not
propose to deal with , preferring to
leave it to others who have mcde a
greater study of that economic ques
tion than I have. The point to be
considered is , with the high price of
lands in the United States , and with
the much lower priced lands of Can
ada , and their ability to produce prob
ably more abundantly , is it not well
for the United States farmer to take
advantage of the opportunity Canada
affords with its lower-priced lands
and take a part in supplying the needs
of the United States , which it is quite
apparent must como sooner or later ?
It is probable there are now about
300,000 American farmers in Western
Canada , cultivating large farms , and
becoming rich , in the growing of 25-
and 30-bushel-to-the-acre-wheat , in pro
ducing largo yields of oats and barley ,
and in raising horses and cattle
cheaply on the wild prairie grasses
that are there , both succulent and
abundant. All these find a ready mar
ket at good prices. ' Amongst the
Americans who have made their homes
in Canada are to be found colonies of
Scandinavians , and all are doing well.
I have before me a letter from an
American Scandinavian , now a Cana
dian , an extract from which is inter
esting. Writing from Turtle Lake.
Saskatchewan , he says :
"I came up here from Fergus Falls.
Minn. , October 24th , 1910 , and thought
I would let you know how I have been
getting along. We had a very mild
winter up to New Year's , but since
then it has been quite cold and lots of
snow , but riot worse than that we
could be out every day working , even
though we had 65 below zero a few-
times , but we do not feel the cold
here the same as we did in Minnesota ,
as it is very still and the air is high
and dry. This Is a splendid place for
cattle raising and mixed farming.
There is some willow brush and small
poplars on part of the land , which Is
rolling and covered with , splendid
grass in the summer. Not far from
here there Is timber for building ma
terial. There are only 8 Norwegians
here , 6 Scotchmen , 2 Germans. The
lake is 20 miles long and full of very
fine fish.
"There is a lot of land yet that has
not been taken and room for many
settlers , and we wish you would send
some settlers up here , as there are
fine prospects for them , especially for
those who have a little money to start
with. Send them here to Turtle Lake ,
and we will show them the land , If
they have secured plats , showing the
vacant lands , at the Dominion Lands
office in Battleford. Send us up some
good Scandinavians this spring. "
The Canadian government agents
will try to meet his wishes.
Solely to Blame.
Diner Who Is that singing so dread
fully out of tune ?
Restaurant Proprietor It is my
wife.
Diner Perhaps the accompanist
plays out of tune ?
R. P. She is accompanying herself !
London Opinion.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ol
CASTORIA , a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children , and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
It is not necessarily true that the
worst is yet to come.
Millions Say So
When millions of people nse for
years a medicine it proves its merit.
People who know CASCARETS *
value buy over a million boxes
month. It's the biggest seller be
cause it is the best bowel and liver
medicine ever made. No matter
what you're using , yaw/ try CAS
CARETS once you'll See. ta
CASCARETS He. box for a week's
treatment , all drnsrzists. Blffgeat seller
IB the troxid. Million boxe * a month.
It afflicted with I Thompson's Witir
4ora eyes , use Eyi
Sioux City Directory
Establish * 30 Years . t
FLORISTS
floral emblems and eat flowers for all
occasiona. SIOUX CITY , IOWA
Cut Flowers
For All Occasions
Wholesale and Retail
* . R. Elder , Sioax City , Iowa
