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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NUWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY. MAKfllT fi IflOS. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER IN BOCHE CASE from | WK < I 3 ] lllto u plrnto when ho said It , tlmt fern n Imlf hour Ilochu liuil sat on a settee with Ornco Cole niul tlmt mysterious third party whom lie couldn't descrlho and lind never Been hoforo or nlncc. Well , I'Mim ' liiKluun snys Herman Hocho flpciit $10 for boor tlmt nlfiht. "Morning bt'Kan to dawn and Hocho dead drunk. Then .Iiinnor , ono of your Homl-rt'Bpoctalilo ' persons , rosimct- nblo when the BIIII Hlilni'H , vicious when tliu curtnln of darkness falls , wanted to cot uwny from the resort. "Herman Itoclio wan dond to the world , ilend to the fact that ho had a wlfo and children , dead to the fact that lie watt a roHiectnhlo | cltl/.on enticed Into a dlsroputahlo don. " Senator Allen reviewed In uilnuto dolall the Incidents preceding the "Vroinan hna Been heavy drama from 'nlKHor heaven' and hence his dramatic , 'Herman , Herman , don't , Herman , ilont ! ' "There ho Htood whllo the first shot TVUB llrod. There ho stood whllo the necond shot was llred , there ho stood while the third shot was flrcd. There lie stood whllo the fourth shot was flrcd. Then without turning ho jumps on his hack and rushes across the plowed Holds. Oh , what a liar that fellow Is ! "Ho says ho was scared and I have no doubt that ho was. But no honest man over stood within four or eight or ton foot of a man shooting down another man without exerting himself. Dut 'Hod' stood there llko "a. statue , < lurnu as nmrhle , as motionless as a man can he. If It had boon you the moment that Bocho flrcd that moment you would have been on Docho's back. nut If you had boon his accomplice what would you have done ? Ho was scared , very scared and ho Is scared today. "All of a sudden after that tragedy someone has more money than before.1 Then came a scathing Indictment of "Hod" Vroman and Grace Cole. Never In the court room at Madison have two people been so stronglj branded In terms of disrepute. The chief counsel for the defense lound In the testimony of the wit nesses an undeniable story of a struc- glc and a robbery. "God held Herman Bocho's ham ; when ho sent that fellow Into eternity Roche did but the bidding of the divine and civil law. "Tho law does not protect a criminal You have a right to shoot a man dead If ho Is engaged In robbery from tht person. ' "I will use as little time as possible because I feel that you have had Irk joint- imprisonment , something tha may glvo you a llttlo foretaste of what must como to a man Imprisoned. " Senator Allen declared that Boche was the best witness the state hat when In his simplicity he had given Conley the revolver and announcet that ho had killed Jarmer with It. When Senator Allen launched on an i eulogy of Mrs. Herman Bocho , the man charged with murder wiped his eyes. Senator Allen said that Jarmer aim ed to get Bocho's money under condi tions that would make Bocho afraid I to confess his debauch and shame. "That was Jarmcr's security which i Boche had asked for. " "I am making no claim of Insanity. But that Herman Boche Is a man of t weak Intellect Is true. That his mind I is diseased is true. "Mr. Conley completely Impeached I Red * Woman's testimony when ho > swore that Vroman had told him that lie was going to do all he could to help > Jack get Boche in the penitentiary. 'Ked's * idea is that this Is just a game , a contest in which ho wants Jack c Koenlgsteln to win. Ho don't care it t a man Is put in the penitentiary until 1 Ms hair Is as white as the driven snow. " Senator Allen denounced houses of prostitution. " \Voo unto him that puts the hot- ile to his neighbor's lips and makes htm drunk , " Senator Allen said. "Jar- nier sleeps as ho ought to sleep in his grave. " Senator Allen In closing told the jury that if in their cool and sobe < judgment they found Herman Boche fuilty , they not only branded him as 4 criminal but they put a premium en perjury mid licentiousness In Mad > tson county. On several of the jurors Senator Allen's address apparently made n deep Impression. It was followed close' iy by all. Judge Jackson Closes. Judge X. D. Jackson of Nellgh , en > gaged as special counsel to assist In the prosecution of Herman Boche , was the last attorney to address the jury , His address covered about an hour'E ' time and was delivered in the evening , When he finished speaking a little be fore 9 o'clock Judge Welch read hi ? Instructions to the jury and then plac ed Herman Boche's fate with the twelve men. Judge Jackson's address was con tlse and effective. Ho said In part : "Tho right of liberty , the right to property , the right to the pursuit ol lappiness , the right to life are divine rights and every function of govern' went Is constructed with these rights in view. Courts arc constituted to maintain them and juries are called is part of the court function. "Juriefa were first picked from among a man's neighbors , these sup posed to know him best and to ho fa miliar with the case. Now we searcli for men who know nothing of the charge. But in becoming jurors you are not supposed to lose yourselves. you are supposed to still be men with the right of judgment. You are to har monize those statements that you can and to pass on the reliability of the whcro the statements con flict. Nor does the law of reasonable doubt Interpose an unmoiintahlo bar rier over which you cannot cross In the exorcise of your Judgment. "In a trial of this Importance much uhhlHh accumulates , partly through mrpoHo and partly thoughtlessly. The state could not aulect the place if n crime or pick Its witnesses. If lornmn Hoclie In guilty ho selected il own ground. The witnesses must ho the associates of the man who com- nits the crlmo and from them wo nust search for the truth. "Tho defense did not call anyone to estlfy that the reputation of any of ho Htato'B witnesses was had as to veracity. Nor does the occupation of man determine his reputation for veracity. Edna Ingham was a part of the de fense of this case. And other wit- icssoH attacked were called by the de fense and In this way were \ouchod for by the attorneys for the defense. "What of Krank Jarmor ? Ho may not have been the kind of a man In whom you would Impose the greatest confidence. Hut he had the right to live. Nor was it In the hands of the defendant to punish Jarmor because ho was a saloon-keeper. "Tho defense claims that providence directed this net of Herman Doche's. Out I once went to Sunday school and there I read an Injunction , "Thou shall not kill. " It would have been hot ter put to have said that Herman Bocho having filled up with booze and being prompted by the devil , flred these shots. Malice Is presumed In purposeful killing. "Why didn't Jarraer take Boche homo that morning ? Ho was Boche's friend , why didn't ho take him homo ! This Is the question that the counsel for the defense has boon reiterating My dear friends that was Just what Jarmer was trying to do. "Herman Hocho hasn't claimed to bo a saint. Ho doesn't look to me llko a very weak-minded man. You have seen him on the stand and you have the right to decide whether he Is strong minded , whether ho Is a saint True Boche testified that he went to church once. But Jarmer went to the same church meeting. By the same token if Bocho was a saint , Jarmer was a saint. "Jarmcr's saloon was Boche's saloon. There he associated with the class of men his counsel condemns. "And then 'Red , ' ns ho is called , is condemned because he permitted Her man Boche to fire three shots without Interfering. You saw 'Red' on the stand and you saw Herman Boche. \ou know that when Herman Boche used his revolver ho was a dangerous man. Why , it would have taken a half a dozen men like Lee Vroman to have put Herman Boche down on his knees. "Bocho has been paraded before the Jury by his defense as a coward. My experience is that a coward Is the most dangerous man on earth. With Bocho holding that smoking gun I don't know what I would have done. Now when a man is assaulted ho docs not set the standard to deter mine whether or not his life was suf ficiently in danger to Justify him shoot- Ing. Testimony that Jarmer was a powerful man has no connection with Boche's defense because Boche swore that ho did not know who was assault- Ing him. "It is finally conceded that Herman Bochc is not Insane but that he has an unbalanced mind. Ho has mental Instability of the nervous system , sometimes more nervous than at other times. How was he last May ? He knew what his assailants were doing. t He knew that he was assaulted. He knew that he was robbed. He knew that he reached in his pocket for his revolver and shot. Was that mental Instability ? "It is now suggested that Boche when he started off , started for home as ho ought to have done , 'following the road automatically. ' It is a little peculiar that he took the right direc tion 'automatically. ' Let's see how far he went. Now Its fortunate that he came 'to' In the night season or that he hadn't kept 'to' when he started home otherwise he might have been arrested. Now isn't it a llttlo peculiar that he woke up In that pig pen in the night time when no one could see him ? I suppose he woke up 'automatically. ' "Wo are challenged to say that Her man Boche never took ? 7GO to Norfolk and I am Inclined to accept the chal lenge. Little things sometimes lead to Important conclusions. Mrs. Boche and I sympathize with her says that Herman had the money , $ SOO. The boy says that Boche counted the money and put It in a purse with a clasp. Now whllo on the stand for the defense Emll Koehn testified that Her man showed him a purse with a clasp and said it held less than $100. That couldn't stand. That boy was off the bland twenty-four hours. He had every chance to change his mind and ho did. Now his mother had testified that the purse was ono with a leather strap. I draw the mantel of charity over the testimony of that hoy. Ho testified for his father. These things show which way the wind is blowing. "Herman Boche was very thought ful of his property when he called for security hut he came to the saloon at 10. How could he expect good secur ity at that hour ? "Now $ SOO meant n good deal to Herman Boche. He know before he left the premises of the resort that it was gone. He knew with whom he had associated. Frank Jarmer was dead and no money was found on his body. The story of Boche's deed was public. Did he take any stops to have anyone arrested ? These things con vince me that Bocho lost only what he spent for beer "If Jarmer wanted to rob Bocho why did ho delay It ? "If Vroman wanted to rob Bocho why didn't ho do It whoa they were ulono In the side parlor ? "Instead they nro supposed to have waited until they got him outside , aroused and vicious , a most Inoppor tune time. "Ono thing which Bocho docs not deny Is enough to condemn him. Bocho stood over Jarmer after ho was down and fired two moro shots into the body of prostrate Jnrmor , powerless and helpless. There is no law on the books or In common sense to justify these last two shots. "They tried to Impeach Lee Vroman. Suppose ho had said that ho was going to do all he could to help get Bocho In the pen. Did ho say that ho would do anything moro than what the law reaulred him to ? " Judge Jackson attacked Dr. Mac- kay'a testimony. Ho then closed with a few remarks to the jury. Instructions to Jury. District Judge Welch at once read ils instructions to the jury. There were thirty-four instructions In all. ) no stated that premeditation had not been proven and that the Jury was nstructcd not to bring in a verdict for tlrst degree murder. The Boche murder case then wont to the Jury. LEGAL BATTLE ROYAL Now Being Waged In Madison In the Boche Murder Trial. Madison , Neb. , Fob. 28. From a staff correspondent : Yesterday after noon when Senator Allen , attorney for Bochc , and Attorneys Koenlgsteln and Jackson , prosecuting for the state , brushed over the attempt of the county attorney to place Bocho'a re volver In the hands of the jurymen , the legal battle of the Bocho murder trial was formally opened. County Attorney Koenlgsteln succeeded In getting the gun over in the jury box but it took thirty minutes to do it. Senator Allen entered his objections In the record. With the gun incident In the records and with the testimony of the defense beginning , the legal contest between the opposing attorneys pushed Into the foreground. Then the trial at Madison In addition to the dramatic elements in its story developed into a big legal battle. The state presented its case in simple outline. Its witnesses testified that there had been no quarrel be tween the men up to the time they left the resort. Lee Vroman , eye wit ness to all the details of the shooting , told that Jarmer was merely trying to get Boche Into the cab when with out provocation Boche thrust Jarmer aside , flashed out a revolver and flred three shots into the man's body. The state contests the claim that Bocho was "dead drunk" or that a struggle or quarrel preceeded the shooting. A good part of the state's efforts wore devoted to establishing legally that Jarmer was dead and that Boche had killed him. The case of the defense is naturally moro complicated. Its outline was given Wednesday and Its foundation laid yesterday. The defense attempts to Impeach the testimony of the state's eye witness , Vroman , to discredit his testimony. And the defense attacks the character of Jarmer , the dead saloon keeper. This outline appears in the Bocho case : Boche , Jarmer's victim , drugged and drunk , robbery , resistance , a struggle , defense of pro perty , justifiable homicide. There has been months' of work put in on the Boche defense. That Is shown by the mass of Information in the grasp of Boche's attorneys , the witnesses on their lists , the outline and structure and completeness of their case. The Boche trial is a big murder trial , a big legal battle just now the center of the stage In this section. Everyone connected with the big case is on a strain. Herman Boche , on trial for his life for all that ho sits there stiff and stolid is under a terrible strain. Boche's hair is fast turning gray. Those gray streaks have been coming , it is said , since his present trouble started. Bocho was upset by his brother's tragic drowning on the eve of his trial. It is rumored that Herman Bochc be lieves that his brother committed suicide. At Herman's side is his wife. She has not missed a minute of the trial and It is all heavy upon her. Boche faces a long table in the court room. On one side sit M. D. Tyler , Burt Mapes and former United States Senator William V. Allen , the lawyers who are defending him , and on the other side of the table are County Attorney Jack Koenigstein and Judge N. D. Jackson of Nellgh , prose cutors. On the bench is District Judge A. A. Welch. Just a llttlo to one side is Court Reporter William Powers and right next to him and adjacent to the ralled-in Jury , the witness tsand. Dis trict Clerk Flelds _ has his desk be tween Judge Welch and the clerk's ' ofllce , now filled with witnesses. With Herman Bocho occasslonally but most of the time in the witness room is Mrs. Gus Hanska of Wake- Held , his sister. Carl Sorg , a brother- in-law , has stood by Boche and Carl Relche is also down at Madison. Until today Herman Bocho's sons had not been to the court room. Fred Boche , a cousin , the Madison county giant , was also sent for last night. Mrs. Frank Jarmer , the widow of the man Herman Bocho killed , came to Madison yesterday. So the trial goes. on. The lawyers clash oftener as It advances , the wit nesses get less and less mercy , the lawyers gather nrouud the reporter's desk moro and moro frequently to dic tate long exceptions to the judge's ruling. And out in the crowd men nro wager ing on the result. Yesterday the crowd forgot Itself again and laughed. It was a funny point the wltnesH made but the crowd laughed out loud. Tiio judge rapped for order. Senator Allen asked that the "demonstration" bo entered In the court records. Judge Welch consent ed , designating It as A "alight mani festation of amusement. " Senator Allen was provoked at the laughter. As ho complained to the Judge he said : "This Is not a town caucus for men to como In and laugh. It Is not a dog light. " The big crowd which has packed the court room has been orderly. LITTLE MISTAKE OFTEN FATAL Wrong Date In Jarmer License May Have Had Dramatic Meaning. As the Bocho murder trial at Madi son has yielded up fragment by frag ment the story of that May day killing the spectators have marvelled , as they always do when such stories nro told , at the very serious role in the life of : ho world that is played by the llttlo things , the minor details of every day existence , apparently unimportant in themselves at the time of their passIng - Ing , but oftentimes of mighty and ever lasting consequences. A false step hero or there , an er roneous stroke of the pen , a llttlo de tail left undone or neglected In orcll nary every day common place inci dents and lives often pay the penal tics , families are broken up , the whole complcxiou of community life Is al tered and sometimes mixed with trng cdy that , wore humans gifted with foresight , might , by a simple touch hero or there , have been altogether prevented. Such n trial as this impresses upon spectators the fatality of chance and the Irony of fate. It tends to empha size the fact that life's tragedies and life's bloodshed hinge , more frequent ly than not upon little trivial mistakes which might just as easily not have been made at all. Ono bit of testimony that showing that a mistake had been made In issu ing Jarmer's saloon license and that ho really ought to have had several days moro In which to secure license money tended to drive homo with dramatic intensity to all who sat In the courtroom , the serious consequences quences , oft-times tragic , which may attach to the slightest detail of a busl ness transaction , and more partlcu larly to business matters Involving the making out and signing of legal documents , even those that seem at the tlmo comparatively unimportant and insignificant. The theory of the defense in the Boche case is that Jarmer needed li cense money May 1 with which to re new his license. He had no money. And so , the defense argues , he was willing to take desperate chances to get money -without borrowing it. And the defense claims that it was in try ing to rob Boche that Jarmer was slain. slain.Men's Men's minds are queer things and the study of them brings out interestIng - Ing conclusions. Who , for instance , can say what might have happened if Jarmer had had six more days in which to secure money for the renewal of his license ? Who shall say that in those six days many things can hap pen In six days , sometimes Jarmer might not have chanced upon a pur chaser and sold out his saloon ? Who shall say that some brewery might not have come to his rescue ? Who is to say that something might not have happened nobody knows during those six days , If Jarmer had not thought he must get money by May 1 , to have prevented that May morning tragedy ? What might not have Interfered to save Jarmer's life , to save Herman Boche's murder trial and whatever shall be his fate , to save Madison county a tremendous expense , to save Norfolk from another stain of human blood ? And who knows what effect the pre venting of that murder might have had upon the late William Boche , brother of the accused murderer , whose dead body was found In the Elkhorn on the eve of the trial and whom Herman Boche believes to have suicided ? What anguish , what suffering might have been saved In three homes , if that killing had not occurred ! But would the murder have been prevented if Jarmer had been given , as he ought to have been given , six more days in which to raise license money ? Aye , there's the rub. It was through an error of the city clerk two years ago In making out sa loon licenses , that the date of April 30 was set down as the time when the licence should expire. Correctly , the license should not have expired until May o , the end of the municipal year. The saloon men , therefore , paid their year's license money for a license which was cut short by about a week of the time that they were entitled to. Their bonds were made out In accord ance with the licenses , so that for a tlmo there was serious question as to whether the saloons could remain open during the time between April 30 and May 7. Some went on the theory that the city council could meet May 1 and grant new licenses , begin ning with that date. Jarmer was un der that Impression , although it was not right. Jarmer believed that he must have money by May 1 to renew his license. That was the date which his erron eous license set and , the mistake hav ing been made , that date had to bo abided by. Jarmer was bankrupt at that time. Settlement of his estate gave creditors seventeen percent of money duo them. And so the defense claims that , desperate for money with which to pay for his license on May 1 , Jarmer conceived the plan of drug ging and robbing Boche as the easiest way of getting the cash This is the theory of the defense in Justification of the killing. And BO an Intensely dramatic Inter est attached the testimony of the city clerk when ho went on the stand to tell about the Jarmor license , how It had been dated wrong and how Jar mor had spoken of the renewal. For who can say that In that extra week to which Jnrmor was entitled on his expiring license , something might not have transpired to have prevented the whole terrible tragedy and all Its equally terrible coiifiequencos ? Who ahull any but this , llko many another perplexing question In life , will never bo answered and no man shall over know what might or what might not have taken place In these six addi tional days. ONLY 2,000 TONS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION - SUMPTION HERE. AND THE HARVEST IS ENDED Norfolk Housewives Will Have to Pay Considerably More Next Summer for Ice , It Is Said , and Frozen Aqua Will be Scarce at That. Mnrch 1 , counted by most people as the beginning of spring , will see the total Ice supply for general consump tion In Norfolk limited to less than 2,000 , tons of ice. The regular con sumption In Norfolk furnishes a de mand for about twice that much ice. The situation spells something of an ice famine. The Ice gathering season is believed to bo over. G. W. Schwenk , who suc ceeded In getting al > oiit 800 tons of ice into his big ice house from the Bocho slough south of Norfolk , has found that supply of Ice at an end. The slough Ice Is now about five Inches thick and is said to be going fast. fast.Norfolk Norfolk people who have been able to cut down on their coal bill this year will either add to their savings by goIng - Ing without ice or drop the coal econ omy money in the ice box. The price of ice will have to be higher this sum mer , In fact will be considerably higher. Mr. Schwenk has been commended for his energetic attempt to retrieve the situation when the river supply failed him by putting a big force of men and teams to work down on the Boche slough. The additional expense Involved was of course considerable and there was the chance that the river might still freeze. J. H. Johannes , grand secretary of the Sons of Hermann In Nebraska , who died recently at his home in Co lumbus , was a man well known In Norfolk and with a large acquaint ance throughout north Nebraska. As editor of the "Nebraska Bieno" and as state secretary of that typical Ger man order , the Sons of Hermann , Mr. Johannes was a prominent figure among the German-American citizens of Nebraska. He was born in Grossenkneten , Old enburg , Germany , on August 2 , 1867. He came to America in 1884 , working for a short time on a farm at Silver Creek. He went to Columbus In 1889. In 1895 he published a German paper in Fremont. The next year he re turned to Columbus , where he became connected with the "Nebraska Biene , " first as reporter and then in 1898 as editor and owner. Mr. Johannes was married on De cember C , 1891 , in Columbus to Miss Louise Franke. His wife and six chil dren , three sons and three daughters , survive him. His father and four sis ters still live in Germany. After a severe Illness lasting sev eral weeks death called at the Jo hannes homo on February 12 , 1908. He was forty years old. In addition to being grand secretary of the Sons of Hermann Mr. Johannes belonged to the Masons , the Royal Highlanders , the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World. Many Norfolk lodgemen attended the funeral in Columbus on February 15 , 1908. In addition to100 members of the Sons of Hermann , the funeral was attended < jy the mayor , the coun- oilmen and the fire department of Co lumbus. Rev. Mr. Neumarker preached the sermon. Charles Rhode of Columbus suc ceeds Mr. Johannes as grand secre tary of the state lodge. Western Grown Garden and Field Seeds , Including snake and other cu cumber , prehistoric and other corn , both sweet and field. pencilarla , squash , melon , mammoth sunflower , and hundreds of other seeds. 1 cent and up pei packet ( albo s > tl ! in bulk ) direct from grouor to t' ' i tcr Gar den Guide and descriptive price list free Address II M Gardner , seed grower , Marengo , Nebraska. MADISON COUNTY CONVENTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IS LAST ONE FOR FOUR YEARS Under the New Primary Law , There Will Not be Another County Conven tion Until the Next Presidential Campaign In 1011 , Madison county republicans hold their leap year county convention at Battle Crook Saturday afternoon on the odd day of the year , the twenty- ninth of February. For three long years the twenty- ninth of February will be missing from the calendar of the year and for three long years county conventions will bo missing from the political calendar. The Nebraska legislature has de creed that county conventions shall be as rare as the twenty-ninth of Febru ary and the chance that brought the two on the same day gives an oppor tunity to bid a long good-byo to both. Neither will como again for four years. It bolng permissible under the now primary law to hold county conven tions only to select delegations to the conventions that pick the delegates who represent Nebraska at the na tional convention. Sentiment Is All For Taft. There Isn't any question that the Battle Crook convention will bo a Taft convention. The big war secretary Is as strong over the county as ho Is In Norfolk. Wednesday evening the Madison re publicans met In caucus and named a Taft delegation : George Richardson , Frank A. Peterson , C. S. Smith , F. P. Prince , C. S. Snyder , Chris Schavland , A. M. Cunningham , U. D. Mathews , W. C. Elloy , L. G. Bley , James Nichols and S. C. Blackmail. The Battle Crook convention will be called to order at 1 p. m. by C. A. Smith of Tildcu , chairman of the coun ty central committee. The business of the convention will be to select two delegations of fifteen delegates each to the Norfolk congressional conven tion and the Omaha state convention. Several familiar convention figures may be missing from the Battle Creek convention on account of the Boche murder trial at Madison which will probably hold Madison county attor neys away from Battle Creek. ENTERTAIN CREIGHTON MEMBER Beulah Chapter , Eastern Star , Hostess at Special Meeting. Beulah chapter , Eastern Star , last night entertained thirty members of the Crelghton lodge and about ten oth er visitors. In all there were about seventy-six persons present. Degrees were conferred , after which a three- course supper was served. The visit ors were entertained In Norfolk homes. "Wo had Just a Joe dandy time , " said one member , "and that's all there Is to it. " The hall was beautifully dec orated in the lodge colors. Among these present from Crelgh ton were : Mr. and Mrs. George Hanks , Mr. and Mrs. Raymond , Mr. and Mrs. Kirk , Mr. and Mrs. Blank , Mr. and Mrs. Philbrick , Mr. and Mrs. Paul , Mr. and Mrs. Stockwell , Mrs. Ayers , Mrs. Cheney , Mrs. Scott , Mrs. B. Fox , sr. , Mrs. B. Fox , Jr. , Mrs. Cobble , Mrs. Wai- ton , Mrs. Brown , Mrs. Sears , Miss Charles , Miss Raymond , Miss Antrim , Mr. Bruce , Mr. Hanks. There were clever toasts by Rev. Dr. Ray , Mr. Bruce , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Raymond mend , Mrs. George Hanks. PROFESSOR LAWRENCE BRUNER. Nebraska Man Who Has Made a Na tional Success of His Line. Nellgh Register : Mrs. Fonetta Mon roe and Miss Lily Bruner stopped over one day this week to visit old West Pointers now living nt Nellgh. The ladies are sisters of Professor Law rence Bruner , head of the department of entomology of the state university at Lincoln. They were on their way to the old home at West Point from the Bruner ranch near Swan P. O. In southwestern Holt county. Sixteen years ago when the government de cided to try the culture of various va rieties of pine trees on the sand hills of western Nebraska , Prof. Bruner in duced the authorities to use the Holt county ranch ns ono of the localities for the experiment. His offer was ac cepted and at the present time the trees are Immense when compared with the seedlings which were set out at that time. The trees are from thir ty to forty feet high and within a few years valuable lumber may be cut from them. Upon the success of similar experiments many thousand acres will be planted to pine trees In western Nebraska by the government. The work Is In the hands of government foresters and professors from the for estry department of the state univer sity. Students taking the forestry course nt Lincoln spend many weeks each summer helping with the work on these government reserves. It was Prof. Brunor whom President McKinley - ley selected to aid the government of Argentine , S. A. , In the destruction of the grass hopper pest. For three or four seasons the farmers of the whole country had lost their wheat crop from the devastations of grass hoppers and the condition of the populace rendered the situation extremely alarming. European countries as well as the United States were appealed to for aid as the local scientists were utterly unable to cope with the pest. At last Prof. Brunei1 , whoso work ns an em- plojo of the t'nitfd StnU > s di-partnu-nt of agriculture bad long ago made him- bi If fatuuus \ \ a M U etc ( ] as the ono man able to nn < U r thf assistance do- i n ul He rendlfj obtained a year's lcau > of al cnco from his professor- DRUGGISTS HEAR MUCH PRAISE THIS MIXTURE. i. RECIPE EASILY MIXED AT HOME Lots of Men niul Women Here Had the Simple Homc-Mnde Mixture Prepared , Says Druggist Drink Plenty of Water. Seine remarkable slorlt'H nro being told about town and among the coun try people roiiiliiK In of this Hlmplo home-made mixture curing rheuma tism niul kidney trouble. Here Is the recipe and directions for taking : Mix by Blinking well In a bottle one-half ounce fluid extract dandelion , ono ounce compound Itnrgon , three ounces compound H.vnip mirsnparllln. Take as a dose ono toanpoonful after meals and nt bedtime. No change need bo made In your usual diet , but drink plenty of good water. This mixture , wiltes ono authority In a leading Philadelphia newspaper , has a peculiar tonic effect upon the klduo.NH ; cleansing the cloggod-up pores of the ollmlnatlvo tissues , forc ing the kldiieya to sift and strain from the blood the uric acid and ether poi- sonoiiH waste matter , overcoming rheu matism , bladder and urinary troubles In a short while. A Now York druggist who has had hundreds of calls for these Ingredients since the first announcement In the newspapers last October stated that thi > people who once try it "swear by It , " especially theRe who have urinary and kidney trouble and suffer with rheumatism. The druggists In this neighborhood say they can supply the Ingredients , which are easily mixed nt homo. There Is said to bo no better blood- cleansing agent or system tonic known , and certainly none moro harm less or simple to use. ship and sailed at once for South America. On reaching Buenos Ayrca Prof. Bruner organized the scientists of the country to take up the work systematically. After a germ dlHeaao was discovered which wan fatal to this particular species of hopper , numerous specimens wore captured and innocu- latcd with the germ. Soon thoHO be came mighty sick grass hoppers and on being liberated In different parts of the country transmitted the disease to their associates. 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