DON'T TELL WHAT HE THINKS
OF MINNESOTA GOVERNOR.
HE EVADES ALL QUESTIONING
"Governor Johnwn It a Great Man
In Minnesota , " Sayt Mr. Hill He
Haa Deen Successful In His Admin
istrations as Governor.
Now York , April 11. James J. Hill ,
president of the Great Northern Rail
road company In an Interview given
to the World told what ho thought ol
Governor John Johnson of Minnesota
IIH presidential tlmlicr. Concretely ex
pressed lilu opinion of the governor
WHO :
"Governor Johnson Is a great man
In Minnesota. "
Stories that the Great Northern's
president and the powerful Interests
of which he IB chief arc behind John-
Ken , despite the wny ho has made them
Jump hurdles In Minnesota have hecn
most Insistent. In a recent magazine
article It was written :
"It would be pleasant to announce
that James J. Hill and all the north
western railroad Interests are bitterly
opposed to Mr. Johnson. In truth they
are not and It Is Impossible to think
of a more curious nnd Instructive
fact. So far has the warfare gone
against corporate Interests that they
would rather take ti man of Johnson's
record of anti-corporation legislation
than another man that might do
worse. "
"What do you think of that ? " Mr.
Illll was asked.
"There Is nothing In that ; nothing
at all , " snapped Mr. Hill. "I know
Johnson only as governor of Minne
sota. He has been most successful , I
should si' " . His administrations have
been popular. Ho has made some
good appointments In the judiciary ;
appointed some good sheriffs and
other officers. "
"You speak of him distantly , MT.
Hill. Current publications would lead
one to imagine you were on the most
Intimate terms of friendship with
Governor Johnson. "
"There Is nothing in these stories.
1 don't suppose 1 have met Governor
Johnson more than once or twice
probably at a dinner or a club or some
place like that , " said Mr. Hill. "He
is n good respectable man , who has
the respect of the people of Minnesota.
His rise has been rapid from a poor
boy to a newspaper man nnd then state
senator and on up to where he Is
now. "
"Mr. Hill , don't you think such rad
ical measures as the Minnesota and
North Carolina rate bills simply re
sult In putting state control of- public
corporations back about fifty years ? "
"State control ! " snorted Mr. Hill.
"Do you know that the railroads of
this country have done more for it
than the railroads of any other coun
try under the sun ; that they have
done more for the people than any
railroads on the face of the earth ? "
"That's all right , but the state con
trol that was meant is the kind that
would let the railroads make decent
returns on their Investments but would
eee to it that they gave honest ser
vice to the public. "
"Umph ! Bureaus ! This country is
becoming more and more like Russia
every day. It's almost there now.
Soon we'll have a government abso
lutely by bureau. "
"Now let us talk about Johnson
again , Mr. Hill. What do you think
of him ? Is he another Cleveland ? "
Mr. Hill's rugged face softened and
ho looked out of a window seemingly
into a great distance.
"No ; there Is but one Cleveland ,
ire was a great president. He is a
great man. But few know what a
great , nigged , simple man he is. 1
was fishing with him once for two
weeks and I shall never forget that
time. When we would return to the
camp for the night he would be sing
ing hymns In that great big voice of
his that sounded like a lion's roar. "
"Well , Mr. Hill , we're back to John
son again. Do you think that men like
Johnson and Roosevelt put us back
by forcing laws on the books that
most lawyers know will never be sus
tained by the courts ? "
"We're in the courts now , " said Mr.
Hill , half smiling. "I have never made
It a practice to try my railroad cases
in'the newspapers and I should not
care to say anything now. "
FAMILY SECRET.
Daughter's Own Little Love Affair Is
Dispelled by Arrest of Sweetheart.
Chicago , April 11. What happened
In the -woodshed at the home of Henry
Hieber last night , himself and sixteen-
year-old daughter principals , is one of
the family secrets. It was all on ac
count of her escapade with Thomas
Tlndorf who was arrested yesterday
on a charge of burglary. Miss Heiber
was with him at the time of the arrest ,
No millionaire mine owner's son for
a son-in-law for the sturdy German
stone cutter. He couldn't be duped
with any such story as that if his
daughter Matilda could.
There was dreadful anticipation ol
the return of the irate father from
work when he should learn the news
that his daughter had been taken to
the town hall police station with a
man accused as a burglar.
The daughter had come home in the
afternoon and confessed the entire
story to her mother , how she had mel
Thomas Tlndorf , a bright appearing
young man , well dressed , at the home
of a friend more than two months ago
It was the first news to the rnothei
that Matilda had a sweetheart.
This well dressed young man hac
professed to be tbe eon of a woalthj
mlno owner In Colorado. She had
met him secretly many times nnd he
had urged her to marry him and go
west.
But they nil know this wouldn't defer
" " IB honest old-
for "Papn. Ho an ,
fashioned stone-cutter , and wanted to
see his daughter married to some
thrifty neighbor's son when she wan
old enough to marry.
"Oh , when ho learns you had a fel
low , I don't know what ho will do , "
walled the mother.
But what happened In the woodshed
on the return of the head of the fam
ily Is one of the family secrets.
Thomas Tlndorf 22 years old , was
arrested at La Salic and Washington
streets yesterday morning on the
charge of entering the home of Attor
ney Benjamin Bodhouse , 108 Hazel
avenue. The arrest was made by
Detectives Eablo nnd Gallagher , of the
town hall station , while ho wns with
Miss Hlcher , his sweetheart. Ho watj
taken to the police station nnd Is said
to have confessed the burglary. The
girl was quickly released.
TO CAMPAIGN IN BALLOON.
How Mayor Decker of Milwaukee Will
Avoid Bad Roads.
Chicago , April 11. Milwaukee's
"boy mayor , " Sherburno M. Becker ,
will campaign for governor of Wiscon
sin In a balloon. Ho has placed an
order for the duplicate of the largest
balloon In the world , the builders to
be the Bumbnugh-Heimann company
of St. Louis.
As a tribute to his native state ,
Mayor Becker will christen his bal
loon the "Wisconsin. " His i.lan Is to
use the great gas bag for quick trans
portation from town to town In north
ern Wisconsin , where the roads are
muddy and hard to travel In the late
spring and early summer.
Mayor Becker IH now at the Audi
torium Annex hotel and today was
busy going over the plans and specifi
cations for his new speed bubble.
"No doubt my enemies will say this
Is done for sensation , " said Mayor
Becker , "but the truth Is that I am
looking for safety and quick travel In
a country dlfllcult of access. I have
stumped northern Wisconsin for good
roads and I know how much the people
ple tip there need them. "
BRYAN ON GUARANTEE.
Protection of Deposits under Govern
ment Supervision.
Denver , Walter Wellman today says :
Chicago , April 11. Writing from
"It is certain that insurance nnd
guarantee of deposits in national banks
under government supervision will be
one of the planks of the democratic
national platform this year , provided
Mr. Bryan controls the Denver con
vention , as is highly probable. m Even
if he should perchance fall to secure
a two-thirds vote and his nomination ,
there is no reasonable doubt that he
will write and secure the adoption of
the platform.
"What have the republicans to offer
the country as an offset to this plank
as a means of winning votes. The
Aldrlch bill ?
"In any consideration of the chanc
es of the parties in the coming strug
gle for control of the government
these highly Important facts must not
be overlooked. At the present time ,
it is true , the republican lenders have
little conception of the significance of
this Issue. They do not realize the
advantage which advocacy of deposit
guarantee Is sure to give the democ
racy. But they will realize it before
the campaign is over. If they fall to
provide an adequate offset , either by
legislation or by a like declaration in
their own platform , they will regret
it before election day next November.
"Mr. Bryan never did a shrewder
thing in his life than when he filed a
caveat upon the suggestion of compul
sory insurance and guarantee of de
posits in national banks. The leaders
of the republican party at Washington -
ton may go on with their heads in the
sand ; the big bankers who do notwnnl
the little bankers to gain the advant
age of equal security may pooh-pooh
as much as they like ; the historians
may point out that the Idea Is not
original with Mr. Bryan ; the theor
ists may sneer at what they choose
to call a socialistic proposition. These
things do not change the facts. And
the facts are that deposit insurance
and guarantee under the supervision
of the government and at the expense
of the banks or their customers has
taken a deep hold upon the public a
hold so deep that If one political part >
favors it and the other docs not , the
first gains a distinct and possibly de
cisive advantage in the compalgn
And Mr. Bryan was clever enough to
make sure that his name was associ
ated with the Idea.
"If anyone doubts that this prlncl
pie of deposit Insurance has taken
possession of the country he shoulc
travel through a dozen States , as
have done. The people have perceived
that the trouble with the present bank
ing system is the isolation of the
units ; the facility with which confi
dence In one of these units , standing
alone , may be Impaired ; the rapidity
with which confidence dissolves once
dissolution has begun ; the magic way
In which It overruns the country , from
ocean to ocean. They have perceived
that the government , having compelled
the banks to make absolutely safe one-
twentieth of the system , that repre
sented by the circulating medium or
money , should now compel the banks
to make absolutely safe the remaining
nlneteen-twentleths represented by
the deposits. They have perceived
that as government compels safety ol
note Issues through the malntalnance
of a guarantee fund at Washington , so
it should' ' compel safety of book cred
its by the maintenance of a guarantee
fund Eomowhere , both under government -
ment control and both at the expense
of tbe banks or their customers. "
BIG WRESTLER IS TOO ROUGH IN
HIS WORK.
UNGENTLEMANLY IN THE RING
Gotch Plays the Game Altogether Too
Strong to Suit Those Who Like to
See Clean Sport Does Not Have
to Resort to Such Tactics.
Chicago , April 11. Frank Gotch ,
champion wrestler of the world
: hrough the quitting of Hacken-
schmldt , has one big lesson to learn
n the furtherance of his fortunes as
a popular wrestler. That lesson Is to
wrestle clean.
There was a great deal In what
Hackenschmldt said about Gotch's
uugentlemanly ways In the ring. Ho
lid wrestle n dirty match against
: he Russian , n very dirty match In
fact. The jabbing of his thumb into
the eyes of the Russian was too oft
repeated to permit of any explanation
of accident. Hackenschmidt , on the
other hand , conducted himself in a
gentlemanly manner every second he
was In the ring. His conduct was
much more praiseworthy than that of
Gotch In this respect.
Wrestling Is not a gentlemanly
game in so far as regard for the per
sonal feelings of an opponent goes.
It Is not a pastime for mollycoddles.
Played absolutely fair , it is rough
enough to suit all purposes. Gotch
played It far too strong to suit those
who like clean sport.
It is unfortunate for Gotch nnd for
American sport that this was ( he case.
It was an international contest with
flack the virtual representative of
England in the struggle. Americans
liave had much to fay about English
tricks In sport , but when Hack goes
back and tells the story of the butting
and eye gouging it will furnish the
Englishman a splendid retort when
Americans talk of the bad treatment
of athletes from the United States in
England.
It is all the more regrettable be
cause Gotch Is such a splendid athlete
that he does not really have to resort
to such tactics. He has demonstrated
that he is the world's best. He is a
marvel of speed , strength and clever
ness. It is too bad that he should
have chosen to mar his record as ho
did in the Hackenschmldt match.
There is , of course an excuse for
him In the fact that a small fortune
hung in the balance that It was any
thing to win. Hack , though , havrng
more at stake , did not resort to any
dirty work. He bested the American
decisively In the matter of gentleman-
1 > conduct on the mat. Even when
he saw his title slipping away from
him , he did not resort to any trickery.
He could have lost by punching
Sotch in the face and left the ring a
loser but with his great reputation
inlmpaired. The crowd who detect-
3d Gotch's tactics would have mere
ly thought Hack something of a mar
vel to endure the butting and gouging
so long ns he did. lie could have
struck Gotch and still gone home the
virtual champion an undefeated man.
Instead he appealed to the referee ,
found that official not inclined to pay
attention to his complaints and final
ly threw awny his reputation as a
game athlete and the title of world's
champion rather than resort to what
he manifestly regarded as unfair
work.
Gotch Is just entering his career s
a world's champion. He could find
no better way to popularize himself
than to cut out , In all future matches
anything savoring of dirty wrestling.
He is too splendid an athlete to resort
to anything of this kind. Wrestling
has been given a tremendous boom
by this match and Gotch , as America's
best , should lead the way by working
in such a manner as to make impos
sible any further indictments such as
that of Hackenschmidt.
The complaint of course is that of a
defeated man but , sad to relate there
is too much of the truth in what Hack
says about Gotch's rough work. The
oil story Is too foolish to consider , but
the butting and gouging were mani
fest to every man about the ring
side.
NINE CENTS A DAY.
Chicago Health Department Makes an
Astonishing Statement In Bulletin.
Chicago , April 11. Three square
meals , a bed , a bath and a doctor , If
needed , all for nine cents a day.
This Is the miracle which can be ac
complished which even has been ac
complished , the health department de
clares In Its weekly bulletin. Amount *
spent in excess of that are "frills , "
which may hinder rather than help
the working man. Even this modest
allowance , It is asserted may cause
some to be overfed.
These meals which the health de
partment say can be provided so
cheaply , are not for Invalids or dyspep
tics. They are for the men who toil
with the pick and the shovel nnd are
calculated to produce the greatest
working energy for the least cash out
lay.
lay.No
No one Is to be starved through the
new nine-cent menu , Dr. Evans' spec
iallsts say and then they supply proof
which ought to be sufficient. They
point out that every Individual is to
have 3,200 gram calories per day. All
he really needs , If he has no job Is
1.C20.
The figures of the health department
refer however to lodging houses ant
take no account of the rent to be paid
They are compiled after a carefu
study of the applicants who were
housed during tbe first three months
of the year. The observations provet
to tbe satisfaction of Dr. Brans that
a lodging bouse could be kept clean ,
well heated and ventilated not over
crowded and provide bathing facilities
and leave a good profit at ton cents
per bed.
After making numerous tests of the
strength-giving value of different
< lnds of food , the health department
ilt upon the following dally menu :
Breakfast Bread , butter , sugar ,
coffee , molasses.
Dinner Bread , meat stew with veg
etables , coffee , sugar.
Supper Bread , coffee , sugar , mut-
on soup thickened with vegetables.
Some doubt about this bill of faro
wns entertained until after the phys-
cal examination of some of the lodg
ers was made. Seventeen per cent
) f them were actually overfed , the tie-
mrtment states ; 79 per cent wore In
lormal condition nndI per cent were
inderfed.
The department after reviewing ex-
enslvely Its operations among the un
employed during the first quarter of
he year and giving its estimates on
, ho cost of living reaches the follow-
ng conclusions :
Most men eat far too much and they
would be far happier far healthier and
far more capable of resisting disease
f they would eat much less.
A scientific study of foods would
make it possible for a large proportion
of the population getting small wages
o save , and accumulate some portion
thereof.
FLEES FROM CITY.
President of National Cash Register
Company Mysteriously Attacked.
Now York , April 11. John H. Paterson -
erson , president of the National Cash
register company , has left Dayton ,
Ohio , and is now living in New York ,
as a result of mysterious attacks on
ilm , which have cau&ed him to fear
for his safcti , and that of his family.
Not onb has Mr. Patterson been
compelled to Jlght a remarkable se
ries of attacks on his business and
lersonal character , but he lias re
ceived such warnings as to compel
: iim to maintain an armed force around
ills residence and to tiavel under the
escort of a bodyguard.
Mr. Patterson said at the St. Regis
tiotel today that in addition to moving
tiere himself lie will also transfer the
general offices of his company to New
York. He will begin the reduction of
he working force in Dayton and start
'actories in England and Germany to
supply his trade.
"As rapidly as possible , " he said ,
'I shall withdraw my interests from
Dayton. I have been subjected to per
secution there that seems incredible
o one who is not familiar with the
ilstory of the attack made on me. I
do not attribute our present troubles
: o the labor unions. Certain elements
in Dayton believe we are rooted so
leeply in that city that we cannot
escape. Our payroll amounted to $72-
000 a week and our physical plant is
worth probably $15,000,000. It was a
mistake to establish so great an in
dustry in so small a place. "
SHE HAS SLEPT SIXTY-ONE DAYS.
During That Time a Los Angles Wo
man Has Lost Only Three Pounds.
Los Angles , April 11. Mrs. Beulah
Hawkins has completed the sixty-first
day of n sleep that has puzzled and
baffled the many physicians who have
Investigated her case. She shows no
sign of awakening , and but little hope
for her recovery is entertained. A
gradual loss of weight which first fol
lowed her removal to the hospital has
been regained except for three pounds.
It is generally believed that Mrs.
Hawkins is at times conscious of what
is going on about her and that fre
quent ilutterings of her eye lids in
dicate a desire to shake off the trance
which has been medically described
as cataleptic insanity.
Meat Luxury In New York.
New York , April 11. Retailers have
again put up all meat prices from half
to five cents a pound , and when the
housewife went to the market this
morning she found the new scale of
prices in effect. Porterhouse steaks
that have heretofore been thirty cents
a pound will be thirty-five cents , and
sirloins that have been twenty-eight ,
will be thirty cents. Round steaks
that could have been bought for twenty
two cents a pound last week will be
twenty-three.
Mutton will remain the same , while
spring lamb is to be found in the mar
ket in small quantities at thirty-five
cents a pound for the rib chops , and
thirty cents a. pound for the breast for
roasting purposes.
Pork has taken a tremendous jump
since the meat prices began to rise ten
days ago , and chops are now bringing
eighteen cents a pound. There are
scarcely any pork tenderloins In the
market , while roasting pork is bring
ing sixteen to eighteen cents a pound.
Talk with wholesale dealers devel
oped the fact that there is not likely
to be any further change in the prices
for a month. About the first of May
the cattle raisers of the country will
be able to ship to the markets some
grass fattened cattle and this will
make the supply somewhat greater.
There are no corn fed cattle on the
farms and ranches td speak of , and
those that the farmers have are be
ing held back and shipped gradually
so as to get the advantage of the high
prices now prevailing.
GREAT EATER.
G. W. Kield Eats Thirty-six Banana * ,
Sixty Oranges and Pound Candy.
St. Louis , Mo. , April 11. Missouri
Is in the throes of an eating contest
Several cities have entered their fa
vorite son for gastronomic honors , but
none can compare with tbe record of
George W. KIdd of Monroe City , Mo.
While George consumes only eight
to ten eggs to each meal , he bolda tbe
palm at eating fruit and candy. On
evening b-horUy after a hearty supper
George found that his nppotito was
not quite appeased , so be ate 3G ba
nanas , CO oranges and a pound of can
dy , EO that ho would not retire hun
gry.
gry."I
"I really don't know how much I
could cat , " said Guorgo today , "be
cause eating Is expensive. "
Ho Is 5 feet 10 Inches tall and
weighs 220 pounds.
The feat of John Glffen , of Wlnsted ,
Conn. , who ate 18 eggs at one sitting ,
has been outdone by Prank Rynn , of
Whlteslde , Mo. , who ate 115 at one
sitting , nnd ho had no thought of mak
ing a record. The next day Frank ate
It ) for supper. He likes them scram
bled.
bled.Rocky
Rocky McPlke , of New London , Mo. ,
is willing to meet any man who thinks
ho can eat eggs.
PRESENTED BY FRIENDS AND
NEIG'HBORS.
CAME WHOLLY AS A SURPRISE
A Pleasant Social Evening Was Spent
at the Home of the Mayor , Where
the Presentation Speech Was Made
by E. A. Bullock.
A gold headed cane was presented
to Mayor C. B. Durlaml Saturday
evening by a party of friends and
neighbors who desired to give evi
dence of the personal respect In which
the retiring mayor Is held. The pre
sentation of the cane came as an ab
solute surprise to Mr. Durland. The
party which called on Mr. Durland
met at the home of Burt Mapes and
from there proceeded to the Durland
home.
The presentation speech was made
by E. A. Bullock , Dr. A. Bear upon
whom this duty was to have fallen
having been temporarily detained
down town by business. Mr. Bullock
said :
"This is a gathering of neighbors
and friends to convey to you , Mr. Dur
land , their high regard and affection.
We wish to compliment you on hav
ing performed your duty during your
administration as you saw it. It is my
high honor that on behalf of these
friends I present to you this cane ns
a slight token of their esteem. It is
our hope that this cane will not only
be your physical support but that as
the years go by the motive that
prompted the givers may be a source
of gratification and pleasure to you. "
Mr. Durland expressed his apprecia
tion in a few words.
Lunch had been arranged by the
party. The following men sat down
at the tables : Robert Utter , D. Math-
ewson , E. P. Weatherby , Dr. H. J.
Cole , S. F. Erskine , A. H. Viele , E. J.
Bodwell. Julius Hulff , N. A. Rainbolt ,
E. A. Bullock , Burt Mapes , C. S.
Bridge , Walter Weber of Wayne , A.
J. Durland , D. Rees , L. A. Rothe , Dr.
A. Bear and Mayor Durhmd.
Julius Hulff rendered several violin
selections during the evening.
That the opposition to Mayor Dur-
land's re-election had no personal ele
ments in it was admitted during the
recent campaign. This was brought
out again Saturday evening , some of
the men who joined In the presenta
tion not having been political supporters -
ors of the mayor for re-election.
INDIANS FOR BUFFALO BILL.
Elghty.five Redskins Pass Through
Norfolk For New York.
Eighty-five Indians from the Pine
Ridge reservation passed through Nor
folk Saturday in two special cars ,
headed for the Buffalo Bill wild west
show in New York City.
At Norfolk Junction the redskins
ate lunch. There were big braves ,
squaws and little tiny papooses. They
all wore war paint and feathers , and
were in charge of Bill McCune.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA FREIGHT CUT
It is Such a Reduction in Nebraska
That R. R. Employes Fight.
It Is such a reduction In freight
rates as was effected for western
South Dakota that local railway em
ployes are working against in Ne
braska. Concerning the South Da
kota cut , a special telegram from
Sioux Falls says :
Sioux Falls. S. D. , April 11. Resi
dents of the western half of South
Dakota and shippers in general who
send goods to that part of the state
will be greatly benefited by a new
schedule of freight rates which was
adopted by the state board of railroad
commissioners at a meeting In Sioux
Falls.
It was not until late this afternoon
that the board concluded the work of
adopting the now schedule , which has
been under consideration for some
months.
The entire reductions In freight
rates in western South Dakota made
by the hoard range from 43 per cent ,
to 10 per cent , on merchandise classes
and will show an average reduction
of 15 per cent , on such classes.
On immigration movables on a
distance of 300 miles the rate on car
load lots Is reduced from 43 cents per
100 pounds to 17' cents per 100
pounds , or an average reduction of
about 50 per cent.
The new rate , based on a distance
of 520 miles , which perhaps Is the
greatest distance freight can be
hauled from east to west In South
Dakota , shows a reduction from 70
cents per 100 Opounds to 35 cents per
100 pounds on Immigrants' goods.
It was shown by the Investigations
of the railroad commissioners that
C2 > 4 per cent , of local freight In the
various classes Is moved inside of fifty
miles and that SC' per cent , of all
local freight ln the various classes is
moved inside of 125 miles.
The largest reductions have been
made In the classes that move the
most freight. The reduction by the
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Cook-Stove.
Marvelous how this
stove does awny with
kitchen discomforts
bow cool it keeps the
room in comparison with
conditions whcntha coal
fir * was burning. The quick concentrated heat of the
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goes directly to boil the kettle or bake the bread , and none
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The a lampaf
everyone
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for the parlor ; strong enough for the kitchen , camper
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board Is on that class of goods In
which the reduction will benefit the
greatest number of people , such as
groceries and other articles which go
to make up the necessaries of life ,
and immigrant movables.
It is believed that the railroad com
panies will accept the judgment of
the board and not resort to tbe courts
in an effort to prevent the new rates
going into effect.
DALLAS NOW HAS A WELL THAT
FLOWS PLENTIFULLY.
PLENTY FOR CITY CONSUMPTION
First Municipal Enterprise of the Year
Proves a Big Success and the Busi
ness Men of Dallas Are Encouraged
to Other Effort.
Dallas , S. D. , April 13. Special to
The News : The outcome of the first
municipal enterprise tackled by Dal
las this spring is hailed with general
satisfaction by the citizens and is
looked upon as a propitious omen of
the successful promotion of the town's
interests this coming season. Last
year , when the town was laid out ,
there was so much to be done all at
once that things seemed to lug or get
started on the wrong foot. One of
the things that seemed most discour
aging was the failure to find a plenti
ful supply of water easily accessible.
Two wells were dug , and each of them
yielded water , but not in sufficient
quantity for general consumption for
all purposes and the water from them
has therefore only been used to keep
the reservoir and mains filled for fire
protection. As a starter for this year
it was recently decided by the city
council to make another effort to se
cure a good supply of water , many of
the leading citizens having expressed
a strong dislike to the appearance of
the "water wagon" on the streets o7
Dallas. The contract was let for a
new well and the work begun and be
fore any one thought that the work
\vas more than well started the con
tractor reported that he had struck
plenty of water , and at present the
Dallas well is the wonder of this sec
tion of the country. While the other
wells were sunk to a depth of sixty
feet and secured only a meagre flow
of water , the new one is only twenty-
live feet deep when a heavy vein of
water was found. At present the well
is thirty feet deep and it is intended
to make it ten feet deeper if possible ,
but the work Is attended with great
difficulty owing to the great flow of
water , nnd which becomes still great
er with every inch of depth gained.
In the other wells the Inflow Is from
the sides but in the new one Jt is from
the bottom , five streams as large as
a man's wrist gushing up. A pump
has been rigged to keep the water
down while the digging proceeds that
the big four-inch power pump will
have to be coupled on if the well Is
to be sunk deeper. The well Is four
teen feet In diameter. The water ris
es to the depth of ten feet during the
night.
FOUR HORSE TEAM AND DISC
RAN OVER HIM.
WORKING ALONE IN FIELD
Doras Sandburg of Lynch Js So Badly
Injured That it Does Not Seem Pos
sible That He Will Live , But the
Doctors Have Hope.
Lynch , Neb. , April 11. Special to
The News : Doras Sandberg , an elev
en-year-old boy , was run over by a
four-horse team and disc nnd sustained
a fractured skull and was otherwise
Injured while working In the Held
alone for his father , P. Sandburg ,
elgbt miles northwest of Lynch. All
that Is known of the accident is that
neighbors found the horses nnd took
them home. A search for the boy wan
made and he was found In the Held
as above stated. No one saw the acci
dent and the boy is unconscious. The
doctors bcllevo he will live.
MOTOR CARS STANDARD.
Near Perfection , Barring New Inven.
lions , the Dealers Say.
Kansas City Star : Have the manu
facturers reached a point In the devel
opment of the motor oar which is ns
near perfection as IH possible , or will
a new par which I may buy this year
bo out of date a year hence ? .This
question is heard frequently among
motorists. Another point of discus
sion concerns the prices and whether
they are likely to lie materially re
duced. Inquiry among Kansas City
7i enters brings this consensus of
opinion :
Harrlng some discovery or Invention
which cannot lie foretold , and which
will make plainly desirable a radical
change In structural methods , it is
Mife toj way that the motor car manu
facturers of the world have attained
a standard which is likely to be fol
lowed for many years.
There arc bound to be Improvements
In details. In fact the latest models
prove this , but II is practically cer
tain that the day has passed when the
type of construction will undergo rad
ical changes from year to year , and
the time has come when a person se
lecting a motor car will consider his
purchase with a view to driving the
same car for a series of years , rather
than for a single season. That time
has already come abroad , and In Eng
land and Europe motorists take pride
in using the same car year after year.
Instead of having a new model every
twelvemonth.
As to the matter of price ; that Is
a difficult matter upon which to make
predictions. The general tendency , as
far as there Is any , appears to be
towards a lower level. In several in
stances manufacturers who have each
year added a little to their price to
pay for improvements , have this year
announced reductions. This Is par
ticularly true of the Imported cars ,
some of the leading Importers having
cut their prices materially In order
to bring their cars Into direct price
competition with the best of the Amer
ican product. Comparatively few
American makers have added to the
price of the models for 1908 corresponding
pending to simitar models of last year.
There Is , however , an upward ten-
dnncy but It represents Increased
power and greater capacity. Thus the
hix-cyllnder car of much power and
with a capacity for seven or olght persons -
sons , which stands at tbe top of the
line of several manufacturers , costB
more than the targe four-cylinder , five-
passenger car , which formerly was in
the top place.
In the same way there bas been a
downward tendency by those manufac
turers who have entered the field with
motor cars for the masses. Whereas
a couple of years ago a new car. well
constructed and reliable , with reason
able carrying capacity nnd speed ,
which could be purchased for less than
$1,000 or $1,200 was a rarity , now the
person who desires to become a motor
ist and who does not wish to Invest
more than $1,000 In his car has a
choice of several well known nnd re
liable makes. These low-priced cars
, are mostly of the runabout variety ,
but in construction they are of the
most modern type and that they have
given excellent satisfaction Is appar
ent from the number already In use
and from the undlmlnished demand
for them. New concerns have en
tered the low-priced field this year
and they have demonstrated that a
motor car can be built nt a low prlcn
which is in every respect satisfactory
for the person contented with a small
car , reasonable speed , and with whom
light expense of maintenance Is very
dcfilrable. There arc runabouts whose
price is as tow as $500 and from that
figure the low-priced class may be said
to Include those cars listed at $650 ,
4750 , $850 , $926 , fl.OOO , ft.200 and teen
on up to 11,600.
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