1 THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL FRIDAXAUGUST28 11)08 ) O'NEILL ' POUNDED DOVEE AT THE NELIQH RACES. RACES DIQ FIRST DAY SUCCESS .O'Neill Shut Out Norfolk In First Ball Game , Making Six of Their Nine Scores In the First Inning First Day Crowd Is Large , First dny results nt Nollgh : 2flfi : cliiHB , won by Dr. Rcber , time 2:21 : X ! . 2:20 : class , won by Echo , time 2:19V4. : Two-year-olds , won by Miss Mills of Neligh , time 3:00. : HIIRO bnll game , O'Neill ! ) . Norfolk 0. Thursday's same , Oakdale nnd BrutiBwIck. Friday's game , Norfolk and winners. Neligh , Neb. , Aug. 27. Special to The NOWB : Ideal weather prevailed on the opening day of the seventh an nual race meet and base ball tourna ment In this city. It was one of the largest crowds for a like gathering that this place has ever had. O'Neill predominated in attendance from the outside towns , with Norfolk a close second. . The ball game today will be between Oakdale and Brunswick. The winners will play Norfolk tomorrow. The re sult of the races yesterday were : 2:35 : class , purse $200 : King Boo 3 3 3 Gleadlola 2 2 2 Dr. Raber 1 1 1 Bertlo Colyor 4 4 4 Time. 2:23 : , 2:21 : % . 2:22. : 2:20 : class , purse $200. Echo 1 1 1 Capitola 4 3 4 Bessie Billion 2 2 2 Windsor Walnut 3 4 3 Time 2:194. : . 2:19 : . 2:19V4- : In the two-year-old futurity race , MIsB Mills of this city won two out of three heats. Tlmo 3:10 : , 3:00. : This was for a purse of $200. The Ball Game. The Norfolk-O'Neill ball game was pulled off promptly nt 1:30 : so as to enable the players to got a "look" nt the races. Bovee of Norfolk started the ball going , but was knocked out of the box before the end of the in ning. After 5 runs had been served from his delivery and the bases filled , Klrkland was placed in his stead for the balance of the gamo. Bradley of O'Neill was the most effective at all times. Klrkland certainly had an off day as he hit live men and passed ten. Following IB the score by in nings : A O'Neill G 0111000 0 9 Norfolk 00000000 0 0 Batteries : O'Neill , Bradley , Pow ers and Wilson ; Norfolk. Bovee , Klrk land and Hoffman. Struck out , by Bradley 7 ; Boveo 1 ; Klrkland 9. Hits , \ O'Neill 14 ; Norfolk 7. Umpire , , J Housh. THURSDAY TIDINGS. Father Kearns of Wayne was in the city Wednesday. C. B. Sailer , C. P. Parish , George B Christoph and W. F. Hall went to Nellgh yesterday to attend the bal game. \ Miss Faye Livingston went to Wes Point Wednesday noon. L. Barkdoll of Tilden was in the city Wednesday morning. Mrs. S. U. McFarlaml of Madison was In the ctiy yesterday. Misses Josephine and Cella Mullet went to Scribner Wednesday. Mrs. A. M. Leech and children lef Wednesday noon for Pacific Junction la. Mr. and Mrs. A. Gem of Marco ! line. Mo. , are visiting friends and rel atives in the city. Miss Pauline Edwards of Fremon Is visiting at the home of her aunt Mrs. H. V. Evans. Miss Bessie Wldaman returne from Wayne , Tuesday evening , after short visit with friends. Father Roth Kegel returne Wednesday noon from Neligh , wher he had charge of a funeral service A largo number of Indians passe through the city at noon returnln from the Episcopal church conferenc held near Valentine. S. G. Mayer , Frank Davenport an Dr. Charles S. Parker went to Nelig yesterday morning In an auto to a tend the O'Neill Norfolk game. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Foster a daughter. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hanson at Battle Creek yesterday , Uev. and Mrs. J. C. S. Wellls expect to return to Norfolk from Glenwood Springs , Col. , about Tuesday or Wed nesday of next week. Norton Howe umpired seven games along the Sioux City line last week and Is saining quite a reputation as umpire In this part of the state. Dan Blue moved Wednesday from the Tom Hlght house on West Norfolk nvenuo to the house on the south western corner of Ninth street and Koenigsteln avenue. H. F. Barnhart of this city has been retained by relatives of Rltts In the murder case against W. F. Rlley , now being held In Gregory county , S. D. , for the recent Burke killing. The contract for building the new schoolhouse in Pllger was let to F. J , Woerth of Scribner , one of the con * tractors who built St. Paul's church for $15,290. There were several bids tocclvcd , but Mr Wor-rth wan the low i at Work will begin at onre The contract for putting In a complete wa. U-r Hjstem will bo lot tonight Thi-ro I arc several bidders from Omaha. j Sioux City and Lincoln. I F. P. Harden of Carroll , la. , was In the city Wednesday , looking over the city with the expectation of locating here. Mr. Harden will probably go Into huHlnt'HR with G. C. Lambert. HoskliiB Headlight : U. V. Appleby , of Stanton , was In town Saturday shaking hands with old friends and mnklng Homo new ones. Ho has boon making a thorough canvass of the towns In thin county. According to the old rotation plan of each county fur- nlHhlng a senator In Its turn he foolu that It IB Stanton county's turn to fur nish the nominee. Mr. Appleby Is a pleasant man to meet nnd has many warm friends here , who believe he would make good In the senate. HIS REMARK AT TILDEN IS NOT HELPING AT HOME. Word reaches Norfolk from New man Grove that considerable feeling ias been aroused there by a remark said to have been dropped by C. A. landall at Tilden. Mr. Randall Is the bowman Grove banker seeking to con- Inue himself In the senate-chamber rom the Eleventh district. He is said to have remarked at Til- len recently that "the people of New- nan Grove have to vote as I want hem to. " People at Newman Grove are sale ] o resent the boast that Mr. Randall can drive them to the polls and make hem vote as he dictates. If the remark was made , as is re- > orted , It would Indicate that Mr. landall is something of a political ) oss , himself , In his own eyes. On former occasions Mr. Randal ias claimed credit for the votes at N'ewman Grove. Ho assumed credit 'or the passage of the school bom at Newman Grove a year ago ast spring and told the Fremont Trlb me that he had driven the people of that vicinity Into line. After inter viewing him the Tribune said : "C. A. Randall of Newman Grove was In the city last evening on his re turn home from Lincoln. Mr. Ran lall is very much pleased over the success of an election to issue schoo : iouse bonds had last Friday. It was voted by a majority of five to one to Issue $10,000 In bonds for a fine build ing. The proposition was defeatei In January while Mr. Randall was In Lincoln as state senator. When he re turned home he got busy , with the overwhelming result recorded Fri day. " There was one time when Mr. Ran dall did not claim credit for Newman Grove's vote. That was at the las general election when the Republicans of Newman Grove knifed John H Harding of Meadow Grove for commls sloner. At that time Mr. Randal claimed that his Influence at home was not strong enough to get Re-pub llcan votes for the Republican candi date. Evidently Mr. Randall was in different to the success of his part } ticket at that time. He was not candidate last year for anything. Al though he was under strong obllga tlons to the Republican party , a though he says he controls the vet of his precinct , he did not take enougl Interest in the Republican party's sue cess to prevent the ticket being slaugl tered at the last general election. HALF A THOUSAND HUNG UP FOR CONVICTION. The North Nebraska Live Stock Protective association offers $500 re ward for a horse thief. The first mem ber of this association to be molested was Ernest Behmer , living a half mile north of Hoskins , from whose stable a bay mare , weighing 1,300 , with white stripe In forehead , was stolen Sunday night. The animal is sixteen years old. Ode to Billy Morgan. Walt Mason in the Emporia ( Kan. ) Gazette : "Hand over the dope , " says Billy , "and pass me the medicine can ; though It tastes mighty yellow , and jars up a fellow , I'll swallow It down like a man. No use in a grouch , " says Billy , "no profit In raising a roar ; my back may bo broken , It shall not bo spoken , that my head's corres pondingly sore. The weather is line , " says Billy. says Billy , the buoyant and brave ; "tho dry weather's past , and the corn's growing fast , and it's a pretty good world , " says Billy ; "and the sun Is a peach when it shines ; and If one day Is bum , there are more days to come , and the man Is a chump who repines. " Conferring With the Bosses. According to the Pierce Leader "C. A. Randall of Newman Grove was in Pierce Monday consulting the political bosses and otherwise looking after his political fences. Mr. Randall is a candidate for the renomlnation for state senator from this Eleventh Dis trict. Mr. Randall hag served one term in 'the ' legislature. He Is n banker at Newman Grove. GUARANTEED ATTRACTION FOR START OF SEASON. THE KIND NORFOLK LIKES The Royal Chef , " Containing About Fifty People , Has About Four Times as Much Good Music as "Prince of Pllsen. " There is every Indication that the Norfolk Auditorium will bo filled to ts capacity limit next Tuesday night or the opening feature of the thcat- leal season when "The Royal Chef , " one of the very best musical comedies ever produced , will be seen hero for he first time. Norfolk and north Nebraska always lid love musical comedy. "The Prince > f Pllsen" still lingers In Norfolk's nemory as one of the most delicious easts of wit and music that ever came along. And "The Royal Chef" s a show along the same line , except hat "Tho Chef" contains about four Imes as much clever music as wns u-ard in "The Prince of Pllsen. " Shows This Winter ? It's Up To You. It's altogether up to Norfolk as to whether or not this city will have the ileasure of seeing more good shows his season like "The- Royal Chef. " Mr. Frazee , who owns "The Royal Chef , " is one of the greatest musical comedy producers in the country. He ias a half dozen other big musical comedies along the same order and It will depend upon the size of the audi ence Tuesday night as to whether or not more of Mr. Frazeo's productions can he secured later in the season. "The Roynl Chef" is a guaranteed attraction. The Auditorium manage ment takes the responsibility of guar anteeing it to the public of Norfolk as one of the brightest , cleverest nnd most attractive musical comdles that Norfolk has seen. An effort will be made to book a number of very excellent attractions this season , providing the theatergo ing public will support them. "The Royal Chef" on Tuesday night affords an opportunity to Norfolk to say whether it wants good shows or not. not.The The seat sale will start Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in the business office of The News. Mail orders may be sent In now. Tuesday night will be primary elec tion night and , as the polling places In the state do not close till 9 o'clock- it will be after the show before anj figures on votes will bo available. Norfolk being a center , It is ex pected that many of the leading citl zens of towns near Norfolk will come to town Tuesday night to see "The Royal Chef" and to gather In primary returns later. NEBRASKA'S EXECUTIVE RAN THROUGH NORFOLK STREETS. TO SPEAK AT THE SPENCER FAIR Governor Sheldon on Short Notice Ran Race With Bonesteel Passen ger and Won Out Was In Norfolk Over Night Spencer Fair Is On. A governor late for a train run about like anybody else. And if ho happens to be an athletic oxecutiv like Governor George L. Sheldon he may even shave down the track recon between hotel nnd depot. Governor Sprinted In Norfolk. Governor Sheldon , on Ills way to th Spencer fair , sprinted in Norfol ! Thursday morning. The start was a the Pacific hotel. The finish was a the uptown station of the Northwest ern. It Is a well beaten path coverct by many a north Nebraska travele late for his train. No one ever won over it faster than Nebraska's gover nor. He set a new record. In Norfolk Over Night. Governor Sheldon was in Norfol over night , coming up from Columbu on the Union Pacific. He spent th night at the Pacific , expecting to tak the noon train to Spencer , whore h delivers a non-partisan speech at tli Spencer fair. At 7:30 : a. in. ho dis covered that a morning train ran to Spencer. A campaign is on in Ne braska and Spencer , together with Neligh , is the crowd-center of north Nebraska this week. Governor Shel don has seen ' .sompthliig of north state people and ho likes to mix with them. "Spencer for me , " said the governor In effect as lie made a dash from the hotel. Not a cab was in sight. Made the Train. As the governor took the hotel stops In one bound the Bonesteel passen ger pulled out of the South Norfolk station. The governor gained on the Inclined walk on South Fifth. As the train made one side of the "Y" the governor rounded the corner at Madi son avenue. Then he lost time on a lock of bad walks But ho came In j n a fust sprint on the final The ROV rnor raced the platform HKu any Nor ilk ttavolor with a long list of towns' ' ml a whorl day. And ho made his rain. But there was no time to spare evoral men had hurried to the train o see the governor. They saw the print and the vanishing llguro of the ovornor us the train whirled round lie curve by the brick yards. No uore. Is n Racer. Governor Sheldon Is a racer , both n a political and athletic sense. He s a comparatively young man of ath- otic build , something on the order of Bill" Hay ward , secretary of the na- lonal committee , who was recently In Norfolk. Sheldon served In the Spanish war as captain In "Bryan'H eglment. " This year it Is conceded hat ho will outrun both ends of the icket and oven partisan Democrats dmlt his election. The Spencer fair started Wednes- ay and runs the rest of the week. The governor , it was announced , will nako one or two other speeches up he north line on this trip. AINSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH HOLDS MEMORIAL. Alnsworth , Neb. , Aug. 2C. Special o The News : Sunday closed three ears' service by Rev. Joseph A. John son as pastor of the First M. E. church In this city. His work has been very effective for good , and he has the respect and confidence of all of our people. The service Sunday morning was in .he nature of a memorial for the mem bers of the church who had passed nto the great beyond. The following are the names of those who had died previous to his three years' service : Anna Allen , Phellnda Brant , Mrs. E. H. Edwards , Tessie Frame , Lowrant Fournler , Mary Huffman , Emla F. Hughes , Alice Kizer , Edgar A. Keech , sr. , Matilda Lull , John Lutes , Lida M. Loomis , Eliza A. Murray , Chester Ogden , W. A. Pierce , John Rockfellow , Maria Stiles , Henrietta Shepherd , Mary Sawyers , Warner Sophcr , C. A. D. Wiswell , Mary Wood , Wlllet Larra- jee , Mary Larrabee , Caroline Crane , Wm. H. .Hall , Harrison Johnson , Mrs. H. Turner. The following members have died n the past three years : James West- over , Caleb HIvely , Rosa VanEpps , Tressle Cheney , Ellen M. Loomis , W. H. Bickner , John Hannon , George Plxley. ' Northwest Nebraska Conference. The annual conference begins at Long Pine Wednesday evening with a lecture by Bishop Mclntyre on "Buttoned Up People. " Thursday , August 27 : 9:00 : a. m. Sacrament of the Lord's supper , administered by Bishop Mc lntyre. 10:00 : a. m. Business session. 1:30 : p. m. Examinations. 2:30 : p. m. Missionary sermon , de > livered by Rev. C. E. Council. 3:30 : p. m. Annual meeting Preach ers' Aid society , Rev. Eighmy , presld- ing. 7:30 : p. m. Home mission and church extension anniversary. Ad dress by Dr. George Elliott. Friday , August 28 : 9:00 : a. m. Devotional service. 9:30 : a. m. Conference business ses slon. 10:30 : a. m. To be announced. 2:30 : p. m. Anniversary of Woman's Foreign Missionary society. 4:00 : p. m. Anniversary of Forelgr Missinnary ( society/ / . Address , Rev. J. B. Trimble , D. D. 4:00 : p. m. To be anounced. 7:30 : p , mi Anniversary of For elgn Missionary society. Address Rev. J. B. Trlraple , D. D. Saturday , August 29 : 9:00 : a. m. Devotional services. 9:30 : a. m. Cojnference business session. 2:30 : p. m. To bo announced. 4:00 p. m. Committee meetings. 7:30 : p. m. Board of education , an niversary address , Chancellor David son of the Nebraska Wesleyan Uni versity. Sunday , August 30 : 9:00 : a. m. Conference love feast , led by Rev. R. H. Gammon. 10:00 : a. m. Ordination services. 10:30 : a. m. Sermon by Bishop Mc lntyre. 3:00 : p. m. To be announced. 7:30 : p. in. Anniversary of the board of Sunday schools. Address by Dr. David G. Downey. Reading of Appointments , by Bishop. MAYOR STURGEON HEARS FROM INTERESTED PARTY. Mayor Sturgeon has received a let ter from a man desiring to learn con ditions in Norfolk with regard to a street car franchise. Mr. Sturgeon is now corresponding with the party , asking details , and ho will bring the matter up before the Commercial club. Interest in the ads. increases your Interest In all human affairs. VETERAN ADVERTISING MANA GER RESIGNS POSITION. ROUNDS OUT TWENTY YEARS. Mr. Darlow Has Severed His Connec tion With the Union Pacific to De vote His Entire Time to Managing Private Business Affairs. Alfred Darlow , for twenty years ad vertising manager for the Union Pa cific railroad , and one of the best known railway advertising men In the world today , has Just resigned his po sition and will assume active manage- netit of the C. D. Thompson AdvertlB- ng agency of Omaha , In which he tiolds a controlling Interest , September 1. Mr. Darlow Is well known in Nor folk , where he has many warm friends , ncldentally it is of interest to note hat the C. D. Thompson Advertising agency wns founded by a Norfolk man , C. D. Thompson having gone to Orna- tia from Norfolk a score of years ago io launch the agency that has now srown Into one of the most conspicu ous. Mr. Darlow is one of the men who have made advertising a science and to his efforts nnd his Ideas Is due much of the growth and prosperity > f the Union Pacl.Sc railroad. Mr. Darlow is a prince among men. Ho is a loyal boat. It fell to his lot a couple of years ago , when the l > os Angeles limited train waa Installed be tween Chicago and Los Angeles , over the Northwestern , Union Pacific and San Pedro roads , to entertain thirty- five newspaper men from all over the United States , and he did it in Ideal manner. Thousands and thousands of words of free advertising were printed In news columns of the leading papers and magazines of the country as a re sult of that trip. Concerning Mr. Darlow the Omaha Bee says In part : Alfred Darlow is perhaps the most prominent and widely known railroad advertising man in the United States. He Is one of the old guard who has made advertising a science. Favored with a classical education in the best seats of learning in Europe , his tal ents for literary work were given a wide scope In early training , which the work of later years required and as a result , the Union Pacific has long since come to bo known for Its superior quality of literature. Unlike many men who find in this business only a commercial advantage , Mr. Darlow brought to it the touch of the man of letters and made of his ad vertising work a sphere of literary excellence that has attracted attention throughout the country , at the same time multiplying the benefits of the Union Pacific. For years Mr. Darlow has been an ardent student of the west. With its early and current history , Its resources its developments and Its topography , population and minutest characteris tics ho is thoroughly familiar. The entire transmlssourl country , which the Union Pacific han exploited com mercially , Darlow has exploited with his pen and through him the artist with his brush. This vast empire has for years been the back yard of this man's pastime. Over every foot of its boundless area , so to speak , ho has traveled and retravelert and on every phase of its character lie has written and today ho has a library full ol books on the west , many of which were written either by him or under his ( ! ! rection and for scores of others he has complied the data. Darlow , in fact , has been recognized these many years as an authority on the great west and his works have been sought fat and wide. Touch of the Artist. A man of critical tastes , he has given to his works the touch of the artist , both in his own literary style and in the selection of his Illustrations- Because of his penetrating research the wonderful works of nature in the Yellowstone , the Rockies , the Sierras , on the Pacific and oven on the great , fertile prairies of Nebraska have been made to appear in their actual form , unfolding wiSh mfnutest simplicity , stratum by stratum , the layers of na ture's handiwork. As a statistician Darlow has never been as ambitious as Mulhall , perhaps , yet seriously , he has taken some rank. The farmers , business men and educators caters who have had to gather informa tion of crops , soil and resources of Nebraska , have long appreciated this fact. His annual and periodical crop and soil bulletins and his compiled works have for years filled a largo sphere In the Industrial and commer cial life of the state. Mr. Darlow has achieved some dis tinct successes in the line of special advertising for his road. His Lucln- Ogden cut-off enterprise was perhaps his greatest. When that marvelous piece of railroad bridging Salt Lake was formally opened , E. II. Harrlman took a trainload of railroad officials and newspaper men of all parts of the United States as his guests out throughout the west , over the cut-oft and as far as the eastern boundry line of California. This was Darlow's op portunity. To him was delegated the business of entertaining the newspaper men and how well ho did that was told and retold In every publication of con * sequence in the country. No Limit to Space , It waa Bold that Darlow secured foi the company , the Union Pacific , al kast ' " < tun1 wi-i'ds of free advertising 'i- ' the result of this trip. That was foolixh 1'orlmps oui > 7i. ! ( > 00 words wiTO published at Iho Mini' exploit Ing the trip ami what It opened up ( > those aboard , but It would bo Im possible to oHllnmto tno thousands of words later written and the thouHiindu of Illustrations printed as a direct ro- suit of that great feat of advortlBlng Onlly papers , weeklies , monthly mag- a/.lnoH were full of the matter for months , because It was good matter ; It made most valuable reading , but It cannot bo denied that It made excel- lout advertising. The perfection of this gigantic scliome of advertising Involved a task of Immense proportions tions and require ! skill In the hand ling that was a Hcloncr within Itaolf. Then' are a few advertising men In the country , who like Mr. I > arlow , have made their vo cation a science and among ( huso he holds a high rank. Recently St. Elmo Lewis , the noted advertising agent of Michigan , conceived the Idea of form ing a select organ I/at Ion of such ad vertisers and he wrote a personal letter - tor to Mr. Darlow , Inviting his co operation. This company Is composed of about fifteen or twenty and will hold one mooting a year In a central point of the United States , where bus iness and social matters are to bo dis cussed. Dahlman Strongest Candidate. O'Neill Democrat : The race for the governorship In Nebraska this year Is fcolng to bo a most Interesting and exciting contest. H Is apparent that Governor Sheldon Is much strong er than Taft in Mils state. The Dem ocrats have three men Reeking the nomination , Ashton C. Shallenbergcr , George W. Berge and James C. Dahl man , and in choosing among them wo should sec that the man selected Is the man that will make the host nice nnd the best governor when elected. Shallenberger is well known In Ne braska , having mad o the race two years ago against Sheldon and was defeated. Ho is a very able man , a good speaker and well equipped to hold office of such prominence. Berge , who has been a candidate for Iho nomination of 'governoror ' a number of years , is a man of weak personalty. As a lawyer and an edi tor lie has not been eminently success ful. He has few close personal friends' his apparently egotistic manner being repellant , yet ho Is undoubtedly sin cere In his advocacy of democratic principles. He is a good public speaker , but in power can only bo likened to an engine having an ex haust exceeding its boiler capacity when he makes a speech he requires a long rest before making another. James C. Dahlman appears for the first time as a candidate for a state office. Dahlman is a man of strong personality , absolutely honest , frank and fearless. He Is a Nebraska pion eer and has made his way to the front alone and unaided. Ho is a shrewd business man , and throughout his ca reer In western Nebraska , and his many years as commission merchant in South Omaha , has retained the high est esteem of thos witli whom ho has had business dealings. He is the best mayor Omaha ever had. Both conv merclnllyy and financially Omaha nev er made such strides as under his firm administration. He has his faults like the other candidates , but they are un concealed his frankness Is proverbial. Ho believes In the licensed saloon as against prohibition so does Sheldon. Two years ago Sheldon received the united support of the liquor interests in his race for governor Dalilman would divide this support witli him in a race this year. This Is not an argu ment , but a statement of conditions political. Dahlman has a legion ol warm personal friends throughout every portion of Nebraska men who have known him since the days of wagon trails in this state , and men who would lead a strong campaign for his election. In our judgment , after a careful review of the situation , we believe Dahlman Is many thousam votes stronger In Nebraska than either of his onnoncnts. should he be callei upon at the primaries to make the race. The Wayne Institute. Wayne Herald : The annual Wayne county teachers' Institute will be hole In the court house , commencing nox Monday and continuing five days. A good corps of Instructors have beoi secured by Superintendent Llttell as follows : Superintendent Geo. D. Car rlngton of Auburn , Superlntendon E. P. Wilson of Wayne , Miss Laura Phillips of Cedar Falls. la. , Prof. F M. Gregg of Peru , Mrs. Francis Wai lace of Fremont and ox-Superintend out C. H. Bright of Wayne. A largo attendance of teachers from all eve the county is oxpectcd. Mennonites Want a Teacher. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Aug. 21. Spocla to The News : A salary of $50 pe month and board Is offered by th managers of the Wolf Crook Monnim- Ito colony In Hiitchlnson county for a good nialo teacher who will teach the colony school during the coming yoar. Last year the colony school had to bo kept closed because of the inability of the colonists to secure a suitable teacher , but with the liberal salary offered this year It Is believed a teacher can bo secured. The colony runs its school Independently of the regular rural schools of the county mire's handiwork. The Life Strenuous In Wisner. Wlsner Free Press : Master Arthur Wegner had his right arm broken at the wrist Saturday evening In a scuf fle with his play-fellow , Ernest Schlr- mer. The accident happened at the merry-go-round and was the climax of a mud battle , COUNTRY TO DE OPENED IS VERY WELL WATERED. SELLING NOW AS HIGH AS $3O Deeded Indian Lands In Trlpp County are Bringing From $18 to $30 hi Open Market Right Now Great Opportunity for Poor Man. Gregory , S. 1) . , Aug. 27. Special to 'ho News : The opening to luimiv toad settlement of Trlpp county will irlng In a million acres of UH llnu and as can bo found In one body any * vhoro In the world. The country lw ; ontly undalatlng and covered witli itiffalo and salt grasses. The soil H deep , rich black loam , very pro- uctlvo and very fertile and will grow romcndous crops. The country l veil watered by more than a doveic argo crooks and the Koya Palm and Vhlto rivers and has an abundant ainfall. Deeded land In Trlpp county B now soiling at from $18 to $30 per cro with no Improvements. This irlco from the government for the * anils to he opened to settlement will 10 $0 per aero for all land filed upon ) rlor to Juno first. It is needless to Kay that the opon- ng of Trlpp county to homestead settlement will create the greatest- and rush in the history of tin ? Tnltod States. This will be one of lie last chances for a poor man to BO.- euro n farm and home which IB cor- aln to make him a fortune In u few ears. At the same time that this vast > ody of land Is thrown open to home steaders , the government will also ocate and survey several now town- sites , one of which will he the county seat of the new county soon to ho or ganized , and sell the lots at auction , t is thought those townsitos will bo ocatod along the line which will bis followed by the Northwestern rail road when they begin the construc- lon of this branch on through to the Hack Hills. It is expected that large lumbers of Investors will secure lo cations In these now towns and that wo or three of them will bo cities of a couple of thousand inhabitants as soon as opened. Particularly wilt he county seat of the new county spring into prominence as a yomifS municipality. WON'T ' HAVE TOJTAND IN LINE New Trlpp Opening Will See Many Objectionable Features Cut Out. In its many features of Interest thcs new Trlpp drawing will equal or sur pass the Bonostool rush. There wilt bo a bigger crowd , a more substantlaF country , far bettor accommodations. The plan adopted for this registra tion and drawing Is similar to that used in the Gregory opening , but cer tain objectionable features which Im posed hardships on applicants for res ist ration have been eliminated. At former openings applicants were ro- iiuirod to appear in person and slaml. in line often for a considerable leugtls of time , until olllcers of the govern ment examined into and doterrnlnoif their qualifications and registered ! thorn , while at the approaching open ing no line will bo formed and the people ple will bo permitted to send In tholr applications by mall or otherwise to the superintendent after they have boon sworn to In one of the towns designated. Railroad Notes. Sioux City Tribune : Papers in the eastern part of Iowa have It that the Northwestern road ts preparing to build the long delayed extension be tween Alden and Eagle Grove , polnt- ng to the work going forward on the old Chicago , Iowa & Minnesota line , northwest of Alden , for proof. Years ago the C. I. & M. road was incor porated for the purpose of building a line from Alden to Eagle Grove * and possibly further north and west. This was before the Northwestern absorbed the old Chicago , Iowa & Da kota road. The merging company now has a gang of laborers at worlc on the old C. I. & M. grade putting the fences In shape , cutting the woods and generally cleaning up. Others arc of the opinion that the * company is doing the work only tr > maintain its rights to the property until such time as It Is ready to inako use of the grade for the long con templated extension. DIED AT 6:30 : THURSDAY MORN ING , FOLLOWING OPERATION. Battle Creek , Nob. , Aug. 27. Special to The News : Postmaster F. H. L. Willis of this town died at 0:30 : o'clock this morning , following the surgical operation performed upon him Tues day night for cancer of the stomach. Mr. Willis was a faithful member of the Methodist church and a Mason. The funeral will be held under Masonic uuspices , either Saturday or Sunday.