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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1908)
THK NORFOLK WEEKLY NKWS-JOUHNALi FRIDAY , SEPTEMDEKIS CHARGED WITH CEMENT DLOCK AND DEER VAULT CASES. Three Norfolk boys run King be tween tin ; ages of thirteen anil sixteen - teen years Hiont | the night In tlio city Jail ninl wore arrnlmiod liuforu Police Judge Elm-ley tlilH morning on the charKo of "ninllclouB destruction of property. " Tlio thri'u youths wore Nod Winery , nfiod thirteen , Chester HoiiBh , aged Hlxteon , mul ( lny Storm , n boy of iihout tlio same ago. Tlio youthful trio were nrrcHled late yes- tcnlny liy Chief of Police 1'otora. Tlio nrroHt followed police Investl- iatlon ; wlilcli eonnortuil the boys with two nets of lawlessness the night before - fore , one the raiding of thu cuini'iit block factory of W. King & Iloekon- ilorf mul tlio other the breaking Into tlio Stoiv. beer vmilt. It IH Hiilil that sonio of the boys con- fcHHcd tholr guilt In these two cases. In Judge Elsoley's court the three youthful prisoners were put under bonds of | CO each to uppenr Saturd'iy. City Attorney llnzon la prosecuting tlio case and .Indue Powers and K. P. Wentliorliy tire defending. An effort will be made to send all thieo to tlio reform school. CEMENT BLOCKS DAMAGED Vandnls During the Night Invaded Ccrncnt Block Factory. W. King H IlecUondorf , cement block manufacturers , found tholr stock of cement blocks Imtlly demoralized at daybreak. Vandals during the night had torn up the piles of blocks and had battered many blocks. Mr. King was told that a' lumber wagon had backed up at the factory at 10 o'clock last night but the witness , thinking It to be one of the proprietors , said noth ing. BEER VAULT BROKEN INTO Four Times Within Two Weeks Storz Vault Burglarized. The Storz beer vault on North t > Seventh street was broken Into dur ing the night and n case of beer stolen. This IB the fourth offense of this character - actor that has happened In the Storz vault during the past two weeks. The beer belonged to Emll Moeller. "On The Bridge at Midnight. " "On the Bridge at Midnight , " a mel low and exciting melodrama , came to town last night Hying under false colors , and the company cant como back to this burg. They said they had a draw-bridge scene in which the jack-knlfo bridge doubled up. They had a draw-bridge , all right enough , but she didn't draw. It just stayed still. If they had a real , live draw bridge they must have left It on the way. The company claimed they had liud an accident the night before with the draw-bridge , so they may bo partially excused. Hut a lot of us who wont to see the draw-bridge perform just as It was advertised to do , had a legitimate kick coming. Outside the failure to produce the principally ad vertised feature of the show , "On the Bridge at Midnight" was plenty thril ling. The company Is well balanced nnd every part was well taken. And there was plenty of applause at criti cal moments. , ' ? West Point News. West Point , Neb. Sept. 11. Special to The News : The body of Mrs. Kate nankin ( neo Kato Elslnger ) , who died suddenly In South Omaha , was brought here and Interred in the fam ily vault In the public cemetery. The deceased was thirty-four years of age and was born and brought up In West Point , being the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Elslnger , sr. , plon- eer settlers. She leaves a husband nnd a son. Funeral services were held ! ) > Rev. G. W. Crofts , D. D. , pastor ot the Congregational church. Mrs. Minnie Kittle , a former resi dent of West Point , died In a hospital In Omaha. She was formerly Miss Minnie Thurston and with her father , D. B. Thurston , and his family was one of the earliest residents of West Point. She has been a widow for the last seventeen years and Is survived by three children , two brothers nnd a .sister. The rural mall carriers of Cumlng county have elected the following of- floors of the local society : President , J. W. Rich , West Point ; vice president ; G. W. Brlggs , Boomer ; secretary , W. Smith , Beemer , and treasurer , William Parley of Wlsner. y TUESDAY TOPICS. M. 0. Gaylnrd is quite 111. Henry Miller became sick Sunday. Frank McGahn has gone to Iowa to visit friends. G. R. Seller went to Monowl Monday - day on business. Mrs. I. Elllngson of Center was In Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. M. Desmond of Omaha Is vis iting Mrs. Harry Loder. Frank Simon came up from Stanton to visit W. L. Lehman. Miss Nettle Franklin of Fremont IE hero to make a week's visit with Miss Bertha Wllklns. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. F. Smith returnee Monday noon from a visit at Slou > City. City.Mrs. . H. Mansko and daughter Clara , returned from Sioux City Sun day evening. Charles Howard and fatally o Snydcr , Colo. , are In the city visiting frlumlH. A. K Hard of Crelghtou stopped hero on hu return homo from the Sioux City races. Mlas Jennie Mills nnd Mlsa Bertha PUgcr returned to Stanton yesterday , after having npnitl a day at tholr homes In Norfolk. Mrs. F. II. Scott and BOII loft Mon- 'lay ' morning for Kearney where her son will attend the military school. After a short visit at Kearney Mrs. Scott will return home. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moldenhaucr. Mr. and Mrs. Au-jiiPt Kaasch. Miss Agnes Haosch , Hugo Haasch nnd Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kurht attended the Frnu Vereln at Battle Creek. Among Iho day's out of town visi tors were : II. I ) . Mnthcwi. W. C. IClly. .1. Harth. Madison ; E. P. Me- Mnnlg , M. Kellhe , David City ; C. A. Kandall. Newnmii drove ; H. M. Srott , Plain view ; Miss Ida Ollvo. Lynch ; John Gorwln. Wayne ; L. C. Warren , J. G. K > rlss. Louis Engort. W. C. Campbell , Miss Ethel Irvlu , J. F. Green , Croljshlon : Hov. II. Jacobs , P. D. Case , Wood L-tko ; E. B. Hanson mil wife , Harllngton ; A. B. Ayres. D. D. S. , Long Pine ; J. F. Edersteln , Dalian ; A. E. Bard , A. E. Moore , A. J. Me.GIll , J. F. lloyd , Nelkh , A. B. Dillon. Oakdalo , W. R. Chelly. Blair ; John Brunne , Bonosteol. Miss Hell White Is qulto seriously 111. The Madlbon county commissioners met yestorday. J. S. Jackson , of the News staff , Is enjoying a vacation at his home In Nebraska City this week. Edward Perry , who formerly con ducted the Omaha restaurant at South Norfolk , has moved to Seattle. A reunion of the Nathan Hewlett family was held Sunday at his homo eight miles south of town. Photo graphs of the group , which numbered thirty-two , were taken. A largo number of Norfolk people are planning to take In the Stanton county fair Thursday , leaving this city Thursday noon and roturnlng on the evening train. Thursday will be "Nor folk day" at the fair. 'Mr. and Mrs. Burl Mapes loft this morning for a drive overland to Garfield - field county , where Mr. Mapcs went to look at a bunch of cattle. The drive will req lire about two days each way , maklmweek's trip altogether. J. fathowson and W. J. Stadcl- man of Norfolk and Mr. McGraw of Sioux City have gone hunting on Geese Lake , In Holt county. They went to Bwlng and drove from there to the south end of Goose Lake. Activity with regard to soliciting funds for the projected $25,000 Y. M. C. A. building In Norfolk has been temporarily suspended until the return of D. Mathewson from his northwest ern trip. About $17,000 has now been raised. The Bryan club , nt Its meeting last night , made arrangements for the en- tertalnment of Senator Owen of Okla homa when he arrives In Norfolk next week to open the Democratic presi dential campaign. It was determined that the address should be delivered n the Auditorium. Charles Clayton , a 12-year-old son of Henry Clayton , living at Enola , twelve miles southwest of Norfolk , is In a critical condition as the result of being kicked by a horse. The lad's skull Is fractured and his arm broken. Fears for his recovery are entertained. The lad was ! u the barn when the accident occurred. The entertainment committee of the Elks lodge Is making preparations for about two parties each month during the coming winter ; one dancing party a month an- one part } of some other nature. It is probable that the dates for the entire series will soon be is sued , so that members of the lodge may make plans accordingly. People who have traveled over northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota during the past few days say that the hot winds have too rapidly matured some of the corn , making It light ; but It Is also figured that this same corn might likely have been nipped by the frost but for those hot winds. R. U. Willems' was not seriously In jured In his fall from a horse Monday morning , although his Injuries were se verely painful. It Is said that no In ternal Injuries resulted , as was at first feared by his family. A peculiar fea ture of the accident was the fact that the horse being ridden by Mr. Wil lems did not become frigHtened , ap parently , until after the automlbile had passed. N. W. Clover says that he will con tinue to maintain his office as com mercial agent for the Union Pacific , in Norfolk. Mrs. Clover Is now in Fremont - mont and will shortly visit her pa rents in Lincoln. Mr. Clover says that while he has sent his household goods to Fremont to be stored , he may move back to Norfolk at holiday time or In the spring. IIo says that he expects to keep his office open hero one day each week , probably Saturdays , and that the balance of the time he will devote to work on the road. Valentine Prepares for Rush. Valentino , Neb. , Sept. 15. Special to The News : A big rush and a big crowd Is being looked for hero when the registering for the Trlpp county land begins. Land seekers are already beginning to come and Valentine Is making every possible preparation to take core of all that como and as the best part of the Trlpp land lays close to Valentino people desiring to see the land can drive from here very easily nnd all kinds of transportation will be available. An Atchlson grocer has the follow' Ing slen In his window : "Peck has- f kets , all sizes. " FIVE KILLEDJN WRECK , Train Rollt Down Embankment Clarkid l , MUi. ClnrkBdRlo , Mlna. , SepU IB. Flv persons uro known to have boon killed nnd twenty-six we.ro Injured In a wreck on the Yaioo and MltmlBslppI Vulloy railroad , two mile * Houth ot hero , when two couchcH of a passenger train rolled down an embankment. Two or three passenger * are unaccounted for and It Is possible their bodies will bo found under the wreckage. The known dead : Mrs. Vlrglo Gra ham of Gloudorn , Mlaa. ; Miss Ainbet Ruasoll of Andlng , Miss. ; Mrs. Rob- crt M. Gay of Glend'orn , Miss. ; un known white woman ; J. H. Perkins , well known Memphis business man. The wrecked train loft Jackson , Miss. , at G:25 : a. in. and upon approaching preaching Clarksdnlo was behind Its bchodulo and was running at an un usually high rate of speed , when , with out warning , the chair car and day coach le.lt the track. Alter being dragged several yards , the two coach es , which wcro well filled with pas sengers , broke loose fioiu the can ahead and turned over an embank ment and were crushed Into a mass o ( wood and Iron. CHICAGO "FRAT" FIGHTJN COURT , Pupil Denies Right ol School Board to Expel Him. Chicago , Se.pt. 15. The light which la being waged by Chicago high school Iraturnlties against the school board for the right to retain membership lu secret societies was carried Into thu courts. Edwaid McDonald , a suspend ed pupil at the Hyde Park high school , llled a petition in mandamus In thu circuit court , denying the right of the board to expel him for failure to slgu a pledge ienouncing his fraternity mombeiBhtp. and asking that a writ bo Issued compelling his reinstate ment as a pupil iu the school. McDonald was suspended last wools by H. B. Looinls , principal of thu school , after ho had declined' to sign a pledge that ho would have nothing further to do with high school secret societies of any description. Superin tendent Cooley of the board of educa tion claimed authority to deny stu dents the right to attend school un less they so pledge themselves and caused the expulsion of fifty-two stu dents. CANVASSING BOARD MEETS , _ Messengers Will Be Sent to Delin quent Counties for Returns. Lincoln , Sept. 15. The state can vassing board mot at the otlice of. thu secretary on state today to cauvens the returns of the recent atato-wlUu primary. There are only flvo counties missing now , and two of them hava prouii&ed to have tholr rotuius hero during the day. The counties yet to hear Irom are Douglas , Hawea , Hitch cock , Polk and Thayor. The threats of contests and large number ot can didates on the ticket in Douglas have delayed the returns from that county , but they arc promised in duo time. Messengers will be. sent to delin quent counties tor returns at thu ex pense ot those counties. The law makes provision for such action and members ot the board will uct at ouca unless all returns arc in by this even ing. Two New Schools at Alliance. Alliance , Neb. , Sept. 15. St. Agnes academy , the first Catholic institution of Importance in Nebraska west ol Grand Island , has boon thrown open to a full attendance. The building cost about $35,000. $ It has been built during the past year , and through the efforts of Father W. L. McNamara is practically free from debt. The acad ciny Is under the management of the Sisters of St. Francis. The now pub lie high school , also begun a year ago , will be opened in ten days , and these two new schools will relieve a congested condition which has existed for several years. Lincoln Negroes Allege Persecution , Lincoln , Sept. 15. Claiming they were persecuted by the police depart ment because they refused'to join an anti-Tatt club , fourteen negroes ap peared before the city attorney to de in nnd justice. They were arrested at a club room on the charge of belling liquor without a license. The police department is lu charge of P. H. Cooper , an appointee of F. W. Brown , the Democratic mayor of Lincoln and a close peisonal friend of William J. Bryan. Chief Cooper stated that the assertion of the colored1 men was ridic ulous. German Lutherans to Build School. Lincoln , Sept. 15. The German Evangelical Lutheran synod has de cided to build a theological school lu Lincoln , and have raised about $10,000 for that purpose. Promises of several other large donations have been giv en. A committee , headed by Rev. Wupper of Hc/aper , has the work In charge. Prowett Appointed to Clerkship , Fullerton , Neb. , Sept. 15. Another young Nebraskan has been appointed to a prominent position by the UnlU-d States government. William Prowett has received a telegram from Wash ington announcing his appointment to the clerkship of the Insular treasury of the Philippine islands. You can write a good-enough classi fied ad. to sell anything that's sal able. Try a News want ad. ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION - TION HELD IN NORFOLK. ' i Dentists of north Nebraska began arriving In Norfolk on early morning't ' trains to attend the annual meeting of the northeast Nebraska Dental as sociation. The sessions were sched uled for Marqunrdt hall and an In teresting exhibit was arranged. Sup per for members of the society will bo served at the Oxiuird hotel this evening. Following Is the program : Papers. "Tho Sixth Year Molar , " A. Burge Ayres , Ix > ng Pine. Discussion , opened by M. E. Eby , llartlngton. "Methods and Appliances that Hnvo Made Good , " C. M. Burrls , Randolph. Discussion opened by C. E. Wai- den , Lynch. "llnrinony , Not 111 Will. Should Prevail - vail Among Competitors , " W. H. Mul len , Hloomlleld. Discussion opened by H. T. King , Fremont. "Eilucallni ; the Public , " T. B. Heck- crt , Wayne. Diseiibslon opened by W. M. Con don , Humphrey. Clinics. "Methods of Casting Veneer Inlays applicable to the same cavity prepara tions as for foil or amalgam lllllngs , " II. J. Cole , Norfolk. "Cast Inlays , " G. B. Balrd , Fremont. "Demonstrating Use of Acollto as Applied to Crown Work , " J. F. Daly , Wlsner. "Demonstrating Use of Taggart Casting Machine , " E. A. Meservey. Kearney. Officers of the association are : G. M. Mullen , Crelghton , president ; H. Thomson , West Point , vice president ; H. J. Cole , Norfolk , secretary. MADISON CENTRAL COMMITTEES Republican and Democratic Organiza tions Now Perfected. The following additional Mndlson county central commltteomen have been added to the list in order to make up a complete committee : Nor folk First ward , Herman Winter ; Second ward , A. Morrison ; Third ward , H. C. Matrau ; Fourth Ward , Fred Koerber ; outside precinct , Her man Buettow. These , together with the commltteemen selected over a week ago , constitute the eDmocratlc central committee. Those previously named were : J. F. Flynn , Norfolk ; George Wheeler , Warnerville ; A. E. Craig , Valley ; Nick Smith , Euola ; John Mow- vor , ( Union ; Phil \f. \ Knapp , Gireen Garden ; C. D. Jenkins , Kalamazoo ; John Horrlcks , Emerlck ; James Os- born , Schoolcraft ; Oscar Sunderinan , i Falrvlew ; Pat Stanton , Jefferson ; J. B. Flchter , Grove ; J. A. Boessler , Meadow Grove ; James Brown , North Deer Creek ; W. E. Hoover , South Deer Creek ; Frank S. Wright , High land ; George W. Losey , Battle Creek ; A. M. Kochle , Madison ; Frank Witt , Shell Creek. The Republican county central committee , as previously named and reappoiated again Saturday Is : C. P. Byerly , Norfolk , outside ; M. D. Ty ler , Norfolk , First Ward ; Burt Mapes , Norfolk- , Second ward ; R. H. Rey nolds , Norfolk , Third ward ; W. H. Liv ingston , Norfolk , Fourth ward ; Al Richardson , Valley ; W. S. Crook , North Deer Creek ; Charles Keetter , | South Deer Creek ; Julius Wagner , Grove ; Henry Massman , Highland ; Fred Volk , Battle Creek ; B. B. Me- Glnnls , Warnerville ; William Besk , Enola ; Wm. Isenhower , Union ; Oscar Bostrom , Falrvlew ; L. C. Bonner , Schoolcraft ; Wm. Mclntosh , Emerlck ; H. Halderson , Shell Creek ; Chris Schmitt , jr. , Kalamazoo ; W. H. Frye , Green Garden ; Chas. Smith , Jeffer son ; Mike Carmody , Meadow Grove ; S. C. Blackman , Madison City ; S. O. Davies , Madison , outside. S. C. Blackman of Madison is chair man and C. A. Smith of Tllden , sec retary of the Republican central com mittee. Lust year Mr. Smith was chairman and Mr. Blackman secretary. Of the Democratic committee , John Flynn of Norfolk is chairman and A. M. Kochig of Madison , secretary. The state conventions to be at tended by C. A. Smith as Republican delegate and J. B. Donovan , Demo cratic delegate from Madison county , will bo held In Lincoln at noon on the fourth Tuesday of September , which chances to be September 28 this year. At these conventions the state party platforms will be formulated and state central committees elected , one mem ber from each senatorial district. The state central committees will choose their chairmen and secretaries. Colonel Myers Ran Well. Newport , Neb. , Sept. 15. Special to The News : E. L. Myers , Republican candidate for state senator from the Fourteenth district , received n major ity In seven out of eight counties and in his homo precinct ho received sev enty ono votes out of the seventy-flvo republican votes cast for that olllce Lake City Reported Dooming , Newport , Neb. , Sept. It ! . Special to iTho News : The hammer , miw and Jack piano are kept buvy at the new town , l > ake City , twentj miles south of this place , and there are now lum ber sheds , n commodious livery barn and other buildings being projected. SEVENTY-TWO YOUNG WOMEN , TWO YOUNG MEN. Mary and Johnny will have to brush up a bit on the name of Nebraska's state capital and the correct was to spell Massachusetts. Geography and spelling have gone all to the bad In the grade schools of Madison county , and special efforts will be made by the seventy-two prim young \\omen who are to leach country schools In this county during the com ing , \onr. Also the two young men. Two Men , Seventy-Two Girls. For out of the entire list of seventy- four teachers who are to swing the rod In Madl.son county's schools this win ter , only two are young men. Only a pair of them have been Induced to take up the art of educating young America. Seventy-two seventy-fourths of the work will be performed by young women , many of them just out of school. Sixteen of the seventy-four are to teach the same schools this year that they taught last year. Two in the lot hold life certificates , six hold elemen tary state certificates , two have first grade county certificates , fifty have second grade county certificates and eleven third grades. Three hold emer gency certificates nnd fifteen of the seventy-four are beginners , teaching their first year this fall. -In trying to overcome the deficiency in geography and spelling , County Superintendent Perdue has placed In the hands of every teacher a copy of Condra's Geography of Nebraska and a copy of Crabtreo's Speller. Mrs. C. H. Brake , formerly of the Norfolk Business college , has charge of the Warnerville school , district No. 25. Following are the teachers of the various Madison county districts for this year : 3 Lldn Squler , Norfolk ; 4 Hilda Cas- sel , Tllden ; 5 Hale Taylor , Battle Creek ; 0 Mabel Hornsham , Madison : 7 Nellie Trent , Madison ; 8 Cclla Mul len , Norfolk ; 9 Esther Witzol. Madi son ; 10 Jennie Ingoldsby , Meadow Grove ; 11 Elnor Muller , Norfolk ; 12 Meadow Grove ; 13 Newman Grove ; 14 Minnie Thomas , Meadow Grove ; 15 Grace Coleman , Madison ; 1C Lydla Brueggeman , Norfolk ; 17 Ruth Rich ardson , Battle Creek ; IS Lottie Dales , Tllden ; 19 Cena Rynearson , Madison ; 20 Vlllle Adams , Norfolk ; 21 Etta Phillips , Meadow Grove ; 22 Minnie Witzel , Madison ; 23 Claire Hughes Battle ; 24 Minnie Deuel , Norfolk , 25 Mrs. C. H. Brake , Warnervlllo ; 20 Delia Bryant , Madison ; 27 O. C. Colgrove , Meadow Grove : 2S Viola Carsen , Madison ; 29 Delia F. John son , Newman Grove ; 30 Louise Kurtz , Madison ; 31 Nellie Sullivan , Meadow- Grove ; 32 Edna Baney , Madison ; 33 Ella Nelson , Tilden ; 31 Ellen Brogan , Tllden ; 35 Rose Drogan , Humphrey ; 30 Gladys Jenkins , Madison ; 37 Lin da Winter , Norfolk ; 38 Mary Brink , Battli Creek ; 40 Kathryn Tully , Mad ison ; 11 Chloe Pugh , Tllden ; 42 Elizabeth - both McFarland , Madison ; 43 Etta Smith , Norfolk ; 44 Amber Adams , Meadow Grove ; 45 Elsie Adams , New man Grove ; 4G Neilllo B. Hyde , Madi son ; 47 Stella Banch , Enola ; 48 Sadie McFetters , Madison ; 49 Ada Anderson , Newman Grove ; 50 Gertrude Wright , Meadow Grove ; 51 Anna Brown , Bat tle Creek ; 52 Glennie Shippee , Mead ow Grove ; 53 Elizabeth Busteed , Mad ison ; 54 Josie Larson , Tilden ; 55 Pearl Gilland , Newman Grove ; 56 Edith Lyon ; Madison ; 57 Dona Os- borne , Meadow Grove ; 58 Josie Rich ardson , Newman Grove ; 59 Kathryn Holy , Emerick ; CO Lola Douthit , Madi son ; Cl Lenora Stirk , Meadow Grove ; C2 Mary Johnson , Newman Grove ; 03 Golda Berglund , Madison ; 04 Dora Hanson , Battle Creek ; Co Nora Pot- ras , Norfolk ; CC Rose E. Broom , Madi son ; G7 Fahne B. Doty , Newman Grove ; C8 Matilda Field , Newman Grove : C9 Lottie Johnson , Norfolk ; 70 Edna Craig , Madison ; 71 Ruth Franks , Tilden ; 73 Anna Hughes , Bat tle Creek ; 74 Emma Kraft , Meadow- Grove ; 75 Delia Bryant , Madison ; 70 Sadie Thomas , Tllden ; 77 Jennie Dales , Tllden ; 78 Anna Neidig , Madi son ; 79 Minna Lampart , Battle Creek ; 111 Hallle Cornett , Tllden ; No doubt you think there is a lot of complaining in the community In which you live. No more complaining in your community than in others , probably. No doubt the first thing a girl angel does when she gets to heaven Is to use her crown for a hair roll , and comb her pompadour over It. I THAT RED-HOT WIND FROM KANSAS * $ 4 XXXX * XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX * XX * Xv THAT RED HOT WIND FROM KANSAS. The poets wheeze of the balmy breeze That wearily waves the wlllowfa , Or the dreamy zephyr that soothes the seas As the boatlot breasts the billows. JOHNNY DUMPER TELLS OF POLITICS S UP IN HOLT COUNTY I O'Neill. Neb. . Sept. 1'J. To the Hdltor of The News : Thero'fl lotH of Democrats up hero. I herd a man say that every third man In O'Neill Is a Democrat and that there's more of 'Em In O'Neill than In enny uther town of Us size north of the .Mason & DlekHon line. What line IK that ? Dotw It coitnod with the Northwest ern line ? They have a newspaper hero railed the Democrat. IH that what makes wo ineiuiy Democrats hero ? 1 red the uthorday that Bryan HIM ! he's going to rely more on the pretm than on lilH lung to win votes for him this year , Was his lung what defeated him be fore when he run ? I'm Kolng to be a staneh Democrat when I'm HI , and I'll vote for Bryan's fifth run. My Pa waa a Democrat before - fore he dlde but I gnesH be had to give It up for the preacher sod Hint they didn't allow needier Republicans nor Sinners to enter lleven. That wild go hard with Pa for I herd him say that he'd rnther die than to give up his Inalienable rite to vole for Hrynn. MII'H folks Is all Republicans and they ustor argil about It (111 ( Pa wild get mad and say mini cuss words and go off down town , but Ma always got In the last word. He sed onct that a mail was a durn fool to marry a Re publican. Pa lister take the Norfolk News and siimtlines he'd read suinthlng and lay the paper down and take off his specks and hit the table a whack with his fist and say he'd be blamed If he would let that paper over darken the democracy of his fireside again If It wasn't for the pesky fact that It got hero with the news about half a day ahead of the World-Ilerrald and the Commoner. 1 had to glv up my job helping hunt prairie chickens with them fellers I told you about last week. I went to a school nous Democratic rally one nlte and herd a fine speech by a feller from O'Neill that Is out stumping the country school houses. The lions was twelve by fourteen nnd every sect in it was filled by cither Democrats or Pop ulists. Th speaker sed It was a very encouraging assembly and he would wire Mr. Bryan about It the next morn ing , as It was ono of the largest Bryan dcmonstrashuns this campaign. He told us all about how the Repub licans were abusing tholr rites as of- Us holders and what corriipshun there is in hie places and how the President had usurpt his rlteful pressedents and beciim almost as tlrannlcal as the Zar of Russia. And he told us how Bryan the Peerless Leeder was cum fourth like Jone of Ark to Iced us out of tern- tatlon and deliver us from the clutches of the evil one. He held us spell-bound with our mouths open for over an our and a half and then handed us sum pamflets that he called Democratic gospel and told us to hand them around to our Republican uaybors and got them to join in the crusade. Next morning when we was eating brekfast round the camp-fire I handed the fellers 1's working for ono of the pamflets that had a picture of Bryan on horseback in a cote of male Iced- Ing the hosts of Democracy to victory , and I ast them if they wudent join the crusade for good government. One of the fellers sed , "What you giving us , kid ? " I told him sum of the things I'd herd at the Bryan rally and he Interrupted mo with , "Ah , cut It off short Johnny , that's nutlilngbiitgas that Chairman Mack's pumping out hero to fill up foota and kids llki < MUI. You got out and hol ler lor Taft If jou want to help. llore'H a Tuft button " 1 tuek his old Tuft button and ulting It away out In the grasM and HOI ! . "Not on , > otir aerograph ! Not as long as there's one drop of I'n'H blood beatIng - Ing In my liver will 1 over work for u great big tool of Hnr HooHovelt'H Ilku Mr. Tuft. Why. " l es , "If he'd get Heeled ho end sit down on UH ami niiinli | IIH all. I'm going to work for llrynti , I am. " "Now iiHton , Johnny , ono of 'em mul , "IlilH Bryan jon're going batty about Is nulblng but a political trlokHtor with the gift of gab. " "Taint so , " I HIU | , beginning to get riled. "He's the lionostosi Democrat that over ran for pioHldont and he nlnt all talk noollior. llo writes ( ho best stuff for the Commoner you ever rod I" "Wh > kid , that Commoner don't see Hrjan encl a month. A feller by the naino of Metoalf writes everything In II that's wurth rootling anil lr\au'n ! jtiHt the mouth-piece and M mouth IH severl sizes too big for the horn he's trjlng to toot. Why kid. Bryan's Jimf a perpetual gas-bag , that IIMH had Iho wind nockt out of It so menny times It's getting flabby ! " "I's BO mad I emit roinonibor all I did say but I HOS "Its a lie , and Bryan end prove It If bos hero , and I know just what you fellers Is , you'r Just tools of Iho trusts and the Dlnger tariff , and you've got lots of money from robbing the people , and the trusts has sent you out hero to kill all the chickens and rabbits In Ne braska so's the farmers' ! ! Inivo to starve this winter , anil I bet If the truth was none you'r shipping chick ens back east for the trusts to eat , but we'll fix you fellers when Bryan gets In , and I'm not going to work for you another mlnnlt and If you'll pay me up till last nlle , you can keep the rest of your tainted money , and I'm going to report you fellers to the gnmo wordoii and have you arrested for shooting chickens In Rock county without a license , The fellers interrupted mo by handIng - Ing me my pay and saying , "Now cheese It and run along Johnny , and soak your bed in a pnlo of water or you'll have a hot box , and when you report us to the game warden don't forgot to report yourself for carrying the birds wo shot , and whenever you run across nnuthcr antelope track , Johnny como back and tell us. " I went away and never sed anuther word to 'em and as wo weren't very far from Pap's place I went over to see Sadie , and her and mo , we put up a plan that I'm going to tell you about next letter. I'm sending you a pamflct that will open your eyes to the helpless condi tion of the Republican party under Xar Roosevelt. It tells how he stood in the doorway of the Shecago con- vonshun with his teeth all sharpened and his big stick by his side and ho ast every dellogato if he's for Taft and they all lookt scart and sed they'd be dellted to vote for him , and when ennybody sed "No , " President Roosevelt velt hit him over the bed with his stick and had a government partol wagon carry him away to the hors- pittlo and kept him there till after the convention. Its the awfulest story I ever red and I'm sure you'll join the Bryan crusade when you reed It , and if you do Bryan will be inlty tlckcled. Yours , Johnny Dumper. But I have merely remarks to make Of the wind that the south-land hands us , That rip-roaring , dust bearing , Dry 'cm up and blow away , That red hot wind from Kansas. It's as early as June , that hot simoon , And sometimes as late as September : If you thing It's missed us you think too soon For it never falls to remember. There's seldom a summer that rolls away But the wind from the south-land fans us , That sand-bagging , bully-ragging , Knock 'em down and pick 'em up , That red hot wind from Kansas. Did you over stand on the blistering sand At the mouth of a llrey furnace , > And breathe in flames that hcorch the hand And feel like they Mirely would burn us ? If you've gone through this you'll understand How the wind from the south unmans us , That heat-seething , flame-breathing , Scorch the whiskers off jour face , That red hot wind Irom Kansas. - Before sunrise , to avoid the ( lies. The cow-boy milks the cattle , Then hooks the team to the can of cream And away to town they rattle. But when night time comes every cow's gene dry From the wind that the south-land hands us , Thru renegade , evaporating , Milk n cow and dry her up , That red hot wind from Kansas. The honse-wli'o robs the corn from cobs And spreads on a board to dry it , The south wind comes and withers It to crumbs Till there's scarcely a taste to try It. Then the house-wife speaks with Ire In lior cliook That "the wind blows simply scnndTus , " That corn baking , window shaking , Blow the shingles off the roof. That red hot wind from Kansas. Tlio school ma'nm Jogs In her prettiest togs Along the walk Inclining : The rude men gaze for the wind to raise The cloud with a silver lining. And the > get tholr wish with a sudden swish Of the wind that the southland hands us , That face broiler , curl spoiler. Petticoat dlscomflttor , That red hot wind from Kansas. Richard F. Marwood.
