THE NOUOL.K . WEEKLY.N.EWS goU.IlNAL FitlDA Y MARCH 121909
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No. 'M. Business Olllee mid Joli Hooiiu
No. II 22.
In the > BchoolH of our great cltlei
where children of many nationalities
pal her , tlicre IH lint ono gaino whlcl
nil lliu little foreigners know liow U
play-tin1 International game of tag.
An erfort IH to lie made to ralHo tin
Biinki'ii Hleainer Republic by thu urn
of Hlremg magnets. The nhlp Isvortl
n rnlllloii dollais or more BO It IH wel
worth the trial.
Washington's festive decorations It
honor of the Inaugural ceremonies pre
Bonted a badly Hhattorud appearance
when the hour for which they had bcui
prepared arrived. In fact , they wen
literally henten to a frazzle.
King Alphonso of Spain will act ai
nrbltrator In a dispute between Qcr
many and Knglnnd concerning tin
boundaries of an African liny. Wo hai
always supposed that umpiring a ganu
of croquet would be about Alphonso'i
nlze. Let alone settling natlona
lioundarieH.
The JnimnoHu have adopted the
American silk hat. The little fellows
strutting about In their tall tiles an
grotesque figures and cause much mer
rlment. It takes considerable nervous
energy to properly manipulate a sill
hat and the .laps only prove their 1ml
tatlvo genius In sporting them.
Not a word has appeared In publie
print as to what plans had been made
for the reinforcement of the White
House furniture. It would bo both em
bamming and unfortunate If one o
these ornamental gilt chairs will
spindle legs still why should we thus
early In the administration anticipate
calamity ?
One of the results of the Russlai
revolution is shown in the change o
attitude toward Count Tolstoi and hli
writings. Not long ago his writing !
wore largely suppressed from clrcula
tlon In his own country , now arrange
ments are being made in Moscow t <
publish a complete edition of hii
works.
It Is not often that a man is rulnee
by striking a rich oil well , but sucl
was the case of a Russian fanner nni
herder who In digging for water strucl
oil which poured over his fields ruin
ing his crops and polluting the strean
on which his family and stock depended
ponded for water. There was no salt
for the oil and he could not check Its
How , so the poor man's predlcamcn
was Indeed a serious one.
Not many carpets are actually wortl
more than their weight in gold but thii
can literally be said of a small carpe
in the San Francisco mint. It is li
the adjusting room where fine goh
filings have fallen upon It until it Is
filled with the precious metal and is
soon to be burned to save the gold Ii
holds. It is not unusual for the gov
eminent to recover live thousand dollars
lars worth of gold from one of thcs <
floor coverings.
Indiana is planning to purchase tin
house built by William Henry Ilarrisoi
nt Vinccnnes when he svas governor o
the old territory. It Is a substantia
two story structure and stands on tin
banks of the Wabash river. An under
ground passage extends from tin
house to the river which was built t <
provide a way of escape in case of at
attack by Indians. There is a stroni
sentiment in favor of preserving tin
Vlncennes residence as a memorial t <
one of America's most notable faml
lies.
Through deforestation anil recklesi
cultivation most of the springs am
wells of the pioneers have failed , am
many of the clear brooks have run ilrj
or grown foul. The figures show tha
over a great part of the country the
water table Is lowered from ten t <
fifty feet and that the producing Indus
tries are progressively jeopardized
This is a condition that is growinf
yearly more alarming and all possible
encouragement and assistance shoult
be given the forest conservatioi
forces.
Great Hrltlnn is considering a re
forestratlon scheme recommended b ;
n parliamentary commission and wil
probably put it into practice In a shor
time. The proposition Is to plant 9 ,
000,000 acres of land to different klmh
of trees to start them from the seed
It will take eighty years for the tree :
to mature nnd an expenditure of $10 ,
000,000 will bo necessary every yeai
to carry out the project. The plan < i
n. good one. It will give labor to man :
of Great Britain's unemployed am
eventually enrich the country.
The South African confederation is
having a hard time fixing upon i
capital which will satisfy all section )
of the new union. It Is now consider
ing the selection of three capital cltloi
to satisfy the local pride of all th <
colonies. Cape Town has been agree
upon for the scat of parliament , Pn
torln for the administration capltti
and niootufontcln as the headquarter
of the Judiciary. This nlan may worl
all right but the distance between cap
tnl cities IH great. It IB one thousam
mllc'H from Cape Town to Pretoria am
Itlootnfontcln IB between the two.
Lord Haylelih ; In hln presidential ail
dress to the Hoyal Society mentlonei
among other things the romarkabl
achievements of the past year in me
chanlcal flight and said that hiimai
flight an a feat had been demonstrate !
to be possible but he did not encour
age the Idea that it was likely to be
come useful for the purposes of dall ;
life. He believes that the dlfflcultle
would Increase with the size of tin
machlneH. Lord Raylelgh expressei
the opinion that for special purpose
like exploration flying machines mlgh
be of practical value In the nea
future , but never In his judgmon
would they take the place of ships fo
regular ocea'n travel.
The absence of the heroic Admlrn
Evans was the ono thing lacking li
the triumphal return of the Amcricai
fleet which started under his corn in am
but because of 111 health ho wa
obliged to relinquish at San Franclscc
Ho might have been at Hnmptoi
Itoads to welcome the fleet home , bu
with a flue sense of the fitness o
thlngH he declined to show hlmsel
where his presence would detract li
any measure from the honors duo t <
the fleet commander. Admiral Evam-
mind is bright nnd strong but he I
obliged to go on crutches sufferlni
as he humorously says from a "sou
venir of the civil war , " the wound ;
received in the defense of his country
It is hardly possible for these veterai
heroes to realize the affection In whlcl
the people hold them. Theirs ha
been n life of action and when thel
days of service cease they can enl ;
live on their small salaries and try ti
possess their souls in patience for tin
last call. Doubtless could they havi
had their wish they would havi
chosen to fall In action.
POTATOES.
Let us be thankful that Nebraski
and South Dakota can raise potatoes
the best on earth , and the most o
them. And , being thankful , let us llm
opportunity In potatoes for eleanlnj
up mortgages and laying by ban !
accounts.
The following from the Memphis
Commercial Appeal should give fee (
for reflection to any fanner who hasn *
tasted of the cup of good fortune :
"Perhaps few people know that tin
United States imports annually thou
sands of bushels of potatoes. Ordi
uarily these potatoes are consumed li
New York and eastern markets , be
cause the ocean freight rate is lowei
than the overland rate from Colorade
or other western points. When pota
toes are high and the European croi
abundant It .s possible for foreigi
stock to compete anywhere east of the
Mississippi river.
"This week three carloads were re
ceived In Memphis from Strasburg
Germany. Loaded on barges thcj
were floated down the quaint and his
toric old Rhine to Antwerp or Rotter
ilnm , loaded In the hold of some ocean
going vessel , where they served as
ballast , and landed in New York witl
small cost for passage. The impori
duty was paid and the freight fron
New York to Memphis on a fast line
and Still they cost the Memphis whole
sale merchant about five cents pel
bushel less than similar potatoes fron
Colorado. This Is a season of higl
prices. It costs approximately $1.0 ;
to get potatoes here by the carload
The difference of live cents per bushc
in favor of German tubers is there
fore important- .
"An acre of good land will produce
readily 100 to 125 bushels. Undei
highly Intensive cultivation twice this
yield has been obtained. The vullej
of the Rhino Is no more fertile thai
the alluvial lands of the Mississipp
and Its tributaries , neither are the irrl
gated lands of Colorado any richer.
"The folly then of buying potatoes
a native North American vegetable , li
Germany should be apparent to everj
southern farmer. Between Colorade
and Germany there are millions o :
people who eat potatoes. "
THE BLEACHED FLOUR RULING.
The millers of Nebraska are vigor
ously protesting against enforcement
of the order issued some time ago bj
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , put
ting bleached flour In the class of adul
terated foods and making it unlawfu
to manufacture it for Interstate com
merce. Nebraska millers declare tha
enforcement of the order will put Ne
braska flourmakers out of business am
that the order should bo rescinded be
cause It Is based upon a false theory
Bleaching flour by electricity Is not
the millers argue , deleterious te
health. To prove this point they cite
the fact that Dr. Wiley , the pure fee <
chemist nt Washington , is the enl )
chemist of prominence In the countrj
who takes the stand that bleaching is
a detriment. The state chemists o
Nebraska and Minnesota are quoted tt
uphold the Nebraska millers' conton
tlon.
White flour conies alone from north
ern spring wheat , It Is said. Wlntei
wheat , such as is used in Nebrnskr
and Kansas for the making of flour
produces n dark colored flour , equal li
quality in every way to the northon
white flour , but of not the same color
Housewives are prejudiced In favoi
of white flour. They like white bread
Given the choice between dark nne ;
white flour , they will take the white
And so , to make their flour as acceptable
ceptablo on the open market as thai
made from northern spring wheat , th
millers in the winter wheat Bectlo
bleach their flour by use of electrlcit
n process which they Bay Is in n
way deleterious to the health.
The VVIlsem ruling will not In an
way affect the bleaching of flour mad
In Nebraska for use within the state
Only a state ruling could affect sue :
flour , and the state authotltles wh
have Investigated the matter have coi
tented themselves that the blenchln
pi of ess Is In no way detrimental am
that there > Is no reasonable basis fo
ruling against It.
But It Is the flour making luelustr
of Nebraska as lognrds the flour maim
faetured for shipment outslelo th
state- , that would suffer by enforce
ini'iit of this order. For example
there Is a great deal of Nebraska Item
shipped to Iowa. The flour making In
dustry In this state , by the way , ha
been developed to a high point an
has taken Its place among the mos
constructive factors In the upbullelliii
of Nebraska. Under the now rule , I
would be against the law to ship an ;
Nebraska flour to Iowa If It were firs
bleached , so that it would sell In th
open market alongside the sprlni
wheat product. But Iowa miller
could still buy the Nebraska white
wheat , ship It Into that state , nlak
the flour nnd bleach It , giving the !
customers the identical product bu
transferring the Industry of maklni
the flour from this state to Iowa.
In other words , the federal rullni
will not in any way affect the sellliij
of bleached flour In any state. It wll
merely cripple the industry in thos
states where flour making has beei
built up to a point above the average
Nebraska suffers particularly , toe
from the fact that the Kansas wlnte
wheat produces a flour a shade llghtc
than that made from Nebraska winte
wheat. So , while there would be in
difference In the quality , the Kansa
flour would be picked out by the mi
thinking buyer In preference to Ne
biaska flour , because It was a shadi
whiter.
It must be borne In mind , in connec
tion with the whole problem , that flou
from the Nebraska winter wheat , un
bleached , is Just as high grade as an ;
produced from spring wheat. But win
ter wheat is the profitable and wisi
crop to raise In this territory. Am
nature has painted flour from winte
wheat a shade darker than that fron
the spring wheat.
The ruling has the earmarks of hnv
ing been inspired by millers locatec
In regions where spring wheat ii
raised , and who , taking advantage o
the psychological proposition that i
woman will choose the whiter flour be
tween two shades , would be glad i
millers In the winter wheat district !
could bo compelled by law to produce
a darker flour , which would suffer ii
the market by no just reason but b ;
virtue of a prejudice.
President Taft will be appealed te
and the millers hope to secure fron
him a reversal of the order. Failiiif
in this , they will be put to the tasl
of re-educating the public Into the
knowledge that dark flour is not In
ferlor to white Hour.
SOCIALISM IN WASHINGTON.
The postofflce department of the
United States government has recent
ly circulated a lot of circus posters al
luringly advertising the government's
print shop and its products. Extrava
gant claims are made for the station
cry turned out of the federal printitif
plant , but certain details that even
business man should consider , are
mysteriously omitted.
Probably the taxpayers of tin
United States would not take kindly te
It If they realized that they are callce
upon each year to help make up the
deficiency created In good measure b ;
the fact that the government is doinj
commercial printing at a very grea1
loss , and another postal deficit due tc
a certain extent to the fact tha
advertising matter exploiting this shoi
is sent through the mails on a frank
the taxpayers finally bearing the bur
den. That the federal governmon
should engage In any sort of commer
clal manufacturing and then advertise
its products In competition with coun
try printers , cutting prices to a poin' '
below cost as a trade-gatherer , con
stltutes socialism of a sort that mos
people do not realize exists in this
country today. If the federal govern
ment should establish a law depart
ment , hiring out its paid attorneys be
low cost in competition with countrj
lawyers , or If it should manufacture
butter and sell It below cost , ndvortis
ing its bargains in competition witl
local creameries , or If It should en
gage In any other business at belov
cost rates in competition with smal
Industries scattered over the nation
no departure in principle would be
made from the principle Involved litho
the government printing office's cut
price nnd widely advertised commer
cial job work.
The government is always and for
ever asuing free advertising from the
country newspapers. No provision is
made to pay for advertising civil ser
vice examinations , or the list of letters
remaining uncalled for in postoffices
nnd the proceedings of congress , witl
messages of the president , are printee
by the country newspapers wlthoul
charge , as news features , it Is true
but of great benefit to the government
Itself , It is equally true.
And in return for this the govern
ment not only starts a movement tc
raise postage rates on the newspaper
says to the newspaper publisher thi
he shall not extend credit to any BU
scrlber and then goes after the BIUII
country newspaper shop's broad an
butter by cutting prices to a point bulo
cost of production on certain lines <
commercial printing to which the sma
printer IH entitled and which the grei
big , overgrown , runniiiE-nt-a-losB go
eminent print shop should keep II
hands off of , for the reason that soda
Ism Is foreign to this nation's fundi
mental principles and bee-nusc the li
dividual workmen In this eonntr
should be given free opportunity t
make n living without unfair molesti
tlon and Illegitimate competition froi
thi1 government itself.
The loyalty eif most people to the
own home Industries Is what prevenl
greater success of this governmet
socialistic enterprise. Yet in man
communities the very people wh
make loudest outcry against otlu
people for neglecting local Industrie
are .sending a good share of the
printing to thu monopolistic print shu
In Washington.
Another reason that keeps muc
printing in the little towns , whlc
might otherwise bo lured away by th
extiavagant advertising of the goven
ment print shop , is the fact that mo :
business men of large caliber like t
have stationery with individual ton
to it stationery that carries pe
sonallty and Individuality with it. The
are not attracted by the thought e
having their envelopes so printed ate
to look precisely like those of Ton
Dick nnd Harry. They want the ;
stationery to mean something. An
of course Individual piinting of a
tractive sort can be had only In th
local print shops , and not In the go <
ernment's socialistic plant.
And then again , in the long rut
the government products are expci
slve. .lust as it is mote expensive t
buy cigars by the box than in sma
lots , so it is more expenslv
to buy stamped envelopes in hi
bunches than to buy envelopes ui
stamped and stamp them as they ar
needed. A stamped envelope is nr.
to be destroyed in the addressing an
tossed into the waste basket , wasted
or , lying about In bunches , the heap i
apt to be turned to by many person
needing an envelope at the momen
and , though apparently a minor ma
ter , the loss in this way counts u
materially in the course of a year.
These points are left out of the gm
ernment's studied advertising of it
commercial printing. Just why th
federal government restricts its socla
istlc experiments to the printing ir
dustry , and declines to branch ou
into the bakery business or flour mam
facturing or any of a thousand othe
lines of industry , has never been dlf
covered. Or why , if socialism Is no
the accepted doctrine of this goverr
ment. this one socialistic enterpris
should continue , with apparently th
full knowledge and sanction of an er
lightened congress , is anoth.er unes
plained problem.
JUDGE M'PHERSON'S DECISION
The decision of Judge Smith Me
Pherson of United States dlstric
court , by which he knocks out th >
Missouri two cent passenger rate la\
and the Missouri maximum frcigh
rate law , has every indication of be
ing a far-reaching opinion affectini
the railroad passenger rate air
freight rate legislation that was en
acted two years ago in many states
The decision is of particular interes
to Nebraska and South Dakota be
cause of the fact that similar cases
touching the legality of the low \mt \
senger rates in these two states , ar
pending. The governor of Missout
announces that the case will be cai
ried to the United States suprenn
court and its ultimate disposition , be
cause of its affect upon these states
will be watched for eagerly by till
entire region.
The traveling public is bound to b
disappointed In the decision tha
Judge McPherson rendered. Bu
that the blame for losing the benefl
of the reduced railroad rate , if it i
finally lost and as this opinion ir
dicates it will be , should fall upoi
those state legislatures which enactei
two cent fare laws without Investlgaf
ing the reasonableness of those rate
beforehand , Is apparent from the fip
ures set forth In Judge McPherson'
decision.
That laws reducing railroad rate
to a point where the railroads mus
haul people either at a loss or at i
profit below six per cent on the in
vestment , could never stand the tes
of the courts In the last analysis
must have boon apparent to any think
Ing man at the time the railroad pas
senger fare laws were In process o
enactment. The News time and tlrm
again pointed out , while the Nebrae
ka legislature was ejonsldering tin
proposed law , the absurdity of enact
ing a two cent passenger fare lav
without first Investigating the retun
which such a rate would yield upoi
the Investment. Repeatedly this pape
set forth the contention , now uphele
by Judge McPherson's decision , tha
If the railroads should prove In cour
that the reduced rates were not com
pensatory , the whole passenger fan
law would be dumped Into the waste
basket and the old three cent lav
would be restored , whereas , on the
VICE PitBSlPKNT SHKRMAN
Who was Inauguration In the secone
office of the land Thursday , with PresI
dent Taft.
other hand , If the ) legislatures hai
taken time to Investigate the problen
exhaustively , they might have beei
able to reduce fares to two and a boll
cents , for example , and make the re
ductlon upon n basis that would staiu
the court's test.
Those suspicious of the court *
might argue that the statistics sel
forth by Judge McPherson are
"loaded. " but for the fact that thi
Wisconsin ralliond commission , con
slsting of La FolleUe's reform ap
polntees , brought In , after clever
months of exhaustive research , a re
port much the same as that just now
handed down by Judge McPherson
The Wisconsin commission recom
mended that a two and a half cent
fare be enacted and it Is safe to say
that such a law , after that exhaustive
research into the problem , would have
stuck. Courts could have gone nc
deeper.
There are several features in Judge
McPherson's decision of interest. He
finds that under the reduced fares , no
railroad has earned , on Its passenger
Investment , more than three per cent ,
while some even show a deficit. He
says that the low rates have not re
sulted in stipulating and Increasing
traffic , as it was at first thought might
happen , people failing to respond to
the cut price sale of tickets after the
first month's novelty had worn off.
And the abolition of passes , he says
the evidence shows , has resulted in
less than a one per cent increase in
revenue.
Judge McPherson would recommend
a two and a half cent faro law for
some roads and a three cent law for
others. . He commends Governor
Hughes of New York for his stand in
vetoing the two cent fare law , on the
ground that the legislature had not
Investigated the problem sufficiently
to be informed. Judge McPherson
claims the roads should earn six per
cent on their investment , with which
nobody will take exception. He also
rules that because a railroad system
Is making ten per cent in Its entire
lines , Is no ground for reducing fares
in a state where reduction means non
compensatory returns on the Invest
ment In that state.
If the United States supreme court
should sustain Judge McPherson it
seems highly probable that Nebraska
and South Dakota may lose their two
cent fares , as it is hardly convelvable
that a fare which Is not compensa
tory in thickly settled Missouri , could
be compensatory hero.
And it still seems probable that if
the legislature two years ago had in
vestigated the matter , we might have
been beneficiaries in a reduced rate
which would have stood the test of
the courts , Instead of having one en
acted which many of the legislators
probably knew at the time was in Im
minent peril of being overthrown.
AROUND TOWN.
What can you expect in March ?
The city political pot is on the fire.
Five weeks have gone since ground
hog day. One more ought to put an
'
ISAAC STKPIUCN'SON
Who has Just been re-elected United
States senator from Wisconsin after a
bitter fight of five weeks He filled
the unexpired term of Senator Spoon-
or. Senator La Folletto fought his re
election even after ho had won the
primary nomination.
end to this.
The boys tire playing marbles. Air
that IB n Btiru sign.
Who'll bo the first fcllew to com
plain about the dust ?
"Tnft" Is an easier word to lit Inti
a headline than "Roosevelt. "
Why treat Friday HO harshly ? Al
these storms have como on Tueselayn
Here's hoping the water will gi
down before the rnco meeting comei
along.
You won't need any miuimer eludi
this year. It's going to bo winter al
summer.
Another haul blow to gambling. Tin
biggest gambling house at Reno , Nov.
was destroyed by lire , entailing a $100 ,
000 loss.
There's a man in Norfolk who hai
a chamois powder puff of his own am
box of talcum powder on his chlf
fouler.
They've done more this time thai
ever before with the Yankton-Norfoll
they've at least started prellmlnarj
work on the bridge.
The weather bureau will have to ge
semie te > get confidence restored , uftei
that Washington storm In the face o
a fair weather prcellctlon.
"I wish you'd quit publishing things
about duck hunters getting killed , '
said n Norfolk hunter. " 1 want to ge
hunting , and my wife reads The
News. "
Ruth Bryan has secured a divorce
from her husband ; and Nebraskf
Demociatic leaders are seeking a dl
vorco from her father's offlce-seokint :
proclivities.
It is said in Xew York that a mar
Is not well dressed unless he has al
least six canes. According to that
there aren't many men in Norfolk whc
are dressed at all.
The News scored another big beat
in giving Judge McPherson's decision
in detail two columns of it to this
territory twenty-four hours ahead of
all other papers.
If a bank robber can only get to
Sioux City with his loot , he's pretty
nearly safe. It's worth more than the
$1,039 that was stolen to try to get
those three Hadnr robber suspects out
of Iowa and into Nebraska even to
put them on trial.
One of the first official acts of Presi
dent Taft was to appoint Thomas C.
Burns register and Oliver C. Klppen-
brock receiver of the Gregory land of
fice. Apparently the new president
knows that the Rosebud is on the map
early in the game.
It now develops that the mattress
on the porch rail was no sign of spring
at all. That happens , they say , every
Friday. Most women , It is argued ,
clean the downstairs on Friday and
the upstairs on Thursday of every
week. So there's another good omen
gone to smash.
As an interesting Incident connected
with Klein's great play , "The Lion and
the Mouse , " which is to be presented
in Norfolk next Tuesday night , It may
be noted that the chief characters in
the play are supposed to be dramatiza
tions of John D. Rockefeller and Ida
Tarbell. People who have seen it say
it's a great play.
OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES.
Miss Hazen Perrin of Winslde has
succeeded Mrs. Guttery as grammar
teacher at Pilger.
Mark Carraher of Platte Center has
bought the Antisdel & Wahl meat mar
ket In Madison. He will take posses
sion March 15.
Columbus voters will be asked to
pass on a $30,000 bond issue to help
build a permanent bridge over the
Platte river south of that city.
Up In the Rosebud country the Is
sue of the lock canal vs. the sea level
canal is a live question on account of
Senator Kittredge's attitude.
Governor Shallenberger and his
entire staff will spend the Fourth of
Inly at Crawford , where the governor
will deliver the address of the day at
a big celebration.
Yankton Press and Dakotan :
Maurice Jencks was right after all !
Work on the bridge across the Mis
souri started the very day Taft was
Inaugurated.
R..F. Kline , townsite agent for the
Northwestern , said to be the man who
llscovered the famous Homestake
mine In the Black Hills , was up In the
Rosebud country last week.
Rev Mr. Sharpe , the Methodist pas
tor at Wayne , has resigned , In order ,
'he ' Democrat says , "to go to a dryer
rllmute. " The saloon fight In Wayne
: ias apparently been given up.
Pi tor Rubendall , who has retired as
lireslelont of the First National bank of
Mndlbon , , T. M. Dldneen and several
nher Nebraska citizens have decided
ID remove to Alliance and establish a
'eal estate , loan and abstract company
here.
While on their way homo from Hart-
: ngton , where they had been doing
heir trading , Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Wlndgato , both about fifty years of
ige , were drowned In the swollen
itream of Bow creek Thursday oven-
Ing.
Col. "Dili" McCuno of Omaha , who , s
well known In the Rosebud and Pine
Ridge country through his annual
visits to secure Indians fur the Buffalo
Bill show , remarried his former wife
In Omaha last week after a separation
of llvo yearH.
High school debating In noith N < > -
briiska IB becoming exciting us Hi.
finals approach. The Pierce hluh
school , which debates Albion In n ft w
weeks , had two representatives , lien
Inhelder and Lloyd Mohr , In Alklnso'i
taking notes on the debate hetwi < > n
the Atkinson and Valentino schools
O'Neill Frontier : Kxpeience > demon
Htrntes that two newspapers an
eneiugh In the n nil miry tenvn. O'Neill
IIIIH had a varied exporlencolih
newspapers , and the dlscoiillniian. >
last week of the third paper aftei .
little over one year's existence Is fin
( her evidence thai two papers an-
enough for a town the size of O'Neill
Air. Eves published a fairly good
paper but with the field already oc
cupied It could not be made a paying
venture.
Burke Gazette : The Norfolk Ne'\\ .
makes note of the fact that at a public
sale near Burke recently only $4r (
worth of notes were given by the
farmers for their pnrchiiKOH , the1 rest
being paid in cash. The total amount
of the bids was $ linoO. Public sail H
are furiilHliIng many Interesting Items
tending to show the prewperlty eif tlu
section of the country. For Instance
At a couple of Colonel Kull's sale's la-t
week , held on sucressive elays , llfitin
hornes were offered and seild at an
average price of $108 each. Yet some
of the easterners Htill think theie an
nothing but bronchos in this cemntn
Pilger Herald : Mrs. Holbrook Mmi
day was granted n divorce and $ lr.iio .
alimony. The grounds on which .sin
secured the ellvorcc was "cruelt > ,
drunkenness and abuso.belngeombel ! ' . |
to work in the field like a man. etc
As no one appeared against her sii ,
was granted the divorce as nbow
stated. She loft Tuesday morning lm
the east. The whole is n disgraceful
affair and no doubt had the dlvon
been contested , she would not secure < i
divorce. The Herald ventures to n
mark that summary 'istlce will ! > .
dealt with her accomplice should he
over show himself In Pilger.
O'Neill Frontier : After havinn
spent thirty-two years together and
raising a family of eight ehildi.u .
Mrs. Anna Savage filed suit for dhoii
from her husband , Martin P. Sa\aK >
runner , stockman and telephone m.i
nate of Delolt. They were married at
Columbus , Neb. , on January ! . " > , is ? ;
ind have been lesidents of this eeiuniv
aver twenty years. As grounds foi di
force Mrs. Savage alleges extienn-
cruelty and cites several iiistam -
She alleges that defendant owns litu
icres of Holt county land worth $ r- , ,
in acre and 200 miles of tclephom
line In Holt and adjoining counti-
ivorth $10,000. In addition to il > .
ibove the petition further alleges that
10 owns personal property , which ag-
; regates about $10,000 , and that he is
n debt about $10,000. Plaintiff ask- <
llvorce and custody of the two minor
hildren , and as she is without means
isks further that she be nwaidcd
mit money , counsel fee's and sue'h fui
her relief as may be Just.
NEW UNWRITTEN LAW
URGEDRW COOPER
Weeks Wouid Have it Extended
to Men Attacked by Editors.
Nashville , March 10. The unwritten
aw was extended to cover editors who
Utack private or public men by Ge-u
iral Meeks of counsel tor the defense
n the trial 01 the Coopers and Sharp ,
: harged with murdering former Sena
.or Carumck.
"You talk of the liberty of thu
press ! " he exclaimed to the jui > .
'Why , gentlemen , no man lives who
jellevcs mote firmly In the liberty of
.he press than I do , but when a man
n an editorial position turns the lib
srty of the press into license and un
lei takes to defame and defile you and
r-our family , what are you going to do ?
The prosecution will tell you you have
. 'our recourse In the courts. Yes , and
, -ou get a judgment for $25,00) ) against
i man not worth the price of a plug of
obaeco. Is that satisfaction ? Oh.
sentlemen , I tell you that the streets
) f this city have run red before with
he blood of men who Improperly used
) ther men's names In public prints. "
General Meeks In a five-hour speech
minted the defendants as thn flnei
ypes of southern aristocracy anJ
ireedlng.
York Gets Odd Fellows' Home.
York , Neb. , March lu. The board
ppomteU by tliu NobiasKa grand
uelge ot Odd Fellows to llml a suitable
nation lor an Odd Fellows' homo
ma decided on this city. The com
mittee has United about a dozen cities
. 'hlch were tamlidates lor the homo
nd Us duclh.oii wtib not given out un-
11 the uimountfmeut ot closing a
Qtul deal was made. The commltieo
urehasecl lou acicb adjoining the ut >
iniith ami tomiacts for the constr.u-
Ion of buildings will bo let within a
hort time. The buildings will coat
bout $ iuuuuu as first expense.
Brother of Senator Elklns Dead.
Columbia , Mo. , March 10. Samuel
t. IJIKins , sl.\t > two years old , brother
f t'nited Status Senator Stephen B
Ilkins of West Virginia , died hero
fter an Illness of eighteen months ,
lo was poBtmustor here for sixteen
ears.
