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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEVVa-JOURNAL FRIDAY APKIL 80 1909 SOCIETY The South NorfolU High Flvo club erved n flvo course dinner at 5nO : Bt the homo of Mm. J. F. McQrnno on South Third street In honor of Mrs. n. L. Hoylo , who la to leave Sunday night for her now homo near Rapid City , S. D. The house wns tastefully decorated with ferna nnd cnrnatlons , colors predominating In pink ami green. Two hours wore spent In play ing progressive high flvo , Mrs. Charles Durham winning the high score prize , n hcautlful hand painted cup and saucer. Piano solos wore rendered by Mrs. George Castle , Mrs. Charles Dur ham and Mrs. J. F. McOran-J. At the cloflw of a pleasant afternoon Mrs R. L. Doyle waa presented with a beauti ful souvenir , spoon as a token of ic- mombranco of the club. Each ? ud8t loft wishing Mrs. II. L. Doyle BUCCCPFB nnd happiness and holding Mra. J. F. McQrnno as a pleasant and accom plished hostess. Mrs. O. L Hytlo entertained n com pany of fourteen young ladles at 7 o'clock dinner Thursday evening In honor of Miss Minnie Verges , who leaves for Germany soon to bo mar ried. The affair was In the nature of a handkerchief shower. The decora tions In the dining room were pink and white. An Inverted parasol covered with pink rose petals was suspended from the chandelier. In this parasol wore the handkerchiefs with a string nnd gold heart hanging over the edge. After the last course was served Miss Verges pulled the handkerchiefs from the parasol by the strings , one at a time. Methodist ministers who belong to the Masonic fraternity and who were In Norfolk for the district confcrcnco Bwolled the attendance at the blue lodge meeting Tuesday evening. The addresses delivered during the evenIng - Ing wore said to have equalled many of the best formal programs held in Norfolk. Col. John A. Ehrhardt of Stanton was one of the speakers from nway. The superintendent , officers and em ployes of the Norfolk state hospital on Wednesday evening of this week gave a pleasant dancing party at the l ospltal , the affair being styled the "first annual dancing social. " The music was furnished by an orchestra from LoMars , la. A number of guests were present from the city. The Ladles' guild of the Trinity Epis copal church , at the meeting at the homo of Mrs. Troutman , elected offi cers for the coming year as follows : Mrs. S. M. Braden , president ; Mrs. C. E. Burnhara , vice president ; Mrs. D. C. Corey , secretary ; Mrs. J. B. May- lard , treasurer. Mrs. J. Welch and Mrs. Lemby enter lalned the ladles of the Catholic Altar eoclety at the home of Mrs. Welch. They spent a very pleasant afternoon. A lunch was served at 3 o'clock. Homer Stansberr'y's ninth birthday wns the occasion of a party Tuesday evening at the Stansborrv homo in South Norfolk : Mrs , C. .M. Hlbben was hostess of the ladies' society of the Methodist church Thursday afternoon. The West Side Whist club met with Li. C. Mlttelsindt Thursday evening. Ing. Personal. D. Baum has made arrangements to rent the new residence which I. M. Macy Is having erected at Eleventh street nnd Madison avenue. M"s. C. E. Burnham and Mrs. C. H. Reynolds were guests at the annual banquet of the Northeast Nebraska Bunkers' association. Mrs. J. B. Mnylard was in Madison Tnursday to attend the we Ming anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. George Daven port. M. C. Hazen yesterday moved Into the Faucett property on South Ninth street , which ho purchased some time ago. Mrs. W. H. Huso returned Monday evening from a visit with her mother at Hawarden , la. ' Miss Mabel Collamer 'of Chicago is visiting with Mrs. L. P. Pasowalk. Mrs , J. C. S. Wellls spent ihe week In Omaha. Mrs. S. M. Braden is in Chicago. Malone-Clinch. On Wednesday morning at 7:30 : at St. Leonard's Catholic church took place the marriage of Valentino Wil liam Clinch and Elizabeth Agnes Ma- lono. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Hlldebrand. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. John Malone of Madi 1 1y son. She is an catimnblo young lady who has a wide circle of friends and is highly esteemed by all who know her. her.Tho The groom la n prosperous young farmer , formerly of Stanton county , nnd is a young man of exemplary hab its and is well known nnd respected by all. The bride was beautifully attired In an elegant gown of cream-colored silk and carried n lovely bouquet of brldo's roses , while the groom were the latest shade of green. After the ceremonies they retired to the homo of the bride's parents whore an nlogant wedding breakfast was served. They wore the recoplenta of many beautiful and useful presents. Mid showers of rico the newly wed ded couple left for Omaha and points In Iowa on n short wedding tour. They will bo at homo to their friends after April 30 , and will reside four miles north of Madison. All Join In extend ing heartiest congregations nnd wishIng - Ing them 'success ' through Ufa , Northwest Weddings. John Scott of Foster and Miss Lll- Ham Klbee of Meadow Grove were married at Plnlnvloxv nnd will live on a farm seven miles northeast of Pierce. Among the marriage licenses which have been issued by County Judge Bates during the past week were licenses to Vincent Posplsll nnd Miss Anna Choutka , Valentino W. Clinch and Miss Elizabeth Mnlon of Madison nnd to Fritz Gnbclman nnd Miss Helen E. Dunkop of Green Garden. North Nebraska Deaths. David Levl died nt Stuart last week. Mra. L. Ulrlch died suddenly of heart failure nt Stuart. Mrs. Harrletta Prawltz died Wednes day nt her homo In Stanton. William Bowen , once county Judge of Holt county , died recently nt his homo In Lincoln. 'Captain Alexander Voorhoes , a Boone county pioneer , died at his home In Chicago fast week. Mrs. Charles Scuddor , formerly Miss Gertie Engelko of Nwman Grove , died at her homo In Chicago. Business Changes In the Northwest. Frank and Thomas Hoffman of Stuart have bought a meat market at Newport. Mrs. D. R. Stroup has bought the European hotel at Burke and will take possession May 5. Joe Krebeck of Chatsworth , la , has sold his pool hall In that town and gone to llvo In Nellgh , Neb. W. P. Stebbens has resigned as man ager of the William Krotter lumber yard at Bonesteel to become manager of the Farmers' Co-operative associa tion at tha same place. FAD COSTS DEARLY. Society Girl Tries to Be Hlpless and Becomes III. Chicago , April 24. Miss Dorothy Martyn , Chicago's beautiful society girl , will never again surrender to fashion. In Paris , where she has been with her mother , Mrs. E. J. Martyn , and her sister , Mrs. Edawrd L. Trudeau , she is being nursed back to health from the ills of too much sllmness. When hlpless hips nnd stralghtllne forms were scheduled to replace "the wonted contours and curves last sea son known as "stunning" society changed its figure. No one would have uttered a whisper against the grace of the charm of Miss Martyn. Yet she heard the edict of the htplpss hips and she tried to obey. Dieting seemed to bo perfectly proper and quite as effective as more violent methods. Miss Martyn began a long siege on those few ounces of flesh she could spare. No more state dinners or good hearty American dishes. With the vision of 1909 sllmness and trlmness ever before her , Miss Martyn neglect ed her food. She grew thin. Who wouldn't ? Any way , there was trouble , a-brewlng for Miss Martyn. When she pleased all the worst of the critics and tried to appease her good appetite , the stomach ach she had starved then rebelled. For weeks Miss Martyn was 111 111 enough to be in danger of death. She could live only on liquids. Doctors al most despaired. Then her good consti tution brought her around , and the news yesterday was that Miss Martyn is still fairly near to the Ideal of her dressmaker and yet strong enough to be up. She . will continue to prosper , no doubt , on food that is solid , and If she grows fatter , why It's not such a mater for worry as being so fashion- ably thin as to die. JUST FOR "WE TOO. " Southern Writes a Play for Himself and Julia Marlowe. Now York , April 24. E. H. Southern is to continue under his own manage ment. He and Julia Marlowo nro to act together again as co-stars. Further more , Mr. Southern has written a play , nameless up to this point , which Is unique In that it has only two speak ing parts of any Importance. The play is Intended for the use of himself and Miss Marlowo at some future date. The utmost secrecy concerning the play has been maintained. The man has become a woman hater through an unhappy love affair. JIo is sailing abroad on his own yacht in searcli of recreation when a raft bearIng - Ing a shipwrecked woman is sighted ii the distance. The woman is taken aboard the yacht. One of the scenes is laid on n desert Island , and through out the entire action the man en deavors to combat the woman's lovo. In the end she triumphs. SHEEPMEN CROSSED DEAD LINE. That Given as Cause of Recent Wyom Ing Triple Murder. Lend , S , D. , April 24. That the re > cent killing of three sheepmen near r. . basin , Wyo. , wns the direct result of the sheep Interests crossing the "dead 1 line" is the statement of State Sena tor Ernest May of this city. Mr. May owns n large cattle ranch In the Big Horn country , Wyoming , and has Just returned from the section of the sen sational killings. "For over 125 miles , " said Senator May , "tho whole country In Wyoming Is stirred over the battle between the cattle and snoop men. * It is the gen ernl Impression about the range that the sheep men drew on the fight by crossing the 'dead line * which was es tablished three years ago. The cattle men have Jived up to the agreement , but the sheep men did not and wcro warned In vnln. I understand that 11 I several caltlo men nro missing and mnny think that they have mot a fate similar to that of the alaln sheep men. It Is also understood that sev eral cattlemen were wounded In the melee and are now being hidden until their condition Improves. "Tho tight took place on land claim ed by the cattlo'men and the barricade where the sheep men inndo their last desperate stand was Just over the lint * they had agreed not to cross. " "Class Day" Is Revived. As nn event of purely local Interest the class day program of the high school seniors at the auditorium next Friday evening promises to rival in popular intci est the commencement proper on May 28. After u lapse of several years class day Is again re vived. AH the present graduating class baa made n record In scholarship nnd Is Enid to have plenty of good material for a class day piogram , It is believed that class day as an institution will be started off with proper enthusiasm next Friday. The Program. The light phase of school work is as usual given emphasis in the class day program , which for some weeks has been gradually rounding into shape.The past , the present and the future of the class will be cleverly shown In three different scenes. The program Is as follows ; Part One , "Past. " "How' dear to our hearts are the scenes of our childhood. " Class his tory , class of 1909. Piano solo , Lloyd Pnsowalk. Violin solo , Ray Eatabrook. Part Two , "Future. " ' If you can look into the seeds of time show us the future. " Class prophecy , class of 1909. Piano solo , Lowell Erskine. Piano solo , Miss Dorothy Rudnt. Part Three , "Present. " "Oh , wad some power the glftle gle us , to see ourselves as Ithers see us. " Class will , Miss Joela Sharp. Presentation of gifts , Miss Inez Vlolo. Class song , class of 1909. Class mementoes. Will Buy a Gift. The proceeds from the class day entertainment will be used by the seniors In purchasing a piece of stat uary to present td the high school on graduation night. Class day tickets are now bein sold by students for 26 cents. Later these tickets may be re served at The News office. Having the entire calss act out the class history and- the class prophecy It is believed will be both novel and amusing. Filipino May Lose Her Mind. Distracted by the recent deaths of her twin sons and her reason further threatened by a series of fortune tell ing seances attempted by a few of her neighbors , Mrs. John Gamble , a Filipino pine , seems In a fair way of becom ing a patient nt the Norfolk state hospital. The husband has appealed to the city authorities. Mrs. Gamble's men tal condition is said to be serious. As Filipino , American fortune telling seems to be becoming too much for icr. icr.The The pictures forecasted have all been very gloomy. John Gamble , the husband , Is a alack veteran of the regular army. It is said that some of the neighbors want the black family to leave and hence the fortune telling. Gamble : ins bought the property and Is trying to pay ior It on the Installment plan. Gamble has been advised that he can have legal recourse against any one who may be bothering his wife to uio extent that she is losing her mind. The Gambles live on South Tenth street. The insanity commission at Madison may be called into the case. POTATO BOOST NO. 2 COMING. Unless New Stock Comes From Florl da There'll Be Another Rise. Kansas City , Mo. , April 24. Pota toes nro 3till in me desert class and the produce men say t oy are to be higher in price than ever. There has been" llttlo variation In the market within the last week , but there Is to be a change soon for the worse. "Were're getting $1.25 and $1.35 a bushel , wholesale , today , " a commis sion man said this morning , "and the only thing that will prevent n big ad vance In potato prices Is the receipt of new stock from Florida nnd Toxns. But the crop down there , wo under stand , Is backward. To milks condi tions worse , the country stocks are very light. We believe tharo'll bo an abrupt advance soon. " SHALLENBERGER NOT GAME. Declined to Enter Corn Husking Con test Wlteh Congressman Norrls. Washington , April 24-rGovernor Shnllenberger of Nebraska and Repre sentative George W. Norrls of that state once ran against each other for congress , some eight years ago. Shal lonberger was a banker and Norrls wna a lawyer , but they were both posing as being essentially farmers , because it t looked better to their constituents. They had a Joint debate , and Shallen berger protested repeatedly that ho was really a farmer , but his opponent didn't know a hayrako from a hand saw. saw.Norrls Norrls replied in kind , and finally they we.ro forced to a showdown. In conclusion of the debate ono nlglit Norrls said : "My opponent has charged that I am no farmer , and that ho la the real thing. I make this proposition : Net tlior of us have a date to apeak tomor row. Wo will stay right hare. A com' tnUteu of six representative farmers shall be named to select a promising plcre of corn It's now right In the middleof husking timo. Tomorrow it 7 o'clock Mr. Shallenborger nnd I will encli take a team and start into the field to husk till G o'clock at night. If I don"t husk more corn Hint , ho docs I will agree to withdraw liom this rnco. If he doesn't beat me , ho IB to with- law. Gentlemen , nnmo you" commit- ten , or else give me n certificate that my opponent has backed down. " Shallenbergcr , who knew more about farm mortgages than about husking C'lin , didn't fancy the Idea : ho tern- rot bed. Gentlemen , I stand on that propo sition , and I'm going to hold It open till election. I'll meet him nt any time or i lace , " concluded Norrls. Phallcnberger never cnmo to the scratch. Norrla got the farmer vole. and the township in which he mud-j the best run was the ono in which i'c nuulo that proposition. He haa been In congress p\er since. Family Driving Horse Cremated. Four-year-old Myron Collamer Is supposed to have started n fire which cremated n family driving horse in n barn back of the Collamer home , which Is adjacent to the Buckcndorf green house on Madison avenue. The norse belonged to Joseph Pliant , ono of the pioprietors of the Pacific hotel , and had been used by the family for a number of years. The burning1 of the old horse wna in this way a source of grief to the Pliant family , rather than the financial loss. The flro occurred at about 10 a. m. The barn and contents were almost entirely destroyed. The barn was the property of Dr. Carl Verges and wns insured for $ JOO. The loss is over that amount. The flro spread so quickly In the hay that even the men who were early on the scene could not save the horse. Children weie playing about nnd they told that the little Collamer lad , a match and the hay had started the blaze. Thts the boy's mother denies , saying that the fire undoubtedly caught fron. n bonfire which was started the day before. Barnett Bound Over. William Barnett of Bonesteel , charged with stealing the Hugh O'Neill horses , waived preliminary hearing In the district court at O'Neill and was bound over to the district court In the sum of $2,000. HUSBAND NOT WORTH $700. Mrs. Cohen Descants on the Value o * Helpmeets Under Conditions. Chicago , April 24. Husbands lire not worth $700 , even If they will stand without hitching , was the ultimatum delivered to Samuel Hoffman last night by Mrs. Bernhardt Cohen. She was willing to pay $400 and stand the expense of a wedding supper and the rabbi's fee for a husband for her daughter , but not another penny would she give. Hoffman , who conducts a cleaning and dyeing establishment , Informed the parents of Mrs. Cohen that he was cheap at $1,000 with the way market prices have advanced on wheat , po- totaoes and other products. However , he was willing to carry out his part of the bargain made some time ago with the girl's parents upon the cash payment of $300. He had already been given $400 , or the equiva lent thereof , the Cohens say , when they established him in business a few weeks ago. Nothing was said nboul the additional $300 , and , good businesswoman * woman that she is , Mrs. Cohen says she will not pay more than $400 for a son-in-law. That's why there was no wedding last night at 4CO State street. A arge number of guests had arrived nnd were anticipating the soup and chicken , and gans leber , when Hoff man put in an appearance and de manded the extra $300 or he would not be married according to the orthodox Jewish custom. Ten days ago Hoffman and Miss Cohen were Joined in marriage by Municipal Judge Stewart , but that ceremony is not recognized by the Cohen family. The bride returned to her residence , and , according to custom , remained in the house since the day of the mar riage. "We're not going to throw this fine supper away , wedding or no wedding , " said Mrs. Cohen while the daughter was being consoled by some of the guests. "If Hoffman doesn't marry my daughter according to Jewish custom , I'll sue him for that $400 that I paid for the dyeing establishment. I'll also sue him for the cost of the wedding supper $55.60. " JEFFRIES TO TAKE TIME. Undefeated Champion Cannot Sign for Johnson Match for Some Moons. New York , April 24. The proposed Jeffries-Johnson fleht will not formal ly be arranged until some time next fall , if then. Jeffries says that by the terms of his theatrical contract , which does not expire until July 24 , ho can not sign articles of agreement for a buttle with anybody. As Jeffries Insists also that ho Is the "undefeated heavy-weight champion of the world , " he does not see why he should issue a formal challenge to Johnson for n mill , nor can ho under stand why ho should be compelled to cover Johnson's forfeit money. In a word Jeffries Intends to take his own time about making a match with the negro , and the boilermnker will not bo ready for action until same time next March or April. Under no circumstances will bo consent to nn earlier date for his reappearance In the ring , If ho makes ono. Johnson , however , has Jumped nt the chance to make a tentative agreement oven verbally with Jeff for a mill to bo decided oven n year hence , for he be lieves tnnt ho can offset the criticism hurled nt him just at present for sidestepping - stopping Sam Lnngford nnd Al Knuf- inanii. Johnson appears ready to cancel or rather dodge the match with Kotchol now that ho can tell the fighting world that ho is going to fight Jeff , but If ho does take such action , the negro may find himself In more trouble. Wlllus Brltt , Kctchol'a manager , said today that if Johnson did not fight the middleweight champion nt Col inion October 12 , the latter would collect the negro's $5,000 forfeit , which It was agreed should go as a side bet on the result of the mill with Kotchol. Johnson , therefore , has no $5,000 for feit up to bind a match with Jeffries , in spite ot his assertion that the $5,000 forfeit which Ketchel covered some time ago nnd which resulted In signIng - Ing ni tides must be covered by thu bollcrmnkor , too. RIVAL TOWN BOARDS. Quarrel Involves Saloon License and W'lll Probably be Carried Into Court. Central City , Neb. , April 24. The stoning ot the residence of Alee Stout at Chapman Monday night brings forcibly 10 the public attention the fact that there la an interesting con- tes > t on over municipal affairs in that town , nnd that the people there nro tiiulng n great deal' ' of Interest In It. At the election on April 3 the city clerk prepared the ballots with the understanding that there was but ono member of the township board to bo elected this year , and ns J. Frinmn had been put in nomination by the citizens' party nnd no other nomina tions had been made , his wns the only name that went on the ballot. The anti-saloon forces , however , contended that there were four members to elect , and n number of them consulted together - gether and agreed upon three other names , and wrote them on the ballot when they came to vote. The three names which were thus written on the ballot were those of Fred Laub , Elmer Easter and Samuel Easter. When the time for organizing the town board came the trouble broke loose. The old board organized with the new member , J. 1 > rlman. and Frank RItter , William Worland and-Dr. Ha- mil of the old board. Alec Stout , ono of the hold-overs on the old Jjoard , Joined with the three whose names had been written In on k c ballot and another board was or ganized. Now there are two town boards organized in the town , nnd it Is quite probable that the courts will be Invoked to straighten out the tan gle. The contention of the one side is that Ezra Gallogly was the only member , whose term expired andthat J. Friman wns elected to succeed him , while the anti-saloon forces Contend that Alex Stout was the only member A Long Homestead. Gregory Times : One man filed Wed nesday on a strip two and a quarter miles long and yet had only 167 acres. The farm will bo aoout forty rods wide. It lies about six miles south of Gould. Indian a Homesteader. Henry T. Johnson , a Santee Indian from the Nebraska reservation , Is an American homesteader. He filed Thurs day , answering to No. 2,143 , at the land office In Gregory. He la the second Indian who has secured a claim in the Trlpp drawing Johnson is deserving , baving lost aeg. . He picked his farm In the extreme wesu part of the county , west of Dnllaa. Use Oxen in Trlpp County. Gregory Times : Has anyone nn ox yoke in good working order ? If so , they should get In communication with George Brlttell , who haa four yoke of oxen which he wishes to use In break ing prairie. He had found one , an heirloom of a family near Gregory , but it has no bows. He is rigging it up , however , and will use It. The workjng of this novel outfit will bo n sight well worth going miles to see. It will prob ably be the only outfit of the kind ever seen In this country. First Trlpp Rellnqulshment. Gregory Times : The first relinquishment - ment filing of Trlpp county series-was made Wednesday morning by Miss Mary Shoemaker or Inmnn , Neb. Miss Shoemaker's number wns 1922 , but she had purchased a rellnqulshment of n lower number and mode n filing on the same througn her agent , diet Slaughter , nt the imo her number was called. There has been considerable controversy on the streets ns to the re- llnquishment question , mnny well-post ed people claiming that such docu ments could not bo handled in any manner until after October 1. Judge Wltten made it quite clear , however , to , those who questioned him , that low number rellnquiahments could bo made available to those having higher num bers. Persons not having numbers In me drawing cannot get action with re- llnqulshmonts until October 1. SHOT , KNIFED , BEATEN , ROBBED. Victim Is Robert McKeown , a Saron- vllle Farmer Hicks Arrested. Clay Center. Neb. , April 24. Robert McKeown , a farmer living two miles north of Saronvlllc , nnd a bachelor , wna called to his .door about 11 o'clock Friday evening nnd n party demanded admission , which wns re fused. The man then tried to force entrance nnd threatened to burn the house if McKeown didn't como out , built n small fire close by the house and where McKeown could see it through the window. McKeown on coming out waa shot throuch the hand , cut with n knife nnd beaten Into Insensibility and rob bed of $20 or more in money. Neighbors , learning of the affair , called up Deputy Sheriff Rlchert about 2 a. m. and reported It nnd naked him to bo on the lookout for Will Hicks , who had been working in the incubator factory hero this winter. Deputy Sheriff Rlchort and County Attorney Corey secured nn automobile and started nt 3 a. m. for the ncona of the robbery , nnd when out of town about three miles they ntot a man whom Rlchort recognized as Hicks. They turned about face nnd over took Hicks. When they showed up ho naked If they wcro going to Clay Center. They answered yes , nnd In vited him to rldo. Upon arriving hero Deputy Sheriff Rlchort Informed him ho wns under arrest. Hlcka Is acrntcned up considerably nbout the face nnd hnndu , but declares ho received the scratches aomo days ago In the factory. He lost his posi tion the first of this week , Dr. Burno of Saronvlllo attended McKeown , and In n talk over the long distance telephone ho said McKeown Is In a precarious condition. THE M'YER COUNTY OPENING Major McLaughlin Vlslto Dendwood , Rock and Cheyenne Openings. Dendwood Times : Major James Mc Laughlin , the great Indian pacifier , who for the past forty years has been engaged in the Indian service , was In the city recently on n brief busi ness trip. The major retains bin old time love for Dcndwood. although ho says that the town doca not look as It used to look , and that ho can walk the streets for blocks without hap pening across any of his old-time friends. He left for the Pine Ridge agency , where he wont to discuss with the Indians the hill now before con gress relative to opening up a strip of land In that agency and In Rosebud , north of the tenth standard parallel , beginning at the western boundary of Tripp county , extending west to Full River nnd Custer counties nnd an far north as the White river. This strip of land would average fifteen miles In width nnd would contain some very valuable farm as well as grazing lands. The bill , intioduced by Senator Gam ble , is now before congress , but it Is the desire of the department to have the Indians informed what is pro posed ' , nnd to have them satisfied , If possible. There will be some oppo sition among them to this , bwlng to the fact that not nil of them have taken their allotments , and they do not want to see any of their land thrown open until the allotments are completed. Although th'o allotlng agents have been busy there for the past three years , there are yet some thirty-five hundred Indians who have not been alloted their lands. On standing Rock nnd Cheyenne agencies , the conditions were differt ent. All allotments have been made on the former and the appraisements will be completed sometime in September - tember so that * he land will be thrown open to settlers in October. On the Cheyenne agency , the allot ments are almost completed , so that there was no opposition , among the Indians to the opening up of their lands. This land , which will be ready for settlement by the white man within a few months is some of the very best land to be found In either ono of the Dakotas. The tract to bo open ed up- Includes a strip of land six teen miles wide along the Missouri , and an immense acreage along the valleys of the Moreau and Grand rivers. Major McLaughlin says that this land cannot be surpassed in any part of this country. It is exceedingly rich , well watered , and in addition to this , abounds in deposits of lignite coal , in sufficient quantity to furnish the homesteaders with plenty of fuel for the digging. Even on the lands that do not lie along the streams , wa ter can always be secured at a depth of from fifteen to thirty feet , am' ' with the railroads coming through , p they are now doing , excellent man els will be available. Much of this land lies along the way of the Mil waukee poast line and this road will ultimately throw out feeders to both the north nnd the south so that there will be scarcely a township not with in easy reach of the Iron horse. DR , MAC W DEFENDS SNAKES Calls Them Friends of the Farmer and Urges Their Protection. Dr. J. H. Mackay of Norfolk to the defense of the long suffering snake. The snake , according to Dr. Mnckay , has been grossly libelled these many years , has suffered unwanted persecu tion and has been Inhumanly hamper ed in its great work , which he says is to aid the farmer and not the tlevil. The snake , ho declares * Is the friend of the former and not of the latter. The Norfolk physician has written to his friend , Sandy Grlswold , the Omaha sporting editor , on the subject. Here Is his plea : Brother to the worm , why should man assume the office of wholesale executioner of his lowly kindred of the soil. A newspaper relates that a farmer found a nest of thirty-six hi bernating garter snakes and killed them. In destroying these snakes ho upset the balance of nature on his farm and this will work an inevitable injury to the farmer. All the nonpoisonous - poisonous terrestlal snakes of Nebras ka are harmless and being carnivor ous they are useful In subduing the rodent family. The "common garter snake cannot blto and is a great moiisor , being particularly the enemy of hairless young rats , which ho captures by crawling under logs , boards nnd Into the holes whore rats and mice breed. Occasionally ho de vours a fledgling bird or an egg or frog when mice nro scarce. The bull snake lives almost exclusively on the prairie ground squire ! as docs his con gener the rattlesnake. Many farmers will take the chances of their teams running nwny to pursue and kill a bull snake that protects their crops from the ravages of the rodent family. The national rat bill of the United States Is $180.000QOO per year. The terres- thil snakes are not migratory , nnd they do not desslmlnnto dlscaso like the rat family. Not only do rots and squirrels carry the plague , but It Is almost cer tain that ninny other diseases of man and animals arc spread by rats , that swine plague , typhoid , cholera , tuber culosis , diphtheria and tapeworm arc all spread by migratory rodents. The extermination of the rat and mouse seems now hoplesa. The extinction of his natural enemies seems Inovlt- U - . . . , .JJ . . - . . . - . . . . CANNON DI1ANO Full fla\or mul ntrengtluiro cn- tlal vlrtiustnpcppm wctc < tout fur both. For example , mnny per > per * you buy give < if nn nlfcntlvc odor when ficaUUd j that of Tone pepper 1 * pungent utul iii\itng. ! Tone Urns. Spice * nil kinds IIOISOM tho'o flnu seasoning tirnpertlei which nro found only In spices of hi li ( | U.illty. Scaled air-tight , \\ltli no weakening , no cxpotmtc to Impurities , nu loss of Nature's goodness. Rrooorw f O Cant * There nro two kinds of aplooo- TONE'8 nnil "nl/ior . " PEPPER CIHKAMCM ALLSPICE NUTMEG CLOVES MUSTARD GINGER TONE BROS , Don Molnoo. ( own. able. Snakes of all apeclea are be coming less plentiful In agricultural districts where rats and mice arc most numerous. The cutting down of groves where hawks nnd owla nested and thu wholesale slaughter of these birds ' ' by farmers adds another tragic chapter to the sad story of how the farmer destroys his friends of the farm. In a nest of red-tailed hawks examined some years ago on Union Creek In Madison county , I found eight ground squirrels that had been killed during the forenoon of that day. In the crop of n rod-tailed hawk I found poitlons of a young rabbit , two prairie squlnels and n small snake. The preference of all hawks and owls Is for small animals nnd only when they become depraved or from n scarcity of mammals do they capture birds , the big-horned owl and the Cooper hawk being the chief of fenders. There Is brier badger , as Undo Remus would call him , our pugnacious little brother of the burrow who exca vates the cltldal of the pocket gopher as a wood-pecker would invade the sanctuary of a worm In a rotten tree and who ever misses an opportunity to brain this useful animal classed everywhere ns a "varmint. " Our odori ferous friend of the. sunny side of a draw ! has earned a bad name , but if the story of the skunk was fully known j the balance would be on the side of the service he does to agri culture. Our frowsy nomad of the prairies , the Kyotee , never misses a chance to snap up a mouse , rat or gopher and as these are easier to get during the summer than other food ho follows the line of least reslstence In pursuit of his dally meals. ITALIAN SHOOTS BOY. ' Young Lad Near Death at Wymore , Neb. Wymore , Nob. , April 2J ( , .John , Welsner , eleven-year-old son of a Chicago cage , Burlington & Quincy employe here , was shot and probably fatally wounded and Plorus Bertudl , nn Ital ian section hand , who came here from Chicago and who Is charged with doing the shooting , was hurried away to the county jail at Beatrice to pre r m vent possible violence at the hands of an angry crowd which threatened to lynch him. Woman Sues for $20,000. Sioux Falls , S. D. , April 20. Special to the News : Since the Wngar case wns disposed of the time of the United Stnates court has been occu pied with the trial of the case of Mrs. Mnrlt Westby vs. Chicago , Mil waukee & St. Paul Railway company. The plaintiff seeks to recover dam ages In the sum of $20,000 for the death of her husband , Martin West by , who was killed at Madison while In the discharge of his duties as an employe of the railroad company. The case Is being hard fought , and It is unlikely that It will go to the Jury much before Monday evening. TORNADO NEAR FREMONT. Wrecks Buildings on a Farm and In jures Occupants. Fremont , Neb. , April 20. A tornado northwest of Fremont wrecked the . buildings on the Jackson farm and Injured a number of the occupants. James . Scholmor and Pttor Grelsen , farmers on the way to North Bend , were caught in the wind , their wagon overturned and both badly injured. Greisen's hurts are reported serious. Minor damage was done on other farms , but the storm wns local. PASSENGER TRJINHITSF-EIGHT Caboose of Gravel Train Is Wrecked In Nellgh Accident. Nollgh , Neb. , April 20. Special to The News : Passenger train No. 2 , due hero at 4:29 : p. in. , ran Into the rear of an extra gravel train yester day morning while entering the city limits. The only ono injured wns a brakeman on the extra In the ca boose , who Jumped through ono of the windows , and the Injury Is only of a mlmir nature. Ono of the gravel cars and the caboose were badly wrecked , .ho passenger train was delayed hero for nearly five hours , waiting for the wrecking crow from Norfolk to clear the tracks. This was accomplished as soon as possible under the super vision of C , H. Roynold of this divis ion. ion.It It Is reported upon good authority that the extra lacked two car lengths of being clear of the main line , and fan account of the dense fog lights were not visible at the time of the accident. Passenger No. 2 had .0 largo quan tity of cream on board which wns sent- toied to the depth of over an Inch on the car floor. The wrecking crow fin ished their work In making necessary repairs Into yesterday afternoon nnd returned to Norfolk.