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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. FRIDAY , AUGUST 39 , 1010. Ooo ooo- PEOPLE'S PULPIT. . . . Sermon by PREACHING TO CHARLES T. RUSSELL , THE DEAD. Pastor Brooklyn Tabernacle. "For itiit caute WM the Gotpel preached lie lo them that are dead , that they might bo judged according to men in the fleth , but alive according lo Cod in the ipirit" ( I Peter iv.,6) ) . Jamestown , N. Y , August 7. Pnstor Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle today addressed n very Inrgo meeting of Bible Btudcnta In Ccloron Audi torium. The ocvtiBlou was n General Convention of Bible Student * . The audience was estimated nt nearly 5,000. Taking for his text the above words , the speaker Btild : The Bible , to be understood , must bo viewed from Itfl own standpoint This , us IHblo studcnta , wo nro learn ing more and more particularly every day. In the past wo have read our Bibles "up-Hlde-down. " Many read as a duty ; others as a sort of charm that would placate Dlvlno Justice and bring us Dlvlno favor. Now wo arc learning to read the lllblo In a commonsense mon-sense way , and to use our reason ing faculties In connection with Its BtntcmcntH and prophecies. As a con sequence , while others are falling from the faith some Into Infidelity styled Higher Criticism and Evolution ; oth ers Into fanciful wrestlngs of the Word of God wo are coming to appre ciate the lilblc aa the most safe and enno Hook In the world. Correspond ingly our faith In God Increases faith In his Wisdom , Justice , Love and Pow er to accomplish all the good purposes which ho purposed In himself before the creation of our race. Correspond ingly , too , wo are coming to appreciate more than ercr the value of the great Redeemer and of the great sacrifice tor Bin which he accomplished at Cal vary. Wo arc coming to BOO the truth of what we once considered poetic license when wo Bang , "There's n wldeness In God's mercy Ukc the wldeneM of the sea. " Wo are seeing more clearly as the flays go by the meaning of the Scrip ture which declares that eventually the Redeemer "shall see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied. " We per ceive now that the little handful of ' saints walking In the Master's foot steps from Pentecost to his Second Advent and sharing In the "First Res urrection" Is not the end of Divine Love for our race , but merely Its be ginning "A first-fruits unto God of his creatures" ( James 1 , 18) ) . Wo arc now seeing that , according to the Dl vlno purpose , the calling and election of the Church to the spirit nature , to the divine nature , must be com pleted before the second step In the great Divine Plan of Salvation begins the recovery of the world from sin and death conditions , to human per fection and Paradise restored. "Let Dead Bury Their Dead. " No Bible topic requires more careful discrimination In Its study than does the subject of death. This is mainly because of the general confusion of mind which came upon Christendom during the long centuries of the Church's comparative darkness , when Bibles ( the Lamp of God upon the Christian's path ) were scarce , and when few could read the truths of priceless value , that were chained to lecterns. In consequence of this con fusion we hear Intelligent people talk ignorantly and stupidly respecting death. They make confusion worse confounded by telling us of Adam's spiritual death and discussing "nat ural" death and "the death that never dies , " etc. , etc. To pet the Bible view of death we need to brush away such foolish bab blings and confine ourselves to Bible language and the rational thought con nected therewith. For instance , ac cording to the Bible , there is no "nat ural death" it Is not natural for man to die. It is according to the Bible ar rangement and man's nature that be should live live eternally , as do the angels , If obedient to the Divine com mands. Death , therefore , Is the un natural thing ! Do we think of angels as dying , and of heaven as filled with cemeteries ? Have they doctors and ' undertakers there ? Surely not ! Yet it would bo just as proper to speak of natural de.Uh amongst the angels as in respect to men. The term spiritual death so frequent ly used respecting Adam and his fall Is wholly unscrlpturaL No such ex pression is found in the Bible ; neither euch a thought Adam could not die a spiritual death , because he was not n spirit being. He was an earthly be ing not nn angel , but a man. As the Scriptures declare of Adam , "Thou modest him a little lower than the an gels ; and crowuest him with glory and honor , and didst set him over the works of thy hands" ; "over the beasts of the field , the fish of the eea and the fowl of the air" ( Hebrews II , 7 ; Psalm vlil , C , 0) ) . It is , therefore , absurd for us to continue longer to speak of Adam dy ing a spiritual death , while admit ting that he was not a spirit being. It was simply the man Adam that died. Ills death , however , did include the gradual processes of decay , and affected not only his bones and mus cles , but also his brains his every mental and moral quality. The sen tence , "Dying , thou shall die , " took hold of him as an entirety ; hence wo find , as the Scriptures declare , that there Is "none righteous ; no , not one" none mentally , morally or physically right All have sinned. All come short of the glory of God In which Adam was created. From the moment of disobedience and Divine condemnation Adam and hie race have been Judicially dead and gradually going down , down , down , In degradation and Into the tomb. Bpeuklug of the dying race from the judicial standpoint our Savior called them all dead. He declared that none has even a reckoned life , except such as by faith accepted him as their Life- giver Savior. Ills words are. "Ho that hath the Son hath life ; ho that hath not the Son shall not sec life ; lint ( lie wrnth of God abldcth on him" ( John 111 , 80) ) . Speaking to one who believed on him the Savior Bald , "Let the dead bury their dead" ; go thou and preach the Gospel ( Matthew vlll , 22) ) . From the right standpoint his meaning Is evident. Lot the dead , the condemned and legally dead world , look out for Its own affairs. You be come one of my followers and carry my message of life and hope to as many as have oars to heart "Dead In Trespasses and Sin. " Thus the whole world of mankind through heredity , through Inherited weaknesses , through participation In , the sentence that came upon father , Adam justly , are all judicially dead In trespasses and In sins not one of the race Is worthy of eternal life upon the only terms and conditions which God can offer namely , perfection and obe dience to the Divine standards. Jesus preached the Gospel amongst those judicially dead through trespasses and sins. A few had \lm \ hearing car and accepted the good message and gave their hearts to God and accepted the terms of dlsclpleshlp to walk in the Master's footsteps In the narrow way faithfully unto death willingly offering , sacrlfidally , their little all In the service of God , his Truth , his righteousness , his people. These few , as we have seen , the Savior recog- nlr.es as having life as having "passed from death unto life" ( John y , 24) ) ; nevertheless their change was only "a legal one. Actually , according to the flesh , they were still Imperfect , fallen , dying. But by Divine arrangement their new minds , their new wills , were accepted of God In Christ and their Jlesh Ignored as dead , and they were begotten by God of the Holy Spirit as New Creatures and became sons of God. As sons , they were free from all the previous condemnation that came upon them as members of Adam's race freed through the Impu tation of the merit of the Redeemer's sacrifice applied on their behalf. Thus they attained the liberty of the sons of God freedom from sin-condemna tion. So we read of thorn : "He came unto his own ( nation- Jews ) and his own received him not ; but to as many as received him , to them gave he power ( liberty , privilege ) to become sons of God even to them that believe on his name ( his greatness as Messiah ) , who were begotten not of the will of the flesh , nor of man , but of God" ( John 1 , 13) ) . A similar procedure has been In prog ress throughout all this Gospel Age from Pentecost until now amongst the world of mankind Judicially dead. It has reached a considerable number ; but not many great , however , not many wise , not many rich , not many noble , not many learned , chiefly the poor of this world and the mean things , the Ignoble things ( I Corin thians 1. 20-28) ) . "We Ar S.v.d by Hope. " While speaking of believers begot ten of the Holy Spirit and New Crea tures In Christ Jesus as having passed from death unto life , the Bible , with equal cxpllcltncss , tells us that the resurrection of the mind , the will , of the New Creature , is not the comple tion of his salvation. He has received a great blessing , a great salvation ; but what he now enjoys Is merely a fore-taste , an "earnest , " or hand-pay ment of the great blessing which he will receive eventually , If faithful to his Covenant unto death. The fruition of the hopes of the New Creation will be attained In the end of this Age at the Second Coming of the Redeemer , when he comes to set up his Kingdom In power and great glory for the bless ing and salvation of the world , when "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess" ( Psalm vl , 23) ) . The Scriptures point the New Creation , the Body of Christ , the "saints , " the Church , to that Illustrious day as the time when they shall experience their glorious change from earthly to heav enly conditions when In a moment , In the twinkling of an eye the resurrec tion power will lift them wholly out of earthly conditions to the perfection of the "Divine Nature. " Describing this "First Resurrection" of the saints the Apostle says , "It Is sown In dishonor. It is raised in glory ; It Is sown lu weakness , It Is raised In power ; It Is sown a natural body , It is raised a spiritual body" ( I Corinthians XT , 43 , 44) ) . Respecting this glorious consummation of the hopes of the Church , the Apostle declares it to be the end of our faith , the salvation of our souls "the grace ( salvation ) that shall be brought unto you at the reve lation of ovr Lord and Savior Jesni Christ" ( I Peter L 13) ) . For that glo rious time the Lord's people are tn wait patiently , realizing that , as New Creatures , they are being tested by the weaknesses and frailties of their old bodies reckoned dead. They are to show their loyalty to God by fighting a good fight against the weaknesses ol the flesh , against the allurements ol the world and the snares of the Ad versary. versary.This This Light Upon Our Tort Consider now , in the light of the foregoing , the meaning of8L _ wortlH used an our text We perceive how the Gospel message from first to | last has been preached to a dead world to a world under sentence of death to n world dead in trespasses and In sin and unworthy of Divine notice , i The message has not gone forth to every creature yet. The Divine pro mise Is that eventually every eye shall see and every car shall be unstopped , and then "tho knowledge of the Lord slinll fill the whole earth" and "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. " But that will bo during Messiah's Kingdom of right * eoiiRuess , which will last for n thou sand years for the world's uplifting. That time has not yet come ; hence that glorious message which nil must hear and those glorious sights which all must see and all confess are not yet revealed. As yet the message can be appreciated only by a comparatively small proportion of our race , "even as many as the Lord our God shall call. " The Redeemer says that they must not only be thus "called of God. " but that they must be "drawn" by him , In order to be blessed during this Age. He says , No man can como unto me , except the Father which sent me draw him , and he that comcth unto me ( thus drawn ) I will In no wise reject ( John vl , 41. 37) ) . For these few of the dead world the Gospel In the present time Is Intended. No others have the ear to hoar. Hut while those who hear are few In comparison to the millions of the world who do not hear , neverthe less they are many lu comparison to the still fewer who accept the call un der the conditions and limitations of the narrow way of self-sacrifice. "Many are called , but few chosen" to this high calling of Jolut-helrshlp with the Redeemer In his Ktapflwn. By and by when all eyes and ears of understanding shall be opened and the blessing of the Lord through Messiah shall be world-wide , It will not be merely n calling to righteousness that will bo extended. A command will be enforced by disciplines , "stripes , " "cor rections In righteousness , " to the In tent that the "dead" world In general may be blessed and be resurrected lifted up. up , up , out of sin and death conditions to the human perfection be stowed upon Adam and his race In creation. Only the unwilling and dis obedient will die the Second Death , from which there will be no redemp tion , no recovery. Live In Flesh and In Spirit. Those who hear the Gospel and ac cept Its terms of consecration unto death of the llesh and are begotten of the Holy Spirit as New Creatures , 'partakers of the divine nature , " have BO to speak , a dual existence from the : ime of their begcttal of the Spirit From God's standpoint they are New Creatures begotten to the divine na ture , which , if faithful , they will fully obtain in the "First Resurrection. " Yet according to all worldly concept of the matter they are still human be- ngs , very much the same as they were irior to their consecration and Spirit aegettlng. The world may , Indeed , see certain changes more or less radical in their conduct and words , but , like as not , those will appear to the worldly merely as fads , fancies , eccentricities. Perhaps , Indeed , as in the case of St. Paul , they may be considered as "be sides themselves" mad. Hence , as the Apostle declares , "The world knoweth us not , even as It knew him not" ( I John Hi , 1) ) . The world did not know Jesus to be begotten of the Holy Spirit , the Son of the Highest , etc. . nor does the world yet know that he Is highly exalted at the Father's Right Hand. So also It is with the followers of Jesus. They similarly have re ceived n Spirit begetting and. similar ly. In due time , are to experience the glorious change of the' "First Resur rection" and be perfected on the new plane of the divine nature. Judged of Men Judged of dad. Note again the Apostle's words respecting these followers specting Spirit-begotten ers of Jesus , the "little flock. " who walk In his footsteps of self-sacrifice. He says that these will be judged ac cording to men in the flesh , but ac cording to God in the Spirit Men not knowing tis ns New Creatures In Christ may think of us and approve or condemn as they would think of and approve or condemn others accord ing to the flesh. The world will not see that In these New Creatures there Is n battle In progress the New Crea ture seeking to conquer the flesh and to bring it into subjection to the Di vine will , but not always able to do so. All we can do is to do our best , whether our best shall be as good an or better than that of our fellow- creatures who are not Spirit-begotten , but who may be less depraved by na ture nobler by heredity. Our con solation as New Creatures is that we are not to be Judged by human Judg ment , but by him who called us and drew us to himself , who sanctified us through the blood of the Cross , and who begat us with his own Holy Spir it to his own divine nature. He will Judge us according to the spirit ac cording to our minds , according to our Intentions , according to our efforts. To the faithful who at heart are overcom- ers the Lord eventually will say , "Well done , thou good and faithful servant ! Enter Into the Joy of thy Lord. Thou hast been faithful over a few things ; I will make thee ruler over many things" ( Matthew xxv. 21) ) . Mora Appropriate. ' 'I teach my parrot only short words. " "Do you ? Now , 1 should think that parrots were better adapted to learn ing polysyllables. " A Tart Retort. Mrs. Hoyle Don't you think my boj Is growing ? Mrs. Doyle Yes ; he it pretty largo for his mother's age.- Judge. Evolution. At what time of life may a man bt said to belong to the vegetable king dom ? When experience has made bin eoge. GAMBLING ? . GRACIOUS , NOI At Narragansett , Society Women Were Just "Sitting Around. " New York. Aug. 13. Mrs. John II. llatian , wife of the millionaire shoe maker , today gave her version of the sensational raid on the fashionable Ileach street gambling club In Isnrni- gansett pier early Sunday morning. Mrs. Hanan was alleged to Imvo been sitting nt a roulette wheel when the raiders entered. She was said to have been arrested. Mrs Hanan Is a beauti ful wonlan and owns the largo estate Shore Acres. She formerly was Mrs. Edith Evelyn Smith and was born In Narragansett Plor. She gives dinners to the leading men of the state and in- > governor frequently has been her guest. Her Interview follows : Oh , oh that what , raid ? Gracious , no ! They don't call It that do they ? Well it was so funny. Really , It was quite n frost nil the way througu. It was such a failure that It lacked even the thrills that go with ordinary sur prises. And poor little Mr. Cross ! How ( ttsnppolntud he must be. The young country bumpkin I have known him since ho was n midget boy sought to jump Into the public eye and ho simp ly failed , that's all. "I wouldn't have missed It for any thing , though. It was n fair sort of entertainment , but , oh , so farcical. Really , little .Johnny could Imvo made' ' It quite n comic opera If he had stud ied his part a little better. People up here do not worry about It at all. "The situation Is really this. Cross , a simple minded little native , seeking to advertise himself , broke Into the club when he thought he could catch some one playing. Instead he found us lounging and chatting about on ; llvans and at tables after a big supper ind an evening at the casino. It's Just a big joke on him , that's ail. " Asked to tell just what occurred when Constable Cross entered the pa vilion , Mrs. Hanan continued , after ex pressing her reluctance to be brought nto the notoriety of the affair ; 'After ' the evening at a dance at the casino , which closed at twelve o'clock , the members of the exclusive cottage colony repaired to the club for a de luxe supper. The supper over , they went to the play rooms the same way they have them arranged at Palm Beach , you know. "We had hardly seated ourselves at the play tables , some of us to look on and bthers to Join In the play , when the doors swung open and there he stood Mr. Cross reading dra matically some statement he had In his trembling hands about arrests and evidence and gambling , anil so forth. We had been dignified and orderly , and those of us not playing were en- diversion of the games , as we have for yean , harming no one. Then several of the gentlemen left their tables and rushed over to Cross. The women , among them Mrs. Robert Ohling , Mrs. Arthur E. Morris , Mrs. Emerson of Baltimore and Mrs. llar ; risen Bullis , all left their seats quietly and went into an adjoining room. Cross asked each one's name , but didn't get them all. "Arrested ? Why , I don't know any thing about that. Yes , he did take down some names. Goodness alive , don't allow that to get in the news papers that we were arrested it's misleading. " "Reports from the pier today say that yon were found at an ornate , $3,000 roulette wheel eagerly at play when the constable made his de scent ? " Interrupted Mrs. Hanan's interviewer - terviewer at the New York end of the wire. "Oh , dear me , don't say that such a statement Is in print , " Mrs Hanan ex claimed , raising her voice to an ex ceedingly high pitch. "That s quite un true , entirely. I was not captured gambling. The women whose names I have mentioned merely were dig nified spectators. No , really , I don't recall the New York ladles present. There were twenty or thirty there , I should say. The Vanderbllts and Oelrichses and. in fact all of New York's fine people , always visit the club whin they come here. " Asked if the cottagers knew if young Mr. Cross had obtained evidence suf ficient to sustain his charges before a court , Mrs. Hanan laughed mildly ov'er the wire and explained : "He might have got something bet ter than he did If he had been patient enough to wait a little longer. Really , hardly any one was playing when he arrived. He so earnestly 'courts n reputation he wants to be a lawyer and get a name that he couldn't seize the place like an experienced raider. Mrs. Hanan added , In answer tc questions , that she had known Cross since he was n small boy , as she had spent her summers In the fashionable volony for many years. "He has just been graduated from school , " she ex plained. "He showed no head at all abso lutely none , " concluded Mrs. Hanan "We are not at all disturbed over tht consequences of his unexpected np pearance. " New Club at Nlobrara. Niobrara , Neb. , Aug. 13. Special t < The News : Several Nlobrara .ladles were hostesses at the Island Parl clubhouse in honor of Mrs. A. B. Yantli and two daughters of Fort Smith Ark. , Mrs Z. G. Sherman of Dakott city , Neb. , and a few Niobrara guests The occasion being the birthday o : one of the party suggested organlzlnf n Birthday club to perpetuate sucl happy gatherings. Three events nr scheduled for September. "HYPOCRITES" SHE CALLS 'EM. Marjorle Relda , Writer , Says the Nev York Women Shut Their Eyes. New York , Aug. 13. New York 1 the worst city In the world , becnusi It is the most hypocritical. " This li the way It is put by "Marjorle Relda,1 whose calling card reads "Mrs. Camlll Salomon. " She Is a young American short story writer , who says she baa Just accepted a contract with a Lou- don syndicate for all the products of her pen for ten years. Miss llelda was born and educated right here In New York , though much of her time the last few years has been spent abroad , chlclly In Paris , Brussels and Vienna. "It Is the women of New York who are the great hypocrites , ' she contin ued. "Always they shut their eyes If they can only have money. They know their husbands do wrong , but they will not open their eyes , they will not unseal their ears , they will not speak. "You tell me many women get di vorces , but I say It Is only when the husband cannot get them enough money that they got a divorce for that which they know has always ex isted. Yes , they know , but they smile and even receive the other woman In their homes and pretend 'everything Is all right. Pah ! " with a characteris tic Mary Garden gesture , "euch hypo crisy Is sickening. "Then there are the others , " she hurried on , ' "those I call the humble hypocrites. These women are afraid to speak out. They are afraid to pro test against the great conspiracy of crime which they know Is going on around them all the time. They trem ble at the mcro thought of admitting that anything Is not ns It should be. " "Do you mean , " she was asked , "that a wife Is a hypocrite If she ever condones her husband's wrong doing ? " "That Is just what 1 mean , " respond ed Miss Relda. "But If she loves him ? " "That makes no difference , " Inflex ibly. "No matter how much she loves him she must have a sense of woman ly pride and dignity which never should endure his unfaithfulness. When she has given him everything and he knows it and she knows It then , when he goes to another woman there Is nothing for the wife to do butte to say , 'Take her * and then to with draw her countenance. Once the men are convinced that the woman will net In this way , then they will govern themselves accordingly and act ns they should. Now they expect to be forgiven or unnoticed and so they don't try to restrain themselves. "New York men are altogether too susceptible , " she declared. "If any , young woman with the least bit of , magnetism and tact and even moder ately attractive , Is thrown to any ex tent with any man in New York , I i don't care whether he's married or single , she can Just twist him around her little finger. She can do exactly as she likes with him and it lasts till , the next girl comes along. New Yorkers take their love deals as they take their business deals with a rush. And neither one has any permanence. "A man and a girl become acquaint ed. In four weeks they're engaged they've fallen head over heels in love , with each other. Then , again , in four weeks they're married. And maybij four weeks after they're trying to get a divorce. What they call love Is a flame that starts In a minute and soars up high In another minute and the next minute Is all gray ashes. " ' "Then you think romance real ro mance is dead ? " she was asked , i "Romance is never dead real love cannot ale. " | "Tell me your definition of 'real i love ? " ' ' "Why , it's a trinity , " she smiled. "There's the purely physical attrac tion , that by itself is passion , but that must be n part of real love. Then there is the mental communion , the perfect understanding , the ability t' read each other's thoughts without speaking. That's the chumship of it , the congenial talk of books and mu sic and plays and philosophy. The best sweetheart Is always a chum , too , you know. "And then there's what I call the 'love-love. ' It's the part of love that doesn't want the person cared for t" be hurt In any way , that would pro tect and shield that person against , nil the world that would so infinitely rather suffer In place of the beloved. | "Those three kinds of love make un the perfect afeotirn between man and woman. But If only one of the three Is lacking , there Is bound to be discord and jangling. That's why there are so many divorces because the husband and wife don't care for each other In all the three ways. "Do you know how you can tell sure ly If you don't love n person ? " Mips Relda demanded suddenly. "If you are jealous of him , then you i don't care for him. Jealousy does not ; belong to love. It's pure selfishness , and vanity. Love presupposes perfect irust. Now , either you trust a lovc-i or you don't trust him that Is , you're Jealous of him. In that case you don't ically love him. " .Jealousy showc such a humlllallnc loss of self-respect , too. It's as if you i sail1 to yourself , 'Now , I love this man i oiul he loves me , and yet I am no : beautiful enough to retain his affection i and that woman In the pink hat Is go Ing to take him away from me. ' "What you should say Is 'I love him and he loves me , and , therefore , I'm the most perfect thing in the worl ( ] to him and no other woman has tht ghost of a chance beside me. ' " Commissioners Proceedings. Madison , Neb. , Aug. 8 , 1910. , 1 p. m Board met pursuant to adjournment Present , Commissioners Henry Sun derman and Burr Taft. The minutes of the meeting of Julj 11 , 12 and 13 , 1910 , were read and ap proved. This being the day set for openlw and considering the bids for the con structlon of Norfolk Drainage Dltcl No. 2 , the matter was taken up nm the following bids which had beei filed with the county clerk were open ed and considered. Hubbard Brother ! proposed to dig said ditch 8 feet widi on top and 1 foot and G Inches widi on the bottom and 3 feet deep for 91 cents per rod. Tim proposal of Hub- bard Brothers to dig Norfolk Drain age Ditch No , U. making said ditch 3 feet deep. S feet wide on top and 1 foot and 0 Inches on bottom , bcram 4 feet wide on each side of ditch , being the lowest and best bid , they were on motion awarded the contract to dig said ditch. The application of Samuel R. Me- Fnrland and wife , Anna M. McFarlnml , of Meadow Grove , Neb. , for admission to the Soldier's home at Grand Island was considered and approved and the clerk WIIB Instructed to forward ap plications to the commandant of the Soldiers' and Sailors' homo at Grand Island , Neb. - The matter of the public road pe titioned for by S. T. Napper , et nl , and the remonstrances ngnlnst Bald road were laid over for further Infer mation. The matter of the road ordered opened along the north line of section 1-21-1 was laid over until the return of Commissioner Malone. On motion the county treasurer was authorized to make transfers of funds In his ofllco as follows : I'.tOS ' county general fund to 190 ! ) county general fund , $3,071.70. 1907 county general fund to 1909 county general fund , $61.16. Drainage ditch No. 1 fund to 1909 county general fund , $42.27. Advertising fund ( o 1909 county gen eral filml , $183.70. 1909 county general fund to 1910 county general fund , $3,300. 1908 county bridge fund to 1909 county bridge fund , $130.93. 1907 county bridge fund to 1900 county bridge fund , $33.7C. 1909 county bridge fund to 1910 county bridge fund , $900. 1909 county road commissioner dis trict No. 1 fund to 1910 county road commissioner district No. 1 fund , $77. 1909 county road commissioner dis trict No. 2 fund to 1910 county road commissioner district No. 2 fund , $92. 1909 county road commissioner dis trict No. 3 fund to 1910 county road commissioner district No. 3 fund , $77. Also to make transfer of the funds of road districts as follows : From road district No. 3 fund to road district No. 17 fund , $25. From road district No. 5 fund to road district No. 20 fund , $235. From road district No. G fund to road district No. 21 fund , $23. From road district No. 9 fund to road district No. 19 fund , $25. From rend district No. 10 fund to road district No. 22 fund , $134. From road district No. 11 fund to road district No. 23 fund , $155. From road district No. 12 fund to road district No. 24 fund , $15. From road district No. 14 fund to road district No. 25 fund , $ G5. From road district No. 15 fund to road district No. 20 fund , $ GO. On motion the following bills were allowed : J. D. Adams & Co. , road grad er $ 450.00 Madison County Agricultural society G09.GO S. R. McFnrland , postage , etc. 17.50 Fred Dommisee , wolf scalp. . . 2.00 II. Frlcke ( repairs and grader , claimed $370 , allowed less freight on grader , $10.15 , al lowed at 349.85 H. Frlcke , repairs 28.4C C. E. Plass , work , court house 4.0C F. M. Young , land for road. . . 25.0C ! F. L. Widergren , rent for pauper - ' per 1G.O ( II. Kilburn , register births and deaths 4.2J B. B. Mills , register births and deaths 8.0 ( C. R. Rynearson , register births and deaths 7.5 ( Chns. Letheby , register births I and deaths 7.2 ! M. L. Koehn , register births I and deaths 13.4 ( 0. A. Sleeper , register births and deaths . ! < 1. L. Hoffman , livery 4.0 ( F. A. Peterson , tax refund , dlpso patients , etc 80.G' ' H. Miller Lumber Co. , lum ber , road district No. 2 47.1 ! H. Miller Lumber Co. , coal for pauper 14.2 ! Madison Star-Mall , cards for sheriff 1.5i J. L. Rynearson , deputy coun ty assessor 31.5' ' Klopp & Bartlett , desks and supplies 154.5 N. A. Housel , salary 11G.G N. A. Housel , postage , etc. . . 16.7 < S. B. Hoesly Co. , auto hire. . . 13.5 Klopp & Bartlett , supplies. . . 23.5 Hume-Robertson-Wycoff Co. , | lumber 8.7 The Merlllat Culvert Core Co. , adjustable cores , claimed $345 , allowed at 342.5 F. A. Long , commissioner in sanity ; 24.0 Hammond & Stephens Co. , supplies for superintendent 5.1 Kontinental Kompound Co. , supplies 3.0 J. M. Smith , salary and boarding prisoners 154.5 Gus Knul , salary 100.0 C. S. Smith , salary and mile age 284.7 Clarence McWhorter , assist ing surveyor C.O E. A. Young , work , commis sioner district No. 2 31.2 E. A. Young , work on bridges 8.2 John Boyer , wolf bounty G2.0 W. H. Field , fees insanity cases , etc 102.4 Hubbard Bros. , ditching 97.5 Hubbard Bros , , ditching 41.2 Hubbard Bros. , ditching 85.0 Hubbard Bros. , ditching 50.0 W. B. Fuorst , fees , state vs. Klein 2.2 D. L. Best , fees , state vs. Klein 4.0 Madison County Farmers Tel ephone Co. , tolls 5.C C. P. Parish , supplies for pau per 90.2 Western Bridge and Construc B tion Co. , on contract l.OOO.C C Western Bridge and Construe- t Ion Co. . on contract 1,000.00 Western Bridge and Construc tion Co. , on contract 1,000.00 Western llrldno and Construc tion Co. . on contract 1.000.00 Western llrldgo and Construc tion Co. , on contract 1,000.00 Western Bridge and Construc tion Co. , on contract 1,000.00 Froiiumt Granite Brick Co. , Tiling G0.7G Fremont Granite Brick Co , , Tiling G0.7C John Friday , hardware , road district No. 1 22.45 Madison Telephone Co. , tolls 17.35 C. R. Rouse , bridge work , road district No. 24 4.00 C. R. House , brldgo work , road district No. 2-1 4.00 C. R. Rouse , bridge work , road district No. 2-1 4.00 C. R. Rouse , bridge work , road district No. 24 4.00 Roily Kaufman , work , road district No. 24 3.00 W. H. Stewart , work , road dis trict No. 24 3.50 Madison Telephone Co. , rent , telephone In Jail 12.00 C. F. A. Mnrqimrdt , supplies , lumper 2.2(5 ( . T. Moore , work. C. D. No. 2 30.00 . T. Moore , work , C. IX No. 2 G3.00 . T. Moore , work on bridges 12.00 . T. Moore , work. R. 1) ) . Xo. l ! 30.50 : . A. Young , work , C. n. No. 3 27.00 "red Uyorly , work. C. D. No. ! t 24.75 : . G. Melcher , work , R. 1) . No. G . ' 27.00 12. G. Melcher , work , C. I ) . No. 2 7.75 Fred Uyerly , work , C. I ) . No. 2 31.30 Fred Uyerly , work on bridges 8.25 John Frlsch , work , It. I ) . No. 25 151.00 Herman Kohl , repair for grad er. It. D. No. 25 1.00 Chlttenden & Snyder , repairs , II. D. No. 25 2.10 W. P. Dixon , moving grader and express , claimed $5 , al lowed against general fund nt G5 Allowed against C. D. No. 2 4.50 W. P. Dlxon , grubbing stumps , C. D. No. 2 4.00 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. No. 2 , $22.50 , allowed by or der of Dlxon ns follows : Tom Crook 19.00 W. P. Dlxon 3.50 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. No , 2 , $57.75 , allowed ns follows - lows : E. H. Crook , by order of Dlxon 25.35 W. P. Dixon 32.40 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. - No. 2 G7.00 W. P. Dixon , grading , C. D. No. 2 , assigned to Irven & Melcher 33.00 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. , No. 2 , assigned to Irven & Melcher 67.00 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. , No. 2 15.50 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. , No. 2 80.88 W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. , No. 2 58.85 W. P. Dixon , grading , C. D. , No. 2 63.05 C. T. Crook , work , C. D. No. 3 37.75 C. T. Crook , work on bridges. . 5.00 William Newman , work , R. D. No. 6 10.00 Chicago Lumber Co. , R. D. No. 18 37.40 Chicago Lumber Co.-lumber for bridges 95.70 James Hughes , work , R. D. No. 17 49.50 George Hobus , work , R. D. No. 21 8.00 George Hobus , work , R. D. No. 6 64.00 William Lowe , work , R. D. No. G 22.00 Walter Boche , work , C. D. , No. 2 2.00 B. B. McGinnls , work , R. D. No. 8 73.50 C. E. Danes , work , R. D. , No. 8 5.00 William Byre , work , R. D. No. S 2.65 F. G. Lehman , work , C. D. No. 2.00 Otto Llnstadt , work , C. D. No. 2 1.00 A. Villnow , work , C. D. No. 2 14.00 B. B. McGlnnls , work , C. D. No. 2 32.00 B. B. McGlnnis , work on bridges 110.00 J. H. Bufilngton , work , R. D. No. 3 8.00 G. T. Crook , work. R. D. No. 18 50.50 R. W. Linn , work , C. D. No. 1 12.50 Madison Chronicle , supplies. . 18.00 Wllllaift Meisner , work , R. D. No. 3 , assigned to Battle Creek Valley bank 22.00 J. H. Hunter , work , R. D. No. 3 , assigned to Battle Creek Valley bank 33.75 W. E. Luebecke , work , C. D. No. 2 8.00 G. T. Crook , work on bridges. 14.00 Nebraska Culvert Co. , culvert for C. D. No. 3. 84.20 J. M. Mllligan , work , R. D. No. 8 8.15 William Lowe , work , C. D. No. 2 20.00 Roy Tlmperly , work , R. D. No. 8 4.40 W. R. McFarland , stenogra pher 19.25 James Nichols , expenses 1G.70 James Hughes , bridge work. . 50,00 Irven Rogers , work , R. D. No. 3 11.00 John Wnlmsley , work , R. D. No. 3 12.00 Frank Boleler , work , R. D. No. 3 11.00 10 H , C. Jensen , surveying and aefistants 133,95 3 On motion board adjourned to meet August 23 , 1910 , at 1 p. m. 10 S. 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